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OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKNIXO, -UILY 29, 1910-1 WELVE PAUES.
SINGLE COTY TWO CENTS.
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TROOPS ON THEltt
WAY TO COLUMBUS
Two Thousand Members of National
Guard Called for Strike Duty
to Subdue Rioters.
CITY IS WITHOUT CAR SERVICE
Forty Sharpshooters Caled for to
Watch Buildings.
PROVIDE AGAINST ANY FIRING
Soldiers Will Be Placed at Street Car
Barn Also.
In the Ring
Story of Attempt
to Buy Seventeen
Votes for Hopkins
Scheme of Syndicate to Re-Elect Illi
nois Senator is Spoiled by Shurt
leff and Sullivan.
IDILCIUITEN HELD
BKYAN SIGNALS
ON WITH FIGHT
ON THE MONTltOSE
Canadian Authorities Get Message
Defeat Administered in Convention
from Vessel's Captain Said to Con
at Grand Island Has Not
Squelched Him.
tain Report of His Arrest.
SUSPECT SAID TO BE IDENTIFIED
INSISTS BATTLE MUST CONTINUE
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GUARDING STATE ARSENAL
v, July .-Th Chicago Tribune steamer Officer Thought to Have
, r .. , ,h. .union of wii- Asked for Orders in Case.
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T3e fner an United State senator to
it 2" seventeen democratic votes at
pte to assure the-roturn ot the
tnr Albert J.' Hopkins. The story
Jos on a luncheon where Roger
emocratlc national committeeman
Is, and representative of the legts-
itera' league fired polnt.d remarks
ther. On this occasion air. duiu-
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Hjoted as saying:
GREAT SECRECY IS MAINTAINED
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Wireless Messages Flashing Continu
ously During Day.
INSPECTOR DEW ON LAURENTIC
"So Attempt Will Be Blade to Ron
Car t'ntll After the Arrival of
the Solillera Tbomandi
Walk to Work.
COLUMBUS. O., July 2S Not a street
car has been running in Columbus since
midnight and thousands were compelled to
either walk or ride In any sort of vehlo'.e
to get to their places of business today.
The cars will not be started until the 2,000
troops of the national guard arrive today
to keep order dining the strike of the
atreet car men. The famous mounted troop
A of. Cleveland Is among the soldiers called
out
Battery C of Columbus, Captain Harold
Bush commanding. Is guarding, the
arsenal, and It will be on duty there
leng as the trouble continues. The bat-
C boys are armed with repeating
which aroot buckshot.
, Adjutant General Welbrelcht today or
dered some thirty-five or forty Ohio Na
tional guard sharpshooters, who have. been
practicing at Camp Perry for the coming j
competition shoot, to come to Columbus at
once. They will be detailed to watch build
, lnss and see that no one shoots on the
troops.
Tha headquarters of General W. V. Mc-
Waken of Toledo, commanding the -' first
brigade, - who Is In command of all the
troops, are on the state house grounds.
The third regiment. Colonel llobert G.
Catrow of Mlamlsburg commanding, will
bo the first to reach the city. The second
regiment, which has headquarters at Lima,
Wlii not -come intact, the various companies
'telng rushed here by the shortest routes.
Announcement was made today thai the
troops will be stationed at the barns of
the Btreot , car company and ' elsewhere
, wherever needed. The carupa ot the troops
I will be at the car barn.
"Why don't you fellows look Into what
Aihort J. 1 tonkins was trying : to do at
Springfield for four months?"
The Tribune declares that 135.000 was col
lected tn bu the needed votee. It was
placed Jn the" hands of two UtUe known
legislators and the Dlock of Votes selected
and made ready for delivery.
It Is alleged that Mr. Sullivan and
Speaker Surtleff foiled the plan. The
speaker is said to have told the culprits
that he would expose the plot from the
chair the moment a democratic ballot was
cast for Hopkins. Then Sullivan entered
the arena. He arrived at Springfield at
midnight one night, and, gathering the sev
enteen about him. threatened to break
every political bone in their bodies If they
voted for Hopkins. That ended It.
