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DEMOCRATS Nati^ial Convention ' mm: Louis an P.IARK PFRMANFNT PHAIRMAN VMIII1I I blllllllllLII I U I llll llllirill First Day's Demonstration Was for Cleveland While the Second Day's Hurrahing Was Given Over to Bryan. Tho democratic national convention met in St. Louis Wednesday, listened to an extonded speech from Representative John Sharp Williams, ita temporary chairman; appointed tho committees necessary to perfoct a permanent organization, and adjourned. lu a session lasting two hours and fifty minutes one striking incident overshadowed all other proceedings. That was the enthusiastic and prolonged cheering which greeted the name of Grover Cleveland. While the outburst which greeted the name of the former democratic president before its last syllable had fallen from the lips of the temporary chairman, was noteworthy in itself, it was magnified by contrast with the greetings accorded the actual persons of mc^ji who stood for all that has been opposed to Mr. Cleveland within the party during the Inst eight years. Rxactly at noon Chairman J. K. Jones, of the national democratic com initiof, cauea iuu convt uuuii u> order. His appearance on the platform and the sound of the gavel brought forth a checr from the floor and galleries. After quiet was restored. Chairman Jones declared the convention opened after prayer Ity Ilev. John Cannon, pastor of Grand Avenue Baptist church, St. Ixmis. During the invocation the convention stood. Dr. Cannon's voice was entirely Inaudible to the center of the hall. The prayer occupied several minutes. Enthusiastic,cheering greeted the > chairman's announcement that ho was / (Urocted by tit national committee 10 ^^point. Jolfl %hnrp Williams temporaiv chairman, and C. A. Walsh tem porarjTsecretary and John I. Mariin temp<rary sergeant at arms. "[ lave the honor to introduce to you Jphn Sharp Williams as temporary chairman," said Chairman Jones, and again the convention cheered. Sevpral cries of "Louder! Louder!" interrupted Mr. Williams a? lie begun, his cpar, but not powerful voice at first Ailing to reach parts of the hall. An sir. Williams proceeded his voice increwed in volume, and tho delegates llstenjd attentively. Th(| convention appeared considerably almaed at Mr. Williams' humorously sarcastic reference lo "mutual admitition society" of Mr. Itoosevelt and lir. Root, and when ho read an oulogy by the president on Mr. Itoor, the id'egate3 laughed and applauded. Mti^Willlam* spoke in an ironical tone hat caught the fancy of the convent! n, and he was interrupted time and ?aln l>y laughter. Aliening attentively to the (lomocrati doctrine laid down by Mr. William! the conservatives found occasion jr the first demonstration whfm refomce was made to the record of form- President Cleveland. All the BhacTed party interest which had lain dor!jilt through two national campaiifl was released as by the touch of a Mgger. The name of Cleveland was :hoed from a thousand throats. Hats handkerchief*:, fans and arms werev.ived, delegates and spectators atoodm their chairs and the last somblan of order was turned into confusio which convention officials were pow< ess to subdue. W lo the outburst was at its height Mi.iryan's following attempted to <1 on rt the demonstration Into ap|Mai' for their leader. The name of Ilry was yelled lustily, but in vain, pholng for "Crovor" and "CleveJlancjw.is renewed and the Ilryan foillowtr was htsflOft I A incident to the demonstration I wat n altercation between Sergeant I at us John I. Martin and an overI zoa s man who was giving vent, to I his ithu&lasm in a manner which I con* ltlon officials deemed offensive. Ah Chairman Williams was vigors oiitl <nocklng splinters from his desk effort to pound the convention fcimed on First I jWildest Enthiu cratic Nomine at St. Louis L . II ASSEMBLE l Called to Order in Ld Organized. into order, so that he could proceed with his address, a man in the vicinity of tho New York delegation was seen motioning delegates and spectators to continued their applause and encouraging tho galleries to Ignore tho chairman's order for silence. The man resented interference from the sergeant at arms and in the end was ejected from the convention hall. Tho disturbance was of a rough and tumble order, though no blows were struck. SECOND CAY'S SES3ION. At the Thursday morning session cf the conveutiou Chairman John Sharp Williams was