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DEIOCRATS UARONIOUS. [continued from page 1.] streaming from bis face, bis collar was a soft white roll or linen,bis vo-ce was worn to a frazzle and could not be heard 20 feet frcm where he stood. As he finished after speaking for one hour and forty minutes, the bands struck up a medley of patriotic airs, the stirring strains of "Dixie" callk g forth the wild cheers that never fail to follow the song no matter when or where rendered. "The delegates are invited to vis't the exposition." said Mr. Williams and the clerk will read the invita tion." CALLING FOR BRYAN. The last few words were lost in cries of "Bryan:" "Bryan:" that came swift and thick from different parts of the ball. Cheers mingled with the calls, and it was fully a minute before the voice of the clerk was able to rise above the tumult. Mr. Bryan remained quietly in his seat during the demonstration made by his friends and gave no cut ward sign of his reccgnition of the applause that had greeted his name. Delegate Powers, of Michigan, was re cognized by Chairman Williams to re turn the thanks of the convention to the exposition officials for the courtesy shown, and made a brief speech of acknowledgement. The motion to accept the invitation with which Mr. Powers concluded was adopted unanimously. Sergeants-at-arms with bundles of expositiion tickets were at once sent throughout the seats occupied by the delegates and alternites handing them to the chairman of the delegations. When the ticket passers had nearly finished their task the chairman an nounced that the roll of states would be called, each state as its name was called to send up to the chairman's desk the names of its committeeman in caucus. While the roll call was in progress the spectators, concluding that the interesting scenes of the convention were finished for the day streamed out by thousands. The noise of their exit and the talking throughout the hall was so great that the clerk's voice could be heard only with great diffi culty. The announcement of Mr.' Bryan as a member of the resolutions committee from Nebraska, called forth a cheer from such of his friends as were able to hear the announce ment. David B. Hill's name as a member from New York, also brought a shout of applause. Second Days ProceediDgs. Wi. J. Bryan was given an ovation when he entered the hall just prior to the opening of the afternoon session of the convention on Thursday. He was balf way down the aisle when he was first rec gnized. There came a ter-'. rific yell from. a group of delegates in the rear of the ball' and instantly it was caught up by the crowd and the - cheers rolled up in a roar. Mr. Bryan passed slowly down the aisle picking his way through the delegates who1 were massed in the aisle. He paid no attention at first to a the demonstra tion, but quietly took his seat. TIhe galleries joined in the cheering with terrific enthusiasm, hundred of the crowd standing up in their chairs and waving hats and handkerchiefs frati Scally. The band struck up and the friends of Mr. Bryan believing this to be an effort to smother their shouts, -'1 .at once yelled louder than before. A man climbed to the chairman's table and began to waive his arms up and down, shouting unintelligibly. In a moment Mr. Williams caught sight of him and grabbing the en thusiast's trousers hauled him down. A wild frenzy of yells followed the act of a Nebraska delegate who seized the Nebraska State sign and waived It high in the air. Delegates from Kentucky, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and Montana took the cue and catching up their State signs hastened with them to the Nebraska delegation where they waved them in a circle around the Nebraska sign. Daniel C. Campau of Michigan, a gold Democrat, did his be tto lead the enthusiasm by rushing up the steps leading to the chairman's plat form and waiving his hat wildly. SThe Parker men at once sought to offset the Bryan demonstration by -cheers on their side. The men of the south came to the front in this effort, and the Georgia delegation, who carry a blue banner inscribed, "Georgia Par ker delegation" every time they march Into the hail, at once waved it high and started to the platform. An enthusiastic delegate from South Carolina caught the sign of his State from its staff, tore up the steps and after brandishing the red and white disk widly, shook it at the Bryan 'and Hearst men and then placed It flat against th4~ blue banner as though he, was nailing the flag of his country to amasthead. The Parker men came up swiftly, and tefore the South Carolina man had lowere d his -hand, the men from Arkansas, Ala bama and Pennsylvania were turning over chairs and pushing through the aisles on their way to his side. After Pennsylvania came Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, Connecticut and Virginia. The demonstration had resolved itself Into a Parker outbreak more than a testi mnial to Bryan and it so remained to the finish, which was 18 minutes after Mr. .Bryan entered the hall. coXErrrEE ON CREDENTI.S.. It was finally ascertained that the report. Just at this instance, Mr. Bryan arose in his place and began making hiis way to the piatform. As soon as this was cbserved, up went the convention again on its feet, and the cheers arose with fresh vigor. When Mr Bryan mounted the platform young DeFord, one of the secretaries, got a table next to the presiding officer and throwing both arms into the air shout -ed and waved his arms frantically and another outburst of applause occured, but it was of short duration. Mr. Bryan's objectin going to the platform was to present a minority report to that of the credentials committee. He is a member of the committee by proxy bearing that of Delegate Caspar of Nebraska. When Mr. Bryan was fully on the platform the spectators In the galleries to the rear gave him a cheer. He turned around and made many bows. Mr. Head, chairman of the commit tee on credentials, entered the hal and made his way to the platform, and read the report. The report de clared in favor of seating all the dele gates who were on the temporary rol call, with the exception of Alfred Orendorff, who was substituted for Duncan C. Best in the Twenty-first district of Illinois. Mr. Head was heard In greater quiet than had exist ed