-PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD- PAST THAT WHICU IS GOOD.'
VOL. V.
DUNN. NM C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19, 1896
- NO. 37.
' i 1 1 a
FORMALLY
NOTIFIED.
tllK STANDARD BEARERS OF
DEMOCRACY ACCEPT.
"UiJ'y" Bryan Makes the Grandest
hj)6 ch of His Life. It Was at
Madison Square Garden,
New York City.
TVilliam J Bryan and Arthur Sew
all, the nominees of the Democratic
party for President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, were form-
jjry nounea oi meir nomination Dy
ihe committee appointed for that pur
pose, at Madison Square Garden,. New
York City, on Wednesday last, and
they Loth, accepted. The occasion was
one to which the entire country had
been looking forward lor many weeks
and interest had risen to the boiling
point through repeated promises and
hints that the speech the young Ne
hrtskaa would deliver would exceed in
eloquence, vigor and magnetism his
ventios. Mr. Bryau himself had been
partly responsible for the feverish feel
ing generated among the people. Only
ib.fi other day, when a crowd of enthu
V5ts gathered at a station along the
route of his journey from"Xincoln to
'ew York, bad importuned him for &
few words he had answered: "Bead
the newspapers Thursday Morning and
jon will have something worth read
ing." Mr. Bryan spoke as follows:
'Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the
Committee and Fellow Citizens: I
shall, at a future day, and in a formal
letter, accept the nomination which is
now tendered by the notification com
mittee, and I shall at that time touch
upon the issues presented bv the plat
form. It is fitting, however, that at
this time, in the presence of those here
assembled, that I speak at some length
in recrard to the camnaicn nnrm wTiir.W
wc are new entering. Wjo do not un
derestimate the forces arrayed against
us, nor are we unmindful of the im
portance of the struggle in which we
are engaged ; but, relying for success
upon the righteousness' of our cause,
we shall defend with all possible vigor
the position taken by our party. We
are not surprised that some of our op
ponents, in the absence of better ar-'
gument, resort to abusive epithets, but
they may rest assured that no language,
however violent, no invectives, how
ever bitter, will lead us to depart a
single hairsbreadth from the course
mailed out by the national cenvention.
The citizen, either public or private,
who assails the character and questions
the patriotism of the delegates as
sembled in the Chicago convention,
assails the character and questions the'
patriotism of the millions who have ar
rayed themselves " under the banner
there raised.
"It has been charged by men stand
ing high in business and political cir
cles that our platform is a menace to
priv ate security and public safety ; and
it has been asserted that those whom I
have the honor, for the time being,, to
represent, not only meditate an attack
upon the rights of property, but are
the foes both of social order and na
tional honor. Thoje who stand
upon the Chicago platform are pre
pared to make known and to defend
every motive which influences them;
every purpose which animates them,
and every hope which inspires them.
They understand the genius of our
institutions; they are staunch support
ers of the form of government under
which we live, and they build their
faith upon foundations laid - by their
fathers. Andrew Jackson has stated
with admirable clearness and with an
emphasis which cannot be surpassed,
both the duty and sphere of govern
ment. He said: 'Distinctions in so-
MMit ..;n -1 ' - a a j x.
-"-j m mways exist uuuer every juhi
government. Equality of talents, of
education or of wealth cannot be pro
duced by human institutions. In the
full enjoyment of the gifts of heaven,
and the fruits of superior industry,
economy and virtue are man's oppor
tunities, and entitled to protection by
law." We yield to none in our 'devo
tion to the doctrine just enunciated.
Oar campaign has not for its object the
reconstruction of society. We cannot
insure to the vicious the fruits of a
Jirtnous life. We would not invade
the home of the provident in order to
8aPPly the wants of the spendthrift;
e do not propose to transfer the re
7ard8 of industry to the lap of indo
le0;. Property is and will remain
we stimulus to endeavor and the com-
?6 -on for toil- TO believe, as as-'
eerted in the Declaration of Independ
ence, that all men are created equal,
ut that does not mean that all men
f?r ca be equal in possessioni, in
ramy or merit; it simply means that
a" shall stand equal before the law,
and that government officials shall not,
j? -'.king, construing or enforcing
e law. discriminate between citi
zens. "I assert that property right, , as
ell as the righto of persons, are safe
ln the bauds of the common people.'
Abraham Lincoln, in1 his message sent
to Congress in December, 1861, said:
o men living are more worthy to be
trusted than those who toil up from
Poverty; none less inclined to take or
to touch aught which they have not
earnestly earned, i repeat his lan
guage with unqualified approval and
loin with him in the warning which he
tided, namely: 'Let them beware of
aarrsnderias a political power which
J , FcM,aa wmcn power,
if surrendered, will be used to close
the doors of advancement against such
they, and to fix new disabilities and
burdens upon them, till all of liberty
shall be lost.' Those who daily follow
the injunction, in the sweat of thy
face shJt thou eat bread,' are now, as
ther have been, the bulwark of law
and order the source of mr nation's
greatness in time of peace, and its
surest defenders in time of war.
