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Has Tremendous Ovation at the
of Candidate TafL
Mr. Bryan SDoke last week in
Ohio, Waft's home. He had great
ovations every where. As the train
earryingthe distinguished Nebraskan
palled into the station at Cincinnati
K. E2YAN I IMHANA.
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is jnst as good for us to handle' We will pay you12V6
cents a pound for it. J J j j
Highest prices paid for Chickens, Eggs and
Beeswax.
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ike the Republican party, believes J ROOStYUrS feYPUYS WOTI WOEX.
that the people have a right to pass i ; i
Home Judgment upon a proposition before , Ca0i Jhns Divert Attentioi f rta Ibeb-lSavs Roesmlt is Ihk Of to Haider Sulk rW Re . t C
; " sacs; Says Ur. Ken. ::; ' . . ..v J - as a federal Asset j I hit i far.
Mr. Itoosevelt will find It nuitet Addressing two large Catherine 3
jrupjssioie vy me raising 01 suae
SUPS -mrul thp mmlrivtrxr of tkrt
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luuHvn icw annus 01 me peopte i reswenc, reiterated ms cnarg that rkaxd of Agncultuie b
- Mve-uuiui inn rnusi ae-i t restaeni Koosevelt was not etvir.tr
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through a gauntlet of red fire, thou-Uver since I have been in public life,
it becomes a matter of legislation.
and if the people have never declared
in favor of government ownership, a
Democratic administration would
not consider itself at liberty to make
that -subject an issue.
I have been opposing the trusts
lm l,ttte' Friday Wii.'Lm The veracity cf the Kan farmer
V?- nocratc candidate tor' I never doubted, hence the State
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cf Afoaaa99tKjai
THE DAVIS WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
sands of throats sent up a mighty
yell of "Hurrah for Bryan !" and the
great crowd pushed and jammed un
til it appeared as though some one
would be injured. The progress of
Mr. Bryan from the railroad station
to the hotel was a continuous lauda
tion. The reception accorded the Demo
cratic candidate on his way from Co
lumbus was remarkable. . Large
crowds turned out all along the line,
but it remained for Dayton to over
whelm him. So great were the
crowds that he was compelled to de
liver two extra speeches to street
throngs that stopped street car traf
fic. " He was showered with flowers
and greeted with vociferous applause
from the tens of thousands from the
city and surrounding points.,
. After making his plea for a square
deal, Mr. Bryan said : ; . .
"I have not held office to any great
extent. Four years in Congress
covers my official experience. I be
gan life as a young lawyer, practiced
for a few years in Illinois and then
went to Nebraska. I had no rich or
powerful friends to aid me. What
ever distinction I have gained has
been gained in the advocacy of the
policies of government which I have
deemed best for the people, and yet
I think that you will agree with me
that I have been reasonably success
ful. I was nominated for the Presi
dency by a national convention of
my party and received the votes of
6,500.000 people. Notwithstanding
my defeat, I was again nominated,
and again received about the same
vote. After the lapse of eight years
I have been nominated a third time,
the nomination coming from the
rank and file of my party and with a
degree of unanimity which indicates
that the principles which 1 have been
advocating are acceptable to the
jarty. His official record would not
have secured him the nomination. I
have been thrice nominated without
an extended official record. "1
"He (Mr. Taft) calls attention to
things that. I have advocated, but he
does not give you a full list of them.
I have advocated tariff reform for
28 vearR, and still do so. I have
lived long enough to see the Repub
lican party frightened by the growth
of tariff reform sentiment into mak
ing a promise of immediate revision,
and Mr. Taft himself has been driven
to confess that the present schedules
are indefensible.
"I have advocated the income tax
for something like 18 years, and have
lived to see Mr. Taft finally advocate
it. I have advocated the election of
Senators by direct vote of the people
for 18 years, and rejoice to welcome
Mr. Taft to its advocacy, although
he xnly expresses a personal inclina
tion toward it. I have advocated the
ultimate independence of the Fili
pinos, and 1 have been rejoiced to
find that in this campaign he admits
there is no other sentiment of the
question. :
"He says that I favored the free
coinage of silver. It is true. He
might also have told you that Mr.
