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Show J. HOWARD BRYANT' I, Tncro'suTsTtbowlminirtimeisisiMni men who were delegates to tho l'hi-delpbla l'hi-delpbla convention ot Juno 18, 1810. which resulted In the birth of tho republican re-publican party nod tho nomination of John C. I'remont for president. Every effort waa recently made, forty-four years later, lo have as many oa poisl-Llo poisl-Llo of these survivors nttenj as honored hon-ored guests tho republican national convention. Among those who would hnvo liked lo accept tho Invitation, but whoso fceblo health finally compelled him to decline. Is John Howard Dry-ant Dry-ant of Princeton, III . tha oldest ot tho survivors ot the convention of 1850. John Howard llryant Is the last survivor sur-vivor ot tho Dr. I'eter llryant family, of Cumralngton, Mass , and Is a bro'fi-cr bro'fi-cr of the poet. William Cullen llryant. Mr. llryant, although ho has now JOHN HOWAIID IlllYANT. reached tbo advanced ago of 92 years, la still possessed of that vigorous Intellect In-tellect tnat has been pronounced In him during his life Ills memory Is good. In speaking or the (rco soil convention con-vention In I'ltttburg, which lod tip lo the one In Philadelphia, ho said thero was ona Incident that took place thero that has always led a marked Impros-slon Impros-slon on him. During ono of tho 'sessions 'ses-sions there came a cull for a speech from Owen Lovejoy, who resided In Princeton and that year waa elected to congress, Horace Greeley, ho said, roto and remarked that he did not understand un-derstand that this convention was to be turned Into an abolition meeting, After that calls came from all parts of tho house (or Mr Lovejoy, and tho latter ndtanced to the stage and, Mr. Tlryant says, made ono ot tho strongest strong-est abolition speeches ha ever heard. Mr. llryant, during the war and for a number of yejrs nlterwsrd wss actlvo ac-tlvo In party matters and held a number num-ber ot Important positions In 1873 he became a supporter ot Horses Greeley, Gree-ley, and since that tlmo has bren Identified with tbo democratic party. Tailnc Wealth. A decision ot the Kentucky supremo court gives to a city tho full amount M k t'otstvHiMttiamnithtUiicl.. ...... j...... $i franchise t)fnt'iw(VtU'vuuaicnuiMMHMiVHsi lo tho city's existence. Tho Prank-1 -fraMI fort Walor company has a pumping ','wflft station and reservoirs outside tho city ,S valued at ISS.tOO, whllo within tho city " thcro aro mains and o'her property J valued at f 10,(20. The constitution ol 1 Kentucky provides that overy corpora- " Hon exercising "any special or oxclu- " tiro privilege or franchlso shall, In t Addition to oilier taxes Imposed on II by law, annually pay n tax on Its fran chlse to tha state and n local tat J thereon to the city town, or tax dls- "j trlct where tho franchise may ba ex- 1 trclscd. Tho stale board of assess- -j roent fixed the value ot tbo Frankfort water (rancblte nt 179.891, and nppor- ' UodhI thlt turn between tho city nnd p tha taxing district outsldo Its limits 1 1, proportion to tho property owned Intlde and oiitt'dc the city limits. The city objected nnd brought suit, clslm-Ing clslm-Ing that It should have all of tho taxation tax-ation on tha franchise, as the prlvl- ' leges under the company's charier op- , ply solely to tho district within tho . city limits Tho supremo court has upheld tho city's contention. Tho fact that It has thus been decided thst a JP franchlso Is worth 179.891 for taxing purposes In addition to tho 174,920 that Is the actual valuo of tho prop- crty la now being advanced by some 3 quarters as an argument In favor ol Jn requiring payment for franchises when W a city purchases a public servlco com- 1 ptny. In Kentucky, (or Instance, It ' would hato recullar (orce. |