Newspaper Page Text
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ V<Ml CANNOT DO WITHOUT $
♦ lUU the DAILY and ♦
.♦ Sunday Tribune, ♦
♦ Sent until January I, 1897, *
♦ for $2.50/ <
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
A WELCOME TO ROME
Judge Joel Branham's Characteristic
Address
GREETED WITH LOUD APPLAUSE
Col. J. M. Mobley of Hamilton
Responded
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID TO ROMANS
The Semi Centeuial Convention—President
Wsddeli’s Address in Full-With Two
Hundred Mtmbera in At-endance—Ad-
♦ <lrea <s by Captain Colquitt and Colonel
Keddiug
The semi-centennial session of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society
con- sned at the court house yesterday
mo at 11:30 o’clock.
Quite a large'number of the mem
bers of the society were on hand.
Every train was met by a delegation
of citizens extending a hearty greeting
to the visitors, and assnring them of
Rome’s cordial welcome.
An hour before the opening of the
session President J. O. Waddell ar
rived and established his headquar
ters at his rooms at the Central hotel.
A large number of members are there
and at the Armstrong and private
boarding places.
At the opening of the convention
Rev. Dr. R. B. Headden offered the
opening prayer in a fervent and im-
I pressive manner.
President Waddell introduced
Judge Joel Branham, who in
the* absence of Mayor King, was
invited to deliver the address of wel
come. Right well did he perform that
agreeable duty in his usual charming
Style.
He said that he would not attempt
to tell the audience, how to make
raone/ farming but- would tell them
’ how not to make money on a farm.
Reared in the good old town of Put
nam whence most of the good people
of this country came from (cheers) he
• had heard his father say so -much
about this country that when ill
health forced him to retire for a year,
leaving Macon he came to North
Georgia and decided to try farming.
He planted thirty acres in clover, of
the poorest land he had, and the An
’ gust sun settled that. He planted SSO
worth of Irsh potatoes but it didn’t
rain for ten long weeks and the potato
crop failed. His corn crop yielded six
teen bushels and a peck of “black
end” corn.
When his cotton crop was made
there came a man with a jagged edged
gimlet and wanted to buy his crop.
“Don't want to sell it.”
“Not going to sell your crop? I
never heard of such a thing.”
“No, not going to sell it.”
“What are you going to do with it?’
“Going to make a mattress of it,”
replied the judge,and theMenouemen'
created great laughter as he finished
his experience.
He had forty bushels of apples as
big as your fist and he came to town
to sell them. Approaching Jim Bob
Stewart he asked him if he did not
want to buy some apples.
“Yes, I'll take some.”
“What will you give?”
“Oh, thirty cents a bushel, I guess.”
Then the judge decided that as it
would take him only about two days
he would haul them to town.
“How many will you take?” he asked
Stewart.
“Oh, half a bushel, I reckon.”
He went on to tell how discouraged
he became when the zoom of a bum
blebee aroused his wrath and he was
ready to sell out.
Then he went on to pay a high tri
bute to the farmer and the beauties
of agriculture and horticulture, and
said that idleness was the parent of
sin and wrong doing.
( He spoke of Adam and Eve and lhe
good times they had, and stated that Col.
D. B. Hamilton, or some other gentleman
had told him that Adam had a wife be
fore he married Eve, but that he turned
her off and married Eve and that Lilith,
the first wife, married the devil and that
they raised up a lot of evil genii that had
caused a iot of trouble among the chil
dren of men.
The distinguished speaker went on to
say that he oelieved that the happiest
•condition of man was to be emplayed
and he believed that here and hereafter
noble employment would constitute our
happiness. He closed with a generous
welcome to the society.
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
Colonel Moble/s Response.
Col. J. M. Mobley, of Hamilton, was
then introduced, and in a most eloquent
manner responded to the address.
He paid a high compliment to Judge
Branham and expressed a wish that h e
possessed the power to draw such a picture
of the beautiful women of Rome as his
predecessor had of Adam and Eve in par
adise,
It referring to the old members of
the society he referred to Judge Har
per Black, of Sumter, as being 99
years old and had just been nomin
ated for the legislature
“No, no,” interjected Judge Black,
“just been married. “Go on, go on!”
He then referred to former visits
here when he had been royally enter
tained by such men as Underwood,
Dwinell and others, who are now
gone, but who have left their deep
impress on the history and prosperity
of the city.
He spoke of the noble sons who had
succeeded their worthy sires, espe
cially referring to Hon. Benjamin C.
