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raatUMTM WATCHMAN. established Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881. ? be ?trbran ;mb ?>ontbron. MlitlMd Iroy Wodxtoaday, ? ??r 8UMTER, 8. C. Tinms : $1.60 par aoo am?io advaooe Ob>?Square IrBt iomtion..91 00 aWy WOQIOBIBt iuSBTttOB. 10 Ooatreets for tkraa month*, or longer wil OB BJB4M Bt rsdSSSd rBlBS. ?II cossBtsoicatioos wbleh lobservs private B?BBf sota will be charged fur aa ad Ter tie meat*. OfMtaaHea aed tributes of respects will be swarged for. fJS BRYAN SPEAKS IN WASHINGTON. Takes Oooaslon to Say Some? thing About Civil Service. TV b Waskisgtoa. Ool 23 ?William J. Bryaa epsat bo hour tod a asarter at aa* eatioaal septtal today. Hie traio arrived ?vor Iks Ckeeapeeks aad Ohio Ire? Wool Virgiaie at 7.46 o'eloek tkis . ao ?oor lato. About 1,000 war? vaittBf for hin ?I ike [r Brya? was takes to tbe reitdeooe ?I efodgo 8prs?gsr, opposite ike eapt tel, wkara ke breakfasted A fan saraatas kefora 9 o'oloek Mr BryM was drtvsa I? Ike Baltimore a od Oh o de pat, ?kor? ke aiade a brief speech from ?ia aetoaaokils. Ho spoke oo imperial ieas aad eivil sarviae Abooi 5,000 de were matted aroood the depot. Ir Bryao said : "Oasaaiooally I bear it suggested tkst peraoos engaged io tke oifil ser? vice) r/ko are opposed to imperialism ?fill fota Ike Hspskltees tiokst for fear of loosiag their positiooe witk tke gov* ?ramsol. Certainly there are ool assay who wo?ld prefer government eei ploy meat ooder ao empire to whar ?v?r risk might atleod their employ aisBt ??der ? repoblio. I an oot as ?eh ?I ao admirer of that oitil ssretss wkieh ie eoipeoded whoa a preetdeat io ioaogorated aior.il be oao ill tka a?les< witk kia frioads aod is sstsadsd by tke prseidsM wkeo he is aftjowl to retire, io orrfer tkat be may proteet kts frieodt ia ernes I believe tkat a eystsm of aivd service might be devised wbereta appoiotmeots woold bo aiade apoa meru aod wkereio the appointees woold bold for a fixed term aad aot be dapeodeot apoo tbe will of ?? appoiatiog officer Tbe industrial despotism oot ioaogorated by tbe RepabltesB party is olosiog the door of epportootty agaiost yooog meo aod drtviog many to seek government aaeploymeat who oodar better eoodi tioea woold be employed io prodooiog aadastriss " Mr Bryao closed with the itatemeot tkat it was oot bit kigkeet ambition to be preetdeat, "hot to make ibis govern ate et ao good tkat to be a privata oitiieo it tkis repobiie will be a greater kooor tkao to ke a klag ia any other aattoo:' Before roaekiog Waibiogtoo the traia oa wkieh Mr Bryao earns io made a krisf atop st Aleisodria, Va Tke statsmeat kad beeo made io advaooe that Mr Brya? woold make a brief epeeek ia tkat towo aod a Isrgo number ef people eoogrsgatad at tbe railroad yards to greet him They reoeivod him with voctfcroae ebears, bot oo time wae gitso for a speeeb. Mr Bryso oaly kad time to ray thai he telt oomplimeol ad to kaee so msoy people oome oot to greet kiai ao sarly io tka moroiog. H fait, ka raid, ture of Virginia's support, sod from wkat ks bad seen of other Stets* reeeotly ke felt jostifled io a.seri i?g that Virginia woold hate pleoty of Boajpaoy oo election day Tke ooly other atop to Virgioia after daylim-hi was at Maoasaai That poiot was retched at a very early boor The stop wae ooly for a momeot aod Mr Bryao did oot appear. Nevertheless there was a erowd at tke statioo. Penglon Hunters. Wssbiogioo. Oot. 23 ?Many in qoirie? have been made recently at the pen?ioo office ?o to tbe status of claiea? filed for pensions by soldier* of the Spanien-American war Com mieeioner Evans said today that the bureao scarcely had time to respond to sll the inquiries, bnt tr ?t the etaims were being adjudicated aa rapidly as possible. TTe sdded that some of Ibc claims bad been delayed .