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VOL rIKI 20 6:--NO. ~~~o.. PICKE~NS, S. C., THUtRSD)AY, U S'2 8~ N )LA ER Campaign Meeting A Quiet Day Without Any Excitcmncut. WHIT\IAN SIRSUOTB()YS Earle is Well Received at Home. Ansel and Prince Are On Friendly Terms. Green-vill Mmuun~ii injoe r. The campaign meeting at Greenv ill Is a thing of the past. The candidates eamoe here from Spartanhurg, where the imeet.ng was held the day before. Governor EIvans;, Superintendent of Education Mlaylield and .1iudge Erle arrived Tui'esday afternoon at -1.-10 o'clock. The other eanl didates trri'Cd oil tho night t.-:ain. The ieeting was without any special featu res. A Il of the speakers wrm given a respectful and qtilet hearing except M r. Whitman, whosu veleient Ilagutiage in den.uncinig TiliIian at fon time bIough t out someiC howlilng fromi the crowd. It was lifteen minutes to eleveu when Chairman hiramlhett calleCd the meeting to order, and announced that the exer cises would he opened with prayer by Rev. S. 13. Harper, wh.io praye'd for blessings on the State, and re'verciiee for peace and order. Chairian 13-an) lett asked the crowd to give a respoect ful hearig- to all tihe speakers. Hon. Jotin T. Dunean was the iest speaker. 11' had something LO say at the begining about the prog rai. "The: meeting at. Spartanburg was the larest of tie series. ILVaIIS got the rpIly there and has it again to-day. le hopes to coic here toL ridI icile." He proposod t. oplen with twenty mii n utes and r iepy with ten, whil he ivan could take his time in between. EIvans said notbing to this. Thirty mimnuters was too short a time to discuss national issucs. All present were Democrats. lie would stand by the DLmocracy whlen clocted. Thl greatest tihing a legis lator can do -s to avoid evil legislation. Referring 11 EvaIns, he said "watch him work al his minachinery." Ho6Came before Sout. Carolinians to work for their liburt cs. What better p:roof against Nvar.. can be offered than the written reco-'d or living w itnesses. Hle wouli give s -lid facts that Ivans would riot t4tempt to answer. As to Gi . Earl 'scand I.iacy -e anti tle speakrcl Could be on I en(dly3 te-mns wille Evans got imad wil 11 the truth was tol. AI. the lirst -i. -ting l-ana piteheil th. cailpaigin o- a loV plane. Now l-van-. is beunaving himiinself as well as the man can. Earie'. candidacy is urifortunate. Tilin.an pr.erred any sort of a "tormer to l.-ri-ic. lie was not run ningt in Elarl's mnerests. Ile was out LW show up E-'.rns who 15 IL disgrace to South Caroli -1a. le had no paper sub sidized. lei had no po .itionh to give asway. 'When the stinigs were puilled - theoys would hoillcr. - "We ae going to vote fomr him,'" said *''.bystaiider, meaning Evans. At New beirry Evans was whooped lip by T1om jliron, wh limmenidiately got an aip jinftmeniit Ian constahle '..T. Sparks. ~-Aof Uiilon, tid ohlim that he (Sparks) had been tol to go to Columbia to get. a place. Go-. Evans said h~e had never. - heatrd of it. M\' r. I )u ncan then took up ~ he Newbold business andl r-ceerrod to -" his cowar-d'y hones." "We took the - ...dispensary out of his hands and the ~constabuilary shiloutld have been taken -away, too." H:e rcad iNewbold's tele gramn and spoke of 10vanis in conltemplt ible terms. "E~vans will tell you that IEarle is too late a Ltefor-mer-. He came to the ie former-s who gave him an hon or-able plosition, which was enough." "'When you and I and lien 'lTillmlan -were fightimg for Ltoform, where do we see this man (10vans) ?" asked the speaker. l vans voted against TIll 3nan's cand idates in the Legislaturoe. Evanis vo)ted to postponie the Clemson matter aloing wit flaI tskell and liiraw ley. Wo' heard so umuch abouitt his go lng to give sepairat. coaichies for the racees, but. ho has n'ever- done it. I n 1J(J IEvans was looking at the Lieformi procession to see if he could get a job. D~uncan tackled iEvans' roe.ord along the usual Ilines. 10vans voted( against, Y. J. Pope for the Stupiremo Court,, when Ti'llman wanted him elected. Evans was I i a(desperate pilighit. Mr. D.uncan was Informed that lie had only' JIve minutes more and he made aL brief re3ference to the bond matteo-. -Hie then took up thme rehato business. Evanis tied to defend H-ubbellIand made llubil hell out a liar-. 1to referre-d to thbe meeting wher-o Mixson wits present, and Evanos did( not deniy the rebat~e transaction. LHe tur-ned to E0vanms and told hIm to deny it, and said "'Mixson will show you up, sir-."' ie held out, to , vains a wrmitten denial of tLhi state - ment andl asked hhn11 if lhe would signi it. Evans paid nto attentioni to htim. hut wecnt on talklimr to a friend on the sitandl. Dunncan tld the anecdote (if the matn who broke wvith his poQckets full and then saId lie wo'.ldI turn his back on Is p ast life. Sever-al cheems for E'vans were g iven b~y his admi-er-s in the crowd', when Duncan sat down. Governor IEvanis was the next speack ker anfd was greeted with cheers. Hie said Ite was sure the crowd had been greatly dnlightened upon the Issues of wheohad jue taken hrst seak to thoe arut.mrs and hlaborIng men. T1he farm em-s lhave a ird light yet befor-. them in National alfairs. HeI thanked God for the light they saw in the W'est. "Don't let, one ray blind .vout anid load you to follow afteor false gods.'' Gov 'vais told the anecdoto of the froze mrnt ad III rged is hcarers uot t le't inl enemy into the caip. Six year. ago "we" forued the [Irillefrms' move ment mii! framidi( the Shell manifestao I I,- ld be(n cal leod a deimaugtogue imd. tLiok-l God for it. If bOeing a dema. gogue was figiting tie peopie's bat.t.lt le wated )to be one. .ree silver had leen one of the Al iance de imands for six yearms. 