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THE POPULISTS He Responds in a Sti The Is LARGE CROWD ATTENDS MEETING. +S I, fllr. Bryan Speaks Appreciatively oi Mis Endorsement by the Monetary ; League and of His Non-Partisan Welccmc--He Reviews the Issues j Upon Which Democrats and Popu- I' lists are in Accord and Comes Down Heavy cn miitarism and imperialfsm. i? ?William T lUjJ'. ,\G. lV-ill., . |Huu.. n r. - | Bryan Thursday received the stf.ond tf- , filial notification or Lis nomination :cr j j the presidency. This notification crmc , from the Popuiict party, and Thomas j M. Patters in. of Colorado, acted a3 the- mouth-piece of the party in making it. .Mr. Biyia was at the sunr* time- , informed cf the endorsement of his J eaadi-J.A v by the I'nited statts ; | tary League, this notification b'-iug , given ty A. W. Ru kor. The cerem r.iis cecum d in the spacious and beautiful grounds of the State capitcl, and were witnessed by a large number of poaple. j; A. Trout.nan. v.-ho, as the representative of the mayor of Topeki, made a i, brief speech, welcoming Mr. Bryan ,. to the city. j; Mr. Troutir.an was fallowed by j ] Frank' Doster, chief justice of the i Sta'c, who extended the welcome of the i < State at large. Judge Doster contented himself with contrasting the positions of the Democrats and Republicans on i the subject of expansion, taking the < position that the Republicans were j looking to undue aggression, while the i Democrats were seeking to secure the i n aintenance of American institutions. 1 He was liberally cheered. Mr. Doster was followed by ex-Congressman Jerry Simpsan, who was in- i Produced as the permanent chairman, ] in the absence of National unairman j > Butler. Mr. Simpson compared Mr. Bryan with Lincoln and predicted that he would lead the people hack to the landmark of human liberty which Lin. coin had so materially assisted In establish inft. Before beginning his address proper, i Mr. Bryan took occasion to reply to i Mr. Troutir.an's welcoming remarks. This be did extemporanously and as 1 follows: "I desire in the beginning to thank the authorities of this State and i city for the non-partisan welcome! which has been de'ivered through Mr. | i Troutman. I appreciate that liberty of t, thought, that generosity too infrequent;, yfin politics thst enables political opponents to thus tender the freedom, of rh? , city to one with whom they do not agree on political questions. I am ; grateful for the kind words which wore : spoken and appreciate the admiration j mentioned, even though that admiration does not count as much on e'.ec- j1 tion day as a simple ballot. (Applause.) | I hope that rs the years go by we shall i he able to lift, politics to a higher and j brighter plane so that we can fight out 1 these great questions as citizens, fully i earnest and equally hone9t. each one respecting each other's right, eaoh one j the State administration and the city administration for thi3 courteous and cordial welcome." He then began the reading of the address as originally prepared, stopping to interject a few words in reply . to the notification of Judge Rocker. The address, including the reply to the league, was in part, as follows: MR. BRYAN'S ADDRESS. "Mr. Chairman aud Members of the Notification Committee: In accepting the presidential nominatim which you j tender on behalf of the Populist party. I I desire to give emphatic recognition 10 the educational work done by your par- : ty. The Populist party. an organiza- j tion. and -the Farmers' Alliances, and : the labor organizations from wh'ch they sprung, have done much to arouse the people to a study cf eeonomic and industrial questions. Believing, as I do. that truth grows not in seclusion, but in the open field, and th2t it thrives ; best in the sunlight of full and free debate, I have confidence that the discussion which your party has compelled, will aid in reaching that true solution of pending problems toward which : all honest citizens aim. I desire also ! to express my deep appreciation cf the j lib?rality of opinion and devotion to j principle which hav?? led the members of your party to enter the ranks o.' another party in the selection of a candidate. "And let me pause to sny that when j this speech was prepared and given to the press, I did not know that formal : announcement of the resolutions piss- I ed by the Monetary League, would he j made at this time, and I desire here to . express my gratitude to the members of that league for the support which they promise and for the cordial commendation which their resolutions speek. The Monetary League has for ; a four years been active Jr. the rILtribu- j tion cf literature connected with The ; money question aimed at the enlighten-! rnent of the voters and I have on former orcfj.riens and do row express my commendation of the efforts cf Jh.s league and similar l-acrus. to rpread ; before the pocple information ou the money questicn. because I te.ieva the NOTIFY BRYANJ "Gfig Speech Covering sues, I !.. : ? ! . j n.? iAit/it* in*." a a.toil 1.1 siw'iieu diiu iuf better it is understood the 3t:ong.r will be the demand for the restoration of the double standard .'a the I'nitei State.