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" : II All K Vii "4 49 tU d Q Mi M i i H '! I ' " I j J.i . I I. to PAGE SDC 1REASURER IS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ROAD COIN No Moro Monies Received From Roail and Bridge Levy Can Be Expended for Redemption of Warrants Until Suit is Settled. Judge Calkins Restrains Treasurer From Placing Road Monies in Gen eral Fund. Judge I M. Calkins has Issued an order restraining James Croncnilller, county treasurer, from using any of the money collected for road pur poses. In redeeming general county warrants. Tho order Is to remain In effect until the court has had time to arrive at n decision on the Injunc tion suit brought by Denton flowers and S. A. Carleton or Ashland to check tho erection of a new bridge over Bear creek In this city, i Over one-half of the money de rived from tho four mill tax levy for road and bridge purposes by the county of Jackson has been collected nnd turned over to the county trea surer but instead of being placed in a road and bridge fund as specified by the state law it has been placed in the general county fund and has been paid out for tho redemption of county warrants. To bo exact: On Juno 10, tho lastest figures available, 54S.075.S4 out bf approximately $7C,000 which should bo placed in a bridge and road fund has been collected and nearly all of it expend ed. Tho order of Judgo Calkins forces tho county treasuror to dis continue this practice. Attorneys for tho county in ar guing the injunction suit against tho bridge called attention to the state law which provides that money raised by the rpad and bridge levy should be placed In a distinct fund nnd be used for road and bridge purposes only. Continuing their ar gument they declared that this money should be available for such purposes as the erection of tho Mcd ford bridge and would not place the county further in debt. However, Jackson county has never observed the state law, in re gard to this fund, having never kept a road fund. Present county offi cials stato that they never saw a "road" warrant, tho so-called "road" warrants being paid out of the coun ty general fund. Tho only record on the county books, searched back as far aB 1901, show tho only "road" fund was kept In 1303 when be tween $2,000 and J3.000 was re ceived from the sale of state land&, the law stating that this money must b' , expended for road purposes only. In accordance with this law the county court In January In making its tax levy, levied a four mill tax. llils provided approximately $152, 000 for road and brldgo purposes dur ing 1912. Of this amount there had been collected by the sheriff and t y T T ? T ? y y y y y y y y y y y y y y t y y t y t y y f y y r y r .; :: turned ovor to tho county treasurer 106,111 l.CS, by Juno 10, tho latent figures nvnllnhle. One hnlf of this nuiniiut linn gone to the mntt super visors, or will go, as Is provided hy the net. Tho other halt has been placed' In the county general fund and not In n general road fund as provided hy law. Treasurer Crone- miller stated today that he had only n few thousand dollars on hand and as this was all In tho general fund he did not know -and would not, until he figured It up how much of this money belong to the road fund. BOSSES BUNCH (Continued from Page 1.) concerted action on the temporary chninuuuship. Tmuumny Scandal Airvtl An informal imWI intlicntetl twenty votes, in the delegation for Parker nnd sixteen for the Hrynn candidate. The Bryan men were working hard to pun recruits both tti the .Mionn and Iowa delegations. According to men elo.se to the Hrynn party, the Xehrjisknti .sent a greater part of the night reading the evidence taken in the legislative in vestigation of the New York state legislature Inst summer. This reiort was filled with facts which it was claimed showed Tnm- mnny Hall's connection with the bi partisan political machine in NVv York state and also showed the con nection between the financial ring :n Xow York and the political machines there. Bryan had told his intimate friends that he would make the effort of his life today, lie announced that he planned to show exactly how big busi ness had dominated Klities in these states where the supiwrt of Parker originated. RYAN LEADING FIGHT (Continued from Page 1) very large place In all of today's papers, Thomas F. Ityan, the man behind the Parker