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VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 67. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REPUBLICH CORVERTION, State Officers Nominated in Wisconsin and Michigan. M’KINLEY IS INDORSED. National Platform Formulated at St. Louis Is Heartily Approved. UNITED SUPPORT IS PLEDGED. A Slight Breach at the Grand Rapids Meeting, but Differences Are Made TUp. | able, | Wheeler MILWAUKEE, W=, Aug. 5.—Wi gistering a very h an Coe of the St the arned until 3 o’clock. Tke plat ow the lines of the St. Louis con- port of the commi the platform as repo: sly adopted. The piat: on of the comatry, an labor, preserve frst ehange in our g on the Government, Lies th. arn to our former prosperity. m McKinley snd Gar. whose wisdom, integrity he people can safely put ed disapproval of | ieago convention | y the sbie, eco- and the utmast al thought, speech Congressional District La Foilett; Ct Baensch: General € District nominated Ira B W. Trevitt of tk v nated Major Sc the five- After g Speeches the conven- n, at 6:15 o’clock, adjourned until 10’ A. M. 1O-IROTTOW. ; SUCCESSFUL. PINGREE ME. | Seated im the Michigan Comvention De- | spste @ Strong Protest. | GRAND RBAPIDS, Sweltering in a temperatur Iy torrid, the delegates were slow in gathering for | the Republican State Convention tius | morning, Chairman Ferry called the con- | vention to order. Vietor M. Gore of Benton Harbor was | introduced as temrecrary chawrman. He | spoke in line with the declarations made st St. Louis. The platform will be short. It accepts with unqualified indorsement | the platform of the National Republican | Convention and emphasizes fealty to Me- | Kinley and Hobart. The evening session opened with the re- | port of the committee on credentials, | recommending that the Bliss delegates | from St. Clair County be given seats. | This was a blow to the Pingreeites. The| report was adopted by a larze majority, | the Pingree followers not making any de- | termined oppesition. State Treasurer Wil- | kinson them presented the following re-| port from the committee on platform, which was adopted: The Republicans of Michigan in convention sssembled do affirm: First—We declare our continued silegiance ' 10 the Republican party, which mOW, as bere- tofore, stands for the upbolding of law snd order, the encoursgement and protection of the commerce of our eountry, its industries, its labor, its farms and its firesides, the devel: | opment ot its resources, the maintenance of its eredit snd detense of its honor. second—We accept snd. indorse the platform of ¢ Vationa! Republican Convention of Louis. snd eall upoa all loyal eiti- to unite in ity support. | e denounc: the so-called Demo- ional platform, recently adopted at r it3 insults to our courts and our ' | to free silver, it says: cont | and again. dges, for its pandering to disorder and mob lence, for sympainy with sasrchism, for its propesal to repadiate public sad private debts, and for intention to substitute silver monometallism in place of the wise anda libersl policy and practice of the Republican party, which has been and is in faverof tne use of gold, silver and paper as the currency ot the nation. Foarth—We congratulate the party upon the eminently wise sad satisfactory selection of standard bearers in the present Nationalcam- psign. We zealously emphasize our fealty to the distinguished American statesman, Wil lism MeKinley, who bes: embodies those pat- riotic and progressive expressions of economic purposes, protection, reciproeity and homest mosey, and our equally unreserved confidence in the ability and fitness of the eandidase for Vice-President, Garret A. Hobars. Fifth—With this statement of our political ereed and reealling to your rememberance the faithful and economical manner in which the Republican party bas, through its executives, in the past administered the domestic affairs of this State, we frankly in- vite inspection of its record, cism of its control dorse the admi executive Governar J neartily ctest economy in depsrtments. We pledge our earnest ying out the will of this e expressed in its choice i te offices and ar cause to the vuters, confidentof November. Governor were the next order of busi- , and James O’ Donnell of Jackson, A. T. Bliss of Saginaw, H. A. Connant of D. D. Aitken of Flint, A. O. of Moaistee and Mayor H.S. ion of the nominating County delegation ore the convention ority report, admitting actions and giving each A rolicall was demanded and uted and was a vie- vote. by a vote of 406 to 402 it was subst the delegates admitted. This tory for Pingree. g R SAYS BEYAN LIBELED EEID. The New York “Tridune’s” Denial of & Speech Attributed to Its Editor. NEW YORK,N. Y, A .