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/ have been trying to avoid nominations
in the past said Mr.. Bryan with a
smile, ''but l have been too awkward
about it. For the last three years. how
ever have been learning. and this time
I will get off the train without doubt
Gel. Bryan discussed the worldwide
progressive movement, OF which he SAID
the movement in this country was but a
part. and attributed 1t to an awakening
conscience in all countries. He touched
upon the tariff reform, declaring that
while individuals might differ as to the
various schedules. all the democrats were
for the principle of tariff reduction. The
country. he said, was lace to face with
| the trust question, and 1t must be fOught
out. The Supreme Court, he said, mao
written into the antitrust law the word
unreasonable, making the law valueiess.
60 home and insert the word unrea-
sonable in each one of the Ten Command,
ments." said Col. Bryan. land you will
understand how that word has destroyed
the value of the law. Every restraint OF
trade is unreasonable. and the democratic
party should remake the law.
He argued for publicity: particularly did
he demand that the President of the
United States should be compelled to
give the names of persons who indorse
the men whom he appoints to the Supreme
Court and to other high offices.
what right has the President to go
into back room and settle these 1mpor-
tant appointments without giving his rea-
sons to the people?" asked Col. Bryan.
Party Pledges Redeemed.
Senator Newlands responded to the
toast: Constructive democracy" He as
cribed the source of "every triumph OF
progressive principles during the past
three years" to the declarations in the
platform of 1908. He reviewed the pledges
| in that document favoring the curtailment
| Of the powers OF the Speaker, publicity OF
campaign contributions, the admission OF
| Arizona and New Mexico. an income tax
amendment to the Constitution, increased
powers to the interstate commerce COM
mission over railroad, telegraph and teie-
| phone rates, with several others, upon
which full and complete legislation has
been had through the cooperation OF
/ democrats and progressive republicans.
| '.Why should we not secure the perform
ance of our remaining pledges during this
| session." he asked.
] Democracy being pledged to economy of
expenditure, Senator Newlands urged that
| budget committees be organized in the
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HUSBANDS SHOT FATAL.
George E. eagle Dies Of Wound In.
flicted bv Herbert II. King,

BALTIMORE, Md. January 9.-George
E. eagle Of Candor, N. c.. who. was Shot
yesterday by Herbert III. King. husband
Of the woman eagle expected to marry,
died today from the effects Of his wounds.
eagle came here to recover a ring and
money which he said he had given Mrs.
King when she was Mrs. Eula Slope,
young widow of Rome. Ga. and who, he
averred, was betrothed to him. He en-
countered King in a corridor of the
Equitable building yesterday and the
shooting followed. eagle was thirty years
old, King is twenty-siX.
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House and Senate, and that Specific
part of our income shall be set aside for
constructive work, such as the develop
ment of waterways construction Of public
buildings and aid to states in road build
ing" Should the revenues be insufficient.
the speaker suggested the reduction of the
military expenses through the organize
ton Of a military board, and IL additional
income is necessary. ''let us impose adj
ditional taxes. not upon the consumption
of the country, not upon the earning Ca
pac;tv # he masses, but upon the ac-
cumuiated and surplus wealth through in.
heritance, income and corporation taxes"
List Of guests will be found On page
Of The Star.
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HOLD OVERFLOW BANQUET.
Wilson Boomers to the Number Z
lis Dine at the Shoreham.

