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2 THE SAN FRANFISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1901. FLOODG SWEEP HOMES T0 RUIN City of Nelson Endan- gered by Rising Waters. Gottonwood River in British Columbia Is on a Rampage. —_— Special Dispatch to The - Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 18.—Floods of the streams flowing into Kootenay Lake are doing great damage around the city of Nelson. Cottonwood River is a swollen torrent which cannot be contained in the precipitous gulch that comes through the western end of the town. Al- ; there have been three railroad briGges washed out end other damage dcpe. Traffic is delayed on the Nelson apd Fort Shepard Railway and other lines. g The hot weather of the early part of lasl week melted the snow very rapidly in the mountains. This was followed by thirty hours of steady rain, with the re- sult that the district is practically atioat. Kootenay Lake is thirty miles long, and it f= now six feet higher than was ever known before. All the wharves along the water front are under water. Passengers and freight are being landed on tempo- TAIY Stagings. The Cottonwood River became a torrent yvesterday morning. Three houses, two oc- cupied by gardeners and the third by one of the officials of the Hall Mines smelter, were swept down the guich and into the Jake. In one R. Bloomfield was cooking a steak for breakfast when a tidal wave struck the side of the house. The occu- pant escaped with his life, and before a minute had passed the house was carried a quarter of a2 mile down the hill by the torrent. e The principal damage was on the Nelson &nd Fort Shephard line. Three buildings Were swept out, and damage was done to the track in many places. The flood had been expected for the last ten days, and as @ consequence every arrangement was made to secure conditions against loss of life. Half a_dozen other buildings have been declared unsafe by the city author- is threat- electric light and gas works are in immediate dan- ger of being swept away. Temporary dams are being constructed along the river, and they may be saved in this way. Yesterday afternoon the Canadian Pa cific depot station buildings and yards were threatened with overflow. The flood broke through a temporary barricade and &n extra rush came down the mountain side. It looked as if the whole lower sec- tion of the town would soon be cver- wkelmed, but a large number of citizens immediately hurried to the scene and re- placed the temporary dam. The water was still rising at last accounts, son is the headquarters of the min- ection of Kootenay. More serious are said to be probable on the ‘raser River. Many thousands of dollars damage was done by Fraser River floods in 189, and a repetition is feared during the present season. There is a great deal n the mountains, which will meit idly should warm weather come suddenly. COMPLETING PLANS FOR TRIP TO THE ARCTIC Baldwin-Zeigler Expedition Will Be Ready to Sail Early Next March. NEW YORK, May 16.—Evelyn B. Bald- cigler Arctic expedi- ay on the steamship Umbria after a month’s trip abroad, com- fi_ming arrangementis for the expedition. ‘o-night Mr. Baldwiu said that he would leave early next month for Dundee, Scot- land, and sail on the America for Trom- soe, Norway. There he will meet the sup- ply ship Frithjof and the expedition will sail for Franzjosefland, where they will make their headquarters for the winter. “The arrangemen about completed for the expedition,’ aid, “and we are magnificently equipped. We expect to s with forty men, fifteen Siberian ponies 2nd 400 dogs to carry adequate supplies of the very best sort so that we will have every advantage possible for the work we are to undertake. Naturally, there being so many inter- esting and new problems for us to ap- proach, I do_not care to say what we in- tend to do. Wheh we have done it, it will be time enough to ta Neither do I care at this time, to announce the personnel of the expedition.” el SERIOUS CONFLICTS AT ELECTIONS IN SPAIN Senor Cubbels, an Electoral Commis- sioner, Stabbed to Death in a Row at Barcelona. MADRID, May 13.—The elections to the new Chamber of Deputies were held to- day. At Bilboa in a_quarrel between a Ministerialist and 2 Socialist the latter was killed. Another person was killed a Cuence. Serious conflicts occurred in Barcelona, where Senor Cubbels, an elec- toral commissioner, was killed with a dagger. People were injured at several other towns. All the Ministerial cardidates in Ma- 1. @rid were successful. gufficient returns have been received t6 show that the Government has obtained a working ma- jority in the Chamber. - ACTRESS TAKES OVERDOSE OF STRYCHNINE PILLS t bours’ CALIFORNIA’S DEIOCRACY HOLDS A CELEBRATION IN THE HISTORI C OLD CAPITOL OVER IN BENICIA Prominent Members of the Party Assemble for Observance of Its Semi-Centennial and Hear Eloquent Words of D. M. Delmas. on the Principles of Jefferson. € P3TEVENS, REDUBLICAN 4 NVELCCMED THE DE MOCRATS FOR_ r'tA7ck CROOKS OF "BENICIA Juoae Lermon SHOWED “THE INJuNS Hew Tc MARCH - [Glad HERR) AL 5T W4l CanmonN "HoT -AIRED ".. ATTORNE DELMAS 78 \WwAS AT SHLS, \ DB BROwN i~ Aro DR.E L.ROSE Two ofF T+ DEMocRAT < SPORTS> OF BARCLAY HEMNLE IN THE HACK. H. B8SLeew FATHER_ RODE 14 To THE OLD STATE CAPITOLIN RiDES —% IMPRESSIONS GLEANED BY A CALL CARTOONIST AT THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. = & * ENICIA, May 19.