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l CHAPTER XII ( CoxTisnBD. '
"How can it he your duty , Eleanor , if
B - s you aaid and it made my .heart leap
H ' 'Witt : joy you love me , how can it be
H l roHr duty to give me up and marry another -
H -other ? o , Eleanor , dear Bllle , mink of
H y life-long devotion , my stern sacri-
B ' oe , JHaat refused to hear even a single
H * { wprd rom you my unceasing toil and
H ' 'Incredible exertion to fit myself to
H TStand in these doors a suitor for your
K 'S&and , without a blush of shame ! To
H fcaro gained the long-prayed-for posi-
H tion , to And my love returned , and yet
H J 4a lose you have you thought how ter-
H ' srible a doom it is for me ? Can it be a
M -slaty that would crush our hearts in the
g .Siilfillment ? "
H | She wrung her hands.
H "EVarbear , O Walter have pity on
H * 3 y weakness ! Ail last night I wres-
Wj * 4ied in-my agony to see the right , I
H 3mc out of the bitter waters calm in
H -self-renunciation , knowing it was my
* dnty to give you up. Neither your
B * srle nor my own anguish must drift
me away from the position I denned
B then. Dear Walter , my childhood's
H | tSrlead , my protector and comforter al-
Hl ways , help me now to be true to my own
Hi • convictions of right ! "
I ' There was a solemn pathos in her
Bl * tone in her white face and imploring
jl eye that rebuked Walter's personal
liH -tgrieL
a | " * Eleanor , " said he , impetuously , "if
ai 1 could see any reason for it if it were
Si "Slot so contradictory to all my ideas of
H "sight I would be wiling to bear my
S | ' * otm pain to aid you ! "
' jl * * Be sure I must be well convinced of
S | ne right of it ere I peril your happiness
k | uml mine. If you knew all you would
k | 3xs the first to bid me God speed upon
g 2ny atoning sacrifice. "
Kj Walter was looking steadfastly into
m . -fclse beautiful face. Coming suddenly
ffj forward , while lip and cheek paled be
ll ' icath the intensity of his emotion , he
Steld ont his hand.
H "It is enough. I will bid you God-
H Sip < % rdvnow. ' I renounce my hopps. Ellie
H my Ellie , Tor whom I have lived , and
striven , and hoped. I will give you up ,
H eren nnto another's arms. "
H lady Eleanor's head drooped forward
Hj to his shoulder ; her cold white cheek
B touched his ; her brown curls flung
H their sunny ripples against his jetty
B "Zoc&s , while her quivering lips whisH -
H jpered :
"God bless you , Walter ! It is pleas-
H sat now to think how short is earth
H " 3iow enduring Heaven ! "
H He wrapped his arms around her ,
H • • pressed her passionately to his heart ,
ar.d then put her away. A step on the
I threshold startled them. Lady Anna-
_ | Hh ' "food with'n the doorway , her sad
H I -glance wandering from one agitated
B I face to another. She was evidently
H I Sreatiy moved , yet she came in with
K I "aEier accustomed stately grace , and
H i tgreeted Walter with the usual saluta-
H ' tlonz then turning to her daughter ,
B sht said mournfully :
B i * "Tsee-how it is , my child ; you deceiv-
B • ' < ed me last night , and my worst fears
B narhen I knew Mr. Vernon had returned
B T-are verified. I see that you love each
, mother"
B No answer came. Eleanor turned
B -away her tearful face and Walter , - his
B ( sensitive spirit stung by the thought
hat she would consider him as an interloper -
B -terloper , raised his head in haughty si-
tierce.
