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VOL XXVIItwkSS'Vio M 7 } FOURTH EDITIOy

TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 8. 1896.

FO URTH EDITION { ,,v l ?£&*“} TWO OEN TS.

GREATDEM0CRAT1CVICT0M

THE MAJORITY IN ARKANSAS WILL PROBABLY BE 60,000.

POPULISTS NEED MONEY crats ami PopulSsl*, and an electoral ticket will be placed .n the field for McKinley and Watson electors. The convention will

be held to-day.

Tfce Results of Yesterday’s Election •me ProbnI»llitr In Wyomlnar WThe Outlook In Indiana—Varlmma Other Political Matters.

little Roclc Ark.. September 8.—The Onnocracy of Arkansas achieved a Mraepink victory in the State election yesterday. Tfcerc were but two full tickets in the laid, the Democratic and Republican, the Populists contenting themselves with a candidate for Governor. Oer.enan Jones •fti MV. Renmel, the Republican candiddate, made an active canvass of the State, tod Files, the Populist nominee, made no

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D. W. JONES. (Governor-Dlect of Arkansas.)

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speeches. The Democrats put forth special efforts to roll up a large majority In this election for its moral effect on the free silver cause in other States in No* ▼ember. An unusually large vote was polled, and K ,s believed that the majority of Jones, the Democratic candidate for Governor, Will probably reach A),000. In Faulkner, Lafayette and other Popullat and Repub- * lloan strongholds, the Democratic county tickets were elected by safe majorities. P. J. Carroll Armstrong, chairman of the Democratic Stats central 1 committee, •ays that the indications are that 166,000 votes wore oast at yesterday's election. The combined vote of .he oppoeition reached 60.000, giving a majority of 65,000 for th® Democratic State ticket. The campaign was 'fought on financial lines, the Democrats standing for free silver and the Republicans for the single gold •tandard. This Is double the majority the Democrats received at the elections two and four years ago. The complete State ticket elected Is aa follows: ,*% i • jp s : V.-v - Governor—Dan W. Jones, of Pol&ski

county.

Secretary of State—Alex C. Hull, of Boone. ' V v -A v A' - ' Attorney-General—E. B. Kinaworthy, of

Clark.

Auditor—Clay Sloan, of Lawrence. Treasurer—Ransom Gully, of Land Commissioner—J. F. R1

Jefferson.

Superintendent of Education—Julius Jordan. of Jefferson. •Commissioner of Agriculture—W. G. , Vincenheller. of Washington. (Jhief Justice—H. G. Bunn, of Ouachita. Associate Justice—S. P. Huyhee, of

Pulaski. i

In Little Rock Interest

Is&rd. Ritchie,

centered in the Never before In had there been suol

license. The religious element.

in the election

liquor license question, the history Of the city oh a campaign against

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license. The religious element, tne w. u. f. XJ. and the ministers especially have «cn busily engaged for more than a month in the effort to defeat license, and were Joined In the movement by the Republicans, who hoped in defeating license to break up the so-called Pulaski county Democratic ring. Two, big msns-meet-ings were held by the Prohibition people on Sunday, and prayer-meetings were held every hour in the churchea yesterday. Enough returns have been received to indicate that license has carried by a small majority and that the regular Demoeratlo ticket in this county has carried

by about tha usual majority. THE OUTLOOK IN INDIANA.

Mr. Babcock Says tbc Republicans

.. WtU Carry tbc State.

Washington, D. C., September 8.—Chairman Babcock announced his opinion yesterday that the Republicans would have no difficulty In carrying Indiana. “It Is Mis Stats above all others," he said, "where we have succeeded In stemming the tide of free silver sentiment and turning it in the opposite direction. This has been accomplished since the adjournment

•f Congress.

“When the Indiana Representatives went boms after adjournment they found the bound money butlook rather gloomy, there was apparently a strong free coinage feeling among the people. It had been produced by the efforts of the free coinage men during a long period of action. We wbnt into the campaign In earnest, and toV.flned our efforts to counteracting the : - -^ns Impressions that had b#a fosi. fc . oy the stiver politicians. We sent lound money literature Into Indiana In inantltles to leave no exouse for shy one to claim Ignorance upon. thS financial question. The effect is already apparent. Inliana will go Republican. I am as sure kf Indiana as I am of Wisconsin. "Kentucky is bound to go Republican. We shall carry Maryland and West Vlrfmia. Illinois I regard as safely Repubftoan also. The Democrats have been int&ned to claim that State as their own ^respective property. “The (rtection In Maine will U a pointer kpon the general situation and prospects >ut the country. If Maine gives publican majority, or better, It will y good evidence of the trend of

PROSPECT IN WYOMING.

A Thinks the State » For McKinley.

September 8.—Governor irds, of Wyoming, said i we can carry the State

..e are not a large State, only about 21,000 voters and three votes, but things might so hap-

• votes may be neceatary. and . hlng to place them in olumn. Wyoming is not I which the supporters of IVe a surprise. In Colo-

» votes may everything y column.

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been scheming ture the senator-

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a who say,'These t us, and we will

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FUSION IN TEXAS.

not repto elect

U M. Huston Hna Been There To Bring; If About. Special to The Indianapolis News. Chicago, September 8.-James N. HusJpn. of Connerev.lie. Ind,. has been In * *— - week on a secret mission for nstkmal committee, the eh Is announced to-day.

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Governor Onlea's Opinion*. San Francisco, September 8.—Governor W. C. Oates, of Alabama, who has been visiting bis brother, J. W. Oates, of Santa Rosa, started for home to-day. He was In Congress fourteen years and knows bo.h Bryail and McKinley. “Alabama will give her electoral vote to Bryan.” satd lie. “The goH Democrats and Republicans, however, may fuse on Congressmen and give the regular Democrats a third vo’e. The cotton States will go for Bryan. The border States are doubtful, Kentucky in particular, where the Palmer-Buckner ticket will poll a great many votes from the regular Bryan ticket, and give the Republicans a good chance to carry the State.”

AX APPEAL FOR FINDS FTROM THE

NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

And Incidentally An Address To the People On the Political Situation —Candidate Watson Pay* His Respects To Mr. SewaJU.

