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VOL. XXXIJI. NO. 37.
BRYAN SPEAKS IN MARYLAND
Senator Wellinqton Formally Renounces His Adherence to the
Republican Party—Hon. W. J. Bryan Received With Great
Enthusiasm in Maryland and West Virginia.
Cumberland. Ml. September 4 —At the
er- • ■ ■ t the flmmcrn tic enmpatm for
)t,nl and Went Virginia here tonight
ll,>n W, J. Bryan and United States
F • -.it G«*orge I*. Wellington. who was
.!. -t.-i as a republican. ai>p-®rr<! on the
■ r p' atform. Both were In g<»d voice.
F« nator Wellington’s speech, read from
tnanu 'crfpt. marked hl® formal n ntincla
tlo . of party ties on amount of the Is
► ic- pr-'Wing out of the war with Spain.
Brynn spoke witta'Ut notes. The
rncj had t>een an arduous one. (Wer
lte. U eluding the trip from Chicago,
at' it twenty-four hours, but h<- spoke
wt’h I cu'tomary vigor. J’tiring the
1 Bn •»> made a number of
I : -a ‘ !r> - from the train platform,
trait’ was boarded at Benwood
I- . after crossing the OMo river
■ t i." 1“ receive him. Mr. Bryan
I d the train Colonel J. C. M«-
~ .. . . ratio national cotnmitt«-<-
nai ot West V irginia, #tnd Colonel I. V.
J. . the :-ers->nn| representative
•• * G. rm in. national commiitee
ii*an ; r this state.
I:- t uil’.g at Benwood. Mr. Bryan
-»• ui suci -i:on at Cameron. M.«n- !
.■trno-nt. Grafton. Deer Bark
a.- • m ade very briei
r.: ari - at a few other places.
A « »«• to-i 1.- referred especially to ;
ib -in p’ a of prosperity, say- ■
li k n it the workins man wanted not
■ dinner pail." but much more ;
i- i.< rg 1. slgmlicantly. rt.at ,
at l« • ssarj to tl«e e«-
i-te and comfort of the workingman
...if proportion to the lu
cres-. I price of labor.
Den.as's Story of TTs Farm.
During tie day Mr. Bryan’s attention ;
extract fireaa • Wtw ‘
York republican new-j'.ii- r saying that '
he had'ma le m -r. money out of the ,
oat er- p raised on his Lincoln tarm the
present season than the entire farm had '
... j . ■n- i at » •
I’. acres ol land. Commenting upon this I
statement. Mr. Bryan said:
rile nure farm cot.tains only- thirty .
a- and <• -t n.. nearly ♦Wi, althougn :
ti. i nut worth that much loda>.
I • *:«ting •. < re- in oats. I had •
lie r, -in o its and the outs have ;
.. jet i" ■■ 'hr.-n»«l. iney will hardly •
\i -i "-rty u..-t sto the a* re. Outs, in- 1
r- i: g cents a bushel in Ne- j
brassa. ar.- w.-rtfa cents -n Chicago, ■
ii .i. r -p wiil not ’.ring me over H"-” ■
>uhl an i «p< r» use my farm to
; - . . -r.dition Os the !
. f. i If niv rxi- r.-.i.’e -• fair liliis- I
li -n »f want is Fod’-W 0,1 * n ,h *’ c '»ut»- ;
- t at Ih. ret ‘i'll '
At Fairmont. Mr. Brian c.osed as fol- I
-■lac republican policy means that we 1
•- -c. a tortn -<l republic here- and a ,
; • • f «!<. luttem m the orient. ih« .
: ;-j -i -rno in !'»• that we could not .
hit- < -tandar.l of money; now 1
t: y iiai. i double s indard ot govern- •
l. i'.; ■ We advueat.d a
;. . -it d <r. t lb. v have an -si per cent ,
n> •> -,t It-. •». and we don't k.icw <
V. r- .f eituniiship th. Flllpmu’ l
I l:i - • tiie reput ins said every
K. las every o ner dol- ;
... we - • that . very <-tizei. shall
. . . a- ..i tiier eitiseti. and mat !
nstitut oa shall prat* t them .
a.l. ’
At «.r ift n Mr Bryan said that he was
. .V.-t t ire nt ito <k» better for I
- • . • -r than it did in 1
;• r.c i. -I no « onpiaint tn make of j
ti. n MMT of v--t.es he re- - ived at that
taa.. T t.-oui-A- then was the repub’dc- I
a .ad mot • v de than he had counted
<i. H. -nt.nu.d.
• -r* t.l an i-irtv Is drifting awav
fror tit. ... .- in: r- st. Y-.u are at |
■t . .« ...th-i the eti.iit.ons I
li" V 'th. m I l-lirvr the)
j. : 1-. a- -ite-v.- tn.- man. that tn- -
» . the man a* a m tn. an-l -
. a . ..ns .oration the gov- !
■ - -v -. th. t p list, an party is giv- |
: < - - ir-gein.-nt to orgaa.Sed ,
v. .li- . i - • i.--t by ti« .r na- |
Speech at Deer Park.
V; - ■ n ’< ft the train I
f. -.w' - o.ir.try home. |
1 . trture tr--m th- new i
t. a. • m i.y Chilrm .n J n-s 1
t1.., . « awav fr->m the car to
n . • i tal .-, ehes. This eseepcton |
wa I -a p.-- »sant diversion, and ■
jwrt •s . re'of the nature of a social I
. it; i. : a i • ■' ii evperlrnce. Here
: ..i to Air M< -
• • neighbors, and fcftt f-
•i. Mr. Bryan was in
tr du--t i in v ry laudatory language by
<•„ - - hn a . The beauriftil sur-
M <;• .w’.- h -m
--»... I to h rd .aspiration for Mr.
j. ■ t. - i-mi'k-s which were few. lit
t,.-i •!-.• i imnur resort and see
c ■ • .nd lieautiful things
» a f vv comparative ‘y i
, . .it'!.- utitry. arc able to ■
.nJ -. • t> •• I • ni- It is tn thought
t| prrmost in my mind
v re. ar Ibe lakeMde.
■ ». i.i.iiti * the sunim. r time.
