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8 IIIC NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , SKI'TKMHER SO 11)04. ) CANNON AND WATSON ADDRESS NORFOLK ON POLITICS. CANNON DEALS WITH PARKER HANDLES LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE - ANCE WITHOUT GLOVES. WATSON REVIEWS SOME HISTORY Norfolk People Have the Pleasure of Hearing Two Notable Addresses. Parker Accused of Garbling McKln- ley on Reciprocity by Cannon. ( Kront WeiliieRiliiy'B Dnlly.J Undo .loo Cuimon , nponkor of tuo house of ruproHontntlvuH , and Con- KrcHHinnn WntBon of liitllunii , opened the political campaign liuro last evenIng - Ing with n rousing mooting. Congress- innn McCarthy presided ever the mootIng - Ing , and seats were occupied on the stage by Governor Mickey , A. Galu- Him , cnndlduto for secretary of state , 12. M. Searlo , jr. , candidate for auditor , II. M. Eaton , candidate for commit- ) fllonur of iiubllc lunilH and buildings , F. W. HIclmnlHon , candidate for rep resentative , besides Judge Barnes of tlio miprcmo court , Hon. W. M. Rob- ortBon , John H. Hays , who Introduced Congressman McCarthy , ox Senator W. V. Allen and many others. Ex- Senator Allen was In the audlonco and nt the urgent Invitation'of Speaker Cannon ho accepted n Boat on the Btngo. The Auditorium waR well IHlecl with an earnoHt , IntoroHtod audlonco , large ly compoacd of men , although n few ladles who keep up on political matters - tors , were present. The Bhowor which began to full shortly before 8 o'clock accompanied by thunder and lightning which Indicated n downpour , served to keep many people nt homo. The over- How meeting had boon cancelled late in the afternoon by a message from West Point , stating that both Speaker Cannon and Congressman Watson were about exhausted and they could not undertake to hold two meetings. The boxes that had been assigned to people from Madison , Dattlo Crook , Pierce and Tlldon , were all lllled nnd in some cases room had to bo made for the people from those towns In the body of the Auditorium. Osmond , Wlnsldo , Hosklns , Wayne , \\rakollold , Meadow Grove , Plalnvlow and Stauton were all represented In the audience , but not as largely as had boon expect ed. People living along the line of the M. & O. supposed they had char tered a train to bring them ever and take them back , but a message from "Wayne stated that the railroad com pany had raised the price some $20 after the original amount had prac tically boon secured and they refused to stand the ralso , hence the scats re served for them were not used. II , II. Pbllpott , special representa tive of the Omaha Boo. and L. C. Pet ers , representing the Lincoln Star , who are making the tour of the state with the party , said the mooting hero last night was the best arranged of any that had boon held thus far on the trip. The decorations of the house were particularly handsome and effec tive , there was Just enough music by the Moore orchestra to brighten up the proceedings , nnd the preliminary arrangements by the committee had been so well made that there was not a halt in the entire evening. The party came in on the evening tarin from West Point , whore a big mooting was held yesterday afternoon. Undo oJo and his associates arc trav eling in a special car and they bad their supper on the train so that they were ready for business as soon as they arrived. The car was brought up town to the Main street crossing of the Northwestern by a switch en gine , where it was mot by the band and carriages to take the speakers to the Auditorium. Uosldes those al ready mentioned there are in the party L. White Busboy. secretary to Speak er Cannon , Harry Dodge , olllclal sten ographer , and David Moore , represent ing the national congressional commit tee , under whose auspices the tour Is being made. The republican state committee Is not represented on the trln. but It oiiKlit to bo. The party loft this morning for Wa- hoe , whore a meeting was to bo hold. This afternoon the speaker will ad dress a Fremont audience from the car platform and tonight ho will bo In Columbus. Tomorrow ho will be in Seward and Lincoln , closing the work in the state nt the latter point. Watson's Address. In n brief ' ut very pointed short speech , Hou John U. Hays , candi date for congress In this district four years ago , Introduced the present con gressman and the congressman for the next two years , Hon. J. J. McCar thy , who was to preside ns the chair man of the meeting. Congressman McCarthy Introducec Congressman J. E , Watson , of Indiana one of the most eloquent speakers