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For The Campaign, In Globs of Ten. Send Qulclt ! 4Vll, rw cumit nunln 'I'Ihtc'h no moiiy in Jt, Itllt Mill MOIIll tl'll 1U- kth for 1Ii ctiiit ptilu't lr Hl.OO. I e T .tr ixsr..3 " tll nnln ake r.t Iru -r r.r !!, Mll ftirPt.iMI, CAUCASIAN VOL. XIV. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1896. an open letter to Mckinley. The Major Taken to Task for His Monetary Record What is Financial Dishonor? u MUST PASS A SILVER BILL." s,. itll Mr. KcKlHley In tha Slat Cou Kr,M Iftlie Kree Coinage l;ilU of 187 ii,l H'Ji,W'lil hll favored, and For On f Wblrh H Votwl, Wer Not Financi ally )lli""'t Wbj, Mr. ltartlueAsks, la lrc t'lnaga Plshonast In 1X1)0? miius I""1'' rra-lKl IlUtary. (.,.,, ii,o, Sept. 11. The following your letter has been forwarded to I- i 7od. William MoKinley, Canton loar Sir You aro tho Presiden ts! candidate vt the Republican party, upon aplatforn unequivocally committing you to the policy of maintaining the gold standard o tins country until bimetallism can Lo secured by international agree Hit.' tit. As neither you nor tho party which you represent, offers a suggestion upon which wo can ground a hope of obtaining such an agreement, tLe iinan",ial plauk of the platform upon which von stand must be regarded tin a declaration iu favor of perma net.tly adhering to the present gold rystem. In jour letter of acceptance you truat the money qufastion as tho ,nino.t issue, and discuss it at con siderable length, giving to th pres ent monetary policy of tho Repub lican party your unqualified indorse ment. It is scarcely necessary for me to remind you that by such course you have assumed a position quite dif lerent from tho one you occupied but a comparatively short time ago. That very ablo men may and do honestly change their opinions upon questions of wisdom and expediency, no fair-minded person will deny That when they so change their opin ions, it i both their privilege and their duty to shape their actions ac cordingly, is beyond all controversy. Hut where the subject involves moral considerations, where it is sim ply a question of right and wrong ot honesty and dishonesty the same principle cannot apply, and the same latitude of change cannot bo allowed. It is this distinction tnat nas prompted me to address you through the medium or an open letter. No one can read your published accoptanco without being impressed tut you regard the maintaining of tu oUl standard not merely as a wise and judicious policy, but as ab solutely essential to the preservation of our "financial honor." You assert that freo , coinage of silver at tho raito of l to 1 would at once lead to the "debasement" of our currency to the level of a "53 cent dollar, impairing the obliga tions of existing contracts," and bringing a long train of terrible ca lamities iu its wake. Throughout your entire discussion of the ques tion, the germinal idea is that parity with gold is tho infallible test of honesty in money, and that any cur rency cheaper than gold at its pres ent appreciated value, is, of neces sity, dishonest. PERSONAL INTEGRITY IMPUGNED. You are certainly aware that the campaign committee of tho Repub lican party is literally Hooding the country with books, papers, and pamphlet, iu which it is broadly declared that the financial issue, as now made, is simply a question of "honest money" vs. "dishonest money." There is no reason to doubt that you aro in perfect and harmonious accord with your com mittee. Hence the conclusion comes irresistably that you regard the ad vocates o! unrestricted silver coin age as being deficient in personal in tegrity, ard us seeking to establish a rnontlary policy that will dishonor the American name. Being or e of those who&e personal integrity is thus impucged, I make free to remind you that in the year 1878, as a member of the House of Representatives, you voted for the famous "liland bill," providing for the unrestricted coinage of silver at the raito of 10 to 1. At that time the commercial value of the balllon which you voted to coin into a dol lar was little more than 00 cents. It had been ranch lower, but at the time your vote was cast, it had risen considerably as a result of political agitation and prospective free coin age. You will remember, I am sure, that the Bland bill was at the time denounced as "repudiation" and "rank dishonesty' by many of the prominent financiers who ara now giving you their honest support. In view of these facts, would you regard.it aa impertinent for me to re quest a public statement of your opinion as to whether or not the Bland bill was a "dishonest" metis- igniucaut circumstance ti Congressional career. I 1 IN THE FIFTY-FIRST to " .H. You have Drobablv no that you were a member oitrfe Fifty first Con gresg, and a candidate for the Speakership of the House. I am vry certain that th lUnnhllosn members of that body from the far West have not forgotten Low anxi ous you were for their support, and how parcf-etlv you reminded them that you had voted for free silver nearly twelve yenrs before. I was one of those Western members. At that time (1S90), when silver bullion had fallen to less than 75 cents on the dollar in gold, you cer tainly never gave any token that in your opinion a kw providing for the free coinage of that metal would involve "fiaancil dishonor." All through tho long session of the Fifty-first Congress you distinctly recognized the fact that the demone tization of silver was wrong, that the Bland-Allison'law was too nar row in its scope, and that something further must be done toward silver restoration. Your utterances at tho time plainly showed that you wero prepared to go any length in that direction, if the Republicans in Con gress would only keep you company. You, of , course, remember tb&t thero wan a very earnest demand throughout the country fort silver legislation and that there was a strong silver bcctiment in the House of Representatives, that the Repub lican side vnu itself deeply tinctured with the "free bilver'' idea, and that nearly every member on that side conceded that smi-) legislation must bo had. lou vml also recall the or cunustance that trie republicans in caucus appointed a tjommittee ot lo to endeavor to lranie a bill upon which Republicans could unite The committee conii.