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MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING,'JULY 3, 1896.
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAR.
oatfeern Hearts Consecrate
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ie Resting Place of Their
7 Only .President
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Song, In Story, In History, It Will
ants'of Confederate
Yeteraos.
PRETTY SPORSORS IK THE.PARADE.
The Last Pay of the Reunion *\s the Moat
M)iiq^_Jbi$nrfring and the Qrandoit of All, and
Will Bo Recorded as Memorable
In the Hie lory of Virignia
KN and the South.
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Richmond, July 2.—Today has been
beyond all question the greatest and
grandest ever witnessed in the historic
city of Richmond.;Wit was the crowning
event of the notable sixth Confederate
reunion, when nearly all of the living
leaders of the South* were present, Rnd
wlifn- they had for their distinguished
guest* that well-known Union soldier
and' patriot, Corp. James Tanner.
T|he three days meeting of over 100,000
Confederates ended today in the laying
ofjihe corner stone of an imposing monu-
(it to l>e erected to the 'memory of
erson Davis, the president of the late
federate states.
CAME FROM ALL SECTIONS,
his is what called ‘from the North,
West, the East, and the South every
1 Confederate soldier and sympathizer,
four days and over,' they came
| ranging In on every line of railroad un-
the hospitable city of Richmond, with
* grand hotels, and open doors of ev*
private house, *were so taxed that
ic overflow reached the city of Pe-
rsburg and adjoining villages, and
Ued^tbcir homes with welcome guests.
During these four days the streets and
louses of public reception here have been
kwl by a living mass of Confederate
lumnuity. •- •'
GRAND DEMONSTRATION.
The demonstration surpassed all prevl*
oub events in the history of the city, andjp
us far as the crowds present were con-
rued, overshadowed all former^ similar
/Hhionn, when the South sent her rep*
hitutives by the thousand to honor
memory of her distinguished leaders
,, sons of the capital of the South-
I Confederacy. No sooner than Gen.,
• Ion had announced the; adjournment
he Confederate reunion convention
die, with three expressive raps of his
rknuiaugii tree gavel, than there was
tsh of the veterans to get Into the
tinted location! in time, to fall into
line of the procession, which moved
nptlv al 1 o’clock.
LITAiRY AND VETERANS. *
re were 20,000 men in line, with
and* of mnsic nnd-200,000 or more on
ts to witness this grand parade
SMUI military cadets, stalwart mb
and venernble grny-breaded and
i^scarred veterans, whp» had seen
rice ou the hard fought holds of Vir-
[lie latter re-trod the streets wUjfh
ity-flvc and thirty years ngo reapdnaed
fwfih the martini footsteps of the armies
”of I.co and afterwards of Grant. It was
a great day, and nolxvly who witnessed
the parade, the heartfelt devotion of the
men in line and the people on the streets,
b wcedd do otherwise than declare that it
was :i day •■onseerated to American innn*
hood, iafriptism nnd valor. The specta
cle was inspiring, nnd ns-the hand*
passed playing the “Star Spangled Ban
ner,” •‘Dixie,” “My (Maryland" nnd
£ "Yankee Doodle,” every man and wo-
•min felt themselves a truer American.
I LINE OF PROCESSION.
I Nothing could have been more nnspl-
Acinus than the weather nnd all other con-
-Slitlons for such a grand occasion. The
-Jprecession, though prompt in forming,
“av.ik somewhat delayed by a divergence
of the cavalry, artillery, the Virginia and
J North Carolina regiments of infantry,
nud the carriages containing {he distin-
1 guests, nnd young lady sponsors
he states and territories, so as to
[> in a portion of Main- street. They
ed the veterans at Fifth and Frank?
streets, nnd for neariy four hoars
grand parade of young soldiers and
heroes, with its bands of music;
s nnd banner*, marched along streets
me with national nnd Southern col-
v-yj, and g/eoted nt every point with
\|*cr» and plaudits of the women who
*c either mothers or daughters of the
Confederacy. The column, including
it did every branch of theyinHUary
r *df r \i*o. made a splendid appearance,
k||...i would have boon deemed an Aracr-'
^ VJ X S*ni in New York or Chicago.
MEMENTOS OF WAR.
