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' ' . " .VWft!: r' V :Vl:. ; r SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N; C, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 190& i price five ce:;x,. 1 t 1.1 'if 9 v. THE tOUOI FOR BRYAN ITAMES STATE OFFICERS 110 PUS NO SENSATIONS IS PLATFORM V State Democratic Convention Adjourns Attn, Five Days and ,, Nights , of Strenuous ; Work. , Yesterday's Sen alou Being Characterize! by the ' Election of Candidates For All State ' Offices, the Naming of Senator F. M. Simmons and Major. E. J. Hale ; Delegates -at-Lnrge to the, National Convention and. the' Passage a Resolution Instructing For Bryan Radical Change In ratty Flan of Organization , Recoinmended Plat - form Unanimously Adopted as .-' - Drafted by CfcmunlUeo A Splendid Promulgation .of Democratic Prin clplee Rumored Fight on Senator - Simmons aa Delegate-at-Largo to . Penm convention Does "Not ' Ma terialise The Nerve of a Very i Young Man Mr. Hayd!m Clement Withdraws From , Race For Attor. oey General After Heated Contest " Mr. T. W. Blckett, Dark Horse, Captured the Flum Mr. Cliarlea Cotton Moore Defeated For Com mlsstoner of Agriculture by Major W..' A. Graham, of Lincoln The Innocent Honesty of s News Boy ' ' and Its Substantial RewardCon vention Adjourns at 11:30 Sine Die ''After Most Memorable Meeting In " the Political Annals of the Genera The Democratic State convention, which, had been In session hers for a . week, adjourned sine dl last night, at tl;80 o'clock, crowning Us work by " endorsing and instructing; . for that Peerless Leader, 1 - William : Jennings Bryan, f Nebraska, by, a" vote of 623 ' ' to 111. Much was accomplished the " last. day. Senator Simmons waa elect ; d a delegate-at-large to the national convention by a vote of 140 td'10 The following; candidates - for' State officers were elected: J. Bryan Grimes. ; Secretary of State; B. R. Lacy, State ' Treasurer;-Major B. F. DUton, Audi ' tor; T. W. Blckett Attorney General; . W. A Graham,. Commissioner of Ag ..rlculturej B. F. Aycoclv Corporation ; Commissioner; Joyner, Superln tendent ef Public Instruction; I. R. Toun& ' Insurance Commissioner; " M . It Shlpman. Commissioner of JUabor and Prlating; X W. Ralley.and Wal ' tei . -Murphy, elrctor-at -large, and -'Major .E. J. Hale, the fourth ' dete- ate-at-larjt to Denveor ' v' One of the Incidents of the , day was - the ' conrtlbu' tlon made to a small boy who got a '. dellar to get the change out of for a paper and lost his man. In great distress be7 appealed to the chairman to help him return ths money to the right person. The convention as a rawarri for fhe honesty of the little fellow filled his hat with silver until - It was running over.- In all he got SIS. k SENATOR SIMMONS NAMED. Senator Simmons was named a del egate's t-large to the national Demo cratic convention yesterday . morning by the State Democratic convention In session here by an overwhelming vote. The light egalnst tne senior Sen ' etor from North Carolina anticipated . by some did not materialise. Saturday .night or rather Sunday morning, wnen " the name of Senator Elmmons nvaa rresented by an over-sealous. friend, - there sprang up coaslderable opposi ' tlon from several sections of the hou-te. This wt due, as Deviously i slated.9 two thlngs.-nmely his out spoken opposition to any instruction ef delerates-at-large fey the State con venUon and 'bis masterful fight for Mr. Locke Craig for. the" nomination for Governor. It to not to be gainsaid .that Senator Simmons would not have allotted his name to be offered to tne convention had he been consulted. He did not care particularly to attend the Denver convention certainly not as a member of what was likely to be an . instructed, delegatjon. But when his name was presented and there arose a whirlwind of opposition, his friends would hot permit him to withdraw. - They were determined to back him to a finish and see that he was given . the proper consideration that the con vention should not place-Itself pn reo- , ord as discrediting the man to whose political sagacity and masterly. dlrec- - tlon the puissant power of the party In the State was most due. They were - Tesolved to place every -delegate and every county. on record if v need be rather than permit such ectlon. r -.. SITUATION TENSE. The situation Saturday night was strained almost to the breaking point The Simmons supporter were worked up to a white heat They were almost beside themselves, not -from fear of what might be done bur from exasper ' at ion at the delegates for opposing a step which they deemed, the party could not do lees than adopt vnanl- ' moualy. Such was the status of affairs when the convention adjourned at 12:36 Sunday morning. Everybody was then, tired out and worried. Scenes were enacted which have not been re corded at a State Democratic conven tion In a generation. - - ' But cooler heads ' prevailed - and when the convention sssembled yester day morning all bitterness and op position bad disappeared. When the vote was called for on Senator Sim mons' nomination as delegate-at-large to the Denver conwention, several Jn- ' fluentfal delrgates. notably State Equ ator Graham, of Oxford, sought to . hare his election made by acclama tion. This was opposed by Senator Simmons