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ESTABLISHED 1887.
’ HURRICANE’S! WORK
StYannah aid BrunswicK Laid in Ruins
By a Cyclone.
LIST OF FATALITIES A LONG ONE
Feared That Over a Hundred
Persons Have Perished
TWENTY-FiVE KNOWN TO BE DEAD
The Stem Not Equalled For lutensity
and Oeatruetlou In Many Year* —Wind
■ Keached a Velocity of hixty-Sla Mlles An
Hour—streets Filled With Wreckage.
Commitideation With the Islands Near
tlie Coast Cut Off—Great Damage Done
at Jacksonville, Ma , Also.
** Savannah. Sept. 33. One of the
•woist storms that Savannah has known
in many years swept over the city about
:30 a. m., leaving death and destruc
tion iu its path. Ten lives were lost
and $1,000,000 worth of property de
stroyed.
The wind reached its highest shortly
after 13 o’clock, but, its exact velocity
may never be known. The instrument
at the weather bureau registered 63
miles an hour and then went to pieces.
The barometer went to 28.80. It would
have gone lower and even below the
28.31 of 1893 had the storm continued
longer. The blow was practically over
within two and a half hours, but for
that time it raged with an intensity
heretofore unknown.
Tin roofs were the special playthings
of the wind, and they were rolled up
everywhere as if of tissue paper and
with the nicety observed by the tinner
in economizing space. There must have
been 100 tons of tin rolled off roofs.
Bricks and wires fell everywhere, and
hundreds of roofs were totally demol
ished. It is impossible to enumerate
J&ejbuildings unroofed or partially de
stroyed. Shattered trees covered every
street, and these, with hundreds of
fallen wires, made the streets impassa
ble for several hours.
There has been no way of reaching
the islands near the coast, where it is
likely the fatalities may be iu the hun
dreds.
‘ v Waldo Johnson, a young white man,
was killed by a falling roof at the Gor
don wharf. W. J. Thompson was killed
at the wreck of A. S. Bacon’s lumber
mill. Four negroes were killed in a
house on Twelfth street; ano:her negro
was killed by a falling tree. Contain
J. C. Murphy of the tug Turner, which
was sunk in the river, was drowned. J.
p. McClure of the Southeastern Piaster
company and a negro were drowned.
The Damage to Shipping.
The damage to the shipping was less
than in 1893.
The Norwegian bark Rosenius, an
chored iu the harbor, was capsized. The
German bark Cuba, loaded with naval
stores for Hamburg, went aground be
low the city. The bark Mizpah, loaded
with naval stores and ready for s a, was
blown against the training wall five
miles beiow the city and is lying on her
side. The tug Robert. Turner went to
pieces against tiie government jetty
near the mouth of the Savannah river.
Three of her crew and the captain, C.
-J. Murphy, were lost. The others were
rescued by a tug. Two vessels at quar
antine were blown across the river and
are high and dry. The United States
revenue steamer Tybee sustained slight
damage. Small boats were thrown
about in every direction.
The Flora left at 9 a. m. with a heavy
cargo for Brunswick. She is in charge
of Captain Jenkins, her owner. The
steamer Governor Safford, Captain
Strobhor, was to leave Beaufort for Sa
vannah at 10 a. m. Grave fears are en
tertained for the vessel. She was at
Tybee at 12 o’clock, and it is thought
thelstornrwas at that hour at its height
at the island. The steamboat Star ar
ia rived from Bluffton at 11 o’clock, get
ting in just in tune. The bark Hilda,
owned in Savannah, left for Brunswick
in tow of the tug Cynthia and no news
has been received of her. Estimates of
§IOO,OOO to §150.000 is believed to be a
a low estimate of the damage to the ship
ping.
Business Was Suspended.
Business iu the city was suspended
for an hour, the storm being furious for
that length of time. No persons dared
■venture on the street. The street cars
stopped running, electrical light cur
rents shut off through fear of breakage,
windows were blown in everywhere,
houses were hurled down, tiees razeu,
fences blown down, houses unroofed,
portions of big buildings were wiecked,
vessels turned over in the river, church
steeples toppled and the streets were
literally strewn with debris of every
imaginable kind. The stoutest build
ings in the city trembled.