given a round of applause when he appeared on the platform. The strain of his long speech Wednesday was evident in his voice, which >vas weak and hoarse. As soon as he had produced quiet in the hall by the U38 of his give), ho introduced Archbishop John (5. uihuuuii, 01 si. minis, wlio dellvere I the Invocation. Immediately afterwards | Chairman Williams called for the report on rules and order of business. The report was adopted without opposition or discussion. The report concerning Porto Rico and tho Philippines according to the delegates from Porto Rico seats and votes in the convention was next read. Arguing for the adoption of the report, Deh-gate Thomas Grady, of New | York, said the nations^ (ommitteo had decidcd to Include Porto Rico i:i the call of the convention. Tha commit ice had to consider t he question, he sahl. as to whether these delegates had the rifiht to vote. The su- J preme court of the United States had i decided that Porto Rico was a part i of the territory of the United States. ! The same court had decided that tho J Philippines was not. a part of the | United Slates. The committee had fol- j lowed the court and had given Porto Rico votes and withheld votes from the Philippines. The committee on credentials not being ready to report, a recess was | tanuu Kill II S ? CIUCK, During (ho recess the committee on ' permanent organizat ion announced that Senator Bailey hn,l declined the position of permanent chairman and that Champ Clark hud been selected and had accepted the honor. In accepting the permanent chairmanship of the convention Senator Clark began a most ironical speech, as follows: "In his hate King 'David said that all men are liars." Had he been in Chicago when Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was reading j the Republican platform he would, no I doubt, have pronounced the saino I : opinion more leisurely, for surely, there : never was more mendacity packed into j the sumo space in any document purporting to bo a grave stato paper. William J. Bryan was given an ovation when he entered the hull Just prior to the opening of the afternoon session of the convention. He was half way tlov.n the aisle when he was first recognized. There came a terrific yell j from a group of delegates in the rear of the hall, an.l instantly it was i caught up by the crowd and the cheers tolled up in a roar. Mr. Bryan passed slowly down tl.j aisle, picking his way through the del* orates who were massed in the aisles. He paid no attention at flivt to the demonstration, but quietly sought his seat. Tho galleries Joined in the cheering I ; with terrific enthusiasm, hundreds of the crowd standing up in their chairs ! and waving handkerchi< fs frantically. 1 The band struck up and the friends | of Mr. J'.ryan, believing this to be an effort to smother their shouts, at onco yelled louder than before. The men of the south came to the front in this effort and tho Georgia delegation, who carry a blue silk banner inscribed "Georgia Parker delegation,'* every time they march into tho ball, at once waved it high and started ' Imvor.l .W~ >!??* Wl i iiiv- |/iuiii>i 111. i iit* rarKcr men j then came up swiftly. Arkansas, Ala- , | lmma and Pennsylvania were turning ; over ehanrs and pushing through the alslo on their way to (ho platform. After Pennsylvania came Mississippi, Now Jersey, Tennessee. Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, Connecticut and Virginia. The demonstration had resolved Itself more Into a Parker wave tlip.n a testimonial to Hryan, and It. so remained to the finish, which was eighteen nvnutes after Mr. Bryan entered tho hall. i PARVTR . i miiixlii Ballot and Amidst siasm as Demo= :e for President . Convention. ( ' DEriOCRATIC Principal Features of Docur Committee?Gold Plank Ins At tho national democratic convention in St. Louis tbo aub-committee of the committee on resolutions spent thfc entire day Thursday until 6 o'clock In perfecting tho details of the democratic platform, concluding at mui uour wiin me auoptlon of a gold standard plank. The plank was votad In during the absence of Mr. Bryan and Congressman Williams, and the ballot stood 7 to 3, the affirmative votes being cast by Messrs. iDanlel, Hill, PattJson, Hamlin, Cable, Poo and Davis, and tho negative votes by Mossrs. Dubois, Sbivloy and Newlands. Tho understanding was that if Messrs. Bryan and Williams had boen present they would have caso their votes In the