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A A 'V f THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather forecast: Possibly showers. NO. 151. V ASHEVILtE, N. C, WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON, AUGUST 3, 1910. 3c PER COP'S bJ RR BALLINGER TOO HAS MISS IE NEVE THE OUTS MM HOTEL ROOSEVELT HAD A ' J 1 M m av aa ass. THf'KlfiCRFF' PMHUMUI GREATDAY OF IT VOL. 7 lit. MMW: PMRESffi MADE STATEr.lEfiT? SELLS FOR 553,000 MIL ; I1II1U ULU ; U .T Party Leaders Declare He It a Handi- He's the "Very Affable and Plan- ning Angel" for John Motley Morehead in Fight for rhairmanchin. "POLITICAL TWINS" ARE STILL AT MOREHEAD CITY Butlerities Claiming That Duncan Is Already "Whipped to a Finish" Corn Growing Other State News Items. Gazette-News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemon Building. Tfnlfilirh. Aug. 2. P , EOPLE who hv heen at the Atlantic hotel, Morehead City, 1 lor the past week have come to I nenk of it as the "republican state ,.itl. because Mar'on Butler and ik m Mnrohnnil are there, nlan- nlng how to win the chairmanship of ..... . committee. Butlorltes brlna news here that these two men already h.v. rrt Duncan "whlDOed to a fln- Th .uv 1 hut everv dav renub- 11. .in. from various narts of the state confer with Butler and Morehead. Nothing could be more congenial tol' - Duller than this sort or thing, ana ne tuiu .. i.c.., iu s must make a very affable, and plan- Senator ' Crane. The statement rclt ,,. niiBoi . ih actors aav. for "rated, however, was that President .1.,. m.r,..mn. whh u rather a rnnnir band t the mimical bellows. What the Butlorltes say about Dun- run's being already beaten Is given for what It Is worth. No clam could be nmre close-mouthed than Duncan. I I'nlvcrsal Primary System. I When will th leslslature nrov de for a universal primary system for Vnrih I'arnllna' A movement to ask I that body to take this step was turn- ni flnwn lv the state comm ttce. 45 to six. alter loiM had admitted It .... tn cnm.. . Knme wlttv ner- son rmnarked mo outer aay tnai inci two things this state most need In the way of legislation are th. Torrens r Ansiraiiun ivnirm of land titles ami a sweeping law for political iiittrv elections. i 200 t'jirnwm in Torn Cnntmt. It Is Bald that 200 farmers in Robe-I r..,t. mnl ... In KI. ,..'. ram contest, and that every contestant has his sere alongside the publlb road, so that all the passing world can see It These contests are full of .nap and this state Is going to rnmsh some I more records this year. Kller Welcomes Fight, Chairman Eller, re-elected as head of the democratic party of North Car olina, told the state commute Mon- day night that this year's campaign , .. . "" ",,u T"' There was no disposition In Bever slnce 1894 Mr Eller always know. to treat tne me9tlng of what he 1. talking .bout and this , B..a,. u.i. means that there I. going to be bat- ....,,. no h.o mat in. niB I conducted by Marlon Butler, More bead and the other, on the republi can side would be desperate, and that they hope to defeat the democrat. IhlM V... ami b . thai n n v. alcnHnn nut I this year and at the next election put In the governor and other state off I cers. Chairman Eller protested against quarrels' within his party and th. 7h. 7 . . .. that the democrat, must realise that a great tight i. on and that for his part he welcomed It, saying It was oeHt for the party, which need, some thing to stir It. blood. II. announced that the campaign would be aggres sive In the extreme. H Is the talk here that the republi cans of the state are going to get money and men from their national committee, to push their campaign In v...... - . .... -',, ...nrimim, cvnryuoux win r-1 ..a' ""ST memlier that two year, ago they bold ly said they Intended to elect three .-rwii.-... . Ooverno, K.tch.n We.k..n ver, of hi. .l : , .7 . , h ltVS mnmm It- . I any moment, WTwi " . "n,pm"r ,ii een looking over returna of textile Industrie, in thl. state and nnds that the number of cotton mill, which hv .hut down and of new one. which have not begun business, though equlitped. I. nulte tarae. In cluded In the latter class, being some ff 'he largest mills. Th. -i... i w-. Axed th. .is. of th. ticket, and named the county board, of election. , AMATECB AVIATOR HTRT. Ha. Testing a Sew Monoplane. Wli.n imipiird m Kret Ut KarUe , Injuries Serious. v.