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NO. 30. VOL. 13. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY J7, 1896. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM TUB WISES Aa Intars.ttng Volleatloa of IUlIr the Two Hemispheres rnM.M la a Condensed Form. Governor Lord, of Oregon, baa issued bti animal proclamation, at required by liw, warning all persons against tha reosles starting of tire la tha mountain! and among heavy timber. Reporta from Spokane lay that orop In many sections ot Washington are tomawhat damaged, at a remit ot the hot weather of tha pant few weeks, oata eapeolally having been badly burned. , New hat been received In Havana that unknown parties have bnrned tha Santa Barbara estate near Baro, prov ince of MaUnsaa. The eatate U owned by Benor Maruel Oorenado, editor of La DlaonMlon. The damage It esti mated at $800,000. The Venesoelani, through' the effort ot President Creipo, Intend to donate to the olty of New York an eqneetrlan tatoe of Simon Bolivar, and have commissioned the work to the Italian eoolptor, Ulovauul Turni, of Staten taland. The oott ot the atatue will be 1300,000. The report of Dr. D. A. Paine, of the Oregon atate Iniane aaylnm, for the month of June, shows that 1,068 pa tieota were oouflned In the lnttitntlo'n at the clote of tliat month. The aa penae per capita for June waa the low eat, with one exception, in the biatory ot the aaylnm. A rebel group of 150 men attaoked the town of Avaloa, In Matanaaa prov In oo, Cuba. The garriaon repnlaed the Attack without loaa. The rebela aleo .attaoked the town of Cidra, in Mttau wa province, and poured sixty volleya Into the place. They retreated as toon m the garriaon returned the Are. The two big aailing ships, the Santa Clara and the City of Philadelphia, aailed from New York list February, bound for Ban Franolaoo. The last beard of the Santa Clara waa March B0, when the waa apoken off the ooaat of Braall The City of Philadelphia waa reported in toe tame locality March S. Blnoe then nothing baa been heard of either vessel. J. P. Mlnto. the retiring treasurer of Marlon county, Or., abowed bia re laotanoe to turning over the office to hie auooeMor by removing all the coun ty money from the vault and deposit ing it In one ot the oity ' banki. thui leaving the new treaaurer with no money with which to pay county war rants Ilia aotlon baa oooaaloned much unfavorable comment. Warner Miller barely eeoaped being abot while riding on a New York Cen tral train from Albany to Herkimer. The train waa paaelng through the out : aklrta of Albany, when bullet crashed through the window an inob above Mr. ' Miller ' bead, covering him with epllntered glaie and paaaing out of the opposite window. The trouble which occurred In Au rora, III, on the Fourth, when two misguided patriots pulled down a Greek flag, surrounded by Amertoan emblems la growing rather serious. A repre sentative of the consul general la there Investigating the matter. The repre sentative aaye that It waa an outrage ae theUreekbad hit banner completely urrounded by American flag", wnloh la eminently proper under international law. ... A dispatch to the San Francisco Mer chants' Kxobange saya the bark Mo have from Vancouver for Santa Rosalia la ashore at Booke inlet, and will prob ably be total loaa. The crew waa . aaved. ' In Walla Walla Are destroyed two one story buildlnga and the upper floor of two-story building on Main street between Fourth and Fifth. The Bra wai caused by a lamp exploding in the rear of a millinery establishment Yale waa defeated, but not dingraoed In the third heat ot the Grand Chal lenge oup, which waa rowed at Henley on-Tbamoe. Leander won by one and three-fourths lengths in 7 minutes and U seconds. The reoord U 6 minutes and 61 eoonda. The rash ot tourists to Alaska this season is remarkable. The Queen which baa just aailed, oarrled as pas sengers 180 flrtt-olaaa and almost aa many more In the steerage. All the glaoiers and polnta of interest are visit- ad durlng.these summer trips. From advioes reoelved by the Austra lian steamer Miowera, which has just arrived in Vancouver, B. C, it now seems probable that the Queensland government will Join - New Booth Walea and Canada In granting a aub aldy to the Canadian-Australian steam- ship line. - Captain Bird, on behalf of James fluddart, managing owner ot the ; Una, recently interviewed tha ' Queensland ' government. ' and it ia aid the government will recommend that parliament grant a subsidy of' f year lor tnree yean. in. company u at present negotiating in England for tha oonstrootlon ot larger Steamers for the line. About thirty members of the oora mittee appointed at the St. Louis con vention, to officially notify the vioe presidential oandidate, O. A. Hobart, of bia nomination, prooeeded to Pater eon, N. J., the home ot the nominee. Chairman Charles W. Fairbanks made tha speech and he waa replied to briefly . by Mr. Hobart, who outlined hla future . policy If elected. The ceremony waa (Witnessed by over 8,000 people from various parte ot the country. Charles ' W. Parrlah, of Oregon, and J. M. Gil ' tart, of Washington, ware present. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Villages upon the island of Crate are being pillaged by Turks. James Btansbory, tha Australian, won tha sculling match with "Wag" Harding tha English champion, on the Thames. . The new searchlight at Barnegat, N. J near New York barobr, throwa a light which can be aeon nearly 100 inilea at tea. '; Patrick Carney, 60 yeara of age, waa kicked to death in Chicago by James Wilson. Tha killing waa a most brutal affair, tha result of a family row. -:, English blmetalliti convened In Lon don. They deolared for tha remonetl aation of silver, and think it should be accomplished by International agree ment. The Northern Paoiflo receiver! were given judgment in the federal ooort in Seattle by default against the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern railroad for 1, SS8.6tfO.68. For the restoration of light to bis rapidly failing eye, Charles Broadway Rouss, a millionaire of New York, will pay $100,000. Tbia offer ia open to any one who may wish to try, man, woman or child. The olty authoritlea of Taooma In dulged in auotber wire outting party, during the progress of which the wires ot the Commercial Kleotrlo Light Power Company were again removed, the oompany having replaoed the wires during the day. ( The boathouse in connection with George Baker'! cannery, near As toria, was burned, together with a two-masted plunger and a barge. Prompt work aaved the oanuery proper from destruction. The Are was of in oendiary origin. Lose not stated. In the federal court In Seattle, Judge Ilanford, made an order dis missing Oakea, Rouse and Payne, the old reoelvors ot the Northern Paoiflo, exousing them and their sureties from further liability, and wiping out the charges of contempt of court, wbtoh have been pending against them be cause of their failure to show up in oourl when they were under the fire box, aa the oourt direoted. WERE MURDERED AT NIGHT Chris tJIb and F, O. Kilm Near Astoria, Killed Astoria, Or.. July H.-Chrla Vejln and F. O. Nelson were murdered on the Vt asblngton side ot the Columbia river, near Point Ellla, about o'olook this morning, and aa yet no Informa tion has been obtained that polnta to the Identity ot the assassins. Vejln owned a whisky scow, which be had anchored near the aoene of the murder since the fishing season opened, and waa also engaged in fishing. Nelson attended J. G. Megler'a fish station a -i a. Ji.t.. Ptlnt ITIiU anil IlUA UIIUIUUV eW" vtj -as started out from the whisky aoow in j comuanv with Vejln ehortly after 1 o'clock. Tbta waa tha last aeen of them alive. Several shots were beard near by about I o'olook, and at day. break tha body of Vejln waa found in hla boat and that ot hla companion , .!,. . .hnrt ll!h0L 12 Ul.uuua w7. J . I been pierced by a revolver bullet, and a similar messenger ot death had pene trated tha side of Nelson' head. Both hot had been fired at oloee range, the faoea of the murdered men being powder-burned. At noon today Sheriff Hare and Cor oner Pobl prooeeded to tba aoene and brought the bodies to thia oity. . ' - ' Tha Point Kllloe Disaster. Vlotorla, July 14 An aotlon baa been commenced by Martha Kane Jamea against tha olty of Victoria for damage caoaed by tha death of Fran ola Thomaa Jamea, which waa brought bv tha nealiirenoe of the defendant in and about Point Ellioe bridge. Tha plaintiff brings tba action for tba ben efit of bereell and juaria ixmise juang-1 don, Maud, Willie and Charlea Thom aa, children of tha deceased. In till aotlon tha tramway oompany la not made tha defendant, tor the probable reason that tba deoeaaed waa not on tha oar, but waa crossing tha bridge on hla bicycle at the time that tha ill-fated oar went through the bridge May S8 last So far there ia only one other oata pending for damages arising out of tha aooident It la brought by A. & Potts against both the oity and the oompany. He alleges that tha olty waa negligent in allowing tha bridge so become out of repair, and the oom pany also negligent in allowing tha oar to be overloaded. . The damagea are named at $80,000. , Havana, July 9. It ia reported from Santiago da Cuba that Joaa Maoeo, tha well-known Insurgent leader, and bro ther ot Antonio Maoeo, ha been killed. Insistent rumor have been circulated that Joaa Maoeo died in tha laat en gagement In which he took part In Santiago da Cuba. A Twe Hours' Fight. Havana, July 14. A fight between Colonel Pinera'a forces and men under