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NUMBER 32.
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SUCCESS IS IN SIGHT
Bryan Men Confidently Make
This Claim.
ABSOLUTE CONTROL IS ASSDRED
They An Foeltive That Bryan Will Be
. nominated Are Making Vigorous
Efforts.
6t. Locib, July 21. The Bryan man
agers confidently claimed this morning
that ihey had paeeed the Rubicon, and
their control of the convention was prac
tically assured. There are conditions
and details yet to be worked out, but
they believe they Lave won the main
victory, the nomination or indorsement
of the Chicago ticket. An attempt of
some Populists to force the withdrawal
of Sewall and the nomination of a Pop
ulist for vice-president had been de
feated by the stand taken by Bryan's
friend?, and the poeitive answer of
Chairman Jones, of the Democratic na
tional committee, that such a thing
could not be coribiUeretl.
Notwithstanding the confidence of the
Bryan managers, however, they will not
relax their efforts. They have a most
complete organization, and every man
has instructions for today. They will
canvass every incoming delegation and
keep op the work of proBelyting among
those already here. Although they
claim a victory, they believe there will
be a bolt of the radicals, and, paradox
ical as it may seem, tbis is wnat some
of the most level-headed desire. The
Democratic managers certainly are not
averse to a split which will carry out of
the convention the extreme men. They
claim that the allegiance of some of
these men could do the ticket infinitely
more barm than good. The battle, of
coarse, will come on the floor of the
convention, and no one now doubts that
there will be a general display-of bad
blood.
- The national committee will wrestle
with the question of organization today.
The Bryan men have put forward Gen
eral Weaver for temporary chairman
This is a shrewd move. They do not
believe the opposition will care to make
a fight against their late standard
bearer.
"CYCLONE" BAV18 RESOLUTION.
He Will Ask the Popnllsts to Support
Bryan.
St. Louie, July 21. "Cyclone" Davis,
of Texas, will ask the Populist conven
tion to adopt the following :
"Wheeeas, McKinley and the Repub
lican party represent the existing gold
standard, perpetuation of which means
that the national banking system is to
be rechartered for fifty years, and our
national debt to be refunded and made a
gold instead of a coin debt, and bonds
to ran for fifty years, and,
Whereas, This system is to be fast
ened upon the country by treaty with
foreign nations under the false pretense
of an international conference, which
means the ultimate enslavement of the
masses, and the complete establishment
of the classes ;
"Resolved, That to defeat this meas
ore and insure McKinley's defeat so far
as our vote goes, we pledge ourselves to
UDite with the Democrats on one set of
electors in each state, which is the sen
timentof the middle-of-the-road Popu
lists."
HE IS KOlt BRYAN.
Congressman Towne, a Former Repnb
llean, So Declare Himself.
St. Louis, July 21. Congressman
Towne, of Minnesota, one of the silver
Republicans who walked out of the St
Louis convention and announced the
severance of bis allegiance to the Re-
bo plican party, arrived bere today.
"The silver movement in Minnesota,"
said he, "is growing by leaps and
bounds. Among the Republicans, I
was amazed at the widespread defection
in favor of silver. Republicans and
Populists are enthusiastically for Bryan,
in the belief that it is only by a anion
of the silver forces that the battle for
the restoration of silver can be won in
tbis campaign.
"I appreciate very highly the compli
ment involved in the suggestion of my
name here for president, but an inde
pendent nomination, in my opinion, is
impracticable. Bryan should be in
dorsed, I am for Bryan."
SILVER HEN CONVENE.
Initial Session of the New rj-anisa-'
tion. ,
St. Louis, July 22. Delegates to the
national silver organization were late in
assembling at the Grand Music ball,
' and there were not enough spectators to
fill the ealleries when J. J. Mott, chair
man of the national committee, called
the convention to order. It was long
after 12 o'clock when he stepped to the
nlatform and rapped for order. The
hall had been attractively draped
flags and bunting.
with
When Chairman Mott came forward
to call the convention to order, the del
egates for a moment ceased to use their
fans, roused from their torpor caused by
the awful heat, and indulged in som
enthnsiastic cheerinz. -A prayer was
offered, after which Miss Lillie B. Pierce
of this city, read the Declaration of In
dependence, causing another outburst of
applause.
