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TRICE FIVE CENTS.
INDIANAPOLIS, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1896-SIXTEEN' PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SUNDAY
JO URN A
Generally fair.
The Battle of the Ballots
For the When pony, Topsy, which has been going on for the
past two months, was closed "at 10:30 o'lock last night. The bal
lot box has been sealed up and the contents will be preserved
intact until opened by the committee selected to count the votes.
We will announce in the columns of this paper the name of the
fortunate boy who is to become the future owner of this beauti
ful pemy just as soon as the committee completes the count.
The following well-known gentlemen have been selected to count
the votc3 and decide who is the winner of the pony:
Mr. C. F. Daily, gen. passenger agent L. E. & W. R. R.
Mr. G. J. Marott, shoe dealer, 22 E. Washington st.
Mr. Arthur Dickson, of Dickson & Beaning, bicycle dealers.
OPlhLe Win
JN THE MIDST of the awful prevarications of an
exciting presidential campaign, while
Gold HESiuig
Silver lESTLig
And other party insects are getting in their work on
suffering: humanity we present the great remedy,
c
ttoanoia
8
Which never fails to restore the mind shaken by cam
paign lying.
CUBANOLA is long Havana Filler.
CUBANOLA is choice Sumatra Wrapper.
CUBANOLA is the best 5-cent Cigar sold in Indi
ana.
A. KIEFER DRUG CO., Indianapolis,
SOLE DISTRIBUTERS
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOCOC05C
Big---S Route
TO THE
National : Encampment
G. A. R. and W. R. C,
AT
St. Pawl, Minn.,
SEPT. 1 to 4.
$11.70
For the
ROUND TRIP
$11.70
Transportation committee of Thomas
Pest having been authorized to make ar-rangeme-its
for their trip to St. Paul have
ccntracted with the Biff Four and all mem
bers of the post contemplating attending
the National Encampment are urged to go
with the department train leaving Indian
apolis at 11:50 a, m. Monday. Aug. 31.
Diagrams of sleepers now open and
tickets on sale at all Rig Four offices.
Call at Dig Four otllces. get tickets and
secure sleeping-car space In the special
headquarters train leaving Indianapolis at.
11 :W a. m. Monday, Aug. 31. reaching St.
Paul, without change of cars, at 8 a. m.
Tuesday. II. M. BRONSON. A. G. P. A.
One Dollar
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and RETURN
Via O., H. & D.
Sunday, Aug. 3G
Special train, 7:15 a. m. .
MONON : ROUTE
L-, N. A. & C. RY.
ST. PAUL and RETURN
Tickets on sale Aug. 20. 31 and Sept 1. Good to
return unt'l Oct. 2. Cholc f four trains to
Chlcr. T-td t route between Chicago and St.
1'aul. The Monon run I axlor cars on day trains
and Pullman sleepers on nlrht trains. Consult
r-nt at Union Station anl 2 Wet Washlnicton
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Distributors of Fine Imported and
Domestic Groceries,
16 Worth Meridian Street.
WHEN YOU WANT A.. .
Class
CALL ron
CHAMBERS'S BOUQUET
IT FILLS THE BILL.
CRAZY OVER MONEY.
Handsome Young: Woman Creates
Spenea In Tiro St. Lonls Dnnki.
ST. LOUIS. Aur. 29. An attractive young
woman, elegantly and fashionably attired,
walked Into the Fourth National Bank, at
Fourth and Olive streets, shortly after 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and quietly
made her way to the cashier's desk. Cash
ier Augst smiled at her through his win
dow and asked her what she wanted.
"I want my money," she said.
"Have you an account here?" asked the
cashier.
"Yes." she answered. "I own all the
money in the bank, and I'll get It or kill
you."
Cashier Augst saw that he had an Insane
woman to deal with, so he quietly sent for
a policeman. When the officer arrived the
woman said her name was Mary Miller.
She gave her address as 1325 South Sixth
street. The officer started to take her
home.
Outside the bank she calmed down and
KJM.1110 offlcer that if he would let
atflye0rernWOt,ildHtakeKa Car Hnd medi
ately return to her home. The omr
Sse'iS.?" aU Tight an ot Uke"
?..2U 6 further annoyance. He left her
standing at the corner f Olive and Fourth
talked SX A1" J? achL UPn Ther
rlrJ Into Merchants Lacled Bank
?AhilVh? ,ouf,tn National. She wtm
lAhCL pa'ln tellers' window, peeped in
S2id KTnat aU?ks ot greenbacks and
gold and silver coin. She thrust in h
arm as if to grab a handfSl. The 8 uruid
clerk grasped her arm and ihe screamed
I want my money." she cried and I
riSht." qUick A11 lhe money iiSSaby
Then the went on to tell how sh hart
made millions through speculation? in th
bugar Trust. She talked wildly.3 J?aJJS
her hands and made such a disturbing
that President W. H. Lee. who waj in
his office heard her. lie came out and aS
proached her. lie told her that if
would wait a few minutes umi the money
kUU..H coun". would give? ft? her
wIr started to talk to her acaln
when she sprang at him. She caught hiS
by the collar and tried to pull him to the
floor. As fast as ne would tear himself
away the would take a fresh hold. ThJ
bank president and the frenzied woman
struggled all over the office. Sl7e held on t2
Mr. Lee's coat until that gave way and
then she started on his vest. Uy thV tfmi
Mr. Lee got away f-otn her his coat and
vest were nearly torn to shreds. X Do
ilceman secured the woman aH quickly as
he could, and. despite her kicks . and
screams, held her while he summoned th
patrol wagon.
