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only been impaired, but utterly destroyed
by permitting it's energies to become alb
sorbed in the artificial life of the corpor-
ate creatures of their laws, and that at
this time we must either make a complete
surrender to corporate misrule or redeem
once and for all time the heirlooms of our
nation from the corporation pawnshop in
which they have been hypothecated by the
party in power. In this connection you
will be able to show further from the con-
current testimony of all ages that party
long continued in power becomes honey
combed with corruption and if more re-
cent authority be demanded, you can point
to the speech of Taft in Virginia a few
weeks ago when, forgetting the national
application of his remarks he pleaded
with the Independent democrats of that
state to vote for a change, for a party
too long in control becomes rotten and
corrupt.
You will be able to show that the boast
ed prosperity, upon which the republican
party carried the country four years ago,
has rested upon the understandable as
sumption that the bounties of nature and
the demand for American products aboard
have been originated and controlled by the
republican party.
You will be able to show that the tariff
is a fair example of republican policy.
That the taxing of the many for the few
has resulted in an unequal distribution of
wealth and that history supplies no in
stance where the unequal disposition of
wealth has not resulted in ali unequal
/. e I3o1, 1o.
been used for the general oppression of the
masses.
You will be able to show that the cry
of conservatism now raised by the repuh-
lican party is a counterfeit, and that il
the people accept it as pure gold they will
awaken to find that it has turned to mere
alloy, for it is conservatism that stands
for retrogression and not progress, and if
it were long to prevail would not only
mean universal stagnation, but the hands
of the clock would be turned backward to-
wards the period when man stalked the
earth with bow and spear, clad in the
skins of wild beasts, and preyed upon
everything that crossed his path.
You will be able to show that the demo-
cratic party is capable of bringing about
wholesome reforms without alarm or dan
ger to those who have become the innocent
possessors of the inflated securities which
republican prosperity and a solemn pro-
mise to keep it up, induced them to pur-
chase.
Passing from a survey of conditions
and principles to the consideration of can
didates, you will be able to show that,
taking the Chicago platform, the uncer-
tainty of Taft on great public questions
and the known corporation bias of Sher-
man together, they constitute the repub-
lican party's official apology for the up
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FROM THE COMMONER
MIR. BRYAN'S PAPER

ries of your State. They also told us
that in Offering yourself for the governor
ship Of Indiana you had declined to COM
promise with any force or influence not
in strict harmony with the highest inter
ests of your people, and that you pre-
ferred to go down to defeat, preserving
the integrity of your manhood, to accept
ing the glory of Office at the sacrifice of
the principles which you deemed essential
to the security and welfare of the COM
monwealth.
This splendid testimony of your neigh
bors whose golden opinions are the rarest
gems that can adorn the reputation of
any man, coupled with your own pleasing
personality and your comprehensive grasp
of problems that affect the nations life,
moved your democratic brethren as unit
to demand that you be one of the two men
to carry the democratic standard to glor
ious and lasting victory at the November
polls.
Before you accept this nomination and
go forth thrice armed with the truth to
overcome your foes, you will pardon us if
we briefly present the democratic cause
that you purpose to sustain before the
jury of your country.
You will be able to show that the re-
publican party has been unfaithful to its
trusts, that it has violated the most SOL
emn commandments of the political deca-
logue, that it's use to the people has not
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A Few Hints to voters.

