davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Bryan Heartily For Parker.

Esopus, N. Y, SpeciaI.-Edward c.
Wall, of Wisconsin, and Mrs. Wal
were the guests of Judge Parker Wed
resday. They are en- route to Europe
Mr.. Wall brought a cordial message
olrect from VIM. ]. Bryan, assuring
Judge Parker that he is heartily with
the ticket and will place himself at the
disposal of the Democratic national
committee to do everything in his
power to insure party success this fall.
Mr.. Bryan breakfasted with Mr.. Wall
at the latter's home in Milwaukee. July
70, and they spent several hours to-
gether. Mr.. Wall said Mr.. Bryan had
been misunderstood in the East and
that the feeling toward him is unfor-
tunate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Appeal for Mrs. MAVERICK,

London, By Cable.-In the form of a
letter from correspondent, signed
"Heathcote Hardinge," The Daily
Chronicle this morning makes a strong
appeal on behalf of Mrs Maybrick. The
letter urges that Mrs. Maybrick is in
nocent and that she ought to be grant
ed free pardon, and contends that
she would never have been convicted
had there been a court of criminal ap-
peal in England. The Chronicle also
prints an editorial which strongly sup
ports "Heathcote Hardinge's'', view of
the case. A bill was introduced in the
House of Commons yesterday by two
prominent lawyers providing for the
re-trial of criminal cases.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
kuropatkin in Rapid Retreat

st. Petersburg, By Cable.-A report
from an apparently reliable source late
Monday night was to the effect that
General Kuropatkin's main force had
been rapidly moving north for several
days. According to this report, no
troops proceeding to the front from
Russia had gone past Hardin in the
PAST three days. They win be detained
there and every available piece of roll
Ing stock will be rushed south empty
loi the removing of troops at Lao
Yang and other points to the north
ward, leaving skeleton force to con-
test the Japanese advance on vital DO
sitions,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
THREE CARS STOP ON Tue BRIDGE
Two Crowded Passenger Cars and .
Baggage Car Ensuifed In the Tor.
rent That Tore Out . TressIe Span
ming a Prairie Creek Near Pueblo,
COL. the Loss Of Life Probably
Reaching 100,

Pueblo, Col, Specialize wrecl
OF the Worlds Fair Flyer on the Den
YER & Rio Grande, near Eden, sever
miles north of Pueblo, Sunday even
ing. proves to have been one of thu
| greatest railroad disasters in the his
tory Of the country. Two crowded
| passenger cars and a baggage cal
were engulfed In the torrent that tore
out a trestle spanning Steel and Hol
low, otherwise known as Dry Creek
and so far as known only three oil
the occupants of these cars escaped
death. Fortunately the sleeping cars
and a diner, completing the train, re
manned on the track at the edge of the
abyss, and none of their occupant.
was killed or injured
How many persisted probably new
er will be definitely ascertained, for
the treacherous sands are drifting
over the bodies. Searching for the
dead was begun about mid
night on an extensive scale
and Is still in progress Monday
night. All corpses found were brought
to Pueblo and placed in four morgues
here. At 8 o'clock rs bodies had
been recovered, and of these. so had
been identified. During the day bod
les were recovered all the way along
Fountain river from the scene Of the
wreck to this city. At one o'clock
Monday afternoon two bodies were
taken from the stream at First street,
Pueblo, more than eight miles from
the point where the disaster occurred.
and it is probable that others will b..
found down the stream.
Two car loads of human freight
plunged into the raging torrent that
destroyed the trestle over the usually
dry arroyo, known as Steel and Hol-
low, near Eden, about 8 o'clock Sun
day evening. Two sleeping cars and
the dining car stopped at the brink
of the hungry chasm filled with q
boiling, seething current that quickly
snuffed out probably 100 lives. So
quietly had the catastrophe been en-.
acted that the occupants of the three
cars remaining on the track did not
realize that an accident had occurred
until they alighted from the train.
Then they were utterly powerless to
render assistance to tho victims who
had disappeared in the rushing wa.
ters.
On the lookout for danger. warned
by the squally clouds and heavy rains
to the north, Engineer Charles Hin
man was running cautiously at about |
ID miles an hour as he approached
the arroyo, which was spanned by \ |
bridge So feet in length. The condi-
ion of the bridge was not known un-
III the locomotive, one of the monster
passenger type, had nearly crossed.
Frank Mayfield, with a torch
hat the engineer and fireman had
burning to ascertain the condition
II the track, was in the gangway.
When Engineer Hindman felt the
remor in the great machine and
;aught q glimmer on the water. he
houted mis- last words, Put out that
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

