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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-12
Spark. from the Wires,

The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Home National Bank,
Eureka, Kan, to begin business with a
capital of $4,000.
Lynn o. De Larhmutt, real estate
broker, aged 10, committed suicide in
Washington by shooting. He left moth
ing to show why he committed the act.
The Navy Department is planning to
utilize wireless telegraphy to send out
frcsa the key West station at noon each
day the ball time given by the weather
bureau. By this plan captains of vessels
within the radius of the station can
regulate their thermometers as well as
though ashore.
Homer Moran, aged IS years. was
drowned in the Walnut river at Winfield,
Kan. while boat riding. Esley Hall,
who was with him in the boat narrowly
escaped, and chung TO a limb for four
hours before he was rescued. The boat
vas capsized by driftwood striking it.
Grief over the loss Of his potato crop
through the receipt aood. caused j. W.
Kindred. a farmer near Cleveland, .. T.,
10 commit suicide by seYering mis- jusnlag
vein with a razor.
Joseph Rocker, a brakeman on the Mo
Pherson branch. was killed in Salins,
Kan. 10y being canght between two ears
while making a coupling. Rocker Fad
been a brakeman on the Mcpherson
branch since the road was built.
William J. Stewart fell from the top
OF a 30-foot windmill at his home sSuth-
east of Arkansas City. Kan. and rsceiy-
ell injuries which caused his death. Stew
art was repairing the windmill when he
lost his balance.
Very heavy rains in various portions OF
Kansas caused the creeks and rivers to
rise rapidly. and in many places overflow
their banks. doing great damage 10 prop
erty and crops.
Elsey MacHenry Train. son OF
George Francis Train. has taken steps TO
bring suit II Omaha for the recovery Of
property claimed To be worth S2o,ts,0,-
600.
St. johns Military School OF Salina.
Kan. Won the pennant 4or the best
drilleJ cadet company ercanped on the
worlds fair grounds I've Missouri
State University cadets we're placed next
hy the coulmutee selected to decide the
contest last week
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A feature of the first day was the
demonstration over the mention of the
name of Grover Cleveland by John
Sharp Williams, temporary chairman,
in his address. Mr.. Williams declared
that it was brazen effrontery for the
Republican party to attempt to seize
the laurels of Grover Cleveland. An
outburst of applause followed. Cheer
after cheer rolled through the hall,
and although the chairman used the
gavel vigorously the convention was
soon beyond his control. New Hamp-
shire delegates climbed upon their
seats and yelled vigorously. One
member of the Iowa delegation stood
I'D and waved his hat frantically and
a wild chorus answered him. Three
cheers for Grover Cleveland! shout
ed an Alabama delegate, and they
came with genuine power and en-
thusiasm.
The 600 delegates in the big con-
yentiOn hall were backed by an equal
number of alternates. Nearly all the
living leaders Of the party, past and
present. were there. Around them,
over them and mingling with them
Were 5000 spectators, who crowded
the hall from pit to dome.
Long before the doors of the st.
Louis Coliseum swung open for the as
sembling of the Democratic national
convention vast crowds thronged the
streets in the vicinity of the main en-
trance to the building. In the surging
line were men and women and visiting
political organizations, eagerly seeking
entrance. Those who had charge Of
the distribution of the tickets of admis-
sion had been deluged with requests
for them, bee aS cards were provided
only TO the extent of the seating ca
pacity Of the hall, many persons were
disappointed.
The decoration OF the convention hall
was undertaken on q most elaborate
scale and the pleasing and effective
general scheme was carried out to the
minute details The great dome cell
ing which rises high above the floor
was covered with fabric of solid vel
low, with here and there fiounces OF a
white material carrying out the archi-
tectural design. Within each of the
sections Of the ceiling was the seal of
one of the States and stand of colors,
while in front of the gallery spaces
were festoons of white cloth. The
walls were adorned with tho national
emblems, forming frame for the co
losSal color picture overhead. Flowers
were eliminated from the scheme.
With the exception OF the bouquets on
the tables on the ehairmans platform.
plants and blossoms were not in evil
dence, preference having been given
Dy the designers to moro enduring dec
orative materials.
The great hall is an immense am
phitheater admirably arranged for 8
national convention and especially ar
ranged that all available room may
be utilized TO the greatest possible ad
vantage. Those charged with the pre-
parations evidently grasped the situa
lion. The accommodations for the gen
eraI public and especially for tht
press. were much more complete thar
fhey were at the Chicago convention
being the best for the press that hav'
ever been provided at national con
yention, every facility for the reporting
OF the proceediisgs and the prompt dis
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pat IA of tae news to the world at larg
beng afforded.

