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2 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1896. State Printing Office is no longer done by piecework, and that the State no longer esti- mates ‘‘the amount for which the same shall be allowed,”that portion of the section which re- quires the printing expert to “examine and re- port to the board all accounts for printing presented by the State Printer,” has, of course, been rendered inoperative. It, therefore, follows that the only duties which the printing expert is now suthorized to perform are: “To examine and report to the board all accounts for printing presented by the State Printer or any other person, specify- ing whether the work has been executed in & workmanlike manner or not, and the amount for which the same should be allowed,” and the only provision in the statutes of the State which permits the superintendent of State printing to procure work from *‘any other per- son” is that found in section 538 of the Politi- cal Code,which provides that “when any chart, map, diagram or other engraving shall be re- quired to illusirate any document ordered to be printed, such chart, map, diagram or en- graving shall be procured by the superintend- ent of State printing.” Respectlully, W. F. FITZGERALD, Attorney-General. At the present time Governor Budd is absent on an outing trip among the Sierras, and speculation is rife as to what action he will take on the question upon his return. In the meantime the matter is the topic of conversation in printing circles and the outcome is being looked forward to with great interest. VENTION. NATIONALIST CO. It Is Denounced as a Delusion by Tim- othy Healy's Supporters. DUBLIN, IRELAND, Aug. 19.—At a meet- ing of the supporters of Timothy Healy, held in this city last night, a resolution was adopted denouncing the coming Na- tionalist convention as a .mere attempt of John Dillon to bolster up his own lead- ership and to promote his personal ambi- tion. Another resolution was adopted ex- pressing satisfaction that the Irish land bill had been passed by Parliament. Healy deciared that so long as Dillon was at the head of the Nationalist party it would never achieve success. Murphy, the chairman, denounced the convention as a delusion and a snare for i men in foreign countries. MORE HRTILLERY NEEDED Fortifications That Will Neces- sitate an Additional Force of Caretakers. Only One Regiment to Man All the Proposed Defenses of the Pa- cific Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19.—The ew York Sunconfirms THE Carr’s Wash- ston aispatch foreshadowing many changes in artillery stations and says: Portland will be among the barbors de- manding increased defenses, and now it has only a single opattery. Boston and New York, as is known, are to have great increases in their defensive works, and must accordingly have more artillerymen. The approach to Philadelphia is among the points to be fortitied, and it has now no garrison. The same is true of Charles- ton and Savannah, where guns, it is hoped, will ere long be in position. At San Francisco, Point Lobos, Lime Point, Alcatraz Island, Angel Sound and Black Point are to be well fortified, while Puget Sound is an important strategic area which could easily be commanded by shore batteries. Of minor importance just now, yet included in the general scheme of defense, 1s San Diege, near the Mexican frontier, at present garrisoned by an infantry company. The artillery regiment now on the Pacific Coast is the Fifth, and which has Batteries A, C, I, L and M and Light Bat- eries D and F at the Presidio of San Francisco, B and K at Alcatraz Island, E at Fort Mason and H at Fort Canby, at the mouth of the Columbia. Battery G is on the Atlantic coast at Fort Monroe. But the difficulty is to say how any re- distribution can be made to advantage. It has been reported that another regiment is to be sent to the Pacific Coast, but that would be preposterous, not only because it would strip existing forts on the Atlantic and Gulf of garrisons they now bave and certainly need, but also because the pro- portion of two regiments on the Pacific to three on the Atlantic coast and Guif would be absurd. The present ratio of one regiment on the Western and fouron the Eastern coast is about right, in view of the relative magnitude of the interests to be defended. Wthen the artillery is increased, as, sooner or later, it will unquestionably be, more batteries will be available. One important matter to be remembered is that the new batteries thus spoken of are affairs of the future. A few heavy guns and mortars have been mounted at New York, San Francisco and Boston, but the work of engineers on emplacements has so far dragged behind that of the ordnance department in providing guns, and the work of the latter in furnishing carriages is so far behind_the turning out of guns, that Congress has not been with- out an excuse in delaying to increase the artillery arm. When it sees more new guns actually mounted it will probably provide men to take care of them; but it is reluctant to increase thearmy for purely prospective