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nnronn DAILY EDITION. 00 Per Annum, In Advance. WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 per Annum, In Advance. .00 for 6 Monthi, In Advancs. .50 for 3 Monthi, In Advancs. OLD SERIES VOL LXXIIN0. 4,067 FAYETT EV I LLE N . CM THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1908. NEW SERIES-VOL'. XXIVM0. 3,308.' FAY n 1 XV i i Mi I I Tl in-i.il TV V Ml TV 11 v h ii a w a II j x yii jk j ujjjj-Ui u j u Wt Prompt treatment of a Blight attack of Diarrhoea will often prevent a se rious sickness, i The best known Rem edy 1b Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam. Your apothecary, King Drug Co.. and O. W. Stanclll, Hope Mills, warrants It to . give satisfaction. . .Warranted to give atlsf action by King Drug Co, and 0. W, Stanclll, Hope Mills. -. DELICIOUS BANANA CREAM. - This recipe Is highly -recommend-' ed by one of our correspondents; try It for dessert to-morrow. Peer five large bananas, rub smooth , with five teaspoonfuls of sugar. Add : one teacup sweet cream beaten to a ' stiff froth, then add one 10c. package of Lemon JELL-0 dlsolved in 1 tea . cups boiling water. Pour Into mold - and when cold garnish with candled cherles. Serve with whipped cream, ' or' any good pudding sauce. . JELL-0 la sold by all Grocers at 10c. per pack- ... age. -, ' THE EVERITT HOTEL On Bow Street, opposite the New Mar ket House., Comfortable rooms and - flood table fare.' j Give me a trial.: ' , DEVOTION EVERITT, Manager. "Health Coffee" Is really the closest Coffee Imitation ever yet .produced. This clever Coffee Substitute was re- . cently produced by Dr. Shoop of Ra- cine, Wis. Not a grain of real Coffee n. it either. Dr. Shoop's Health Cof- " fee Is made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would ' fool an expert who might drink it for -Coffee. - No 20 or 30 minutes te dious boiling. "Made in a minute" says the doctor. Sold by L. C. Woot- ' en. -' .-" PREPARED INSTANTLY. Simply add boll Ins mUr, cool ind serve. 10c per package t allgTOcere. 7 flavors. Refuse ill lubwitutw PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Q.K.NIMOCKS, A It oroey and Counsellor-at-Law. Kooms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. I. J. DUNN'8 8PEECH AT DENVER. PAYrmviLLi, 'Phone 229 H. McD. Robinson. John (J. haw. (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Law, Offices on second floor National Bank of Fayetteville. H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, (Notary Public). Offioe 125 Donaldson Htreet. rayemvine, a. j. V. C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor . at Law, Notary Public, Surveyor, Office K. of P, Building, - -- FAVKTTKVILLE, N. C. DR. WM. S. JORDAN, Physician and Surgeon. (ffice in Palace Pharmacy. Honrs: 9 to 12 and 8 to b. Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist, o r th-east Comer Market 8q oare, Fayetteville, N. 0. Dr. A. S. CROM ARTIE, DENTIST, Over Shuford, Rogers 4 Company. 'Phone 838. J. M. LILLY, M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the ye, ear, note- and throat . Office In Highamlth Building. IIS Green street Honrs t to 1 and I to !. "Phone No. 121 - - - " Q. B. Patterson, D. D. 8. J. H. Judd. D. D. S. Drs. Patterson & Judd, : Offloes J19 Hay Street, over Dunn & Co.'s Store, 'Phone 56. E.J.S.SCOFIELD.M.D., .Offers his professional service to the citizens of. Fayetteville and surround ing country.- Office wfth Dr. J. H. iarsh, 219 Hay Street, 'Phone 77; .lesldence, St. Luke's Hospital, 'Phone 124. rrv .:::-''-"' ' ' ' MacKETHAN IS .-'TRUST CD. v.w Market Square, . "7. : fayittitilu.n.o. ' '. Beat ! bought and sold. Loaaa negotiated tod guaranteed. Rents nd Interest oollei led. uv.minnd ..nnvAYasoes made. I qaaraoe premiums taken and loaned here K. R. HmKjrk.. Att'T. Rear Estate: ; tiy:"";':' 1000 Monroe Place, Ardlussa; $1800 Culbreth Place, 160 acres, with Im provements, near, Hope Mills; 8600 New . 4 room", cottage, Canal street; $600 fine 4 room cottage, corner Mechanic & McKay streets; $300 fine lot, Arsenal Avenue", high est point; $50 to $150 several re-malnlng-lots Fairgroun4JParlr4-$50 to $76 Choice lots Normal Annex; $ Tllghman lot, comer Qreen & Rowan streets, best "vacant lot In city.' : For Rent: 2 Currle Stores in Brick Row. In placing Mr, Bryan in nomination, Mr. Dunn said: . ' - . Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: -' Crises arise In the life of nations which endanger their institutions and, at times, Imperil ,the advance of civi lization. '. '.'. '" r.'