|
II 20 m. wilson ] Is p N, and srri,s
q Rocky Mount at Il - p N.
Yadkin Division Main Llns-Ttaii
leaves Wilmington. 9:10 a. m. arErss
Fayetteville 1920 p. m. leaves Fays:ts
Vile 1912 p. %. arrives Sanford l:a
p. N. Returning leaves Sanford 3:a
p. M. arrive Fayetteville 4:20 p N.
leave Fayetteville 1880 p. NJ. arrlvs
Wilmington 7:16 p. m.
Bennettsville Branch-Train l"avs
.. m, Red Springs. 1882 q. m. Park,os
1924 Q. m. Hope Mills 1855 q. N. a.
rive Fayetteville ll:l0. Retprnlni
leaves Fayetteville I:S p. m. Hop
Mills 500 p. m. Red Springs 5:43 ?
M. Maxton Sis p. m. arrives Dsa
nettsville tbs p. m.
Connections At Fayetteville al
train No. 70 at Maxton with II
Carolina Central Railway. at Rel
Springs with the Red Springs and Bow
more railroad. at Sanford with the Ses
board Air Line and Southern Railway
at Gulf with the Durham and Ckarlotu
Railroad.
Train on the Scotland Neck Brand
Road leaves Weldon S:16 p. NJ, Hall
tax s:2s p. m. arrives Scotland Nec,
at 4:10 p. N. Greenville SAT p. N,
Kinston 6:46 p. m. Returning lesves
Kfnston 1880 Z. m. Gresnvills $50 q
m. arriving Halifax at 1:06 a II.
/ Weldon 1870 q. m. daily except SUB
day.
Trains on Washington Branch lean
Washington 500 an, and l:I5 D. N.
arrive PCmele s:66 q. M, and s;l0p
NJ, returning leave Parmele s:l5 3
%. and 6:22 p. m, arrive Washingtoi
1885 q. m. and e:16 p. m, daily et
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. G., dali,
except Sunday 4:35 p. m. SAD
day, 4:s5 p. m. arrives Ply mouts
e:35 p. m. $40 D. N. Rsturnini
leaves Plymouth daily except Sunday
1880 a. M. and Sunday 900 q. IL. ~
rives Tarboro 9:65 a. N. 100 {.
Train on Midland N. C. Branch
leaves Goldsboro daily except sunda,
500 Q. m. arriving Smithfieid e:l0a
m. returning leaves Sp,ithfleld 7.a
q. M. arrives at Goldsboro s:26 q. n
Trains on Nashville Branch leaT
Rocky Mount $50 q. M. 400 D. ID. 81
rive Nashville io:20 q. m, l:2s PA.
Spring Hope u:0o q M. l:@ o. N. 10
turning leave Spring Hope go q. l.,
b:1b p. m, Nashville 11:4 q. m, 5.a
p. m. arrive at Rocky Mount II: 1912
M $40 p. M, daily except Sunday
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Var
saw for Clinton daily, except Sundak
$3.50 q. m. and AIS DID. m. Returning
leaves Clinton at 700 a. m. and 10 60
3. m.
Train No. Is makes close eonnecdos
az Weldon for all points North daily
All rail via Richmond.
.4.. W. J. CRAIG,
General Passenger Agent
=: y. KENLY. Genr. Manager.
:. n. EMERSON. Trafic Manager
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

WIT 0sEEtH.
The discovery Of the la,es, use "a
Which rsdium can be pu.-the sIlurs
nation OF gun sights, and the like a,
night time-seems to indicate that 4,
WI Play IN important part In war.
fare.
In gun sights. leveling instruments
And telescopes taere In what is called
. hducial" mark, which IL used to
obtain . faithful result.
These marks OF course are use7ess
In the dark. and. though many ways
OF Illuminating them have been trfed.
nothing has proved Satisfactory.
Mr.. Andrew A. Common OF Eaton
rise Falling. vas the first TO attempt
To solve the difficulty by the use Of
radium. and his experiments were SO
successful that he applied for a pat.
ent. Unfortunately, he did not live
to have It granted. but the complete
specifications submitted by Mrs. Com.
mon. his widow and executrix. have
just been accepted.-London Daily
Mall.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
To Christen the Louisiana.

