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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

our tea, he did, and used the money Il
sport around with the boys. When W.
began to cave around about it he sent 4
job-lOt Of his soldiers over here to hold III
down. This caused more Indignation ani
one day the matter was brought to focu,
when lot of our boys got together and
held a square mems meeting. Amoni
those present were Patrick Henry ani
George Washington. Fat made ringing
speech and told them that the people ough
to rise up out of their lethargy and MAXI
this free country. A declaration Of in
dependence was written out and signed
and the bell was rung, as we have said
When old George Threetimes heard Of
this he sent over more soldiers and tried
to wipe out the little band parading unde.
George Washington.
But Mr.. Threetimes' gingerbread sol
diers couldn't fool our George-nit! OM
George let them chase him around New
Jersey and Pennsylvania and when the,
finally did catch him they at once tried Il
let him go. But George didn't go-nO
much! That night our George crossed
the Delaware river and made old Georg,
Threetimes' army look like boiled Holsters
Our George found the most of them at I
5O-cent dance, but he sailed right in, new
ertheless, and history tells us that h,
broke up the ball. Because he won tn,
war we made our George President ant
we have been having Presidents AM
Fourth Of Julys ever since.-Exchange.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Dick, slow match in hand, got well out of
the way, as he thought, and with shout
OF triumph touched off the fuse.
A binding fash, hiss, as Of fifty wild
cats tied by their tails and turned into the
standing corn OF the Philistines, and then
a loud cry, as il the Philistines, or some
body, were having an exceedingly hard
tilne Of 1t.
Dick crouched down, with his hands
pressed to his blackened face, and Bob
bent over him in genuine concern.
II say, Dick, old man, are you much
hurt?"
.'Oh, I don't know! It's my eyes care
about, that's all. l can't see anything"
"Come along down to the doctor, old
man. Shall take your hand?"
"Take your grandmother! Don't know
the way in the dark? l say, Bob"
Eyes, Dick"
"We know what Fourth of July fool
is now, don't wei"
II reckon we do, and it's worse than an
April fool good deal Come along"
Fortunately the injury to Dicks eyes
was slight. and he escaped with week in
a dark room, and fine array Of blisteIs,
the traces of which adorned his face for
many a day; but he has learned how not
to burn powder on the Fourth Of july
The Household.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
French Pete Is Missing.

San Francisco, June 2S.-P. A. Deville,
the well known Alaskan miner, commonly
called "French Pete" the discoverer OF the
celebrated Treadwell mine near Juneau,
has been missing since his arrival in this
city week ago.
Eight miners have just reached here
from Alaska with $250,OOO, the result Of
two years digging within 20 miles Of Daw.
son. One of them, named w. Ii. Arm
strong, has nugget worth $500.
"The country is full of idle men," said
Armstrong, "and every steamer brings a
lot more to swell the list. There will be
fairly good cleanup this year around
Dawson, but it will belond to ten times as
many men as last years output"
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
HORRORS OEEDMONTONT TRAIL
LARGE NUMBER HAVE DIED
Have .. Hard Time Of IT'D
Large Number Have Died-scurvy anu
Starvation Party of Nine Lost ~ one
Time-Many More viii not suvi'e'

Seattle, June CIV. d. Doolittle OF
Irvington, N. j., has arrived here, ai'er
undergoing a series of fearful experiences
during the past year. He was one OF the
unfortunates who attempted to enter the
Alaskan gold fields over the Edmonton
route. After an unsuccessful effort to get
in he returned to Telegraph Creek out OF
food and just able to make his wants
known. Speaking of the scenes witnessed
by him at Telegraph Creek he said;
81 have seen people coming IN win
hands and feet frozen, starving and suffer-
ing with scurvy, all telling the same story
Of hardship and suffering in the Lard
country. A party OF IA men was on It's
way to Telegraph Greek. Five led to break
trail through the snow and the other
nine followed. A heavy snow storm came
up and the nine behind became lost. NO
trace of them has since been found.
"A week before l left for Seattle men
arrived from Teslin with the news that
three men had been found dead in cabin
at Moose lake. They all died from scurvy'
They were two Allison brothers of Kent.
England, and Carter of New Zealand. Nine
hundred dollars was found in the cabin.
1.-The latter part Of May, Porter, the gov
eminent agent at Telegraph Creek, sent
in relief party into the Lizard district:
consisting Of two Indian guides and four
white men. They had a scow load OF pro-
visions. 1t was reported just before l left
that the scow had reached the district and
distributed the food to the needy people,
of whom there were about 500.
81 cannot describe the terrible suffering
Iendured on the trail and it is wonder
to me that so many came out alive
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
To he Tried on FilipinOs.

