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the Bland net. nnd Mr. McKinley mlvo-
ibuu me euicruuin net on i no ground
thnt it would increase the amount of
money to Ik? put in circulation among the
people. Let me read you what he said
then:
"'We propose to give to the country
what we, the gentlemen on the other side
of the house could not do, what they did
not dare to do, in four years. We pro
pose to give to the country a silver hill
-"-. W1J 1,k "'I the silver practically
ot the United States and make it avaii
nlile for the use of the people.'
"Again ho said: 'Mr. Speaker, this
bill is just to the silver producers, for it
uui-o .wiiii. me present law, as (icnioii-
sirnteo. uy every lUliiuinrftiutHin for ten
years, has not done. It takes every dol
lar of silver bullion that is purchased in
the United States and places it at the dis
posal of the people ns money.'
"Again lie said: "I will' nnt v,,tr.
against this bill, and thus deprive un
people and my country, and the lalsirers
and producers and the industries of niv
country ot iKiO.OOO.OOO annually of addi
tional circulatiiiL' medium.'
"In 1800 Mr. McKinley declared that
:.. u . n i . , .. .
in me iiueieRi in ins country, m tile in
terest ot tne la borers, in the interest of
the producers, in the interest of the in
dustries of the country, he would vote to
add l,t mi nil 10 additional instead of de
creasing it $.'0,000,000. That was the
McKinley of 1800. Lot me read vou
the McKinley of ISOti: - "
" 'It is not more money we want. What
we want " to nut all the money we have
already nt work.'
"In 18!(0, when he advocated more
money, we added $24,000,000 to the cir
culation each year. This year we have
no such provision. We have repealed the
Sheriiiau law and Bland act. and make
no provision to utilize silver, no provision
to add to the currency by the increase in
our silver money, and yet when the cur
rency is decreasing, and wo hum l.i
creased the money in circulation in the
last year uy .l.jO,()00.000, and vet
when the money is decreasing,
instead of increasing. the same
Mr. McKinley. who wanted more
money in IS! 10, tells you now that
it is not more money that we need,
but to put the money we nlreadv have at
work. Which does my friend favor,
the McKinley of IS! Ml. who wanted more
money, or the McKinley of 1800? ((ircat
applause and cries of 'lSOO.'j Mure
than that. Mr. McKinlev saiil in 1801 in
n speech made at Toledo, that Mr. Clevo-
la ii(l liad iK'en discriminating against sil
ver and trying to contract the currency,
and that by lessening the currency he
had made money dearer by making it
scarcer. If it was wrong for Cleveland
to make money dear by making it scarce
and money the master and nil iliinu-s else
the servant, is it right for McKinley to
try to make money the master and all
tilings else the servant I (Applause and
cries of 'no, no.')
"My friends, we can support our cause
by appealing to republican testimony. We
can support every contention we 'make
by quoting republican authorities and.
therefore, republicans who come to us
in this campaign do not change their
convictions; they simply change their
party name, and their party has abandon
ed the position it used to occupy and now
demands that you shall surrender the
convictions of a lifetime. Somebody may
feel like cheering for ex-President Har
rison. If so, I will read what he said
in a message to congress on December 1.
18110. You will remember that in 1800
tlicy passed what was known as the
Sherman law. which provided for the
purchase of 4.000.000 ounces of silver
each year. After the tmssiiiro of thnt
bill the price ot silver went up. and as
1... ! . . ... . .
inu price oi silver went up prices iiegan
generally to rise, and on the 1st of De
cember Mr. Harrison, then president,
sent to congress a message from which
I read the following extract:
" 'The enlargement of our currency bv
the silver bill undoubtedly gave an' up
ward tendency to trade and had a mark
ed effect on prices, hut this is natural
and the desired effect of silver legislation,
which is by many erroneously attributed
to the tariff act.'
"Mr. Harrison said that the passage of
that silver bill undoubtedly gave an up
ward tendency to trade and had a mark
ed effect on prices. You tell us that we
can not raise the value of silver bv
law. I point you to that law which was
not as broad ns the one which we pro
pose. I point you to the limited use of
silver, not an unlimited use like we pro
pose, and according to the president,
gave an upward tendency to the market
and had a marked effect on prices. And
then he turned and rebuked those who
had attributed this to tariff, and told
them it was due, not to tariff legislation,
but to silver legislation. (Applause.) But,
my friends, it is authority that silver
legislation will do just what we claim it
will do. 'New they tell us that they do
not want prices to rise for fear the labor
ing man's wages will not go so far nnd
then tliev said it was a desired effect.
