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Ml ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, K. C THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 291908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 HILL LNllIODUCL BRYA2i ACT EXCITES C11EERS AT ALBANY ' Appearance of Former leader on the, lJiotforin a the frponeor of ; the '" Democratic Cn ml Mute Arouee the j -eo)le lo liitliuslnsm-JIr. lltll " - Esprnwes His aiUi in Bryan suid Ul the policies For Which Ua Stands (1 ' nte Candidate Rwrives an Ora tion, Accompanied by Plenty or Red Fire,liiouru He Amnil in Down. '. pour oi luun m ' ", tHUes and Town Along the Hudson River and Hat AlutfeUef Very Strennous Day. , ,v . v j Albany. N. T., Oct 18.- The feature1 of William Jennings Bryan' tour UP ' Btate to-dajr u the appearance' on the platform here to-night of former United States Senator David B.. Hill. When he stepped forward as shalrman to Introduce Democracy's leader, the great crowd which packed the ball. rose as a man and wildly cheered. t w "Although not connected with pott tics," Mr. Hill said, 'I reiterate that . J am heartily In favor of the election of the Democratic national and State tickets. I am not so partisan, now ever, that I would support the party t ' whether right, or wrong, but permit me to say that I support the national ticket in tela camoaiara because, in . ; my Judgment, our presidential candi date who honors us with nis pres ence here to-night, la absolutely right ' upon every contented question In this . campaign. ' I am Tor mm De cause f alncerelv believe that the best Inter eata of the country will be aubaerved fay his election, t ' It Is time for a : change' In the administration of the government, ' a change of measures and of matu Our candidate owes the nomination not to - any one, man or 1 any Bet of men. but only to the "people themael vrs. ' If elected, he , will be the President himself and not a dum tnv for any man. - He will not be led around with .a string like a great, . - big, caged bear." : , t Mr. Hill, referring to the Republi - eaa eharge that a, panlo would fol . ; low Mr. Bryan's - election, declared that It would not be business panic, "but It will be a panic on the part of the hundreds' of thousands of - Federal office-holders and publlo of . flclels - who will have to surrender A. their places to the victorious party." :. He concluded his encomium of Mr. : Bryan by saylnr that"the candidate ; la your friend; he Is my friend; he la the friend of the people. . tit , naa ' :, been the courageous, sincere and con stant friend of labor ever since he baa .been in ubllo life. . He is as Incorruptible as be is brave and he can neither be purchased aor Intinv ' Jdated."- ri;U v v-.v-' ' CANDIDATE. RECEIVES' OVATION. - Mr, Bryan received an ovation as bs arose to speak. . He expressea nis , appreciation of the cordial welcome be had received "in the capital of our " fc nation's greatest Btate," and replied to Mr. uai by saying: -s - v , "I appreciate the more than gen ' erous words employed by Senator . Jim in presenting mi m you. um of the 'Pleasures of this campaign is the unity that manifests itself in the Democratic party. .As the candioate ' for President, I. have behind me a .' united Democracy and In front of me a scared Republican party." fie declared - that the Democratic varty .- waa dill at flrht While tha Renub- Ucan party was full of fright believe." be continued, tbat we are going to win a great victory, and toy friends, I ant glad mat senator nm, ' the hero of so many battlefields. Is fighting by my side, prepared to share .with nit the joys of a Democratic triumph. - This victory " would be Incomplete if it were ' sectional victory. But I believe that -this 'victory Is going to be won by the co-operation of the East, and the West, the North and the South, and that It will cement, the . Demo cratic party as a fighting force." Mr. Bryan said he would present "some evidences that will encourage v you and some arguments In behalf of our position.'' First, however, be . ' vrged support ' of ' the Democratic 6tate and congressional ' tickets, be . cause, be said, they were fighting on '. the same platform and bearing the -. brunt of tha battle and, therefore, deserved the people's suffrage. He . laid stress on the plank in the Dem- ocratio platform providing for public 's lty of campaign contributions before . election. . . . . . t . ', CAMPAIGN CONTRIBynONS. , "Mr. Tart's national committee baa jromised to publish the contributions after the election when he knows H will be toe late to be of advantage to the voters, but the .Republican congressional committee , has .not promised -to publlati tne contributions eventfter the election. I now ask . Mr. Taft if he will request the con , gressional committee to announce at ' once that publication will be made : after the election. ' If not, we have ' a right to conclude that the con gressional committee has to receive - the funds that are too tainted to go 1 Into the treasury of the national com . jnittee." - The conscience of the - American people, he asserted, de . tnanded the inauguration of an era " of honHy ; in politica "Can llr. Taft afford to Ignore this demandr' . - be inq"' red. :, Ur. urj-an repeatedly referred to Mr. : Taf t's labor record. ' He de clared Mr. Taft. wee the most objec tionable publio man to laboring mn the country has ever known. He dis cussed a decision of the than Judge .