>y the difli ooltj io obtaining the necessary offi Cisl records at the war department "There have been filed 31,000 claims on sccount of tbe Spanish American war op to Monday morn ing, Oot 22," enid the commissioner. "Calla have been rnsde for evidencr io 33,424 of Ihese claims Medical examinations have been ordered by Ibis bureau in 28,324 claims The difference between the uurober of claims filed and the number of medi? cal ?laminationa ordered, practically represents the nombet of widows' ?ad dependents' claims Poor thousand two hundred and IwirtT ????? of these olsims have b**s) aatiwdiowiwd alrsady " >t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou l TER. S. C WEDNES responsibility to plaoo his responsibili? ty against that of one who ban no responsibility reposed upon him by a party, and I want your party leaders to answer the questions that I am go? ing to ask/' Mr Bryan then quoted from the pres? ident's message of Deoember 5, 1898, reeommeodtog the ioorease of tbe army to 100,000 meo, and asked if tbe Republican party, through anyone authorised to speak, will deolars that Republican suoosss this fall meaos a standing army of 100,000 meo in this ooootry. Hit second question was : "If the Declaration of Independence is true that governments derive their just power from the oonsent of tbe govern? ed, I want to ask bow yoo can bay tbe right to govern people or seoure title to tbem by force ?" The third question was: "Is the Filipino going to be a oitiien or ?objsot ?" And tbe fourth : "Can you purchase trade with human blood ?'' Tbe fifth question related to tbe establishment of a proteotorate to tbe Philippine islands, oonoerniog which Mr Bryan said : "Republicans lay that we eannot proteot tbe Filipinos without a great deal of trouble. We bate protected tbe republics of Central and South Amerioa for 75 years, and we have bad oo authority to those South Amer? ican countries. We have never gov? erned tbem but we have proteeted them from outside ioterfereoee. It has never cost anything, bat it has been valuable to tbem "The Republican doctrine it tne doe trine behind whieh tbe monarchies of tbe old world have bidden wbeo they have waoted to plunder from the peo? ple instead of protecting tham. Ours it a different proteotorate.'1 Concluded hit presentation of these inquiries, Mr Rryan taid ; "When ihe Republicans get through aoawering those five questions I will have tome more for them The trouble it that tbe Ropublioao party it oot attempting to meet the issue of this eompaigo. He then took np various other questions involved io tbe campaign aod preeented bit usual arguments oo state subjects after oaoolodtog bit meetiog at the tent, Mr Bryan wat driven to the Grand opera boose, where he made hit laat tpeeoh of the night to a congregation composed largely of ladies, some of whom bad held their teats there for three or four hours TELLER STEALS 8EVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND. New York, Oot 23 ?C. L. Alvord. oote teller of tbe Firtt National baok, it a defaulter to the amount of $700, 00fj, Alvord has oot yet beeo appro bended He bad been an employe of the baok for over tweoty years. The Firtt Natiooal is one of the largest backing institutions io tbe otty aod itt president it George F. Baker, who it alto pretident of the Attor Na? tiooal baok aod a financial adviser of the Attor family. Tbe baok it located at No 2 Wall ttreet and bat a capital of $500,000 aod a surplus of (5,000, 000 Population of Cities. Washington, Oot 25.?Tbe census bureau in a bulletin issued today summarizes tbe returns of population of oitiee having 25,000 inhabitants or more in 1000, the individual census of each of these oitiee having been officially announced heretofore. There are 159 of tbeee and the bulletin abowe that tbe peroeitagc of increase io their population t oni 1890 to 1900 was 32 5, against 49 5 for tbe same oitiee in the previous decade. Tbe absolute ioorease in tbe population of these cities from 1890 to 1900, wee 4,839,136 or 82,426 less than tbe absolute increase from 1880 to 1890, wbeo it wae 4,921,562. Tbe 159 cities combined have a popula? tion in 1900 of 19,694.625, againet 14,855,489 in 1890, and 9,933,927 in 1880. Of these 159 oitiee divided into four classes, 19 had' 200,000 and over 19, bad 100.000 and under 200, 000, 40 had 50,000 and under 100,. 000, and 81 had 25,000 and under 50,000 In 1880 there were but 20 cities which contained more than 100, 000 inhabitants, but io lc?0 this number had increased to 28, and in 1900 to 38.. In 1900 there are 78 cities of 50,000 inhabitants or more as compared with 58 in 1890 and 35 in 1880. - mam ?i - A Gold Nugget Worth $154, 000. Now York, Ott 26? The bigfest IVfget of L'"ld ever received a' the tatty ottos of Wall -tn,et, tcoordiog to Superintendent Meto?, arrival today finm a mining company in llrltlth Columbia It wa* oon*igned to the New York aaenis of th. Bank of Mon treal The nugget contained a frac? tion over 753 pounds of the solid ysliow metal aod is valued at JIM - 000. It oaoae io a solid eooe aod stood Iwo feet high. OHO" kims't