o the house , with an apology for an > delinquencies because of the fact Urn since the party had ontereil Nebraska he had made two speeches a day am was necessarily more or less fatlgucc by this strenuous experience. It do * veloped later that Mr. Watson re quired no apology , or if ho did th audience would have taken a keen de light in hearing him at his best. Th "congressman's words were well take however , and especially his referenc I - to how good things were coming the way or the republican party an ovl- doncod liy the nppunrnnco of Suimtor Allen on the platform , Mr. Watson , In u very eloquent , pleasing ami logical dlncoui > o hold III' ) close aUoiulon of tlui audience , mid many would li.tvo boon pleased to buvo IlHtoneil lo him twlco that length of tlmu and all illght , If the spuakor'B onduraiico would have iilood the tout , The HpoaUor referred to the fact ( hut the comit.'y IH on tbo-tin-cuboid of a great coutoHt when Hiiipondloiib inloruHlH are inx'-u ) < < i .1 J t' e < > pi ) coodod to touch up the democratic party for I In position on Homo of thoBO Important. questions. AN each party present ; ) ka argument the quos- lion bocomo.i paramount an to what the two part leu havj done to deserve HIICCUHH at the pollH this full. For answer to this question the republican party appeals to the past and chal lenges the democratic party to meet It on these grounds , for "by their frultti yo shall know them. " An or ganization must stand or fall on Its record. The republicans aio glad to meet this tost. With a record of half a century of achievement It. surveys the past with rmtlsCactloU and faces the future with confidence. To IIx a high standard of cltl/on- ship , to Incorporate lofty principles In the laws are things that the repub lican party ban dono. Us achieve ments of forty-four year * has boon shown In the beneficent results acciu- Ing for the operation of Its policies. The aprty lias always had the courage to do right , it turns the search light of truth upon past history with mi- promo confidence In the ability of the people to judge aright therefrom. Beginning with Abraham Lincoln , who struck the manaolos and fetters from the slaves , when the ( lag wont down at Sumptor to ho raised again at Appomatox , when the policy of state sovereignty was plorcod with half a million bayonets the country has achieved wonderful results and now there are forty-four states stretchIng - Ing from the Atlantic to the Paclllc under the dominion of one Hag. After the war a hostile party de manded the repudiation of the govern ment debt , but Grant was there and the men who had sprung to arms In the defense of the ( lag were there and this Important question was settled forovor. In 1870 the party proposed the re sumption of speclo payment ; the democrats said It could not ho dono. The republicans promised that It would be done , and it was done , so noiselessly and Imperceptibly that there was not a Hurry In the business Interests of a great and growing coun try. try.In In 1800 the democrats proposed to reduce our country to the level of that of China and of Mexico. The republi cans faced the problem and rallied around the gold standard , in the face of seeming popular disapproval and today the democratic party through Its leader acknowledges that the right thing was done at the right time. In 15)00 ) the democrats proiiosod to shrink from the duties involved by the taking of the Philippines from Spain. Hut the republicans faced the problem and maintained that the American Hag should bo kept lloatlng above those Islands until they had worked out their own destiny. Whenever and wherever the nation al honor or the country's integrity has been assailed there the republican party has boon found to maintain a high standard of honor. It has been found every time facing the front to ward duty. Not once is it recorded that It has turned coward and sought to evade responsibilities. The results of forty-four years of re publican rule Is shown In the wealth of the country. When the party took charge under a policy of free trade and similar theories that the demo cratic party Is urging as right now , the accumulated wealth of the country was but ? 