friends, and the roll call of the counties followed. As the sharp, piercing tones of Mr. R. M. Bryant's . splendid voice rolled through the hall, county after county respond, all placing themselves on record "for Sim mons." It looked for a time as If - the vote might be unanimous. DARE COUNTY SPRINGS SUR PRISE. Dare was the first to break away. When that county, which marks the He ef the f rst IMloWrh settlement on the North Carolina coast was called. a - white-haired gentleman,' Mr. s:- B.; Crisp by name,: a native of Manteo, arose and in a. clear, distinct, voice shouted:. . ; . : ' -. " : v . -., "Dare casts her three votes 'against Simmons.' " ' ' . ' -'i, x-. - A hush fell over, the hall. -the secre taries paused in their writings . and everybody looked around to sea what was about to happen. The reading clerk thought that he had heard, wrong ana cauea lor a second vote. Again came the response v s "Dare casts her three votes 'against Simmons. ,This wrfs the first vote of tho kind and shouts, hisses. Vena of "Sit down "(Put him out" "Kill him." followed, all showing unmistakably ,the temper or the nouse. ' wnen tne . . conruaion ceased, the' record was so. made -and the call of the-counties continued- A little later Mr. Crisp, who had been conferring with some friends, arose and asked that he be allowed to change the Dare vote., Mr. C. O. Mc Michael, of Rockingham, objected and was roundly hissed.- . The chair , held that the Dare eounty vote could not be changed until after the vote was announced tt objection was raised, On motion, however.' the rules were suspended and Dare - county was ai lowed to change her vote. The - three ballots were then cast ."for Simmons amid great shouts of approval, The tumult, however, -had hardly quieted down when a determined look. lnr. . lona-haired young . man in - the Cumberland delegation arose - and asked , the . privilege of the chair to change the Cumberland county- vote. Chairman Parsons stated that without objection he would give the necessary permission. "Cumberland," ' ' said he 'desires to change her solid vote of 11 for Simmons' to t 'for Simmons' and 3 'against Simmons.' " No sooner had the words gotten out of the young man's mouth when another great com motion arose. There were yells of de rlsion cat-calls, hisses and shouts, "Throw him out" and the like. - It looked as if the young fellow might be , . mobbed. While some shoutod "Throw him out" others laughed and yelled "Let him talk on. He is commit ting, suicide Don't interfere." At this stage. Mr. A. D. McGlll. another mem ber of the Cumberland - delegation, jumped np and shouted: "Cumberland eounty does not desire to change her vote.."-', The situation was cast becoming in teresting. Nothing was needed hut a little flash to set fists going ana a gen eral scrap raging. Toe Simmons sup porters were Just. In the frame of mind to drag down and throw out with ut tie provocation. Amid the shouts of approval for Mr.McGIll and the yells of derision for Mr. Davis, the latter, unperturbed, got the floor again, and saidi 4-"' '. ' . . -i A NERVT YOUNG, MAN..' ;-: ' "Mr. -Chairman: 'There' are alt del egates neon the delegation mm Cum berland. My name i 17. U-. Davis, of the City of . Faycttevillo, and I desire to have my representation on this del' egation, and I vote against Mr.-SUn mons as a reproof for what he has done." ' - v '. r:.-- Herd -the speaker's , vblce was drow'nrfd ; bythe hubbub which arose about him. There were groans, hisses and withal a tumult As soon as Mr. Davis could be heard he continued Mr. Chairman, I made mention of my name so that there could be no mistake as to who cast those two votes from Cumberland county. I don't care for machine politics in North , Caro lina and I never " - V t Here the speaker's . voice - was and shouts of laughter and Jeers of and shouts of laughte rand derision of the delegates. After a little delay ne sat down and was not again heard of for some little time. When seen later, Mr. Davis said, In explanation of 'his course In voting against Mr. Simmons that he was op posed to his conduct In the guberna torial contest "We want to rebuke him." eald he. "for descending from his dignified position ta take part In a partisan campaign." , ; THE COUNTIES VOTING. Having successfully gotten rid of Mr, Davis, the call of the. counties contin ued. But tuo other counties voted against Simmons," namely Rocking' ham, the home of one C. O. McMlchael, nd Wilson. Rockingham voted t "for Slnanons and 4 "against" and Wilson county, 7 "for" and 4 "against" The total vote was 840 "for Sim mons" and 10 "against Simmons," with not represented. '. . . - - The result was a complete and full vindication of Senator . Simmons and brought gratification to the hearts of all of his friendj;., ; MAJOR HALE EUECTED. Major John W. Graham of Orange, moved to send six delegates to cast the vote of the four. -This was lost. Then a motion to vote on Major E. Hale and Gen. Julian S. Carr for the fourth delegate. The vote stood: 82.60 for Hale and if 8 for Carr. The following named, were elected alter nates: - - ' . ..'