Commoner.
Sept. ia, 190a
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IN THE POLITICAL FIELD.
The keynote of the fusion campaign
In Nebraska, along both state and na
tional lines, was sounded at the an
nual picnic of the Jacksonian club at
Omaha, Neb., on August 30. W. J.
Bryan, W. H. Thompson, G. M. Hitch
cock and John Powers were the speak
ers. On national Issues these party
leaders took a firm stand In opposi
tion to tho aggrandizement and pub
lic plundering of the trusts; agafnst
the enactment into law of tho Fowler
banking bill; against government by
injunction; in favor of arbitration; of
lower tariffs; of the election of sena
tors by direct vote, and of an income
tax.
Tho Shelby county, Iowa, democratic
convention met at Harlan, la., on
August 30. R. S. Kent for recorder
and S. G. Dunmore for auditor were re
nominated. J. W. French, a former
auditor of the county, was nominated
for clerk of the courts; Frank S. Car
roll, a former attorney, for county at
torney; Adam Schmitz for supervisor
of the West district.
A dispatch from Belle Fourche, S.
D., dated August 30, says: The fol
lowing county and legislative ticket
was nominated at the democratic con
vention held here today: William
Moses, for sheriff; A. S. Shockley, au
ditor; J. H. Pierson, treasurer; George
B. Ross, register of deeds; William
Freid, clerk of courts; T. W. Leflelche,
state's attorney; M. L. Chuning, for
member of- the lower house of the legislature.
Congressman F. A. McLain of Amite
county, Mississippi, defeated Former
Congressman J. G. Spencer of Clai
borne countyoti August 30 for the
democratic nomination in the Eighth
congressional district.
It is reported from Austin, Tex., that
Governor Sayres will order a special
session of the legislature to choose a
congressman to serve the unexpired
torm of R. C. Degraffenreid, the elec
tion to be" held in November.
On September 2 the socialist party
held their convention in Omaha, and
the following state ticket was nomi
nated For governor, George E Bigs
low of Lincoln; lieutenant governor,
A. David Puetfi of Fairfield: secretary
of stato, J. Phipps Roe of Omaha: au
ditor, Thomas B. Lippincott of Blair;
treasurer, William Stolley of Grand
Island; attorney general, J. R. Bur
ley of Lincoln; land commissioner,
W. E Adams of Ponca; superinten
dent of schools, Albert Dickinson of
Omaha
Regarding the political trouble in
Indian Territory, a dispatch from Ard
more. T. T.. dated Sentember 2 savs:
The contest for attorney general was.
settled today by the Chickisaw Indian
legislature which declared J. P.
Thomnson regularly elected over I. O.
Lee of Medill, by a majority of forty-
rour votes, isverytnlng is reported
quiet at Tishomingo.
Lewis C. Baker of Whitewater, Wis.,
was nominated for congress on Sep
tember 2 by the Frst Wisconsin dem
ocratic congressional convention. -
The socialists of Iowa held their
state convention at Davenport on Sep
tember 2 and nominated the follow
ing state ticket: Secretary of state,
W. A. Jacobs, Davenport; auditor, T.
J. Grant, Muscatine; treasurer, S. R.
McDowell, Lake Park; attorney gen
eral, I. S. McGrellis, Des Moines;
judge of the supreme court, A. D.
Pugh, Des Moines; clerk of the su
preme court A- JVL Larsen. Waterloo;
railroad commissioner, James Lori
mer, Winterset.
It is reported from Little Rock,
Ark., that tho democratic state tickot
was elected as follows, by a majority
ranging from 35,000 to 45,000: Gov
ernor, Jefferson Davis; secretary of
stato, J. W. Crockett; attorney gen
eral, George W. Murphy; stato treas
urer, H. C. Tipton; superintendent of
public instruction, J. H. Hineman; au
ditor, T. C. Monroe; associate jus
tice supremo court, B. B. Battle; laud
commissioner, F. E. Conway; railroad
commissioners, W. Phelp, B. B. Hudg
ins and J. F. Hampton; commissioner
of mines, manufacturing and agricul
ture, H. T. Bradford. Governor Davis
carried the homo ward of Chairman
H. L. Remmet of the republican state
committee at Newport it going dem
ocratic for tho first time in twelve
years. These democratic congressmen
were elected: First district, R. B. Ma
con; Second district, S. B. Brundidge;
Third district, Hugh A. Dinsmore;
Fourth district, J. S. Little; Fifth dis
trict, C. C. Reid; Sixth district, J. T.
