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si 1 -:. -- ft- f y " . . run inzvm aitd ornviz oatuiudax, uauuht. NSEKiSM SIKIKES THE . ' i Xo attend tho tic f r " r 1 r sole ; of Hccidcnco uuu.it L" MIL J lots in SAIJFOKD ju'uu Roaring Applau; at Every o ntip n bf ; t h o flaiii o of i ,T A C!5Ua Bryan Whoco Addrcco ia Grc3tcd hy an Ovation 2lU0D1JGGF V t 1 J ! perfect HAnnoriY , UARKS couvEnTiori 1 j I ipiroeMdin'cft. Filled With Spirit of -Lby- r j f alty, to .the , MfJommoiierM--Moft i f ' Largely Attended Convention In the : : I J v History of Demotfacr In 1 the State ' I ! Address of ' Chairman Hanks- "Task of Democrats Used to Be to Persuade the Republicans to Accept Democratic Policies; Work Now is to Expose the Imitation by Them of DeniocrtUc Ideas, Says the Nebras- Platform Which Reflects the Jdea;e WW. Present to the : .penter Contention. CBr the Associated Press.) ; j ; Omaha, Neb March 5. This : war yBryan Day" In Omaha and through- out Nebraska Witune Democrat State mvefltioncas a nucleus, partjj leaders from every county and practl-? call every primary district m tne eoMmonwealth gathered; here v to i pledge allegiance: ta the, presidential asptraens of- Mr. Bryan and to ion eider means for furthering his Inter reau before the Democratic National 'convention at Denver" next July, Enthusiasm was prevalent through' out tha day It broke loose early In She sf ternoon session of the conven tion and gradually gathering volume, hroka out in tumultuous vocifefstlofts when at the beginning -at. the evening session, the. Platform commute pre gented this resolution: The Democratic; party of Nebraska again declares confidence hvand.ad I miration for .William Jennings j-rynu. In him we behold the ideal American 4.eitizen-the Ideal Democrat. We re ijoiee that the principle which, he has '4 ao ably advocated have been gladly received and ervh-Qw f eneraily, ec 1, cipted by .the "American . peppio. ? "Resolved, that; the delegates by this 1 Convention chosen,, be and are hereby I instructor to vrfte;M a unit for the 1 nomination of Mr. Bryan for the . Presidency." ' .: ' ' " ' - jsr: This official Indorsement of 5dr, i Bryan's candidacy met the full appro I vai : of the ; delegates, - The irpnetod 1 instructions. to. the sixteen mtn hacted during Ah aftecnopn t rcpret ; neat the Btafcf kt X)enver, will. It. vas H thought, leave no doubt as to where iryan'i home State stands, v -ij? ! v The platform OA a whole was a,rf(e i-ly" Mr. Br-an'f owh work.' That it :;- reflected the leader's view to vyhat I' should form the issues upon which tha party should. g before the couni j': try- next fH, was not denied.-' ; Mr. Bryan, however, said that lh I declarations of the platform wre f,iwc?sarlly Jncomplet, that'sopje pub. I Jecta which undoubtedly W4U balpclvid? ,fd In the national- plaUonrtj were emiuea, wnne tners were treated in : the- X braaka document -. In Pr ; posely brjef : manner; so , as to arow amplification, at Denver. - ' . 1 The platform In full is as follo-ys; p 1; : :Text of the Platform. We, the representatives of the De Imocracy of Nebraska, in delegate con- vetitlon asenbled, re-amrm our falti in, ana pledge our loyalty to, the print Ifclplt of our party. We 'rejoice at ihe Increasing signs of an awakening i In the United States. -; - The various ; fnvestigauons - have traced graft and political corruption to the represent , tives of predatory wealth attd laid i bare the unscrupulous method j by j which they have debauched elections and preyed upon a defenseless public i through the subservient fficfAl whom ! ; they have' raised to: place and power, j Y The conscience of the nation is now ; i aroused and will. If honestly anneaU ! el to, free the government from the grip of those who have made It a I business asset of the favor seeking j corporations; It must become again !a government of Jkhe people, by the ' jt-ople and for the people,' and be j ministered in all iu departments according to tke Jeffersonian maxim i nml ric-hts to all and nriAl nri. i leges to rone." . . ,t .j.:z' ::: . This IS the overshadowing issue at this time; it manifests Itself in all the questions now under discussion and demands immediate consideration. Passes and Rebates. ' We '"heartily aoorove - of the laws ; prohibiting the pass and the rebate, Mod insist upon further, legislation, ftate and-national, making it unlaw lul. tor any; corporation to contribute to campaign funds, and providing for publication; before the election, of all ' Individual contributions above a rea fsonable mlnlmain. . T States RlgUU. Believing with Jefferson, in "the Support of the