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MEDFORD, OR ECS ON, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1!W8.
No. 93.
NEW YORK DEMANDS RADICAL PLAT
ORi
ENTHUSIASM FOR BRYAN FEATURE OF
OPENING OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
TAMMANY
DECLARES FOR
RADICALISM
Braves Out-Bryan
Bryan
Whose Friends Are Furi
ousDeclare lor Labor's
Measures in the Platform
DENVER, Col.. July 7. Tammany
Hall has nnt-Bryuued Bryan. The braves
have decided to present to the commit
tee on resolutions the most radical plat
form ever suggested from t he east .
Thu subcommittee of New York state
delegation named to confer ns to the
plunks the Empire state desires favored
practically all of the suggestions made
by the American Federation of Labor
and especially those bearing on the anti
injunction question.
Bryan's Friends Furious.
Bryan's friends are furious. They
openly assert that Tammany is trying
to embarrass him. Ho did not desire to
go so far as to absolutely prohibit the
injunction in labor disputes. All he
wanted was tn regulate, not prohibit.
Hut Tammany declares it has only tak
en the peerless one at his word. He
was reported to have said labor's do
mauds were justified, and that he want
ed no ambiguous language used. One of
the Tammany me;i let the eat out of the
bag in discussing the question early to
day.
"We have a city election this fall."
lie said, "and we need the labor vote.
If Bryan and his friends oppose us we
will put the responsibility directly up
to him. Tf he forces a conservative
platform, find help his chances, as (he
west and east will both resent il."
Exclusion of Asiatics.
The Tammany plat form will also
please the Pacific const. Tt insists on
the exclusion of Asiatics and nfvors an
increased navy.
Tammany does not suggest a declara
tion on the safeguarding and guarantee
ing of bank deposits as suggested by
Oklahoma, and does not mention it. It
"also suggests the plan to recommend
the ascertaining of the physical valua
tion of railroads.
The New York delegation unanimous
ly adopted the radical platform suhsti
tute this morning.
DOCTOR GETS NEW TRIAL;
DYING STATEMENT ASSAILABLE
SALEM, Or., July 7. Holding that
the dying declarations of a woman upon
whom a criminal operation had been
performed were not originally ndmissi
bio, on the ground that her death was
not an essential element in the offense,
which was complete w ithout it, but that
when hpr demise as n result of an oper
ation by anollrr persons is made by
statute tin indispcnsible constituent of
the crime ns charged, her dying dee
la rat ions are receivable in evidence, the
supreme court in an opinion by Justice
Moore reversed and remanded the ease
of the state, . respondent, v. Dr. Tiny
Fuller, appellant, from Baker county.
Fuller was jointly indicted with two
other persons for manslaughter rs the
result of the death of Mrs. Abbie Hover
in Baker county in 190fi. The court
holds that Mr. Dover's dying declara
tions were subject tn impeachment, and
the cause isc remanded for n new trial.
POUNTY ASSESSMENT ROLL
WILL BE REDUCED ONE FOURTH
HTLLSBORO. Or.. Jnlv 7. As or
Wilcox tedav slated that the YVa-hing
ton county assessment roll for the rut
rent vear will suffer a flat rednetivn
of over 2" per cent e all realty vrlueo
and that a big r-dnclion will lie made
on timber awmpiili, He thinks that
th. entire roll will be nb lit 11.000.
uf.i, r against ltl,"oO,mirt for 1i'7.
Standing timber wilt be valued at
ri(MMl,niHi in 1 f0. ai f.gain t.'oO,-
000 for IO07 Timber land wni 1pI
year assessed at $! per acre and t hi
1 '.'ir will ) v t-iit to t.1 per rtere.
L. A. Martin of oFnts Creek district
was among the many in Med ford during
the week.
ADJOURNMENT FOLLOWED
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS
OF RESPECT TO CLEVELAND
Convention Called to
Cheers for Nebraskan-'Arclibishop De
livers Prayer-Bell Makes Keynote Speech
Dunn Offers Cleveland Resolutions
AUDITORIUM, Denver, Col., July 7.
