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BERLIN, Jan. 1S.-Addressing the
Reichstag Immediately after it had as
sembled today the Chancellor said it
had become his duty to inform the
House of the serious position of the
German settlers in Southwest Africa
through revolt of the Hereros. They
had killed a number of settlers who
were fleeing to the stations, had de-
stroyed houses and farm improvements
and had driven off cattle of a great
number of farmers who are now unable
to leave the protection of the stations.
The insurrection came at a time when
the Governor and a large portion of the
colonial troops were subduing the
Bondelzwart tribe, twenty days march
away. In consequence of this, and
the remaining forces being scattered
amoIg the previous places of refuge
in the middle of the colony, the natives
We're seriously threatening Okajumd-
jy, Otojumblingwe and Karabib, and
even Winhoek itself. The Govern
ment, before the last dlSpatch nad
been received, had ordered 500 men,
With six machine guns and six pieces
of artillery. to be placed in readiness
for active service, but a start would
not be made until January 30th. The
serious intelligence now at hand made
it necessary to send out Immediately
a battalion of 500 marines in addition
to the other troops, with a compile
ment of guns and railroad pioneers.
These would embark Thursday on a
North German Lloyd liner and would
arrive at Swakompund, German South
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NEWS OF WORLD AT LARGE
LATER THAN COAST FILES

west Africa, February Sth. The gun
boat Habicht had been ordered from
Cape Town and was due to arrive at
Swakompund today. Moreover, 2,SoO
men previously dispatched would reach
Swakompand February 3rd. The Ger
man people, continued the Chancellor,
would answer the call for help of. the
faithful servants of the State and the
colenists. The Chancellor alluded
briefly to the financial requirements
necessary and said these would be
provided later.
plauding the Chancellor's statement.
took up the regular business of the
day.
TO VISIT AMERICA.
BERLIN, Jan. S.-Orders have been
sent to the Commodore in command
of the German West Indian squadron
to send the ships now at Havana to
United States ports During the next
ten days the Vfneta with the Commo-
dore on board will go to New Orleans,
the Faulke to Mobile Ala, and the
Gazelle to Galveston, Texas.
ANTI TOXIN LABORATORY.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-A municipal lab
oratory for the manufacture of anti
toxin under the supervision of public
chemists may be the outcome of the
campaign instituted by the Chicago
Medical Society against the high prices
exacted by the manufacturers COM
l,;1a ~, Socallad death trust
At a conference of the officers of the
organization the feasibility of the
scheme was discussed in detail. The
result is a decision to refer the matter
CONTINUED on page 3D.
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Pilgrims organized in London IN July 1907
meeting the following officers: Lord DS
Grenfel and Chauncey NJ DepeW
object of the organization IS to form CLUBS IN W
world through which the interests OF
leans Engshmen be closely bound together "
London clubs OF the society number very many
prominent Engishmen in their list OF members
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HINTS OF MURDER.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Jam 2o-Austra and Russia
Macedonian committee has pros 10
killing foreign officers The turkish oV
that the Macedonian themselves
will contest the Austria reform program
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EARL OF DEVON DEAD.

LONDON, Jan. 3o.-The Earl of Devon is dead
The Earl Of nnety-thee old He owned over
dv thousands acres England and had fine castle in
Devon
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PILGRIMS STRIKE HANDS
ACROSS THE OCEAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS oAsLEeRAms..

NEW YORK Jam 3o.-The Pilgrims Society held banquet
here during the evening exchanged cablegras with the pan
oueers of he society
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Ex-MAYOR AMES FREE.

ST PAUL Mimi, jan 2e-The Supreme Court today handed
down decision Anes of Minneapolis from
custody on technical grounds.
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INSURGENT SUCCESSES.

SAN DOMINGO Jan. 3o-The insurgents have recapured
San Pedro and Demacorias desperate fighting.
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M,KoWEN PLEADS GUILTY.

OAKLAND, Cal, JAM 29-W A Mckowen' secretary Oh 'e
University of California Regents pleaded guilty TODAY to
charge of ernbezzlement
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TURKEY WATCHING BULGARIA.

sALoNICA JAM 3o-seven Turkish battalions have been
ordered to the Bulgarian frontier.
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Two Hundred Isthmian indians Try
to Surprise the u. S. Cum
boat Bancroft.
Great Britain viii Urge Japan to Accept the
Russian ProposaIs---The Earl of Devon Dead.
Cooking School, Girls Poisoned
ASSOCIATED PRESS oAB1EeRAms.)