A Novel Election Bet.

Milwaukee. Wis., September 8.—There Is an elec ton bet standing here which, for originality, “lays over" anything which hus been made thus far. Fred W. Burke and Albebrt ‘ W. Donaldson are the parties to the wager. The former agrees to leave this country forever on or before January i. 1887, If William McKinley la elected President, end the letter will do the country a like serv-

They drew

ice If W. J. Bryan Is elected. They drew , itj ers hip > demanding equal rights HP contract to rhls and special privileges

had formally attested by a notary. A Demo-Populist Combination. Special to The Indianapolis News.

Laporte, Ind., September 8.—A conference has been called of delegates named by the nine counties In the Tenth congressional district to formally indorse Martin T. Kreuger, the Democratic candidate, for Ccngrees. The conference will be held September 17, at which time Mr. Kreuger will ht made the Populist nominee. The proposed coalition complicataa the situation in this district, and the election of

Krueger is claimed.

Ballots, Bullets Or Blood. Special to The Indianapolis News. Peru, Ind., September 8.—Vern Baldwin, of Amboy, spoke to a crowd of Bryanites In the court-house here Saturday afternoon, and at a time when he was wrought up to a high pitch made the statement that the sllverltes would elect Bryan by ballots, bullets or blood. He had his hearers so stirred that they cheered the

anarchistic expression.

“Bloody Bridles” Wnlte Nominated. Denver, Colo., September 8.—The “middle of the road” Populist State convention at an early hour this morning adjourned after nominating ex-Governor Waite for Governor: John McAndrew for Attorney-General, and appointing a conference committee empowered to fill the

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EX-SENATOR PAYNE DYING. .

Stricken With Paralysis Wednesday

—HI* Political Career.

Cleveland, O., September 8.—The venerable ex-United States Senator Henry B. Payne Is dying at his residence on Euclid avenue. He Is the victim of paralysis, and It will be a marvel If he recovers at his age, of nearly eighty-six. He was stricken last Wednesday, but the attack was kept secret until yesterday, when he became so much worse that it became necessary to notify friends of his condition. The paralytic features of bis Illness have improved, but there are complications and excessive wekitneee, and it is understood that he is liable to die at

any moment. ' it

Senator Payne was a member of Congress from Cleveland, and was chairman

of the House committee

ated with the Senate way to kettle the

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He was from 1888 to 1891 one of the United States Senators from Ohio. Prior to his term in Congress he had filled a number of municipal and State offices and been a delegate to several national Democratic conventions. He had several children, one of whom whs the late wife of William C. Whitney, of New York. Another is Col. O. H. Payne, the Stand-

ard Oil millionaire.

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tion Is still very hls advanced age, the physicians have little hope for ^ls recovery. A. J. Smedlny. Special to The Indianapolis News. Greencastle, Ind., September 8.—A. J. Smedlfcy, elghty-one years old, died here this morning of softening of the brain. Mr. Smedley was the father of Mrs. Harry Gardner, Mrs. P. B. Elliott and Mrs. W. A. Howe, of this county; Mrs. George Ricketts, of Flora, 111.; James Smedley, of Murphysboro, 111., and Mrs. A. J. Hall, of Brasil. He was the stepfather of Mrs. Dr. F. W. Hays, of Indianapolis. Rufus Ratcliff. » Special tq The Indianapolis News. New Castle, Ind., September 8.—Rufus Ratcliff, son of Cyrua Ratcliff, died this morning of, diphtheria. He received instructions at Purdue, and ax the time of hls death was managPer of the Toledo Electric Railway Company, At Toledo, O. This Is the second death from diphtheria fever In the Ratcliff family. Miss Nellie Ratcliff having died a few days ago. Matthias Spaater. gpeclal to The Indianapolis News. Crown Point, Ind., September 8.--Mat-thias Spanter, a wealthy German farmer, residing five miles west of this city, died last night of inflammatory rheumatism, aft* an Illness of six years. Deceased was sixty-eight years old, and had been & resident of this county, for over forty y«gn. He leaves an aged wife and a number of grown children. x * WEATHER BULLETIN.

Washington, September 8.—The following address and appeals for funds was issued from the Populist headquarters to-day; "To every American patriot: The People’a party, as its name implies, is the champion of the masses who labor and produce wealth. It wjus summoned into existence by an Industrial conference that represented the producers of the nation. When it sprang into the political arena It was the only party demanding the re-enact-ment of laws for the suppression of monopolies and for the equal protection of all citizens against the encroachments of corporate power. It is now the only party In existence, which with undivided mem-

to all

to none. To the

efforts of this party is due the revolt of the masses of the Democratic party which resulted In turning down the Cleveland ami ministration and ita British financial policy and the nomination of William J. Bryan on a platform demandng financial independence for the United States. ‘The plutocratic elements that heretofore doninated Democratic conventions and dictated nominations are now vigorously resenting the action of the Chicago convention. which they consider an unwarranted interference on the part of the voters. They have organized, and are now the open and aggressive allies of tha gold Republicans, and with their money and votes will do everything in their power lo defeat the will of the people by the election of McKinley, the Republican candidate. whose nomination was dictated by and whose administration la mortgaged to a combination of American and English mcropolists and plutocrats. The Party’s Mission. “The mission of the People’s party Is to restore the Government to the people. To this ,end. It has nominated Mr. Bryan for Pi evident and Mr. Watson for Vlce-Preii-dent, which is not only the true cooperative ticket, for the kilver voters of all parties to unite upon, but which Is also the test silver ticket in the field. Our friends must not abate one Jot or tittle of their interest and efforts to advance the principles of the People’s party, simply because another party has been forced to adopt nearly all of our principles. It must be remembered that the control of the national Democratic convention Was obtained by the silver men of that party only through a bitter contest in each State—a contest, however, which was forced upon the party and its leaders by the existence and rapid growth of the People’s party. / “Had It not been foy the People’s party, each one of the old partiea would this year have been running a gold hug for President, as they have In each campaign for the last twenty yeaw. The People’s party has made 1 this political revolution possible, and Us continued existence and growth is necessary to secure "reforms for %bich the Populists and silver Democrats axe alike contending In this

campaign.

