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J. H ■■TILL. President.
FRANCE SAYS YES
iiit arjam will sot accept
HI*IAN PROPUCAL.
WILL NOT WITHDRAW TROOPS.
FRANCE THE ONLY POWER THAT
MAR GIVES ARREST.
American Aawrrr Depended on Ae
<lno of llthrr Pnwerx—Otfcerx Ar*
l.lknlr In Take (irrnmy’c Mrw.
1 nttnl Matn laanr Another
Ault-IVmnaalrallna la Imperial
C!t Was Necessary—Poor ( oasasa
nienlloß With TrUlo.
Washington. Re pc. S -The expres
a# 10 tha alcitude of the Powers
on the evacuation of Pekin comes from
!l.e Unit*#! States* Ambaiwitdor at Pori*.
Horace Porter, who ho* •'lv.rnl the
txhorltlee here that Che altinKle of the
I reroh government la favorable to the
j.vdOon taken by Russia.
Almost simultaneously with thle dlspo'ch
fn*n CJen J’orter. come onocher from he
American charge d'affstre# at Berlin, glv-
Ing the attitude of Germany on Russia's
liropmal. The dispatch, tn substance,
r iiee that Germany, while anxious to
n\<Ud ony friction be;ween fhe Powers,
regards the conditions at Pektn such a*
,r> reeiutre the continue.! preset*.# of Ger
man force* there. Nellher Gen. Porter
ior Mr. Jackson gay* the teat of the an
ew ers.
These two highly Important communica
tion# hcln* the Chinese negotiation* to a
wry advanced stage, though they are not
yet concluded, am oil the answer* are not
vet in. The German and French anawerr.
however, clearly indicate the alignment
.g the Powers. It Is generally accepted
that OeVmany'a attitude In favor of re
maining at Pekin will he concurred tn by
Italy nnd Austria. Deßnlts word has
been received here that Austria favors
remaining at Pekin.
As to the purpose* of Great Britain
there la an absolute lock of official In
formation, though little doubt I* enter
t lined that since Germany has taken the
InJilwflw* llrrual nrllajn f.Allow Bill*
in favor of remaining at Pektn. The prati
t|ci of Japan Is Alkewlse lacking In defln
• •enes*. although It Is believed In the best
posted quarters that If other nations re
main at Pekin. Japan w|!l deem It expedt
int to remain there also.
France la the Oaly Oar.
It would eecm from this that France
In the only government to gtv* concur
r rce to the Russian proposition, although
tie T'nlted States has expressed pur
|..o of following Russia** course, unless
t her Power* brought about a modi
* n of Russia's position. Thus far
Itu n has not expressed any purpose of
tn Id) lug her original position It was
iau-d authoritatively to-day. that Rua
. has not ordered the departure of her
r , i-ter or troops from Pekin up to this
i me. so far a* the t.’nlted Stale* govem
mui Is advised. It 1* slated also that
no new proposition has been presented.
l,!i that the question I* practically the
came as when first presented, namely, a a
l" whether the troops will remain or be
withdrawn from Pekin.
The receipt of the communications from
1 din and Paris brought about numerous
■ .nferenceo between the President. Secre
tary Hoot and Acting Secretary of Stats
Hill and also between Mr. Hill and Mr
A lee It mi (ailwrM from these iwi
: -.stha'another note wa* being prepared
I>> the t’nltert SmiM, hut the aulhorltle*
■ • I not fool disposed to Rive any Inkling
ii to Ms nature, and It la quite prohable
tr at Ita Anal form will await the conald
• t.itlon of the cabinet to-morrow.
Main, of |.| Ilona t fcaaa.
Aside from the general queatlon the.
French government Is again considering
sir- status of LI Hung rtiang and thl*
t ibject 010 was brought to the atten
tion of the authorities here to-day. There
have been report# of the prospective d
t niton of Karl LI In case he goes north,
'■tit the communication Just In hsnd Indl
'ate that there will be no Interference
with hi- movement*. Ills acceptability aa
n t nce commissioner alao .Continue* to be
a -object of •llsrußslon, there being a
strong dealre In certain quarter* not to
Ii lude him on the Chlneee Commission.
The military situation remains unrhang
< I at I’ekln. Oen. Chaffee's message*
tn ike It clear that he. for one. Is proceeri
-1 s upon Ihe understanding that the
m-rlean troops will winter In China. The
American contingent In the parade
through the Imperial palace was small,
1* l ably In conformity with an arrange
hit between the various comma niters In
F km that the force selected to make
tii I monstratlon should tic limited tn
i umbers In order that this might reduce
ttic bance of Inn ing. It Is supposed hern
t‘ at It was also made to Impress the Chi
li*' people as a whole and not from any
P 1 ent military necessity.
S' me action of this kind appear* to
have been necessary tn order to offset the
• Ties which were afloat In the Southern
Chinese ports to the effect that the allies
•> "t been completely overthrown by the
lmi crtal a troops and the Bogers. which
M Ties were calculated to cause further
uprising#. It*aides the demonstration at
the palace may reduce the 111 effect* of
! <n) withdrawals of troop# from I’ekln as
a rtsult of the present negotiation*.
t nmmnnlcnllon Mill Had.
An announcement from the cable eom
-1 'Me* that the off-hore cable from
■ nghal to Takti had been completed, en
nraged the officials here tn the hope
' it at last It would bt possible to com
• meat# with Pekin the same day that
m**age was dispatched. It appeared,
1 v 'Vtr. from flen Barry * rsport that
• Boxer* ar still cutting the wires be
ts-en Tien Tsln and Pekin, and the msss
**• received to-day from the Chinese
capital show no Improvement In the rate
if transmission over those received be
f re the completion of the new cable.
