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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-03-03

Wednesday night at The Dalles, Otis
Patterson OF the land Office and posmast-
ter Crossen had . fight that nearly ended
seriously. Patterson, who has been try
ing to have Crossen removed while in .
saloon attacked the latter and drew his
revolver on him but did mot shoot. Pat
terson, who is known by q good many
Albany men, was arrested.
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and imperial.
We stand in line with Washington. Jef-
Ierson, jackson, Lincoln Grant and all
other American patriots. living and desd
IN deslring the perpetuity of our republic
we are radically and unalterably opDos-
ca TO imperialism in the United States of
america When we have solved some of
the race problems that confront us at
nome, then by example we can proclaim
the tina blessings 1 that flow from free institu-
IONS ana thus procure benevolent as
ion.' "ee 70
We are opposed to entangling alliances
Win foreign Kingdoms and empires
we commend the action of congress- in
declaring that our war with Spain was
Tor humanity and not for conquest
we proudly recognize the valor and e-lo-
aio4s dGHleNementS OF our gallant soldiers
ana sailors from Bunker Hill to this VerV
9r no9r as being among the most thrilling
and glorious in the history of tho world
but we profoundly regret that An7ericaI''
soldiers are being unlawfulIy used in the
Hane OF liberty, to crush and destroy
QaW9lng republicanism in the Orient, and
we dehounce the secret and vicious allt-
ance now in evidence between ENGLAND
ana the Republican administre ton There-
py th1s nation may become involved in
war with foreign nations.
we demand that the Cubans and Fill
PiIloS not only be permitted but encour-
9ged to establish independent republics
9erlVlng all of their governmental powers
from the consent of the governed
We denounce the Republican partv for
IT'S th1rty-elght years of abject subserv-
1ency to the shipping interest of Great
britain, and We denounce the so-calIed
Hanna-Payne shipping bill, which. if en-
acted into law would further shackIe our
interests.
We are in favor of maintaining our
splendid and efficient navy.
large standing army in our reDublta
Is menace to liberty
We favor the initiative and referendum
the passage of eight-hour labor laws
the more rigid inspection of mines and
workshops, the prohibition of sweatshops
and the abolition of the contract system
Of prison labor
We declare that all unlawful combina-
uons of capital are the legitimate fruits
OF gold standard and other corrupt re-
publican legislation on questions of the
tariff, and we demand that all articles
the prices of which are controlled by the
trusts, be placed on the free list We
denounce the attorney general of the
United States, appointed from the state
OF New Jersey. the hotbed OF trusts for
his refusal to enforce the statutes of the
United States against them, and we COM
mend the present attorney general of
Ohio for his earnest efforts to enforce
the statutes of Ohio against such Illegal
combinations, and pledge the nominee Of
this convention for attorney general to
the enforcement of the statutes of the
state against them.
We demand a cessation Of national
bonded debt building to curse p6sterity.
Continued on st1sh Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31
GERMAN-AMER1CEN LOYALTY
For America First, Last and All the
Time.

Time.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 20-Fifty mem
bers of the Arion Singing Society Of New
York stopped over today on their way
home form the Pacific coast. AS guests
Of the Liederkranz they spent most of the
day visiting the places of interest in the
city. Tonight a banquet was given IN
their honor at the Lederkranz. Places
were provided for 600 guests.
President Gustave Gramer and others
made addresses of welcome. DR.. Emil
Pretorious spoke on German Song and
the German Spirit" and Corwin IL. Spen-
Ger made the English speech Of the even
ing, responding to the toast Our Coun-
try The speaker paid a tribute to the
patriotism Of the German-Americans, in
the course of which he said:
They pledge US their knowledge of all
that is best in Germany and in America
that the friendship so long existing be-
tween these two countries shall never be
broken. And in the spirit in which they
give this assurance America receives it.
AS in 1776. under Muehlenberg and De
Kalb; as in 1861, under Hecker and Siegel,
German-AmericanS stand now and always
for the spirit which lifts higher and
higher the banner which stands for free
dom, for progress, for justice and for hu-
manity. Worship1ng no fet1sches, de-
ceived by no false pretenses, loyal to the
constitution, devoted to the laws, Ger
man-AmericanS ask nothing more from
the future than continued opportunity to
devote themselves to the work of Ameri-
made it possible in the past They are
for America first last and all the time,
because 1t is first, last and all the time
their country"
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PEOPLE OF SAN DOMINGO HAVE
CUT LOOSE FROM THE FIGUERO
GOVERNMENT
PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT NAMED
GEN. HORACIO VASQUEZ is THE
MAN WHO WILL RULE DOMIN-
ICANS TEMPORARILY
REVOLUTION HAS TRIUMPHED

