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r he Alamance Gleaner. VOL. XXXIV. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, L908. NO. 26 SAYS . A light purse to a heavy curse" Sickness make a light purse. ' The LIVER to the wat of nine tenths of all disease. , 7 go to the root of the whole mat ter, thoroughly! quickly safely, and restore the action of the LIVER to normal condition. ? Give tone to the system and solid flesh to the body. Take No Substitute. PROFESSIONAL CARDS - DR. WILLS. MO, JR. Graham. - North Carolina OFFICE in SJMMONtf BUILDING JACOB A. LONG. . J. EMUB UOXQ. Attorneys and-Counselor at Law GRAHAM, X.' Y. T, S. C OOK, Attorneyat. Law, GRAHAM, ..tv;.- . N. C. Offloe Patterton Building ' Seoond Fleor. , . . , . f G A. HALL, ATTORNEY AND OOtJHSELLOIAT-LAW, graham; no. : .. Ollice in the Bank of Alamance liulding. up stairs. loss Jra r kykoh." :r w. F. BrictrM. Jr. HVNUM &BYNUM, Attortipy ana Oorniioltw at Law Fnviice regularly to the courts of Ala nance couniv. An, i, Wly ROB'T C. 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REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE ill Present Abuses a tart of Their Acts, and They Are Im potent to Correct Them Mr. Clayton and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee: I can not ac cept the nomination which you official ly tender, without first acknowledging my deep Indebtedness to the Democrat ic party for the extraordinary honor which It has conferred upon me. Hav ing twice before been a candidate for the presidency, In campaigns which ended In defeat, a third nomination, the result of the free and voluntary act of the voters of the party, can only be ex plained by a substantial and undis puted growth In the principles and pol icies for which I, with a multitude of others, have contended. As these prin ciples and policies have given me what ever political strength I possess, the action of the convention not only re news my faith in them, but strengthens my attachment to them. A Platform la Binding. I shall, In the near future, prepare a more formal reply to your notification, until In that letter of acceptance, will deal with the platform in detail. It Is sufficient, at this time, to assure you that I am In hearty accord with both the letter and the spirit of the plat form. . I endorse it In whole and in part, and shall, if elected, regard Us declarations as binding upon me. Ana, 1 may add, a platform is binding as to What it omits as well as to what It contains. According to the democratic Idea, the people think for themselves and select officials to carry out their Wishes.' The vpters are the sovereigns; the officials are the servants, employed for a fixed time and at a stated salary to do. what the sovereigns , want done, and to do it tn'tbe way the sovereigns want It done. -Platforms are entirely ht harmony with this democratic Idea. A platform announces the. party's po sition on the questions which are at is sue: and ah official Is not at' liberty to naa the authority vested In him to urge personal views which have not been submitted to the voters tor their approval. If one la nominated upon a platform which, is net satisfactory to him, he must, if candid, either decline the nomination, or. In accepting It, pro pose an amended platform In lieu of the one adooted by the convention. No soch situation, however, confronts your candidate, for the platform upon which I waa nominated not only contains nothing from which I dissect, but It specifically outlines . all . the remedial legislation which we can hope to se cure during the next four years. R.puWIean Challenge AeeepteeV'' , The distinguished statesman who re ceived the Republican nomination for president said. In his notification speech: ;The strength of the Republican cause In the campaign at hand Is the fact that we represent the policies es sential to the reform of known abases, to the continuance' of liberty and tree prosperity, and that we are determined, aa oar platform nneoolvocally declares, to m '"''" them and carry them on." In the Mate of the Demeeratle party, I accept the challenge, and charge that the Republican party to responsible for aB the abases srblch. oew exist In the federal government and that at to Un potrnt to acomnlWi the reforms which are Imperatively Beaded.