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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
Current Topics

Irish Emigration e,sH Go On.
Michael Davitt says in substance
that the Irish in America are helping
the English in Ireland by encourage
Ing our people to desert our country"
ireland. Mr.. Davitt says that during
the last fifteen years 100000 young
men and women have come from that
island to the United States to stay
here. Thus Ireland has lost quarter
OF million fighting men. That is eight
times the number of the Beers who
have been fighting England for two
years and who are "still unconquered
and unconquerable. UNLESS this drain
Is stopped" says Mr.. Davitt, "the Celts
In Ireland will be in the minority,
which means that the conquest of our
country after it's hundreds of years Of
resistance will have been all but con-
summated." Mr.. Davitt has made great,
sacrifices for the cause which is dear
to his heart. There is no sacrifices
probably which he would not make to-
further what he takes to be the best
interests of his native land. But he
cannot reasonably expect Irishmen
who have become citizens of America
to be as devoted to the cause as he is
or to make as many sacrifices for it.
So he is not fair when he taxes them
with helping England" and upbraids
them for doing SO much less than Mr..
Davitt thinks they ought to have done
to help on the cause.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
PHI FPS The NOMINEE
6x@Nlayof ST Ottumwa Nominated for
overnor by Democrats,
Inc rfcples Of the Kansas City Platform Were Reaffred
But Special Emphasis Is Given to
State Issues.

Des MONIES, August flor win.
ing IN the committee on resolutions
ana preparing declaration which
contained no reference ia the Kan.
sas el'y platform or to national is
sues IA any guise, that element of the
iowa demlocracy which. is DESTROYS of
ge.'ing rio OF the 16 to issue met
deteat on the floor Of the convantion
Yesterday afternoon. By n vote Of
66l SO to $50 rs, the convention
aaopted minofity report stoned nv
waiter u. Butler, Claude Porfer and
Jonn y. Seerley, prefixing to the reso-
lutlons reported by the majority a
preamble specifically rea ffirnin@ al
ieslance to the Kansas CITY platform
MT. SECRECY signed the minority re-
port In compliance with INSTRUCTIONS
received from the first district caucns
1t was almost ii o,clocl, VOC tara,,,
morning when Chairman H,1t1,man ~
the state central conn,ittea 5nallad ~
.s.:ne convention to order. He
orlelly announced ammo the purpose of the
I'm NJ ei Nh, Then called upon Rev
ton. selection bv tba b.na 81 al
lowed after which Mr.. Hntf FINE IN IN
troduced Z. M Sharon az Daran-a,.4
mn ne, he said, would preside.
-, Inc ., sddress Of Temporary Chair
man Sharon was model Of disere.
1lon and diplomacy. Not one word
was uttered about silver, but trusts
and Imperialism were denounced in y,
vigorous terms to the plaudits of the
assembled delegates. He criticised
me colonial policy of the administra.
t ion and limited OF carpet-bagaing
ne demanded that senators be elected
by the direct vote of The peoplels and
mat there be an income tax, tx con.
soltution being amended, i'll neces-
.e.s, aconplish this e1d. That
part ofshe address whicrydeals with
state lssn uss is as foilowsy
1 me repns.slAu~ party is the same in the
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me Of the most popular "spielersn

One of the most popular "spielers"
of the Midway at the Pan-American
exposition lisa man with cigar
stand in front of the Soft Drinks
building, as it is officially called. One
of the mattresses partook too liberal
ly of soft drinks the other day, and
the ambulance was sent for. 1t pulled
up in front of the cigar stand, and
had barely stopped when the cigar
man took advantage of the situation
to do business with the crowd. "Here
you are!" he shouted; anybody that
wants to get ride in the ambulance
just buy one of these here cigars.
Smoke one O. these cigars an the
ambulance IL ride you right down to
tho hospital" A man who was pass
ing and had not heard the invitation
stepped up to buy cigar. '"That's
right" shouted the dealer; 'here's
one man that wants to ride in the
ambulance. Anybody else like to got
One cigar warranted to do the bust
ness. A trip in the ambulance goes
with every cigar. No blanks. No ex.
| ira charge. Only five cents for a
cigar and an ambulance ride thrown
in. No such bargain anywhere else
on the grounds!"
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should be borne equally by all taxable prop.
erty. We pledge our members of the gen.
eral assembly to formulate and urge the
adoption Of such law as will compel the
burdens of taxation to rest on corporate and
individual property alike without favor OF
exemption of any interests.
Eve demand economy In the administra.
tion Of state affairs, the repeal of the mulct
law, the enactment Of local option law,
the abolition of the offices of state primer
and state binder and the contracting fol
supplies for the state with the lowest re-
sponsible bidder.
1--WE cordially invite all honest men o.
the state to unite with US In securing the
enactment Of these principles into law"
The minority report was the same
as the majority report, with the fol
lowing preamble:
We, the democrats Of Iowa, in convention
assembled hereby reaffirm the principles of
the democratic national ,pplaatform adopted
our convictions or abating our
loyalty to our nationai policies, we believe
this campaign to be particularly one that
should be confined to state issues.
The second minority report, de-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

