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"HE SANDER8VILLE HERALD.
18 NAMED democrats filibuster, tq py N | 8 j| Q^gjyg
g, the Populists for Presi
dent of United States.
ILLIAMS second place
ebrask* and Minnesota Delegates
Bolted Convention When Their
Plea For Delay of Action
Was Turned Down.
F or president of the United States,
bonus E. Watson, of Georgia.
For vice president of the United
Samuel Williams, of Indiana.
The'foregoing ticket was nominated
. t h e Peoples’ party convention. In
at St. Louis, Mo., after two
rmy sessions, during which the Ne-
aiirt the Minnesota delegations
l te d because they could not pro-
urea postponement of the convention
,11 a fter nominations had been mado
the democratic convention, so that
peoples’ party might nominate W.
Brvan for president, If he were
efeated at the national democratic
invention.
jlr. Watson was not present, but Mr.
llliams, of Indiana, returned thanks
the convention in n brief speech, In
hlch ho promised to do all things
sslble f°r the success of the ticket.
At a meeting Friday night of the
ew national committee, James B. Fer-
s of Joliet, 111., was reelected chair-
an and Jay \V. Forrest, of Albany,
y,, was chosen vice chairman.
The platform, after setting forth
at the government has been con
ned so a- to place the rights of
roperty above the rights of human-
and Hint financial combinations
exerted too much power over
tigress, gives the position of the
arty on finance as follows:
"The Issuing of money is a function
f government and should not be dele-
ated to corporation or Individual,
he constituti n gives to congress
lone tli< power to issue money and
egolate the value thereof. We there-
ore demand that all money shall be
sued by the government direct to
te people, without the intervention of
.inks, and be a full legal tender for
11 debts, public and private, and
quantities to supply the necessity
the country. We demand that pos-
I savings hanks he Instituted for
e savings of the people.”
Alien ownership of public lands Is
pposed, and lands now held by aliens
r by corporations which have viO'
ted till- conditions of their grants
lould be restored to the public do-
ialn.
Government ownership of railroads
urged on the ground that that poll
would prevent unjust dlscrimlna-
ons. And that in order to perfect the
ostal service the government should
wn and operate the general telegraph
nd telephone systems and provide a
arcels post.
WO COUNTIES FOR LIVINGSTON.
engressman from Fifth Georgia Dis
trict Wins First Round.
Cong; ssmnn Livingston Friday car-
Cnmpbell and Newton counties,
u ' '' 1 irlng four of the twenty-four
otes to be cast in the fifth Georgia
istrlct convention.
In Campbell the contest was very
lose, Colonel Livingston winning by
Rly ten votes. He carried Newton,
is home county, however, by 377
Mss.
Newton and Campbell were the first
wo counties in the fifth district to
n tin. contest between Colonel
vlngston and City Attorney James
May sou, of Atlanta, who is oppos-
K him.
Egyptian Cotton a Success.
After years of unsuccessful effort to
t'oduee Egyptian cotton into the
' lted States, the bureau of plant ln-
"" try lJf the department of agriculture
-ports that promising results have
secured In New Mexico and Ar
ena.
want order recinded.
*ntucky Railroads Make Appeal to
State Commission.
At tlle lne eting of the Kentucky rail-
° a( l commission In Louisville Friday
no ° n > attorneys for all railroads
in the state made a motion
. 10 conu nission rescind Its order
wo jears ago for a general re-
UC 011 freight rates.
House Session Extended Far Into the
Night by Dilatory Tactics—A Bat
tle Royal Was Waged.
Formal notice pas served on the
democrats In tho house of representa
tives late Thursday by Mr. Payne of
New York, the leader of tho majority,
that from that time on the republi
cans would lock horns with the demo
ats and carry through the program
of tho majority, in spite of the attempt
)f the minority, under the leadership
of Mr. Williams of Mississippi, to dic
tate tho character of legislation to bo
enacted. Immediately undertaking to
carry this schedule into effect, he forc
ed tho latest sitting of the session.
