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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1904.
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29 KILLED IN WRECK j
Another Railway Horror Added to the
Already Long List
A HEAD-ON AFFAIR IN MISSULRI
Engineer of a Side-tracked Freight
Vistock a Local Train For the Sec
ond Section of a Through Train
Frcm Witchita. Kan., to St. Louis
ind Pulled Out on the Track Befors
tne Latter Had Passed.
'.V.irrr '!!m-k. .Mo.. Special. Twenty-M!;-
ti.sons wen- killed and sixty i:i
ju. '-'i by a Ji'M'i-n i collision of Mi.o'iri
Kviiie t. :.'n.H lh.ee milts east of War
i ii-l. ii-. Yini trains were from Wich
ita .'or i-'t. Louis and an extra freight
t:aji M ' of tlif- dead were resident
if : o i ond Kansas, as are the in
j ; .-I.
'!'" p:.-:-f np r train consisting of tw
:;; c)a( i, i-,f :i Pullman and a caboose,
..!- loaifd with World's Fair pxcii-;;f.i.-t.H
f:u:n j-o'i i h -eastern Kansas and
: . i t!i western Missouri. The Wichita
'I'iir't train had been cut in two
;;t i'lca.saiit Hill, on account of the
l::ivy Ukh, and a locomotive alfacheiW
i(. the front car without a. baggage car
; a buffer. The freight had been si.le
t:;t kd at Mount Serrat for the first
,t . tion of the Wichita train, which
arri d sign-als that a second section
v. as following. A local passenger train
;.ssed and the freight crew took the
l ;il for the .second section of the
Wi.-i'ita train and pulled out of the
.-:le-track. Three miles west. the
i" if:lit met the second section. The
inpact telescoped the tender of the
I cnger locornotie and the front car,
v fii( h was full of passengers, and it
v.t.s here that the sacrifice of life took
j!;t The passenger conductor. L.
i:.:rnes, rnn all the way to Warrens
t,!;g to report the wreck. Every phy
srian In Warrensburg and hundreds of
ilizens hastened to the wreck to as
sist the wounded. Twenty persons were
killed outright and nine died within a
lew hours.
The dead were rimed on flat cars and
1i ought to Warrensburg. A coroner's
jury is now seeking the person respon
sible for the wreck. The conductor of
the freight train says he was dozing
while his train was at Mont Serratt,
and when the local train passed. En
gineer Horton believed it was the sec
end section of the Wichita train and.
thinking the track eiear, pulled out on
tii' moin line.
G- Z. French Dead.
Wilmington. Special. A telegram to
fx-Govemor Russell announced the
fieath of G. Z. French Sunday night, at
the home of his sister-in-law. in Ban
sor, Maine. Mr. French had lived in
Wilmington since the war and had been
prominent in Republican politics, until
the revolution here in 1898. when he
gave up the office of acting sheriff and
retired from the city to his plantation,
near Rocky Point. Pender county.
French was a leader in the Legislature
during the reconstruction period as a
Representative from New Hanover and
had since that time been postmaster in
Wilmington for two or more terms. He
was about 75 years of age and leaves
no immediate relatives."
Trying to Stop Lynching.
Columbia. Sreeial. Governor Hey
frard is doing all he can to nip lynch
ing in the bud. Monday evening he
heard of trouble in Lancaster and he
sent this message of Sheriff John P.
Hunter:
"It ha? come to me indirectly that
a case of rape has occurred in your
county. Please investigate and be on
your guard.
"P. C. HEY WARD, Governor."
Governor Heyward has received this
reasHuring message from Lancaster:
""Have ju::t arrived from Kershaw,
where have been investigating lynch
ing of Morrison, find that John Gill,
colored, made improper proposals to
respectable married lady five miles
north of here. I hear that negro left
after she secured a gun. Has not been
found. Am exerting all my power to
get him. Do not fear lynching, if I can
get him in rav hands.
"JOHN P. HUNTER, Sheriff.'
Lou Dillon Breaks Records.
Memphis, Special. Lou Dillon, the
world's champion trotting mare, own
ed by C K. G. Billings, broke all work
out reeords for trotting horses by cir
cling the courst at the Memphis Driving
Park ia 2:01. Millard Saunders, tier
trainer, drove the mare. She was paeod
by a runner driven by Doc Tanner.
First quarter, 0:30 half mile, 1:00;
three-quarters, l:2$ri; mile, 2:016.