-tf d of the tight Republican members of t Li coinage committee, of whom I wns o:.e, and seven leading Republicans, not mem bers of that committee, of whom you were one. So that you audi were, lor the time being, colleagues m committee. You will not hesitate to adruit that you were one oi iu niosi acxive members or tho committer, and that nouo was more earnest than you in tho fffort to formulate a measure which all Republicans, ii eluding those who wero ttrotgly lor free Bilver, might support. You may not remember all that you said during the debates in that committee, and neither do I. But there is one statement made by you that I have never for a moment for gotten. In emphasizing tho neces sity of passing a "silver bill," in imb stance, you said: "We must pass a silver bill; the country demands it; but we mi.'t pass it as a party meas ure I am prepared to support any bill that we cau unito upon. I can accept free coinage, or tho 'Windom bill or anything else upon which we can agroe, but it is imperative that wo have a silver bill." "DISHONOR" IN 1S00 AND 180G. I grant that you showed a prefer ence for some measure otlier than free coinage, and that after some vacillation you threw your vote in favor of what was called the " Win- dom bill." I grant further that you may have expressed your willing ness to vote for free coinage merely for effect, knowing that the condi tion laid down was an impossible one, and that the Republicans would never agree upon such a measure. Still, the fact is that you said it, and there was no inconsistency between that language and your previous le cord. If a majority of the Republi- a 1 1 . . I? 1 cans nau tieciarea in iavor oi a lree coinage bill, I have no doubt that you would have kept your word and voted f ir it. Iheretoro 1 at fc you the further nnestion: J-hQ you in 1S00 regard tho freo coinage of sil ver as meaning "financial elishocor," and consequently dishonesty in thoso who advocated their policy ? If not, the country will no doubt be greatiy interested in reading your elucida tion of the ethical differences be tween free coinage in 1SD0 and free coinige in 189(5. Finally, I deem it proper to re mind you that up to the very day of your nomination you were not the choice of the extreme gold standard men. Thy looked upon your past financial record with unqualified dis favor, and the somewhat uncertain language of the Ohio platform, which was supposed to reflect your po?itioa, tilled them with distrust. In the end, however, you were nominated upon a gold standard Dlatform. and these same men are now your enthusiastic suoporters. You have suddenly become as en thusiastic as they in your dovotion to the "gold standard," which you never failed to attack in Congress when the opportunity presented it self; for even the "Windom bid" and tho Sherman law, both of which re ceived your vote, recognized the fact that the gold standard was wrong. "Not only this, but you seem to have so apparently abandoned the opinions of a lifetime on a question of moral3 and reached the conclu sion that the free coinage of silver would be both unwise and dishonest. This change in your attitude is so extraordinary and so sudden that, feeling as I do, the deepest interest in every phase of the silver quostion, l address you ia THE MATTHEWS' RESOLUTION. This Preamble and Resolution Was Introduced in Congress De cember 6, 1877. PASSED JANUARY 25, 1878. BRYAN OUR; QUEST, the candidate Or THREE PARTIES. Enters the "Old North State" and Staitor AIleaNoU" M' Bi That be it Th Fecplci Futj is Received by Lol. Carr and Nominee For President. It Ilaa Keen I'pou the C H. Statute Bock for Eighteen Year And la Still In Force It Make Government Honda Redeem able lu Coin-Either of Uulil or Hllrer Who u a Staulrr Matthew? In 1878 five years after the bill that substituted the Trade lollar of 420 grains of standard silver and made a legal tender for five dollars for the original dollar of 412 1-2 grains of standard silver, &ud which was a legal tender in any amount the Cosgress of the United States, by a two-tbird3 vote in a Democratic IIouso and a three-fourths vote in a Republican Senate, udopled the fol lowing preamble and reKuiutlon in troduced iu the Senate by Stanley Matthews, of Ohio: I'ASTE THIS IN YOUR SCRAP BOOK "Whereas, By the act entitled 'An act to strengthen the public credit, approved Marsh eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, it was pro vided a"i J declared that tho f tithof the United States ras thereby sol emnly pledged to the payment in coin, or its equivalent, ( f all the interest-bearing obligations of the United States, except iu e&.sg where the law authorizing theissui of saeh obligations had expressly provided that the same might bo paid in law ful money or other currency than gold aud silver; and "Whereas?, All the bonds of the United States authorized to be issued by the act entitled 'An act to au thorize the refunding of tho national