Both sides were able to keep their
members in their seats, and it soon be
came evident that the threatened dem
ocratic filibuster was '’on” in real ear
nest, and that the republicans were de
termined to at least test the sincerity
of their opponents.
The democrats, after the passage of
the agricultural appropriation bill, had
Interposed obstructive tactics against
any business being done. After sever
al measures had been refused consider
ation by reason of these tactics, Mr.
’ayne called up the resolution to re
fer to the several committees tho
president's recent special message to
congress.
Observing that the democrats were
preparing to place obstructions In tho
way of its consideration unless ample
timo should bo given for general de
bate, Mr. Payne asserted that "be
cause of the hypocrisy of those on the
other side,” meaning the democrats,
no general debate would he allowed. *
Mr. Payne denounced the democratic
filibuster begun last Monday, In pursu
ance of tho notice given by Mr. Wil
liams a week ago, and characterized
the action of Mr. Williams as "puerile.”
The democrats, he contended, were in
no position to lay down a program of
action for the republicans. "The ma
jority," he said, "have charge of the
business of the house, and the business
will go through Just as the majority
decide It shall go through.”
"Go to your own lender, the gentle
man from Mississippi,” he shouted at
the top of his voice, "and ask him to
stop this filibustering. Ask him to cease
his objection, and when he stops his
objections and ills filibustering, then
the business of the house will proceed
In the usual way—”
“Do nothing," a voice on the demo
cratic side was heard to say.
“—Otherwise," said Mr. Payne, “we
will transact business In our own way
In spite of your opposition."
nillatory tactics were kept up until
10:09 p. m. when the house, by a vote
of 121 to 81 adjourned, and the strug
gle for the time being was over.
POPULIST CONVENTION MEETS.
Bryan's Adherents Make Trouble by
Threats to Bolt.
The National Populist convention as
sembled In St. Louis T hursday. 1 he
Nebraska delegation, which was trying
to procure a postponement of the popu
list national convention In the inter
est -of W. J. Bryan, made no progress
during the day, and neither did the
convention except as to speeches. Af
ter two sessions were held, at the con
clusion of which permanent organiza
tion had not been accomplished, the
convention adjourned until 1* rida>.
The Nebraska delegates declared
they would bolt if the convention at
tempts to place a ticket In the field
at this time. Their leader said:
‘Nebraska is in earnest about this
matter, and we shall bolt if the con
vention attempts to nominate Thomas
E. Watson or any one else. NY o are not
alone, for we have assurances that Min
nesota, Georgia, and possibly Michigan
and Kansas will walk out when we
do.”
BERKMAN UNDER ARREST.
Is Final Conclusion of Undo
Sam in Claims Muddle,
MATTER IS UP TO SENATE
Root, In Strongest Language, De
mands That Vigorous Action Be
Taken Against President of
South American Republic.
The long expected correspondence
between America and Venezuela re
specting pending American claims
against the latter country was submit
ted to the senate Tuesday and 13 almost
certain to create a profound impres
sion. It will bo difficult to digest the
vast mass of material which Secretary
Itoot has placed before' congress, but
even a cursory Inspection of the docu
ments makes it evident that the ne
gotiations have reached a critical
phase. The president’s realization of
that fact is shown by his transmission
of the matter to the senate without any
comment, regarding the correspond
ence, and especially Secretary ltooFi
strong presentation of the American
case, as sufficient, to Instantly enlist
the attonttou of congress.
Ail tiie correspondence and docu
ments were referred to the senate com
mittee on foreign relations.
Those members of the senate com
mittee who have already familiarized
themselves with the situation have ar
ranged tentatively a program as fol
lows:
"Place a prohibitive tariff on Venezu
elan coffee, the exports of which con
stitute 45 per cent of the entire Ven
ezuelan foreign trade and 90 per cent
of tiie coffee la taken by the United
States.
"Exclude all importations of asphalt
from Lake Bermudez tho product of
which has been taken almost entirely
•by the United States.
“Authorize the president to exercise
the general power invested In him to
take whatever steps he may consider
necessary to treat with Venezuela In
the future."
