iimnmuii.imi.nwiwwi
The Commoner
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 20,
12
Results of State Conventions.
V TENNESSEE.
Tho domocratlc stato convention lor
ironncssco mot at Nashville, May U5,
fctnd adopted resolutions instructing
tTonuesseo dologatos to the national
convention to vote for Judge Parker.
f
ARIZONA.
A disnatch to the Chicago Chron-
Iclo, under date of Phoenix, Arizona,
(May 23, says: "The democratic terri
torial convention hold in Tucson to
day was a Hearst organization, tho
work all having been outlined in a
foronoon caucus. In tho aftornoon
dologatos wore chosen to'tho national
convention and Benjamin M. Craw
ford of Clifton was chosen for na
tional committeeman. Tho platform
indorses tho Chicago and Kansas City
platforms; praises Bryan, glorifies
Hearst and instructs tho dolcgates to
tho national convention to voto for
Iiim and use all possible efforts to ef
fect his nomination."
ALABAMA.
The democratic state convention for
Alabama mot at Montgomery, May 25.
The delegation to the national con
tention was uninstructed.
Tho platform, which was adopted
.unanimously, says:
" "Wo unqualifiedly protest against
the mothods of the presont chief ex
ecutive of tho United States In defy
ing tho laws of tho land In sotting up
his discretion In, opposition to ex
plicit provisions of tho national stat
utes and arrogating to himself legis
lative functions. Wo condemn im
perialism In either tho executive or
Judicial departments of the govern
ment and especially condemn tho flag
rant usurpation of power to which
this country has boon treated in re
cent years, and tho corruption and ex
travaganco of tho presont national re
publican administration."
"MARYLAND.
An Associated press dispatch, un-
'W date of Baltlmoro. Md May 26,.
Bays:
Tho domocratlc stato convention
met here today and elected tho dole
gates to tho St. Louis convention. Tho
delegates-at-largo aro: United States
Senator Gorman, Stato Treasurer.
Murray Vindlver, General L. Victor
Baughman and John je. Poo.
No instructions wero given, but the
delegation is solidly in favor of tho
nomination of Senator Gorman for tho
presidency.
Tho platform advocates tariff revi
sion, demands Independence for tho
Filipinos, denounces departmental
.iauu mm uui-nniuoa at wasiiington,
calls fcr national retrenchment and
criticises President Roosevelt's moth
ods in the Panama negotiations and
his dictatorial course toward congress
OHIO.
Tho domocratlc stato convention for
Ohio met at Columbus May 23. Tho
convention selected tho following stato
ticket, presidential electors and dole
gates: Secretary of state, A. P. Sandles,
Ottawa; supreme judge, Philip J.
Rennor, Cincinnati; clerk of supreme
court, Peter Mahaffoy,. Cambridge;
dairy and food commissioner, Quin
tin M. Gravatt, Woostor; member of
tho board of public works, William F
Ferguson, Springfield.
Electors at largo, John A. McDow
ell, Millsburg, and A. J. Pearson,
iWoodsflold.
'Delegates at largo, William S. Tho
Xnas, Springfield; John A. McMahon,
Dayton; Edward H. Mooro, Youngs
town; Charles P. Salen, Cleveland.
Tho delegation to the national con
vention goes uninstructed, but tho
unit rule was adopted. Tho Asso
ciated press report of the Ohio con
vention says:
Tho platform, the briefest in tho
history of such stato literature, was
adopted as it came from Cincinnati,
with tho excoption of the 2-cent-a-milo
railroad faro plan that was add
ed at the instigation of Mayor John
son of Cleveland in tho convention.
The rural delegates, who wero co
operating in other matters with the1
conservatives, voted for tho 2-cont
faro plank, as some of them from tho
cities insisted it would be inconsistent
this year to defeat a resolution which
was a feature of tho stato platform
last year. Tho vote, however, was
very close on the 2-cent faro resolu
tion and the majority for the unit rule
was only 65 out of a total vote of 723.
The convention was in continuous
session almost nino hours, and dur
ing the last three hours it was bois
terousat times disorderly, to tho ex
tent of being riotous.
The delegates and alternates at
large are claimed by the conservatives
who also claim thirty of the
Ohio district delegates. Their poll
of the Ohio delegation to St. Louis is
thirty-six conservatives (friendly to
Harmon); Hearst six and Folk four,
and that, under the unit rule, the con
servatives will have tho Ohio dele
gations more than three to one.
