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NO DANGER OF TOO MUCH.
' One of the bugbears, that thw op
ponents' of the fret coinage of silver.
make muph use of, is that if we had
free coin;. ge we would have so much
silver coin that we wouldn t know
'" what to do with it, for we would have
mines, bu't the product of the mines
of the world dumped i upon us and
converted into comL There is not
the slightest danger i
this, for
the
worli finds use for the silverit buys,'
and buys it cheaper now than it could
buy it if it had free access to oui:
. mints.' . - . . )
i mL L 1 rrr rrf aaa r
inerearc-auuut ..,wv,vvyi,vuv "i.
people in the silver using, countries;
o the world, and moist of these buy
; their silver for use; ndt for specula-
. tion, and there are but few of tbeni
L which prbrTuce silver. Silver neve::
. r J ru: It. ' .
tunics iiuiu vuiua, japau vi Jiuuitj.
, Every biince of it that goes there finds
, its way into the crucible to be melted
for some purpose, either for coinage
lor something else. None of it ever
leaves there. The hoarding propen
sities of J the people of those coun
tries mikes It necessary Ap import
' annually; large quantities of silver to
supply the demands for coin, and for
other uses. We exported last year
$4t,O00,j3OO worth of ' silver, not a
pound of which was bought on speo,
ulation and not a pound of which.
would come back tous if our mints
' were thifown open tO it. ; j ' I
There is-arvery good reason why
: it' would not. As this is the greatest
. silver producing country the price in
this coujatry would be the gauge of
prices everywhere. Silver is not
produced ail over the world, and it
, is not produced generally enough to
treate a competition' among the pro-j
ducers. if our miners held their
bullion' 'or$T."29 an ounce, and would,
not sell it for less, other silver miners
would do the same, knowing that
tKey could get the American price
..for it. The countries whicK needed
for coinage, ahd "people who had
i. tise foY lt in the arts,: would have to
jay the Americin pries for it as they
did before it was demonetized by
. this country. '
when American
silver
had' the
-T-rieht o way to the mints there would
Deno more exporting it from this
country-for less than the mint value,
andthis would enable the producers in
other countries to demand the Ameri
; can prjee, without any fear of com
petition from this country There is
therefore very fittlei cause to fear that:
other Countries would dump their sil-
ver upon us or .that we would soon
suffer from a glut of the white metal.
There would ba no profit in sending
back what they; had bought from us,
or in buying from! other silver-producing
countries! to send to us be
cause Ihe margin between the value
f th. coined silver' and the silver
uuuion would be iso small, if anjL
: there
would be
no temptation to
shipUJ
A verv
large
nercentaee of the
silver .produced in the world is used.
.1 '
o th arts, about one third, and his
goes into such a shape that it would
be too valuable io break upand kell
bullion even if the present price
should be doubled, and it would be
folly to suppose that the coin of other
nations would be sold as bulljon when
they J would have to replace it by
bullion Which would cost them as
mdeh
as they could get for their coin
ted and- sold. If we had firee
ifW
coinage to-morrow there is not the
fSlighist probability that we would be
. f t0, coirA an ounce of foreign
silvej-, nor even from our neighbor
Mexco, for: the jvaiue of the bullion
"paid be as high there as it is in this
country. . ' .j:
This would leave, us to deal slm
P'y with the product, of our own
'nes, and makes Inflation or glut of
s'lve.r simply impossible. We pro
duced last year a little over $63,000,
000 worth, $47,000,000 of which was
exported. But suppose we exported
nne, and every ounce of it were
coined,- even allowing for the in
creased value which free coinage
VOL. XXVII.
would give it, it wouldn't amount to
much more than a dollar per capita
for the population ot the country;
but much, about one-third- of the
product would be required for use in
the arts, and the probabilities are
that much would still be exported, as
it would be quite as much to the
benefit of the producer to export at
the increased price as it would be to
have it converted into coin, so that
were is ntue probability ot more
than half the product of our mines
being coined, which would not in
crease the per capita stock of silver
money more than fifty . cents per an
num. : . M
But the day we have free coinage
every ounce of silver produced in
this country becomes the equivalent
of -its representative i a coin, and
becomes available as caoital to do
business apod, alttghXiiot in the
form ot money, jasMHr gold bullion
now is, and thus While the addition
to the money volume of the country
would not he large enough to create
a scare about "cheap" money, busi
ness would have the full benefit of
- -
the silver prod uc 2d as a basis of
credit, equivalent to coin itsslf, al
though not in form for general vcjir-
cuiation. lhe inflation rake as,
therefore, about as thin as the 50
cent fraud. 7
.1 .
I 1OB0K HEBTIOS.