“It must also be remembered that there Is now a considerable minority in the Democratic party, who, though oupportIng the action of the Chicago convention, do so from policy, and behind their present position is lurking many a doubt and mental reservation. That these doubts

and fore

MiMlif of the Democratic party uncertain In the future are possibilities to be discounted, and the People’a party Is the only agency through which the people can do this. Therefore, it la the Interest and duty of every good citizen who believes In a government as understood and administered by Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln to upbuild and strengthen this new organization, which has made reform and relief possible in this campaign. The Campaign Funds. “To have a government of the people, the people must have a party that la true to them through which to govern. This they can not have if the national committee of such party draws its campaign funds from bankers and corporations. The national committee of a party exercises great influence In the selection of national officers, from President of the United States down to the village postmaster. A political party can not, in the nature of things, remain true to any source than that from which it receives its support. Whenever a national committee, through some secret and unseen agency, collects large sums of campaign funds, then it la sure that that party is mortgaged to those who contribute such funds. In fact, such a party is sure to pass laws giving to the monopolists and trusts who furnish these campaign funds, such special privileges as will enable them to levy tribute upon the

people.

“When contributions to campaign funds come from such sources they do not come as a gift, but as an investment upon whlah they expect a return a hundred-fold. If this were not so the trusts and monopolists would not throw away their money In campaigns. Therefore, the people must contribute the necessary funds for some political party during the campaign, in order to have that party guard their Interests after election. • If the People's party is placed In power, It will serve the people; and to be left free to do this, your national committee can not and will not accept contributions from the monopolists who seek special laws to enable them to

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United States Weather Bureau. Indianapolis, led., September 8, 1898,

Thermometer.

September 8, 1896.

September 8. 1896.

7 e.m. 12 m. 2 p.m. 64 78 W

7 a m. 12 m. 3 p.m.

58 78 78

Barometer.

1 a. m.—89.18. [ 12 m.—90.07. | l'p, m.-30.03.

Local Oondlttoa*.

Forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity for the th!rty-*lx hours, ending 8 p. m., September 9, 1896: Wanner to-night; occasional increasing cloudiness and showers to-

night and on Wednesday.

General Conditions.

A low barometric area central over South Dakota covers the country between the Rocky mountains and the Mississippi, east of the Mississippi the pressure remained high, with cool temperature, but in front of the low barometric area, west of the MUs'kslppl the temperature rose, and It fell in its rear in the Northwest. Loci] rains fell west of the Mississippi, and'snow is falling with Creasing temper-

ature at Helena, Mont.

Weather In Other Cities.

Observations taken by tha United States Weather Bureau, at 8 a. m., seventy-fifth

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Stations.

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Chicago, IU 3&<1 Cincinnati, O. 80.14 Kansas City. Mo . .29 .8

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Omaha, Neb 29.6S Pittsburg, Pa .80.20 St. Lou-s. Mo ».» 8t. Paul. Minn t$.7i Washington. D. C. ..3018

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eight weeks until the battle will be won j or lost. Be the first in your community to forward a subscription. We must win this fight. Let each do his duty and victory ! awaits us. "MARION BUTLER, "Chairman National People's Party Com. “J. EDGARTON, Secretary." WATSON SCORES SEW ALL. He Wants To Be the “Only" VicePresidential Candidate. Dallas, Tex., September 8.—Thomas T. Watson, of Georg.a, vice-presidential nominee of the Populist party, addressed a Labor Dxy audience of 5,000 people at the fair grounds yesterday. In speaking of the issue between him and Mr. Sewall, he

satd:

“Can you remedy the situation by electing Bryan and Sewall? I say no. Why? Beciuse Mr. Sewall represents that element in the Democratic party which is exerting itself to the utmost to tie Bryan’s hands, so that he can not carry out his contract. It can not be done with Bryan and Sewall, because yau can't have Bryan and Sewall. Mr. Sewall can not carry his own family. Whenever my own son takes the stump and begins to make speeches against me like Mr. Sewall’s son la doing against him, I will get off the ticket and crawl under the bed and hide myself. Mr. Sewall can not carry the ward In which he lives. He can not carry the town In which he lives. He can not carry the State in which he lives. He is a wart on th® party. He is a knot on the log. He Is a dead weight to the ticket. “Every man ought to know that if Mr. Bryan is to be elected, he will be elected by the votes which the People’s party’give him. If be carries Nebraska, where he lives. It will be the Tom Watson Populists who will carry it lor him. If he carnes Kansas it will be the Populists who carry It tor him. If he carries lowa It will be the Populists who carry It lor him. if he carries the great State of Texas It will be the Populists who gave it to him. And I put to you, Democrats, if you want our

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OHIO REPUBLICAN EDITORS

THEY

CALL ON MAJOR M’KINLEY AT CANTON, OHIO.

An Ad<y>ess By Charles Emory Smith anil a Notable Letter From White-

law Reid — Hls Advice Regarding the Campaign.

C. F. R. WAPPENHAN& Local Forecast Official

More Gold Imparted.

New York. September 8,—The steamsh La Normandie, from Havre, brought 8, 000 francs In gold. < ■

prey upon the people.

“The People’s party proceeds from the people, and is of the people, and must receive its support from the people direct in the form or small contributions from the Individual voter. Such small contributions from the Individual voters of any political party would furnish an abundant

oampaign fund f< '

and enable the ]

oessfully compe - ganlzatUm of bankers, corporations and

venal politician*.

A Dollar From Bach Voter.