pat of TIC news to the world at large
beng afforded
The participants in the convention
proceedings occupied positions on the
main floor, which formed an ellipse,
the chairnan's platform, with ample
seating capacity. rising at the center
iii the roar. The section allotted to the
delegates was directly in front of this
platform. A large standard-a red,
white and blue disk-desig nates the To-
cation of the various delegations by
States, and, incidentally, added to the
attractivomess Of the spectacle On
either side of the delegates position
provision was made for the alternates,
the press seats being located on the
immediate sides of the chairman's plrt-
form.
+ Directly opposite the platform and
in the rear of the delegates was a
stand where band of thirty pieces
played throughout the convention, fill
ing in the gaps with stirring music.
The platform and band stand were dec
grated in harmony with the whole
scheme, the nations emblem predomi-
mating.
The galleries encircled the ellipse.
the seats rising in tiers. Seats on the
platform and one section of the gallery
Immediately in its rear was reserved
for Governors. members of Congress.
Mayors of cities and others of distin-
guished prominence in the party.
The big hall filled slowly previous to
the call to order. The hall lost the
| appearance of immensely to large ex-
tent because of the great buff canopy
that hid the roof from view. Illinois
New York, Pennsylvania and Michi
gan were best favored in positions
New York. Pennsylvania and Michigan
are directly in front of the chairman
and Illinois was a little to the left OF
the chairman as he faced them and
only six rows back. Massachusetts
Jared the worst of any of the great
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migrating News Items.

J. r. Simpson, a retired merchant Of
Yolton, Kan. and brother Of former
Congressman Jerry Simpson, died in Hol-
ton.
Ben Morris and Clyde Beaver, work
men on the Rock Island bridge at To
peka. fell from a scaffod and were
drowned.
Chester Harmon, years old. whose
parents reside near Cashion, o. r.. fell
into the wheat bin in the elevator at
Piedmont, o. T.. and smothered 70 death
before help arrived.
The Secretary OF the Interior has ap-
proved the application Of the board OF
trustees OF the Columbian university Of
Washington TO change the name Of that
institution 10 George Washington uni
versity.
Two children Of Woriey Ellis. Herald,
aged 3. and Maud, Is months. were kill
ed, and third, Violet aged > years. ia
tally injured by switch engine in the
Burlington yards az Ainsworth. Neb.
Edward VOtaIl. a farm hand employed
by john Sanders. eight miles southwest
OF Lawrence Kan, committed suicide in
his employers barn by shooting himself
through the head. He had shown indi-
cations Of insanity for some time.
Orley r. Stretch. years old. was
drowned near Mashan. @. T., BIZ falling
into a creek. His little brother, who
was with him. did not realize the dan
ger. and it was some time before he told
his mother that Orley had fallen in"
The marriage Of Miss Leishman,
daughter OF the American minister 10
Turkey, TO Count Louis de Gantaut-
Biron. was q h0table event in American
aud French social circles.
Judge Carpenter Of the Circuit Court
in Denver. Colo. has decided that every
prisoner has the ritAt to a change Of
venue on demand TIE decision was
rendered in election fraud cases.
New Jersey Supreme Court. In the
case Of the Spiral Rivet Tube Company
set aside q contract sanctioned By ma
jority OF the directors Of the company
acting separately, holding that 10 be legal
action must be taken at a regular called
meeting OF such directors.
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of PENNSYLVANIA strobe in closely be-
hind the Philippine dag and was heart
lily eheered.
When the banner Of California went
down the aisle the Hearst men from
the ueighborhood OF the Golden Gate
broke into great cheering for their can
didate. A moment later there was
BRYAN demonstration. David B. Hill
was cheered when recognized.
The convention opened with Judge
Alton B. Parker seemingly the choice
of a majority of the delegates for Pres
ident. and a strong likelihood that not
more than one ballot would be neces-
sary to choose Democrats standard
bearer. But there was a hard hight IN
both the committee on resolutions and
credentials. Former Senator George
Turner, of Washington State. at the
opening of the convention. seemed TO
lead ali Corners for the vice presiden-
tial nomination The platform as
drawn up by John Sharp Williams.
had withstood the searching scrutiny
Of party leaders.
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
st. Louis Correspondent &c:

St. Louis Correspondence:
With commendable promptness, Jas
x. Jones, chairman of his party's ma
tional committee, called the Democrat
ic national convention of 1904 to order
at noon Wednesday. Prayer was Of
fered by the Rev. john f. Cannon of
the Grand Avenue Presbyterian
Church of St Louis
With a brief address, following the
offering of prayer. Chairman Jones in
troduced the temporary chairman of
the convention Congressman John
Sharp Williams, of Mississippi. AS
this man, the leader of the Democracy
in the House of Congress. was escort
ed to the platform, the uproar was
deafening. He was to sound the key
note of the campaign of 1924. and the
throng gave him a tremendous oya-
ton
Then Congressman Williams began
the address that sounded the FIST
trumpet call of the Democratic cam
paign of 1901 After attacking Secre-
tary Roots speech as temporary chair
man of the Republican national con
vention. Mr.. Williams turned his at
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tention to the Republican platform.
Williams speech dealt with practi-
cally all of the live issues. He spoke
at length on the money question,
avoiding all pitfalls by attacking the
Republican claim to full credit for all
financial policies. He laid the blame
for the panic of 1898 at the door of
the Republican party and also for the
present high prices. He spoke against
Imperialism and militarism, attacked
the policy of President Roosevelt,
voiced strong opposition to trusts, de-
clared the interstate commerce con-
mission useless and laid extravaganza
expenditures to the government.
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From the ice-cappcd mountain peaks
OF Alaska to the torrid jungles of the
Philippines. and from Maine on the
extreme northeast to California on the
west and Porto Rico on the south, tie,
delegates came. In fact, all ends C
the earth were called on to help name
a presidential candidate. There We're
996 delegates according to early calcu-
lations. requiring 6G4 votes to nomi-
nate, according to the two-thirds rule.
The full representation of each State
and territory in the convention was to
be as named below. Hawaii and Alas
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ka had, as before, six delegates each.
Porto Rico sent six delegates. The ap-
pOrtiODment of delegates follows:

There were about 200 contested seats
in the convention. AS result the COM
mittee on credentials had plenty of
work to do. Then came the fight on
the platform and other preliminaries.
The first national nominating con-
vention ever held in the United States
was held in Baltimore. 1t was Dem
ocratic convention, and it is a remark
able fact that every President the
Democratic party has ever elected, be-
ginning with Jackson, except Buchan-
an and Cleveland, were nominated in
that city. This first convention was in
1882, when Andrew Jackson was in
dorsed by the Democratic party for re-
election. The party members of the
Legisla lures of various States had al
ready named Jackson as their choice
for the presidency. II was mainly to
select a candidate for Vice President
that the convention met.
The Two-Thirds Rule.
The rule requiring the vote of two
thirds of the Democratic conventions
for the nomination of candidates YVES
adopted at the very beginning, and has
continued to the present time. One
great objection which was urged
against nomination by national con-
vention was the danger that those
States which could not possibly give
any electoral votes TO the Democratic
candidate might control majority of
the delegates and so force the nomina-
ton of an unavailable candidate. 1t
was to counteract this danger that the
two-thirds rule was adopted. The ex-
act meaning of this rule has never
been formally settled. Whethe. 1t re-
quires twO-thirds of all the delegates
admitted or only two-thirds of those
present to make the nomination Is still
an open question. In 1860 both the
Democratic conventions adopted the
rule for those conventions that the
votes of two-thirds of those present
should be sufficient to make a nomina-
ton. Under the congressional COM
mittee plan of nominating, States
which elected no Democratic members
of Congress had no voice in making
the nominations.
The Baltimore convention of 1882
not only adopted the two-thirds rule.
but fixed the plan of representation
which prevails at the present time,
and was subsequently adopted by the
Wing party and lateC by the Republic
cans. That rule was that eecn State
should be entitled 70 - number Of
votes equal to the number to which
they will be entitled in the electoral
colleges, ana that two-thirds Of the
whole number of votes in the conyen-
ton shall be necessary to constitute q
choice"
Electoral Vote This Year.
In the election Of 1900 there were
AT electoral votes. pa being necessary
TO a choice. Mckinley got 292 and
Bryan 155. On the popular vote Bryan
| fell of about 100000 from the vote Of
1896, and Mckinley increased about
10000.
Under the census Of 1900 there has
been an Increase of % in the electoral
vote bringing nm the total number to
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epidemic of Ultra Conservatism"

