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VOL. X.
COLUMBUS, N. C.f THlnSDAY, JULY 14, 1904.
NO. 13
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Democratic
A HARMONY PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
All Dissentions in the Party Healed"The Lion
arid Lamb Lie Down Togetherf,Biai etnd
Hill Walk Am
f action-v-Def eaed Aspiraiitis Wire
- . Congratulations. s
MONEY QUESTION
NOUN ISSUE
Enormous Production of Gold Has
Removed It From Field of Poli
tics, Says the Convention.
SEN. DAVIS FOR SECOND CHOICE
Distinguished West Virginian
Named by Acclamation Strong
Ticket, Which Pressages
Success.
St. Louis, July 6. Exaclly at noon Chiur
man J. K. Jones of the natioQal committee,
called the convention . to order. His ap
fearance on the ptatiorm aod the sound of
his gavel brought forth a' cheer from the
tiuor aod galleries.
Chairmau Jones directed the serReant-at-anns
to secure order. lie continued to rap
the table with his gavel but it was ho roe tune
bef. re qiiet reigne!- Califurnia'a apjwir
ance with a huge wlk banner flnd silk Aner
ican tiitjrs and a yell, t alifornia. Californi ,
HcHrst. Hearst, Hearst," caused cheerng.
Just as the California deletion reachetl
its reservation after marching up and down
the center aisle, William J. Bryan, who had
tome in unnoticed, arose in his place and
was given a cheer. Then an enterprising
member of the Montana delegation created
a diversion by'vigorously ringing a cow bell.
Again Chairman Jones demanded that
the convention be in order and at once di
rected the secretary to read the call for the
convention. " . - '
Applause followed the reading oflhe call.
After quiet, Chairman Jones announced
that the convention would be oienetl by
prayer by Rev. John F, Cannon, pastor of
Grand Avenue Baptist chureh, St. Lonia.
Enthusiastic cheering greeted the chair
man's announcement that he waa directed by
national committee to appoint' John 8harp
Williams temporary chairman and C. A.
Walsh tpmnrtrarv secretary and John I. Mar-
, j - . '
tin temporary sergeantat-anns. '
The chairman apiointed Col. J.
M. Duffey
of Pennsylvania and M. F. Tarpey of Oali
f.rnia m Psnrt Mr. Williams to the chair
As the platform wa enclosed by i railing, it
was necessary for the committee and Mr;
Williams to climb over the railing. The
committee lifted 3Ir. Williams safely over
and the entire convention burst into'cheers
as he ascended the platform. - ;
! have the honor, to introtluce to yen
John S. Wiljiaras as temporary chairman,"
said Chairman Jones, and again the con
vention cheered. ' . '
. WHHanM Speech.
M r. Williams was attired in a light gray
suit ami a white waist coat. He delivered
his address calmly and without gestures.
Several cries of "louder, louder" interrupted
Mr. Williams as lie began, his clear but po
powerful voice at first failing to reach parts
of the hall.
The convention appeared considerably
amused at Mr. Williams' humorously -sar
castic reference to the "mutual admiration
society" of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Root,
and when he read an" eulogy by the President
on Mr. Root, the delegates laughed and ap
plaudel. .r - ; ;L
ir- vr:n:mo rwV ' iri; an ironical tone
that caught the iancy of the convention and
he was interrupted time and again by laugn
ter. At this Doint the Michigan delegation
-i i.iii ..u.i tUara wrrp several calls
ruiereu iiif nan -' .
for order. Cbeer ing was" e vokexl' by the
speaker's Statement that M r. - Roosevelt had
found pra ise for otdy three Presidents
"Oeorire Washington. Abraham Lincoln and
himsell" and when he asked if the-J'bell
tu nnW wiku a'sample of
uai Jig iinikc uiuifii - .
the moral sentiment Cor which the republi
cans stood, a lusty cheer fcroke forth.
