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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10

ministration. He pictured in brilliant
and flaming sentences the "cruelries.
and a-ggressions practiced by Great
Britain upon the Beers OF South Afr1-
ca. He expressed his intense sattsfac-
ton that the democratic party had
Incorporated in the platform a plank
so cordially and enthusiastically en-
dorsing the cause OF the Beers. which
was the cause OF liberty and justice
As he felt. he said. that this great re-
public should not chain itself 70 the
chariot wheels OF the empire that was
crushing liberty TO death in South
Africa, he believed IL to be his duty 10
ally himself with the democratic partN
His account with the republican par
~ he regarded as fully balanced. He
owed IL no further obligations These
sentiments met with much applause
In conclusion. in announcing his in
tention Of supporting the democratic
party and its ticket. Mr.. Davis said
with great emphasis: Il stand upon
his platform and shall supper Will
liam ]. Brennings. It was q curious
and laughable confusion OF syllaoles
Of Bryan's name but the crowd knew
what he meant and cheered him Wild
ly.
As Mr.. Davis concluded the band
struck up Hail 10 the Chief and while
il was rendering the air, he held an
impromptu reception upon the plat
form. Chairman Richardson was the
first 10 grasp his hand as he conclud-
ed. hen Senator j. X. Jones n 9TH
ers crowded around him until he had
great difficulty in retaining his feet.
He left the platform as soon as he was
able. but on the way 10 his seat he
was given shouts Of approval by those
whom he passed. The band passed
from Hail 10 the Chief" to America
and the convention sung with IL until
the band would play 10 more.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
THE PLATFORM
wild Demonstrations During Its Read
fng-Adopted With a Whoop.

Mr.. Tillman 10y stepped to the front
and was greeted with a cheer. He read
the platform in a full round voice,
easily heard throughout the hall.
1.-THE full text of the platform will
be found on the second page.l
AS he proceeded, each plank was
greeted with applause. The senator
accompanied his reading with emphatic
gestures, striding UP and down the
platform, turning this way AMI that
after his manner in the senate. There
was a howl of approval as he clinched
his fist and fiercely arraigned the
course of the administration in Cuba:
but il remained for his reading OF tn
declaration that imperialism is the
paramount issue of this campaign" TO
evoke a storm of enthusiasm. The del
egates sprang to their feet, standing
on their chairs. waving hats, hand
kerchiefs, umbrellas and flags, while
the galleries took up the chorus and
carried it along for many
Senator Hill could be seen
the hosts to cheer. He held a fan high
above his head and added MS voice TO
the vociferouS shouting. A second
time Senator Tillman read this declar-
alton. and now even a greater demon
Stration than before carried the con-
vention off its feet. Suddenly hundreds,
then thousans of miniature American
flags were passed among the
and the whole floor of the vast struc-
ture became a sea of flags. An instant
later the flags swept over he galleries
like a mass of flame. Hundreds OF
them were tossed upon the seats n
distributed. The scene was maSnin
Gently inspiring and the great audl-
ence was worked up to a feverhedt. On
each flag was the device: 1.-The Con-
stitution and the Flag Are Insepara-
BILE, Now and Forever. The Flag OF the
Republic Forever, Of an Empire New
err"
height, the band sent another thrill
through the audience by playing
Dixie" and a melody Of patriotic airs.
State standards were again torn from
their sockets, banners were raised and
a triumphal procession of the delegates
marched about the hall Now the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
REN0UNCES REPUBLICANISM
Webster Davis Addresses the CONVEX
tion-DecIares Himself a Democrat