The Tribune expressed the belief that
the plot was formed without the knowledge
of Senator Hopkins. The story Is said to
have leaked out to anti-Hopkins republicans
and to the democratic leaders through the
babblings of one of the seventeen, who was
rejoicing at the prospect of "easy money.
No
VVarth Charged
with Murder of
Clinton Chief
Young Man from Burlington is Ar
rested and Accused of Mur
der of Officer.
Word from Ulna, bat ,Hia Boat
Will Pa Other Soon May
Be Arrest at Father
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BULLETIN.
FATHER POINT, Quebec, July 28. A
wireless message was received here today
from the captain of the Montrose. It was
addressed to the colonial government at
Ottawa, and was immediately forwarded
under the closest secrecy. It is reported
here, apparently on good authority, that
the captain cald he had absolutely uncon
trovertlble evidence that the suspect on
board was Dr. Crtppen and asked for In
(tractions.
MONTREAL, July 28.-Th night off the
coast of eastern Canada was full of
wireless questions flashed seaward, but no
reply came to reveal the whereabout of
Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen of London, wanted
in that city In connection with the disap
pearance of his actress wife. Belle Elmore,
or of the doctor's former typist, Ethel
Clara Leneve.
Nor did any Incoming word reveal the
identity of the two passengers who, on
July 30, went aboard the Canadian Paclflo
steamer Montrose at Antwerp as John Rob
inson and John Robinson, Jr., are reported
under suspicion as possibly being Crlppen
and his typist.
Inspector Dew of Scotland Tarda, aboard
the rapidly Incoming Laurentlc of th
White Star Line also had sent no word.
Throughout the night the Montrose was
supposed to "be rapidly nearing the zone
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Statement Issued Indicates He Will
Be a Free Lance.
WILL BACK COUNTY 0PTI0NISTS
U. S.:
From the New Tork Herald.
"Aly money is on Mr. Bull every time."
FROST LETS FILINGS STAND
Says Primary Law Ambiguous,
Will Not Overturn Action.
but
UPHOLDS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Twice Interpreted Law for Secretary
of State One Fee for Two-Party
Flllnara Neoeeaary -Court
Orders No Change.
Independents in
Pennsylvania Try
to Get Together
Disaffected Republicans and Demo
crats Are Attempting to Name
State Ticket.
BRYAN DITCHED MET'SPLANIi
I How the Famous Compromise Was
Lost in the Shuffle.
BURLINGTON, la., July (Special.)
Charles W. Warth was arrested here yes
terday on the charge of murdering Chief of wireless communication with the station
;IOT AT BIG SUGAR PLANT
I T wo Men Killed and Four Wounded
la' Fight with Police.
NEW TORK, July 2S..-Two men were
' ahot and killed, four dangerously wounded.
A Jk, Jx:oeman," aad a score or more less
ertously hurt during a riot of strike syn
pathlsers today at the plant of the Amer
ican Sugar Refining company in Williams
burg, where a strike has been la progress
,or a month. .
Crowds of sympathizers threw bricks at
the strikebreakers from housetops and
when the nonunion men started out with
their trucks to deliver sugar a rush was
xnade for thn wagons. The police on the
trucks returned the fire of the crowd.
-.The employes of the plant struck a month
eUo for an increase in wages. The men
killed were Lithuanians. Several police
men were struck and painfully hurt by the
brick thrown from tha nearby roofs. Four
men suffering from gunshot wounds were
taken to the Eastern District hospital.
The entire neighborhood became Involved
In the disturbance and reserves from nine
precincts had all they could do to cope
with the trouble. It appeared from the ac
counts Ot bystander that the officer did
.not fire into tha crowd until forced to do
sjo by the ferocity of the attack on them,
fj The mob was composed for the most part
of foreigners, chiefly Poles and Lithuanians.
