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, Adopted in Nebraska. Voll Text of Document?Io oome Tax and Free Coin age of 8il?er Named. Tee platform adopted by the Ne ? Democratic convention was aa follow* : We, the Democrat* of Nebraska, la eoaveetioo assembled, do bsrebj sWSalrm eeu endorse, io whole, and lal part, la latter sod 10 epirit, tbe tfruorsa adopted by tbe Democratic National ooavsation beld io Chicago, im. We favor amend menta to the Fed eaeotUottoa specially authorizing aecsas las aad providing for tbe Oswetioa of United 8tatee senators by sjireet vota Of the people. We aaa government by injunction and blae?tiot, and ?vor arbitration as of aetlliog dispotee between PaWaoialliiae aad their emplyees we obeerve with approval tbe aop givea by Demoerata throughout oooetry to the movement looking tower da the municipal ownership of laioipal fraoobieee Wt favor the principle ~-f tbe ini? tiative aad referendom wbeoever it be applied Wa are la favor of liberal pensions to deserviag soldiers sod to their defendants ; we believe tbst names upon the pension rolls should not be arbitrarily dropped, aod we believe, aa stated in tbe last aatiooal platform, that the foot of eulietment aod ser wiaa should be deemed conclusive aridenco agaioat dieeaee aod disabil? ity before enliatment Ws ars ia favor of the immediate aoaetrootloa aod fortification of tbe Nieeregueo oaoal by the Unitsd Hatce vYe 00 ad aaa o the Dingley tariff law aa a troat breeding aad extortion taviting meaaore, akillfully dsvised far tha purpose of giving to a few taw fa von which they do not deaerve aad 01 placing opon lha many bor 4eaa whioh they ohould oot bear. Wa welcome the opportunity offer? ee) taie year to take tha Federal Cveromeot oot of tha hoods of tha poblicaa party, whioh has aban doesd Amerioan ideas aod American Meeia aad, at tha command of cor? porate wealth, baa plotted agaioat the lloanoial indepeodeooe of the in? dividual aad now oontemplateo the aallifloatloa of tbe deolaratloo of tbe American indepeodeooe We pledge oorselveo to wsgs an aeoeesiog warfare agaioat all tbe treat a - the money troat, tbe iodoo trial treat aad the international land grabbing troat lostead of a system which woold ohein oor nation to tbe gold atandard aod compel it to partioipate io all tbe disturbance* which come to Euro pean nations, we demand an American financial eystem, mads by the Amerioan people for tbjemselvsa to b* secured by tbe immediate rea toration of tha free aod unlimited coinage of gold aod ailver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting far Ibe aid or oooaeot of any other nation The Repoblican administration baa admitted the gold ataodard to be uo eatia'aotory by appointing a commia aioa to solicit foreigo aid in reatoring the double atandard, and a Republican ooogreea, even while trying to make the go'd atandard permanent, haa Coofe?sed judgment against the atandard by attempting to revive the delueiva hope of international bimet? allism I oat tad of the aysttm favored by the Republican party, under which aaiional banka are to be permitted to tw?ue and control me volume of pap* r n.oopy for theii own profit, we reiterate our den end for that finen eial ?yttem which recognizes tbe government's sovereign right to iaaue all money We demand the retention of the greenbacks as they now exist and the retiremsnt of oational bank not** aa rapidly as greenbacks can be snb-oiloted for them - We believe tbst privste monopolies are indefensible, are iatolerable, and wt? condemn the national admin ?an a tto 11 fo- ita faiure to euforce tbe prea oat Uw agaiut the trusta or to recom? mend a more elective law We favur e Slate constitution which will prohib't the organizstion of a monopoly with: 1 the JMste aod alan prevent a monopoly organized elsewhere from doing buaiiiess with ie the etat? ; but sh further believe that oongieee ehooid supplement the eflurts of the stats by legislation mbieH will require every corporation, beton* engaging m interstate com mercc. ?0 ebow that it has no water ia its Hock and that it has neither attempted 111 the past nor ia attempt ing to monopolize any branch of bum neaa or the prodootion of any article of merchaadiae In its platform of 1850 the Repub? lican party declared that the main tenace of the principles promulgated in the declaration ol Independence and embodied in the federal constitu? tion viz : That all men aro created equal ; that they aro eodowed with inalienable rights; that governments are instituted to aecnto these rights, aod that governments derive their just powers from the cooeent of the governedia essential to the preser vatloa of oor republican instituUous, thai part/ oodsr the present leader ship, la cvdaegsrlog the preser lion of republican institutions by placing the dollar above the man io the construction of guv eminent, and by violating the princi plea that it once declared to be es sential We condemn the Puerto Rican Tariff bill recently passed by a Repub lioon house of representotivss os a bold and open violation of the nation's organic law and a flagrant breach of good faith. We aseert that the conatitution follows the flog and denounce the doctrine that an executive or a con? gress created and limited by the con stitution, can exerciae lawful author ity beyond that constitution, or in violation of it Believing that the natioo cannot long endure half re? public and half empire, we oppose ware of conquest and colonial pos? sessions The Filipinos csnnot be citizens without endangering oor civilization; they oaooot be subjects without en? dangering oor form of government, and, aa we are oot willing to surren der ocr civilization or to convert a republic into an empire, we favor an immediote declaration of the nation's purpose to give to the Filippinos. first, o stable form of government; second independence, and third, pro? tection from outside interference, ae it bos for nearly a century given protection to the republics of Central and Sooth America. We favor expanaion of trade by every legitimate and peaceful means, but we are opposed to purchasing trsde at the cannon's mouth with hum?n blood ; neither do we believe that trade aeoured and held by force ia worth the price that most be paid for it We are in favor of extending the nation's influence, but we believe that that influence should be extend ed, not by force and violence, but through the persuasive power of a high and honorable example. We oppose militarism It imposes npoo the people so nnneoesasry bur? den and ia a oonatant menace A small atandiog army and a well equipped State militia are sufficient in time of pesos ; io wsr the citizen soldier should be a republic's de? fence We believe, with Jefferson, in peaoe. commerce and boneat friend? ship with all nations, and entangling alliances with none, and we regard with apprehension the doctrine, advo cated in some qusrters, thst this no tioo aboold in ita dealings or diplo? macy show partiality toward any of the European natiooa, not because of boetllity to Eogland, but because we believe in the principles of a repub lie and reject, aa did oor forefathers, the theory of monarchy.* We sympathi^ j with the Boers io their heroic efforts to preserve their national integrity The failure of Republicso leaders, who four years sgo expreesed sympstby lor the Cubso pstriota. to feel an interest in the atroggle of the Dutch of Sooth Africa abows the psrslyziog influence of the imperial policy to which the admioiatratioo ia now endeavoring to commit the oootry. ?oaoojM^wo ?m BU Ufa Woo Savtd. Mr. J. K> Lilly, a prominent citizen of Han aibal, Mo., lately bad a wonderful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he Bay--. ' I waa lakap with typhoid fever that rnn into pneutuoniu* .My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couHn't even ?it up in bed. Consumption, when I hiard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gitve great relief. I continued to uae it, and now am well and ?trong. I can't lay too muob in ita praise." Tbif marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and ung (rouble Kegulur sites 50 cts and $1.00. Trial bottle free at J F W? DeLorine's Drug Store, every bottle guaranteed. 2 -?woan**o>o*^sjsj? SITUATION SERIOUS. Poooe, Puerto Rioo, Msroh 22 ? Tbo situation hero is now more s.