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THE SOUTHERN MERCURY.
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WEEKLY.
Dal la*, Texas.
Published every Thursday. Subscription
price $1 per year In advance.
MILTON PARK Managing Editor.
Entered at the Dallas, Texas posto/-
llcc as mall matter of the necond class.
Receipts for moneys given by the Man*
nglng ICdltor only will be recognlzid.
Main office: 213-215 Commerce St. (cor-
ner Lamar, Gaston Building), Dallas.
Texaa.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
of Dallas we notice a flaming double-
BRYAN STILL STRENUOUS.
Those who have been hoping that
Mr. Bryan would modify hits views and
fall into line with the "reorganized"
Democracy will gain little comfort
from the remarks or that distinguished
gcnteman. made at a banquet in Col-
umbus. Ohio, on Lincoln's birthday,
Feb. 12 ult.
In his discussion of the topic assign-
ed him on that occasion, "The Test of
Democracy," Mr. Bryan arraigned the
"worshippers of the golden calf" in
unmeasured terms,and declared that the
great fight between manhood and mam-
mom is not yet decided. He especially
emphasized the Importance of standing
by the principles set forth in the Kan-
sas City platform and looking with sus-
picion upon those so-called Democrats
who have for years been training with
Republicans, and advocating Republi-
can theories. Said he:
"We want harmony, but there can
be no harmony between the party and
men who call themselves Democrats
and yet oppose loyal democrats more
bitterly than they do Republicans.
The struggle bet ween Democracy and
plutocracy is still on and must con-
tinue until one side or the other Is
completely triumphant."
On the money question he took quite
advanced ground; he even went further
than his party has ever gone, when
be said: "The Democratic party is
pledged to oppose a bank currency
whether based on bonds or on the as-
sets of the banks. It is pledged to the
greenbacks issued and controlled by
the government, and every Democrat
nominated for a federal office must
take his stand upon this question."
This Is good Populist doctrine, and
If Mr. Bryan stands by it, the day is
not distant when ho will find .himself
lined up with the despised Populists,
for no other political party In this
country holdB such views.
In his paper. The Commoner, of
27th ult, he says:
"The reorganizes are not willing to
harmonize. They have never made a
proposition looking toward harmony.
They are as insolent today as they
were in '96 and they not only demand
what they demanded then, but more,
too. Then they only asked that wo
favor international bimetallism. Now
they demand that we accept the gold
standard as final and allow the finan-
ciers to carry out their scheme for an
'asset" currency, a branch bank and a
■.•edeemable silver dollar. Then they
ivould have been content with the plat-
!orm; now they demand the platform,
the candidates and the party organiza-
tion, and in addition to that, they in-
sist that we must drive away the al-
ios that came to us when they left."
All this, seems ridiculous to Mr.
Bryan. Yet this Is Just what ho will
iave to submit to If he fights under
:ho Democratic banner in 1904.
many people all over the country to
grief a few days since. The Mercury
doubts the religious convictions of any
paper—much more of a religious paper,
which would be a party to buncoing
its readers by publishing such busi-
ness. Consistency should be a char-
acteristic of Standard religious liter-
ature.
Texas is not the only State cursed , column ad. of one of these "get-rlch-
wi n ? legislators though she has quick" swindles, which brought so
a full share In her present assembly.
United States Senator Wellington is
saeklng to have the Constitution
amended to prohibit the possession of
more than $10,000,000 .by any one indi-
vidual in th% United States. If this
passes, the hundreds of millions of the
Rockefellers, the Vanderbllts and oth-
ers would become by law cither a
public nuisance, a public folly or a
public peril and would be forfeit to the
State.
Mark Hanna, the uncrowned king of
the Republicans in the United States
Senate, has lntrroduced a bill propos
ing to pension all the negroes in the
United States who were 'born in slav-
ery.
Kissing without a certificate of
health from a physician will be unlaw-
ful in Minnesota if a bill now before
the State Legislature becomes law. Be-
fore a man may kiss he must show
that he has no contagious or infectious
disease.
A bill placing a tax of $50 a year on
bachelors and of $25 a year on old
maids, unless tbey can show that their
unwedded state is not of their own
choosing, or that they are quite unable
to pay tbe tax; has been Introduced In
the Legislature of New York State by
Representative Isadora Cohn.
On a par with this measure was a
law actually passed by the Missouri
Legislature In 18!>7 which fined widows
and maidens from $100 to $500 for re-
jecting a suitor. It was called a "sin-
gle-tax" law, which it literally was,
and was afterward amended to add to
the fine the provision that the woman
should sew on buttons and darn socks
for the rejected suitor for si* months.
This effectually killed It.
The Pennsylvania Legislature In
1899 sought, to stop the payment of
wages to coal-miners in store orders.
