The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1900, Page 1

v ()Ll ME LXXXVII-NO. 2. 1 FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1900. This Paper not to be taken from the Library.++++ PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOERS IN LINEFOR A BlG BATTLE Thousands Under General Steyn Have Gathered at Thaba Nchu. —— ADVANCE TROOPS FIRED 0N ———— Members of the House Freely Wager That Lord Roberts Will Be in Pretoria Within Two Months. THABA NCHU, May 10.—Ten thousand Boers under command of Gene Steyn are reported to be east of A battle is immi- nent ns w w i e is expected ng & ~onsigned ds alisbur lobbies ssion BATILE OF THE JAND. : fo Have Lost ily Resisting the Ad- vancing British. Boers Are Said Heari resisted t = twe and pc s, « way, and the Thir ( d as a screc mn. General French was General Hamil on Boers had destroyed g ng thelr retreat. to ascertain the Boc are thought to be heav: ritish, considering the im- ce made, are considered impossit ETSPRUIT, Thursday, May 10, ng—The Boers opposed the British holding positions north of Zand & the whole line, from Gen the and General the west. Chiefly artillery was Sussex Regiment charged nt of the bayonet, and s captured another. oss is insignificant. had & serfes of artillery & always retiring. Twenty The advance on east The prisoners. CROSSES THE ZAND RIVER 2. from Welgele- and Tuckel m artillery guns and Iry marched here to- 1 the opposite bank r strength will be | -morrow, when I hope to be a passage of the river.” dated Cable Cart, “We now across River. The enemy are in They occupied a position miies in length. Ours was Iy longer. Because of the wide- cattered force it wili take some time learn the casualties. but I am hopeful we have not suffered much. The cavalry | and horse artillery are pursuing the Boers by three different routes.” A dispatch from Lord Roberts, Zend River Camp, May 9, says: received a most cheery telegram from Baden-Powell Cated April 2. ‘s dlvi yal g of the Zand ¥ ascertained tc force ai says to later 1 Zend retreat twenty able A May spatch Lord Roberts tele- | 9, evening, as fol- | of heavy naval | STANDARD BEARERS CHOSEN BY | THE TWO POPULIST CONVENTIONS 3 (3 AT SIOUX FALLS, S. D. FOR PRESIDENT FOR VICE PRESIDENT [ L3 by L 4 . [ e e Bryan Easily Nominated for| President by the Fusion Pop- ulists, but There Is a Lively Row Over Towne for Vice| President. For President—William J. Bryan veteran of Nebraska. tion of Mr. Bryan. S was then announced amid For Vice-President—Charles A. It was enough, he Towne of Minnesota. that he had pove his com- party, and that d the People’s Party . he declared, repre for human rights, anc v him r power to elect him st step toward restor- ¥ to its old-time giory. peers in the Democratic had also captu May H—Thv ntion this die J hair recognized clone” Davis a shout we: r't up as the tall Davi med up on his way rm Olds of Penns lvania, now 8 nominations wplished amid scenes of Ereat| Ories of “We won as be sat down. Mr. sured the convention that his State would greeted Mr. enthusiasm PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. . . 5 give Mr. v In November. OUX FALLS, S. D.. May 10.—The| g, hra epp! or- : s1 \ml, A LD M e braska stepped for- the denun tion of th "‘Hl. irman sald he, amid perfect anking law, and espec! the demand move that the rules of thiy for the free coinage of silver at the ratlo | convention be suspended and that William f 16 to 1, was received with wild cheer- | Jennings Bryan be nominated by ing. n eritanc ~'\}:izX 5 for President of the a the bus cheering alsc re 1 the din that foMowed Senator Al- i f the plank on transportation,|len’s motion and its seconding the speak- d for the abolishment of all|er's voice was faintly heard calling on the indorse- | those delegates who favored the motion to rise and remain standing. : of th mbrellas and flags were waved in pine policy Rican mid deafening cheers, the uproar | k extend- cre ased by the band playing “Ola When that 7 r mpathy s and de 1 nounce the te of Wil m Jennings Br; an for of the United States,” sala Chairman Patte n as soon as he coula be heard e St ieny Another cheer greeted this announce- rect election of ment, and then the delegates settled in Stataa Beukiaka v dosin the 8 to fight over the question of a At the conclus reading of the | Vice I AT, moved that the | °* 1 on the programme," latform be adopte: ead and the