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In whlch thoy do buslness nnd thnn
plnce themselves upon luitno footinn*
as domestic corporntlotis.
"Wc favor the electlon of united
Rtates Senntors by dlrect vote of
tho people nnd regarA T-LIh roform
as thc gatowuy* to ull other na?
tional roform.
Privnle .Moiioniil-r Inclcfcn-dblr.
"A prlvate nioimpoly ls Indi-fonsl
M- and Intolernhi". we, therefore,
favor the vigorous cnforcement of
the crlmlnal law agnlnst trusts
nnd trust msgnaw-s, nnd demand
the enactment of such iidilitional
leglslation ns may bo necessary to
make lt Impossible for a prlvate
monopoly to cxlst ln tho Unlted
States. Am,0"!! tl10 addltlonat rome
Ule.i "*e .-pcclty three: ?
"Flrst, a law proventlng thc dti
pllcniion ot,dlrectors among coni
petlng rorjloratlons; second, n II
censo syatcm whlch (Vlll, without
abrtdglng the right. of ench Stato
to cre.ite corporations or Its rlghts
to regulntc as It wlll flnd corpora
tlona dolng buslness wlthln Its
llmlts. make lt netfessary for a
manufacturlng or a tradlng corpo?
ration engnifed in Interstate com
mei.e tn tnk.. out u Federal llcenso
beforo it shall be permlttcd to con?
trol as much ns 25 per cent. of tho
prOdUCt ln whlch it deals; the II
c nse to proteel the publlc from
walpred stock and to prohiblt the
. ontrol by *uch corporation of moro
th//l BO per cent. crf the total
amount ot any product consumed
in tho Unlted States; nnd. third, a
law eompKlHng Btioh llconse'd cor
poratlons to sell to all purchasera
ln 11.1 parts of the eountry on the
same terms after making due ul
lowanco for cost ot transporta?
tion.
"We welcome the l.eiatcd promlse
Of tarlff refortn. now offered by
. a. part of the Ropubllcan party,
ns b tardy recognitlon of the
'rlghteousness of the Democratlc
posltlon nn thls questlon. lmt the
'peoplo cannot safely intrust the
executlon of thls Important work
"to a pnrty which Is so obllgntcd to
thc highly protected Interests that
it postpones relief untll after the
electlon. And we call attention
to the slgnlflcant faet that the
promlse now made l-y those Re?
publicans who favor tarlff revision
ls wholly vltluted by tho use of
the very qunllfying words under
whlch the present tarlff inlqllltlos
have grown Up.
For Tarlff lievlglnri,
"Wc favor an Immedlate revi?
sion of tlie tarlff by the reductlon
oC Import dutles. Artlcles ontor
ing mtn coinpetllion with artlcles
controlled by trusts should l>o
placed upon a free list; material
reductlDna should bo rnade. In the
tnrli'f upon necessnries of life, and
reductlon should be made ln such
other schrdules as mny he neces?
sary to restore the tarlff to a reve?
nue basls.
"We favor nn income tnx as part
of our revenue system, and we
urge tlie stibmlsslqn of a constitu?
tional amendment speclfically au
thorlzlng Congress, to levy nnd col
leet ;i tax- upon lndlvldual nnd i-or
por;ite Incomes to the end thal
vealth muy bear its proportlonate
tharo of tr.e burdens of the Federal
government. We favor a national
lnherltance tsx to reach the
"swollen fortunes' already in exlst
ence, but be believe that it ls bet?
ter to permanently prevent
'swollen fortunes.' hy .iliollshlng
the prlvlleges and favorltlsni upon
whlch they are based.
"Wo sympathlzo wlth the efforts
put forth for tho reclamatlon of
-Ihe arld lands of the West, nnd
urse the largest possible use of ir
ri^ailon in the development of the
country. We also favor the re
<?:-. - : BWamp lands upon the
the preservatlon of
ll remnlnlng, and ti,.
the denuded dlstrlcts
luntnln ransies. ns well
nion of ihe Western
*e believe that tho Panama
1 wlll prove of great value to
and favor Its speedy
plain:
mpl
ion.
"We urge llberal approprlations
for the lmprovement and develop?
ment of the Interlor waterways.
believlng thnt such expendltures
will return a large dlvidend In les
sened cost of transportation.
"We favor a generous penslon
policy, both as a matter of justlco
to the surviving veterans aiul their
dependents, and because it relleves
the country of the necessltv of
miiintiiinlng a large standing -irniy.
Comlc ui n Imperiulisui.
"We condemn tho experlments
ln imperlalism ns un inexcusuble
blunder. whlch has Involvod us in
an enormous expense. brought us
weakness lnstead nf strength, and
laid our natlon open to ihe charge
of abandonlng the fundamenial
doctrine of self-government.
