Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1900 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT BTXKT THCRSDAY MOABISG BT LEW 0. EUJNOHAM. Publisher. »1 <. '• EJi VEJJ IN AIV \N F K««er«i t ■ ;•-: at liecat jr. loc.uns as *e«md-c‘a» real. matter OFFICIAL HPER # OF ADAMS COMITY. THURSDAY. JULY 5. THE TICKET. « F t »: »se Str nTEPHEN E FLEMMING. «» HENRY DIKK-VN For Jssdje A<i«m* Circuit Court. RICHARD KINNEY ERWIN. For Prosecutor. j.'HN ■ :-:->kan ® For Auditor. A A. boch. For 1 rtaturer J. H. VOGLEWEDE. ® For Sher:?. DANIEL N. ERWIN For ' rrej-nr. GEORGE E. MCKEAN' F r ?AMI EL DOAK Foe CotEttiMKiner 3rd District. JACOB ABNET. For Coroner, CHARLES S. CLARK. For County f-tee- .r. • LIAS CRIST. The selection of Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis, as a member of the national committee, has been well received in this democratic stronghold where the abilities of that great leader have been watched for rears. Mr. ‘ Taggart will put forth noble eTorts as I a member of the committ* and his activeness will be noticed during the • campaign.

In another column of this page may be found two letters from Editor L G. Ellingham. containing condensed reports of the Kansas Citv convention doings to Tuesday evening. Coming as they do direct from the halls of the great meeting and from a Decaturite, they will no doubt be read with interest. "Teddt" Roosevelt wore his big sombrero —wild west hat —at the national convention. Such efforts to win applause from the gal lanes looks pretty small when they come from a candidate for vice president of the United Stat— Grandfather < hat was beaten once in a national campaign and "Tedd's" hat is likelv to meet the same fate. Old hats are not reliable vote makers —R ••h-ster Sontinov. • With his teeth firmly set. on the outside of his face. Theodore Roosevelt is speeding across the western plain, eager to reach the front. Thee dore is a victim of the front habit. He spent a matter of four or five days actually at the front during th*- Spanish American war. and out of the history of those days he has built him self a loud, loud horn with which he hopes to keep T. R. at the front of the *-tage for the remainder of his natural life. There were about 5,300.000 people in America when this century opened. France had five times as many people: Germany, and even Austria, had four times America’s population: Italy had three times as many, and so had Great Britain. Even Spain had double our number of people, anti little Portugal was almost our rival in numbers. We have more people now than any European ration except Russia, which alone leads us.—Fort Wavne Sentinel.

Wht is not something done with I Neely? He was exposed long ago Nobody doubts his guilt. It was pretended that an extradition law wad needed to secure his removal We| regardedit as entirely unnecessary: I but it was passed, and still Neelv was not sent, and still he is not sent. There is some cause for this delav. and it will probably be found in the fact that Neeley or some of his associates knew too much, or that some one much higher up is implicated. Thebe is some probability of a new party being organized by Edward At * well, Horace White and others actively enlisted in the anti-imperialism They will await the action of the Kansas City convention before definitely deciding on a program. Nearly all of these gentlemen are mugwumps, They are strongly •ippoeed to free silver, but they con aider that question of leas importance than opposition to what they call militarism and imperial tendencies. ®South Bend Times

Ma. Roosevelt devotes much time to showing ruat the -tending*rmy of tb«- Ui.g-'l Stat*- is !•— than th< *e of the European countries. Very true. And all sensible people want to preserve that relation. But the standing army of the United States ha« been more than doubled since Mr. McKin ley came into office, ami notice has lieen given that an additional is desired. In fact, an increase is necessary if we go on with our pre* ent imperial policy. Why do European countries maintain large armies? Not for amusement. It is liecause thev have entered into the world scramble f»r power. And if we enter we must do likewise. We cannot expect to dominate or even to maintain re» spectabie standing in European coun tries without a large standing - Sentinel.

1 LEADER. The Famous Statesman will he Nominated Todaj for the Presidency of the United States, by the Greatest Conveatioa g Ever Held. Mm Irctinfs Taken l.p With Organizing the Committee Strujilej With Pinna, —Ailioumed Until 10:30 This "ioming. The national democratic convention is still in session at Kansas City with nothing done but the completion of the organization. Tc-re is no doubt, however, but that the fearless leader • t> William Jennings Bryan, will be nominated some time during the day. For the vice-presidency there are manv aspirants and which the name of David B Hill creates more enthusiasm than that of any other when sprung before the delegates, still his nominai' place is an un-1 certain! t». The doings jf vesterday’s meetings are told in the following dispatch from headquarters at Kansas City: ; ‘ Amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm befitting such an event and such a day. the democratic national convention began its session today. But after sitting until a late hour tonight, the expected climax of the day, the nomination of William J. Bryan as the democratic candidate for president. has failed of realization, and all |of the larger business of the convention awaits the completion of the platform. As a spectacular event, however. the convention has fulfilled the hopes of the most fervid partv man, * for the vast assemblage of delegates ‘ and spectators has twice been swept with whirlwind demonstrations, first for the leader who is about to be placed in nomination, and then for that other champion of democracy, i David B. Hill. But in actual accomplishment of the day's work is confined to organization with the speeches of the temporary chairman. Governor | Thomas of Colorado, and Permanent Chairman James D. Richardson, the - appointment of the various com- ] I mittees and the detailed preparations i ( for the more serious work vet in store .

