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I The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVIII NO. 83. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKNIXG, SEPTEMBER 23, 1 90S TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CARNIVAL SEASON OX CONDITION OF THE WEATHER onirlal Forecasts I COME TO HEAR TAVT SPEAK When the Candidates for the Presidency Meet AO FALSE DOCTRINE FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair Republican Clubs Convention Held in Cincinnati Today. To- b Festival of King Ak-Sax- ind cooler Wednesday. KOHrX AST I-(Ml iu A-renrr.nj fair Wfdnmilar and cooler. Nebraska Republicans Decline to GENTLEMEN WILL NOT USE THEIR KNIVES Jegins at Boon. Follow Bryan's Vagaries. MANY DELEGATIONS ATTEND Merry WlL- BEST OF ALL REPUDIATE BANK GUARANTY IDEA Sperlal Train ( Made la on Which King's Hifi. -V lands oii . ,,f for Thou i Bent. Presidential Candidate x Take Hla Sixteen Days' Speaking; Trip, Will Plank Rejected by Decisive Wote in TArr BRYAN State Convention. Temperature . at Omaha I T W ry " Hour. Dg. -"- ( a. m fi L. f m 17 S a. m 72 )S a. m 74 Jli)' m.., 1 12 m 84 1 p. m 83 I 2 p. m 86 i iiiiif. i i nil"- r hips r-- 4.. 4 I ) COUNTY FAIR STRONG CARD Reduced Bates on Railroads Will Bring Enormous Numbers. CHEAP FARES TO ALL PARTS Chief of Police Assure Omaha'a Visitor the Brat Possible Pro - teetlon Daring the Kafir Festivities. Kind's Highway, the amusement grounds of Ak-Mar-Ben, opens at boob Wdnday. BUtUroad having t"rantd rednead rates, larger evowd than erer la ea pec ted this fall. Chief Donah and bis polio department are bendiar vry effort for th safety and comfort of the visitors. Xargsst agricultural display will be mad by the Xongia County fair. This Is the first day of the fourteenth cnrn'vel of Ak-Sar-Ben arid there Is re a son. to believe that It marks the advent of the greatest of all those treat festi vals. ' The fourteenth ruler of the dynasty that has swayed the golden scepter o'er the realm 'f Quiver has greater cause for rejoicing than any of his predecessors, for he governs a vaster, richer, more powerful empire, an empire which moves on to a higher standard of mental, physical and commercial prowess each year. The gates of King's Highway swing open at noon today and at the same time the hearts of the people of Omaha, the Imperial city, open to the strangers who ore here and who may be here later to share the joys of this Joyful autumnal frast. Everything possible has been done by the Board of Ak-Sar-Ben Governors for the comfort and safety of all people who come to the city this fall. Reduced rail road rates have been secured, 1 cent i mile on the Union Pacific and 1 cents a mile on the Burlington, Great Western Illinois Central, Northwestern, Milwaukee and Rork Island, and every reasonable safeguard and precaution will be thrown about the visitors by the city authorities to Insure them the best time they ever had at an Ak-8ar-Ben celebration. The railroads are convinced that they will bring mora people to Omaha this year tlian thev ever have brouaht In an Ak BT-Hen perldtl. They will place their re- ' dueed rates In effect September 28 and keep them In effect until October 8, the last Uy of .Ak-wSar-Ben,-w4fh a return limit to October 5. ' . ... . Ni Space to? Spare. "If some, concessionaire should come along with n canary Dlrd In a cage we could not find room for him to exhibit his prize on the carnival grounds," said Doc Breed, amusement director for the board of gov. ernors. ,-Ve are proud of the splendid ar ray of attractions w will offer to the pub lic this year, for they are of a higher class than any ever assembled within one ln closure." Dead space has been eliminated from the King's Highway and from the moment one enters the big arch at Eighteenth and Douglas streets something interesting will be enfolded to the gaxe. For several years the space between the entrance and Nine teenth street has practically been wasted, but this year the tig wild west allow will be met as suun as one enters the portals. Next will come the diving woman and horse In their thrilling stunt, using space whli h was not heretofore available for the use of lltu carnival. At a meeting of the board of governors Monday night It was decided to cancel the engagement with the Philippine exhibit and the space which was to have been used by that show will be given to Colonel Hall for his circus and Mild animal show. The Philippine exhibit wired that It could not ruaclr Omaha until next Monday, and as the board of governors insist on all shows being on the grounds for