1G.OOO,000,000 , accumulated during eight generations. When Lin coln 'came Into power a change was made and a protective tariff Inaugurat ed , and In forty-four years the accu mulated wealth has increased to $100,000,000,000 , more than that shown > y any other two nations of the orld. Instead of sending < Sur gold nil silver and bonds abroad , wo kept hem at homo for the development of lie country and the accomplishment vas greater than that of England vitb her thousand years of free trade listory. All of the progress of the country Inco ISGO has been under republican administrations. The democrats had nit two short years In that time , but hen there was no growth. The mon ey has Increased , and every dollar of t Is worth 100 cents. There were no national banks , now there are 4,950 , with enlarged scope since a recent re- mbllcan act , and they have $750,000- 000 in capital and millions In dopos- ts. Then there was a revenue of $189.000,000 ; now $1,095.000,000 , mak ing it a billion dollar country. The democrats wanted to dwarf it , and made a start at it but will not bo giv en another chance. In manufactures it has risen to first place doing more than England , Germany and Franco combined , furnishing a market for the American farmer. The tariff was de nounced as robbery in 1892 , and the democrats were given power to re vise It. The result was that capital grow timid ; mills and factories were closed ; Coxey armies and soup houses prevailed ; we bought from abroad what wo liad been making at homo , and in a time of profound peace J2G2- 000,000 of bonds were Issued to pay the t-xpcMiHoH of the government. The Cleveland ndinlnlMtratlon cost moro In the loss of wages and business , than the civil war , Do wo want to try It again ? 1'rlces were never HO low , and yet the pi'oplo wont hungry and In rags ; no houses were built. Now prices are high but no ono Is hungry ; everyone Is well clothed ; wo are build ing and growing , because people have money for their needs and a llttlo to lay aside. They say now It Is necessary to de stroy the tariff to kill the trusts ; with the trusts all luminous enterprises would bo destroyed ; trusts nourish In froo-trado England ; many of the trusts In this country are on products that are not protected. The language of I'rlnco Ulsmarck , the Iron chancel lor of Germany , on protection was quoted , and the prosperity of that country since the adoption of n pro tective policy was pointed out. They complain that wo are selling cheaper abroad than at homo. Figures show that of the goods exported ono-thlr- tleth of ono per cent are Hold cheap er. This la done to got rid of shop worn goods , to got a foothold In now territory , and to dispose of a surplus that the mills and factories may bo kept running all the time instead of but a portion of It. Parker admits that the adoption of a revised tariff caused uncertainty and depression un der Cleveland ; ho says nothing can ho done with It for four years until the democrats got the house nnd the sen ate , and ho declines a re-election , so what's the use ? Everyone knows whore Roosevelt stands , why exchange certainty for doubt and uncertainty ? In 180(1 ( , the democratic doctors ad mitted that they had sawed off the wrong log of Undo Sam ; what ailed him was not the tariff but the money question. They now claim wo are beIng - Ing eaten up by the trusts. They had the president for eight years and a house and senate to support him a portion of the time but they did noth ing with the trust question. The re publicans adopted an anti-trust law and when It was attempted to strengthen the law under McKlnloy the republicans had not the necessary two-thirds vote , the democrats voted against the proposition and defeated It. Imperialism Is alleged as It was four years ago. Then there were 05,000 soldiers In the Philippines , now but 10,000. The president was authorized to reduce the army. If ho had desired Imperialistic power would ho have done It ? Yet ho reduced the army from 100,000 men to 59,000 or ono sol dier to every 2,100 people. Are you not afraid of what ono soldier might do ? Abraham Lincoln , Grant and Mc Klnloy were charged with the same ambition. It was a false charge against them and It Is a false charge against Theodore Iloosovolt. The Parker telegram was quoted and the speaker said ho was not going to abuse him for it , but would permit Mr. Hryan to do that and then read extracts from the Commoner and from Mr. Bryan's Chicago speech. Mr. Watson closed with a plea for the support of the republican con gressmen of the state and particularly for the support of Congressman Mc Carthy. Iloosovolt Is to bo the next president. Do not tlo his hands , give him a republican congressman. Speaker Cannon's Address. Congressman McCarthy Introduced Speaker Cannon as the man who ob jected to the retirement and seclusion that the vice presidency offers al though ho was some sixty years younger than Mr. Davis. Ho remarked that everyone In the house 'loves Un