Chicago, June pa special from
Washington says:
A shell Of terrific explosive power with
a capacity to annihilate by bursting frag-
ments and shock as effective as a stroke
of lightning, will be the feature OF the
fall campaign in the Philippines.
Tests of the charge of this terrible en-
CINE Of war are ing made at Sandy H Ok.
the government guarding closely the Sc
cret. A shell would kill or cripple very
large percentage Of battalion if it fell
near it.
The chances of escape from this ire
mendous machine would decrease 10 times,
experts say, as compared with shnpnel
discharged at the same object.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
Tho Village Fourth

Within the shaded doorway
The eager children stand,
For the strains of stirring music
Announce the coming band.
The roar Of distant cannon
Mingles with the chime of BELLS
While nearer still and nearer
The Joyous tumult swells.
Dear grandma leaves her knitting,
And with baby on her knee
Comes and sits among the children,
Who are shouting now with glee,
For adown the street comes marching
A long and varied train
Keeping step to Yankee Doodle"
The merry old refrain.
Now the last Of the procession,
With Its fags and steamers gay,
Whisks around distant corner
In cloud Of dust away.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
uOW,s THISs

ava hundred Dollars Reward Tor
we oa oaae, If Catarrh that connot be cured Dy
Hairs oa'A r. J. CHENEY 6 CO.. Toledo, O..
We the undersigned, have known ,,o,, ~ hin, N
Cheney for the last 10 years, ana ,renssctions
ed tnaneay able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm. ,o D,,,gg,sts To-
ledo. 0. , ,,ApyIN Wholesale
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN ""o''''s
Druggists, Toledo. .. ,u.o,,v act.
Ha.i ,,nor the blood and mucous sur
ing uits'a ~ swstem Testimonials sent free.
I Ip,e " os nor hottie. Sold by all Druggists
Halls Family Pills are the pest
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
Wheat.
Metals,
Siluar 4
Startling Discovery os No.

st. Louis, June 3o-Tn dingy, stuffv
little room in the rear of No. 1871 South
lmrd street Officer Hanrahan found con.
ceaied in dirty trunk and valise sum
oil money exceeding $4,000, in govern.
ment bonds, gold and bills of large demon.
nations. The police think that this small,
fortune is the property of Mrs. Walbonoar
Waekerle, an aged German woman
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The Chicago Netos calls attention to
the fact that the entire number of Am
erican deaths since the opening Of the
war with Spain, both on land and sea,
through fighting and the result of sick
ness, amounts to $500, "a little less
than one-half the soldiers killed in the
three days fighting around Chattanoo-
ga thirty-six years ago." 1t is an ex.
cellent item for the howlers to read
and remember.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, powder fol. the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, snarting, ner.
yous feet, and instantly takes the sting out
of corns and bunions. It's the greatest
comfort discovery of the age: Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
It is a certain cure for Ingrowing Nails,
sweating, calous and hot, tired, aching
feet. We have over 10000 testimonials;
shoe 10 s. stores ores By mail for Csc. IN stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address. Allen $.
Oimsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
49,, Renewed with Murder

louisville, June 2s.-A special from
London, Ky, says; :. .,a poker.
Howard feud. A. E. Hampton one me- ~
T IlU paker : attorneys, it is said became
inyn,ved in quarrel with some "hl.e
snmnatbizers, when Sheriff White al,
ssnp pa 70 arrest him. Hampton drew
nistpl and shot White, killing him Ill
stantly.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
nOITT's SCHOOL,

Menlo Park. San Mateo Co., Cal, accred-
tied at the Universities. Location, china, e.
and careful attention to Mental, Moral and
Physical training, places Hoitt's among
the foremost Schools for Boys on the
Coasts. r. Chronicle. viii reopen in
the new building August 18th, 10Th year.)
Ira G. Hoitt, PHI. d., Principal.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
, Mo-, beautiful Woman in Ohio'

Toledo, O., June 27.-The Toledo fress
Club has issued a letter to the he"sp~p
Of Ohio asking them to assist in d n'e ~
inc the most beautiful woman IN ONO, 'ne
~: :.15,.os 20 he eminent artists Of Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus -
en- ~ - he beralded in all the designs
n he used by the Ohio exposition.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
WHY WE CELEBRATE.
July Fourth Com me morates Washing
toms Victory Over Old George III.