Before casting your vote with the Re-
publican party remember some Of these
things:
First-The failure of the Republican
party to take steps to provide for elect
Ing Senators by popular vote, and the re-
fusal of the Republican convention to
endorse the reform
Second-The failure of the Republican
Congress to pass bill providing for pub
Lefty of campaign contributions and the
refusal Of the Republican convention even
to endorse the reform
Third-The failure of the Republican
Congress to pass a postal savings bank
bill and the hypocrisy Of the party in
endorsing this reform, which it had just
ignored in Congress
Fourth-The passage by the Republican
Congress of a currency bill which enables
speculative banks to convert all sorts Of
securities into currency and actually re-
duces the margin of safety for depositors
instead Of increasing it.
Eifth-The destruction of representa-
tive government In the lower house, where
the Republican Speaker and his commit
tee on rules have all power and not even
majority can get a vote on a popular
DILL If the Speaker refuses consent.
Sixth-The forty-nine per cent increase
IN the cost of living under the Republi-
can Dingley tariff and its trusts, while
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roar fhat has been created among me dig
interests during the last six years.
You will be able to show that Taft is
attempting to reach the White House
through a mirror maze, which is likelv to
leave him on November 3, just wher, he
started on the 18th of June. After reading
Tafts letter of acceptance, you will bs
able to show that his candidacy is like one
of those new-fangled signs that we see
often on the streets--when you are ap-
preaching it reads one thing, and when
you are leaving it spells something else.
And also in this connection you will be
able to show that in places where Roose-
welt is supposed to enjoy great popularity
it is sung into the ears of his admirers
that if Taft is elected the spirit of the
departed Roosevelt will be found crouch
ing behind the throne, and that in sections
where Roosevelt has incurred the grave
censure by reason of his strenuous poll
cies, they are whispering in the ear OF
Standard Oil, the steel trust, the trans
portation companies and others of their
ilk that after the 4th of March the shade
of Roosevelt will be found wandering
through the jungles of Africa in pursuit
of bigger game, leaving Taft to deal COM
pIacently with the offending corporations.
Even those who believed that before
Taft was nominated for the presidency
he was thoroughly dipped il Rooseveltian
waters, now have lurking suspicion that
somebody held him, like Achilles, by the
tendon of the heel, so that he might not
prove wholly invulnerable to corporats
assaults, in the event of his election.
To those whe regard Roosevelt as a sec
ond Cromwell who is handing down his
iron rule to Taft, as his natural successor,
it will be sufficient to suggest that when
Oliver passed the commonwealth to Rich
ard, it was but the forerunner Of the res
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Aunt Diana
The Sunshine
of the Family
CHAPTER II.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER II.-(Continued.)
uAh ali! very good, That is so like
An Miss Diana. Well, suppose Sunny
.ao5s GreviIIe's letter to you. The lad
:, IN high spirits he is captain now, and
no il full of his matches and the splendid
tesn they have got. He declares Queens
rvfn beat half the other colleges"
"Commemoration will be here direct
r. observed Miss Darlington.
yes, but he is not coming home for
another five weeks, at least to stay; his
+ntor has written me this morning, and
have given my consent to Greyille's join
;nr his reading party to Keswick; the
lad is = good lad, but he is young and
hit idle: at least, his love of fun carries
him away. and [ am afraid he has not
worked quite hard enough"
Mr. GreviIle is not fond of putting
aside his own duckweed," put in Alison,
,nischipvously. for there was nothing she
Loved better than to tease the old man
obogt his grandson, who was literally the
ample of his eye.
He reused up directly at her irony
Game now, that is too bad to say that
Of the lad when he fights all your bat.
ties for YOU, and never lets any one say a
word against you
She does not mean it, Mr.. Moore in
terposed Miss Darlington, quickly.
Now, Aunt Di, please don't interfere
do mean that Mr.. Greville Moore will
never kill himself with overwork, unless
he dies from too much cricket or lawn
tennis"
You naughty child but there was
no installing the fun in his voice now.
a shall report all your hard speeches to
Gregille when I see him; do you think
a fine young man is to slave and toll all
his best years away? A little harmless
fun will not hurt him; he is strengthen
ing his mind and his muscles at the same
time
Alison and her aunt exchanged amused
glances at this. They both thought highly
of the young man, who was indeed a
sweet tempered, honest fellow, with plen-
ty of good in him. though hardly up to
Miss Carrington's idea of Thorough :" in
deed. he was a favorite with most people !;
but it was droll and at the same time
almost touching to see Mr.. Moores i'm
pliCit faith in his grandson, who was YER
lily the old mans Benoni and Benjamin
the son Of his sorrow''-as we'll as the
''son of his right hand"
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wages have increased only nineteen per