-' r: J. 8.. Carr, of Durham; W. l. Par sons, of Richmond; J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, and E. F. watson. of Yan cey. A..W. McLean, of Robeson, put in nomination Mr. Parsons, J. R. Flair, Mr. Bailey and . Walter E. Moore, Mr. Watson. , V " , SECRETARY OF STATE. Immediately after these were elect ed the chairman declared that the nomination for Secretary of State was In order. ' ; - Mr. R.' N.. Hackett Congressman from the eighth district presented the name of Mr. J. Rryan Grimes and Dr. "W." T. Woodlcy, of Cleveland, poke for Gen. W. P. Roberta. The ballot resulted as follows: Grimes. tt.rt: Roberta, 128.02. snd Bdanley McDowell, 44.. .... .Buncombe votd for Mr. McDowell without his consent and other coun ties followed. - ' - OENERAXi ROBERTS' FEELING ' - ADDRESS. When the ' vote was announced General Roberts went upon the plat form and made a very pathetic speech urging that the nomination of Mr. Grimes be made unanimous. General Roberts said: - -GEX. ROBERTS REMARKS. "Ladies and Delegates of the Con vention: . . "I ask your Indulgence for a few minutes, not over ten at the - most Mr. Chairman, don't call me down on the two-minute rule. If yon please. "The first hing I am going to do Is to move to make tin an I moos the nomination of my friend. Colonel Bryan Grimes. Tarn a North CarOlInKn. There Is not a spot upon the soil of North Carolina that I do not'love wita all my heart and all my soul. (Applause).' "I came before h!s convention, the young men of it and asked them tor ' pension nd it would be a, pension to help me in my declining years. although I am strong and vigorous to day. ", ..;.-; .;',. "Four years of my life were given to'the service of 'my country In that great war for: civil liberty. S follow- jed the fortunes of Robert E. Lee. and surrendered, with him on tho fated field of Appomattox. - V "Just here, my, friends, let me say that I am 'not complaining. I take it good humoredly, because the Demo cratic, party of North Carolina says so. I have never gone back upon what the party has said nor shall ever. I hope, so long as I live,, (Ap NORTH CAROLINA'S .NOBLE REC - ORD, - "T served with the army of northern Virginia from 1841 to 1865. Do you know what your State; did? Wnat North; Carolina, did in that -great struggle? Permit me for a moment and I will tell you. In 1841 North Carolina had 116,000 voters.' She gave to the cause of civil liberty 12 S 600 mem. North Carolina lost of that number 40,000 -men.-' It was the great Lee who said to one of his colonels at the battle of Fredericksburg, when two regiments were charging across a pontoon.' bridge, . 'What , troops ( are those?' and upon recelvlng'the reply, Those are the Fifty-first and Fifty sixth North Carolina Regiments,' that grand man raised his hand to heaven and said, 'God bless -old Nertn Caro lina!' (Applause). In 1864, when 'Jeb' Stewart lost his. precious life my own commander when the other brigades and squadrons - had- been hroVpn. - tita awn oommand. two briE- ades, had fled, broken, his last words while dying were. 'I wmh to God that Gordon were here.' Gordon ; com manded four North- Carolina regl ments of cavalry, the finest, I think, and It was generally thought In the army of northern Virglnla. SOMETHINO FOR DECLINING , ; . ; - YJUAK8. ;"I said to myself and to my wife and - daughter, , 'I am getting old. My friend (the gentleman who has Just been nominated )v has had the office two "terms, v I, being a soldier,.: will go' to my old .mother and ak her to give me a mite to take care of me In ,my decllplng years. . I have asked for it because I needed. Itr I needed It for a living. Yet you have refused It. 'I bear no malice toward you. and never shall: You shall never hear from we. You ehalUnoyer; hear any complaint from roe,,.' 'if'You, young men-'Otight- t think more before yon act. Take Virginia, the' grand old State of Virginia. ' She has ttve men in Congress who carried her! flag during the, war for civil lib erty. . Both her Senators are Confed eate sdldlers, three members of the House are Confederate soldiers. How many has North Carolina in the Con gress at Washington wno roiiowen Le through these greji,t'"campalgns? Tell me, my friends. If there is one? vir- c-tnl-ji. 4aVea rare of the " men who bore her'flag tothS- front-orth Carolina "turns down the men that carried her flag farther than any oth er flag waa carried In the war between the. States. Robert t-Lee, "or Marse Robert., as .we called him, said when I was made s, brigadier general at the age of 23 years, having started from the bottom rail and got ten on top pardon me for telling this gentlemen Lee was asking, wny is it you appointed that boy a briga dier general.' 'Because,'' was tne re ply, he Is the beet colonel of cavalry In the army of northern Virglnia, and has never been, stampeded on the field of battle.' " Some of these, neys told me this morning We will e(4impede. you,' and I rep ilea, mi you aw, jmi win au rawj than any Union brigade . was 1 ever able to do." .v.- ' STATE TREASURER. ; The name ef Mr. B. R.. Lacy for State Treasurer was presented by Mr. J.D. McCalL of Charlotte, and Mr R. O. Everett Of Durham, Capt. S. A, Ashe. . '; ' -: " ' The vote follows: 689.986 for Lacy and 280.104 for-Ashe. , Captain Ashe moved that the nomination be made unanimous. . -, t r -. v.'-. STATE AUDITOR. ; t ' RepresenUtlwe . E. . Y. Webb, vf Cleveland, placed Major B. F. Dixon in nomination. Mrs w, w. aamer, of Wilkes, present Mr. . Frank D. Hackett The vote - stood: , Dixon, 672.496; Hackett. 