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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20
Pops Have Little at Stake Says Kidd,


w. r. Kids RuraIist kidd has long
been one OF the leading lights CT popu-
ism in the state) commenting on a
kick which the editor OF the Webster
World has registered because he hasn't
been getting what he considers his share
of the county printing for the past few
years. Notwithstanding the county
officials have been fusionists, says:
"Populists have little at stake in this
contest i'm the way OF principles and
should insist on their full share OF the
spoils." Kidd evidently feels weary be-
cause he sees the popuIist doctrine a
going a-glimmering so far as the pres
n campaign is CONFERENCE.-The doesn't
rare who knows nir views, either. We
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20

Lynn Co. Mimi Reporter.
The democrats talked of ABE Lin
coins war; then just as they do OF "Bill
McKinIey's war" now. They called
Lincoln 'king' and "~tyrant' for put
ting down secession rebellion. just as
they now call Mckinley ''czar' and
adespot'' for putting down the Tagal's.
They prated of consent Of the govern
ed" in the South then just as they pirate
OF it in Luzon now. The spirit OF Bryan
Democracy today is that OF the Vallan-
bingham democracy in 1864. Not a
spot ON the leopard has changed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20

81 CURRENT I ~
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Should Oct In the Game.


Nebraska ought 70 get In llna this year
with M~innesota, the Dakotas, iowa and
Kansas on the side OF allegiance tosound
business principles. It cannot afford to
stand out conspicuously in that group of
growing, progressive, prosperous states
as the only one whose people aihere to
that exploded nonsense that prosperity
is impossibls except on the basis Of so
cent dollars.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20
NoTIEE'

To Whom 1T MAJ Concern, Greeting.
Notice is hereby given that on and afterfhis
date l give my boy, Gustav A. Hook. his time.
and will not be responsible for any debts cop.
tracted by the said Gustav "A. Flock, or for
any act committed by him. VIII. Rlock.
September, 1900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20

h You can buy beer at Flagstad's
saloon as follows: Per barrel $3.50
per barrel 1926, per X barrel $1.25.
liquors in proportion. The finest
Nine in the city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20
lei IcEl
IcEi

1 will deliver ice to all parts OF tile
city every morning except Sunday. X
have fine clean ice, leave orders at my
Shop. Al. D. Candy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20
Postsl Posts, posfsr

Just IN, two cars OF nice posts, red
3 inches, are selling at III cents
each. >. III. Bowman Lumber Co.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-15

.rxesi wYprawiali s.bie huc'na.
pijatyke. w mi: atoli da',
sic v oddalit vs.. uslysze4 P'osoe
i przerazajace oxrzyk'. nabu
sic poznali " tym znany i'm
ryk woienny Roman
s.6w; Wakteno zaniechs} dal-'
|szych a bezowocowych po-
lszukiwa6 "a mloda Meks,-
kanka zwo}al swoich lobu
cow, kt6rzy widzac grozact
inn niebezpieczehstwo uslu-
cbali teraz chetnie Jego roz-
kazu. Me mial on odwsgi
srawat do walk, re zbIizaja-
Gym sic nleprzyjacielem, kt6-
rego sila ME by}a. mu znana,
tylko rozkaza} swoim ludziom,
ably sic teraz ma wszystkl e
>tronv porozbiegali i dopierc
" parowie, gdzie sic ob6z
<najduje, napowr6t sig po-
cchodzil,. Potem ma komende
wypalono pe}oa salwe ku owej
stronie, gdzie nadchodzil mnie-
many niepr>y]aciel ! Gala ia
gromada lotr6~ rozb'eg}a sic
Ii znik}. w posr6d nocy.
Wakteno zas zabra} re SODA
oojmaoego jenerala, ktorego
nioslo czterech iego rabus'6w
i uciekal naprzod w ciemnos
CT Dwie godziny sill tax be-
przestanku, i to tax spiesznie,
jak ,ty1ko niosacy "a SODA
ciezar i'm ma to Pozwalai,
kiedy Wakteno kazal zatrzy~
mac. Wpad} BOWEN do ia
kiegoS zag}ebienia i "a pomo
ca swego krzesiwa roznieci]
$wiat}o, ably zobaczy&, gdzie
sic z~najduJe. Przed SODA WI
DIAL teraz maly wch6d dc
jaskini. Rozkaza} vice tym
drugim ably z wiezniem zacze~
kali, poczem wt|oczy' sic dc
owej rozpadliny, kt6ra VIA
$nie byIa t,lko tax wielka, re
przez MIA m6g} przeist jeden
tylko czlowiek i to W pochy-
lem SCanie.
Jaskinia byla coraz wieksza
i uszed}szy kilka krok6w ma
czelnik rabusi6w zapal'l POI
chodnie, kt6ra zawsze nosi}
prey sobie wraz re sztyletem
i karabinem. Pc blizszem
zbadaniu przekonai sic, re ja-
skinia by}a bardzo obszerna j
ma niekt6rych m~iejscach mia
Ia bardzo szeroka przestrzeh.
Powietrxe zdawalo sig wcho.
dzit do jaskini przez male
nieznaczne szczeliny, gd>z
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-15