- v. ,. . .. urn, Aug. II. ur. 11. YVBI - den an . "... i ... Injured at Garldon t'ltv. I I.. thl. morning, while te.tln. a new mono- Plane. Bomethlna went wrnna- with no crart and It dropped 60 feet to the uno, line a plummet , ""-nteeit I-srge Mill, to 8h.t Down. Manchester, N. H., Aug. 1. Notice.! W'r. posted hi th. wiventcen cotton " or the Amoskes corporation yesterday announcing that tha entire! P'snt will be .hut .own on Auciwt and re-open -on 6eptembT 12 , me company in common with other niton concern, has been curtailing the output since the spring. Th. - cloMi.g ni,t iii.coo operatives cap-want Him to Resign from Cabinet. SECRETARY QF THE INTERIOR SAYS RESIGNING NOT ON CARD President Will Not So Much as lift Ills Finger (o Secure the Boc relury's Retirement. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 3. There was Increasing evidence here yesterday that the recent bombardment of the president with letters from prominent republican leaders in all parts of the country, protesting that Secretary of the Interior Ballinger was Droving an embarrassment In the laying of plans for the coming congressional, cam- Pa," 18 owning 10. nave an eneci, 11 not upon the president himself, at least upon the advisers who are clos est to him. No attempt was made to deny the reports that Senator Crane at the very of his political pilgrimage in tho west had probably suggested to Secretary Ballinger at Minneapolis monaay iiui.nn auiy 10 me pany might require that he sacrince his P"" 1" cabinet. All that Sccre hV Norton would say after having ",ucr "'"er nearly mi uay Taft would not so much as lift his lule finger 'It by so doing he could secure the retirement of Secretary Ballinger as the head of the Interior Pi imeni. Ballinger a' Handicap, In addition to the letters he has receivca me president nas neara ver baIv from number of the party wsuers reKHnuiiK me seiuiuieni w wrl Secretary Ballinger. They have " ininsiy wim mr. lan on me "inject. It is saw. ana while they ve agreea wun me presiaent ap, "' y " na oeen proven against necreiary '"""( n P" we matter purely on a party basis, and have prl-l"ld wat the campaign would be mucn easier wun mo Ballinger issue eliminated, "". 'T" " o-ciarea ma. me 'r '" l f8'' 8n,d feP' "y ' Mp" Ball mer, they regard his pres- nc !n ,th cabinet as a handicap. Pwlaiit Taft was frankly told a few Iuitjs ntVJ Hint mr; muvriiiciii uriniiu James R. Garfield in the votea rat for him In the Ohio state convention was a protest against Secretary Bal linger. The Ohio leader recognised the strength of his movement by mak- t n n ar nlatfniiin nnnnMalnMH An 4 Via G.rfled wlng of the partv. Unger , Mlnneapolig Monday as "ac- ddental. It was clearly Intimated, however, that whatever move was be ing made against Secretary Ballinger had Its Inception and being with the , party leaders nd not with ..... President Taft. The president. It can be positively stated, will never ask Mr. Ballinger to resign. If the secretary should feel called "P"" '" however, there 1. said I, ; . ,,. . '., ... to be little doubt that his resignation would be accepted. Ballinger Kefuse. to Get Oat. Chicago, Aug. 8. Peeretary Bal linger of the Interior department last night denied that his conference Mon day with Senator Crane In Minneapo lis related to or would be followed by his resignation. lie mid the mat "'" ' ;"" " . j,r, " " " "T h ; denounced hi. iniei In .trong .n.u.. and said he Intended to Ignore them entirety. His I denial was Issued after reading the hlh In. Sla tnara' Cn aVrnWo, t" the west wa. to carry the hint that lOrmCOming eiWllll HJ wiuiuionmi 'There', no resignation on th. card, I can tell you." wa. Mr, Ballinger'. ' ... . ' , h. renlv to this. - Continuing, he Mid I .Imply am on my way to tne coast for a little rest; some of them want me to make my 'rest' permanent but It will not be so long as President Taft la satl.ned. I met Crane Monday through no arrangement of mine, ana th. matter w. discussed politics, oi U"!W" which directly relate, to m. at all. Mr. Crane wish ed to consult me on the matter and came to where I was that. ail. There', nothing mysterlou. about It, I giiee. he", gone back east now, "All