the open ing Wednesday, the contract was can celled. Colonel Hall has wired for some additional shuw stuff to make his circus that much larger. Best County Fair. Over 14 Ouo in cash prises is offered by the Douglas County Agricultural society In premiums for the Douglas county fair which will be held on the King's Highway, tho location being on Douglas street between Nhie.eeilh and Twentieth streets, the fair be'.ng held In conjunction with the Ak-8ar-Ben carnival. The uremium list Is out and In its Ak-Bar-Ben colois of red, green and yellow is quite attractive on the outside as well as u the Inside, where It tells of the way the H.tXK) In cash Is to be divided. The officer of the Douglas County Agricultural sn-lwy bit: Officers J. W. Shumaker, president. Elk Cl'y; V. P. Brown, vice president, Florence; Lewis Henderson, treasurer, Omaha; G. W. Hervey. secretary, Omaha. Boa id of Directors John F. McArdle. Elk City; WtllUm Kick. Station B. Omaha; Fred Bull, Millard; William Lonergan. Violence; George Dlerks, Bennington; James Walsh, Benson; O. J. Plckard, Sta tion B, Omaha; A. R. Dodson, Valley; Charles Wltte, Elkhorn. Superintendents General superintendent, J. F. McArdle; assistant auperlntendent, Charles Wltte; poultry, O. J. Plckard. farm produce, J. W. dhumaker; green fruits, Frank P. Brown; floral, James Walsh; preserves, pickles, etc., Mrs. O. M. Drexel; textile fabrics. Miss Mary Hullt; dairy, bees " and honey, George Dlerks. No Stork Show. No stock will be shown at the fair this year except poultry, because of the limited pace. The poultry exhibit, however, will be ihe largest sver made at a Douglas county fsir. This la due to the interest the Trl City Poultry association hi taking In the exhibit, the officer of that associa tion having urged breeder to exhibit and prepare their birds, for the big show of the Transmlsstsslppl Poultry and Pet Stock association this winter. One of the special features of the fair will be the corn exhibit. Added Interest has been taken in this sect lost because of the special prises and beoaua of the ap- proach of th National Corn exposition, alcalde' the regular classes la the prise list -tContlnuad on Second Pag J CLEANING UP FOR THE FLEET Vigorous Campaign at Manila to Dis infect City Before Ships Arrive, MANILA, Sept. 13. The vigorous cam paign for the eradication of cholera Is be lieved to be preventing any appreciable increase In the spread of the disease. There Is an average of about fifty new cases dally, although today promises to show a record materially lower. In of ficial circles 1t Is maintained that there Is still a possibility that the city may be ridded of the cholera before the arrival of the American battleship fleet. Although the Filipinos continue to' con ceal stricken patients, a house-to-house in spection now In progress Is disclosing prac tically all the cases. Four chemical en gines and a dozen big street sprinklers are being used with good effect In a general disinfecting of all tainted sections. The prospect of Interference with the festivities arranged In honor of the fleet's visit, or postponement of its arrival, has stirred the popular Interest Immensely. While It is held that there Is no denser of a serious epidemic and that the situa tion 1 not grave. It Is still feared that Rear Admiral Rperry will refuse to per mit the men to land If even a few cases of cholera remain. Harry Clrstlns, an American policeman, was one of those stricken today. Alfred McVeigh Low and the other Americans are reported as holding their own today. STAR OF BENGAL70N ROCKS Alaskan Steamer, with Hla" Crew Aboard, In Perilous Position OS Coast. SBsnansBBBsas JUNEAU, Alaska. Sept. 22 The bark Btar of Bengal, which la ashore on Coro nation Island, has 136 men aboard, of which 100 are Japanese and Chinese. The cable ship Burnslde has gone to Its relief, but may not be able to reach the wreck owing to the bad weather prevail ing. The Btar of Bengal is on the west side of Coronation Island, and the crew has no chance to land. The vessel has a cargo of 46.000 cases of salmon. The Btar of Bengal was being towed to sea by the tugs Kayaka and Hattle Gage, and was blown ashore. The tug were obliged to cut loose to save themselves. ' ' The Btar of Bengal is an Iron bark of lfiM tons register, 262.8 feet long, with a forty-foot beam. It is one of the vessels of the salmon fleet belonging to the Alaska Packers' association, and sailed from this port on April 22. It is thought that it has on board a full cargo of salmon. CHINESE ANGRY AT FRANCE Consul Permits Escape of Supposed Pirates and Tronblo