maos,e a.jsli iymczasem
,bu,zony ob6z Meksyka6czy-
kow; Lutecya pozostt ;'ls, =, We
swojem namiocie. zolnierze
&c swemi zonami dzleemi
pobudowali sobie szalasy 7e
skier bawplich, wszedzie pozs-
palano ognie ! niedlugo pc
! dobne b,lo to miejsce do
obozu W dzie6 poprzedni,
ktory JUL czytelnikowi oPisa..
lismy.
Byio to oko]o p6}nocy,
kiedy warty stojace ma po.
sterunkach przyprowadz'ly
/, j4kiegcs czlowjeka. Byl TO
sam naczelnik raousl6w Wax
teno, kt6ry sic %naumyslnie
wydal W rece KomAnsz6 =,
wyspiegowawszy poprzedmo,
4e Lutecya zuajduje sic pod
ich opieka. Zaprowsdzono 60
vice zaraz do Dvbrom'}a.
kt6remu on sic przedstawll
1! jako naczelnik handy raoier-
%sxiej.
Cay mace wy prawo
pustyni- rzekl Dobromil =
kt6re brzmi: Oko "a oko, zab
"a zab! Staliscie sic winnymi
morderstwa i rabunku i pod,
%padliscie pod jego prawo?
20 tenn p6zniej bedziemy
m6wili -odpowiedzial Wax
teno szyderczo. = Mnie ME
choizilo O skarby i majatki,
kt6re jencraf mole mial PREY
sobie; ia mialem innv eel.
kt6ry pred wami ME mysle
wcale ukrywat. ia tylko
chcialem owej m}odej dziew.
czyny, kt6ra sic nazywa,
Donna Lutecya.
-Lecz zdaje sic jednak,
zeScie waszego celu ch7bili-
odpowiedzial Dobromif po-
gardliwie.
TAX adzicie? zasmial sic
Wakteno-ja jeszcze tego
ME nam "a caikiem stracone.
-M5wicie tn W posr6d
licznie zgromadzonego wojska
z,,rska zuch waloscia. jak gdy.
byscie sic pom:edzy waszemi
rabusiami W najbezpieczntej-
szei kry]6wce znajdowali.
ia wan ieszcze wiecej !
nam do powiedzenia-odparl
RADIUS re zimna spokojnoscia-
lecz PREY TEN Donna Lutecya !
musi bye obecna. !;
Donna Lutecya z "a
sprawl mic ME ma do czynienia
-rzexl Dobromil niecierpli-
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-15
Y dllilsl puslog.
opow,adanie 2 zycia Indyan
Amerykahskich.
-&:#*@@4B-
(Ciag dalszyJ