up to the time he commenced to spead. No sign of approval or disap proval greeted the decisions cf theI committee. He announced that a mi-1 nnrity report had been submittEd in! ;he case of the District of Cohumbia mnd he understood one was tu be balU nitted In the Illinois cases. A delegate from Vermont movea hat the chairmau order the gallei ieS :leared unless better order was pre ;erved. Chairm-n Williams at once de elared that he wouid do tmat exact thing unle.s the people in te gal leries refiained from disturbing the ,onvention. When Mr. Head moved the adop tion of the report Chairman Williams asked if there was a demand for a di. vision on the qiuestion. Mr. Bryan en deavored to address the chair. Delegate Keys of California, how ever, made a louder demand and was recognized to move the seating of the contestants from the District of Co lumbia. He was at once followed by Delegate Grady of New York, who made a vigorous protest against that part of the report relating to the Philippine Islands. Delegate Surto of the Poilippine delegation requested to be heard. Chairman Williams ruled that he had no right to recognize him. This ruling seemed to meet the approval of t'e convention, as cries of "right," "right" were general., The galleries began a fresh clamor and threats to clear them were agama made. The chairman then put the question as to the adoption .f the report of the committee on credentials, with the excaption of those parts on which a separate vote was reqursted. The report was adopted in this condition. A separate vote was then demand ed in the case of the District (f Co umbia and in the Illinois case. Mr. Scbulteis of the District of Co tumbia offered an amendment provid .bg that the contesting delegates from Jhe District of Columbia be seated with a half vote to each. This was voted down. The report of the committee -vas tdopted without further delay, and "hairman Williams turned to Mr. Bryan and said: "The chair now recognizes Mr. Bryan in the matter of the contests rom the State of Illinois." This was enough to start up the Bryan cheer again, but Mr. Bryan at mce beekoned for silence with his ight hand, while he held his minority -eport on the Illinois contest in his eft. In a moment he had the cheering hecked and read his report. The re rt, after further review of the tes imony recommended that the con estees be seated from the second, hird, ninth, twelfth, fifteenth, six eenth, twenty-third and twenty-fifth ongressional districts, joining with he majority in seating tthe delegates rom the twenty-first district. Mr. Bryan concluded reading the eport at 4.12, it having taken him 35 ninutes. During the latter part of he report he was frequently inter napted by cheers from the gallery. Ee concluded by asking that 15 min ites on each side be allowed for the iearing of the contest. BRYAN'S OFPORTUNITY. Word that Mr. Bryan would take this opportunity to make his great ef rort before the convention had got broad and the great audience rustled with expectation as the Nebra'skan irose and faced it. In opening his speech, Mr. Bryan wnounced that he had come to the convention with the idea of bringing up any questions that could or would reate diversion. He was greeted by :heers, and when he declared that he hoped and believed that the conven tien would select a ticket which could be supported by a united Democracy, the cheers were redoubled. An outburst of approving yells greetEd his announcement that the convention in Illinois was conducted by men who were on a level with train robbers. Becoming intenrely interestEd in his address, Mr. Bryan, finding that his cuffs interferred with the free movement of his hands pulled them off, and proceeded. He declared that two years ago, John P. Hopkins had pursued a course cntrary to that followed in the Illi nois convention, and did not dare to follow precedent this time, besides he would have been repudiated, if he had done so. As. Mr. Bryan concluded, he was greeted by an outburst of cheers. Mr. Bryan occupied 20 minutes and asked to be given ten minutes to con clude after the other side had been heard. The cheering that followed his conclusion lasted several minutes and the audience showed a disposition to become unruly. "I shall ask the police to attend to persons persiting in the disturbance," declared Chairman Williams. Then pointing his finger over to the left, he demanded: "Odficer, go over to that West Virginia banner, and if that man there does not desist f-rom his disturbance take him out." Delegate Menzies of Indiana, a member of the credentials committee, committee on credentials was ready to was thed~ recognized in opposition to the minority report. Mr. Menzies was bitter at the outset. When he criticised Mr. Bryan for his interfer ence in Illinois affairs, there were hcots, hisses and applause inter mingled. Mr. Menzies shouted that he would be heard, and the audience would have to remain all the longer in "this sweat-box" if it pers'sted in disorder. Er. Meuzies concluded amid mingled applause and cries of protest. He had poken just a quarter of an hour. The chair then recognized Frank B. Quinn of Illinois, who was frequently interrupted by the galleries and there rere loud calls from the delegates to ave the galleries cleared. He de lared himself a Democrat who be .eved in the right of the majority to rule, and one who did not call another Democrat a thief unless he knew him to be one. He was, he said, defeated imself in 1896, but did not for that reason arrogate to himself the right to mix up in other people's quarrels all ver the country. He declared that Mr. Bryan had read to the convention as his minority report the brief of one of the attor neys for the contestants. Mr. Quinn was so frequently inter rupted oy the galleries that Chairman Williams was forced to appeal to the aonvention for quiet. Delegate Richardson of Alabama, rising and addressing the chair, de 1ared that it was evident that an or anized attempt was being made to suppress tbe facts in the case by pre enting Quinn from being heard anid the chair again threatened to have alleries cleared. "How about gavel rule?" shouted a oice from the rear of the hall, allud ing to one of Mr. Bryan's sentences. "You want to know about gavel rule? 1'll tell you about gavel rule," replied Quinn. Before he could con