'Jh'e Na tionail Ieimocratie platform w as the samile as the State platforin. Ile re ferId to h. G reenvii I News and. N ews and Co murilr and ridiculed the sond mooney literature these pa pe'rs w4ee publis ihin. Tho farmers had never waited Cleveland, and stood as the prophets of the coun try. lie said the Gh icago coivOnti ion reminded him of an old time Tillman hanuds-all-round meeting. ie took most of the cred it for liryan's nomination, and eilogized tihe Democratic cand Idate. Gov. Ilvans I .Iinchied into i fr-ee silver argumilent, Salying adl were depemd -nt on th is issue. I1is Speech onl this subjoet Was listented to very attentively. Ile took iu) the I neoic tax q uestion and said one of the U. S. Su preme Court judges had been houglt )y the Millionaires. The U. 8. Courts should h reorganized "You want to send to Congress men who will do this."' "Elarle will do it," yelled a farmer standing near. Gov. Evans took a hind primary onl the question of Judge Simonton's honesty and three voted that he was all right while a few more held i) their hands oi the other side. Ile referred brielly to the Federal pension iniquities, and closed by urg ing tihe farmers to stand to their pri n ci plus. iHe had seen t0he boys in Green Ville, and they were all right, they were going to vote for him. le Vas gtoinmg to the Senate. There are sonie people. he didn't want. lie was go ing to the S6eiate with the Alliance prilcipies and have ia reguliri 'ill man ite meetimig. 'There was considerable cheering when the Governor sat dlown. .u dge EIrle was greeted Wi'ith cheers when he arose. i-e was always glma to be upon his native heath. His irst competitor had said don't vote for Emarle. lie caie as a Democrat,. In 1890 lihe appeared hero in opposition to 13. R. Tillman. There had been all sorts of charges against the oflicers of the people. H-e was Atttorney General at that tilie. H-e had implored every spealker to bring up anything he could against Jo as. 11. Earle, but not one man spoke and Iefore that campaign closed, Tillman himself said nothing could be said aIgainsit Imrle. He refused to op pose Tillmnan in the general election and begged the people to lay aside their dilferences. The men who were now t'rying to arraty Demncrats against cach other, were doing it because they want~ed the oliCes. T1his eampj1aign had been full of personal ities. At ilorence, lie wats obliged to resent an insult. IJ regretted the circumstances but, " As God allows ine to live, tie man who insults me will have it ie sentled " lie said, "1 1 wiii insult no man and will allow no man to insult me." ie was sorry for the Plorence alfair. H1e apologized as Ik judge but as a man ie had no apology. He asked any man who thought be did wrong to say so. h),t no oile spoke. J udege Earle Look uP kvans' remark about his get in- on the band Wagon and s'iid if it wa., the barmd wagon driven by New hAld and guar-ded by dispensary col seihie. lie did Iot wish tio get on it. Iiut if lie Ieferrd to the band %v agron drivent by the people he was going to get on it. (Cheers. ) Nothii ld hon heard about free si l vetr in Is1o. The I'egislature could give no iielp. Judge Narle went into a strong argu ment for free silver, read ilg stltisties in support of his position. In closing he thanked the people for their attention andi~ saidi that Evans would not, get all the votes ini this county. When thie Senatorial candidates finished speaking, a large number of 'the audl ~inc" began to leave the groundis andi coinparmati vely3 little attention was1i gi ven to theirm l niediate fohllowers. T'he cheecrlin.< iand haind-chippi ng whli ch was given Judoge Earle ait thec close of is * sp~eechi was more general tha n that given Ivans, though the Governor's adm iirers seenied to possess 5stroniger Theim cand idates for Adjutant and I nspetor' Genieral weme the next speak ers. Gen. R. N. ltiehoiurg was first introduceed. Uie spokke of his ex peri (ences iin milIitary' affatirs and said lie served undioer MaLxey Gr egg duirinrg the war. lie promished to sup lport Geni. Watts if lie was noinated. Gen.Johin Gary Watts was next in trodlucedl. lie waos glad to meet the peole of Greconville County. TIho militia, lie said. was (on a lirmor basis than ever' before since the wvar. I To told one or two jokes which got the crowd i.n aL good hum iior anmd read the resolutions of the military conventioni w hehl e ndlorsed hiis ad miniiistrationi. As Cen. Watts was sitting ownvi, a by standue; cal lcd omut that, they w'ou~ld elect, him the next governor. lion. M . IL. Cooper, candidate for .Lieut-mnant Governomr, was the next sp~eaker. Heo paid a tribute to Green vill Iamnd told of his record in the scr vice of the Rieform faction. Mr. Cooper told of the nomination of Tililman in 1890~l, in whIih heli said lie took part. He0 spokc in gloinmg terms of lUryan, w hom lie said was the man to lead the lieople. lHe referred to his completitor, .