(ciag dalszyJ
Wiecz6r sic zblizyl / strasz-
ma ciemnos6 zapanowala mad
Gala okolica. Don Ramon
obszed} jeszcze ras naoko}o
ca}y ob6z, ably sic przekonae,
czy warty stoja ma swoich
.posterunkoch. pocSem polo
zyl sic poprzek pred namio~
tenn swojej c6rki. Tray GO
dziny up}yoe}y W najwiekszej
spokojcosci. w obozie ME
zapslono ogois z bo)azoi, ably
ME siuzyt "a tarc7 ola strzelb
czatuj9cego nieprz>jaciela:
Maggie rozle2} sic icskot spo-
wodowany, k;lkoma wystrza-
.Iami ma oko}o okopow. Mex
s~ykahskie warty spostrzeg3y
BOWEN kilka ciemnvch pos
tact, kt6re sic ukaza}y ma sa
mem dole pee6rka i daily do
Mich ognia. Zsraz potem pad'
strza} "a strzs}em / przed O.
kopami, gdzie sis zd"}al
wdrapa6 rabusie. zawiaza1a sic
straezna wslka, kt6ra ME
d}ugo dosta}a sic al do sa~
mego obozu. Kazden zdawa'
sic zadat smiertelny clos swe
mu nieprz>jacielowi, aczkol-
wick sam ME m6gl sic Cd
tych obronic. kt6re ma niego
samego by}y wymierzone.
Podczas tel s~trasznej bijatyki
polecia} Wakteno ku namio-
towi. Iecz wch6d do takowe-
90 natra6t zatamowany. al
BOWEN pred MIN stall jeoe-
raj. i W jednei .rece trzyma}
nabitv karabin a " drugiei
blyszczaca spade, ably bro~
mic zycia swego na]ukochal-
szego dziecka. Wakteno atoli
przywo}a} pol tuzina swych
morderczych pacholk6w "a
pomoca tychze udalo rnu sic
zwyciezyt starego- zolnierza.
kt6rego porzucono ma ziemie
i powi9zano w powrozy. Z
okrzykiem tryumtu wpadl
Wakteno do namiotu. ktory
atoli znalaz} pr6zny. Lutecya
. So. .---. - "T'- r rN-. - ~'AEg III
byla znikla, tylko przeciecie W
pi6tnie, kt6re stanowilo ~ Inc
sc'aae namiotu, pokasywa'o
wyraznie, ma kt6rej drodse
Lutecya uciekla pod opieka
~ciemnosci. Przez kilka civil
stall naczelnik rabusi6w jakby
piorunem razony. Potem wy
padl jak WICKER J, abv zawez~
wac swych ludxt dc, szukania
z%aginionej. q atoii upojeni
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15

and thus the total expenses of q con-
vention may be greatly increased or
decreased by the sergeant-at-arms. 1t
certainly may be said with truth that
he must be man of exceptional judg-
ment, great capacity and unusual ex-
ecutive force.
II the duties of the convention SER
geant-at arms were fully indicated by
the foregoing paragraphs, he would
have comparatively an easy time, but
his work would be only partially done
We're he to stop with getting the hall
in good order and making the arrange
ments for the press.
Providing for the comfort and con-
yenience of the delegates is really the
most important of all his tasks. This
involves arranging the. seats in the
body Of the hall and the galleries SO
that all shall be satisfied and furnish
ing the various subcommittee rooms
and the like. There are tickets and
badges to be printed, and, though you
might not think it, this is a job of no
small magnitude. Giving out the con-
tract for printing the tickets is one of
the first things attended to. 1t has
already been looked after by the Re
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15
OF 1900.
BY SEWELL FORD.

