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Mrs. Fannie Brunson, of Little Rock, will arrive in the city this evening and be the guest of Mrs. May Tomlinson for few days.
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Mr. w. H. Langford. Vice Presi- dent of the Citizens Bank, of this city, left for New Orleans yesterday afternoon.
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In the Jefferson Chancery Court L. E. Morgan, Plaintiff.
 Mollle s. Tardy, N. A. Tardy E. A. Tardy. " As Taffy, ". B. Tardy. P. A. Tardy, Stan ley Tardy and Early Tardy. Defendants.
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Juliet L odge No. 6, Knights Of Pythias. held an interesting meeting last night and Messrs. w. C. Rowell and A. E. Young were duly initiated into the mysteries of the rank of Esunire in this noble order.
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The Monarch bicycle. modle 1896, is the prettiest wheel on the market. This wheel ranks with the best made. Itpossesses all the good quali- ties desired by wheelman.
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OUR CLUBBING RATES.
Leading Newspapers at Reduced Prices when Taken with the Semi-
 Weekly Graphic.

The Hice-a-week GRAPHIC has made arrangements with the leading newspapers of the country whereby it can secure them for it's subscribers at greatly reduced prices. The list appears below, the price named be- ing for the twice-a-week GRAPHIC and the newspaper mentioned both for
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The authorities of Connecticut have surrendered F. c. Bowers, wanted here on the charge of embez- clement, and Chief Stewart will ar rive in Pine Bluff with him tomor- TOW.
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Mr. Henry c. Daniels, of Little Rock, is here on a visit to his Pine Bluff friends.
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General Manager Doddridge, of the Missouri Pacific railway, on special car. passed through this city yesterday, enronte south to meet Mr. Gould, who is now inspecting lis railway interests in the South.
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Prof. Junius Jordan, State Super intendent of Public Instruction, came down from Little Rock this morning.
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The steamer J N. Harbin arrived fir m Memphis this afternoon with a big cargo of freight.
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Mrs. Dr. A. R. Sherrill, of Sherrill. is iii the city visiting her mother, Mrs. J. l.. Buck.
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MT. Frank Murray is today moving into his handsome new cottage at No l416 State street.
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Mr. J. c. vagell, a prominent citizen of Fordyce is in the city.
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The judges to act at the primaries will be appointed by the Commissions CTS on the 2lst.
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We are pleased to state that Mrs. $. G. Farrar is slightly improved to- day.
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Mir. Harry Everfield. q prosper ous merchant of Cornerstone, IS here on business trip.
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Capt. J. E. York, President of he Bluff City I1umier Co, is i'll Little Rock today on business trip.
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The new machinery for the Pine Bluff ice factory was put in motion this morning for the first time.
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Miss Hettie Gibson left for Tilar this morning. where she will visit friends for few days.
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Mr. ]. T. Lloyd has returned from Calhoun County, where he spent q week hunting.
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Mr. Thos. J. Collier. of Altheimer, is in the city on q business visit.
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Mir. F. c. Monroe. of Little Rock, was Pine Bluff visitor last night.
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Saws today's Gazette: The Demo- cratic Bimetallic League. at itsmeet- ing last night, decided to invite Hon. E. W. Carmack, of Memphis, to address the league in this city Irs-x : tIvsfT5Ty TrfisTrt, trIr nIgnt urtt-r- he is to speak in Pine Bluff.
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MT. Lee Altheimer, late of Cincin- natl, is again in Pine Bluff and in future will make this city his home.
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The Mississippi river is now very high, and an overflow is threateded. At Helena the danger fine is 2 feet, and the stage at that point is now ;3;S feet
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Mr. $. C. Alexander has returned home after a trip to many points in Texas.
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MT. s. Frankel, q prominent com mercial tourist of St. Louis, is in the city.
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The berry crop this season will be the largest for years.
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Mrs. Mattie Drew and children, oi Sunny Side, are guests of the Arling- ton Hotel.
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Hon. R. Minor Wallace, of Texark ana, honored our city by q visit last night.
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Mrs c. A. Bloom is entertaining inc Entre Nous Enchre Club this af- ternoon.
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Warming Order.

