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BRYAN WILL AGAIN
LEAD DEMOCRACY
Nominated for President at the
Kansas City Convention
Last Evening.
IMPERIALISM TO
Sixteen to One Is Given a Place Near the
End of the List of Good Resolutions,
While Imperialism Is Termed the "Para
mount Issue" on the Platform No Nom
ination for Vice President Made Last Even
ing Senator Hill Receives Ovations Upon
Every Appearance.
Kansas City, July C William Jen
nings Iirynn, o Nebraska, was unani
mously placed In nomination as the
Democratic candidate for president of
tlie lTnited States on a platform op
posing militarism, Imperialism and
trusts nml specifically declarlnjj for
the free coinage of sliver at the ratio
of 10 to 1. The nomination came as
the culmination of a frenzied demon
stration In honor of the. party leader,
lastlns twenty-seven minutes and kIv
liiK utterance to all the pent up emo
tions of the vast multitude. It fol
lowed also a fierce struggle through
out the last thirty-six hours concern
ing the platform declaration on silver
and on the relative position which the
stiver question Is to maintain to the
other great issues of the day.
It was lato this afternoon when the
convention was at last face to face
with the presidential nomination. Ear
lier In the day there had been tedious
delays, duo to the Inability of the
platform committee to reconcile their
differences and present a report. Un
til this was ready the convention man
agers beguiled the time by putting
forward speakers more or less promi
nent to keep the vast audience from
becoming too restless.
The first session, beginning at 10
o'clock this morning, was entirely
fruitless of results and It wns not un
til lato In the afternoon when the sec
ond session had begun that the plat
form committee ias at last able to re
port an agreement. Already Its main
features, embodying the 10 to 1 prin
ciple, had become known to the dele
gates and there was little delay In its
lltvlng it unanimous approval. This
removed the last chance for an open
rupture on questions of principal and
left the way clear fr the supreme
event of the day, the nomination of
THE PLATFORM ON
Kansas City, July 5.
Wi:. TIIK ti:i'ltKM:.TTIVi:S of the
Democratic piny of the United States
aM milled In convention on the anniver
sary of tho Declaration of Indepeudiuce, do
re .iihrni our faith In that immortal proclam
ation of the inalluuhlc right of nun and our
allegnnio to the comtitutlon fumed in liar
monj therewith by the lathers of tho republic.
We hold with the L'nitid Mates Supremo couit
that the Declaration of Independence Is the
spirit of our government, of which the consti
tution is the lorni and letter. We elect ire again
that all governments Instituted among men
derive their jut powers from the conduit of
the governed! that any government not based
upon the consent of the governed Is a tjranny;
and that to Impose on any peoplo a govern
ment of force is to substitute the methods cf
imperialism lor those of n republic. We hold
that the constitution follows the tlag and de
nounic the doctrine that an executive or con
grcM deriving their exUtence ami their powers
from the constitution can lawfully exeulxe law
ful authority hcjond it or in violation of it.
We as-cit that no nation can long endure lull
republic and half empire and wc warn the
American people that imperlalim abroad will
lead cruickly and inevitably to despotism at
home.
Porto Rico Tariff Denounced
BKI.IKYIXO In these fundamental principles,
wc denounce tho I'orto itiio law enacted
by a Itepubllcan congress against the pro
test and opposition of the Democratic mlnoilty
at a bold and open violation of the nation'!
organlo law and a tlagianfc breach of the na
tional good faith. It Imposts upon tho people
of I'orto ltlco a government without their con
tent and taxitlon without representation. It
dishonors lue American people by repudiating
k solemn pledge made In their behalf by tho
commanding general of tho army which tho
Porto itlcani welcomed to a peacciul and un
resisted oecupatioa of their land. It doomed
to poverty and diltress a peoplo whose help
lessness appca.i ullh peculiar force to our
Justice and magnanimity. In this, the first
act of Its ImpcrhlMIc piograninie, the He
publican jurty necks to commit the United
States U a colonial palicy, inconsistent with
republican Institutions tnd condemned by tba
Supreme court In numerous deolslons.
Wc demand the promt nd honest fulfill,
mei.t bf our plcilgo to ilia Cuban people and
BE THE ISSUE
the presidential candidate. That vast
auditorium was lllled to Its utmost ca
pacity when the moment arrived for
the nomination to bo made. Not only
where the usual facilities afforded by
tickets taxed to the utmost, but the
door-keepers had liberal Instructions
W. D. OLDHAM, OF NEBRASKA.
Who Made the Speech Nominating William Jen
nings llrjan for President at Kansas City
Yesterday.
under which the aisle areas and all
available space were packed to their
fullest limit.
