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The Commoner.
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 1
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Tho famous old Lookout Inn on
the crest of Lookout mountain was
destroyed by fire.
At tho American Federation of
Labor convention held at Denver the
course of President Samuel Gompers
.was endorsed.
Governor-elect A. C. Shallenberger
of Nebraska suffered a broken bone
in his ankle while being initiated
into tho Shriners.
A democratic caucus of members
of the lower house of congress will
be held December 5. It is reported
that Champ Clark will be chosen as
democratic leader to succeed John
Sharp Williams.
day was a test case. Havillo Collins
was arrested for accepting a' wager
at GraAresend race track June 16 of
this year, and was held for trial.
Collins brought habeas corpus pro
ceedings before the special term of
the supreme court and hfs release
was ordered. In the decision by the
appellate division the actioa of the
special term is upheld in all particulars.'
Mr. Cannon's friends say that he is
now certain of re-election to the
office of speaker.
Mr. Bryan's official
Nebraska was 4,102,
majority in
David Rothschild, a former bank
er of New York City, died in Sing
SingprIson.
Francis J. Heney, the special as
sistant of the district attorney's office
at San Francisco a'n'd the man ivho
has prosecuted the San Francisco
corruptionlsts, wag shot in the head
by Morris Haas. It was during the
prosecution of Abraham Ruef that
Mr, Heney had denounced Haas in
a speech in thq court room. Haas
had qualified as a juror to pass upon
the guilt or innocence of Ruef.
Heney denounced him as an ex-convict.
After the adjournment of
court and, while Heney was in his
private office, Haas shot tfini. Haas
was overpowered by bystanders arid
was removed to jail. Later he com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
with a' pistol which, he had concealed
in his shoe.
The report of the republican state
committee from Nebraska- shows that
$42,000 was spent in Nebraska in
the effort to carry it for the repub
lican party.
The emperor and the empress
dowager of China died suddenly.
Authorities1 deny rumors that they
were poisoned'. v
Samuel Gompers was re-elected
president of the American Federa
tion of Labor with but dne dissent
ing V6te. '
the report be considered the social
ists present be asked If theyendorsed
editorials appearing in socialist or
gans attacking the Federation and its
officers. President Gompers defend
ed the editorial. He asked, why the
only paragraph In the editorial in
which he had expressed an opinion
is taken up and every charge in the
editorial is overlooked, for he did
make a number of charges. Mr.
Gompers charged that the socialists
were trying to disrupt the trade
union movement. He said that there
never had appeared a more severe
arraignment of the officers of the
Federation in the hostile press than
has appeared in the Cleveland Citi
zen, edited by Max Hayes, a repre
sentative of the Typographical Union
in the convention. Mr. Gompers
stated he had no ill will against any
man personally, and that he fought
soley for the trade union movement.
He had no ill will towards even Debs
or Daniel de Leon, of the industrial
workers of the world, although both
were trying to destroy the trade
union movement. Delegate Duff
rey's motion asking for explanation
from the socialists of editorials in
certain socialist papers attacking the
Federation officers was finally agreed
to. A. B. Grant of the metal pol
ishers, a socialist, said lie was not
responsible for the editorials, but
that he believed that there had been
cases where labor leaders had sold
out, although h,n made no charges
against the Federation officers."
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HAKES YOUR HONEY ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
Twenty-flve persons lost, their lives'
In an explosion of gas"which tore up
a section of Gold "street, Brooklyn.
A Chicago dispatclCTriarrled by-the-'Associated
Press follows t'"That: per
sonal, or what has- oeen termed In
dividual betting, is legal at the race
tracks, in. thiB state was the opinion
of '.the judges of the appellate divi
sion bf the supreme court made pub
lic today in a decision handed down
in the case brought by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Elder of Kings county
to determine tho application of the
Andrew-Hart bill on this point. The
decision Is in favor of the Brooklyn
JocKey club.
In the American Federation of La
bor convention at Denver Samuel
Gompers was presented with a hand
some loving cup and Mrs. Gompers
was given a diamond ring. The con
vention endorsed Mr. Gompers offi
cial and political record and his
enemies were completely routed. An
interesting extract from the Asso
ciated Press report of one day's pro
ceedings follows: "When the point
in the, committee's report endorsing
the American Federationlst, the offi
cial organ, was reached. Delegate
j. m. .juarnes of the cigarmakers pro
tested against an editorial, which had
appeared during the political cam
paign, asking 'Who is financing the
Red Special?' with which ' Presiden
tial Candidate Eugene V. Debs made
his campaign. The editorial charged
that the forces opposed to labor were
financing the 'red special. Mr.
Barnes offered a resolution calling
upon tho convention to appoint a
committee to go over the books of
the socialist party and ascertain
where the funds were obtained. T.
j. uuirrey or me pottery workers
Tho caroful man who ia true to himself
nnd to his family will not placo his sav
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THE TARIFF HEARINGS
When the manufacturers of paints,
varnishes, medicinal preparations,
perfumes,, etc., were petitioning con
gress for free alcohol they said that
if they had it they could snap their
fingers at foreign competitors. They
got it, and yet are now appearing be
fore the committee on ways and
means to request that the high tariff
duties be left as they are. A few
of the men who addressed the com
mittee on Tuesday asked for higher
duties. One of them said with great
frankness that thtey would enable
him to make more money. '
This' request that there shall bo
no decrease anywhere, even when
the duties are prohibitory and hence
produce no revenue, will be heard
at all of the hearings. There may
be a pretty general agreement among
the manufacturers who attend that
the Dingley law duties are a miracle
of wisdom and moderation too
moderate in some instances.
If the information congress Is to
get from the men who show up at
mesa Hearings were to be all it had
to guide it it would make a sorry
mess of tariff revision. Happily
there are unprejudiced experts who.
have been collecting data as to the
cost of production at home and
abroad. These data probably will
show that there are many duties
which ought to be reduced. Con
gress should be governed by them
and not by over protected interests,
such as the United States steel cor
poration, the American Sugar Refin
ing company, and the tobacco trust.
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AERM0T0R GASOLINE PUMR
HE KNEW His ATirtrrcrcm?!
A celehrateo; Scottish lawyer had
10 aaaress tne Caledonian equiva
lent of our supreme court. His
Pleadings" occumed an entire rtav
After seven hours of almost contin
uous oratory he went home to supper
mm was astcea to conduct family wor
ship. As he was exhausted his de
votions were brief..
I am ashamed of ye," said the
old mother. "To think ye could tallc
ror seven nours up at the court and
mannas your Matter in seven min
utes.
Engirt comf!t rady to
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