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SHAW SOUNDS SLOGAN
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Secretary of Treasury Opens - 'atienal
Campaign in Omai
REPUBLICAN POLICIES WELL c'.NDED
Splendid Speech Drirea Hom J l to
Mid ds of Hearers. r': -
ROOSEVELT DESERVES A
ESS
Admirers of President Should Not Leare
Him Unsupported.
FINE CROWD HEARS THE ADDRESS
Doyd Thmtrr Packed by tltlaena Who
Wrre Aniloai to Hear tbo Dli.
tlnuulshed Iowan on the
Inane of the Hour.
Republicans couid not have asked for a
better opening of the cHmpaign In Ne
braska than thut at the Hoyd theater lust
night, when Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of
the treasury. . :eld an audience limited only
by the rapacity of the theater, at remark
ably close attention for two hours. The
speaker was given a great ovation when
presented by Governor Mirkey and wai
cheered loudly when he finished. At no
time did the complete abHorptiuh of his
hearers languish. Secretary Shaw enter
tained and amused, as well as Informed
and enthused, the vast crowd of men and
women who came to the theater at the
bare announcement that he would speak.
Men who have heard addresses, political
and otherwise, back to the days of the
civil war, said after the meeting that they
had never heard questions of government
presented so pleasingly, yet in so con
vincing a manner.
Ills Hmnoroua Story.
The secretary permitted no long periods
to elapse without driving his point home
by a story generally a humorous one. He
Immediately established bonds of friend
ship with the people across the footlights
by passing some remarks of local perti
nence, saying tiuit he had a feeling of kin
ship for Omuhons bee. uBe of his long resi
dence 'ucross the river" at Denlson. Then
he told the M.ory of Attorney General
Miller at president Harrison's cabinet who
wont back to his old country home after
honors had coma to him. Mr. Miller in
quired closely Into conditions and discov
ered llttls Excitement or change. FlnHlly
he reached this meat of his Inquiries by
asking how the natives received his ap
pointment. "Oh, they have heard of It," responded
his Informant,
wen, wnat ao iney unriK aooui im
pressed the attorney general.
"Oh, they don't any anything," responded
the rurallte. "They Just laug
Seated upon the stage were Senator Mil
lard, Governor Mickey, Actios Mayor Zlm
man. Edward Rusewater, JohrL. Kennedy, .
John U Webster, Q. W. Wattles, H. C. M.
Burgess, A. B. Allen, 8. A. Searle, Robert
Cowell, John C. Cowln, Charles P. Mander
son, L. F. Gonden, A. C. Wright, W. P.
Bern Is and Howard H. Baldrlge, who pre
sided as president of the Douglas County
Roosevelt and Fairbanks league. Mr.
Batdrldire Introduced Governor M'ckey, who
after a few remarks concerning the achieve
ments and principles of the party presented
Secretary Shaw.
Leads the Singlnar.
Before the meeting began and at its close
Dimmlck's band played several selections
and the lUg Four Quartet, composed of
E. O. Ames, J. B. Keyea, H. B. McPher
rin and J. W. Watson, sang two campaign
songs in a way that called forth enthus
iastic encores. Secretary Shaw In the midst
of his address, called .upon the audience to
sing two stanzas of "America," which It
did, led by the secretary and the quartet.
This was Just before he launched into a
marvelous word picture of the Spanish war
and its results.
In the course of his speech Secretary
Shaw pleaded eamently for the election of
a republican congressman from the Sec
ond district. "Don't say you admire Roose
velt and send a man to Washington to
stick pins into him," said the secretary.
"Remember that no matter how good any
democrat Is, he has to be faithful to his
party and if you believe in Rooeevelt, you
should see that he has a congress that
supports him."
Ha aligned Parker with the Interests fa
voring Illegal corporations and combina
tions, pointing out that in his speech to
the notification committee the democratic
candidate had said that he considered the
"common law" sufficient to deal with the
trusts, thus showing that he did not con
sider even the Sherman law necessary to
prevent and correct monopolies. The sec
retary charged the democratic party with
having a chmnie seeker of Issues and never
bavin taught tho people a single lesson
in political economy.
Many Women Present.
Many of the audience were women. Ap
plause and laughter were frequent and
comment was pawed that the crowd pres
ent was as representative of tho best of
Omaha's citizenship as any that ever es
se in bled.
Secretary Sbaw said in part:
Perhaps few of us recognize the impor
tance of political campaigns. Neither
mathematics, nor solence, nor stateacraft
are among the natural Institutions of the
human mind. They must all be acquired.
And about the only time that the American
people Btudy statescraft la during a na
tional canipulgn. Helf-Kovornrneiu U the
hardest tank aver yet undertaken by man,
and if the American people continue a self
governing: and Sulf-governud people It will
be bcuuse the rank and (lie study self
govurnmnnt. You insist that your repre
sentatives In congress shall understand the
S reposition a before the congress and you
emund that they so vote as to bet serve
your Interests. 1 am here insisting that
you at the polls shall so vote as to con
serve my Interests. I am here to demand
the same character if not the same degree
of statesmanship at the polls as yuu de
mand on the floors of leglalatlve bodies,
state and national.