In the line were numerous mementos
of the late war in the s„hape of bullet
hoi*J end •» tattered Confederate battle
fluir*. uniforms that had been worn nn
many a t»l".*1y field. knapsack*, canteen*,
musietn. and rifle* that-bore evidence of
any a campaign. Two ven-
Ih» serve
jh«i.ilii
old soldit
anfod fiddle
ith
^hich they entertained cattp life during
the war. Many had empty sleeves, and
many others wooden legs, but they $tood
the fatigue of ihe four hours march With
ail the fortitude that characterized them
over thirty years ngo.
THE LINE FORMATION.
Gen. Gordon, chief marshal, aftd
staff, headed the procession, and his es
cort was the corps of cadets of the Vir
ginia Militia Institute.
Then followed the children's brigade,
250 ih number.
(Jen. Wade Hampton and staff took
position >n front of the Carolinians,
ajjd the old cavalry hero was saluted
at every move and turn of the proces
sion.
Gov. O’Ferrall was at t-he side of
Brig.-Gen. Phillips of the Virginia
state troops, which Included the Vir
ginia and North Carolina regiments of
state troops.
Then followed the Worshipful Grand
Masonic Lodge of Virginia, escorted
by the Commandery of St. Andrew of
Virginia No. 13 Knights .Templar, and
by the Blacksburg, Va., Cadets. . /
Next, the orator of the day, Gen.
Stephen D. Lee and staff, the First
Cavalry regiment of Virginia, com
manded by Col. Chas. Euker.
Davis Monument Association.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and family.
Invited guests.
Sponsors for the Southern States.
Memorial associations, etc.
Council of the city of Richmond.
Major-General Thomas A. Brander
and staff. \
Richmond Light Infantry Blues, bat
talion, escort to the Virginia veteran
division.
Grand Camp Confederate veterans.
Department of Virginia.
Col. w. A. Smoot, grand commander.
West Virginia Veteran Association.
South Carolina veterans’ camps.
.^Mississippi veteran camps.
Florida veteran camps.
Alabama veteran camps.
Georgia veteran camps.
Louisiana veteran camps.
Texas veteran camps.
Indian Territory veteran 1 camps.
Oklahoma Territory veteran camps.
Arkansas veteran camps.
Tennessee veteran camps. /
North Carolina veteran camps.
Kentucky Veteran camps.
Missouri veteran camps.
Maryland veteran camps.
District of Columbia veteran camps.
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Veteran cavalry division.
The cadets of the high school from
Washington, as well as the District
Veterans, made an attractive feature
of the parade, and were complimented
all along the route.
THE PRETTY SPONSORS.
The lady sponsors and their maids of
honor rode in separate carriages and
made the brightest feature of the pro
cession. Each sponsor waved the flag
of the state she represented, and all of
them ' were royally cheered' as they
passed through the brilliantly decorat
ed streets’ which were crowded with
Southern bloooratng womanhood and
loveliness.
The Society of the Army and Navy of
the Confederate States in the state of
Maryland, escorted by the'Fifth reg
iment veterans corps, was in the pro
cession. The society is the only organ
ized body of veterans In a towh which
is not affiliated with the United Con
federate Veterans. Many members of
it. however, are also members of Her
bert and Buchanan camps. Col. George
R. Gaither is In command of tho veter
an corps and Captain George W..
Booth, of the society, Gen. Bradley T.
Johnson Is president of the society.
MRS. DAVIS’^ CARRIAGE.
Mr#. Jefferson Davis rode In a car
riage with Hon. J. Taylor Ellison and
Gen,. Peyton Wise, and she was every
where. recognized and cheered.
Miss .'Shelby, daughter of Gen. Shelby
of. Tennessee, rode a fine horse through
the, whole route of'the procession and
was greatly admired.
The proceslson reached Monroe Park
about 4 o’clock after a very trying
march to some of the older veterans.
Here tho Grand Masonic Lodge of
Virginia took charge of»the ceremonies
and, escorted by the Knights Templar,
reached the site selected for the Davis
monument, where a Stand for tho ora-
tor and distinguished guests had been
erected.
CORNERSTONE LAID.
When the privileged cj^owd'had"been
seated and tho Richmond Blues and
other military organisations placed as
a supplementary escort to the Tem
plars, the Masonid ceremonies In the
laying of a cornerstone took place, con
cluding with Uk following proclama
tion by the grand marshal:
“All within the sound of the gavel
take due notice that the craft has
ceased from their labor and that tho
cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis
monument ts now true, trusty and well
laid by the Grand Lodge cf Virginia
In Its one hundred ana nineteenth
year.”