—The Democracy | ade headed by the Benicia Juvenile band, | midst; the apostates, Who have openly gone sjon of his sovereign favor. His attribute was | si of California celebrated to-day in | after which there marched the volunteer | -Ver to the foe, and the still more dangerous | command; his subxjecu' duty, obedience. Be- 1m:erte:lt,lsot:k:v.n:rt_h‘:!g‘;::;:n.bl?elr:ln: otmnn the old State capital the semi- | firemen, red-shirted and tuck-trousered, iraitors who remain in the ranks of Democ- | yond that whatever functions might be exer- | human institutions. He trusted to time, re- | and the exempt firemen. utes werc | racy, cherishing the hope of luring it, with | cised by those he ruled were privileges ac- | flection and experiénce o correct these pass- centennial of the formation of | fireq from anvils on the cross streets and | (he Speclous pretext of harmony, to its dis- | corded by his grace. Witness the words of | ing errors. Not his the wisdom of the paltry the Democratic party in Califor- | most of the populacion watohed the par- | omfture and ruin. He will expatiate upon the Mazna Charta itself. Witness the language | politician or petty time server, who shifts with | o . & : B n- s _ | bower o) e vast wealth and fearful influence | of royal cl ers conferred upon English mu- | every turn of the breez d ‘turns his sail to ia. The historic meeting place was ade from the sidewalks, The grand mar- [ J38CF O Bl YRR “EURE KO0 FOTRY Slts en- | nicipalitles touching local . self-government. | catch every breath of favor. The edifice he spiring, the audience was imbued with the spirit of the occasion, the day was pro- pitious and the speeches were eloquent— that is to eay, there were eloquent speeches. In addition to a large delegation from San Francisco's center of Democracy, the Iroquois Club, there were large repre- sentations present from Martinez and Stockton, from which the river steamer Captain Weber was run, and from Sacra- mento and Vallejo. The main hall of the old Capitol was filled to its utmost capac- ity for the afternoon exercises. The celebration was held under the auspices of the State League of Demo- cratic and Iroquois Clubs, and to-mor- row, beginning at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing, the annual conference of the league will be held. It is hoped by the leaders of the faithful to infuse life into the skeleton organization at this meeting and make the league a center of influence and organiza- tion that will work the rehabilitation of the party in this State. A local Iroquois Club probably will be organized to-mor- row, and the hope is that the annual con- ference will result in the institution of an aggressive campaign of organization throughout the State. 3 There is but little interest in the choice of officers for the League. A. A. Bailey of Martinez is spoken of for grand sachem 2nd the choice will probably rest upon him unless some San Francisco, man be- comes ambitious. Voyage of the San Franciscans. The San Francisco delegation made the trip to the revered camping ground on the steamer Onisba. Long before/9 o'clock, the hour set for the steamer’s departure from Jackson-street wharf, the delegates began to gather on the wharf and a band played stirring tunes for their entertain- ment. Presently all was ready and the master of the steamer picked out a time when the city of Stockton was passing close by the end of the pier and backed into her. lently sidewise and for a moment the pas- sengers thought a catastrophe was im- pending. A rush for the sides was made, but when the situation was understood all excitement subsided. The City of Stockton’s engines were reversed and the vessel backed out of the way of the aggressive back-action excursion steamer. Many women and ~children made the| round trip on the Onisba, and the greater number of the several hundred members of the San Francisco Iroquois Club who made the trip returned on the Onisba, leaving Benicia at 5:30 p. m., the delegates to the conference and a few others only remaining for the proceedings of the sec- ond da: The voyage up the bay was a _three delightful outing for the braves from the city. The morning was bright end warm. A pleasant breeze blew over the bay, scarcely causing a ripple on the surface. The best known men of the San Fran- cisco Democracy were among the passen- All of the Democratic office-holders actically except Mayor Phelan were on board. Coroner Leland, Registrar Walsh, Recorder, Godchaux, Judge Cabaniss, Su- pervisor Booth and Public Administrator Boland were in the center of the thickest groups of braves. Prominent Men in Attendance. D. M. Delmas, whose eloquence was to Misunderstood the InstructionsGiven ring clear and reverberating among the by Dentist Who Ordered Them for Toothache. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 19.—Cath- erine Germaine, playing in “The Highwayman” at the Metropoli- tan Ope House, swallowed nearly one dozen strycgnine pills to-day and may die. She was suffering from toothache during the afternoon and went to a dentist, who gave her the pills, with instructions to take one every three hours. The instruc- tions were misunderstood, and, not know- ing their deadly took the overdos dition was critical. Accidentally Asphyxiated. NEW YORK, May 19.—Robert Gibbs, 52 years old, superintendent of an fron molding works in Pittsburg, and a man of considerable wealth, was found dead in his room in West Twenty-second street to-night, having been asphyxiated by gas. The case was reported as one of suicide, but a more thorough inves gation makes it appear that death w. At midnight her con- rafters of the old State Capitol, was a assenger on the excursion boat. Barclay g{enley was aboard. In him the genera- tion of fifty years ago found its most uthoritative spokesman for the day, for i the leading roie Pr "0 her, Thomas J. Henley, was chair- man of that first Democratic State Con- vention, the semi-centennial of which was celebrated to-day. Senator J. C. Sims, Max Popper and Thomas E. Curran were with the excur- sionists. In addition to Popper the fol- lowing past sachems, who are delegates to the conference to-morrow. were on contents, Miss Germaine board: Charles Gildea, A. D. Lemon, L. Metzger, William McMann, District At- torney L. F. Byington, L. V. Merle and T. J. Walsh. The other San Francisco delegates, most of whom were on the Onisba, are W. H. Kline, J. C. Gorman, H. L. Bienfield. Walter Gallagher, W. A. Asmussen, William Cubery, Joseph Roths- child, E. T. Minnehan, C. H. Holcomb, Robert Day and C. F. Kimball. Benicia was reached at a few minutes past 12 o'clock. e citizens were walit- ing to welcome the visitors. The celeb- ritles of the San Francisco delegation were shown to carrizges and the guests =] accidental. Mr. Gibbs' wife and family | Were escorted along First street in a par- live in Chicago, where he for - sided. idafise has quenched your thirst for many a year. A Sie. package makes five gullons, Deslers write for special offer, CHARLES E. HIRES CO., Maivern, Pe. | | | CH OF ENELIND CLERRY SHOULD WED Archbishop of Canterbury’s Advice to Pastors of His Faith. s Epecial Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald, Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub- lishing Company. LONDON, May 19—The Archbishop of Canterbury would like to see all the clergy of the Church of England married, Preaching In Hempstead Parish Church in ald of the Queen Victoria fund, he re- marked that experience with an unmar- ried ministry had lasted in this country long enough to make the people generally dfslike 1t, They preferred a married clergy, for the clergyman’'s family often did s much good &s he did. The public i The Onisba was swung vio-| | | shal, Joseph Johuston, led the line march up First street, past the historic old State Capitol, and the back to it. where the column was dismissed and the residents took charge of their guests un- til the hour set for the exercises. The Benicia reception committee was composed of Judge BEdward F. Biggs, chairman, W. L. Crooks, Herman Hertz- brun, Charles Durner, L. W. Kuhland, Thomas McKay, idward Harnett and Gustav Gnauck. Opening of the Session. Judge Cabaniss, grand sachem of the State League of Iroquois Clubs, called the meeting to order at 2:40 p. m. and spoke briefly regarding the occasion of celebra- tion. " He explained that two venerable men were present, one of whom, Richard Winn of San Franeisco, late of San Joa- quin County, was s delegate to the con- vention of fifty vears ago, and the other, r. B. L. Rose of Benicla, voted the straight ticket as nominated at that time. He appointed Messrs. Gildea and Gorman to escort them to the platform, where they were introduced and received with great applause. C. Stevens, - representing Mayor Crooks, delivered an address of welcome. Mr. Stevens is an ardent Republican, but he voiced a hearty welcome to Benicia's guests. He declared that the Democratic party had had an honorable part in the progress of California, and sald such was trué largely because of the organization of Iroguois clubs founded upon true Jef- fersonian principles. Willlam M. Cannon, president of the San Francisco Iroquois ub, spoke in re. sponse. He said it was the first time he had ever heard a good Republican make a good Democratic speech. He related the story of Benicia’s old grudge agalnst San Francisco because the name of the pres- ent metropolis was stolen from the town now known as Benicla, and expressed pleasure that the giudge had been forgot- ten and the welcome extended the guests had been so warm. Mr. Cannon spoke of the historic events which had occurred in the old Capitol. He said he had even heard that an honest Legislature once met in it. He predicted that if the Democrats of the State would organize