May Vet Result. CANTON. China, Sept. 2. There Is In tense Indignation among the Chinese ugalnst the French over an Incident which occurred here yesterday. The Chinese au thorities tried to arrest some supposed native pirates who were on the steamer Paul Beau of the Meisagerles Maritime company, but the captain, backed up by the French consul, refused to permit It, contending that the suspected men should be hi rested on their landing. During the wrangle which ensued th supposed pirates escaped. The captain of tho Chinese guard on the steamer was recently removed by the dilutee authorities on the ground that he was loo friendly with foreigners. The native press today advocates a boy cott of the French and the French consul is severely criticised by It. FINAL DEAL T0 BUY ROAD President of Canadian Parlfle Believed on Way to Buy Great Western. MONTREAL, Sept. K. -Sir Thomas Shaughnessey, president of the Canadian Factflo railway, left for Minneapolis last Light, it Is believed here that he has gone to negotiate , the final details for taking over the Chicago Great Western railway, though'ct th latter company's offices of ficial know led ie of the deal Is still denied. CUMMISSIQN BUSY UN RATES Southeastern Freight Association Or dered to Present Correspon dence Over Maine. ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 22-The Interstate Commerce commissioners In session here today faced a proposition of looking over the entire correspondence of the railroads of the south regarding freight rate charges east of the Mississippi and south of the Missouri river. Following an order Issited late yesterday the Southeastern Freight association, which represent the score or more of railroads operating in this territory, begsn collecting all the correspondence between the various lines regarding the ratea of foodstuffs shipped Into the south. Various merchants of Georgia and Alabama were questioned today as to the increase in rate in flour1 grains, meats and other foodstuff and asked particularly as to the margin of profits these increase left them. GARY THINKS OUTLOOK GOOD Bee No Heason to ttevls Estimate of Buslnea Condition Mad la July. NEW TORK, Bept. J2.-E. O. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of th United States Steel corporation, returned from Europe today. Judge Gary said ha saw no reason to - revise th optimist! opinion of business prospects w hich he ex pressed when he sailed for Europe in July. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Bept. 22.-It was an nounced here today that th Adolpou Buach Glass Manufacturing company's plant, which ha been closed since June 15. will re-open October L About ttO men were employed. CINCINNATI. O., 8ept. !l-"When I get Into the White House, assuming I am to be put there, no plea In favor of a negro will have any less consideration because he Is a negro rather than a white man." This declaration of Intention was made by Judge William H. Taft today In the course of the brief address he made to the delegates to the negro nstlonal Baptist con vention, being held In Lexington, Ky., the members of which came to Cincinnati for the purpose of meeting Judge Taft. There was hardly a sentence which Judge Taft. uttered that did not receive warm applause by his hearers, who were received In the upper banquet hall of the Slnton hotel. The delegation was headed by Rev. F. C. Morris of Helena, Ark., and repre sented nesrly every southern and many northern states. Real Representatives of Race, Judge Taft remarked that In a letter he had from Booker T. Washington he had been told that when he received Dr. Morris' delegation he would be meeting real repre sentatives of the race. Preceding th talk which Judge Taft made he was presented to each delegate and received from Secre tary Morris for the company assurance that the negro vote was going for the party which he said had always In the past proved to be the friend of the black man. "I welcome your sympathy and support," was the answer of the candidate, "and I feet that there is In my bosom a sympathy with your race which entitles me to that support." ' Mr. Taft enjoined his hearers that the one. way to abolish race prejudice was by a life of thrift and enterprise and good clti senshlp on the part of the negro. There were many positive evidences that great progress wss being made by the race and a continuance of sensible, earnest endeavor was urged. The arrival of the delegations to the con vention of the National League of Repub lican Clubs, accompanied as they were by bands, which devoted their attention particularly to