A mnuiderable Dart of Mr. Williams
speech was delivered under great difficulties
for the speaker and those of his hearers who
Kfationa! Goiention
;e Alton IB. Parker 'Maoied FoV'Fresident
were supposed the most interested in his rer
marks. The aisles leading past the dele
gates were packed by dense throngs who
kept up a constant hum of conversation that
smothered Mr. Williams' Toice.
. Policemen were statiooed in the space
around the .platform to keep others away did
it by occupying the space themselves to thei
exclusion of all others. Several times the
speaker stopped and askedTlhat the talking
cease in order that he might make himself
belter understood.
Passing from the discust'on of Mr. Root's
speech, the speaker took up the republican
platform. ' . -
Mr. Williams drew a pictuieof the coun
try's condition at the time of President Cleve
land's first inauguration, declaring that
much of the distress that came in the early
nineties was due to republican misrule thai
had gone before. Under Be i. jam in Harrh
son. he said, for three years all hape had
well nigh vanished from the business world.
Hescoml the attitude of the r.-puMicaii put
ty on the fitiancinj ' question, decUriiitf IJiai
it had Wen full of inconsistencies and al
surdities. He inentioiml the name of Sir.
Bryau in discussing the price of wheal dur
ing the first Bryan Mt Kinley canip.-ii;n.
The utterance of the name caileil for a little
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applause and some cheering. A s-oon! later
he metioued the name again aid . the ap
plause was'not repeatel. I ?
WntWild Orcrlirarcr.
Mention ol the name ofGifer. Cleve
lind was cheered lu-tily. A '; moment later
the first scene of the se-ioit - occurred. Mr.
William declared that it was brar-en eifront- '
ery. for the republican party to attempt , to
seize the laurels- of. G rover Cleveland; A
genuine ouihurst of applause followed. Cheer
after cheer roltaHh rough the hall ?md -id-though
the chairmau umh! the gavel vigo
rously the convention was soon leynd his
control. '
New Hampshire delegates elimbed upon
their seats and yelled vigonmsly. One Iowa
man of the Heait-instructed delegation frm
that commonwealth stood up and wav'ed
his hat frantically and a wild chorous, an
swered him. -
"Three cheers tor (irover Cleveland,"
f. honied an Alabama man, and they came
with genuine ower ami enthusiasm. No
cry came ifrom i Nebraska, where, Mr. . Bryan
and his friends" sat quietly without taking
part in the noise.-, Again and again the
cheers came in dense volume, despite immer
ons cries of "order" and the strenuous pound
ing of the chairman's, gavel. 1
Then' Mr. Williams sat back and watched
the scene he had created. As the cheers and
cries fell there was a renewed outbreak. The
demonstration lasted eight minutes.
Tim Murphy, of St. Louis, standing in
the center aisle and encouraging the demon
stration was first requested to take his seat
and then ejected from the hall by John I.
Martin, seargeantrat-arms.- Murphy was rush
ed toward the platlorm by Martin, through
a railing and down a narrow stairway lead
in?: under the stage. . "
Another encounter between Murphy and
Martin took place in the passageway under
the stage. Murphy permitted himself to i
taken from the hall by two officers, .
Murphy said'he endeavored to assist in
securing quiet, um ni euons were unsuu
derstood and, at the direction of Sergeant-at-
Afms Martin he was forcibly ejected, from
the floor by a police lomcer and landed
among the newspaper men. Here he en
deavored to explain he had . been acting in
the interests of quiet and order, but .his ex-
planations fell on deaf ears and despite his
exn anation and threats ne was nuaiiy janeu
r : ii. Hiiitriinor hv me nonce in cnarse 01
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CaDtain Schroeder. ix -; "T
Tor several minutes aner the Murpny in-
lent, the demonstration continued. i-
Cld
nal ly i n desperation Mr. Wi lliams t h reaened
to discontinue his speech. , , , :
'Yon have placed me here, 1 am your
servant. . If you don't want me to continue it
in vour pleasure," he cried. ,f
This announcement was effective and Mr.