Polities is not a squabble for office. Poli
tics is the science of self-government. The
Issues of a campaign do not have their
beginning and ending In the election of men
to ufHce. Candidates are usually aooepiable
men. The issues of a eumpaJgn are be
tween measures, not between men. A
political party must be something more
than an aggregation of ofTloeaeekers. A
political party ought at least to represent
principle of self-government, and It
ought to stand for the same principles of
elf-Kovernment continuously.
Fur half a century the republican party
and the democratic party have been rivals
in aeeklng the autTragea of the people. To
the extent that thay have sought the suf
frages of the people in support of the
principles and economic ideas taught by
thorn they have been in the truest and best
sense political parties; but to the extent
that they have sought the auffrw ks of the
people for the emoluments of office or fur
the nonore of political supremacy they huve
ben aggregations of demagogues and un
worthy of the utTrua-ea of anybody.
The democratic party invariably and al
ways roakaa its appeal to the voter from
tfcXmUnuad. ga Second, rage.
RUSH OF EUROPEAN EMIGRANTS
Many Harry to Boats to Take Ad
. vantage of Last Cheap
Hates.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 21.-The streets lead
ing to the steerage of uteamship transat
lantic steamship companies were blocked
today by thousands of emigrants, clamor
ing for a last chance to get to America for
110, the reports thut the rate war was over
being generally believed. The White Star
line steamer Iialtic, which sailed tod iy,
took over 2,"00 flu emigrants and many were
left behind for lack of accomodation.
The American line lUamer Merlon, which
also sailed today, was full up with the last
110 batch for Philadelphia.
Scandinavians predominated, but there
was a fair sprinkling of British emigrants.
HAMBURG, Sept. a. The Atlantic rate
war Is not over and the German lines have
no Intention of giving In, as Inferred by
yesterday's changes in rates. In reply to
an Inquiry the Associated Pres has re
ceived the following official statement from
the Hamburg-American line:
"The associated lines have decided to in
crease the westbound steerage rates from
Great Britain to $15, but they have also de
cided to Introduce further and considerable
reductions In steerage rates to and from
Austria-Hungary. The assumption circu
lated In some of the English papers that
the raising of the British steerage rates
was a sign that the associated lines were
tired of the struggle and that If only the
Cunard line followed suit they would
slowly go up to their former rates, leaving
rhe differences which led to the struggle
undecided, Is altogether wrong. The con
trary Is the rase. The associated lines
think, as before, that the war can only be
terminated by a friendly understanding and
the conclusion of a contract making a re
currence of the present circumstances, hu
manly speaking, impossible for many
years."
WILL XOT DISCI SS THE TREATY
British Foreign Oftlre ftetlrent aa to
Aetlon with Thibet.
LONDON, Sept. 21 The Foreign office
declines to discuss the Russian communi
cation respecting the Thibetan treaty.
Russia Is seeking to establish whether th
published version of the treaty is correct
and if so it will lodge a formal protest
at the British Foreign office, as announceJ
from St. Petersburg yesterday, and ener
getically object to its ratiticatlon, and
recognition by other powers.
It is claimed by the British Foreign of
fice that it Is essential that Great Britain
should have guarantees for the faithful
performance by Thibet of the obligations
incurred as a result of the expedition, and
It Is again asserted that the permanent oc
cupation of Thibet Is not intended. Th
Russian inquiry thus far has not beon sup
ported In any quarter. Germany has no
Interest In Thibet, so it is sold at the Ger
man embassy here, and it is not expected
that It will take any action in the matter.
I I M:ltAL OF PRIME UIVMAKCK
Mr-. liy Dlunitarlea Present Jit Interment
of Son of Dint Jngrntahed Statesman.
FRIEDRICHSRCIIE, Sept. 2L-The fu
neral servj.ee over the remains of Prince
Herbert Eismarck', ' who died September
18, took place today. It was a simple cere
mony, although It occunred In the presence
of a distinguished company, most of whom
were brilliantly uniformed representatives
of German sovereigns, the diplomatic corps
and tho Germnn public services. Chan
cellor von Buelow, who was always a
warm personal friend of the late prince,
was present. General von Haknke, chief
of tho imperial military cabinet, repre
sented the emperor.
The coffin was borne to the mausoleum
by sixteen servants in old Spanish costume,
such as formerly were worn by the ser
vants of the Hamburg council.
t'OKGO HKFOKMEH COMES WEST
E. n. Morel Will Ask President to Help
Chlinvr Conditions In Africa.
LONDON, Sept. 21. E. D. Morel, secre
tary of the Congo Reform association,
sailed for New York from Liverpool today
on the White Star line steamer Baltic with
the double purpose of presenting a memo
rial to President Roosevelt urging him to
join an international movement for bring
ing about change In the conditions of the
Congo Independent state and participate In
the discussion of this question at the Boa
ton peace congress.
FHIAHS HEPIDIATE AGREEMENT
Money Paid for Philippine Undi to
Be Taken from lalanda.
MANILA, Sept. 21. The Augustlnlan
frin rs huve repudiated the agreement made
In Rome between the late Pope Leo, the
late Archbishop GuUll, apostolio delegate
In the Philippine Islands, and former Gov
ernor Taft, that the money paid by the
United States In the purchase of the friars'
lands should remain in the Islands, and
have requested that the payments to them
be made In drafts on Ixmdon.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Captain H. B. Dixon, Paymaster, Or
dered to Omaha for Doty la
Thta Department.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. (Special Tele
gram.) Captain If. B. Dixon, paymaster,
will proceed. to and take station at Omaha,
for duty In the Department of the Mis
souri. Second Lieutenant Arthur H. Wil
son has been transferred from the Sixth
Infantry to the cavalry and wl!l report
to the commanding officer of tiie Sixth
cavalry at Fort Meade for duty.
