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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1907. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office 15 Scott Street. SCflEFFLER IS NOT GUILTY Jury Requires Only Short Time to Arrive at a Verdict. DEAD MAN WAS THE AGGRESSOR Judge Instructs Jnrr Defendant Was Not Obliged to Ran and If - Aaaanlted Wti Jnatlfled tn t'sln Hla Fiat. John Scheffler, rh anted with assaulting James Lankton, who died from Injuries re ceived In a atreet fight on the night of Aa gut U last, with Intent to Inflict great bodily Injury, brought In a verdict of ac quittal yesterday afternoon. The case was given to the Jury a few minutes before noon and, after partaking of dinner, the Jury re turned the verdict at 1:30, when Judge Oreen reconvened court. In his charge to the Jury Judge Oreen held that If the defendant was first struck In the fight, he had a right to have used such force as would reasonably have ap peared necessary In his own defense. He waa responsible, tha court held, only for the normal effect of such a blow aa he truck. "If a man uses only his fists In de fending himself, he Is not required to re treat, but may stand hla ground," said Judge Oreen. Only two witnesses, Dr. D. McCrae and Detective Callaghan, were introduced for the defense. Callaghan testified to a con versation he had with Lankton In the hos pital. In which Lankton had admitted he waa the aggressor In the fight and had struck the first blow. Dr. Macrae testified to the abnormal thinness of Lankton's skull and also to the cause of the man s death. The trial of Marlon Hedgepeth and W. P. Jackson, alias Clark, charged with blowing the safe In the office of the Council Bluffs Transfer and Stove Storage company, which was assigned for yesterday, was postponed until Saturday, owing to the absence from the city of one of the attorneys for the de fendants. The suit of J. II. McMullen against Potta wattamie county was begun. The plaintiff was awarded 1vn damages for the Pigeon creek drainage ditch passing through his property, but he waa not satisfied with the amount 'and asks for $6,000. Tha next case for trial will be that of George Held, who appealed from a fine ' Appetite-Hone. The Woeful Reflection of a Withered Dyspeptic. No substitute for good nature has yet been found. Smiles take root In the stomach. Without good digestion there never can be very much sunBhlne, for the very simple reason that the stomach and the brain are twins, and what affecta one invariably affecta the other. The adage that the best road to a person's heart la via the stomach still holds good. Gorged grub and pappy pie always breed gloom and restless nights. They also breed dyspepsia quick dys pepsiaand dyspepsia shows Itself In a I IS THIS TOU? variety of ways belching, burning sensa tion, an empty feeling In the stomach, bloating after eating, brash, aversion to food, fermentation or downright Indiges tion. 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If so, you should have your eyesight tested and get a pair of my made-to-order glasses. Dr. W. W. Magar rell, optometrist, 10 Pearl street. ; Why wait until next week to change, give us a trial, the change will do you good. Just call up 314, Bluff City Laundry. REDICTIOS IX THE CITV DEBT Aaditor Compiles Statement of City Finances. Following his report of the general fund. City Auditor McAneney completed yester day morning his report showing the finan cial condition of the city on November 1. The report shows that the net debt of the city was reduced materially since the com mencement of the fiscal ye'ar. The report follows: CASH FUNDS ON HAND. ' General $ 6.237.19 Police 28.747.81 General sewer 7.129.43 Bridge 9,?K4 69 Koad ' S.100 54 Judgment 2.810.61 Lighting 7.97B.27 Water 6.Ki 65 Funded dt'bt 9.513.54 Bond loan, Interest l,6tyt.28 Waterworks sinking 13.1:59.64 Indian creek 4.410.93 Net debt balance 103,321. 6J Total 2O3,0S.12 GROSS INDEBTEDNESS General fund warrants outstand ing $ 8,116.00 Police fund warrants, outstand ing 4,043.10 General sewer fund warrants, bridge fund warrants, road fund warrants, Judgment fund war rants, special funds warrants.. 