Yancey, father of Col. Hamilton
Yancey, who had done so much for
the good of the society.
The speaker grew reminiscent and re
called many scenes in the past trium
phant history of the society. He referr
ed to the fact that Dr. Joel Branham,
father of Judge Joel Branham, one of
the grandest men that Georgia ever pro
duced, had once lived in Harris county.
He spoke of Rome’s manufacturing
industries, of her great men and their
achievements, of our great agricultural
resources; and in his peroration he enter
ed a strong plea for harmony between
the Georgia agriculturists and people of
other industries. He spoke earnestly
for the cultivation of a spirit of harmony
among all classes so as to bring about
to all of us a great'measure of happiness.
President Waddell then delivered his
address.
President Waddell's Address.
Gentlemen of the Agricultural Com
mittee: It is with sincere pleasure
and profound feelings of gratitude I
welcome so many members of the
State Agricultural Society to this, the
semi-centennial pf their organization.
I hail it as a bright omen, that im
bedded in the hearts of the agricul
turist of Georgia there exists a deep
interest in the welfare of the society,
and veneration for its fifty years of
usefulness.
What an array of patriotic and
true-hearted Georgians, whose hearts
beat “All for Georgia and for all
Georgia,” is presented in the list of
its membership for the past fifty
years.
Thomas Stocks, David W. Lewis,
Mark A. Cooper, Benjamin C. Yancey,
Thomas Hardeman, Alfred H. Col
quitt and James Camak, “illustrated
Georgia” in the management of the
society and have gone to their reward.
Grand, noble and true men, their
deeds live after them. The best mon
ument that we can erect to their
memory is to preserve and perpetuate
this organization they served so long
and so well.
It is a source of congratulation that
we meet today in one of Georgia’s
most beautiful and progressive cities,
whose inhabitants are proverbial for
their culture and unstinted hospital
ity, wholly and truly Georgian in its
length and breadth, its center and
circumference. I have watched with
pride its growth and progress for
more than forty years. With all its
glories ancient Rome cannot compare
with our own loved Georgia Rome;
its citizenship and its Tribune are
worthy of all praise.
When this society was organized at
Stone Mountain in 1846, by a few
progressive men, agriculture was in a
primitive state; transportation facili
ties were limited, and those engaged
in farming could not get together
often: North Georgia was inaccessible
to a degree. The necessary result of
this condition of affairs was the sec
tionalizing of the state, and the en
gendering of bitter feelings between
the sections. The people of one sec
tion watched with jealous eyes the
movements of the other sections.
Neighbors were loathe to impart their
mode of operations to their brother
farmers, and each farmer, in a meas
j ure, acted upon the principle of “I
lam totting my own skillet.” The
effect of this was to create division
and distrust; to prevent agricultural
progress and eliminate all feelings of
uiui uality of interest among those en
gaged in farming.
Inspired by a love of agricultural
progrt s j and the prosperity and peace of
their common country, a few noble
hearted men in Hancock county formed
a County Agricultural Club, and hold
ing an annual county fair, inculcated
the generous doctrine that “No man
I hveth to himself,” and urged the ex
change of ideas as to the best methods
| of tilting the soil and reaping rich re-
I suits therefrom. The influence of this
club extended to other counties in Mid
die Georgia, and agricultural clubs
were formed in Bald win, Greene, Jeffer
son, Oglethorpe, Warren and other
counties. In 1843, the Jones Brothers
in Augusta, began the publication of an
agricultural monthly, whose great'ob
ject was to bring about a more enlight
ened system of That Jour
nal is living today, bearing the same
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 1896.
name as then, the Southern Cultivator.
The fast friend of agriculture, it could
not be other than the ardent, unswerv
ing friend of these county agricultural
clubs, and of the state agricultural
society. I but voice the sentiments of
the agriculturists of the south, when
here and now I bear cheerful testimony
to its grand work in the cause of agri
cultural progress. The organization of
this society gave strength and power to
its efforts.
