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* v"\, i CHAOS RULES (fl CfTY .<:- * / •" • is. 1 • ttFUGtES IN VALPARAISO ;"k ^ ' CHILI, FIGHT FOR FOOD. SUPPLIES INSUFFICIENT. Cemeteries Destroyed and Authorities VmM* to Bury Victim*--T« Qulllota Sinks Out ef Sight. 5:%-- a? Valparaiso.--Chaos rules in Valpar­ aiso and martial law Is unable to keep order. The scores of thousands of homeles, famine stricken refugees light in the streets for food. The army and navy officers are working heroically to bring order out of chaos, but they are fearfully handi- caped. The injured are still without ade­ quate medical care,.in spite of the tire­ less energy of army, naval and pri­ vate surgeons and nurses. Food supplies are insufficient, but are increasing. The minister of the Interior has ordered all ships in Chil­ ian ports to proceed to Valparaiso with food and bring away refugees. A regular relief service has been estab- Ushed. Cattle shipments are on the way. Frontier train service has been established from Talca. Supplies of ineat and milk are arriving regularly but not in quantities sufficient to pre­ vent hunger. Estimates of the number of dead •Ull remain between 3,000 and 5,000. Twenty-eight bodies were found Wed­ nesday under the stairway of the tele­ graph office. Meat and Bread Scarce. •Meat and bread are scarce. Meat Is now being distributed by the au­ thorities. The grocers' shops that were not destroyed by the earthquake are now nearly out of stock. Canned Ineats, sardines, condensed milk and biscuits are much needed. As a first installment the govern­ ment has appropriated $4,000,000 for the relief of the destitute. One of the greatest difficulties en­ countered by the authorities is the in­ terment of the bodies recovered from the ruins, as all the cemeteries were destroyed. At the various temporary morgues heaps of coffins have accumu­ lated, awaiting the designation of their |>lace of burial. The work of recover­ ing the bodies is being pushed to the t&nost in order to avoid an epidemic. The total number of corpses buried ag> to Tuesday, August 21, was 648. The main post office has been re­ opened. Every Wall Ruined. < At Llai Llai there is not a single :#n good condition. There were *il persons killed there. At Cablldo the railroad station was gtmaged. At Qufllota many buildings were prostrated. .. • i The earthquake was -severe at Con- I eon and ColmOi The dead in those Olaces number 25. i The work of bringing order out of chaos is progressing rapidly and the telephone and telegraph lines have been restored to Santiago. The postal system is in working order and mail is being delivered regularly. Electric cars already are running be* tween Baron station and Recro, and probably the opration of cars will be extended to Vina del. Mar. i A movement is on foot to organize i a company to facilitate the raising of Ike money necessary to reconstruct the city. It is proposed to advance the sums needed without interest for the first six months. The plan is to construct the new buildings of light materials and to lay out the streets «0 that they will have a uniform Width of 20 meters. ' The department of public works at Santiago has appropriated $100,000 for the construction of sheds to shel­ ter the refugees from Valparaiso and elsewhere who continue to arrive there. Earth 8walfows 10,000. JUnuu--It is reported that Qulllota, • city of 10,000 population, about 30 Miles from Valparaiso, has sunk en­ tirely from sight and that less than, 100 of the inhabitants escaped. j ; Two Dead in Wreofc. Bristol, Va.--As a result of a wash­ out a freight train on the Virginia & Southwestern railway ran off a trestle at Moccasin river at two o'clock Fri­ day morning and the engine and eight cars loaded with coal were plunged Into the river and two persons were Wiled. ^ SULLIVAN IS VINDICATED ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO OUST COMMITTEEMAN. Nebraska Man Endorsed for the Pres­ idency--State Ticket Named by Convention. Peoria, 111. -- William Jennings Bryan Indorsed as the demo­ cratic nominee for president in 1908, and Roger C. Sullivan, of Chicago, vin­ dicated and the demand for his resig­ nation as nationii committeeman made by Mr. Bryan from Europe voted down by 1,058 delegates to 670, was the outcome of one of the hardest politics* battles ever fought in the state Tuesday. From start to finish Sullivan and his cohorts completely dominated the state convention. From the election of ex-Justice Boggs as chairman to the defeat of the resolu­ tions condemning Mr. 