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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-12
Action OF "a. {" strikers aud Their sym
pafblksf..

TonoNTo, Ont, May ll.-At last nights
session Of the railway conductors the sub.
jcct Of the engineers strike on the Chicago,
Burlington 4 Quincy was fully discussed
In H. bearings on the interests Of the con.
ducton. Tie report Of the grand officers
condomning the strike and expressing up.
proyal Of the course adopted by the mem.
bon Of the order WIS Endorsed by vote o.
1884 10 90.
Great interest was taken owing 70 the
presence OF forty conductors from the 90"
rad, among them being Ham and Cross,
who issued the famous circular denying
the assertions oi the engineers that they
had been hashly dealt with by the com.
pany. A strong effort was made, princl'
pally by men from New York, Pcnnsyl'
yania aud New Jersey, 10 prevent the
adoption Of the clause dealing with the
strike.
AZ ioday's session Of the Railway Con.
duciom convention the 20 strike and
the relations existing between the Broth.
crhood Of Locomotive Engineers and the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive fircmon were
the subjects under consideration. The
question arose on motion 10 concur In
that part Of tl,o secrctary's report dealing
with the sending out by him Of advance
sheets 90 railway officials IN antag.
onism to strikes. The debate was
very lively at tho time, falling into
personalities. Grand Secretary Daniels
was severely handled. Tho motion was
finally carfied-l3l 10 no. a resolution
10 ccnsuro the division which had issued
circulars In opposition 10 the bill licensing
conductors before Congress was defeated
by l57 20 %, many members refusing 10
vote. A resolution 10 cease taking steps
10 secure the passage Of the bill was ne.
icrrcd 10 n committee.
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again and Mr.. Wilson, had relieved
Chairman Houston, ruled 1t out Of order.
An appeal was taken from the ruling. The
vote was taken by counties, and the chair
was sustained. During the hurrah cries
Of Take off the muzzle, take off the muz-
zle," were heard. Shelby's delegation
agreed upon advisor of the vote and stood
40 for sustaining to 80 against.
One point has been raised and settled in
the minds OF every one who has seen the
present convention, viz: instructions are
very much opposed by the masses for fut-
ure nominating conventions. Shelby coun-
ty has been the mainstay of every other
instructed delegation in the body, and
fully thirty-hvc members were miserable
and FESTIVE under the restriction. They
felt that their duty had been fully dis
charged, as they could discern no posi-
bility Of Taylor's success. They stood
maniully and without protest for half
dozen ballots, but after that every vote
aroused an inward protest.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-12
SCOTS SPEECH.
Tho Pennsylvania Statesman Upholds
the Mills Bill.

the Mills Bill.
WASHINGTON, May ll.--Aitcr the morn.
ing's business had been finished the House
went into committee Of the whole ON the
tariff bill and Mr.. Scott took the floor. In
the course OF his remarks, which were list
cned TO with great interest, he said Pro-
lection, 30 called, would add no penny to
the wage workers pay or give one days
additional labor In the year, but Il would
rob him Of an undue proportion Of his
earnings TO purchase the necessaiics Of life
and keep him trembling dependent, since
the recent history Of this country showed
that the tendency Of tho protected indus
tries was toward combination In the form
OF trusts, under which production was
arbitrarily suspended, rlising prices 10 the
consumer and throwing the workman out
oi his job. Monopoly moro terrible, more
dangerous TO the liberties Of q country,
moro oppressive 20 the laborcr, could not
he imagined. Upon no class Of our people
did the present fiscal burdens Of our coun-
try bear NO heavily as upon tho farming
class. One of the strong arguments that
the protecilonist made TO the farmer was
the home market that protection was al
legged TO insure for his product IL was n
iallacy and a fraud, and intelligent farmers
would not be longer deceived by II.
In conclusion. lao s,id owe are here,
sir-wc, tho majority Of the ways and
means committee, and Of this House IL
defense Of American industry. We alon
offer u protection; We seek alone the ind,
pcndenco and apgrnndiScment Of domestl
labor by libcrnting II from unnatural N
straints and allowing u the undisturbc'
possession and the complete enjoyment n
its own earnings. The other sido offer II
what2 A monopolizcd market In which
10 buy the neccssarics OF life ON the ON,
hand, and on the other a labor mnrkc
subject 10 the caprice Of trusts.
"Mill laboring men accept that goncr
Gus tender aud vote with the monopoly
party under coercion Of the employer II
| they do, the hidcous disaster ioresecn 10y
Jefferson ~ the natural result Of the NJ.
sirlctivc and subsidy policy, will rush
down upon Us, and the government Of the
Union will pass into the hands OF those
who openly propose 10 pcryert liz power
and employ them 10 plumber the people
| for their own enrichment. | do not be-
licyc, sir, that American liberty Is destined
10 be extingushcd In this ignominiou,
fashion. Surviving, a. II has, armed ~.
rault aud every form Of intrigue, II will
not perish Of tho base corruption Of sub,
sidy; II will not be- throtilcd 10y mcr,
/ gTccds or smothercd by vile monopoly
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A Negro I.ynehed.

