The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1896. 3 [0WA DEMOCRATS -~ INSTORMY SESSION Declare for Free Silver in the Most Radical Terms. BOIES FOR PRESIDENT. “Sound Money” Men Cut No Figure in the Turbulent Cenvention. CLEVELAND'S NAME IS HISSED Sweeping R ns Adopted—Dele- gates to Chicago Receive Cast- Iron Iostructions. Carrying yesterday ority element, e Convention to-day he most radical r Horace of the Nationasa sposed to give d there were zh the con- order. mittee on to to one. e taken s are Sam B. bbs of Jeiferson, hall and C. H. pi was then ittee on name of E ster Demox the' nomi- a shout. ded by readinga s to the effect the ~orthwest ate 10 the ed with a n Federal Democratic nmittee was in- Mean- o the one headed by Mr. Boies, was t the formal of a roll- call. Then the convention proceeded to the and alternates-at- rnor Boies was accepted and the sound money mi- eng eelect n of delegates Ex-Gov Evans of Ottumwa, a free-silver extremist. The ot gave Evans 649 )14 for his opponent and the goid men gave up the fight. The business proper of the convention baving been disposed of ex-Governor Boi was sented and accorded a tumultous reception. His remarks were brief and elicited littleenthusiasm. He said that in the part he had taken in the present trou- e had been animated by the sole de- sire to secure for the measses in the State a representation in tae convention. He be- eved before, as he did now, that in many ventions of political parties the voice he people had been stifled, and so far be was concerned he had been deter- d tbat the Democracy of Iowa should eak for itself. It had done so, and he d that from this time on they would &s recognize the fact that the strength of the | d in the masses. an exodus of delegates sim- ¥ with the Governor’s closing B port of the committee on sented by W. L. Reid of tened to with scant at- ate Convention eliegiance to doctrine of bi- use of both gold and silver the coinage of both change or limit. of this conven- of the Netional tion that £ 1 honorably Democrstic p observed, require 1 Democrat 10 accom is and t effort of every he repeal of all rough the instru- an party which do ster and spicit alike discriminate against iver and in f&vor of gold, and the substitu- the reform of affirmstive legislation ch shall restore silver 10 equal rights with d in the mints and coinage of the country. We heartily affirm s a deliberate conviction is convention that the actof 1873, in so as it demonetized silver snd cstablished s the single unit of value, is & flagrant lation of one of the most important pro- ons of the constitution of the United = violation which every political party t condemn, and every good citizen shoula sssist in expunging from the statutes of the be delegation | hearers | | ize the fact th at up has reached s | | { power of money and r price of all the great behalf of the to! | we welcome the | cratic party of Iowa tostand by the Co | tion; to defend the right or to best back with ength every wrongiul ag; the money power of the old snd n e, and tosid to ¢ in restoring to ou: sscred heritage of the financia system be- athed 10 the American people by the fa- end which was equally | zens; and in the ¢0-0, ithout reference u tions in the past. protest of our . And we also pre nce and sale o e gold with which | ney, demand of the | ernment that it shall hereafter redeem the | of either metal it may pos- tsccorasnce with both the spirit | e law. | s transparent fallacy the | g f classes, end nothing of which the can conceive is more clearly s the naked truth that the wages of labor m be adjusted to and corres of labor's Secretary of Labor, whose duty it shall be, in | all cases of tariff-protected indust: Ve ascertain and report to s tshare, if a0y, of the enhanced price for products are sold in the mar- ¥ is peid by emplovers in | to their employes, and with fu power es' where public inter- | involved or public pesce | is endangered; to inquire into the merits of the controv s beiween employers and em- ployes and recommend the adjustment thereof upon such terms as to him or arbitrators sp- pointed by him shall seem just, and in case of either party to abide by the port the facts to Legislature as the case with recommendation for addi- ation, if such in his judgment be ; &nd in the discharge of his several compel the giving of testimony under oath by parties interested or otherwise, and the pro- duction of all books and papers which in his judgment are necassary to & full and impertial determination of the matters committed to his care. ge and district delegates sppointed by this convention to represent the State in the National Democratic Convention 10 be held in Chicego beginning July 7, 1896, are hereby instructed to vote &sa unit as the msjority present shall direct on all questions coming before said National Convention for settlement by vote of its delegates, and es- pecially upon all questions relating to the adoption of a platform for the party and the nomination of candidates for President and Vice-President; and the delegates present in said convention If less than the whole number be present and to which the