M’KINLEY RECEIVES NOTICE
Of His Nomination For President.
Roosevelt Also Informed.
FREE SILVER ISSUE RAISED
JtcKinley Declares That “National
Honor” Must Be Upheld.
Roosevelt Urges For
ward flovement.
A Canton, O., special says: William
McKinley was officially notified Thurs
day of his second nomination by the
Republican party for the highest office
in the civilized world. Grouped about
him were leading men of his party,
while surrounding his Canton homo
were friends among whom he has lived
for more than thirty years, together
with vast crowds from the surrounding
towns of his native state. To the elo
quent words of Senator Lodge, the
president responded in a ringing
speech. There was enthusiasm enough
and to spare and to many of the point
ed utterances of Senator Lodge and
the president there was hearty and
cordial approval shown. speech of
Important features of the
notification by Senator Lodge and the
response by President McKinley were
the references to the Chinese situa
tion. This caused a great deal of
cussion during the conferences follow
ing the formal speech-making, and
the impression created was that these
utterances were a notification to the
world that the United States intended
to preserve all its right® in China.
The impressive portions of the pres
ident’s speech gathered from the ap
plause, both from the audience and
the Republican leaders, were his ref
erences to the maintenance of the gold
standard aud the financial public
faith, and the preservation of a pro
tective tariff, the enlargement of our
market and the specially catchy phrase,
“prosperity at home aud prestige
abroad.” When he asked:
“Shall we go back to the tariff of
four years ago?” no,”
There were shonts of “No,
from every part of the audience.
Auotber prolonged cheer brought
out was his reference to our authority
in the Philippines. Everybody fol
lowed the speech with the keenest in
terest, and there was a most impres
sive shout when he declared that there
ehould be continued legislative control
over the territory acquired by the
United States, and another outburst
when he said such authority would be
coupled with “liberty and humanity.”
His declaration that the United
States had reclaimed “ten million hu
man beings from imperialism” was a
decided hit and there were many re
quests for him to repeat the sentence.
This term of the word used so muoh
by the opposition was one of the feat
ures of the speech.
The president began by saying:
“The message which you bring to
me is one of signal honor. It is also a
summons to duty. A single nomina
tion to the office of president by a
great party which iu thirty-two years
©ut of forty has been triumphant at
fiational elections, is a distinction
which I gratefully cherish. To re
ceive unanimous re-nomination by the
same party is an expression of regard
and a pledge of continued confidence
for which it is difficult to make ado
quate acknowledgment.
“If anything exceeds tho honor of
the office of president of the United
States it is the responsibility which
attaches to it. Having been invested
with both, I do not under-praise
either. Any one who has borne tbe
anxieties and burdens of the presideu
tial office, especially in time of nation
al trial, cannot contemplate assuming
it a second time without profoundly
realizing the severe exactions and the
solemn obligations which it imposes
and this feeling is accentuated by the
momentous problems which now press
for settlement.
“The credit of the country has been
advanced to the highest place among
all nations. We are refunding our
bonded debt bearing three, four and
five per cent, a lower rate than that of
any other country and already more
than $300,000,000 have been so fuud
cd with a gain to the government of
many millions of dollars. Instead of
Ah to 1, for which our opponents con
tended four years ngo, lgeislation has
been enacted which, while utilizing
all forms of our money, secures one
fixed value for every dollar, and that
the best known to the civilized world,
fias “Unfortunately just the renewed threat however of 1896
by been again
t’ue allied parties without abate
®t–nt or modification. The gold bill
been denounced and its repeal de
landed. The menace of 16 to 1,
-fos therefore. still hangs over us with all
dire consequeuces tr credit aud
Confidence to business and industry,
»ke enemies of sound currency are
come the advocates of repudiation,and
must not relax their energy until the
battle for public honor and honest
mouey shall again triumph.
“The Philippines are ours and
American authority must be supreme
throughout the archipelago. There
will be amnesty, broad and liberal,
but no abatement of our rights, no
abandonment of our duty. There must
be no scuttle policy. We will fulfill
in the Philippines the obligations im
posed by the triumphs of our arms and
by the treaty of peace; by interna
tioual law; by the nation’s seuse'of
honor; and, more than all, by the
rights, interests and conditions of the
Filipino people themselves.