fight, denied him self to all newspapers and in order that the better to escape reporters, scattered his time between four dif ferent private apartments. When located shortly beforo tho convention was called to order, Ityan flatly refused to receive cards from any of the reporters. A private sec retary recited the same speech to all tno correspondents. "Mr. Ryan has nothing to say to the newspapers, and has no interest In what the news papers Bay about him. They have been abusing him for thirty years and ho has become so used to It that he would be rather lonesome without their attentions. He has no statement to give, out and will have none. He Is here as a dele gate nothing more." During the morning Judge Parker, Charles F. Murphy, August Belmont and William F. Shechan called on Ryan. Chinese Ministers Resign WASHINGTON, Juno 25. A tele gram from Pekin to the state depart men today reports the fonnnl resig nation of four cabinet ministers who are members of the Tang Slino Vj party. The resignations, however, have not been accepted. New Brunswick w'orklngmen are planning the organization of a pro vincial federation of labor. You are not You don't stock is subject to 25 percent discount which means you can own our Merchandise as cheap as we can. Mothers especially you will lose money if you do hot fit your Boys for the coming year. A complete new stock to select from in ages from six to seventeen years. Double Breasted and Norfolks Styles at $4.00 to $15.00 Less 25 percent. A few choice things left in our Half Price lot of Suits and Straw Hats. arwmroRD matt, tribune, DMHIl rUHUO I.,' -71 r-npk TiMimnii GTWffl '"' S 1 ?r-ifTivl'm?S!!raia I in ill Hill ill li i V-,' ; ":w . i- iViB. t .k i r rn m . r r -v -. ,.,Awgt ,-&.. j.i .,,- iii i iiiiiwii ii ' -1-- ' r diBB w 'sf. ' ,i:J"--- (Continued frwn Page One.) ," 'V'"'1BNpiyMSS''4w8 of the trust of tlie democrats of this nation if 1 were uol willing lo risk humiliation in their defense. Never Sold the Truth "A man cannot carry on a political warfare in defense of the people for sixteen years without making ene mies. 1 recognize that these enemies have to attack me. The fact that I have lived is proof that I have not deserted the people. "1 take for my text the quotation the committee was kind enough to place there on the walls for my u-c; "'He never sold the tiuth to serve the hour!'" ''That is the language of the sage of Monlicello. 1 would not he worthy of the support 1 have reecied if 1 were unwilling to do less. "We are (old it is disturbing har mony to dissent from the committee's recommendations. Is there any oth'T democrat who is trying to disturb harmony. I began several weeks ago to secure harmony. I announced to a sub-committee that I was not a can didate for temixmu-y chairman. eoidd not serve without immodesty. I was asked that, at the end of six teen years of battle, when 1 find the things I fought for triumphant, not only in my own party, but in the republican party, that I be permitted to preside here. But 1 refused. 1 advised the committee to consult the two leading candidates. 1 asked this committee to get the two leading can didates to agree on a teniHrary chairman. I asked them to allow- two thirds of the convention a word in its choice. In tho sub-committee the Clark and Wilson forces could not agree. In the full committee last night the Wilson forces Mipported Mr. James, the Clark choice, but yet the choice of the Clark men was not chosen. A Fight of the. People "This is uu epoch-making conven tion. We have had such a struggle as was never seen in politics before. I know the sacrifice that has been re quired; I know of the men working on railroads who have risked their bread and butter to aid the fight for tho people. Men in business have been threatened if they did not sell their citizenship, hut I have seen them defying the demands of predatory wealth and voting for the masses. "I have seen men give up every thing to nid in this fight of the people. "Now that the hour of triumph has come, I feel that the song of victory should he sung by one whose heart has been in the fight. "John W. Kent has been faithful every day of that sixteen years. It has cost him time and money and the wear of his body and mind and ho has given cheerfully. "rotir years ago when the founda tion was laid for the present victory it was John W. Ivern who stood with me, then we took the last stronghold of the predatory interests and forced publicity of campaign expenditures." too late have to search i Model Clothing Co 1 MrcniroKD, orkcion, REFUSED TO BE CANDIDATE i . 