"It was an inspiring scene that Chairman Jones looked out upon when at noon, after beating a tattoo with his gavel, he stilled the tumult and declared the convention open. About him were fully 25.000 people, rising tier on tier like the spectators in some vast coliseum, awaiting the appearance of the alternates of the party, while on either side stretched away the rows of desks accommodating representatives of the press from everv section of the country. Above and on all sides was a gorgeous sunburst of color, huge flags in rosettes and graceful fan-shapes, bunting looped and in great streamers, mottoes and coat-us arms from many states, mingling this overhanging spread of color with tht bright summer hats and dresses of the many women present."

The committee was called to order by Chairman Jones at 12:02 p m. yes-: terday and continued in session about i two hours, the time being taken up by i an address of welcome by Mayor James Reed of Kansas City, followed bv an able speech by Temporary Chairman Governor Thomas of Colorado. The four o'clock meeting on | account of the intense heat was not I called to order until **:33 p. m. when jan address upon the political issues! of the dav was made by ex-Governor j Altgeld of Illinois. The report of th*- ; ! committee on credentials was read ami I ■ adopted and the chairman of the com -1 . mittee on permanent organization then ; ■ announced that Hon. J. D. Richardson I ; of Tennessee, had fjeen chosen as per ' manent chairman of the convention:I Chairman Thomas, after \he adoption j of the report, without debate, appoint .ed a committee consisting of Forme- ; .Governor McCreary of Kentucky: ‘ Luuiel Campau of Michigan, and I Mayor Phelan of San Francisco, to escort the permanent chairman to the platform. After fulfilling their misI sion Governor McCreary advanced to • duced the permanent chairman. Mr Richardson repeatedly bowed his acj knowledgements of the cheers that swept m wave after wave through the i hall, and after quiet had been restored followed in a lengthy and able discussion at every mention of Bryan's j name the delegates went wild and j cheer after cheer followed. Upon motion of J. G. Johnson, at 10:34, the * convention adjourned until 10:30 this ' morning.

Indiana Delegation. f Kaunas City, Mo., July 2. i Deas Dem s bat: I arrived at*the scene of the national convention about twelve hours ahead of scheduled time. Had intended to devote Sunday at St Louis, but upon arriving there a falling rain changed tlie prcxram. so I took a Missouri A Pacific fast train anu at sivn'clock Sunday evening arrived after a pleasant trip. The scenery all the way from St. l»uis here is something beautiful in the extreme, especially to aa Adams county boomer, unused to the scenic display that nature has allotted tc this part of a great country. The crops enroute looked exceedingly good, the wheat being heavy and the corn much in advance of that in Indiana. Much political gossip has l»**n go ing to waste over the visit of Hill t*i Lincoln, Nebraska, at the personal nquest of William J. Brvan Much significance has bean attached thereto, and his return this afternoon is awaited with much interest, but I surmise that when the mighty Hill re turns, the same sileme will prevail.

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However, it is fruit for the reporters of the metropolitan papers, wk are covering much valuable space in their respective journals. The first delegation meeting took place at twelve o’clock today, the first ■g 1 tion of Mayer Taggait as national committeeman for Indiana, to succeed the H n. John G. Shanklin, who has served in this capacity for the past four years. Mr. Shanklin is n.t here, his health being such that it w 3 - impossible for him v attend. Hon. John Overmeyer of North Vernon. .- representing him. and will until the election of Mr Taggart is ratified by the national convention. The Hon. B. F. Shiveley was present at this meeting and made the unvarnished statement that he is in no way to be considered a candidate for vice pres ident. He asked the co-operation of ’he delegates and other Indiana democrats to kindly a< . as final and to assist in putting him out of consideration as a possibility Many of the western states have been actively talking shiveley and it would not take much political turning t make him a formidable consideration. However, the Indianaites will take him at his word, and in the event of Bryan s election it would be no surprise to see him adorn the president's cabinet, where he would be a useful help mate to any president.

