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tBY JOS. OIL,

Washington. August 14-(special TO the
Atlanta constitutional William Goebel
lost his life through the stupidity OF q
negro porter In Frankfort. KY, hotel
If 1t had not been for this porter. much
OF the turmoil In that State would have
been avoided and Goebel would have been
a member OF the Kentucky senate today,
leading the fight on the corporate in
fluences as he had led 1t at all stages OF
his legislative career.
The day that the election board rem
dered its decision against Goebel. he, with
two other friends. drove across country
VITA Colonel Jack Chnn. who was on his
way home. Goebel ana the other two
simp.y went along to keep Colonel Jack
company during the ride OF ten or twelve
miles to the railway station.
Un their way back Goebel discussed the
situation at some length with his COM
panlons. who were his close friends say
ing he had made up his mind that ne
would not carry the contest any farther
because while he believed ne was justly
entitled 10 the seat. he felt that contest
before the legislature would only increase
bitterness throughout the State and might
iniure. rather than help, the party. He
had apparently fully determined upon this
course.
Il an" said he. going to get up in
time to catch that early train tomorrow
morning and 80 off to Coyington with
my brother for a rest. Then I'll come
back and take my place in the senate
where / believe | can do the people al
most as much service as II / were gov
ernor. was rightfuly elected governor
but IL is my judgment that the best thing
to do ls to stop right here and save the
State the turmoil that would naturally
follow carrying this to the limit
This was his firm determination that
night AS he went to bed he left a call
for the early morning train. intending u
carry out the programme he had outlined,
The negro porter forgot to call him. Tho
next dav Joe Blackburn and other demo-
Gratis got at him and urged that he owed
It to the party to carry the contest be-
fore the legislature. They presented the
care with so much earnestness that he
finally yielded on the score OF party duty.
This change in his plans cost him his
life.
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One member of the Bryan party at In
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SOME posTsCRIpTs-


wheeling w. Va, is to be presented vii,
a ramon captured by the United States gun
boat Wheeling at Aparrio. on the island of
Luzon.
The canker worm has been playing havoc
among the orchards in Plat county Missouri
Farmers do not expect to produce more than
one-fourth OF the usual crop.
What expert fishermen declared the larc
est sturgeon ever taken was' caught last
month IN the North Sea. He weighed over
CID pounds. measured tribe over II feet.
and had glrth OF feet inches.
In England the tallest siugla-stcmme1 beech
tree stands in Lord Brownlow's perk A. Ash
bridge which ovcrlooks the beech country
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1t is known as the
queen beech and is $50 feet hlrh
Determination of the navy department to
establish large coaling 6ero. at Guam vi,
result in making the vessels of the Asiatic
station practically indep ndent Of coal mar
kets in that part Of the world
Powell, hardresser. Easy shaving. ID.
Support the namesake Of the Hero OF Mafo-
king" is notice in tho north Of London,
and baker in Manchester has ru ed a
rival by changing his name to Kitchener.
Considerable mystery has existed for sew
ornl years as 10 the identity of the man in
Denver Colo. who voted for Palmer and
Ruckner in 1896 They received one vote in
that state out OF total Of neatly 10000.
AS the kneiper river takes a s)uthwesterly
direction in order TO discharge itself to in,
Black sea 1t passes a succession OF rapids,
and il is proposed to utilize til power Of the
rapds for the generation Of electricity.
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social standing than Beckh,u,
cratic candidate. and thai ia. ne i,n,.
" me oenent LOT the Republican ~. M,
mere Is absolutely nothius s.w
lain o,ai.;. saiu ~, Mr. Woodson. in ren,s ~
question. ~ is true that MY rnss'o NJ
comes comes from good family, bu, as4|
Governor Beckhau1. The only I'M esl1|
can POSSIBLY say against Beclbs NY - ri
ne Is young. He has made : w,
a,snliled governor. and ] am sure 'i II
The claim OF social supes,o,s
Yerkes probably grew nj, ,'!V III
that he does possess that sor, ne tx
riority over Tavlor. the rennh,,. q ipts
gee. who seems to be AFRAID tst.I
to Kentucky on account ~ ~. w hai'
connection with the blot a. ~ alspg
Goebel Yerkes Is a much assasslnil,
than Taylor, good lawyer ana aD,s' islm|
creator. auu 60 AN,
Tho present indications a..
that Beckham will defeat MIN aovsvs.
everybody comedies that ihs s s.a Aunt'
in any event be in the Brvan oaN vt
the election OF 1898 1t was ths trsoaann. Il
cast for John Young Bror,n ,a KY vulst'
1t possible for Taylor to fcrya ~. naat'
thu face OF the returns. TN aueaa
voted for John Young Brown ,. .sn w.
out a single exception. democr..'e' VIM
will vote to a man for Bryan. - ~.
~
And the democratic leaders cou,,
confidence on getting these vo,.. "
very great majority of them for p,,.s !
ri
These votes were cast by homes, u. !.
luded democrats who were led IN \. ~
boiling movement by men WIN u,
selves voted the republican ticket ~
Most of the men who voted d, A.,
will doubtless do so again, but n,
who voted for Brown and who ara AZ.
Gratis have had their eyes opened 4 4.
influences back of that Brown movsn.,,
two years ago and will vote this Tina i.
Beckham. Some men who did nj MI.
Beckham's nomination. but who ri, n.
some other and older democrat shons II !.
chosen to lead this fight. were AFRAID /,
ter Beckham's nomination was made n,
perhaps 1t was mistake and that IN III
sequence the party's chances were ma, /,
good as they might be; but a NUMB, i
those who felt that way have told M h,
believe the situation has very ma,er,N,
improved and that Beckham is sure d I
elected by good big majority.
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Drifting from Mckinley 4.

