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B i I v ' CHAPTER XVIII. ( Continued. )
B I J ? "You are very unjust , my lady , " an-
K * \ -swcrcd the Frenchman. "Believe me ,
Mf -X am your friend. "
V
B I J/- She lay back , moaning for some sec-
B J W -onds ; then , struck by a new thought ,
fl \ # j she looked up wearily.
B\ ) f"I see how it is ! You want money ! "
B * * ; l f ? > ' "l am not a rlcn man > niadame , " an
Bl jI ' -3wcred Caussidicre , smiling.
"If r give you a hundred pounds will
1 > you leave this place , and never let me
W .see your face again ? "
iH Caussidicre mused.
f | "One hundred pounds. It is not
M ' much. "
< C s "Two hundred ! " exclaimed the lady ,
j | -eagerly.
I" "Two hundred is better , but still not
' § much. With two hundred pounds and
V fifty I might even deny myself the
i pleasure of your charming acqualn-
H1 V tance' "
' ' '
B f Miss Hetherington turned toward her
fl B 4 - j/ desk , and reached her trembling hand
B I 'f toward her check-book , which lay there
B , ' Teady.
B \ h * "If I give ye two hundred and fifty
B / < pounds will you do as I bid ye ? Leave
m \ > ' this place forever , and speak no word
B ' of what has passed to Marjorie An-
B (
"
fl ) "Yes , " said Caussidicre , "I think I
B Vi -can promise that. "
B \ i" Quickly and nervously Miss Hethcr-
B f \ ington filled up a check.
B / / "Please do not cross it , " suggested
B \ m Caussidiere. "I will draw the money
B t * i at your banker's in Dumfries. "
B f Hi • The lady tore off the check , but still
BI \ . ' "hesitated.
H | | f , ? v , "Can I trust ye ? " she muttered. "I
B I " new was siller ye sought , and not
Bf , } , B "the lassie , but "
B $ yi "You may rely upon my promise that
B\ * slia11 return forthwith to France ,
B w "Where a great political career lies open
B f i' ' . ' : " b&torc me. "
H I \ v • "wm yon put it in writing ? "
Bg jg "It is needless. I have given you my
Bf & "word. Besides , madame , it is better
B I p. that such arrangements as these should
R.l ' { not be written in black and white.
HkY i Papers may fall into strange hands , as
B j \l \ you are aware , and the result might be
B j ' unfortunate for you. "
B | u ' She shuddered and groaned as he
B * I spoke , and forthwith handed him the
H , % - . -check. He glanced at it , folded it up ,
B \i -and put it in his waistcoat pocket.
B < P Then he rose to go.
B Jf "As I informed you before , " he said ,
B H " "you have nothing to fear from me. My
BLv h only wish is to secure your good es-
HK * teem. "
*
fll " \ "When will you gang ? " demanded
K
B l i * Miss Hetherington.
K ) / "In the course of the next few days.
fl ( g 1 have some little arrangements , a few
m ( m "bills to settle , and then en route to
Bl m France. "
[ He bowed againr-ami"gracefuHy re-
[ ' tired. Passing downstairs , and out at
B\ , "the front door , he again hummed gaily
y to himself. As he strolled down the
k ? ) & avenue he drew forth the check and in-
f m spected it again.
KV g "Two hundred and fifty pounds ! " he
m ( % said , laughing. "How good of her , how
B ) | liberal , to pay our traveling expenses ! "
j | Meantime , Miss Hetherington sat in
* her gloomy boudoir , looking the picture
of misery and despair. Her eyes worked
"wildly , her lips trembled convulsively.
( "Oh , Hugh , my brother Hugh , " she
cried , wringing her hands ; "if ye were
living , to take this scoundrel by the
throat ! Will he keep his word ?
Vf i& * Maybe I am mad to trust him ! I must
Bj 1 wait and wait till he's awa' . I'll send
Hl Jr down for the bairn this day ! She's
'
H' safer here with me ! "
CHAPTER XIX.
5- > < Sp IMMEDIATELY aft-
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/ \ fj yS ington , Caussidiere
X VS fe Hi d saPPeare < I from
\ v w S the neighborhood
_ } \ ig for some days ; a
L _ f NwJL J& fact " " " "ich caused
Kf M Marjorie little or no
B | i/ concern , as she had
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B
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B { v y ? ner own suspicion
B vj * ' ' as to the cause of
H X lis absence. Her heart was greatly
B'M troubled , for she could not shake off
M' < % the sense of the deception she was
Pr Jg'S practicing on those most interested in
K Tl lier welfare.
