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Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
on resolutions. The sound money men
named f. c. tHerrick of Cherokee, the /.
silver men backed Earl Bronson OF
Spencer. The vote resulted:
[leu.
.rrick. Bronson.


IOtalS ....................u ~
j. Nj. Parsons moved that the Quick
plank" be supported in the committee
on resolutions The plank follows:
I'VE hold that in this campaign state
issues are paramount. While not re-
tracing or repudiating any past plat
party, we deem 1t our duty at this
time, waiving questions Of national
politics. to address ourselves to the re-
demption of Iowa from republican mis-
rule
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22

The superintendent Of a street rl{l-
"as Voilii'ally IN NV York SAYS M'e
can seat some of the people AN OF tlla
tiine and all of the peolle sofn,. OF tha
'llne' but we can't seat an Of the people
all OF the time ANA nov there Is talk
W ei'lorelhg an ordinance limiting the
number of passengers on q c.,r IA ti1n
seating capacity thereof ana irnlposimt,
u fine on both the company ana tbe
passenger when The limit is axxe..aeh
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
Iowa Hotes.

Iowa Notes.
Waterloo is having an epidemic of
burglaries.
Isaac Bushnell has confessed to steal
ing horses at Mason City.
Hewitt j. Richardson, sheriff of Iowa
county, died the l7th inst. at = u. m. He
had been Il sufferer from heart trouble
for the past six months.
j. n. Brogden, one of the oldest set
tiers of Crawford county. died sudden
~ IL. his home in Dcaison yesterday of
heart failure. He was quite wealthy
and leaves four sons and two daugh-
ters living in the county.
The Southern Iowa Prospecting COM
pany. which has been prospecting for
coal in Cerro Gordo county for the past
two months. has brought in q. report
that it found in Falls township, at a
depth of 100 feet. . seven-foot vein. and
the mine will be opened up right away.
P-ncturcd.
Brooklyn Eagle: First Cyclist (at
Coney)-See those yachtsmen pumping
their yacht.
Second Cyclist-Yes; she must have a
bad puncture l heard an old sailor
say. There she goes on another tack,"
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
ABOUT THE CANDIDATES.
Brief Sketches o, the Men on tn
Ticket

Brief Sketches OF the .len on tn
Ticket.
Des Moines Ia. Aug. 23.'lhomas j.
Phillips is genuine self-made man.
HIS schooling has been limited except
I'm the rough and tumble world where
his integrity. his aggressiveness, his
good business intelligence, have raised
him from a mine boy to the general
management of the White Breast
mining enterprises in the state and
in the west.
MIR Phillips rs Il Welshman but he
came to this country about fifty years
ago While a lad of 10 or II years. His
parents located near Ottumwa and he
Was soon put at work in the mines.
first as a mine boy, then at this and
then ut that. His industry was UNI
usual and he rose through all the ranks
of the service until he was made SUI
peiiMtendent. He has the affection of
his worknen and he sympathizes with
them in the field of labor. He was
mayor Of Ottumwa for four years, his
term ending last spring. He also served
as alderman before that time.
John j. Shortey. nominee for SUI
preme judge, is a successful lawyer at
Perry, although he is not Very widely
known throughout the state. He gained
some prominence at the time of the
big Coon Rapids wreck on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul by prosecuting
the cases of the passengers who We're
injured.
William ID. Johnson nominee for
state superintendent of schools has
recently served as principal of the
schools at Carroll. la.
A. c. Brice, of Bedford. candidate for
railroad commissioner was consul at
MatanZas at the time of the Spanish
American war.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
MONEY QUESTION is
ENTIRELY IGNORED
Democratic Temporary Chairman
Silent on Paramount Issue
Of Recent Campaigns.
oIaTE ISSUES ARE EMPHASIZED
National Naturalization. Colonial, rArl,r
and Trust rois..e, Vigorously As
sailed Reform In state Taxa
ton Declared For.
oIaTE ISSUES ARE EMPHASIZED


