settlement. No reference to the labor question is complete, that does not include borne mention of what is known by government by the injunction. As Jhe main purpose of the writ is to evade trial by jury, it is really an attack upon the jury system and ought to arouse an unanimous pro test. So long as the meanest thief is guaranteed a trial by jury, a jury ought not to be denied to wage earners. However, as the writ is usually invoked in case of a strike the evil of the subject would be very much reduced by the adoption of a system of arbitration, because arbitration would very much reduce, even if it did not entirely remove the probability of a strike. Favors Eight Hour Day. Just another word in regard to the laboring man. The struggle for an eight-hour day, is an international struggle and it is sure to be settled in favor of the conten tion. The benefits of the labor sav ing machine have not been distri buted with equity. The producer has enormously multiplied his ca pacity but so "far the owner of the machine has received too much of the increase and the laborer too little. Those who oppose the eight hour day, I am convinced do so more because of ignorance of the conditions than with lack of sym pathy for those who toil. The re moval of the work from the house tc the factory has separated the husband from his wife and the father from his children while the growth of our cities has put an in creased distance between the home r.nd the workshop. Then, too, more is demanded of the laboring man now than formerly. He is a citizen as well as a laborer, and must have time for the study of public ques tions, if he is to be an intelligent sovereign. To drive him from his led to his task and from his task back to his bed is to deprive the family of his companionship, society of his service and policies of his in fluence. Thus far I have dwelt upon sub jects which may not be regarded as strictly partisan, but I am sure that jou will pardon me if in 'this pres ence I betray my interest in those policies for which the Democratic party stands. I have not had an opportunity to make a Democratic speech for almost a year antj no tne, not even a political enemy— could be so cruel as to forbid me to speak of those policies on this oc casion. Money Question Settled. Our opponents have derived not only partisan pleasure, but also parti san advantage from the division caus ed in our party by the money ques tion. They ought not. therefore, be grudge us the satisfaction that we find in the fact that the unexpected conditions have removed the cause of our differences and permitted us to present a united front on present issues. The unlooked for and un precedented increase hi the produc tion of gold had brought a victory to "both the advocates of gold and the advocates of bi-metalism. the former wanted and the latter securing the keeping the gold standard which they wanted and the latter securing the larger volume of money for which they contended. We who favor bi metallism are satisfied with out victory if the friends of mono-metal lism are satisfied with theirs, and we can invite them to a contest of zeal and endurance in the effort to restore to the people the rights which have been gradually taken from them by the trusts. Campaign Contributions. The investigations which have been in progress during the past year have disclosed the business methods of those who a few years ago resent ed any inspection of their schemes an 1 did their rascality under high sounding phrases. These investiga tions have also disclosed the source of the enormous campaign funds which have been used to debauch elections and corrupt the ballot. The people see now what they should have seen before., namely that no party cm exterminate the trust so loDg as it owes its political success to campaign contributions secured from tl:e trusts. The great corporations do not contribute their money to any party except for immunity expressly promised or clearly implied. The President has recommended legisla tion on this subject but so far his party had failed to respond. No im portant advance can be ma-13 u..tr thi3 baneful influence is eliminated fPd I hope that the Democratic pir ty will not only challenge the Repub lican party to bring forw.-:*:J oflVct ive legislation on this suniCV. bui will set an example by ie>!-i£i-ig receive cariipaign contribut'.oj.s from corporations and by opcni.i.? the books so that every contributor of any considerable sum may be known to the the public before the election. The great majority of corporations are engaged in legiti mate business and have nothing to fear from hostile legislation and the officers should not be permitted to use the money of the stockholders to advance their own political opin ions. Contributions should be indi vidual, not corporate, and no party can afford to receive contributions even from individuals when the ac ceptance of these contributions se cretly pledge the party to a course which it cannot openly avow. In other words, politics should be honest and I mistake political condi ditions in America if they do not presage improvement in the con duct of campaigns. The 'i rust Issue. While men may ditter as to the relative importance of issues, and while the next Congress will largely shape the lines upon which the com ing Presidential campaign will be fought, I think it is safe to say that ( at present the paramount, issue in the' minds of a large majority of the peo ple is the trust issue. I congratulate President Roosevelt upon the steps which he has taken to enforce the anti-trust law and my gratification is not lessened by the fact that he has followed the JDemocratic rather tnan the Republicfm platform-, in every advance he has made. It has been a great embarrassment to him that The