- Taft in 184, bearing on -the case . where the receiver of a railroad out , the wages of the men ten per cent. "The employes," said Mr. Bryan, "presented a petition and asked for a restoration of their wages, . but by bis decision he said they had no legal t ripht to a?k it and he had no legal r'. ht to listen to them; buf that if t.iey were talking to an employer, ' the e:r.ployer might, as a matter of v char'-y, rf -tore their wages; that be couM riot i rten to surh a petition be cause ss juea his duty was to pro tect the raUroad." ' WELCOMED IN RAIN. ; :. A h.'ivy rsfn 'was corr-lnsr down when tr.e Democra;lc can. in arriv ed, int the r"r! swar"ie1 aroand the etat;.-. n to Ml Y,-r . 1,-ome. After a hurrifd r . ! at t'n hotel, whre he was j' i ty fi-fnstnr Hill, be proceeded in a csrr'jin through a line of T? 1 f ti h-i.:. eworted hy several marrr -' Kia, progress t rnaie the or. ., . stratinn. In the rots"' 'an made ' rpf Hudson. Terry . Vi!U Coil -; J(PPF . i -. 2!r, P-rsen-Evry r-re i l-r.-n" - " r-"!fi to Y f ! r c .: w ith tanas, ut ''1 the stress was n i r a gr-at domon- t V i ( i-1 . Bry- I'ar 5' : locomotive works and the General Electric Company. Full Dinner fall Tcpio at Keuassiaer, , Recssaiaer. N. Oct. 28. A large crowd, including many roalroad men, stood in a heavy rain storm to-day to hear ilr. Uryan epealt As ha mounted - the piriform, a working man: held up a, dinner, pail and Shouted: ' " -' "Hello, EiU, here's an empty din ner nail." ' : v " : r r The crowd cheered. Mr. t Bryan diacussed the labor Question. "Styles eeem to have dfanged he remarked. "They are not wearing the dinner pall so full as they used to, and they seem to be so much smaller than they were, and. yet the same, party that deceived tne labor lng men with the full dinner pail eight years ago is trying, to oeceive mem now with tne xnreat or a panic, un fortunately for the Republican party, the people era so absorbed In the thoughts ef the panic they now have that they haven't time to be scared about another panic" "The Republican party he went on, "has no plan that looks to the relief of the people on any Question and they cannot well present a plan for relief because having been : In power for twelve years . they-are re sponsible for the very things, from which the people need rSUef. ' Bryan Confident of FJoctloo,; New Tork, Oct. . Is. 'Tve had a delightful and busy time during my stay in . New York." said . Mr. Bryan before, leaving here to-day. '"and have' learned something. . I : have learned that we waste a food deal oi . lime in sieep. juways oeiore had supposed that s man must have eight hours' sleep a night,' but I find that you New Yorkers thrive en five hours. "Do you expect to carry Mew York State rfi he .was asked. "'.-' -,,; i- - "I certainly do. And I . expect to carry the entire Middle West as well as some, of the Eastern . States, ., We win nave enougn and mora.' : Ne braska Is sure, and; so, X. think,: Is UniO." ;-i.,:.:V'Tii(( Cbstrses Republicans''. WlUi ';. TJstn J : . Coercion. r . i. Hastings, N. T., " Oct. ' !. In bis speech here, to-day to an audience of railroad men Mr. Bryan charged that tne Republicans had abandoned argu ment, ''and now attempt to win this election by the use uf a campaign fund. the sourcs of which they re fuse to disclose. They are trying to win the election by coercion, threaten- lnar emnlovea the loaai of mnlovnitnt If the Democrats win and threatening trie business world .with ; a panlo if the Republicans are . not successful." It was, Mr. Bryan said, the worst time to use the threat of a panic 4'for. wnen tne .republicans talk about a possible panto next year the neoole cannot forget the actual panlo of last year. fi;,-- . Chicago lleports Oontribntlons. Chicago, ' Oct 18 ContrlbuUons aggregating 85,135 received on Octo Der 1 7 ta in sums of $100 and over: were announced at Jjemocratlo head quarters ,to-day. Amonsr - the son tributors were the Bryan-Rern-Flood Club, Lexington, Va 8125;" Judge rreston K. jfiwing, Texaa, 8281. Con- tnouuona of 100 each were received from, the Jefferson' County Bryan and Kern Club. Alabama: J. J. MuralL Louisiana; W. H. Flelda MIssIsbTddI: Bryan and Kern Club, Waco. Tex., ana w. veis oi Texas; wyatt Aiken, boutn uarellna. and l Democrats - of own, county. Virginia. ' Raps Roosevelt - at . Poughkeepsle. PoughkeepsM N. T- OcL 18. "The President seems to find it necessary id enaorse nis appointee ever and over again,", said Mr. Bryan bare to. day.. ''If an endorsement la good once, It should be enough." Attention was also called hV Mr. Bryan to the, President's action In the campaign and he got a mighty out- ourst of applause when he said that in Europe a kins could give the crown to bis son, ; "but in America the President cannot give the execu tive chair to any one. That belongs to the people." ' . V ... . , . Talks to Toiling Maeaes) at Peeka- Peeksklll. N. T- Oct t Char. ing the Republicans with resorting to aecepuon in tne arguments tney are now makings Mr. Bryan addressed a big crowd of workingmen from -the rear .of his car , here to-day. v '. : I trust the tide which is running In the direction of our party," he said, "will continue 'to swell ss til election day, and until we hear that New York Is in the Democratic col umn." ) , i . ; , .. . ;.,; '' Latest Contribatlona. - : ' New Tork, Oct. 8 8. Announcement was made to-day by the Democratic national committee - that campaign contributions aggregating over $40,000 were received at the New. Tork bead, quarters on October 27th. The list shows that the sum of $8,00$ was contributed by Herman . Bidder, treasurer of the national committee and his three sons. .-.vj.' i-.: - it i , ' . - . 