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HOW BRYAN WON. FULL TEXT OF HIS GREAT SPEECH BEFORE THE CONVENTION. Fightng Not for Cong:iest. Hut lu Defen Of Mond, FAMties.0 anc I otrity No Q.sestlou of Houor. Here is the full iext of William J. Bryan's speech before the conveutiou. which gave rise to such a remarkable outburst of enthusiasm, and did so mueh toward carrying th'e cotiveu tion for his nomination. "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: 1 would be presump tuous, indeed, to present myself against the distinguished gentleme to whom you have listened if this were but a measuring of ability, but thii is not a contest among persons. The humblest citizen in all the land when clad in the armor of a righteous cause is stronger than the whole hosts error can bring. "I come to speak to yo:t in defense of a cause holy as the cau e of libert% -the cause oi.%umanity. "When this debate is cinca led a motion will be made to I:av upon the table the resolution offered ia comrn re - dation of the administration, and also the resolution in condemnation of the administration. I shall object to bringing the question down to a level of persons. The individual is but an atom; he is born, he acts, he dies, but principles are eternal and this has been a contest of principles. Never before in the history of this country has there been witnessed such a con test as that through which we have passed. Never before in the history of American politics has a great issue been fought out, as this issue has .been, by the voters themsel vs.. "On March 4, 1S95. a few lemocrats, most of them members of Congress. issued an address to the Democrats of the nation, asserting that the money question was the paramount issue of the hour; asserting also the tight of a majority of the Democratic party to control the position of the party on this paramount issue, and concluding with the request that alt believers in free coinage ol silver in the Democrat ic party should organize and take charge of and control the policy of the Democratic party. "Three months later, at Memphis, an organization was perfected, and the silver Democrats went forth openly and boldly and courageously proclaim ed their belief, and declaring that if successful they would crysaize in a platform the declaration which they had made. Ahd then began the con flict, with a zeal approaching the zeal which inspired the crusaders who fol lowed Peter the Hermit. "Our silver Democrats went forth from victory unto victory until they are assembled now, not to discuss, not to debate, but to enter up the jude ment rendered by the plain people of this country. . "In this contest brother has been ar rayed against brother and father against son. The warmest ties of love and acquaintance and association have been diregarded. - Old leaders have been cast aside wh - they refused to give expression to the sentiments of those whom they would lead, and new leaders have sprung up to give direc tion to this cause of trust. "Thus has the contest been waged. and we have assembleddtere under as binding and solemn 'structions as were ever fastened upon the represen tatives of a people. We do not come as individuals. Why, as individual~s we might have been glad to comph ment the gentleman from New York, Senator Hill, but we know that the people for whom we speak would nev er bewilling to put himnin a positon where he could thwart the will of tne Democratic party. "I said it was not a question of per sons; it was a question of principle, and it is with gladness, my friends, that we find ourselves brought into conflict with those who are now array ed on the other side. "The gentlemen who just preceded me, Governor Russell, spoke of the old State of Massachusetts. Let me assure him that not one person in all this convention entertains the least ihostility to the people of the State of Massachusetts, But we stand here representing people who are the equals before the law of the largest citizens in the State of Massachusetts. "When you come before us and tell us that we shall disturb your business interests we reply that you have dis turbed our busmness interests by your -course. We say to you that you have made too limited in its application the definition of 'business man.' The man who is employed for wages isas much a business man as his employer. The attorney in a country town is as much a business man as the corporaticn counsel in a great metropolis. The merchant at the cross roads is as much a business man as the merchant o New York. "The farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day begins in the spring and toils all summer,' and, by the application of brains and muscle to the natural resources of this country; creates wealth, is as much a business man as the man who goes upon- the Board of Trade and bets upon the price of grain. The miners who go one thousand feet into the earth or climb two thousand feet upon the elitfs and bring forth from their hiding place the precious metals to be poured into the channels of trade are as much business men as the few financial magnates who in a back room, corner the money market of the world. -"We come to speak 'of that trer class of busiej ing. Ah, my we@~[ say not one word againsf. ~those who live npon the Atlantic coast; but those hardy pioneers who braved -all the dangers of the wilderness, who naemade tedesert to blossom as the rose-those pioneers away out there, rearing their children hear to Nature's heart, where they can mingle their -voices with the voices of the birds Out there Where tbey hbave erected school houses for the education of their young, and churches where they praise their Creator, and cemeteries ~where sleep the ashes of their dead, are as deserving of the consideratioin of this party as any people in this counry. "It is for these that we speak. We do not come as aggressors. Our war is not a war of conquest, We are light ing in defense of our homes, our fami lies and posterity. We have petitioned and our petitions have been scorned. We have entreated, and our entreaties have been disregarded- We have begged. and they have mocked, anc our c&amiity came. "We beg no longer; we entreat no mre; we petition no more. We defy them. "The gentleman from Wisconsin has said that he fears a Robespierre. My friend, in this land of the free you need fear no tyrant who will spring up from among the people. What we need is a-n Andrew Jacksoni, to stand, as Jackson stood, against the encroach aients of aggrandized wealth. "They tell .is that this platform was made to catch votes. We reply tc them that changing conditions mnake nw issues; that the principles upor which rest Democracy are as everlast