A crowd of neople. attracted by the un.
roar In the bank, followed her to the patrol
box. hhe was taken to the dispensary
The physicians there examined her and
plied her with questions, and came f the
conclusion that she as mentully unbal
anced. She seemed rational enough on ev
erything but money. When that was men
tioned ihe Insisted that all the money in
Kt. Louis belonged to her. She was sent
to the City Hospital for examination as
to her mental condition.
GREATDAY AT CA8T0S
AXD TWO ROTABLE SPEnCIIES BY
THE ItEPUDLICAX 'OMI.EE.
Commercial Travelers of Chlcasoand
German-Americana of Cleveland
Visit Ex-Governor McKlnley.
BIG WAVE OF ENTHUSIASM
CHEERS GREET ALMOST EVERY
WORD UTTERED BY 31'KINLEY.
Ills Response to the Spokesman of the
"Knla-btA of tbe Crip" Both Elo.
qnent and to the Point.
NUMEROUS TELLING HITS
HIS REFERENCES TO CONFIDENCE,
PnOTECTIOX, RECIPROCITY,
Sound Treasury and Sound Money All
Cheered to the Echo Tribute to
the Valor of Germans.
CANTON, O., Aug. 2D. Of the five dele
gations scheduled to visit Major McKlnley
to-day the first arrived at 7:43. It was
Commercial Men's McKlnley Club No. 1, of
Chicago. 300 strong. The Pennsylvania
Company cars In which they came were
gaily decorated and proclaimed the Identity
of the occupants, their starting point and
their destination on a banner on either side
of the train reading, "Commercial McKln
ley Club; No. 1, from Chicago to Canton."
Numerous banners were carried by the
commercial men, conspicuous among them
being one with- the pictures of McKlnley
and Hobart, "An honest dollar," clasped
hands of worklngmen and the words "Pro
tection to labor and capital; honest money
In 1S9C to revive trade, start industries, In
crease wages and restore national credit."
The visitors were under command of Chief
Marshal George Green, who had as as
sistants Marshals Charles Neely, AV. Has
kell, Joseph Pomeroy and Frank F. Lewis.
The party contained all the members of
the national executive committee of the
commercial men of the United States. The
officers of Commercial McKlnley Club No.
1 were also In line. The Chicago men pre
sented a sight which aroused much favor
able comment as they marched with mili
tary precision up the street to the Hurford
House, carrying in their hands McKlnley
and Hobart umbrellas and many of them
armed with the omnipresent grip.
At the hotel the "boys" were fed before
their march to the McKlnley residence.
Canton turned out to do honor to the oc
casion. The local commercial men were on
hand to receive their fellow "knights of the
grip," and they did their part well. The
citizens' escort and the Canton troops were
In line. The far-famed Grand Army band.
with stately step and inspiring airs, kept
everybody In good humor. In answer to the
call for those who believe In the gold
standard to assemble at the Dueber-Hamp-den
works to form an escort for the visit
ors the Dueber men turned out fully 300
strong, and, armed with McKlnley and Ho
bart umbrellas, caused hearty applause
along the line of march. They assembled
la response to an Invitation from Mr. Due
ber, who had been Invited to Join his travel
ing men in the demonstration. Mr. Due
ber himself, accompanied by G. J. Corey,
chairman of the national executive com
mittee of commercial men of the United
States, F. B. Hlgbee, who arranged the
parade, and Mr. George B. Frease, drove
to the train to give greeting In person to
the commercial men.
MR. COREY'S GREETING.
It was nearly 10 o'clock when the mem
bers of the delegation had finished break
fast and reorganized the Imposing parade
to march to the McKlnley heme to present
their congratulations and listen to his re
sponse. There was by this time a large
ciowd on the streets, and as the procession
passed many people fell In the rear, and
the crowd which surrounded the McKlnley
house and sent ui a mighty cheer as the
Major appeared completely filled the lawr.
and extended far Into the abutting street.
Mr. G. F. Corey, in behalf of the commer
cial men, said:
' "Major McKlnley Allow me, in behalf of
the commercial travelern of the United
States, to extend you greetings. I feel saff;
In saying that there is no class of citizens
in our country who more thoroughly under
stand and comprehend the true Issues of
this campaign than the commercial travel
ing men. They are engaged in all the
varied lines of business. They are noted
for their intelligence and keen judgment of
men and conditions that exist and afreet
the business and prosperity of the section
of country allotted to them. They are satis
fled with the money of our country, know
ing that it Is as good as any In the world.