1 KERN TOURS IXDIAXA. rtUlxew All fdern Sfethode of Trana. , po nation to Readi teopl of Hoo- aier State. ' . Klkhart, Inl, Oct. -' lg. Electrhs cars, steam railroad trains and auto mobiles were utilised in turn to-day by John W. Kern. Democratic vice presidential nominee,, la campaigning through the northern part of Indi ana. In each of the five towns vis ited enthusiastic crowds of good pro portions greeted the nominee.- 1 There was no lack of evidence Of pride and enthusiasm for the can didate on the part of the Democrats who crowded about him at every op portunity. - Mr. Kern, accompanied-by General James B, Weaver, of Iowa, and sev eral nw-ppapi'r men, set out from Fort 'Wayne in a special electric ar on the day's run at 6:30 a. m. The first stop was at Hartford City, where a large crowd was found waiting in the court ho::. t uire. From there the party returned to Fort Wayne, atopp.n? en route st F.'.uTton. After d n-.-r In f-:8 Pennsylvania Railway statin a: I o:t Wayne, War faw -whs rpich-l t f.am cars and Goshen by tru.:.v. i v ;fnltnt which threatened to d -ru-i t;-.a meeting at Warsaw was o..i -ij tv a pick pocket, iho opeia'.eJ in the crowd in the opera houx: (", vi.-tfm was reieived of a aaliet riu:.."-vrg a sum of money,' but in the c- !.: ; the thief enc-aped. Mr. were in th'ef mam si viously covered by h bri f. 0 to a grc and to fAt.g'ie. speeches iiea i re i tv ere oarseness ;,,g. 4 I-Vf ir-Oi.l ha . , ;:, ::. AU... Oct. . a : r, a ' a nr.. fit f-f t.'.-A j ! p i .-,'! f .-r a a Si ;. J?- tm SECOND DAY OF SYKOU MUCH DOI3TG AT IGHT, SESSIOX RTresentatlve of Union Tbeoloiglcal V Seminary Speaks in Morning and ; Metnorial Tributes n Deceased i Ministers Are Itead Sleeting Last , Aignt in interext of Misidons, bpeaa k era Being Kev. 8. L. Morris and Rev. .iS. C Hea vis Mecklenburg Presby te-ry hlfmn 1mx1 Increase In Con. tribntions For fort-lirn Work Oon ; solidation of Church Papers Causes bo me Discussion. ...- 8pscial to The Observer- Newbern,- Oct. IS. The second day's . session . of the Presbyterian Synod opened at ' 9:88 e'clocji this morning. At the request of the mod era tor, Bev. A. R- Bhaw, Wie opening devotional - exercises were conducted by Rev,' T. Robertson of Steele Creek.- .. This service was in the na ture of a prayer and praise service and was well attended.- When the moderator resumed, the chair, ,, the first business that was transacted was the: reading of ad interim appoint ments, of the moderator-of the last Cynod meeting and the appointment ot standing committees of mis meet ine.ji.-"' v-:V.. .:-' ,",:.-3 na A number of communications was submitted to BynOd, most of these be ing referred to the proper commit- tees without reading. In keeping with the special order for 10 o'clock. Synod heard an addreas in the interest -of Union Theological Seminary, Rev. T. H. Rice, a member ot ) the faculty, being the speaker. ...Dr . Rice spoke especially of the increase of students at the seminary, and of the apprecia tion which the president. Rev. ". W...Moore. D.P-. and all of the fac nlty feel for . the Increased interest which' is' being shown In -the semi nary by this Synod. - Dr. Moore Is Just recovering from an Illness which prevented his .being present at this meeting of eynod. ,, . .... A special order was made at last night's session for' Bynod to recede from buslneas this afternoon in or der' that the members might 'accept an invitation to take a sail on the river. .The rain prevented, however, and Bynod expressed appreciation for the Invitation and Bynod ordered that the afternoon be devoted to the meet ing of the commltteea -r , yhe standing . order for o'clock on the second day of Synod is the observance of the sacrament of the Lord s Supper. This .service was conducted by Rev. W. r W. Rose, of Laurtnburg, and Rev. A .A. McGeachy. of Charlotte. . It was followed by a service in memory' of the members of Synod who . have died since the last meeting., - ; The memorial tribute to Rev. R. Z. Johnston wa read by Rev, Ei D. son. by Rev. S. I -Cathey, and that -jepuaH "V 'W ot 111 iuskojfr to Rev. w. F, Thorn, by Rev.-H. O. ' MEETING ON MiSSIONS.' ' To-night there was a popular meet ing in the Interest. of missions, Hey. S. L. Morris and Kev. J. C, Reavls, respective, secreuries of the General Assembly's " -'committees ' on borne and -foreign,, missions. - were . the speakera Dr. Morris ' spoke 'i . on The - - conflict " ' of the ' r Age," emphasizing especially the conflict of tne Church of to-day .-with, civilised paganism, in this connection he re ferred to the - harm which- has been done .to a church in a Western Btate where a Presbyterian pastor is now attaching tne Inspiration of the Scrip tures . and the atonement of Jesus Chrlat and that he baa la this. way taken 17S members away from the church and wrecked it. , He pleaded also for Sabbath observance, and said that out of Sabbath desecration, has grown socialism, anarchy and other sins which are so severely hurting the unurcn to-day. - Be insisted upon lmmed late .action on the part of the Church -in order to evangelise the millions of unsaved In the United States to-day and: urged the pastors to realise , their responsibility In this great work. i-y- ? f'-:'' The report bf the committee on for eign missions showed - a decided ' In crease in contributions to this cause over theamount given last year. s. The largest increase in any one Presby tery - was that of- Mecklenburg, the contributions this year amounting to 7,855, as 'again 85.01? last year, this being 81 cents per capita, . , ; ' - ine suDject or the address of vt. Reavls