"But I have only read a part of
Jackson's utterances let me give you
his conclusion; 'But when the laws
undertake to add to these natural and
fust advantages artificial distinctions
to grant titles, gratuites and exclusive
privileges to make the rich richer
and the potent more powerful the
humble members of society, the farm
ers, mechanios and the day laborers,
who have neither the time nor the
means of securing like favors for them
selves, have a right to complain of the
injustice of their government. ' Those
who support the Chicago platform en
dorse all the quotation from - Jackson
the latter part as well as the former
part.
"Wo are not surprised to find array
ed against us those who are'the benefi
ciaries ot gonernmeuciavunuoui tney
hare read our platform. Nor are we
surprised to learn that, we must, in this
campaign, face the hostility of those
who find a pecuniary advantage in ad
vocating the doctrine of non-interference
when great aggregations of wealth
are trespassing upon the rights of in
dividuals. We welcome such opposi
tion it is the highest endorsement
which could be bestowed upon us. We
are content to have the co-operation of
those who desire to have the govern
ment administered without fear or favoritism-
It is not the wish of the gen
eral public that trusts should spring
into existence and override the weaker
members of fociety; it is not the wish
of the general public' that thoe trusts
should destroy competition and then
collect such tax as they will from those
who are at their mercy; nor is it the
JauTt of the general public that the in
strumentalities of government have
been so often prostituted to purposes
of private gain. Those who stand upon
the Chicago platform believe that the
government should not only avoid
wrong-doing, but that it should also
prevent wrong-doing; and they believe
that the law should be enforced alike
against all enemies of the public weal.
They do not excuse petit larceny, but
they declare that grand larceny is
equally a crime; they do not defend
the occupation of the highwayman who
robs the unoffending traveller, but they
include among the transgressors those
who, through the more polite and less
hazardous means of legislation, appro
priate to their own use the proceeds of
the toil of others. The commandment,
'Thou shalt not steal,' thundered from
Sinai, and reiterated in the legislation
of all nations, is no respecter of per
sons. It must be applied to the great
as well as the small; to the strong as
well as the weak; to the corporate per
son created by law as well as to the per
son of flesh and blood created by the
Almighty. No government is worthy
of the name which is not able to pro
tect from every arm uplifted for his
injury the humblest citizen who lives
beneath its flag. It-follows as a neces
sary conclusion that vicious legislation
must be remedied by the people who
suffer from the effects of such legisla
tion and not by those who enjoy its
benefit.
THE INCOME TAX.
"The Chicago platform has been
condemned by some because it dissents
frcfei an pinion rendered by the Su
preme Court, declaring the income tax
law unconstitutional. Our critics even
go so far as to apply the name anarch
ist to those who stand upon that plank
of the platform. It must be remem
bered that we expressly recognize the
hi n diner force of; that decision so long
as it etauas as a part of the law of the
TKnra ia in Via nlfitlnrm nn snc-
IBUUi Alio w fcJ - .
gestion. of an attempt to dispute the
authority of the Supreme Court. The
party is simply pledged to "use all the
constitutional powu which remains
r after that decision, or which may come
from its reversal Dy tne court as is
may hereafter be construed." Is there
any disloalty in that pledge? For a
hundred years the Supreme Court of
the United States has sustained the
principle which underlies the income
tax. Some 20 years ago this same
court sustained, without a dissenting
Voice, an income tax law almost iden
tical with the one recently overthrown;
has not a future court as much right to
return to ths judicial precedents of a
century as the present court had to de
part from them? When courts allow
re-hearings they admit that error is
possible. The late decision against
the income tax was rendered by a ma
jority of one after a re-hearing.
"While the money question over
shadows all other questions in import
ance, I desire it distinctly understood
that I shall offer no apology for the in
come tax plank in the Chicago plat
form. .
"The income tax is not new, nor is
it based upon hostility to the rich.
The system is employed in several cf
the most important nations in Europe,
and every income tax law now upon
the statute books in any land, so far aa
I have been able to ascertain, contains
an exemption clause. While the col
lection of an income tax in ether
countries does not make it necessary
for this nation to adopt the system, yet
itonght to moderate the language of
those who denounce the income tax as
an assault upon the well-to-do.
"Not only shall I refuse to apologize
for the advocacy of the income tax
law by the national convention, but I
shall also - refuse to apologize for the
convention, but I shall also refuse to
apologize for the exercise by it of "the
right to dissent from a decision of the
Supreme court.
i
TUX PABAMOTTKT ISSUE FTJfAHCl.
"Now let me ask you to consider
the paramount T question of this cam
paignthe money question.' It is
scarcely necessary to defend the prin
ciple of bimetallism, no national party
during the entire history of the Uni
ted States has ever declared against it,
and no party in this campaign has had
the temerity to oppose it. Three par
ties the Democratic, Populist and
Silrer parties have not only declarod
for bimetallism, but have outlined
the specific legislation necessary to re
store silver to its ancient position by
the side of gold. The Bepublican
platform expressly declares that bi
metallism is desirable when it pledges
the Bepublican party to aid in secur
ing it as soon-as the assistance of cer
tain foreign nations can be obtained.