"We favor an Immedlate declara?
tlon ef the natlon's purpose to
recognlze the independenco of the
Philippine^ 'as -joon as a stablo
governmen*, catt be established,
irucn ii.di-pcndencc to be guarded
1 re guard the Independ
:he neutrallza
an be secured
er powers. in
?? pondence of
government
ir.d as may be
5 statlons and
tion of
hy trea'
rr-'.a ir.
? u c 1 -?
coali:
naval bas
"Dtciring the prevention of war,
Whereve-3 possible, we believe that
our iiatto
termlnatlon not to use
the coUfrC-tion of pri'vi
Its willlngnes ? ?
rnents with ol ?
for arbltration by an
bunal before an;
-or commencemenl of
every dlapute whlch
matlc settlement.
Control Over Cn
"We assert thc r
its
ebti
- for
nnd
viding
al tri
6t war
les, of
dlplo
r xerc.lt
i right of Con
eornpieti control
-jver inierstate commorce, nnd wo
assert the right of ench State to
exercise just as complr-to control
over eommerce within Its borders
We demand such an i-nh : > , . ?
of powers of national and Stato
railway commerce as may be i .
cessary to glvo full protection to
P.e ??; and places from dlscrlm
Inatlon and extortlon. We bellove
tlon; si co
any mor?
tltlous Caj
1':. ...
business
eompetlti.
and fo-jr
rates unt
where thi
sonablo r<
the natlon and tho i
s -ihould flrst asci-rt.-i'n
t value of the rallroads
.'.' the cost of reproduc
id, prohiblt the Issue of
watered stock or flo
ltallzatlon: third, prohiblt
ds from f-ngaglng in any
>'-'.i.n brlngs them into
n wlth thelr shlppers,
n, i.-duco the present
l they reach a polnt
V wlll yleid onlv a rc-a
rtirn on the present value
THE REASON WHY
You Should Take Hooq's Snraupnrllln
ln tlie Sprlng;
It is ti 1 jine-. nnor
?pmcthlng for the fc
tem generally ln ti
rent-on why you sl
BcrpspnrlllQ al
More Iinpoittiiit t:.
6o what youi | r,
your grandparent.i,
irear. Tho reason li
heeet thls great rnec
rcided lt. The
?nd the sysl un -
?r there cannot . :
lood's .c?-day.
A Great Mediclu.
?at*urilhi a gr.-iii
ho famlly in the sj
Us doctor's bllls." Mi.. y, Deeble
fludson. Pu.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Jn usual llqiild form or ln chooolatod
tablets -.alled bov;txtnu?, ijij losea, ji,
stom to tako
"'"I iho sys
'.Ing, but the
' '?? U'-od'.-i
always
it yc.i should
and posslbly
leansed
sprlng,
? .. Gal
d'a Kcjr
?ui 1.1 up
*1B ?irirs/'c floc- CDcUC-ucbs^
When you tire of huggh
the stovo nnel wnnt to brain
out in spring things, we'
ready to suppiy you.
Spring Shoes?
Spring Hats?
Spring Shirts?
Spring Scarfs?
Spring O'coats?
Spring Suits
For nrian or boy.
If you want clothes we
brought over from last .spring]
there's a lot here yet, too.
A quarter lo a third off the
prices because we're tired of
their company.
Boys* and men's, too.
of thc roads?such rcusonablo re?
turn belng defined as a return
Miilicieuit to keep tho stock of the
roads at par when such roads uro
honestly ciipltalized.
"The lnjury dono by issues of
watercd stock ls moro elearly seen
ahd better understood slnce the
shrlnknge ln the marilot value of
such stock lias preclpitatcd a wlde
sproad panic and brought cnor
mous loss to tbe country.
Work nf Stock Guuit-lerH.
"The panic hns emphasized tho
necesalty for leglslation protect
ing tln* wealth producers from
spollatlon nt tlu: hands of tho stock
gapiblers and tlie gamblers ln farm
products.
"The present linanclal strln?
gency fumtshes additional proof
that the Rfpubllcan leaders are
either unwilllng or incompetent to
protect the interests of tlie general
public. They liave so Iinkcii us to
Wall Street that the sins of tho
speculators aru vislted upon the
entiro country.
"Wo favor the postal savings
bank, anel, in addltlon thereto, In?
sist upon passago of laws, Stato
and national. for the better rcgula
tlor. ol" banks and for the protec?
tlon of bank deposltors.
'The government demands se
curlty when lt deposlts publlc
money In n bank. unel we belleve
that the security of thc Indlvidual
depositor who lntrusts his earnlngs
to ii bank should be as spectfic as
the government security.
