Nebraska Newspapers

    OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.
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PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
VATSON SPEAKS.
Declares that the Populists are Going
to Vote for Bryan Whether 8ewell Is
Withdrawn or Not—He’s Going to
Manage His Own Campaign In a Way
that Is Going to Insure the Populist
Tote for Mr. Bryan.
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Ton Watson Speak*.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8.—Thomas E
Watson opened his vice presidential
campaign last night with an address
two hours in length, delivered before
®n audience of 3,000 people in the
Trough shed used for the Moody re
vival meetings several months ago.
Mr. Watson appealed at the outset for
a nou-partisan hearing, declaring
that he spoke with bitterness to none
-and in behalf of the men who held
the plow, who used the hoe, who
■wielded the hammer. If God gave
liim strength, he declared, he would
plead the cause of these people
through pens of reporters present be
fore 65,000,0<’0 people in the morning.
He entered into an enumeration of
■the reform demands of the Populists,
indicting the government for high
-crimes and misdemeanors in the grant
ing of thb governmental power of
making money to a special class; In
“the unfair levying of taxes which laid
the heavy hand of tribute upon those
least able to sustain it; in closing the
m?nts to the free and unlimited coin
age of silver; in leaving the great
public Highways of the country in
"the control of grasping corporations,
who levied tribute upon the people
who were compelled to use them, and
in the corruption of the ballot.
Mr. Watson explained at length his
course in leaviug the Democratic
party after having been elected to
Congress as a Democrat and by the
machinery of the Democratic party.
He said that his opponent had run as
.a straight platform Democrat, while
iie had made his rsee on the Alliance
platform and was pledged to stand by
that platform though the heavens
fall. Furthermore, the national Alli
ance convention had instructed those
Congressmen elected on the Alliance
■platform not to go into the caucuses of
cither of the two great parties Not
•only had he felt bound to stand
by principles rather than party,
but he hadt seen then as he saw now
■that the only chance for Jeffersonian
Democracy was to unite the farmers
•of the South with the farmers of the
West. To do that required a new
party. The Southern Democrat .could
mot be induced to go into the Repub
lican party, nor could the Western
.Republican be induced to enter the
Democratic party. A common rally
ing point was absolutely necessary.
When Congress met in 1892 eleven
Western Congressmen stepped out of
"the Republican party.
“Of the thirty Southern Congress
men elected on the Alliance platform,
Row many stepped out of the Demo
cratic party?’’ exclaimed Mr. Watson.
“Only one, and thank God I can say
It, I was that one.
He explained further that he had
tallowed himself to be run for speaker
simply to emphasize the South's desire
to meet the West half way in the com
mon batlle against the Fast.
In conclusion Mr. Watson made this
significant statement: “We are not
.going to put up any candidate against
Bryan. We are going to vote for
Bryan, whether Sewall is withdrawn
•or not. I’m going to manage this
campaign so that W. J. Bryan gets
every vote we’ve got. I see the dread
evils of McKinley ism threatening us
and I fear that if we are defeated in
this fight McICinleyism will be en
throned forever and the battle for
■freedom had just as well be given up.
1 shall tell my people to stand by
■the contract made at St. Louis.
Let Bryan have every vote you
can muster. Let Jones say what
he likes. Let him insult you if
he will. Make no answer. Pray, for
your country. Work for her interests.
Do your duty. Here’s what we’re go
ing to do in our state convention:
"We’re going to put out a fnll electoral
"ticket for Bryan and Watson. We
■can’t vote for Sewall. Then we’ll
empower our committee to take off a
part of our electors and put ou a part
■of yours whenever the Democratic
committee retires Mr. Sewall. The
Democratic managers may have made
-up their minds to put torn Watson
•down and keep him down, but 1 thank
•God the people of the South have en
tered him into no such contract. Let
it be known, henceforth that the
-South and West will never again sit
at the footstool of the North.’’
FUSION , DEnL CLOSED.
Demnrr.il« fmlor*e the Pnpiiltat Nomin
ations as Past as Made.
Hutchinson, Kan.. Aug 7.—The
Democrats of Kansas, in State con
tention here, adopted the report of
the conference committee which was
tent, to abilcne to meet with the I’opu
'ists, and every 1‘opulist' nomination
«as indorsed as fast as made. ”
Kassel) Sun. an Octogenarian.
