Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1908 — Page 4

Jin coour umii. i. I.BIBMM, fUIOHII WBUIIEI. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1908.

BRYAN OFF ON A HIKE

Starts on a Speech Making Tour Which Has Its Opening Gun at Des Moines. HOLDS CONFERENCES BY PHONE Will Also Be in Council with His Lieu* tenants at Chicago. Foraker Talks of His Treatment by the Ohio Republican Managers—Johnson Will Run a Third Race. i . ___ Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 21.—William J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for the left here last night on a •even days’ trip, tn the course of which •toe will deliver several speeches and ttold a three days’ cons erf nee with his (campaign managers at Chicago. The (first stop was at Des Moines, la., twhere tonight he will discuss the tariff question. Tomorrow', Sunday and a part of Monday' he will spend at Chi. ©ago, and on Tuesday he will be present at the notification in Indianapolis of John W. Kern, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, upon which occasion he will speak on the subject of trusts. Two days later, at Topeka, Kas., he will deal with the question of the guaranty of bank depositors, and Will return to Lincoln on Aug. 28. Confers Over the ’Phone. Notwithstanding his eagerness to complete before his departure the preparation of the speeches which he is to deliver within the next fortnight Bryan found time to hold several long distance conferences over the telephone with his campalgfi manager, Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic committee, who is at the Democratic headquarters at Chicago, and to dlsfenss the political situation ;n Idaho »wlth C. C. Stocklager, who is the nntiDubols candidate for United States senator in that state. I’iic subject •natter of the talks was not disclosed. He Is Biking to Fairview. Chicago, Aug. 21.—Warren Morrill, tdxty-five years old. who is riding a bicycle to Lincoln, Neb., to see William J. .Bryan, reached Chicago yesterday •with his >kin burned almost to blackness by the sun and his clothing covered with mud. He has been on the load three weeks since leaving New York city. He stayed nt the Illinois Athletic club last night and started out on his long trip this morning. As lie pedal.'d down Michigan avenue on fils arrival here yesterday women stopped their automobiles to look at him and men and hoys cheered. He asked fhr way te tile Harrison street police station and was escorted there by Patrolman Edward Weber, lie said he had heard so much about that station that he wanted to see It. Later, a policeman showed him the way to the athletic duh.

BRYAN AT DES MOINES

Sees the Town in an Auto and Confers with Ijeadcrs. i Des Moines, la.. Aug. 21. —A busy day has been planned for William J. Bryan In Des Moines today, and it Is fully expected that he will have greeted fully 15.000 people before the day ends. He arrived early this morning and Immediately thereafter breakfasted with promincut Democrats as the guest of Mayor A. J. Mathis, of Des Moines. There was next an automobile tour of the city, and then luncheon and a conference with Democratic leaders of lowa for discussion of genera) campaign plans. From 4 to 6 p. m. a public reception will ite hold at the Savery Hotel, and ot 7 p. m. a parade of the local Bryan clubs will be held preceding the speeches. Two massmeetings will be held. The main meeting will be In the ball park, where Bryan will speak In the open air; an overflow meeting will be held in the Auditorium, which will be addressed by Claude R. Porter, candidate for United States senator, and Fred E. White, candidate for governor: National Committeeman M. J. Wade, and others. Bryan Is expected to speak briefly in the Auditorium also, but his main address, which Is to he a discussion of the tariff, will be at the ball park.

HITCHCOCK SAYS NOTHING

Others, However, Guess at What Was Done at Oyster Bay. . New York. Aug. 21.—N0 announcement has been made bj Chairman Hitchcock, of the Republican national committee, as to the sentiment developed at the Oyster Bay conference for er against the renomination of Governor Hughes. Hitchcock and James K, Sherman, the Republican candidate for vice president, liave returned to New York from the conference with the president. It was stated, however, that thesentLmentvolced jfie gathering at Oyster Bay was favorable to the renomination of Governor Hughes. One man who insisted that his name be not given as authority for the statement asserted as much. Hot Springs. Va.. Aug. 21.—“ After the first week of any speaking cam-