Export exposition and not only pos
sesses architectural attractions, but is
solidly built. The Philadelphians in
sist, too, that the big auditorium which
is to be created under its roof will have
all sorts of desirable qualities.
The auditorium was originally used
as the main exposition building and
was divided into several halls. Out of
these the carpenters have constructed
one mammoth hall with floor space
of $500 feet and a seating capacity Of
$4,000. The floor will be elevated in
tiers, and there will be numerous large
aisles. There will also be committee
rooms, press bureaus and telegraph Of
fees. is costing about $50, 600 to put
the building in shape.
The acoustics Of the great building,
which are already excellent, will be
further improved by the erection of an
immense sounding board directly over
the stage, and experts claim that the
hearing properties will then surpass
those of any hall ever used for SINH
lar purpose. The new stage will be
semlcirrulas' and raised in steps, so
that the speaker may be seen from any
point in the building, the speakers
platform being placed we'll forward
The committee has also given care
full attention to the matter of handling
the crowds at the hall, and extensive
arrangements are being made to in
sure order, to limit admission to the
building to those having credentials
or tickets and to obviate all crowding
or difficulty in reaching seats.
The delegates will be arranged ac-
cording to states, each state having n
separate section in the center of which
will rise a big placard bearing the
states name, very much as sections
are arranged at stock exchanges.
Provision is made for small army
of newspaper men and telegraphers, so
that the will of the convention may be
announced to the country. the moment
platform is accepted and candidates
are chosen.
The convention hall is located at
Thirty-third and South streets, within
Is minutes ride Of the heart Of the
city, and, surrounded by the various
buildings of Philadelphia's most noted
seat Of learning, the University OF
Pennsylvania. Only half square
away is the magnificent University
museum, recently opened in memory
of the late DR.. Pepper, and Franklin
field, the scene Of many hard fought
Intercollegiate contests, is directly
across the street. But little farther
removed are laboratories. dispensaries,
hospitals and other buildings devoted
to intellectual development.
National conventions are always cost
~. 1t has been estimated that the
people of the United States spend more
than $10,O0O,00O once in every four
years merely on the business Of nomi-
mating presidential candidates. This
seems almost improbable until you be-
gin to reckon up the various items.
Let us say, for example, that 10000
Republicans will go to Philadelphia.
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1t will become in the end eithers all
slave or all free"
And in this homely sentence he had
conveyed to his party in the west more
forcibly perhaps than Seward had the
same truth which was in the mind of
each.
Strange and uncouth looked this man
of the prairies to the cultured people
Of New York, but they listened to his
inspired words and were won over.
When the convention met in ChicagoS
May 16, 1860, the delegates were very
much split up, with Seward in the lead.
AS the balloting progressed, however,
the states swung into line for Lincoln.
Occasionally political convention
furnishes a stirring and dramatic scene
which is long remembered. 1t is not
often that they are entirely dull. The
coming gathering in Philadelphia prom
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INTERIOR OF THE CONVENTION HALL.