If the state agricultural society had
done nothing more than stimulate the
tillers of the soil to a higher apprecia
tion of their occupation, and a feeling
of brotherhood among them; if it had
done nothing more than bring about
practical reform in farm operations, and
in so doing elevate the plane ot farm
life, it would deserve the praise and Jove
of all classes in Georgia The logical
result of the meetings of this society,
held in various sections of the state,
from time to time, in bringing the peo
ple from all sections of Georgia face to
face, has been to wield heart to heart,
and ensure the communion of opinion,
of sentiment, of feelings and views
that practically unifies us. Sectional
lines and differences have been blotted
out thank God forever! On political
and religious questions we are as “dis
tinct as the billows,” but in this society
“We are one as the sea ”
From where the rising sun gilds with
glory the craggy sides of the moun
tain peaks of Rabun, to where
the last rays of the departing
God of Day glints in golden splen
dor on the broad expanse of the
Atlantic at Tybee; from the whirring
music of the mills at Augusta on the
Savannah, to the echoing notes of the
spindles and looms at Columbus on
the Chattahoochee; from Dade to De
catur; from Chattooga to Chatham;
from Floyd to Thomas, there is but
one Slogan “AH for Georgia and for
all of Georgia,” and the open sesame
to the palatial mansion or humble
cottage, is the inspiring declaration:
“I am a 'Seorgian.” This is the direct
result of our labors for half a century.
The first employment of the first
man was the cultivation of the earth,
and his first descendants were not too
proud, or too lazy to imitate the
example of their progenitor, nor have
some of the first men of the day
deemed the subject of agricultural
science too little and grovelling to
engage brains that teem with scien
tific lore.
It is by mutual interchangeofopin
ion that we form conclusions and
arrive at truths that are of practical
importance to mankind.
•In May 1843, John Root,a farmer of
Greene county, wrote these stirring
words: “So long as we neglect to
exchange ideas, so leng will we con
tinue to follow our old plan of culture,
and the consequence will be light
crops and a yearly increase of gullies.”
“Prove all things, and hold fast to
that which is good.”
.England, on whose dominions the
sun never sets, and whose queen
reigns over more Monammec a s than
the Sultan of Turkey, over more He
brews thau are in Palestine, and over
more negroes than any other sover
eign who is not a native of their
country, has attained her proud emi
nence more by her agricultural
resources than in any other way.
True, her commerce has whitened
every sea, and every breeze has borne
to her untold treasure. Still, the
results of almost every foot of her
surface tilled by experienced atd
skilful agriculturalists have furnished
the means which equipped and sent
forth her gallant barques to every
clime.
The earth is treated with constant
neglect. She flings her treasures into
the lap of improvident husbandry,
which, in return, leaves her bosom to
be furrowed deeper and deeper by
rains and frosts. In a few years the
earth is clothed with the sere and
yellow garments of sterility.
Is this a necessary result? Science,
knowledge, practical skill, en'ighten
ed as it should be, answer, not. The
lesson of the last half a century is
plain: Less land, well planted,
well manured and well culti
vated, will make larger results than
larger quantities, badly planted, un
aided by manure and imperfectly cul
tivated.
What the tillers of the earth want
is the bringing of theory and prac
tice together as aids to husbandry. In
the exchange of ideas thus with one
another, and the correction of faults
by experience, the husbandman may
hope that every year will find them
doing something to benefit the state.
The final outcome will be an educated
class of husbandmen—men thorough
ly trained to their business.
Agriculture is that upon which all
depend for subsistance. Everything
else may be dispensed with, but this
and life are so intimately blended
that together they live, or together
they perish.
In all ages of the world national
prosperity has depended upon the
state of agriculture. Where it has
flourished everything else has flour
ished. The palmiest days of the Eas
tern world was when her soil was cul
tivated like a garden; when Egypt
could point to her whole surface as a
field of waving corn, irrigated by the
waters of the Nile; when Syria could
look upon her plains teeming with
luxuriance as her terraced mountains
crowned with the labors of man, and
when Italy could sit down in the
midst of her vineyards and her fields,
and from her cornucopia pour their
rich reward into the lap of the labor
ing husbandman.
Agriculture is the only rock on
which a nation can build in the hope
of more than an ephemeral existence.
Her reasoning is unimportant; let
facts speak. Where are the great
merchant cities of Tyre and Sidon?
They are rocks on which fishermen
dry their nets. Where is Babylon?
(Continued on fifth page.)
{HEAT LESS INTENSE
Torrid Spell Drawing to a Close in
New York City.
BREEZE TEMPERS THE .SUN’S RAYS
Four Deaths Reported From
Philadelphia Yesterday
COOLER WEATHER IN KANSAS CITY
Only Twelve Deaths Reported In Greater
Gotham During llie Day—A Cleveland
Railroad Contractor Jumps From a
Fourth Story Window While Tempora
rily Insane From the Excessive Heat.