977.57 Lighting fund warrants, outstand ing 1.407.99 Indian creek fund warrants, out standing 44.46 Regular city bonds, outstanding.. 190,&v0.uo Total ti06.O88.12 IMPROVEMENT BONDS OUTSTANDING. Cash funds Intersection paving and grading..! 8.036.18 Intersection sewer 2,229.70 Special assessment paving 18,557.96 Special assessment grading 119.49 Special assessment sewer 2.5M 20 Curbing and sidewalk 1,56.70 Improvement 4.736.72 Balance, net Improvement bonds.. 59,692.44 Total $94,494,41 Improvement bonds Intersection paving 165.500.00 Intersection grading 19.0tt0.00 Intersection sewer 8,000.00 Improvement fund warrants, out standing 1,994.41 Total $94,494.41 Cash balances as above City gen eral :. $101,766.60 Cash balances as above City Im provement , 34,801.95 Library fund 6,201.18 Total cash held by city treasurer, November 1, 1907 $142,772.73 SUMMARIES. Net debt, October 1, 1907 $121,031.08 Warrants drawn for October, 1907 15.83o.34 Interest paid In October, 1907 14,026.25 Total $150,892.69 Less cash received by treasurer, October, 1907 $ 47,671.17 Net debt, November L 1907, as above $103,321.52 Net improvement bonds, October 1, 1907 1...$ i. -...$61,897.32 Warrants drawn for October. 1307.. 1,652.34 Interest paid In October, 1907 6,600.00 Special certificates paid, October, 1907 2,076.71 Total $71,226.37 I Less cash received by treasurer, j October, 1907 $11,633.91 Net Improvement bonds, Novem ber 1, 1907, aa above $59,692.W ' An encouraging sign In the retail trade Is the lively opening of Christmas shopping. The Leffert Jewelry store, for example, re ports better sales than at the aame time last year. This, however, may be due In this case largely to the policy of the store In quoting prices from 16 to 25 per cent lower than other years. Pyrography outfits and supplies. C. E. Alexander, 333 Broadway. Council Blnfta Ileal Estate Transfers. I These transfers were reported to The Bee November 18 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Cotincll Bluffs: Fred C. Hoist and wife to Emll Kule, eV. of ne4 of 12-74-42, w d $ 7,303 Fred C. Hoist and wife to Bernhard Volkens. e"4 of pw fraci Of 7-74-41, exc block 1, w d 5,000 Benjamin-Fehr Real Estate company to Verne Benjamin, lot 16, block 10, Turley's addition to Council Bluffs, la., w d 1.2W Molly M. Huntington and husband to A. W. Huber, part lot 1, subdivision of. original plat, lot 214, Council Bluffs, la., w d "50 Bernhard Volkens and wife to Henry Srngstak. part neV4 of ne4 of 7-74-41, w d 735 J. W. Squire and wife to Bror Adolph Olson, lot 3. block 6. Cochran's ad dition to Council Bluffs, la., w d .... 700 Emll Kunath to Meynand Kule, ri25 feet of lot 22, block 1, Tro.vnos, la., w d - TS Bernhard Volkens and wife to August" F. Pumrow, part ne'i of nw4 of 7-74-41. w d 300 Charles M. Carter and wife to Chris J. Iarsen, lo- 10, block J. Hughes & Doniphan's addition to Council Bluffs, la., w d 250 William Monre. trustee, and wife to Henry'E. Smith; lots 54 and 5V Bl mon's addition to Council Bluffs. Ia., a w d , IS Ten transfers, total ... $16,83) 1 Vpbumterlng. George W. Klein. 19 South Main street Phones: Ind., 710 Black; Bell. 648. N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250: night. L 628. Eagles to Have a Banqnet. Council Bluffs aerie, Fraternal Order of ' Eagles, will give a banquet to Its members ' and friends Wednesday evening of next week at the club rooms on Pearl street. Invitations have been Issued to the mem bers, each of whom wtil be permitted to bring a friend. The object of the banquet is to Interest outsiders In the order and to this end upwards of 100 guests are expected , to be present. Emmet Tlnley will, unless otherwise en- ' gaged, act as toastmaster and several members of prominence In the order will be among the speakers. J. M. Tanner of 1 South Omaha, editor of the Midwest Eagle; j W. W. Dodge, president of the Omaha I aerie, and Fred C. Nace, state deputy grand president of Nebraska, will make addresses. Carl Rlter of ' the Omaha Orpheum will assist In entertaining, and CO. HORSES, CATTLE and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. 