Stateis entitled, are h suthorized to cast the full vote of | the State is accord with these instructions. Reposing fuul faith and confidence in the Democracy, patriotism and ability of Horace Boies, formerly Governor of the State of Iowe, | we hereby declare it to be the bounden duty of every patriot in Iowas, without regard to former party affiliations, to use all hcnorable means to secure his nomination &t the Deme- cratic National Convention 10 be held at Chicego, July 7, 1896. for the high and re- spousible office of President of the United States, to the end that the principle of Jeffer- sonian Democracy be preserved sua promoted | and liberty and prosperity be restored to the | great body of the American peovle, and any delegates to the National Convention this day elected are especially authorized end in- structed to plsce his name in nomination at the Chicago convention. Interest revived for a while when Judge Nathaniel French of Davenport submit- ted the report of the minority. The refer- ence to President Cleveland provoked ap- plause, mingled with shouts of *“No,”” and hisses, and the uproar was intensified ten- fola when Judge French went on %o flay the silverites and to -assert the financial planks of the majority report were a mere straddle, framed in the interest of the mine-owners. Shouts of “buncombe’” and “down with him” almost drowned his closing niterances. Juage Van Wagenen made a brief plea for the majority report and received a | behalf, and equal | minority report was defeated by a vote of | 6173 to 21614 | Chairman James Woods of the Democratic |of W.A. Lynchof Huron, and it was his ing, but the excitement of the n reached its climax when the youthful Mayor Volimer of Davenport at- tempted to close the debate with a sound- money speech in behalf of the ‘‘banner Democratic county of the State” (Scott C The pent up fury bu when he warned the delegates that free silver meant the death of the Democratic | party and that the wake would be an un- hapoy affair, Y shouts, hisses, catcalls, tted for ears polite and pers words nal | | aliusions continued to make a din that was deafening. Time and sgain the | speaker essaved to cortinue his remarks, only to encounter a cyclone of opposition. In vain one free siiver leader after another pleaded for fair play in the young Mayor's v futile was the protest of the chairman that the good name of the convention and of the Democratic | party of the State was at stake, The majority was lost to reason or argu- ment, and with the parting warning that the sound-money advocates could not be driven o f the p: and that after the Chicago convention the silver advocates would be glad to get under cover and come back to the fold, the Mayor left the plat- form. ‘When the roll of counties was called the 4. This was 100 votes short of | the actnal strength of the convention, but no attempt was made to explain the dis- crepancy. Against protests shouted from all parts of the hall a motion to indorse the district delegates to Chicagu elected in the Con- ional convention of the forenoon, and hich was intended to bring them under re operation of the unit rule, was de- ciared carried. Then there was a rush for | the open, and in the midst of the confu- sion the convention at 6:10 adjourned sine die. pa o gt e SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATS. “ Sound- Money Men’ Capture the State Convention. §. Dax., May 20.—To ABERDEE! State Central Committee must be a tributed the victory of sound money in the State Convention. He has been an in- | defatigable worker in the cause of gold | and hie promise to the National Commit- tee that he would bring South Dakota into line bas been fulfilled. He controlled the | action of the State Central Committee in choosing 8. A. Ramsey of Woonsocket, an administration man, as chairman instead poweriul influence that dominated in the fight. On convening of the convention an at- tempt was made to defeat the nominee of | the Central Committee for temporary chair- | man, Lynch being nominated by the silver | men. The gold-standard people stood by | Ramsey and elected him over Lynch by a | vote of 240 t0 152. After the appointment | of committees the convention adjourned | to 7:30 p. a0 This evening the temporary organiza- tion was made permanent without oppo- sition. Resolutions were adopted indors- | ing the administration and declaring for | the present standard. A free-silver sub- stitute was offered, but voted downbya majority of 57. DECLARE FOR 16 TO0 1. South Carolina Democrats Strongly in Favor of Silcer. COLUMBIA, 8. C., May 20.