thl. vicious attacK Dy unscrup- man. hacked by newspaper, with ven less scruples, goeri oft my bck iika water off a ducg . naca. inai l - , .. M will never Indue, me to resign. Th. secretary aald ha Intended to Mv. for the west later in in. even ling nnneiirn eunnTC iDArlfoi rntRuntn jnuuu iun VIM S A HTQUNTAINEER nnir awiMMw Tragedy al W Fnm, Tc a a Result of a Family reno vtngni , Arrested. I El Pso. Aug. . A. a. result of a family feud. Jo-eph Henson, a nvnin I talneer, was shot and killed by Rev. lw. It. WrlRht, a ItnptlMt preacher. I Wr'ght w arreted Reports That She Has Made Admissions Damaging to Crippen Are " Given Denial, LONDON FRIENDS OF DENTIST OFFER TO EMPLOY COUNSEL Crippen Seems in Good Spirits, Spend) Time Reading and Walking In Jail Corridor. ' Quebec, Aug. 3. Dr. Hawley H. Crippen appeared In good spirits to day. The prisoner spends hi. time reading and walking lni the jail corri dor. Miss Le Neve, jointly charged with Crippen with murder, remained in the prison Infirmary. The pretty typist Is better supplied with funds than her male companion. While but $18 was found on Crippen, 'the girl carried $60 In currency. A large part of this sum was used by the prison matron to purchase clothing for her charge. Continued -reports that she has made admissions damaging to Crippen are denied. Crippen Has Frtemlx. I)r. 'lluwley H. Crippen. has friends in London who ' believe he did not slay ' his wife, Belle Elmore, and they are willing to pay for a lawyer to defend him when he Is tried there for murder. He receiv ed proof of this last night when his Jailor handed him the following cable gram from a London solicitor: "Dr. II. II. Crippen,' care Inspector Dew, Quebec. "Your friends desire me to defend you, and will pay ail necessary ex penses. Will undertake your defense, but you must promise to keep abso lute silence and answer no questions and don't resist extradition. "Reply confirming,' as good deal must be done at once. (Signed) "ARTHUR NEWTON, "Solicitor, London." This unexpected message brought to the accused dentist in his .lonely cell the first gleam rtf hope si i cit hope si 'HflUty aay were defeated in three. Qkl& tt tf4f -t araMrlc. Iwhlal d-AHtHrna arrest Sunday-tin trow with' his compa'nlon 1ir "TlIgM, Ethel Clare Le Neve. And by coin cidence the bearer of these good tid ings was Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard, who on Sunday swiftly crushed the fugitive's hopes of escape. Judging from his behavior since he wa. arrested, Crippen did not need the warning to remain silent. A single monosyllabic negative to his Jailers Inquiry whether he wished to give out any public statement was the only message that came from him yester day for the outside world. Reading in his cell or silently pacing the cor ridor where he is allowed to exercise for part of the day, Crippen show, a desire for little except to be let alone. Yesterday he wanted . something to read, and when asked his choice he said for one thing he would like a Bible. He received the book with other literature. As the case now stands the only evidence In the hands of the police that may be construed as hostile to Crlpprt Is the discovery of the dia mond rings and the brooch the police took from him on the steamer. These. they say, belonged to his wife. Accepts Solicitor'. Services. Crippen cabled Authur Newton of London accepting the solicitor's .er- vlcea. "My tight will not be made here. It will be made on the other side," Crippen raid. Crlppen's comparative calm gives refutation of the allegation war addicted to drugs. that he Counsel Engaged ror Hiss 1 Neve. London, Aug. S. Miss Le Neve's family became active In her behalf today and engaged a provincial solic itor to look afte. her Interest from the time that she i returned within the Jurisdiction of English courts. That the girl Is Innocent of knowl edge of the crime I. the lawyer's opln Ion. The crown case so far as extra dltion of the prisoner. I. concerned wa. completed. Paper, from the legal department of the government were turned over to Sergeant Mitchell, who sail, for Quebec tomorrow. AGITATION ASSUMING L Roman Catholics in Western Spain Sid Ing With Vatican In Pending Conflict . Madrid, Aug. S. Agitation among the Roman Catholic 'population : In