Warning OTder. Wallace Wilber. Plaintiff,
 VS, c. F. Salisbury, Defendant. In the Justice of Peace Court of Vaugine township, W. D. Vance. J. P. The defendant C.F.Salisbury. Is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of plaintiff, Wallace Wilber,
 W. D. VANCE. J. r. March 16 1S90 3I8w4w
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The defendants are warned to appear in this court withing thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff.
 -s--s II. "A. McCoy,
 SEAL Clerk
 ---9 JAS. 0. KNOX. March IS, isS6- W4W
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WANrEp:-Several trustworthy gentlemen OF ladies to travel in Arkansas for established, reliable house. Salary $7S0 and expenses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, third floor, Omaha Building, Chicago, I'll. II wGin
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Maj. J. r. ". Tillar passed down the valley railroad yesterday after Annn
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Mir. W. R. Pearson, the popular lumber dealer Of Thornton, is il tine ai4x-
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The much needed Improvements on Vest Barraqne street are being made
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From Thursdays Dailyl

The picnic season will soon be with us.
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A number of bales ol cotton were brought to the city today.
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Deputy Sheriff Tandy Brewer fears his fine bird dog is going mad.
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Mr. N smith, of south Bend, Ark. is here on Il bnsii.ess trip.
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Attorney IT. E. c. Foster left fol Memphis last night.
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Mir. J & Mcdonnell, of Altheimer is Pine Bluff visitor today.
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From Wednesdays if;;sssss. i;sss.ss.
Mr. N. II. Laneford is in New Or


 Mr. ". II. Laneford is in New Or leans.
 ------------- Mercury nt 70 Tt g o'clock this morning.
 .aon. Louis Althcimer is in St Louis on business.
 Attorney IT. E. c. Foster left for Memphis last night.
 Mir N. smith, of south Bend. Ark, is here on Il hnsii.ess trip A number of bales el cotton were brought to the city today. Mir. j. s. Mcdonnell, of Altheimer, is q Pine Bluff visitor today. Deputy Sheriff Tandy Brewer fears his iinebird dog is going mad.
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sIon. Louis Althcimer is in St. Louis on business
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In speaking of good roads to a class of pupils. Mir. F. s. Goodrich, q professor of Greek in Albion College,
 Michigan, said: Good roads are
 glory to any nationas well as true source of material prosperity. Ger many recognizes this and makes the care Of Ter roads an important part of her public economy. Compare the splendid roads in the Harz noun tains, for example, with many of our highways, and the result is far from gratifying to national pride. Let us hope that better roads are coming
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WANTED:-Seyeral trustworthy Arkansas for established, reliable house. Salary $7S0 and expenses Steady position. Enclose reference and self addressed stamped en- velope. The Dominion Company, third floor, Omaha Building, Chicago. III. 2 II w6m
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There has not been q single death in Pine Bluff in ten dxys. For city with q population as large as this, the record, considering that this is supposed to be the unhealthy seas on, is remarkable one. Pine Bluff is undoubtedly the heaIthiest city in Arkansas, and for that matter, one of the healthiest in the South.
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We are indebted to the Mccain Grocery Co. for q package of delie- ious pure jersey butter. to which we are quite sure there is nothing superior in this market. This butter is from the Jersey farm of Dr. II. F. Dooley, Mr. McCain's brother-in- law, nt Forrest City, Ark, and the Mccain Grocery Co. will henceforth receive regular shipment of it every week It is absolutely pure and guaranteed to be- the best in the market. Try it.
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Warning order.

White < Street.. Attorneys.
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Mercury nf 70 nt 5 o'clock thiaI
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WANTED:--Several trustworthy gentlemen or ladies to travel in Arkansas for established, reliable house. Salary $780 and expenses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self addressed stamped en- velope. The Dominion Company. third floor, Omaha Building, Chicago, H. 2 II w6m
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The Mozart Symphony Club gave a very classic and artistic perform anee at the Merrill Institute last night to a very large and select audience
 Each number on the program was ianfiis afspisauejssa1 and thn- anata1,f ain ment was highly enjoyed by all pres
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bought great bargain Which sell great bargain want for and after having spread the all the world that ahead of all competition the shoe line for this spring of 1896.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-12