An overflow jackson day banquet given
at the Shoreham Hotel last night by New
Jersey democrats who had journeyed to
Washington as boomers for Gov. Wood
row Wilson and who could not be accom-
modated at the main banquet in the Raj
eigh Hotel was attended by 115 guests.
Gov. Wilson, Representative Hughes of
New Jersey and several other members OF
Congress made addresses. The banquet
was under the direction Of the New Jer-
sey democratic state committee. Judge
Hudspeth of Jersey City presided as toast
master.
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purposes to make. upon competent advice.
such a selection from these records as
shall be deemed worthy Of preservation
In the national archives.
Third, That the association embraces
the opportunity to announce that these
records will be offered to the national
government for its custody and owner
ship as an aid to historians OF future gen.
erations."
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SEEKS AT COST" STORES
!. FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Government-owned department stores
In Washington to sell staple comomodi-
ties at cost to Uncle Sans army OF en-
ployes.
That is the latest reform that Repre-
sentative Berger of Wisconsin. the So
cialist member Of the House. has UNDER
taken to accomplish. He introduced a.
bill today appropriating S1.0ov.vv0 fer
the establishment of a chain % stores
to be organized and operated alvAg the
lines OF the commissafy stores I'll the
canal strip on the lsthinus OF PaAi.ma.
The Berger measure asks that the S0c-
rotary OF the Interio.. AT the Earliest
practicable time. estaoiisn IN the city OF
Washington. at suitable PLACES. stores
for the sale. at cost price. OF staple com-
modities to all employees OF rne federal
government.
To Use Facilities at Hand.
A clause in Berger's bill provides for
the extension of facilities already at
hand until such time as the chain Of
stores is completed. This clause reaAes
THAT the privilege OF purchasing. at
cost price. commodities from the DEPART
ment stores at Washington barracks.
ID. c., and at navy yard station. ID. G..
now restricted to officers and enifQe1
men Of the army and navy, be and the
same Is thereby extended to all employees
of the federal government"
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Pomerene Defends Harmon.

our opponents.
Pomerene Defends Harmon.
Senator Pomerene took up the cudgels
for Gov. Harmon. insisting that he had
come to the front early in the struggle
for progressive principles. II his sue
cess0rs as Attorney General of the
United States had followed in the steps
OF Gov. Harmon, he declared, the trust
question would long since have been set
tied. Referring to the charges that Har-
mon has been too closely connected with
corporate interests. Senator POmere7e
said that in Ohio. where he was known.
such charges cannot be made against
Harmon, and that they ought not to be
made anywhere.
Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee. de-
claring that he was not good early
in-the-mOrning speaker, kept the audi
ence in q mirthful mood with his at
stories. He, too, turned his attention to
Theodore Roosevelt. and pictured him re-
turning from Africa, with one foot on a
hippopotamus and the other on q rhi-
nocerous. with a hyena under each arm,
leaving the widowed wart hog waiing IN
the jungle.
After Senator Johnston Of Maine had
pledged Maine to whichever democratic
candidate for the presidency the conven-
OF harmony from New England In gen.
eral. Col Bryan was given the floor.
Harmony Exu1ts Bryan.
mo man here is happier than l to-
night" said Col. Bryan. referring to the
evident harmony which existed. II
have been accused OF overweentng am
bition. For three times I have been the
democratic candidate for President But
| do not think that to be the democratic
candidate or to fill that high office Is the
| object of my life. / am reminded OF the
| fat woman on train who asked a
gentleman to assist her to get off at the
next station. She said that she was SO
| fat that she had. to get off backward
| Three times, she said, she had tried to
get off the train, and each time the con-
ductor, thinking that she was boarding
the train, had pulled her up the steps
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described himself and his compatriots to
be in when, after signing the Declaration
of Independence, he exclaimed: NOW. we
must all hang together, or we Will all
hang separately
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Appeal to Democracy.