northern Bpaln,- who ar. mostly aid ing with the Vatican In the pending conflict with th. Spanish government Is steadily assuming larger prouor tlon.. KVItorEAl ALTITtUE RECORD, Chaves, a FreiH-hman, Goes 670 Fret Over a Mils at nlackpool , ,' Aviation Keel Blackpool, Eng., Aug. 8. Chave, a French aviator ha. attained the European record for altitude, SB B0 feet, or $70 feet over a mile, In the llluMs of Mlnckpool aviation week. Chaves used a Itb rlot monoplane, The Late Returns Indicate That Kansas Is Against Republican Organization, and Is on War Path. MAJORITIES 1000 TO 3500; REGULAfiS FOUGHT HARD Six Out of Eight Insurgent Congress men Named, In Spite of Cannon 'and Party Organii ' ' "alion. Topeka, Kas , Aug. ; The InBur gents won a complete victory' In the Kansas primaries yesterday. Six out of eight Insurgent congressmen were nominated In spite of everything the congressional organization in Wash ington and the Kansas regulars could do to save their' tnen. Their majorl ties ran from a thousand to thirty-five hundred. Speaker Cannon spoko -here In behalf of the regulars several days ago. . .."-.' INSURGENTS DEFEATED In Three Districts from Which Definite Returns Have Come Cruce Seems to Be in Lcad Outhrle, Okla.rAug 3. Thy 'v, gerijj republican candidates fo,, eress In the urlmarv election Ii,' obtained The returns Indicate that the race between Lee Cruce and W. H. Mur ray for the democratic nomination for governor Is close, with Cruce lead ing. SucrrtiMiil Candidate Die. . Secretary of State William M. Cross died today of heart disease. He was candidate at yesterday's primaries for the nomination for: state auditor on the democratic ticket, and is gen erally conceded to have won. WIDER PLEADS GUILTY; AEHEDHTENCE ormer Cashier of the Russo-Chinese Bank Makes Formal Plea to Embezzlement Charge. New York, Aug. 3. Erwln J. Wider, the young cashier of the Rus so-Chinese bank, whose thefts from the bank' security box resulted In the loss of upwards of $500,000 to the In stitution, today pleaded guilty to the indictment found against him In con -, nectlon with embezzlement Wider was remanded for sentence August 10. LYNCHING INVESTIGATION BY GRAND JURY GOES ON Eleven White Men and Kl Negroes In Jail, and Efforts to Hecure K leaMO on Ball Fall. Palestine, Tex.. Aug. J. With all militia withdrawn and only four rang ers left to aid the authortle. In main taining order In Blocum and other affected points, the Investigation into recent race riots by the grand Jury continues. Eleven white men and six negroes are In Jail and effort, tc obtain their release on bail have failed. Ten TlioiixHiid Locked Out Ensuhede, Holland, Aug. S. A dis pute over wages between mill owners and employes of cotton mills, which form the chief Industry of Knschede. resulted today In a complete lockout at the mills. Ten thousand operatives are locked out Cloudburst Does Immense Damage to New. reached the city last night of a terrific cloudburst which occurred about 5 o'clock near Nebo, on th. Ashevllle 'and Salisbury lin. of th. Southern railway. It I. reported her. that the county bridge over th. Catawba river wa. washed away and that much damage was don. tb cropa The railroad Is well above th. stream at this point and nlthough passenger Irnln No. $1, which arrived here at Gay Green, the Successful Bidder, Will Complete Structure if Court Confirms Sale SMITH ESTATE HAS SOMETHING LIKE $55,000 IN THE HOTEL There Was a Large Crowd Present at the Sale But Only Two Bidders: Mr. Green and a Mr. Carr. The incomplete Smith estate con crtte hotel structure at the corner of North Main and College ctreets was sold at 12:30 today at public auction by Commissioner W. R. Whitson and was bid in by Oay Green, a well known business man of the city, for $53,000. There was only one other bidder, Mr. Carr, the recent purchaser of the Murchison boundary of timber. Mr. Green started off his bid at $50,- 000; and this was followed by Mr, Carr's bid for $51,000; this being raised by Mr. Green to $51,600. Then Mr. Carr added another $500, making $53,000, and Mr. Green returned with $52,500, which on the next cry was raised by Mr. Carr to $52,750. Mr, Green came back with a bid for $53,. 