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r !r the- 3rq3yjyph,oftaf.xyiAyK yifeEfiaftAjj QQTQBflK ay 1000.' ,t"v, OWNERS CAN END IT With a Few More Notices-the . Strike Will Be Over. STATEMENT BY JOHN MITCHELL Prospects Bright or rij. Early Set- -tlemcnt of 'tbe Trouble Clash. at Willcesb&rre. HA2XETON, Pa., Oct. 22. President Mitchell, In an Xnterylew tonight, prac tically admitted that the anthracite coal miners' strike would end as soon as the operators presented a notice guarantee ing the payment of 2. li) per cent -advance in wages until April L President Mitch ell said: "The prospect of an early settlement ot, the'coal strike is becoming brighter. Some of the operators? have not. yet ported no tices signifying: their willingness to fall in line either with the Reading Company or with the proposition made by the Le irigh Valley Company, in the Hazleton re Eipn, If all of them notify their -employes toy posting notices or otherwise that an. actual advance of 10 per cent, will be paid each, mine employe, and ,guarantee Jts continuance until April 1, tog-ether with the abolition of the sliding scale, I be lieve that the terms would tie accepted toy the mineworkers. The reduction in powder, from $2 75 to 150 has. confused the minds of the miners, but some of the operators have so fully explained "how, contract miners could Teeelve the full ad--vance of 10 .per cent,s w"elJL,as. all other employes, that I believe jthai. this .obstacle can be overcome." Although, as President lilltchefr says, the outlook for an early setilement of Che strike is bright. It is difficult to make a prediction as to when the end will come. Borne of the coal companies are showing a disposition not to issue a. second notice guaranteeing the payment of the lOvper cent Increase in wages until April. Among these Are the Delaware, Lacka wanna and western and Delaware & Hud n, the officials of which companies are reported to have declined to issue a sup plemental notice. The labor leaders, how ever, hope that the companies will fai some way make "known that they will HTuarantee the payment of the advance until April 1. President Mitchell appeared Quite cheerful tonight when he made the announcement as above, and his manner indicated that the time is near at hand when all the anthracite miners now on strike shall return to the mines. As soon as all the notices guaranteeing the pay ment of the advance until April 1 are posted. President Mitchell will call a meeting of the National Executive Board, at which the strike will be declared off. The largest demonstration ever held in this city took place todny, when nearly 7000 miners paraded the streets. In a car riage at their head rode President Mitch ell, who received an enthusiastic ovation all along the march. Thousands of min ers, accompanied by their families, came to the city from every mining town In the region. There were 150 men in line who had tramped 18 miles over the moun tains from Panther Creek Valley. They, with the McAdoo miners, --who are- famed throughout the coal fields, for their perse verance In marching and' closing collier ies, were the heroes oFlhe-parade. Three "bus loads of marching women of Mc Adoo, and" 100 small creaker-boys, dressed in their working clothes, and with lighted lamps in their caps, were at the head of the line. Immediately behind the carriages containing the United Mineworkers offi cials. Many mottoes expressing the sen timents of the strikers were carried in the procession. President Mitchell re viewed the parade at the end of he route, after which a mass meeting was held. at( which- President Mitchell was the prin cipal speaker. Reports from the few coHIerie that are still in operation in this- reglonishow that the number of men at work today was not greater than last -week. The number of Coal & Iron policemen around the mines has been somen hat Increased during the last 48 hours. Strikers' pickets are also numerous in the vicinity of themines. -;' RUMOR OF'BXD OP STRIKE. Report Reaches Scranton That Mitchell AKree to Operatora Offer. NEW YORK. Oct. 23. A special to the World from Scranton says: At midnight information was received here that President Mitchell had agreea to the operators' offer posted three weeks ago, and that the strike is ended. The news was received with great ex cltement by both operators and strikers. It is understood all the companies will post notices, with the exception of the Pennsylvania & Susquehanna Railroad. -Notwithstanding this information, no definite message on the subject has yet been received from President Mitchell. A ROW AT "WTLKESBARRE. Ganff of Miners Set Upon by Strikers and Women. WHiKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 22. Discon tent among the striking miners of the Wyoming Valley is growing and unless the strike is settled soon the miners will hevhard to control. A majority of the men are willing and anxious