ing as the hills, but that they must be applied to new conditions as they arise. Conditions have arisen, and w< are attempting to meet those condi Tliev teil u, that the inaco.fne lax ought not to be brought in here, that it is a new idea. They criticise us for our criticisns of the Supreme Court of the United States. My friends, we have not criticised. We have simplh called attention to what you knov. If you want criticisms read the dissent ing opinion of the court. That will give you criticisms. "They say we passed an unconstiti tional law. I deny it. The incole tax was not unconstitutional when it was passed. It was not unconstita tional when it went berore the 8Ii preme Court for the tir.,t timle. It did not become unconstitutional un11til one judge ohanged his wind, and we can not beexpected to know when a judyL! will chauge his mind. "The incomjie tui i a - .st lAW. It simplv intends to met the burde ' goverauienit jstly I Pon the bwk i of the people. I ai in favor of an in comle tax. When I ind a uwan who is not willing to pay his share of the Covernmuenit which protects hiimi I tiud a Im in who is ia worthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours. lie says that we are opposing the national bank curreney. It is true. If vou will read what Thomas Benton said you will tind that he said that in searching history he could find but one parallel to Andrew Jackson. That was Cicero, who destroyed the con spiracy of Catiline to save Rome. He did for Rome what Jackson did when he destroyed the bank conspiracy and saved America. "We say in our platform that we believe the right to coin motney and issue money is a function of govern men.. We believe it is a part of sov ereignty and can no wore with safety be delegated to private individuals than we could aIford to delegate to private individuals the power to make penal statutes or levy laws for taxa tion. "Mr. Jefferson. who was once re garded as good Democratic authority. seems to have a different opinion frotn the gentleman who has addreised us on the part of the minority. "Those who are opposed to this pro position tell us that the issue of paper money is a function of the bank, and that the government ought to go out of the ban'king business. I stand with Jefferson rather than with them in holding, as he did, that the issue of money is a function of the govern ment, and that the banks ought to go out of the government business. 'They complain about that plank which declares against the life tenure in office. They have tried to strain it to mean that which it does n'ot mean. What we oppose in that plank is the life tenure that is being built at Wash ington, which excludes from partici pation in the benetits the humbler members of our society. I cannot dwell on this longer in my limited time. "Let me call attention to two or three great things. The gentleman from New York says that he will pro pose an amendment providing that this change in our law shall not affect contracts already made. Let me re mind him that there is no intention of affecting those contracts which, ac cording to the present laws, are made payable in gold. But if he means to say that we cannot change our mone tary system without protecting those who have loaned money before the change was made, I want to ask him where, in law oc in morals, he can find authority for not protecting the debt ors whet' the Act of 1873 was passed, when he now insists that we must protect the creditor. "He says he also wants to amend this law and p.rovide that if we fail to maintain a parity within a year we will then suspend the coinage of si11 ver. We reply that when we advo cate a thing which we believe will be successful, we -are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what, we will do if we can. QZs I I)N 0OF PARITY. "I ask bim, ii he will apply his log ic to us. why be dos not apply it to himself. lie says that he wants this country to try te :r-cur-e an interna tional agreemsnt. Why doesn't he tell us what he is going to do if they fail to secure an international agree ment ?'- There is more reason for him to do that than for us to fail to main tain the parity. They have tried, for thirty years-for thirty years-to se cure an international agreement, and those who are waiting for it most pa tiently don't want it at all. "Now, my friends, let me come to the great paramount issue. If they ask us here wary it is that we say more on the money' question than we say upon the tariftf question, I reply that if protection has slain its thousands, the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands. If they ask us why we did not embody a". these things in our platform which we believe, we reply to them that when we have restored the money of the constitution, all other necessary reforms will be possi ble, and that until that is done there is-noreform that can be accomplished .- -CHANGED) IN THREE MONTHS. "Why is that within three months such a change has c-ome over Lme sen - timents of this country Three months ago, when it was confiderntly asserted that those who believe in the gold standard would fr-ame oui- platform and nominate another- candidate,even .the advocates of the gold standard did not think Ihat we could elect a Presi dent, but they ha4 good reasons.- for the suspicion, beca use there is scarcely a 8late hex' today asking the gold 'Wndara that is idt within the abso lte control of the Republican party. "But note the change. Mr. McKin ley was nominated at St. Louis on a platform that declared for the main tenance of the gold standard until it should be changed into bimetallism by an international agreement. Mr. Mc Kinley was the most popular man among the Republicans, and every bodyv three months ago in the Repub lican party prophesied his election. "How is it today Why, that man who used to boast that he looked like Napoleon- that man shudders today when he thinks that he was nominated on the anni ;ersary of the battle of Waterloo. Not only that, but as he listens lie can hear with ever increas ing distinctness the sound of the waves as they beat upon the lonely shores of St. Helena. "Why tflis change? Aha, my freinds, is not the change evident to any one who will look at the matterf It is no p-ivate character, however- pure, no personal popularity, however great, that can protect from the avenging wrath of an indignant people the man who will either declare that lhe is in favor of fastening the gold standard upon this people, or who is willing to surrender the right of seli-governmtent and place legislative control iin the hands of foreign potentates and pow CONFmDENT OF sUCOKSS. "We go forth confident that we shall wn. Why: ilecause upon the para