“Therefore, In behalf of trie people of the United States who produce wealth and pay taxes, the People’s party national committee appeals to all who are able and willing to do so, to contribute the sum of 81 to our national campaign fund. A prompt response Is urgently requested, to enable us to prosecute a vigorous campaign In defense of our homes and liberties that are menaced by a combined plutocracy—the Rothschlld-Morgan-Han-na-McKinley combination, fighting us in front, and the Rotbschild-Morgan-Cleve-land-Paimer combination fighting us in the rear. Pour years more of gold standard and monopoly rule, with falling prices and shrinking values, and thousands of mortgaged homes will be lost and thousands more of our laborers will be without employment. Plutocracy Is desperate, and Is determined to have a President ana Congress of its.own that will increase and use the army to suppress bread riots, while gold grows dear and human lire grows cheap. , , ^ “Your national committee Is doing five best it can against rich and powerful combines. For us to have any hopq of winning you must uplrtfid us. If we could have but one cent for every 810 used by the enemy we could caigy on a vigorous campaign that would mean their defeat. This Is- your fight. It is our fight. Hold up your hands, and we will do our duty in the terrible struggle. Don’t wait for somebody else to move. What is everybody’s business Is nobody’s business. Make this your business. At once see several oily our neighbors; try to get each one to oonwibute at least one dollar. If some can not do this then get each one to give as much as he can. In short, take up a subscription In your community at once and forward the amount with the names of the contributors to M. C. Rsnkln, Terre Haute. Ind., onr national treasurer. Also at the same time notify your national ship chairman at Washington, D. C.. of the

965.. t amount thus forwarded.

”7 j “There is no time to lose. It Is now only

votes, aon’t you think you aught to ‘tote fair’ w.th us.' You say, ’Let's go Into copertnersnip,’ but you want to be both partners. Why, even la that kind or copartncusnjp they should remember that there Is a rule of law which says that man and wlte are one, but it takes two to make a bt-rgain, ana yet you .uemocrats who can not get along without our MuO.OGo votes say that our partnership ought to consist of the same two partners, anu you want to

be both.

"Well, we want to fuse with you. We don't want to swallow you, and we don't intend that you shall swallow us. You as* us to take Watson off the ticket. W ? Would you be so blind as to defeat Bryan oy .taking Watson off hls ticket? Even in the hlgnt of political pass.on and prejudice, why would you deteat Mr. Bryan by demanding that Watton oome on the ticket? The moment I got off the ticket there would be thousands of protests from the people who would not consent to any such arrangement. “T have no ill will againet any man that Uvea I cherish no ammosity because of past associations. I came to Texas, not to a Ur up strife between men, but to try ana make peace among all of our people. 1 came to speak to the Democrats of Texas, lo urge harmony between the Democrats and the Populists. If Mr. Bryan is elected the Democrats must realize that It can not possibly be done without the Popullat vote. The Populists have gone as far as they could go, Ws went outside of our party to give a Democrat the first place on our ticket. We could not have gone, on further. No self-Kspecting Democrat could have asked any more. We don’t want to destroy the People’s party in this country. If I came off the ticket it would mean the death of the People’s party. “If you are honest in demanding silver legislation you should not want the whole thing. Where would the sliver Cause have beCn In 1894 and in 1895 If it had not been for the People’s parly? Ask somebody else to kill the People’s party, but don't ask me. I sat by the cradle where the party was born. I have fought Its battles. I have supported Its principles slime its organization. I have taken pride in its growth. Its sorrows have been my sorrows, and don’t aak mm after mil of my service with the People’s party^, ta kill It now. I am going to stand by it till she dies, and I want no man to say that 1 was the man who stabbed It to the heart. The People's party must never die. It has done too much good to die. It was the People’s party, my friends, that made the Democrats come to taw. We were g coal of fire on the turtle’s back, and it never had any idea of traveling until ft felt the force of the fire. We have been showing them In the last four years what we could

do.

“We don’t ask the Democrats to throw down their muskets, and when they ask

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ou keep yours and we will

keep ours. If you had both the guns the temptation to shoot might be too strong to resist We can not let you get the drop on us that way. If you mean to be fair, you ought not to want us to give up our guns. You would want us to keep them just as you keep yours. Your leaders have fooled of. In the past, Juat as they have fooled you In the past, and there is no reason why they may not do It again. If the People’s party were dead, the old leaders might get in again, and then where would we be? Just where Mosds was when the light went out. “Sewall has got to come down; he brings no votes to Bryan; he drives votes away from Bryan. I would bring votes to Bryan, and bring thousands of them. Sewall can come down without hurting his party a little bit I have got to stand on the ticket where my friends placed me. I can not come dqwn. You may try to run me off, but I am going to fight before you do It I am willing to go Into partnership with you, but 1 don’t want any Jonah and the whale business, with you playing the whale. You might forget to do what the whale did with Jonah. We might never get out

any more. -

“Mr. Sewall Is a national banker, and, therefore, out of touch with the people. Mr. Sewall is a railroad king, and, therefore, out of touch with the people. Mr. Sewall Is a bond-holder, and, therefore, out of touch with the people. And I make bold here to say that Mr. Bryan himself has laid down the rule, which. If carried out, will take Mr. Sewall off the ticket. He said In New York in a public speech that a candidate running upon a platform should not o»ly Indorse every plartk In that platform, but should Indorse every sentence and every word of It. Apply that rule to Mr. Sewall, and Mr. Sewall would get off, while I stepped on. fire-proof building of its own. Mr. Bryan must have meant that; let him deny It If he did not. The construction has been put on It by Democrats. It Is the only construction that can be put on it. Mr. Sewall does not stand squarely on the platform. Let Sewall

scoot and Watson arrive.” Quicksilver In the Dough.

Danville, 111., September 8.—Richard Bruene and Fred Ferren, partners in the bakery business, were arrested yesterday on the charge of hiring Walter Wall, a seventeen-year-old boy, to put an ounce of quicksilver into the dough of EhrAardt & Gobi, rival bakers. Ebrhardt & G>hl do not belong to the Bakers’ Union. In default of 11,000 ball Bruene and Ferrea

were sent to Jail.

1HE NEVS CONDENSED.

us to give up our guns we say:

excuse us.’ Y

Vice-President - Stevenson will make

campaign speeches for Bryan.

C C. Day, of Indiana, is among those recently admitted to the Naval Academy

at Annapolis, Md.

The Tennessee Legislature met In extra session to-day to take measures to prevent a deficit January 1. 1897. James M. Laidler, the oldest lawyer in West Virginia, and one of the originators of the Greenback party, is dead. Hoke Smith’s late associates In the In-

terior Department at Washington, have

presented mm i

with a silver punch-bowl.

