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mxthfirth l iKGK AND IXCRRASIKG CIRCULATION. TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." AN KXCKLl.UN r a nvi-U1 ISINO Mtiit M VOL. 15. SMITHFIELD N C, THURSDAY JULY 16. 1S96. NO. U adness Lomes w :i better tm.'.ervtamiinir of the I ,-.o..:1::.tA of tbTiualy ph ys- which van before pruueref- ontUrnrts pleasant effort directed. There is eiuiion in i dare, that so BHUDV forms of are r t auo to any actual i'is kimpty to a constipated eor.ilS 10 v-tom. which the plea :inv. ixatire, s-rupof Kigs. prompt's- That is why it is uc only sriia HulhcMal fami u's. sumIm rc esteemed t,o highly l v all , v.i health, lu, beneficial ra (ha to the feet, that it i t'.o l.'hich piomotcs i-.a. rml v'tthMa debilitating the i which ii acts. It is iiivi-cfore -i. .'it. in orthr to vt its bene fects, to note whci. ytm pur ,t yu iuivv the pvnuiv.e arii h is Miwfartwr d by tbe Cali- nip Co. ..it!y aii.l sold hy able ill j.j.ixta. lie cujovrat lit of good health. 3 -..-m :.- regular, hi catrveaor i ?s arc then not im'-A J, If with any aetaal disomsx-, one nmaaeiHled to theiaoal skillful s, I i i i: in need of a h.x; ittve. Id have the best, and with the ...it .'vcrvwiivre. 8vrwp ot highest and is aa.st largely irives nivst tfenera satisfuetioa. Sryan, of Nebraska. . r-ii ror4 from la w il.lm-.l teaaa- -k.i. lijrht of frvcloui now SabMMfca! ".til viotury on l-ow . lr.-.W: taaMa ntmt son N-liritK:i! . r - .i u.illion iruns of Nflirnnka! Fknk L. Stanton. Cockenll got Evm . sell 2: Stevensou, 2; Pattison, The following amusing inei- 95. Absent and not voting.lS5. in the iile of the- late John The balloting began ayain. A Cocker ill is told by Rev Cy Several changes were made by r is Ri llle, ol Mount O.ivet, Ky., the different States. The second whti ws intimately acquainted ballot resulted as follows: Bland, with the great newspaper man2Sl; Boies. 37; Matthews, 34; when be Was editor ot a little ; McLean, 53; Brvan, 197; Biack ntry weekl iu Adams Conn- j burn. 41, Pattison 10O; Hill, 1; ty, Ooio One ot E litor Cock Pennoyer, 8; Stevenson 10; Tel enlf's delinquent subscribers . lcrr 8. came in one dav and told h:in he All the candidates lost on this would haul htm a load ol wood ballot except Bland who gained theiullowingSatnrd ivil he were 48, and Bryan, who gained 92. g. Saturday c unc, but and Pattison. who gained 5. Ti i . vl materia! rz d. The lol- The result of the third ballot lo tug week Editor Cockerill came out iti his paper with m i obituary of the man. He c trd his many noble char i.-t'cs. went with hiu j.-hlite and nnally landed mLiv across the Jordan. fhe in in upon reading his own obituary catne to se Cockerill low:-: Bland, 241; Boies. .o; in a perfect rage. He demanded Matthews, 30; McLean. 40; an explanation and Cockerill said Bryan, 280; Blackburn. 27; Pat it he supposed him dead, as tison, 90. The whole number ot he had pro.mised htm a loaJ of 'votes cast 70S. Necessary to a wood it living. Cincinnati i choice, 512. The chairman t'ommercial-Gaz-tte. ' ruled that tyvo-thirds of all votes cast were necessarv to nominate. BUCK LEX S ARNICA SALVE The lest salve in the world for , Cuts, braises Sores, Ulcers. Salt I Rheum. Fever Sores. Tetter. I Channed Hands. Chilblains.! Corns, and all skin erutions, and j nosirivnl - fnr..e rW& -r n r nn v required.' It is guaranteed to S e perfect rat daction or atoncr refunded, trice 25c per . uox. Ft r sale bv Hood Bros Smith Mtl, Bdgerton & Hare. Selrna A civil ciuestion always de- man Is an answer, but vou will cA , ; tind some who will only spare a growl. North Carolina Delegation Ttir North Carolina delega- t;!n to Chicago organized as vs: Chairman of the delegation Theodore F. Kluttz; Member -National Committee to succeed Senator Ransom. Josephus Dan-! lr -yiemoer Committee on Kes- ' ! I itions. John R. Webster; VI ember Committee on Creden- j tials, W. D. Turner: Member of ; Com mittee to Notify Nominee j resident, George S. Powell; lor Nominee tor Vice-President. P. M- Fearsall. Col A. M. Wad tell was elected to nominate Walter Clark for Vice- A r s dent. . TL- ..... nin are