; -1 woti-i-r wln »h-
. ■ it > ds I*, r.atiiral or to human l >ws
H, ,t .v- i- j I.- are c.im'H'llr.l to
t. il thy « r round or have so little op-
■ . - - -n I -
I . ve i to li-im in laws ami
, .tl - laws . f God. I he-
lm ve ii- --v r•> • • l< not idministcri*d i
iii-i be for the protec- |
t • f ail .a lft r th. •!
vano n t •• .. int. r.sts of all. And
wh. n w- protest agaiast !• gi-i-ction wha-li
i ::rg the
arm® ..f - •> -irth. r ai.-l further apart,
w- ar» »i'-t..’!v .1-. -pi-< I is «ii-turt-c-r.® ot
t-- ; • ... dls.-ont. nt
1 :..l ’*.-i • 1 tract. ’ !z»-d as anar-
rbh-ts. b’.t *h- •• who l-ring this a< cusa
t ■ i at tly or
w 'lful'v Th I- nothing In the pein-l
ei-- • f th- party- to whi- h I Iw-long that
v •- ml a n in tn do o-isht to injur.-
th>- pro: r" of anv nan • r to put an ol»-
f In the w-ay . f the h-.neat accumu
-•...'a: All that We s-'.-k is
t,, , a' >• ho ’h-
« It and protect him from
I r .am it V.- Id ts make the rest of
ti . wb. tn • -as tto know- that
„ r. » re aldo to y-t’ I lielleve It
would in- - i the enjoyment of these
wt.o row «-i '• summer retiorts to know
that every * a- in- r<-..---« the numb.*r of
thus, who m! -'>: partnke in the sitmmer
t|n • .-f tli • r. <-r ..tion and reeiip. ® iti-.n
, . -.y rth n.'tlve performance of
the dutl. s ..f Ilf--.”
1h- s --P -«t D.. r Park consumed about
sn h- ur and n half rnd the Journ-y to
Cucitw-land was tot r>«umr| until about
<:3I o‘c!.»'k.
Speech at Cumberland.
The principal m ■ >ing h. to was held
rt the Acail.-m.- *>f M isle, beginning at V
p'elrck- Mr. Reran w»« -wtved with
ii a volume of applitise which fairly’ shook
the building. The hall was crowded to
Its dome, and the meeting was a very en
thusiastic one throughout.
nator Wellington made the flrst
speech of the evening. He was frequent
ly applauded, although at limes there
were very pronounced hisses. The Mary
land senator tn declaring his opposition
Ito the pres-mt administration and his de
teiminatiun to support Mr. Bryan, said it
was because us his views upon the Span
’ Isii w*r and because of his opinion io
iii<|a-riallsm. lie said in part.
ha ii.. g.0.-n.m 'ital po.i'-y "t I’resl
d.nt McKinley was develop'd 1 was
1 cump. 11.-1 to diff.'t from it at several
(k.iuis and gave evidence ot my ilisagi.e
--1 metit ill the s|" e-'tivs delivered by me
during the past three years upon the Hour
<•1 the senate, touching the Spanish-
American war, the Pmiipplne islands.
I Porto Ki, o and the South Alriean affairs.
I'lHin the principles tie r, in advanced I
stand tmlay. 1 gave friendly warning
| to the republican party that 11 they be
• came responsible lor certain policies I
1 would lu-t follow. Therefore, the party
| having become so responsilile, I am com
| |H-ll.d to retuse submission to its behests
and to range myself against it for con
science.
"I cannot see my way clear to Inveigh
; against imperialism, against th.? uncon
stituttonality ut attempting i<» enslave the
inhabitants of the Philippine Islands and
j the dishonor of breaking our pledge io
t.’uba, and then, b'cause of the mandate
I <>f a sinlstt r influence which dominates
' the president, forswear my convictions,
s. t at naught my declarations and do as
j Senator ib.ar and others, appeal to the
1 pas; and future. The past la dt id. 1
I i annot change It. No appeal will reach
I its deaf ear. The future is not in my
I keeping and It is not in my power to
I t-*«di!on it. Ther-'fore. I am here tonight
I to reiterate the convieffons I voiced in
j the senate and record my opposition to
| the principles of President McKinley as
■ evidenced In his foreign policy. and with
I all the vehemence of a piisitive nature,
• protest against the violation of the prin
ciple Upol which I'lir governin'nt is
founded, against the <1 serration of the
' constitution and th.- reversal of ...e pol
■ icy- which has given us a century nnd a
j quarter of national life, mich a- the liis
-1 to-v of inaii hath net recorded In any
! ace or clime.
'I . -u li re tonight to d- clare my tin
iait'-raide Antagonism to the policy of
lini riallsm and my opitosltlon to the rep
r< .-■ ntaiiv. of that vicious principle. It
In an occasion of more than ordinary
i iirjMvrtancv for any man to antagonize
• th-- iKdltlca! party which he has s< rv- d
| for a quarter of a century, to which he
j has giv.n the best years of his life and
■ for which he has achieved some success.
- It brings much bltt.rn.ss and vituper.a
--' tion Th. vials of wrath have already
' l»M-n ot- n« d upon me and th re will l><-
I mu-'h that Is unpleasant in the work I
I have to do. 1 liave. b'-vv.'. -. -l-t t
ir..r..-i to dn that which I b .u VC -•? lie
1 for tin- test interests of mr country, and
I I do so In the same spirit which was
I manifested by Lincoln when he stood
| upon the steps of the national capltol,
t and in hl.- inaugural address, said:
Will Oppose McKinley.
*• "With mali'-e toward none, wi'h ch.tr
| tty for all. with flrmn- ss to do the right
as God gives me power to see the right.’ I
v i; \ .!iitv. and In th-* per
formance of that duty I find it necessary
not only to oppose the re-election of
f*r» -Id- nt McKinley, but to emphaslz<
that position by supporting his nnt.it- ui.st
, who in this election stands for fro- gov
; ernrnent according to the constitution.”
Continuing he said the nation was nt
the parting of the ways and must decide
I for all time for weal or for woe. and ho
believed the present tendency of the re
i publican policy was full of dangers of
' inevitable disasters.
Senator Wellington did not believe there
was any- danger of materia! changes in
the tariff ind tin inclal laws in case of
Mr. Bryan’s election.
i "In the last congress." he said, "the
1 money measure tweame a law.
i -Th -e questions are settled for th-*
-
danger of an atta< k upon the tariff, not
j withstanding the tact that the r< puhil an
party- has surrendered the idea of pr >-
to- tion. And there Is not at Issue in this
campaign any direct legislation upon the
m< ney question, for 'h- r.- is no possibility
tliat 'there should be, within the next
f..ur y«ars after Mr. Bryan’s election,
j unified majorities in both houses of con
| grraa.”
