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KERN ACCEPTS
NOMINATION.
Delivers Address on Tariff
at Indianapolis.
BRYAN SPEAKS ON TRUSTS
Many Notables of Democratic Party
Present at Notification Ceremony In
Coliseum at Indiana State Fair
Grounds—Both the Leading Candi
dates of Their Party Eloquently As
sail Republicans.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 25. — Ap
plauded by a large and enthusiastic
audience and in the presence of Wil
liam J. Bryan, presidential candidate,
and many other notables of the Demo
cratic party, John W. Kern of this
city accepted the nomination for the
vice presidency by the Democratic par
ty. The address formally notifying
Mr. Kern of his selection as the run
ning mate of Mr. Bryan was made by
Theodore A. Bell of California, who
was temporary chairman of the Den
ver convention and who spoke for the
notification committee. Mr. Bell was
given the closest attention of his great
audience, his clear cut, actorlike face
and vivid style of oratory creating a
distinct impression upon his hearers.
When Mr. Kern arose to acknowl
edge the high honor accorded him by
bis party he was given an ovation only
slightly less demonstrative than that
which later was given Mr. Bryan
when the latter arose to conclude the
day’s programme with his long await
ed address on “Trusts.”
The notification took place in the
new Colisoum, in the state fan
grounds. The great edifice has a seat
ing capacity of 14,000. Every seat
and point of vantage, save those re
served for the central figures of the
day, were oocupied. It was the great
est audience ever gathered beneath
one roof in Indiana.
Thomas Taggart, national commit
teeman from Indiana and former
chairman of the national committee,
called the meeting to order and intro
duced Norman E. Mack of Buffalo,
national chairman, as presiding officer
of the gathering.
Chairman Mack delivered a brief ad
dress and then, following an invoca
tion, introduced Mr. Bell. The latter
was greeted with applause as he be
gan his notification speech, and
throughout his remarks were inter
rupted by evidences of approval. He
banded Mr. Kern an elaborately en
grossed sheet containing formal notice
of the Denver convention’s action in
nominating him and bearing the sig
natures of all the members of the no
tification committee.
Applause For Kern.
Prolonged applause greeted Mr.
Kern as he accepted the nomination.
The principal part of Mr. Kern’s ad
dress was devoted to the tariff, as fol
lows:
The question of tariff taxation is one
of vital interest. I am In hearty ac
cord with our platform declarations on
that subject.
The Republican candidate for vice
president In his recent speech of ac
ceptance lauded the Dlitgley bill and
declared that when enacted it was well
adapted to existing conditions, but pro
ceeded to add “that the developments
of industrial prosperity in a decade
which in volume and degree have sur
passed our most roseate expectations
have so altered conditions that In cer
tain details of schedules they no long
er in every particular mete out justice
to all.” For these reasons he declnred
in favor of a readjustment “based on
the broad principles of protection for
all America* interests alike for labor
and capital, for producers and con
sumers.” The hundreds of thousands
of American workingmen who are now
vainly seeking employment were
doubtless delighted when they read
about that “industrial prosperity”
which so “surpassed our most roseute
expectations.”
If the wages of labor depend upon a
high tariff, why should any man favor
a reduction of that tariff? If after
eleven years of surpassing prosperity,
brought about by the Dingley bill,
business languishes and labor suffers,
why not excite some more “roseate ex
pectations” by raising the tariff rates
to the end that there may be a much
needed revival of business and that
labor may again find employment?
Voters Won’t Be Deceived.
The voters of America are not likely
to be deceived ns to the tariff question
by the stock arguments of the opposi
tion.
The average voter understands that
the tariff is a tax to be paid by the
consumer of the article taxed. He
knows that taxes in excess of the
needs of government are unjust and
oppressive and that extravagance in
government administration Indulged in
for the mere purpose of creating a ne
cessity for additional taxation is profli
gacy.
Every legitimate business interest in
the country is demanding tariff reform.
The manufacturer who is not a mo
nopolist is demanding cheaper raw ma
terials and wider markets for his prod
ucts.
The workingman understands that a
restricted market means tireless fur
naces and enforced idleness. He knows
that American workmen, with their
superior intelligence and ingenuity,
with their improved machinery, with
cheaper raw materials and earning for
tbelr employers more than twice as
much as the laborers of any other
country, have nothing to fear from
competition with workmen anywhere
when the products of their labor are
set down side by side in the markets
erf the world. The American working
man has had bitter experiences undei
the operation of the Dingley bill. Un
der the shelter of this tariff wall trusts
and combines have sprung up on every
hand and with extortionate prices con
front the consumer on every occasion
when be seeks to buy the necessaries
of life.