not lairlv and enui table divided in this sad and sin- "'icu worm. Some men HIV I their svea hrn.L- t h tir enough on Ii U..1 eve-, while some butter looks ! e u was the boss ol a wig tactory. WILLIAM J, BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT. ARTHUR SEtfALL FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Both Nominated on the Fifth Ballot. We gave iu our last issue n re port ot the Chicago convention -n , . . UP t,U Thursday evening. The nominating sneeche were md - . Thnrsilav night, six candidate , - , , - KMg piaceo in nomination. Friday morning Chairman White called the convention to gether at about 11 o'clock and anonmcd that the convention was ready to hear other nomi nations. Tl en Mr. Harrity, ol the Pennsylvania delegation. placed in nomination Robert E Pattis 'it. ol Pennsylvania. Air. Muttingly. it the District ol Columbia, seconded the nomina tion oi J hn K. McLean, ot Ohio Delegate Miller, oi Oregon, nom inated Sylvester Pennoyer, o! Oregon fne nanus ol Bland. Bryan, Boie. Blackburn, Mat thews, McLean, Pattison ami Pennove-r Weiv now bciore the c invention. The roll call of the States for the first ballot began. New Jer sey and Xew York declined to vote. North Carolina cast her 22 votes lor Bryan, ol Nebraska. At the c! -se ol the first ballot the ckrfc read the result, as fol - lows: Bland. 133; Boies, 80; Matthews, 37; McLean, 54: Hi van, 1U5; Blackbnra. 83; Campbell 2; Pennover, 10; Till man, 17; Teller. 8: Hill. 1: Kus- was as follows: Bland, 291; Boies, 30; Matihews. 34; Mc Lean, 54; Bryan 219; Blackburn. 27; Pattison, 97; Stevenson, 9; Hill, 1. Bland had gained 10 and Bryan 22. The fourth ballot showed gains for Bryan and Was as fol THE LAST BALLOT. The fifth call was begun and Foote. of California, declared "California, for the first time, i: 18 votes tor Brvan. Florida carried 8 votes to Bryan from Matthews and Boies. Kentucky being reached Dele- gate james loomeu upauu5l,uuL- ed: "While Kentucky loves her great Democrat and would be glad tc vote for him, they seem not to want him, because he was , . . , . tuckv casts her 28 votes for the world's greatest orator, Wm. J Bryan." At this point the Illinois dele gation filed into the hall, their appearance stirring a commo- tion. "North Carolinacasts22 votes for the sure nominee of this con- vention, Wm. J. Bryan," was announcement ot this State. The Ohio men marched back and were again reccrueu ior il Lean, their conference having produced no change. The 24 votes ol Tennessee stepped into Bryan's camp and almost immediately Virginia fol- -rt hpr rh the same num ber, both of them deserting ''Silver Dollar" Bland. Three Territories Arizona. New Mexi- co and Indian Territory march ed alter them from the Bland . i j n Qraan aph nnr mt siaauaiu iu ui , i.., - strong The enthusiasm was aroused ncain Kicr Ruck" Hin CC "1 1 - - -. I richsen called out the vote ot j v iivu lilinoi for Bryan, the most im-; oortant desertion trom tSlanrt The nomination ot Bryan seemea imminent. There were cries : "Ohio can do it," and John R. McLean ap peared on a chair, holding a cane aloft, while under him the other leaders seemed to be squabbling "Ohio withdraws the name of McLean," said that gentleman, "and casts 4G votes for Bryan." His voice failed to carry many eet, so that the dramatic stroke was lost upon the galleries. There was commotion afloat in the Texas ranks next door to Ohio. Bryan had 492 votes Montana, with six and Okla homa with the same number, swelled it to 504-, two thirds of all the votes cast. Gov. Stone, ot Missouri, stem faced and dark-browed, faced the audience on the platform. "Ladies and gsntlemen," he began with a gesture lor silence, "I have received this note from Richard Parks Bland " An im pressive hush tell upon the whole multitude as in deliberate tones, with a full pause atter each word be read the note. It lollow: "Lebanon Mo . Julv 7. 1890. "Gov. Y I. Stone: "DearSn: I wish it to be tin i u.. i atn ivt 1. nomination un'ess it is the judg mr rf th frrf l'vfr riflfcrn ts k. i ...,i,i k - tl ifftanwi candidate. Il it shou d at ant 1 time appear that my candidacy is an obstruction to the nomina tion ol any candidate who is ac ceptable to the free ccinae dele yates in the convention or ont ,u, ..o u '...w i ! I wish mv name at once with j drawn trom further eonsidera jtiou. I am willing to waive j St.