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FUSION SCHEME A FAILURE. I
GEORGIA DEMOCRATS REJECT THE
TERMS OF THE POPULISTS.
The Executive Committee Also Arrange
For Primaries Next Mtinth to Se¬
lect Supreme Court Judges.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20.—The rebound of
the recent pilgrimage of democratic elec¬
tors, etc., to the home of Hon. Thomas
Watson took place today. “And,” in the
language of the popular slang of the day,
“the blow almost killed father.”
The father referred to is, of course, Capt.
E. P. Howell, in conjunction with Col. J.
W, Robertson and Judge John J. Hunt.
These three gentlemen recently conceived
the brilliant idea that it would be a guar¬
antee of Bryan’s election if Watson could
be so pacified by concessions in Georgia
that it would induce him to exert his in¬
fluence with his followers in the west , who
are now threatening to bolt the demo¬
cratic candidate and help to elect McKin¬
ley because of the manner in which the
populist candidate has been treated at the
bands of the democrats and the populist
leaders.
These gentlemen had little doubt that
they could deliver the goods if they could
only make the proper arrangements with
the populist candidate. They confidently
imagined that all they would have to do
would be to say that the state committee
ought to do so and so, and it would be
done.
But when the committeemen and the
congressional candidates and electors,
who had been invited to be present at the
meeting of the state committee began to
gather here this morning, it soon became
apparent that there was trouble in the air
for the fusion schemers.
To a man, the committeemen and the
congressional temporizing candidates with the wereopposed to
any could be populist broth
er. They not made to see what
argument there was in favor of it at all,
and were so vociferous in their denuncia¬
tions of the scheme, that it was dead be¬
fore the committee was called to order by
Chairman Steve Clay.
In the committee meeting so unani¬
mously did the members dissent from the
programme that had been mapped out for
them t hat no effort was made at all to se¬
cure a fusion, but on the other hand, the
erstwhile promoters of the scheme got
aboard the democratic wagon and declar¬
ed they’d be darned if they’d ever give
Watson a single elector.
Clark Howell, representing Chairman
Jones, told the committee that the na
tional chairman and he himself had been
laboring under a mistaken idea of what
the populists had asked. He thought
that they wanted only a division of the
electors, and such an arrangement as that
would have been regarded by national
headquarters as a good move. Butsince
it appeared from the resolutions present¬
ed by the populist wanted state committee division that
they not only a of the
electors, but also wanted all the electors
to vote for Bryan and Watson in the col¬
lege, speaking for the national committee,
Mr. Howell said that that was out of the
question. The resolution adopted by the
commit¬
tee rejecting the proposition of the popu
list committee is as follows;
JSm 1 1 ! 1 .'’propoStS^biS
.
completely ignores fusion by eliminating
the candidacy of the democratic nominee
for Vice President, Mr. 8c wall, and
cut off the democratic committee from
further consideration by fixingau arbitra
rv limit, which expires todav. giving this
committee no opportunity for for considera
tion of a movement proper fusion;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the chairm an of the dem
oeratic stateexecutiveeoramitteeappoint of which he
a committee of five, shall be
the chairman, to properlv present to the
public the attitude of this committee in
its refusal to accept the unreasonable and
unjust ultimatum of thepopulistcommit
tee, clothed, as it is, in offensive and un¬
becoming language. the fusion schemers,
After disposing of
the committee took up the question of ar¬
rangements for the nomination of the
democratic candidates for the supreme
bench. Two should propositions be general were made, one
that there a primary
and the candidates receiving the highest
number of votes to be declared the nomi
nees without a state convention, and the
other providing for a state convention,
■which was adopted, as follows:
Resolved, That the several counties of
the state are directed to select, either by
primary or mass meeting, as theexecutive
committees of the several counties may
eleet two delegates from each representa
tive’iu the lower convention house of to the be Georgia held in
legislature to a the 18th dav of
the city of Atlanta on
November next, to nominate candidates
for four supreme court judges; that said
Leh primary or mass meeting shall be held in
countv J on the 14 th day of November,
Chairman Clay appointed hiscommittee
to make the address provided for in the
BULLOCH TIMES $ . *
Statesboro, Bulloch County, (Georgia, Thursday, Oct. 22,1800.
resolution on fusion tonight, and then
went to his home in Marietta. The com
mitttee will meet here tomorrow and make
up its address.