They had been making trouble for some
time, but assumed a decdedly menacing at
titude last night when a boatload of strike
breaker was brought to the plant and set
4 to work. The demeanor, of the mob whloh
v gathered outside the plant became so
threatening this morning that police pro
tection was asked for.
When the reserves appeared trouble broke
loose.
of Police Strubls of Clinton, 111., in that
city on the night of July 13. Warth is
member of a reputable family, the father
being the proprietor of a successful cater
ing business.
The crime which "Warth is accused of
having committed was a cold blooded
affair. On the night of July IS, last, the
at Belle Isle. Owing to the steamer' type
of apparatus this would be within ISO miles
of the coast.
At halt a dozen other stations wireless
operator never ceased their calls. Father
Point, Quebec, was a spot of especial ac
tivity. There an officer of the dominion
police. Chief Constable Gauvreau, awaited
word from th Laurentlc and Inspector
murdered man and a fellow officer set
themselves to watch an ice chest which had i Dew.
been robbed on a previous night. In duel Guavreau'a Instruction from Com mis
time a figure appeared and began to rifle sloner at Ottawa are to board the Mont
the box. Chief ot Police Struble was on the rose, when It passes at Father Point for a
man In an Instant and bore him to the
ground, his assistant plied on top to assist.
Just then the man drew his revolver and
shot Struble through the head, killing him
instantly. The other officer drew back and
the mail escaped.- The assisting policeman
thought he recognised Warth as the thetf.
and the authorities began a search for the
young man, whom they knew as having
come to the city a few months before and
married a Clinton young woman. Warth
had disappeared entirely however and it
was not until the police had closely ques
tioned the young wife and wrung from her
a confession that they got any clew to
Warth. Mrs. Warth stated that her hus-
pilot and to arrest Dr. Crlppen and hi
typist if they are found.
The attorney general' department at
Quebec also is represented. It sent out
Chief McCarthy and another officer with
mthortty to arrest.
British Syndicate
Gets Control of
the Rock Island
band had been hiding in their home until Cassell Interests Buy Stocks Held by
some five days ago, when he departed from
the city, telling her to address him at.
Monmouth, 111., as J. W. Smith. With this
clue the police at once took up the trail at
Monmouth and they found trace of
"Smith" and thence followed the trail to
Burlington, where after a brief search they
discover Warth driving a laundry wagon.
Pearson Party to Protect
the Market.
TROOPS SEN'T TO DUHAM), MICH.
JBtrtUe Breaker Who Qolt Work Are
Slaking; Threat.
DURAND, Mich., July S8.-State troops
Bav been called here. There have been
Jno serious disturbances here as yet, but
((when the soldiers arrive trouble Is feared.
. Adjutant General William T. McCurln
Dme over from Lansing last evening, and
l after a conference with the local author
ities which lasted until S o'clock this morn
ing, he decided that troops were necessary.
He accordingly, at the direction of Gov
ernor Warner, issued a call fur companies
the First Infantry of Detroit and the
iecond Infantry at Grand Kaulos.
Many strike breakers are quitting their
Soslllons, it is saKI, and It 1 from these
men that trouble is expected. They are
demanding ' their pay and transportation
home. The company officials have refused
th demands of some of the men and they
threaten violence.
UNWRITTEN LAW FOR WOMAN
LonUlana Clab Would Have Role
Applied to Sir. MrLaaablln, !
. Who Killed Maa.
NEW ORLEANS. La., July SS.-Baslng
their plea on the "application ot the un
written law to women," tha Era club, one
of the leading women's organizations of
Loul-lar.a. has called upon all other or
actuations of women to pledge their sup
port to- secure the exoneration of Mam'.e
McLoughlln, charged with murder. Miss
McLaughlin shot and killed Hugh Pm'.th.
a wealthy saloon proprietor, when she met
Mm. accompanied by another woman, on
6t. Charles avenue several day ago.
