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Bryan Speaks a
on
Says Palmer and Bucknerites
Are Not Eligible for Presi-
dential Nomination.
A "REGULAR" MUSTBE CHOSEN
Any Effort to Republicanize
the Democratic Party Will
Be Resented Says the Form
er Standard-Bearer "No
Man' Who Voted for Palmer
and JBuckner will be Nomi
nat(Sd" is His Prediction.
New York, Jan. 21. William J. Bry
an, In discussing the approaching Dem
ocrat!? national convention today prac
tically declared that Judge Alton B.
Parker would not get the nomination.
Bryan carefully explained that his
words did not refer to Judge Parker
nor any other candidate in particular,
but there - was nothing ambiguous
about what he did say.
Mr. Bryan was asked if the fact that
a man had. voted for Palmer and Buck
ner would prevent his . receiving the
Democratic presidential nomination for
1904. - . .. .,;
fill would not prevent him from be
coming the candidate of a Palmer, and
Buckner convention," Mr. Bryan re
plied. "Would it prevent him from becom
ing the candidate of the regular Demo
cratic convention?" '
"It certainly would, " Mr. . Bryan
said emphatically. "No man who voted
for lalner and .-.Buckner will be the
candidate of the Democratic party :x
When asked if he had heard that
Judge Parker; had voted for Palmer
and Buckner, Mr. Bryan said: UI know
nothing about that. I am not referring
In what I have now said to Judge Par
ker or any; particular candidate."
According to a report which 'has
gained much credence, Judge Parker
did vote for Palmer and Buckner. He
has. never denied the report.
KEYNOTE: "NO SURRENDER"
i . T
t . : '
Is the Defiance Mr. Bryan
Throws at the Organi
zers in His Speech.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 19-CoI. William
J; Bryan was royally welcomed hom6
' last night at a, banquet and reception
in his honor at the Lindell Hotel.:
Eight hundred democrats, including
four members of thef gold Democrats,
shook Mr. Bryan's hand in the infor
mal receptionand sat down later to a
feast. James Manahan officiated as
toastmastcr and the speeches all breath
ed defiance to the reorgan izers. The
keynote of Mr. Bryan's speach was "No
Surrender." He said In part: .
' "Instead, of talking of concessions
and compromises it is time for honest
and aggressive action. We are con
fronted with a condition tha& roaywell
alarm the thoughtful and patriotic. We
find corruption everywhere.1 Voters are
bought at so much per head, represen
tatives In our city governments are
profiting by their positions, and even
federal officers are selling
their influ-
ence. What is the remedy?
r edy an appeal to the moral
One rem-
jjcusc ui
the country, an awakening of public
. conscience. ". j - "
- 4 -Shall we accept, imperialism as ao
aocomplished fact to jipease those
..who are billing to endorse "i-overnment
without the consent of the J. govern ed?
There can be no thought of such a' sui
render. Shall we abfndon bur advo-
caey of bimetalism to conciliate those
' who defeated the party in other cam-
1?aigns? Never. No reform of any
kind would be possible with the money
ehna:er. in tontrol it the party. Shall
we change our position on the tariff
question? It is absurd to suggest it.
The Kansas City platform is sound . in
every plank, and the first act of the
convention should be to reaffirm it.
-'The candidates should be men
believe in the platform, candidates
whose Democracy will not be an Issue
in the campaign, and whose fidelity to
Democratic principles will not be doubt
,ed at the election, and then the' com
mittee shoud neither ask nor receive
contributions from those who are in
trenched behind the bulwarks which
we are attacking. Let us defend our
position not upon the low ground of
dollars and cents, but by showing. how
Republican policies violate moral prin
ciples and invite the, punishment that
sooner or later overtakes - the wrongdoer,"
Parable Up-
V .5 '
THE JUDGE BOYD CHARGES
Mr. Kitchen is Looking Aftdr the
Matter Populists to Hold Con.
vention The Gudger Case.
Washington, Jan. 22.
Representative W, WV Kitchen this
afternoon called at the room of the
House committee on the judiciary
where he conferred for some time wiih
Chairman Jenkins with reference to the
charges against Judge James E, Boyd.
