THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. 1896.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 33.
FOR VICE-PRESIDEN
Watson of Georgia, is Noni
inated.
POPULISTS REVERSE THE ORDER
cimnuiDlif at tba Tail Knd of th
Ticket, Thereby iDnarlnit Bryan'
Defeat.
St. Loms, Jnly 24. Thomas E. Wat
bod of Georgia, who was a member
the fifty-first congress and who in the
fifty-second and fifty-third congresses
nnsnsceesfully contested Col. Black';
seat was nominated for vice-president
by the Populist convention, on the firs
ballot, shortly after midnight.
There were five other candidates viz
Sewall, Magee of Virginia, Mimms
Tennessee, Congressman Skinner
Nortn Carolina, and Col. Burgett
Mississippi.
The nomination was made unanimous
before the result of the roll call was an
Bounced.
Brvan sent word to hi6 supporters
that he would n.t accept the nomination
at the hands of the convention under
these circumstances. He will stand
royally by his running mate.
The opposition to Sewall in the Popu
list convention practically swamped the
Bryan forces at the day Bession of the
convention, by making it impossible to
prevent a division of the Chicago ticket,
The leaders were powerless to check the
trong feeling against the shipbuilder
and banker. ''They had carried the day
in the committee on resolutions, in
framing a comparatively moderate plat
form, which they afterwards got through
the convention with ease. Their strat
egy was skillfully displayed at other
points. Bat the intense undercurrent
. of the feeling against Sewall was fatal to
them.
. It was the sunken ditch, unmarked
' upon the battlefield which, clutching
S with its muddy fingers at the wheels 'of
" bis artillery, bore down Napoleon and
his eagles at Waterloo. Today the ditch
.. was in open view. JTrom the beginning
it has gaped like a chasm athwart the
path of the Bryan managers. In vain
tbey attempted to bridge it. Moreover,
today for the first time the middle-of-the-road
element displayed a general
ship worthy of the name. Bocognizing
the fact that all hope of defeating Bry
an's nomination was lost, they concen
trated all their efforts against Sewall,
They did more; they devised a cunning
scheme by which the convention was
forced to nominate the vice-president
before the president. . It was an unpre
cedented thing and it served to mass
the votes in favor of the Populist candi
date for vice-president, and uncover
them in advance, in the fear that if
Bryan was nominated the enthusiasm
might break down the opposition to the
wall and stampede a majority of the
votes for the Nebraekan'a running mate,
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This Season's First Shipment Arrived
in London Today.
London, Jnly 24. On - sampling, it
has been found that the first shipment
of California ' frnit this season, which
came on the American line steamship
St. Louis, arrived at Southampton on
Wednesday, is not of the quality that
fetches the highest price in the London
market. The . pears are under-sized ;
too good for low-class trade; too ripe for
high-class. They are, however, adapted
for dessert fruit. The prices realized at
anction today were good, the best pears
bringing 10s 6d ; lowest 4s .6d. Average
cases sold for 6d 8s. Plums in consign
ment were also too small, but realized
7s 6d per crate of four .boxes. ' Only
thirteen boxes were damaged in the en
tire consignment. Buyers competed
keenly for the best lots. Messrs; Isaacs
& Sons, the consignees, say that had
the shipment lieen of the highest, Cali
fornia quality, the prices would have
reached 14s to 16s per case for pears.
Tito Institute. ' .
In the mental arithmetic work this
morning Prof. Gavin showed how quan
tity could be represented by straight
.lines, and when properly applied could
be used to illustrate any problem in the
book. . The class has about completed
the book to advanced course. As a rule
teachers are more deficient in mental
arithmetic than in written. .
In the reading and phonics class a
review of principles of pronunciation
was called tor . and were- reproduced.
The following words were given to be
pronounced properly : . Aerial, ally,
allies, alternate, American, '. appa
ratus, apricot, canine, excursion, equa
tion, culinary, discern, dishonest.
The clas in literature took up the
works of Dryden, and will devote about
one-half the time to biography.
Theory-"Reproductiou of five princi
pal points to be gathered from a story
read to the class last Friday. Teach a
few things and teach them well, was a
principle well illustrated in a recitation.