"We oppose both the AMrlch blll
?enei tho Fowler blll, nnd bellevo
that ln so far as thc needs of com?
merce requlre an emergency cur?
rency, such curroncy should he is
suo.l and controlled by the" Federal
government. and that lt should be
loanc-d upon adequate security and
at a rate of interest whlch will
cOmpel Its retirement when tho
emergency ls past.
"We demand further that favor
itisrn in tlu- deposlts of treasury
lurul.q shall be abolished. and that
surplus revenues shall be deposlted
at compctitlve rates upon sufll
elent security. and ralrly distrlbutcd
throughout the country.
Cnpltnl i.iui bnbor.
"We favor the elght-hour day.
"Wo belleve* in Uie conclliatlon
of capital anel labor, and favor
every legltlmntc means for the nel
justment of dispiues between cor?
poratlon employors and thelr em?
ployes, to the end that justlce may
lie done to those who toll, and that
society may be relievcd from thc em
barrassraent occasloned by pro
longed sirikes and lockouts.
"We favor such a modiflcatlon
of the law relatlng to Injunctions
as will. ilrst. provent tho Issulng
ot the wrlt In industrial dlspute.s
except after notlco to defendants
aiul full hcarings; second. permlt
trlal before a judgo other than thr?
one who lssued tho wrlt, and
third. allow a Jury to be summoned
m all cases whe-re the alleged con?
tempt ls eommltted outslde tho
presenco of the court.
, .,".VVo favor an employer's lla?
blilty law, applicable to both pri?
vate nnel public employers.
"Wo favor full protectlon by
both natlonal and State govern
ments within their respectlvo
SPhere of all foreignors rc-slding
in the United States under the
treaty,: but we aro opposed to the
admisslon of Aslatle Immigrants
wh0 cannot be amalgnmated with
our population or whoso presence
among us would ralso a race Issue
eml involve us in ellplomatlc con
troversles wlth Orlentul powers
and wc demand a strlcter enforce
mont of the Immlgratlon laws
agalnst any Immigrants who advo
cate assassinatlon as n means of
roforming our government.
.tl'rYl v''elct,me Oklahoma to the
slsterhood of States, and heartlly
congratulate her upon her uusplcious
boS',Vn'ne of a tsreat career.
We favor separate Statehood for
Artzona nnd New Mexleo. and do
tnand tor the people of Porto Rlco
the full enjoyment of tho rlghts
nnd privilege** of a torrltorlal form
of government
"The Democratlc party of Nebras
i:a agaln declares contidenco In and
B ?v',',rallT,? , -?r Wl'?am Jennlngs
Xfrya.ni In him wc behoi.i tho Ideal
Amerlcan citizen?tho Ideal Demo?
crat. ve rejolce that the nrlSeU
Ples which he has so ably advo
cated hnvo _oeil giaelly 'receh-ed
he Uner,le.ynee"?,';iUly ?"-?-*n>te,i ly
n people.
"Re-y-olved, That the delegates bv
hla convention ohoscn gi_o anc.
s . __?, enr<,V >?"truef6t_ to vote
B a unlt for the nomlnation of Mr
Sryan for the presidencv."
they
ac
B
SPEECH OF^MR. BRYAN
Declnros m, C.veTTTto Extermluato
nSfivl '"'>?"l">b-The PopullnU
OMAHA, XKB.. March 5.?Two alK
nlflcant polnts wero noticed ln Mr
Hry.in's; speech. in one he acknowl
edged hls debt to the PopitiUt partv
and In the othor, he roplte to crlt?
ielsm of hls policies whieh Secretary
Taft is reported to have uttored iu a
recont spooch in Oklahoma.
"My creed la to exterminate tho pri?
vate monopoly. A logitimato corpora?
tlon can be reguluted, bul a criminal
corporatlon is beyond ihe reach ot reg*.
ulaiion," sald Mr. Bryan.
"Mr, Taft sald that I wlsh to nnnlhl
late busiiu-ss oomi"lnat|ons, whllo lie
doclarbd hlmself wllllng to regulate
tho great corporatlons. laccept tliis
li.**ue. Aud I reply I will call _t
tuntlon .... tln* fact that the trusts
havo regnlate'l tlio Ittpiibllcans, not
ihi Ropublleans tho true ts."
Concernlng tho popullHts he snld:
"lf any Domoe:rat hus a piejiieiico
agalnst populleta I would admonlsh
hlm that a jiopullut who crosuea the
road to vote for u Dtiuocrat ls r.ot to
he dlsnlscd hy a Democrat who lias
merely to voto the Uckot of hls owr
party."
The Sprrcli.
