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" ; . A. i 1' i, i . s ! WW SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $3.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1908. , PRICE FIVE CENTS. If 1111 y 1 1 J HB.BR YAS QUITS NEW YOEK COMPLETES PROGRAMME THERE The Peniooratio Candidate Finishes Mrrnuuut Da;'a 'Campaigning ""' With Two HpeeHies at'Syracuae, at One of Which. Ho la Introduced by Judtre Parker Iraraeiiw Thrones fintt the Candidate at ine tuj Hall and the Upr House and to Roth Audiences Ho Make fctrong Proneniatloiis or the Issue Judge Parker Lxpresse Lofty Sentiments and Uio JNebraskan Receives ' a - Rousting Welcome-Spoke at .Five ow York State Towui varmg uis . . Day. Syracuse, N. Y-, , Oct $. Th Bryan special arrived her early this veiling and found big crowd to welcome the candidate. Mr. Bryan - stopped on the station platform long 1 enough to shake hands with several hundred persons who crowded ' about :, him. Th principal meeting here was - at Welting Opera House where Judge Alton B. Parker also spoke. . "It gives me pleasure," said Judge Parker, "to come-, her to-night . especially because I am permitted to advocate tor a jmie time tne -cause . of. one who has Ideals, lofty, charac - ter and exalted patriotism the Demo cratic standard-bearer lor the presi aency. .(.,;;- -.--,,- . 11 r. Bryan's first engagement' was , at the city hall, where he spoke to an Immense throng. ,- Both there and ., at the opera houa Mr. Bryan re ceived a rousing welcome... -.-r 'v f ','CJSCUS3ES TUB. FANIC.)' Is -hit principal remarks. Vs. Mr. Bryan called 'attention to the fact "that the campaign imvm) was drawing to a close and that the Republicans were resorting to threats of a panlo ' In case he should be elected. tie re ferred to the presence in the, city t Mr. Taft and expressed wonder that Mr. Taft bad not been able to stave off the panlo of 107, when he was in Mft Rooseveire Cabinet. - Mr. Bryan cauaed a storm of ap - . plause when. - In ' discuulng . the guaranty of bank deposits as provided : for la the Denver platform, he quoted,- In refutation of Mr. Taft's . statement that the guaranty of r de posits would .weaken - the national banking system, an -excerpt from a United States consular report, as) fol- loms: - - - "The well-known thrift of the Oer ; man people has its foundation, on : facts.. The savings banks of Germany '.have some 19,000,000 pais books out ana tneir deposits amount to IS.21I,- ' 000,000. i, These deposits are practl- cUy an guaranteed by the . varlou , municipalities of the Empire and the .. . condition forma a. bulwark of confl r dence ..in the security . of private ' .,' wealth and earnings that cannot be shaken by hard times, panics, bank . v BANKINO IN GERM ANT. , V ' -"Here Is a fact," said Mr. Bryan, - "which X present in answer to Mr. Taft's opinion; The Oerman people . -cannotbe accused of . careleasnesa In their banking business any more than ' they can In other buaineaa . Here is ' testimony to be found in a consular , report printed by the present ad . ministration, eornpletely . answering the arguments tbaTMr. Taft has been making against Uhe guaranteeing of depoiuts." V''v..-i,; -i'.-.'" : - The only question, ha said; was - whether tne deposit should be guar ; anteed by the banks or by the com- munlty.V-v: sr . . ; - . . , "We" beUeve,"- he declared,' "that t the' banks derive advantage enough - from, the law to justify them in fur- nianing tne security themeelvea." The other issues of the campaign ' were taken up in turn by the Demo . .cratlo candidate, who again- intdBted . that - MV., Taft request his - congres- ,. aional committee to make known the 1, source of Us campaign contributions. .. Mr. Taft's position with respect to f labor was roundly scored, and once again Mr. Bryan charged that a high protective tariff was the mother of panics. . A feature of the meeting was - the fact that it was presided over by t Thomas ,W. Meacham, president of i-' the Syracuse chamber of commerce. Throughout the day the Democratic . - candidate's themes principally were "honesty in government" and ."the Republtcaa claims for prosperity." -H., spoke at Cohoea, - XMca, Home, " Oneida and Canastota. Syracuse, Oct.v ti. Having de livered in this city to-nljht his last 'speech-of the campaign la the Em pire Bute, William J. Bryan is now speeding westward and in the morn ing wlU make another ' Invasion of ' Ohio, the home Of his Republican op ponent. .... A feature In connection with Mr. Bryan's arrival here was his Initiation In his private car into the Order of Mystique Krewe of Kanoeno, a Syra- . cuss boosters' club. - According to the rules of the dub he was given the Indian name of "Heap Big Talk Pa poose of the Platte. which, Interpret ed means "Ths Boy Orator of the Platte." Before boarding his car to night the candidate expressed himself . as well pleased with his reception here as well as with the other wel comes received during his five days' tour of the State, v . : , - - ' TALKS TO OOHOES .DEMOCRATS. .Bryan Tells Bl? Audience That He - Expects to lie President-.Makes . , the Usual Discussion of the Issues. Cohoes, N.. T-. . Oct. Jl.Openlng the last day of his campaign in "New York State this morning Mr. Bryan told an audience which filled the - opera house that he expected to be eteeted to the presidency. . - Mr. Bryan said that before the Den ver convention the Republicans were very confident- -. "They, said -that U the Democrats would only nominate me we would have a nice, quiet -cam-ja!n and that they would have a wa.Kover. Well, at this time, weare able to forecast the result, and what Is the conduion? Our cause is so ap pealiF? to the conscience , of the American people trtat we are drawing to our support more of these who are lifting up the. moral standard and who are trying to'touch the confidence Of the nation. r.