wages have increased only nineteen per
cent.
Seventh--Ths refusal of the Republi-
can Congress to amend this tariff al
though its iniquities are admitted and flu
ture revision has been reluctantly prom
ised by its friends after the storm is
over.
Eighth-The notorious fact admitted by
Senator Aldrich, Republican leader in
the Senate, that American tariff protected
concerns sell their products abroad in
competition with European factories at
lower prices than they exact from Ameri-
can consumers and the refusal of the Re
publican House of Representatives to
adopt an amendment to have our govern
ment agents report ON these prices.
Ninth-The Republican leaders pretend
they favor a tariff sufficient only to com
pensate factories for the difference be-
tween labor cost in America and abroad,
but the fact is that the Republican tariff
is more than sufficient to pay the whole
labor cost. On steel products the labor
cost fifteen per cent and the tariff is thir
ty-two per cent.
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Chairman Theodore Bell NOtifie
John w. Kern.

Chairman Theodore Bell Notifies
John w. Kern.
In advising Mr.. Kern of his nomination
at the Denver convention for vice presi-
Dental candidate of the Democratic party
Theodore A Bell, chairman of the Motif
cation committee, said:
"The lines Of battle are drawn up for
one Of the severest political struggles in
the history of the country. Just one
more ceremony remains to be performed
before the contending forces take the field
for action. Assembled here to-day from
every section of America are representa-
tives Of the Democracy to whom has been
delegated the great privilege of rendering
to you, Mr.. Kern, an honor and trust
as sacred as any political body can offer
to one of it's most loyal and distinguished
members, and that is the Democratic
nomination for the vice presidency of the
United States. In selecting you for this
high honor the Democratic national con-
rention was not unmindful of the fact
that the Office of Vice President has so
gained in authority and national impor-
lance that he who is chosen for that ex-
allied position must possess every quail
fcation, moral and intellectual, that fits a
man to become the chief magistrate of his
people. These qualifications you were
found to possess in pre-eminent degree
Your neighbors told US at Denver that in
your private character you value the
hoInely virtues of life far above the tinsel
which so often excites the desires and
ambitions of men. In your public career
as a legislator in your State your neigh
bors recalled that your official acts were
always born of an honesty of purpose and
that your constituency, from your point
of view, was limited only by the bounda-
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toration of the Stuarts and the downfall
of the commons.
OF your opponent, Sherman, you will be
able to show without violating the ethics
of politics that his career in congress has
been distinguished only by his absolute
subserviency to the oligarchy in control
Of the house of representatives and that
when Cannon consented to the passage
of Sherman at the Chicago convention he
was simply putting his 0. X. on another
measure satisfactory to the committee on
rules and the interests they represent.
In comparing our standard bearer with
the leader of the republican forces you
will be able to show that the democracy
presents as a candidate for president a
man who in sunshine and in gloom has
kept the faith with his people; a watch
man in the night, who has lighted the
signal fires and sounded the tocsin bell
whenever invasion has threatened his
slumbering countrymen; a patriot who
believes that love of country must be
closely akin to the affection that hovers
about and sanctiies the hearthstone of
American homes a scholar who has pat
iently examined the historic lore of his
own anu OtHei ldHuS W ulSCoNeI the SOCldi
and economic laws that control the life
of human societies. A statesman who
knows that government can endure only
in the observance Of great moral truths
and that the acquisitions of enormous ma
terial and intellectual wealth unrestrained
by sanctions of the conscience only
hastens the decline that must ultimately
end in death. 1t is a just cause, this fight
of ours for return to the first principles
of self-government, and under the leader
ship of yourself and your illustrious col
league, whom 1 have just described, the
names of Bryan and Kern will spell sue
cess for the party that declares for pop
ular rule"
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The Philadelphia North American ac-
cused Mayor Reyburn Of telling the truth,
and Immediately the Mayor had the North
Americans editorial staff arrested for
libel. Mayor Reyburn evidently does not
intend that his reputation as a Philadel-
phia Republican politician shall thus be
rudely assailed without protest from him
Some of the administration organs are
yisibly offended at the prominence Of Okla
homa at the Denver convention. They
should bear in mind that the Democratic
aggressiveness of Oklahoma at Denver is
a sample of the aggressiveness that made
Oklahoma great State despite Republi-
can handicaps.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger grows
humorous over Mr.. Bryans question,
Shall the people rule?" Perhaps the
Public Ledger will go to the length of
declaring that the people of Philadelphia
rule that city.
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Before casting your vote with the Re-
publican party remember some Of these
things
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-06