New,, York, Aug. 8.—Wednesday
•was Russell Sage’s 80th birthday an
niversary. lie was besieged by con
gratulatory friends an hour before
the stock market opened. lie has
thrown away his glasses, bears him.
self erectly and looks as vigorous as
most men at 5o. He attributes his
health to methodical habits and early
xisir^-. He has not had a vacation
the mst decade because, so he says, he
has been too busy_
ISro at Swift’. Kama. City Packing
Booi.-Lon •30,000.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 6.—A fire
at the Swift packing plaut in Armour
•dale last night burned out one of the
amoke houses. The total loss was
about $'10,000, fully covered bv insur
ance. Joseph Hoblawetz, the night
^ watchman at the smoke house, was
- • burned to death and burled in the
ruins, and eight other men were
• aeriously injured. The eight men
had narrow escapes from death and it
was only because there was scarcely
a breath of wind blowing that the fire
did not spread to other buildings of
the plant
GOLD DEMOCRATS MEET.
A Rational Convention Sure and a Third j
Ticket Likely. j
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 8.—The !
provisional national committee of the !
(fold standard Demoqyats who posi- I
tively refuse to accept tho Chicago I
platform and ticket, began Us initial
meeting here this afternoon, first con- j
sidering the question of calling an
other national Democratic conven
tion.
That a convention will be called
there is almost no reason to doubt,
tut whether another ticket will be
called for is still an open question,
for several of those present are
strongly in favor of ex-Congressman
Bourke Lockran’s plan of adopting an
old line Democratic platform and in
directly indorsing McKinley by not
naming another ticket. The members
of the executive committee, General
Bragg of Wisconsin, ex-Minister
Broad head of St. Louis, Editor Halde
man of Kentucky, Mr. Bobbins of
Illinois and ex-Congressman Bynum
of Indiana, are all opposed to any
thing but the most decisive action,
though it will present letters from
several men of national note in the
East and South in favor of only a
national sound money platform.
While over two-thirds of the States
have representatives here as members
of the provisional national committee,
there are more advisory visitors than
committeemen, for the occasion is
more in the nature of a general con
ference of the gold standard Demo
crats than that of a committee meet
ing.
The executive committee has re
ceived the following credentials:
Alabama, J. M. Falkner of Montgom
ery; California, E. B. Pond of San
Francisco; Connecticut, David Wells
of Norwich; Florida. J. L. Gaskins of
Jacksonville; Illinois, JohA M. Palmer
of Springfield; Indiana, John R. Wil
son of Indianapolis; Iowa, L. M. Mar
tin of Marshalltown; Kansas, Eugene
Hagan of Topeka; Kentucky, II. T.
Tyler of Hickman; Massachusetts,
Nathan Matthews, jr., of Boston;
Michigan, Thomas A. Wilson of
Jacksonville; Minnesota, F. W. Mc
Cutoheon.
There Is talk of Senator Palmer,
Secretary Carlisle and General Bragg
for the nominee for President, and
General Buckner of Kentucky, ex
Governor Francis of Missouri and ex
Congressman Bynum of Indiana for
second place.
KANSAS POPULISTS.
A Straight Ticket Nominated After an
All Night Session.
Abilene, Kan., Aug. 8.—Yesterday
afternoon the Populists in state con
vention, after a bitter attack had
been made on Cliggitty the Democratic
nominee for presidential elector in the
first district, because of charges that
he had carried a gun against the
striking miners of Cherokee county in
18113, adopted the fusion agreement
offered by the Democrats with the
understanding that if the Cliggitt
charge should be proved true his name
would be dropped.
Following is the ticket complete:
For Governor—John VV. Leedy of
Coffey county. ,
For Chief Justice—Frank Doster of
Clarion county.
For Congressman-at-Large — Key.
Jerry Botkin of Wilson county.
For Lieutenant Governor—A. M.
llarvey of Shawnee county.
For Attorney General—L. C, Boyle
of Bourbon county.
For Secretary of State—William E.
Bush of Jewell' county.
For State Treasurer—D. H. Heffle
bower of Miami county.
For State Auditor—W. H. Morris of
Crawford county.
For Superintendent of Public In
struction—W. D. Stryker of Barton
county.
The State central committee was
named as follows: First district, G.
W. Herrington and J. L. Simpson;
Second, Chris Ritter and H. S. Clark;
Third, J. M. Allen and M. L. Walters;
Fourth, Taylor Riddle and William
Tipton; Fifth, P. H. Dolan and D. E.