. Every people that has left its im press upon history has faced such crises. s In most instances where grave dan gers have threatened the safety of the State, some great character, some master mind, has been found, produc ed as it were by the conditions them selves,' with capacity to direct aright the energies of the people. This was true of the ancient world; It has bean true of the modern world; It Is true of this republic. We have such a crisis to meet to day. The favor-seeking corporations have ' gradually strengthened their hold upon the Government until they new menace popular institutions: The question Is whether this Govern ment shall be restored to the control of the people and be administered in the Interest of all, or wheth r It shall remain an Instrument in Ilia bands of the few for levying tribute upon all the rest. In his special message to Congress last Winter, President Roosevelt de clared, substantially, that certain wealthy men who have become enor mously rich by oppressing the wage earner, defrauding the public and prac tising all forms of iniquity, have band ed together, and by the unlimited use of money endeavor to secure freedom from restraint and to overthrow' and discredit all who honestly administer the law. That thet methods by which these men have acquired their great for tunes can only be Justified by a sys tem of morality that would permit every form of criminality, every form of violence, corruption and fraud. For many years, and especially dur ing the last twelve years, these very men have been in control of the Re publican party; they have financed every campaign of that party for a quarter of a century. These exploiters of the people, whom the President has so scathing ly denounced, have given their enthu siastic support to the Republican can didates and policies. They laid their hands upon the trust funds of Insur ance companies and other corpora tions and turned the plunder over to the Republican committee. The money thus filched from the innocent and helpless, to purchase Republican vic tory, has not been repaid. ' And where do we find these men to day? Where are the "swollen for tunes" of which we have heard so much? Just where we would expect to find them supporting the Republi can ticket and furnishing the sinews of war for the Republican committee as usual. The platform adopted by the late convention shows what the Republican party in truth represents. Although controlled by the friends of Roose velt and Taft, in framing the platform every genuine reform which Roose velt has advocated was scorned and trampled beneath the iron heel of the predatory masters of the Republican party. , The mask of hypocrisy and decep tion has been torn from the face of those who pretend to favor the poli cies of the President, and we now know why the "system" admires Taft, toler ates Roosevelt and hates the Senator from Wisconsin. When compelled to choose between an appeal to the man hood and conscience of the people In defense of Its platform and candidate, on the one hand, and the millions that the "special interests", may be de pended upon to contribute, on the other, the Republican party rejected the people and continued us alliance with Mammon. - If the charges made by the Presi dent are true and they are true we are, indeed, face to face with a situa tion as grave as any In our history. How shall it be met? The good sense, patriotism and united action of the people alone can remedy present evils. To wage a successiui ngm wo mum. have a leader. . The Republican party, dominated by the seekers of special privileges, cannot furnish him. Re publicans who really desire reform are powerless; the efforts of the Presi dent have been Tutlle. The Democratic party must furnish the leader which present conditions demand, and he must be a man known m he free from the influences that control the Republican party. - He must be a man of superior intellect, sound judgment, positive convictions and moral courage one who will meet the forces of plutocracy with the nak ed sword of truth one who knows no surrender. He must have a genius for statecraft; he must be a man of wide experience in public affairs; he must have ability, to formulate policies and courage to defend tnem. The Democratic party has many dis tinguished men who might be chosen as our standard bearer; but it has one. man who, above all otheYs, possesses the necessary qualifications and Is em inently, fitted for this leadership. He is a man whose nomination will leave no doubt as to where our party stands on every public question. His genius for statecraft Is shown by the constructive work ne nas none m pro posing reforms, and by the ability with which he has fortified his position. But we may go further. , A few months since, he visited the principal nations of the world. He came in contact with .. the leading minds of Christendom, and the world abroad recognised his greatness' and paid him that tribute Justly due to men of high attainments. - . In .the most distinguished peace con- When a Wall Street panic burst up on us a few montha ago, he promptly proposed as a remedy the guarantee of bank deposits, and so popular has this plan become that it is to-day a national issue and supported by the masses of. the people. He has long advocated legislation which will se cure publicity as to campaign contri butions. - ' -,-:. . .. ' Though these principles have met with uncompromising opposition from the special Interests, be has remained true to the cause of the people. With clear vision ' and with unfaltering trust, seeing and knowing the truth, he has never lost faith In its final vic tory ' . -W ' Through years of unparalleled poli tical warfare, his loyalty to his ideals and to his fellow men has been abund antly shown. His refusal