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funeral. Rappolyo's had been sent
to the reformatory for attempted
robberies and had been acting as a
stenographer for tho institution.
John Wanamakcr is seriously ill
at his homo In Philadelphia.
At London twenty thousand Sal
vationists followed tho body of
General William Booth to tho gravo.
Eugene V. Debs was "notified" of
kis presidential nomination by tbe
socialists. The "notification" cere
monies were peculiar. There was no
committee and no speech. Mr. Debs,
at his home in Terre Haute, Ind.,
gave out for publication his "speech
of acceptance" in which speech he
says: "Intelligent workingmen are
no longer deceived. They know that
the struggle in which the world is
engaged today is a class struggle and
that In this struggle the workers can
never win by giving their votes to
capitalist parties. They have tried
this for many years and it has always
produced the same results to them.
"The class of privilege and pelf
has had the world by the throat and
the working class beneath its iron
shod hoofs long enough. The magic
word of freedom is ringing through
the nation and the spirit of Intelli
gent revolt is finding expression in
every land beneath the sun.
"Poverty, high prices, unemploy
ment, child slavery, widespread
misery and haggard want in a land
bursting with abundance; prostitu
tion and insanity, suicide and crime,
these in solemn numbers tell the
tragic story of capitalism's saturna
lia of blood and tears and shame
as its end draws near.
"It is to abolish this monstrous
system and the misery and crime
which flow from it in a direful and
threatening stream that the socialist
party was organized and now makes
its appeal to the intelligence and
conscience of the people. Social re
organization is the imperative de
mand of this world-wide revolution
ary movement.
The socialist party's mission is not
only to destroy capitalist despotism
but to establish industrial and social
democracy. To this end tho work
ers are steadily organizing and fit
ting themselves for the day when
they shall take control of the
people's industries and when the
right to work shall be as inviolate
as the right to breathe the breath
of life.
"Standing as it does for the eman
cipation of the working class from
wage-slavery, for the equal rights
and opportunities of all men and all
women, for the abolition of child
labor and the conservation of all
childhood, for social self-rule and the
equal freedom of all, the socialist
party of the future, and its triumph
will signalize the birth of a new
civilization and the dawn of a hap
pier day for all humanity."
Following is a Chicago dispatch:
Joseph E. Davies, of Wisconsin, secre
tary of the democratic national com
mittee announced that Rudolph
Spreckels, of California, and John
J. Blaine, of Wisconsin, both 'sup
porters of United States Senator
Robert M. La Follette In his cam
paign for the republican presidential
nomination, had agreed to head an
organization to work for Woodrow
Wilson in the presidential campaign.
According to tentative plans of
the democratic managers the organi
sation will be known as the Wilson
National Progressive Republican
. - league, and will make an active fight
In support of' Wilson among repub
flicans. t
In reply to a telegram from
-United States Senator Thomas P.
Gore, of Oklahoma, one of the demo
cratic leaders at the Chicago head--Vquarters,
Mr.- Spreckels telegraphed
vthat he wpuldrbe glad to act as presi
' dent of the proposed league.
;.:. -.Blaine, who directed considerable
of tho work of Senator La Follotte's
pre-convention campaign, also tele
graphed that ho would assist Spreck
els In perfecting tho organization of
the league.
It was said that Spreckels would
organize tho western division of the
league at San Francisco, then come
to Chicago and organize tho middle
western division, and finally go to
New York to open an eastern head
quarters. Allied with Spreckels and
Blaine in this work will bo Lnas. R.
Crane, of Chicago, also formerly
active in the republican party.
A. S. Burleson, of Texas, chairman
of the democratic campaign speak
ers' bureau, arrived here to assist
the leaders already in Chicago. Ho
will go to Maine to mako a series of
speeches there during the state cam
paign, and then return to Chicago.
E. M. Grossan, of St. Louis, was
another arrival at democratic head
quarters. Ho will act as an assistant
treasurer during tho campaign.
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Governor Marshall, democratic
nominee for vice president, cam
paigned in Maine. Speaking of tho
tariff ho said:
"Why must the consumer always
be tho goat? I believe In vested
rights but I do not believe in vested
wrongs. I do not particularly cen
sure tho manufacturers for getting
all they can but I contend that the
proof of tho iniquity is so plain that
the blame is the peoplo's.