State governments in al their rights as the most competent ( administrations for our domestio ' concerns and the : rurest, bulwark l f against anti-Republican tendencies," and In the preservation of the general pvrnment In its. whole constitutional .rigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad. ' we are opposed to the 'centralisation Implied ; in the suggestions, . now fre quently made, that the powers of the nenera! government should be extend ed by Judicial construction. LWhlle i we favor the exercise by the general jKovernment of all its constitutional j luthority for the prevention of monop ely and for the regulation of j inter (sute commerce, we insist' that Fed ; eral remedies shall be added to, and (not substituted for State remedies. 1 1 I Natnral vs. ArUncUl Man. ; , We .Insist. upon recognition of the . ; . : 'j d U Unction between the natural . man fand the artificial person, called a corr r pf ratlin ,and we favn the "a-tmei j (f fruch laws as may, be' necessary te compel foreign corporations to subr ! : mlt their legal disputes to the courts of the States n . which they do buai ness, and' thu place themselves upon :;! : COfDfi CACSI3 miDAcira i ; I.AXAT1VW i)no?io quinine re- 1 moves the cause. J the world over to Cu'e a Cold in One Day. V. . Grovo's slrsature ca tax. 25c th same footing as domestic corpora tions. . )" -;: -;J i ' ! ' ' ; Electlott of Senators, i - ,'. ( : We favor .the election of United, rStates Senators by direct vote of the people, and : regard this reform as tr e gateway to all other national re forms. TresU. A private 'monopoly is lridefensible snd intolerable. - We therefore, favor the vigorous enforcement of the criminal law against trust and trust magnates, and demand the enactment of such additional legislation as may be necessary to - make it impossible for a ' private monopoly to exist in the united States. Among the ad ditional remedies we specify three: : First, a law preventing the dupli cation of directors among competing corporations; second, la license sys tem which will, without abridg.'ng the right-of each State to create corpora tions, or Jts rights to regulate as it will foreign corporations doing busi ness within its limits, make it neces sary for a manufacturing or. trading corporation engaged in interstate com merce -to take out a Federal license before It shall be permitted to control as ranch as -25 percent of the product in which it deals: the license to pro tect - the public i from watered stock, and to prohibit the control by : such corporation of more than fifty percent of the total amount of any product consumed , in the United States, and third, a law compelling such licensed corporations to sell to all . purchasers In all parts, of . the country on ths same terms after making due allow ance for cost of. transportation.: . , , Tariff Reform, I We welcome the belated promiso Of . tariff reform. now offered, by a. part of the Republican party, ' as a tardy recognition of the righteousness of the Democratic position on this question, but the. people cannot safely entrust the 'execution of this Import ant work to, a party which Is so ob ligated to the highly protected inter ests that it postpones relief until after the election.' -And we call attention to the significant fact that the prom ise now made by those Republican who; favor tarjff revision Is wholly Vitiated by . the - use -of ' the very qualifying words 1 under which tho present tariff Iniquities have grown up. We favor ah Immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of Import duties. Articles , entering into com petition with articles controlled by trusts ' should be placed upon free list jnaterl&i reductions : ehould be madv In the tariff upon necessaries of life, and reduction should be made in such other .schedules as may be necesary to restore the tariff to a revenue basU, n We favor gn Ineome tax .as, parjl of" our revenue system, and wo urge the submission , of a - constitu tional amendment specifically author izing Congress to levy and collect a tax upon Individual and Corporate lnT comes, to the end' that ; wealth may bear "Its proportionate jshaVp of th4 burdens of the federal government We' favor a national inheritance : tax to reach the ", "swollen j fortunes' air j ready in' existence, but we. believe that It 4s . better to, pfrmanently prevent ! "swouen iortunes ' Dy aoonsn)ng. tne privileges and fayoritsm; uppn which they are based. - We Sympathize with the efforts put forth ' for the reclamation of the arid lands of the Wes and urge the lar gest possible use of Irrigation In the development