MolIie, aavd twentyseven, with
chloroform aad then committed sui
eide by hanging. The young woman,
as a result of long illness, had be-
come mentally deranged. The father
had brooded over her sufferings and
had frequently declared it would be
better if she were dead.
Kuppe saturated a cloth with chloro-
form and placed 1t over the girls
mouth and then covered her head
with a stewpan to confine the fumes.
After making sure that her death
would follow he went into shed and
hung himself with a clothesline.
kuppe left letters addressed to the
county coroner, his son and others
saying that he was compelled by cir
cumstances to end the life of his i'm
beetle daughter and also his own.
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to plaster the whisky label all over
the Democratic party and sidetrack
all other important issues"
'It is time to clear the atmosphere, "
says Johnson. 'It Is foggy with deals,
trickery and selfishness."
The temperance issue and an attack
upon Mr.. Harmon by the labor inter
ests came with suddenness. 1t is be-
lieVed that Mayor Johnson may be
back of both, some of Harmon's
friends at least declaring that the
Cleveland mayor instigated them. 1t
is charged that Harmon is supported
by the liquor interests. His connec-
ton with the famous labor injunction
matter under Judge William H. Taft,
now secretary of war, is also brought
up by the labor interests. The Har-
mon supporters are plainly annoyed at
this attack and the fight is becoming
more bitter. Harmon, however, still
is far in the lead for the nomination
for governor. A peculiar thing about
the Harmon candidacy is that Harmon
himself Is not here, nor is 1t positively
known publicly that he wants the
nomination.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-06
ELEVEN OF THE CREW LOST
Steamer OF Oregon Coast Hit by
Huge Wave.

Newport, Ore, May 6.-During a
storm on the coast the steamer Mime
E. Kellon shifted and sprung a
bad leak. few hours later a
huge wave struck the vessel and
washed her deck and cabin, leaving
the vessel waterlogged and unmanage-
able. Eleven of the crew were
drowned, some while trying to launch
a boat.
Four men on raft tried to get
ashore, but only one succeeded and he
sustained a broken leg. The lifesav.
ing crew of this place took nine men
off the vessel and landed them on the
shore about fifteen miles north of here.
The Minnie Il. Kellon was bound from
Aberdeen TO San Francisco loaded
with lumber in command of Captain
James McKenna. The vessel was
picked up by the steamer Washington
and towed to Astoria.
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IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE.
Storm of Unusual Severity at st.
Louis and Vicinity.

st. Louis, May Ga thunder storm
of unusual severity, accompanied by
a high wind of almost tornado veloc-
ity, swept over this vicinity, doing
much damage to property and indirect
ly causing less of life.
A bridge on the Louisville and
Nashville road near Belleville, H.,
was washed out and wrecked a freight
lain. Engineer Ward, Fireman
Chasm and trainman were caught
under the engine and drowned. The
train was piled up in a mass in
Schoenlaub creek, which was swollen
into torrent.
The village of Edgemont, ILL.,, was
flooded and many persons were forced
to take refuge on improvised RATS.
The whole area of lowlands, known as
the American bottoms, east of East
st. Louis, ILL.,, and comprising thirty
five square mile of territory, is under
water. The first floors of houses In
the American bottoms are flooded and
fairness are utilizing RATS and boats
in rescue work. 1t is believed the loss
of live stock will aggregate large
amount.
French Village, a town of 1000 in
habitants, one of the oldest settle
ments in Illinois, was struck by a
miniature tornado and many hous es
were unroofed The panic stricken
inhabitants fed into the storm to es-
cape injury by collapsing houses. Tel
ephone and telegraph wires are down
and there is no communication with
French Village.
Traffic is impeded on electric lines
running to various points east and
north of East st. Louis, ILL.,, because
of high water.
In st. Louis the wind blew down
trees, sign boards, broke in many
store show windows and crippled tele-
phone and telegraph wires to large
extent
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company claimed that its books had
been given to an official who had
taken them to Europe. Continuing
the telegram said:
They (the paper company now
claim that they have done everything
in their power to recover the papers
On this showing they were allowed to
go free. What a farce! Our only
hope is the Stevens bill.'
Mr.. Stafford of Wisconsin asked
John Norris of New York, who took
the witness stand, if he regarded that
telegram as meaning that the inability
to prosecute the Manila and Fiber
Paper trust" was failure of justice.
"Not failure, but serious embar
rassment," replied Mr.. Norris.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-06
RIDDER CALLS 1T A FARCE
Refers to Courts Action in Paper
Trust Case.