to go to work. The discontent of the strikers was 6hown at the works of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company in the eastern part of the city. A gang of men were going'to work to screen coal on the bank of the "Empire mine when they were set upon by a mob of men,, and women and boys. John J. OIHara, foreman of the Sang, was knocked down with a stone and his nose fractured. Several other workmen were slightly injured. During the melee several shots were fired. The mob destroyed all the tools of the work men. The trouble took place within the city limits and a detachment of police were ent to the scene. When they ar rived they iound a large crowd of wo men and boys, but very few men. The local officers of the United Mineworkers tffiy nono of their men engaged in the fight. The police -found an effigy of CHara hanging to a telegraph pole. Owing to the trouble there was no work on. the coal bank or, at the Stanton washery, operated by the same company, today. It is said QHra njade himself oljjectionablo to the wives "of some of the strikers by "boasting" that he would work despite all opposition. This, angered the women and on seevral occasions they pelted him with stones. Most of the companies have now posted the explanatory note, as they call it, in addition to their last offer to the strik ers, and it will probably not be replaced. The mining officials say they doubt if the companies will go any further In their negotiations with the men, as they have granted them -powder for $1 50, as they desired, and an increase In wages, and they do not intend to change, as the strikers have altered their demands. There is no prospect of the union giving the men any aid. The promise of Mitchell j to Degin ine-aiscriDuuon or rood ana money last Wednesday has nol been kept. This evening there was another riot at the Stanton washerles of the Lehigh & WMlkosbarre Coal Company. " When the men started to go to their homes under the protection of coal 8 Iron- police., fully 6000 people had gathered. A telephone message was sent to police headquarters In this city for help, and Chief ot. Po lice Jblne and a number of officers re sponded. The men who had been at work were put on board a small mine locomo tive, but before the locomotive jcouldget under" headway some one fh-edr The po lice returned the re, but Tio one was tftruct-Another. volloy-fFom-thenwindowsftacturerB of iaxathe feromo-Qulnlne Tablets. I of some houses followed, jfevery pane pf glassIn the cab of the locomotive, was broken, but no one Teas wounded." Twojof' the workmen on the locomotive Jumped off and were knocked down and kicked, but?7were rescued by the polices'' The names of the. injured men are Bradley rHoffman and John Dellsky. Hoffman was so badly injured that he had to be taken to the hospital. As the officers were returning to head quarters, the electric car on which they rode was stoned. All the windows on one side of the car, were broken, and Police Sergeant Hall and two other passengers were slightly injured. , Mayor Nichols soon reached the scent?, and warned the mob that they were -doing the cause of labor more injury than good. Ho said the law would bo upheld, and "that he was there to uphold it. The Mayor's speech had good'effect, and thermob slow ly dispersed to their homes. BY THE PICKET SYSTEM. Strikers Closed Dotvh Washer; Near Scranton. -SCRANTON Pa., Oct. 22. The first hos tile demonstration of the miners', strike in the Lackawanna region was made this morning at OUphant, near here, where it was determined to close down the Grassy Island coal washery, operated by the" Del aware 5: Hudson Company, The place had been worked by 30 or 40 men during the nast two weeks, and was dally turn ing out 1000 tons of the smaller sizes of fuel for the market. This" morning several hundred strikers gathered along the road near the -washery and when the workmen appeared, gave them to understand they must de sist from the working until the strike was settled. Two of the deputies at the mine came on the scene and were warned against, any Interference. The workmen decided they would return home. The strikers marched with them back to Oli phftt, sh'dutf ng tis tijey" passed down the iffaln street- " ' ". , ' '" " 'Tfc'e'tDelawa'rV&lHu'dsoh has deputies ongmSra af its" Rocket Brook washery In Carbondale "today; 'some "20 men being a work 'there' 'getting out coal. The large fOrce of 'deputies was provided -be cause of a reported threat that the 'place would be attacked by marchers today. The Hillside, Temple and Connel Coal Companies' are the only Independent op erators in this district to comply with the agreement of last Thursday's conference of operators to post notices guaranteeing the original offer until April 1. When Interviewed as to why they did not com ply with this agreement, the other big operators said they thought on second consideration it would effect only one