Ballard; Sixth, F. E. Johnson and U
M. Ross; Seventh, E. J. Westgate and
Rufe Cone.
WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN&
A Candidate for Governor Named on th«
Sixth Ballot—Thurston’s Prediction.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 8.—The Re
publican State convention nominated
Major Edward Schofield, of Oconto,
for Governor on the sixth ballot. The
result is a victorv for the Philetus
oawyer lacuon oi tne party and a cor
responding defeat for ex-Governor
Heard and his followera
United States Senator Thurston ad
dressed the convention, saying, among
other things: “I received word to
day from a trusted friend in my state
confirming what I already knew, that
William J. Bryan, great as he may
appear to other parts of the country,
On election day in November next,
will be defeated in his ward, in his
city, in his county, in his congres
sional district and in the state where
he lives.”
NO ADVICE BY CLEVELAND.
The Prescient Denies Having Exprewed
Any Gold Ticket Opinion.
New York, Aug. 8.—In answer to
an inquiry as to the truth of a report
published in this city yesterday that
President Cleveland had made known
his disapproval of the proposed gold
standard ticket project, the President
telegraphs as follows to the Evening
Post;
“Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., Aug. 8.—It
is abolutely untrue that I have given
any advice touching the course of the
Indianapolis conference.
“Grover Ckevkland. ”
Discouraged and Committed Suicide.
Kansas City, Ma, Aug. 8. — Dis
couraged because of his poverty, un
able to secure employment and phys
ically almost a wreck, T. P. Witten,
formerly a clerk in the city treasur
er’s office, committed suicide at the
boarding house kept by Mrs. Nichols
at Vi3l Cherry street this afternoon.
106 at Little Rock.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 8.—The
heat hereabouts was almost unbeara
ble to-day, the thermometer reaching
10d degrees, the highest recorded!
since 1872.
MANY MILLIONS LOST,
STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED TO
PREVENT A PANIC.
' “2T—
Th« Bunting of l*v. Big Babble.—Bot
tom Drops Oat of tbe Diamond Match
and New York Ulecalt Speculations—
Biggest Deal of the Kind la History—
The Losses Great—Moore Brothers the
Principal Victims.
A Stupendous Collapse.
Chicago, Aug. 3.—The speculates
4eal in Diamond Match and New York
Biscuit stock has come to an end. The 1
Moore Bros, have failed. Tbe great
est speculation ever known in Chicago
has culminated in the failure of the
people who were behind the deaL
The Chicago stock exchange, ad
journed at 10 o’clock this morning for
an indefinite period. This action was
decided upon at a meeting held last
evening at which were present the
members of the stock exchange, gov
erning committee and a number of
prominent capitalists
The speculative deal of which the
failure is the culmination is by all
odds the most Important in the history
of Chicago stock exchange affairs It
began early in this year. The stock
of the Diamond Match Company had
been selling along ISO for quite a time
and there had been no special activity
in the market. Just prior to the Ven
ezuela incident, the tip had got out in
inside circles that there were to be
some important European develop
ments in connection with Diamond
Match affairs and the buying of tho
stocks commenced by strong people.
The Venezuelan panic interfered with
the speculation and the stock dropped
during the general decline at that
time to 115. From there the rise
started which is the most remarkable
in the history of the exchange.
A strong group of speculators,
headed by John H. Moore and Will
iam H. Moore, began buying the
stock. It, moved up with scarcely a
halt. The bears occasionally endeav
ored to interfere with the rise, but
cauu «iiuio iuuuu biiu.b mere was
both speculative genius anti financial
strength behind the market, which
was unlike anything in local specula
tive affairs. The rise went on for a
considerable time before the general
public had any intimation of what
was really behind the advance.
When the decline in stock markets
generally came, following the Demo
cratic convention, the stock was sell
ing at 224 The values of other se
curities tumbled day after day, but
Match was held steadily without so
much as a fractional decline. The
Moores bought the stock with con
fidence that inspired confidence in
others. The people who had the best
information about the company’s
prospects seemed to feel absolutely
certain of the value of the security,
and prices were held through all the
sharp fluctuations in other stocks—
fluctuations which carried West Chi
cago to the lowest point in its history,
and marked startling declines in all
other securities.