When the call for the convention had
been read, Francis G. Newlandi
Nevada, was introduced by Chairman
Mott, as temporary chairman. Though
the ealleries were almost vacant, the
delegates gave him a vigorous reception
NORTHWEST NOTES.
JoseDh Kibler. while bathing in the
river at Lebanon, was accidentally
drowned. He was 22 jears of age.
Cloclin's saw mill, situated on Deep
creek, near Medical Lake, Wash., was
burned to the ground. The loss is $2500,
The remains of Ed Moran were found
floating in the Puyallup river yesterday,
Moran is supposed to have drowned
himself on June 30th last.
Walter and Russ Atkins, two boys 20
and 18 years old respectively, were
drowned while bathing in the Willam
ette river near Wheatland yesterday.
Adjutant-General Tuttle has received
from the secretary of 6tate a warrant for
$5917, with which to pay the militia
boys for their services at Astoria during
the recent fishing troubles.
Hon. Samuel Layman, a prominent
aad well-known Oregonian, died at his
home near Woodburn yesterday from
the effects of injuries which he sustained
some weeks ago by falling from a cherry
tree. Mr. Layman was 63 years of age.
The residence of R. A. Ervin at Pom
eroy. Wash., was destroyed by fire, to
gether with all its contents. A boy who
was in the dwelling was forced to jump
from a second-story window to escape
the rapidly advancing flames.
BADLY DEMORALIZED.
Mlddle-of-the-Road Populists Unable to
Fix Upon a Candidate.
St. Louis, July 21. Nothing better ii
lustrates the chaotic condition of the
Populist party than the fact that with
the convention only a day distant, there
is not an approach to cryetalization of
though in favor of a candidate for the
presidency on the part of the element
unfavorable to the endorsement of
Bryan.
So far the name of Paul Vandervoort,
of Omaha, commander of the Grand
Army, is more frequently heard than
any other; but bis friends admit that be
is not acceptable in bis own state for
Bryan. Eugene Debs and Congressman
Towne, of Minnesota, are also spoken of,
neither apparently with serious purpose
It is suggested that the discussion of
Towne as a possibility is for the purpose
of leading up to the nomination of Sena
tor Pettigrew, who openly joined the
Populist party.
A Father's Awful Crime.
Dbysbn, Mich., July 21, George
Swayne, a farmer, about 45 years old.
living near here, killed bis three small
children and set fire to his house, then
blew his brains out this morning. His
wife died a short time ago. It is thought
that this deranged his mind.
Remembered Bis Employes.
Philip Carey, a wealthy Cincinnati
manufacturer of asbestos, committed
suicide the other day. An hour before
his death he made a will bequeathing
his business to his employes. His book
keeper received 250 shares of stock, his
typewriter 100, his attorney 100, and
the other employes shares in proportion.
The stock is worth $100 a share, and
pays 12 per cent annually.
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wood, Cal., says: "I have used Ayer'a
Pills in my family for several years, and
have always found them most effectual
in the relief of ailments arising from a
disordered stomach, torpid liver and
constipated bowels. .
Bodies of the Two Atkins Boys Found.
Dayton, Or., July 22. The bodies, of
Walter - and Russ Atkins, who - were
drowned in the Willamette Sunday .were
found late yesterday afternoon. The
river ' was thoroughly dragged before
they were recovered. '
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POPULISTS ASSEMBLE
National Convention Called
to Order Today.
BUTLER OCCUPIES THE CHAIR
Expected Opposition to Seating; . Hit
Failed to Materialize The
Evening; Session.
St. Locis, July 22. The hall in which
the Populists met was the same in which
the National Republican Convention
met. There were the same arraugments
as to seats. The state delegations were
located in the pit. The platform in
front was flanked by press benches.
Decorations were practically the ?ame
as those of the Republican convention.
