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TWO POPULIST CONVENTIONS
ONE HELD IN SIOUX FALLS, THE
OTHER IN CINCINNATI.
Esplains His Course and Reviews the
Cause of Division Iu the Party.
The first day of the national conven¬
tion of the People’s party at Sioux
Fails, South Dakota, was entirely
auspicious so far as weather could
make it and a liberal attendance of
delegates and outside visitors.
Although at the hour set for the
opening of the convention, 2 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon, it was fully ten
minutes later than that hour when
United States Senator Butler, chair¬
man of the committee, rapped for
order and the proceedings were begun. the
At the time of the opening
tent, which holds 8,000 people, was
comfortably filled. The interior of
the tent was most tastfully decorated
with the national colors and streamers
of bunting. Mr. Butler rapped for
order and called on Bishop O’Gorman,
Catholic bishop of Sioux Falls, to offer
prayer.
After prayer Senator Butler an¬
nounced that the city of Sioux Falls
and the state of South Dakota desired
to make in a formal manuer a tender
of that hospitality which all the visi¬
tors to the convention had already ex¬
perienced in so great measure. He
then introduced Governor Andrew-
Lee, of South Dakota, who welcomed
the delegates.
In his address of welcome Governor
Andrew D. Lee, of South Dakota, said
in part:
“The struggle which commences
here today will be momentous. Let
ns hope that its outcome will be of
vast benefit to the American people.
Let us pray that concealed in its body
is a new and better republic than the
work has ever known and that the
doctrines of Jefferson and Lincoln may
be re-established and made eternal.”
The remarks of Governor Lee were
received with great applause.
CHAIRMAN BUTLER SPEAKS.
Senator Marion Butler, of North
Carolina, chairman of the national
committee, called the convention to
order. After some pleasant remarks
about Sioux Fall, the preparations
made for the convention and the
kindly w-elcomo given the representa-
Lives of the party, he said in part:
“I feel that it is my duty to state a
few facts concerning the party’s his-
tory since the last national eonven-
tion. It is well known that more or
less dissatisfaction resulted from the
seem ingly unavoidable episode of two
vice presidential candidates in the last
campaign. their
“A few men took advantage of
dissatisfaction to appeal to an honest
sentiment, or shall I say prejudice, to
create a seism in the party. They
charged that there was a conspiracy on
foot headed by myself as your national
chairman to deliver the party bag and
baggage to the Democratic organiza-
tion. In the spring of 1898 they
loudly demanded a meeting of the na-
tional committee ‘to save the party.’
“They said that I, as your chair-
mau, should call them together and let
the committeemau from each state
outline a policy for the party until the
next national convention. Yon all re-
member that I called a meeting of the
national committee in the summer of
1898 at, Omaha. I did it to give those
self constituted leaders a chance to be
heard, and to give the full committee
of the party a chance to act after hear-
ing their girevances. You all know
the result.
“These bolters, however, are few-
in number, but like the Irishman’s
frog, they make noise enough for a
million.”
After reciting some other facts con-
nected with the management of the
party, Senator Butler referred briefly
to the platform to be adopted by the
convention.
Next Senator Butler called attention
briefly to the action of the People’s
party in the last campaign nud to the
situation that confronts the party
now.
Immediately at the conclusion of
hia address Serator Butler announced
the following temporary officers of the
convention:
Chairman Bingdale, of Minnesota;
Secretary B. E. Bray, of Oklahoma;
Secretaries Lee Y r incent, of Colorado,
and Eugene Smith, of Illinois.
Chairman Bingdale addressed the
convention and said in part:
“We are assembled today for a two-
fold purpose—to re-affirm the Decla-
ration of Independence and to name
the next president of the United
States. The People’s Party has a
mission to perform. It has gained
somo great victories; it will continue
to gain others.
After a heated discussion for more
than two hours the Kansas delegation
voted to postpone action on the vice
presidential question until Thursday.
REPUBLICANS OF ILLINOIS
Assemble At Peoria and Name a Full
State Ticket.