debt,' approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, by the terms of said set were declared to be redeemable in the coin of the then prestnt standing value, bearing interest payable semi-annually in such coin; and "Whereas, All bonds of the United States authorized to bo issued under tho act .entitled 'An actio provide for tbo resumption of specie ray ments.' approved January 14, 187o, are required to bo of the d-escription of bonds of the United States de scribed in the said af t of Congress approved July 14, 1S70, entitled 'An act to authorize tho refunding of the national debt;' and "Whereas, At the date of the pass- ago of said act of Congress last afore said, to-wit, tho 14th uay or July, 1S70, tho com of the United States of standard value of that date included silver dollars of the weight of 412 1-2 grains each, declared by the act ap proved January 18, 1837, entitled 'An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States' to be a legal tender of pay ments, according to their nominal value, for any sums whatever; there fore Committee They Take the Bryan Special in Charge. WAS CHOSEN THEIR LEADER A GRAND TRIUMPHANT TOUR THROUGH THE STATU. Large Crowds Cheer the "Neat President of the United States" On Ills Trip at all I'oltits Along the Route Makes Spendld Speeches at Anhevllle. Charlotte. Kaleigh and Goldsboro Many Urief Ad dresses at Places Where Only Shortstops YTere 9Iade Estimated That OTer 13, ooo People Heard IIliu In the State Fair Ladles Honor the Candidate With Their Frenecce and Cheers. ERTEKS THE STATE. "Resolved, By the Senate the House of Representatives concurring therein that all of the bonds of the United States issued, or authorized to be issued under said act of Con gress hereinbefore recited, are pay able, principal and interest, at the option cf the Government of the United States, in silver dollars, of the coinage of the United States, containing 412 1-2 grains each of standard silver, and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds principal ar.d interest, is not in violation of the public faith, nor in derogation of the righl-3 of the public creditor " This resolution has never been rescinded and is still in forc. Every bond issued since then has been issued in the same form, and has the declaration on its face that it i3 issued under the act which makes bonds re deemable in coin, either of gold or silver, of the standard value of July 14. 1S70, a date three years prior to the demonetization of silver. From that date to this, every purchaser of a unitea otaies oona -caot oniy nas notice, printed upon his bond, that he can not decide for himself whether it shall be paid in gold or in silver, but that he will receive whichever is most convenient for the Government. Ia addition to the notice printed up,xn his bond, e very bondholder has had the foregoing preamble and re solution of Congress to teach him how false and fraudulent are the Just after crossing the North Caro lina line, the special train bearing William Jennings Bryan and party, it was boarded by Col. Julian o. oarr, chairman of the lleceptian Committee of the Mate, and several other mem bers. The train was tastefully decora ted and banners were displayed on the ides ot cars which read: "We carry the next President, William Jennings Bryan." The candidate s special car was that of Assistant General Super intendent Vaughan; of the Southern Railway, and everything that could be done for the party was done. Jlr. Vaughan was personally in charge and with his assistant, J. KBuger, Superintendent of the 1 ourth Divis ion, managed to keep the party wWi the nominee well cared for. Candidate Bryan reached Hot Springs at 1 :20 p. in. It was his hrBt ston in North Carolina, and he was met by the Asheville reception com mittee, headed by John . Jordan, who had come down on a special car. When he heard that the committee of Asheville, some twenty-five strong, had come aboard, rousing himself he said, against the advice of those around him, "Let them come in. 1 want to see these North Carolinians." And as they filed in and out he lay on his back and stretched out nis Jen nana to greet each one. In the midst of this, Mr. Bryan's face broke out in delight when Dr. Mebane, of Asheville, pre sented him, tipped with silver, the left hind foot of a grave yard rabbit. A moment later, a gentleman from Lou isiana, Mr. William 1. Curtis, who had gotten on at llot Springs, asted Mr, Bryan to 'rise to a half-sitting posture, which he did with much kindness, while little Earl Curtis and he were taken with a snap shot by the father, When Mr. Chas. V ance came into Mr. Bryan's private car, he said to him : "1 want to stop in respect to your great father's memory at the place where he lived." And after leaving AsheVille he did stop there. He was gracefully introduced by Charles and spoke a few words, shaking hands with nearly all present. He asked, "Can I see the homestead of Senator Vance?" "Yes, replied a lady. "It is just over there." lir yau at Asheyille. other hampaigne and into a third water.-nd aeked him which he pre ferred. 