of the country. We also favor the reclamation of iwams lands upon the same principles. , j i ' frest Preservation. V We favor the preser'atlon . of the forests still remaining, ; and the re planting: of the denuded districts in all our mountain ranees, as well as the f orestatton of the Western ' plains. j We believe that the Panama Canal wIl prove. of great value to our coun try and favor Its speedy completion. ; - ' t; Interior Waterway. ' -' We urge liberal appropriations (or the Improvfment.and developnjient . of the Interior water---vays, believing (hat such expenditures will return a large dividend in lessened cost of transpor tation, we ravor a generous pension policy, both as a matter of justice to the surviving veterans and their de- ?endents, and hecause it relieves the ountry of the necessity of maintain Inga large standing army. V Imperialism, y. We condemn the experiments in im perialism as an Inexcusable blunder which has involved us in an enormous expense, brought us weakness instead of strength and laid our nation open to the charge of abandoning the fun damental doctrine of self-government, v -i Interstate Commerce. IV 1 1 We favor an immediate declaration of the nations, purpose' to recognise the Independence of the Philippine Islands as soon as a stable govern ment can be established, such inde pendence to be guarded by us, ; as we guard the Independence pf Cuba until the neutralisation of the islands can be secured by treaty with other pow ers. In recognizing the Independence of the Philippine Islands our govern ment should retain such! land as may "be, necessary for coaling stations and naval bases. ; r . Desiring the prevention of war, wherever possible, we believe that our nation should announce its determina tion not to use our navy for the col lection of private debts and its will ingness to enter Into agreements with other nations,- providing for the inj. vestlgatlon, by an Impartial interna tional tribunal, before, any declaration of war or commencement of hostili ties, of every dispute which s defies diplomatic settlement j : ; , Interstate - Commerce, 'v. r-? We assert the right of Congress t? exercise complete control over interf state commerce, and we assert ; the right of each State to exercls just as complete control over commerce with in Its borders. We demand such an enlargement of ppwers of national god State railway commissions as may be necessary to give full protection to persons snd places from dlscrimlna tlon and extortion. We believe that both the nation and the varfous States should first ascertain the present value of, tha railroads, measured by the cost Of reproduction second, prohibit the issue of any mors watered stoclr or fictitious capitalization; third,. prohibit the railroads' from engaging. In any HSBSBBSBSBassasSSSSXSSBB9BSBSSaSSaaBBI business which brings them into com petition I with .their shippers; . and fourth, reduce transportation rates un til they reach a point where, they will yield only a reasonable return on the present value of the railroads such reasonable return being defined as a return tuffleient to keep the stock of the roads at par when such roads are honestly capitalized. " - The injury done by issues of water ed stock is more clearly seen and bet ter understood since the shrinkage . In the market value of ' such stock . has precipitated a 'widespread panic and brought enormous loss to the country. The panic has emphasised the neces sity for legislation protecting tha wealth-producers from .spallation- at the, hand of the stock gamblers and the .gamblers in farm products. The j present financial stringency furnishes additional proof that the Re. publican leaders are either unwilling or Incompetent to protect the Inter ests 6f the general public.' They have so linked us to Wall street that the sins of the speculators are visited upon the entire country, j ; Postal Sayings; Bank. We favor the postal savings bank and, in addition thereto, Insist upon passage of laws. State and national, for the better regulation of banks and for the protection of bank depositors. The government demands security when it deposits public money in a; bank, and we believe that the security of the in dividual depositor who intrusts his earnings to a bank, should be gjl specific a the government (security. Ahirich and Fowler Bills. We oppose both the A Id rich bill and the Fowler bill, and believe that In so far as the needs of commerce requires an emergency currency, such currency should ba issued and controlled by the Federal government, and that it should be . loaned upon! adequate se curity and at a rate