com- | said $ TR 28 BeLonding L o, Sion. necilwnd 140 to take action re- | garding the nomination of a Vice Presi- den it oainied sker ~ Pattérson, tantly there was confusion. The one next thing In the convention,” said | PInt upon which the convention could the presentation of the names of | €Xpect a fight was before it. There were tes for the nomination for the of- | Joud cries of “Pettigrew,” but the chair f President of the United States# |recognized E. Gerry Brown of Massa- chusetts, who moved that the convention proceed to nominate a candidate for Vice President by ballot. There were numer- ous seconds from the body of the conven- tion, and Senator Butler of North Caroltna | macde a seconding speech from the plat- without pausing or calling for any ¢ States, he went on: “I have the of introducing Senator Allen of ska Senator Allen was Bry d before g could come to the front of the platform | *¢ eention was on its feet cheering | Washburn of Massachusetts offered an | amendment to the motion of Mr. Brown that five names be selected as men accept- able to the People’s party and that a com.- | mittee be sent with these names to confer with the Democrats and Sliver Republi. | cans at Kansas City on July 4, with the understanding that the name selected at that conference should be the nominee of the People’'s party for Vice President. General Weaver of Iowa offered a sub- waving flags, hats and hand- ‘ eech of Senator Allen was brief | he point nnouncement of Bryan's name was | the signal for another enthuslastic out- burst. The Minnesota delegation holsted a large star having the portrait of Mr. | the center and the convention cheered again more vigorously than. be- | The and to The ore. | stitute for the motion of Brown and the When his voice could be heard, Chair- | amendment of Washburn that it was the man Patterson announced: “I have the | sense of the convention that no nomina- asure to introduce General James B. ver of Towa An outburst | tion be made at the present time. He desired that a committee of one man from cheers rang out as the | each State should proceed to Kansas City pl w D R e e e | @o000000000-0000 000 S]Ol'x FALLS, 8. D,, permanent chairman of the fusion Populist convention to-day created much nated Mr. Bryan. They tell me that the nomination of Mr. Bryan by our soudly upplauded by the delegates. son said The Democrats in 1896 nominated Mr. Bryan. The People’s party a month later nomi- cratic and Silver Republican parties for the election of Mr. Bryan, how much great: necessity now. In 1896 imperialism had not even shown its head. Now it is a cloud covering the American heavens and pledging the American Government to a system of subjugation and spoliation of other peoples, wherever the lustful eye of a grasping administration may rest upon them. Then the trusts were practically unknown. Now, they are a fierce consuming power. driving out of business all small dealers and shutting the door of trade in dated | | class except millionaires. Then we had a standing army of but 30,000 men. Now we have an “I have | grmed force in the fleld of more than 100,000, and now there is a threat that the standing | army, for whatever use it may be put, shall not be lesscned in numbers, William J. Bryan of Nebraska Charles A. Towne of Minnesota ©0060C0C00RE0000000000 itk kil - 0 0O S O 0 O O R e SCE SRRSO S ] from Towa came forward to sec- | voted for Henry Clay in for Willlam J. Bryan, was Olds. bent and white- 1e had walked a thousand were nominated by t for Henry Clay in 1844. *I ¢ suit was Ui s to vote fur William J. | s were placed an in this convention,” said Mr. Olds, names succes- d 1 hope will not allow me to be Olas | Jones of Ilnols as- | As one man the convention arose, hats, | 3. nomination by a unani. | May 10.—The speech of Thomas M. Patterson of Colorado upon becoming After reviewing the troubles of the party, Chairman Patter- cession to Democracy, that the People's party displayed a wonderful magnanimity and for- bearance in taking up the candidate of another party. I say no, we did not nominate Mr. | Bryan to please the Democrats. We cared not what theim will or their pleasure was. The People’s party, standing on its platform, would have been untrue to itself, untrue to its prin- ciples, had itnominated any other man; had it refused to give all its power and influence for | theelection of a President imbued with the true spirit of Jeffersonian Democracy, which is the | same thing, if not in name, at least in spirit, as the spirit of populism declared at Omaha. i If there was a necessity, if it was the Populists’ duty in 1896 to co-operate with the Demo- | { oo | RS e ¢! ‘ + ® ® e . [ ® X . | & © |+ t| ® 2! R * b4 b * * ° . 