APItlli 26, 1912
The Commoner.
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Colonel Isaao F. Mack of San
dusky, Ohio, formerly national com
mander of the G. A. R., is dead.
A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch, refer
ring to Mr. Bryan's trip to Ohio,
says: Searing the candidacy for the
presidency of Governor Judson Har
mon with the white-hot branding
iron of his eloquence-raised invec
tive, William Jennings Bryan left a
blistering trail behind him in his
first day's tour of Ohio. Affirming
that ho was moved by no personal
feeling, but actuated only by the de
sire that tlfe standard of the common
people should not be intrusted to
one not in sympathy with their aims
and to one who was ready to surren
der them to the predatory interests,
he called upon democrats everywhere
to rally to the standard of Governor
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey.
This he did not because he was com
mitted to Wilson's candidacy, but be
cause he was the only progressive for
whom the friends of progress could
vote at the presidential preference
primary. Within the shadow of the
capitol, he closed his day with a re
view of the charges which he had
brought against Governor Harmon
in the ten cities and villages where
he addressed meetings, speaking to
a state-wide gathering of progres
sive democrats in attendance upon
the annual dinner of the Jefferson
club. Here, as at other points, he
was greeted in the most enthusiastic
and demonstrative fashion, the great
assemblage cheering him again and
again as he denounced Governor
Harmon as the candidate of J. Pier
pont Morgan, James J. Hill and other
great financiers, whom, he asserted,
looked upon political parties as a
mere asset 1n their business.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer's cor
respondent says: Full publicity of
contributions and expenditures In
the nomination of candidates for
president of the United States at
regular intervals before the nomi
nating convention and a final state
ment within thirty days after each
convention, are proposed in a bill in
troduced recently by Representative
Henry of Texas, who prepared it In
collaboration with Representative
Rucker of Missouri. The bill would
provide that the official in charge of
any political bureau of any party
seeking to "influence or obtain" the
nomination of any person for presi
dent or vice president, should within
thirty days after calling of the nomi
nating convention of such party, file
with the secretary of the senate an
itemized account of the expenses of
the campaign and file every fifteen
days thereafter a similar statement
until the convention is held. A final
statement of .expenses would be re
quired within thirty days after the
nominating convention, giving full
details of the campaign expenditures.
The bill also would require the name
and address of all persons to whom
contributions were distributed in
amounts of $10 or more, and the
aggregate sum of all money distri
buted in amounts less than $10.
The story of a spirited convention
held in Chicago s told by the Asso
ciated Press in this way: Conflict of
court- orders and the battering of
sledges and axes on barred doors
preceded the Cook county democratic
convention. For more than three
hours twenty-five state troops, un
armed and under the command of
a captain of the Seventh regiment
of the Illinois National guard, held
possession of the Seventh regiment
armory on the south side, while the
rival forces, termed the Hearst-Harrison
faction and the followers of
Roger C. Sullivan, disputed the right
to enter the armory. The Sullivan
men insisted that the county judge
has no right to order an election
commission to open the convention.
The Hearst-Harrison men declared
that his order alone would insure
fairness.
Battalions of police, reinforced by
more than 100 deputy sheriffs acting
under the order of County Judge E.
Owens, held control of the street out
side. Coroner Hoffman, with twenty-five
deputies, was busy through
out the morning serving police offi
cials and sheriff's men with an in
junction issued in the county su
perior court restraining them from
interfering. The injunction was
waived aside and the coroner him
self was summoned before County
Judge Owens to answer a charge
of contempt of court for conflicting
with the orders of Judge Owens. The
sheriff and Police and Election Com
missioner Czarnecki also are under
contempt charges.
Repeated demands were made by
Election Commissioner Czarnecki,
republican, delegated by 'Judge
Owens to open the convention, that
the door be unbarred. The militia
defiantly refused and Judge Owens
in person went to the armory and
demanded admittance. He, too, was
refused. Then the police were or
dered by Judge Owens to break in
the doors.
No shots came from the guards
men. The outer door fell and then
an inner door, barricaded with
trunks and furniture, gave way.
County Judge Owens and Commis
sioner Czarnecki entered. Capt.
O'ctigan, who commanded the
guardsmen, was arrested, but was
released on habeas corpus proceed
ings. The Hearst-Harrison precinct com
mitteemen, who had been standing
in line wearing badges inscribed
"harmony," entered the building.
Commissioner Czarnecki called the
roll and the machinery of the con
vention was turned over to the dele
gates. Not a man of the Sullivan
forces was present. Instead they
and the democrats known as the
Dunne men remained outside and
after a long delay left the vicinity
of the armory and held a convention
in another hall.
As a result the state convention at
Peoria will be called on decide the
claims of two sets of delegates.
The republican county convention
ended harmoniously. Resolutions in
dorsing the administration of Presi
dent Taft and Governor Deneen were
adopted.