\laj. M\cSweeaey, and said lie was sorriy lie was not, hero. Inr Spiartain hurmg, lie said, Maj. McSwoeoney bugged L army Gamt. " I f I were goig to hug~ a nian, I would get a better lookingi one than ILarry Gantt." There also he foiimd bladges bearing the names of1 Evans, kilembe and MeSwveeney, but the speaker was not a coat-tail swinger, The candidates for Governor camec next, the Ii rst one being Senator- Jobhn Ii. I [armrison. lie pm-om'ised not, tc touch iion naltional issues02 buit woul d d iseiuss State a Ifairms. T1axes had varied very little in the last twemnty yemars. Tihe bondedl debt hias beemn refun tded and( there is now no reason wh y 'the rtaxes shiuhiilI not ih' red uced. - ii took u~p Libe natter of Clecimson Colle lge aini expjlai Ined Lthe pu rpose oif the founi i ling of the en! lege. It, was mnot needed as a literary inst i tuitiorn btt as ai tech nologi cal school. Senator- l.:rrisoni said less mkonley shoulId he uistd at Cie mses an0 gave ligiures to e. ~upport hiLi thory. -it nextbI Cpk oni Lth apefl:. -ary la am i ) sid it, was nimt, at a!I perl (:t, i ery fou laws wveme pefect at Iirnst hut it dIidi nl take throe year-s to lind ouit the defects The systam was too exenuive Thn bottling establimient at Columt and the colstlbulary fore- took t mhll money. He advocnted local ( Lion. Thero wero too 1111ny olliev 0111ployed. Thio colnties cout( blIvI (Juiors as elcIetI as coruld he done by IA St.ate. The State blys the Iiq lors tho West, and t thl advaniltbo I.It- lonig hauil r-atvi, It is shlipped Colinibiat, and flolm ,htete to t.it dilit eut. counties at ,hort haul rates and i Money is saved. Tle constabu lary w also expenive. A collstable va.s o deied fromt Charleston to (reei'vil an rd I-he State had to pay the ex ptist ILocal conLstahle, could be Clmp loy< heaperm., andtti there wouhlil he no coiIiC he tween the . ontables and th peopt lie told of the case of young HILaki of Batvavillc, whltose tr'iuink was sCare ed in this City sortie months ago an who had never- had anything to 4. With thO Iui(1 nor tIrali e. Tihe exti ordinary power exrcised by the Go ern'ior oug ht not to remiiain inl the hamr of any man. Ile ctn come into Gree ville County with the appointmi tent ( It hundrLed constables with the instrur tions to arrest ,hosO IIpposed to hii an1d let his (avo ites go. The ne constitution pr-ovides that the pr'oli shou11ld go to the schools bat they hi never, gottel ally. lie gave the dilfe ence between the prices of hol i Aiken and Augusta, and it was abot $2 00 higlier in the former. Ho than i ed the people for their favols in th past and was loudly cheered at th elose of his specel. G. Walt Whitman, of Union, calnd date for governmor, way the ne'm speaker. Ii opened with some con 1)1 liten tary re mar iks to Greenville an said if the Ieoplo had nevor seen liraclo they saw one now, a man wI was willhing to tell the t-uthL on th stump. IIe asked if the Shell mtian festo was a lie znd said they had nt been able to show Il1) fr-au d1 at 01hr time11, but there was surely incipie r 'otterines-. "If I can smell now, the. is incipient r-ottenness somlewhiere a this tnie." He jumped on Tillman a at political 6somer'.itlltel' but was greete with cheers for Tillman. Il ieplie that he paid Tillman a complimer when it was due and his hearers (i not have senso elough to (10 this. H had riot said Tillman was a li ar, as on of his opponents had done. lHe sai the Swamp Fox (Ellebe) had hi tongue out and would not como befor the people: Mr. Whitlan was intol rupted with cheers for Tillman am cries to sit down. Ho said the nois was being made by dispensatry consti bles and their friends. He poured to sh ot in the crowd and rettrned a goo reply to every cheer. Mr. Whitman time was ui LIefore Io finished but h was given more time on account of t, intterru ptions. When he spoke of Ti I man riot keeping his promises th crowd hollered for Tillian. He wade into the pap-stckers, as he calle tlemn, and in conelision gtrew ologuter in plraise of South Carolina. Gon. Ellelbe was next on the )rc grain, but was inot present and Super intendent of Education W. 1). Mavliol was introduced. Ile was glad to Fe the people of Greenville again, wh had honored him in the past and hit given him an important ollico when mnere boy. He spoke of the growth < education in this county and in th State under his clintrge. lie took u tite (lemson mattter and entered into defeise of its mnrittageltent, 'aying i wts the farmter's eollegr, anti was utI )or'ted by therr ard no lawyer or dot to' had to pay for its sippolrt. 'T'lh peopleV wouILd no0L grudge(110 any mon01e spent at Clemson, which would mak the boys grandi and glorious 11101 232,000 boys and girs ate now in th public schools. and the majority ( theml would never go to college. M Mayfield urged the people to stand I Lhose who wer2 building up) thre publ schools. lIe dlefendled thre presertt at minfistrationi iln the matter oIf taixati< and1( gave patticutlatr oIf how the tax oni horses atr~d such Lhintgs had been dI eatsedl. The taxes-On ritltrotads hi beeri i ncreasedl, valu table land heir putt otn the tax books whliich was n there befor'e. NIlr. M\aytield spoke whatt the adminfittiiton hiad do ialong the li ne of tenms ions anti al trave iL credit fotr having irnaugrat thte ptrimarn y. i-I told of the good Lc ditroln (If the banks, raIilrloadls and)1 c< tont mrtills in Soruthi Carol ina~ and sa no0 tman could say thart thbe admlinirtstr ~i on Ihadl been a faillure. le Lthan k the peoplie for' thei r palst su ppor~L ta asked thiemt to v'ote for hlim if Lb tthoughit hte would make a better ollie thant~ hiis comtpetitor. Nir. May lic was chieered as lie sat