Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. = g i 11 S Kann, Sons ~ (O, STH & MARKET SPACE of people which continually flows into our store is as varied in its char- acter as the patches of a fancy quilt. Ail Have One Expression of Countenance, ‘though, after they've partaken of the advantages to be derived from ANNUAL Stock-Taking SALE, namely, a look of pleasure. DOMESTICS WASH GOODS. 100 PIECES oF GOOD STYLE GHALLIES, FROM THE PIECE. WERE 6x6. Stock-TakingPrice ctr Frost THE PIEC) a Se. Stock-Taking Price. __ $0 PIECES OF FAST COLOR LAW! x WERE Ghc. THE PI ce Ww) RE a Sieck-Taking Price, 2%c. “i PIESES OF VERY BEST OUTING ¢ WERE 1° Steck-Taking Price, 5c OF WHITE SHA OTH. 4 PIECES ig iN EL. WERE %. Stock-Taking Price, 5c. PG ‘PIECES FINE WHITE FLANNEL. WERE Stock-Taking Price, 25c. SEPES OF ALT-Woor |. FLAN- Steck-Taking Price, 4c. PEOUOT BLEACHED SH ‘G, FULL TWO YARIS WIDE.” Was = ; Stock-Taking Price, 93{c. CONESTOGA YARD-WIDE BLEACHED MUS- LIN; WORTH 6. Stock-Taking Price, 3%c. ED SHEETING, GULL 2% Steck-Taking Price, 13c. K MIL a EETING, YARDS WIDE. “Wa: -Taking Price, ge. AND LANCASTER APRON Gi! Taking Price, 3%c. FRENC WERE s tock-Takin EST 1. EVEN INCLUDING LE COL- MOURNING EFFECTS. ‘THE CHOIC- STYLES OF THE SEASON. WERE 12%4¢. AND Ibe. Steck-Taking Price, 8c. “43 PIECES OF BEST FI IMPORTED F1 RED LINENS AND PLI S TD Se. A YARD L4PPETS. w E35. Steck-Taking Price, 9c. ND ALL-W “BEST SWIVEL SILKS | -WOOL IM- PORTED CHALLIES. WERE 35e. AND 38c. 5c. Stock-Taking Price, 350 pieces of Fine Ba- tistes, Crisp India Dimities, Dainty Jaconet Duchesse, and a half dozen more of the season’s * popular weaves, including Genuine Indigoes. Were 12%¢. yard. 8 45 — — = = = — are to the body in the heat of sum- mer as an ice box. They’re cool— they are breezy looking—they’re dressy—they’ lish—and if you Te si buy vours here—they re cheap. Here is a condensed bar- gain bulletin of our com- plete stock: 506. WAISTS, 256. $80. WAISTS, 496. $1.48 WAISTS, 756. $1.75 WAISTS, 986. They are made with large sleeves, correctly shaped collars and cuffs, some attached, some de= tached. Some of the col- lars are different color from body of waist—some are same—All the correct fabrics are here: Percales, Lawns, Fancy Dimities, Jaconets and a score of others. eee ee eee a ee a 1 a ere A I A SE i el ea oe SR ace ER A Nar LE Se, MRS. WASHINGTON She Tells of the Beginning of Her Work. THE FIRST REAL CONFERENCE How the Members Have Increased Since Then. THE OBJECTS IN FUTURE >. Mrs. Booker T. Washington, wife of the principal of the Tuskegee, Alabama, Insti- tute for Colored Youth, who has achieved the reputation of being the greatest orator of his race now livirg, is in Washington. Mrs. Washington is engaged in a misston that is believed to stand alcne in the moral, educational and industrial field. She has already accomplished a vast amount of good, and as she said, the interest taken in her plans by the people she seeks to benefit is so great that there is an average attendance of about 400 at the meetings which she conducts in the town of Tuske- gee each Saturday during the year except in the hot summer months. Brief mention was made in The Star some days ago of the reasons which im- pelled Mrs. Washington to inangurate her wonderful work, but on this point she sald to The Star reporter: ‘The First Conference. “In the spring of 1892 the first negro con- ference for farmers was held at Tuskegee. The purpose of this conference was to in- spire the masses of colored poeple to se- cure homes of their own; to aim after bet- ter ways of Hving; to insiet upon better educational advantages, an extension of their school term, and so raise the stand- ard of living merally, physically, intel- lectually and financially. “Sitting im that first meeting of negro farmers, hearing the resolutions, which stood as the platform of the conference, I felt that, es in the day of Lucrétia Mott and the early struggles of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony, women were not inchded In the word ‘people,’ and notwithstanding the fact that there were many wo.nen present at that first confer- ence, they had no actual part in it, and they did not realize that they could be of any service to their Fusbands in bringing about a better state of affairs at home. “This was the thought which came up and would not be stilled: ‘What can these Foor farmers do with new hopes, the new aspirations, the new ideas for better things unless the women who must share thelr joys and sorrows are equally inspired and educated, for these ccnferences are educa- tive?” “It was not many days befere it was a settled purpose that somehow these wo- men in the homes represented by the farmers must be reached. How to reach and help them was a more difficult ques- tion to be settled, but after many sleepless nights and weary days of longing and praying for Some way to open, it finally came. A Good Place to Begin. “As I lay thinking of it all the thought came that Tuskegee was a good place in which to begin the work. The country women, tired of the monotony of their lives, came into the village every Saturday in crowds. As there was no place in the whole village where they, too, had a most prominent part to play in the life which their husbands, their sons and their lovers were being urged to seek, might be gath- ered for an hour or more each Saturday and instructed—Iike a flash the idea was caught up and was not let go until such a -place was secured. I did not even tell my husband of my plans, nor did I divulge them to a single person except one old man, who had charge of the hall I man- aged to get until after the work had been inaugurated. “Qur first conference was heid in the upper story of a very dilapidated store, which stands on the main street of the vil- lage, and the stairs leading to the room