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Dixie "

Dan Emmett, the old-time min
strel who wrote Dixie" is dead at
the age of eighty-nine years. Like
many another whose fame has re-
suited from the sport of chance,
mighty few people knew that he was
living until he died"
Dixie was written under compuI-
sion. Emmett belonged to a New
York minstrel company, and under
his contract he was obliged to furnish
an original song whenever the man
ager demanded it. One Saturday
night the demand came, and on Sun
day Emmett wrote the words and mu-
sic to Dixie" 1t truly referred to
the South, as Emmett himself has
testified often, the tale that a resort
near New York known as 'Dix's''
was meant being pure fiction.
All this occurred during the winter
Of 1859. The lively tune made a
passing hit in New York, but as soon
as the South heard it in New Orleans
the air was caught up by the populace
and spread like wildfre. It was
taken to the battlefelds, and there
established as the war song of the
COnfederacy.
The extraordinary thing about
Dixie" is that, unlike every other
war song of the period, it has sur
vived sectional prejudice. Let a band
or theater orchestra in the North
strike up its lively measures, and
spontaneous applause will greet them
even as in the South. The spirit of
Dixie" is irresistible.
Moreover, unlike the officially rec
ognized tunes to which the words of
The Star-Spangled Banner" and My
Country, 'Tis of Thee" are set,
Dixie" is exclusively United States
music. May there not be something
worth while in the suggestion of the
Alabama Daughters OF the Confeder-
acy that Dixie" is worthy of words
which shall represent the whole
Union?
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HARMON A CANDIDATE
AND IN FIGHT TO STAY
Friends at Work to Prevent Stampede
Of Ohio to Parker or Any
Other.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. July Judge
JudsOn Harmon, Attorney General under
Cleveland. has returned home from tho
East. and at once conferred with a
7 TIMBER of Democratic leaders. Regard
ing his candidacy for the Democratic
Presidential nomination Harmon was
adverse to talking. but he said:
The report that 1 saw Mr.. Cleveland
is not true. But while in New York 1
did run across some Of the delegates 10
St Louis, and some other Democratic
leaders. 1 am very much gratifled with
tic manner in which the people all over
the country are discussing my name
am especially thankful 10 the people
Of Cincinnati and Ohio for what they
have said"
The most important move yet made by
friends of Judge Harmon was made yes
terGay when local leaders announced
theil determination to prevent, If pos
sible, any stampede Of the Ohio dele
gates from Harmon TO Parker or 10
any other candidate. Word was sent
10 the delegates all over the State. re-
que sting them not to allow themselves
&c be stampeded The announcement
Was the first formal notice that Judge
harmon was to be in the fight TO the
finish.
When the Judge was informed that thu
news was given out at his headquar-
tiers chat his friends were determined
TO put w an aggressive campaign for the
Presidential nomination without regard
10 the desires of any other candidate,
the judge said:
i guess we may as well stand by
the flag. | do not know what has been
going on since ! went away. II my can
dldacy were not announced now, my
position would not be understood. That
Is what nv friends tell me-
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Doodle in st. Louis.

According to the voluntary confess
sion Of Charles A Gutke. of the no
torious gang of ST. Louis boodlers.
there is hardly a corporation in the
city of st. Louis of $3.50, O0G and over
that has not either been held up for
bride money or that has not bought
official action from the combine in the
house Of delegates"
Without doubt there will be found
means to convict the men who were
responsible for this wholesale tax
ing Of bribes-S3O,OOO on the Subur-
ban Loop bill, $4,000 on the Belt Line
bill, the same on the Union Avenue
bill, $4,000 on the Central Traction
bill, according TO Gutke
That is well. But how about the
companies which paid the money and
are even now profting by their lille
gally secured privileges? How about
the officers Of these companies, who
found it profitable 10 experd thou
sands of dollars in order to secure
favorable legislation? Are none of
these to suffer? Are the givers of
brides to escape Jail? Are they to re-
tain the privileges bought by corrupt
ing the peoples representatives?
There are two sides 10 the passing
OF every bribe-the side which gives
the bride and the side which takes it.
The moral responsibility for the evil
OF bribing is equally divided between
these two sides. Public opinion. how
ever, has way Of being satisfied with
the punishment of one side, with the
punishment of the man who was
tempted and fell, while it ignores the
man who did the tempting and who
profted far more by the transaction.
BY dealing out impartial justice to
the tempters as well as TO the tempt
ed, St Louis has a grand opportuni-
~ 10 promote an important reform,
to present an impressive example to
other municipalities, and 20 offer a
suggestive warning 10 all bribers.
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FRIDAY. JULY !, 1904.
The Democratic Situation.

