COOOOCOOCOOCCCOCCOCCf) .ISSUED IN.. o iSEAU-WEEKLY SECTIONS j cacHm o TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. & ooooooocoooooooooocoo vor 4aNo. c SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1900. SECOND SECTION EIGHT TAGES : " . I'- ' '. . . .i i "-. J 1 ,,,,, ! ft: ti'iii tT'',! , J r-. . f i''itii i'.lHl l it n t Hi '.In r i7 J . 1 f THE TICXET. riorm, of Wed. 8r., of iuytoa: I J'lirh; Jlenry Kerne, Hloui ; I-oC J- IVnrec. of Hlein. I ! -NT J l.E Jofcn Uiiiotti of Rlcr:i. HnKi!ip Chis. A. Mnrjir, of Salem, firnjc W. W. 1111, ot ViOlbnrn. lir.t ii.:i;i 3. It. liolnud, of Jeffcrion. nr;ii -A.L. lowniu,of Sblimity. n t harks Jenbke, of BuUcrillo, M p.rnvon-R. i;, IK rrickf Jr., cf Sfcm. i-i fi iis. EMirsT r f ky- K. T. Moorc, es Ci!Hli;iiitR-I. C. Ki-clhin, of Sidney. rKyKKrlr. I. K. Ijnej tf Sulcuu The Mart' u -o'.uiij: Ritiilican nm v piuu was ci.tiiunnl in rt.Kttlur. cvubl .csiu at Keck!'?., upcra 'house' in t!i: ci'y -yvici'diy. ! ' Tie r;nvir.t in was calicd to or!er y i'lis retiring! county cl'.airman, K. J. 1 U i.!ri ks .! tlx city.. ho anno'nci-l that! the firt frdcr of business wjnttl !c iliu tk-rtioii .of a lcm;orary chair .nyK. (knend V. II. (VeU (S;Kmu N'.. .?) n.i!:ic 5 Hon. Win. VVaMo an.l Hi oh nto!iiit i i G Irv.'iis)' the nrtiunatin were closed ;inili the nom-nptir.n.madc 1f acclama tion. C. 1. l.i.vhop (Saknr N'n. J) liamrtl F. A. Tuir.cr (Saltni No. 3). as u ir,orary m crctary, an 1" lie was the mvir'TiioMV choice of the convctuion. 1 ihju;j J'onI (Sak-nT, N'o, j) suggested a ;i'tirjoriry fit.itani:: secretary, and I. ;W. M.it:lnw (iin'ewood) named Fi.-"'. Davty. -The finct t'.int Mr. Davcy Av. s rot a kl(jtrato caused sonic iitc. t:oia a to hi thijilwlity lor the ji'acc, 1':t the convc!ito!i Seennd that qnali fica'tion ffr the '-:.i:lon immaterial and M-.- !ivry ya i'n.inimoii-ly c!ectcd. 1,'jion titc inofi.inj of the' . chairman. rcHVtively, ' the cjonimittces hat z 1ar Ih'ow. Cliairnian NVal.lo narjict! t i.'ow uifi c omiiiiitccr,: t cr:; Icntir iR, M. Croian f Silent No. ".?. I'rc! HurM VSonth Sa ! tti, H. I). Mount (Silveriori), Henry i;1tMi f" Atms illc i, John S. Richie si-otis Mti;5.)i . j . '. On rkr-'-of 1Mirtc.-?hn Kn:.i?it t - rth F.. W. Water? (Siicm 'Xk f ). Cha. IHartnran Scoits Harry L. G:ll (Wooccurn), W. L. Simcral Maclcay). - Apportionment of delegates to state and congressional conventions. Jorhn H. McXary (Salem No. 2). G. W Jones (North Salem), A. A. Lee (Sa lem No. 4). John Murray (Buttevilfe), J. T. Jones (Jtffer.-on. i On. resolutions. W. II. Odellf: (Sa km No. 3, W. S. Hurst (Aurora )i J. J. Murphy, (Salem No. 2), M. W. Ilnnt ( Salem No. 2, H. A. Keene jr., (Armsville). , f On permanent organization Tilnjion Ford (Sate m No. 3), J; B. Looiney (Jefferson), C M. La Fore (Salem No. 2. ';-- ' Following' the naming lof the com niiuecs, adjournment was taken until 1 o'clock. , ' . Afternoon Session. The convention -va called to order promptly at 1 o'clock by Chairman Waldo. Dnring the noon recess, vol unteers i'roni aionn the delegates, un ler the direction A Finley Terrine, had very tastefid'y deeoratetl the stage platform wi;h two magnificent flags. The report 0 the committee' on cre dential was read anl adopted. The committee reported no contests in any of the districts and with the exception of a few proxies, the delegations from the thirty-jiine precinct were seated in the convention as the lists appeared in the State-tran yesterday morning. Con?iniftte otf permanent organiza tion rccomiiieirdcd that tenTporary or ganisation be made permanent, arrd the report was adopted. trairman Waldo briefly thanked tire von c mion" or th honor, it 1vd con t'.rred uj'ioq him. He lcc!:iiied to. make .