were so rickety that we were often afraid to ascend them. The room was used by the colored firemen of the village, and was a dark and dreary place, with nothing even inviting to me, but it answered our purpose for the time. We had no rent to pay, and this was one less of its burdens to me. “How to get the women to the first meet- ing was not easily settled, for, as above Stated, fear of opposition trom friends kept me from making mention of the plan, except to the men who let me have the room. “That first Saturday I walked up the stairs alone and sat down in that room in all of Its dreariness, my heart almost falled me, and not until I remembered these words: ‘No man having put his hands to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingtiom of God,’ did I throw off the de- spondency. “At this moment a small boy entered the room, and I said to him go through the streets and say to each woman you meet, so that no one will hear you, ‘There is a woman up those stairs wh> has something for you." “That first meeting I can never forget. There were six women who came. and cach ene, as she looked at me, seemed to say: “Where is it? We talked It all over, the needs of our women and the best way of helping each other, and there was begun the first woman conference, which now numbers over four hundred women. The Present Conditions. “We now have a large roomy hall in the main street, where we come together each Saturday, and spend two hours talking of the things which go to make better and truer lives among women and children. ‘Women come long distances, some as much as sixteen miles, un foot, to these meetings. They bring along their little girls, that they they could not afford to leave at home; and here at first arose another ques- tion—what to do with these children. But a plan was hit upon, and another room was hired, and these girls, now one hundred in number, are taught simple lessons, and at the same time rece!ve little practical talks on behavior at home, in the streets and elsewhere. We also have a little library of about one hundred and fifty volumes for them, and each one is allowed to draw the books she wants, to keep two weeks or longer. We also have picture books on the table for the younger children. A friend gives us two hours of her time on Saturday for these children, and it delights one’s heart to see the improvement in the chil- dren in all directions, especially in the man- ner of talking and laughing aloud in the streets. “It is often remarked by the villagers that there has been a marked improvement among the women in the manner of dress. They are doing away with the wrapping of the hair, and substituting for it braiding or some other simple arrangement. The women no longer go barefooted, nor do they sit around the streets in a listless way. There ts less familiarity of the wo- men and men in the streets, and In many ways the women are being led to better ways of action, to say nothing of the home aapcoxcenents) and the closer union of home life. “We visit the homes of the women, and thus see that the lessons are put into prac- tice. We have given out thousands of papers, principally Youth’s Companions, and others that are illustrated, and picture cards, in order that the cracks might be closed against the wind and the rain, and so that the children of the homes might have something besides the dark, cheerless logs to look at. “Very few of the women can tell how old they are, and we have them tell some inci- dent which occurred about the time they were born, and in this way we determine their ages. They are always so delighted to be somewhat sure of how old they are, “We have been visited by Mrs. Edna D. Cheney of Boston, a woman who has ali along inspired me in this work for women; Sister Mary Moore, a woman who has and is still giving her life to the colored wo- men of the plantations; Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews, one of our own noble wo- men; Mrs. Hobson, the sister of Levi P. Morton; Mrs. Hopkins, the daughter-in-law of Mark Hopkins; Bishop Tanner and oth- ers, all of whom feel with us that in some such way as this the women have got to be instructed. See the Importance of These Confer- ences. “From the meetings in Tuskegee others have sprung up in different parts of the states of the south, and there should be such a conference in every plantation com- munity, and until there is we cannot expect @ great deal from the masses of the peo- ple. Wherever in the country, by chance, 1 am_thrown, I organize such a conference, and I long for the time when there will be such conferences, not made by chance, but systematically organized and sustained. “The women are beginning to see the im- portance of these conferences, and are do- ing-all that fs in their power to promote the interest of them. My talks for the con- ference year just closed were on the fol- lowing subjects: ‘Morals Among Young Girls,” ‘The Kinds of Amusements for Young Girls," ‘A Mother’s Example,’ ‘A Mother’s Duty to Her Home,’ ‘Dress for Women and Children,’ ‘Poultry Raising for Women,” ‘The Part a Woman Should Take in Securing a Home,’ ‘Fruit Canning,’ &c. “Many of these subjects were suggested by the women themsetves. There are many women who are so far away that they can Rot reach these conferences, and a little book is being prepared for theiy use. These books will contain little receipts which any woman may need in her country home, eqvecta ly, when there is sickness in the ily. “Work for the masses is always more difficult than that for the individual, but somehow I believe it must and will be done, for it is they whe must rise. Not less than per cent of our.women have their homes in the country on the plantations. They live in the old log cabins, but they have hearts, they have aspirations for the fu- ture. I want to do all in my power to teach them along these stmple lines of family life, of home-getting and home- making, and thus instil the thought that upon them rests the future of the coming generations.’ —> REPORTS OF THE C. E. CONVENTION One of the Things That Pi General Officers. ‘To say that the officers of the United So- ciety of Christian Endeavor are pleased at the treatment the recent convention re- ceived from the press of Washington 1s to éxpress the situation very mildly. One of them was telling yesterday of the time the convention was held in New York. One of the leading newspapers of that city was anxious to be regarded as the official organ of the convention, and promised that if it received the backing of the officers ef the society It would devote a full column and a half every day to reporting the procee‘lings, The contrast between that sort of enter- prise and the manner in which the Wash- ington papers treated them was freely com- mented upon. President Clark, the president of the Unit- ed Society, said last evening that it would be hard to exaggerate his feelings of ap- preciation, especially for the treatment they had received from The Star. “I was sur- prised," he continued, “at the fullness and accuracy with which The Star reported the Proceedings of the convention. 1 know that the trustees were greatly pleased, and I am sure that thousands of copies will he pre- served for future reading. As for myself, I shall keep The Star's report in a scrap book, for it gives a more graphic and picturesque story of the convention than does the offi- cial record. It was remarkable how much space you devoted to the convention when one considers that the democratic conven- tion was on at the same time. One of the most attractive features of The Star's re- ports was the generous manner in which the convention was illustrated. The pot traits were excellent, and gave ere ‘a splendid idea of the personriel of the gsther- ing. I would like to express my thanks for the kindly attention of the press of Wash- ingto Secretary Baer said: “What pleased me even more than the completeness and ac- curacy of The Stat’s reports was the fact that they were serious and earnest. They were not trifling, and there was no attempt to treat the corvention ‘n a frivolous way. In fact it was noticeable of all the Wash- ington papers that they seemed to catch something of the real spirit of the occasion and reproduced it in their pages." Mr. Willlam Shaw, the treasurer of the society, sald: “Of all the Endeavor conven- tions there was never one that received better treatment at the hands of the pres The Star's reports were noticeably full an accurate. As we were only able to attend one meeting at a time, the newspapers Gave a bird's-eye view of the whole con- vention at once, such as no delegate could get in any other way. I know that thou- sands of papers were sent home by the delegates to their families and friends who were unable to come on themselves.’ “The Star's reports were admiralile; they were sympathetic and in just the right spirit,” said Dr. James L. Hill of Salem, Mass., who has been for years one of the trustees of the United Society. “hey will be particularly helpful to the delegates in the echo meetings, the aftermatn, ‘and per- haps the mcst important nart of the con- vention. Yon know the ‘lelsgates are ex- pected to make a report of tne convention to their local societies when they get home, and for this they must rely mainly upon the newspapers. For such a one The Star will be invaluable. A person who is not satistied With those reports couli not be satisfied with anything.” One of the most enthusiastic of all was Chairman W. H. H. Smith of the commit- tee of "#3. “Ever since it was first decided that the convention should be hell in Washington this year,” he said, “The Siar has be2n one of our strongest and most faithful allies. In every possible way It has aided the movement and helped to make the occasion a success. To The Star and to the other papers of Washington I would like to express my peraonal gratl- tude. Of Vhe Star's reports of the con- vention it is only necessary to say that they were all that one could possibly have asked for, knowing that whatover The Star un- dertakes to do it does in a thorough and whole-souled way.” —__ TENT. WILLISTON’S FALL. sed the The Teue Story of Its Collapse Told by Chairman Clark. What is said to be the only true account of the collapse of Tent Williston early last Thursday morning was given by Mr. C. 8. Clark, chairman of the '96 committee, at the reception to the New York delegates at the Church of the Covenant last Saturday night. It has been commonly reported that the tent became water soaked and exceedingly heavy because of the rain that fell copiously and steadily Wednesday night, and that about 2 o'clock in the morning the weight became too great for the supporting poles and sustaining ropes, and in a sudden gust of wind the canvas house collapsed. Such was the explanation given In the daily press and commonly believed by the vast majority of delegates. Chairman Clark, however, at the recep- tion Saturday night let out what is said by those in inner circles to be the true secret of the affair. He couched his explanation in the following words: “There is a member of the committee of ’96, the chairman of the hall committee, ap- Propriately named Church, who carries concealed in his anatomy wonderful vocal organs with which he 1s wont to produce stentorian tones. During the sessions of the committee the other members have been in constant fear lest he should give utter- ance to the full strength of his vocal powers and continually reminded him of the fact and requested that he should use only one lung. After awhile, the time came when the tents must be erected. The chairman of the hall committee seemed burdened with a great