The latest compilation of the pref
erences Of delegates to the Democrat
&c National Convention, which will
meet in st. Louis next week, shows
the following interesting condition:
Instructed for Parker, 270; favorable
to Parker, 465; instructed for Hearst,
146; favorable TO Hearst, 200; in
structed for "favorite sons" 146;
doubtful, 1S3
Under the traditional Democratic
two-thirds rule, it will take 663 votes
to nominate. Parker, therefore, will
go into the convention with slightly
less than one-half the delegates. while
Hearst will be so far short of having
the third of the delegates, the possess
sion of which would enable him to
make considerable trouble, as to be
practically unimportant. With the
fall Of Hearst, it is likely that the in
fluence of Bryan will decline to the
vanishing point
On the face, therefore, the returns
declare the probability of the nomi-
nation Of Parker, though not on the
first ballot. But it must be taken
into consideration that if his nominal
ton be not accomplished on the sec
Ond or at latest on the third ballot.
his chances will be decidedly weak
ened.
Parker is candidate with nc
strong personal following. Indeed. he
has some very powerful enemies in
his own State, and there has been
quietly working against him for many
days ring of experienced politicians
who are not in the habit of doing
things which do not count in the re-
suit. Consequently, should Parker
fail to gain the prize after the second
or third ballot the threatened dark
horse" is likely to appear in the lime.
light. 1t may be Judge Gray, of Del
aware, or it may be Mayor McClel
Ian, of New York.
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The Prohibition PartU.

By flank movement. followed by
a mastery retreat, General Miles sue
ceeded in avoiding the ambuscade of
the Prohibition party and thus es-
capped forceful nomination at their
hands as candidate for the Presiden-
cy Of the United States The man
who viii bear the white ribbon ban
ner before the people is Silas c. SwaI-
low, Of Pittsburg. Pa. eloquently de-
scribed by Chairman Wolfenbarger
as that grand old citizen"
On the matter Of platform the con
vention was divided into two factions
the Narrow Gauge" which wanted
a single plank on the evil of the
liquor traffic, and the virtue Of the
prohibition method Of dealing with II.
and the Broad Gauge" which
thought woman suffrage and other
things ought to have a place in the
official statement of the party. The
two factions wrangled in committee
all night and came before the conven-
ton with majority and minority re-
ports. In the shuttle woman suffrage
dropped completely out of sight.
The platform is decidedly broad
gagged for a prohibition document
II, Of course, declares for the annihi-
lation Of the liquor traffic by law
Then It states that these principles
are fundamental: The impartial en-
fOrcement of all law; the safeguard
ing of the peoples rights by the mp
plication Of the principles OF justice
TO all combinations and organizations
Of capital and labor; the protection
Of every citizen in every place in all
rights guaranteed by law
1t fayors placing the tariff question
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GOODWIN SMITH SAYS
It WILL Be CLEVELAND
Professor Thinks He Will Be Nomi-
mated and May Be
Elected.

TORONTO. Ontario. July lin. the
course Of an interview Prof. Goodwin
Smith sand he had reason to believe that
Grover Cleveland would be nominated
for President of the United States at
the Democratic convention, and in that
case the professor believed ne stood a
very fair chance OF being elected.
I think" remarked Prof. Smith, lit
would be a good thing for the United
States as it would mean tariff reform,
and would be a decided set back to inn
pcriaIism, now so marked I'm the foreign
policy of republic"
Although he had no explicit infoTma-
ton on the subject and was aware
that there was a general belief that
President Roosevelt would be reelected.
Pref. Smith was OF the opinion that
there was decided movement in the
States in the direction OF tariff re-
form.
4 suppose" he continued, ''the Repub-
.iCcns, who are against tariff reform
as a party. would not have made the
concession which appears in their plat
1Orni unless they had realized there was
a tendency toward II with which they
had TO reckon. True, II Is a slight con-
| CesSion. but IT must be taken as a sig
iniflcant indication that public opinion Is
setting in that direction
Would Mt. Cleveland command sup
port of the Democratic party as a
i think" replied the professor. IF he
secures the nomination the party will
fall into line and accord him loyal and
substantially united support No doubt
William J. Bryan would bolt him, but
he would bolt anybody.
Il consider the silver issue 10 BE-
dead. and that 1t Will play no part fl
/ thi. election
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h'LEAA PUTS AN END
TO CAMPAIGN ROhANCES
Has Not Discussed Comparative Value
Of Candidates" With German
or Anyone Else