inue a disturbance started in the alcony just back of the alternates' seats and one disturber was seized and jected by two city policemen. aod vs as again given a warm welcome of ebeers. Raising his band he made the request that the convention should not take his time. Immediately there was silence. When declared he had tee.1 in the committee room at 3 o'clcck in the morning and knew more about the de tails of the case than these who ac cused him of ignorance, he was cheer ed to the echo. Mr. Bryan spoke in his most earnest manner. le concluded with an ex presion of willingness for unity, ad ding: "But God forbid that it should be under a soiled banner." A snappy outburst of applause fol lowed, but was not prolonged, the whole body, delegates and spectators showing plainly tne weariness born of the intense heat and loag session. A vote was then taken which resulted in 647 to 299 against the minority re port. It was exactly 6 o'clock when de mand was made by the chairman for the report of the committee on perm anent organization. Representative Hugh Dismure of Arkansas, chairman of the committee, made the report. The mention of the name of Champ Clark as permanent chairman was re ceived with applause and the report was unanimously adopted. Chairman Williams appointed Sen ator J. W. Bailey and Representative Burke Cockran of New York to escort Mr. Clark to the chair. With his hat in his hand, Temporary Chairman Williams presented Mr. Clark as permanent chairman and as Mr. Clark bowed his acknowledgment he was heartily welcomed. Mr. Clark at once plunged into his speech. He was greeted with ap plause and given careful attention. The Third Day. When the Democratic convention reassembled Friday it was with the hope by the leaders that its work might be completed and a sine die ad journment taken Friday. There re mained yet the adoption of the plat form and nominations of candidates for President and Vice President. It was appreciated that this might re quire three sessions, running into the night. The program held out' great inducements to spectacular oratory and stirring situations were promised in abundance. It was expect d that the report of the committee on resolu tions and the discussion incident would bring forward big orators, some who had not yet been heard. The resolu tions committee was in sessions all Thursday night. The feature of the early hours of the day was the knock ing out of the gold plank by Bryan which had been put in the platform by the subcc-mmittee. The exciting contests during the section of the com mittee were the ta k of the morning. When the delegates rose Fiiday morn ing the first inqury was as to what had the committee done, and it was learn ed that Bryan had scored the money plank and secured a modification of the tariff plank. The exciting scenes which marke'd the closing of Thursday's session were intensified and interest in the cinven tion and demand for tickets increased over previous days. BRYAN'S GREAT VICTORY. At .4.40 o'c'ock Friday morning the committee on resolutions voted the gold standard plank out of the Demo cratic platform by 25 to 15. This was the third victory for Bryan during the all night session of the committee. He made two succeesful efforts, early in the evening, and secured modification of the tariff plank on two seperate votes. The main fight was upon the propos ed~income tax plank, providing for an amendment to the constituticn to meet the adverse decision of the Su preme Court upon the Wilson law'. It was upon this amendment and the gold plank, the two being in conjunc tion, that Bryan made his strong fight, Williams of Mississippi first offered the income tax amendment which imme diately was - antagonized by former Senator Bill, who said that with the plank New York could be carried by the Democratic nominees. Williams withdrew his amendment, saing that he was seeking harmony and an adjustment of all differences with a view to succeeding on a Demo cratic platfoam. Bryan offered an income tax amend ment and spoke in favor of it, asserting that,.while votes might be loss among the very rich, the Democratic party ought to considler the great mass of the people, who bear tbe burdens of taxation and the expense of the gov ernment. Senator Daniel vigorously denounced Bryan's course and said he was tired of being in the minority. Senators Bailey and Tillman were willing to defer to Hill's statement and thought it would be unwise to insist on the in come tax amendment as to lose New York meant defeat. Bailey asked unanimous consent to have the income tax and the gold standard planks dropped, but Hill objected and a long discussicn followed. He said the gold plank i as far more important and asked that the p'arty cease discussion and agree upon a platform in harmony with the views of the party generally. Hill uiged that if the gold plank was omitted the party would be in a false position. Through no fault of the par ty conditions had changed and it had been proved that the gold standard was the solution of the question. Bryan replied at length to Hill and insisted that, in view of the past de clarations of the party, the gold plank would now alienate thousands of Dem ocratic voters. Thomas of Colorada also made a strong argument against the gold plank. After further discussion the gold plank was defeated. After a brief recess, during which the members refreshed themselves with c;ffee at a nearby restaurant. Bryan got the floor and presented in. formally a financial plank, intended as a substitute for the gold plank. The committee then took up the trust plank, and this was the subject of considerable discussion. Bryan of fered an amendment-, declaring in specific terms for prosecution of the trusts and outlining the manner in which it should be done. This was voted in by 23 to 20. The currency plank cliered by Bry an was referred to the subcommittee with authority to draft a financial plank for submission to the full com mittee- Later the platform was submitted to the convintion and adopted unanimously. The nomina tion of candidates was then in order. An account of tbis part of the conven tion work will be found in another column. Three Drowned. Owing to heavy rains the house of Cass Woods. a park policeman, in Riverside park, .Kan., was washed away and Mrs. Woods and ter two hildren drowned. PARKER