Inter-State Commission. i
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Chicago, 111.. Special. The members
of the Inner-State Commission have
arrived here and the first meeting was
held to consider the question of the
transportation of freight by common
carriers in cars not owned by the car
riers. Tho commission will hold an
other meeting Wednesday to consider
the case of the Van Auken-Smith Coal
Company against the Pere Marquette
involving alleged excessive terminal
charges at Milwaukee on shipments of
bituminous coal from Ohio and West
Virginia points.
Killed a Barber
Chicago, Special. Because he was
"sing a pair of dull clippers, Charles
Alexander, a barber, was killed by
James Thomas, whose hair Alexander
as cutting. When Thomas complain
ed that the clippers pulled his hair, in
stead nf itTtt.-ncr f ha ltorViAi-
Thomas, a fiht followed. Thomas got i
"BCi.siun or tne cuppers and rammed
yieia into Alexander's throat Alexan-!
- uir-u aimost instantly, bis juglar
em hating been severed.
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Many Attractions are Already Ar
ranged For, and Other. Will be Ad
ded. The great Mecklenburg county fair,
which will be held at Charlotte o
October 2.1th. 26th, 27th and 2Sth will
')e one of the greatest attractions to
be held in the State, in fact it will
! the most important event of the
-.canon and will draw immense crowds
'rom all parts of the two Carolina.
The officers are to be congratulated
for the good bookings that they
ciave made noticeably among which
is the Eruption of Mt. Pe dee and the
miming of the great city. St. Pierre,
Martinique. This performance is
shown every night by the W. S. I .ay
ton Carnival Co., and is a $3,00v at
ti action, over loo people taking part
in it. A large wall lent is erected
around it with a Keating capacity of
r. odo people. The mountain is 50 feet
i.igh and is more than 200 feet wide
a- its base. The city of St. Pierre is
represented in the back ground with
its churches, dancing halls and al!
kinds of places of amusement.
In the church a choir of ."o people
are .singing, services going on and
without any warning the great moun
tain belches forth its molten lava cov
ering the city and completely destroy
ing it, killing 40,000 human:-. The peo
ple are seen in reality climbing the
house-tops, climbing trees and jump
ing from the windows and roofs. The
outside world rushes to the scene,
comes to the rescue and carry away
the dead bodies. The attraction is
said to be the best of its kind any
where in the country. The cost of the
fire-works alone is more than $500.
They carry with them a high class
band as well as other attractions.
This performance commands the at
tention of its audience one hour and
fifty-five minutes.
The free attract ions are especially
good. This year the authorities have
neiih' r spared money nor time to
make it i-o.
In the New York Combination Co..
the most prominent figures are Misses
Shaffer and Jewell of New York and
ten beautiful horses. The ladies man
age the horses alone and give a line
exhibition of horsemanship.
Cupid, the geatest known and one
Oi the most beautiful horses in the
world, being of three different colors,
bay, black and white, will be rldd?n
by Miss Shaffer who will make the
horse go through twenty different
gaits and tricks then jump a pole
measuring seven feet and five inches
from the ground.
Another free attraction which will
be given daily is the high dive act
and slack wire performance. The pro
fessor of the high dive act climbs to
the top of his tower and dives down
a distance of 65 feet into a shallow
pool of water four feet deep and ten
by twelve feet in dimensions.
The indications are that the midway
will surpass any previous one ever
held here or possibly in the State.
Nearly all the ground has been en
gaged. The following is an incomplete and
partial list already secured:
An exhibit of 150 species of snakes,
The Black Act. Serpentine dancers,
three headed illusion show, snake
eaters, razzle dazzle pleasure wheel,
managerie. African dodgers, Lunette,
the flying lady, shooting galleries,
photograph button machines, view
electrical machines, gold wire jewelry
workers, novelty fish ponds, curiosity
show, monkey show and many other
attractions and fust-class companies
who have not yet been signed up but
who intend coming.
In connection with the midway and
for the benefit of the public, the
grounds will be kept open every night
until 12 o'clock. An admission .ee of
2o cents wil be charged at night.
Purses of ?,.,000 have been offered
as prizes and no horse can enter with
a record of not l'rss than 2:35 class,
thus insuring races of high class or
der. Miss Lillian Shaffer, champion lady
vquestrinne of the world will be pres
ent, also Miss Lottie Jevvli from the
Paris hippodrome. The riding- feats
rf thee two artists will bs worth a
trip to the fair. In addition to these
attractions there will be many other
unusually interesting features. The
management has secured reduced
rates on all railroads leading , into
Charlotte.
In regard to the tournament, which
will be held the first day, rules and
regulations were mailed to more than
50 riders" and the Indications are that
the contest will be the largest ever
held in the State. The following
prizes have been offered: First. $25;
second, $15: third. $10 and fourth. $15.