—The advo- cates of the white metal within the ranks of the Democracy of South Carolina won in the State Convention to-day and the delegates elected tothe Chicago conven- tion will work and vote in the interest of free and unlimitea coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The platform favors free silver coinage and calls on the Presidentto carry out the action of Congress on the Cuban question. Senator Tiliman and Governor Evan: both made speeches, the former denounc: ing the President and Northern Demo- | crats and the latter advocating Tillman's candidacy for the Presidancy. | Senator Irby, speaking in the capacity of the chairman of the Democracy of the State, warned the reform faction against a bolt, and predicted as a result ruin to tne party in the State, not only to white su- premacy but to white civilization, as the breach would be made & permanent one. He said that the whole trouble was that the party was good enough to elect Tiil- man Governor twice and to the Senate, but was not good enough to elect him President. Senator Tillman was bitter in his reply and ascribed Irby’s attack on him to his (Irby’s) fear for his re-election. To this Irby, who was seated at a short distance, gave the lie airect. Tillman’s answer was lost in the confusion of cheers and counter cheers that followed. Sstc gy Populists Want Cleveland Impeached. KNOXVILLE, Tex~., May 20.—The Populists of the Second Congressional District have nominated W. M. Oliver of Knoxville for Congress. Resolutions were | their platf | nition of the Republican National Com- | | mittee at St. Lo | bined patriotic associations in this coun- | all the candidates in the field. | Presidency, the National Courcil of patri- | for the free and unlimited | coinage ver at a ratio of 16t0 1. The | Omaha platiorm was indorsed and the | Democ istration rebuked. Presi- dent C action in issuing bonds | was criticized and his impeachment called | for. —_——————— COLONEL SELLERS TALKS. Plans of the National Councdl of Patri- otic Associations. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.—Colone! E. H. Sellers of Detroit, Mich., president of | he National Council of ons of the United States, in an interview yesterday said the organi- zation has for its plans and purposes the | interviewing of both of the political par- | ties with a wiew to inducing them to| incorporate in their platform the plat- form and principles of this order. It is the purpose of this institution to | attend the National ;conventi the old parties, with a view of presenting to them the piatfo tples, which | includes the rest: n of immigration, | the sixteenth amendment to the constitu- constitution, and ask the parties to adopt | n as a part of their platforms. In case of failure to secure the retog- or the National Demo- cratic Convention at Chicago, the com- try propose to call a convention of all the | patriotic associations of the United States, | every State to be represented, with a view to discussing the propriety and wisdom of | placing what is called the American party 1n the field. | It was the purpose, he said, to consider | They have | been considering all the Republican candi- dates for the Presidency, and as soon as the Democratic party reveals who its can- didates are it will ipvestigate them also. Regarding the so-called Populist or Sil- | ver party, Colonel Sellers said, replying to | a question as to whether that party would | be considered as a factor in bpolitics, that the National Councit had considered only the men who are prominent in those or- ganizations, and they haa not committed | themselves to any economic questions so far as related to party politics. Concerning whatever influence the action of the A. P. A. worild exert over the “combined Nationali patriotic associa- tions” of this country Colonel Sellers said: “The American Protective Association has just closed its National Convenuion and all I can say is this, that if the asso- ciation, by abolishing its advisory board, did so with a view of assisting any partic- ular candidate in his candidacy for the otic associations of this country, of which ! Iam president, will certainly not be in- fluencea by any such action.” He furtber explained that ‘‘the execu- tive committee of the National Council of patriotic associadons is composea of both Democrats and Republicans, there being five in the committee, two of whom have been life-long Democrats and three life-long Republicans, represensing both the North and the South. e SOLID FOR SILFVER. Wyoming Democratic Delegates a Onit for Free Coinage. CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, May 20.—Every county in Wyoming has given free silver instructions to all delegates elected to the Democratic Convention, which meets to- morrow. There will be no contest in re- gard to the financial question beyond ef- forts to prevent instructions to bolt if the | National Convention declares for gold. | There will be a contest upon the question of indorsing the National administration and the selection of a National committee- man. el Renominated for Congress. HARTFORD CITY, INp., May 20.—The Republicans of the Eighth Congressional District to-day renominated Hon. Charles Henry for Congress by acclamation. It also declared for McKinley and protec- tion. SAN JOSE'S WILL CONTEST. Attorneys for Respondents Will Attempt to Prove Mrs. Parker an Adventuress. SAN JOSE, Cavn.,, May 20.