load, but after they had all been pitch- ed in good season, there seemed to be a great lifting up of his spirits and he went about with a buoyant air and elastic step. “The opportunity for which he had been longing had at last arrived. Mounting the rostrum he spoke in a whisper, and his words could be heard to the farthest limits of the canvas inclosure. But not sufficiently satisfied with this test of the acoustic properties of the meeting places, over the erection of which he had exercised such care and anxiety, late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, when he supposed every one lay away in his little bed, Mr. Church stole out, stumbled down in the darkness and found his way to the platform of Tent Williston. “Outside the elements were raging, but if under such adverse circumstances he could be heard all over the tent, he reason- ed, he would be entirely satisfied with its acoustic properties. He was alone, without any to molest him. So, inflating both lungs, he projected a mighty roar into the dark- ness and distance. . “The old tent, which had been reared and nurtured in the city of Boston, was totally urprepared for such a vocal revelation. The guy ropes tightened, the tent poles bent and cracked off and the tent, shivering and shak- oe sank into a state of innocuous desue- tude. “How Mr. Church got out I do not know, but the next day, quiet and subdued, and with a sorrowful demeanor, he repored at headuarters for duty. But that mighty form containing the voice that did the damage also contained the will power which caused its repair. With heroic courage and indomitable will he went to work and the next evening saw the canvas again securely stretched and ready for the convention Meetings. “Such is the true story of the fall and rise of Tent Williston.” IN POLITICAL CIRCLES ees ee Bryan Discussing *the Issues of ‘the Political Oampaign, ADDRESSES CENTRALIA MASS MEETING i : Eastern Demoefats Have Not Set- tled on Their Course. MORE BOLTERS ANNOUNCED Mr. William J. Bryan, the democratic candidate for President, and his wife went from Salem, Ill, to Centralia last night, and the former addreszed a mass meeting im the city park. He said: “I trust that the issues involved in this campaign will be clearly understood and carefully studied. Parties are not made to be worshiped. They are merely the instru- ments by which we serve our country. The people are made, not for parties, but parties are made for the people, and parties can only claim the support of the people when the parties are efficient instruments in the hands of the people for accomplishing good. All those who are called upon 10 vote have a right to consider the platform utterances or policies advocated by the various parties, as well as the character of the candidates who are nominated. “In this eampaign I belleve that there will be less of personalities and more of prin- ciples than in any campaign which we have known tn recent years. The people are thinking about the great public questions. You must not expect that any platform will contain all you desire. No thinking persons find in any platform an expression of eyery- thing in which they believe. Nor must you expect that any platform will be free from some objections. We select our party, we select our platform, not in the hope of some- thing that is absolutely fn accord with our opinion, but which gives the fullest expres- sion of all of our hopes and aspirations, and we take that platform and join that party which, for the time being, promises to give us the best of legislation on the most im- Portant questions. Money Question the Greatest Issue. “And in this campaign tt ts conceded on all sides that the greatest and most import- ant issue is the money question. It mat- ters not whether you believe in the restora- tion of silver or in a gold standard. You must admit that the settlement of the money question is of the first and greavest importance. When that is done, other things can be considered. On the money question the two great parties have taken positions directly opposite to each other. Four years ago the positions taken by the republican and democratic parties on the money ques- tion were identical. The republican party said that ‘the Ameriean people, from trad: tion and interest, are in favor of bimeta! lism,’ and the democratic party sald, ‘We hold to the use of gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver, without dis- crimination against élther metal. “Thus you see that both parties declared in favor of gold and silver as the money of the country. Four years have pussed since those platforms were written, and those Tour years havé! been years of mo- mentous events, and, as this campaign ap- Proaches, the two great parties line them- selves up on this great question. The re- publican party, at St. Louts, declaced that the gold standard #hould be maintataed un- til it could be changed by international agreement. Note the Jonguage. That plat- form does net, say that the gold standard is a good thing, because that platform pledges the party to get rid of the gold standard and substitute for it something better as soon as it can be done. THis better substitute could not be recetvgd ubtil the world should help. (Long and continued applause.) —* “The democratic:.party met at Chicago and adopted a platferm which is in direct opposition to the platform adopt-d gt St. Louls. The'St. ¥.0 tform declared that the gold standard should be maintained until It could be changed by international agreement; until something else could be done. The democratic party declared itself unalterably opposed to a single gold stand- ard. (Applause.) “And more than that, the republican platform did not promise you any com- plete monetary system. The democratic party outlined what it desired to have done. It declared in