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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-08-28
SWEPT BY
The Size of the Majority in Alabama the
ONLY Charged.

The Size of the Majority in Alabama the
Only Question-Frauds Charged.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 5.7-The size
of the Democratic majority seems to
be all that remains in doubt with re-
gard to the result of yesterdays state
election, though Popullst leaders are
claiming frauds of the grossest kind.
Because of the slow process Of count
ing the votes under the new ballot
law, returns are necessarily slow, but
there is no doubt of a complete Dem
ocratic victory. Incomplete returns
from about half the counties so far
received indicate Democratic gains in
all but Mobile and Macon. In the
former the Democrats appear to have
lest some 500 votes by st -at-homcs,
but the county is still in the Demo-
cratic column by 500 majority. In
Macon county, which gave Oates a
majority of 800 in 1894, the result IS
:. To-day the lowest Democratic esti-
mate places the majority at rs. 900 and
the highest at go, 900. The legislature
is safely Democratic by at, ,leastatYo,
thirds. .;r
.nh. p; ....L p:--s.
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Bryan"
H. S. Martin, temporary chairman,
was called to the platform and was
received with cheers. He thanked the
convention for the honor of his cleo
ton to the craftsmanship. and referred
to the report of Democratic victory in
Alabama, which brought forth bro
longed cheers. Then he dweIt upon
the question of majority and minority
rule, and closed by lauding the Demo-
cratic national candidates.
The secretary was instructed to ex-
ten greeting and congratulations to
Governor-elect johnson Of Alabama.
after which J.. c. Orr moved that the
usual committees be appointed, with
one member from each district. This
was at once adopted.
After the appointment of meeting
places for the various committees the
convention adjourned until 2 o'clock.
AS the delegates were rising from
their chairs some q shouted for a
speech from David Overmyer. Almost
instantly the hall was in an uproar.
Overmyer was escorted to the plat
form by a score of delegates, when the
applause had subsidized he said: Since
we last met at Topeka there has been
a convention at Chicago. That con.
vention performed a miracle. It has
always been held as aAioinatic in.pol-
tiles thai a party cannot correct in
ternal evils tending towards it's de-
struction. Yet at Chicago the Demo-
cratic party not only did this, but
more. All forms of class destruction,
of money power, of precedent and ali
forms OF orga nized power were over
turned, the people rose in their might
and declared themselves This was not
an instantaneous development 1t was
the result of several years. 1t re-
CURED time to pass Democracy under
the yoke of plutocracy. The miracle
performed was that Of self regenera-
ton, and the party now stands
purged from its self-destructive ele.
ments, for the common people of
America. (Cheers.) There is. a famil-
lar saying that the unexpected always
happens. 1t did happen. There is
another saying that mar purposes and
God disposes. This pointing to the
picture Of William J.. Bryan) is Gods
disposition. prolonged cheers.) TAX
ing man as man, William }. BRYAN is
the representative American. He has
not his superior. He will be the con-
queror of every heather part of our
land, like the young conguerors OF
old"
overmyer further eulogized the
standard bearer, at every period be-
ing Interrupted BY cheers. He spoke
for fifteen minutes on the money
question, strongly asserting the ne
cessity of free and unlimited coinage
at the ratio of IL to /. In closing he
said: ''William ]. Bryan is as certain
~ olo,&oI 90 o1aofi0r dow will
come" And when the wild applause
greeting this assertion had ceased, he
continued with skilfully modulated
tone: provided we Democrats make
no fatal mistake. See to it that in the
state of Kansas there Is fusion on
electors for Bryan and Sewalll. Let
this convention carry out the known
will of the Democratic party. the Peo-
Plies party and a majority OF the Re.
publican partv.". LET. =.
Theater Managers Combine.
New YORK, Aug. GA meeting at
aaE.,s.theater yesterd az. attended bY
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FUSION WRESTLING.
KANSAS POLITICIANS ARE
SCHEMING
Quickly Adjourn After the Temporary Or
ganization and appointment of Commit
tees-DavidO vermyer Speaks on Fusion
With Bryan and SewalL

