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04 N. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Year. BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1901. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 52. THE BOLIV AM BULLETIN. - c WALLACE OH ISTHMIAN CANAL GROWING DESPERATE I Chief Engineer of Big Project De livers an Address in Chicago. RUSSIANS AT PORT ARTHUR TRY TO TAKE LOST POSITIONS. West Tenessee Campaign. TIk: mere fact that Gov. J. B. Frazier ami Republican nominee Jeese Littleton have completed their list of joint appointments in Wct Tennessee does not moan thai ilve interested "in wiving the country"' Mill be denied continuous speech making by big political jruns, es pecially those representing Ihe Dem oeratic, ranks, right along through the campaign. From now on the full and complete list of appointment.-' made by the Democrat k- State executive committee, and announced by Chairman Frank Thompson for speakers in West Tennessee., is as follows : Ex-(Jov. II. L. Taylor: Union City, Tuesday. Oct. 4. Paris. Friday, Oct. 7. Dresden, Saturday, Oct. S. Brownsville, Tuesday, Oct. 11. Jackson, Wednesday, Oct. 12. lion. E. E. E slick: Henderson, Monday, Oct. 26. Selmer, Tuesday, Oct. 27. Lexington, Wednesday, Oct. 28. lion. Joseph E. Jones: Memphis, Wed'sday (night). Oct 19. Somerville. Thursday, Oct. 20. Bolivar, Friday, Oct. 21. Jackson, Saturday, Oct. 22. Senator E. 11'. Cannack: Covington, Monday, Oct. 17. Ripley, Tuesday, Oct. 18. Union City, Wednesday, Oct. 19. Dresden, Thursday, Oct. 20. Memphis, Tuesday (night), Nov. i. Alamo, Wednesday, Nov. 2. Brownsville. Thursday, Nov. 3. Humboldt, Friday, Nov. 4. Dyersburg, Monday, Nov. 7. 11 on. Finis J. (1 arret t: Erin, Monday. Oct. 10. Dover, Tuesday, Oct. 11. Clarksville, Wed. (night), Oct. 12. Big Sandy, Thursday, Oct. 13. Camden, Friday, Oct. 14. Waverly, Saturday, Oct. 13. Jackson, Monday, Oct. 17. Henderson, Tuesday, Oct. 18. Selmer, Tuesday (night), October IS Savannah, Wednesday, Oct. 13. Deciturville, Friday, Oct. 21. Linden, Saturday, Oct. 22. Covington, Monday, Oct. 24. Gen. Ifarvc; E. Hannah: Newbern. Wednesday, Oct. 5. Martin, Thursday. Oct. 6. Paris, Friday, Oct. 7. Decaturville, Saturday, Oct. 8. Bolivar, Monday, Oct. 10. Very Small Top Crop. Th weekly report of the weather bureau -for Tennessee says: Local showers in various portions of the State were very beneficial in these favored sections to late crops, such as potatoes, turnips, some very late corn no I cotton, and garden stuff; ltU the rainfall was generally very light and Insufficient over the greater portion of thn State. The temperature aver ngpd above the normal. The late corn crop will be short; some correspondents say only half an j pverage yield may be expected. The rrly crop is still reported an excel lent one. Cotton continues to open rapidly and probably one-half of the crop is ppen. It is generally stated that the rro will be a light one, with a very p?na!I top crop. Cotton has suffered severely in most places from dry weather, rust and shedding. Most of the tobacco crop is housed Rnd the crop is generally a -satisfactory one, being perhaps a little above the average yield and in quality very good. Accuses His Neighbor of "Fudging." For the last thirty years there has been n friendly rivalry between F. X. Moore and Will Barry, of the Fourteenth district of Obion county rs to which of the two could shcAv the better profit on certain forty-acre Tra ts. This Tear the rivalry has taken on a strained relation. Moore owed his patch in wheat last fall, reaped bis field in season, and, early this summer, sowed the same ground in clover. The wheat cleared him $"0 and the clover netted him $16 more per acre. Barry is now claim ing that Moore levied a nearby field to make the clover net the $lf. Preparing for Ed. IIogeiville is arranging for a big procession and a brass band parade on October 11. The occasion for these ceremonies is the address of Senator F. W. Carmack, which will take place there on that date. Fraterville Monument. A movement is on foot to erect a monument to the memory of the 1S1 victims who lost their lives in the Fraterville mine eplosion at Coal Creek nearly two years ago. Tobacco Growers Aroused. The tobacco planters of Mont gomery county have been called to meet in Clarkjville this week for the y u-po'so of discussMtg the rerd (Jmhrie (-Kv.) ' meeting, at which an organization was effected for the protection of the farmers against the Tobacco Trust and plans adoptel for holding tobacco for better prices. It is the purpose of the meeting to ac quaint the farmers with the result j I Tax Valuation in Madison. j The total assessed valuation oi Madison county property for 1901 ' taxes is $3,19:i,4o.". The towu lots ' are 3,111, valued st $2,54.3,000. The ' acres of land assessed are 3.8.001, . valued at .