-.te instructions lor me and let the free silver delegates decide the matter. Put the cause above me. 'Yours trulv, "K. P. Bl.AXD." The note having been finished he spoke of how he went to Chi i cago to conduct the campaign for the great commoner, but now bowed to the will of party "In the name of Missouri," he said, "I lower the standard under which we have lought throughout this convention and in its place I lilt that ot the gift ed glorious son ot Nvbraska. "Gentlemen we have chosen a splendid leader," he said, and went on to pav tribute to the Ncbrttskan as u eteat orator, i great scholar, but above all. i bearing in his breast a heart i that throhs in sympathy with the great masses. The Demo era tic part y yvould not only nominate Brvan, but would elect him, th e governor continueo. and tor his peroration said: "I cast the 34 votes ot Missouri tor j Bryan. The band stowed away in the j loft above the speakei's head, broke into the bars of "Colum bia." Canon boomed their ac companiment outside. Proba bly the happiest woman in the world at that moment was the one sitting in the front row of the platform about whom press ed noted men and women to take her band in congratulation. Confusion reigned throughout the building. with del gates ; him to his face. Never say a upon their chairs clamoring to thing in print less courteously change their votes amid a fierce than yon would say it in person hum of surprise and speculation, al intercourse with the person of Then Delegate Van Wagon, of whom it is printed. Because a Iowa, crowded to the platform man is a member of Congress or In impressive tones, he said that j a Governor over a hundred or a Gov. Boies also placed the cause j above the man and he too cast j the vote of his State lor Bryan. Senator Jones changed the vote ol Arkansas, which was instruct ed tor Bland, to the Nebraskan. Other States tumbled into the foaming wake. Montana and West Virginia changed their votes amid great enthusiasm. Senator Turpie, of Indiana, withdrew thenameof Matthews and moved that the nomination be made unanimous. Delegate McDermott, of New Jersey, de manded a call of the States. There was no second to Mr. Mc Dermott's demand. however, and the chairman declared the motion carried. Another wild scene followed Again the guidons were torn from their sockets and paraded about Boies and Bland banners and flags ot all descriptions joined in the rallv about the standard of Nebraska The standards of New York. Pennsylvania, Delpware and New lersev. and all the .New m , . England States were iclt stand- v - ing in the midst ot tne comusion i Un Senator jones motion a- 3:30 the convention took a rec s until 8 o'clock. After a short night session the! convention adjourned to meet Saturday morning 10 o'clock. Saturday was the last day of the great Democratic convention The convention was called to order at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. Nominations for Vice-President were called for. The fol lowing were placed in nomina tion: George Fred. Williams, of Mass.; John R. Mclean, of Ohio; James H. Lewis, of Washington; Walter Clark, of North Carolina; Geo. W. Fithian. of 111.; Sylves ter Pennoyer, of Oregon; Arthur Sevvall, of Maine; Joseph Sibley, of Pentisylvania; Richard P. Bland, of Missouri; John W. Daniel, of Virginia. Before the balloting began McLean and Fithian were with drawn. At the close ol the fir ballot Sibley was in the lead i h 1C3; Sewall next wi h Hit); George Fred. Willians text with 76; Bland, 02; Clark. SO. The second ballot resulted a hollows: Sibley, lid; bewail, dr, J McLean, 158; Bland, 29; Clark, j '" k After the second ballot Sib- ley's name was withdrawn. On the third ballot Bland re- iewvd - 2a5 McLean, 210; Sew- al1' 97 an.d Alt' r the third ballot Bland was yvithdrawn. The result of the fourth ballot was: McLean. 296; Sewall, 201; Clark, 40; Daniel, 54. After the fourth ballot a tele- gram fiom McLean was read I . L . .. . 