There was a striking difference be
tween thes two conventions which
were, held' at St. Louis the p ist
week, a difference in which' the Pop
ulist convention does not show jup
to much advantage. The Silver
convention, composed; of earnest,
patriotic men, met there ' for i the
simple purpose of doing what j in
their judgment Was the best to fur
ther the success of the; cause which
they had espoused, which the be
lieved to be - the most important
issue before the American people,
and they did it in a straight-forward,
business-like way. That convention
was composed in the . main of men
who had heretofore been identified
with the Republican party. Tie
Populist convention ostensibly
met for the same purpose, 1 and
for that reason' the time of meeting
was set for the same date with the
Silver convention' and both after the
o'ther party conventions had been
held. But they hadn't fairly got to
work before it became apparent that
some of the leaders were Playing a
selfish game, and while pretending
to be very anxious for the success of
free silver, showed that they were
thinking more about themselves, and
about the prospective spoils of office
than they were about that. Seeing
.the sentiment strong for the endorse
ment of the - Democratic ticket they
hit upon the game of endorsing part
of the ticket and rejecting the rest,
and to more- securely accomplish
this reversed the order of pro
ceedlogs and nominated their
Vice President first. The trickery
of this is so apparent that the action
forfeits respect. It can accomplish
nothing, for there isn't a single State
in the Union in which the ticket with
Watson on it can be carried without
Republican support and that can be
secured only by a dicker with the Re
publican managers, which the Popu
list leaders who favored it doubtless
had in view! The pretence that they
were influenced in the selection of a
Southern man bv a -desire to show
that the Populist party was not
afraid to nominate a Southern man,
is a fraud, because that party nomi
nated a Southern man, Gen. Field, of
Virginia, four years ago, for Vice
President, The game was simply one
of little politicians who were playing
to hold their grip. !
Senator Hill has said little or
nothing since the meeting of the
Chicago convention to indicate
what coarse he is going to pursue,
or whether he will abide by its ac
tion or n&t, and support the ticket
nominated or not. The fact that he
has said nothing is a pretty good in
dication that he will come in in good
shape when be thinks his announce
ment will have the best effect. Mr,
Hill's party loyalty has been put to
some pretty severe tests, much more
severe than anything he has to face
now. and this is not the first time
the Question has been raised as to
what he was going to do, but he has
never yet failed ; to come . to
time and to come unequivocally. But
he could not bolt the ticket 1 nomi
. - i -
nated at -Chicago, without ' going
back on his own declarations and
stultifying himself, for when there
was more or less talk about pros
pective bolts in the event the con
vention did this or that, and Senator.
Tillman had made the declaration
that he would "walk out of the con
vention" if a free silver platform was
not adopted, Senator Hill, who re
plied to him on the 2d of May last,
said : f. :- -'' ,."-
Sir, no matter what may be in store
for as in the next campaign come vic
tory, come sunshine or shadow, come
weal or woe There Is where I will be
found again in behalf of whoever may
be the Democratic candidate and what
ever may.be the national Democratic
olatform in the campaign. I do not ex
pect to have my Democracy strained ' in
so doing
I have confidence in the wit
dom of tbe Democratic masses and the
Democratic party.
cratic patty. ;
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Mr. President, considerable has been
said by the Senator from South Carolina
upon the principles of Jefferson, Jack-
sun ana Lincoln, uoe ot the principle
enunciated by Mr. Tefferion in his first
inaugural address was that the .will of I
tne majority should be observed. Tack
son followed the same precept. In the
approaching Democratic - convention.
which the Senator from South Carolina
hat announced in advance that he is to
attend, I suppose he will enter that con
vention with the true spirit of a South
Carolina Democrat and agree to abide
by the will of the majority in that con
vention, both in its declaration of prin
ciples and in its nomination of candi
dates. II he goes there, Mr. President,
with any other idea he oueht not to be
admitted, and he will not expect to be
admitted. f;..-
This is not only a pledge to stand
by the action of the convention, but
a declaration that no delegate who
didn't feel so bound should be per
mitted to have a seat in the'eonven
tion. i : V '. - "v r r , -;
We clip the following from the
Petersburg, Va., Index -Appeal: " ;
The claim . thateNew York cltv will
Rive Bryan fifty thousand majority is a
virtual concession that the State will go
for McKinlev. It takes a bigger ma-
lOrity than that to overcome the Ke
publican vote outside the big city.'
Supposiog the Republican vote
West of the city to be unbroken
there would be something in this,
but this year there will be thousands
of vples in the rural districts cast for
the Democratic Presidential ticket
which have heretofore gone for the
Republican party. ; "
The Stak appreciates the follow
ing from its .very clever contem
porary the Salisbury World, which,
by the way, did some pretty good
work for silver itself: "It is not-too
late to congratulate our esteemed
contemporary the Wilmiagton Star,
over the victory of silver in North
Carolina. The Star's work' In be
half of the white metal was perhaps
the ablest and most effective of any
journal in North Carolina." "
Some of the Eastern gold organs
are still trying to persuade us that
mere is picniy oi money, wen, ti
so, wny does trie : KepuDiican na
tional platform promise to 1 coin all
the silver that can be hauled to the
mints, when other nations give their
consent? If we have enough, why
coin more? ' , ' !'
The New York Times has some
thing to say about "McKinley and
honest money Democrats." Neither
"honest money" Democrats nor any
other kind of honest Democrats
should have anything to do with
McKinley. The honest Democrat
will do his level best to knock him
OUt. ; 1 ! I" .v.:--.: ,.-: ,
j The Chicago Chronicle wants to
know what business Chairman Jones,
of the Natiodal Democratic Commit
tee, had in St, Louis 'while the Popu
lists were in convention. Why, he
wanted to . keep an' eye on Mark
Hanna's agents, who are said to have
been quite numerous. '
Mr. John D. Rockefeller has pre
sented nis adopted city of Cleve
land, O., with a gift of $1,000,000.
There are several very nice cities In
this country which wouldn't object
to being adopted by Mr. Rocke
feller. ."'"''"'' ' "
' .-
Senator Cannon, jof Utah, who
bolted : the St. Louis Republican
Convention, has reconsidered and
will bolt back and support Mc
Kinley. This Cannon Is of the
small bore kind.. !
j ' A Georgia man the other day sent
caudidate Bryan a 47-pound water-?
melon. Mr. Bryan didn't tackle it
alone but like a clever fellow shared
it wjth the press fellows in Lincoln.