Combs is Chosen
Vice President
Omaha Man is Honored by the
National Jewelers' Asso
ciation.
DETROIT, July 27. At today's session of
the convention of the National Jewelers'
association the following officers were
eletced:
President Steel F. Roberts, Pittsburg, Pa.
First vice president. T. L. Combs, Omaha.
Second vice president, George B. Tucker,
Chicago.
Secretary, Claude Wheeler, Columbia, Mo.
Treasurer, Charles Arte, Evansville, Ind.
HIGH WATER IN KENTUCKY
Nearly Every Bridge In- Haaeock
County I Carried Away by
Flood.
HAWEiSVILLE, Ky., July 28.-Nearly
every bridge In Hancock county was car
ried away, many miles of public highway
rendered Impassable and railroads washed
out In many places as a result of a twelve-
hour rain that began last night. Many
homes on streams throughout the county
have been abandoned. Wheat and tobacco
that escaped damage In the heavy rains of
the last month were destroyed. Corn Is flat
on the ground and meadows are ruined.
NEW TORK, July . While Kuhn, Loeb
& Co. made no official announcement to
day regarding the development whereby
the holding of a syndicate In Rock Island,
Lehigh Valley and Missouri Paclflo stocks
were taken over to prevent further serious
liquidation, the company In connection with
English Interest headed by Sir Ernest
Cassell has obtained the largest single
holding of Rock Island, both common and
preferred.
The syndicate Is said to have been made
up of Canadian and English operators
headed by Dr. a. S. Pearson and had for
Its aim a new transcontinental group. The
decline in the market upset the plan and
necessitated a turning over ot the stocks
purchased.
Whether the transcontinental plan wiU
be carried out by the new Rock Island
controller or whether the new Interests
will assert their power In altering present
management still depend on unsettled fac
tor. Certain banking Interests here have
looked on the original Pearson plan with
favor, and It is not unlikely that step will
be taken to carry it out in the near future.
PHiLAUKUPHiA, July 28.-The heavy
dealing in Lehigh Valley ttock yesterday
wa still evident when the Philadelphia
exchange opened today. The stock opened
strong at 71. as against 66 at the close
yesterday, Lehigh Valley warrant sold
at 21.
Dealing In the stock continued heavy dur
Ing the late afternoon session of the ex
change and the closing price was 724, a
gain of 1 over the opening. The Lehigh
Valley warrant closed at 224.
The local sales of Lehigh Valley stock
for the day amounted to 4S.250 shares as
against M.894 shares yesterday. The rales
of warrants amounted to 13,7tT7.
PHILADELPHIA, July 28.-Prlor to the
opening of the independent state conven
tion called by republicans and democrats
dissatisfied with the candidates placed in
th field by the two old political organiza
tions there was much uncertainty as to
who will head the ticket for governor.
Three candidates most frequently men-
SMYTH AND HARRINGTON TELL
Men Who Handled Document After It
Wa Turned Over to the Governor
by It Originator Explain
It Fnte.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 28. (Special.) Because
the attorney generals-had ruled that the
payment of only one filing fee Is neces
sary for a candidate for office to nave nis
name placed on one or more primary hai-
iou. juurc ------ uonea during the last few days are
court today sustained the demurrer Ot tne W1lliam H. Berry (democrat) ot Delaware
attorney general In the primary ballot suit 1 countv torm.r -,R,. treasurer: n. rinrenn
instituted by Victor Rosewater, republican Gli;Doney (independent republican) kof this
national committeeman, air. tvosewaur clty head ot the Law and Order Society,
sought an injunction to prevent Secretary and aeorge w. Guthrie (democrat) former
of State Junkln from certifying to xne v- mayoP of rutaburg.
riou county clerk the names or those The real contest seemed to be between
candidates wno nu xierry ana uinooney, and the line were
ona ballot and paid, lonly one ruing tee. so tightly drawn that .Rudoluh Hlmk.n
Assistant AttofueiVeral A.rro and John bui-g-of his dty (independent republican)
J. Sullivan and .t: J. uoyie, uemociBuu was brought forward as compromise can
attorney, who appeared tor ir. juimm, aidate. Mr. Blankenburg, it 1 said, does
filed a demurrer to the petition rued by not desire the nomination.