At the mention of the probability of
i
I had f-T a limo been growing tn volume,
btcame f. rocious. The senator stopped
■bort In his si" ech and raid:
| "Did you ever hear that there were
three things that hiss now nnd th. n? -
the first a serpent, the second a goose
land the thin! a fool."
This sally brought out a roar of ap
' plause, which was followed by a still
v me of hts'es. Them soon sttb
j sided, however, and afterwards the In
terruption w.re for a time neither so
freqm nt nor pronounced. Continuing Mr.
Wellington referred to Admiral I'evvej s
"bloodless victory ”
“Embroilment with the natives follow
ed." he said, and went on. "they were
jealous of foreign power. They honed
for treatment as allies; they longed for
j freedom; they demanded the right to es
, tabilsh their own government, it was de-
* The policy of equivocation upon the
• pwrt of our administration began and an
1 outpost skirmish, for which no responsi
ble party has yet be-n found. «is made
i the pretext of fierce, cruel and relentless
war. It has lasted two campaigns. It
has cost us many precious lives and
lo'.'irlv five hundred millions of money of
: the gold standard by this time Yet what
have we ac<ompllshetl? At the end ot
the first campaign the Filipinos are with
in five miles ot Manila. Since that t’me
we are regal'd fr»qu«-ntl>- by reports that
the war is almost over. But the other
day an American garrison surrendered
to the Filipinos and I doubt whether our
lines have Itceii mucn advanced beyond
the five miles for a year.
Reference to Admiral Schley caused
loud applause, tliuugh not so much atten
tion was given to the assertion that "tin*
gentle Roosevelt was s.ived from utter
annihilation by a colored regiment which
swept over an-l beyond him.
Referring to his position upon the Paris
treaty he said he had voted for It be
cause he wanted to tiring the war to a
< technical as well as to a real close. He
lad. h •wever. July consented to give his
vote after securing the president’s as
surance that it was not his purpose to
permanently acquire or to hold, against
the consent of the inhabitants, the Pril
ipplip islands; that it was his purpose to
restore law and order by American arms
in the contest then being waged and to
prevent foreign interference in the at
tain «.t the archipelago.
Speaks of Paris Treaty.
"This was my understanding and upon
that promise I voted for the ratification
of the treaty. Without my vote it would
not have been ratified. The treaty was
r-’“ied. but the promise of tfie president
was not fulfilled. 1 will do Mr. McKinley
Justice. When he gave the pledge he in
tended that it should be kept. I believe
I his nurpuse then was that there should
: be no nermanent acquisition; that there
should be no enforcement of American
authority against the will of the natives,
but that there should be an upbuilding
power 'hat would give the foundation
of a government of their choosing and
that we would treat with them, receive
their concessions anti protect them in
their liberty against the world. But, clr,
that Intention faded away against the
malevolent influences that have pursued
his administration and made themselves
felt. Gradually the president changed
front. <’"tigress had adjourned; the treaty
had been adopted; the stipulated price
was paid; oor armies continued fighting
during the Interrcgum of a congress. The
first campaign had been a failure. An
other campaign has about begun.
As Senator Wellington proceeded the
signs of disapproval began again to min
rl.» with the applause. There were occa
sional cries of "put Idm out.” Ono voice
yelled "Bell'diet Arnold,” and another
called for "16 to 1.”
Referring to Porto Rico the senator
• ailed att< ntion to t»>e attitude first and
, last of the president on Wils subject. He
, r< iterat- d his charge of a secret all'unce
with Gr< it Brit iii a: era i umm try of
other e.vetit.s wnieii have J< d up t° tlie
present campaign. Mr. W ellington said.
"Such .n brief aro th- events which
have 10l up to ihe present campaign and
i have fashioned th.- policy of the repub
; Ik-an administration under tip- leadership
! of 1* < sident McKinley. Such has been ins
: vacillating conduct and hi.s policy. Weak
i in its nature, it Is worse than that of t‘>e
I tyrant It 1- ids to the. same end. It com
mits our country to tin* doctrine that we
should be Ire,- our ' V.s. but yet enslave
•dher people. It "inmits the American
republic to the English system of coloni
zation. 1 for one register my antagonism
• . this propMition. i i'-L-v th.it it s
detrimental to the best interests of our
well being, i > our financial, com
m-Tclal. intellectual and social advance
j m- nt. Further. I believe that ft Is a me
' nace, dark and strong, to the existence
of self-government among u.s.”
Mr Wellington declared his conviction
' that "Preside it McKinley Is but the pro
i consul of tin English queen In the man
! agement of American affairs.”
At the conclusion of Mr. Wellington’s
address he was loudly applauded. Mr.
Bryan was promptly Intr aluced and the
applause wli. h had welcomed hts flrst
appearance w is repeated.
He began by referring to Senator Wel
j lington's pe> h as a notable occurrence.
He also rebuke 1 the hissing of the sena
tor’s utt'-rances. asking If those who had
be- n guilty of this conduct had conducted
themselve ß ’in a like manner when the
g.dd standard senators had left the dem
ocratic party. A.s .Mr. Bryan proceeded
ho was i heered and applauded, and It
soon i'eeamo evident that notwith
standing h's criticism of some members
of the audience he had the respect, if
tv t the go."’ will, if ail there. He. declar
'd that Nt*. "Willington could not come
to th * .1-moc-.'ltlc party cither for m .is y
' r f< r .ionor, and said ii must lie that
Ids only reason could In* the belief that
Ids country was In peril. From this point
n drifted Into his general argu
m> nt. taking up militarism, which he re
gird'd as an actual and present menace.
If the stand ng army had been Increased
’ from 2.\flol> t . 100,600 In the past four
! years, he ask'd, was it not possible that
It might be «-nl irg' d t" ♦"'.OHO In the next
> four yearn und r r publican rule.
Mr. Bryan spoke very briefly to the
In Id. rv eting, nnd then adjourned to
the overflow meeting outside.
There w is a large attendance of people
tin r<* from Pennsylvania as well as from
Maryland Virginia and West Virginia
were well represent'd. Colonel Victor
, Baughman Introduced ex-Governor i'attl
in, of 1*« nnsylvanla. Governor I‘attl
■ 'ii spoke at length and was liberally
‘ applauded.
