Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-07


ley declared Substitute notion car !
ried. which created much contention |
The Parks motion finally carried, by |
A vote of 81 to AZ. The first test vote
came up on who should name the com
mlttee from Eagle county and was car |
ried by the Wolcott followers. The
committee then adjourned at ) o.
clock to give the credential commit
tee time to report. The report rec
cmmended the unseating of one anti
committeeman from Eagle and was
adopted Then followed long dis
cussion on propositions aubmitted by
the "antis." (os outlined Ia Saturday
dispatches).
On motion of Judge Orr OF Colorado
Springs the srti pre- position to hold
new primaries was turned down by
declaring the Lowry convention OF
last week leGal, and the matter OF
compromise left To the warning fac
tions.
A number of changes were made in
the rules governing the party. the
most important being one permitting
majority OF the state central com
mittee to Sec ? contesting delegation
for roll call Heretofore the rule has
provided for two-thilds majority.
While a II majority of the committee is
empowered to seat contesting dele
CATION TO take part la the temporary
organization. the delegates thus ad-
mitted however. cannot vote on their
own contestants. A. Il. Bent of Prov
ers county was selected as vice chair
man in case of absence or failure of
Farley to act
Friday, May 9Th, was selected as
the time and Denver the place of
holding the convention for the selec-
tion OF six delegates to Chicago.
The following resolutions were
unanimously passed:
Resolved, That the Republicans OF
Colorado are heartily and earnestly
| in favor of the nomination of Theo-
dore Roosevelt for president of the
United States;
Resolved. That the time has come
| for the great west and south to de-
| mand recognition at the hands of the
national Republican convention and
that these vast interests can best be
conserved by the party conceding to
| the west second place on the ticket for
| 1904. Colorado heartily presents for
the vice presidency Hon. John w.
| Springer of Denver. who is well known
in every western state and territory
as preeminently fitted to fill this po-
sition with honor. ability and conserv-
atism and we earnestly urge his nom
inatlon with New Yorks favorite son,
| Hon. Theodore Roosevelt"
Former Lieut.. Gov Smith offered a
| resolution endorsing the administra-
ton OF Gov. Peabody. especially the
maintaining of law and order, the
same passing by a full vote.
| DENVER, April 4--The second con,
gressional committee at the meeting
Saturday afternoon decided to hold the
convention to select Two delegates to
Chicago at Glenwood Springs, leaving
the date blank, but to be held not
more than four days in advance of
the state convention. This will prob
ably make the date Tuesday or We'd
nesday.
The congressional convention will
select two delegates at large and two
afternates to the national convention
and will recommend a candidate for
congress from the second congression-
al district and will appoint a commit
tee To place in nomination the candi-
date recommended and file the same
as required by law.
The committee to place in nomina-
to comply with the law as the con
vention will be held.
| WASHINGTON. April i.-William
Morrison OF Lexington. Ky, the mis-
sionary at Luebo, Congo Free State,
today follows up his recent petition to
the state department for interference
there with specific charges against
King Leopold of Belgium. He says:
Slave trading is being systemati-
cally carried on in the Congo Free
State by the State. In my district
perhaps two-thirds of the people are
slaves caught in the interior and
brought down for sale. can buy
slaves at Luebo any day for from $40
| to SIS each. One of our missionaries
found that the government demands
enormous tribute of rubber, ivory and
slaves. When the people are unable
to pay they are shot down. The mis-
sionaries saw at one camp 81 human
hands driving over a fire. The chief
in charge say they would be taken to
the Belgium officials to prove he had
not wasted cartridges
NEW YORK, April Mrs. A. d.
Wilkinson, wife of Paterson, n j.
mill worker. has brought suit for a
divorce on the ground that her hus-
band persists in smoking a pipe, there
| by causing her much mental and ply
sical anxiety, She claims that tobac-
co smoke is obnoxious to her through
hereditary weakness and makes her
deathy i'll.
SALT LAKE, Utah, April 4-Three
boys, Walter Bushnell. Joseph Hlll and
archie Mcbride. left their homes in
Provo yesterday for days outing in
the canon. They carried powder and
cartridges in their pockets, Along
with the powder in their pockets they