24T.504.- The norr Ination was made unanimous on mo. tlon of the defeated .candidate, t ' FIGHT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL) For Attorney General Representa tive E. W. Pou. of Smlthfield, pre sented Mr. T.. W. Blckett of Louis burg; Representative-J. H. Small, (Mr. B. H. Wlnbornc, of Bertie: - former Representative Thee. Fi Klutta, of Salisbury, Mr. Havflprt Clement: Mr. B. Deans, of Wilson, Mr. John Js. Woodard. i . .'. ";'"'..;' '. ' - The Mecklenburg ote on this ballot wsa distributed , as follows: i lement. 8.1S: WInborne. 6.206: Blckett 4.205. and Woodard. 1.44. -! Mr. Thomas W. Alexander challenged this vote, but Mr. D. B. Smith said that two-thirds of the delegation voted to so give 1t 'the Newland vote going to Blckett. The chair held that It was a matter for the delegation to decide? .There fore, the vote atood.,: ' ; " . ' f. OFFICERS RE-ELECTED. Mr. R. H. White.' of Frankllnton. put Mr. J. Y. Joyner In nomination for Superintendent of Public Instruc tion and he was named by acclama tion. Mr. E. W. Pou placed the name of Mr. J. R. Young before the con vention and the nomination was made by acclamation. , -.- ; CLEMENT LEADS. " . Ths vote on the ballot ior. Attorney General resulted as follows: Clement 57.102: (Blckett 119.705: WInborne. 255.987; Woodard, 82.306. ' THE SECOND BALLOT. The second ballot resulted: Blckett, 11; Clement 117; WInborne, 281; Woodard. 1. ' ' The fight was becoming interesting. Blckett's friends were fighting deeper- ately. ? RESOLUTION OF THANKS. During the count of this bal'ot Mr. Fred N. Tate moved that the following resolution be adopted: "I move that this convention extend vote of thanks to the mayor, the ldermen snd rther officials f the City of Charlrftte, the cltlsens. , the clubs, the-railways- Uie newspapers. nd the varloua commuter, appoint ed to look after the comfort and wel fare of the delesates to this conven tion for klndnri.es done end courte- lea shown, snd to the ladk-a for their Interest and f.reenre." Mr. J. It. Elalr moved the house to laughter by mwlnt to edd "the Joe- tors" and "dros tnrrs." Fime gen tleman shouted: "Blind tilers." On the second ballot no one ap peared to east the vote of Alleghany. Tho Clement men got busy and soon Representative Hackett return4l front the streets, with Jesse Bledsoe, who Insisted on speaklngjaaylng. among other things this: ; "By a rising vote I came down here, and when I came I was a delegate, and I want to vpte now that I am the ugliest man here.:' No one took issue with hlni , 1 Mecklenburg gave Us vote as fot lows this time: Blckett ?; Clement, 7, and .Winbourne, 1. The fractions were dropped. " . THE THIRD BALLOT.' , ; The result of the third ballot-was Blckett: 268; Clement !89; Win bourne. 212. " The fourth: : Blckett. 310; Clement, 287. and Winbourne,-222. On the fifth ballot Mecklenburg cast 11 for Blckett and ,11 for Clem ern Mr.; Thomas " Alexander -challenged the vote Mr. Hackett annear ed on the'Btage and declared , that Mecklenburg had overstepped the primary law.' The Blckett delegates on the Mecklennurg delegation yenea: "Go back to Wilkes and-let Mecklen burg settle her own affairs." - The chair eald that he could not Interfere In Mecklenburg's squabble. The vote stood as cast. vv ' ; :;;"''"''-. THE MECKLENBURGERS MAD, -The Mecklenburgers were mad, they paid,, at. Rowan for deserting Home and going to Kitchln. The Home and Craig men combined against the Kltohlnltes. The signers were late In getting In the public eye, but when they came it 'was with a rosh ""STW noise. . Mr. j Hackett was told to at tend to hla own county. It was good natured, but vigorous. Before each ballot the Seotcn-Irish retired to an ante-room and fought out their ballot vote bv vote. . Mr. W. C Hammer, or Kanaoipn, protested against the action of Meck lenburg and appealed from the decls Ion or the chair after the roll call on the' sixth ballot A motion to lay the appeal from., the chair, on the table was passed. . Measra Victor S. Bryant, of Dur ham, and Mr.- Robert Stevens, of Monroe, spoke. against the decision of the chair. ,;-,-.,; . . v. MR. CLEMENTS' NAME WITH- . : . DRAWN. . . '- Before the result of the th ballot was announced Mr. : A. H. Boyden withdrew the name of Mr. Clement vina- that owing to the. decision of the chalf oh the Mecklenburg matter, he did not have a fair enow. air, Hammer declared that Mr. Boyden had acted without authority, but Mr. Rovden replied In very positive tones that Mr. Clement's lather nao asKea him to withdraw the name. It waa at this juncture that Mr. Blckett came In the building and eald 'that he did not want anything but, what came to him Irt the right wy.. He said: . MR. BIckETTB REMARKS. I . recognise that the question up- h which the chair, has ruled Is one urtbn w hich- honest" 'meTneatf i -well differ. That being true, If any nonor is to come to me at the hands of this , convention , l want it to come free from any question as to my right to receive it. Therefore, while I appreciate more than I can say the loyalty of the men . of Mecklenburg, who cast that vote for- me, rather than have any differences of opinion I will ask that they cast It as It was cast In the primary and I will abide the consequencea." CLEMENT NOT OUT OF RACE. ' Mr.; Hammer came back: . to . the stage and said that he was authorised to say that Mr. Clement was not out of the ract, but the voting on the 7th ballot had begun and the votes were being cast for Blckett and iWinbourne. .The sixth4 ballot stood: .Blckett, 856; Clement. 