3mo. . tuut, aire. a program of quartet and Instrumental music will be given. Preceding the banquet, the aerie will hold a short business session for the nom ination of "officers. The election will take place the first Wednesday In December. Office space for rent, D.r month; central location; steam heat and electric light fur nished. Omaha Bee, 15 "Scott street. TVs Blame for Barney's Death. The Inquest held yesterday morning by Coroner Treynor over O. E. Barney, the Union Pacific switchman killed Sunday In the transfer depot yards resulted In the Jury finding that the man's death was ac cidental and while In the discharge of his duty. No blnme was attached to anyone. The evidence showed that Barney had slipped from a drawbar while making an uncoupling and had fallen between the cars while they were In motion. Testimony was Introduced to show that the coupling was In perfect working order and that Barney had no reason to go between the cars. Ovlde Vlen, G. W. Lipe and William Lar son comprised the Jury. A telegram received by Undertaker Cut ler yesterday from Mrs. G. W. Bible, mother of the deceased, ordered the body sent to - Reedsburg, Wis., and It will be sent there this morning. Must go quick, second-hand soft coal heaters. Petersen & Schoenlng Co. Extending; Manual Training;. The Board of Education at a special meeting last night decided to extend the manual training to the'puplla of the sixth grade, and Superintendent Clifford was authorized to make the necessary arrange ments. Chairman Anderson of the committee on buildings and grounds reported that It had been found necessary to renew about 1,000 feet of supply pipe which connected the Twentieth avenue school with the water main at Eighth street and Nineteenth avenue. Marrlns Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Residence. Age. T. H. Hatcher, Council Bluffs 24 Narclssa Moore, Sioux City 31' George E. Salisbury, Auburn, Ia 61 Lulu Pickett, Savanah, Mo 47 Robert Franklin, Lincoln. Neb 34 Winnie Craft, Lincoln, Neb 39 Carl L. Oleson, Des Moines 85 Anna Rudebeck, Des Moines 31 R. M. Patterson, Kearney, Neb 22 Blanche Storer, Champaign, 111 19 New Scotch post cards. See them at Alexander's Art Store. M I.N Oil MENTION. Mrs. R. H. Grady of Sixth avenue has been called to Iowa City by the serious Illness of her mother., The churches In the western part of the city are planning to hold a union service the evening of Thanksgiving. FTre Chief C. M. Nicholson will go to Des Moines this morning to attend a meet ing of the State Firemen's association. The Ladles' Missionary society of the First Baptist church will meet Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Monson, 825 Avenue D. Yesterday was pay day at the local freight and ticket offices of the Rock Island railway, and all checks were paid In cash when desired. George Green, who was committed to the state asylum at Clarlnda has, at the re quest of the commissioners on Insanity, been ordered by the State Board of Control transferred to St. Bernard's hospital In this city. Judge Snyder convened the November term of superior court yesterday. This afternoon at 2 o'clock he will make an assignment of cases. Carl L. Oleson and Anna Rudebeck, both of Des Moines, were married In this city yesterday by Rev. B. N. Glim, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church. The revival services at the First 'Chris tian church will continue every evening this week. They begin at 7:30 o'clock with a special prayer service at 7:16. The Woman's Home Missionary society of the Broadway Methodist church will meet this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles M, Harl, 624 Oakland avenue. The University club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Myers, 324 Sherman avenue, Instead of with Mrs. Harry Wallace, as erroneously announced Sunday. A building permit was issued yesterday to Charles Delay of Omaha ror a one and a half-story frame cottage In Home Place addition in the western part of the city, to cost $1,500. Martin Chester, the 6-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith, 3222 Avenue F, died yesterday from diphtheria after a week's illness. The body will be taken to Avoca, la., for burial. Mrs. Ellen Kearney of Dunlap, Ia., died at a late hour Sunday night at St. Ber nard's hospital, where she had been a patient four and a half months. She was W years of age. Floyd Gregg