to surrender his convictions, though subjected to abuse, denunciation and vindictive op position such as -few public men In all history nave been compelled to with stand, is ample proof of his superb courage. The voters have spoken, and we as sembled to give expression of their will. - Their voice for the third time call Nebraska's favorite son to be the standard bearer of his party In this. gigantic contest. Since time began no grander tri bute was ever paid to any man by a free people. He Is recognized to-day as the most representative citizen of the nation, the peer of any living man. Friends and foes have learned that he was shaped In that heroic mold in which the world's greatest patriots, statesmen and leaders have been cast. First nominated when ten years younger than any other Presidential candidate ever chosen by a promin ent Dartv: living in a State five hun dred miles farther west than than In which any President has ever lived, he has .grown In the affections of the Deonle as the years nave passed. Without an organization to urge his claims; without a campaign fund to circulate literature in his behalf; without patronage to bribe a Blngle voter: without' a predatory corpora- lion, to coerce Its employes into his BUDDort: without a subsidized news- oaner to influence the public mind, he has won a signal victory at the prima ries and has become the free choice of the militant Democracy of the na tion. . Formlne In one unbroken phalanx, extending from Massachusetts to Cali fornia, and from Michigan to the ever glades, the yeomandry of the party have volunteered their services to make him the party candidate; and they will not lay down their arms un til they have made him the nation's Chief Executive. Nebraska's Democracy which saw in him, when a young man, the signs of promise, places in nomination the standard bearer of our party the man who in the thrilling days of '96 and 1900 bore the battle-scarred ban ner of Democracy with fame as un sullied and fidelity as spotless as the crusaders of old. Nebraska presents his name because Nebraska claims his dwelling place, and proudly en rolls him among her citizens; but his home is in the hearts of the people. I obey the command of my State and the mandate of the Democracy of the nation, when I offer the name of Amer- Ica'sgreat Commoner, Nebraska's gift ed son, William Jennings Bryan. . ..- ... r'. iav m 5?T 8PEECH NOMINATING GRAY. JUDGE of 8PEECH OF HON. W. 8. HAMMOND NOMINATING GOVERNOR J0HN80N. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, FROM A LATE PHOTOGRAPH. GOV. GLENN'S 8PEECH AT DEN VER. Governor Glenn, in seconding the nomination of Mr. Bryan Spoke as fol lows Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: " North Carolina has no candidate for president on the Democratic national ticket, but I arise In the name of my State to most earnestly second the nomination of that profound and pro gressive statesman, brilliant and per suasive orator, patriotic and lawabld tne citizen, and true and humble Chris tian gentleman, William Jennings Brvan. of Nebraska. From 1861 to the present time, Mr, Chairman, the section from which I come has demanded no recognition, either on the Democratic or Republi can national ticket, but we have been content. In a quiet way, by industry and thrift, to build up our waste places and add to the material wealth and glory of our beloved nation. In evidence of this I need dui state tnese significant facts: In 1870 we were the poorest section of the union, the actual value of all our property being only $2,160,000,000, while ruin, want and death stared us in the face. Not so in 1908, for, Pheonix-llke, we have arisen from our ashes of poverty, put on the garb of plenty, and are to-day worth $19,000,000,000. Last year, every day the majestic sun ran its course from east to west the aouth added $7,300,000 to the wealth of our nation, while Great Brit ain, with all Is agencies, could only nroduce $7,000,000 per week. In 1907 we raised 12,000,000 bales of cotton and manufactured 2,756,000 bales, while 9,347,000 spindles made sweet music to the industrial ear. we iur- nish one-third of all the standing tim ber In the nation. 75 per cent, of all the tobacco, and 80 per cent, of all the cotton made In the world, all the rice made in this country, all sugar made from cane, and 99 ner cent, or all pea nuts.- During the last five years the value of the south's cotton crop has exceeded the - total output of the world's cold and silver by $395,000,000, and the rattle .of looms and hum of spindles would not be. heard to-day In our borders were it not tor tne cot ton of our southland. Not onlv as producers and manu facturers -of every kind of-nroduet narrow In his views, socclallstic In his principles, contracted In his ideas of statesmanship, and has twice been defeated for the presidency, and, there fore, cannot, as our leader, command the votes of the people and lead us to victory In November. Let us faith fully analyze these charges, and, if true, let us demand a new champion of our rights; but If false, let us rally still more determinedly under his standard, and compel a recognition of his