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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-23
ARRANGEMENT FOR THE Ma
TToNAI. CONVENTION.

Arranoaments have been completed
For the holding of the peoples party
: otiona, convention in the great AT
senal building at Springfield, ILL., pc
Ginning July 4. at IL o'clock noon.
This building will seat fiftesn thou.
sand people, and it is hoped 70 open
the convention in the presence u
well-filled hall. liza
AZ soon as the convention Is calleu
RI order the temporary chairman VIII
10 nlaced in nomination. The COM
mittees will jointly recommend Inc
name of Hon. Alonzo BurKnaru. VI
Indiana as temporary chairman OF the
convention. 4;n
and while the committees are out p,e-
paring their reports, patriotic ceie-
bration will be given, at which an ora
tor selected by the chairman or each
committee will deliver patriotic ad-
dress. have selected, as the repre-
sentative OF the allied peoples party
Rev. Abram e. Nelson, the bIiiiiaht
Young orator of st. Louis, ana nave
his acceptance i'm hand. can In ad-
vance promise those who hear him a
rare oratorical treat.
It Is hoped to complete the work OF
the convention by the night OF the
5th and nearly all the delegates VIII
20 ON to st. Louis where visit to the
great Louisiana Purchase exposition
will be paid. II Is hoped that all dele
gates will join In this.
1
The various state delegations viii
meet at 10 o'clock, on the morning oil
the Fourth, at their respective head
quarters, and organize, selecting theil
members OF the various committees
AT 0 o'clock the national committee
OF the allied peoples party will meel
at headquarters at the Hotel St Nick
This will be the last meeting OF this
committee.
Rates have been arranged on th'
railroads from all points In the west
ern and central passenger associa
lions. but all delegates who can d.
80 should buy tickets direct To ~
Louis, Worlds fair rates, and NEE
In the Union station at 10 o'clock Sun
day morning. July .. aud proceed In
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-23

rangements with the Chicago, Peoria
Il st. Louis railway to give us special
cars on their train leaving st. Louis 4
at 11:15 a. M, on the Sd, and to grant
rate of two dollars for the round
trip. good returning on any regular
train on or before the 7th. This Is
very low rate and is less than one cent
mile In order to get this rate al
delegates should report without fa1i 70
the Union station in st. Louis by 10
o'clock a. m, Sunday, July 8. II other
arrangements are made the matter
| will be duly announced. Some hotel
across from the station may be later
designated as place for rounding up
1.-THE delegates.
Those delegates who do not 60 to ST.
Louis. but who buy tickets direct to
Springfield, must remember to ask for
a certificate from their local agent
when they buy their ticket, for with
/ out this there will be no chance OF get
lting q reduced rate The agent must
give you receipt upon q regular
printed form for this purpose.
| Inc lnulcdlIOuS III" Ole vOAJ 1000
able for a large attendance and one
of the grandest conventions ever held
ON American soil. 1t is the chance Of
ia life time. and every populist who
can do so should come. Arrange
ments will be made to accommodate
all visitors with admission to the con-
yention hall, and all courtesies.
Club No. IA has been chartered In
Des Moines, Ia, and its charter menu
bers are: S. M. Harvey, 108 18th st.;
w. F. Forney, 1872 High ST.; P. A.
Thomas. 1902 18th ST.; M. r. Mellow
ell 818 Buchanan ST.; W. M. Trisler,
cor. e. 9th and Sheridan; A. w. Pott-
hoff. 1904 w. Grand ave.. all OF Des
Moines, and Stephen Harvey, Denver
Harvey, ]. s. Harvey and VIM. Har-
vey, all of Altoona.
A populist club at Kite, Ca, sends
: in it's referendum vote on president:
! Tom Watson for president, and s. w.
Williams for vice president There
are So members in this club, who
voted.
J Another referendum vote comes from
! Jonesboro, Ca Tom Watson for pres
ident, S. w. Williams for vice presi-
dent. Col. Felter for chairman, w. 8,
Morgan for vice chairman, ais. II
! Ferriss for secretary. and for mem
( beers executive board. 10 A. Parker
: VIM. v. Allen. J. A. Bodenhamer and
i Or. II. II. Reemelin.
Q The Cincinnati peoples party club
[ sends In It's vote as follows: Fov
/. president. Thos. f. Watson: for vice
4 president, VIM. v. Allen OF Nebraska;
for national chairman. Milton PARK
OF Texas: for vice chairman. w >
o Morgan: for secretary. Chas. q. ~
: France: for treasurer. Jas IL. Fciter,
: for members executive board. J. NJ
D Mallett, Jo A. Parker, ]. II. Calder
|. head and M. w. Howard.
/. I will open headquarters for the al
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-23