-ny ;cecii. explaining "that there woukl c plenty talking 4eiiore the conven tion ended. In concluding his remarks the. chairman's assurance that he "would attempt to discharge the ulutie of the ofticc a innartial!y as he could under the .circumstances," provoked consider able .3pp!ar:.v Tiie cortvention adopted the follow- McKinky Mitchell i ing. report of the commitiee iu order ot i)"incs: 1 Fkriion of delegates to 'congres sional convention. J Flection of delegates to sta,te Convention.' ' .1 Kkction of five representatives.; 4 Countv judge. 4 Sheritr. -. ' 5 C'oi'-ny clerk. Contrty. recon!cr. 7 County treasurer, ! County assessor. County surveyor. 10 Cot'tuy school snperintendent.s 11 -County com'nii-sior.er. I 12 Conty coroner. 'I.? Fltcticu c! justices of the peace. 14 Flection of constables. -lection of road simervtsors. of precinct committec- i( Selection men. 17 Flection chairman county central committee. Committee on -apportionment of del egates to s;atc and district conventions submitted a report and the same was adopted. The . ioiiowing apportion- ! ! MEN'S AND BOYS' f '- : .!;' .'' I SPRING CLOTHING Our lines nrtf full now.You'll find extra good values all through. Nice line of Children s suinnicr wash suits just in. ; We have the hes assortment of brown's mark .... 1 ' IN SHANK i f 1 -. KtUe ili.if eo lift- t ver Imd. You ran find almost anvthiuir you want in our shoo slock. If you u?o tahleU we can supply you. l.est values in the city. New line of nun's guimnur under car just right f-.f u-irin wp'aflifr fpfi-our Move line if vou wear irlovcs. We ......... .. ....... o " have bargain for you. ' The Ne w York Racket Salem's One Price -CVsh Store. That Means Low Prices. 1 SPECIAL AT 32.35 Vi T a ei davs only. Call at once as we only have few pairs of a size. M en's Tan Diueher Cut. reduced from ?.V5. r ' ' .Men's l"alcm Leather Dress Shoe, reduced irn W-SO. Men s Viti Kid. Heavy Sole, Kid Lined and Tip. reduced .from S.tSn. Men's Vife Kid Heavy Sole, Extension -Edge, Calf Lined, rediccd from Men?s5Vik Kid Plain Broad Toe, Kid Lined, Hcary Sole, reduced from Mcn V'itU CaU. GWyear Welt Latest shape, reduced front $3.50. Men s FuH Stock Calf. Goodvear Welt. Beacon Toe. reduced frwn 53.50. Men's lit:! Stock" Call. Goodvear Welt. Boston Toe .reduced frarn $.150. .Men's Full Stock Calf, Goodyear Welt, Cambridge Toe, reduced tromr $.t-5Q- :; 1 ': . , . , .. "'. .'; C9 .4 5 5 i y SHOE STORE g 94 STATE STREET, WW tnenl, giving one delegate lor every twelve delegates in the county: conven tion, was made: " i Ercitcnbash, Elkhorn, Horcb, Me hama, 1 delegate. . -' Stay ton and Sublimity 1. Woodburn, x. Macieay and Aumsville, 1. . Howell and North Silverton, I. Silverton and South Silverton, 1. Jefferson and Sidney, 1. Knglewocrd, r. : HulAard aivl Gervais, 1. Butteville aid Aurora, 1. Scotts Mi;i$ 'Monitor and St. Pan!, 1. Marion and Turner, r. "Salem No. 4 and Yew. Park. 2. Prospect and South Sa'em, 1. Salem No. 3, i.. Salem No. 2, Champoeg and Mount 'Angel, 2. Salem No. 1 and Fairfield, 1. North Salem and Silver Falls, i. East Salem and Brooks, 1. "Wc further recommend that one delegate-at-large tq each of sai1 con ventions be selected from the body of this convention, and we recommend J. J. Mrrphy es delegate to the district convention,' an I Titiri'on Ford ai dele-gate-to-thg tat- .