7-BB . .,'1'.1-. -W.jCiilTL-lIr.l s T v V H- &vt in S OLLrtJAMES -T Kern's Work Praised Bryan then reviewed Kern's work and said: "Now. In is in the senate, where he can make a senator look as big as a senator should to the American peo. pie. He is now leading the fight in the senate to purge that hotly of Sen ator larmier. What better man could we have on this occasion1" ".My friends, when f can con trast " Here the disordrr ami cries ol "Parker, Parker" and yolls and jeers from the New York and other dele gates became so great that the chatr had to rap for order. "I can contrast both candidates without impreaeltinp Mr. Parker' character or good intent," cotitiniu'd Bryan "Not every man of good in tent can sound tho keynote for a pro gressive campaign. We would not invite a republican to be temporary ehuinnau of our convention. We h many democrats jrho vole the ticket and who nre not in sympathy with our principles." Hits Ityan and Hcluiont Here the Parker shouts started again, but Bryan centinued: "I assume that no friend of Judge Parker will say that he was entirely satistled with the candidate or plat form in 11)08. This convention must take up tho challenge thrown down nt Chicago by a convention controlled hy predatory wealth or it must submit to the same control. "Ve need not believe that what is done in u national convention is done Heerctly. We always act under the eyes of representative of tho press, who know why wc did it and who (old us to do it. We must not presume that those at hornet can be deceived. The people at home will know that the influences that dominated the to get Choice Bargains Here here for Bargains. Everything in our l tuukoay, .iunh ar, tni2. FOR CHAIRMAN AT BALTIMORE Chicago convention are here, and lire more largely at work than they were at Chicago. I appeal to you to so act that the democrats of this country can say that the democrats are true to the people and that they cannot be frightened by your Hyans or bought by your Belmoutsl" This was the signal for a wild out burst from both galleries and much of the audience. Harked lly Corporation "If the candidate elected hy the committee were unknown, wn would judge him hy the influences back of him. We know who the candidate is and wc know the men who appointed him. Kight yean ago he was chosen iv the men who decided that it would be good politics to try to trade with the men who had defeated us in the two previous campaigns. "The country hns not forgotten (hat that convention was influenced by the pnunisu of large contributions from Wall Street. It will not forget that after Wall Street alienated the party's support, it threw the party down. "They huve nut forgotten that it is the same man who is backed by the same interests who is being forced upon this convention to open u pro gressive campaign with a paralyzing speech. A speech is not so many words. It is the man nnd not the words. Democracy' Triumph "We have been passing through n great educational age and the demo cratic movement has been sweeping everything hefoio it around the world. In Kussia emancipated serfs have a voice in the government. In Turkey the citizens now influence the molding of their laws. China is now a republic. "While the outside world bus been MANY SEEM NO ENTHUSIASM VICE PRESIDENCY IRKS OPENING HAlNMOIiti, Mil.. Juno aft. There was much quiet consideration hy the democratic leaders today of available timber for the vice presi dency. While admitting that geo graphical conditions would control, and that final selection would not he possible until after the head of the ticket had been decided iiikiii, the claims of the various candidates were discussed hy the men who will have the task of deciding who is the most available candidate. If Bryan should bo nominated for president the general impreHsioii wjn that he would prevail on Governor Wilson of New Jersey to he his run ning mute, though Wilson has told his friends that under no circumstances would he accept second place. There was a well dufiued boom in certain circles for Senator O'Oonnan of New York. He has taken a dis tinct stand for progressive inenNiircs ever since he entered the senate. UoNcruor Marshall of