000 and after giving Mr. Carr plenty of time to raise the bid, Mr. Whitson knocked it down to Mr. Green for $53,000. Mr. Green stated this afternoon that it was his Intention to complete the structure, beginning work Just as soon as the court confirmed the sale, Commissioner Whitson will shortly file his report of tho sale with Judge Council und then it will be up to the court to say whether the hotel shall go at the price named or a new sale ordered Judge Pf cbles whose order as to the salr of the property was affirmed by the jpreme court, pive the value of the 4 1 as $25,000 and the Smith estate has "nettling over $30,000 additional Inve 1 "n the hotel, making the total indet ei vlja to the Smith estate of n. ' i $55,000. . UDw'r'hlch the concrete iLni t,u riaa 128 feet front- j. ' , ttr Main street and aitma -'4V Tflwet and lWmos 139 almost en tlrely, covered with' the building. The terms of the sale was 1-3 cash; 1-3 in one year and balance In two( years. The order of Judge Peebles gave the commissioner the right to accept a note, well secured, for the first pay ment, the note to be paid upon the confirmation of the sale of the prop erty by the court. Associated with Mr. Green In the biduiusr-ln of the hotel Is John Lange and should the court confirm the sale these two gentlemen Intend to com plete it and furnish it In up-to-date style, or a stock company of Ashevllle people may be formed to take In Mr. Green's bid and complete the hotel. The site, so near the square, is re garded as highly desirable and if the hotel Is completed In an up-to-date manner It will make a very desirable commercial and tourist hotel. The plans call for a fireproof structure. A number of business men today commented favorably upon the price obtained for the hotel structure and the hope Is expressed that the court will decide to affirm the sale and allow the structure to be completed at an early date. THE COLONEL IS A CONVERT, NOW, TO THE Al'TOMOBILE I'sed to Hate Them, Hut Ha. Applied for Automobile License In New York State. Albany, N. T., Aug. 3. Former President Roosevelt, who during till occupancy of the White House al Washington had u distinct aversion for automobiles, has become a full-fledged automobilist. Col. Roosevelt has applied to the secretary of state for. an automobile li cense for his car. FRCIT GROWERS COMPLAIN. Ask For Relief From SO Per Cent. Increase In Freight Rate, on Peaches and Apples, Washington, Aug. 3. A 20 per cent. increase In freight rates on peache. and apple. I. made the subject of complaint by the Virginia. Fruit Ex change, representing growers In.VIr glnla and West Virginia against the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and other carrier.. THB WEATHER, For Ashevllle nd vicinity: Threat enlng weather, with possibly showerr tonight or Thursday. For North Carolina: Partly cloudy with local showers In western portion tonight or Thursday. Light variable winds, mostly south. Crops at Neho 7:45 last night had to run through water, no damage wa. done th. rail road company. Th. cloudburst w.s sudden and the water cam. down In great .heats. Th. streams rose very rapidly and soon th. Held. w.r. Hooded. Those who saw It aay that it wa. on. of the worst cloudburst! that ever occurred In that section. I. hard to estlmat. th. damage, but It will reach Into tho thousand, of dollars. Visits Mining Districts of Pennsylvania and Has Heart to Heart Talks With the Plain People. GATHERING STATISTICS AS TO CONDITION OF MINERS One IintliiislaMIe Miner Declared He Would Vote For Roosevelt For President In 1912. wiiKesoarre, fa... Aug. 3. In a tour to learn the working conditions among miners in the different sec tions of this state. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt reached this city last night from Scranton and spent the night as a guest of Rev. J. J. Curran, pastor or the Holy Savior Catholic church Scranton, Pa., Aug. 3. Theodore Roosevelt spent yesterday among the workers In the heart of the Pennsyl vfinla mining rejrion. And he talked with the men who dig the coal as they came from the mines, black with grime. He talked with them about their homes, their children and learn ed from their own lips how they look at life. He climbed to the top of a coal breaker and spent hiilf an hour there, in the stifling coal dust, so that he might see what the