washington, Special.-The Navy De-
rartment has been Informed that the
Governor of Louisiana has selected
Miss Juanita Lallande, of New Orleans.
to christen the battleship Louisiana
which will be launched at Newnort
News, Va, August q. A LACE nartv
from Louisiana and officials from tho
Navy Department are expected to at-
tend the launching.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
So. 80
DR.. ,WOoLLEY'S
&WHISKY
l-+ANTIDOTE

permanently at your own home
.ox., :: n Brown, Of Deoueen, Ark s.vs
, U;,er seTen years ago I was cured ~ ~:
t3nmaI "a nlt by your medicine and baye .e.n1
NJ n N tne very best Of health since
81 a., u. Tanstall.- of Loyincston U.
49, Am glad to say that 'drmjv fe,iau.
ehe an entirely and permanently cured W
e Oank Habit, - have never even ~ nnre ~
vou rsnsea drink in any form since tool
ne b essadlcAtor, now Is months ago II 10
~. ~ money ever Invested" - ~
- titS mia Townsend, of Shreveror. T.
oths1 ,.n 80 more opium. / have taken no
az AZ, temeay. than yours and make no m Ho
sS.o w :. say that my health is hs.ter nng
shd yanr was In my life, and owe 1t to Won
81. NJ I rs cured hy your freatment'a
.fI1.-u0oiley has thousands of such test;uo,-
-, VIA permission to use them. 4 trsat-
pSm wltn so many Recommendations fron,
Y ysiclans And cured patients must he gonJ "A
~, IT IT. Woo!iey's Antidote has imitatnrS iss
son 10Y aleieies hayel-perhaps you have tried
~ sone o. them, bat there is nothing like Wno;-
my =. itnas stood the test of thirty tears No
.n Hn on woman who uses opium or whiskev in
sy i9rm, or who has friends 30 afiiiceI
should hesitate to write to
DR.. q. n. WoolIEY.
.oe Horth Pryor Street, Atlanta, Ga.
.or Sis BOOK On these diseases, which be will
9Se Iee eoo eonddenHl. "
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
A Divertino Short Story

There Is humor to burn in the di.
verting short story called "Old Home
week IN Bohemia" by Eleanor A. Hal
iowell, which appears in Lippjncott' g
magazine for August. A cleverer ap-
plication Of an idea drawn from an
opposite field has seldom been made.
The one-time Bohemians gather from
the four corners of the land to renew
the old wild habits for just one week,
and they have the time of their lives.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Suicide by Burning.

Memphis, Tenn, Special.-A special
from Olive Branch, Miss, says: DE
nented by the recent death of her hus-
band, Mrs. w. H. McCargo committed
suicide by burning. After saturating
her clothing with kerosene and setting
IRE to the oil, she rushed into the
street and fought all who attempted
tc extinguish the flames. Mr.. McCarso
was hotel keeper here and died sud
denly two weeks ago.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Gig Pelican Caught in Kentucky,

magnificent specimen of the
American pelican was captured by
Virgil Robb on the farm of Eugene
Davis, near Helena Station The bird
was seen flying in the neighborhood.
and on account of it's great size. at
tracted immediate attention. The peli-
can measured Z feet 10 inches from
tip to tip of the wings, was feet 8
inches, high, and from the eve to
the end of it's bill measured IS inches.
1t was white. with the wings tipped
with Naysville Ky.) Ledger
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Only One Survivor.

Norfolk, Special.-on board the
steamer Nantucket, Of the Merchants &
Miners Line. which arrived from Bos-
ton' vas Edward Wentworth, of the
schooner Ella Francis, which was SINK
IN collision with the Nantucket last
sunday night. Mate Wentworth was the
cniy man On the schooner saved. Those
VINO were lost were Capt. Thorndike. of
hockland. Me-. and w. Harvey, Mike
steaton and Herbert Gray, all of Rock
port Me. They were in one OF the
scnooners boats, which was drawn
under the votex made by the propeller.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Firemen Hold Convention.

Washington, Special-The seventh
annual convention of the International
Brotherhood of Stationery Firemen be-
gan here Monday and will continue
until the business of the convention is
complete. All the large unions OF the
United States and Canada arc repre-
scented.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Our Life Saving Servfce.

Sc effective is tie life-saving service
or the United States that from disas-
tiers to 246 documented vessels On the
coast during the year, having 1862
persons on board, only twenty lives
We're lost, and of the $4,000, 900 worth
OF property put in jeopardy but little
more than $1,000 200 was lost.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
New York Butchers Called Out,

New York, Specialize advisory
board of the Amalgamated Meat
Butcher Workers Union, of North
America, at meeting Monday, decided
to order strike in New York and vi
cinity. Between 5000 and 1000 men
will be called out. Slaughtering will
stop at o'clock tomorrow, and "a
hours will be spent in cleaning up, so
as to leave the abbattoires in good con-
dition. $685.;
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Japan W. Russia.