—The Trib- une this morning editorially says: We have received a copy of the Weekly World Herald of Omaha, Nebr., for July 8 which bears at the head of itscol~ itor the mame of William J. , the Populist and Democratic can- for President of the United States. That paper contains an editorial article entitled “Newspaper Supvort,” in which, after speakins of the newspapers opposed didate “In this connection it will be read what Whitelaw Reid, ed zoldbug New York Tricune, smd several years 2go at a quet iIn New York.”” Then tement attributed to Mr. Rei here was no such thing in America asan ndependent press; that editors were faves who dared not express an honest ; that he himself was paid to keep opinions out of the paper he was ted .with, and that the pusiness of the New York journaliss was to distort the | trutn, to lie outright, to pervert, o vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammoa and to sell his country and race for his daily bread. To this is added the comment: ““White- law Reid ought to and undoubtedly does know what be is talking about.” William J. Bryan, the candidate of a great party for President of the United States, ought to know what his news- paper is talking aboat when it prints ed- itorial statements under his name. Every person of inteiligence who has the stight- est acquaintance with Mr. Reid journalism, a prepaster- Reid never knowledge of New Y. is perfectly aware that this ous and stupid libel Mr. | made such a speech, and never said any- | thing resembling it, either in language or | sentiment. There is no information ob- | tainable that the speech was ever made by any human being in any place. Certainly it was never made by any New Yorkeditor at any press banquet. It has been atirib- uted to other newspaper men, among | them Jobn 8. Winton, and, so far as we know, without the slightest foundation. This fabrication has been exposed time The Tribune on June 30, and also on July 10—the last more than two weeks before the World-Herald publica- tion—in reply to persons who haa read the story in irresponsible Populist jour- nals, definitely and explicitly stampea it 2s a falsehood. Yet, in the face of these den y, the persomal sanction of Wil- liam J. Bryan, & candidate for Presi- dent of the United States, is virtually given to its publication by the newspaper which proclaims him as its editor. SE g GO00D NEWS FOR McKINLEY. Hs Boceives Tidings of Enmcouragement From Many Correspondents. CANTON, O=mw, Aug. 5.—This has been a day of good cheer for Major McKinley. Seated comfortably at home in the eool of a darkened study, he has spent the hours reading a mail that was laden with tidings | of hope and encouragement. He bad let- ters from men of intelligence in all parts of the country, and the tenor of these communications was that the free silver sentiment has reached its greatest point of development and that the natural reac- | tion is beginning to set in. The secretary of the Alger Ciub of De- troit has sent s resolution to Major Me- Kinley which reads as follows: “The Alger Republican Club of Detroit, com- posed as it is of 2000 men actively engaged in mercantile and other business pursuits, is deeply interested in whatever affects the business interests of the country, and feels that the platform adopted st St Louis by the Republican convention laid down a safe, conservative and wise poliey with regard to the country’s commercial nterests. The club’s members know that you and the Republican party can be trusted to carry them out.” Major and Mrs. McKinley gave s mu- sicale this evening. About sixty of therr friends were invited. Ll e For Bryan and Sewall. HUTCHINSON, Kass.,, Aug. 5. — The Democratic couvention met for its second day’s session at 52 M. There was noth- ing to do but wait until the committee ap- pointed to confer with the Populistsin session at Abilene should report and most of the time was takes up in speeches. A resolution was adopted declaring it to be the sense of the convention that tiey stand solidly by Btyan ane Sewall, regara- less of theaction of the Populists. Ad- journment was then taken until 104 x. to-morrow, when it is expected the com- mittee will report. s, and in spite of its obvious impes- | I | | STREET WORK FOR Delaware’s Scheme to Make the Prisoners Pay for i Board. TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS Will Be Hired Out to Contract- | ors and Herded Like Criminals. TWENTY -ONE NOW IN JAIL Offenders Are Becoming Desperate and May Take the Case to the Supreme Court. WILMINGTON, Dri, Asg. 5—The Levy Court of Kent County yesterday aathorized Clerk of the Peace Dickinson to advertise for bids for the hire of the single-taxers now in jail on the streetsand roads in Kent County. The Kent Couaty authorities claim the single-taxers have become a burden to the county and they propese to make them work for their keep. The single-taxers have engaged ex- Chancellor Jsmes L. Walcott and J. H. Raiston of Washington as counsel in habeas corpus proceedings for the release of the men who are in jail. Chaneellor Nicholson yesterdsy denied the application for release of the men pending their trial, but has set Monday next for further hearing in the matter The single-taxers have become desperate and may take the case to the Supreme Court. Two single-taxers were arrested last night and three more to-night. Thers are twenty-one now in jail. PHOKCGRAPH N POLITIC The Instrument May Play an Important Part in the Campaign. Notable Speeckes to B: Ground Out to Large Audiences Throughout the Country. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 5—The cratic National Committee, that he con- sider the matter of buying or recti graphophones and puiting them to work for the Democeratic ticket. Suechs sug- gestion has, in part, already been acted upen by the Republicans. If care to make the National committee offi- cial managers of such & unique campaign otber persons may put the idea inte opera- ton. ‘e It is said that the Republicans have put | Cowes Roads. The westher- was sunoy supplying eampaign songs for the amuse- | ment and edification of enthusiastic Re- publicans. The suggestion to Chairman Jones, however, is of 'a different nature. It isthat himseif, Candidate Bryan and | other noted silver speakers make ten or chines, which will be sent all over the country. They will prove double attrae- tions and, it is believed, would draw large crowds. The grapbophone itself! would ! | prove interesting to all the smaller cities | | and towns of the country, bus containing | speeches of eminent men of the Demo- | cratic party it would be sure to draw large | | crowds. i The scheme is that Democrats be sent through the country with these machines, | advertising like a show when they would | | be at & certain place. When they have! | their audience in shape they would turn on the talk. No charge would be made, | | although belief is expressed that if there | was charge sufficient to pay the expenses of the operator there would be big crowds everywhere. It is said that the Repub- j jican campaign machines are made to pay their own expenses, just like all machines in use for the public in gemeral. If the idea mentioned should be carried out it would prove the most novel scheme in the history of pelities. e SOUTHERN PACIFIC TAXES. The Keatucky Corporation Must Contribute to the Exchequer of the Blue Grass State. FRANKFORT, Krv., Aug. 5.—Auditer Stone has sent to the Southern Paeific Railway people a blank form on which t ey are asked to make returns so that | the board of assessment and valuation | may fix the value of the franchise of the corporation. The boara will rate the road immediately after receiving the proper in- formation and this corporation, which has been downg business in California on a KEentucky charter, will be asked to pay a large sum of back taxes in addition to the amounts the assessment board will fix. S NO SYMPATHETIC STEIKE. Cleveland Lador Leaders Conciude That It Would Be Unurise. CLEVELAND, Omro, Aug. 5.—After a long session to-night the Central Labor TUnion decided that it would be unwise just at this time to call a sympathetic strike on account of the Brown Hoisting ‘Works trouble. The Central Labor Union, bowever, pledges itself to aid in every | way the strikers. A secret session of the | labor leaders was held to-night, and, after | four hours of discussion with aitorneys | retained for the purpose, pavers were drawn and will be presented in court to- morrow as soon as it opens asking for an order restraining Mayor Robert E. Me- Kisson from using the police and military | to protect the Brown works, on the ground ; that he is incurring unnecessary cost for | the taxpayers to pay. S oLt s LI CALLS OM QUEEN FICTORIa. Introduced to Her Majesty by Lord Salis- bury. LONDON, Exse., Aug. 5—Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, who is visit- ing Engiand as the guest of the nation, to-day visited the Queen at Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight. The Chinese states- man, accompanied by members of his suit, took the train from London to Ports- mouth, where the roysl yacht was await- ing to convey them to Cowes. Upon arriving at the latter place car- riages were taken to Osborne House, whaere Lord Salisbury, the Prime Minister, | introduced Li Hung Chang toher Majesty. After the audience had terminated Li| A gty Imqmm GO T nm\ ‘HUGH WALLACE OF TACOMA BOLTS, A National Committeeman Denounces the Chicago Platform. FORSAKES HIS PARTY. He Believes a Victory for Bryan Would Be a Public Calamity. CAUSTIC LEITER TO JONES. Resigns His Office and Rebukes the Men Now in Control of the Democracy. TACOMA, Wass., Aug. 5.