boys who work Miere have to do. He spent another half an hour in a silk mill, talking with the girl oper ators. He visited the people in their homes, and saw how they lived. He plodded two miles through the dust, up hills and In all manner of places and he returned to Scranton as even ing was drawing near, black with grime but smiling with delight at his experiences. The best part of It all, he said repeatedly, was that he was able to meet tho people as a private citizen and talk with them as man to man. Many of the toilers had no idea of the ex-president's identity, which he took care to conceal when possible, until after he had finished his talk. Others who knew who he wa. treated him he said, not as a former president but as a plain man who had come to see him, to talk and learn their con dition. It was close to noon when Colonel Roosevult. Lawrence Abbott who Is associated with him in editorial work n New York; Miss Fannie Cochrane nd Miss Florence Lucas Sanvllle of the Consumer. League of Philadel phia, started away from Scranton. The party motored through Scran, ton to the north end up the Lacka- wana Valley roud, winding in and out past mines and breaker, and clusters f miners' homes. Four miles the party proceeded without a stop until the village of Dickson City was reach ed. It Is a typical mining town of a few hundred Inhabitants. The auto mobile labored until It could go no further In th hills and the colonel and his fellow Investigators stepped out and walked. Heart to Heart Talks With the Plain People. Colonel Roosevelt walked in the lust until he met a diminutive girl clad In a blue dress, her hair tied with a pink ribbon. He stopped her and asked her who she was. She an we red by giving her name as Annie Tryowskl and said that she was a winder In a silk mill. The colonel asked how long each day sho worked how she liked it and what she had In the way of amusements. His chief object of the day was to learn what the people had for diversiou, and how their amusements may be Improved. After timidly answering more ques lions, the Utile winder walked on home without the least Idea with whom she had been talking. Jake Kavanaugh, a miner, was walking down the street Just then He had Just emerged from the shaft and he was as black as a man could be. Colonel Roosevelt stopped him, Kavanaugh did not know who he was, but he was willing to talk with the pleasant mannered stranger. He talked In such an Intelligent way of life In Dickson City borough as viewed by a miner that the- ex-presldent took him by the arm and they walked down the street I want to go home with you and talk with you," said he and Kava naugh agreed. They walked up a side street to a small frame house with most of the paint torn off. Kavanaugh led the colonel In and sat him down on the porch. Then he went Inside nd brought out Mrs. Kavanaugh and the two little Kavanaugh.. The former president went Insld the house, looked at the small neat rooms and complimented Mrs. Kava naugh on her proficiency ss a house, keeper. Then all hand, went back to he porch where th. talk concerned the amusement, which Dickson City provided for the young folks. Everybody agreed that dance hall ran In connection with saloons ar. aad thins-. "Rut It I. Important tnat the young people b. allowed to dance under the proper conditions," said Colonel Rooa velt 8ure, sure, It Is," said Kavanaugh, Col. Roosevelt Recognised. "You're .right." Colonel Roosevelt nodded hli." approval and .till unrec ognised walked back up the mal street A. h. passed th. house of John Pressman, a venerable man who used to be a miner, Pressman looked intently at him and said: "That wa. Roosevelt wasn't It?' Som on. In the party told him that wa. and he retired Into th. house to put on a collar,- saying that h. was going to shake hands with th. ex president. If. shouted the news to (Continued on psg. I.) The Two Factions, Apparently Hopelessly Divided, in Iowa, Assemble in Convention at Des Moines. SENATOR CUMMINS SPEAKS FOR THE LATTER FACTION Standpatism, He Declares, Means Mo nopoly He Holds up Promises of Last . National Platform. Des Moines, Aug. 3.