The indorsement of the national
administration was without reference
to the candidacy of the president to
succeed himself.
A United Press dispatch from
Dover, Delaware, says: The republi
can state convention elected six un
instructed delegates to the Chicago
convention. Taft sentiment predomi
nated. The delegates elected were
Republican State Chairman Mitchell,
United States Senators Dupont and
Richardson, Dr. George W. Marshell,
Dudy Vail and Governor Pennewill.
A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch, carr
ried by the Associated Press says:
The constitutional convention adopt
ed a proposal providing for the direct
nomination of United States senators
by the voters. The proposal, which
was in the form of an amendment
introduced recently, does not make
it mandatory for the legislature to
elect tho popular choice
Tho Massachusetts senato adopted
a resolution effecting tho election of
United States senators by tho people.
Tho house substituted for an adverse
report of the committee on election
laws a bill providing for placing on
tho official ballot tho names of can
didates for United States senators.
A Now York dispatch to tho St.
Louis Republic said: A delegation
of ninety members, uninstructed for
any presidential candidate, but
bound by tho unit rule, was chosen
to ropresent New York state at tho
democratic national convention at
Baltimore at the spring convention
of tho democratic party of this state
hero recently. Tho proceedings were
marked by complete harmony, thoro
being only one note of protest sound
ed that of Mayor James E. Saguo
of Poughkeepsie against tho resolu
tion providing for the unit rule. ThiB,
ho declared, "bound tho New York
delegation hand and foot," and was
undemocratic in principle. By a
viva voce vote tho original resolution
was carried with only about a dozen
delegates voting against the unit
rule. The principal plank of tho
platform and the leading theme of
the speech of Congressman John J.
Fitzgerald of Kincs countv. the ner-
manent chairman, was tho revision
of the tariff. The platform de
nounced tho action of President Taft
in vetoing the tariff bills last August,
and charged tho president and tho
republican party with gross deceit of
the people, in promising a downward
revision of the tariff. The delegates
at largo are: Gov. Dix, United States
Senator James A. O'Gorman, Alton
B. Parkor and Charles F. Murpliy,
leader of Tammany hall.
A Whitesburg, Ky., dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer says: When
felling a tree on his farm near here,
Morgan Clark, 90 years old, an uncle
of Champ Clark, speaker of tho
house of representatives and candi
date for the nomination for presi
dent, was killed Instantly. The tree
fell unexpectedly and buried tho old
man under it.
A terrific hurricane visited the city
of Denver. Tho wind blew at tho
rate of 72 miles per hour and a num
ber of persons were injured.
Mayor Gaynor of New York is
looming "up as a presidential possibility.
The socialist labor party at its na
tional convention in New York
nominated Arthur Elmer Relmer, a
Boston tailor, for president.
Taft carried Kentucky.
A Dublin cablegram, qarried by
the Associated Press, says: The
nationalist papers of Ireland on the
whilo consider the government's
home rule bill as satisfactory, al
though some of them profess to re
gard it as not being final. The Free
man's Journal describes the bill as
tho greatest, the boldest and the
most generous of tho three homo
rule bills, and says: "We should
not bo surprised to find it received
with hearty welcome by the Irish
party.". The Irish Times, unionist,
says: "The measure will prove so
utterly unworkable as to offer no
middle course between complete
separation from Great Britain and a
return to the status of the union."
The Irish Independent remarks: "It
would probably bo correct In doacrlb
Ing tho bill to say that it gives ua
threo-quartorn of what wo expectod
and probably not so largo a share of
what we domanded. Tho mcasuro
can not bo regarded as final." The
Cork Free Pr6ss says: "The govern
ment's schomo Is not a solution of
the Irish problem."
A tornado which swept over Illi
nois and Indiana Sunday evening,
April 21, causod tho death of seventy-two
persons, 200 injured and
nearly 100 families were made desti
tute. More than 100 houses were
demolished and the property loss
totalled several hundred thousand
dollars.
Theodoro Roosevelt was chosen as
tho presidential nomlneo of tho
Oregon republicans by a majority of
approximately 7,000 over President
Taft, whilo Woodrow Wilson re
ceived tho democratic indorsement
by a margin of 1,000 votes over
Champ Clark.
Ben Selling, a Portland merchant,
defeated Senator Jonathan Bourne
In tho Oregon primaries April 19 by
6,000 votes. Dr. Harry Lane re
ceived tho democratic nomination
for United States sonator.
SOME MOURNKIl
Down in Georgia a negro, who had
his life insured for several hundred
dollars, died and left the money to
his widow. She immediately bought
herself a very elaborate mourning
outfit.
Showing her purchases to her
friend, she was very particular In
going into detail as to prices and all
incidental particulars. Her friend
was very much impressed, and re
marked: "Them sho Is fine does, but, befo'
Heaven, what is you goin' to do wid
al dis black underwear?"
Tho bereaved one sighed:
"Chile, when I mourns I mourns."
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