favor of the imme- diate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the pres- ent legal ratio of 16 to 1 (applause), with- out waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. (Applause.) We also declared that the silver dollar should be legal ten- der for all debts, public and private, and that such legislation should be enacted as is necessary to prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money. More than that, the platform de- clared that the government should ex -~cise the right to redeem its coined obligations in either gold or silver. The Issue Sharply Drawn. “The issue is drawn, and we have our choice In this campaign between an Amer- ican financial system for the American peo- ple and an English financial system to be forced upon us. (Applause) Those who belfeve in running this government on the European plan should go and legislate with the republican party. (Applause and laugh- ter.) If I mistake not, the patriotism of the people, whose patriotism has never been appealed to in vain, there can be but one issue in this campaign, and but one result. (Applause.) If they ask us, ‘What about other questions?’ we tell them that so long as the right of self-government is in danger there is no other question. (Ap- plause.) Why discuss things if we be not Powerful enough to act when we have the Power? I’ve not the time nor the disposi- tion to talk to you at this time, but I want to impress upon your minds two things. I want you to ask the questions which ought to be askea over and over again in this campaign, each time with increased em- phasis, and the two questions are these: If the gold standard is a good thing, why ought we to try to get rid of {t? And ‘if it is a bad thing, why should we keep it until some other nation helps us to get rid of it?’ (Applause.) “I thank you, friends and fellow-citizens, for the interest which you have manifested and for the compliment which you heve paid us by your assemblage lere today. I can but beg of you that you should do your duty as citizens. We who stand upon the platform adopted at Chicago do not seem to you as suppliants begging for your votes, These votes are your own. You are free men, and ne man should stand in ihe at- titude of petitioning for a free man to do anything but what is according to his con. science, but we come before you, standing upon @ platform amd pledging its enforce- ment if elected, ana@ we beg you to study the questions, all the’questions presented by the issues invo) ved and then let your ballots register a tees an’s will. I thank yeu 2 Te There was tremendous applause when Mr. Bryan ceased: sptakiag. Even those who had come to htar Mr. Mason.joined in the demonstration; of apparent approval. The visitors were thea escorted to a car- riage, and, amid the peals of bands, driven to railway station, where they took the train for Salem. eas Extensive preparatt have been made for the demonstration at Salem today. Mr. Bryan and his family:were photographed at his birthplace in, Salem yesterday. California Binietallists for Bryan. At a meeting Monéay night of the Call- fornia delegates tothe national convention of the Bimetallic Union to meet at St. Louls Jvly 22, they declaged.for Bryan and Sew- all, the nominees of the democratic national convention. Thirty-eight out of the forty- five delegates to which California is en- titled were present, and the resolution was carried without a dissenting vote. Chair- man Baker of the state silver organization states that the forty-five votes of California will be cast as a unit for Bryan in the coming convention. Populists Like Brya: Captain R. F. Kolb, father of populism, in Alabama, upon hig return to that state from the democratic national convention in Chicago, where he and other populist leaders counseled for their party's influence in democratic affairs, sald that the popu- Ust national convention would probably in- dorse Mr. Bryan and adopt the democratic Platform, while Mr. Sewall would be es- chewed. He says the platform suits the populists toa “T.” He believes Mr. Bryan will be in St. Louis to receive the ment. Populist indorse- Sewall Confiden Arthur Sewall of Maine, the-demoeratic nominee for Vice President, passed thrash Syracuse yesterday. He was asked: t do you think of the action of. democratic papers in the east bolting the recently adopted platform?” ‘ “Oh,” said Mr. Sewall, “they will all come back into the fold. The people of the west are all enthusiastic over the ticket. Bryan is a very strong comes east he will endeavor to convert the gold men. I have no doubt that when he Presents his views clearly before the peo- eee the east they will be won over to his Joaquin Miller for Bryan. Joaquin Miller, the pcet of the Sierras, is at Seattle, Wash., and in an interview last night he pleaded eloquently for silver, laud- ed W. J. Bryan, whom he compared to Ab- raham Lincoln, and armounced his inten- tion of taking a hand in the campaign in behalf of the white metal. Flower Has Buried His Politics. The return of Roswell P. Fiower from the Chicago convention and his declarations against the platform and candidates have increased the sentiment among democrats at Watertown, N. Y., against Bryan and Sewall, and made many McKirley can- verts. When asked whether he would vote for Bryan or McKinley, he said: “All I will say is that I have buried my national politics in my tack yard here until after election. 