H " "Eteanor , Eleanor ! " came in a pite-
li I ous voice , so full of yearning tender- ,
V Tiess it seemed to convulse the poor '
Sirl's heart "I asked no sacrifice of
i 3TJG. I should love and bless you still if ,
I ; you left me tonight to fly with the man
I ' -ynn lore. Hear me solemnly declare I
I * f3are not even advise you to marry oth-
I cer thzm him who holds your heart. Go j
I | and be happy , .my child. " J
I | Walter bent forward joyously , but
I JSleanor only shook her head. j
I ' * * ! know you do not ask it , mother. '
I ! . ? rat I know it is right it is best , and it •
I t -wiil give you peace. Walter himself
I j 3&as given me up , and blessed my effort"
I " liady Annabel looked wildly from one
I xto &l g < other as she "faltered : ;
I "IBnt if you love each other , how can
I " 2ie give you up , or you take yourself
I jBrom him ? " j
'
I "The consciousness of doing right ,
rwiri enable us both to conquer our ill- '
: fcjtd. affection will it not , Walter ? "
! - Perplexed , grieved , heart-crushed ,
' "Walter could not refuse the pleading
; < 2ook in those blue eyes , and he answered - j
| -ed "Yes. "
"Wiiat was his astonishment to see
{ rXady Annabel fall on her knees , and ,
, -catching her daughter's hand , bathe it
rarith tears and dry it with kisses. i
; " 3Hy grand , heroic child ! " cried she.
" " "Will Heaven permit such innocence ;
i * j | auad worth to atone for the sin of oth-
1 -era ? I will pray .that your noble sacri- j
1 Map may not be needed ; and yet I own ,
I ( If it is completed , a mother's eternal
1 gratitude will be yours. Ah , my own
1 lEIeanor , your pure hand shall lift away :
'
-from me a load of remorse , and carry •
m -ta another atonement for suffering and •
2 Jloas. But it must be free and volunta- \
m rry saot from fear of my displeasure J
fl vramember that"
fl She sank down Into an easy chair and (
fl oraised a handkerchief to her face , while '
IB . . violent fit of coughing ensued. The
B 'lace meshes came away , their snowy '
B 'tnctare marked by vivid spots of blood. ]
K Eleanor sprang to her side In con- . ]
" * "
B : * m
"Mamma , mamma , " cried she , "you
are ill ; this excitement is killing you ! "
She waved them back and whispered
with a wan smile on her deadly face :
"It is nothing new ; it will pass
presently. "
"Mamma , " said Eleanor with a new
air of determination and energy , "once
for all , let us settle this subject I
rnow the constant worrying about it is
destroying you. Here I am a willing ,
voluntary mediator , thankful so
'
( thankful , my darling mother , to be
, able to brighten thus little of your trial.
I I am sorry you should know how much
if cost me to relinquish Walter , but be
lieve me , I shall conquer it bravely
Once entered upon the path , I shall
Jiot shrink ; I shall never repent"
Lady Annabel raised 'the soft hand to
her lips and whispered :
"I consent May Heaven forgive me
if I am wrong ! After all , " she added ,
"it may never be required of you. We
may never find him , or he may have
chosen another himself. "
"Ah , yes , " responded Eleanor sooth
ingly , "we are making a great deal of
trouble before we are sure there is need
of it. But you , Walter , must never
hope for anything except a friend's af
fection , a sister's love. "
Walter sighed.
"So be it , then , I submit. May 1 know
the name of him who wins the treasure
I lose ? "
"His name ? " repeated Lady Elea
nor , dreamily. "I do not even know it
yet. "
"What inexplicable mystery is this ? "
ejaculated Walter.
She shuddered while she answered :
"Be content , Walter , and ask no
more. "
"My children , " whispered Lady An
nabel , "one thing I must require of you.
The intention may be sincere and gen
uine , but the heart be treacherous. Mr.
Vernon , I request you to continue your
visits as usual. The test must be ap
plied by actual trial. If my daughter
can learn to school her own heart , it is
well ; if not , I would rather die myself
than take her from you. "
She rose from her chair , signed for
Eleanor to support her , and bidding
him as courteous an adieu as if only
ordinary conversation had passed be
tween them , left the drawing room.
