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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-09-13
DEAD BODIES AND wRECKAGE.

The shore at Texas City contains enough
wreckage to rebuild a city. Eight persons
who were swept across the bay during the
storm were picked up there alive. Five
corpses were also picked up. There were
three fatalities in Texas City. In addition
to the living and the dead which the storm
cast up at Texas City, Baskets and collins
from one of the cemeteries in Galveston
were being 6shed out of the water there
yesterday.
In the business portion Of the city two
large brick buildings, one occupied by
Knapp Brothers and the other by the Cot.
ton Exchange Saloon collapsed. In the
Cotton Exchange Saloon there were about
fifteen persons. Most of them escaped.
Up to the time left Galveston three dead
had been taken from the ruins. They
were:
Stanley G.. Spencer, manager of the
Elde-Demster Steamship Company; Rich
ard Lord, traffic manager for George II.
McFadden & Brother; Charles KeIder, of
the firm of hammers & Flint. How many
more corpses are there will not be known
until the search is finished.
Cotton mills, the bagging factory, gas
works, electric light works, and nearly all
the industrial establishments of the city
were either wrecked or crippled. The
flood left slime about one inch deep over
the whole city, and unless fast progress is
made in burying corpses and carcasses of
animals, there is danger Of pestilence.
Some of the stories of escapes are mirac-
ulous. A cotton man was buried in the
ruins Of the Cotton Exchange Saloon, and
when dug out in the morning had no fur
ther injury than bruised finger DR.. S.
o. Young, secretary of the Cotton Ex-
change, was knocked senseless when his
house collapsed, but was revived by the
water and was carried ten blocks by the
current. A woman who had just given
birth to child was carried from her home
to house block distant, the men who
were. carrying her having to hold her high
above their heads, as the water was five
feet deep when she was moved.
Many stories were current of houses fall
ing and inmates escaping. Clarence n.
Ousley, editor of the Evening Tribune,
had bis family and the families of two
neighbors in his house when the lower
half crumbled and the upper part slipped |
down into the water. Not one in the
house was hurt.
Of the Lavine family, six out of seven
are reported dead. Of the Burnett family
one is known to have been saved. The
family of Stanley G. Spencer, who met
death in the Cotton Exchange Saloon, is
reported to be dead.
The Mistrot House, in the west end, was
turned into hospital. ALI of the regular
hospitals of the city were unavailable. OF
The new Southern Pacific works, little re-
mains but the piling. Half million feet
If lumber was carried away and the engiI.
Ter says as far as the company is concern
I'd it might as we'll start over again.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
GOOD REASONING.

Mr. w. w. Wallace. in taking charge
of the Salina Press. gives the reason
for his belief. Among the rest, are:
while we are not Il prophet or n son
of II prophet. if you will rccollect we
told you in the fall of 1892 what would
be the rsult of Clevcland's election.
In case of Bryan's election we see
worse. Do you want to see the country
filed with trampSf DO you want 10
see free soup houses again: If so, vote
the Democratic ticket this fall. you will
not only see them but worse. People
must be very dull tA2t can't sefnIhe
diffcrence bv,veen 3-cllsk wool anal5-
csx u5,ctHeen a $40 and 9 $50 COW.
there was hardly II house. baIft q
board nailed up in the whole state of
Utah. Everybody was idle and every
body was busted. There were bud tO.w
strikes during or after the first year
of that administration, for the people
were too poor to strike. Men who
haven't n weeks supply of grup ahead
for their families. and don't know
where to get it. never vote to strike"
There is plenty of practical sense in
the foregoing. What the majority OF
men want is an independence for their
families. The best friends of Mr.. Bry-
an admit that his election would be
followed by n panic. How much of
that do the people want? And what
occasion is there for 1t? Are not men
doing well enough? A panic is n serious
matter, and once started no one knows
where it will stop. Already the un-
founded fear of the possible election of
Mr.. Bryan is injurinG business securi-
ties. Many men with western enter
prises have been East during the past
month to obtain funds to carry them
on. and the reply in every case is. I'VE
want to see how the election goes for
in the event of Mr.. Bryan's election
we would not touch Western invest
ment." Indeed. there will be no money
for any Western schemc.-Salt Lake
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
NOT AFRAID OF BRYAN.