-. <(ircat applause.) And now to resume: While I am grateful for the confidence which Populists have express;! in me. I am not vain enough to regard as personal their extraordinary manifestations of good will. The ties which bind together those who believe in the same great fundamental principles are stronger than ties cf af-1 fr-tion?stronger e\en than the ties cf blood: c.n-i (C-operntion between the ' it-form fortc-3 is due to the fact that Democrats. Populists and silver R?- i publicans take the side of the people in their contest aga r, t greed and agre? . in the application of Jefcersonian principles to th-' questions immediately before us. THE MOXtiV QUESTION. "In lS'.bt the money ques ioa was of onramoont importance ar.d the allies in chat campaign united in the demand for the immediate restoration cf silver by the independent action of this coun. i*t' Id to 1 tVn r '? */"* since 1324. They were defeated. hut j rhnt did not pui an end to tariff reform. The Republicans were defeated in 1S92. but that did not permanently jverthrew the prote<tive tariff. Defeat it the polls does not necessarily decide :i great problem. Experience, and ex- i perienre ahne. settles questions. If an increase in the volume of the curren y since 1S9U although unnromis?d bv the Republicans, and unexpected, has brought improvement in indutrial ? onnditions. this improvement instead if answering the arguments put forth in favor of bi-metallism, only confirms the contention of those who insisted i that more money would wake better times. "The Republican party, however, while claiming credit for the increase in circulation, makes no permanent provision for an adequate supply of standard money. It denies the necessity for more real money, while it permits national banks to expand the volume of paper prcmises-to-pay money. If the Populists felt justified in opposing the Republican party when it sought to conceal its gold standard tendencies under the mask of international bi-raetallism. the opposition should ; he more pronounced In proportion as ; the Republican party more openly es- | pouses gold mono-meta!l:sm. In 1896 : the inform forces charged the Repub- t licaa party with intending to retire the j greenbacks. This charge, denied at the i time,, has been confessed by the finan rial bill, which converts greenbacks, i when one/? redeemed, into gold certift- i cate3. and extends new privileges to i banks of issue. If a Populist opposed the Reonblican nartv when its hestii ity to greenbacks was only suspected that opposition should be greater now ?ince no one can longer doubt the pur- ; peso of the Republican party, to substitute bank notes for greenbacks. 4,It is true that the Populists believe in an irredeemable greenback, while j the Democrats believe in a greenback i redeemable in coin, but the vital ques- | tion at this time, so far as paper money is concerned, is whether the government or banks shall issue it. There ! will he time enoueh to discuss the re definability of the greenbacks, when the greenback itself is saved irom the annihilation which now threatens it. in 1S96 the Populists united with the Democrats in opposing the trusts, i although the question at that time ap- ; peared like a cloud sca.>ely larger than a man's hand. Today that cloud well- j nigh overspreads the industrial sky. j The farmer does not participate in the proflta of any trust, but he sorely feels the burden of them ail. Me :s dependent upon the seasons for his income, i Whan he plants his crop, he knows not whethe.r it will be blessed with rain or blighted with drought: he knows not whether the wind will blow it down, or hail destroy it. or insects devpur it, and the price of his crop i3 as uncertain as the quantity. If a private monopoly can suspend production and fix the price of raw material as well aa the price of the finished product, the farmer, powerless to protect himself when he sells, is plundered when he purchases. Can any farmer hesitate to throw the influence of his ballot upon the side of those who desire to protect the public at large from monopolies? The fact that the trusts support the Republican party ought to be sufficient proof that they expect protection from it. The Republican cannot be relied on to extinguish trusts so long as it draws his campaign contributions from their overflowing vaults. "In the early 'GOs, when we were engaged in a contest which W23 to determine whether we should have one republic or two. questions of finance were lost sight of. Silver wa3 at a premium over gold and both gold and silver were at a premium over greenbacks and bank note?, but the people could not afford