-rioon torn at any time boforo or s.aoe the terrible burrioaoe In man? p'eecs tbs poor ars starving The pnoe of rioe, beans and oodfi'h have increased from 50 io 100 per ot at. Doaoostrotioo agaioet the delay of the Uoied Stales government io set? tling political qaestioos have recently b*eu held at Mayoeoeno. Yooaco. Am bo, Aguidalla, Fagardo, Quam aod many other towns. The people ote aoable to ooderntaod the tioloy, acd they condemn all Americana indt^crin ioately. Bid feeling is arising which it wili take yearn to o'eroomn Kv< n riot* are threatened. Trouble is almost inevitable oolcsa tho petitioner* are relieved Even wealthy land owner* cannot command roady oash, and many Americans are pennilo-e, being glad to work tor their boatd. Tho Porto Rican Bill Adopted Washington, March 2d ?Tho Ronatc today adop'od tho conference report on the Puerto Kioau relief bill by a vote of 35 to 15, practically a striol party alignment. N > democrat voted for the report. Bat Mr Stewart, of Nevatia, voted with tho republican*. Tbo time of dlsSUfSioa wan consumed principally by Mr Tiliruan, who mudo a fierce attack upon tho measure as agreed upon in c>nforcucc und aocu*ed the republican senators aod the repub? lican ptrty of iodimrction, bypoorisy sod "dirty work " Hi- ftpecoh was quite oborsotoristio aod was listened Io with iotsrsst by his collosguo* on lb [fioor aod the psoplo io tbo galleriss. Dewey in Savannah 50,000 Engaged in tbe Great Demonstration. Savanbab, Ga , March 21. ? Fifty thousand persons on the stroec here Ibta afternoon gave Admiral George Dewey as enthusiastic a welcme as was ever accorded to any pubtio man anywhere The admiral had reoovered from bis indisposition of yesterday suf? ficiently for bim to take pan io the military parade aod review arranged in bis honor, aod as be rode through the streets with Mrs. Dewey at his side, ringing enters rent tbo air and waving oolors made the eoene one to be long remembered. There were present sod in tbe parade five m.litary oompanies trom Charleston under command of Maj. H Sobatobe ; one or more oompanies of caval re serves eaoh from Charleston, Mooot Pleasant aod Beaufort, S C, and Bruosviok, Ga., and military orgaoi latiooti from Colombia, Pelzt t aod Timmnoeville, 8 C , aod Augusta, Bruns wick aod Thomaeville, Ga. There were in ail 17 out of towo organizations. Adding the loeal miltia there were nearly 4,000 men in line Tbo review took p aoe io the park extension where an aduiral's salute was fired by the Chatham artillery, from brass pieoes presented to tbe organisation by Presi? dent George Washington. Busmtss, publio aod private, was suspended from noon in honor of Admiral Dewey. Tbo oliaiex of the oooa*ion oocuried at tbe banquet at the DeSoto hotel tonight;, where tbe admiral was pre? sented with a beautiful silver vase on behalf of the oily of Savannah by Hon F. G. DoBignou. The vaso is elegant? ly engraved aod stands nearly three feet h'gh on a marble base. At the banquet table Geo Nelson A Miles, who airived in tbe oity this evening, too late for the military parade, sat next |i Admiral Dewey While the main function was in progress a oommittoe of 50 ladies entertained Mrs Dewey at a banquet in an annex adjoin iog lbs baoquet hall. Upon tho con? clusion of tbe dinner tbe ladies were sooommodsted with obairs in ths main room that they might hear ths speech? es Among the speakers were Judge Emory Speer, of ths Uoited States oourt, Surgeon General Wyman, Con? gressman Braotley, of Georgia, ex Attoroey General W O. Smith, of Hawaii, aod others. STARVING INDIA. Perhaps the readers of the Mes eenger are not aware that the great? est, the most devastating famine known to the world in recent years is now progressing in Iudia, a vast country with more than 200,000,000 of people, and a part of tbe Em press Victoria's great dominions. It is reported that millions have already periahed, and it has beeu going oo for years. Great Britain is now feed? ing 4,000,000, but there are many other millions who need help to save them fiom dying of starvation The famiue embraces a territory equal to five states of the eize of North Car olina, and it contains a population more than half of tho total population of the United States now Outside of this tremendous area more than 300,000 rq?are miles, there ia a dis? trict that is threatened with the same most direful calamity, and perhaps will soon fall a ready victim to the awful doom of humanity. This dis? trict is said to embrace 145,000 square miles, equal to three large states of our Uniou and with a pop ulation of 21 000,000 Great Brit? ain would be doing indeed a great and beneficent work if it was spend ing in bread and meat as much to feed and keep from starvation Vic toria's subjects in India as it is ex pending to kill aod subdue the weak Boera ?Wilmington Messenger Hester's Weekly Statement. New Orleans, March 