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Bryoo's Groot Speoch. ip, Pt esidtial Nomilatioll Was Made Wheli 11 1161ed, EVEGN THE': Wiflialf RUGS CHEiE.ti4di) Tilis 31A TC1tiLEaSS ORA'TORt. The following is the great speech of \mIi. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, in closing the debate upon the platform at Chi Cgo, and which rendered it certain that he would be the nominee for President of the United States. Hils gifts as a speaker were recognized and appreciated very highly during the great tariTf debate in Congress, but he was never at hetter advantage than when ho met the arguments of Senator 'fill so ably and so squarely in this speech at Chicago, and it will go down in history a3 the climax of eloquence and the vindication of right principles "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention-It would be pre sumptuous indeed to present myself against the distinguished gentleman to whom you have listened, if this were but a measuring of ability, but this is 11ot a contest aImong persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when 'illed to arms in a righteous' cause, is !tronger than all the whole hosts of t error that they can bring. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty, the cause of humanity. (Ioud applause.) "When this debate is concluded a motion will be made to lay upon the table the resolution offered in com miendation of the adinitnistration and also a resolution In condemnation of the administration. I shall object to bringing this question to a level of pon"Ts. The individual i-, but an atoi : lie is boorn, ho acts, he dies, ht in n cipled arc eternal and this has beicen a contest of principle. Never be fore In the hiiistory of tills coontry his i lhert-been witnessed such a contest a I tihat, tbrouigh which we have passed. f Never before in the history of Amel- I -1an polities has a great issue been I fought out, as this issue has beeni, by t the voters themselves. "On the Ith of Maitreh, IP".i a few t D)emocrats. imost of thei mimbers of G0ongress, issued ain address to the t i)emnocrats of the nation, nsse-rting that I the money quoestion was the paraiount I iss.c of the hour asserting also the i riglh. of allowing the Democratic t party to control the position of the I party on t his issue, concitiding with a i request that all believers in the free L coinage of silver in the leemoeratic I party shlould tako charge of and Con trol the pol icy of the I)etuocratic party. t Tharee months later, at Memphis, an C oigaIization wus perfected and the I sil Dver I )emocrats went forth opoiily, hholly and co uageotsiy proclaiinilg k theiri belief and leclaring if successfil t they would Criystal iz e in a platform the declaration which they had iitade :and I then began the eontiliCt with a zeal ap protehing that which inspired the I crusatders who followed Peter the ier- I tit. Our silver I)emocrats went for'..h ' fromi victory onto victory, uinti I they are assembled now, not to discuss, not to debate, but to enter up judgment rendered by them toi .he peoptle of thiis coun try. (Applause. ) In this coourt brotheri has been arrayed againust birother and fathei- against son. Th'le war-mest lbis of love and actinainti ance and association hiave b~eenI disregarded. Old leaders have been cast aside when they refused to give expression to the4 sentmiment of those whbom they woul lead, and now leaders have spunzg uip to give direeion to this cause of truth. (Cheer-s.) "'The gentlcmnan wvho has just p~re- t Ceed ime (Governori lIu~ssell) spioke off the old State of Massachusetts. Let 5 me assur ie himi that not One l)erson int) all this convention entertains the least t hostility to the people of Massachu- i setts. (Applause.) But we stand here I relpresenting people w ho are the equals of the largest citizens in the State oif M assachusetts. (Applause.)( When, you come befor-e us and tell us that wve I wihall dIsturb your business interests we reply that you have disturbed our business interest by your- course. (Grieat a plause and cheer-ing.) We say to ytcu that you have miade too Ilimiite'd i nits apiplicattion thme deliniitioin of businiess mien. The man emphloyeLd for wvages isats imuch a buisi ness man as the eminployeri. (Conti inued cheers.) Th'le attoenecy in it country towvn is as much a buisiiness moan as a ilawycr in at gr-eiat metropmtis. Th'le miercihanit iat a ciross roads Is as inuch I a busi ness man as a merchant in New York. The farmer who goes forth in the morning antd toils all (lay, begins in the spring and toils .all summeir, and by the aip plicaition of br-a in and iimtscle to the naitiiural resourees of this coumntr-y, ecro ates wealth, is as muchi a butsines muan as the inan w ho goes upon the hoard of trade antI bets tipon the prnice of girain. "Minris who go a thousand feet Into te ear-th or cl imh '0o0 feet upoi the eliifs and bring forth frontmt-ir hiding places pireciouls metLtals to he0 pout-ed into the channels of tirade, are as ntuch hiusinoss men as the few lnancial tmag iiitesi, wh Io, it a back room, cornet- the mioney of the world. "We conmc to speatk for this broader elases of btusiness men. Alt, my friends, we say niot cite word against those who live upon the Atlantic coast, but those har-dy pioneers who biraved all the dangers of the wilderness, who made the dlesert blossom as a