Lee Applegate, age thirty-five, a horsedealer ana unmarried, fell from a stairway Into an areaway at Des Moines, la., yesterday and broke hls neck. A fight occurred at the formation of a Republican club near Greenup, Ky. As a result Doc Fullerton wll Idle, another man is seriously wounded, and three others are

In JalL

A combination is being discussed In Alabama between the National Democrats and Republicans which may throw the electoral vote of the State to Palmer and Buckner. While assisting hls father in the management of a th;»ahing-machlne on the latter’s farm near Movllle, la.. Nans Banning, a fourteen-year-old boy, was drawn Into the machinery and completely dismembered. He died a few minutes after the accident, _ ; —. _

Canton, O., September 8.—The Republican Editorial Association of Ohio assembled here this morning. The venerable John Hopley, of Bucyrus, was in the chair, with Col. R. B. Brown, of the Zanesville Courier,vice-president, and C.B. McCoy, of Coshocton, secretary. An able paper on the financial question was read by H. P. Boyden, of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. The editors called on Major McKinley late this afternoon. The' feature of the afternoon session was an address by the Hon. Charles Emory Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press and ex-Mlnister to Russia. Mr. Smith eloquently said, m part, on the “campaign of education”: “It Is a high privilege and distinction to add res.? this notable body In this memorable year on this interesting occasion. I am fully sensible of the honor you do me and beg to return my grateful acknowledgments. When Jefferson said that he would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers, he indicated the vital part which newspapers play under free instir tutions. That was a hundred years ago. They were then printed with all the limitations of the hand press, with only ;he Infrequent mall as their feeder and only the stage coach as their distributers. Today liberty Is their vital breath, but tne telegraph is their nerve center and the railroad their arterial circulation. “The Government has expanded and the population multiplied twenty fold; but newspaper circulation and resources and influence have multiplied a thousand fold. A hundred years ago newspapers were sentinels at the outposts. To-day they hold the central citadel as leaders and exponents; they ars the very Ufe-blood of free disease >00. "Horace Greeley was the greatest controversialist and mcral force the world has ever seen In the eidotrlal profession, but Whitelaw Reid, with consummate skill, organizes and directs a for mors complete and progressive Journalism. Ttourlow Weed was an unrivaled political oracle and seet, but Charles A. Dana, master of every weapon, wields a rapier or fires a Gatling broadside, of which th# leader of the pie- - ceding generation never dreamed. James Gordon Bennett, the *Uler, raced the pony or flew the carrier pigeon, but James Gordon Bennett, the younger, speaks to two continents at twice.” "The Journalism of trie Interior Ohio towns surpasses that of the metropolis thirty years ago, and the great newspapers of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, CincinaqU, Clavelond, Chicago and St. Louis have grown incalculably In scope, resources, expenses, profits and

power.

The Editorial Duty.

"The Intimate connection between politics and Journalism suggests the thought of the hour. This is pre-eminently a campaign of education. It Is thus peculiarly our campaign. The Journalists are the real educators. A thousand men hear and

a million men read.

“It is true there are great text books from the masters. There is a new Adam Smith’s ‘Wealth of Nations,* with American applications; s*-new Bunyan’s ‘Pilgrim’s Progress,’ , through the slough of despond of Democracy, and up the hill of difficulty; a new ‘Baxter’s Saints’ Rest,’ under assured Republican restoration. The other titles of these master pieces are William McKinley’s complete political economy of ‘Open Mills for Full Labor, Rather Than Open Mints foFFree Silver”; Benjamin Harrison’s ‘Satirical Reflections On the Absurdities of a Boy Orator’s Idea of Independence of the Law ot Gravitation,’ and Thomas B. Reed’s ‘Old Orchard Plums of Political Philosophy,’ But the old text books are expounded by the professors In the class-room and so the new text-books are edited with notes and index and doily elucidation by the school-

masters of Journalism.

“We must first educate ourselves. We must educate the people in elemental principles We must educate them to understand that we can not have two standards of value any more than two standards of weight or length.* In our modern civilization the function of money as a measure of value Is even more important than its function as a medium of exchange. Our exchanges aggregate sixty thousand millions a year, but our money In circulation is only fifteen hundred millions. The bulk of the exchanges is effected with checks and other instruments of credit. But though money itself

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volume oepena “on'^thr integrity of that' dollar unit, Just as the safety of every sale of cloth depends on the integrity of

the yard unit.

Mast Have the Name Value. “You can make a yard stick of wood or of ivory, but they must havo the same length. You can make a dollar of gold or silver, but they must have the same value. You sell cloth and measure the quantity in yards; you pay and measure the amount in dollars; and, whether you measure In half yards called yards or in flfty-cent dollars called hundredcent dollars, the transaction is equally fraudulent and dishonest, pur existing standard of value Is the hundred-cent gold dollar. Free silver coinage would make our standard the fifty-cent silver dollar, and that Is the reason why It would be a crime of repudiation and dishonor. “We must educate the people that government fiat can not make money. The government stamp weighs and certifies’ but does not create. Money Is of two kinds, real money and representative money. Real money has intrinsic value equal to its face. Representative money is a promise to redeem In real money. The gold dollar is real money, because It Is worth 100 cents, whether coined or melted. The paper dollar Is representative money, because It Is simply a promise to redeem in a real dollar. Its value is not in the stamp, but in the fact that the stamp pledges a real dollar behind It.” Whitelaw Reid’s Letter. The following letter of regret from Whitelaw Reid was read: “Camp WUdair, Upper St. Regis,

“September 4.

“R. B. Brown. Esq., President Ohio Republican Editorial Association, Zanes-

ville, O.:

"Dear Sir—The remembrance of my birthright among you touches me, and I am grateful to the Ohio Republican editors for K; much more grateful, in fact, than for your friendly persi-stSnce In requiring a letter when you found I could not come to make a speech. My friend, Mr. Charles Emory Smith, will do the latter so acceptably that you will need neither from me. "We have had the four years in clover ■which our friends, the enemy, promised us in 1892. The people are quite satisfied that they have had enough of it. On the old lines this campaign was already won. Voters were absolutely resolved to go back to the point where they turned off four years ago. and get Into the path again, which, from 1888 to 1892, had led them to the greatest and most widely diffused prosperity this country ever enjoyed. Asserting the power at the common people, they put forward as their candidate the man whose very name meant to every one of them the policy of those four prosperous yearsAQd the work was practically done. “Then burst out the Adullamltes. Every unthinking or. unscrupulous man. who was In dlstreas, and every one who was In debt, and every one who was discontented gathered themselves together, not unto David, alas, but unto Altgeld. They captured the national convention of a historic

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party and degraded It and humiliated the country by asking the American people to vote that they would not obey the

eighth commandment. No Two Sides To It.