Francis Callahan of Leadvllle, Colo., has
been awarded the contract for the con
struction of the public building at Lara
mie, Wyo , at his bid or $74,603, the building
to be completed January 1, 1906.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska,
Pleaaantdale, regular, C, T. Gray; sub
stitute, Chas Koop. Iowa, Palo, regular,
George IL Squires; substitute, Lester H.
Willsey.
Perry E. Chase has been appointed post
master at Page, Holt county, Neb., vioe
J. M. Stevens, resigned.
NEXT MEETINGAT WASHINGTON
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows Will Hold Seaalon of
lOOS at the Capital.
BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. a. About liooO
Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah
went on 'an excursion trip on San Fran
cisco bay this morning, visiting Alcatraa
and Ange! Islands and stopping at other
points of Interest.
The sovereign grand lodge met at Na
tive Sons hall for the consideration of
questions pertaining to the good of the
order. Washington was. selected as the
meeting place for the next annual session.
Without transacting any other bualne a of
general Interest the aoveraign grand lodge i
adjourned until tomorrow In . order that
Its officers and members might accept the
Invitation of Rear Admiral McCalla to visit
the Mar Island navy yard.
UNANIMOUS FOR HERRICK
New York Democratic Coureition Names
Albany Man for Governor,
PLATFORM ATTACKS GOVERNOR ODELL
Objection Made to Chief Executive
Acting as Chairman of the
State Itepnbllcan Organ
laatlon. The Tlrket.
For Governor D. Cady Herrlck, Albany
Fur Lieutenant Governor
....Francis Burton Harrison, New York
For Secretary of State
John A. Pallace, Jr., Monroe
For Attorney General Jonn Cuneen, h-rle
For Comptroller. .George Hall, St. Lawrence
For Treasurer.. William Muench, Unoudago
For State Engineer and Surveyor
Thomas 1 1. Stryker, Rome
For Chief Judge of Court of Appeals
Edgar M. Cullen, Kings
For Associate Judge of Court of Ap-
peuls William E. Werner, Monroe
SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 21. Out of a
situation which at times seemed almost im
possible of amicable solution, the leaders
of the democratic party today found a way
to unanimous action and at 8:23 o'clock this
afternoon the state convention adjourned
without day, after having nominated unani
mously the above ticket.
The conference of leaders last night wss
resumed before 7 a, m. today and con
tinued almost up to the moment of the
chairman's call In the convention for nom
inations for the office of governor.
Former United States Senator Hill him
self presented to the convention the name
of Supreme Court Justice Daniel Cady
Herrlck pf Albany. Judge Herrlck's name
was received with great enthusiasm and
endorsed with cordial speeches of support
by representatives of three of the elements
whose attitude had been an Important fac
tor in the serious situation which had
formed the subject of the conference. In
cidentally Senator Hill was accorded a re
ception which was little less than an ova
tion. A notable feature of the convention was
the disappearance of all open evidence of
the factional warfare between the Kings
county delegation, headed by Senator Pat
rick H. Mi 'arren, and Tammany Hall, un
der the leadership of Charles F. Murphy.
Francis Burton Harrison was agreed on
for lieutenant governor.
When the convention was called to order
Permanent Chairman Duncan Campbell Lee
of Tompkins county addressed the conven
ventlon. Platform la Adopted.
The platform was next read and adopted.
It Is chiefly devoted to state issues. They
"arraign before the bar of public Judgment
the one man power that today dominates
the republican organization of New York
state."
The people elected Benjamin E. Odell, Jr.,
to be governor. In palpable violation of his
sworn obligation to be the Impartial ser
vant of tho whole people he hus assumed
to act as state chairman of a political
machine. His present dual relation con
stitutes a public scandal and amounts to
contempt of duty in the history of the
state.
The democratic party Is pledged' to dU
vlrce the state government from corrup
tion and graft, and to the enforcement of
the civil service laws. Nonpartisan control
of the public schools is advocated and
good roads favored.
Of national Issues the platform says:
We endorse the democratic national plat
form and resolutions adopted at St. Louis
In July last as a complete exposition of
democratic principles and policies upon all
the living issues of the present time. We
approve the sound sentiments so admirably
expressed by our national candidates in
their speeches of acceptance.
We cordially endorse the democratic nom
inations for president and vice president
of the United States. i
Wc unhesitatingly promise the democracy
of the nation that the electoral vote of
the Empire state will be cast for Alton
B. Parker and Henry G. Davis.
Former Governor Hill then took the plat
form and amid cheers presented the name
of Justiue Herrlck for governor.
After the second speeches Herrlck was
nominated by the secretary casting a single
ballot for the convention.
The remainder of the ticket was com
pleted as follows1:
Lieutenant Governor Francis Burton
Harrison of New York, now a representa
tive In congress from the Thirteenth dis
trict. Secretary of State John A. Pallace, Jr.,
of Monroe..
Attorney General John Cuneen of Erie,
the present Incumbent.
Comptroller George Hall of St. Lawrence.
State Treasurer Wlllium Muench of
Onondaga.