Puerto Plata and Santiago in Con-
troll of the Revolutionary Forces
Shades of Population Towns
Brilliantly Decorated and uIumt-
nated-FIags, Music and Parades.
PUERTO PLATA, Santo Domingo,
Aug. 30.-The revolutienists entered San
tiago last evening, Gen. Perco Pepin, the
former governor, having accepted the
guarantees offered by Gen. Horacio Vas
CUES, the revolutionary leader. The vic
tory was all the more significant because
stamped with popular approval.
Puerto Platas declaration in favor of
the revolution was accompanied by a
popular demonstration. The streets were
alive with flags, decorations and music,
and at night were brilliantly Illuminated.
A civic parade, representing all shades
Of the population, Gid honor to Gen. Ca
cerie and former Gov. Emilio Corderie
The procession offered a remarkable
tribute to Gen. Cacerie. The assistant
governor, in delivering to Gen. Cacerie
the surrender of the city, eulogized the
general in terms that were constantly
applauded by the populace with cries of
Long live the father of his people"
What has happened to Santiago and
Puerto Plata is typical of what is hap
pening at other places along the eastern
border. These events promise an early
peace, with all its advantages to the ag-
ricuItural interests
Reports have been received here of the
adhesion of Gen. Adoios Garcia and Gen.
Escobara.
Today the revolutionists established
pl DIVISIONAL government in the city of
Santiago, with Gen. Horacio Vasques as
president, and Gen. Ramon Caceres as
minister of war.
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claimed everything with such confidence
that they undertook to be magnanimous
in minor parts, although they were at
the same time careful that the star cam
didate was not eclipsed. They stated
early in the day that the first ballot
would have none of "the second choice
vote for Mclean, that none of the re-
serves would be called out until the sec
ond ballot, and that all the. candidates
would have their respective votes on the
first ballot. In this play Mclean was
nominated on the first ballot by a half
vote, and the figuring was so close that
the dramatic scene OF changes on the
second ballot with second choice" re-
serves 1ocking to McLean's standard did
not take place. 1t is claimed that Nc
Lean could have had AIS votes out of the
902 on the first ballot, instead of 40E1a,
and that he would have had over 500 on
the second ballot. At any rate the dele
gates all voted for their local favorites
on the first ballot and thus the pro-
gramme of conpHmenting them was car
ried out without the leader drawing from
any of his competitors.
THEIR HARDEST FIGHT.
After the adoption Of the majority re-
port on credentials the Mclean men felt
that they could make any play on the
balloting that they desired The vote of
&S9 to al In defeating the minority re-
port on credentials was the hardest fight
the Mclean men had during the day, as
they were then without the ftfty-six con-
tested votes from Cuyagoha county, and
on that vote they could not have made
q nomination. Even without the Cuya-
hoga vote they had 395 votes on the
adoption of the majority report on ere
dentials, and that was only seven short
Of enough to nominate.
Among the shrewdest plays in the
Drama was the motion to amend the re-
port on permanent organization so as to
continue temporary organization, and
this corrected the only stipulation that
the Mclean managers made last night at
the meeting of the committee.
Judge, Mooney, the temporary chair
man, made such a good impression that
all wanted him for permanent chairman
and the amended report also continued
as secretary Hon.. Thomas j. Cogan, the
friend Of Mclean, and shut off the anti
Mclean men who had been named in the
report for sergeant-at-arms. The con-
vention much of the time was beyond the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31
LYNCH LAW IN JAPAN.
Exercise of 1t Followed IA Great Fire
in Yokohama.