Some of the naval cadets who are
aboard the Alabama, and are having
their first real cruise off the Atlantic
coast, recently got lesson in
promptness that they will not soon
forget. They went ashore with the
captain, and were told that the boat
would return at certain time. Five
minutes before that time they ap-
peared at the head of the long pier,
sauntering slowly toward where the
captain stood waiting for them. Ex-
actly on the dot of the appointed time
he gave the order to shove off, and
the boat started, leaving five aston
ished cadets on the pier not forty feet
away. When they had got pull boat
and rowed out to the ship, three
miles or more, they were told by the
captain that it was not polite to keep
their superior officers waiting, or to
approach him as if they were "going
to funeral"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

Mr.. Redmond again thanked the
convention and made ready to sit
down. There were cries of go on!
Go on!" from the audience, and the
chairman after ascertaining that the
committee on resolutions was not
ready to report, spoke ten minutes
longer on the issues of the day and
eulogizing the party.
C. A. Wendle, the well known news
paper man of Chicago, was called for.
Mr.. Wendle made stirring and hum
orous address that aroused laughter
and applause at frequent intervals.
Sam p Wright of Upton addressed
the convention on the shortcomings
of the republican party and the need
of democratic harmony.
Z d. j. O'Connell of Keokuk made a
plea for democratic harmony.
Never" he said, "has the outlook for
the, democratic party in Iowa been
more suspicious than at present, if
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
THE CANDIDATES.

T. j. Phillips, candidate for govern
or, is superintendent of the White
breast Fuel company mines in Iowa
and Illinois. He is a practical miner,
having commenced as a miners as
sistant when years old. He rose
by merit through successive stages
10 his present position with the
Whitebreast company. He served one
term as mayor of Ottumwa and is re-
puted to have given the city an ex-
cellent business administration. He
is said to be popular among the min
ers and laboring men, where he is
best known.
George E. Ferguson, candidate for
lieutenant governor, is editor of the
Logan Nucleus and is one of the best
known OF the younger newspaper
editors of the state. He was born
in Marshalltown in 1866. In 1879 his
family moved to Carroll county. II.
received his early education in the
Manning schools. Later he learned
the printers trade and worked In
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
Manning and Council BLUFFS N $50,

Manning and Council Bluffs. In 1928
he went from the Council Bluffs
Globe to Logan, where he took charge
of the Nucleus, which he has made .
highly successful paper. In 1894 he
was chosen chairman of the Harri-
son county democratic central com.
mittee. The year before the demo-
Gratis polled l,400 votes in the county.
The democratic vote in 1894, under
his direction of the campaign, in-
creased to 1900; and in 1895 it YVES
1890, and in 1896 5000. Mr.. Fergu-
son was delegate to the national
democratic convention in 1896, and
secretary of the state convention
at Dubuque, the same year.
John Shortley, of Perry, Dallas
county, was born in Wisconsin in
1851 on farm and the rural
schools and farmed during his boy
hood days. He drove. a team to Iowa
in 1868 and lived on farm near New
Hampton, Chickasaw county. He
farmed and taught school in his
younger days and earned money to
take him into Upper Iowa university,
where he graduated from the law
class in 1874. He was in the same
class with Ex-Governor Jackson and
Judge Carr of Manchester. He be-
gan practice with Judge Scott of
Brooklyn and continued four years,
when he went to Perry, where he has
since resided. He was in partnership
with Fl. H. Cardell, now deceased,
| for a number of years. Mr.. Shortley
has a large practice and has been
very successful. He was formerly a
republican but went over to the dem
ocrats about twelve years ago on the
tariff and other questions and has
been consistent democrat ever since.
w. B. johnson, candidate for state
superintendent, is a resident of Iowa
county, but at present employed as
superintendent of the Carroll public
schools. He stands well as an edu-
Gator.
A. C. Brice, candidate for railroad
1 ,mmissioner, is one of the best
lll avn residents of Taylor county
He was appointed consul to Matan-
zas. Cuba, by President Cleveland and
served until after the close of the
Spanish-American war. During the
trying times which succeeded the
blowing up of the Maine he rendered
distinguished services, secret ane
| otherwise, to the government ano
received especial mention from the
state department for his work. Mr.
| Brice is an old soldier.
4 1t is said that Sarah, Duchess Of
/ Marlborough, one day remarked te
her grandson, Jack Spencer: Jack
you must marry, and l will give you 6
list of the ladies you may propose
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