an. In the south the American party
absorbed the Wing strength.
The first Republican convention was
anomalous in American history. Its
delegates were not chosen by any set
.ule, and no regard was paid to the
number Of votes to which state was
entitled. All the northern states were
represented. John G. Fremont was
nominated for president. An informal
ballot was taken for vice president.
1t resulted in $50 for William L. Day
ton Of New Jersey, 40 for Abraham
Lincoln of Illinois. Mr.. Dayton was
then unanimously nominated.
The selection of Fremont was due to
his previous nomination by the seced-
ing Know Nothings. The Republican
platform denounced slavery and de-
manded that Kansas be admitted as Il
free state.
Perhaps the greatest surprise ever
sprung on a Republican convention
was the discovery Of Lincoln Up to
within few months OF the convention
1t was foregone conclusion that Sow
aiu Woulo peStAe uoluiuee. Iuere WIS
some talk Of Lincoln for second place.
Then the "Rail Splitter" was invited
to go east and make an address to the
New York Republicans. S't
Even before Seward made his an
nouncement Of the coming conflict Lin
coin had declared in speech that this
nation could not exist half slave, half
free.
y do not expect to see the Union dis
7, said he. ...but I do expect that
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ss.5sAfsc GSerBeant-at-armS.l
mated. Philadelphia has not had a
Republican national convention since
1872, when Grant was unanimously re-
nominated.
Like the convention of 1872, it is ex-
pected that the coming one will be sim
ply a grand ratification meeting at
which the Mckinley administration
will be Endorsed and the present chief
executive named as candidate to sue
reed himself.
Philadelphia wanted this convention
y 30 much that she paid 100000 in cash
and Is to spend nearly as much more
In entertainment. One Of the chief
items OF expense is the provision Of
the convention hall. You may count
ON the fingers of one hand the build
ings large enough and at the same
time suitable for accommodating ma
tIonal political convention. Chicago
has one and New York has. another,
but both these cities have come to the
conclusion that political conventions
! are expensive Injuries. They do not
pay.
Generally it has been found neces-
sary to put up a building especially for
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lsecretary Of national Republican committed
Uses nothing like the battle royal which
was seen at Cincinnati in 1876, when
Blnine and Conkling faced each other
on the platform as they had often faced
each other on the floor. Of congress.
Never were more brilliant nominat-
ing speeches made. That of Inger-
soil, in which. he named the Plumed
knight of Maine, is counted among the
political classics. 1t was at this con-
vention that the Cameron forces were
held SO strongly together that when
Indiana gave her vote to Hayes at the
fifth ballot the stampede of delegates
followed and the dark horse came I'M
der the wire.
The Republican convention Of 1900
will be more apt to reproduce some
thing Of the, scene at Chicago when in
1868 Grant was first nominated. The
Grant convention was full Of the en-
thusiasm that must inevitably associ-
ate with the name Of the victorious
general Of great war. There was no
contest, and the spectacle was rather q
mass meeting to celebrate the, restora-
ton Of the Union and the end of the
term Of the almost impeached Johnson
than a convention of political party.
For hours the vast assembly did lit
tie but stand on its feet and cheer and
sing patriotic songs. Old Jesse Grant,
father of the general, stood near the
front of the stage, the tears coursing
down his cheeks, witnessing the glori-
fcation Of his son.
Only once in the history of Repub-
lican conventions has that scene been
equaled, and that was in Minneapolis
in 1892 when more than 10000 people
cheered for full half hour as they
chanted, with pretty woman stand
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15
ing on a chair and beating time, that
familiar slogan Of
Blaine, Blaine
James G.. Blaine!

Blaine, Blaine
James G. Blaine!
And the delegates, after they had
shouted themselves into an exhausted
condition in repeating the name of
Blaine, voted for Harrison when the
time came.
This year there will be more than
unusual interest in the contest for Sec
ond place on the ticket We are con-
stantly told that the vice president is
a mere figurehead and that the senate
rostrum is the top shelf of political
oblivion. Yet there Is never lack Of
aspirants for this discredited post. AS
matter Of fact there are few men
whose political ambitions are SO lofty
that they would scorn the vice presi-
dency, SO we may expect a lively
scramble for the place.
There is also certain to be lively
interest in the building of the platform.
No party was. ever SO wholly united
that varying ideas as to party policy
have been eliminated. There are al
ways radicals and conservatives. So
at Philadelphia there is bound to be
much talk about the planks which go
to make up the platform.
What will be the nature of the dra-
matte scene which will make this con-
vention unlike all others? No one can
tell. For this reason the country at
large waits with interest the turning
Of that leaf Of the future en- which we
may read the story.
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publican sergeant-at-arms Of this years
convention and probably by the CORE
! spending Democratic functionary also
Arrangements have also to be made
by the sergeant-at-arms with the ho-
tells us to headquarters for the various
delegations and with the railroads con-
corning rates of fare and the running
Of special trains. Cordial relations
must be cultivated with the local police
and fire departments, and there are
almost numberless other matters of
detail that the conventions business
manager must see carried through to
successful finish.
The appointing of assistant SER
geants-at-arms is by no means one Of
the least Of his troubles. There are
generally $50 of these at least, appor-
toned among the various states, and
the demand for places on the staff Of
the conventions manager is extremely
lively. Nominally he decides who shall
serve. but actually his decisions are
based upon the recommendations of
the delegates. Each of these is al
| most sure to ask for more places than
+ - r =
can be given, and the sergeant-at-arms
sometimes has a hard time to avoid
making enemies in rejecting those
for whom places cannot be found.
Unlike the deputy sergeants-at-arms
and the doorkeepers. tho Office help,
messengers, watchmen and scrubwom-
en- are paid, for their services, but the
sergeant-at-arms himself receives no
direct pay. His expenses are borne by
the committee, but he goes through all
the work and worry of getting the con-
vention preliminaries into shape and
keeping the crowds in good order dur
ing its sessions for the honor there is
liz it and the wide acquaintance it will
give him among the prominent men of
his own party.
Because of these things the place is
in great demand every four years. and
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15