- arther, can not concur hi the statement that the BepnbUcan platform unequivocally declares foe the reform that are i aee easaryt on the contrary. I emrm that it openly and notoriously diaapppinta the hopes sod expectations of, reformera, whether those reformer be BepobDe an or DemocraW. to far did the ito pablleaa convention ' U duty that the RepoWlcaa candidate feW tt necessary to add to h ptatfornt to ceveral Important parOcniara, tbn re baling the leader ef the party, opae whose ee-eperatloB be moat rV for tbeWtment of remedial tloa. A I shall. In separate speeches. -en the leading enesooos at toeoa, I ball st this Mm coo fine myeetf to the SSunooot nraOoa, and to the uj reaebWrpo-e - I wnos Is et forth la the platform. ai .M si Oer ptotfona declares that tts bedewing b-os which J-f to all tb qnestton "rr Ua. , -gbeD the people rnser ESer which way to what object we -Tishan rne earn eoestloa confronts Bhan the people control their o, SaoTand ese that rrrerninent t or the SSctta. ef tb-r rigbh, and for to "eTpe prey po a oofeoseies F cedars jrS to power by anscropnioo rr. This Is tho Issue raised bv iha "known abuses" to which Mr. Tnft refers. President'a Indictment Party. Against tht in a message sent to congress last January, rrcsldent Roosevelt said "The attacks by these great corpora uons on the administration's actions have been given a wide circulation throughout the country, In the news papers and otherwise, by those writers and speakers who, consciously or un consciously, act ns the representative of predatory wealth of the wealth ac cumulated on a giant scale by all forma of Iniquity, ranging from the oppres sion or wage earners to unfair and un- wboicsome methods of crushing out competition, and to defrauding the public by stock-Jobbing and the manip ulation of securities. Certain wealth; men of this stamp, whose conduct should be abhorrent to every man ol ordinarily decent conscience, and wbc commit the hideous wrong of teaching our young men that phenomenal busi ness success must ordinarily be based on dishonesty,, have, during the last few months,' made it apparent that they have banded together to work foi a re-action. Their endenror is tc overthrow nnd discredit all who hon estly administer the law, to prevent any additional legislation which would check and restrain them, nnd to secure. If possible, a freedom from nil re strnlnt wblch will permit every un scrupulous wrong-doer to dowhnt he wishes unchecked, provided be hne enough money." What an arraignment of the predatory Interests! Is the president's Indictment true! And, If true, against whom was the Indictment directed Not against the Democratic party. - Mr. Taft Endoreea the Indletment. Mr. Taft says that these evils have crept in during the last ten years. He declares that, during this time, some "prominent and influential numbers of the community, spurred by financial success and in their hurry for great el wealth, became unmindful of the com mon roles of business honesty and fidelity, and of the limitations imposed by law upon their actions!" and that the revelations of the breaches of trusts, the disclosures as -to rebates and discriminations by railroads, the accumulating evidence of the viola tions of the anti-trust laws, by a num ber of corporations, and the over-Issue of stocks and bonds of Interstate rail roads for the unlawful enriching of di rectors and for the purpose of concen trating the control of the railroads un der one management," all these, he charges, "quickened the conscience ol the people and brought on a moral awakening." During all this time, I beg to remind yod,-Republican officials presided in the executive department, filled the cab inet,, dominated the senate, controlled the bouse of representatives and occur pled most of the - federal Judgeships. Fonr years ago the Republican plat form boastfully declared that since 1800 with the exception of two years the Republican party bad been In con trol of part or of all the branches of 'the federal government; that for two years only was the Democratic party In a position to either enact or repeal a latfr. Having drawn the salaries; hav ing enjoyed the honors; having secured the prestige, let the Republican party accept the responsibility! " Republican Party Raaponalble. Why were these "known abuses'; permitted to develop Why have they not been corrected If existing laws are sufficient why have they not been enforced AH of the. executive ma chinery of the, federal government is In the hands of the Republican party Are new laws necessary Why have tbey not been enacted With a Re publican president to recommend, with a Republican senate and bouse to carry out his recommendations, why does tne Republican candidate plead for further