He American people
have been celebrating
the Fourth of July,
drinking red lemonade
and firing red crack
ers ever since that
time back in 1916
when grandpa crawl
ed up in that ivy-man-
tied tower at Philadel-
phia and rang the big
cracked bell.
You see, it was this
way: An old rooster
over in England NAM
ed George Threetimes
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

There are in the United States $780,.
900 miles of railway, about half the
mileage of the world. The estimated
cost is $9,000,O00,O0O. They employ
about 100000 people.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The highest mountain on the globe is
not Mt. Everest, but Mt. Hercules, on
the island of Papua, New Guinea. Itis
32.763 feet in height, being 1871 feet
higher than Mt. Everest.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

In China all land belongs to the state
and small sum per acre, never altered
through long centuries, is paid as rent;
this is the only tax in the country, and
it amounts to about sixty cents per
head.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.

wheat Quotations, Wool Figures and
the Price of Produce.
The following prices are paid for
wheat delivered at the Spokane mills:
Wheat-Bluestem, bulk, 55c; sacked,
SIC; No. l club, bulk, 47c; sacked, 49c;
No. ! red, bulk, 45c; sacked, 47c.
hay, $l3; alfalfa, Sill.
Observation-Disclosures, $500 to $2.25
per cwt.; onions, $1.35@$1.5O; cabbage
$3.50 per cwt.; celery, SO to Coo per doz.
Hay-Timothy, $13 per ton; wheat
hay. $11; alfalfa, $11.
Rye-Country points. I. q. b., 72c pc,
cwt.; Spokane. 75c per cwt.
Corn-Whole. $1.15 per cwt.; crack
ed, $1.20.
Feed-Bran and shorts, $14 per ton !;
shorts, $13.; bran, SIS; rolled barley
$780,; chicken feed, SIS to $40.
Wood ION car)-Fir, 49,; tamarack.
1915; pine. $2.75. Retail-Fir, $3.50:
tamarack. $3.50 to 81; pine, So to 1925,
Coal (retail)-Roslyn lump. $3.50;
Pennsylvania anthracite, s18; Colora
do anthracite. SIS; foundry coke. SIG
Cumberland black, $3.50 to $40.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight. IL
to lie per pound; turkeys, dressed, le
to 1Sc; spring ducks, dressed, IA to 16 .
geese, live, l6 to lsc.
Meats-Beef COWS, live, $3.50 to 4.5O
per cwt.; dressed, to TIC; hogs. live
4 to 4ac; dressed, 9 to 6ac.
Wheat.
Portland, Observation-Disclosures Walla
6s l-2@59c; bluestem, 6l@6l l-2c.
Tacoma, Wash.-Wheat-Clo tbo
week firm at the highest point reached
for six days. Club is steady at SOC; blue.
stem, G2c.
Metals.
New iork.-Silver Certificates Gol
@62c. WV
San Francisco.-Silver bars 60 5.sc
Mexican dollars, 40 3-4@5O l-4c
London.-Bar silver, steady, 81 1864
per ounce.
New York.-The brokers' price for lead
is %.25 and for copper SIS.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The tallest man was John Hale. Of
Lancaster, England, who was nine feet.
six inches in height. His hand was II
inches long and 81 inches broad.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The longest span of wire In the world
is used for a telegraph In India over
the river Ristuah. 1t Is over 5000
feet, and is stretched between two hills.
1900 feet high.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

There was a young man from Lenore,
Who boldly went Oft 10 the war;
The "beef" made him sick,
He recovered quite quick
BY the prompt use Of old Jesse Moore.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The first deaf and dumb asylum was
founded in England, by Thomas Braid.
wood, 1860; and the first in the United
States was at Hartford. 1917.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The part of the United States terri
torv most recently acquired is the is'
land of San Juan, near vancouver 8
island. It was evacuated by England
Of the close of November, 1878.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The largest passenger steamship in
commission (wrecked on the Manacle
rocks, England, last month"; was the
City OF Paris" 10,499 tons displace.
ment.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Monkey wrench" is not the correct
name. but Moncky, Charles Moncky be-
ing the inventor.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Inc average expense of a passenge,
steamship, New York to Liverpool and
return, is about $4,000.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Rhode Island was the first of the col.
onies to declare itself "free from all
dependence on the crown of Great
Britain" This she did May 4th, 1776.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

My doctor said 1 would die, but P'so's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kelner. Cherry Valley, Ill. Nov. %. Is.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

mat there is an expert bicycle thief
IN Butte is certain. Just what he does
with the wheels is matter of doubt.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The largest inland sea is the Caspian
between Europe and Asia, being 700
miles long and 27O wide.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
GRANDPARENTS FOURTH.