Yesterday the stock was held with
hardly a waver at 222, but there was
an outpouring of long stock which led
the keen observer of the market to
fear that the load might become too
heavy, and the events later in the
afternoon proved that those fears were
correct
The deal in Diamond Match was
only part of this great speculative op
eration. The Moore Bros, had organ
ized the New York Biscuit company
several years ago, after the first great
success of the Diamond Match com
pany. The panic of 1893 had hit the
biscuit company severely as it did all
the other industries and the stock was
far bplow par.' The success which
was met with in a speculative manip
ulation of Diamond Match led to a
desire to see what could be done with
New York Biscuit and that stock was
taken several months ago and ad
vanced from 70 to 108.
From that it dropped back to 92,and
for weeks was held close about that
figure, in spite of the sharpdecMnes in
other securities. Enormous quantities
of this stock were also poured upon
the market, but they were taken with
the same steadiness which marked the
action of Diamond match. The accum
ulations, however, represented a
great sum in time, and the operations
in the stock will add largely to the
total of the amount involved.
It is not at the present time possible
to make any estimate of what the
figuru is. The Moore’s have unques
tionably purchased an enormous line
of New York Biscuit and Diamond
Match. The high price at which
Match has been selling makes the
sum involved extremely large. The
capital stock of the Diamond Match
Company is $11,000,000, ar<t of New
York Biscuit 89.0on.noo.
FINE TROTTERS MAIMED.
Horses Worth 860,000 Injured In a Wreck
—Four Attendants Hurt.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. S.—A
wreck this morning at North Indian
apolis on the Big Four road caused a
car containing trotting horses belong
ing to J. E. Bush of Louisville to upset
and every horse was so much injured
that it is thought none will ever race
again. The value of the animals is
said to have been $60,00c. David Bar
num, in charge, Dennis Porter of
Louisville, George Fagan of Lexing
ton and Charles Brock of Kentucky
were injured, none fatally.
The wreck was caused by a hot
journal. The horses were on their
way from Freeport, III., to Louisville.
Their names were May Queen, 3 years
old, no record; Hal Corker, 2;13; Sally
Bronson, 2:131^; King Henry, a green
colt of great promise; Minnie Defoe,
2:15; Buster, 2:12}^.
SILVER LESSONS.
Armour GItm Heat and a Mexican Dol
lar for an American Dollar.
Chicago, Aug-. .'..—Philip P. Armour,
the packer, has had printed notices
distributed among his 5,000 employees
announcing that for an American sil
ver dollar he will give them 50 cents
worth of meat and a Mexican silver
dollar in ct^nge. He also has pre
pared a circular showing the rates of
wages and prices of goods for the
working classes in Mexico as com
pared to what is received in this coun
try. __ . . .
! SWEPT BY DEMOCRATS.
i ■ -
Ih* Stic of tho Majority In Alabama the
Only Qnutlon—Fraud* Charged
Montgomebt, AIb., Aug. 5.—The sizo
of the Democratic majority seems to
be oil that remains in doubt with re
gard to the result of yesterday’s state
election, though Populist leaders aro
claiming frauds of the grossest kind.
Because of the slow process of count
ing the votes under the new ballot
law, returns are necessarily slow, but
there is no doubt of a complete Dem
ocratic victory. Incomplete returns
from about half the counties so far
received indicate Democratic gains in
all but Mobile and Macon. In the
former the Democrats appear to have
lost some 500 votes by stay-at-homes,
but the county is still in "the Demo
cratic eolumn by 600 majority. In
Macon county, which gave Oates a
majority of 800 in 1894, the result is
doubtful.
To-day the lowest Democratic esti
mate places the majority at 36,000 and
the highest at 00,000. The legislature
is safely Democratic by at least two
thirds.
The Populist leaders In Birmingham
olaim that thousands of fictitious
votes were cast in the '‘black belt”
and they threaten that if Goodwyn is
not elected they will organize the
Populists of the State against Bryan
and carry Alabama for McKinley in
November.
RECORDBREAKING HEAT.
Til* Southwest Warmer for Tee Day»
Than Baa Bvsr Been Known.