AND DAVIS. [continued from page 1. c s t fort; were made to still the demon- c stration. A megaphone shout near t the platform v as begun for "Parker," "Parker," "Alton B. Parker," how ever, and things again broke loose. I The demonstration lasted 25 min- r] utes. s The Parker picture was carried from t the platform and placed near New t York's po-ition in the hall. 1t wasr soon taken down but just the instant e it was lowered, the California delega tion displayed a Hearst picture, cnly I for an instant, but it was long enough f fOr his following among the delegates C to catch sight ( f it and a rising shcut f went up. It kindled again the dying T demonstration for Parker. "We Won't Go Home Till Morning," played i the band and when the air was con eluded quiet was once more restored in the great hall. "Arkansas," shouted the clerk, proceeding with tte ca'l of States at the chair's direction. Arkansas y'elds to Tennessee, an swered the chairman cf the delega tion. Senator Carmack of that State was recognized and at once took the plat form and began a speech in second of the nomination of Judge Parker. HEARST'S -N.41E PRESENTED. Mr. Delmas' address, whi.'h closed with the name of "William Randolph Heartst" was the signal for cheer.s which, while enthus-astie, were much less in volume than those following the mention ef Parker's name. A seven-foot portrait picture of Hearst was taken to the platform, another of similar s'z3 was raised in the- gallery back of the platform, while numerous smaller portraits were shown on long poles raised from among the delega tions. The parade around the hall, which had been carried on duringthe pre ceding demonstration, was quickly un dertaken, California leading off and Arizona, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming, joining in. The banner of the Illinois delega tion was carried into the line but the majority of the delegation did not fol low it. The galleries joined lustily 4 in the Hearst applause, making per- I haps a stronger demonstration than bad been made for Parker. 4 In marching around the hall many ( of the Hearst enthusiasts stopped to shake hands with Mr. Brayan, who re- I mained standing during the early part of the demonstration. After a severe fit of coughing, however, Mr. Bryan took his seat. The band, nothing, if t not impartial, played for Hearst, 8 "America," and followed it up with c "Dixie," as It had done for Parker, C and the result was the same,.with the excepticn that the Hearst people did not attempt to sing. A red-headed enthusiast in a gray suit was lifted up on the shoulders of several men to the left of the speak er's platform, and cheered wildly for Hearst, but he was soon compelled to climb down for his bright-colored hair was too conspicuous a target for the multitude of paper wads that came in from all sides. Water was thrown at him, and in a few minutes he scram bled desperately for release. When he reached the floor, he remarked, ''That water felt good," bui't he de clined to give his name.] A second gentleman with red whisk drs mounted a chair and attempted a speech. He, too, was pelted dow'n C and a policeman took him to the1 outerdarkness. ANOTHER WO3LN . Meantime the demcnstration for the editor-candidate went on, rising and falling in degree. Fully a dozen times the line completed the circuit, and then the California banner was car ried up to the speaker's platform and the other States massed their emblems at the foot of the steps. A young woman rose up in section L and waved a small flag. She brought to her side 50 other, people who joined in her tribute, and, for a time, she was the heart of the storm centre. When she sat down the end began to come, 30 minutes after the first cheering began. When a half hour had elapsed, Sen ator Bailey of Texas took. the presid ing offlcer'ss chair, and began rapping, for order, but it was some time before order could be had. Man~y of the del egates and others began to hiss in dis approval but this only served to spur 1 on the Hearst rcoters and a battle of sound ensued. . 1 "The State of Colorado," called the clerk. The response was immediate and Thomas O'Donnel began a speech seconding the nomination of Judge Parker. The height of exhaustion prevailed as Mr. O'Donnell proceeded, and appproval of his utterances was contined to his handclapping. When Mr. O'Donnell referred In complimntary terms to "the great leader of the past two campaigns," there was a demonstration in which the name of Bryan was heard above the uproar. He invited the "prodigal who had been feeding on husks" back into the fold, for he said, "we need all kind~s of Democrats in this campaign." His mention of Parker's name was greeted with shouts and applaused. "Colo rado once more joirns hands with New York," he concluded, "and the echoI comes back 'Parker, popular rights and victory!'" After the applausa which followed O'Donnell's conclusion, Conneticut was E called and Walter S. Cummings sec- C onded the nomination of Parker. Many of the spectators began leav ing the floor and galleries and the tramp of their feet was a new disturb ing element. L. Irvieg Handy of Delaware followed Mr. Cummings,1 and nominated Judge George Gray. C He began by saying: "Deleware offers to you her noblest, ~ bravest and best," and a cheer went up led by the Delaware delegation. ~ Before Mr. Handy had closerd the disturbance became so pronouncea ~ that he closed amid brief cheering. Hearst saying: "The Democracy of Florida desires the nomination of Hearst, beca ise the paramount issue today is then trust question, and William R. Hearst is the most persistent and aggressive op pnent of the trusts and all the hard ships and evils attendant upon their C oppressions of the people. The De- 5 mccracy of Florida desires the nomi- fl nation of Hearst, because we believe nl that he is the only man who can carry V into the Democratic column the pivo- ti tal States of New York, Illinois and it Indiana, which are 'essential to Demo- " cratic slue ess, and Democratic success a can only rescue the south from the J degradation of Rooseveltism and ne- d groism. We believe tbat Hearst can c and will carry New York, if this con- p vention makes him the standard bear- el er of the Democratic party." n Wroses Might of Georgia followed ei with a clear ringing speech seconaing