rose-those pioneers aw ay out there roaring thelir children near to nature's heart, where thtey have erected school houses for the education of their young and churches whbere they praise their Crc a1toir andl. cemtries~'it where sleep the ashes of thteiru dead-ai'e as deservinug of the~ consideration of th is party as any people In this eountr-y. (Great ap plause.) "'We have petitioned and our pemtl tions have been scorned :we have enJItreated, tand our eniitreaties have been disregardeJ: anid they have m~ckced, and our calauity came. ''We beg no longer ;we entreat no more; we pietitioni noC Iore. We (defy them. (Great applatuse and1 cofu tslon In the silver delegations.) "iThe gentleman fi-omn Wisconsin said ho feared aL Robespilerre. My friends, in this land of the free we need feai no tyrant who will spring tip from among the people. What we need is an Andrew Jackson, to stand as .Jack son stood, atgaiust thle encroach mentsn of aggrand Iring wecaith. (Gr-eat ap plause.) Trhey tell us this platform is made to catch votes. We reply to themn that changing conditions make issues ; tat princiles upon which rests the democracy are as everlasting as the hills, but that they must be ap plied to new conditions as they arise. Conditions ilave uarise' and we are attempting to meet those conditions. They tell us that the income tax ought not to be brought i here ; that it is I now idea. They criticise us for our criticisms of tile Supreme Court of the United States. My friends, we have not criticised : we hove simply called attention to what you know. If you want critleisms, read the dissenting Opinions of the court. That will give you criticimtu. (Applatuse.) i"Tiey say we passed an uncoisti tuti ol law. I deniy it. The inieoio tax was3 not unc11onstitutionatl whenl It wias passed. I t wis not ullonstitutIonal when It went before the suipremiie court for tho first time. It did not become unconstitutional until one judge changed his mind, and we cannot be expected to know when a judge will change his mind. (A )pIluse and a voice, "'hit 'cm again."1) The Income tax is a just law. It simply Intends to put the burden of government justly upon the backs of the people. I am in favor of the income tax. (Applause.) "When I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him, I find a Man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like jurs. (Applause.) "He says we are opposing the nation al bank currency. It's true. If Vou will read what Thomas Benton aid you will find that he said that in iearching history lie could not find but me parallel to Andrew Jackson. That ,vas Cicero, who destroyed the conspir tey of Cataline and savod Homo. He lid for Lnome what Jackson did for this :ountry when he destroyed the bank !onspiracy and saved America. (Ap )lause.) "Mir. Jefferson, who was once r. alirded as good Democratic authority. eem1s to have a ditoreut opinion from ,he gentlemen who have addressed uts m the part iof the minority. Thoso ,vho are opposed to the proposition tell ., to issue paper money Is a function If the cank, and the government ought Lo go out of the banking business. I itand with Jefferson rather than with hlcill, and tell them, as he did, the Isuo of money is a function of govern nent businiess. They complain about he plank which declares against life ,enure in oilleo. They have tried to tratin it to mean that which it does lot mneani. What we oppose in that dank is life tenue that is being built qp at Washington, which excludes rom1 party representation in the bene its, the humbler nembers of society. eannot dwell longer in my limIted ime. (Cries of "Go on ! Go on "') "Let mc call attention to two great lings. The gentlenian from New Iok says he will prl'opiose an imend aent providing this change In outr [iws shal not affect contracts already Linde. Let ie remind him triat there s no intention of affecting these con raets which according to the present Liws ire iiade payable in gold. But it 10 menlit to Ray that we caninot change ur monetary system without proteet ng those who have loaned money be ore the change was made, I want to. sk him where in law or in moral, he' an find aIutlhority for not protectinog ebtors when the act of 1.73 passed. "'hey have L-idLL for thirty year to eeuret. aln intornitionlii agree ment and hey are waiting for it iost patiently ,nd don't vant, it at all. (Cheers and aughter long Continued.) "Now. :.iy frienis, let le collie to ,lu great plaluount issue. If they isk us why we say more on the mloney 1uestion thian we say on tihe1 taritT jauestion, l reply, if protection has dlain its thlousands, the gold standar'd hats slainI its tells Or thouIsandis, If they kus why we did not embody all these tIhings~ inl our pllatformn, wVhiich wVO be Ilieve, we reply that, when we have restored0( the mon01ey of the constitution ill the necessary re0forms will be plossi-| ble and th at, ulntIlI that is (lone thiere' s 110 re0form that ca~n he accotmp) lihe. Cheers.) "'Mi'. Ca 'lisle said in I878 this year vas a struLggle between the idlu hold lr5 of idle capi tal and the str'uggl ing lasses who pr lloducILe we'al th and pay he taxes .of the )oulntry, anld, lmy riends~i, it is a si uj~le (jueistionl that we hallI decidle. Upon which sidoe shall lie Democreatic par~lty ligh t ? Upon0 hant of the Idl Ih iolder' of idle capital r' upon0 the side of the struggling Ilasses ? '"Ther'e are two Idea)Is of gover'nmenit. 