. The delegates bezan straggling in be
fore 10, but the delegations were slow
in arriving. When the pit was rilled
there were not 200 people in the galler
ias. Among the nrst to arrive were trie
Kansas' delegation, with long, yellow
ribbons on their heads and sunflowers
in their lapels. Ignatius Donnelly, of
Minnesota, with a good-humored bear
ing, came in early and talked with Ser
geant-at-Arms McDowell. Congressman
Howard, of Alabama, who wrote 'If
Chriet Came to Congress," was a
striking figure in his delegation. General
Coxey and his son-in-law, Colonel
Brown, came together with their wives.
Mrs. Uoxey bore in her arms her young
son whom uolonel toxpy christened
Legal Tender," as a perpetual remind
er of his march.
As the heat in the hall grew oppres
sive, the delegates did not hesitate to
shed their coats. Many delegates wore
negligee shirts, some wore neither collar
nor cravat. A band stationed about the
speaker's stand kept np a continuous
fasuade of popular Airs, but not one
wrung a round of applause from the dele
gates.
When the assistant sergeant-at-arms
hung a portrait of Lincoln over the front
galleries, the delegates gave three cheere.
The ice being thus broken, they began
to be more demonstrative, and cheered
the band's rendition of "Columbia, Gem
of the Ocean."
There were several women delegates
on the floor, among them, Mrs. J. D.
Bush, of Prescott, Ariz; Mrs. Jennie B.
Atherold and Mrs. lies, of Colorado.
Senato Allen received a personal ovation.
The Texas delegation grew demonstra
tive. A woman posed with a middle-of-
the-road streamer pinned on her gown,
and they cheered wildly. She waved
her handkerchief frantically and enthusi
astically. The Texans crowded about to
shake her hand. She proved to be Mrs.
Jones, of Chicago.
A Lone Star delegate mounted a chair
and read telegrams from the Texas Popn
liets, admonishing them to keep in the
middle of the road, and bolt.if necessary.
Stuart Ashley, one of the delegates,
made a speech, and it looked as if Texas
intended to hold a convention by her
self. Paul Vandervoort, the most promi
nent candidate of the middle-of-the-
road men present, took a seat on the
platform. Shortly before 12 o'clock
the Mississippi delegation marched down
the aisle with a banner bearing the slo
gan, jno compromise. ' mere was an
answering yell of joy from the Texas
delegation. General Weaver moved
over to the Texas delegation and made a
short speech in favor of holding. the ses
sions behind closed doors. The Texans
said it was impracticable. The middle
of-the-road leaders, after conferring, de
cided not to make an organized fight
against the selection of Butler as tem
porary chairman.
At 12 :25 p. m. Senator Butler mounted
the platform. Three minutes later
Chairman Taubeneck took a neat on the
platform. Senators Allen and Peffer
were cheered as they ascended to the
stage. At this time there were over 2000
delegates and attendants in the pit, but
on a liberal estimate not over. 600 spec
tators were in the galleries. Governor
Stone, of Missouri, sat among distin
guished guests on the platform.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Leass got a demon
stration as she ascended the stage just
before Chairman Taubeneck intrxlnced
Senator Butler as temporary chairman.
In introducing Senator Butler, Taube
neck said he bad been selected by the
national committee without a dissenting
vote, and added bis belief that the con
vention would act in as great unanimity
as bad the committee in choosing the
chairman. At the suggestion of Com
mitteeman Washburn, . three cheers
were given for the young senator.
Butler made a short speech, after
which the councllmen took a recess till
8 o'clock in the evening.
Held to Answer for Murder.
Colfax, Wash., July 21. The prelim
inary examination of James Lawrence,
who mnrdered Jacob Malquist. at Kipa
ria. Saturday afternoon, was held here
today. The warrant was sworn ou
against James Lawrence, but in coart
the prisoner gave bis true name as John
Leonard. He was held without bonds
to appear before the superior court July
20th.
One of the witnesses testified that
when the prisoner was pursued, after
the crime, he threw awav a bundle that
contained a pair of trousers belonging to
Malquist, a knife, a revolver and $7.50
in monev.
PROCLAMATION.