The New York Sun published tins
morning an alleged statement from John
R Mclean. in the course of which Nj.
Mclean is quoted as follows:
We talked over the situation at
Tuesdays meeting in my library said
Mr.. Mclean 10 a friend. referring TO
the conference between himself, Sena-
tor German. ex-senator Smith OF New
Jersey. and Colonel Guffey Of Pittsburg.
in this city last Tuesday
/ told these gentlemen that CIeve-
land is the best vote-getter in the
Democratic party. is the most popular
Democrat in the United ST. ties and the
only man who has a ghost q a show TO
beat Roosevelt
As Cleveland cannot turn colder
shoulder TO ne than Roosevelt, and as I
am anxious to see the party win, re-
gardless Of personalities, 1 think CIeve-
lana should be nominated. I believe the
convention at St. Louis will reach the
same conclusion. The gentlemen al the
conference agreed with ne that Cleve-
land was the strongest man in the
PARTY
MI Mclean was asked by a reporter
for The Times either 20 affirm the story
or deny it. His reply was coTprehen-
sive.
y have never had any such inter
! view he S1id. with anyone. Up 20
This time I have seen no newspaper men
and I have authorized no statement as
TO the comparative value of any Candl-
dates
1t is true I met ex-senator German,
Colonel Guffcy, cX-SenatOT Smith. eX-
Senator James X Jones. and others.
But we did not discuss candidates. on
the contrary, we talked of nothing else
than the preliminary organization OF the
St. Louis convention. We were al
members OF the national committee. We
desired to exchange views as 20 the
temporary craftsmanship. and among
those mentioned was Representative
/ Iohn Sharp Williams. The story that
We talked Of Cleveland. Parker, Nc
Clellan. and other candidates, IS en-
tirely false
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in the hands of a commission, the
election of United States Senators by
the people, honest administration of
the civil service laws, the recognition
of the fact that the right of suffrage
should depend upon the mental and
moral qualifications of the citizen, in
ternational arbitration, and reformed
divorce laws.
With a campaign fund of $4,000,
and the euphonious and harmonious
ticket of Swallow and Carroll" the
Prohibition party goes before the
people. 1t probably will not go very
far. which makes all the more patent
the pity that some of its excellent
principles" are not more prominent
in the practical politics of the old
parties
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III THE CITYS MARKET PLACES

Lean. and listen; lean and listen;
From your easement DER the street,
To that army's Fastening feet
Hurrying through the stony spaces
OF the city's market places.
Eager lips and eyes that gl!sten.
Hearts alight with lust and longing.
Drive ten thousand footsteps thronginc
Through the drcary. stony spaces
81 the city's market places.
Hear and ponder: hear and ponder;
At your easement DER the street.
As that armys hurrying feet
Chatter in = myriad races
Through the city's mar.5et places.
Can thc souls that live thus squaucer
Pushing, TRUSTING, crowdlne. striving.
Win - God by deathbed shrivirr.
when their feet fail the races.
Through the arid. stony places
Of the city's market places.
Charles Z. Kingsley.
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Green Furniture.