'here are'i those wvho believe that if ou legislate to mlake the wvell-to-do >r'osperous11, their nyJosperity will leak broulgh 0on thlose tbelow. The Decmo r'atie idea has been that if y'ou legis ate to maike the malisses prosperou'O~s ,helr pr'osper'ity wVill find its way ill uid thrioughi ever'y class and1( rest upon01 t. (A pplause.) "'You colme to us and tell us g,'ent .dties arle inl favor of the gold iltanldard. l tell you great cities rest, upon1 broad md fertile prairies. Born dowvn your sities amnd leave our11 far'ms, and your :ities will sprlinlg uip again as if by neigie. intt destroy 0our farms and r'ass wvill grow in the streets of every3 ty in th is 0011ntry. (Loud appilause.] "'ly friends, we shall declare this lation able to leg islato for its OWn p)eo die on ever'y tlruestlin without waiting or the id Or conisent of anly nation on airth. (Applause.) And upon that ssuie we expect to carry every single staite in the Union01. "'it, is tihe isu oif 177$ over againi. )ur ancesOtor's, whe 1 0011,000oo, had0 the .stu rage to declare theilr poli ticai inde- 1 liutdelnce of tivery other naltioni on Learthi. Shall we, thmeir descendanita, whenCI we have grown to '10,000,000, declarue we areo les.s inldepunuent thiani our forefathiers? No, my friends, it wVill neUver lie the judgment of the p)00 plo. "Thlerefore wVO care not oii what line the battle is fought. if they say blmetalhismi is good but we cannot have it until 50ome niation helps us5, weO reply we shall restor'e bimetailisim. if they dare to comoi ot ini tile open anid do fend the otti gold standard as a1 good thing, we shall 1t ight theml to tihe utter' mlost. You shall not cruci fy manilkind upon11 a cro55 (If gold." (Great applause.) Thlien ensuedl 1perhaps11 the mnost x tira ord inary scone of tlihis ex~traorttI inary conIlvenItlin. As if by till mkagic touch of a wandt delegation af1terl dolegationi rose in slhI plhalanx nd gavo( UvO Vnt t., the Inolst enth 1Iusiatic dumonstratin in honor of t?I.e Nobraskan orator. fdver'y body stood up I, Oveni the Easternz men01, w ho at Ii tst woro' disposed to remiain in thira seats. Westerners shout ed, wvaved bankerchuiefs, hats, flags, canes, umn brel las and aniy thing ele conspicuous andit portable. Deafeing choemrs rent the ir~, airticles of every description weore thirownl high above the surging semi of humanity. The stalfs bearing the names of the Staites were hold aloft with lags andI other thlings on top and waved to amnd froe. Whlen the pastime became too tame, led by Delegate Gal wood, of Texas, nicarly all of the silver States and Torritories and some gold States joined1 in a precession, bearing the State poles, and marched in tri uimph around the floor. Some of the itastern States kept thleh' sign otaffs in their places and confined their expres sion to standing up and giving a mild cheer as individuals. ThIs fthror con tinued for a quarter of an hour and no effort was made by the chairman or sorgeant-at-arms to obeck its tempest. uous- progress. Away to the west and the north and the south of the platform in the multi. tude of spectators the demonstration ol the delegates was repeated. Hundreds of umbrellas were opened by the up parently .crazed people. armilees inis sues of paper and other things were hurled through the air on delegates head. The remarkable feature of thl wild outburst was that Its spontainiety wts apparent and it was no mitch a >ersonal tributo to Mr. Lyran that Eastern delegates who differed with him caught the infection and joined in moderately. Nebraska's delegation was the cynosure of observation and the smooth-faced silver champion who had electrified the convention sat tin moved in his seat at the end of the Isle opposite his opponent from Now York, Senator Hill. BRYANS FOUR GREAT SPEECHES. WITiOUT A PEERit AS AN OltATOR. lie Always Receives the Clomest At tention and Thrills Ills Hearers With a Melodious Voice. L. W. Barrett in Atlanta Coisittition. It was the writer's good fortune to know Bryan when he was in Congress. He heard him make his first speech there. It was on the tariff and It last ed three hours. He would have stop pod sooner ; in fact, he did stop sooner several times, but he was urged on by both sides of the House, so charmed was everybody with him, and when at last he sat down he received an ovation from young members and old stagors of the House well calculated to turn the head of many an older man. Till then he had given but just one mere sug gestion of being an orator. It was during the early days of the tariti debate in the Fifty-Second Con gress. He spoke for less than live minutes. When he sat down there was a moment of silence. Ills elo queuce had taken away the breath and desire for merriment from the sur. prised peopled. in theo House. Then there burst forth a volley of applause and then another. All know that something big was to be eXJeted from Bryan and all waited patiently to learn just what It was. Though his speech at the Coliseum, which resulted in his nomination, wias a masterly one of fervid, glowing, enthu siasn-producting oratory, It did not show Bryan at his best. It is in Con gress in the thick of debate that he shines in all his splendor. Lie has been just as lon aunt there, but has also shown hinisel f a thorough muster of himself as a debter. It