to divide over the money question in the presence of a greater issue. And so to lay we are engaged in a controversy whi^h will determine whether we are to have a republic in which the government derives its just power3 from the consent of the governed, or an empire, in which brute force is the only recisniaed source of power. "ft i3 not Strang? that "the Populist* should oppose militarism and impe:ial"s'.ti. for both are antagonistic to the principles which Populists apply to other questions. Locking at questions from the standpoint of the prorinpora nf wr>n!th rithor than from the standpoint o? the speculator, the Populist recognizes in militarism a constant and increasing burden. The army worm which occasionally destroys a Seid of wheat, is not nearly so dangerous an enemy to the farmer a3 a large standing army, which invades every field of industry, and exacts t-11 from every crop. "The policy contemplated by the Fepublioan party nullifies every principle set forth in the Declaration of Independence. strikes a blow at popular government and robs the nation of i 3 moral prestige. Already the more ad. var.ced supporters of the colonial idea point to the economy of a system of government which entrusts all power to an executive and doos away with the r.e'essity for legislation. The Army and Navy Journal, in its issue cf August 1, commends the English system and declares that as a result of this system a fifth of the world's area, containing a fourth of its population, is ruled with an administrative economy which is an administrative marvel, and adds: " One million, two hundred thou-and dollars spent in Lonilcn is the price of administrative order over a colonial rule whose total budget aggregate $!.71M.S54.896 or 50 ppr cent, more than our total cf Federal. State. county and village expenditure for every j:o;sible purpose for which taxes are levied. In contrast to the results of this system of executive administration, the fact is cited that the American Congress has spent an entire winter wrestling with the tariff, the taxation, the administration and ihe personal rights of two little islands. The English executive is an imperial executive. The Br tish Parliament is an English Legislature. To the same system we are coming by the decree of circumstances as inevitable r.s that of fate. If this i3 imperialism, make the most of it. So f jr as citizenship is concerned the British empire is one. but beyond the lim US or me I iliieu nuigucin me ihucu lives under a rule essentially rronarchical and not restricted by the constitutional limits of the parliamentary system.' "Thus does imperialism bear its supporters back toward the Dark Ages. There i3 no middle ground between the American policy and the European policy. If his nation remains tru? to its principles, its traditions and its history. it cannot hold colonies. If it enters upon a colonial career, it must repudiate the doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. OX THIS ISSUE THERE CAN BE BUT TWO PARTIES. "When such an issue is laised there can be only two parties?the party, whatever Irs name may be, which believes in a republic and the party, whatever name, which believes in an empire; and the influence of every citizen is consciously or.unconsciously. intentionally or unintentionally, thrown upon one side or the other. "Our opponents siy that the world would laugh at us if we should give independence to the Filipinos. Yea, Kings would laugh, aristocrats would laugh and those would laugh who deny the inalienable rights of and d?. spise the humbler folk, who " 'Alorg the cool sequestered vale of life. Kept the noiseless tencr of their way.' "But let this nation stand erect, and, spurning the bribes cf wealth and power. show that there is a reality in the principles which we profess; let it show that there i3 a difference between a republic and a monarchy and the oppressed in every land will see in our Hag the hope of their own deliverance, and whether they are falling ur>on the battlefield, or groaning beneath a tyrant's lash, will raise their eyes toward heaven ard breathe a fervent, prayer for the safety of our republic.'' Solving the Negro Problem. Detroit. Mich., Special.?The State Federation of Colored Women has ad' ptod a memorial to President Me ; k .ley, petitioning him to ask Congress to pay the widow of the late' Postmaster Baker, of Lake City, S. C.. $-50,000 in lieu of the life of her hus; band, which was lost during a race riot ' in that country. The memorial ilso j states: "We would like to ask for a I law to be enacted to this effect, that i should any State be found guilty of mob law and lynching it be expelled from the Union. The blacks then ! could evacuate and all the negro-haters i could have a State of their own, where! they need not see a black face. Thu.s ! we solve the negro problem." Boers at Kroner's Headquarters. Twyfelaar, By Cable.?Through secret