“Now, when a question Is submitted to a popular vote, people must Infer that itiere are two sides to It, and that they have a right to vote cm whichever side their judgment or their Interest inclines. But there are no two sides to the moral law. No man, no party has a right to put the eighth commandment to a popular vote, to decide through an express-on of popular desires at the polls whether this nation shall cheat Its creditors by paying Us debts at the rate of 53 cents on the dollar, and whether every prlvatve debtor shall be at liberty to cheat to the same extent the man who has trusted him. To propose such a vote and such a decision is itself a crime, but having proposed It, the plain people of the country will sustain the great commandment by a vote which will surprise those who 'would break It. I hope you Ohio editors will deal with this matter in a straightforward fashion and call a spade a spade. Many of our opponents are as sincere as we are, and mean to be as honest, but the thing they have done Is. the wickedest and most immoral public act since secession. To pay the national debt in silver; to pay private debts in sliver; to nullify and declare Invalid any contract, however freely and honestly entered into, for paying gold; and to, turn 63 cents’ worth of silver Into a dollar at our mints as long as any silver mine owners at home, or any silver-bur-dened Chinaman or Hindoo from Aala chooses to bring to us; the effect of all this is simply robbery. To ask intelligent and honest men to vote for it is to insult them, as well as to declare that the American people have the right to overrule Mount Sinai at the polls and reverse the

moral law if they want fo. Dishonesty Never Pays.

“Dishonesty hever pays. There are a dozen way* o< proving it In this case. But first, do diake the moral nature of the proposals clear to the average voter and there should be no more doubt than of the verdict of this honest and Christian nation will give than there Is of to-mor-

row’s sunrise. .

‘‘Then, If you like, It may be well to go further and show, for Instance, that a real nation, not a mere colony or Iso 1 lated province, can not get on with what our New York candidate for governor called a currency that can’t stand salt water. We sell now more than fifteen times as much of our product* to gold countries aa we do to silver countries. Do we want to take the- pay for this wheat, beef, pork, cotton, corn, etc., not as now In gold or Its equivalent, but In silver bullion to be given free coinage at our mints? This becomes a question, n ?“ ch i e f “ Ilv er but of taking silver. Is the great American public to se6k to hold toward all Europe, such a ?™^ re } ati 2 n “ Ind,a now bolds toward England, or a worse one? Surely a fresh wjater currency’ is bqly fit for a -people content with a fresh Water commerce. You can make free silver men see from the financial history of every nation, that ever tried, that while making more money does Inflate prices. It works both ways. It raises .prices from what they have to buy, as well as for what they haw to sell and is apt to raise the former first and highest. TJie grocer raises his figures long before the day laborer can have his wages advanced; and the laborer never really catches up tumw?tlSSr b " cra8h com “ and both “Cheap money never did cheapen necessaries of life, but It cheapens men. Look at Mexico. China and India. Silver men can be tna%e to. see, too. that making more money does not put It In their pockets. The bullion owner may get a hundred times more silver than Is now ■stamped Into dollars, J>ut he will not be any more willing to give the wheat raiser a single dollar hf them without getting a round hundred cents’ worth of wheat for it. An ignorant Voter thinks that when more metal is stamped at the mint he nan somehow get a dollar for less than what the open market calls a hundred cents m value. , ' /■

In * New Form.

“The real authors of this movement have a further view. What they want is to find some way of paying something with nothing. It is merely the old unlimited greenback fkrt-money craze in a new form. It ta* been tried at one time or another by nearly every nation, and has always led to tbirfr ruin. $ It met Its first great defeat with us In 'an Ohio campaign, led •by an Ohio soldier whom that campaign made President. This time it will ^ finally crushed under an Ohio soldier who will become President by the largest popular majority of this generation. Vermont

points the way.

“Next to the attack on the eighth commandment in formidability is the attack by our opponents on the constitution anft courts of the United States. The protest against the use of constitutional power for the suppression of riot, the proposal to pack the Supreme Court, the attempt to destroy the validity of contracts—these are not mere demagogisms, but they are the formal naturalisation In the United States of Russian anarchy. Little better is the demand that every thrifty commercial and prosperous citizen shall be discriminated against and taxed not merely (Mice, like other people, but twice, first on what he has and then on what it earns. Let us be as considerate as you please of our erring countrymen, who have been honestly misled, but let us indulge in no disguise as to the unpatriotic, un-Ameri-can and revolutionary character of this

whole 1 program.

“There has been an Ill-considered appeal to Republicans to keep our distinctive principles out of sight, in view of the national danger from these notorious proposals, but we can not if we would. The Government is without revenue for Its current expenses. It mast raise more if ii would not go Into bankruptcy. Our way of raising it is by tariff, and there is no other way except by direct taxation or by more borrowing. Would the men who beg us to let the tariff alone favor either? And yet the tariff they are afraid we may touch is the very tariff Mr. Cleveland considered so discreditable that he would not sign It. We can’not seek the suffrages of the American people under any disguises. The patriotic Democrats who rise above party in this national peril, as they did In 1861, ought not to ask us to lower our flag on the eve of battle because they are going to bring us some reinforcements. They could not respect us if we did, and, what is more, thousands of the voters we now have would desert us, “Forgive these crude hints about our editorial work In this campaign. You know I should not have ventured upon them, except at your renewed request, and that I certainly should not have addressed them to you, who need them so little. The campaign you are already making gives assurance of the happy result In November. And yet, neither the editors nor the great orators of the party are making this campaign. The plain people In their homes are thinking it out for themselves. Even the best speeches are not those made on the stump. They are coming from the porch of a little two-story cottage in Canton, and they make us proud. In this crisis, of our leader as we are of our cause. “With fraternal salutations and con-

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BRYAN’S LABOR DAY SPEECH

CHARACTERISTIC ADDRESS AT THE CHICAGO CELEBRATION.