It I* expected that the re-lnforeemettt*
•f foreign troop* steattly pourtng '“to
Jiatemnal) ilofning
Pekin by way of Taku and Tien Tain
soon will be able to clear the Une of
communication* completely of these wire
cutters, and that the m lltary telegraph
lines will be kept op n. giving rapid com
munication with the other world.
Mr O. odnuw his cabled from Shanghai
that all of the marine* were withdrawn
from Amoy lasi Friday, a matter of news
that has be. n anticipated In the press
dispatches, hut which I* recorded official
ly here for the first time. It appear* that
the rommander of the Caatlne wa* In
structed not to land marine*, so the Poll
ed Stales was not repr. armed In the land
ing paries.
RIM Uttll.l, EATER* A DENIAL.
Interview gent llr T rusted staff Cor
respondent.
Washington. Sept. 4.—The state depart
ment thla afternoon Issued the follow
ing:
"A cablegram ha* been received from
Mr W W. Rockhtll, dated at Shanghai.
H, pt S. In which he authorlae* the de
partment to deny emphatically and cate
gorically the statement made In certain
newspaper* elating to an Interview al
leged to have hern given by him. The only
Interview he has ever given related strict
ly to the circular of July 1 He stales lhat
no merchant vessel will he sailing from
Shanghai for several days."
The AssrtWated Pres* Intetvlew with Mr
Rockhlll. dated Shanghai. Sept. I. was
sent from Shanghai by cable after having
lawn carefully prepared by a trusted stafT
correspondent of the Associated Press at
present at Shanghai
MESSAGE FROM GEN. CH AFFEE.
Telia of Parade In Imperial Clly.
Harry Going la Manila.
Washington. Sept. A—The war depart
ment to-day received the following:
Taku, China.-Adjutant Oeneral.
Washington l’skln. Aug 25.-The offlesra
and soldiers of the China relief expedl
tlon send thanks to the President .and
Secretary of War for message of con
gratulation. Formal entry of the palace
grounds made to-day at I o'clock, salute
of 21 guns being bred at the aouth and
north gates. Troops of all notions partici
pated. the United B ate# by a battalion
XVI strong, composed of details from each
organisation present at taking of city.
Palace vacant with exception of about am
.ervants- Gen Barry for Manila uvday.
Danish coble Shanghai to Taku open for
business, connect with our wire.
Chaffee."
Airy ‘tu;juK.r.£:
"Taku. Ch.no. . Adjutant General.
Washington.—All quiet Pekin Bupplle#
promptly unloaded, forwarded Vhen di
p>„tlton# determined. All supplies re
ceived, troop# comfortable winter. No
communication Chinese officials after
Atig *. James H. Wilson, brigadier
general of volunteers, goes Pekin lo
ntght. Rockhlll. Shanghai. Telegraphic
commutrteaHon Pekln-Tlen Tsln had Ex
treme heat ended. All conditions satis
factory. Qo Nagasaki to-morrow; taka
first transport Manila. "Barry."
Gen. Barrv goes to Manila to assume
the duties of chief of staff to Gen. Mac-
Arthur.
annum attitide ukkd.
Kmlnml May Follow the Polley or
Fmperor William.
lain don. Kept. 7. 3.30 a m -Germany's
polite refusal to v.-tthdraw from Pekin I*
coenmrnted upon with keen satisfaction In
Ixvndon: and the hope la expressed l*>a:
Lord Salisbury will show similar firmness.
The British reply has not yet been for
mulated. Lord 8c llsbury desires to -on-
Mill his colleagues and has notified the
foreign Office of his Intention lo return to
l.ondon from the continent esrly next
week.
There la little doubt, however, that (ler.
many's reply I* the outcome of the dk
cuoskm carried on during tha last few
days between the Buropean cabinets and
that the compromlee policy of mainlining
the occupation of the capital but with
drawing the greater part of the troops
to Tien Tsln will be found to have met
with general concurrence.
From Shanghai tt la reported ►*' Ja '
~an has siotlfled the Powers of her will
ingness to withdraw her troop* provided
an adequate guard Is left for the leg*-
tlons. and on condition that China for
mally reqneats evacuaiion and open gen.
uine negotiation* for peace. Altogether
appearances are more hopeful, and It Is
likely that when Field Marshal Count
von Wa kfersec arrives! a fortnight hence
at Toku. he will find the allies agreed
upon eome common policy.
Chang Chi Tung, the Wu Ting viceroy,
has telegraphed an urgent appeal to the
British consul In Shanghai, urging Oreas
Britain to Institute prare negotiation*.
It Is reported that 2.000 Boxers have been
killed and wounded in conflicts with the
troops of Oen. Vuan Bht Ksl, military
governor of Bhan Tung.
‘•HI MUk MONROE DOCTRI * F*.**
Its Mod I Heat Inn Will Fnrnlab Wore
Prospect of t'onrard.
London. Sept 4.~What I* now designated
In (some quarters assn attempt to estab
lish a "Russian Monroe Doctrine" In Asia
seems doomed lo mndlflcallon. Hence the
prospects of the continued concord of the
Towers are believed to b* Improving
It Is fffougbt that the announcement fA
the names of the four personages appoint
ed by imperial edict as Chinese peece
commissioners will furnish Russia with a
plausible reason to Join In the American
demand for the appointment of a more
satisfactory commission and give Russia
ground tor delaying the withdrawal of her
troopa from Pkln until the Chine.* Im
perial party .hows a more conciliatory
disposition.
According o a dispatch from Shanghai.
It la reported there that Prince Tuan
hiding within easy reach of Pektm await
ing the result of the present conference
of the Powers.