of interest which will compel its : retirement when the emergency is 'passed, j We demand further, that favorltsm In tne deposits of treasury funds shall be j abolished and. that surplus, revenues shall be de posited at competitive rates! upon suf ficient security and fairly distributed throughout the country. i litbor and Capital. We favor the eight hour day. We believe In the conciliation of capital and labor and favor every le gitimate means for the adjustment of disputes between corporations, i em plores and employees, to the end that justice may be done to those who toll end that society may be relieved from the embarrassment, occasioned by pro longed strikes and i lockouts. ;!..'-,,-v!;.t Injunctions. ; : .V--1; We frfvpr such a modification of the law relating to Injunctions, as will, first, prevent the Issuing of the, writ In Industrial disputes except after no tice toT defendants and fair hearing; second, "perm It -trial before a judge other than the one who Issued . the writ, an. third, allow a Jury to be summoned In all cases where the si leged contempt is.commltteed outside the presence of,th court, 4, i vve ravor employers liability 'Jaw, applicable to both.' private and i public employer:.' , Immlgratioii. i We fa or full frotectionl by both' national and State governments within their respective spheres, ; of all for eigners residing in i the United States under the treaty, but we are opposed to the admission of Asiatic Immi grants who cannot be amalgamated with our population, or whose pres ence among us would raise a race Is sue and Invdiye us In diplomatic con troversies with oriental powers,' and we demand stricter enforcement of the hnmlgration laws against any Im migrants, who advocat assassination Rs a means of reforming our govern ment. .. ! j ii " , We welcome Oklahoma to the sis terhood of States and heartily congrat ulate her upon her auspicious begin ning of a great career. j . We favor separate, statehood for Arizona and New Mexico and demand for the people of Porto- Rico for the ful enjoyment of ri grits and privileges of a territorial form of government. The Democratic party of Nebraska again declares confidence In and ad miration of William Jennings Bryan. In him we behold the Ideal American citizen, the ideal Democrat. : We re joice that the principles which he has sol ably advocated have been gladly received and are now generally ac cepted bv the American people. Resolved, that the delegate by this convention chosen, be and they ' are hereby, Instructed to vote as a unit, for the nomination of Mr Bryan Tor the Presidency. . j M Although WiliiSm Jennlng Bryan ap peared only as a spectator at the open ing session of the Nebraska Democrat. Ic Convention this afternoon the pro ceedings were filled with a spirit of loyalty to him that left no doubt as to the attitude of his party members in this, his home State. From the time that Chairman II, II. Hanks made his first reference to Bryan as the 'next President of the United States," In the opening address, until the conven tion took its recess, every mention of Bryan's name or principle was greet ed with roaring applause. Not even the tedious work of select ing delegates-at-large 'to, the National Convention of the party that Is to meet In Denver In July, could lessen the enthusiasm, the members of the convention . shouting' themselves hoarse with each mention of their leader. ;, ! it -f Harmony was the , keynote of the proceedings and the only semblance of a contest came when the task of choosing delegates-at-large to the National Convention was reached, f I. J. Dunn. Omaha; D.'V; Stephens, Fremont; F, W. Brown, Lincoln, and Felix J, Hale were the delegates 'ser lected.' ':-:- Nominntlons for all the' other places as to he disposal of the convention, were practically settled before the proceedings began, j . I. : Dr. P. , L: Hall, of Lincoln, was PILC3 CURED 131 s TO 14 DATS, PAZO OINTMENT fs gus ran teed to cure any caao of Itching. Ellnd. Bleed- i-j cr.rrotrc::r7 : ::.s la g ta II: Czjtm or money ttVczZzZ." 