BowuNo GnEES, KY, May IA mob
composed Of about 100 men went 10 the
farm Of Joe Smith, in the Richpond neigh.
borhood, In this county, Wednesday, and
took a negro farm hand and hanged him.
Marion slo-s, a farmer, has had about
twenty horses poisoned during tho past
year, and the negro Ia supposed 10 be the
guilty party, ~ ho was once In tho employ
Of Sloa. and discharged. lie made threats
against sloss several times.
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HOT SPRINGS BADLY BURNED.
Many Houses Destroyed "A Loss o
sl5o,ooo.

Many Houses Destroyed "A Loss OF
slbo,ooo.
Hor SPRINGS, Ark, May ia fire
broke out in the Excelsior laundry and
spread rapidly, and was not controlled till
1t had consumed pretty much everything
between Sixteenth street and Malvern ave-
nue-somo thirty stores and residences,
Tho gasworks were included, and the city
was nearly in darkness tonight. Among
the heaviest losers arc the gus works, $751;
600; John d. Ware, sll, 900; NJ. Q. OBryan,
5000; J. b. Mclaughlin, 5000; Z. j,
Sedwidgc, $1,000. The total loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, with insurance not OK.
ceeding $4,000.
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Nm ttoute te IoIiet.

CnioAoo, H., May li.--Ex.warden
varnell and ex.County Commissioners
wagcnman, Van Pclt, Leydcn and ocha,
the last Eve Of the county boodlers whose
bold robbery Of Cook county astonishcd
the courts who passed In review on tho
evidence Of the gigantic steal, started for
Joliet ON the o o'clock train 10 begin their
term Of two yeas' Imprisonment. The
once proud commissioners had shacklcs ON
their limbs for the first time, but they
seemed TO accept the situation with sioieal
Indifference.
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terrupt Mr.. Taylor when he introduced
the subject.
There was more confusion for several
minutes and repeated cries Of Goal Oil !"
Mr.. Winters repeated the statements Of
Mr.. Davis and Judge Douglass concern
ing the manner of adopting the unit rule
in the Shelby county convention.
Mr.. Winters continued, saying that julie
Taylor meant no harm by drawing the
pistol in the convention.
This raised laugh, in which both he
and Mr.. Taylor joined heartily. Mr.. Win
ters said that a large minority OF the Shell
by delegation had voted for seven ballots
like cattle, and they now wanted to be
freed. They were being
GAGGED BY MEN
who came here with proxies and railroad
passes in their pockets, and he protested
against 1t.
Mr.. Taylor, Of Shelby, arose to per-
sonal explanation. He said that he meant
no offense to Mr.. Winters, but Mr.. Win
tiers was always a leader in any organiza-
ton to which he belonged. lie then spoke
of the pistol episode, saying DOL look
like man who would bulldoze conven-
tion?"
There were cries Of eyes, when you
have a pistol"
There was great confusion Tor several
minutes. Chairman Wilson ruled as fol-
lows: "Shelby county presents certain
resolutions instructing the delegation oil
that county to cast its vote as unit for a
certain candidate as long as they should
decide that this candidate had reason
able chance. The chairman OF that dele.
cation has cast that vote and II has been
protested, and the ground of protest is
that the resolution was never adopted.
The point OF objection is that there was q
call for theprevious question, and upon the
previous question being sustained the res.
olution Of instructions was announced as
having been adopted.
THE CHAIR RULES
that the Shelby county convention had
the right n adopt its own methods fol
passing resolutions, and that under the
rule and resolution passed by this conyen
ton majority OF the delegates have 4
right 10 cast that vote as unit so long ~
the majority determined TO do So"
This ruling was received with loud anC
long cheering by the friends OF Gov. Tay
lor.
A Delegate in the Convcntion-IIural
for Frank Wilson. am for him for III,
next Governor over everybody else.
When the vote Of Sullivan county wa
cast for Taylor Mr.. Slack, OF that county
challenged ii, saying that ho had iou
proxies lie read the resolution Of In
struction, and asked for ruling as {
whether or not this enforced the unit rule
The 'chair ruled that tho resolution
were In effect the unit. There was grea
cheering over this decision by the Taylo
men. The announcement Of the vote wa
the signal for the Taylor adhernts 10 max
the customary cheering for their candidate
and they did no with much vim.
L. 7. Irwin. Of Cumberland, moved tina
after the next ballot the brides he takeI
of and the delegates be allowed to vote a
they pleased.
The Chairman-That question has beef
decided by the convention.
When DeKalb county was called, five o
the eight votes that had been going TO Tay
Tor we're changed 10 Trousdalc.
ovcrton county also gave eight Of he
votes TO Trousdalc and only four 10 Taylor
Meigs county gave six TO Mcconnell an
three 10 Taylor.
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Ma,.r.M.rl. ., I.el.en. Ml...