3Ir. Bryan answered that water was good enough for him. Mr. McKiaiick proposed a toat which all drank, some with buttermiik, with en thusiaeai. Major W. A. Guthrie, Populist cand idate for Governor, rose toward the close of the dinner and proposed as a toast, "Our Candidate," and in this connection eaid that Mr. Bryan was the first candidate for the Prt-fddrncy since 1814, more than a half rentury. who had visited the btate of North Carolina during his candidacy. Then Henry Clay, the null boy of the slashes of Kentucky, came to North Carolina as the candidate of the old Whig party. "Now we have with us the 'Boy Orator of the Platte,' and I desire to drink his health and success." After the lunch at the hotel the pro cession was re-formed, and the parade moved to the depot up Patton avenue to the square, down South Main street to Southside avenue and thence on to the place of speaking. It is use less to atempta description of the ova tion the candidate received all along the ronte. Many of the business houses in the principle streets were tastily decorated, and in every window and from every balcony and coign of vantage women as beautiful as ever lavished their farewell smiles of en couragement from castle turrets upon some mail-clad hero departing for the wars, in the days of chivalry, beamed their approval upon the noble and handsome face turned upward toward them, and whose watchful eyes seemed to miss not one iota of the splendid demonstration accorded him. Speech at Asheville. Arriving at the platform which had romises made to him in newspapers nd Vty Presidents and Secretaries of he Treasury that he shall be paid in gold. This notice has been standing for eighteen years. No gold mono metailist has dared to offer a resolu tion to rescind it. Mr. Cleveland and the Morgan syndicate themselves bore testimony that the bonds were not payable in gold when they beset I ODgrcss lasi ye.r auu luo year ue- fore to pass a law making tnem pay able in gold. It will be remembered ure, calculated to "debase" our cur rency and "dishonor" the country! this public manner, hoping that you If you answer in the affirmative, may find it not incompatible with in justice to yourself you should in- the oiznitv of your present position form the country why you voted for Uq furaish in the same public manner it. If yeur answer be in the nega tive, it should be supplemented by an explanation of how an act that wa.i honest in 1878 can be dishonest in 189G. It is true, that the vote in ques tion was cast eighteen years ago, but even then you were old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. It is also true that sil ver was not at that time so far be low the gold level, but in this con nection you will allow me to sug gest that there is no difference what an exDianatrou tnai win u bans- factory to both your friends and your opponents. Very respectfully yours, H. F. Bartine. Chicago, 111., Sept. 7. lilg Hotel Fire Narrowly Averted. St. Lottis, Mo., Sept. 18. At 11 o'clock last nicht two alarms of fire sounded from the Lindell hotel, at the corner of Sixth street and Wash ington avenue. An electric light wire in the elevator shaft had set tire to the woodwork on the fifth fbo ever in principle, nor even in degree and the flames communicated to the bo far as the Question oi honesty is root, xne notei was tun or guests concerned. Petty larceny involves and the usual scramble for safety the same moral obliquity as grand ensued. The prompt subjection of larceny. If it is dishonest to coin the flames, however, allayed a panic S3 cents' worth of silver into a dol- and within an hour all the guests lar, it is equally dishonest to coin 93 were again in their rooms. It was centB worth into a dollar. close call for what promised to be But neither of these explanations I dreadful calamity. The loss, mostly is ayailable, because of other highly from water, is estimated at $3,000. Asheville made great preparation for receiving William Jennings Bryan Last evening and night the clans be gan to gather from the highlands From every available camping-ground in the environs of the beautiful ml city, camp-fires could be seen glowing cheerfully in the crisp September air, the sound of the enthusing banjo was heard, while the merry mountaineers were gathered around it, talking Bryan and free silver at 1G to 1 and jubilating over the good times coming after the inauguration of the Nebras kan on the 4th of March next. When the Bryan special reached Asheville at 2 :35 p. m., Wednesday, it was met by the enthusiastic escort provided by the energetic Buncombe county Democratic executive commit tee. The Bryan party were ushered into carriages, and the procession formed. A mounted escort of ladies and gentlemen, the ladies under the lead of Mrs. Col. Rumbough, led the way. The Bryan carriage came next, containing besides Mr. Bryan, Chair man Clement Manly, of the Democra tic State executive committee; Chair man Hal. W. Ayer, of the Populist State executive committee ; Chairman Frank Carter, of the Buncombe county Dem ocratic executive committee. The rest of the carriages came next and the mounted escort of one thousand horse men after these. Five hundred of these horsemen came all the way from Greene county, in east Tennessee, bringing three days rations. The line of procession from the houtnern passenger station was up Depot street to Patton avenue and thence direct to the Battery Park. The streets were lined all along the way with men, women and children, eager to see the distinguished Nebras- been erected in a valley between the great hills which have helped to make this place so beautiful, Mr. Bryan ad dressed the great crowd. He was in troduced to the audience by Hon. Locke Craig, in a few words, and said : 1 have a reason for coming to North Carolina which is personal, aside from my interest in the electoral vote of this State. It was the State of North Carolina which, at the Chicago con vents:, before I became a candidate, before my own State had taken any formal part in presenting my name it was the fetate of North Carolina which, by resolution, decided to give me the unanimous vote of their dele gation in that National convention. (Applause.) 