Most Popular Chew Made There is real enjoyment in chewing ufactured in the very heart of the Pied- SCHNAPPS tobacco. That's why it mont tobacco belt, known to the world has won millions of chewers every as producing tobacco with an arotna year, until now more is sold than all delightful and appetizing that it similar tobaccos. introduced and popularized the ctaew- SCHNAPPS, the most popular prod- V * uct of the Reynolds factories, is man- ot tobacco. The Clean, Pure Chew is manufactured by the cleaner t and most SCHNAPPS, but there is only one healthful processes ever devised, under uine SCHNAPPS. Be sure the letters the direction of men who have made the on the tag, and under the tag, spell chewing tobacco business a life study, S-c-h-n-a-p-p-s. There are more pounds and who have managed the R. J. Rey- • of SCHNAPPS chewed every year than nolds Tobacco Company since 1875. the total amount of all similar kinds. Only choice selections of thoroughly Internal revenue statistics show that cured leaf arc used in SCHNAPPS, and SCHNAPPS and others cf the Rey expert tests prove that this class of nolds brands won enough chewers in tobacco requires and takes a smaller Qne fisca j year m ake a net gain cf amount of sweetering than any other a garter million pounds, or one kind of tobacco grown —and '.hat it has a wholesome, stimulating and satisfying third of the entire increased consump ion effect on chewers, k besides being the * n the United States on chewing and most economical. smoking tobacco. There are a great many imitations SCHNAPPS is made and sold every claiming to jbe " just as good "as where in sc. cuts and 10 and 15c. pjugs. \ R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N.C. please. The question sometimes ask: "Can I conduct my business to suit myself" is a plausible one, but when a man in conducting his business, at tempts to arbitrarily fix conditions un der which hundreds of employes are to live and to determine the future of thousands of human beings I can an •wer without hesitation that he has ao right to conduct his business in „»:ch a way as to deprive his employes nf their rights to life, liberty.and pur suit of happiness. To support this po sition I need only refer to the laws regulating the safety of the mines, the factory laws fixing the age at which children can be employed, the usury laws establishing the rate of interest. The effort of the employer"to settle differences without arbitration has done much to embitter him against those who work for him and to es trange them from him —a condition de plorable from every standpoint. But if it is unwise to make the employer the sole custodian of the rights and in terests of the employes it is equally un wise to give to the employes uncon trolled authority over the rights and interests of the employer. The em ployes are no more to be trusted to act unselfishly and disinterestedly than the employers. In their zeal to se cure a .present advantage they may not only do an injustice but even for feit a large future gain. The strike, the only weapon of the employe at present, is a two-edged sword and may injure the workman as much as the employer and when wholly successful.' it is apt to leave a rankling in the 1 bosom 01 the wage earner that should not be there. Society, moreover, has something at stake as well as the employer and employes for there can be no consid erable strike without considerable loss to the public. Society, therefore, is justified in demanding that the differ ences between capital and labor shall be settled by peaceful means. If a per manent, impartial board is created to which either party of an industrial dispute may appeal, or which of its own motion, institute an inquiry, pub lic opinion may be relied upon to en force the finding. If there is com pulsory admission to investigateion, it is not necessary that there shall be compulsory acceptance of the decision for a full and fair investigation will in almost ever case bring about a THe Better Way The tissues of the throat are inflamed and irritated; you cough, and there is more irrita tion—more coughing. You take a cough mixture and it eases the irritation—for a while. You take SCOTT'S EMUfcSION and cures the cold . That's what is necessary. It soothes the throat because it reduces the irritation; cures the cold because it drives out the inflammation; builds up the weakened tissues because it nourishes them back to their natural strength. That's how Scott's Emulsion deals with a sore throat, a cough, a cold, or bronchitis. WE'LL SEND YOU A SAMPLE FREE. SCOTT 5 BOWNE, s'«r a ?ork* et compelling -the second session to ad journ several days before the follow . ing election. Such a change would not ; only serve legitimate business inter ! ests and give the public the benefit of ! that prompt relief through remedial legislation but it would protect the people from the jobs that are usually reserved for the short session which is now held after the election and when many of the members feel less responsible because of defeat at the polls. Election of U. S. Senators. I return" more convinced than before of the importance of a change in the method of electing United States Sena tors. There is noticeable everywhere a distinct movement toward Democra cy in its broadest sense. In all the countries which I have visited there is a demand that the government be brought nearer to the people. Through out Europe the movement manifests it- ( self in various forms In the United States this tend toward Democracy has taken the form of a growing demand for the election of United States Sen ators by direct vote of the people. It must be difficult to over estimate the stragetic advantage of this reform, for since every bill must receive the sanc tion of the Senate, as well as