down. M-Ir. T1. C. IRobinlson, of lick em canldiate forit Superntendenit of Ed cation, was the next speaker. lie w Ia gratndsoni of Gr'eentville, and admnir hiis granm iothier. He was ar graduni of Wor-lford, a donoinrational col ley but was rnot opploseod to the Statte er Iloges. Th'e publhIic2 schools shouldI stustiineod. Ilecrause lie was aL new m;t wasto reLatson why h1'le was olpposedl t~re admrin istrationi. lie h ad been eto tor of a Ro~formn lpper for thie latst 5 years andl had( defended thet trute, trii andl tr'usted leaders of the muovemte andt~ would still do so. [Iis oppione spioke as if was 'rnning for G;overn'i Since Mr'. Mayhleld hadl gone to Coi ia, lie had urnder'gone a change hieart. When fIrst elected, he prtea( ed t'otrtilon in offico, btL new he war the ollco for' life. Mr'. Riobinson La tn ancedote of Eli Perkins which I apliedco to Mr. Maylleid. lie r'ead frc the Shell matnifcsto, the par'agrai calling for r'otationrin oli 1ce. N R2obinson wats applaudedl at the alt of his speech. The candidates for solicitor wc neoxt, on the program. Mr. M. I". A sol was first Introduced, butt lie did r make any speech. Hie thanked L 1)0o1)1 for their past su pport a gracefully Introdu Iced his fr'iend a comipetitojr, G. E. Prucc, of Anders< Mit'. Piuce siaid such handsome tre mticnt rrm had boon given hIim by ib Ansel tuok the~ starch oult of him. Satid NI r'. A mn! htad 1hold the oflico I eight years atnc io~ atablished au ro utationt as a eruinalrrl lawyer. P'rince mattde ia spe~ech whlich kept t crowd in a good humor1w atnd which in full of wit. lHe toIld several anedot, one1 (of which about Birother Crawfc was the one uised by Soliciltor' Ansel good efflect in ihis foirmner campaig Nit. Pince spoke of thme limp)ot'rteo theO Oflice) of 8solicitor ini the adini trattion of jurstice. lo believed in tation in ollico if they would roti Ansel ouit and rotate hinm In. N Princo took his. anat ami luhtem. a Ia a few cheers for Ansel. ile race for :)o solicitor is being conducted on a high p- plane, and if it. continues in tihe way it rs started it will be a good eXleAI~ to li- the other candidates for hiiher ollices. Io Al. L'rinco and Soliitor Ansel w' nt oil in Jiseph T. Johnson, candidat.e for of Congress, was the last speaker. I Ite to mizado a strong free sl1V-er spOecI, but r- the crowd had becomo very bimali. I inh it) opponenlt, Stanyarno WV0ilson, together' 1. with Gon. Elilerbo and Maj. McSween r- 0y, were delayed inl SpartiiIIn)ur1g. A GREAT DEMOCRATIC RALLY, ts W UtYAN NOTi"l1l-i). The Demtocrlatic Canlddltevs Receive lo a Gaanl Ovation in New Volk. Willianm J. Bryan and A rthir, se wall i were formally notified Wtedliesdiay' Inight that they were the cloice of the if DemocratIe party for the highest ollees in the gift of the people of the U nited a States. Whatever might bo the political in elinationis of any person who atteundedi d this grand ratification of the i Denoue racy at the spacious Mladison Siare n gardein, he must have beeinl pelmeat d it with the blindost ju)iljdic( 1 not to have been thrilled by the oxcitoenii't and 0 the entlusiasi which prevailed during c tho entire time the notification core monies lasted. The presence of so i- stu pendoils a crowd of human heings t was in itself an eloquent tribute t > the i- importance attached to tie occasion J and Such i crowd it was !ciln and ai women poured into the vast, anditorium o through itany inlets. They caiUo in e droves, in sections and in orderly - marching step. The opening of the t doors was followed by a hurry'ing, sell: - t rying rush of feet, and in they eanme, t shouting. jumping, shoving, push-o1inlif, e li int.ent on reaching the plcetts 1est ,t availahe to SPee nIo hear' al that W s to be see.-n and heard. After a wihile LI the in.ress became m11or1e orderly ano Li the nLtrance of the audience settled t, down into a constant inflow of iumiian I beings. U At - o'clock the doors were thrown L open, and despite the efforts of the po Ll lico to rcstrain theui the crowds tin s ccry side made desperatO r'ushes for e the entrances. In the struggles itany women fainted and had to be carried :1 away. The polico finally began to use e their clubs in an effort to restore or ,- der. t. There was little decoration in the LI hall. The speaker's rostrum wias Sim s ply covered with the drapery of ai e Amflerican standard, while the gallery D spaces, immediately behind it. wer - decorated mor elaboratoly, but w it.h1 e the same material. That was al , wit h A the exception of two gigantic portraits I of William J. Bryan and Arthur Sew t all, one on each side of them. Seats on the platform immediately in the rear of the rostrum had been res''ere for members of the National conlit d too, members of the notification comn (mlittee and a few distinguished Demo 0 erats. In'the boxes surrounding the d platform were scated Mrs. Br'yan. IEx Congressman and Mrs. Bland, Senator , Blackburn of Kentucky, Congressman 0 Sulzer of New York, General Bond of f Maryland, and many otherls. a Richard 1'. Bland entered the gardiei t at 7.-(. With him was Mrs. Bland. u- bt they caie ill So quietly and unos tentatiously that no one noticed their e entrance. ,Just prior to that time' tle y audinOlcWe had been growing impatient. o An emotional silverite gave vent to his feelings by calling for three ceers for e Bryan, and they were given with) a will. )f The members of the notification coil imiittee had entered without exciting tany demonstration. Then came the e, Nationm l mmittee, and with them I. Arthur Sewail, the Vice-I 'residlentill a caddae whoe Iccupiied a p~lace second .01only to the Nebrr'Iskani in to-night's -pr0ceed ings. 11(e w.as r'ecogniz/edl by3 on (ily a fewi, and the vast mnajoriuty of Sthe audience did not uinderstandl the sp or-adie cheers in the andiece and fthe handelapping on thc stand. 