the Slnton hotel, livened things up somewhat in the way of po litical enthusiasm around the Taft quar ters. The Taft special train rolled In from Chicago this morning with Colonel Daniel Ransdell, who is to have complete control, aboard. The private car Constitution is provided for Mr. Taft- and his Immediate party. Her he will sleep, eat and talk during the trip. Two other car, with sleeping accommodations for other mem bers of the party and newspaper men, and a baggage car, comprise .the train. The start will be made from here at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the run to Brook, Ind., la to be made without MlttV-it) Inter ruption. The celebration on tfie George Ade farm will be Joined in by the candidate. He will make a short speech and then go on to Chicago, where he is to speak that night to railroad men. Taft Invite Cummins. BHELTON, Conn., Sept. 22. Governor A. B. Cummins of Iowa, who, with Mrs. Cum mins, came here last evening as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Andrews, will leave this afternoon for Chicago In response to a message from William H. Taft, which Governor Cummins found awaiting him on his arrival here. Mr. Taft asks the gov ernor to meet him In Chicago Thursday and to go with him to Iowa. Five Speeches In Dra Moines.' DCS MOINES, la., Sept. 22. William II. Taft will make five formal addresses In Des Moines next Friday. Twice he will b: called upon to mount stands In the strec'.s, it having beed decided that the city dots not afford halls sufficiently large to ac commodate the throngs anxious to hear the candidate. One of the novel gather ings will be that In the big Plymouth Con gregational church, where Mr. Taft will ad dress a meeting exclusively for women. Prominent club leaders have the arrange ments for this meeting In charge. Thous ands of republicans will come to Dcs Moines from all over the state to partici pate in the rally here, which the republican state committee Intends to make the larg est political gathering ever held In Iowa. Mil VAN DAY l. MICHIGAN Demoernry of Detroit Holds Confer ence Over Campaign, DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 22.-This Is Bryan day for the democracy of Detroit and Michigan and the arrival of the democratic presidential candidate from Buffalo early today found the Detroit hotels crowded with democratic leaders from all over the state, together with a large representation of the party' rank and file. There was Michigan Central station to welcome Mr. Bryun, and he was taken at once to the Hotel Pontchartraln for breakfast. After breakfast Mr. Bryan entered upon a series of conference with Michigan dem ocrats and with party leaders of other states who came her to confer with him. Among the conferees were members of the various state, congressional, county and city committees of Detroit and Michigan, National Committeeman John A. Lamb of Indiana. Chairman Lloyd of the democratic congressional committee, John I. Martin, who was sergeant-at-arms of the demo cratic national convention, and National Committeeman Flnlay of Ohio. Mr. Bryan and party will leave in a spe cial train at 1 o'clock for Ann Arbor, where he will address an open air meeting this .fl.rninn R.lnrnlnt trt Tl t ri 1 f K will . , T . . t . ., , , . , . ... " will start for Columbus, O., at II p. m. FOHAKER WILL STUDY ON REPLY Contemplate Search of Record Be fore Anawerlnar Proaldeat. CINCINNATI. O.. Sept. 22,-No answer to th statement Issued by President Roose velt last night will be made today by Sen ator Foraker, although he may have some thing to ssy tonight, or later In th wk. The aepator said today that he had read what th president had aald, but that it fwaa a matter which he did not care to dis cuss offhand and he preferred to wait till he could look up various letters and other data on the subject discussed in order that what h might say could be final. "These record are not in thl city and therefor not readily available, so that it might cause some slight delay before he would make any statement In regard to the matter discussed bg President Roosevelt ye? From the Boston Sunday Globe. BRYAN WRITES TO ROOSEVELT Takes Up Cudgels for Haskell in Standard Oil Mixup. SAYS TREATMENT. GIVEN UNFAIR Declares He Will Not Permit Any Ac credited Representative of llrm. ocratlc Ora-untvatlon to Be Abused. DETROIT. Mich., Sept. 22 The remarka ble spectacle of a presidential candidate re buking the chief executive of tho nation for making statements deemed to be un justified wss witnessed today, when Wil liam J. Bryan in a letter to President