The majority report of the commit
tee on resolutions was as follows:
"Tho democratic party of Ohio,
while firmly adhering to all living
domocratlc principles as time and
again declared by democratic conven-
tions recommends that the formal
annunciation of purely natlenal ques
tions be referred to the national con
vention soon to convene at St. Louis.
"On stato issues tho democratic, nnr-
ty of Ohio offers tho people relief from
tho political trust which has long con
trolled every department of the state
government. It promises if intrusted
witli authority to reduce public ex
penses and taxation, to save tho prop
erty of the state and restore govern
ment by the people as designated by
the founders.
"The Ohio delegation is directed to
cast the entire forty-six votes in the
national convention as tho majority of
moso voting snail decide, when such
majority shall determine what nnnrRA
to bo advisable."
Louis D. Johnson of Urbana offered
tho following minority report signed
by five members of tho committee on
resolutions:
"We recommend that the part of the
platform providing that tho delegates
irora uuio to tno national democratic
convention shall voto as a unit when
in the wisdom of tho majority of said
delegation, such course may seem
proper; or, in substance, as above
stated, bo omitted and struck out of
said, platform."
W. D. Excell of Cleveland offered a
HuiJiJiomeiuai resolution for a 2-cout
railroad, fare.
A lengthy discussion ensued In
which Mayor Johnson received an
ovation in speaking for the 2-cent
railroad faro resolution.
Tho vote on substituting Johnson's
resolutions to strike "tho unit rule"
out of the platform was lost. Tho
platform, including tho 2-cent fare
resolution, was then adopted.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There are but 90 daily papers in
Russia.
There aro 10,920,000 Germans in the
United States.
Tho horse spur is said to have been
used since 300 B. C.
Tho bubonic plague in India is said
to bo now destroying 40,000 persons a
week.
Admiral Alexieff's salary was $56,000
a year with an allowance of ?J5,uuu
for extras.
Tho Boers resent an attempt to take
a Transvaal census. They consider it
an intrusion into their private affairs.
A butterfly which a Chicago woman
kopt all winter and has recently died
ato one drop of honey in every three
days.
Tho French government receives a
revenue of $5,000,000 a year from
manufacturing matches. Last year
800 tons of sulphur were used in tho
industry.
When Queen Alexandra heard how
the moles were destroying crops in
Wales she ordered a moleskin muff.
They became tho rage, and the moles
are nearly exterminated.
The ancient bridge at Ayr, Scot
land, built in 1232 and made famous
by Robert Burns, has been ordered to
bo closed for repairs. It will cost
$25,000 to put it in good condition.
According to the European journals
of science the great storm of red dust
which swept up from Africa over Eu
rope some time ago Is doing a good
service to science In making the strata
in the Alpine glaciers so that they
can bo studied with greater accuracy
in the future.
A rare case of longevity is cited in
the lives of Mrs. Hanna C. Baker,
Henry N. Spencer, John R. Spencer
and Mrs. Fanny F. Fowler, brothers
and sisters, all living in Noank, in
the town of Groton, Conn., whose ages
aggregate more than three centuries,
or minutely, 329 years.
Napoleon is an unusual, If not un
precedented, Christian name to be
borne by the presiding officer of a
British parliament. But NaDoleon
Antoine Bolcourt, who has just been
elected speaker of tho Canadian house
of commons, can address meeting or
court in fluent and excellent English.
Professor W. L. Underwood of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy reports that mosquito larvae are
a favorite food for goldfish, and that
the introduction of goldfish Into many
small streams of New England where
mosquitoes breed would be preferable
to the use of kerosene in destroying
the pest.
Collector Stratton of the San Fran
cisco port has received notification
that the Chinese minister has made
tho following regulations as to the
use of the flag: A flag bavin- one
dragon rampant in a yellow moon will
do reserved for common use- two
dragons are to be used only in the
case of mercantile joint stock compa
nies. A National Capital real estate deal
er offered for sale a farm about three
miles from Alexandria, Va., which
was once a part of George Washing-
fS eSAate His advertisement, at
first sight, created a sensation amonc
correspondents, as it read- "Late
President Washington's estate for
sale; residence, outbuildings- 20
acres; magnificent farm near railroad
and river; bargain." But it was no
part of Mount Vernon.-PittsbuTg dK
Potter that he always learned some
thing new every time he came to hear
him preach, adding by way of illus
tration: "Why, bishop, until I heard that
grand sermon of yours this mornin
I always believed that Sodom and Go
morrah was a man and his 'wife'"
New York Times.