at, bo thy Country's, thy God's. IDAY. OCTOBER 31, Alvord, theGmat Embezzler A. Friend Thinks he is Daad But Nothing is Known of Him New York, Oot 24.?Cornelius L. Alvord, the defsuHiog note teller of the First National Bsok, has oot beeo arrested, and it is said do oews has beeo received of him. Mrs Alvord left her home io Mount Verooo aod oame to this oity this moroiog. It is said she does oot intend to return to Mount Verooo. Many personal frienes of Alvord in Monnt Verooo believe he has committed Buioide. J. H Murphy, ooe of the backer's saost intimate frieods, said today be firmly believed that Alvord bad takeo hit owo life. "He is juu the tort of a mao who would do tiooh a thing," said Mr Murphy. "While he is perbtpt pleg ooatio and apparently taket mattere as they come, he is in reality a sensitive man. "I wish, its bis personal friend, to deny the story correct that there was soother woman in whom he was inter? ested He was deeply attaohed to bis wife aod family aod did oot assooiate with a fast set." The following supplementary state? ment was given oot by the First National Back this afterooon. "Alvord's false entries appear to have commerced aboat five years ago. Ooe of his daties was to oolleot drafts aod ootes oot payable tbroogh the clear* ing bouse, a ooosiderable part of these usually being: paid io cash. He appro? priated a portion of this cash from time to time, as opportunity offered, before aoy of it was turned over to the money olerk "The disorepaooy was ooooealed by adding to the item of 'exchanges for elearicg houses1 oo the note teller's balaooe book an amouot equal to tbe sum of abPtraotioos. Until bis reoeot disappearance, Alvord bad oot beeo absent from the back during ooe busi? ness day this year. He did oot take bis usual vaoatioo last summer, request, iog that iostead he might take a month next winter for a trip to California." The iotereotiog feature of the supple* meotary eta.ement is tbe positive assertion, that Alvord bad oot beeo absent from tbe baok ooe bustooss day this year. Mr Hine repeated this statement after an examination of the time books, h wbioh every day's leave of abseooe by aoy employe of the baok is enter ;d. This ooctradiots the numerous reports that Alvord was a regular attendact aod heavy bettor at tbe Saratoga races this last season. The paragraph in the same state meet explaioiog how Alvord operated, was shown to several experienood bauk officials. Th 3 only poiot made olear to them was thai. Alvord'* opportunity in bis haodliog of the bank's cash as col? lector were unusual, aod also that it has beeo admitted that be always earried cash balaooes. An important offioial of ooo of tbe leading backs said : "Io most banks the oote teller is obliged to adjust bis balaooes after tbe olose of every day's business, aod his aoooonts should be eheoked off by bia olerks aod "proved" by tbe other tellers. Had this system obtaioed at tbe First Natiooal I do oot see bow Alvord oould have worked his game longer thao for a few months at tbe utmost." Io spite of Vioe Presideot Hioes' denial, it is regarded as extremely probable that Alvord took a large sum of money shortly before be left NEW STEAMSHIP LINE New York, Oot 25 ?The steamer Wacoamaw, the first of a fleet of six steamers, tu be put in operation by tbe Atlantic Coast Steamship Compaoy for tbe lumber trade oo tbe Atlaotio coast, betweeo Gaorgetowo, S C , and North? ern ports as far as Boston, has arrived here from Toledo, Ohio. Tbe Atlaotio Coast Steamship Com? paoy is a oew organization, with a capital of $1,000,000, wbioh will eo gage io oarryiog lumber from George* town to Northern seaboard markets Macon, Ga., Oct 24.?It was learned here today that two negroes, James Giier and James Calloway, were lynched by white farmers near Liberty Hill, in Lake county. While out hunting they shot recklessly into a farmer's house, frightening a young while woman Macon, Ga , Oct. 24 ?A story roaches here of an extraordinary lynching near Wellston, in Houston county LaRt week a negro was lynched at that place for assault on a white woman Sunday another negro assaulted a girl of his own race. The man was captured and D eg toes of the vicinity aRked the white citizens to let them have him This was complied with and the negro was lynched in the woods Charlotte, N O , Oct. 24 ?A negro woman named Carry C aid well, who lived in the northern part of Mecklen? burg, county, N C , this morning killed