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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1903)
-- rr- flr rr-"r?;3KT' "' TW ' ' ,rw,nJrvtfr' . 'rr Organize Democratic Clubs. Tho Commoner has rccoivcd a largo number of applications for form of constitution and member ship blanks for use in tho organization of demo cratic clubs. From all sections of tho country come reports showing that democrats are becoming thoroughly aroused and that thoy do not Intend to permititho rcpublicanization of their party. ' It was tho Kansas City Journal, a republican paper, that, commenting upon an article written by a reorganizes said: "Wo can imagine tho sorry figuro that will bo cut by tho democrats party before the people on tho Issues presented by Mr. Ryan. With scarcely any modification, his presentation of these issues could bo adopted bod ily into tho national republican platform without doing violence to the vlows of that party." Evory democrat should understand just what reorganization means and this republican paper has accurately defined it. Among the democratic clubs already organ ized aro tho following: Soward (Neb.) Democratic Jeffersonian club; J. F. Gcroko, president; A. Leavens, corresponding secretary. Democratic Jeffersonian club of Washington,. la.; A. L. Knupp, president; P. J. Hanloy, corre sponding secrotary. Democratic club, Chicago; E. D.; Lynch, presi dent; M. O'Brlon, secretary. Bryan Jeffersonian Democratic .club, McGeo, Ind. Ter.; J. E. Culloin, president; j4 M. Palmer, corresponding secretary. Old Hickory club of Rock precinct; Wheeler county, oregon; John A. Kelly, president; Will lam T. Sholton, corresponding secrqtary r Lowlsvllle (Tex.) Democratic club; J, M. Fox, president; W. D. Millikon, corresponding secre tary, ..." Tho Washington club, BerinlngfbvVt;; John P. Gavin, secrotary. .". i",..' '... Tho Jefferson club Coon Itapid&.Ja..; PI . J. P. Muller, president; J. D. Royer, corresponding sec retary. " ' '" ' . v - : If evory reader of Tho Commoner will! make It his duty to take up the work of organization, tho result will -be advantageous loathe1 democratic party. A democratic club should Jbb brganize'd in every precinct In the United States:, !The;&6m moner will bo under obligations It.the'dfflcerp of thoso clubs promptly-report' thV f act. ofr organi zation to this office.1 '"' ' ' ' "".' --. " Judge 5ark . . . Walter Clark, justice' of lie supreme, court of Nqrjh Carolina, was born in Halifax, N.'. c, Aug ust 19, 184C. Ho Is on,e of the leading, -democrats of tho south, a lawyer of great, ability and a jurist with the record of long years of able and conscientious service. Judge Clark-lias often been mentioned in connoctipn. with .presidential- honors and an intimate-personal-and political friend-ion- miuuujh me knowing; concerning hi& lifes 'and public services: ' . " 4 &' -' .?: "Judge Clark wo, a. cadftt afc Toys military academy at Hillsbbro, N.. Ci, when the vciviHwar brke out, and although only a boy of fourteen ho - y?M Into the. confederate uafcy WfPllPwing .years ho was made, adiutant, ,of , tp hir.tyrfif th ; North Carolina, .Colonel Matt .Ransom's, "regiment. He participated in somfi of- the fiercest0 battles of irthQj war. In the summer of l" the' reghheht re . turned to North Carolina, resigned' fithe ' army and joined tho. senior classrat the Univer sity of North Carolina, In June,- 1804, lie grad uated at the Head of his class. 'The day4 after his , .graduation. lm was elected major pf.a bVtalion of ? junior reserves, and a monthnlator,. itfioTfgT but seven eon years of age, was commissioned Si eu -. . 'ww ivas with Hoko's dlvi- The Commoner. slon of Johnston's army and was paroled at High Creek on May 2, 1865. "Colonel Clark Immediately began the study of law with Judge W. H. Battle, and later at Chapel Hill, Columbia university, and in a law offlco In New York city. In 1867 ho was admitted to practice. In 1873 he moved to Raleigh, where ho engaged In practice. From 1868 to 1885 ho was a director of tho Raleigh & Gaston and Raleigh & Augusta railroads and attorney for the same, part of the time being chief counsel. "On tho death of Chief Justice Smith In 1889 and the promotion of Judgo Merrimon to fill tho vacancy, Governor Fowle appointed Mr. Clark to tho placo made vacant by tho promotion of Judgo Merrimon, ho having previously been elected to tho superior court, leading his ticket. The year following his appointment to the supreme bench he was elected to the position, again leading his ticket. In 1894 he Was again renominated by the democrats and Indorsed by the other two politi cal parties, and triumphantly elected. In 1902 ho was elected chief justice for a term of eight years from January 1, 1903. "Judge Clark has written or edited over six volumes, most of them since he has been on' the supreme court bench. Of law books, he has Is sued "Clark's Annotated Code," which has gone through three editions, each time enlarged. Also "Laws for Business Men,"' "Clark's Overruled , Cases"' and an article of 1,100 pages "Appeal and 'Error" in the Cyclopedia of Law which northern law journals have pronounced the most com plete treatise ever written on that subject. Be sides ho has annotated 32 volumes of the supreme court reports, which have 'been issued ' by the state, thus bringing each case down to- date. This has been an invaluable work, especially to the younger lawyers who otherwise could not have ob . taind' thesoreports which .were out of print. He . alBo , complleduthe legal ';his(tpry of the two rail-'-roadsof which-the was counsel and director. His '".'