The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 22, 1896, Image 4
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
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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