Those who represented the minority
sentiment in the Chicago , convention
opposed the free coinage of silver by
tho United States in independent ac
tion on the ground, in their judgment,
that it "would retard o entirely .pre
vent the establishment of international
bimetallism, to which the efforts of the
government should be steadily di
rected." . .
"When they asserted that effort
lhoulil be steadily 'directed toward the
establishment of international bi-met-allism,
they condemned mono-metal-lism.
The gold standard has beeu
weighed in the balance and found
wanting. Take from it the powerful
support of the money-owning and the
money-changing class and it cannot
stand fo one day in any nation in the
world. It was fastened .upon the
United States without discussion be
fore the people, and its friends have
never yet been willing to risk a ver
dict before the voters upon-the issue.
"There can be no sympathy or no
co-operation between the advocates of
a universal gold standard and the ad
vocates of bi-metallism. Between bi
metallism whether independent or
international and the 'gold standard
there is an impassable gulf. Is this
quadrennial agitation for bi-metallism
oonducted in good faith, or do our op
ponents really desire to maintain the
gold standard permanently? Are
they willing to confess the superiority
Of a double standard when joined in
by the leading nations of the world, or
do they still insist that gold is the only
metal suitable for standard money
among civilized nationt? If they are
in fact desirous of securing bi-metal-'
lism we may expect them to point out
the evils of a gold standard and defend)
bi-metallism as a system. If on the
other hand they are bending their
energies toward the permanent estab
lishment of a gold standard . under
cover of a declaration in favor of in
ternational bi-metallism . Iam justi
fied in sugesting that honest money
cannot be expected af the hands of
those who deal dishonestly with the
American people. What is the test of
honesty in money? It must plainly be
found in the purchasing power of the
dollar. An absolutely honest dollar
would not vary in its goneral purchas
ing power, It would be absolutely
stable when measured by average
prices. A dollar which increases in
purchasing power is just as 'dishonest
as a dollar which decreases in purchas
ing power.
"It cannot be successfully claimed
that mono-metal lism or bi-metallism,
or any other system gives an absolute
ly just standard of alue. Under both
mono-metalli8m and bi-metallism the
government fixes the weight and fine
ness of the dollar, invests it with legal
tender'qualities, and then opens the
mints to its urrestricted coinage, leav
ing the purchasing power of a dollar
to be determined by the number of
dollars. Bi-metalism is better than
monometallism, not because it gives us
a perfect dollar that is, a dollar abso
lutely unvarying in, its general pur
chasing power but because it makes
a nearer approach to stability, to hon
esty, to justice, than the gold standard
possibly can. Prior to 1873, when
there were enough open mints to per
mit'all the gold and silver available for
coinage to find entrance into the
world's volume of standard money, the
United States might have maintained a
gold standard with less injury to the
people of this country, but now, when
each step toward a universal gold stan
dard enhances the purchasing pow
er of gold depresses priced and transfers
to the pockets of the creditor class an
unearned, increment the influence of
this great nation must not be thrown
upon the side of gold unless we are
prepared to accept the natural and le
gitimate consequences of sucli an act.
Any .legislation wuich lessees the
world's stock of standard money
increases the exchangeable value of
the dollar; therefore the crusade
against silver must inevitably raise the
purchasing power of money and lower
the money value of all other form of
property. . .
' "Our opponents sometimes admit
that it was a mistake to demonetize
silver, but msist that we should sub
mit to represent conditions rather than
return to the bi-metailio system. They
err in supposing that we have reached
the end of the evil results of the gold
standard; we have not reached the end.
The injury is a continuous one and no
one can say how long the world is to
snfler from the attempt to make gold
the only standard money. The same
influences whioh are how operating to
destroy silver in the United States will,
if successful here be turced against
other silver-using countries, and each
new convert to the gold standard will
add to the general distress. So long
as the scramble for gold continues,
prices must fall, and a general fall of
prices is but another definition of
hard times.
'Onr opponents, while claiming en
tire disinterestedness for themselves,
have appealed to the selfishness of
nearly every other class of society. Rec
ognizing the disposition of the indi-
vidual voters to consider the effect
of any proposed legislation upon him
self! we present to the American peo
ple the financial policy outlined in the
Chicago platform, believing that it
will result in tho greatest good to
the greatest number.
tBM kxasoh or ths itabxesa,
The farmers are opposed to the gold stan
dard because they havu fJt its effects. Hiace
they sell at wholesale arid bay at retail, they
have lost more than lliey have gained by fall
ing prices, and beside thi; they have -found-that
certain fixed charges bare not fallen at
all. Tax s have been perceptibly decreased
although its requires more farm products
now than formerly to secure the money with
which to pay taxes. Debts hare not fallen.