The rumors emanating from Shanghai
• hat the expedition, which. It Is said, will
shortly start for Pao Ting, will go thence
to Tat Yuan Fu. capital of the provln
of Bhan 81. where the Dowager Kmpress.
Emperor and court are sojourning, can
b dismissed aa fantastic. The allied
fcrcei are In no way equipped for such
a crated#
Tha Boxers are still active In Shan
Tuag province An official dispatch from
Tala Tau reports that *OO Boxerw attack
•d a patrol of German marines near Lan
Tsuig Bept. 3 With the result that forty
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SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, IMO.
SUCCESSFUL TOUR
imY.%*** FerPRiTIVR CAMPAIGN n
WKn VIRGINIA.
DISCUSSED PEACE TREATY.
FAYOIIRO H %TIFIC%TION, A LAO
THE HirON RKMLITIO*.
Went Into Dftallrd E |lnnn I Inn of
Ilia Aftilndr-TNiMiKlil It \%>nll fit*
Etalrr tn Gtlk Ihr (|umllo at
I•ot* by litglNlatlon Thaa by IM
—Hr |ioti 11 fans llr|>onlblr
for Defeat of ll®ean HMolallna.
Col. Ilr>nn l (lark*ba;g.
WltMlltif, W. V®.. Mept. 4.-Tho tour ot
Wot Virginia, which waa beun lW<l*y 1
Ut by Hon William JfMilnp Bryan,
th* Democratic pre*kienti*l candid at*,
wa* concluded (o-i.igtu with a aprrOh ai
thl* place.
Ha tiivHal from Iwr Fark. by thr way
of Clarkahur* and P*rk*r*lurf to-day.
making three *p**che* of length, and two
or three other brief nnd informal talk* at
eocb place* an 8t Mary* an*) Bl*i*r*vllle
A* M tram came Into Wheeling. Mr
Bryan wan greeted by rl bonfire* and
the firing of rocket* in the auburb*. and
the railroad for oquarea wan lined 6y a
mnsu of humanity *tniggling manfully to
get a ft ret gllmpae of the candidate. The
.lay'* run cover* about 300 miles of rough
mountain railroading, which was In Itself,
no *mnll undertaking for hot weather.
Mr. Bryan, however, held up well and ap
peared quite fresh when he ascended the
platform at to-i!ght's meeting, and began
to address the Immense multitude wnlch
had amemhled to hear him
The three day’* tour is regarded by Mr.
Bryan and the West Virginia Committee,
who have been escorting him. .<* In every
way successful from a political stand
point. He has made, all told, six set
speeches and a number of briefer ad
dr-Hwes, and has had uniformly large
audience*. Th* crowds at ClarksOmrg
and Parkersburg were both meet respecin
b>e In number, while to-night's meeting
was exceptionally large.
At the Parkersburg meeting ei-I'nlied
Stare* isenntor Camden presided. He sup
ported Palmer and Buckner four year*
ago. To-day's meeting was held tn the
City Park, and the audience wa* one of
the largest and most attentive Mr. Bryan
has nad
The speech was devoted almost exclu
sively to the question of imperialism
While not holding lhat thl* was the only
imue. Mr Bryan said be did contend that
It was the question of paramount Import
ance. This wa* true because thl* ques
tion Involved the fundamental principle#
Of our government.
Mark Hanna Old ft.
Discussing the title to the Philippine Is
land*. Mr Bryan asked "who says the
Lord gave them to us." •
This question wa* answered by a voles
In the crowd: "Mark Hanna *•
This response elicited • shout and Mr.
Bryan replied:
"While I am not prepared to deny that
G and d(ns speak through the human rote*.
I do think lhat when h* get* ready to
speak to the American people he will
choose some other mouthplrre than Mr.
Hanna."
He contended lhat under the Republi
can scheme for the control of the Phil
ippine* the people of those Island* must
necessarily become subject* as they could
not be cltlxen* under those plan*, and
there was no place under a Republican
form of government for a subject
He charged the Republican party with
lack of svmpathy with th* Boer*, which
was anew e*|>erlence for that party, fot
never before In ll* history had the partv
failed to take a position In favor of a re
public struggling for liberty The secret
of (he prea nt attitude was, Mr. Bryan
.aid, the fear that If this country should
take a position favorable to the Boers,
the British parliament might declare for
the Filipino*.
The Peace Treaty.
In this speech Mr. Rryan discussed more
fully than at any tlnv before, the charge
that he had secured the reitth'sHon of thp
peace treaty with Spain. On this qu*w lon
he rt si:
"My Irtend*. I want to rail your atten
tion to on argument that th Republican
party set ms more fond of making than It
doe* of making any argument In defense
of Imperialism The main argument iliat
1 have been hearing lately In defense of
Imperialism Is that I helped to ratify the
treaty. Republicans give me too much
cr<dlt when they say I secured the rati
fication of the treaty. 1 have not .-et
found a single senator who has publicly
declared that he voted for the treaty be
es tse I want,*! him to, but B*naior Wel
lington has eatd that he voted for the
tr- ity because the President k*d him
to, end promised that the Philippines
should not be held permanently. If the
treaty was ratified, so that If you attempt
to prove that I am responsible for_ the
trealty you cannot do It, but you can prove
by Senator Wellington that the treaty
would not have been ratified but for the
promise of your Pveatdent. Bui I will say
that If the KcpubllrMn party will not as
sume the responsibility for the ratification
of the treaty, I will do It myself. (Great
applause.) I favored the ratification of
the treaty. I was not a senator and
did not have a vote I do not know that
my voice Influenced one single vote,
but I am willing to waive all that, and I
am willing to assume the responsibility
for the ratification of the treaty; hut.