Mr. Kitchen was not .shown all the pa
pers i&tb&jcuse, but was informed in a
geneifstirySStbHhe nature of the al
legations against Judge Boyd, which,
Mr.: Kitchen was told, wereStery dam
aging, affecting as they did the person
al character of that official.. These
charges of a personal nature are supple
mented, however, by numerous letters
in which the writers complain of Judge
Boyd's attitude torward members of
the bar which is characterized as un
fair, atocratic and discourteous. After
leaving the committee room" Mr Kitch
en said that no such charges had ever
been brought to his attention by con
stituents, who desired that they should
be investigated by a committee of Con
gress, and fie therefore doubted whether
an abstract consideration of, the public
interests would demand his taking any
action for the present However, aside
from this information ; given to Mr,
Kitchen, it is known that the North
Carolina member was given jao encour
agement tb move at this time by any
member of 'the judiciary committee, as
it is not felt that the time has arrived
to -inaugurate impeachment proceed
ings on the floor pi the House. It is
expected that additional information
will be placed in the hands of tha com
mittee within the next few daya and
thenK should Mr. Kitchen'still feel thai
it is not ifcncumbent upon him to act,
the committee may take ' the initiative.
The fact was ascertained today " that
Representative LiUiefteld?" of Maine,
one ol the stongest members of the
committee has , interested himself in
the matter. ; '
POPCLIStS TO'HQLD CCrNVENTION.
Chairman Butler, of the national
Populist executive committee, said to
day the committee would meet early
next month, in either St. Louis or Chi
cago. After corresponding with sever
al members 01 toe committee, ne was
inclined to think the convention would
be held after those to be held-"by the
two great parties. There is a division
of opinion aifipng; members bf the com
mittee as to the advisability of putting
a Populist presidential ticket in tbe
field. He thousrht this was a matter
.-.. . . - .. .. n.
that would be determined after toe ue-
publican and Democratic conventions,
when it would then' fee seen whether it
would be wise to adopt the platform or
. ...
en.Jorse the candidates of either of the
two parties. He insists that the Popu
list party Is still a very important polit:
ical factor, and that the party will have
to be dealt with in the doubtful States of
Illinois and Indiana, where there are
many thousands of Pbpuiist voters. He
also asserted there were many Populists
in North Carolina? - -
TH ftr GUDGER CASE REFERRED TO SUB-
V- COMMITTEE.
Chairman Mann, of the elections com
mittee that heard evidence In the Gud
ger case, today said: ""Recently some
members of this committee have devb-
Jr 1
rea some attention to written eviaence
u this case, and at our last meeting we
decided that the case should be refer-
tee was named'fflffiaji.' and is composed
of Messr&toiirBV and ;Bates. ReDubli -
cans, and tT. !tme"s' democrat, The
frieadsofMr.Gudarerare more than ever
confident of an early and favorable i de-
decision. One of the'Republican mem-
bers of the committee has recently been
heard to sav in private coversation that
the contestants 1 had failed to make but
WJJ?2ZZZ
Observer
The eighttefite'rpri8irig gentle
rfian who ga-ve birth to .the Pana-
whomi republic have held a consul ta-
tion. Several negroes, quadroons,
Indians, octoroons, "mestizoes, and
Chinaman took, a band
William Jennings Bryan is !
slated. for Senator from i Nebraska
to succeed C. H. Dietrichy Repub
lican, whose term expires March
4, 1905, and whose escutcheon has
become more or less stained by
I the bribery incident. -Several ex-
canditates for the presidency have
been in the Senate.-
CYCLONE'S TERRIBLE WORK
An Alabama Town Wiped
Off the Earth By a
Terrific Tornado, '
37 KILLED; OVER 100 HURT
Struck Moundyllle, Ala., With
FuH
Force Came From
Southwest and
Made a Path a Quarter of a Mile
Wide Persons Were
Blown Hun.
dreds of Yards Every Bulling but
One Demolished. .