Then following a stirring and dra-
matte scene. The plank in the plat
form denouncing England's policy to-
ward the Beers had called out immense
applause. but when it was announced
by Chairman Richardson that the con-
vention would be addressed by Hon
Webster Davis, former assistant sec
rotary of the interior, the crowd mani
tested its enthusiasm by cheering for
two minutes. Then the former repub-
lican leader assembled the platform n
stood facing the thousands of specta-
tors.
The speech of Mr.. Davis vas arrang-
ed in order TO enable him TO announce
his allegiance to the democratic party
and the platform n to the ticket OF
the convention.
In dramatic style and with all the
force n magnetism of a fine orator
Mr.. Davis began his address. He de-
nounced as a malicious lie' the state
ment that he had been forced TO leave
his office in b present national ad-
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His finish was spplauded and the
clerk. calling the roll. was drowned
out by yociferous cries for Hill"
Hit Ex-senator White, OF Cali
fornia, got the platform. however. and
his stentorian tones soon demanded at
tention and by his decided delivery he
kept the convention somewhat in order.
Colorado gave way TO Illinois and
Judge Thompson took the platform
while the audience again cried for
HILL" He began in a tumult. but soon
received attention and seconded the
in behalf of his state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
BRYAN TRIUMPHANT
UNANIMOUSLY NOMINATED ON THE
PLATFORM OF HIS CHOICE
THE FREE SILVER DECLARATION

Specific Demand for the Ratio OF I6 to
Antf-Imperialism Declared the Para
mount Issue-Wild Enthusiasm Over
the Platform-Some Most Dramatic
Scenes-Webster Davis I'm a speech
Announces His Allegiance to the
Democratic Party-HfH the Favorfte
of the Gathering.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

Mr.. Lloyd's Friedhelm HeIfen. Mr.. An
drews Karl LInders. and Mr.. Blocks Max
van Franeius. when pieced by the mag
who Is seen as Sigmund does as well as "A
child might be expected to do with so
difficult and hazardous Il part. The re-
mainder Of the east named above Is not
sufficiently notable. either in opportunities
or fulfllment OF opportunities to merit in
dividual criticism
II has been said that Richard Mans
field saves the drama end makes IL worth
witnessing This is distinctly true. To a
greater degree than could any other actor
in America. the master. with his consum-
mate craft and ability, WHITES Eugen
Courvoisier. whom Miss Fothergill only
dared to suggest. and renders him real
without rendering him unimpressiye.
From delicious humor TO suppressed in
tensity, from bitterness and anguish 10
gentle tenderness. Mr.. Mansfield went
ter-evening. and with him went the
feeling Of the audience His distinct per
sonality-the personality that redeemed
The DEVILS Disciple" and that has
favored such other renderings as are n
Partisan Romance" and Beau Brummei'
is the merit of the Offering. 1t is 50
prime a merit that the reviewer cannot
couscientiously carry rebuke and argu-
ment to the end of a resume ON The First
Violin" He must remember that tonight
Mr. Mansfield will not be Eugen COur-
yoisier, but Cyrano de Bergerac. and. in
remembering say "Auf Wiedersehen.'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

The resolution recently passed by the
United Evangelical Conference at Lancas-
ter Pa. denouncing the railroads for run
ming trains. and the Government for hand
ling the mails on Sunday. was not essen
TALLY different from a large number of an
athemas hurled against Sunday yiolaters
by conventions OF clergymeu representing
various creeds and localities. But the
moral force OF this particular pronuncia-
mcnto was considerably weakened when an
amendment prohibiting ministers from
travelling on Sunday was promptly defeat
ed. This action on the part Ct the assem-
bled ministers throws a food OF light on
the practical side Of Sunday observance.
indicating. as it does. that they themselves
would find it impossible to keep within
the letter Of the law they wish established.
Out Of the very conditions which
have produced a busy race Of men arises
the necessity for greater latitude in the
matter Of remembering the day OF rest.
In the high state of existing civilization
il is impossible TO apply pastoral reguIa-
tions. Transportation facilities and Ger
tain amount of commercial transactions
can no more be eliminated from the first
than from the last day of the week
Il would perhaps be useless to remind
The well-meaning but misguided members
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27
The Republican Tariff scare.