1 can’t say what good that will do the garden. I do expect, however, to support the democratic state ticket.” All the leading democrats at Watertown approve of the course taken by Mr. Flower and commend him for his frank declara- uong at Chicago. Nearly every pronounced democrat at Watertown, including Judge Denis O'Brien of the court of appeals; Dan- tel G. Griffin, Judge Henry Purcell, James A. Ward, Charles H. Tubbs, Charles. M. Ous, Homer H. Rice, John Lansing, Robert Lansing, John C. Streeter, Levi H. Brown and ex-Lieutenant Governor Allen C. Beach, openly declare that they will not vote the Chicago ticket. President Ingalls Bolts Bryan. President N. E. Ingalis of the Big Four and C. and O. railways returned to Cincin- nati from the east yesterday, and is out in an Interview, saying: “Much as I regret it, I shail support McKinley, for I believe that in his election lies the only hope of the future of this country. Mr. Ingalls is one of the leading demo- crats of Ohio. He drew up the state. plat- form at the democratic state convention last year, when Senator rice was chair+ man of the convention. Neither he nor Brice attended the state convention this year. Mr. Ingalls denounces the platform for retlecting on the supreme court and for violating contracts payable in gold in the future as well as for its free coinage plank. MceDERMOTT IS INCENSED. Says Republicans W Carry New Jersey by 60,000. Allan L. McDermott, the New Jersey Gemoeratic leader, has returned to New Jersey from the Chicago convention, where he was the most active member of the New Jersey delegation, and one of the principal figures on the floor of the convention. He stated yesterday that he had not receded from the position he took on the floor of the convention and in the committee meet- ings. “I have seen a number of democrats both in New York and New Jersey,” he said, “‘and they all repudiate the platform and the candidate. I am still of the opin- ion that the republicans will carry the state by at least 60,000 plurality. The more I study that platform the more I become incensed. As to the 16 to 1 doctrine, I am more positively convinced that it is a spe- cles of political insanity. I think I shall Prepare an article on the effect that 16 to 1 will have on the wages of the working- men, and they who run can read and judge accordingly.” Mr. McDermott said he was not a mem- ber of the state committee and could not anticipate the action of that organization in the present campaign. Secretary of State Kelsey, when leaving the state house, in general terms expressed his disapprobajion of both the democratic candidate and the platform. PETTIGREW A POPULIST. Amnounceme: to the Convention at Huron, S. D. The South Dakota populists’ state con- vention met at Huron yesterday at 12:30 o'clock and chose B. A. Kennedy temporary chairman, and Henry S. Valkman, secre- tary. The bolting silver republicans met Monday night, with their friends, and recommended that the populists indorse Bryan for President. Committees were ap- pointed to confer with like committees from the populists’ convention. Yesterday's con- vention was delayed by the committees, and during the tntervals heard speeches from Senators Pettigrew and Kyle and others. The convention then selected Dr. Warne of Mitchell for permanent chair- man, named committees on platform and for conference with the bolting silver re- publicans, and a recess was then taken until 8 o'clock last night. Whea the convention met again, the platform committee was wres‘ling with Senator Pettigrew's conference committee, and had not reported up to 11 o'clock. Senator Pettigrew formally announced that he is a populist, and was received by the convention with uproarious applause. He is on hand to have a plank :nserted in the platform favoring more stringent rall- road legislation, the free and unlimited coinage of silver and to organize a free silver party to elect delegates to the na- tional convention at St. Louis. The silver party is attempting to induce the populists to grant them liberal representation on the state ticket. The platform was submitted to ihe con- vention at midnight. It indorses Senator Kyle and congratulates Senator Pettigrew and his colleagues; instructs its elec:ors to support a free silver President,and its dele- gates to the national populist :onveation to unite with the silverites. It recommends that the prohibition question be ieft to the dictates of the voters. POPULISTS INDORSE BRYAN, Philadelphia Delegates to St. Louis Instructed to Support the Chicago Platform. Philadelphia populists, or, as they are known there, the people's party, held a convention last evening, elected delegaies and alternates to the convention which Is to be held at St. Louis July 22 and instruct- ed them to use every effort to have the democratic platform and candidates in- dorsed. Resolutions were unanimously adopted indorsing the democratic plaform and tick- et and instructing the delegates to vote in the convention to the same effect. A com- bination of the silver men and democrats for Bryan and Sewall was also recom- mended. AS SENATOR SMITH SEES IT. Says Bryan Would Win if Election Were Held Next Week. Senator Smith of New Jersey has given out his views regarding the democratic sit- uation. He points to the difference on the money question between the New Jersey democratic platfo-m and that adopted at Chicago, and concludes that the entire questicn must be referred to the state con- vention for action. He does not venture an opinion as to what that action will be. “Is there any silver sentiment in New Jersey?” “Yes; much more than is generally sup- posed. The agricultural element of each party is affected to a considerable degree by the enthusiasm of the western farmers for this idea. It will be no easy task to overcome this enthusiasm wherever there is a large agricultural element.” ‘Then you do not foresee a walk-over for McKinley?" “On the contrary, I am convinced that if the election was to be held next week Bry- an would win. People here in the cast do not appreciate the hold the free silver idea has takea upon the masses of the entire west and south. They believe they are right in principle, and they will be im- pressed more and more as the campaign ig by the personality of their can- GOLD MEN WILL WAIT. No Action to Be Taken Before Pop- ulist Convention. ~ There is a change in the plans of the .railroad at Atlanta, Ga., has taken a novel eastern democratic leaders. They will not | attempt to come to any definite concluston AS to, their plan of action until they see what the populists do at their convention at St. "Louis July 22. .. Differences Among Democrats. There are marked differences of opfn- fon, according to rumor, among the demo- cratic leaders. It is said that Messrs. Whitney and Coudert, along with the in- dependent element of the democracy—men lke Willlam R. Grace, Francis M. Scott, E. Ellery Anderson and J.