In this great army of commercial embas
sadors every one is thinking for himself.
They know, without private or public in
struction, that the free coinage of sliver U
not the true issue of this campaign, but
that it Is protection of home industries,
reciprocity and a sound treasury.' These
three conditions will bring back to us pros-
ferlty, while the coinage of fifty-cent dol
ars will bring only distress, panic and fur
ther suffering. They know that this Popu
listic, anarchistic free-coinage combination,
masquerading under the 'name of Democ
tacy. did not dare come before the country
cn the true issue of this campaign because
recent elections have convinced them that
they would be burled by the intelligent vot
ers deeper than were the mythical cyclopes
under Mount Etna. And so they Improvised
this false Issue free coinage of silver as
the panacea for the evils they have brought
upon us. knowing that the average citizen
had given the subject but little. If any,
thought, and they could therefore fool him
again with their sophistries and get his
vote in this campaign ns they did In 1S?2
on the plausible theories of the benefits ot
free trade to the orkingrr.en. creating an
enlarged foreign market for our manufac
tured products in competition with the low
paid labor of Europe, India, China and
"The commercial traveling men of these
United States have enlisted nearly to a
man to save this country from the fearful
perils of a bankrupt treasury, flat and de-
fireclated money, repudiation and the other
ong chain of evils that follow. The battle
ground has been transferred In this cam
paign to our Western States and 1 assure
you that no more thorough, honest work
v ould be done in this section than the com
mercial traveling men are now doing. They
are at work with an eathustasm that hard
ly knows bounds, traveling early and late,
with Republican literature in every pocket;
never forgetting that their next duty to
tho selling of their wares and merchan
dise Is to proselyte for the cause I am al
most persuaded to say 'the perpetuation of
our free institutions They recognize that
upon your election hangs the welfare and
prosperity of our whole country for years
to come. Graver Issues have not been pre
sented since 181. but we come from the
center of the battlefield to bring you words
of encouragement and good cheer and meet
you in a spirit of cheerfulness, firmly be
lieving In the glorious triumph of our cause
on the third day of November next a vic
tory so overwhelming that their scattered
forces will not for generation to come be
reorganized on the present wild Imprac
ticable and dangerous theories of govern
ment." Major McKlnley' Reply.
Mr. Corey was interrupted at short in
tervals by applause and when Mr. McKln
ley stepped upon a chair to respond, he
was given a mighty ovation. It was some
moments before he could proceed. When
he could be heard, he said:
"Mr. Corey, Gentlemen of the Commercial
Travelers' Association and my Fellow-citizens
I bid you welcome, sincere welcome,
to my home. Thrice welcome are you here.
I am honored, greatly honored, by the call
of this assemblage of commercial men rep
resenting great commercial interests and
coming from every section of our common
country. (Applause.) Although you are ac
customed to calling on people, tor that I
believe Is chiefly your business, let me as
sure you that you never made a call any
where more agreeable to your host than
this call Is to me. (Great applause and cries
of 'Good! Good!' and 'Hurrah for McKln
ley.') It would be pleasant to me personal
ly to meet you on any occasion, but It Is
lecullarly gratifying to meet you now, com
ing as a body to testify your united and
confident devotion to the Republican prin
ciples enunciated by the national Republic
an convention of 15'jC. I recognize your In
fluence as one of the most positive factors
in political contests, and I am glad to know
that this year in a greater degree than
ever before.
"The commercial men of the country are
united In the cause of the Republican par
ty. (Tremendous cheering.) You have not
always been In such close agreement with
each other politically as now, but then you
have had experience and for four vears or
nearly so you have been attending tho
school In which all the rent of us have been
pupils. (Great laughter.) It has been a
free school (renewed laughter); the tuition
has been free (continued laughter), but the
ultimate cost has been very great. (Ap
plause and cries of 'That's right!')
"No body of American citizens of equal
number could properly have a deeper in
terest in the success of Republican princi
ples than you. And none, I am sure, can
do so much to secure their certain triumph
as you. (Urent cheering and cries of "We
will do that all right. Major.') You are not
only carriers of commerce, but creators of
confidence; not only advocates of progress,
but promoters of prosperity. Everywhere
you inspire either confidence or distrust,
for you tell the truth about the condition
of the country. You not only sell goods
or used to (great laughter and cheering),
but you disseminate information among
your customers.
A SURE BAROMETER.
"There Is no more certain barometer of
the business of the United States than the
sentiment of the men of which this body
assembled hero this morning Is a repre
sentative. Yqu encourage the despondent
and quicken the lagging Into fresh activity.
You give new hope and stimulate new
effort in that great body of business men
upon whom so largely depends the survival
of business In all parts of our country.
(Applause.)
"What we want above all slse, my fellow
cltlzens, is confidence. (Cries of 'Good!