The farmer who owed $1,000 Li stM compell
ed to pay $ 1,000 although it may bo twice as
difficult as f rmerly to obtain the dollars
with which to pay the debt. Railroad rates
have not been reduced to kef p pace with
falling prices, and besides these items there
are many more. The farmer has thus found
Itmoreand more difficult to live. Has he
not a just complaint against the gold stan
dard? ;!..--
"The wage earners have been Injured by
the gold standard, and have expressed them
pelves upon the subject with great emphasis.
In February, 1895, a petition asking for the
free aifd unlimited coinage ot : gold and
silver at the ratio v of 16 to 1 was
signed by tne representatives of au,
or nearly all, of, the leading la
bor organizations and presented to
Congress. Wage earners know that while
the gold standard raises the purchasing
Sower of the dollar It also ' makes it more
if3cu.lt to obtain possession of the dollar;
they know that employment is less perma
nent; loss of work n ore probable, and re
employment less certain. A gold standard
encourages the hoarding of money, because
money is rising; aud it alao dis
courages enterpise and paralyzes industry.
On the other hand the restoration of bi-metallism
will discourage boarding, because
when prices are steady or rising money can
not afford to be idle in bank vaults. The
farmers and wage earners together consti
tute a considerable majority ot the people of
the country. Why should their interests
be ignored In cot sideTing financial legisla
tion? A monetary system . which is Tpecuni
arily advantageous to a few syndicates bas
far less to commend it than a system which .
would give hope and encouragement to those .
who create the nation's wealth.
Our opponents have made a special ap
peal to those who hold fire and life insur
ance policies, bat these policv-holders know
that, since the total premiums received ex
ceed the total losses paid, a rising standard
must be of more benefit to the companies
than to the policy holders. ; -
"Much solicitude has been expressed by
our opponents for the depositors in savings
banks. They constantly parade before these
depositors the advantages of a gold standard,
but these appeals will be in vain, because sav
ings bank depositors know that under a gold
standard there is increasing danger that they
will lose their deposits because ot the inabil
ity ot the banks to collect their assets; and
they further know that if the gold standard
is to continue indefinitely, that they may be
compelled to withdraw their deposits in or
der to pay living expenses.
'It is only necessary to note the Increasing
number of failures in order to know .that a
gold standard is ruinous to the merchants
and manufacturers. These business men do
not make their profit from ;the people from
whom they borrow miney, Jbut from the peo
ple to whom they sell tneir goods If the peo
ple cannot buy, retailers -cannot sell and if
retailers cannot sell wholesale merchants and
manufacturers must go into bankruptcy.
"Those who hold as a permanent invest
ment the stock of railroads and other enter-
E rises I do not include those who speculate
i stocks or those who use stock holdings as
a means of obtaining an inside advantage in
construction contracts are injured by a gold
standard. The rising dollar destroys the
earning powej of these1 enterprises without
reducing their Labilities, and, as dividends
cannot be paid until salaries and fixed char
ges have been satisfied, the stockholders must
bear the burden of bard times.
'Salaries in business occupations depend
upon business conditions, and the gold stan
dard, both lessens the amount and threatens
the permanency of such salaries. .
"Official salaries, except the salaries of
those who hold office for life, must in . the
long run be adjusted to the conditions of
those who pay the taxes, and If the" present
financial policy continues we must expect the
oontest between the tax-payer and the tax
eater to continue in bitterness.
"The professional classes In the main
derive their support from the i producing
classes, and can only enjoy prosperity when
there is prosperity among those who produce
wealth. I -
."I have not attempted to describe the
effect of the gold standard upon all classes
in fact I have only had time to mention a
few but each person will be able to apply
the' principles stated to his own occupation.
AIt must also be remembered that i is the
desire of people generally to convert their
earnings into real or personal property.
This being due, in considering any tempo
rary advantage which may come from a sys
tem under which th0 dollar rises in pur
chasing power. It must not be forgotten that
the dollar cannot buy more than formerly
unless propeity sells for less than formerly.
Hence it will be seen that a large portion of
those who may find some pecuniary advan
tage in a gold standard, will discover that
their losses exceed their gains, i
"It is sometimes asserted by i our oppo
nents that a bank belongs to the debtor class,
but this is not true of . any solvent bank.
Every statement publishevt by a solvent bank
shows that the assets exceed the liabilities.