The trust managers are evidently
fully aware that all of Bryan's talk
against them is intended merely for
the purpose of attracting votes, and
that if he happened to be elected they
would not have anything to fear. In
view of the antitrust talk that is
heard from Democratic sources now
the following from the pen of Will
lam Il. Curtis in the Chicago Record
must provoke Il good deal of amused
laughter.
Mr.. Sheppard, for example, who
will preside at Mr.. Bryan's great meet
ing, is particularly conspicuous. from
the fact that he belongs TO the law
firm of Parson, Sheppard & Ogden,
the regular attorneys and legal ad-
visers of the American Sugar
Refining Company, or sugar trust,
as it is familiarly known, which
Mr.. Bryan has denounced in nearly ev-
cry speech he has made. Mr.. Shep-
hard is said to have drawn the arti-
Gle of incorporation for the trust and
to have taken all the legal steps in its
organization. Nearly his entire time
from one years end to the other is ab-
sorbed in giving advice to that mon
strous monopoly. Nevertheless he is
an anti-imperialist and as such has
been invited to preside at Mr.. Bryan's
meeting. State Journal.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17

the ticket for district judge, when the
governor knew that the Judge was not
on the SLATE" and had arranged be-
forehand that John Mullins was to get
the nomination. There is his appearing
at the Broadway theater on Sunday
afternoon and delivering n eulogy of
Robert q. Ingersoll. in which he vented
his hatred of the Christian religion,
and then appearing week later as the
star attraction at the laying of the
cornerstone OF Il Catholic church.
There is his hypocrisy in pretending to
favor home rule for Denver and then
lobbying against and defeating the only
bill which was before the Legislature
which could have given to Denver any
effective home rule. In fact there are
so many things that they cannot be
put into the compass of one article.
But perhaps enough has been given to
show of what character the Thomas
administration has been, and to justify
the statements made at the beginning,
that it has been financially rotten and
Incompetent; that it has catered to the
worst and most criminal classes in the
state; and that in many respects 1t has
been the worst and most utterly dis
credita BILE administration that ever dis
graced the state of Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17

This apparent advantage the au-
thor of the bill advisedly extended to
the residents of the county, feeling that
II anybody We're entitled to preference
and protection, 1t was the pioneer,
who had gone upon the wild and unex-
plored plains and suffered the hard
ships and privations of the first settle
ment Of the county. And it Is this ad-
vantage and this preference to them
which the calamity howlers and so
called friends of the people, by their
protests and agitation, have SO unwit-
tingly deprived them of.
Title has been acquired and now rests
in the residents of said county to land
amounting to about two hundred thous-
and acres. If those individuals could
have availcd themselves of the benefits
of this bill, they could without interfer-
ence of outside parties have purchased
Mt n reasonable price two million acres
of land. which would have left very lit
tie upon which the syndicates could
have created n monopoly.
Certainly no critic In the opposition
party could complain of the citizens in
any particular county seeking to OBJ
tain from the government. title to the
land within the confines of that county,
at ever so small n price, when they re-
fleet that candidates upon the fusion
ticket have heretofore introduced
measures in the federal Legislature
seeking to have all the government
land decided to the states, which to
certainty would destroy the public
range. as it would then be open 10 lcas-
ing by private individuals, which would
subject it To the favoritism of political
gangs. which has been so patiently dem
onstratcd during the last state admin
istration.
We are perfectly willing to assume
the burden of the peoples Judgment up
on calm and careful consideration of
this bill rs IL reads. and particularly by
those who are engaged In the live stock
industry upon the plains. The bill was
drafted to meet conditions existing in
that county. and not conditions which
may exist in the mountainous portions
of the state.
In conclusion | wish to say that II
there is any just criticism which can
be made upon this attempted legisla
tion it should fall not upon you but up
on me and the citizens who requested
it.
Trusting that the foregoing is fully
explanatory of the motives which
prompted the step which was taken
and will right any wrong that has been
done TO you by the public, | beg leave
to remain. Yours truly.
tSlgneD JESSE g. NORTHCUTT.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
HON. II. n. HOGG.