HuTcHlNsoN, Aug. ".-The party
leaders did not arrive at the Demo-
cratic convention hall until long after
the time set for calling the convention
to order. At !1:4O o'clock Chairman
Bacon of the central committee raped
for oder and presented the Rev.
Alfred Brown, rector Of the Episcopal
church in this city, who made a brief
prayer while the delegates stood.
Secretary Pepperill read the call for
the convention, and then a letter from
w. j. Bryan was read as follows:
"Lincoln, Neb., July 81, lSo6.-Frank
Bacon, Esq, C%hoirman, Member Cen
trail committee: My Dear Sir-Your
favor Of july q, inclosing letter Of
Mr.. Barkley and Oswell Of Hutchin-
son, Kan, requesting me to speak at
that city on August 4 has been re-
ceived. l regret very much that the
duties of the campaign which are
pressing upon me render it impossible
for me to do so. No arrangement for
speeches can be made until after the
campaign has been outlined by the
national committee, and until hat
has been done l deem it wise to make
no promises. Very truly yours-W. J.
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~FlLlBUSTERs SHOT.
spaniards Deal summarlly With Amerl-
cans Of the Three Friends Fxnea,+,o,

spaniards Deal summarlly With Amerl-
cans Of the Three Friends Expedition.
HAVANA. Aug. "A pacifco, who
lives near Jaruco, arrived here yester-
day with the report that a number of
Americans of the Three Friends expe-
dition which landed upon the island
recently were captured by General
Ochoa. tied in lines along q roadside
and shot to death. One body was left
unburied. 1t had been mutilated with
macnetes almost beyond recognition,
but was supposed to be that Of Perry
Atkinson. The belongings OF the vic
Tins were sold in Jaruco. Consul
General Lee has been urged to de-
nand an investigation.
It is said the n~atura!ized American
insurgent leader, Capero, whose re-
lease was ordered BY Campos and
countermanded by Weyler, has been
sentenced to pass the rest OF his life in
chains In q Spanish dungeon in Africa,
Other tales OF injustice and cruelty
are coming in constantly.
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THE .PoPULIsTs.
Candidates Scheming for Position -
Fusion tho First Question:.

TusIon tHe TlrsV WuesttUu' J
ARLENE, Kan, Aug. Sit is agreed
among the party managers that the
first work Of the Populist state con-
vention. which will assemble here to-
morrow. after the permanent organi-
cation shall have been effected, will
be the appointment of a committee to
confer with a like committee from the
Democratic state convention in session
at Hutchinson, on the question of
presidential electors. This action
will be taken in obedience to the
wishes of the candidates for the statA
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Shot and Almost Beheaded in Church.
.IHoMAsvILLE, ga, Aug. 4.-Colonel
James =. .Tilley vas Shot down in the
baptist church at Metcalt. ter. mile
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Theater Combine. ::
New YORK, Aug. GA meeting at
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-08-28
The Illinois Spit wldenea.

ING 1tIiHUib Split Wldened
CHICAGO, Aug. AT a meeting of
the Democratic state central commits.
tee to-day the gold standard members
all resigned except Bon T. Cable, who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
WEYLER'S NEW PLAN.
Drag Net VIII Succeed the Trocha
in Suppressing the War.