3 ®| ® ’\ . e ® ¢ . ol @ be * @eietebeiedeseie@)| | at Lincoln, Nebr., G+ 4444444444 4 4444440444 POPULISTS’ NATIONAL COMMIITEE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 10.—The national committee ap- pointed to-night includes: Arizona— A. Noon. MMMHQ04098M¢0»¢70N9Now California—B. Connell, E. S. Van Meter, E. M. Wardall. Colorado—]J. C. Bell. 1. D. e nberlain, Leo Vincent. Idaho—Henry Heitfeld, W. H. Taylor, Mary A. Wright. Montana—]J. H. Calderhead, T. S. Hogan, Jerry Conley. | 00404#“»000400060‘0 444444044 | Oregon—Ernest Kroner, W. | |3 R King, J. C. Coop. { | Washington — Augustus H. 3| High, T. W. Way, F. S. Merrill. ’ DHH+4+44 44444 4 44444444440 for conference and that if no man accept able to the People’s party was selected at | the conference the committee should se- | | lect a nominee. | | Jerry Stmpson offered a substitute to the | | amendment of General Weaver providing | | | | that if no man was agreed upon at the | Kansas City conference the National | | Committee should select a candidate. | Then came a long argument over amend- | | ments, substitutes, amendments to amend- | ments, and the convention became tangled | | up in a maze of parliamentary procedure. | Brown of Massachusetts offered to with- | | draw in favor of the Simpson amendment | | his original motion of pushing the conven- | tion to a vote, but it was ruled that the | | motion had been made the subject of de- | | bate and could not be withdrawn. | Senator Butler then moved to proceed iI” the nomination of Vice President, “if the chair rules that the original motion is still before the convention.” “The original motion is before the se,” sald Chatrman Patterson. | “Then,” sald Senator Butler, “I hope that the convention will never put it be- hind it.” (Cheers.) | The Senator, hoarse but determined against postponing action and waliting on | the decision of the Democratic party, ar- gued earnestly for the nomination of a candidate for Vice President. Howard 8. Taylor of Illinois made an tmpassioned appeal in favor of an imme- diate nomination and urged that Charles A. Towne be the nominee, calling him the “Chevalier Bayard of 18%6." ““There could be no more fitting running | mate for Mr. Bryan,” said Taylor. | It was immediately moved to suspend | | the riles, but the motion was lost on a ! | standing vote and Chairman Patterson act A Continued on Second Page. comment and was people was a con- control. is that FOR PRESIDENT FOR VICE PRESIDENT OOOO OO QOO i -infftecffootlmioefofs e o e it { plete disruption of the plans so carefully | endum plan to head the party | nominatfons, { Owing to the fact that the | Howard was at the top of the column— | withdrawal | precipitated the fight against the Barker- 0000000000000000000000 ii-i-i-1ni-t-i i - e e feerieiufuiufuleioivii- OO OO OO0 00000000V VOO QO @' -ivivivivs v iviviviesivivbeivivivi b i 00000 AT CINCINNATI, OH - - Ignatius I o ol o o e o o of Alabama mony and Throws His Owrv Following to W harton Barker. | lently Received. Debs’ Name Si For President—Wharton Barker of | tory flowed freely from side to side, while | Pennsylvania. For Vice-President—Ignatius Don- | nelly of Minnesota. IN ATI, May 10.—Above Is the | ticket placed in the field to-day by | what is commonly known as the| middle-of-the-road Populist party, | but which, according to leaders of | the movement, is the one and only People’'s party. For a time during to- day’s session of the convention it ap- | peared as if nothing could prevent a com- wrought out py the handful of men who separated themselves on February 19 last | from the fusionist ele- | ment of the People's party. Since Tues- day, when Wharton Barker, who had beer. elected in 1808 by the initiative and refer- | ticket, a | steady current against the cut and dried | choice of Barker and Donnelly had almost | destroyed the foundation upon which that ticket stood. Former Congressman How- | ard of Alabama had suddenty become the ! idol of an apparently winning number of | delegates, and he clinched his claims on the Presidential nomination through his | eloquent address in assuming the