uses. One of the reasons, also, why a redistribution would apparently be out of place now is that barracks and quarters must be provided in season for such changes. Such a provision is now going on, for example, at Sandy Hook. Another question is as to the manner in which the artillery arm should be in- creased. One statement is that General Miles is desirous of having batteries scat- tered among a greater number of points in order to have more forts garrisoned. But the bill pending in Congress proposes té increase five regiments to seven, whereas a former measure was based on the idea of simply adding more batteries on the ground that it was additional batteries that were required and not additional regimental organizations, till, these latter are also advocated on the ground that they will furnisk more promotion, while preserving the three - battalion twelve-company idea. Altogether it would seem that there is no immediate need of redistributing artil- lery and. that the most sensible and economical plan would be to’await the action of Congress at the coming session on Secretary Lamont’s line reorganization bill. If that bill, or even the artillery part of it, becomes a law the assignment of gar- risons to the new batteries hereafter to be built wiil be an easy task. Some interesting experiments will soon be made in the manufacture of ordnance material. Under a recent action of Con- gress. provision was made for the manu- facture and trial of a ten-inch counter- poise carriage, invented by Commodore Howell of the navy, and of a twelve-inch carriage invented by A. H. Emery. 8till ancther provision was that for making anpd | cesting an eight-inch gun, to be cast in one piece, on the plan of R. J. Gatling. Asto the carriages, of whatever their intrinsic merits, it will be a gain if the; hurry forward the iwelve-inc! riage now under construction. serve to type car- LEGAL LIS I CONETION American Bar Associafion's Annual Gathering at Saratoga. NOTED MEN ARE THERE Lord Chief Justice Russell ot England Among the Distin- guished Guests. PRESIDENT STOREY'S ADDRESS Stress Laid Upon Unjust Protection of Defunct Corporations by the Courts. BARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Conven- tion Hall was more than .comfortably packed with representative members of the bar from all portions of the United States at 10:30 o’clock this morning, when Hon. Moorfield Storey of Massachusetts called to order the nineteenth annual con- vention of the American Bar Association. Just before the commencement of proceedings Lord Chief Justice Russell of England, accompanied by Sir Frank Lockwood, Q C., M. P, and Mon- tague Crackenthorpe, Q. C., were escorted to the platiform, the conven- tion rising en masse to give the dis- tingunished visitors an enthusiastic greet- ing. Prominent among the legal lights present were Francis Rawle of Phila- delphia; James C. Carter, New York; Charles Ciaflin Allen, Missouri; George M. Sharp, Baltimore; Emlin McLain, Iowa City, Towa; J. Randolph Tucker, Lexington, Va.; Hon. Thomas§ M. Cooley, Anu Arbor, Mi¢h.; William Allen Butler, New York; J. M. Woolworth, Nebraska; Thomas J. Semmes, New Orleans; John W. Stevenson, Kentucky; Courtlandt Parker, New Jersey; Joseph B. Warner, Massachusetts. The subject of the address of the presi- dent was, “The most noteworthy changes in statute law on points of general inter- est made in the several States and by Congress during the preceding year.” The speaker pointed out that the legis- lation in different States, though widely separated, strongly showed the essential unity of this country in dealing with the same problems that confrontall the States. Another noticeable point is the rapid growth of a disposition to assert the gen- eral interests of the commurity at the ex- vense of individual freedom. The statutes of every State, he said, contain laws that would have seemed unwarrantable inva- sions of private rights not many yearsago. The most important point of the address | is devoted to railway reorganization, and 1s based upon a statute of Kentucky, which for the first time attempts to 'deal with this subject. The speaker considered this statute a step in the right direction, as it enables the courts to protect the interests of the investors by making every reorganization of a railway the subject of judicial inves- tigation and securing for every interest a hearing. It often happened, he said, that capital stock was issued without payment, being offered as a bonus to go with the bonds. In this way the money of credi- tors has been invested and the control of the property retained by the debtor—the rallway company. The managers of railway companies are generally prepared for an emergency when it is found necessary to reorganize their property, but the creditors are scattered, frightened and wholly unprepared to act. The managers of the insolvent company ask the court for a receiver and generally get one favorable to their own interests. Sometimes the receivers resist foreclosure proceedings, which action results in a practical denial of justice. Many a man sees the savings of a life- time swept away by the mismanagement of a corporation and sees the managers in charge in spite of all opposition that creditors can make. It is to the courts that we must look for protection, the president continued. Their authority rests on the respect of the people for their absolute impartiality, and in the lone ran they cannot preserve that respect unless they observe the well-settied rules of judicial procedure and unless they respect and enforce every legal claim. Parties must be left to determine for themselves whether their interests will or wiil not be served by the assertion of their rignts. 