General Capet In the San Lorenao hills, near Moeoenas, in tha Holguln district, lasted two hour and resulted in tha defeat of tba Insurgents. They left even killed and oarrled off seventy killed and wounded. The troop bad four killed and fifteen wounded. Brooklyn Catholic Church Dottrojrod, New York, Jnly 14. The Roman Cathollo Church of the Visitation, in Brooklyn, with ita oontenta, waa de stroyed by fire tonight The loss 1 es timated at $150,000; Insurance, $60, 000. The cause of the Are 1 unknown. Bw.pt Over a Dam. . . Uwrenoe, Kan., July 14. A row boat ooutalning all people wa awept over tha dam aoroa the Kaw river just above town at 8 o'olook tonight and four Uvea were lost A HEAD-END COLLISION. Twenty-Eight fsupU Klll.d la an law Tn.loWr.rk. ... Omaha, Jnly 14. -A head-end col lision that resulted in an appalling loaa of Ufa occurred on the Chicago St, Northwestern road, between Logan and Missouri valley, at 6:80 tonight. Tha boat information indicate that twenty-eight are dead and fifty' one in jured, many of whom will die. The wreck ocourred aa a result of Engineer Montgomery, of the exoursion train, mistaking orders. He was or dered to wait at Logan uutil the fast mail and the east-bound passenger had passed. He waited for the passenger and then started out, having forgotten about the mail. The tralna were going at the rate of fifty mile an hour, when they met three miles west of Logan. Engineer Montgomety jumped and ee oaped with a broken arm. The ofnolal of the road positively refused to give any information con cerning the matter, stating It I aome thing that oonoern them, and not the public. They even refuse to handle the Western Union business, and all tha information scoured oomes by the Omaha Bee'a courier service and by telephone. This morning the Union Paoiflo Pioneers' pionio waa taken out over tha Northwestern to spend the day at Logan, and tonight, aa tha exoursion train loaded with 1.900 persons, all residing In and about thia oity, wa moving out of Logan, It waa atruok by j a fait train going east The two en gine crashed into each other, and in an instant freight and passenger j ooaohes were piled one upon the otber. Word was at onoa sent to thia oity, and in a abort time a speoial with doc tors and officers of the road on board wa sent out from Council Bluff. Reporters were detailed to accompany the train, but, instead of allowing them to board the train, they were ejected with the remark that "Wa don't want any d d reporters." The two engines were completely demolished and the first two cars of each train telesooped. Both crews es caped by jumping. The dead were mostly in the first ooach of the excur sion train. The list of tha injured ia a lengthy one. It oontains at least twenty-eight or more namea of persons who were seriously hurt,, dangerously so to a Sealer or lea degree. In addition, ere were at least fifty, if not a great er number, who reoelved injuries of a minor nature. These consisted of bruises and outs or alight disfigure ments, whlob will practically amount to nothing. A considerable number were also shaken up but not Injured. Tbia waa especially tha case among the passengers who oooopted the oars immediately behind the one which wa demolished. All the dead and injured were brought to Omaba today. Tha train which oarrled the dead ar- , . . f-TI J ' L ?.olook. V, at 8:80 out that it would not arrive until noon, and thia waa responsible for the fact that only a few of the relatives of the lost were there to reoeive their bod lea. But even then, there waa enough of heart breaking woe to touch tha sympathies creating woe w hjuuu um sriupawira ot thcaa'who aaw tba pitiful spectacle. TK. Hna had atmtnhl mm. anrflaa the platform to keep back the orowd, and tha trainmen, a agisted by a posse of police, tenderly lifted the bodie from the train and deposited them in a long, ghastly row on tha floor in the baggage-room. Eaoh waa oovered by a abeet, and when the line wa com plete, a passage -waa cleared and those who had friends among the dead were allowed to pass through the Improvised morgue. One by one they paased down the line, lifting the ooveringa from each bruised and blaokened face aa they went along. : Some of them failed to And tha faoe they oarrled in their j rta. Others found it but tooeoon. and their sufferings, as they beheld the terrible certainty that killed all hope, was pitiful to see. One father bent over the sheeted form that lay near the middle ot the row. The light that filtered through the breathless orowd fell on the still smiling features ot hla little boy. The body waa terrribly oroshed, but the faoe waa untouched. Involuntarily, be lifted tha shroud a little further until tha mangled body waa diaolosed, and then uttered a cry of agony that brought tears to the eyea