It was exactly noon when National
Committee Chairman Taggart lifted his
gavel and rapped, but ho had to order
the sergeant at arms to order the dele
gates seated.
Just ns it seemed that' business could
be commenced, the Bryan volunteers
of Nebraska entered, carrying a gid
gold banner bearing a picture of the
Commoner, and many of the delegates
rose and cheered. The banner was car
ried to the Nebraska section and placed
upon a stand, but. Chairman Taggart
declined to permit it to remain, and on
his orders it was furled and placed out
of sight.
Despairing of Sorgount-at-Arins Mar
tin quelling the confusion Taggart final
ly called upon the uniformed police
men and after difficulty they succeed
California Renews Cheering.
The cheering broke out afresh as the
California delegation seizing the oppor
tunity marched down the aisle headed
by another llrynu banner. This thor
oughly exasperated Taggart and he fi
nally gave sharp orders to the police
that no more banners were to be per
mitted in the hall until the session was
ended. The confusion continued for 24
minutes before, order could be finally
restored.
Chairman Taggart then said:
"I cannot refrain from calling your
attention to the fact that this conven
tion meets amid a scene of enthusiasm
and determination that victory shall
crown our efforts never before equaled
in a democratic convention. Our party
faces a bright prospect. We are sure
of a triumphal campaign."
lie then thanked the city of Denver
for the manner in which the convention
hall had been arranged.
Archbishop Kean's Paper.
Assistant S crctarv Kdwin Sefton
800 FOR BRYAN
ON FIRST BALLOT
DENVER, Col , July 7.- The curious
ly varied efWs of the altitude of Den j
ver on the human system have been du
plicated wth regard to the democratic
presidential f i oat ion.
To some persens the thin, dry air of
this town is stimulating, to others it is
depressing.
The Bryan boom today is the health
iest thing in Denver. It' was in pretty
good condition when it arrived, and has
beeu taking on strength hourly.
The Johnsou nnd Gray booms, which
were young and vigorous when they
xtarlcd for the mountain convention,
j.re now in a sad state of collapse. Nut
even the arrival of n trninload of Min
nesota trained nurses has been able to
revive the waning spirits of the John--enites.
and the lnt pulse heats of the
iiirav t tft are being counted today.
The Johnson and Cray managers con
. liiiiie to assert that the names of their
'candidate- will be presented to the con
v.i.tion. although they have given up
;ll hope of preventing the nomination of
,the peer let one on the ft rt ballot.
Eight Hundred for Bryan.
Indentions tiwlfiy are that Mrvnn will
r.-i-ciw over ,M' votes on the fir)hal
lot. There i a strong i ihility that
when the roll .all is ended and before
thev are officially announced the states
voting for Jotftison and Gray will with
draw their ballots nnd cast them fur
the Ncbrmkan, thus giving him the en
tire 1002 vote of the convention.
Order by Taggart Amid
then read the call, after which thn Rt.
Rev. .lames M. Kean, archbishop of the
Cn t hoi ie archd iocese of Wy nini ng, of
fered the opening prayer as follows:
"O God, from which public author
ity derives its power, look with favor
upon this convention, so representative
of a sovereign people.
Bless its members, its works, its
aims. Grant that it may be eminently
wise in its deliberations, and wisely dis
interested in its decisions, (live us
strength to overcome the prejudices of
personnl animosities and discrimination
and look for guidance to calmly rea
soned convictions. Make us all to real
ize that the security of a people who
is great by personal liberty and individ
ual initiative, depends more on high
virtue than on strength of arms; that
peace and prosperity are insured better
by the extension of its territory.
"In this faith we pray thee to make
thet work of this convention exhibit
and embody the divine idea.
"In the name of the Father and of
the Son nnd of the Holy ft host, Amen." .
Temporary Chairman Bell was then i
escort I'd to the platform by Governor '
lUanchard of Louisiana, Ollie James of j
Kentucky nnd ex-Governor Ellyson of
Virginia. He delivered his keynote'
speech. '
Cleveland Resolutions.