Hls Advice To the Workingmen—Is In Favor of Labor Organisation* —Incidental Suggestions of a Semi-Political Character.

Chicago, September 8.—In hi* speech at the Labor Day celebration here, yesterday afternoon, at Sharpshooters' Park, William Jennings Bryan said: * “Labor Day has become a fixed thing among our Institutions, and it la well that it has, because on this day all over the nation thoee who are engaged In the production of wealth meet. In order that they may commune with each other, discuss those questions In which they are especially interested, and emphasize before tlie world that there Is nothing dishonorable in the fact that one earn* his bread in the sweat of his face. 1 am glad to stand In the presence of those to whom the nation Is largely Indebted for all that it has had, for all that it ha* now, and for all It can hope to heve. I ara not indulging in Idle flattery wh& I say to you that no part of the people of the world are so Important* to the welfare of mankind as those whose labor and brain convert national resources Ip to material wealth. 1 might quote to you what Dr. Carlisle said of these people In 1878. He descr.b*d them as the struggling masses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country. He did not praise them too highly. The struggling masses not only produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country In time of peace, but the struggling m#sses have ever'been and must ever be the nation's surest protection in time of peril. Let me quote what another American has said. In speaking of capital and labor, Abraham Lincoln, In a message to Con-

gress, used these words:

“ 'Monarchy itself Is sometimes hinted

at as a possible refuge from the power Of the people. In my present poslton I could scarcely be justified were I to omit to raise a warning voice against this approach of*, returning despotism. It is not needed nor fitting here that a general argument. should be made In favor of public institution*, but there 1* one point with its connection not so hackneyed as most others, to which I ask brief attention. It is the effort to place capital on an equal footing, if not above, labor, In the structure of government. It Is assume! that labor is available only in connection with capital; that nobody labors unless somebody else commanding capital, somehow, by the use of It, Induces .him to labor.’ And then be adds: ‘Labor is prior to and Independent of capital. Capital Is only the fruit of labor, and eoukl never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor Is the superior of capital and deserves much higher consideration.’ Then he adds: 'No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toll up from poverty, none Jes* Inclined to make or touch aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which, if surrendered, will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they, and to fix new taxed and burdens upon them, till all of liberty shall be lost.’

“These were the words of Abraham

Lincoln. They are not Intended to arouse animosity against capital, but they state a great truth thaf ts always to be remembered, that capital Is but the fruit of labor, and you can not destroy labor without destroying* the possibility of future capital. I have quoted from

two American authorities I Wqnt ascending scale to reaoh a higher aut

Ity Let me quote to you what that man whose words have entitled him to be called the wisest of men. Solomon, said on the subject: ‘Give me neither poverty nor Riches; feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be evil and deny Thee and say. who Is the Lord; or lest -I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God In vain.’ I want you to remember that Solomon regards not the extreme but—I was about to say the golden mean—I will say the golden and silver mean rather. He regards that condition best which Is not at either ex-

treme, but lies tn between the ext; Neither great riche* nqr abject furnishes the soil in whith grows

civilization. Those wh* at\ poverty lose the aipbitlon, tion. the lofty purpose that

gratulations to

HRS. VARREN’S EARTHLY POSSESSIONS.

Disposed of Them and Want* Them Back.

people consent to when they are free to consent? There Is one klnj of government above all other kinds that they love. A government which knows no fsvoriteism, a government In which every citizen stands on tht same plane and where the government treats them all alike without regard to position in society, or even without regard to wealth; a government which' givea equal rights to all, but confers special privileges upon none. That Is the kind of government that appeals to the

affection* of the common people. “There are two things to be considered

in government. The first Is that In the enactment of legislation you shall be careful to give no advantage to one person over another, if that advantage can be prevented. In other words, It is the duty of government to avoid acts of affirmative Injustice; but that Is only part of the business of government. Jefferson has stated the other half of It. He says that government must restrain men from Injuring one another. That is one of the Important duties of government—to restrain me* from injuring one another—and the government that fails to restrain the strongest arm that can be lifted from injuring the weakest cltlsen in all the land is a *°yernment which falls to do its whole

“Our Government is the best form of

poveRimem known >. ir.org men, not because every law s good, not because we have upon the statute books every law needed to protect each citizen tn the enjoyment of his rights. Our Government U the beat form of government known among men because it I* possible, under our form of government, to have Just as good a government as the people deserve. Our* is the best form of government be-

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cause It is possible for the people to make it reflect the beet Intelligence, the highest virtue and the broadeet patriotism 01 the

me worn you against confusing government with the abuses -of government. Andrew Jackson said that there were no necessary evils in government; that Its evils existed only in its abuses. He was right, my friends. There are no necessary evils I* government, and no <man who understands the ^advantage of government will ever raise hi* vo.ee or hand against government Itoelf. It Is the abuses of government against winch we have the right to complain. There are some who would silence every criticism c| existing law. There are those who would denounce every one who advocate* a change as a disturber of the pubho peace. There are those who would call him a disturber; one who breeds discontent. I want to say to you that discontent lies at the foundation of all progress. So long as you are satisfied you never go forward. It Is only when you are dissatisfied with your conditions that you try to Improve these conditions.

Lt v an ithor-

that is necessary greatest aChleve-

oppressed

the ambition, the aspira ... .ue lofty purpose »bnt is n* to lead one on to the? „

ments; and thoee who^posseas too great wealth lose the necessity for labo?, that labor which is absolutely essential to the developing of that which <s best In human nature. Solomon was right, therefore, when he prayed for this Intermediate condition. The great middle classes are the bulwark of society and Vom the middle classes has come almost all of good that has oome to bless the human

race.

The “Common People.”

"Let me recall anothVr compliment paid to the common people. I see you know when we use that term there are some who say that we are appealing to the passions of the masses; there are some who apply the name demagogue to anybody who speaks of the common people. My friends, let me call your attention to the

Ich they lived, and dk&sIop of discontent

deration

not th injUlli bSBot

e forth* people hich they had. css—-so strong.