It is not hard to guess the underlying
reasons for the Republican anxiety to get
another day OF grace before their final
attempt to jam the Payne Porto Rican
iufsmy through the House of Representa-
tives. When the gentleman in charge Of
the measure agreed with Mr.. Richardson,
the minority leader. yesterday. that 1t
should be debated today and tonight, and
not brought to a vote until tomorrow, he
confessed the weakness OF his case, and
the present lack Of votes 10 pass the bill.
Under the new agreement the Demo-
Gratis viii have the privilege OF offering a
substitute bill. which the other side have
been very ioath 20 grant them. measure
drawn in accordance with the dictates Of
humanity and in obedience to the letter
Of the Constitution viii not be pleasing
to Republican eyes in deadly parallel with
the Payne iniquity. Otherwise it probably
dces not much matter. When the hosts
are marshaled for the final shock of battle,
it is likely that some parliamentary de-
vice viii be found for getting the bill out
Of the House without subiecting it TO igno-
minious defeat. Thomas B. Reed has been
in close conference with Speaker Hender-
sen. and. no doubt has given the latter
much valuable advice On ways and means
fer suppressiag Instruction and danger
Gus legislation at one and the same time.
But this. in the present view Of the trust
agents on the floor. is a last resort. They
have worked TO gain another day in the
hope that. before Wednesday neon, they
may be able to work upon President Ne
Kinley through an immigration Of great
mcaopolists, or their lawyers. who were
booked 10 leave New York, Boston, PhiIa-
delphia and Chicago yesterday for the
scene OF trouble. Payne and his colleagues
think it yet possible 10 get an executive
order from the White House threatening
with cstracism all Republicans who fail
to answer the crack OF the whip on We'd
nesday. Very few people seem disposed
to believe that even the personal appeals
of the mighty men in whose hands are
the campaign thunders Of oil sugar. to-
bacao, and rum. viii move Mr.. Mckinley
from his present attitude Of unfTeHdly
neutrality. As a loyal party man he may
stand Up and let his assumed adherents
IN Congress Kill him politically, but il is
too much to expect him to load the guns.
He has some degree CT political sense left,
and it would hardly lead him TO start the
Of 1900 with an open and defiant
attack upon the Constitution and
common humanity
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27
AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
The split ia the NntiOnRIists Thrcat-
ems the Party Organization.

ems the Party Organization.
HAVANA. Feb. 26.-The split ir tho
National party. the strongest political o.
ganizatiOn in this part of the island. is
assuming proportions that eudanger the
party's existence OF $50 delegates TO the
permanent municipal convention in Ha
vana. seventy have resigned and others
are daily retiring. The secsssionists rep
resent the conservative element in the Ma
tional party. They want independence.
hut object to the methods employed By the
present leaders OF their organization,
which is controlled By the radicals
An effort Will be made TO amaigamate
the elements Of the old Autonomist party
with the secessionists. forming a new or
ganiZati0n. This movement will probably
succeed. because the line between tho
radical and conservative Cubans is being
more tightly drawn. Annexation as a
political question having been eliminated.
this movement naturally follows.
The leaders of the National party realizs
the danger. Meissouier. a prominent labor
agitator is the most forccful representa-
tive Of the party. but he lacks the conf
dence of the business element There is
crying need for president who can rally
the substantial men OF he city.
The presidency has been offered 70 Max
limo Gomez and Mayor LacCste. but both II
is said. refused. The hunt for another man
continues
Havana is again shiveriug- Carnival fun
in the streets has been checked by a cold
''noTther." The mercury hcvers around %
degrees in the daytime ard drops below
that at night. Owing to an order from
Mayor Lacoste. DO -four throwing is in
dulged in by the merrvmakers. and this.
with the cold weather. makes the carnival
a tame affair
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27
Cr.ud-yarIefy.