10 But it w-as when the young wife (of a the young N ebraska noi~lnec enteredl 1, he box rese rvedl fior the uise (If herself n- andl hea' friends that the atssembi laige let -itself loose for the first time. AliI men iar'e anmx ious to do honor to ia w .man~t an 111(hio fan- wayvinzg beinlgs5 whoii throng e d the gatrden were oinly two wvillIing toI 1(1 followv prieced ent. Cheer after- c heelr i%'went up~ fr'omi floor and galler'y andi or platformn, andl the dlark-skin ned little 1(d womian opened her' eyes in siiurpise, and then wvont ahead, calminly scttl Ing herself in her seat in the box nearest a ind to the right of the rostrumii. Hnit uI- the cheeinzg con tinumed and men gilt, upon1111 thiir chir s and wvedcc hats and afans in thli' desire to (1o honor tol the tcwife (If the Democratie catnididate. Wo mein , too, rose zad joined in the shout -Ing, anid soon1 it looked as if the wvhole aud~ninclce was on (Ii It feet. yelin g iith m igh rlt and miain. M irs. Hrvl-an rose to bow her' than ks. The chieer'ing became mxioi'e intense. She howed again and ,again, and still they cheered. 'Ph r-ough it all she looked cool and calmi, just as tshe appeared 'ml thait excitii! clay at lit Chicagro wvhen the Bi'yan whiirl wi ndl sweplt all biefore it, and~ brought, abouit "~ the ci rcumistances that miade her so I priomiinen1t, a peorsona.e. [''i Mally ' the h- cheerinig ceased, and Mi's. H,an began tis ieldling a bro'lad plml-leaii and sur bl'eyed the aud ience. She was attir'ed 1m simpily ini a waist oif light, gr-ey silk, in roselS~d iith bilack bars5, antii a dar'k lbskirut. A little black jet tu'ban, atdorln - edl with a whiiite aigrette, was on her se he~adl. Alrls. Irly an hiatd eniter'edc the hall1 don tube arm! olf \Vmi. I'. St. Joh~in. MIrS. l' St. .1,11hn coulI d not atted oni acc oun111t oIf n- illness, and the wife oaf Gov''lenr .'te)Ine c0t cam in hr placed. I oi tle boIx with de Mirs. 11rvan wiere Mr I. antI Mirs. Bl1and, ir'. Stone, M's. Macy eof New Yor'k, ric atnd Clark{ loell'(1 , edcitorl of the Atlanz . it wats just 8' eolock when thle prin c cpal attlr elf the evening entered. MI' Ir. IIryan had reached t~he gardeien in -1 companyti3 with hiis wife andi Mr'.St.Johln, .i buti hadlP'0 rmi ned helo(w uiptilI they' hie wer seated. Thelay had been conveyed as teo the 'Twentyv-seventhi sti'eet entrance, .3from which t'he police had kept back i'd the crowlid, anti the arriivai of the can teloh dblatte was niot knownIW tel the strugglIng mauilsses aroun ad t he other' eldrs. But (I wheni he oppf~l -d ton the standl andl wits is' re:ogniz/ed by ma~ny' In the aioipe(, a ,-gleat cheel' wnt, up. .te '.'Bryan, 1Bryatn, Blryani," wvas the Ir'. fshout (of those who~ know hirm, and as nad .nthers of the crlOwd i'ealzed that, the hero of the evening had Comllilt the chering becaine louder am iouttter and treatened not to stop. Bilt it did stopl and those who ti med it said that, t.e ovation had lasted six min tILes. AL X.15 o'clock Senator Joies of Ar kansas, ehairnan of tile National com .m1ittee, aftor several atttempts to call tle auidience to order, managed to get eltotigh quiet, to ttillouncto .itt le hatd beeil directed by the National coi mitttee to noiniite it., ebairmian of the(i miietinag, Dr. Illiout It i lforith of New ''York. Mlr. lianfort-1h wa< h e with that, t.1 k new they id not want I a speich, and ei wa s of, ( ) iting t disai t I, thi It. itIle h d )y I Irof .k 1tiII! ('doverw \ll \ l A. S'to ne, o .\iih Dui ebairu of lth com iTere' onl nlotifb-raliouv,. C hoere w vre more ehet -., ii ses V.' ti %A5 Ia SC 11-11 po e ti litt Ili'tst il aoth stahiu't -pan form ofi Aiesournia the(. stand anld camle forward to pvve formlal nlotitiention to ,N le-s rs . in1-yanl and Sowall of their nlomlination by Lt b Democreatie convention, Thero were hisses when hie spoke of the British tgold standard inl force inl Ameirica and iore hisses when he spoke of Maiartcuts Aurelius li.nna. "llit him at ain," cried a voice in the gallery, with refer enee to Mr. ammian and a latugh fol lowed. Some cris, Seemn1in)gly of pro test,, followed, Gov. Stoneo's referenlce to Nl r. II tilnna, but they were not, iiarked. 1 Jo foid symi-patIy in his audience w ith his referenice to tbe iond issues of the administration. 