-etrrentJon.'' ; 'N L. P. Alj'rkh. of Silverton, was jnJc second assistant secretary. A recess of ten minutes was taken to enable the delegations to select their state and district delegates. Delegates to congressional conven tion, were sekctnl as follow: Delegate at large. J.' J. unhv; W. S. Hurst. J .D. Simmons. T. C.i Smith, L.J. Adams, N. W. Silver. J. T. J on is. W. J. Irwin. George P. Hughes. Joh.i Knip.ht. A. S. Aiiterson, Lot f l'iarce, J. E. Zeigler. J. N. Smith. J. H. M-?-Narv. Win. Armstrong, 11. H. llnmph rev, T. B. Jom. A. Gesner, W. T. W hitlock, T. B. Patton, C. W.-Ytlur.g-gren. The following delegates .to ; .the 'sute convention were named: Delegate at large. Tilnron Ford: F. A. M. Ct.ne. J. L. Cook. Willard Mar tin. F. A. Turner, F. 'M. La Fore. T. K. Hrbbar l, S. H. Russell, 'R. O. Don ak'son. Claud Catch, Waller Low, G. W. Jop.es. F. G. e.y, F. W. Waters. W. J. Clarke. A. L. Shreve. II. J. Workman.. E. M. Croisan, John A. Shaw. F. L. Pound, C. W. Siege, S., A. 'Hughes. ' When the reading of the Ii-t of dele gates was finished. Tilnion f'ord offer ed a motion that the 'Marion county congressional delegation be instructed to use every honorable means to secure, t'he nomination of. Claud Gatch at the con'gres.-ional convention -for congress man lor the first district, and the mo tion prevailed by a unanimous vote amid great enthusiasm. (Mr. Gatch was called for and in a s happy speech expressed his appreciation of the con-si-!eration that had been shown him. He said it was ri secondary corisidera-' fioti whc.her he met victory or defeat at t'he bauds of the McMinnvilie con--ventton it was suflkient to know that he had the regard and respect of his home people. He said he was in favor of protecting American labor and American industry and was a firm be liever in the gold standard. .He 'believed-that where the flag goes, Ameri can institutions and character go with it. Favored, unlimited; trade with Pvcrto Rico as against commercial ism. " Above all he was art American and an expansionist. -but Vtot an imper ialist. He pledged the convention that, if honored with the nom;na:on and election, he would face every i.s-uc fairly and souarely. At. the close of his remarks, Mr. 'Catch was given 'an ova tion, v The next order of business was the nomination of candidates 'for legisla tive honors, five to be selected. In the course or fifteen minutes, seventeen candidates had been placed in noni inntion. Nominating speeches, were very brief as a. rule, although some very creditable presentation speeches. were offered. The following names, were presented before the convention: General W. H.'-Oc'ci:, of Salem. 'by Win. Arm strong; Lot L. Pearcc. of Salem, by Finley C. Perrine: Frank Dave v. of S.i'cru, by D. C. Thorns: D. W. Matlh ws, of Salem, ity G: 'W. Jones; J. F. Gorfde, .-of Salem, by ; J. N. Smith, of Salem, ixy R. E. Moorcs. ecor.dcd by Herman Sehellberg; Cap tain J. M. Poortr.an. of Vo;o-Tburrju by (). S. Porncroy. seconded by C. P. Bishop; Hertry Keene of Stayton. 