The populists .expect that after his con¬
ference with Committeeman Washburue,
Chairman Jones of the democratic nation¬
al committee will get into quick commu¬
nication with the Georgia democratic
committee, and issue instructions that
will yet bring about the fusion demanded
by the populists. They think that Chair¬
man Jones will be obeyed in his request
on this line, and that by to-morrow or
next day there will be another meeting of
the democratic committee to reopen ne¬
gotiations with them.
Some of the populists wanted to fuse
with the republicans. Others urged that
the populist electoral ticket in this state
be taken down and the party followers be
left free to vote as they pleased. Mr.
Watson opposed fusion with the republi¬
cans, declaring that he would rather lose
an arm than see it. Messrs. Reed and
Washburne have been threatening on the
outside that the populists would fuse with
the republicans make concessions unless the them. democrats
would to
Illinois Claimed for Bryan.
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 1G.—Senator Teller
made a speech in Englewood to-night. He
declared the majority for Bryan in Illinois
would be little short of an avalanche.
Chairman Jones claims the state for
Bryan by 90,000 majority.
Bank Cashier Absconds.
Augusta, Oct. 17.—Cashier J. D. Walker,
of the Port Royal, S.C., bank, absconded
today with $10,000 in cash. His books
show that he is short in his accounts
$30,000.
The town is a tremor of excitement.
Walker left during the night and there is
no clue to his whereabouts.
Assembled to Hear Watson.
Kansas City, Oct. 16.—A special to the
Star from Fort Scott says: The fact that
Vice-Presidential Candidate Watson’s
"Itiftisas dates has been canceled was not
generally known in the country and in the
towns along - the Kansas, Nebraska and
Dakotah road, and today at nearly every
station on the road, large crowds assem¬
bled from him. the surrounding country to see
and hear
Some farmers drove twenty miles to be
present and the crowds were all greatly
disappointed at the nominee’s failure to
appear.
Fusion in Georgia.
Washington, Oct. 16.—Chairman Butler
of the people's party said today that he
did not think there would be any hurry
about fusion matters in Georgia. He
seemed to think that the longer the mat¬
ter was put off the better the chances will
be for fusion. He thought that j^y wait¬
ing awhile some of the soreness, which re¬
sulted from the recent election, would be
over, and that the democrats and popu¬
lists could get together better later on.
lie seemed to think that fusion would be
accomplished, although he was not dis¬
posed to talk too freely on the subject.
He admits that the question has been
discussed by himself and Committeeman
Reed, and they have agreed on the policy
which the populists will pursue in Georgia.
Delk Denied a New Trial.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 19.—The supreme
court today handed down a decision in
the cases of Taylor and Tom Delk, the
co “" f - v ■« *0*m *m
k u ^pn COUQ t.y jail under sentence of
death, for the klUm S OI hhenff Duinn.
By the decision of the supreme court,
r ° m Delk is refused another trial for his
We. but his old father, T aylor Delk, is
another chance to prove an alibi,
as he has always contended he could do.
jf g» vea a proper opportunity,
The decisions of the court are brief.
Both are declared to have had legal and
Proper trials, except upon the single point
,n the ca8e of Taylor Delk, where he was
refused a postponement of his case until
the arrival of his attorney, Col. W. H.
Denson. I pon this point and this only,
Die new trial is ordered,
Won’t Fight A Kid.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 18—Senator Black¬
burn has recovered from his recent illness
and came up to Lexington yesterday,
When asked concerning the prospects of
a duel between him and Logan Carlisle,
he said: ., , “I tT , heard of that , duel , , until ,.«
never
after I got sick the other day. I saw it
in a newspaper while in bed. As I am not
in very good fighting trim, I honestly be
lieve that duel story is a newspaper ca
nard. If I have beeneonsideringentering anything
into a duel, or have ever said
about fighting young Carlisle, 1 must
have done it in ray sleep. \ on may rest
assured that if I wanted a fight out of the
Carlisle family I never would ha vesought
to have it with one of the kids.”
Mr. Blackburn has received a telegram
from Chairman Jones, requesting him to
go to Indiana and follow .Secretary Lar
lisle on his tour throughout the state
lasting about four days. He has not yet
decided what he will do in reference to the
call.
