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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Every business man on the west side,
and east side, too, for that matter, should
purchase a ticket to the firemen's ball, To
be given by the e. Romero hose compsny.
at the Plaza hotel, next Friday evening
The proceeds are to go towards the pur-
chase of needed hose and is consequently
money which must be raised by direct
levy il it can not be had from the profits of
tho hall &Mel
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

F. /. Long has returned to the city from
his home in Underwood, Illinois, and will
ship 10000 sheep back there to feed, as
soon as he can obtain the eighty cars re-
Ouired to do 1t.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Mrs. j. W. Christal has become the agent
for the Monroe book company, and those in
want of books for Christmas should not
forget her when making up the list.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Ladies', take notice; we received this
morning the smaller sizes Of ladies' Jackets,
which had been sold out, also the very lat
est styles OF capes. ILFELD's. 1t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Among the new goods at Ilfeld's this
morning, are some extra quality percales,
that will wear twice as long as ordinary
goods and keep their freshness Of color nm
til worn ont. II
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

1t is possible for Las Vegas to get up a
splendid choral society Of mixed voices
with the splendid talent shs has and 0. w.
Isensee to direct it.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

The matter of adding another year to the
high school course will come up before the
board of education at its next regular
meeting.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Pace & Bell are making some neat inter-
Tor improvements at their place of business.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

The ladies of the Eastern Star will give
a public social, Thursday evening. Further
particulars will be given in this paper, to-
morrow evening.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

J.. M. Ward obtained a good flow OF
water at the depth Of thirty feet, out at
his ranch, a half mile north of the city.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

d. G. Deuel. sends an order to Pete Roth
for some of the "elixir of lifs."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

q. H. M.-Bias cord edge velveteen and
corduroy dress facing at Rosenthal Bros
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Trad Cochran, ST., is busy repairing the
money vault of Ilfeld's store, to-day.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Win Woods, Trad Cochran and Frank
Barney, all of whom were graduated from
the high school in this city, last spring,
have %re.autered school to put on a few I'm
ishing touches beyond the regular high
school COURSE.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

The front Of e. Rosenwald's dry goods
south side of the plaza, is re-
a new GOAT of paint.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Librato Sana is now dealing 10 wet
hardware at Upper Gallinas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

]. M. Cluxton has a half-grown alligator
in his show window.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

DIR. J. Browning, superintendent Of the
bath house at the hot springs, is reported
on the sick list.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Prof. Frank Cave is still quite sick at
Cerrillos, with typhoid fever.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

Fur p till you can't rest, just re-
ceived at Rosenthal Bros. 1t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

The new plunge bath, at the hot springs,
will be completed within the next ten
days,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26
THE 3 4 o US.

Quite a crowd gathered at the depot,
last evening, to see Speaker Thomas B.
Reed, OF Maine, the car of the house Of
representatives. 1t being Sunday, Mr..
Reed declined to say more than
Gentlemen and Ladies'.
This is not a suitable occasion for q
political speech and / will therefore re-
spectfully bid you good night.
Mr.. Reed and his family left the car and
strolled down on Railroad avenue, uu-
noticed, as the crowd supposed he had
to supper.
When he returned to the car, the cur.
tains were up and be was the cynosure of
many an eye, and as he reclined 10 his
easy chair and the porter brought him a
Havana cigar and handed him q light for
the same, many concluded 1t wasn't SO bad
to be a czar in congress, after all. When
the train started, Mr.. Reed came to the
platform and waived an adieu.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26

The 39c. white unlaundered shirts for
men or boys, others think cheap at SOC.
1t RosENTHAL BROS.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-26
POLITICAL ~por-pouRRI.