clared out Of order. was as follows:
We, the democrats Of Iowa. in convention
assembled, make the following declaration
of principles:
1--WE hold that In this campaign state is.
sues are paramount while. not retracting or
regulating any past declarations OF the
democratic party, we deem 1t our duty at
this time waving Questions Of national pol
of Iowa from republican misrule.
''In all other respects, same us majority
report.
The motion to substitute the mi
nority report for the majority re-
port carried by vote of $50 SIS to
$50 2-5.
After the announcement Of the
adoption of the Butler substitute,
Judge Wade moved to substitute for
the preamble of the platform as
amended the Quick resolution pre-
sented by Mr.. Hamilton. The chair
ruled that the motion could not be
entertained since it proposed sub
stitute for substitute. Pandemo-
mum Immediately reigned. Men were
on their feet endeavoring to con-
vince the chair that the substitute
having been adopted became the re-
port of the amendment and was sub
,yect to amendment, adoption or re-
lection by the convention. Other.
motions similar to Judge Wade's We're
offered but unheeded. During the
discussion some one moved to pro-
coed with the nomination of candi-
date for governor. The motion was
put and carried. Then the discussion
of Judge Wade's motion was resumed.
e. NJ. Sharon gained the chairs at
Oft i,,e. ic4i an ha OF
propriateness of the motion, renewed
it. The chair then announced his final
accession . Tt was that the Butler sub
stitute, having been adopted, it be-
came the platform of the convention.
Final action had been taken and it
could only be tempered with through
motion to reconsider. Mr.. Sharon
insisted that a substitute had simply
been adopted for the original report
and that the report as amended
| through the substitute had never
been adopted by the convention. The
chair held to his ruling and Mr..
Sharon appealed. The point of order
was then raised that business had
interviewed, that the convention had
voted to proceed with the nomina-
ton of candidate for governor and
that nothing else could be taken up
The point of order was sustained.
Before the Nomination of canci.
date for governor was begun Cato
Sells gained the floor. He asked
unanimous consent to present reso.
luton to the convention. There
cries of mo-" mo" Mr.. Sells then
explained that his resolution dealt
with the taxation question, but the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
HENRY MICHAEL.

~.
PRESIDENT of Nation, ILL.,, 81 Years
Old and Can Do the Manual Labor
of a Man of so. A Unique Charac-
teri
acter. He is 81 years old, yet as spry
and alert as many men Of SO. His
memory is unimpaifed and he narrates
"reminiscences of eddy days in Illin&sd
with dramatic effHt. He has lived
Coles county, within a rev -
Mattoon, for three quarters of a ceny
fury.
Although unable to read or write
amassed a fortune of $4,000, which
divided among ten children whl
recently retired from the farm.
sagacity in a land or cattle trade was
notorious and he could compute finan-
cial transactions involving thousands
of dollars to the penny by mental proc
esses quicker and more accurately
than most men by use of figures.
The Michaels came from North Caro-
lima. They walked the entire distance,
the journey requiring three years y
Michael's parents had six children, all
of whom walked with them. For days.
they had no other food than their
father could secure with his rifle. The
family was among the first to till the
prairie at Kickapoo Point, where saw
ages yet roamed and wild beasts were
in possession. Schools were unknown
and thrice envied was he who could
read his bible.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