These are the things upon which par
tisan spirit feeds.
The machinery of n great political
convention is very simple in theory
and very complex In practice.
In theory you have the nine hundred
and odd delegates who meet, organize
into Il body, prepare platform in
which they set forth the political prin-
ciples of the party and proceed to bal.
lot for candidates. The man who gets
the most votes is chosen as the stand
ard bearer.
Why, a schoolboy could understand
that
But actually a national convention
Is something very different. 1t is
much more subtle. The influence
which one strong mind has over 9TH
ers, the evolution of an intangible and
unspoken sentiment into well defined
movement, the struggle Of concentrate.
ed mental energy against a mass of
unstable individuality-allt these things
enter into the doings Of a political con-
| vention.
Sometimes the deep laid, we'll matur.
ed plans Of strong leaders-plans
which have been months in the mold
ing, which have been perfected secret
~ at midnight-are forced upon the
surprised delegates and driven through
by sheer strength.
Then, again, it is a half hysterical wo-
man who only jumps on a chair and
shouts and waves her parasol while
several thousand usually calm, self
possessed men are hypnotized into fol-
lowing her lead.
! Probably the most unsubstantial hon
or and yet one highly priced is that be-
slowed on the chairman Of national
convention. In the fiEst place, the hon
or is brief. The permanent chairman
is not selected until the convention is
organized. Then for a few brief hours
he is much observed. His name is on
all tongues. But then come the NOM
mating orators with their pyrotechnics
OF eloquence, the fever interest of the
balloting. and before the chairman real
ICES it the great body which has set
I, him for a moment before the country
has done it's work and dispersed.
4 The really important officer Of the
convention is the sergeant-at-arms Ho
begins his work long before the con-
yention meets, and he is a figure of
prominence every moment it is in SEES
sion. The chairman has almost no
patronage at his command, but this
other functionary gives it out in
chunks. His title would be far more
accurate were he termed the conven-
tions business manager.
The sergeant-at-arms is appointed by
the conventions subcommittee of the
national committee. All matters Of gen.
eral convention policy are discussed and
settled by the subcommittee, but the
carrying out of the details is intrusted
to the sergeant-at-arms solely. In short,
the sergeant-at-arms is in the way of
doing either n good deal of good or a
good deal Of harm, according to his
| lights.
Financially his responsibilities are
heavy, since besides the large amounts
he pays out in local expenses he has to
arrange in a measure for the expendi-
| tuxe Of several times as much more,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15

On Tuesday, June 10, about 10000
loyal and enthusiastic Republicans will
gather In Philadelphia. They will pro-
coed, in the deliberate manner of all
large bodies, to nominate candidates
for president and vice president.
Only about 900 of those present will
be authorized delegates. AS many
more will, be alternates. A hundred or
30 will serve as officers of the conven-
ton. The other. $4,000 will stand
around, talk a. great deal, shout when
ever there is opportunity and add to
the general picturesqueness and impor-
tance OF the affair.
This will ibe the twelfth national
convention held by the Republican par
ty. The first one was held in Philadel-
phia, as this one will be. That was in
1856, when John g. Fremont was nom-