n the nomination of Parker that lield a: their attention closely. When Mr. Wright mentioned Par :er's name a shout greeted it. The rowd thought that was the conclu ion of the speech, and when he con inued the irreverent in the gallery ried "cut it out," and ineffectually ried to drown him out. He gained a ound of applause when be tinished. When Illinois was called Clarence )arrow seconded Hearst, at whose ame the galleries vented their entha iasm. When he said: "It seems to ie fate that the men who once scut led the Democratic ship shall once oore be p'aced in power," there were heers and hisses. "The Democracy of Jefferson; the )emocracy of Bryan," was a phrase rom Mr. Darrow, which struck the onvention. After the shout which ollowed, a voice from the gallery ang out "Three cheers for Bryan." [he cheers were given with a will. Ir. Darrow's speech enlivened the earying crowd. He was followed by 'W. J. Kern of ndiana who seconded Judge Parker's omination. A ROW IN IOWA. Mr. Sam D. Wright of Iowa caught be convention when he declared, "I m proud of the fact that the great arty to which I belong ordinarily be ieves in free spreuh." Chairman Weaver, w-ie3 Mr. Wright had con :ude d, gained recognibion for Mr. Rinabart, who, on behalf of the Stite f Iowa, seconded Hearst's nomina Aon. "The gentleman who just left the >latfrm," said Mr. Rinehart, "cast ,spersiocs upon the delegation from lowa. I desire to cast the aspersion )ack into his teeth." Mr. Rinchart denied for hmiself Lnd all other members of the Iowa lelegation that any money had been -eceived by them to Induce them to ast their vote for any candidate. . A sequel followed quickly, the dele ration meeting and voting to urseat right as the Iowa member of the :ommittee to notify the presidential iominee. In the words of one of the lelegation the action was taken b. ause of the "imputation cast upon the elegation" by Wright. When Kanas was called J. G. John on seconded the Hearst nomination ,nd was followed by David Overmeyer >f Kansas, who placed Gen. Nelson A. Viles in nomination. Vigorous applause followed Mr. )vermeyer's mention of the name of ren. Miles, but when he concluded his ddress, af Ler naming his candidate, e was frequently interrupted by the :alleries, and the applause at the con lusion of his remarks was shortlived. Deligate Rosin of Missouri then in erpcsed a motion to limit seconding peeches to one minute, but D .ckery f Missouri and. Grady of New York objecting, the limit was plac d at fcur ninutes. J. W. Orr of Kansas ttereupon riefly seconded Parker's nomination, Is did Thomas H. Ball of Texas. Lrouisiana seconded the nom natien >f Parker by a simple announcement. Maine gave way to Misscuri and Jhamp Clark placed In nomination enator Francis M'. Cockrell of Mis npri for the presidency. Par-ker is Chosen When the nomination closed at half ast five o'clock Saturday morning Lfter an all night session, Judge arker was-nominated for President of te United States by the conventiun in ort order. There -was but one roll ,all, and so deci.sive was the result hat those States which had voted ,gaist Parker's nomination changed o him, thus making his nomination nanimous. The scene was dramatic in the ex reme. The darkness witnessed the lathering of the Democratic hosts, vhite broad daylighbt saw the close. Lhe convention was in session from 8 )clock Friday night till nearly 6 'clock Saturday morning. En that 1ime eight names were presented to 1be convention, nominating and se ~onding speeches were innumerable d as the dawn appeared it be lame necessary to limit the speeches .o four minutes each. An extension vas made in the case of William J. ryan, who in one of the most drama. ic situations ever witnessed in a polit cal gathering, addressed the conven ,ion and concluded by seconding the iomination of Senator Francis M. ockrell, the favorite candidate from dissoui. Bryan received his third great ova ion accorded during the convention. us sprech was an impacsioned appeal *o the delegates to give the party a andidate who had voted the Dzmo ratic ticket in 1896 and 1900. He poke in behalf of the Nebraska dele ration, which he said had no candi late to present or favor to ask, but anted a candidate whose nomination ould not be a triumph of one frction ver another. Be suggested Hearbt if he convention thought best, then ~attison, of Pennsylvania and finally reated a surprise by declaring for )ockrell. One of the features of the long ses ion was the beautiful tribute paid enator Cockrell when his name was aced in. nomination by Champ Clark. here was a spontaneous outburst, and he delegates, wearied by the ]ong ession and exhausted by their labors, dulged in the demonstration, that asted half an hour. The waving of .ags in the galleries and by the dele ates made the scene impressive. The enthusiasm evidently convert d Bryan to the idea that Cockrell's bances for the nomination were good, nd s>on after gaining the floor he rade an electrifying effort for the ati-Parker forces to rally. The con ention odficials and police were power ss to control the crowd, as a seem agly hypnotic spell was cast over the onvention by his speEch, but in the nd the Parker forces were unshaken. The ballot for president gave Par er 658 votes of the 667 needed, and efore the result could be announced, daho, ~evada, Washington and oth rs made changes to the Parker col mnn. Governor Dockery, of Missouri, ioved to make the nomination unani ious, and it was carried amid increas g cheers. The result of the ballot as never oilicially announced, and it not likely It ever will be. DAVIS FOR TICE PREsIDENT. After nominating the presidential ndidate the convention ad journed at even o'clock Saturday morning to ieet at half-past five ,o'clock to nomi ate a vice-presidential candidate, at 'hich hour the convention was called order. Several gentlemen were put 2nmiation and a ballot was taken, 'hich resulted In the choic@ of Ex-Sen tor H. G. Davis, of West Virginia. ust~ before the ballot for vice-presi ent was taken a great sensation was reated in the convention by the re ort that Judge Parker had sent a tel gam saying he would not accept the omination unless the platform adopt I declare'd in favor of gold. The iatter was debated for several hours ad was finally proven to be untrue. 