, Mr. Brian's speech here was a dlscus-
■ n of in ,'" ri:ilism. There were, he said,
, only exen ■ s given for our acquisition
of the Philippines. The first of these
• was that then Is money In it; the sec
ond that tlod I® In It, ami third, that
He are in it. Who would dare say that
trade could be purchased by human
i blood? Who would tlx the amount?
• "If we re tn it, wh" put us tn?” Mr.
Bri in ask' d, and r-plying to his own
qu> tion. lie s.'ild that the republican
, party had been responsible for every step
tak' it tn the Philippine matter It was
said that i"-'aw.-' Admiral I >-w< y had
> sunk a Spanish lie. • in Manila bay- we
| must hold th< I‘hilipplnes; but if this
was tin-, was it not equally reasonable
to demand that Cuba must be held i>o
l e.fus'- Admiral Fchley had sunk another
Spanish fleet al Santiago'’ The flag
> liad been raised over Pekin; do
- we. therefore, own |i>o.<i<io,ii)o ~f
• t'hinese? We democrats say that lie
. can put the flag up and take it down
when he al'ase.” he continued. "We
■ <an take the flag where wo please to de
fend an American citizen nnd then with
draw It. The republican pretense that w<»
- cannot haul down the American flag is
> all rot to hide their defense of impe
rialism ”
< Mr. Bryan declared that the only prop
er way to treat the Filipinos was to
treat them as we are pledged to treat
i the Cubans. Thon we should stand by
I tin m like an older brother. That was
• the democratic policy; It was an Ameri
. i can policy, and It w-.'s the policy of a
. ' true civilization. I.uud cheers were
given Mr. Bryan a.s he left the plat
form.
i i
Bryan Defends Wellington,
Cumberland, Md., Septoml>er 4. —The
Academy of Music could not hold the
voters who wanted to hear Mr. Bryan
here, and an outdoor address was prom
ised by the democratic leader later in
the day. In the Academy- of Music
siss'ch Mr. Bryan said:
"1 have listened tonight to a speech
i that ought to produce ,i profound im
pression upon tin- American people. Af
i ter you nave listened to that speech, it
( is not nec< ss iry that I should address
. you long; but. my friends, 1 want to
I < mphasiz.e the importance of independ
ence of opinion and action in a country
like ours. I beiii ve witli Senator Welling-
I ton that the claims of tile country are
. Inhnitely greater than ill. < Lums of par
ty. (Applause*.) I believe with him that
a man should make hi.s party affiliations
suit Ills convictions, not make his con
victions suit ills party creed. (Renewed
In IM", gold democrats left us and
silver republicans came to us. I heard
some people hissing here tonight because
Senator Wellington left his party upon
' tile paramount issue of this hour. I
w int to ask those men who hissed if
they hissed when democratic senators
i ; left the democratic party on the money
question in JS36. if a democratic senator
had a right to leave tin democratic
party to save the gold standard, cannot a
1 j r-'pul'll' tn senator have the republican
party to save the declaration of inde
pendence? W liich Is the more important
- that v hi shall have a financial system
which i"'i like or that you shall have a
government deriving Its Just powers from
the consent of the governed? s. nator
Wellington and I differ upon the tariff
question But dll not John G. Carlisle,
the apostle of tariff reform, support Mr.
M' Kinley, the apostle of protection,
when he thought that money was the
I paramount issue? The tariff question did
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, J9OO.
not separate those who believed that
the money question was more important
than the taxation. We do not agree upon
the money question, and the money
question will not .separate those who
believe it Is more Important that v »
have a republic than that we have any
kind of a financial system. We loaned
you some gold democrats in 1N96. T’hev
itave come back, and it Is only fair
that you republicans should pay us in
terest. (Continued applause and cheer
ing.) And if I may be pertnltted to
speak for the democratic party, let tno
say that I am willing to accept Senator
Wellington as Intelest and give you a
receipt In full. (Applause and cheers for
Wellington.)
"Courage has always been admired, but
sometimes 1 eople nave admired piush 1
couragy mere than they have adim.' l
moral c< urage. T, my m-ltd. inori!
courage Is as mil' h above physi il cour
age as m.in is above the brute, i’liy-i al
courage Is a txait tn.it in in sha < with
all animal crcat on Moral couiag- i< th t
characteristic which distinguishes animal
ftom man, made tn tin- image ol ni - Cre
ator. It requires ph*, ■>< al com ig-> .■>
md befote tht
vi hen fife and drum ispire, tew htv *b< ;i
known to retieat b> ore the foe; b it lyeia.
courage is often wanting where pity al
courage Is present an.l wliat this nation
needs more than the nhysieal courage ot
its people is the moral courage ot th"
citizens who would :atb"r ci" right than
to live wrong. (Gi it applause > it in
quires moral coura; for a man to Se!>-
arate front his par.y
'Senator Welling! n has displayed much
courage 'ii leaving the tip bllean piriy,
at. 4 mav Wt not h"! • til it the ic |C
n urage will be dlsp iy <1 by tens of thou
sands. hundreds ol' ihoit md ■ and mid.O'.s
ol his fellow rept.'dli iin: of the rank an 1
file who ate not Ip ’lto th flirty I ii"®
so strong and so bin i ng. and yet. is th re
noi enough to Inspire .ven a repii! ii an
senator to leave li.® party? 1 asl. _ not
what Senator We! 1 ’ ■ on did in I**!) I '. I
a k not what h" wii do in l. 'fl. The -ami-
Intelligence and th" *-ini" courage within
Ills keeping today w.il !"■ his tour years
from now to gun!.' .iU‘t dire t inn* 'li'ii.
1 tit to liv in tn i the . ri-'is ih it h
upon us, has he cot ■ .ugh to in Pr> h*tn
to break puty ties and endure the 1. "s
ot those wh" lack the courage o do what
he has done? (Great pi.l.iu- ■.)
•W hat is his m . ... !’ '
to us for money ? No man would • "•» :
to the democratic party for tnoii<*.i.
(I ,'iiiehter ;nd unpin e.i Do.-, he ■
for honor? HLi ov n partv has - iti.-'i'< d
I his ambition I<>r hot • What bring uin
i to th? <len*o. ritio p'l.'v at t s ti n
What makes him a t -i'll those whsup
port th* ui mcrat ie ib ket ? It is hi- !'•-
Hi f that l.is countri .s in per l; It is his
I t lief that ;I.e - oin w etch th<* ' pub
iv.m party is put iuit>? tends directly ' ■
ward the '.a ;>mli . t .a. . f those iriacipl'®
of government wlih u <<etv i .rtc advo
cated until within lb a* years. If th.r.*
be one of his repiib i an ass. . Lit s Who
thinks that ids ju.ly nt is erroU'ous. let
that republican as®."- ito read his sp< Cell
and then ptepnre or in answer *.o it.