Mr. David B. Smith of the Char
lotte bar, has been selected as orator
to fleliver th rhiwrr. tlm s!if
ivmguis oeiore mey enter tne eon-
test.
Mr. Jno. M. Craig, chief marshal, is
busily engaged appointing his assist
ants and hopes to have his list ready
by the end of the week.
Shot in Back of Head.
Houston, Texas., Special. Hugh N.
Swain, an attorney, shot and killed C.
W. Jones, secretary of the Houston
Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of
which W. F. Swain, father of the for
mer, is president. Swain was arrested
but refuses to give any information
whatever concerning the cause leading
to the tragedy. Jones was in his of
fice during the afternoon, and with a
companion, started to leave about 4
o'clock. His companion went ahead
and heard the shot. He went back and
saw Jones lying in the hall, while
Swain was standing in the door of his
own office. Jones was shot in the back
of the head, anddied instantly.
Blockade More Rigid.
Chefoo, By Cable. The increased ac
tivity of tne Japanese fleet blockading
Port Arthur in the stopping of mer
chantmen, is due to a lookout which
is kept for three British ships, which, it
is suspected, intend to attempt to en
ter Port Arthur with tinned meats and
vegetables. The British steamer Vic
toria was stopped near Wei Hai Wei
this evening, and the foregoing expla
nation was made to her by the Japa
nese boarding office.
GEN. RANSOM DEAD
Prominent Southern Statesman Goes
to His Reward
WAS LOVED, HONORED. RESPECTED
i The Imperishable Career of North
Carolina's Most Distinguished PrU
vate Citizen Closes at the 78th Mile
stone in His Life.
Weldon. N. C, Special. Ex-Senator
Matt W. Ransom. North Carolina's
foremost citizen, died suddenly Satur
day morning at his country home in
Northampton county, near Garysburg,
of heart failure.
The end came shortly after 1 o'clock;
and was the peaceful passing cf a
flame which had flickered but feebly;
for some months. It was his TSth1
birthday.
Gen. M. W. Ransom was born on
Oct. 8, 1S26. In Warren county, He be-!
came Attorney General for the State ol
North Carolina in 1852. being only 2S
years of age at the time, thus being the;
youngest man to hold this position in
the history of the State. By reason of.
Gov. Vance being unable to qualify as;
Senator after his election. Gen. Ran
som became United States Senator In;
1872, which position he held constantly
until 1S95, immediately after which he
was appointed United States minister
to Mexico, in which capacity he served;
for two years. He was a member of;
the board of arbitration in the Vent-;
zuelan troubles with Mexico.
He leaves five sons and one daughter,
and a wife. He was probably the larg
est landowner in the State, the acre
age being variously estimated from 14,-'
,000 to 18,000. In fact, he recently re
"marked: "There is only one person,
who knows how much land I own and'
that is myself."
The funeral will take place Monday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and the inter-;
ment will be made in the family bury-;
ing ground. He will be buried with
Masonic honors.
The following is a brief life sketch
of Ex-Senator Ransom:
He was born in Warren county, this
State, in 1826, and Is now, therefore,
sixty-two years of age. For more than
half a life-time he has been a conspicu
ous personage, and a man of recognized
ability and pronounced influence In
North Carolina. Shortly after his grad-
j uation from the University, at Chapel
Hill, in 1847, he was admitted to the
bar, and five years later he was elected
Attorney General of the State. Few
men have merited or won such success
so early in life, and fewer have follow
ed it with so continuous a public ser
vice. In 1855 he resigned the Attorney
Generalship, and was not again in of
fice until the year 1858, when he was
a Representative in the State Legisla
ture. And again, in 1859 and 1860, he
filled that position. He was sent as a
peace commissioner from the State of
North Carolina to the Congress of
Southern States at Montgomery, Ala.,
in ISfil. On the breaking out of the
Civil War he entered the Confederate
army, and rose successively through
the positions of lieutenant colonel, col
onel and brigadier general to that of
major general. In the last named rank
he served until the close of the war.
and surrendered with General Lee's
army at "Appomattox. As a soldie
General Ransom showed himself to be
a courageous man and a brave and
skillful officer, an he endeared himself
greatly, by his humane management
and courteous bearing, to the men of
his command. Returning to his native
State at the close of the war. General
Ransom resumed the practice of the
law. at the same time being engaged
extensively as a planter, and it was not
until the year 1872 that he again en-
I tered public life. Then, for the first
time, he was elected to the Senate of
the United States, a position he has
occupied continuously until the present
time, having been re-elected in 1S7G
and in 1SS3. At the expiration cf his
present, term, in March, 1S89, he will
have eighteen years in the hi-rhest of
fice within the gift of the people of his
own State, an honor of which he and
the State may be proud. Senator Ran
som was a man of marked ability and
of broad culture. Though he has sel
dom made set speeches in the Sc-nate.
yet his efforts were characterized by
those qualities cf conservative good
sense, elegance of expression and
eraee of delivery that are peculiarly
his own.
