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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
Celebration in Washington's
Town, Alexandria, Va,
a Huge Affair.
JOS. II. cHoATE, THE SPEAKER OF
THE DAY AT PHILADELPHIA,
EuLoGIzED FIRST PRESIDENT
GOVERNOR HUGHES OF NEW
YORK SPOKE IN CHICAGO,
BRYAN AT KANSAS CITY AND
TOPEKA, kANs, AND TAFT AT
BUFFALO.
By Associated Press.

Alexandria, Va, Feb. 22.-The big.
gest demonstration in the history OF
Alexandria was held today, when this
city celebrated the 175th anniversary
birthday of her foremost citizen,
George Washington.
Every two years the celebration of
Washing tons iniFt1tlay hsre taxes the
form OF public parade, in which rep
resentatiyes of the bran hes Of the
amy and the navy OF the United
States take part. Soldiers of the Dis
trict of Columbia and various states
participate. This morning a commit
tee went to Mount Vernon and placed
handsome wreath on WashingtOn's
tomb, following a custom of the
George Washington Birthday associa-
ton.
The celebration services were held
in the Christ Protestant Episcopal
church under the auspices of the
Mount Vernon Council, Daughters of
the American Revolution.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
Ry Associates press.

Muskogee, Okla, Feb 22-The
first democratic convention of Okla
homa to elect delegates to the ma
tional convention met here today, and
unanimously endorsed w. ]. Bryan,
of Nebraska, for presidene and adopt
ed platform favorins tariff reforrn
the suppression of trusts, and gov
eminent control of railroads.
Congressional district caucuses to
select delegates to Denver. were also
held during the day. Practically all
the leading democrats were here. The
long anticipated local fight over
the question of whether the state
convention should send ten delegates
from the five congressional districts
to the national convention with a
half vote each, or five delegates,
was settled in favor of the former
plan in contest on the floor of the
convention
When the great commoner's name
was put in nomination before the
convention the body rose en- masse
in great demonstration. Lusty
cheering and calls of Bryan, BRYAN.
Bryan made the hall ring for sew
eral minutes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
JIM CROW CARS
IN WASHINGTON
BY Associated Press.