Protection
of Timber and Other Prop-
erty From Fire.
ine ionowing proclamation was re
ceived by Sheriff Driver, who says that
be shall make special effort to enforce
the law :
W HF.EEA8, An Act passed by the Leg
islative Assembly of the State of Ore
gon at its seventeenth regular session
entitled, "An Act to Protect Timber and
other Property from Fire," contains the
following:
section l. it any person shall ma'
liciously, with intent to injure any other
person, by himself or any other person
kindle a fire on his own land or the land
of any other person, and by means
ench fire the buildings, fences, crops, or
other personal property or wooded tim
ber lands of any other person shall be
destroyed or injared, he shall, on con
viction, be punished by a fine of not
less than $20 nor more than $1000, or by
imprisonment in the county jail not less
than three months nor more than
twelve months, according to the aggra
vation of the offense.
Sec. 2. If any person shall without
malice kindle any fire in any field, pns
tore, enclosure, iorest, prairie or timber
land not bis own, without the consent of
the owner, and -the same shall spread
and do damage to any buildings, fences
crops, cordwood, bark, or other persona!
property not his own, or to any wood or
timber land not bis own, be shall on
conviction be punished by a fine of not
less than $10 nor more than $100 and
costs, according to the aggravation of
the offense, and shall stand committed
until the fine and costs are paid.
Sec. 3. Any person who shall enter
on the lands of another person for the
purpose of hunting and fishing, and
shall, withont the consent of the owner
of said lands, kindle any fire thereon,
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $10 nor more than $100, and if such
fire be kindled maliciously, and with
the intent to injure any other person
such offender ehall be punished by
fine of not less than $20 nor more than
$250, or by imprisonment in the county
jail not less than three months nor more
than twelve months.
Sec. 4. Any person or persons who
shall willfully set fire to any wooded
country or forest belonging to the State
or the United States, or any person or
persons, shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction before
a court of competent jurisdiction, shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or by both such fine
and imprisonment; provided, that noth
ing herein contained snail apply to any
person who in good faith sets a back fire
to prevent the extension of a fire already
burning.
Sec. 5. Upon any prosecution under
this act, one half of the fine imposed
shall be paid to the person who first
gives information thereof to the district
attorney for the district in which the of
fense is committed, and the other moeity
shall be paid into the county treasury
for the benefit of the common school
fund of the county in which said fine is
collected.
Sec. 6. It ia is hereby madethe duty
ot the governor of this state to issue a
proclamation on the first day of July
of each year, calling public attention at
tention to the provisions of this act and
warning all persons against violating the
same. It is also the duty of each circuit
judge of this state to read the provisions
of this act to each grand jury when
charging them as to their duties.
Now, therefore, I, Wm. P. Lord, gov
ernor of the state of Oregon, do hereby
direct the attention of the public to the
crimes and misdemeanors declared in
this act, with the penalties perscribed,
and warn all persons to abstain from
violating all or any of its provisions. '
Done at the capitol, in Salem, Oregon,
this first day of July, in the year of onr
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six. ;
By the governor: . Wm. P. Lord,
H. R. Kincaid, Governor.
Secretary of State.
Write or call for prices of farm ma
chinery. John M. Filloon.
MIDDLE ROAD DEFEAT
Bryan Men Control the
Populist Convention.
TWO TURBULENT SESSIONS HELD
Senator Allen Is Permanent Chairman
Bryan's Nomination or Indorse
ment Seems Assured.
St. Louis, July 23. The Bryan sup
porters are jubilant tonight. They de
monstrated, after a division in the Popn
list convention, that they bad a majority
of 194. They perfected their permanent
organization, installed their candidate,
Senator Allen of Nebraska, as perma
nent chairman, and took charge of the
convention and committees, while the
silver convention at Music ball was
simply dawdling along, listening to
speeches and transacting trivial business
in pursuance of the prearranged pro
gramme of remaining in session in the
hope of influencing the action of the
other convention by their action in in
dorsing silver and the Democratic ticket.
There were two sessions of the Popu
list convention, a morning session of
two hours and nn afternoon session of
six. The latter carried the convention
into the night. Both were turbulent
and noisy, but the tumult was confined
to the delegates on the floor, the galler
ies being practically empty.