361,' and Winbourne, 303. " . v. .' ' - . . On the seventh ballot Mecklenburg voted as follows: Clement 8; Blckett, T, and Winbourne, 7. Before calling ths vote Mr,' D. B. Smith " saldr - ;r,-.. MR. fiMfTH'S' SPEECH.' ' HMm a Pkaleraa n V That . 4 Alstsrskt fAn from Mecklenburg believes that the ruling of the chairman was right In regard to the vote of Mecklenburg. The members of the Mecklenburg delegation desire to return their thanks for this .ruling, because we believe that It Is right and in ac cordance with our, rights In this con vention, and we - want to state ftsv ther that We resent Interference by the big gentleman from Randolph or from any one else. , We do not change our vote here on aceount df anything that, has been ."d by any- Dody upon tne rostrum vno nas op posed us, but merely out of da ference to the wishes of the man for whom we a re voting, Mr. Blckett We are regarding his wishes here and the wishes of no one else, . - "Mecklenburg casts its vote here for Clement T for Blckett and 7 for WInborne."- , ' r The vote was: Blckett, 408; Clem ent. 117, and Winbourne, 882. - Immediately , after this ' vote ' waa made known Mr. Clement a bright clever, clean' young man. appeared oa the rostrum and spoke as follows:. MR". CLEMENT SPEAKS. "The vote of ths" last ballot was great surprise to me. I - thought that my name had. been withdrawn, which waa my intention. - I .want It distinctly understood now-- that I do hereby withdraw my name from consideration by .this convention, But before I sit down I want to thank most loyally, most sincerely and most cordially, the friends who have stood to me. - I feel somewhat in tne condition .or. the old colored man when he was met on the street by a gentleman from the North, who asked him If he could change a 810 bill. 'Lord no, boss,' he replied, 'but thanks ' you for . the 'compliment Just the same.' . I thank you for the compliment just the same.' ' ' "But before I alt down there is one thing that I want to say, and that Is that It is bard for a young man to spell defeat 1 can leave this convention with a . clear conscience, knowing that I have stood up for every agreement My conscience la Clear. 1 have done nothing to .harm any "man, and said no word In the campaign against any of my op ponents. I have known that - the tenth district was against me, and 1 will tell rou why, because 3 of Rowan's 42 votes, which belonged to Home, went for Kitchln. s 1 suppose they believed that I withdrew, but I wish to say that I had nothing whatever to do with that It was done by some of my friends during my absence. I helped that crowd as bst I could and when 1 was sick! it was broken and I had nothing to do with the tenth d Strict breaking. (Continued oa l ge Nine. STRUGGLE OYEU PLATFOM MOVE FOR PROHIBITION' PLAXK A Desperate Effort Will Be Made to 1 usert a Prohibition Plank in the Democratic Platform ana, a Hot tight is ICxpected Movement yVVUl lift Headed by Gen. James B. Weaver, of Iowa, Who Claims to Have the Backing- of Several South- ., era state Struggle Is Also Look ed For When , the Anti-Injunction Flank " is Brought l"p 5chanler BOoui Seems to He Weakening. Denver, Cot.,: June 29. The fight Hon Itself may be involved Democratic platform Is not the only struggle n which : the committee on resolutions -.and . possibly the conven tton Itself may be Involved - 1 It developed to-dav that the nrohl bition.. question la to'e brought to the front and that -a desperate effort win be made to have a plank declar lng in it favor placed in the plat- form. . The prohibition movement will be headed by Gen. James B Weaver, of Iowa,- who demanded of the recent Democratic convention In that State that It declare In favor of prohibition. General Weaver and his followers - were - not successful, in their efforts in thl own State, but not daunted by their failure, nave made arrangements to bring the mat ter up before the Democratic national-convention. ; They claim, more over, to have strong, backing from a number of delegations fr.om southern States which have recently " passed prohibition laws. - - ANTI-INJUNCTION PLANK. The anti-injunction plank continues to provoke a large amount of discus si on amonr such party leaders as have already arrived for the conven tlon. While opinions differ as to the exact ' nature of the ' plank ' which should be adopted, all are of one mind In saying that It shall he a defi nite and specific statement.. Such members of the national committee as have discussed the matter are unit In saylnz that the working of th antl-lnjunctlon plank shall leave no possible doubt In the mind of any reader as to where , the party atauds on this question. t It la now generally believed, how ever, that-the antl-lnJunctton resolu tion will not provide for trials by jury in casea of contempt or court or favor in any way measures which might be construed as Interfering with the prerogatives of the Federa courts. , 0 . The friends of Mr. Bryan say that such of hie