$.l,i-12,5)2r. Tcrso'nal property assessed is $705.t5. The total taxation on realty and personal ' property is $7."),(539.3U. The net in crease over last vear in taxes is $1,1S;.93. J Weakley Examiners. Judge II. L. Hill has appointed Homer L. Hirrs of Greenfield. Mrs. Ira Hailey of (jlecson, and Misa Xora McKay cf Martin as a board of examiners to examine all appli cants for county superintendents in Weakley count'. This board will meet at Dresden for that purpose. PrUfla Stock Peas. J. L. Crocker, a prominent farmer residing near Greenfield, brought into that town last week a bunch of stock peas on which were seven pods, the average length of each being ten inches. This is a fair specimen of the enormous crop winch, with com bined fertile soil and "favorable sea son, is the farmer's dependence for nay. Effect of a Trust. The Troy Xews-Banner says that Tennessee is the first and foremost tobacco State in the union, and that the tobacco trust has practically paralyzed the tobacco1 trade in the State, and the action of the tobacco men in forming an organization to intercept and counteract the trust power trill receive the hearty support and sympathy of all right thinking people. Caught in the Band Wheel. dimmie. the G-vear-old son of Robert Ivey, a leading planter of Madison count, was caught in the band wheel of the gin a few days since and carried a revolution before the gin was stopped. One arm was broken and he was badlv bruised and shocked, and is in a dangerous con dition, but may live ' if no serious complications set in. Dying for His Sweetheart. Joseph Johnson, aged 21 years, a clerk in a Bristol clothing store, tried to commit suicide last week by taking an opiate. Ue left a note on the dresser in his room telling his sweetheart that she was the dearest girl in the world and he was dying for her. His physician thinks he will recover. Tells of Kilstlnsr Conditions, and Sara That Nothing Serious is Expected From I-abor Problem. Chicago, Oct, 1 John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama oanaL delivered an address on "the isthmian canal" at a banquet given him Tuesday night by the Illinois Manufacturer association. Mr. Wallace said: "The work before us now is to de termine the most practical plan, and whetiher the carnal is to be at sea level off above. "On my arrival at Panama three months ago, I placed eight parties in EFFORT TO RESTORE WATER SUPPLY Suffering on Both Sides Severe, But the Japs Held Their Posts Posi tion of the Remnant of the Russian Port Arthur Fleet Is' Said to Be Desperate, and the Vessels Must Leave the Harbor Soon or Be De stroyed. WHOLE TOWNS WASHED AWAY. .urn Sill " it Faithful Servant Honored. lTncle Xed Mitchell, an aged ne gro of the old school, was buried at Lynnville last week, and by reason of his devoted service to his master at the front in the civil war the local bivouac attended his burial. He had lived in three generations cf the Mitchell family and was as faithful to his later day "white folks" as to his former master. "Beerine" Must Gc. Uncle Sam last week knocked the "beerine"' sellers of Trenton out of business, and the Uives Xews says that if there is tco much alcohol in "beerine"' to allow it sold without United States license, then it is an indisputable fact that its sale is not legal in nnv town or hamlet where the Adams law applies in this State. Forrester Admits the Killing. YV. A. Forrester surrendered to the sheriff ' at Kingston. lie admitted having shot and killed Sam Dear mond last week, but claims it was in elf-de fen so. lie says they quarreled and the shooting was the result. TJoth Mere armed. JOHN F. WALLACE. the field for exploration, purposes. Weri! we to cliose the plans providing for 9fi feet above sea level, a number of dams would be necessary. After considerable Investigation, we fornix! that solid rock necessary for proper foundation would wot be found less than 150 feet below the surface of the earth. With the sea level canal, one dam at the Pacific end of the carnal is all that is necessary. While the cost of the latter form ol construction is