-There is the greatest apprehension for
- vessels out and for small craft that are
known to have been below. Relatives
of persons known to be a> sea are fran
tic in their endeavors to receive news
from them. Early in the storm there
were reports that there had been loss of
life in the city. The money loss, it is
estimated, will reacli $000,090 to SBOO,-
000.
Among the prominent buildings dam
aged are: City Exchange, Savannah
theater, John Rourke & Sons, Savan
nah guano factory, Savannah pants fac
tory, Comerhull & Co., guano factory;
Henry Solomon <& Sons, wholesale gro
cery building; A. S. Brown <fc Sons,
planingmill; Plant railway depot, total
wreck; Plant system shops, Central
Railway of Georgia shops, Chatham
academy, Presbyterian and Lutheran
ebsrehes. carsheds of the city, and
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
Suburban Railway company; savannah
Brewing company.
Hundreds of dwellings are totally de
molished and the principal retail stores
in the city are sufferers. There has uot
been such a general loss from storm in
this city for years.
There are numerous islands about the
city inhabited by- negroes, and the loss
of life, it is believed, will be heavy
among them. Two hours and a half af
ter the storm began the sun was shining
and the rain had ceased.
The streets were filled with curious
sightseers all the afternoon. The city
is iu total darkness owing to blowing
down of the electric light wires.
At Breoswlok and Jacksonville.
Brunswick was also wrecked try the
hurricane. The loss of property is esti
mated at $500,000. The damage to ship
ping is $75,000.
Lost lives actually known are John
Jeffeisou and baby, William Daniels
and Abel Davis, negroes.
Other casualties known are, white,
Mrs. Mangold Wiggins and child and
Mrs. Richards Percell, fatally hurt.
Besides these reports of people
drowned will probably bring the loss of
life up to ten.
Every house iii Brunswick received
some loss. The hurricane raged be
tween 9 and 12 o’clock.
The Dauntless case was ready for
trial when the courthouse began to
creak and a mad rush was made for
safety. Refuge was sought by all iu the
city hall, a massive structure, and the
storm not abating recess was allowed.
The court spectators had hardly left
the room when the side windows were
crashed in and the floor flooded. At this
Juncture the courthouse across the way
careened and was expected to fall, but
still remained.
The immense firebell tower turned
completely aroundx In responding to
an alarm of fire the hook and ladder
truck was blown over while running.
A delivery wagon met the same fate
and pedestrians were tossed about like
reeds.
Passengers from Jacksonville at Ev
erett City report Jacksonville wrecked
and all tracks blocked between Everett
and there, with damage terrific.
The up morning train from Jackson
ville was blocked on St. Mary’s bridge
fallen tree during the height of the
storm and was in momentary danger of
being toppled over by the wind, with
100 passengers on board.
The entire- country along the route is
laid to waste, and one .man was killed
at White Oak.
No Loss of Life at Charleston.
Charleston, Sept. 30. About 11
o’clock the sky above this city filled up
with swiftly -moving clouds and the
wind became boisterous. 'Showers, last
ing a few miuutes each, occurred fre
quently, and by 12 o’clock the wind and
ram made walking very disagreeable.
From noon until about 2 o’clock the
wind rose rapidly and the official record
showed that 62 miles per hour was
reached. Trees, fences, gutters and
loose signs came down, and ilmbrehus
ami hats went up.
During the height of the storm hun
dreds of peop e in rubber coats and
mackintoshes went down on the south
and east battery. The bay was a grand
sight-. Over the sea wall on both fronts
the waves dashed cataracts. The walls
and. grassplots on the south side were
submerged about 1 o’clock and the wa
ter extended to the asphalt driveway.
In some places it was 3 or 4 feet deep
No lives were lost or serious damage
done.
tVqrk of the Storm at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Sept. 30.—A terrific wind
and rain storm broke over this section
about 2 o’clock and raged With fierce in
tensity for nearly three hours. The
wind attained a velocity of 30 miles an
hour, prostrating telegraph and tele
phone wires and entirely cutting off
communication with the east, but oth
erwise, so far as known at this time,
doing no serious damage.