was "The . Unfinished Church in Poreign Lands." - He pleaded . for more liberal contributions 'In order that the Church may be able to' send ont the thirty-one young men and women now waiting to go to the for eign field and the 15 student volun teers of the . Southern Presbyterian Church iwho will be ready to go as soon as tney leave college. ; f CONSOLIDATION OF PAPERS. The Interests of The Presbyterian Standard were presented by. Rev. P. R, Law, editor, and Rev. T. S. Wilson, of Virginia. Dr. Wilson advocated ; the consolidation of The Presbyteran Standard; The Central Presbyteran, 1 of Richmond, and The Southern Pres byterian, of Atlanta. Mr. Georce E. Wilson, of Charlotte, opposed this. and; act. ft. jeyourn maae a motion for the appointment of a special com. mittee to consider the matter. Rev. E. D. Brown offered as a substitute to this motion a paper advising caution as to any sort of combination or. con solidation which would tend to im pair the distinctive service of the pa per ' and to give the Presbyterians of North. Carolina the idea that they have no paper of their own, but not obposing any combination acceptable ; to the managers and .owners of the papers which will carefully safeguard these interests. Rev. E. C. Murray nd Mr. George W. Watts SDOke in favor of the consolidation upon tho ground that it would bring . to - the Church larger usefulness. The paper of Mr, Brown was adopted as a sub stitute to Mr. Leyburn's motion. Then after it was explained that the consoli dation would in no way affect .the paper so far as its being published in the Synod of North Carolina, a mo-i tion, made as a substitute to the sub stitute, fcy Rev. E. E. Roee favering he consolidation, provided all the In terests of this Bynod are conserved, i was adopted. . About 12$ members of Bynod are In attendance opon this meeting, and quite a number of visiting Presby terian ministers. . i Schooner Reported Lost Is Safe. - Norfolk. Va., Oct. 28. The Italian steamer Dora Baltea. Captain Mor toia, bound from Galveston to Barce lona and Genoa, reported upon .her arrival here to-day for bunker coal, having yesteriay spoken and supplied th provisions, the schemner Henry Weiler, of New york. Captain La bianc, whirh iie.i t eni v-Frven das evo from Jacksnnvilie, Fia., for New Ynrk nd supp(ee.1 to i nve beiftNlt)R$. Th V. e r m o t .1. it:ras when v 3 " n tz?i n I nj ap-e- .r 1 1 f i In twJ MARKS CONFEDERATE GRAtES. General Oatea, Who Has Charge of Uie 1200,000 congressional Appro ' pnauon, lteuorts progress.. . j,- Vvashington. Oct. il. General W C Ostea. of Alabama, who Is superin tending tha meriting of . graves of Confederate soldiers who died in Fed eral jtrisons, called on the, President to-day and told hint of-the progress of the work. : He said that of. tne $200,009 appropriated by Congress, $47,000 , had been expended. One matter brought to the President's at tentlon was that tne law provided for, simple -white marble headstones like those in Arlington National uem etery.' and in this respect in some cases it was impossible to tarry ou the law. : : One instance was at fn dlanapolla. . where 1,620 Confederate prisoners .were buried and afterward Uken up fey a railroad .company, which wanted to use the ground. This company had. been given permission to remove the boxilos and In re-inter-ring them all had been placed- in an sera of ground in Ureeniawn ceme tery,? la many , cases more than . one in, a grave. - There was nothing to indicate who the soldiers in the graves were. General Oates told the Presi dent, so they cannot be marked indi vldually. It Is General Oates' Idea to mark these graves with a shaft of white marble; bearing the- name of 11 the soldiers buried there, but this cannot be done, without changing tne law. - - :i ,- ' - Mr. Oates sald; there were . many similar - Instancea i throughout . the ooantry, but the work was progress ing very favorably, u rju:- ooiumous, O., where 1,210 Confederates died at Camp Chase, the graves have all been careiuiiy maraeor - - m ail zs.qus ixn federate soldiers died la Federal pri sons and were burled at ' different polnu from Boston to Sante Fe, N, M. ANXIOUS ;POR A DECISION, Counsel For Gompers, Mltcfiell and Morrison In Back Stove Company Contempt Proceedings . Ready ' to i Submit Case- and Urge Hasty Ac Hot!'. " i, . !!"v:-i iV:- . - .. ,.v :. -Waaington. Oot 88. To facilitate a quick decision", before v-;the' general election in the contempt proceedings against President Gompers, vice Pres ident John ; Mitchell and Secretary Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, growing out of the' alleged boycott of the Buck Stove and Range Company, of SU Louis, counsel tor the labor leaders to-day gave notice to the counsel for ,the : Buck Stove Company that they Will adduce .. no further evidence In behalf of them selves and will submit the -case on the ..evidence iss already .produced They submit to 1 the ' court that they are entitled to an immediate decision. The ease had been set for a further taking of testimony in this city next Thursday before an examiner, - the thirty days first silo wed and, twenty aeya aaaiuona aupwea tor tne pur pose o& taking the testimony expiring on Thursday. . .Mr. .Gompers and his associate leaders are anxious that the decision be reached ' and announced. POISONED PREACHEIl'S SERVANT Oklahoma City Authorities Wonder Ti Uie iose was Meant Jrtr tlM Ban-. Ust .Minister Because He ,Marrtd - MeUiodist Woman and will InvesU ' Oklahoma' City, Oct 1$. Death by poison of two servants In the home of Rev. Carter Helm Jones, pastor of the Baptist church here,, has started an investigation to determine whether poison was meant for the minister, by persons in Lynchburg, va., who. ob jected to his marriage to .a woman of the Methodist Church,, Dr. Jones says he does not believe the poison was meant for him. . " ----tif-Ai-A'S - Edward and Laura Davis., servants in the nousenoia or Dr. Jones were found . dead.