ot many an onlooker who had looked on death be fore. The fact that several of the dead were children added not a little to the pathos of the aoene. At the end ot the row lay tha body of Mr. Maggie Bradley, while her babe ilept between two etrong men at the other. Finally the body of the ohild wa laid beside that of it mother, and they weie taken away together. Tha train brought over twenty bodies altogether. Only a part of them were identified during the half hour they lay at tha depot, and then they were taken away to vaiiou undertaking e abllshments to be prepared tor burial Wit Mnrdor and Bulolda. Aurora, Neb., July 14. Hayden Roberta, a farmer, shot hi wife to death and committed auiolda today. No oauae ia known for the crime. Roberta wai a wealthy and eooentrio individual. The murderer attempted to eacape, and, finding himself sur rounded, blew out his brains. . A Youug Juoaudiarjr. Jackson, Cal., July 14 George Ba vioh, an Austrian boy, 13 yeara old, ia under arrest here on aohargeot having caused several inoendiary fires that baveooourred during the last few days. The boy admits that he oaosed tha Area, and aaid ha was actuated by mal ioe. In one instance the owner had set hla dog on him a few montha ago. Ha fired another barn beoanaa the owner bad aoouaed him of stealing a small amount of money. MAD Willi EXCITEMENT Wild Scenes Enacted In the Chicago Coliseum. BRYAN'S PASSIONATE ORATORY Delegates and Spectator. Alike Carried Away T Bis IpLchStana. pad, for the Hebraahaaw Chloaga On the third day's session ot tha national Democratic convention, ten acres of people on the sloping aldea of tba Coliseum aaw the allver-belmet-ed gladiators In the arena overpower the gold phalanx and plant the banner of liver upon the rampart of Democracy. They aaw what may prove tba disrup tion or tba enoeea of a great political party, amid scenes of enthusiasm suob aa, perbapa, never before occurred in a national convention. They aaw 80,000 people, with Im agination inflamed by the burning words of passionate oratory, swayed like wind-swept fields; they heard the awful roar ot 80,000 voices burst like a volcano against the reverberating dome overhead; they aaw a man (Bryan of Nebraska) oarrled upon the shoulders of others intoxloated with enthusiasm. Amidst tba tumult and turbulenoe, they listened to appeala, to threats, to cries for mercy (from Hill of New York), and finally, they watched the Jubilant majority seat lta delegates and the vanquished stalk sullenly forth into the daylight Tha battle for supremacy of Democratic principles waa fought in a session that lasted from 11 o'clock in the morning until shortly before o'olook in tba afternoon. Eaoh aide aent ita champions to the forum. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina; Benator Jonea, ot Arkanaaa; ax-Conirressman Bryan, of Nebraska, crossed swords with Benator Hill, of New York; Senator Vila!, ot Wiscon sin, and ex-Governor Russell, of Mas sachusetts. The ainiBter-lookinir senator from the atate of Calhoun (Tillman), with bia eve biasing defiance which man! feated ita unfriendliness by a storm of hisses, opened the debate with a wildly passionate speech. In which be affirmed that the battle for the restoration of silver was a war for the emancipation ot the white elavce, aa the war of 1860 had been tor tha emancipation of the blaok alavea. Disruption of the Democracy had brought one, and ba In vited another disruption If it would re sult in this other emancipation. He went to the extreme of glorying In the suggestion presented, that the Issue waa a sectional one, a declaration which aroused the resentment of Sena tor Jones, and he repudiated it in a brief aoeeoh which aroused the first demonstration ot the day. Even the sold delegate joined heartily in thia demonstration against sectionalism. Benator Vilas bitterly . denounced what he termed an attempt to launch the narty in a career so wild that the world etood aghast With a wave of hla arm, that waa full of impressive portent, ha sounded hla warning. Ex-Governor Russell, the keen Mas aaohusetta statesman, who has thrloe carried tha atandard ot Democracy to viotory in the Old Bay atate, pleaded for a word of concession, of concilia tion, and oonlonded with a solemn warning that the oountry, it not the convention, would listen. Demonstrations followed at frequent interval throughout the speeches, but it waa Benator Hill who aroused tha sold foroea to their wildest enthusiasm, and Brvan. the "boy orator ot tba Platte," who aet the silevr men aflame. The demonstration tor Hill, who with oloee losio and trenohant blade sought the very heart ot the oonven tion aa he bitterly assailed aa undemo cratic the new creed which the ma jority waa to proolaim, lasted about 18 minutes. Although more pro- traoted than that