One of the most brilliant lawyers in
the West is Hon. II. NJ. Hogg, the Re-
publican candidate for Congress in che
Second district. He Is n natural orator
with few peers in the United States,
and he is II loyal man, with strong con-
victions and rugged honesty of pur-
pose.
Judge Hogg has n great number of
personal friends in the Second district
and they announce their purpose of
supporting him without regard to their
political affiliations.
The writer has known him intimately
for fifteen years and lie has always
found him as he is to-day, large
hearted and generous friend, big
Drained and broad-gauge man, an able
lawyer, n finished orator. loyal citizen
and Il devoted patriot.
The contest in the Second district
will be untiringly and increasingly car
ried on by Judge Hogg and the present
prospects are that he will carry the
election. He will get good majorties
in the west and southwest and with
Ell Paso and Pueblo counties doing
their duty, there should be no doubt
about the result.
The judge will begin his campaign ip
n few days, and we venture the predic-
ton that he will have the largest audi
ences ever congregated in this congress
sional district.-Colorado Springs Ga
zette.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
CAPTAIN SHIELDS AND HIS TEN.

The Manila news is that Captain
Shields of the Twenty-ninth infantry
and fifty-two other soldiers have been
captured or killed in the Philippines.
We do not suppose that this will
cause William Jennings Bryan to cease
from comforting and encouraging
Aguinaldo by attacks upon the ReInIb-
lican administration and by promising
that If elected he, Bryan, will haul
down the Stars and Stripes. The Dem
ocratic candidate will probably con-
tinue to call for the surrender of the
Philippines, LawtOn, Captain Shields
and his men and others notwithstand-
ing. But the news must fill the heart
of every healthy American with the re-
solve to stand by our soldiers in the
Philippines as they are standing by
the flag which the treaty of peace
formally raised there.
The people of the United States will
neither order our soldiers to turn their
backs on an armed enemy nor desert
them while they are steadfast. The
Americans will not surrender to Agui-
naldo in Lrzon or to Bryan in the
United Statcs.-New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17

He was put among the TRUSTEES" and
allowed many liberties. One night he
simply walked out of the prison and
disappeared. For this escape the night
captain was made the scapegoat, and
was dismissed. Stratton has never
been recaptured.
Another case that attracted much at
tention at the time was the escape OF
four men who got away by numbering
Night Captain Rooney. These men,
although notOriously among the worst
criminals in the institution, were made
"trusties" and given Il great deal or
liberty. Their names were Antoine
Wood, Reynolds. Wagner and Wallace.
Reynolds was caught and lynched by
the outraged populace ut Canon City;
Wood and Wallace were finally recap
tured and put in the penitentiary
again; Wagner is still at large.
Besides these cases, which have at
tracted u great deal of public atten-
tion, there are others which have been
little referred to in the public prints.
One of these cases is that OF Nestor
Martinez He was convicted of being
concerned in the murder of two depu-
ty shcriffs in the southern part OF the
state. He Is II nephew of Senator cas-
intro Barela of Trinidad. Senator Ba-
rela will have vote in the next legis-
lature, if he is reelected, for United
States senator.
Another of the pardoned criminals is
n man named Mike Ryan, who since
his liberty was regained has been
working in politics in Denver as part
of the Thomas machine, and helped
materially to round up the force of law
lessness and disorder ut the recent
Democratic primaries.
Still another pardOned criminal Is
Harley Mccoy, who was sentenced for
the murder of Police Captain Hawley.
He also was n worker for the Denver
Thomas machine.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
THE STATE PENlTENTIARY.
How Convicts Have Been Allow
ed to Escape, Paroled and Par
dUned-Ai Politics.

The record of the state penitentiary
is one of the worst of all the depart
ments of this administration. The dis
missal of the warden has been recon-
mended by the penitentiary officials
unanimously, but Warden Hoyt's polit-
ical influence with the governor has
been sufficient to retain him in office
up to the present time. Among the
more celebrated cases of mismanage-
ment during the past two years is that
of the man James X. Stratton, alias
Elmer Beck. He has been n robber
of the United States mail and a leader
of one of the worst gangs ever got to-
gether in the Rocky Mountain region.
He had once escaped from the peniten-
tiary. but had been recaptured after
n year. Notwithstanding this it be-
came noised abroad that the governor
proposed to let Stratton out on parole.
Stratton's friends on the outside indis-
creetly boasted of his coming freedom
and n tremendous protest was made
which made the governor pause in his
intentions. Instead of letting Stratton
OUT ~ aarole he was allowed to escape.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
BRYAN'S FILIPINO FRIEND.