At the colse of thn session resolutions '
in respect nf the death of the late
G rover Cleveland were hit reduced by
Delegate Dunn of Nebraska, who will .
be Bryan's nominator.
They were immediately adopted and ;
the convention then adjourned until to j
morrow as a further mnrk of respect, I
The resolutions were prepared by Ollie j
E. James of Kentucky and were after
wards submitted tn and approved by I he
full committee on resolutions.
They rend as follows: i
"As it has pleased the ruler of the i
universe tn take from our midst Grover ,
(Continued to page 4.)
The Weather of the morning of the
L'L'il ijundreniiinl run vent ion democrat
ic was ideal. The sky was cloudless
and the air cool nnd crisp, in pleasing
eont rant with the sweltering torrid ity
of St. Louis four years ago.
A few little odds and ends remained
to be cleared up by the national com
mittee, and some state delegations be
fore the convention was called to order.
The work of the Brya n ' piled river ' '
has been mmcwhnl interfered with by
a couple of monkey wrenches thrown
into its inside by the Illinois and Penn
sylvania delegations. Hitherto the ma
chine had operated silently and relent
lessly, nnd its chief engineer was there
fore rudely shocked when Roger 0. Sul
livan nnd James M. Guffev were chosen
national committeemen over his pro
test. Disposing of Contests.
At 10 o 'clock this morning the na
tionnl committee held an adjourned
meeting to dispose of the Pennsylva
nia nnd Idaho contests. The subcommit
tee appeared to henr the former, which
was not ready to report last night, fn
t he Idaho ease t he Mitbcommil tee sns
taiited the content ions of the Dubois
delegated .it large after the nd jour a
ment of the night session of the entire
committee.
The vice presidential situation (s stilt
"in the air." nnd will probably remain
there until the platform is out of the
wsv, when some decisive word is e
parted from Lincoln, Neb.
SELEC1I0N OF
BRYAN S MATE
1! New York Can Unite
Upon a Man, That One
Will Be Selected as the
Man lor Vice President
(By Henry E. Eland, staff correspond
ent of the United Press.)
DF.NVLR, Colo., July 7. At it np
penn today, the chances are good that
there wilt be a fine democratic row
over the naming of the vice-presidential
candidate. Of the half hundred aspirants
and ' receptive candidates, the two
most prominently menl ioned now are
Representative James of Kentucky and
Charles A. Towne, formerly of Minne
sota and now nf New York,
Then are one or two absolute facts
connected with the situation. If the del
egates of New York will or can unite
on a man that man will be nominated.
If the Umpire state does not desire to
avail itself of this privilege, Bryan will
indicate his choice, and whoever he
names will be the nominee. Another
fact is that even many of the radicals
are desirous of naming a conservative
for second place.
Ollie James' Boom.
G ei i rge F red Williams of Ma ssn c h u -setts
is responsible for the Ollie James
boom. He picked out the big, popular
Kentucltiati. who does not quite look at
alWike his first name sounds, ns a like
ly runner, partly because nf his oratnri
cal ability, but particularly because he
is a southerner and would "cinch" the
democratic vote in thn south, which is
none too friendly to Bryan.
The New Yorkers appear to bo none
Ion eager tn name a vice-presidential
candidate. Although, Murphy, the lend
er of the Tammany organization, is
making a great pretense of being a
strong Bryan supporter nnd because nf
the power of his organization is doubt
less able to throw the big vote of t In
state to whomsoever he pleases the rank
nnd file of Mo- delegation is at present
divided. When Murphy says the word
they will doubtless cant a united vote.
But as yet they are not sure wrom they
are going to support.
To wo a Has Some Strength.
There is n strong suspicion, however,
that Murphy has an understanding with
I ryan on this ipiesiiou. There is nn even
stronger suspicion that Bryan is now
in favor of Tonne as his running mate.
Thomas Grady, t he Tammany mem
ber and friend of Murphy, is said to
have been selected to put Towne in
nomination.