HAVANA, Sept. THE work Of arresting
people charged with conspiring against the
government continues here. Last week the
American colony was startled by the arrest
OF samuel D Tolon. naturaliZed American
and a prominent merchant of Cardenas, who
was captured on board the Ward line steamer
serena, as she was leaving for the United
States. Yesterday magistrate, Senior Con-
zales LlnuSa, was taken into custody and
placed In solitary confinement. The same
day a prominent lawyer, Senior Alberto
Zayas, a brothern of the welI-known general
fnement, and today 1.-THE arrest of Seniors
Enrique Lama and Ighacio Lama, brothers.
Senior Hernandez, an american citizen and
Herr Hubert Blank, "a: German director Of
the academy of smusit, here. All the per-
sons mentioned are detained In COMMUNE
to communicate With their friends or counsel
Sooner or later, lit is to be presumed, they
will be shipped to some penal settlement
and that will be the last heard of them
1t Is reported here that the captain general
has formed a new plan of campaign which
is certain to end the resurrection one way or
the other. If rumor IN this case turns out
steamers, loaded with troops, will arrive
here before the end of this month and al,
overpowerfng military Gordon or drag net
will be formed of all the troops available.
stretching a line, practically Of armed men
backed by a second and a third reserve line
from north to south, and which will be drawn
from one end Of the island to the other. thus
cornering the insurgents and compelling them
to fight pitched battle
The police yesterday seized a number of
important documents connected with the
revolutionary movement, and 1t is understood
that this will result In the result of a num-
Der OF additional important personages.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
HURRYING WESTWARD.
Bryan ON His Way TO His Home at
Lincoln.

CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-Mr. Bryan took
the $50 train on the Burlington road
for Lincoln this afternoon, stopping at
Aurora, ILL.,, for twenty-minura
speech at about half past six. There
were about 400 people at the depot to
see his departure, but no demonstra-
ton. A reporter handed Mr. Bryan a.
copy Of Mr.. Watson's speech delivered
at Dallas, Tex. Il have nothing to say
on the subject at present" said MI.
Bryan. i do not care to discuss it,
AURORA, ILL.,, Sept. AT $50 the
train arrived at Aurora. The platform
was crowded with men, women and
children, ANXIOUS TO catch sight of the
nominee and hear him speak. Across
the street from the railroad tracks a
platform had been erected and Mr..
Bryan spoke to the audience from 1t.
Mr.. Bryan then took the limited train
at $40 and the next stop was at Plano,
where he shook hands with a few hun
dred people gathered at the train.
GALESBURG. ILL.,, Sept AT Ke-
vance Mr.. Bryan was greeted with a
band and a good-sized crowd. There
we've probably 1900 people assembled
to hear his two minute address, which
was but repetition of many Of his car
platform talks throughout the country.
There had been extensive preparations
made in Galesburg for the receiving
Of the triple nominee. A reception
committee met him at Kewanee and
the train was to stop ten minutes. A
crowd of 5000 had collected about
platform erected near the depot and
from it Mr.. Bryan made a short ad-
dress. There were bands and torches
and banners in attendance at the re-
ception, and it was the largest crowd
encountered since the nominee left
Chicago today
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08

ing reason, binding judgment and
converting facts into Campaign Hes. !,
The political judgments of men are
not formed under any such conditions.
They are made up In the calm interval
between campaigns. 1T Is not the
steaming presses of these campaign
literary bureahs," throwing off their
millions of documents that form
popular Judgment, But 1T Is the daily
and weekly PAPERS of the land, teach
ing their lessoAs every day and week
OF the year, going into the quiet homes
and being read carefully and thought
fully in the evenings. that give the
facts and the arguments on which the
Judgments are formed that are record
ed at the polls on election day. Were
one-fourth of the money that is vast
ed by these bureaus in Campaign
used in extending the circulation of
the city and country press during the
interregnum. IT'S effect would vastly
outweigh thate produced by all this
wasteful expenditure. The time for
~ 1loL III t1liiCo VI iAICIlce'
feeling and excitement when the pas.
sions and prejudices Of men are stirred
to their depths, but in the intervals
of calm. The present campaign illus
rates this. For six years the silver
propaganda has been ceaselessly at
work. 1t has reached the country
press wherever it could reach it. 1t
has been sending out it's literature"
Summer and winter the work has gone
on. Meanwhile the ''sound-money' ele-
ment has been inert. 1t could not be
aroused to believe there was any dan
ger. 1t pooh-poohed warnings. 1t re-
fused appeals for means with which
to get and disseminate accurate edu-
catlonal matter, or gave with mig
gardly hand. Now that the storm has
burst. it is alarmed and willing to do
anything. If it is not too late, if the
mischief has not been fully wrought,
1t will be due solely to the press that
has labored INCREASINGLY between cam
paigns, in the face of all discoufaging
lack of support, and to the reserve of
common sense kept intact by the work
of these papers, that calamity shall not
come to the country and it's business
interests.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
STEVENSON WILL STUMP.
The Vice President to Make Some
Speeches for Bryan.