The president rails against swollen
fortunes as menaces to the public wel
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Business Established 50 Years New Store 7 Years
Watch fos. Later Announcements
Hahne & Co., Broad, New and Halsey Sts., Newark, N. J.
fare and as promotive of evils which
eat at the very heart of society. As
remedies he has suggested an Income
tax and an inheritance tax, that their
growth may be to some extent checked.
The national convention of his party
is silent upon the question of these re
forms, while the possessors of most of
these swollen fortunes, allied ns they
are with the dominant forces of the
Republican party, are giving generous
support to the Republican ticket.
The Democratic party, while favor
ing the reform measures repudiated by
the Republican national convention,
has another remedy. It would by leg
islation in large degree cut off the
streams of money which under the
present system are flowing from every
home in the land and emptying into
the coffers of the trusts. It would
leave in the pockets of the producers
and laborers of this land every dollar
of the money they earn, save only such
amounts as may he needed for the eco
nomical administration of the govern
ment.
Strike Down Monopolies.
It would by rigorous law enforce
ment strike down private monopolies
which prey upon the people and pro
tect the public against extortion and
Imposition by the great public, corpora
tions, whether by excessive charges or
by over Issue of stocks and securities.
In other words, it would undertake to
bring about In government a realiza
tion of that good old Democratic max
im of Thomas Jefferson, “Equal and
exact justice to all men; special priv
ileges to none.”
It has no war to wage on capital. It
has no quarrel with corporations hon
estly capitalized, which carry on a le
gitimate business according to law.
Gentlemen, we enter upon this cam
paign with every prospect of success
Never has a political platform been
received with such favor by all classes
of people, and never has a candidate
been presented by any party who was
closer to the hearts of the people than
our matchless standard beurer, Wil
liam .T. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan had to wait many min
utes before the demonstration caused
by his introduction subsided. His
speech on “Trusts” was frequently in
terrupted by applause and was in pari
as follows:
Nowhere does the Republican party
show more indifference to real reform
than in its treatment of the trust ques
tion.
The Sherman anti-trust law was
passed eighteen years ago. It has a
criminal clause which provides a peni
tentiary punishment for those who con
spire together In restraint of trade.
Ever since the enactment of the law.
with the exception of four years, the
Republican party has controlled the
executive department of the govern
ment, and during two years of the four
it controlled the house of represent
atives.
Most Trusts Undisturbed.
Most of the trusts have never been
disturbed, and those that have been
prosecuted have not had their business
seriously Interrupted. The president
has done something toward the enforce
ment of the law, but not nearly enough,
and the Republican leaders have
thwarted him at every point
Now let me contrast the Democratic
platform with the Republican platform.
Nowhere is the difference in the tem
per of the parties more noticeable; no
where is the difference In the method
of dealing with questions more mani
fest. Our platform says:
•‘A private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable. We therefore favor
the vigorous enforcement of the crim
inal law against guilty trust magnates
and officials and demand the enactment
of such additional legislation as may
be necessary to make it impossible foi
a private monopoly to exist in the
United States.”
I have in discussing the tariff ques
tion presented one of our remedies—
namely, the removal of the tariff from
Imports which compete with trust
made goods. This we believe would
greatly lessen the extortion practiced
by the trusts and bring about the dis
solution of many monopolistic com
bines.
Because the private monopoly is inde
fensible and intolerable the Democratic
party favors its extermination. It
pledges itself to the vigorous enforce
ment of the criminal law against trust
magnates and officials. It is impos
sible for the Republican party to en
force the present criminal law against
trust officials. These officials are inti
mately connected with the Republican
party in the present campaign.
The second remedy as stated in the
platform is:
“A license system which will with
out abridging the right of each state
to create corporations or its right to
regulate as it will foreign corporations
doing business withn ts limits make
it necessary for a manufacturing or
trading corporation engaged in inter
state commerce to take out a federal
license before it shall be permitted to
control as much as 25 per cent of the
product in which it deals, the license
to protect the public from watered
stock and to prohibit the control by
such corporation of more than 50 per
cent of the total amount of any product
consumed In the United States.”
Industrial independence is necessary
to political Independence. _
REPORTS ON CANAL
Roosevelt Special Commission Lauds
Work at Panama.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Presi
dent Roosevelt has made public a re
port made to him on Aug. 6 by a spe
cial commission consisting of James
Bronson Reynolds, Samuel B. Donnelly
and Henry Beach Needham regarding
conditions in Panama.
The commission says in part:
“Work on the construction of the
isthmian canal has passed through two
stages, those of planning and of prepa
ration. it is now in the third and final
stage, the stage of construction.”