Towne declared today that he would
have at least half of the New York
delegation tin! that he had received as
surances from enough others to make
Vis nominat'ei- certain.
Former Senator Pettigrew, who is one
of Bryan's closest friends, said today
that he thought it might take a number
of ballots to determine who would be
the vice presidi lit ial nominee. While lie
is very frivi-Py to Towne, he expressed
himself hs doubtful of his nomination.
Other of t he democratic lenders are
equally skeptical and dec In re that in
I heir opinion the question ns to who
would be th- nominee for the second
place on thr ticket was still "in the
air. ' '
SHORT'S SAFE CRACKED
IN STORE AT MERLIN
M LRU N. Oi July 7. Charles
Short 's store here in Merlin was brok
en into some time during the night of
the ?d and the safe was blown up. The
burglars entere the store through a
hole bored in the floor. Several watches
and other pieces of jewelry were stolen.
The safe was completely demoralized,
but very little money was secured by
the burglars. This makes the second
time Short 's safe has been blown up.
No clues have come tn light n far. The
robbers are evidently experts.
"Look out for pint" (July 10).
GOMPERS DEATH IS ICERTIFIED
DEMANDS WINNER IN CHECK GOOD
ON BRYAN AUTO RACE SECURITY
Labor Leaders Ask Plank
Prohibiting Use of In
junctions. When Bryan
Would Regulate Them
(By Gilsen Gardner, staff correspond
eut of the United Press.)
DKNVKR, Col., July 7. Samuel (lum
pers is still hopeful that he will come
tn satisfactory terms with the pint form
cnnituittee, What Gompers and his as
sociates are asking in a plank substan
tially as follows:
"We pledge ourselves to thn euucl
ment of a law Id prohibit the issuance
of injunctions in cuses arising out of
j:bor disputes when such injunctions
would not apply when no lubnr dis
putes existed; and in canes injunctions
be ordered when there exists a remedy
by ordinary law, and which act shall
provide that in the procedure for the
punishment of contempt of court the
prrty cited for cunt em pf shall, when
such contempt was not committed in
the presence of the court, be entitled to
a t rial by jury. ' '
What Bryan Really Wajits.
The fundamental difference between
t he Gompers demands and wit h I he
Bryan managers will be conceded in n
el ".use which has been added to the
Nebraska plank, making it possible for
injunctions In issue wlin there is a
threat nf "irreparnble injury to prop
crty," or menace to life. The labor
men assert that this clause opens the
dour to interference by injunction in
labor strikes and leaves the situation
subslautiallv as it is today.
STATE TAX APPORTIONMENT
DECIDED TO BE UNFAIR
M MIX X VILLK. Or., July 7. Thai
the law prescribing the apportionment
of state taxes conflicts with the Oregon
constitution ami is therefore invalid is
the gist of a decision rendered in the
circuit court here by Judge Galloway.
The case at hand was the suit
brought by Yamhill county In prevent
payment of alleged excessive taxes to
I ne state treasurer. The suit reads:
"County of Yamhill vs. County Treas
urer Toster ami Stale Treasurer Steel."
wherein the former is enjoined from
paying and I lie latter from collect ing
the sum of .4tiU,'l excessive state tax
for li'iiT. alleged lo have been wrong
fully and arbitrarily apportioned tn
this county by the state board, and ar
gn incut on thet demurrer were heard
Friday,
Attorney -Genera I Crawford, who np
p.-ared for the state, contended that
the money collected by the mly was
for a specific purpose and must be
turned over tn the state if levied and
colclchd for the purpose of being np
plied to the payment nf state tax; fur
tlierrnore, that the taxpayers and not
t he county should have brought the
suit.
Tin- county was represented by Mar
tin L. Pipes and McCain k Vinton.
Merrill Brown and George Lewis,
while driving from Keglo Point to Butte
Falls, hud a runaway. Mr. Brown was
thrown from the wagon and sustained
a severe cut over the eye, while Mr.