enc Washington, Feb. 22.-In the pres
80. W many senators, and a large
! Mig OF visitors, Senator Porter
,o. ,i'N UNDER, of North Dakota. today
WsphiSne farewell address of George
,errila hgtoa, receiving the close at
5on r',on OF all those present. The
;ns ,cT 1ook no formal notice of Wash
'9'oA birthday.
Ion HlelE debate on the negro ques-
Gu - CsoN place in the house, arising
5a1 ban =. ;he effort of Hef1in, of Ala
lgro5,,. 10 amend the District of Co
~ ~ ia street railway trackage bill.
as5 curing separate cars for whites
5e.s.tne negroes. The amendment was
c .a'eo' aud the bill passed.
ue e.r'4p'eli, of Kansas, defended the
~ ' veg OF Washington, and during
Us-aIe on the Helm amendment
Ia, 'us' was compelled to admit
ain -.t would eat worship. and vote
IN. " negro. but he would not al
}s<s, ir daughter to marry one. He
h.tr,n us argument on the difference
srn,,., social and spoIitical'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
JOS. H. CHOATE IN
PHILADELPHIA
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 22-"Wash-
ington today, abroad and at home,
was the subject of a brilliant Grafton
by Jos. H. Choate Of New York, at
the university day exercises of the
University OF Pennsylvania at the
Academy of Music. Mr.. Choate, in
giving his estimate of George Wash
can revolution failed. 1.-The name and
would still have been tenderly cher
ished by a grateful people and an adj
miring world, very much as the mem
DRY of General Robert z. Lee Is now
cherished by the south, hOnored by
the north, and admired wherever
men do homage to military genius. to
heroic achievements and to self-sacri-
ficing devotion
The distinguished orator said that
If 1t had been put to a vote among
the As nations at the last Hague peace
conference, to which he was dele
gate, to say who was the noblest pub
lie character in modern history, he is
sure that with one voice they would
have selected Washington.
TOUCHES ON JAPAN.
In an incidental reference TO the re-
cent rumorS affecting the friendliness
of the United States and Japan, Mr.
Choate said:
There never has been any real
cause for apprehension; there exists
today no question that diplomacy
cannot effectually settle"
He made a complimentary reference
to the Japanese foreign minister, with
whom he enjoys an intimate acquaint-
ance, and said of him:
HE reads the farewell address in
the same language and spirit that we
do
DIR. Charles C. Harrison. provost of
the university, presided at the exer-
Tcon+Inued on pace Three.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
Attempt of Terrorists Asso-
citation of Socialist Party
to AssaSSinate Grand Duke
Nicholairevitch and Minis
ter of Justice Which Was
Frustrated, Told of in Gov
eminent Announcement.
BY Associates Press.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 22.-An official
announcement was made today by the
minister of the interior, concerning
the plot which was discovered and
frustrated two days ago by the police
the object OF which was the assassi
nation of Grand Duke Nicholas Mich
olairevitch, second cousin of Emperor
Nicholas, and commander of the i'm
perial guard, and M. Chtcheglovitoff
the minister of justice.
The official announcement ascribes
the attempt directly to the social rev
olutionaTy party, whose terrorist asso-
citation was reorganized recently. AT
the time of the reorganization the sum
OF 10000 monthly was assigned for
espionage and the preparation OF
bombs and other instruments of death
The group to which the execution of
these latest crimes was entrusted is
designated as the Mobile fighting de-
tachment of the northern district"
The socialist revolutionary party,
four months ago, made an unsuccess-
full attempt 10 asSassinate Minister
Chtcheglovitoff On the occasion of the
funeral of General Maximoffsky, direc-
tor of prisons OF the ministry of the
interior, who was killed in this city
by Mile. RagOzinnikova, and this party
is responsible also for the asSaSSina-
ton of Lieutenant General Vladimor
Oraploff. January g. 1907, Major Gen.
eral Vondev AutnitZ, on January 13,
1907, and NJ Guidema, governor of
the political prison on Basil Island, ON
January 80, of the same year.
The murderer of NJ. Guidema, for
whom the police have been searching
in vain since the crime, is among those
arrested the day before yesterday
This group of terrorists is in no wise
connected with the Maxinalist organ
ization which made the attempt on Pre-
mier Stolypin in his villa In this city
in 1906, and which has put through
several big political robberies in st.
Petersburg and Moscow.
The selection of Grand Duke Mich
olas and NJ ChtcheglOvitoff for assas-
Sination has caused some remark, as
neither the grand duke nor the min
lister has been prominent in repres-
sive measures In NJ. Chtcheglovitoff,
the revolutionists are apparently try
ing to kid not the man. but the head
of the department responsible for the
political troubles for the last year, as
well as the prison regime under which
thousands OF revolutionists have SUI
fered. Grand Duke Nicholas, al
though not directly connected with the
by his position as NOM
inal commander of troops in st. Pc
tersbIrg, is held by the revolution
lists as the patron of their opponents.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
KANSAS SOLID
FOR w. ]. BRYAN
Rv Associ5ted Press.

Hutchinson, Kans., Feb. 22.-Kan-
SaS democrats in state convention
here yesterday unanimously adopted
resolution instructing all delegates
to the Denver convention, both state
and congressional ito cast a solid
vote for the nomination of W. J. Bry-
an for president of the United States -
great demonstration, lasting sew
eral minutes, attended the adoption
OF the resolutions. The convention
elected four delegates at large to the
Denver convention at the afternoon
session and each eight congressional
districts elected two delegates. The
delegates at large are w. H. PerriH.
Charles A. Sawyer, ]. P. Andrews and
W. A. Harris.
J. H. Atwood was elected national
committeeman
The convention was held in the
Home opera house, which was crowd
ed to its capacity. This is the most
largely attended democratic conven-
ticn in Kansas in years.
W. H. Ryan, chairman of the state
central committee, in calling the
convention TO order. declared that
Kansas has a united democracy that
had cast 150, 900 votes at the last
election. and said if the election were
held now there would be $4,000 votes
added to this. He referred to what
he termed the "nobber tariff and this
mark elicited much applause. Mr.
Ryan introduced Grant Harrington
as temporary chairman. Mr.. Harring-
ton, in his speech, said:
Harrington's Speech.
You can't win by sitting around
with long faces and saving. we can't
win. Why, II we had thought we
could have won at the last election
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
RY Associated Press.