In lsulng general instructions to tho
American minister, Secretary Root
said:
."You will call the attention of tho
government of Venezuela to the £rct
that notwithstanding the long and un
broken friendship manifested by tha
United States for Venezuela; notwith
standing the repeated occasions '/run
which the United States has Intervened
as a friend in need to relieve Venezue
la from disagreeable and dangerous
complications with other powers; not
withstanding tho patience and consid
eration which has always character
ized the action of this government to
wards Venezuela, the government of
Venezuela has within tho last few
years practically confiscated or destroy
ed all the substantial property inter
ests of Americans in that country. This
has been done sometimes In accordance
with the forms of law and contrary to
the spirit of law; sometimes without
even form of law, by one device or
another, with the action of the gov
ernment apparently always hostile to
American Interests uutll .of many mil
lions of dollars Invested by Americans
nothing remains.”
Colombia Troops Invade Panama.
It is officially reported that Colombia
troops on March 26 invaded the town
’of Jurado, on the frontier of Panama
and Colombia, taking possession of the
place, which has always been under
Panama’s jurisdiction.
Notorious Anarchist Leader Suspected
of Being Implicated In Bomb Throw
ing Affair In New York City.
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist
leader who served a long term in pris
on for an attempt to assassinate Henry
C. Frick, was taken Into custody by
the police In New York Monday. Ho
waa taken to Bellevue hospital and
confronted with Selig Sllversteln, tho
man who is charged with having
thrown the bomb at tho Union Square
meeting Saturday.
Tho detention of Berkman by the
police wns brought about through tho
finding In Sllvcrstein’s rooms In Brook
lyn of a card bearing Berkman's name.
This card, which was made out In Sll-
versteln’s name, certified to his mem
bership In tho "Anarchist Federation
Union." It bore the signature of “Al
exander Berkman."
The police gay that Berkman, when
shown the signature at police headquar
ters, acknowledge that It wns hl3.
When- he wag sought out by mows-
paper men after tho tragedy of Sat
urday and told that his signature had
been found in Sllvorsteln’s homo, he
denied acquaintance with the wounded
man, and said that If It were true that
the signature had been found It un
doubtedly was nttachod to some for
mal letter with reference to a request
that lie deliver an address before some
society. He said that many requests
of this kind come to him and that fre
quently they are made by persons un
known to him.
Sllversteln, who was frightfully In
jured by the explosion of the bomb Sat
urday, was reported as making consid
erable progress toward recovery.
Two detectives have gone from New
York to some unnamed city in the
northern part of New York state to
search for members of an anarchist
group who fled from the city after
the bomb explosion Saturday.
Detectives also are reported to be
searching for the haunts of anarchists
in Paterson, N. J., and it is reported
that the police departments of Chi
cago, Denver, New Orleans and San
Francisco have been asked to co-oper
ate with the New York police In their
efforts to discover any accomplice of
Sllversteln.
Berkman’s visit to the hospital where
he was confronted with Sllversteln,
failed to bring any show of recognition
on the part of the two men.
As SUverstein’s eyes are sightless
and covered with bandages, two detec
tives engaged Berkman in a spirited
conversation In Yiddish as the trio
stood by the side of Sllvorstein’s cot,
at the same time watching the wound
ed -man closoly .for any sign or move
ment which might Indicate recognition
of Berkman’s voice. Nothing of this
kind occurred.
BUSINESS IN SOUTH
Discussed by President Fin
ley of the Southern,
HOPEFUL AS TO FUTURE
Duty of All Is to Look to the Futurs
Rather Than the Past—Must
Create a Constructive
Sentiment.
MINERS LAY DOVk N PICKS.
—v ...v., They assert-
‘ ii business has decreased so that
oad U llr tlon would not be just to the
' Ulul that some of them would
operated at a loss.
BOYS “TESTED" GIANT POWDER.
Result Was One Killed, Six People
Hurt and Car Demolished.
Boys playing near a half car load of
giant powder and dynamite caps at
Shawnee, Okla., became involved in a
dispute as to whether the powder was
good or bad. They determined to test
it and applied a match. A terrific ex
plosion followed, the car being blown
into fragments, and people passing
were blown from their feet and across
the road. One boy was killed and six
people seriously injured.