thing the gratification' of a whim of John Mitchell and they did not propose to do -anything further until they, were assured some good would fce accomplished. All the. district officers have been summoned to meet with President Mitchell In Haz leton Wednesday. The success of the strikers in closing down the Grassy Island washerles hag impelled the local strikers to'take a hand in the game, and tomorrow morning they will surround the various washerles in Scranton and 'attempt to argue the men into "staying away fronvwork. . Miners' Relief IVorto MOUNT CARMEIj Pa., Oct. 22. The miners' relief committee of this place has issued a circular letter asking for contributions in aid of the striking miners of this district The committee is not connected In any way with the United Mineworkers of America, Thomas H. ' Williams, the postmaster, is the president "Whittle Blew in Vain. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Oct. 22. The whistles of Cameron and Luke Fiddler collerles, operated by the Mineral Coal Company, were blown this morning, hut none of 'the striking miners returned to work. None of the Reading Company's opera tions in" this portion resumed. DYING OF A BROKEN HEART Admiral Sampson Brooding Over the Injustice of His Countrymen. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 22. During his present vhdt to his home in Alabama, and wherever 'he has appeared before the pub- lie Lieutenant Richmond P.vHobson has been- .quoted .as saying that Admiral Sampson is dying of a broken heart, owing to the Sampson-Schley controversy which' followed the naval engagement at Santi ago. He is quoted as follows: "When Saturday, October 13, I saw in the papers that Admiral Sampson was ill, I took-: the- next train to Boston and spent-Sunday with him." His 'health 'Is- de clining!. Hlsi physicians are baffled at his malady; ;Hitrsans are- all right, but his Jhealth does not improve. We touched-'on one or two subjects. For a little while he could not speak. Soon he had to be car ried to his room, and I did not see him again. Mrs. Sampson told me that this great man was brooding wis breaking his heart at the thought that his fellow countrymen were so unkind. "I said to Mrs. Sampson: 'When I visit my Southland, if the opportunity offers itself, I wish to tell something of his ma jestic character She Teplled: 'You dare not Your Southland was quick and vig orous to resent what was thought to be an attempt to take away the laurels of one of its great men.' "I came to Washington and saw the Secretary of the Navy and the President, and.-to them also I stated my intention, and they both gave me their consent, warning me, however, of what I might expect. Mr. Hobson, in his speech at a public reception here today, said Admiral Samp son had not.recelved simple justice at the hands of the American people. He saidt "It has been sought to ptace hlm in a -despicable light-before the world; to make him an incompetent, narrow-minded man and jealous 'of" the fame of his contem poraries, particularly of one Illustrious naval chief. As his junior officer, serving under him, I express the deliberate opin ion that Admiral Sampson- is the colossal figure of the SpanlshAmerican War the" genius -of the naval victory of Santiago. He is unmatched today as the directing mind of a war squadron on the seas." THE CABINET MEETING. Discussed Sherman's lJeath and Com ing Cuban Convention. WASHINGTON, Oct. , 22, The . Cabinet meeting lasted from 11 until 1, o'clock. Secretarjps GageRoot, Long and Hay arid Attorney-General Griggs were "pres ent. Secretary, Root and,. General Wood had an interview with the President be fore the meeting. The meeting was de voted largely to action on the death of ex-Secretary of State Sherman and the President directed Secretary of State Hay to prepare a formal announcement of the death for the official information of the diplomatic service, as is customary in such cases. The meeting also considered the subject of tne cuoan constitutional convention and It was believed General Wood brought with him some Interesting Infor mation on the subject which was laid be fore the Cabinet by the President. In addition to this there were a number of matters, relating" to National politics that the President wished to discuss with the advisors before leaving for Ohio. PTLES CURED WITHOUT THE TUTIFE Itching, Blind. Bleeding orProtrudlng Piles. .20 Cure, No Pay. All druErdBts are author ized by the manufacturers of .uPhzo Olnt--uientto refund the money tvhere it, falls to cure any case 6f piles, no matter of how long: stand ing:. Cures ordinary 2ses 'm -sir days; the worst cases In fourteen days. One application gives ease and Test Believes Itching Instantly. This Is a new dIscoeryand Is the only pile remedy eold on a positive guarantee, no cure no par. Price ,50c If jour druggist don't keep It In stock, send us 00c in. .postage stamps, and we will forward same