(-pub'.;can leaders no lorsrer Jfad the people in the right direction; thee 1- iders r jve betray ed the sentiment even in their - own yarty and mre;r'.ented th wi.h" of the rank and of the liepu'-.l-cans." .,;-. Dlicu!nt eontrlbut'orf, jresent if t corfe a f ' i t yurch-'iSe i : ( now," he t I "that tha cr : ed for .her-- " we have a ; DuMiran 1-m ; ''y of camr-a!i rjan s-kei those ; rg to ; ; :es the "I v. a rn yo J - T ' 1 " " ! - A. ? 1 o- and !ft i'.- Jnr en." pe. attatJked a single trust because, : he said, .every truat magnate was sup porting him,. ' and out of the funds tha Republicans are preparing to buy very vote that can be bought." --v r Mr.-' Bryan vehomently declared that th- lu p-iblican paity waa going back warl liiad of fefvart' with respect t-i-jabor. He (harkcterlsed ' ths promises of a revision of the tariff as an attempt to perpetrate a fraud on the people. , t , - 1L1XDS HEARST A ROAST Katloiml Independence Parry Commit" s tpmaa lTom Missouri Keslgns and His DeUer of Relgnation States His . J&eusous in Ho t ucvrtaln Terms. ' Kansas Clt. Mo., Oct JJOlving as one of his reason, a desirenot have pis name connected "with, any party or person- - who . purchased or otherwise . obtained correspondence stolen by other persona for publica tion, to the detriment or downfall of other persons, for the upbuilding of yourself or the Independence party,'' J. U Woods Merrill, of Kansas City, in a letter to-day to William B. Hearst, national' . chairman, notified the latter of bis resignation as na tional committeeman for Missouri of the Independence party. -Continuing he says: - j ' - "s--i;.;'.:-;-"Also. I do not wish my name con nected with a party whoso affiliations are so closely connected witn otner parties and whose only aim is to help to ; defeat Bryan. Taft wanted Rer aker put - out of -business and you played the part - of 'remover and, with a grand stand play to keep- up appearances, went after Haskell, with no proof of guilt, to down Bryan, and in' my belief the Independence party receives Its campaign money from Republican- sources. I'was led .to be lievo the Independence - party's plat form' was to advocate the principles of Jefferson and Lincoln and to build up from the better class from all par ties and stand for the best Interests of the common people' and not affil iate with, nor favor any party.; -:.; Mr.. Merrill . asserts that the Inde. pendence party , has not kept -these promises' and adds: :'.'.; '".V;"', "Bryan and Standard Oil have neea Its' only campaign issue." ,..-- i- i-; : REPITBLfcAJf ' CORRUFTTOlt PfJXD KaUttn traus Reiterates) Bis Charge That Wall Street Men Are Being ."'. Assessed $500 acli o Use to the .Election,- ;i ,.-.''W-'v''i':';:'';' New Tork, Oct. . t . The charjs recenUy ' made ' by : Nathan Straua president of the Business Men's Dem ocraUo League, and subsequently de nied by Treasurer Sheldon, of the Republican national committee, that Wall Street men are being assessed 1500 .each by the Republican com' mittee was reiterated by Mr.;. Suaus in a speech before the Commercial Travelers' League to-day. He de clares me fiepuoiicana iu ion vi this year "have the largest corrup tion fund they ever had."- Hs said he was ready to prove that state ment. . fl am ready to' prove that they not only have levied a tax 9t S00,rt said Mr. -Straus, "but that they have a sliding scale which runs tip to 15.000. ' I. am ready to prove hts, and the newspapers won't dare print what I say ,here. . I dare Here ana now that the corruption fund to be used this year In New Tork Is as lage as it was four years ago. They won't' make . publto before hand the contrlbatlons because they say it Is for legitimate purposes. But they know they are raising the fund for bribery. - They are using -every un fair means to defeat Bryan. I defyi them. - I defy the Republican party." ! Derides Republican Prosperity Talk. ! i Rome, OcL 2.-,They are talking prosperity and the papers tell, us that they are going to have a great' big parade y la New Tork City next Saturday night. They are go ing to have red fire;, they are going to have illumination; they are going to have bands, and when I was in New York, . I aw - them t building grandstand along the route for ths people , who will watch the-parade. Why don't they take the money and furnish lodgings at night for the hun dreds of men whom I saw sleeping on the benches in the park? ' . I had occasion to ride down Broadway two nights, one time at S o'clock and an other time at o'clock la tha morn ing, and there , were ' not less than three hundred men sleeping in on park on benches and they were pro tecting themselves from the cold by tielng newspapers around their limbs, and while these men have not the money with which to buy lodging, the Republican party- is pouring out it money from Its campaign fund on red fire in order to prove that it is the party of prosperity." r r - - .. This was the way William J. Bryan concluded bis speech at thia place to day after denouncing Mr. Taft for threatening a panic in the case of bis election and sought to show that a panic was now upon the country. Mr. Bryan's theme was justice,, and he said that th Democratic party pre sented a larger hope of justice in gov ernment than did the -Republican, party. For thia reason, he said, he had a right to expect a majority of tha votes of the American people. - ' Visits Sherman's Home.