'Sullivan there never was a moment of doubt as to who controlled the gathering. Incidental in its importance was the nomination of a slate of state officers. These nominations were made - just preceding the Bryan-Sullivan fighf and were as follows: For state treasurer--N. L. Plot- rowski. For superintendent of public in­ struction--Caroline Grote. For trustees state r Diversity--D. R. Cameron, J. S. Cuneo, C. D. Bourland. The feature of the platform that al­ most ended in a riot was the indorse­ ment of Bryan in these words: "For president of the United States In 1908 the Democrats of Illinois, first and last, have but one choice, and that man is William Jennings Bryan." This precipitated the one big row of the convention. The principal feature of the plat­ form is the indorsement of William J. Bryan for president, in the face of the Nebraskan's protest that he opposed Buch indorsement unless Sullivan was ousted as national committeeman. MINERS KILLED IN EXPLOSION Heroic Collier Meets Death Trying to Rescue His Corade. Mahanoy City, Pa.--By an explosion of gas in the West Buck mountain gangway in the fifth level of the Vul­ can colliery of the Mill Creek Coal company Tuesday, Charles Staukhus, aged 25 years, and John Haruka, aged 30 years, were instantly killed, five persons were probably fatally injured and about a dozen Were overcome by after-damp. Stukus was killed by the first explosion and Haruka was killed as he was preparing to carry the, body of Staukus to the gangway. There were two explosions at inter­ vals of ten minutes. Both did much damage to the mine, brattices being ripped away and timbers blown out along the gangway for a distance of several hundred yards. The fourth lift of the mine was completely wrecked. AMERICAN NETS ARE DESTROYED K i Three Steel Workers Killed. I J Pittsburg, Pa.--Three men are dead, fe t#o are in a serious condition and nlhe others were rendered uncon­ scious by a blow-out of accumulated gas early Tuesday morning at the Eliza furnaces of the Jones & Laugh- Uns Steel company, at Soho, this city. ' j Wants Boycotters Suppressed. Hongkong.--The American consul (general has sent a dispatch to the viceroy of Canton requesting him to suppress the Boycott association for the hindrance of American commerce. | More Public Money for Banks. f Washington.--Secretary Shaw has taken steps to increase the deposits Of public moneys in national deposi- jtories In various parts of the countr •to $50,000 each, the amount author- |iied by law. It affects about 150 banks j t - Strikers Demand Fewer Hours. | Bilbao, Spain.--The military governor fliere has unsuccessfully attempted to iarbitrate the dispute between employ- ers and strikers. The latter, who •number over 60,000, firmly maintain demands for fewer hours; Fishermen Complain of Action of Canadian Cruiser in Lake Erie. Washington.--Capt. Ross, chief of the revenue cutter service of the treasury department, Wednesday re­ ported to Acting Secretary Murray <# the department of commerce and la­ bor, that he had received advices that the Canadian cruiser Vigilant was de­ stroying the nets of American fisher­ men in Lake Erie. The reports of the fishermen indi­ cate that the nets were set well with­ in American waters. Complaints were filed by the fisher­ men with the American authorities. The matter will be reported to the state department and probably will constitute the subject of an exchange between the American and Canadian governments. OHIO IS AFTER TWO-CENT FARE Board Invites Passenger Officials to Confer on Reduced Rate. Columbus, O.--The Ohio railroad commission will take up the ques­ tion of applying the two-cent fare law to interstate traffic on Ohio roads at once. The commission has called a con­ ference of the passenger officials of Ohio railroads to be held in this city August 30, when an effort will be made to secure an amicable adjust­ ment of the controversy. Failing in this the commission will file formal complaint with the inter­ state commerce commission. The Ohio railroads now base ail in­ terstate rates on the old rate of 'three cents a mile. i-V Factories Make Gainp, ^ Washington. -- Unequaled prosper­ ity in the manufacturing industry of the United States for the calendar year of 1904 is shown in a census bulletin, which is compared with a similar census for the year 1900. The number of manufacturing establish­ ments in the country-, as ehown by the last census, is 216,262, an increase of four per cent, over 1900. Capital increased during the five years from $8,978,825,200 to $12,£86,265,673, or 41 per" cent. etwy* Our Springfield Letter Spedsl Gerrwpeadtat Write* of Things «f Interest mt She SUM Capital. Springfield.