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..' '
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