News of the Day.
Julius H. Stone and others, indicted
in the United States District Court at
Trenton, N. J., for conspiracy in plac
ing iron inside of cork life-preservers,
Aere arraigned and released on bail.
Mrs. Rosa Rarbadi, 22 years old, shot
and kiUed Michael Roge when he tried
to foree her to leave her husband in
New York. 1
The ereuption of Mount Vesuvius is
greatly diminished.
Russians at Port Arthur have been
striving in vain to retake positions
which, the Japanese captured.
Czar Nicholas will go to Reval Tues
day to bid farewell to the Baltic squad
r en
King Edward telegraphed his condo
Teuces to the widow of Sir William
Vernon Harcourt.
Countess Lonyay pronounces her sis
ter. Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg.
.sane.
General Stoessel issued an exultant
proclamation at Port Arthur in honor
it the repulse of the latest Japanese at
tack. Southern Italy was shaken by an
earthquake.
Premier Belfour, in a speech at Edin
burgh, stated that be was not a pro
tectionist. There is a bitter political controversy
in Denmark over the proposed re-establishment
of the whipping post.
Frederick A. Bartholdi, sculptor of
the Statue of Liberty, in New York bay
Is critically in in Paris.
Emperor William will have h?3 you"
i'er sons schooled ia industrial an.
financial problem 1
NORffl STATE NOTES
Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Sections.
Big Diamond Theft.
Aj.vilk Special. Tiio residence
of John A. Stewart, at 14 West Chest
nut tfot, was entered TLurwia
night, ind 1 10.000 in diamonds stolen.
Mr. Sitwart -ante here from Switzer
land a'oout a yesx tgo, leased hU
present residence anl decided to
make Asheville his home. He is
Quito wealthy and numbered among
his possessions ma ty valuable stones
that be kept in a lock-box placed in
a trunk and the trunk stored in a
closet of the iioue.
Just what time the robbery occur
red is not known, as the first inti
mation that the family had that the
house had been burglarized was when
one of tho servants in entering the
residence found everything in a de
moralized condition' and clothes and
other articles scattered a'oout the
floois cf the house.
Mr. Stewart was infoimed of this
state of affairs and investigation re
vealed the fact that a burglary had
occurred, and that a diamond brixx-h,
necklaco, ring and terni-crescent
brooch had been stolen. One of the
brooches v.ivs valued at $5,000. Thj
police department was notified and tho
robbery kept as quiet as possible un
til the news leaked out and the state
ment was made of the occurence. It
is the opinion of the police that the
robbers were professionals and that
they were reasonably sure that the
jewels were in the house. It is said
that skeleton keys were used. Tho
diamonds were insured.
North State News.
Pursuant to a recent call b; lead
Ing cotton mill men acting Independ
ently of any organization about, spin
ners, representing a total cf 477,491
ppindles engaged in the manufacture
of hard yarns in North Carolina, me
in Charlotte Tuesday and agreed vvp
cn an advanced scale of prices. The
committee will keep in close touch
with market conditions in the interest
of the manufacturers and are to ar
range and issue a correct schedule of
prices from time to time.
The Mecklenburg Camp of Confed
erate Veterans have devoted ?100 to
the fitting up of three rooms in their
county home for the benefit of need 3
and indigent comrades. All necep-s-ary
furniture has been put in and
the rooms have been made neat and
comfortable. A remittee bas beer,
appointed to look into each applica
tion and no veteran will be admitted
who has means of support.
News has just been received it
the sheriff's office in Fayetteville that
Ed. Corbett, the negro wanted for
crooked liquor dealing, shot Will Mc
Neill, another negro, Firady night,
in the western part of Cumberland
county. McNeill is not dead, but it
is thought that he is mortally wound
ed. The sheriff sent officers after
Corbott.
In Wake Superior Court in Raleiga
Saturday morning a nol pros was en
teied by order of Judge Ferguson iv
the criminal proceeding against Capt.
V. E. Mcllee arid K. S. Finch, charg
ing them with conspiracy against the
State In their litigation for the ap
pointment of a receiver for the At
lantic and Ncfh Carolina Railroad.