critics as are already ex pressing themselves In fear of a radi cal anti-Injunction plank, are fighting the air. The plank has not yet been written; It has not been drafted and Its form Is still a matter whlc.i Is un der deep and rareful consideration. It la said to be thadeslre of Mr, Bryan to consult as many of the prominent members of the party as I? poesioie before any decisive action in formu lating this resolution la taken. . The vrce presidential altuatlon- re mains, to all appearances, just where It waa -yesterday. Although the boom ef . Lieutenant Governor , Chanler, -of New York, seems to have weakened somewhat and hla name la not men ttoned aa prominently as It was two nays ago. , Tnis is largely aua 10 ine announcement made by Norman H, Mack, national committeeman from New. .fork, that he haa no authority to sneak for Mr. Chanler. and that his Interest In the movement waa dic tated bv a sincere belief that the N'-w York official la wen quauneo tor tne office. The apenaor for the vice presidential booms, located outside of New York State, claims to be general ly encouraged by the fact that New York's support Is nicely to ne divid ed among five men who have been mentioned as 'aspirants to; the yme presidential nomination, t Only one new name waa mentioned to-day aa a vice presidential possibility and that waa Governor cnamoeriain. of Oregon. He la In much favor with some of the party leaders and It to said that he will be peraonally.ac reptmble to Mr. Bryan If the latter to nominated. , Chairman Taggart of the national committee, to-day announced the chaplains for the last three days of the convention, and the complete Hat Is now as followa: CHAPLAINS FOR CONVENTION. Tuesday. JulyA 7th. Right Rev. James J. Keane, of Wyoming; Wed nesday, Rev. C. F. Beisner. or orace M. E. church, Denver. Col.; Thursday, Rabbi Manuel March, of Seattle, Wash.; Friday, Rev. P. T. Ramsey, of St. Psul M. E. church, South. Denver.- Secretary Woodson, of the na tional rommlttee, did not announce to-day the names of th assistant sec retaries, reading, clerka and tally clerks of the convention, a press of routine work having rendered him .un able to fill out thf list from the large number of applicants. The number Is limited to fifteen. , , ' - Notices of contest have been filed with the natlonal commlttee. involving 4S seats, but of this number the contests actually filed relate it 18 seats. Six of these are -from the District of Columbia, th contest hav ing been filed to-day. and seven from the first second, fourth, fifth snd sixth Pennsylvania congressional dls- trlcte. . The first and second districts, however,- have only one seat each In dispute. Notices of contests yet to be - filed came from Chicago . and Brooklyn. . In the Chicago eases, the first to the tenth congressional districts are Involved, the contesting delegations being Jed by Robert R. Burke, of Chicago. Contesting dele gates from Brooklyn will come from the second to the seventh New York congressional districts. Inclusive, and relate to the .McCarren-Murphy fight. Two delegatlons-at-large were elected In Idaho, but no notice of contest against the seat lnr of the delegation headed by former Senator Dubois has been received. Contesta may be filed any time before the meeting of the national committee on Jnly 4th. -AUDITORIUM IS READY. The committee on convention ar rangements paid a visit to-day to the Auditorium which waa pregnant' in resulta Sa far as Increasing the seat ing capacity of the hall Is concerned but which brought woe to Architect Wilaon. That gentleman had ar ranged the seating capacity in such a way aa to produce the most pleasing- effect on the eye f the spectator.' In so doing, however, he had left a considerable amount" of vacant floor apace, much of which was, m extra width given to the aisles. The net result or th visit was that the seating capacity or the hall was at once increased from the original num ber -of 11.189 to more thn 12.790. The alterations mirg-ested to-day also resulted In slowing seventy-nv aadl- tlorrsl seats for members of the pre. " - The national committee which for1 several days haa been la cramped OIUOAN'S VISIT T-VFTV, RenrcflcntativCs From Ohio Confer With Secretary Taft and L'rgo the Appointment of Vorys as national ., Chairman Vorys Will . Viwt Taf t Wednesda y.'. . - -.'!. - ' Washington p June - 39. Secretary Taft to-day, successfully combined hla official duties with politics. ' By far the most Important confer ence of the day was . that 'which he had this afternoon with . a delegation representing the political organisation of the Republican party In his home State of Ohio. Walter Brown, chair man of the'Republlcan State central committee; Henry' Williams, chairman of. the , Republican State executive committee, and N- A. Gullbert State Auditor, came to Washington to urge Secretary Taft favorably to consider Arthur I. Vorys In connection witn the selection of a Republican national chairman. - - ' : - " They dlscuaed the' matter with Sec retary Taft at considerable length, In dicating to him that the appointment or Mr. Vorys meant much to the Re publican organisation In Ohio. They expressed an apprehension that ' the selection of anybody else than" Mr. Vorys might tend to. disrupt the or ganization in Ohio, which