cle .loo" and those who meet him as well. well.Mr. Mr. Cannon opened with some flat tering references to the country he had seen since entering Nebraska. Ho spoke of the fertility of the Repub lican , Platte and Elkhorn valleys and said that he had never looked on a land where there appeared to bo more prosperous conditions , more contented people or better crops. Ho counts the crops as good in this section of the state as In the famous black soil of Illinois , whore corn Is also grown. Al falfa that they do not have there is a thriving crop hero. Speaking of the democratic propo sition to reduce the tariff that wo might enter the markets of the world Speaker Cannon said that ninety-two parts of the products of the country were consumed hero nt homo and eight parts went abroad , but those eight parts made the United States the greatest exporting nnd selling na tion of the world. Should wo sacri fice the ninety-two parts to Increase the eight parts ? The republican party has preserved the monetary standard of the country. There have been magnificent increas es , every dollar as good as gold , and yet it is cheap. Money can be had at four and one-half to flvo per cent on farm loans , but the farmers nro pay ing their mortgages. The prices of lands have doubled in value. Hadn't wo better leave well enough alone and not chance Parker the mystery ? If God docs not know htm bettor than you or I did eighteen months ago , ho Is lost for tlmo and eternity. Parker's letter of acceptance , modi fying his speech was compared to a chum's experlonco with the then new 25-cont stamp in his boyhood days. The stamp was a now thing then and the fact that it would carry a letter to his sweetheart impressed the young fellow. Ho pasted it to the envelope ; ho pounded It fast , then pinned it on , nnd finally wrote under it in pencil , "paid if the d n thing sticks. " The democratic candidate speaks for retrenchment In expenditures. The greatest Increase has boon In building n now navy , $2 now being spent wbero $1 wan spent under Cleveland - land , yet Parker dare not say that ho will not build moro and greater war ships. In Boston they deplore the In creased expense , and yet during the war with Spain the people there gath ered up their valuables and carted them away for fear of Spain , If It had boon England , Franco or Germany they would have had need to fear for the safety of their property. Roosevelt is condemned by Parker because under the net of 1890 ho Is sued an order of graduated pensions. Under the same act Cleveland modi fied Harrison's order and took 35,000 mon off the pension rolls. The presi dents for olovcii years past have ad justed the law to suit themselves and no ono has questioned tholr right to do It ; they have not charged execu tive usurpation until Parker raised the point. Roosevelt said nt the ago of sixty-two n veteran was entitled to a pension for ono half-disability ; nt six ty-five $8 n month nnd nt the ago of seventy should bo considered totally disabled and recolvo $12 a month. Will Parker do llko Cleveland ? Ho desires to please the south from which comes two-fifths of his voto. .In the great commercial centers there nro enemies of the pensioners. They do not enlist for service under the flag , but they kick nnd Parker wants to carry the great cities , and particularly Now York and for this will sacrifice the old soldiers. Sneaker Cannon took un judco Par kor's letter of acceptance and nccuset the judge of garbling nnd inlsroprc sentlng President McKlnloy's post lion on reciprocity. He read the fol lowing sentence from Judge Parker's letter attributed to McKlnloy's Duffa lo speech : "Wo must make sensible trade arrangements If wo shall extend tend the outlines for our Increasing surplus. " Mr. Cannon said that this was a perversion of what McKlnloy did say , and he read from the Buffalo speed the following : "By sensible trade nr rangeinents which will not intorrup our homo production wo shall extend the outlines for our increasing sur plus. " Judge Parker had deliberate ly cut out the protection point in Me Klnloy's declaration nnd Mr. Cannon expressed the hope that New Yorl had no moro great jurists who would deliberately pervert the language of a dead man to misrepresent what ho had said when living. President Mc Klnloy's last speech had been , llko his other great speeches , a protection speech , and the republican party en dorsed his nosltlon In favor of reci procity In non-compollng products. Judge Parker whoso party favored eclproclty with Canada in competing iroducts had apparently sought to inko It appear that