A .Alinn. mill nfnr nn t ViA
9th of August, but will not be visible
in this country. On the 6th of J No
vember the McKinley eclipse will
occur which will
the country.
be
visible all over
The Louisville Courier -Journal
rises to ask "Who owns the money?"
of this country?" It should send a
marked copy to the fellows who' run
the big banks in the money centers,
and request an answer.
Mr. McKinley does not think he'll
take the stump to answer Candidate
Bryan. Mr. McKinley shows com
mendable prudence. ;.
After Fouy Yeara. -'" -'
"General" La Fayette Brown, an old
employe of Messrs. Burr & Bailey, left
upon an excursion train yesterday after
noon to visit his son at Florence, S. C,
from whom he has been separated for
about forty years. What is remarkable
about this visit is, that the son was in
Wilmington on an excursion a few day
ago and went to the shops where his
father worked. ' Both . looked at each
other bat asked no questions, each sup
posing the other dead until after the
son returned to Florence, when, tbe
"General" found out it was his son from
whom be had been sd long separated,
and conceived the idea of making him a
visit. .
Camp Nadal. ,
- The Charlotte Observer says :
' "Camp Nadal" will long be remem
bered by the Second Regiment. Ex
cursion after, excursion was run to
Wrightsville during : the encampment
and the visiting throng that called on
the boys in camp daily kept them cheer
ful. -
Very little sickness was reported in
camp. Only two of the Hornets were
sick and they were soon broughtaround.
and all came home welL : T
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TL7Tt?
WILMINGTON, N. C.y
EALEIGH NEWS ITEMS.
REPUBLICANS AND POPULISTS .TRY
INQ STRENUOUSLY-. TO FUSE.
Talk About Taking Down tha RepnbUoan
Eleocoral Tick Th BallwaT Oommla-
ton and. tha BaM War A :
. Woman's IoTentlon Mad Do -.
BiaUitlon t6t the !.- -
faults Myers,
i
Special Star Correspondence
' Raleigh. N. C, July 85. I
Chief Orr, of the Caarlotte police, ar
rived here, yesterday with application
papersjor a requisition . for Myers, the
defaulter of $3,500 of the Seaboard's
money, Mr. Orr will go to New York
with the requisition papers and will re
turn with Myers. - t
' Another mad dog was .killed in the
city Friday. ' .The dog was bitten fifteen
days ago by a dog with the rabies.
: A telegram from ; Krankhnton says. I
tnaLno taritter trouble;: is apprenenaed
since Moore has been transferred to the
Loai8biirg jail. The troops were re
lieved of duty last Thursday. x
' Mrs. Mary J. Wyatt hss Invented a
smoke and cinder conveyor, which will
convey smoke and cinders -from the
smokestack of an engine over the top ot
ka'train (passenger) through a piping ar
rangement. - She has taken out a
patent.
Logue won't say whether lie will sup
port McKinley or not There is a pros
pect of a large defection from the . Re
publican national ticket.
It is expected that the Railway Com
mission will take a band in the rate war
at an early date. Tney will seek to se
cure a redaction of local rates, so it is
said, i '-,; -
A Populist accused the Democratic
party of stealing the Populist platform
in the presence of F. H. Busbee and
other gentlemen. Mr. Busbee replied
that the National Convention shaped its
platform after the i Democratic platform
in this State. The fact is. said Mr. Bus
bee, "We adopted the pretentnational
platform in. North Carolina before the
Populist party was born. -
There is evidently something in the
air, relative to the taking down of the
McKinley ticket, which has not been
made public. Nearly every Republican
in Raleigh, except John Nichols, denies
that the electoral ticket will be taken
down. Jim Young would not have de
clared himself for the Populist National
ticket without consulting Judge Russell.
The question is being aslced. where does
Russell stand? Is he with Loge Harris
and Jim Young? Senator Pritchard is de
cidedly firm in his stand against putting
down the McKinley electors.; He is
quoted to bay remarked in the Park
Hotel last week that he would retire
from the U. S., Senate and take to plow
ing a bull in Madison county if McKin
ley was not supported by North Carolina
Republicans. -
O;ho Wilson says that if the Popu
lists do nbt endorse Bryan he will come
out third in the race.
It is no secret that the Republicans
and Populists, and especially the latter,
are making strenuous efforts to get to
gether. A leading Populist says that if
Bryan is not endorsed no power on
earth can keep the Republicans : and
Populists apart.
Col.Benehan Cameron, and the other
officers of the -State Fair, are here con
siderine the Dronositlon from the ; Ral
eigh E ectric Company for. lighting the
fair grounds at night during fair week.
The management desires to open the
e rounds at nicbt. if it is not too ex
pensive. . . '.
OUR CY ALL RIGHT. ;
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Editor Star A gentleman of this
city, who had never heard of Mr. C W.
Watson previous to his nomination by
the Democrats for Goven.br of North
Carolina, and who was often asked
about Mr. Watson, wrote xi an intimate
friend, who is pastor of a church in
Winston, making enquiries concerning
him, and was gratified to learn that he
is a member of the church, a faithful
.attendant of the Sunday school and
preaching, is a good man, and if elected
will make a first - rate Governor. The
minister wrote also that he wou'.d take
great pleasure in voting for him. ' ; P,
. : t ' . " aa-a -
Death of J. Vred. J. Hotton.
