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"-"r"yyy-ty,nt.p,T1 jq nVp ajt rT - t ""- " rTppT"'!,'p 'Tf ""f7 The Commoner. JUNE 17, 181t -fmfpiyr .-TBjufes Where Battle is Raging VERMONT Montpeller, Vermont, Associated Press dis patch: Four candidates for the republican nom ination for governor of Vermont are in the field, while at least two other men are being held in reserve as dark horses for the state convention Juno 30. The four announced candidates are John A. Meade of Rutland, Frederick G. Fleet wood of Montpeller, James K. Batchelder of Ar lington and M. T. Hapgood of Peru. A peculiar feature of the situation is that none of the four announced candidates has received the approval of the republican state committee. As organ ized at present the state committee is favorably disposed toward the candidacy of former Gov ernor Fletcher Proctor for the United States senate and it is said its indorsement will be given the gubernatorial candidate favoring Proctor. PENNSYLVANIA. In the republican primaries in Pennsylvania all organization republicans were re-nominated with the exception of Representative Alfred D. Garner, a strong supporter of Speaker Cannon. He was defeated by R. 0. Heaton, who ran on an insurgent platform. Representative John Dal zell, Cannon's chief lieutenant, was re-nominated by a small'plurality. His republican opponent charges fraud. All of the seven present demo cratic congressmen were re-nominated. IOWA REPUBLICANS They had a great fight at the Iowa republican primary. It was Senators Cummins and Dolll ver and other insurgents arrayed against the Taft administration. Cummins and Dolliver supported Garst, candidate for the nomination for governor, making a particularly hot fight on present Governor Carroll who seeks re-nomination. Carroll was, however, renominated by a majority of 7,000. Cummins and Dolliver di rected their fight also against Representatives Hull and Smith. Hull, who is one of Cannon's chief lieutenants, was defeated by Judge Prouty, who- carried every county in his district, his majority being 3,100. Two years ago Hull de feated Prouty by forty votes. President Taft spoke early in the campaign at Des Moines, lending his influence to Hull. Smith was, how ever, re-nominated. Republican nominees for congress were as follows: First district C. A. Kennedy, standpat. "" Second Charles Grill, progressive. Third C. E. Pickett, progressive. Fourth Gilbert N. Haugen, progressive. - Fifth James W. Good, progressive. j Sixth N. E. Kendall, progressive, -i Seventh S. F. Prouty, progressive. Eighth H. M. Towner, standpat. l Ninth Walter I. Smith, standpat. r Tenth Frank P. Woods, progressive. Senators Cummins and Dolliver say their vic tory in Iowa was a great one, but the Taft re publicans in Washington are also rejoicing. They say the re-nominatlon of Governor Car roll and Representative Smith makes the Taft victory emphatic although they regret losing Representative Hull. FLORIDA Governor Napoleon B. Broward was nominat ed for United Slates senator against Senator Taliaferro in the Florida democratic primaries Jy a' majority of 1,500. WISCONSIN ticket, who does not irapport republican meas ures and republican policies is not a republican?" The matter of naming candidates for a stato ticket probably will be deferred and loft for tho primary election in September to decide. Tho Wisconsin convention sent a messago"of felicitation to President Taft and adopted a platform strongly endorsing tho national admin istration. It selected William D. Connor, an anti-LaFolletto man, as stato chairman. It ap proved tho present tariff law, endorsed Gov ernor Davidson's administration, and declared: "Wo adhere to tho principles of tho republi can party as outlined in the platform adopted by tho republican national convention of 1908. "Wo commend the administration of William H. Taft; we admire his character; wo rocognizo his marked ability as a' statesman, and we ap plaud his fidelity to the pledges contained In tho party platform and to tho principles of good government. "Wo approve tho present tariff law as a real progressive measuro. Wo specially commend the provisions for maximum and minimum sched ules and future scientific rovislons. "To the end that our party may bo maintained, high ideals upheld and party efficiency secured, frequent and regular party councils should bo held and the necessary party committees and officers should be appointed whose duty it shall be to provide for a re-organization of the party throughout tho stato and wo favor tho enact ment of such laws as may be necessary to ac complish such ends." ' Republicans met at Milwaukee In state con vention. Michael E. Dillon of Ashland, Wis., served as temporary chairman and made a speech praising the Taft administration. He was followed by Vice President James S. Sher (tnan, who paid a glowing tribute to Taft and regular republicanism. The vice president re called that Congressman Champ Clark recently iSaid the devil himself could not answer tho question, "What is a republican?" "This question may stump the devil, who may naturally be assumed to be a democrat," said Mr. Sherman, "but I'll venture the assertion that every twelve year old boy in Wisconsin can an swer it and that the simple, but comprehensive reply would be: 'A man who votes the repub lican ticket at the polls, and votes for republl jpan measures in congress.' " The vice president asked that if this was the correct answer, if the converge was not true "that a man who does not vote the republican IOWA DEMOCRATS A large voto was registered at the Iowa demo cratic primary. Claude Porter was chosen as the democratic nominee for governor. Demo cratic nominees for congress were as follows: First district J. A. S. Pollard. Second I. S. Pepper. Third John Dennlson. Fourth D. D. Murphy. Fifth S. C. Huber. Sixth Dan Hamilton. Seventh Clint L. Price. Eighth F. Q. Stuart. Ninth W. I. Cleveland. Tenth No candidate. Eleventh Will I. Whiting. i SOUTH DAKOTA There was general surprise when It was an nounced that as a result of the South Da kota republican primaries