her three children and com? mitted suicide. !and;;Truth's." the 1900. \ Nev United States Powder Magazine Exploded. No Lives Were Lost at Indian Head. Washington, Ojt 25?At 8 o'clock this morning Admiral O'Neill, chief of the ordnance bureau oavy department, reoeived a telephonic message from the proving grounds at Iodiao Head report iog that about 10 o'clock laet night a fire aod several explosions occurred io ooe of the filling bouses aod magazines. No other damage was done aod oo ooe injured. Lieut Strauss, oommaodant at Indian Head, oame up on a naval tog and at onoe went to the navy depart? ment, where he made a leogtby verbal report to Admiral O'Neill. The latter theo gave out tbe foilowiog details pre* seated by Lieut Strauss : Tbe ezplosioo occurred io a email magazine of the proving ground, aod this io turn set fire to ao adjacent boildiog, where ammooitioo was stored, both tbe magazine aud other building beiog destroyed. Tbe magazine was opeoed at 10 o'clock yesterday morn? ing to take oot a quaotity of powder. At that time its temperature was taken at 64 degrees, which is quite low, the temperature in ship magasines being as high as 90 degrees. It was then dosed for the day. At 4 80 p. m. a watoh man made his usoal rouods of inspection and fouod everything about tbe maga? zine io proper oider. At 8 30 p. m tbe t waobmao again made his round aod turoed in a report showing every? thing in proper order. At 10 15 p m. the explosion occurred, without warning aod without the slightest olew as to what ocoassiooed it. There was io the magazine at tbe time of the explosion 8,000 poonds of black powder, 30.000 pounds of smokeless powder and ? lot of brown powder, probably about 7,000 pounds. After the first explosion tbe fire fouod its way to the ammooitioo, und thia caused uoeessive explosions, astiog until after midnight. Most of he powder was destroyed, but some of the smokeless powder lies scattered abrot io heaps, oot having been igoitetV Many of the shells aod smaller piojeotiles also are yiog about or exploded, although show ing the effects of beat. Death of tbe Oldest of Flor? ence's Citizens John H. Husbands, the oldest oitiisn of Fiorenoe, aod one of the best koowo, died this moroiog at 3 o'clock at his residence oo Evans street. He was io the seventy-sixth year of his age and up to a few months ago bad been ao aotive man, bu?y with bis work from suo to 6on aod from week to week He oame to Florence in 1858, wbeo tbe Northeastern road was first finished, aod opeoed a wheel wright aod under? taking ahop aod a store io a building oow destroyed, whioh stood oo the eoroer of Evaos street aod the railroad. ?Florence Times, Oot 25. His Right Arm Badly Broken. Florence, October 25.?Clifton Whitton, a popular young dry goods clerk, while out riding this afternoon was thrown from the buggy and his right arm broken in two places, the bones protruding through the flesh He was picked up by Mr. R J. Mul drow and brought to town. Boer Successes. Capo Town, Oct 26.?The Boere have captured Jaoobsdal, southwest of Kimberley, after a stubboro resistaoce opoo the part of the garrison, whioh consisted of a detachment of Cape Towo Highlanders The latter suffered severe? ly, losing 34 out of 52 men. Hans Botba hai out off a traio with a reconnoiteriog party of the Highland brigade, between Heidelberg and Grey liogstadt, in tbe Transvaal oolony, tearing up the rails in front and bebind the train. In tbe fight whioh followed two captains aod eight men were wounded and all were captured. ? ? ????^saaw "Stung by the eooial ostracism from wbioh they have suffered ever siooe Thomas Nelson Page, at Old Home D*y, in Concord, N H. , lashed the eooiety of Newport aud New York with terrible vituperation, the Pages, it is averted, have deotded to close their house and flee to Europe as a refuge," says the Washington correspondent of the New York Journal All of Mr Page'd friends io Washington indignantly deny that the closing of tbe bouse and departure of the family have anything to do with hiti recent attack on society, ?8 it is known m Newport.." This in aaid to be what modo "socie'y" mad ! "I make so bold as to assert that not only are there not fifty mtllion peope in 'this country who sit with envious, if not adoring gat3, ?astcned upon that spectacle of divorced and doubly divorced men aod women and their sycophants and parasites, but that, out side of their owo oirole, tbero are not fifty