So ended this exciting , perplexing ,
sorrowful interview ; and restless and
miserable , haunted by a thousand ab
surd misgivings , Walter returned to
his studio. He remained a week away
from Collinwood House , during which
time he met the admiral , whose easy ,
unrestrained manner showed he was
ignorant of all that had passed.
CHAPTER XIII.
1 HE ONLY event
( ? * * of importance
m e a n w h il e occurred -
:
< \ curred at a private
party to wllicl1 he
rfS ) I
\ # had gone with his
fast and warm ad'
mirer , Viscount
Somerset. They
. were in the midst
of a gay crowd
when the young
lord , touching his arm , said formally :
• "Mrs. Dacre , allow me to present to
you our distinguished artist , Signor
Vernoni. Vernoni , the Hon. Mrs. Da
ere. "
Absent-minded and sad , Walter had
not heeded the lady's approach. There
was no way to avoid an interview. ShQ.
stood before him , her genial face aglow
with smiles , her fair white hand ex =
tended toward him.
One moment Walter's fierce eyeg
glowed upon her ; his haughty lip curj.
ed in scorn ; then turning upon his heel ,
he ejaculated :
"No , no , I shall never take that hand
in friendly greeting , " and vanished in.
the crowd.
The startled Mrs. Dacre colored crim
son , and the tears rose to her eyes ; but
seeing her husband's anger , she passed
on eagerly , endeavoring to soothe the
fierceness of his indignation at the in
sult.
sult.The
The viscount hunted up Walter later
in the evening , and said with grave ,
embarrassed face :
"Upon my word , Vernon , I hardly
know what to say. ( I'm afraid you'v §
made a decidedly ugly business. Da *
ere is in a rage , and declares your pres
snt popularity shall not save you from
a horse-whipping , if you refuse to give
aim satisfaction. In fact , signor , it wag
rather a hard thing. I was taken aback
myself. "
"No doubt you were , and exceeding
ly indignant , my noble friend. I waa
grieved myself that it should happen ,
iut I would die a thousand times rather
: han touch that woman's hand. "
The viscount looked up as if doubting
lis sanity.
"Somerset , " said Walter again , in a
smothered voice of deep emotion , "if
rou met a woman who had wrecked the
lappiness , perilled the life , and blasted
he good name 'ot the dead father you
oved once better than life , would you
ake her hand in yours , though eti-
luette , courtesy , and the whole world
lemanded it ? "
"No , " was the prompt reply , "but
still I am mystified. Mrs. Dacre is a
ady of irreproachable character there
s no mistake ? "
"No , " replied Walter , bitterly. "I
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know she was admired , respected and
'prosperous ; she is none 'the less my
father's deadliest foe. "
"What is to be done ? " asked the per
plexed viscount. "Dacre's friend will
wajt upon you to-night"
' "What a duel ? A mode of settle
ment as despicable as it is abhorrent !
Well , well , it matters not. I cannot
avoid It ; you would all | ylleve me a
coward if I refused ; so 1 will stand and
let him shoot me , for wrong my own
soul so much as to raise a deadly weap
on against the life the Creator gave , I
will not. Let him shoot ; it Is meet the
son should perish as well as the father ,
through Annabel Marston's means. "
The kind-hearted Somerset was real
ly grieved and troubled.
"Is there no way to avoid it ? Dacre
demanded the reason for such insulting
conduct ; can I not hint something that
will satisfy him ? "
"You may say to that woman , I
could not take her hand , because I am
Paul Kirkland's ' son , who knew Anna
bel Marston of Lincolnshire in days
gone by. Mark her face when you speak
the name. "
Throughout the next day Walter was
in no enviable state of mind. All things
looked gloomy and threatening. The
sorrowful fate before Eleanor the
mystery of the motive that should make
her thus voluntarily immolate herself
upon the altar of duty the hard strug
gle and desolate , loveless life before
himself the bitter resentment for his
father's wrongs all disheartened and
dismayed him. He was in no mood to
grieve when his friend returned saying
Dacre would only be satisfied with a
full apology. The lady , he said , remem
bered seeing once or twice in Lincoln
shire a drawing-master named Kirkland -
land , but was not aware how that
should affect Signor Vernon i's. conduct
in the least.