JAcKsoS, Miss, May 1.-THE mayor
and aldermen today, after opening tho
several bids for the construction Of water.
works In this city, awarded the contract 10
the Light, Heat a Water company, Of
Jackson, and tho same has been duly OK.
ecuted. The company agrees 70 lay cigh,
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l2I5 O'CLOCK the col

Az l2;ib O'Clock the convention nd
journed till o o'clock tomorrow morning.
There was talk at one time Of springing the
Hon. W. L. Clapp against Taylor, but the
gentleman promptly sat down upon It..
The fight has now narrowed down TO lay
lor and Trousdalc and will probably con-
cludc tomorrow, but how? L. Y. A.
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A lively scramble ensued, and II was
with the greatest difficulty that the clerks
and counties responses were heard. Chair
man Houston retired from exhaustion and
invited the Hon.'W. Ia Clapp TO preside
during the progress Of the call. Tho
same old chestnut interruption was raised
when Chester county was reached. The
chairman rose with the usual little speech
setting forth the best interests Of the Dem
ocratic party and cast It's solid vote for
Taylor. A member OF the delegation pro.
tested. A stormy scene followed AMI
terminated in giving the protesting dele
gate his independent vote and also for u
proxy held by him.
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working under tho two-thirds rule he
would rule the motion out OF order.
On motion Of Mr.. Ingersoll, the conven-
ton then adjourned until 3o'clock pm.
THE ELEvRSTH BALLOT.
The convention rea~embled at 8 o'clock
pm. and at once began balloting. The
eleventh ballot resulted rs follows:
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THE TgSTn nALLor.

During the progress Of the tenth ballot
Dyer county changed IL fifteen votes from
Caldwell 10 Daniel.
Haywood followed with thirteen votes
for Daniel.
johnson changed is vote from Neon.
nell 10 Caldwell.
There was great cheering by the Daniel
men, when Lincoln county announced
twenty-thrco votes for Daniel.
When Sewer county gave five votes 30
Taylor, the vote was challenged by the
Mcconnell men, but nevertheless il was
cast by the chairman.
Another cheer went up from the Daniel
mon whom Smith county cast her sixteen
votes for Daniel.
Davidson county gave four votes and
Grundy one 10 John =. House.
The tenth ballot resulted ~ follows
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Taylor having received majority Of all
the votes cast, the announcement was
greeted with prolonged cheering.
A delegate from Madison county said
that according 10 Democratic usage and
according to all the principles Of Dcmoc.
racy NJ defined by all the ioreiaibcrs, any
candidate that gets a majority Of all the
votes cast was entitled 10 the nomination.
lie therefore moved that the Hon. r. L.
Taylor be nominated by reclamation. The
chairman said that 10 TIC convention was
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THE TWELFTH BALLOT.