is tihe habit of old members of the opposition to trip orators witih inte' ruptionts. They trieLd it with Liryan. They failed. No matter' where lie was Intrripted, he would stop immediate ly, or at the end of his sentence, and -ourteously asked what was wanted. He would wait patiently until his inter 'uptU' had put the question and then, nuick as a lash, would reply, and ninc "iines oat of tell, lie would, in the opin on of tihe galleries, get the better of is opponent. That sort of thing has appened i,iue and again in the same weceh, till one would have fancied itht even Job would have let loose liad hao beeni in iliyan's place. lie seemed to court Interruption. At any rate, lie was couriteouts to every one, and so honest and sincere were his replies, and with allI so apt, that lhe quickly wvon the respet of all his audience. When ilryan tinishedl his big tariff speech, old Judge Culberson, of 'T.exas, the leader of the House on legal mat ters and one of its veterans, said that he had been in Congress many years and had hear'd many a speech in that time, b~ut that none of themi had equaled Bryan's, in his opinion. Bryan made three other big speeches while in Congress. One wits on the Siconie tax, ainotheir on silver, and the tlirid on the tar iff. Thec second tarifl sp~eech was delivered on the sanic day thbat H oureke Cock ran made h1is famous speech on the same subject. Cockran had been at hiis best, and carried the House with him. Th'le mnelodlic thunder of Cockran 's eloquence was unsurepassable, and the man who was to follow him was deem ed foolish. Bryan was nerv.ous and ap~prehecnsive. lie fully app~reciated the hit that. Cockran had niado, and the exceeding dilliculty he would have in equaling It. Congrressman Springer', who always to. * - --.y Meet~p in Bryan, and to '.: I .. .a''%'es the fact of his bena~ m v.;. .. a memiber of the comn mittee on ways t nd nicans, though just entering on his first term, suggested that lie post1)one his speech till the next dlay. That advice was all that was nteeded to renew Bryan's courage --he feeds on oppositlon-and lie be came impiatient for the tIme to come when lhe should begin. Is friends were fearful that lie would make but a poor' show, so shortly after' the speech of the great orator o: Tranmmany Hall. Cocki'an had never' appeared to bet ter advantage, and by hiis speech had dIiimimed the impr'ession mtade by iBry an's for'nier specees. liut lryatn had proceeded butt a l ittlei way erc hiis mtost timidi fr'iends wore r'eassur'ed. riyaii speaks from convic ticon. O( oe hts tact thminik of hh tn as mer'ely pileadling a cause for pay. lie btimtulati s hais auidienee in to sympt iatby w ith hhina, and plays on them like a hariiti un ihis i nsti'ument. The miusic lhe produtced in the Hlouse thbat night wats very effective. E'vena the Republicanis enjoyed It for its at' tistie excellence. Th'le lilt he mnaude was prionoutedt as for'cible as any lie hatd matdo belotrc, and the receptioni lie re ceivt cI was just as great as that accord ed to iHourtke Cockran. I riyan necver descends to the level of a i tr'ickster in his speeches. lHe is always the gentlomnan. lie believes that w hat, he callis the commtton people have beent wr'onged. it is his earnest intetinm to do his best to right that wrtong, hii so far' as he is able to do so. 1iii may he wrong ini his thecory of the proper' way to righit the ills cof which he complains, but, ho is honest and smeoe, nd ntiledt~othe respectful e msider'atum of his opponents. WVhen ii 'yan miukos a speech his hearers catn nest assuredi that he has studied it vei'y hard. 11(1 reads overythhlig bear ing on the subject at issgle. 11 is mom ory is singulai'ly retentive, and ho can recall facets andl quote with an acur'aey equal and faccility stuperior' to ht im whoc has the authority in book form at haind. HeI never sp~eaks from manusei'ipt. lie mnemoriz/es his speech hy patient study. Hie nevei' makes a slip in his deliv ery. He is to the letter per'eet. This is not to 1)0 taken that he memnoi'izes all his speeches. THe cani jttmp to lis feet andI make ias effective and delight ful a speech as you would care to hoar on the spurt of the lmomnert. But his big speeches ar'e the prioduct of labor andl much of it. When Bryan tlrst wentt to Congress he was singularly gtreen about some common things which every reader of a newaper and mir with m-n I supposed to know. For lnbt""we. remember during the debate on the repeal of the SherimiZan siver purcbase act, Bryan told ne one afte'1n0, while we were walking down Prinnyl vania avenue, that, he had seen an ab surd statement in a New York news paper that morning. It was to the effect that stocks had been infliened by an Interview, publied with It Cor tain prominent man. " As if what any man said would influence the prie of stocks," said Bryan. I olfored lo provo it ot his satisfactionlif he would let 1110 print an interview with hi, stating~r that he htid abandoned the hzope of defeating the ropeal and that it would pass. It was at ihrst incoiprehelible to hU. But he saw the reason of it quickly. lie had simply never given the subject any thought before. Bryan was very popular in Waish ington. There was much regret when he failed to return to Cougress. lie was liked on both sides of thb cham ber. And he had no better friend among the Republicans than Speaker