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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 4
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Cochran, Mercer, Pa $500; Q. A.
Martin, Mercer, $500; Martin Crain,
Sharon, $100; pension fund Glove
land police department, $G,900. To
tal $15,000'
Now York dispatches say Soth
Low, former mayor 61 New York,
may succeed Whltelaw Held as am
bassador to the court of St. James.
Colonel George R. Colton has been
Inaugurated governor of Porto Rico.
meet obligations, has settled with Its
creditors.
A direct legislation league was or
ganized at Lincoln, Neb. Thd Lin
coln Journal says: "With Mayor
Love in the chair the meeting adopt
ed a form of organization avowing
as Its purpose to secure the election
of. a logislaturo pledged to submit a
direct legislation amendment to the
constitution. Tho following officers
wore elected: President, John
Mockott; secrotary, A. G. Chapman;
treasurer, L. S. Herron; executive
committee, D. L. Love, A. L. Weath
orly, L. J. Quimby, F. M. Coffee, T.
F. A. Williams, Harry Dobbins,
Georgo W. Woods. Professor George
B. Howard introduced the subject,
saying, 'The initiative and the refer
endum are needed to supplement
party government. The experience
of states that have given tho system
a thorough trial, especially in Switz
erland, shows that direct legislation
cures tho rancor of party strife and
increases party usefulness while cur
ing party evils. The fact that direct
legislation permits the people to re
ject an official's policy without de
posing the official, who may be ac
ceptable in all other respects, is one
of the recommendations.' Senator B.
P. Brown spoke in favor of organiz
ing to promote a direct legislation
amendment. Farmers, isolated more
or
judge personally of candidates for
office, he said, but they have ample
.means of informing themselves on
public questions as they arise. The
right to make their views directly
effective would go far toward remov
in politics from the control of men"
in politics for their own commercial
advantage. Bx-Senator Mockett,
Judge Cornish and others declared
their sympathy with the movement.
Practically all of those present signed
their names to the roll of members
at the close of the meeting.
Cyrlll St. Armond of Thurso, Ortt.,
a ten year old boy, was sentenced at
Ottawa, Ontario, to six years iri
prison for horse stealing.
A Hancock county, Tennessee,
feud of years' standing has broken
out afresh and two more victims
added to tho roll of the dead. James
Yount, aged thirty, and George
Green, age.d sixteen, are the last vic
tims. James Davis, who admits the
ddublo killing, but says he did it in
self-defense, has surrendered.
Mr. Bryan in Canada
AT CALGARY
The Calgary Albertan prints this
report of Mr. Bryan's viBlt to Cal
gary: William Jennings Bryan, thrice de
feated candidate for president of the
United States, and recognized as one
of the best orators of the United
States, has been the guest of Calgary
since yesterday afternoon. He ar
rived from Edmonton on the 4:15
train, took a spin around the city in
an automobile, made a speech at a
banquet at the Y M. C A., delivered
a lecture at Sherman's auditorium
and made arrangements to leave the
city at 8 o'clock this morning for
Lethbrldge.
The reception accorded tho distin
guished Nebraskan was as enthusias
tic as he could have expected had he
been on the other side of the lino.
Five hundred people were at the sta
tion to meet the train on which he
aTrived, and made such a jam around
less, Have little opportunity to Jtor that it wad with difficulty
vcmrmiw nf onrH,infna for that Mayor Jamieson and John Han-
na, who escorted him to a waiting
automobile, could make way for him.
A great shout went up as tho fa
miliar face of the visitor appeared on
the platform of the car. Everybody,
from the man who had known Mr.
Bryan in his home state, to the ubi
quitous individual whose claim to
friendship rested on the fact that ho
had shaken hands with him at some
campaign meeting in years past.
wanted to grasp his hand.
"I've voted for you three times,"
cried one big fellow in a fur coat,
"and if I were not a Canadian now,
I'd do it again."
Bryan smiled, and the statesman's
smile seemed to please the crowd
mpre than anything else. It was like
an old landmark. And the smile
never left. It was at the banquet;
it was at the lecture later when the
speaker was Introduced by Mayor
Jamieson. 4 w
Three hundred persons sat down
at the banquet given In honor of the
American' at the Y. M. C. A., under
whose auspices he came here to de
liver his lecture. Mr. Justice Charles
A. Stuart, who presided, in introduc-
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xng me speaner, saia nis name is a
household word not only all over the
country but the whole world.
fore, before we mako up our minds
as to the achievement of a speaker,
we ought to ask ourselves in the
very first place what he aims to do,
for an orator .wlll.adapt his methods
to the purpose what ho hopes to ac
complish. Next wo ought to con
sider the nature of the theme dis
cussed, for It is evident that one
subject may properly be approached
in one way and another in another.