Williams secured control, the demonstration
.i i.i.nx.ntinn of Cleveland had caused
When he said that he had heard that
r' ftrldp and Miles were democrats
that a republican administration had snubbe
the first, tried to disgrace the second and in
suited the third, the convention
into siuib -n ,,; . - ;i
. .!.: :. Mr. Wil iams voice was fail
ing. It grew weaker and weaker and he was
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heard with difficulty even "- by those very
near the platform. Mr. Williams flow of
oratory was uninterrupted for some time, a
response of applause toUowing his rdenunci-
atioh of the republican claims of prosperity
because of the" tariff. Cries of "louder"
were again heard in various parts of the hath
1 wish I had the lung to speak louder
but I cannot," answe.ed Mr. Williams v: !
? "What did yu say?" came a voice ' from
the gallery. So rapidly did the noise -in-
JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER,
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR .PRESIDENT
rease that Mr. WilliaiUH began toaddress him
elf directly lo thep rsons on the platform.
rhi brought forth from i he galleries loud
cries of "time" ami louder." - r
The Race Question. .. ,: , -". ."X
Mr. '-Williams,- with all -the voice left,
turned to i lie audience an with considerable
eeling took up the. race , question. hen
e referred to the incident at the republican
convention when a colored child and a white
child were both on the platform waving
flags during one of the demonstrations,
there were cries of "this is a' white man's
country. . - a -
"Now a few words" paid Mr. Williams,
'and if you are as -pleased to hear that con
clusion as 1 am tv concludethis will be the
most delighted audience that ever existed."
Mr. Williams spoke but a few words more
and concluded his address greatly exhausted.
The perspiration .was streaming from his
face, his collar was a Soft white roll of linen;
lis voice was worn to a frazzle and could
not be heard twenty feet away from where
e stood. -
As he finished, after "speaking for one
i our and forty minutes, the band struck up
a" medley of patriotic airstheHtirfingstraina
of 'iPixie" calling forth-the wild cheers that
never fail to follow the song, no matter
when or where rendered.. ; .'.; "'c5.,-''
"The delegates.are invited to the exposi-
lion " said Mr. Williams, "and the clerk
will reid the invitation." r V I
-L Calla far Bryaa. (t r-,-
Th Inst few words were lost in cries of
Rrnn "Rrvan." that came' swift and
thick from different parts of the halL
Cbeers mingled with the calls, and it was
fullv a minute before the voice of the clerk
was able to rise above the tumult." '
Bryan; remained quietly in' his seat
during the oetnonst ration made by his friends
and gave no outward sign of his recognition
of the applause that had greeted his nam
Delegate Powers, of Michigan, was recog--
cized by Chairman Williams to. return the
thaiiks bf the convention to the exposition
officials for the courtesy shown and ruade a
brief speech of acknowledgement. ' '
-The motion lb accept the invitation, with
which Mr. Powers concluded, was adopted
, Sergeants-at armt. with bundles of exposi
Record Breakers
lion tickets were at once sent throughout the I
seats occupied by the delegates and klter-
iatesj handing tHem to the chairmen of del-
eations. . - :; : - - I
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-, When Uie ticket passers had nearly finish-j
fed their task, the chairman announced that
the roll of states would be called, each state I
as its name was called to send up to the I
chairman's desk the names of its committee-1
men selected in caucus. I
While the roll call was in progress the
spectators concluding that thV interesting
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me nay sireameu oui oy monsanos. i ne uut uu uuaucu w ipe siage ana start uyB that the Russian losses did hot ex
noise ol their exit and the talking through- ed it afresh and other standards were sent Ceed 150 killed and wounded. The tren-
ouv , u ua.. .was general luai ,ui cierw
couui oe. Jiearu wna uiuicuxiy. - ine an-1
nouncement of Mr. brvan as a member oft
tbe resolutions committee
from Nebraska I
calle.i forth a cheer from such of his friends
as were able tohear the ; announcement.
David B. Hill's name as member from New
York also brought a shout of applause.
A the roll was finihl ami the 1
gan for tbone states which had not answered
,
on tl.e first call. Chairman Williamii drew a
cigar from his nxiket, lighted . it and pom-
menced to smoke with great satisfaction.
notwithstanding the fact that numerous signs
prohibiting the indulgence were . posted all
arouud the building.