and Miss Ethel Douglas, both of Oskaloosa, la., were married In this city Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. M. Williams at the parsonage of the Broadway Methodist church The following cases of diphtheria were reported to the Board of Health yesterday: Lee Kessler, 2110 Avenue F; Leland Case, 626 South Third street; Mrs. W. F. Losey, 403 Franklin avenue. Eminent Commander Sir Knight Gillette of Atlantic, Ia., district Inspector of th'j Knights Templar of Iowa, will be in the city Friday evening for the purpose of Inspect ing Ivanhoe commandery. The case against Mrs. Eva Macqueen, charged by a neighbor. Mrs. Mary Skel ton, with distrublng the quiet of the com munity In which they lived, waa dismissed In police court yesterday, Clinton U Dodd and Odessa Brown, claim ing Lincoln, Nub., as their residence and' giving their ages as 20 and 17, respectively, were refused a . marriage license yesterday on account of their youth. Qus Miller, a stranger charged with breaking and entering a freight car in the Northwestern yards Sunday night and stealing a pair of socks, was given thirty days in the county Jail ester day by Judgd Snyder. James Buckley, the Omaha Junker, who had been held on the charge of unlawfully having In his possession a quuntlty of cop per wire, was discharged In police court yesterday for- want of sufficient evidence to convict. W. M. Grady, charged with the theft of two kegs of beer from the cold storage warehouse of Gelse & Sun, was discharged In police court yesterday morning. Wit nesses were unable to Identify Grady as the man seen carrying away the krgs. Daniel Clancy, the young man, who suf fered a fracture of the skull Sunday even ing as the result of falling down the area way at the west side"" of the New theater, was still alive last night, but at the t'.d nvndson hospital It was stated there was little If any chance for his recovery. The executive committee of the Young. Men's Christian association has under con sideration several bids for the work of ex cavating for the foundations of the build ing at the northeast corner of First avenue and Seventh street. It Is expected the contract will be awarded this week. Andy Ulll, the colored porter charged with the theft of a revolver, the property of Mrs. William Haygood, also colored, waa found guilty yesterday by Justice Cooper and sentenced to pay a fine of IV) or return the weapon to Its owner. Hill decided to return the revolver aa the eaulcst way out of the predicament. The fund for Ed Walker, driver of Fire company No. 4, who suffered the ariputa tlon of his right foot as the result ol being injured In a runaway accident, has reac hed the $350 mark and Is expected to reach $600 before closed. Tha members of Council Bluffs aerie of Ragles, of which Walker Is a member, have subscribed over 150. Walker was reported yesterday to be doing nicely. Rev. Henry DeLong performed the mar riage ceremony yesterday for the following three couples: T. H. Hatcher of Council Bluffs and Narclssa Moore of Sluux City; George E. Salisbury of Auburn, la , and Lulu Pickett of Savannah. Mo.; R. M. Pat terson of Kearney, Neb., and Blanche Storer of Champaign. 111. The last couple stated they Intended making tlwlr resi dence In Omaha. Itgs will not be able to quench their thirst st the new fountain at Broadway and Fourth street again unll spring opens. The outlets In the lower basins were not sufficient to carry off the supply and the water overflowed on the street. In cold weather this would make the street In the Immediate vicinity nf the fountain a sheet of Ice and It was deemed best to shut off tho supply to the lower basins. An effort wMI be made In the spring to enlarge the outlets In the lower basins so as to prevent the overflow. Mrs. Julia Seeley, aged 70 years, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oliver Kay, 2017 Fourth avenue. Three daughters and two sons survive her, Mrs. Kay and Mrs. Pcott Seeley, both of this city; Mrs. Mlckcl Don nelson, Frank Seeley and Roy Seelev, all of Woodbine, la. She also leaves eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. The body will be taken tomorrow to Logan and burial will take place at Mag nolia In the afternoon. Deceased