Washington, Aug. 5.—The weather
bureau issued the folio wing special
bulletin to-day: "Intensely hot and
unusually dry weather has prerailed
throughout a portion of the South
west, including Western Tennessee,
Northern Louisiana, Northern Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory during the past ten
or twelve days, the temperature
reported being, in many instances,
higher than any previously record
ed by the weather bureau during
this season of the year. Maximum
temperature of 100 degrees and over
have occurred daily in Arkansas and
Oklahoma during the period men
tioned and throughout most of the re
gion the temperatures have ranged
continuously above 5)5 degrees. At
Little Rock and the city of Oklahoma
maximum temperature of 101 degrees
occurred on August 1, which were, re
spectively 6 and 7 degrees higher than
any previous record at these stations
during the first ten days of August.
During the past twelve days the max
imum temperature at Little Rock has
been 100 degrees on seven days, 102
degrees on seven days, 103 degrees on
four days and 104 degrees on oueday.”
MILLIONS LOST.
Moor* Uroi'. Liabilities Placed at Be
tween S4,000,000 and •8,000,000.
Chicago, Aug. 5.—It is estimated by
those in a position to know that the
Moore Bros, have lost between $1,000,
000 and $5,500,000 in the Diamond
Match deal. Some say it has wiped
out every cent of their immense for
tunes.
* This morning the following was
posted on the front door of the Stock
exchange:
"The Chicago Stock exchange has
adjourned subject to the action of the
governing committee.—J. R. Wilkins,
Secretary."
At a meeting of the governing com
mittee a resolution was adopted call
ing for the appointment of a commit
tee of four, the chairman of which
shall be the president of the stock ex
change and the other three to be ap
pointed by him to confer with the
bankers of Chicago and the Moore
Bros., to arrange upon a basis of set
tlement.
Chicago banks and bankers, who
hold approximately $4,000,000 worth
of Diamond Match stock as collateral
for money loaned, will not press bon
rowers for settlement. Another thing
the banks have decided to do ts to ac
cept the stock of the Diamond Matah
owned by Moore Bros, at a cash
value of 170.
STONE TO NOTIFY BRYAN.
Missouri's Governor Will Tell the Can
didate of Bit Nomination.
Jeffehson City, Mo., Aug. 5.—Sen
ator Stephen White of California yes
terday telegraphed Governor Stone
that he would not be able to be in
New York city upon August 11 to no
tify Mr. Bryan of his nomination ac
cording to the plans of the Democratic
national committee, and asking him if
he would not act in his stead. Governor
Stone at once answered that he woold.
The_ notification will take place at
Madison Square garden on the even
ing of August 11, and it will mark the
formal opening of the campaign.
Governor Stone wilt leave Jenrson
City as soon as the nomination for
governor is made, and it is propable
that as soon as Mr. Bryan hears of the
change of program he will invite
Governor Stone td accompany Mr.
Bland and himself on their trip to
New York.
Ill.liop Newman Challenged.
Boston, Aug. 5.—George F. Wash*
burn of this city, eastern member of
the national executive committee of
the People’s party, has issued a chal
lenge to Bishop John P. Newman of
Sun Francisco to name a single Popu
list who is known as an anarchist.
The challenge is in reply to a news
paper report which stated that Bishop
Newman had made a statement that
the Populists were no better than an
archists and were not good American
citizens.
Passenger Trains Corns Together Neal
Bosworth, Mo.--One Killed.
Cahkollton, Mo., Aug. 6.—A head
end coll lesion of passenger trains on
the Santa Fe toolc place two milea
east of Bosworth, a station fifteen
miles east ot here at 11 o'clock
yesterday morning, resulting in the
death of Engineer Fred Heady of Fort
Madison, and the serious injury of
Express Messes®*’- r'pds Bud way ot
Chicago, and tht painful maini'-^g of |
eight others. The company lost
property in the wreck worth thous- I
ends of dollars. V j
ALABAMA’S ELECTION.
POPULISTS NOT PLEASED WITH
RESULTS.
The Outcome Htjr Prevent Failon on
Bryan—The Secretary of the State
Committee Makea tVlioleaale Chargee
of Fraud, and Declare* that Uoodwyn
wa* Fairly elected Oovernor By From
10,000 to 18,000 Majority.
Populists Mot Pleated.
Ilf km Ingham, Ala , Aug. 0.—The fol
lowing significant signed statement
was made public this morning by Sec
retary Frank llaltzall of the Populist
campaign committee!