Aftor this announcement Hon. J.
Taylor Ellyson, president of the Davis
Monument Association, came forward
and\»lled upon Hon.. John C. Gran-
berry of the Methodist Episcopal church
church to offer prayer, amd the evident
divine delivered a most fervent and
appropriate appeail to the throne of tho
Almighty.
bEN. LEE SPEAKS.
Aftor thfcs Gen; Stephen D. Lee. the
ontor of the day, was Introduced and
delivered a thrilling speech.*
From a graceful exordium, -explain
ing the purpose which had drawn his
vast audience together, Gen. Leo assert
ed tlmt it was fitting that Jefferson
Davis* remains should rest in Virginia,
which ho characterized a* the greatest
of nil states^the battle scarred producer
of warriors and statesmen. But for her
generosity in ceding her vast territory
to the union, Kentucky would have still
been her*, and he would have been born
her son. Many presidents, statesmen .and
soldiers lie in Virginia soil—from Wash
ington to the present time, none greater
than Davis, but more fortunate.
LOVED.BY MILLIONS. „ *
Throwing a glance backward he
showed how, thirty-one years ago, the
man whose memory they had met today
to honor, lay manacled In a casemate of
a strongly garrisoned fortress, charged
with the most atrocious crime known to
man—treason and murder. “And yet,”
he contiued, “be^died, by millionh more
hincerely mourned and deeply beloved
than any other man in the history of the
nation. If hU enemies Had succeeded in
putting him to death ho would have been
th" mo*t eon.-.picuons figure in Ameri
can history,” 1 ,
Gen. Jjee expressed an abiding belief
that when the mists of passions and
prejudice have passed away, the calm
light of justice will give the right niche
to each figure In history.
DAVIS THE PATRIOT.
“The descendant8 / of the men who
burned Joan of Arc,** said he, "now re*
gard*her as a character of heroism and
beauty. The posterity of the men who
hung witches iu Salem as a pious duty,
now heal* the story with horror. The de*
seendantR of the men who today look on
Jefferson Davis with unkind expressions
will see him as we dO^-the stainless
gentleman,- the gallant soldier, the de
voted patriot, the pure and gifted states
man,”
Gen. Leo declined to discuss the causes
lending to the war. The war had settled
that secession is impracticable, and the
amendments to the constitution have
adjusted all other differences. The South*
ern people have fully accepted the re
sults; they accept the present nnd loy
ally commit themselves to the future.
RIGHT OF SECESSION.
Passing to tho early days of secession,
lie predicted that the future historian
would note with astonishment that the
Southern struggle for independence be
gan not* with committees of public safe
ty, with declarations of the rights of
njan or enunciation of the mighty doc
trine that governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the governed,
hut It began with public statutes, gener
al elections and constitutional, conven
tions.. Mr. Davis himself rested, in hi*
inaugural, the ease of the now nation
at the bar of the’ public opinion of the
world, not upon revolutionary* but upon
legal right.
He* quoted the junior senator from
Massachusetts, Mr. Lodge, assaying
that when the constitution was adopted
nt Philadelphia, nb one, neither Wash
ington, Hamilton, Clinton nor Mason, re
garded the system anything but an ex
periment from which every state had
the right peaceably to withdraw. Tho
Southern States only exercised • a right
which had often been threatened by New
England, nud which wns generally con
ceded to be a constitutional one.
GRAND UNJO DEATH.
Gen. Lee concluded a glowing eulo-
gium of Jefferson Davis; pure, private
life, his exquisite courtesy and gallant
ry a3 ft soldier, with the declaration
that his dominant characteristic was
his fidelity to principle. It was well
said of hint, "he bent to none but God.”
He came among us ns a Roman, horn
out of time. It was Impossible for him
to ask pardon so long as he felt he had
done his duty, conscientiously as ho
saw It, and he was never forgiven.
One after another, his great comrades
entered the beyond, until he stood
alone, but he never \yavered. He pass
ed from us a stern and majestic figure,
broken, but never bent.