'he telegram merely staed Judge Parker's positicn on the money ques tion, which was already known to be in favor of the gold standard. The convention finished its work and ad journed sine die at half-past one o'clcek Sunday morning. TRUSTS FLAYED. ontinued from page 1.] portation and broader and less tram meled trade relations with the other peoples of the vorld. A31EilCAN CITIZENSrnP. We pledge ourselves to insist upon the just and lawful protection of our citizens at home and abroad and to use all proper measures to secure for them, whether native born or naturalized, and without distinction of race or creed, the equal protection of laws and privileges open to them under the covenants of our treatise of friendship and commerce; and if under existing treaties the right of travel and sojourn is denied to American citizens or re cognition is withheld from American passports by any countries on the ground of race or creed, we favor the beginning of negotiations with the government of such countries to secure by treaties the removalof these unjust discriminations. We demand that all over the world a duly authenticated passport issued by the government of the United States to an American citizen shall be proof of the fact that he is an Amer ican citizen and shall entitle him to the treatment due him as such. ELECTION OF SENATORS BY PEOPLE. Ni e favor the election of United States senators by the direct vote of .the people. STATEHOOD FOR TERRITORIES. We favor the admission of the terri tories of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. We also favor the immedi ate admission of Arizona and New Mexico as separate States and a terri torial * government -for Alaska and Puerto Rico. We hold that the officials appointed to administer the government of any territory, as well as with the District of Alaska, should be bona tide resi dents at the time of their appointment of the territory or district in which their duties are to be performed. CONDEMNATION OF POLYGAMY. We demand the extermination of polygarny within the jurisdiction of the United States- and the complete separation of church and state in polit ical affairs. MERCHANT MARINE. We denounce the ship subsidy bill recently passed by the United States as an iniquitous appropriation of pub lic funds for private purposes and a wasteful, illogical and useless attempt to overcome by subsidy the obstruc tion raised by Republican legislation to the growth and development of American commerce on the sea. ' We favor the upbuilding of a mer chant marine without new or addi tional burdens upon the people and without bounties from the public treasury. RECIPROCITY. We faver liberal trade agreements with Canada and with peoples of other countries where they can be entered into with benefit to American Agricul ture, manufacturers, mining or com merce. 3IONROE DOCTRINE. We favor the maintenence of the Monroe doctrine in its full integrity. ARMIY. We favor the reduction of the army and of army expenditures to the point historically demonstrated to be safe and suflicient. PENSIONS AND OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORs. The democracy would secure to the surviving soldiers and sailors and their dependents, generous pensions, not by an arbitrary executive order, but by legislation, which a, grateful people stand ready to enact. Our soldiers and sailors who defend ed with their lives the constitution and the laws have a sacred interest in their just administration.. They must therefore share with us the humiliation with which we have witnessed the ex altation of court favorites, without distinguishing service over the scarred heroes of many battles; and aggran dized by executive appropriations out of the treasury of a prostrate people in violation of the act of congress which fixed the compensation or allowance of the military officers. CIVIL SERVICE. The Democratic party stands com mitted t-o the principle of civil service reform, and we demand their honest, just and impartial enforcement. We denounce the Republidan party for its continuous and sinster en croachments upon the spirit and ope ration o' civil service rules, whereby it has arbitrarily dispensed with exami nations for oflice in the interest of fa vorites and employed all manner of devices to overreach and set aside the priiciples upon wvhich the civil service was established. SCHOOL AND RACE QUESTIONs. The race question has brought count less woes to this country. The calm wisdom of the American people should see to it that it brings no more. To revive the dead and hateful racial and sectional animosities in any part of our common conntry means confu sion, distraction of business and the reopening of wounds ncw happily healed. North, south, east and west have but recently stood together in line of battle from the walls of Pekin to the hills of Santiago and as sharers of a common glory and a common des tiny we should share fraternally the common burdens. We therefore deprecate and condemn the bourbon-like, selfish and narrow spirit of the recent Republican con vention at Chicago, which sought to kindle anew the embers of racial and sectional strife, and we appeal from it to the sober, common sense and parti otic spirit of the American people. THE REPUBLICAN AD31INISTR.AT10N. The existing Republican admmnistra tion has been spasmodic, erratic, sen sational, spectacula: and arbitrary. It has made itself a satire upon the con gress, the courts and upon the settled practices and usages of national and international law. It summoned the congress into hasty and futile tasks. It made war, which is the sole power of congress, without its authority, thereby usurping one of uls fundamen tal preorgatives. It violated a plain statute of the United States as well as plain treaty obligations, international usages and constitutional law; and has done~ so under pretense of executing a' great public policy which could have been more easily etfeected lawfully, constitutionally and with honor. It forced strained ' and unnatural constuctionls upon statutes, usurping judicial interpretation, and substitut ing congressional enactment decree. it withdrew from congress their cus tomary duties of investigatio i which have heretofore made the representa tives of the people and the States ter ros of evil-doers. It conducted a secretive investiga tion of its own and boasted of a