bv mall. Manufactured ay Paris aieaicine Co, St. Louis, Ma, BftVAN IM MBfT ti$filMi l I AW ' ill ULJ b Igf lUIllllA HE MADE 1PREQ1TBJJT REFERENCES TO THE 'RACE' QUESTION. ' Many TTcffroes Were Sa His Audi encesToday Will Be Devoted to a. Tour of Maryland. ' HINTON,-W.Ta.. Oct. 22.TTtie'llW of uiu uucoinieujui xttuiroau traversing tne picturesque valleys of the Big Xanawha and New Rivers was" the -scene of Mr. Bryan's campaign today. Speeches were made at Huntington, Hurricane; St. AI7 bans, Charleston, Brownston, East Bank' Montgomery, Sewell, Thurmond and Hin ton. The "size of the aualences varied, but all of them, were large In proportion to the population of the towns and of the surrounding- country. There wero 'espe cially fine crowds-at Huntington, "Charles- tor and Hlnton, people coming Into the THE NEBRASKA OWL HE CANT SEE towns from the adjacent region. The one notable feature of the day was Mr. Bryan's repeated reference to the race question. His line of. travel today was further south than he had gone before and further than he will go again, and there was quite a, number of colored, peo ple scattered through the voods at all the stopping places. Mr.- Bryan evidently noted their presence, and took occasion .to. address portions of his admirers, espe cially appealing Jto, then to dp JustlcoVhy' the.Plllplrios'as they would" have, justice dqne by themselves. 'The first pblht' af which he touphed upon this question wis at St. Albans.. There he said: . "When we complain that the Republi cans are applying in the Philippine Isl ands doctrines that deorlve oeonle of tho right to govern themselves, the argument' that a Republican makes '.Is. that some oL the , Southern. States have jadoptea amendments , requiring an . educational qualification for, voting. If"rani ip"'sub-' mlt'thls question to he Republican's:' Do' they approve of what Is being" done In, the South, or do they oppose it? If "the oppose it, wny do tney propose worse,. things in Forto Rico and the .Philippines than have been proposed in the South? Read the qualifications adopted iby' your own Administration for voting" In "Porto Rico, and you will find they have art ed- ucatlonal qualification there that deprives,; 83. per cent of the black men of - vbttg-" age of the right ,to vote; no only thls, but they deprive them of the protection or the Constitution. of the United States, tip the Philippines they are going1 on the" theory that the brown people there have no right to a voice In their government, and when e, Republican tells a black jiian in this country that he ought to vote'th Republican ticket, J. want the black nlarF to ask' him this question:. 'If a brown man in tho Philippines has no Tight to a vote, what about the clack man?' and I want to ask what black man can stand., on his own right to a voice in this Gov eminent If he votes the -Republican ticket and denies, to the people in other Islands a right to a voice In this Government. And If tho "Republicans tell the'cdloVea man he Is under obligations tq the Repute t" Hcan party, let the colored man reply thai he has paid -his debt of. gratitude. "If .Lincoln were here, the colored man must vote for him, but the modern leao... ers of the Republican party .have had more from the colored man than th'ey have ever given him. The colored" mant has bestowed Presidencies upon 'the' Re publican party and. -received janltorshlps In return. I want the colored men, bef or they vote the Republican ticket," to know, that the policy of the Republican party is to send a few white men to the Phil ippines and hold thoso white men In ail-' thorlty over 99 per cent Of tho popula tlon, which will be done, and this Is to be done by a standing army. Instead ot using the race question as" a reason why wo should annex the Philippines, let he rnco qtiestlon be a warning to us not to bring Into this country a class of peo plo who are not to share In the full des tiny of our Nation. I want the Filipino to have his own flag and his own gov ernment, to work out his own .dqstiny, and I want this Nation to stand by nlm and say to the worlds, 'Hands off; let this republic live.' " " Mr. Bryan reverted to the race question in nls speech at Charleston. .There he said: "Forty years ago Tthe Republicans' said but' now they will bus' brown men by 'the Job lot for J2 50 'apiece. Th'ey said a gW-' eratlon ago that the' Declaration of In!" dependence applied to a black man. Now they say it does not apply to a brown man. It cost us hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds, of t millions ot money to take out of the Declaration of Independence the exceptional clause tfiat excluded the black man. Now shaH,:,W(J' wage a war ot conquest to write in the Declaration of s Independence another exceptional clause excluding the brown man? Our; progress has been upward to this time. Let it not be backward fronl" now on. Do not dare to deny to any