There remains only the choice of a
candidate for vice-president and the
work of the convention Is over. Them
Is every evidence that this choice will
be quickly made tomorrow morning,
nlthough there Is still some doubt as
to who the nominee will be.
ENTHUSIASTIC SESSIONS.
The Sixteen to One Plank Inserted
Without Much Trouble.
Kansas City, July S. Although 10.30
o'clock was the time set for the morn
ing session to begin, It was 11 o'clock
when Chairman lUchardson called the
Following is the official text of
the world lhat the t'nlted Slatis lias no dis
position nor intuition to eiereiw sovereignty,
jurisdiction or control ovn th- island of Cuba
except for its pacification The war ended
nearly two jearj ago, profound peace reigns
over all the (.land, klill the administration
Keeps the government of the island from its
people, while Ilepuhncan carpet-bag officials
plunder its revenues and exploit the colonial
theory to the dingracc of tho American people.
An Unnecessary War
WE COXDEMX and denounce the Philippine
policy of the present administration. It
has involved the republic In unnccirsary
war; sacrificed the lives of many of our noblest
inns and placed the I'nited States, prerlously
hnown and applauded throughout the world as
the champion of freedom, in the false and un
American position of crushing with military
force the efforts cf our former allies to achieve
liberty and self-government. The Filipinos
cannot be citizens without endangering our
civilization; the) cannot lie subjects without
imperilling our form of government, and as we
arc not willing to surrender our civilization
or to convert the republic Into an empire we
favor an immediate declaration of me nation's
purpose to give the 1'iliplnos, first, a stable
foim of gov eminent j second, independence!
third, protection from outside interference
suih as has been given for nearly a century
to the republlis of Central and South America,
The greedy commercialism which dictated the
Philippine policy of the Republican admlnls.
tratlon attempts to Justify It with the plea
that it will pay, but even this sordid and un
vvoithy plea falls when brought to the test of
fails. The war of criminal aggression against
tho niiplnos, entailing an annual expense of
many millions, has alicady 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 alnsys too high.
Expansion Favored
Wl! Alii; SOT opposed to territorial cspan
junsloi when it talcs In desirable terri
tory which can be erected into states
in the union and whove peoplo are willing and
tit to become American citizens, We favor ex
pansloa by every peaceful and legitimate
mesui. Hut wc are unalterably opposed to tki
convention to order, and presented the
Rev. John J. Glennln, of Kansas City,
for the opening Invocation. The hall
was packed with people. After the
chairman nnd the Bcrseant-at-arms
had appealed to the delegates nnd the
spectators to preserve order, so that
the work of the convention might pro
ceed without undue Interruption, Mr.
IMchardson announced that the plat
form committee wns not ready to re
port.and pending word from that body,
ho Invited Governor Hogg, of Texas, to
address the convention.
The Texan was vociferously cheered
when ho asserted that the platform
must contain a specific declaration for
16 to 1. When he had finished, there
were cries for Hill, of New York,
mingled with hisses. A. M. Dockery,
of Missouri, was next Introduced. In
the course of his remarks ho mentioned
the name of Admiral Dewey, which
evoked but slight applause. Mayor T.
S. Rose, of Milwaukee, followed the
eloquent MIssourlnn. At the conclus
ion of his speech, In which he made nn
appeal to remember the great army of
German voters throughout the United
States, another Hill demonstration
broke out. The distinguished New
Yorkers was not present, and the hand
tried to stop the demonstration by
playing "The Star Spangled Banner."
Some of the Now Yorkers soucht to
offset the demand for Hill by shouting
for Grady. AVhcn quiet had been re
stored, the chairman Introduced J. 13.
McCullough, of Indianapolis, for an
other speech on current public ques
tions. To Welcome Allies.
t George Fred Williams, of Massachu
setts, Introduced a resolution, which
was adopted, that "a committee of nine
delegates he appointed by the chair for
the purpose of conferring with the Sil
ver Republicans and the Populist par
ties now gathered In Kansas City."