--In one session lasting about four hours the Republican state convention completed its work here August 21. Harmony prevailed. The administration slate of state candi­ dates was nominated, although An­ drew Russell, of Jacksonville, made a vigorous effort to defeat John F. Smul- ski, the administration candidate for state treasurer. The resolutions as prepared by the governor and the deputation of Cul lom men in conference were adopted Vtttojpt # dissenting voice in con.' 5 NEWS OF ILLIJiOia HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, % General Manager Is Namelfe^; Lexington, Ky.--W. W. McDowell, #8slstant engineer of the Lexington & ((Eastern railroad, has been appointed ,;to succeed the late Roger S. Barr, {both as director and general manager of the road. ^ i -- ---- I • Mendoza Declared a Traltari" ' I Bogota, Colombia.--The cabinet has declared Senor Mendoza, former min­ ister to the United States, a traitor 4tor revealing diplomatic secrets. The (country approves of calling Mendoza Jockey's License Suspended. Saratoga, N. Y.--At a meeting of the stewards of the Jockey club at the Saratoga course, the license of Jockey Charles Bell was supended for the remainder of the racing season of 1906. Linemen on Strike. Kansas City, Mo.--At Kansas City and Independnce, Mo., 400 linemen sour! & Kansas City Telephone com­ pany are on strike for increased wages. At Sedalia 40 men are out. ' British Earl Dies. London.--The Earl of Leven and Melville, lord high commissioner of the geperal assembly of the Church of Scotland, and keeper of the privy seal of Scotland, died Wednesday. He was born in 1835. ' l'#' Preacher Gored to Oeath. Centralia, III.--Rev. G. W. S. Bell, 75, years old, a Baptist preacher, was gored to death by a bull on his farm Wednesday. His son Frank was seri­ ously injured by the same animal ii.fMttk before. f1 p - * _ #15.. John F. 8mulski. Nominated for State Treasurer by the Re­ publican Convention. vention, and with but one objection being raised--and defeated-*to the committee on resolutions. The new state committee "Selected is controlled by the Deneen-Yates forces, but an amicable division of the organization of the committee between the state and federal forces has been arranged. The convention in a strong resolu­ tion declared Speaker Joseph O. Can­ non to be the choice of the Republic­ ans of Illinois for the nomination to the presidency in 1908,, and the dele­ gates cheered loudly when this plank of the platform was read. In an equal­ ly flattering resolution Senator Shelby M. Cullom was Indorsed and made, by formal action of the committee, the Republican candidate for United States senator in 1907, to succeed him­ self. Following is the ticket nominated: Treasurer, John F. Smulski, Chi­ cago. Superintendent of public instruction, Francis G. Blair, Charleston. Trustees of state university (regular term), Alexander McLean, Macomb; Carrie Thomas Alexander, Belleville; Fred L. Hatch, Spring Grove. Trustee of state university (to fill vacancy), L. L. Lehman, Mattpon. Catholic Knigtits End Meeting. The thirteenth biennial convention of the Catholic Knights of America, state of Illinois, adjourned. The com­ mittee on resolutions reported a reso­ lution refusing to sanction any change in the present status of the sinking fund of the order and allowing the same to be used for the benefit of the older members of the order to the extent which has been practiced for number of years. The resolution was adopted. The following officers were elected for the coming two years: President, William Burback, Chicago; first vice president, William Sheehan, Springfield; second vice president, James J. Hoag, Mattoon; third vice president, Adam Bein, Ster­ ling; secretary, Charles A. Kliest, Chi­ cago; treasurer, B. Mussmann, Effing­ ham ; supreme representatives, Charles F. Pich, Chicago, and Charles Evermann, Effingham; alternates, Dr. H. P. Dingus, Red Bud, and Adam Bein, Sterling. The convention voted to hold the n&xt meeting at Colllnp- ville the third Tuesday in August, 1908. Aid for Released Criminals. The state of Illinois, through the agency of its own free employment bureau in Chicago and other cities, will provide wholesome, healthful as­ sistance to the thousand-odd men, women and boys released from the various penal and reformatory In­ stitutions each /ear. Governor Den- een, who has been interested deeply in this problem and has considered It with his advisers on the several boards, has placed his approval on a carefully mapped out plan to intrust to the state employment agencies the duty of securing work for those who have either served out the sentences imposed by the courts, or by good conduct have had their punlatuuents mitigated. 'Societies Will Cooperate. The Springfield Business Men's as­ sociation will cooperate with the Springfield Federation of Labor and the local German Catholic societies in making Labor Day and the national ;gathering of German Catholic societies', respectively, successes In every par­ ticular. At a meeting of the associa­ tion it was voted to lend the two or­ ganizations every assistance. Labor Day will be celebrated September 3, while the national federation of Ger­ man Catholic societies will meet in Springfield', September 9-tB. Democratic State Convention. The Democratic state convention at Peoria, August 21, unanimously in­ dorsed William Jennings Bryan for president in 1908, and by a vote of 1,038 to 570 laid on the table his reso lutions calling on Roger Sullivan to resign his position on the Democratic national committee. Roger Sullivan dominated the con­ vention. He organized it, controlled all committees and mapped out the fall programme and secured a new Nicholas, L. Plotrowskl. D#ffft»eratic Nominee for State Treasurer. grip on the party machinery in Illinois. He will have 29 of the 34 members of the new state central committee, the Thompson-Rainey-Dunlap forces nam­ ing but five members of the goveiping body. The ticket:" -ft :, ' State treasurer/ N. L. Piotrowski, Chicago. Superintendent of public instruction, Miss Caroline Grote, Pike county. Trustees of University of Illinois, Daniel R. Caleroji, Chicago; John S. Cuneo, Chicago; Miss Clara Bourland, Peoria. The Recent Vttte. Complete returns of the popular sen­ atorial vote give Senator Cullom 159,- 417, ex-Gov. Yates 113,447, and Pastor Webster 12,609, a plurality for Senator Cullom of 33,362 votes. Complete re- tarns of the delegate distribution for state ^ treasurer give Russel 673, again&t 601 for Smulski, 163 for Mes- sick, and 99 for Kopf. Smulski got 868 of the £74 Cook county delegates. For state superintendent of public In­ struction Blair leads with Successfully Pass Examinatipna. A large number of applicants for positions in the various state institu­ tions have been passed as eligible by the Illinois civil service commission. The examinations were held some time ago. The successful ones are as follows: Matrons--Mrs. Mary S. Miller, Chi­ cago; Miss Nell E. Brooks, Atwood; Mrs. Recie Henderson, Lincoln; Mrs. Ida Jones, Virden; Mrs. Flora L. Bell, Dunning; Miss Theodothia K. NeVore, Peoria; Mips Louisa E. Con- ley, Geneva; Mrs. Ethel M. Looney and Mrs. Harriet I. George, Chicago; Miss Winnie F. Head, Fairfield; Miss Mary F. Mulhern, Chicago; Mrs. Susan H. Crosby, Chicago; Mrs. Mar­ garet B. Kirk, Geneva; Mrs. Eva B. Woodford, 1516 West Monroe street, Springfield; Mrs. Mattie M. Hubbard, Lincoln; Miss Minnie B. Matthews, Lincoln; Mrs. Emma B. Beans, Dun­ ning; Miss Sarah E. Maxwell, Lin­ coln; Mrs. Sophia S. Chappell, Chi­ cago. Assistant Matrons--Mrs. Ida Jones, Virden; Bertha B. Duff, Lincoln; Sarah A. Shelley, Rossville; Kather- ine O'Rorke, Rochelle; Adelaide Comp- ton, Geneva; Mrs. Lillian L. Haydon, Geneva; Mrs. Henrietta P. Sprague, Geneva; Mrs. Nellie E. Cress, Lincoln; Amanda Lape, St. Peter; Mrs. Mar­ garet B. Kirk, Geneva; MrB. Stella M. Crawford, Chicago; Eldorado M.' Shep­ herd, Lincoln; Winnie F. Head, Fair­ field; Mary J. O'Rorke, Rochelle; MrB. Eva B. Woodford, Springfteld; Ulyssa Knipe, Findlay; Laura Belle Martin, Lincoln; Elizabeth A. Eldridge, Gen­ eva; Eliza T.s Haring, Chicago; Car­ rie E. Caldwell, Havana.; Mrs. Eliza­ beth Burke, Geneva; Marinda H. Al­ len, Exeter; Ethelyn Yaeger, Lincoln; Anna Sheridan, Geneva. Housekeepers--Miss Marie Piest, Chicago; Mrs. Harriette H. Davis, Chicago; Miss Recle Henderson, Lin­ coln; Mrs. Mary J. Ellison, Geneva; Mrs. Delia H. Good, Jacksonville; Miss Amanda Lape, St. Peter; Mrs. M. Madora Hanson, Chicago; - Miss Louisa E. Conley, Geneva; Miss Ber­ tha E. Duff, Lincoln; Miss Mary E. Mulherxi, Chicago; Miss Ida Jones, Virden; Mrs. Ellen P. Wheeler, Gard­ ner; Mrs. Flora L. Bell, Dunning; Miss Theodothia K. NeVore, Peoria; Eliza T. Haring, Chicago; Miss Jose­ phine T. Kelleher, Chicago; MIBB Vir­ ginia M. McKallen, Chicago; Mrs. Emma il. Beans, Dunning; Miss Mary S. Miller, Chicago; Mrs. Flora G. Bobbert, Lincoln; Mrs. Sophia S. Chappell. Chicago; Miss Eliza J. Brown, Geneva.. House Father and Mother--Frank H. Cogswell, Mrs. Frank H. Cogswell, 425 Smith street, Springfield, 111.; Thomas H. Miller, Mrs. T. H. Miller, St. Charles; Bryan T. Wright, Mrs. B. T. Wright, Chicago; Marcel us E Hitchcock, Elgin. ; Normal Scholarships Awkrdetfc Superintendent of Public Instruo* tion Alfred Bayliss has issued a cir­ cular giving the names of the stu- dents who are entitled to scholar­ ships to the state-normal. Those from Sangamon county who are eligible are May me Coons, Loami; Hour! Dlkls, Maxwell; Johnnie Haugh, New Ber­ lin; Earl Hutchinson, Rochester; Alice Long, Williamsville; Viola Mil­ ler, Springfield; Charles Murphy, Cur- ran; Gertrude O'Keefe, Glenarm; Asa Patton, Divernon; Muriel Steele, Riv- erton. ^ ;• To Celeb**!* Emancipation Day. The Afro-American Protective league at a meeting in Springfield decided to celebrate the thirtieth an­ niversary of the freedom of slaves at Tudorville park in East St. Louis Sept. 22. 3ATI8FIEO WITH 8ALARY Deputy Fish Wardens Named. Governor Dtneen announced the ap­ pointment of Joshua Pryor of Seaton- vllle as deputy fish warden of Bureau 617 county, and Walter E. Smith of Lin- against 479 for Bangs, 273 for Kimzey, I coin as deputy fish warden of Logaa and fo» Bttw»ras. . v ^ w Probate Judge Frank Perln of Belle­ ville Believes Compensation rof $2,000 Annually Is Sufficient for Services Rendered. Belleville.--In telling the board of supervisors of St. Clair county that they are making a mistake in urging an increase of $500 a year in his sal- arl, Probate Judge Perin of Belleville has placed himself in a class of his own. Probate Judge Perin receives $2,000 a year. The supervisors think the office should command a salary of $2,500. Speaking as a citizen and tax­ payer and not as a selfish officeholder Judge Perin says that the probate judge is receiving plenty when he draws a check for $2,000 for one year's work. "I sought the office three years ago and was glad to get it at a salary of $2,000," he said. "I am sufficiently satisfied with the Job to seek re-elec­ tion next fall and $2,000 looks big enough to three others to induce them to seek the position also. If men are willing to accept the office for $2,000 a year why should the super­ visors insist upon raising the salary to $2,500?" Mayor of Bloomington Dead. Bloomington.--Hon. James., S. Ne­ ville, mayor of Bloomington and prom­ inent in the politics of the state, died ta West Baden, Ind., where he JU*U The Lats James 8. Neville. ' week -ago to recuperate from what seemed to be slight Indisposition. The funeral was held here. Gov. Deneen and staff, ex-Gov. Yates and the state central committee attended the services and Yates spoke briefly at the grave. Turners for jChicago.--Chicago turners at a meeting of the Chicago Turngemeinde planned to present a petition to con­ gress to secure postal savings banks. The national body of turners at In­ dianapolis, labor unions and otber or­ ganizations will be asked to circulate petitions and get signatures of a mil­ lion persons who favor the govern­ ment savings bank scheme. Former Congressman Julius Goldzier backed the scheme before the turner society. Shoots Daughter as Burglar. Taylorville.--Mistaking her 14-year- old daughter for a burglar, Mrs. W. F. Kiseler sent three revolver bullets entirely through the girl's body. She had arisen to close an outside door which had been left open on account of the warm night. The revolver was a 44 caliber, but though the six wounds made by the three bullets bled profusely, the girl is still alive. It Is hardly possible, however, that she will recover. Freeport (III.) Merchant Fails. Freeport.