In committee tbe words "on demand"
were inserted, so that the law reads:
"All wages shall be paid in cash on de-
mand." This made the law utterly
valueless, for If a miner demanded
cash he could be, and generally was, at
once laid off or discharged.
The Missouri Democratic leaders
who pledged themselves to the refer-
endum, and then pledged themselves
to keep the pledge, are now trying to
squirm out of It by saying the refer-
endum plank was put Into their plat-
form simply as a piece of "ginger
bread" to appease the radicals. In
truth, they put It there to keep the
Populists from becoming a power In
politics, and through this open, brazen
deception, in connection with dishon
est and criminal election methods,
they kept us from making any substan-
tial showing. But we venture the
prediction that when they defeat the
referendum or load it down with
amendments so as to man it Inopera-
tive, they will strengthen the Populist
movement In Missouri as well as ev-
erywhere else.
The Farmers' Union, a strictly farm-
ers' organization which organized in
Kaufman county last October, Is meet-
ing with merited success. Though at
first confined to Kaufman county alone
It has grown and widened until -now it
has more than fifty looal unions. This
has ibeen accomplished through the
well directed efforts of Thos. R. John-
son, of Ola, Texas, the efficient presi-
dent of the organization. The Union
is quite similar in Its alms and objects
to the Farmers' Alliance, and will be
of much benefit to the farmers if it
will keep Its doors well guarded
against exploiters, place-hunters and
political guerrillas. It was these par-
asites which wrought the downfall of
the Alliance, and thwarted the pur-
poses of the honest "man with a hoc"
who sought by co-operative effort to se-
cure Ills rightful share of what he pro-
duced. We hope the Farmers' Union
will widen and broaden Its bounds till
It shall not ony cover Texas, .but shall
bring into close, compact organization
every real, practical farmer in all the
country. Those who desire to know
more about this organization should
wrlto the president for information.
It costs you nothing to find out
where you buy the best farming imple-
ments, Just drop a postal card to
Parlln & Qrendorff Co., Dallas, Texas,
and they will send you a catalogue of
the best up-to-date Implements suited
for Texas farmers. Their stock of
Planters, Cultivators, Mowers, Buggies,
Wagons, etc., cannot be surpassed by
any house in the <6tate, either In qual-
ity, price or efficiency. Catalogues and
price lists will be sent free to all who
mention this paper.
The March number of the Cosmopoli-
tan presents a fine array of contribu-
tors. not the least among whom is
Field Marshal Wolseley, who gives his
second paper on Napoleon. "The Po-
lice Systems of Europe," by A. D. An-
drews, ex-pollce commissioner of Ne^lr
York, is elegantly illustrated and gives
a fine comparison of the systems in
use in the leading countries of the Old
World. "The Captains of Industry"
papers In this number embrace u
sketch of the Czar of the Railroads, E.
It. ilarriman, by Wm. J. Boise,
A good reform paper Is wanted in
the State of Washington. Any live
reform newspaper man interested in
finding a new field where there is a
good chance to bo sustained should
write to D. M. Vlss of Rockford, Wash.
There is no real Populist paper in the
State, though there are a large num-
ber of true-blue Populists there who
have never bowed the knee to Baal
nor followed false gods. Socialism is
making a big noise in the Northwest,
but few converts.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAJORITY
RULE.
The underlying principles of free
government aro permanent and Im-
mutable. Freedom, justice, fraternity,
equality of opportunity, and equality
before the law, are basic and unchange-
able. But to preserve the victories
won, to conserve the great cause, to ap-
proach nearer and still nearer the glo-
rious ideal that was the pillar of cloud
by day and the pillar of fire by night
to the master spirits who led the people
out from the Egypt of Imperialism, ab-
solutism, and kingcraft—Is the high
mission of the true statesman and the
obligation devolving on citizens where,
as in a Democracy, the dostlny of the
people lies in the <ballot of the elector-
ate.
The changed conditions of the last
fifty years have rendfered it not only
expedient but absolutely necessary. If
free Institutions arc to be preserved,
and If the republic is to bo in fact
as well as in theory a government of
the people, by the people, and for the
people, that certain safeguards be
thrown out to preserve popular govern-
ment from the corrupt aggressions of
corporate wealth and the subtle reac-
tionary spirit that seeks to re-establish
the "divino right" idea in the place of
a people's government. This Is not
saying, of course, that the attempt to
revive the idea of the divine right of
kings Is contemplated. The divine right
of property, or the establishment of
property rights over the inherent and
Inalienable rights of man, is merely
another form of the same tyranny
that ever wars against Justice, free-
dom, and fraternity. During the last
thirty or forty years so great has been
the rise of the aristocracy of the dollar
or plutocracy In this country,so aggres
Bive and Immoral has been Its Influence
in politics, and so rapidly but quietly
has it gained ownership, control, or In-
fluence over various public opinion-
forming agencies, that municipal State
and national scandals have followed
one another in rapid succession; while
millions are oppressed and plundered
by monopolies and corporations in the
presence of a government that, when
not cynically indilferent, pleads the
baby act of helplessness. During this
period the machine, the partisan boss,
and the corporation—a trinity of dark
ne8s—have become a deadly peril to
free government.