POPULIST ELFXTORS DOWN.
MAD BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS
REFUSED TO FUSE WITH THEM.
Committee Wanted to Fuse With the
Republicans^ But Watson Would
Not Allow them to l)o It.
News was received at Statesboro yes¬
terday evening by a private source from
Atlanta ihat the populist executive com¬
mittee of this state had taken down the
populist electors in this state. The an¬
nouncement Las so fcir been kept
secret, pending the result of a conference
between committeeman Washburn, of the
populists, and chairman J oms, of the
democratic executive committee, in Chi¬
cago today.
The state populist executive committee
agreed on this plan in Atlanta Tuesday
immediately upon the refusal of the dem¬
ocrats to accept their fusion policy.
The result of this will be that the popu¬
lists of this state will be left free to choose
for themselves between the democratic
and republican electors, and a large per
cent, of them will go to the republicans.
The executive committee were in favor of
fusing with the republicans, and would
have done so but for Mr. Watson’s oppo¬
sition to the plan.
As we said before, all this is authentic,
having come pretty direct from Mr. Geo.
Miller, the populist candidate for con¬
gressman from this district, who was
present at the conference.
Bryan Never Stage Struck.
Washington, C, H., O., Oct. 19.—Mr.
Bryan today denied the report which ap¬
peared in Leslie’s Weekly that he had ap¬
plied to the manager cf the Herald Square
theatre, New York, Inst January for the
position of press agent. The denial was
called forth by several other newspaper
statements saying that he had been on
the stage; that he bad thoughtabout go¬
ing on the stage, and that he had written
a criticism of a play. Mr. Bryan said
there was no truth in any of them, add¬
ing that at the time lie was reported as
contemplating the stage he was writing
editorials in favor of free silver, and de¬
livering lectures upon that subject
throughout the country.
Is Hanna a Foreigner.*
Cleveland, O., Oct. 10.—Mark Hanna
is too busy in Chicago to come home
to register, so he sent an affidavit, which
was duly accepted by the board of olec
tors of Precinct C, Ward 41, of this city.
The Republican field marshal made under
oath these answers to the required ques¬
tions:
Full name—Marcus Alonzo Hanna.
What is your age? A —59 years.
Married or unmarried? A.—Married.
How long have you resided in Ohio?
A.—Fifty-nine years.
How long in this city? A.—Forty-four
years.
Where were you born? A.—In Colum¬
biana.
The latest geographies show no such
country as Columbiana.. The board of
elections decided that Mr. Hanna must
ha ve meant the United States of Columbia.
His middle name, Alonzo, is also foreign.
Mr. Hanna made no answer to the ques¬
tion, “If you are not native born, where
and when were you naturalized?” A re¬
porter called the board's attention to this
omission, and asked if Mr. Hanna would
be allowed to vote. The president of the
board is reported to have turned to his
secretary and said: “Mr. Rowbottom,see
that Mr. Hanna is registered. He is going
to vote for McKinley. If be was a Bryan
man the ease might bear investigation.”
What It Cost to Carty the Mails.
Washington, Oct. 14.—The annual re¬
port of Third Assistant Postmaster-Gen¬
eral Craige for the fiscal year shows that
the total expenditure for the year was
$90,G26,29G, and receipts $82,499,208,
leaving a deficiency of $8,129,088, or $1,
679,956 less than the preceding year. The
expenditures do not include the cost of
carrying the mails over the subsidized
Pacific railroads, which amounted to
$1,558,898.
The special delivery service increased 13
per cent, in business, and 4,184,327 let¬
ters were delivered. The average time
required for delivery was seventeen min¬
utes. The netprotitwasabout$100,000.
The number of postage stamps, stamp¬
ed envelopes and postal cards issued was
4,195,665,523, an increase of 7 per cent.
The value of these issues was $79,178,101.
The increase of second-class matter
mailed by publishers and news agents
was nearly 12 per cent. The total weight
of matter thus mailed, paid and free, was
349,000,000 pounds. The business of
registration increased about 4 per cent.
The total number of pieces of mail matter
registered w as 15,106,336. The percent¬
age of losses was reduced to about one in
every 24,000 pieces mailed.
Recommendation is again made for a
limited indemnity to the ow ners of regis¬
tered matter lost in the mails. *
Havana’s Foes to Health.