Men can stand on street corners n talk
Politics all the liveionR day, !
But they can't stand over a wash-tub and
Becanse they amt built that way.
No mat or how bad may be the DAY.
But they can't straddle q horse ana feel at
Because they amt built that way.
Patricio Gonzales Is at La Cuesta, re-
viewing the good work done by the union
party men up there,
Hon. W. Il. Dame and n. u. Twitchell
will deliver "sound money" addresses, this
evening. at Rosenthal hall.
Martin Martinez, Of the Aqua Zarca
neighborhood, Is the latest pop candidate.
He is out for coroner, In place Of Charles
Libschner.
Lorenzo r. Labadie, of Puerto de Luna,
candidate for probate clerk on the demo-
cratic ticket OF Guadalupe county, visits
the city, to-day.
And nov the pops Of San Miguel county
are proposing to start a campaign paper,
COO, provided the money for the purpose
can be raised among them.
The colored voters of the city will hold .
political meeting at the Office Of Judge H.
8. Wooster, this evening. Joe Brown, n.
Jefferson and others will speak.
Charles Libschner, nominated for cor
onar and chief Of police by the pops, 10 the
latest nominee to pull of that ticket. Un-
der no circumstances will he make the
race.
There are three tickets In the field 10
Guadalupe county and the name Of Far
gusson for congress heads two of them.
This nsures Mr.. FERGUSON q large ma
jority in that county.
A Las Vegas young lady, writing from
our sister republic, says that a silver dol
lar will buy more Of the commodities Of
life in tho City OF Mexico, than it will In
the border city of FL Paso, Texas.
1t was rather a bsckset to the big and
little casino to lose a nights sleep In order
to meet the Hon. T. B. Reed at Ration and
then be compelled to return to this city In
the smoker, while the ''czar" rode In his
own private car.
James s. Duncan and Placido Sandoval,
nominated for the legislative council, have
returned from Guadalupe county, where
they were endorsed by both the democrats
and the union party. This insures their
election beyond the peradventure Of a
doubt.
j. q. Clark, M. A. Otero and Charley
Shirk left, last night at 10 O'Clock, for
Mora. 1t is intimated that I. B. Reed de-
livered to them a package directly from
Mark Hanna, and these gentlemen has
tened to Mora to ''insult" a certain class Of
voters up there, who never vote for a man
until they rave been properly ''insuIted. ,,
News reaches the city from Springer
that at the instigation Of one Candida
Olona, democratic member of the regis
tration board up there, AL Freeman
made an indecent and brutal assault upon
Henry Steward, because he insisted upon
1t that some Germans who had not yet
taken out their naturalization papers
should not be allowed to register their
names-
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METROPOLIS MISCELLANY.

Order cut flowers through J. Biehl. tt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-10
M'LEAN OF OHIO
Nominated by Patrick, Who Pre-
dicted victory.