To meet this emergency it is of vital
importance that government be carried
back to the ppople, that the powers to
initiate ami to veto legislation be given
a fact to the voters and that the faroe
■)f special interests ruling a country
under the pretext of popular govern-
ment shall cease.
This is precisely what majority rule
'Pcures to the people. It is merely the
Realisation of Republican or Demo-
cratic ideals of 'government in their
icost perfect expression, and the only
way in whleh the usurpation of pub-
ic government by unscrupulous party
josses, corrupt machines, and equally
corrupt wealta saa be destroyed,
Last year In their State platform,
•the Missouri Democrats pledged them-
selves to submit an amendment to the
State Constitution to the people, pro-
viding for the initiative and referen-
dum system of direct legislation.
Then in a specific resolution Ihoy
pledged themselves to keep their
pledge. In the present Legislature
the referendum bill has been handed
about from one faction to the other,
and amended and maimed until it is a
positive nothing. Thus it Is that Dem-
ocratic pledges are kept. Texas Dem-
ocrats work the people by "platform
pledges" in the same way.
Undoubtedly, when the next Demo-
cratic convention assembles in Mis-
souri, It will gravely resolve to keep
Its pledge to carry out the pledges
that It has formerly made—and there
aro thousands of Idiots who will bo
duped into believing that. It Is sincere.
The consolidation of the Frisco and
Rock Island railroad systems Is mere-
ly another link in the chain of gov-
ernment ownership for the future.
These mergers are getting the roads
ready for government assumption with
the least possible trouble. The de-
tails will havo been already arranged,
and the transfer will hardy be no-
ticed, except in better scrvlce and
lower rates.
The bribery scandals In St. Louis
were sweet-smelling genranlums when
compared to the police scandals now
being unearthed there. The worst
brothels under protection of the po-
lice have been openly operatod on
some of the principal streets, and
young girls caught, as they were pass-
ing by, forcibly dragged lmto the
houseB and compelled to enter Uvea
of shame. An extensive trade In girls
has been flourishing for some time,
and the proprietors of the slave mart
operate a saloon named "the Jefferson
Club," In honor of the dominant Dem-
ocratic organization in that city. Is
tt any wonder that no justice comes
out of such a government? "A stream
cannot rise higher than Its source."
What can we expect from a govern-
ment iiT league with procurers and
brothols?
Tbe Passenger Association of Texas
has fixed a one-cent a mile rate from
any point in Texas for all who may
desire to attend the annual reunion of
the United Confederate Veterans' Asso-
ciation in New Orleans, May 19 to 22
inclusive. This will make the rate
from Dallas $10.30 for the round trip.
Ample arrangements have been miifle
to take, care of all who may attend.
In one of our exchanges we see that
a Mr. Shoe has married a Miss Fire-
stone, while Mr. Drybread foil Into a
creek and came near drawing. A Mr.
Damm is conducting a revival, while
a Mr. Wellman Is reported to be very
111. After all. "What's In a name?"
Whatever may be said of W. R.
Hearst, the millionaire publisher who
Is accused of trying to sidetrack So-
cialism as the Bryan movement did
the People's party, no one can deny
that the influence of his great metro-
politan newspapers has been a mighty
factor In waking tip the masses to a
realization of their condition.
Organized labor Is going Into poll-
tics in municipal elections In every
section. East St. Louis will have a
complete union labor ticket in the
spring election, while St. Ixniis labor
will get together in the coming elec-
tion of freeholders to draw a new
charter.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, assisted by the
Washington smart set, is to give a
"Hat Baaar" for the benefit of the Co-
operative Sewing Society of that city
at an early day. The upper-ten who
participate are each to donate a hat
designed and trimmed by themselves,
which will be exhibited at the bazar
and afterwards sold at auction, the
proceeds to go to the treasury of tho
society, for the benefit of the poor of
Washington. The Mercury suggests
that it would be quito opportune for
the ladles of Dallas to reclprocato the
favor recently extended them by the
"first lady of the land," who contrib-
uted that. "lOo cotton kerchief" to the
kindergarten bacar recently held In
this city, by sending a hat correspond-
ing In value to the "cotton rag" which
produced so much criticism and com-
ment.
It is very probable that St. Louis
will be selected as the place for .hold-
ing the Republican national convention
which will convene some time next
year. Already Hon. Perry S. Heath,
secretary of the national committee,
has sent letters of enquiry to the vari-
ous members of the committee, and the
unanimous choice Is for St. Louis. The
Democrats, too, -will find St. Louts an
excellent place to assemble their forces
tor selecting their standard bearer.