'a'rd t'he end of his speceh the atudiento begtin to grow impat.ient. and the spirit of the as seibltgc wa showin itn crie of ''yai, l1ryau." At the outtset Goverlnori Stone ex t!,e that ie was attintg its proxy fio Selnator' White of (alifornia, upon wioi, as chairman of the commnti ttee, would have devolved the pleasing d uty of formally notifying thle andidattes, out unforeseen circtimstatie.s had kept Senator White in California. Gov rnort Stone's speech wits an atiraign Imient as itich of the uleveland admin istrationi as of tite Republican ptli'ly and Concluded with ni eloqultent eito gitium of the Demitocrttie caUndidate., and i prophecy by him of an adimtinistra Lion imatde illustrious by great ieve imlents. W hen Governor Stone neln witet itn the notification of his nomination to a. I lryan, ia inti) be'gan to wave It Ilig AmericIi ltg ovetile lttttI's head I 'cople juped to tleir feet and shout A with a viil. (heer followed cheer, aud for ia itintute or two 1 lanidemlioniumi I'eigned. The crowd went, witi with anthu1lsism, an~d luing-power1 was drawn im to atn ahi rmiing extet. I tilt 0 is t0flemonstrationl had i tt en II d in' inl thv lesire of Ihe people to leiar the spoch Lo Vicih.I thet'y had been look in for wvard so anx\iOusly, an~d whenl the Manl with the latg (ame down to wher11,4 Nil'. lit. an w as sitting and fast.ened tihe 41tandard inl the cornelr of the tstn, the vcheering ceased, amd everyhlolyI wvatched with interest whilo M r. I ryan help)(d the haniler-waver. to fix tle statl inl place. Although tihe Cheering thoulsands in tihe hail wore hot of body and hoarse if throat, thoy rose IS I Iman) wh ien "bairman Danfort~h stepped forward tmd introuleed Ir. iryan. Thenl mete ta demonstration that far eXc(eded those that followed the men tion of IBr-ya'si namle previously inl the evening. The sce'o preselted witas sitrongiy r'ein itiscent of the L1tinuit that raged inl the Colisumon at Chici'ago whlen it'yat finishitled the effort i that established his reputation as a grevat orator. Alen and woinen rose to their feet and cheered. Oin the platform, it the boxes, tup) in the galleries, pcople weret cheeinig like1 madt. Men watved their coats andi their htats, wile i womten liLtredt fans andtt har dkeirchiefs as only wonten can. Neatrly every p~ersbon whio joi ned In Lbh noisy3 tribute to the Detuocratic cand i date was stantd ing on his chatiri, wavine and shoutinig. Th'ie baitid sttrttek ip a l ively air, and added to) the dir,. A1iri Bryan held up his hand)( for' silence It, was tlike an inentive to yetlI louderi ''Te crowd wouldttt not he~Li thwartedi NI i. HriyanI imad e an elort, to sp eak. ii is voice was drown V. ted in a wvildt howl. Again he hetld tup hi. handlt, andt atgatin Li)e cheering rost, in its~ mnightL. Somebody begatn to shake the loor by rising andtt recedinfg qutiicklty oni his tots. O.thenrs fotllowed hise0xarinl, and that, tbuntierous; irumbi whti ch sotuntds lik e theo apprtiontcih ot n army of warti (hio tts rose0 above Li)be cirs of the muttitudie. This wats- Loo) muich for' the nomi Inec. He sitw Liihat, h is aui diiece wits bond~~ to hiave its way, and hie gave up his atttempt, Lt) check thite buttt in aL second jumt)ped upj atgin w ithi htad uipraised for silenco. Th'e shiott ers weire getti ng weary )3b his Li me, bu1)t the retstrii ing ha ind madtue themn take IL last lease in thoira ehlforts. Sena Li)) ,Jutnes shiotd : " I appeatl tot tis hltL he wits not l istened! to andi the crowvd did( not caISe until it felt tiko it. Mr i. ilryani rose andt sttepped to the front, aind contro of the speaker's plat form. ini Itis hianti he had at mannt scr'ipt copy of hiis speech. i is faice wits piale, butt the wats cool anttd alm. le begarii to speak tslowl'y, iitt wats oblged to stop for the demnonstra~tion hiad sev'ei'ai renewalhs befor'e it dietd. Theren were h isses for' qu iet before somie of 1,he ildti y enLtusiamstic adir) er'a of th~e yomn g cand idate !ould hio)1 suiibdu ed. lie be'gan aga Iim. andh a miien in thi gatllIery gave manotherP netr Live to enithuisiatm by shioutinig. "" ree c:heer's for 1iyan." Th1 en Ihe begano in emarn es t. ii is voice wa'is firmbi, but it .showed si gns of bioars'eess. I t wats pl ain Lthat Li)he phiysiciatn who attend)(ed h)~timt at Al. . John')is hiouaso hadtt not been able to brinrg the wond~er'ful voicei to theo perifect con dIitionl it wats in wVhieni thte Cin~go speech wais madtte. The strain of the speech -mak ing jour mney from Chicaeigo to Il'itthurbg hmad boen too great to allow stichi a q uick reoSverby of Liie tse rcf the vocl 1 -."ans'!, mand AIli. IIsryatn con d not mallke himosetlft'hear'd so d istinictty as in the Colistbum. IBut it wits only in the gatlleries in the r'ear of lte garden i.bt eveiryth ing he satid 00ould not lbe hieard, atnd afteri his speech~l had prIoceedel~d a while, mantfy it these points of d isad vatamge hegani leiaving uanti I they be Piarne~ coilmartti vely empty before the eifoi't was coretluded. Nit. Br'yan iroatd from main utscript),, bitt ocenslinaily ho dronned thno ahnats of paper and Spoke t)( -earlnestly and ve hetnentlily withboul, look ing att tihunl. Du1ringp Mr. l3iryai's speech lie 'wis frtiuently interruepted by chicr;S of apilroval, loutilly checered, I was also hli., reerence Wo'the sale tof honds1. The tuditnce ab- mani fested Its approva'2l it, va'riius stiges of h iS Speech of froee iver argulinlt. When some of tie inore tellitig points Iin this discussion were reaclied, thie0 audie.uice yelled With ill its ilight and the speaker was voipelle'd to walit intil order' was restond1., \Vh len in on mcludin II,,- r. I h'yan :d he ex pi.ed the Co-opora tion) of al 1 preslI it a voice Cried : "Yohlla v it." and1 thi uIdience 1gain roared inl unli:on. The per-orationl a o a;i' i t in t h l itnt 'e. i .tO , ol the . tVI i c .e I p e ''h L it. wa m htsl, ~ t woudtl~rl delikey e on tniur rIl ad theret- was- an1 unl int Akle01 iusk iness ill Mri . I h'van's tnLe. Whenl hit conlud'i)(, atfterpakn tl hour anid fort'y Iniiute, there! was antherLlvl demlonit.t~imn-, but, It wats brief. The fa1.' gallet'ies had pr-pIti bly.