McKinley voted for free coinage of
silver in 1878; that the Republican
National Convention in 1896 pledged
itself to international bimetallism,
and that Mr, McKinley's First impor
tant act after taking the oath of of
fice was to send a commission to
Europe to ask other -nations to join
us in restoring bimetallism. We in
sisted that the country needed more
money, and we point to the fact that
increased prosperity has come with a
larger currency. The unexpectea
discoveries of gold have saved the
people, and the money question is no
longer an issue because of this in
crease in the nation's money. His
attempt to revive that issue is a con
fession that he is unable to meet the
issues of the present time.
"He accuses me of favoring gov
ernment ownership, but he forgets
that both he and President Roose
velt have threatened the railroads
with government ownership if they
do not consent to effective regula
tion, and : that is substantially the
position that I have taken, except
that I have less faith than he has
that the railroads will consent to ef
fective regulation. I am as anxious
as he is to have regulation more
anxious, I think, because I have been
urging regulation for some 20 years,
while it is a new subject to him.
"His attempt" to drag in the ques
tion of ownership 13 another con
fession that he is not prepared to
meet the issues, for ownership is not
only not a question now, but will
not he an issue for the next fou"r
vears. for the Democratic party, un-
and i am sorry that while he hits ac
cepted the Democratic position on
several questions he still refuses to
accept our party's position on this
subject.
. Mr, Taft does not stand for a
singlereform that has not been ad
vocated by Democrats before he took
up the reforms; or, to make it more
persona!, he has not advocated a re
form that I have not advocated
earlier; and it is hardly fair for him
to say that he can enforce- my re
forms better than I can myself.
Is Indiana Going Democratic?
Philadelphia Record. ' , '
So far as we ean 'discover they are
not smiling at all over Indiana. The
effort is too painful. Several ppecial
elections of members of the legisla
ture occurred on Thursday. Five
Republican counties in the northern
part of the State, which gave Roose
velt a majority of 2500, went Demo
cratic by nearly 200. Three Demo
cratic counties in the Southern part
of the State, which went against
Parker by 1725. on Thursday gave a
Democratic majority of nearly 200.
One county, where the Republicans
had a majority four years ago of
4646, and where they normally have
a majority of 3000, they carried last
week by 272. Muncie, a Republican
stronghold, was carried by the Dem
ocrats by 2200. In four counties,
making one Senatorial district, the
Republicans generally have a major
ity in each county, and an aggregate
majority of 2500. On Thursday they
! had 59.
Such changes as these will Jum
Roosevelt's majority of 94,000 into a
Bryan majority of 40,000. Is any
Republican still suffering from over
confidence?
Will Demand 10 Cemts.
Charlotte Observer.
Mr. C. C. Moore returned yester
day from Spartanburg, S. C, where
on Saturday he with Senator-elect
E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, spoke
to the farmers 8f bpartanburg coun
ty. Mr. Moore states that more
than 1,000 farmers were present.
and a very enthusiastic meeting was
held. One cf the features of the
meeting was the pledge made by ev
ery member of the Cotton ... Associa
tion in that county not to sell cotton
this season for less than 10 cents un
les3 they are absolutely forced to do
so. This price, Mr. Moore says, the
farmers think is net enough, but
they will not be willing to take a
fraction less. He believes that Spar
tanburg farmers will stick to this
pledge. . The unusual interest and
attendance at this meeting is due, hi
believes, to the present low price o
the staple. Mr. : Moore states that
farmers in that section of South
Carolina are aroused to action.
cided by their vote in November. j him a square deal but that tno Tresi
in mis language John W. Kern. !
the Democratic Vice-Presidential
candidate, concluded a discussion of
the last letter of President Roose
velt to William J. Bryan with refer
ence to the charges made by William
i. Hearst, airainst Governor Hkeil.
of Oklahoma, treasurer of the Dem
ocratic National committee, in a
speech at Ellicott City, Md.. Thurs
day night. He declared that the
President had abandoned his orieinal
charges against Governor Haskell
ard had taken up a criticism of his
official acts to cover his own embar
rassment over his failure to work
reforms in his own party.
Mr. Koosevelt last fulmination
as to governor Haskell only proves
that his attack was premature and
uncalled for." said Mr. Kern. "No
such an assault was ever before
made upon the chief executive of a
sovereign State by the President of
the United States. His original
charge of criminality is abandoned
and he now contents himself with a
criticism of the Governor's official
icts.xSo far as I am concerned, the
incident is closed until some evidence
is brought forward to substantiate
the original charges. Mr. Roosevelt
will not be permitted to divert the
attention of the American rjeonle
from the record of his party by such
bv-Dlavs as this.