The following ticket .was nominated
by the Illinois Republican convention
held in Peoria:
For governor, Richard Yates: lieu-
tenant governor, W. A. Northcutt; sec-
retary of state, James A. Rose; state
auditor, James S. McCollougu; state
treasurer, M. D. Williamson; attorney
general, H. J. Hamlin.
To Miidle’oMlie’Roailers and Champions
Thai Wing of the Party.
At Robertson’s opera house in Cin¬
cinnati shortly after 11 o’clock Wed"
nesday morning the banner of th*
anti-fusion element of the People’s
party, otherwise known as the “mid¬
dle-of-the-roaders,” was nailed to the
musthead. Nearly 700 delegates were
present, representing every state in
the Union except five—Arizona, New
Mexico, North Carolina, South Caro¬
lina and Vermont.
The hall was elaborately decorated
with banners bearing the mottoes of
the party. Across the footlights hung
a banner bearing the alleged remark
of the fusionists at Lincoln, Neb.,
February 19, when the Popnlist ele¬
ments separated; “We have thrown
them over the transom.” This was
supplemented with the reply of the
middle-of-the-roaders: “Yon have
thrown the party with us!”
Mr, D. Clem Deaver, chairman of
the rational committee, called the
convention to order and said:
“The only way to bring about re¬
form is to give the power to the people
to initiate reform measures to be re¬
ferred to the people for their approval
or disapproval. In my judgment, time
spent in trying to secure genuine re¬
form by any other route except by di¬
rect legislation will be time largely
wasted.
“Some of our misguided friends are
meeting in another part of the coun¬
try today. Poor fellows, I pity . them,
They are rainbow chasers, and they
realize their predicament un-
| til their day of grace is past. Let ns
u °t hate them, but, rather look upon
, th© with believing do
j that m mercy, honest, as we
many men are among
them who ought to know better, but
who have been misled by the bright,
dazzling colors of the giant rainbow.
They hope to secure reform through
the Democratic party, the party of
stagnation, a negative party, a party
that always opposes whatever is,
whether it be good, bad or indifferent,
But as time rolls on they will see the
folly of rainbow chasing and will re¬
turn to the fold better and wiser
men.”
; Temporary Chairman M.M. Howard,
1 of Alabama, in his speech to the con-
| vention, said in part;
| “We have reached a crisis in the
i history of the People’s partv. By your
| action you are here to determine
j whether the party is to live for a
glorious future or to die an ignomin-
1 ous death. By your action today you
i are to light anew the beacon fires of
hope in the breasts of the people who
had hitherto followed our flag or to
sound the death knell of the aspira-
tions of those who have labored long
: in the cause of reform.”
Chairman Howard, at the conchi-
gion of his speech appointed a
niittee on credentials, which immedi-
atelv retired.
There were loud calls for Ignatius
l Donnelly, of Minnesota. Mr. Donnel-
: ly edged his way down toward the
j stage. When he reached the footlights
i he was seized and lifted to the stage,
j where he was greetpd with continued
I cheers.
1 Mr. Donnelly felicitated the nation-
j ad committee together such on its success body of delegates, in bring-
j ing a
1 saying: “There is not a fusionist in
1 the whole gang. The Lord has sepa-
rated the sheep from the goats. The
; future success of mankind hinges on
this movement of ours.”
“The traitors are now assembled at
Sioux Falls, iu obsequious servility to
the Democratic party. They are part-
ing their coattails and inviting the
Democrats to kick them and they are
kicked and thank God and keep up
j 1 courage.” On calling the convention to order
; a t the night session, Chairman Howard
j referred to the trouble at Sioux Falls
i | over the division of spoils. A delegate
from Missouri pointed to the big “16
to 1 playcard” and movod that the
corpse be removed from the hall,
| The committee on permanent or-
ganization reported in favor of Colonel
W. L. Peek, of Georgia, for jDerma-
j nent chairman, aud former Governor
j chairman, W. H. Waite, with of long Colorado, list of secrecta- for vice
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! ries and sergeants-at-arms.
A minority report was offered to sub¬
j Hams, stitute the Vincennes, name of Judge Ind., S. instead W. Wil- of
; of
j that of W. L. Peek,
| The minority was declared adopted—
j 367 and to verified 343. when The it vote was announced disputed to
was
I he. yeas 367, nays 393, and the major-
! ity report was then adopted.