whloh greeted Bryan, it waa of a different nature. The latter wa the spontaneous Out burst of an enthusiasm kindled by the touoh of ' magnetlo eloquence. Tha star ot the brilliant young orator from the nlaina ot Nebraska haa burned brightly on the horizon of the oonven tion for two days. There were several demonstration in hi behalf tha day before, but tbia waa tha first oppor tunitv be bad to show himself. Tha audience bad been warmed up, and wa full of Dent-up enthusiasm. The nowder masaiine needed but the spark and Bryan applied it with the skill of genius. Hi very appearance captured the audienoe. Dressed like a plain Westerner, in a blaok suit of alpaoa, he stood with a amlle playing over hi handsome, mobile, olear-out laoe, while with uplifted hand he Invited the waitins thousands. Ha ha a faoe whoaa line might have been chiseled from alabaster by I soma master aeulpter. HI mouth l ! Dw.d 5 Hill7 l i Arm, bi eye bright, hii note Roman, hie raven batr ia brushed back from hla forehead and fall to bi oollar. With well-modulated voice, which gradually rose in pitch until it pene trated tba furthermost limits ot tha hall, he wove the spell upon bia audi ence. Hla apeeon waa a masterpiece oi fervent oratory. With consummate eloquenoe be stated the oata of silver and parried tba arguments oi tne gold men. Mare Antony never applied tha match more effectively. - Hi! oloaing remarks were: "Having behind ua the commercial interests, tha laboring interests, and aU tha toiling masse, we ahall answer their demand for the gold atandard by say ing to them: 'You ahall not pre down upon the brow of labor thia crown ot thorns. Yon ahaU not crucify man kind upon the or oca of gold.' " The oonvention took fire with entnu- fiasm. It crackled aa with the war of flames. H1U waa forgotten; all else waa forgotten for the moment Cheers swelled to yell, yells became screams. Every chair In the valley or tne uoii- scum and every ohalr in the vast wil derness on the hillside became a dock on whioh frantio men and women were wildly waving handkerchiefs, canes, hats and umbrellas anything movable. Some, like men demented, divested tbemaelvea of their coat and Aung them hieh in the air. A Texaa delegate uprooted tba porpie atandard of hla state and bora tt Iran tioally to the place where rose the atandard ot Nebraska. In a twinkling others followed the example. Two thirds of tba state staffs were ton from their socket and carried aa trophies to Nebraska, where they danced in mid air. A dozen delegates rushed upon the stage and shouldered the half-dated orator and bora him in triumpn down the aisle. Louder and louder shrieked the thousands, until the volume OI sound broke like a gigantio wave, and fell only to rise and break again. For almost ten minutes tbia madden ed tumult oontlnued, while the dele- as tea with the atate standards paraded the tnolosure. Old political general were atupifled. If the ballot lor tne nomination had been taken, it would bava been a stampede. When it was all over the vote were taken first on the minority aubititute for the nlatform offered by Senator Hill, which waa defeated 626 to 850. Then, on the resolution to indorse the administration, whlob waa beaten, 867 to 564, and lastly on the adoption oi the platform, which wa carried, 638 to8Ql. Senator Tillman, after the rejection of the resolution to indorse the admin istration. withdrew bis resolution to censure the administration. . ' Tha Nlht S.Mlon. ' At the niirht session, in the vresenoe ot fully 28,000 people, the nominating speeches were made, and there was a repetition of the exoiting aoense of the afternoon. The Bryan enthusiasm oontlnued. The galleries went frantio at every mention of bia name, and tha wild demonstrations of - the afternoon were duplicated when be wa plaoed in nomination by Hon. a. x. Lie win, of Georgia, and seconded by W. C. K. Luta, of North Carolina; George F. Williams, of Massachusetts, and Thomaa J. Kernan, of Louisiana. Senator Vest plaoed Bland In nomin ation, and Governor Overmeyer, of Kansas, seconded the nomination. The name of Claude Matthews, of In diana, was presented by Turpie, of In diana, and seconded by Delegate Trip pett, of California. Fred White, ot Iowa, plaoed Boies in nomination.