Washington, Oct. 18.—Public Health
Reports, the weekly bulletin issued by the
marine hospital service for the current
week, contains a report in detail from D.
M. Burgess, sanitary inspector, of thoap
pearanee of yellow fever on the American
schooner Florence and Lilian, which sail¬
ed from Havana for Pascagoula, Fla., on
October 2. One of the sailors was taken
sick while the schooner lay at the Talbt
piedra wharf, and after removal to the
hospital, died there. The vessel. Dr. Bur¬
gess stated, was fairly clean and her crew
were well vaccinated while at Havana.
A further report from Dr. Burgess, dat¬
ed October 10, stated that in the week,
ending Oct. 8, there were fifty-fourdeaths
in Havana from yellow fever, and 150 new
cases. Forty-seven of the fifty-four deaths
were among the Spanish soldiers. He says
the disease about holds its own among
the troops. Small pox has increased very
much, there having been sixty-seven
deaths, more than twice as many as in the
preceding week.
She Slapped Him Bonn.
Dexter, Ga., Oct. 19.—A sensation was
sprung here late Saturday afternoon by
a street fight between Colonel J. L. Bat¬
tle, a prominent lawyer, and Mrs. LaFa
vor. The woman had a case in Judge
Hobbs’ court and Colonel Battle was em¬
ployed on the other side. Mrs. LaFuvor
was dissatisfied with the judgment of the
court and after the trial went in search of
Col. Battle to get revenge. On finding
him she walked up to him and could. slapped
him In the face as hard as she The
Colonel fell, but at once got up and began
remonstrating with her and backing at
the same time; but the woman continued
to approach and after Colonel Battle had
backed several feet she struck him agaiu
with a hatpin, sticking Colonel the Battle hatpin into
his neck, after which slap¬
ped her down and snatched out a good
big wad of her hair. The altercation was
then stopped by those standing by. The
marshal was out of town and no arrests
were made. Mrs. LaFavor lives in the
country several miles and has a fighting
reputation and so sympathy is highly in
favor of Colonel Battle.
Whole Town Wrecked.
Dayton, O., Oct. 10.—About 1 o’clock
this morning 225 pounds of dynamite,
which was stored in the Dayton Coal and
Iron company’s supply house, in this
place, exploded with terrific force, causing
much destruction of property. The sup¬
ply house was a large two-story frame
building, and in addition to the dynamite
it contained about $5,000 worth of other
goods belonging to the company.
A short time after a fire was discovered
the explosion occurred, b'owingthebuild- de¬
ing into splinters and scattering the
bris for nearly half a mile in every direc¬
tion. The force of tire explosion wrecked
the company’s office, 150 feet away, and
badly damaged the large company store
adjoining, both being substantia! brick
buildings. Every door demolished, and window the doors in
both buildings were being shattered.
and window sashes
The office, store and the contents of the
company’s extensive laboratory were
completely destroyed, and the stock of
goods in the store wasdamagf d. Theex
plosion damaged every building, including
the court house and one of thescbools, as
well as scores of private residences, by
shattering window glass and sashes.
No one was killed, but several were in¬
jured from flying glass. The loss will be
heavy.
Helen Keller At Harvard.
Boston, Mass., Oct 13.—Helen Keller,
blind, deaf, scentless, tasteless, has passed
the Harvard examination withcredif. She
had no preparation, and the examiners
did not know who she was. She will enter
Radeliffe (Harvard anex) at a younger
age than most freshmen.
Helen Keller was bornin Alabama, July
27, 1880, her father being a former con¬
federate officer, and later a l niteil States
marshal, No attempt at education was
made for the first seven years of her ap¬
parently hopeless life.
It was when about eighteen months old
that she lost all senses but that of touch.
In 1887 she was taken to the Perkins
school fortheblind, in Boston, andplaced
uuder the care of Miss Sullivan, w ho de¬
voted her life to the education of thelittle
unfortunate. learned
Three years later she had to ar¬
ticulate, and with a rapidity undreamtof
by those who had to do with children in
the possession of their full faculties.
In 1894 she was removed to the Wright
Hamoson school in this city, refusing to
become an inmate of a school built in Lon¬
don and named after her.
Soon after she became apt in interpret¬
ing the speech of others by feeling their
lips, and now is able to communicate with
any one within reach of her sensitive fin¬
ger-tips.