I will open headquarters for the al
lied peoples party committee At the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-23

A populist club at Kite, Ca, SEND
in it's referendum vote on president
Tom Watson for president, and s. v
Williams for vice president. TheI
are SO members in this club, WI
voted.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
DEMOCRATS IN A MIDDLE.
Dilemma in Which Opposition
Finds Itself.

1t is stated in Washington dispatches
that leading democratic politicians
have been holding conferences in that
city and outlining plans for the COM
ing campaign. They are said to be
very hopeful and confident. The re-
pivotal states, and the danger of
Bryan and Hearst bolt is apparently
eliminated. Republican discord in
Illinois and Wisconsin has brought
them cheer and encouragement. and in
their minds eye they already see
themselves in control of the house of
representatives. Only 16 or II con-
gressional districts need to be captured,
and that should be holiday task.
Without stopping 10 analyze this view
says the Chicago Post. one may ask
on what issues these leaders propose to
make their campaign. We all know that
"conservatism" is to be the watchword
very different things. AS Mr. Cock
ran admonishes his fellow partisans
the democrats cannot expect Ito sneak
into power" The New York platform
will not do. Here is an interesting
hint Democratic leaders," says a
Washington dispatch, will attack the
record of the president and attorney
general in failing to prosecute trusts
and men connected with them that
were declared by the supreme court
in the Northern Securities decision to
be violating the law"
So? But how will this tissue" be
received by the conservative and busi-
ness elements Of the country? 1t
amounts to an indictment of the ad-
ministration for refusing to run amuck
among the corporations. Such an in
dictment is safe enough in South Caro-
lima, but how will it strike voters in
New York and Indiana?
EX-Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania,
one of the quiet reorganizers. is quoted
as saying: Il believe that the con-
servative sentiment of the country to-
day is with the democratic party,
and if the democratic party can sat
isfy that sentiment by its action at the
national convention, it will receive the
approval of the people of the country
at the polls next November" Will an
attack on the administration record
in relation to trusts, mergers and COM
binations in theoretical and metaphys-
ical restraint of trade satisfy" the
conservative sentiment? Would that
be sticking close to the precepts of
the founders of the government" Mr.
Pattison advises rigid adherence to
Jeffersonian principles; do those prin-
ciples demand that the government
shall run amuck among the corpora
tions destroying all that even remotely
or indirectly tend to restrain trade and
competition?
The perpleXed democrats are indeed
between the devil and the deep sea.
They have to harmonize "conserva-
tism" with the implied promise to run
amuck. A superman might accomplish
that fea., but the ordinary mortal
never
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
FAVOR A FOREIGN COUNTRY
Democratic Press and Politicians Sol
idly Arrayed to Fight Most
Ignoble Fight.