- and the Waterloo statesman owed a magnificent ovation to tba entnoslasm oi mita minnia Murray, a young woman from Nashua, Ia.. who led the Boiea demonstration, aa Mis Canon Lake did tha Blaine demonstration at Minneapolia four yeara ago. - . . . THE CHICAGO PLATFORM. Doelaros for Fraa Colombo of Bllvor at tha Pra.ant Ratio or l to 1. We, th. democrats of the United States, in convention assembled, reaffirm our al legiance to those great essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our in stitutions are founded, and which the democratio party haa advocated from Jef ferson's tlm. to our own freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience, the preservation of personal rights, the eauallty of all flltlaena before the law. and the faithful observance of constitutional limitations. During all these years the democratic party has resisted the tendency of aelflsh Interests to the cantrallsatlon of govern mental power, and steadfastly maintained the integrity of the dual scheme of govern ment, as established by the founders of this republic of republics. Under Its guid ance and teachings, the great principle of local self-government has found Its best expression In the maintenance of the rights of states, and Its assertion of ths necessity of confining the general government to the exercise of the powers granted by the con stitution of the United States. Kacognls Ing' that the money question Is paramount to all others at this time, we Invite atten tion to the fact that the federal con stitution named silver and gold together as the money metals of the United States, and that the flrst coinage law passed by congress under the constitution made the silver dollar the monetary unit and ad mitted gold to free oolnage at a ratio based upon the ellver-dollar unit. We declare that the act of 1S7S, demone tising sliver without the knowledge or ap proval of the American people, has result ed in tire appreciation of gold and a for respondlng fall In the price of commodities produced by tho people, a heavy Increase In the burden of taxation, and of aU debts, publlo and private, the enrichment of the money-lending classes at home and abroad, prostration of Industry and Impoverish ment of the people. W. are unalterably opposed to mono metallsm, whloh haa locked fast the pros perity of an Industrial people In the paralysis of hard times. Gold monometal Ism 1 a British policy, and its adoption haa brought other nations into financial servitude to London. - It Is not only un American, but antl-Amerlcan, and can be fastened on the United States only by the sinking of that spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political Indepen dence in 177, and won it In th war of the Revolution. -, We demand ths free and unlimited ooli age ot both gold and stiver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We daman that tba atandard silver dollar hall be full legal tender squally with : gold for all debts, publlo and private, aad we favor such legislation a win prevent for the future ths demonetization of any kind of legal-tender money by private con tract. Ws are oouosed to th policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the ob ligations of the United State the option reserved by law to the government of re deeming; such obligations In silver or In gold coin. We are opposed to the Issuing of interest-bearing bonds of the United States In time of pesos, and condemn tne trar- flcklng with banking syndicates, which. In exchange for bonds at an enormous profit to themselves, supply the federal treasury with gold to maintain tne policy oi goia monometalism. Congress alone has the power to coin and Issue money, and President Jaokson declared that this power could not be dele gated to Incorporation or iniivicuais. we therefore demand that tha power to Issue notes to circulate as money be taken from the national banks, and that all paper money shall be Issued directly by the treas ury department, be redeemable in coin, and receivable for all debts, public and private. We hold that the tariff duties should be levied for the purpose of revenue, such duties to be so readjusted as to operate equally throughout the country, and not discriminate between class or section, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of government, hsnestly and eco nomically administered. We denounce as disturbing to business the republican threat to restore the Mc Klnley law, which has been, twice con demned by the people ln nattonal elections, and which, enacted under the false plea of protection to borne Industries, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of the many, restricted trade and deprived the nroduoers of the great American staples of access to their natural markets. Until the money question Is settled, we are op posed to any agitation for further changes ln our tariff laws, except such as are neo eesary to make up the deficit ln revenues caused by the adverse decision of the su preme court on the Income tax. But for this decision of the supreme court, there would be no deficit In the revenue under the law passed by the democratic congress, ln strict pursuanc of the uniform decisions of that court for nearly 109 years, that court having under that decision sus tained constitutional objections to US enactment which had been overruled