"Let him shoot a dozen times if it will
comfort him any , " said Walter , sarcas
tically. "I can't say but I shall be the
greater gainer by the operation. I will
leave him an explanation of her 'once
or twice. ' Go back , and let him fix the
place and time for the heroic deed. I
will be on the spot , and I will stand as
quiet , be sure , as the best target he ever
shot against. Life has no charms ; let
him send me out as quick as possible. "
"What would all London say to hear
this ! " cried the viscount in despair.
"Signor Vernoni , the worshiped , petted
artist , already crowned in youth with
the laurel wreath , ready to throw away
his life so recklessly. Ah , my friend , I
might hint at a more powerful reason
for you to seek escape from this. Lady
Eleanor Collinwood , our pride and star ,
before whom so many plead in vain ,
looks upon you alone with favoring
eyes. Will you forsake that enviable
position ? "
"Hush ! " interrupted Walter sternly.
"No more ! Go at once and settled this
wretched business ! "
The viscount left him , and Walter
dung himself upon the lounge and tried
to sleep to escape the maddening tu
mult of thought. The effort was as
vain as if the soft damask had been
lined with thorns. Then he rose and
paced to and fro , two hours or more ,
when his errand boy handed him a
brief line from Somerset.
"To-morrow , at eight in the morning ,
at Blackheath. "
He read the line two or three times
and then said aloud :
"And this , then , is the end of all my
high hopes , my unceasing endeavors
to die in a duel ! I must see Eleanor
again ; she need not know it is a fare
well interview , but it will be a consola
tion to me possibly to her also if the
worst happens. "
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
LANG'S WONDERFUL DOG.
Did Some Very Kcniarkable Things Ac
cording to tlio Veracious Narrator.
A Newfoundland named Oscar be
longing to myself had often listened
with much interest to stories of rescue
qZ drowning persons by dogs , says
Lang in Longman's Magazine. I hap
pen to possess an engraving of Land-
eeer's "Member of the Humane So
ciety. " " Oscar would contemplate it for
hours and study the pose in the mir
ror. One day two little children were
playing alone on St. Andrew's pier and
I was sketching the ruins at a short
distance , Oscar running about on the
pier. I happened to look up and saw
Oscar , as. if inadvertently , but quite
deliberately , back one of the children
( Johnny Chisholm by name ) into the
water , which is there very deep. The
animal then gave three loud howls to
attract attention ( he had been taught
to give "three cheers for Mr. Glad
stone" ) , jumped into the water , rescued
the child and carried him , "quite safe
hut very wet , " to the local photog
rapher's , obviously that the deed might
be commemorated by art. Nobody saw
the beginning of this tragedy except
myself. Oscar , when brought home ,
deliberately rapped out "Humane So
ciety" with his tail on the floor , but ,
much as I appreciated his intelligence ,
I could not , in common honesty , give
him a testimonial. ' This preyed on his
mind ; he accompanied a party to the
top of St. Rules' tower and deliberately
leaped from the top , being dashed to
pieces at the feet of an eminent divine
whose works he had qften , but unsuc
cessfully , entreated me to review in an
unfavorable sense. His plan was to
bring the book , lay it at my feet and
return with the carving knife in his
mouth.
tTncodlinesg.
Ungodliness always leads to lawless
ness and is destructive. It affects the
home , the community , and the life of
the nation. We can only exist as a
nation when we foster and cherish
morality and religion. Rev. E. J. Metz-
ler. I
" - > ' " ' * * IT If . . , . -.III. I , , I
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BRYAN'S BOGUS RETURN TO BIMETALLISM. 1
In Mr. Bryan's speech at Milwaukee
'
'he said : "Whenever money goes up
property goes down. You cannot
have a dollar that buys more unless
you have property that sells for less.