I Colonel W. L. Peek then addressed
the convention as its permanent chair-
| 1
ma n.
; At 11:16 o'clock the convention ad-
! journed till 8 a. m. Thursday.
BLAZE IN HUNTSVILLE
j Destroys Property Amounting To
Thirty-Seven Thousand Dollars.
A thirty-seven thousand dollar eon-
flagration visited Huntsville, Ala.,
Wednesday morning. The Dick-Hold-
j U g block, one of the finest buildings
on the square, was gutted and several
adjacent buildings were damaged,
The fire started in an occupied room
in tho second story of the building and
spread rapidly.
A GREAT 1 RUSSIAN.
TOLSTOI BRAVELY AWAITS THE
ANGEL OF DEATH.
lays lie I» Hearty to Go at Any Time.
That HI. Lire’* Work I» Done—
Russia I» Better That Ue Ha» Lived
—Friend of tho Czar.
Count Tolstoi is reported to have
, approach
said recently that he felt the
61 his last hours drawing nigh, and
(hat looking into the future he was
Conscious of no such thing as the fear
Of death. All Ills life Tolstoi has been
trying to get at the bottom of things,
and while he has changed much from
period to period, and expressed his
advanced views sometimes more radi¬
cally than at others, he may well feel
now In his seventy-second year that he
has accomplished much of permanent
value for the world, and that even
measured by his own high ideals, his
life has been worth the living.
The last twenty years of his career
have been very different from the
years that preceded them. There came
a time when he changed from the pure
literary man full of ideas about tho
right and the wrong and the worthless
and the valuable in society, but ex¬
pressing them always in novels and
other forms of a primarily literary na¬
ture and began to preach and practice
a life of Christianity modeled on the
New Testament as he Interpreted it.
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far different from the ordinary Chris¬
tianity of the churches, In his last
book, however, “The Resurrection,”
he has presented in story form the
fruits of his life experience of the va¬
rious types of love. Tolstoi’s family
was very wealthy at one time, and the
estates which he inherited were very
large. In his early days, after service
in the Crimean war, he lived for a
time a wild life in St. Petersburg, rev¬
eling in all forms of dissipation.
Wearying of it all, he married and
settled down, but the more sober he
grew the wider he opened his eyes to
conditions of social life which he ab¬
horred. After his novels, especially
“Kreutzer Sonata,” which dealt with
moral problems, he wrote works giv¬
ing his views of Christianity and re¬
ligion. In the early 80’s he was very
radical in his mode of life, working
daily with his hands, desiring to give
his whole property to the poor and
encouraging a simple and direct mor¬
ality in those around him. He was
almost intolerant in the vigor of his
beliefs, but since then, though he has
not changed his ideals, he has re¬
spected the mode of life in others in
greater degree. Tolstoi has been of
the greatest service to the Russian peo¬
ple at many times, and especially in
the years of famine in 1891-92. For a
time he administered the national re¬
lief funds. Despite his radical views,
he long held the confidence of the
czar. That did not save him, how¬
ever, from a severe conflict with the
holy synod of Russia over his religious
views three years ago. The views of
Tolstoi about war and his belief in
non-resistance are well known, and it
has been no surprise to hear from him
lately as an ardent friend of the
Boers, desirous of the humiliation of
England.
Epintleft to the Filipinos.
Young men before entering one ot
the principal medical schools of this
country are examined as to their gen¬
eral knowledge. One of the questions
given to the candidates for one of these
schools last year was: “What are the
names of the books of the Bible?” Of
120 answers, only five were correct.
Among the names of books given
were: “Philistines,” “Marcus Aure¬
lius,” and “Epistle to the Filipinos.”—
Ladies’ Home Journal.
Unexplored Regions of the Eartli.
Throughout the entire world there
are about 29,000,000 square miles of un¬
explored territory. In Africa there are
6,500,000 square miles; Arctic regions,
3,800,000; Antarctic regions, 53,000,000;
America, 2,000,000; Australia, 2,000,-
000; Asia, 200,000, and various islands,
900,000.
ICE HILL PARTIES,
Popular Winter Amniement la tl>« Crar*»
Domain.