4- .. ... - . . rt lU'i III. II il II V VUIC KIWI IUI him was against his expressed wish and vrithout his authority. Delegates began to change to Sewall and when the roll call was completed, Sewall had 42 votes. Illinois then went over to j Sewall with her 4S votes insur ' ini? his nomination. Other states followed suit and the filth ballot resulted in the nomination ol Sewall, he receiving 508 votes. And the convention alter one of the most momentous sessions in the history of the Democratic patty adjourned sine die Two Lives Saved Mrs Phoebe Thomas, of June tion City, III., was told by hei doctors she had Consumptiot and that there was no hope fo her. but two bottles Dr. Kine- New Discoverv completely curet her and sne sas it saved "her lilt rr Tho Room 1 ftn Florid. St., San Francisco, suffered fron: a dreadltil cold, approaching consumption, tried whithotit re nnp Kotr p of T)r kma's e Discovery and in two weeks was curefj He is naturally thankful It is such results of which thest are samples, that prove the won derful efficacv of this medicine ir Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at the drug stores ot Hood Bros., Smithfield. J. W Benson, Benson and Edgerton & Hare Selma. N. C. Reck ess Writing Never call a man a name in type which you wonld not call thousand miles away does not license an editor to apply epithets to him or malign or misrepresent him any more than if he were a private citizen of his town, and he met him every day. There are people in charge of newspapers who think nothing of publishing reputable men as poltroons and thieves upon no other grounds than that they differ with them politically. An editor who will do this kind of thing reveals plainly that he has no concept ion of the dignity ot his office, and also that be feels that his sheet is so feeble and obscure that it will in all probability never do the person he abqses any harm Missouri Editor.. It is hard to loose one friend but it is harder to have none to j loose and. therefore, none to meet us and welcome us when! we emerge from the gloom Qf death to the eternal sunlight be-! yond, where every li'e carries its ! own hittorv like pictures on fa outer wall. Orange (Va.) Ob- scrver. Subscribe for your couoty pa per, only $1 per year. THE DEMOCRATIC PLAT FORM ADOPTED AT CHICAGO. Declares for Free and Un limited Coinage of Silver. Tariff for Revenue. Income Tex. PREAMBLE. We, the democrats of the Uni ted States in national convention t; -emh!ed. do reaffirm our alle fiance to theessenti d principles l ftistiee and liberty upon which "ur institutions are founded, and which the democratic party has tdvocated Irom Jellerson's time to our owu treedom of speech, ireedom of press, freedom ol .ronseiei.ee, the preservation ot personal lights, the equality I all citiz -ns betorethe law, and he laithlul observances ol the oust ituiional limitations. Dming all these etirs 1 1 e Demo cratic part j has resisted theter- ftney ol se-lish rnt rests to the irratraltsatioa ol government ower, and steadlastly mait tained the integ'ity ot the dual sc'ieme of govtrnment estab lisiied by the founders rf tLis republic of rcpubl.es. L'nJer its .a guidance anrt teachings the great principle of 1 c- 1 sell government has found i!s lies' expression in tie mtintenanci ot rights of the states and in it issertion ol the i eees-itv of con initig the general government to the exercise ot the powers granted bv tiie constitution of the United States. MONEY Ql ESTION. Rt-cngnizi ig th-.t the mone question is paramount to all others at this time, we inviti attention to the lact that tht federal constitution names silv-ei and oid together as the monex metals of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by congress under the constitu ion made the silver dollar th monetary unit and admitted iold to tree coinage at a rata based upon the silver dollar unit We declare that the act ot 1873. demonetizing silver with out the knowledge or the ap proval ol tl e American people, has resulted in the appreciation f gold ard a corresponding fall in prices of commodities