mount issue in this campaign there is not a spot of ground upon which the enemy will dare to challenge battle. Why if they tell us that the gold stan dard is a good thing, we point to their platformi and tell theum that their plat -form pledges the party to get rid of a gold standard and substitute bimetal lism. If the gold standard is a good thing, why try to get rid of it: fact that soute of the very people v ho are in tnis convention today, and who tell you that we ought to declare iii favor of international uimetallisi, ad thereby delare that the gold standard is wrong and the principle of biietal lism is better--these very people fouir months ago were opeu and avowed ad vocates of the gold Standard, and tell ing us that we could not legislate two metals together, even with all the worlJ. "I wat i to sug-st this truth, that if the gold standard is a good thing we ought to declare in favor of its reten tion, and not in favor of abandoning it, and if the gold standard is a bad thing, why should we wait until some other nations are willing to help us to Irt g THE INE OF 1,ATTi.R. "Here is the line of battle: We care not upou which issue they force the tight. We are prepared to meet them on either issue, or on both. If they tell us that the gold standard is the standard of civiliation, we reply to them that this the mosteulightened of all the nations of the earth, has never declared for a gold standard, and both the parties this year are declaring agaiust it. "If the cold standard is the standard of civilizatiou, why, my friends, should we not have it? So, if they come to meet us o. that, we can pres ent the history of our nation. More than that, we can tell theu thi: that they will search the page: of hi::tory in vain to ind a ningle instance in whic'h ttie common peopli of any land have everdeclared theiuselves in favor of a gold standard. They eau tind where the holders of iGced investments "Mr. Carlisle said in 1878 that this was a struggle between the idle hold ers of idle capital and the struggliug miasses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country, and, my friends, itis simply- a question that we shall decide, upon whieb side shall the Democratic party fght., Upon the side of the idle holders of idle capital or upon the side of the struggling mas see That is the question that the par ty must answer lirs1 and then it must be answered by each individual here after. "The sympathies of the Democratie party, as described by the platform, are on the side of the struggling mas ses who have ever been the founda tion of the Democratic party. There are two ideas of government. There are )hose who believe that if you just legislate to make the well to do pros perous their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Demo cratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up through every class and rest upon it. CITIES REST ON PRAIRE.S "You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; out de stroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in this country. "My friends, we shall declare that this nation is able to leeislate for its own people on every question, with out waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth, and upon that issue we expect to carry every single State in this union, I shall not slander the fair State of Massachusetts nor New York by saying that when its citizens are confronted with the proposition. Is this nation able to at tend to its own business?-I will not slander either one by saying that the people of tosetes will declare our helpless impo cy as a nation to at tend to our own business. L$-SUE or 177( OVER~ AGAIN. "It is the issue of 1776 over again. Our ancestors were the 3,000,000 who had the courage to declare their politi cal independence of every other na tion on etrth. Shall we, their descen dants, when we have grown to70,00Q 000, declare that we are less indepen dent than our forefathers? No,-.my friends,-it will never be the judgment of this people. "Therefore, we care not upon what lines the battle is fought. if they say bimetallism is good, but we cannot have it until some nation help us, we reply that, instead of having a gold standard because England has, we shall restore bimetallism and then let England have bimetallism because the United States has. "If they dare to come out and in the open defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shalt fight them to the uttermost. Having behind us the pro ducing masses of this nation and the world ; having behind us the commer cial interests, and the laboring inte' ests, and all the tolling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to him: 'You shall not press down upon the brow of la bor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify rmankind upon a cross Of gold. _____ Mlany Men Drowvned. MVELAND, July 10.-Thae most ap paling disaster which has occurred in Clenland, except the Viaduct horror last winter, when a loaded car plunged one hundred feet into the river occur red tonight at 8 o'clock. While a tlat bottomed ferry boat, loaded with be tween forty and fifty laborers was crossing the 0o41river channel, it was capsized and all the men thro wn into the channel and between fifteen and twenty drown~ed, fourteen bodies hav ing been taken from the water up to 11 p. m. -The accident was due to a panic among the men on board The boat was so loaded 'that the gunwale was onl y three inches above the water, and a passing tug made waves'which came into the boat. At once there was a rush te- the other side and the boat went under and spilled the men. They were all members of a gang of ore handlers and were coming to their homes. The scene in the r-iver, as de scribed by the men on the tug and the steamer Langdon,which were passing, was one of wild struggte for life. Lines and life preservers were thrown from both vessels and many ~were pul led aboard. Others of the unfortunates were rescued by small boats, and some swam ashore. The life saving crew was summoned and the work of searchgig for bodies at once begun. Within a short time seven of the un fortunates were brought to shore and taken to the morgue for identgilcation. Those who escaped scattered in every direction, and it is uncertain just how many lives were lost. Free Silver in Ma~rylanud. BaLTrMORE, Jiuly 15.--Congressman Harry Rusk, who is also chairman of the Democratic executtve committee, has written a letter to Mr. William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate for President, inviting him to visit Baltimore, and promising him a rous ing reception. in speaking of the out look the chairman of the city commit tee said that the rapid growth of the silver sentiment in Maryland had been a matter of great surprise to him, and that he fully expected to see the State go for Bryan and Sewall by a large majority in November. Wilt support. Iryan2. JaclsoN viLLE, .la., July 15.