Heavy washouts are reported nn the
Pennsylvania railroad east of Hunting
ton, and all trains are from four to six
hours late. Large forces have been sent,
out to clear the tracks, and the officials
expect to have trains running as usual
in a few hours
Severe Hurricane at Baltimore.
Baltimore, Sept. 30. A severe hur
ricane struck this city at midnight
Houses were unroofed, wires pros
trated, windows smashed and sign
boards blown from their fastenings.
The high wind forced the water into
the harbor up onto the bed of the streets
ami almost the entire northern water
front- is submerged.
Several schooners that were tied up
at Pratt street wharf broke from their
moorings and are resting in the middle
of the Pratt stream.
The lower floors and the cellars of
warehouses are flooded. The storm was
accompanied by a. heavy downpour of
rain.
Rain anil Windstorm at Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 30.—A heavy
rain and windstorm struck Charlotte.
It was the severest in the northern por
tion of the city, in the vicinity of the
gingham mill. The wastehouse at the
mill was partially blown down and the
roofs were lifted from two rows of oper
atives’ cottages. No one was injured.
A 'Novel Election Het.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 30.—Holloway
Bros, have sold to William M. Wal
lace a bay yearling colt by Onondaga,
dam Patty. If Bryan wins, Wallace is
to pay Holloway Bros. $2,000. If Mc-
Kinley is elected Holloway Bros, lire to
get only SSOO. This is the best odds yet
given here on an election bet. The colt
ii valued at $750.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., THURSDAY OCTOBEK 1, 1896.
NIPPED IN THE BUD
Another Campaign Canard Denounced
By the Democrats
MARTIN’S SCHEME FELL FLAT
His Fellow Employes Come
Out Against Him
OFFERED IT AS AN ADVERTISEMENT
And the Atlanta Journal Very Promptly
Rejected it Seeing Through the Little
Plan of the Populists to Make Campaign
Material Out of that Infamous Incident
Which They are Responsible For.
Atlanta, Sept. 30.—One of the latest
efforts of the populist state committee
comes forth in the shape of an affidavit
from O. E. Martin, who was for a time
employed as a clerk at the democratic
state headquarters. In his alleged
affidavit, Martin gives what he says oc
curred in the office where he was em
ployed as a confidential clerk. His
affidavit was offered to the Journal this
morning by the populist committee as
news matter and was promptly rejected
because the Journal had good reason to
believe that the statements contained
therein were not true.
Chairman Clay denounces affidavit
of Martin as a tissue of falsehoods and
the employes who worked with Martin
at Democratic headquartes endorse this
statement.
After the Martin statement was re
fused by the Journal as news matter it
was offered as a paid advertisement and
was again rejected, for the reason that
t appears to be a campaign trick with
nothing to substaniate it.
BARGE SUMATRA WRECKED.
Four Members of Her Crew Drowned.
Captain, Mate and Cook Saved.
Milwaukee, Sent. 30. The barge
Sumatra, the consort of the L. W. Ar
nold, bound down from Chicago with, a
load of railroad iron, foundered off the
government pier here. Four sailors
were drowned. The captain, mate and
cook were rescued by a lifesaving crew.
The Sumatra intended picking up the
Hattie Well here. She was leaking on
her way up and had her pumps working
all night. The sea was running high
and the drew had great difficulty in
keeping her from sinking. When she
reached South Point she got into the
trough of the sea and iu a short time
her hatches were washed off and her
rails carried away. '
The steamer sounded her whistle and
the tug Sinyosou at once put out for the
wreck. The sea at that time was run
ning ve.yhigh and great trouble was
experienced in getting near the sinking
barge. Just as the Simpson reached the
Sumatra she foundered. The tug men
succeeded in rescuing the cook and mate
from the -wreckage.
The lifesaving crew was on hand and
worked hard to save the lives of the men
on the barge, but all were drowned with
the exception of the captain, who was
taken ashore by the lifesavers.
The members of the crew lost were:
Arthur Burnsted, Charles Hemmer, Pat
rick Peterson and Peter Anderson, all of
West Bay City, Mich.