The lesson was taught of a fitting re
spect for eiders.
Physiology Care of the body ; per
spiration. United States History Grant's ad
ministration. The five successive steps in
the election of a president were traced
from the primaries to the inauguration
Composition Class considered sen
tence structure.
Soelline class began work on word
building. The plan of the work, as ar
ranged bv Miss Hill, is to finish the
text aa outlined in Reed's Word Lessons.
Analysis of small letters was com
pleted in the writing lesson today.
This afternoon Mr. Shelley was pres
ent and explained the law granting
certificates given to teachers.
For a Second Convention.
Chicago, July 24. The committee ap
pointed by the gold standard Democrats
last night to prepare and issue a call for
another convention, met at the AnditO'
num at 11 o'clock today. Controller
Eckles arrived this morning. It had
been supposed he would bring a message
from President Cleveland, but he em-
nhaticallv denied this. After hours of
discussion the majority report was pre
pared calling for a convention not later
than September 2. A committee of five
was selected to arrange for a state con
vention. The national committee is to
meet at Indianapolis August 2 to decide
on the place of the national convention
A HOUSEHOLD WORD.
Ludicrous niunder Which Was Slade by
a Fresldiujc Officer,
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times-Herald relates a laugh
able incident in the career of Mr. Tar&r
ne.y, of Missouri, who was until lately
a member of congress from that state.
but was unseated, by the house. The
occurrence, it should be explained, took
place some years ago, when Mr. Tarsney
was not so well known as he is at pres
ent.
It was in the midst of a political cam
paign, and Mr. Tarsney, who had gone
to Xew York state in the service of his
party, was announced to speak in a
countrv town. The chairman of the
meeting, a local celebrity, was properly
minded to give the gentleman from Mis
souri a handsome reception.
'Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "we
have with us to-night one of the great-'
est" statesmen of the great west, an ora
tor famed throughout the Mississippi
valley, a gentleman whose name is to
you a household word. .Permit me to
ntroduce to you Mr. Mr. "
Here the flow of his eloquence was
checked, and leaning toward the orator
of the evening, he whispered:
'What did you say your name was?"
"Tarsney, of Missouri," whispered the
orator.
"Fellow-citizens," resumed the chair
man, "it is my proud pleasure to intro
duce to you Mr. Larceny, of Missouri."
DOG BURIES A CAT.
Little Psychological Speculation Con
cerning the Incident.
A dog and a cat, belonging to the same
master, were the best friends in the
world, and spent their time in frolicking
together. One day, W-hile playing as
usual, the cat died suddenly, falling
the dog's feet. The latter, at first, did
not realize what had happened, but
continued his play, pulling, pushing
and caressing his companion, but with
evident astonishment at her inertness.
After some time he appeared to under
stand the situation, and his grief found
Vent in prolonged howls. Presently he
was seized with the idea of burying the
cat.. He pulled her into the garden,
where he soon dug a hole with his paws,
and put in the body of his former com
panion. He then refilled the hole with
dirt, and, stretching himself out on the
grave, resumed his mournful howling.
The idea of burying the cat .was ex
traordinary. Whence came the thought
fulness? Could it be imitation, or.
which is a better explanation, did the
dog have a vague idea of concealing the
vent which might be imputed to him?
Hut then it would seem unreasonable
for him to call -attention to the fact
by installing himself on the grave and
howling. However, even human crim
inals are sometimes equally incon
sistent. V It is difficult to form an exact
idea of what gave rise to the dosr's con
duct in this case.
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BRYAN IS NOMINATED
Populists Completed Their
Work and Adjourned.
IMPORTANT ACT OF CONVENTION
Gite the National Committee Power
to Throw Over Watson or Make
Any Other Chance.
St. Louis, July 25. William Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska, who was nominated
by the Democratic National Convention
at Chicago, a fortnight ago, was today
made the standard-bearer of the People's
party by a vote of 1042 to 321.
The Democratic candidate was nomin
ated in the face of his own protest, m
the shape of a telegram, directing the
withdrawal of his name, sent to Senator
Jones, after Sewall, his running mate,
had been ditched for the vica-preei-dential
nomination last nieht, and Tbos.