- Cap tain .J. W. Andersoin, the liepublican leader of Putnam county, has left his paty and will support Bryan. C'ap tan Anderson can't stand the gold standard plank of the Republican ltfrm. T1lE SEl' In ' 3hOT. BV AlilR4-1. PlECE. Ine sunny afterni. in luthe autumn If the yvar I a soldier lay in a Clip If laurel i)y the side (If a road we.terni \-ir ia. lie lay at full len--th on his inah hI-ILI feet restin .pou thie tie'. hiS headi upon the l-ft folrearnli. I Iis ex tened rvigh hand losely graspeI his rifle. iit for the soiiew hat imiet IhI di positin If his limbs andl a sIiht rhythmllic inlere mient if the eartridge-box at the ba-il of his belt. he miiht ha e been thoug't to bie dead. lie vas aleep at his post of liut v. But, if detected, lie would be dead soIrtlv afterward, that being the penalty of hiis erille. The clump of laurel in wehich the crimiinal laty wt as in the angle of a r-.ad wIiieb. after ascenedinug siiuithward a steep aceliVity to that point, turiiil sharplc to tle n est. runn iiing aloiug the suinit fir oerhaps one huiinred yardn There it turned southward agaiil and went zigaggmnr downward thirou.h the fire t. At the salient of that see ond angle was a large lat rock. jut ting from the ridge to the northwa ard, overloioking the deep valley from which the road. aseended. The rock capped a high elif; a stone dropped from it: outer edge would have fallen sheer downward one thousand feet to the tops of the pines. Theangle \%here the soldier lay was on another spur of the same clil. lHad ie been awake lie would have commanded a vieW, Lot only of the short arm of the road anid the jutting rock, but of the entire pro tile of the eliff below it. No country is so wild and diliealt but men will make it a theater oif t ar: concealed in the forest at the bott imi of'that militarv rat-trap. in which half a hundred it-n in po.ssession of the exits milrht have starved an army to. submission, lay five regiments of fed eral infantry. They hail marehel all the previous day and iight and were resting. At nightfall they would take to the road again, climb to the )lace where their unfaitiu sentinel now slept. and. descending the other slope of the ridge, fall upon a camp of the enemy at about midnight. Their hope was to surprise it, for the road led to the rear of it. In case of failure, their position would be perilous in the ex treme. The sleeping sentinel in the clump of laurel was a young Virginian named Carter Druse. lie was the son of wealthy parents, an only child, and had known such ease and cultivation and high living as wealth and taste were able to command in the moun tain country of western Virginia. Iis home was but a few miles from where he now lay. one morning he had risen from the breakfast table and said. quietly: "Father, a union regiment has arrived at Grafton. I am going to join it." The father lifted his leonine head, looked at the son a moment in silence, and replied: 'to. Carter, and, what ever may occur. do what you conceive to be your duty. Virginia, to which You are a traitor, must get on without you. Should we both live to the end of the war, we will speak further of the matter. Your mother, as the phy sician has informed vou, is in a most critical condition; at the best she can not be with us much longer than a few weeks, but that time is precious. It would be better not to disturb her." So Carter D~ruse, bowing reverently to his father, who returned the salute with a stately courtesy which masked a breaking heart, left the home of his childhood to go soldiering, Bly con sience and courage, by deeds of devo tion and daring, hie soon commended himself to his fellows and his oflicers: and it was to these qualities and to some knowledge of the country that lie owed his selection for his present perilous duty at the extreme outpost. Nevertheless,fatigue had been stronger than resolution, and he had fallen asleep. What gtbod or bad angel came in a dream to rouse him from his state of crime who shall say? Without a movement, without a, sound, in the profound silence and the languor of the late afternoon, some invisible mes senger of fate touched wvith unsealing finger the eves of his consciousness whispered into the ear of his spirit the mysterious awakenmng word which no human lips have ever spoken, no hu man memorv has ever recalled. Hie quitly raised his forehead from his arm and looked between the masking stems of the laurels, instinctively clOS ing his right hand about the stock of his rifle. Ilis first feelin'g was a keen artistic delight. On a colossal pedestal, the elif. motionless at the extreme ede of the capping rot-k and sharply out lined against the sky, was aii eques trian statue of impressge dignity-. The figure~ of the man sat'the figure of the horse, straight and soldierly, but with the repose of the Grecian god carved in the marble which limits the suggestion oi activity. The gray cos tume harmonized with its aerial back ground; the metal of accoutrement and caparison was softened and -ub digd by the shadow; the aninmal's skin had no points of high light. A car bine. strikngly foreshor tened, lay across the pommel of the saddle, kept irn place by the right hand grasping it at the grip;" the left hand. holding the bridle rein, was invisible. Ic sil houette against the sky, the profile of the horse at as eult w~ if h the sharpness of'a cameo; it looked aeross the heights of air to the confronting cliffs beyond. The face of the rider, turned slightly to the left, showed only an outline of temple anid beard; lie was looking downwvard to the bottom of the valley. Mfagnified by its lift against the sky and by the soldier's testifying sense of the formidableness of a near enemy, the group appeared of hero.ic, almost colossal, size. For an iinstant Druse had a strange, half-defined feeling that lie had slept to the end of the w ar and was looking upon a noble work of art, reared upon that eomimandling emuiniene- to com memorate thie deeds of an heroic past, of which he had 'heen ain inghirious uart. The feling was dispelled by a slight movement of the gr-oup; the horse, without moving its feet, had drawvn its boidy slightly backward f-om tile verge; the man remained imi mobile as before. Broad awake- and keenly alive to the signiiicance of the sitationi, liruse now br-ought the butt of his riule against his chieek by cau tiously pushing the barrmel forwaird through the bushes, cocked the pit-ce. and. glamncing throuigh the sights, coy -red a vital sot o f the hoirsemnan's bra-t. A toni-chi uo the trigge-r-, andh all woulId have bcen well withi Carter lruse. At that instant the horseman tuined his head aiid loo ked in the di retioni of Ihis co nce-aled foenmaii seemed ti, loiok into his very face, into his eyes, into his brave, cinpassiunate heart. Is it. then, so te-rrible to kill an emn :it wai- - anl e-iei wh'o has sur prised a secret vital ti thle safety of ones selIf ainil i-imrades an eiiemn thani all his army for its niumbe~irs' arte-r I ruse gir-ew di-at hly piale;: lh shoi k in everyt limb hi,-i turnued faint, and saw t he statulesiume gro up be,-fore hiin as black thiires, rising, falling ot ing unisteadily ini air-s of ircle-s in a tiry sky. lbis haiid fell awa. fronm his weaspon, his head slooly droppedi untdi is face rested oil the leates in :,riar a~t :1 f1a I ..