Ithaca, y. Y, Feb. 22-''Realizing
4 that no right minded American can
answer back in terms of bitterness
10 the president, Abraham Lincoln
never permitted himself in the exer-
else Of the great prerogative 10 be
harsh said Col Clark Z. Carr, of
Illinois, former minister to Denmark,
] n an address today before thu stu
denis Of Cornell university. a gen
sra Of the army, an admiral of the
navy, the hUmblest recruit in tn,
service, or even ; United States sem
atr could without giving offense,
e5ler his presence erect, and frankly
present. his views He never quar-
pled with political adversary. He
vas so just to all those with whom
he had a controversy and to those
whom he called to account, that they
respected him. and instead of being
enemies, became his friends. He
never relegated them to an Ananias
club
Col. Carr was the principal speaker
at the Washington birthday celebra-
ZION at the university but he took
as a subject the life OF the great
emancipation instead of that of the
father OF the country. He described
Dir. Lincoln as, at once the most
GT4l and most serious man, he ever
Knew and told of his devotion to the
party for which he worked.
President Lincoln never placed
man in position merely because he
was a personal favorite," said Colonel
Carr. He called to the command
Of all the armies a man he had never
seen. With the most consummate
TACT and wisdom, Mr.. Lincoln formed,
and availed himself, of the tran
se5ndent abilities of the ablest cabi-
nst that ever surrounded pres
ident
=. In his relations with the rank and
lie OF the army he erred, if he erred
d all, on the side of mercy. He
saved many poor soldier from pun
.ShnIeHt, and this in time of war
eucA a thing as throwing scores of
p9aIe worthy men out of the army.
"ilAout honor. because half a dozen
Eau been accused of resenting wha3
.'ey regarded as insults to the uni
;oIiAS they wore, would never have
~ TTeh permitted by President Lincoln.
ne knew from his own experience
aoS hard is the common lot of men
".u now much TO them are positions
''qu'red by years of faithful service"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
RECEIVERS FOR TROLLEY
LINES ARE APPOINTED.
Nv Assoctated pr.,S.

Trenton, N J.. Feb. 22-Judge Ian
ming in the United States court at a
late hour last night appointed David
F. Carver of Newark, receiver for
the New Brunswick and Trenton
Railroad Co., and the New Jersey
Short Line Railroad Co., and also
named j. Kearney Rice, receiver for
the New York, Philadelphia Com
pany. These trolley lines are afiilia-
red with the Camden and Trenton
Co, for which Vice-Chancellor Smith
named James William Sadler, Jr.. as
receiver
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
FATHER OF COUNTRY
GENERALLY HONORED
Legislation
Is Not Cause
of Depression
BY Associated Press.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. 22.-Wiliiam
Jennings Bryan tonight spoke .s--
]. 200 banqueters and watched by
hundreds of spectators. Bryan de-
MED that hostile state legislation was
responsible for the depressed condi-
ton OF railroad affairs. They due,
he said, more to exaggerations, that
is, to representations railroad man
ayers presented when trying ito in
timidate state legislators. He said
present financial troubles was due
to watered stock, lack of bank de-
posts guaranteed by legislation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
A CONFERENCE
Of GOVERNORS
Roosevelt Will Discuss Nat
ural Transportation in
Various States.
ev AssocIated oress

montgomery, Ala, Feb. 22.-GOver-
nor Conner has been invited to a
conference of governors with Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the White House
on May Ii. Conservation of the nat
ural transportation resources of the
states are TO be taken up. Governor
Conner has during his whole career,
fought not only for the improvement
of the streams and other resources,
but such rules and regulations as
will force carriers and others to use
them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
Two Thousand BOWery FIOaters
Take" Freeman's Oath" i'm ~. Y.

II do solemnly bind myself that I
will give my vote and suffrage az !
shall judge in mine own conscience
may best conduce TO the public veal,
SO help me God
Before asking those present TO
subscribe to this pledge of good citi-
zenship Bishop Potter spoke of the
responsibility resting on voters and
said it was at present exercised
wi.nout proper training, soberness
and thought.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
g. Assaeiatsd Press.