- i ;J TTtlca N. Y., Oct. it. Paying a visit to Vtica, the home of, James 8. Sherman, Republican vice presiden tial nominee, William J. Bryan, th Democratic candidate for President, got a great demonstration. "it. was one of the b-st meetings of the cam paign," said ihe upon returning to his car. The opera house where, h spoke was adequate to -accommodate the cr ied which aembled to hear him ai j--a&eT an overflow talk, to .na number outside. Mr. Bryan c.scLi?d the issues of the campaign g'-nerauy and put to a vote several or t.T9 q the Democratic : ns embraced la rnv. Thee Jn ra election of it. election ' "f - ar.-l labor Trep No hand a If there u m believed n in the Re- r-.M. "I i ' e i.,'W?paper eluded paf i c p.' ( ; , reser.ta-.ive m t e t. . was ra..-t-J v. . r i. was any o- j r.-r the prc-pos-..-.-! 1 -.1 pu-i.can p.si .rr.i v w.ll a j Sc." !-. i n ' i ' t-e r i-"-y l ' of C" ' date t " tne s. ;ion of l;.e j. , c o n v e ii i u n. " "Isn't it a crf--t fhat cnven" -n," 'wM.-h f 5 r.uT.. :;-( i: e-i t sr.:;n-r.: of r.pu"i-l'cr and D- 1 1 1 out to i home l o i rrse i r it.onil ' : n of r- - n r I. IT-" - 1.- I i ' ' Th Republican : Candidate Makes . Sneecrtcs on the Iwucajf the Cain :'airn oin Uis Viewpoint In 1H . cities and Is iveryw'e itecavea .-' 'With Great Demonstrations DO S' spite the Heavy Work of the Pre ""vlous Day the Candidate shows lit tle Efroct of th Strain and Makes ... Vigorous ' Addresses Kverywheape- t- tree In Expressliig His lew to ATutt the Result WU1 Be Next Tues day ires .His Strongest EnOorse- . snent to Uognes. , Syracuse. N. Republican cheers have sounded In the wake Of the Tii train which to-day visited , . towns. Canandalgua, Geneva, Seneca :' Falls and Auburn, The climax was reach MrhirP rade. two meetlnss and an overflow, furnishing ' audiences of thousands which Judge Taft addressed.. 'There has been no lack of auditors and en thusiastic demonstration ' wherever the Ohioan has tarried.. Despite the heavy campaigning required, of -him yesterday In Greater New York, h showed little effect of the strain, to day. He has hit at the roots of what he considers Democratic fallacies in every speech and has been free in ex pressing his optimism as to. what the result will be next Tuesday. Gov ernor Hughes has been commanded In strong, language, likewise the re mainder of the New York State ticket and the vice presidential candidate.'-; . Here to-night Judge Taft had the rival attraction of Mr. Bryan, whose special car was in the station when the Taft. train arrived. ' ' . - , SYRACUSE STREETS. CROWDED; . J Judge Taft. was resting when his train-reached this city and was not disturbed until o'clock, the hour for hi flrat meeting. At .that time he was driven in ab automobile through the streets,, escorted by several . big marching .' clubs . In uniform, l The streets were crowded with people. " The Alhambra, the largest ball In the city, .was packed to . its utmost capacity. Again to-night Judge- Taft gave his strongest , endorsement to Governor .Hughes. " 'I knew the peo pie of New York knew a good thing,' declared Mr, Taft, .."even' If thy did have to' listen to rumbles from th west to find it ouf'f r ;,, -t r .n ? Followlnr bis meetlnr at othe - Al hambra,' Judge -Taft was escorted to Turn Hall, .where' he addressed' an audience composed - largely or Ger mans. H then returned to his car. which will remain in ths city until to morrow mnrnlnr.' ..,!. V -i ;V"y FIR8T ' SPEECH AT'.jUTONS. At Lyons; ths t first speech of the day, where Judge Taft talked to an audience which packed the . largest hall in the town,- he asserted that- th defeat in 118 of the "silver heresy was a victory for good fhat was ex ceeded"" only by the' victory of tur armies the civil war..." V".-' At Canandalgua he went Into an analysis of government through po litical parties. The VltaTlssue of this campaign. Judge" Taft asserted was whether r not the American people have been well served under the ad ministrations of McKmley and Roose velt. . "I sometimes think," he ex plained, "that we fail-, to appreciate what governing means : It dee not mean oratory. It foes not mean the f lower of -debate. ;: It does not mean he advancement of -plausible .theo ries, but It means ths power of -efficient performance.'; -r-vs f - ki J TIJE PARTY TO "TRUSTA fr "Between each presidential election many lasues' are IJkely to -arise that cannot be submitted to a party, crises are likely to come that cannot be submitted" to the rank and file of the people, and you have got to take a party and trust it to work' those problems out That was exhibited in the record of the Republican party with rererenc to the Spanish war. We determined, to end tha Interna tional scandal at "our. doora- - We went Into the war In Cubs, and we cam out in the Philippines, 10,000 miles away, and we had to decide the Issues which were there raised and , which were . difficult to meet.! .The'policies which were carried 1 through brought credit and glory, to the nation. They were not anticipated, 'they were . not aeked-ln- national, 'conventions,'' and they were not considered In national elections before - they- had to, be , dr elded. , ; i,- ..' ; - ...