Gen. Lee quoted from a speech deliv
ered by Mr. Davis In tho senate, InriDe-
cember, 1860, In which ho declared that
the union was.deal* to him as a union
of fraternal states. He argued from*
this that Mr. Davis was opposed to dis
union, and that.pt the conference call
ed by Gov. Pdttls or Mississippi of tho
representatives to congress from that
state in isco, Mr. Da: vis fie el a red him
self opposed to secession as long as tho
hope of a peaceful remedy remained.
As a president, the speaker thought
Mr. Davis may have made mistakes.
He was a constitutional ruler, not a
revolutionary, chief, but when the
night of defeat was darkening and the
dismantled ship of the Confederacy was
sinking beneath the waters, he Stood
at the helm tothelast.
TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH*
He referred to the popular demon
stration of affection which always at
tended Mr.’ Davis’ appearance In public
apd referred with deep feeling to the
occasion when his remains were en
route to Richmond for final burial. No
conqueror's march was ever* half so
triumphant. In the capitals through
which It passed his body lay In state,
visited by thousands, and everywhere
along the route, old and young,
thronged and stood with uncovered
heads, day and night, along the rail
roads as the train rolled by, to testify
their devotion to the dead. It was
spontaneous, it was sincere, it was uni
versal.
Gen. Lee’s peroration was a magnifi
cent tribute to Mr. Davis as tho typi
cal southerner.
A BJ3AUTIFUL EULOGY.
"As a soldier, his brilliant and prom
ising career cut short. He had no
opportunities to develop the great
qualtlcs of Lee, the prince of Oom-
manders.’ A* a statesman, he did not
quite reach, perhaps, the commanding
stature of Calhoun, to whose work he
succeeded. As an orator, he may have
lacked the Impetuous fervor of Yancey,
tho splendid declamation of Lamar, but
he surpassed them all In his majestic
strength, tho chaste beauty of 4 hls
thought, and his thrilling earnestness.
Davis was greater than them all. He
was an accomplished soldier, a great
statesman, and a consummate orator.
He was the typical Southerner of his
day and of all time. Around him stood
that marvelous group—Lee, the flower
of chivalry; Jackson, the genius of
war; Toombs, the thunderer of debate;
Benjamin the Jurist; Campbell, the
judge; Bledsoe, the scholar; Hunter, ‘.he
statesman—men fit to measure with
the knlghtllcst. Yet from the vantage
ground of history his sublime head
lifts Itself above them all. *
WILL GUARD HIS ASHES. . .
"It Is meet ond fitting that the ashes
of the great should rest In Virginia’s soil.
Round him sleep the mighty ones who
Jiave gone before—soldiers who won
Amfeican liberty; statesmen, Who filled
itN flag with stars nnd made It honorable
throughout the world. Let R'chmond be
added to Mount Vernon, Montieello and
Lexington. The South has committed
the keeping of his haIioa to the mother
states and statesmen. Let him sleep in
Virginia, where every river whispers of
Confederate, heroism and every hill was
crimsoned with the soldier's blood. Let
him rest in Richmond, his capital, the
city , which ho walled about/with the
breasts of the brarest <ft the bravp. His
memory is safe with you. You were
faithful to the living, you will not forget
tfe# dead.
THE SOUTHRON’S MECCA.
"In calmer years, whop the last ember
of sectional feeling has burned out, and
the last coni of love has gently bound
the hearts of all Americans together,
fathers will bring their little children to
this si»t and tell the story of a pure,
great man. who suffered fo> hi* people
and for the right as they understood ft,
and how for this they loved him ns’thoy
loved no other. Long, as yonder noble
river shell roll it* tide to the sea It shall
behold no man mon * kingly. . .
{Continued on Page 2.J»
Tbe Sllnr Men, Confident o! Their
Strengib, Await the Coming
. «! Tbelr Foe.
BOOM FOR MR. BLAND AND HR. BOIES
Ooveni.or Katthtwi, of Indian,, I, Well Up
in the Front How-Temporary Organ!*
nation Will Be lively—Sound
Money Men Will Meet,
Ctalcngo, July J.—The proverbial calm
before the etprm prevailed today. Hav
ing accomptlahefl everything poeelbte in
advance of the arrival of ft respectable
number of silver delegates on the
ground, the Democratic bimetallic na
tional committee, and those co-operat
ing with it, took a rest from htelr la
bors, so far os meeting or conferring
la concerned, until tomorrow evening,
when another round-up of all the white
metal supporters then In Chicago will
be in order.