1f the courts had always refused to entertain these applications for receivers when made by a debtor corporaticn, or even if they had selected impartial receivers and facilitated the enforcement of every agree- ment, railroads would have been reorgan- ized more promptly and on a more endur- ing basis than is now possible. In conciuding his address President Siorey said: “Judicial action which im- pairs the obligation of contracts is more dangerous than any statute which aims at the same result. When the court, throngh its officers, undertakes to manage a rail- road for years, and that chiefly without hearing the questions which arise in its operation; when it appoints these officers and in so doing grants the final relief sought without notice it vioiates the fundamental rule of our constitution.” The address of President Storey, which required an bour and a half in delivering, was frequently applauded. The regular business was then taken up. TUvon the report of the executive com- mittee eighty-eight new members from various States were elected. A recess of ten minutes was then taken, during which time Lord Russell, Sir Frank Lockwood and Montague Crackenthorpe held an in- formal reception on the platform, where they greeted many members of the asso- ciation. - The convention then proceeded to ths election of the members of the General Council, among those selected being the following: California, J. A. Gibson; Colo- rado, C. F. Herrington; Illinois, E. B. Sherman; Iowa, A. J. McCreary; Kansas, J. D. Mulligan; Missouri, James Hager- man; Montana, W. F. Sanders; Nebraska, J. L. Woolworth; North Dakota, Burke Corbett; Oregon, C. H. Corey; South Dakota, J. W. Wright; Washington, C. A. Shepard; Wyomine, C. Carter; Arizona, E. E. Elienwood; Utah, 8. B. Shepard. The report of Secretary Hinkiey of Bal- timore for the year showed that there were 1307 members at the close of the last meet- ing. Thirty-five members bave been elected by t! eexoenuvp committee, All of the States except Nevada and all of the Territories except New Mexico are repre- sented in the membership. The attention of the vice-presidents and members of the local councils was again called to the reso- lution charging them with the duty of endeavoring to secure by legislation the appointment of commissioners of uniform State law. The report of the treasurer for the year showed the total receipts to have been §6119 62, disbursements $5,756 67, leaving a balance of $4133 53. The report was re- ceived and ,submitted to the auditing committee. An adjournment was then taken to 8 o’clock. % By reason of the reception given by Judge Batchelder in honor of Lord Rus- sell the evening session of the Bar Asso- ciation was made somewhat short: The | first speaker, James W. Woolworth of Omaha, Nebr., discussed the development of the law of contracts. The paper was a most exhaustive one, and held the close attention of the large audience. At the close Joseph B. Warner of Bos- ton, Mass., spoke on *‘The Lawyer’s Rela- tions to His Client.” The association then adjourned until 10:30 to-morrow morning. ey ON LEGAL EDUCATION, Chairman MecLain Talks to the “Law Currioulum.” SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 19.—At 3:30 the association met as a section of legal education in Convention Hall. Chairman McLain delivered an address to the “Law Curriculum.” After briefly reviewing the origin and growth of the section of legal education and discussing the best methods to be pursued by the law student in kis legal education Chairman McLain con- tinued: t % “It must be admitted that the quickness of perception and the maturity of judg- ment, without which legal attainments are impossible, may be strengthened, on the one hand by the studies which are deemed proper ina broad liberal and thorough collegiate education, but also on the other by familiarity with the practical affairs. Therefore, great as is the advantage to be derived from college training, we must not ignore the corresponding advan- tage which may have been obtained by business experience. “I cannot refrain from saying a word as to textbocks—for whatever the theory of instruction may be, textbooks will be found useful on some topics. We have special books in abundaace. We have voluminous collections of cases and brief synopses of principles. And if I am not mistaken some of the old-fashioned law- yers’ books remain the best textbooks for students on their particular subjects. In no portion of the law is the skill of an accomplished lecturer, or perhapsIshould