\ dwinldh-d andt( Lte k-0\Vwd )li hot 011 it, ! If inlto th . su e mio dit-ion (if voice that ir. lrvaln V.2 thliei cherin gl turni II 11 h r ,1Ail l. thur Sw alli, Oh . \'ict. I're idti l anid i -at' and 'tl fe.w wtIrds forluid ly nloti fiedI him on(f hti nml inalt ion. Sewall thilnke Gvi S(Lilin for the coiurti(ou.s teiiins (If his milssage nid for his kinld expre'isions and then, in1 a brief atnd d ig Ii il'id spa cth, fol low iig t ie 'IIanie illno of iy'gilienlt as h1 is chie f, W-C01t1ed tIC n111n1111tio ailld vindorsed. the platfrm-l, promising Lt 111 Ov.ery elfoirt of Wh ich lie wias a ble in support of tihe principles in volv ed. Mr11i. SeOwall linlishd hliS S1)0( ch) at 10:45 When lie sat down, thIIaudience sett up1) aL cry fo' Tiblin, but, Tillmn, althoughri presint, d id not, respond. I'Oleli began to IIsi forwart'd a1 s SetIS inl thet foregrIound wer! ,valcut-ed, and11 Iearly all the aIuieince wats gdatilred aroumnd flhe press seat-ts, whichspaa cd thiem fromIll tiit 1oIstiI. Sol rrent WIas the (onfusi tltL hardly anybody leard Chivair imaln l):lnforth nllolune thatth 01 meeting" wats ad1jOurntl 0 --. .1aa BILL ARP BANKS ON BRYAN, P11Jili IN LIl'I, AND POOlt IN TIl IS WVOltIAl's GOOD)S. A 3Man1's liabhits an11d I'cjtl ices on troll 111n11 Vort I he 514).t Par-t. unI-anlin haid that, man was a undle of hi-ts. Somebody else -;aidl lie wts ai hillilic (if pt'ejudices. It i. faii' to Sa1y t 1hat his ILits ouitl ive his prejudices. Miine have, I knlowV. INly3 toder of lI ft., mly datily rouitine," myl fol Itand clothing. ily time to go to bled lnd to riso inl the loIlIlllg, hld411( mek. fatster than they,) did thirt~yyar ago1. llahit comesi from)li tihe I atin1 woII.i " laeibo, i"i to hol --to hld(11( fast. I can't h()( or chop ieft-hanilded. Un Cinsciouisly i dress and 11undiress tiie S111110 Wily eVery tiIII an1(d aliWIays iut (i lli left sio li-st. When 111y gomd friend, Mlajor' Volute, lost, his right a1mii in hattl' ie was yountrig an1d soon I441 learn (d to write with his left hand. If I wer'e to lo mIline noI)w I do not belieVe I wouh11(l veve' le;arn to use my left,. I ain tioo Ohi and1(1 the hait, has hebl ne too) lm)n. It is ha:rd U t tach anl old (1o new tricks. Iruites aLre subject to thll -iamle forwee. I hil anl oldmu Wi contracted a liu.hit of lettilng Lth hars d(ow tL get into anoti er ildi and0 shie woulid let tlieiin down to get ont (If aL gioodl pI5astur into a had11 oIn. IBut I feel sur'e thait I hiave got oIviI some1 oIf lmy pre4judlices. Danui Web sterI told( hiis peille they had1( iconqueri ed ieverythling bult thirI pre'jutiliee. w ill c4)oquer tliemi. '.l~'he arel hIard LI give upl, for' mo1st iif thleml are1 born witl us5. ( ur r'eligioni and superolstitioni am1 linherI~ite. Laike fat~ber' like son, likt shiakes a piece of' 1 siver C coin at1. Lihi the r'oadi when'i he( turn'Is tii gio back, te sill wiill) it,, Lo. If t.he mlothier thiei daiughti wI '1'ill noit,. A nid so1 it, is with 4our1 religiorn. I Ilm) a Il'esbyte a~N Alethodi1is t orI an1 I~piscopalian1. ItL doeis nilt, shock m1 Li) 81ay so) noIw, andit I hope1) it (does1 not slhock anIybodI~y eise. Sectarinismi abound~iis in1 pre'juic in is abouit, as5 good as5 another4?l if it suit~s the Chiian~ 21. I wVoub ho i (t pr'i'ohey .e any', oif Lihemi if 1 11 cold. I wouIiild otL dI isturb'l Liii) peac1 (If a Xlethod 1st fail y by seek in 1. to raw a'I lway a1 singl'e memberl~l of it, Lio my chiurich. I like miy c1hur~lch nolL because I bldieve it Lto be thbe best, lbuL fro '4 long(11 famnilii 1ty with its mode (If wor'ship. I feel iioi'e at lome I therI (1e. TJhe I 'i'es by3 teian~l hilt has1 got hoh11 (If me0 jusLt1 le tbe NleLIhIoiist, habit ha 2l gitI hol of IFather Wlklc. in fact, I believe aL hotter oult the best, things in all the' chur1chie oh in ~stancIe, tilhe .\tle. Ih wtond l6ik tseen tn'I ''li a 11 ' t il ed ii l l Iandi coii knehig )1111 Il noing3ciilij inpry. the r'espo~nses. I ut oIf all1 the prejicetiiis the str'ong cst and1( most unreai's~onle are 1 'i of a is not, tilm)pered iol Lioned downI Chisl8 tian chai'ty'. itLter partisanls maly much. T1hoseo il ove'I~t~ the( oIlliees' will uso all kinds of hyporis~'Iy to get Lihem. W ha't make c s the omIltter I' ( -irid icu lus is tbe absolu0~te 2inoranhce of thui masacs of Lthise partisans11) conrcernI Ing the priincils of Lhirl part'Ly. When D~avid 1ennt11111s traiighiCtend upl and1 said(, "' I am11 a1 Democ04rat !"' h ie utterance was echoed fromn a illion throats ail over this br'oad land. Wha1 did he mean '? 1 1am1 siure [ do not kennm. It iiai 1)0n neamly aity ya.. since I cast My fir-st vote and It was foir a Doemocrat. [lut there wore no such itsuos then. Tihe great question was whetheir the l'edural government should iiakce appropHiations; for inter n:l imIIIiprovelients or lot,. Up to that tine no rive r1-s had beoen cleanel out and no postoilleco or public bui'dIngs iuilt in the interior cities. But now every muddy creek and every twc liotse town must have an appropria tion. Pre trade was once an Issue biutt it is not now. Tariff r form and piotection have been occasional issues for fifty years and mior-e, but soimetiIos the parties compiromjiso on Incidental or accidental protection. Tihe Ro)ubliCans claim to ho for protection, and Mr. McKinley chli:nipioned a bill through that did irotet his party frieinds and left out Iitot. who wce not. H1e took oll the hilt v n ni t:iianiest and rined LIhe -f L Ii we hI Iad in th11i iregion. Ahaia l :L invested $:300,00 in th 4 toy ~ in htL. bu.sinLessland was i it :2..000 a week for labor. FiA r. hin in (' ICter'svillo p rospored :tilt' wte oubl iav pity ur1 little debts with Iahterity, lldi (.:ee pay our- doctor' hills adl l td ' prelachlrs their salar'y. hit 4Xu'ni-g.e wasn't happy anild got hi . tar ta4en .Lflan tell got 1ll hi-inla auaese from South Am-erc ali thl \Wt-."t india islands. 