Roosevelt defended Governor Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer of the democratic na tional committee, against the charge that he had unlawful connections with the Standard Oil company. - , Mr. Bryan serves nolle en the president that as the candidal. " rhc "flemocratlc party, "I shall not piriU any responsible member of the republican .organization to misrepresent the democratic party In the present campaign.' He concludes with the statement that the democratic party is making an "honest and honorable fight" In defense of Its principles and policies find expects and will demand honorable treatment from those who are In charge of the republican campaign." Text of the Letter. The letter follows: "Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States Dear Sir: In a statement given out by you yesterday and published In this moming'H papers, you endorse a charge made against Governor Haskell of Oklulioma, to the effect that he was once In the employ of tho Standard Oil company, and, as such employe, was connected with an att-mpt to bribe or Influence Attorney General Monnett of Chicago to dismiss suits pending against the Standard Oil com pany. In endorsing this charge, you at tack the democratic party and Its candi date, saying that 'Governor Haskell stands high In the councils of Mr. Bryan and Is the treasurer of his national campaign com mittee.' "And you add that 'the publication of this correspondence not merely justified In striking fashion the action of the admin istration, but also casts a curious side, light cn the attacks - made upon the ad ministration, both In the Denver conven tion which nominated Mr. Bryan and in the course of Mr. Bryan's campaign." loo Serious to Pass Over. "Your charge Is so serious that I cannot allow It to go unnoticed. Governor Haskell has denied that he was ever employed by the Standard Oil company in any capacity, or was ever connected In any way with it or with the transaction upon which your charge Is based. "Governor Haskell demanded an Investi gation at the time the charge was first made, offering to appear and testify, and he demands an investigation now. I agree with you that If Governor Haskell Is guilty as charged he Is unfit to be connected with the democratic national committee, and I am sure you will agree with me that If he Is Innocent he deserves to he exonerated from so damning an accusation. "As the selection of Governor Haskell as chairman of the committee on resolutions at Denver and as treasurer of the demo cratic national committee has my approval end endorsement, 1 feel It my duty to de mand an Immediate Investigation of a charge against him endorsed by the presi dent of the United States. Your high posi tion as well' as your sense of Justice would prevent your giving sanction and circula tion to such a charge without proof and I respectfully request, therefore, that you furnish any proof which you have In your possession. "Or If you have no proof, I request that you Jndlcate a method by which the truth may be ascertained. Without consulting Mr. Haskell I will agree that he will ap pear for Investigation before any tribunal, public or private, which you may Indicate, and I will further agree that hla connec tion with the national committee and with this campaign shall cease in the event that the decision of such tribunal connect him In any way with this charge or in rase you, after an investigation of the facts, say that you believe him guilty of the charges made. Briou State III Attitude. "A the candidate of the democratic party, I shall not permit any responsible member of th republican organisation to misrepre sent the attitude of the democratic party In th present campaign. I have assisted you to the extent of my ability In remedial measure which I deemed for the public good which you have undertaken; I have urged democrats to support such measures and I have advocated more radical measures against private monopolies than either you (Continued on Second Page.) PRESIDENT GOES TO CAPITAL Oyster Bay for Last Time Houses Ex ecutive Stuff of National Chief. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. 22.