Robinson; Seventh district, R. M. Wallace.
Captain John Silsbaugh of Viroqua,
Wis., was nominated by the Th4rd dis
trict democrats on September 2 to op
pose Congressman J. W. Babcock.
The democratic convention of Iowa
met at Des Moines on September 2
and 3, and placed the following ticket
in nomination: Secretary of state,
Richard Burke, Mahaska; auditor, J.
S. McLuin, Guthrie county; attorney
general, John Dennison, Wright coun
ty; treasurer of state, H. U. Chapman,
Dos Moines; judge of supreme court,
long term, Thomas Stapleton, Iowa
county; clerk supremo court, Jesse
Tripp, Jasper county; supreme court
reporter, Jhn F. Dalton, Calhoun;
for judgo supreme court, short term,
W. H. Quick, Woodbury; for railroad
commissioner, Thomas Benson, Fa
yette. The Kansas City platform was
not reaffirmed. The vote, however,
as to the platform was very close,
being 384 to 344. Ex-Governor Horace
Boies is said to be responsible for the
defeat of the resolution reaffirming the
Kansas City platform.
yards. Franklin K. Lane, city attor
ney of San Francisco, was nominated
for governor on the first ballot. John
IC Law of Mercer was nominated
chief Judgo by acclamation. Other
nominations were: Associate justice,
E. C. Farisworth jr., Tularo; N. K.
Bowdern, Santa Clara; secretary of
state, Alex Rosobrough, Alameda;
comptroller, F. W. Hartley, San Fran
cisco; attorney general, W. A. Gett,
Sacramento; treasurer, S. H. Brooks,
Contra Costa.
In tho recent election in Vermont
for governor, none of the candidates
received tho required majority of
votes, and tho choice will thus have to
go to the legislature. Tho capdidates
are McCullough, republican; McGot
trick, democrat; Clement, license re
publican; Sherburne, prohibition.
The Seventh district democrats of
Iowa held their convention on Sep
tember 2, and Parley Sheldon of Ames
was nominated without opposition to
oppose Congressman J. A. T. Hull,
the republican nominee.
The democratic state convention of
Ohio was held at Cedar Point, begin
ning September 1. The following state
ticket -was placed in nomination: Sec
retary of state, Herbert S. Bigelow,
Cincinnati; supremo judge, Michael
Donnelly, Napoleon; food and dairy
commissioner, Philip H. Bruck, Co
lumbus; member of state board of
public works, Joseph J. Pater, Hamil
ton. The convention reaffirmed and
Indorsed the Kansas City platform in
tho following terms: "In state conven
tion assembled, we, the democrats of
Ohio, hereby acknowledge and declare
our continued allegiance to tho demo
cratic party of tho nation and on na
tional issues reaffirm and indorse the
principles laid down in its last na
tional platform, adopted at Kansas
City, and fully and ably represented
in the presidential campaign of 1900
by William Jennings Bryan. Regard
ing those principles as opposed to im
perialism and colonialism, as opposed
to government by injunction, as op
posed to trusts and trust-fostering
tariffs, as opposed to financial mon
opoly, and as opposed to all other le
galized monopolies and privileges, wo
condemn every effort to repudiate or
ignore them."
Mayor David S. Rose, of Milwaukee
was nominated for governor of Wis
consin by the democratic state con
vention on September 2. John W. Wat
tawa of Kewaunee was the unanimous
choice for lieutenant governor. The
platform adopted was devoted almost
wholly to state issues. On national
issues the trust question was the only
one discussed, the present tariff law
being condemned.
The democratic Btate convention
held at Sacramento, Cal., on Septem
ber 3, adopted a platform denouncing
the protective tariff and the trusts as
Inimical to the best Interests of the
people; favoring the complete exclu
sion from all American territory of
Chinese; demanding the enactment of
laws, state and federal, prohibiting
the issuance of injunctions in labor
disputes, infringing upon the rights of
free -speech, free assemblages and
freedom to organize. The platform in
dorses the construction of the isth
mian canal and favors legislation look
ing to its early completion; favors an
eight-hour day for all government em
ployes, and the construction of gov
ernment vessels in government navy
How Qambetta flet the Prlncs.
The veteran Marquis de GalJifet, a
former minister of war, is letting some
of his highly interesting recollections
get into 'print. He tells-of meeting
King Edward VII. in Paris in 1880.
while the latter wa3 Prince of Wales,
and the prince asked him to dine at
the Cafe Anglais, where he would
meet Gambetta and another guest. At
dinner, as they chatted, the prince
said to Gambetta: "May I ask why
you and your friends keep the French
aristocracy out of. office?"