by the ablest judge who have ever aat on that bench. We declare that It la the duty of con gress to use all the constitutional power which remains after that decision, or which may come from Its reversal by the court as it may hereafter be constituted, so that the burdens of taxation may be equally and Impartially divided, to the end that we may all bear the d.ie proportion of the expenses of government. We hold that the most efficient way of protecting American labor is to prevent the importation of foreign pauper labor to compete with It in the home market, and that the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans Is greatly reduced by a vicious monetary system. which depresses the prices of their prod ucts below the cost of production, and thus deprives them of the means of purchas er the products of our home manufac tories. The absorption of wealth by the few, the consolidation of our leading rail way systems, and the formation of trusts and nools reaulre a stricter control by the federal government of those arteries of commerce. We demand the enlargement of the pow ers of the interstate commerce commis sion, and such restrictions and guarantees In the control of the railroads as will pro tect the people from robbery and oppres sion. We denounce the profligate waste of money wrung from the people by oppres sive taxation, and the lavish appropria tions of recent republican congresses, which have kept the taxes high, while the labor that pays them Is unemployed, and the products of the people's toil are de pressed in price until they no longer repay the cost of production. We demand a re turn to that simplicity and economy which befit a democratic government, and a re duction In the number of useless offices, the salaries of which drain the substance of the people. : We denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities lit local affairs as a violation of the constitution of the United Btatea and a crime against free Institu tions, and we especially object to govern ment Interference by Injunction, aa a new and hlehlv dangerous form of oppression, by which federal judges, In contempt of the laws of the states and rights of citi zens, become at once legislators, judges and executors, and -we approve the bill passed at the last session of the United States senate, and now pending In the house of repres?tatlves, relative to con tempts In federal courts, and providing for trials by jury In certain cases of con tempt. '- No discrimination should be Indulged to by the government of the United States In favor of any of Its deb'.ora. We approve of the refusal of the 13d congress to pass the Pacific railroad fund ing bill, and denounce the effort of the present congress to enact a similar meas ure: i '. " Recognising the just claim of deserving Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of Commissioner Murrdiy that no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pen sion rolls, and that fact of enlistment and service should be deemed conclusive evi dence against disease and disability before enlistment . We favor the admission of the territories of New Mexico and Arizona Into the Union as states, and we favor the early admission of all the territories having the necessary population and resources to en title them to statehood, and while they re main territories we hold that the officials appointed to administer the government of any territory. toRether with the District of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona nde residents of the territory or district In which their duties are to be performed. The democratic party believes In home rule, and that all public lands of the United States should be appropriated to the establishment of free homes for Amer ican citizens. We recommend that the territory of Alaska be granted a delegate In congress, and that the general land and timber laws of the United States be extended to said territory.' - . '' . Ws extend our sympathy to the people of Cuba In their heroic struggle for liberty and Independence. The federal government should care for and Improve the Mississippi river and other great waterways Qt the republic, so as to secure for the Interior states easy and cheap trnsiWrtatlon to tidewater. When any waterway of the republic Is of sufficient Importance to demand aid of the government, such aid should be extended upon a definite plan of continuous work, until permanent Improvement Is secured. We are opposed to life tenure In pub lic service. We favor appointments based upon merit, fixed terms of office, and such an administration of the civil service laws as will afford equal opportunity to all citi zens of a certain fitness. We declare It to be the unwritten law of this republic, established by custom and usage ot 100 year and sanctioned by the examples of the greatest and wisest of those who founded and have maintained our government, that no man shall be eli gible for a third tvn ot the presidential office. , . - Confident In th Justice of our cause and necessity of lis success at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration of prin ciples to the considerate Judgment of the American people.. We Invite the support of all cltlsens who approve them, and detlre to have them made effective through legis lation, for the relief ot the people and the restoration of th country's prosperlt. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA Nominated lor President by the Democrats. DELEGATES STAMPEDED TO HIM Be Was Blsetad the lfth Ballet Arthur Be well, ef Mains, few Viee-Presld.Bt, Chicago. W. J. Bryan, "tha boy orator ot the Platte," and ei-oongre-man from Nebraska, waa nominated by the Democratic national oonvention at Chicago, upon the fifth ballot. Ever ainoe Bryan'a brilliant oratori cal effort on tha third day of tha oon vention, be haa been steadily gaining strength in tha oonvention, and after the first ballot former supporters of other oandidate rapidly transferred their allegianoe, aingly, In pairs and in droves, to the young statesman who had bo ably defended their free-ilvei cause ln and ont of oonvention, and at all tlmea. After Mr. Bryan waa nominated tba oonvention unanimously ratified tha cboloe of the majority. The decks were cleared for balloting, whioh waa to begin aa toon aa tne Democratic national oonvention reas sembled, at 10 o'olook on the fourth WJ Bryan day. The real struggle opened with the delegates wrought to an in tens pitch over the sensational develop ment of the previous day, when th Bryan wave awept through tha oon vention, and threatened for a time at least to stampede it then and there. It bad disturbed all calculations and thrown tha ranks of tha other candi date into confusion. The Brayn foroea were making tbt moat ot the phenomenal - rite of tht young orator of Nebraska. Tba ad journment at midnight had given th leaders of otber candidate an opportu nity to rally their foroea, and it aerved also to give aome hours in which aom cool counsel might prevail against th wave of sentiment whlob waa at high tide the night before. ? - Delegate Miller, of Oregon, added to tha list of nomination tha name oi Sylvester Pennoyer, of Oregon. Th namea ot Bland, Bryan, Boies, Black burn, Matthews, MoLean, Pattison an Pennoyer were before the oonvention. There were no other nominations, and Chairman White annonnoed thai the roll-call of state for tha nomina tion of president, would proceed. Great excitement awept over the balk Th first ballot resulted at follows: Blaokburn, 88; Bland, 933; Boiea, 8t Bryan, 106; Campbell, 2; Hill, 1 Matthewa, 87; McLean,- 64; Pattlaon, 96; Pennoyer, 10; Russell, 8; Steven eon, 3; Teller, 18; Tillman, 17; not voting 188. On the aeoond ballot Maasaohuatetti deserted Bland for Bryan, whiol created a sensation and started tht other states, and in the two followinj ballots Bryan kept gradually galnlni one state after another, until the retail of the fourth ballot showed Bryan U the lead with 876, Bland having taller to 841. Thia precipitated anothei demonstration whioh lasted for fort minute. Twenty thousand peoph yelled tbemaelvea hoarse cheering fes the Nebraskai!. Several of the statea delegate then retired for consultation, and when they filed back into tha ball the fifth ballot waa taken, resulting b Bryan reoeivlng the neoessary two thirds. On motion it waa made unani moua. , - ,. v ::'' The Tte-resldeey. A caucus of delegates waa held until 8:80 in the morning, but no agreement oould be reached on the vioe-preeidenoy. . When the oonvention opened in tht morning tha following namea were pr tented: Bland, ot Missouri; MoLean, of Ohio; Williams, ot Mastaobuaettai Sibley, of Pennsylvania; Flthlan, ot Illinois; Daniel, of Virginia; Pennoyer, of Oregon, and Sewell, of Maine. Five ballot were taken. Up to tbt fourth ballot Bland and - MoLean led. Their namea were, then withdrawn, and on tha fifth ballot Arthur Sewell, of Maine, waa eleoted. . After the third, ballot waa takes - Bland aent a telegram to tha conven tion, asking that bia name ba with drawn and that tha nomination b given to aome man east of tha Missis sippi river. '" W. J. Brjraa." Care. William Jennings Bryan, who U popularly known aa "the boy orator of the Platte," ia tha youngest man evei nominated for the presidency by a po litical party in the United States, ex eeedlng, a be does, the age limitation fixed "by the constitution by only tit teen montha He is the editor of th Omaba Dally and Weekly World-Herald, one ot tba loading silver organs ot tba oountry, and baa for many yeara, .iuui tvaa, Mtnaff fkf allvtf..' ' 6