and work in harmony the next convention would inaugurate a long series of Democratic victories, even as did the convention of fifty years ago. D. Brown of Stanislaus County, an- other man who voted the Democratic ticket in 1851, was called to the platform and given his share uf generous applause, Barclay Henley was introduced as the son of his father, tiie man who presided over that first State convention of fifty years ago. He spoké at some length of the issues of that campaign of half a century ago and finally reached Willlam Jennings Bryan, at whose name enthusi- astic applause was given. X The Eloguence of Delmas. D. M. Delmas, the orator of the day, was received witn prolonged applause. The audience had become restive during the hot afternoon, put quief was soon re- stored under the influence of his magnetic speech, until toward the close of his ad- dress the audience iistened with breath- less attention, moving only to break into tz}guuuous dpplause at intervals. He said: Mr. President and Gentlemen: The present hour is reminiscent of three epochs, to which the proprieties and duties attendant upon this occasion \ forcefully ~direct our attention. A century and a quarter separates us from the first, a century from the second and half a century from the last of these epochs. Fifty years ago, the Democracy of Californla, assem- bled within these walls, held here its first con- vention. One hundred years ago, the first Democratic President was Inaugurated at Washington. One hundred and twenty-five years ago, this very month—almost this very day—Thomas Jefferson, returning from Vir- ginla, resumed his seat in the Congress at Philadelphia, there to draft that declaration which constitutes not only the title-deed of American national existence, but Is also the first_authoritative proclamation of that politi- cal faith of which he was at once the founder and archetype. As each of these epochs sig- nalized ecither a notable event or a great achievement in the history of our party, it may not be inappropriate to ask what im- press shall the present age leave upon the annals of Democracy? The future historian will relate that we have met here in an hour of defeat. He will make note of the triumph of our adversaries at two successive national elections. He will point to a Republican President in the Capitol and a Republican majority In the Senate house and Chamber of Representatives. He will add that not only is our own State at present under the control of a Republican Governor and a Republican Legislature, but that a like condition_exists in the majority of the States of the Union. He will call attention to the defections which have taken place In our must, however, be prepared to pay more for a married than for an unmarried ministry. In enforcing the insufficlency of many clerical incomes, the primate declared, the poverty of the clergy not only rendered proper performance of their duty. impos- sible at times, but also prevented many men entering the ministry because of the poor prospect afforded by the profession. FORMER JOCKEY TAKES DOSE OF CARBOLIC ACID Thomas H. Britton Ends Hi§ Life in a Cincinnati Lodging- House. CINCINNA'I, May 15.~Thomu H. Brit- ton, aged 28 years, once famous as a jockey, committed sutcide_at a lodging- house here early this morning by drinking anrhfilllc alclffl. }‘ ritton left a note asking tha be nh!{:ped to his mother, ur-.tl‘:al:ug“. Franklin, '!mxslnx‘v.m-sl.wxxr',t & b an to ride at the age of 12, ago in gnd his -kulfrruturofl.. b b B —— m’x".hc less wome men know the Mn‘“thn" et throned and chronicle its boastful resolve to make its domination eternal. And will he then record that the Democratic party, acknowledging that its defeat was ir- retrievable, embraced the tenets of its adver- sarles, abandoned its organization, and, like the Whigs of former days, ceased as a party to exist? will he record that, in this year, standing upgn the threshold of a new century and gazing with eyes undaunted by temporary disaster into the realms of futur- ity, it gathered its scattered battalions once more together and, girding its loins to the task of stemming the invading tide of imperial- ism, rescued the nation from the downward course in which the Republican party had plunged it, and restored the American people to the true path of its glorious destiny? Which of these shall be the record? If we say the | latter, it Is proper to inquire by what means this result is to be best accomplished. Tenets of the Democracy. Shall the mission of the Democratic party be performed by an sbandonment of its tenets, or shall it rather be accomplished by a faith- ful observance of the time-honored principles of 0ld? The question is proper to be asked at this time, when we are every day told by self-styled reorganizers, that the Democratic party owes its defeat to its assertion of the falth of Jefterson and are solicited by self- constituted harmonizers to return to the prin- ciples of Jeffersonian Democracy. However doubtful the quarter from which this warn- ing issues, however suspicious the source from