The World's Fair will be in full blast
then, and will be a special inducement
to the different political factions to
make St. Louis the convention city.
In on* of<tbe big religious weeklies
Scribnor's for March Is an especially
Interesting number. Among the many
excellent papers of the Issue the con-
tribution by Associate Justice Brewer
on "The Supremo Court of the United
States" will be particularly interest-
ing to the student of economics and
government.
Mr. Bryan in keeping up his fight
for supremacy In the Democratic
party is like the little boy. who whis-
tles while passing a graveyard. He
is simply trying to prop up his coui*
nge. His zeal for reform lacks the
tempering of knowledge.
THE SOYS IN THE TRENCHES.
Chairman Parker sends the Mercury
another batch of letters giving expres-
sion to tbe views of the rank ana file
of the party, which will be of more
or less interest to our readers.
W. R. Proctor, of Ep. Ky., writes:
"So far as I am concerned I am a mid-
road Populist and expect to remain one
as long as there is such a party. 1
have no use for the Socialist party. I
am willing to reunite with the fusion-
ists on the same ground we are now
standing."
Z. M. P. Shank, of Red Oak, La.,
thinks we should bide our time and
wait developments. We should not be
in a hurry.
State Chairman Jos. Hopp, of Illinois
Is in favor of a meeting of the Na-
tional Committee of tbe party before
any conference is held, so that our
own strength may not be divided In
any Joint conference which mlgst en-
sue. "Harmony and strength are the
support of all well regulated Institu-
tions, and we want to infuse these ele-
ments Into ours."
J. T. Taylor, of Lovelaceville, Ky.,
writes: "I am uncompromisingly In
favor of the government issuing the
money of the country directly to the
people. The money trust Is at the bot-
tom of every other trust. If our gov-
ernment would issue the money of tbe
country direct to the people it would
destroy the commercial trusts and com-
binations. I keep getting stronger and
stronger In the Populist faith. The
principles of the grand old People's
Pnrty are eternal."
Peter Esperson, of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
writes that he believes that all true
Populists should join hands with the
Socialist party and in this way unite
all reform forces. He thinks that all
true men ought to stand together re-
gardless of minor differences and that
the line must be drawn between the
hordes of capitalism and the great
common people.
F. W. Pirtle, of Hartford, Ky., writes:
I favor a conference of mid-road and
fusion Populists, and a reunion of our
forces. I believe that by unNing we
can accomplish much good. The Bryan
Democrats must have some place to
go, as I do not believe they will will-
ingly swallow the dose that is being
prepared for them by the reorganizes.
I do not think it best to join the So-
cialists, but we can afford to make
some concessions to get the reform
forces together.
F. Yerkes, of Veedersburg, Ind., has
this to say: "Join the Socialists? No,
sir! Never. They are in my mind
wrong. One half their expenses are
paid by the money power, through con-
tracts between Hanna and Wayland
and other editors to boom their sub-
scriptions. Their purpose is to weak-
en our cause. The money power is
not afraid of the socialists. It is the
principles in the Omaha platform that
give them a nightmare. I shall stand
on the Omaha platform as long as life
lasts. We are right—why yield? The
way to win is to stand by our princi-
ples and go ahead.
Dr. C. Wirth, of Van Home, Iowa, is
in favor of joining the Socialist party,
and says "it has been my conviction
ever since the day cf adjournment of
the People's Party convention at St.
Louis In 1896 that the only logical out-
come of the Populist movement would
be socialism. I was a middle-of-the-
road delegate from Iowa, but fusion
convinced me that both the Democrat-
io and Populist parties would go down
to deserved defeat, and that from the
ruins of both would arise and did
arise a movement irrevocably pledged
to no fusion with any capitalist parties.
Socialism is the only movement whose
foundation is on the golden rule, and
the brotherhood of man and whose
aim Is the collective owenrship by
the people of all the means of produc-
tion and distribution. Collectivism is
tho only antidote for individualism—
co-operation the only remedy for com-
petition, and competition has resulted
in trusts and monopolies.
Hon. Thos. J. Ouice, of Longstreet,
La., writes: "I think the only ration-
al thing to do is to ofTect a union of
all forces who oppose centralization of
power. In no other way can we ever
hope to emancipate the people. The
best plan would be to send a speaker
Into every State, these speakers to
take subscriptions for reform papers,
sell reform booksi and take up sub-
scriptions for the cause. I believe one
hundred efficient men can be gotten
who will undertake this work. The
speakers should not be sent out until
after the proposed convention and har-
mony is restored. If it is possible to
bring the labor union people and so-
cialists together, then already half the
battle is won. To surrender is fatal:
to keop up the fight on our chosen
lines means victory by and by.