IAN epidemic of ultra conservatism"
is the way Dun's Review characterizes
the present dullness in business. This
would indicate that conservatism has
been pushed so far that it amounts to
q disease.
The Iron Age does not think that
business men generally are acting UNI
wisely in exercising caution. 1t does
not believe that they are influenced
largely by the theory that a season Of
depression must come every ten years.
1t thinks it but natural that men buy
eonservatively when prices show a
downward tendency. OF the iron and
metal trades the Iron Age says:
But it would be idle to claim that
business has increased In the Iron
trade or that the immediate outlook
is perceptibly better. On the contrary,
some branches which have been ac-
tive with the spring business have
been falling off. and the independent
mills, notably in the wire industry,
are cutting to keep running fully. The
tin plate mills are very busy, the
leading interest having OF to 90 per
cent OF the capacity at work. The
sheet interest is less fayorably placed,
and concessions are being freely made.
During the spring 81 per cent Of the
capacity of the consolidated works was
operating. Now it has dropped to SO
to 81 per cent.
'The billet, structural and plate
pools are to meet IN this city early
next month, but no radical action is
expected. The feeling is that the time
has long passed wheh lowering in
prices by agreement would have any
stimulating effect on consumption.
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Wise Precaution.

Dribbles-Does your wife always
laugh when she reads your jokess
scribbles-SUrc. / always mark the
place where she is to laugh before
handing them TO her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-12
WATSON THE NOMINEE
POPuLiSTs NAME GEORGIA MAN
FOR PRESIDENT.

Tibb1es of Nebraska Selected for Sec
ond Place-Former Senator Allen Re-
fuses to Take the Honor platforms
Demands More Money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-12

The center Of the country's cotton
growing is near Jackson. Miss
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As to Southern States.


The Republican platform. to sum it all
up, obeys the precept TO stand pat" in
very respect except one. That is the
plank in which this language is used
I'VE favor such Congressional action as
shall determine whether by special dis
elimination the elective franchise in any
State has been unconstitutionally lin
ited," followed by the promise made, in
that event, to reduce Southern represen-
tation in the House Of Representatives
and in the electoral college.
Whether or not the suffrage has been
uneonstitutionally limited is a matter for
the courts to determine. The real object
of the Republican party, however spe-
cious the phraseology in which it is
clothed. is to reduce Southern represen-
ton. without reducing that of Massachu-
sets. Connecticut and other Republican
States.
Disfranchisement of a negro in Mis-
sissippi for ignorance is a horrible thing;
disfranchisement of a white man for ig-
norance in Massachusetts or Connecticut
is a part of New England higher civil
ization."
Let not the business interest of the
country deceive itself; let those control
ling it prepare, il Roosevelt is elected on
this platform. for another period of I'M
certainty, unrest, business disturbances,
and race wa- in the Southern States.
Let the South not deceive itself, either.
Ii the Republican party were sincere in
its proposition 70 reduce Southern repre-
sentation on the ground OF the disfran-
chisement OF the negro race in the South,
thereby eondoning the disfranchisement
or pretended unconstitutional limita-
ton" itself. it would accompany that
proposition with another. to-sTit: the
proposition to repeal the fifteenth amend
ment.
Commercially and industrialIy the
white men Of the South viii not be much
more injured By this sort Of agitation
than Northern people win be.
This is but the entering wedge to a
new period OF Southern reconstruction
1t is the beginning over Of the old
scheme. revived for political advantage.
10 retain. as a Republican asset, the solid
negro vote in Indiana. Illinois. New Jer-
ser and Ike conditioned States.
Enough about the other party. Some
thing about ourselyes-one the country
can rely on.
The Democracy viii nomfn.te for
President a man who viii not usurp leg
isiatiss or judicial functions. who viii
not recklesssy violate international
usages, who win hct keep people guess
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-12
DANGER in CHEAP CANDIES.
Glucose, Corn Starch and White Clay
I[sed to Adulternte.