In conclusion the commission states
that it desires to emphasize three
striking excellencies of the canal ad
ministration. These are, first, the rec
ognition by the government that the
housing, feeding and health of its em
ployees bear a vital relation to their
economic efficiency, and as a conse
quence the government has been able
to take up and successfully carry on
a work that had been abandoned by
another government, with a high aver
age of health and working power of
its employees; second, the improved
relationship between the government
and the employee, which makes It now
possible fer the workingman to have
his complaints investigated and, if
proved, rectified, and, third, the liberal
provision that is now made for re
llef In cases of temporary disability.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
Disappointed.
A woman entered the police court th*
other day leading s boy nbout twelve
years old by the hand, and as soon as
she could get the magistrate’s atten
tion she said:
“Your worship, this boy will have
to be sent to the reformatory school.”
“Is he a bad boy ?”
“He is. I can do nothing with him.”
“Does he run out at higljjt?”
“Well, I can’t say as to that, but he
calls me names, refuses to obey me
and has several times broken my win
dows.”
“And you want him sent to the re-,
formatory?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Is he your only son?”
“Oh, no, sir! He’s the son of one of
my neighbors, and I’ve been waiting
two whole weeks to catch him.”
The l>qy didn’t go where she wanted
him to.
Satisfactory Anyway.
In a rural district a Scotch minister
was out taking an evening walk when
he came upon one of his parishioners
lying in a ditch. "Where have you
been the nieht, Andrew?” “Weel, I
dinna rlchtly ken,” answered the pros
trate sinner, “whether it was a wad
ding or a funeral; but, whatever it
was, it has been a most extraordinary
success.”—Bellman.
Repaira Needed.
The millionaire’s racing machine had
crashed into the farmer’s cart and
overturned the load of potatoes.
“I’ll fix you!" roared the Irate farm
er, waving his whip.
“I guess I need fixing, old man,”
sighed the meek millionaire as he roll
ed out of the ditch. “Got any court
plaster and arnica Jiancfr Detroit
Tribune.
A Critlo.
“So that’s what you call a pastoral,”
said Mr. Cumrox when his daughter
had finished reading.
“Yes, father. It Is supposed to de
pict life in the country.”
“Nonsense! If anybody talked like
that on a farm he wouldn’t be around
the place three days before he was
sent to an asylum.”—Washington Star.
8izing Him Up.
“I believe I can truthfully say,” re
marked the self complacent man, “that
I have only one fault, and that’s a
small one.”
“Yes,” replied the candid man.
“That’s Just like the hole in a nickel.
It may be a small hole, but it makes
the nickel no good.” — Philadelphia
Press.
When Wealth and Title Unite.
“Yes,” said the woman who discusses
people, “the bride’s family is unques
tionably of the newly rich.”
“And it is equally certain,” rejoined
Miss Cayenne, “that the young man's
family is anciently poor.”—Washing
ton Star.
Probable Reason.
Stella—Clara says she loves Tom
well enough to marry him.
Mabel—Then why doesn’t she do it?
Stella—Oh, I guess Tom believes In
letting well enough alone.—Chicago
News.
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HAND’S REPORT
DEFENDSJEROME
Hughes’ Commissioner Says
Charges Are Groundless.
ATTACKS HIS ACCUSERS.
Makes Statement That Chairman and
8eoretary of Committee That As
sailed New York District Attorney
Confessed Their Ignorance — Also
Throws Out Dice Shaking Charge,
Saying the Attorney Committed No
Crime.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Richard L.
Hand of Elizabethtown, who was ap
pointed by Governor Hughes to take
testimony and report his findings upon
the charges filed against District At
torney William Travers Jerome of New
York county by a minority stockhold
ers’ committee of the Metropolitan
Street Railway company, in a report
submitted to the governor decides that
not one of the series of charges is
proved and declares that all are dis
proved upon the evidence.
“My conviction upon the whole case,”
says the report, “is that the respondent
has been shown to have discharged the
onerous duties of his offtce with zeal
and ability, having the public good as
his motive, and that no incapacity, in
difference or neglect of duty has been
shown in any case.”
The commissioner sustains the con
tentions of District Attorney Jerome
in every charge, stating at the conclu
sion of many of them that he could
find no neglect on the part of the dis
trict attorney or any good reason for
other or further action than that which
was taken by him. The charges in the
main accused the district attorney of
alleged neglect of duty in not suffi
ciently prosecuting alleged fraudulent
acts of the Metropolitan street and
other railway companies of New York
and also of the insurance companies
as developed by the legislative insur
ance investigation. One of the charges
alleged misconduct on the part of the
district attorney in shaking dice in a
restaurant in New York city. On this
charge the commissioner says that, al
though the act itself is not criminal,
permitting it on the part of the per
sons licensed—that is, the proprietor of
the restaurant—is a crime. The com
missioner holds that there wag no evi
dence that the proprietor knew that act
was committed and that to hold him
criminally liable would be an absurd
perversion of the object of the law and
straining of its language.