had largely been built up by Mr. Vorya ft t the conclusion of the conference Secretary Taft authorized the membera to tele graph to Mr, Vorys requesting mm w come to Washington and meet him on next Wednesday. - when he retires aa Secretary of War. : . , - , j Charles P: Taft, of Cincinnati, the Secretary's brother, who arrived yes terday, has been .In conference with the War Secretary much of the time to-day. He left to-night for hla home. Frank H: . Hitchcock. secretary Taffs Washington manager, arrived here to-day from Chicago and will be engaged for several days in the work of closing up the Tart ' headquartera In thia city. Mr. Hitchcock declined to discuss for publication the national chairmanship question ,!n any way, IU said that he expected to have a con ference with Becretary Taft In a day or two. .' v , '.-! ?. , :? . JOHNSON WILL NOT BE THERE. Mlnnesot Governor Rays Ha Will Tend to His Own KiUUing Wltliu the D'nver Convention Is On Oth er Democrats WUr Attend to , His Interewta , : ', '-.;' J..'' . Tltta Uolnu Trt U .nna th' "I in not going to Denver,", said Governor Johnson, In sn Interview nere lo-aay. The story was.aut that I wouia ne there, but It Is not true. I propose to tend my own knitting snd run the State of Mlnneeota In the best possible way. and do a little Chautauqua work on the side. However, I will be repre sented at Denver. Mr. Day. Mr. Myers and other good political and persona) Wends of mine will be thcre,They will attend xo my lmereais, n uu wu it Interests," - , , . -, : J "If Bryan is the choice or the con ventlon. will you seek recognition from the national party by agreeing to ac cept the vlcetpresldentlal nomination?" "No. no." he said hurriedly. I sm a candidate for ths presidential nom ination of my party. If I do not get k. I am not a candidate for anything else. My friends strictly understand this nolnt They know conclusively that I do not seek other than the nomination for the first place. It Is up to the party. It thev think I can add strength to tne ticket as presidential nominee, then I am ready to exert the best leadership that I possibly can to put the party Into national power." Mr. Johnson addressed the Chau tauqua assembly here to-night Jv, IIOCBE-BREAKIXG CHARGED. Lindsay Hrplar. of Lexington, Found In a Home Asleep, Having f.nierra Wliilo Drunk. . ... j Special to The Observer. ,- - Lexington, June 29. Lindsay Hepler, yoiang white, man 22 years of age, was bound over to nuperior uourx mis morning upon ths charge of house breaking and was released under $200 bond. -.: Hepler came very near having , to face a more serious charge than sim ple house-breaking. Sunday morning he was found In a room at Mr. J. Til- den Hedrlck's asleep on a sofa, having forced an antra ore Into the house dur ing the night. The young man -ap peared to be intoxicated and seemed not to have entered the house with burglarious Intent. He claimed to know nothing of what happened dur- ng the previous night saying thst the last he knew he was at an Ice cream supper. Owing to the circum stances he was not charged with bur glary. '. The preliminary trial waa had this morning before Mayor John H. Moyer. BISHOP ROXDCHALFJl RETIRES. Pastoral Work Given t'p In Order to Devote) Himself to .Other Church Work Rev. J.-K.. Pfohl His Sue ceesor.... ' .. .., ... Special to Th Observer. . ; Winaton-Balem. June 29. Bishop Edward Rondthaler, head of th Mo ravian Church o ftne Southern Prov ince, - haa resigned as pastor of the Home Moravian church' and will be succeeded by Rev. J. K, PfohU pastor of ths Christ Moravian church, of this city. A successor to Mr. Pfohl has not yet been selected. Bishop Rondthaler has served the Home church as pastor for the past thirty years and Is one of the most beloved men la the city. He gives up bis -pastoral duties In order to devote . more time to- general work In th city,-In the province and In the Stat at large, as well ss to represent the province In Its relations t othe Church In other parts of. the world. "."' High license For Louisiana. , Baton Rouse. La-, June 29. That' Louisiana shall be a high license Stat, for the next two year, at least was fln.ny decided by the Asmbly to- night when-the Senate passed th, Shattuck-Oay liquor bill by a vote of 29 to 4. . This measure haa passed the House and I known to have the Gov ernor'a approval. It flxea the mini mum perish license at $300. minimum State at 8I0 with maximum licenses running up to several thousand dollars each. ' quarters en one ot the upper floors of the Brown TaUce Hot!, to-day moved Into the more commndioix quarter on tne parlor floor which it will "occupy alter the convention hii adjourned. BLEASE BETS OX HI'ISI BELIEVES HE WILL BEAT AX Senator Colo L. Blease,' of So i -, olina, Offers Wagers of T o t j That He Will Be the Jt 1 - metto State's Governor, and He i - 38.000 to Put I'D Two Insure ; Company Appeals Decided by f prenie Court Against Company V 950,000 Damage 6uit . Drou c - Against the Southernoa Acooun t r 7agmaa's DetlcUera, of IUu - trlous Name and Blind Tiger Fai , Found Tigering Again, It Seems. TC'-, -s ' Observer Bureau, ; : ' . 