Everyone in Washington who enjoys
clean. amusing, continually interesting
speciality performance should visit the
Grand before next Saturday. With the
end Of the week comes the end Of the
lehman Company engagement. and the en-
tertainment furnished b. that organization
IS worth seeing twice.
As has been hinted above, In the bill
there Is nothing description Of which
warrants the use OF the word va devil e.
Manager Chase has gone over to petite
variety as well he might were all com
tinations OF the sort of equal merit TIE
hTst number on the Behman programme is
Of the only two that force upon the 4udit.r
a realization OF their nature RAMA and
Arno do the same things that they did
when last they we're here and N tae came
way. padding few notable TO ate feats
into turn" by the utilizat on OF I'm in
tied puerillities. Fred Milo las the most
consistently humorous monO-Gsue tat has
been heard this seasou--a mouO.Ogue 80
good that he need not have written As.0r
and Kruger verses to his pasOdies in h.J
EFFORT at winning applause. Ethel Leyey
who Is billed as a singing co..e ieuAe."
and Is neither singer nor a conedisnne is
preceded by the ROssow Midgets. whose act
will be talked OF in the city through the
next twelye-month. The little fe lows
have several athletic and other tricks that
would bring commentator were the per-
formers thrice their real size. Their work
is terminated with a boxing bout that Is
energetic. realistic. and screamingly funny.
Later Charlie RossOw appears as seri0-
comic. but he attempts nothing 50 quaint
az is his prizedght
The Four CobaIs have skit dubbed
Running for Office" Il contains a great
deal CT running and very scant reason for
the remainder of its title. Perhaps be-
cause Of its total lack Of pretence either
at originality or legitimacy. the bit Is
pleasing. The turns interpolatsd by
George and Josephine Conan are ,spe tally
entertaining. The Three Merke Sisters
are marvelOusly supple women. and Yorhe
and Adams prove as tolerabls as can be
expected Of two men who still stick to fol-
lowing Dave Warheld. Diana contributes
several dances that are remarkably grace
ful. while her light and mechanical effects
really deserve to be ranked with those Of
La Loie Fuller and Madame Hermann.
The entire perfOrmance-despite the five
persons uamed-is excellent. AMI doubtless
it will draw the largest houses that have
gathered at the Grand since Ching Ling
Foo departed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

The performance OF Faust" which last
nigh, inaugurated The season Of grand ard
comic opera to be provided at the Laia-
yette. BY the Strakosch Company. proved
oonclusively that musical ocganiza ion
may give very satisfactory renderings
at the popular 100000 cent rate Of admis-
sion and still be unfit to tenant a first
class place of amusement. Truth 10 tell,
the Fates were not with the StrakOSCh
Company on the occasion OF its opening
nor were the expected auditors Tor scarce
" quarter of the theatres seating capa-
city was utilized.
The advertised grand end comic opera"
was a delusion. The grandness was almost
wholly imaginary and the comic element
was quite absent-uuless one notes the
nearly successful efforts Of the scenery to
toppie over Oh the singers not in the way
Of q rcprimaud for their vocal labcrs SD
much perhaps, as in evidence OF the La
avetJe's bad stage management Nor in re-
calling the comic" portion Of the pr=seu-
tation should the spectator pass over the
hurting Of a hugh wreath CT laurel from an
upper box 10 that portion of the platform
occupied by j. X. Murray. Unfortunately.
the emblem Of victory fell tinSel side up.
creati~. the impression that a game OF
CupdEt endeavcring to make a ringer
Seriously enough, the performance Of
Faust" provided as a premiere. davel-
oped no single feature that might serve as
an excuse for the excessive door charge.
This fact becomes more gllring when il is
understood that the same in expectation Wss
furnished earlier in the year at Baltimore
and only last week in Pennsylvania towns
at popular prices. While Mr. Strdl5as.h's
people might please at smaller sums and
have-at the schedule he has demanded the
productions are decidedly and regrettsbly
inferior. There was not q really good
voice heard in the GounOd work. the mem
Der of the cast who has the best claim
to eNCellence-Clara L8ae-is prevented by
illness from participating in the current
bill. The chorus is numerically adequate,
but deficient in every other respect Com
pared with the Castle Square Company.
which asked half the fee. the organiza-
ton at the Lafayette is absolutely ridicu-
IOus.
In the absence Of Clara Lane Fatmah
Diard was rescued from a cheap operate
combination i'm Brooklyn and brought 20
the Capital to reveal a memory OF a so
prano. She was Marguerite OF the evening
The work of J. X. Murray. as Valentine
was a redeeming feature. Payne Clark's
tenor stood the titular role for two acts.
when Mr.. Clark was compelled to retire
in favor of Grafton Baker. There are sew
cral lesser and greater principals. but their
efforts proved of such a character that
there is no need OF individualizing II the |
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

IRON ire Fhuaceipha htcord.t
The fact that the cormorant trusts are pursued
from State 10 State hy reprc-sive legislation and
judicial inquisition may result ia condition of
continuous itinerancy. 1t is said that when tic
officials ard effects OF the Tinpste and National
steel trusts were transported from Chicago to
New YORK headquarters. business was despatched
as usual while the train Of six cars rolled along.
As some milliouaires and msgnates provide them
selves with lodging, lounging, eating and electric
conyenienccs when they 20 about in luxurious
private so that travel, business. and pleasure
may go yoked together, the Movable Trust may
fit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and plumber
as il Uandors about
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27
Getting Together.