New York, Aug. 12. —There were in
dications Wednesday morning that the
torrid spell under which this.section has
suffered with only one slight intermis
sion for two weeks, is drawing to a
close. The heat, however, was excessive
all the night and increased with the ris
ing of the sun, and at 8 a. m. the ther
mometers down town marked 83 degrees
in the .shade, the official record, how
ever, being three degrees less. A brisk
breeze tempered the fervid rays of the
sun, even with the humidity at 70 per
cent. At-7:30 a. m. the observer’s ther
mometer showed a temperature of 85
deuces. The pavements, however, had
a vast deal of caloric stored in them,
which does not make itself manifest in
official reports based on observations 100
feet above the street level. Between 6
and 7 o’clock the police had been notified
of six deaths as the result of heat. Their
names follow:
William Dempsey, aged 35.
Ann Fleed, aged 59.
Ann Keanneally, aged 27.
Henry Deastel, aged 60.
Mary Ann Devine, aged 45.
Ed ward Albert,.aged 32.
At 9 a. m. the police records showed
that 16 persons had been treated for
sunstroke since 2 o’clock in the morning.
Six deaths from heat and many cases
of prostration were reported in Brook
lyn. The list of the dead is as follows:
Catherine McGrath, aed 35.
Frank Rooney.
Cecelia McGough, aged 29.
William McNamara, aged 70.
Edward McCann, aged 40.
Unknown man.
Four Deaths at Philadelphia.
I Philadelphia, Aug. 12.—Upto 11
| o’clock four deaths and a score of pros
trations from heat have been reported at
police headquarters. The dead are:
John Berg.
Frederick Ehrlwein.
Cecelian Morris.
Hugh Drunn.
At 8 o’clock the thermometer at the
weather bureau registered, 83, 1 de
gree cooler than Tuesday, but the ther
mometers down on the street ranged
from 7 to 10 degrees higher. Shortly
after 9 o’clock a light westerly breeze
sprung up and tempered the scorching
rays of the sun.
Cooler Weather at Kansan City,
Kansas C y, Aug. 12. —The hot wave
which for 16 days has spread over Kan
sas City was broken Tuesday night by a
rain and the temperature, which at 3
o’clock stood at 96, has dropped 10 de
grees, or to normal.
Driven to His Death by the Heat.
Pittsburg, Aug. 12.—While tempo
rarily insane from the excessive heat,
W. D. Lally, a Cleveland railroad con
tractor, jumped from a 4-story window
at the Hotel Boyer and was fatally hurt.
OBJECTS TO THE BILL.
Balfour Says the Irish Land Measure
Would Be a Calamity to Landlords.
London, Aug. 12.—The Irish land bill
as recommended in the house of lords,
where it passed its third reading, was
before the house of commons again
Wednesday. The chief secretary for
Ireland, Mr. Gerald Balfour, indicated
the proposed course of the government.
He said he preferred the new turbary
clause to Lord Inchiquin’s new subscrip
tion clause 1 and to the amendment
dealing with procedure sales. The
amendments, he added, would be ac
cepted in principle, but on the question of
pasture holdings the government would
adhere to the 100-pound limit and could
not except Lord McNeighton’s amend
ment omitting the amended clause.
Mr. Balfour said the lords had ma
! terially altered the bill to the detriment
of the tenants, but he hoped the lords
would accept the measure in the shape
the commons would return it to them.
He said it would be a calamity to Ire
land, including the landlords themselves.
Were they going to seize the opportu
nity to reinforce the kindlier feeling,
or were they going to justify those who
were only too ready to inculcate the
most pernicious lesson that, for Ireland
tranquil, nothing would be done, but for
•Ireland, clamorous and crimeridden, no
concession that would be demanded
would be refused? That was the issue
now to be decided and he most sincerely
prayed that parliament might be wisely
guided in reaching a decision. [Cheers].
Dockery Renominated For Congress.
Cameron, Mo., Aug. 12.—Congress
man A. M. Dockery was renominated
by the Democratic congressional con
vention which met here. This is his
eighth consecutive nomination by the
Democrats of the Third district.
READY FOR THE RACES.
The Crack Cyclists of the Country Are to
Compete at Louisville This Week.
Louisville, Aug. 12.—The weather is
all that the visiting wheelmen could de
sire and they are enjoying themselves to
the full extent. A heavy thunderstorm
Tuesday night caused the
to take a tumble and all day a good
breeze has been blowing which has had
the effect of cooling off the atmosphere
to such an extent as to make a rde on
the wheel thoroughly enjoyable. All
the preparations for the races which be
gin Thursday have been completed and
everything is in fine shape, the track be
ing lightning fast. Some good sport is
anticipated and it will not be surprising
if old records were lowered and new
ones hung up. In this connection Mr.