“I can not conclude without con
gratulating my countrymen upon the
strong national sentiment which finds
expression in every part of our com
moncountry and the increased respect
with which Americanism is greeted
throughout the world. Permit me to
express, Mr. Chairman, my most sin
cere appreciation of the complimentary
terms in which you oonvey the official
notice of my nomination and my
thanks to the members of the commit
tee and to the great constituency
which they represent for thiB addi
tional evidence of their favor and sup
port.” there
When the president closed
were brief speeches made by Senators
Fairbanks aud Hanua, Charles Emory
Smith and Colonel Parker of Hawaii.
After the speech-making the notifica
tion party went to luncheon.
ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED.
(omroltten Call* Upon Republican Vic®
Presidential Nominee at Sagamore.
A special from Oyster Bay, N. Y.,
says: Governor Roosevelt was offi
cially notified Thursday by a commit
tee at his home, Sagamore, near Oyster
Bay, of his nomination for the vice
presidency.
The committee left New York on a
special train at 10–0and made a quick
run to Oyster Bay, where carriages
were in waiting to convey them to
Sagamore.
It was noon when the party . arrived . ,
at its destination. Governor Roosevelt
received them en the wide vine cov
ered , porch . of . „ Sagamore, and , grasped ,
the hand of each gentleman as he
alighted and then presented each to
Mrs. Roosevelt, who stood on the ve
randa behind him.
Shortly alter ° c „ ^, eua ,\° . r
Wolcott called the committee to the
porch. There m the cool shade of the
awnings and vines he read the formal
notification.
When Senator Wolcott concluded the
notification x ._ x . speech . Governor _ „ Roose
velt stepped forward. His voice was
clear and farm, and as he proceeded
there were several interruptions of
applause. He said:
“Mr. Chairman: I accept the honor
conferred upon me with the keen
est aud deepest appreciation of what
it means, ami above all of the re
spousibihty that goes with it. Every
thing that is in my power to be
done to secure the re-election >f Presi
dent McKinley to whom his been
given in this crisis of the nation’s his
tory the chui and em
body the prin which lie closest
- . worthy ,,
to the , heart . of , every American .
the name.
“Tlns is very much more than a
mere party contest. We stand at the
parting of the ways and the people
have now to decide whether they shall
go forward along the path of presperi
ty and high honor abroad or whether
tliey will turn back on what has been
done during the past three years,
whether they will plunga this country
into an abyss of misery aud disaster
or what is worse, than even misery
and distress, shame.
“I feel that we have a right to ap
peal not merely to Republicans, but
to all good citizens, no matter what
may have been their party affiliations
in the past, and to ask them, on the
strength of the record that President
McKinley has made during the past
three years and on the strength of the
threat implied in what was done in
Kansas City a few days ago, to stand
shoulder to shoulder with us in per
petuating the conditions under which
we have reached a degree of prosperity
never before attained in tbe nation’s
history, and under which abroad we
have put the American flag on a level
where it never before in the history of
the country has been placed.
“For these reasons I feel we have a
right to look forward with confident
expectations to what the verdict of the
people will bo next November and to
ask all men to whom the well being of
tbe country and the honor of the ua
tioual name are dear to stand with us
as we fight for prosperity at home aud
the honor of the flag abroad.
Refreshments were then served.
BILL ARP 1 LET ™
Bartow Man Believes Bryan Will
Be Next President.
HiatiLY eulogizes nebraskan
Chliipue Trouhlo* Touched Upon and
Ctiaructerlutlc* of Tall*’'
1a DIicumaiI.
Away back iu tko 40s when James
K. Polk was nomiuated at Baltimore
* or president the mail came to our lit
tie town three times a week by stage,
it brought the news in an Augusta
paper. My father was postmaster,
aud when he tore off the wrapper to
read the news to the waiting people
and gave the name of Polk as the
nominee my good old Norwegian
friend, Nic Ornberg, threw his hat
up and shouted: “He is de man—de
best man. He will beat Mr. Clay out
of his poots. Meester Smit, vot did
you sav bees name vas?’