A woman in a New Jersey town
found not long ago, much to her sur
prise, that a new table which she had
bought was beginning 10 sprout.
Twigs were appearing on one of the
legs, and are now growing from the
top. The table is a curiosity.
Unfortunately, sprouting tables and
chairs are not likely 10 be so much of
a curiosity IN the next twenty-five
years as they are now, If the furni-
ture companies do not stop using un-
seasoned wood. Much OF our modern
furniture is made in this same fash
ion, and that is why your chairs get
rickety and your tables go TO pieces,
While the old grandfathers chair,
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SOUTHERN STATES
TURN TO CLEVELAND
Negro Republican Platform Plank Given
as the Reason-0nly Hope OF
His Party.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. July IN. w. Con
verify. one of the best-known newspaper
men in the South. In an interview here.
declares that since the Republican party
has put the negro plank in its platform
Cleveland is the only hope of the Demo-
cratic party. He says further:
The South needs a Democrat in the
executive chair for the moral effect il
would have on the negro. Consequently
the South will take TO Cleveland In pref
eTence to Roosevelt most kindly. The
entire party Is harmcnized In the person
OF CIevtl land. and with harmony a vie
tory is not only possible But quite prob
able.
Cleveland Is the man and the Demo
Gratis will make a mistake If they nomi-
nate anyone but him"
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MINNESOTA DiSCORD
MAY END IN A BOLT
Republican State Convention at Odds
and Democrats are
Happy.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, July 1.-The Repub-
Hcan state convention met here yester-
day. There is possibility Of a bolt
similar to that in Wisconsin
The credentials committee was in ses-
sion last night. The convention adjourn
ed tIu 9 O'Clock this morning
The contest Is on governor. the can
didates being Supreme Court Judge Col
Inns and former state Auditor Dunn.
The factions are about equally divided.
Finding themselves OUtnumbered, the
Dunn advocates started ten county con-
tests.
II is these contests which the StGte
convention Is called on to settle. A bolt
MAJ cause Minnesota to go Democratic
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THOMAS F. WALSH
TOURING COLORADO
Millionaire Takes Outing
in Big Automobile.
YEATMAN PIANO RECITAL
Secretary Adee Returns From Bicycle
Trip Through Several Coun-
tries of Europe.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh are
now in Denver. Col, where they have
as their guest, Miss Flora Wilson.
daughter Of the Secretary of AgricuI-
tuTe, who accompanied them there from
the Chicago convention.
Mr.. Walsh, accompanied by Miss VIII
son and his son. will leave Denver for
Colorado Springs in an automobile to-
Gay, while Mrs. Walsh and her daughter
VIII follow by rail, the entire party in
tending 10 spend some time at the
springs, making frequent rips over the
| State in their touring car
A piano recital will be given at the
Washington Club this evening at S
O'Clock by the pupils of Miss Yeatman,
assisted by Miss Edna Doe, soprano
Miss Mary Cook, viollnist and Miss
Lillian Pearson. accompanist.
Second Assistant Secretary of State
Alvey a. Adee will reach Washington
from his annual bicycle tour of Europe
today. Mr.. Adee was Joined in Europe
by his family.
Col. and Mrs Green Clay Goodloe
have opened their country home, Wood
reYe, in Maryland.
Mrs. Roswell Randall Hoes. wife Of
Chaplain Hoes. of the Navy. has taken
q cottage at Cape May with her mother
and sister, Mrs. s. L. Gouveueur and
Miss GOuYeneur
Mrs. Henry Churchill Cardee will
leave Washington tomorrow and spend
July in Connecticut with friends before
going 20 the White Mountains to re-
main until fall.
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DAM OF DEAD BODIES
FREED BY ARTILLERY