12. ... - i - chosen national commlteemsinn fee Nebraska to succeed Mayor Dablrnen, of Omaha, who dec)ine4 jto rUn , f j The direct ; delegates to the Denver Convention was aeiectedjby the state convntion delegates from each? Con4 gressional districts Twelve - men, two from each district, were then chosen S . One of the features of jthe gathering was the effort of the newly organised "Nebraska Bryan Volunteers" to spread its propaganda among the 'canvass bf lling to (join formed prin- delegates. A searching Democrats who . were w the organization which U clpally for the rawing of use of the State centra fuhds for the commilttee several huhi were enroll- - -li In the , dis- was begun yesterday and dred additional anembersj ed today. Owing to the 'contests trlct conventions the de legates -Were sho in reacrtng th eclty At 2 o'clock the hour set auditorium. for the gath- erlng, there were -more vacant than occupied seats in the big hall ami jit was thlrty-flve minutes f later .before T. 8. Allen, chairman of State Cen tral committee, cabled the meeting jtcj order. The convention jlost no tlnS In getting down to business. ,Tho Ireport of the Committee on Resolu tions was the first matetr to conbo before the evening session. After cheers which greeted ftaj reading hid subsided, the rfeport as adopted1 ft the official expression of the conven tion. Three former members ; of the" party who have died recently were :K membered. by resolutions j Another declaration Irij favor of the Issuance of .$500000,0001 In govern ment bonds In ord;r to provide funds with which to prosecute public works, thus giving work to many unemptfvW persons, was also carried. The co'st--ventlon then endosed the w'rk f ; Congressman G. H. Hitchcock, tho only member of the partjy In the Xe- brsska delegation Washington .u The speeches of the evening . f kl lowed. I Mr, ilryan Speak'. . Mr. Bryan entitled hi speech. Word of Encouragement," and de voted his remarks to the producing hf evidence to show the growth of D?mjt cratJu policies and principles au 1 the basis for Democratic hope. He spoke In part as follows: : ' "Our trouble used to be to persuade the Republicans to accept Democratic policies; our work now Is ta ex yoke the imitation by - theml of Democratic ideas and.lo point out when in they come short in ther . effort to apprj- priate" Democratic -dfi4 tripes' : Take for instint Vj. io truit ques tion. - We had dlfficelty convincing the flepubllcans that" ithere were trusts; ! no w they admit j trusts exist. W had difficulty convincing them't!je criminal laws should '- jbe enforced tf gainst trust; how thy admit 1 lit should be enforced "hut fall to' enforce it.: . In . so far as they have acted against the trusts at all' they have acted along the lines laid jdown by the Democrats, but the; trust magnates are ztiltat t'largc.7"trtro3 -are stm flourishing;, , land yc ' tfii supporters of Mr. Taf t ' have nospf cfie remedies to offer for relief, and trusts arise t while- Republicans, are boasting 0f their crusade against them. They propose regulation of monopolies ln-l stead of extermination, although thfy have reason to know that regulatHn f has failed and that any one of a nitm- foer of trusts can afford to contribute j ten times as much to a camoalen fund ! as can be collected from ail tho yot js who are outside the privileged circle. "On the tariff the Republican lead ers no v admit that tariff reforhiS lis now necessary, but a careful, rcadin-f of their promises show that "they ufo language identical with that empiuyl In former platforms whlfch have bc'fri the' basis for the'preaern extortlonats rates. " The advocates' of the McKit ley . tariff ., and of the Dhigley tarjff never asked' for 'more than-enough 1 to cover the differences In coat of labor here and abroad, but qnde" the pre tense of protecting labor they built tip the present .oppressive schedules. What reason then have we to bellfcy their promises ' are -worth any niuro now-than they have been in the past twenty years? . SUrely the peoplo will not trust tariff yefor mto. thoso yvlio have stubbornly refused I to reduce tariff 'rate's when they ;hadi. full power to .do so, and then asked to be re turned, to power tl.at they may o what they have failed tol do. j I "The Republicans admljt that ra? road regulation has been heeded arid yet for ten years the Republican paK ty allowed Itself to be overawed by the. railroad lobby at Washington and having, with the aid of theiDenvicrat, secured a little relief, the Republican leaders now rely upon 'what ha bin done. and outline no pogrp-m f-r further . legislation. The Republican leaders have watched a few railriHu! magnates strangle competition and Combine great systems Into grcatar ones' without raising a hand for th protection of the public and now they ask for another lease of fover as 4 result for their inaction - l: j "Under Republican rul the rela tions between capital and labor hays become more and more s' ri'ned arid yet, the Republican leaden reat eacil attempt to bring'- employ sft and cn ployees -Into more harmonious rela tions. ; j , i The Philippines presents another Instance of gross mjma'nagement. Instead of applying