'Good!') We cannot get confidence by
threatening to revolutionize all values and
repudiate obligations, both public and pri
vate. (Enthusiastic cheering.) ' You know
the facts of business and can dispel the
theories of the dreamer and the misstate
ments of the demagogue, and one thing I
like about the commercial travelers Is that
every one of them Is for the United States
of America (great applause and cries of
'And for McKlnley. toof) and always stand
up for America. (Cheers.)
"We are all members of the great Amer
ican family and those policies which are
good for one of us are good for all of us.
(Cries of 'That Is right.') Those policies
that are good for the Eastern and Central
States are good for the West and great
Northwest. (Applause.) We have always
practiced the Golden Rule. The best policy
is to 'live and. let live,' and to buy and sell
In he way that will best promote the good
of all. (Applause.) It never pays to buy
cheaper goods from a rival, whose object
In selling to you at a low price is to es
tablish a business that will. In time, de
stroy your own. (Great applause and cries
of "That's right.') We want no cheap
goods In this country at tie expense of
free and honet A.n'.rican labor. (Tre
mendous cheering and 'cries of 'Hurrah for
McKlnley.') We want no cheap goods
whose production would require us to in
troduce in the United States industrial and
sccial degradation. (Cries of 'You are
right; we don't.')
"The commercial travelers are practical
business men and comprehend business re
sults. Thy understand business; they
know what will best promote it and they
realize that It Is not what It ought to be
to-day in the United States. (Great ap
plause and cries of 'That's right.') I read
an Interview yesterday with a commercial
traveler and he said he had been In seven
States and the reply to his question. 'Do
ou want, anything in my line?' came the
stereotyped answer, 'We don't need any
thing now. (Cries of 'We have been
there and great laughter.) Well, gentle
men, we need all you have got In this line
of workers for the country this year.
(Great cheering and cries of You will get
it.')
PROTECTION AND RECIPROCITY.
"Your spokesman has eloquently enum
erated several of the great essentials to
our welfare and prosperity. Protection, as
he well said. Is the true national policy,
the foundation stone on which must be
reared the great structure of American
ascendency and rrogrcss, the system that
Is preservative of all business, that steadily
advances this country to the proudest rank
In manufacturing, mining, trading and
farming which it should always occupy
greater than any other nation of the
world. You will agree, I am sure. In the
proud claim of Henry Clay for It Is Just
as true to-day as ever before. 'The cause
of protection,' he said, is the cau?e of the
country and It must and will prevail. It Is
founded in the interests and affections of
the people.'
"Reciprocity, too. the gift of Blaine (ap
plause and Harrison (renewed applause;
to the Nation, deferred by Garfield's un
timely death, was at last proclaimed by
thnt great President, statesman and pa
triot. Penjamln Harrison. (Tremendous
chrering and cries of 'Hurrah for McKln
ley") Reciprocity, the twin of protection
and true handmaiden of prosperity, al
ready has a strong hold on the affections
of our people. Limited as her opportuni
ties have been, she has always shown that
she has been a great factor In the trade of
our country. What we want, gentlemen, is
a reciprocity that is fair, liberal and just
to ours as well as to other countries. We
will have no policy by which we do not get
as much as we give (cries of 'Good!'
Good!'), and will Inaugurate no reciprocity
policy that takes from American working
men a single day's work that they can
possibly get. (Great applause and cries of
McKlnley's all right! ) We will simply re
vive the policy that put American flour In
Havana free and gave Cuban sugar free to
the people of the United States (great
cheering), on terms alike Just. fair, hon
orable and advantageous to both countries.
"The policy of Harrison and Blaine
means the supremacy of trade not its In
Jury. It proposed new and larger markets
to our surplus manufactures and agricul
tural products, not injurious competition
nor lessened trade. (Applause.) It must
mean better wages and firmer prices for
what we do or can produce; not less work
or poorer reward to any of our citizens.
(Cheers.) It found our foreign products
practically excluded from the countries
that were receiving important and profita
ble concessions from the United Stats, and
exacted equal advantages from them. It
said. 'Open your gates to us; ours are al
ready open to you.' It Increased our for
eign trade In a degree that advanced our
domestic trad. Protection guards the
products of our labor at horn?; reciprocity
opens a market for the products of our la
bor abroad. (Cries of 'Good!' 'Good!'
That's right!') We gain by both, and we
will maintain both as long as the good of
the country demands It. (Great applause.)
SOUND TREASURY NECESSARY.
"A sound treasury, too, Is demanded alike
by every consideration of good government
and good business.- The government must
provide for revenue for all expenses or its
credit is In Instant Jeopardy. Four of the
Invaluable ends which Hamilton said. In
1T&0. were 'to be secured by a proper and
adequate provision for the support of the
public credit.' are as Important to-day as
they were then. Then let me enumerate
them: To promote the Increasing respecta
bility of the American name; to answer
the calls of Justice: to furnish new re
sources, both to agriculture and com
merce, and to establish public order on the
tmsls of an upright and liberal poller. The
means Hamilton recommended for the ac
complishment of these glorious objects are
those that should be resorted to In the ad
ministration of our government to-dav. He
favored the levying of runic lent duties
upon foreign product! to provide abundant
resources for the support of the govern
ment (cries of 'Good!' 'Good!'), to pay Its
national debt and establish, foster and fn-
courage manufacturing, commerce and ag- J
(Continued, on Second VmtgT.)