here this afternoon by making speech. j
want to say, however, that this is one Of
the proudest moments of my life. From
my youth up have l been democrat. !
have been a democrat because believe the
democratic party is an organization, not
only of force, but possessed of conscience.
ocratic party of Iowa today, and that is
that there may be peace and harmony in
this convention. 1 cast my ballot for the
first democratic candidate since the war,
above all others. should have been the dem
ocratic president Great and prolonged APP
plause) and saved US the disgrace of having
the republican stump speakers ridiculing the
Declaration of Independence and the consti-
tuition of the United States.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

Mcneil Of Warren; Eighth, ]. w. Freeland
Of Corydon; Ninth, c. Dennis Of Red Oak;
Tenth, p. c. Jordan Of Boone; Eleventh,
James Parson of Rock Rapids.
Vice Presidents-First, John f. Leach of
Henry; Second, G. w. Ball of Iowa City;
Third. =. +. Hagerman of Bremen; rourth,
w. b. Meade of Howard; Fifth, A. II. Low
~ Of Marshall; Sixth. John w. Jones Of
Brooklyn; Seventh, J. S. Cunningham of
Knoxville: Eighth, ]. 1. Shepherd of Mt.
Ayr; Ninth, r. NJ. Harris Of Missouri VAL
Eleventh, A. P. Cramer of LeMars.
AT 2:15 Temporary Chairman shar-
on called the convention to order
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

delegates persisted in refusing him
hearing and he retired with his
manuscript in his hands.
The committee then proceeded to
the nomination of ticket. Judge
Caldwell of lama county nominated
II. j. Stiger of Toledo, and John r.
as j. Phillips, former mayor of OF
Phillips, 500; Stiger, 5s2; Weaver, 20;
Redmond, 10; Ball, 10. On the second
ballot Phillips was nominated by a
vote of 1851 to 1891 for stiger.
When it came to the nominate of
the lieutenant governor several names
We're presented. among them that of
| Cato Sells of Vinton. g. e. Ferguson
of Logan, Harrison county was put
in nomination, Lou Genung of Mills
county was named, but he took the
stage and declined the honor. w. 7.
Davis of Fremont county was nomi-
mated but declined. All other names
having been withdrawn, Mr.. Fergu-
son was nominated by reclamation.
There were three candidates for
superintendent of schools, Samuel d.
Whiting of johnson, William D. John
son of Iowa county, superintendent
of schools at Carroll, and Logan
Steece of Des Moines county Mr..
johnson was nominated on the first
ballot, by the following vote: Whit
ing, 1891; steece, 81; johnson. 5241.
Fred White was nominated for
railroad commissioner. Mr.. White
declined. He said he was physically
unable to make the canvass and did
not believe any democrat there de,
sired to put any more burdens OF
him. A. c. Brice of Taylor county
was then nominated for thu Office by
reclamation.
A committee of three. consisting Of
John Green of Jones, John M. Lewis
of Wapello and j. j. Mcmahon Of
Tama was named to notify Mr.. Phil
lips of his nomination.
| 1t was 1880 when the proceeding.
were brought to a close.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

to-" every well, grannie," he said,
and he proposed to the first on the
list. When he came back with his
wife from their wedding tour, they
went to pay their respects to the old
lady. well, now" she said, II am
the root and you are only the branch
es, and therefore you must always
pay me great deal of Difference"
''Ihat is all very WELL" said Jack, i'm
pertinently, "but l think the branches
would flourish great deal better il
the root was under ground"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont was forced
to abandon her proposed patent med
icine quadrille," which was to have
been a feature of her dance at New
port recently. She was compelled to
take this step owing to the avalanche
of letters and kilograms which the all
nouncement Of the entertainments
brought down upon herself and upon
her invited guests from the proprietorsi
Of patent medicines and from their
advertising agents. Eager to avail
themselves of such favorable oppor-.
tunity to advertise their cures"
among the "fonr hundred" thu ~
fered not only to design the COST
worn to represent each particular
edy, but also to defray all the exp
in connection Herewith, some
being impolite enough to offer
tary considerations if their propo
were accepted.
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form should be repudiated.
Walt. Butler Immediately rose to
a point of order declaring that a
second minority report could not be
adopted. He was sustained by the
chair, and vote on Buffers substi-
tute was declared in order and ballot
ing began after order had been re-
stored. The majority report follows:
We, the democrats of Iowa, in convention
assembled, do hereby declare and adopt the
following declaration Of principles:
Resolved. That the fundamental principle
Of democracy, equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none applies in full force
to the subject Of taxation. The democratic
party believes that the burdens Of taxation
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

