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VOLUME 8v NUMBER 2
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A Constantinople cablegram car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"An imperial irado issued this morn
ing ordains the assembling of a
chamber of deputies in accordance
with a constitution which has been
elaborated by tho sultan. The irado
has been communicated to tho varlis
and the district lieutenant governors
with tho necessary orders for tho
holding of elections. The constitu
tion which tho irado now malceaieffec
tive is practically tho one forked
out in 187G."
Governor Hughes of Now-'Yorlc an
nounces that he will not decline tho
rc-nomination.
An Associated Press dispatch dat
ed Des Moines, la., July 24, follows:
"By a vote of 741i to 5 Ms the dele
gates in the Seventh district repub
lican convention yesterday nominat
ed Judge A. F. Prouty for congress
over Congressman J. A. T. Hull, no
notice that a nomination had been
tpado at tho primary of Juno 2 hav
ing been received by the convention.
Captain Hull Insisted tho convention
p.cted without power." "
Broken Bowf for state superintend
ent of public instruction, Mrs. C. S.
Schell of Ponca; for commissioner of
public lands and buildings, Tom Lip
pincotte of Blair; for attorney gen
oral, N. H. Nye of Ponder; for rail
road commissioner, A. Finkinkeller
of Florence; for congressman Second
congressional district, G. C. Porter of
Omaha.
Tho democratic state convention
mot at Milwaukee and adopted a
platform endorsing tho democratic
national platform.
Tho New York World prints under
date of Richmond, Va July 19, this
dispatch: "Thomas Shayne, a re
publican of Now York, after reading
W. R. Hearst's reply to the message
that Mr. Gompers says ho never sent
to Mr. Hearst, has written a cordial
letter to W. J. Bryan in which he
promises to support him."
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, who
commanded the ill-fated Russian
fleet which was annihilated by the
Japanese in tho Sea of Japan, 1905.,
died at Bad Nauhelm, Germany,
July 19, from heart trouble. It is
believed that tho heart' affection re
sulted from injuries received by him
In the battle of tho Sea of Japan.
tuno'a favorites," it Is the duty of
all American to entrust to demo
cratic patriotism the caro of the
country which, among all its achieve
ments, has none greater than its pro
duction of tho American ballad,
"Home, Sweet Home." It is tho duty
of all good Americans to savo the
land of Home, Sweet Home, to pro
tect Home, Sweet Home and keep
tho "little kiddies" at their mother's
apron's strings and in the school
room and out of tho clutches of the.
beef trust and the steel trust and
tho coal trust. They can save and
protect the home-land and help re
store three million toiling children
tp their nurseries and schools by for
getting past political prejudices, if
indeed they were swayed by any, and
by giving broad-minded, hearty,
American support to William Jen
nings Bryan, defender of Hpme,
Sweet Home. Los Angeles Herald.
Bishop Henry C. Potter of the
Episcopal church in the diocese in
New York, is dead. Bishop David
II. Greer, who is now in London,
will succeed Bishop Potter.
An Associated Tress dispatch from
Richmond, Va says: "A special
from Danville, Va., says that V. A.
Vincent of Pittsylvania county has
tendered his resignation as a mem
ber of the national committee of the
populist k party and r declared for
Bryan."
The Nebraska socialist convention
In session at Hastings nominated the
stato ticket as follows: For gov
ernor, J. W. Walker of Hastings;
for lieutenant governor, Thor Jorg
onscn of Florence; for secretary of
state, Dr. II. J. Aberloy of South Former United States Senator
Omaha; for auditor of public ac- William F. Villas was stricken with
counts, Dr. R. A. Hawthorne of May- severe illness at his home in Madl
wood; for treasurer, ,T3. Taylor of 1 son, Wis.
Tho Prince of Wales, visiting In
Quebec, was given a cordial recep
tion. Vice President Fairbanks, who
was a guest, delivered an address.
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3" John W. Kern, democratic candi
date for vice prosidont, says tho
party will score a signal victory in
November. Republicans who give
their politics Instead of their country
the first place in their loyalty fail
to see any reason for this confidence.
They think Mr. Kern Ib "talking for
effect" when he says democrat's will
win. But ho is in earnest, and you
shall see he is a true prophet. Dem
ocrats will win becauso tho demo
cratic platform is a sane and sound
document, a declaration of inten
tions, plans and principles which
breathes tho very spirit of Ameri
canism, and revives tho hopes of
many good citizens who had begun
to think tho day was over when
Freedom was the only rulor in the
United States, and to bolievo. the
tyrant Greed had usurped' lior place.