-Theodor Roorevclt's final summer tour In his pres ent term of office as president of the United Slates, came to an end this morning, when, with his family and members of the summer White House executive staff, he departed, amid cheers from a throng of residents, for the White House at Washington. At the same time Oyster Bay ceased to he the summer capital of the United States, a title It proudly has held for seven years. There Is not a resident in this little village, from the youngest tots. In whom the presi dent has always been greatly Interested, to the feeble, white-haired old men, who have known thepresldent for years and years, that does not look with regret upon the close of the last presidential summer vaca tion and the final departure of their esteemed cltlren to his last term of duty. In several respects this has been, an ex ceptional vacation for the president. He has entertained at Sagamore.. Hill more 11&U.U Julian before and, at th simo time, has done much more work than on previous vacations. . The political situation, both na tional and state, has made a tremendous amount of work for him and kept the staff of the executive offices busy day and night. President Roosevelt went about mpre this vacation than he did last summer. He madd trips to Newport, where he addressed the conference on battleship plans at the Naval War college; to Jordanvllle, N. Y., where he. spoke at the opening of the Jordanvllle public library; ,to Matlnecock, L. I., where he spoke at the dedication of a monument to Captain John Underhill; to Prlncetc n, N. J., to attend the funeral of former President Grover Cleveland; to Ccdnrhurst, I I., to witness a polo match, rnd to Huntington. L. I., to call at the camp of Squadron C, New York National guard. 'HARMLESS" MAN IS DEMON Inmate of Government Hospital nt Washington Kills Two Persons. WASHINGTON. 8ept. 22. In demoniacal fury Andrew Llghtfoot, a mulatto Inmate at the St. Elizabeth's Asylum for the In sane, today killed Patrick Muloncy, the overseer of the grounds, and Millie Follln, a young Inmate of the asylum, and severely Injured Miss Robinson, another Inmate, early today. The murderer escaped from the grounds and fled to the swamps near by, where shortly afterward a cordon ef police, a score of them In all, quickly sur rounded tho place of concealment. He was finally caught after the police found It necessary to shoot him. Inflicting wounds in the leg, and he was taken back to the asylum. The murder occurred directly In front of the main building for the men patients at the asylum, which Is a government Institu tion. Maloney. 50 years old, lived on the place with his family. Llghtfoot, 40 years old, has been a patient at the hospital for eight yeais and was regarded of a harm less nature. For some time he has been serving as an assistant to the overseer. He was given In that capacity some of the privileges akin to those accorded the "trus ties" In criminal Institutions, but today be came suddenly violently Insane. TORONTO AND TOLEDO CONTEST Annual Prise Drill of Patriarch Mil itant Held at the Denver Gathering;, DENVER. Colo., Sept. 22.-The annual prize diill of Patriarchs Militant In con nection with the annual session of the sovereign grand lodgo of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows took place today at Broadway park, this city, in the presence of a largo and enthusiastic assemblage of members of the order and friends. Toronto and Toledo are the only con testants for the 11.000 prise for a team of twenty-four men and three officers. Pe taluma had been forced to withdraw In consequence of the sickness of four mem bers of Its company. As a courtesy to the visitors, Denver refrained from compet ing. , YOUNG BRYAN AFTER VOTES Son of Democratic Candidate Trie for Presidency of sopho more Class. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 22.-Willlm J. Bryan, Jr., son of the democratic candi date f r president, has been announced at a candidate for president of the Sophomore class at the Nebraska university. His op pnnent Is Ralph Weaveiilng, who was sua pc-i.ded from school last year for taking part In a kidnaping affair. Young Bryan la being vigorously pushed by a number of his classmates, and thea supporter fel certain of his success. fen -I S( mam HITCHCOCK STAYS IN CHICAGO Chairman Will Meet Judge Taft on His Arrival This Afternoon. ITINERARY OF GOVERNOR HUGHES New York Executive Will Speak In Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Mary land nnd West VI rain la on First Trip. CHICAGO, Sept. 22. After securing tickets for the return of himself and purty to New York today. Chairman Frank 11. Hitchcock, of the republican national com mittee changed his plans and decided to remain here until Thursday. This will give him an opportunity to consult with Judge Taft In this city tomorrow evening. such a conference being desired by the re publican candidate. Judge Taft will ar rive here at 6 p. m., tomorrow and will confer with his political managers until this evening' meeting. ' The