Indiana, al though a presidential candidate, had many warm HtipiMtrters. as had Gov ernor Posh of MasHachusellH nnd Governor Baldwin of Connecticut. Congressman William Suiter of New York had a vorMnnlly conducted boom which he declared was promis ing. Governor Dis of New York wan much in the limelight. Mayor Preston of Baltimore has established hendqunrten nnd his boomers were declaring that it would greatly aid the party if ho were taken because of his position below the Mason and Dixon. In the running for the same reason were Clark Howell of Oeorgin and former Gov ernor Montague of Virginia. Governor Burke of North Dakota had many friends among the western progressives and the friendH of for mer Congressman Francis Burton Harrison of New York were also sounding his praises. marching at a double quick in the direction of complete freedom, we have kept step. In every htutn the fight has been waged. "Tho man I present hns been the lender of the progressive cause in hit own state. I challenge you to find in sixteen years where the committee candidate has rendered any efficient aid for the eoplc's muse. lruni to the People "This is tho situation wn linvn M meet. The democratic pnrty has hecit the lender in this fight until its action has stimulated a hunt of republicans to imitation. I nay that they at a later hour than we caught the spirit of the time and are now willing to trust the people with their own gov ernment." Brypu's effort was drowned out time nnd again by hostile shouts from both the galleries and tiu big eastern delegations. "Wo are not in sight of (ho prom ised laud" he began again, but was forced to snscnd as a chorus of wild jeers and hoots came from the galleries. "Progressive democracy has been tho pillar of fire to nrouse the people and the delegates, I pray now tliHt the time has come, you do not rob the people of the right to govern them selves." .U'-'-sl-U. IIAIi'l.MOHi:, Mil., Juno 'Jo. Tho first real applause from either galler ies or floor followed the lir'uglng Info the convention hall of the banner of Texas, on which was emhliuetied: "Texan has eighteen itolld voles for VVoodrow Wilriim." At 11:10, tho seals uu thn main floor of the armory were comfortably filled, hut thn top galleries were Htii unoccupied, ctccpt in hoh. Cardinal Gibbous, who watl to make t tin opening Invocation, arrived nl ttM'J, escorted hy a detachment of local police. As IiIn frail, HCitflci gnrh cd figure was Heen iNsltjg down llio aisle, u storm of applause followed which lasted until lie hud taken his sent in tht) private box directly h. hind the speaker's chair, which had been asslgnrd for his use. At 1 1 1 ID the Connect lout delega. tiou marched down the aisle to thVir neals, They carried a big blue itnd golden haulier liiserlhcds "Our choice for president Simeon K. Bald win." There wan n hCiiltering npplutue, hut it lasted only a short lime, Tim hand, however,' struck up "Dixie"' and another wild iliout went up from tho galleries ami floor. The "Star Spangled Banner" fulI'Mud. and while tho delegates were fitAndiug in honor to it, Bryun came in by a side rutniiice and walked no tors the stage to shake hands with Cardinal Gibbons, lie then ant down in a ne.it on thn platform directly behind the cardinal. There wait very little ep plaunn for tips Nebraska lender- in fact, there hnd been up to this time very little genuine rntliusiaMu. OLUE JAMES TO T IIA1.TIMOIIK, Md , Juno 25.- Hoprcucntntlrn Olllo James of Ken tucky today Urturd a statement .In which ho said ho would tupport Wil liam J. Bryan In thn fight annlnt JudKn Alton II. Parker or Now York for thn temporary ohatrmanihlp. William II. Khclnhai't of BnduWr. an 'Ohio delegate, today lo a confer ence with Dryan openly auJnCeated that the Commoner run for prealdent. "I'm not dl'CUMlnr; that," nald Mr. Bryan, "I don't want to nmbaraii you," nald llhnlnbart, "lijit wo want you to run for president." "I'vn got HomethlriK morn Import ant than (baton rlnht -now," aal'd Bryan. "I want you with us In till flKht of Uio proKreialvrs for temp orary chairman," :.J'"J . ...EmL.l..l.i.iL'i Draperies W carry vary eomauta Una of drrr. laiwi eurtolna, rii turra. te. and 4o all cUaaaa of upholaUrlnjr. . A aprclal man lo look aftar thta work axfiluatralr and will tv aa ood aarvloa aa a poaalbfy lo cat trs ava tba largaat cltlaa. WEEKS & NcGOWAN CO. r..is '. i i r M RYAN "Y y