policies. Mr. Bryan stands for the widest. broadest, most progressive and sound est principles of Jeffersonlan Demo cracy; so Democracy must be shallow, else Bryan is intensely profound. If tb be narrow is to stand for "a govern ment of the people, by the people, and for the people," giving "equal rights to all and special privileges to none, then Mr. Bryan is narrow, for he believes in protecting the poorest, humblest creature, whether the nat ural or artificial man, as well as the strongest and most powerful, allowing the mighty and proud the full enjoy ment of all their rights; but, like the Master, who will not suffer a spar row to fall to the ground unless He listeth, he will not permit God's poor to be needlessly trampled upon by the heel of greed and avarice. If it is socialism to believe In the revision of the tariff, so as to let the burdens of taxation fall less heavily on the necessities and more on the luxuries of life, placing on the free list articles entering into competition with articles by trusts, then Mr. Bry an Is a socialist, for he stands for a reduction that tends to restore the tariff to a revenue basis, with a just discrimination in favor of infant in dustries over articles produced by pro tected monopolies. If it It socialism to seek to destroy all trusts, to prevent the rich from crushing out all competition by the weak, and allowing no Individual or corporation, by combination, to con trol or monopolize the entire business In any one commodity, then Mr. Bry an is a socialist; for with no uncertain voice,- In the name of Democracy, he has demanded that, while every busi ness shall be amply protected and en couraged In the enjoyment of all its privileges, it must and shall not lay the weight of its finger on any smaller concern or Individual to either des troy or lessen its producing power, else it, too, shall be controlled, even though it be necessary to blot out its existence. prlved of work by the shutting down of mills, the taking off of trains for want of freight to haul, and the clos ing of mines for the lack of money to operate. And as we listen to the cry for "Bread!" from hungry children. and see the look of desolation and de speration on the faces of strong men out or employment, with wives and little ones dependent on them and begging for help, we can but denounce a party which, in honeyed language in its platform, boastfully cries out "Prosperity and high wages!" but, in practise; gives to the hungry a stone Instead of bread and a serpent Instead or fish. have we added torthe material growth nun (hot ha. .aoomhied in recent l.ot4he-natlon. but, truly believing that years,proposedrmawh1ch. If the welfare of the people and theup- - . I k..iuin ffca MnimtKv urnnirl ha hoar ........aaMifivrrMnrn BeDdmodL lhWii diritl with WaiUngUm nvtt mt, monyemd of ttnlkt faint. Patent md Infrtitf emmt Pnctlot ExeluiMy. Write m wimn n. MS Xlatk ItnM, ip. 0a!ti Itatw fakm WHINOTON, D. O. adopted, would prove more effective than any arbitration treaty that has yet been made, and by MS mnuence he secured Its approval by the rep- hresentatlve of the twenty-six leading nations there assembled. I have had a close personal and po litical acquaintance with this man, whose name Nebraska presents, since he entered political life. I can testify fromobservatlon as-to-his political conduct before he was known to fame. He was honest, brave and unyielding then; he is honest, brave and unyield ing now.. Vv..;;;;vl!."T.l'v'; :: Honesty is innerueu in mm. no was an honest lawyer before he enter ed politics. He was honest m nis pon- t cal methods 'Derore nis auuesinair hulldina- of the country would be best preserved by the promotion of the fundamental principles of pure Demo cracy, our section has ever stood for the political doctrines enunciated by Thomas Jefferson and practiced by Andrew Jackson. Coming, them not as pauDers.-lmt co-workers and build ers, as the section that has stood, and ever will stand for the eternal truth of Democracy, while requesting no place on the ticket, we are aye demand- that the man whom we nominate snail be broad enough to love every local Ity, brave enough to protect the rights of , every creature, and national enough, when he comes to his own as president to give each section its lust part In administering the affairs The Democratic party stands to-day for the protection of all the individ ual rights -of every class of people, and for the upbuilding of the nation's power by recognizing the masses, In stead of classes, and elevating the man created by God over the dollar produced by man. It favors a just income tax, to the end that wealth derived from interest . on bonds, stocks, and other securities and prop erty not now taxed shall bear its just proportion of the nation's burdens well as an Inheritance tax, to reach swollen and, alas! often the ill acquired fortunos. We stand for exact justice between capital and labor, and favor every legitimate means for the adjustment of all disputes be tween employers and employees, to the end that the property of capital shall not be destroyed, and that those who toll with their hands shall not suffer unjustly