HARRITY IS COMING
EX-CH AIRMAX OF THE DEMOCRATIC
C03IM1TTEE TO BE HERE.
Rostrell P. Floirer, of Xevr York,
Agrrei to Act as Temporary Chair
man of the Convention.
A NAME FOR THE NEW PARTY
PICTURE . OF JEFFERSON "WILL
PROBABLY BE BALLOT DEVICE.
Conference to Consider a. Presidential
Candidate Abandoned on Account of
the Bis Field of Possibilities.
THE BOOM FOR WATTERS0N
EX-MAYOR HOPKINS, OF CHICAGO,
ONE OF ITS CUSTODIANS.
Kentucky Editor AV111 Get Many of
the Illinois Votes A Letter Ad
dressed to Secretary Morton,
Members of the National Democratic ex
ecutive committee were somewhat sur
prised yesterday to learn that one of the
distinguished Democrats in attendance
upon the convention next Wednesday will
be no less a personage that William F.
Harrltj. ex-chalrman of the Democratic
national committee. Mr. Harrlty was
elected at Chicago as the Pennsylvania
member of the national Popocratlc com
mittee and was one of the members in
cluded In the resolution offered by O'Don
nell, of Colorado, at the New York meet
ing when he sought to have the names of
all the sound-money members dropped from
the committee roll. Under Mr. Harrlty's
guidance the Pennsylvania delegates at
Chicago voted for Pattlson and did not Join
the "silent bolters" until the question of
the vice presidency came up. Mr." Harrlty
and Mr. Cadwallader, of Pennsylvania, en
gaged quarters at the Grand Hotel by wire
yesterday morning. Harrlty's coming is
taken as a pretty certain indication that
while the Democrats of some of the other
Eastern States may be divided upon the
subject of supporting the Indianapolis
ticket, those of Pennsylvania will support
It In a body.
Secretary Wilson, of the national commit
tee, yesterday morning discussed with a
group of other National Democrats the sub
ject of the name for the new party. "I
appreciate," said he, "the legal difficulty
that surrounds the question of a name and
cannot undertake to say' what the conven
tion will do upon the subject. In the mat
ter of a device, however, there Is no' dif
ficulty. We shall probably adopt the Ken
tucky Idea of a picture of Jefferson."
It is probable that the national conven
tion will not undertake to change the name
of National Democracy. The party will
continue to be known by this name, but in
some of the States It may be necessary to
adopt a different one, as was the case In
Pennsylvania, In order to comply with the
ballot laws of the various States. There
will bo no effort to confuse voters on this
subject, on the contrary, the device of the
Jefferson picture will serve to clearly dis
criminate between the free-silver and
sound-money Democracy.
Certified lists of the delegates elected
from the various States began to pour In
through the mall yesterday morning and
Secretary Wilson expects to have the tem
porary roll of the convention completed by
to-morrow morning with the exception of
New York State, which does not elect un
til to-morrow, the delegates coming direct
ly to this city from the convention. The
full Executive committee will meet next
Monday afternoon or evening to approve
this rcll, apportion the tickets and look
over the details of the convention arrange
ments. On Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock,
the full national committee will meet to
approve the work of the executive commit
tee and confirm or reject the selection of
the committee for temporary officers of the
convention.
It has been tho Intention to hold a con
ference of the leaders on Tuesday afternoon
to agree upon what would be the best
ticket to nominate. This understanding,
however, was had nearly a month ago,
when It looked as If it would be necessary
for them to draft men to serve as candi
dates, and It was thought necessary to
know who would be willing to serve. Since
that time, however, the names of Henry
Watterson, General Bragg. Senator Vilas.
General Palmer and Mr. Bynum have been
suggested and pressed to the iront by
sound-money Democrats In various parts
of the country, and it has developed that
the convention will have no trouble In find
ing an able and available candidate to
head the ticket. Under these circumstances
it is thought such a conference will be un
necessary and none will be held.
In collecting suggestions for the plat
form the executive committee has received
copies of all the State platforms adopted
during the early part of the week by the
various conventions throughout the coun
try, and they make such a strong arrav
of documents that it is not unllkeiy that
they will be printed in pamphlet form along
with the platform adopted by this conven
tion and distributed as campaign llitia
ture. GOVERNOR FLOWER ACCKFT3.
Governor Flower yesterday wired his ac
ceptance of the temporary chahinanship
offered him by the executive committee.
Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, has been
'notified that he Js HkMy to be elected
permanent chairman by the convention,
and It Is understood that he will accept the
honor If tendered him.
A letter addressed to Secretary J. Sterling
Morton and postmarked Washington came
to headquarters yesterday morning, and
the suggestion was immediately made th-.t
possibly this was the much-talked--f leittr
from President Cleveland to be proJ t-J
some time during the convention. 1 his
was regarded as Idle speculation, ho;v;7.;r.