Lewis had his ear cut and received
some internal in jury, but not serious.
FIGHTS ARE UP
TO CONVENTION
DKXVIllt. Col. July 7. The flood
failed lo stop Theodore HHI of Cnlifor
ma, grand worthy president Fraternal
Order of Kaglcs and temporary chair
man of today's national den ratic con
vention. After nn all night ride, first I
i,n a handcar and later on a s( ial)
imiii over the R ek Island railav. he'
arrived here shortlv after o clock this with N Illinois not to make a minority j come n government operated ny tne rnir
morning. He wont nt once to his hotel, j report, but to b t the wjude umtter go 'sex. "The accumulation of wealth with
With the certainty of at least an in-Jto the committee nn credentials when its attendant tendency to Inxivry la sap
teresting opposition before its Inbor wns appointed. This he consented to do, and plng the itals of the nntlnnnnd threat
over, the democrat! national commit tee ! the committee completed the temporary ening Hs wry existence.1
n-scinbh d lodnv prior to the national oi.inizutinn by placing the names nf - .-
convention to past njMtn the contests 'the Dubois men from Idaho and the Ouf- ( The home of W. TT. NnMHwajit Cen
remaining those from Idaho and Penn-1 fey men from Pennsylvania on the list. iml Point was burglarized July 'wbjle
svlvania. Th tir merits of the contests will the fumilv was awny attending tin! tfel
I The Idaho situation waa admitledh: I not be threshed out before the com- i ebration. Tlewelry nnd trinkets valued
perplexing to the committee. The au
Car Overturns In Grand
Prix Race in France
LautensGhlager Ahead
American Not in Contest
DIKPPK, France, July 7. Cissuuc
driver nf one of the French cars and
his mechanic, were killed and one man
seriously injured in the Grand Piix
automobile race today. Lautensehlnger,
iu a Mercedes, wune first place, making
the ruii in six hours, V) minutes and ;t.1
seconds. H emery, in a Heme car, was i
second and Hanriot, driving a Beii.e, J
finished third. The distance was
178 I It miles.
Strang, who drove the Amerieau en- j
try, a Thomas, was never a serious !
competitor for a place.
Cissuac was driving n French Pan- j
hard, at !- kilometers, when (he ac
cident took place. The car rounded a
bad curve at terrific speed and over
turned. Both men were crushed to a
pulp.
S tutors rushed lo the scue and
carried away the mutilated bodies of
the racers and hastily removed the brok
en mactune.
As soon ns the debris was removed
the racers continued to pans the scene
as thouifh nothing had happened.
Harrison, driver of the Weigel Vnr,
the Kuglish entry, wns probably fatally
injured when his car overturned, throw
iug him violently to the ground. Tin
doctors pronounced his condition eriti
cel.
GRANTS PAS8 BOOKLET
ADVERTISING JOSEPHINE
Tie pamphlet issued under the direc
t ion of t he 'ominercial club, descnp
live of Grants I 'ass and Josephine coun
ty and their resources, after much delay
in the process of printing, is now out,
and the llrst instalment was received
by Mr. Andrews, secretary of the Com
mercial club, Monday. 1 1 is it neat
lit I Ic booklet f (VI pages and cover,
printed pit fine enameled paper. It is
profusely illiist rated with half tone
views presenting the various resources
ot the county. The firs, page of the
cover bears at the top "Grants Pass,
Rogue River Valley," and at the bot
tom, "Southern Oregon," while in the
center is a bunch of Tokay grapes, done
in I wo colors.
The pamphb-t as a whole, is yem
of typographical neatness. It is in
tended ns n guide bonk to prospective
visitors to Grants Bans nnd Josephine
county, containing, ns it does, ft vol
ume of general information as to re
sources, climatic and other conditions
of this section of the wonderful Rogue
River valley. Twenty thousand of
these pamphlets are being issued.
Rogue River Courier.