Since when has this effect become un
desirable? Since the money-changers
wrote n republican platform that compels
every republican to silence the voice of
his conscience. (Applause.) The argu
ments which you hear today are argu
ments manufactured to support a plat
form that in your hearts you republicans
of Iowa are ashamed to own. (Ap
plause.) "My friends, your proposition is n
plain one. We place your arguments on
solid rock. We tell you that there is
something necessary in money besides
quality. Our opponents are always talk
ing about wanting good money. Every
body wants money, but. my friends, we
want quantity as well as quality in
money. You can not interest me by tell
ing me that a certain kind of food is the
very best kind of food and tell me that
it is so scarce that 1 can not have any
of it. Money good! how good do we
want money? .lust good enough: not too
good. They have been making your
money too' good. When a dollar is so
good that it will buy ten bushels of oats
it is too good a dollar to use in this
country. (Applause.) They have given
'is the balloon dollar. It keeps rising,
and a balloon dollar may be a good
thing for a few financiers who happen to
get into the basket, but it is a mighty
had thing for the farmer who can simply
stand 'nnd watch it as it soars through
the sky. We are tired of the balloon
dollar. We want to bring it down to
earth again and get it within reach of
the masses of the people. The gold
standard, instead of being a just meas
ure of deferred payments, has become
the measure of deferred hope and hope
deferred mnketh the heart sick. On this
money question society is divided into
tw-o classes. Mr. Blaine divides so
eiety. I told you I could sustain my
Position by quoting republican authori
ties. No republican who has lived in the
last twenty-five years is more popular
n idol than Mr. Blaine. His Fame is
still cherished as the name of the great
J'Kt republican who has existed in the
last twenty-five years. In 1878 Mr.
"laino said that the destruction of sil
xf ns money and the establishment of
Bold as the sole unit of value would have
fMiiious effect on all forms of property
except those investments which yielded a
fixed return in money. That these would
' enormously enhanced in value and
would gain a disproportionate and unfair
"dvantage over everv other species of
property. Mr friends, if thnt wns true
then it is true now. On the one side,
Blaine put the holders of fixed in
voKtnients and on the other the rest of
the people nnd he tells you that the des
truction of silver ns money and the ca
tabhshment of gold ns the sole unit of
value would have a ruinous effect on
those who own property and would give
nil unjust nnd unfair advantage to those
who hold fixed investments.
"Where does the gold standard come
from.' It came from the holder of lied
investments and the trader in money; it
comes from the money -owner nnd' the
money-changers. Do you believe that
those people who profit as the dollar rises
are seeking to make the dollar rise with
out understanding that they get any
value out of it? Do you suppose they
do it because they think it helps society?
I do not believe it, my friends. They tell
us they are intelligent; in fact, they as
sume to possess all the intelligence there
is in this country and if they have so
much more intelligence than we, don't
you suppose they can see their interests
in the gold standard? (Applause.)
"Our laws recognize the right of each
one to use his ballot as he pleases ami
the only offense that we give to the
financiers is that we are not willing to
have them stanl up and cry; '1 am hol
ier than thou' without being rebuked. I
am willing to let a financier think as he
pleases, but I demand that all the rest
of the people shall have n right to think
ns they please. I am willing that he
should act as he pleases, but I demand
that all the rest of the people shall have
a right to act as they please. I denounce
the attempt of the money owners to in
timidate and threaten to withdraw their
loans from those who dare to exercise
the right of American citizen. They tell
you they want sound money. If they
were honest, instead of using ambigu
ous phrases they would tell you what
kind of money they thought was sound,
but they don't say. Their very terms
are a confession of deception, because
by sound money they mean the gold
standard; why don't they say so? 1
asked a man once why he did not say
that and he said it was because there
was an unreasonable prejudice amongst
the people against the gold men. It is
not so, but 1 don't know of anybody who
has a prejudice against gold.
"But I must not detain you longer. 1
have overtalked my time. (Cries of
'How about (rover?')
"We are not talking about him now.
Since our republican friends came to the
support of the administration we have
not found it necessary to say anything
a limit it.
After the coliseum speech Mr. Bryan
spoke twice from the carriage, asking
the people -to study the question ot
finance nnd to make their silver speech
on election day.
There were but few people at the de
pot at Burlington to see the nominee off.
and those who were there were not
demonstrative.
Between Burlington and Cedar Knpids
three short stops were made, at Colum
bus Junction. Nichols and West Liberty.
where the candidate gave short speeches
on tne same lines lollowod by him in
former speeches.
EX ROUTE TO SIOUX CITY.
Marshalltown. Oct. S. Cedar Rapids
was reached shortly after 4 o'clock, and
the local committee escorted Mr. Bryan
and party in carriages to the baseball
park, near the outskirts of the city.
wnere tne candidate spoke.
At Cedar Itanids and again nt Bel
Plains there was considerable cheering
tor .McKinley. which, however, encour
aged the admirers of the nominee to
greater effort, and the cheers ivre on his
side.