F. Watson of Georgia had been named
for the second place on the ticket. It
was also made in the face of an opposi
tion so bitter that, after the convention
adiourned. some of the radicals held a
"rump" convention.
The last session of the convention,
which lasted from 9:30 o'clock this
morning, until 5 o'clock this evening,
was marked by scenes of turbulence and
noisy excitement, which several timet
bordered on actual riot, and which at'
most precipitated personal collisions
One fist fight did occur, a delegate was
ejected, and a West Virginia delegate,
inflamed bv the actiou of the conven
tion, walked sullenly out of the hall.
The storm center, as on the previous
days, was in the Texas delegation. - But
the really dramatic features of this wild
session were enacted behind the scenes.
Rumors of what was going on in the
wings reached the delegates, but they
knew nothing definitely, and to the very
end, a message from Bryan, which
might have changed the result, was
kept from their ears.
To add to the other features of the
dav, the convention waB without music,
and the hall was littered and bestrewn
with the grime and dirt of yesterday's
twelve-hour Bitting. It was not expect
ed that the convention would laet more
than than three days, and the contract
made with the local committee expired
last night.'
The Populist Bryau managers decided
at the outset today to disregard Mr.
Bryan's telegram of last night and to
nominate him and straighten out the
tangle afterwards. They started out to
rush hia nomination through before any
other candidate could be put in the
field, as a football team, bv means of
brilliant flying wedge, sometimes forces
a goal. But there was interference, and
their line was broken. General Weaver
of Iowa, the Populist candidate in 1892,
placed Bryan in nomination, and Gen
eral Field of Virginia, who was bis run
ning mate, after a brief speech, moved
to make the nomination unanimous.
Chairman Allen held the motion was
in order, and that until that-motion was
decided, the call of states for nomina
tions, which was the order of the con
vention, could not proceed. . Thia ruling
also precipitated a riot. Some cheered,
some cursed, some fought, and there
would probably have been eeriou9
trouble had not the Bryan leaders wise
ly concluded to abandon this so-regard
ed high-handed program. But in doing
so,hey opened the floodgates, and for
six hours the convention was deluged
with oratory. Almost every' state and
territory had ita innings on the plat
form. Most of the speakers seconded
Bryan's nomination. About fifty sec
onding speeches were made, and some
of them were both eloquent and bril
liant.; '
The middle-of-the-road contingent in
sisted upon knowing at every opportu
nity whether, in view of hia telegram,
Bryan would stand on bis platform and
accept the nomination.. Bat all these
pointed questions were neatly parried.
Judge Green, of Nebraska, and others,
vouched for -Bryan's' sympathy with
Popnlistic principles, but that was all
the satisfaction the radicals could get.
The Texas delegation then sent a mes -Bage
to Bryan, at Lincoln, putting the
direct question to him. ' To this no
answer was received, but the Democratic
candidate bad been in constant commu
nication with Senator Jones, chairman
of the Democratic committee, and word,
came to the convention hall that Jones
had a message which he wanted , the
convention to hear.- -
As the roll call was proceeding, Gov
ernor stone, of Missouri, appeared on
the platform with the Bryan message,
but Senator Alien would not permit him
to read it to the convention, and Mr.
Stone retired, very much disconcerted.
The Populist leaders had decided to go
ahead with Bryan's nomination irre
spective of the wishes ot the Democratic
managers..
Rumors that such a message was in
the convention aroueed the Lone Star
delegation to frenzy, and "Stump" Ash
by demanded to know if there was a
message from Bryan on the secretary's
table. Chrirman Allen promptly re
sponded that there was not, but that
there was some talk of a "fictitious"
message somewhere ; he had not seen it.
Literally, of course, Senator Allen was
correct.
He said afterwards, in explanation of
his action, that Bryan was the over
whelming choice of the convention ; that
the telegram, whatever it was, was not
addressed to the convention or to a Pop
ulist delegate; that it was purely a
Democratic negotiation, and something
with which a Populist convention had
nothing to do.