—Most of the second day of the contest of the will of George H. Parker, aeceased, instituted by Emma L. Parker, widow of the former's son, was taken up in the selection of a jury. Itiscomposed as follows: L. Ma- guire, James Shields, William Ross, A. Normandin, Geor%e Evans, C. E. Case, A. L. Kellogg, F. M. S'ern, 8. H. Kifer, W. C. Krieg, H. H. Haskell and Frederick Ali- man. Van R. Paterson made the openin; statement for the plaintiff. ncis Spencer presented the case for the re- spondents. He said the deiense proposed to show that Mrs. Parker was an adven- turess when she met young Parker, and that she said when she married him it was for the purpose of geiting some of old Parker’s money. evening. They have been in conference with Mr. Thompson much of the day. The Denver and Rio Granae Railroad is Colorado’s most important transporting line, and runs irom Denver to Grand Junc- - tion. At the latter point it connects with the Rio Grande Western Railway, ostensi- bly entirely foreign to the first road, but, in reality, part of what railroad men call the Rio Grande system, and which runs from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City. For years this system has been seeking an outlet to the Pacitic Ocean. To further this desire the Utah company, composed of Mormons, organized under the title of | the Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railroad | Company, and built eighteen miles of | track out of Salt Lake. | when the Great Salt Lake was reached, | DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT LOS ANGELES, Lawyer England Shoots His Wife and Commits Suicide. | Money gave out | poration is to manufacture and operate a patent machine and device for mining un. der water in rivers. The capital stock is $1,000,000, of which $15,076 has been sub- scribed. San Jose is to be the principal place of bus; . The directors are: J. J. Cherrie, E. E. Cothran, H. Dreischmeyer Jr., G. K. Hostetter, M. Phillips, C. W. Quilty, G. H. Salisbury, J. M. Thorpe and F. D. Wolfe. { have determined to throw the burden off. HIS LIFE A FAILURE. Disheartened Over the Loss of a Fortune in Luckless Speculation. DEATH RATEERTHAN POVERTY | “My Wife Has Gone; I Will Soon Fol- | low,” His Ominous Words to | Neighbors. ] LOS ANGELES, Car, May 20.—With | ““metbod in bis madness” and with plans pre-arranged even to the minutest detail, Charles W. England, a lawyver of limited acguaintance in Los Angeles, but greatly esteemed where known, committed mu: der and suicide at his bome on an emi- | nence of East Los Angeles last night, and | the double tragedy has shocked and horri- fied society of every erade. This young | man and brilliant attorney, made desper- | ate by fancied grievances and wrongsat | the hands of former associates in the bank- ing business at Lonoke, Ark., shot and killed his frail but bandsome wife, to| whom he was markedly devoted, after she bad retired for tbe night. The ball from | a 38-caliber revolver passed through her| bead from temple to temple, and she died | witbout a strugele. Adfter this shocking deed England busied | him for some time in writing letters and visiting neighbors, where he made strange and ominous remarks about the “departure of my wife already,” and that he would soon go, too. One of these neigh- bors—C. F. Veitch—he asked to look aiter | his stock, chickens ana other belongings. | He gave Veitch the following note for A. | S. Halsted, a young attorney in the office with Hon. T. E. Gibbon and England, room 316, Byrne block, this city: My Dear Halsted: Asyou have doubtless ob- | served, life has been very sad to me sincel bave been in California; so much so that I | My.| derling wife, whose life my sadness has dark- | ened, has just departed from me, and I expact to join her in a few minutes. Idesire you to take charge of the place and everything I have | and administer on mv estate. I have not time to write more. Sorry Idid | et to talk with or at least write you more | Plesse send the inclosed telegram early orrow morning. Have the undertakers take charge of our bodles at once. Your nd, C. W. ENGLaND. | He also inclosed with the note the fol- | lowing: | Send telegram as follows: “J. E. England, gland and wife Letter by m: He will under- stand this, as I wrote him Saturdsy, and he ought to get my letter to-morrow noon. After quitting Veitch's presence he met | 2 Mrs. Smart, snother neighbor, and in- | quired about her husband, saying: | I shall go away soon; I have arranged | all of my affairs. My darling wife has | gone already.” The lady inquired: “When do you ex- pect to return, Mr. England ?” “ Never. We are going away for good.” Prophetic, true words! This was the | last time England was seen alive, for he walked back to his home and there com- | pleted his deed of life-taking by sending | a bullet through his brain. This morning | Mr. Veitch went to England’s place to at- | tend to the stock he had promised to look | after and seeing the frong blind up looked into the bedroom. There lying on tne side of the bed nearest the window was the body of & woman covered by a sheet, while by her side, with his bhands crossed over his body, lay England. The alarm was given at once and the Coroner notified. | Business reverses were no doubt the cause of the tragedy. At one time Eng- land was president of a banking institu- tion at Lonoke, Ark., and was wealthy. He lost all through unfortunate opera- tions and then came to Los Angeles with | his wife. He went into Mr. Gibbon’s law | oftice and built up a good practice. He soon purchased a little home and seemed always to be happy and contented. The J. E. England referred to in the message to Mr. Halsted is a brother, who telegraphed instructions to have the bodies | interred here. 1 B POISON OR HEART DISEASE?Y Peewliar Circumstances Preceding the Fatal Fall of a Cyclist. LOS ANGELES, CaL., May 20.