intelligence agents the British authorities learn that General Louis Botha, the commander-in-chief of the Boer forces: General Lucas Meyer, th% commander-in-chief of the Orange Free State forces, and General SchaJkburs! er, Vice President of the Transvaal Republic, with 8,000 burghers, have ! assembled at Machadodorp (generally understood to be the headquarters of President Krirger, on the Pretoriaj Delagoa Bay Railroad) with the whole I Boer Artillery, including the heavy | pieces formerly at Pretoria. * TO THE REPUBLICANS Col. Bryan Addresses Them on the Sins of Their Party. SHOULD VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS. He Declares That Few Who Voted the Democratic Ticket in 1896 Have Changed Their Views Since--HIs Speech Liberally Applauded. Lincoln, Nebr., Special.?Mr. Bryan addressed a large audience of Saundeta Co. people at Wahoo, the county seat. Tuesday. The speech was an appeal to Republicans to vote the Democratic ticket. Giving his reasons for this appeal Mr. Bryan said: "I want to talk to you Republicans, believeing that you are just as anxious to help your fellows by your vote as the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republicans are. Now, if you were with us in 1396, there is no reason why you should be against us now unlets the new questions have changed your opinion or unless you have changed ycur opinion on the oid questions. But I do no: believe you ran find in this country any man who voted with us in 189S, p.rtd who understood the issues then be tore tne country wno nas cnangeci nis mind on those issues and now believes that the Republican party was right in 1396. I believe you will find many people who were against us on the old issues, who are now with us on th0 ne w ones and will be 0:1 the old ones We had among the men in 1395 who came to us on the silver question Republicans who were not willing to tu~n over and vote the Republican ticket just because the Republican party had changed its position on the money question: Republicans who were earnest in 1888 when they denounced the gold standard: Republicans who were in earnest when they advocated bi-metalism In 1892. and therefore thev ref' scd to take the Republican poslt'on on the money question in 1895. And when they got out of the Republican party and began looking at the Republican party from the outside they found that the same vicious principles ran through all the Republican doctrines. and today they are with us. not only on the silver question, but upon the all the new questions also." He spoke at length on the financial question and the trust issue. His speech was well received and liberally applauded. HANNAATASBURYPARK. The Chairman Opens the Campaign in hew Jersey. New York, Special.?Senator Hanna. chairman of the Republican national committee, opened the campaign of the Republicans of No-' Jersey at Asbury Park Tuesday night. An immense crowd, more than could be accommodated, gathered in and about the auditorium by the .seashore. The Senator was roundly cheered when he entered the building. He was introduced to the audience by Prank Appleby, president of the Asbury Park city council Senator Hanna, after thanking the audience for the hearty reception accorded him, said: "We are oa the eve of a political campaign second to none in importance on the issues of which deoends the prosperity of the country. But I leave the discussion of that matter to abler hands, to those who will soon address you. I want to sound a note of warning to-night, which the importance of the campaign justifies. I want to call your attention to the duty before you. not only to individuals, but to the whole country. This is a duty that is not transferable. It cannot be placed on your neighbor. It is your individual duty. The time is at hanf when every man is called on to co? tribute what he can to perpetuate thvi administration. It ha3 been demonstrated beyond any doubt that the policy of the Republican party and of President MoKlnley (applause) standi for everything which means the welfare and well being of the country at Vrirn cinnrrf ahirlt this dutv be cause every man who has any property must feel that It is his flght as muck as any one's, and that he must flght for his own interests Struck by a fleteortc Stone. Richmond, Va., Special.?Rev. Mr Burton, of Madison Court House, Va. was struck by a meteoric stone last Sunday afternoon. It fell inside his coat sleeve, burning his arms, and a hole in his coat through which it fell to the ground. It was intensely hot and It was some time before it could be touched by the hand. Two Deaths From Heat in Charleston. Charleston, S. C? Special.?There were six prostrations from heat here during Tuesday, two of the cases reported prorlng fatal. Gage -Williams and Wm. Hairrison, negroes. who were overcome at the Atlantic Phosphate Works, died within an hour after thair prostration. The other patients are all doing