thousand peoplo in all Amerioa who do oot reprobate aod deride their arrogance." TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jene ?2f v Series?Vol. XX. Xo. 14 COTTON SEED MILL INDUSTRY'S GROWTH So Rapid That the Mills Have to Get Together. Oo Monday night there was a con? ference of representatives from about 80 per cent of tbe cotton oil mills in South Carolioa. It was held io this city, aod tbe rapid development of the industry io this State made it neces? sary. Tbe first mill io this State was start? ed to this city by Gee B. P. Alezaoder soon after tbe war. It was erode and experimental. Tbe first real cotton seed oil mill was established io 1881 aod was located io Charleston. Today there are 67 mills io 8ooth Carolins, aod they are using 220,000 tons of cot? ton seed annually. Cottoo seed oil mills have to have oottoo seed. They have to buy the seed where they oao get it at overy sta tioo io tbe State. All along each mill has bad to look oot after its own buy? ing, aod all over tbe State tbe compa? nies have established warehouses aod scales. At some stations, as the com? ber of mills increased, these plants had to increase, aod many of the mills are ooable to get room to pnt io 6ueb pUnts, thus forcing Colombia for in? stance to boy from Fort Mill, near Charlotte, where she has a plaot, aod Charlotte to boy from stations near Colombia where she has plaots. This has gooe to sooh ao eiteot ibat the mills decided to ooafer aod combioe their interests oo a business basis, all getting the use of established soales aod ware booses aod boyicg their cot I too seed oo a ooiform basis, Colombia I gettiog tbe seed nearest her and Char I lotte gettiog that nearest her. Soeh ao agreemeot was reached aod the com? plications have thus beeo dooc away with.?Tbe State. SATS HIS WIFE IS CRAZY. Washington, Got 23.?Lunacy pro? ceedings were instituted by tbe district commissioners today against Katbarioe S Maekey, wife of former Judge Thomas J. Maokey of South Carolioa. who was discharged from tbe govern? ment hospital for tbe insane about 10 days ogo oo habeas corpus petitioned for by ber husband. Tbe petition filed io tbe supreme oaurt of the district today is signed aod sworn to by Mr Mackey, aod tho nbjeet of the proceediogs is to have Mrs Maokey rcoommitted to tbe asylum. Judge Maokey alleges io his petition that his wife is a luoitio of bomfoidal aod otherwise daogerooo tendencies ; that she has been such a lunatio since the 10:h of October, 1900 ; that the cause of her luoaey is unknown to bim, bot if the representations made to bim are true, she is unfit to be at large. A bearing of the petition will b3 hsld next Friday. Washington, Ost 26 ?Thomas J, Maokey, ex circuit ooort jodge of Sooth Carolioa, who seversl days ago madci applieatioo to have his wife recom? mitted to the government hospital for tke iosaoe. todsy withdrew the peti? tion He aooouooed that be would oever bring tbe case before the court again Mrs Mackey reoeotly was re? leased from tbe asylom co r writ of habeas corpus iostitoted by ber bus bind. Father of Centennials The centennial of tbe birth of George liioorofr, tho great historian, was ap? propriately celebrated at Woroester, Mass, this mootb The origoator of this centennial celebration was Mo Donald Furmao. who was also the father of .he Colombia oeotenoial lo ao editorial tbe Woreester Gazette says: "The first suggestion that tho cen? tenary of George Bancroft be fittingly observed was made by MeDooald For mao of Privateer, Somter County, South Carolioa. Mr Furmao w-ote to the Gatdtto calling attention to tbe faot that the ocoteoary was approaching nod suggesting that it be observed The daughters of the American revolution took up the idea, aod that in turn stimulated the antiquarian socioti^s to aotioo. It was to Mr Farmiu that the movement owes its beginning M?The State - ?**? ?? ? Bt!too, Oot 23 ?Yesterday while co his way home Mr Arthur MoGse, a farmer living a few miles below this place, disappeared and has oot beeo peen or heard from f?ooe. It is believ? ed that he was waylaid and murdered, robbery being the primo motive, as bo bad ?250 with him when left town. Wilmington, Del, Oct 23?Tho first colored man ever naturalized iu this State is Wm Anu^don, aged 32 veirs, a natia-* of Liberia, who has been granted his final papers by Judge Bradford io the Federal court here. Anderson's grandfather was a former presideot of Liberia, but the new oiti zeo has resided io Wilmington siooe he was five years of age. April, I860. ?