- inanoth.r m. inelt lis fi. 'A L; I li-t-1 fri thl earth, his hl:iis re -urne1si their pl.. on the rile. hi-, fretin-er s.>u;:hL t clear. consc iee.'r' a:i!. reason .-oIi Ile id o!!>. lopt- t.) ealtir.- tliat e-nemiv: to alarm ini woubt be t. s,-i0 liiu dashinjgr int" his canip witi hi, fatal news. The dutyv tf the sier w.vas plail: the ian iniust be) s1hot .iad froi anish without w'arninug, with ,ut a nlioUlent' s piritial preparati.i. with never s.i iuch as an u nspokeln prayer he iaust be sent tb his accoiit. hit, no- there iV a hope; he i:L, have 4!isc.ve''re, iothiii -perliaps he is Lt adITiringz the 1-OubjliitV of the lan.i se(a pe. If perrnitted, lie ni% tirU aind re - awa in the dircti..n when je aw e't e u-tl it w i - lto jiLd- at tie instant of his wit tlranini wh ier ie kinws. It wiav welli Ie that his Iixity ,f attetn tioll - liruse 'iiriel htis head ard looked btelow. Thruigh Ilie deeps of air downwarl, .s froin the surface to the li.ttoi .)f -a tran'l1elnt sea. Ie sav- crec pinir acr.s the Oreen me,-adow a ',inuou.Is line of ti ruires of inen and hiorses-soine foohish comiuander wa: periiiitting the soldiers to -at-r t'heir beasts in plain view froui a hunidred sumtoiit Druse withdr.w his eves from the valley and rixed themn again upon the (rroup of i ian and horse ir. the sky, an.1 alrain it was throu"gh the sight of li;s ril.h. biut this time tile aii was at the iore. li his inemory, as if they were a tiivine inand:ite, rah- Ilie wrs of his father at parting: "Whatet er may.11V oecur. <!4) what vl coclieive to Ie vo!r dutv." lie was calm now. Iis ter: h were tirruly but not rigidly clised: his nerves were as tranquil as a sh-eping babe's-not a trenor af fected arny imurs-le of lis body; his breathiing. unit il suspended inl the act of taking aim. was r.gular and slow. iDuty had conquered.: spirit had said to boi V: "I'eace. be still." lie fired. At that motnent an oticer of the rederal force, who. in a spirit of ad venture or inl wiest of knowledge, had left the hidden bivouac in tie valley, and, with aimless feet, had made his way to the lower edge of a smnall open space near the foot of the cliff, was considering what lie had to gain by pushing his exploration further. At a distance of a (uarter-mile before him, but apparently at a stone's throw, rose from its fringe of pines the gigantic face of rock. towering to so great a height above him that it made him giddy to look up to where its edge cut a sharp, rugged line against the sky. At some distance away to his right it presented a clean, vertical profile against a background of bluesky to a point half of the way down, and of dis tant hills,. hardly less blue, thence to the tops of the trees at its base. Lift ing his eves to the dizzy attitude of its suminit. the officer saw an astonishing sight--a man on horseback riding down into the valley through the air: Straight upright sat the rider, in military fashion, with a firm seat in the saddle, a strong clutch upon the rein to hold his charger from too irn petuous a plunge. From his bare head his long hair streamed upward, wav ing like a plume. His right hand was concealed in the cloud of the horse's lifted mane. The animal's body was as level as if every. hoof-stroke en countered the resistant earth. its mo tions were those of a wild gallop, but even as the oflicer looked they ceased, with all the legs thrown sharply for ward as in the act of alighting from a leap. But this was a flight: Filled with amazement and terror by this apparition of a horser'an in. the sky-half believing himself the chosen' scribe of some new apocaly pse. the otieer was overcorne by the in tensity of his emotions: his legs failed him and lie fell. Almost at the same instant lie heard a crashing sound in the trees-a sound that dies without an echo, and all was still. A fter firing his shot. P'rivate Carter Druse'reloaded his rifle and resumed his watch. Tlen aninutes had hardly passed when a federal sergeant crept cautiously- to him. "Old you fire?" the sergeant whis pered. "Yes." 'At what?" "bA horse. It was standing On yon der rock-pretty far out. It is no lo g er there. It went over the cliftf." 'See here, Druse," the sergeant said, afteir a silence. "it's no use mas:ing a mnystery'. I order you to report. Was there anybody on the horse'?" - "Yes." " Who?" " My father." The sergeant rose to his feet and walked away. "Good God I" he said. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. -"Plu~g Hlats and Overalls." M1LWAUmF., Wis., Jfuly 17.-- The mnnouncement is made by John Too hey, one of the leading Republicans of this city, that he could not vote for the gold platform and would support EBryan. Tookes has beenu a hard work er for the Republican party in a num ber of camnp'aius, and in 1864 he tumped the State for' Blaine and ntadeqaite a r-eputation for himself. In 18S4 he was elected district attorney on the Republican ticket, receiving i,0(00 mor'e votes than any body else on the ticket- In his interview that he gives out today. Toohey declares that for every "plug-hat" vote that McKinley will gain he will lose a doz en "overails.". He declares that in this county the silver ticket will be lected by an overwhelming majority, while if thbe State is canvassed pr-oper ly it wil: go for,Bryan. Opinion of a Colorauo Juidge. G LENWWD SPRINGS, Colo., July 15. -Judge J. iT. Caldwell, when asked his oninion of the work of the Demo -ratic convention, replied: "The wis dom of its action amounts to an inspi rationi. No better man or sounder latform has been presented to the American people by any party in a third of a century. It marks an epoch in the political history of this country. If 31cKinley is the .Nayl)eon of the gold standard forcet, Bryan is the Wellington of the allied silver forces and the historical parallel will be complete except that this modern Na poleon, after his Waterloo, will go to the headwaters of Salt Creek instead of St. Ihelena." Murde~r and suicidte. CHA RLEsTON, .July 17. -At S o'clock this morning John Gonsalves and John Gasparri. Italian sailors, quar relled in a cabin of the fishing smack Leonora, off Atlantic wharf, this city, Gasnarri plunged a large case knive into the stomach of Gonsalves, disem bowelling him. Gonsalves died im mediately. Police Barrack arriving a few minutes later found Gasparri standing on deck. Gasparri ran into the cabin where the policeman fol lowed in time to see him commit sui ide by drawing the same knive with which he had killed (Gonsalves across his throat severing it from ear to ear. A TraIn Wrecked. A oN, July 10. - -A freight train on the Macotn and l~ublin road turned over e'a-st of the river this mior'ning, but so fai' as is asceitained nobody wa hurt. Th track and train -re F0 rH8 T W: E-t lNG LA'T -.A TUHDAY CouI)n ill Ne-rd 4,1 sNIII 6 - 'l -- I,!