1 appreciate the Loner which they were willing to do me and therefore, it gives me great pleas ure to come among these people whom they represented and give what as sistance I can, if any assistance be needed, to secure the electoral vote of this State for the free coinage of sil ver at 10 to 1. (Applause.) "I am glad the canvass of this State opens in this country which is the home of one of the grandest public men given to this nation, not alone by North Carolina but the entire country, Senator Vance. (Applause.) He was a man whom I delighted to honor and I am glad I stand among his neigh bors and friends advocating the same cause he so eloquently advocated and l cannot more than impress upon your memories the words he so oiten spoke. Among the last of his public speeches was one upon the money question. Let me read you a few words from it. 'The great fight is on. The power of money and its- allies throughout the world have entered into this conspira cy to perpetuate the greatest crime of this or any other age, to overthrow one-half of the world's money and thereby double their own wealth by enhancing the value of the other half which is in their hands. The money changers are polluting the temple of our liberties 'To your tents, Oh Is rael.' (.Applause.) He foresaw the Os BU Urlavallsi for riaaaesal Refarsae " U Tss 0erHadtaK Ihm n tor The People falrtvtlc liaty Ite inlresa Caloa of all Kefeias rree Mr. Ilryaa la Arcord Hh Tae PetUe Party. Mapisos, Neb.. Sept. 14. lion. William V. Allen, chairman of the Populist National Convention, mail ed to Wilham J. Bryan to-day the following letter officially notifying him of his nomination by that body: "Hon. William J. Bryan. Lincoln. Xeb.. "Dear Sir: At a convention of the Peoples Party hel l at St. Louis from July J2 to 23 of the current year, you were unanimously nomi nated for President of the UniUd States, lo be voted fur at th ap proaching general electiou. It was known at the time that you bad been nomica'el by the Democratic patty at its convention held tt Chicago a few days before that time, and that you would in all probability accept the same in a formal manner. "Your nomination by the Peoples Party was not, therefore, made with any thought that you were a Popu list or that you accepted all the doc- trices declared by the St. Louis platform. It was due largely to the fact that the money question is the overshadowing political issue of th age, and because you have at all times been an unswerving, able, and fearless advocate of the free and un limited coinage of silver and gold on terms of equality at the mints of the United States at the ratio of 10 to 1. It was thought also that the observance of a patriotic duty re quired a union of all reform forces, and the convention took the liberty without soliciting or consulting you, oi placing your name Derore lue people as its standard bearer. The convention was, in doing so, guided by deep solicitude for the common welfare, and acting on its own mo tion prompted alone by a desire to bring about th) best attainable re sults. So much has been said re specting tbo rehabilitation of silver by again placing it in our coinage acts in the position it occupied when stealthily demonetized by the act of 187? that it would be idle to discuss the question. Prior. A?kaa..T. V. t. CaL forei; Hry l".Uttrr. Color, do; Josboa Perkics. (Vabtirat; Chart iLeadeokpb. Dlaar; K S. Ilarrey. Alstsi&a. Gay i K-pufc. Georgia; Jam P. tlouch. Idtbo, A. J. Streator. Illiooi; Duir K.ddle. Itd;B: W. U. Kcbb.'lowa; W. A. Hairs, Kana; C. E Lar. Kentucky i J. W. Crfrd, I.?a ana; L. C. Bat em an, Matat; Ira L. Gaiiford, Maryland; Conrad Uqo, Maafarttjstts; D. p. laiCf. MieL ian; J. 11. Bowler, Mtaceaota; Jt. A. Bailey, Mississippi. W. U. Lit tell, MtMoori; W. L. Ksntt. Mug. tana; J. M. McC-raaick. Nevada. Bartanee Carrier. New Haturir. Juhn W. Hainea, Ne Jerse) ; T. K. Lincoln. New Yoik. V. A. Guthte. North Carolina; o. U. Major. Norifa Dakota; J. D. C. Cobb. Oai3; J. W. Markrbury, Oregon; llelrn i J oho a ) ion, i entity .varna. wcacpa juuure. South Carolina; J. I). Mre. South Dakota; J. II. Bur&ham. Teccessee; J. C. Kirby, Tela; Jauea Hopan, Utah; Nilea T. Baker, VermoM, Maj. Mann Pace, Vircicia; Matt Ward Fitzgerald, VrM Virginia; Camptell W. Bushnell, Wbir.;tor ; J. W. Vaughan, Wirwni:r: 1. H. Bavis, Wyt,mior; W. O'Neill, Ar kana?: J. if. Turner. Ditric; f Columbia; M. M. M.lliiran. New aei.i.- a Mexicb; K&lrh K. Bray, Oklahoma, and Br. J. 11 Wharton. Indian Ter ritory, committer on nolifit atioc. PROTECTION" FOR SHIPS. IVuald Im Vlre-I rl.ll ! Organi sation of hln llH4ra A--al t Ike lltpnbllran t'artf for tll-ll Is l'rl dal of lbs itMf IslUs ssd Ik Afvl Hears tils a m aat tl.a letter Ila4a Nw York Trihtitie J The American Marine Merrhaut Association of which ArtLur Sea!l, vice-Presidential nomine of the Bryan Democrat, in tho Pit-oidm. is trying to get the Republican cam paign speakers tc advocate the poli cy of high protection for the Wne rit of American chipping. The, Republican orators are akrl to i thisin the interest of protection." Letters making this rq'iet Lave been siut out from the association office, at 4H Kat Twenty-third Mrt-et, this citv. They are aicned by A. U. Smith, Secretary, and are writ ten on the letterhead of the affilia tion. At the head of the paper the following officirs are given: Arthur Sewall of T- W. Hyde of Hath. Hath, Me., l'rei- j Me., uairntan of dent. i Finance onuujt- II. T. (iauwm. of- ie. Wilmington. lel., 1. W . MyJ of Hath. vit-e-l'renideut. Me.. Trea'irrr. C. II. t ramp, of A. It. Smith, of New Philadelphia, I 'a., York. Secretary. hairman of K-c-, Uu Nuonof i.'