The announcement of the diath of
Mr. J. Fred. J. H wton, who has been for
the past five yea's connected with the
Car Accountant's office ofthe Atlan
tic Coast Line, will be heard by his many
friends with much regret. He- pssud
away yes'.erday at his residence on Mul
berry street, after a short illncsi of con
sumption, in the ninteenth year of his
age. He was a clever, quiet, kind heart
ed young man. well liked by his fellow
emp'07es and friends, and his death
will be quite a shock to them.
He was a member of the First Baptist
chuich Sunday school, a regular at
tendant of the church and was a model
Christian boy.' He leaves a widowed
mother and a younger sister. His re
mains will be carried to bis old home,
Raleigh, for interment, leaving this
morning at 9.20 o'clock. The ; funeral
services will be conducted at the family
residence by Rev. J. B. Harrell, at 8 80
o'clock this morning. 'p' I
' A number, of his old friends ; will ac;
company his remains' to Raleigh, where
the body will be interred in Oak
wood, Cemetery, .
Death tt Mri. Mrret Hodge s Oroekar.
t A special dispatch to tbe Star from.
Portsmouth, Va., announces the death5
of Mrs. Margaret Hedges' Crocker, in
that city yesterday .'morning at 10.30
o'clock, after a'protracteJ illnesi follow
ing a stroke of paralysis, r Tne funeral
will take place Monday.
TRANSACTIONS IN SILVER.
Large Bales oa
tha New York Btoek Jiat-
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
NrW York. July 25. The transac
tions in stiver at the Stock Exchange
this morning was larger than usual, ag
gregating 500.000 ounces. The activity
bad a humorous side to it. ... It appears
that a broker, named Wassermann Of
fered 250.000 ounces in A lump at 6S2.
presumably with a view of influencing
the stock marxer, ' nis oner wo
once taken, afTd in less than five minutes
Wassermann - bought back ; the whole
amount at6968 from theame bullion-dealer
who had previously bought
250,000 ounces from him at 68&. Com
mercial bar remained 68 and Mexican
dollars SgQSt. . . . ;
E. B. Wmstow, Democratic candidate
for Governor, has decided not to accept
th nnminntinn. and ' on Monday will
writ a letter declining it. This is the
result of a conference of prominent Dem
ocrats in the city of Portland yesterday.
SLY
FRIDAY, 1896.
POLITICAL, G0SS1P.:
THE SO-CALLED SILVER PARTY NOT
i STRONG IN NORTH CAROLINA-
Dr. Mott May Saoseed Sana'or -BaiUr f
:i Fullcieal Povrn io the State Jm toobs
I T.lka About Baaaall Tha Bailway
r j . ; Comml talon State Fiif.
Special Star Correspondence J
' -; Ralxigh, N. C, July S3. -
Gov. Carr and entire family left for
the western pat t of the State to take a
short vacation.
The Railway Commission is now en
gaged in apportioning the valuation of
railway properties to the various coun
ties.! " " ;r: -r - ' x:
Tim Young was asked to day whether
be would support McKinley, but he de
clined to say. When asked whether or
not ' Russell would come ' down. Tim
replied, "You can last count on it that
the Republicans have patriotism, judg
ment and sense enough to do everything
f keep-the Democrats out of power."-. .
v The Stive party which is holding hs
convention In St. Lonis.is not strong in
North Carolina. - The organization has
a fooling ' in ottly, four counties. They
are the counties of Burke, Onslow, New
Hanover and Duplin. ; There are said to
be five North Carolina delegates attend-
tmg the Silver Convention.
In regard to J m Young's statement
that there will not be a McKnley elec
toral ticket in this State, and that the
two tickets will be a Populist-Bryan and
Democratic Bryan ticket, Railway Com
missioner Otho Wilson says he thinks it
very sensible. ''-.,-r ' ) : ' '
Mr. Wilson has no idea that ; McKic
ley will carry the State. "The man that
is named at St. Louis will carry North
Carolina, said the Commissioner. ..
A prominent D.'mocrat said to-day
that be believed Dr. Mott would suc
ceed Senator Butler as apolitical power
in North Carolina. It is his opinion
that Loge Harris, Jim Young and 40.000
silver Republicans will be enlisted under
Mott's banner, : - - j
The racing programme for. the State.
Fair will be made public next week.
Mr. Nichols siys the swine exhibit Will
be a feature this year, i Exhibits of
swine will come from Nebraska.
Pair Bluff-The Tobiooo IoduattT.
It is gratlying to hear of the growth
and prosperity of the town of Fair Bluff
The turpentinebusiness has been en gaged
in there many years, and now the
tobacco industry is rapidly growing.
So it is sife to say that this town has a
future before it, A large warehouse, the
largest in that part of the country, is in
course of erection. It will be-opened
for the sale of the "weed" August 11th,
which date the farmers of tbe commUA
nity are p'anning to make the occasion
of a pic nic, barbecue, and general good
nine.
j
C, T. & D. Bailroad.
The South port Leader says: "Heavy
rains have somewhat retarded work on
the C. T. & O. Railroad. The grading
contractors have to wait on the survey
ors, who are staking on the road bed.
The pilings and timber are at the Stur
geon creek crossing, ready for the bridge.
The contractors have a large amount of
working material at Mear.es' Bluff and
more car loads are expected." :
Tba Sjuthport Qaarstine Bunion, j
The Leader says that bids for com
pleting the quarantine station, left unfin
ished by contractor Baldwin, were
opened by Mr. Wm. Weeks on Monday.
The lowest bid was made I by Mr.
Wm. E. Peake, $8,176 66. Mr. Peake
was one ot the bondsmen of Mr. Baldwin.