The members of the executive committee
still declare that they have received wj in
timation directly or indirectly of t Presi
dent's Intentions in regard to the cou .!!
tlon or thf ticket nominated by i hat
there Is a remarkable firmness lnthir le
llei that the President is in the fu! . si ac
cord with the movement und will, uit.T the
convention is over, find means to voicj his
sentiments and make a '-irone- ..ppeal to
the loyal Democrats of the country to sup
port tne platform and nominee of thi con
vention. ILLINOIS FOR WATTERSOX.
Ex-Mayor Hopkins, of Chicago, Work,
in I? for the Kentnrklrui.
John P. Hopkins, ex-Mayor of Chicago,
arrived at the Denlson km night. He is a
delegate to the convention, and will re
msAn here until the proceedings are over.
He expects most of the Illinois delegation
to arrive before Monday night, at which
time there will be a conference of the dele
gates to outline the policy of the State.
Mr. Hopkins had been mentioned as a
possible successor to Senator Palmer on
the national committee, but he says his
time Is so occupied that he cannot give the
work the attention It would require, and he
therefore could not think of accepting the
position If tendered. He thinks the suc
cessor will probably be Benjamin T. Cable.
Mr. Cable has the necessary time, and can
give the work the attention It needs. In
regard to the vote of Illinois Mr. Hopkins
said:
"We have had no conference, and I can
not speak for the delegates. There is. how
ever, a strong sentiment In favor of Henry
Watterson, ami I think Mr. Watterson will
get a large vote'ln our State, but whether
he will get the solid vote is something I
cannot say. I regard Mr. .Watterson as the
strongest man In the State whore It is
pected this third ticket will do good. We
must not lose sight of the fact that this
Is a movement expected to bring returns
In the middle Western States more than
any place else. It is there that we find a
large number of voters who are" so strong
ly opposed to McKlnley that they will not
vote for him, and many of them would
vote for Hryan and Sewall if thre were
no other ticket in the field. It Is for these
voters that this ticket is being put In the
field. Then take a few of the Slates that
may be classed as doubtful, such as Ken
tucky, Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia,
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, and Mr.
Watterson has such a large personal fol
lowing that he would poll more votes than
any man we could name. In Indiana and
Illinois Mr. Watterson's lecture on Lincoln
has made him a host of friends, and they
see in him a man whs is above anything
and everything that is partisan or other
wise when the stability of our country is
threatened.
"There is still another thing that makes
him the man for the place. If you remem
ber. It was only two days after the Chicago
convention that he reached his decision,
and came out in' the Courier-Journal for
a third ticket. He said there is only one,
way to save the honor of the country and
the Democratic party, and thai is for us
to put another ticket in the tteld. He has
fought this idea persistently and effective
ly, and will continue to do so. He is not
a man to lay down and quit until the last
nail has been driven into a new platform
which declares for sound money, and that
platform has been put before the people
and a battle fought upon It.
"Then, again, It is now only two months
until the election. That is a nhort time in
which to prepare for a fight, and the cam
paign for our ticket will necessarily be one
largely of sentiment, and It requires a man
with that personal magnetism that wins
people to him. It is to be a campaign of
education, and we must depend largely
upon the newspapers to fight for us. It
has been demonstrated that there is no one
In this country better fitted to wage a
newspaper fight for principle than Mr.
Watterson. 1 think he will be the strong
est man in the States where we expect to
do good that the convention can select.
Illinois will probably not take the lead In
presenting his name for the reason that we
should prefer his own Stato to do that. I
do not even know our State will give him
its entire vote, although I think there Is
little doubt that our State convention
would have instructed for him if a motion
or resolution .o that effect had been offer
ed. I expect to work for him."
Mr. Hopkins thinks Illinois will send a
large crowd of spectators to the conven
tion. Mr. Hopkins was asked what, in his opin
ion, would be the nature of the resolutions
adopted at the convention. He thought the
resolutions would be clear and denned when
the convention got done with them, but
he was of the opinion that the convention
would have a warm fight over tho adop
tion of some planks. He did not say what
the planks were on which the party would
rot eagerly agree, but said that he did not
look for" the convention to get Its work
done in two days.
SBBSSBBSSBSSBBSSPSBBBSSStSSSW
FR031 BRYAN'S STATE.
James I. Rhea Says the Boy Orator
Will Even Lose Nebraska.
The first delegate from another State to
appear yesterday was James I. Rhea, of
Coleridge, Neb., a former resident of In
diana, who came thus early in order that
he might pay a brief visit to his old home
in Martinsville.
"While there was a disposition upon our
part In Nebraska,", said Mr. Rhea, "to
doubt the wisdom of another ticket at
first, the majority of sound-money Demo
cratls have come around to the belief that
it is a good thing." ,
"Will Bryan carry Nebraska?"