people In forergn lands the right that you Claim for yourselves, for .if you have i a right to your - government, (hq. FHIptoo, has a right to .his, and jf you. deny hlny the right to his own government, "you win not long have a right to yours." ."Mr. Bryan also referred to" the race question In other speeches during the' day. At Eastbank, Mr. Bryan said; "I am glad that behind me I have those" who will be satisfied -jvith equal rights and who will not ask privileges If I am elected.' X am-glaxl that I have-not bu hlnd me the trust management, for- if '1 am elected! do not -want them tohang'1 1 I fhout Awhile House anfl'tell-ma how hey elected mo. and, therefqre,tcijriin, that thev- own me. .1 have no. desire 6vhelu to get your hands Into other peope5. pock-, ets. If I can keep other peopje's hands out of your. pockets, Iwlir do all. that you ."jvant to do for the laboring man." Mrrryan spoke to a congregation com posed of coalminera at: the little mountain town -of Sewell. &e- told the people there that the Demqcfatfc party, stood for te arbitration -of labor, deputes and for a representative of labor in the Cabinet ot thePresident, "hen" some one in the crowd askRcf him 'what he would do "for the old -soldiers If -elected, he replled'that he would appoint a Commissioner of Pen- I iiiuuo fYjuu nuuiu uu iiuro auusiauiui; iu biio DuiuieiB uiuu me present una. " After the train started to move In Ieav- ing Sewell, a man In the outskirts of the crowd, apparently very much In earnest, demanded to know about Mr. Bryan's 'at titude 'toward the ratification or the Paris treaty. Mr. Bryan had the train stdppea, and made a full explanation of his ac tion and position In that matter. "When this" explanation had been concluded tho same man asked abbut tho expenditure of ?20,00(hC00 in procuring these islands. To this inquiry, Mr. Bryan Teplied: THE RISINgJjSUN. Helena Record. "If you had read an article that I wroto about a month before the treaty was signed youwoufd have seen that we could have got it"back from the Filipinos In re turn for fndqpendenpe, but if you did not , x would ratner consider it a contribution to liberty than as part payment on "men and their lards." When' Mr. Bryan concluded his .'reply hl3 Interrogator pushed his Vay througn the crowd, and, coming up'totte Presi dential candidate, saidf t thought I hfld a'VlghfaVan' American cltlzen'to ask that question." " ' ' Mr. Bryan-said In response: "You cer tainly did have, 'and I am glad you asked it' The questioner joined in the cheers whlch'went lip" for Mn Bryan. ' The meeting at Thurmond was held In a' gorge In the mountains'," arid the stana' from which -Mr. JBryarispoke was perchea upon, a steep ollfC' ok one side of the canyon. His audlencenRras composed large ly of coalmlners, and ln closing Mr. Bryan asked them to 'remember that therr votes, were -their, own. He warned them against allowing themselves to be Intimi dated ortthelr votes purchased. The meeting at Hlnton was the last ot the day, and .when It concluded Mr. Bryan left for Washington, en route for Mary land!, to .which state he will devote tomorrow.- Mr. Bryan mado a general speech atHlnton. When some pne asked him about the necessity -for a large army in-this country, he said that if the Dem ocratic plans for the settlement of dis putes by arbitration, for doing -away with the' blacklist and for the abolishment or 'government by injunction, could be puv Into execution there would be no necessity for a large army. The crowd at Hlnton was not only large,, but was noisily de monstrative. There were a number of shouts for McKinley at the beginning ot the, meeting. At Huntington. HUNTINGTON,- W. Va., Oct. 22. Mr. Bryan joined his private car early todav at Kenova, .Appreciating that he would find It Impossible to cover the short dis tance between -Huntington and . Kenova without engaging a special conveyance. Colonel McGrew sent Colonel Bryan's own- car to meet him at that point with a tspeolal engine.- Mr. Bryan made- the first speech of his second West Virginia tour in this city at 10 today. He 'talked from a stand erected on a vacant block. Rain had begun ta fall before he appeared, but the crowd stood in tho Tain to hear-hlm. ' Mr. Bryan was received wlth loud applause. Before beginning hisr speech proper Mr. -Bryan referred to the presence on the platform of a brother of the late New York banker, St: John, who. notwithstanding his call ing, had supported' the Democratic "ticket In 1896. Mr. Bryan attacked the 'theory that a well-supplied table could meet all the"demands of the working people. Re ferring to ' Governor Roosevelt's reebnt visit' to this city, he said:' "I understand that yon had a parade here 'and that aS man 'was carrying a bucket In" the' parade and some one asked him If 'his dinner pall was full. He said: 'No, iVis empty and I paid twice as "much as it was worth then.' You will find lots of men who have