Other bidi were made by A. J. Robiins
and J. A. Pullen, of South port, and S.W.
Skinner, of Wilmington.) Mr. Peake's
bid was about $700 under the next lowest.
The sucessful bid must first be approved
at ! Washington before tbe work is
awarded. ! : :.
Cardinal O bbana' Birtbday.
Cardinal Gibbons, who : has many
friends in Wilmington, celebrated his
sixty-second birthday Thursday at Cape
May, where . he has been for several
days. ; ' '',
He spent the day very quietly, most
of his time being taken up with reading
the large number of letters and telegrams-
of congratulation which he re
ceived. He also received a number of
visitors who called to present their com
pliments. ; "-1 ! '
la the evening a dinner was given in
the Cardinal's honor bv the boat, Mr.
Cockroft Thomas, of Philadelphia, the
guests including Archbiabop Ryan, of
Philade'pbia, Bishop McFaul, of Tren
ton. Rev. W. S. Caughy, of Laurel, Md.
; COTTON TIES.
; .1 ' j ' I' ' f
An Advanoe in Priee Btchty Ftl Oant
i Wik ot tha Te Truat.
4 The Charleston News ' and Courier
says that "there is a bowl going up all
over the Sou them country because the
Cotton' Tie Trust has raised the price of
ties from 65 cents to $1.80- per bundle."
The News adds: I
! A prominent gentleman said yester-.
day that he thought that the Charleston
Cotton Exchange ought to follow the
action of tbe Selma, Alabama Cotton
Exchange and pass resolutions denounc
ing the raising of the price of ties by
the trust. "All cotton exchanges in
every State in the South, he said,
'should unite to condemn th-.s outrage
on the farmer, and endeavor to pro
vide some substitute' tor ties, such as
wire, or something of that sort." - :
A ; number of cotton men said that
while the r se in the price of, tie was
rather sudden, that cotwithstanding the
addition of 80 per cent. - lies were
cheaper than they had ever been until
the last two or three nears, during which
they have Veen abnormally low. - )
' - Ties come in-bundles of 80 and weigh
from 45 to 50 pounds to the bundle.
The facts are that last year ties sold at
about 65 cents a bundle, and this season
they are-quoted at about: $L3Q. .It is
claimed by the manufacturers that dur
ing the past few seasons they have lost
money because of being forced to sell
below the cost of production.
Tbacka tha Cham bar of Comme rce.
Col. Br u ton, commanding the Second
regiment N. C S. G in general orders
issued on the eve of ' the ! breaking up of
the encampment at Wrightsville, says: j
The thanks ot tbe regimental com
mander are extended to the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce for their sub
stantial aid rendered, by which the fundi
furnished by the State were supple
mented, thus enabling the regiment to
.enjoy the benefits incident 1 to Camp
Nadal.
TA strike involving not less than two
thousand employes of the Consolidated
Traction. Company of Pittsburg, Pa., is
not improvable. ; 1 - ,
8tah
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POPULIST -- CONVENTION
CONCLUDED ITS LABORS AND AD
' : JOURNED SINE DIE.
Bryan Nominated lor PreaideLt by an
v Overwhelnaras Mj uity Prelimkary :
Proceeding! cf the Das Saeaion . -
, : . . .-JTominatiag -Bpeeobea, .
, Amaalng Boecea. .
' By Yelegraph to the Morning Star. . . i
St. Louis, July 25. The Populist
Convention was called to order by the
permanent chairman. Senator Allen, at
9.40. and, after jrayer by the Rev.' Mr.
Kent, of Washington, the chairman re
peated his ruling of last night that (he
amendment adopted by the convention
giving the nomination ol a Vice Presi
dent a preference over the nomination
of President, made the selection of na
tional committeemen the - next , order
of lusiness. ; . " .. .
1 Mr. J. E.v Burnett, of California, pro
tested that this; was. hot soand ; con
tended that the convention simply trans
posed tbe nomination of Vice President
and President. The chairman replied
that the gentleman was enthely mis
taken, and went on with the naming of
national committeemen.
' The chair announced that the next
order of . basinets was nominations for
President. V ; ' ';:
Mr. Green, of Nebraska, got on the
platform to make a motion and a speech.
The latter was to the effect thit this was
one Of the most important conventions
that ever assembled on American sjil,
as it was to name a man who was not
only to head tbe ticket; but who was to
be elected; - u -
At this point the speech was inter
rupted by points of order which irritated
Mr. Green to the extent of making him
leave the stand. He was, however, in
daced to come back and the rules were
suspended to enable him to go on in or
der. He declared, however, that his
self-respect would prevent his saying
anything, and he retired for good. ;
Ali-bima being called, Mr. George
Gaiter, of that S a c, addressing his
' brothers and sisters of the convention'
yielded to "Tames B, Weaver, who he
siid wou'duame the man who would be
the cunning mate Of Tom Watson and
run the cold-bugs out of existence.
. Mr. Weaver came forward and was
presented by the chairman. .' Mr. Weaver
opened bis speech with the remark that
the condition ol the People's party this
morning was most "critical." He had
but two aspirations rone was to pre
' serve untarnished and unbroken the
great principles of the party and the
other was to preserve the party organi
zation ."for present, and future uses in
every portion of "the country. : He as
sumed that all delegates had read in the
papers this morning the telegram . from
Mr. Bryan declining to ac ept the nom
ination of the People's party disassoci
ated from Mr. Sewall. "No man.T said
Mr. Weaver, "could have done less and
be a man. Mr. Bryan's attitude chal
lenged the respect of every delegate
present and of every man who reads the
proceedings of this convention.