*Be Jus SUM Important Declarations i by Mr Wm J. Bryan. He Delivered Nineteen Ad? dresses Yesterday. Wilmington, Del. Oct 24 ?Mr Bryao mode two speeches of some leogth io Ibis city tonight after hav? ing made 17 other addresses daring tbe day. Beginniog it St Michaels, on tbe eaetern shore of Maryland, he spoke in succession at Easton, Pres? ton, Hurlock, Vienna, Salisbury. Berlin, all of which are io Maryland, aod st Frankford, Georgetown, Mil* ford, Harrington, Dover, Clayton, Middletowo, Kirkwood and New Castle, io Delaware. Tbe audiences of the day ware as a role fair sized aod a majority of tham were n or oogbly appreoiative At a few of tbe stopping plsoes in Delaware there wsa apparent lack of enthusi asm Tbe first of Mr Bryan's night meetings in this oity wss held io a big tent, end while tbe meeting bo? gen muoh earlier. Mr Bryan did oot sppear until 9 o'clock He bad a loag aod busy day and found it necesssry to take an unusually pro? longed rest tfter bis arrival in this oity The tent waa orowded to euf focation After expressing bis grati? fication at being present, Bryan took oognizsnoe of a series of questions propounded to bim by John P. Nieldo of this oity The questions were as follows : 1. Will be, if eleoted president, as commander in-chief, immediately withdraw tbe army from tbe Philip pinee ? 2. How does he cootemplste that a sttble form of government can be given to the Philippines ? 3 How sooo after a stable form of government is established does he propoee that eoogress shsll deolare tbe iodependeuoe of these islands ? 4 How soon after a stable form of government is established and inde? pendence is declared does be pro? pose tbst tbe American proteotorate over tbe Philippioe islands shall con? tinue ? 5 Will be pay the obligations of this government io silver or gold, if eleoted ? Mr Bryan took op the qoeetiooe aod replied to them ss follows : As a reply to tbe first question be quoted from bis speech of accept? ance, saying : "I stated tbst if eleot? ed preeideut I would immedistely convene congress in eztraordinary session and would ssk congress to declare tbe notion's policy in tbe Philippine islsnds, ss we sre now establishing a stable form of govern? ment in Cobs ; to declaro our purpose to give independence to the Filipinos ss we bsve promised to give inde pendece to tbe Cabsns ; to deolare onr purpose to give proteottoo to tbe Filipinoe as we bsve promised to give protection to tbe Cubans and have for 75 years given proteotioo to the repoblios of Central aod South America.'1 Oo the secood question, he said : ? No one bss attempted to fiz the number oi boors or dsys or weeke or months necessary, bot I will ssy this, that I believe tbst we could establish a stable government in tbe Philippines in less time tbsn tbe Republican party baa estsblisbed one , in Cubs, and 1 think I osn promise you tbst our officiate would not embezzle ao Republican officials embezzled Cobsn money " j To tbe third question, he answered that in his speech of acceptance it waa proposed to give tbem indepeud ?ace as soon as their stable govern ment is estsblisbed. The phase "aod aa sooo'' means "immedistely" iu our langusge ; I don't know what it means iu Republican," and answer* ing tbe fourth question he ssid: "If the questioner bad read my ?peech be would hsvs seen tbst there wss no limit on the proteotorate, sod we believe tbst this nstion can assert the doctrine that when this nstion holds a republic to stand upon its feet the ground whereon it stands is holy ground, snd tbst no king shsll ever set bis foot on it " On tbe fifth question, relstive to paying the obligations of this govern? ment in gold or silver if elected presi* dent, be ssid : "1 want tho Republicans who want that question answered to first find out whst the lew requires, and then I want them to know that if elected president 1 will enforco that law just aa 1 will enforce the law against trusts, and put striped clothes on big thievea as well as little tliiev? H Hut if yon ?sk me to con Htrue a Republican law I will reply that 't shall not construe a law until it becomes my duty to enforce it Having replied to the questions. Mr Bryan thou propounded some of his own. He said : HIS INTERROGATIONS. ' Now I waot to aak five questions, sod ss I ssk these questions I waot some responsible mao to answer tbem It to hardly (sir foi a mao who hot