Washin gton, May 6.-When the
house committee investigating the
wood pulp and print paper question
met a telegram was read from Her.
man Ridder, president of the Amer.
lean Newspaper Publishers associa.
Jams, the Democratic leader in the
house, stating that Judge Lacombe, in
New York, had discharged the Manila
and Fiber Paper company, which had
been brought before a grand jury and
ordered to produce it's books. The
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-06

HOT FIGHT ON HARMON
Bitter Opposition to His Candidacy
for Governor OF Ohio.
TOM Johnson IN CONTEST

Former Attorney General Alleged to
Be Supported by the Liquor Inter
ests and His Connection With Labor
Iniunctions Is Revived.
Columbus, O., May Ga sensation
was created preliminary to the meet
ing of the Democratic state conven-
tion by the rumor that Mayor Johnson
of Cleveland has prepared an address
to the people of Ohio which he will
give out shortly, saying that the can
didacy of former Judge Judson Har-
mon for governor is a trap set by
enemies of William ]. Bryan to catch
Bryans friends. Johnson admitted
that he had prepared an address and
said it was practically as stated. In
addition he says that the Harmon
movement "is a foolish attempt on
the part of the liquor interests of Ohio
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-06
Distinguished Norwegian Visitor.

New York, May 6.-Bishop Anton c.
Bang, at one time secretary of the
late King Oscar ii. of Sweden and
Norway, has arrived from Christianis
on the steamer Helligolav. The bishoI
came here to unyeil on May IL the
statue of the Norwegian poet, Henr
Wergeland, which was presented By
Norway to the Normonne society OF
Minneapolis. Bishop Bang will pay 9
visit to President Roosevelt, to whom
he brings personal greetings from
King Haakon of Norway.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-06
WAGE DISPUTE UNSETTLED
Indiana Miners May Decide to Go on
Strike.

Terre Haute, Ind, May 6.-The dele
gate convention of Indiana coal miners
met to hear the report of the joint
scale committee appointed March 80
and which has been meeting almost
daily since. No agreement has been
reached. The points of difference
with the operators were discussed be-
hind closed doors. Members of the
scale committee desire authority to
make concessions or to declare q
strike. The operators say the ques.
tion is up to the miners.
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CUTTER GETS PIRATE SHIP
Algonquin Captures Sloop After Long
Chase Among Islands.

San Juan, Porto Rico, May 6.-After
a prolonged pursuit along the west
coast of Porto Rico the revenue cutter
Algonquin has succeeded in capturing
sloop that was stolen some time
ago from a west coast port. The cut
ter had to fire three shots before the
sloop would heave to. The pirates
were planning to commit other rob-
berries, after which they were going to
escape to Santo Domingo.
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Posthumous Child Expected.

Paris, May 6.-The widowed Ouch
ess de Chaulnes, who was Miss Theo-
dora Shonts of New York, will not re-
turn to America with her father, Theo-
dore P. Shonts, who came over to
Paris upon learning of the death OF
his son-in-law April 23. A posthumous
child is expected and 1t is not con-
sidered safe for the duchess to make
the long journey TO New York. She
will remain in France with her sister
in.law, the Duchess d'Uzes, until after
her accouchment.