That is to say that while the bank loans a
large amount of the money to its depositors,
it not only has enough on hand in money
and notes to pay its depositors, bnt in ad
dition thereto, has enough to cover its capital
and surplus. When the dollar is rising in
value Blowly abank may, by making short
time loans and taking good security, avoid
loss: but when prices are falling rapidly the
bank is apt to lose more because of bad debts
than it can gain by the increase in the pur
chase power at Its capital' and surplus. It
must be admitted, however that some bank
ers combine the business of a bond-broker
with the ordinary banking business and these
may make enough in the negotiation of loans
to offset the losses arising In legit
imate banking business. As long as
human nature remains as it is, there will al
ways be danger that, unless restrained by
public opinion dt legal enactment, those who
aee a pecuniary profit for -themselves in a
certain condition may yield to the temptation
to bring about that condition. Jefferson has
stated that one of the main duties of the gov
ernment is to. prevent men from Injuring one
another, and never was that duty more im
portant than it is to-day. It is not strange
that those who have made a profit by fur
nishing gold to the government in the hour
of Its extremity, favor a financial policy
which will keep the government dependent
upon them. I believe, however, that I speak
the sentiment of the vast majority of the peo
ple of the United 8tatee when I say that a
wise financial policy, administered In behalf
of all the people, would make our govern
ment Independent' of any combination of
financiers, foreign or domestic, i "
Mr. Bryan quoted Senator 8herman, who
warned against the danger ot a contracted
currency In 1869, and also from Mr. Bland,
who la 1878, said: "I believe the struggle
now. going on in this country ; and
other countries for a single gold
standard, would, If successful, produce
widespread disaster In and throughout the
commercial world. 1 " .
Mr. Brym continued: "It Is asserted, as
It Is constantly asserted, that the gold stan
AmrA win Anahleus to borrow money from
thmui. T renlv that the restoration of bi-
metalism will restore the parity between
money and property, and tho permit an
era of prosperity, which. will enable the
American people to become loaners of money
Instead of perpetual borrowers. Even if we
desire to borrow bow long can we costJaus,
lng the value of property, weakens the foun- X
dauon upon wnien credit rests? -. i
Mr. Bryan said bis ptxty was not asking
for anything new, but merely Insisting on a
return to the policy of the government from
the first President down to 187S.
, "If there are two kinds of money the op
tion must either rest with the debtor or with
the creditor. It the creditor has the right to
chose the metal In which payment shall be
made, it is resonable to suppose that he will
require the debt or to pay in the dearest metal,
f there is any perceptible - difference be
tween the bullion values of the metals. ! This
new demand created for the dearer metal
will make that metal dearer still while the
decreased demand for the cheaper metal will
make that metal cheaper still. If, on the
other hand, the debtor exercises the, option,
it is reasonable to suppose that he will pay
In the cheaper metal if one may be percepti
bly cheaper than the other, but demand thus
Created for the cheaper metal will raise its
S rice, while the lessened demand for the
earer metal will lower its price,1 The op
tion ought, therefore; to lie with the debtor.
Then followed the argument that the gov
ernment shold pay its obligations not in coin
of the creditor's choosing, bat its own.
. ."We contend that free and unlimited coin
age by the United States alone will raise the
bullion value of silver to its coinage value,
and thus make silver bullion worth f L29 per
ounce in gold throughout the world.
We also apply the law of supply and demand
to silver when- we say that a new demand for
silver, created by law, will raise the price of
silver bullion." j .
He had no fears ot all the world's sliver be
ing dumped into the United States mints.
We cannot even expeot any of the annual
product of silver, because India. China, Ja
pan, Mexico and all other silver-using coun
tries must satisfy their annual need from
the annual product. The arts will require a
great deal . There is but one way to stop the
increasing flow of gold from our shores, and
that is to stop falling prices. The restoration
of bl-metaUlsm will not only stop falling
prices but will to some extent restore
prices by reducing the world's demand for
gold.
: After answering every conceivable argu
ment against free silver, Mr. Bryan appealed
to New Yorkers to come under his standard,
and closed with a peroration in which he,re
ferring to the heroic statue in the harbor
nearby, begged that Jblberty might ever
allowed to ec lighten tne worm.
POPULIST CONVENTION.
Guthrle Nominated for Governor O.
H. Dockeryfor Lieutenant. I
f . i '
The State Populist Convention was
called to order in Raleigh Thursday
by Chairman Butler. ' All counties
were represented' and there was but
one contest. Tj. C. Caldwell of States
ville was made temporary chairman,
after the appointment of the commit
tees the convention at 1 o'clock took a
recess until 2:30. After recess Con
gressman Harry Skinner war. select I
as permanent chairman and the plat
form was adopted. - It reaffiirma
the national platform, . and . as
to State matters, endorses ( the
present county government and
election laws, call on the ' leg
islature to exercise the power reserved
by the State to make. all United States
coins legal tenders and pass an appi o-,
priate law; such coins to include trade :
dollars; forbidding gold notes being
taken; pledging the continuance of 6
per cent, interest; pledging further aid
to publio schools and more competent
supervision of them; declares for an
unpartisan judiciary;- favors reforma
tion for criminals; condemns Demo
cratic administration for failure to ex
ecute the antitrust laws; favors low
and equitable freight rates and aid to
the trucking industry; condemns the
secret methods of the leaee of the
North Carolina railway to the South
ern railway by the Democratic party;
calls for legislation forbidding charters
to lines of railway competing. with the
present main lines, aud calls for a re
duction of the salaries of State officers.
; W. A. Guthrie, of Durham, . was
nominated for governor on the first
ballot, getting 797 votes and Cyrus
Thompson 322. An intensely drama
tic scene followed when Senator But
ler arose and placed in nomination
Oliver H. pockery for lieutenant
governor, who was defeated byD." Jj.