When the roll-call was completed, it
was found that Bryan had 1045 out of
the 1374 votes in the convention. Frank
S. Norton, of Chicago, was the only
other candidate, Ignatius Donnelly, of
Minnesota, and General Coxey, of Ohio,
were nominated, but their names were
withdrawn. Norton received 321 votes,
Debs 10, and Donnelly 1. Norton got
the majority of the solid vote of Texas,
Michigan, Missouri, Rhode Island and
Wisconsin, and a respectable portion of
the votes of Alabama, California, Ken-
tncky, Illinois and Ohio.
The convention was hastily adjourned
after Bryan had been declared the nomi
nee, and the radicals in the Texas, Ar
kansas, California, Illinois and Maine
delegations proceeded to organize their
"rump" convention.
ENGLISH BAXKEKS' VI JEWS.
Effect in
America of
Law.
a Free-Silver
Loxnos, July 27. The Daily News has
an interview with Mr. Joseph Herbert
Tritton, a banker of the firm of Barclay,
Bevan. Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie &
Company, in which he is quoted as say
ing:
"Passage of a free-silver bill wonld
cause a rise in prices, and would clot
America with silver from the Eastern
countries, causing a complete dislocation
of the entire basis of exchange between
East and West. It would also cause the
hoarding and disappearance of gold
from circulation. Gold would go to a
premium. There would be a disappear
ance of foreign capital, causing a severe
panic and general commercial ruin.
"The first cure for American financial
distress must be the contraction of their
paper issues, both bank notes and treas
ury issues. If Mr. Bryan wins, inter
national bimetalists will see an oppor
tunity. But it is very doubtful if they
will be able to seize it. The history .of
the Latin Union has conclusively shown
that any international bimetallic union
must collapse through its own weight.'
None But Ayer's at the 'World's Fair,
Ayer'g Sarsaparilla enjoys the extra-
ordinary distinction of having been the
only blood purifier allowed on exhibit at
the world's fair, Chicago. Manufact
urers of other earsaparillas sought by
every means to obtain a showing of their
goods, but tbey were all turned away
under the application of the rule for
bidding the entry of patent medicines
and nostrums. The decision of the
world's fair authorities in iavor of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla was 'in effect as follows:
"Ayer's Sarsaparilla Is not a patent
medicine. It does not belong to the
list of nostrums. It is here on its
merits." -
LONDON GLOBE'S COMMENT.
British Interests Will Suffer
However
. the Election Goes.
London, July 27. The Globe -this
afternoon publishes a long article headed
"American Communism," concluding
as follows :
"There is a clear issue between the
gold standard allied to extreme protec
tion and free coinage coupled with con
fiscatory socialism.. Whether McKin-
ley or Bryan is elected, British interests
are bound to suffer. While the victory
of McKmley is certain to harass our
trade with the United States, that of
Bryan could not fail to produce a finan
cial convulsion which might shake the
Old World to its verv foundation."
The Discovery Saved HJs Life.
Mr. iS. Caillouttee, Druggist, Bearers
ville, 111. says: "To Dr. King's. New
Discovery I owe my life. . Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the physi
cians for miles about, but ot no avail
and was given up and told I could not
live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery
in my store I sent for a bottle and began
its use and from the first dose began to
get better, and after using three bottles
was up and about again. It is worth its
weight in gold. We won't keep store or
house without it." tret a iree trial a
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THE CAMPAIGN IS ON
Republicans Will Begin Act
ive Work This Week.
ALL PRELIMINARIES - SETTLED
Perkins Chocen for Assistant Secretary
of the National Leacoe Payne
Expected at Chicago.
Chicago, July 27. It is practically
settled that S. A. Perkins,' chairman of
the executive committee of the Ameri
can Republican College League, and
member of the executive committee of
the National League, will be given the
place of first assistant secretary under
Secretary Osborne, of the national Re
publican . campaign committee, with
headquarters at New York.
There were no signs of life about the
National Republican Headquarters Sun
day, everything being closed tight, in
accordance with the instructions of
Chairman Hanua. A man was sent to
the headquarters early in the day to get
the private mail of Mr. Heath and some
of the members of his staff, but with
this exception, no one entered the rooms
during the day.