Itlnerar for the first western trip to be made by Governor Hughes of New York was practically completed today, He will speak at Indianapolis at noon on September 28 and at South Bend, Ind., on the evening of the eame day. He will ad dress the Michigan state convention at Detroit at 11 a. in., on September 29, and In the evening of the' same day will speak at Cleveland, O. On September 30, he will speak at a number of points in Went Vir ginia and In the evening will be the prin cipal speaker at a rally In Baltimore, tak ing a midnight train f,or New York. Tho Itinerary for tho longer trip, which will begin October 3, Is also being worked out. The New York executive will cover on that tour the same territory embraced In the Taft speaking tour of tho west. Judge Charles Nagi'l, a member of the western executive committee, speaking con cerning Judge Taft's trip and the part the republican candidate will take In the cam paign, said today: "It cannot be denied that In every cam paign the chance of a blunder is not to be overlooked. A hasty speech may become a serious if not controlling factor. It Is, of course, to be remembered that Mr. Taft is not really trained to continued public speaking, and, therefore, some apprehension has been expicssed that the campaign may suffer through some inadvertent remark. 1 do not share that feeling. "In ny Judgment, Mr. Taft Is incapable of serious mistake. A man of clear mind and stout heart Is generally safe for his fellowmcn. "I do not believe that any man has ever been nominated tor president whose plut form Is built so squarely upon his official record and who has been at such pains be fore he was nominated to make clear his position upon every question of public In terest. It has generally been accepted that men of long political records are unavaila ble as candidates before conventions. The party tribute to Mr. Taft Is accordingly great." Announcement was made at republican headquarters today that James ' T. Wil liams, Jr., secretary to Chairman Hitch cock, will accompany Mr. Taft on his speaking tour and remain with him until the end of the campaign as the representa tive of the national chairman and the ex ecutive committee. Mr. Williams will be succeeded as secretary to the chairman by Jackson S. Elliott of Washington, D. C. IDAHO MAN FOUND MURDERED William H. Mnnn, Formerly of Col burn, Killed M yaterlonsly at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich. Sept. 22 William H. Munn, 2i years old, who has been em ployed as a stock clerk at the Detroit club, was found murdered today in an al ley between Congress and Fort str.ets, near Cass street. Munn. who formerly lived at Colburn, Idaho, had a bullet wound In the right temple. Residents of the neighborhood heard the shots last n'ght and teamsters today found the body sit ting on a pile of bags In an upright posi tion. No motive for his murder Is known. KUYKENDALL WINS THE PRIZE Saratov. Wyo., Man Klected Deputy Grand Sir by Odd Fellow at Denver. DENVER. Colo., Sept. 22 -Judge W. L. Kuykendall of Saratoga, Wyo., was elected deputy grand sire of the Independent Or der of Odd Fellows at the session of the sovereign grand lodge today. In accord ance with custom Grand Sire J. L. Noien of Tennessee wa promoted to the office of grand sire. All th other old officers were re-elected. Seattle wa chosen a the meeting, place next yer. PLATFORM COVERS LIVE ISSUES Declaration of Principles in Line with Party Doctrnies. DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS MEET Two Wing of Brraulte Party Hold Separate Conventions nnd Adopt Individual Platforms ns Per Order. From a Staff Correspondent. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 22.-l8pecial Tel egram.) Almost unanimously, th Ne braska republican state convention put the guarantee of bank deposit in the same category with tree silver at IS to 1, Impe rialism and the other paramount Issues of Mr. Bryan, and refused to adopt a plank in Its platform providing for a law on the lines laid down by th democratic presidential candidate. The rejection of this plank was the fea ture of tho day and the question upon which the convention debated In the least. The debate came after the reading of tlx platform as reported ly the rcsvlutloni committee, over tho following proposed amendment by M. L. Frlea of Valley county, a member of the committee: We favor the. enactment of a law pro viding for the security of deposits of funds In state and national banks and urge upon our next legislature and congress to for mulate a plan that will be equitable to the banking interests