time In which to do what should have been done long ago Can Mr. Taft promise to be more strenuous In the prosecution of wrong-doers than the present executive? Can he ask for a larger majority la the senate than bis party now hast Does be need more JUnbllcan in the bouse of erpresent- atlves or a speaker wnn more unlim ited authority. ' ' I . ' ' . Why No TarHC Reform! J ' The president's close friends' have been promising for several years that be would attack the Iniquities of too tariff. We bav bad Intimation that I Kr. Taft waa restive nnder.tne oe mand of the highly' protected In dustrie. And yej the Influence of the manofactnrert, who have for twenty ve year contributed to the Republican campaign fund, and who to return have framed the tariff schedule, ha been sufficient to prevent tariff reform. As the present campaign approochi-d. both the prealdont and Mr. Taft oV e la red ln favor at tariff revision, but set the date of revtokm after the elec Uoo. Bat the preesare brought to brer br the protected toterests Jin been great enough to prevent ady attempt at tariff reform before the election; and the redaction promised after the elee- ttoa to so hedged about wltn qaanry Ing phrase, that no one can estimate with accuracy the enm total of tariff reform to be expected In case of Re publican success.. If tne past can n taken aa a gawe, tne uepuDucao pwiy wlB be so obligated by eaaspebn eosv tri button from the beneficiaries ef pro tection, a to make that party power leas to brine to the country say ma. tertol relief from to present tariff burdens. 3 ' ''' - Why lie AnU-tnatt UfWettonf X few years ago the Bepobllcaa tend ers m the boose of wprsatadve mm Mtnad br oebfle optnlom Into the support bf aa antMroet law which had the enaorsemaw 01 m jwn. but the senate rafoaed even to eae- gffthf iiisasina. end since tne xun M effort be been mad by the eomV annt party to saour issnsdlsl togtoto Oee npoa this subject - - , why No StoUreaat Legtatotlaar for tern years the Interstate Cess Bcree Dailasln be been ashing for an entoisameat ef ft power, that at right prevent rebate and dlserlmtosv dena. but a Bepubtk-ua senate and Bepubncan boo t" representative arere unaaorsd by ita. entreat. la 1000 the BepubUcan nattoeal eeuvea-.4- v.. wrawl to eartorae lb demand for railway kg!-, but Its platform ara aiieet on u vu tba eeuveatio) gar no ntedge to regiady the busesi Wbea tbe prtm- ! r.nf finnii nui-i t.. I drew his Inspiration from thrco Demo- I ,n , . ., . crauc national platforms and He re ceived more cordial support from the Democrats than from tho Republicans. The Republicans In tho sennto deliber ately defeated several amendments of- ferred by Scuator La Follette and sup ported by the Democrats amendments embodying legislation asked by the In terstate Commerce Commission. One of these amendments authorized the ascertainment of the vnlue of rail roads. This amendment was not only defeated by the senate, but it was over whelmingly rejected by tho recent Re publican national convention, and the Republican candidate has sought to res cue his party from the disastrous re sults of this act by expressing him self, In a qualified way, In favor of ascertaining the value of the railroads. Over-lasua of Stocka and Bonds. Mr. Taft complains of the over-Issue of stocks and bonds of railroads, "for the unlawful enriching of directors and for tho purpose of concentrating the control of the railroads under one management," and the complaint Is well founded. But, with a president to point out tho evil, and a Republican congress to correct It, we find nothing dono for the protection of tho public. Why My honorable opponent has, by his confession, relieved me of the ne cessity of furnishing proof; he admits the condition and be can not avoid the logical conclusion, that must be drawn from the admission. There Is no doubt whatever that a large majority of the voters of the Republican party recog nize the deplorable situation which Mr. Taft describes; they recognize that the masses have bad but little Influence upon legislation or upon tho ad ministration of the government, and they are1 beginning to understand the cause. For a generation the Re publican party has drawn its cam paign funds from tho beneflclarjes of special legislation. Privileges have been pledgod and granted in return for money contributed to debauch elec tions. What can be expected When of ficial authority Is turned over to the representatives of those who first fur nish the sinews of war and then reim burse themselves