was a member of the Methodist church at Wood bine. W. R. Moon. 1015 Avenue M, caused the arrest yesterday of his 18-year-old son, Cllftus B. Moon, on a charge of assault and battery. Mr. Moon, whoso' face bore several bruises and who carried one eye In mourning, told Justice Cooper, before whom he filed the Information, that his son Sunday morning backed him up against the wall and then pummelled him. The father declared that the assaujt was en tirely unprovoked. In default of ball, placed at $100. Cllftus B. was sent to the county Jail to await his hearing, which will be held today. Iowa's Oldest Miuoni. IOWA FALLS, Ia.. Nov. l.-(Speclal.) The announcement recently made that tha oldest Mason In Iowa resides at Pocahontas has resulted In several lodges In this part of the state announcing they have mem bers In the same class with the Pocahontas brother. This citv has one of the oldest f Masons In the state In Mr. Ira Demander, who Is past eighty years old and one of the first masters of Mason's Home lodge of this city. Mr. Demander has proven his loyalty to the order by long years of service and probably holds a record for con tinuous membership In one lodge. Mr. De mander Is a charter member of the local lodge and has never lapsed his member ship In the organization. The lodge was organized In 1366 and Mr. Demander was the first senior warden of the lodge. The only other charter member holding membership In the lodge Is Mr. Hiram Aldrlch, who now reside at Cedar Rapids. Anchor lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Hampton has two master Masons who have passed" the eighty mark In Simon Johnson and David Church. Democrats In Conference. C RES TON, Ia., Nov. 19 (Special Tale gram.) The democratic leaders of this, the Eighth congressional district, met here today to discuss the situation. The meet ing took on the nature of a state confer ence, owing to the presence of many of the party leaders from over the state, who came to attend the banquet this evening. No definite action was taken, the discus sion being how best to secure harmonious action In the state and congressional con test. Hon. Claude Porter of Centervllle Is looked upon as the most promising candi date, but he positively declines to make the race. The leaders, however. Insist he will be drafted and in that event will make the fight against Hepburn. Trouble Over Health Bills. DENISON, Ia., Nov. 19.-Special.)-The council siting as a Board of Health, a num ber of the doctors and two' druggists as well as the County Board of Supervisors are In a mix-up over bills for caring for quarantine cases and tor medicines fur nished. The Board of Health was con fronted with bills to the amount of $1,100. Different physicians hod. varying charges, but finally the bills were approved and now go to the Board of Supervisors. The members of this board ra saying privately that they will never allow such bills and the doctors and druggists say they will sue tha county if they are not paid in full. Foot Crashed by Cars. 1 MARSHALLTOWN, Ia.. Nov. 19.-(Spe-cial.) Lewis Adams, an Iowa Central sec tion foreman, was seriously and perhaps fatally Injured today while attempting to board a moving freight near Llscomb. His foot was crushed and amputation was necessary. A Life Sentence of suffering with throat and lung trouble Is quickly commuted by Dr. King's New Discovery. 60c and $1. For sale by Bea ton Drug Co. Receiver for Illinois Company. MOUND CITY. 111.. Nov. ID. O. L. Bart, lctt was yesterday appointed receiver for the Metal Bound Package company here. The liabilities of the company are stated to be about $SO.0C0. 1TCHJNGECZEMA Skin of Whole Body Covered for a Year Awful Itching Kept Suf ferer Awake Half the Night Tried All Kinds of Remedies but They Had No Effect. CUTICURA REMEDIES A PERFECT SUCCESS "I wish to let you know that I hav Used one 6t of Cuticura Remedies one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura, but two vials of Cuticura Resolvent Pills which cost me a dollar and twenty-five cents in all. For a vear I have had what they call eczema. I had an itching all over mv body, and when 1 would retire for the night it would keep me awake half the night, and the more I would scratch, the mora it would itch. I tried all kinds of rem edies, but could get no relief. 