John r. Mclean, the Ohio publisher, was
spoken for by A. w. Patrick whose conf
dent prediction, "John r. Mclean will carry
Ohio" brought a loud response. The speech
was ringing one. paying tribute to Nc
Leans work for silver through his paper,
and to his party record.
pennsylvania being called, Mr.. Harrity,
chairman of the national committee, and Of
the delegation, stated that she had no NOM
tnation to make at this time but when the
roll Of states was called the delegates would
express their preference. Texas sent to the
platform Joseph Bailey. His speech was a
tribute to Bland Utah supplied John H
Rawlins, her former delegate in congress-
who did much to secure her statehood. Con-
gresham Jones, at the call of Virginia.
climbed to chair TO say that the delegation
had decided TO cast its votes for John w.
Daniel, but at his earnest request refrained
from doing so, and had no candidate T. w
st. Clair, Of West Virginia, seconded Black
burns nomination. did E. J. Dockery He
said that Wisconsin would in November cast
her votes for the nominee of the convention
and won enthusiasm. Strife cropped out in
Wisconsin's camp for Gen. Bragg, the man
who gave Cleveland a watch-word by his
famous epigram, IT love him for the enemies
he has made was standing on q chair and
many delegates were bowling at him. His
words could not be distinguished plainly but
they were something about another candidate
on another platform.
The roll of states were finished at 1890
Then Senator Jones, OF Arkansas moved an
adjournment. The Bryan adherents were not
anxious to have the balloting postponed
There were cries for a vote, but the chair
man put the question, and after the specta-
tors as well as the delegates, had yelled
Yes and "No." declared the convention
adjourned.
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been adopted that makes a mock Of
human experience and human intelli-
gence. That free coinage is possible
at ratio one-half that of the CONNER
cial ratio, without depreciation, is UNI
thinkable without a miracle And a
breach had been made in the Demo-
cratic party which 1t will take long to
heal. p,
This having been the accomplish
ment OF three days of exciting contest.
the convention settled down last night
to listen to the, inevitable nominating
speeches; and, when they had beer de-
livered. it went home to prepare for
the balloting that will begin this morn
ing. Six candidates in all. are in the
field; Mathewsdandi Mclean. with the
four busy B's| Bland. Boies. Bryan
and Blackburn making up the list
The promise of the convention is for a
long and excitinge struggle. While
this is the sort Of assemblage that it is
easy to stampede, being excitable and
acting largely under impulse, STAN
pede is fruitless that does not include
practically all the silver votes All
are needed to make UP the two-thirds
required to nominate. If the sound
money men hold themselves aloof and
do not plump to any candidate, and if
the delegates Of SO much as single
state stand by their favorite, no other
candidate can be nominated until the
convention Is wearied into unanimity.
To-day will witness the elimination Of
an extraordinary event, and millions
all over the country will watch with
eager interest, the final act of what
promises to open a new epoch in Amer
lean history.
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WANT NO NAPOLEON.
Williams of Massachusetts Set the
Crowd Cheering.

The state Of Georgia has requested me to
add voice to- It's wish in this convention and
as we are about to crown leader in this
great agricultural movement which is giving
new hope and life to the Democracy, 1 beg
TO submit as new sign and to the gold of
Nebraska's waving grain. Great applause J
We want the strength of youth for the hard
SHIPS OF new cause. We want a loyal
heart with the fire of purpose. We want a
young arm to WELD the sword for an indig-
woes unfailing vigor in a desperate contest,
a young giant out of the giants of the re-
public. (Applause.) We want no Napoleon
tremendous applause), whose conception of
government is too near the image of a throne
to be constituted with the genius Of Amer
lean liberty. What 1 present now is q new
Catalina of today" Great applause)
Thomas J. Herman, on behalf of
Louisiana also Seconded the nominal
ton In strong, speech. In the course
OF his speech he made an earnest plea
to the gold delegates to stand by the
creed adopted this afternoon 1t did
not mean revolution but restoration
The galleries became impatient and
hoWled for the name of his candidate
Il have the respectful attention of the
delegates" he shouted defiantly land
l care no more for the jeers of the gal
leries than I do for the expressions Of
Republicans" Butt at last, when he
named "The silver tongued orator from
Nebraska, William Jennings Bryan"
the galleries were appeased and in
obliged in another demonstration.
Then Indiana was called, Senator
Turpie made his way to the stage and
placed in. nomination the choice of the
Hoosier state, Gov. Claude Matthews
He said:
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fifty-cent dollar, as it would work an
injury to the creditor class, neither
does he believe in the two hundred
cent dollar which is still more dis
honest as 1t unquestionably involves
the bankruptcy of the debtor class.
Gov. Boies believes an honest American
dollar authorized not by the parlia-
ment, but by law of the American
congress and coined for her use among
the American people. He believes In
a gold dollar of 22.2 grains of gold, and
In silver dollar just sixteen times
heavier.
Having rebelled against British influence
over century ago, winning the fight when
mere weakling; having now developed into
the strongest people on earth clearly EMIT
ling us to the leadership among nations it
would be not merely pitiable cowardiee ON
our part, but actual treason to the people
should we now capitulate to English greed
The finger of kind fate points to the cleo
ton of Horace Boies. History seems to be
anxious to repeat itself. Give us the man
from Waterloo, and allies will flock to his
standard which will destroy Mark Hanna's
Napoleon No. 2 as effectually as the Euro
pean allies destroyed the French Napoleon"
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and service of Indiana's choice would
be reminder of the earlier, the ideal
days of this republic, when as tradi-
ton relates. Jefferson left his farm at
MONTICELLO, travelled on horseback to
the seat of government without cere-
mony, took the constitutional obliga,-
ton and was indicted into office
Our candidate believes in the i'm
mediate restoration of silver to the full
franchise OF the mint, that the standard
silver dollar should be coined without
restriction at the same ratio OF Is to 1,
as was formerly by law established,
and when so coined that 1t shall be
legal tender for all debt. He is not In
favor of awaiting the action Of Euro
pean nations upon this subject, and per-
ce1yes no reason for deferrinE or post
poning our legislation for the remon-
etization of silver, to suit the con-
venience. assent or agreement Of other
governments
An American In every fibre he would
resist foreign aggression in every form.
he heartily denounces as un-American
the Republican platform adopted not
long since at st. Louis, which would
maintain and continue In this country
that alien rule Of foreign policy, the
English single standard of gold, and
which proposes 1t this time to reduce
the government and the people Of the
United States, financially, to their
ancient condition as colonial pos
session of the British crown. He thinks
that the freedom and independence OF
the mint and coinage of the United
States are as necessary to our nation
al prosperity as any other of our liber-
ties. These rights once ours, now lost,
from whatever causes, must and shall
be regained
Thus the state, the man, the cause
are merged at last into one, the one re-
quest, the single entreaty, the monen-
tous ultimate appeal, an appeal to your
wisdom, to your serious judgment, to
your most discreet discernment And
now, therefore, in pursuance of the
instructions Of the united Democracy
OF our state, expressed in convention,
and of the unanimous action of the
delegates here present, do in all con,
fidence place in nomination as can
didate for the presidency the name of
Claude Matthews. Of Indiana"
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WOMAN IN WHITE
Led the Demonstration In Honor OF
BOies.