Republicans, you must assume the re
sponsibility for the making of the treaty
and for everything that baa happened
since that treaty was ratified. That
treaty might hava given independence to
the Filipinos when It gave Independence
to the Cuban!. I believe that It should
have given Independence to them when
It gave Independence to the Cubans and
If. when It was made through the action
of the President, the treaty had given
Indepedenro lo the Filipinos as It waa In
dr pendence to the Cubans, not one drop
of American 'blood would have been shed
In the Philippine Island* from that time
to this. (Applause.)
Republicans Responsible.
"You ask who la responslhle for the
shedding of American blood In the Phil
ippine* and 1 aay that thae party l* re
sponsible for the shedding of blond that
was responsible for a treaty that made free
men of Cuban# and tried to make vassals
of the Filipinos (Oreet appsuse). When
that treaty came to the Senate |i had to
be met and thare were three things that
might ba done Flrat. the treaty could ha
ranted second. It could be amended If
there were vote# enough In favor of the
amendment, third. It could be rejected, It
pould not be amended because there were
not vote* enough, and If any in
lellt* you that that treaty could have heeti
aniuul*l In (he 8* nine 1 want you to r*-
that wh n the* Bacon rraol'lltoti
came before the £*u®tc It came with a tie
vct *rul the vote of the Republican tk*
| r>ft# nt defeated it. I did all I could to
get the Bacon renolu'kMt ptuoe.l
ano what Republican will nay tliit
I could have got the trfaty amended
whrn ! could not *** the rr*otutlon !*•**-
rd that promised itidef* ndenc* to the Fili
pino* ((Iran applauee.) Therefore we
were compelled to either accept the treaty
or reject It. What did a rejection of the
tre.ty man* ft meant one of two thing*
either the Pr**tdent would have to call
the new Henate together, which wa* over
whelmingly Republican, and then e pro
a ratification from the new Senate, or
#!*• he would have had to appoint anew
< ommlnHnn to make anew treaty If It
had been rejected If on the fourth day
of February he had called the new Senate
together on the fourth day of March and
had the treaty ratified by the new Sen
ate. then the delay would have done no
good But iwippoee he had appointed a
•*omml**lon to mike a new* treaty, who
couid tell what c mpllcatlon might arlee
while the new tr aty wa* being made. If
thoa# who opposed Imperlallßvn had re
jected the trea’y. they would have l*e
c me renponidble for all that might have
happened before the new treaty could
ha%e been ratified. We ha<J *een the K
ruhllcan party win the campaign of I*sk
by holding out to the r* jple the plea that
the nation might he dl*'r*dlted while It
dealt with a for*Un nal'on. and If a
new I'ommUaion ha 1 been *ent abroad It
would hwve prolonged the pontfM. ahd It
might hove carried It Into tt ?%r* *U)entlal
rampiign. then there would have l*een
no quention before the people upon which
their Ju'lgrnent could have ha n taken.
* The Vtncon IteMolntlon.
"1 favored the ratification of the ireatv.
not brew une It wo* good, but because *t
wa* eoaler to corr t It* ml*ake* by legi*
latjaui than by diplomacy. Whenever you
bear a Republican *ay that 1 am re*poo*l
t|e for the ratification of the treaty 1 want
you to lli*t*n hv *ee If he mi l* that I
al*n fhvored a rrrolutlon prAvmiwlng Hide.
IM-ndenee to th* T ilipln-w*. and yu will
ll*ten In vain The Republican wh >
charge* me with helping to ratify the
treaty I* not hcn*t enough fo tell % i
at the aame time that I favored a ir*o
lutmn that woukl have prevented o|-***l
- in the fhiliprfne Iland*. and make
them our friend* It.ftend of our enemie*
“I resigned my comml**lon In the army
on the loth day of Tteeember. the dav
the treaty wa* *igned It wa* accepo-d
on the 12th of December. On the 13tb of
December I gave out an Interview. It
wa* puhll*h*) on the morning of the
14th. *o that the Interview appeared two
day* after my reetgnatlon wa* accepted,
and In that Interview I pointed out that
It wa* better to ratify the treaty and de
clare thl* nation* purpose by resolution
which would prom4*e independence to the
Philipfdno* and end the war. than to re
Ject the treaty What Republican 1* hon
e*i enough to meet that !a*t proporhlon
and then way that 1 wa* wrong In the
light of the Bacon reaolution. If the Ba
con renoiution had pf*d we would not
have war to-day In the Philippine*, be
cause that was commenced a month lefora
a ehot wa* fired Republican*, you are
reefMinalhle for the defeat of the Bacon
reaolutfon. It wa* your vice prewldent
who ca*t the deciding vote, and fr un
that dav to thl* you have never promlaeil
)r*bu*endence to the Filippino* and you.
who prevented the promt*** of Indefien
•len e are re*pon*lb|e for the condition*
that now exi*t
••Don’t *ay that you have not had
time. When fongre** met you had time
to give to the national hank* a monopoly
of >our paper money, hut you dhln’t have
time to promlne Independence to the Fili
pino* You had time to turn the govern
ment over to tho*e who used It for pri
vate gain, hut you have not had time to
*top the war In the Pbtltwlne Inland* and
return to the Declaration of Independence.
You Republican* are very much afraid of
m 60-cent dollar, but yc.u are not afraid
of the 85 per cent dtl*en that you have
mode In Porto Rico. You are very much
afraid that we cannot maintain the parity
between gold ano a Iver. hut yon do not
worry about the difficulty of maintaining
the parity between the eltlten* here, and
the rltlaen* In Porto Rlci and the Philip
pine Island*.**
Talked of %I*M.