the same complaint' In connection with his discussion of the question of government by Injunction Mr. Bryah quoted from a'n article alleged' 'iy haVe' been written 4or "theHevlew'of "Reviews hy Governor Itooseveit, ' ih Sep tember, 1S96, and cohtlnued: ' "You laboring men, -rtho are opposed to gevernment by injunction", cah" here find out what opinion the Republican party hoa of you, as stated by the man who now represerits the Republican party as its candidate." ' Mr. Bryan then quoted Governor Rooso velt as writing: '"The m,en who object to what they style government by Injunction are, as regards essential principles,. In hearty sympathy with their remote ,skln-clad ancestors, who lived' In caves, foughti one another 'with stone axes and ate the mammoth and woolly rhinocerps." Commenting on this, Mr. Bryan said: -"I want to ask you whether yox expect any relief from government by Injunction from people who say that! any man 'who opposes government by injunction ought to beclassedwlth the woolly rhinoceros; The Democratic party believes that the right (of 'a trial by Jury Is ia sacred thing and ,that if you can give" it to the meanest thief and the blackest murderer you ought to glvelt-toa laboring' man-as well." Mr,- Bryan-dlscussed'the trustSiat length, referrlhg da "Usual to the ice trust- Re- 'ferring -to the question of "in-lperiaHsIn,,' s , Mr. Bryan declared that the Republican psitycciuld nptva"efeuiarU and. wasxther forevsaying there waif "not'rsuch a thing. Discussing our title fd'the Philippines, Mr. Bryan said we Had Aone that wasategiti mate. "Forty years' agof" he said "the 'Re publican party was contending that you cannot buy, a black man for ?100O; now they are' willing to buy brown men in job lots at $2 50 apiece," He closed with an. appeal to the people o thlp country not to'furthef complicate the" race" question or this country by adding any more alien people to, our population. At Charleston-. CHARLESTON, W. Ta., Oct 22.-MT. Bryan spoke here for IS minutes to one of the largest crowds of "the day and discussed all the issues of the campaign. Referring to Senator Hanna, Mr. Bryan said that notwithstanding the charges .against that gentleman In connection with his election' to the Senate, he sent a message to the President, saying, 'I am elected ' Senator and God , still lives."" 'In like', man ner, he said, the Republican party ,was claiming to be in partnership with the Almighty In its forelcn oollcv. But. J while this contention was made, "Mr. Bry an declared, the Republicans - were, the only party to the partnership which was making any noise about it. He contro verted the statement that 4 the Democrats were seeking to array one -olass against another, and dis cussed "the question of imperialism at some length. As for himself, he was op posed tq It because he believed in a re public and not an-empire. As the train pulled out of Hurricane, Mr. Bryan was showered with rice and flowers. Before leaving Huntington, Mr. Brayn's private can was decorated with the National colors-by the state com mittee... At St Albans, Mr. Bryan- de voted almosti his entire attention to the race question, and elaborated the argu ment which 'he had heretofore made to the effect that the question is made al ready sufficiently serious by the race com plications of this country. BRYAN IN NEW YORK. An Independent Estimate of HIM De liverances There. New York Times, Ind. Dem, To the financial theory that Is peculiar ly Mr. Bryan's, the interest is very keen In this community. New York is not' merely the "center " of wealth,' as he called it, but, as 'he acknowledged, "the center of population arid of Industry." It It the greatest manufacturing city of the world, and the most populous in the Un ion. Its voters do not" follow the lead df any class. Here, If anywhere, Mr. Bryan would have found 'attentive and sympathetic hearers for a statement of his claim worthy of -candid considera tion. He did not, In our judgment, make such a statement 'He was glib; he was adroit; he was, as stump speaking goes, bright; but he was superficial, evasive, cynical; he was not candid, direct, se rious. There was a curious note of tim idity and shiftiness In the speech. The leader of the opposition, his bearing was less aggressive than -apologetic. He was, on the defensive even in his attacks, and appeared more anxious to excuse the attacks than to press them home. Especially he avoided anything like a definite statement of what he and his party would do with the power he asks the people to Intrust him with. That may have been unavoidable. He may have no definite plan. He may not dare avow It He may hesitate openly to ad here to the. plan he had four years ago, and he may equally fear openly to dis card It Be that as It may, on the one point In which New York Is most deeply Interested he had 'hot1 one "word to say. He did not tell us whGther he still means to do 'away