speeches. 1OF Bryan.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-Vice president
Stevenson was closeted with Senator
Jones at Democratic national head
quarters for two hours today. He de-
clined to make any statement for pub
LEGATION, but Senator Jones in his hear
ing said: 'Of course, the vice president
is for our ticket He is as much for 1t
as l am, and that / should think, is
enough. Mr. Stevenson and myself are
just talking the situation over
The statement Of Senator Jones in
regard to Mr.. Stevenson being "for our
ticket" was supplemented later on by a
bulletin which makes it plain that the
vice president promised to take the
Is as follows: ~
Vice President Stevenson arrived in
the city today from Mackinaw with his
family, where he has been summering
for several weeks. He called at ma
tional Democratic headquarters about
8 o'clock and remained more than two
hours in conference with Chairman
Jones. The vice president Is very much
interested in the campaign and made
many inquiries regarding the situation
in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota and the Pacific states He
was informed that the prospects In all
Of these states were very flattering,
and that they would all undoubtedly
roll up safe majority for Bryan in
November. He appeared much graft
fed at the information. He stated he
would remain In Chicago for several
days. While no official information was
given out in regard to Mr.. Stevenson's
programme during the campaign, it is
thought he will make several speeches
for Mr.. Bryan, not only in Illinois, but
also in other states.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
TOWNE OF DULUTH
viii BE Among the Orators at
Lincoln Today.

LINCOLN, Neb, Sept Hon. Will
liam j. Bryan will arrive here tomor-
row and be formally notified by the
national silver party Of his nominal
tlon. Mr. Bryan will arrive In Lin
coin before noon tomorrow, and the
formal notification will probably take
place on the north front Of the state
house during the afternoon, providing
the chairman Of the committee on no
tihcation arrives In time. The COM
mfttee has arranged to have a num-
Der or the silver party from all over
the West, who will visit Lincoln on
that occasion, deliver addresses at
meetings, which will be held at several
points in the city at such times as will
not interfere with the notification
Senator Teller, Congressman Towne
and Ignatius Donnelly are booked on
the programme for speeches at these
meetings.
1t was supposed that Mr. Bryan
would go by the CUTOFF train, reach
ING Lincoln about noon, as Ignatius
Donnelly and some others have done.
But the schedule lands him in Platts-
mouth at a. m, and, as he takes no
special train, that brings him to Omaha
at o'clock. The train makes a req
ular stop Of half an hour at Omaha.
leaving at $3.50. Whether Mr. BRYAN
viii speak at Omaha or not is not
known, and the Lincoln committee has
no evidences other than that Mr.. Bry-
an arrives at Omaha on the train
reaching the Capitol City at 10 a. m.
The committee will go as far as Ash
land to meet him. Chairman Dahl
man, Of the state Democratic COM
mittee, tried to charter train to ac-
cornmodate the people who wished to
go TO Lincoln tomorrow to attend the
exercises connected with the official
notification, but the number was too
small to warrant the expense Those
who wish to go will be required to put
up a rate of one and one-third for the
round trip.
The Bryan party will reach here al
lO a. M, most of the members Of the
silver notification committee, it is sup
posed, being on the same train. At the
depot parade will be formed and the
march begun to the Bryan residence
mile distant, marching clubs will be-
numerous and many bands Of the city
and from over tine state will help swell
the crowd and the chorus of noise.
( The notification proper will occur at
the state capitol grounds in the after
noon. Mr.. Grant, Of Ohio, will make
the principal address at that time. bur
it Is expected that Senator Teller will
be present and speak. In the evening
there will be more marching and music
and some extemporaneous speeches.
Many excursion trains will be run to
the city during the day. Polk county
Populists have chartered a special
Union Pacific train. No programme
has been outlined for the other DAYS
Mr.. Bryan will be in the CITY
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08