'l'lo C.ae tinieLt h(r, of emn-se, and the hus ils 4A was abandonel. TIiat's tilo kin1d of protetionl we gt I hit wlhat, is a Democrat now? Soie tities a Coniseiliential gentlemiian who liinklrs, after a] ofliei will swel tup and exclaini: " I aml at Jelferusoniani DIemnocr'at.," 211l the ed itor's havei a nest egg in .l11'fersoninm Deiocracy :1nid hatch it freq uently. What is that? Hlis biogr:pher says tile most material article in his political creed Iwas that " the w ill of the ilajori ty must govern. This ma11y soimet.lliles err, bt its errors are honest, solitary and s hor't-lived." leire is no special Democracy in tilat. All par-ties imliir'so it,. .Jefl'erson 4(said tfiat a diffen.c'11e its politics wias not L reatson for t-he I-mnoval of competecnt antl Iith fUil oflicers and( Iet did not rimove hit. vvry few while he was I teident, anid I Ihoso we-Ce folr mis coenduclt.. ButI. now the Deltuocratic doctri no is to torn i'le rascals otit and overy oflice hoildrt iS INI''sumed to bo a rIascal. I tried in va-.inl to make thoso modern politica I gailleits fit 'hioimas Jeffor Son], ti they wvol't, do it. In his day t!.Ir4. Wais no qiarrel over gold atid 511V'iv, tate' ,tt b aIk , no incolo Lit X. I Ie wollt ilto oflico in good cip cuminstaicm s and vtam,) out insolvent. Even his lomeiL at Monticelloi was ilevied tin and would have been sold but for tie genlerosity of a frow wealthy friends. A fteri his secolld term was out he wias not sure of hing allowed to go home Without IrList and giving honid. On hw-ctinhg at public man hie resolved never to engage in any kind of entor in'ist 14o imIpro(ve, his fortune0. Ito kept tLhis iesiolve faith fully for fifty years, wh wch wasas long is lie held oflice. lie mllarriedl a Young andI beautifuil wilow Lii(l coil(d play the violin ex i itely, both If which wero Dlemo eriatic usages, aiid still are, though neitler' playing the fiddl nor11( shooting 41u1cks arIe' put inl any m1oe.0rn plat forim. But, the issue now Is concerning the clrro'eney. ant abtruse speculative ( ucs tion about which tile averago itan knomwvs so little that he ought to be .tShamed to talk ani thereby show his it g ttiwanice. A rid yet there are lere and there ugoott Citizens who pirofess to know all abiout it and will talk about " soditl luote, " and deffersonian De m1oteeILCy as Iily as a il'ofessor of political economy ini a Northern eollege. I w ish we cotld put the X. r'ays upon thtis tfuetstionl antidI xplore it,, blut as we cannoiit and as tile greLat mien of the na Lion conscientiously dtiller on it I am going Lt)o11 pimy fa ith to the purol'st and best mnan i kniow of ill publ)Ic life. HIe is Illur i vate life and as poor as5 I Jeiferson . aind coul ha Iive wr'itten thle ifechftraiti on of independeni(I'coI~ if 1he had41 livei.d in that ihay, for' Jefl'eirson wias thet.n only Lhirty- Lbwee y'ohis old. My admi iiration1 for' Williamlt .J. Bryan' is veryl gr'eat, andt I shall1 bantik on him wtvihi mlore.. ri'an)1ce thban oin the pilat, formii. A H'opulican~ti Congress can knoc15k a fDemocr'atic pitformul into fitLs, but thety can't, movo Mr. Ill'yani from Is confvictionsinolhifs integrity. When theso25 gitd standard'E P Pi' puper 1 assai him andlo muake spor't, oif him hi 113can say to theim as Job1 u did to hiis thlroe friends: "No doll bit, ye arc thb peuople andi w is domi1 wii die wvith you." TV W'~ ICI l POEITS OF INiT10L1EST. l es amil Iteguitlationas of' Impijortance 4'tt Candllal es ainot Vol orS. I . The pr'jiinar'y election is to be hold oil TueIsda~v, 25th of August. 2. Th'e Demiocr'aic clubs' constitute the p:'i mary election pruci nuts. :. N pilerIson shall be permri tted to v'ote unhli -s lie has bieun enriol led on a clu titlst at least, 1 ve days before the Ipii w m 'Elect~ioni. 4. l'ach (:lub1 shiall have a4 separate polli n e plaeto. 5. The ciu o'(ll shall constitute the registry list, aund shall1 be open to in 'ipiction by anyl noibor oii'f the party. G. The cililt lists are to be Inspected by anid ceriilied to by the president ant( secretar'y of each clubh, and turinedl over to tube uianagers. 7. 10alh voteri is to depoisit two( hal lts. ()nit fto' Givei'nor, U. S.-. Senator1 I: lerls, andii the other for all' 41 county Ithlius. execept mragis5t1rates, mfasters' and suIperv isois of registration. Green- ,f viile county does not voto for Probate Juidge t his year'. 8. No voteo for the HousQ of Repro senitativos is to be counted n1~ss it coltains as many unames as th1.e county is enItitld to rouro1'sentatives. ii. Cand Idates for the Goneral Assem bly and for county oflcors must file a pledge, in writing, with the chairman of the county executive committee, ton days previous to the primar'y election, to atbido tie result'of the pri1mary and to sui)p>or't the nominees thereof. 10..'1'he managers a$4011c box shall1 r'eqire every voteor to pliedge himself to abide the reutit oif the primary, to suppiort-the nominees of thle party, and to take tihe pirescribed oath. II. A majority of the votes cast shall he nlecessary to nominate in every in stance. 12. The po113 are to be open at 8 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 o'olook p. m,.