State Engineer and Surveyor Thomas H.
Stryker of Rome.
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals
Edgar M. C ullen of Kings (dem.). now an
associate Judge of that bench and the re
publican nominee. '
For Associate Judge of the Court of Ap
pealsWilliam E. Werner of Monroe (rep.),
now of that bench by designation by Gov
ernor Odell and the republican nominee.
COLORADO DEMOCRATS IX SESSION
AIts A. Adams of Pueblo nominated
for Governor.
DENVER, Sept 2L Alva A. Adams, of
Pueblo, was fur a third time nominated
for governor tonight by the state demo
cratic convention.
The convention at 8:15 tonight then took
a receas until tomorrow morning, when the
rest of the ticket will be nominated. The
platform adopted affirms allegiance to the
national platform adopted at St. Louis and
to the nominees of that convention.
The republican state administration Is ac
cused of violating every guard guaranteed
to the individual by the bill of rights, and
the platform siys:
"We declare the right of every man to
earn his living unrestricted and untram
meled." Taggarl Pleased with Indiana.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Chalrman Tag
gart of the democratic national cummlttee,
who returned t-day from the west, said
that he is perfectly satisfied with the con
ditions as he found them there. "I have
not seen Indiana in better shape since 1K93
than I found it last week," he said. I
feel much gratified at tue condition of
the democratic organization there."
Mr. Taggart was asked If the national
committee Intended to concentrate Its ef
forts on New York, Connecticut and New
Jersey and in rep'.y said: "The national
committee will concentrate its efforts on
those states which it wishes to carry. In
some states it is, of course, not neceaaary
for the national committee to make a fight
at all."
Fualoa Deal In Montana.
HELENA, Mont., Sept. 21. The labor
and populist conventions adjourned thla
afternoon after having endorsed the nom
inees on the democratic state ticket. The
populists endorsed the populist electors on
the national ticket, and the labor conven
tion did not endorse or nominate any presi
dential electors.
The conventions were not In session long
today, the greater part of the time being
devoted to waiting for the conference com
mitters. The labor conference committee
refused to entertain any proposition to fuse
(Continued, eu Seeood PigaJ
DYNAMITE ON THE TRACK
Electric Car Dloni to Pieces at Mel
rose, Mass. ! laiil and
Many Injured.
E, Mass., Sept. El. An
MELROSE, Mass., Sept. El. An outward
bound Boston electric car was blown to
pieces ut 8 o'clock tonight in this town. Six
persons were killed outright, several fatally
Injured and at least fifteen severely hurt.
It Is thought that the car struck a charge
of dynamite left on the track. The front
dashboard of the car was hurled more than
llfty leet.
The Immediate vicinity presented a fear
ful spectacle. The ground wss strewn with
legs, arms and other portions of human
bodies.
So great was the force of the explosion
that two men standing In the door of a
store fifty feet away were severely injured
by the flying pieces, while every window
within a radius of a quarter of a mile was
broken.
The car contained mostly worklngmen on
their way to their homes In this city, but
among the dead waa a woman and her
baby.
At 9 o'clock but few of the dead had been
Identified, while In the confusion It was
Impossible at the time to obtain a list of
the Injured.
When rescuers reached the scene of the
accident the Bight was appalling. The
ground was covered with torn and mangled
bodies of the dead and writhing forms of
the Injured. All the doctors in the vicinity
were summoned and others called from
nearby towns of Medford. lUverett and Mai
den, as well as some from Boston.
Within fifteen minutes after the accident
a crowd of 2.000 or 3.O0O persons gathered
about the scene. Relatives and friends of
victims were rushing about endeavoring to
find their missing once.
The police announce that the cause of
the wreck was the striking of a fifty-pound
box of dynamite which had fallen from an
express wagon Just ahead of the car. The
express wagon was driven by Roy Fenfon.
who discovered that the box hud dropped
off and rushed back to take it oft the track,
but before he got within 100 yards of the
box the car came along and was blown up.
Fenton was taken into custody by the
police.
GRAND JURY INDICTS HARROUN
St. Joseph Grain Plunger Charged
with Forgery In Third Degree
on Seven Counts.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Sept. 21. The grand
Jury today indicted W. H. Harroun, the
grain plunger, on seven counts for forg
ery In the third degree.
W. H. Harroun, the grain operator of St.
Joseph who forged bills of lading to the
extent of a million dollars, is evading ar
rest. Deputy Sheriff Charles Clark of Kan
sas City, Mo., arrived here tonight with
two warrants for Hurroun's arrest.
Ho Is charged with forging two ware
house receipts In Kansas City., Mo., and
obtaining thereby several thousand dollars
from Kansas City banks. Officers scoured
the city tonight, but Harroun had been
notified from Kansas City of the warrants.
He left his residence a abort time before
the arrival of the offinee. 'llV family pro
fees ignorance of his whereabouts.
KANSAS CITY, Sept 21. In the case of
W. H. Harroun, the St. Joseph grain dealer
who is charged with having manipulated
fraudulent warehouse receipts for grain,
Raland Hughes, prosecuting attorney, said
he had instructed the assistant prosecutor
to draw up Information covering the of
fense mentioned. Harroun Is already under
heavy bonds In St. Joseph on charges of
having forged bills of lading on which
he is said to have realised large sums of
money. i
Harroun did not appear at the meeting of
the directors of the Kansas City Board of
Trade yesterday afternoon to show cause
why he should not he expelled from mem
bership In that organization. Instead he
sent a letter to Secretary Bigelow saying
he would be unable to be present and
requesting, a postponement. The postpone
ment was granted.