"But." he continued, "this is a greater
question than the personality of pur
candidate. - After I read Mr. Bryan's
telegram I utterly rcfuied, and I now
utterly refuse, to concur with the desire
either (4 Mr. Bryan or of Senator Tones
as to who shall be the nominee ot this
convent-oa."
The rest of Mr. Weaver's speech' was
read from a typewritten copy, and put
Mr. Bryan in nomination.
' Mr. Bryan's name was received with
applause, the whole convention standing
on chairs and. waving hats. A gigantic
wooden cross, surmounted by a golden
crown, thus reversing - Mr. Bryan's
tamous epigram, was brought in and
carried around the hall.
All the States jiimdin the demon
stration except Missouri, Texas, Rhode
Island and Wisconsin. After order bad
been restored, Gen. Field, of Virginia,
came to to front, and in a short, im
passioned, speech, declared. Mr. Bryan
the choice of the Virginia delegation.
and said that although no music had
been provided, the convention was
marching to "The Music of .- the
Spheres;"! that victory stands tip toe
on the mountain tops and all the con
vention bad to do was to accept it. -
"Now, gentlemen of the jury," he
went on"I mean of the convention"
laughterj ' "I move that the rules be
suspended and the nomination of " Wm.
Jennings Bryan be declared unanimous.
I- The chairman . put the question and
two-thirds of tbe delegates rose with
vociferous shouts of "aye..'
This cry. i however, was accompanied
by the eountercry of "no. c ill the roll
of States." : ' -
Mr. Smith, of Montana, and. Mr. W
L Green; of Nebraska., seconded Bryan.'
. A delegate asked Mr. Green if Ne
braska would vote for Bryan and Watson.
Mr. Green replied: "Nebraska will:
vote as she always -has done for the
Populist ItickeL;- TCheeis We are not
bolters in Nebraska." "
A Texas delegate asked whether Mr.
Bryan would endorse this platform.
To this Mr. Green . responded! "I
answer you, sir, by saying 1 know Mr.
Bryan. He is my friend, and I know
be is ts true a Populist as are you or I.
rCheers Bat William J, Bryan would
be a fool if he would come to this con
vention and jump on the rostrum and
accept this platform; Why he bas not
even accepted the Democratic platform
yet. i ;., 'i v ";
A delegate from West Virginia, who
did not give h.s name, rose in tbe bodv
of the hall and in excited tones said : I
came here to . prevent this convention
falling into the hands of the Democratic
party.",
j -'The gentleman is out of order," said
tbe chairman. - i
"I retire," replied the West Virginian,
and he left the ball accordingly. - -
, Mr. Kitchin, of North Carolina, en
dorsed Bryan and then a tinge of hu
mor was imparted to the proceedings by
the chairman of the New Jersey dele-
gation, who said he bad an eloquent
speech prepared inwh ehbe brought in
all the lakes and tte mountains and
covered the Wnole country. "I have it
in my pocket," he said, (pulling out a
big roll of type written manuscript) but
I cannot speak without the band and the
band is dead. I. therefore, ask leave to
insert it in the record." : ;
; At 8T.40 the call of States was com
menced for vo.eson the Presidential
nominations, the two candidates being
Bryan; of Nebraska, and Norton, of Illi
nois. Tbe call was finished at 4 05. with
Br$aa nominated by an immense ma
jority, y- v.. .': r, . , , t
Before the announcement of the result
Mr. Ignatius Donnelly rose to what be
calledi the "occasion of information."
He understood that Mr. Bryan had sent
a telegram to a gentleman on the plat
form in wnicb be positively reiusea tne
Populist nomination. He thought it
just and right to their convention to
know whether that wag true or not.
"The regular order is called for," said
the chairman, and no reply was made.
. At 4 28 p. m. the result was officially
announced as follows:. For Norton, 821;
for Bryan, 1,042. 1
: The huge cross with its gilded crown,
with inscriptions from Bryan's speech
on botb, was carried . at the head of a
NO. 40
noisy -crowd of. boys, apparently re
cruited and kept in reserve for the occa
sion. It was followed by flags, banners,
and State guidons. :. Deafening yells,
whistles, and cat calls were kept up In
dustriouslyalthough it was quite .evi
dent that the delegates as a whole took
little part in tbe demonstration. There
was no enthusiasm, bnt there was a babel
of noise and uproar which simulated it
When there was a comparative InH in
the tumult, a motion was made oy a del
egate in the centre aisle thatthe conven
tion adjourn without delay. Tbe chair
man pounded with his gavel and tried
in vain to restore order. After some
time, however, and "without a formal
statement as to the nomination of Mr.
Bryan, be put the question, declared it
carried and at 4 40 p. m. tbe convention
adjourned sine die. - ;
Cyclone' Davis, : of Texas,, when - seen
after the adjournment of the convention
by a 'representative of . the Southern
Associated Press,; expressed himself j. in
behalf of the Texas delegation and the
entire Populist party of the South. ; He
said that Bryan and-Watson would un
doubtedly be supported by the Southern
Populists, including those in Texas, and"
in his judgment they Would be the suc
cessful nominees, not, however, without
a heroic campaign.
VViLLIAM J. BRYAN,
The Demuoratlo Nominee for Preeidenr,
: 8ye Bta Action in Regard to the XTomi-
nation Made by the Joadliala Will
' ' Depend Up n tbe Oonditlona
Atfactied Thereto.- ,
i By Telegraph' to the Morning Star.