~Edward Sim- mons—hbeleve a sound money ticket would be the best way to show their feeling over the-action of the Chicago convention. Mr. Hill, State Chairman Hirkley and the old machine leaders, it is believed, favor eome courss which shall preserve the regularity of the party in the state. All. these leaders refused to be inter- viewed, and are giving very little indica- tion as to their feelings or plans. Frederic R. Coudert said that he had no idea there would be any conference of leaders until after the populist convention. “By that time,” he said, “the feeling among the democrats here will have calm- ed down so that the situation can be stud- ied out. Tne leaders can then decide what is best for the party.” “Abovt your own position, Mr. Coud- vert?” will say, and say it franidy, that I cannot support either the ticket or plat- form of the Chicago convention. They are undemocratic.”” “Will you vote for McKinley?” ‘No; that is too much. He is a republi- can and a high protectionist. I am a demo- crat—and a reascnable-trade man.” “Reasonable trade?” “Yes, that is what I am. There are no free-traders except in theory. Reasonable traders is what I mean. How could I vote for McKinley?” “What do vou recommend?” am like the others. I believe in wait- ing a few days until we have a chance to look over the whole field.” ILLINOIS GOLD DEMOCRATS. meen Given That There Wi Be Another Ticket in the Field. The gold democratic organization of Il- Unois will reopen headquarters today in the Palmer House, and the executive commit- tee does not doubt that there will be enough favorable responses to the address issued Monday night to guarantee a new natioral convention fairly representative of the Country before the end of Septem- ber. Chairman Robins hed not received any additional telegrams yesterday from prominent democrats offering to support the third ticket proposition, but the as- surances he had received led him to expect delegations: from eastern and southern states, even if the party machinery of the states should be opposed to the plan, on the supposition that two democratic tickets would mean the election of McKinley. Ex-Mayor Hopkins said: “The gold democrats of Texas, Nebraska | and I'linols are organized and ready to go | ahead as participants in a sound money convention. Time must be given the states which have not yet taken action. There will be a sound money convention of some | kind, anyhow, and without the necessity of | party leaders, if they refuse to join us. | There are enovgh of sound money demo- | crats in New Yerk to send a representative | | | | delegation here, and they should have a ticket of iheir own to vote for.” Lawrence P. Boyie, who was a leader in the gold movement’ from the beginning, | said: “The gold standard democrats of | Illinois will not f-llow the lead of men who want to put a Ucket In the field simply to help the election of McKinley. The report was circulated at the Palmer House that the Bryan notification commit- tee was in communication with Senator Hill, with a view to inducing him to accept the ‘chairmanship of the notification meet- ing in Madison Sqvare Garden. The silver democrets say that if Mr. Hill should pre- side at that meeting, that would be the end of the third-ticket scheme. It is believed generally at state repub- lean headquarters in Illinois that the na- tional committee at Its meeting in Cleve- | land this week will locate branch headquar- | ters in Chicago, and place National Com- mitteeman Jamieson in charge of the west- ern campaign. This would be taken aa a recognition of the claim that Illinois is to be the battleground of the campaign. The members of the republican state committee are aroused to action by the silver excite- ment caused by Bryan in Illicois, and « meeting of the committee is to be held to- day. * McKINLEY ND BRYAN. They Will Be Given Georgia's Two Biggest Watermelons, Mr. W. N. Mitchell, the commercial freight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio and ingenious method of introducing him- self to the people of Georgia. As every one krows, Georgia is the greatest watermelon growing state In the Union, and that its melons are the largest, juiciest and alto- gether the most delightful of any otners grown, always excepting those marvelous productions of Washington's own Eastern branch district. Appreciating this fact, and knowing the general competition in Georgia to see which grower will produce the largest’melon, Mr. Mitchell has offered to give $ each for the two largest melons grown in Georgia this season. To obtain them the following plan will be adopted: On the 15th of July any melon grow- er who has an unusually large watermelon can take it to the depot from which he makes his shipments. The agent at the depot will weigh and certify the weight, tclegraphing it to his general freight agent. The general freight agent will telegraph to Mr. Mitchell the weight of the two largest melons on his line. A check will be sent at once in payment of the two watermelons, with notice to agent to send the same to Mr. Mitchell, at his expense, by express. Mr. Mitchell proposed that these two wat- ermejons