the democrats would only settle their
differences in the convention hall
The majority report OF the com
mittee on resolutions was read by
Chairman Cleveland. In effect it
adopted the democratic platform in
general way with no specific refer
ence to silver. Upon its reading.
Walt Butler gained the floor and pre-
sented the minority report, which
was an out and out endorsement of
the Kansas City platform and free
silver. No sooner had he read the
first sentence relating to silver than
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

half the delegates were on their feet
wildly cheering the reader and the
minority report. Mr.. Butler fol-
lowed the reading by short
and decisive address in favor of the
Kansas City platform and free silver.
ID. w. Hamilton, of Sigourney, at
the close Of Mr.. Buffers remarks Of
fered second minority report in
which it was declared tnat the state
issues were paramount though none
of the principles of the national plat
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

and report of credentials was heard
and adopted.
The report of the committee on
permanent organization recon-
mended John M. Redmond of Cedar
Rapids for permanent chairman and
that the remainder of the temporary
organization be made permanent
was adopted.
Mr.. Redmond on taking the chair,
said among other things:
l desire to thank you for this unexpected
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

No century has ever begun on
Wednesday, a Friday, or Sunday,
and the same order of days is repeat
ed every twenty years. January and
October Of each year always begin
with the same day. So with April and
July, so with September and Decem-
Der, so with February. March and No
vember.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
Cars .sister Married.

An important event of last week In
Europe was the marriage of Grand
Duchess Olga Alexandrovna youngest
sister of the Gar, to Prince Oldenburg.
There was some opposition at first to
the union, which is love match, but
Nicholas II. is so fond of his sister
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

Employers who keep chill
school in Germany will hi
less than $50 marks. q
guardians are obliged to
terial for needlework and
Of Instruction for girls. o.
school board has the n
these things by compul
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
GRAND DUCHESS OLGA,

that he gave in after little persua-s
sion. Princess Olga has inherited the
simple manners of her father, Alex
ander III, and is the favorite Of the
imperial family.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

1t is said that Sarah, Duchess of
Marlborough, one day remarked to
her grandson, Jack Spencer: Jack,
you must marry, and l will give you a
list of the ladies you may propose
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14
Enaland's New kino.

Edward will open the commons in
state Feb. a.
Nearly fifty monarchs and princes
followed victorias coffin.
Sir Felix Semon, throat specialist,
denied the story that King Edward
has disease of the throat.
The kaiser issued decree of thanks
for messages of sympathy as he pass
ed his birthday at his grandmother's
bier.
E!as Emperor Edward issued I'D
dresses to his subjects in general and
those in India and the colonies In par.
ocular.
King Edward sent message to all
the colonies and dependencies of the
crown promising to work for the wei.
fare and security Of the empire.
London crowds cheered Emperor
William of Germany on his passage
through the streets accompanied by
King Edward. The kaiser departed
for the continent.
II. w. Wilson, England's leading
naval expert. cabled that the process.
sion OF the dead queen from Cowes to
Portsmouth was spectacle unequal
led for dignity and impressiveness.."
Nothing has yet been altered in
Queen Victerla's private rooms at Os.
borne house, Buckingham palace or
windsor castle. Her living rooms
have not been occupied aud will not
be occupied for some time to come.
II is understood that King Edward
and Queen Alexandra will rest al
Sandringham for the next few days
The former will then return to Buck
ingham palace and hold privy coun
ell to draft the kings speech at tho
opening of parliament. The semi
state procession to parliament vii
start from Buckingham palace.
} King Edward has resigned the offic,
OF grand master OF Free Masons II
England, which he has held sine,
1874. But he win retain his connec
ton with Masonry under the probabl,
title OF protector. A special gran,
lodge will be summoned February Ii
when II is expected the duke of Con
naught will be nominated to succee,
his majesty as grand master.