American ideas to the Philippine Island question the Republican leaders Imitated tho om pires of the old world and (entered on a colonial policy which has Involved us In enormous expenses, brought us weakness instead of strength, and hut mutation Instead of glory.) . "The present financial stringency H another illustration of Republican Incompetency. in the fuli possession of power it has allowed the country to be run by Wall i street financiers and in , the crisis Is impotent to do mora than furnish money! out of thn public treasury to -support the mar? ket, v t has made no effprt to stop frnmtaje : Mothers and ilaUrfc j The Old Standard onOVETS TASTZ3 LCS3 CHILL TONIC drives out ra larL-. and. tulIJs cp .r;-- iTr crown peo;:j fc2l.cziurta.; gambUns? the I fruitful:' cause of panlcs-it has made no effort to fur nish government- notes for an emer gency, and it has made no effort . to protect depositors. While It demands security for, government funds when deposited with banks, it has left the Individual depositor to risk his scanty savings without protection against mismanagement by, bank officials. "The Republicans admit that some thing must . be done and they now know fio how to proceed They a e so convinced that the present condi tions are, deplorable that they applaud the President's last message, which was an Indictment df Republican mis rule, for fall abuses of which he com plained : are traceable to ' Republ ican legislation or lack of legislation. The ; Democrats face ! the future with hope and their .hope rests ort a firm foundation. Democratic poli cies have grown in popularity as the voters have become' better acquainted with the evils to be 'remedied. The Democrats have been lookiost pub lic questiofis from the standpoint of all j the; people, while.; Republican leaders have been -looking at them from a Stand point of a few. . As the strength of a party must in the long run be measured by the strength vof its principles, Democrats have reason to belieye that their prospects of suc cess have been greatly Increased by the j widespread acceptance of Dem ocratic remedies. "Another reason, .for hope Is to be found In the fact' that 'thi Demo cratic party Is united While the U--publican "party is divided, and th re union of the Democratic party, is duo to 0io same causes that have brought division i into the Republican- ranks. The country has moved forvaul to ward positive and aggressive resist ance to jthe encroachments of ornda tory wealth and this growth has brought the rear ranks of the Dem ocratic party up to the firing U.V, while it has separated the Republican reformers from the Republican 'stnid patters. il The fight for the supremacy In the Republican party & 'niter one,, and which ever slda v!ns the other side will bo dlsruntl.d. ! As the Republicans used on faction oi the Democratic party to defeat us' In If Itf, w shall Jreturri the compliment thJs yeat- and use one part of the Re publican party td defeat the other, for it is So hopelessly divided that it cannot be trusted to. do anything at present. , - r".''!.. .The third cause for ; hope Is to be found ' b : ie moral ; .awaken?u?;. Never within a genefatlonl'has there been ' such " a ; stirring of .conscience, and the ; eense of justice inherent , irj thei people has been made sensitive, to the Democratic appeal whtrh ! is essentially an appeal for justice The Democratic party has feeen doing plr.neer work and now it wll ciijoy the gratitude ' . and..' the appreciation showered upon the pioneer when thi character of his work Is fully under stood. jf . vt;'""v' ' :''r'-" y '' " Chairman Hank's Address. "The campaign of SOS began in 1108." sad Mr. Hanks. "Agaihst the phlcago i platform . and the nominee hfive been hurled , denunciation, vitu peration I and accusations of anarchy. Vain are! the battles againts tte right. Where are the defenders of 'National Honor? Where are the originators of the - 'Safe and Sane' j Democracy ? Their mask has been torn asunder and they s stand condemned before the bar. of public opinion. ThM band of men told; us to 'preserve te National honor when they were devoid of per Bona' honor. - ! - "The people for years 1 preceding 1901 groped Jn darkness. No leader darod defend them. Their represent tives we're; bribed. Men of , wealth banded together with but one purpose, aed that j to plunder tr e people. They knew no! political lines save for bus. Iness Interests. They were Republi cans for States that were Republican Democrats n States that were Dem ocratic, They nominated the candi dates for. i both political parties and financed both earnpalgns that , they might control the administration, no matter wlj-i was eiected-,, , . "Against the dictation and . usurpa tion of power the American peppie have rebelled, petting their Inspira tion) fronJl the early patriots Of our country, betting for purer politics, with a determination founded on eter nal rights they will yet nominate, tjiey Willi yet elect, they will yet rule. "There j s a feeling of unrest every where that bodes III for the Republi can ; party; The time' Is ripe for a Change, it is vain for the Republicans to clalnf predit for widespread pros perity and try to avoid the blame for a .videspread panic. "The Republican party defends ar istocracy land grants its special prlv. ileges-r the privilege of taxing the many for the benefit of the few,, the prfvilege of controlling our finances, tlrie privilege pfmonopoljzlng the ne cessities and the privilege of disobey ing the law. ; ; .The Democratic party challenge.! fhls right of privilege by aristocracy. They demand that they obey the law; they demand that they shall not rob the publc; they demand that monop oly must be destroyed; they demand 'equal rights to all and special priv ileges, to .none, "The united Democratic party wel comes the conflict t will be av con test between tlje few' that dominate) the commercial world' and control the Republican party and the many that cafry the living masses toward equal ity and justice. r X ''X " : :y;: ' ; ' 'Thousands i of , Republicans'' are telilag ; ps: that if a reform candidate is not nominated they will yote for Bryan, LaFollette Is their, only reT ; form candidatethe onlr man bold, enough to take bis stand wlth the people. ' Roosevelt, thundering Demo cratic doctrine in tri message to Con4 gress, haa opened the minds of mil lions of Republicans to the philosophy of Democracy. " His call to arms to fhe : masses against the classes has opened the hearts of thousands to the fyjingel of Democracy. , ; We do not know which of the spet clal representatives ' of the special In terests their candidate will be--Falr-banks, Cannon or Foraker. Or will It be Taf t. who - fiss not commit! r 1 himself Ort" any 'public ci::tionv rj la no - reform ' with a candidate like Taft. ;i -"''- -, '!-. :-v l';,: "Tou search In vain for his convic tions on vital questions that has been the policy of candidates In the past whose administrations were owned completely ,by the financiers. - "The Democratic party Is not ex treme. The extreme radical is the Socialist party; They believe that legislated equality' is the panacea for ail government Ills, The extreme con servatism Is ' the Republican party. They are so extremely conservative that: tariff protects a few at the ex pense s of the . many; so conservative that a few own the necessltltes of llge while the millions of people must pay the price: so extremely conservative that i they would ape European govwl ernments and establish a colonial pob I icy., j . ; v '..a"J ' "The Democratic party Is not radi cal, but conservative; not the conserv atism of special interests, but of Jef ferson. Jackson and Bryan. I do not agree that Bryan is radical. He IS simply advocating; earnestly and fear lessly Democratic doctrine. To the special Interest he Is the horror of their i thought and the nightmare of their dream. They fear him not be cause they think he is radical, : but because they.kn.ow if eleeted he will bexfalthful to these principles. r "The Democratic party will name a man foK President wno would rather live on aNfarm at Falrview than to be Presidenixowned and contrplled by special Interests a man who would rather go down toxdef eat; in a third battlei than to mortgage his party be fore election; a man Who for twelve years has "been oak and rock to the Democratic party. He Is not -Democracy's! choice - Democracy hope; They i tell us that he .has been de feated twice. I Twice defeated, he has convince j the world that he Is right; twice i defeated, he has convinced the world that he Is worthy to be Pres ident;'; trvlce defeated, he has forced a Republican President to turn his baek upon i the, Republican vparty and . to take his stand ipon a Democratic platform. . '' - ' CLASH IS COMItlG Between Judgo Pritchard and South Car6!ina Vsiv. Ansel Sends If easago to General Assembly Urging Legislation, to - i Protect Dispensary ' 1 ; . Funds. - . - . I - tBy the Associated Press.) -Columbia. S. C, March 5. That a dash between the State of south Car olina and Federal Judge: Pritchard is imminent, wa? indicated today when Governor Ansel sent a special message to the' General Assembly In extra ses sion; urging it toenact legislation