K 1 he average man who reads can
understand Mr. Roosevelt s anxiety
to avoid a discussion of the acts and
omissions of the Republican nartv
nuring tne past twelve years, it is
doubtless humiliating to him that
the .dominating power now in full
control of his party has effectually
thwarted all of his sporadic and in
termittent efforts at reform.
Ihe Republican party in this
campaign," Mr. Kern said, "will be
judged not by wh?t Mr. Roosevelt
has said or what Mr. Taft now savs.
but hy the record made by it in de
lying the will of the people and
choking to death all of the reforms
proposed for their relief
Another Cotton Picker.
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One of the Beauties of Life Insurance.
Statesvtlle Landmark."
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It is entirely proper for a man to
insure his life for the benefit of his
family, bu the . application of the
insurance as sometimes made by the
family of the dead man often gives
one pause. ! It is said that W. H.:
Tilley, who i3in jail at Durham on
he charg of killing his wife,,, lived
unpleasantly with the woman and
the trouble was due to life insurance
left by a former husband, one Hanks.
Tilley had borrowed most of the
money from his wife and when she
Jef used to let him have the remain
dsr there was trouble. When the
deceasing Hanks was scuffling along
and paying the premiums on that in
surance, denying himself comforts
in order to provide for the future
comfort of his wife, he had no idea
I that the money would encompass his
wife's death. But you can't always
tell. . ! -
A Ate Poisonous Berries.
Three children of Alex Allison' and
one child of Lahdrum Allison, prom
inent farmers who live near Gaffney
in-the Grassy Pond section of Chero
kee county, S. C., had a narrow es
cape from death by poisoning Sun
day afternoon." The four children
were playing in the wood near their
homes when they saw some - berries
which they supposed to be sugar
berries, which proved to be of a very
poisonous variety. The children be
came violently sick and but for
prompt medical assistance, which
happily could be procured almost at
they would have aiea. aney
Chariotte Chronicle.
They are always getting the cotton
picking machine nearly ready. There
is .. usually some sort of a delay or
something slightly out of joint at the
machine shop, and that seems to be
the case with the picker invented by
Mr. N. M, Henderson, who has
found time from his duties as chief
of police of Henderson, this State
to figure out a working model of
cotton picking machine. The Gold
Leaf tells us that "the work is being
done by the Cardwell Machine Com
pany, in Richmond, and he says it is
progressing satisfactorily. . But for
being delayed in getting some of the
, material it would have been finished
before now. Mr. Henderson says he
expects to have his machine ready to
give it a thorough trial withthi3
crop, ana ne is more tnoroughiy con
vinced now. that he has the thing
that will do the work, than he ever
was before." Some of the cotton
picking men have come mighty near
striking the right thing, a fact that
has been publicly demonstrated in
Charlotte. ; We shall keep an expect
ant eye on the Henderson man's in
vention, and if he is not too late
getting his machine out of the shop.
will reserve a cotton field in a Char
lotte suburb in which he will be in
vited to give a demonstration t
Hughes' Democratic Opponent ,
dent was using Federal officeholder
as a Republican asset.
I Its principal remarks were made
at the baseball park, where he de
nounced the Republicans for their
politics and pleaded with his audi
ence to stand together and elect the
State and national Democratic tick
ets. The second address was made
at night from the court houe steps.
Mr. Bryan, in his remarks on the
abor questicn. the trusts, the tariff
and publicity of campaign contribu
tions, injected a new feature. He
conducted an imaginary cross-examination
of Mr. Taft on the isue of
the campaign in which he Disced Mr
Taft in the attitude of finally ad
mitting, after a good deal of pas
ture, that the Republican platform
was all wrong and unsatisfactory to
him and. that the Democratic plat
form was right.
'The trouble with Mir. Taft." ho
said, "that while he is ashamed of
his platform, he has not the courage
to come out and declare himself ful
ly on our platform."
In his speech at Indiananolia Mr
Bryan said :
"I have just been In Ohio, and I
want to tell you that if you Demo
crats In Indiana do as well on the 3rd
day of November as the Democrats
of Ohio will do, there will be no
question about a clean Democratic
victory in both States. Kverywhere
I nnd the Democrats un and doincr.
They are working hard, and intend
to win. Ohio, . New York, Rhode
Island in fact, everywhere there
is the same evidence of earnest work
and I feel sure that Indiana will do
as well.