1y A. L. Siireve: Chas. D, Hartman. of Scotts M'li. bv J. S. Richie; Hon. W. Waldo, of Salem, by W. L. Sinicral: Abi'cr Lewis, of Shaw, hy ; G- r. Rodger, of Salenu by W. A. Moore-s: Geo. P. Hughes,' of Salem, by F. T. VVrightman; M. F. Pogr.e.' of Srrm. by M. W. Hunt: A. M. La FoKttt. of I'.rooks; E. H. Flagg. of S.-i-1cm. and McKinley 'Mitchell, of Ger vais. ' Five ttllers were named as f.ulkrw-: C. I McNVy. H. P. Humi!irey. Chas Harding, Frank Shafer, and E. M. La Fore. The manner of proceeding wi ll the election of the five representatives was t!t :enuined by a rrrotion offered by M. W. Hunt to the effect that the five can didates receiving the " highest nufwoer of votes on the first ballot, providing the vote was a majority of the conven tion, be occiarcd elected. The motion prevailed by a unanimous vote.) The result of . the first vote wai as follows: ' ' , -.1- 49 i. 67 pL5o ..4. JO ".. i-ttft . 1.185 . . r 94 . .J. 04 47 . . . . 45 .. . .''. 107 nanxrs" vuhdrarwn: IcKinJcy Mitch-d eu, v. 11. taeil, Atncr lewis and U. W. Mattthews. l,n the' initial ballot, which required 13) votes tor an elec tion,; II. Ai Keene, of Stayton, lacked but a single vote ot election, receiving 128 votes. Hie secpid ballot resulted as fol-lc-s: ,'-.; ...160 ...2 j ... 11 , . . 148 ..too . . 15? . .100 ... 17 ...116 .... 1 ... '22 ... 4 ...13 P-erce... L.. Davcy. . . ... . Gdode ... . Smith...- .. ... . Keene. . . ... Hartman..;. .. .. Waldo, . Rodgers. ... ...... La Follett Flar,'. Hughes. .... ... Pouite. . . ' . .. . Odcll N'atthtws Mitd:cll The result of. the second ballot com pleted the legislative ticket, the remain ing four ; . nominees beeing: L. L. Pearce, of Salem: Dr. J. N. Smith, of S?.!i-:n: Herr'y Keene. of Stayton. and Chas. D. Hartman. of Scotts, Mills. Nominations 'for county judge .were declared in order an I a .ha"f dozen names were icsenled before the con veiyiot: as follows: S. A. Riggs, of S.-!em. by C. P. Bishop: W. M. Bush ey, of Bu-itiubusli. by W. T. Whitlock; F. T. Judl. of Aumsviile. by C. W. ';ia N ': W. C. lltsbbard. of Salem. !V J. S. Graham.' seconded by A. L. S!irec. of Stavton; J. M. Watson, of Turner. Lv Dr. SiV. C. Smith: J., H. ScoU, f . Sakm.r by A. W. Prcscott. In this iiistHPce ...i!:e uomin-iling speech es were brief atjfd" to the jint, each speaker plca.ling an economical and siti.f.factory adnnr tration of the af fait of the eoitniy bT "ch respective ctnlidatc it honored wijth the nomina tion'aud an election. . It required three, ballots lo determine the party's candidate for this place, re s;''fifTg in the sekc!ion of John H. Scott one of Salem's bright young menvbers .ol the legal prijftssKHjy At tne c!o ot the first liatiot. the t scenes seldom, seen "in; a county conven tion, hath Delegates broke looe in cheer after cheer lojr fheir respective candidate and Chairpian Waldo could scarcely restore ordef. The fourth and deciding ballot was. taken with the fol lowing result: Murphy 134. Wain 120, blank 2. t The announcement of the result provoked a prolonged and deaf ening demonstratioa. Friends of the s-iccessful candidate got upon their chairs, threw fheir hats into the air and jelled themselves hoarse. Cries of "hurrah for thej soldier newninee" were heard abovcjtbe great turmoil. Amid great confusipn, the convention at 7 o'clock took an adjournment for one hour. ;j