tem- | porary chairmanship of the convention on | Wednesday. | To-day. as the time drew near for the word was quietly passeq confirmed by Howard himself, that the | Barker following would bolt the conven- | tion should their leader be turned down. Alabama dele- gation could not support Mr. Howard mat- ters were further complicated. Howard | took the only course for the restoration | of harmony. He announced that he had % | no ambition to head the ticket and came | to Cincinnati without the slichtest expec- tation of being named. Then he with- | drew his name. Nevertheless, when the | rollcall was completed on the first ballot only a few short of the nomination. On the second ballot Howard's plainiy stated desire for harmony took effect and the seventy votes which went to Don- nelly on the first rollcall were gradually worked over to the Barker column, it being understood that Donnelly’s name had been withdrawn, although the Min- nesota delegation protested against the Minnesota was passed at its and when the other States | < apparent that the forty- | Minnesota could settle | evervthing In a harmonious manner by | going to Barker. They were cast for Barker and gave him the requlsite major- ity over all. The generous Howard moved | | | | | own request, had voted it w elght votes of { to make the selectfon of Barker unant- | mous, which was done. | Without a dissenting volce Ignatius Donnelly was declared Vice Presidential nominee. The next order of business was the mat- | ter of national committeemen and the se- lection of a chairman for that body. This | ites anew. A motion was made that the convention proceed to elect a chairman of the national committee, Instead of pur- | suing the ordinary course of allowing the commlittee to select its own leader. Tt was plainly a fight between the Barker and opposition factions for the control of the party machinery, although many speakers were In favor of the convention selecting a national chairman, because of what they termed the mistakes of the past. After a long parliamentary wrangle the motion was withdrawn and the selec- tion of national committeemen by the State delegations was completed. A fresh motion was then made by Mr. Howard | that the convention proceed to the elec tion of a national chairman. Fiery ora- | Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania | ana sub-districts to factlitate delegate conventions for nominating candidates 10. Donnelly of Minnesota RODSEVELT WILLNOT BE NOMINATED | Hanna Bays the New Yorker Cannot Get Second Place. +. | eEF‘ormer’ Congressman Howard| Har—‘ Restores R e SRS S 3 0-&@04«»4:“.“ —_—— NO CANDIDATE IN SIGH) | Senator Believes McKinley Will Be | Named by Acclamation and All ‘Will Be Harmonious at the Convention. DU Special Dispat to The Cail. ALL HEADQU | LINGTON HOT WASHI TON, May 10.—Senator Hanna, w 1s much oceupled with the Repub lecan National ( vention, said to- l night: ““‘Advices just received from Philadel- phia indicate that erything wi be ready in time and that city and people are prepared, to give the delegates to the National Republican Convention of 1 hearty reception and ““As State and ¢ been held and dele been rec dicate perfect ha tions and the ch head of the ticket. 'n of a man for the secon the hungry delegates journeyed fromd place is op: has always been, and will time to time to a free lunch counter in | S0 inue until the convention shall the vicinity. The motion was finally car- | have made its chol ried and Iton Park of Texas, the re-| “There has been much discussion of aif tiring national chairman, was placed in | ferent men for the place, which is very | nomination. interesting proper, but en it 1w A motion was just about to prevail to | Said that particular man has t make Park’s selection unanimous when Howard. in an eloquent address. present- ed the name of J. A. Parker of Kentucky. His words and pralse of Parker was about the strongest thing heard on the floor and won for that young man the unanimous | selection for the national chairmanship. After having uon utes been In session contin- 1y with the exception of twenty min- recess from $:30 a. m. to 4:40 p. m., the convention was then declared ad-| die. of Social Democracy and Debs for the Presidency of the United States found small comfort in the ntion, which they had hoped a few s ago would indorse their idol. Three of them—W. E. Farmer of Texas, Ricker and L. M. Morris