produc ed by the people; a heavy in crease in the burden of taxation -ind of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the iioney lending class at hour md .abroad; the pr. s ration ot industry and impoverishment f the people. OPPOSED TO THE GOLD STAN DAR r. Wc are unalterably opposed to monoinetalism, which has locked fast the prosperity of an in dustiial people in the paralysis of hard times. Gold monomet alism is a Biitish policy, and its adoption ha brought other nations into financial servitude toLor.don. It is not only un American but anti-American, and it can be fastened on the United States only by stifling ol that spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political independence in 1770 and won it in the war ot the revolution. Coinage of both gold and sil VEH. We demand the free and un limited coinage of both gold and silver at the present legal ratio of 10 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the de monetization of any kind ol legal tender money by private contacc. We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations ol the United States the option re served by law to the govern ment ot redeeming such obli gations in either s Iyer coin or gold coin. AGAINST B 'NO ISSCF.S IN TIM F OF PEACE Ve are opposed to the tssuing interest-hearing bonds of the United btates in time of peace and condemn the trafficking ith banking syndicate, which, change far bonds and at an wormou profit to themselves 1WJ m jUi.j i.w uianiioiii '. iii- viiii , w. goM monometallism. Congress alone has the power to coin and issue money, and President Jackson declared that i his power could not le dele rtrl tn corii'irat ion or in dividuals. We, therefore. d -natiii that the power to issi e aoies to circulate as money be aken Irom the national banks -ind th. t ail paper in. nev shall be Usued tlir. etlv b v the 1 1 - j " i ' , , , I .ii v iirptriuaut, ie tit ema Die n coin and rtctivnb'e lor all lebts. public and private. A KliVi'-Xl K TAKII'I'. VYV hohl that taiiff dtttir mould be levied for purposts o revenue, such duties to be so ad justed as to operate equallt throuyhout thectiuntry and not lis-criminate letvein cbiss or siciiou, and that taxation should oe limited by the needs of thi govtrnment, Inmestly and eco nomically administered. We de nounee as disturbing to bushier he republ can threat to restore the McKtnley law, which has :wice been condemned bv the people in national elec ions and a hich, enacted under the false plea f protection to home i ad u. tries, proved a prolific breeder o trusts and monopolies, em iched rhe few at the exi ense of the many, restricted trade antl de prived the producers of the great American staples of acc ss to iheir natural markets. Until the money question is settled, we ate opposed to an agitation for lurther changes in our tariff laws, extept such as are necessary to meet the deficit in revenue caused by the advtrse decision of the Supreme Court on the income tax. But for this decision by the Supreme Court, there would be no deficit in the revenue under the law passed bt a Democratic Congress in strict pursuance ot uniform decisions ol that court for nearly one hun dred year-, that court having t . that decision sustained constitu tional objections to its enact ment which had previously beer overruled by the ablest judge who have ever sat on that bench We declare that it is the duty ol congress to use all the constitu tional power which remains after that decision or which may come fiom its reversal by the court as it may hereafter be con stituted, so that the burdens ol taxation may betqually and im partially laid, to the end that At ahh may bear its due propor lion of the expenses ol the gov ernment. KEEP OUT FOREIGN PAl PEKS. We hold that the most efficient way ol protecting American labor is to prt v nt the importa tion ot foieign pauper labor to compete with it in the ho;m market, and that the value of the home market to our Ameri can farmers .nd artisans is greatly reduced by a vicious monetary system which de presses the prices of their pro ducts b. low the cost of produc :ion and thus depi ivts them o