say expounder, more valuable than in this beginning work of the student’s course. “Two important topics of the law which undoubtedly ought to be introduced into the first year's course, inasmuch as they lie at the foundation’ of so many collateral subjects, are those of contracts and torts. Sufficient knowledge of the elementary principles applicable to the ownership of real and personal property may be given in the course of elementary law, to enable the student without detriment to dispense with the thorough treatment of these topics until his second year. Criminal law is a subject involving elementary con- ceptions easily mastered by a student, and both in 1ts substantive part and its proce- dure it is well suited to presentation in the first year’s course. For the second year's work the more important subjects are real and personal property law. For the third year I would propose corpora- tion law and the lawcf partnership; also constituticnal law, international law, con- flict of laws and genera! instruction.” NICOLLETTI NOT PROSECUTED. By the Dismissal of the Wender's Case His Populistic Friends Are Silenced. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19.—Long before the Police Court openea this morn- ing groups of men wearing long whiskers and Bryan buttons stood in the corridor and discussed politics,. When Policeman Mike Flynn arrived he demanded their business and to a man they replied: “We are here to defend Stephen Nicolletti.”” Nicolletti is the Populistic martyr of Los Angeles who was arrested Saturday for obstructing the street with a push cart containing free silver literature of his own manufacture, warranted to extermi- nate the gold-bug pest now raging in the East. When Prosecutor Pugh unrolled his desk this morning Flynn approached on tip-toe and asked him to take a peep in the courtroom. Mr. Pagh looked through the door and bebeld row after row of bearded men, apparently, from their secre- tive actions, conspiring with each other. “The silver min, Pugh,” said Flynn, “here to defind the Eyetaliyun Nickerletty.” But, alas, for the eloquence of the hirsute howlers, Nicolletti has yet to pose hefore the public as the new monetary Messiah, and Pugh, prosecutor, did it all with an insignificant little stamp in his otfice marked *Nolle prosse qui.’” The Populists swear that he nolle prossed the case so they counld not make speeches. prt it THE NATIONAL BANKS. Statement of the Comptroller Shéwing Their Condition. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Aug. 19.—A statement has been prepared and issued by the Comptreller-of the Currency, show- ing the condition of the 3689 national banks at the close of business Tuesday, July 14, as compared with May 7, the date of the last previous examination. InJuly the total resources of the banks were $5,853,797,075, as against $3,337,638,822 in May. The changes in the principal items are shown as follows: Loans and discounts— July, $1,959,166,369; May, $1,976,098,833. Cash items—July, $13,601,453; May, $12,- 295,435. Lawful money in reserve—July, $342,213,739; May, $349,380,098. Gold coin— July, $110,183,159; May, $105,938,779. Gold treasury certificates — July, $20,336,400; May, $21,383,020. Gold clearing-house cer- tificates—July, $31,384,000; May, $30,440,- 000. - Total specie—July, $203,835,449; May, $202,373,446. Capital “stock—July, $651,- 44,8555 May, §652,089,781. Surplus fund~— July, $248,368,423; May, $247,546,067. Na- tional bank notes outstanding — July, $199,214,049; May, $197,352,364. Individual 3{9 pgl.;u—w,v. $1,660,413,507; May, $1,687,- ,515. e Rewarded for Bravery. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19.—The ‘War Department has awarded medals of honor to Captain W. E. Wilder of the Fourth Cavalry and John Schnitzer, sec- ond-class private of ordnance, for the most distinguished gallantry in action against hostile Indians at Horsestoe Cenyon, N. M., on April 23, 1882. During this enga; ment they, under heavy fire, rescued Psr?: vate Edward Iaonuc{. who was badly wounded. : —— To Release the Three Friends. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19.—The Collector of Customs at Jacksonville, Fla., has been directed to release the steamer Toree Friends if in the juigment of the Collector the facts in the case warrant such action. No doubt is expressed by officials bere that the facts do not justify her further detention. - WILLIE WANDERS UP THE HUDSON. Orator Bryan Sallies Forth on Some Little Side Excursions. TALKS TO THE NATIVES, Says Considerable About Helping Poor People, but Omits the Remedy. CITIZENS GREATER THAN KINGS Eloquent but Meaningless Words of the Boy Orator of the River Platte Region. UPPER RED HOOK, N. Y., Aug. 19.