-: - I DEMOCRATS IkEFFICtNT. ! : "Now, , what of the f Democratio partyl . They had power for four years, but the minute they got into power they - began ' to quarrel ! b-ver what they should do." They showed then, a they would show now, if you gave them , power, that the only co heslveness that they have is a co hesiveness of opposition to . the Re publican narty. They lack efficiency. they lack responsibility to the people '. for carrying on the government as it should be carried on and this, my dear friends,, without any reference to their principles, and when you get to their principles, j their , acts are even worse," " ," -;: ( "j- REPCBliCAX PREDICTIOirS. ; ConftrwiiianL Londenelager Thinks Next House Will Have Increased Re . pnhlkan Majority Lodge, Straus. Hitchcock, Murphy and Woodruff All Sanguine as to Taft. - . . New Tork, Oct. It. Representative Henry C Loudenalager-of New Jersey, secretary of the national Republican congressional committee, who - has been In charge of the New- York headquarters of the committee during the campaign,, to-day gave out . his estimates of the complexion of the national House of Representatives in the Sixty-first Congress. i "I am convinced." he said, "that a conservative estimate of the political complexion of the-next House is that It will show 227 Republicans s.nd 16 Democrata -. -1 am confident that election results will glv an Increase In the number of Republicans rather than a decrease." Chairman Hitchcock, of the Re publican nations! committee, paid to day that he probably would give out his forecast of the electoral vote to morrow. . He said that the statement would Include the doubtful as well as the certain States for both parties. Mr. Hitchcock is still of the opinion that Nevada will be very cl-. but he la quite confident of Mon'ma, Information from leaders in .;! tucky and Tenrevf is to the t that the ReruMksn candidate I -more than a 1 . -.- chainn In t' two State. h..-.; b t ! s ,r fchout Marylarl. he t;,.rki the f.ht wi'l be cle there. The following forec :s were maJe ft Republican . natlor.dl head i carters t. -'--: J-T.atir I"f-l!e. of i:aciiisets: i , -?.-w KnrlaP'l will o '' ,!v f.ir Y.-rk ;" w 1 y:ve a. : f - '. ; ; : . ' -.. " v j : r y ; -.!'". I :"-' r c : IV r, r E l I.,-' r. ' . v i SPEAKS TO KA1LE0AD MEN KITCHLV. WINS THEIR ' VOTES. His Views on Labor and Rate Matter Heard With . Keen Interest . by Silencer Voters I-wsitlon as to Fas stau Subsidy Fully Kxniainea.' Jtr, KlU-hin DerUrlng That He Ii'l'ev ;;ed ttie Plan - rongRepubllcan Bosalsm In Naming of Candidates , Dc-uoaiiecU The Panic- of ,10T " Caused by Republicans and Not by Aortli Cnrollna Lrgtslatare, as Tha Party Claluw Audience Was Large 'and Atteauvevi' ' -;-l?'gxii Special, to The Observer-. - i - "rS--.-?. Spencer. Oct, 2 . Hon. "-r W. & W. Kltchin was heard . In Spencer to night by a large gathering of rail road men, the ball being packed to overflowing. - Seated on the platform with the speaker , were State Senator Whitehead "KluttZy'Dr. J. W. Carlton, Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives, and W. D. Pethei, Esq., of . Spencer, . who presided and introduced : the distinguished - visitor. In the course of his speech, which was replete with illustrations and anec dotes. Mr. Kltchin discussed the meth ods employed by the Republican lead ers In nominating their candidate, de claring that Taft and . others - were uwiviy buuvq uy5 we- uum sua - aoi nominated by the; people a a result of choice. . He discussed the panlo of t07 in detail, declaring that ths Re publican leaders are trying- to shift the; responsibility for same off on' the Legislature of North CaJoHna; while at .the same time t the Republicans disclaim that there- has .been a real panic, ' but- merely a . "ftaaacial dls- turbance." '-.'-,'-, -c .y;?,; Mr. Kltchin was heard with tha keenest interest, however, " 'when he referred to and explained his posl. tlon la .the railroad rate-, and labor matters, , lr this was the pith of his speech so far as Spencerlans were concerned. He declared : himself In favor of a reduction of rates, which nas already been given the people. He stated that the same, had been agreed to by ' the Southern . officials and this tact should satisfy ths em ploye, j. He -explained his reasons for opposing the subsidy Jby which ' the Southern's fast mall known as No. 7 was maintained and declared it as his conviction that the plait was wrong. Hs stood for its removal, he said, for the same reasons that labor organlpa tlon opposed the ship subsidy on ocean' traffic : .. 1,s ... .-'-.; He said., in his Judgment, "the rail roads , would , place - more trains la service at the time trafflo demands It, and that the Southwestern Limited. No. 1 7,. has always got a large por tion of ths trafflo .supposed to be handled by No. 7.-.;-- ;'-- -. ' . 