"No. If the election were to be held
right now he might possibly do so, prob
ably would, but the sentiment has been
chmging and if developments continue In
the line things are now going. he will sure
ly lose the State. Last year the 'straight
out' Democraits. as the Cleveland forces
of the State are called, cast 20.tnj votes,
the Republicans 72,000. the Populists W.Uuo
and the silver Democrats 16.0W. There are
sliver Republicans in the State, but they
are about offset by the middle-of-the-road
Populists, who vow they will vote the
straight Republican ticket, rather than for
Bryan. While Governor Holcomb and Sen
ator Allen are playing hard for a union of
the silver forces, the local leaders of the
Populists, who want to cling to the county
offices, are anxious to maintain their party
organization above all things and they be
lieve that th proper way to do it Is to re
buke the national leaders who forced the
combination by voting for McKlnley. State
politics cuts a big figure In this fight and
the developments In our State politics have
not been favorable to Bryan."
"Wherein does Bryan's strength lie in
the State?" was asked.
"Chiefly among the men who want to
close out their realty speculations upon an
inflated basis. Many of our people have
been loaded up ever since 178 with realty
that they have been carrying equities in
und they believe that a period of Inflation
would give them an opportunity to let o
at boom price. I am told that In some
parts of the State he will get a following
among silver Republicans, but In my home
town, a city of 3,j00 people, there are but
six Republican Bryan votes and I do not
believe there are to exceed twenty-tlv In
the county, while we have In the county
about 100 sound-money Dwmocrats."
FEW DELEGATES IN.
Many Expected to Arrive, However,
Tn-Dny and To-1k1i.
But few of the delegates to the pound
money Democratic convention had arrived
In the city last night. The hotels have
provision made for the accommodation of
their full capacity, but are not looking for
the delegate to arrive In large numbers
until to-morrow. There will be many In,
however, to-day and to-night, so that by
to-morrow morning the city will begin to
take on a cenventlon air. The Illinois del
egation will get In early Monday morning
and will be divided between the Grand and
Denlson. the majority of the delegates go
ing to the latter. The delegates from the
Western States which will be represented
an expected some time during Monday,
but It is net known Just when they will
arrive. Florida Is exacted to-night. Ken
tucky will send a small army of delegate.
and visitors. They are not expected to ar
rive until Monday night, though Mr.
Breckinridge and other prominent men
may get here earlier. They are coming
prepared to secure for tlulr State rep.v
mentation on the national ticket. New
York delegates will arrive at the Bat-s
House Monday. There will be at least 1"
persons.- In the party. Pennsylvania will
also be well represented and will be scat
tered about at the three leading hotels.
AVITH THE NEWSPAPER MEN.
What Some of the Correspondents
SIre l'p the Movement.
Quite a number of newspaper men are
here in advance of tho National Democratic
convention. Among them are James Creel
man, of the New York World, E. G. Bun
nell. New York Times, both of whom are
at the Bates, and Messrs. Samuel M. Bur
dett'and John B. Hopkins, of the Chicago
Tribune. Herbert L. Jones and F. Holmes,
of the Chicago Chronicle. C. J. Powers and
J. A. Corwin, of the Chicago Tribure, and
Harry L. Brown, of the New York Herald,
all of whom are stopping at the Dcnison.
Everything points, most of the newspaper
representatives say, to one of the most en
thusiastic and memorable conventions In
the history of the Union. East and WoM
there Is an undercurrent of sound-money
sentiment that promises to sweep the Boy
Orator before it and carry William Mc
Klnley Into the White House. From their
personal observations they uy that the sil
ver craze Is on the wane. Mr. Creeiman
accompanied the Bryan party to Ne
braska atter the Chicago conven
tion and was with him every
place where he spoke. Aside from th
demonstration arranged for the youthful
candidate's home-coming, he observed
nothing of the alleged "craze" that has
(Continued vn Second l'ugc.)
JIAM LIVES IN PERIL
THOISANDS OF CCRKUS PEOPLE
WANTED TO SEE MR. BRYAN,
And They Crowded a Frnll Rnltdlns;
on the Shore of Lake Chautauqua
Almost to Soffocatlou.
PANIC NARROWLY AVERTED
PEOPLE SQUEEZED IN THE CRVSU
UNTIL THEY FAINTED.
Thlrty-FIre Minutes Required to Tali
Out the Audience and Sccuro
Quiet and Order
SPEECH JIT HORNELLSVILLE
SOUND-MONEY DEMOCRATS SCORED
BY THE POPOCRAT ORATOR,
And People Who Want Cold Called
Covrards Another Appeal to Toll
era to Rise Against Capital
JAMESTOWN. N. Y., Aug. 2?-William J.
Bryan spoke to-night In the convention hall
at Celeran, on Lake Chautauqua, two miles
from this city. The determination of twice,
as many people as the hall could hold to
hear the presidential candidate resulted In
a crush which would have ended In gTcat
loss of life If the panic, which for half an
hour seemed imminent, had not been pre
vented. The hall contained seats for eight
thousand people, but fully twelve thousand
were packed Info its frail walls, fighting
for mere standing room an hour before the
speechmaklng began. Mr. Bryan, Mrs,
Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Sibley and
members of the local committee pushed
their way through a crush on the platform
to the chairs reserved for them at 9 o'clock.