“The election lust Monday was char
acterized by frauds more widespread
than any previous elections and in the
‘bktck belt’ In defiance of the law and
contempt of the oppositlen, which the
law required to be recognized by from
three to ten representatives at every
poll In Montgomery, at the court
house poll.au illiterate suspeoted that
his ticket was wrongly marked and
showed it to a friend to decide, and
the fact was developed thataUoodwyn
ticket had been marked for Johnson.
The illiterate was arrested and jailed
for showing his ticket and the marker
who was guilty of the crime was not
interrupted. In the ‘black belt’ coun -
ties the reports state that Dallas or
some other 'black belt’ county will
send up the usual majority, which
means that whatever majority may be
needed from those counties will bo
sent up'next Saturday when the vote
shall be canvassed.
"The Populists are very much ex
asperated on account of wrongs prac
ticed upon them and will not support
the Bryan Democratic electors They
will put out an electoral ticket for
Bryan and Watson. The Democrats
can tulie down their ticket, vote that
ticket or see 100,000 votes practically
lost If this shall not be done, the
Populists will refuse to vote and let
the silver Democrats work out their
destiny and repent of their meanness.
Self-respect, manhood and civil liberty
are dearer to some people than free
silver or any other political issue.
The Hon. A. T. Goodwyn made a bril
liant and effective campaign, visiting
nearly every county and speaking to
the largest audiences ever accorded a
speaker in this state. He has been
elected by from 10,000 to 18,000 ma
jority in the white counties and re
ceived about 40,000 votes in the ‘black
belt.’ but these 40,000 votes are
counted for JohDston, giving him a
majority of about 25,000
FUSION IN KANSAS.
The Plan Agreed Upon By Populists and
Democrats.
Abii.kxk, Kan., Aug. 7.—The Popu
list state convention has nominated
State Senator J. W. Deedy for gov
ernor and Frank Doster lor chief
justice of the state supreme
court, and has adopted the
fusion proposition presented by
the representatives of the Dem
ocratic State convention, in session at
Hutchinson, with the agreement that
Cliggitt’s name shall be dropped as
Frst district elector if it proved that
he shouldered a musket against the
miners in 1893.
The agreement means that the Pop
ulists will vote for the Democratic
electors and the Democrats will, in
turn, support the whole Populist State
ticket, which will not have a Demo
crat on it.
A sop was thrown to the middle-of
the road Populist element in the shape
of a proposition that if Watson should
have more votes in the electoral col
lege than Sewall the Kansas eleetors
should vote for him for Vice Presi
dent
When the convention reassembled
yesterday the temporary organization
was made permanent
The order of business committee ar
ranged the work of the convention in
this manner; Reports of committees;
selection of a committee of fourteen,
two from each congressional district,
to confer with the Democratic commit
tee from Hutchinson; report of con
ference committee; nomination of
electors; nomination of governor, chief
justice, congressman-at-large, lieu
tenant governor, attorney general,
secretary of state, treasuaer, auditor,
superintendent of public instruction;
election of a state central committee.
A motion to reduce the conference
committee from fourteen to five, to as
to make it the size of the Demooratio
committee, was voted down.
The conference committee was
chosen, as follows: First district,
Judge J. W. Fitzgerald, J. O. Ward;
Second distriot, Van B. Prather, J.
W. Poorj Third, J. M. Allen, W.. J.
Gillette; Fourth, Senator F. G. Jump
er, W. F. Benson; Fifth, William
Doeble, T. H. Polock; Sixth, O. L.
Smith, Senator W. B. Helm; Seventh,
vi a. minionuacit, j. r. rancaice.
W. J. Costigan of Franklin, roasted
the committee on account of the hall
arrangements. He declared that the
hall was as bad as the black hole of
Calcutta, and moved to bold the rest
of the sessions in a grove. The motion
was tabled. On motion of G. C. Clem-.
ens of Shawnee, Charles W. Marsh of
Anchor Labor Union, Kansas City,
was given three minutes to plead for
help for the members of the union
who had been thrown out of employ
ment by the Armour Packing com
pany. After Marsh's speech a collec
tion was taken for the purpose stated.
A recess was then taken till 7:30
o’clock.
At the evening session the roll was
called for nominations for governor.
Quincy A. Baldwin, of Leavenworth,
presented the name of Colonel W. A.
Harris. 1
Nick Bradshaw, of Cowley county,
presented L. P. King.
F. M. Bardy, of Labette county,
presented ihe name of Judge G. W.