'i - He further stated that he was op. posed to rule by the bosses but stood, for the best Interests of the whole people in this matter. He asked for the votes' of the railroad men because he said he wanted them, but If they did not want to vote for him t will pe-alij-Ight. m.fArn.. . . -.Mr. Kitxhln's speech was delivered lh fina spirit and he won many rail rpad mea to his way of thinking. , ,' Activity Continues to Last In Forsyth. Special to The Observer. . Wlnstori-Salem, Oct. t . Candidate w, W. Kltchin will speak here Satur. day night and Governor Olenn will speak Monday night; Forsyth county has, been .the seen of more oratory' than-any county J tha State, every !ff,ker.of Prominence en the Demo eratlc side. having spoken here. The Republicans "have also , iwn .on.,- and their conn.ty candidates will close io campaign in this city Saturday jHjht, Ex-Judge W. P; Bynum. Can didate John M- Morehead and ethers will speak. : ...... . ; 9IE3IORIAL TO STERNBURG, Q ' Ths President, Members of His Cabl. , net and RepresentaUve of Washing vton's Official Life Attend cervices i in Honor of Late German Amoas- sador. , V - v;V'- ja-? - - Washington, -V-'Oct', H.- Beautiful memorial services, attended by a bril liant assemblage of representatives of all branches nf official iif. i nr..L Ington, were held to-day in memory " " reineer epeCK VOn 6tern burg, a German, ambassador to the United States,; who died at Heidelberg AUSUSt . X3d. PruM.nt ..,...J - w - .--.'---. ' jars. Roosevelt, : members of hla Cabinet, uiviunia.no representatives -of all na tions, members of the of the United States, high officials of the government and officers of the ar my, navy and marine corps were present.- ,v ' 'v-j",'v-:-: The services were held In Concor dia , Evangelical - Lutheran church, which was attended by Baron von Sternburg during his residence here. The service was conducted la part in German, by Rev- Paul A. Mensei, Pastor Of Concordia ' oh ii rnh : an In part in English by Rev. Roland Cot ton bmitn. rector of 8t John's chare Frelfrau ftneclr von DtM-nhnrr mi. OW Of ; the 1st Tlarnn in.nmn..ln by- Count ' Hermann' 'von Hartr.Mi Wlldenburg, charge d'affaires, and her mother. Mrs. Lancham. of Lnuiavin. Kf., were present.. Others represent ing the German embassy were also present. - -.'- 7 ':' -:i f ;:: j ' Rev. Roland Cotton Smith delivered an a i iress , which related chiefly to the f, illy '- relation ' and : personal chara.er ct . the , deceased.' x Rev. Paul A. Mensel. dwelt upon ths re markable -diplomatic career of the late ambassador; - . , ,, ? Denlga For Naval Memorial at Vicks- 'hurjf Approved. Wasrtlngton, t Oct, I . Secretaries Wright and Mtcatf have' approved a site and design for a naval memorial in Vlcksburg National- -Military Park and Congress, which-authorised the selection last-May,, will, be asked at next session to appropriate 1200,000 for the project that being the max imum contemplated by Congress. The memorial design Is for a granite obeli-It 202 feet. high, with four bronze st-itues of heroic size st the base and f . ir descriptive tablets en granite w . - pedestals, - The statues will re; r.-sent the famous naval squadron! cc- manders, Farragott, Porter, Foot j an i Tavis. '. '. York Rate , will go for Taft and II he." '' ! 1 ormer Governor Murphy, of New ;-tv: "It Is a question of majority o! for Taft In New Jersey." t i-.alrman Woodruff, of the Re-P'lbl.t-an State ; committee: "Taft carry the State by-over 125,000 anl lluthes by 75.000. - y Ciirt. lTou Speak In New York. ' Nw York. Oct. 29. George B. Cnrtelyou, Secretary of the Treasury, ad-.r-. i a large and enthusiastic " s r - - t'r.cr at the Murray Hill I - e. -. t-.-r. -'t. r.x'-'r,? a pica f.r f c .1 ,; Wii. II. Taft and t er i ; .' 1' an tl. '. -.t VXW RTAliNT Y OF ELECTION SLUENT VOTE WTLL , DECTDB JT. . ik-. ,v-v'"J - . ... -' Tlie Leaders on Both Sides Are Mak ing Their Claims, But There is Lrt- , tio Baals I'or These- The Rank and Ilia Not. Talking, and it Will Be the rueent sUJcut Voters Who Will , Kay Whether Taft or Bryan Will Be -Next President la Middle , West Decided Tendency PrevaUs ; w f '( Voters to Stay Away From ; Club and Party Meetings 'ima nwuira to AiwUiy But to . Spirit, of . Inde pendence. f ' 1 BY tACII M'GHJEE. f ' .'i.'.''u.'i-'t;''-i Observer Bureau, j ' xr'r'' t Post (Building, ; . r r Washington, October vTbV,'Brit'mar 1, asked, about the political situation upon, my i return her threw un his hands and shook his head to indicate that ha - knew nothing, Hai is 'a newspaper man rhn .hm went nn with the most mi nute details of the campaign and has just returned from New iora.- e is one of the oldest of ths Washing ton correspondents and has followed the details of every political cam paign since the time TUdeo was elect ed fm l7 and swindled out of the presidency, and he - tells me that thera haa never teen a' Mm during all these campaigns when on tha eve of the election there is so nine upon which to base an opinion- as to what wmtiA hannen. Anvthlno; like a pre- ,iwtnn aithflr wu la the merest folly, says he. And so say they all. eaoept of course the omclai campaign man agers, all of whom on each aids ars talking for publication, - though not with the fullest sincerity, as many m HnvM and are claiming everything in sight and some things not in sight by many miles, i The teiiows at tlonal . headquarters i. here,? in ? New York and in Chicago are all, giving out statemants as to what. Is going to happen, and the two candidates them selves, Messrs Bryan ana m persistently telling . the peopie that th. ..