B , ! w While she was waiting and debating ,
H | , JJ. she received a visit from the lady of
Wt x W the Castle , who drove down , post-haste ,
Bv | * and stalked into the manse full of evi-
B / dent determination. Marjorie was sent
BF' for at once , and coming down-stairs ,
B found Miss Hetherington and Mr. Men-
Hf > ax teith waiting for her in the study.
Hh , T "It's all settled , Marjorie , " said the
B" p impulsive lady. "You're to come home
B "A -with me to the Castle this very day. "
B ' . ' Marjorie started in astonishment , but
| g before she could make any reply , Mr.
B * If , Menteith interposed.
B ' v x "You cannot do better , my child , than
B " x % * accept Miss Hetherington's most gen-
BL w , -erous invitation. The day after toM -
M morrow , as you are aware , the sale
) p will take place , and this will be no
PJT * g longer your home Miss Hetherington
B\Z Wy \ s o ° 0 enough to offer yea a shelter
Wf yfa • * " "until such time as we can decide about
Wjt m ycur future mode of life. "
H m "Just so. " said the lady , decisively.
f Wr " "Pack your things , and come awa' wi'
Wh fip , me in the carriage. "
K ) * ffi "I know you are very kind , " returned
B \ Marjorie , "and maybe you'll be think-
B | p nS I'm ungrateful. Mr. Lorraine al-
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ways said you were my best friend.
But I cannot come with you to-day. "
"When will you come ? " demanded
the lady.
"GIvo me time , please , " pleaded
Marjorie ; "In a day or two , maybe-
after the sale. I should like to stay
till I can stay no more. "
So it was settled , to Marjorie's great
relief ; and Mr. Menteith led the great
lady back to her carriage.
At sunset that day , as Marjorie left
the manse and crossed over to the old
churchyard , she was accosted by John
Sutherland , who had been waiting at
the gate some time in expectation of
her appearance. She gave him her
hand sadly , and they stood together
talking in the road.
"They tell me you are going to stop
at the Castle. Is that so , Marjorie ? " ;
"I'm not sure ; maybe. " ;
"If you go , may I come to see you
there ? I shan't be long In Annandale.
In a few weeks I am going back to Lon
don. "
He paused , as if expecting her to
make some remark : but she did not
speak , and her thoughts seemed far
away.
"Marjorie , " he continued , "I wish I
could say something to comfort you in
j'our trouble , for , though my heart is
full , I can hardly find my tongue. It
seems as if all the old life was break
ing up under our feet and carrying us
far asunder. For the sake of old times
we shall be friends still , shall we
not ? "
"Yes , Johnnie , of course , " was the re
ply. "You've aye been very good to
me. "
"Because I loved you , Marjorie. Ah ,
don't be angry don't turn away for
I'm not going to presume again upon
our old acquaintance. But now that
death has come our Avay , and all the
future seems clouding , I want to say
just this that come what may , I shall
never change. I'm not asking you to
care for me I'm not begging you this
time to give me what you've maybe
given to another man ; but I want you
to be sure , whatever happens , that
you've one faithful friend at least in
the world , who would die to serve you ,
.for the sake of what you were to him
lang syne. "
The words were so gentle , the tone so
low and tender , the manner of the manse
so full of melancholy sympathy and
respect that Marjorie was deeply
touched.
"Oh , Johnnie. " she said , "you know
I have always loved you always trust
ed you , as if you were my brother. "
"As your brother , then , let it be , " an
swered Sutherland sadly. "I don't care
what t'itle it is , so long as it gives me
the right to watch over you. "
To this Marjorie said nothing. She
continued to walk quietly onward , and
Sutherland kept by her side. Thus
they passed together through the
churchyard and came to the spot where
Mr. Lorraine was at rest. Here she
fell upon her knees and quietly kissed
the grave.
Had Sutherland been less moved by
his own grief , he might have noticed
something strange in the girl's man
ner , for she. kissed the ground almost
passionately , and murmured between
her sobs , "Good-by , good-by ! "
She was recalled to herself by Suth
erland's voice.
"Don't cry , Marjorie , " he said.
"Ah , I can't help it , " she sobbed.
"You are all so good to me far better
than I deserve. "
They left the churchyard together ,
and wandered back to the manse gate.