NO STREET PAVING
FOR GRANTS PASS
Grants Cans mossbacks have aiioa-
really won the day in the fight over
street paving. Bonds for $110,000 were
I recently voted, but the remonstrance
I petitions have prevented action by the
I city council. The matter has been
' fought over for months, and it now
looks as though the unpmgressive ele
ment have won the fight, as they have
I iu Ashland.
committee of three member had gom
into the merits or I lie case in tear shim
b
pile the suggestion that all it had
l do was to decide mi the regularity
of the credentials presented by the Oil-
hois faction.
When the committee finally got to -
gether this morning n majority pleaded
I mine on credentials.
Council Finance Committee
Votes to Accept Nuveen's
Bid for City Water Bonds
at Discount of $18,250
That a certified check given by a
firm upon itself and certified to by it
self is good security was the decision
of the finance committee, who Tuesday
morning voted to accept the proposition
of Nuveen & Co. of Chicago, who bid
tt5 cents .in the dollar for :ino00 of
Medford 5 per cent 30-year wutor bonds.
Nuveen & Co., iu their bid, failed to
enclose a certified check as required
to by the city. They wired that a cer
tified check would be mailed if their
i.ffer of par. less " per cent, for com
mission and expenses, was accepted.
When the check arrived it was found
t o be d raw n for t he correct amount,
$1S.J."U, upon the firm of John Nuveen
Jc Co., signed by the cashier and certi
fied to by the assistant cashier.
Reason for Check.
1 it their letter, accompanying thn
cheek, Nuveen & Co. state:
1 We prefer to send our cashier 's
check, verified, rattier than to have a
draft on thn First National bank certi
fied, thereby tieing up the money for
probably some months to come, tin the
city no doubt would want to hold the
check until the final delivery of the
bonds."
The pity of Med ford, then, is pay
iug as commission for the sale nf its
bonds the sum of $18,250 nnd as ft guar
antee of good faith accepts the check
o. the buyer for the same amount, guar
a n teed by himself.
The matter comes up for final ac
tion tonight. The council will tonight
net upon the Na-di hotel liquor licensu
application, ihe first made since the
recent election. It is understood that
no fight will be made against the li
cense, for even n majority of the pro
hibittouists think that if th nty h
wet Med ford ought not to be dry.
DOCTOR CREATES SENSATION;
SAYS WOMEN WILL RULE SOON
P( KTLA X I , July 7.At. the late
noting of the Oregon Medical associa
tion, ir. I-, W, Van Dvke of tiraiits
Bass opened the scientific discim-dou
by reading a very interesting paper on
titled "Three Reasons Whv M-u Break
Down." Dr. Van Dyke Attributes pro
at ure old age anil the great majority
of nervous disintegrations to the use
of narcotics, the prevalence of ve'ierenl
liseases and I r, slavish devotion nf
modern men to business. He showed the
relations of all three contributor
a uses to each oilier ami the general
fleet on the human organism.
In connection with the topic he said
that from lo to llu per cent of the mor
!ity of the human race was directly
aMributablc to the. use of alcohol. He
deplored Ihe spread of the drug habit,
which, he says, is rapidly on the in
crease, enpccially among the profession
nl classes. He said that statistics prove
that Ihe prevalence of Ihe narcotic hab
it. m evident fsrievifllly ill the HI Ilk 9 of
tne nodical fraternity. He showed how
th nt ruction of disease ted to the
use of opium end cocaine and nther
pain deadeiiers.
Dr. Van Dyke concluded his remark
able paper by drawing a dreadful pie
lure of the iM'th century businessmen,
lie showed that tn the wild pursuit of
money nnd the strenuous rush of coin
petition more than to any other one
cause is the breakdowns nf the human
svstent and the resultant premature nld
age tan'. .Men are unoei sncn enn
fi minus strain that in their brief nm
-ills of rest thev nre led to seek ease
hv the use of drugs and forgetrulneess
j i a the cup nf pleasure,
"Statistics show," he said "Hint six
women graduated from institutions of
j b-nrning In one man," nnd that If such
conditions continue America is to be-
i at 1125 were stolen.