MOTTS CAUTIOUS MOVE.
The ranks of the 16 to 1 advocates,
were reinforced today by tho arrival cf
Dr. J. j. Mott of North Carolina, and
who in chairman of the executivo com
mittee of the independent, or new sli
ver party, formed In Washington a
year ago. For reasons which he deemed
sufficient, and whlcH he has not ex
plained, (he head of the sllverltcs did
not take up ids abode at the Sherman
(oust, wherp the silver headquarters
have been established but Instead cho,4
a hostelry on the same street but a
couple of blocks away.
WANTS A. CONFERENCE. ,
‘ From htliv, and without;cmuultatlon
with any ot the sliver, ^e6pl« that had
preceded inmT he sen' out an Invitation
foe a conference on Saturday night «>f
representatives of every party.and fac.
it‘jficat.iiiaiivi'» ui evcij ij *uuu lat-
tlon favorable 4o silver, including
Populists, silver Democmts and silver
Republicans. As to what It was Intend
ed to accomplish, by this conference
Dr. Mott vim reticent, blit (be expres
sions of sentiment among those who
fiocUf/1 to’ hisf 'quatiers during the day
indicated a preference for the nomina
tion next week of such a candidate as
could be indorsed by tho silver and
Populisfconventlons at St. Louis three
weeks hence,’ upon a platform dealing
with no othqr Issue than that of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
The ixecutlve committee of,-the Inde
pendent silver party meets here on Sat-
riyday, and jit tomorrow night’s meet
ing or conference of jjie Democratic bl*
meialllo coamn^tee and .Urn silver de»e*
jateft, a committee will be appointed
to meet the Independents with a view
towards united action.
WHO WILL BE. CHAIRMAN.
'• Sentiment among the silver men crya-
alllzcd today In favor ot tho selection
of either Governor ©tone of Missouri or
W. J. Bryan of Nebraska n-s temporary
chairman of the convention, with Sena
tor Isham G. Harris of Tennessee nnd
Major Towles, secretary of the bimetal
lic comhfitteo. ns permanent chairman.
Tin? story,.was published this'afternoon
that Senator Harris had been definitely
chosen as permanent chairman, but ut
the headquarters In the Sherman house
the fact that no meeting had been held
today was cited as proof that this was
purely guess work.
HILL IS NOT IN .IT.
Through Senator Jones the silver mon
went on record today h« opposed to the
suggestion made by •members of tho
national Democratic committee that
Senator D. B. Hill might prove ac
ceptable to both factions as temporary
chaltman.. Senator Jones Insists that
.while personally he had the highest re
gard for his New York associate in the
chamber, he could not countenance the
Idea of a supporter of the gold stand
ard presiding, eve>i If for a shirt whllo
only, over a convention that was op
posed to his views three to one. Sena
tor Hill, he said,, would not be accept
able to tho silver people, nnd cons?-
quently there was nothing to be gained
by a further consideration of his al
leged availability.
©LAND*© (FRIENDS ACTIVE.
The friends of Mr. Bland were the
most active. In addition to their head-
quartern at the Palmer house and the
Auditorium annex, 'they opemed up
rooms today in tiro enitre*ol of thp Sher-
raajr* hoiw^. where a committee lay in
wait to corral nuch of the arriving del
egates as might flrot seek quarters of
fho silver comrmmttteo. Mr. Bland’s
friends were in high feather today, and
while unable, on account of the small
number of delegates allready kn sight,
to give out any definite figure®, insisted
that the prevailing sentiment In the
city and *the advices which they were
receiving from outside, warranted them
In taking their stand tha't It was Blind
against the Add. with the field already
giving evidence of being on the run.
£OIEd -MEN CONFIDENT.
The friends of ex-Governior Boles,
hpwever, were, by no means disheart
ened by the claims of j the Eland men,
and fell back oi> t|i argument that It
was votes rather anao shouting 'that
made nominees. Delegate Brewster of
Creston, one of the chtefs fa the Boles
bureau, and who had a talk with Gov
ernor AHgold Just 'before t^e latter fcft
for ©pringfldld last night, quoted him
as declaring he hod iwX spoken a word
on the subject of presidential pccsrokli-,
ties, that hb was no more friendly to
Bland than to Boles* and that the time
had not yet arrived when the Illinois
delegation could fasten Uself to any
ope candidate. Out of this the adher
ents of the Iowa, man managed to ex
tract considerable ccmfort
v. BLAND AND f BOIES.