Declaration of IndependenCe- They

. with

form of a

our form of government and the monarchical form: If.ydu are discontented under a nonarchy, how can you get relief. You can petition, but your petition may be disregarded. Discontent under a monarchy may end in despair, or It may end In revolution. Discontent under our form of government ends in reformation through the peaceful means of the ballot.

Some Present Question*.

“I am not going to violate the proprieties of this occasion by entering Into a discussion of partisan questions, but I desire to caU your attention to #certa|n broad questions which can not be confined by party lines. The ballot Is the means by whirh the people of this country must right every wrong, and ff the people have the Independence, If they have not the ligence to right ttasir wrongs at the t-box, they have not the courige to secure their rights In any other why. But, my friends, condition* arose in J hls Coun-

try which made It Impossible to use the V ballot-box which

There were certain Infiueiv

ao powerful, that men were afraid to exercise freely and upon their own conscience the political rights given them order our Institutions. What did they dfr? I honor the laboring men of . this country, and organized labor, standing at the head of the laboring men, because they secured to the people of this country the Australian ballot. That ballot did not com# to you from above; that ballot Is the result of your own demand. It 1s the result of your owrf Influence. The laboring man today enjoys the advantage of an Australian ballot because the laboring men of this country competed the adoption of the

Australian ballot laws.

“Now, my friends, among all the agencies which for the last few years have been at work bettering the condition and protecting the rights of the laboring

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could coasult with each'other; where they could compare their views; where they could unite their strength; where they could make their influence effective, and the laboring man has hls organization and his own efforts to thank for such

blessings as be has secured.

“Now, my friends, some have criticised labor organizations. There are some who have believed that banking organisations are Joint association*; that manager* of railroads should join associations; that everybody was entitled to Join an asaocia>.

ot this country,

organization It has bro

leve that the labor

stands flnst among them all. ht mem together where they

fact that -ban th, m«lt and lowly Nub* *?♦

by which he ha* protected^-* -

the Ohio editors, I am, ‘WHITELAW REID.”

Laurel. Del., September 8.—Mrs. Warrer, a respected widow, residing near Sharptown, In this county, had been reading about the New York prophet who predicted that the world was to come to -m end on Wednesday last. She became convinced that the prediction would be verified and spent Monday and Tuesday distributing all her worldy goods to her neighbors, and on Wednesday she donned a white robe and sat on her front steps ail day. The event failed to come off, and on Thursday she made an effort to secure the return of her property, but failM. She will bring suit In court to recover. o— Passenger* On the Majewtle. Liverpool, September 8.—The 'White Star line steamship Majestic, which sails from this port to-morrow for New York, will take among her passengers the Earl of Westmeath, Baron Hengel-Muller von Hungervar, the Austrian-Hungarion minister to the United States, and Prince and Princess Ruspoll. ,

rene came among men preaching peace on earth, good will toward men, He was not welcomed by those who were described as ^people who devoured widows’ houses and for a pretense made long prayers. But when He gave that great commandment that ‘Thou ehalt love thy neighbor as thyself,’ who listened to Him? The Scriptures tells ua. and In so doing pays the highest compliment ever paid to the masses. The Scripture tells us that the common people heard Hitn gladly. And the common people are the only people who have *ver heard gladly any person who preached humanity and equal rights. “I do not mean to say that there are no exceptions to the general rule. There have always been found among the richer classes those who were filled with the spirit of philanthropy; there have always been found among them tbo*e who were willing to spend their live* In the uplifting of their fellows, but I am speaking of the rule that reforms do not come from and are not supported by those who consider themselves lifted above the common peo-

ple.

“Nor do I mean that you have never found among the people those who would betray their fellows. You have found everywhere—It is one of The unfortunate thing* that stands out upon every page of history—that the character of Juda* ts not confined to any class of society. He 1* found everywhere and In all age*. I simply mean to say this: That while th# common people have among them at all time* those who would betray their brethren and sell them Into bondage, if they c

yet in spite of this the common p have been the great Impelling force

has lifted civilization from generation to

generation up to higher ground.

“There er* three form* of government best known among men. There Is the monarchy, where » king rules by right

divine; there is the arlrtocracy, * few control, and there Is the

which means the rail people themselves.

warfare against other orgar among other people. Now, my the labor organisation has don* good, and yet there Is a good that can do that will adtj to and the work of the laboring men I want to speak of It here—the pr of arbitration of differences be jrate employers and their ■MMlMRhas been forced

porati (That

t principle ha* been forced upon th© (attention of the American people. 1 believe In arbitration. Arbitration li ply the extension of the idea of the

of justice. It is mi bunal, an Impartial ■

men may go and settle their Instead of resorting to violence

could, people se that

Utst

those diffffl "Yo\| say the

ed tn arbitration. Y pressed themselves, you, my friends, Ur interest even than j principle of arbitral right to protect itsi tests between labor has a right to «iy i in the interest of society, an impartial tribunal 1 done by those who can

TheJSew

“My friends, new Uws necessary. In one man empioj was a bond ot He knew the names came in contact with them 1 sprang from heart to heart, pathy was an influence that

are Int . have want to

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4 ► * iff. r •! fll&kfe Ti€W times but

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Why is It that the strengtli of -I do not use it In a party se Us broader sense—why is It

strength of democracy has olWi

found among the common people It Is simple enough. If a man has a high position or great wealth he mar be able to stand and keep on the good side of the king. If be has great Influence he may be one of the ruling classes in an aristocracy. But you are not willing to leave any form of government to yotfr children except a democracy, In which each citizen ts protected la the enjoymwrt of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

The Beat Government.

“The great common people believe in a democratic form of government, because it Is only In a democratic form ot government that they ore able to protect their rights and advance the interests ot a selr-

to agree upon amicable I have changed. Instead with a few employe*, w« great corporation with its 1 tens of thousands of possible for the men. It I* ■ tlons, that

»y

we do? we can do. ance has Justice has < mount f can step in that for force In the 1

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government that can advance human In- ■ teres:b. Let me dwell for a moment udor 1 the object of government. In this

ts our boast that our Gove its Juat powers from the governed. What kind ot

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