Congressman James Williams, of Illi
nois, made a short speech, and then a
roar of applause was started when
Governor Beckham, of Kentucky.
mounted the plutform nnd uddiesspil
the assemblage. "We have had such
a dose of Republican rule," said he,
"that Kentucky Is piepared to accept
any platform which the Democratic
party will present." Governor Beck
ham's reception was a most nattering
one, and was a lining counterpart to
that given Governor Taylor at the
Philadelphia convention.
J. W. Miles, of Maryland, then ad
dressed the convention In support of
conservative action upon the platform,
after which Chairman Richardson an
nounced that the platform committee
would bo ready to report at 3.30 p. m.,
and the convention took a recess to
that hour.
Afternoon. Session.
At 3.CJ0 ihe crowd wns the greatest
that has attended any session of the
convention. At that time nearly nil
the delegates hud arrived. The aisles
were paclcid solid and the heat was
oppressive. Senator Hill who had been
absent from the two preceding sessions
canu through the crowded aisles. Ills
entry was coupled with considerable
applause, but the demonstration In
honoi of the senator when present
lacked scviral degrees the warmth
shown yesteiday afternoon nnd this
morning while he was absent. At 4
o'clock Chairman Richardson called for
order. The platform committee, head
ed by Senator Jonps, D. J. Garman,
Senator Tillman nnd Judge Van Wyck,
made their way through the dense
throngs and proceeded to the platform.
Mr. Richardson appealed vainly for
order.
Senator Jones, silver haired and seri
ous advanced to the front of the stage.
He held a roll of manuscript In his
hands. But It was useless to talk
against such a tumult and he dropped
back In his spat until order was being
restored. At last the nole subsided,
nnd Mr. Jones In a clear voice an
nounced: "I am authorized by the
committee on resolutions to present the
platform agreed upon, nnd I will yield
to the Fenntor from South Carolina,
Mr. Tillman, to read the document."
i
Continued en Page 8.
WHICH WILLIAM JENNINGS
the platform as agreed upon
(clzlng or purchasin; of distant islands to be
governed outside the constitution and whose
people can never become citizens. We ore in
favor of extending the republic's influence
among the nations, but ln-lir" that influeme
should be extended, not through tone and
violence, but through the pcrioiasive power of
a high and honorable example.
The importance nf other questions now- pend
ing before the American people is no wie dim
inished and the Democratic party takes no
backward step from Its position on them, but
the burning liue ot imperialism growing out
of the S'panish war Involves the very existence
of the republic and the elestruction of our
fiee Institutions, We regard It as the para
mount isue of the campaign.
The declaration in the Republican platform
adopted at the Philadelphia convention held
in June, 1D00, that tho Itepubllcan party
'steadfastly adheres to the policy announced
in the Monroe doctrine" is manifestly insin
cere and deceptive. This profession is contra'
dieted by the avowed policy of that party in
opposition of the spirit of the Monroe eloc
trine to acquire ami hold sovereignty over
large areas of territory and large numbers of
people in the eastern hemisphere. We insist
on the strict maintenance of the Monroe doc
trine In all its Integrity, both in letter and In
spirit, as necessary to prevent the extension
of European authority on this continent and
as essential to our supremacy In Amerlcin af
fairs. At the samo time we declaro that no
American people shall ever be held by force
In unwilling subjection to European suthorlty.
Militarism Opposed
WE OPPOSE MILITARISM. It means con
quest abroad and intimidation and op
pression t home. It means the strong
arm which lias been fatal to free institutions.
It is what millions of our citizens , have fled
from In i.urope. It will impose upon our
peace-loving people a large standing army and
unnecessary burden of taxation and a constant
menace to their liberties. A small standing
army and a well discipline state militia are
amply sufficient in time of peace. This re
public has no place for a vast military service
and conscription. When the nation is In dan
ger the volunteer soldier is his country's best
defender. The national guard of the United
States titiould ever be tlietlshcd In the patri
otic hearts ot a free people. S'uiU organiza
DELIBERATIONS
OF SILVERITES
PLANK OP IMPERIALISM BOTH
ERS PLATFORM MAKERS.
Bryan's Name Cheered Sentiment
for Towno ns Vice-President.
Judge L. W. Brown, of Ohio,
Chosen ns Permanent Chairman.
Attacked National Banks in His
Address.