There was more or lera talk about the
bofh today concerning a ticket made
up of the two B’s, Btond and Bales, but
the Iowans frown down any sugg'Hilon
that their candidate would accept sec
ond place. Vkoe-PresWent Stevenson
and Governor 'Matth-ah of in liana
were also talked of considerably for the
second place on the ticket, in th<* event
of the nomination f ir the presidency
^plng ttf'Mr, BkanJ. and It?** in the day
exrGovernor CampbJH . of Ohio was
talkel of In the aim? connection. Not
a single . name of any person hailing
-a.it of thfe.Alleghenies was brought up,
however, and, as one ot the sliver pco-
r p .e put It, the gononal opinion seemed
to be th'.it If there was an Eastern trtaa
of national reputation who Is favorable
to tfFlver, he muut have taken to the
woods before allowing his convictions
to go on recoid.
INDIANA’S FAVORITE.
The friends of Governor Matthews of
Indiana and his aspirants were rein
forced today by the arrival of William
English, son of the late Hon. W. H. En
glish, who waft a candidate for vice-
president on tho Hancock ticket in 1880.
Although not a free silverite, Mr. En
glish Is a warm f.riend of the Iridlan^
executive and looted as a delegate
ftL'tho UUeris request. His wealth and
Influence, It Is ©aid, will be freely used
in Govern >r Matthew** hrinlf.
SOUND MONEY MEN,-
Tho flocad eound money Democrats be
gan to bestir themselves today, and ar
rangements were made for & conference
of aM the gold standard -delegates that
may be on the ground tomorrow night.
It will bo hctld at tho Auditorium hotel.
Go Aar, the silver peopfe have hokl
the right-of-way and there ha« been
considerable criticism over the failure
of the Illinois sound money committee
tb dp anything toward counteracting
the opposition. For Saturday night
there Ins been arranged a nra.5» meet
ing in the vAudMoriuro proper, and Sen
ators Hill, Gray’of Delaware, Vilas of
Wisconsin, Painter of Illinois, ex-Secre-
tary Whitney, cx-Governors Russell of
M«csachu&6ttti and Walker «of Connec
ticut,. Pock of Wisconsin, Flower of
Now York, Francis of Missouri, (Hons.
Robert Eiwright of Pennsylvania, Allen
McDermott of New Jersey, W. D. By
num of Indiana, and William F. Shee
han of New York are expected to make
Short sound money ad dresses.
MINNESOTA’S SILVER MEN.
The Republican Wihlte Metal Advocates
Repudiate Their Parity Nominees at
St. Louis.
Gt. Paul, July 2.—Tho most sensa
tional irtinifeoto m 'Minnesota’s history
was khaJt Issued this afternoon by the
sliver Republicans, who refuse to sup
port McKinley for president, Clough
foa; governor, or any^of tlve Republican
candidates for congress. The promi
nence of the mon signing It attracts ( to
fit widespread a'ttcrwtlon. Among the
number are •Lieutenant Governor F. A.
Day, Congressman Chnb. A. Towne, ex-
Congreriiman John Lind and several
state saentors. The wddross la Issued
to the Rcpulblloans of Minnsota, &nd
says;
TTS A GREAT ISSUE.
‘The greatest Issue which has arisen
in this counltry since (the abolition of
African slavery now confronts tho
American people. The common people
have viewed With Increasing alarm the
effort of o. foreign •aristocracy to fard-n
upon this natikm the single gold stand-
arfi Hf value, in the p.tat th^y turned
with 'tho Inspiration of faith to the Re
publican pailty for protection t again at
thait power-which se^kir^to strikedown
one-half the redemption money of the
world 'that the other half may purchase
double tfhe amount of Uho products of
toil. They had a right to expect euch
nroleclltm. The Republican party was
|born- of tho common- people. Its mis
sion has been to dlgnffy labor, to se
cure <to him who otlls In tho flc4d or
mine the Just fruits of honest faber.