Grandfather Watts used to tell us boys
That q Fourth want Fourth without any
noise.
He would say. with thump of bis hickory
stick,
That It made an American right down sick
70 zee his sons on the Nations day
Git round In a sort Of listless way,
With no Grafton and no train band.
No nre- work show end no rO0t-beer stand,
While his grandsons, before they were out
of bibs,
Were ashamed great scottl-to fire on.
squibs.
And 80 each Independence morn
Grandfather Watts took his powder horn,
And the nint-lock shotgun his father had
When he fought under Schuyler. country
And Grandfather Watts would start and
Ten miles to the woods at Beaver Camp:
For Grandfather Watts used to say-and
scowl-
That a decent chlpmunk or woodchuck or
owl
Was better company, friendly or shy,
Than folks who didn't keep Fourth Of July.
brow,
And march for the woods sou east by SOU.
But once-ah! long, long years ago;
For grandfather's gone where good men go
One hot, hot Fourth, by ways Of our own.
Such short cuts as boys have always known,
We hurried and followed the dear old man
Beyond where the wilderness began.
To the deep black woods at the foot Of the
Hump,
And there was a clearing and stump
A stump in the heart of great wide wood;
And there on that stump our grandfather
stood,
Talking and shouting out there In the sun,
And firing that funny old hint-lock gun
Once In a minute, his head all bare,
Having bis Fourth Of July out there
The Fourth Of July he used to know
Back In eighteen-and-twenty or so.
First, with his face to the heavens blue,
He read the Declaration" through;
And then. with gestures to the left and
right,
He made an grafton erudite,
Full Of words six syllables long;
And then our grandfather broke into song,
And soaring the squirrels In the trees,
Gave Hall, Column bia!" to the breeze.
And tell you. the old man never heard
When we Joined In the chorus, word for
word!
But he sang out strong to the bright blue
sky,
And II voices Joined In his Fourth Of July.
He heard them az echoes from days gone by.
And when he had done. we all slipped back,
As still as we came. on our twisting track;
While words more clear than the dlnt-lock
shots
Rang In our ears
And Grandfather Watts?
He shouldered the gun his father bore,
And marched of home, nor west by nor.
-Harper's Young People.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
That Dull, Awful Pain.

It's a sick headache. Cure It? Avoid a,
Cascarets Candy Cathartic give quick RELIEF
and prevent headaches II taken In time All
druggists, 10c, Csc, Soc.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Lyons Boarding School for Boys,
Superior advantages; reasonable charge.
Send for prospectus to James Lyon. principal,
Spokane, Wash.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

IT CLAIMANTS FOR DEK1cY<Nvy
BICKFORD. Washington. D. c., they win
IL receive quick replies. B, 9Th N. H. vols'
,.af 10th Corps. Prosecuting claims sinco M
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

inch on his own country and he imagined
i,e had the same on this one. He taxed
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Inc first newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1852,
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

Austraiia yearly ships to England
100000 rabbit skins.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01

The German Empire was re-estab.
llshed January Is, 1871.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
u0.T0.RAc Sold and ISys.ensesa By 81 a.

An Ellsworth, Me-, young man ALLOW.
ed himself to be mesmerized by q trav.
cling hypnotist recently and lay for
twenty-four hours asleep in the SHOW
window Of one of the principal stores
in the city. For the service he was to
receive $40. While he slept the city
tax collector filed the necessary Legal
claim for the $40 and the sleeper awoke
to find his poll tax for the past three
years paid.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-01
Fence ana Iron Works.

PORTLAND WIRE & IRON WORKS; WIRE
and iron fencing; office railing etc. 3A Alder.
The Coconino sun., 1899-10-21
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.

Rev W. w. Brunk, pastor. Sabbath services Sunday y-school, 10 a. m; preaching service II a. m.; class meeting i2:O0 m.; Junior League 5 p. m-. Epworth League. 6:3O D. m; evening service, 1:3 pm; weekly prayer meeting. Wednesday, 7:3o D. m. Every one is cordially welcome.
The Coconino sun., 1899-10-21
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Rev. Geo. Logic, B. D., pastor. Services: Sunday school and Bible Glass, 10 n. m.: morn- ing service, II a. m; Young Peoples meeting, GAS p. m; evening service, 7:30 D. m; prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7:30p. m. You are cor dially invited. Strangers in town are asked to come and make themselves known.
The Coconino sun., 1899-10-21
CHURCHES.
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY.