--An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the Federal court here against Wortham Bros., dry goods merchants, of Rockford. Liabilities are said to be $50,000. As­ sets not given. Falls to Death From Fire Escape. Bloomington.--While making a test of a fire escape at Hoopeston H. H. Barsalom, of Momence, received fatal injuries, a cable breaking. He fell five stories, alighting on his head. Charged With Horse Stealing. Virginia.--William Gobel, of near Ashland, was held in jail here, charged with stealing a team of horses belonging to Robert Padgett, of Ashland. Prefers Death to 8ickness. Bloomington.--Mrs. John F. Myers, aged 44, committed suicide by swal­ lowing strychnine while despondent over ill health. Bull Gores Preacher to Desilit - Centralia.--Rev. G. W. S. Bell, a venerable Baptist preacher, well known throughout central and south­ ern Illinois, was gored to death by an enraged bull on his farm one mile east of this city. ' ^ Miner Murders Bloomington.--Mrs. Wm. Thomas, wife of a miner at Pontiac, 111., was murdered by her husband, who cut her throat from ear to ear and smashed'her skull with a hatchet. A family quarrel Is given as the cause. k&ilL V A. i-A .L /. Fifteen Children Injured. Sterling.--As the result of an ex­ periment with a gas making machine, fifteen children between the ages of 10 and 12 years, and the Inventor, fi. R. Clark, were seriously Injured. The children were playing in the yard at the home of Mr.Clark, when the ma­ chine exploded. • Farmer Shoots Himself. Litchfield.--Alexander Sims, a pfbs- perous farmer, attempted to end his life by shooting himself wltu a re- 'v. ' A"' 9 "V"*- ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Rcpabiko Lefuhtkn DuoaBced by the State Atfbnn Demanded--Favor William Jeamags Bryan for President. v „1 Th« platform adopted by the Dem­ ocratic state convention, in session at Peoria Aug. 21, is as follows: This representative convention of the Democratic party of Illinois con­ gratulates the Democracy of the state and the whole country upon the bril­ liant prospects of victory in the com­ ing contest and election. The accumulating evidence of Re­ publican extravagance, duplicity' and Inefficiency demands the overthrow of that party in the state and nation. The people are turning again to the path of Jefferson and pf Jackson and of Bryan for the relief from corruption that affects maily branches of our gov­ ernment and congressional evils that may be still worse in their conse­ quences. We believe the unfortunate inmates of state charitable institutions deserve the kindest, most careful and most human treatment the state can give them. During the last two months We have had revealed cofulltions in our state institutions shocking to the best of our people. Unfortunate and de­ fenseless warda of the state have been subjected to treatment of the most shameful character, and these occur­ rences have not been Isolated. They have arisen before under Republican officials and In many institutions. The Republican administration has given us a civil service law that is the merest shadow of pretense applicable to only a part of the state service and to only a part of the employes therein, and the governor who pretended to ad­ vocate it as a friend of the merit sys­ tem sat up until midnight of the day before it became a law to block its purpose by filling every possible place for appointees that they might bold their places without examination. . Primary Law Denounced. The Republican administration of •ham reform caused to be expended $65,000 of the people's money to pass and $250,000 more to put in effect the so-called primary election law. And such a travesty It is. By a majority of more than five hundred thousand the people of Illinois voted two years ago for a direct primary law which would enable the citizen to vote direct­ ly for the nomination of the candi­ dates whom he wished nominated by his party. In the fact of this direct and overwhelming expression of the people's will and in defiance of their own specific promise made in their state platform of 1904, to give the peo­ ple a direct primary liw,. the Repub­ lican