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Show -Latest Developments in Political Circlep 1 NEW YOnK. April 21. Bounding out. a day thai had a pleasant beginning In the welcoming of his family returning from a sojourn In Europe nnd then carried him on a Hying trip to Trenton, N. J., for a brlff' speech. William J. Bryan returned hen- tonight and addressed the Uvlc , Forum on "The Brotherhqod of Man, at. 1 ono of the largest gatherings ever assembled assem-bled In historic Cooper Union. Mr. Bryan's Bry-an's lively day was ended at midnight when ho made a brief address at the supper of the Missouri society. Mr. Brvan made the trip lo New orK to greet Ids wife, his daughter. Mrs. Ruth Brvan Lcavltt. and her two children. Ruth and Bryan :Leavllt. returning on board the Ptcamer Minnehaha, which arrived ar-rived early today. Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. Lcavltt and her family will probably leave for Nebraska tomorrow. A largo audience greeted Mr. Bryan at the Trenton opera bouse whon he reached there this afternoon. In his speech them he. advocated election of United States Senator1! by the people direct, and -har-aileiir.ed Secretary Taft's proposal for tho reasonable regulation of "trust!!" as "t'enslblo as the regulation of burglaries by law." Se-veral hundred people were turned owav from Cooper Union tonight, unable to lind snats. nnd when Mr. Bryan arrived ar-rived ho was greeted with much applause, lie said. In part: "I am Rotting so that. I fool quite at home in New York. 1 rind in this great conter of activity of overy kind, congenial congen-ial spirits nnd sympathetic hearts. T hove appnod at many political gatherings hurt . ,nd even In this very hall. "I have devoted the best of my life lo tho sclonco of government, but I recognize that no matter how good government gov-ernment may be. we miss Its hlesslngs If we do not do right as individuals. No mattor how much wo may be nbsorbed In Issues and methods of government, wo cannot bo indifferent to the many kinds of work to bo carried on. I'atoi glad to show my Interest In and sympathy with the object of uplifting tho Individual and advancing the good of the community. "Hero is my definition of civilization: The harmonious development of the hu-mn hu-mn race physically, mentally and morally, a development of lhi three-fold man. Whnii we reach perfect development of all citizens wo will have pcrfoci civilization. civiliza-tion. Until wo do. our civilization must , lie -i f mi iiy be Imperfect. Wc are a part 1 1 f llz.itlon and we have, an influence. , gi t fiinnll, on fixing the level of civile. civ-ile. I'-n. As wc present such lllustra-jitltm lllustra-jitltm uf Hie three requisites, wo raise the level of tho Nnllon and civilization." CONCORD. N. H April 21. Six of the eight members of the New Hampshire delegation to the Republican National convention at Chicago wtvre selected here today nt tho State and Second District , conventions, and the pjatform. which was Identical In each case, contained a resolution reso-lution to the effect that tho "real interests inter-ests of tho party and of tho Presidential candidate to be nominated at Chicago will be subserved by the omission of Instructions, In-structions, spccltlc or impllod, In the form of rosolutlons of preference." Tho platform also favored an early revision revi-sion of tho tariff, and Indorsed President Roosevelt. Leaders of the Taft movement in the State, including former Gov. Frank W. Rollins and Winston Churchill, .while expressing ex-pressing disappointment over the outcome of tho Stato convention, stilted, after the proceedings wero over, that In their opinion fivo of the six delegates chosen today will vote for Secretary Taft on the first ballot. BOSTON, April 21. Unpledged delegates dele-gates to the Republican National convention conven-tion wore elected by the twelfth Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Republican convention hero today. to-day. The delegates chosen ore W. O. Faxon of Stoughton and Edward W. Bakor of Brookllne. A resolution was adopted declaring that while- the convention conven-tion did not desire to bind Its delegates by pledges and instructions, it did "doom It proper that tho delegates know that tho Republicans of this district hove a decided prefcrenco for tho nomination of Wlllnm H. Taft for President of the United StatoB." RENO, April 21. The Democratic central cen-tral committee today decided to hold its convention at Carson City. June ir to elect delegates to Donvor, A convention will bo held at Tonopah, August 31. to elect stato legislative delegates. The party Is almost a unit for Bryan. DENVER, April 21. The Ropubllcan cltv convention today nominated a full ticket, headed by Horace Phelps, now assistant as-sistant attorney general of tho slate, for mayor. Tho platform Indorses President Roosevelt's rfdmlnlstratlon, the state and county administrations, favors local option, op-tion, rigid enforcement of Sundav and midnight closing laws, nnd favors the. expenditure ex-penditure of reasonable sums for beautifying beauti-fying the city, It also contained a plank favoring tho selection of a delegation to the stalo convention at Pueblo, which will work in the Interest of Taft delegates dele-gates to the Chicago convention. CHICAGO. April 21. The saloon forces were generally successful in the forty or more towns and villages of Illinois which voted on the local option question today. Doflnlted Jlgures aro lacking In manv cases, hut it seems certain that not moro than, one hundred saloons wore voted out of business. Tho larger communities almost al-most without exception retain their II-consed II-consed dramshops. Cairo, Iho largest cltv In which tho question was an Issue, gave the Baloons a majority of 3352. Tho principal prin-cipal exceptions to the gcnernl result were Effingham, Thebes. Plnckneyvlllo nnd Isnpervlllo. Somo thirty-five saloons lost their licenses In these four cltleH. In Cook county twelve or the villages bordering Chicago balloted for or against the liquor Interests. . Jn onlv one, how- ever, was thorn a change from prvIIisS conditions. Bsrrlngton going "drv" tnli-i small pluralltv. Ten others vot-j toil", tain tlu'lr saloons and ono deckleO i 16 admit ihe dramshops. M |