-h eioct to sweep the country ana the only question is tse else of their respective majorities, ,-ney uvr believe It, but they do not And many neoDia tn believe that they really be lieve it, for the political pulse-feelers, forecasters or whatever else those who study the situation witnoui oias may be called, ars all completely at Sea, XT'.P-'..: ,' i"-,- CAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY. '. jcnw thia atats of uncertainty is due not. as might be supposed, to the fact that th election le expected to be Very close one. Many who say that Taft is going to be elected admit that Bryan might b siectea oy veritable tidal wave, while otners who sav thev have a feeling tnat ury- an will be elected by this tidal wave admit. In turn, that Taft may hava as many or sven-mors votes in the eleo toral tolleg than Roosevelt had four yMu-s.ajjrw la -the electoral couege, mind you. not In the popular vote; for about the only certain thing in the campaign Is and all say tnat. Republicans as well as Democrats that th Republican vote In aU tbs Middle .Western" States will be cut down considerably. , The Republicans freiv admit, for instance, that la all such States as Wisconsin, Indiana, Il linois. Ohio, Nebraska,' Kansas and Colorado the Republican majority will be not at most mors than naif wnat It; wa. four years ago. 'The Demo- crats, and largely owing to this con cession on the part of the Republican leaders, ar boldly, declaring tnai in every one of -these States the' Repub lican majority will be cut down so low that it wiil have to be represented with a minus sign before it But when I say Dsmocrats or Republicans, In this connection. I mean the official claimers of - the. two parties. :f, The rank and file, as a rule, are not do ing any very great claiming Or prog nosticating of any kind. It may be a close race, and it may be a tidal wave for Bryan, or it may be an ; over whelming ' majority In ths electoral college, hut certainly not In the popu lar vote tor1 Taft The - reason no body knows, - practically ' none . is betting and. but few are even guess ing is that there is literally nothing upon which to base a Judgments The Republican chairman. Mr. Hitchcock, has hi little card. Index, but the voter- just will not be indexed. They have a sort of antipathy for being tn-. dexed this year somewhat like that ths people- of some communities have for telng vaccinated Many of them have got to the point where they would just about as lief have the dis ease which they are told Bryan would give them, as to submit , to-' being vacolnaeeu. " .". BryaTrtatn, a many ; of are beglnnlngtgaee It, Is oily Of varioloid anyway,- and the acclat which the Republyaa physi cians have been lnjectinav-ttnto them has caused - constderaaHe I suffering, They don't tell Dr. vuehcqtk and the other medicine rnefl that taey are go ing to vote for Sfryan; thy Just sim ply do not tell Ihenuarfythlng at all. SILENT VOTB-WIXL TELL, . ose here who are just back from the Middle West say that there Is an inclination xeeedlngly. widespread to stay awaylrem party club meetinks and all ths locaf campaixTrTheetlnga The meaning of this Is simply that the people are doing their own thinking and that they are aot being governed by the party boss. The silent vote Is going to be the decisive factor in the election Tuesday. A few days ago on the train I met a man who- lives fn southern Indiana and who was Jrist from there. He said that In his lKtle town where congressional campaign ers were accustomed to have several thousand people come .- out -to hear them speak the Democratic Congress man . came there to spiel a- short while ago and only 1,200 or 1,100 peo ple went to hear him. The Repub lican candidate for. Congress came a few days later, said this man. and only about. ISO turned out so that ths meeting had to' be postponed till an other time when a crowd could be drummed up; but again the people re futed to be drummed. But this man told me that the Republicans In his part of the country who ar going to voto for Bryan ere not saying any thing about it. Thai Is the situation not only in te Middle West but throughout" the whole country, I am told here. It Is not so much our eld friend General Apathy as It Is a spirit of Independence. - BASIS FOR CLAIMS.' In the light of thia. It Is rea,sonable to ask upon what, granting that the party leaders are not all humbug, they base their claims? The whole truth Is simply this and nothing more; ths Ipublicms. while they admit t ..-t t'r. re will be a treat tailing :t in their vcta everywhere, canr-.-t be convinced thai such tremendous Re publican majorities can be eut down into , minorities. Bryan, never has been" elected, ' they say, 'furthermore, and he just.can't be this time. And the Democrats, flavin- nothing them- selve either upon which -to base a reasonable. Judgment, just- feel it , in their s bones. , somehow, that this is a Democratic year; that the people are .tlred ot Republican rule, or misrule as .they term it, and that there is to be a Democratio victory all up and down 1 the line. t " - And that is about the situation.. . j BRIBETtY IN THE RUET CASE. Contractor ' Blake Tells '' Ooort That Koers Attorneys Offered Hua tio. ', OOO to Influence , Juror and ' Tlieii 'Keep His Slots th Shut Confession Creates Consternation la gan Fran V cisoo Court Room. .