BRYAN'SJANNER. Under Its Folds IVmocracy Will Fight the Battle of 1900. National Convention at Kansas City Nominates the Nebras kan for President. AJlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, Is Selected as Brvan's Running Mate. The Platform Adopted Declares that Imperialism Is the Main Issue Before the People aud Also Contains a IB to 1 Free Coinage Plank. Kansas City, July 5. —Amid scenes of tumultous enthusiasm befitting such an event and such a day, the democratic national convention be gan its sessions yesterday. But after sitting until a late hour last night, the expected climax of the day—the nomination of William J. Bryan as the democratic candidate for presi dent—failed of realization and all of the larger business of the convention awaits the completion of the plat form. As a spectacular event, how ever, the convention has fulfilled the HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN', hopes of the most, fervid party mill, for the vast assemblage of delegates .ind spectators was twice swept with whirlwind demonstrations, first for the leader who is about to be placed n nomination, and then for that otli •r champion of democracy, David B. Hill. But in actual accomplishment the day's work was confined to or ganization, with the speeches of the temporary chairman. Gov. Thomas, af Colorado, and the permanent chair man, James D. Richardson, of Ten nessee. and the appointment of the various committees. The early proceedings of the con vention were marked by two brilliant but rather ill-timed speeches, one of welcome from the mayor of the city and the other from Gov. Thomas, of Colorado, on assuming the duties of temporary chairman. But the dele gates fretted during these deliver in ces, and sought for more exciting themes. The first dramatic episode of the day occurred after C'ampau, of Michigan, had secured the adoption of a resolution for the reading of the Declaration of Independence. As the reading was about to begin, two attendants came up to the platform bearing a pedestal and bust, both Hraped in the stars and stripes. As the orator raised his voice for the first words of the immortal instru ment, the draperies were thrown back, disclosing a splendid head of Bryan. The effect was electrical upon the vast assemblage. As the features were recognized a yell went up that fairly shook the steel girders. Men and women were on their feet, waving handkerchiefs, coats and fans and joining in the wild chorus. As the orator sought to proceed there were demands from all parts of the hall to see the full face of the leader ind as it was turned about, first this way and then that, each turn evoked i iresh outburst from some new quar ter. At last the uproar quieted and Orator Hampton, youthful and strong-voiced, read the document which, 124 years ago, made America free. Quickly following this came anoth er outburst as a young woman from New York mounted the platform and sang the "Star Spangled Banner." Deafening cheers greeted the song ami as the last line died away and the singer turned the strains to those :>i "America,"the vast audience with one accord took up the inspiring air. The outburst of patriotism now turned in a new direction and, dar ing a momentary pause in the pro ceedings the name of "Hill" was sounded, it was quickly caught up, first among the delegates, and then from gallery to gallery among the spectators, until the whole multitude had joined in a noisy demand for the former senator from New York. For fully ten minutes the demonstration proceeded, the chairman battling vainly against it. Delegates stood on chairs and joined in the demand, and the ex-senator was surrouned by a shouting crowd of insistent men. He smiled and shook his head through out the demonstration. Many of the New Yorkers joined in the tribute, but it.was noticeable that the imme diate following of Air. C.'roker and the Tammany leader himself held their seats and maintained a stolid com posure throughout, the remarkable tribute to their associate. At last, when the demonstration had run on for fifteen minutes. Hill •.could be seen rising from his obscure place in the body of (he New York delegation. lie bowed and smiled and his lips moved to address the chair man. But as well might he have ad dressed Niagara, for the waves of the tumultous sound drowned everything and hedropped back in his seat. When the delegates had time to think, they began to ask each other if Hili was to be the hero of this convention, for another such demonstration, at an op portune time, might carry the con vention of its feet and place him on the ticket with Bryan. The routine proceedings were quickly disposed of. But even in this there was opportunity to give further tribute to the New Yorker and when Judge Van Wyok's name was culled as the New York member of the plat form committee, a tremendous call for Hill, mingled with hisses for those who opposed hir, greeted the announcement. With ti e committees appointed there was nothing to do but await their reports, and the con vention took a recess until 4 o'clock. At 4 o'clock the committees were not yet to report and another adjoummer. was taken until 8:30 p. m. It remained for the night, session to bring the most remarkable demon stration of the entire day. Again the great structure was invaded bj' thou sands, and the moving picture took on new glories of color and animation under the glare of countless electric lights. For the first hour the pro ceedings were formal and profitless, but when at the close of the speech of Permanent Chairman Kichardson lie paid a glowing tribute to William J. Bryan, pandemonium broke loose and a frenzied demonstration lasting half an hour took place. The state standards were wrenched from their sockets and, borne aloft, a battle of supremacy was waged between the standard bearers, urged on by the deafening applause of the entire mul titude Finally order was sufficiently re stored to enable the chairman to rec ognize Delegate J. 0. Johnson, of Kansas, who made a motion that the convention adjourn until 10:30 a. in. to-day. and at 10:34 the chairman de clared the convention adjourned. Second Hay'* l*rofee(liiis«. Kansas City, July 6.