with the gold standatd 'as soon as he can; he did not tell us If h& means to pay public obligations In silver; he dontehted himself vwlth asking us whether we.'tholight aT dollar worth more than a man. jts to- the-, more Tecent queetlon,'- the , one , he declares to be "paramount,"- he was equally unsatis factory. Ho repeated at great length his defense of his course as to the Spanish treaty, but referred only in vague terms to the policy he would pursue under that, treaty." What he would regard aB a "stable government" 'for the Philippines; how he would "establish" It; how It is to be "protected'' if ever it ,is estab lishedon these questions, which have been urged on him now for many weeks, he was allent He dodged the currency question wholly. His address was full of demagogy. His Insinuations as to the Army were incredibly-base. His appeals to "the Ignorance and passion that are the sources of dis order were extremely violent So far from conciliating the olass from whom help-must come If his- party is to be res cued from defeat, he was peculiarly of fensive to it. , The keen observers of politics who watched him with eager desire for en couragement must have been bltterl? disheartened. Mr. Shepard, to whom the audience would not listen; Mr. Stevenson, who spoke to a half-emptied hall, must have felt sick and Weary. They could hardly fall to see that the vast assembly was not really interested In their cause, not greatly Interested even In Mr. Bry an's speech, which -would not have been tolerated from any ope else, and that the motive which gathered them was more curiosity than any other. And curiosity, we imagine, is the emotion Mr. Bryan will continue chiefly to arouse so long as he arouses any. NEW! YORK! MASS MEETINGS. Reception to Roosevelt Friday, to Bryan Saturday. NEW 'YORK, Oct. 23. It is planned to make the reception by the ' League of Democratic Clubs for Colonel Bryan at Madison-Square Garden next Saturday night one of the most spectacular politi cal gatherings ever held. The general public will be admitted to the entire, main floor. Five .bands will play In the Gar den. Fifteen thousand electric lights will be used to illuminate the' Garden and Madison-Square Park. The, speakers will be Anson P. Stokes, chairman; ex-Senator Hill, W. Bourke Cpqkran,. Colonel Bryan and Senator Wellington The Republican mass meeting in honor of Governor Roosevelt in Madlson-Squara Garden next Friday promises to be pic turesque. There will be a series of pa rades from -almost every quarter of the city, converging on Madison Square. They will be divided into 18 groups. With one group will be BOO Columbia College stu dents, marching, In a body. Charles S. Falrchlld, Secretary of the Treasury un der,, President pieyeand, will be one. of the sjeakera, ,$ . . , . ' Confidence- ot Jones. dHICAGO. "Oct. 22. Chairman Jones, of the Democratic National Committee, said r today: "I do not believe there is any doubt that Mr. Bryan will carry New York. I believe qur chances for carrying Ohio are better than the Republicans. I regard Illi nois as an exceedingly doubtful state. "Telegrams from tho chairmen of the Democratic State Committee state we arw going to carry California. Advices from that state a while ago were somewhat doubtful as to the result Mayor Pheian. of San Francisco, says there Is no-doubt about the state. One of the causes of this change of sentiment Jn California is the decision of Judge Estes on the Chi nese exclusion act. In which he held that a Chinaman at any port in the United States could go to any other port, and, therefore, a Chinaman in Hawaii could visit any city in any part of the United States, thus practically throwing the door open to the free entry of Chinamen In this country. I have no doubt of the election of Mr. Bryan." Stops ihe. Cobs ?nd WorluL Pt the Cold. . r v- Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets euro a cold 'In one day. TIo cure, no pay. ''Price, 25 cents. ! ftO SCriONALtSHTn NOW t X SESTATOJ BEVElUDCiE'S SPEECH IN p TbuiSVIIiLE. ' - The Nation United Can Overcome the World, Not Only in Arms, Bat in Peace. LOUISVILLE, Ky.t Oct... 22. Library Hall was too small 'to holcl . the crowd that, wanted to hear the. speech of Sena tor Albert J Beverldge,. of Indiana, to night While the Senator was speaking for McKinley In this hall. Bourke Cock ran was speaking fqj- Bryan at the"Au dltorlum, so the clans were to a larg degree separated. Senator Baverldire's 'audience greeted him enthusiastically and cheered him continuously. Among the vice-presidents on the stage were a number of Brown- Democrats. Senator Beverldge said ip. part: "The South has grown too great to be sectional. The South ought now to be and In its heart Is American in oolltlcs. Not a, reason remains why the "South should, be solid on sectional lines. The lines which once divided us, but which shall divide us no more, forever have been erased