23?Secre tary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement shows a decrease in the movement into eight compared with the seven days end ing this date last year of ,29,000 bales, it decrease under the same time year before last of 15,000 For the 23 lays of March the totals show a decrease under last year of 28,000, a decrease under tbe same time year before last of 125,000 The amount brought into sight during the palt week has been 118, 230 against 147,330 for the Corres ponding date last year The movo ment Riuce Sept 1st shows receipts at all United States ports 5,061,16(3 against 7,646,909 last year ; over land, i cross tho Mississippi, Ohio ami PotODOO rivers to north? ern mills and Canada 1,090,731 Mgainst 1,140,357, interior stocks, in excess of xhom held at tho close of tho commercial year 113 118, Sgaioat 312,373 year before last and 162,299 tl?o same timo in |89? ; southern mills takings 057,802 against 810,292 Issl year, 816 608 year before last and 716,493 same timo in 1807 Foreign exports lor the week have been 158,355 against 76 381 last year, making a total thus tar lor the season, 4,642,686 against 15,119,605 last yeur - ??aM?- ???? -^?B.^? White lok and Court of tirnpire BSpSI Ask to sea tha latest styles la ? aper for fash* icu ibid corrtspoud.'u:c ? ?.?. Ostecn k Oo, SCROFULA AND ITS AWFUL HORRORS -CURED BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. A MOST WONDERFUL CURE. A Grund Old Lady Glvc? Her Experience. Mrs. Thankful Orilla Hurt! lives in the beautiful village of Brighton, Livingston Co., Mich. This venerable and highly respected lady was born in the year 1S12, the year of the great war, iu Hebron, Washington Co., New York. She came to Michigan in 1840. the year of "Tippecauoe and Tyler too." All her faculties are excellently preserved, and possessing a very re? tentive memory, her mind is full of interesting reminiscences of her early life, of the early davs of the State of Michigan and tbe interesting and re? markable people she has met, and the stirring events of which she was a wit? ness. But nothing in her varied and manifold recollections* are more mar? velous and worthy of attention than are her experiences in the use of JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. Mr8. Hurd inherited a tendency and pre? disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive blood taint which has cursed and is cursing the lives or thousands and marking thousands more as vic? tims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to generation, It ia found in neary every family in one form or another. It may make its ap? pearance in dreadful running sores, in unsightly swellings in the neck or goitre, or In eruptions of varied forms. Attacking the mucous membrane, it may be known as catarrh in the head, or developing in the lungs It may be, and often is, tbe prime cause or consumption. Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hurd says: MI was troubled for many years with a bad skin disease. My arms and limbs would break out in a mass of Bores, discharging yellow matter. My neck began to swell and became very unsightly In appearance. My body was covered with scrofulous eruptions.. My eyes were also greatly inflamed and weakened, and they pained me very much. My blood was in a very bad condition and my head ached severely at frequent intervals, and I had no appetite. I had sores also in my ears. I was in a miserable condition, I had tried every remedy that had been recom? mended, and doctor after doctor had failed. One of the best physicians In the state told me I must die of scrofulous consumption, as Internal accesses were beginning to form. I at length was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and his famous Sarsaparilla. I tried a bottle, more as an experiment than any? thing else, as I had no faith in it, and greatly to my agreeable surprise, I began to grow better. You can be sure I kept on taking it. I took a great many bottles. But I steadily improved until I became entirely well. All the sores healed up, all the bad symptoms disappeared. I gained perfect health, and I have never been troubled with scrofula since. Of course an old lady of 83 years Is not a young woman, but I have had remarkably good health since then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA is the greatest blocd purifier and the best medicine In the wide