ShaVdEu chronicle.
The reports from all parts of the coun-
try naming former republicans who Will
support Bryan and Stevenson this year
create alarm in the administration ranks
and qualification in democratic ranks. OF
course but few of the changes actually
occurring obtain newspaper notoriety
our Of Thousands who drift from one party
10 another only few conspicuous names
arc published.
EN7Mayor Robert r. McKisson of Cleve-
land Is named as among the latest ac-
duisitions to the democratic party. He
was mayor OF Cleveland for several terms
nominated and elected by the republicans
He was the republican candidate for mayor
again at the last city election, hut was
defeated through the detection OF the
Hanna faction
Other Ohio names are associated with
that OF Mcklsson as Joining him in OPP
position 10 Mch!uley's election. perhaps
some Of these reports are 70 b. taken
with allowances. II is the hardest work
in the world FOR a prominent republican
to break away from his party Many OF
those who protest the loudest al first are
whipped In and become absurdly loyal az
tho last,
But this applies only to prominent mon
prom .nence Expresses his intention 10
abandon the republican party many OF no
peculiar prominence abandon u without
announcing their Intention. The few Inen
on the surface wac express dlssausiac-
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which to invest money than is afforded
here? If the public could only know
the history Of many Of these dear girls
and follow UP their lives after they
leave us, the means would flow into tho
treasury until we could take hundreds
that we are compelled TO refuse for want
of means to meet the obligations o.
so large a number. At present we have
100. This is a new work, only seven
years old, but we believe that II was
born of God and is destined to mould
the characters OF and turn into chan
nels OF the greatest usefulness the lives
of thousands of the poor girls of Texas,
who, but for this institution, would
continue in poverty, working as hard as
men-many of them-to earn the bare
necessities of life.
No distinction is made between COL
lese and cottage students. All honor and
respect is given to girls who are so hun
cry for knowledge and for training for
the obligations Of life, that they are will
ing to enter these cottages and be known
as poor girls, and by the work of their
own hands make 1t possible 10 have the
advantages Of Baylor college.
This work is Under the management
of Mrs. ELI Moore Townsend, who con-
ceived the plan and inaugurated the work.
Ella Yelvington, Assistant
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40 the democracy OF Texas.
Greenvlle, Texas. August 14--In re-
Spouse to very general demand on the
part of the progressive and fair minded
citizenship of Texas. and particularly OF
the intelligent womanhood of the State,
the democratic convention recently held
at Waco incorporated in its platform a
demand for "the establishment by the
State of an Industrial school for girls"
had | been honored with place on the
platform committee | should have urged
an expression fayorlng a speedy reform in
our educational system generally, look.
ing TO the establishment of manual train
M schools for both sexes either separate.
lY or in connection with the public free
schools. / am not sure, however tnat the
single shot Of the committee and of the
convention will not prove more effective
IMAM to have undertaken so much at une
ume. AT any rate l am entirely satisfied
win the triumph as applied TO the long
neglected womanhood Of our great state
and in the name Of the State convention
OF industrial education and of the strug-
sling women of Texas whose righteous
cause we in part represent. we extend
our sincere ana heartfelt thanks to the
convention for its action in the premises
" w. Grub. Chairman.
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HOUSTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST ~, ,noo
PAGES TODAY.
THE REVOLT AGAINST mKrsLn1.