i1eS MaincS The M 81 Signitisan-
;n ,,,s.,y.,5 .;t, ,S 49,
''S'' ~ tlie Mss
aiese Spessh ~ the denoei'atlc tenn
p1rAiN chairman r. N sharon OF
',N9tt county, WIS Us &iieitc ON the
lh o!ieN question, there being absolutely
l.n reference 10 ,bai issna \ ,n,,
~
i'@f' Sit ms sl'eech Nifs "eN"tea TO a.!
4 attack on republican national policies
.rts Ia ti..,. ,,.lf ,s., it.,,
''''t' ~ slNNi' 'Ns' 70 staee
sues ae laNlllpu qHeSupn. paltiCu-
| l8riY as relating To railroads being
.,atthasizad
lm?c. inlix.n.
/
- 9l'eA!iis ne els'asseq Hilpefiaiism
~ !eiis "a. SAYING
4l'4r administration, has ;itout,,G viii,
Il ..stleiu9u Ia ,9enS harparous detail. lnr
l@ ot che MAR .oeas OF t.alope. IN ,ca.-
a.s na @QEGQ iea l-rttorv our r,i,s
~ Gt sp.otlq,i j. SUI IN tigba 1ltntalSs,l III :
llrolte n4Na letofgsa 4 constitution pto-
i iAins r,r cQi jltatl9n,t government.
aeetl.se tn trust i8HGe.lce bacs OF the
SGt2ini.t,atlon. wol4i, not starnn i, wnb
ithsl as.qoNal uue!l il was man, >, ,4rt
Is9t tilat GoMstitullui. ttat an concesslons
aad franchises wE!Sli mad b.5sn glls,,, 10
Al.ltsi'it..Ili tltitaitSt. t,, e.,l. ,.,,,Isj
lsbo token from thefn
The ihntlS and Il, sel,t1.,n4.a ,s, ~
ssye,utnent ot a feot,le a,e b.li.tiS,l ni,5,,t
n nm, tiIyoi,,llt1 80 - - y -, i'','.is' =, = =
grasp or li,,,sfls,s ,i30,g' i,,1,,, ,S ~.
i franchises 81, ,,f, IN. =.
l,uIa. 80 -
| IN tll,. I,sfltn,f,, ie,,s,.
\ ti. tinn l,,s ~ ~ ~ ,'Nf.'li.i
l1iiae ~. no., ~ ','.o..s =. '.l
riit To govern ,,3's Nlt.,,,,.l ls't'ss'll,t 'rI',
lai ,'I,.i', ,,..,i,, ~, .'isi' M Nio
prl,ieit,l, af ,f ~ o,ie lllstoi
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
THE PLATFORM.
Reaftirmation of Kansas City Platform
the Principal Plank


Des Moines. Ia. Aug. 22.-The plat
form adopted by the convention is as
follows:
We, the democrats of Iowa, in con-
Nention assembled. hereby reaflirm the
principles of the democratic national
platform adopted at Kansas City July
g. 1900. and without surrendering our
convictions or abating our loyalty to
our national policies. we believe this
campaign to be particularly one that
should be confined to state issues.
Resolved, That the fundamental
to all and special privileges to none.
taxation. The democratic party be-
lieves that the burdens &C taxation
Should be borne equally by all taxable
property, subject to the jurisdiction of
The state.
I'VE pledge our members of the leg
isiatrue to formulate and urge the
adoption of such law as will compel
the burdens of taxation to rest on cor
porate and individual property alike,
without favor or exemption of any in.
terest.
I'VE demand economy in the admin
istration of state affairs: the repeal of
the mulct law; the enactment of To-
cal option law; the abolition of the Of
fees of state printer and state binder,
and the contracting for supplies for the
state with the lowest responsible, bid
der.
I'VE cordially invite all honest men of
the state to unite with us in securing
the enactment of these principles into
law
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
FATHER FLOOD is DEAD.
Pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church In Ottum,ya.

Ottumwa, Ia, Aug. 23.-I3ev. Father
Bernard Flood, pastor of the Sacred
Heart Catholic church here, died last
night after short illness. He built
the church of which he was pastor
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
TWO SISTERS DROWNED.
Daughters of VIM. Reeve of Maquoketn
LoRe LiYeS In n kiYcr.

Dubuque, Ia, Aug. 23.-Two young
ladies. daughters of William Reeve of
Maquoketa, started out for boat ride
on the river yesterday. In some way
the boat overturned and both We're
drowned The bodies We're recovered.
They were 81 and II years old, respec.
fiNelN
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22

The fight between democrats and re-
publicans for the offices in Lawton is
not calculated to make life in the new
town any more tolerable.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22

fashion. expecting to see Kelly wilt and
refuse TO take the wager.
Certainly. Mr.. Lorillard" Then turn
ing to his sheet writer. Kelly said: "sy5. coo
against $4,000 Pierre Lorillard." Quickly
polite. Much obliged to you. Mr.. Lori
lard, very much obliged: would you or
your friends care to bet another sI0.OO0 at
the same odds? Should be delighted to ac-
cuInmOdate YOU"
What a nerve!' was all Mr. Lorillard
could say as he turned on his heel and
walked away.
lards horse was beaten.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22
SILVER MEN
VICTORIOUS
Defeated in Resolutions Committee
They Garry Contest to Floor
Of Convention.
DECLARES FOR REAfflRMA1lon
The Convention Rejects Majority
Report by a Vote Ct 661
TO 558.
PHILLIPS HEADS The TICKET
ottumwa Man Nominate for Governor
u. Il. Ferguson. of Logan, for Lieu
tenant Governor, and John
Shortly for supreme Judge.