FATAL WRECK IN NEW YORK
One Man Instantly Killed anil Another
Badly lijnrcd, Near Batavia.
Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 30. By a
wreck on the Lehigh Valley, about a
mile and a half east of here, one man
was killed and another fatally injured.
Dead: Brakeman Knnball. . Injured:
Engineer Dennis McCarthy.
Tlie eastbouud freight train No. 540
stopped on the main ime at Niagara,
just where the Lehigh connects with
the “Peanut” branch of the New York
Central, probably to cool a hot journal.
While standing on the main line a
double header, also eastbound, came
thundering up behifid and crashed into
the rear of the standing train, piling up
the cars for a quarter‘of a nine along
the tracks.
Just then a westbound freight came
along and added to the devastation by
jamming into the derailed cars.
The wind was blowing a gale and
several of the cars caught fire. The fire,
resisted all efforts to extinguish it tor
hours.
A British Ship Ashore. ,
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 30.—H. M. S.
Wild Swan is ashore somewhere akmg
the American coast, according to re
ports that have just reached Esquimau!!.
The particulars are not obtainable, but
it is believed she is in a divigei oils, posi
tion, at least naval auihoritic; are of
that opinion, as the Com us has i»s-en
sent out to assist her. The Uoinus is
now being put in readiness for her tr;>
and wi 1 leave for lihqu ni.iuit on Tun-s
day at daylight.
Touch in*; tho 'I ivbriuk Caic.
London, Sept. 30.—1 tis reported that
statements wnicii Superintend-nit Bryn
iug made shortly before his death will
lead to startling developments in tiie
case of Mrs. Florence Muybrick, con
fined in tlie Aiiesbury* female convi-'t
prison on conviction of poiioning her
husband. Superintendent Bryniug was
a conspicuous figure in getting up the
case of the prosecution, upon which
Mrs. Maybrick v; is convicted.
FINANCIAL STRAITS
The Democratic National Committee
Out of Money,
CHAIRMAN J. K. JONES ADMITS IT
Shows That This By No
Means
A RICH MAN S CAMPAIGN THIS TIME
Denies the Report That He Went Rast to
Raise Funds—Both Mr. Bryan and His
Manager Are Entirely Satisfied With the
Outlook—The Campaign In Ohio Has
Not Been Abandoned.
Chicago, Sept. 30*—A, apecitd to THe
Tribune from New Yorfc Mys: “We are
out of money,” admitted Senator Jones,,
chairman of the Democratic committee,
in reference to dispatches from Chicago
regarding the financial straits of the
Bryan oratorical bureau. Chairman
Jones said further:
“I came here at this time to meet Mr.
Bryan for a conference about his speak
ing tour. I wanted to arrange for his
trip through the west. He will go to
St. Louis from here and from there to
Memphis, Oct. 5. Then he •will go to
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 6 and from there
through Indiana and into lowa, speak
ing at Burlington in the latter state Oct
8. No appointments have been made
beyontl that date, but he will go up into
Minnesota and Wisconsin and probably
through Michigan. I have seen Mr.
Bryan and have had a satisfactory con
ference with him. I will return to Chi
cago.
“I am entirely satisfied with the con
dition of the campaign and with the
outlook.”
Senator Jones was then asked about
a dispatch from Chicago that his com
mittee was financially embarrassed.
“That’s true,” he respondedpromptly.
“We are out of money; we are broke,
but it is our normal condition.”
“Did you come east to raise money?”
"Oh, no; we do not expect any money
from New York.”
"Are you and Mr. Bryan satisfied
with the situation in this state and with
the candidate candidate nominated for
governor last night?”
“Oh, yes. What is satisfactory to the
Democrats of New York is satisfactory
to us.”
“Have you abandoned your campaign
in Ohio, as is reported?”
“We have not given it up, not for a
second; just wait until the election and
the country will see whether or not we
have abandoned our campaign any
where. ’ ’
SEVEN SCHOONERS SEIZED.