Variation from the ordinary form of
toboggan run 1 b to be found in the Rus¬
sian “ice hills.” The rigors of winter
in northern Europe practically compel
the inhabitants of that region to find
some form of amusement with which to
while away the dreary hours of those
ice-bound months, Hence, "ice hill
parties” are now a national institu¬
tion throughout the czar’s dominions,
and cheery functions they are, too. The
“ice hill” itself is prepared as follows:
They erect a high wooden scaffolding
having a rather steep slope from the
top to the ground, and it is then cov¬
ered with huge symetrically shaped
blocks of ice placed side by side and
constantly watered until they become
one solid smooth mass. This artificial
slide is terminated by a long, narrow
plain of ice, just broad enough to allow
of three sledges passing each other and
of sufficient length to enable a sleigh to
run by its own impetus to the foot of
the next hill. The hills and runs are
usually bordered by fir trees, which are
thickly hung with colored lights at
night. On the day of the party the
guests are conveyed to their host’s
house in special sleighs, and there sup¬
plied with rugs, furs and warm drinks,
the better to fortify them against the
intense cold. T hey then proceed to e
ice hills and seat themselves by twos
in the long, narrow iron sides, which
are rendered exceedingly comfortable
by reason of the quantity of cushions
spread over them. Arriving at the end
of the descent each man chooses a dif¬
ferent partner for the return run, and
keen is the competition among the
men. each of them striving to secure
the belle of the party as his compan¬
ion. A good dinner Is always provided
by the host, and the post-prandial sport
by artificial light is often the most en¬
joyable and certainly the most pictur¬
esque portion of the whole entertain¬
ment.
HEAD OF CANADIAN MILITIA.
The head of tne Canadian militia in
South Africa, Major-Gen. E. T. H. Hut¬
ton, has been on duty in Canada since
August, 3898, and has been most ener¬
getic in the discharge of his official
duties. Previous to his appointment as
commander-in-ehief in Canada he was
a colonel In the British army and an
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aide-de-camp to the queen. He was
at one time employed as-commander of
the military forces in New South
Wales, where he was instrumental in
bringing forward the question of Aus¬
tralian federation. For this service the
government of New South Wales gave
him a vote of thanks, and in consid¬
eration of the work he did in that
colony he was appointed honorary
colonel of the mounted rifles. His pres¬
ent rank is that of major-general.
Deaf Mutes In America.
Seven out of every 10,000 inhabitants
of the United States are deaf and
dumb. The affliction is much less com¬
mon among the negroes than among
the whites.
REDMOND IE ADSTIIEM
NEW HEAD OF THE REUNITED
NATIONALIST PARTY.
The Lone War Among tho Irlnh Farlla-
m«ntArian<i That Hoifftn with I'ar-
n«U'a Downfall Una Como to a«
End.
The different factions of the Irish
Nationalist party, which have been
warring among themselves since the
death of Parnell, have finally become
united and by unanimous vote they
chose John Redmond as their leader.
Since the death of Parnell Mr. Red¬
mond has been one of the foremost of
the Irish leaders. Americans had an
opportunity of hearing his eloquence
and of gaging hi* earnestness. He vis¬
ited the United States in 1896, and
made a tour of the principal cities with
his lecture on “Fifteen Years in the
British Parliament.” Mr. Redmond’s
speeches in parliament have ever an
attentive and often a thrilled audience.
He Is a tactician who knows the value
of obstructing business, and who re¬
alizes just when and how to do it. He
can speak for a day, or for days, if
need be, as he did on one occasion
when he wished to hold the house on a
question vital to Ireland. It was in
that memorable speech Mr. Redmond
gave to Charles Stewart Parnell his
title of “Uncrowned King,” which has
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survived the great land leaguer, and
which has been considered one of the
most felicitous epigrams in public
speaking. Mr. Redmond’s style is de¬
liberate. He has wonderful reserve,
and when he opens wide the gates of
his oratory his power is superb, yet
never overleaps itself.
The new chairman of the Irish party
is 44 years oid and a Wexford man. He
was educated altogether in Ireland.