This week will witness the beginning
of severe campaign work. The work
thus far has been of a preliminary char
acter, arranging the forces of the differ
ent departments and outlining the mat;
ters to be covered in the near future, n.
C. Payne is expected to reach here to
day and there will be a meeting of the
committee the latter port of the week,
after. Mr. Hanna's return from New
York.
Popnilsts Who Will Stamp for Silver.
St.' Louis, July 27. Among the speak
ers who will take the stump for the Pop
ulist ticket will be Senator Butler and
ex-Chairman Taubeneck, E. V. Debs,
Robert Schilling, of Milwaukee; Senator
Allen, of Nebraska ; Senator Peffer ; Mrs.
Roberts, of Georgia, and many others,"
including Coxey and Carl Brown.
Mr. Debs is a strong supporter of the
initiative and referendum. The cur
rency will be the pivot around which
the majority of the speeches will revolve
and the women that will be sent out
wi'.l make that their especial point of at
tack. Mrs. Roberts made a speech in the
convention seconding the nomination ot
Bryan, and, in the five minutes that she
was before the convention, won for her
self the reputation of being one of the
most forcible and logical speakers that
has ever addressed a Populist gathering.
"Cyclone" Davis was discussing the
outcome of the convention with a party
of friends in the Lindell corridors yester
terday. He said :
There were a thousand men in that
convention who differed with me, and
there could have been but one result
the selecting of Bryan. . It was a case of
either making them believe they were
wrong and myself and my little band of
250 were right or give up. We had to
give up, of course. ' We were not all
statesmen, and the thousand on the
other side were neither fools nor traitors.
We concluded they were right."
TO WITHDRAW 'BBTAN,
Considered at a Conference Between
Jones and Stone.
Jeffbeson City, Mo., July 27.
Chairman Jones, of the Democratic na
tional committee, arrived today, and
called on Governor Stone. They were
in conference some Lours, and it is said
they considered the matter of withdraw
ing Bryan s name irotn tne ropuiist
ticket.
Major T. O. Towles, of this city, sec
retary of the national bimetallic league,
and who was closely allied with Gov
ernor Stone and Senator Jones in their
fight for Bryan during the St. Louis
convention, met Senator Jones in Kan
sas City and accompanied him to Jeffer
son City. Governor Stone met them at
the depot with' his carriage. Major
Towles would not talk tonight about the
interview.
When Governor Stone was seen to
night, be positively declined to be inter
viewed about his conference with the
national committee .chairman, further
than to say there was nothing for the
press in the interview. After the con
ference, Jones took the train for St.
Louis. j - '
' Donnelly's Canalld Statement.'
Minneapolis, July 27. Ignatius Don
nelly returned home today from St.
Louis. In the next issue of bis paper,
the Representative, Mr. Donnelly will
say :
, "We have done well. We shall sup
port Mr. Bryan and the . Popaltst ticket
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shall then withdraw from public life for
ever. We are tired of working for those
who would destroy us."
In speaking of Bryan's nomination, he
says there were so many men at St.
Louis who were candidates for office and
who hoped for Democratic indorsements
in their respective districts, that they
swept the convention to Brynn. He
adds that Bryan is talking too much and
is standing over a powder magazine.
THE OOLR IlaSERVK.
Eastern Unnkers Deposited Over a
Million Dollars Yesterday.
Washington, July 27. The bankers
are waking good their promises in the
matter of turning in goM to the treasury,
and today the reserve was swelled by
the addition of $1,1-15,000 in coin, $400
000 coming from Iioetou, $250,000 from
Chicago and $-195,000 from New York.
There was drawn out todsy $129,100 in
coin and some in gold bars, leaving the
reserve at the close of business standing
at $105,073,919. The available cash bal- '
ance amounted to $262,016,500.
Roratla Kius; Writes to McKinley.
West Newton, Mass., July 27. Hon.
Horatio King, ex-postmaaler-general,
whose official life at Washington cov
ered time from 1807 to 1361, has sent a
letter to Hon. William McKinley, in
which he says :
"The danger now threatening the sta
bility of the United States is most ap
pal in g. I earnestly entreat you to listen
to tho warning appeal of Hon. W. C.
Whitney. It ia your opportunity to
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