The candidate was instantly recognized and
the cheer which his entrance kindled waa
one more intense and shrill thn any which
he has heard since the Chicago conven
tion. All the people stood on their chains
filling the auditorium with a storm of ap
plause. They did not give orderly cheers,
but sent up a continued shriek which lasted
for several minutes. A choir on the stage,
started to sing "The Star-spangled Ban
ner." and, before the end of the first sen
tence, was reinforced by thousands of
voices making a great chorus.
"When Mr. Bryan was introduced th
trouble began. The people climbed upon
their chairs to cheer und did not climb
down. Mr. Bryan appealed to them-to bo
seated and his appeals were, entirely in
effective. He stood for five minutes mak
ing this endeavor and all thetlme more
people crowded into the doors and' climbed
in tho windows. Thero were thousands
outside and few policemen to keep them
back. Viewed from the platform the whola
auditorium was a struggling mob, whllo
overhead men clung like monkeys to the
rafters. There were 00 people In tho cen
ter aisle and those In front were in danger
of being crushed to death. Women were
shrieking and on the pkUform the few
ladies there sat . with white faces. Mrs.
Bryan fmlled nervosrdy, for it looked as
though the people below would be pushed
on to the stage.- Mr.. Bryan, Mr. Sibley
and several committeemen took turns ap-'
pealing to those in the aisles and the back
of the hall to go out, bat' they could not,
although many tried.
One man in the gallery got a hearing and
yelled: "For God's sake go out; there will
be a panic; people will be killed."
Another in the pit called out: "Don't
speak. Bryan; don't. Go home. This is
dangerous." '
SIBLEY CREATES A DIVERSION.
Mr. Brayn said that he would not speak,
and started to leave, Mr. Sibley making fas
announcement that the meeting would hava
to be abandoned unless a part of the audi
ence could be driven out. Half v dozen po
licemen struggled to clear the middle aisle.
Word was linally shouted that Mr. Sibley
would make an outdoor f pf ech. Thlrty-rlva
minutes after Mr. Bryan had nnt attempt
ed to apeak he made the second beginning,
and the speech was providentially finished
without incident. In tho crowds outside,
however, many persons were squeezed un
til they fainted before Mr. Sibley created
a diversion by speaking- from a stand some
distance from the hall.
The enthusiasm of the night, apart from
its troubles, was grtater than Mr. Bryan
hes seen since the Chicago convention. His
speech was devoted to the financial que,
tion, and in beginning it he said that If tha
people crowded so to hear about free sil
ver In the banner Republican coun
ty he would not dare to bring.
them out In .a Democratic coun
ty. The speech was largely on tho
lines of his ppeoch at Hornellsville to-day.
He accused his political opponents of hav
ing brought about a panic to fcecurt the ac
complishment of private ends. He said
they had forced iesue after iKSue of bonds
regardless of prices and of the taxpayer
who had to pay the prices. He spoke of
the Democratic administration as on
whose financial policy had aroused the ire
Of producer o! wealth. The Republican
party, he said, lost Its opiKrtunity In not
denouncing that policy and not ottering to
give the people silver. If the Republican
party had evoused the cause of the peo
ple r.o human agency, fald Mr. Bryan,
could have prevented its victory In this
campaign, lie laid particular arrets upon
the cl'iim of the Itepuhiican party that It
had Mruck the shackles from all the flav s,
and lie gained grea. applause by hi state
ment that It was now attempting to faxten
the fetters upon U'.'mj.o) fnemen. "Gold
Is a coward." was one of hi. expression.
"It has ever lxt:n n coward." ana the rea
son thr advocates of th gold standard aro
cowards Is btcuu?e thrlr conscience bring
thtm to the realisation that they bring ruia
to the human race.
POINTS THAT WERE APPLAUDED.
Referring to the Republican, he hall
they have penne.i thernsclvc in where
they must receive tht attack of every per
son who loe- his country bettr than his
pocketbook. All hi rftrenr to foreign
ers ruling this country financially were
cheered, particularly th stntemtnt that "If
you cannot expect pity from Si. I.oul. hosr
can you expect It from Lombard irect?"
Ills remark that the IN publican party had
dctroyd the market for liver also gained
Kreat applause, and th cheers were even
louder wrun he said that he would admit
that seme Democrats had l ccme purtlceps
crimlnu. In the transaction for the de
monetizaticn of Kllver.
The great t cheering the orator secured
was u hen !u aid: "We. h.h I moorals,
are glad to get rid of tho.e Democrats
who are using the Democratic party for
private gain. I say th-U tbey are gone.
We l.ltl them Go 1 peed Into the Repub
lican party. And 1 f-ay that whenever one
of theso Democrats mukes v iiol ii Kt
luto ttio Republican party it wtd be lar
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