From the day of the party’s birth until
tho present time no adticlo of Republi
can ifatth has been more pronounced
than the bellefl In bimetallism. It -has
been written 4n its platforms and
taught by all great leaders. In the na
tional convention in 1888 It condemned
•itbe policy of the Democratic adminis
tration in its efforts -to demonetize sil-
fror."' ^
ENDORSED (BIMETALLISM.
"In 1802, In its platform adopted In
Minneapolis, it declared In favor of
gold and silver as standard money. In
1894, the Republican party of Minne
sota reaffirmed Its belief In bimetallism
and that tho restoration of stiver as ul
timate money to the currency of the
Aorld is absolutely necessary for busi
ness prospbrity, proper rate of wageo
and tho welfare of tiw people.
"Nenrly every Republican state con
vention In 1894 condemned, either In ex
press terms or by implication, the single
gold standard. James G. Blaine well ex
pressed <tho belief of the Republican
party when he declared: 'I believe tho
struggle now going on In this country
and in other countries /or,n single gold
standard would, * if successful, produce
widespread disaster in and throughout
tho commercial world.*
AGAINST GOLD STANDARD.
"The action of the national Republi
can convention at St. Louis has repudi
ated this fundamental doctrine of our
party^Tttio single gold standard has been
Indorsed. The Republican ifirty no long
er stands for both gold and silver as
primary money, bfot for gold only. We
cannot accept the new faith and we will
hold steadfastly to tho old. Tho policy of
gold monometallism means prolonged
and intensified depression; and an end*
lets nnd hopeless era of falling pt^'c*
for our farmers and other producers;
continuedfunccrtninty of employment for
our workingmen, with lessening wages
following the fall in prices of the prod
uces of labor; discouragement of all en
terprises and in the end universal bank
ruptcy and gravitation of all money into
the hands of monejr brokers. It means
the obliteration of tho great middle
doss, the yeomanry of the nation, and
the division of tho peoplo into tht* very
rich and the very poor.
PATRIOTISM NOT PARTY.
"Those Republicans who believe In tho
use of both gold and silver as tbe money
of ultimate payment and their free coin
age in our minths must either submit
in silence or sepnk out boldly in con
demnation of this policy, so disastrous
to the people. On matters of vital prin
ciple no man can reasonably be asked
to submit to party dictation. Every man
who places country above party and
whose sympathies Arc with the producers
ns against the money brokers and’ bond
holders, owes a duty to his conscience
nnd to his country which can only be
discharged by putting forth every effort
lu his power that the blight of the single
g.»l-l standard may not be fastened upon
tbU people.”
BLAND THE MAN.
Denver. July 2.—Senator Teller said
privately Ia»t evening‘that h* believed
Bland would Yy nominated In Chisago,
anfi H'oi all true sliver m*n regard-
ic*,.- (T party, should join with Demo
crat* on tuch a candidate end work for
the to#*e#s nt that ticket.
Rlotons Demonstration at the Brown
Hoisting Works Caused a
loss ol Lite.
THE NON-UNION IEN THREATENED.
The Police and Military Protected s Man Scab
Workman - The Hob Driven Back, Many
of Them Receiving Almost Fatal
Blows on Their Heads.
•Cleveland-, July 2.—Bloodshed Again
marked tho troube at ithe Brown hoist
ing works this afternoon. One man
waft shot dead by t a non-union man,
who had flfttemirtftf to leave the works
on his <h1cyclo and iwias attacked by a
portion of the mob. The police manag
ed to rescue him, end tho police detail
vras besieged in a shop and had great
difficulty In preventing tine lynohing of
their prisoner.
A CALL FOR TROOPS.
(Finally, a coll for troops was mado
and ftwo of «hl four companies under
arms were hurried to the scene. After
their a.rrlval,Ahe prisoner Was loaded
Into «. patrol wagon and about 7:30
locked tip In tho Central police sta-tlon.
The troops remained on guard, and for
a long'timo a sullen mob of at least 10,-
000 men remained around the promises.
Shortly before the hour of quitting
this aftemobn, several strikers marched
up to the Brown works with a big ban
ner, on which was written In big black
letters "Brown’s ficabs."
WORKMEN PROTECTED.
At 4:30 tho workmen were marshalled
Into line and the police force formed
fho usual hollow* square*. Opt. English
gave the word, the gates were opened
a ii'l '11m* workmni. .surround' -1 by 1:.«»
policemen with clubs in hand, marched
Out. The crowd gave way and tho pro
cession moved up Hamilton street to
Cano,'on the iwuy to the St. Clair street
ears. The crowd followed as on Wed
nesday evening, yelled "scab,” and
made a. lively vocal demonstration.