ASSOCIATED oABLEGRAMs)
PANAMA JAM 3ocolomba intends to send an expedition
against Panama.
COLON Jan. so-Two hundred San Bias Indians attempted
to surprise the United gunboat driven off
by overhead firing.
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GERMANS HARD PRESSED.

BERLIN Germany, Jan. 29-The native tribes OF oou'f
Africa are hard pressing German military garrison
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THE FRISCO RING.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3o-Hanlon in the fourteenth
ound.
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VIGNAUX STILL CHAMPION.

PARIS Jan 3o-Vignaux has defeated Sutton the American
blliardist by four points in stirring contest
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POISONED MEAT KILLS
COOKING SCHOOL GIRLS

BERLIN JAN 3o.-Eight girls in cooking school at Darn
adt are dead three dying eating poisoned meat
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19

Inc par value of the days sales of
United States Steel second SIS exceeded
that of all the rest of the bonds sold
during the day. This movement was
induced by the announcement that the
bonds had been listed on the London
Stock Exchange. This gave rise to
an expectation that comprehensive
movement to make a market for the
ponds, was in contemplation. A sim
llar expectation was an important ele-
ment in the Rock Island movement.
Amalgamated Copper rose a point.
The few railroads reporting gross
earnings for the second week in Jan
uary made a more favorable compari-
son with last years corresponding pc
RODS than was the case with the first
weeks earnings. Missouri Pacific
statement of net earnings for Novem-
Der partly offset these favorable influ-
ences, showing as it did, a decline in
net earnings of $436,951 or over 80 per
cent.
Some question as to the rate of div
idend to be declared tomorrow on Erie
first preferred, acted as a drag on
those stocks. Money was offered with
great freedom and the rise of sterling
sACndIlSe towards the gold export point
was not the cause of any surprise or
apparent uneasiness.
Bonds were firm with the principal
transactions in the issues above noted
and in Wabash debenture BIS. Total
sales, par value, $685., 900. United
States bonds were unchanged on call.
Total sales of stocks were 454, zoo
shares, including: Atchison, 7,4OO;
Chesapeake and Ohio no; Chicago and
Alton, 14,100; Erie, 6,4OO; Missouri Pa
cific, $50; Norfolk and Western, SIS;
Pennsylvania, 14,46O; Rock Island, 80,
go; Rock Island preferred. $3.50; st.
Paul, 10,250; Southern Pacific, $3.50;
Southern Railway. $500; Southern Rail
way preferred, 400 Union Pacific, $3.50;
Wisconsin Central, $780, Copper, 42,255;
Brooklyn Transit, 27.54O; Tennessee
Coal and Iron, 5,400; United States
Steel, 20,3S0; do preferred, SOFAS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19

Fernandina, Fla. Jan. 1S.-Arrived,
18th, steamer Evelyn. Sullivan, New
York; bark George F. Mayberry, Wy
brouts, San JUN, eighteen days from
Porto Rico, lost and split sails nine
days off coast, repeatedly blown off.
Sailed, schooners John L. Treat, Gill
more, New Yorlt; steamer Evelyn, Sui
livan, New York.
Arrived, 18th, schooner Hugh Kelly,
Murphy New York; brig Alice (Br),
Inness, Port Antonio.
Key West, Fla, Jan. 18.-Arrived,
steamer Olivette, Turner, Port Tampa,
and sailed for Havana; schooner La
gouna, Bales. New York; tug Massa-
soft, . ToItugas.
Sailed, brig oaio, =, Jacksonville;
German cruiser Stein. Charleston.
Pensacola, Fla, jan. 1S.-Arrived,
steamer Pensacola, O'Leary, Tampico;
schooner E. Nj. Roberts. Roberts. Ha-
vana.
Cleared, steamers Indianapolis (Br),
Book, Antwerp; Zingar Obj, Weber,
Bremen.
Sailed. banks Rosin Qt), Saliva, &C.
noa Dora Port Villa. London.
Charleston, S. c., Jan. 1S.-Arrived,
steamer Huron. Ingram, Boston and
New York; Harriet c. Kerlin, Cochran,
Philadelphia; schooner yacht Savanil-
la, Miller. Morehead City, in tow tug
Waban.
Sailed, steamers Apache, Staples,
New York; Arapahoe, Kemble, jack
sonVille.
Copenhagen, Jan. 17.-Arrived, Pa
tria, Port Tampa.
Aarhuus, Jan. 15.-Arrived, Whistler,
Pensacola.
Liverpool, Jan. 1s.-Arrived, Gracia,
Pensacola.
Madeira, Jan. 17.-Arrived, Cairn-
strath. Brunswick for Barcelona.
Georgetown, S. c., Jan. 1S.-Arrived,
schooner w. H. Skinner. Harris. Will
mington.
Philadelphia, Jan. 18.-Arrived,
steamer Westover, Savannah.
Cleared, steamer Allegheny, Savan-
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INK ISLAND WAS VIGOROUS.
rsrRIAL DEPARTMENT OF MAR
pp ,rr CONsIDERABLY BROADER.