Mr. Bryan entltled hls spoech "A
Word of Kneourngomclit," nud devoted
hls remarks to tho producing of evl?
dence lo show the growth of Demo?
cratlc pollcles nnd principles nnd the
basls for Detnoeratlo hope. Ho spoko
ln part ns follows;
"Our trouble used to be to pernilnde
the Republicans to accept Demoenitlc
pollcles; our work now ls to exposo
the imltatlon by them of Domocmttd
Ideas nnd to polnt out whereln they
come short ln tholr effort to appropri?
ate Democratlc doctrines. Take, for
Instance, the trust questlon. We hud
iltiliiltely convlnced tlm Repuhllcnns
that there wero trusts; now they admlt
trusts exlst. Wo had dlfflculty con
vinclng them thnt the crlmlnal law
should bc enforced agalnst trusts; now
they admlt thnt lt should bo cnfot'cerl,
but full to enforee lt.
"In so far as they hnve acted ngalnst
the trusts at all they have nctcd along
the Une3 lald down by tho Democrats;
but the trust magnates are stlll at
lnrge, tho trusts are stlll llourlshlng.
und even the supportcrs of Mr. Taft
have no speclflc remedies to offor for
relief, and trusts arlse whllo Republi?
cans aro boastlng of thelr orusnde
aguinst them. They propose reguliv.
tion of monopolles, Instend of exter
minatlon, although they have reason
to know that regulatlon has failed nnd
that any one of n number of trusts
can offord to contrlbute ten times ns
much to a campaign fund as can bo
collocted from nll the voters who are
outsldo the prlvlleged clrcle.
Tnrllt Hevlalou.
"On the tarlff Republlcan leaders now
admlt that tarlff reform ls now neces?
sary, but a caroful reading of thelr
promlses show thnt they use langunge
Identlcal wlth that employed In for?
mer platforms, whlch have been the
basls for the present cxtortlonato
rates. The advocates of the McKlnley
tarlff and of the Plngley tarlff never
asked for more than enough to cover
tho dlfferenco In cost of labor hero
and abroad, but under the pretense of
prote.cting labor they bulld up tho
present opprcsslvo sehedules.
"What reason then hnve we to be?
lieve tholr promlses are worth nny more
now than they hnve been ln the past
twenty yenrs? Surely the peoplo wlll
r.ot trust tarlff reform to those who
have stubbornly refused tn reduc?
tnrlff rates when they had full power
to do so, and then asked to bo re?
turned to power that they may do
what they have failed to do.
'The Republicans admlt thnt rall?
road regulatlon has been needed. and
yet for ten years the Republlcan
party allowed Itself to be overawed
by tho rallroad lobby at Washlngton.
and havlng. wlth tho nld of the Drmo
crats. secured a llttlo relief, tho Re?
publlcan leaders now rely upon what
has been done, and outllne no pro?
gram for further leglslation. Tho Re?
publlcan leaders have watched a few
rallroad magnates strangle competl?
tion and comblno great systems lnto
greater ones without ralsing a hand
for the protectlon of the publlc, and
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Virginia and North Caro?
lina?Raln and warmer Friday; Satur
day clearlng and eolder; fresh south?
east wlnds.
CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.
Rlchmond's weather was cool and
ralny. Range of tho thermoni-tcr:
o \. M._36 6 P. M.
12 M.31 a P. M.
3 p. M.36 12 mldnlght_42
Average..17 3-4
Highest temperature- yesterday. 39
Lowest temperature yesterday. 34 I
Mean temperaturo yesterday. 36
Normal temperature yesterday. 4 1
Feparture from normal temperature 8
Preclpitation.08
CONDITIONS tN
(At S P. M
Place.
Asheville .
Augusta .
Atlanta .
Buffalo .
Clnclnnatl .
Detrolt .
Haiteras .
.Tacksonville ....
Kansas City.
Memphis .
New Orleans. ...
Cklahnnia Clty..
Plttsburg.
Raleigh .
Savannah .
Norfolk .
Tampa .,
Washington .....
Wilmington :.,,,
Yellowstone ....
IMPORTANT CITIES.
, Eastern Tlme.)
Thcr. H.T. Weather.
46
40
58
40
70
36
46
14
.".4
68
6S
44
78
40.
50
20
Raln
Raln
Clear
Cioudy
Raln
Snow
Raln
Clear
Ral u
Clear
Clear
P. cioudy
Raln
Raln
Clear
Raln
Clear
Raln
Raln
Snow
MINTATURE AI.MAXAC.
March 6, 190S.
HIGHTIDE.
Mornlng.7.23
Evenlng.7:51
Sun rlses.6:36
Sun sets.6:07
Mcon sets....9:51
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The
Cable Company
J. C. CORLEY, Mgr.
Laf^evieu) School, North Collinwood, Ohio,
Where Nearly 170 Children Perished In Flames
now they ask for another lease of
power as a rosult for tholr inactlon.