William R. Day, of Canton, O., suc-
ceeds to the vacancy in the United
States Supreme Court caused by the
resignation of George Shlras, the dou-
ble-faced, misfit, who has held the
place for ten years. Shlras is the man
to whoso charge is laid the failure of
the Income Tax law; he, for some
reason unexplained, changed his mind
after concurring in tho constitutional-
ity of the law and thus thwarted the
will of congress, tho president and the
people. Mr. Daay Is a jurist of expe-
rience and high attainments. He suc-
ceeded Jno. Sherman as Secretary of
State in 1898, and resigned that post
tlon to accept the chairmanship of the
United States peace commission at
Paris at the close of tho Spanish war.
their big guns on the Socialist party
and thus direct the attention of the
masses from the People's party and
Its reasonable demands, knowing very
'well what the result will be. They
well known that if the old party masses
I are forced to a choice between radical
'socialism on the one hand and old-
■partyism on the other, the great mass
| of them will stay in the old parties,
and a large number will not vote at
all; thus the real people's party is to
be held down to a small following, if
possible, by this scheme. Those Pop-
ulists who have gone over to Way-
land's Socialist party are doing Just
what the old-party money-power lead-
ers want them to do, for they are help-
ing to carry out the scheme. The
money power knows that there are sev-
eral States that are ready to vote for
direct legislation and public ownership
of public utilities if they had a chance,
but the money power does not intend
to let them have that chance if It can
possibly be avoided. If we stay in the
middle of the road and are npt caught
by this latest scheme, we will win over
to our party many thousands from the
old parties and hold most of those who
were with us in 1892. There is not
even a remote possibility of fusion in
1904. The Bryan Democrats and the
ex-Fusion Populists have both set
down hard on fusion; they see now
that It will not work. Most of the
erstwhile Bryan leaders are rallying to
the Eastern Democracy, with Oorman,
Hill & Co. as lea^rs, and these facts
will cause recruits to rally to the
standard of true Populism—they will
come from the old parties thick and
fast If we remain true and loyal to our
party. I have enlisted for the war to
the last ditch. Let us rally to such
splendid reform Journals as the South-
ern Mercury and Missouri World, and
thereby defend the people's cause.—D.
C. Gibson, Denison, Tex.
Isaac Patterson of Woodland, Ky.,
writes: "Let Marion Butler alone-
have nothing to do with him. Call a
conference of all reformers at St.
Louis, and Btick close to the Omaha
platform. If any of the fusion Popu-
lists want to come back into the party,
welcome them in and change the name
for the good of our party. The name
United Labor party would be a good
one. For the good of the party don't call
It People's or Socialist party. Let the
name go, for it is badly stained by
past fusion, but hold fast to the good
principles of the Omaha platform."
"I see no chance for the Socialist par-
ty ever to accomplish their purposes;
at least, within the next hundred years.
We want action, results, now. The So-
cialists are too bigoted and conceited,
and are no better than Mark Hanna's
crowd. It would be simply suicide for
the Populists to unite with the Social-
ists. Keep in the middle-of-the-road!
IT the "reorganizers" capture the Dem-
ocratic party, and it looks now like
they will, there will be a party which
means business born in a day."—F. G.
R. Gordon, New York City.
"Excuse me. No socialist combina-
tion in mine. I stand where the pa-
triots at Omaha in 1892 stood—for the
rights of the people, on the platform
promulgated then and there. Fusion
and Socialism aro both breeders of
harm to tho people's rights. Keep up
the fight as you have ever done. The
people's party principles will yet find
endorsement by the American people."
—A. D. Renshaw, Sterling City.
Sanger Bros., tho great department
store of Texas, are just Issuing their
spring catalogues of novelties and sta-
ples In their line. Mention the Mercury
and drop them a postal card for a free
catalogue and price list and you will
save money.
The agitation for Populist princi-
ples should be kept up regardless of
discouraging circumstances. It is only
a question of time when the fires of
Populism will burn again, more
brightly than ever before.
Labor Is the dominant fore® in this
country and can rule whenever it will
unite and vote together, striking at
the ballot box as vigorously aa it does
during Industrial troubles.
Be a man! If you believe the Poptv
Hats are right In advocating the pub-
lic ownership of public utilities, come
out in the open like an honest man and
fall into line with the men who are
fighting for those principles.
Agitate for public ownership, the
referendum and honest money—the
old greenback, based upon the honor
and credit of the nation.
G. S. Ward of Sacramento, Ky.,
writes: "It is not likely that the So-
cialist party will do the People's party
any good, or help to bring any reform
measure. In my judgment it is only
another Bryan party, organized to de-
ceive the reform vote. I do not expect
to vote for any such party. If I can-
not vote for a mid-roader I shall not
vote at all, nor do I expect to vote
for another galvanized Republican."
A blizzard Is raging in New Mexico.
A creamery is to be operated by F. E.
France at Muskogee, I. T.
United States soldiers and policemen
engaged in a battle at Pensacola, FU.,
without serious results, although both
sides resorted to the use of firearms.