from the exactions of the rich, thus causing all classes to dwell together in brotherly love, and the country not to be shocked and con vulsed by strikes and strife. To-day In no uncertain language, arraign and denounce the Republican party for its hypocrisy and false as sertions, as seUforth in its national platform at Chicago. In blatant sertion It assails the Democratic par ty as the party of adversity, and praises itself as the party of prosper ity, when all reading, thinking men remember the fact that tne panic ot 1893, which to-day they taunt us, com menced under Harrisons administra tion, and was brought about by laws of a Republican Congress and trans mitted to us before Mr. Cleveland took charge of affairs or a single Con gress, had assembled under .his admin istration; while til know that the pan to ot 1907 the worst in ages, with the Republicans' boasted tariff and finan cial laws in full force and effect- happened at a time- when the execu tive, legislative and judicial depart ments were all under the absolute shin recognized by the nation, and of our government;, and we urge m control of the Republican party; and suip .was rei,usi"au j , , . vr n I tn ftpAalrlnr and ri Rsnlvlnff hanks. Hi HAIR BALSAM I QlmMM and, fc"Vtl,l0H!l,Kkto I iL..d a IttwuHs.nl rrowUl. I Nfsvor suit to a I Hfti to Hi TOUtniU) i ".l1"' r he has been honest throughout .His political career. -ret, ! t - - He favored an Income tax before the Income Tax law was written. He at tacked the trusts when Republican leaders were denying" than any trusts existed. " He advocated railroad regu-" latlon before the crusade against- re bates and dlscrclmlnatlon began. He haB always been . tne iriena ot labor, and was among the first to urge conciliation between labor aad capital, such -a man the name of Mr. Bryan, for, Sir, he hag broken bread with us In our homes, mingled with our peo ple In social eon verse, charmed our assemblies by his eloquence and pat riotism, camped witn our noys as a soldier in the Cuban war, and sympa thized with us In our sufferings, at nnlvaiiMn Naur nrlnona .find Charles ton.-', . ;.- ' - - But I hear some say it will never So to' nominate Ur7 Bryaa,"tar U li that breaking and dissolving banks, assigning business interests, stringen cy In the money market, employees out of Jobs, and empty dinner pails give the lie to-Its cry of prosperity and prove it utterly unfit to control publioi affairs, ,'.-v.,. -'., I arraign , it for falsely declaring that it stand's for higher wages, whl n by the panic produced under its me thods, thousands and tens of thous ands, ot noneit tollers lavs teen d- I arraign the Republican party for Its utter inconsistency in declaring for the preservation of our forests and the deepening of our waterways, when it is well known, though peti tioned by conventions, asked by the governors' conference at the White House,sand demanded by public neces- sily for the preservation of our na tional resources, with a majority of over one hundred in the House of Rep resentatives, it yet remained deaf to our entreaties and silent to our de mands, and let Speaker Cannon wan tonly throttle the voice of a free peo ple. I pass over with contempt, as un worthy of a great party and a brave people, and its slurs and thrusts at the South, and its attempt to gain votes by raising the cry of sectionalism; for, standing here, the son of a Con federate soldier who died for a cause he believed just and right, and mak- ng no apology for the acts of my father, I deny as absolutely false the charge that the South is disloyal or untrue to the union, but assert that it yields to no section In love for our glorious flag and devotion to the nations truest Interest; and we are brave and generous enough to return t i our enemies love for hate, and kind ness for abuse. Republicanism, Mr. Chairman stands for sectional hate. Democracy, for brotherly love. Republicanism fosters crime. breeds corruption, and protects only the powerful and great. Democracy denounces vice, prose- ccutes crime, and shields ail alike, Republicanism arrogates to Itself al most the power of Divinity, and boast fully professes to do all thing? good while Democracy, asking help from a Supreme Ruler, and vaunting not itself, points to its history of a hun dred years as a guarantee of its rec ord for the future. Then, with such pr'nctples and so pveat a leader, coupled with ihe mn i.ikes of our opponents, bringing ln:o our nation suffering instead of rejoic ing, and poverty instead of prosperity, how can we lose the victory this year? It is true that the Democratic part lias twice placed its banner In M.r llryan's hands, and it is likewise true that he did not carry it to victory, but, as he said of himself, he kept the faith and r 'turned ihr.'