- With stand patters and progressives apparently hopelessly at variance on the essen tial matter of a 'tariff plank, the re publican state convention met this morning. Senator Cummins addressed the convention In part as follows: Gentlemen of the Convention: Har mony Is like the poet, it is born, not made, if it is amongst us we will speedily hear Its sweet sounds; but It Is not here, the effort to create It ith deceitful protestations and false phcases will end in miserable failure. There Is more discord in the suppres- on of honest conviction than in the open, canttla expression or opposing lews. This is not an age of plain living, but it is an age of plain speaking and therefore, "With malice toward none, and charity for all" I speak to you (cording to my duty as I under- according to my dpty as I under stand it. This convention, although compos ed wholly of republicans, is the out come of a political struggle carried on with exceeding earnestness in ev ery county of the state. There may be a few delegate, who are here by accident, but substantially all of you arsMatfkw&ilf sign. A conscious pur pose' itr behind you and a clear obli gation Is before you. ' I understand perfectly that there are some short-visloned men amongst .. t. . ,,, 1 i -! U 4. t.A.-ll US Willi Will UUMiiiiue ri. fieri iv verm. or denounce Individual independence, and who will deplore free criticism of . party leaders and party acts, believing, that to be Independent of an assum ed leadership and to give expression to honest censure of a party measure is to destroy party unity, and to In vite democratic victory.. Such men disparage both the intelligence and the patriotism of the people. The voters of the country know that there Is infinitely more hope of making the republican party effectually progres sive than there is of efficient and comprehensive legislation from the democrats. Protection. With these preliminary observa tions, I proceed to the consideration of the definite principle, which touch nnr nnrtv hbttorv. The nollcv of tax ing Imports, not only for revenue but for protection to domestic producers. pln hliaViaH In tha verv beirlnnlnir bv Alexander Hamilton, adopted by the whigs, and Inherited by the republi can party, has beyond dispute helped in malra IVi. tTiiltoH Stalaa tha mlfrhr- lest nation In the world. Safe from the competition of other countries. It became th. chief object of our manufacturer, to destroy com petition In their own country. They accomplished their purpose so effec tually that yea's .go In nearly every important field of production prices ceased to be the result of the time- honored laws of trade, and the power of determining profit, fell Into the hands either of a monopoly or an ac knowledged master In protected In-, dustry. Then came a demand for a revision of the tariff. It originated In the necessiite. of the people, and was founded upon the fundamental In stinct for Justice. Stand pat bun Mean. Monopoly. It was then that the standpatter adopted the name which he now bears, and his campaign cry was "Let well enough alone." The move ment, however, wa. Irresistible and the republican national convention of 103 responding, not only with una nimity but with enthusiasm to the progressive sentiment of the rank and file of the party, not only pledged the incoming congress to a revision of the tariff, but defined the doctrine of protection with a care and pre cision unknown to any former plat form. It solemnly prescribed a rule with which to measure Import duties, to the end that both producer and consumer, both capital and labor. might share In our prosperity. You remember It well, but nevertheless I, quote It:. 'Th. republican party declare, un equivocally for a revision of the tar iff by a special session of congress Im mediately following th. Inauguration of th. next president, and commends the steps already taken to thl. end In the work assigned to the appropriate committees of congress which ar now Investigating the operation and effect of existing schedules. In all tariff legislation the true principle of pro tection Is best maintained by th. Im position of such duties as will equal the difference between th cost of production at home and abroad, to gether with a ressonble profit to American industries We favor the establishment of mHilnrrum rut". I i be administered by tbe i r ,
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