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Baltimore and Bryan
l THE I1I3ST KNOWN OPERA SONGS
' Arranged for Piano Solo, with words,
Vso that they may bo used as Piano
'Arrangoments or as Songs with Piano
I Accompaniments.
281 Anvil Chorus, from "II Trova-
toro" Vdrdl
282 Avo Maria, from "Ca Valeria
Pviis." Mascagnl
283 Bridal Chorus, from "Lohcn-
grin" Wagnor
D1 ilUWUV QUUi LIU 111 X' ILUSt
310 When First I saw tho Love-
llght in Your Eyes Wood
A pretty plaintive romance, a senti
mental sequence.
INSTRUMENTAL
311 A Trip to Niagara Cornish
An inspiring composition of sterling
character. A big seller.
312 At Sundown (Reverie) Wilson
A big success.
313 Bubbles (Novelette) . . . .Greenwald
A lively littlo number.
Excellent for
tpn.nVHnc n.nrl vrtrltnl
,.. ,""," ; .....Gounod 314 College March Medley Hawloy
285 Gipsy's Song, from "II Trova- Containing tho infectious strains of
no ." t ' VV. W L' ' ' ' v U1U4 ine popular conego songs.
28C Heart Bowed Down, "Boho- 315 Colonial Modloy Fltzpatrick
o xrmla,VGft1 ;Jr,,,l,S,,,V,Balfo Containing melodies of tho most
287 Homo to Our Mountains, from popular barn dances published.
' 0o "" T rovntoro "........... Vordl 316 Danco of the Butterflies
288 How So Fair, from "Martha" (Schottische-Caprico) Nat WIso
rioiuw 317 Danco of tho Goidenrods
289 I Dreamt that I Dwelt In Marblo
Halls, from "Bohemian Girl"
Balfo
290 It was Not So To Be, from
"Trumpeter of Sakklngon"
Nessler
291 IiOVO Song from "Lohengrin"
Wagner
292 jjuiiaby, irom "Erminio".
Fltzpatrick
318 Danco of tho Stars Richmond
Another big seller by tho composer
of "Danco of tho Honeybees."
319" Danco of tho Midgets. .Greenwald
Danco characteristic.
320 Dreaming (Waltz) Aguoro
Now beautiful waltz number. Very
euectivo.
.JacobowskI aai Excelsior Mmiifw TToirrin
09 T.llllnKtr Hrklvl 'TAnft.r M r!nrlniil r. Jl H 1 . " wJr
ZZ. 7Z JA, " S. .,, ""-" ...viuuiiiu Avieuiuy ol aimreu songs.
294 O Thou Sublime, Sweet Even- 322 Homo Guard Greenwald
ing Star, from "Tannhausor," An excellent School March.
OA ................... Wagner 323 Falling Waters Fltzpatrick
295 Onco Again I Would Gazo a standard number In popular
"Faustr' Gounod demand.
296 Over tho Summer Sea, from 324 Fernando Waltz Lomoz
.from , Rjolctto" ..........Vordl Tho greatest waltz success since
297 Pilgrim's Chorus, from "Tann- ' Valso Bleuo.
hau3er" Wagner 325 Lot 'Er Go (March) Wood
298 Prayer, from "Freischutz". .Webor A rnusinir. rn.ttiinp-.anii.ifn Ui
299 Soldiers' Chorus, from "Faust" tion. w.M4.w
' ........................ Gounod 326 Loving Heart3 (Tono Poem)..
300 Spirit of Light, from "La Fa- k Reiser
a- m,voritl . L" -Donizetti A beautiful, sweet, soulful tono poem
301 Then You'll Remember Mo, by a famous composer.
. m,from, Bohomlan Girl". ... .Balfo 327 Lovo Thoughts Waltzes, Greenwald
302 Though to Heaven From Sor- An interesting and very popular
row Flying, from "Lucia dl danco number.
Lammermoor" ....'.... .Donizetti 328 Meditation Kimball
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.Bizet 329 Moonbeams on tho Lalco.
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positions by well-known composers:
VOCAL
404 Byo Byo Swoot Heart (March
Ballad) Wood
Very beautiful song in March time.
206 How'd You Liko to Bo My
Boau Phil Burt
A. swoot littlo lovo soncr.
S06 I'vo a World of Lovo in My
.FitznatrlMr
A successful composition by a popu
lar composer. '
330 National Echoes (March) ..'..Bills
Medley of patriotic airs.
331 Plantation Medloy of Southern ,'
Airs Snow
Popular Southern tunos arranged to
S lease and soil.
:oyal Medloy (March) Snow
A medloy march deserving Its titlo
by Its beauty and Its dales. ,
333 Showor of Rosos (Roverlo) .....
Heart for You Phil Burt 334 Sweot Meditations tFZZ,
A ballad, very pathetic A charming rovorlo with a swoot
307 Sing .Love's Old Swoot Song fl6wing rtielody.. ' ; -wool
Again Ellis 335 Twontioth Century Woman
A big song success. March Morris
ovo viatuu ui .uiutjii vquuiuu ouiifj vury pupuiar marcn JNUmoor.
. ." Monnott 336 Yankee Notions Richmond
Ono of tho prottlest sacred songs Another Hit by tho composer of
over written. . "Dance of .tho Honeybees."
309 When Everything was Sun- 337 Whoop 'Er Up (March and Two
shlno Wood Stop) will Wood
. A beautiful song sultablo for every Another suro hit by tho composer of
occasion. tho famous Lot 'Er Go March.
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An editorial in Memphis Com
mercial Appeal: Colonel Henry
Wattorson of Louisville, editor of
the Courier-Journal, tells Major
Hemphill, once editor of the Charles
ton News and Courier, now an edi
torial correspondent for the New
York Times, what he thinks of the
Baltimore convention and what he
thinks of Bryan at the Baltimore
convention.