Jiigher, the results would be better, andi the canal could at any time be changed. "A3 yet, it has not been definitelj decided wbich form of canal will be iccep'.ed, as the canal commission) has not received th report of my investigations. "Nothing .serious is expected froni the labor problem, as has been report ed. About 12.000 laborers, naif oi wbicb. are skilled workmen, are at work at present. While the efficiemcy of their work is not as great as can be secured, still it is adapted to the cli matic and sanitary conditions." PARKERBANNER IN A STORM Terrific Wind Storm at Dsopn Kenf ly I' ut the Drmornilic Kmblem Out of IIusiiiPNM. Bsopus, N. Y., Oct. 1. The onlr Parker and Davis banner in Esopu came near being wrecked Friday by a terrific wind storm. Half the popula tion turned out to save the banner, which, was rescued by Rev. Charles M. Hall, Parker's son-in-law, after W. C. Pullman bad fallen' from a building and broken a leg, and Courtty Super visor Long had fallen from a tree into a pickerel pomd. VETERAN EDITOR DEAD. Cltarlen II. Cere, of the clraska State Journal, Passes Away at His Home in Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 1. Charles II. Gere, editor of the Nebraska State Journal, died at hia home in this city Friday nigbt from, neuralgia of the heart, aged C6 years. Mr. Gere was one of the pioneers of the state, serv ing a number of terms in the state sen ate, and six years as one of the regenlts of the university, and was postmaster of Lincoln during the term of Presi dent Harrison. Tokio, Oct. 2. The Russians are re ported to bo desperately endeavoring to retake thrir lost positions, includ ing Fort Kuropatkin, in the hope o restoring the water supply of Port Arthur. They are said to have repeatedly assaulted the Japanese after shelling liom neighboring forts and batteries The Japanese continue to hold the positions. Boih siles are said to have ruifered severely. The newly niounted. heavy Japanese guns are said to command the entire harbor. The position of the remnant of the Russian Port Arthur fleet is said to be precarious, and it is believed the icssels must soon emerge or be de stroyed. Advic3s from Manchuria are to the effect that the Japanese and Russian outposts and scouts continue in close ctntact, south, southeast and east of Mukden. Skirmishes are occurring daily, and ai' aggressive general action is ex pected soon. It is believed that the general en gagement will take place near Tie Pass, and that Gen. Kuropatkin is loldinsr Mukden and positions along the Hun River merely to temporarily check the Japanese advance. Snow has fallen in the mountains east of Mukden and there has been frost in thj valleys. Unprecedented Floods In New Mexico Devastate the Rio Grand Valley. Las Vegas, N. M., Oct. 2. Half the town of Watrous was destroyed by the flood and at least twelve persons were drowned. Among these were the three children of J. A. Stevens. Felix. Villarael, his wife, two sisters and several children and O. F. Por ter. J. E. Stevens and his wife es caped and have been brought here. They are in a critical condition. Many persons were rescued from trees and housetops. The exeatest damage was around the junction of Mora and Sapelloire Creeks. The rock crusher, the great iron bridge and much track at Wat rous were washed away. The Gallinas river formed a new channel here. In the Gallinas can yon the dams of the Aqua Pura Com pany broke, bringinc: a terrific flood on the city. Montezuma Hot Springs x track went out in many places. Half a dozen bridges were destroyed, and the Montezuma bathhouses were part ly carried away. For two blocks on Bridge street every business houso was flooded. The big Ufeld brick store was mined and the big bridge undermined. Gallinas Park is under water and the trolley line cannot be repaired for two weeks. The race meet next week has been declared off. One hundred thousand dollars will not cover the loss to the town, and the railroad loss is equal to that of recent floods in Arizona. DEMOCRACY'S DOINGS FOR TENNESSEE What the Party Has Accomplished oi Benefit to the State Under Its Different Administrations Prin cipal Points in Gov. Frazier's Great Campaign Speech Paragraphed for the People's Perusal Some Hard Nuts for the Republicans to Crack. TAKE THE AGGRESSIVE. Russians Make Repeated Sorties From. Port Arthur. Chefoo. Oct. 2. Severe fighting, the Rt.ssians being the aggressors, oc cuired September 28 and 29 on the vtst shore of Liao