—Democratic National Committeeman Hugh C. Wallace creafed a National sensstion to-day by re- signing. He has written a vigorous letter to Chairman Jones, in which he sccuses the Democrasic party of departing from its principles and entering upon a radical and i career.. Wallace has been com- | e :. | tollowed and made the arrest. The team, mitteeman for four years, and has always supported Cleveland ardently. He was disgusted when the Chicago convention refused to indorse the administration, and in his letter he strikes back thus: Other differences there are, but I not dweil upon them. I eannot, however, forbear pro- test against the invitation to riot and snarehy that is coversly presented in the cenmsure of ths National sdministration for its suppres- sfon of mob violence that recently obstructed | the railways, stopped the mails, interrubted | interstate traffie, terrorized the country and caused immense destruction of property. The | people of the United States cannos give up their right to enforcement of Iaw afd order, and when State authorities eannot or will not act the Federal Government should actand must act. One of the proclaimed objects of the constitution is to “‘insure domestic tram- quility.” Although Wallace was a known gold advocate, the Democratic State Conven- tion, after indorsing silver, selected dele- gates to Chicago, s majority of whom were to vote for Wallace as National Committeeman. His silver opponents have, since his election, been demanding his resignation, and Chairman Jones has been notified of his leaning toward gold, and at the State convention next week it was proposed to demand his resignation. Hung Chang witnessed a series ot evolu- ‘Wailace understood that he could not be "1 FAIL TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK, Stormy Convention of Sixth District Democrats at Ventura. BAR PATTON PROXIES. Adjournment to Los Angeles Is Taken Amid a Storm of Hisses. CUNTROLLED BY RAILROAD MEN AL They Prevent the Los Ang:les Editor’s Nomination, Theugh He Has a Majority. VENTURA, Car, Aug. 5—The Demo- cratic convention of the Sixth Congres- | sional District, which has been in session |in this city for two days, adjourned this afternoon to meet in Los Angeles on August 17. The Rose-Patton deadlock re- | mained unbroken, as shown on the record of the secretary, while, in fact, it was fairly beaten by a majority vote of 37 for Patton to 35 for Rose, Patton’s majority coming from Santa Cruz and Los Angeles | counties on telegraphic proxies from ab- sent delegates. The proxy of George Hartman of Santa Cruz, certified to by Senator Bart Burke and Charles Cassin, was smothered in the committee on credentials, of whica J. Marion Brooks was chairman. The Los Angeles proxy of George Arbuckle was re- fused recognition when a revoking order from Rose to Patton, certified to by two witnesses, was received and the deadlock continued. The convention was called to order at 9:30 o’clock this morning and further time granted the committee on creden- tials in which to verify the proxies. Atl o’clock in the afterncon the convention reconvened, and before a call for the re- port of the committee on credentials could be made, Cooper of Santa Barbara moved that an adjournment be takem until August 17, a: Los Angeles. This scheme, which was organized by Thomas McCaffrey, train dispaicher for the Southern Pacific Raiload at Los Angeles, broug::t out a storm of applsuse from the Patton delegation, but withcut avail, as Chairman Merritt of Monterey and Sece retary Ramish of Los Angeles proceeded with the rollcall, which resulted in the motion carrying by a vote of 36 ayes to 34 noes. MeCaffrey voted on the revoked proxy of Arbuckle. T. O. Toland, amid great excitement, challenged the vote and de- nounced McCaffrey. J. W. Mitchell came to the rescue with the point of order that the proXy as revoked Lad not been passed upon. This was ruled upon as a point well taken, and an attempt was made by J. Marion Brooks, J. W. Mitchell and others to have the convention declared ad- journed. Amid the confusion George S. Patton got the floor ana secured the astention of the convention. For twenty minutes he St N refused to change, he decided to resign. One of the original arguments in his letter is the following: Unrestrieted and independent eoinage, then, would carry us to the silver basis. But the difficulty of maimtaining our paper eur- rency at parity with silver money, sunk to its meral value, would be as great as that of now maintaicing itat parity with gold; perhaps even greater. Unless we should embark on the ses of irre- deemable and worthless paper there would be no escape from the necessity of maintain- ing & heavy silver reserve; and this reserve could be obtained only by the sale of bonds— the very method so furiousiy denounced when employed for maintenance of the goid reserve. From the disorders that would attend the loss of the present standard I shrink with sp- prehension and alarm, and I must, ss a citizen and as s Demoerat, condemn that