Chicago. H., Feb. 22.-Steps for the
formation of a new national political
party was taken at a conference of
the independence League here today.
4 provisional national committee,
with William Randolph Hearst as
chairman. was authorized TO call a
national convention TO nominate pres
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
ATTEMPT TO BURN
THE HEADQUARTERS
BY Associated Press

MuskOgee, Okla, Feb pa das-
tardly attempt was made to burn
the Scales Hotel of this city early
today while about 100 delegates to
the Democratic convention were stop
ping In the building. Oil was pour-
ed over the floors of two vacant
rooms and set afire, but the fire was
extinguished before any damage was
done. Great excitement prevailed
for a time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
A New National Political
Party is Formed With Little
Willie K. Hearst at It's Head

idential candidates, after the republi-
can and democratic parties had held
their gatherings.
The conference today was held ar
the Auditorium hotel. Fifteen states
were represented. The platform says
the league is devoted to the preserva-
ton of American liberty, honesty in
elections, opportunity in business and
equality before law.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
r. H. HARTMAN
G. 0. p. DELEGATE
sv Associates Press.

New York. Feb. 22.-Rumor has it
that E. H. Hartman will be dele
gate TO the national republican con-
vertion from Oswego county, n. Y,
where his home is. Mr.. Hartman was
a delegate at the 1904 convention.
Former Governor ODell who rumor
has it, has invited Mr.. Hartman to
the pcsitioD as delegate. has refused
to either confirm or deny it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
ev AssocIated PRESS.

New York. Feb 22--Two thousand
FIRST voters" and q number of Bow
cry '.foaterss last night took the
..freeman's oath" at a meeting of the
PEOPLES Institute at Cooper Union.
The oath was administered by Bishop
Henry C. Potter. who told of the
origin of the oath in 1884. The
words of the oath taken were as fol-
lows:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
SECRETS OF RUSSIAN PLOT
TO KILL HEADS OF COURT
A Minister
Beat a Girl
With Pick Axe
ev Associated Dress.

Greensburg, Pa, Feb. 22.-Charged
with having administered a beating
to Jennie Sutton, Is years old, with
a pick handle, the Rev. P. d. Run Jan,
Baptist minister. of the West Der
ry Schools, was today fined SO and
costs by an alderman and deposed by
the school board. The services of a
physician were required for the girl.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS
DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
PLEDGED TO W. J. BRYAN
Nebraskan's Name Received
With Loud Acclaim
By Admirers.
Both Conventions Show a
Deep Regard for Next
Democratic Nominee.

OKLAHOMA CONVENTION EN-
DoRsED TARIFF REFORM, SUP.
PRESTON OF TRUSTS, AND
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF
RAILROADS = ATTEMPT WAS
MADE TO BURN BUILDING IN
WHICH THE DELEGATES WERE
HOUSED = KANSAS ADOPTED
STRONG RESOLUTIONS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
LINCOLN VS.. TEDDY
A VIVID CONTRAST
FLATTERING OLD ABE
Lincoln Never RELOCATED
Men to the Ananias Club,
Says Col. Carr.

IN A WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
ADDRESS FORMER MINISTER
TO DENMARK DRAWS TWO
CHARACTERS, "OLD ABE" AND
THE PRESENT INCUMBENT,
THAT CRITICIZE ROOSEVELT
BY THE VERY CONTRAST Be
TWEEN THEM.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
HEAD OF PATRIARCHS MILITANT i
TO PAY VISIT TO ODD FELLOWS
Will Arrive on Wednesday
Morning and Remain
Until Thursday.
Preparations for His Enter
tainment Have Been
Completed.
PRICE. SCENTS.

Is MAKING A TOUR OF THE
SOUTH, VISITING MANY CITIES
WHERE CARTONS, WHICH ARE
THE HIGHEST BRANCHES OF
ODD FELLOWSHIP ARE LocA-
TED-WILL BE ACCOMPANIED
BY COLONEL MAYNE OF ALA
BAMA,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23

General N. A. Raney, head of the
Patriarchs Militant of the United
States and Canada, and which is the
highest branch of Odd Fellowship. &C.
companied by his staff, and Colonel
Mayne, of Alabama. will arrive in
Pensacola Wednesday morning ON an
Official visit to Canton Merritt No. /,
The general and his stan are tour
ing the south and paying official visits
TO all cities where cantonS are To-
Gated. From here he goes to Mobile.
thence to New Orleans, and then out
through Texas. He will remain in
Pensacola from Wednesday morning
until Thursday at noon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
Local Order Pleased.