Upon hearing the announcement OF the
result it looked as though the roof OF the
capitol would be raised by the vociferous
yells, Instantly the opposition began an
active canvass, the result OF which was APP
parent when the twelfth ballot was an
nounced as follows:
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THE NINTH BALLOT.

the NINTH BALLOT.
The convention then proceeded 10 take
the ninth ballot, with the Hon. " w.
Ewing, Of Giles, In the chair.
Lake county cast Ia four votes for the
Hon. John 4. House.
SEWER county voted FIVE for Taylor. II
had been voting for Mcconnell up TO this
time.
Carroll county changed lie vote, making
a gain Of two votes for Taylor.
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CfyciSSATi. o, May II -hiysfg iesl inches
inches and ,tstlouaU. wea,hsf clsaf. IneIinon'
sp. Arrived 0nnlls stats. Memphis, pcpatisdi
AndeS Wheeling.
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). s. Colyar was seen wen

Col. A. 5. Colyar was seen vending his
way to the capitol at midnight. lie stated
to the reporter that ho was pledged to re-
frain from sleep until Taylor was nomi-
mated, and further that he was getting
ready to pull of his coat and yell for his
fayorite.
After the result Of the twentieth ballot
was announced, a motion was made to
adjourn until tomorrow morning, but the
delegates couldn't soc il, and the call Of
counties proceeded for the twenty-irst
ballot,
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AZ this point delegate from Moore
county introduced resolution removing
the brides from Instructed delegates, q
great uproar following, during. which
Chairman Houston yelled himself hoano
commanding order. The resolution was
withdrawn. Daniel was withd rawn by
the Montgomery delegate who placed him
In nomination.
TuE SxrrrryrH nALLor
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THE THIRTEENTH BALLOT.
This time the yelling came from the
other side, and swelled in volume when
the next, or thirteenth ballot was an
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A motion was made ~ this point TO adj
iourn, but the thoroughly revived Taylor
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THE Srxrrrryru nALLor

was taken after great difficulty ana 5000
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1888-02-16
REPUBLICAN CLTR.

On the 18th, 10th and 18th Of Decem-
Der, 1887, there was held in the city OF
New York a convention of republican
clubs, the outcome of which was the
organization Of a NATIONAL REPUB-
LIcAN CLUB LEAGUE.
The objects of this league, briefly
stated, are to promote the organization
Of republican clubs throughout the
various states and territories, SO far as
practicable; and encourage clubs so
formed to combine in forming state
leagues, to the end that these clubs and
leagues may become permanent party
agencies for the dissemination OF in
formation regarding the true principles
Of republieanism as effecting the politi-
cal issues of the hour.
A convention OF Dakota clubs is con-
templated to be held in the near future,
for the purpose Of forming Territorial
league.
For the purpose Of organizing club
in CANTON there will be a mass meet.
ing in this city at the court house next
Monday evening, commencing at 7:so
o'clock. Let all republicans turn out.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1888-02-16
A Good Word For Teacher

Rev. DR.. Talmage; 1t is hard fol
men to earn living in this day, but it
is hard for women-thelr health not so
rugged, their arms not so strong, their
opportunities fewer. These persons,
tremblingly going through the ordeal
of an examination as their eualitica.
tions to teach, half bewildered step over
the sill of the public school to do two
things-istruct the young and earn
their own bread Her work is wearing
to the last degree. The management Of
forty or fifty fidgety and intractable
children, the suppression of their vices
and the development OF the excellencies,
the management of rewards and pun
ishments, the sending OF so many bars
of soap and fine combs on benignant
ministry, the breaking of so many wild
colts for the harness of life, send her
home at night weak, neuralgia, un-
strung, so that of all the weary people
in your cities tor five nights in the week
there are none more weary than the
public school teachers. Now, for Gods
sake give them fair chance.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1888-02-16
The greatest farce on record is being