The meeting here to-night wa* held on
the wharf How many thousand people
were there It would be Impoewibk to aay.
hut there were quite aa many as *fj|d
hear M- voice, which ha* loat none of It*
power of penetration.
Mr Biyan apoke for an hour and three
quarter*, making thla the longeat sjieech
he ha* delivered during the campaign
At the t>eglnnlng of the speech a alight
rain wa* falling hut It did not have the
♦ fleet of drDlng the crowd away
Mr Bryan’* introduction attacked the
Republican party vigorous y, charging It
with dodging nearly all current !**u**.
Much of the *p*-eoh wa* devoted to tho
truat question On thla subject Mr Bryan
•ltd:
"Th* RspuMk-an party doss not discus*
th* trust question. When the RepuMtc.au
party Ida** about extstln* conditions.
Just remember that the trust condition
Is the main ,-ondttlon that It brans shout.
The Republican party h.as been In poorer
for nearly four years and yet more trusts
have hern oran!x*d tn the last three and
a half years than were organised In all
the previous history of the United Rtatea.
(Applause.)
"And yet. when you talk to people shout
• rusts, the only answer th* Republican*
mok*' Is that there Is great prosperity, hut
It Is always somewhere else. In some
other county "
"If you take Dun's report you will find
that every month In l**i shows more fail
ures than the same month th* year tie
fore. and you will find factories are be
ing closed and wages reduced."
He declared that all th- talk about the
enormous prosperity of Ike counlry Is
not true Even If true there were greater
things than a full dinner pall. The argu
men> of the hog trough was a slander on
workingmen who he believed could see
fsr enough ahead to see what militarism
meant for him Asa remedy for the
trusts be would squeeme the water tun
and put on the free list articles monopo
lised by trusts.
DIM AN AT A COt NTY FAIR.*
Crowds Gathered from 411 Dlreetlowa
to Hear Him.
Clarkaburg. W. Va., Bept. 4.—This place
had the honor of entertaining the Demo
cratic presidential candidate for a few
hours to-day.
The county fair of thla (llarrlsoni coun
ty la In progress, and Mr. Bryan was re
ceived at the fair grounds The announce
ment of his coming had been made
throughout thla entire section of th*
rountty. and as a consequence his admir
ers had come from far and near to see
and bear him The crowd was largs and
ih* gnthuaiasm manifested upon the ap
pearance of th* candidate was regarded
a* an excellent indication of the fiver In
which he Is held In th* community. The
train waa an hour late, but the crowd
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ROOSEVELT’S TRIP
HELD FIRST MEETING OF WEST
ERN TOI H IN DETROIT.
GREETED BY BIG AUDIENCE.
TIIIQ GOVFtHYOR* II.LtftTH ATIOft
Ofr MILIT AKlftMa
Much <if III* %litrrE Devoted to R*-
pita* to Mr. ltr>n*E Argument*.
Asaert* the Republican I‘urly I*
Responsible fon Ike Present Pros
perity—. The linn nnd the llnllnr.
£•> the Talk %hoot Imperialism
• nntl Vlllltnrlsnt Is Ahsnrd.
Detroit. Mich . Kept I —The Initial meet
ing of Gov. Roosevelt’* Western tour
which w* held in the hig .i**emhly room
of the Detroit Light Guard Armory to
night. was *ll that the Governor * most
ardent partisan* could have desired In the
point of attend®!*’* und enthusiasm
The floor and gallerl** of the great hall
were crowd*d and many were unable to
obtain standing room. The vice presiden
tial candidate received a tremendously en
thusiastic gretlng
When the Governor aro** to apeak, the
great crowd arose nlmhst rn masse and
remain*d standing and shouting for some
time The Governor** *p* rh occupied
tibviit an hour In delivery and wa* Ut*n
*l to throughout with thoughtful atten
t|* n. The telling n.irrattle ad wit y p nt<
were quickly caught and applauded
<h*v. Roosevelt gave the audience an ob
ject lesson when he asserted that our sol
diers in the Philippine* had les* to fear
from any body of armed bandit* n that
country than they had to fear from the
principle* of the Kansas City platform,
sr.d the success of the Democratic ticket.
He said five member* of the regular army
were present and he asked them lo stand
up that the audlsnc* might *ee their ty
rants Flva soldier* from the Fourteenth
Infantry at Fort Wayne, who occupied a
front seat, when thus Invited, arose, and
were applauded until their cheeks glowed
with blushes.
"Now.” rxclatme.l Governor Ho wev.'tt
"Behold your tyrants." The audit no*
shouted with laughter. "There are nerc "
continued the governor, "five soldier*. '*
tn.tti’ people Mi this audience, which I* a
larger per rcniage fo tyranny In this non**
than the percentage of Ih* regular army
hears to the whole number of the people
of this country.
Hepubllcaw Prosperity.
The following are extracts from Gov
Rooaevslt’* speech:
“IB ISM Mr. Bryan Insisted that 'plu
tocracy waw one one side and Democracy
on the other' tspeech of Oct. Hi and that
If he was heuisn 'the wage worker could
not prosper ' Well, e* a matter of fact,
the wage worker during the past four
years has prospered as never before; and
the same 1* true of all our clttxrn*. On
B*pi. Ik of that year Mr Bryan aald; 'lf
we were defeated In this campaign there
la nothing before the people hut four
years more of hard time* and greater ag
itation.' That statement carries with It
Its own reply. Have the last four years
been easier or harder lhan the three yfin
preceding? You know well enough that
they have been Infinitely better; and It
Is the Republican party which has restor
ed prosperity, for It ha* secured the (m
--dltlon* which gave free play lo enterprise
ami thrift. Mr Bryan continued In the
same speech: 'Do you think w# have
drained the cup of sorrow to ita dregs?