Kansas City, Mo July 5. When the
Silver Republican national convention
was called to order today by Tempor
ary Chairman Teller, the sub-commlt-teo
appointed last night to draw up ft
platform was still far from nn agree
ment. The sub-committee held another
session this morning in nn endeavor to
decide on the disputed question of Im
perialism. The inset tton of nn ant-Im-periallst
plank was opposed only by
western members of the sub-committee,
many of whom uru avowed expan
sionists and who favor the Ignoring of
the issue altogether. It was believed
that the platform would not be com
pleted until late this ufternoon.
The delegates straggled Into the
Auditorium hall very slowly this morn
ing, anil when Chairman Teller called
the convention to order nt 10.30 a. in.
not more than half the full number
were piesent. Chairman Teller was ex
tremely hoarse as a result of his long
speech yesterday, and he yielded the
chair to Prank T. Ransom, of Ne
braska. After a short recess the commlttoa
on credentials reported favorably on
the seating of delegates as follows:
Nebraska. 23; Idaho, 15; Wisconsin,
13; Indiana, 9T.Knns.is, "; Illinois, nt;
Aikansas, 12; New Jersey, 20; Utah, 15;
Louisiana, fi; Iowa, 100; California, 21;
Ohio, 100, Minnesota, 100; r-'milli Da
kota, 10; North Dakota. 23, Colorado,
IT; Wrshlngton, 20' Texas, 2; Mon
tunt 0: Oklahoma, 10. The report wna
adopted.
Committee on Organization.
The committee on permanent organ
isation then repoited the selection of
JucIrp Brown as permniunt chairman
of the convention, and II A. McCrenry,
of California, as permanent secretary
Judge, Brown received hearty recogni
tion from the convention ns ho took
the chair. Ho said that as the east
turned to the west In the lime of Lin
coln, so It again turned to the west
and found a leader In the person of
William J. Bryan.
The mention of Bryan's name gave
the convention an opportunity of show
ing itn loynlty to Uio Democratic load
er. Til" chairman's, further alluIon to
Charles A. Towne as the candidate for
second place caused more emphatic ap
plause than that accorded to Bryan.
The chairman, In icvlewing the his
tory of financial legislation, said that
the money question wouli not be set
tled until the national banks were driv
en out of power. The questions of
money and trusts were inseparable, ho
declared. The small banks of the coun
try we.-o In the power of city banks,
especially the banks of New York,
which the speaker added, were In
league with Lombaid street. One rem
edy he suggested was the removal of
duties on every article controlled by
tiusts.
AERONAUT FELL 500 FEET.
Death of Emil Markenberg While
Making an Ascension.
Santa Ana, Cal., July .. Emll Mark
enberg, an aeronaut of long experi
ence, fell from a height of COO feet
while making a balloon ascension yes
terday and was crushed to death In
the presence of thousands of specta
tors. The accident was caused by the
breaking of a strap to which he was
hanging by his teeth.
by the committee on resolutions
tions are ever nn clement of strength and safe
ty. 1'or the tlrst time in our history and co
evil with tho Philippine conquest has there
been a wholesome departure from our time
honored and approved s.vstem of volunteer or
ganization. We denounce it as un-American,
un-Dcmoi ratio and un-Rcpubllean, and as a
suhveislcn of the smknt and fixed principles
of a free people.
The Trust Evil
PRIVATE MONOPOLIES arc Indefensible and
intolerable. They destroy competition,
control tho price of all material and of the
finished product, thus robbing both producer
and consumer. They lessen the employment of
labor, and arbitrarily fix the terms and condi
tions thereof nnd deprive individual energy
and sin ill capital of their opportunlt) for bet
terment. They are the most efficient means
jet devised for appropriating the fruits of In
dustry 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 anil the republic destroyed. The
dishonest paltering with the trust evil by
the ltcpubltian party in statu and national
platforms Is conclusive proof ot the truth of
tho charg that trusts arc the legitimate pro
duct of Republican policies', that they arc
fostered by Republican laws and that they are
protected by tho Republican administration in
return for campaign subscriptions and political
support.
We pledge the Democratic party to an un
ceasing warfare in nation, state and city
against private monoply In every form. Exist
ing laws against trusts imM be enforced and
more stringent ones be enacted providing tor
publicity as to the affairs of corporations en
gaged In interstate commerce and requiring
all corporations to show, before doing business
outside of the state of their origin, that they
have no water in their stock, and that they
havo not attempted and are not attempting to
monopolize any branch of buslncmi or the pro
duction of any articles of merchandise; and
the whole constitutional power of congress.
over interstate commerce, the malls and all
modes ot Interstate communication shall be
exercised by the enactment of comprehensive
laws upon the subject ot trusts. Tariff laws
should be amended by putting (he products of
trusts upon the free list to prevent monoply
under the pica ot protection. Tbe failure ol
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Democracy's Choice lor the PreslJency.