paign tins been gone "through with, and one finds hmself, as It were, talking withoutdifficulty on all of the various subjects of discussion, I do not think there Is anything more enjoyable than making at least one speech a day.” This utterance by Judge Taft presents his attitude toward campaigning. Judge D. D. Woodmansee, judge of the common pleas court at Cincinnati, and a cousin and old friend of Judge Taft, was an arrival and gave out an interview regtrdlng the decision of the Ohio state committee not to invite Senator Foraker to speak at the opening of the national campaign at Youngstown, Sept. 5, in which he said: “Aside from the fact that wo have had many campaign openings In Ohio without our senators taking part it can at once bo understood that a very Intj portant question of party policy arose this year. Everyone can appreciate that It was an einbarrasing situation. Senator Foraker, in his <’bamber of Commerce speech delivered in Cincinnati only a short time ago, made a severe attack upon the policies of President Roosevelt. How could the party which Intends to wage the fight standing squarely on these policies as declared in its platform consistently Invite him to take the most conspicuous part 1n the campaign? It was practically Impossible, and most of Senator Foraker’s friends see it that way.”

REPORTERS AFTER FORAKER

He Tells Them How He Feels About Speaking in Ohio. Washington, Aug. 21.—-Senator Foraker is In Washington after a vacation spent In Maine. He will remain here nntil tomorrow, when he will go to his home in Ohio. On his arrival here Senator Foraker found a dispatch from Chairman Hitchcock expressing regret that they had not met at New York, and conveying the hope that when Foraker was In that city again they would meet The senator was a much sought man by the reporters, who desired an expression from him relative to his non-participation in the opening of the Republican campaign at Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 5, when Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, and Governor Hughes, of New York, are to sound thT campaign keynote. The senator expressed his views regarding the action of the state committee of Ohio. “I don’t know.” said Senator Foraker, “what action the state committee took, except as I have been advised by the newspapers. I see by the morning papers that Chairman Williams says he mailed me an invitation last Saturday, but I have not received it. All T know, therefore. Is that according to the newspapers I do not appear to be either needed or wanted at Youngstown, except to sit on the platform and listen to the speeches that are delivered by the orators chosen for that occasion. “I would, of course, he glad to hear these speeches, but I can lead them in the newspapers. The fact that I do not care to make any s]>eeches, under the circumstances, under the auspices of the state committee, will not necessarily interfere with my making speeches under other auspices. I find on my desk tod iv a iiuaiber of invitations to speak, some from Ohio and some from other localities. If I should see fit to accept any of these invitations, while I would certainly try to speak in such a way as to help the Republican cause I yet feel that I shall be at liberty to express my >«n views on important questions about which there probably Will be mote or less discussion during the progress of the campaign.” BOWS TO THE MANDATE Governor Johnson Decides to Accept the Call of His Party. St. Paul. Minn., Aug. 21.—Governor Johnson called the newspaper men together and announced that he would accept the nomination tendered him by the Democratic state convention at Minneapolis. He did not issue a formal statement, but said: “After duo consideration of the matter asid before I have been formally notified 1 will tell you that I have made up my mind to lay aside all pc rsonal considerations and listen to the call of the party. I will accept the nomination when It is formally tendered to me. “1 desire to state also, and to make it emphatic, that If the committee had called on me before the nominating speech was made I would have declined positively to be a candidate.”

Six Children Burned to Death.

Colfax. Wash.. Aug, 21.—Six children are dead and two others are burned so seriously that recovery is doubtful at the IL W. Schultz ranch, between Colfax and Palouse, resulting from a fire that destroyed the home. Four of the children are those of Schultz and two were the children of W. W. Fox, a brother-in-law. The men were away harvesting and the mothers were attending a theatrical performance.

Woman Stabbed by Thugs.

St. Ixniis. Aug. 21.—Seeing a light on the second floor when she returned to her fashionable home on Soutu Klngsliighway boulevard, and believing that the place had caught fire, Mrs. Sophia Dunlop, forty-five years of age. -hurried to the upper story, to find herself confronted by two burglars. They knocked her down, stabbed her in the right temple and escaped.

Banks Favor the Guarantee.