I Speaker Clark's speech was an appeal
to all those who are opposed to stand
patters'' and to '.standpat'' policies to
stand together. pull together and work
together" The only hope Of the coun-
try for progressive legislation. he de-
clared, Hes In the democratic party. be-
cause the "standpatters'' are In the ma
jority among the republicans. Referring
to the split of the republican party. the
Speaker said It looked as though nothing
short Of q miracle could bring the war
ring factions together. but at the same
time he warned against depending for
success upon opponents' dissensions.
Democrats desire progressive legisle-
tion," said Mr.. Clark. independents
and divers republicans want it. The ma
jority of the American people favor 1t.
The only way to achieve 1t is at the
hands OF. democrats. The insurgent re-
publicans would. no doubt. enact some
remedial legislation II they could. but the
standpatters are In the majority in that
party, and Il looks as though they will
continue to dominate 1t indefinitely. 1t
may be for years. and II may be for
ever They have control Of the republic
can machine and they will run 1t over the
insurgents r1lthlessly. As the insurgent
republicans can achieve nothing except
when working In conjunction with demo-
Gratis they wo,Ad most easily and most
certainly accomplish their purpose by yot-
ing for democrats all along the line. We
are politically somewhat in the same
condition which wise old Ben Frenklin
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reunite them. It Is not, however, the
part Of wisdom for US to rely for sue
ces upon their dissentions. for they may
get together. Let US not lose
our golden opportunity through over-con-
fidence or upon ill-advised reliance upon
the quarrels and fractional fights among
our opponents"
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Best Methods Necessary.

First, That one of its express purposes
Is the employment of the best mechanical
devices and the most approved methods
Of preservation in making for transmits
sion to posterity records that will consti-
tute living history of our times and
civilization.
Second. That in performing this serv-
ice for our descendar.t is our association
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Tells Of Jackson's Fight.

Senator Kern Of Indiana spoke on
"JacksOnian Democracy" He appeared in
place Of Gov. Marshall. who was unable
to be present because Of pressing bust
ness.
THE incident Of the futile attempt of
Nicholas Biddle to coerce Gen. Jackson
into an abandonment Of his attack upon
the United States Bank has been related
many times in recent years upon occa-
sions Of this kind, but in view Of present
conditions, and recent events, that in
cident has now peculiar Significance,
said Senator Kern.
He quoted Biddle as saying: Gen.
jackson. we have the power to make and
unmake Presidents and governors and
congressman We have the power to
people"
IF that be true" said the old general,
speaking with unchristian empha sis-the
fire flashing from his steel gray eye-'if
that be true. then you have damned
sight more power than ought to belong to
any set OF men in free country, and l
shall appeal to the people to strip you Of
that power
1.-The people rallied about Jackson and
reelected him to the presidency by a
well-nigh unanimous VOTE" Senator
Kern continued. There followed fnan-
Cial revulsion, and distress was visited
upon the people, but they gladly paid the
price, for in that day men were willing
to endure financial distress to the end
that free institutions might not perish
from the earth"
"Oh, that there had been an Andrew
jackson In the presidential chair in that
year 1908. backed up by the same fear
less and patriotic citizenship which raj
lied to his support in 1882"
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Must Gain New Votes.


"One thing is clear as crystal" con-
tinued the Speaker; "in order to win we
must hold all the voters We had In 19OS
and draw to us about 100000 who were
against us then. Consequently 1t Is OF
supreme Importance that we enter the
impending contest thoroughly united In
purpose. In principle, in policy and IN
heart.
I'VE owe the present democratic House
to the splendid record of the House dem
ocrats Of the Sixty-flrst Congress. and
We owe our present inlproved-vastly I'M
proved-status in the country to that rec
ord plus the magnificent record OF the
democrats in both Houses and Senate and
the extraordinary session OF the present
Congress. 1t detracts nothing whatso-
ever from our record that the President
nullified by his vetoes the beneficent re-
suits which would have flowed from our
enlightened and patriotic endeavors.
I'VE made our record: he made his.
The people-the court OF last resort in
politics-must decide the case upon those
records next November.
Demonstrated by Elections.
THE results of the November elections
demonstrated conclusively that the re-
publican campaign canard. which has
been overworked many times. to the eff
feet that democratic supremacy breeds
panics has been exploded forever. for the
places where national issues. and ma
tional issues alone were considered Were
the very places where democrats did the
best. This was notably in Massachusetts
and in Joe Taggarts congressional dis
trict in Kansas and in Dan Y. Stephens
district in Nebraska.
Evidently the people believe that the
plan we agreed upon and proceeded upon
to revise the tariff schedule by schedule
Is wise. That being the case, we will
go on as we have begun, revising the
tariff on democratic lines, proceeding as
rapidly as 1t Is possible to revise it in a
careful, scientific and painstaking way.
.sThe republicans seem to be utterly de-
moralized and split to pieces. 1t looks as
! though nothing short Of miracle will
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.F|REPROOF HALL URGED
FOR VALUABLE RECORDS
Modern Historic Records AS
ISOLATION Appeals to
Congress.