BAD FIRE IN LYNCHBURG. EIGHTEEN YEARS FOR BARTON.
0n«
#Ur Larg e Factories Totally Destroy-
e dp Entailing Heavy Loss.
II,J 01 the most destructive fires In
L-t lining Va., iu twenty years oc-
l e ' f ' arl y Friday when four facto-
ou|. V'' e of them tobacco, plants and
i n ' ^ l0 dwellings were consumed,
a total loss of $225,000 and In-
' U auce of $175,000,
’1th
One-Armed Yeggman Convicted of
Robbing Bank at Sharon, Ga.
Thomas Barton, who made a sensa
tional escape from the Atlanta jail re
cently, was placed on trial at Ciaw-
fordvllle Tuesday and convicted of
blowing the safe of the Bank of Sha
ron. He was given eighteen years In
the pen,
Nearly Three Hundred Thousand Out
in Northern Coat Fields.
A special from Indianapolis, Ind.,
says: Two hundred and fifty thousand
picks dropped from the hands of as
many bituminous coal miners of tha
United States Tuesday evening, not to
be used again until a wage settle
ment has been reached and a scale
adopted between the members of the
United Mine Workers of America and
the coal operators of the various fields.
Wednesday morning 260,000 men were
Idle.
The situation, however, does not indi
cate a prolonged strike. An open win
ter and Industrial depression have left
a largo stock of eoal on hand, and the
differences between miners and opera
tors are very slight. It Is practically
agreed that the present wage scale
will be continued, but some policies in
connection with the change in the na
tional officers of the miners’ organiza
tion which went into effect Wednes
day and local differences between op
erators and miners have resulted In
temporary suspension from work until
an ew wage scale Is agreed to either
by districts or Individual mines.
GILLETTE SENT TO DOOM.
Youth Who Betrayed and Murdered
Girl Dies in Electric Chair.
Chester E. Gillette Monday paid the
penalty of tho brutal murder of Grace
Brown, the girl whom he led astray.
He went to his death In the electric
chair at Auburn, N. Y., prison with
out a sign of weakness and with the
same lack of emotion which has char
acterized him from tho day he was
arrested charged with the crime. Gil
lette appeared to have been fully rec
onciled to his fate, and in a statement
given out by hla spiritual advisers,
immediately after the execution It is
indicated that he had made a confes
sion of his guilt. This statement was
a 3 fallows:
"Because cur relationship with Ches
ter Gilette was privileged, we do not
deem It wise to make a detailed state
ment, and simply wish to say that no
legal mistake was made In Ills electro
cution."
Gillette, himself, so far as the pub
lic was concerned, never admitted his
crime.
President W. W. Finley of the South
ern railway company, who has been
looking carefully Into commercial nnd
industrial conditions In the southern
states, was asked by a correspondent
in \\ ashlngton Sunday for a summary
of the result of his inquiries.
"While business conditions In the
southern states are not as favorable
as wo would like to have them," said
Mr. Finley, “I think the situation in
that section is fully as favorable to nu
early revival of prosperity as that in
any other part of the country. Through
out the south the banking institutions
are In sound condition, and, although
their managers are generally pursuing
careful and conservative policies, sound
business enterprises are generally able
to obtain all the credit needed. From
most localities com e reports that south
ern farmers are In a prosperous condi
tion, and have substantial bank ac
counts.
"Largely as a result of the purchas
ing power of the farmers, retail trade
In most southern communities is fairly
active. In those localities where eotlon
mill employees and other Industrial
workers are most numerous, there lias,
of course, been more or less falling oft
In retail business as a result of the
Industrial depression. As In all other
sections, there is a tendency on tho
part of retail dealers in all lines to buy
very conservatively nnd reduce their
stocks of goods. This necessarily*has
the effect of curtailing the business of
jobbers, who In turn are conservative
in their purchases from manufacturers,
and thl3 In turn tends to accentuate
the Industrial depression.