. share In the supreme court reports since -ho has V boen on the bench would fill seven' or eight vol umes alone. ., "He has translated out of the French 'Con stant's Private ; Memoirs of Napoleon' three vol umes (illustrlat'ed,jv As is well known he has . - edited without compensation of any kind five -volumes 'Regimental 'Histories of North Caro lina and eleven vbmmes of 'State? Records and : - ;haJl fwo Ve . vphimes 0f tho latter in press or . preparation.. ,',He has, been a contributor to Har j. per'sNorth American Review, Arena, aid other " leading .mdgazlnes. His magazine articles and ,.J published speeches would fill two or three large volumes. Hehas addressed the State Bar asso i elation, of Tonnessee, the National Association of "Railrbad- Commissioners at Denver, Colo., and . .the,' State Bar association, at Topeka, Kas.. , "Judge Clark has always voted the straight !! demderatic ticket but has never been an active partisan, the only office he has ever held having .been that of Judge. He was indorsed by the state ,; ; democratic convention in 1896 for vice president." "f- "f JJJ ! Correcting a misstatement. hi ,v ; "Mr.-Bryan's attention has been called, to some -advertising matter which represents that he, in ) connection with several senators, was interested in ( TOdming oimands. This statement was denied ., ,at:tnp timd'it vas first printed a year ago last , rfununqp, but.he fact that an oil company has used v the notice that appeared then as the basis of an : advertfsemont) loads' to this second denial. Mr ..,ryan has not and never has had an Interest i . In any pil wells, pll lands or oil fields. He is not ;.: Interested in any business enterprise, except The ; ; Commoner -He has studiously avoided ' taking . Btqclc in cbrnoratidns even where it was offered ,f,;asa gift or at reduced rates, and -his reason for . refusing is-that, he .has no time to give to sue" v ; .VOLUME. 3, NUMBER 35. investments and does. not feel-that f it woun v fair to allow his name' to be used as a stockhl! unless he was in position to look after the affS of the company and protect the interests of id Who might be led to invest. on aclut 0 f connection with the company. As this notice t given for the protection of the public, Mr. Brvan pTslble" Slad t0 ,e. it circulated as widely . Enforcing Insiructions. The following'bill has been introduced in tho Pennsylvania legislature by E. M. Herbst, a dem" ocratic senator from Burks county: Section 1. . Be it, .enacted, ..etc., That in all cases where a person is elected or choseh or shall act as a delegate to any convention to make nominations for offices and who sha5 have been previously Instructed by his con stituency at any primary or special election nominating convention or other organic branch of any party organization where such instruc tions are not inconsistent one with the other to vote for a certain candidate, said delegate shall vote for said candidate, so long as the said candidate shall be a cadidat! before the said convention, and failure to so do 'shall provided eanr punIshable as hereinafter Sec, 2. That in all cases where a person is elected or chosen or shall act as a dele ffJ any c,onvenon to make nominations for offices and who shall have been previous ly instructed by his. constituency at any pri la7nor sPecIal eleion, nominating conven tion or. other organic branch 'of -any party organization, and where-such instructions con ?wa areAIncfstent one with thb' other, then the instructions by the primary of spe cial election polling the largest vote shalFbe "lenn Gd thG, blndins one' a said delegate shall vote foresaid Candidate so long 'as he Shall ha a iwJUi,;.-V-B ..- w"fa tt? uo . w uumaw ueiore saia convention. .auCLuCauui una snau upofl cbnvlelion . . thereof ho fipnfonno - Liuu not exceeding two Veafs1" 'an shW bV dis franchised for the peribd-flve-yeard; Sec. 4. All the -acts or parts of-acts in- consistent with the provisions of this actare hereby repealed. ' ,-.-.... This bill is the 'outgrowth of a very 'palpable case f -misrepresentation In the republican-convention of. last yartt number of delegates-who had been instructed' vote for'Jbhh Pf Elk'in for governor were in some way brought to'Ube sup port of Judge Pemiypacker, who at the- last mo ment became the Quay candidate. 'While the Pen nypacker npmination brought this question promi nently before the people, of that state, there .have been other instances of it, and these cases have not all been confined-to the republican party.' The principle involved in the bill is a correct one. According to the democratic theory of gov ernment a delegate represents not himself but his constituents, and a misrepresentation b his constituents is a blow at representative: :gbvrn havoSf L V,ot sufiicIet to say that th'e1 pe?'plo natod hi nfeI,P P9Wpr t0 Vote gainst bne nb'ini SeceLrv ?nflr.-me'anS' but lt 0USht not tb' be der to onrrlf16006, atf opposite parlv in or the nnonin SU?? eS. Even thecf that defeffi it && their Per t0 etalifc by for tho n catoflIate nominated is n& excuse ' do n SoWh0.V,9lates ? lnBtrudtfona.'vAVe forPtheSr fa cr.im.cause it niaV bbWible tne loser to recpyer the" stolen good's' l" active annr?,1168 tQ b awakened t mor6 bfliUes o?H??iatii? 6f "Mtie and ,relp!oiisi- Xbetravte or converTto fin,trBt and who would !ezlo to ETln! ihoir,,wn use the power " iHtnisted t0 tuem' win navo 'salutary influe&r -P"?i - ' JJJ '' ;.'r a plot nhfJenne'a inomani Platfbrm can IJ$ ,b4ell6jers in the -Kansas?; City becausTthov i!?PlPwto 'be Wprt1 of & ame reornizer? ? to,imar thG Wt in.whioh.dhe Plotis om0ngased' th0 PurposoroCich ond to he rpnnhihe, domocratic nartykpoowSeo ctSter?S,,if?,l,pa,ta it8.glb.rificati6n of 61 r i n m r- IV .';1 Hj lllj -. . .! . ifc .. I t&.!-Wjll .t ; av 1-. .11 J-t . ft VKSCSI