party shirked its duty in the regular session of the general assem­ bly and passed a cowardly makeshift that was declared unconstitutional. Then, after putting the people to the expense of a special session, that party brought forth such a mockery of a primary law that it was, on Its passage, denounced even by the Re­ publican lieutenant governor of the st^te aa a "double-headed disaster" that puts "a problem on gerrymanders and deadlocks." The results have proved it to be a (aw to put the control of nominations In tbe hands of political machines and compel the voter to disclose his poli­ tics and thereby destroys the secrecy of the ballot and wholly disfranchises the independent voter in nominating conventions. We pledge the Democratic members of the next general assembly: To an earnest effort to make the state civil service law a fact as well aa a name, a law applicable to all branches of the state government, and 111 employes thereof. To the enactment of a direct pri­ mary law that will be an exact, direct primary law, and not a "double-headed disaster." To an enactment that will correct and prevent 'the abuses that prevail In our state institutions under Repub­ lican administration if such abuses possibly can be reached by law. To the enactment of a state banking law that will provide sufficient super­ vision of and will prevent the looting of the funds accumulated by the thrifty. Unjust Tariff Laws Condemned. We believe that American citizens are entitled to the best fruits of Amer­ ican enterprise, and we condemn in unmeasured terms the present Repub­ lican system of extorting tribute from the people at home by means of unjust tariff laws, so that foreigners may en- Joy American products at a cheaper price than our own people. To end this system which fosters the iniquitous trusts and combinations that are controlling legislation through the Republican party, we demand a careful and businessllse revision of existing tariff rates by the frlepds of the people, and not by the frjends of the system, to a point where the reve­ nues will meet the expense of govern­ ment honestly and economically ad­ ministered. Great Corporations* Denounced. It should be remembered that the Democratic party was first to' recog- HAD HEARD PAPA SAY IT. Toi^«|»mewhat Unconv«|^fl *?• mark at Party. When nine-year-old Toby went to his first unchaperoned party he *as given minute instructions upon his be­ havior. For one thing, he was not to help himself to anything more than twice, and--well, if at any time he should feel at a loss as to tfte. cor­ rect thing for small guests to do, he nice and denoune* tk' " plsttorn those various trusts and combinations formed for the purpose of enabling greedy corporations to obtain more than a fair share of the products of capital and labor, and secure exorbi­ tant and unreasonable profits from the consumer, and we renew our sol­ emn pledge to favor the enactment and enforcement of such legislation as will ultimately suppress such crim­ inal combinations and make way for a fair and healthy competition In all classes of business. Criticism for Congress. We denounce the Republican con­ gress for its shameful surrender to the railroads, the Standard Oil octopus and the meat trust In its boasted leg­ islation designed to regulate the great, merciless corporations. We denounce the proposed ship subsidy legislation now pending in the national congress and we declare that scheme to take money out of the na­ tional treasury and pay it to a few favored ship owners as un-Democratic, un-American and unjust to the masses of the people. We are opposed to large standing armies in time of peace, but we regard the volunteer soldiers who are ever ready to take up arms, not as a pro­ fession, but as protectors of home and country, as the real guardians of oar country, and we favor liberal pensions to those who gave their services to their country. . ' # Rights of Labor Defended. We believe In liberal wages, reason­ able hours, and the best possible con­ dition of employment for the mfen and women who toil in the mines and shops, In the factories and on the rail­ roads of our state and country, and we furthermore believe that their inalien­ able right to petition the representa­ tives of the people in congrss and in the legislature should be zealously guarded and eternally