The party arrived at Marshalltown nt
7:120. where Mr. Bryan made two
speeches to lnree crowds. The enthusi
asm was the most marked of the day.
Shortly after 11 o'clock the party left
for Sioux City.
CAX'T CARRY HIS LAW OFFICE.
Omaha, Xeb., Oct. 8. A special to the
Bee from Lincoln, Xeb., says:
A. II. Talbot, present law partner of
Hon. William .1. Bryan, has declared his
intention of voting for McKinley.
GERMANS OF HAYS COUNTY.
A Thrifty Lot of People That Believe in
Sound Money.
Kyle, Tex., Oct. 7. (Special.) Your
correspondent was present, by invitation,
at the dedication of the new lit 1 1 recently
erected on Plum creek by the German
Fanner Yerein. We were treated to a
splendid dinner, and too, with that fav
orite (Senna n beverage, beer. The rec
ord of the Germans of Hays county for
morality, enterprise, industry nnd econ
omy, and as law-abiding citizens is good.
They seem to have no patience for the
man who wastes his time in idleness
and for relief sits down and yells free
silver. Their farms are models in the
way of good houses, commodious barns,
good fences and well-cultivated farms.
They are well supplied with good stock
of all kinds nnd they keep them in good
condition. Their present crops, in spite
of the severe drouth that has just passed,
are good. The last mother's son of them
is for sound money. They were ad
dressed on the occasion by that wise,
just Judge Teichniueeler. The duty they
owe to themselves, their families, their
government and their God was his
theme.
Your postmaster, (Jeorge B. Zinipcl
inan, was present and had marked at
tention shown him by nil, and Mr. Edi
tor, please allow your correspondent a
word for his old comrade and messmate,
Rarnhait Zimpelman. At the first bugle
call in 'lil, Barnhart, as his comrades
railed him, then an obscure poor (ter
mini boy, enlisted in the Eighth Texas
Cavalry, Texas Bangers, and for four
long years stood where only men were
wanted, and only men were found, and
watered freely with his blood the battlo
Heids of his adopted southland. He be
came one of the acknowledged heroes of
that famous regiment, and was compli
mented for gallantry on the battlefield
by Gens. Wharton, Wheeler nnd For
rest. I know of no private soldier that
acquired so much fame in the Confed
erate armies its did Barnhart Zimpel
uiau. GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION.
An Effort to Prevent a Cleburne Taper
From Supporting McKinley.
Hillsboro, Tex., Oct. 7. (Special.) S.
Y. Kountz and T. E. Sanders of Cleburne
were in the city last night suing out an
injunction against Lockwood & Co. of
Cleburne who are publishing the Cleburne
Herald. They presented the petition for
an injunction to Judge Hall Inst night nnd
it was granted. It recites that the r. E.
Sanders is the owner of the Cleburne
Herald; that it has heretofore boon a pop-..i:..(-
..n,.nf n.i n-nn Innuorl i Mr. Snn-
ders to Lockwood & Co. with the undcr-
MillllllH mill, ii. d.u,-. tv......-- .
cate populist principles; thnt last weeK,
l.f !t cl.rxiil.l nnntmllf TO IHIVO-
cause of McKinley, and that the renders
of the Herald denounce in stringent icrnm
the change Petitioners, therefore, pray
.i fiir mi iniiinction on the ground of vi
olation of the contract.
KILLED BY THE CABS.
Palestine, Tex.. Oct. 7. (Siiecial.)
M A. Averet, aged 35, of Jourdan. N. 1..
was run over in the yard at 8 a. m. nnd
fatally injured. He was between the
cars.
AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1S1H1.
THE STREETS OF CANTON WERE
JAMMED YESTERDAY BY
CHEERING CROWDS.
If Money (Jan Be Made by Act of Con
gress, What Is the Use of Taxa
tion? What Costs Nothing Is
Worth Nit.
Canton, O., Oct. 8. Canton's streets
were crowded all day. Forty carloads
of cheering, Uag-wnving, finely-uniformed
and decidedly musical visitors crowd
ed about the McKinley home. Pennsyl
vania, Indiana and Ohio sent delegations.
By the middle of the afternoon Market
street, leading to the McKinley home,
was filled with marchers. The Cleve
land First Voters, who came last, kept
the crowds on the sidewalks cheering.