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 22 The most
disastrous cyclone that ever swept
over this section v viej-feed Moundville
Ala., a town of 300 inhabitants, fifteen
miles south of Tuscaloosa, this morning
atl 6'1gpc'4! and as a result thirty
seven persons were killed and more
than one hundred in jured, 4ma every
business house, with the exception of
a small drug stor, completely destroy
ed. - .,.;: ; '
The cyclone struck the city from the
southwest, dealing death and destruc
tion as it made its path, a quarter of a
mile wide, through the town The
following is a list of the white persons
who were killed
E. P. Seymour, of Nashville, TennlV
who accepted the position' as operator
at the railroad station last evening;
A H. Warren, of Birmingham' em
ployed by the Alabama Grocery: Com
pany; !H. . Redmond. ' superitendent
pumping station, from Nashville; Rob-.
ert Powers, of Tuscaloosa; Miss, Nettie
Farly. , ' - .
The negro dead i are: W. N. Miles,
wife and six children;' Albert Holston,
wife and three children; Iko Holston,
wife and three children; nine other ne-.
groes, yet unidentifed, '
Tha-following is a partial list of the
seriously injured: Mrs, W. A. Grubbs,
of Kentucky, dislocated hio: R. 'L.
iffin, Lee Grifan, A. Bv Griffin, Mrs.
Farlejy Mr. Gailey. Mrs. GaHy, Mrs.
F. T. Galley, Ir. Farley. A B. Taylor,
"Mrs. McCaney.'VV-'i " ;t
TO HAYE THREE WEEK'S YACATIOH
State :Hormal Suspends for a Short
While on Account of Recent Fire.
The following statement has been is
sued by President Mclver, of the State
Normal and Industrial College:
' 'QT ATEMEjJiT TO TEtEsPUBLIC."
Greensboro, N. C.; Jani23, 190 Af
ter .very mature deliberation onj the
part of the board of directors and other
officers of the institution, the faouHy
and the students, it has become evident
I tmal ond Tnd nof wtol 1 S nra (rt t a rA o
1"1 "" -uomi .Bj MA
cess of three, weeks, in 'ordar to give
ume ior cOTyerting e.oiuaents- ouua-
infr now neanpg. completion, into a
In . 1 ft . ''J 3 1. M
oormitory ouning mj oe usea as sucn ior
the remaider of the college yea. Even
when the students' building shall have
been converted into a dormitory it will
nnfc h npftctical " tri5'Hl'lhfi ' students
who occupied the mam dormitory of the
college tnis year, in a lew days we
will know definitely how many can be
provided for in the new dormitory Jand
apppomtment will be made.; All stu
i dents who lost their places by the burn
ing of the main dormitory and who
wish to secure hoarding places for the
next four, months ,will please write;me
letters to that effect at the earliest pofrl
.1 , - , m t js . , , 'j
1 iuuoui..f uuot-vum
naa been for two days in consultation.
ana ine auaitoroi tne atate, wno nas
made valuable- saggesttons; ' In order
inat a uormiwry uuiming may oe reauy
1 or 'ocupancy next September, it is nec-
essary that work . shmXS lgin within
the next few weeks. The bord, there-
Uoire has authorized the executive com
mittee to confer with architects and se
cure plans and estimates of cost for the
erection of one or: more dorijaltory
build7Pg:wfth'a &ljity;;x6 ao-
comodating four hundred boarders.
This statement isr -made how so ; that
there may be no doubt in the mind of
present and prospective students in re
gard to this important matter. The
college will begin Its work in the fall
with leasts as good equipment for
taking ace. of; boarders as it has ever
had. .Speaking Jor all connected with
this 'college, I" desire to.. express the
Drdfoundest appreciation of "the numer
ous evidences of svmoathVl Tfie action
of the citizens of Greensboro' 'has been
nromDt. practical and substantial and
Mn. addition to the many messages from
sister institutions ana irienas inrouga
out the country full of sympathy and
cheer, there have been numerous vol
untary contributions to lighten the
burden which nas fallen upon a Hun
dred or more students- who lostrtheir
trunks and clothing.