Russell as the Republican nominee for
governor. Congressman Skinner de
clared he would not submit to Dockery,
and that he opposed nominating any
Republican or Democrat, now that the
'middle of the road" policy had. been
agreed on aud that Butler's plan was
to divide the Republican vote and put
in the Democratic electors.
f Dockery was nominated and the
ticket was completed as follows: Secre
tary of State Cyrus Thompson.
Treasurer W. H. Worth. Auditor
Hal. W. Ay ere. Superintendent publio
Instruction C. H. Mebane. Attorney
General Z. V. Walser. Judge Mont
gomery was re-nominated for Associ
ate Justice of the Supreme Court.
MIL.li: A. MINUTE.
With Three Seconds Over Blade by a
- Cyclist.- : J .
' Reports from St. Louis, Mo., -says that af
ter three preliminary trials. Cyclist E.
Anderson, wheeled a mile in one minute and
three seconds over a plank path. He was
paced by a locomotive pulung a coach and
rode a wheel geared to 92. Anderson could
have bettered his time a few seconds but be
mistook the signals and slowed up! a little.,
too soon. The trial took place near Olden
burg, 111., on the "Bluff Line." For a dis
tance of two miles the road bad been plank
ed between the tracks perfectly smooth. One
mile was marked off in the center i of thte
stretch with flags and torpedoes, the litter
for the timers and to indicate to Anderson
when to go ahead fast and when to slow n p.
Anderson announces that he will make an
other attempt on August 23 on a wheel gear
ed to 120. j
NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Present Hot Spell as Di.astrous as
' k . Plague. . '
The report of fatalities resulting from the
heat in various sections of the country indi
cate that the present hot spell will be-as dis
astrous in its effects as a national calamity or
plague. The death roll up to Monday ex
ceeds 125 in the principal cities. In greater
New York the number of deaths from heat
reached fifty. In Baltimore the deaths were
nineteen and In Philadelphia eighteen. East-'
ern cities appear to have suffered a ost se
verely, although the death list in the West
continues to be high. Following is the re
port of fatalities: - -
New York and vicinity 60; Philadelphia 18;
Washington 6; Baltimore 19;Bayonne, N, J.,
2; Newark, N. J., 3; Albany, N. Y., 8; Jersey
CitTl; Pittsburg 1; Chisago 6; Bochester 1
Louisville 1; Memphis 1; Cleveland 2; Ciacla
nati5;8aa AntosloJ,
SABBATH SCHOOIi
INTERNATIONAL LKSSQN
" - -. ' AUGUST 23.
FOll
Xiesson -Text Absalom's
ion, : II Samuel xv..
RetuiH--12-
- Golden Text : Kxodai
13- Commentary.
a t. "And It earns to pass after this tha
Absalom prepared him chariots and horsei
and fifty men to run before him." Absaloa.
was the third son ot David, born In Hebron,
and his : mother was Maacah, daughter ot
the king of Geshur (II 8am. iit.. 2, 3).
Absalom signifies "father of peace," but his
life would rather suggest one who was of
his father the 4evil (Johu viil., 44). Because
of the murder of his brother Aninon, David's
firstborn, he fled to the king of Geshur an I
was there three years, but through the
pleading of the wise woman of -Tekoa, em
ployed by Joab, he came back to Jerusalem
and dwelt two years without reconciliation
to his father, after whioh, through Joab's
intercession, the king became reconciled to
him, saw him and kissed him (chapter xiv.,
, 2. "And Absalom rose up early and stood
beside the - way of the gate." The expres
sion "rose up early" signifies great earnest
ness and is used many, timet in Jeremiah
concerning God's unwearied earnestness in
urging His people to repent and turn to
Him. In Is. ., 11, it is used, as here, con
cerning the earnestness of the wicked, for
here we see Absalom in the place of publio
gatherings,- kindly greeting tne people who
came to the king to have their wrongs right
ed; and seeking to turn their hearts from
his father to himself. The self-seeking of
the natural heart is often seen in those who
seek to advance themselves, no matter wno
is overthrown, but when this is seen in a son
against his own father then the devil is
surely, doing special work,
i 8, 4 "Absalom said, moreover, Oh, that I
were made judge in the land." He speaks
of the Justice that he would show it he were
made judge in the land, but ; It should not
require much penetration to see that a man
who would treat his own father as unjustly
as he was now doing would not bejikety to
do justly by any one unless it might happen
to serve his own ends. I heard only this
week of a Senator who said that no poli
tician would take hold of a' matter without,
considering how it might affect his own po
litical prospeots. It Is the world's way to
live unto oneself; it is only by the Spirit ot
God that we dan deny self and live unto God.
. 5, 6 "So Absalom stoia the hearts of the
men of IsraeL" There was not a finer look
ing man in all Israel (chapter xiv., 25). but
perhaps not one with a blacker heart. "Fa
vor is deceitful and beauty is vain," but "a
meek and quiet spirit is in t&e sight -of God
Ot great price." and it is the heart, not the
outward appearance, that God looks upon''
(Prov. xxxi., 80; I Pet. lit, 4; I Sam. xvi.,
7). When the king kissed Absalom (xiv..