For Governor -Fil( MAS j. Pdrl.1.il =,
of Ottumwa
For Lieutenant Gosernor- b. IL. l'ER-
CilSON. of Logan.
For Judge of Supreme Court JOHN
of Perry.
For Superintendent of Public mslrua-
tion-WM. ID. JOHNSON of Carroll.
For Railroad Commissioned. c..
l'iti0E of Bedford
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22

When quiet was partly restored Walt
utter explained that the minority re-
p9r, recommended that this preamble
be prefiNed to the majority report and
that the minority report then be adopt
"a as substitute for the majority re-
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22

For lieutenant governor, b. E, Fergu-
son was named and so We're Cato Sells.
l.. II. Genung of Council Bluffs and
Col..W. T. Davis of Sidney but the lat
ter three names We're positively with
Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22

'-Q4tlltS oil taxation. the placing ot cor.
noiatlonS on an equality with other sub
l""tS OF the state, the enactment Of n
Epod ileense law, the abolition of the Of
ilNeS ol state printer ana state binder tbs
PERSONAL campaign purposes, avuiai,g the
scandals brought upon tile state ht dis
honest pus,lic officials can be accomplished
ny me democratic party alone. They alone
can settle these questions and sctt. them
flSn'. IN every great reform, state or
national, the republican party has trailod
hellild the democratic party. They have
camped this Wear in the valley WHERE tne
democrats c;tmpeI last year before mo-.
ing 10 higher ground. To court The
breczes of popular favor they have taken
UP democratic reforms. They have taken
up the state board of control proposition
tis they took un hair way measure.
against republican prohibiton: they ara
"nd"aNoring 10 bring about tariff reform.
The democratic party in Iowa deear N,
var on vested interests and legitlIn 10
rights and legitimate operation OF i.ii.
roads OF any other corporation. They ,,.
iicve in their just and fair treatment j1,i;
they emphatically demand that ever IN.
terest. whether corporate or natural, shall
bear equal liabilities, equal burdens and
enjoy equal rights with the other .'hey
demand that the least influential citizei,
Of the state shall! enjoy the same rights
AZ the greatest. and the poorest ii4h;,i,i.
tart of Iowa shall have the same right.
and protection of just and equal laws a.
the greatest corporation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

and unmistakable that he had to obey. Those were dark and gloomy days Inefe was discontent among the people. PoN- erty prevailed on all sides. There was suffering in every family from the loss of loved ones and in hundreds Of cases from want Of food and raiment. The woes of the people were so many thal they almost broke his great heart, ana whatever he had in the way of earthly possession was freely turned over to the cause He literally bankrupted him self for his country, and all the hard la losses sustained by his efforts to secure success for the Confederate States. The love between him and Jefferson DaVls was surprisingly great, for the tie that bound them together was as strong ana enduring as the everlasting hills Tn spite of the threats of imprisonmenr,t, r,, ana at, bayonets. the voice of Governor Watts: commencing with the first appearance or Federal troops in our midst. until the day when he was stricken down Wlth the fatal disease which ended his llte, was ever raised in defense Of Constltu- tional liberty and the rights ot the peo- pie
 Governor Watts was possessed or happy, sunny disposition. Children low ed him devotedly, young men were hls staunchest friends and admirers, while the middle-aged and those of his own years profoundly respected him. lie was not only great in intellectual force ana strength of character. but great in heart It was not in his nature to cherish Ill will No one ever made an application to him and failed of response in generous profusion. If his means had been equal to his kindly impulses, there would nave been no suffering or distress. He died at his home in this city on the 16th of Sep tember, 1892. A large family o1 sons ana daughters survived him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Retrenchment in Spain.