~ central and L. and N. Achieved
Point Movement Early in the
n.v-T. :. steel Preferred Was
u.oviIv Dealt in and Enormous
,h.orptiOn of Corporations Second
,,ortange Five Per Cents. Had
.,mpsthetic Advance on the Pre-
..rred-BOnds Were Firm-TOtaI
s,,es of Stocks Were 454,7OO
shares.
Now York. Jan. 1s.-The stock mar
,,t responded to-day to the favora BILE
..,.r of sentiment abroad over the Far
EASTERN outlook. and the notable
,,rsngthening of the local money situa-
,ior There was a more active and a
nroader market, and during the final
,our the trading took on something
like animation.
The same striking preference for
stocks of minor railroads and indus
trials for speculative movements that
has been in evidence for some time was
The conspicuous feature of the trading.
New York Central, and Louisville and
Nashville achieved a 1-point move
ment early in the day, but it was not
until late in the last hour of the ses-
sion that St. Paul moved up 13s. This
exhausts the list of standard railroad
stocks which made any movement
worthy of notice.
The Rock Island stocks were taken
vigorously in hand, evidently for a
speculative campaign, the common be-
ing lifted 17s, and the preferred, S1a h.
The bonds of the Rock Island group
of companies made even more sensa-
tional advances. the IS scoring an up
ward bound of Az and the As, 8 points.
The industrial department of the
market was rather broader, but was
considerably overshadowed by the
heavy dealings in United States Steel
preferred. The enormous absorption
of the corporations second mortgage 8
per cent. bonds had a marked sympa-
thetic effect ON the preferred stock.
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no TAE NoRTH AND WEST.

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
No. 20, daily, from New York, WASH
.ngton and Cincinnati, $40 u. m.
No. 81, daily except Monday, from
New York and Washington, 1910 a. m.
No. 80, daily, from New York ano
Washington, $40 p. m.
NO. 30, daily, from all points west
via Jesup, 11:59 p. m.
No. 81, daily. except Sunday, from
the West, via Jesup. 4:2O p. m.
No. "a. daily, from all points West,
via Jesup, 100 p. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE. ETC.
Trains 81 and 80. the SOUTH ERN'S
PALM LIMITED. Superb solid Pull
man train between st. Augustine and
New York, composed of Compartment,
Observation, Library and Drawing
room Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars serve
all meals en- route.
Trains 80 and "a. THE NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. Vesti-
buled limited trains, carrying Pullman
Drawing-room Sleeping Cars between
Savannah and New York. Dining Cars
serve all meals en- route.
TRAINS 20 and 80, THE WASHING
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Vestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
natl, through Asheville and The Land
of the Sky"
For information as to rates, sched-
ules, ETC., apply to
G. H. ACKERT, G. M, Washington,
D. C.
S. H. HARDwIcK. G. p. A.. Wash
lngton, D. c.
W. H. TAYLoE. A. G. P. A.. Allan
ia, Ga.
r. C.. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent. Union Depot. Savannah, Ga.
E. G.. THOMSON, C. P. & T. A., Sa-
vannah. Ca, 141 Bull street. Phones
$50.
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Notice to Mariners.

Pilot charts and photographic infor.
nation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
States photographic Office, in Custom
House Captains are requested to call
at the Office. Reports of wrecks and
derelicts received.
This Office operates a time ball on
the roof of the Cotton Exchange, drop
ped daily at 12h. DOM. 00s.s (Sundays
and holidays excepted), 18th meridian
time. In case of failure the ball is
lowered slowly minutes after IL.
Clarence Hatch,
In CharRe
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MONEY MARKET.