George W. Egan was nominated as republican candidate for gov ernor. Egan has lived in South Dakota only three years, going there from Logan, Iowa. Ho prosecuted Mrs. Emma Kaufman when she was charged with being responsible for the death of a young . servant. Later ho was disbarred, for his conduct In another case and he has claimed that he was the victim of conspiracy. He be came a1 candidate for governor in order to ob tain vindication from the people. Later returns showed the re-nomination of Governor Vessey. ARKANSAS Democratic congressional conventions in Ar kansas made these nominations: y . -First district Bruce Macon, Helena. Second district W. A. Oldfield, Batesvllle. Third distrlctJ. C. Floyd, Yellvllle. Fourth district Ben Cravens, Fort Smith. Fifth district H. M. Jacoway, Dardanelle. . Sixth, district Joseph T. Robinson. Seventh district W. S. Goodwin, Warren. ARKANSAS REPUBLICANS A Little Rock, Ark., dispatch carried by the Associated Press says: "After adopting reso lutions pledging loyalty to the administration of President Taft, denouncing tho democratic party of Arkansas, and naming a complete state ticket, the Arkansas state republican conven tion adjourned sine die late this afternoon after a one-day's session. A. I. Roland of Hot Springs county, was named as the gubernatorial nomi nee. H. I. Remmel of Little Rock, was elected chairman of the state central committee." MAINE An Associated Press dispatch from Portland, Maine, says: "The republican candidates for the United States senate are former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Frederick A. Pow ers and former Governor William T. Cobb. It is claimed that Judge Powers' activity in op posing Senator Hale caused the latter to an nounce his retirement. Before the democratic convention at Augusts, there will be two candi dates seeking tho gubernatorial nomination, O. Gardner of Rockland, and Frederick W. Plain tor, tho presont mayor of Augusta. No demo cratic candidates for sonator havo been named. Tho high cost of living and alleged oxtravaganco aro urged by democratic leaders as tho chief issues of tho coming campaign." AN INTERESTING TRIP This has been a most instructive trip. Across tho Isthmus, down tho west coast, up, through Irequipa to tho summit of tho Andes and ovor to Cuzco, tho capital of tho Inca empire, then by Lake Flllcoca to La Pas, tho administration capital of Bolivia. From that point we Journeyed down by tho Borat lako and tho nitrate fields to tho Pacific at Autofaquostu. After that Valparaiso, Santiago and tho valloys of Chili, then another trip across tho Andes, past the peace states and over tho prairies of Argentina to Buenos Aires. At this point we turn toward homo, stopping for a day at Mon tlvedlo, tho capital of Uruquay on our way to Brazil. As all my former lottors havo described the other countries visited I shall in this give tho readers of The Commoner a glimpse of this little republic. It is about tho sizo of the state of Nebraska, but does not contain quito so many peoplo. It Is an agricultural and pastoral country. It exports meat to Brazil and boof extract all over the world tho Lubig company havo an exclusive plant here. Its capital Is its chief city and Is tho homo of nearly one-third of tho nation's population. It has an excellent harbor and tho city, being built on rolling ground, presents an attractive appearance. A little mountain, or more properly a hill, near tho shore gave tho city Its name. There Is a' splendid beach here and the bath ing houses aro numerous, certain sections of tho beach being set apart for tho men and other sections for tho women, as is tho custoiy, 2 Spanish America. Tho public buildings aro very creditable, and there aro substantial store buildings and many handsome residences each house having Its garden. The streets of the new part of the city are wide and tho numerous parks aro well kept. Mayor Munoz has given much attention to tho park system. In the largest park there is a green house in which ho has collected sev eral varieties of ferns special attention hav ing been given to a sort of tree-fern which is credited with being one of the sources of coal. President Wiliman is a very Intellectual man. Ho combines law and teaching and still visits tho class room. The cabinet officers and judges all impress one as men of education and ca pacity. Besides tho officials I met several men who give ono a favorable impression of the peoplo. Senor Frias is not only an able law yer but a successful diplomat and Senor Nin has traveled extensively and brought back to his country a large knowledge of tho outside world. Montlvedio has the best agricultural college I have seen. The buildings aro handsome and fitted up with modern appliances; tho grounds are laid off with taste and the two hundred students can not but make progress under tho instruction of the German professor in charge. I visited one of the public schools and it Is only fair to say that I never saw a brighter looking lot of children. One little girl de livered an address of welcome in Spanish and another in English. It interested me to learn that one of their public men visited the United States some years ago and was so impressed with our school system that ho returned home and secured its adoption in Uruquay. It has worked very satisfactorily, and the superinten dent of instruction assured mo that his coun try has a lower percentage of illiteracy among those between the ages of six and fourteen than any other country in South America. There is an American school for girls here with an attendance of some two hundred. It has been established for twenty-five years and has a wide influence. There is also an American school for boys. An American branch of the Y. M. C. A. is located at Montlvedio with Mr. Conard, an American in charge. WILLIAM J. BRYAN. All new and renewal subscribers to The Com moner during the month of June will receive a year's subscription to tho national farm paper, the American Homestead, without additional charge. Give your friends an opportunity to join yon in accepting this offer.