In conclusion Mr. Hand says:
“What information this committee
may claim to have had as to the con
duct of the district attorney, upon which
they have assumed to make these seri
ous charges of improper motive, abject
veneration of mere money and the pos
sessors of money, neglect of duty, offi
cial misconduct, conspiring with crimi
nals, throttling prosecutions and de
feating justice we can only infer from
the fact that its chairman and secre
tary concede their utter ignorance and
seem to have signed such charges as
the counsel saw fit to prepare without
real knowledge even of the content of
such charges and in absolute ignorance
as to their truth or falsehood, and the
counsel himself Is forced to admit that
he had no greater knowledge or infor
mation than they.”
Fight an Coal Trust.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25.— Attorney
General Jackson has announced that
he had instituted proceedings against
the various railroad companies in this
state and their subsidiary companies
engaged in the transportation of an
thracite coal, alleging that, in violation
of the so called Donnelly antimonopoly
act, they “have effected and are carry
ing out an agreement which in effect
constitutes a monopoly of the hard coal
I business within thiB state and that
such an agreement restricts the pro
duction and regulates and fixes the
prices at which coal can be sold in the
state of New York.
Illinois has the distinction of being
the only state that has honored a
daughter as well as a son by placing
her statue in the National Hall of
Fame. Frances E. Willard is the only
woman whose statue is in statuary
hall in the capitol at Washington. It
is said that no other object in the hall
attracts so much notice from sight
seers. Almost every day flowers are
laid upon jthe pedestal at her feet,
while during visiting hours there is
generally a crowd standing before her
Statue.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
To Wash Chamois Gloves.
Make a nice lather with soap pow
der or Jelly and tepid water. To each
quart of water add a teaspoonful of
ammonia. Place the gloves in this
and let them soak for about a quarter
of an hour. Then squeeze and press
them with the hands, but on no ac
count wring them. Rinse in fresh tepid
water to which a few drops of am
monia have been added. Press the
gloves in a clean towel, pulllhem into
shape and hang in the air or near an
open window till dry. During the dry
ing process rub and squeeze them oc
casionally to soften the leather. On no
account dry near a fire or in hot sun
light, as quick drying hardens the
leather.
Canning Corn.
Put tender ears of com in a colander
and let a little hot water run over them
for a moment. Then cut the corn from
the cob, scraping out all the juicy pulp
and rejecting the hulls. Pack into
sterilized pint Jars, working the ker
nels down compactly with a silver
knife. When filled to within an inch
of the top dissolve for each quart can
a teaspoonful each salt and sugar in
three-quarters of a pint of warm wa
ter and pour over the com. Adjust the
lid without the rubber and steam three
hours in a boiler. Then take out, put
on the rubbers and tops, screw tightly
and cook three-quarters of an hour lon
ger. The boiling must be continuous.
Herb Vinegars.
Either green or dried Ijprbs may be
utilized for vinegars, though the for
mer are best just before flowering in
the summer. Look over carefully to
be sure they are free from insects and
wash to clear i frotn dust. Cover a
bunch of any of the sweet herbs de
sired, mint, tarragon, savory, sweet
marjoram, thyme, sage or sweet basil,
with a quart of scalding hot vinegar
and let It remain until thoroughly im
pregnated with the flavor of the herb.
Strain off the vinegar to use at table
or in sauces and replace with more
vinegar. A bunch of good herbs will
flavor two or three quarts of vinegar.
Clothesline Reel.
A West Virginia man has devised a
reel, herewith shown, on which the
clothesline can be gathered quickly
and neatly, and She who presides over
the family wash, will no longer have to
loop the rope ov.er thumb and elbow.
The reel is in the form of a huge spool
or. iron framework, with a handle in
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WINDS BOFB NEATLY.
the center by which It may be held
and another handle at one end by
which it may be turned. The line Is
fastened to a V shaped bend in the
hub and rolled over the reel with neat
ness and dispatch. If the line is wet
the open framework gives it a better
chance to dry than when it Is folded
in the old way.
Grape Wine.
Pick grapes from the stems and put
In a Jar, mash with a potato masher
until the skins are broken, turn a plate
over them to keep the pulp under the
juice; let stand four or five days; pour
into Jelly bag and press all the Juice
out To every gallon of Juice add two
and a half pounds of granulated sugar.