Guthrie. Okla., Aug. 21.—Eight national banks in Oklahoma have announced that they will denationalize and become state banks to enable them to take advantage of the state banking guaranty law.

MOB SPIRIT NOT DEAD

Lie Told by Three Boys by Agreement Perilously Excites the Illinois Capital. ONE BOY IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ‘ ~~ fc*> Deed Immediately Ascribed to Negro Friends of Richardson. Excitement Subsides When the Truth Is Known—Two Alleged Rioters Are Indicted, a Man and a Woman. Springfield. lit . Aug. 21. —Springfield was inflamed again by a report that Rolla Keys, a seventeen-yenr-dld b’oy who testified before the special grand Jury when that body indicted George Richardson for an alleged assault upon Mrs. Mabel Hallam, had been shot by friends of the accused negro. Before the rumor luid time to spread far, however, it was learned that the shooting was accidental, the wound having been Inflicted by a bullet from a revolver belonging to a companion of Keys, The boy is so seriously injured that he may not recover. Boys’ Lie Creates Excitement.. According to the story first told by Keys’ companions. Harold McLaughlin. fourteen years old. and Chester Brown, sixteen years old, the bullet struck Keys while he was fishing in the Sangamon river near the city water works, three miles northeast of here. They asserted that they had left him for a few moments and that when they returned they found him wounded.' This was the version which was posted on the newspaper bulletin boards about the city. Instantly crowds began to collect and the excitement was increased when the police ordered the removal of the notices. When the fresh bulletins appeared, however, and the true story of the affair became known, the excitement gradually subsided. Story Had Been Concocted. McLaughlin’s father found the pistol with the only loaded chamber discharged in the buggy in which the boys had driven to the water works. When confront 'd with this evidence the son admitted that he was.holding the revolver when it was discharged. He said that the boys concocted the first story because they were frightened b.v the accident. Keys stood by his companions after they had brought him to the hospital here and told Dr. Munson, who attended him. the version agreed upon during the drive back to town.

TWO ON THE RIOT DIST The Grand Jury Returns Indictments Against a Man and Woman. Ten indictments against two of rhe alleged mob leaders here have been returned by the special grand jury of Sangamon county. Six of these arc against Abraham Raymor and four are against Kate Howard. Raymor is charged with murder, four cases of malicious mischief and one of riot. The charges against the Howard woman arc for malicious mischief, and are identical with those against Raymor on these counts. The murder charge against Raymor is based on his alleged participation in the lynching of William Donnigan, the eighty-year-old negro who fell a victim do the mob’s fury on Saturday night. Considerable of the evidence upon which this was voted was secured by a military court of inquiry which has been sitting under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Chipperfield, of the First cavalry, and which turned over to the state’s attorney the result of its Investigations. “We secured enough evidence tn indict forty o<- fifty participants in last week’s rioting.” said Colonel Chipperfield. “We have practically a complete confession from Raymor. and we have also discovered convincing evidence of arson on the part of a former police officer of Springfield. The evidence is not only available for grand jury work, but it is also of such a character that conviction is almost bound to follow.” The first five indictments against Raymor charge ]»enal offenses with penalties upon conviction ranging from one year, to life imprisonment. The Howard woman Is charged with participation in the looting of the Loper restaurant and also with aiding the wrecking of the building, dlie was at liberty on $4,000 ball. but Judge Creighton issued a bench warrant for her and set the new bonds at $lO 000. Private Klein was taken to Kankakee yesterday, but is still under the protection of the military authorities. Arrangements have been made for his surrender to the civil authorities and Immediate release under SIO,OOO bond, but a satisfactory bond could not be pegotiated up to this writing. Harry T. Loper, whose restaurant was demolished last Friday night, testified at the coroner’s inquest over the body of Louts Johnson, the youth who was killed in that portion of the riot Loper was unable to remember the Identity of any of the persons who attacked his place. / EVEN IN MASSACHUSETTS It Is “Lynch Him!’’ “Lynch Hirn!” When aNegro Commits Crime. Lynn. Mass., Aug. 21.—-A mob of 1,500 people with shouts of “Lynch him! Lynch him!” tried to take away Henry Tyler, a negro aged thirty years, from a reserve officer, and had severely pounded the colored man

When seven police officers succeeded |n getting the prisoner to the station before he was seriously hurt Tyler, who was but recently released from state prison, was detected, It is alleged, in the act of 'breaking Into a store. Officer Crawley, who attempted! to arrest Tyler, was struck over theshftad with a heavy chisel and although dazed, grappled with the negrp. Tyler broke away and pin down the street with Crawley In pursuit and discharging his revolver for assistance.