departure denounced the attempted snap-judgment, which in effect deprived a legitimate ma- jority of its rights. He was cheered re- peatedly by the spectators in the galleries, who were in sympathy with him. In closing he asked the convention if it - tended to nominate a Demoerat or a | quences of such s change would be eatas- from the prinefples and practices of the party down by Hunting- TRNR Toassin on G506 s bieuts, Thal e | Sr i oo b Kmmeiad dowss by it ton. If the convention was to be man. aged as the personal property of Collis P, Huntington, now doing dirty politics on the floor, he said he served notice on them that they would not be able to deliver the goods next November. He was in this fight to win, and would neither give nor acceps quarter from the Southern Pacific Railroad, which was now overriding a TULARE GRAIN THIEVES. ;:ifg:;:": ity tncuder 65 Sompnon Henry and Theodore Beaver drrested | Protests were of no avail, and Chairman fox Sealing Wheat. Merritt declared the motion to adjourn TULARE, Carn., Aug. 5.—Henry and |carried while a storm of hisses mingled Theodore Beaver were arrested last night, | with a few cheers. six miles west of Tulare, on a charge of | The Rose delegation at once filed out of stealing fifty-one sacks of wheat and fifty | the hall, leaving the Patton men in their new grain bags. The stolen wheat was | seats. T. O. Toland called for a caucus of the property of J. F. Harding of the Chi- | the thirty-five remaining and the two dis- cago Ranch. The Beavers hid the wheat | puted proxies, which was held in secret in two weeks ago in a strawstack. Harding | the Anacaps Hotel. As a resulf of their came to town and notified City Marshal | deliberations it was decided tostand as Carlisle and Constable Tompkins. To-|one man and fight itoutin Los Angeles, gether they went out and located the | Patton refusing to accept the suggestion wheat where the Beavers had cached it. | that he be nominated by the thirty-seven For nearly two weeks they lay in wait | yotes in hand. Great indignation isex- for the thieves. The brothers appeared | pressed on all sides at what istermed a last night, loaded the wheat onto a wagon | barefaced attempt at fraud. Patton dur- and drove off. Carlisle and Tompkins | ing the course of his speech absolved Hon. L. J. Rose of the suspicion of baving any the wheat and the Beavers were driven to | part in the sharp practice and dencunced Tulare, where the boys are now confined | McCaffrey as the paid hireling of the rail- in the city jail. road, which sought the political life of an Henry Beaver is married, having a wife | honorable man to advance 1ts political in- and one child living at Lemoore, in Kings | terests. County. They are ranchers, and claim to | It was the most exciting convention be destitute. Both admit their guilt and | ever held in the Sixth District. No at- will so plead. Oscar Beaver, who was | tempt was made to conceal the fact that killed by Chris Evans at Visalia on Au- | the Southern Pacific employes held the gust 5, 1592, was a brotner of the prisoo- | organization in their grasp. ers. Henry Beaver was tried and acquit- ted in Tulare County on December 7, 1886, on a charge of killing C. S. Hayes, then editor of the Traver Tidings. —— Lennox’s Will Filed at Woodland. ‘WOODLAND, CaL, Aug. 5.—The will of the Iate Matthew Lennox, one of the earty settlers of Yolo County, who recenily died at his home near Bavbel Slough, was filed in the Superior Court to-day for probate. The estate is v: at $30,000, and is dis- i jucation has n i b o b wido s s Toa oy | S oo S B e 12 heirs. Mrs Mary Ann Lennox isnamed | puncen E. McKinlay have made the tour S with Mr. Weber, and the eloguence of the Glove first two gentlemen, combined with the E A.l’:..’::u.., i i'_‘;': 1 g |execative sbility of Weber, nave made Williams® glove -"n" T By thair trip successful in the bighest degree, Only s few years ago ‘“‘cla Somoma”™ = mmmgmp-fllm}dtnphm; Sy e D Fm of Ve trophie. Such violent alteration of contracts and credits, ot debts and values, carrying with 1t reduction of the purchasing power of wages, could not take place without general disaster. The mere thought of the consequences of such transfer of our money from one metal to the other, upoc a ratio so false, cannot be enter- tained without deepest alarm. SONOMA’S SHY DEMOCEATS. Candidates for the November Sacrifica Are Few in Number. SANTA ROSA, Can, Aug. 5.—There will be s McKinley and Hobart Club in every city, town and bamlet in Sonoma County before WAugust passes. O. O. Weber, chairman of the county organiza- tion committee, has visited most of the surrounding towns in persom, and the nomination, which wasi because condition foreibly removed, but in view of his posi- | the market due to the umcertainty of the | State. Then the only fght was over the tion on the momey question, which he