We have the Republicans on the
run.
"How about Haskell?" shouted
some one in the crowd.
Mr. Bryan answered : "When we
get through with this matter you
will not need to ask that question."
' Before and After.
New York World.
Urged to take the initiative in
eliminating Senator Foraker from
Ohio politics, Mr Taft said : "If it
would win me every vote in the
umtea states i cannot nit a man
when he is down."
This is an admirable sentiment
which appeals to every American's
sense of fair play ; yet how much
better Mr, Taft's position would be
if he had been as reluctant to make
peace with Mr. Foraker before the
is
Senator was "down" as he now
to strike an enemv that is rrotratp'
In his letter of July 20. 1906. which
Mr. Koosevelt made public yester
day, Mr, Taft refused to "stultify"
niraseii Dy acquiescence m any
compromise with foraker and the
Foraker policies. Why did he later
consent to such a compromise?
Little Willie Helps Bryan.
Charlotte Newt.
If Treasurer Haskell, of the na
tional Democratic campaign fund, is
guilty as charged by little Willie
Hearst of working for Standard Oil
this paper will not be slow to con
demn him, but he indignantly de
nies the charge as a falsehood out of
the whole cloth, and says if it can be
. a ?n :
provea on mm ne win resign iromj growing.
his present jod oi treasurer, lie
says another man ' named Haskell
has been mistaken by Hearst for
himself.
It looks now as if Hearst, in try
ing to kill both the Republican and
Democratic birds with one stone, had
only killed the Republican bird,
while, the stone, rebounding, hits and
maims the Independence bird. too.
For it all tends to open the White
House cage to the Democratic
pigeon.
Ultl 10 Tilt
TKt SOt'Itt.
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makte
pre parmti ru to hire mm to ait ut
Ibe harvrtirg of the greatest rorn
crop the Sute has r-vrr known, la
addition to common harvrct hands,
the department Is looking for lO.ttW
good axm-n, ho. according to re
port, are rtrvded to iul in bar
vesting the crop. The j icld it a lit
tle above the average, with tUk
running (torn three to Jive fert
through, and ears of corn anywhere
frvra nine feet to twenty feet in
length. In fact, the turn crop is so
heavy that it has narrowly escaped
causing a lot of casualties.
7t l.arden City. Bill Sincaller and
his family had a narrow escaoc from
death. A stalk of corn growinr In
the yard was blown over bv the
wind and crashed through the roof
of his houjse. almost completely de
molishing the building. Hill waa
pinned in tied, but his etdent son.
rank, chopp-d awa the stalk after
an hour of hard work and extricated
the old man.
Kxperiments conducted br th
Metropolitan Water Company .at
Medicine Lodge. Kan., with the re
inforced cornstalks pipes have Proven
successful, and a company to manu
facture them has been organized. It
is estimated that that pipe can be
placed on the market at one-tenth
the cost of cast iron pipe, and the
new material will outwear the Iron.
The supply of raw material is Inex
haustible. The company will be
stocked for $."i.0)0,UM.
Great excitement was caused at
Fort Riley when Troop N. Sixteenth
cavalry, which had ben participst-
ng in the manoeuvers the night be
rore. failed to report in camp. A
scout learned that they were hem
med in by immense cornstalks ami
unable to get out, and hastened into
camp with the news. The siege bat
teries were ordered out with the en
gineer battalion, and after working
all night chopping and dynamiting
they got a trail cut through, and the
troops returned to camp this morn
ing.
A fast stock tram on the B. & M.
was wrecked a mile east or ranter
prise by a cornstalk, which had fall
en across the track. The engine
was demolished. Several similar ac
cidents have narrowly leen averted
near there recently,- and the trains
have been given slow orders when
passing corn fields. , ' -
Col. John Golong, of hxeter town
ship, has captured the $.'jO0 prize of
fered by the County Fair Associa
tion for a unique corn exhibit. Tak
ing his ploughing engine, he hitched
40 farms wagons in double column
behind it and then ran the train
along his corn field. By means of a
block and tackle arrangement he
loaded on his train one of the largewt
stalks. Hauling this to the fair
groundshe unloaded it on the mid
way and had it hollowed out. In
each of the sections he displayed
some of the products of his 7,W)0
acre farm, and in the middle section
furnifhed up comfortahle quarters
for his family during fair week.