out of the pockets of the taxpayers? Tasting In Wlld.rn.ia N.ceaaary. .So long as the Republican party re mains In power, it Is powerless to re generate Itself. It can not attack wrong-doing In high places without dis gracing many of Its prominent mem bers, and It, therefore, uses opiates In stead of the surgeon's knife. Its male factors construe each Republican vic tory as an endorsement of their con duct and threaten the party with do feat If tbey are Interfered with. Not until that party passes through a pe riod of fasting in the wilderness, will the Republican leaders learn to study public questions from the standpoint of the masses. Just as with Individ uals, "the cares of this world and the deceltfulness of riches choke the truth,' so In politics, when party leaders serve far away from home and are not In constant contact with the voters, con tinued party success blinds their eyes to the pceds of the people end makes them deaf to tho cry or distress. Publicity as to Campaign Contribu liona. An effort has been made to secure legislation requiring publicity as to campaign contributions oud expendi tures; but the Republican leaders, even la tne face of an (ndlgnaut public, re fused to consent to a law which would compel honesty In elections. When the mutter was brought up In the recent Republican national convention, the plank was repudiated by a vote of 880 to 04. Here, too, Mr. Tart ha been driven to apologize for bis convention and to declare himself 10 favor of a publicity laws and yet, if yon will read what be says -upon this subject, you will And that hla promlso falls far short of the requirement of the situation. He1 says: " J V; V ' - ' "If I am elected president I abail urge upon congress, with every hope of success, that a law be passed requiring the filing. In a federal office, of a state ment of the contributions received by committees and candidates In elections for members of congress, and In such other elections ss are constitutionally within the control of congress." I snail not embarrass him by asking htm upon what be bases bis hope of eucccMi It Is certainly not on any en couragement be baa received from Re publican loaders.' It to sofflclent to say that If hla hopes -were realised u, IB spits of the adverse action of bis coo rentlorv be should succeed In securing the enactment of the very hnr wbkb be far ore, if would give but partial re bel Be baa read the Democratic plat form; not out hla todguag. but bis -, . ' '.'" " -..' ' evident alarm. Indicates that be has read It carefully.. lie even bad before him the action of the Demeeratle na tional committee, to Interpreting and applying that platform;- and yet- a fall to say that h favors the nubUca Hoo of the -contrtbutlons before the lection. Of course, K satisfies a nat ural curiosity to find out tlon has been Durehasedf even when the knowledee comes too late to be of service, but why should tie people be kept n earanes onin om lacun put . Why should the locking ef the door be Seiijed until the aoree Is gone! An (tosttoa a Publie AITato, - Aa'etectlM to fiublle. affair. Tb eeopkv eserctoinf tb right- to select their oAcials and to decide span the Botlrles to be poraoed, proceed to their Mveral polling ptees on election day and register their wHL What excuse can be gtren for secrecy ae to the b anences st work. If a man, paeon htrDy toterested to concentrating tb control of tb raOroad to one snanage Bjaat'sohacrrbtealargeaomtoaldto carrying the etoetloa, why should his put to the campaign be concealed un to, be hae put the obviate ender ebuV gatkm to hlmf It trust magnet centrlbutoe 100,000 to elect political fttottda to oaVe. with a view to pee tenttoff boatO legislation, why should that fact bs eoacealed until his friends are securely seated to their official p sltVxwl Tbto to not a new oneetioo; It to a uectioa which has been agitated- qoeattos which the BepubUcan leaders folly understand- euaetlon which the BepubUcau candidate baa etudled, and yet he refnse to declar hlmeetf to fa vor of the IrgWatinu abaoiataly necea-1 aary, namely. lUhtV reqiiMe Ilcation bcroro the election. Dtmoeratio Party Promiaea Publicity. How can the people luipo to rule, If they are not able to learu until after the election what tho predatory Inter ests are doing? The Domocrntlc party meets the issue honestly and coura geously. It says: "We piedgo the Democratic party to the enactment of n law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a Campaign fund, and any individual from contributing an