There was a double case of bigamy
in the Superior Court in Raleigh Wed
nesday, a man having another, living
wife and the woman another living
husband. The man was Isaac Petti
lord, who received a sentence to
three years on the roads; the woman
Eliza Wi'Maius, was sentenced to jail
for two years.
The Secretary of State charters the
Spencer House Furnishing Company,
of Speuser, capital $20,000 and Jas.
K. Dorsett, president.
The Charles G. Harrington Print
ing Company, of Greensboro, was
chartered Tuesday, the incorporators
being Charles G. Harrington, Al Fair
brother, A. B. Kimball, and with a
capital of $50,000 authorized.
Chief of PoTice Irwin, of Charlotte,
and his men hae begun the waging
of crusade upon the owners and driv
ers of automobiles, and all horseless
carriages, who persist in violating the
speed limit governing them.
Rev. George A. Snyder, A. M., the
new president of Catawba College,
was inaugurated at Newton Saturday,
the ceremonies being attended by a
terge number of people.
The Bank of Mt. Airy has been
chartered with 5100,000 capital auth
orized. $23,000 subscribed, by W J.
Byeriy, A. E. Smith, Jessie H. Prath
er. J. A. Yokeley and others.
Norfolk Hatter Fails.
Norfolk. SpeciaL Sidney Sherwood,
hatter, failed here for $6,600. The lar
gest creditor is Robert W. Smith, Bal
timore, for $2,700, and there are a num
ber of merchant creditors of Baltimore.
Preservation Recommended.
Washington, SpeciaL General Bar
ry, command'mg the Department of
the Gulf, has recommended tothe War
Department that Fort Marion, the old
Spanish forties3 at St. Augustine,
Fia., one of the oldest and most pic
turesque ruins in tha United States,
be preserved. This fortress was be
gun by the Spaniards in 1746 and com
pleted in 1756 under the name of
Castle St. Mark. The general says
that while the old fort serves no use
ful purpose it is attractive as a relic.
MR. WATSON WRITES
Letter Acceplis Pcpslist Nccisiliia
.Hade PtbU
SCORES B0T0IiLRjCAMDAlLS
Populist Nominee Declares That He
Devotes Most of His Fire to Parker
as an Artful Dodger, since Reese
veil Stand Boldly Out in the Open.
The letter of Ilea. TLoma II Wat
sen accepting the Populist nomination
for the presidency is in substance as
foilows:
-To Hon. Sanauel W. Williams. Chair
man Committee on Notification:
"What two great political part'e
have. In turn, governed a coui-try, and
have, between them, brought unsatis
factory conditions, it Is but natu.al
fact that a third party should ark.
Citizens who have looked in rain to
"the two great parties" for rcutedUl
legislation lose confidence in both after
a while, and adopt one of two courses:
They either submit to the evils of bad
government, or protect by organizing
a third party.
"To the student of history, the e is
nothing more saddening than the ten
acity of the people to submit. As a
rule, political education never reaches
the masses. State-craft, like priest
craft, jealously guards its pe-rcts.
There is always the inner sanctuary,
which the people are taught to believe
would be profaned by the touch of
their unholy feet."
Mr. Watson then takes a tall out of
the ruling classes in England, Ger
many, Italy, Egypt and India, and con
tinues: "How is it in our own land? God
never made a grander home for his
children than that which the Cavalier
t-f Virginia, the Dutchman In New
York, and the Puritan in Massachusetts
sought as a refuge from the systems
of the old world. In natural advantages
this earth holds no reign superior to
ours. Ghee it belonged to the people.
With his gun. the common man won
it mile by mile from the Indian, the
Frenchman, the Saxon, and the Sp:.n-
iaid. What the common man did not
win with his gun, he bought with his
money. From sea to sea, the land which
!s ours became ours because the com
mon man was ready to pay for it with
his tax money or his blood.
What has become of it? Willi bewil
dering rapidity, it has been taken from
the common people and given to the
corporations. It belonged to the govern
ment, to all the people. It was meant to
supply homes to individual citizens,
and there was enough of it to last for
many generations. To the extent of
about . 200,000,000 acres, it has been
given to railroad corporations; , and
now, when a common man wants a
home in all that vast domain, he must
go to the railroad corporations to get
it."
THE GOLD STANDARD.