No, my friends, you cannot set a limit
to the present hard times ' But. as a
matter of fact they did ret a limit, for the
limit was not as soon as Mr. Bryan's de
feat was secured; and the limit would lie
instantly removed If he were now elec'-
ed. We would all return at once Into the
very condition from which the elec.ton of
President McKinley rescued us four yeer*
ago.
"11l the same speech Mr. Bryan said:
'Business men .omplaln that bualneas con
dition* are bad. I warn them that these
cut-dltlons cannot be Improved by follow
ing up the |edicts* Of the Republican (ar
ty. Well, let business men answer wheth
er lhat warning has or has not been uetl
tlrd VVh.it do you think of business con
ditions now a* compared with four year*
ago? • •
,Tke Dollar and the Man.
“We have been hearing a good deal re
cently of Mr. Bryan's statement that he
wanted 'to put the man la-fore the dollar
and not the dollar before the man.' There
are certain conditions to which such a
statement might apply; bin It cannot
possibly he compared with Mr. Bryan's
other statement of Bept. 19, pt 9, in which
he denrouneed the gold dollar as a 'rob
ber' dollar. one statement means Jusl
ns much aa the oilier and no more. In
stead of bothering about whether the man
I* ahead of the dollar or the dollar Is
ahead of the man. or whether toe gold
dollar Is a 'robber'—whatever that may
mean—or anything else preposterous, let
u* fix our attention on the fact that the
polley followed for the last three years
has resulted In bringing the man urn!
the dollar together. That I* what a man
really wants whether h* la behind of In
front of the dollar. He warns to get
hold of a dollar, and not forty-eight
cent*. When a man con get hold of a
dollar, he I* Its master: and when he
cannot get hold of It, then he cannot
master It At present we give the wage
worker work and we provide that he I*
paid full value for his work. That !a the
only practical way to bring the man and
the dollar together on term* which will
give the man the advantage, and the
fact of having actually carried ou the
policy which secured this, of having don*
the deed* which produced these condi
tions. la worth to the laboring man ten
thousand times more than all the fine
phrases that can ever be utterly! aa to
some wholly Imaginary precedence of po
sition between the man and (he dollar he
earn*. • • •
Mr. Hryss'i Irgsatrsla.
"ftomeilme* Mr Bryan would go into
more specific prophecy In his Madison
Bquare Garden speech he Insla'e.l that
saving* hank depositor* under the gold
standard would he liable lo loee their de
posit* and If the gold standard continued
Indefinitely, would have in withdraw their
deposits In order lo pay living expense*
Wall, last year (19*9) there were In the
Dotted Mate* k.ffif.lW) saving* hank de
positors. a* against 5095 000 in the year
when Mr. Bryan spoke, and the amount
of their deposits had Increased by MB.-
000.000. Evidently Mr. Bryan did not make
a happy shot when he prophesied that
If the gold standard continued the deposit
ors would tore their deposits, or would
have to withdraw them
t "Again, In hla speaen at New Haven,
he dwelt upon the fact that If the gold
Manriard continued the number of fall- j
urea among business men would Increase
Well. In ldR. a* compared to IRK. the
number of failures had shrunk from over
U.ONO to less than lo.twi. and the M*bUtt!‘
from over Izy.ffo'dM to less than |WMn>.
♦ofl. Ag tin Mr. Bryan's prophecy did not
prove happy
**ln his Chicago speech he dwell upon
the fart thrt If the gold standard con
tinued It m*tnt half lime In th** factor tea
and douhk- lime on the farms. You have
only to look at any factory you know to
appreciate the unconsciously humorous
slds of that statement • • •
Alatenirnta and Farts.
"I have shown you how little Mr Bry
an’s utterance* 111 the past have squared
with the facts, whether he was dealing
with finance, or whether h was dealing
with intrlotlsm. and It Is exactly a* true
to-day whin he and the makers of th*
Kansas City platform talk of imperialism
or militarism On* reason that makes it
difficult to seriously argue either question
I* that so far as I know there is no man
In the t’nlted Ht.iles who believes In eith
er lmiertalism or militarism They are
purr phantoms of an even more shadowy
and Intangible quality than the Iniquitous
•robber gold dollar* which disturbed Mr
Bryan so much four year* ago The regu
lar army I* not nearly as numerous, rela
tively to the whole population, as is the
New York police force relatively to the
populat.on of New York, and it is liter
ally as alsurd to predicate militarism or
Imperialism on th* *!** of the army, a*
It would b* to see tn the nutn!er of police
men a menace to personal liberty. There
Is no more chance of a draft to fill one
body than to fill the other, and there Is
even less chnc* In the cass of the amiv,
that It will lie used againat our freedom.**
A %*•YII.I.K’N POri LATIOW.
It Mas wtl.ttlUl People, the Increase !
Ilelsa Only (MY Per t ent.
Washington. Bept (.—The population of
the city of Nashville. Tenn., a# officially
announ-Vd to-day Is: I*o. *0.945; 1990. 7*.-
l.
There figures show for (he city a* a
whole an Increase In population of 4.4*7,
or 9.17 per cent from I*9“ to 19(0
The population In 1M was 4J.SW. show-
Ing an Increase of 12.91*. or 76 70 per cent
from IMO to 1100
Th* population by ward* In 1W \* ar
follow*:
Ward 1. 4.352. Ward 2. 5.M0; Ward *.