That is faith—Democratic faith. I
am just that way about Bryan, only I
know his name, “Clarum et venera
bile nomem.” Was there ever a grand
er, purer statesman on the American
continent? Was there ever a partisan
aspiraut for the presidency who stood
so far above all rivals that no one pre
aumed to question his right to the
nomination and this notwithstanding
his defeat in the last race?
Wbat manner of man is he that
without effort or political iutrigue he
has for four years stood pre-emiuent
the choice of the Democracy of every
state? Without fear aud without re
proach his will has been and still is
the will of the party. Sincerity, earn
estness aud purity of character in pri
vate aud in public life have enthroned
him in the hearts of the people, and
my faith is like Omberg’s. “He vill
beat McKinley out of bis poots.” As
to his running mate, Senator Tillman
is right. It doesn’t make any differ
ence, so he is a Democrat and a gentle
man. Bryan doesn’t need a helper.
Iu horse talk, a running mate is a
teaser, an exciter, a stimulator put on
the track to make the racer go faster if
possible. Bryan will without get as many
votes in New York Hill as
with him. Hill aud Croker quarreled
and each told the truth ou the other,
They are exquisite politicians. Bryan
is a statesman.
Thefg are thousands jj ' of us who be
lieve that a t hese wars bave been
precipitated for party purposes, and
tho blood of our b ■ from
the ground. Our southern people
have lost faith in the ability of the ad
miniatration to extricate the country
from thl8 monnta i n of trouble. We
must have a change and that soon, or
the mountain will get bigger. This ad
began with war on its
heart, for heretofore wars have been
popular with the people aud kept tbe
war part in r and the mau _
rifaeturers up north plenty to do.
What a muss have they got in Cuba
lud Porto Rico and the Philippines,
ia nexing a few more million negroes
j. 0 g i ve ng t roub t e and killing them by
- he thousands without a cause, and
- aising a big rJHnpug if we )yncb one
Iowa here. Aud now we are about to
Je involved in this war with china
* war that was no doubt precipitated
3e cause of our aggre3sions in the
Philippines and the English on the
Boers . China see s that the motto
jf the Christian nations is: * < Let
; hose take who have the power, and let
(hose keep who can.”
For fifty years England has forced
China to buy her opium, grown and
mada in India for English merchants,
an til the product now amounts to $50,
000,000 a year. And now' China is tak
ing her r9Tenge . For many years past
Russia has been discussing the parti
tion of China just as the partition of
Poland was made and discussed, for
“Freedom shrieked
When Kosciusko fell, and Poland was
divided out among the powers.”
China has brooded over all this and
the time came for a terrible revenge,
Rut what about, out missionaries? My
wife, who is my running mate, is much
exercised about that, for she is a great
missionary woman and attends every
meeting and takes her money along,
I told her not long ago that I dident
have much faith iu the conversion of
the Chinese, for there are thousands
over here, right under tho sound of
the Sabbath bells, and not one ever
attends church or has expressed any
concern about his soul,
Lady Churchill reported 1o her so
ciety that it had spent £300,000 in
twelve months in an effort to convert
the Jews in Poland, and she was sat
isfied they had con\j»rted one—per
haps two—aud she advised an aban
donment of the work. The religion
of the Chinese is as old as that of the
Jews and sticks them as close, but
till the missionaries do report a
healthy progress and arj refining and
reforming the children and doing
much charitable work among the poor.
That’s all right, or it seemed to be
o. but now it is all wrong. It makes
ny jealous for foreigners to
come in with new methods and begin
io dictate as to their needs aud mau
lers and religion. We wouldn’t stand
it a week. We can hardly stand the
Alormunr, who pretend to be Chris
tians.
But we are going to elect Bryan,
ilvor or no silver, for he is an honest
uau and his wife is his running mate,
a beautiful and impressive woman if
the picture of her face is a true one.