New York, Jan. 1S.-Money on call
easy, 1902 per cent, closing bid, 11s;
offered at IA. Time loans much easier;
50 days, per cent; 80 days and six
months, 4@4A. Prime mercantile pa
per, 4%Q5 per cent. Sterling exchange
steady, opened strong, with actual
business in bankers bills, at 81. SIS $50
4.86. 05 for demand. and at $4.S3.1O0
4.S3.20 for so days. Posted rates, $4.S312
and S4.S6h. Commercial bills, 81. S212 ..
Bar silver, 5S1s; Mexican dollars, 45c.
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Coastwise Exports.

Philadelphia.-Per steamship Berk-
shire: $50 barrels rosin, 20 barrels Of
turpentine. SO,29S feet of lumber IS
packages fruit, $500 boxes oranges, 234
tons iron. IL packages vegetables, $50
barrels cotton seed oil, 10 barrels rosin
oil, 1904 packages of clay, 1853 packages
merchandise, 245 packages yarn, 25
bales linters, $50 packages lard, S,1ss
oak slaves, 100 barrels pitch, LOG pack
ages sweepings. w. Tull.
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


Steamship st. Aron (Br, Clough,
Baltimore, light.-Strachan & Co.
Steamship Cunaxa (BD, Journeay,
Manchester, salt. Cargo to c. M. Gill
bert. Vessel to Strachan & Co.
Steamship Lexington, Kirwan, Phila-
w. Tull.
Schooner Maggie S. Hart, BALTIMORE,
Farrer, acid phosphate. Cargo to Ar
mour Fertilizer Company. Vessel to
Chas. S. Hirsch.
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A. q. BAXTER & CO. INC

Successors to Murphy q Co,
Board of Trade Building. Savannah
private leased wires direct to New
York, Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
New York Office. No. 81 Broadway.
. Ofilces in principal cities throughout
me South. Write for our market man
1aI and book containing instruction
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Notice to Captains OF Vessels.

Vessels arriving at night will be re-
ported by the Morning News in it's dis
patches without charge If captains will
confirm reports of their arrival to No.
241, either telephone.
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VESSELS BOUND ron SAVANNAH.
Stennnnhinn.

Burgermeister Hochmann (Ger), Aim,
1884 tons: sailed from Hamburg
Jan. 5.
Isle of Lewis (Br), 1881 tons; sid.
Shields Dec. 10.
Cyrenian (Br), 916 tons; sid. Antwerp
Dec. 90
Nunima CBr), 1851 tons; sid. Bremen,
Dec. rs.
Manchester Corporation (Br), 1855
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19

Resumption of the Famous New
York and Florida Special Via At
Iantic Coast Line.
This magnificent service will be re-
sumed with first train leaving New
York at 2:10 p. M, Jan. II, running
through to St. Augustine, a solid Pull
man train of compartment drawing
room sleeping, dining, library cafe and
observation cars, running through from
New York to st. Augustine. This
train is brilliantly lighted throughout
by electricity and superbly appointed
for the comfort of the traveller. The
standard of perfection in passenger
service. This train leaves Savannah
southbound at 1856 a. M, arrive
Jacksonville $3.50 p. M, st. Augustine,
4 p. M; northbound, leave Savannah
ass p. M. arrive Washington 1873 a.
M, Baltimore 11:47 a. M, Philadelphia
2 D. m, New York 4:45 p. mad.
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tons; sid. Liverpool Jan. 3.
Asia (Ger), 2,010 tons; sid. Bremen
Jan. 2.
Sierra Moreno (BD, 1882 tons; sid.
Hull Jan, 5.
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IN Southern
ON Railway.

Trains arrive and depart Savannah
by Goth meridian time-one hour slow
er than city time.
Schedule Effective. Jan. 10, 1904.
TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19

Baltimore, Jan. 1S.-Seaboard COM
mon, 9b@1O; preferred, 169sQl7; As
65@65A.
Atlantic Coast Line, 1861 bid: pre-
fefTed, -
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Thirty-one Days from Baltimore.