-; "L ; V V;'.. ':j' ' v Saa . Francisco. OsxJi 2 ti Standing la the shadow fT-the penitentiary with sentence about tof be passed P On; him.' and having seen his young wife Just led from the court room hys terlcally i crylnr ,"Nb, No.", sJ Blake, a contractor, convicted of at tempting to .brlb John' -M. Ktly 'to qualify on tho 4ury" to try Abraham Huef and vote for Ruofs acquittal, mad a full, confession In court to day. 1 Blake said' that after he 'was arrested on charge - f bribery. Frank -VJv- Murphy, ( Ruefs assistant counsel, came to htm and promised 110,000 If he would keep- quiet He said that Botes for $10,000 purpoting to be signed by Ruef, were delivered to a third party, to be paid to Blake Immediately after he was sentenced If he ware . convicted of bribery. ' Be sides this amount, Blake declared his wife was to receive 1100 a month while he was in the penitentiary,. . When Blake was called on to-day to rise and receive sentence his wife cried ' "No, not that" and began to sob hysterically. She was ld from ths room.- , ., , t ; After motlans for a new, trial and a rest of Judgment had been denied. Blake said that hs bad a statement to make as a reason' why -sentence should not be pronounced. This cams as a surprise to his attorneys, who wre permitted to, withdraw from tha Case. V "-iiV; '.: .''-.'''- . After he had been swora and toad stated that he had not been promis ed Immunity, Blake said he had been offered $1,000 by Attorney A. 6. New burgh and . Y 3. Murphy, of RueTe counsel, to Influence J. M. Kelly, a prospective Juror, to vote for the acquittal-of Ruef. 1 . He at first offered Kelly 1500 which was refused, he said, but an offer of 11,000 was accepted. It was then brought out in allega tions that Newburgh had procured at torneys for Blake's , defense. Blake then told of the alleged offer of 10. 000 and provision tor his wife while he was In prison ' it he would not make a, confession. - The story told by Blak created consternation In court and the case was continued for two weeks. v-:,r'Vrf - '' ' ' '.-'Ij NEGRO , SMOTHERED TO DEATH. Buried, While Working Alone, Under . ... ...1110 01 jrwiuaer. Special to The Observer. ' ' Selma; Oct J 9. Ed Garrlsa, color ed, working alone on one side or high pile of fertilUer In tha yirglnia- Carollna Chemical Company's plant here, was smothered to death to-day by several tons of fertiliser caving la on him.. Other workmen in tha mill knew nothing of the accident unt-tl too late to rescue him. . :"' -, ' Kentucky f Barber Arrested 011 Charge , of Murder ana itoDDery. , Cincinnati, O., Ootr l-Word has been received byAhe-pellco of Cov ington that .Ferris Simpson, a barber, was arrestee at HarroldsburS. to-day. eharsed with the murder of Sciplo leit Saturday with the head severed fa thourht to be that Of Noble, of rxnia. a. nuu r loana nauvvvuiibvii Tsnlrann Vv wVlA hall ef'Vad thrH v. " ( vears la ths United States army and left home three weeksago, saying he.porf was followed by an earnest t. would rs-eniist .waven am ie he carried oo w asn ana ote. Nothing ,was touna on ins odv of the man found near Covlng- tbn. It was believed that he had com mitted suicide, but later developments molested i murder. An investigation was berun ana 11 was . Slriipson .was With' Noble tne last met he was seen alive. inis tact ana inai. no money was rouna on to to SlPtpsoaja arrest. . . 'Suggestkms Tar' Katiooal Bank J .--.Roceitera,- , : - - " -Wa hlgton, Oct ' M. Purposely refral dag from recommending any hard id fast rules for ths guidance Of revivors because of the need ot ladlvMual discretion as complications arisethe report of th national bank receiver who mat la convention here nm time Sim ii slvsa out by Comp troller nf tha Currency Murray . te-J At..V ..v.i .,nam Hv.reations as to: " " I ibar;. oV failed WE'niZiW" Standard and Other r cbarge of failed ..tna- 1 .-rh, cvnni, - vk r-.i n port lays greatest stress upon ths need for economy ana joaimeH. 4-? receivers course. ; ths report polnu out must be largely governed "by a careful and conservative - considera tion of the Interests of the real owners of the trusf'.whica.the. reclveb.' involves. -- .e .. -: . Back Stove Contempt Case Comes Vp For Final Uearing To-Dsy. , Washington, Oct .--The taking of. testimony In the case of Samuel Gompers, president; John Mitchell. vice president, and Frank Morrison. secretary Of tne American t eaerauon of . Labor, tor alleged contempt of court growing out of a suit for Injunc tion brought by the Buck Stove and Range ' Company, of BU Louis, Mo., wa concluded to-day before the ex aminer. The privilege of submitting testimony for the defense was waived for the purpose -of hastening a deci sion of the case, which w ill be called tip for final hearing-before Justice Wright of the District Supreme Court to-morrow. . - ; -, .Forest Ilrci Do Great Damage In west irginta. -Charleston. W. Ya., Oct ! I. Forest fir around Turkey Knob near here threatened, death to mlnera employed In the mine of th Turkey Knob Coal Company to-day. The- fire reached, the fan houe of the coal company to-day, destroyed It, then burned the drift mouth and set th mine sflre. Fortunately there was ra expl-wion and tne men In the mine c-c;ire1. Two r-en were OVf-rr--"1 t.y !,-.;. r-:t wi'l recover. Tha f: 1 t! i TOTES f 0E CONSOLIDATION SYNOD IX FAVOR Or OXE PAPKJi Presyteriaas) Join In ; General Move ' nieiit For One PaUcation ior Soutii v.ern Churrh Red Springs CImmwii "- as Next feetlns; Place Report jf . ; Barium Orpluuis Home Made m l 910.000 Annual Appropriation A-4-V ed For I ollowbig Spirited Di - - : skr It is Iecl(!