amount above a reasonable maximum, nnd providing for tho publication, beforo election, of aU such contributions above n reason able minimum." The Democratic national committee Immediately proceeded to interpret and apply this plank, announcing that no contributions would be received from corporations, that no Individual would he allowed to contribute more than 110,000, and that all contributions above $100 would e made public bo fore the election those received beforo October 10 to be made public on or before that day, those received after ward to bo made public on tho iHiy when received, and no !i contribu tions to bo accepted wltl,l:i (urco days of tho election. The expenditures arc to bo published after election, nore is a plan which Is complete nnd effec tive. Popular Election of Ssnatora Next to the corrupt use of money, the present method of electing United State senators is most responsible foi the obstruction of reforms. For one hundred years after the adoption of the constitution, the demand for the popular election of senators, while find ing Increased expression, did not be come a dominant sentiment A con stitutional amendment bad from time to time been suggested and the matter bad been more or less discussed in a few of the states, but the movement bad not reached a point whom it mani fested Itself through congressional ac tion. In the Fifty-second congrosa. however, a resolution was reported from a bouse committee proposing the necessary constitutional amendment, and this resolution passed the house of representatives by a vote which was practically unanimous. In the Fifty-third congress a similar resohi tlon was reported to, and adopted by, the house of representatives. Both tho Fifty-second and Fifty-third con grosses were Democratic. The Repub licans gained control of the bouse a result of the election of 1801 and in tho Fifty-fourth congress the proposi tion died In committee. As time went on, however, the sentiment gew among the people, until It forced a Republican congress to follow the examplo act by the Democrats, and thon another and another Republican coogrcsa acted fa vornbly. State after state has endorsed this reform, until nearly two-thirds of the states hove recorded themselves In Its favor. Tho United 8tates senate, however, Impudently and arrogantly obstructs the passage of the resolution, notwithstanding the fact that the vot ers of the United States, by an over whelming majority, demand it And this refusal Is th mora significant when it Is remembered that n number of senators owe their election to great corporate Interests. Three Democratic national platforms the platforms of 1000, 1004 and 1008 spoclflcnlly call for a change In the constitution which will put the election of senators In tb bands of the voters, and the proposi tion has been endorsed by a number of the smaller parties, but no Repub lican national convention has been willing to champion the cause of the people on tbto subject The subject waa Ignored by the Republican national convention In 1000; It was Ignored In 1004, and the proposition was explicit ly repudiated In 1008. for the recent Republican national convention, by a Tot of 800 to 114, rejected tb plank endorsing the popular election of sena torsand this waa done In tba conven tion which nominated Mr. Taft few delegates from bis own state voting foi the plank. '. ' Personal Inellaatfon Net trfftolefrt. In hla notification speech, the Repub lican candidate, speaking of the elec tion of senators by tb people, says: "Personally, I am Inclined to favor It bet it Is hardly a party quae tlon," What to necessary to make this s party question? - When tb Democratic con vention endorsee S- proposition by a unanimous vote, and the BepubUcan convention rejects the proposition by a rote of seven, to one, doe It not be come sn Issue between the parti Mr. Taft can not remove th question from th arena of politics by xpree tng a personal Inclination toward the Democratic position. .For several years he hae ' been connected with th administration. What baa he evet said er done to bring this question be fore the public What enthusiasm ba h shewn In th reformation of the senate What Infioence coald he exert m behalf of .a reform which hla party has openly and notoriously eon demand to Me convention, and to which be to attached only by a belated ex pression of personal inclination ' '- The CUtaway U OtW Refsrma. "Bhafl the : people mlar Every remedial measure of a national char ade mast run tb gauntlet or tne eenato. The president