We can rely upon It that the action OF
che liberty convention" at indianapolis
will be sreered at ridiculef and abused
BY the republican press OF the Nation toI
the limit of editorial capacity, but that
will not alter the fact that this convention
promises to take its place in American
politics as one of the notable history
makers Of the Nation.
courage Of conviction so bold and
pronounced that IT will leld men to sever
the political associations of life time,
Is not to be despised. Patriotism so high
end pure that It puts the constitution aud
the traditions Of the fathers above party
predictions, above gold standards or sill;
yer standards, above sectional interests or
sectional prejudice, or local environment.
can not be laughed at Men who show
that they are inspired to action through
fears for the safety Of the Republic itself
can not be hurt or deferred by abuse.
We remember how In 1884 the resources
Of ridicule and invectiye we're exhausted
against George William Curtis aud the
clean and conservative element OF Eastern
men who with him supported Mr.. Cleve-
land against Blaine. The term mug
wump" became one Of derislon and con-
tempt in the republican ranks. But the
mugwumps elected the democratic candi-
date.
In 1896 the democrats affected to despise
the revolt o, the gold bugs" in the party
and they became auathema maranatha In
the regular democratic fold. But thel
elected Mckinley
It is doubtful IL any past detection from
any party has been more imposing in num-
bers or respectable In character than this
abandonment OF the republican organiza-
tlon az typined and voiced by the liberty
convention which has for the past day o.
two been in session in Indianapolis
Though the delegations numbered only be
tween 900 and 400 men the enthusiasm
manifested. the strength OF conviction dis
played, she bitter hostility toward Nc
Kinleyism exhibited anl the general higl
character and influential standing OF tn g
IN attendance and OF those who sent let
tiers in sympathy with the movement, wcr
most remarkable and deeply signihcan
of revolution in sentiment that promise
humiliation for the republican parry
Not all the men in this movement arr
former republicans, but they we're al
supporters OF Mckinley in 1896 and aide,
materially in his election.
That the action and influence OF Thu
meeting at indianapolis will create
profound impression throughout tho coun
try can hardly be Questioned. That Mr.
Bryan hos received powerful allies OUTSIDE
his own party is equally certain. Neithe
ridicuie. nor abuse, nor money will b.
able to weaken this movement or counter
act or control the conduc, OF such mon
In the meantime how conspicuously doe
their bold stand Tor principle, their un
selfish patriotism their courage Of con
vietion. dwarf the sordidness Of such mei
as John NJ. Palmer and the littleness au
sowardlce Of such men rs Senator lloar!
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shrinking pots contained poison with which II
was expected to cxtermine the Chinese. There
was, OF course, great excitement aud comuio-
uon--Monroo tLa.J Ncws
There is some reason 10 believe that tn.
application Of soap and water might prove
as destructive as the administration Of poison
John Chinaman is not accustomed to that
sort OF thing.
Harvesting the rico crop OF jefferson county
began in all parts OF the county this mora
Ing and II the rains will cease for two or
three weeks the voice Of the reaper will b.
heard throughout tho county singing the song
OF peace and plenty Beaumont Journal.
The weather so far this season seems 70
have been arranged for the especial benefit Of
tho rice growers. The sunshine which has
followed the heavy rains has given the plant
ors the best OF opportunities for beginning
their harvesting and now that work is go
Ing OH rapidly throughout the rice belt OF
Texas and Louisiana.
~
Abilene is vastly more concerned In sci
tllng good farmers in her territory, in build
ING factories and educating her children
IMAM IN running elections although the lat
tir occupation is very nice at leisure moments
as recreation. But when you touch tn
hoart OF an Abilene man you find 1t fixed on
othor things than politics.-Abilene Reporter.
ioAds Is most happily constituted in this
respect Her people are in a position to push
their Industrial interests all the year round
and then on election day go to the polls
and pile up one OF those brutal democratic
majorties you read about.
~
1t has been estimated that the people II,
the neghborhood of Jacksonville this year
made somewhere in sight OF a quarter OF a
m!lllon dollars on fruit melons and vege-
tables What tho Jacksonville people have
done by trying the Palestine people can 90
by trying. VIII the Palestine people ever
/ tryE Ihats the rub.-Palestine Press.
Here Is sermon in n nutshell It must
DO remembered, too. that Jacksonville and
Palestine are not the only Texas towns which
are situated in fruit sections of wonderful
productiveness.
mexico and the nations south of us are
very much interested in the policy of the
United states on the question OF Imperialism
anu wei they may be- for It is a aueg-
tion IN which they are oncerned.-Marshall
Messenger.
The manner in which the question IL re-
ceived Is shown very concusvely by the
press Of the countries referred to. Praises of
Mr. Bryan and his principles and articles
pointing out the dangers of Imperialism ara
very frequent
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any race the moment II gets hold OF
them 1t was this spirit that made the
ofnanclpated negro at once the political
equal of his former masier--and got the
poor ex-slave into no end OF trouble
1t Is the same spirit that has sent
Commission" OF we'll meaning gentlemen
who know nothing OF the Fillpinos to put
those ex-slayes OF Spain into a new life
by O simple scratch OF the pen, or q COM
mission ukase, after 200 years of lnher-
tied traditions, racial instincts, social
customs and political night
But the new Havana charter. strange
to relate. did not, after very
short trial, appear to work smoothly.
The people, and even the new
office holders under it. began to
protest against II and to point out Its
inapplicability in many features to Ha-
vana. Fortunately for the Cubans Gov
ernor General Wood is man Of broad
views. He is different typo from the
Brookes and Ludows, who preceded him.
He is not so cocksure that wisdom will
die with US. General Wood. therefore,
permitted the council OF Havana TO ac-
cept or amend of reject this new char
ter. and. day or two ago. advices from
that city told us that the instrument had
been rejected by vote OF % to /.
Whether the Havanesa will now be per-
United to frame their own charter and
exercise in fact self-government, we are
not yat informed, but we have this elm.
phatic illustration again of our inability
TO properly or sympathetically govern
colonies through military government
which receives its Inspiration from sour
ces other than the customs and ira
ditlons and desires of the people gov
erned.
We have made a botch of matters IN
Porto Rico. failure in Cuba, and have
been utterly unable to get in touch with
the Filipinos. Only the sugar barons in
Hawaii, with their New England con
nections and inherited missionary pro-
cliylties, have been left to their own de-
vices-they arc OF US. in spirit ana Ia
4 pocket.
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SOME lNGLoniors EXPERIMENTS.

