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NO. 20
' .- a i T7
Parker and
Discussed
CITES DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TWO PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES
TARIFF AND OTHER THINGS
The Texatv Commoner
Discusses General Is
sues of Present Com
paign Roosevelt En
dorses LyncHing-
Something of The
Strenuous Life.
New York, Aug. 25. The campaign in
Brooklyn was opened tonight by a meeting
hi 1.1 u -der the auspicas of the Kings conniy
tit inncratic club, at which Senator Joseph
V. Bailey, of Texas, was the principal
speaker. Resolutions endorsing the nomi
nation of Parker and Davis, were read and
after an introductory address in which be
reviewed the political situation, Edward M.
Slieppard, chairman of the meeting, intro
duced Senator Bailey, who was greeted with
prolonged applause,
'Prslti."
It has never happened here before,'
said the senator, "and it will seldom hap
pen hereafter, that the personalities ot can
didates have determined and will determine
the suffrage of s many voters as In this
campaign. He would not utter one word
about the private character and habits of the
president. We have nominated a candidate
as much uulike Roosevelt as possible, and
in all other respects was a mncb unlike
hiui as we could flul."
The Tariff.
Taking up the tariff question Senator
Bailey said: "Our republican friends pro
fess an indignant surprise ai our declara
tion on the tariff qestion, and their cam
paign committee have done us the honor to
partially incorporate our platform on t- al
subject in tueir campaign book. They did
not, however, have the candor to repeat it
in full, ami did not even print the complete
sentences which they pretended to quote.
They seem to be fiercely aroused because
we have 'dared to say that "Protection is a
robbery of the many to enrich the few." As
for my part I do not hesitate a single mo
ment to declare it as my belief that any law
which levies a tax, not for the purpose of
raising revenue to support the government
but for the purpose of compelling an Amer
ican citizen to pay more for the goods
which he must buy is a perversion of gov
ernment power and a downright robbery.
Our republican friends are constantly af
firniiog that the democratic party favors
absolute free trade. Whatever any indi
vidual Democrat, or indeed what all demo
crats might think about free . trade as a
theory, the dullest man in all this audience
knows perfectly well that absolute free
trade is an utter impossibility iu this re
public. ' s
"Expcaditar."
"With the expenditures of the FedYnl
government so enormous as to stagger the
imagination and growing greater every
year and the reckless extravagance of those
now in power, they cannot hope to materi
ally decrease the present rate of duty and
even when the democrat are called by the
votes of an outraged people to administer
this government we will find it impossible,
however much we may desire to do so, to
reduee the average tariff duty below a point
that will still be higher tha i the m st e
t ein; of the earlier protectionists ever
claimed w;ts necessary and higher than any
modern protectionist of today believes es
sential for the protection of any legitimate
"industry. TJ der the necessity ot raising
revenue to support the government, the
democratic party will coi tinue to levy
tariff duties, and it perfectly understands
'that these tariff duties will afford a protec
tion for American manufacturers.
Meial Mtaalitr'
"Not being content with having norai
nattd a candidate who bad taught by his
example the pernicious doctrine of social
equality betwe en the Anglo-Saxon and the
African race, he has gone still further upon
the mischievous design of aggravating ra
cial animosities and threatens to reduce the
representation of certain states in congress
and the electoral colleee beetfuse the people
of these states will not consent to be ruled
by unpriucipalled and illiterate m.n. If
put into execution the south would not : be
the only sufferer. Do not these men know
that this country is so closely knit tcgelher
thnt the whole must suffer from any In jus
tice I flicted on any part. j
aicIUKl7' rv.
"Bat tksrs la aaother and higher stand
Roosevelt
By Bailey
point, this attempt to lesurrect sectional
differences is in painful contrast with the
teachings of that great and kindly man who
was elevated to the presidency by an A elec
tion and not a tragedic accident. As this
nation stood with uncovered head around
the martyred McKinley's grave men - of
every section blessed his name, and memo
ry because he had restored good will be
tween the brothers who had been estranged
by a civil war. Th sorrow over his un
timely death was as universal and as genu
ine in Mississippi as- it was in Massachu
setts and yet his successor, who promised
to follow in McKlnley's footsteps, has re
versed McKinley's policy and is now
fomenting discord where McKinley had
brought us peace. The race problem which
now couf routs the southern people will tax
their highest wisdom and their most unsel
fish patriotism in its solution. Except for
a single and nameless crime against the
wonun of our land there is no thoughtful
man in the south who does not deprecate
lynch law or who doubts that it must and
will lie suppressed.
RMcvelt Defadol W.jmehlmg..