Very respectfully,
Charles D. McIver, -
President. .
N. Davidson for governor
The Dembqrats' of the West I
Will Ask for His Nomi
t nation.
. The Democrats of -the West will ask
for the nomination of Hon. Theo. F
Davidson oil Buncombe, for Governor,
this year. 'This honor has not been
bestowed upon a man' west of. Char
lotte for almost half ; a century. The
Democracy can i certainly afford to be
both just and generou3 this fall. There
Is no need now " for" sacrificing either
Jfbf these virtues to ''satisfy "tile demands
of expediency. " -
v The party Is safely, and firmly en-
trencnea in ; tnis state. . ... mere is no
one either so blind or so' stupid
as
to
een suggest the possibiliivrof Demo
cratic defea!t; this yeaf.iSleen:s will
follow nomination oq the State ticket.
The vWestrhasT contributed her full
share to wara bringing about this hap
py condition and the party through out
the State should recognize the right of
the West to ij name the . governor this
year. j j ; V. - ? .
The nominee should first of all, be a
typical North Carolinian, familiar with
the wants of all our people and in full
sympathy with their best aspirations
Mentally he should stand in the front
rank. Publicly he should have an hon
orable record, and private! he should
present'a stainless name. He, should
hie thoroughly in-line with every need
ed reform", jbut he should be - too broad
to countenance fanaticism. He should
possess the full spirit of . modern pro
gress, and at the same time he should
exemplify that conservatism which
has never characterized the State whose
chief executive he would be.
Hon. Theo. F. Davidson fully meets
each and every one of these require
ments.. He bears a name that has been
familiar with the annals of the common
wealth since its foundation. - He has
been a profound student of the history
of the state,1 and. a close ' observer of
the needs of her pople. - His services
have been varied and always honorable."
fie has followed , no . fals'S lights and
Viae Vimn5Anor'rfrir iloniramiia '!cm"-
He has been the defender of his state
in times of war, 'and the guardian ? Of
the "best interests of the people in
times of : peace. : There has never come
a danger that he has' not met; lijcea
man, nor a crisis that he hasnot faciei.
like a Statesman and a patriot, 'He " is
the right nan from the .right secticih,
and The Citizen will do whatsoevelr
tuius aroj uuucrau iu ecvui iug . uie
nomination or jren. iJavidson tor gov-
eriior. --'''K.-'- " ;
We take it that every county west
of the Blue Ridge will . gladly and en
thusiastically cast its vote for General
jjaviason. jsorn m tiaywooa, long a
resident of Cherokee, "an adopted sonidf
I . I r
pUDjic service in almost every county
I In thig transmontane section, we take
ifct0 be no Gumption tosav tbat thev
will all Madlv urnte in Dlacihff uoon
their honored fellow citizen this crown
M ' - . . . ...
ing ambition of his life. Asheville
Citizen. V:. . -
ROOSEVELT IS DESERTED
By His Leading Western Suppor
ter, the Inter Ocean.
Chicagb: Jan.? SlThe Intecf Ocear !
whichieretofore has been.the-,leadlng
Roosevelt! organ of the . middle west,
has announced its neutrality in the
j,-
'lUluctCUW; uctnecu nip uauuiriuudiu
lev Republicans and ' the ' Roosevelt
forces in itibe following editorial article:
0 A southern contemporary charges
this newspaper with lukewarmn ess to
wards President Roosevelt and friend
liness to jHinna. The charge is based
solely on the' Inter Ocean's statement
that President Roosevelt was almost
certain to lose the vote of 1 New York
next November. The fact is,' the Inter
Ocean has abstained carefully from
interferliig in the irreconcilable cohi
flict which has broken Out between the
Roosevelt Republicans and the ; Mc-
Kinley-Hanna Republicans of the east.
"Any newspaper which believes it
best for be country to have four years
more of j iRepublican government in
Washington must " follow the course
pursued )by the Inter Ocean in ith is"- re
spect., provided it exercise more Intel
ligence in its public policy.
v A feud which almost surely will cost
the Republicans New York state, ami
quite possibly -New Jersey and Con
necticuty is to be viewed V with
regret
and not to be fanned into flame. There
fore, as every thoughtful reader of the
Inter Ocean must realize, this news
paper has taken no part in the contro
versy which is -raging east of Chicago.
