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II SEPTEMBER M, 10 The Commoner. 15 but never yet united except to con quer. It Is veteran troops against the raw militia; an unequal though not a bootless, array, as many well-fought fields in days of old bears witness. Give us but half the discipline of the regulars and a tithe of their equipment and we .shall drive them before us across the barricades of criminal wealth, though led by Theodore Roose velt himself. "I recognize as our chieftain in this approaching conflict the Hon. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. "It costsmo no sacrifice either of personal preference or pride of opin ion to make this declaration. Mr. Bryan and I have not always agreed as to the means; we have never dis agreed as to the end. The appeal' to the moral nature of the people, which he has made with so much eloquence and power, I was making when he was a boy. He grew to manhood un der my teachings. If at times I have raised the warning finger of the schoolmaster even threatened the rod he was big enough and old enough and good-looking enough to stand it, and to survive it, and has thrived In spite of it maybe by rea son of it and in any vent he has quite outgrown it. I, too, have lived and learned apace, and one of the things I have learned has been to look more to the objective point and less to non-essential matters of dif ferences, to agree to disagree with my comrades and friends; on great occasions and in great affairs to send all minor differences to the rear the better to march abreast against the common enemy. , "We purpose to "reform, not to revo lutionise, the government; we purpose to re-establish democratic Institutions in the nation's capital, returning to thd voters what belongs to the voters. We purpose to drive from the floor of the senate those who sit there not as servants, of the- people, but as cqrpor atton counsel. We purpose to drive from the floor of the house the speaker and his rules committee, who have made an autocracy of that which was created a legislative body. In. a word, we purpose to readjust the lost bal ance between the people and their lawmakers. "Our jury Is the nation; our proof the record of the republican party; our witness Theodore Roosevelt; our attorney Mr. Bryan of Nebraska." Mr.Watterson's speech touched the pent up enthusiasm almost at' the start, and when at ,the close he point ed to Mr. Bryan and said: "Her4 be is, God bless him and give him wis donr," the audience yelled for five min ute's. Mr. Watterson finally com manded silence long enough to intro duce Senator Carnfack pf Tennessee. Senator Carmack was followed by Senator W. J. Stone, of Missouri, who In a lew words introduced Mr. Bryan. The demonstration that greeted Mr. Bryan on his entrance to; the hall was renewed as the Nebraskan arose to i?pealt Mr. Bryan announced that he would "read a statement concerning a topic which has been generally dis cussed since he had touched on It dur ing his speech at New York." He then read his statement, which is printed on page 5 of this issue. AT CINCINNATI Mr. Bryan left Louisville for Cin cinnati Thursday morning. An extract from the Associated" Press report con cerning the Cincinnati meeting fol lows: Introduced by Mayor E. J. Dempsey, and speaking from a stand erected over the diamond of the Cincinnati ball park, W. J. Bryan tonight ad dressed an immense audience which occupied all the seats in the grand stand and several thousand additional chairs. Mr. Bryan arrived from Louis ville at noon and spent the afternoon receiving callers. He was given an enthusiastic welcome. POLITICAL CONVENTIONS (Continued from Pago 12) that ho was robbed of the governor ship two years ago in the Peabody Adams contest before tho state legis lature. The platform of tho conven tion endorsed Bryan and took a de cisive stand against corporation, domi nation of political parties and pledged the democracy of the state to (he en actment of a law makng it a felony to contribute to campaign funds.; h The democratic convention of New Mexico nominated O. A. Larrazola of Las Vegas as its delegate to congress. The convention declared in favor of joint statehood and made complimen tary reference to Mr. Bryan. The democratic state convention for California met at Sacramento and nominated for governor Representa tive Theodore A. Bell. Tho platform makes complimentary reference to Mr. Bryan, opposes injunctions in labor disputes, favors the extension of the suffrage to women, pledges demo cratic legislators to support a state law penalizing monopolies and trusts in restraint of trade, favors tha initia tive and referendum, opposes political contributions by corporations, favors a statutory form of insurance policy and urges the exclusion of all Asiatic labor. The Connecticut democratic state convention in session at Hartford nominated Charles F. Thayer for gov ernor. The platform demands the elec tion of senators by