from tfie Republic's map, because the conditions which created those lines have passed away. Industrially, the Republic Is a single Nation; com mercially, the Interests of the North and the South ate Identical. Whatever makes for the prosperity of the North makes for the -prosperity of the South. The Nation's financial system as vitally af fects the Southern business man as It affects the Northern business man. "Our tariff policy creates factories In the South as well as In the North. Our Whole In ternal economy. Is -common-in- Its applica tion,, common Inlts benefits and -common ln'lt3 effects wherever they occur to ev ery section of the land," Senator Beverldge' denied that enmity existed between the North and the South or eyer did -exist. They were, he ex plained only divided by conflicting views of government He scoffed at the Idea that men "whose fathers and fathers" fathers back to the militant hour when the militant flag" of this militant Nation was unfurled were soldiers as well as citizens and citizens because they were soldiers," should fear militarism. He con tinued: '" "The only militarism that this Nation need fear Is that militarism which may be caused by qlass hatred among this Na tion of . brothers, by sectional animosi ties In this common and united land. Di vided, we might destroy each pther united, we can overcome the world in arms. Aye, more united we can over come the world not only In arms but In peace, In Industry, In commerce. In civil ization. Mutual affection Is the law of progress of the North and South alike; political dl-vlsion is the law of their de cline." Senator Beverldge closed 'his address with an eloquent story of his visit to the Philippines, where he saw sons of the Confederate and, Union soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder fighting a common enemy. STEVEXSON IN MICHIGAN. Began a Three Days' Canvass Confi dent of Election. DETROIT, '-Mich.; Oct. 22. Adlal E. Stevenson, Democratic nominee for Vice President, arrived In Detroit today from Chicago and after taking breakfast with National Committeeman Campau left on a three days' speaking tour of Mjchlgan. Mr. Stevenson said he was feeling In splendid condition. He emphasized his confidence of Democratic victory and saldr "I was .very much Impressed by the en thusiasm shown in New York." Talked About the Boers. GRAjfcb ' RPXD. MlchXOct , . 22. Adlal' E. 'Stevenson- arrived here "from Chicago- at 1:30 P. M.. and an hour later addressed an open-air meeting In Campan Square. A drizzling rain commenced to fall a few minutes before he appeared on the platform,, which soon drove to shelter all except a few hundred people wh"b"""were" "Within immediate hearing of hisl Vdlce. These" hoisted umbrellas and drew closer to tho speaker, who, after seeking the protection of his hat. stood his ground against the elements and talked for half ah hour upon 'the issues of trpsts and imperialism. A noticeable feature of his handling qf the latter topje was the emphasis which he placed upon the Boer question. 'Owing to' the great number of Holland-American voters in this section of the state, this subject is forced to the front by all Democratic orators who visit the Fifth Congressional district Mr. Stevenson took the ground that President McKinley could not have exceeded the bounds of International dl plomacy In Intervening in behalf of th4 Boers any more than Cleveland did In the stand he took In behalf . of Venezuela, and expressed the opinion that the effect on England would have been the same and that there would have been no South African War. His audience was plainly In sympathy wtlh him and applauded his remarks upon this subject liberally. HANNA IN CHICAGO. Made an Address to 3000 Colore Volunteers. CHICAGO, Oct. 22 A crowd of 3000 colored volunteers listened to an address tonight by Senator Hanna at the First Regiment Armory. The Senator was very hoarse as a result of his week s cam paigning in tho West, hut nevertheless, he succeeded in making himself heard. He spoke briefly and hl3 remarks were at all tlmes-'greeted with applause. "There never was a time," said Senator Hanna, "when those whose citizenship came with the birthday of the Republican party had greater cause to rejoice. The colored troops are always- in line and ready for action. As long as the Repub lican party Is true to the principles which attracted to It tho colored population of the United States the. colored vote will never be divided. "All the collateral issues injected into this campaign by the Bryanltes have been for the sole purpose of bewildering and leading public opinion astray as to what was the real Issue. When It comes down to what we are most interested In. It amounts to Just one Issue and one Nothing And eating Is simply 'perfunctory 'done because ft "muatrbe. , l ' This is the )comtnpn..conjplaint of the dyspeptic. 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