REGULARS LEAVE CUBA.
Will Replace Volunteer Troops in
the Philippines.
Washington. July C As the result of
consultations of the secretary of war
with Lieutenant General Miles, com
manding the army, and Major General
Leonard Wood, commanding the divi
sion of Cuba, orders were today issued
for the return to the United States
fiom Cuba as soon as possible of the
Second, Fifth and Eighth regiments
of Infant! v.
This is the first step In the pro
gramme of the war department for
the replacement of the volunteer nrmy
in the Philippines with troops of the
regular establishment and Is thus be
ing hasteneu because of the state of
affairs In China.
MRS. CARTER MUST PAY.
Parisian Dressmaker Obtains Judg
ment in London Court.
London, July B. In the Queen's
Bench Division of the High Court ot
Justice today a Parisian dressmaker
recovered from Mrs. Leslie Carter, the
actress, JCC33 for dresses worn In he
production of Zaza at New York. The
orders for the dresses were given In
London and the court held that Mrs.
Carter's plea that her bankruptcy nnd
subsequent discharge In New York
freed her from liability did not affect
the London contract.
The same plaintiff wns given a ver
dict of 172 against David Belasco, the
theatrical manager.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Richmond, Va , July C Colonel C. O. P.
Couardln, editor in chief ot the Richmond Dis
patch and pusident oi tlir Dlspttrh company,
died today of t.vphoid feer, aged IS jcars.
New York, July 5. .Justice J. II. Llpplncott,
of the Supreme court of New .terse), died sud
denly nt Ills rtsitknic In Jersey City today of
heart dlsca.se.
New Cycling Rule Goes Into Effect.
Buffalo, X. V., July S In accordance- with a
rule recently pasvcel by the hoard of contiol of
tin' National Cycling association, all rldcro imist
after today, on enteritis competition, nppear In
trunks, the tody of which must ho Mack.
BRYAN WILL
and presented to the convention:
the present Republican administration with
an absolute contiol over all the branches ot
the national government to enact any legisla
tion designed to prevint or even curtail the
absoibing power of trusts and illegal combina
tions or to enforce the anti-trust lawn al
ready on the statute books, prove the insln
cerlty of the hlgh-noundlng phrases of the Re
publican platform.
Corporations should be protcctid in their
rights and their legitimate interests should
lie nperted, but any attempt by corporations
to Interfere with the public affairs ot the peo
ple or to control tho sovereignty which creates
them, should be forbidden under such penal
ties as will such attempts Impossible.
Dingley Tariff Law
Wi; CONDEMN the Dlngley tariff law as a
trust-breeding measure, skillfully devised
to give the few favors vvhlih they do not
desire and to place) upon the many burdens
which the1)- should not bear.
We favor smh an enlarge ment of the sropo
of the interstate commerce law a! will enable
the commission to protect individuals and
communities from discriminations and tho pub
lic from unjust and unfair transportation rates.
We re-afllrm and endorse the principles of
the national Democratic platform adopted at
Chicago In IS'JO and wc leltcrato the deinmd
of that platform for an American financial
sjstcm made by the American piople for
themselves whli h shall restore and maintain
a bimetallic price level and as part of such
sjstcm the Immediate restoration of the free
and unlimited coinage of sliver and gold at
the present legal ratio of 10 to 1 without wait
ing fur the aid or consent of any other nation.
We denounce the currency bill enacted at
tho last session of congress as a step forward
in the Republican policy which alms to dis
credit the sovereign rlsht of the national gov
ernment to issue all money, whether coin or
paper, and to bestow upon national banks the
power to lsuc and control the volume of pa
per money for their own benefit. A permanent
nitlonal bank currrnc), secured by government
bonds, must have a permanent dent to rest
upon, and if the bank currency is to increase
with population iiud business the debt mu.t
also Increase. The Republican currency
scheme is therefore for fastening upon the tax
pajers a perpetusl and growing debt for the
benefit of the banks. We are opposed to this
private corporation paper circulated as money,
TIIK NEWS THIS H0KNINU
Weather InJIcatlons Tojayi
IrAIR AND WARM,
1 General Willhni Jennings llrjan Nominated
nt Kansas City.