the dead McKln- oy favored that kind of reciprocity. Ir , Cannon said It reminded htm of ho debate between the Infldol nnd the Id Methodist circuit rider where the nfldel offered to prove by the Bible hat there ts no God. Ho turned to ho old testament nnd with his thumb > vor n part of the page read : "Thoro s no God. " The old circuit rider 1m- nedlatoly denounced him ns a fraud , a cheat and n liar , ns he pushed away ho thumb nnd read : "Tho fool In his icart hath said there is no God. " Mr. Cannon snld the democrats had gath ered into tholr saint's calendar Lin coln , Grant , Gnrflcld and McKlnloy , nit Judge Parker had garbled Me- ( Inlcy's last speech to tnako the lead president say what ho never had said in life. McKlnloy could not come mck to resent the lie put against his mine but Speaker Cannon declared .hat the people would. Speaker Cannon , in closing , paid n lattcrlng tribute to Nebraska's delega tion In congress , stating that it was mo of the strongest in the house nnd said that every district .should this year bo represented by a republican. Ho found Burkett a good man for the committee on appropriations , and in McCarthy ho found a level-headed man who had struggled upward from a teacher and a lawyer , and gave him a place on that Important committee , public lands. Ho desired that he should bo returned this year. The dis trict should bo just to itself and sup port the president. A rousing demonstration greeted Mr. Cannon when first Introduced , and when ho closed there was no diminu tion In the expression of the audi ence and many Improved the oppor tunity for grasping the hand of "Un do JOG" and expressing their approval of his remarks and his position on the questions of the day. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Miss Stafford of Scrlbuer was In the city yesterday. Mrs. Tim Best of Battle Creek was shopping In the city yesterday. Will Davis , son of J. W. Davis , Is homo after , an absence of moro than two years. Mrs. P. F. Sprecher returned home last evening from a visit with rela tives and friends In Genoa. Mrs. Edward Tanner and daughter Helen of Battle Creek were In the city yesterday taking in the ball game. Mesdames Thomas Chilvers , H. H. Mohr , Douglas Cones and Leo of Pierce were shopping In Norfolk yes- tenlay , F. W. Richardson loft this morning for Dunn county , Wis. , to be gone ten days. When ho returns will bo tlmo enough to begin that campaign which will result In his election to the legIslature - Islaturo from this county. F. E. Llllidahl , proprietor of the Plorco telephone company , base ball fan , nnd accomplished gentleman , drove down In company with County Judge Williams yesterday and took In the first ball game of the tourna ment. F. W. Llnerodo Is building a neat cottage at the corner of Seventh street and Taylor avenue. The local committee having charge of the Cannon rally will meet at Mopes & Hazen's ofllco this evening to close up the affairs of the meeting nnd have themselves discharged. The Lyman Twins are to appear hero soon In their high class , musical comedy , "At the Races , " carrying n largo company 'and chorus together with beautiful scenery , costumes nnd effects. Work was commenced yesterday on the new residence of J. K. Boas on Madison avenue , between Eleventh nnd Twelfth streets. When complet ed the plans call for ono of the finest homes in the city. A serious accusation has been made against the Battle Crook correspon dent of The News. It Is snld that he kidnapped one of Dr , Tanner's babies nnd gave It to Dr. Munson. The News proposes to leave the whole matter to the correspondent to square himself. Omaha World-Herald : Rev. Dr. Jesse W. Jennings , for the past flvo years presiding elder of the Metho dist church , leaves Omaha Friday for Kansas City , where ho enters upon his new duties as manager of the Kan sas City depository of the Western Methodist book concern. Rev. Dr. Gorst , his successor ns presiding el der , has already assumed charge of the Omaha district. Dissolution Notice. Notice Is hereby given that the part nership heretofore existing between Louis Schenzel and Henry Appel In the Palace meat market , has this day been dissolved by mutual consent , the latter retiring. The business will hereafter bo conducted by Louis Schenzel , to whom all accounts must be paid before thirty days. Dated Sept. 27 , 1904. Louis Schenzel. Henry Appel. Miss Pattl Rosa , daughter pf the great comedienne of that name will be seen here soon with the Lyman Twins big company In the part of "Sally Summers. 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