.n- ulive t omtuittee. I atpethport, N. J. i hairuian of leg islative tee One of thase letters was received day before yesterday by Mjor J. It. McKelvey, Jii tast 1 wtnty-second Street, this city. It i dated August 21, and reads an follows: Dear Sir: Through the court y MONEY QUESTION THE tiREAT ISSUE. "You will observe by the closing language of the St. Louis platform that the convention recognized the monev ciuestion as the creat issue of the dav. am? bocAnso Ponnliafalof the Republican National Hcad- believe that you are in accord with quarters I have received a list of them on this question yen will re- their speakers, including your name, ceive their ballots in November. It I write for the purpose uf asking has at no time been expected, or is your attention to the plank in the it now, that you will abandon your National platform in favor of the adhesion to the Chicago platform restoration of American shipping to nor that you will accept all that is the carrying of American foreign declared in the Peoples Party plat- commerce, by the early American form, however gratifying the latter policy of discriminating duties, and would be to all Populists. It must which was by charging imports in be understood that the party does foreign ships, thus creating a pref not abate one iot or title of loyalty erence for the nse of American f hips, to its principles. We have declared This policy, as accompanying data, ourselves in favor of man v reforms under separate cover, in our judgment essential to the lib eration of the people from present unjust and iniquitous industrial bondage. "In accordance with the preced ents of our party we take this meth od of notifying you of your nomina tion. We shall not send a commit tee, according to old party custom. In sending this letter of notification of the great honor that has been so justly conferred upon you by our party, it is needless for us to assure RALEIGH'S BIG DBU0HSTRAT10H Ia Hoacr ef CaciiJiu Ertaa'i ViiittoTbtCtj -10,000 Feo TO HEAR HIS GREAT SFEECH. M v i a t. . lltsoUs'lMsas s smaf UrtM r. Ittfaa rtt .l4 1t lltarta H. rls a a.V 14. araM-a.,.1 u r. nwt- 4 t-4 r-4 Ta lri l tiaaaS. til 4.. Tl ... - ' I IK Itilo ltilfi.t, sr4 tt,a s!ffrts rr tl.rofi.-r4 ltb la Hff In tMrar a (i J a-e U.a v,.t)as ai-3ll'a f.-e I rrlurrl of I li I tttr4 Matra - . llsnt Ja-nttinc lrjso Ilri'i . .una-a a noiiiiaj atttra .t t. ut rrj person U aim l'r. . jr,J m fro a'.l ij tt e at-trj bj . ern iftt-t.uiir.f trains tsrre crvmdf.3. Lr c t (.- I fw h..ur .f spa-aiitic .. ujrn attl t-l.tldrrn arrr iuou( it tt e Cir tit.u if N ati square. IUr a icrsnl atauJ I. a I !r-rt -rt4 and aTaiij d.-ora'"!. uuitU lru rlrvtri.- I T r. I ta l u l -J at-jt thf itr uakii) it a a. iio ,f heilt ati - ti-4 oii tu X-.tr fc-uitru. "Kaieif-h tad 1 t -( arraiil !rm. i.stra' iu of at) plare rl.m aa the m .tmil roll liiriit f tin Itrjtti -.,. r1 i srtj. At . "li VI( k , rtiiit eriH't 'auar1 It.rmrU in III 111 fr.M f tt.nr arm.) tmt I ajcttrf iUr strrrt. Jul t roMtl.r rlfrel t ,mati na.i inr i.rr,i t n.mi.,n f(.rtli-t. Calirxatl lorn, Itirt t.atilra, farm-r, laiMriu n.n. 2rra. mar- l.ant'. u-n t all -rtrasi,Ti at. J f ru a!! the urrtUli!lfi uf tlrs itaiiglrd in t.ni i tiotu.r to Mr. Lrian. 1 l.rre arre tl.rre tiuri!r- lr. I.e that trHclir-l a l.'i't line ,f t.iarii.g r.r-far duwn ti e tr --t. 1 r 1 w aa tmt tblig oler With tl,r eiitliuiain that wrrt llir"iiti It- t l.ott at like parkln c Champa.; tie. "Ih-j he-rel Hrjan Ir..:i the t.li.r hrj Irft Mrtr ixijitaii Hall lit til ih-) iarOad in Nati yliare. 1 he Im- .i inarch was up I a)rtlrtii to llar;r-t l.do n UarcHt to Mcl H.skrll. J.. II M.etl , t a centre i.f at Sjuir. t . error's narl halrd th .r--ai.n in command of apt. rrd Uwtl..tt. 'hief Marshal John . Mn Uae and th- lonr iiia of tr ti-Learrrs marclied close Urhilid the t.tiards. 'the arraiii;rnietits fur r-arvinc order iu Xali ;iiarea rrf--t. Tle fiovernor'n iuarl were pla l at the entrance l the t inuii dr4, ati-1 'ormed a line to the diagonal walk Ihrutigti Xaii Sfjuarr. I i tw-arrr of torches and aaitant ttiarshala fortued t ommit-1 a line on eillieraiCe oil lie walk irom the street to th eaker stand. A de tachment f jMilice atuarded the stand and kept the crowd in order. The sharp shrill whi41 .f tle -Itrjan j-e:ial' i heard and e-r-body was in eairer ei rwctation of tlf realization of his or h-r w ish. show, gave American fhips the car riage of 90 per cent of foreign com merce during the thirty-nine years it was in force. Free trade in the carriage of American foreign com merce was adopted ia 1323. and has been continually in force ovcr since, the consequence of which b.s lecn to reduce the carriage of our imports from 1G to 11 per cent, in American ships. If you will kindly refer to this policy in your speeches and state that several" hundred millions of iKmviLiir 1MB r-sfti . When the "Bryan special" arrived the depot was filled with scores t.f handsome girls, and the line loth stand was almost crushed by the preas of the crowd. The ban headed the uiarI. A the party niarr bed through the depot the strains of "Dine floated out tu the waiting crowd and ch--r after cheer rang out. The various commit tees and members of the llrj an escort carre l',rst,Mr. Bryan trir.ginn up the rear. The moment be atppl front I be depot cheer after cheer ran a from the crowd and there was no intermis sion until after he reached the stand. Between the long line of blaring torches he marched to the stand, lean ing on the arm of hairman Manly and Chairman Ayer. And "I'.ryan! I'.ryan!! rang