TROY, Kan., Sept. CI. The American Na
tional bank of Kansas City failed to file
redelivery bond of JIPO.OOO In return fcr the
'possession of the 90,000 bushels of wheat In
the Harroun levator at Elwood, Kan.,
wtych It attached a few days ago, and
R. S. DInsmoro, county coroner, today gave
possession of the grain to representatives
of the Tootle-Lemon National bank of St.
Joseph, Mo., the Commercial National bank
of Chicago and the Mercantile National
bank of New York, plaintiffs In a later
attachment suit.
WRECK ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Fireman Killed pa Result of Switch
Being; Thrown and
Set.
ST. IM'IS, Sept. 21. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Springfield, HI., says:
The Diamond special passenger train on the
Illinois Central railroad was wrecked at
Barclay, seven miles from here, today.
Thirteen coaches were derailed, but none
of the passengers were killed and but one
waa slightly Injured. The fireman was
killed and the engineer severely injured.
SPRINGFIELD, III., Sept. 21. A switch
had apparently been tampered with for the
purpose of wrecking the train. The lock
had been removed and the light extin
guished. KANSAS TOWNJS WIPED OUT
Village of Oakley, .Near Kanaaa City,
la Destroyed by
Fire.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 21.-The town of
Oakley, Kaa., a small place, about twenty
five miles west of here, on the Union Pa
cific railroad, has been entirely destroyed
by fire.
The fire originated In the Tennessee ho
tel and rapidly spread to other buildings.
Sixteen business buildings were burned,
only one store being left standing. Nobody
was Injured, but some of the guests of
the Tennessee hotel had narrow escapes.
Loss. J75.WO. The origin of the fire is un
known. PATRIARCHS MILITANT BUSY
Per Capita Tarn to Maintain Head,
quarters In Iowa Will
Be Levied.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. n.-The Inter
national council of the Patriarchs Militant
have decided to change the design of the
cap now worn by the uniformed Odd Fel
lows. The new caps will be the name as
that worn by the United States with the
exception of the necessary Independent
Order of Odd Fellows' attachments.
The council has decided to Impose a per
capita tax of 26 cents for the purpose of
assisting In maintaining the headquarters
4 X the order at Marnngo, la,
FAIRBANKS ON TIIE ISSUES
Filet Formal Acceptance of the Nomination
for Vice President.
COUNTRY'S CONDITION VINDICATES PARTY
Has Met the Various Sltuatlona aa
They Have Arlarn In a States
manlike and Business
Manner.
NEW TORK. Sept. 21-The formal letter
of acceptance of the vice presidential nomi
nation by Senator Charles W. Fairbanks
was made public today by Ellhu Rout,
chairman of the republican notification com
mittee. It Is ns follows:
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Sept. 21-Hon.
Ellhu Root, Chairman of Notification Com
mitter: My Dear Sir In accordance with
the promise made when you formally noti
fied me of mv nomination for vice president,
1 avail myself of this opportunity to submit
to you, and through you, to my fellow citi
zens, some further views with respect to
the questions In issue before the people.
The principles which are so frankly and
felicitously expressed In the platform
adopted by the republican national con
vention meet with my heartiest approval.
In the main they have been subjected to
the test of actual experience and have been
found to be well suited to our Industrial
and national needs. They have brought us
to a high state of material development,
and have made the nation's name respected
among the powers of the earth.
The utterances of political parties must
be Interpreted In the light of that practical
construction which they have put upon
tnrm when intrusted with power. It is not
alone what they say, but what they will do
which should weigh In determining their
capacity to administer public affairs.
We have hud two administrations In the
last seven years, which huve -been gov
erned by the same policies. We may con
sult the trade reports in vnln to discover
when the one ended and the other betfan.
Both were obliged to make vast expendi
tures for much needfd public works. The
rapidly expanding needs of The government
business must be met. The national equip
ment must keep pace with our national
growth, yet always with due regard to the
principles of sound economy In public ex
penditure. We have pursued no parsimon
ious policy on the one hand nor Indulged
in extravagance on the other. We have
measured the publio expense by the pub
lic necessity.
The convention did well In Its hearty
commendation of the administration of
President Roosevelt. This is sharply chal
lenged bv the opposition. We accept the
Issue with confidence. The president as
sumed the responsibilities of chief execut
ive with a pledge to carry out the policy
of his beloved and lamented predecessor.
He kept the cabinet of President McKinley
composed of statesmen of eminent ability,
in whom the country placed entire confi
dence. He carried forward the uncompleted
work faithfully and successfully. The
pledge has been kept scrupulously! the
promise has been fulfilled. Pence and good
order have been maintained. Domestic and
foreign trade have increased and relations
of amity have been preserved with foreign
powers.
Administration's Foreign Policy.
' The foreign policy of the administration
has been conservative, Just and firm, and
has made for the advancement of peace.
Time and events have given us a larger
place In International affairs. While we
have enlarged our foreign commerce, we
have increased our prestige abroad, not
with the sword, but with the peaceful
agency of enlightened diplomacy.