negative, thus bringing the opposition vote to live. Text of the Platform. Following aro the germain features 1 of the platform as agreed upon: Wo, tho delegates of tho democratic party of tho United States, in nation al convention assembled, declare our doroVon to the essential principles of the democratic faith which brings us together in party communion. Under them local self-government and national unity and prosperity would bo alike established. Large reductions can readily bo made in the annual expenditures of the government without impairing the efficiency of any branch of the public service, and we shall Insist upon the strictest economy and frugality compatible with vigorous and efficient civil, military and naval administration OH a right of the people, too cloar to deny or withhold. Tht? ' *- * v.. ouitui ui uwmisiy m iau | public service and to that end a thor- | ough legislative Investigation of thoae executive departments of the government already known to teem with corruption, as well as other departments suspected of harboring corruption and the ^j'llshnn'nt of nncertaine.l corruptionists without fear or favor or egard to*persons. The peslstent and deliberate refusal of both the senate and house of representatives to permit such investigation to be made by either branch of congress, demonstrates that only by a change in the executive and In the house of repre aontatives can complete exposure, punishment and conviction bo obtained. We favor the nomination and election of a president trained in the ways of the constitution, who shall set his faco sternly against active usurpation of legislative and judicial functions, whether that usurpation be ruled under the guiso of executive const ruction of existing laws or whether it tako refuge in the tyrant's pleas of necessity or superior wisdom. The Tariff. The dor.'ocratic party has been and will continue to be the consistent opponent of that class of fnrift* locicln. lion by which certain interests have boon permitted, through congressional favor, to draw a heavy tribute from tho American people. We favor the reduction of tariff taxation reduction upon trust-produced articles to the point where foreign competition may enter the American market, whenever trusts and combin< s seeking monopoly raise their prices to the American consumer above a reasonable and just profit; by such reduc-{ tion depriving trusts and monopolies of tho power to extort, from tho American people, under shelter of Ameii-j can law, prices higher than those) oharnerl furoiirncra fi>i- iilnniloit I cles. The Money Question. The discoveries of gold within the past fe*v years ami tho great Increasei In the production thereof, adding $2,-' OOO.ftOO.oOO to the world's supply, of which $700,000,000 falls to tho share of tho United States, has contributed to tho maintenance of a money standard of vilue, no longer open to question, removing that issue from tho field of political contention. The i&thmian Canal. Our party having long earnestly art vocoted tho construction of an interoceanlc canal for the purpose ?f national defenso and commerce between tho states and with foreign nations, we favor the early completion of the Isthmian canal. But while making this declaration and accepting the result as an aecom-1 plished and irreversible fact, we cannot too forcibly ( xpress our disapproval of the methods by which, in disregard of the usages and obligations of international law and treaty n 1111 n- o I t/vri/i < K/? ' 1 uuiiftuuuug, I in- IUI1MI nilllt; I1HH l?'TII acquired. Trusts and Illegal Corporations. We recognize that the gigantic trusts and combinations designed to enable capital to secure more than itS| PEACE CERTAIN IN COLOMBIA. | Election of Raycs as President of the Republic Insures Tranquility. It is the general opinion, says a Now York Herald dispatch from Bo 1 got a, that the ofllciai proclamation of Oeneral Rafael Reyes, as president, rind Ramon Gonzales Valencia, as vice president, which occurred July 4, guarantees peace, order and tho future prosperity of Colombia. PLATFORM. 