Evening! Session. Chairman Waldo (rapped the conven- Thc selection ' off a man for county assessor precipitate! a lively content. Five candidates were named for the place iz: Fred J. IRice, of Howell, by M. S. Durbin; H. ;S. Belle, of Salem, by Sco?tk Taylor; Clias. . LemJK'ke. ot Butteville; H. C. Porer of Aumsville, by F. L. Pound: D. D. Coffe.f , of Sa lem, by F. p; Perrine;-' ; f, , ,. In the firti ballot Rice led with 88 votes but this was followed by a veri toSie landslide in favor of Charles Letrtlkke, the successful Butteville farmer, who received the nomination on the third ballot receiving a total of 1S6 votes . agaiiist 71 for Rice and one blank. lnasahuch as 25S votes had leen cast. Wing, two in excess of mimber of delegates comprising the convention, - a question was raised as. Rigg.s was ballots was withdraw as f.Ujvvs: name The R:.io-s Brshcy. .. I11I.I... . HiiIard. Watson. . . Scott... . 1st 50 20 ,44 7 . .. . . Odclt... ... ... ... Pcarce. .. . .. . .. D.ivey ... ... ... Matthews... ... ... . tiootie ........ Smith... ... ... ... Poor man . . . ; . . Keene. ... ... ... Hartman... ... ... - Waldo . Lewis. . . ... ... Rodger... ... ... .. I -a FoSIctt ......... Flagg. ... ... ... ... . Mitchell... Ilugitcs... ... .. ....... 4-2 Pojruc... ... ... ... ... ... 12 Captain J. M.Poorman. ck Wfw?d burn. ' having received the ban-lsiotne vote of 185. was declared one ot the nominees of the convention fi.nl the del egates prepared for a second ballot. When the first ballot bad been counted the following candidates ordered their 40 S 50 X 2.5 107 1.54 Mr. Sco:t .rcsliondl to the re.ipes,t f'r a speech and prom'icd that in event of his election he. would give an honest and. economical sadmini.-.iraiorr of tlie affairs of -the ci-rinty. "He declared that In belonged to no clique or ring ?nd -t'hat nobody had any strings on hi::i. t At this juncture, a box of oranges, I. -er.ted to the convention by the leg islative .caudtdaUs, - arrived 'and were lli-tribi:lecl among the delegates, who greatly rcl.isluuL.thc luscious fruit. The contest for the nomination of sheriff, was one of the closest and most exciting ever witnessed at a county convention in Marion county. It re ipnrc l four bailtots to determine the nominee and the; balloting was attend ed by scenes of great "confusion. Three candidates were .named for the place. The nunc 'of A. T. Wain, one of Marion county's W'St popular yoi'tig Repub licans, was presented by W. T. Grim. In an able speee'b. J. l. Farly placed the name of W.. A. Taylor before the en vention. Dp. T. C Smith, in a patriotic sprcch, named C. A. Murphy a;. a deserving candidate for the nom in.ijtion. The fust bal!jit rcsnl ted: Wain 115. Taylor 5.. Murphy yj. The result of the second ballot, "was: Wain 12.5. Tay lor 35. Mutpl'y 'oo. following the an iioUnccmeiH of vfhieh 'Mr. Taylor with drew his name.;' Pandemonium- then prevailed and cries of "Wain" and "Murphy" rent the air. Tickets were prc4arcd for another ballot, which was attended by cjuite an unusual result. There were only 24S votes cast, of which Miirphy received 124. exactly fifty cr cent of the otal Vote, and only one s-hprt of receiving the nomination. Whin received 1 18 votes and there were 6 blanks. The announcement that thire was no election was followed by I 1 b '--.. ,: V... .4 .. 1 teml&f m m !