— New York State is to be partly canvassed by W. J. Bryan before his return West. His programme is not yet complete and may be changed somewhat, but so far as has been arranged it was summed up in the following statement, dictated this morning by Bryan himself: *‘We shall leave Tarrytown at 6:56 Tues- day afternoon, the 25th, reaching Albany at 8:30 p. m.; leave there at 10 o’clock that night and arrive at Syracuse at 2:05 A. w.; stay until noon Wednes- day; reach Rochester about 2:25 p. M.; stop one hour, leaving for Buffalo in time to reach there at 4:45 p. M.; take the first train to Erle, Pa., arriving there early in the evening. At Erie I will attend a meet- ing of the State Democratic clubs on the 26th. I will return next morning to Buffalo, and remain the rest of the week in Western New York. I will spend Sun- day at Chautauqua and proceed west ‘Wednesday morning.” Telegrams from many places in New York inviting the young candidate to make addresses have been received by Bryan, but he has been obliged to decl ine many of the requesis. What Bryan will do when in the western part of the State he is not yet ready to announce, but will do so within a day or two. ‘Without expectation. or preparation, Bryan made a speech at Rhinebeck to- night in which he touched on matters of interest in the campaign. It was the first political talk Mr. Bryan has given since his notification a week ago to-day, with the exception of a few words at Pough- keepsie. At 2 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Mr. and Mrs. Perrine, their hosts, left Upper Red Hook in a covered wagon to drive over to Ellerslie, Governor Morton’s home. With them went the Misses Per- rine and a number of friends in vehicles and on bicycles. Others joined them along the road, and by the time Ellerslie was reached the procession was quite formida- ble. The route was through Red Hook, or the lower village, past the estates of John Jacob Astor, John Armstrong Chanlerand other persons of wealth, and through Rhinectiffe to Governor Morton’s stock farm. Mr. Bryan and his friends inspected the stable and dairy-nouses under escort of Governor Morton’s superintendent, who had been instructed from Albany by the Governor’s private secretary, Colonel Ash- ley W. Cole, to show the candidate every attention. Leaving Ellerslie, Mr. Bryan and his party visited the estate of Colonel Jacob Ruppert, the brewer, and then started for Rhinebeck, where they were to have sup- per. On the way Mr. Bryan was waylaid by Rev. Mr. Richards, pastor of the Hill- sidefMethodist Church, and invited to visit the church fairin progress in a tent near by, which he accepted. Rhinebeck people were on the lookout for the Democratic candidate. He had telephoned to have dinner for himself and friends at 6 o’clock, and when he arrived he found the ancient Rhinebeck Hotel, where the meal had beeu ordered, decorated with bunting in his honor. Not only that, but a reception committee was awaiting him, and they had a brass band and were prepared to do honor to his present prominent position. There were Republicans as well as Demo- crats on the committee, and Mr. Bryan was informed that the reception was in- tended to be entirely non-partisan. Three hundred people gathered in front of the hotel and appiauded when Mr. Bryan stepped upon the decorated bal- cony. He was introduced by George L. Esselstyne, a prominent Republican, who is sometimes called the ‘“‘golden-tongued orator of Northern Duchess.”” Mr. Essel- styne said: “We appear here altogether in an impromptu gathering. Many cen- turies ago it was said that to be a Roman was greater than to be a King, andit can be said to-day that to be President of the United ‘States is to be greater than to be eithera Roman or a King. lrrespective of either party or other considerations we extend you a hearty welcome.” To this Mr. Bryan replied: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I think that I can go farther even than the chairman of this impromptu meeting. He says that to be President of the United States 18 t0 be greater than to be s Roman or a king, Butiew can be President,and I rejoice that I live in & land where to be & citizen is more than to be a king in any nation on earth. I rejoice thatIlive in aland where those who, for a time being, exercise authority and derive that authority from the consentof the gov- erned and who do not rule by right divine. In this land, whether we live along the Hudson oron the Western prairies, we stand upon a common plane and we participate in a gov- ernment which represents us all. We may belong to different parties, but I trust I may be able to express the desire of each of you as well as myself when I sey that we ought to pelong at all times to that party which in our judgment will enable us best to serve our country. Parties afe instruments, not ends. They are the means we use to secure that which we believe to be best for us, for our families and for our fellows. Issues arise from time to time, and it is the duty of every citizen who loves his country and who appreciates the responsibilities which rest upon him to study each issue as it arises. 