"But, sir, there is no aristocracy in
France," answered Gambetta. "There
are dukes that head no army, mar
quises who defend no marches, counts
and-viscounts who have no counties or
viscounties, no authority nor influ
ence." "Suppose, then, that J spoke of no
bles." "But they don't want to be em
ployed. They know their day is over.
They sulk, and that Is their final state.
One only meets them in the army and
navy, and now and then in diplomacy.
In these careers they cut, I own, a
good enough figure."
"But. why do vou not act an in mv
country?" queried the prince,, "where
We Dick OUt what is best. In marmfjip-
tures, trade, science, literature, etc.
These men we ennoble, and our nobil
ity remains a true aristocracy."
"In your country that is still possi
ble, and may remain so for some time,
but not in France. The duke of Mos
systone would object to rub shoulders
with the duke of Cotton Mills or of
Commerce or of Science or of Fine
Arts. We cannot in a republic have
any aristocracy but that of science
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On tho theory" that "Boeing la bollovlng," John A.
Smith, of Milwaukee, wanti ovoryono to try his rem
edy for tho euro of rheumatism at his exponso. For
that reason ho proposes to distribute 25,000 frco boxes
anions nil persons sending him their address. Mr.
Smith had suffered all tho agony and torture from
rheumatism, tried all tho remedies known, and yet
utterly failed to nnd relief.
At limes ho was so holplcs that bo had to take mor
phine, and after considerable doctoring ho gavo up in
despair. Ifo began studying Into tho causes of rheum
atism, and aftor much oxporimontlng, finally hit
upon a combination of drugs which completely cured
him. '1 ho result was so beneficial to bis ontlro syBtcm
that ho called his now found remedy Gloria Tonic,"
Thoso of his friends, rolativcs and neighbors suffer
ing from rheumatism woro next cured and Mr. fcmlth
concluded to oirer his remedy to tho world. IJut he
found the task a dlfllcult one, as nearly ovcrybody had
tried a hundred or moro remedies and thoy couldnt
bo inada to lelicvo that there was such a thing as a
CUrO for rhCUlnntlSlll. Hilt an nJrl rrnnHnmnn f,r,m
begum, Texas, wrote him saying If Mr. Smith would
send him a samplo ho would try It, but as ho had
snircrod rorty-one years and wastod a fortuno with
doctors ajnd advertised remedies, ho wouldn't buy
anything moro, until ho know It was worth something.
Tho earaplo was sent, ho purchased moro and tho re
sult was astonishing. Ho was completely cured. This
gavo Mr Smith a now Idea and ever since that tlrao
ho has been sending out free sample boxes to all who
apply. In Prosser, Neb., it cured a lady of 07 who had
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Hon. Jacob Soxauer, a gentleman of 70, who suffered
for 33 years. In Perrysburg, Ohio, It cured a gentle
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Mrs. John flehr, who had suirerod for 30 years. Itcv.
C. Sund, of Ifarrlsvlllo, Wis., tested this remarkable
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plotoiy cured. In t. Louis, Mo., It cured Mr. F.
F aorbor, of tho Concordia l'nbl. House. In Vandaila,
111., It curod ilra. Mary E.SayIes, 78 years of ago, who
was so crippled that she could not dress herself. In
Ucnnlugton, Vt, it cured an old man whom tho best
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physicians had to admit that Gloria 'ionic" Is a pos
itive success, among them Dr. Qulntero, of tho Unl
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many cases which defied Hospitals, Drugs, Electricity
and Medical Skill, amotig them persons over 76 years
old.
Mr. Smith will send a trial box, also his Illustrated
book on rbeumatlsra, absolutely freo of charge to any
uu m i uo i. uMiiaunur, lor no is anxious mat every
body should profit by bit good fortuno. It Is a ro
markablo remedy and there Is no doubt but that It
will euro any caso of rheumatism, no matter how
Bovero It may bd. Mr. Smith's address in full Is: JOHN
A. SMITH, 812 Gerraanla Hldg, Milwaukee, Wis.
and personal merit. Such an aristoc
racy needs no titles. It is looked up
to for its worth."
"I see you are a true republican, M.
Gambetta."
"Allow me, sir," retorted Gambetta,
"to confess that I think you consistent
in being a royalist" New York
World.
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