MY object in visiting the United
States" says Lopez the Filipino. sis
not to interfere in American politics,
but solely to tell the American people
what the Filipinos desire in reference
to the future government of our couh-
try" If this is all Lopez is here for.
his mission is needless. Aguinaldo's
other agent, Bryan. has been telling
the American people for some months
past what the Filipinos desire. and he
has been also showing that he is on
the Filipino side in this cOntrover-
sy. LopeZ's arrival at thtis time,
nevertheless is significant. He evil
IDENTIFY aims to assist his co-worker.
Bryan, in the canvass. The American
people Will very promptly and cheer
fully stamp on this little Aguinaldo-
Bryan plot.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
THE BACA COUNTY LAND BILL
SENATOR VOL COTT'S REAL POSITION
ON THE LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS
He Opposes Ceding Public Lands to the States or Leasing
Them-Position of the Party Shown by Its State Plat
form-A Letter From Judge Norhcut
Ietter to Hon. +. Il. Sheridan.)
Dauynr October % 1900

Denver. October o, 1900.
Hon. +. L. Sheridan:
Dear Sir-I am greatly obliged to you
for calling my attention to the placard
issued by the Fuslonists respecting my
position concerning the leasing of pub
lie lands.
l am now, and ever since l have been
in the Senate have been, unalterably
opposed to all plans and schemes and
measures of every sort whatever look
ing to the ceding of the public domain
to the different states, or the leasing
of the public lands of the United States
In the campaign four years ago and
two years ago l opposed any such
measure. my attention being especially
directed to 1t by the fact that the Flu
sionist congressman from the First dis
trict favored the ceding of the public
lands. During the last few years
have written hundreds of letters to con-
stituents stating my position upon this
question. My efforts have always been
directed to securing free range for the
small holders of stock.
The statements in the circular which
you enclosed are wholly false. The
stockmen in Baca county are@Greatly
annoyed and injured by the fact that
cattle from Texas and Kansas are
driven on to the range in that county.
to the great detriment of Colorado
stock owners. The leading citizens of
that county joined in n request.
through Judge Northcutt, district judge
of the Third district. that l should in
troduce bill. local to Bnca county on
ly. by the terms of which the small
owner of stock was said to be amply
protected, to relieve them from this
burden. / introduced the bill by re.
quest, as was my duty to my constitu-
ents. At the same time Informed
Judge NOrthcutt and other friends that
the bill could not pass. as it was con
trary to the position which the Repub-
lican members of the Senate took on
this question and TO my own position
upon the leasing of public lands.
The bill was introduced and referred
to the committee on public land. l
stated my position on the subject to
the chairman of the committee. ns
state 1t here. The bill was reported
from the committee adversely and was
indefinitely postponed; thus the matter
was finally disposed of. This is all
there is to say Of the Baca land bill.
In this connection l desire to call
your attention to the plank in Se plat
form adopted by the RepublicM party
in its state convention mt Denver on
of public lands. a pink which l had
n share i'm framing:
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
A FEW DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.

Merely to expose the sham of Mr..
Bryan's present antitrust campaign,
we cite below few of the trusts-only
those with $4,000, 900 or more capital
before Mr.. Mckin-
ley's Inauguration, and protected and
nurtured by the Democracy between
March !, 1893, and March 4, 1897:
Ghnr
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17

Deficit December /. 1900,
granting that all appropri-
utiOnS are maid
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17

Aggregate capitalization. ... 81 1888, ssl 1853
Here are thirty-seven great corpora
tions-pricc-tiXing combinations or
trusts-with aggregate capital of more
than 81 S1,ODO.OOO,OOO. all of which lived
prospered and waXed fat-unopposed
and notwithstanding one to eight
years of Democratic rule. Yet Mr.
Bryan has the impudence to tell the
American people that trusts are fos-
a.CIGd' > tbs n-r-.'iizs,-, 7. ,soitr nj
fought to death by the Dcmdcrncy
The dates above given prove that the
trusts which touch most directly the
pockets of the pcople-such as the su-
gar, ice. beef, beer. leather, rubber.
school desk, sewing machine, elevator
and match trusts-were organized un-
der Il Democratic administration.
These are but a few of the cold
facts. They suffice. however, to brand
the humbug that Mr. Bryan is ladling
out 10 his dear people" in the far
West.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17