We will all rejoice when they are dom
iciled in the white house. The silver
question cau’t out any figure for the
next six years, so let it go along. Mr.
Bryan’s devotion to it is because he is
of Irish descent aud dislikes England's
domination, but he knows that we
can't change it for many years to
oome.
Then here’s a 4th of July to Mr.
Bryan and Mrs. Bryan and Miss Ruth,
their pretty school girl, aud tho little
boy aud the baby. I waut to see
some children playing ia the white
house yard. When that good time
comes I am going to see tbe family if
I’m alive and I’ll walk in without
knocking. I’m not afraid to venture
in any bouse where 1 see pretty chil
dren in the front yard. —Biot. Anp, iu
Atlauti Constitution.
POWERS’ TELEGRAMS
Are Presented as Evidence In the
Trial at Georgetown, Ky., and
Hade a Part of Record.
In the trial of former Secretary of
State Caleb Powers, charged with be
ing accessory to the Goebel murder,
which was resumed at Georgetown,
Ky., Monday, a letter alleged to be
signed by Caleb Powers, in which this
expression appears was filed aud made
a part of tbe record:
“I have had a hard time getting
Taylor and others to start, but they
are all right now, and this thing will
soon end.”
Telegrams sent from Barboursville,
Powers’ home, having a bearing ou
the case, were put in evidence, and
identified by the manager of the Bar
bourville telegraph office. The first
telegrams read were from Powers to
tho various captains alleged to have
been charged with getting up the ex
cursion of mountain men to Frankfort.
Most of them read:
“How many can you insure from
your county? Wire immediately.”
“C. Towers.”
The defense filed a formal objection
to their competency as evidence.
WEEKLY EDITORS RATHER.
Hold Annual Convention ««»<! Enjoy an
Extended Pleasure T , 'l| > -
The members of the Georgia Weekly
Press Association met ia Atlauta Mon
day and boarded the noon Seaboard
Air Line train for Athens. There
were about 150 in the party.
At Athens the editors were received
with great cordiality by tbe citizens.
A barbecue was enjoyed at 3 o’clock at
the city park. Monday night a ban
quet was given the pen pushers by the
Athememn.
At 11 o’clock the party left the
Classic City for Elberton, arriving at
that point at 12 o’clock midnight.
Tuesday morning the association
met iu annual session aud transacted
routine business.
On the afternoon of Wednesday the
Granite City Cue Club tendered the
editors a barbecue.
The following is the itinerary of the
party: Leave Elbertou Thursday morn
ing for Toccoa and Tallulah Falls.
Remain at Tallulah until Friday and
return to Atlanta. At 11 o’clock Fri
day night leave over the Georgia rail
road for Augusta. From Augusta to
Charleston and the Isle of Palms for
several days’ stay.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Many New Industries Established During
the Past Week.
The more important of the new in
dustries reported during the past week
include brick works in Mississippi;
canneries in Georgia and Louisiana; ce
ment works in Alabama; coal mines
and coke ovens in Alabama and West
Virginia; cotton mills in Alabama,
Georgia and tbe Carolines; cotton seed
oil mills in Louisiana and South Caro
lina; electric light aud power plants
in Arkansas. Virginia and West Vir
ginia; a grain elevator in Texas; an
insulator piu aud bracket factory iu
West Virginia; a lubricating oil manu
factory in Virginia; lumber mills in
Georgia; a machine shop in Virginia;
a matt.ess factory in Louisiana; a
mining company in Mississippi; a
navigation company in Louisiana; an
oil aud gas company in West Virginia;
phosphate mines iu Tennessee; a shut
tle and bobbin factory iu Alabama;
stamp mills in the Dahlonega district;
telephone exchanges in Georgia, Ten
nessee and Texas; tobacco factories in
Georgia aud Kentucky; a yarn mill iu
South Carolina.—Tradesman (Chatta
nooga, Tenn.)
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ALLIES ARE ROUTED
Forces of the Powers Defeated at
Tien Tsin By General Ma.