he presented, one each to Mr. Mc- Kinley, the republican candidate for Presi- dent, and to Mr. Bryan, who received the nomination of the democratic party. The name of the grower and the location of his farm will be given, and very wide dpe ote thus be given to the wat- ermelon-growing industry of Georgia, which is sure to be productive of mers benefit to the fruit growers of Mr. Mitch- ells adopted state. SPEAKER REED’S OPINION. Party in Up. The Boston Journal says that Speaker Thomas B. Reed, who ts at Old Orchard, declined to be interviewed on the work of the Chicago convention, but added that he was practically of the opinion of Amos L. Allen, his private secretary. The latter then sald: “I do not think that Sewall will be able to carry his own city, much less the state. Apparently the only reascn the democrats neminated Sewall was this: He is the only wealthy democrat in the east who favors the free coinage of silver, and they BABYS CRITICAL YEAR Infant's “Second Summer” thy Mother's: Dread. Age When Cholera Infantum Proves Most Fatal. Avoid Mistakes in Diet by Feeling With Pare Lactated Fun Mothers look forward to baby’s “‘wecond as an anxious Barrowest, its mother's milk, has wot yet fully adapted Itself to its changed diet. It takes but a trifle to over- turn ite digestive organs; a sudden rise in tem- perature, even a single indigestiile meal, too heavy food or the least impurity, are enough to bring on @ sudden attack of dlarrhora Thousands of homes are today freed from the dread of cholera infantum and such wasting dis- cases by lactated food. Countless parents now sleep soundly, knowing their precious charges are safe, even when the nights are hottest. Lactated THE LIFE oF THE HOUSE, food fully meeta every need of growing children, It ts a perfect substitute for mother's milk of mila is the basis of both. amfiance child's caxes lactated food in far superior to Ik that has become thin from protracted nursing, or that for any reason is Pot ayreeing with the child. This is od by the splendid Way in whieh lactated food brings babies Uurough the teething period, when they are fretful ard dis: fnclined to eat at ail Mra. Grace Agnew of ina letter to the propri ors have been using lactated food, with excollent sults, wince my Little one was two months old, and am still using it. She Mkes it so well, and it agrees with her so and the bot bs has duriag teething tm: and tn the last three mo gained three pounds. She is the life of the house, 1s strong and healthy, and I feel sure we owe It to the use of lactated food.” think that by this nomination they will be able to draw eastern voters. “It is my opinion, the nomination of Sewall will be more than likely to result in breaking up the organization of the demo- cratic party in Maine. Any attempt to force democratic voters in Maine to sup- port silver will certainly be disastrous to the party of that state.” se MR. CHAMBERLAIN’ TRIUMPH. Carious Aspect of the British Politi- cal Situation. *The political situation in Great Britain has only been partially relieved by the yielding of Mr. Gerald Balfour, chief secre- tary for Ireland, to the pressure directed by Mr. T. W. Russell, member of parlia- ment for the south division of Tyrone, and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary, for modification of the amendments to the Irish land bill. There is a continuance of the demands of Mr. Russell and others for further modifications of the measu’ woile the press and people generally are giving expression to sentiments of extreme dis gust at the feebleness displayed by the gov- ernment. Many conservatives admit that if It were not for the hopeless divisions that exist be- tween the liberals and radicals the jovern- ment would be in a serious plight. Mr. T. P. O'Connor, in discussing the sub- ject in his paper, the Sun, writes “The plain truth {s that, though Mr. Rus- sell was the outward and visible agent of this collapse, the whole affair was a per- sonal triumph for Mr. Chamberlain and the landlord ring. The cabinet would have paid Uttle attention to Russell’s protests, as, with their large majority in the house of commons, they could easily afford to regard the clamor of a few Ulster men, but Russell is Joe's protege and follower, and Balfour, who would smile at the idea of be- ing disconcerted by Russell, retires from the list before a salaried official, As Joe cannot afford to lose a supporter, he has cunningly seized the chance to assert him- self and his friends and to humiliate the house of Cecil.” —s Detroit Railways to Unite. According to what is considered reliable authority, a large and controlling interest in the Detroit railway, the system operat- ing under 3-cent fare ordinances, has been sold by Henry A. Everett, general manager, and promoter of the system, to R. T. Wil- son of New York. Mr. Wilson now owns most of the stock of the Citizens’ street railroad, and consolidation of the roads under one management is now anticipated. It is asserted that the deal will be com- pleted at Mr. Wilson's office in New York Wednesday. tee Eight Deaths in an Infirmary. On July 4 the inmates of the Cincinnatt city infirmary were treated to lemonade and other luxuries. The inmates drank and ate too much, sickness followed, and eight inmates have since died from the effects of the festivities on that day, as follows: Bar- bara Bauers, aged fifty-three; Henry Hol- lider, fifty-four years: Maria Thornbey, rs; Edwin White, ninety years; ondespeck, seventy-five; William ty-eight; John McDermott, fifty- five; Mrs. M. L. Bassett, sixty-five. All were infirm as well as aged. GENUINE © Biacte You will find one coupon inside each two ounce bag nd twocoupons inside each four ounce bagof Blackwell's Durham. Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon—which gives list of valuable presents and