When they paused again , Sutherland
took her hand and kissed it.
"Gocd-by , Johnnie. "
"No , not good-l y. I may come and
see you again , Mnrjorie , mayn't I , be
fore I go away ? "
"Yes , " she returned , "if if you
like. "
"And , Marjorie , maybe the next time
there'll be folk by , so that we cannot
speak. I want you to promise me one
thing before we part this night. "
"What do you wish ? " said Marjorie ,
shrinking bnlf fearfully away.
"Only th ! ' , that as you * ve given me a
sister's lei ? . you'll give me also a sis
ter's trust ; I want to think when I'm
away in tb ! great city that if you were
in trouble vou'd send right a ay to me.
Just think always , Marjune , that I'm
your brother , ai J be sure there isn't
a thing in this world I wouldn't do for
you. "
He paused , but Marjorie did not an
swer ; she felt she could not speak.
The unselfish devotion of the young
man touched her more than any of his
ardent love-making had done.
"Marjorie , will you promise me "
"Promise what ? "
"To send to me if you're in trouble
to let me be your brother indeed. "
She hesitated for a moment ; then
she. gave him her hand.
"Yes , Johnnie , I promise , " she said.
"Good-by. "
"No ; good-night , Marjorie. "
"Good-night , " she repeated , as she
left his side and entered the manse.
About ten o'clock that night , when
all the inmates of the manse had re
tired to rest , and Marjorie was in her
room about to prepare for bed , she was
startled by hearing a sharp.shrill whis
tle just beneath her window. She start
ed , trembling , sat on the sicle of her
bed and listened.
In a few minutes the sound was re-
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peated. This time she ran to the win
dow , opened it and put out herhead.
"Who is It ? " she asked softly. "Is
any one there ? "
"Yes , Marjorie. It is I , Leon ; come
down ! "
Trembling more and more , Marjorie
hurriedly closed the window , wrapped
a shawl about her head and shoulders ,
and noiselessly descended the stairs.
The next minute she was in the
Frenchman's arms. Ho clasped her
fervently to him. He kissed her again
and again as he said : •
"To-morrow night , Marjorie , you will
come to me. "
The girl half shrank away as she
said :
"So soon ah , no ! "
"It is not too soon for me , little one , "
returned the Frenchman , gallantly ,
"for I lovp you ah ! so much , Mar
jorie , and every hour seems to me a
day. Listen , then : You will retire to
bed to-morrow night in the usual way.
When all the house is quiet and every
one asleep you will wrap yourself up in
your traveling cloak and come down.
Yeti will find me waiting for you here.
Do you understand me , Marjorie ? "
"Yes , monsieur , I understand , but "
"But what , my love ? "
"I was thinking of my things. How
shall I get them away ? "
"Parbleu ! there must be no luggage.
You must leave it all behind , and
bring nothing but your own sweet'
self. "
"But , " continued Marjorie , "I must
have some clothes to change. "
"Most certainly ; you shall have just
as many as you wish , my little love.
But we will leave the old attire , as we
leave the old life , behind us. I am not
a poor man , Msrjorie , and when you
are my wife , all mine will be all yours
also. You shall have as much money
as you please to buy what you will.
Only bring me your own sweet self ,
Marjorie that will be enough. "
With such flattery as this the French
man dazzled her senses until long past
midnight ; then , after she had made
many efforts to get away , he allowed
her to return to the house.
During that night Marjorie slept
very little ; the next day she was pale
and distraught. She wandered about
the house in melancholy fashion ; she
went up to the churchyard several
times and sat for hours beside her fos
ter-father's grave. She even cast re
gretful looks towards Annandale Cas
tle , and her eyes were constantly filled
with tears.
At length it was all over. The day
was spent ; the whole household had re
tired , and Marjorie sat in her room
alone. . Her head was ringing , her eyes
burning , and her whole body trembling I f
with mingled fear and grief grief for
the loss of those whom she must leave
behind fear for that unknown future
into which she was about to plunge/ '
She sat for a minute or so on the bed
trying to collect her thoughts ; then she
wrote a few hurried lines , which she
sealed and left on her dressing-table. *
After that was done , she looked over ' "
her things , and collected together one ,
or two trifles little mementos of the ,
past , which had been given to her by
those she held most dear , and which
were doubly precious to her , now that
she was going away. She lingered so
long and so lovingly over those treas
ures that she forgot to note how rap
idly the time was flying on.