mitteeman from Maine furnished this
signed statement to the United Press:
''The action of the National Committee
at their meeting of.yesterday showing
clearly their intention of placing in the
temporary roll delegates favorable to Gov
ernor Mckinley, which in the end would
mean 100 additional votes. caused me to
make the statement that did.
81 am as earnestly for Mr.. Reed as ever
and am with his friends doing every thing
possible to bring about his nomination,
and / urge upon his supporters throughout
the country to make still greater efforts in
his behalf. J. II. MANLEY."
An immense canvas picture of the
Speaker was placed in position in the
rotunda of the parlor floor of the Southern
this afternoon. Reed buttons and badges
are also making their appearance and
there is every indication that his boom is
to be given a renewed impetus.
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called pursuant to law or as provided by
the call of the National Committee, but
were literally rump-bolting gathering.
Seldom B. Spencer presented the side OF
the contestants with equal force.
In his closing speech Mr.. Frank paid his
respects to Chauncey Filley with no
mincing of language, and then the room
was cleared. On motion of Wilson of
Delaware the Frank delegation was seated.
There were but four viva voce votes in the
negative.
At 1850 the convention decided to uit
until midnight. In the Fourth Mississippi
District Charles Rosenbaum, who is a
Reed adherent, and Eugene E. Pettibone
(coIored), for Mckinley, were seated over
e. S. Matthews and E. E. Buck, both
having Mckinley preferences.
The committee decided to make the se-
lection of temporary chairman of the
convention the special order for noon on
Saturday.
A settlement of the fight in the Sixth
Mississippi District was the last business
of the night. Captain Joshua R. Smith
and John J. Garrett were the contestants
ana r. A. Simmons and A. ]. Hyde. both
colored, the contestees. National Com
mitteeman Hill made the argument for
the two first named, while the colored men
told their own story. They did it so inn
pressiveiy that the committee seated them.
All four had Mckinley preferences.
AT 1905 A. NJ. the committee adjourned
until 10 30 A. NJ
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Ia to 25, and the exclusion of Shortridge ct
al. was consequently clinehed by a majority
of twelve.
Kentucky had the call for the next
special order, but it was productive of but
single contest. This was in the Fifth
District, the seats of George D. Todd and
and Charles E. Sapp, instructed for Nc
Kinley, being challenged by E. ]. Knoebel
and J. W. Reeder, who were not in-
structed, but have declared themselves for
Bradley. Todd and Sapp were seated by
% to 6.
At rs recess was ordered to 2P. NJ.
When the com mittee reassembled at 2: :15
the Florida contests were given precedence
over the regular order. In this State the
seats of four delegates at large and two
each in the First and Second districts
were challenged. Those claiming to be reg
ular delegates at large were National Com
mitteeman John G. Long, Joseph Lee
Emory F. Skinner and L. w. Livingston
(colored) all McKinieyites, while the con-
testants were Edward r. Gumby, Henry
W. Chandler, Henry Chubb. S. H Cole
man, all of whom have declared their en-
phatic preference for Governor Morton
and his nomination.
The case of the Mckinley delegates set
forth that the State Convention met at
Tallahassee on March 4. 1t was composed
of 222 delegates. Gumby, Chandler and
Chubb, now contesting delegates, were
members of the State Central Committee,
and joined with the other members of
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Wyoming, who had previously declined to
vote, asked to be recorded in the negative.
1t was done, the vote was announced as 20
to 10 against reconsideration. and there
was an audible sigh of relief from all over
the room as the incident ended.
General James r. Chalmers was the star
speaker when the contest in the Second
Mississippi District was taken up. With
Sidney Redmond (coIored) he claimed
place on the roll, and opposition was of
fered by G. w. Buchanan and William
Simmons (colored). Buchanan and Sim
mons were seated by the close vote of %
to 10. They are for Mckinley.
Short work was made of the contest In
the Third Mississippi District, Wesley
Grayton and Joseph E. Ousley being seated
over w. ii. Allen and Louis Woldener.
Both contestants and contestees are Nc
Kinley adherents,
AT 10:30 O'clock the remainder of the
Mississippi contests were laid aside ana
the committee took up the trouble in the
Twelfth District of Missouri, where ex-
Congressmen Nathan Frank and Charles
D. Comfort on the one side and Charles
Parsons and F. G. Uthoff on the other
were respectively contestants and con-
testees.
1t was an echo of the old-time fight be-
tween the Kerens and Filley factions.
Mr.. Frank, who belongs to the Kerens
wing, presented his own case in an ener-
getic speech, claiming that Parsons and
Uthoff were not elected by any convention
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DONE IN SHORT ORDER.
Contestants Who Favor Mckinley to
Be Seated.