The chairman of the Ohio democratic
state convention spoke of "the president
of the United States disrupting the re-
public Of Colombia in the interest of
the Panama canal grafters." That chair
man would be angered if he were told
that he is not an American, that he has
not one spark of patriotic fire, and that
an isthmian canal interests him only
because ne believes he can find in it
material for an attack on the policies of
a republican administration. But that
is the state of his case
The democrats of California and of
Wisconsin announced that they were
for the canal, but were against the Pana-
ma treaty and everything which went
TO make the canal possible.
They denounced the American admin
istratiOn and sympathizcd with the Co
lombian government They put them
selves on record as against their coun-
try and for a foreign country.
The democrats of Tennessee array
themselves against the policy and wei
fare of their own country. They say
they favor the prompt construction of
the trans-isthmian canal, but" there
is always a but-"but we condemn the
course of the administration in delib-
erately pursuing a lawless, revolution
airy and dishonorable course in that mat
ter 1t is the same old story.
VIII the democratic national cCnven-
tion try TO make a political issue out
of that non-pOlitical dream of the CEN
turics-an isthmian canal?
viii it tell the voters that it is in IA
vor Of that great work, and in the same
breath denounce the administration be-
cause it has made the canal certainty,
and call upon the voters to defeat it be-
cause Of the good it has wrought?
American politics should stop at the
shore line. For cur necessary political
excitement let us quarrel among our
selves at home, but let us face the rest
of the world undivided. Let us keep
our family quarrels strictly in the fam
lily, says the Chicago Tribune.
If the democratic party publicly re-
pines during the coming campaign at
the definite progress made toward an
interoceanic canal, the democratic par
ty will be Overwhelmingly beaten in No
vember American voters cannot be
persuaded by an anti-American elo-
quence.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

GTThe coming presidential campaign
will be fought on two issues-the tariff
and Roosevelt. The republican party
will gladly accept the fight on BOTH
Philadelphia Press
GJMr. Cleveland is a respectable old
gentleman, who in his younger days
performed more or less arduous polit-
ical duties. The feeling that the do
mestic peace and quiet now enjoyed by
him should not be disturbed by any
sort of enticement is very strong in this
state.-lndianapois Sentinel (Dem).
OThe outlook of the democrats is
rosy. All they need now is an issue, a
candidate and a plurality of the votes.
Chicago Tribune.
GFMr. Bryan is a sour. bitter, disap-
pointed man, who is seeking to main
tain some hold on political affairs by
arousing the hatred Of the public against
rich men merely because they are rich.
San Francisco Chronicle.
EyEvery intelligent, unprej JUDGED
person knows that the presidents atti-
tude toward the race question is thor
oughly manly commendabe and Amer
lean. 1t requh IS neither apologies nor
iustification.--N Y. World (Dem.).
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
SAYS the Reports Were False,

Detroit, Mich, June 81. II. Simp
son, assistant general manager of the
Pere Marquette railway, yesterday be
fore a commission that is taking ties.
timony in the case brought by the
railroads of the state in the United
States court to test the ad valorem
tax law, admitted that the reports ot
the directors of the road to the stock
holders and the state railroad com.
missioner for the years 1900, 1901 and
1902 were not correct. Mr.. Simpson
stated that more than $1,000,000 a
year had been shifted from the oper.
ating expense account in 1900, 1901
and 1902 for the purpose of showing
q more prosperous condition of affairs
than existed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
KNOX WILL SUCCEED QUAY.
Republican Managers in PennsyI-
vania Agree on Attorney General.
He Will Serve by Appointment Until
March q, 19o5-He is Willing
to Accept the Sena-
torship.

Philadelphia, June TO- Philander
G. Knox, of Pittsburg, attorney gen
eral of the United States, was yester-
day selected to fill the seat in the Uni
ted States senate made vacant by the
death of Matthew Stanley Quay. He
will accept and serve by appointment
of Gov. Pennypacker until March 4.
the date of the expiration of the late
senator's commission. Unless politi-
cal complications should arise as re-
suit of yesterdays action he will be
elected for the full term by the legis-
lature which meets in January. 1t IS
expected that Mr. Knox will remain in
the cabinet until December.
The selection of Mr.. Knox came as
surprise to the politicians of the
state. Directly after Senator Quay
died his name was among those men
toned for the vacancy, but as no one
| came forth to support it, very little
was heard of his candidacy during the
| past week. His name was not con-
sidered by United States Senator Pen
rose, who, as chairman of the repub-
lican state committee, along with Is
rael w. Durham, the Philadelphia
| leader, had the naming of Quay's sue
cessor.
On Wednesday, however, Henry c..
Frick, of Pittsburg, director of the
United States Steel Corporation
came to this city and formally an
nounced that the attorney general
was candidate for the place and that
he came here in Mr.. Knox's interest
This caucpd pop ci idarabla AGITATION
in the Pittsburg delegation, which had
| already named four men for the va
cancy. At first it was expected that
Mr.. Knox would be opposed, but after
series of conferences the Pittsburg
delegation accepted Mr.. Knox and the
public announcement of their action
soon followed. The announcement
was made by Max Leslie, chairman of
the Pittsburg republican city com
mittee.
Washington, June 10.-Just before
Attorney General Knox left Washing
ton a few days ago he called on the
president and told him that he had
| been rendered the appointment Of
| United States senator to succeed Mr..
| Quay and that if the president was
willing he would accept. The presi-
| dent told him that while it was true
! that probably no other man in the
country could quite fill the position of
attorney general as he had filled it,
! yet he believed that his services in
the senate would be exceptionally
valuable, not only to the state Of
Pennsylvania, but to the whole coun-
| trV.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16

