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Show truth. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. .chairman and secretary of the county a cauasked to call be will committee cus of the delegates to the state conThe question of renewing the convention for the purcpse of taking action in this matter, and it is almost tact between the municipality and certain that such a caucus will be he Bell Telephone company, by held, on the evening next preceding which the city gets certain telephones the meeting. free in lieu for franchise tax, came jt be can as ascertained, it is jefore the city council Tuesday evenSo far but was not acted upon. Council-me- n apparent that no serious opposition ing, Hartensten and Wells promulto a constitutional amendment placing the power to regulate marital matters gating the right Idea when they procompany in the hands of congress will be op- posed that the telephone should tax a same as any the pay posed by the Democrats, any more other corporation holding a franchise than it will be by the Republicans. It from the city, and that the city is expected that both conventions will should pay the company for the telebe asked to incorporate such a plank, uses. The Bell Telephone and it is extremely probable that both phones it is a favorite, and for years will do so. But for reasons which company enjoyed a preferential claim on seem to him satisfactory, Senator Du- las ;he city. It is allowed to use the pubbois will offer a plank that will be ic streets, erect poles and wires violent and bitter in its denunciation wherever it pleases without consult-n- g anybody or getting permission of the Mormons, if he is reported cor!rom the city. It has a free blanket rectly, and Truth believes he is. Du- franchise in perpetuity to do whatbois has nothing to hope for from the ever it please. It manages to stand people of his' own state in the way of ace high with all administrations and and, being without hope s steadily extending its grip on the in this respect, will endeavor to make municipality. Jt til it unpleasant for those who have made It is said that an ordinance will be him. The long distance telephone has been busy this week. Democrats have presented to the city council next been talking to friends in the outside Monday night prohibiting the use of counties, informing them of the exi- automobiles in the business district gencies of the case and urging ac- and barring those vehicles from all tion. So that when the convention meets it will be very likely to cause any candidate for delegate to read his title mighty clear before it sends him to St. Louis. Ability will cut more figure than it would were conditions otherwise, because the party will no doubt insist that none but the very ablest men be selected. re-electi- paved streets. Why not go the whole hog at once and forbid automobiles from being brought to the city at all? Nothing like doing things thoroughly if you do them at all. Pome people are mean enough to say that Councilman Black is the father of the ordinance, but we dont believe it. No harness is used in driving autos. o NATIONAL I Judge Marioneaux will not run for a renomination in the Fifth Judicial district, having decided to come to this city and practice law. He has announced his intention of retiring in a 'public statement in several of the papers in his district. This statement has been received with a great deal of regret, by the voters of his district, as he could have been renominated, and very likely elected, without much trouble. It .is intimated by several of his friends here that he may become a candidate for the Supreme bench. Jt Jit The retirement of Judge Marioneaux leaves the field for tjie Democratic nomination open for Joshua Greenwood of Fillmore, who is an aspirant. Mr. Greenwood is an attorney of no mean ability, and has lots of friends in the Fifth district who will be glad to see him selected. The two most prominent are J. Alex Melville of Fillmore and W. F. Knox of Beaver. The latter affiliated with the Democrats for several years, but has lately returned to his first love. Bryan will head his delegation to the national Democratic convention, Nebraska having elected him with no The convention which opposition. selected Bryan also endorsed and reaffirmed the Kansas City platform, which action will give Bryan a chance to make a fight for his pet hobby. Inasmuch as the delegation will undoubtedly select Bryan as a member of the committee cn resolutions, Bryan will be in a position to be heard from at some length. That he will do battle with all the energy at his command is certain, because whatever may be said of the man, he is energetic and able and the rectitude of his motives cannot be questioned. Bryan has been asked if he will support the nominee and the platform of the convention, and has replied that it is too early to answer that question, because, he declares, no Democrat ought to be compelled Y our Ear a Moment While the Weather Man Rays that we are going to have a Hot Time, we want to tell you that there Is a breezy feeling about our Summer Clothing that suggests down the river, or up the Beach. Solid com- fort. Our Summer Suits, Straw Hats and Furnishings were never ro attractive as now. Come see. OVE PRICE ROWE & KELLY 132 Teachers will go east via the Bur- o Warren Foster sells insurance, not law units: ftO Progress building. o We want to please you. How? By giving you Clear Creek Coal. Why? Because we want your trade. CO. ' MAIN STREET PLAIN FIGURES WHY PAY $5.00 FOR PATENT COLT OR. KID OXFORDS WHEN Dissensions about coal prove the fact that there is only one point of dissension about the Castle Gate, and that is just how much longer a ton will burn than any other coal you can procure. o make any statement, along those lies until after conventions are held and platforms adopted. lie asserts, and with apparently goed logic, that no eastern Democrat has been asked f he will support the ticket and platform. ergo, why should a western man he put on the rack? o Jt During the past, week the Parker men seem to have gained some victories. Carrying Wisconsin was a good move, and it looks good for the party to see Dan Cainpau at the lead of affairs. Georgia has spoken 'or Parker, and witli Alabama and Tennessee, will he found in line for the New Yorker. Truth sees no reason for doubting that Parker will be the nominee. J Jt Opponents of Parker seem to think that because states do not actually declare for him means they are against him. This is not true. Take Pennsylvania for an example. votes go to tho her sixty-eigh- t convention uninstructcd, it is fair to presume, and it is almost certain when the time comes she will vote for Parker. Parker seems to he tho man of destiny in this instance, and while there may be an effort to defeat him, Truth is of the opinion that he cannot be defeated in tho convention. The business interests want aim nominated, and if he is nominated those same interests aro going to do all they can to see him elected. A chattering magpie who does alleged political work for the Tribune, alludes to Pennsylvania being so solidly Republican that a change of a thousand 'votes in each county would not affect tho general result. That may business be true, but if the so-call- o -- POLITICS. Jt J lington Route. i can jell you Jujt aj j 1 r Shoes 2S9 MAIN 9TRRBT Czol-goze- s, d, campaign purposes. good oner Tho experience of thoujandj of people, and our constantly grotolng trade, pro) that tot can do jujt that. The differ once ij in the profit and the manner of doing bujinejj. you better ja)e that dollar by toearing Walk-Ove- interests of Pennsylvania want that state to cast its ballot fer the candidate on the Democratic ticket, Pennsylvania can be carried by the DemoIf the Pennsylvania, cratic party. the Philadelphia & Reading, the Lehigh Valley, the Lackawanna and the other coal producing roads desire, they can herd the cattle they employ in their mines and make them vote as they see fit. The coal mining population of that state is not American; it is Russian, Austrian, Hungarian and Bohemian and the lower classes of each country comprise it. Tho native born population of Pennsylvania is Democratic as allusion to counties and the vote The demonstrate. will their Pennsylvania Dutch are Democrats; the old stock that came from the hills of New England have never abandoned Democracy. If it were net because of the importations, the the Petrovitchs, the Mzbzkzics and that sort, the Republicans would have to fight to control the state. If want the business interests, will and if he. get him, Parker, they is nominated he will be endorsed by them all and backed by hundreds of thousands, aye millions of dollars for so-calle- FOR $4.00 XOe ed jt jt Ilearst has carried Wyoming and will likely do a bit of business in Illinois. Although he has been making a heroic effort, it does not seem that he will land anything except a But good bit of free advertising. Hearst Is young yet and eight or even twelve years from this time will be eligible for the place. He has made a remarkable showing for one so peculiarly situated as he is. |