ST. LOUIS, No, June lit was a
busy day for the National Committee. Up
TO o'clock this evening, when short re-
cess for dinner was taken, it had, in the
space of eight hours, heard the evidence
in and adiudicated upon a total of ten
contests, involving the placing upon the
temporary roll of precisely twenty-four
delegates. In some cases the questions
submitted were intricate. and these were
debated without consideration of time.
Where, however, q contest was rega1 ded
as frivolous or based upon grounds not
recognized by the rules of the party short
work was made of it.
Among the contestants were scattering
supporters of Reed, Morton and Allison,
but the sum total of the daylight work
was the seating of twenty-five pronounced
adherents of Major Mckinley and of two
delegates favorable to the nomination of
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SOME OF THE MEN WHOSE NAMES MAY Be PRESENTED TO THE CONVENTION
FOR The YICE-PR RESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.

Florida District were seated. General
Hobart OF New Jersey seconded the motion.
Fessenden of Connecticut uttered a few
words of protest, which were drowned in
cries of "vote." The calling of the roll
was commenced, and for few moments
the ayes end noes were about equal.
When New York was reached Committee
man Sutherland arose and said he declined
to vote. He went on to say that upon the
contest in question forty-three members
had recorded their delibera tie convictions,
a larger number than had been polled on
any other motion. 1t was worse than
nonsense for any member to assert that
he voted by mistake or misapprehension.
The lines had been closely drawn and the
issue clearly defined.
81 desire to say here and now," con-
tinued Mr.. Sutherland, that If this reso-
luton is adopted | shall no longer regard
1t as necessary or desirable to participate
in the proceedings of this committee. Its
doings will have become farcical and 1
sh all wash my hands OF it and its pro-
ceedings. The course now proposed is
revolutionary and without justification
and it will prove destructive to the candi-
dates of the Republican party. l now
withdraw my refusal to vote and vote
no.
There was buzz of excitement as the
speaker concluded. The rollcall was re-
sumed. When Ohio was reached Commit
teeman Hahn of Mansfield said, with
emphasis that he saw no reason why the
gentleman from New York should with
draw from the committee. There were
methods employed in New York that were
not open and above suspicion. as would be
demonstrated when the contests from that
State were reached, and if the committee
was unduly exercising its powers it was
doing nothing more than had been done in
New York time and again. He intended
to vote for reconsideration, and offered no
apology for so doing.
The rollcall was completed without fur
ther interruption, and at its conclusion
Secretary burke announced the result as
10 for reconsideration TO Is against. There
upon NJ. H. de Young of California asked
that his vote be recorded in the negative,
making it a tie On this showing Chair
man Carter was about to declare the
motion lost, when ex-senator Carey Of
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as concerned the temporary roll, was final.
and could be reviewed only by the Com
mittee OIL Credentials selected by the
National Convention. When the argu-
ments were concluded, it took the COM
mittee just five seconds to seat Denison and
his colleague by unanimous vote.
Next on the special order was the Fourth
California District. w. w. Montague and
Samuel NJ. Shortridge were the contest
ants against Joseph Spear and Henry /.
Kowalsky, claiming to be the regular dele
gates. Mr.. Shortridge, who is brother
of Publisher Sholtridge of the San Fran
cisco CALL, made a brisk and vigorous
presentation of his case.
Mr. Shortridge took the position that
himself and his colleagues were the regu-
lar delegates, selected at the regular con-
vention, and that properly they should be
recognized as contestees instead of con-
testants.
In this case both sets of delegates were
instructed for Mckinley, and again ex
Congressman Thompson appeared for the
preferred claimants, Shortridge's oppon-
ents. After considerable debate on the
part of the memb bers of the committee.
these Iatter-Spear and Kowalsky-were
seated, only two votes being recorded in
the negative. This concluded the Califor-
uia cases.
In the Third Alabama District Samuel
S. Booth and John Harmon (colored) were
seated, the contestants failing to put in an
appearance. At this point Henry c. Payne
of Wisconsin moved a reconsideration of
trict in order that rollcall might be had .
This was voted down, but Samuel Fessen-
den of Connecticut challenged the judg-
ment of the chair and a rollcall was conse-
quently forced by strategy. The vote was
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should be admitted to the hall by tickets. /