Lincoln. Neb!, July 25. Mr. Wm. J.
Bryan told tbe Southern Associated
Press representative! to-night that! his
action with regard ito the PoDulist
National ticket would depend entirely
upon the - conditions attached to his
nomination. In answer to a question
concerning tne matter, be said:
-vvnen tne ropuiists aecided to nom
inate the Vice President first. Senator
Jones, chairman of the National Demo-.
cratic committee, wired the following :
"Populists nominate Vice President
first. If not Sewall, what shall we do?
Answer quick, I favor your declina
tion in mat case." 4
' I wired immediately as follows : "I
entirely agree with ycu Withdraw my
name if Sewall is not nominated." I ,
! These dispatches were-published in
tbis morning's papers and the conven
tion1 understood ray position. In j spite
of this, they have seen 'fit to nominate
me Whether I shall accept the- nomi
nation or not will depend entirely Upon
what conditions are attached to it My
first desire is to aid in securing tbe im
mediate restoration by the United States
of the free and unlimited coinage of
gold and silver at the present legal
ration of 16 to 1, without waiting lor
tne aia or consent ot any other nation.
The Republican platform declares that
the bimetallic system should be restored,
but asserts that we as a people are help
less to secure bimetallism tor ourselves
until foreign nations come to our assis
tance,' We cannot afford to surrender
our right to legislate for our people upon
every qui s.ion and so long as that right
is aitpuiea,. no otner question can ap
proach it in importance. . 1 appreciate
the .desire - manifested at St. Louis to'
consotraaie an tne iree silver iorces ana
regret utattuey ata not nominate Mr.
Sewall . also.i He . stands tquarely
upon I the Chicago platform and lias .
defended our cause against greater oppo
sition than we have bad to meet in the
West or South. - The Populist platform
is.on miny questions, tubstantially ident
ical with the Chicago platform; it goes
beyond the Chicago platlorm, however,
and endorses some policies which I do
not approve. AH that ! can say now is
that my action will depend entirely upon
the conditions attached to tbe nomina
tion. ) I shall do nothing which1 will en
danger the success of bimetallism, nor
shall I do anything unfair to Mr. Sewall.'
MARION BUTLER
Sleeted
Chairman of the': Fopnlitt National
- j; Committee. i '
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
St.
Louis, July 25. The first meeting
of tbe Populist Natiopal Committee was
held this evening at the Lindell Hotel,
and started in with as much promise for
debate as was exhibited: in the convention
that created it. This propensity for dis
cussion was so irrepressible, that one cf
tbe members, called attention to tbe fact
that itbe campaign lasted but four
months, and it was imperative' that
the committee organize ; before that
period cf time had elapsed. The
committee, was called to order shortly
after: eight o clock by ex-Congressman
Lafe Pence, of New York. and. after
much discussion tbe following gentle
men : were placed in -: nomination for
chairman ot the committee: f Senator
Marion F. Butler, of North Carolina;
Gen. J shies B. .Weaver. xf Iowa; Judge
H. u Bjntley. of Ttxs; Senator Wm,
V. Allen, of .Nebraska; John, W. Bret
denthal. of Kansas. . '
On tbe fit st ballot the result was as
follows: But'er, 46. Weaver, 20; Bentley,
6: Allea. 29; Beidenthal, 19. Astll votes
were necessary, there w?s no choice. .
: The second ballot resulted in tbe elec
tion t i Senator Bntler, as follows: Butler
65;Weaver, 10; Allen, 85;Breidenthal,13,
A PAINFUL SPECTACLE.
Qovernor Uvana and a Cirenit Court Jadge
" ' ol Booth Carolina in a B)Ufh and
v : : Tumble Fight at Flcrenee. -
. By Telegraph to the Morning Star'.
Columbia, S. C, July 24 -For the
past six years candidates for public of
Gees in South Carolina have been black
guarding each other on the stump and
have been time and again on the very
verge Of getting together in personal
combat, but they - have never gotten to
the fighting point. The people had come
to believe that sach a thing as resenting
an insult on the stump was a dream cf
-the pssu Bat Judge Joseph H. Earle
broke the record to day when be jumped
upon the stand at Florence and struck
Gov. ' Evans: on the head with his
fist getting a little blood drawn uoo
under bis eye in the personal row which
followed, Gov, Evans fist landing In his
face. - It was an exciting eoisode and
most painful spectacle the Governor of
the State and a Circuit Court judge In a
DttbliC "scrap." The trouble was caused
by Evans alluding to Earle as a fice with
his tail, cat, The whole court room was
wild with excitement. Friends crowded
around the two men after they bad been
very forcibly .separated. A number of
pistols were drawn and held in the
hands of their owners ready for use,
Gov. Evans was speaking when the inci
dent .occurred, . Earle : having spoken.
Candidate Duncan spoke' afterwards,
going for! Gov. Evans in prttty warm'
language.! There was a lively passage
at arms between Gens. Watts and Rich
bourg, candidates for Adjutant General,
the latter telling watts nnauy tnat ne
would hold him personally responsible
lor wnat be baa said.
The steamer Bermuda, wnicb some
months ago took an expedition to Cuba.
bas been sold, Jobn u. Hart says, to
Capt. Charles H. Brown, of London, for
$45,000. $10,000 having been paid down.