Promontory near Pigeon Pay, according to a report brought by Chinese who left Port Arthur September 30. The Russians already apparently are attempting to capture the heavy guns which the Japanese have mounted in that vicinity. The Rus sians were in t naslderable force anil thev made several sjraes, draggin field artillery with them. They were unsuccessful, however. Three iunks with 160 coolies arrived here today. They left Port Arthur because they were foreed to carry the wounded and bury the dead. They were afraid that eventually they would have no food, although rice is plentiful now according to. their stories. They further say that the Russians lost heavily during the at tacks on September 19 and 23, but the Japanese losses were much hcav ief. The Russian shins were silent dur ing the battle and the hitherto un used merchant ships were, as a result of the fight, turned into hospitals. Several of the Chinese who were employed in carrying dead, say that the dead were so numerous that they were unable to form anything like an estimate of the number that fell in attacking and defending the supple mentarv forts near Iitz Mountain. Since the battle both sides continue to shell at intervals daily. The Rus sians make many small sorties against the Japanese trenches. Small positions frequently change hands. The Chinese say they were compelled to bury the dead by stealth at night for the reason that the Japanese would fire on them. Rio Grande Changes Its Bed. San Antonio, Tex.. Oct. 2. From all indications now at hand from all recent reports received from the over flowed country in the Brownsville sec tion it appears that there is a strong probability that the bed of the Rio Grande will be shown, when the wa ters have receded, to be occupying the bed of the Arroyo Colorado, which ages ago was its original bed. Should this prove the case, the peo ple of this section of Texas who would bo bereft of the river would suffer greatly. Already they are alarmed. The city of Brownsville, one of the brightest prospects of the State, would be cut off from the river, the miles of Irrigation ditches and canals dug would be rendered worthless, and property values dependent upon the Rio Grand's flow would be materially cut down. This would apply to a con siderable area, being the land below the Arroya into "which the river in running twelve miles above Brownsville. The title to this property is not in question. About seven years ago a joint commission appointed by the respective governments of the United States and Mexico, owing to the troublesome habit of the river chang ing its mouth, hit upon a compromise boundary, and two years ago marked it with monuments, where they stand. however the river may shift about. I do not come with any apology for the record of my party in the past none is needed. I do not come, as my competitor came in his opening speech at Rutledge, apologizing for the sins end iniquities of his party, when it was in power in Tennessee. The Democratis party comes, not asking for pardon and forgiveness for past wrongs, but conscious of th-; rec titude of its purpose, it comes with a clean record of wise, faithful and eco nomical government. When it camo into power it found the State in wreck aril ruins; its credit gone; its treas ury empty and its people bowed down in poverty and ashes, struggling under the Lurdens of unjust and 'jxcessive taxation imposed upon them by the Republican party. It found the rate of taxatiou sixty cents on the hundred dollars, and still the xeople's charities neglected, the in terest on the public debt unpaid, and the State bankrupt. It found that during the reign c the Republican party from 1S62 to 1S70 the State debt had been increased by that party by the grossest and most glaring frauds from $16,000,000 to the appalling sum of $41,000,000. For nearly forty years tho men of the South have struggled with pa tience and fortitude to settle in peace and justice the race question, to them the most stupendous problem in the domestic life of the republic, and now comes Mr. Roosevelt, the Republican candidate for president, whom my competitor indorses and for whom he asks the electoral vote of Tennessee, and by his action and that of his party, he opens again that old wound, to the infinite injury of Tennessee and the South. It was made for partisan and selfish purposes and to make sure of the negro vote in those States where it is the balance of power. Thj issue is made and made by