few sample Convicts, while it threw a broad coverlet over the bureaus which had been their chosen tield of operative abuses, and kept in power the superior officers undler whose administration the crimes had been committed. It ordered assault upon some monop olies, but paralyzed by its first victory~ it fung out the flag of truce and cried' Out that it would not "run amuck" leaving its future purposes beclouded y its vacillationn.t AFFEAL TO THE COUNTRY. I Conducting the campaign upon this declaration of our.principles and pur poses, we invoke for ,our candidates the support, not only of our great and time-honored organization, but also the active assistance of all our fellow citizens, who disregarding past differ c-ices upon questions no longer in is- T sue, desire the perpetuation of our con stitutional government as framed and established by the fathers of the re- A public. PARKER WIRES. [Centinued from page I.] that of Senator Tillman had becn lis- S tened to attentivly. Where applause was given, there was no dispoion to proluong it. Senttor Dar.iel con cluded' at 11:17. His speech was re- h ceived with hearty applause. cc Vociferous c-es of "qu-s'!on, qUcs tion, vote," followed, but tLe chair rtcognized Char.es S. Hamlin, of Mas sachusetts, who urged the send'ng of t( the telegram to Judge Parker. Mr. r( Hamlin said the American people ad- n mired a brave man and Judge Parker a would be so regarded herealter by the a American peope. 3 As Mr. Himlin finished it was evi- r( dent that the delegates were beirtily U sick of listening to speechesand rapio- I ly losing temper over the constant A buezession Lf speakers who mounted -1 the platform and clamored fiercely for fC a vote, but Chairman Clark, through g his promise that every man should J have a fair show, recognized Senator U Carmack, of Tenntsse. The bpeaker decl.red that Mr. U Bryan had siid that the nomination E of Judge Parker would be declaratibn enough on the monty plauk. "Mr. Chairman," said Mr. Bryan, a rising hastily, "I beg the gentlemais V pardon, but I never sa:d that." U John S. Williams supported Mr. Bryan in his statement ani Senaor e4 Carmack accepted the c rrction. The senator tcok ocemian to den3 E that he had ever received a m, s age j from Judge Parker and the chair j recognized Mr. Bryan who pre ent:d an amendment to the reply to Judge g Parker as follows: "But as you will, if elected be cal: d o upon t0 act up)a certain phases on v the money queition, we would like to fj know whcther you favor reducing the .< vo'ume of silver dollars; wheth-r you Il favor an asset currency and bran h c1 national binks; whether you pr.fer 1' national bank currency t. United L States notes." t Mr. Bryan then pr ceeded to an- t] swer some of the statements made b) tl those who bad fol!owed his first ad- it dress. Great applause followed his assertion that lacZ ('1 harmony in-the r1 party cculd not be laid at his door. . I Mr. Bryan woke the galeries to g entausiasm, when he d:clared that he had expressd a willingness to support G a gold standard man to build up har- o mony in the party and again whenihe ' declared that be telieved the adop ion of the gold standard would defeat the t party in the Impending cmpaign. G There was on'y two ways out of the C diificulty into which the action o1 'I Judge Parker ha-i plunged the party. a One w as to amend the message in the p manner he had suggested and the e other. was to amrend- the platform by C the insertijn of a gold plank. Lean- t ing far over theralling in front of the c platform be sho ;k nis hind at the t; New York dilegation and said: f "I will agree to accept Senator Car mack's plank. Will that ,satisfy the friends of Judge PErker?',f ~ It was 12:10 when Mr.' Bryan con- p clunded and Representative John Sharp- b Williams rose. He plunged without a preface into a scathing arraignment d of Mr. Bryan. -Turning from time to p time he faced Mr. Bryan, who sat a with immobile countenance and a fanned himself. His voice treinobling, g Mr. Williams declared tbat Mr. I Bryan had presented the specetacie of d a man pleading for harmony when in p all this great convention bis had be.n aa the only voice or dissord. ,The amend- k~ 'nents to the Parker telegram, he a characterize'd as ''a lot of foolish ques- a tions." -He spoke satlitally with .E biting humnorand great earnettets. *a Cries of "question, question," came si so fast that confusion reigned 'for a ta few minutes. During the confusion an eff.>rt was made to -make an- ad- h j>urnmnent motion. This was'ruled Ji out of order. - Mr. Bryan sprang to his feet and 1 declared that his delegation was go- o: lng to support the candidate that N~ew ' York wanted for vice president aod b if it would conduce to harmony he n would withdraw his amendment to h the reply. "I am going to withdraw e this amendment," said. Mr. Bryan, 1 "our delegation will vota for the candidate fr vice presidency that t New York wants. We are not going I to do one thing to mar the harmony s of the convention." A roar of app'ause followed the an nouncement. After some debate a roll call was ordered on the question of adoption of the Williams reply to Judge Parker's message to Mr. Shee- I han.. As the roll call proceeded it was evi dent th it the motion to send the mes sage to Judge P.Lrker would be car-r red by an overwhelming majority. ' n The result was announced to be 77 h ayes, 181 noes, and the message wase ordered sent by the convention. b Shot from Ambush. I On Monday, the 4th, about two and c; a half miles from Parville, near the w line or Sumter and Clarendon, Warren pl Fillmore, colored. was shot and killed. Ii; Some time ia the forenoon Fillmore tt and his son-in-law, Robert Stukes, bi quarrelled and fought over a hog. pt About 5 o'clock p. in., not far from TI the place where the quarrel occurred xi in the morning, Fillmore was shot in w the back from ambush. The load was a of buckshot and entered the body hi from the lower edge of the left shoulder blade to the top of the skull Magistrate H. B. Bateman, acting al c noner, held an inquest but could b reach no decision. Theyl will meetG again. Stukes has not been seen since about 9 o'clock that night, when he . was seen near Bethel church, not far from the M. A. railroad. d Cotton Ccndition. The monthly report of the chief of he bureau of statistics of