It does net have to. It does not want
to. The charge of our Arkansas con
temporary- is without the slightest
foundation in fact."
State Normal
Serious Loss From- Fire
OLD FARMER BROWN AND THE
TOBACCO TRUST.
BY E. D. GEE,
Tune Little Joe.
Said old Farmer Brown when he started to
Town '. " - ' . ' ;
With his crop of tobacco to sell:
'With five cents per pound for the crop all
around Crv ( . -
I helieye I can do pretty well."
And he said to his . wife, now the joy of
his life;
Before he had kissed her goodbye, ' "
"I will buy you and Bess a" "new calico
dress 1
And a jacket if the price aint too high.',
Then old Farmer Brown drove off towards
Town : '
' With a heart overflowing with joy, '
He would pay up his tax and buy him an
ax, .- - ; ..;
And a hatchet for his dear little boy.
And his eldest son should have a nice gun,
And he'd buyall the children some shoes,
And since dear little Pol had been asking
for a doll;
It was not in his heart to refuse.
Now when old Farmer Brown got to Boon-
ville Town, : .
Imagine the state of his mind;
When he found out he must be ruled by a
trust
For the buyers had all combined.
When he asked W; 8. what he -gave for
the best, -. , ; ' .
His answecwas ona and three,
Then the old man said with a shake
of
his head;
Such a price won't dd for me.
Then the old man Brown drove all over
Town '
To see where the prices were best,
But the farther he went the more
he'd-
For they all were a little bit less.
When at . last his crop was sold and the old
; . man was told;
lie had helped to make another million
; aire, t: -
If you bad happened tnen in Town, you
might have. seen Farmer Brown,
,cVVith his fist jeaticulating in the air.
When he had settled up his tax and - had
bought himself an ax,
In a hurry then he started out for home,
But Hwai very plain to see he had lost his
i BlOCk OI glee. "
- And the most of his ambition
tnen was
When he drove up to the gate where his
. ,' wife stood in wait, ,5 '
Where the children all were scampering
. around; . . -
Thought they all seemed so glad, yet the
farmer's look was sad ;. '
And the bic tears were falling oh the
ground.? -. r
For tell them he must, they were slaves to
I . . ' -
- . ft trUSt ' . - .
And tobacco had to go for one and three,
And when he'd paid off his tax and had
bought himself an ax
There was nothing to supply th family.
Oh! father, says Kate, I've been reading
Up-To-Datk
And it tells of the A. S. of E.
How the farmers may combine and
they'r
- falling all in line
And their war cry is now EQUITY.
. 1 -
There's no reason why if the farmers
would try;
They can't price everything that they
raise,- ' . 1
Tf t.hev'il farm uD-to-date and learn to co
' ; operate,
Then the farmers will see better days.
Then old ifarmfi Brwn went and sat him
self down,
Took the paper and read every line,
And he said to his wife you can bet your
sweet life
I believe in the Farmer's combine.
And now Mr. Brown when be goes into
' Town. -:
He talks of the A. 8. of E:
How the farmers may tell when they've
Droducts to sell.
What the price on their products phall be
Now he thinks he can see how the
A. S.
of E.
Will help every farmer that tries,
And he's thankful to Kate and the
Up-To-Datk ,
For pulling the scales from his eyes,
good
Was the destruction of
Venezuela fleet by Germany
the
and
England a vindication of
the
Monroe Doctrine? -or was .. it
same sort of vindication, .we
the
are
fiTrHibiffriff In seizing Panama?
Mr. Gormau asks M would rresi
dent Roosevelt have permitted
Snain or Turkey or any weak ua
" C . m , A. .
tion to seize Venezuela's fleet, i
Over Four Hundred Girls Are
Awakened By the Night
Watchman. ,
TWO BUILDINGS : DESTROYED
Are the Kitchen, Dining; Cold
Storage Boiler and Heat' - r
Rooms with Quarters for )
Girls, Combined, and Large
Dormitory Near by TheGiIs
Showed Wonderful. Nerve In
Dressing and Getting 6 ut.