8 rient as Presented by Suberted After a Close Fight, ri just ah.iro of tho joint product of capl- ai tal anrl labor, and which have been S foatore.l and promoted under repubii- 'J can rulo, aro a menace to benoflcial ai competition and an obstacle to porma- n nent business prosperity. W-e demand the vigorous and Im- p, partial enforcement of the laws alroady made to prevent and control jv such trusts and combinations, and we favor such legislation in restraint ^ thereof as experience shows to be nec- c( essary. We demand that the restraint of S1 such illegal combinations be entrusted y to the democratic party, which is not G| responsible for their existence and which has ever protested against their w continuance, 0i We condemn the republican system ij, of legislation under which trust monopolies are enabled to exact higher j)( prices for their manufactured pre* n ducts from our own people than they jr a?ii tiiom < --- "I ?-"* uurwail. a, We demand an enlargement of the ir powers of the interstate commerce a commission to the end that the trav- jr eling public and shippers of this coun* jj, try may have prompt and adequate B1 relief from the abuses they are sub- C1 jceted to in the matter of transports* * lion. B( We favor the maintenance of the 0( Monroe doctrine in its full integrity. We favor a liberal trade treaty with a] Canada. Wo fn ifni' i " *" i*iv* luuuvjiiou 01 tno army Q| and of army expenditures to the point historieally demonstrated to be safo w and sufficient w Wo favor the maintenance and lib- tl erai anneal increase of the navy as jc our boat defense in our isolated continental condition against a foreign w foe and a source of no possible danger ^ to our liberties as a people. (j Wo favor the enactment and admin- ^ 1st rat ion of laws, giving labor and (j capital impartially their just rights. Capital and labor ought not to be enemies. Each is necessary to the other. Each has its rights, but the rights of labor are certainly no less "vested," no '.ess "sacred" and no less "inalienable" than the rights of capital. We pledge ourselves to insist upon ^ tho just and lawful protection of our citizens at. home and abroad. a Tl." " . ..C Utmuuiiicy would SOCiire to the surviving soldiers and sailors and w their dependents, generous pensions, n not. l>y an arbitrary executive order, G but by legislation which a grateful ~>v people stand ready to enact. U Wo denounce the ship subsidy bill u recently passed by the United States IJ senate as an iniquitous appropriation d of public funds for private purposes. c< We favor the upbuilding of a iner- p chant marine without new or addition- ti al burdens upon the people and with- e: ount bounties from the public treas- ni ury. tl Wo denounce the republican parly o< for its continuous and sinister en- m crnachmenls upon the spirit and operation of civil service rules. st W'e demand the extermination of i g polygamy within the jurisdiction of tIn* 1'nited States and the complete C( separation of church and state in po- 0( litical affairs. Imperialism. n i *v Wo favor the preservation insofar i tl as \ve can of an open door of the j world's commerce in the Orient with- I out unnecessary entanglement in | Oriental and European affairs, and i q without arbitrary, unlimited, irresponsible act of government anywhere in our jurisdiction. q We insist that we ought to do for he Filipinos what we have already jr done for the Cubans. And it is our a, intent, as soon as it can be done wisely and safely, for the Filipinos themselves, and after amicable ar- (i, rangemenbs with them concerning na- ^ val stations, coaling stations and trade ^ relations, and upon suitable guaran- ( . tees of protection to all national and ^ international interests, to set the Filipino people upon their feet, free and 'J independent, to work out their own ' destiny, '' The ndeavor of the secretary of %v war by pledging the government's indorsement for "promoters" in the Philippine islands to make the Fnited States a partner in speculative ex- |!( ploitation of tho Archipelago, which , was only temporally held up by the opposition of democratic senators in SI tho last session, will, if successful, th lead to a permanent entanglement ni from wh.ch it will he difiicult to escape. p, We favor statehood for Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, statehood for , Arizona, statehood for New Mexico p and a teritorlal government for Porto Klco. Wo favor the election of United biates senators by direct vote of the people. T GEORGE REAVERS ARRESTED. p Ex-Official of Postofficc Department Must Answer to Charges. George \V. B< avers, former super- c< intondent of the salaries and allo>v- P1 anee bure.iu of the postofllce depart s' ment, \va.? arrested in Brooklyn, N'. J* Y., Thursday under an Iiti.ctment 