. hanner us four years ago unstained and unsullied, and to-day, though twice defeated, Las i. risen stronger and srd'.nler than be fore, and is remem'oerc-d and i-.eioved, while his traducers have long been forgotten. The very fact that from every section comes the cry "Bryan! Give us Bryan!" shows he is not dead, but still lives deep in the affectionate hearts of a grateful people, who are more determined than ever to nom! nate and elect him president of the nktlon. If you want a man, pure yet strong, brave but tender, generous and still patriotic, the very highest type of American manhood., against whom can be charged no""act of disloyalty, dis honor or corrupt ion,but who stands fearlessly the champion of the poor and needy, prclaiming to the oppress or, ; xou snail not press down upon tne orow ot labor this crown of thorns yon shall not crucify mankind upon a cross or gold, than man is Mr. Brvan Nominate him, and he will certain ly be elected. The readng of the stars, the signs of the times, the needs of tne hour, the demands of the peo ple, all predict and declare it; and when he comes to his own, as he will next March, he will make the great est president of the grandest nation the world has ever known. Mr. Chairman, a man who Is faith ful and true In his private life will be honest and Just in his public ca reer, a man who believes in humani ty and truly serves his God will never be false to his country or unjust to his people. Such a man Is Mr. Bryan And how, once more, voicing the wishes of the nation, as well as my own State, that first had the honor of suggesting him for president, in 1896, and has remained loyal to him ever since, I again second and urge the nomination of this peerless, brainy, towering, Intellectual, giant and states man, beloved at home and honored and respected abroad, the great Com moner of -the world William jen ningi iryanTQf Nebraska, Mr. Handy, placing the name Judge Gray In nomination, said:j Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: I have a duty to perform, placed upon me by the Democracy of the State from which I come. In the per formance of that duty my heart leaps with pleasure. Because of his ability, because of his patriotism, because of the maturity of his judgment, because of his devotion to true Democratic principles, because of the width and depth of bis expe rience in governmental affairs, and because of his devotion to justice and to the Constitution, the man who Is best fitted to perform, the duties of President of the United States Is George Gray. As a general rule the man best fitted for the place is most available for the nomination. If. you are to nominate the man whom you personally love the best, perhaps you may nominate some other candidate; for I am not unmindful of the personal devotion which delegates here present cherish for other candi dates. But the question we are now to decide is loo important to our party and our country to be decided because of personal prefeft nces. The Repuulican parly has becm in power too long. The Government has grown corrupt, extravagance and au tocratic, and the prosperity of the peo ple has taken unto itself wings and flown away. Free Institutions exist in order that at such a time as this the country may peaceably change its rulers and change its policies. Entering on a political campaign, In which vlc:ory or defeat means so much, we are now to select the politi cal chieftain who shall carry our ban ner and marshal our forces. If the country were in a great war, in which a decisive battle was to be fought and the duty fell upon me to choose the general who should command the country's army in the field. I would not dare to put in command the gen eral whom I loved the best, nor the one who was the most eager. Neither would you. The responsibility would be overwhelming to choose the sol dier who3e genius for war, shown by his record and experience, gave the best prospect of winning victory. You would not hesitate to refuse promo tion and opportunity to your own brother if there were available an other soldier who gave greater prom ise of winning the fight. In like spirit I ask you to put aside all personal preferences, and to choose calmly and prudently the Democrat who can most surely win a Democratic victory in November. Possibly any one of the candidates suggested may be able to win at the polls. I hope so. But our plain duty is to nominate, not a candidate who may win, out tne candidate who can most surely win We contend for too great a prize to take any unnecessary chances of de feat. George Gray's life has been one long and unselfish service of the people in high places. Attorney-General of his State, a great Senator of the United States for many years, a treaty maker for the nation, the most successful ar bitrator of disputes between labor and capital who ever lived, and now, in his later years, a great and learned judge, his merit has won the confi dence and good will of the people In the Senate he was ever in the forefront of weighty debate, champ ioning with eloquent logic the princi ples of Democracy. In making the treaty with Spain he was the one commissioner who stood true to the doctrine of human liberty and pro tested against taking the Philippines and strapping imperialism upon the shoulders of the Republic. In set tling the anthracite coal strike he demonstrated his symjathy with the toiling masses of his fellow country men. His just finding endeared him forever to organized labor. It justi fies me in applying to him the ancient description of an upright