A Hay of Hope from ( him..
Convention of Silver Republicans.
2 General The Tribune's Extiaoidin.iry Educa-
tional Offer.
Northeastern l'cnnsvlvinl.i.
Financial and Comment il.
3 I,ncil Vcn's t'nlon Agiln Active.
First Steel Plant In This City.
4 Editorial.
News and Comment.
0 Local Another I.tgal SMimlsh In the New
Iliilrmil War.
Councilman Chittenden Disgusted.
8 Local West Scranlon and Suburban.
7 Hound Ahoul the County.
8 Local Lire Industrial News.
A Double Execution.
Quehec, Can , July 5.-Tomorrow Is the day
on which Bute and Curs were recintly stn
teneed to hang. The win were found cullty of
murikr in the first decree. At the time ot tho
sentence, Dube was cool and apparently indif
ferent to his fate but Cares hioke down and
wept. Dube was found huilty of the murder
of Thomas Mooney, at Lako lleauort, and Curs
of having brutally killed his wile.
Corporations Chartered.
Ilarrisburg, July 5. Charters were issued by
tho state department today as follow: Th"
Cicoigp W. Try company, Uninntovvn; capilal,
$n,(iiiO; tho Wist l'enn Long Distance Teh phono
company, Pittsburg, capital, 10,un0; Thorn
burs Lind company, Pittsburg, cipit.il SlO.nerj;
the Hilltop German savings bank, Pittsburg,
$7.,000.
Tho Oregon Floated.
Washington, July 5. Tho navy department re.
celved telegraphic nevvH that the hattlohlp
Oregon was floated this afternoon.
"WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, July B 1'or Eastern 1'emnvl
xanla, fair and continued warm Prlda) and
Saturday; light to fresh southerly winds.
MARCH TO
but without legal tender qualities, and de
mand the retirement ol the national bank
notes as fast as this government paper and
silver certificates can be substituted for them,
Election of Senators
WE l'AVOIt AN amendment to the federal
constitution providing for the election
of t'nlteil Stales senators by direct vote
ot the people, and wc favor direct legislation
wherever piaittiahU'.
We aro opposed lo government by iniunc
tlon; wc denounce the black lUt und favor
arbitration as a means ot settling disputes be
tween corporations and their rmploves.
In the interest of American labor and tlm
uplifting of the workliigmau, as the corner
stone of the prosperity of our country, we
recommend that conguss create a department
of labor In rhargc of a secretary, with a seat
In the cabinet, believing that tho elevation
cf the Ameilcan laborer will bring with it in-crts'i-d
prosperity to our country at home
and to our commerce abroad.
Wo are proud of the courage nnd fidelity of
the American soldiers and sailors In all our
wars; we favor liberal pensions to them and
their dependents, and we reiterate the position
taken in the Chicago platform In IS00 that the
fact of enlistment and service shall be deemed
conclusive evidence agilnst disease and disa
bility before enll.tment.
We favor tho immediate construction, owner
ship and control of the Nicaragui canal by
the United States, and wc denounce the In
tlnceiity of the plank In the Iste Republican
platform for an istlimhn canal in face ot the
failure of the Republican majority to pass the
bill pending In congress.
We condemn the Hay-Paunccfotc treaty as
a surrender of American right and interests,
not to bo tolerated by the American people.
We denounce the failure of the Republican
party to carry out its pledges, to grant state,
linod to the territories of Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahomo, and we promise the people of
those teriltorles Immediate statehood and home
rule duilng their condition as territories and
wo favor home rule and a terrltoilal form ot
government for Alaska and Porto Itico,
No favor an intelligent system of Improving
the arid lands of tho west, storing tho waters
for purposes of irrigation and the holding of
such lands for actual settlers.
Wo favor the continuance and strict enforce
ment ot the Chinese exclusion law and its ap
RAY OF HOPE
FROM PEKIN
The Foreigners Said to
Have Been Alive on
27th of June.
BESIEGED BY FANATICS
Empress and Emperor Reported to
Have Been Poisoned Latter Dead,
Former fnsano from Effects of
Drug rear That Allies Cannot
Hold Tien Tsin Against Chinese
Hordes General Nichs-Sl-Chang's
Forces Said to Have Reached Lofn
on March from Pekln Chinese Re
pulsed nt Tien Tsin Arrival ot
Japanese Reinforcements Said to
Have Saved the City.