Put in jugs and leave out the cork, but
tie mosquito netting over the mouth
and set in the sun to ferment Bach
morning remove the net, putting on a
clean piece, and have a little extra Juice
to fill the Jug, then put in the cellar
till spring. Pour off, strain and bottle.
Plain Tomato 8auca.
Slice a small onion fine and cook
with two cupfuls of canned tomato for
half an hour, then run all through a
strainer. Add a rounding tablespoon
ful ef butter rolled in a level teaspoon
ful of cornstarch, a level teaspoonful
of sugar and salt and pepper to sea
son. Cook three minutes and serve.
Value of Frash Air.
The best part of a modern house is
its windows. To keep these open da_y
and night and to make the air Inside
approach as nearly as possible the air
outside should be the first business of
the housekeeper. Everything else
should be held subservient to the need
of fresh air.—Good Health.
Currant Catchup.
Add to four pounds washed and
stemmed currants two pounds brown
sugar and a pint of vinegar. Simmer
until quite thick. Season with a tea
spoonful each of cinnamon, ginger, all
spice and cloves, simmer ten minutes
longer, strain and bottle.
Boiling a Ham.
If when boiling ham you add for
each gallon of water a teacup of vine
gar and six or eight cloves the flavor
will be much improved. Always let a
ham cool In the water In which it Is
boiled, and It will keep deliciously
moist and nice.
FACTS IN FEW LINES’
In 1885 New York had only twenty
eight millionaires. Now It has over
2,000.
Every woman who leaves the Turk
ish sultan’s harem and gets married
receives a dowry of $37,000.
A new paper called Chinese Public
Opinion, written In English and man
aged by Chinese, bps appeared in Pe
kin.
Saskatchewan, Canada, will some day
be the greatest wheat growing country
In the world owing to th^ peculiarly
advantageous conditions of Its soil.
New York’s Zoological park, In the
Bronx, contains the largest collection
of any park In the world. It has more
than 4,000 specimens of beasts, birds
and reptiles.
No Iron ore Is mined in the province
of British Columbia. The only at
tempt thereat, at Quasino sound, Van
couver island, has been found unprofit
able and abandoned.
It is calculated that 4,000 persons
make a living In London by begging
and that their average income amounts
to about 30 shillings a week, or more
than £300,000 a year.
Willow baskets represent a prosper
ous Industry, which was formerly
scattered. An enormous exportation,
chiefly to Germany, Is the work of sev
eral hundred poor families of Italy.
There are on the membership roll of
a church In Pyle, Wales, twelve people
whose ages average elghty-two and a
half years, the youngest of the group
being seventy-seven and the oldest
ninety-three.
Since the fall of 1906 no bacon, pork
or fat backs from the United States
have been allowed In Germany, and
for six years the Importation of can
ned meats Into Germany has been for
bidden by law.
British India has 86,912 miles of
telegraph and cable wires In opera
tion. Since 1902-3 the annual earn
ings of the cables between India and
Europe show profits of from $1,000,
000 to $1,200,000.
A seed store In Cortlamjt street, New
York, has grass plots shipped dally
from Jersey City. The plots consist
of shallow boxes filled with earth, In
which the grass is grown. The plots
are sold by the foot.
Tennyson, Gladstone, Darwin, Abra
ham Lincoln, Mendelssohn, Edgar Al
lan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes and
Edward Fitzgerald were all born In
1809. Lincoln and Darwin were born
on tho same day, Feb. 12.
A COMING BIG EVENT.
It is not often that we hear of any
mercantile institution celebrating its
fiftieth anniversary, or golden jubilee,
and when such an event occurs it is
always a matter of great interest,
especially when the concern, is widely
known.
New Jersey’s greatest retail estab
lishment, Hahne & Co., Newark, N.
J., is about to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the establishment of
the business. The event comes oft in
September, and preparations for the
celebration are now under way. This
concern rarely does things in a half
hearted way, so it may be expected
that the golden jubilee will be ob
served on a grand scale. It will be a
birthday party that will attract prob
ably a quarter of a million people, as
the store has friends for many miles
around Newark. Fuller particulars
of this anniversary event will appear
in the firm’s announcements in our
columns.
An association of Civil War veterans
of the counties of Sussex and Warren,
held its anniversary at Newton, on
Thursday. Commemorative exercises
were held on the spot from which the
first two companies organized in Sus
sex county took their departure. A
handsome flag was presented to Griggs
Post of Newton, addresses were made,
followed by a social time.