"Once upon a time we had a finan
cial system of our own. Placed in" the
constitution as part of our fundamental
law, it seemed to be firmly fixed. For a
hundred yeais this money system was
in operation among us. Therefore, It
f..-Hn:ed to be 'irrevocably fixed. Very
wise men created this syetem of na
tional finance. It was the one subject
upon which Thomas Jefferfeon and Al
exander Hamilton agree.!. Those two
were, perhaps, the greatest statesmen
this country ever produced. So pre-eminent
were they ai ove all others, that
they divided the people into two dis
tinct schools of political thought. But,
irpon the vital subject of finance, these
master-minds reached the same con
clusion: and that conclusion be2me a
port of the constitution.
"To establish the single goll ttan
c'ard. which sets the constitution arid.
the statue had to be violated. The word
coin had to be constructed to mean
gold only;' and the paper note, Issued
on silver, had to he redeemed In a man
ner different from tbat prescribed by
law.
"There are at bast five reasons why
the gold standard cannot be consid
ered as fixed:
"(1) It is unconstitutional.
"(2) It violates statute law.
"(3) The supply of gold might in
crease beyond all the circulations of
the money power. Thus, the standard
cf value would get beyond their con
trol. In that vent, the money power
itself would change the standard.
"(4) The supply of gold might sud
denly cease. In that event, contraction
v.ouid at once set in, because the coun
try's expansion ja business and in
crease in pop'tkm required a con
stantly increasing nlaticn of currency.
If the horrors oi contraction should
again come upon us by the selfish pol
icy, of the money power, the people
woiild compel a change-, in the standard.
Well si.eet gave us the- panic of 1S73;
Wall street gave i s tho panic of A893.
Let Wall street give ha another, and it
Di.ay find that it has given ns
one too many. The American people
have about reached the limit of endu
rance. "We have heard much of constitu
tionalism' In this campaign. The sin
erity of the crime is known by the fact
that "the gold standard, which violates
be statute law and the constitution, is
ret only support ed by Theodore Roose-'
fclt. the emperialist. but by Alton B.
Parker, the chesen apostle of constitu
tionalism. "(5) The gold standard i not Irrer
ccable fixed. because it ia unscientific
and wrong. Nothing is more certain
than that the people of this country
will continue their straggle until they
hare a national currency, which the
money power cannot control, and which
answers the purpose of perfecting ex
changes without becoming an armory,
from which the baccaneers of modern
finance draw the irresistible weapons
with vhich they attack values and raid
the markets.
"One of the worst features of our
financial system in the farming oat to
(Continued on Page Three.)
A F0PtLSr DV IN CaUVUa
He Says ParMr t r.c Fijhur T.
Rice Cceitian Duwu(i-Tfte Pcj.
ulist Platform in Brief R pubic;
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the Orator,
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iLt iiful. and wl.cn he f.uiNs ta U-
r lid voa.es c, and hall t'on.-tal It.
H iooJ L-re today uad puke fut
;-.n hcur an l a half, extt-niporanoo ivly.
'iid his laiitruaxe v,a 1 lah Ul
;louj;!;t as clear a sunshine, fir .
Jit a. fetauoto h;H-a2r. i.;t the ..'jt
i em: jslvr. the moot t niciu.t at: S :
t Lalnkig that I hv -vr hrai l.
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I 1 Hp"?.h frutu I'.ttU
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f a..;5ta',.i
He e?.-ov.:.i'd thit tc.o j.ht t,i!
:!, and :i'k!el. by way f illnsti:.
lion. ih:t "Th- ureal .!Hhud;si
CI. ! h. v. ui.-h h;o- '-Tried ith while
l g wherev. r the tO.ir-ftf, on
ct:r priced o:il John Wer .ey. Chjrle
Wesley anl Cei-rge- WhkfMJ: an! the
M-e-i'i ft-i-)ti.-t Cluirtb, the s-i m pli. ity of
bo--e ijov: 1 nrne-it and t (;'.; iiitij." 1
n.;cii ai.'iiie. was long confined to the
': nut -tin rev ues of Italy and France,
l.inding it- lime shed its iisht ujxin
fbe world. "
Tlx- aptili-alien will be obiot:s.
.! Liu W. i:.ii.iel said at the St. Umin
t ouve-.ticn. "I'm tired of being in the
1. i-.t iity. If .ie was wrong he might
will be tind of it; if hia conscience
wa- .101 cleir. 1m might b tired of it;
l-ut inajoi itis and minorities why
thciild a man whose object is truth
:i!id who believes in the principles he
.' ii'Is for consider them?
"Tnlk about throwing aay yewtr
i.t the only vote you ever threw
fiway is the vote cast in violation of
reht."
He g-jid be was iippealing to
i (might-out. middle of the road Popu
lists. "And if you hear my gospel," gald
he, "and believe it. you are a coward
if you do not veite for n:e. This is pul
ling it straight. If you cringe at the
e:aik of the party lash, if you fear un
i cpularity or loss of business, if you let
any consideration compel you to ote
against your conscience, you are 110
brave man!'1
THE REPUBLICAN PAUTY.