Now that is a fair proposition , so sim
ple that anybody who has money and
wants it to go up can understand the
advantage of the gold standard , and
anybody that has property and does
' not want it to go down can understand
t the advantage of bimetallism. "
' Mr. Bryan in all his speeches claims
to be a bimetallist , and talks about the
"return of bimetallism. " In his opin
ion the opening of the mints of the
United States to the unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 would be
a "return to bimetallism , " because the
mints are now open to the coinage
of gold. Why , then , he says , should
they not be open to the coinage of sil
ver ? Simply because , at 'the ratio of
16 to 1 , the amount of silver which it
is proposed to have the government call
a dollar is not worth a dollar. If it
were this controversy would be impos
sible.
• She government has put its stamp
upon the dollars which it has coined
upon its own account , and for whose
redemption it is morally and legally re
sponsible , just as it is responsible for
the ' redemption of the paper dollar.
True , it does not redeem- silver and
paper mpney in the same way. For
the paper dollar it gives a gold dollar
in exchange. It redeems silver indi
rectly by accepting it in payment for
debts due itself. This has the same ef
fect as if it paid gold in exchange for
silver , since all the silver in circulation
could be returned to the government in
any one year. But if the government
should coin silver , not on its own ac
count but on the account of the owner
of the bullion , it would be under no
such obligation. The nature of its ob
ligation would then be changed , and
it would be under obligation to see
that the man who passed a silver dollar
is worth one hundred cents shall re
deem it at one hundred cents , upon
demand of' the holder , just asit com
pels a national bank to redeem its
notes at a hundred cents on the dollar
lar in gold.
The "return" of which Mr. Bryan
speaks exists only in his imagination ,
therefore. If the government should
coin silver worth one hundred cents
into silver dollars , then the mints
would.be open to gold and silver upon
equal terms. Mr. Bryan's proposition
is to open the mints to gold and silver
on unequal terms , giving silver twice
the privileges that are granted gold.
The government , under Mr. Bryan's
scheme , would coin one hundred cents'
worth of gold into a dollar , but it
would coin fifty cents worth of silver
into a dollar. This is so plain that it
would seem as if even a child can un
derstand it.
So long as the government maintains
a parity between gold and silver , coin
ing gold in an unlimited amount , and
silver in a limited amount , we have
bimetallism. It is not full , theoretical
bimetallism , but it is practical bimetal-
Ism , since both metals circulate and
reform every function of money at
par with each other. Mr. Bryan's
scheme would drive gold out of circula
tion , which would result in practical
silver monometallism , since silver coin
alone would perform the functions now
performed by both silver and jold.
The Republican party has planted it
self in its platform upon the
doctrine of bimetallism properly
understood , that is , of bimetal
lism in which both metals qirculate
freely at par with each other. Mr.
Bryan seems to think that we would
not have the gold standard , if we had
bimetallism. He claims that the gold
standard and bimetallism are contra
dictory expressions , and that they
stand for irreconcilable ideas. On the
contrary , with theoretical bimetallism
in force , the gold and silver standard
would constitute but one standard , and
it would make no difference whether
it was called the gold standard or not ;
it would be the gold standard all the
same. The Republican party believes
it easier to pass from the single gold
standard to the double standard , so-
called , in which the gold and silver
standards are identical , than it would
be to pass to bimetallism from the sil
ver standard. It believes that the
method of arriving at a truly bimetallic
monetary system is not by way of the
silver standard , but to pass directly
from the gold standard to the double
standard ; at the same time it believes
that it is impossible to have the double
standard , without the concurrent ac
tion of the leading commercial nations
of the world. It therefore says : We
are in favor of bimetallism , and as a
means of arriving at bimetallism we
propose to retain the gold standard
until we can secure the co-operation
and consent of a sufficient number of
leading commercial nations to enable
us to put full , theoretical bimetallism
into practical operation in thi3 coun
try. The idea that this is subserviency
to Great Britain is pure nonsense. We
might as well say that we are slaves
because we are under the law of gravi
tation , as to say that we are a nrovince
of Great Britain because we are under
the operation of the great financial
laws which are , in the world of busi
ness , what the law of gravitation is in
physical life.