Greensboro, N; C, Jan. 2L At four
o'clock thismorning fire destroyed the
four-story main-brickldormitoryV kitch
en, laundry and bbiJer buildings' at the
State Normal College, " The dormitory
was occupied by three hundred ' young
lady students, but the 'alarm was' given
in time for all of them to'get out unin
jured, . there . were several narrow es
scapes. The fire was discovered by the night
watchman, Mr. Eugene Osborne, who
saw the roof of the kitchen An flames.
With wonderful presence of mind, in
that he placed a greater valde on hu
man life than the buildings, heTished
into the dormitory and chasing. up and
down the halls pn all", of the oir. floors
he waked up the . sleeping students be-
lore giving bueouusiae aiarm. ; ;
The fire-alarm Jwas given exictly at
1
four o'clock and - the; voluhteer'firemen
responded' with, unusual 'prombtuess,
but they wre.bAQdioappeji pnaccbunt
of the fact that a four-ipch main runs
out in thaksection of 'the 'city and only
one small stream of water "could be
kept on the - flames. The fire spread so
rapidly that only -a small v quantity of
furniture was saved from the dormitory.
Jiearly all of ..the three - hundred
trunks of the students were saved, but '
most of them empty7 the owners keep
ing their belongings in wardrobes and
other places about their, rooms. Fifty
young ladies are in immediate need of
clothing, the dresses they wore out of
the burning building, being all they
saved. J Of course the announcement by .
1
die night watchman that the dormitory
was on fire created . intense excitement,
but the students acted with
ble coolness and deiiDefationr
remarka
in dress
ing and getting out. "
It is impossible to estimate the dam- ,
age wrought by the fire. The dormi
tory ' building was insu red for $19,000
until last summer, whgn' addition of
two stories was built ovejr the western
annex. Tne insurance was tnen in
creased by State "Insurance Commis-
sioner Young, who has all of the poli
cies locked up in his safe in Raleigh,
togetner witn tne insurance policies 01
I UfJ-vJ. oiabo xuouituvivuo
I a W aw Ulfif a iwnf ififf 1AQ
I During the past twelve months the
college authorities nave expenaea twj,
000 on the buildings destoyed,- includ
ing the above mentioned addition, the
installation bf a. $5,000 laundry machine,
a r $3,500 cold storage plant, a ' steam
heating system costing several? thous
sand dollars and other ;improve;ments. "
It is estimated that the destruction of
property will aggregate $80,000, with
insurance for probably ohe-thlrdof that
amount, whe Insurance on jther entire
college '. plant amounts Jo; more than
$100,000.
President Chrfrles D. McIver return
ed to the- city on. ther7-05 tralmthls
morning from the.northi and a ineeting
of the students and faculty was.hejl in
the assembly hall in the, main college
building at 9:36 o'clock. " Invitations
were received and accepted frpmjthe ho
tels of the city to e dier. -jtoday.
Offers were receivedf rom the tuoepltable
people of Greensboro, to furnish fward
and rooms for more' than twice the
number of young: ladies who- are'tem
porarily discommoded, and theyi- were
assigned to omejB.alioyer the city.
Regular class work will" not be inter
rupted any longer than -" --'ttiree or four
days, ' and evecythiBgf.will ; be ,mavlng
along smoothly v by next Mond j. JTe
banks of the city achsent - checks tor
$00 to the students Who lost their be
longings in ttiefire and the Southern
Railway goffered :.free: . Jransporiatlon
home and return, for, any;. whp desired
I to spend a few days with relatises.; '
I A fayoraDie wina ; was . oiowiu iyvu
the southwest whiie-tne nre was raging
otherwise the main college buildinfr
and probably other buildings would
have been destroyed. .
Governor Aycock and the members
of the executive committee of the
board of directors of the college arriyed
. at n andmetfchis afternoon to
- -rranee to rebuild at once the burned
1 m-m -
property.
s