''Undor Republlcun rule tho rela?
tions between capital and labor have
becomo more nml more strnlned, and
yet tho Republlcun leadors roslst each
attempt to brlng omployers and em?
ployos into moro hurmonlous rela?
tlon-!.
Ml-iiiin-ingcme-iit nnel Iucnnipctcu**T.
"Tho Phlllpplnes present another
Instance of gross mismunagomeuu In?
stead of applylng Amerlcan ldeas to
tlie Phlllpplno ciuestlon, tho Republl?
can loaders Imltated tho cmplrcs of the
old world and entered on a colonlal
polley whlch hns involved us ln enor
mous expense, brought us weakness
instead of strength and humtllatlun in?
stead or glory.
"The present flnancial strlngency ls
another Ulustratlon of Republican in?
competency. ln the full possession of
power lt has allowed the country to
bo run by Wall .Street Clnanclers, and
in tho crisls ls iinpotent to do moru
than furnlsh money out of thc publlc
treasury to support the market. lt
l.us made no effort to stop gambling?
the frultful cause of panlcs?lt has
mado no effort to furnlsh government
r.otes for an emergeny, and lt has made
no effort to protect Uepositors. Whlle
lt demands security for government.
funds when deposlted wlth banks, it
lias left tho individual depositor to risk
his scanty savings without protectlon
agalnst mlsmanugement by bank of?
ficlals.
"The Republlcans admlt that some?
thing must be done, and thoy now
know not how to proceed. They are
so convlnced that the present condi?
tions ure* deplorahle thnt they npplaud
the President's last message, whlch
was an indictment of Republican mis
rulc. for all abuses of whlch he com*
plained are traceable to Republican
leglslation or lack of leglslation.
I'-ice Future With Hope.
"The Democrats face the future -wlth
hope, aud thelr hope rests on a flrm
foundatlon. Democratic politles have
grown in popularity as tho'voters havo
become better aceiuainted with thc ovlls
to bo remedled. The Democrats bave
been looklng at public questions from
the standpoint of all the people, whlle
Republlcan leaders have been looklng
at them from a standpoint uf a few.
As the strength of a party must in the
long run be measured by the strength
of Its prlnclples, Democrats have rea?
son to belleve that thelr jjrospects of
success nave been greatly increased by
the wldespread acceptances of Demo?
cratlc remedies.
"Another reason for hope is to bo
found ln tho fact that the Democratlc
party is united, while th0 Republican
party is divided, and the reunion of
tlie Democratic party la due to the
same causea that havo brought divisloa
into the Republlcan ranks.
"Tho country has moved forward to?
ward positive and aggresslve resistance
to the encroachments of predatory
wealth, and thls growth has brought
tho rear ranks of the Democratlc party
up to the flrlng line, whlle lt has scp
arated the Republican reformers from
tho Republlcan stand-patters. The llght
for supremacy ln the Republican party
ls a bitter one, and whlchever sldo
wtns the other sldo will be disgruntlc-d.
As the Republlcans used ono fuctton of
the Democratlc party to defeat us ln
1890, wc shall return the compllment
thls year and use one part of the Re?
publican party to defeat the other, for
it Is so hopelessly divided that lt can?
not be trusted to do anything at pres?
ent.
"The third cause for hopo l3 to be
foun.l in the moral awakenlug. Never
wlthln a generatlon has thero been
such a stlrrlng of consclence, and the
sense of Justlco lnherent In the people
has been made Bensitlve to the Demo?
cratlc appeal, whlch ls essentially an
appeul for Justlce. The Democratlc
party has been doing pioneer work, and
now it will enjoy tho gratltude and the
appreclation showered upon the pio?
neer when the character of hls work is
fully understood."
LOYALTY ToThEIR LEADER
This Shown In Great .Ovnllon CJlvo
Slr. Bryan by tlie -^onvenllou.
OMAHA, NEB., ILarch 5.?Althou
to th
Ul tlll**, ['IH UUIIIU *->v-*?-?-?-??--?? *???*?
timo that chalrman II. H- HankB made
his flrst reference to Bryan as tho next
"Presldont of tho United Staies," ln the
openlng addross, until tho convention
took its rccess, every mentlon of Bry?
an's name or prlnclples waH greetod
wlth roarlng applause. Not even the
tedloua work ot selccting delegates at
laige to tho natlonal convontlon of
the party thnt ls to meol ln Denver in
July could leiisen tho enthuslasm, th.*
members of tho conventlon phoutlng
themselves houreo ?with each mtntloii
of tholr leader.