Reed, who, though differing from Pryan in things political, neverthcless respected him for his sincerity, his ap plication, his avoidance of things and habits which go to belittle so many public ment and his unquestionable honesty. Tile Great issue of the Cam1alu, A CIMAlE OUTLINE BY BRYAN. An Ainerican System or iuauce Demanded-Pari les are Mate for the People. Mr. WM. J. Bryan, the Democratic nominee for President, was given a public reception at the city park in Centralia, Ill., and in response to calls upon him by the large crowd he spoke as follows: "We are entering upon a memorable campaign, and the issues are being drawn for the contest. The two parties, described as the two great parties, the two leading parties, have 'Already adopted their platforms and have al ready named their candidates for l'res ident and Vice 1resi-lent, and inI a short time the calmlpaign will be opened fully, and you will be making up your minds as to wlicl platform and as to which ticket you will sulipport. I trust the issues involved in this camnpaiign will be clearly understood and carefully stulied. L'arties are not mado to be worshipped: they are merely the in struments by which wo serve our country. P'eople are not made for parties, but the pa'ties ate made for the people, and the parties can only claim the support of the p1eople when thee parties are ellicient instruments in the hands of the peoplO for accom plshing good. And those who are call upon to vote have the righlt to consider the platform utterances and the policies advocated by the various parties as well as the candidates who are nominated. In this campaiign [ bele11 I c there will be less of personalities and more of p)rinciple than in any cam paign which we have been in recent years. The pCOplc have before them two great ublie questions. We must not expect hat any platform will contain all you lesire. No thinking person finds in my platform an expression of every ~hing which he believes, nor must you ~xpet that any platform will be free conm somec objection. We select our atrty; we select our platform; not in hte hope of linding something which .s absolutely in accord w ith our opinion, ,ut we take that platform which for Lhe time being promises to us the best egislation on the most important ques Lions. And in this campaign it is lecided by all sides that the miost important issue is the money (question, It matters not whether you believe in the restoration of silver or in the gold standlard, you must admit that the set t~lement of the money (question is of the Iirst and greatest importance, one that when settled leaves nothing else to be considered. On the money question, the two great parties have taken posi tions directly opposite to each other. Four years ago the position taken by the Riepublican and D~emocratic parties were alImost Identical. The Riepubli can party said the Anmerican peCople are in favor of bi-metallism and the Democratic party were heading to the use of both gold and silver as a standard mnoney for the country and to the coin age of both for money. Thus you aee that both parties declared in favor of gold and silver as the money of our country. Four years have passed since that lhatform was written and these four years have been full of monentous h~appenings, but as this campaign aip proaches the great parties lined them selves up for the fray. Upon this question the party at St. Louis declared for the maintenance of the gold standard, but that platform does not say that the gold standard is ma good thing, because that platform leldges the party to get rid of the gold standard, but declared that this change canntot be made except by internatIonal agreentent, until the leading nations of the world should help. The Decmo eratic party met at Chicago and it adopted the lhatform which is it direct, oppositiont to the platformi adopted at St. bouis. Tihe St. Louis Convention declared for the gold standard until something else could be dono1 In the neatr future. Hut more than thtat the lte publican~platfomn does not promise any complete monetary system. The Doum neratic party outlined what It desired to have done, anti declared that the silver dollar should be of logial tender for all deb's, public and private, anti that such legislation should be enacted as is necessary to the restoration of the unlimited coinage of silvcr and gold at the present legal ratio of 163 to 1, with Out waiting for the aId of any other nation. We also declared that the silver do'llar- be. legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that such legislation should be enacted as is necessary to prevent for the future the demontetization of any legal money. Tlau platform declared that the gov ernent should exercise the right to redeem its obligations In either gold or silver. The issue Is drawn and we have our choice it this camplaign between an A meriean flnancial system for thte American peopile andi an English finan cial system for the English aristocrisy. If I mistake not the patriotism of the people whlo have novel' been appealed to ini vain, thtore can be but one issue in this camtpaign and but one result. If they ask us what about other ques tions we tell them that so long as the right of self-govornment is in danger there Is no other question. But I want to impress upon your mind two things. I want me tsk two questions. They are questions that will be asked ever and over agair mIn this campaign. They are qluestions that will be asked with over increasingi emphasis. 