Campbell of the same county.
Harrison Kelly, of Burlington, was
free ted with cheers when he stepped
a> the stage to nominate J. W. Leedy,
>f Coffey county. Harry Landis was
tlso loudly applauded when he sec
puded the same nomination.
George M. Munger of Greenwaod
vas launched by V. Gleeson of the
lame county, and Napoleon Breckin
■idge McCormick of Phillies county
uaae the seconding speech.
When A. E. Helm of Wichita arose
to nominate L D. Lewelling-,.he re
ceived the greatest reception accorded
any speaker, and when he mentioned
the name of hts candidate, the friends •
of the ex-goTernor tried their best to
raise the roof.
The seconding speech for Governor
Lewelling was maee by S. W. Case of
Franklin county.
The Balloting Began.
A motion to permit eaeh candidate
to address the convention tor five
minutes was voted down and the roll
was called for the first ballot, which
resulted as follows: Harris, zOSKi
Lewelling, IS'.X; King, 120; Leedy,
00; Munger. 22; Campbell, 13.
before the second ballot coaid be
called the motion was renewed to
bring the candidates before the con
vention and, after a wordy scrap It
crrried.
The first speaker was King and he
was followed in turn by Caiqpbell,
Leedy, Munger, Lewelling and Herrin
Leedy caught the most applause. ,
After ttte speeches had been com
pleted, the second ballot was taken,
it resulted: Harris, 202%; Lewelling,
139 X; King, 104; Leedy, #7; Munger,
15; Campbell 12.
After the second ballot rn effort
was made to adjourn, and the chair
man declared a motion to that effect
carried, but a roll call was demanded
and the motion voted down. On tho
third ballot Harris received 184; Lew
elling 132! Leedy 153; King, 94; Mun
ger, t>; Campbell, 13.
Another effort was made to ad journ,
but it was overwhelmingly voted
down. The convention was deter
mined to force a nomination. As the
roll call commenced for the fourth
ballot it looked as though a stampede
to Leedy would be made. The stam
pede materialized, the ballot result
ing: Leedy, 491; Harris, 81; Lewelling,
8; King, 55; Munger, 6.
Then followed a great demonstra
tion. Mr. Leedy’s friends carried
him, big as he is, on their shoulders
to the platform.
He thanked the convention briefly
for the honor conferred upon him.
Governor Lewelling was again
called forward. He congratulated
the convention upon its selection, and
said that the nominee would be the
next governor of Kansas. Colonel
Harris was also called for, but he had
gone to his hotel.
The other defeated candidates were
called for but they did not respond.
At 1:30 the convention adjourned till
9 o’clock.
WJien the convention metthis morn
ing Colonel Harris took the stand and
pledged his hearty support to Mr.
Leedy. The platform was then
adopted.
DROUGHT IN ARKANSAS.
Th* People In • Ur(t Section of thn
State Suffering from Thirst.
Little Rook, Ark., Aug. A—Drought
exists In a large portion of Arkansas
and In some sections human beings
are actually suffering from the pangs
of thirst. There hare been isolated
thunder showers in various parts of
the State recently, but in some conn*
ties no rain has fallen sineo April 13.
A man who arrived here this
morning from an overland trip
through portions of Jefferson, Cleve
land and Bradley counties says that
people in some localities are hauling
water for drinking purposes in bar
rels a distance of twenty-five miles,
and for an entire day he was unable
to buy a glass of water to quench his
thirst. White river is running dry
and the mayor of Fayetteville has is
sued a proclamation prohibiting the
sprinklimr of streets, the water being
needed for drinking purposes
WILL SEWALL WITHDRAW?
■torjr That Both Ho and Watson Are
to aivo Wag.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 7.—The Pitts
bnrg Dispatch says upon the authority
of County Chairman Leslie of tbs
Populists, that negotiations are in
progress for perfect fusion with the
Democrats on the national ticket.
Chairman Leslie stated to the Dispatch
reporter that the Populists had made
a proposition to National Chairman
Jones to have Watson and So wall
withdraw and then the executive com
mittee will select a man acceptable tc
both parties The Populists, he says,
will guarantee that if Bewail will re
sign Watson will do likewise. In that
event, Mr. Leslie says, the Populist
executive committee would support
Sibley. The settlement of the vice
president tangle must be made by
August IS, the date when the notifica
tion will occur in New York.
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