M. F. Fortner, aged ninety-Bix years,
died at Vinlta, I. T.
Kedfield, Ark., has been destroyed by
fire. Loss $30,000.
The Frisco system Is colonizing the
Ozark Mountains.
Mazatlan, Mexico, reports one death
yesterday from the plague.
Second Lieutenant Algernon E. Sai-
torls, Tenth infantry, U. S. A., has re-
signed.
The Pike opera house at Cincinnnntl
was destroyed by fire at an early hour
this morning.
Commander Seaton Schroeder Is to
succeed (.'apt. C. D. Slgshee as chief of
the bureau of naval Intelligence.
M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big
Four railway, has accepted the Demo-
cratic nomination for mayor of Cincin-
nati.
C. R. Kllgore was killed at New Ed-
enburg, Ark., by W. D. Atwood. A feud
has existed between the families for
some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain nre on
board the Union line steamer Norma,
which left Cape Town for Southamp-
ton.
The Jennlngs-Heywood Oil Wood
syndicate has sold nine acres at Jen-
nings, La., and declared dividends in
the sum of $40,000.
Mrs. Donald Mcliean of New York
has withdrawn as a candidate for pres-
Ident-general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. This practically
re-elects Mrs. Fairbanks.
The Southern Association of News-
paper Circulators in session at New Or-
leans, adopted resolutions of sympathy
for Mrs. Gonzales, widow of the edi-
tor of the Columbia States.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Rome announces that English, Ital-
ian and Brazilian capitalists are form-
ing a trust with a view to creating a
monopoly of the Brazilian coffee trade.
The attorney general of the United
States has recommended the appropria-
tion of $946,083 for the purpose of pay-
ing prize money due Admiral Dewey
and his men who took part in the bat-
tle of Manila.
Two persons were killed ar.d four
were wounded at Vigo, Spain, In a con-
flict between municipal guards and
people taking part In the carnival,
growing out of the ill treatment of a
masquerader by some of the guards.
The men who were killed In the riot
in which officers and striking miners
opposed each other at Charleston, W.
Va., were Dick Taylor, — Dodson and
an unknown miner. John Heiser and
Irvin Lawson were mortally wounded.
Further trouble Its feared.
The Dutch tank steamer New York,
Capt. Butz, from Rotterdam for New
York, was badly damaged at Maasluls,
ten miles from Rotterdam, in a collis-
ion with the British steamer Woolrlch.
The latter vessel was struck amidships,
and Immediately broke in two and
sank.
A fine of $10,000 was imposed by
Judge Hancey of Chicago on the Wash-
ington Fire and Marine Insurance com-
pany and the Minneapolis Fire and Ma-
rine Insurance company for alleged
non-compliance with the state insur-
ance laws. The judge furthermore di-
rected that both companies be ousted
from exercising corporate privileges In
Illinois.
STAND FASTI
It seems almost certain now that
Judge Parker, of New York, will be
the next nominee of the so-called
Democracy for president. It is equally
as certain that Mr. Bryan and the bulk
of the Democrats of the south and west
will support Parker who supported
Bryan in the two last presidential cam-
paigns. although Judge Parker Is "con-
servative." That is to say, in plain lan-
guage. he is a gold-bug, and an out and
out plutocrat. He Is popular in the
North and East, and that Is what
pleases the leaders of the machine De-
mocracy In the South. They want to
win and get the Federal offices. There
is, however, a considerable element of
the Bryan Democrats of the South and
West who will not follow Bryan Into
the gold-bug camp of the Eastern De-
mocracy lead by Cleveland, Gorman,
Hill & Co. It Is this class of Democrats
who have to be reckoned with by the
machine Democratic leaders. Hence
they have formed another scheme-
though not a fusion scheme this time.
The reasonable demands of the Peo-
ple's party are getting loo popular to
suit tho money power and old party
leaders. Their plan, thi« time, is for
i the old party press and leaders to turn
"Seventeen yeas reading the Mer-
cury convinces me that It is fair, faith-
ful and courageous. It never has
'wabbled on the spindle." Say, com-
rades! membera of the old guard, listen
to me! Let's push the circulation
of the Mercury Into every precinct in
(.lie State. It deserves to be read by
all the people."—I. E. Anderson,
Katcmcy, Texaa.
s A. M. Morton. National Committee-
man from Florida, writes: "Let the
Butler faction go. Tho best thing the
Populists can do now is to join in with
the Socialists. By doing this we can
poll a big vote in 1904, and sweep the
country in 1908. The times are ripe
for a chango."
W. I. Williams, of Cotilterville, Tenn.,
a member of the National Committee,
sends one dollar to help pay the debts
of the committee. He says: "Move
on with the fight, as the time will come
when tho world will be compelled to
recognize the Justness of our position."
LEGISLATIVE FOLLY.
la there any grave thing that'B Im-
portant to do?