An incident has Just occurred in Ha-
vana that demonstrates again our fresh
ness" in colonial government and our
nminently Pharisaical and crusadiug spirit
in matters OF National and social custom,
and political practices and beliefs. We
simply have way OF thinking that what
suits us ought to suit everybody.
Some time ago charter for the city
OF Havana Was prepared by or under the
auspices of our military government of
Cuba. The Cubans had little voice in the
draft Of this important instrument. nor
was It ever submitted to the people OF
Havana for their inspection or ratlGca-
tion. 1t was framed as II for some Amer
lean city whose ideas, manner OF life and
political education for hundred years
had differed from those Of the Hayanese
IL was not thought at the time that II
was put in operation that 1t would be
possible for the Onbans TO find any OBJ.
lection to 1t. Was 1t not OF the American
brand. and did not Puritanism and other
American isms breathe IN its every line
We know In the South how generous
the North is when It comes to distrib-
uting its peculiar kind OF political. re.
lisious and social faith. II always desires
20 give you more OF 1t than you want
1T ts so benevolent that 1t tries to mako
full dedged citizens OF the benighted Of
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cBY j. II. SOVEREIGN

Former Master Workman of the
knights of Labor.
The workngmen of America are unal-
terably opposed to trusts, not on the
ground that all trusts are necessarily
greedy and oppressive, for combinations
of capital and brains for the promotion
and successful operation of great entor-
prisos need not necessarily rob or Cypress
anybody The corporation of capitol and
practical experience in the development
Of great industries may be 50 managed as
to prove far more beneficial to the COM
mon people than the individual efforts OF
many persons applied singly to The sama
industries.
All this is admitted. But we object t.
the trusts because the concentration OF 90
great arbitrary power over the telds OF
productive and distribuCve enterprise
furnishes the greatest possible incentive
to robbery and oppression, and already the
process of extreme stratihclton 50 de-
structive of Individual liberty. and so de-
structive to the perpetuity OF republican
government Is everywhere In evidence as
a result OF taer arrogant domination over
the industries OF the country.
Trusts, like kings, can not be trusted
with the welfare Of the people, or the
business interests and the commercial
ri mt of the Nation. We have tried them
to our hearta' content and find In them q
naughty, dictatorial policy no less sun
versive of liberty and equality than We're
the tyMnical eXactlons imposed by King
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Truc ana False Ring.