the mcansoi purchasing the pro ductsot our home manufacturers The absorption ot wealth by the tew, the consolidation ol our leading tailroad systems and the formation of trusts and pools require a stricter control by the federal government of those arte ries of coipmerce. We demand the enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce comrais sion and such restrictions and guarantees in the control of rail roads as will protect the people from robbery and oppression. DENOUNCR REPUBLICAN PROFLI GACY. We denounce the profligate waste of money wrung trom the people by oppre:-sive taxation and the lavish appropriation of recent Republican Congresses, which have kept taxis high while the labor that pays them is un employed and tl t products ol the people's toil are depressed in price till they no longer repay the cost of production. W demand a return to that simplicity and economy which benefits a Democratic govern ment and a reduction in the number oi useless offices, the salaries of which drain the sub sta: ee of the people. FEDERAL INTERFERENCE UNCON STITUTIONAL. We denonnce arbitrary inter ference bv federal authorities in It cal affairs as a violation of the Constitution of the United State and a crime against free institu tions, and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangetous form of oppression bv wh ch federal judges, in conteit p: ol the laws of thestattsand rights ol citi Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE ceO, become at once legitda .ors. judtes and executioners. md r approve the bill passe I at the 1 i -c ssion of the United States Sfiiatr and now pending in the House ol Kcpresentati ve, relative to contempts in fed ral toons, and providing 1 rials y piry in certain cases of con en: j it. No discrimination should lie indng d tv the government o' : he I 'niicd States in favor of it debtors. We approve the refusal f the titty third Cougieti to pass the I'acific railroad funding hill and denounce the efforts of the ptesent Republican Congress to tnact a similar measure. AS TO PENSIONS. Rt ecognizmg the just claims ol the just fli deserving union soldier, we heartily indorse the ride ot the present commissioner of pen dens, that no names shall be ar bitrarily dtopptd from the jen sion roll and the act ot enlist ment and seivice should be dtemtd conclusive evidence against disease and disability be ore enlistment. NEW STATES. We favor the admission of the territf rics of New Mexico and Arizona into the union as States, and we favor the early admis sion ol all the territories having the necessary population and re sources tc entitle them to State hood, and while they remain ter ritories we hold that the officials appointed to administer the gov ernment ol any territory, to gether with the District of Col umbia and Alaska, should be bona fide residents ol the terri tory or district in which their duties are to be performed. The Democratic party believes iu home rule, and that all public lands of the United States should be appropriated to tbeestablish ment of Iree homes lor American citizens. We recommend that the terri tory of Alaska be grarted a dele gate in Congress, and that the general land and timber laws ol the United Stages be extended to said territory. SYMPATHY FOR CI IIA. We extend our sympathy to the people of Cuba in their heroic struggle tor lib rty aim inde pendence. TENURE OF OFFICE. We are opposed to lite te.iuie in the public serv ce. Wc lavor appointments based upon merit, fixed terms of office and such ad ministration of the civi! service laws as will afford equal oppor tunities to all citizens: ol ascer tained fitness We declare it to be the unwrit ten law ot this Republic, estab lished by custom and usage ot one hundred year and sanction ed by the examples of the great est and wisest ol those who founded and have maintained our government, that no man should be eligible for a third term for the presidential office. IMPROVE WATERWAYS. The fedral government should care tor and improve th? Missis sippi river and other great waterways ot the Republic to as to secure for the interior States cheap and easy