The Republican party, he wid, s:iuds
for class legislation, for the few an
against the many. Rvrbody knows
what It stands for. "Of its candidate.
Theodore Roosevelt, I will .-aiy that he's
a brave man; hc' every inch a man.
Now tear me to pieces!" This he paid
with .1 .mile. "Rut I think he's wrong
I rem hia he-ad to his heels, and I am
iiHainst hirr from a to izzrml. fro nr. In
te Heershba.
"But he is a bold, open, ilefi-inf an
tagonist. You know where he is. You
could find him in the dark, i v.otib'
that I might fight him alone. I u.iahr
a hip him. He might w hip me: but
when he went home bin wife would hj,
Teddy, whose had a hold of yem?" '
He briefly -traced the history cf the
-i poking parties, showing how Democ
racy was outspoken against IlepubSi-
! aj; piimiples iron: Jelreraoij t..
j Dryan.
j "Hut now," said be "when we are
i :.u the last quarter of the ra-e. when
j f-nch jockey is plying t e whip on !oth
les and spurring for life, no man
.i been ible to make A!Uu 15. Far
let ;iv where he differi frcm RooEe
in principle."
"Judge Parker." he suit!, "in the
lueekcFt fighter 1 ever saw go into the
line. Rcxjr-evelt says that
when tho Philippines get re-ady for in
dependent government, he is going to
rave it to them: Parker says when they
are quite drepared for it they shall hav
:t.
' Roth say they will prowcute illegal
; rusts, but they furnish no list of the
riminals. Both agree that the tariff
I'ee-ds revision, but wherein they say
not.
"Would he ever whip Roosevelt that
j way? The only way to whip a man
to fight him. You will never whip
lie Republican party until you get a
lighter, for the Republican party Is
Leaded by a fighter."
The two parties do not differ as to
irrperialism. We won the Philippines
zs the spoils of war, and yet Mr.
Bryan went to Washington and used
I is. ie:sonal influence for the pasge
of the treaty of Paris, whereby, after
l aving already won the iknd, we
paid I20.UOO.000 for them. -That Is
v. bat put imperialism on us." Demo
cratic votes were necessary te its pas
sge.The parties united in it.
, THE NEGRO ISSUE.
Mrj Watson dwelt on the race ques
tion. His face wore a winning smile.
KIs voice has a subtle qu-ality. Btig
gesting reserve power; and when be
let it fall at his periods, there was
sorr-etbing in it bo sweet, to xersuasive,
that you ran understand it only when
you hear it. It seemed that he bad
extended his personality to his audi
ence. While he was discussing straight
political topics, making no effort at
pathos or eloquence, I saw hundreds of
eyes swimming in team from no other
cause than the mental excitement. I
ptver saw people listen in this rapt
way before. The little, quiet-mannered
man stood there, making few gestures,
uot often raising his voice to a high
pitch, not a hint of perspiration about
him, but his very calm cess was the
calmness of strength. But I am stray
ing from the negro issue.
"I presume," said he, "that I am
In a Democratic stronghold. I am in
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Liviciitlx iiiMc to m iht- ,!'r Ul
t'aklnit t ! uUt ...si on St h?a i .
Rttcrni to CMirv hr p : .',! :
lit of the hiiill 11.
Ml. Ililtiei .l I h&it tout; e,f the Tit:
Ujtf&l cotnuiUUe of the jt".!.Ut fM
until ttrnt! He Uefired to t-t.ir
I rom tha' pirn uhum' of to
'Uuuitwi !U tuifeiiiCfce i fi-ai.. uii
blni itti.l lu nu- v!sh. t.-
liberty m tS i ainpa.n to !t a.'. .ot
in k- . rit lttout th rpvniil-i
Hry 1 ( th- r aii in mm Mp r-tin os-u
Mm. He if jay I hk very c!om tMn
tie 11 to the nation! catupnii".. io'H
''H', mi l fXiwctft to ! Pr-i . -:,i
iiinhe t it t-h- te i.
Watson's Strngth Growing.
"In .New Yoil city. a!d Mr. P e r.
"many of the nust earnest f'.ryan u
nnd thon who had voted fin It
(Jcorge are n fitt-lii to vtito for Par
r. They don't know where ! vl i l.
unless they tire to ju5g by the m-'i
;nd the truvt itttlticticea that fln.an. .!
for a ear or more hi tanlimrv for
iSe nomination that captured the Ht.