“The question of how soon a revi
val may be expected to begin Is one
which no man can answer with cer
tainty, for the reason that sonio of the
reasons for the continuance of the
busineg depressions are psychological.
This being true, one of the most im
portant results to be brought about is
the creating of a constructive senti
ment, based on faith in ourselves and
In the future. A few weak spots in
our banking system have been elim
inated; the natural resources of our
country have not been diminished, and
the industry and enterprise of the
American people are as great as be
fore. Under these circumstances, there
fore, as a result of the prolongation of
existing conditions, economic compli
cations arise, it Is the duty of each one
of us to look to the future, rather than
to the past, and to continue, to the
best of his ability, to the bringing
about of sufch a sound constructive
sentiment as will substantially aid In
a return to prosperity.”
TRAGEDY IN COURTROOM.
Convicted Man Draws Gun, Kills De
tective, Wounds Three Court Offi
cials and a Bystander. , , <
Found guilty of a charge of areon,
Henry F. McDonald, In the circuit court
room, at. Terre Haute, Ind., Thursday,
shot and killed Chief of Detectives
William E. Dwyer, seriously wounded
three other officers and a bystander,
and was himself seriously wounded.
McDonald had been tried for dynamit
ing stores and a church at Sanford last
year.
As soon as the Jury reported Its ver
dict, McDonald Jumped up, drew a re
volver and fired at Prosecuting Attor
ney James A. Cooper, Jr., but missed.
McDonald continued firing at the of
ficers seated around the counsel table.
Detective Dwyer fell dead at the third
shot.
Policemen and deputy sheriffs In the
court room drew revolvers and opened
fire on McDonald, who returned the
fire. Before the convicted man fall
with half a dozen bullets In Ills body
he had shot Harvey V. Jones, superin
tendent of police, In the side; Deputy
Sheriff Ira Wellman In the chin; Syl
vester Doyle, court bailiff, in the leg,
and a bystander In the side.
Tho jurors Jumped to their feet at
the first shot. Judge Crane, who pre
sided at the trial, ran to the railing of
the jury box, and spectators rushed
out in confusion.
Some of the spectators to the shoot
ing said McDonald's brother also fired
at the officers. The officers are look
ing for the brother.
McDonald was finally overwhelmed
by officers and taken to a hospital. It
Is said that nil the wounded men will
recover.
GEORGIA GETS BACK-TAX MONEY
Long Litigation With Railroad Ended
Through Compromise.
After a fight of six years, a compro
mise was reached Thursday lu tho
hack tax case of the State of Georgia
against the Georgia Railroad company
for tax on 15,000 shares of Western
of Alabama railway stock, the stato
being given a verdict which will
bring Into the treasury $335,000.
There wore three claimants for the
taxes, first the state, next the county
of Richmond and third the city of Au
gusta. The state gets $80,£25.43, the
county of Richmond $109,120.90,* of
which $38,010.37 goes to the board of
education of thut county and the city
of Augusta $145,653.67. This totals
exactly $335,(100.
The city of Augusta and the county
of Richmond obtain more than the
state, due to the fact that their tax
rates are higher.
SUBSCRIPTION ORDER MODIFIED.
HILL IS NOMINATED.
of
President Sende to Senate Name
New Ambassador to Germany.
President Roosevelt sent to the sen
ate Tuesday the nomination of David
Jayne Hill to be American ambassador
it Berlin, Germany. The resignation
of Charlemagne Tower, now at the
post, has been accepted to take effect
June 1. At that time Dr. Hill will as
sume his now duties. u - *
Newspapers Can Credit Subscribers
If It’s a Mutual Agreement.
The postoffice department has again
modified Its recent order In regard to
lapsed subscriptions and will permit
newspaper and magazine publishers
to continue to send their publications
to subscribers whose subscriptions
have expired, provided the subscriber
requests that It be done.
The whole end sought by the depart
ment Is to prevent publications having
fraudulent subscription lists from
sending their publication Indefinitely
once they have a man’s name on their
lists. They do not wish to prohibit
a legitimate publisher from crediting a
legitimate subscriber It If is agreeable,
to both.