White was given an attentive hearing
There was no demonstration until he con-
cluded Then the Boies delegates arose and
cheered but the galleries appeared cold. To
longed the honor Of forcing a demonstra-
ton. second only to that which followed the
nomination of Bland. She was dressed In
simple white. She mounted a chair and be-
gan waving a small American flag frantically
to and fro. For fully minute she was un-
observed. Then some one noticed her. Eyes
began to turn In her direction. She con-
tinued to wave the flag with a rhythmic mo-
ton, crying as she did so, "Boies, Boies,
Boies". The delegates got onto their chairs,
the galleries began to cheer, and In another
minute the coliseum was afame AS the
demonstration grew all eyes centered on the
young woman in white. the Boies banner
was carried from the pit up the terrace to
where the striking figure stood like Sec
end Joan of Arc. urging on the nomination
Of Iowa's favorite son.
The staff of the banner was placed in her
hands and she swung 1t to and fro while the
galleries yelled. Once she sank back ex-
hausted by her efforts, and the din was sub
siding. but gathering her waning strength
Tor nnal effort she sprang up again and
once more Selling the banner she moved for
ward and was almost carried down the slope
by the crowd about her. Swiftly she went
forward to the platform, where the Iowa del
egation came forward to meet her and es-
corted her, with shouts, to the place of the
delegation. For fourteen minutes the DEM
onstration. led by the girl in white kept up,
when order was restored. The young woman
who led $4,000 people proved to be Miss Min
ME Murray. of Nashua 10. This incident re-
minded old convention-goers of the great
Blaine demonstration at Minneapolis four
years ago. which was led by Miss Carson
Lake, of New York.
Mere oratory was a very tame amusement
after what the crowd had been witnessing
Still. A. D. Smith, of Minnesota, who sec
onded Boies, was given hearing.
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SMITH OF MINNESOTA.
He Seconded the Nomination of the
Iowa Man.