200 Skyscraper Building,' ' : ' -4 Columbia, 8. C. June 29 Z- Columbia people who keep. cioss track of politics, but who occasionally .. are not as close as they Imagine, have " been predicting a'l along that Oole L, Blease, of Newberry,, would get about 20,000 votes in his Campaign against Governor Ansel, who would get the -remainder of the .100,000 votes, in the . State. Tney have been saying that for ' two powerful reasons . nobody-V could, beat Ansel, he having made a good Governor and the second-term : sentiment being strong ' throughout the Stste. 7- - ' Mr. Blease, who was here to-day, ' however, says he's got good money to say that be will beat Ansel by a neat majority. He aaya he will carry thirty-six oountlea out of a total of forty-two.--' , j '.:'-,::,' - "O, give the Governor a little more margin than that" said your corres pondent, as a Jolly. , - v , "I'll bet anybody $1,000 to $800 that I am the next Governor of thia State." was the reply. "I've got $8,000 on de-.r posit at Newberry that is ready to talk that way, and I can get plenty more ,'-t to cover ail such beta. - - Put It In the paper that I said so. I don't care. I'm betting two to one on getting elected. And If you don't believe I'm going to carry a lot more counties than whole lot of people think ask ny member of the campaign party who has been attending the t meet ings." v.- -' V -' -INSURANCE APPEALS DECIDED. Two decisions, both on appeal from Aiken county, affecting rfie Piedmont Fir Insurance Company, of Spartan- burg, which Insurance Commissioner . McMaster recently-required to.-ahew-eauae why Ita license should not be . revoked, were filed In - the Supreme Court to-day. In bath cases the Judgments In the lower court against the company ' were' affirmed, one-for $100 and the other for $400. Ths grounds of appeal ro both casea were almost : InUentloal that the - books were not kept In an , Iron safe and -, that the property was not fre from encumbrance. The court holds that", the agents who w rot the ' policies. .' Oliver Moore in the case of W.' W. Plunketfs 'policy and O. C- Carpen ter in the case of W. M. Hanklnaah's ' not lev. bound the company In tel'lng the-plalnUXEs thJinuldjne. tl np difference. . - "; : Th status of the three Spartanburg mutual companies, which the Insur ance Commissioner Recently investl-. gated and found tanabi ;U oplleet enough assessments to pay losses, i sill) unsettled and of uncertain out- ; come. The. understanding: here Is that the courts will be tailed upon to decide whether the solvent policy- , holders can be forced to shoulder, the . Whole load and pay tip aU the losses pro rata, or. at least their pro rata share of these losses, the policy con- , tracts carrying' a lien - against . the property Insured for the assessment. The Supreme- Court: also .handed down a decision to-day In the case of t th Stat egalnst Robert Stark Means, a Fairfield negro under death ( sentence for the murder of "Anna Bell Russell, a negro woman.- The verdict below s affirmed. Means' attorney " appealed on the ground that the wit nesses to go before the grand Jury were not 'sworn In open court . which the Supreme Court held was not suf ficient, to warrant a- new trial.' "' BIO SUIT AO AIN8f SOUTHERN; T;" A $50,000 damage suit against th Southern Hallway la on trial here to day In th Circuit Court Th plain tiff Is L. I. McCreary as administrator of D. McCreary. a former freight , flagman, whd lost his lire in hub oy falling under the wheels of hi train, from a box car. . His attorneys are trying to prove that his death was due to hla going o ayeep avur iwnn sum moned back to an emergency trip of $6 hour before he could rest from a 34-hour trip. " Vs t Wade Hampton Sellers, he of the- - blind tiger fame, who recently was on trial for the murder ox conMame far mer and who Is still under Indictment for the killing, the jury having failed to reach a verdict, was due before the recorder this morning for trial ror another offense against the dispensary law; a barrel of liquor having been found on his premises by the officers. The rase, will not be tried, however, until to-morrow. ' For, whose name the barrel bore and who .was a star witness for the defense In tne mur der trial. Is to be tried for vagrancy. FENCER'S MAYOR INJTRED. la a Runaway Mr. J. R. Thomas anl His Small Sou Are Dangerously Hurt, the) Former Internally. Special to Th Observer. , ". Spencer, June 19. Mayor 3. ' R. Thomas, of Spencer, and bis 10-year-old son. William, were severety Injur ed In Salisbury thia afternoon. The horse they were driving took frlsrht at an automobile and dashed down n embankment with the buegy. TN animal foil with great force on t. of Mr. Thomas, who had landed In ravine' about ten feet dep. Injurl., r him internally. His son waa tramp!. I by th horses Both were brought to their home in Spencer for. treatment. Insane Man Shoot Wife. Douglas, Ga., ' June 29 Denn'3 Panlk. Jr.. who to nih!y connected 1n Coffee and Berlen counties la in Ja 1 here while nis wire i.-s d by her "nr !u "V a, 1S t L, , do that. when he turnM the f n t her. saying. "I will ki.l and fired the whe I -a 1 of t i her left breast. I'aulk. c " 1 ink, kKl-l a frien 1 i!.:no,1 . wss later ri'J1'1 O'-t of t' ten'.Iary. ! l ! : - 1 t- ! ' u::: ivi- ,-r-i ' raftmii. C i . J - - : ' - morn i g C. .' I : W. C. r ) ' li e J oi : i ; tv - i Po f :l f : i ' s - rest has b a s . - '
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