Harmony tbe Kejno<?>
Harmony was tlio keyuoto of tho
proceedInga und tho only -forapianco
of a contest camo when tb? **??? "f
chooslng delegates at largo to iho na
tlonal conventlon wus re.ucheel.
I. .1. Dunn, of Oiniiha; P. Btophens,
of Promontj '?'. \Y. Prowih "?" WncoJn,
aml Feiix J. HbIq wi ie the aelegato'i
Bplected.
Nomlnatlpns for aii tho otnei* P'*'"
at thu iilsposul of the convontlon weru
piiicticully settled Ijc-foro tlm procoeu*
lllgs began. * iu__??
Dr. P. l_ Hull, of Wucoln, was ctioeeii
COLLAMEIl AVENUE.
Iriuii door (A) rras cboked by pnplla pourlng down Ihe ntalra lnto
lower hall, whlch itoi ulreudy full of chlldrrn eacapin-; from ronma ou muln
floor. li.-nr door (Ol ivn? coiiatructril to mUiiu Into thc hull, nnd could not
bc oprncd, na children vtcrr Jainmed nsninat It.
WORLD'S GREAT FIRE DISASTERS
Septcinlicr, 1811?Rlchmond The?
atre, Rlcliniond, Vn., seventy-one
killcd.
October, 18.10?I.rhtniin'i Thcntre,
St. Peteraburg, Kuaalu, ur.u kllled.
January 0, 18G4?Cliurch of the
Jcauita, Snntlugo, Clille, 2,500 killcd.
lleccinlicr 5, 187??Brooklyn Thc?
ntre, llri>(>kl.-.u, X. V., 280 kllled.
December 8. 1S81?Rlng Thenlrc,
\ Icaun, Aiistrln, S50 killcd.
June 10, 1S83? School Sunderland,
Englaudi -?" kllled.
Muy 20, 1887?Opern Comlque,
Pnrla, France. 200 killcd.
September 4, 1S87?Exeter The?
atre, Excter, Eug-lund, 200 kllled.
Mnrch 21, 1888?ll.-iiniuct Theatrci
Oporto, I'ortugal, 200 killed.
July 21, 1880?liullding nt Lu
cliow, t hlnii, 400 killcd.
Januury 0, 1800?Sbuntuns The?
atre, Chinn, 250 killcd.
Auguat 22, 1891?Tnylor nulldlng,
New York Clty, collupnc nnd flre,
slxty-one killcd.
February 8, 1802?Hotel Royal,
New York Clty, aeveiiteen kllled.
September, 1S05?I'lke'a Opera
House, Clncinnuti, Ohlo, 200 killcd.
Augnat 12, 1800?Chlng ln Dlatrlct
Tbcntrc, Chlnn, 200 killcd.
May 4, 1807?Charlty Bazaar,
I'nrl.-., France, ISO killed.
?March 17, 1S00?Wladaor Hotel,
New York Clly, alxtccn killed.
June 30, 1000?I'lcrs ot North
(?erniiiii Lloyd Steamahlp Conipnny
und (bree ateuinablpa, North Rlrcr,
New York, 200 kllled and injured.
September 20, 1002?Shlloli Unptl-it
Chureh, Illriulnghniu, Ala., 115 killcd.
.Innuary 27, 1003?Colncy Hatch
Aayliini, l.ondon Kugltiud, fifty-two
killcd.
December 30, 1003?Iroquols Tlic
atrc, Chicago, HL. ?"?><? kllled.
June 15, 1004?8tcam.ihlp General
Slocum, Kuat Hlver, New York, 1,031
kllled.
-March 20, 1005?R. B. Glover &
Co.'m ahoe factory, Brocktun, 31uat..,
100 kllled.
December 7, 1007?Coal mlne,
Fnlrmont, W. Vn., 400 kllled.
Jnnunry 14, 1008?Ilbodea Opera
House, Boyeratown, Pa., 100 kllled.
March 4, 1908?Publlc school at
North Collinwood, Ohlo, 170 kllled.
national commltteeman for Nebraska,
I to suoceed Mayor Dahlman, of Omaha,
| wlio decllned to run.
Tho distrlct delegates to tlie Denver
conventlon wero solecied by tho State
I convention delegates from each con
| gressional distrlct. Twelve men, two
| from each distrlct. were then chosen.
j Mr. Bryan took no part In tho af
! ternoon sesslon. He entered the hall
j Just before Mr. Hanks began hls
( speech, but took a seat ln tho space
i reserved for spectators far back under
| the gallerles.
Later he moved over to the othor
I sido of tho bulldlng to consult wlth
' members of the Commltteo on Resolu?
tlons, but tho delegates wero engrossed
ln the selectlon of delegates at large.