83), it was the loving kiss of a heartbroken
father welcoming his erring son, but these ,
kisses ot Absalom were more like the kiss of
Judas -when he betrayed, his Master, for
every one was a stab at his father's heart.
There are those, even in this day, both in
the church and out, of it, who "by good
words and fair speeches deceive the heart
af the simple." ,,vr-V v.: w.:: ;-v:-i ... ;
7. "Let me go and pay my vow. which 1
have vowed unto the- Lord in f Hebron.!'.
The margin of the B. V. says probably after
four years, not forty years. But what a Haf"
he was and how desperately wicked; there
no was lulu uow ucBpeiitieiy wtoKea; caere.i
was murder in his heart, and -that -against
Tils own father, yet he seeks to hide it under;
a pretense of paying a vow unto tne liOrd,
while all his vows -must have been to the
devil rather than to the Lord, Hebron wan
pis birthplace, but. it was also the place
5 'here the bodies of Abraham, Isaac and
acob lay buried, aad that his wicked heart
eould speak f Hebron, which signifies fel
lowship" and carries us back to faithful
Caleb, who followed the Lord fully, shows
how hardened in sln.he had become.
8. "If the Lord shall bring me again in
deed to Jerusalem, then -I; will serve the
Lord.' This, he said, was the vow which he
had made to the Lord while in fits banish
ment at Geshur. If David believed his son,
as he seems to have done, how comforted he
must have been by this evidence ot his son's
repentance. How little he thodgh that with
jruoh words from his son's lips the father of
lies was in his heart. v
; '9. "And the king said unto him, Go in
peace." Believing him to be sincere be
gives him a father's blessing, but there was
no-peace In that foul heart covered by so
fair ah exterior, for "There la no peace, saith
the Lord -to ihe wicked" (Is. IvU., 21).
Peace was within his reach, as it is within
the reach of every one who has ever heard of.
the Prince of Peace, but it can only become
the possession . of those who are truly
penitent and and sincerely submit to Him as
their Saviour and Lord. "Ihe work of
righteousness shall be peace; and the effect
of righteousness quietness and assurance
forever" (Isa. xxxtL, 17). "So he arose and
went to Hebron."
10. "Absalom reigneth in Hebron." With
profession of devotion to God on his lips and
his father's blessing sounding in his ears he
goes forth to carry out his devilish designs
against his father. The proclamation which
he caused to be sounded forth , was equal to
his saying, "I - hereby . rebel against my
father and drive him from his throne."
David so understood it, for he said unto all his
servants, "Arise and let us flee, for we shall
not else escape from Absalom," and the
servants said, "Behold thy. servants are
ready -to do whatsoever my lord the king
shall appoint" (verses 14. 15 Contrast the
conduct Of the king's son with that of his
servants and of Irtal the Gittlte in verses
ttto 8L - - -
1L "They went In their simplicity, and
they knew not anything." This Is written
of the 200 men but of Jerusalem who went
with Absalom If we would follow Jesus in
this spirit, simply trusting, not knowing nor
desiring anything but His will, what blessed
people we would be and what glory He would
get through us, but to follow a leader 'like
Absalom thus blindly is the way to ruin.
There are many nowadays who rebel against
the word of God and yet have many follow
ers who know nothing of God, but what they
hear from others. They are too simple.
li. "The people increase! continually
with Absalom." How thoughtlessly the
crowd will follow at popular leader. How
multitudes thru away from the God of Truth
and His dear Sonxo listen to an IngersolL
In all directions and on all sides an Increas
ing multitude is following the one whom
Absalom followed and who would love to de
stroy Jesus Christ , the King of kings, and
His followers.' But the Lamb . shall over
come and they who are with Him are called
ehoeen and faithful. David returned in
due time, and so will the Lord Jesus. Let
us be patient and faithfuL Lesson Helper.
1 rtACC WAR RACING.
Negro Railroad Laborers Attacked by
Enraged Arkansas.
The race warm Polk county, Arkansas,
has broken out in earnest, and as a result
of the first battle, three negroes are dead,
eight wounded and many have been run out
of the county by the whites. Several negroes
have been forced to leave the county.
The treble Is between white and black la
borers employed on the grading Verks of
theXaasis City, Pittsburg and Gulf railway,
HonrriaL Ark. The white laborers are de
rmf nf that the nenoes shall not work on
the road, and are being Daexea up vj
the
citizens of the county, who
themselTss tot the purpose of
have armed
running the
negroes out. '-
A lot ef whites, composed of Italians,
Swedes and- Hungarian laborers, together
with a number ef natives, ; has made a raid
on the camp occupied by the negro, .laborer
And three of the latter were kUled outright,
several others wounded and a center have ,
C3fc:totl:lztrricr. i
LATKST NKWSl .-"
- 'nil i -- - i '
There were 153 deaths in New York
in one day' from heat -
Two men who had served terms in
J California, were re -arrested in Mexico
J while they were engaged in digging up
a bar which is worth $12,000.