John O. Yeiser for Mr. Rosewater. Berry, who was elected state treasurer In
In sustaining the demurrer Judge Frost 190C on a fusion ticket and exposed the cap!
discussed the . points raised. In tne case tal frauds after getting into office, has a
briefly, holding that a court in equity large following among the deletrates from
would take Jurisdiction in matters involving the interior of the state. Gibboney . has
poUtical right, but that the court would ueveral times headed reform movement in
not go so far as to Interfere wun ruies 01 r nuaaeipnia as a candidate and met do
political parties such as were formerly in leat each time.
vogue. But In cases where tne mauer is xoaays convention is a rather unique
controlled by statute, as In this case, the affair lu .Pennsylvania politics. A certain
court rule do not apply, he said. The element in the republican party dlssatls-
secretary of state has certain specific dutlts fled with the republican state candidates
to perform and If he does not perrorm suggested a "thlid ticket." At the same
them, then there should be some way to time there was dissatisfaction among the
make him. I omocrais wun the democratic nominees
. i. iwl.ton. , ana a aemana was made that the demo-
Alivrn-c j -
Continuing, Judg Frost said he would
not rest a decision on tne nn coaIeBce ndep.-dent- "
wttnoui go,ng ...to -- d cans and place an independent ticket in th.
than hi -remark of yesterday he would -iBm.. th
sustain the demurrer, rie aia mis, no am,
The two elements then began cam
paigning, the democrats to place a demo-
v .v.. .Hnmnv reneral had alvon two .t v
v.. - Crai at me neaa or tne ticket ror governor
decisions to the effect that only no Und the Independent republican urged that
was reauired of candidates who desired to
file on more than one ticket, and that the
secretary of state had been acting in ac
cordance with those decisions, mererore,
he would not overrule them. In reading
.v.. ... however, the Judgi said It
one ot their own men be named for the
place.
Because of a lack of organization all of
th sixty-seven counties In the state were
not represented in the convention which
was scheduled to open In Wltherspoon hall
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could be interpreted iwo ways u at 11 a. m.
was a question whether the opinion or tne Besides the office of governor the conven
attorney general was correct, but ne pro- tion wln ,eiect candidates for lieutenant
ferred not to overrule him unless he was governor, state treasurer and secretary of
absolutely sure that he was wrong. . the Internal affairs.
The members of the supreme court, ex
cept Judge Rose, are out of tne city, so
Mr. Yeiser cannot appeal tne case in time
r hnv- the iulliis, passed on before the
Drlmary election.
Not being restrained. Secretary of State
Junkin ha decided to certify out , the
ii w v. - himulf 1 nf the onln-
ion that the attorney general advised him New York Police Have Located Man
contrary to law.
Missing Cashier
at White Plains
BAN ON YORKSHIRE CATTLE
Quarantine Do ta the Discovery
ot Foot ana jnouta uii-ease.
WASHINGTON, July 28. Owing to the
discovery of the foot and mouth disease
among cattle in Yorkshire, England, the
Importation of cattle from that country
into the United States has been prohibited
until the extent of the disease can be de
termined.
E. B. BARTON PASSES AWAY
Charged with Theft of $600,000
from Bank.
Hates to Be a Circus
Mascot; Boy Gets Hungry
G0QD ROADS CONGRESS OPENS
Cetiwwass Sulser Makes First
Speech la Convention at
Meaara Fall.
KIAOARA FALLS. N. Y.. July aThe
third annual convention of the Nations!