Senator Teller f Colorado, was also a visitor at our delegation meeting today. In the course of a ten minutes address be made it plain that be was against the administration, and in accord with any platform that would re-establish the constitution as the written law. for the perpetuity and I preservation of our government. He further surprised us by the statement - that the money question Is not super- , ior to the other issues that are de | ma tiding attention at this time. The subject of tickets of admission I to the convention is one that isdriving ' ; cold sweat down the spinal columns iof those who made outspoken promises to supply more than thev car: I possibly demand. Murdock. Dough j erty and Menzies have went down ' upon their marrow bones to the high moguls si ho seem to have th* ticket question tinder their thumb. In the scramble Indiana will get about 2fO tickets to supply 1000 hoosiers, all of whom want to see the elephant. It is the- intention to have an Indiana democrat as assistant sergeant at arms, and through this means, and other equally as legitimate, we expect to have every person from In diana see the convention from start to tiHish. In the allotment I will get enough tickets to supply every Adams i-ounty attendant, and as a result feel 1 pretty good. thank you. The Hon. Charles A. Towne the Minnesota candidate for vice pres ident. has headquarters on the third floor, and his friends are doing some genuine hustling in his behalf. The Sulzer boom has flattened out some, and be is not seriously considered. Everything is at sea on the vice pres ideutial proposition, and just where lightning will strike, it would be hard to conjecture. Lew. Kansas City. Mo.. July 3, Deab Dkmocbat: -It is hotter than the seventh hade and the crowd is swelling in numbers until you can't bear vouraelf think in comfort. l-a«t night and this morning the trains brought increased delegations from I almost every quarter of the glob*. Tammany came in last night, occupy ing twenty two coaches on a special train, and today are the center of at

tractin. The New Yorkers insist. I however, that they have no candidate for the see; nd place on the ticket. With the p ish last night came John D Hale, '..-riff Erwin. J. H. Voglewede. C. P Ehinger and H H Brem erkamp. and tonight is expected j Deputy Clerk Haefling. C. W. Hocker j also got the fever and is here from his : home in Jackson county. Indiana headquarters is quite con-, spicious. the rooms being convenient | to the political center. Portraits of I W. J. Bryn- Thomas B. Hendricks. Daniel W. Vorhees, Isaac P. Gray, Sewatcr Turpie. Claude Matthews. John W. Kern and Benjamine F. Shirelev adorn the wails at headquarters. and they are the mean* of bringing forth admiration from the manv wh. frequent this popular place. ■ The s*v nd meeting of the Indiana J delegation was held at twelve o'clock today. Indiana'scouimittee representation was arranged at his time, and as ■’ . - Credentials, Daniel W. , S _ -.tion. Joseph H. Shea: Platform. Samuel E. Mores: Rules. W. \\ M ±tt: Assistant Secretary, Lew G. Ellingham; Vice President, James Murdock: member to notify | presidential nom.nee.William O'Brien: :: •- -- *-’ tc notify v'.-e presidential nominee. M. M. Hartaway. During the session Hon. David Bennett Hill was escorted into the room, and the oration tendered him did full honor to the man. In a sis teen minute address he certainly man ifested his admiration for the Indiana democrats, and promised to come to the state this fall and discuss the political issues from the platform. Hill is certainly a great man, and tlie next few years will more fully demonstrate this fact. A representative of the free silver republicans was also given a hearing More the Indiana delegation. He was interested in the nominaton of Towne, and he said that with his nomination, the western states will fall into line for the democratic ticket. The distribution of tickets was per haps the mo«t important piece of business transacted at the meeting today. Each delegate was given seven adtnissi< >n tickets, besides his own ereI dentials. This apportionment is not a drop in the bucket to the number in I demand, but nevertheless, it is safe to l sav that the Indiana boys will all be I taken care of. i Governor Beckham of Kentucky, I held an informal reception for an hour this morning, and it was simply area?, ngt tie the attention accorded him. We dare say that people from every state in the union crowded about him, shook his hand and '-ongratulated him generally upon his record as a statesman and a gov«n>or. He is even more youthful in appearance than his age would indicate, but be is a clear cut. manly looking individual, and we dare say will succeed even beyond the expectation of his many friends. The vice presidential situation is still in a state of uncertainty, further than the strength of Towne is per haps greater than it is being credited with. If the nomination goes to New '. crk. it will in all probability tie given to Dan ford. as h<< seems to I*, the favorite, although this state is not even asking for the place. Congressmen Miers and Robinson are here and as a matter of fact are being accorded considerable attention. Lew. • » The democratic national convention at Kansas Citv yesterday was an unpara 11« 1 one and a fitting occasion for the Glorious Fourth. Patriotism ran as free as water and the entertaining "itv will remember their celebration of 1900 during the coming centuries.

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