may personally incline toward a reform; tne nou may eonsent to it; but a long as the eenato obstruct lb reform, the peo ple matt wait.' Tb pre. Went may heed a popular demand; the bouse may yield to public optuloa; but aa long aa the senate m oeuaat in ruie or ins people la defeated. The Democratic platform eery property desrrfbes the popular etoctloe of senator a -tb gateway t other aattoaal reform." Bhan we open the gate, or shall wa allow the exploiting toterest to bar th way by thontrol of Cbto branch of tb federal Irgtolaturtf Through a Democrat! victory, aad through a rjeamcratie victory oaty. ran th peo ple secure th popular etoetloa pf sen ators. Tb smaller parties are unabto to ears re, this informs tb Bepobllcaa rtv. under rta press ol isaoersDin, resohttely orpoeed to H; the Democratic party stand for It and naa bowiy -saaaded It If I am elected to the presidency, those who are elected npoa tb ticket with m wOl be, ha my eetf. pledged to tbl reform, and I baD convene congress to extraordl ary eseton Immediately after taao ruratioa, and ask, among other things, for the fuUUmaDt of this platform piedire. - Houae Rulaa Deapotio. Tho third Instrumeutftllty employed to defeat the will of tho people Is found In tiio rules of tho house of rep resentatives. Our platform mints out thnt "the house of representatives was designed by tl;o fathers of tho consti tution, to be tho popular branch of our government, responsive to the public will," nnd ndds: "The house of representatives, ng controlled In recent years by the Re publican party, has ceased to be a do lllcratlvc aid legislative body, respon sive to the will of n majority of the meiulters, but hns come under tho ab solute domination of the speaker, whi has entire control of Its deliberations, and powers of legislation. "We huvo observed with amazement the popular brunch of our federal gov ernment helpless to obtain either the consideration or enactment of meas ures desired by n majority or Its mem bers." This arraignment In fully justified. The reform Republicans In the bouse of representative!, vtiwu lu tho minor ity In their own utrt; , uro ns helpless to obtulu n hi'urliig or to secure a vote upon a measure us niv the Democrats, In the retv. t session of the present Congress, thei-u was n considerable ele ment in the ItrpulilU.au party favorable to remedial UUIatlon; but n few lead' era, In contiol of the organization. despoti "y sui-prc.tKCd these mem' bers, nu.l thus forced a reel majority In tho bou: to submit to a well organ ized minority. The Republican national convention, insteud of rebuking this attack upon popular government eulo gized congress nud nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president One of the men who shared In the re sponsibility for the coercion of the house. Our xirty demands that "the bouse of representatives shall again become a deliberative body, controlled by n majority of the people's repre sentatives, and uot by the speaker," and is plt-dced to adopt "such rulos aud regulations to govern the 1 bouso of representatives as will cnablo a ma jority of Its members to direct Its de liberations nnd control legislation." "Sbull the ieople rule?" Tbey cnu not do so unless they can control the bouse of representatives and through their representatives In the house, give expression to their purposes and their desires. The Republican party is committed to the methods now In vogue In the bouse of representatives; the Democratic party Is pledged to such a revision of the rules as will bring the popular branch of the federal government into harmony with the ideas of those who framed opr consti tution and founded our government Other laauaa Will Ba Discussed Later. "Shall the pcoplo rnlo?" I repent Is declared by our platform to be the overshadowing question, and ns the campaign progresses, I shall tnko occa sion to discuss this question as It man ifesto Itself In other issues; for whether we consider the tariff question, the trust question, tho railroad question, the banking question, the labor ques tion, the question of Imperialism, the development of our waterways, or any other of tho numerous problems which press for solution, we shall find thnt the reel question Involved In each la. (-whether tb government shall renin In g mere business ssset of favor seeking corporations or be 'an Instrument In tb bands of thg people for the ad vancement of the Common weal Demeoretio Party Has Earned Con fld.noe. If th voters are satisfied with the record of tb Rennbllcsn party