Glucose, Corn Starch and White Clay
Used to Adulterate.
Cheap candies are not only often
poisonous. but are badly adulterated
with glucose, corn starch and white
clay A sample recently purchased
contained nearly per cent of the
latter substance. Glucose or starch
sugar is now produced in enormous
quantities, both in this country and
in Germany, from corn or potato
starch 1t is used chiefly in table
sirups, candies, as food for bees, in
brewing and in adulterating honey.
The process of manufacture is inter-
esting. and in short is as follows The
starch is boiled with dilute sr')nuric
acid from - minutes to two hours,
according to the apparatus used; the
longer the action the greater the per-
centage of glucose produced The ex-
cess acid is removed by treating the
solution with chalk, animal charcoal
and by filterlng The filtered solution
is evaporated TO a sirupy consistency
and sent to the market under the
name Of glucose" mixing sirup"
etc. When evaporated to dryness the
solid product is known to commerce
as grape sugar" The main question
is whether candy made from glucose is
unwholesome? The answer is, it is
not, provided such glucose has been
freed from possible arsenical contain
ination through the sulphuric acid
used. the lime removed, and provided
the reprehensible practice of bleaching
with sulphurous acid has not been
followed. Candy made from glucose
may frequently be detected by its lack
of sweetness and its extreme brittle
ness. Much of the stick candy is COM
posed largely of glucose, to which a
small quantity of cane sugar has been
added to increase its sweetness. A
great deal of palatable and harmless
confectionery contains the better quail
i+v- of o,IuooSa Good housekeeping.
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ty. and which the Democratic party had
failed to enforce have been fear
lessly enforced"
Here are three stateemnts. first that
the Republicans instead of both parties,
enacted the laws. which is not true; sec
ondly, that the Democratic party had
done nothing. which is also not true; and.
third. that the Republican party has en-
forced the law, which is only partially
true.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
TORY RULE YEXES
BRITISH VOTERS
Prospects of Bread Tax and
Church School Laws Alike
Unpopular.

London, March 14.-Even the
most optimistic Of Englishmen derive
small comfort from the budget for
1904-05, presented in parliament this
week. 1t shows an expenditure Of
$40, 100000, and that excludes the
which nothing is set aside. OF the
total, $185,000,000 goes to the navy
and $145,0O0,00O to the army.
The indicated deficit is $4,000, 900
and an estimated deficit of $780, 900
for the forthcoming year is antici-
pated.
The Times warns the taxpayer to
expect increased burdens. The in
come tax, now almost at a war level
of II pence in the pound, may be in
creased to shilling. That would be
generally Unpopular. while the other
suggestion that the cereals tax be re-
imposed would involve the ministry in
a fresh outbreak of the "dear-loaf''
agitation. Bread has advanced as it
is since the cereals tax was repealed,
and by-elections suggest how sensitive
the working classes are on the subject
of bread taxes.
Wales is in open revolt against the
law Of the land. Under the guidance
of that determined young noncon-
forrnist member of parliament, Lloyd
George, the Welsh electors have re-
turned majorities on all their country
councils pledged to refuse rate aid to
the church schools as provided under
the new law. The government will
hardly attempt coercion, for Mr.
George declares that the recalcitrant
Welsh councillors will march to pris-
on singing, the merriest gaol birds In
the land" Moreover, the little rem
nant Of Tory councillors Is not enough
to form quorum in council, 50 Wales
will be left ungoverned in local affairs
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