Uhlcago Chronicie,
The contrast between the literary quail
NV OF the recent discussion OF Imperialism
oY Mr.. Bryan and that OF Mr.. Mckinley
otheiai papers and popular deliverances
can no. fail to Impress discriminating
Americans.
Mr' bryen writes like man whose con-
elItioh Tecedes the utterances Ills eS-
PRESTON. therefore. Is free. flowing spon-
Htecus. II is delightful TO read his natu-
rsl unineumbered and direct sentences.
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tion with republican policies and manage
me1t represent a vast eX,eIt OF unrest
beneath the surface. An explosion is
sure.
While we do not give absolute credulty
to all reports OF changes by distinguished
individuals. we accept the reports as ac-
ourately indicating the popular drift The
signs are unmistak1ble They precede
every political rev olution.
Political changes are uniform. They
proceed IA single direction. We hear OF
no radical change from the democratic
party to the republican party. Changes
from the republican party to the demo-
cratic pSrty are numerous in all direc-
lions. With the drift all one way there
can be little doubt as to the result.
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WHY HE is HonEsIoA'

81
des gwine back Ter de ., eaT
| done got tahd o baw l,'
case I wuhkin' haha
In de white folks ya as, no no.
En- / des' gwine res dan on =
En- make er grab
Fo' err nice fat cray Re ltrs'
En- ! git him. too--de LAW
des dom like dis BawisstASed ~
Err cullud man. he h -
So l err gwlne erway
Ercross de bay. 80, ergo
En- / wish I'd gone dis Ions /,
/ des gwine back ter de she', MI ~
des gwine dab. en- take - +
BY Mary Brown
en- call huh down .rurrai Z
Case she been spahkin s 81 aneds
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A solid Delegation.

Huntsville Post. ,,...,,, d
The Tenth congressional dls'a. y.
oohiltree- Hawley district, VIII q All
cratic this year. MT oSnn ~ me vp''
Hawley We're not elected y, ,hs peG'
licans, but were elected os sut -
Mr.. Hawley does not want ~ ~, d u
good democrat wiz take ms 80 ~ ssssuosaf
gress. Texas will have sonu .ssss. y
deleg, ton in the next e0ns
Tom Ball as leader.
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A Parallel Case.

Lake Charles Press "a
The administration organs po'''
Dingley tariff law because Inc ~
has produced surplus. This re, ,..s I
man who refused to have nls s, ,
paired when It became unrel'l y, 4,
said he could tell the time py ss,r,
the minute hand was az wy - k,s
the clock struck thirteen; thsn
1t was seventeen minutes past
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vigorous and yet melodious. His elntiii'
tion Of imperialism is destined iol pc
in literature.
Mr.. Mckinley writes as one " w.
the conviction is thing assumed ,ui u. Y.
pen and is no part OF the spirit hls ~ u
tlon, therefore. is stilted, mecnanlo'i y y
bored. making up in phrases wnat y ~. ~
In virlity. and his paragraphs SNOW ~
they have been subjected 10 palusN''
effort to conceal the want OF beaelS N.
AS Mr.. Mckinley has chosen y ~
himself around the stump OF aimos. ~
public question OF his time, 40 ~
cramped and stiff with repeated a'''4'T
to double on itself. u, a,
He has thus far contributes az
phrase to political controversy, i, .,,r,,
lent assimilation, and that wli .- sr3 +
him as the epitaph of his inslnc., rs,md
is already a gibe and is never s,psei 4.
except in derision OF It's author anu -
piled condemnation Of its object, X h,
Between the writing OF VT sp
and the writing of Mr.. Bryan tns, ... 4,
difference the ear detects pe,Ws "a. i,
true ring and the false when tne n ~,
the counterfeit culver on the c0uD'