8TEAMER ' COMMODORE "
Cloaely Watohed by Bevenna Cotters Col--
fax and Boutwell m Chaileaton '
Harbor. i:0:-t 1
The little filibustering steamer Cw.'
tnodore which came to Wilmington last
Summer and , was . detained several
months, until released by the United :
States authorities, is now engaging the "
attention of the people of Charleston.
S.C . ' : t .
s iThe News and Courier of yesterday '
ays that for a week or more past it hss '
been very evident that something was
about to happen. There has been an al-,
most feverish action ' among the Cuban
smypathis:rs in the city.
There have been consultations and
consultations at the various olaces
where tbe Cubans congregate. When the,
Commodore left Johnston's coal wharf
three days ago ; it was announced that
she would not leave port for st veral
days, as Paul F, Roj who is known as
the'' agent," was absent from the city.
on business. Some people believe he
was in New York consulting with the "
Cuban Junta. . . , f
Whether Rojo bought the boat or not
is not known,, but two days ago five
small boats arrived from New York by
the Clyde steamer. Capt. Thomas H. -
Morton. ' who is In command of the '
Commodore, examined the boats, took
two, bnt rejected the others became, it
was .reported, they could not carry
enqngh freight, O.her boats were after
wards purcnasea in . tbe city. ' Tney .
were ' immediately - painted green, to
match the Commodore, and put on
board. ' ' ' '. . .. - - ""! '
On Thursday afternoon the Wilming
ton cutter, the Cofax, arrived fn port
and dropped anchor alongside the Com
modore. Every one wondered what she
had come for. Yesterday a number of
Cubans appeared in the city. The Cubans'
do not look like the "rank and file," but
like hoi aristoi A number of them reg
istered at tbe St. Charles Hotel. Those
which seemed to be the most prominent
were:.-Martino Brito, New York; Joie
Barios, New York, and Santiago Aranco.
also New York. Who they were, what
they -were doing, here, etc., they posi
tively declined to say. ,
At 6 o clock last evening a' ripple of
excitement was caused by the arrival in
port of.' another cutter. This was the
Boutwell. She steamed into pott and
anchored near the Colfax, .
What tbe two cutters are doing here
cannot, be ascertained. : They ' cannot
stop the Commodore from leaving, as she
cleared in a, perfectly . legitimate, manner
at the Custom Hanse, yesterday, with
arms and ammunition for Jacksonville.
fiorida. jto Jacksonville she has a per
fect Tight to ro under the law. Thecut-
ers can follow her if they choose, and if-
she does not go .into Jacksonville, lor
attempts to transfer her cargo -at sea.
can arrest her. That is. they could if
they could catch her, but as the Commo
dore's speed is vastly superior to that of
either of the cutters, she will doubtless
give them the slip. , i
I It was ascertained late last night that
a consignment of rifles reached the city
yesterday for the Commodore,' The arms
are in bundles of three and covered with
Canvas. Up to a late hour they were still
on the Clyde whatf .r U f
Shortly after midnight it became evi
dent that the Commodore was preparing
to move. There bad been lights aboard
f her throughout the early hours of the
evening, and a boat had run down along
side cf the little filibuster carrying, it
was said, the guns, which bad come for
her on the Clyde steamer. She got her
ancbor up and moved a little way np the
stream. A beat left her side and wer.t
over, towards the Colfax and it ' was be
ll ved- that some communication took
place between the two vessels. Then
the Colfax was seen to have up steam.
She am: over towards tbe city and cir
cling around vat Boutwell that was st
lyrrnr qaietiv at anchor, she steered jorut
across the harbor. -The Commodoe in
the meantime swung slowly arounyd and
moved off slowly towards: Whte Point
buov as though she was going out. Tbe
Colfax was going much the faster of the
two. When the Commodore was down
near the buoy the cutter .was lying lust
off quarantine, and in these positions
both boats slowed np and appeared to
come to anchor again. At an early hour
tbis morning, each still held its place.' It
was supposed that the Commodore was
moving down tbe harbor preparatory to
going to sea at daybreak and that the
Colfax was taking a position from which
to follow her to advantage. 1
Charliston. S. ' C.. July 25. There
were no startling developments in tbe
case of the filibuster Commodore to.-day.
At an early hour this morning she left
her station and started across tbe har
bor. The cutter Colfax promptly- fol
lowed her down to the quarantine nd
there both remained until tbis ton
when they returned to tbi'f6rmer posl
tions. -i - . - ...-:!-"- -; -
During tbe day. the cutter has had
ani officer aboard of the Commodore
three times, but for what our pose it is
impossible ; to learn, as U. S. officials
cannot Lbe approached and Captain
Morton of the Commodore, remains si'ent
when spoken to. There is nearly a
score of Cubans from New York in
the city who are in constant -communi
cation with the agent of the Commodore
and it is thought tbat tbey are going
on her. and it is this that the Colfax
proposes to prevent. I-
THE i QUESTION OF FUSION.
Jim Young Says - the McKioley Eleooil
Ticket Will be Taken Down,
- Special Star Telegram .
. Raleigh July 24. Jim Young. says
that he will support tbe Populist Na
tional ticket.' He and Logue Harris say
there is no doubt but that tbe McKinlev
electoral ticket will be taken down and
fusion will result. . There will be a big
fiht on taking down the electoral ticket .
at the. Executive Committee meeting
here August 11th. : . . , "
"I was reading of a man who
had sustained a broken leg in a trollev
accident," said Asbury Peppers, "and I
could but think how kind it was on his
part.". i- ; .-i
Ktucj r sau Mrs. nammona.
Yes. It is a certainty that the broken
leg could not tustain
him, is it not"
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