the House of Representatives, before it can become a law, no important legis lation of a national character is pos sible until the Senate is brought into harmony with the people. I am with in the limits of the truth when I say that the Senate has been for some years the bulwark of the predatory wealth and that it even now con tains some men who owe their elections to favor-seeking corporations and are so subservient to their masters as to prevent needed legislation. The popular branch of congress has four times declared in favor of this reform stategic advantage of this reform, for by a two-thirds vote, and more than ed it, and yet the Senate arrogantly and impudently blocks the way. The Income Tax. The income tax wnich some in our country have denounced as a socialis tic attack on wealth has, I am pleased to report, the endorsement of the most conservative countries of the world. It is a permanent part of the fiscal system of most countries of Europe and in many places it is a graded tax, the rate befog upon the larg est England has long de pended the income tax for a con siderate part of her revenues and an Enr'ii s h commission is now investigat ing the proposition to change from a uniform to a graded tax: I have been a,bsent too long to speak with any au thority on the public sentiment of this country at this time, but I am convinc ed of the justice of the income tax that I feel sure that the people will sooner or later demand an amendment to the constitution wihch will specifi cally provide for an income tax and thus make it possible for the burdens of tho Federal government to be ap portioned amon? the people in propor tion to their ability to bear them. It is little short, of a disgrace to our country that, while it is able to com mand the lives of its citizens in tim2 of war, it cannot, even in the most extreme emergency, compel wealth to bear its share of the expense of the which protects it. l""Tave reterred to the investiga tion of international controversies un der a system which does not bind the parties to accept the findings of the court of inquiry. This plan can be used in disputes between labor and capital, in fact it was proposed as a means of settling such disputes before it was applied to international con troversies. It is as important that we shall have peace at home as that we shall live peaceably with foreign na tions and peace is only possible when it rests upon justice. In advocating ar bitration of differences between large corporate employers and their employ es, I believe we are defending the highest interest of the three parties to these disputes, viz, the employers, the employes, and the public. Employe cannot be turned over to the employer lo bo dealt with as the employer may Campbell-Bannerman, that such a treaty could be made between the two great English speaking nations, and their example would be followed un i til the danger of war Would be almost, ; if not entirely removed. To take the ; lead in such a movement would be ! to establish our position as a world power in the best se&se of the term. I And what argument can be advanced 1 against such action on the part of the ! United States? Shall ye yield to any other nation in the estimate to be plac ed upon the value of human life? I confess that my aversion to killing in creases with the years. Surely the Creator did not so .plan the universe as to make the progress of the race dependent upon wholesale blood let ' ting, 1 prefer that war instead of be ing an agency for good is rather an evidence of man's surrender to his passions and that one of the tests of i civilization is man's willingness to sub mit his controversies to the arbitra ment of reason rather than force. I venture to suggest that we may not only promote peace but also ad vance our commercial interets by an nouncing as a national policy that our uavy will be used for the collection of private debts. While protecting the lives of our citizens everywhere and guaranteeing the personal safety of all who owe allegiance to our flag, we should, should in my judgement, an nounce that persons engaging in busi ness and holding property in other 'ands for business purposes must be subject to the laws of the countries in which they engage in business en terprises. Many profitable fields of in vestment are now closed because the people of smaller nations are afraid that an investment of foreign capital will be made an excuse for foreign invasion. Our Colonial Policy. Our nation has lost prestige rather than gained it, by our experiment in Colonialism. Wo have given the mon archist a chance to ridicule our dec laration of independence, and the scof fer has twitted us with inconsistency. A tour through the Philippine Islands has deepened the conviction that we should lose no time in announcing our purposes to deal with the Filipinos as we dealt with the Cubans. Every consideration, commercial and politi cal, leads to this conclusion. Such ground as we may need for coaling stations or for naval base will be glad ly conceded by the"Filipinos,-who sim ply desire an opportunity to work out (heir own destiny, inspired by our ex ample and aided by our advice. In so far as our efforts uave been directed toward the education of the Filipinos we have rendered them a distinct ser vice but in educating them we must recognize that we are making colo nialism impossible. If .we intended to hold them as subjects, we would not dare educate them, self-government with ultimate independence must .be assumed if we contemplate universal education in the Philpplnes. As soon as opportunity offers I shall discuss the Philippine question at length and I shall also refer to English rule in In dia for it throws light! upon our own problems in the Philippines but these subjects must