judge He put on righteousness and it clothed him; his judgment was a robe and a diadem; and he broke the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Such has been the quality of his lifelong service, and he stands in its white light approved of the people. George Gray is not only the man best fitted to be president, but he is also the Democrat we can most sure ly elect president. He will be an ac ceptable candidate in every part or our broad country. Surely he will be peculiarly satis factory to the people of the Southern States, where we must look for that ever-faithful body of electoral votes which constitutes the backbone of our strength. His great and successful fight In the Senate against the Force Bill opened the safe pathway down which those States have walked to shelter from the black storm which threatened their civilization. How re joiced would Southern men be to see once more In the White House a Pres ident who understands and appreciates the Southern man's point of view As to the group of States on the Atlantic seaboard Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land and West Virginia there is no doubt that George Gray Is far and away the strongest candidate that can be named. After all, those are tne States in which our great political battle must be fought and won or lost. When did the Democratic party ever come within hailing distance of vic tory without carrying those States? It would be wanton recklessness to plan a campaign which abandoned the change of carrying those old-time Dem ocratic States in the delusive hope of making good the loss In other por tions of the field. Delaware Is a small State, but it is sometimes given to small people to perform great services. In offering George Gray as your Presidential can didate Delaware is offering a great service to the party and the country. Small as she is. Delaware is entitled to a full measure ot State pride, but this nomination- Is not suggested by State pride. She is acting not to grat ify her great though unambitious son nor yet to minister to her own glory. Rising to the heights of patriotism animated solely by a desire to contri bute to the welfare of the whole coun try, without a spark of ahlmoslty to ward other candidates, Delaware offers a name entwined with victory, a man who Is every inch a Democrat, a man whose every blood throb carries love of country. On behalf of Delaware, In accordance with her Instructions and in her name, I nominate George Gray as a candidate for President of the United States. : Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: ' From each of the great galaxy of commonwealths constituting the Un ion come the delagates ot an earnest and Impatient people. Earnest In their determination that public wrongs shall be speedily righted ,that crrrupt prac tices shall cease and that civic right eousness shall prevail. Impatient at the policy of delay and postponement pursued by the political party now In control of all departments of the Fed eral Government and impatient at the frivolous excuses and apologies of the Republican party for its Inaction and its neglect to perfect to necessary leg islation. The power to defeat progressive and reformatory measures favored by the great majority of the men of the land has been lodged In tho hands of a co terie of reactionary politicians who ex ercise it to further partlzan ends and to serve special Interests, regardle33 alike of the needs of the nation and the demands of the people. Against the deliberate delay In the performance of public d ilv, against political corruption, agaliiKl the en livndimmilH of ' lawless wealth and against the deliverance (if the rights of Ihe people and of llieir chosen rep resentatives into Ihe possession of a triumvirate out of sympathy Willi the people, the Democratic party sets Its face and prepares for a mighty con flict. Again proclaiming for all equal ity, for none special favor, It enters upon the contests with the conscious ness of being right and with the as surance of being victorious. Here In this beautiful city of the mountains have assembled the dele gates who are to select the leader in this campaign of the people to re cover their rights and privileges. The great North Star State, midway between the two oceans and at the head of the great valley of the Missis- ippl, comes here with a message to deliver and a record to disclose. She has a son whom she loves and has signally honored and she cannot bet ter aid in the great work that lies before us than ih offering to us as a leader that honored citizen of the State. Thousands upon thousands of the men and women of this country were born in other lands and under other Mage. The opportunities to be found in this land, the broad principles upon which our form of government rests, the freedom of action and the security of life and property here attracted them so irresistibly that they left the homes of their fathers and came to live with us, to pray for the nation's welfare when there is peace and to fight for the nation's honor when there is war. They became Americans. It is of the son of Swedish immigrants that I speak Deprived at an early