\ THREE GREAT LESSONS. \
The experience of our own country in
the use of silver during the last one
hundred years surely ought to be worth
something. From that experience three
great lessons may be learned : \
. First , That with the free coinage
of gold and silver It Is Impossible to
keep both metals in circulation at the
same time. From 1792 to 1834 , under
free coinage , gold was under-valued ; it
was not worth as much in money as in
bullion. Consequently It was everywhere -
• where hoarded or kept out of circula
tion. So also from 1834 to 1873 , when
free coinage also reigned , silver was
under-valued , and went out of circula
tion for the same reason as gold had
before. Here , then was a period of
81 years during which Gresham's law
of the departure from circulation of the
legally debased or under-valued coin
was fully demonstrated.
Second , Another equally important ,
lesson is that no legislation , especially
under modern conditions , is able so to
change the market value of silver as to
keep it on a par with gold. The Bland
bill , and particularly the Sherman act ,
was passed for the very purpose of
strengthening our national credit
with regard to silver. Under the lat
ter 168,000,000 ounces of silver , which
was supposed to be equal to the entire
output of our American mines , were
purchased by the government , and
much of it coined into money. Still
the metal declined continually in mar
ket value , from1.17 in 1890 to 78 cents
in 1893 , when the Sherman act was
repealed. This proves conclusively
that Mr. Bryan's "firm conviction"
about the rising of silver to ? 1.29 under
a 16 to 1 free coinage law , is simply
absurd.
Third , But perhaps the most im
portant of all the lesson to be derived
from our one hundred years' experience
in the use of silver is the fact that the
only practical bimetallism ever used
by our United States government , or
the only method by which gold and sil
ver have both been kept in circulation ,
is the policy which we have had since
1873 , or in a more perfected form , since
SHI Si3BBHW B * r" BB |
evres to the laborer constant arid re
munerative employment. < I
. It is a fact that the worklngmen
of our country , who were as a class so 1
cruelly deceived by t.io big free trailo
premises made four years ago by the
democratic party , are fully alive to .ho
Injuries and losses they have sustained ,
and they are not going to be fooled f
again by any democratic or popocratic
promises. On the contrary they are I
everywhere In crowds declaring their I )
irientlonB to vote for McKinley and
Hobart Valparaiso ( Ind. ) Videttc.
JWIYMES OF THE TIMES. \ \
This Is indeed an age of prodigies.
The boy's the thing the populace to ,
please , J
Boy preachers in the pulpit stand , j
Boy trumpeters are found in every
band. /
Boy writers write. J
Boy fighters fight Jj
Boy singers sing , W *
And Spain rejoices in a boyish King (
The Czar's a boy , j
And Germany is Wilhelm's toy. j
And now amongst these boys galore I
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We have an "orator ;
A great big pink-cheeked gassy boy ,
Just bubbling o'er with words and joy. \
He's set his steady baby stare jt
Upon the Presidential chair , | |
Because , like boys of good content , M
He wants to be a "President. " Jj |
He makes boy speeches
In which he teaches J
Boy lessons , in a boyish way. %
He knows It all , nor hesitates to say , *
That black is white , or white is black , ' * M
If he can win a point by sailing on I
that tack. J 1
He means well , as do other boys , *
And merely grins to find that he an I
noys ; I
And , like most kids , |
He rather likes the things the law for- |
bids.
His sympathies go out , quite un
abashed ,
To those whom most deservedly the •
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Not as Large as It Looks How Bryan Tries to Fool Them.