—William Jen nings Bryan, of Nebraska, was last night unanimously placed in nomina tion as the democratic candidate for president of the United States on a platform declaring against imperial ism, militarism and trusts, and spe cifically declaring for the coinage of silver at the ratio of 1(5 to 1. The nomination came as the culmination of a frenzied demonstration in honor of the party leader, lasting 27 min utes and giving utterance to all the pent-up emotions of the vast multi tude. It followed also a fierce strug gle concerning the platform declara tion on silver and on the relative po sition which the silver question is to maintain to the other great issues of flic day. It was late Thursday afternoon when the convention was at last face lo face with the presidential nomina tion. Earlier in the day there had been tedious delays due to the inabil ity of the platform committee to rec oncile their differences and present a report. Until this was ready, the convention managers beguiled the time by putting forward speakers of more or less prominence to keep the vast audience from becoming too restless. Tin; first session, beginning at 10 a. m., was entirely fruitless of results and it was not until late in the after noon, when the second session hail begun, that the platform committee was at last able to report an agree ment. Already its main features, embodying the 16 to 1 principle, had become known to the delegates and there was little delay in giving it unanimous approval. This left tin way clear for the supreme event of the day—the nomination of the presi dential candidate. When the call of states began, for the purpose of placing candidates in nomination. Alabama yielded its place at the head of the list to Nebraska, and Mr. Oldham, of that state, made his way to the platform for the ini tial speech placing Mr. Bryan in nom ination. The orator was strong voic ed and entertaining, yet to the wait ing delegates and spectators there was but one point to his speech and that was the stirring peroration, which closed with the name of Wil liam Jennings Bryan. This was the signal for the demonstration of the day and the great concourse joined in a tribute of enthusiastic devotion to the party leader. A huge oil portrait of Bryan, meas uring 1"> feet across, was brought down the main aisle for the dele gates. At the same time the stand ards of the delegations were torn from their sockets and waved on liigli, while umbrellas of red, white and blue, silk banners of the several states and many handsome transpar encies were borne about the building amid the deafening clamor of 20,000 yelling men and women. When the demonstration had spent, itself, the speeches seconding the nomination of Air. Bryan were in or der. Senator White spoke for Cali fornia, giving the tribute of the Pa cific coast to the Nebraska candidate When Colorado was reached that state yielded to ex-Senator Hill, of New York. He was accorded a splen did reception, the entire audience ris ing and cheering wildly, with the sin gle excep ion of the little group of Tammany leaders, who sat silent throughout the cheers for their asso ciate. Mr. Hill was in fine voice and his tribute to the Nebraskan touched a sympathetic chord in the hearts of the audience. lie pictured Bryan as the champion of the plain people and of the work ingman, strong with the masses, with the farmer and with the artisan. The speech was chiefly significant in its strong plea for unity. The eloquent Daniels, of Virginia, added glowing tribute to the candi date, while ex-Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, spoke for his state and for the east; Gov. McMillln, of Ten nessee, voiced the wishes of a state which had "furnished three presi dents;" Hawaii, through its native CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1900. delegate, John 11. Wise, made its first seconding speech in a democratic con vention, and finally a woman alter nate from I tali seconded then wr.iru tion of Mr. Bryan in behalf of the state of Utah. Then ca* the voting. State after state recr d its vote in ADLAI E. STEVENSON, favor of the Nebraska candidate, giv ing him the unanimous vote of all the states and territories. The con vention managers had already agreed that this was sufficient work for the day.and the vice presidential nomi nation was allowed togo over until to-day. Next to the demonstration for the party candidate, that greeting the an nouncement that imperialism was to be the paramount issue of this cam paign was the most significant of the day. Senator Tillman read the plat form, and with measured force brought out the fact that imperialism was now given the first place among the issues of the party. Another stirring event of the day was the appearance of Webster Davis, formerly assistant secretary of