JuBt appoint a commission to do it
Is It needed to map out a course to
pursue?
Just appoint a commission to do It.
Is it tariff revision that the taxpay-
ers need?
Shall cunning be shackled and baked
in Its greed? «
If so, let the President hasten with
speed
To appoint a commission to do it
Is the nation In need of a new blot-
ting pad?
JuBt appoint a commission to buy it
la It asked to investigate some little
fad?
Just appoint a commission to try It
Is there on record any blot to erase?
If there Is. it's a chance to wock up
a good caae
And give to some spavined old states-
man a place—
Just appoint a commission to do It.
Ib a clock to be wound In congression-
al halls?
Just appoint a commission to do it.
Is there need to exterminate vermin
that crawl#
J^ appoint a commission to do it
Do a lot of pace-seekers shout loudly
for pie?
Do the tariff kings want to work
games on the sly?
If they do. it's a chance that we
mustn't peas by—
J sat appoint a commission to do It.
Port de Palx, Haiti, has been destroy-
ed by fire.
A1 Rollins of Bokchlto was drowned
near Durant, I. T.
Two deaths from the plague occurred
at Mazatlan, Mexico, yesterday.
The lower house of the Oklahoma leg-
islature has passed a uniform text-book
bill.
A1 Wade, who is in jail at Toledo. O.,
has confessed to the murder of Kate
Sullivan.
Another oil well Is spouting at
Welsh. La. It is known as Metropoli-
tan No. 2.
A. A. Powe, formerly city clerk of
South McAlester, I. T., is charged with
embezzlement.
The French ambassador and Mr.
Bowen have signed the French-Vene-
suelan protocol.
The Mississippi river Is above the
danger line and a most damaging over-
flow is probable.
Gov. Ferguson has vetoed the bill ap-
propriating $50,000 for the equipment of
the Oklahoma university.
United States Consul Sawter has
started home from Guayaquil, Ecuador,
fearing yellow fever.
Five hundred Imperial Chinese troops
were caught In ambush in a pass by
rebels and not one of them escaped
with his'life.
An explosion occurred in the cellar
of the imperial palace at Vienna. It
proved to be an accidental discharge of
ammunition stored there. Two work-
men were Injured.
Choletca City, Honduras, is occupied
by forces under command of General
Vasquez, sent by the president of Nic-
aragua to assist President Serra of
Honduras.
President Roosevelt called his cabi-
net together yesterday for the purpose
of discussing the advisability of holding
an extra session of congress.
The lower house of the Missouri leg-
islature adopted the following: "Re-
solved, that this house denounces the
action of the present national house of
representatives for unseating the con-
gressman from the Twelfth district, as
rank partisanship."
Democrats in congress obstructed leg-
islation yesterday because of the un-
seating of Mr. Butler. This Is to be
their course In order to call attention of
the people to the methods resorted to
by the Republicans In deciding contest-
ed election cases.
The failure of the large French dry
goods house In the City of Mexico
known as La Sopreso y Primavera is
said to be primarily due to the succes-
sive withdrawals of the partners tak-
ing out their capital and so weakening
the concern. The house owes the banks
$182,000.
The Oklahoma Insane asylum la to
be enlarged.
Another gusher has been struck at
Jennings, La.
North Dakota was visited by an
earthquake yesterday.
A bill has been Introduced In the
Oklahoma legislature to tax insurance
companies.
P. J. Gntllng, Inventor of the gun
which bears his name, Is dead at
New York.
An additional estimate of the fire
which occurred at Cincinnati yester-
day places the loss at $2,000,000.
The majority In congress unseated
Butler (Democrat from Missouri) and
declared Wagoner (Republican) enti-
tled to the place.
The North American company of
New York Is negotiating for the pur-
chase of the Laclede Gas Light compa-
ny and the Missouri Edison Electric
company of St. Louis.
Oklahoma ia considering the advis-
ability of creating the office of beer
Inspector. The salary is flxbd at $5 60
a year and the chief is to be allowed
three assistants, each to be paid $1-00
per year.
The steamer City of Louisville In her
race on the Mississippi river wltrt
the Queen City was seven hours be-
hind the record when she passed
Vicksbiirg. The record waa made by
the Robt. E. Lee in 1870.
Ten masked men Invaded the home
of Christian Joehlln near Toledo, Ohio,
and demanded $20,000 which they de-
clured was kept about the house.
Their request was not complied witb
and all members of Joehlln's famils
were subjected to the most hrutal tor.
ture. The intruders secured $300.
James Hess was killed at Purcell,
I. T.
John D. Rockefeller Is at New Or-
leans.
Gen. "Buldy" Smith is dead at Phila-
delphia.
The pope met and talked to forty-twc
cardinals yesterday.
Germany is endeavoring to secure
the trade of Mexico.
Jose Bartelo Ardonez has been elewtei
president of Uruguay.