Good Roads congress opened hers today
to continue through Sunday, Congressman
William Bulser became presiding officer
and spoke on various aspects of good roads
aa yitally affecting national prosperity.
The Sells-Floto circus has benched Its
hoodoo and can fear no mora such unlucky
visit aa it had in Omaha. Th circus came
during th Curtisa-Mars-Kly three-ring
aviation that took place in th northwest
atmosphere ot the city and for that reason
had strong competition. At the evening
performance a storm came up and dis
missal of the audience and a prompt pull
down was all that saved the show from
disaster. Why It all happened was ex
plained Thursday when a meek looking lit
tle colored boy came shyly Into the office
of the Juvenile court officer and an
nounced that he was tired ot circuses and
very hungry and wanted omathJns; to eat.
"Ab-ah-ah ain't goln' wit no mo'h clh-
cusses," h explained. "I let man home
in Kansas City, Missouri, because dey said
I could be a clncua mascot. Well, I wasn't
no mascot, no sah. Did we have luckT We
did not Most emphatically not. We had
d wustest bad luck rained on. Jumped on,
druv aroun". And 'stead o' believing that
I hadn't had time to learn the business of
mascottlng. dey said I was no good and
trun me out."
The boy's nsme was Roger French. He
left his home in Kansas City last week
and was thrown over by tha circus people
Monday. As he Is only 12 years old be wUl
be sent hem.
Father of State Auaitor uie
Aurora After Ten Day'
- Illness.
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LINCOLN, July 28.-Special Telegram.)-
E. B. Barton, father or state Auauor oar-
ton, died thl morning at nis nomo in
Aurora. He had been sick lor the last ten
days.
NEW YORK, July 2S.-When the grand
Jury today began its investigation into the
theft of JflOO.000 worth of securities from the
Russo-Chlnese bank discovered recently, it
reported that the police not only know the
whereabouts of the missing cashier of the
bank, Erwln Wider, but have under sur
vetllancs the house In White Plains, where
he is said to be. Officials at the district at
torney's office would not deny the report.
The grand Jury began Its investigation
with eight or ten witnesses under subpoena,
Among thete wa Leon B. Ginsberg, counsel
for Wider, and a chauffeur whose name
was not learned, but who Is said to have an
Important story to tell regarding the move
ments of Wider as recently as last Saturday.
William Jennings Bryan himself smoth
ered the Metcalfe plank In the resolutions
committee at Grand Island.
This Is the answer made by M. F. Har
rington of O'Neill to the charge by Met
calfe that - Shallenherger pocketed his
precious document. It was entrusted to the
governor by Metcalfe; the governor turned
It over to Constantlne J. Smyth, chairman
of the convention, and he' In turn gave It
to M. F. Harrington. In the first place
It was Metcalfe's desire that It be handed
to Dr. Babcock of Aidams county, who
would see that It got before the resolutions
committee and was brought back to the
convention us a minority report. Shallen-
berger' gave 1t to Smyth with that Injunc
tion, and so -Smyth passed it on to Har
rington. . Harrington says Brysn gave It
very special .'consideration, and decided he
did not; want to report It to the conven
tion. . '
Dlasrram of the Plot.
Here is the story as told by the partici
pants. .
"OMAHA. July 2S, 1910. To the Editor of
The Bee: You puhilsh In this morning's
Issue of your paper a dispatch from Lin
coln In which Governor Shallenberger Is
charged with suppressing a copy of what Is
Known as -tne Metcaire plank.' Let me
say to you that the governor Is In no way
responsible for what happened to the Met
calfe plank. Here are the facts with re
spect to his connection with It:
"As I was going out of the Koehler hotel
on my way to the convention in the after
noon I met the governor coming to the
hotel. He stopped me and handed to me a
piece of paper which he said was the Met
calfe plank; that Mr. Metcalfe desired him
to hand it to Dr. Babcock, a delegate from
Adam county, that he could not find the
doctor and had another engagement which
demanded his immediate attention. He
therefore requested me to take charge cf
the paper and deliver it to Dr. Babcock.