1t is we'll known that Japan is
very small country as compared with
The Russian empire Its area is 147..
600 square miles, while Russia has
100000. In population the disparity
Is much less. but still very great-44,-
100000 for Japan against $4,000, 900
for the Russian Empire.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Golfine Feat

At the recent OXFORD ari =
bridge match at wokiag one -
oompetitors-C. II. Alison # nr,,.
landed his ball on the top q, tAa -,
house in approaching 10 TIE -
rreen. One might haze inaS.-es -
this would have been out O. go
hut the player was allowe5 in =. .
ladder ana play the ball frorf tas
~ TIE house. What is nor =
mint. he rsie q grand recover a.
holed ont IN i've
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

FITS permanently cured. No fits or servous.
ness after first days use Of Dr. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, S2trial bottle and treatise froe
DR.. r. Fl. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila. Pa.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

liz the Baltic Sea there are more
wrecks than in any other place in
the world
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
Went Through Poultry Ftoek

pet dog turned himself loose In a
Damariscotta, Me-. poultry yard the
other day and slew i20 chickens In
a. many seconds.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

Germany has ten trade journals DEVOTED
to tobacco. -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has unequal for coughs and coIds.--JoHN
F.BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is. 1900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

lated spot.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

r ain so. 80 Daily, fsnves Roxy M57si /.
Il 81 p. m. Wiz or 10 p II ue.l staro a
p N. Magnolia Is p II, arrhes Waaise
ton 6 p II.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

Train No, q. daily. leaves wilnipstos
eoS an, Magnolia 10 81 N, Gold,bou
II 26 N. Wilson ] Is p N, and srri,s
ct Rocky Mount at 50 o %.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

Note Daily, except Sunday.
@Centrai Time. Eastern Time. [l.p.l
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping cars ON all
through trains, New York to Atlantis, jack
sonville and Tampa Tckets an s.le a. -,
points, Pullman reservations made upoa
application to any Ticket Agent Of this Com
UPTOWN TICKET OFFICE
Marlborough House Building. ]
Z. II. GATTlS, c. T. and p. A.
Phones III Raleigh. N, c.
q. P. Smith, T. p. A.. RALEIGH. N
o.. b. Ryan. Gen'l Passenger Agent
Portsmouth, Va.
JAS NJ. Barr. President and General
Manager, Portsmouth. Va
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11

eeaa I've md eonndentisl. '' ~ WIZ
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15

If a lack of fresh air is the cause
of tuberculosis in cows as i'm human
beings, as the New York Tribune
Farmer suggests 1t may be then there
is basis for practical effort on the
part of thoughtful Vermonters who
are trying to drive this dreadful dis
ease from the state. No harm can re-
suit and much good may be done by
insisting on cleanliness and the proper
ventilation of cattle barns, and free
outdoor life for stock whenever
weather conditions will allow of 1t.
There has been complaint of lack
of cooperation in the efforts of hui
name societies to better conditions of
our domestic animals, but if It is
proven that clean, happy, healthy ami
mails about our homes and in our SER
vice mean life for ourselves and fami-
lies, while opposite conditions mean
death for human beings, there will be
a quick boom in humane work and
probably after a little, less necessity
for it.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15
vermont's Keynote.

There is a poular impression, care
fully nursed by the republican politi-
clans and the newspapers of Vermont
that the success of the republican
nominee for president depends largely
on the size of the republican majority
in the state election in September. II
this were true II is high time that the
state election be relieved of the un-
necessary burden imposed upon It, ana
the state be left free to fight its own
battles in its own way and on state
issues alone.
But it is not true. The fall of the
barometer does not cause a storm;
nor will holding the weather Indicator
upside down, prevent the storm. All
the past history of the Vermont state
election and the presidential election
shows that the former Is exactly that
"a weather indicator-and no more.
If the September republican majority
in Vermont in a presidential year has
fallen below a certain number of thou
sands a national democratic victory
has followed; when it has exceeded
this certain number a republican vic
tory in November has followed 1t is
not cause and effect-simply sign and
thing signified.
The vote in this state in September
is sure to be used as a campaign cry
on one side or the other; but as an
actual factor in determining who shall
or shall not be president the Septem-
Der election will have no more effect
than the expansion and contraction of
mercury has on the temperature.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15