from ten thuand throata. Chairman Clement Manly, of the Bemocratic Mate romm.ttee. and Bal W. Ayer, of the populist Mate rui ruittee, jointly presided. Miuavra'a hokki-kiki. Mr. Ayer introduced Mr. I'.ryan in m witty speech that caught the crowd and was well applauded. Be said: Iemo rats, Bepublicana, Mlver men, I oculists, ivpucrais, I'ro- struggle in which we are now enga ged. Ue realized its magnitude when many others did not. Those words came from him as words of command : 'To your tents, Oh Israel and the command was heeded by the Demo cratic party and they engaged first in warfare within the party to rescue that party and the party name from the hands of those who are using it to advance the interest, not of Democra cy, but of plutocracy. (Applause.) BRYAN ON CARLISLE. Flags flying from windows and that Mr. Cleveland It etured Congress severely on this subject, and plainly declared that ths reason he could not sell the bonds at a higher price was because they were not payable in gold. An effort to make them pay able in gold was defeated in Congress. WKOAVAS STANLEY MATTHEWS? ?tftn'oy Matthews was a good law yer and it is well known that he was appointed Supreme Judge of the United State? by President Garfield at the request of Mr. Hayes, who did not appoint mm because ho was his relative. His resolution, above quoted, concurred in by the great body of the people's representatives in both Houses of Congress, declares that all the obligations of the United States which, are in the form of bonds porches and the people who viewed the procession from the house-tops and those who packed the available standing-places along the route kept the candidate constantly bowing his Darea neaa. AT THE BATTERY PARK Manager E. P. McKissick had made elaborate preparations at his noted hostelry for the entertainment of tho Bryan party. The porte cochere at the hotel was elaborately decorated with bunting and a large framed nor trait of Bryan hung amid a wealth of flags. The elegant lunch was served in the ball room of the Battery Park which was decorated with autumn leaves. Manager McKissick presided at the Bryan table. At his right sat the candidate, and on his left Chair tnan Hal. W. Ayer. Others at the ta ble were Chairman Manly, Sergt. Cy Watson, Maj. Guthrie, Mr. Henderson ofKnoxville: Editor Josephus Dan iels, George S. Powell, Esq., Chairman Frank T. Chapman, Col. Julian. vou that vou have the confidence and esteem of all. Your SDlendid I donors cow annually sent abroad to! hibitionists. Badies and .entlemen : I abilities, known integrity, compe-Jpay foreien ship-owners for carry-1 introduce to you this evening a man tency, and eminent fitness for the ing our commerce would, under the I who i the nominee of the fiernocratic o; , i.;l, .l..nt inn .r hs nolirr td which Ibel party, of the Peoples party and the ' it,v.r.. ,. ;- ..i-A,A i.a r,.i,I Mlv party, for President of the I in rau& auiuug iuu great siaiewieu ui i ipuuiu j . I ted Matea and ia tl tne nation, we ieei tnat in tneiio aiucucbu w-i muit mvu ouv event of your election, which now I tained in the United States, and seems certain, you will carry into ex-1 ppent over and over again among ecution the principles of monetary the American people, instead oi en reform, to the end that tho people riching foreign nations and people shall employ better industrial condi- for doing the business that wo can bet tions. It is not anticipated that ter do ourselvec, you would be point this can be done with undue haste ing out a way to in part settle the or so suddenly as to wrench or dis- money question, and at the same joint the business interests of the time extend the benefits of protec country.but that it will be done tion to great National industry, the crrA.dnsi.ilv- and in . vit fn infnfta rehabilitation of which may bo the confidence and hope of better con-1 salvation of the nation if everne ditions for all. naced by a foreign pow-r, or obliged "Now, when the Secretary of the Treasury denounced me as a Populist and said I had said I would not sup port the nominee, I replied that I did he were time came he nominee of about all the rest of the people in America except one tnan and his name is Mark 1 1 anna. (Applause.) wiies navaKCsME roisiiit. A moment of expectancy, and then Mr. Bryan came forward and surge after eurge of cbeera for Brjan!" swept over the square and rumbled in to the aide streets and penetrated to thealniot-deerted t'ayetteville street. The great arc light and th-tar barrel at the corner of the square threw their light on the scene aoJ the incandescenta b'ared tbe name of I'.ritn in liiinf lis-rtt from tl.e sreak. "The Peoples Party will exact to force tbe Monroe doctrine. er'a stand. from von no Dromises further than And it should be remembered tnati ilia voice was a trifle husky at first. those made in your public utterances, the only po-sible danger that now but It a cleared and rang out wit n and exemplified in a life devoted to confronts the United States is upon its a urtme4 force. Nearly every the welfare of the. race, nor will it our seaboard, or the sea. where, "fS;nX!tt J!l? .aw t ahandor, th r.rtv of atramrelv enonirh. the United States crfrt4w,tb-eplluM At the men- not expect to support tbe nominee if I :C::uZ Sua -' hnt Almost inro t'noiiu nimoi were not a free' silver man. The -"Lr": : mrr.h.ntc"ra ur" whan nr.. f r t.h. in your nwnuDouuu our wJ um ui, uwm ia u. y - I mioutet urtan . lirjan . fun irunj tent, both in a navy and a merchant marine, the latter being a necessary recourse for the former, botn in chins and iu men. in time of Na tional peril. In tbe hope, therefore, that