which this exhortation emanates, it behooves us to examine it. We cannot, as prudent men, disregard it. 1If, after a long voyage upon & tempéstuous ocean, a &hip should be hailed by a passing craft, and, upon signaling the port for which it was bound, should receive in reply a warning that it had drifted from its course and was sa!ling in the wrong direc- tion, the prudent mariner would at once set about putting to the proof this disturbing in- telligence. However strange the build of the hulk or piratical the appearance of the sig- nal, he would examine into his charts, take fresh observations of the sun, and detérmine by every means in his power whether he was | in truth wrong in his beurings. So, when the Democracy of to-day is told that it has de- parted from its principles and is exhorted to return to the orthodox tenets of its founder, it becomes its duty—however strong may its susplcions that the language is that of ill-disguised traitors—carefully to test the truth of the indictment and determine the value of the exhortation. For the making of such an examination no time could be more propitious than the day on which we are met to commemorate the foundation of the Democratic party in this State, and no place more fitting than the hall in which its first convention was assembled. Let us, then, now and here, enter into a brief and dispassionate examination of the doctrines which Jefferson taught, resolved to pledge them our alleglance anew—returning to the fold, if we have unconsciously wandered, and strength- ened and confirmed In our devotion if no hersey has yet marred our faith. Mr. President, all, religlous creeds, all sys- tems of philosophy, ‘all political parties rest in their ultimate expression upon some _single basic idea. This idea may manifest itselt with endless modifications. But, when all adjuncts are brushed away, the essential ultimate prin- ciple will always be found unchanged amid the variety of its applications. What, then, is the basic idea of Jeffersonian Democracy? What the object to which the political ph osophy of Jefferson, with a constancy as un- changeable as that of the needle to the pole, ever points as its goal? What the touchstone by which the purity of all doctrines claiming kinship with that philosophy may, in their last analysis, be determined? Jeffersonian Principles. The public life of Thomas Jefferson lasted over forty years. For two terms he filled the most_exalted office in the land. By his pub- lic life and recorded utterances he has afforded history the amplest opportunity of determining his political principles. What, then, were those principles? In order adeguately to understand them—in order to appreciate the character and the ex- tent of the changes which they brought about —it is necessary to note the condition of the world during a_brief period before he started on his career. The conception of the character and functions of the ruler of a nation up to a time which preceded that period by less than half a century certain general and dis- tinctive traits’ which it is well to recall. For this d»urvole it will not be necessary, and would not_be profitable, to extend the Inquiry into the history and customs of other races. It will suffice if we confine our view to Bu- rope and limit it to those nations from which the American people claim their origin and us to those of Louis XVI of France and III of England, the empgror, king or monarch who ruled over & nation, if not looked upon himself as a divine person, was considered as endowed with some at least of the attributes of the Deity. If not a god himself, he was treated as s {m- medlate representative and vice regent on earth. His person was sacred. 18 will was law. He was the embodiment of all power, the source of all honor, _the supreme dispenser of all justice. t- ever _subordinate participation any one over whom he extended his scepter was al lowed to have in the administration of govern- ment was enjoyed and exercised as a conces- DAL U7 OENH WTH LIVSH B Indiana Man Kills Two Per- sons, Wounds Three and Ends His Life. EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 19.—Everett Conway, aged 27, married, shot and killed C. W. Garrison and wife in this city this morning and latally wounded Patrolman Benjamin Wallls. To escape capture by the police Conway then killed himselt, The crime was committed in the lower end of the city as the church bells wers ringing, Conway and the Garrisons were nelghbors, The families had not been on friendly terms for several months, Yester- day Conway wrote a letter to Garrison #aying Garrison had choated hip father b sxaress paid. 12 ‘Witness the writs granting burroughs the right to return members to Parliament. Witness the compendious and essentially true exclama- tion of Louis XIV: “The state? I am the state.” A It was natural that under such a rule mo- | Tarchical institutions should find in the com- munity devoted supporters. To maintain and perpetuate his power it was unavoidable that the soyereixn should delegate a certain part of his authority, accompanied