The delegation from Logansport, Intl.,
was introduced by A. L. Wilson. After
welcoming the visitors, Maj. McKinley
said:
"If the financial plank advocated by
our allied opponents be practical nnd
sound, then the framers of our constitu
tion idled away very much time and
wasted very much effort in providing a
plan for raising money to conduct the
government. If this new departure, so
called, be in any sense practical, then
we do not want any tariff laws in this
country, any tax laws, any custom houses
or any tax collectors auywhere; because,
if you can make money out of nothing
by the mere breath of congress, then it
is idle to impose taxes on the people to
bear the burden and expense of conduct
ing the government. If. bv mere fiat
whether it be fiat to the extent of 50
cents or to the extent of 100 cents, if the
government, by a mere net of congress,
enn make money, then all the work of
Washington and Jefferson, Hamilton nnd
Clay nnd all the financiers and states
men of this country was mere idleness
and lolly. But their work was not idle
or foolish. The government of tin
United States cau not create something
out ot notinng, and the man or par'
that teaches that doctrine teaches n
false doctrine. Why? That which
costs a man nothing is not worth much.
is it.' And it this government can ere
ate money without cost to itself, then
mat money is valueless, valueless for
every nurnose. It is the value in money
that makes it a stable medium of ex
change ninong the people. The point
1 make is this, my fellow citizens, that
we must get out of the idea that the gov
ernment nuiKes money. The govern
ment gets its money just as the citizen
gets his money, by giving something for
it. The government raises $400,000,000
every year ny taxing its people and the
products of other people coming into the
United States, and the latter is the policy
of the republican party. We do not be
lieve that the government should make
money by setting its printing presses and
its mints to work, but the best thing it
can do for its revenue is to put a tariff
on iorcigu products ot every kind that
compete with American products and
nniKe that tanll high enough, too, to pro
tect the American producer. We simply
mini io unserve tne law or sol (-preservation,
to look nfter ourselves, look after
our individual occupations and employ
ments and nfter the home which your
spokesman has so elouuentlv descri'hod
It lies at the foundation of society of
every community and calls un from Un
people a sentiment for good government
ami lor good patriotism, such as can be
found scarcely anywhere in the world.
Not only, my fellow citizens, do we
want n good tariff, but we want good
money. We want the money to h
worth 100 cents on the dollar, and we do
not want it to be worth a pennv less
than 100 cents. We want it to "be ns
honest ns the government itself. We
want it to he current everywhere in the
world; we want it respected everywhere
just ns our Hag is respected (ivupvivhnin
Then we propose in this country to main
tain a government by law and a govern
ment under law.. We propose to sus
tain public order and public tranquility
and stand by the federal judiciary that
tribunal which is our anchor of safety
in every time of trouble. There was
never an aim that the republican purtv
ever had that did not embrace the good
of all the people. There was never a
purpose that did not seek the honor and
integrity ot the tinted States. Our par-
ij linn ii.iil ii lllirpiINU WHICH WHS llllt
patriotic, and it stands now, as it stood
in the past, for public safety, for public
honor, good morals, good government,
good laws and for a country whose cur
rency and credit will not be questioned
anywhere in the world."
Maj. McKinley, in his response to
Judge John W. Reed, who spoke for the
delegation from Jefferson, Clearfield,
Clarion nnd Armstrong counties, Pn.,
said:
"I have no sympathy with the senti
ment, sometimes expressed by good peo
ple, of 'doubt about, the future of the
United States.' Nobody need be trnnlili-il
about thnt. The United States will take
care ot itselt in its own good time nnd
way. through constitutional forum re
store this country to its former great
ness, glory and prosperity. The United
States, with its wealth of resources and
the skill, energy and enterprise of its pKi
ple, can not be long checked in its on
ward march. There are some citizen in
nil the states who seem to be seriously
concerned, but 1 for one do not share iiil
their apprehensions. The great liody of
tne people is sale; they are steady; they
are not moved by wild impulses. Dismal
forebodings of what might happen will
not no rcauzeu. Demagogues there are
in the country who attempt to incnlen ti
the doctrines of distrust nnd dismnv
among the unemployed, and in part the
men who are inculcating that doctrine
are the men who are advocating a policy
that first created idleness in the United
States. Extremists there are who tnlk
glibly about the wnr of the classes
against the masses, heedless of the result
of their dangerous and truthless doc
trine. There need be no ularm; there
need be no excitement; there. need bo no
abuse or exaggeration, for all these false
doctrines and unworthy i influences will
not again prevail with the free, the inde
pendent and the intelligent citizens of the
United States. The great majority of
our people are devoted to law and order,
the public pence and tranquility. Thcy
love their homes and their wives and
their families too well to stand by any
policy that will lead to public disorder
and disorgard of law. They are in favor
of respecting the right of property, the
right of contract, the inviolability of pub
lic faith and the sacredness of our un-
rorrupted and uncorruptible courts of
justice. They are Hocking to the stan
dard of the country, not from one party
alone, but from all parties, with an earn
estness and unanimity creditable to our
patriotism and a splendid testimonial to
the strength and glory of our Institutions.