the Re publican party. Roosevelt and Little ton stand upon the same platform and advocate the same policies. Shall the South control its own affairs? bhall this be a white man's government, or shall it not? I leave it to the intelli gence and manhood of Tennessee ti say. As everybody knows, under our sys tem in Tennessee, most of the toxrs are collected in the first part of the year and the balance then on hand must be enough to run through to the end of the year or there will be a de ficit. Against the balance in the treas ury on the 1st of July comes the current expenses, which from thon on greatly exceed the collections the semi-annual interest)on tha public debt andHhe semi-annual interest on the school fund, the sinking fund, and at the end of the year the surplus to be turned into the school fund. To do as my competitor advocates, and le?.ve this $1,290,000 uncollected and in tho rockets of the taxpayers would force the State to repudiate its debts, de fault on its interest, lose its credit and become a borrower to pay its current obligations. I leave you to say whether a man who advocates surh a financial policy would be a safe and prudent man to place at the head of your State government. Dr. Cannon a Trustee. At a meeting of the hoard of trus tees of the Soldiers' Homo, last week, Dr. J. D. Cannon of McKenzio was elected to the vacancy caused bv the dvaih of Dr. E. E. McXeal. Hospital for Jackson. A movement is on foot for the establishment of a hospital at Jack son by the city, the railroads and charity. . It will likely be opened this fall. Overcome by Choke Damp. At Elkmont Springs last week.. George and Lewis Hargrove brothers, were overcome bv choke damp and died before thoy could be rescued 'from the well in which the were at work. Will Hold County Meetings. On October S county meetings wilj be held throughout the Clarksville dark tobacco district for the purpost of perfecting the county organiza .tions and electing permanent cennt chairmen, who shall be members of the executive committee of the main organization. The farmers are thor oughly aroused. It is believed that a large majority of those who control the tobacco output will join in this movement. CARRIE NATION ON RAMPAGE nreakx Pint ln Window In m AVlioIesale Mqnor House and Is Locked I' p. Wichita, Kas., Oct. 1. Mrs. Carrie Nation, Mrs. Lu,cy Wilhoite. Mrs. Lydia Mountz and Mrs. Myra McHen ry broke two large plate-glass win dows in tbe Maban Wholesale Supply Co. s warehouse, Friday. Tney were arrested, and are now in jail. The women have been engaged in prayer most of the time since their ar rest. Junk Strikes Mine. Ohefoo, Oct. 2. A 90-ton junk from Newchwang to Shanghai ran on a mine twenty-five miles north of here last ninht. No one was injured. The jm;k was kept afloat by her water tight compartment.-. BULLET-PROOF CLOTH. Report on Boll Weevil Problem. Washington, Oct. 1. The depart ment of agriculture nas issued a re- port on its investigation of tbo prob lem o coiutrollmg tne boil weevil in cotton seed and at ginneries. The re port makes several recommendations designed to retard the present rate of spreading of the great cotton pest, and says that such mearis of control are Imperative. Bolofcnn Makers May strike. New York. Oc?t. 1. The bologna makers' unions of Manhattan and Brooklyn have decided to strike at ence if the ernnlovers do not reconsider their refusal to renew a trade agreement wltfcn. expires to-day. At present tbe men are paid $1 to ?16 a week for a ten-hour day. . . Heavy Cotton Shipments. I Dallas. Tex.. Oct. 1. A statement just given out shows that the railroads entering Galveston have so far this season carried 333,651 bales of the yew cotton crop. Russia and Japan Had in Large Or ders for Breast Plates. Home. Oct. 2. Some time ago the Russian government ordered 100,000 bullet proof breastplates of the type invented by Sir Benedetti. The lat ter recently started for St. Petersburg to supervise the manufacture of the breastplates, but was stopped at Munich by the Italian firm to which he had sold the rights to manufac ture and who objected to Sig. Bene detti's intervention in the matter, and be returned to Italy. The firm had also undertaken to rupply the Japanese government with 200,000 breastplates. Now, that the Russian contract has been broken, 't seems that Japan wishes to back out of its engagement, proposing to piy losses sustained by the firm thrpugh the abrogation of the contract. TRAIN FROM LIAO