"If, howeyer, there are amongst as men
who justify the lawless spirit which some
times expresses itself in a public lynching,
they could not find, in all the rage of En
glish literature a more pointed and complete
defense of such conduct than has been
furnished by the republican caudidate for
the presidency in his work 'Ranch Life aud
Hunting Trail' iu which there is the follow
ing: 'During the last two or three years
the stock-men have united to put down all
dangerous characters, often by the mot-t
summary exercise of lynch law
bauds.of horse and cattle thieves have been
regularly hunted down and destroyed in
pitched fights by parties of cowboys, and as
a consequence most of our territory is per
fectly law abiding.' n
PAYNE'S REPLY TO VARDAMAN.
Submits'a Letter from the Governor
in the Charleston News and Cou
Her Declaring that no Re
flection was Meant Upon
Roosevelt's Ancestors,.
But Only to Lambast
Rdosevelt Himself.
Washington, Aug. 15. Another chap
ter and probably the final one so far as
the government is concerned was added
today to the case growing- out of the re
fusal of the Postoffice Department to
name a Mississippi post-office after Gov
ernor Vardaman, of that state, by the
promulgation by Postmaster General
Payne of a statement which gave, with
out comment, a letter from Governor
Vardaman,. published in the Charles
ton, S. C, News and .Courier. This
letter, which is accepted by the Post
office Department as confirming the au
thenticity of Governor Vardaman's edi
torial remarks about the mother of
President Roosevelt, is, given in a news
paper publication as follows. ?, . ,
'Anderson, Aug. 8. Special: Several
days aco the editor of the Anderson
Daily Mail wrote to Governor J. K.
Vardaman of Mississippi, and asked
him about the truth of, the assertion
made by Postmaster General Payne
that Governor Vardaman had, while
editor of a newspaper in Mississippi
some years ago! published an editorial
making a disrespectful allusion to Mrs:
Roosevelt, the mother of the Pres
ident. . " .:
The following letter has been re
ceived in reply:
' 'Executive Department, Jackson
Miss., Aug. 6.
My Dear Sir: Your very kind favor
of the fourth instant has been received.
Ifl had a copyofthe Commonwealth you
desire I would take great pleasure" in
sending it to you, but the flies of the
old paper are a hnunred miles away.
There was nothing in that editorial of
fensive to Mrs. Roosevelt or that reflects
upon her in the least. I simply under
took, upon scientific grounds, an expla
nation of Teddy's degeneracy and gen
eral cussed ness without holding his
ancestors responsible for it. "l thought
I owed it to his ancestors. ' Really, : I
should be ashamed to charge the devil
himself with the responsibility of the
infamy of that distinguished accident.
'Si ncerely and cord ially ,
J. K. VARDAMAN. "
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THE FIELD OF CONTEST.
States in Which Democrats M ust
Make Their Fight for Success
in November.
It is interesting at the present mo
ment to look over the field of political
contest, note what was its condition in
1882. when the united democratic party
made its last successful fight, mark the
changes that had taken place up .to
1900, when Mr; McKinley was re-elected,
and calculate what votes were given
to the Republican ticket in that year
must be won back by the democrats In
order to elect Judge Parker. We think
that any candid observer of current pul
lie opinion will say, as the result of
such an examination of the ground,
that there is a chance for the dem
ocratic party which is well worth fight
ing for with all the zeal, determination
and sound effort of which the organiza
tion is capable 7 ' ,
In the following table we give a list
of all (be votes that were cast for Mr.
Cleveland in. 1902 from states that in
1900 cast their electoral vote for Mr.
McKinley, .together with the number of
electoral votes which these states will
have this year. In Michigan, North
Dakota and Ohio Mr. Cleveland receiv
ed only a part of the electoral votes,
and we put the same number in the
third column to show how man v ad
verse votes must be overcome:
Votes.
1892. ;
8.....
......
3 .
Votes.
1904
States
. . California. . v.
. .... Connecticut . . . .
.... Delaware .
.. Illinois........ ......
Indiana............. .
.. ... . Maryland . . ..... ...
Michigan . .
. Ne w Jersey ... ......
.. ....New York.... .......
.". . . .North Dakota
in
6
3
27
15
8
5
12
39
1
l
7
13
24
15....
8 ....
5.....
10.....
36
v....
1.. .
.....Ohio..
...... West Virginia .
-.1
6
12....
135
. . ....Wisconsin ..
The states! that voted for Mr. - Cleve
land in 1902 again counting in the
seven votes he received where the vote
was divided have this year in the
Electoral College 301 votes. If we de
duct from these the 147 votes which will
be cast this year by the states which
changed to McKinley in 1900, we have
154 votes on which the democrats can
rely if there is no change from 1900.