with corre- sponding honors and distinctive privileges, to a selecticlass. Such a class, by ming par- ticipators in its power, naturally became the supporters of the throne and constituted a barrier against popular encroachment upon its authority. To attach the members of this class to their dynasty had been, at some pe- riod of their existence, the policy of all Euro- pean monarchs. It was none the less so with England. Distinguished from the mass of the veaple by large grants of land, titles of no- bility, special privileges and the enjoyment of state offices, such a class constituted an aris- tocracy interested above all things in resisting the aspirations of the masses toward the equalization of stations. The American Colonies were not exempt from the influence of this policy of their Brit- igsh rulers. On the contrary, both in the North and in the South, a colonlal aristocracy had been created which the first movement toward independence found devoted to the crown, interested in retaining its privileges, looking with distrust, if not disdain, upon the masses of the people, and determined to keep open the impassable gulf which yawned tween them. Right of Self-Government. It was amid surroundings such as these that Jefferson elaborated a political system which was the antithesis of all that had been there- tofore taught or practiced. The whole of that system rested vpon the principle enunciated in the Declaration of Independence as the first of the self-evident truthe which the Colonies proclaimed to the world as a justification for the severance of the political bands which co nected them with Great Britain. From th one central truth, as streams from a common fountain head, all others flowed. Of this main proposition all others were corollaries. From this all-essential principle all others—that the people have the right to govern themselves as they will; that governments derive thelr power from the consent of the governed; that nublic institutions exist to secure equal rights and justice to all and specia' exemptions c. priviieges to none; that life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness are rights inherent in man and inseparable from his being—are de- rived. That vital principle, that all-permeat- ing truth, that everlasting foundation of all democracy is found In the single but sublime words of the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal. In the years which preceded the American revolution, Jefferson not only proclaimed this truth as a fundamental verity in the science of government, but from that time on vindi- cated it with all the ability of his great mind, espoused it with the ardor and sincerity of his exalted soul, and during the whole of his pub- lic life improved every opportunity to put it into practice. He believed that the wiil of the people was the supreme law, and their welfare the only legitimate goal of government. His ears were ever open to catch the sound of their complaints, his heart responsive to their sufferings, his brain active in devising and his hand prompt in executing schemes for the amelioration of their condition. Upon no sub- ject was he more solicitous than upon the Reneral diffusion of education and useful knowledge, holding that ‘‘the basis of our Government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that ht. Hgllu bellef in the Indlvidual liberty of every human being was a conviction interwoven into the very textures of his soul. Upon this sub- Ject he recognized no flimsy distinction of race or color. The hereditary bondmen of the plan- tation enlisted his sympathy, and was the ob- ect of his efforts in the cause of human free- jom. He strove for the abolition of slavery. predicting _its etul influence, and with rophetic voice warning his countrymen that ‘mothing was more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people were to be Abhorred Class Distinction. or the influence or support of -the upper ooy o', Class he cared little, content to be guided by the judgment and to rely upon the support of the great mass of the people. Strove, no doubt, for the. greatness of the tion; but, as he contemplated it. that great- ness consisted in the ever broadening circle of the diffusion of wealth, comfort and hap- Diness among the people without distinction of class. He would have shrunk aghast from the spectacle of that false. factitious and. de- Tustve national greatnesstwhich consists in the ever narrowing concentration of property—the accumulation of superfluities in the hands of & few procured by the privations and sufferings of the many. ot ks the political economy that 4 in glowing terms and. servile Jaudation the march of centralized capital, which, ecrushing him in one indiscriminate mass, | obliterates the h;dlvldul.lltyb&{ man, ti o ambition _an e, fie Soplrrions o6, Pl ST nl ing mechanism; for, as proclaimed in his first inaugural, he held that “‘the sum of good gov- ernment leaves men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and does not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” ‘Not his the faith to be shaken by the tem- porary aberration of the people nor the occa- B e e b i i ’ the trade for a milk dairy. Garrison showed this letter to Conway’s father, ‘who upbraided his son. Barly this morning young Conway, who was employed at the raflroad yards, go- ing to the stable where Garrison was milking shot him dead with a shotgun. Then he killed Glnllo:'l A;ows. lé.