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Uim , mi,..umm SLEEP BROKEN BY ROW IN NATIONAL GUARD Major Parker Brings Adjutant General Thrift Into the Controversy. GROWS OUT OF RECENT ELECTION Opinion U Oenerml that Coart-Martlal f the Major for Lsscoiff Used ia (sn to Follow, if Nothlnf More. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOirCEB. Nov. 19. Speclal.)-AJ-Jutant General W. H. Thrift toJay refused to discuss In any way the Interview given out to the' Sioux city Tribune Saturday by Major Parker of the Fifty-sixth regi ment, Iowa National Guard, In which Parker charges Thrift along with Chantland and Captain Flynn with being In a con spiracy to defeat Parker from being colonel of the Fifty-sixth. In the Inter view Major FafTcer declares that he tins more than a year to serve as major before he concludes the term for which he was elected and avowedly states In the Inter view that he "wlU get Thrift's scalp." The whole trouble (trows out of the elec tion of Major Chantland to be colonel of the regiment, succeeding Colonel Humphrey who resigned. Parker charges that tho election was crooked and that persons were allowed to vote who were not legally en titled to vote. He made this charge soon after the election was held and came to Des Moines and saw Governor Cummins personally about the matter, but made no formal charges of corruption. Furthermore In his prevlous statements ho did not In- i elude General Thrift. National Guard men who have read the Interview which Major Parker gave the Sioux City Tribune Saturday believe tha.t It spells "trouble" for the guard for a time. They declare that nothing short of a military Investigation can be had now and that there must be a thorough mili tary, investigation. They point out that Major Parker Is guilty of military offenses In openly declaring that he is going to devote his time to "getting Thrift's scalp" and that there must be action on his ac count even If there Is none as to his ac cusations. But they are sure that there will be an Investigation of his allegations and accusations. Among other things In his Interview Major Parker says that Thrift Is Jealous of him because he was offered the posi tion of adjutant general which was later given to Thrift. Furthermore he charges that at Chattanooga some months ago when the state officials were there to dedicate the monuments to Iowa soldiers Thrift went oft with the carriage that had been ordered for the Governor and Mrs. Cum mins and that he (Parker) had to loan the governor his carriage to get to the grounds. He further charges other irregularities In the guard aside from the election of colonel of the Fifty-sixth In which he claims the connivance of Adjutant Gen eral Thrift wns apparent. Governor Cum- j mlns was not In the city today and It could not be learned what action he would take. Kansas Railway Commission Here. C. A. Ryker, member of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Kansas, with E. C. Shrlner, secretary and rate clerk i of the commission, and O. F. Gratton, attorney for the commission, are In Des I Moines gathering information at the of fice of the Iowa Railroad commission, on which to base actions of the Kansas com mission In revising rates. From here the commission will go to St. Paul to gather Information. Commission Adopt nionks. The Iowa railrcad commission today mailed to the officials of the various rail roads blank forms on which the commis sion will require all the railroads to report all accidents. There are two forms of blanks, one for collisions and derailments and the other for accidents other than collisions and derailments. These are for written reports to be mailed. A third form Is for telegraphic reports. The com mission believes It will have no trouble In getting all the railroads to report as re quired by the last legislature. Des Moines Boy Mhot. Earl Cunningham of this city, a boy of 14 years, was shot and killed at the Ledges, near the city of Boone, Sunday by Roy W. Wyckoff of CIs city while they were out hunting. IVew Dean for Drake. With the Installation of Dean of Law li B. Evans still sounding In the Drake