'J. ho distress which has been felt bv
the people and which was visited on this
country by the policy already executed
and the policy now threatened, injured
not only the men who toil, but has in
jured the men who employ labor. We
have discovered that we can not strike
down the owner of the mills without
striking down the labor that is employed
with him. Your iron mills, steel mills,
your every variety of manufactories
scattered all over your state, are only
awaiting the return of that confidence
which will make a demand for vour
products. This is all you want. When
that demand comes there will lie a de
mand for your labor and employment for
your laborers, not only for the products
of your manufacturers, but in '.lie high
est degree for the products of agricul
ture." VIEWED BY SILVER EYES,
Senators Butler. Jones and Faulkner
(lont Over Georgia Returns.
ashmgton, Oct. 8 Replying to an in
quiry from the Atlanta Journal ns to his
opinion of the result of the election, Sen
ntor Butler today sent the following tel
egram: "It is almost certain that a majority
of the white votes of Georgia were cast
for the people's party state ticket. This
is a great gain over the party's last vote
and is due to the personal popularity of
Tom Watson in his own state and to' the
desire of the people to rebuke the man
agement of the democratic party in the
state affairs of Georgia. Evidently the
democratic party is indebted to the 'negro
vote for whatever kind of victory thev
have won. The outlook for Brviin null
free silver is much better than it was ten
days ago.
"The people are aroused on a great
and vital issue. The present indications
show L'.'!2 electoral votes reasonably cer
tain for Bryan, with at least an equal
chance for seventy-five more.
".MARION BUTLER."
Senator Faulkner of the democratic
congressional committee, expressed the
opinion that in the presidential election
Georgia would increase her democratic
majority to 7.j,000.
In response to an inquiry from the
Journal, Senator Jones, national chair
man, wired the following:
Chicago. Oct. 8. To the Atlanta Jour
nal The Georgia election means a solid
south as well as a solid west tor Mr.
Byriui. Considering the fact that the
Georgia democracy has arrayed against
it the united strength of the republicans,
the populists and the prohibitionists, a
majority of 20,(KH would have been re
garded as a good victory. It appears
that we have double that, having made
gains in nearly every county. I con
sider the result as assuring Mr. Bryan
a majority of not less than 00.0(H) or 70.
000 in November. It shows that the
people are with us and that they can not
be diverted by any subordinate issues,
whether of local or national interest.
"I am more than confident that Mr.
Bryan will not only carry every southern
state, but also every state west of the
Mississippi river, as well as a majority
of the central western states, insuring
him an overwhelming' majority in the
electoral college.
"JAMES K. JONES.
"Chairman National Democratic Com
mittee." NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
Syracuse. N. Y Oct. 8. The stale
league of republican clubs of New York
began its niinual meeting today in this
city. There was a large attendance.
George II. Green presided. Letters of
regretjvero read from ex-Governor Mc
Kinley, National Chairman Haiiiia, ex
President Harrison. Speaker Reed, Sen
ators Allison and Juay and "ex-Senator
T. C. Piatt.
AN OUT-OF-SIGIIT PROPHET.
Washington, Oct. 8. Secretary Defen
doifer of the silver party today gave out
an estimate on the election. lie gives
Bryan 'JS'2 electoral votes. McKinley 107
and puts 57 in the doubtful column, the
last being made up of Iowa, Maryland,
Minnesota, New Jersey, West Virginia
and Wisconsin. He concedes New Eng
land, New York nnd Pennsylvania to Mc
Kinley nnd claims for Bryan all except
these states and those in the doubtful
list.
BRECKINRIDGE NOMINATED.
Lexington, Oct. 8. The national de
mocracy tonight nominated Col. W. C. P.
Breckinridge for congress.
JUMPED HIS' JOB.
Vasliingtnn, Oct. 8. Henry Clay
Smith, United Slates consul at Santos,
Brazil, who is at present in Washington,
has resigned his ollice because of the rule
forbidding officeholders to take an ac
tive part in politics.
ONLY THREE CALLERS.
Washington, Oct. 8. This was Seen
tary Olney's first reception for several!
months, yet there were only three of the
diplomatic corns among his callers, the
Mexican, Costa Rican and Venezuelan
ministers.
BROKE ANOTHER RECORD.
Chicago, Oct. 8. John S. Johnson
broke the world's record for two miles,
paced, flying start, at the new Garfield
pink track this afternoon. He made the
ride in 3.HS .'-5, breaking the record pre
viously held bv Horlo of 3.4.1 !-;, made
at Louisville, Noveinlur 18. 1S!).". The
first mile wns made in 1.41 2-5 and the
second in j.ui l-
THE CRICKETERS.
Chicago. Oct. 8. When stumps were
drawn today in the cricket match be
tween the Australians nnd the Chicago
team, the score stood: Chicago, first
inning, 105; Australians, first inning,
three wickets for 07 runs.