of Jowa—left the convention after the nominations had been completed. and it was reported would support the Debs ticket, but their actlon attracted no attention whatever. The middle-of-the-road plan of organi- zation, which was presented to the con- vention early in the day by the committee on organization and unanimously adopted, follows: The rules of the party In use are approved the division of the country into seven districts organization: all and oreparing platforms to be abolished, in- stead nomination and platforms and amend- ments thereto shall be made by direct vote of the political subdivisions affected thereby. Party organization shall consist of a national committes of three members from each Stat to be chosen by the State Central Committee Congressional committee of three for each dlx- trict to be chosen by direct vote at the primar- fes; & committee of three from each township or ward to be chosen by direct vote at the primaries each vear. The national, State, Con- & ynal and county committees to perform the rame duties as heretofore. The unit of or- ganization shall be the precinct club, of which voter may become a member by subscribing to the vlatform and rules of this organization. | Any one proposing fusion With either the Re- publican or Democratic party shall, the ote of his club, be deemed outside of the party. The State platform may be changed only by Atrect vote of the precinct club and the national platform only by the clubs ratified by on vote of the people. No salared office holder shall be elected to any committee. Any chair- man may be re-elected by the imperative man- | dates of the league clubs of his constituency It was provided that this plan should be mod fled by laws of States to conform with said laws. As spon as the foregoing plan had been accepted Chairman Felton read the plat- form formulated by his committee. Parker of Kentucky ment plank opposing trusts and favoring public ownership-of public utilitles. Sev- eral of the members of the committee on | lutions opposed any change in the platform. After a rather extended debate | Parker's amendment was adopted. J. B. Osborne of Nebrask declared that the declaration for the free coinage of gold and silver was practically a demand creating a spectal privilege, and he moved to strike out that portion of the platform. A motion to lay his motion on the table carried by a large majority of 53) to 82. The platform was then adopted practical- Iy _by upanimous vote. Nominations for the Presidency were then declared in order. Professor J. A. Boyce of Nebraska placed in nomination former Congressman Milford W. Howard of Alabama. General Philipps of Georgia, the famous 0%&+0+o+&0@+@+o@—0—0 EE a s e o e o e e e o ] CHAIRMAN PATTERSON CRIES OUT AGAINST ADMINISTRATION’S POLICY : B e e = ] + Q for foreign possessions shall grow, the standing army shall be correspondingly increased, not only to maintain our subjugated, our foreign possessions, but for the purpose of holding the people at home under bayonet rule so that the new aristocracy based upon wealth shail | hidve complete sway within the limits of our country. Then the efforts of the Government and of the people were expended in developing our own country, in reclaiming its arid lands, in opening its mines, in felling its forests, in developing new homes for itself. lieved that land ownership made the better citizen and imbued the citizen with a deeper love of country. Now the power of this Government is diverted from development at home to sub- jugation and oppression abroad. Then there was no question but that the constitution covered every citizen and protected every square mile of territory over which this Government held | Now the doctrine is promnlgnud that we may have both citizens and subjects; that the constitution is for a special class; that Congress and the President may make such laws as they see fit to govern all its people who are not citizens of one of the sovereign States of the Union—a cruel and more despotic power, than which a Caesar or an Alexander or a Napoleon could not have made greater. Then government by injunction w government by injunction is almost one of the fixed institutions of the land, one of the un- in its incipiency. Now, questioned powers of the courts. Then the trial of those engaged in labor disputes by the face of every and as the greed of the country. (Cheers). a jury of their