The erection in Washington of a fire.
proof hall Of records. in which to keep
the valuable historical records Of the
United States. is urged upon Congress by
the Modern Historic Records Association
and the National Arts Club of New York,
in petition which Senator O.Gorman has
presented to the Senate.
Signed by Herbert L. Bridgman. presi-
dent, and w. T. Larned. secretary. the
petition calls attention to the necessity
for such structure by saying:
Two states-New York and Missouri
have suffered an irreparable loss in the
destruction of historical documents by
fire. Will not Congress heed the warning
and make haste to provide the means for
the erection in Washington OF fireproof
building in which to house the innumer-
able government records whose loss
would be a national calamity?
I'm urging upon your honorable body
the necessity of such immediate action,
the Modern Historic Records Association
hQ0Q LON m rnrnind yOl1-
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Hearst Attacks Roosevelt.

William Randolph Hearst, speaking on
the subject Of the duty of q democrat.
declared he intended to do his duty as a
democrat at all times. He pictured JET
ferson. Jackson and Abraham Lincoln
as the greatest opponents of the princi-
pies Of democracy, no matter in what
party they might have been leaders. Lin
CON. he said. had revived the republican
party along the line Of democratic prin-
ciples. but since his day that party had
sunk back.
Mr.. Hearst made bitter attack upon
Theodore Roosevelt, declaring that to put
him up as the exponent Of the progres-
sivee movement In the country was to
make that movement ridiculous.
Roosevelt sacrificed every progressive
principle for his own interests" said Mr..
Hearst. HE yielded to the criminal
trusts. He is the Harlequin Of politics:
he did not carry the big stick, but the
slapstick. With Root as Columbine and
Morgan as Panta.oon, the trio made a
combination which aimed to save the
country to divide It among themselves. "
Champ Clark, who had been accorded
intermittent applause d.ring the evening
was the next speaker. Obviously suffer-
ing from a cold. Mr.. Clark gradually
warmed &c his subject, and carried his
audience with him as he pleaded for
unanimity Of action against the republi-
cans.
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burdens. Of government may be fairly
distributed.
The election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people; for the
remedying Of existing. evils In the direc-
ton Of moro government by the people.
not less government by the people.
''Unrelenting opposition to the DONNA
ton in public affairs OF special interests
and the elimination OF such influences
from politics"
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What Country Must Fear.

1T is not single combinations which the
country need fear" said Gov. Wilson,
''but 1t Is the combination of the combina-
tons which has arisen and which domi-
mates the business Of the country which
must be attacked.
by means Of naming the same men to
scores Of boards of directors of the big
corporations and combinations this COM
bination of combina tons, controlling in
terests OF ALI kinds. has been brought
about. It Is an old saying that you can't
unscramble eggs. But you can see to it
that not all the eggs are kept in the same
basket. The scalpel must be used to dis
sect this combination of combinations.
It will not injure business In this country.
The democratic party is not an enemy to
business. But the rotten tissues which
join together this great combination must
be removed. and they can be removed
without material injury to business
Gov. Wilson declared that he was
practical man, that he thought action
should be taken quickly instead Of merely
theortzing. He said that he believed in
the old saying at Donnybrook fair, Hit
the heads that you see." The man on the
street. he said. could point out the heads
that needed hitting
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Ovation for Wilson.