age of the fa ther's guiding hand, the mother and her little ones were obliged to make their way alone. Out of the depths of poverty have come some of the noblest souls the world has known. The hard ships, the numerous trials, the weary struggle for the day's nourishment raiment and shelter leave an Impress unoa the character of him m whose life they come that can never be re moved. When the boy grew older he read a few good books, and in a quiet coun try village pondered over the great questions affecting the destiny of the state and nation. Once convinced that the government was beset by special in terests seeking to obtain unholy profits from it, slaves of greed and selfish ness, lovers of power and dominion, every patriotic impulse in the young man's breast impelled him to oppose and denounce these enemies of the public good Believing they sought shelter and protection at the hands of the Repub lican party and had to a large extent, through their agents and representa lives, gained control of that party and of some of Its recognized leaders, he attached himself to the minority party and labored in its ranks, withou thought of office, or preferment, and with voice and pen endeavored to bring home political truths to the peo ple of his native State and to throw light upon the dark practices of un faithful office-holders and public ser vants. Four years ago the dominant pol tical party in the State of Minnesota flushed with a series of easy victories but not held together by devotion to any great living issue, found itself engaged in bitter factional quarrels, Great chieftains had arisen and their personal ambitions and their contests for political supremacy so engaged th attention of the adherents of the Re publican party that encroachments upon the rights of the State were suff ered to remain unchecked and the in terests of the State were not vigilant ly guarded. It was the time for a leader to ap pear, one who had th3 commence the people of the State, whose integri ty was unquestioned, whose character was stainless, whose energy and abil ity were known;one who had made no factional enemies, ut who had ways been loyal in the service ot the State. From no one section, from no one faction, from no one class came the call for the man of the hour. It sum moned from his modest office the pub lisber of a weekly paper and around him rallied the remnants of the Dem ocratic party that had so often strug gled In vain against the crushing rorce of Republican majorities. Reunited Inspired with the hops of victory, they followed this man and supported him Not to honor him, not to gratify his ambitions, but to rouse a State from drowsy inaction to energetic life. In that year President Roosevelt carried the State by a plurality greater than 160,000, but the Democratic Governor was elected. Two years ago he was a candidate for re-election. His successful efforts la securing a reduction of transporta tion charges, his successful campaig: against timber trespassers who had been undisturbed, his Insuranc forms, his tireless struggles for faith ful and efficient service in every de partment of the State government, and his frank and fearless manner ot deal ing with all questions and matters that came before him, made him the trusted tribune of the common people of the State. One good term deserves another, was the campaign cry, and when the ballots were counted it was found that he had been re-elected by a plurality greater than 70,000, the greatest ever given to a Gubernatorial candidate in the State. - To-day this" man, in the prime of life, courteous, kind and unpretentious, strong, resolute and virile, an orator of unusual power, who has attained honorable distinction by his own In- the love of his friends and the respect of his political opponents this man, Innocent of the allurements of great wealth, who has not' been seved from the path ot fluty nor. fascinated by the power given into his hands nor dazzled by greater honors placed before him, never unmindful that as a public oflk he Is the servant of the people and bound by every obligation of duty d honor to strive to advance their Interests, is the ideal candidate of this great party for President of the Unl- States. For the first time Minnesota offers the Democratic party a candidate the Presidency, a man who has been tried and found not wanting. -It offers you Its best loved citizen. It olTors you the Governor who has twice led the way to victory, a lead- stainless and pure, strong and ive, able and sincere, a true Demo. crat, faithful to the teachings of the thers, understanding the needs of- the day, devoted to the good and the ght. For nominee for the Presiden- of the United States Minnesota presents the name of John A. Johnson. SULTANA Olive Oil CASTILINA Pure Olive Oil Soap We have secured the agency for these superior products imported from the Island of Lesbos. Sultana Oil is not packed in glass containers but in cans and earthetn jugs to protect it from the ruinous effects of liht which, all experts agree, is the worst enemy of Olive Oil. Try a 75c. jug of this exquisite oil. 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