atmosphere, the institution will now pro ceed formally to install Dean Frederick Owen Norton of the college of liberal arts In the hlg auditorium Friday, December IZ. The plans for the program are not yet finished. Dean Norton thus becomes second In power at Drake, and first In any absence of President Bell, who acted also as dean until last June, when the duties became too onerous for one man. Dean Norton has done long and faithful service at Drake. He Is a scholar, con servative, but of genial nature and much loved of the notoriously captious und dif ficult student body. Jown Nevra Votes. IOWA FALL8 The Iowa police have been appealed to In hopes of nreventlng a moiner .in UKianoma rrom oytng of a , IvroUen heart, by restoring; to her arms her I IC-year-old son who Is thought to be In ! Iowa, having lnist been heard from at 1 Cedar Valley, la. The missing hoy's name 1 Is Frank C. Mitchell and Is described as IS years of age. tall for his hko. light : hair end eyes. lie looks older than he is. He left home some time ago and all efforts j to locate him have proven unavailing, so ! this appeal to the police In hopes of restor ing the long lost sou. j WILLING TO BE DRAFTED Mr. Dry an Aaaln Stnte Ills Attitude Toward Democratic Nomina tion. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Nov. 19. William Jennings Bryan received an enthus'astlc I welcome when he addressed the members i of the Jnckson clnh, a local democratic j organlzat on, at their banqu t M rday Fev- j eral hundred plates were provided for. of J which number forty-five were at the tablo at which the distinguished Nebraskan sat. In addition, probably I.5TO others were present. Mr. Bryan said that after serving In two campaigns he did not feel like volunteer ing again, although he would accept the presidential nomination In 1908 If "drafted." He su,ld he was glad that the unprecedented discovery of gold had taken the money question out of politics. "But I want you to know." said the speaker, "that our arguments on the money question advanced In 196 have been vindicated, not by the republican party, but because Ood Almighty took pity on the poor people of the world and opened up to them vast storehouses of gold." Mr. Bryan denounced tariff revision as proposed by the republicans and accused tha republican party of bad faith in promising revision. "The delay of a single year means much to tha people of this country and they are being defrauded out of hundreds of millions of dollars In the meantime. The people are ready to let the democrats reform the tariff," asserted Mr. Bryan. The speaker declared that President Roosevelt should not be held responsible for the present financial stringency. Mr. Bryan placed the blame on the "Wall atreet gamblers.' IV.' 1 r 'r 1 , J tr 1 1 AIHI YVFDTHEIMEDo Our Letter Box Contribution! on timely topics Invited. Write legibly on one side of the paper only, with name ami address appended. On request name will not be printed. Unused contributions will not he re turned. Letters exceeding 800 words will be subject to bclnR cut down at the discretion of the editor. Publication of views of correspondents does not com mit The Eee to their endoroemcnt. The Democratic Strong; Men. SOUTH OMAHA. Nov. 17. To the Editor of The Bee: Referring to Jim Dahlman, Junior's "Mr. Switzler on Mr. Bryan," and more particularly to his statement: "Judge Parker, the only really strong man of pres idential size that hiis led the party alnce Hill and Cleveland," It seems a sin and a shame that so young a man as "Jim Jun or" should rush Into print and make such a statement. upon a subject regarding which he must necessarily know nothing. If It had so happened that "Jim Junior" had been on earth during the last presi dential campaign he would know today that, never In tho blundering history of the democratic party has It ever blundered upon a so thoroughly weak presidential candidate as the "High Diver of Esopus." Why, I have talked with men within tho last elx months real democrats democrats who have been democrats all the time, and voted tho democrutlc ticket all the time, but who, off-hand, cculd not remember who their candidate. In I'M was. 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