The Spanish House of Deputies has re- jocted, by 14S votes against ZS, an amend ment to the budget, presented by mem bers of the National Union of Chambers of Commerce. which Is now an actual po- litical party, proposing considerable re- trenchment in the expenditure. The mem bers of the Cortes. who represented the Unions of Commerce, Navigation. Agri- culture, Industry and numerous other corporations over the Kingdom. had ob- tained the assent of the government and the leaders of the opposition to the pro- nosal that the Cortes should discuss, be- fore the ministerial budget scheme for 1902, their proposals for extensive re
 trenchments in the public expenditures.
 They embodied their suggestions In a plan of reforms embracing every section of the estimates. to show the possibility of reducing the expenditure from S190
 OOO GOO demanded by the Liberal candi
 date to 67.5OO.OOO This was arrived at chiefly by reductions in the pensions pro
 vided for the army, navy, church, public works, and Home Office estimates, and l by the conversion of the exterior deb
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
R.enor+ad sale of Zanzibar.

The information recently cabled to tnls country that Germany had become the n0ssessor of Zanzibar and Pemba through purchase from Great Britain can prooa. bly, be traced to q rumor to that erect published a fortnight ago in Le Journal des Debats. It is believed on gooo ;Iu- thorty in Paris that otT@lv 3o snfn as bSs who who follow % everything that is passing with the utmost watchfulness, If the British and German governments were concluding such an arrangement they would take good tOe mot to if have M bsaTe5 it p%6 that if anything had been seriously dis cussed some inkling of what was. going on would surely have leaked out The truth of the rumor would mean that if any negotiations of this character had been carried on between England and Germany. they were kept q profound se- cret: still the prevailing opinion in offi- cial and diplomatic circles abroad Is that there was no ground whatever for the rumor to which the letter in The Journal des Debats gave expression.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Population of Algeria.

The French census returns for Algeria reveal the fact that in less than fifty years the native population of the col ony. Arab and Kabyle. has almost dou- hled itself, having risen from 2,So1.OO in 1856 to 4,0U 00o at the present time. As against that France can only set European population of less than 600 GOO. of which only little over half is French extraction Two inferences are to be drawn from these figures. first. that the danger of rsiugs on the part of rap- idly growing and intensely fanatcal na- tive population is one which France can- not afford to ignore; and secondly, that the European population, of the colony cannot be expected to have very pas sionate devotion to France. As a mat ter of fact 1t has no devotion; the AL geran type which is gradually being produced. only looks to the mother coun- try to foot the bill as she has done for seventy years, and cares very little for her apart from that useful function. Algeria for the Algerians." Is said to be the device of the Algerian born and bred.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
When Lipton Was Here.

London Chronicle.
 The American reporter got good deal of copy out of Sir Thomas Lipton, anu Sir Thomas retaliated last night, at ms
 welcome banquet, by telling some sto- ries a that Eentleman's expense. AS soon as he got to the quarantine station out side New York harbor he was bombard- ed with questions as to whether he would challenge again, and what type or boat would be built, and who the designer and constructor would be. This, as Sir Thomas somewhat pluintively remarked
 was not encouraging to a man who be- lieved that his present yacht was the best atioat. On 1t being pointed out that the question was a little premature, the American reporter. in the bulk, asked whether 1t Was true that in the event of Shamrock II winning the cup. both Mir. Watson and Sir Thomas intended to get married. Tho owner of the sham rock made jocular answer, and was re- warded next morning by a column and q half in a New York paper headed in big type. "Liptons Views on Matrimony."
 Sir Thomas got the most wonderful presents from American admirers in the way of "mascOts:" dogs of all sizes and descriptions by dozens and other live stock ranging from black cats to white rabbits, from turtle doves to green hens; or as the donors called them. Irisf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

ey contributed has been squandered. Le Matin. in a recent issue, publishes strong indictment of the Assistance Publique" for its treatment of the found lings and orphans committed to its care. These children are. 1t appears. after a weeks sojourn only at the chief depot, intrusted to baby farmers. who take care of them until thev are 13 years old. They are then sent to one of the forty agen- cies distributed throughout the provinces Publique' whose business it is to find places for these children. both boys and girls. In most cases the orphans are let out to farmers, who have absolute au- thority over them. which. Le Matin de- c,ares. is most fiagrantly abused mu- nictpal collector who has been investi- gating the matter says that the state of things prevailing In the Nievere where there are 12.0OO children, mostly from tn. Department of the Seine, is too terrible for words. The children are in many cases shamefully ill-used and lead life which is practically that of slavery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
By J, D. Barron.