3,944. Want t, 4.19*. Ward 5. 1.414; Ward
*. 1.1191; Whrd 7. -1.933 Ward 9. 4.131. Ward
9, 1.290. Ward In 2.(109. Ward 11. 2.939;
Wool 12. 2.493. Wool 19. 5.9*9. Ward 14.
5,912; Ward IS. 4.954. Word 19. 4,241. Ward
17. 1.9*5, Ward 13. 3.351; Ward I*. 4.399;
Ward 19). 1,929.
CK9MM 9 OF OTHER (TTIRS.
f
Lincoln, Teh., allows a Loss of l,lMifl,
or MY.IT Per rent.
Washington. Sept 4—Tha cennue bureau
to-day announced the puptilallon of Tren
ton. N. J . to he 71.207, a gain of 15.949 or
27 B* per cent.
Allantic City, N J 17.139, gain. IMM or
113 34 per cenl. • A
Lincoln. Neb.. 10.1(9. loss 14,945 or 37 17
per cent.
Galveston. Tex.. J7.7<Y; gain 1105 or
29 93 per cent
Peoria. 111. 54.109; gain U. 074 nr 39 73 per
cent.
POPri.tTta.tl OF MOBILE,
*
Census Ftgarea Give It 39,449, nr
MJI.ro I’er Cent. Increase.
Washington. Kept. 4.—The population
of the city of Mobile. Ala., a* officially
announced to-day !■; 190 V 34,449; 1(90, 31,-
07*
These figures ihow for the city aa a
whole an Increase In population of 7.1*9.
or 23-79 per cent., from I*9o to 1900 The
population in 19*0 was 29.132. shoeing an
increase of 1.944. or 4.47 per cent., from
lie. Jo 1990
The population by ward* In I*oo I* a*
follow* Ward 1, 4.4*0; Word 1. *74: Ward
I. 911: Word 4, 1.454; Ward 5. 3.434; Ward
4. 7.245. Ward 7. 9.2*0; Ward 9. 10.145.
MORE TROI'HI.E Ih COLOMBIA.
Vice President Imprisons President
and Takes t hargr.
Washington. Bept. 4,-The ITnlled Htatsa
vice ronnti 1 at Bogota called at the State
department to-day hearing upon hi* per
son dispatch** from Mr. Hart, the I’nlled
Htales minister at Colomhta
According to the vice consul there ha*
been a coup d'etat In Colombia, and the
vice president, Marroguln. has retard the
rein* of power*. Imprisoning the President
and the minister of foreign affairs. Great
confuepm exlat* In governmental affair*,
reveral brenche# of the government re
fusing lo extend recognition to Marro
guln. The diploma'lr lvdy at Bogota la
mid lo have adopted a similar course, A
rigid censorship makes It difficult to get
the truth out of the capital, and this was
one of the reason* why Mr Hart* dis
patch** were brought to Washington by
the vice consul Instead of being Intrusted
to the ordinary mall hag*.
The state department I* not yet ready
to extend recognition to the new govern
ment In Colombia, but will ha guided en
tirely by the reports, delivered by Mr.
Hart, upon condition* In Colombia
LIBIT. tIftKWKJi IS tIIMIIU.
lie and Private ((’Flaherty May
Have Hern Mnrdered.
Washington. Bept (.—News wa receiv
ed at the war department lhat First Lieu
tenant Richard Henry Brewer. Company
F. Twrnty-aeventh Infantry Volunteers,
a Washington hoy. In company with I’rl*
I vglg O'Flaherty, of hla company, left No
vallchee for Manila on July IJT last. Neith
er ha* been heard from since
Lieut Brewer had with him SI,OOO In
Mexican currency which he had been In
structed to deliver at headquarter* In
Manila, and tt Is feared lhat he and hi*
companion have been raptured by a rob
> her band of Ladronea. The tnoney was
the surplus remaining after Idem Itrewer
. had paid off the native* at Novsllchea
i for the building of a corral and quarters
1 at that place.
Lieut Brewer Is a grandson of Judge
Hrewsr of Indianapolis He was appointed
to ihe army from civil I fa, and received
hla commission. July 3, 11*9
CONTROLLER HOHIaS DEAD.
He Med JiSvtsJpern Nc-nnmlnated by
New York Rrpshllrsai.
Albany. N. Y , B*pt (.—William J Mor
gan ct Buffalo, controller of the state of
New York, and who was re-nomlnated for
the office yesterday, dttd early to-day. He
was hrevretted lieutenant colonel for gal
lantry In the Civil War. He had been on
the editorial staff of fh* Buffalo Commer
cial for twenty years.
DAILY %s A YKAR.
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WEEKLY f-TJMKa-A-WKEK.iI A YEAR
TO GO ON THE STUMP
OOROfaMlim LVVI*G*TO* W ILL
m*kak n m.w v.
EXPECTS A BRYAN VICTORY.
tFTEH NEW JEH SKI HE WILL OO
TO WENT VIRGINIA.
W 111 .Irralax lh- hart,
fnr It# lllu I. -lla i.ilr.l Mei li.ml#
llrallna With Faria HI.-a anti, thr
l'litll|>l>ln-#— n> • Harr I lima.
rrxlt Will mt- Hark—Hrlli-vra
< IrvrlAntl W ill hantt Drt-larr fnr
Hr, an.
H .txhlnkttxn, Bf[#. I. ~ Ktpmmtxtlvx
lan Uvtniatnti of Gt-orala ha# tm#n In
W anhlnstoti for a frw .Myx xtlrmtlnif lo
hla .(ultra on tht> liwlnxtrtal CnmnaU.lan.
