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bryan Spite Democratic Club.

bryan epsits Democratic Club.
Tho National Democratic club Of
new York In arranging for it's Jeffer-
son day dinner was divided over tie
question of inviting Mr.. Bryan to at
tend, but finally majority prevailed
Tor the invitation. Thereupon Bryan
announced the subject Of his address,
put the managers said that he had not
been asked to speak, and to that they
objected. So Bryan wired his refusal
to attend.
Fairbanks and Tariff Reform.
Unqualified support Of Presiden,
Roosevelt and his policies, a proposal
to revise the tariff at q special session
OF congress next November and the
presentation Of the name Of Vice Presi.
dent Fairbanks far the presidency
were the salient features Of the In
diana Republican convention. The
tariff plank is in line with the views
expressed in letter from Fairbanks
which was read to the convention, and
it is regarded as clever tactics. OF
course the revision talked of by the
vice president was Of the protective
kind. But the selection of November
as the time was taken in some quar-
tiers to mean that the possibility of n
Democratic congress being elected
need not rob the Republicans of the
right to fix the tariff according to their
beliefs. Other planks of the platform
are for more economy in public ex-
penditures, especially as to the army
and navy, reform of the financial sys-
TEN, regulation of trusts, anti-child la
Dor, labor legislation and deep water
ways.
Bryan Starts the Ball.
What is regarded as virtually the
first challenge of the presidential cam
pa1gn. If 1t is to be fought between
Bryan and Taft. came from the lips of
the Nebraska leader of Democracy
when he spoke at the big dollar dinner
at Kansas City, Mo-. attended by 1000
members of the Young Mems Demo
cratic Club of Missouri. Judson Har-
mon Of Ohio was also down for a
speech, and he began II, but the eager
ness to hear Bryan made the audience
impatient and SO noisy that Harmon
had to quit. The keynote of Bryan's
talk was comparison between Taft
and La Toilette, in which he made 1t
plain that he regarded the latter as n
real reformer, who, If he were nomi-
mated, would command the support of
that big section of Republicans who
want to see things done. while Taft he
characterized as bogus reformer.
Bryan expects to see many Republic
ans support the Democratic candidates
IT the Republican party names Taft.
New Daily For Socialists.
Beginning with May /, for the first
time the Socialist party will have a
daily newspaper of its own in New
York city financed and controlled by
the party members. 1t will be known
as the New York Call, an evening pa
per devoted to the laboring classes.
Mitchell to Run a Paper.
John Mitchell, the retired head of the
miners union, has declined the presi
dents offer of a place on commits
sion to investigate Panama conditions.
his reason being that he has decided
to start weekly newspaper at In
dianapolis.
Race Track Gamblers Beaten.
A test vote in the New York state
senate on the question of postponins
until Sept. the taking effect of the
proposed anti race track gambling bills,
which had already passed the lower
house, was 26 to % against postpone
ment, after which the bills were adj
vanced to third reading without OBJ
position.
Jeff Davis Beaten and Fined.
United States Senator Davis of Ar
kansas was attacked in the streets of
Little Rock April by a political en-
envy named Helm and was badly beat
en-. The senator ran to his office and
got gun with which to threaten
Helm. Next morning in court Davis
was fined $25 for his gun threats and
Helm $40 for the assault. Davis YER
sion of the fight was that Helm hit
him with loaded billy.