(Ren -wed ap|.‘.'au.<( : a I ch'-ritu .)
Fmator Welllngto believes that nn
administration that asks for an army
four times' as large as the army was
when it went Into p vr, tends toward
Imperialism. N't in,' of y nt 'buy ii.
Why, it was the boa t of republieans :n
years past that we '■ 1 not n< I t large
standing urmv in t’ country. If von
con. in one admintstr > m. multiply your
standing army by ' uir. and make t
I inst' a'i of Iff.,'' v'll it ! ■ ' i®-
,* ' ’ ' ■ ■ •' '
j plv It bv four mid make it li t’*- -I
Os WOOD? T.® there not somrhtlng there
to alarm th.* man who loves h s country,
1 believes in its institutions and wants a
| government so good that it do* ® not nt"«i
i a large standing army to ki "P it In exi-l
--■ < nee, a government so g .■> 1 that every
citizen will lie. if tied be. to pr serve
that government? (Appian.".) Senator
'
party’ is entering upon a career of impe
rialism. He is not deceived by t ie at
tempt. to hide nn " rl.ili-m under t
euphonious name of cxp in.sion He knows
the. history of his < oun rv and lie know®
that this nation has expanded before it
has extend'd the limits of a republic and
that the c<n.stitution followed the flag,
lie knows this Is not an attorn: t to ex
tend the limits of a republic h. re but to
have a spotlsm In the PhTppine is
lands (Gr. at nppl mse )
“He know® how th- Philippine was
broke out. t’ntli th< n publican party turn
ed toward a career of. tnpit. . th.® nation
has alwny.® sympathlz' 1 with those who
wro strug—ling for 1 borty. TI" knows
that tho party to wh! h ho belong® put
Into It® plrf-.rm In IS9U a declaration
expressing the sympathy >f th rip'i 'll
- ins with tho struggling I if' ts of t'u-
I ba. and ho knows that thus far. I lit for
I th • career of empire for which the re.-
I publican party now stand®, the republi
can party would sympathize with tho
' Boers who are fighting for the right to
govern themselves. (Jienewed .applause)
lie knows that a par y th." <*nn stand
. silent and see two republics wlp-'d "IT th
-of the earth, ca* -• c this republic
' converted Into an empire. (Apula so.)
j There Is enough In tho fate of th!.® na
tion to inspire him: there Is • not:..h In
his love f ir tho nritic pie of ®- If eow'**n
| ment to enable him f.> g. t out and 1 aye
h's party, even though ho go. • 1 mo.
' ' V i:
.a rw .T a■!• ni’ l rat! t '.ii" will
' they do when tin y r« I S' a 1 :■ r Wel
lington’s speech." (Great applause anil
. loud cheering.) _
WENDLING TRATSES BRYAN.
Pays Eloquent Tribute to His Hon
esty of Purpose.
Shepherdstown, W ' a.. September 5
I Mr. Bryan began ths second day of h!s
| present tour at this point. His flrst
speech was made at Morgans Grove. In
tho suburbs of the town, whore ho began
to speak a few minutes past 10 o'clock.
At this gr »vo tho peoplo of.tho vicinity
are In the habit of c mgr (rating annually
,to hold a colt show Tho show Is now on
I nnd advantage was taken of tho fm t to
have a Bryan meeting at tho grounds.
The attendance was Immense, peo •!» hav
ing come in not only from West V rgmla.
but from Virginia. Mary Land and Penn
sylvania to hear the speech while they
attended the fair. There were, for in
stance, several hundred men In the pro
cession wearing ”anti-imp( ria!” badges,
who were fr.mi Hagerstown, M l A 1 it. r
was read at the mu ting from Hon. W. 1,.
Wilson, ex-postina -ter g( neral, strongly
oi l using the government s course in the
I iiilipplnes ami K gretting that sickness
prevented bls presence.
Mr. Bryan was introduced by Hon.
(I, urge R. Wendling, "ho had opposed hl.®
election in ll®B. Mr. Wendling said he
had known Mr. Bryan from his boyhood
and that all the rnon< y in Wall street
e( uld not buy him.
In introducing Mr. Bryan, Mr. Wendling
said:
i My Countrymen: ’’ h'» forces tha: are nilly
I ing t" th ■ supiHirt "f the pr •< nt admlnl tr.ittou
iir. th. foree® that at one time in . i.ng-
I land and New York sui t oi't' .l the sl i-.e trail®
I le-eause il was pr .tit.it'l". Tin y ar- the . am"
1. r<e.® that m England e.?i"p. it. d Ch na to
| bm opium from in.li 1 lucini*" ;ii-ru v i- mon.
'ex in it. Th- men "I" »it>'l th. n n - •ri ■ 1
| in their po.-a. tLooks, their t>rin iples in I. ut'le
' entrv lodgers and their patriotism In tin i r..!1:
! of a hlf.'o piot.etlon tariff, are all, otenly or
seer.Uy, for this administration. 'I Ii y ar.*
I n < n whi I'dJrve not only in an imper.nl army
I nnd nn tnmerial colonial policy, hut . I o be
| 11. xe in the Imi" rialism of xx. ilth \i ; n a
mull divot. ) LI life to i.iaklng mon . r tile
Mk< of mimy he Is a. curse to any coniniu
raitx. nii't xvh. a a great politi.al party i- c.. i
Wl'oileil l.x ..xarL loll® livin' X iiiak- rs in th- i'.-
|tere-( of moil-X making, that party be. ones i
I go at numiiee to the repiilxlie. The imp. rrili-m
i that I am most afraid oi i® th* Imp rialism of
the dollar The exact form that the issues
take In this campaign is xery < I. ,r t > my
vision. They all have one thing in common
an.l ar* all involve.l in this m-- quesiion:
Fl.iill mnnh > ><! and character, or shah wealth
don.inate our politics?