'rhe twc quiestions are these - if the gold stant ard is a good thing, why should wi ry to get rid( of it; and If theo gn'd s andard is a bad thting, why should we wait until some othei na tinsa are 11illin to help us let go. We care not upon what issue they force the fight. We are prepared to imoot thom upon either issue, or both. I thank you, friends anl fellow citizens, for the interest which you have mani fested and for' the compliment which you have paid to us by your asbmblage hero today. I can but beg of you that you will remember your duty as citi zeniS. We wio stand upoi the platform adopted at Chicago, do not come to you as suppl)ialts to bog for your votes. Your votes aro your own and no man is abked to do anything save as his consciencee dictates. And wo bog you to study all the questions presented, study all the issues involved, and then let your balilot register a free nan's will. PASTI THlIS IN YOUR HAT. The Data on Which to Make Caml paigu Prophecies. This is Presidential year, and even the imost conservative man must be in torested in politics and become to some extent a prophet of the result in No veinber. In order to prophesy intelli gently what the outcome of the elec tion in November is likely to be it is necessary to have a knowledge of the votes which each State has in the olec toral college, and also to know how that vote was cast in the last election. Of course, it does not necessarily follow that a State will vote this year for the name party that secured its votes four years ago, nevertheless a knowledge of the last vote gives a starting point up on which to base this year's predic tions. l0or the information of our readers we give here a tabulated state ment of the result of the last Presi dential election: Q 0 STATES. Alabama........... Arkansas......... . .. California............ Colorado............ . .. 4 Connecticut.......... Delaware................... 1"lorida.................... 4 Ge'orgia.................1 Idaho... ............ ........... Illinois............... Indi na ..................... Iowa...................... 13 K ansas.............. . . i Kentucky...... ...... Louisinna .......... ...... Nai8 e........................ . Maryland............ Michigan .. .. . ... . . 15.innesota.. Mississippi . ......1 Missouri .................. . . . Mn tbaska .. ..... ....: MN ane a.. ................ .... .. Nevada. ................. .I ... . New H an... ............... p.i. New Jersey...............10 ...... New Yorks s ................ . . North Carolina ............ 11 ...... North Dakota......... .. . I .. Ohio........ .... 1 22 .. Oregon 3...-- ........ . 31 Pennsylvania ................. 32 . . Sorth Carolina............11 .. South D)akota........' ii Rhode Island.................. 4 Sot CArIn............. ..... Vouthniakota..... ........12..4. Teasngson................12....:. WexsVra...............1 .... Wirmonsi................1..2 .. Wyoming...................... 3.. STotals................27 1452 In the last election there were 444 votes in the electoral college, but by the addition of Utah to the Union 3 votes more are added, making the total 447, and the number necessary to elect 224. OFIFICIAL~ DEMOCRtATIC FORECAST. The following table has been prepar ed at the Democratic headquarters in Chicago, showing the States expected to be carried by the Democrats, to gether with the electoral votes in each: Alabama...11Motn. ... Arkansas ... . ...8 Nersa8.. California.8 Not8aoln. Colorado. . ..... Not4akt Florida. ... .. ..4 Orgn4... Georgia.......13SotCali.9 Idaho.... .....3 Tensse 1 Kansas ........ 10 Txs....1 Kentucky. .. 13 Ua..... Louisiana..... Vigna8..1 Maine.... .....0 6 ahnto.. Maryland......8 WetVrii8 Michigan...14 Woig Mississippi. ... 9 - Misour......7Motala......23 As 24elctoalvoebska......id th mattr, his ombnatont waold ive1 Brya a ajoity orhDakota.. Deo sothioan SothDouta Casoua. ful, nd thseha ennestalo 7. .e.le.e Texas....ote.s. Mr.'r.C. ~ eon aofMoile, n wri tin t afren aou tetegna. P. M. B.Youn, who omen...... in isur.....pa. 17 hadomtribute...22 the 224alnt vorandte couly enetle man.or, ths courseinathn wolter hie Ban ckt maniy aoo fvello Till eft. sota, Ohioand frindthraoughsout Sfuth anwtee leioavle w oas ot o ly ta ahngado erlselgtebu.n in alhaT brilint ary.OUNecal him w most iidlyas e adPpear whenhe whthoeu ns ea tongathe at Mointgaomery Aboult hen.P tme w.hYong Mism et Tyler unfurle thmately, which as toandsome ributorto thvalbfor Abiramo and cory sagntse death.s rntecurie ofwhe 'uledtfer,-h eveneo Young's ther.Athougll car ashockln tocaet wh good lo l left.s Hi pronlfed theveogrutiot oihe hsuh swr tohiegion, he was ev ny thneof the most lefolouresonll hoi noums ividly aou he alee ofwhe Coedeeragc' lan litean tater agt ogomanry. A o-h thee byhentiss imiaTler unaured chatfeag under w-aelas thatm wmore tany afooreAlbamlnt Ryan, singt andve'rving was corion Aftog aciv serice.n cadhetoh agrlte p'offere on juteneyeof rad b'so faousfe leion swoudt his sectionve wasteven e n o of taarhestil picturequthn if te Cnonhidory.' al ih n ir Viyininc, hi s mpteuosf naurn caed ner poed-tar delay ,that keen angwomryn of tcomssio dayr act yong, gradsonbme a mluajr asn was-and he was over a great 'ladica man' at