and with Its management of public affslrs w can not reasonably ass ror a cbango In administration; If, however, the voters feel that the people, as a whole, have too little Inflncnce In almp Ing the policies of the government; If they feel that grunt combinations of Apltal have eiu-ruurhed upon the rights of the masses, and employed the Instrumentalities of government to so cure an unfair share of tho total wealth produced, then we have a rlnht to ex pect a verdict against I be Republican party and In favor of the Democratic party; for our party has risked defeat aye, suffered defeat-Mo Its effort to arouse tb conscience of the public and to bring about Unit very awakening to which Mr. Taft has referred. Only those are worthy to be entrust ed with leadership In a great cans who ar willing lo die for it and the Democratic party bos proven Its wortbl- nes by It refusal to porches victory by delivering the people Into tb bands of those who bar dcapoiiea tnem. in tbto contest between Democracy on the on Bid sod plutocracy on tb other. tb Democratic party baa taken It po rtion o fn side of equal rights, and Invites th oppostUoo of those who us politics to secure special privileges and cor cm mental favoritism. Gauging tbt progress of tb nation, not by lb nap ptneas or wealth or refinement of a few,. but "by tb prosperity and ad vancement of th average man." the Democratic party charges the Bepob llcaa party with being tb promoter of oresent abuse, th opponent of neces sary remedies sod the only bulwark of terra ta monopoly, to uemocrauc par ty affirm that to tbto campaign It la the only party, having a prospect of tinraaa which stand for J utile la government and for equity m the divi sion of the fruits of Industry. Pewit aratls Party Defender ef Heneet Wealth.'' ' -W may expect those wb have com mitted la rosy by tow and purcbaaed Immunity with their political Influence, to attempt td rates false tosnea, and to employ -the Bvery of Heaven" to eoa etel their evil purposes, but tbey ess no tooger deceive. Th Democratic party to not tb enemy of any legiti mate Industry or of honest ccomula fjoae. It la, on the contrary, a frtond of todaatry and the teadfat protector Of that wealth which represeata a rv. he to society. The Democratic party doe not seek to anolbllato an corpora tion; ft almpty ami rta that aa tb goe trnment creates corpora rtooa. It moat rata la the power to regelate aad to eoatrol them, aad that It should aot permit any corporation to coavert Itself Into a monopoly, surety we sooeu have the ce-eperatioai ef all legitimate eerporattonr to our effort to protect tnstnaas and Industry from tb dlum which towieas combtmtlon f capital wlTL V eaehecked, east upon them. Only by tb separation of the good from tb bad can the good b Not Revolution, but Reformation. Tho Democratic party seeks not revo lution but reformation, and I need hardly remind the student of history thnt cures aro mildest when applied at once; thnt remedies lncreaso In severity as their application Is postponed. Blood poisoning may bo stopped by tho loss of n finger today; It may cost an arm tomorrow or a Ufa tho next day. So' poison In tho body politic can not be removed too soon, for tho ovils pro duced by it Increase with the lapse of .time. That there are abuses which need to be remedied, even tho Repub lican candidate admits; that bis party is unable to remedy them, has been fully demonstrated during the last ten years. I have such confidence lu the Intelligence as well as tho patriotism of tho people, that I enn not doubt their readiness to accept tho reasonable re forms which our party proposes, rather than permit tbo continued growth of existing abuses to hurry tho country on fa remedies more radical and more drastic, Our Parta Idaat " Tbo platform of our party cVwes with a brief statement or the party's Ideal. It favors "such an administration of the government as will Insure, as far as human wisdom can, that each cltl sen shall draw from socloty a reward commensurate with his contribution to tho welfare of society." Governments ore good In proportion as tbey assure to each member of so cloty, so far as governments cun, a re turn commensurate with individual merit The Divine Law of Rewards. There is a Divine law of rewards. When the Creator gnvo us tbo earth, with Its fruitful soli, tho sunshine with Its warmth, and the rains with their moisture. Ho proclaimed, as clearly as If His voice had thundered from the clouds, "Oo work, and according to your Industry and your Intelligence, so