the interior, under Mr. McKinley's admin istration, in a speecli severely ar raigning the republican party for its lack of sympathy for the Boers and formally announcing his allegiance to the democratic party. The Platform. We, (lie representatives of the dem ocratic party of the United States, assembled in national convention on the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, do reaffirm our faith in that immortal proclamation of the inalienable rights of man, and our allegiance to the constitution framed in harmony therewith by the fathers of the repub lic. We hold with the United States supreme court that the Declaration of Independence is the spirit of our government of which the constitution is the form and letter. We declare again that all governments instituted derive their just powers from the eon sent of the governed; that any gov ernment not. based upon the consent of the governed is a tyrrany, and that to impose upon any people a gov ernment of force is to substitute the methods of imperialism for those of a republic. We hold that the constitution fol lows the flag and denounce the doc trine that an executive or congress deriving their existence and powers from the constitution can exercise lawful authority beyond it, or in vio lation of it. We assert that no na tion can long endure half republic and half empire, and ve warn the American people that imperialism abroad will lead to despotism at home. Believing in these fundamen tal principles, we denounce the Porto Itico law enacted by a republican con gress against the opposition of the democratic minority as a bold and open violation of the nation's organic law and a flagrant breach of the na tion's good faith. It imposes upon the people of Porto liico a govern ment without their consent, and taxt tion without representation. It dis honors the American people by re pudiating a solemn pledge made in their belmlf by the commanding gen eral of our army, which the Porto Kieans wleeomed to a peaceful and unresisted occupation of tlieir land. It doomed to poverty and distress a people whose helplessness appeals with peculiar force to our justice anil magnanimity. In this, the first act of its imperialistic program, the repub lican party seeks to commit the Uni ted States to a colonial policy incon sistent with republican institutions and condemned by the supreme court in numerous decisions. We demand the prompt and honest fulfillment of our pledge to the Cuban people and the world that the United States has no disposition nor inten tion to exercise sovereignty, jurisdic tion or control over the island of Cuba except for its pacification. The war ended nearly two years ago. pro found peace reigns over all the island and still the administration keeps the government of the island from its people while republican carpetbag of ficials plunder its revenues and ex ploit the colonial theory to the dis grace of the American people. We condemn and denounce the Phil ippine policy of the present adminis tration. It has involved Ihe repuhlic in unnecessary war, sacrificed the lives of many of our noble sons, and placed the United States, previously known throughout the world as the champion of freedom, in the false and un-American position of crushing with military force the efforts of our former allies to achieve liberty and self-government. The Filipinos can not be citizens without endangering our civilization; they cannot be sub jects without imperiling our form of government, and as we are not wall ing to surrender our civilization nor to convert the republic into ail em pire, we favor an immediate declara tion of the nation's purpose to give the Filipinos—first, a stable form of government; second, peace, and third, protection from outside interference such as has been given for nearly a century to the republics of Central and South America. The greedy commercialism which, dictated the Philippine policy of the republican administration attempts to justify it with the plea that it will pay, but even this sordid and un- ' worthy plea fails when brought to j the test of fact,. The war of criminal j aggression against the Filipinos, on- i tailing an annual expense of many millions, has already cost more than any possible profit that could accrue from the entire Philippine trade for years to come. Furthermore, when trade is extended at the expense of liberty the price is always too high. We are not opposed to territorial expansion when it tikes in desirable territory which can be erected into states in the Union and whose peo ple are willing and fit to become American citizens. We favor expansion by every peace ful and legitimate means. But we are unalterably opposed to seizing or pur chasing distant islands to be governed outside the constitution and whose people can never become citizens. We are in favor of extending the republic's influence among the na tions,but believe that influence should be extended, not by force and vio lence. but through the persuasive power of a high and honorable exam ple. The importance of old questions now pending before the American people is no wise diminished and the democratic party takes no backward step from its position on them, but the burning issue of imperialism grow ing out of the Spanish war involves th" very existence of the republic and the destruction of our free institu tions. We regard it as the paramount issue of the campaign. Tip declaration in the republican plafSorm adopted at the Philadelphia convention held