preserved, and that they should be protected against Insolence and Insults when engaged In the exercise of this sacred right, and that in tts last analysis this right includes the right of men to ask ques­ tions on problems affecting the wel­ fare of candidates for public office and offering instructions and exacting pledges regarding the same. Humanity , demands that there should be rigid child labor legislation, and that such laws should be consist­ ently enforced. The restrictive measures which or­ ganized labor has demanded against the disastrous and fatal competition of Chinese coolies and the cheap South Europe emigrant labor are both rea­ sonable and just, and deserve' to be made statutory and carried out to the letter. Just and profitable conditions of la­ bor are recognized by us as a funda­ mental and essential principle ofN en­ during and substantial prosperity tor business and in fact for all people. For Postal 8avings Banks. We favor the early establishment by the United States of the postal savings bank system. We favor a thorough inquiry by a congressional commission into the early acquisition and operation by the federal government of the telegraph and telephone systems. We favor the passage by congress of the eight-hour law and antl-injuno- tion law asked by the American Fed­ eration of Labor. We favor the election of United States^ senators by direct vote of the people, and as a move in that direc­ tion we ask the passage of a law per­ mitting the people to express their preference for senator by direct voter at the polls. We believe In the enactment of a railroad rate bill that adequately pro­ tects the producer and shipper alike, and we commend the Democratic sen­ ators who stood ready to cooperate with President Roosevelt in the pass­ age of such a bill, and regret that op­ position from leading and controlling senators forced the president to accept a bill that Is full of pitfalls and pro­ ductive of delays which will practic­ ally defeat the beneficent purposes of the legislation. Favor Bryan for President.. For president of the United States in 1908 the Democrats of Illinois first and last have but one choice, and that man is William Jennings Bryan. In this period of official hypocrisy, polit­ ical corruption and cowardly surren­ der of principles to expediency wher­ ever Republicanism holds sway, Wil­ liam Jennings Bryan towers above all Americans as fittest to lead In the fight to rescue our government from the hands of special Interests and re­ store It to the people. The Democracy of Illinois eagerly looks forward to 1908 for the opportunity to Join with sister states in nominating and tri­ umphantly electing him president of the United States. The time calls for a president of Bryan's honesty, sincer­ ity and political philofeophy. was Just to think of dear papa and do as he thought he would under the same circumstances. So Toby depart­ ed and returned. To a fondly questioning mamma he reported that all had gone quite as she would have it He had helped himself to cake only twice, and when a pretty temptress had passed it to him for a third time--though he wait­ ed a piece > "awfly"--he had remem­ bered mamma's worning, had thought of dear papa, and had remarked .em­ phatically: "Damn it, no!" Year's Suicides In Japan. Says a Japanese newspaper: "Ac­ cording to returns furnished by the home office, 6,245 men and 4,093 wom­ en committed suicide In Japan last year. Those who were mentally de­ ranged head the list with 2,758 men and 1.770 women; then come those who were suffering from lack of means--1,160 men and 477 women,, and those from diseases, 918 men and 706 women. There were also five men who were distressed by the im­ possibility of going to the front in • - •• ' • , . ' '. •.* % - ,* p ' * 1 ' - \ - • t. ;• Rich Man Winning RepntatloiM 4 Henry Clews, Jr., son of the nofcd banker and prominent In eastern social circles, is living in Paris, carv­ ing out a reputation as a man of let­ ters. He and Ferdinand Bernard, a Franch dramatist, have written a play which is about to be reproduced, the title being "The Poverty of the Rich." Mr. Clews will undertake an English translation for performance in Lon­ don. Young Clews furnished a social surprise in 1901 by marrying Mrs. Frederick Gebhard tour weeks after she had secured a..divorce in Palwrta. ,5