“SHE’S OWER YOUNG TO MARRY’

Girl of Ten to Become the Wife of a Man of Sixty-Seven, and the Reason. Ellicott City, Md„ Aug. 21. A license has been issued for the marriage of Bev*,, George S. Fitzhugh, aged sixty-scvCn, and Lulu V. Frazier, a ten-year-old girl. The proposed marriage hasj-not Jot taken place. Fitzhugh suffered a severe attack of heart disease after obtaining the license, and he is now said to be critically ill. Fitzhugh is understood to be an Episcopal clergyman of Virginia, of which state the little girl is also a native. When the license was sectired a necessary letter of assent from the girl’s mother was exhibited to *the clerk. The explanation of the peculiar case is said to be that the Rev. Mr. Fitzhugh desires to make little Miss Frazier his heiress, and that his object cannot be attained to his satisfaction byNthe adoption of the child.

Ex-Baseball Expert Dead.

New York. Aug. 21. —Dr. Albert J. Bushong, famous as a baseball catcher when a member of the St, Louis Browns and the Brooklyn teams, is dead at his home in Brooklyn. Bushong was born In Philadelphia fiftytwo years ago. and in the eighties vied with “King” Kelly for first honors as a backstop. .

SCORES ON THE BALL FIELDS

Chicago, Aug. 21.—Following are the standing of the big league clubs ana the daily baseball scores: NATIONAL. P. W. L. P. C. New York 106 64 42 .604 Pittsburg .106 64 42 .664 Chicago ............107 61 46 .570 Philadelphia 10.” 57 46 .553 Cincinnati 110 55 55 .500 Boston 106 47 61 .435 Brooklyn .....104 40 64 .384 St. Louislo6 37 69 .349 At Chicago— Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 o—2 Chicago 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 x—lo Hits—Boston, 5; Chicago, 15. Errors—Boston. 1; Chicago. 2. Batteries —Boston, Ferguson and Chappelle, Graham: Chicago, Pfiester, Kling. At Cincinnati— New York ......0 0 0 1 0 0 00 I—21 —2 Cincinnatio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o Hits—New York. 4: Cincinnati, 8. Errors—New York. 3: Cincinnati, 1. Batteries New York. Mathewson, Bresnahan: Cincinnati, Coakley, McLean. At St. Louis— Philadelphia ....0 0000000 o—o St. Louis 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 x—4 Hits —Philadelphia, 5: St. Louis. 9. Errors—Philadelphia. 4: St. Louis. 1. Batteries Philadelphia. McQuillen and Corridon. Dooin; St. Louis, Raymond. Ludwig. At Pittsburg— Brooklyn 20000220 o—6 Pittsburgo 00001 00 o—l Hits—Brooklyn, 15; Pittsburg, 4. Errors —Brooklyn. 0; Pittsburg. 1. Batteries—Brooklyn, Mclntyre. Bergen; Pittsburg. Camnitz, Leever and Lie-field,-Gibson and Phelps.