Wo already know what Colonel
Harvey thinks, and while what
Colonel Harvey or Colonel Watterson
or Major Hemphill thinks amounts
to little as to affecting the fight that
is on, yet their views are interesting
as showing how far they got out of
touch with men and things as they
are.
Colonel. Watterson regrets the at
titude of Bryan at Baltimore. He
thinks his conduct was bad taste.
He thinks that Colonel Bryan
violated all the canons of political
and social decency when ho de
nounced Ryan and Belmont and
other apostles of predatory wealth.
And Bryan's throwing over of Clark
and going to Wilson is held to be
political treachery.
When Bryan made his first attack
on Parker as temporary chairman
the majority of the convention was
against him. When Bryan recited
the reasons for his attack on Parker
the delegates could find that they
were true by merely looking around
the convention hall.
The reactionaries the old order
fellows held all the passes. While
they were not great in numbers, their
controlling force ran into every dele
gation. They were ready to show
their pqwer at the psychological
moment when an active, shrewd
minority could be able to control a
situation.
Bryan lost his fight upon Parker,
not because he was wrong, but be
cause possibly a hundred delegates
thought that the action of the na
tional committee ought to be sus
tained oecause it had always been
sustained. The precedent men beat
Bryan and elected Parker.
But Bryan in his first attack un
covered the enemy. He made thm
come out from behind their breast
works and show themselves. He un
masked their concealed batteries
When Bryan started after Ryan and
Belmont by name he did not confine
his attack to these three men alone
Ryan, Belmont and Morgan.
If the personal influence of Ryan
Belmont and Morgan had .been the
only reactionary forces in that con-
vouliuu mr. jaryan might have
ignored them. But Ryan, Belmont
and Morgan were types of a numer
ous class. It was not so much of a
protest against them as infHviHoin
as against what they represented,
n2 wyndid Pjesent big business
?.?,p,2yilGe?- .Tney Bt0d for the
old-fashioned, but very dangerous
doctrine of "letting well , enough
alone." When tho "well enough"
a Je5r" by.Je.ar forcIng conditions .in
ab?e ar bocominS iatoler-
Privilege is democratic or repub
lican as the occasion dAmn ,
Root represented it in tho republican
convention; Mr. Parker,, a very' esti.
Bammogrentleman' WaS ItS ldeaI at
Tho convention know that Ryan
ism was not in favor, within the haH
but the people of the countrv dM "i
publicity had not gone out, then, in
deed, would the road have been easy
for Mr. Roosevelt's third party. To
the four corners of the country
Colonel Roosevelt's adherents would
have proclaimed that the enemies of
the people had captured both par
ties; and on the face of it they would
I have had a good case.
Colonel Bryan may not have used
the "by your leave" method. Heroic
measures were necessary. If the
canons of good taste were in the way
it was Bryan's duty to kick them out
of the way. It was a crowded hour
at Baltimore and there was no timo
for standing on ceremony. To one
hearing Colonel Bryan denouncing
Morganism, Ryanism and Belmont
ism Ryan and Belmont sitting in
front of him the incident shocked,
but the thing had to be done.
We can not have a battle without
having some shocking sights. There
is always more or less blood in a
successful shooting affray. It was
up to Colonel Bryan or some other
democrat to shoot and shoot quick,
or else the democratic party today
would be beneath the contempt of
patriotic Americans.
It was necessary for some one to
throw over Champ Clark. His nomi
nation would have resulted in the de
feat of the democratic ticket. Clark
himself would not have brought
about the defeat. Men and "isms"
that Bryan denounced had enlisted
under his banner and his victory at
Baltimore would have been their vic
tory. Their victory at Baltimore
would have brought about defeat for
the ticket in November. Mr. Clark
did not fall in bad company, but bad
company fell in behind Mr. Clark.
Mr. Clark's so-called friends brought
about his ruin.
If they had succeeded in nominat
ing him the entire progressive ele
ment of the democratic party west
of the Mississippi river would have
bolted to Roosevelt.
It is not fair to charge Bryan with
seeking the nomination for himself.
His own conduct made his nomina
tion impossible, and he knew it. Mr.
Bryan stated a few moments before
casting his votes for Wilson that he
was not seeking" tho nomination and
that he knew what he had done and
was doing was making his nomina
tion impossible, and he further said
that if he' had been seeking th
nomination his friends would hav
known it months before.
Mr. Bryan may have brought
about the victory of Wilson. Wo
doubt that even he could have se
cured Clark's nomination.
Colonel Watterson, Mr. Harvey,
Mr. Hemphill can be of material as
sistance in securing a democratic
victory if they give more attention
to the work at hand and less to dis
cussjng whether they aro right or
wrong, a question that is entirely
academic to everybody but them
selves. Mr. Watterson and the Courier
Journal can do much toward keeping
Kentucky in line, and he should" be
able to influence a few votes for
Marshall in Indiana.
If every leading democrat and
every democrat who thinks ho leads
will remember that the democratic
issues this-year, are bigger than any
man or men in the party and will set
out to secure a victory for these Is
sues they may then be of some valu
able 'service to the nation:
know that it had lost . its erln ft
things at. Baltimore. It wafun fS
Bryan .or somebody else, to lethe
countrwiknow .thnf Mo..k,.i vfr
'not control at BaUimoro;U i r if SS
,' THE MMIT ' '
"Why did you give your parrot
away? The poor bird meant nothing
by its profanity."
"I could stand its prbfanity, but it
bor s rusty lawn-mower' Kanaaa
City Journal.'
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