yNo, President Roosevelt is not
going to offer to mediate between Rus
sian and Japan. or between Messrs
Cleveland and Bryan, at the present
stage of hostilities.-Milwaukee Sen
tinel.
GyRichard p Hobson goes to the St
Louis convention as an advocate of a
tremendous navy. And there will be
the tremendous coinage represented by
Mr.. Bryan, and the candidate of ire
menGOus silence, represented by Mr.
Hill.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
EyBy August no trace will be left
of the local feuds in Ohio, Illinois. Wis
consin, Iowa, or any other state in
which there have been clashes between
rival leaders November is likely tc
show the west more extensively anC
overwhelmingly republican even thaI
it was in 1900.-St. Louis Globe-Denac
era
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
FIRST TIME IN so YEARS.
Yankee Marines Landed at Taneier to
Protect Belgian Legation.

Washington, June 9.-American
marines have landed in Africa. Ad-
miral Chadwick yesterday cabled the
navy department from Tangier as fol-
lows:
Il have placed a guard at the Bel
gian legation, having been asked to
do so by our consul general here"
1t is said at the state department
that there is ample precedent for the
employment of an American naval
force for the temporary protection of
the exposed interests of another
power which has no available force
at hand. A few years ago it was the
common understanding that British
vessels should protect American in
terests in South American ports
where the United States had no war
ships, and that United States gun
boats should look after British inter
ests exposed in the same way. We
also have looked attsr German inter
ests in San Domingo and elsewhere.
1t is stated that Admiral Chadwick
in landing his marines in Africa for
the first time in half a century there
fore was but meeting the requirement
of international comfy. 1t is sup
posed here that the Belgian legation
is in an outlying section of the city
easily accessible to the tribesmen OF
the interior.
The navy department has received
o cablegram from Rear Admiral Chad
wick, at Tangier, to the effect that he
has been informed that Perdicaris
and his stepson, Varley, are in need OF
medical assistance and that the con
sui general has sent to Raisuli to in
quire whether a surgeon will be given
safe conduct. The admiral says that
if so, one will be sent in company with
the shereef of Wasan. Raisuli's reply
is expected to-day.
The state department has received
unofficial assurance through Mr.
Gummere, who had it from the British
consul at Fez, that the sultan of Mo
rocco will accede to all of Raisuli's
terms. The bandits demand that
Great Britain and the United States
shall guarantee the execution of the
sultan's promises, however, is the
sticking point, and this probably can
be gotten around only by the accept
ance of this obligation by Great Brit
ain or France, or some other country
not so strongly bound as the United
States by it's traditions not to en-
tangle itself in the internal affairs OF
other countries. 1t is stated positively
that under no conditions can the Uni
ted States government execute these
guarantees
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
MISS TAYLOR LOSES.
A Court Decides that Her Remova
from Office was Perfectly LeqaI,


Washington, June 9.-The court OF
appeals of the District of Columbia
yesterday affirmed the decision of the
court below in refusing to compel the
secretary of war by mandamus pro
ceedings to reinstate Miss Rebecca
j. Taylor as a clerk in the war depart
ment. Miss Taylor admitted the
authorship of a newspaper article
which the defense claimed to be a Sc.
we're reflection on the president OF
the United States. For this she was
dismissed. Reinstatement was sought
through the courts on the ground that
Miss Taylor was removed because OF
her political belief and that this was
contrary to the civil service law.
Justice Clabaugh in rendering the
opinion announced the purpose of the
civil service law to be to restrict the
power of appointment; that the right
of removal in the appointing power
was not restricted, with the single eX-
ception that no removal could be
made because of the refusal Of an en-
ploye to contribute money or services
to a political party. Consequently, the
opinion said, the court had no right to
review the action of an official in
making a removal from the service.
To grant this right it added, would be
to demoraliZe the public service.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
The Engines OF War.