They Vio’R’ c*l the Regulations of the Paris
Award—Seals Very Scarce.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 30. The Uni
ted States .revenue cutter Grail has ar
rived, nine days out from Ounalaska.
She is the first of the Behring sea fleet
to come north this season and reports
all well. The other revenue cutters
cruising in the North Pacific ocean and
Behring sea were the Walcott, Grant,
Perry, Corwin, Rush and Bear, and up
to date of disbandment of the fleet they
have cruised 79,000 miles and boarded
sealing schooners 182-times. The cruis
ers Satellite, learns and Pheasant, of
the British navy, acted in conjunction
with tiie American fleet.
Seven schooners were seized during
the summer for violating the regula
tions of the Paris award. Tiie James
G. Swan of Port Townsend, Jane Gray,
of San Francisco, Ainoka and Viva,
of Victoria and Beatrice of Vancouver
were seized for being found within the
closed area of 60 miles from the Pryby
loff islands. The Sitka of Juneau was
seized for sealing iu the North Pacific
without license and the Aurora of Vic
toria foiyshooting s’als within Behring
sea. There were 55 schooners engaged
-in sealing in Behring sea after Aug. 1,
three-quarters of them British vessels.
The weather has been favorable for
sealing, but seals have been scarce ami
the average catch has been little over
half that of the season of 1895.
The Bear reached Point Barrow,
closed the relief station there and car
ried away the keeper. She also brought
to Ounalaska the Rev. Sheldon Jack
son, Bishop Rowe of the Protestant
Episcopal church, the mate and 11 sea
men of the wrecked whaler Hidalgo,
the last named being given free trans
portation on the other cutters to Puget
sound and San Francisco.
BUSINESS IS MORE ACTIVE.
Increased Confidence In Both Commercial
and industrial Circles.
Chattanooga, Sept. 30.—The Trades
man’s southern correspondents report
increased confidence in commercial and
industrial circles and a healthy increase
iu trade. At all the important southern
cities business is more active and collec
tions are considerably better.
The iron and steel market shows de
cided improvemi nt. Inquiries are more
frequent and consumers are buying
more freely than for several mouths.
Prices are stiffer and a more confident
tone characterizes the market. Many
of the sales being made are small, but
some large buyers are feeling the market
and the prospects are very encouraging
to sellers. Southern i» >n is up to 50
cents on most grades, Mid southern No.
2is quoted at 65 cents. Sellers are re
fusing to take orders for delivery after
Jan. 1, at present prices, and some com
panies are even withdrawing, tempora
rily. from thfe market. The startiu'i.’’D
of Iron funis atid turn aces'is conspiciF
ous, but makers seem, iu some instances,,
to be anticipating the demand.
Alabama iron continues in active de
mand. The Sloss Iron and Steel com
pany of Birmingham, will put its No. 2
furnace iu blast at an early date and the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway com
pany will blow in another furnace at
Bessemer.
Lumber manufacturers and. dealers
report a better feeling and operators be
lieve that the worst is over. The move
ment in. lumber is fairly good, but the
tendency to await the result of the elec
tion before venturing: on anything in
the way of enlarged enterprise- contin
ues to pro vail. Southern mill men are
pushing- sales with less vigor than they
would if prices were better. The ques
tion of prices still causes more com
plaint than the demand. Increased ac
tivity characterizes the export trade and
vessels are being chartered ahead, that
operators may be sure of tonnage when
it is needed.
The textile Industry is fairly active.
Some new concerns are reported and
most of the idle plants have been put in
operation.
In the coal mining districts of the
south increased activitv is noted. New
mines are being opened and a large
number of coke ovens are being built at
different points.
WORLD GROWING BETTER.
The National Prison Congress Decides
That Crime Is on the Decrease.
Milwaukee, Sept. 30.—Homicide was
discussed at the morning session of the
National Prison association. It was de
cided that the census taken on the sub
ject and that the magazine editorials on
it partake largely of the nature of sen
sational journalism; that the world is
growing better, and that homioide is on
the decrease,
J. D. Milliken of McPherson, Kan.,
member of the American Bar associa
tion, read the report of the standing
committee on criminal law reform. His
report was a clear and a comprehensive
one.