- n‘(': n rom the house Com fod both els into her breast. She The nmrdaredr :A;ex'tl. ‘rison stable an wrflc-dgg g‘x&&?{ in his house. When Patrolman Wallis attempted to arrest him Conway shot him in the face and side, In- fiicting a fatal wound. The same bullet slightly wounded two bystanders, Bdw Davidson and Adam Crawford. The entire police department was called out and the officers surrounded the house, ready to break in, when they heard a ghot. Conway had kissed his wife good- , then ran upstairs and shot himself in Conaay came from a good family, orlg- mul; f.tzw -mfi? 3 fic leaves & wl’a and ‘two children. Garrison leaves two children, Garrison was a prominent lodge If You Have box137,for #ix bottles of Dr.Shoop's 3 eured, pay #0.50—ic | Restorative; not,is 18 Lree? of the road. bullt was builded for all time. It was destined to last forever. It was based, he knew upon principles hewn from the quarries of eternal truth. _Temporary disasters could not daunt him. He waited in patience for the right to His courage was equal to his pa- No religious enthusiast - could have been more secure of ultimate triumph than he; for, as remarked by one of his biographers, “his faith in Democracy stood to him in the place of religion; he preached it with & fervor, intensity and constancy worthy of a Mahomet or a Wesley.” Reforms in Virginia. The great work of Jefferson’s practical enm- forcement of his convictions, begun in the House of Delegates of Virginia, continued in the Continental Congress, persevered in during missions abroad and while holding office at home under the administrations of Washington | and of Adams, found its culmination in his ad- | ministration of the office of chief magistrate of the republic. While it would -be idle to attempt even the most compendious review of his political life I hope you will pardon the tax upon your attention if, for a moment, 1 briefly refer to some of his public acts as il- lustrations especially applicable to present con- ditions of what he understood the principles of Democracy in their practical application to mean. Soon after the drafting of the Declaration of Independence he returned to Virginia for the purpose of taking his part in the establish ment of the newly created government of that commonwealth. He entered the House of Del- egates on October 7, 1776. Standipg in direct antagonism to the 'principle of equality he found many institutions of that ancient colony. Prominent among these was the law which permitted the uation of .the ownership of Mnds and sigves within a family by trans- mitting them by entail from generation to generation. Thus was the aristocracy of Vir- ginia_enabled, like its English prototype, to establish itseif as a distinct and privileged | | the canyon, demolishing several miners’ 5 HEIR TO LAND RICH IN OIL Grass Valley Pioneer Learns of Prospec- tive Wealth. Historical Interest Attaches to the Dorsey Texas Tract. Sl i GRASS VALLEY, May 19.—Samuel P, | Dorsey, an express agent and mining su- | perintendent of this city, has just been | notified by a brother-in-law who lives in Texas that a large grant of land of which he is the principal heir is situated in the | heart of the oil district. Within ten | miles is a well from which there is a daily | flow of 76,000 barrels. The land consists of | tracts of 320 acres each and there are 500 acres in all. It is in Hardin County and three adjoining counties. | There is a story of great historical in- | terest in connection with the grant. Dur- | ing the rebellion of Geperal Sam Houston | against Mexico Greenberry Dorsey, father | of Samuel P. Dorsey, was Collector of the | Port at New Orleans and also a wealthy | merchant in that city, as well as the | owner of plantations in Cuba and numer- | ous fast sailing schooners which were the forerunners of the clipper ships of more | recent years. | Greenberry Dorsey rendered financial aid | to General Houston, sending him supplies | without limit in his struggle for the inde- pendence of Texas, and it is a part of the [ family tradition that it was with the se- | cret consent of the American Government. For this generosity, which was wholly gratuitous so far as the thoughts of the eider Dorsey were concerned, the State of Texas afterward granted him the lands. Since that time no less than forty al- leged heirs of Greenberry Dorsey have laid claim to the lands and have takenm possession and removed the timber for | which the lands were once quite valuable. But Samuel P. Dorsey says he is the one true heir and son of Greenberry Dorsey and declares he has abundant proof. Samuel P. Dorsey came to Grass Valley in the early mining days. He is the prin- cipal owner and superintendent