- w.,: weathir, 1.11 thn r(pm Gie1-1i c11iter Crop"lr~wmns The fallaxiu' Intih'li .ov -. I lie weather amnI erup IoUditionls for the week ending SAtul rday, J ilv 11. :. re ported by I >bserver lauer. which wqere prepared from aeport-; from one or m11ore (oeITsponldents in each Cctouni y of the State. Urdinarily. thae week just pased in eludes the date-s (if hiaighest teml pe-a ture-s for the year in South ('arolina, anad abonut stationary temzperatire maya be e xpected for te remaiuler of tie monti and into A ugu.t,, after whnieu a slow decrease at iirst, then maore rapid will ordinarily occur The mean teipperature for the pa.st week averaged 5 degrees cooler tizau normal; highe. teimperaturp .t; on the 5th at Bilackrille, and on the Gth at Spartanburg; lowest 5:? on the 9th at Looper's. Mean t-mperature of 4v stations, 77, and the approxitaate- nor mal for the same period is z.3. At many places there was raic on seven daysof the week. Oat of 44 re ports tot suallest aiounilat re-ported was 1.s:3 at Yemassee. T he dist rIn tion of the rainfall is ,hown by the followingreports: Augusta, Ga. 14; Allendale 138, Batesburg t460, Ilack ville 3 56, (reenviood 14.71, Greenv ille 8.51, Sparta nburz 6.03, Cheraw I.05, Florence :.01, Kingstree :1in St. George's:y. H. St. Matthew's: ..3, Pi no polis 2.::, Darlington :. 5, Tillea's Ferry 7.41, Shaw's Fork G.00, St. George's (2) 4.50. Charleston 6.31, Lib erty 5.75, McColl 6.40, Beaufort 6.00 Winusboro 5.15, Anderson 4.90, San - tue 6.41, Reid 5.75, Trial 3.61, Coluni bia 6..S5, Camden 7.27, (1hestertield 6.18, Mont Clare 6.75, Elloree :.:7, Longshore G 80, Loope-r's 6 u)5, Tren ton G.5 1, Jittl-MountLi a z5.67 Walhalla 5.:G, Cleison College '.44, Poverty Hill b. 35, G illisouville 1.95, Statesburg 7.57, Bagood 4.20, Society Hill 5.21. The average of these 44 reports is 5.45 and the normal for the same per. iod is approximately 1.29 inches. The rain fell so that much of it san into the ground and the subsoil is now thoroughly saturated and no appre hension of drought need be felt for the remainder of this crop season. There was less than half the usual duration of 'possible sunshine, the per centage for the State having been 37, ranging from 18 at Trio to 5:3 per cent. at Winnsboro. The effect of so much cloudiness was in the main -beneficial byp-reventing scalding, which wotild have occurred had the sun shone hot before the ground had become partial ly drv. Too much rain. That and high winds on Wednesday, 8th, caused a general falling off in the condition of corn and cotton, but with less effect on other crops, in fact, minor crops were decidedly improved except on over flowed land. The wind is reported to have blown a gale in the western coun ties, breaking down and tangling corn and large cotton, and owing to the changing direction 6f the bigh wind. it worked holes around the rocts of cotton, breaking off the upper roots and retarding its growth materially. Much of the green fruit remaining on the trees was blown off, -thus further shortening an already small crop.. The rivers, and many of the smaller streams, overilowed their banks and ruined a large portion of bottomn land crops. In estimating the damage from this source, the fact should be taken into consideration that bottom lands yield nearly, or quite, twice as muach as the same acreage of ordinary up lands. The Great Pee Dee rose to within 6 inches of the great freshet of March 1865S. The Broad, Congaree, Wateree, Lynches, Savannah and other rivers were over their banks more or less, but the damage can as yet not be ac 'curately estimated. .Farm work was delayed by the rains and wet soil and crops are fast becumn ing grassy, but as fields were previous ly well cultivated, except in a -few counties, the grass can be brought uan der control before much injury will result from that source. Lijllside lands were badly washed in six counties. The general condition of corn-is not as good as it was a week ago, with the exception of upland in Laurenrs an' Chesterfield where it is very fluee Ti greatest injury to corn was done b. the wind. Tne rains prevented ti spread of porlen. Dry weather a: the wet soil will improve late corp~ that a rapid improvement in the co~t tion of corn is expected. Cctton was also injured by the et weather but to what extent carnot now be detinitely stated. Stieddii of squares is reported from four cotaies and the lack of sutlicien't sunsnirhas caused rust to appear at placeand the plant to turn yellow. It ispPY and growing largely to weed, ever theless it continues to fruit. heav9 anld the g-eneral condition is goo-d. Tobacco curing was retardecy the rains but the condition of toco i1l S ge:-l is very promising nos Rice. *' in excellent condim~ but planters on lower Santee are p)rehen sive of overdtows when the gh wat era ot'the Wateree and Congee reach0 the ltrst named river. C Peas are still being zown some ex - tent. - Peas as well as all oar minor crops are in excellent condon Sweet potatoes doing ve,well, alsoC sorghum cane, late gards and paz- t tures. Truck along the ca is rottiag from too much rain. Weddinag Fono~i nie CCeuNro, N. Y., ,y 15.-A fte an estragement lastinhree years, during which scorned> nobie' thet other. Horace Wilms rescued Miss Mertie Colby frdrowWnmrg at Morris Hollow this rumig, and a few hours later theiere mar-ried, unknown to their paits. Miss Co!-'~ by had been bicyclinlad twVo miles from home stopped a pond togather water lilies. In atte~tmg to secure. some choice specir's by lloating from the shore on amprovised raft. she fell into dec-water. Hobrace a Williams, who wagiving along the road in sight ogaie pond heard h screams and saw <gia-l hiodelessly h struggling to save r hfe. Williams sprang from his <on andI wn~t to the rescue. Hte led into the pourd and seized Miss ()y before eithrr had recognized e other. .IHorace bore the girl to tOhore, assisted hrerat to his wagon ag~on veye'd her to a neighbor's hous.