Suddenly she heard a shrill whistle ,
and she knew that she was lingering
over-long. Hurriedly concealing her
one or two souvenirs , she wrapped her
self in her cloak , put on her hat and
a very thick veil , descended the stairs ,
and found the Frenchman , who was
waiting impatiently outside the gate.
Whither they went Marjorie scarcely
knew , for in the excitement of the
scene her senses almost left her. She
was conscious only of being hurried
along the dark road ; then of being
seated in a carriage by the French-
' man's side.
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
Thomas Cooper , the Chartist.
The autobiography of Thomas Coop
er , the English chartist , is , as Carlyle
would say , "altogether human and
worthy , " and one of the mosc fasci
nating records of a strange and often
stormy career that can be read in any
language. With a vividness that even
Carlyle might envy , it describes the
hard struggle of Cooper's early years
how his poor widowed mother was
tempted to sell her boy to the village
sweep for money with which to pay
the rent'of their little cottage ; how
he got a smattering of the three R's ,
and at 15 was apprenticed to a shoe
maker ; how he learned by hook and
crook to read four languages , and ac
quired , besides , as much history , math
ematics and science as made him a
prodigy even in the eyes of educated
men ; how he became a schoolmaster ,
then a journalist , and at last , in 1840 ,
flung himself heart and soul into the
Chartist agitation. It cost him two
years in Stafford gaol. Through the
kind offices of Charles Kingsley he was
provided with writing materials. Mix
ing them "with brains , " he speedily
produced a number of short poems and
stories , a "History of Mind , " and , most
important of all , a vigorous and imagi
native poem in the Spenserian stanza-
"The Purgatory of Suicides , " winch
has gone through several editions. It
is just about four years since Thomas
Cooper died , at the age of 87. He had
outlived his fame , as he had outlived
his Chartism. Indeed , we might say
of him what an American critic said
of Beccher , that , had he died sooner
he would have lived longer. "
"Woulil Have Ono Soon.
A freak museum manager wrote , a
party in Kentucky naming an offer •
for a rope with which any man had
been lynched. The party replied : "We
have none on hand now , but have
placed your order on file , and you are
likely to hear from us soon. "
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IT IS THE EAGLE'S TURN TO LAUGH.
THE NEXT COMKESS.
SOON TO CONVENE ; MUCH TO
DO.
The Cuban and the Hawaiian Questions
Iilkoly to Bo the First and Most Im
portant to Como Op for Consideration
Republicans Control the House hut
Not the Senate.
( Washington Letter. )
In about a fortnight the Fifty-sixth
congress of the United States will be
In session with a Republican working
majority in the lower house , but with
a minority in the senate. It is unfor
tunate that the party in control of the
executive branch of the government is
not in a majority in the senate as well
as In the house , as questions of great
importance are to be considered and
the responsibility for action or inac
tion will be laid upon the shoulders
of the Republicans , even though they
may be powerless to fully carry their
points in the upper branch of congress.
Matters of great interest and concern
will undoubtedly be presented and dis
cussed at an early date after conven
tion of congress. They will affect this
country's relations with Spain and Ja
pan , and are national and international
in character , rather than partisan in
any sense , so that their adjustment
will be closely watched by foreign na
tions.
The most difficult question to be
dealt with is that relating to Cuba. It
has been intimated from time to time
that congress , when convened , would
not stand the indefinite and procrasti
nating policy pursued by Spain in con
nection with this government's in
quiries relative to Cuba , and even that
Spain's attitude toward the United
States in the matter has not been sat
isfactory to the President. It is gener
ally thought that one of the first ques
tions to come up after congress con
venes will be Cuba , and the state de
partment correspondence , which has
been accumulating to a certain extent ,
will be published and the whole situa
tion placed before the country , as well
as congress. Then it remains to see
what action will be taken as to the rec
ognition of belligerent rights in that
island. It is known that the President
is strongly in favor of a peaceful solu
tion of the problem if that be possible ,
but that it is not the desire of the ad
ministration ILat Cuba shall be devas
tated and destroyed by the continuance
of Weylerism. There is no question
vbut that the people of the United States
are , by a large majority , in sympathy
with the Cubans and desire to see , in
some way , the freedom of the island
accomplished.