I took it. carried It in my hand, so that
I would not forget it, and upon arriving
at the convention I looked for Dr. Bab
cock and could 'not find him, but meeting
Mr. M. F. Harrington, a member of the
committee on resolutions. I handed to him
the paper and delivered to him the mes
sage which the governor had given to me.
I tried to Impress upon Mr. Harrington
the Importance pf getting the resolution to
Dr. Babcock, so that It might be considered
by the committee and Mr. Metcalfe given
a hearin there''! if th committee thought
proper. Mr. Harrington took charge of
the resolution and said he would do as re
quested. That was the last that I heard
about the resolution until the' matter came
up In the convention. At the time the sub
ject wa broached on the convention floor
I was talking to the secretin- and riiri
not hear ' what was said nor did I catch
the point of the controversy until the mat
ter was all over. Yours respectfully,
"C. J. SMYTH.
Mike Harrington's Story.
Mr. Harrington was in Omaha yesterday
and when the gist of C. J. Smyth stated
meut was given to him, he said:
"I do recall that Chairman Smyth gave
me a paper of some sort, and It may have
been the Metcalfe plank, so called. I took
everything of that character to the com
mittee room, some forty or fifty different
planks probably, and they were all placed
on the table for examination by. the com
mittee. That the Metcalfe plank was not hlJJrn
and not overlooked. Is proved by the fael
that Mr. Bryan .himself had an opportun
ity to present . it had he cared to.
Part; Label to Be Disregarded on the
Liquor Question. '
DIRECT LEGISLATION 13 LAUDED
MjrntMcnnt I.nnBuaae Is l'cd by the
Deposed Lender, with a Covert
Threat that Ills Opponent
Will Got No Quarter.
(From a fctaft Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., July 2S Special Tele
gram.) Mr. Bryan Issued a statement thin
morning calling on the voters of bota
parties to nominate for candidates for the
legislature only those who aie.pledsed to
county option and the Initiative and refer
endum. County option, he said, should not
enter Into the congressional or senatorial
fight, tror cut any figure on the nomination
and election ol stuie officers, except the
governor. It I the belief of Mr. Bran, as
expressed in Ills statement, that a gov
ernor will be eincied who is either for
county option or pledged to sign a bill. He
does not designate the politics of the can
didate he believes will be elected.
The siktemunt In full follows:
"While the failure of the democratio
convention to endorse county option was
disappointing, still the fight for county op
tion In the democratic party has not been
In vain. In the first place It has helped
to secure a declaration in favor of the
lnltlutlve and referendum In both parties,
and now that all parties have declared
for It there Is no doubt of the necessary
amendment being submitted at the next
session of the legislature.
"The populist party declared for county
option two years ago, and it was to be
expected that it would declare for It again.
The work now to be don Is to s,ecur
county option candidates In every sena
torial and representative district. The dem
ocrats who favor county ' option should
turn out at the primaries and nominate a
candidate favorable to county option. . The
republicans In favor of county option
should be as active In securing the nomi
nation of republican 'candidates favorable
to county option. County ; option candi
dates should be dominated by alt parties
In each district, and I have no doubt that
this can be done in a great many districts.
It the democratic convention had endorsed "
count option... the' Iwsuu would have been. .
eliminated from our campaign for state,'
offloars, congressmen and senator. But
even as It is it will not be a controlling
factor except in the case of governor,
There Is no reason why anyone's vote en
other state officers should be Influenced
by the attitude of the candidate on tha
question of county option, and there la no
reason why we should not vote forour con
gressman with a vUw to securing repre
sentation on national issues."
Expelled from the' Hanks.