CAPTURED A BALLOT BOX.
Five Men Overtake Election Messengers
in Florida One Mercilessly Beaton.
Jacksonville, Fin., Oct. 8. As William
Walkerson and Deputy Sheriff Hogarth
were on their way from Cnllahnn to Fer
liandina with the ballot box and the re
turns they were overtaken in the woods
by a party of five men and carried back
to Callahan. Walkerson was given five
minutes to leave town, while the crowd
tried to force Hogarth to confess to elec
tion frauds, threatening to kill him if he
did not. He made a (lush for liberty and
reached his horse, hut was caught and
beaten. He was left for dead, but man
aged to reach Fernandina during the
night, with his clothes torn and saturated
with blood.
STRUCK BY THE TRAIN'.
Emory, Tex., Oct. 7. (Special.) Last
night Mike Shay, a laborer, wos struck
by a north bound freight train just west
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas mil
way depot and instantly killed. His
head was split and the back part
crushed off, scattering his brains and
parts of his skull along the truck for
ten or twenty feet. His right arm was
also broken and the, llesh torn away.
An inquest was held by Justice Hebisen
and a verdict rendered in , accordance
with the above facts.
IjlfCII II GEIM
ATKINSON. DEMOCRATIC CANDI
DATE FOR GOVERNOR, IS
ELECTED BY L'S.OOO.
It Dropped From S000 to 2000 Hoke
Smith Says National Issues Didn't
Enter Decreased Democratic
Majority in Florida.
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 7. W. Y. Atkinson
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(deiu.) is re-elected tot- governor by a
majority of not less thnn LNiiiiiI u-l,l..li ,
is an increase of liOOO over two years
ago. the situation at midnight was
very complex and tin- r.-snltM 1mi,ii.1v I
guesswork. Fulton county, in which I
tins city is situated, has given Atkinson
a majorhy of KKHI, where two years ago
it gave a majority of 1800. Bibb county
this year gives a majority of (illtl, and
two years ago it gave the democrats a
majority of IluOO. In the Tenth dis
trict, which is thy home of Tom Watson,
the democratic majority was dropped
from 8000 to LNIOU. It is generally con
ceded, however, that Atkinson' has
carried the state by at least 18,0(10, i.nd
the returns are expected by his friends
to show that he has a majority of :15,(MI0.
This, if true, will menu that the Imltim-i.
of the ticket has been successful by a
majority ot -10,000.
only local issues.
Atlanta. Gn Out. 7. Ex-Secretnrv of
the Interior Hoke Smith, in nil interview
with a representative of the Associated
Press tonight, said:
"The contest in Georgia was over the
question of local government. National
issues did not enter into it. Governor
Atkinson won the confidence of tho
negro vole by his impartial administra
tion, nnd the large majority of them
supported mm t,t mo polls."
A BIASED SPECIAL REPORT.
Memphis, Tonn., Oct. 7. The Commercial-Appeal's
special from Atlanta
says:
Georgia sends her answer to Maine
and sends it in ringing terms. The lieino
crats have won a signal victory. At
midnight returns received from a big
majority or the counties indicate n
plurality for Governor Atkinson of 3"i,0OO
or perhaps 40,000.
The populists combined with the pro
hibitionists and the campaign they have
made has been from the first a very
vigorous one. They lmvo had many
active agents at work in their behalf.
In the cities the A. P. A. has been fight
ing Atkinson from one end of the slate
to the other; the republican lenders have
been using influence in the interest of
the populist ticket, working to keep
down the democratic plurality, so as to
counteract any possible national effect
which Georgia's answer to Vermont and
Maine might have. The gold demo
crats worked against the state ticket.
Iho result points to almost uniform dem
ocratic gains.
Atkinson's plurality is less than that
received by the others on the state ticket,
the other state officers getting majorities
that run over 40,000.
The legislature is overwhelmingly dem
ocratic The populists may have four
members in the senate nnd the republi
cans one. The other thirty-nine will
be democratic. In the house the popu
lists wiil have about twenty-live of the
100 members.
DEMOCRATIC GAIN.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 7. Thirty-two coun
ties give estimated net democratic gain
of ,'5ii(i;. A. S. Clay, chairman of the
state executive committee, said:
tt- i , . , : . . . .
ne nave carrieu tne statu tiv iii.ttcmin
W.OOO nnd .-0,000 majority. ' The popq
lists have not carried twenty counties
out oi me iony-seven in the state, mid
iiii.i: him iiihii.v oi IIIO COUIItlCS tllOV
carried in luili."
ihirty-seveh enmities, leaving 100 to
ne nearu irom, show a gam of (ilU.'t for
tne democrats. At this rutin lm uini
will give Atkinson a majority of 47.00(1.