the proper seasons-ho nevo lot social blandishments hold him bacl for ono Instant from volunteering fol most arduous and disagreeable duty through August sun or winter's snov and slush. Any allusion to his know, courage and dash were a 'twice-tohl ti.' Ho was the Murat of the Vir ginia lines. "When I began to write my novel 'Creole and Puritan,' Young largel, furnished the best traits in the Soutli een twin of its heroes, as Charles Kini did for the Puritan. Of course, as have told you, the pair were not mean for portraits; for King was no more i Puritan in the generic sense, than thl Georgia boy was a real Creolo. Yo these two best typed those essentia points of divergence, to crystallizi which the novel was written. Whilh the critics were saying very pleasan things about that story, many of then objected to my making the Creole ' major general on his twonty-fourtl birthda ;' advising me to stick t( probabilities. I ,wrote King the fact at the time; and later when I publish. ed 'Tho Puritan's Daughter' as its sc. quel, I noted that the statement wat well within the facts. After Young returned from St. Petersburg he visit. ed us at Mobile. Then he told me with all abseuce of vanity in his blunt, simple way-that he commanded hit division when he was only twenty. three. If I am not in error, that makes him the youngest major gen. oral in either army. "An odd joke on Young during that visit recurs to me now. Four of uE drove down the shell road for a dinner at South End. A gulf storm had torn away a section of the long wharf, only narrow planks loosely lying across the gaps. Louis Chaudron, Shelton SlimE and I passed the first plank; looked back and saw Young besitate and with uncertain foot upon the thither end. Sins called back: 'Well, here's an an omaly. A man who has ridden gaily into hail of lead and iron--whose front is tattooed with wounds-fears tc charge a plank to capture his dinner ! Young made a wry face, swore it wa a very different thing: then marched across the plank that bent under hit weight to threatening of leaving us lit erally with no bridges behind us. But that dinner with its reminiscences, stories and jolly chaff comes to me witti elear echo to-day across the valley o the shadow of death. As these cchoeE (lie away from memory, resistlessly come to replace them the living wordk of Margaret Preston, in her dirge for another beau sabruer, earlier borne tc the A talon of Southern valor : '-Ieard ye the voterans--hearts that had know,n Never a throb of fear; never a groan Sob, 'mid the fight they win, Tears their stern eyes within Ashby, our Paladin ! Ashby is dead!' "So wrote the Southern Barret Browning, three decades ago. Tinic has filled our lives with new duties and avocations since then ; newer memo. ries have dulled somewhat the sound of once familiar voices. But when wc of the old set hear the toll of the fune ral boll, even now the mists of circum. stance and surrounding clear away. Time itself rolls back, and we stand or the edge of each new grave, once more under the star-barred Ilag and with the fresh of our youth-again in the young Confederacy !" KILLED) BY LIGHTNING. Senator Till man's Eildest. D~anglatea andI Her Escort Killedl in a Thuntlea Storm. Miss Addle Tillman, the elde.-,1 daughtcr of Senator Tiliman, and lier. R.obert A. Lee, rector of the Episcopal church at Yor-kvillc, were killed by a stroke of lightning at 3.30 o'clock or Wednesday afternoon, while on a mountain party seven miles tfram Bre yard, N. C. This brief statemecnt con veys the bare facts of an occurrence which has called for-th expressions c1 (lee) and genuine symp~athy from all parts of the State. There was only one eye-witness sto the sad tragedy, who was Mr. T. C. Meceely, general agent of the Hendersonville and B3re yard Railroad, and who was one of the mountain party, standing only a few feet away, and receiving a slight shock from the bolt of lightning. Mr-. McNeely's statement is as follows: "The mountain p~artyT was given in honor of Miss Addle Tillman by her friend, Miss Addicks. whom she was visiting. There were nine in the party and all were enjoying themselves im mensely. We were on Rich Mountairi and stopped under a tree to exchange horses with Miss Tillman, as her horse was not riding well. The rest of the party galloped on ahead, leaving my. self and Mr.'Lee to make the exchange. While the exchange was being made a thunder storm came up and we waited under a large tree until the shower was ever. "Miss Tillman was sitting on her horse. Mr. Lee was standing on the ground about ten feet away, holding~ his horde. I was about thirty feet off. Just as we were getting ready to leave a bolt of lightning flashed from a cloud which wvas directly overhead. It first struck thestree, and then Miss Tiillmnan A $25 0 JiKI IG STOVE wnA co n-.rn oUPTrrr on IOnly 212.00. De')liveredI to r ral roatd depot, all -p fiel~.g ch, e - ct I :,d tis~ descrip .}t ton, ii iru s. c olid C.ooking - ~ Sta o i N . I'; ha -- 10 inc pnt holes. t6%16 inch~ ow I . , t'r \ bx24inucholi h igh ;t 21.! ie, t t onio, casting, SI haveo hadt :!,a s .,..,'I. f->r my trado 4 bafter toy owno ':hea, nasinini,' all the good a ponta f a nwd :-'me'' "oes, and * :"a'vo all do''b' . ' etN No. 8 Cooking iStove" in adle, I--' hI 1- .t - , lited with 2~ ota,2 pt co pre aImen, 2 grldilea,8 :p akny pas, a 'o - ' (' e, I elbow, lcol. ; lar, 1li , r. g i *,:: poishi 1 iron : tea kct ti'e, I shoy~ I '. w ,nt to mnaIo etts pSoutih, for the ' .! 