After announcing the time and places for
tbe various committee meetings a motion
was made hy Bourke Cock ran that tbe con1
nnni nrt nail fliipn nn 1.1 1 ton r1nlr lAmniAiif
w Rimini nupui uia v u v vr,n ivfuhi I UH I
mnrin, The motion w ad.ntl and ih
convention adjourned at 2:50 p. m. ..AJ"
SECOND DAY'S SESSION.
St. Louis, Mo., July 7. -The efforts of
the partisans of Bryan to stampede the con
vention for the Nebraskan : and his friends
this afternoon resulted in scenes of the wild
est confusion and disorder
The standards of the States were literally
torn irom meir nxiures oy ueiegaies,. wno
acted like madmen and hustled them to tbe
platform, to be placed : with the colors of
Bryan or Parker, which were banked at
either end. v " -
', Delegates fought f uriously witn one
another, while the galleries choked with
partisans, shouted and v screamed their -ap
proval and disapproval.
Mr. Biyan entered the hall -one minute
before th6 delegates -were .called: to order
AH the house was packed fiom tbe top gal-
erie8 downjo the floor. The top galleries
began to cheer - M r. Bryan and the move
ment gradually spread until there was quite
a demonstration. "JMany 6n the platform
tniHwi in tho thArln v Th hooro
howls kept up and the wholeaffair majde
the Cleveland demonstration of yesterday
.
look l.kfl a whisner. .
'All efforts of the chairman to .quell the I
Bryan folks were futile until the cheering
were itself out.-
- A battle of the 'standards such as has
never before been seen in a convention i
resulted. The Parker banner was' carried
to tbe platform and following ' it were car
ried the standards of Alabama. New Jersey.
CoDnecticut, Pennsylyania, - i Arkansas,
North Carolina. Michirrin . Indiana Ten-
;.a MLui: ,.1 ii..A
aWmnd th Nfihrsira ntandr ? in ti, vn.
closure for the delegates were the stahdards-
of Texas. Iowa lliinoisT California; Colo -
rado, North and. South Dakota, Rhode
Island, Nevada and Kentucky.
n 1st
Fallot
It U now charged v that the Bryan
demonstration wai carefully : pUinned .. by
Secretary Walsh of the natonal committee.
Tt nai nn nf fha mul mkiV.M. nl,(K..,ta
- " w uv u.VB Mill. RttUl UU.UUiOM
that ever occurred in a national convention.
The Walsh and Hearst men with the aid bf
Tammany got thousands admitted to the
galleries on special tickets, with instruc- j
tlona to start; shoutins the minute Brvan i
appeared. Every second the demonslra-
tion.grew, and wbeu after four minutes It
showed signs of letting up the standard of
: : -7 r - j y" iuB
vjv . "cwucaiug jrew louuer. ;.
, uwu uiu urn men waxe UD I
Georgia, wttn ner oiue sim oanner. bear-
wg mo name ot Jfarker, sent tb colors to I
the platform and others were too. after it.
d louder than ever. Then . began
the
"dnapplng Of the Colon.
oui u Tt: . . : .
, ,v'wlJr " rJ" were , nowiea
"wuuu: wiVt aunougn , ine wyan
keP P n the platform,
me ai&cr iucu uau iuuigs iaeir own way.
But the Bryan demonstra'.iou did break out
again when Bryan himself took the plat
form, to give the minority report of the
committee on credentials. As the majority
report had not been received he was hot
allowed to give the minority report. There
was more howling and louder outcries than
eyer, but the bands started playing national
airs. onH ftflr rurciatinr tort minnlM Ikanl
r.Tr1 I
uruwucuoui. everyuouy. me convenuon
Tr""'". "T --"-s u.uw.