THREE HEAVYWEIGHTS.
Tom Reed and Senators Walcott
Lodge Spenk in Boston.
and
Boston, Oct. 7. An ovation which has
never been surpassed was tendered Hon.
i nonius it. need, M-uator oleott anil
Senator Cabot T-oiU-i. nt r IIUIO 111! 11 ill-
night. The hall was packed from floor
iu c.-iiiiig niiiy two hours before the
meeting, while outside crowds went
away without having a chance to reach
tne inside ot the liui i u
In tin-, course of Senator Lodge's
speccu ii" nitacKed nie democratic mana
gers in New York for issulmr it mi i-iiilc
on the "Lord's Prayer" for campaign pur
poses aim sum that no campaign carried
on on those lines could be successful.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed was 'he last
snenki-r. Afti-i- r-,i, .,,(', ,11,. I...I..
ing the applause, Mr. Reed delivered niJ
mum-Nil (111 i ne issues or the campaign
mncii was most ciiihiisinstically re
ceived. FLORIDA RETURN'S.
The Democrats Were Generally Victo
rious, but by Decreased Majorities.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 7. Returns of
the state election of yesterday continue
to come in slowly. Up to 7 p. in. com
plete l.gnres had been received from only
live of the fifteen counties in the stale,
these five counties gave Bloxlinm (dem.),
for governor, (iOL'fi; Gimby (rep.), 1578;
Vecks (imp.), In ,S!I2 the vote In
the same counties wns: Mitchell (dem,),
(i!)!)7; Boskins (pop.). 21)7. This shows a
democratic loss of 071, or 14 per cent ns
compared with the previous election. So
far as heard from, the election passed
off quietly all over the state.
The effect of the Australian system
was, ns anticipated, to keep illiterate
voters and negroes from the polls.
Of flio uivtv-siiirtif t.
, wp,,.,. jii,:iii iri it UL lilt
house of represonsiitives, the democrats
nave at least sixty and thirty-two mem
bers of the next senate, including six
teen hold-overs, who will all lie demo
crats. In this county (Duval), most of
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--- uvinuiiuiii: iniiiuiiiuti-n lur
county offices were defeated by the can
didates of a bolting democratic faction.
Glenn (rep.) was chosen superintendent
of piihlh itiMtriic tii ..I-,, ,. 4,.-.. ,1....wu...,.
.- ............ i w UVIII,l-.IUllV
candidates.
ENTIRE TICKET ELECTED,
lampa, Fla., Oct. 7. Full returns
have been received from twenty-five of
twenty-nine precincts at Hillsboro, and
the remaining precincts have scarcely
more than 1(X votes in all. The twenty
five districts give ltloxluim, 1889; Gun
by, 4'J8; Weeks, 201. 'The ent ire demo
cratic county ticket is elected by a lurge
majority, including the present governor
aud 11. T. Mitchell for clerk of the court.
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! HARRISON AT f'TWlvviTr
Cineinnnti. Oct 7 Vv.l":,i... ir....
risen tonight addressed a crowd thnt test
ed the capacity of Music Hall. Despite
the cold, raw winds, large crowds gather
ed along the line of parade preceding the
meeting and enthusiastically cheered the
ex-president. On the stage nt Music
Hall were Mayor Caldwell. Murnt Hal
stead, officers of republican clubs and
' other prominent citizens.
(Sen. Harrison wns introduced bv Hon.
, 1 nomas MoDoiigall. The ex-pivsidoiit
i said he had had a suspicion that it wa im
i possible to keep the presidency out .of,
Ohio for any length of time, and tonight,
lit had crown into conviction II,. i !,.,
warmly praised Mai, McKinlev's war
record nnd his career in congress.
WOItSE THAN COERCION.
Deliver. Col., Oct. 7. Secretary of
State MeCafferty this afternoon gave a
decision sustaining the protest of the sil
ver republicans against the use of tlu
rc)iiblicnn name and emblem of the Mc
Kinley party. Should this protest be
sustained by the court tlu- Mc-
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" "".I ieuiic nm un ve no nanot in
this state, as they neglected to file their
Petition before (lie time for v., il,,in,- ,,v.
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THE CZAR AND CZARINA.
They See the Sights in Paris, Piloted by
President Fan re.
Paris, Oct. 7. Under the guidance of
President Fa lire, the czar and czarina
set out early today to visit the principal
points of interest in Paris. Wherever
they went they were greeted by de
strations of enthusiasm equal to those
which characterized the conduct of tin
crowds yesterday. First the imperial vis
iters were taken to the Cathedral of
Notre Dame, from which they were .es
corted to the Pantheon. At the Inner
place they spent a few moments beside
the tomb of the late President Carnot..