in June, 1900, that the republican partj' "steadfastly ad heres to the policy announced in the Monro, doctrine," is manifestly insin icere and deceptive. Tb ; s profession is contradicted by the avowed policy of that party in opposition to the spirit of the Monroe doctrine to ac quire and hold sovereignty over large areas of territory and large numbers of people in the western hemisphere. \\ • insist on the strict maintenance of the Monroe doctrine and in all its integrity, both in letter and in spirit, as necessary to prevent the extension of European authority on this conti nent and as essential to our suprem acy in American affairs. At the same time we declare that no American people shall ever be held by force by unwilling subjection to European au thority. We oppose militarism. It means conquest abroad and intimidation and oppression at home. It means 1 lie strong arm which has ever been fatal to free institutions. It is what mil lions of our citizens have fled from in Europe. It will impose upon our peace-loving people .a large standing army and unnecessary burden of tax ation and a constant menace to their liberties. A small standing army and a well disciplined state militia are amply sufficient in time of peace. This republic has no place for a v-tst mili tary service and conscription. The volunteer soldier is his coun try's best defender. The national guard Of the United States should ever be cherished in the patriotic hearts of a free people. Such organ izations are ever an element of strength and safety. For the first time in our history and coeval with the Philippine conquest lias there been a wholesale departure from our time-honored system of volunteer or ganization. We denounce it as mi- American, un-democratic and un-re publican and as a subversion of the ancient and fixed principles of a free people. Private monopolies are indefensible and intolerable. They destroy com petition, control the price ol all ma teria! and of the finished products. They lessen the employment of labor and arbitrarily fix the terms and con ditions thereof, and deprive individual energy and small capital of their op portunity for betterment. They an' the most efficient means yet devised for appropriating the fruits of indus try to the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, and unless their insatiate greed is checked all wealth will be aggregated in a few hands and the republic destroyed. The dishonest paltering with the trust evil by the republican party instate and national platforms is conclusive proof of the truth of the charge that trusts are the legitimate product of republican policies, that they are fos tered by republican laws, and that they are protected by the republican administration in return for cam paign subscriptions and political sup port. We pledge the democratic party to an unceasing warfare in nation, state and city against private monopoly in every form. Existing laws against trusts must be enforced and more stringent ones must be enacted pro viding for publicity as to the affairs of corporations engaged in inter state commerce and requiring ail cor porations to show, before doing busi ness outside of the state of their or igin, that they have no water in their stock, and that they have not at tempted and are not attempting to monopolize any branch of business or the destruction of any articles of mer chandise, and the whole constitution al power of congress over inter-state commerce, the mails and all modes of inter-state communications shall be exercised by the enactment of com prehensive laws upon the subject of trusts. Tariff laws should be amend ed by putting the products of trusts ur>on the free list, to prevent monop oly under the plea of protection. The failure of the present republi can administration, with an absolute control over all the branches of the national government, to enact any legislation designed to prevent or even curtail the absorbing power of trusts and illegal combinations or to enforce the anti-trust laws already on tl;e statute books proves the insin cerity of the high sounding phrases of the republican platform. Corpora tions should he protected in all their rights and their legitimate interests should be respected, but any attempt by corporations to interfere with the public affairs of the people or tc. con trol the sovereignty which creates them should be forbidden under such penalties as will make such attempts impossible. We condemn the Dingley tariff law as a trust-breeding measure, skillfully devised to give 1 he few favors which they do not desire, and to place upon | the many burdens which they should | nut bear. We favor such an enlarge merit of the scope of the iuter-state commerce law as -will enable the com mission to protect individuals and communities from discrimination an 1 the public from unjust anil unfar transportation rates. We reaffirm and endorse the prin ciples of the national democratic plat form adopted at Chicago in 189G, and we reiterate the demand of that plat form for a financial system made by the American people for themselves which shall restore and maintain a bimetallic price level, and as part of such system the immediate restora tion of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 10 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any oilier na tion. We denounce the currency liill en acted at the last session of congress as a step forward in the republican policy which aims to discredit the sov ereign right of