>r dry atpparl. A brief review of past, after the exa ctlement had .>sided, resulted, in plans for a qu~we ding thlen arnds there, and a noboOrmIg Lun)ter was A called to the hA w ho rmade r-esrur- L er and rescue4gn and wife. Br-iel and bridegroororeC thec water hlheits which had br ht abou IIt the reaoaaeil-e ation. Thre liama: Fi"ia .~?~~l P rof. HI. di.eridan. P rinc-ipal of he the Holly ifiraded School, hravira Se declined thwitionr of lleadl maCte-araot ur the llamrbe~ tting Schoo4l, to waichr wi position hre; elected someatimet a-o, lem Prof. WV. w illis has ben electedi to be, till the va.- Parof. Shreridlan has u abther po at Hioily Hul than er< Sa m M30Si tion. , NENT. MR. f;RYAN GREEi ED EVERYWHERE BY EN THUSIASTIC CROWDS. - ii uCout. ti I]H i, N erLk a H owu-9 t hm 1)i4 Qainil'.hel Cti.ni Mnts With a warm ar',-pio bal Along Ihe P.oad--Victory inl the Air. ('FNTRALIA. Ill , July 15.-Mr. Brv an arrived here vesterdavP vening- and after dinnljer there Was a mz-etilng at the .ity 1Hall Park, where Me :n i Mars. Bryan lie'id a reception. The town was full Of Repubbeans in at 1teidance on a se-natorial convention. Te reception in City Hall Park was not yet concluded before there were many cries for Mr. Bryan, and in re sponse the caudidate mounted an im provi-ed stand. lie made an address s:trongly r-a'etuduiscent in passion and vigor of is fatmous speech in (UIicago. ,AIL101 WAS iDECokATRD. s.-i, Ill., July 15. --Salem paid her farewell today to William J. Bry an in a grand deimoistration that ey ceeded by far the pyrotechnic recep tion given Liim on his arrival here Monday night. This is the birth place of Mr. Bryan and in response to a pro clrWation of Mayor Lakm, nearly ev ery house tloated the National stand ard or some other adorament, and pie teezs' of Mr. Bryan, most of them Clipped from daily paper.-, were pr)om inent in the windows of shop and pri vate residences. Btiness Wa'; Su pended and the whole towu prepared itself for ruakinig the day the grcatest little a.?leii had rver e-xp':rieuced. E95 erirsions were run by the Baltimore ;and ()lio. Southwestern, and the Chi cago, 'aducah and Mewphis roads, and people from nearly all the neighi horiug villages and the surrounding country took advantage of the oppor tunity alforded by the cheap rates to hear aand see Mr. Bryan. Courthouse Park was a mire when the rain was over and the thiee thoisAnd people who. were crowded into the square nad :a very !ncomfortable feeliag under foot. A reception cornwittee and sev eral bands escorted. Mr. and MArs. Bry: an from Mrs. Baird's residence to the park and their appearance was tUe sigual for hearty.chteers. THE PARTY ARRIVC AT ST. LOUIS. ST. LCAUs, Mo.. July 1G.-Wn. J. Bryan arrived here this morning froin Salem. At several stations 'dr. Bryan stepped from the train sud shook hands with earl4 risers do had as sembled to greet him. It Carlyle, Ills., where the firststop was made, abcut 50 persons grasped bs hand. At Eist St. Louis several hindred were assembled and their cheers caused Mr. Bryan to step to the plaform of the station and make a few remarks. "I can understand," hesaid, "your curiosity to see a residential candi date. I've been thire uiyself." This caused a laugh. He wantel to say that he and Mr. Sewat believed in the platform on which t)ey stood and be lieved in carrying ott its provisions to the very .letter. T)ey believed.that the policies otlinet in i. were good and should be carrOut. Mr. Bryan qaoted a sayin Msmarck that the larmers should d together andpro tect themselves rom the drones who produce.nothine but law. This gave Mrpryan the opportunity to pay a comnpinent to the producing classes and hecOncluded by remark' ing that if h talked any longer he would be drwnl into a speech. As the brain rijl'd out of the station pre paratory te orossinig the big bridge over the ysissippi, Mr. Bryan was given a p:'ting salute by the .dozensi f~f locootive whistles. The train reached le uion station ini,St. Lou)tis at 8:45.' A bou t :;,000 people had as. semble, and when Mi'. Bryan ap-. pearedm~ the platform leaning on the arm oCol. Nicholas M. .Bell of this city b was given three hearty cheers. In ie pushing and jostling of the crow Mr.' Bryan became separated] frongis wife and children. Re mount ed a.hair, ha' Ihe crowd began cla mojg for a speech. Mr.-'Bryan smil i'g replied: "I am looking for that whyh is dearer to me than al.1 else, my wi: and c'hildren. I would be glad tomake a speech, but, like all peoil'e, wmulst eat. Having but a few tin -us ini which to satsify our hunger, I I ipe you will kindly excuse me if I do 1 At'make a speech at this timne. I am attered lay this d'emonstration, and seifsunetlt if you keep up this en Ahusiasx .until November there will eC no doubt of m4 election." lie was then j')iCed by hi-i wife, bildren and a lev p'ersonal friends ud proceeded to the. dining r'oom, here a-light breakfast wis partaken f. A t 93 o~clock Mr. Bryan and his ~ amily, acconmpaniie4 by Mr. Bell and t ever~al local politician, boarded the C dissouri Pacifie and'.star'ted on their ~ reay to Kansas City. AT JEFFERSOS CITY. ~ a JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 16.-a Ir'. Bryan arrived here at 12.40 psm. 'he train stopped at a little place 'lled Washington, where a crowd adl gathered to see the nominee.c fr'. Bland standing on the platform f the parlor car with Mr. Bryan be- E de him, introduced the next Presi ent to the crowd. Mr. Bryan showed t me feeling as he responded: "If onfination had gone by merit," he tid. "it would have gone to the man rho for' 20 years in ttie face of great B pposition has kept alive the silver b ?use; and in the hour of victory he . ill be more entitled to tlie credit - ian any other man in the nation." [r. Bryan told the audience thatpir unstances and not merit had been ie cause of his selection and closed _ ith the statement that "had Mr. o; land secured the nomination he 10 ould have had no more loyal suppor' et ri'n the United States than I." - Tj This incident was repeated at Chia- ni ois, where Mr. Bland presented Mr'. is ryan to about a hundred peotple in to e same language he had u-sed at nt Tashington. . o Mr. Bryan. in his turn, saidl: "If my w: yalty to the cause of the people is tit er qu 'estioned there is uo man on en hose certihicate I wculd soioner rely ca an upon the ceratihienite of lRicharid w: irks Bland " a Mr. Bryan and Mr. Bhland indulged Ua somte pleasantries with the crowd