should be admitted to the hall by tickets.
Lynch objected to the use of tickets
and, refusing to accept them, failed to OBJ
tain admission to the hall and organized
another convention. OF the 267 members
of the State Convention 1877 attended the
convention held by the Hill faction, the
remainder organizing separate set of
delegates. The Lynch people. however,
had the advantage of having with them
the chairman of the State Committee, l..
B. Mosley, who certified the Lynch dele
gates as regularly elected.
In his old vigorous and earnest style
Lynch presented the case OF himself and
his colleagues, claiming that instead of re-
fusing to accept tickets they were denied
them and were kept out of the meeting
place by the police.
M. A. Montgomery another of the con-
testants, made a forcible argument, rein
forced with two mammoth maps, showing
the relative strength of the two conven-
tions, and every column of which had been
sworn to before notary public. There
was excitement when Hill characterized
statements made by Lynch as absolutely
false and declared that the latters
affidavit-makers were liars The commit
tee finally tired of the squaoble, and on
motion of James II. Wilson of Delaware,
proxy for National Committeeman Lay
ton, seated tho Hill delegates by unani-
nous vote.
In the First Mississippi District contest
Dr. Joseph M. Bynum made a plea for
himself and his associate, w. G.. Parker
(colored), who claimed to be the regular
delegates. Colored Com mitteeman Hill,
flushed with his victory of few moments
before, championed the cause of w. F.
Elgin and Richard D. Littlejohn (colored).
Hills friends were placed on the roll.
Both sets of delegates favored Mckinley.
AT 6:15 o'clock the committee took a
recess for refreshments.
There was q sensation in the meeting of
the National Committee tonight. Just as
soon as the contest in the First Mississippi
District had been disposed of Senator
Hansbrough of North Dakota, with the
preliminary explanation that he did so at
the request of g. number of members who
were not present at the afternoon session,
moved reconsideration of the vote by
which the Morton delegates in the First
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DE YoUNd's HARSH WORDS.
SIanders California Before the Ma
tionaI Committee.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 1.-THE talk of
the lobby to-day has been the remarkably
tempered and booriSh speech of NJ. II. de
Young maligning the State of California,
it's Republican Central Committee and its
Republican State Convention. His speech
was made after S. NJ. Shortridge of Cali
fornia had presented his side of the con-
test in the Fourth Congressional District
and had left the room. De Young was
therefore the only Californian present, and
it was from his lips that the ISLANDERS
against his own State issued, with no
one there to defend her from his attack.
He said that the politics of the Repub-
lican party of California was notoriously
corrupt; that clean politics was unknown
to the Republican organization of the
Golden State, and in fact so rotten was it
that woman had recently shot her hus-
band there because she had been wronged
by crooked politics. The reference was to
Mrs. Martin, who shot her husband in the
corridor of the City Hall because he had
neglected and ilI-treated her.
Mr.. de Young's ISLANDERS were uttered
for the purpose of breaking down the force
of the argument that the right OF Messrs.
Shortridge and Montague to seats in the
Republican State Convention had been
confirmed by the State Central Committee
and reaffirmed by the committee on Gre
dentials OF the State Convention after
hearing all the evidence in the matter. 1t
was evident that the National Committee
could not reverse those decisions without
slapping the State Convention and the
State Central Committee in the face, and
De Young perceiving this proceeded to
argue that the State Central Committee
and the State Convention were parcel of
political hoodlums and ruffians, corrupt to
the marrow, and that their action had
been brought about by dishonorable
means.
The correspondents of New York and
other Eastern newspapers expressed their
surprise that the representative of State
should resort to such cowardly and dis
graceful tactics in order to accomplish his
own purpose. They said that such thing
was unheard of in National politics, that
National Committeeman should under
take to besmirch and befoul the name OF
his State.
This was De Young's last chance to get
even on his political enemies, for he will
be no longer National Committeeman at