01 found in Washington on October 5 It charges Baavors with having ac- w cepted brlhea In connection with tho Dorcmus cancoling machine, DEATH-DEALING WRECK I, core of People Mangled or Burned to Death in Destruction of Swift Special \fVaba3h Train. i TI10 Chicago limited on tlio Wabash lilroad, due in St. Ixmis at 7 p. in., ad hulf an hour laic, was wrecked \ unday night inside the city limits at itchfleld. III. The train struck an open switch nd was overturned and seven of the I Ine cars were burned. it wn? first reported that twenty arsons perished in the second and Urd coaches, and that forty wore lnired. The train left Chicago at noon Sunay with delegates to the St. Louis ] invention. A later dispatch from I,itchfleld ! iys: The list of dead as a result of 1 10 Wabash wreck now numbers 1 ghteen, two persons among the in- i ired having died. A wrecking crew t hlch got to work early may uncover ther victims in clearing up the do- 1 ris. J Stated Attorney I,. V. Hill, of Hills- 1 aro, who is on the scene with Coroer Gray, is making an Investigation ito the circumstances of the wreck, nd it is not improbable that arrests 1 lay be ordered. The open switch is mystery which the officials are tryig to solve. According to the Waasli agent, Charles A. Corneau, tho ivltch had not been used during tho itire day by any of the trainmen, short time before the wreck a , >uthbound fast passenger train pass- 1 1 over tho track in safety. Litchfield was in mourning Monday nd tho celebration of the Fourth mt had boon planned was declared Tho citizens aro doing every- j ling in their power to care for the ounded and dead. Ever since tho j reck friends of those ou board the *ain have been arriving in town to >ok after tho dead and injured. St. Francis hospital is crowded 1th the wounded, cots having boon j ' laced in tho corridors to accommoato thorn and private houses have een thrown open for the care of ioso not so badly injured. FLORIDA CEOES LANDS. o Be Used in Erection of Fortifica. tit ns Along the Coast. A Tallahassee special says: The nited States government is preparlg to construct extensive military ? tid naval fortifications and 8?>acoa<?t efenses at numerous suitable points ithin the state of Florida in the ear future, and in this connection overntrr Jennings has during the past eek executed several unusually in'resting aai.l important official docments, transferring and cedisg to the nited States government the jurisiction possessed by this state over ?rtain described lands which had been i:rchaset'. and acquired by condemnaon by the United Slates, and has (tempted all the cedod lar. i from tiy taxation under the authority of 10 state, county or municipality while ;cupie.l by tho United States for illtary and naval purposes. It is expressly provided that the ato cedes jurisdiction to tho United ' tates upon the expressed condition iat tho st.ato of Florida shall have incurrent jurisdiction with tho Unit* 1 States in and over the land so far iat. all ni'opnss. nnHw oniimn. y.of Florida, may bo executed by 10 prop t officers thereof. JAPS NAIL RUSSIAN LIE. eneral Oku Denies that Prisoners Have Been Maltreated. A special from Tokio says: General ' ku has forwarded a detailed report > the Imperial headquarters answeriff charges proforred by tho Russian ! ithoritles that tho Japanese troops ' ore responsible for atrocities comlit tod on the flelfl. He says tho 1 larges are totally unfounded, but on : 10 contrary, that ho had proof that 1 10 wounded prisoners highly appro- ' ated tho humane treatment they and 1 i loir comrades had received from :he ipanese. It is tho Russians, he de. ' ared, that have cruelly mutilated tho : ipane?e who foil into thoir hands ' ounde.l. ; [ Safeguard the Children. Notwithstanding all that is done by , >ards of health and charitably in- ; ined persons, the death rnte among nail children is very high during ' * o hot. weather of the summer onths in the large cities. There i>". probably one case of bowel com- j i aim. ''.i a hundred, however, that J > mid not I)e cured by the timely use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and . ' iarrho"a lleimdy. Cor sale by Pick ' I is Drug Store, Ivirle's Drug Store. * N. Hunter, ^iberty. if | 0 PROBE DEATH OF CONVICT. ( athcr of Negro Girl Charges That She Was Killed by Whippings. ( County commissioners of IJlbl f flinty, da., may bo summoned to ap ' car before the state prison eommts- 1 on