"It is idle for some men to make
declarations. Broken promises are
oft times more eloquent than their
words.
"Who is going to believe tho regu
lar republican organization when it
declares that it is opposed to special
privilege? Who takeB it serously
when it points with pride to its en
actments to curtail monopoly?
"Does anyone doubt that for seven
and one-half years the leader of the
progressive party was in power In
this counry? Can any one put his
finger upon a single effort made by
him to curb the monopolistic ten
dency which was then rampant? Does
anyone believe that his new plat
form, which stands both for socialism
and for a system of licensing and
curbing is anything more than a bid
for votes?
"To standpat or progressive, every
man opposed to special privilege may
say as Nathan said unto David:
'Thou art the man.' If there are
laws to eliminate special privilege,
the republicans did not enforce
them; if there are no effective laws,
they failed to enact effective ones;
if conditions are such as to prevent
proper control they becamo so under
their responsibility.
"I, myself have never been able to
determine what system of business
or ethics should induce a government
to form a partnership with tho man
who made the cloth that is in my
coat while totally refusing to form
a partnership with me who buys the
suit and wears it. It is not the busi
ness of government to form a part
nership with anyone unless it forms
a partnership with all."
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An Elmlra, N. Y., dispatch says:
Henry Rappelye, a model prisoner at
the Elmira reformatory, stepped
from the line at exhibition drill be
fore Governor Dix, a free man at the
governor's commands As the gover
nor reviewed the line; a telegram had
come announcing the sudden death
of rRappelye's father at Oswego. He
was- pardoned instantly and within
an hour was- on liig. .way to vtti
A Denver dispatch says: William
Baskln, 62, a court clerk Is dead,
and though confined In a hospital
and unablo to see anyono during tho
last hours, tho dying man made
goodby to a score of his friends. Bas
kln had a telephone installed in his
room when tho physicians told him
thero was no hope.
"Hello; is that you, Jack? This
Is Bill Baskln. Tho doctors say I've
only a few hours to live, old pal, and
I just called you up to say goodby.
It's pretty hard, I know, but I'm
ready, and before tho end comes I
will call up some of my old friends.
Goodby.
These were tho last words of tho
dying man as ho hastily called up his
friends. When tho last call was
made he sank back exhausted.
Within an hour ho died.
A Beaver, Pa., dispatch, carried
by tho United Press, says: Investi
gation of alleged ballot debauchery
and charges that $10 a head was the
prevailing price of voters in Beaver
county, as alleged by tho citlzons
committee, will ho begun by Judge
Robert S. Holt.
Every saloonkeeper in tho county
and many other voters have been
summoned.
Stalo Insurance Commissioner
Johnson, of Norrlstown, Pa., treas
urer of tho republican stato commit
tee, also has been subpoenaed. It is
charged that ho forwarded $3,000 to
bo used in tho April primaries, and
that tho Beavor county republican
chairman, E. H. Porter, United
States marshal for this district, spent
$6,000. Tho citizens' committee, In
its bill of particulars, declares much
more was spent in a district where
less than 5,000 votes were cast in
tho primary.
Senator Borah und Former Vice
President Fairbanks will take tho
stump for Taft.
A New York dispatch says: Police
Commissionep Waldo made public a
list of places raided by tho police as
gambling resorts during tho last
year and tho names of owners of the
property on which tho resorts were
conducted.
Among tho names mentioned are
those of many prominent in finan
cial and religious life of the city.
The commissioner turned tho list
over to tho district attorney. Nearly
400 places are mentioned in tho
gambling list, which, with tho sta
tistics as to the raids made upon
them, covers 100 typewritten pages.
The summoning of many of these
owners as witnesses at the John Doe
proceedings is understood to bo part
of tho plan of tho district attorney.
Tho American Bar association in
session at Milwaukee, practically
barred negro lawyers from member
ship in the association. The associa
tion adopted a resolution in such
form that negroes will not hereafter
be admitted, and tho three negro
lawyers already regarded as mem
bers resigned from the association.
After tho hottest sort of political
fight in South Carolina, Colo L.
Blease was renominated for governor.
Senator Tillman was renominated.
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