The demor stration lasted . nearly half an
UOUr. .;!. r A I
St. Louis. Julv 7.-In the midst of the
uvav VVWU WW.SUUIK4UVU AJITOU I
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w yoieu.uou laue imocrauc conven-
lion tonight. ' After a speech, during J
which Bryan aroused his adherents to the!
greateat enthuaiam, the convention voted
1 to reject the mlnority.of the ' committee on I
1 credentials. - i 1 , i ; v 'fMu
The" vote was a to 647, I
More than one hundred delegates re I
f rained from voting, but the result is con-1
sidered as a fair test of Parker's strength. I
Tnere were some suprises tn the vote, Ala-1
bama and Kentucky both casting ballots in I
favoi of Beau's minority' report.' A
When he concluded his speech- Bryan I
was given a tremendous ovotion and for a
considerable time the wildest disorder pre-1
vbuou iu tuo uau. waa a repetition 01 1
the detuonstrrtion Bryan rceeired this after-i
noon when he entered the hall. ,
After the yote adjournment' waa taken I
until tomorrow. " - .
The sub-committee of the committee on
resolutions adopted as It fiancial plank a
I declaration for maintenance of the present 1
gold standard on the ground that the in-1
creasea suppiy 01 eoia insures a sumcient 1
a ' a. " m a a '
volume of currency. --- - - - ' i. : " ' j
Bryan: in presenting the minority report.
made a scathing speech In protest against I
the staUog of Hopkins 1 delegation from
111tnria UaIb ....iitt . aa IKa TTAnlrtna aIa ' I
ment and lhe bitter "P the Hopkins
p wcitcuhuuiu .iuuiuh.
jji jrou aaac(icu uiab nupaou o pvney waa i
likened to that of "ordinary train robbers." j
ue held the attention of the convention for I
the fifteen minutes allotted to" him and
then gave way to opponents.
Tho committee on credentials admitted
the Porto Kicans, but; decided that as the
Democrats claim that the PhiliDuines are
not nrooerlv American territorv their dele-
gation shall not be admitted. ' The con
vention sustained this.
Champ Clark of Missouri will be per
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manent chairman. ''
HARMONY PLATFORfJ.
H1U aatf Sryaa Satlafted; Joha 5harp WlllUaas !
Dcllf hted-tMtor TIHsaa 5ajrs Miracle
Has Bhd Accaaipticaed.
St. Loute, July 8. The members of
the resol utlona commltte express them-
selvest fas satisfied with their : work,
"y " Apreiioi u oeing
I follows:. s ' .
naror anieiA n ; P"0
ta ara fMiitiiif aivnr ai a aa a a a ai n n n a x v
;iwi;
. sanaiacwry.
Senator Tillman We have accom-
Pll8he miraclejwe have succeed inr
gew-ing a piuru. wimuui, ny pereon
I lt "
- ; ----:- .-; jacunteuv ui Japanese i-Wr? utwo , t
Mr. Bryan I am fairly 'well satisfied 300 JJluian'cayalf7 opcupie Kan- . -ith
the platform. I have bad oppor- Chang .the enemy retiring northward. .
I with
tunity to present some matters as J de;
sired and I have had to make conces-
8ion In Ifisfcancerfto, order; to get
I 'Will you support a ticket on
this
platform?"was asked of.Bryan.
1 orm was nls nVl . wa8 s1?
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ITO CAPTURE NJNGHVANG.
Jap Armies -Enrouteto Yim Kow
Says General Sackhjfroff.'
tfEV TA s TRP1 : QTTII ATTHH' "
" " 4 "
The Capture of Kai-Ping Accom
plished After Heavy Fighting
z H Early iri July." - '
St. Petersburg, July 10. Lieutenant
General KaHmmff, in ft fl)entA tto
general staff, confirms the report of the
Japanese occupation of Kai Chou. He
eral adds that the Tarjanese APft nn th
vu tr .a
'. w'-ulii-i"
captain of the general staff,' whooban-
with the rear guard. -
General Sakahroff also reports an Jam-
bush of Japanese 25 miles north - of Sin-
Yen, when the Japanese;had one officer
I and eleven dragoons killed or wounded.
On July 7, General Sadaroff says, the.
Japanese began to advance, but xiot'in-
cousiderable force,' 'toward Siaosyou, -
occupying Sian-Cean. i i
Yin-Low is the port of Niuchwang.