Iowa Man.
''In beginning Of the few remarks have to
make, I shall have to make the same apol-
ogy that old Jack Falstaff made on one occa-
sion, that he was 'hoarse with hollering and
singing of anthems l am hoarse with hol-
lering and singing of anthems for this gIor-
ious silver cause; but my voice has not yet
entirely died away to such an extent that I
cannot raise 1t with a feeble shout for Hor-
ace Boies, the grand old commoner of the
Hawkeye state. (Applause.)
my friends. you Of the South, with whom
political strife Is not question OF victory
but one simply Of majorities; you gentlemen
who live in the close states, what we might
call the border states in politics, where
good stout fighting Democracy and strong
organization insures you victory goodly por-
ton of the time, you perhaps have no con-
ception of the difficulties under which We
the Democrats of the Northwest, have la
bored prior to the last ten years. in fact, the
great Dr. Samuel Johnson described our con-
dition well when he said on one occasion that
"a woman's preaching was like dogs walk
ing on his hind legs; you didn't expect to
see 1t done well, you were surprised to see
1t done at all.
well, that was very much like our fight
ing prior to the last ten years, and yet, dur
ing those ten years what have we done? In
several cases we have elected complete state
tickets: in all of those states without ex-
ception we have grasped the brightest jewels
from the Republican crown, and have cap
tured a great many OF the congressional
districts, sending members OF congress to
vote against ubiquitous Republican schemes
against force bills and the Sherman bill and
tariff bills. McKiniey's bills--Bill McKinley's
bills daughter and applause.) Yes, gentle
men, even in Minnesota, we have gone forth
to battle in darkest Minnesota. nor fruit
lessIy even: we have brought back spoiis
and are entitled to the honors OF a triumph
ssBut IL that has been the case throughout
she Northwest. how has IT. heeRystn Iowa?
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NEAR THE END.

When the Chicago convention adj
journed last night. everything had been
cleared away preparatory to the final
act. The necessary two-thirds major
ity In the convention had been secured
by seating sufficient number of out
siders to bring up the silver ranks to
their required stature. The protests
Of lovers of fair play and Democratic
doctrine had been trodden under foot
with ill-concealed delight. A new sec
tionalism had been Haunted in the
faces of the people. Defiance and con-
tumely had been flung upon a Demo-
cratic administration which has won
the praise of both friend and foe who
have no ends to serve that are not
their cDuntry's also. A platform had
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was made In Minnesota and South Da-
kota and. the sound money men CAR
ried both.
The sound money men were victori-
Gus everywhere where they were not
CUTTERS" But elsewhere, with
as it was criminal. they would not so
much as loose a rope to lower a life
boat while the ship was sinking. and
they had their reward. Ever when it
stand. they did little better. The mi
nority that went out to Chicago to utter
a last appeal for patriotism and Democ-
racy went there not as fighters, with
backs against the wall, ready to die,
If need be, but they went with soft
words and great things muttered Sc
cretly beneath the breath and dim de-
lusions of compromise They went as
miserably failed. From their first ap-
pearance. disorgapized and discordant
among themselves, the silver men
knew that they had nothing to fear.
Here was not compact body of men
ready to take independent action, if it
might be necessary, ard willing to
stake their lives and political for
tunes upon the issue. but a body of
parliamentarians and smooth special
pleaders, who gave back one step at
each assault and scarcely took the
trouble to tuck away beneath their
garments the corner of the white flag
that they kept constantly exposed.
Duty to the party demanded every eff
fort to save breach. Duty to honor
demanded that these men should be
as loyal to their faith as the free sill
verites were to theirs.
There is no need to make a search
wide or deep for the cause of the utter
failure of the sound money representa-
tives to make an impression on the
Chicago convention. Doubtless they
might have failed in any event; but
this small army Of men, whose every
word and actor proclaimed them
"quitters," were brushed aside without
hesitation or fear by those other men
whose determination had been taken in
the light of possible consequences reso-
lutely faced. The fate Of these factions
writes once more before the eyes Of
the American people the eternal mes
sage that only resolution conquers, and
that cowardice and failure go hand and
hand.