world, both for scrofula and as a spring medicine." This remarkably interesting old lady did not lok to be more than sixty, and she repeated several times, "I believe my life was saved by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA." CHIGAW XDH-TJOr COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH. -o^o^^a/fvfi^ey^Ai^v^-v^'' \mr\ A Radical Change in Marketing Methods as Applied to Sewing Machines^ An original plan under which you can obtain easier terms and better value in the purchase of the world famous ikWhite" Sewing Machine than ever before offered. Write for our elegant II-T catalogue and detailed particulars. How we can save you money in the purchase of a high-grade sewing machir.e and the easy terms of payment we can offer, either direct from factory ortnrough our regular authorized agents. This is an oppor? tunity you cannot afford to pass. Ynu know the ??White," you know Its manufacturers. Therefore, a detaileoTdescTip?o'TTtH^ its construction is unnecessary. If you have an old machine to exchange we can offer most ? iberal terms. Write to-day. Address in fulL HIE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. C?ep't A.) Cleveland, OHIO. lODOC flcEW K.\, Number ?2785. Standard Bred Trotting Stallion, Registered inlVolume lS^American Trotting Register. Will stand the season in Sumter at lot in rear of1 Osteen's Book Store. EDIGrREE JIODOC McfiWlSN, 32785. MODOC McEWEN, 32785? Chestnut stallion, foaled May 1892, 161 hands high. One of the finest bred stallions in the Shite'; bred for size; style, speed and beauty. He is of kind and gentle disposition. A sure foal getter. Service fee $15, with .return privilege. Engagements can be made [at The Daily Item ollice, or address by mail. 11. CUQSTUl^L, Sumter, S. C. A FINE PIANO. At a Hiph Price Is E*f>i)y Found, But Fine Pianos Like the At our prices, p.re only found in our ware rooms. The1 present a happy combination of excellence, imr>c9e>ir>le to enrpaep elsewhere. Catalogue arjd Book of Suggestions for the asking. TERMS ACCOMMODATING. SECOND HAND PIANOS. TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. STIEFFj Warerooros, 9 North liberty Street. Factory?Block of E. Lafayette Ave , Aikeo aod LanTale streets. "TWHITB 4 S?ST Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH * MERCANTILE; HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb 28. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SINTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 CO Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Banking Busioen. Special attention given to collections. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 aod upwards received Io terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $300, payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, L.S.Carson, President. Cashier. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, 9. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid io, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders in excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Traneacts a general banking business ; also has a Savings Bank Departmeot. Deposits of $1 and upward received. Interest allowed at tbe rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable eemi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. Marion Moisi, W. F. Rhamb, Vice-Presldeot. Cashier. Jan 31. Salesman Wanted Enclose stamp for particulars Will atraJ tfiten curly and kinky hair without injury to the scalp or hair. Price *J)OCo per box. ANTI-KINK, Endorsed by tbe United States Health reports Darragh & Rich, New York, Sole Manufacturers. Feb 14?121 Onion Sets AND Garden Seeds. A supply of Onioo Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Gsrden Seeds for tbe season's planting, now on hand. FULL LINE OF MEDICINES, PERFUMERY and Fancy Articles, Usually found in a first class Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully com? pounded at reasonable prices. J. F. W. DeLorme. Oct 25. Life and Fire Insurance. Cull on me, at my residence Liberty Street, lor both Life and Fiie Insu? rance. Oniy reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Aiulreiia Closes. Get 26? o. Estate ol Joseph M. (oop< r, \U tM. IWILL APPLY -o 'he Judge of Pre bate of Sumter Goeatj on March 1410 lf00,'for a Final Dipcbart'e as Admtnistraior C T. A. of the Kstate of eaid rieeeafcd OBORGI G. COOPER. Feb U-4t Administrator C. T A.