be reserved until I can speak that in detail. In several of the nations of Europe, the legislative department of govern ment is more quickly responsive to public sentiment than is our Congress. In England, for instance, where the ministry is formed from the dominant party, when an election Is held upon any important issue the government proceeds to put into law the will of the people expressed at the polls. While our system is superior in many respects it has one defect, viz, that Congress does not meet in regular ses sion until 13 monthßJfcfter the election. During this period there is uncertainty long drawn out, which to the business community is often more damaging than a change of policy promptly car ried into effect. Would not the situation be improv ed by a const! tutionajljamendment con vening the sessiott i&Y Congress with in a few months after the election and OVER 20,000 PEOPLE HANG BREATHLESS ON BRYAN'S WORDS v Bryan Given a Record Breaking Welcome in New York. Over 20,000 Persons Greet Ne braskan Last Night at Madison Square Garden. Over 20,000 Flags Wave while Multitude Cheer for eight Min utes. Bryan Oveicome by Greeting, Weeps. Introduc tory Speeches. New York, Aug. 31— Such a wel come as seldom In this country's his tory has been accorded to a private citizen was grven to William Jennings Bryan at Madison Square Garden last night in the celebration of his return from a year's absence spent in for eign travel. As the guest of the Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust League, Mr. Bryan was greeted by more than 20,- 000 persons, who filled the great struc ture from floor to gallery. At the same time the streets and the avenues out side the garden were choked for blocks by other thousands who stood patient ly for hours for the privilege of even a fleeting glance of the distinguished vis itor. The interior of the garden was u waving sea of color. Every person in the audience had been provided with a miniature American flag and every cheer from 20,000 throats was accent uated by the waving of 20,000 tiny staffs bearing the Stars and Stripes. When Mr. Bryan entered the hall the proceedings which ahd already begun wore brought to a temporary pause while for eight minutes volley after volley of thunderous applause rolled through the great building. When Chairman Tom. L. Johnson, in his in troduction of Mr. Bryan, referred to the guest of the evening as "the first citizen, if not the first official, of the land —not yet the first official," and Mr. Bryan rose, the great gathering broke out in unrestrained cheering, while the band played "Hail to the Chief." So touched was Mr. Bryan by the welcome that as he stood waiting for the cheers to subside his eyes filled \vith tears and he strode nervously from side to side of the narrow plat form. "How can I thank you f6r 'thWwei-' come home?" he said. "My heart would be ungrateful if it aid not consecrate itself to your ser vice. It was kind to prepare this re ception. It was kind of Governor Folk to come here all the way from MiSitou ri. It was kind of Tom Johnson, that example of moral courage we so much need in this country, to lend his pres ence here. "It was kind in you to fully recom pense me in being absent so long from my native land. I thank you. I return to the land of my birth more proud of my citizenship than ever before." Preceeding Mr. Bryan Governor Folk, of Missouri and Tom Johnson of Ohio spoke, the latter introducing Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan spoke as follows: Mr. Bryan's Speech. Like all travelers who have visited other lands I return with delight to the land of my birth, more proud of its people, with more confidence in its government and grateful to the kind Providence that cast my lot in the United States. My national pride has been increased by abundant evidence I have seen of the altrinsic interest taken by American in the people of other countries. I Return more deep ly impressed than ever before with the responsibility which rests upon our na tion as an exemplar among the na tions and more solicitous that we, avoiding the causes, which have led other nations to decay, may present a higher ideal than has ever before been embodied in a national life and carry human progress to a higher plane than it has before reached. Each nation can give lessons to every other, and while our nation i 3 In o position to make the largest contri bution, as I believe to the education of the world, it ought to remain in the attitude of a pupil and be ready to profit by the experience of others. A Message of Peace. The first message that I bring from the old world is a message of peace. The Cause of arbitration is making real progress in spite of the fact that the nations most prominent in the es tablishment of The Hague tribunal have themselves been engaged in wars since that court was organized. There is a perceptible growth of the senti ment in favor of the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means. It was my good fortune to be pres ent at the last session of the inter parliamentary union which convened in London on the 23rd of July. I be lieve that if our nation would propose to make with every other nation a treaty providing that all questions In dispute between the parties should be submitted to The Hague ourt or some other impartial internationl tri bunal for investigation and report be fore any declaration of war or commencement of hostility, it would find many nations willing to enter Into such a compact. I am sure from the public utterances of the present prime minister of Great Britain, Sir Henry Bean the _/f The Kind Yea Han Ataijs Bought 2e*r« the . _/f The Kin* Yoti Haw Always Bought Seaboard Air Una Railway. 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