AMERICAN. P. W. L. PC. Detroit ....,107 65 42 .607 St. Louis ...108 62 46 .574 Cleveland .100 61 48 .560 Chicag0.......100 59 50 .541 Philadelphia 105 52 53 .495 Boston 109 53 56 .486 Washington 106 43 63 .405 New Yorklo7 35 72 .327 At Philadelphia— Chicago 0 000 1 000 o—l Philadelphia ... .0 0 3’o 2 1 0 0 x—6 Hits—Chicago, 5; Philadelphia, 8. Errors —Chicago. 1; Philadelphia. 0. Batteries —Chicago. White and Owen. Sullivan and Shaw; Philadelphia. Bender, Schr’ck. At New York— Detroit 1 0000020 o—3 New Yorko 0000200 2—4 Hits—Detroit. 10: New York. 8. Errors—Detroit. 3; New York. 2. Batteries—Detroit. Winter. Sehmdt: New York, Manning. Blair. At Washington— St Louiso 0000000 o—o Washingtono 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x—2 Hits—St. Txmis, 5; Washington, 7. Errors—st. Louis. 2: Washington. 0. Batteries—St. Louis, Bailey, Smith; Washington, Keeley. Street. At Boston— Cleveland 0 1 1 00000 2—4 Boston 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 x—s Hits—Cleveland. 6; Boston, 10. Errors—Cleveland. 1; Boston, 2. Batteries Cleveland. Joss and Foster, Clarke; Boston. Arrelanes, Criger, Association: At Minneapolis—Columbus 5, Minneapolis 7; at St. PaulToledo 3, St. Paul 9; at Milwaukee— Indianapolis 2, Milwaukee 1; at Kansas City—Louisville 2. Kansas City 3; (second game)—Louisville 3. ? Kansas City 7. 7 Western: At Denver Omaha 4, Denver 2; (second game)—Omaha 5, Denver 7; at Pueblo—Lincoln 6, Pueblo 4; at Des Moines—Sioux City 2, Des Moines 3. .

SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE? • ——— i . Let Them Assist In Bearing the Legitimate Expenses of the Campaign to This End. ’ TO THE EDITOR: There are no secrets In this Campaign. Strictly practicing what he preaches, Mr. Bryan would not win victory with tainted money paying the election expenses. Not a dollar is to be acoepted which requires any promise, either express or implied, other than for HONEST, IMPARTIAL GOVERNMENT. Mr. Bryan will enter the White House absolutely free from entangling alliances, free to serve all classes of honest citizens alike, or he will not enter at all. Hence the course is plain. The campaign of Bryan and Kern must be conducted by the people. The people must pay the necessary campaign expenses If they want public servants who will serve their interests. Special interests and favored classes, having secured “SWOLLEN FORTUNES” by purchasing favors In the past with MILLIONS CONTRIBUTED TO CONTROL ELECTIONS, stand ready to give MILLIONS MORE FOR CONTINUED FAVORS. But that class never gives a dol-* lar unless it buys a pledge. . < a Mr. Bryan says, from March 4th, 1909, “LET THE PEOPLE RULE.” <• This can come-only if the people pay their own bills, and control their own elections. “BEWARE OF THE TRUSTS BEARING GIFTS.’ ” That policy of the favored few buying a mortgage on tire Government menat that the Candidate for President knew a few people only in an entire State. Bryan says, “We will take the cause of PEOPLE’S RULE home to the people and will know people in every country.” You can serve the grand cause of popular government. Your paper reaches the fireside of the patriot who loves his coun- • try for his .country’s GOOD; as distinguished from the greedy possessor of’ swollen fortunes who loves his country only for his country’s GOODS. ' PleaH carry this letter in BOLD TYPE at the mast head of your paper. Asking every one who favors Government by the people to pay you, at once, as many dollars as he cap spare to aid the Campaign for BRYAN, KERN AND PEOPLE’S RULE. You forward these gifts of honest hearts and homes every two weeks to the Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, with the name of each contributor and the amount given. The Treasurer will forward you a certificate like the copy enclosed for each one, asking you to deliver these certificates. Once more, you should be a part of the Great Organization bearing the Lamp of Light to every nook and cornef of Free America. Our Country is for the People; its Government must be by the People. Sincerely, NORMAN E. MACK. Chm. Democratic Nat. Committee. M. C. WETMORE, Chairman Finance Committee. C N HASKELL, Treasurer. Chicago, Aug. 15, 1908.

John C. Eastman of the Chicago Journal has this to say in his leading editorial Thursday: “The Journal_,does not hesitate to say, even thus early in the campaign, that all its energies will be devoted to persuading citizens of Illinois to vote for Adlai Ewing Stevenson for governor. Between Stevenson and Deenen as candidates for that office no intelligent man can doubt which he ought to choose." There seems to be no doubt that the Journal will come all the way now, and will support the national Democratic ticket, also.