Books R-ccclved.
The Hermitage Publishing Co., Noel
bldg., Nashville, Tenn., is publishing
a two-volume work by Col. A S
Colyar, entitled "Life and Times of!
Andrew Jackson." Colonel Colyar is
an ardent admirer of Jackson, and ha
has put his whole soul as well as his
ability into the work which he is is
suing. The readers of The Commoner
will do 'well to secure a sot of tha
books. Any person desiring to act aa
agent for the work can address the
publishers.
Think of Thact!
Mr. James H. Canfield, librarian at
Columbia university tiiH J ". ?J
I communicant who assuror! -nl.
v4 uieuuji
CTARK
mm
JSf
; befltby Tesi-78 YEARS. Wfe Zk V CASH
WANT MUKE SALESMEN 1 f 1 Week!
Stark Nursery, Utdslaaa, Mo.; HaatsTUIc, Ale.
$3R fin PFR WFPIf and all expenses, to man
tOUiUU rtn TILL IV with rlir, to lntroduco our
Poultry Goods; yoar'a contract; Bond Btamp. Eureka
Manufacturing Co., Dopartinont 0, Navasota, Texas.
FENCES
smoftGEsr
MADE Bull
oirong, utuoJcea
Tight. Sold to the Farmer at TTholewOa
FrleM. Fnlhr Warrant 4. Cataloir Fro.
COXIiKD SPRING FKNCK CO.
Box 234 ffUckt.Ur, IflUan, U.U.A,
Pfltfidt Sfifilirfifl opinion m tonpatentabll.
I UIUIII UGUU1 UU , Send for guidebook
and what to Intent, rinest publications Issued for
free distribution. Patents socured by us advertised
I roo In 1'atent Itocord SAMPLE COPY FBEE.
l'.vans, Wilkens Co., Sept. F, Washington, D, O.
Subscribers' Advertising Department
A little thought will convince that
this department of The Commoner of
fers superior advantages to those who
desire to secure publicity. Only Com"
moner subscribers are allowed to use
it, and only responsible articles are
allowed to be advertised. Confidenco
In the advertising management will
explain in large measure why adi
vertising in The Commoner is profit
able. The manager is in receipt of
many letters from advertisers who
have used this department with profit.
The rate is the lowest made in this
publication 6 cents per -word per in
sertion, payable in advance. Address
all orders to The Commoner, "Lincoln,
Nebraska.
TEMEDY WHICH REMOVES, CAUSE OP IN-J-x
digestion, rheumatism, headache, kidney
trouble. Takes immediato effect. Pay after
benefited T.E.MOORE, Lexington, Ky.
YOU COULD SELL OLD LINE LIFE INSUR
A ancoifyou knew hpw. Wo teach tho art
frco of charge and pay you far your time. De
sirable contracts awaiting Hpeclal and goneral
agents for tho states of Iowa, Missouri, Ncbras
ka and Kansas. Address L, caro of Commoner
ODER YOUR CAMPAIGN AND ADVERTIS
v ing photo buttons of E. R. Cox, Lake Lin
den, Mich.
T SELL THE BEST WATER-PROOF PAINT IN
x the world for loaky tin, felt, shinglo or metal
roofs. I have used it for 12 years. 2 gallons for
81.00 or five gallons for $2.00. I pay the freight.
R. A. Mays, No. 605 N. 15th St. Philadelphia
Pa.
T?OR FARMS IN BEAR RIVER VALLEY.
U Address V. S. reetSaULako City, Utah.
NO. 1.80 ACRE FARM FOR SALE. WRITE
C. A. Stono, Fremont, Mich. R. D. 1.
WANTEDBY HONEST INDUSTRIOUS LADY,
work that can bo done at home, copying
letters preferred, but would accept any honest
work. Address "Ararat" Port Deposited.
fiOOD OPENING FOR DEMOCRATIC PAPKtt
in olty of 20,000 in thickly sottlcd county.
Address "F"-c-Q Commoner, Lincoln, flco
t .
fr '
I. t
t ii-3&a . -fe.
'' .'
Httrrvr
.l,'"! '
Z-li-.