1am not here to-might to make you & politi- cal speech. I am in your midst to rest, but I cannot withstand the temptation at this time to beg that you will study, if you have not done it heretofore, that issue which in this campaign is paramount. Iknow that amotg our neighbors in the East there are many who have regarded our position upon the money question ; the position taken by the Chicago convention as entirely wrong, and they speak of the silver sentiment as a source of disease, I want to beg you, my friends, to believe that we who advocate the restoration of the money of the constitution are not seeking that policy we believe thai it is going to give us an advan We have e over somebody else. the question as best we could and we honestly believe that there can be no permanent, no general prosperity in this country, until we stop the conspiracy of those who would make gold the only standard of the world and make &1l other things depend upon thatalone. We believe that while the struggle for gold goes on other things must become cheap; that as we increase the de- mand for that one thing we must decrease the vrice of all those things that we change for gold, and we believe thas this falling of prices, compelled by legislation, is destructive of en- ergies, the industries and the hope of the toil- 1ing masses of the United States and all over the world. [Applause.] 1beg of you, when you are considering this question, to remember that this is a great Na- tion; that it is made up of 70,000,000 people. Each is the equal of every other. I have vis- ited some of your beautiful villasalong the Hudson. I have been charmed with the beauty that commends them, but I beg you, when you study this question, to remember that those who, instead of occupying these magnificent p:aces, must toil all day under the summer sun, have just as much interest in the money question as anybody else. Remember that this question cannot be viewed from the standpoint of any class of people. It reaches every man, woman and child in the land, and you should make your view broad enough to comprehend them all, because I believe I speak the truth when Isay that the prosperity of the well-to-do rests upon the prosperity of those who toil and that you cannot have a financial policy which brings distress to those who create wealth without in the end reaching those who rest upon these toilers; and more than that. you cannot have a policy which brings prosperity to the masses without that prosperity proving of benmefit to all mankind. Ibeg you that in your consideration of this question you will study the interests of all and not merely the interests of those who may be permanently benefited by the rise in the value of a dollar, and when you have made up your mind T gesire each of you to feel that you have the right to express your view. The ballot was not given in order that one man should vote for many or that one man should compel others to vote with him or purchase their votes. It was given in order that each might make his ballot represent a free man’s will, and then, when each one, studying as he will, voting as he likes, expresses himself, we make a majority, and then we all support the one who is elected and hold up his hands while he administers for us the Government, whether we agree with his views or not. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Mr. and Mrs. Perrine had an eight-mile ride through the moonlight from Rhinebeck to Upper Red Hook. 1t was late when they reached the home of the Perrines. Ll o ACCEPIS BRYAN’S WORD. Thurston Now Belieres the Nebraskan Was Not Paid by Mine-Owners. CHICAGO, 1LL., Aug, 19.—Before leav- ing for New York to-night Senator Thurs- ton accepted as conclusive proof of the falsity of the charge the statement made yesterday by Mr. Bryan that he had never been in the employ of silver-mine owners or silver associations. Senator Thurston at Madison, Wis., recently quoted the charge as originally made in the editorial columns of the Chicago Chronicle, and called on Mr. Bryan to say if the accusa- tion was true or false. The Senator said to-day: “Mr., Bryan’s word is enough for me and I shall be glad to say as much to the . people of the country in my next public address. Mr. Bryan has denied the charge, which was made by a Democratic news- paper, and I have no hesitation in believ- ing him.” As to Senator Stewart, the Nebraska Senator said: “Senator Stewart has ar- rived at that state of political second child- hood which entitles him to great consid- eration and sympathy and I don’t think any more need be said on that score.” Executive Committeeman Durbin, whose epecial work in the National campaign is to visit Western States and examine the methods and progress of conducting the State campaigns, left to-day for Detroit, where he will meet the chairman of the Michigan committee and other campaign officials in that State and report the result of his invegtigation to National headquar- ters. Henry C. Payne received reports io-day from numerous officers of party organiza- tions on the Pacific Coast, all of which in- dicated a rapid growth of gold standard and protection sentiment. Wyoming is also giving the headquarters people some encouragement. United States Senator Wolcott of Colo- rado stopped a short time at headquarters on his way West. He said he was making no vredictions as to his State further than to say that McKinley would get a safe majority. A letter from W. A. E. Debeque of Debeque, Colo., says that peculiar con- ditions exist in the rural districts of his State, and that old Republicans are com- ing back as much on protection as the money issue. Chief Hahn of the speakers’ bureau had several callers to-day who had been speak- ing in the West, and they reported larger audiences than they had known in pre- vious campaigns, the chief interest being to obtain full information on the money question. LA WILL MNOT BE NOTIFIED, But That Will Not Affect Watson’s Can- didacy at All, WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 19.