your future speeches will not fail to inelnde some reference to tbe proposed res- tbe crowd. In tbe midst of tbe speech aome one on tbe south aide of the stand yelled. "Come over and talk to us mmr, Mr. Itryan. lie emiled and good-naturedly walked to that aide of the platform. ml aarax's arsiCH. Mr. Uryan said: "Indies and fentleaen : "Tbe trip through North Carolina bat been o well managed that at tbe close of tbe second day I am feeling i(.n.rKla nrinnal nrl intoraat Carr, Al. Lewis, of the Xew York the United States, m silver dollars South Carolina; Robert Walker, Bene of the coinage of the United btates, nan Cameron, the representative of containing four hundred and twelve the Associated and United Press, John and a half crams each of standard Y. Jordan and others. There were 28 test, and the only difference between "sen above mere partisan surround- I a a. 1 1 a him and me was that I was candid ing?, auopung a mgn piane oi pa- enough to tell the people I would fol- triotism, believing thh.t a division of low my conscience and he tried to con-1 forces would result in the election oi trol a convention and then bolt when William MeKinlev. the foremost ad- he failed to do it. (Great applause.) vocate of a deeply burdensome and I have sent him no letter begging his 1 0T,,0i -nA ha tminal support. (threat applause.) i: r i. a ..r,sr,1 tA,.tinn nf ib 1iriminat:ni? duties "The highest compliment he can pay fv jt-- 1:1" 7.. ' ; '"7 , a .,;e.n me is to oppose me because the world resulting wumausiy, n uv l"J . - "7 will Jcnow the Secretary of the Treas- manner checked, in the complete de- shipowniug, in the interest or Amer- nrv whnm I annninf if I am oloeron I ctrne.Tlon .na fllKinrePTailOIl OI OUrilCan WOrklliHUItu, IU lun iuki--i vj will be as different from him as I can form of government. I protection and a strengthened lreas- h-,.. than I did when I commenred find. (Applause.) "Vonr elevation to the Chief Mae- urv. I have the honor to remain sin-1 tn sneak to the neonle of North Caro- Mr. Bryan then gives a brief ac- ;ei.v nf tVi nation w-nnld h re-1 eerelv vonrs. Ilina. fAnniause.i count of the Chicago convention which! car(jcj a a vindication of theright A. K. Smith, Secretary. "I have followed aotnewtat tbe x- of the people to govern, and we en- "This is the policy that we Bepub- ample or the man wno in wjK a 1 a. a. I A, "11 I 1 ; V. 1 . as awl WW II 411 VA sW Is. " I seek emnlovment id !outnern lllinota adopted at St. Louis and says : tertain no aoua tnat .you wu. Prr ,,wu. rrri .tated that be never became tired, buo- -The Republican party did not de- a worthy successor of the immortal said Major McMelvey TMterday. orilpy Afler t ba1 u at clare the gold standard was a good Jefferson and Lincoln, and that your "but I think it will seem odd to the 'rkA wbie the ' farmer wb thing. There were in that convention public- life, like theirs, will illustrate Populist-Democrtbr, wh favor free hired bim went out to see how be was men who had been trying for years to the purity and loftiness of American trade, that Arthur Sewall asiocia- getting along and found bim sitting fasten the gold standard upon the statesmanship. Your extensive and tion is working; in the interest of down under tree resting and when American people, but the Republican knowledge of pubUc affairs Republicanism. be reminded foim of what be said, tbe IS dwno? f Sla 8eta; and the duties the office will impose. "To advocate protection would be, man explained that e way be ept SiWoVaSg gafnedinaUfe that has beenj de- of course so n?uch wcrk for our VnVV.? ridofit now, the Republican pa?ty voted to upholding the causeof the cause but it em-as if Mr. Sewallf Jiulgrj wl tbatbe said we are going to get rid of it as people, as well as your keen insight association is willing to worg against .trbeforfjJe banrrj, and be al- soon as foreign nations take more pity I to the condition of our country, in I the liryan party in order to protect 1 gjeDt before be rot sleepy. (Ap- on the American people than the Re-1 our judgment highly qualifies you to I its ships." iDlause.) I have been following that silver." The low price of ten cents per copy, if sent in clubs of ten, ought to induce every subscriber to secure one club at least. in the dinning room. The kind of drinker Mr. Bryan is may be judged from the following : Mr. McKissick placed three glasses before Mr. Bryan and told him that in one he had put buttermilk, into an- publlcan party was willing to do. bring about a chanee in & way that will work injury to none and lustice to all, thus making our government, in fact, as it is now in form only, a government 'of, by, and for the peo- (Applause.)The Republican platform declares for tbe maintenance of the gold standard until that is the long word until the leading commercial nations of Europe join in internation al bimetallism. How long is that? No man can tell. It is equivalent to say ing we must maintain the gold stand- Ctan tinned on Jonrth pie.' A Quwtla for Manchester Union-J Now that Hobart has proven himself a fluent letter-writer, be should explain why the coal trust, of which be is an filan for tbe last few days and by reat dz every snare moment I have to some extent prevented myself from getting tired. . -It has been a treat pleasure to note tbe interest wbich tbe people of 1 . , . i important member, finds it neceaaary I this State are taking in this campaign, William Yixcxxt Alliv, chair- to compel nbe people in sore distress" I and while sometimes their demon stra- man. I to nav tlM a ton more If. W. Howard, Alabama; Homer I last year. for coal than COontJwowd 00 Ulrd