Then there is the almost as import
ant question of the annexation of Ha
waii. It is safe to say also that the
people of the United States , by as great
a majority , favor the annexation of the
islands in a territorial form of govern
ment. The annexation treaty was pro
claimed by the President comparative
ly early in the administration and has
been ratified by the Hawaiian congress.
Our own senate will undoubtedly take
reasonably prompt action upon it after
action upon the Cuban matter.
Neither of these questions are party
questions , and neither will divide con
gress on party lines , but nevertheless
it is unfortunate that the Republicans
have not a majority in the senate. The
foreign policy of he Republicans has
always been clear and vigorous , the
Democrats being the conservatives and
the illiberals , and , as above stated , the
Republicans , although not > in a major-
itjvin the senate , will have to bear the
burden of responsibility for whatever
action is taken , so that to secure their
best results they should have no ob
structive opposition. In any case ac
tion of some sort is probable very
early in the session on these two ques
tions.
The Democrats who have been trying
to make capital against the new tariff
law by pointing to the monthly treas
ury deficit will soon be obliged to turn
their attention to other fields. While
the receipts from customs under the
new law have heretofore been less than
the expenditures , or even than the re
ceipts of the Wilson law durJng the
corresponding period of laSjt year , for
very good reasons , they have been
steadily gaining week by week , and
now , according to the treasury figures ,
they are larger than they were a year
ago. The prediction that the new year
will see a wiping out of monthly de
ficits seems likely to be fulfilled. "It
is simply a question of time , greater
or less , which cannot be told exactly , "
said a treasury official , "when the now
law will get into normal working or
der and will produce a surplus instead
of a deficit. It is doing remarkably
well considering the way it was handi
capped by excessive importations ,
many of which are still in the coun
try. "
According to Attorney-General McKenna -
Kenna , the Government will be as fully
protected in the matter of the Kansas
Pacific Railroad as was the case in the
Union Pacific transaction. The owner
ship of the Kansas Pacific is part of
the scheme of the reorganization com
mittee. The committee holds certain
liens on the road which it is bound
to protect. It can only protect them by
getting possession of the road , and this
can only come through its making bids
which will clear the road of all in
debtedness to the Government. The
Government is master of the situation
and everybody who knows anything
about the facts knows this , none bet
ter than the reorganization committee.
The same vigilance and intelligence
will be displayed in the management
of the branch road as was shown in the
sale of the main road , which every
body now concedes redounded to the
credit of the officials managing the
sale. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
Uncle Sam's Turn Will Come.
John Bull laughs now , but Uncle
Sam's turn will come when Congress
passes a law for the protection of
American shipping.
No Prosperity for Him.
"The long and short of this business
is that we are no nearer prosperity
than we were two years ago. The on
ly benefits which have come to our
people since the election of McKinley
were the result of the disasters to
wheat crops in foreign lands by what
the law calls a "visitation of God. "
Thus the Cincinnati Enquirer.whose
anxiety just now is centered upon the
political complexion of the new Ohio
legislature. Everything depends upon
that. There can be no real , simon-
pure , copper-bottomed , all-wool , yard-
wide , sure enough prosperity visible
in the Enquirer office until John Mc
Lean succeeds in breaking into the
United States Senate. Pending that
consummation , civilization is a failure
and progress is played out !
It Unsettles Many Theories.
"As a matter of fact , " says the Lan
cashire Courier , "certain industries
have been carried in America to a de
cidedly more advanced stage of devel
opment than that which they have as
yet attained in the old country. " Pre
cisely so ; and these American indus
tries are increasing so rapidly in num
ber and importance as to attract the
attention of the civilized world to the
results of protection In the United
States. No country more than Eng
land feels the effect of America's mar
velous industrial strides. It is a
shock in more ways than one , this
triumph of protection , for it not only
tends to unsettle English faith in free
trade theories , but it Is hurting Eng
lish tra 'de all over/the world.