Total estimated income of
revenue, 1S99-19O0 ...... 1,12J, 900
Deficit December /, 1900,
granting that all appropri-
atlonS are paid. ............S 5O1, ,3iI
The deficit, however, will not be over
$4,000, or. rather, this is all the next
legislature will be compelled to pay,
for the reason that many of the special
appropriations could not be paid, and
the revenue, caused by increased in
corporation fees in the secretary of
states Office exceeded the estimates
somewhat The Eleventh General AS
sembly expended S1,1S9,715 and there
was Il deficit December l, 1898, of
$S5.0OO.
In an opinion rendered by the attor-
ney generals office last April it was
said, among other things:
1.-The last legislature made appropria-
tions amounting to more than $500,OOO
in excess of the revenues of the state
for the years 1S09-19OO. The constitu-
ton forbids the making of nppropria-
tions or the authorization of eXpendi
lures by the legislative or the execu-
tive departments in excess of the rev.
enues of the state for any fiscal year.
All appropriations in excess of reve-
nues of any fiscal year are void"
Thus Governor Thomas signed about
S500,0OO of Illegal appropriations.
knowing that they were Illegal when
he signed them.
If the attorney generals opinion is
good, the emergency warrants on
which money has beon borrowed for
state institutions are of more than
doubtful validity.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
Opposes Leasing Public L Lalids.


THE Republican party has been the
constant and ever faithful friend of
the home builder and settler in the
West. 1t believes in free homes for
free men. 1t was the father of the ben
eficent homestead law and secured its
enactment against the bitter opposition
of the Democratic party in Congress.
Republican legislation gave land to the
landless and homes to the homeless.
and that party will continue to be the
steadfast champion and defender of the
home buildcr and the pioneer.
I'VE favor only such changes i'm ex-
isting land laws as have for their OBJ
ject the advancement Of the welfare
and prosperity of the settler. We are
lInalterably opposed to any legislation
that would deprive the farmer or small
holder of stock from the unrestricted
use of the public domain of the United
States, and to all legislation heretofore
introduced having that in view.
I'VE are heartily in favor of national
legislation which will aid in the con-
struction of irrigation canals and rescr-
yoirs wherever needed in Colorado.
1--WE believe that the perpetuity of
American institutions and the future
destiny of our country rests largely OH
the shoulders of our laboring classes,
consequently we believe in surrounding
the home of the laboring man with ev-
cry protection known to the law of the
land"
A slnnder travels fast. but l have no
doubt that friends will see that the lies
contained in the circular referred to are
overtaken by this statement of my po-
sition on this question.
| herewith attach Judge Northcutt's
letter, which states the exact situation
surrounding the preparation and intro
duction of the Baca county bill Yours
very truly, -
Judge Northcutt's Letter.
District Court Chambers
Third judicial District of Colorado
Jesse G.. Northcutt, Judge.
Trinidad. Colorado. Sept. Is. 1900.
Hon. L. o. Wolcott, Denver, Colorado:
Dear Senator-I have just read an in
terview from Governor Thomas in last
evenings issue of the Denver Post. in
which he attacks you for your action in
introducing in the Senate what he re-
fers to as the "Baca land bill"
Being more familiar with the origin
of the bill in question, and the condi-
tions. abuses and burdens which sug-
you-who introduced it at my request
I feel that I should advise you of the
same.
In the opening permit me to say that
your are at liberty to make any Use of
this communication which may sug-
gest itself to you. l certainly wish any
odium which may attend that which
was intended as laudable undertake
ing to fall where it belongs, and not
upon you.
Baca is one of the many counties
which found its organization and crea-
tiOn during the boom days of the great
plains of Colorado and Kansas. 1t is
beyond the irrigation district and is de-
voted almost exclusively to the live
stock industry. Its mining possibilities
though promising are yet but meagerly
This county, from the year 1886 to
The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
ILLEGAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Half Million Dollars of Appro- .
priations Signed by Thomas,
Knowing They Were Illegal.

Total amount of appropria-
tions from general fund.
according to bills approved
by Governor Thomas. 81 ,G2G,34
Total estimated income of
revenue, 1899 1900 ..... 1,125,OOO