pre serving the State autonomy and pro- tecting the dispensary Jund from the ipterference 'of ' the Federal courts. The j enjfssage is art outgrowth of Judge Pritchard's decision to take Jurisdiction of the suits brought - by ci editors tp secure the payment of drbts Contracted for liquors furnished to the! former State dispensary. , I . Cliiiiiney oil Flro. ;' '';';" X-:l t'T-;.;-'" 'About tight o'clock last night the fire alarm carried the department to the old Dobbin residence on Davie street, i.near Dawson. . . The trouble - was simply a chimney on fire The family of Mr. A.. l. pool had m,o,ved In yesterday and in ' the foom wrere a stove had been used jjvarted. n fire in the open fire place. The soot cAuvht fire and thele was a pig ,blase from ; the top of the open cii'mney. b it t barm was jone. The gentlemen who are to meet in Salisbury Friday to organize an antl prohlbltlon movement must have very little business demanding their at? tep tlon at home. Ask your doctor Ad vl MAM LMu. - C: Trust him. Do NONALCOHOLIC . Lips white ? Checks pole ? Blrpod thin ? Consult your doctor. Bad' sliin ? JWcal; nerves ? ; Lc:in3 -Ccch ? Consult your doctor . ; Nb appetite? Poor ciijestian? D;:cQiirr:d? qoncult your; doctor, : , . r 1 - 1 : -d" Ufl mm Fcr tho Vcctcrn . 1 ; Petition Filed by nowllng Green Trust v Co of ?few, . York Ben J. F. Bush, J V president of the Company, Ap- 44 . . ' pointed. - - - (By the Associated Press.) :; Baltimore, lid., March &-At ter the. j:V close of court today and with the ut- j most .secrecy, a bill was filed la thft United States Circuit ? Court by the Bowling Creen Trust Company, of I . New Tork. asking the appointment of receivers for the Westerns Maryland 6 5 Railroad. Judge . Thomas J. Morris appointed President T Benjamin F.'' Bush, the railroad I having s filed nr answer admitting the allegations In ! the bill of aomplaint and assenting to the ; receivership. The allegation -. 01 the Bowling Green Trust Company t that the Western Maryland will be un- f able to meet flxe4 charge due April f 1st. amounting to l,3S9,Aoa. - j ; President Bush gave bond as receiv- er In HOO.OeO. the bond being signed 1 by the Fidelity Trust and Deposit Company ' ; r"'', PERFORMANCE WINS i APPLAUSE f New Colonial Opera Company Giving Bright and Breezy plays. ; The New Colonial Opera Company t was at the Academy of : Musie last ;3 plght In A Trip to India,- a comic opera that won great, applause from an audience that-, was . evidently le lighted with the performance ? : The company Is giving opera as pop- n Ular price attraction, and the verdir: H of the people last night was that the,vf J:ompany is- one . that should attract arge audiences Trip - to Indl" bright, and merry, the muclc In it f being rendered with sp'i it lr k , : Miss Juanita Rush, most attcctl ve I? young woman, is the prima donnc, and fi, her soprano voice was greatly cdm'red t In the character ef ."AltI. the IJaI Q Queen of Altara, v and Miss If amis Elmore as "Serena the Pcaha's Daughter " was clever as well as ood ';l looking. The singing -of Miss Rush. and the rejections rendered by "The- ! 4, IWaUCf UCZS S-b v& - bs.Bjx0 , .- v ws.v were features of the evening. The audience time and- again recauea me quartette, which pleaed all , The oth- $ er members of the company aid in f making a clever, entertainment if Tonight the bill will j 4 be "Fra If Dlavolo.' At the matinee Saturday the company will repeat the' success of last night, "A Trip to India" and on t Saturday night the opera will be "The ' Climes -af Normandy." i These operas are bright and tuneful and at each f performance "The Trocadero - Quar- tette' i will give selections. ; All who J desire an evening of enjoyment at ? popular prices should gee the "New Colonial Opera .Company" during Its 4 Visit tQ Raleigh. . - BALLOTING CONTINUES. Three Ballots for a successor to Scn ' a tor Lat timer. - . - (By thf Associated Press.) " Columbia, S. C March 5. The first ballot at today's Joint session of the Legislature for a successor to the late United States Senator Lattlmer, re sulted as follows: - - -" Gary ; Walker ' 4$; ' Coker ts; Mauldln 1; Scattering . Necessary to a choice 79. Gary's vote showed a gain of eight over that cast for him yesisrqay. The second ballot resulted Gary Walker SI; Mauldln 19; Coker Jones fi; Holiday 1. 5 I) rial I : The third ballot showed no material change. The fourth ballot resulted: Gary tl Walker 40; Mauldln' 17; Co. kcr, lit Wllle Jones ; Ira B. Janes nine. . . :' ' ' V ' . ' 1 about taking exactly cs hz trjs. I I ' I i. - 4 r? ' a
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