YANG. Two Towns Wiped Off the Map. Albuquerque, N. M.. Oct. 2. Re ports from the floods in the Rio Grand Valley above and below this city are coming in. The towns or Valence and Los Lentes were com pletely washed away and several hun dred families are homeless. Tbe rker swung to the east, cut a new channel and poured a torrent through the two towns. No lives were lost. The Barela suburb of this city su fered the most, about fifty houses be- inc destroyed. Ignacio Guiterrez, a commissioner of Sandoval county. telenhoned that the damage at Los Cordiales and Alameda, above the city, will amount to several hundred thousand dollars. There is one passenger train from Southern California at Gallup, and another from San Francisco at Wins low, while the other trains from Cali fornia are held here; The local or- ficials connot say when the trains arrive or depart, and the traffic situation is serious. Many feet of tiack is reported gone at Ortiz, Cer rillos, Waldo, Thornton and Bernalil lo, and above and below this city at Kincon, Amarillo, N. M-, and Isleta. Grain Shippers Complain. Des Moines. Ia., Oct: 2. Leaders of the Iowa grain shippers organiza tion are preparing an application to the interstate commerce commission demanding that the Rock Island rail way make some effort to move hun dieds of cars of grain said to be held awaiting the arrival of empty cars. On th Siblev brancb alone, it is charged, thirty train loads of grain are thus tied up. Similar conditions, it. is said, prevail along all trie branches. World's Fair Crowds. St Louis, Mo.. Oct. 2. During the 134 days that the World's Faid has been open up to the closing of thj gates last' night, 12,515,511 admissions have been recorded. As the fall weather advances the attendance in creases and the World's Fair officials anticipate that the attendance during the two final months will be unpre centedly large. CHILLICOTHE, ILL-, AFIRE. The last report of the treasurer of the State shows that more than 7." per cent of the State's entire income goes to pay three general items, towit: Charitable and educational institu tions, interest on the State debt and the sinking fund, and less than 20 per cent is expended in maintaining the whol-3 judicial, legislative and execu tive departments of the government, while only 2 1-2 per cent of its income is spent for salaries outside of the ju diciary. Excluding the sinking lunu, it costs less than $1 per capita to run the State government, while under the present profligate and wasteful ad ministration of the Republican parly It costs $9.40 per capita to run the rational government. This illustrates the difference betieen old-fashioneJ Democratic honesty and economy and Republican extravagance and dishon esty. Against the reckless, erratic, strut ting rough rider, the Democratic party presents a plain farmer, an honest, -brave and conservative statesman, the Hon. Alton B. Parker, of New York., A man who would respect and enforca the law and not violate the constitu tion he was sworn to uphold. Elect Roosevelt and no man can predict what the future will be. Elect Parker and he will bring the republic back to its ancient moorings and steer it safe ly along the way marked out by tn3 fathers. Then let me admonish you to be steadfast in the faith, and as long as human liberty and constitu tional government shall abide in thia great republic, the Democratic party shall live to exemplify the one and defend the other. . No party and no individual Is per fect; every party and every individual makes mistakes, but I assert without fear of successful contradiction that during this long period of ascendancy the Democratic party, which is tha people's party, has given to Tennessee the best, the wisest, the most econon ical and efficient government the Statd has ever enjoyed. If this was not true the Democratic party could not have won the confidence and retained the respect and approval of the peo ple. I assert it, and I can prove it, notwithstanding the criticisms of Re publican politicians to the contrary. During the last Republican admin istration in Tennessee, In 1881 anfl 1882, there was collected from the rail roads, telegraphs and other corpora- tions and the penitentiary ?160,498.33.: During the last two years, under Dem ocratic administration, there wag col lected from these same corporations and the penitentiary, $1,100,117.07, or just about the healthy balance that was in the treasury on the first day of July last. This