Ix'iii lor.ventlon. and are now running
his am j.aig.'i. They will not upj :rt
a candidate on a Mrs Id Unix rla'f'ru
who Is backed by Influence r. , r. -s-t
nt d by hh'Ii m n a Melinont a4
Hill. Th.- thlnjs r. tru t u
gl eater or lens extent over the h"'f
country. Many of the voters M1
upptrt Mr. Wat Hon. Mr. Wata fi'".
tpeecbi h are t-lng widly read uJ
are making a Kf"l impr-aio!i.
i , prowiiiK in strength each day. T' -aie
other fry an dennKrat and crnv
PP iMfi who prefer to rt an -f.i-live
vot Mgainst I'arker Inote.! -.f
one that would be Ineffective, and
will vote fol Rooevlt. !UiK1e, ti - :
admire- the President ery much r.
mail an I eitir,r- mntiy important j.s
of bis administration.
The President Admired by Men oi AH
Parties.
"Ricsiuent Roosevelt, in my e,pfr;i'ii
will get more than balf of the po.n
list vote in tl,!.4 country, anl Lin tot
from ilemo.-ratj, will ertAir.ly
larg-. He greatly admired fcr Ui
In lependence and honesty, w'thou re
gard to party liix a. I heard un '
.fackvon donMK-rat r e'lily say thi !
wa-i I be Uii-t lnlf t.encb'nt clitrii r
sind b"t tji- f irui Ar.-eni-ki'.u""
li. public life i!io Andre J.ckit'r..
nm (bat be pr:ipe 1 to supr-?:! h!t.
An other remarked tbat Roo'V.-.'t
I'iifci.t M:r.k luiKtakeM. but that :l ;
! woiild te hi owu mistakes, an! .
i v ,i!K! rnnke anieiida fr thera. Tt-e
if(i-15ng .-. giving the Irtr!1cnt wj h
y;:pji.rt among the mtifct indep r. le t
iii i tulnking 1 ople of all partly.
Populists Acting For Themselvct.
"I have nf doubt that Mr. r.n3!.'n
oecheK ftill ke.'p a g!5Jl rr&OV i'.'u'i
in raff within th p.irty in this ' -tJe.n,
but not all f them. Rut
li.-ta who vo.ei .for Mr. Hryan are to t
looking f:.r trie a lvbe of anyone, n r
v.iii they follow the cdflr
;-n.ine. Tbe-y are lo'.rg l.':e;r
(.d thinking. A ?re-at tt-u-cf
tberr. be the oypoMlvon
tire Fre.l(:eat be canwe of the Snej n
dent coiiragKius etiure he has tak'
fe.'l that it would net bo rlht to ;-r-rnit
a man U bo strikeu down in tM
country because he opposed torpira!'
interests when he beiievtd ther we tc
being worktd in opposition to the l'.
They e honety and courage la U.
ccur?e he has pursued, and whether
they Hke ail oU. hit party' cre--1 .
not. they dtn't propee to te sna-1'- a
rrty to a cbeie to fetilke hici lorn,
jsnd trp!ae iapjw-r n et of follf l Ann
who have league-el tb -melTe with till
enemie tertain p'iwt-tful intert".
who are hia enemies Imtsusc be er
foreed the law and atod for eejual Jt:
tke for aii. And tln.y know tnt It
is this HaiE of law breaker wto haw
Tilted l.e ery that Rrjcaerclt "uv
Rafe.'v
Very Many Populists Fcr Ro3scK.
"Thttv !s tjioth-r liaan of ppi!it.
wl.-o. wfcll belie ling strng! 'r
ever in their prluciple. are alto rw;
practical and want their vote to ',0
some good. Tbcy agreo with Mr. Wat
son, in his remarkable speech cf ar
cptanet. when te a!d:
"It seems to me to be tb most
amazing piece of effrontery fcr the
democratic party 'to go before tlK
American people and proclaim tb.-u
for eight year they hare been wrong
exj the rtpublicaas have been r'gtt.
and at the uiuu tim? demand that
the crowd which has Leec wrong iai;
be put in the places of those who
hare been right. It would, indeed, be
a miracle if any such thing would
happen and so far as I am concerned,
I do not believe it will happen.
These populists agree with Mr.
Watson in this. They ffcel that the
democratic politicians who stole their
platform In anj 19(0. and profess
ed to believe in it. and then deliber
ately changed front an3 tried to steal,
a far a they had the courage to.
the republican platform In 1?04. are
men without convlctiona and are i.ot
to te trusted with the reins of gov
ernment. They feel that men who
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