LOSSES REPORTED AS HEAVY
All Kln.U of Exciting Report* Are Sent
Out From Sh <iig)ml, But There 1»
No \V»y to Verify Them.
According to advises received ia
London, July 10th, the Chinese situa
tion presents an aspect more ominous
than ever. A dispatch from Tien Tsia
announces that after a heavy engage
ment the allied forces Lave been de
feated and driven out of the eastern
arsenal by General Ma. This dispatch,
dated Friday and via Che Foo, is as
follows:
“General Ma has defeated the allied
troops aud re-oceupied the Chinese
eastern arsenal, after inflicting great
loss upon its defenders. The engage
ment lasted six hours aud was fought
with great determiuation by both
sides.
“The Chinese were eventually able
to use tbe effective guns of the fort
abutting on the city walls near the
Taotai’s yamen, the allied troops suf
fering severely from lack of heavy
guns and cavalry.
“The Japanese commander sent aa
urgent appeal to hurry re-enforce
ments, as the allies were in imminent
danger of a general defeat.”
Eighteen days ago Sir Robert Hart
dispatched his last message, declaring
that the situation was desperate, aud
since then no word has come from the
Europeans in Pekin.
According to The London Dally
Mail’s Shanghai correspondent, Li
Hung Chang has received an emperial
decree ordering his immediate depart
ure for Pekin, presumably to break
tbe news of the Pfekin tragedy to the
European powers and in his usual role
of negotiator with Europe iu difficult
matters to endeavor to act as mediator
and avert the vengeance of the pow
•rs. To add to the grimness cf this
suggestion, all Tien Tsin advices tend
to confirm the perilous condition of the
allied forces and belie the optimistic
Chinese rumors, Unless re-enforce
mentfl speedily reach Tien Tsiq aaotti*
ftr disaster may be expected.
All kinds of stories come from Shang
hai, which, it is impossible to verify.
It is stated that the boxers have mur
dered the chancellor of the Pekin uni
varsity and sixty of the members of
his family and retainers. A confiden
tial officer of General Yung Lu, dis
guised as a boxer, is reported to have
crept into Prince Tuan’s tent while
the prince was sleeping, with the in
tention of stabbing him. He was
caught by the sentries, so the story
goes, and decapitated on the spot. His
head was sent with Prince Tuan’s
compliments to Yung Lu as a warning
to him to beware.
SAALE WAS DEATH TRAP.
Sixty Bodies In All Were Recovered From
That Vessel Alone.
Twenty-four bodies were recovered
from the hold of the burned steamship
Saale at Hoboken, N. J., Wednesday
nfternoon, which makes the total num
ber dead taken from this ship alone,
sixty. Most of the bodies were so
badly burned or mutilated that recog
nition was impossible, but several
were identified by initials or names on
articles taken from parts of clothing
that sometimes remained.
AH of them appeared to be workmen
in tbe bolds of the steamer. Great
pumps w ere worked in the Saale Wed
nesday and by 2 20 p. m. the vessel was
floated. The ship was nine or tenfeet in
mud, and when she finally freed her
self from this mud she seemed to jump
fully two feet out of tbe water.
The supply of coffins gave out after
eleven had been filled. Five more
bodies were laid upon the deck of an
after-cabin and covered with blankets.
This makes 168 bodies recovered from
the ship, river and the bay.
Removal Hearings Resumed.
Hearing in the proceedings for the
removal of B. D. Green and J. F., E.
T. and W. F. Gaynor to the jurisdic
tion of the Georgia federal courts, was
resumed in New York before Commis
sioner Shields Wednesday.
NEW CORPORATION NAME
I» Given By Connect I cult Judge to Plant
Steamship Company.
Judge Simon Baldwin, of the su
preme court, has handed down an or
der granting a new corporation name
for the Southeastern Steamship com
pany known as The Plant Steam
ship line. The name, by the vote of
the directors the Peninsula and Occi
dental Steamship company, is to be
known as the P. – O.
The order amalgamates the two
eteamship lines known as the Piant
and tbe jlsgler system, the one run
ning from Tampa to Havana, and the
other from Miami to Nassau.