( m i immwm te, :.;LHM ' Y ym ill, I . , w ' l 11 j 1 ft. : it. 1 r m f s u 2i4'ia , j a s Bi- ',,1 ,i m 1 Vt.VJ ' uT,!A l;f mV;l. 1 r . i -t " " -J?ll tT 1 r v. - I .' r 7Ji mm Mm: 1 J - So Pifct . JnLi' It AyATMB. Til f UI !Iii VML-DO x Hit Will I I ft 1 tioh to order promptly at 8 o'clock. . 'Flic first oreler oi business was the nopiination of a - capilidate for county cleSik. Captain ).i M. Pesorman. of sVboeMjurn, nominated ,W. .W. Hal!, tbej -present incumbent. Ujwn motion of ;II..D. Patton thd no!iiinatir;ns were declared closed andj'Mr. Hall was le clared the unaiimiotjis choice of the convention. Being called. Mr." Hall brieily addressed the convention. S. T. Johnson, of Jefferson, placed before the convention the name of J.. II., Roland. Mari-'nT county's present tTiCtent rccorcicr, a;a candidate to: noimi nation,, and upon declared the choice of the cMivention. t re : Vas His popularity was--evidenced, by the ;(rtat api'dai'se that followed the action oijthc conventicrv. ; ; Like action was tken in the matter of; selecting a candidate for county frtjaswrcr. 'Adam' Btjirns, of Sublimity, presented the name jf A. Lc Downing, tht present capable Land justly popular oc.cupant of that' office. The nomina tion ;was made unanimous and was at tended by generous japplause. to the validity of j: the nomination of Mr. Leinlbckc. . Any irregularity ' that existetV in this connection biwever. was removed by Mr, Rice, wlu was successful in a motion that - Mr. Lcmfbcke bei declared the unanimous choice "f the convention. -The name of J. W. Hbbrt, j the -present incuni hent, was not 'pre-seiited. The names f Porter and Coffey were withdrawn, 'before I he third ballot was taken. The result by bajluts was as follows: .''"- J '-.. 1st "2d Ad ... .? 124. irv, f -emlKke. Belle. . Rice. , t'orter.i Coffey J. J lobart . . Blank. :f Connor. 5 88 44 28 1 I :- 2- 9-1 25 10 71 lh Bi Herriek, had no opposilioji for the nomination of county-surveyor and was .renominated iy acclamation. " Tie .names of four, prominent edu cators jwerc presented for -the nrptjn-. K Continued. ion. Page 8.) - Spain Granted the Release of Reconcentrados Two Years Aqo Today. AHAdslookAliketoMe i ' 1 . . the mart or woman -who said will surc lv gct (he worst of it when Mi .search of Good Values at Right Prices. Our ads ;re ah irwlex o our store, of what we have and .what we are doing. READ OUR ADS ?"''...' ' - ' . 5 '." ' ' ' i ;. they'll prove to be worth your while, sooner or later, in dollars; and cents,, our ads arc not sensational bin are always instructive and full oi good things.; I LADIES itjyou are thinking of buying a Spring Siiit we ask you to caf!l and inspect our New Line of TayW-Wade Soils oiir lines are direct from ". the founder of; fashion and oar priices are extremely Hw. -; - - j "'i " i ; Qaality Tells Price Sells tliis irresistible combination of merit aild worth will be found in our SUIT DEPARTMENT. ' r Men's Trousers niade from the fabrksi of'lested worth. H the contrasy desigjis prescribed by fashion of Spring wear, very large line j&st received. . 1 . ) Seasonable furnishings in the latest fa4s. Dr. Dcimc.rs Linen mesh underwear, new line jiist received. We will give the World away Jane UtnJ Get a cocpon with each 50c cash purchase. JOS. iMEVERS & SONS i t Salem's Greatest Store : Til . : I ) i f J V.W.V.V.V.W.V.VV.V.V.V.W.V.V.WV.V.".V