- Besides them - was a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of blackberry brandy. The brandy had been brought by Dr. Jones family from- Virginia. '';..;;-$:?.-: .-' . Dr. Jones was pastor of the Broad way Baptist church In Louisville, Ky., for yeara i.-v About a year ago he went to Lynchburg, Va., to take one of the largest churches there. - He mar. rled a prominent Methodist woman and this marriage outside of his de nomination caused bitter comment. V . Watson Attacks MStand-Pat Senate, Douglasvllle. Ga.. Oct. 28. Thoma.s E .Watson, 1 People's party candidate for President, in a speech here to night, attacked what he termed 'the "stand-pat Republican Senate." which he said, would bloek remedial legisla tion should the Republican party be victorious. : lie also - assailed. : Mr, Bryan,, calling him 'an aatremely dangerous . candidate for the South, because of his record on the negro question." He said that Mr. Bryan, an Illinois man by birth, grew up in the honest belief that the South was wrong on the- negro question, .and with the belief that there Should be no objection to - social equality. - Mr. Watson repeated criticisms he has made previously about the University cf Nebraska, as a "social . equality school." He criticised Mr. Bryan for donating $250 annually to the sup. port of this : college. '.; '...-', i , Prominent Kentucklan Bankrupt. Louisville, -Ky., Oct. Jg. J. Stone Walker, a member of the Pendennls Club and one of the best known men In Kentucky, filed a petition In volun tary bankruptcy In tts Federal Court to-day with liabilities listed at $220, 000 and no assets save a share of stock in the Walker-Moss Ice Com pany of New Orleans (which the peti tion avers la practically valueless) and a policy of Insurance In the Equitable Life for $10,000 payable to his children, Carl C. D., and J. Stone Waiker, Jr... The petition recites that the bankruptcy action follows an assignment- made by the petitioner in 1905 for the benefit of creditors. -. J. fuone Walker was a former bank er and resident of Richmond. Ky., and was one of the most prominent men In that section of the State. -. . .. i American Residents of Amoy Honor General Lee's Memory. , Amoy, Oct.; 18. In 18J8 a slip of ivy from . General Lee's grave was planud in the grounds of the Amoy Club, and a bronze tablet was set in an adjacent rock to-day by Ameri can residents of Amoy. . The tablet Is inscribed: "This Ivy 1 wbji taken from the grave of General Robert e. Iee. and pianted by Vice Consul Car rlrpton In 189S." Captain James . Ft.' Dver." the American military attache'at PeVin?. an.i the Taotals Taso Wong and Li. ) --.t" 1 by Viceroy Twan Fan?, of Xarkirsr, arrived here to-day to at- li n.1 f ie reception to the Am: Y-&:'.. The supply ship Cii rt-t --:-t t-- - to-div to- oimn'!'-; "1 t - i' --t l y vi .i t- . . : ; . i . i to-r. r r . .y r . . . uri TAFI TALKS TO BIG CROWDS . ..... .' - - .. . IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ii ii V Enormous Building Filled Last Night , to Hoar the Itepubuoan Candidate " and Governor ; Hughes FornWs Fifth Speech of the Day and- the - Slxteentia tr HugUee GUnt Ia rade Through the . Streets of Uie " City in Deluge of Rain Gen, -' Horace Porter ' Presides - at the Meeting and a Band Keeps the ." Audience in Good H umor 8ena tors . Lodge. Depew and - Smith Have ' Seats of Honor on the Platform - Incidents and Note of Notable t Gathering. ;'--i. :j - New TorkV Oct.'H.Th Republl csn campaign in New -Tork City reached its climax to-night when' Wil liam H. Taft, presidential candidate, and Charles E. Hughes, candidate for Governor, spoke front the same plat form at : Madison Square Garden to an audience that filled the enormous ampltheatre. Their appearance ; st Madison. Square Garden- came at the end of a day which from' a political viewpoint was most remarkable. JJur lnsr the day Mr, Taft spoke t at four meetings, and Governor .Hughes af fifteen. Then , to-night, : while the Madison r Square, meeting - was ' In progress, a giant parade tu wending Its way In a downpour of rain down through the heart of tha city. At 7 'clock a heavy rain set In, but this did not Interfere with tho crowd besieging the entrsnces to the garden. By 8 o'clock the polio hsd to bar all except reserved sai ticket holders. - '.t..-,;;- . , THE GARDEN DECORATED. The galleries, wsre ; girdled with American flags, the dome was hidden by a . mammoth-. American flag and over the . main entrance r hung a big blue .Tale banner with portraits ef Taft and Sherman on It, and In the centre tVale "It." v-- A; band r-of 100 bieces' kenf the crowd from becoming Impatient dur ing the - hour, or more, that elapsed before Gen.-Horace E. Porter, who presided, called the meeting to order. Stirring airs were played amid - the greatest "enthusiasm. '-vi - -6' When - Senator Henrv Cabot Lode-e. Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Senator Wyitam Alden Smith and State Chair man nmotny woodruff appeared on the platform they .were given an euuiusiasuc reception u , . i-'. ; - GENERAL; PORT.ER LEADS, OFF. General Porter beiran 'bv saVins that he had never attended such an enthusiastic meeting. He attacked William J. .Bryan, saying he i was suffering from Dolltlcal and financial delusions. "We like to see a prnctl-v cal man these days," . he said, "and Mr. Bryan is the personification of impracticability." .