The greatest farce on record is being
enacted by land boomers and specula-
tors in southern California. Enough
additions are being laid out around
Los Angeles to make a city the size OF
New York, and property is as high as
1000 per square foot. The hue and
cry of the poorer class of tillers of the
soil is water, water, nowhere and not
drop to drink. Capitalists capture
some sparkling lake on a mountain
top, wall it up and charge the resi-
dents exorbitant prices for allowing
the same to flow over their land. Fic-
titious man-you let fancy's litho-
graph Of variegated hues and babble
of soft, sunny skies lure you to land
that is void Of one redeeming feature.
Hotbeds of sand glisten under a burn
ing sun that only sheds its rays on the
rose beds OF the bloated rich and the
palatial residences of the speculative
land owner. Orange groves are more
numerous on paper than pure wells
of water throughout the entire state,
while available farming land is as
scarce as poor land in Dakota. In his
advice to young men to Ego west and
grow up with the country" Horace
Greeley never wished our dear people
to take in California.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1888-02-16
About western Goal.


Rapid City Journal: Western people
groan under the high prices they are
compelled to pay for eastern coal.
They kick and squirm and curse the
greed of the monopolistic corporations
Of the coal producing regions of Penn
sylvania. And yet they have remedy
IN their own hands. The west is as
rich in coal as is the east. And the
western coal fields might be made pro-
ductiye OF fuel for the entire west.
Why notY Colorado has abundance of
coal little less valuable for all purposes
than the famous Pennsylvania. Wy
oming, western Dakota and Montana
have vast beds of soft coal-so vast
that nothing of like extent was ever
heard of in Pennsylvania, There is a
great market awaiting the development
OF these coal fields. Hundreds of
thousands of people would find in them
their natural source of coal supply were
railroads extended throughout the west
to make this fuel available. Millions
of dollars are sent annually from the
west to the east to pay for that which
the west possesses in abundance
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1888-02-16
Ejaine's DecIinRriOH

st. Paul News: The letter of James
G. Blaine deciding that his name must
not be presented to the national con
vention is not new, is not novel
communication There are those who
will see in it only covert bid for more
enthusiastic following. Once'a Blaine
man always Blaine man probably
holds true in great majority If cases
and whether Mr. Blaine inten"e it Or
not the fact remains that this letter of
declination is so deftly worded that it
will more solidly weld the Blaine forces
together than they were before. Mr..
Blaine, if the letter from Florence to
Chairman Jones be a genuine one, has
formally Withdrawn from the race, but
if the republican national convention
concludes to place Mr.. Blaine in NOM
ination it will do it and then-will he
write another letter of declination?
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niyisfon or Nothing.

Bismarck correspondence Aberdeen
Republican: A Republican correspond
ent met Hon. Frank r. Aikens, of CAN
TON, here. He was in attendance at the
present term Of the supreme court. In
response to an inquiry, Mr.. Aikens said:
II do not believe that the sentiment in
favor of two states is dying out, but is
daily becoming stronger and more in
tense. The endorsement of the Spring
er bill by Johnson, leader of the one
state delegation at Washington, shows
just what this one-state movement
amounts to. There is no good citizen
of Dakota. be he diyisionist or anti-di-
visionist, who can endorse that bill.
Probably nothing win be done by con-
gress this winter In regard to either the
admission or division of Dakota. Next
year think the republicans viii carry
the country and Dakota win be divided
and admitted as two states. AT any
rate these are my views upon the sub
iect.' Mr.. Aikens was one of the ablest
men in the last legislature.
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committee have agreed to stand by
us, and we're going to give the repub-
lican brethren over there tilt.
Here is the contemplate doctrine OF
the party in power disclosed by their
own member as to the intentions OF
democrats towards Dakota. The ap-
peal of 100000 people writhing under
servile and repulsiye dictation is to
be ignored and smothered by the re-
lentless paw of a tyrranical monster.
Brazenly overriding all precedents-
blind TO the principle Of right and JUS
tice-this conclave of ex-rebels and
spoilsmen, with the cruel persistence
of star chamber fame, plan and labor
to thwart and strangle the commend
able efforts of struggling people who
ere long shall be where their indignant
force will be felt and who will aid to
hurl the temporary solons from their
rotten thrones.