It is very evident that Mr. Bryan is go
ing to have no one In a position of prom
inence In the democratic party organization
who la not thoroughly in accord with his
views at this particular time, ,If he can
help it. He has severed th ties that bound
him to P. L. Hall, one of his most faithful
and long-suffering champions. Dr. Hall.
the safety-valve of democracy, has been
passed out in the cold to make room for
Bryanltes of the later type. He was left off
of the newly organized state committee by
the Lancaster delegation, which chose
Judge Tlbbets and Fred Shepherd, two re
cruits who have been beating the tom
toms during the lute, short and decisive
battle.
Dr. Hall, the retiring committeeman, re
ceived only thirteen votes for re-election
when his name was proposed by Mayor
Brown, another of the old guard who is a
member of the democratic down-and-out
club. Dr. Hall la a member of the national
committee and vice chairman of the com
mittee, by grace of Mr. Bryan. He beat
no drum for county option.
GENERAL OLIVER WILL SPEND
HIS VACATION IN SADDLE
Assistant Secretary of War Will Show
that He Can Stand Phis,
leal Test.
WASHINGTON, July 28.-Just to how
the doubting Thomases that he can with
stand any physical test set for army of
ficers, General Robert S. Oliver, assistant
secretary of war, is to spend most of his
month' vacation, beginning tomorrow, in
the saddle. General Oliver Is 63 years of
age.
His first task will be a 50-rntle horseback
ride from Fort Wlngate, N. M., to the
Moqul and Navajo Indian reservations.
Miss Oliver, hi daughter, will accompany
him.
During the month he will attend the mil
itary camps of Instruction at Fort Riley,
Kan.; Fort V. A. Itussell. Wyo.; Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and the camp at
tparta. Wis.
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Municipalities Are Paying
Higher Rates of Interest
WASHINGTON. July S.-Based upon its
Investigations into the question of munic
ipal Indebtedness for the year 1908, the
census bureau has Issued a statement show
ing a gradual Increase in the rate of Inter
est paid by cities on their funded indebted
ness. According to this showing the aver
age rale was 1.85 per cent In 106, 3.S9 In
1907 and t.ti it 1908. These figures are on
face values and admittedly do not represent
the absolute rate, as on the lK7,(fo3.286 worth
of bonds sold In 190s an aggregate premium
of 5.'i25,Gfct and an aggregate discount of
was paid. Only eleven cities are
represented as having made sales at a discount.
As Indicated by the statement that th
cities of more than 300,000 population with
the best credit rating were Detroit, 1.S7 per
cent; Boston, 3.M per cent, and Philadel
phia, t ',9 per cent
The best cities of between 100,000 and SOO,
000 were Indlanspolls, 2.49 per cent; Cam
bridge, g.M per cent; Worcester, 169, and
Fall River, 2.79.
Cities of more than 300.000 with the high
est net rate were Hmn Francisco, 4.30 per
cent, and New York, 4.1 per cent.
Other cities of from 100.000 to 300,009 v. Ith
the highest net rates were Los Angeles, 4.49
pr cent; Memphis, 4 34 per cent, and Jer
sey City and Omaha. 127 per cent each.
HASKELL BACK IN GUTHRIE
City I Agala the Capital of Okla
homa In Practically All
Respect.
GL'TimiE, Okl., July SS. Guthrie wo re
established today as tha capital of Okla
homa In practically all respects, following
the decision of the state supreme court
yesterday. The only official who followed
Governor Haskell to the city were William
Gross, secretary of state, and Charles Tay
lor, state examiner and inspector of public
accounts.
What Governor Haskell will do has not
been stated. As the supreme court has
held the Injunction of the lower court to be
In force, and held that It would be illegal
to transact official business at any other
placo than in the capital, he Is expected
to come to Guthrie to perform such duties
as must be done here.
Arthnr D. Marshall Kill Himself.
PORTLAND, Ore, July 2.-Arthur D,
Marshall, formerly of Washington, D. C,
but more recently a resldi nt of this state,
shot and mortally wounded himself today
when suffering from inc-lancholla. Marshall
was connected with the Interstate Cow
mere commission.
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