the department di of agriculture will show the average fe condition of cotton on June 25th to ct have been 88, as compared with 83 on of May 26, 1904, 77.1 on June 25, 1903, i 84.7 at the corresponding date in 1902 and a ten year average of 84.8. An im provement in cotton is generally indi ated throughout the cotton belt, and c while the plant continues small in the o central and eastern districts, it is now lit making rapid growth throughout the BJ belt, especially in the central and oli western districts. The crop is general- to ly well cultivated, although some fields fo: in Oklahoma and northeastern Texas ur are foul. Cotton is beginning to open tt in the extreme southwestern coast In contie of Texas. kj AXED FROM A MOB Kershaw Negro Carried to the Peni tentiary for Safe Keeping EE MILITIA WAS ORDE.IT OUTT. Most Horrible Story of Human Depravity Seems to be Back of the Above Stated Trouble. A dispatch from Sumter to The ate says John Largley, 35years old, bite, committed suicide Sunday orning, July 3, at 9 o'clock, behind s barn near Rembert, in Kershaw >anty, by shooting himself through ie head with a. 32-calibre pistoL runded pride and remerse is thoniht have caused the act. It will membered that Aaon Williams a gro, it is charged, committed sault upon his w.fe about two weeksd go. The negro is in the Cameron ii. Mrs. Langley, it is said did.ot port the outrage to her husband ntil a week after its occurrence, ttar g that sbe wculd be killed she said. .fter Langley was told, it is 'frther id, he worzed a!ong with tlie g r two days, when a crowd. was mized for the purpose of' ust before tbe'negro was to testrnnu P, Langley, it is ciaimel, asked blm' here was that money he hid p'dvi p in the spring? Tnis disgusted tt e . en and the negro was turned ose CARRIED TO COLUMBiA. The State of Wednesday s to void mob violerce, the negro, illiams, was brought from- Camn. > Columbia and lodged in the Stt.-$' Bnitentiary. The prisoner .waseScOr,4.j' i by Sheriff J. S. Trantban of iaw and Capt. S. C. Zempat& :rsbaw .Guards with. 24 of his ne 'he negro was arrested'bna.Thurd ne 30, by Sheriff Trantham laced in the Camden jaillfor ia eeping, the preliminarjhearitg U .t for Tuesday following-A l people from'Sumter and Kershaw . ant to Camden and- a 2lrgecrowdr -om the Bdykin neighborhood, Ve.j ene of -the crime, Mwas also in a a short whil, it was generally ilated that the prisoner wou rncbed. Later some mencamein ancaster and shortly it was rumore 2at a crowd was coming overir." 2at section on the local freight iat the negro would be 1yneddnr.~, ig the nght. Wnen tae Sherif invetigted~s' mors and was satisfed a nminent, he sentithe.follow ng.w n ram to Gov. Heyward: "P:ease wire Capt. Zemp,Xersh ruards, to protect prisner. Capt r Gen. Jones' staff is here.A nw t% ace. Important. in the absence of th GoYverpor elegram was turned over en- Frost.. He at once tehJ* apt. S. C. Ze-up to rt !rartham with 24 men. WihI n 'hour after the bugle~ioind~& risoner, protected by the n it T5 ort, was on b atd a localfreh~f.~ olumbia, which arrived at he afternoon and the prisonwseB orted safety to the penitentid~g4 urned over to Superintendent-G1 th. STORY OF THE AFFAIE.~J The story of they whole~afia~ old by the saerff; is thathe~ve6" oned Thurday morning,Jben3, y Capt. G. L Irby, a farmer livig t Boyk-ns, .tidht mie e3beloea~'n en, and rfear Mr. John Lanles ' lace. Capt. Irby, hesaid stated-ta 'rowd in the neighborhood. but to lyr om Aaron- Wiiae o' who' had' assaulted Mrs. Jbn& angey; that he bad been~ be4'' eter them from their purpose tmn oraiV, and to' come 'at once to stop lynching. When he arrived at-Boy ins he fourd Capt. Irby and.L ey waiting him. The negro, h .was the time working in a fieldgiear anglys house. Later Wul iainwfa rrested in the field without' any'u stance or effort to rscape and wasi aken to Camden 'tha afternoon~~' The sheriff said that Langlyo~~ im the assault occurredon S t~~ uce-26, but that' Mrs. Langley 1 '' ot tell her husband unt11 the f 2 Men'ay. The neighborhood knewK the affair, it is saidi, by Tusayo 7dnesday, but the sheerif'had'ot" een notified until Thursday at~ oon, when Capt. Irby .telephoned im. The negro was a field jhand~ cployed by 'Langley, lived ina abIi' i Langley's yard and wasrsedby> angley. When arrested thene > ud Sberiff Tranthan that itwa rs. Langley's scheme to get posei'e~ on of h's money. He said he had mne money, but had circulated aire.., ort some time ago that behad plowed> p a big bdnd~e of money and shad , id. The prisoner declared tithe ~ - eriff. if he would go to his cabir and ft a ptankr which had a, knot hole it. , a large amount of money wudb und. wudb~ The sheriff immediately' set ~ecial deputy, Mr. Vernan' Keils to ~turn to the house and search for t~ Loney. Keels, he said, reported to im that when he arrived at William's hin he found Mrs. Langley, upon : horm the assault was alleged to have :en made, and another white woman horn he did not know, inside th~ hin, and upon .asking what, they-' ere d )ing in there Mrs. Langley ye led that t!hey were looking for WI-, ams' money. Mr. Keels reported lat he lifted the -plank designated at no money was found. This hap. med on the day of Williams' arrest, hurday, June 30, and en Sunday - orning, three days later, Langley as found dead behand h's barn witha bullet hole in his head, having killed. imself.__________ Disturbed a den.'' At North Adams, Massachusetts, for leged intereference with the regular siness of a sitting hen, Joseph' orge has been sued by John Reagani r $10 damages. Reagan alleages iat the hen was an excellent sitter d that she was busy hatching two' zen elected and valuab:e eggs, when'> eorge entered tre hen coop and re oved the hen from the nest. The m wouldn't sit after that. Reagan ~clares that all conditions were per t for the hatching of a fine brood of jickens until thie defend tnt appeared the scene and disturbed the egnan aity of the hen. Bryan's First Callers. The Staite says among the earliest lers upon William Jennings Bryan Shis arrival in St. Louis were WIl tm. Taylor, Jennings Taylor and :yan Taylor, triplets eight monthbs who, were brought by their parents pay their respects to Democracy's rmer leader. When questioned >n their choice for the nomination,' ey expressed a unanim)Os goo-go favor of the distinguished Nebras