Turkish troops are giving battle t«
Macedonians and Bulgarians.
Indications are that Mexico is to
adopt the gold standard.
Wilson K. Nixon, aged seventy-Bevea
years, is dead at Chicago.
Two deaths from the plague occurred
at Mazatlan, Mexico. yes< rday.
H. II. I-Iagan died of apoplexy at
Guthrie, Ok.
An unsuccessful attempt was mad<
to rob the bank at Ryan, I. T.
P. E. Hardy, aged sevetny-seven
years, Is dead at Ardmore, I. T.
One death from the plague occurred
at Mazatlan, Mexico,. yesterday.
The senate of the United States has
passed the general deficiency bill.
A motion to disfranchise Galway
was defeated in the house of commons,
The president has signed the armi
appropriation and the Philippine coin-
age mils.
Indications are that Mrs. Jefferson
Davis will attend the Confederate re-
union at New Orleans.
Dunning's drug store, Turners' bar.
ber shop and McKay's pool store wer<
burned at South McAlester, I. T. Losi
$4400.
The lower house of the United
States congress has been supplied with
the papers in the Indianola postoffic#
matter.
The Southwestern Fair and Live-
stock association has been organized
at Muskogee, I. T. The capital stock
is $25,000.
Indications are that the Wabash
railway will be tied ud unless em-
ployes are granted an Increase in
wages to-day.
Judge William R. Day, the new as-
sociate justice of the United States
supreme court, was on the bench for
the first time yesterday.
L. A. O'Brien, an American dentist,
has been ordered to leave Saxony be-
cause of his supposed relations with
Crown Princess Louise.
Great Britain has declared that the
Chilean and Argentine warships now
in course of construction, are not suit-
ed for use in the British navy.
The senatorial deadlock has been
broken in Delaware by the election of
J. Frank Allee (Union Republican)
and Thelsler Ball (Regular Republic
can).
The carpenter of the British shlji
Cambrian Prince, from Coquimbo fo?
Middlesboro, has been picked up In tha
North se'a. Ho reports that the Cam-
brian' Prince capsized and sank.
Reports brought to New Orleans by
the steamer Breakwater have it that
government troops defeated insurgents
In Honduras at Manl several days ago
and that the insurgents, under Gen.
Christmas were practically wiped out
of existence.
Tho Irish secretary, Mr. Wyndham,
replying to William Redmond, IrisU
Nationalist, In the house of commons,
said the question of a good represen-
tation of the Irish Industries at the St,
Louts exposition was engaging the a4-
tention of the government.
An explosion at the Edison cement
plant at New Vllage, N. J., is thought
to have killed several workmen. Ths
plant was burned. The severely in-
jured, all of whom are burned, are: E.
E. Darling, chief engineer; William
Saatz, night superintendent: Harry
Rose, day foreman: R. H. Good well,
chief electrician; George Bowman^
timekeeper; €. S. Race, A. Wolfe, G.
Bowman, Harry Wllmeln.
According to advices received In
Venezuelan revolutionary circles, tha
eastern army of the revolutionists, said
to number 5000 men under the cons-
mand of Gen. Bolando, is in sight of
Caracas at a place called El Encantt-
nado, awlting the arrival of the cen-
tral revolutionary army, reported to
number 3000 men under Gen. Fernan-
dez. when a junction is to be formofl
between the two forces, and attack OS
Caracas Is to be made.
TRUCK GROWERS EXCHANGE.
The Meeting at Nacogdoches To-day Is
Well Attended.
Nacogdoches, Tex., March 3, 1903.*
The East Texaa Fruit and Truck
Growers' association met at the opera
house at 10 o'clock to-day. Hon. Robt.
Berger delivered a welcome address In
behalf of citizens of Nacogdoches. The
response on behalf of the delegates was
made by Mr. W. H. Dick of Palestine,
secretary of the association, who was
president during the temporary organ-
ization. Mr. J. F. Peel of Franklin,
acted as secretary and read the min-
utes of the Henderson meeting, which
were adopted. One hundred local as-
sociations are represented. Hon. E. B.
Alfred of Henderson, and Mr. Walton
of Jewett, were appointed a committee
on credentials. The association assess-
ment was reduced from GO cents pe*
annum to 10 cents. The exchange com-
mittee have formulated a working plaa
of exchange and will report this after-
noon.
Actress to Marry.
New York, March 3.—It Is annotms-
ed that Adele Ritchie, the comic opet%
actress, Is soon to be married to Qso
Holland of London.
Confessed to Murder.
Pontlac, Mich., March 3.—George Xir-
ons, under arrest here, has confessed
that he Is the man who shot and killed
an officer at West Liberty, Ky., dur-
ing a drunken brawl and escaped, a*
is being held here awaiting action of
the Kentucky officers. After the Shoot-
ing he entered the United States army
Out was recently dtrayrg^,
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