That sup: ■ ne fpiestlcn makes every thought.
ful m.in ask whet Is the remedy for the evil
It discloses? N't us remenil>er th-n and d-eply
t.onder -i great fact In American history; In
ex. rx* 'Tints God has given lo our people the
right man at the right time—a man. 1 say.
and not mer *iy a platform. I apeak lor a large
el* ment w hen I say tli.it I care very little
about platforms. Aa tl" great preachers of
the world hav’L always been broader than any
dogmaile stat'merit of rellgloua faith, so tho
; t.i. n who have led our people Up to a higher pollt
i bill lite were men who were greater than any
J.latform. Th dr platforms were always st. p
pir.g stones to higher things. (>'ir hope tn Illi®
! country must, therefore, always be niors
■ In nen than In the planks of a platform. I’.d-
I Iticituis can give us platforms. God alone can
i I raise up »n I train and give us men In the
dark days of '76 the colonists put th"!r earthly
tri st In one man, and he became the fatner cf
bls country. It wi ® even so i.t Vn.irexv Jack
son's time wl.en that Intlextole democrat took
th<- lnit*'i States bank by th" throat, and
xx 1.11.. the Mark Hannas of that d..y were
),i. dieting panic and financial ruin, h filing
the corpse of the monster at th"lr feet. If
' you wish to find an emit ailment of the spirit
that gave freedom to the slave, you will not
I t. rtt to the eon-lav's of the «i'hemim: nnd
pl.ui* hunting p litlelans of the republican
i j ,ty. but you will look up Int.. the ml and
• areworn face of th gre.it and noble I.lneoln.
If 1 se.-k the very incarnation of the bravery
i and tli devotion of the south, her manhood,
i : chivalry, l will not turn to Slidell. UM
Toombs and V in- <y. but I w ill go and stand
! with nne.-xf red le ad in the presence of tb«
1 Immortal Hob. rt 1 If you wish to see in.
' i < inb- dlm.-nt the grlni and relentless de
■ , termination of the north to save the union, look
nt tli tmmoxable figure of Hint .-11. nt s -Idl. r.
I th.- magnanimous Grant. But will any man In
! tils va t ass. ml.lag ■ or anywhere on this wide
i c-i tli’i'itt say that if w. wish to find a cham
pion "f th.- people, a friend of the oppress.'!.
! ni 1 an • irn.st antagonist of corporate greed
nnd merciless avarice, we will find him In m
L ; administration that hn® Lad unlimited power
' f.-r f< ur y.-ars. nnl y**t has never struck ■■ Mn
i de blow against any of the tyrannical trusts
1 i or scheming syndicates tn all the land?
Again I say, we always want m-n mor* than
1 ; w•• want t l.'tforms. A poet laureate of Eng
, land cnee gave voice to the feeling which con
| tr.ds many Americans today, when he cried
: ™ ,:
“Ah. GM, for n man with hoar*, hani,
1 romeos thfA Rhnplo gr<*at ones gone
; r!* v<t nn l f >revr bv. • • •
[ I \\ I it< ver they rail him, what care I.
. Aristocrat, <b ni<»crat, art«»4T.it nno
\V!io can rule axul dare not l!e.”
Ft) h n m.nn will speak to yon nor. T have j
krrwn him from hi tovh<>od. He ts of the
piiple nnd for the people. He fear* no llvlmr
• j non an«l all the ir.nney in Wnl! street cannut
> ' In 1896 he wn 4 flehtlnsr the ewcluslvr claims
i nf <ne Um! nf tv. ney nn l ndvornt’npr the *«|un!
’ ' rb’htd of another k»nd of money, nnd I <lld not
1 :.RT»e wish him Hut to«lay. without sacrtflrlniC
bls h »rw st con’ irMf ns, he has brnadened rhe
, struggle and h lighting th*‘ undue influence
• *' all kinds r >f nnney. .md I am for him.
In the war ’hat he is now waging for thia
. republic, and for the v . Ifaro of this »eople,
may the <; „] n f our fathers bo with William
, J. Bryan
Enthusiastic Reception.
. Mr. Brynn was rc-elv *.l with draf'*nlnff
1 Pfplutsc. Ho l»cgan fix- referring to Mr.
I Wilson In most complimentary terms. He
had known Mr. Wil- n In con - revs and he
- had never believed that so kind and lov- i
, intra man could Indorse a w tr "f con-
quest. Mr. Brv tn expressed hl® pleasure I
at being able to address an as.-' ntblagi* I
i of farmers. He wanted to know how anj*
farmer could be a republic tn. It was
' easy, he said, to unih rstainl how the head
• I of a trust or an army contractor toul.l be
.. . über of that pari it the
I fa’-n.i rs th. y wore not trying t.. get their
‘ i hands into other’s pockets and to keep
! other's hands out of their pockets. How
j ever prosperous other classes might be.
' the farmer was not a sharer of that pros-
■p. rity Here Mr. Bryan rvlated ifoe cur
' r< nt reports concerning' his cat crop,
. ■ el ilntlng that the exaggeration 1n this
- i n .itter was a specimen of tho fallacy of
i tl, - report In the east eon-.' rr.fng the pros
perous con 'tion of tho agricultural
■ classes.
. . ■ - - ■ < .... I ... I■—
WITH BONDFIRES AND ROCKETS
Bryan Is Given a Great Ovation at
Wheeling.
Wheeling. W. Va.. September 6 —Tho
ti ur of West Vl'-einLo. which was begun
Wednesdty last by Hon. W J. Bryan,
; was cohe’uded h'*re with a speech tonight,
t II" arrived here at GT. p. m.. an I was
giccted by bonfires and rockets in th'.
> suburbs, nnd the railroad for squares was
; lined with people. Th" dav’s run cov- 1
■ et' d about three hundred miles.
i The three days’ tour is r. - .rd. dby Mr. (
j Bryan and the West Virginia democrats,
■ who have been escorting him. as in every
way sue *<•! sful from a political stand-
! point. Ho has made. all told, six set
speech and a number of briefer .<<l
- dresses, and has h id uniformly large au
diences. The crowd at .Clarksburg and
I I';;rk. rsb'trg were both respectable in
I number, while tonight’s meeting was ex- I
' cepti .tjall- large. At the Parkersburg I
I ni. eting cx-l’nit'd State® S riator J. N.
!<'. ntdett I'G -sided. He had supported
! i'aimer and Buckner four years ago. hav
ing i t .<:<!• d over the nie-.-t'ng held here
lor Hott. I’otirke Coekran Today’s .neet
ing was li Id in th" city park, and the au
dieit' • war one of the largest and most
t'ttiittivo that Mr. Bryan has had on th*
j resent tour. rite speech was d*Voted.
almost exclusively to imperialism. Mr.