-: . . ,:;. ,.; Taking up the Issue of the guaran teeing national bank - deDosita. . ha said that Bryan's political economy was like trying to make the govern ment smoKS nve-cent clears when it took ten cents' worth of matches to light them,-'!' . t,. ; ... .t,.- - General Perter prophesied - the eieguoo oi Mr. Tart, ' At the mention of the candidate's name there . was proiongea cneeringi ,' and ;'when a moment later the sneaker mentioned the name, of Governor Hushes there was an outburst of cheering that lastea more than two minutes. - uenerai porter ' then introduced Senator Lodge,' who began his speech By paying a tribute ' to Governor Hugnes and his platform, and by at Ucking ilr. Chanler, bis Democratic opponent He ' made a stronv nlea for the '-re-election of' - Governor U...V.. v A IT.. 1 . .,' . . jking p nauonai issues urn HIU! .. - . ' LODGE ON THE ISSUES. '' The Demooratio nartv oblerta te talking about the past, near or re mote. They - would have us Judge them solely by their, futurs which Is unknown, and which as an assurance of conduct Is unsatisfactory. , v "We do know that the Renuhllcan jmny is commirxeo to the gold stand ard and that under no nossibia eondi. tions would tne free coinage of sliver d recommenaea or permitted by Mr. Tart. There must be a reform .In our banking system. Mr. Bryan's only contribution to this topic Is to propose the guarsntee of bank de posits, to make the careful, . honest banker responsible for! the- doings of a banker, who-Is 'careless, specu- huvi matt aisnoaest.'- . ' - On the tariff Senator Lodge said ths Democrats themselves did' not anow now xar tney would I o, and -their, victory would "throw an uncer. talnty across the pathway of busi ness which would hang like a pall over all buslneas enterprise Whlcn of Mr. Bryan's policies in regard to corporations he would pursue if elect- a no one Knows, and hs might easily oevise ta-o or three mora be. tween now and the 4th of March." xne - senator SDOke h hiv r.t tr Bryan's private character and etiw quence. e concluded with an eulogy acyavuwn presiaentiat can- u.uom. osniior LiOdffe received a rouna or cneers wnen he foretold the election of Taft, . K STRAUS EULOGIZES PRESIDENT. Oscar Atraas wss Introduced and be invited a" burst of annlanaat. hv nuuiug io rresiaent - Hoosevelt the greatest President since Lincoln. At this Juncture Governor H.irh.. peered In the hall The crowd sprang ii icci waring nags, ana for six teen minutes -there' was an uproar. The excitement increased when Gov. ernor Hughes reached the platform. Men were standing on chairs, throw ing their hats- into ths air and shout lng at the ton of their voices. "n,,-.h.. Huhe, Hughes?" rang from all parts of the big halU' - i. The Governor paid a tribute to Mr. Taft and then took up the issues of the campaign. . . - . .. t While Governor Hughes wss speak lng, cheers were heard outside and shouts of Taft, Taft, Taft." T1 ?rnor cut hu Pea short Mr. Taft did not appear, however, and uc"'" -nignt, cr Cal fornia- was ntroduced as ths next speaker, t TAFTS, SPEECH BRIEF. It was two minutes afte ! ociock wnen Mr. Taft arrived. As soon ss he was recognised there eras tremendous cheering which lasted for nineteen mlnutea The crowd shout ed Taft. Taft, Big. Bill Taft" and sang Yale soegs while the band play ed, but ' the instruments . could he heard only when the cheering died flown. Jir.: Tart stood on the rlat- orm with a smile of - sporeeiation wreathing his round, good-natured ace. As the cheering eontinued min ute after minute, Mr. Taft grew more serious and tried to compel silenae by holding up his hand, but this sim- y cause ! more cheering than ever, .eneral Porter stood beside the can didate and finally obtained compara tive quiet, then he introduced Mr. Ta.'t as "Our next rresi.lent." and the rheTir,? was re...imed. When it s'op-1-1 J-"'rt Taft s'irte-1 Y.st speerh. a Was x -v l.car.e a:;i 1-. i ' ) i ! ? . r. .' ELOPERS JVMP FROM TR-MN, ; ' V. - ' z , i -"-? K ' 'i. '"i"" t ' - " ' - . ' - : Caswell County Swain and His Fiancee ; Leave Coach at Greensboro Before - It Stops and He is SerioaMly Injur , ed- Removed to Hospital, Where fn '' Delirium He Declares He Was As--: eauited by.Voong Lady's Father. ,'?, ,' Observer Bureau. .' , , The Bevlli Building. , " - , ; ( Greensboro, Oct, 2i. . : ! William I Richmond, a younfc man from Caswell county, ties In a ward at St. Leo's Hospital suffering from serious Injuries received In Jumping from a Southern Railway train as it waa entering this city last night. The young man and' bis sweetheart. Miss Mary .Phillips, eloped from the Union Ridge section of Caswell yesterday and earns to Greensboro to be mar ried. As the train was entering the city, ' the porter . announced Greens boro as the next stop, whereupon Mr, Richmond and Miss Phillips left their seats and took their position on the car steps: . As the train began to slacken Its speed, they leaped Into the darkness '- ana fell violently . to the ground. ry-l :-ivi-';,V;' -r.:i , Mls Phillips escaped with a few slight - bruises, I but her- fiance was not so fortunate. His Tight arm was broken scar 'tha ' shoulder and tie was -Injured about the head. . He Was removed to St Leo's Hospital. where bet was attended by Dr. E. R, Michaux and Dr. -A. R. Wilson, the Southern Railway's surgeons, at this piece. . The surgeons spent practical ly the entire night with the patient, who suffered greatly His condition to-day . la improved , and the physi cians say h will bs able to leave the hospital tn a iew weeks. i Ths young man was " delirious through the night and labored under the hallucination ' that he had been assaulted by the father of his bride- to-be. He Insisted, that Mr. Phillips had struck him on the head with a stick and begged ths physicians and nurses to keep the ' supposed irate father awsy from him.