He will win becauso the republican,
platform Is an unsound document of
doubtful sanity, deVoid of wisdom,
weak in patriotism, strong in ypander
ing to privilege, and in essence ?'aiid
effect a bull-headed, dogmatic asser
tion that whatever is, is right, whon
it is republican and becauso It is re
publican. Incidentally tho republi
can platform contains an undeniable
statement of the amazing increase of
tho national wealth and available
material resources during the very
years whon the people wore1 suffering
most from intellectual famine. This
is worse than physical famine, be
cause tho effects of physical famine
are transient if it Is relieved in time
n
and not permitted to kill; while the
effects of intellectual famine, of the!
deprivation of boys and girls of the
education, which should train, broad
en, improve and steady their minds
can be overcome never, never, never!
No matter how wealthy the illiter
ate children of the United States may
be in later life, through fortune's
chances or changes, their money will
never buy back for them the years,
tho playtime, the school time, the
opportunities of their youth, store
their minds with the knowledge
which they have not been allowed
to acquire, or form their brains to
the habits of correct t'hdught which
havo boon interfered with. Wo have
heard ono of the richest men in tho
nation say, with obvious and unaf
fected sincerity, that he would give
a great deal more than half his for
tune if he had the mental training
of tho "boys and girls in the sixth
and seventh grades."
This man know his life had been
narrowed) knew l ho was cribb'd,
cabin'd and confined, a mental
dwarf on a mountain of material
wealth, conscious of possession, pos
session, possession, and ol inability
to appreciate, understand or use pos
session. Here was a torment worse
than that of Tantalu.s, In order to
protect Innocent boys and girls who
under republican, , conditions would
have to suffer, both from poverty and
ignorance -for not one in a million
overcomes the former condition un
less, like tho Ignorant rich man who
talked with us, ho is one of "for-
WHY IS ROOSEVELT A REACT
IONARY? In its issue of July 17 our es
teemed contemporary The Commoner
prints a cartoon which pictures a
corpulent, prosperous-looking person
with silk ha,t and side whiskers, lead
ing the republican elephant along
the back trail, while Mr. "Roosevelt
Republican" views the retreat with
consternation.
Theodore Roosevelt himself is re
sponsible for tho reactionary plat
form adopted by the Chicago con
vention. Then why not say so? Why
not let the Roosevelt republicans
know where the blame lies? '
Mr. Roosevelt was in complete con
trol of the Chicago convention. He
had 702 delegates, nearly three-quarters
of the total number. He named
the candidate for president and the
candidate for vice president. He
framed the platform. Not a plank
went into that platform which was
not submitted' to Mr. Roosevelt In
advance for his approval. Not a
plank was put into that platform
without his consent. Not a plank
was left out without his tacit con
sent. Ho could have had a declaration in
favor of an income tax if he tiad de
manded it. He could have hart n.
declaration in favor .of an inherit
ance tax if he had demanded it. He
could have had a declaration in favor
of physical valuation of railroad
property if he had demanded it. He
could have had a declaration in favor
of campaign-fund publicity if he had
demanded it. Ho coiilrt lmvo lmd n
platform that fully represented "my
A STRONG MAN
Whatever, therefore, may be said
by our disappointed eastern friends,
Bryan was freely chosen. Ho repre
sented the rank and file rather than
the organization of tho party. It ia
idle to deny his strength. A man
who could maintain himself thus for
twelve years, after two crushing de
feats, and could' again carry off tho
honor almost without a contest, is a
strong man. Indianapolis News.
THE DEMOCRATIC CHANCE
With Bryan and-Kern as their can
didates; with a platform that is posi
tive in its every feature; with party
prejudice largely broken down be
cause the late panic taught people
that prosperity is not a matter of
politics, the democrats go before the
country with a fair chance of having
their principles adopted at the polls.
The only thing that now remains to
be done is to run like the wind from
the fellow who claims to know exact
ly how the elc tion is going to result,
Springfield (111.) News.
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policies" if he had sincerely believed
in my policies" and considered them
vital to the welfare of the country.
The World does not pretend to
know why the president deliberately
abandoned so many of his professed
issues on the eve of a presidential
campaign. But. on the one hand is
tho printed record of his messages
and speeches; on the other hand is
the republican platform which "grat
ified" Mr. Roosevelt and which he
praised so highly in his letter to
Senator Hopkins.
Already Mr. Taft has had to set
his own candidacy right in the mat
tor of publicity and corporation con
tributions. How much more tinker
ing of Mr. Roosevelt's "excellent
platform" he will find necessary can
only be surmised.
Why should The Commoner, of all
newspapers, undertake to conceal the
fact of Mr. Roosevelt's retreat and
absolve him from tho consequences
of his own capitulation? Has not
the country a right to know why Mr.
jRoosevelt, after all his violence of de
nunciation and ferocity of invective
(surrendered so quietly and allied
himself so' completely with tho re
actionaries? New York World.
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