balance was placed there by the care, the economy and the sound business methods of the Democratic party, and without raising the taxes one penny upon the farm ers and laborers and producers of the State. Japanese Operating the Road From Dalny and New Chwang. Gen. Oku's Headquarters in-, the Field, Oct. 1 (4 p. m.), via Fusan. Oct. 2. The first Japanese train arrived at Liao Yang this afternoon. The eauee of the road has been changed from Dalny to New Chwang. A regu lar schedule of trains will be estab lished in a few days. Engines and cars have been brought from Japan. The completion of the railway re moves the difficulties of tranaDortation. Little City of 3,000 Inhabitant Doomed To Destruction. Peoria, 111.. Oct. 3. Chillicothe. & town of 3,000 people, twenty-two miles north of here, is being wiped out by fiYq. The flames started in a grocery store, and, fanned by a stiff breeze. ae sweeping over the whole town. A call for assistance has been sens to the local fire department, and en gines have been dispatched on a spe cial train. - The damage at midnight hSL.4 reacted. $20,000. The agricultural department has been in existence since 1873, and not 1883, as stated by my competitor, it was in operation during the last Re publican administration in Tennessee in 18S1 and 18S2 and was during those years run at a cost to the State of $13,721, while for the last two years it has paid its entire cost of operation and turned into the treasurv $9,527. During the Republi can administration the commissioner of agriculture received a salary of $3,000. Now his salary is $2,500. This Is the only department of the State government organized and main tained exclusively for the benefit ot the farmers of Tennessee, and yet my competitor wants to abolish it. As between the old soldier and the 800,000 bright faced school children who need the State's help on the one crif and the bondholders upon the other, I said, and repeat it here, let the bondholders wait. Their debt is not due yet, anyway. The boys and rirls who are to make the future manhood and womanhood of the State and are to be the chief factors in the development of its resources and the production of its wealth, and who will in a few years take charge of Its affairs, shape its policies and de termine its destiny, must be trained, educated and made intelligent citi zens now, or it will be too late. I recommended to tho legislature that the appropriations for pensions o cx-Confederate soldiers be increased and it was increased $50,000. To the?c old Confederate soldiers who sacri ficed their fortunes, their hopes and their health at the call of their Stata must be extended the helping hand of a generous and patriotic people now, or it will bo too late. A few more vears and they will be gone and there will remain only the memory of their splendid courage and heroic devotion to duty. Mr. Roosevelt's administration Is the most extravagant, wasteful and corrupt that ever afflicted the Ameri can people in their more than a cen tury and a quarter of existence as a nation. It costs more than double the" noney to carry on the government row thrn it did during the last Demo cratic administration. It cost to run the government in 1896, the last year .i Cleveland's administration, $35?. 000.000, or $4.65 per capita. It cost last year, under Roosevelt, $753,058. .'00 or $9.40 for every man, wonan ar.d child in the United States. The platform of my party declares for the Adams law. I am a Democrat, and I stand on that platform. If I could not conscientiously stand Upon it. before I would repudiate or aban don It, or any plank of it, I would withdraw from the race and ask my nartv to place its banner in the hanr. of some other man, who believed In it ind could honestly stand upon Its platform. I would not have the office of governor if I had to get it by false pretenses and by repudiating the plat form and principles watch my party had written and upon which I was nominated. An honest confession is good for . Republican soul, even if it is inadver tently made. The State's credit has been restored and maintained and stands today m the money markets of the world among the first of the States of the Union v If you farmers are tired of paying tribute to the protected trusts, if you do not want your agricultural bureai abolished and do not want to-be left vr.proteeted to the tender mercies or tte fertilizer companies, then you dc not want the things for which my competitor stands. i