1878 namely , a policy which makes
gold the standard of value , and then
with a limited coinage of silver , as well
as with a limited issue of paper money
causes both of these kinds of money
to be kept up to par value with gold
by virtue of the government's pledge
that all of its money shall be main
tained on an equality of value "in the
markets and in the payment of debts. "
This system has proved not only in
America , but also in England , France
and Germany , and other countries , to
be the most stable , elastic , practical
and serviceable , and therefore the best
system of finance ever used in all
human history. Why , then , should we
change it for some wildcat , red-dog ,
balloon system , such as that proposed
by the popocrats in thj * Chicago plat
form ? Valparaiso ( Ind. ) Vidette.
} FACTS FOR WORKINGfYlEN.
1. It is a fact that in all silver stand
ard countries workingmen receive much
less for their labor than in gold stand
ard countries. Wages in Mexico for
common laboringmen is $3 per week ;
in China and Japan it is about § 1.
2. It is a fact that of all men the
laborer has most interest in the elec
tion of McKinley and Hobart ; for the
success of the silver ticket means the
deprecition , or the cutting down to
about half value , of the workingman's
wages. Besides , the industrial estab
lishments now closed will not start up j
under the general panic and financial I
insecurity sure to result from an at
tempt to put our money system on a
silver standard basis.
3. It is a fact that even now the la-
boringman's wages are higher in pro
portion than are either manufactured
goods or farm product. Moreover , it
is not true that during a period of
twenty-five years past the wages of
laboring men have declined. In 1870
the average yearly pay received by men
working in factories was $310 ; in 1890
it was $489.
4. It is a fact that under the Harri
son administration laboringmen , as
well as others engaged in business , en
joyed greater prosperity than they do
now. Not only did they then receive
larger wages , but work was much more
in demand and easier to find.
5. It is a fact that a protective tariff ,
while beneficial to the manufacturer
and to owners of capital invested in In
dustry , helps particularly the workingman -
man ; because it , more perhaps than
any other governmental regulation , " "in-
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law hath lashed. I
He has a liking , as have other youth , I
For romance rather than the truth ; I
And 'stead of training with the good " " Jj
and true , *
Prefers association with a pirate crew.
Sweet , perfect boy ,
His party's joy ! .
Don't criticise him harshly , for , you -
see , > J
He only aims at puerility , j
And in that line p
His powers seem almost divine !
John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's * "
Weekly. |
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} GflMP/U&N / NOTES ! 1
Bryan wanted to debate with McKinley - § * I
Kinley and now Tillman has chal- ) l' z
lenged Harrison to a discussion. The i %
youthful prodiges are getting sassy. &k
There is no danger that anyone will f\
call the two democratic tickets twin3. ' F * I
By the way he is talking , Bryan is % ]
cutting his throat as well as making |
it hoarse. _
Men are judged by their works , not ' L
by their words , and what deed of * f
Bryan's contains any promise of good v
for the American people ? " *
The country must have a revenue *
equal to its expenditures and none but
boy orators deny it.
No one is buying silver in the mar
ket No one is betting on Bryan.
Enterprise is galling only to those
who have it not
What do fanners and wage-earners
think about it ?
Are they getting too
much of anything for their dollars ? "
RlCht. V
Colonel B. F. Clayton , of Indianola
la. , the president of the Farmers' Na
tional Congress of the United States
which has perhaps exercised a more '
potent influence in securing legislation
favorable to the agricultural interests t
of the country than any other farm- * \
'
ers' organization , says : "We have had * U
a four years' dose of Democratic dis- I i
aster and desolation , and the experi- T 1
ence should be enough to preclude any < $
repetition of the experiment durint & U
the next century. What the people " 4
want for the next four years is the Mc- * u 1
Kin eyism of 1888-1892
, with a good M
market for everything , everybody * S
em-
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Ployed at high wages , with spinas U
running by day and the heavens light ! * ' H
ed up by night from the chimneys fl
and
furnaces of factories , when the * Bl
man will be able to feed and clSSe * • M
his family , and when capital 91
will
find
employment. i H
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