When he arose and left the bulldlng,
wlth members of tho conventlon, those
In the rear caught slght of hlm and
started to cheer. In an Instant tho
hall was ln an uproar.
Very Lnrge Attciidiincc.
Tho conventlon was ono of tlio most
largely attended ln the hlstory of tho
party ln thls Stato. Moro than 2,000
pronounced party men are ln tho clty,
One of the features of tho gathorlng
wus tho effort of tho nowly organized
"Nebraska Bryan Volunteers," to
sproad Its propaganda among the delo
gates. A soarching canvass of Doino
crat.s who were wllllng to Joln tho or
gantzatlon, whlch ls formed prlnclpally
for tho ralsing of tho funds for tho
uso of the State Control Commlttee,
was begim yeHterclay, and several hun?
dred acldltlunal members woro enrolled
to-day.
Owlng to the contests In tho distrlct
convontlons tlie dolegates were slow ln
renQhlng tho Clty Audltorlum. At 2
o'clock, the hour set for the gathorlng,
thero woro moro vacant than occuplod
neats tn tho blg hall, nnd lt was thlrty
tlvo mlnutes ln-ter beforo T. S. Allen,
chalrman of tho Stato Contral Commlt?
teo, called tho moetlng to order. Tho
Conventlon IohI no timo In gottlng down
to buslnesj*. Tho report or the com?
mlttee nn resolutions was tho llrst niut
U'l' to como beforc tho evening sesslon,
AftAi- tho olieera whlch greeted' Ita
reading had suhaiiiod the report was
ndopted au ihe offlclnl oxprosslon of
Ilm iiinvciii.ion, Threo fonner iiiom
bem Ot thc pnrly who hiivtj dled ro
i. niiy wero roinambi-rocl by rotiolutlouH.
Another declaratlon ln favor of tho
lutiUiinco of $500,000,000 Jn uovernmont
bonds, In order to provide funds with
whlch to prosecute publlc works, thus
glvlng work to many unemployed per?
sons, was also carried. The conven?
tlon then Indorsed the work of Con?
gressman O. H. HItchcock. the only
member of the party In the Nebraska
delegation at Washlngton. The
speeches of the evenlng followed.
BIT THUT IS ILL
Williams Compares Ohio's Taft
Platform With That Made
By Oily Gammon.
Tlmcs-DIspatch Bureau,
Munaey Bullellntr,
Washington, N. C, March 5.
"I haven't seen anythlng equul to
the Ohlo Republlcan Stato platform
slnce I read Dr. Warren's 'Ten Thou
sond u Year,' when Tlttlobat Tltmou.?*i
ran for Parllamentupon the celebrated
platform originated by Oily Guminon.
'"hat "platform promlsed Tlttlebat's _>>n
stltucr.ts to glve everythlng, without
tukliig 'anything from anybody."
'flius cominonted Houso Minorlty
t.eaeltr AVIlllams, of Mlsslsslppl, v. hon
a-ked to-day what ho thought of the
Tuft declaratlon by the Ohlo Re-juh
llcjans. Mr. Wllllams, queatlonod par
tlcuiurly ns to tho 'lnjectlon of the
lace ouostlon into tho platform, sai.i.
"Vears ngo, on the floor of the House
and, earller or lator, I have forgotlcn
whlch, in ah intervlew in tho Wash?
ington,Post, and stlll lator whon chalr?
man oftho St. I,ouIs Conventlon, 1 suid
thero was uot a man who lovort the
South, hor luHtltutlons and her o 1/'-,
issatlon, nnd who wnnteel to guarnutec
hor future, who would. not bo willti.u
te-. oonseiit. to u reductlon of Houthoi).
reprcKc ntntlon, if her opponohts would
ncl fiunkly wllh us and repeal thefll'
tuoiuh umondmout, but that it was un
falr to hold us to tho fourtaeiuu
amondment, umnoMfled by tho flf
temith, whlle stlll mfilutalnlng ln legul
COULDN'T MOVE
ARMSOR LEGS.
A Detroit Contractor, Believed to
be Dying of Rheumatism,
Cured by Dr. Wil?
liams'Pink Pills.
Mr. Oeorge M. Olndlng, a contractor
of 10 Dumontlor Street, Detrolt, Mlch.
and a membor of tho Modern Wood'.
men of Amorlctt, Camp 057, of Custer
ls certaln thnt Dr. Wllllams' Pink 1'lili
saved hls life. He says:
"In my youngor days I wns !n chnrg*.
of men getting out timber In Northern
Michigan, nnd was oxposed to all kinds
of weather.. und for years had never
spnred myself from work or oxposure.