—Un- less the wishes of Chairman Butler and the members of the executive committee are set aside Watson, the Populist candi- date for the Vice-Presidency, will not be officially notified of his nomination for that place. Chairman Butler last night, while declining to make any specific atements on the subject, said that the failure to notify would not be unusual, for the reason that the Populists had never yet notified their candidates. Chairman Butler denied that any pool- ing arrangements for circulation of litera- ture had been arranged between the Democrats and Populists, but intimated that they would work together in the ut- most harmony. It was decided by the committee last night that there should be one head for the Povulist Executive Com- mittee and Congressional Committee. sfimmrk Batler wi]f?henfqu preside over all work. g ‘New York Prohibitionists. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Aug. 19.—The Pro- ‘hibitionist State quvention for the nomi- ‘nation of Governor and Lieutenant-Gov- ernor opened here to-day with a meager attepdance. The convention was called to order at 11:15 by Mitchell Downing of Poughkeepsie, chairman of the State Com- mittee, who 1introduced Mr. and Mrs. Beveridge of Nebraska, the Prohibitionist singers. Francis E. Baldwin of Eimira was elected temporary chairman. Hale Johnson, the Vice-Presidential candidate, then addressed the convention. At the afternoon session the temporary organization was made permanent. The platform adopted is of a purely prolribi- tion character. LA SR AL AN EDITOR SHOT DOWN. Dr. 8. R. Karee of Curtis Fatally © Wounded by Simon Carey. ~ CURTIS, Nesr., Aug. 19.—Dr. 8. R. Razee, editor of the Curtis Courier, was assaunlted on the street this morning by Bimon Carey, who shot him twice, the first shot entering the abdomen, the second entering the back and vassiag out at the right breast. Both wounds are serious. 'l‘ge attending physicians have little hope of his recovery. While there has been a slight business diflicuity between Razce an: , the assault was without warn- ing - _ unprovoked. Carey surren- dered to the officials after the shooting. SILVERITES PLAN THEIR CAMPAIGH, Ready to Work in Accord With the Bryanized Democrats. STEVENS VERY ACTIVE. Holds a Conference With Jones and Decides Upon the Mutual Work. CHAIRMAN LANE'S PROGRAMME Will Have Sole Control of the Can- vass on the Pacific Coast Territory. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19.—Isaac N. Stevens of Colorado, vice-chairman of the Silver National Committee, was early at headquarters to-day. He expects to remain here until the election. George P. Keeney, organizer of the Silver party, will be the vice-chairman’s chief assistant, and Judge C. J. Hillyer, Na- tional Committeeman for the District of Columbia, will also aid the cause. Mr. Stevens had a couference with Senator Jones, and to-day makes the announce- ment that his committee will work in per- fect accord with the Democrats. Head- quarters will be maintained both in this city and Chicago—the one here being for the distribution of documents, and that In Chicago for the assignment of speakers. The personnel of the Chicago staff has not yet been determined. Chairman Lane, however, will find it impossible to person- aily devote much attention to the details of the campaign except on the Pacific Coast, where he will have sole control of the canvass. He hopes tocome east in October and spend the closing month of the contest, a portion of the time being in this city. Details of the work here, Mr. Stevens says, have not been fully arranged. It was noon before the Populist execu- tive committee met to begin the session called for 9:30 o’clock. There were in at- tendance only a bare quorum, no addi- tional members having arrived. In reply to inquiries it was stated that nothing but routine business had been transacted. Chairman Butler this afternoon an- nounced the appointment of the following committee for the campaign: H. W.Reed of Georgia (chairman), Dr. C. F. Taylor of Pennsylvania and M. C. Rankin of Indiana. 2 George F. Washburn of Massachusetts has been appointed to take charge of the headquarters at Chicago. After going to his home and getting business affairsin shape Mr. Washburn will go to Chicago. Chairman Butler says that headquarters will be opened up to-morrow or next diy. Becretary Hoke Smith returned to-day from Lincolnton, N. C., where he has been with his family for a fortnight. The Sec- retary bad no comment to make on pol- tics and refused to discuss the report that he would stump Georgia for the Demo- cratic nominees between now and No- vember. . DEMUCKATS OF COLORADO. Delegates May Agree Upon a Plan of Fusion With Silverites. PUEBLO, Coro., Aug. 19.