transportation to tidewater. When auy water way of the Republic is ot suffi cient importance to need aid from the government, such aid should be extended upon a defi nite plan ot continuous work un til permunent improvement if secured. SUBMITTED. Confiding in the justice ot our cause and the necessity of it i success at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration ol principles and purposes to the considerate judgment ot the American people, we invite the support of all citizens who ap prove them and who drdre to have them made tffeetive through legislation lor the relief of the people and the restoration of the country's prosperity. When a good man gets on his kmes the devil's throne shakes. Baking Powder TATE NEWS A young man named Morris n Stevens was drowned in the C tawba river a tew days ago. Kinston in to vote aezt month on a proposition to issue bom to establish an electric ligi i plant. The Pioneer tobacco ware house and leaf factory at Hiyt. Point was totally destroyed Im fire Sunday night. M. H. Pinnix, Esq., of David son, is a candidate for the Den cratic nomination for Congrr in the seventh district. On the first ballot Walt, r Clark recieved 50 votes far Vh. President, North Carolina giv im him 22, Virginia 24 and A la ban. . 4. State Treasurer Worth ap proves the nomination of Brya. and thinks that the Populist and Free Silver parties in convent ion at St. Louis should endorse hin. The reports of the erest fresh ets on the Roanoke river ai alarming. It is reported tht,t the dykes at all the State farm have broken and that 1 , acres of fine com is under water. AD Fra Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have mt have now the opportunity t.. get it free. Call on the adver tised druggist and get; a botti. free. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, ami get a sample box of Dr. King' -New Life pills free, as well as copy of Guide to Health an Household Instructor, free. A ) ol which is guaranteed todovou good and cost you nothing For sale by Hood" Bros., Smith field; Edgerton & Hare. Selm.. Opinion of the Press on th Presidential Nomination. He is undoubtedly a man t ability, and his remarkable ora torical powers produced a gre .t impression when he was a mem ber ot the last Democratic II ou . ot Representatives. As to s i ver. his record is at least sine, ie and consistent. Norfolk Laud mark. Against Mr. Bryan, personal' v, nothing can be said. The Co cago convention could have se lected no man who was better fitted to be the leader of the ) i ver forces. Young, ardent and ' nthusiastic, he is precisely the sort of man to head such a mo v ment. His record in Congress a -a tariff reformer and as an el. quent and earnest advocate .i whatever he espoused, will vri v considerably strengthen the cause he represents in a campa it . like the present. Baltimore Su . Mr. Bryan fits the platform admirably. In the matter . i government ownership of rail roads he is inadvanceof Eastn sentiment, but in the West h views in respect to this question ure more popular. The convn tioa was ready to be captivat. I by the young Nebraska orat. r and ex Congressman, because -t could not fully approve eithr Boies or Bland. Mr. Bryan w id unquestionably be strong in lite West. and. all things considered, was probably the most available and the best of the foremost can didates for the nomination -Richmond Dispatch. He has no record in statesman ship. He was too young to a sert bis patriotism thirty bv years ago. What schemes if government, what social theo ries occupy his brain, no human being can disclose. Heis you. g, be is ardent, he is ambit iou-, be is gifted with the power to swat , minds, he is a born lead. r. an attractive figure on the stag. . and that isall weknow. Whether the American people, alter t ur months ol solemn deliberate , wilt confide their destinies to hi untried hands, wc do not untbr take to prophesy. What we d know is that William Jennine Bryan is the most dramatic p duct of oar National politics, the most sensational and ptctur. que creation of our age, Washing ton Post.
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