popular vote. The democratic state convention for Delaware nominated tho follow ing ticket: State treasurer Robert H. Wilson. State auditorKendall M. Wiley. For copgress David S, Marvel. The convention's platform made complimentary reference to Mr. Bryan. The Ohio republican convention In session at Dayton nominated a state ticket headed by Carmi A. Thompson of Ironton, present speaker of the house of representatives, as candidate for secretary of state. For dairy and food commissioner Renick W. Dunlap was nominated. For state school commissioner B. A. Jones was nominated. George H. Watkins was renominat ed for member of the board of publle works. The republican state convention for Colorado in session at Denver nomi nated Phillip B. Stewart, of Elpaso county for governor. The republicans of the national congress are commend ed for the "unprecedented amount of wise and wholesome legislation ac complished at the last session." Tho protective tariff Is credited with bring ing phenomenal prosperity to the country, and the development of the beet sugar Industry .Is pointed to as an illustration of the benefits of that system. Thfr party is pledged to fair treatment of .organized labor and or ganized capital as well. The part taken by the supreme court, the legis lature and the district attorney of Denver city and county In tho Pea-body-Adams contest Is Indorsed. Tho democratic state convention for Wyoming in session at Cheyenne nom inated tho following ticket: For govornor S. A. D. Kelster, Fre mont county. For secretary of state Daniel W. Gill, Laramie county. State auditor Thomas A. Dunn, Big Horn county. State treasurer James L. Lobban, Sheridan county. For state superintendent public In structionMiss May Hamilton, Nat rona county. For congress John C. Hamm, Uin tah county. Tho platform demands national and state eight hour laws and their en forcement; favors a law making it a felony for a state ofllcer to accept a pass or other free transportation from a railroad; demands a primary elec tion law and a return to the Austra lian ballot system and favors free trade in various commodities, particu larly wheat Tho platform also makes complimentary reference to Mr. Bryan. DERIVATION OF WORDS There are some very funny stories told about tho derivation of words, since people aro likely to twist their language into strange forms. Thus, the pope is even today called by tho name "pontifex," which boys In tho Latin class all know is taken by him from the title of old Roman priests. Now "pontifex" means bridge builder, In the early days of tho republic wero in charge of bridges; but scholars tell us that tho word "pontifex" probably should be "pomptifex," meaning "mak er of ceremonies." Many of you have wondered what tho priest had to do with bridge building, and this little change of nt to mp makes the whole matter clear. An astonishing derivation is that of the word "stranger," which, we are told, comes from tho Greek word of ex or out of. Absurd aa this seems, it is easy to understand. Ex means out, from or away, tho same word as the Latin ex; hence comes extra. Then comes tho Latin extraneus, which means outside. The old French word, from thfs, estrange, means an outsider, but estrange gave us tho word etranger by dropping tho s, a4 stranger by dropping tho o. After this serious oxomplo, wo shall not bo surprised at tho old joko that derived the town name "Middlctown" from "Moses" by dropping tho "Iddle town" and adding "osea'St. Nicholas. AN INVALID FOR SEVENTY-NIN YEARS Tho columns of tho London Times recently contained tho announcement of tho death at Longford, Tasrcana, ot Captain Edward Durcaresquo In hit? 104th year. This officer, whoso lift was bo extraordinary prolonged, wai Invalided out of tho Bombay army in 1827, after less than nine years' ser vice. His nomination an a cadet by J. B. Taylor, a director of tho East India company, was dated Dccembor 15, 1818; on tho 30th of the same month ho was appointed a lieutenant in tho Eighth Bombay regiment, at the age of 16 years G months. Ho was promoted captain In Soptorcbor, 1826. and on April 25, 1827, was rotlred on a Lord Clivo's pension, which he drew for soventy-nino years, less only a few days. The certified cause of death of this Invalid of 1827, on April 23, 1906, was "weakness duo to old age." FRESH BAIT ON AN OLD HOOK Robert I say, Henry, what do you make of this? There was a donkey tied to a rope, and the, rope was four feet long. Twelvo feet away them was a bundle of hay, and tho donkey wanted to get to tho hay, because ho was hungry. How did he do it? Henry (triumphantly) Oh! Pv heard that before. You want me to say "I give It up," and then you will Bay "That's just what the other don key did." Robert Not at all, my dear man. Work it out; it's quite simple. Henry (after a pnuso) Well, I don't know how ho did it. Robert Why, he simply walked up to the hay and ate it. 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