qu d when somiebody propose-d three yih eers fo r Bland, Mr. Bryaa led the ce tre'ah, waving his wilie hat above s heald.Mr. B'land left the party at or hlaersoii Ci'.y'. wheure ;ie wm m rake a up e~a ton ight. . kn ~A r'ou-ing r'ceptio wsgiven Mr. Al van here by a crowd of more than yo 'a pe~ople who were assembled clte o it the railroad statioc.th \\ a\nUI"N aT' JANs~ts CITY. abi Kus g- CuTE, Mo., July 16i-After bol !onlhr Juarrey thiroughl Illinois and ssoui Wma.1J. Bryan reachied IKan- cat (ty at G- 0 (,'clock this eve-ning. tio Vi arre-nburg Senat~or Coickrell arnd 0 rece'ptioni coin)n ittees boaritded Mr. thea vaan's train. A gre-it cheer went tup amn te crtowd at the tanont station re~ wheni the: train airt'ived. The rty wenut to th ( tates I louse where d*. :y had d aiinnert. A t'. o'clo-k Mr. has yan ap'p--red oin the~ balcony of the C~ tel, anid aftrer ana introd uction by "K m.ator < .1)r-d~'I, addressedl th1 amit i maU Ic:ie ase bb1 d outside. Theu checerin " ci en lhe ap lpeared was v igorouWa and titr a"i oia- td. W\heni~ 'viet hwi Ci mn restor-ed Mr'. Br'yaa .spoke. Tlhe itO Ititude in front of the Cioates f touse p"n swded the street .and sidewalk-; :md ma gAK KI POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. ighest of all in leavenin'2 strength. -iatest United States Gocernment Food Report. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., New York City. number cannot be given with any ac curacy, but there were many thous ands. It was the most enthusiastic and best attended neeting addressed -y Nl'. Bryan since hi aomiaiation, -and he went rurtber into political dis cussion than he had done in Previousi speeches. WELCOMED TO KANSS cITY. KAN:A!'I CITY, July 17.-- When Mr. Bryan reached the uaiou station iu Kansas City be found a large. crowd as sembld. They gheerd lustily as he appeared, and in resOjase to eriez for a speech he stepped to the r-nAr plA form of the car and said: "We are going wes$ in a few an utes, and with your kind assista a we will gIo east next year. This caused lauehter, followed by -cheerin, as the train moved off. At East L-aven worth and Wcstern crowds of pepole were waiting in tb. pouria rain to see hie. Bryau. Tuh tratia only stopped a minute at each place. and Mr. Bryan bowed to the crowa from the rear end of the-Lar. At Armour Mr Bryan shook hand, Wvith a hundred or more people, and Mrs. Bryan was bowed dow'n under the load of water lillies beaped upon her by admirers of her husband. The train arri?*,Ai at St. Joseph at 12:30 p m., The station platform here was packed with people, as the train drew in. They swarmed around a tempo rary plafform tnat had been erected near the trek on which the train sto'id and snouted enthusiastically as Mr. Bryan appeared. Mr. Bryan Was ia troduced by Calvin Burns, ;presidenc of a national bauk, and nuade- au ad dre.ss which was frequently in terrupten by cheers. The train left the statioL at 1:05, kollowed by more cbeering. iN HIS OWN STATE. ,LINCOLN, Neb, July 17.-A royal welcoule to his own State Was given Mr. rya-~.qhe first town after crosa ing the Missoric-iato Nebraski was Rule. As tW4 trai nioe to a stanta still, threee score muedjig ed 4orward and began firing sUo Vuos and rides. The' a brass band st ' ek up an air or welcoie. Wheen Mr. Bryau appearet on the platform a ge-at saoutet $1, from the crowd. Tieii there was a rush for the train and.in a minue the nominee was in a malektorig of. wild ly excited and eatimsiastic-residents of Rle. - At Fall City bearly 600 Nebraskaris were gathered atthe little depot to meet Mr. Bryan, and whenhe aopear sd oni the platform of thepar, tie-was greatted with chieersa/ welcome. 'Ak. :r shaking -hands with a large uuw. er, .Mr. Bryan said he wa~s glad tousee so many 6f Nebraska's citizens pres Lnt. He wan the ne wspaper fnemi% >n the train to'r~ intothe2it faces ieople of Neb.b ' 'an De trusted with he governme4i The whole popal ,ion appearied td have turned otnc 1. iumbbldt and sTable Rock and Mis. 3ryan was del "' wi'oweier At Table i nvil salutes assisted heugreat a e in giving vent to tsehs d Mr. Bryan made a hort a thanks. The recep ion comnii from Lincoln joined he train at... Hock. A delegation rom the L -Sorosis also greetedi elrs. Bry 're. Elk Ci. - d~its eneering crowd and ~ecumse .ed out -60 people sroxig *nila b 'band, which boa~rded the rain an mpanied it to Lincoln.. ~eople uared into t.he train at several tations d rodessadr tdistances, ne etter get an opportuinity to see tne: .ozn e. Many .ladies in addition to. te Sorosis contingent were in the Lia An jbarty that joined tne traia. aL 'ecugiseh, and as nearly all were iends of Mrs. Bryan,things began~ to. ssumae quite 4me like air. A lot of peol enieerea at .inarrvilte, i t e train wl M'ed pu?t, .aud at mer ng where a'stop. of aminae wso those assenioied ther.,gaverthree-, 1e~ andi autger. Adams 1urnesdoui a hnds eA oi i, 2pulation, - and Fzrth had acoutii it ofenthusedinna bitaut. it #a ie same story over agir- nn:'zAman, ie last stopoing place cetorem incoln. The train rolled into i tiiae ryan was gfyventa tremiendo, Valioa r the assembed fhouands... A SPICYMEETINQ [CoNTINUED FROM PAG agg.' ie occasion have sho ti e did o ye the honor. of 1th othece weIt ough to keep frota de~gracing. i us young man has secu tit to ataca C ou political groundit Ttwr 12o questiou .1). . :ir- 4, where 1 stood a teo >r where I am iod i'- h -.-n %so a,. st four years. 31y uc ..., i ,r iatever I did was i. ., . >u and with hour--ay of p,., ', -,, iling nothing fro-z1 y -a t l ai my comnpetor sty a. "sue t e Ls a Br'attoui man~i in ~~ tua d dje Sdeny it, kuio .%iti I have ttue 9:ool. ii he tell you triu uf alI y that lie m ainted Geu. F'ariev w:Llh his houuest tws on politics that. yar. iotrre ac: )ting that office under h'i 'Will Mr. Watts a.-, ,y watr not he is ailts ruun-r or. attended On the mZeetiuU '4 as n'' rzm Own inI(A '0 J olm .t a . - 'tter%.ood iance or t'.:U, '.1 i .-,, I., tell A truithful ly : i-'r u~-y,,..1 that .bi When lie d -s, L *vsl sh.im you tt orgtaiio i, lookl.:4 oz with sorrence~ by true li-forms trou .h a umra'l and poliue d! stanrd potut." dlessrs. R:binsoun anLd Mlayrield, ididate.''osau.perirstrsssdm aofeduca Li, and' the candidlates, for congi-ess 'iuley, Trauthana and S)trait- *ere osthsr speakers. kLIn:1, Mlont., J rily -4 - A tremies is mass m-et snu' w s- u.I in Fsatte L uighKt, and the' I;:'an and :cwatI ab orgauized. 'I er 3,u00 vter icd thec roil, su audogz manny of the st prouanntiiit l-*puA:eans in tlhe iey WV. L~ Wsm-s, buti l Rep.ou , inade strony .,1e-chst.. declaring .silver muau could c.>ws'tru-tly aug t ackiuley. E:.-eenes' were slho de tby promniseut POpLdiSts and