of the state and nation Hnd Insure tho payment of every dollar de posited with state and national hanks. Not Popnlnr with Delegates. G. W. Wattlea opposed the amendment and declared the proposition wrong In principle and socialistic in tendency, and cloaod by saying, In a very short time the republican party will be glad It did not adopt It. A half dozen others spoke against the plank, while B. B. Perry of Cambridge endorsed It. Governor Sheldon liald souid sort of plan should be adopted by, which all banks, state and national, could I)j treated on the same basis. Frank Reads, James Elliott of West Point, F. II. Clar idge of Cambridge, F. E. Bemcr of K.ar ney, A. L. Clarke of Hastings, all spike against the proposition, as did Samuel lilnaker of Beatrice and George Post of Seward. When the roll was called the amendment was lost, by a vote of 48 to 15. A majority of the speakers denounced the proposition as a catch issue by Bryan to gel votes, and on speaker referred to it as a case of "feeding baby food to the voters." Others . demanded a clear-cut atattemenL for or against it, while the ma Joiity of the speakers favored leav'tig. toe question out of lh9 platform, ea It U meivly an experimental Issue whose par entage! is very much in doubt. Couveutiou Well Attended. After the addition of two planks lA-ovldlng against the Issuance of watered sljck and endorsing Irrigation and tariff revision be twoeii the Philippine and 111 United States, the platform was adopted without further debate us reported by the committee. The convention was well attended and during the afternoon the lobby and auri toiium of representative hall was crowded during the delivery of short speeches by Senator Burkctt, Congressman Hinshaw, Attorney General Thompson and others. During the debate over the platform tin democratic and populist conventions quit business and helped swell the crowd, Hon. Thomas Tibbies occupying a seat up in the front row. The convention met at 12 o'clock and fin ished Its work at 6:30, after having beer, adjourned from 1 to 4. There was nothing to do but adopt the platform and name thei state committee and the Job was done with neatness and dispatch. Democrat In Short Session. The. democrats held forth In the senate chamber ami carried out a cut and dried program without a ripple, listened to A. C. Shallenberger pull the eagle's tall and then adjourned In time to pay a call to the re publican convention. The democrat had a new one In their platform this time, which Is worthy of special note. It Is the plsnk which promises a law providing that the State Board of Equalization cannot In crease the aggregate assessment as re turned by the assessors. In other words, It can only equalize values between counties by reducing valuations. The populist held forth In the office of the heolth Inspector and adopted a plat form and named a state committee. Tom Tibbies was the "Grand Mufti" of the oc casion and he carried out the orders of the Peerless One. OIL FIND MAKES MACK TALK He Send Telegram - to President About It. NEW YORK. Sept. 22. -Norman E. Mack, chairman of the democratic national com mittee, addressed a telegram to President Roosevelt today In which he denied flatly Statements contained In a reported Inter view between Timothy L. Woodruff, chair man of the republican state committee, and President Roosvelt, which were printed in a looal paper this morning. Chairman Mack's telegram to the president is a fol lows: 'I notice In the New York Tribune of this morning that you are quoted by Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the republican state committee. In th following interview which Mr. Woodruff gave out from, Oyster Bay: ' 'Incidentally th president remarked that he considered It significant that S300.- Ouu had been found In the treasury of the democratic party after Judge Parker had declared throughout th last national cam paign that the party treasury was receiv ing nothing from corporations, and further because It was announced at the time of the election that the treasury waa empty. The president said that he thought It looked queer that such a laige sum of money should turn up after Mr. Haskell was ap pointed treasuref of the democratic na tional committee.' "If you are quoted correctly no doubt you have in mind the publication in the New York American recently that I, as chairman of the democratic national com mitted, received :M.iaI from former Chair man Taggart, which was said to be left over from the 194 campaign. This, at that time, was emphatically denied when brought to my attention. 1 desir to si