for an Investigation Into the ' eath of a negro woman convict nam- ( 1 Colbert. ' The woman's father has charged I ho Oman's death reaultod from a whip- 1 Ing administered by the whipping J 1 of the Dlbb county gang. I * AN OCEAN HORROR Seven hundred Emigrants Find Watery Grave. VFSSFI RRFAkQTn PirncQ ununlWJ i V/ I ILULVJ Passenger Steamer Norge, of the 8candlnavian American Line, Runs Upon Rocks and Goes Quickly to the Bottom. A Iiondon special says: Over sovon lundred Danish and Norwegian emigrants, bound for New York, aro bolieved to havo been drowned in tho N"ortli Atlantic on Juno 28. Out of nearly $00 souls on board tho Danish jteainer Norgo, which left Copenhagen Juno 22, only twenty-seven aro known to be alive, and for tho rest no hope is held out. When last seen the Norge was sinking where she struck on the isiet of |}n(.U.ill - 1 1- - - miwotj iouiai^U rillbOB ltr self from a deadly Atlantic reef 200 miles olY the west coast of Scotland. Early on the morning of Tuosday, Juno 2S the Norge, which was out of her course in heavy weather, ran on the RocKall reef, which is in the distance and looks like a ship under full sail. The Norge was quickly hacked off, but the heavy seas, poured in through a rent in her bow. The emigrants, who were then awaiting breakfast below, ran on deck. The hatchways were scarcely built for the hundreds of souls and became clogged. The ship began quickly to go down by the head. Eight boats were lowered and into these the women and children were hurriedly put. Six of heso boats smashed against the side of the Norgo and their helpless Inmates were caught up by the heavy seas. Two boat loads got safely away frotn the side of the sinking ship and many of the emigrants who were left on board, seizing the life belt3, threw themselves into the sea and were drowned. The Norge foundered suddenly and some GOO terrified emigrants were thrown into the water or drawn down with the sinking ship. Thoao who could swim tried to reach the boats, but these were already too full and their occupants beat off the drowning wretches with oars. The boats kept together for soma hours. Practically all of their occupants wore passengers and were not usuci to nananng such craft. Tho boat occupied by the survivors lauded at Grimsby was a life boat. One aocount says that thrbo boats wero successfully launched, the other two holding about ton persons each. The lifr boat made faster progress and fell in with (lie Salvia. What bocame of tho other boats is not yet known. Tho rescue of those on the life boat took place at S o'clock on tho morning of June 29. the survivors consisting of twenty men, one of them a seaman, six women and a girl. JACK BONE UNCER ARREST. Murderer of Hall in Floyd County, Ga., Captured in Atlanta. Jack T. Bono, the young white man who shot and killed Z. T. Hall, In Floyd county on June Oth, and who was said to bo in hiding in the mountains near the scene of bis crime, was nrrostod at the homo of his parents in Atlanta Saturday. After being locked up Bono was seen by a reporter and admitted - . t. ~ 1- *- . ... . -- iti-ij Mint, iih Kiurd Han. Ho said: "Ho wreekod my life ami sent mo o prison by getting witnesses to swear falsely against mo. This v. i ivhy I killed him. I did not'boast that. [ would never bo taken alive for the villing, hnt I wanted to soo my famIv before I was taken and that is why [ did not give tip befor I was reasonably certain that I \x >t ! bo taken sooner or later and di.l m expect to ;et away." COCAINE TRADE BARRED. ludgc Calhoun, of Atlnnt.i City Court, Issues Portentious Edict. Under a ruling made by Judge Calioun in the criminal court at Allan.a. .ho places where cocaine is sold to Kople addicted to the use of the poisonous drug must go out of the bustless, or be ready for a conviction vhen evidence is found against them. The ruling was that the subterfuge lsed by sueh resorts by which alleged inscriptions are given will no longer >o toleratod In Judgo Calhoun's court. ihamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy is certain to be lieed d in ilmost every home beforo the maimer is over. It can always i>o lepea.led upon even in the most so ,'ere nn<l dangerous ca~-es. It. is esKTially valuable for summer disorlerg la children. It Is pleasant to take in.l never fails to give prompt relief. Why not buy it now? It may save life. l?Y>r sa'e by Pickens Drug Store, Carlo's Drug Storo, T. X. Hunter, Liberty. tf l