In any investigation into the meaning of Indian names we are confronted by two serious difficulties. The first IS the fact that they had no written language, and consequently left no records from which we can derive information. The second difficulty lies in the other fact that the words themselves were taken down by the whites by sound only, and in many cases these whites were illiterate, with an imperfect knowledge of English, and for that reason there is wide diff ference in the orthography of names and other words. and not tnfrequently we find that different interpreters have given different meanings. All this Is confusing, and has added much to the difficulty and uncertainty surrounding words derived from the Indian dialects.
 I have frequently been asked if could give a correct difinition of the word Ala bama, and for that reason and to gratify my own desire to get at the truth, have spent no little time and have applied to all supposed sources of information, and will give the readers of The Advertiser | the benefit of such facts and theories as have been able to compile or gather on the subject.
 The tradition that the name means 'Here We Rest seems to have little real grounds for belief, thaugh 1t has been taken as the motto for our State seal, and has become, so to speak. part and parcel of our sovereignty. The man who disturbs that belief may he taken as a profane iconociast, perhaps. but we may be allowed to investigate, for all that As Is well known. the legend is that a great chief, leading his tired and way-worn followers through a strange country, struck his spear down on the bank of noble river and ex- claimed, "Alabamai' Here we rest!'' This is very pretty and sounds well enough as tradition or legend, but where is the foundation for it? Who was the chief? Where was the river Does 1t not leave us in the condition of that dissatisfied investigator who want ed to
 Gall up him who left half told
 The story of Cambuscan bold?''
 We want something more nkes bill of particulars before accepting the tale with unquestioning faith. The chief tain has left us no hint of his name or place. while the river seems as myth ical as the sacred river Alph, of Kubla Khan. When or where this historical (?J incident occurred seems as uncertain as the sculptor or sculpture of the Sphynx Doubtless the Tale will remain for all time to come, yet that need not hinder
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
ORIGIN OF "ALABAMA.'
An Inquiry Into the SignificatiOn of the States
 Name.

us from prying into the matter and searching for the truth, whatever that may be.
 Tn this connection, I will mention that in the old Creek and Seminole dialects we find the word alakas. means ito come. or arrive" and Yama, 'here," literally T come here" and this is about as near as can come to anything resembling the hoary tradition, so we will refer to some other source.
 In reading the letters of General Wood- ward find that he refers to the belief which has obtained among many that the Indians were the descendants Of the lost tribes of Israel. and that the name of our State came from A-ho-li-bam-ah. one of the many wives of the deluded Esau. By the elision of one syllable inc name remains almost exactly as we use It. and this is taken as proof of the identity of our Indians with the scattered Hebrews. -hese same iost tribes" have been lost and found In SC many places that we are not at all sur prised to have them turn up on this con- tinent, and many pages have been written to prove the identity of the two peoples
 but, as Woodward remarks: '1t would
 be as easy to prove that such tribes never existed, and much easier to prove that they dwindled away among those
 Eastern nations that so frequently helt
 them in bondage, than to prove that any
 thing found in the native Indian is char
 acteristic Of the Jews" I really do no
 think Esau's wife had anything to d'
 with christening our State. And whil
 speaking of Woodward I am reminde'
 that he states that he had asked Colone Benjamin Hawkins, the learned 1ndial agent, about the word. and that Hawkin told him he could never learn anything from the Creeks about 1t. The lat Judge Hefiin. who had an extensiv' | knowledge of Indian history and tradi | tion, believed in their Jewish origin. ant | that the name Alabama may have conn l from Alebima.t which, he said. was thu | name of Jobs wife. I do not knov | where he learned that this was the nam | of the patient old patriarch's wife, bu | she too, Is too far off in time and plac | to have any responsibility in the matter | Judge Hefiin was much among the Creek | in his younger days, and had devote' | considerable time to a study of their Ian 1 guage and fer this reason l have give l him as one of the believers in the lewis | theory. Still I do not consider tha they have ever made out very stron l case. f.'
 | Professor Meek seems to have bee 1 of the opinion that our word Hillabe ] was originally Alaba, and that the ad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
MOntgOmery'S People and
 Events Before the war
(Continued from Page Twelve9

the Supreme Court library preparing briefs and arguments in the numerous cases in which he was interested before
 In inc memorable days of 1860, Gov ernor Watts canvassed Alabama as an elector at large for Bell and and Everett on on a platform declaring for "Ihe ConStitof St uf tn" tiU,'' laws" ' He was passionatelv devoted to the Union, but belonged to the States Rights wing of the Whig Party ana when MT. Lincoln was elected, he declar- cd for secession. He was chosen as deleeate to the convention which met early in January, 1881. The record of 1,,,I his esrly tiTay eq entered red the Confederate service, highest authority, President Days VII, wno faleu tion of ''' Attorney General. The call of the people of Alahama, to hecome tnnlr tnelr Chief Executive in 1S63. was so strong