Thirtv treaties have been concluded and
proclaimed and stand to the credit of the
administration. Some of these are of far
reaching Importance. Anions the number
are the Hay-Pauucefote treaty, supersed
ing the Clayton-Bulwer convention, which
stood in the way of the construction of an
Isthmian canal; h Panama ennal treaty,
the Alaskan boundary treaty, and commer
cial treaties with China and with Cuba.
Events in the far east suggest the wis
dom and necessity of a continuance of the
present foreign policy. We have main
tained exact neutrality between Russia and
Japan. At the beginning of the war be
tween them, they assented to the sugges
tion made bv the administration, limiting
tho zone of hostilities. This tends to pre
serve the open door In tho Orient, so im
portant and so much desired In the ex
pansion of our commerce. It Is the policy
of the administration, predicated upon the
soundest national prudence, to settle and
remove by treaty, so far as possible, those
International differences which lead to fu
ture friction.
We favor the adjustment of International
disagreements by an appeal to reason
rather than to arms. A great majority of
the questions which arise between nations
mav, without compromising the national
honor, be submitted to arbitration. The ad
ministration of President McKinley did well
to aid in the ceraticn of The Hague tribu
nal, and President Roosevelt Is eniitl -d to
great credit for being the first to Invrke Its
jurisdiction In the settlement, of the Pious
fund cases.
Our relations with the world were '.ev?r
better. Wc have avoided all entangling re
liances and In the lsntuage of the eminent
secretary of state, "We are without an ally
and without an enemy."
Protection an Issue.
Tho convention widely declared in l'avor
of ''pruitciiuii vvU.cii guaiu hiiu ut'vilua
our i.iuubLl'lcS," feUlU Uiul "liie luUubUl't Ul
piuluciiou biiuuiu always ut it.l eual
.He u.iitieiii.u in the coal 01 pi'ouucUo:i at
iiomu and uuroad."
xius piineipati wad embodied in the plat
form u l I ne convention wnuli nral nomi
nated Abranam 1-iucula, and it lias con
tinued to I e one ot n.e caiulnal liocirinea of
tne lepuolicau puny nuil-iv tl:e ioitiour
ears whicn have clapt-eo. since ii.t.a. it
has become iocoiporated lu.o i lie puouc law
and has become the foundation oj our in
dustrial system, it has btaii re.g.ud'.'d by
the republican party aa a reasonable and
appropriate, exercise of tho legislative
power wlien Imposing duties upon impuria
to discriminate in lavor of American In
dus tries. This principlu is dictated oy a
due regard tor our enterprise and industry,
and is luunucd upon the bigiieut cunaiucra
tlntib of national interest.
The democratic convention which lately
assembled at St. Louis denounced "pro
tection as a robbery of the many to emich
tna tew," and favored a "revlblou und
gradual reduction of t lie tariff."
The Issue is thus distinctly made. It Is
by no means a new one, for while the re
publican party has uniformly adhered to
the policy of protection, the democratic
party has been consistent in its opposition.
It bus held to the -ioctrlne of u revenue
tariff, und during all the years ofjiha con
test has maintained that the protective
syatem was opposed to good mora s In con
travention of the constitution and in viola
tion of sound economics. The objections
which are now urged against it are only a
reiM'tltion of those which have found ut
terance for many years. The difference be
tween the parties Is radical and funda
mental. It involves the principle of pro
tection and not simply the measure of itie
dutlea to be laid.
A revl.-lon of duties should be made only
when conditions have so changed that the
public Interest demands their alteration,
and they bhould be so revised as to pre
serve und not destroy the protective prin
ciple. A revision and reduction by those who
regard the tariff as a robbery must awaken
serious apprehension among all whose cap
ital is employed or who are engaged at la
bor In various enterprises throughout the
country which depend In 'large measure
upon the maintenance of the protective
system. A revision of the tariff along rev
enue lines means the Increased Importation
of the products of forelirn manufacture
which come Into competition with our do
mestic production. It means a ions to the
American waae earners and to American
capital. TMs la, therefore, rot a theoretical
question which Is presented to them, but
Is one of Immediate and practical moment.
It can be fettled by them, and by them
onl v.
HIMory abiindant'y shows that the vreat
est Inrtustrlil development of the country
hs C'-urred during the period when the
n-otectlve tariff has ben maintained nd
that durlna this time labor hss received ta
larst rewards end capital has leen most
profitably enesaed.
Party's Vindication.
The development of ib .dim. try rii.rlng
the last forty-tour years is a complete vin
dication of the virtue and efficiency of a
protective system. Its benefits have been
diffused through all -cl!in of he oun
try and among all our people. It has en
larged our heme market until It has become
the greatest In the world. This we should
not unnecessarily surrender. We have be
lieved it to be a wise national policy to
preserve the American rnaraet for Ameri
can producers and to aecure to our working
men an inrreased wage scale.
In 1M0 the value of our exports and
(Continued on ftacoud Page.)
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy nml Warmer Thnrailayi Show
ers In Weat Portion. Friday "hovrera
anil Cooler In Weat Portion.
Temperatnre at Omaha Yesterday!
Ilonr. Ilea. Honr. Dee;.
A a. nt 4H 1 p. ni
6 n. m 4tt 2 p. m (It
T a. ni ...... 431 a p. m M
N a. m no 4 p. m '
n. m PI A p. in IUI
111 n. m r p. m 2
It a. ni ftl 7 p. m H
111 an tVH N p. in
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SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION
Japanese Will Probably Attempt to
Capture Mukden and Spend
Winter There.