in Yokohama.
YOKAHAMA, Aug. 18 (via Victoria, b
c., Aug. 30}.-Yokahama saw, on the night
of Aug. u, the greatest fire in her his
tory. A densely populated square mile
of the native town was burned, with a
loss of sixteen lives an1 from S. 600 coo
to $6000,000 of property. Globe trotters
will regret to hear that THE famous the
ater street was destroyed from end to
end
AS system of fire insurance has not
yet gained much hold in Japan, on ac-
count of the indammaple nature of the
houses, the disaster falls heavily on the
homeless people. Some of them, strong
ly imbued with the Western notions of
lynch law, formed mob and proceeded
to attack the owner of the house in which
the fire originated and the man has died
of his wounds.
Apart from the demonstrations the ca
lamity has been taken with the utmost
cheerfulness. Large relief subscriptions.
amounting in two days to over &C. 600 ven.
have flowed in, rebuilding was actively
progressing amid embers the day follow
ing the fire, and in week or two little
or no trace Of the fire was seen.
There is still much speculation over the
supposed near relations between Japan.
China and Russia. The most probable
outcome, it is thought, will be an excess
of cordiality between the first two ma
tions similar to that which exists between
the Anglo-SaXons.
There has been nothing of late to indi-
cate the treaty revision has wrought the
slightest change in the Telati of for
eisners to the Japanese government and
people. Everything goes on as smoothly
and harmoniously as under tie old re-
gime.
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COUP IS EXPECTED.

All these rumOrs may be without
foundation, but in any event they are
symptomatic of the feeling in Rennes-
that something is going on under the
surface, and that the complexion of the
tria, may be altered by some coup at any
moment.
III the matter of evidence today was
quite Dreyfus day, only the deposition
of the last witness, Gen. Loye, being un-
favorable.
TomoIrows proceedings behind closed
doors will settle the question whether
Dreytus was in a position to dfvulge
secrets as to artillery, as promised in
the bordereau. 1t is bound to exert a
tremendous influence on the judges. one
way or the other, because they are all
artillery officers, and will be able to ap-
pTeciate such evidence better than the
cryptographic intricacies that have been
laid before them by the experts.
Ihe oreyfusards express the opinion
that their artillery experts, Mai. Hart
mann and Maj. Duchoir. will EFFECTIVELY
satisfy the judges that Dreyfus was en-
tirely ignorant of the matters mentioned
In the bordereau, or as an artillery Of
fcol' would be incapable of stating the
errors it contained.
The court room was crowded, a num-
Der OF ladies succeeding in obtaining ad-
mission.
Towns people are making quite a. busi-
ness Of forming a que outside the public
park and court room as early as
O'Clock in the morning, and selling places
from three to five francs, according to
position The ordinary public arriving
at or o'clock in the morning must
purchase these places, because only q
limited number can secure standing room,
Local papers publish the doubtful state
ment that Charles de Freycinet. on Low
lhS the court room yesterday after his
deposition, remarked to a friend:
am leaving an atmosphere of ac-
quittal''
ESTERHAZY WROTE BORDEREAIy.
The first witness, M Paul Never. de-
scrloed his researches in regard to +be
Dreyfus case, which led to his conviction
that the bordereau was not only in Fs
terhazys handwriting, but was actually
written by Esterhazy.
- convinced myself" said NJ. Meyer.
by magnifying glass, that the berdereau
was written in a free hand and witboI,+
hesitation, whereas 1T is precisely haeito-
t1on in the formation of the stroke 1-bIoh
reveals the use Of method of +racino
can Affirm that 1t is in the writing and
In the very hand of Esterhazy. That ia
perfectly clear to me-" (Commotion
At the conclusion of his testimonI A.
witness gave demonstration of the fo1s
lacy Of the Bertillon system.
Professor Auguste Molinier, of tha
school OF ancient manuscripts. gave sim
liar evidence. He said that even fresh
examination Of the bordereau only served
to further convince him that it was the
work Of Esterhazy. Amid deep attention
the witness demonstrated how the con
clusion Of the experts who attributed tha
bordereau to Dreyfus were mutually de-
structive, and dwelt on the defects of M.
Bertillon'S arguments
The members Of the court-martial were
apparently much interested, and asked
Professor Molinier a number of qu5s,
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BOERS ARE INFLAMED WITH TT.
AND THE LONG-EXPECTED CON-
FLICT SEEAIs NEAR
CLASH ALMOST INEVITABLE
PRESIDENT KRUGER DOES NOT
HESITATE TO EAr RESS OPIN-
ION TO THAT EFFECT
IS PREPARED FOR A SIEGE