W. Q. Pelot of Chicago says:
“These will be the greatest races in
the history of the bicycle. They will
be greatest for the reason that the fast
est men in the country, and more of
them, will take part in the contests
than ever gathered before on a bicycle
racetrack. Another thing, the track is
the fastest in the world. All the racers
are in excellent condition and eager for
the laurels which will fall to the hands
of the victorious in these splendid con
tests. If these conditions do not insure
great races I do not know what would.”
The small number of lady cyclists
present up to date is a cause of remark,
but it is expected that by Thursday
quite a large crowd of the fair sex will
be in attendance.
The century run to Frankfort and re
turn, that was to have been taken by
the wheelmen at 6 o’clock Wednesday
morning, was abandoned on account of
the bad conditions of the roads, caused
by Tuesday night’s storm. Mr. Will
Rubey, who had charge of the run to
Frankfort, took the party of wheelmen
over to the Jeffersonville penitentiary
and government depot instead.
A grand parade started at 3:30 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon, and after going
over the principal streets of the city,
wound up at Jacobs’ park, where a wa
termelon feast was held.
Sheriff Kennedy Has Surrendered.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 12.—The
grand jury of this county some two or
three weeks ago returned an indictment
charging Sheriff Robert H. Kennedy, of
Dallas county, with the murder of Mar
dis L. Wood’s brother, Percy Wood, of
Selma, Ala. Kennedy had previously
been given a preliminary trial here be
fore Justice Screws and had been ac
quitted. Tuesday night Kennedy came
to the city with his attorney. General
Pettus, and surrendered himself to the
sheriff. Sept. 2 has been selected as'the
date for his trial. In the meantime he
will remain in the county jail here,
where he is being made very comfort
able.
The Dubuque Conference Rebuked.
San Francisco, Aug. 12.—The Bay
conference of Congregational churches
has rebuked the Dubuque conference for
espousing the cause of Rev. Dr. C. O.
Brown, late pastor of the First Congre
gational church of this city. Dr. Brown
was deposed by the ministry as the re
sult of a charge of immorality brought
against him by Mrs. Mary Davidson.
The Dubuque conference at once adopted
a resolution restoring Dr. Brown to the
ministry and censuring the Bay confer
ence. The Bay conference now asks
that its lowa brethren rescind its action.
Italian Newspapers Are Angry.
Rome, Aug. 12. —The provincial news
papers demand that the government
take action regarding the Hahneville,
La., lynching. The Corriere Della Sera
of Milan declared that until Americans
are willing and able to protect the lives
of the Europeans, they had be ter close
their ports entirely to the immigration
of whites as a bid against Ch.nese cheap
labor, adding: “Events such as have
occurred at New Orleans and now
at Hahneville cannot be tolerated by
nations having any pretense of civiliza
tion. ’ ’
Strike Causes an Assignment.
Chicago, Aug. 12. —Watson, Little &
Company, one of the largest firms in
Chicago, made an assignment to Mat
thew D. Morton. No statement was
filed with the assignment. The failure,
it is said, was caused by the strike of the
workmen at the company’s mines at
Brazil, Ind.
McKisson Mav Call Out More Troops.
Cleveland, Aug. 12. —Judge Noble
of the common pleas court has denied
the application of the Brown Hoisting
company’s lockedout employes for an
injunction restraining Mayor McKisson
from calling additional militia into ser
vice, restraining the Brown company
from arming its employes and compell
ing the company to carry out its agree
ment made with the lockedout men
July 27.
Viscount Hill Los* His Suit.
London, Aug. 12. —At the Birming
ham assizes, Viscount Hill, who was
formerly engaged in farming near Flor
ence, Kan., and now of Burford, Ont.,
sued the Dowager Viscountess Hill, his
stepmother, to recover the family dia
monds and jewelry, which he claims as
heirlooms under the will of his grand
mother. Judgment was rendered in fa
vor of the defendant.
An Alabama Postmaster Arrested.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 12.—Will Bran
den, postmaster at Cedar Bluff, has been
arrested, charged with embezzlement of
postoflice funds.
Four Holes In Andree's Balloon.