Shanghai, July 5. A messenger wltft
olliclal advices, who left Pekln on June
27, says that more than 100,000 Chlncso
soldiers and rioters had surrounded the
legations, but In spite of fierce attacks
they had not then succeeded in break
ing through the walls.
Tho messenger also reported that all
persons connected with tho palace wero
Boxer sympathizers, the princes, dukes
and everyone else In the imperial
household worshipping the god of tho
Boxers.
The gales of tho inner city, It was
added, were open for half a day.
In olliclal reports to tho German con
sular staff It is said that Emperor
Kwang-Su killed himself by taking
opium under compulsion of Prlnco
Tuan on Juno 19.
The empress dowager also took
poison, but Is still alive, although it Is
reported she Is Insane frdm the effects
of the drug.
London, July . In a dispatch from
Shanghai received today by a news
agency, under date of July 4, It is re
ported that tho British legation at
Pekln, with 1,000 refugees.was still safe
when the message was sent.
Japan to the Rescue.
According to reports from Shanghai
the Chinese army, on n, march south
ward from Tekln, has reached Lofa. It
Is presumably Gen. NIehs-Si-Chnng'3
force on its way to attack Tlen-Tsln.
Another force of 30,000 Chinese from
Lutal has appeared noitheast of Tlen
Tsln, nnd Is reported to havo been
eltivcr back by the combined forces o
Russia and Japan. The losses of tho
Intel national forces were heavy.
The native city when captured was a
horrible spectacle, Chinese bodies ly
ing thick around the guns.
It Is reported in Berlin that the Chi
nese have taken Tlen-Tsln, but n cablo
despatch from Shanghai, dated July 4,
shows that according to the latest ad
vices th" city 13 still in the hands of
the International troops, though tho
Chinese attempted to isolate them a.1
they did at Pekln.
The Chinese were receiving constant
accessions, many arriving from Man
chuila. The despatch added lhat Colonel Wo
gack, coitinir tiding tho Russians at
Tlen-Tsln, wns almost exhausted. Ho
had betn thre days and nights In tho
saddle, dliectlng the operations.
DEFEAT.
plication to tho same classes of all Asiatics
rae es, ,
Against Foreign Alliance
J EPPERSON' slid: "IVacc-, commerce anil
honest friendship with all uitlons; entang
ling alliances with none," Wo approve this
wholesome doitrine and earnestly protest
against the II' public an departure which has
Involved in so-called pulities, including the
diplomacy nf Europe, and tho intilgue and
land-grabbing ot Asia, and wo especially con
demn the ill-oniealed Republican alliance with
England, which niuu mean discrimination
agalu-t other friendly nations, and which has
already stilled tho nation's voice whilo liberty
is being strangled In South Africa.
Relieving in the principles ot self-government
und rejecting as did our fore-fathers the
claim of inonanhv-, wo view with Indignation
tho purpose of England to overwhelm with
force the South African republics. Speaking
as vvu do, for the entire American nation ex
cept the Republican olllce-holders, and for all
frie men ever.vvvheri', we extend our sympa
thies to the heroic burghers in their unequil
struggle to nutiilain their liberty and Inde
pendence. Wei denounce the large appropriations of re
cent Republican congrosirs which have kept
taxes high and which threaten the perpetua
tion ol oppression of war levies. We opposes
the accumulation of a suiplus to be squandered
in suih bare-faced frauds uKn tho taxpayer
as the shipping subsidy bill, which, undsr tba
false prctiiiso of prospering American ship
building, would put unearned millions Ir.ta
the pockets of favorite contributors to tho Re
publican campaign fund. We favor the speedy
repeal of the war taxes and a return to the)
tlmc-honnreil Dcmoi ratio policy ot strict ecotn
omy In governmental expenditures.
Support Asked
BELIEVIXO THAT our most cherished insti.
tutions are In great peril; that the sjtty;
existence ot our constitutional republio il
at stake, and that the decision now to ba ren
dered will determine whether or not our hit
drcn are (to enjoy those blessed privileges ot,
free government which have made the United
States great, prosperous and honored, we earn
estly ask for the forsgolng declaration of prin
ciples the hearty support of the liberty loving
people, rtgardlesd of previous party affiliations.