Frederick Winer offered a resolution?
which was adopted, by which a commit
tee was appointed to report at the an
nual session, as to whether or not sui
cide is increasing in this country. The
report of the committee on prisons then
followed. The last address on the pro
gram was by Rev. Edward J. Moriarity
of Concord Junction, Mass., upon the
value of religious motives as a reform
atory agency.
In the evening the association was
addressed by Dr. Samuel G. Smith of
Minneapolis on “crime and its relation
to economics.”
INSANE ENGINEER'S FREAK.
Efiters a Bank and Demands Money,
Threatening to Kill the Cashier.
Troy, N. Y., Sept. 30.—Palmer H.
Baermann, a civil engineer and promi
nent citizen, entered the United Na
tional bank at noon and, calling to As
sistant Cashier S. S. Bullions, ex
claimed:
“I want SSOO this minute. If you
don’t hand it over you’re a dead man.”
Mr. Bullions aud the clerks in the
bank were paralyzed for an instant.
Then Mr. Bullions, on the pretense of
gettiiig the money, sent a clerk for as
sistance. Before Mr. Baermann could
do any harm Detective Keensky arrived
and placed him under arrest.
Mr. Baermann was city engineer up
to three years ago, and was also en
gineer for the public improvement com
mission. He is a graduate of the Rens
selaer Polytechnic institute. He has
been in failing health for some-time and
is evidently insane.
Leadville Strike May Be Settled.
Leadville, Colo., Sept. 30.—The sit
uation here is very quiet at present, but
the greatest precautions are taken to
prevent any ’outbreak of considerable
proportions. Members of the national
guard who did not come with their com
panions are coming in every day. Man
ager Campion of the famous “Little
Johnny” gold mine is having built a
strong barricade around the entire prop
erty preparatory to resuming operations.
Much hope is felt that the meeting of
the Miners’ union may lead to a speedy
settlement of the strike.
POPULISTS AGREE TO FUSE.
The Silver Fn-ces In the State of Indiana
A,e Now United.
Indianapolis, Sept. 30.—The Popu
list committee of 13, which has control
of the electoral ticket of the party in In
diana under lull authority of the state
convention, adjourned sine die after
adopting the following resolution by a
vote of 11-td-l: ■
Resolved by the Populist committee of
13 on the matter of the elector'll ticket of
the Populist party, That, i« order to close
our ranks and unite our forces in the state
ot’ Indiana for the purpose of securing the
election of our nominee for president,
William J. Bryan, and do full justice to
our vice presidential nominee. Tuomas E.
Watson, that we nominate five Populist
electors and also ten Democratic electors
and certify to the same as the electors
that shall be placed on the Populist party
state ticket.
The electors selected in the Fourth,
Tenth aud Thirteenth districts are those
who had been nominated for congress
in those districts by the Populists and
their election as electors leaves the field
clear in these districts for-the Demo
cratic nominees.
The final outcome of tho day’s con
ference is satisfactory to ail parties con
cerned.
The action of the Populists is not pro
visional, but final ami will not. be af
fected by any action that may or may
not be taken by tho Democrats. The
Democratic committee can place 15 Dem
ocrats on its electoral ticket, or us many
Populists as it see> lit.
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OLD VIRGINIA’S TURN
Candidate Bryan Speaks at Historic
Harper’s hwy,
THE TOWN WAS GAILY DECORATED
The Democrats of the Old Do
minion Enthusiastic
THEY HEARD THE BOY ORATOR
Itapple Turned (Mt In Force to Uaften to
the Eloquent Young Nebraskan—The Re
publican Party Is Denounced For Seek
ing to Fasten the Gold Standard on the
Country—Jefferson Quoted.