4- ,ntroducing our pbauinea%1 t nv w N '. :'1 t o roenow our }acquian c n i h ~ ilt. p owilhip rlu- .1 i.n otkin~g Stoeq wheni the ent hs "'n '- 2,u the ordter. This I .stoveo is a go't * ...,. n yi il ah giv ',I, .f.r ''n our illI,,atrated CarrIages madueg I .. ." Qgu,an Hb L . F. 1 DG ET T, 848 Brondi Stre.. t A ugusta, Ga. and Mr. Lee. Both were killed in stantly. Their horses were also killed. The lightning glanced and kr'oaked a '00e ofY the left hind foot of my horse. I was al:o slightly stunned. "Tuo lightning left no marks on Mis.' -Tillinu. Mr. Lee was burned on the arm. The rest of the party who were s, 0some d istanc' ahead cane back to us and we secuti d a wagon and a nmattress and carried their bodIes to Brovard, whorethey wore prepared 1or ship inent." bliss Tillman had recently graduated atWiitlhrop College, and it, was the in tontion of the famnily that she should make her debitt In Washington society > next wintei-. Mr. Leo was aon of Prof. J. F. Le I of Due West, and was about 25 years old. le had beon in Yorkville for i several years, and was highly regarded by All th0 denominations. His remains wore taken to Abbeville yebterlUy for burial. The body of Miss Tillman was takjen to Columbia, nd thence on a sp3cJal i train to 'ir(nton, where the family reside. Governor Fvans and his mothler, B. I. Tillman, jr., and Miss Lona Tillman, with a nuluber of friends from Columbia, escorted the remains to Trento. LaIxol Is not a mixturo of ougs. It ts nothing but Castor Oil made palatt.. ble. SOUTHERN RAILWAYe I.IADMONT AIR LIEN Condensed oeedute of Passeager Tr4afta Northbound V**. un 1 if N. 8 No. S No.1 Ex. Daily. ally. Daily Sun. Atlna' 0'1T is m 11 15 P 70 5 Atyant-, XI p1216 as80 608% " o C or6' s''' P' 1- 2 6 a1 058 e 1 0 .... ... . . . .. ..... ...- aa 8 p (Minesvillb. 9%'* 21 a102 a 7 81 ........ ........ 2,1 Silvia6Sass . . t y --..... ........ 9 50 a1180 8 87 I ., o o a .r. a p 5 81 a 58% ....... " on ' - -' ... 8 8 a 12 20p ....... " C on ita l ' . P 4 05 a 12 41 P ....... " B l --..-... ..I 3 a 4 1p... iSpar~amdburi. 6 18 ~ 18 a 92 . Gtffna*... . 1658 a 'lip.. Plc -br-. Ci 7 0 a 400 P ..... " a s ..a --''.... 781 a 500 p. Ar. Char lotte.. ' ' 8 3 Danville -.- 12 00 a 1 80 p 1125 p. Ar.Rihnmond ... -00- a 40 p 00 a. Ar.Washtpiton 6 42 a 04p......... ' Balt1' P4R. 8 06 a 11 2 p........... Philadolphia, 10 25 a 8 00 a .......... X wYor ... 12o3 0.20 a......=4( Vex. Fet.Mi No.17 Bouthbound. No. 87 No. 85 NO-14 Ex. Daily. Daily. Daily BUDA Lv. ..Y.,P.R.R. 480 p 121 a........... Pilladelphia. 0 p 8 50 a .......... timoro.... 920 p 8 22 a. "Vamhington.. 10 48 p 11 15 a ............. Lv. Richmond ... 200 a 12 5 p 200 .. Lv. Danville . 60 a 005 p 6 " Ciarlotte .... 9 85 a 106 6 p 12 20 p. G4stoni -..... ......1100 p I 1p Gaffnienys ..... .......1224 a 220p. " Spartanburg. 11 07 a 1 00 a 805p. " Grenvillo.... 12 28 p 1 50 a 4 40p. " Contral..115 p 885 a 40 p. Mneca...... 1 p 2658 a 606 p... *M et Ainter.......... .......02 p.... Conla....... 4 21 a 7 45p 8 86 ' i~da.......... l18p 41st9 a 8l2p 067 a H(mnewivlle... 8 81 p 4657 a 886 p 72i lb H It ord .---.... .... 00 '4Noroross-----.---... ........948 p 87 a . tlanta, E.&. 0 620 a 10 30) p 0:10. v. A'':m:taC. T. 855 6 20 a 9 0 p8 l0 "A" a. in. "P"~ p. mn. "~M" noon. "N" night., Nos. 07 and 88--Washington and Southwesf ern Vestibulo Limited. Through Pullmain loo iers bot woon Newv York and New Orlans~ Via Va.shion Atlanta and Montt~omery,andm~ slao botwooni low York and Momaphis, vmi. W ashigton, Atlanta and IBirmiinhm. This train also carries Richmnond-Augusta sleepun oars betweon Danville and Charlotto. First class thoron~ghfare coach betwoon WVashington and Atlanta. Dining Oars serve all mecals en route. No. 85 and 88-United States Fast Mrail. Pull. man 6lop n gcare between New York, Atlanta No.1 an d12r-Pillmian sleeping ears between Riohmond and Dlanville. The Air Line eql train Nos. )7and 18, WI)) omnJun let to Qot ber imat, 180 bo opert twee Atlanta and Mh. Airy, 4a., daily em, eept Sunday. ngto, D O.Washington~b a RKS. I!,. H ARDWIO SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Cendeue4 lekedule In 3flieo hz2r 14, 1806. ril ty...,............ 1 p m reenwood ............146, m kr. Abb ado .................... \r. el "................... a Sr. neowo. ... ........,....... 6 5 ~nt4i........-.... dmont .--.---.................. 10 55 a ........ -.... ....................... 7 ps r. lruLeto . -~lso r~~1 0 Wiat ... 7Ciifia...TA 07a 11 59a ....ston....... 4a1253p "....ntuo... 18 ...Union..... " 12 1o ..Jonesville ....' ** 12 f a pAr.. bpartanburg...L, 1148 45a 1 Lv..8 rtanburg.. .Ar 1128a 10p03Af.... hvllon..yv20% "P," p. In. "A," a. m. Trains 9 and 10 earry elogant Pullman sleeping care )e tween Uolaubia and Ashevilleb enrouedailbetween Jaokson vilfload noin. Trisleave kartanburg, A. & 0. dIvisio. northbound 6:la.ma., 8 :2-4 p. in., 0:18 (Vestibule JMnied); lou thbound 1:00 :.L5p. m., 1 :017 a. mn., ( Vestibule I imited.) Trinfaiy~ G reenvi lie A. and V. d vsion, ;rth un 4, 6:26 a. in., 2:1lip. mn. and 5:0 p. mn., Pullman ServIce. Pullmianpalaoe sleew.ng cars on Trains 85 and 8, 87 anid 88 on A. anid 0. division. W gion D. O. Waahir-- tonD . G W. A. , S. H. 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