Bryan raid it was the question of para
mount Importance, because it involves th«
fundamental principles of our government.
Discussing the title to tho Philippine
1 islands, Mr. Bryan asked:
Who av® tin* Tx?rd gave them to us?”
To this qii-stion a voice In the crowd
responde I:
"Mark Hanna!” . , „
Tin® re> pmise elicited a shout, and Mr.
Bryan replied:
"While I am not prepared to deny that
God do -s sneak through the human voice.
! .... thing 'hat wh He gets ready to
speak to the American people lb* will
< >me other mottthple.'e than Mr.
Hanna."
Mr Bryan contended that under the re- ,
publican scheme for the control of the
Philippln's. the I ■ pie of those Islands
must cer’.-ainly become subjects, as thty ,
i could not become citizens tinder those |
j plans and there was no place under a re- I
I publican form of government for a sub
i iect. lie charged th republican party with
lack of sympathy for the Boers, which
was a new » xiwrience for that party for
never b> f ire in its history had the party ;
tailed to lake a position in favor of a re- i
public strigi’ling for lll>*rty. The secret '
of th • pr -sent attitude was. Mr. Bryan
said, th feir that If this country should |
take a position favorable to the Boers, the ,
B-it! Ii parliament .would declare for the .
Filipinos.
Much of the speech was d- voted to the
trust question. Mr. Bryan sffid:
•The republican party has been in
power for nearly four years and more
trusts have bon organized in the last ■
tine, and a half v ars than were organ
-1 ized in nil Hie previous history of the
I nit'd States. (Applause.) If a reptl l .- I
lican says that a trust is a good thing,
you tell’ him that the republican plat
form denounces the trust, if a repub
lican says that trusts are a bad thing, i
you ask him what his party has done ,
to destroy the trusts
• If vou will take Dun's report you will ;
find that everv month in l'.«’' shows more j
failures than th ■ sane month the year be- ;
fore. I re id In a republican paper pub- '
It'll, d in Pittsburg an extract from The
ji’on Age. saving that the dcercase in the
1 l utiut in' the iron furnaces is now s**.tM»
t. ns per month. You will find that they
•ire el l ' ing doxvn factories, and this morn
ire's paper told of the cutting down of
wages in a town not 20t) mil. s from here.
You lead a few days ago that at Fall
I River, in Ma* saehus. tis. t hey were clreu-
I lating' a petition among the owners of the
ful m.in nsk whi’t Is the remedy for th* evil
It discloses? N t us rentenilsr th"*n and deeply
9,436,416
The Figures of the Crop of 1899=1900.
Full Announcement of the
Results of The Constitu=«
tion’s Great Contest.
$2,000.00 Goes to Mr. S. A. Leverett, of Dal
ton ville, Miss.; $1,250.00 Goes to Mr.
T. A. Carter, of Palmetto, Ga.;
$500.00 Goes to The Leader,
of Fort Valley, Ga.
The cotton erop contort for the total Baited States crop for th* rortm-erda! yrar of
1899-1900 is deed.®!. Th* cash prizes awarded amount to $3,750.00 out of a possible
$5 000.00
THE SUCCESSFUR CONTESTANTS.
Mr S A Geverett of Daltonvlll*. Miss.. F.nt bls subscription through Mr. A. J Dal
ton. ths 10-al agent at Daltonvlll . ..n May 21 His figures. 9.436.440. wi , the -arest
gnthnate I etved during the ■ Coming to us .: i-m.-
the contest, he received the first prize of 52.000 00. the first .twa: ! ' .' th • ’ or
nearest to th* exact estimate If receiv'd 'li'rlng. May. 1900 H.s was t - P
tion sent bv Mr. Dalton at th- time. Tt.l - >h .ws that no one can tell Just wnat will
happen by ‘taking a chance In one of oar contests. That was the. only eedmato Mr.
I Idtiverett made, and he came within 24 of the exact figure r t-.o r.<a.
mate filed this year by anybody anywhere on the crop Just closed. That estimate was
a seed that paid double one thousand fold t » the sov. *r. *
Mr T X Carter, noxv of Palmetto. Ga.. fcrmerly th* local rent at Stop. Ga.. sent us
two names on May 15th. bls first estimate. 9.436.541. brought him within 125 of the
exact crop and made the second nearest estln ate received for the whole enteet < om-
Irg In May. Mr. Carter’s estimate receives the second awarl for that, th* -cond. period
of th* contest. .$1 250 00- Mr. Carter is on* of th, best cf th* n. my smaller Georgd*
at-nts not str all be vus»- of bls ability but orly ti. his oi .. .rtunltlwa He has se-.t in
us that he would continue to sen ! any sub«r.pt'ons -h it he could. The institution has
ling been ally represented at Palmetto by Mr F. H S:-H. and W* imagine, on this ac
count. Mr. 'art-r : s ft find many "laying around I . ' -“o want to subscribe. It
has been Hi* Constitution’s endeavor at all times to look carJfully after th* Interests
of Its 10-al ay-nts. Mr. Carter Is a worthy recipient of the prize award- ‘ to him.
The Fort Valley Ga . Leader sent us.a club of five on June 13th and took the prtrt
iq,.'.,.: -x I )• paper, clubbing with us, of . Hng ■ .-f - fi rent
(on'-i w eriptlon The last estimate cn tM. order, 9.436.662.
was the thirl n-ar-t estimate for the whole contest. Coming In June, the third award
for that period was made, $500.00.
Tho committee of award was composed of three of our own men who are wtdejr
and favorably known thr ughout our whole t.rrltory.
Mr. Robert A. Hemphill, whose familiar signature to Th* Constitution s ch-ck Is a
fair portrait of him to those who know well his cur ful. meth -110 habits, has b-*n con
nected with Th* Constitution about a quarter of a century and much of Its success 11
due to his devotion to work and to bls many fine business traits.
j, r tv. F. Crusselle. the manager of circulation of the paper, has for fourteen years
given bl® undivided ntt»nt'on to various dut'.-s tn ov.r oritc* For eight y-ars he w*»
general Loot t-eper. and for the past Mx years na o
tion subscrljdton d partHlent. We might as well tell It on «im now as later. He s tft
fellow who has selected the missing words for our contests and is the only man who
ever knows what It ts. You need not write him, ho won’t tel! you, he won’t tell us. ha
won’t even hie wife.