the national govern ment to issue all money, whether coin or paper, and to bestow upon na tional banks the power to issue and control the volume of paper money for their own benefit. A permanent national bank currency, secured by government bonds, must have a per manent debt to rest upoc and if the bank currency is to increase with population and business, t'h > debt must also increase. The republican currency scheme is therefore a scheme for fastening upon the taxpayers a perpetual and growing debt for the benefit of the banks. We are opposed to this private corporation paper cir culated as money, but without legal tender qualities, and demand the re tirement of the national bank notes as fast as this government paper or silver certificates can be substituted for them. We favor an amendment to the con stitution providing for the election of senators by direct vote of the people and we favor direct legislation wher ever practicable. We are opposed to government by injunction; we de nounce the black list and favor arbi tration as a means of settling dis putes between corporations and their employes. In the interest of Ameri can labor and the uplifting of the workingman as the corner-stone of the prosperity of our country, we rec ommend that congress create a de partment of labor, in charge of a sec retary with a seat in the cabinet, be lieving that the elevation of Ameri can laborers will bring with it in creased production and increased prosperity 10 our country at home and to commerce abroad. We are proud of the courage anil fidelity of the American soldiers and sailors in all our wars; we favor lib eral pensions to them and their de pendents and we reiterate the posi tion taken in the Chicago platform of 1800 that the fact of enlistment and service shall be deemed conclusive evi dence against disease and disability before enlistment. We favor the immediate construc tion. ownership and control of the Nicaragua canal by the United States, and we denounce the insincerity of the plank in the republican platform for an isthmian canal in face of the failure of the republican majority to pass the bill pending in congress. We condemn the Hav-Pauneefote treaty as a surrender of American rights and interests not to be tolerated by the American people. We denounce the failure of the re publican party to carry out its pledges to grant statehood to the territories of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and we promise the people of those territories immediate • tatehood, and home rule during their condition as territories,, and we favor home rule and a territorial form of government for Alaska and I'orto Rico. We favor an intelligent system of improving the arid lands of the west, storing the waters for purposes of irrigation and the holding of such lmds for settlers. We favor the continuance and strict enforcement of the Chinese ex clusion law and its application to the same classes of all Asiatic races. Jefferson said: "Peace, commerce and honest' friendship with all na tions; entangling alliances with none." We approve this wholesome doctrine and earnestly protest against the republican departure which has involved us in so-called world politics, including the diplo macy of Europe and the intrigue anil land grabbing of Asia, and we espe cially condemn the ill-concealed re publican alliance with England which must mean discrimination against other friendly nations and which has already stifled the nations, while lib erty is being strangled in Africa. Believing in the principles of self government and rejecting, as did our forefathers, the claim of monarchy, we view with indignation the purpose of England to overwhelm with force the South African republics. Speak ing as we do for the entire American nation except its republican office holders, and for all free men every where, we extend our sympathies to the heroic burghers in their unequal i struggle to maintain their liberty and | independence. We denounce the lavish appropria- i tions of recent republican congresses | which have kept taxes high ami j which threaten the perpetuation of the oppressive war levies. We oppose the accumulation of a surplus to be squandered in such barefaced frauds upon the taxpayers as the shipping subsidy bill, which, under the false pretense of prospering American ship- I building, would put unearned millions | into the pockets of favorite contribu tors to the republican campaign fund. 1 We favor the reduction and speedy j repeal of the war taxes and a return j to the time-honored democratic pol icy of strict economy in governmental expendit u res. Believing that our most cherished institutions are 111 great peril, that j the very existence of our const it u- | tional government is at stake, and j that the decision now to be rendered j will determine whether or not our children are to enjoy those blessed i privileges of free government which 1 have made the United States great, ' prosperous and honored', we earnestly i ask for the foregoing declaration of i principles the hearty support of the i liberty-loving American people, re- ■ ■ gardless of previous party affilia tions. I lil r<) llny'i I'roceedlng*. Kansas City, July 7. —The democrat ic ticket was completed yesterday by the nomination of Adlai E. Stevenson for vice president. The nomination was made on the first ballot. The dis tinct triumph of the day in the way of a popular ovation was that accord ed to Senator liill. It was accompan ied by a remarkable scene when