Stocked the Presidency With Pro-
visions to- Insure His own Person
Showing Signs of Unrest-Great
Britain Has About Gone the
Length of Diplomacy.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-The Pretoria cor
respondent of the Morning Post Says:
THE Boer officials, after reading re-
ports of Mr. Chamberlain's Birmingham
speech, consider that war is unavoidable
The speech has infamed the war spirit
The Beers are now armed, except those
in Johannesburg Their organization is
strong. The Johannesburg forts have
been reinforced with several quick-firing
guns. The ammunition which Mr.
Schreiner allowed to pass through Cape
Colony came direct to Pretoria. 1t was
never intended for the Orange Free State
President Kruger does not hesitate to
express the opinion that war is almost
inevitable. He has stocked the presidency
with ample stocks of provisions to insure
his own person from privation, and he
lS CoLSldlllIy TeClJIng the 1OUth psalm.
THE Matabeles are showing signs Of
unrest. The Beers are energetically en-
gagged in poisoning the natives minds
against the British, and they have ap-
preached the Zulu chief Dinizulu, who
appears uncertain which side to take
But the Beers are preparing for the eX-
pected fighting, and it must be remem-
bered that Dinizulu was deported to st.
Helena with several other chiefs, and
kept a prisoner there by the British for
several years"
The Times says editorially this morn
ing:
There is the best reason to believe that
the recent note of Mr.. Chamberlain will
be almost the last occasion on which
Great Britain will ask President Kruger
II he is in earnest over his recent prom
ises of reform The note will undoubt-
edly be pressed, and when a reasonable
time has passed for an answer Great
Britain will no longer pay attention to
President Kruger's words, but rely solely
on actions. The Beers must bear in mind
that throughout the entire controversy
the Cologne Gazette has warned TIE
TransVaal that it was placing itself in
an unfavorable position, and that in the
event of war nobody would lift finger
to prevent the destruction of the repub-
lie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31

Johi E. Mclean was born in Cincinnati,
Sept. II, 1913, and is fifty-one years of
age. He went from Harvard to Cincin-
natl. After he served in all the. depart
ments of the Enquirer he became half
owner, in 1872, and sole owner in 1881
Mr.. Mclean has conducted the Cincinnati
Enquirer over & quarter of a century, and
its success is due to- HIM He has sue
ceeded in many other enterprises. He
has been a staunch supporter of organiz-
ed labor, and his charitable enterprises
are large.
While Mr.. Mclean has never held pub
lie offices he has been a pow erful factor
in politics. Through the Enquirer he
started, over a quarter or century ago,
ed in The late Senator William Allen be-
ing nominated and elected governor, the
first time the Democrats had elected a
governor for twenty years. Gov. Allen
was afterward Endorsed by the Ohio De-
mocracy for president In 1876 Mr.. Nc
Lean was also a leader in the election
Of Gov. Bishop, in 1877, of Gov. Hoadley,
in 1888, and Gov. Campbell, in 1889, these
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31
WILD TINE IN OMAHA.
Nebraska Troops Were Given Most
Hearty Welcome,

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. O-Pandemonium
broke loose in Omaha this morning at 7
o'clock, when the three trains bearing
the First Nebraska regiment pulled into
the Burlington depot. The trains had
side-tracked during the night, to permit
the men to rest without interruption. The
crowd assembled at the depot was i'm
mepse. AS the first train arrived the
cheers of the thousands of people were
added to the din of whistles bells and
other noise-provokers. The Omaha COM
pany was on the first section, and as the
men left the train they were given a
most hearty welcome home. There were
plenty Of people on hand to extend a
cordial personal greeting to every mem
Der of the outside companies.
Promptly at o'clock the parade was
formed. The buildings along the route
of the parade had been elaborately decor
ated, and the streets were filed with one
solid mass Of cheering humanity. The
regiment was formally welcomed at the
city hall by Mayor Moores, Gov. Poynter
and other city and state officials. After
the formal addresses the soldiers went
TO the exposition grounds, where they
spent the day.
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four being the only Democratic governors
elected in Ohio since 1853. Mr. Mclean
not only brought out the first winning
Democratic candidate for governor in his
generation in William Allen, in 1S73 but
ne also furnished the issue then in his op-
position to a contracted cufrency
In 1885 Mr.. Mclean was the Democratic
nominee for senator against Sherman.
SIX years ago Mr.. Mclean was then gen
orally recognized candidate Of the Demo
Gratis for senator against Senator Hanna
of the Republicans
Mr.. Mclean has been prominent at ma
uonal as we'll as at local and state com
mlttees. When Hancock was nominated
Tor president in Cincinnati in 1880. Mr.,
Mclean took a conspicuous part In 1884
ne was one of the Ohio delegates at large
and chairman of the Ohio delegation. He
has been one Of the Ohio delegates at
large at succeeding National Democratic
conEentl0ns, and is still the Chic member
OF the National Democratic Committee.
At the Democratic national convention
ne was a prominent candidate for the
presidency, and declined the nomination
for vice president
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WILL BE WAR.
So Says a WeIl-InfOrmed Agent of
the British Governments.