Mrs. Mary II. Hunt says that no
moderate drinker ofalcoholic beverages
is competent TO sit in judgment on a
question connected with their use, be-
cause MS long as one drinks even a
small amount of alcohol in a stated
period, one feels obliged to excuse
and defend that indulgence. The New
York Times points out that this view
restricts the list of persons from
which a competent jury on such cases
could be selected TO total abstainers--
narrow percentage of the population
supposed to be self governing. Mrs.
Hunt is the woman who directed the
scheme of temperance instruction now
working in our public schools
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15
Still Holds the Reins.
New York World.l

The World wishes 10 retract any
thing II has said I'm regard to the pass
ing Of Mr. Bryan feom the leadership
of the democratic party. Mr.. Bryan
has not passed. He seems TO be strong
er than ever. At Kansas City In 1900,
with a unanimous convention behind
him. he succeeded only in debating the
platform and the candidate. But at st.
Louis, with more than two-thirds Of
the delegates against him, he has sue
ceeded IN debating the platform. This
Is a far greater achievement, and the
Prince Of the Populists may weh
chuckle when he thinks OF the AFFECT
homage that was paid him by conser-
yative democracy's overwhelming but
white livered majority.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15

Nothing but baby play" a con-
temporary calls the much discussed
Fair Haven incident at the first dis
trict convention. 1t was a trivial
matter, certainly, and therefore the
outburst of ridicule and indignation
that followed it seemed all the more
absurd. The convention is the prop
er place to express dissatisfaction
with candidate, and every delegate
has a right to give or withhold sup
port, as he thinks best. Una
nimity is not so desirable that
any minority, however small, should
be expected to dissemble. Dissem-
bling would not be real unanimity
The Fair Haven delegates may or
may not have been voicing the de-
sires of their constituents-tha is a
matter for them to settle at home
but they had a perfect right to their
say in the convention. 1t is nothing
discreditable to Mr.. Foster that he
has not succeeded in pleasing every
body in the district-that's a common
human condition; the only uncom-
mon thing about the incident is that
so small a minority should have had
courage to express itself.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15

Windham County Pomona grange
having recently considered whether the
cutting off of our forests is detriment-
al to the states best interests, and
many of its members having favored
the enactment of a law for the pro-
lection of our forests, the New England
Farmer thus enlightens it upon the
aims of forestry: Forestry does not
aim at preventing the cutting of ma
ture, full grown trees, except under
exceptional conditions. But forestry
would see that the tree crop is prop
erly cared for, that when it is harvest
ed steps are taken to start another
crop as soon as possible, and that land
now growing nothing of value be
planted to trees producing valuable
lumber
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15
Law Makers Must Be Instructed.

burlington L rec IIeSS.I
1t will not be many weeks before
the people of Vermont will be discuss
ing the various questions to be pre-
scented for consideration at the ses-
sion of the legislature which will be-
gin in October. These matters should
be thoroughly investigated and can
vassed in advance in order that the
states lawmakers may have an in
telligent idea of what the people want
and thus be in a position to faithfully
represent their constituents. One of
the most important subjects to be
considered thus is the framing of an
anti-trading stamp law mat will be
constitutional. That sentiment IN
Vermont is overwhelmingly opposed
to this barnacle on mercantile trade
is shown by present comment of the
press on the subject as well as proved
by the fact that the legislature passed
a law prohibiting the use of these
trading stamps. which measure was
declared to be unconstitutional in
certain particulars by the supreme
court of Vermont The great
ma iority of the merchants Of Burling-
ton have fiourished without the use
Of the trading stamp and after the
next legislature meets this pernicious
parasite will be banished from the
Green mountain state.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15
The Democratic National Convention.

The democrats at St. Louis have Sc
lected Parker of New York and Davis
of West Virginia as their standard
bearers. The worst that has been
said against the former Is that he
doesn't talk enough; it has been shown
that when he does speak he says
something. Against the latter is his
age; this cannot be helped and is not
the fault of the nominee. The head
of the ticket is no such leader as
President Roosevelt; a few months
ago most people had never heard of
him. The various factions of the
party seem inclined to harmonic,
however and the fight promises to be
one of democratic principles against
republican personality.
The proceedings of the convention
were not dignified and the result as
whole is a distinct victory for Mr..
Bryan. The party strength will never
become intact again until the free sill
yer scheme is entirely and absolutely
abandoned, and the failure to adopt a
gold plank proves that the free silver
element is as yet too powerful to over
throw.
Another Bryan without the Bryan
foibles-and who shall say that these
foibles did not make him what he is?
might have led the party to victory
or at least to a sharp contest this
year. But none appeared, and the re-
publican position is strengthened by
the certainty of the candidates and
the platform of the opposition.