-f That Home sion Work Will lie Conducted sk st 9rident Iredl-rit of David .. Addresses Assemblage on CbriBtiait Education. ' , . ' Special to The Observer. ; ' -v Newborn,' Oct '20. The Presbyte rian Synod of North Carolina, now ir session. here, will hold its next annual meeting at Red Springs, having to day accepted the cordial invitation ex tended by Rev; C. G- VardeU to meet In that place. . Dr.' VardeU in exte-n-l- Ing the invitation said that he want I the .meeting next year to be one -; special spiritual power, that he want ed the meeting held where the mem bers could . be close together ami study to tha ' ; best advantage t':.- spiritual needs of the Church. THE CHAPEL HILL CHURCH At 10 o'clock to-day. ln keeping with th special order for that hour. Dr, C. .Alphonso Smith, of the Uni versity faculty,' addressed the Syno t with reference to the Presbyteri tu church at Chapel HM-JH sUJed thtt at present. there are IIS Presbyter U i boysi" m the student body of the Uni versity and gave an. Interesting his tory of the church there. He ask. i that Synod pledge Itself to meet t titS oow duo on the pastor's ,ea!a; y there and that the body pledge fur ther 1750 annually, on- that salary, saying, that- the - congregation ; : Chapel Hill will continue to pay $60 each year on the salary. lie spoK- In (he highest terms of the work ' Rev LeKoy Oresham, the prev. t pastor. This matter was referred t , a committee of three, With Rev. J. M. Wells as chairman, to consider at. I report on to Synod. ' REPORTS ON HOME MISSIONS. The moderator submitted the re port of the ad interim committee c. horns missions and during this tin-. 1 Rev. E. R. Leyburn occupied tt:- moderator's chair. This commltt- recommended that during the corn:.- ; year Synod raise $12,000 for evangel istic work, this amount to be appor tioned to the eight ' Presbyteries, Mecklenburg Presbytery to rai $2,100 ef the amount The report also recommended that the' evan--i-latio work be conducted as it I, a been In the past, but that the r . tentatlon be remanded to the Pre- -terles. Rev. H. G, Hill submitted ta report of Synod's committee on h"m- mlaaiona, which - recommended t both evangellatlo work and -tion be conducted as no-, i.. . . remanding the matter ef sa'.-. ..' -ttor to the Presbyteries. The hour for another special or " -having arrived, the further di -slon of these reports was dof -i r until th eight sesIon. The rej of the latter committee recommen. . that Rev. M. G- Shields be appoi.. superintendent of home mission wor that Rev. William Black be app-n d synodlcal evangelist and that O. W. Belk also be appointed eyn leal evangelist his labors to be s-; principally but-not entirely in 1 destituds places of Albemarle It. -tery.-The report commended h the work of the retiring sup rlnu-:, nt of . home . missions, Rv. it. i Smithy . . BARIUM ORPHANS' HQME. -The special order for 11:30 was t hearing of th report of th board t r regents Of the orphans home, x; report was submitted bv Rev. II. t; Hill, and among other thing r'ecr, - mended was that Synod appropr.i . ts.ooo annually for the support t j ejected an honorary member'of t board tor Ufa. Th ,nri, .f h. ... ini nnm ih.t d. t v. n n . . L ... ;..vui,iiuciii, JV. J U 1 1 1 V VV c, jieid. waa hirhiv cress by Rev. W. D. Morton in t . naif of the interest of the homo - inuring me present year 140 c: dren have been cared for in tha ho v Tha first speaker at the alters session was Rev. M. O. Gammon missionary to Brazil. He was 1 lowed by Rsv. J. B. Shearer, vi presented tn report of the per.- ucui iguounn on scnoois and leges. ir. Henry Louis Smith t addressed Synod on the Import ot Christian education and the s . -port of Church colleges, emplns: the fact that the Church Is depend ent almost entirely upon the you-: men educated in Church schools f - t recruits to the ministry. Dr. C. K Klrkpatrlck was tha next speaker an I his theme waa the financial need of Union Theoloi-cai Seminary. RESOLUTION TO CONSOLIDATE!. There seems to be general sausfao tloa in Synod on account of th adop tion of the followins resolution con eerntnr the consolidation - of Th cerning tne consolidation most heartily commends the propo-ie l consolidation of Th Presbyterian Standard and certain other papers, provided that In the Judgment of th directors of The Standard, it can b done without injury to the Interests of the Church in the Synod." The report ef the superintendent of Synod's home mission was the f.m business to-night , This .report wu presented ty Rev. R. P. Smith an 5 waa adopted.. - It showed that dur- rchurchM organised; 1,721 confessions and 1,4 i addition to the Presby terian Church. ' These fields fcm contributed . $17,027 for the surr t o fthe- mea serving them and lli.. for other causes. - NO DIVISION IN MISSION WO" The special order which follv j- was the consideration of ths u: ished businees embraced in the Tt of the ad interim committee on s leal home missions and th r" Synod's committee on home n Rev. J. M. Wells spoke hi the report of the ad inter: .11 c tee and . emphasised s: recommendation of tv' r the matter of s.is'en! ,: 1 - r ed to the Presbyter. Campbell spoke in ! ( - ' ' of Synods corr--!. sions. Rev. ported Dr. -' K. . A r. : ! lai'i 1 t ' 1 3 . " puns surP-""1'' ' a spirited -'" put and t ' " ' th' b-e.r t'-e r-
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