The United States Treasury gold re
serve at the close of business Friday,
stood at $106,063,916. ... The days
withdrawals were $202,000
The St. James Gazette publishes a
special dispatch saying, it is reported
that the Arctic explorer, Nansen, has
arrived at Yardo, an island of Norway,
in the Arctic ocean off Finmark on
board the steamer Windward. -.
Acting Comptroller Coffin has been
informed that Josiah E. Kelley, assis
tant cashier of the First National bank
of South Bend, Ind., had committed
suicide because his defalcation of $24,
000 had been discovered. The Na
tional bank examiner reports that the
shortage was made good from7 the
surplus and that the .business of the
bank will in no way be affected.
A passenger traiu on the bake Shore
railway was wrecked near Otis, Ind.,
by the washing away of a culvert. The
engineer, J ames Griffin, and the fire
man Michael Roach, we. e killed, but
the. passengers almost miraculously es
caped fatal injuries. The train consist
ed of thre? passenger coaches and two
mail cars. An hour and ten minutes
before, a freight train had safely pass
ed over the point where the accident
occurred. The theory of the railroad
officials is that a cloudburst washed
away the culvert.
CONDITION OF CHOPS.
iTie Drought Works Injury. Indica
tions Point to a Higher Price i
' for Cotton.
The weekly erop bulletin as issued by the
weather bureau at Wash Ington, contains the
tollowlngt
Virginia Continued hot, dry weathsr has
done some damage to late corn and tobacco;
fall plowing delayed pasturage holding ont
threshing about finished; bay mostly secured ;
fodder pulling becoming general'; soaking
rains would be of great benefit in all sec
tions. !' - - J. ? I
U North Carolina Intense heat and drought
using continuous' decline in condition of all
crops; cotton shedding, plants wilting, and
farming very little top crop; first new bale
this week, earliest ever known; late corn wilt:
be a failure without rain soon; stripping fod
der now in progress; tobacco cures light and
uun; peas, potatoes and peanuts sou good.
jsoutn uaroiinav-orops materially
inlnred
by excessive heat; rain over limited areas
only, generally dry; early corn safe, late dry
ing up. cotton turning yellow, shedding half
grown bolls and squares, and opening pre
maturely, picking active; rice excellent, be
ghinhigto ripen; tobacco curing nicely but
.wni; uuuvi uuuvi uiuin iu uir vuuuiuvu
-' Tennessee Drought t with : intense ' heat
causes serious failing in crops, especially In
t western poruon, wnere u assumes disastrous
features; cotton shedding fruit, opening ab
normally, and drying up; worms and "firing"
Injuring tobacco, necessitating early cutting;
early corn fine, late greatly shortened; much
more seed clover saved; plowing practically
suspended. it .; -j :.. r., fsxit . ! .
Georgia Abnormally high temperature,
lack of rain and excess of sunshine have in
jured all growing crops; cotton dropping
and turning yellow; .picking in progress;
late corn, except on low lands, needs rain;
jposiunai sou garaens laiung rapiaiy.
HOKE SMITH RESIGN KD.
His Resignation is In the Hands of the
"President. '
The Washington Post confirms the report
that Hoke Smith has resigned from the Cab-,
met, In an article from which the following
Is an extract Secretary Hoke Smith's resig
nation as a member of the Cabinet and the
head of the Interior Department is said to be
In the hands of the President. " 4
"The authority for this statement is a close
personal friend of Secretary Smith. As the:
story goes,. Secretary Smith forwarded hlsl
resignation tor the President at Gray Gables'
on the same day that he authorized the pub
lication In his paper, The Atlanta' Journal, of
the eaitonai declaring inai paper wotuu uw
port Bryan and Sewall, although deprecat-1
lng the platform upoi Which they were nom
inated. ; "j".,- !'. .... -'-.-r ; ';. ' ,''.."'-
' 'In his letter to the President It :1s sal A
that Secretary Smith announced the pomon
that he was going to assume, pointed out
that he had. during the campaign in Geor
gia, given a solemn pledge that he would
abide by the action of the Chicago coaven-
flsn an A thn want nn Inmv that fce felt that
he eould not In justice to the Prer Went, long
er remain in his cabinet " . .,.
American Dental Association, :
The American Dental Association conclud
ed its convention at Saratoga N. Y., Thurs
day. These officer were elected: President,,
James Truman, Philadelphia jyioe-Presidenta,
Thos. Fillebrown, Boston; Wm. B. Clifton,
Waco, Texas; BecordJng Secretary, Geo. II,
Gushing, Chicago; Corresponding Secretary.
Emma jsames chase. St.. L-ouia, Treasurer,
Henry W. Morgan. Nashville, Tenn.
Old
Point Comfort, Va., was chosen as the place
ear the aaxt nfeetinir.
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