of ~the famous Maryland mine. He has been the | Grass Valley agent for the Wells-Far : | Express Company since April 1, 1357. | is now seventy-five years of age. Greenberry Dorsey, the father, owned 2 | schooner that ran the British blockade of | Chesapeake Bay in the war of 1812 and displayed her heels to all pursuers, escap- | ing to the West Indies for succor for the | American soldiers, which was secured and | landed at New Orleans in due time. Dor- | sey fought in the battle of New Orleans | when General Packenham fell with a mor- | tal wound and his army was defeated by | the invincible riflemen from Kentucky and Tennessee under the command of General Andrew Jackson. ARCHAEOLOGISTS WILL VISIT CHAN SANTA CRUZ Intend Making Research for Docu- i ments Bearing on History of Maya Indians. OAXACA, Mex., May 19.—The Mexican | Government will immediately send an ar- | chaeological expedition to Chan Santa Cruz, the holy city of the Maya Indians, which fell into the hands of Government | troops a few days ago. Some remarkable | documents and tablets which are believed to have an important bearing on the early history of the Maya tribe have already been discovered and the archaeologists who are to be sent there under the dirée- tion of the Government will continue these interesting researches. Cloudburst Carries Away Two Dams. DENVER, May 19.—A special to . the Republican from Victor, Colo., says the dams of two reservoirs of the Victor Water Company at the head of Little Beaver Creek were carried out to-night by a cloudburst and a flood rushed down class. Another violation of that principle he found In those laws of primogeniture by which | cabins. So far as known there were no the oldest son inherited, to the exclusion of | ljves lost. The property damage will not his brothers and sisters, all the lands and | he great. One span of a trestle on the slaves of his father. Still another was the established church, which, patterned upon the English fashion, was supported by enforced contributions from dissenters, who were denled participation in any of the benefits which it might confer. There were other abuses, but these will suffice for the purpose of illustration. All of them he considered based upon class distin tions, tending, to use his own words, tuate “an aristocracy of wealth of more arm and danger than benefit to soclety.” All these badges of special privilege, all these violations of equality he struck at with the vigor of earnest conviction, and paused not until he had leveled them to the ground. To him Virginia owes those laws which established religious freedom within her borders, abolished the feudal practice of primogeniture and en- tails and placed the education of her inhab- itants—the foundation of all true Demoeracy— upon a broad and universal basis. I have thus, Mr. President. endeavored to state as' I understand them the essential and fundamental principles of Jeffersonian Democ- racy and to give a few examples of their en- forcement. And. I repeat it. the basic idea of these principies and the iode star of the public life of their illustrious author Is the equality of all created men. Need of True Democracy. ‘We have been told that we have wandered of late from Jeffersonian Democracy. Sir, 1 ques- tion both the truth and the sincerity of the accusation. But upon this subject I will not pause to debate. Our concern is with the present and the future—not the past. If we have erred let us hasten to correct our wan- derings and return to the true path. If our faith has been m: by heresy let us seek a new baptism of faith. Never, sir, did the nation stand in greater n now of the salutary doctrines of By what principle will you check the mad career of concentration and monopoly which now threatens to subvert our institu- tions, destroy individual liberty and transform our Government into & mers sordid mon making oligarchy? By what nciple will you keep within the limits of momuxon and jus- tice the clamors of that united labor, whose form, now looming up above the horizon, as- sumes to-day such amazing and portentous proportions? By what conjuration or mighty magic will you still the muttert of that tempest whose black and threatening clouds now cast their baleful shadow over the land By what principle, I of the Democracy of Jei racy of the Declaration of Independence, of the Democracy of nature herseif—the prin- ciple by which the pride of the arrogant shall the lowly shall iversal be humbled and the humility of be lifted up—the ‘principle of the uni equality of man? Let us then, fellow Democrats, remew our | fealty to the anclent tenets of our faith. Let us engrave them upon our hearts. Let us use them as rallying cries in battle. Let us blazon them in letters of light upon our banners. Let us, above all, emulate the patience of our great teacher and the sublime _confidence which taught him to await the ultimate triumph of truth, the enduring victory of justice. At the close of the oration the session was adjourned without further ceremony. 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