Vadso, Norway, Aug. 12.—News has
been received from Spitzbergen that
Professor S. A. Andree has discovered
four rents iu his balloon.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
: FOR $2.50 :
♦ THE DAILY and
SUNDAY TRIBUNE ♦
♦ will be sent until Jan. I, ’97*
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STONE TO OFFICIATE
Missouri’s Governor to Notify Bryan
of .His Nomination,
ALL THE DETAILS ARRANGED
His Voice Was So Husky
[Wednesday
THAT A SPECIALIST WAS CALLED
Democracy's Nominee Is Suffering From
an Attack of Acute Laryngitis, but His
Physician Thinks He Will Be Abie to
Keep His Engagement With the Notifi
cation Committee.
New York, Aug. 11. —William J.
Bryan, nominee for the presidency, is
suffering from an a-ute attack of laryn
gitis. When he arose Wednesday he
could speak only in husky tones, and
his condition was such that Mr. and
Mrs. St. John, whose guests Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan are, deemed it necessary to
send at once for a specialist, Dr. F. E.
Miller. Th« physnian diagnosed Mr.
Bryan’s difficulty as above indicated,
and expressed the hope that his patient
would be able to meet Vis engagement
with the Democratic notification com
mittee at Madison Square Garden. Un
der the physician’s advice, Mr. Bryan
will not leave the house until it is time
to go to the mammoth hall and addrsss
15,000 people. At noon Mr. Bryan en
joyed a restful sleep.
The only persons who were permitted
to see Mr. Bryan during the day were
Mr. and Mrs. C. Q. Bride of Washing
ton, with whom he boarded while a
member of congress. They called in re
sponse to a special invitation mailed to
them last week.
Prominent Men on Hand.
The gathering of Democratic politi
cians in the corridors of Fifth Avenue
hotel Wednesday forenoon portended
the great event of Wednesday night,
the notification of nominees for presi
dent and vice president. The Demo
crats had been coming to the city on
trains from the west and south during
24 hours, and there was also a sprinkling
of party men from the eastern states.
Tne predominance of southern and
western men gathered in knots discuss
ing the political outlook and the silver
question lent to the New York House
the aspect of a Chicago hotel during con
vention week. The broad shoulders of
Governor Hogg of Texas loomed above
his colleagues conspicuously. There
was also Senator Tillman of South Car
olina, Senator Roach of North Dakota;
Congressmen Richardson and McMillan
of Tennessee, Otey of Virginia, Spark
man of Florida, General A. J. Warner
and Senator Stewart, leaders of the
National Silver party. -
George Fred Williams of Massachu
setts was the recipient of something
like an ovation when he entered the ho
tel and made his way up to the room,
where Candidate Sewall was receiving
his friends.
The absence of New York Democrats
from the gatherings was conspicuous.
The first meeting of the day was that
of the committee on notification, to ar
range the details for the night The
meeting organized by electing Governor
Stone of Missouri to serve as chairman.
Governor Stone to Officiate.
Governor Scone read to the committee
the letter from Senator White of Cali
fornia, who had been originally chosen
to deliver the speech of notification,
asking the governor to officiate in his
stead, on account of his inability to come
east for the occasion. The action of
Senator White was ratified.
Then arose a discussion over the ques
tion as to which state should have the
two representatives —one to notify the
presidential nominee and the other to
notify the vice presidential nominee. It
was stated that there had been a lack of
concerted action in the various state
delegations at Chicago, some of them
appointing one representative and some
two. It was decided that all who had
come to New York for the purpose con
stitute one committee. The rollcall
showed that the only states not repre
sented were Maryland, Oregon, Wash
ington, West Virginia and New Mex
ico. Senator Gorman, it was under
stood, would serve as a member of the
committee for his state.
The program contemplates that Gov
ernor Stone shall deliver the notifi
cation speech to Mr. Bryan who will re
spond. Then with a few words Gover
nor Stone will present Mr. Sewall the
written notification of his nomination,
to which the vice-presidential candidate
will respond briefly.
THE REPORT IS DENIED.
Russia and Great Britain Have Not
Reached an Agreement Regarding Crete.
London, Aug. 12.—1 tis semiofficially
stated that there is no truth in the re
port published by the Daily Chronicle
of this city that Great Britain and Rus
sia are on the point of reaching an
agreement “to save both Armenia and
Crete from Turkish oppression without
disturbing the peace of Europe,” which
agreement, it was added, would involve
the presence of a Russian army in Ar
menia and a British fleet at Crete “to
guarantee Turkish compliance with the
terms of the agreement.”
It is stated on the other hand that
there is great accord among the powers
as to which measure should be adopted
in regard to Crete, and Russia, it is fur
ther asserted, is showing marked disin
clination to allow great pressure to be
brought to bear upon the sultan.