Contrary to what the mayor declared
would be done, the police allowed tho
m'b 1 o follow up 'HA'nfilton street. The
officers mairchod steadily forward to
Case, up'Windsor Do Wilson avonue.
At.the fourth precindt station, near
Euclid, a halt wa« made ami the work
men senlt into the station. Then tho
pollcemet* filmed oigalix across tho
street. >■:■■■• ?• •
CHARGED THE MOB.
Ait 'this 'time tho following party iwns
a dense black crowd, reaching far flown
Wilson avenue. Suddenly the word
"charge" was h'earel, and the police
sprang forward like n. shot ouit of a
gun. In a moment 'they iwcre upon the
vcunguard of the crowd. The bi tter were
du/rnmounded. There was -a waver and
then all turned and fled. Hut they were
too Vaite to escape punishment. Tho
batons of the police were falling llko
hall on 'the heads of the men.
The crowd waft panic stricken. Two
cars blocked the way north of Wilson
avenue and the men-, women, and chil
dren were packed together In a tight
mass, yelling and shrieking One part
broke away and ran down tho Cleve
land and ntWburg tracks, elewe nt
hand Another went sou-th on Wilson
avenue. Men wore lying unconscious
on the ^treats or crawling oyoqnd in
a vain attempt to rise 'to their feet.
The police, dividing into squads, chhrg-
ed after each section of the *crowd, de
termined to Inflict punishment severe
and unrelenting. ^Thls lasted for sev
eral minutes, and then returning
squads of policemen* began 'to gather
up unconscious men and others who
were staggering around, as a result of
severe blows.
The mnn shot near the works nt tho
beginning of the trouble was William
Retgcr, aged 19, n brother of tbe base
ball pitcher, formerly with Cleveland,'
now In tho Milwaukee team.
The (rouble was started by an attark
mndc by tbe mob on one of the studenth
ot n scientific school in this city. Ten
of those Htudetns lmve been working nt
the hoisting works for some time, mak
ing a practical study of some mechanical
work. Up to today they have waited un
til the non-union workmen hud been ex
torted away and then wen thoino unmo
lested. This afternoon one of them, A.
<}. {founders* aged 19, left on lii« wheel
as usual. He wns assailed with cries of
•'scab,” nnd stones thrown nt him. When
he had reached n point about a bio*fie
away, he was struck by n stone and n
great gash cut In Ills bead. He fell from
tho bicycle nnd tho mob howled, "kill
tho scab," nnd made a rush for him.
As ho arose ho drew a revolver nnd
shot Retger through the heart.
RESCUED BY POLICE.
The squad of police left to guard the
Brown works witnessed the .shooting, and
charging down the street, rescued Saun
ders, who was again on the grrfund, be
ing kicket and buffeted. The police drew
their revolver* nnd managed by great
efforts to get tbe youth Into tlu* office
of the Bishop works. The mob outside,
which had swelled to 3,000, infuriated
by the sight of tbf) dead roan, howled,
"lynch him,” and were preparing to
make a charge on the building In which
tho police had taken refuge, when a
police reinforcement attacked the rear
and dobffed tbelr way to tho 4 building.
The crowd was then kept nt bay until
a company of militia marched on tho
scene when tho mob was scattered and
8aunders taken to the central police
station.
The whole section of the city where
the wprkmen live Ik In a state of fer
ment, sh threats have been made to
bum tonight the residences of tho m*»ii
who are working.
There wns also apprehension that tho
trouble has only begun nud that a strike
of Iron workers, embracing every branch
of the industry in Cleveland, may come
about any moment. The American Wire
Company plant, which has been idle for
some months on account of a lockout, has
been surrounded with a heavy ten-foot
fence, and tin* ci,mp.iny. ii h claimed,
will open up next week with non-union
men. If tills is done, more rioting Ik
certain to occur. Four companies o fmi-
litia arc tinder arms at their rcHpeetivo
armories and will ho u^ed to keep the
peace tomorrow. Tbe Brown company
h as Ann ns ever in its nninfiincetl in
tention not to reeognize the union, and
thus far no one cau fforctcJJ,