—A most peculiar accident occurred here this aiter- noon, which, though terminating fatally, was only a sequel, perhaps, of a suicidal determination on the part of the victim. Roy Woodcock was riding a bicycle, when, | at the corner of Figuera and Thirty-second | streets, the wheel swerved and he fell off, | his head striking the curbstone. He lay there for some time in an unconscious con- dition and the patrol wagon was sum- | moned. When it arrived, life was extinct and the morgue wagon sent for. Woodcock bad been living with Rev. E. R. Brainard at 914 West Eleventh street. He was employed by the owners of the Pacific Cycle Company of South Broad- wav for whom he did odd jobs. He came to this city from San Francisco about two months ago, and had been unable to se- cure a position suitable to one of his edu- cation, and this, together with an uncon- querable drinking babit, made him des- pondent. He had threatened to commit suicide several times if he should prove unable to overcome his wish for strong drink. His doctor had prescribed chioral for him. This morning he took the con- tents of a bottle containing the drue and had the prescription refilied. All of this chloral he swallowed, so itissaid, and then started downtown on his wheel. Thedrug probably overcame him. 3 Roy Woodcock, his friends claim, was subject to heart disease, and tbey believe that this may have been the cause of his death. He was a graduate of the Uni- versity of New York, and a Bachelor of Arts in German University. e SALT LAKE-SAN DIEGO ROAD. A Conference of Eastern Megnates Held in Los Angeles. 10S ANGELES, Can, May 20.—The presence in this city of F. A. Thompson of the Rock Island Railroad snd 8. K. Hoover and W. J. Shotwell of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad has fanned into new life speculation regarding the pro- posed Salt Lake-San Diego Railway. Messrs. Shotwell and Hooper arrived last | 2nd thereby acquired additioral popula- | August Barandon Takes Poison { mother’s. | poisous. From some source, however, he | with his wife. | pany of California filed articles of incor- SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Junction on the main line to Salina, where | actual construction ceased, but the engi- | neers were sent on to St. George, a town in i the extreme southwest corner of Usah. | To this latter point the road has been graded. In addition to this a corps of en- cific, which road is very friendly to the Rio Grande system. From Ash Fork, Ariz., the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phenix runs to Phenix and from the latter point the line has been surveyed via Yuma, Ariz., to San Diego, Cal. Lately the Rock Island route, another friendly road, has surveved a road from Liberty, Kans., to Pheenix. It is known that the Rio Grande system and the Rock Island are largely interested in the San Diego road and put up most of the money E T H ES been annexed’’ at the recent election. Numerous alleged irrezularities in th; | - ‘ Ec('.on. John W. Mitchell, Frank A. Cat- e e 0“ 0 > u(‘ tein, C. P. Adams and F. M. Porter age Y (‘ d l s for the survey. e ANTI-ANNEXATION SUIT. Action to Prevent the Addition of Suburbs to Loa Angeles. LOS ANGELES, CaL., M geles citizens have been f selves of late on the fact that the city has added considerable terntory to its area, | tion of a very desirable character. This consummation has been sought for vears, and since the vote in favor of an- nexation ail seemed orderly and satisfac- tory. Now, it scems, there is to be a con- test over the matter and the possibility of having all the good work to do over again. Suit was instituted to-day by the people of the State of California, by W. F. Fitz- | gerald, Attorney-General, upon the rela- | tion of N. Ledgerwood against the city of Los Angeles, demanding that the city be excluded from all corporate righ privileges and franchises within the ter: tory “attempted and pretended to have gineers was sent out to explore and oper- ate upon the most feasible ronte thence to associated with Mr. Fiizgerala as attor- neys for the State. SAN BERRARDIND SUICIDE THE HUB, That He May Join His Kearny and Sutter. Wife. She Had Died by Her Own Hand and Her Loss Embittered His Existence. SAN BERNARDINO, Carn, May 20.— The suicide of August Barandon last night was a pathetic one. About a year ago his mother died. Barandon’s affection for her was of the strongest possible characterand every day since he has seen that fresh | flowers were placed on her prave. On the | 24th of last month Barandon's wife com- mitted suicide 1n Los Angeles and was buried in this city. Barandon brooded over her death and became melancholy and morose. 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