Ha Iravea hara thla avanlna for Nrar Jar
>ry. whare ha will rncafr actively In Ihn
i-iilli|>nln for the rlrrtlon of llryan and
tha Drtnn.rallc llrkrt. ('ocnnirnrliw at
t'ankUn. In* will mukr a tour of thr prtn
cl|tal rltloa of Nrar Jarray, maklnff
tqn-ccha* for the Damoorata on thr way
through the alatr.
<'oncrr##n>an Llvln#tnn thinks tha ran
.llllona thruußhout thr country ara vary
favorable for the election of thr Deroo
cratln ran.llit.ttr. an.l he aay# Bryan will
Im> electro. Hr aaya hr Intends to mikx
■prt-.-hr# In New Jecwry, arralgntns tha
dttilnt#tratlon for It# hltfh-handrtl moth
ort# of .Irallna with the territory which
wa* acquired by the Untied Ditto tut tho
coneequenc, of our war with Hiuln and
nl#o for the rerklrs# exin-ndltura of money
by Ihn Keptibllcana. and the numrroua
■carvlalx under the regime of Kathbone,
Neely and the other rarpethaggers #ent
ax the agents of thl# government to ad
minister the affair# of the unsuspecting
people of the Inland of Cuba anti Porto
Rica.
Col. Livingston Is of the opinion that
the Chinese question Is In very had shape,
as a rrault of the pollry of the dt|d.mvit*
of the Republican party, and F very anx
ious a# lo the final outcotnn of the pres
ent difficulties growing out of tha Rus
sian pf.jrSStien:, and Iha 3-**'naSma la
(ha United Rtates of that position. Ha
dr. Isrr.l that people, who have been fol
lowing the Chinese developments from i
day to day, to the neglect altogether of
national potlttes. now seem to take little
Intereet in the diplomatic negotiations,
which are progressing slowly between tha
Rower#.
In a very few weeks, said he pot It tax
will he tha one theme far dtxcuosion on
the xtreat corner#. In the country store,,
and everywftate . -a In the United
where men .ongregnte to gossip aver
national affairs.
Gold llrxisrnta f nmtnit Hark
Col. Livingston regard# a Bryan land
slide us aHnns: a .eriglnty, and said
In connei’tion with the announcement of
former Kecrclnry of jtistr. tilnry amt for
filer Ucwtmavter General Wilson, for
Bryan:
"The whole gold standard faction of tiio
Hetnorratlc party la falling Into line for
Bryan, to emphasise their disapproval of
McKinley's vacillating ami uncertain for
eign ifolicy The letter which Mr Olney
submitted In announcing hla allegiance
to the regular Democratic ticket. |a tn M
seif. on, of the strongest < ami>atgn docu
ments that can he produced, nnd the Dem
ocratic National and <V.ngresatonal Cam
paign Committees should place l In tha
hand# of every voter, from one end of tha
country to the other. His reason# for
rejecting M Klnlcvl.m and accepting Bry
an.sra are unanswerable and contain Ihe
same stmp vigor and tmmkilterated Amer
icanism which characterised hla t Igorous
and successful administration of the de
partment of atate during Cleveland's km
administration
"These announcements on ths pari of
Mr Olney and Mr Wilson, which are
calculated' to strike consternation, will!
be followed by • public declaration by
former President Cleveland to the same
effect."
"Another thing that I regard as partic
ularly favorable fo the cause of Democ
racy." Col. Livingston went on lo aay.
"Is the result of the recent campaign In
Vermont The astonishing result In that
state which has always been regarded aa
. one of the wrong holds of the Hepubll
■ cgnx. Is very encouraging to the Bryaa
; leaders. Then. too. the polls, which
have been taken In different stateo
I throughout the country, and piirtlcuarty
the ope taken In Indians by the Repub
licans thenwelves In which they acknowl
edged the state Is Democratic by K.IVM
majority, will encourage the Democratß
and will help decide many vole PS who
are at present undecided by reason of
the misrepresentations of the Republi
cans. that the country I# overwhelming
ly for llryan, and that he la the man for
them lo vol* for.. ,
lla,te Are Dlatraatfol.
"The masses of the United fftatea ara
iltsvatlsrtrd with the high-handed man
ner tn which the McKinley administra
tion has carried on foreign matters, help,
ed the trusts and corporations to the de
triment of the small manufacturers
' throughout the country, and generally
mismanaged delicate affaire of national
imirtance and they are prepared to
•how this dissatisfaction at the polls, tn
November.
“Another thing greatly In favor of Mr.
Hryan # election." continued the Colonel.
"Is the fact that the leading newspapers
of the country, which were an hostila to
the cause of the Democrat# In IDM, ara
now sngag'd In saying nice th ngs of Mr.
Bryan and arraigning the R publican ad
mlnlattatlon for Its Imperialistic tenden
cies.”
Col. Livingston, after concluding hla
apeeoh-maklng tour of New Jersey, will
proceed to West Virginia and engaga In
ths campaign there He has been hard at
work practically all the summer and de
serves credit for his sacrifice of hla vaca
tion months In the Interest of his party.
Hl*lt W \T Ml I H fOIL
llrllrird a Ills C and art llaa Jaal
Rarn Concluded.
Norfolk. Va., P*pl. —Biton Paraon,
Ruaaian naval a*.nt who raturnad to
Waahlngton !at right, cam* to aa Cot.
WVIItn Lamb, arrni for Caatnar. Cur*an
and Bulllll. tba frncahontaa Coal pacpla.
and It la ballavad in lha trada concludad a
contract undar w| !ch lha Ruaalan navjr
wiS: b* anppllad with coal from (hta for;
Kaporia that aoma forrlcn rowan woo
•atkmg lo ebortar ahlpa In England to
carry one million tona of coal from iMa
country acroaa Uia aaa. hava bean currant
4k.r ac-ma urea.