As a result of thls und stomach trou?
ble I was completely rundown during
tho sprlng of 1903, and fell an easy
viotlin to an attack of rheumntlsm. I
hud tho servlces of two doctors ln De?
trolt, who, aftor nttendlng mo for sev?
eral monlhs, sald 1 could nover get
well. By thls tlme I was helpless, my
entire body Roemcd to be paralyzed,
nnd l couldn't movo my arms or logs.
"The doctors advlsod mo to go to my
cld homo ln Custor. whero I could be
cared for during tho remainlng few
days or weeks I hnd to llve. My lodge
met ino and I went homo, where I had
a nurse and employed our famlly phy?
slclan to glvo mo what ald he could
although ho agreed wlth tho doctora
of Detrolt that I could not llve.
"As I lay ln bed I thought there
rr.ust be somethlng radlcnlly wrong ln
tho troatrnent I was gottlng. I had no
deslro to qult life at my age, and de?
elded to try Dr. Wllllams' Pink Pills,
whlch I had heard some relatlves sny
they hnd used. I bought one dozen
boxes nnd commenced to take them
at onco, followlng tho dlrectlons ln
evory partlcular. For two weeks It
wns a life nnd doath struggle, but Dr.
tVllllams' Pink Pills flnally won, for
I began to havo some feellng ln my
feet. After using tho pills steadlly for
slx weeks I could walk across tho
room, and slx wocks lator was dolng
light work. My frlends and doctora
were dumbfoundod at my recovery.
That was nearly four years ago, and
to-day. I am employlng moro men than
I used to. and am working longer and
hardcr than any of them."
Dr. Wllllams* Pink Pills are aold by
all drugglsts, cr wlll bo sent, poutpald,
on recelpt of prlce, 60 cents per box,
six boxes for $2.50. by the Dr. Williams
Mcdlclms Company," Schenectady, N. Y.
- -i
force tho flfteenth. A propositlon to
reduce Southern ropresentatlon under
tho fourteenth amendment, aecom
panled wlth tho chargo that tho South
Is dlefrat chlelng the negro as a ncgr >,
and with tho statement that tliat ls
tho reason for the course taken,
antounta to saylng that the flfteenth
i.n'cndnicnt ls lnoperatlvc. or shou'-d not
Lo tnf.jiccd. If ao, it ought t,o be re
ponle ?'.
"After the passage of the flfteenth
amendment. whereby the South was
forbldden to disfranchiso anybody on
account of race, color or prevlous con?
dltlon of servltude. it iles ln no man's
mouth to say that any Southern State
does disfranchiso anybody on either of
theso accounts, without provlny hls
statement. The statement cannot i>>
proved, because lt la absoiutely falae
The fourteenth amendment left '!.
Southern States wlth the option
each Stato to let the negroes vote ...r
not vote. as lt choso; but lf lt did nnt
allow them to vote, it would be ruI..
Jeeted to a reductlon of representatlot
"Now comes a propositlon holdlng out
a hope to the ear of the negro voter
to regard that optlon us stlll exlsting
notwlthstandlng ihe enactment of th
flfteenth amendment, and not accom
panied by any sort of promlse or hope
to the Southern whlte man of repeal
Ing tlie tifteenth amendment. A more
startllng pleco of polltlcal pettlfogglng
was never atternpted."
WAIVES EXAMINATION
H<Dry Cook Now Awalting: Trlal ln Hu.-tlnci
Court.
Charsed wlth bigamy, Henry Cook, formar
hotel clerk and manager. walved examlna
ticn In thc Pollco Court yesterday mornlns,
end was sent back to the Clty Jall io awalt
trlal at tlio Aprll torm of tho Hustlnga
Court
It would havo boen necessary to postpono
tho liearinu even If Cook had not walved
examination, aa the wltnesses of tho North
Curollna marriago wero not od hand. They
hnve. been recognlred. and wlll be present
when the caaa comes up for trlal ln the
Uufctings Court.
Jiidge Burns Named.
Governor bwanson yeBterday desljpiatecl
Judgo XV. E. Burns, of Kussell, to hold a
part of a speclul term of tlio Clrcult Court
o: Washlngton county for Judca F. B. Hut
top, of Abln-rdcn, beglnnlng on Monday.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tha
Signature of
Ladies, "why not be indepen
dent and have a Bank Account
of your own and be prepared
when the need for ready cash
is necessary.
Forty-two years of contlnued
succobb, amusBliiK tho largest sur
ulua and undlvided protlta of any
ljaiik ln tho Stnto, lllustrateB the
aafenosa of our "Banklng by Mail"
aystorn.
Threo per cent.. eompounded
Homl-annually, on accouuta frorn
ono dollar upwardB.
Planters National Bank
Savings Department,
Capital,.- $ 300,000
Sur. and Undv. Profits, $1,075,000
Richmond, Va.