the british Governments.
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. SO.-David L.
Wilson, who claims to be an agent of the
British government and to have. impor-
tant papers for the home office, has ar
rived here en- route to London, from the
Transvaal. Mr.. Wilson says he has 10
doubt that there will be a war.
''I have been three years in the Trans
vail and know tie leaders of the Boer
government well. President Kruger does
not want war. He is now an old and In
firm man. AS such he has not the con-
troll Of the cabinet that he had once. The
cabinet is composed of young blood, who
want independence and who, I may say
will never give up until they have either
attained it or been wiped out of exist
-ence by the English forces. This is why
1 say there will be war.
1.-The story sent out that Gen. Joubert
has found that the reserve shells in the
Pretoria forts are ineffective is probably
true. A partial knowledge of this fact
has been had for some time IN British
ministerial circles. There will be no
trouble in replacing the ammunition,
however
Gen. Joubert, I know personally. ia op-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31
PREFERRED DEATH.
Negro Preacher who Had Been Sem
fenced to Jail.

MARYVILIE, No, Aug. 3o.-Rev. VIII
liam Johnston, former pastor of the Afri-
can Baptist church, of MaryVille, was
killed, at o'clock this evening, by Officer
John Wallace, while resisting an attempt
to take him to Jail.
Johnston was convicted, this afternoon,
of having insulted Mrs. Alice Barton, a
respectable white wonan and sentenced
to nine months in Jail. When he came
down stairs from court, this evening, a
curious crowd was stanling at the bot
tom of the stairs. On reaching the street
he began to back away from the officers
with his hand on his pistol pocket, de-
claring that he would rather die right
there than go to Jail and he lynched
The negro attempted to draw his piston
and the officer Immediately fired. John
ston started to run, but turned and fired
twice on his pursuers before he fell dead
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RENNES, Aug. 30.-The air of Rennes
Is filled with rumors of cOnspiracies and
of a coup de theater but nothing positive
can be ascertained. Gen. Mercier's atti-
tude during the last few days has mysti-
fed his followers in the case. He is gen
orally confident, and the feeling is that
he is preparing something, the existence
of which will be revealed in a few days.
There is a serious division of opinion
on the part of the generals. While the
case was running smoothly against Capt.
Dreyfus they all pulled together, but
since the tide began to turn in his favor,
particularly in the evidence of Capt. Frey
staetter and Col Cordier, which proved
much more damaging to the general staff
thar the latter anticipated, several di-
viding lines have become manifest among
the various cliques. Gen. Roget, Maj.
Lauth, Capt Cuignet and NJ. Griebeln,
the principal keeper of the archives of
the war office, form one coterie; Gen.
MERCER and Gen. Gonse form another,
and Gen. Blot and Gen. de Boisdeffre
third According to one report the first
two coteries intend to throw over Gen.
de Boisdeffre, whom they feel to be fal-
tering, and declare that he is responsible
for all the errors and iilegalities of the
court-marttal of 1894, thus making him
the scapegoat. According to another re-
port Gen. Roget, who was not complicat-
ed in 1894, and who even fought against
Dreyfus because he inherited from his
predecessors the responsibility for so do
ing, and placed over-confdence in the
accounts of the matter furnished him by
the general staff, will cut himself loose
from Gems. Mercier, Gonse and De Bois-
deffre.
This is a plausible hypothesis, since
Roget has assumed the role of the de-
fender of the army, thus making himself
popular with the army a4Ttfzssft4l~a large
section of the nation, and he probably
would not lose by separating himself from
the wrong-doers of 1894, and declaring
thai his opinion had been changed by the
evidence given during the present trial.
The next story is that the generals are
going to give way on the authorship of
the bordereau, in view of the strong evil
dence, and Will admit that Esterhazy
wrote it, alleging, however, that Dreyfus
furnished the information, not direct to
Esterhazy, but to a third person, who
acted as intermediary without Dreyfus'
knowing Esterhazy
In this connection it is certain that
Nine Rastian, who was housekeeper for
Col Schwarzkoppen, the German mill
tary attache in 1894, and who is under
stood to have acted as French spy. has
beeL seen in Rennes, and will be sum-
moned to testify concerning Scwarzkop-
pen