General Raney comes to Pensacola
for the purpose Of inspecting Canton
Merritt No. I, which is the only can.
ton in the state. The local canton
was instituted less than a year ago
by Colonel Mayne of Alabama and
Major Thos. C. Watson, of this city,
but in this time the members have
made a most creditable showing In
their work, and every effort Is being
made to have the canton well drilled
before the arrival of the general.
The fact that Colonel Mayne is to
accompany General Raney to Pensa-
cola has caused much satisfaction
among local Odd Fellows, for il was
the former who interested Pensacola
members of the order in the organi-
cation Of a canton and 1t was through
his influence that the canton was I'm
stituted.
While in the city the visitors will
be guests Of the Odd Fellows OF Pen
sacola, and preparations to make the
visit pleasant one have been COM
pleted, and IT is expected that General
Raney and others who come here on
this date will leave with a good I'M
preston OF the city While here
General Raney will confer the deco
ration of chivalry upon two sisters
of Naomi Rebekah Lodge No. 10, and
upon one chavalier of Canton Mer-
rift No. /. He will be assisted in
these ceremonies by cfavaliers of the
canton in uniform.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
His Splendid Work.

His efforts on behalf ct - osga-
cation and the commendable results
attained being thus meritoriously rec.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23

tcontinued on Pace Two.1
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23

tcontInued on Page Three,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
General Raney.

Regarding the visit TO southern
cities of General Raney the Birming-
ham Age-Herald of recent date con-
tanned the following:
Gen. VI. A. Raney, who is at the
head of the Patriarchs Militant, the
highest degree of Odd Fellowship. is
of New England ancestry, his father
being native of Tennessee, and the
general by birth of Indiana; but much
of his life has been spent in Iowa.
where in public life he has attained
much prominence.
His sterling qualities and ability,
with increasing and untiring activity
on behalf of Odd Fellowship, are fully
attested by the fact that he has ae-
ceptably and well served as presid-
ing officer in each and every snbordi-
nate branch of the order. Noble
Grand in the subordinate and Re-
bekah lodges. Chief Patriarch of the
Encampment. and Grand Patriarch OF
the Grand Encampment of the state
of Iowa, he is now Grand Represen-
tative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge
from the grand jurisdiction of Iowa
He is also a Past Grand Treasurer
of that state.
He has advanced in the militant
branch of the order from chevaller
TO the rank Of Major-General. and t.
now the General Commander CT the
PatTiaTchal Army. At st. Paul d..
ing the recent session he Wa ~
elected for term of four years. walra
was a very high compliment
-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23

Continued on Page FIsss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

Sheep. Monday will be devoted
to sheep. First, the discussion of
of the sheep score card, second, lect.
ure by Prof. r.. Xxx. Bliss on the
different breeds, Of sheep and their.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
E. c. Perkins for Representative.

Z. G. Perkins authorizes the Lead
.er to announce his candidacy for the
office Of representative to succeed R.
J. Rixby. 1t is pleasant duty for
this paper to perform, and we are
positive that the announcement will
be received with almost unanimous
approval by the voters Of this part
of the county regardless Of party
lines. Mr.. Perkins is. lawyer Of
pronounced ability and success
whose fitness and availability for the
office needs no unusual proclama-
ton. He is known in all parts of
the county as a man of shrewd and
conservative Judgment, safe
counsellor, and a lawyer who es-
teens his profession as one of the
highest trust and responsibility.
While living and having his main
Office at Delhi. he has at the same
time served Hopkinton and Coles
burg'in legal capacity, for years
making regular visits and serving
his patrons we'll. He is gradu-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

ate of Lenox College before enter
ing the legal profession and for
legal profession, and for long time
has been one of the trustees of the
college. He served the county for
several terms as county attorney
performing the duties of the office to
the highest satisfaction of the tax
payers. Mr. Perkins has never
shirked duty nor betrayed u trust,
is methodical and,feliable; depend
able in all situations; with mind
trained to look for righteousness
and justice in all questions and
transactions, and with an open re-
cord that is without blemish. Those
are qualifications that make a legis-
lator above the ordinary, and the
kind that the voters of these days
are learning to look for to make our
laws. He has been a lifelong re.
publican. and at the same time an
independent one, and staunch ad.
herant and expositor of republican
principles. His candidacy is in re.
Spouse to the solicitation CT friends
from all parts Of the county, coming
SO generally and forcefully as not tc
be denied. For these reasons, and
many more that might with truth
be enumerated, those who know Mr.
Perkins will rise with pleasure to es
pousa his candidacy for representa-
tive and the Leader, both as neigh
Dor and friend can give him cordia
MISUNDERSTANDING Leader.