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Show IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. So Decides the Supreme Court in the Michigan Gerrymander. THE PEOPLE'S PARTY IN CHICAGO, The Convention Called to Order at Noon , by Chairman Hess Minnesota RepublicansPolitical Re-publicansPolitical Points. LANSiNG,Mich.,July 2S.-The supreme court decided-that the bill passed by the last leg-islature.gerrymandering leg-islature.gerrymandering legislative districts, to be unconstitutional, and ordered the secretary sec-retary of state issue notices of eleetion in accordance to the re-districting act of 1SSI. TWENTY TIMES ONE THOUSAND. Chairman Hess, of the People's Party, says that Number of Signatures Can be Had. Chicago, July 28. The county congressional congress-ional and legislative convention of the people's peo-ple's party was called to order at noon today. to-day. Chairman Hess of the state central committee reported that arrangements had been completed for circulating the nominating nominat-ing petitions, and that as soon as the candidates candi-dates were named the petitions would be scattered scat-tered throughout the state. Some of the enemies of the third party movement have claimed that they would find it impossible to secure the 1000 signatures to their petitions and that, failing in this, the names of their candidates would not be printed on the official offi-cial ballot. Mr. Hesa says, however, that they will not only procure 1000 signatures required by the new law, but will procure twenty times that number iu order to show the doubtful ones that a vote cast for the third party candidates will not necessarily be thrown away. In fact, Daniel Gleason, who is likely to be nominated for congress in the Second district, dis-trict, could undoubtedly poll a heavy vote, as he has already demonstrated his popularity popular-ity by the strong canvass he made against Frank Lawler in the same district some years ago. Upon that occasion Lawler went to Washington with a majority of only sixteen six-teen votes behind him, and it is claimed that Gleason can make a stronger campaign this time than he did before. Besides standing an excellent 6how for sending their men to congress from the Second district, there is a possibility that the third party men may join their forces in the Fourth and support sup-port Jonathan B. Taylor, in which case the' would be almost sure of electing their men. This, of course, is the way tlie people's peo-ple's party men themselves are talking. Outsiders are not betting on them heavily, but whether thuy land their meu in Springfield Spring-field and Washington or not the campaign is likely to demonstrate that the new movement move-ment is flourishing in the urban districts as well as among the farmers, and for this reason rea-son the campaign will be pushed actively for the sake of making a formal record of the party's strength. A full list of speakers has been selected, and funds are not lacking to stump the state thoroughly, and if talk can win the game the people's party intends to be in it with its older brethren. |