Whatever may be happening In the far
easti there Is little definite Information
from any quarter. The armies In the vi
cinity of Mukden appear to be limiting
their activities at present to feeling the
positions of their adversaries. It Is sup
posed to be the plan of the Japanese to
possess themselves of the passes of the
Da mountain range before making a direct
! movement on Mukden. Strategic and po
litical considerations seem to make it ea
seutiul that General Kouropatkin make a
stand there and prevent the town from
being made tho winter quarters of the
Japanese, while the lack of adequate fa
cilities elsewhere for the housing of troops
during a rigorous Manchurlan winter make
It necessary that the Japanese bend all
their energies to the capture of that town.
FATAL STROKES OF LIGHTNING
Denver Firemen Injared and Texans
Killed by Fire From
Dolta.
DENVER, Sept. 21. Kour city firemen are'
In a precarious condition from Inhaling
the fumes of nitric acid, a carboy of which
was burst by a bolt ot lightning which
started a fire In the etching rooms of the
Post Printing and Publishing company.
Truckman John McOlade is at the point
of death In the Emergency hospital.
Truckman Sherman B. Wilcox has double
pneumonia and Is in a very critical condi
tion. Lieutenant Charles Dolloff la In al
most as serious plight ns Wilcox. Captain
Charles E. Mann Is serious 111.
Nine other firemen are also suffering
greatly from the effects of the fumes. They
are: Acting Chief John Dulmuge, Lieu
tenant Vincent Davidson, Truckmun Ed
ward Holllngsworth, Frank P. Lunt and
William Alward, Plpemen John Ryan, Emll
Normllo and William H. Granger and
Driver William Lewis.
Police Surgeons Dulin and Prewltt, as
sisted by other physicians and nurses, are
working assiduously to save the l'ves of
tho afflicted firemen, most of whom are In
the Emergency hospital. Acting Chief Dul
mage is threatened with penumonia.
The fire was one of the smallest fought
by the department for a long time, it being
merely an incipient blaze of a size usually
handled without danger and little trouble.
Unaware of their great danger the fire
men rushed into the room and when aware
of the danger from the acid they refused
to retreat until the flames had been sub
dued. PORT ARTHUR. Tex., Sept. 21.-rLlght-ning
today struck un oil tank of the Texas
oil refinery on which six men were at work.
The oil ignited and an explosion followed.
Five men were kl'led and the sixth fatally
iujured.
OMAHA VICTIM ON THE STAND
Attorney Kngllah Teatlflea to Actions
of Man Who Robbed Him
on Train.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 21.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) J. W. Fishback was placed on trial
In the common pleas court In Kansas City,
Kan., yesterday afternoon on a charge of
robbing the passengers on a Pullman
sleeper of a Missouri Pacific train on the
night f December 19, 1SU9, just north of
that city.
Jumes P. English of Omaha, county at
torney of Douglas county, and H. T.
Lemlst, a coal dealer of the same city, both
of whom were passengers on the sleeper,
testified that shortly after the train had
pulled out of Kansas City, Kan., two men
wearing black maks and J. W. Fishback,
without a mask, entered the sleeping car
and "lined up" the passengers and pro
ceeded to go through their pockets. From
English the robbers took a valuable gnld
watch, some small change and $3S In bills.
From Mr. Lemist they took a gold watch,
which he valued at $126, and several dollars
In Hllver.
"When Fishback finished searching our
pockots," testified Mr. English, "he took
my watch from his pocket and examined
the time. . He made the remark that they
must not let the train pass the place
where they had stationed a wagon. When
they arrived at the place Fishback ordered
the porter to pull the bell cord and stop
the train."
Fishback is wanted In Nebraska and two
other states on charges of robbery. He Is
pale and thin and appears to be In the
last stages of consumption.
GEORGIANS KILL NEGROES
Font Acquitted of Charge of Crime
Are Shot by the
Whltca.
TALLSATTON, Ga., Sept. a. The ne
groes recently dismissed by the court here
on the charge of belonging to a "Before
Day" club were followed on their departure
by a hack carrying four or five whit men.
About a mile from town the hack party
met a negro boy named Jack Troy. In
passing someone In the hack shot him,
wounding him so seriously that he is not
expected to live. Six miles from town the
hack party called Ed Martin, a negro,
from his house und made him get Into the
hack, where one of the party shot the
negro's eyes out. and he Is not expected
to live. These negroes are charged with
being members of the "Before Day" club.
Sheriff Richards, with deputies and a
posse, have gone to Prattsburg to protect
the negroes there.
MENNONITE MINISTERS MEET
Annual Conference Opena nt Home.
dale, III. Blahop Bcblegel ef
Nebraska Moderator.
BLOOM INGTON, 111., Sept. a -The an
nual conference of the Amlsh Mennonltes
commenced today at Homedale, with an
attendance of between 800 and l.Of minis
ters. The conference includes all churches
from the eastern boundary of Illinois to
the Pacific coast. Bishop John Smith of
Metamora. III., waa the temporary pre
siding officer, and Bishop Joseph Bcblegel
of Milford, Neb., was chosen moderator.
The vouference will continue, throe days.
WILD TALES
FROM FRONT
Correspondents Appear to Eats Been 8Um
peeled Into Predicting Eattle.