- ;- Miss Phillips refused to 1 be sepa rated from her finance and. accom panied him to the hospital, where she was given a room for the night. She confided to Dr. Michaux that It waa her. first trln on a. train but she waa of the opinion, . that: .her sweetheart had once before, been a railway pas senger for a short distance. WILLIAMS A. TAFT MAN. V Former President of Seaboard Air ., Line, In Introducing Secretary of ;War Wrigrlit at Richmond, fctatca His IntemUon of Voting For Rcpub- llcan .Candidate. Richmond. Va.. Oct 18. Before a large audience at ' the Academy ef Musio -to-night., Secretary . of War Wright spoke on the issues of the campaign and In favor of the candi dacy of Judge Taft. The meeting was held under the . ausnices of a number of men ot prominence In this clty principally men of finance, who have always been Democrats,, but who in tnis campaign are, supporting the Republican candidates., ,. , . . Mr...Wrlsrht was introduced hv Jtihit Skelton Williams, of this city, former presidentlof the Seaboard Air Line, who stated that the new constitution of Virginia has so purified the electo rate as to remove an fears of the negro vote.' .- . '- . ' ,-- . Mr. - Williams said In psrtr T -"I Intend to vote foe Mr 'Taft T feel that I know what he- will 6a. and how he will-do It I Intend to -vote against the present candidate of the Democratic party. Our people are earnestly laboring to build up and develop many industries and busl neas enterprises. . I do not feel that these would be safe with our foreign relations and our- domestic affairs likely at any time to become danger ous and delicate, and to demand a trained and balanced mind, our finan cial stability and "our, army and havy In the keeping of a human kaledl scope,. Judge him only by his rec- ora. $ .,e nas been everything by turns, and nothing Ions an abatraet f an the, political faults that men ju into. inat ns poses now as a conservative gives roe no assurance that by next March he will not be alarming the country with some fan Usthr folly, or with a return to some Old one . r . ... , ....... TAFTS RECORD STRAIGHT. Labor Leader ; Donnelly Says Rooec- f "" I toniewtion That Taft Is Not An AOiemy of Labor Is Juxt WghL Washington. . Oct ... 18. President Roosevelt to-day mads publlo a long letter from Samuel B. Donnelly, sec retary of the general arbitration bosrd of 1 the New Tork Building Trades In which Mr, , Donnelly nn- holds ths; President In his eresenta. tion of the record of Judge Tatt as set forth by him In a letter to P. H. Grace, of Bingbamton, N- T recent ly. He declares that the President's letter ably shows that Judge Taft is not an esemy of labor and the Presi dent's opinion and conclusion should be accepted by labor as a complete refutation .,' . of the charges jnade against Mr. Taft by his adversaries In this campaign. Mr. Donnelly in part says: .-, .- '.,-. - -. Ths professional Democratlo labor workers who have been-"on the-Job" In all recent campaigns are running the movement in the East No spon taneous - movement - against - Judge Taft, among, the .workers and none but. salaried officers are on the stump sgalnst him... Those of us : who re-mem-be r the labor conditions during the last Democratlo administration sre of the opinion that if Bryan Is elected or the tariff is revised on the proposed Democratlo plan ot "a tariff for revenue only." we wtll alt have plenty of time lor Jury duty. - Henry'' Clay PlerrA W1Q Answer Texas '.- inaieunem. Austin. Tex Oct 28. Henry Clay Pierce is - coming back to Texas to answer ths indictment returned sgalnst him in ' this county charging him with false swearing. Governor Campbell was to-day advised by Jude Barclay, ef St- Louis, who represent ed the State at the hearing of Pierce, that the St. Louisian would be here November th to stand trial. . Pierce Is now st his summer home tn Mas sachusetts. ? The case will be called before Judge Calhoun, of the flftv thlrd district court, but it la -believed that an effort will be made to get a changs ,, venue. - . . Bulgarian Auemb:y Convenes. ."Sofia, Bulgaria. Oct S8. The four teenth national Bu'garian Assembly was convened for Its autumn season this afternoon. The speech from the throne wss read ' by F.mperor Ferdi nand and was eminently pacij In character. Ha defeunde the recent course of his rovrnmpii The Fu'ianan national ae!l one of the rmst Dem-vr-i! - Le In I -r- r. It ! e .- A DAY'S SALISBURY ( KW S KXtCtSXS SPEAKS THERE TO-DAY. r v- ' - I... i j ii 'J.. 1 Peoplo of Rowan Connty Scat Wl'l - lie Adtircssed This Momlnjr and i-. bpe-"er ... Voters This JbvenliiK Lutlirrans to Hold Special Rrforiua .. tKnt Services. Negro Coademnrd u V- We ittv Iiape May Escape Gsliows Hnrns of Negro Woman Fatal North Carolina , Has Contribute! : 48,600 . to National .. DeraorTado Campaign Fu imI - umber of Work ' era in Granite Bolt Is Iocreawd - Short News Notes. . tgeT!