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REPUBLICAN OPINION. I
The Democracy la rapidly losing JIh I
grip on' the South. Look at the BOimtu I
.of the United Stnte3. Maryland 1h now Ito
-to have two Republican senators ; West * t |
Virginia hnn ono and is likely to have I
aiiothcr ; Kentucky has ono Republican * 1
nud one other who refuEos to cooperate - I
ate with the DcmocratH on the currency - I
rency question ; Louisiana has ' ono I
Democrat refusing to join with his ji
'party on the tariff ; South Carolina hnn jl
ono and Georgia two who kicked over I
the traces on the tariff ; North Carolina I
has no Democratic representative , ono I
of her Senators being a Republican and I
the other a Populist ; one Texan Domfl
ocratlc senator refuses to support free B
silver. In fact , the number of Southern fl
senators who follow time-honored fl
Democratic doctrines is becoming exfl
tremely small. fl
Now that Mr. Bryan has finished his
attempt to "bury Mark Hanna , " he B
can go to Mexico and congratulate the
people of that country on the fact that H
their dollar has fallen 20 per cent in
value In the past year. H
The balance In favor of the United B
States In its trade with England was B
greater last year than at any time pre- B
vlous during the last fifteen years , If B
not than any previous year. M
Mr. Bryan declared that he didn't B
see any evidence of prosperity while M
in Ohio. Probably the smoke of reopened - B
opened factories injured his eyesight M
while in the state. | B
With two Republican senators and a fl
Republican delegation in the house , fl
the old state of Maryland will not U fl
able to recognize herself in the polltl * H
cal mirror. M
Railroad earnings are at a high fig * | fl
ure , and the bank clearances of the H
country were 22.2 per cent higher last H
week than in the corresponding week B
of last year. B
The farmers of Ohio , Iowa.Maryland , B
Kansas and South Dakota showed by B
their votes in the recent election B
that free silver has no more charms B
for them. B
People who really want to pay their B
debts in depreciated dollars should remove - M
move to Mexico. The silver dollars ? M
of that country have fallen 20 per cent B
in value in the past year , and the man B
who owed $1,000 a year ago can pay it M
with $ S0O worth of silver now. This H
is a condition that would delight the fl
people who last year were insisting M
upon an opportunity to pay debts in- j fl
depreciated dollars. fl
Mr. Bryan did not call on ex-Gov. B
Boies during his recent trip through B
B
The twelve counties of Ohio in which B
Mr. Bryan made speeches in the campaign - B
paign just ended gave 097 more Republican - B
publican majority than they did in B
189G. Considering that Mr. Bryan os- B
tcntatiously announced that he "came B
to bury Hanna , not to praise him , " B
this result is rather amusing to everybody - B
body except Mr. Bryan. B
"In spite of less active trade during B
October in most sections of the conn- B
try , and the virtual stoppage of business - B
ness at the South as a result of the B
yellow-fever scares and quarantines , |
the aggregate total for that month exceeded - |
ceeded even September's immense total - |
tal , and marks the heaviest month's to- fl
tal since January , 1893. This result | B
was accomplished , too , with the same f B
number of business days in the month f B
as in September. " Bradstreet's. |
With Arthur Pue Gorman beaten , fl
Mark Hanna as good as re-elected , Refl
publican gains in Kansas , free silver fl
again repudiated in Ohio , Iowa , Penn- j fl
sylvania , Massachusetts and New H
York , the Democrat who can extract B
comfort from the result of this year's B
elections must be a veritable political H
Mark Tapley. B
Vv 'hat has become of that trio of B
silver advocates who went to Japan to B
find evidence that the "gold powers"B
had forced the Yankees of the Orient B
into action recently taken in favor of B
the gold standard ? They have been B
gone nearly four menths and not a B
sound has been heard from them. i B
The talk of co-operation of a few B
Ohio Republicans with the McLean B
Democrats of that state in the approaching - B
preaching senatorial election is- pronounced - ' |
nounced by Ohio men of both parties B
the merest "moonshine. " It would be B
political suicide for any man who |
would undertake it or attempt to profit - B
it by B
With ex-Governor Altgeld organizing |
a paper-money party , ex-Governor B
Bois denouncing the 6-to-l proposition - H
tion , Senator Stewart telling the peo- B
pie that they may as well fail in with H
prosperity and drop the silver issue , it B
looks as though the white metal would fl
have few friends left by 1900. |
The circulation of the country is , in fl
round numbers , $80,000,000 greater B
than it was one year ago. Yet the H
country didn't get free coinage , and B
Bryan said that the only way to ia- B
crease the circulating medium of the B
country was by the adoption of free B
silver. An error m judgment. B
The 55th Congress had a larger num- B
her of Republicans from the South B
than was ever before elected to any B
Congress from that section. And now j B
the 56th Congress Is to have an addl- |
tion to the Southern Republican j BB
strength by another Republican senator - B
tor from Maryland. B
The conclusions are that it was ar B
"ofi year' * for Hanna la Ohio. H