There are needed in all 239 votes to
elect a candidate. That requires,
therefore, that 85 votes shall be won
from states that voted for McKinley in
1900. It is obvious that the democracy
cannot win at all unless they carry the
State of New York, and their candidate
was named on the assumption that he is
strong enough for that. West Virginia
is equally sure for the ticket on which
Senator Davis has the second place, and
Maryland and Delware may be counted
on to go with West Virginia. Here,-
then, is the nucleous from which all
calculations must be made: New York,
39 votes; West Virginia, 7; Maryland,
8,' and Delaware, 3, making a total of
57 votes. If these votes can be gained,
there remain 28 votes to be secured to
accomplish a democratic success. In
diana with 15 votes, and Wisconsin with
13, would supply them. Illinois with 27
votes, or Indiana, with 14 votes, and
New Jersey, with 12, would come with
in one of the goal. Californi, with 10
votes, New Jersey, with 12, and Con
necticut, with 6 votes, would furnish
the 28 required. S
These states, therefore, will be the
field of active political contention. The
most promising among them, as present
indications are, would be California,
Wisconsin and Illinois. If there is a
current running against Republican
tendencies and policies and in the di
rection of a change strong enough to
turn the State of New York as some
very candid republican observers admit
it is extremely probable that the
others would follow. Mew York
Times. '
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Buncombe Republicans Nominate
Candidates
Asheville, Aug., 27. The Republicans
cf Buncombe county met here toeayand
nominated legislative and also cmdi dates
for all the county offices. The convention
was a "lily white" affair, there being
scarcely half-dozen negroes in the hall, aud
these occupied extreme rear seats and were
not heard from during .the convention,
Prof . J. J. Britt was made chairman and
accepting the chair, spoke for more than
ai hour , and declared that .the Re
publicans would carry the county and this
onal district. Special : to ; r.i he
otrver. ,
MR. YOUNG .TALKS POLITICS
-Thinks North Carolina Will Elect
Ten Democratic Congressmen
- His View of National
- Polities
Toe Observer man was fortunate enough
to be at breakfast yesterday morning with
State Insurance Commissioner James R.
Young, of Raleigh, who spent the day in
the city. He is one - of the soonest poli-
ticions in North Carolina, and the reporter
proceeded to interview him.
lould be an idle question," suggested
the jepbrterv uto ; yourpinTdhabOut
State politics," : :
Jlr Young replied jokingly that "it looks
like it is gcing to be a close fight. After a
pause, be continued "in all seriosity," as
Represeutatlve Gay, of Northampton,
woulaf put it, "all this stir about liquor 5s
not $oing to amount to much. There is a
lot of talk about it, bllfc these towns that
are having elections are going for pro
hibition, whick'aSows that it is the popular
thing'':-"' ' ;
He thinks that North Carolina will yery
likely elect ten Democratic Congressmen.
When asked as to his opinion of Black
burn, he replied that he thought him a
very able-bodied man. e thinks Mr.
Newland will win all right.
That Judge Parker stauds a good chance
he has no doubt. ,,Roosev-ltn he said.
"did a harmful thing for his country and
an unwise thing for his own , interests when
he revived the race antagonism. When
yoOicU the lynchings iu Delaware, the
feeling iu New Jersey, Illinois, and Indiana.
and the riots in Ohio even iu McKinley's
own city, you will agree that the race
question is ceasing to be sectional. Wherc
ever labor agitations have Tesul ted in white
labor - being replaced by black, the race
issue will lose votes tor the Republicans.
The fact that the independent press is so
largely, supporting Parker is most
significant." Charlotte Obsever.
THE PENNANT PRESENTED
: "BIG" SITT0N IN ASHEVILLE
The Asbeville Citizen of August 24
contained the following . interestinar
item: .. -V ?.
-There will be great "doings" at
Riverside park this afternoon. A con
tinuous performance affair is scheduled
to take place. Aside from the ' game
between Asheville and Brevard, the
trophy or pennant Is to be presented the
Spartanburg team. The silk flag of neat
design will be accepted on behalf of the
Spartanburg team by C. V. Sitton. The
president of the league is scheduled to
make a speech, complimenting the
Sp artanburg players, and "Big" Sitton
will respond in an impressive manner.
Practically all the league officials are
e-pect-ed to be present, and the pre
sentation of the flag will be an event
not down on the program. '
The league officials met her at the
Berkeley last night and wound up the
affairs of the league, officially declaring
the season ended. It was found
hat the season has been a success
from several standpoints, but no team
has made any money. There are
reasons to explain this, however, one is
that every team in the league was pay
ing over the limit just about double the
salary supposed to be paid by each team.