Rev. F. billy, pastor. On Sundays: Low mass at 1:SO o'clock a. m; high mass at lO:10 a. m. Sunday school at II :OO o'clock a. m. Rosary and benediction of the Most Blessed Sacra nent at 7:30 p. m. On week days, mass at s:i5 a. m On the third Sunday Of each month prayer meeting at l0:00 a. m. Sunday school at i0: 90 a. m. All cordially invited
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-12-15
ANTITRUST CONFERENCE.
Meeting 10 Called ~ Chicago ~ ia. "a.
ecutiss COMMITTEES.

Meeting 10 Called ~ Chicago ~ ia. "a.
ecutiss COMMITTEES.
Chicago. DecIt The executive com
mittee in charge Of arrangements for
the proposed national antitrust confer.
ence has issued al address calling tho
conference 10 meet in Chicago ON the
anniversary Of the birthday Of Abraham
Lincoln. Feb ~. 100 The call says
that unless the conspiraciss In 70.
straint II trade commonly known ~
trusts which 20 alArmingly character
ize the present times. are overthrown.
there will be established in free America
moneyed oligarchy ON the one hand anil
a serfdomo Of the masses Of the people
on the other. The only power capable
Of successfully combating tho tyranny
Of these gigantic capitalistic mnnopolies
is tho aroused and organized hosts u
the people TO whom the government and
the country rightfully belong and in
whom all power Of right inheres"
Citizens from all states and territories
duly accredited and in full sympathy
with the objects named. and represen.
tatIyes Of known antitrust organizations
are invited b the conference
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-12-15
COTTON FACTORIES IN THE
SOUTH.

In 1880 there was paid to fac.
tory hands in the South S75, 9O0,-
900, while in 1899 factory hands
will earn s35O,OOO,OOO. The cot
ton consumed in Southern mills
was 233,SSG bales in 1880, and
about 100000 will be consumed
this year, or an increase of nearly
20 per cent in nineteen years.
In 1850 there was invested in
cotton mills $2l 100000, represent
ing $4,000 spindles, while in
1899 the capital invested was
Sl2jOOO,OOO, with a total,of 900
600 spindles.
These figures show that there
has been an enormous increase in
abe manufacture OF cotton in the
south during the past nineteen
years. But this increase is small
when compared 20 that going on
at present Up to within the last
three or four years it has not been
thought profitable to erect cotton
mills except as they would in
directly benefit the towns in
which they are situated, hut now
it is well known that such invest.
ments pay as a rule from - TO 40
per cent
The idea Of investing -urpIu,
money in mills has uever taken
possession Of the mind. Of thos,
people in the south who have lO
invest Their fret object is t,
loan il at the best rate obainoble
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-12-15
WILL FIGHT THE SCHEME.
seuthsra Republicans dc Net Props.s ts
Have Their REORGANIZATION Cot.

Washington. Dec. a. - DR.. John
Grant, member Of the national Repub-
lican committee from Texas, has ar.
rived to attend the session Of the COM
mitiee. which will be held Saturday at
the Arlington hotel The two impor.
tant matters which the COMMITTEES will
dispose Of are the fixing Of time and
place for the next national convention
and the Payne resolution. which pro-
poses a material reduction Of the repre-
sentAtion Of the southern states upon the
floor Of the convention
The southern members Of the COM
mit,ee are greatly wrought up over the
Payne resolution aud will resist it with
all the strength and influence which
they can command
There will be hot fight over the
proposition and It i. likely that II the
Payne idea prevails the matter will be-
brought up before the national con
vention next summer
Mr. Payne and those who agree with
HIM .Ontrnd that states which do not
furnish electoral votes should have but
nominal voice IN the nomination Of
candidates. and as the plan which he
proposes not only reduces southern rep
resentation but materially increases
the strength OF Republican states It
will he seen that the southern Repub.
licans are vitality concerned.
Payne Is supported by large mum.
Der Of northern eastern aud western
members, but the southerners hsye.many
on thu, side OF the line and hope to pull
through all right Chairman Hanna
and Secretary Dick are both on the
southern side Of tho question and Col
Dick Is chairman Of the committed
which has iecn organized in behalf Of
the southern states