With the denuding of the forests
and the continual increase in the
price of lumber, a new industry has
sprung up at Leoti. Kan., in the
manufacture of weather-boarding,
fencing and such material out of
cornstalks. The cornstalk timber
has been found to wear as well as
wood, and the market is rapidly
Th papers hare Urti rsrrrvf jf a,
Cto4 deal ef news Uu-ty about l.V
treutf la the cotton d;trts of
some t the Southern u and .
prcially in A ri &&. whtwarrxm
mrat similar to that f tt mghl
rUers in the tobaro dUtrkt of Ken
tucky has deveked. This ts by
way of Intvnkiatlng the eoitrm
rwaniers into nokjinix their rottoa
Trade Territory of a Town.
regressive Farmer. ' ' .
The important part played by the
State of New York in any game of
National politics justifies a word
about local politics in that State.
The character and following of Gov
ernor Hughes compelled his renom-J
ination by the Republicans, as has
just been related. The overtowering
question then with the Democrats of
New York was. Who can beat
Hughes? lit may be said that in
their choice of an opponent for
Hughes the Democrats have made a
wise play. When Hughes was
elected two years ago there were
considerable gains by the Democrats,
and among the officers elected by
that party was the Lieutenant-Governor
of the State. Lewis S. Chanter.
During ! his term of service along- J the merchants go after business
Slue vjoveniur nuxura, tjiiuiicr ims w ouuiuum, j
made a record that has added to bis
popularity, and it was good politics
i to name for Hughes opponent the
man who had defeated Hughes' run
ning mate two years ago.
are still very sick but thought to be 1 Make all you can, save all you can,
out of danger. : i give all you can Jonn Wesley.'
Mt. Ollv Trlbun.
The trade territory of a town is
not all dependent upon the distance
to neighboring trading points. The
trade territory depends upon the en
terprise of the merchants and the
residents of the town. If a town
does not reach after the trade it will
come only as fast as it has to, and it
will grow as it is forced to. But if
in
advertis
ing in every possible way, trade will
come from an ever increasing radius,
the town will gain a reputation for
being awake and it will forge to the
front. It is the men in the town and
not altogether the men living within
a certain number of miles from it
that make the town what it is.
Hiddenite, N. C.
NOW OPEN. We are better prepared than ever to serve you.
llavinc added an Annex of 30 more nice Single Rooms and Electric
Lights willi sundry smaller improvements,
We now have' all modern conveniences, such
as
Sewerage, Hot and
Cold llaths. ' . ;
Electric Lights, plenty of nice rooms, nicely furnished, Bell and Inde
x iilt-iit Phone connections .Two daily mail trains each way and all lor a
M 'Hit-rate Price.
Our place is one mile noith of Hiddentte, N.C.. on Southern Railroad
iruni Charlotte to Taylorstille ; change from Salisbury at Statesville.
J Raits for July and August, $7 to $9 per week; $22 to $33 per month.
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More Ginners Threatened.
Word reached Greenville, S. C, ot
the posting of a threatening notice
ef supposed night riders on -the gin
of K. C Wilhaman, eight miles from
Greenville. The notice reads :
"Take warning and do not gin any
more cotton ; if you do, you will suf
fer the consequences.
MGHT III HERS.
It is also reported that on several
others gins similar notices were post
ed last night, though no damage is
reported yet. Wuliaman s gin is a
new plant and started up this morn
ing despite the threat.
tiovernor Ansel has taken prompt
and vigorous action on' the ..question
of "night-riders" near Greenville.
In a letter to Sheriff Gilreath, of
that county, he requests an investi
gation and urges the prosecution of
the guilty parties.
Governor Ansell is determined that
there shall be no such lawless acts as
have recently disgraced other States,
and if necessary he will take person
al charge of the investigations and
see that lawlessness is promptly sup
pressed.
Girls Not Admitted to Normal.