Next wo ought to consider the audi
ence,' for no argument -is necessary
to show that much of the force of
oratory" is" in the mind of the hear
ers. Lastly we should judge up the
result. Now what did Mr. Bryan aim
at doing? He told his hearers at
the outset that he hoped to be able
so to present a religious theme that
it would make an impression upon
tho hearts of some . of those who
heard him. The theme was one that
did not lend itself to lightness of
treatment;, the few humorous touches
being only Intended to be restful to
tho audience. The audience was pre
sumably favorably disposed to the
speaker therefore it was policy to
address it In terms of conciliation.
He hoped to reach the hearts of the
hearers through their Intelligence,
therefore he did not appeal to their
emotions. Now what was the re
sult? A large audience composed of
old and young, of men and women
of professing Christians and of per
sons who are largely indifferent to re
ligious things, sat for an hour and a
half without an individual leaving
the theatre, listened to every word
that was said, applauded such of tho
points as were calculated to invito
applause, and gave the speaker an
ovation when he sat down. We ven
ture to say that his remarks very
profoundly impressed the majority
of those who heard him. Is it really
necessary to ask if a man who could
accomplish what he accomplished is
an orator? Are we not bound to
concede that in its way, his speech
was very nearly the perfection of
oratory? We are expressing no opin
ion as to what he could do with an
other theme. All we are doing is to
endeavor to assist some of those who
heard Mr. Bryan to form a conclu
sion for themselves, not as to his
merit as a speaker, for that is of no
particular importance, but as to ora
tory in general, for there is no sub
ject upon which there is a wider dif
ference of opinion.
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Governor Glasscock of West Vir
ginia personally took charge of two
negroes at Gassaway and by remov
ing them to the county prison at
Sutton saved them from a mob bent
upon lynching them.
The English house of commons has"
passed, the third reading - of the
famous budget, or .finance bill by a
vote of 37? to 10. The bill ..now
goes to the house of lords and the
debate upon It will begin NoVember
22. '
The Nebraska State Teachers Asso
ciation, in session at Lincoln, elected
v as their president for tho ensuing
year, N. M. Graham, superintendent
of schools at South Omaha.
James A. Reed, former mayor of
Kansas City, announced his candi
dacy for the democratic nomination
for United States senator from Mis
souri. Governor Folk is also a candidate.
The regular monthly report of the
national glnners' association states
that 70 per cent of tho entire cotton
crop was ginned up to November 1.
The report in addition states the
Egyptian crop is 25 per cent short
of what was expected recently.
The Seaboard Air Lino railway,
which, on January 1, 1908, was
. placed in tho hands of S. Davis War
field, Lancaster Williams and Duncan
as receivers, because of Inability to
ORATORY
(From the Victoria, B. C, Colonist.)
A very great many people asked
the Colonist yesterday what it:
thought of Bryan as a speaker. We.
endeavored yesterday morning to de
scribe his style of oratory, but this
did not seem to meet the question
that was on many lips. To answer it
one ought first to consider what ora
tory is. It is not mere flmncy; It is
not mere pyrotechnics; it is not vivid
imagery alone; It is not simply
ornate language. Archbishop What-
ley in nls work on Rhetoric, which
every student ought to read, defines
the object of rhetoric to be convic
tion. .When Whatley spoke of rheto
ric he meant what we usually mean
when we speak of oratory. Tho
definition seems a1 good one. There-
SUITABLE XMAS
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A COPY OF MR. BRYAN'S BOOK
"Letters to a Chinese Official"
Being a Reply to "Letters From a Chinese Official."
GIVEN. FREE
with each new yearly sub
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er at $ 1 .00 per year.
A few years ago a little
volume entitled "Letters From
a Chinese Official," being an
eastern view of western civ
ilization, was published by an
eastern publishing house, and
had a large sale. This clev
er book was a sovero ar
raignment of tho religion,
standards and purposes of our
raco. During Mr. Bryan's trip
around tho" world he .spent
several weeks In China and
Other Asiatic countries. Ho
visited the homes, farms, and
factories and! studied tho re
ligious, social, political and
governmental conditions. Im
mediately after leaving China
ho prepared the manuscript
for his book. "Letters to a
Chinese Offlcial." This book
Is a defense of tho Christian
Religion and-Western Civili
zation, and will unquestion
ably have a wider and moro
lasting influence than, any
thing written by Mr. Bryan.
This book should bd In every
, .Christian homo. and. should bo
read by every one interested
in tho perpetuation and ad
vancement of tho Christian
Religion and a republican
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