JAPANESE MOVE WITH GREAT CAUTION
Realize Difficulties of Further Advanct
and Act Accordingly.
NO PROSPECT OF A BIG BATTLE SOON
Kouropatkin Reports Japanese Repulse in
Outpost Engagement.
RUSSIANS ARE INTRENCHING AT MUKDEN
All Indication Are that He Will Xot
Give Ip the Position Without a
Conteat Talk of Winter
Campaign.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
ST. PETKRSBl'RG, Sept. 21. (New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) Russian soldiers at the front
are stated to have recovered their calm, but
the correspondents have apparently lost
theirs.
Renter's correspondent at Mukden tele
graphed under yesterday's date a highly
alarmist dispatch to the effect that a battle
is inevitable and that the Japanese, eight
or nine divisions strong, are advancing. He
follows this with a telegram under today'
dute saying that there has been nothing
beyond outpost fighting.
The truth is that the Japanese, as I told
you yesterday, are advancing most de
liberately, apparently fully appreciative of
tho fact that every step nearer the north
the greater thctf danger becomes, and
they are acting with proportionate caution.
The movement the Japanese are making la
of sucn a deliberate nature that the big
battle cannot possibly take place before a
considerable time.
Reports that General Kurokl has passed
the Hun river tire evidently false.
Worthy of notice Is the fuct that a great
number of Hebrews figure In the list of
Russlun soldiers killed. '
Slowly Pushing or1b.
GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUARTERS IN
THE FIELD, via Kuwait, Tuesday, Sept
al. (Delayed In Transmission.) The Jep
ancse are slowly pushing northward. The
outposts are in touch near Yentul and skir
mishes between outposts and patrol partie
occur dally. It Is believed that the Rus
sians are gathering a force at Yental pre.
paratory to making a strong stand for the
protection of the coal mines. -
The Japanese are rapidly changing the
railroad from New Chwang and probably
it will be in operation to Llao Yang In
a fortnight. They are rushing forward
supplies of ammunition.
Japanese Attack la Itepnlaed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 21. 2:20 p. m.
General Kouropatkin, telegraphing under
yesterday's date, declares tl)at the situation
at the front is unchanged. He describes
an outpost fight Tuesday at Dapass, half
way between Bentslaputzn and Slntslntln.
A Japanese force, consisting of four com
panies, marched up from Dzlantchan,
twenty-three miles northeast of Salmadil,
and tried to capture the pass and turn the
Russian left flank, but the Russians re
pulsed tho attack and the turning move,
nient was checked by Russian cavalry,
supported by machine guns. The M-ecelpt
of the news at Toklo of the march of the
Japanese from Dxluntchan was the prob
able origin of the rumor that Kurokl had
crossed the Hun river, which runs twenty
miles north of Dapass.
The most reliable Information does not
Indicate the resumption ot the J. . .inete
offensive for some days.
The Russians strongly hold the road to
Fushun and Bentsiaputze. It Is pointed
out that If tho Japanese had occupied
Fushun the Russians would have been com
peted to evacuate Mukden, since Fushun
Is nearer to Tie Pass.
The emperor has appointed the Grand
Duke Sergius Mlchaelovltrh to the newly
created position of general Inspector of the
army.
The' official returns Issued1 up to date of
the casualties among the Russian officers
at the battle of Llao Yang show them to
be 4G5 killed or wounded, Including six
generals and thirty-nine field officers.
Eighty officers were killed, 372 were
wounded and thirteen are missing.
Look for Fight Near Mukden.
TOKIO. Sept. 21. 2 p. m. A telegram re
ceived today from military headquarters In
Manchuria says that portions ot the Rus
sian troops, engaged In reconnolasances re
turning from Ping Taltze continued in touch
with the Japanese lines along the Mukden
and Fuhsu roads on September 18. There
was no fighting.
An Impression Is growing generally that
an engagement will soon take place at
Mukden. General Kouropatkin Is evidently
preparing to make a determined resistance
to any attempt to dlsposess him and Is en
trenching and constructing defenses. He
has an Immense force available, but the
opinion Is expressed that Tie Pass would
be a more favorable location for defense.
The Russians, however, are unwilling to
suffer the loss of prestige which would be
Involved by the abandonment of Mukden.
There Is much speculation now as to the
extent of the fall and winter campaign.
It Is generally thought. that Field Marshal
Oyama will continue pressing Kouropatkin
back until the winter falls and will then
strongly guard his advance Hue until
spring. The Japanese carried on an ag
gressive campaign against the Chinese dur
ing the winter, but conditions are different
In this war.
A renewal ot the attack upon Port Arthur
on newer and more aggressive lines Is ex
pected this week, and It Is predicted In well
Informed quarters that the reduct'on cf
that fortress will be accomplished within
ten days or a fortnight,
Rusalana Locate Enemy.
PARIS. Sept. 21. A dispatch to the
Temps from Mukden, dated 7:30 p. m. yes
terday, aay that Russians executed recon
nalsances Monday which developed that the
main army of the Japanese Is t bout twenty
two mHes southeast, under General Kurokl,
with two divisions at Yental.
The Japaneae Junka turned back after
succeeding In getting up the Llao river al
moat to Hlii nil ii 1 1 n .
A great battle Is expected along the Hurt
river, which frvnta Mukden m tela aides.