(From the Richmond Timos)
The Hon. William +. Bryan (, quoted rs hay
ing said in recent interview in Atlanta: the
Democrats viii take mp the Declaration OF In
dependence oi l776 and add 20 il some of the ad-
mirahle plsnks in the platform Of Abraham Lin
coin and Put them into the Democratic platform.
aud then defy the Republicans % attack them. %
We 10 not know how much OF Luo0inisIn Mr.
Bryan proposes TO Incorporate into the Democratic
platform. He is very fond oi quoting from some
uf Lincons most radical abolition speeches Tina
sort Of thing, Of coursc. viii not 60 iu the South
Bat, if Mr.. Bryan can persuade the Democratic
party TO plant ITSELF firmly on the Declaration Of
Independence and make that the platform Of the
party, all the old-flshioued Democrats viii get
together once more and make one of tho livsliest
campaigns tie history Of the party.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

of the Union Evangelical Conference how
he In whose name they have assembled
rebuked the Pharisees who reproached the
disciples for gathering the ripe ears of
corn as they walked through the fields on
the Sabbath, or the older illustration of
the unfortunate OK; but as their own de-
feated amendment proves, times change
and creeds must change with them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27
Men who Do Not Vote.

The Rev Charles NJ Alvord. pastor OF
the Westminster Presbyterian Church. OF
Philadelphia, preached a sermon Sunday
sciences of a large percentage Of the people
of the United States. Thousands of our cit
liens. he said. never cast a ballot on cleo
ton days. The man who fails to exercise
his right of suffrage should be disfran-
chised." And to this he added the remark
able statement that over one-half of the
citizens of Philadelphia never vote.
This, in all probability, is not only true,
but the deplorable feature of it is that the
men who thus neglect to discharge the
highest duty Of citizenship belong to the
more intelligent and cultured classes of
society whose voice should be heard in ev-
cry contest which involves the welI-being
Of the country or the community in which
they live. They overlook the obligation
which rests upon them as a component part
of the ruling power in representative gov
eminent and self indulgenty yield to their
natural repugnance to mingling in the
m2elstrom Of tattsrdermalians and saloon
loafers. Even if they attempt to justi
fy their failure to participate in the Sc
lection Of worthy men and the support Of
wise measures on less esthetic grounds,
they argue that their feeble votes, after
all, will count for nothing against the
hordes which the ward hcelers have corral
led for the occasion.
But, according to the statement of the
Rev. Mr.. Alvord, they can lay no such unc-
ton to their souls, since the non-partici-
pants are equal in numbers to those who
so to the polls; and as it must be as
sumed that among these who exercise
the right OF suffrage there must be large
percentage of upright and conscientious
men. an alliance between all the forces
oi good might easily determine every ques-
tion that came to issue.
Nothing so drastic as the remedy which
the Philadelphia minister proposes is
either just or possible, but surely the OK
listing condition OF affairs should arouse
the social drones TO 4 realizing sense of
their culpable inaction, silence their crit
icisms of the ring rule and corruption
which their own delinquency perpetuates,
and inspire them with determination to
shape the laws under which they live, and
select the men who are to enforce them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

Since the decision of the Supreme Court
in former Captain Carter's case settles
his business finally. and will consign him
to Fort Leavenworth prison for term
which will certainly run beyond the Presi-
DENTAL election. we should like to see
some adequate evidences Of governmental
activity in the prosecution Of his co-of-
tenders. If the remainder Of the gang are
to go free Carter will be martyr.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

From the New York Evargelist)
The United States should be anxious to grant
The islanders what would be for the best interests
OF tile country at large Why should not equal
commcrciIl opportunities be given TO all United
states citizens aliEos Why not an absolute fr,s
trade to ali parts OF Tic uca American Common.
g.calthy
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

Grom the Galveston Newz)
Members Of the Chicago bar rise when tho
ju zoe erters the court room aud remain standing
until court ia opened After cout opens they
proceed Ia the usual way to throw the Judge
down and run over him.