MINORITY SHOWS SOLID FRONT.
Bills for Reinstatement of Negro Troops
to Be Reported Adversely.
The five democratic members of-tho
senate committee on military affairs, I
succeeded in defeating both the War
ner and the Foraker bills for the res- I
toration to duty of negro soldiers of the
twenty-fifth Infantry, who were dis
charged without honor because of the
affray at Brownsville, Texas. The suc
cess of the minority was accomplished
by voting as a unit against the divided
majority. The effect will be to cause
both bills to be reported adversely.
The -essential point of difference be
tween the two bills is, that the Warner
measure provides that tho president
may reinstate any soldier upon becom
ing satisfied that lie is innocent of tho
charges against him; while the Fora-
ker bill compels the reinstatement of
such soldiers If they take oath of
their Innocence.
NOT GUILTY, HEFLIN’S PLEA.
Alabama Congressman Given Prelimi
nary Trial at Washington.
Representative Heflin of Alabama,
In police court at Washington, Thurs
day, after a plea of not guilty, gave
bond for $3,000 for his appearance for
trial on two charges of assault with
a dangerous weapon. Bond waa im
mediately furnished by O. G. Staples,
proprietor of the hotel where the Ala
bama congressman is stopping. Repre
sentative Clayton of Alabama, coun
sel for Mr. Heflin, told the court that
Mr. Heflin waived the reading of the
information charging him with assault
ing Thomas McCreary, a New York
horseman, and Louis Lundy, a negro,
while on a street car.
CANNON AFTER PAPER TRUST.
LEECH IS ..PUBLIC PRINTER.
8pnaker of House Seeks Information
of Special Officers.
Speaker Camion, as a member of the
house, Thursday, Introduced resolu
tions directing the attorney general and
tho secretary of commerce and labor
to Inform the house what steps have
ben taken by those departments to in
vestigate the action of the International
Paper company of New York, and other
corporations, supposed to be engaged
in an effort to create a monopoly in
print paper.
EMARRASSING TO BRYAN.
Bank Robbers Secure Big Roll.
Robbers blew open the safe of tho
Bank of Mounds at Mounds, Okla.,
at an early hour Thursday morning,
obtained $5,400 in currency and silver
and successfully escaped.
Wilmington Messenger Suspends.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger
established as a morning paper by a
stock company nineteen years ago, has
suspended publication.
Man Now in Philippines Named to Suc
ceed Stillings.
John S. Leech of Illinois, now public
printer In the Philippines, has been ap
pointed public printer In Washington.
Mr. Leech will succeed Public Printer
Stillings, whose resignation was ac
cepted some days ago. The appointment
as made by President Roosevelt was
in the nature of a surprise.
Mr. Leech was notified by cable of
his appointment and requested to re
port for duty at the earliest practicable
time.
8CREWS PUT ON DEMOCRATS.
Republicans of House Adopt Sweeping
Cloture Rule.
By adopting a sweeping cloture rule
In the house of representatives Satur
day the republicans left to the demo
crats only very limited powers. No
longer can a filibuster be conducted
against sending to conference bills
with senate amendments; no longer
can a motion to close debate be amend
ed or discussed.
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Denied Privilege of Speaking He Balks
at Attending Banquet.
William J. Bryan Thursday announc
ed that he had withdrawn his accept
ance of the Invitation of the New York
National Democratic Club to attend a
banquet to be given on April 13. In
view of the discussion which had aris
en as to wr er the invitation was to
make a speech, or merely to be pres
ent, Mr. Bryan said he felt it would
be embarrassing both to the club and
to ljimself to be present In either ca
pacity.
WILL FIGHT ALL SUMMER.
John Sharp Williams Serves Notice on
f Republican Majority.
John JSharp Williams, the house dem
ocratic leader, has served notice ou
tlyo republicans that unless they drop
the "do nothing policy’’ and proceed to
enact some of the -legislation favored
by the president, in his message of
January 31, the democrats propose to
keep up a~ v,t *