shall be your reward." Only where might hns overthrown, cunulng under mined or government suseuded this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the government to this law ought to be tho ambition of the states man; and no party can have a higher mission than to make It a reality wher ever governments can legitimately op erate, i Juttle to All. Recognizing that I am Indebted for my nomination to tho rank and file of our party, and that my election roust come, If It comes at all, from the un purchased nnd unpurchasable suffrages of the American people, I promise. If entrusted with the responsibilities of this high office, to consecrate whatever ability I havo to tho one purpose of making this. In fact n government In which tho people rulo a government which will do justieo to all, and offer to every ono tbo highest possible stim ulus to great and persistent effort by assuring to each tbo onjoyment of his just share of tho proceeds of bis toll, BO matter In what part of the vineyard he labors, or to what occupation, pro fession or calling be devote blnvelf. Could Not Pata th Examination. - A dilapidated specimen of a man stopped a Kansas City merchant on the street ono morning' and asked for ensb donation. "Mister," ho said in plaintive voice, "I hain't bud any work to do for moro'n a month, nnd I'm powerful hard up." "Been out of work for a mouth?" said tho merchant "What to your oc cupation?" 'I work In tbo packlurr bouse when I can get anything to do." 'In tho killing department?" "No, sir; In the cutting room." "Then you can tell me perhaps bow many teeth a cow hue on her upper Jaw." "Why or no, sir. I never noticed." "That's too bad." said th merchant putting his hand In bis pocket "Tb dime I am jjolng to give you would have been ff dollar if you hadn't failed In your examination. -Horiaen. A man call it the horizon where the earth and the sky sooin to meet, but a woman's notion of the horizon Is the families she can see moving in from behind her front window curtalna. If, further, tbey bsag out their washing In a spirit of candor, tbey are, of course, all the more so The horlzoo la caueod by a number of things, chief among them the gregarloua instinct Only for this next door would mean aa little a tariff revlalon or pure food or International arbitration. It take s star or something of thst sort to rtos above tho borlxon, hut a very ordinary woman may fiwl above IL Life. The Cult ef the Hotel. .-note!" la a French word, bat a thoroughly Brltlab Inatltatioo. If Ifs great hotels were auppreaaed London would no tooger be Indon that to to any, the litfuloa of society, the theater, literature, polities, "art , and faafalon. Tb bote! I one ef tb eaaential factor! of London Ufa-kitten Carrier Delia fherra. - A Cemeeriee. -aire. (Rice (anxloualy asking after rector's bealth)-Welt sir. 1 I glad yofl ays you be well, but there you be one cT ILes -bad dorm." aa I rallt Vm (gt Vti the beet e vltteJa, and M don't do 'em no goodj there be ilg Uk lhall-London Punch. Plret NeeeesMy. How would you define Vrytog aeedr" asked th teacher of the rhetoric claa. -A handkerchief." replied tbeeolem young man with the wicked eye. Chi cago Tribune. The great and the Bltte bav aeed ef each other. gbsheafieere. ef Areas, M3X On cnlverto, four eemlcnlrerltta, four' saktra, on m In too. ladles for charging tb guaa with powder, round hot of tree for each das of gun, powder, match, fang pikes, plain white halberd, black bill crew of Iron, eld ex tree, gtns for raising th gun, toad for shot pickaxe, tanned bide, handy barrel , badge barrels for powder; tantnorna, musketa. baado toera, molds, twelve taigtwwa, twetv heaves of longbow arrows, crcsaets, cresset Dgbta, hand and draft rope, aovela, spade. aheepekina.-LeDdo Note and Qoertea. Foley's Money md Tar emrm eotdt, pewrtat poemmomtm. The Cause of Many i- . Sudden Deaths. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dan gerous because to decep- . I i .i mi m uve. sonny snaaen deaths are caused by it heart dis ease, pneumonia, -heart failure or r- apoplexy are of ten. I the result of kid-' Lney disease. If' kidtey tronble is - allowed to advance -T"" tliekidney-poison-. ed blood will at tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of the bladder, or the kidneys themselves . break down and waste away cell Dy cell. Bladder troubles almost alwaya result . from s derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by. a proper treatment of the kidneys. 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