No. 22.
IIRYAN AFTER AN EDITOR.
BUT HE FAILS TO DECOY THE
SCRIBE INTO AN ARGUMENT.
The Editor Was Silent When Called for,
and Then Refused to Answer
Questions When Found.
Durand, Mich., Oct. 17.—The 4,000peo¬
ple assembled at Owosso this morning to
hear Mr. Bryan heard some pretty spicy
talk during the quarter of an hourhewas
there. When the candidate arose to ad¬
dress his audience ho had a copy of a
uewspaper in his baud. Holding it up
before the crowd, he said: “At Owosso
Junction a moment ago I received by
special delivery a copy of the Owosso
Press of Oct. 16. From the fact that It
bore no stamp except the special delivery
stamp, I assume that it was sent by the
editor himself. The paper contains some
questions submitted to me. As this paper
is not supporting me, I think I am justi¬
fied in asking some questions myself if I
am expected to answer questions, and
therefore I will ask if the editor of the
Owosso Press is in the audience.”
“lie was here a moment ago,” came
from the crowd.
“Will he let me know where he is?” asked
the candidate.
The answer came: “He has gore where
his circulation is going.”
“If he will not make himself known, will
some asked one point him out tome?” Mr. Bry¬
an “He again.
has gone away,” was the shout
from the audience.
“Well, if he is not here to hear the nn
swers to his questions, I will wuit until lie
attends a meeting aud thou answer him,”
continued the nominee.
Just then a young woman, standing
near the speaker’s platform, shoutedout,
“There he is on that wagon,” indicating
the vehicle with her forefinger.
Mr. Bryan looked toward the wagon,
and continued: “I am informed that the
editor of the Owosso Press is standingon
that wagon, in the rear of the crowd,and
wears a blue cap. Now, I will ask him a
question: Did you indorse the financial
plank presented by the minority at the
Chicago convention?”
He paused a minute. I repeat the
question. v \ on , have asxed questions;
me
you ought to he willing to answer ques¬
tions. tv, Did you indorse , the minority
at Chicago?” Another plunk
Continuing, Mr. Bryan pa use.
said: “Well, mv
friends, 1 have spent so much time trying
to find the editor of this paper and to un¬
mask a man who is seeking to elect a re¬
publican by pretending to support the
Indianapolis ticket, that I find 1 have no
time left to talk to you. I ask you to re¬
member that the gold standard never
fought an open fight. Those who sup¬
ported the minority plank at Chicago pre¬
tended to be afraid that free coinage
would prevent international bimetallism,
and declared for f hegold standard. - Then
they nominated a ticket which they did
not intend to vote for, because they were
not willing to bear the odium of Voting
for the republican ticket. 1 prophesy that
the editor of the Press does not intend to
vote for Palmer and Buckner. 1 prophesy
t hat he intends to vote for the republican
candidate, and that he is receiving inonev
from the republican committee to keep up
a pretended light for the Indianapolis '
ticket.”
The Ballot In Illinois.
Springfield, III., Oct. 19.—Secretary of
State Iliurichscn has finished the work of
certifying nominations to county clerks.
The certified copy of the ballot has been
sent by registered mail to each county
clerk in the state. There are thirteen
tickets on the ballot, as follows: Demo¬
cratic, republican, prohibition, people s
party, socialistic labor party, national
party, middle-of-the-road party, indepen¬
dent gold standard democracy, all of
which have complete presidential and
statecandidates; independent party, inde¬
pendent democratic party, independent
silver party, independent republican party
and national silver party.
The ballot will be the largest one ever
printed or voted in Illinois.
Close Call From Death.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 19.—This morning
Ed. A. Sanford, a prominent young busi¬
ness man, was found in an unconscious
state in his bed. Physicians were sum
moned and in a short tim-- r'lmors were
flying over the city of attempted suicide.
The doctors brought him toecnsciousnesa
after some heroic work, when Mr. Sanford
stated that he had taken a dose of qui¬
nine and phenaeetine on going to bed and
supposed He he must ha ve taken an overdose.
will be all right in a day or two, butif
be had not been discovered and medical
aid secured he would probably never have
awakened from the sleep produced by the
drugs. Mr. Sanford is a very popular
young business man and has friends all
over the state who willrejoieeat hiseecape.