-T-Tik- Observer Bureau; " ' , Hi North Main Street, W".V"i' e Salisbury, Oct. 28. " - Hon.: W.".W Kitchia will arrive In Salisbury to-morrow morning st J:lt o'clock and will be met by a recep tion committee headed by uemocrauo Chairman A. H-r Hoyden and driven to the home of : Cashier J. D, N or wood, of the People's National Bank, whose, guest, he will be while here. At 11 o'clock he will speak, t)i weather v permitting, from a stand erected On the court ' house lawn, otherwise the speaking will take puco In ths v court house. The Chln t Grovp, Rockwell .- and Dixie concert bands have been engaged to furni i music," and a - big ' horseback para 1 has been planned.' Mr. Kitchin will be introduced by "t, C. Linn, Esq. To morrow . night at 8 o'clock he will speak at Spencer,' bis talk being espe cially for railroad men. . The Republicans will fire their last big gun Saturday night when the Hon. Thomas Settle, of AshevlUe, speaks In the court bouse. - The Lutherans of Salisbury an 1 vicinity will 'Join In a special reforma tion service at St. John s Lutheran church Sunday night snd the congre gation is expected to tax the capacity ot the auditorium and Sunday school annex. Two of these services are to be held in the county, the other in ISu Mark's church, China Grove it it O'clock Sunday. morning, -which will be Joined in by all the neighboring Lutheran churches. Rev. J. E. Whit-teker,-D. D-. of 'Lancaster, Pa., wilt be the. principal speaker at both ser vices,', The Lutheran Pantors' Asi Oiatlon of Rowan, of which Rev. Ii. M. M. Klnard, of St John's church, this city. Is president, haa looked for ward with, interest to these special reformation services. Mr. Walter M. Cook and bride have returned from their bridal trip t Eastern Cities. For the present tber will board with Mrs. Cook's parent-. Dr. and Mrs.. J. H. Foust,.on Sout.i Main street. ... .From railroad men comes the ne that business is greatly improving ant that the; number of trains being op erated ta increasing at a very gratify ing rate.''. ... . Mr. Hargrove ' Brown has becon-- associated with his father in an n. t and most successful Insurance asn ", snd In the future the firm wia 1 known as J. Allen Brown & Son. . ' DIES OF BURNS. ' Anna Evans, 'the wife of Ca'vi i Evans, colored, who waa eo hort'in'- burned by the explosion of a 1: . lamp in her hand Monday, died 1 night after suffering untold Ri.n -. - Capt W.-Murdock Wiley, of t .... -bury and Nyw Tork, is at home ' . Mra Wiley, who has been quite lie.. Captain Wiley talks interestingly of the political outlook In that fctate, a-. I says Chanler . and Hughes are run ning about neck and neck. It se-n t that Taft has a good lead for t: electoral vote ot the Empire State. Mr.; T. H. vanderford. special c.-i-leotor ' for North Carolina for t! Democratlo campaign fund, has -;;t another good sized chat it to the na tional committee. Money contlnu- 1 to-come in and Mr. Van i-rf.ira ci - . not expect It to let up ti'.' .i afi'-r t election. So far the cit ,uri oi t 8tate have contributed in th.; n-. -borhood of 8. 800 to the iVntoc-., fund. Nearly all of this hi t through Mr. Vanderford's han . . i aoms few have sent their contribti! lo:- direct to the national treasurer. Little -Miss Eatelle Yarborou. ' . daughter of Mr. J. B. . Yarbrou. broke an arm yesterday afternoon n a fall from a ladder. Conspicuous notices have been po- '- ed by ths Southern at the m-v passenger station forbidding loar-r In er about the depot- The boar.! of aldermen recently passed sn ord nance to protect the company again ; loitering arouna the station. . Work In the granite belt four m!! southeast of Salisbury continue t Increase snd another squad of stone cutters .has srrlved st Granite Qmrrv to work in the quarries of the Albert Lee Pink Granite Company. - The Salisbury Choral Club. nnVr the direction of Prof. Nelson V. Tay lor, fa arranging to give a public con cert in the near future. I'NECK MAT BE SAVED. ' Sam Massey, convicted at the S.: tember term Ct Rowan Superior Cou.t of rape upon a member of hii ow i race and sentenced to be handed Fri day, t November 13th, stand a goo I show ' of having his neck vea. Thomas Moore, the condemned mau a brother-in-law, gave notice that ap plication would be made to Govern u. Glenn for the commutation jf sey's death sentence lo life Imprison ment in-the penitentiary. . Throut i the efforts of ilaaaey'i attorneys, it- i by Lee Wright Esq., a petition ws got up to be presented to the Gov ernor In. Maasey's behalf. It bears the signature of the trial Judg-, solic itor, county officials and members cf the Salisbury bar and has already been forwarded to Governor Glenn. Cards havs been received here an nouncing the approaching marriatre of Miss Mary Rice, of Newbern, a foriin-r resident of Salisbury, and a niece oC Mrs. P. D. Roueche and Messrs. Joh i and James Ide, ot this city, to Mr. Owen Dunn, manager of The ',' -bern Dally Sun. The ceremony -w. i take place Tuesday, November 10th. - The track of the Salisbury a .; 1 Spencer" Street Railway Compi leading from Main atreet down I.. crty to the old car barn has been t--r i up and th new sheds midway bet we.- v this city sad Spencer are now t, nsef to house the cars. Mrs. Lyman Cotten, nee Miss r- Henderson, Is visiting her r''"-' Hon. and Mra John S. Hend-r----i Hon. Theo F. Kluita, Iemocrat . gressional thairmsn, is earr-P' in Iredell county this week. Lorain Wet Vlrcinla V- it I'i-jlvcd. , Cleveland C, Oct. 2 of Jud? Tsyier. in the ti -Circuit Court to-dy, t- t the Lorain & Wei Vr ; .. Company wns r- ' - I ! Wheel. ng I . n V I..- !' - -i pany receiver.-:- nil' j the nruiTial i' - "" - receiver ;i ' ' " 1 i-i & I.:.' - ' ' I 1 n IT. ( a i V '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 29, 1908, edition 1
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