When Gov. Wilson was introduced by
Senator O'Gorman he had to wait for
several minutes for the applause to die
away so that he might begin his address.
He early paid tribute to Col. Bryan. de-
claring that with the rise and fall of SEN
timent. with the ebb and flow Of propos-
ais and measures, the Commoner had con-
sistently been a leader, and that he had
steadfastly pointed out the way Of reform
to the people Of the country. What had
been the matter with the people all these
years? Gov. Wilson asked. He answered
that first the government had been pri-
vately controlled. and secondly, the busi-
ness Of the country had been privately
controlled. He said special interests.
largely through the means Of the tariff,
had controlled the government. and that
combinations In business had been SO
formed as to place the control of the
wealth Of the country In the hands of q
few
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-17
BOOSTER TRAIN ID
 SOUTH ALABAMA Montgomery Business Men Will Set Forth City's
 Advantages

Montgomery, September 16,- (speeiaL)- Progressive business men of Montgom- cry will tour south Alabama on special train this week in the interest of the trade development of the city. The train will visit a number of towns in south Alabama that regard Montgomery as their cornnion point of interest, their market and their source of supplies.
 Al each ol the places visited the party os Moltgomerans will stop for an ex- change oe greetings and an exchange oi ideas relative to the development of the best interests of the state.
 The party will be made up of many oi the most prominent business men of the city, besides the representatives of large business concerns that make their head orartors in Montgomery.
 The pai lors of the Pullman coaches VII be used on the trip for temporary offices the Business Mems league occupying one the expositioii company another and the general office of the trace movement the thi-d.
 The train will leave the union station al o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-17
TWO REPORTS ARE
 YET ID BE MADE
Sub-C Committees on Judicial Reform Submit Reports
 to Pelham

Montgomery. September l6.-( (Speelal.)- Judge John Pelham, chairman Of the state committee on the reform and revision ot the judicial sSstem of the state, has an- nounced that all of the subcommittee have submitted reports to him with the exception of the committees On criminal practice and procedure and civil practice and procedure.
 Walker Percy of Birmingham Is chair man of the first committee and B. c. Farmer of Dothan is chairman of the second committee.
 Following the reports from the chairman of these committees Judge Pelham will call together the central committed and will consider steps to compile the various reports that have been submitted on the several subjects on which judicial reform is needed These reports will be published in pamphlet form and will be distributed among the members of the committee of the whole. after which the entire com- mttee will be called together at Mont gomery.
 At this meeting it is probable thnt q report will be drawn up to be submitted to the legislature when it convenes ii. special session. which report will contain various suggestions and recommendations for the action of the state lawmakers
 It is expected that the committee of the whole will meet in Montgomery some time about the middle or latter part of De- tober.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-17
ALABAMA WILL BE
 WELL REPRESENTED
Many Physicians Will At tend International Con-
 gress in Washington

Montgomery. September 16.-(spe- cial)-Dr. W. II. Sanders. state health officer, expects that a good representa- ton of physicians from Alabama will attend the International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, which con venes in Washington, D. C., on next Monday. In addition 10 Dr. Sanders other state officials who will attend the congress are Dr. P. B. Moss, state bacterlologlst and patholog ist, and pr. William H. Oates, state prison inspec- tor.
 Dr. Sanders announced today that he had received letters from a number of prominent physicians in the state to the effect that they expect to attend the international congress.
 The meeting In Washington will be the fifteenth annual congress which the association has held. previous meetings having been held In various parts of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-17
NOT ID ADVERTISE: . BOND SALEFURTHER Hillman Hospital Bonds May Fall Into Hands of
 New Board

There is a possibility of the sale of the Sloo,000 worth of county bonds which were voted on at a recent election for the im- provement and enlargement Of the Hill man hospital going over to the new board of revenue for disposal. While the board ordered their attorney. W. K. Terry, to dratt a form in order to have the bonds Autographed, no further advertisement for bids VIII be made, and the board will hold the bonds until a suitable purchaser can be secured.
 The bonds have been already advertised and number of bids were secured. the highest bidder offering a premium of s7O0 above par. The board did not think this enough and rejected all the bids. At the meeting yesterday 1t was the opinion of the board that further advertising was unnecessary, and that the bonds could be disposed of by agreement.
 Several local banks bid on the bonds on the toimer occasion, and it is understood are ready 10 enter into further negotia- tions