A storm of dissension among the
relatives and friends of four of
Winston's popular young ladies is
raging ahout the head of Tresident
Foust, of the State Normal College
at Greensboro, because he refused
them admission to the institution
last Monday. A dance given in
their honor by young men at Wins
ton last Friday right figures in the
case. President Foust says they
were tardy for registration on ac
count of the dance, and they declare
he flaunted the newspaper clipping
reporting it when he issued orders
for their return home. - Several
young ladies from other towns ar
riving at the Normal met a similar
fate, among them, being the daugh-
j ter of a high btate omcial. ihe par
jents say there is no objection to the
(discipline but ies?nt the method
adopted. x
for the mini mora price ftitvl by the
Farmers Union meeting at Fort
Worth, It is related amor lh-ln-CHJents,
that Al Coanla. ef the
larrest land owners In Cralgr!
county. Arkansas, was vuitrd on
Monday niht. When he answered
a knock at his dmr, a vtOee In th
dark warned him against planting
too much cotton next jrer or srlling
this year's crop under price. Count
later heard horsrs gutnf down the
rod. On the same night .William
A. Winifned. a farmer rmungKi
acres of land, mas vuitrd In the
same way. and was told Ik at nctt
year he must reduce his cnp lo half
of that he cultivated thuyesr. Near
morning a farmer hauling a load of
cotton to Ijkkt City was met on the
road and told to take hi cotton
back home and holj it for th prve
set by the Farmers' Unkm. lie
obeyed.
What interests us Is that the evi
dence seems to throw the responsi
bility for these act of lbtirnkUtk
u,on members of the Farmers'
Union. ThUorganizaUutt, composed
of the most intelligent and Influen
tial farmers of the South, cannot sf
ford to rest upon the respoturihUlty
for such tswlrss work. It should at
once take steps tn put an end to this
lawlessness being practiced In It
name. The New Orleans Picayune
well argues that "if that sort of
business is bring commmced in the
cotton districts, and is not promptly
and sternly checked by the public
authorities and the Isw oflvrrr. lis
backers and abettors will take ad
vantage of the weakness or the cow
ardice of the ministers of law, and
the evils will tprrad through the
country. It is at the very beginning,
that this sort of lawWsnows is to Im
brought up with a round turn.
When once it get In. full swsy the
entire country will be rmdivrd by
it," It will t easy to throttle this
movement in its inciplcncy. Givs It
a good start, and stamping it out
will be another matter.
Record of the Hrpubliaa Party ia iht
State.
A large and enthusiastic crowd
heard J. William Haiiey at Hickory
Monday evening discuss I Vroocratie
doctrines. He begsn with State is
sues and accepting Mr. Klwood Cox's
inviution to young men to scrutinize
the Republican party In the State,
he said that two words would sum
up that record. "Holden and Kus
sell." He told of the opinion Hut
ler. Adams. Ililderhrand am! Cox
had expressed f one another and
aked if that was not a nice arlect
party to invite any rr portable young
man to join.
I'assing to national issues, Mr.
Bailey told of Republican dissension
and strife and of Democratic har
mony and union. He said that
there were three Mr. Tafls. Mor
gan's Taft. Mr. Itoosevelfs Taft,
Mr. Taft's Taf U
He predicted the downfall of the
Republican party as a resutt of the
race question, the thing which has
kept it in power so long, lie com
pared the position of the two tur
tles on the tariff guaranty of tank
deposits and other points, lie con
cluded his able 1'iecch by a glowing
tribute to W. J. Ilryan. Also he
predicted that the iVmoeratlc party
in the South would soon regain its
former place of influence and power
in tne atlairs of the nation. The
speaker was at his best and thst tells
the atory.
fine Democratic Prospects.
Norman K. Mark, chairman of the
Ilemocratic Nstional Committee, i
(banning to force the fighting in the
'acific Statea, and during the month
o October, speakers of national
frominence will be sent West to Sid .
n swinging all debabte States Into
line for the Democrats. Mr. Mack
said that the reports received from
California, Oregon. Montsna. and
Colorado were of such character as
to lead him to the belief that with a
strong erTort they would be raptured
for liryan and Kern.
I regard the Middle States." said
Chairman Marx, "as safely Der.w
cratic, and all our effort now will he
to bold our advantage, which will
t made easier by the rout of the
Republicans. The National .Commit
tee is receiving the most glowing re
portf from the Psdfie coast, and we
will make added efforts to bring Cal
ifornia, Greg on and other States into
line. I am going West soon and
will likely meet the National 4n
mitteemen of the Pacific States seme
time in October, in some city in the"
far west, though I may make a fly
ing trip through all of the debatable.
States." .
Roosevelt and Taft kept silent
about Foraker being an unfit man till
the story was made public from
other sources. Then, being dis
covered with the Trusts good in
th ir own party they kicked roraker
out. Singular that Taft's personal
letter turned up in Koosevelt a pos
session: ; This pretended virtue is a
fake, not even a death-bed repent
ance. News and Observer.