—The Demo- cratic State Convention organized at 3 o’clock to-day, with M. B. Gerry of La Plata County in the chair. No contests appearing, the temporary organization was made permanent. Washouts west de- layed the arrival of many delegates, and the progress of the convention was slow. Owing to a concert in the evening, un- der the auspices of the Trades Assembly of Pueblo, for the purpose of raising a fund to send speakers into the East to present free-coinage argunments before labor or- ganizations, the convention took a recess until 10 P. &, at which time committees on resolutions and order of business will report. & The delegates have arrived atnodefin ite plan for making overtures of fusion with Silverites of other parties, whose conven- tions meet pextmonth, and they cannot agree upon a plan in caucus. They are willing to agree to indorse Senator Teller and Congressmen Bell and Shafroth for re-election, but on all other points great diversity of views are extant. Whether by a commiittee with delegated power or by an adjournment of the convention to meet again the fusion ticket isto be pre- pared only a vote in the convention can determine. The situation of the convention is made more perplexing by reason of numerons gubernatorial candidates in the field whose respective friends are working to save them in the fusion compromise. The two committees will jointly report indorsing Teller, Bell and Shafroth, Then a committee of seven will be named, with full power to act jointly with other parties, to effect & union of silverites upon fusion tickets. Before this convention ad- journs, however, a full State ticket is to be named, from which the committee must select all candidates given to the Demo- crats upon such a fusion ticket. The report of the committee on resolu- tions was adopted; but before the report of thg committee on order of business, whiclht includes the fusion question, was considered, the convention adjourned upon a rollcall at 11:30. WOERRIES THE SILVER WING, Preparation for the Convention of the National Democracy Proceeds. INDIANAPOLIS, INp., Aug. 19.—The leaders of the National Democracy feel very much encouraged over the outlook of the convention of September 22. A strong evidence of the concern itis giving the silver wlnq was contalned in a story printed by" the free-silver papers this morning in a special dispatch from Canton, declaring that the McKinley managers were making a strenuous effort to have the Indianapolis convention in- dorse the Republican nominee. 1n answer to a request from a New York paper for his opinion upon this proposition of in- dorsement, Mr. Bynum, chairman of the National Demoeratic executive commit- tee, wired: *‘The convention that meets on September 22 will be Demoeratic. It will adopt a Democratic platform and nominate Democratic candidates.” Most of the men influentialin the Cleve- land administration have given what en- couragement they could to the movement and it is said that the money plank of the platform will be written by Secretary Car lisle. Nothing direct has been heard trom President Cleveland, but tne attitude of those near him is taken by the leaders of the movement as a sign that it has his support. Tne local preparations for the conven- tion are going right along without an in. terruption. The local committee has col- lected sufficient funds to meet the ex- penses of the gathering, and the hall com- mittee has completed its plans, Ample arrangements have been made by the press committee and the telegraph com. panies to handle newspaper matter with facility and dispatch. i MAY FUSE WITH REPUBLICANS, Populists of Tewxas Opporsed Tactios of Democrats. FORT WORTH, TEX., Aug. 19.—The State Democratic Convention reconvened at 9 o’clock this morning. Hon. C, L. Potter of Cook County was elected per- manent chairman without obposition, The convention voted almost unanimously to abolish the two-thirds rule under which the party has always worked. It also voted to nominate the three Railroad Com- missioners at once. A committee representing the Texas Populist party called on Chairman Dudley of the State Democratic Executive Com- mittee and requested that he appoint a similar committee of his party to confer on a proposition to fuse on the electoral ticket, composed of seven Populists and thirty-eight Democrats. Dudley refused to appomnt such a committse. The Popu. lists now threaten to fuse with the Repub- licans, giving their vote to the Republi- can electors in return for Republican votes for the Populist State ticket. e Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $104,361,051. The day’s withdrawals were $167,200. The treasury officials were informed of the old importing scheme at New York, but g-d nothing to say respecting it. —e NEW TO-DAY. to the BAGLESON BIG FACTORY SHIRT SALE w— AN D e SUMMER UNDERWEAR CLEARANCE SALE. BIG REDUCTION IN PRICES. 748 and 750 Market Street. 242 Montgomery Street. 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