In the Japanese' dispatches Kal-ChoW
t is called Kai-Pin?r , -: ? : .
Captare Of Kai-Piag Csaf iraae.
vTdkio.' Jul v 10. General Oku rAnArta
. ! . - - - '. r-k .
that oursecona army commenced opera-
Qn3 July 6 for occupying - Dal-Pingr';
After successively dislodging the Ru'
siaD8 rpm thelr positions; we finally pcv
n.mlaJ'r.tlPin.il An M.n nlV.I -t -
buinu u.u tut; ctuu vuo ut7igu.uuiu p -
heights on July 9
general. ivuroKi reporw m on juiy-
. , rr l . -1 . . t
n 1 S f JV -t-r WL.
PnoAian ziavAinA Annnmari niann-rhalftf
ivuogiau vauav vvuullvva ujovu viiuuci 1
w w r - . .
30 mjies northeast of Saimachi. .TbBi.
wdra ho casulties on our side-, On July
5 we repulsed a Russian; cavairy Wigi-
iment under Colonel Chichensky,' which
came , tcr attack - us near North1 fre'n
iShulling. Our casualties were foor-
billed and ihree wounded.
: - Heap. Of BaMiaa Dea
' Chef 00, July 10.-Chinese junkmen
who arriyed here ; today, from -? Port
Arthur, say that on Tuesday , -July a
Chinese carrier brought into the town
over 800 Russian dead; two -of -whom
were high officials. - They state thaitr a
part of the Japanese force, advanced. tor
within 6 miles " of the besieged town
baawg auuiucr eosveru iui v
v..iu'4 r v ' 1 . "
A dispatch from Chef 00, dated July 7
stated that In the fightipg which.oc-.
Icurred on July 4, over the possession of :
one bf the hills northeast of Port Ar?
thur, the Russians lostr according to
Chinese, 100 men killed, and 50 mea
woundedFifty Chinese carriers - were
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sent out to orinsr in tne Russian. aeaa -
and wounded.
Toklo, j July 10.HQn- Fridays night,
July 8, during a storm, a flotilla pf tprr
MAilvVatei' nf A r i-y vio 1 ' i 'rtf A 'fcT AaAt.'nn "
' m : a a' aaa
proached Port Arthur. On the follow-
moruiug UO ui;vuo .-
rounu auu utuvciicu. uio xussiau cruisor
Askold, but the result of the attack is
unknown.
The Askold fired, on the -torpeda boat- T r
two petty officers being severely-wound, - r--
liiaa-Taaf; Cialf Swept. , , ..
Niuchwangr July " S.Delayed in . ,:t
transmission:) incoming ships reriQrt .-.ii-5
thai eight Japanese torpedo Jbpat de
stray era re sweeping the Gytlf o:. Liap t ;
Tung'lh order that anarch for' neutral vfl,.;v
j ships may be r carried on . in a mQro,., ,,-v
. thorough manhet. r " ' ' . r. ' .ty.t
TherJapaneso are nightly, bombard --gW-
l ine reatiivrtnur.: a;
BaaaUba wear Bkiaa ata way ta. Far .
1 Suez July 10. The Russian roiuh-
teer neet ieamer omoiBDSK, wmcn ps-.
Bed thttBosnborus from Seyastopor July
o. has tailed sdiitbwara from hereJ. The
J vessel 1-took two red 6ea pilots," one for "
herself And t&eother for the 'volunteer ,
fleet steamer sr Petersburg, . wmcn
laden.
. . . . - - - .. - -a.
aturaay.
"1A
BaaUa Cavalry Attacks, fSeate aff by
if-
Tokio July lO,eneral urokl re-:
1 ports that onf Wednesday, aiy 6, a de-
The Japanese had , nd.casual ties. ' The
Russian lo&ses are unknown. -
In the afternoon of July 533,000 Rus
sian cavalry r attacked a Japanese de
tachment near the north , entrance to
Fen-Shui pass. The Russians were re-
session of the entrance to ie pass. The
1 Japanese had four, men killed ajid three, .
I wounded. 'P-