Subsequently they were shown tlimugb
the Hotel des luvalides, where then-
were assembled a larg.- number of pen
sioners of all ranks of the French iiniiy
At the tomb of Napoleon the (Sreat thr.
czar stood for a few moments as if in
great thought. The czar showed plainly
that he is suffering from fatigue, U-ing.
pale and abstracted. The czarina, how
ever, bears up well under the strain of
travel and sightseeing mid acknowledges
die plaudits of thousands along the street
by gracious smiles and bows.
EXTRA V AG A XT ASSERTIONS.
Richmond. Va.. Oct. 7. Governor
Matthews of Indiana lias written to the
Richmond States as follows, regarding
the political situation in h's state;
"In reply to yours nf ,'iilth, w Iilelr I
have just received, I am .g!;nl to ay that
after quite an extended canvass of the
state, 1 have no doubt of the result..
Bryan will carry Indiana by a tremen
dous majority. Our people, especial!." in
the country districts, are thoroughly
aroused to the importance' of- the is.-uc.
My advices lead me to believe that Illi
nois will lie for Bryan and Ohio mav
be put in the diiubtful list. Well in
formed gentleman iu Kentucky feel sat
isfied that Kentucky will return to the
old faith."
HUMBLE DELEGATE CHEERED
Washington. Oct. 7. The National As
sociation of Life Underwriters began its
session at the Arlington hotel today with
about 150 members present. The pro
ceedings today consisted principally of
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dent's annual address. While the roll
call was in progress the name of a dele
gate named McKinley called forth vocif
erous and prolonged applause, while an
effort to secure n similar demonstration
for Bryan proved ulsii-livc
RELEASED OX BOND.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 7. (Special.) Dr;
D. E. Thrash and Mrs. N. II. Lewis.
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der in connection with the death of Lillie
Jarvis, the young girl who died a couple
of days ago, were today allowed ball iu
tin? sum of ffllMMI each. They secured
the bonds and were released. Their
preliminary hearing has been fixed for
next Friday. ('has. Fisher is still
IOIIICII nil,
FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.
A Prominent Politician Killed In the
State of Arkansas.
Clarksvllle. Ark., Oct. 8.Ncws leach
ed here this morning of a shooting affray
at Knoxville, fifteen miles from here, iu
which Ed Atwell, a prominent politician
of that comity, and nt. present, n deputv
United States marshal, was shot to death
by sons of an old mini whom he had as
saulted. Yesterday Atwell and J. P,
Robinson, an old citizen of Knoxville
hud a difficulty, and Atwell bent the old
man over the head with a pistol, inflict
ing dangerous wounds. Tliis morning
John and Jim Robinson armed them
selves and started to hunt Atwell. Coin
ing upon him, a tight ensued, in which a
number of shots were exchanged, .Atwell
receiving wounds from which . h .died,
and one of the boys' wounds is' thought
to be fatal.
HANN'A VISITS M'KINLEY.
National Chairman M. A. Ilnunn stop
ped over iu Canton between trains and'
took dinner at the McKinley home tliis
evening. He expressed himself as well,
pleased with the political situation and
spoke in most sanguine terms of the re
sult. FORMA L L Y A N NO U NCED.
City of Mexico, Oct. 7. The formal'
announcement was made iu congress to
night of the re-election of (Jen. Ding for
the four-year term, beginning iu Decem
ber. Bells in the churches were rung
and there is general rejoicing.
RICHMOND MURDER CASE.
Richmond, Tex., Oct. 7. (Special.)
The noted murder case against G. (Sil
son for killing Bryant Hollimnn last year
was culled for trial today and continued..
DEED OF TRUST.
Rice, Tex., Oct. 7.-(Specia!.)-Mar-sluil
Bros., merchants, filed a deed of
trust for the benefit of their creditors.
liabilities. XZZlll assets est mated at
$3500. J. H. BleiiTi. assignee.
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TENANT KILLS LANDLORD.
Dardanelle, Ark., Oct. 7. A.
Adams, a wealthy planter and merchant.,
was shot and killed today, by J. C.
Meeks, one of his tenants. .They nuar
reled over business matters and Adams
slupiied Meek in the face. The latter
produced a gun later in the day and shot
and killed Adams.
MINUS TWO LEGS.
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aji .-iiiiiiin, jt-ii,, vti, o. iniit;t.iui.i t i:(r-
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Limiuuilim vl'liuui jmnni-iiKer uuill III llic
union depot this afternoon ran over a
negro named Anderson House, rutting oft
both legs. House is about 45 years
old and bis home is ten miles east of
Killf-vilti Hp wiih hum nlti.iuliiKf tin.
circus, and climbed on the train while
it was standing at the platform to
speiil? to a friend.. The train started
and House, in endeavoring to get off, fell
under the wheels. He is still alive, but
will probably die.