countrymen was hardly denied. Now it has become fixed that whoever in labor disputes may be arrested without warrant, may be charged with a crime not noted in the statutes of the country; may be tried by a Judge and denied a jury, may be punished without law by fines and imprisonment that have never been provided for in the statute books A W | direct | Joel | offered an amend- | They be- | preference it s a mistake. “Governor Roosevelt not be nom inated for Vice Pr has not | been discussed in that c n by the party ieaders or those who might for the administration. What has | said about him has been purely | e from sources unacquainte rtions made here and there that the President is concerning himself ) the choice of cfate on do him an injustice. He declined take part. i ing ov from different his own fri man put for inappropriat | movements | _“It can be said with emphas | Vice Presidential nomination w and f) for him > take part open vntil the assembling of the conven- tion and then will be determined as the best interests of the party and all con- cerned shall determine. “A number of names have been brou forward and no d develop strer ahe lots before a selectior you can rest assured 1pon the ticket will be the man the majority of the convention wishes to have the This will be fair to all. | “I bave yet to hear from any source | within the 1 £ even a ripple of he nomination of President inclination Is to renominate clamation “The Republican convention in him by ae- ts plat form declarations will to meet these mew problems polies taking advanced “Judging from Teouved B9 the national committee angements from | political o tend the con proposing to oint e greate able launch party a sui E publie: tieth century polit |@eosoeseoeseseseg Confederate officer, ker of Pennsylva name_ of Thomas [ was 4 great outburst of 3 Barker ramed Wharton Bar- He mentioned the at which there When the with nia | he named | cheering seeme that which gree Howard Judge W. S. Willlams of Indiana placed omparison e's nomination of before the convention the name of Igna- tius Donnelly of Minne: | H.L.Wheeler of Tows | ination of Barker. A. W | presented for the convention's considera- tion, but not as a nominee, the name « Eugene V. Debs. Debs’ name was recefv- | ed with dead silence. R. M. Chenault of Kansas seconded the nomination of Howard. He was followed by J. A. Parker, who also seconded How- ard’s nomination. Former Governor Waite of Colorado seconded the nomination of Howard and made the allegation that the Western States were now returning good for evil in indorsing a Southern man, despite the fact, as he put it, that the South had forced Weaver on the West In 1302 Dr. Hill of Oregon seconded Howard's nomination. Then followed the balloting, which re- sulted in the choice of Barker and Don- nelly as-the middle-of-the-road ticket. Between the first and second ballots | Chairman Crowe of the Alabama delega- gation created an uproarious sceme by charging Governor Waite of Colorado with Insulting the Southern delegates in inis reference to the nomination of | Weaver. Howls and catcalls came from | every direction, and the chairman found |1t impossible to restore order. Waitas | struggled down the alsies to the orches- tra circle and in a feeble voice, which was heard only by those a few feet from him, stated that his remarks had been misunderstood, and that if the delegates from Alabama construed them as Chair- man Crowe represented he would apoio- “T‘le following committee on notification was selected, with instructions to re- quest the nominees to reply within thirty M ‘W, Howard of Alabama, Morgan of Arknneu and Mallett of Texas. The new national committee selected in- Waite, J. B. Brown Mre. McConsiin: Idaho—Johannes Hanson; Oregon—S. 5 Parker, E. T. Alken, i | Oltver; Wyoming—L. C. ational committee met to-night and S organized as follows: Chairman, J. E. McBride of Grand Rapids; treas- urer, Milton Park of Lallas. fve committee were chosen: j °s"cn‘é'e of West Virginia, C. M. Walters E. ‘Boen of Minnesota, Peek of Georgia and Albert F-nlkner of Ne- headquarters in Chicago at early date as practicable. - cludes the following: Colorado—D. H. Holt, J. L. Hill, John E. Luce; “nsnln Brellens(em w. Brown, — Van Meter. Joseph A. Parker of Louisville: secretary’ The following members of the national Tndiana, J. K. Sears of Otegon, Haldoe aska. DSk as decided to establish the na-