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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
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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."
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! 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"
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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.
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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
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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
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