Martinsburg. W. Va., Sept. 30.—0 n
board the special train carrying the
Bryan party from Washington were Na
tional Committeeman T. M. Graw, who
was in charge of the train, and Andrew
Edmiston, chairman of the state com
mittee; William E. Chilton, secretary of
state; Attorney General Riley, ex-Con
gressman John D. Alderson, Judge Sam
uel Woods, Colonel J. N. B. Crim,
Judge W. T. Ice, Hon. W. H. Boggs,
candidate for state auditor; N. W. Fitz
gerald, Populist candidate for governor;
Hon. William Chanton, ex-State Treas
urer Thomas O’Brien and J. W. Galla
gher, all of West Virginia; ex-Oongress
man Turner of New York, Senator
Marion Butler, chairman of tho Populist
national committee; Deputy Commis
sioner of Pensions H. O. Bell, C. T.
Brice and James L. Norris, assistant
treasurer of the national Democratic
committee.
The first stop was at Washington
junction and a few people shook hands
with the candidate. Tho train was an
hour behind scheduled time when it
pulled out of the tunnel and Harper’s
Ferry burst into view. The town, made
historic by John Brown, was gaudily
decorated by flags and bunting. A fed
eral banner, bearing the pictures of the
Democratic nominees, was suspended
over a platform built from the-side of a
hill and on that Mr. Bryan spoke.
Bryan’s Speech at Harper’s Ferry•
He said :
Mr. Chairman, Fellow Citizens:
I have but a minute to talk. lam glad
to talk in a county which bears the name
of the first great teacher of the Demo
cratic principles in the United States.
[Applause], And the Democratic party,
this year, in its platform, has declared
anew for those principles which have been
Democratic from the beginning and must
be Democratic to the end, so long as De
mocracy remains true to the people. The
Chicago platform applies to the present
conditions, its principles taught by Jeffer
son. in the beginning, and defended so
courageously by Andrew Jackson; and
when yon find a Democrat who is not wil
ling to stand by the Chicago platform you
will find a Democrat in name, but not a
Democrat at heart.
My friends, Democracy has a meanipg,
and that meaning is well understood by
those who love Democratic principles, and
in this campaign we find men who claim
to be Democrats trying to fasten upon this
country a system by which the banns
shall issue money, when Thomas Jeffer
son declared that banks of issue were
more dangerous than any standing army.
One reason why we know we are standing
in a position that Jefferson occupied when
he said that men who wanted to turnover
tiie business of issuing paper money to
the banks called him a maniac because he
opposed it: and the very men who called
him a maniac call us who advocate what
he advocated then, lunatics.
JeOerson Trnsteil the People.
My friends, Jefferson had confidence in
the capacity of the people for sell govern
ment. A hundred years ago, when gov
ernment bv rhe people was an experiment,
he had faith enough to trust them, and a
hundred years of experience has justified
this confidence, aiid yet today we have to
moat enemies who are not willing that the
people themselves shall run this govern
ment. I»ut think it is necessary to turn its
affairs over to a syndicate, to be managed
for the benefit of a syndicate, without the
consent of the American people.
My friends, we are advocating the re
storation of that financiil policy which
was good enough for this country during
all the early days of the republic -a finan
cial policy which had the support of all
the leading Democrats who lived before
1873—a financial -policy which was never
abandoned .by the American people—a fi
nancial policy which was changed by the
representatives of tho people in darkness
and without discussion, and, as many be
lieve. by a fraud actually practiced upon
the people. And. lor 20 years after that
act of demonetization was secretly
passed, it was denounced by the Demo
cratic party nd the Republicans never
openly defended it. .3 ”t in this campaign
for the first time, wigiiave a party which
openly seeks to perpetuate that system
which was fastened upon this country
without the. consent of the people. Not
only do those opponents desire to fasten
upon •tlie people perpetually a system
which they have adopted against their
will, but they propose to submit the des
tinies of the American people to the deci
sion of foreign powers.
Porter Accepts Clio Nomination.
New York, Sept. 30.—W, F Porter,
the nominee for governor on the Demo
cratic ticket, h;.s .se.it this telegram of
accentance to the state committee:
“Your notification of my unanimous
nomination for governor by tin) state
committee and the request for an imme
diate reply is received, and usin r the
wire I will say that I appreciate the
high honor and responsibility and I ac
cept the’noinination, standing squarely
and unequivocally upon the Buffalo
and Chicago platforms, aud am an earn
est supporter of the Chicago nominees.
Later I will communicate my acceptance
by letter.”