LONDON. July lit is stated from an
anti-Turkish source that the victims of
The recent Armenian masSacres num-
bcrcd nearly G,0O0 instead of 5000
At the village Of AShbi the number
OF persons killed were so many that
their bodies. which were thrown from
q bridge. damned the river. which the
Turks freed by firing artillery into the
heaps of corpses.
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In his recent New York speech. Bryan
did the rest. and Wolferts Roost and
EsOpus may perhaps already be recon-
signed to the department Of antiquities.
Hope of Reorganization.
Could the elusive Bryan ever be pin
toned down to the candidacy Of any man
of prominence of the real conservative
or even middle-of-the-road type-to use
the Populistic designation more familiar
to the crstwhile peerless leader" Of
the last two campaigns-there might be
something doing in a hurry But
double disaster has not yet reconcilcd
him to a change Of view. and from all
appearances he courts a third CORRIDOR
ative verdict from the American people.
Cleveland's position has left no doubt
OF his desire 10 profit by experience and,
unlike Bryan, he belie.-cs in making
progress by building up. instead OF tear
ing down. He would find a man with
good points, rather than dissect one
solely with the idea cf finding bad
points.
A Dark Horse Candidate.
Developments of the past few days
increase the probability that Cleveland
himself may be the candidate who viii
be brought before the convention at the
proper time, when ParlSer's and Bryan's
strength has been discovered.
Whoever the dark horse may be. he
Will be hailed as a compromise" can
didate in the interests Of party har-
mony He is sure TO be termed an "ac-
cepta BILE" man. not labeled with any
particular trademark. as Parker has
been. but backed by other interests
which represent the conservative ele-
ment even though they would not pose
as straight out-and-out Cleveland fol-
lowers.
A Brace of BIZ Leaders.
This view is encouraged by the sig
nifcant fact that. while Bryan and
Hearst are as a faction apart, and Par
ker has the other big slice of the dele
gates. the outside forces count in their
combination five able leaders in the
great and politically important States
Of New York. New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland. Ohio. and West vir-
ginia.
AS political factors in these States
much may be expected from Leader
Murphy. of Tammany Hall. ex-senator
James Smith. Jr-, Col. James II GufIey.
John R Mclean. and Senator A P
German. Even with only a slight ac-
quaintance with their abilities in cumu-
lative form. anyone would say they are
a fine hand 70 draw to in any political
bluff game
What they will be able to do viii in
all probability be enough 10 make Hill
( think of the good old days when he
was a power in New York State and
I turn Bryan's thoughts away from the
| ingratitude Of political parties 10 the
sylvan delights of his farm. with the
blooded heifer and the incubators Of
htgh-grade poultry.
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which came down in the family from
1775, is still hard and sound.
The virtue of the old-time furniture
was mostly in the seasoning of the
wood. though the careful and thor
Ough work of the carpenter had some
thing to do with it. We are a care
less generation.
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WOULD ENTERTAIN ROYALTY.

CHICAGO. July Mayor Harrison
has written a letter to King Oscar of
Sweden and Norway. asking him To-
honor Chicago with visit from a mem
Der of the royal family.
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The defenders of the present system
of celebrating the Fourth of July will
doubtless argue that 1t is entirely sound
and C0nsOEant with business interests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-01

Alfred Austin says that the harder
time a poet has the better it IS for
him. Does Mr.. Austin intend to insinu-
ate that he Knows anything about the
effect Of petJing on poetry?
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Mr. Hearst remarks that he supported
Cleveland three times for the Presidency
and thinks that Is enough. Evidently
the editor has been studying the literary
style Of the Delphic oracle.
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Ex-senator Jones. Democratic national
chairman. says that Bryan will not bolt
II Parker Is nominated. This will be sad
news for the safe and sane Democ-
racy."
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Those women who formed part Of
bowling New Jersey mob have no reason
to be proud Of themselves, but they
doubtless feel that they are perfect
ladies and did a refined and genteel
act, suitable for the best society.
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CALIFORNIAN WEBS
MRS. MARIE MARYE

Mr.. Marie d. M2rye. widow OF the
late Col. w. A. Marye. l. s A, Who
vos in command Of the arsenal at Old
Point Comfort. Va, number OF years.
was married on Wednesday, at Berlin.
Germany. TO George T. Maryc the rnul-
tl-millionairc capitalist of California.
and only brother Of her late husband.
Colonel MaTye
They expect TO reside in Washington
on their return 10 America. Mrs Marve
aid her sister. Mrs. DOye. have been
travelling abroad the past year
Mrs. Lulu Byrd Mallory. of Lawrence
Vile Va, ana Paac Emil Spatie, of the
same place. were married yesterday af-
tCnoOn N the parlOrs Of the ST James
Hotel in this city
among tn" friends who came frnro
Virginia to attend the wedding we're
Mrs. Percy Creath and Miss Susyc
Cr"atE, Of Richmond. Va; Miss Virr!uj,
Short. Of IIwTerceyillc (the latter q
SISTER OF the BRIDE: {. y. Burgess and
L W DCvie, Of Lawrenceviiie. The
party Will remain IN the city "a couDte
Of days sightseeing Mr. and Mrs
spatE viii leave for st. Louis today.
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Points in Paragraphs.

The estate Of Henry NJ. Stanley ag-
gregates a quarter OF a million, an
other proof that advertising pays.
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Marsc Henry Watterson laments that
the raconteurs are dying out. but he is
mistaken. II is only the old gentle
men who tell the same story over forty
nine times in the same company, pro-
vided there are no ladies present And
they can be spared
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The unkissed son Of Elijah III. Dowie,
says that it is not a reporters privilege
70 speak 20 him. Well, no; it could hard
~ be regarded as a privilege.