BUT MR, WATSON REMAINS SILENT.

F. W. Lough, Prohibition state chairman, has written the following letter of inquiry to the Hon. James E. Watson, republican candidate for governor, but so far has received no reply. The letter, which follows, appeared in sac-simile form in the Patriot Phalanx, the prohibition state organ, last week: A Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10, 1908. Hon. James E. Watson, Rushville, Indiana. Dear Sir: On May 7, 1908, Revresentative* Parsons of New York offered an amendment to the Canteen Bill, granting old soldiers in each of the Homes the local option privilege of deciding by majority vote whether or not a saloon should be established in the Home. The amendment was defeated by a vote of one hundred and forty-six to sixty-two. Twelve Indiana Congressmen, including yourself, voted against the amendment. Now, Mr. Watson, we insist that you explain to the citizens of Indiana why you, by your vote in Congress, denied the right to vote a saloon into a-Soldiers’ Home; and yet, as candidate for Governor’on the Republican ticket, you Insist that if the people of a county want saloons, they have a right to have them. We are extremely anxious that you answer the following questions: Why should you vote in Congress not to establish a saloon In a Soldiers’ Home by a majority vote, and three months from that time recommend the enactment of a law to establish saloons by the majority vote of a county? How can it be wrong to establish one saloon in a Soldiers’ Home, and right to establish twenty-five saloons in a county-seat one mile away? As this letter will be published in our state paper, the Patriot Phalanx, and will go intq ten thousand Indiana homes, I hope for an early reply, that we may publish, it in the same patter. Yours truly, ~ 2 ' . • ' • F. W. LOUGH, State Chairman.

Remember T. H. Robertson is going to sell a bunch .of high grade draft horses at Wolcott, Saturday, August 29.

UNCLE SIMON HOME FROM THE CONVENTION.

[Published by request of a lifelong Republican of Rensselaer who “can’t support the 350 pound candidate.”] ( Wal, when we got there we set down And telephoned to Roosevelt, A-tellin’ him we’d got to town. (Of course we’re all for Roosevelt.) An’ Hiram Snodgrass said: By jing»> I wish that telephone would ring. We jist can’t do a single thing Until we hear from Roosevelt. Wai, after while we got th’ word By telephone from Roosevelt, To take no stock in what we heard Until we heard from Roosevelt. An’ Reuben Scratchwill says, "Great Pete! I’m hungry an’ I’d like to eat But I don’t want to leave my seat Until I hear from Roosevelt. Wai, when the big convention met, We telephoned to Roosevelt, An’ then we wept an* set an’ set Until we heard from Roosevelt. An’ there was quite a long delay. An’ I heard Peleg Buckner say; v Th’ preacher says that he can’t pray Until he hears from Roosevelt.” Wai, then th’ leader of th’ band He telephoned to Roosevelt, An’ struck up somethin’ fine and grand When he got word from Roosevelt. An’ Peter Trotter says: “This bunch Looks big to me; I want some lunch,” But then he had a better hunch An’ telephoned to Roosevelt. Wai, after while we went back in An’ telephoned to Roosevelt, Th’ chairman says: “We won’t begin Until we hear from Roosevelt." “I move the chair,” said Homer Brown, Th’ chairman gave a fearful frown; “You can’t—th’ White House wire is down. We can’t get word from Roosevelt.” Wai, after while th’ thing was done, By telephone from Roosevelt; Th’ presidential race begun, By telephone from Roosevelt; An’ mighty cheers from floor to dome Were heard, an’ then th’ telephone Rang out an’ said: "That’s all; go home! ‘ Yours faithfully, T. Roosevelt." —J. W. FOLEY, in New York Times. (

A WORD TO THE PUBLIC.

I have an interest in the Kresler feed and hitch barn and will be pleased to have your patronage. I thank you for your past kindness and patronage in the twenty-four years of my milling business at Rensselaer. My associations with you have been pleasant. JAMES E. FLYNN.

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