Mr. Edward Whit*. Jr., th* cashier and general bookk-eper of The Constitution, has
grrwn up to bls present re«monrtbla position through twenty-five long years cf faithful
eervice. He was Henry Grady’s right bower with The Weekly In thr * day. of early,
vigorous growth, and his clear head laid nary a plan to wider the borders of th* pa
per. holding Mr Grady himself a splendid seccnd on pushing ’he work, and meeting the
popular demands.
We trust th«se thre- men implicitly, without bond or ruardlan. Their award was
mad* after a most thorniKh examination of the records of estimates. They are our
tome folks and yours, too; they help to make the paper you n-ad and as part
of ycur lives every week.
THE COMMITTEE’S AWkRD
Colonel Wm. A. Hemphill. President and Business Manager. Constitution Publishing
Co. Sir; Agreeably to the duty you assigned to us. w* have made a car-ful examina
tion of the records of estimates received for th* contest upon the total United States cot
ton crop for 1899 1900. and b. g to r.-p rt ns f '.lows;
1. The cotton erop consisted of 9 436.416 baits, as shown by the offl-lal figures of
Secretary Henry U. Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, whose letter accom
jani-s thl-i rep .-t and Is made a part hereof
2. No on* made a correct estimate of the ciop as shown ly the re-ord <~ f estimates In
The Weekly Department.
3. Th* prlz-s are awarded to th* nearest to th* correct estimates according to the
dates upon whlc.i they reached The Constipation, as f. llo.vs:
FIRST AWARD.
Mr. S. A. Leverett, Daltonvlfie, Ml: s. Esttjpate. 9.436.440; $2,000.00. Received
May 21, 1900. First prize, second division . f .• rt*st.
SECOND AWARD.
Mr. T. A Carter. Palmetto. Ga. Estimate. 9.436.541; $1.250 00. Received May 15.
1900. Second prize, second dlvtrton of contest
THIRD AWARD.
Publisher of Th* Trader. Fort Valley. Ga. Estimate. 9.436.662: SSOO 00. Third
prize, third division of contest.
In awarding th* prizes we ar* guid*d both by th* tlm* when th* estimate was fi 1
and by the position It hll In refer. :ce to th. <• :i t ( timate, according t. t!a pub
lished terms.
Al! of w hich Is respectfully submitted.
R. A. HEMPHILL.
W. F CRUSSELLE,
EDWARD WHITE. JR.
New Orleans Cotton Exchange. John M Parker, Pres c H. Mlnge, Vice ir■ s. Henry
G. Hester. Secy, and St.pt. New Orleans, September I. 1900 This Is to certify that ac
cording to the official statement ma.le up by me as se-r*tary of the New Orleans Cot: n
Exchange, ant promulgated this day, the commercial cotton crop of th* United States for
the year ending August 31. 1900. amounted to nine million four hundred and thirty-six
thousand, four hundred and sixteen '9.436.416) bal s. HENRY G. HESTER.
Secretary New Orleans Cotton h xchange
1 = ——.
I mills tn cut down the wages 1" per cent.
; But suppose that all the talk in republl- (
can speeches about 'he cm rmous pros
in rity »f the country is true and suppose
you could trace tt all to a republican ad
ministration; ther- : re que.-tions that tire
gteater than a full dinner pill, and whin i
I a republican tells vou th it because your ;
dinner pail is full vou ought t > vote the
1 republican tick-t. tel! him be is in ikuig
an argument that ought to !«■ adipessed
to an animal that kn ws nothing but to .
eat and has no higher ambition.
In reply to a question from the crowd ,
, a!! to a remedy for the trusts. Mr. lire an I
et congress provide that whenever |
anv corporation. ojganir d in any stile. |
V ,t ts to do business outside ot til • si.ite
it n-list go to the federal government ai d
get a license whi h will enahl • it to .... ;
such outside busimss. It must ... u
ness in every Mate according to th liw s
of the Stale It which It does le.a . ■ I
de not want to tak •aw ly t-..
nnv lowers It now has. but i y.i.,
R lt S3 to add a rem U B
j.. given 1 « «nt c "" ,lt, ‘ " ' ,n ' I
w'tii First. I ' int tne sat -
(,ut of the sto'k of th • corp"* • •
do no, 1..■ .!. V tlI. . ... ITI . lht n .
bl . perm itt ed u| , -... , Js
'’’rr^Vs^V , ’The" , wm i
f i«w »n.l' "Il ■ s'" ” r,"; " ‘
scSi“"».' *> ' ot
n < rning.
Olney Will Support Bryan.
New York. September 5 The World to
morrow will print the letter from Richard
Olney, secretary of state during the
Cleveland administration, in which Mr.
Oiney declares-hia intentions of support-
PBICE: FIVE ( ENTS.
I Ing Mr. Bryan for president. After say
j Ing that Mr. Bryan is hardly the candl
: date he should ch .ose. If he h"d his way
■ in the matter, and that he entirely dls-
■ sci.ts from parts of the Kansas City plat
i form, Mr. Olney says;
“Be ft adml’ted that the democratic
party, its platform .-nd its candidate are
I open «o much just criticism, yet. all things
1 <•< t'stdered. would not its triumph lie the
i best outcome of the present pr.gsidentlul
| contest.”
I Mr. Olney then criticises «he -xtllcy of
I the McKinley administration regarding
| the Philippines, and thinks that the coun
try will soon Hr. 1 itself in the t Is of a
■ Chinese problem even more ostly and
i n cnacing than the Philippines' problem
i itself.
I DEMOCRATS GAIN IN VERMONT.
Whits River Junction. Vt.. September
5 Returns from 232 cities and towns
out of 24'1 cities and towns In the state
give the vote for governor as follows;
Stickney, republican, 46,934; Senter,
•
l towns In 1596 gave Grout, republican,
53.1*29; Jackson, democrat, 14,556; all ottlers
| 1.5*3.
The returns front these towns give < re-
I publican plurality of 31,43' and a majority
■ ' - r
| cent and the democratic gain 15 per cen.t.
Democratic Majority Is Large.
Little Rock. Ark.. September 4 - Re
turns have been received fr on forty if
the seventy-five <• irties of the state and
they give Jeff Davis, the democratic can
didate for governor. 39.1*1" majority over
Remmel. r puhliim. The r publican
leaders concede Davis's mij rtty to be
49.1*00. Thus far Remmel has not carried
a single county, but two .ire believed to
: IO it-
fc leaders tonight estimate Davis's ma
jority at 50.000.