At a dinner during the Franco German
war Disraeli did net open his mouth till
near the end of the entertainment, when
he observed IN his most sententious man
er: The French embarked in this war be-
cause they conceived that they had the
superiority in arms of precision; they had
the chassepot and they had the mitrail-
leuse (Which he pronounced "mitrail-
louse'); but of the third engine, called q
man, they did not possess even a single
specimen" This said, he relapsed into
perfect silence.--From the Diary of Sir
Mountstuart Grant Duff.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
$15o,ooo IN CASH.
Mrs. Bennett Will Ask Court to Or
der Mr.. Bryan to Turn Over the
Above Named Sum to Her.

New Haven, Conn, June 10.-An
application by Mrs. Grace Bennett
will be heard in the probate court,
June 20, asking that William J. Bryan
be required to bring from New York
to the jurisdiction of the court $780,
600 in cash and TO make immediate
payment to her of the $4,000 special
bequest which her husband, Philo s.
Bennett, made in her favor. 1t is al
legged in the application that Alfred p.
Sloan, of the partnership of Bennett,
Sloan & Co., has in his hands more
than $15O,0OO which he is willing to
turn over to the executor.
1t is also declared that it is Mrs.
Benefits opinion that the estate will
amount to from $275,OOO to $1,000
and that the clause in the will by
which Mrs. Bennett is given $4,000
cash outright, together with three
houses in Bridgeport, entities her to
priority over any other legatee. 1t is
understood that there will be no OPP
position to the granting of the petit
ton.
Mr.. Bryan is executor of the Ben
nett estate.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
Attention, Veterans!

Washington, June 10.-The general
land office has completed preparation
of blank affidavits for use by ex-sol-
diers who desire to appoint agents to
enter land for them in the ceded
Rosebud Indian reservation in South
Dakota. The old soldiers are the
only persons who will be permitted to
make entries without being on the
ground, and it is desired that uniform
powers of attorney should be used.
The blanks can be secured by writing
to the commissioner of the general
land office
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
He Had Roll Of Green Goods.

st. Louis, June 10.--A man giving
his name as Marcus Graham, aged 81,
was arrested yesterday at the Delmar
race track and is now held a prisoner
pending his arraignment before Uni
ted States Commissioner Grain on the
charge of having in his possession
counterfeit money. In the prisoners
possession was found total of $4,000
In $100 gold certificates which are
said to be counterfeits similar to
those passed last Saturday or Monday
on bookmakers at the Kenilworth and
Gravesend tracks. The bills are de-
clared to be dangerous coupterfeits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
Twenty-seven People Injured.

Des Moines, Ia, June 10.-Twenty-
seven people, including several promi-
nent Iowa politicians and a number of
old soldiers, were injured in an acct
dent last night on the Mason City &
Clear Lake electric line as they were
returning to Mason City from the last
camp fire of the state G.. A. r. en-
campment. A trailer on a heavily
loaded train jumped the track while
going at a high rate of speed and
turned completely over Fortunately
a culveRt kept the car from falling
upon the passengers who had been
thrown from the windows. which was
all that prevented loss of life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16
DISASTER AVERTED.
Two Boys Prevented the Wrecking ot
Passenger Train.

Great Darlington, Mass, June O.
The wrecking of the Pittsfield- New
York express with the almost GER
tainty of great loss of life, was barely
averted yesterday by Raymond Perbi-
yet and Stephen McCue, two boys. A
rain storm had undermined the tracks
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad and carried away 20 feet
of the roadbed. The dangerous spot
was discovered by the youths shortly
before the express vas due here.
The boys ran to their home and
procuring a red sweater, returned to
the track and tagged the train. The
engine was brought to a standstill
within a few yards of the washout.
The train was well filed with passen-
gers, who rewarded the boys by max
ing up a Lurse for them.