llill protested against being placed in nomination and then, finding' his pro test in vain, he strode to the platform and in tones which left, no doubt of his sincerity earnestly besought the convention not to make him the nom inee. On the call for nominations Ala bama yielded to Minnesota and tha latter stale presented its young' cham pion of silver republicans and dem ocracy—Charles A. Towne. The men tion of his name was the signal tor a flattering demonstration in his honor. Meantime attention was being' di rected to an excited group massed in front of tin New York section, with Hill as the vortex of a struggling' throng of delegates. They pressed forward from all quarters of the hall, urging him to permit his name to 'it? placed before the convention. The face of the New Yorker was a study as demands upon him came from sill sides, fie sat in The front row of del egates, with ex-Senator Murphy on his right and Judge Yan Wvck on hi.» left. A second seat awav was Mr. Oroker. liill protested vociferously. Judge Yan Wyek said iIi!I could not refuse. Mr. Murphy and Crol-.tr pleaded wil Hill to obey the will of the convention and accept. While the pleading's continued th» call of Delaware was heard and Dela ware yielded her place to Xew York. At this Senator Grady, the silver tongued orator of Xew York, pushed through the densely packed aisles up to the platform. "In behalf of the united democracy of Xew York," shouted Grady, "I present as a can didate for vice president the name of David l'ennett llill." The effect was electrical and a tidal wave of enthusiastic approval swept over the convention. Delegates stood on their chairs and waved frantically, not in a few scattered groups, but in solid phalanxes. Flag's and standards were mingled in triumphal profession, while a roar as from .Niagara pulsa ted through the great structure. Grady stood there waiting for the storm to subside. But as he waited the audience saw If ill push through the throng' lip to the platform. When Hill could be heard he made due acknowledgment of the honor done hint. "Hut I cannot. I must not, be the nominee of this convention," he declared with explosive emphasis. He was frequently interrupted with shouts of approval, but when he left the platform the delegates were firm ly convinced that lie was sincerely de sirous of having- his name withheld. It is probably this alone which pre vented a nomination by acclamation then and there, for the convent 10,. was on the point of being 1 carried off its feet. It was soon apparent that with Hill out, Stevenson was a strong - favorite. State after state seconded his nomi nation. Some of the devoted friends of Hill still maintained their allegi ance to him and the delegations of Xew Jersey. Louisiana and some oth ers seconded his nomination. A num ber of favorite sons also were placed in nomination, Maryland bringing forward Gov. John Walter Smith; Washington naming .Tames Hamilton Lewis; North Carolina nominating Col. Julian Carr, and Ohio presenting tin- name of A. W. Patrick. It.was after 2 o'clock when the sec onding- speeches were concluded and t lie tooting began. As the roll was about to be called Mr. Lewis appeared 011 the platform and withdrew from the contest. The vote was followed with intense interest. It was soon evident that Stevenson had a strong- lead. At the close of the call he had 559% votes, which, however, was not enough to nominate, the requisite two-thirds be ing 024. Hill had received 200 votes and Towne 89 1 /.. But before the an nouncement of the result, a delegate from Tennessee, stood on his chair and announced: "Tennessee changes her 24 votes from llill to Stevenson." That started the tide toward Steven son. ♦ Alabama < hanged to Stevenson. Cal ifornia did the same. Xortlv Carloina changed from Carr to Stevenson. Even Xew York finally announced its change from Hill to Stevenson. That ended it. Stevenson's nomination wan assured, although for some time long er the various states continued to re cord their changes from Towne and other candidates 1o Stevenson. In tie; end the nomination was made unanimous and the convention ad journed. The national committee of the dem ocratic party met after the adjourn ment of the convention and organ j lzed. Senator Jones, who was not. a member of the committee, remained | outside until the preliminaries were | over. Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, | who had been mentioned as possible ! chairman, nominated Senator Jones | for re-election and he received the unanimous \ote. The matter of selecting the execu tive committee was left to Chairman •Tones, who will make the appoint mt nts after he has time for consider ation. It. is understood that many members of the last committee will be chosen. A committee composed of Messrs. Tillman, Johnson, Osborne and Wilson was appointed to confer with representatives of the populist and silver republican par ties as to the best. plan of campaign. All the otlieials of the last national committee were re-elected. Ex-Gov. Stone, of Missouri, vice chairman; C. A. Walsh, secretary, and .Tolin 1. Mar tin, of Missouri, sergeant-at-arms. Tlif I'oi-te PromiMcs l<» l*ay« London. July 7. —The Constantino ple correspondent of the Express tel egraphs Hint the answer promised by* the porte on the subject of the indem nity claims by the United States is not forthcoming, but that semi-olti eial assurances are given that this claims will be paid. 3
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