well. They are Trene Smith, an unknown woman; A. Balger, of 38 Alexander street; George Hoffman, of Knoxville, Tena., and a colored man named Wash. Williams. The highest temperature registered here during t^e day was 99. > FOR HONEST EMPLOYES. -+kSeaboard Demands That Those Who Work For It Hust Pay Their Debts. From the Atlanta Journal. The Seaboard Air Line has put its toot down on employes who do not pay their debts. A circular has been issued that employes of the company who do not pay up will be dropped from ita ?mploye. T?e circular goe3 on to say: "The practice of employes permitting amounts due them on account of wages to be garnisheed by parties to whom they are indebted is a serious annoyance to our paymaster, and interferes materially with the efficient discharge of his duties. It is therefore ordered that immediately upon the service of any garnishee process upon any officer of this company, that such officer at cnee advise by telegraph the general counsel and paymaster, the name of the employe whose wages are garnisheed; how and where employed; the amount due him from the company on the date of service of process; whether married or single, and the hour and date of service, that immediately upon receipt of notice the poymaster will advise the division superintendents of the facts of the ca3e and division superintendents will make a record of the same, and if it appear that the wages of the said employe have at any time heretofore been garnisheed, then the superintendent shall at once discharge said employes f*ozn the service cf the company. "The practice of the employes giving, orders upon the paymaster for amounts due or to become due is prohibited, and if any such ordfT is at any time hereafter given, the paymaster is hereby prohibited from accepting, or paying the same; that he shall at once notify the superintendent of the division upon which the party giving such order is employed, and said superintendent shall make a record of the fact and discharge' the party giving the order from the service of the company. Division superintendents are enjoined to enforce this regulation firmly, as it is Decessary to an efficient service, and the company can not continue in ita service men who interfere with the successful operation of the paymaster's department by a failure to meet their obligations." Was Ready For Him. Dunnedin, Fla., Special.?A desperado named Mortan came from Tajnpa with the avowed intention of killing c tv oraia fha Hflnnt her* against whom he had some unknown grievance. Mr. Nigels heard of Mortan's intention and armed himself. When Mcrtan came into sight Nigela got the drop on him. and shot him dead. Nigels is a quiet, pec-ceable man, and his act is considered Justifiable. The Prussian government is giving orders for 480 lcoomotiv?*. The Grand "Old Bay Line." Many travelers going North take advantage of a "break in the route" during hot weather, furnished by a trip up the Chesapeake Bay. The elegant, commodious and palatial steamers, the Georgia and Alabama, of the OM Bay Line, together with the salt air and delicacies of the sea. so temptingly served.-all combine to induce one to decide at once on this route when planning their journeys North or South. A moonlight trip on the Bay is a pleasure not soon to be forgotten, and all who have enjoyed the pleasure loin in highest praise of the magnificent steamer service of the Old Bay Line Company. On Good Terms Again. Washington, D. C.. Special.?Minima.. 5tftror si Madrid, informs the State Department that a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation and general intercourse has been signed provisionally by the Minister of Stats and himself. This practically marlca^ , the last step in the complete restoration of relations between Spain and the United States. Psalm 124:7. Beaton, Mas3., Special.?The board cf commissioners for foreign missions has received a cablegram from Cha Ku. as follows: "Psalm one twenty-four, seven. Pekin and Tung Chow miiGionaries, also C!mifh uavo.1 " The p:e:;ige of Scripture alluded to s: "Our soul ia escaped a3 a bird out of the snare of the fowlejs; the snare :s broken and we are escaped." KighwTyra-n held un and killed Geo ge Eon*??h and Joe Juhaea, miners it Urcokiide, Colo. Situation Becoming Critical. New York. Special.?The erecutire committee of the American Asiatic Association has received the following cablegram from the American Assoc ation in China, at Shanghai, and has forwarded it to trie secretary cr state: "Situation Yang T,se Valley increasingly critical, military estimate 15,030 trcopa needed effectively to protect Shanghai: urge government immediately to send quota." An innovarion tn tenement construction and furnishing has been introduced in Utica, N. Y., an entire block ,of new apartment houses being bm?c in which a complete electrical kitchen outlit lias been installed for all purposes wherein heat is the active agent.