Ahirty-One Onys from baltimore.
The schooner Maggie S. Hart, with
Capt. William E. Farrer in command,
arrived yesterday from Baltimore, after
a rough voyage of thirty-one days. She
sailed from Baltimore Dec. 49, with a
cargo of acid phosphate, bound for this
port and on Christmas Day Capt. Far
rer ran into heavy weather, and his
vessel was blown across the Gulf
stream and lost her main sail, fore
sail, fore-stay-s and flying glib, and
had her life boat swept overheard. The
schooner drifted in the Atlantic be-
yond the Gulf stream, until a week ago,
when she caught a favorable wind, and
managed to get to Savannah, The
crew did not suffer, as a sufficient sup
ply of food and water was on board
the vessel. No vessel was sighted by
the schooner while she was in distress.
The schooner Viator, with Capt. Par
ker in command, arrived at Tybee yes
terday from Havana. and will lay in
quarantine until tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19

Capt. w. L. Daniels left yesterday
for Washington, to attend the meeting
of the Grand Harbor Association of
Masters and Pilots. He will represent
the Savannah harbor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19
SOCKS walked UP

,rr RESPONDED TO MORE
SrronABLE EASTERN OUTLOOK.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19

tMARINE INTELLIGENCE

The yacht Alameda, owned by State
Senator j. b. Cameron of Beaufort, S.
C., arrived yesterday from Brunswick,
having on board Senator Cameron and
a party of friends.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19

Atlantic Coast Line gives benefit Of
short line mileage attachments be-
tween Savannah and Augusta, 1872
miles.-ad.
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Aracan (Swd), 655 tons; sailed from
Port Natal, Dec. IL.
Golden Gate (Br), S99 tons; at Iquique
Nov. IA.
Ystavat CRus), 654 tons; sid. Huelva
Dec 10.
Daltonhall (Br), 2,265 tons; Savannah
or Brunswick, to Liverpool, Manches-
ter or continent.
Imogen (Br), 2,474 tons, Edwards; Sa-
vannah to Liverpool, Manchester,
Roda (Br), 1857 tons, Swanson; to Id,
November; at Philadelphia Nov. 10.
Scho0ners.
sweiks (Rus). 2s5 tons; sid. Gibraltar
Dec. II.
Gardiner G. Deerlng, INA tons; sid.
Boston Dec. %, for Savannah.
Joel Cook, 319 tons, Lewis; Del to Sa-
vannah, fish scrap.
Howard B. Peck, 44S tons; Savannah
to New York.
Maiden, 458 tons; Savannah to New
York.
VIM. ]. Lermond. 7S9 tons; Philadel-
phia to Savannah.
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.

Schedule Effective Jan. 8, 1904.
Arrival and departure of trains
Central Station, West Broad, foot of
Liberty street. except for Tybee.
90th meridian time--one hour slow
er than city time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19
StatesbOrO Sunday Train via Sea-
board Air Line.

seaboard Air Line train leaving sa-
vannah 700 a. m. Sundays has con-
nection at Cuyler for Statesboro, ar
irving there a. mad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-19
Sailed.
Shipping Memoranda.

teamship City of Macon, New York.
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SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JAN. 10, 1904.
Operated by Hour Slower
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-07-07
THE SUCCESS OF REpUBLIcANIsM.

The address of Secretary Shaw at the semi-cen-
tenna celebration of the founding Of the republican
lparty will prove interesting reading, especially in
view of the mild manner in which Mr. Shaw states
the political situation from the viewpoint of re-
publican. He attributes the phenomenal success of
THE party to the opportune assistance Of democrats
who deserted their party at critical times and made
republican success possible.
Only three times in the past so years have the
democrats carried the country in 1885, their
plurality of the popular vote did not suffice to elect
their candidate. This showing has indeed been a
most striking one, especially in nation which al
lows such great latitude to its people At times
the vote was close It is true, but the republicans
have been generally successful, and doubtless would
have enjoyed overwhelming victory were it not that
the negro question keeps the south solidly in the
ranks of the democracy.
The continued support which the voters of the
country have given to the republican party is due
to one primary cause.-the PRONUNCIATION of prin-
lcpes satisfactory to the people The percentage Of
men who will vote against their own interests is de-
lcidedly small The republicans have been the best
platform makers and success has come to them
Eight years ago, when times were undeniably hard
in this country the democrats took up with the free
Isver proposal The conditions then existing afford
led unparalleled opportunity for appeal to the
cupidity of voters Bryan was defeated, for the
sole reason that the majority of the voters of the
nation stuck to the best platform The free silver
agitation was attended with beneficial effects, for it
increased the volume of currency and made times
better, but it was not one upon which great party
could hope for success.
The independent element in this nation controls
elections. 1t votes as its conscience dictates and
therefore is a safeguard against danger This ele-
ment has been supporting the republican party be-
cause the republicans have voiced sentiments agree
able to it. By its own virtues the party has main
tanned its supremacy.