There is no opinion about this thing.
1t is cold fact. This table shows the
exports of wheat from India for six
teen years consecutively. If the theory
be true that a declining standard slim
ulates exports of agricultural products,
then 1t follows necessarily that these
wheat imports must rise as the rate of
exchange falls and fall as the rate of
exchange rises. On the contrary, ex-
aiming the table we find not only no
such correspondence, but frequently
the exact reverse. For instance, In the
year 1884 the average value of the sill
yer rupee was about Is I'd. The e--
ports of wheat from India were q ,0O0,-
900 hundred weight. By 1890, the gold
value of the silver rupee had fallen
almost exactly Sd. This ought to have
produced an increase in wheat ex-
ports on Mr.. Teller's theory. Instead
of that, the exports for that year were
less than 100000 hundred weight. or
a falling off of 7.0o8,oOe hundred weight
simultaneously wssh heavy fall in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
EXPERIMENTATION.

10 the EDITOR or the GI0Do.
VIII you kindly answer the following:
l. Was silver demonetized through Iegisla-
ton enacted in 1873?
2. Is 1T demonetized at the present time?
Wheaton, Mimi, Sept. s, 1896.
The answer to this question depends
upon the definition of the word ode
monetize." Webster gives it as
follows: "To deprive of current value;
to withdraw from USE as money! In
neither of these senses are we able to
find that silver was denonetized in
1878. The law that year simply dropped
the silver dollar from the list of coins
in the United States. 1t did not de
prive" the silver coin or bullion ''of
current value" It did not withdraw
it from use as money" All the silver
heretofore coined remained in circula-
ton If it be held that the cessation
Of coinage was decentralization, then
silver was remonetized in 1878, when a
limited coinage was again authorized
demonetized when 1t Is denied free
and unlimited coinage at the minis
can claim that silver was demonetized
in 1873, or that it is today. We think
that the only sensible, logical or scien-
tific meaning of the term "demone-
tize' is the second one given by
Webster, as above, ''to withdraw from
use as money" AS long as a metal
is used as money and recognized for
such use by the laws of the United
monetized." The answer to both our
correspondents questions would, there
fore, be, unequivocally. no"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
WEATHER FORECAST.

WASHINGTON, Sept. forecast for Tues
day: Minnesota Fair, followed by light
showers Tuesday afternoon, followed by
clearing and much colder Tuesday night;
southeasterly winds, becoming northwesterly.
Wisconsin-Fair. followed by light showers
Tuesday afternoon or night; warmer Tues
day, followed by much colder Tuesday after
noon or Wednesday.
North Dakota-Showers; clearing Tuesday
afternoon; decidedly colder; a fall Of 80 de-
grees may be expected in southeast portion;
northeasterly winds.
South Dakota-Decidedly colder; north
westerly winds.
Enthusiastically fair; northerly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau, Washington, Sept. T. 6:4s
o. M Local Time, D. m. 18th Meridian
Time.-Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
TELLER IN ILLINOIS.
His First Speech Delivered mt Hia
Old Home

MORRISON, ILL.,, Sept 7.-Senator
Henry M. Teller delivered his first
speech in this place today. The crowd
that assembled was variously estimat-
ed at from 1000 to $1,000 This is tho
early home Of Senator Teller He came
to Morrison from New York in 1858.
and formed a law partnership with
III. H. Jackson, which continued until
April, 1861, when he went to Colorado.
His mother lies here with four sis
tiers and a brother. These are the rea-
SONS why the senator selected his old
home as the place for making his first
speech Of the campaign. He leaves
here tomorrow morning for Chicago.
where he will spend the day with the
executive committee Of the Democratic
party. He will then go to Grand Rap
ids, Mich, where he is announced to
speak on Wednesday next.