Every dollar will be paid, however, and
none of the officials or stockholders of
any team regrets the experience.
President Clark of the Brevard club
said last night that he bad already be
gun to look about for the next season,
and had ?iven a man instructions to
procure a team for Brevard for nex
summer. Other magnates will take the
matter up soon and when' blue birds
make their appearance baseball will be
nearly ready to tap ; in this part of the
country, and it will be on a larger scale
than the season just closed.
THE DELEWARE SITUATION.
Democrats Expect to Carry State,
But If Both Republicn Tickets
Remain Victory is Certain.
Dover, Del., Aug 24--Ex-8enatcr R. R.
Kenney, a democratic national committee
man, says of the Delaware situation since
the Addicks Republicans named a straight
ticket without any compromise' with the
regular Republicans, who have also put up
a straight ticket:
The two Republican parties m my opin
ion, will asrree on a single ticket in time
for election.: Nevertheless the Democrats
expect to carry the state. Should the two
Republican tickets remain iti the field until
election dav. the Democrats will win in
a walk.
CIpzata xflist yea cci
Japs Rout Russians;
SHEEHAN TALKS WITH PARKER
Greatly Encouraged ' by the Situa
tion in New England
Esopus, N. Y , August 27. Jude Par
ker tonight had a long talk with William K
Bheehan, chairman ef tha, executive com
mittee, of the Democratic 5 national com
mittee, on the political situation and the
prospects Jn-JJew., England. What Mr.
Sbeehan told Judge ; Parker, could not be
learned, as neither would talk for publica
tion, but Mr, feheehan has expressed him
self as greatly encouraged by what he
learned of the situation in nearly all of the
New England States, especially in Mas
sachusetts. I T
John R. DosPassoa, of New York, a
lawyer, spent" several hours with Judge
Parker this afternoon. He Is a member of
the newly organized Parker Constitutional
Club, of that city. Mr. Dos Pasaos discuss
ed with Judge Parker what he regards as.
the constitutional trend of the Federal
administration : recently, and it was said
at Rosemount that he is preparing to
publish soon his views on the subject.
Several members of the New YortRef orm
Club visited Jndge Parker in the after
noon. Mr. Sheehan remained at Rose-
.
mount for dinner and for "a conference,
which continued until a late hour. '
COST $15,00 FOR A KISS.
Three "Spooners" Fined at Atlantic
City, One for Embracing His Wife;
Atlantic City, Aug. 16, Loving eouples
added $'45 to the wealth of the town today
by permitting themselves to be caught
"spooning" on the beach during the bath
ing hour in violation Mayor Stoy's edict.
The young lady was tired and I was
helping her to the beach," one of the men
told Recorder Babcock when brought be
fore him . -But
he hAd his arm around her -waist
sort o' lovin like," the policeman said. I-
"Fifteen dollar fine," Reo rder Babcock
said. This kissing aud cooing on .the
beach must be broken up." "
Certainly I kissed her, she's my wife
and we are on ouj wedding trip' was the
defense of another. v : , t y;
f -Cost you $15, then, for showing how-
much you love your wife,' decided the
Recorder. "The beach is no place to do
your kissing. , 1: ;
The third, was just a plain case of 'spoon
ing'' and no defense was made, and a fine
of $15 was imposed.
Clams are no longer found in pairs, and
the old fishermen say It's because 0? the
May or's order. Little children on the beach
are warned by their mammas iiot t "hold
hands" or the policemen will get them.
"Kissing has got to be stopped altogeth-
cr," deoiarea Mayor BioywniRDi. njoupies
will not be allowed to walk up and down
the beach with their arms about each other,
nor will they be permitted to pillow heads
in laps and carry on in an unseemly man
ner." 'vrv; : .. vt '.. !
There was little of the skylarking usually
so common on the beacn during the bath
ing hour. A long line of policemen kept
close watch on the bathers to see that the
Mayor's edict was not disobeyed.
Strong-Element Concentrating on
Judge Parker :
CuA Schurz's letter to Judge Parker will
give little comfort to the republicans. He
not only refuses to believe that the demo
cratic nominee was guilty of a scurvy tiick
in sending that telegram to the St. Louis
convention, but fi"ds him quite as worthy
ot praise as does Mr. Cleveland. That Mr.