He stepped almost directly from the
University of Dublin, whence he was
graduated, into the house of com¬
mons as representative of the borough
of New Ross, and was afterward
elected for Wexford, but since 1891 he
has sat for the city of Waterford. He
is a member of both the Irish and Eng¬
lish bar, and a lawyer who under-
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GERHARDT HAUPTMANN.
Recent German dispatches state
that Emperor William has refused to
allow the award of the great Schiller
prize to Gerhardt Hauptmann, who is
confessedly Germany’s foremost dram-
atic poet Every y three years J ‘ th» "
Schiller , prize . is . awarded to tho poet
whose work is considered of the high-
eat merit. Hauptmann was selected by
the jury for his great work, “Tho
Sunken Bell,” but Emperor William
refused to sanction the award and
nominated Josef Lauff.au ex-army cap-
tain and a poet of less than mediocre
genius. German public opinion, of
course, awards the prize to Haupt-
mans, whose poetry has elicited un-
stands the origin of law as well as It*
theory and practice. "ifJls§
HOT IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
SoUllsra In the Transvaal Experiencing
Warmest Months of the Tear.
The war in Sojith Africa, with the
beginning or the new year, entered
upon the three hottest months of the
year. In the Cape Colony region Janu¬
ary, February and March show the
highest temperatures and are almost
rainless at Cape Town. January is the
hottest month, with a maximum tem¬
perature of 87 degrees Fahrenheit,
while July is the coldest month, with
a minimum of 38 degrees. The winters
are bright and clear, with cold nights,
and snow flies on the mountains for a
good portion of the year. The eleva¬
tion of the northern section varies
from 2,800 to 6,000 feet. The winter,
climate 13 very agreeable, being clear,
sunny and bracing. Elevated plateaus,
with a bright climate, are the attrac¬
tive features of the Transvaal. Pre¬
toria has an elevation of 4,5C0 feet
above the sea, while Johannesburg has
an altitude of 5,000 feet. The summer
heat in these places, notwithstanding
their great altitude, is intense, and
duststorms are frequent. Malaria and
kindred diseases are common during
the summer months. The climate is,
nevertheless, pronounced rather health
the summer months. The climat*
is, nevertheless, pronounced rather
healthy for Europeans. The mean
temperature of these portions of Africa
is often higher than that of Europe.
South Africa is one of the few plage*
on the globe that has never been vis¬
ited by yellow fever or cholera and
many of the other pests of the western
world. Low fevers sometimes prevail,
and now and then there are local epi¬
demics of smallpox and measleB along
the coast line, invariably imported by
calling ships. Armies are always sub¬
ject to certain maladies while in the
field, which are difficult to escape, but
if the sanitary conditions are well
cared for the prospects are encourag¬
ing for the soldiers to be exempted
from most of the terrible diseases so
common in most countries.
Disease la the Dutch Navy.
Uncle Sam’s sailors in Philippine wa¬
ters seem to have been particularly for¬
tunate in escaping for the mo3t part the
diseases which prey upon sailors of
other navies in tropical waters. In
the marine service in Holland in 1897
there were admitted to the hospitals
20,904 malarial cases in an average
strength of 50,167. The record for that
year was unusual, the average for the
four preceding years having been only
26,000. In 1897 cholera caused 161 ad¬
missions to the hospitals, with 106
deaths among the Europeans.
Old French Officer*.
Gen. d’Exea Doomerve, senior officer
of the French army, is 94 years oid
and has served under three kings, an
emperor, and two republics.
If you'want enemies get in the habit
of convincing people they make mis¬
takes.
stinted praise from the best critics. H»
is an interpreter and a leader of the
literary movement that sprang up la
Germany a few years after the war
F^mige, ^ ut he j g not decadent.
KoDDe ’ the cntlc ’ considers tliat th *
German poet has a claim to be called
tbg leader of the poets now aljm H!j
jdays are analytical, but there are also
j n them the throb of poetry and tho
glow of passion. 1-Ie is not an Ibsen
nor a Maetterlick. “What these men
offer us,” says Kobbe, “is medicine,” 1
but Hauptmann “offers us drama, not
physic; poetry, not pathology." Tho
great writer whom the emperor has
discredited for Capt. Lauff is only 35-
years old.