The report of the committee on per
manent organization was brought for
ward, the majority commending the se
lection of Senator Allen, the ponderous
statesman from Mr. Bryan's state. The
anti-Bryan men pitted against the Neb
ratka senator James K. Campion, of
Maine, a man practically unknown even
to the middle-of-the-road contingent
who entered him in the lists. Still,
they rallied to his support every vote at
their command, and they were defeated
753 to. 581.. The announcement of this
triumph was the signal for an uproarious
Bryan demonstration, which lasted 18
minutes. Senator Alien's speech as
permanent chairman occupied over an
hour. In many respects it was bitter
enough to suit the most radical. When
he finished the convention adjourned.
ine situation remains practically un
changed. Although the Bryan forces
were in control, and bis nomination or
indorsement seems to be assured, the
defeat of Sewall still stares him in the
face. If Sewall cannot be nominated
along with Bryan,, the efforts Of the
Bryan managers will be directed toward
securing an indorsement of Bryan rather
than a nomination. The question of
the common electors is another compli
cation which serves to tangle the skein
which must be unraveled.
OPPOSED TO FUSION.
Middle-Road Popnllsts Demand a
Straight Ticket.
St. Louis, July 23. Populists began
assembling in the convention ball
shortly after 9 o'clock. The air was ex
tremely oppressive and delegates with
coats swung over their arms, stood
about discussing the situation. The
middle-of-the-road fellows could be
beard above the music of the band
The Texas delegation contains some of
the most uncompromising men in the
convention and they were mad at the
prospect of being balked in their policy.
At 10:05 Senator Butler, temporary
chairman, appeared on the platform.
simultaneously the band struck up
'Dixie" and the delegates uncorked
some of their pent up enthusiasm. The
attendance in the galleries, as yester
day, was very thin. At 10:10 Chairman
Butler called the convention to order
and Rev. Smith offered an invocation
for blessings upon a common country.
The report of the committee on creden
tials was called for. No one responded
and the states were called for members
of the committee on permanent organ
ization and resolutions.
After the announcement of the com
mittee on permanent organization the
members retired. A squad of middle-
of-the-roaders, headed by Delegate
Branch of 'Georgia suddenly plunged
into the hall through the main entrance.
whooping down the center aisle.
Branch bore aloft a big white banner
with the inscriptions, "Middle of the
road," "A straight ticket." At the
sight of it Texas, Georgia, Maine, Mis
souri and Mississippi delegates mounted
chairs and yelled at the top of their
voices. At the same time middle-of-the-
road delegates stationed in the galleries
over the platform hurled through the
r about a peck of small green tickets.
The green tickets contained the follow
ing: -
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plan We demand that the national
treasury cotes issued by- the general
government be received for all public
dues and be a full legal tender in pay
ment of all debts, public and private,
and loaned directly to the people
through postal and other government
banks at cost for the benefit of the peo
ple. And the purchase and coinage of
snub an amount of sold and silver bul
lion at a ratio of It) to 1 as may be nec
essary to pay the debts of the govern
ment which are payable in coin. We
demand that the volume of money be
speedily increased to mi amount neces
sary to transact the business ot the
country on a cash basis. Respectfully
submitted for coiiMdoration of the Pop
ulist convention."
A motion to admit delegates of the
silver convention on exhibition of their
badges was ruled out of order. After
some music and speaking a recess till 3
p. in. was taken.
William V. Allen of .Nebraska has
been selected ty the majority of the
committee' on permanent organization
as chairman. It was announced that
the minority will . make two reports,
one fur Campion of Maine,, and the
other for Butler of North Carolina, if
the latter will ellow his name to be
used.
The delegates were on hand at the af
ternoon session promptly. Just before
3 o'clock a delegate climbed the steps of
the platform and brought an umbrella
handle down with a crash on the chair
man's table. "If this is a Populist con
vention," lie shouted in a husky voice,
"for God's sake don't get into the Demo
cratic band wagon." The crowd laughed
and the middle-of-the-roader disap
peared in the direction of the Texas
delegation.
The convention was called to oider at
3 :31 and a partial report of the commit
tee on credentials was beard. The com
mittee recommended that in the Illinois
contest both delegations be seated and
given half a vote each. In the Colorado
contest the Patterson delegation was
seated.
Patterson moved to consider the con
tests In alphabetical order of states.
His motion carried and speeches of the
majority and minority were limited to -15
minutes each.
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