Schurz's opinion carries great weight with
the independent and German-American
voters it is unnecessary to state, ; ana: we
shall doubtless soon have proof of the im
portance Of his utterance in the form of
attacks upon him by the republican press,
The leading German newspapers, by the
way, which left the party because of Bry
anUra, are now as eager ou behalf of Parker
as Mr. Schurs himself. Equally Interest
ing is the fact that 'many republicans are
declaring their readiness to vote for the
1udg. This is not merely proved by the
letters he is receiving, but in other ways,'
and this republican defection will more
than offset the decision of some gold demo
crats, like Mr. Oscar Straus; to follow Mr.
Roosevelt. It is the steadily growing be
lief that the president ia tempermentally
an unsafe man which is winning these , re
cruits for the democrats AU the oratory
of a Hay and a Root, U their arguments
that the republican party is the only one
with capacity to govern, cannot make head
against this as long s their candidate is
what he is. New York Evenlag Post.
Army Cut Hn Twain
RUSSIANS FORCED TO FALL
BACK AGAIII.
PORT ARTHUR IN TACT.
Mikado's 5 ForSesStill
2 Vriable to TakeTho
Much Coveted' Prize.
Russian Torpedo boat
- Sunk; War News of
The Week,
London, Ang. 23. The Evening Newa
this afternoon published a dispatch from
Chee Foo under today's date announc
ing that the Japanese captured 'Chair
Fort" of the Port Arthur def enees yes
terday, after a tremendous attack. The
Evening News dispatch from Che Foo
s simply a repetition of the announce
ment of the capture of Itsban, or Ktse- .
shan, known as "Chair Fort." , "
Etseihan fort, according to the; maps
of Port Arthur, available, is almost in
the center of the chain of forts, of which
it forms one, defending Port Atthur,
torn which it is only about a mile and a
half distant. It occupies a commanding
position and is possibly only second in
mportance to the Golden Hill fort.
It was announced from Chee Foo Mon
day that; the Japanese bad swept the
Russians from Pigeon bay and had cap
tured the northernmost fort of the west
ern line of inner defences, though An-
taszshan fort, about a mile - northeast of
Etsesh'an fort, might also be classed as
the northermost fort of the westre'n line
of inner defences at Port Arthur.-
Tok io, Aug.: !& (9 a. m.) Admiral
Katakao reported that as the Russian
battleship "Sevastop!.! "was emerging
from Port Arthuriy esterday ' she struck
a mine after which she was seen to be
isted to starboard. -She 'was towed
back into the" harbor.'
Tokio7"Aup. 24. The final assault on
Port Arthur is imminent, hundreds of
Japanese guns continue to pour- a de
structive fire into the city and ". harbor,
along the lines' of forts and entrench
ments preparatory for the infantry as
sault. It is evident that the Russian
ines have been weakened and partly
penetrated in the vicinity of Antzshan
and Itzsban forts. ? The entire line of
Russian defenses immediately about the
harbor are within range of the Japanese
guns. A number of Russian forts and
batteries continue to be yigorbus..- The
Japanese death roll will be heav Uy in
creased before they are captured! The
direction of the' Japanese attack creates
the impression here that the city and
defenses on either side of the harbor
entrance will fall first. The final stand
will be made at Liao Tishan. f
Jappanese official channels of infor
mation remain closed and the navy de
partment announcement of the striking
of a mine by the battleship . Sevastopol
and the firing upon the Russian forts by
the cruisers Nisshln and Kasuga yester
day are the disclosures made for several
days.- It is believed here that both
bides have suffered heavy losses and
that the anal record will make the siege
the bloodiest since Sedan. The Japan
ese are-supremely confident of the ulti
mate result. The leaders-'of the .gov
ernment await the outcome in calm as
surance. The people are everywhere
decorating streets and houses and erect
ing arches and flag staffs injpreparatlon
for a national celebration of the ex
pected' victory. "'V- ;:': r.: '
IToklo, Aug. 25.(1"30' p. m.) Five
steamers and three torpedobdat destroy-
I era emerged from Port Arthur yester-
terday morning, and began the work of
clearing away the , floating mines. At
twenty minutes past six in the evening
a two tunnelled torpedoboat destroyer
struck 'a - mine two miles ' off Liaoti '
promontory und sunk immediately. v
Five minutes later a- second destroyer
with four funnels ran against -another
floating mine 4 which exploded. This
second vessel was at once surrounded by
other Russian ships and towdinto Port
Arthur. the entire ; flotilla accompany
ing her. . These occurrences were seen
from various Japanese watch towers.
The Japanese cruiser . Hasbidate-, also
witnessed, the explosipns. The, action
of the Russians in attempting to lear
the channel of mines Indicates the, in-y
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