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THE OMAHA DAILY > flfrKrt ! MONDAY , JULY 27 , 18i)6. ) THE OMAHA DAILY Bnii lleiSIJVVATr.K. JMllui. iVinv 01 * 8fl"f Itll'TION. , t > e ( Without Sim.Inyj Ono Yo r . . . . SM Dally ! > < > and bun lay , Ono Ycir 10 DO 8lx Month * > . . . ' Three Monllin 52 fiunlny Ilff , Ono T - r ; W Hntutdnv ll c Onn Yrnr. . . . , ' &J Weekly Jlco. Ona Ye r < orrifirs : Omnhn. The nee Hull ling BHith Omnhn , Hinder Illk , Tor N tin ! 21th St . Council IllnlTii , IB North Mnln Slrrrt. ChlcnKo Ollloe , 317 Chnmljir of Commerce. New lork. llooni 1J , II nml l' . TrlUmu Bldg. Washington , HO , I * ulrctt , N Vv All communlcnllonii rclntlnc ti > new * nnd nil * torl.il mult r xhoul I lc ndJrt < rd : To the IMK' ' r nusi.vnss i.iTTir.3. All biiRln < " "i Ipttem nnd ri-mlllnnecu nhould tx- nddrcsfcil to The UPC I'lilillchlnit Company , Omnhn Drnftn. checks nnd postnlllce onleri to bo irmile pnjnlilf to ( hinrder of the ronumny ' 1111:111:1 : : I'tmusiiiNu COMPANY STATKMKMT OP ClllCOUVltON. 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As a political bigamist Hryiui N the code of the walk. St. Louis inny now once moio resume Its noniiiil place on tininnp. . If th ( > i ( are nny inoic bolts loose , now la the time for them to drop. It would not bt > a bad Idea , for the tnxpaycis to keep their eyes on the IIIMV Jail job. MeKlnley and Mat-Coll must be the rallying point for all Nebraska re publicans. So far the democi.Ulc pIlKilmases to Lincoln have baldly met expectations of exuberant paitlsans. "Fpvv die and none letlre , " Is the way the old saw will have to be applied to presidential and vice presidential nom inees. In Madison Sipiaie fjaiden Mr. Itrynn will leceive with Si-wall. In the Balti more auditorium Mr. Bryan will re ceive vv Ith Watson. The harmony existing between tin mayor and Boaid of Public AVoiks ap pears to be thick cnonxli for use as stieel paring matcilal. WnNon oujht to have known that It would beuconsidered bold eftiontery for a. man without a baiiel to uspliu tea a place next to lUjan. Now lor the .state conventions yet to come. The state campaign cannot pro cced in e.tinest until the principal con testing candidates aio in tiie Held. The ! ? 10,000 htock subsciiption of the Omaha Gas company ou ht to be made to act as a nest efw. Wheie aie the other public-spiilted fianchlsed coipoi- atlons of the city ? Public franchises aie worth money. Before the city grants another it should exact ahsiuance that it Is tfolnj ; to tet something In return for the valuable wb conferred. Because the people of Omaha have submitted until now to the outiagc of the Mason street open air cowshed depot Is no lotimin why they will biib- inlt to It Indellnltely. MeKlnley stiuck tlie keynote of the campaign when he declined to the woiklngmen that credit Is the < > M > ntlal factor for the mill and factory. And we cannot ichtoto credit without btablllty la our money system. Bryan Is busy piepailng the extem poraneous speech which lie Is to de liver when the Infoi million Is suddenly broken to him that he has been made the nominee of the demociatlc national convention for the presidency. It Is to be noted that Mr. Biyan's alleged scruples as to accepting a pop ullut nomination all test , not on the platform or party pilnclples , but on thi' ' pcrbonuel of the tall of the ticket. The question of pilnclple does not enter. Accoidlng to populist Senator Mtew- nit of Ni'vadu 'lrv u is more u dem- ociut than he Is. Ktewait Is no doubt collect. SttMunt became conveited to populism because ho wanted to instiie Ills -electlon to the United .Slates sen * nte. In otder.to get the presidency Bryan would sail under any name that promised to help him reach the huveii. The republican national committee might buy two columns of the edltoilal page of Mr. Bryan's paper for cam paign puipoM'.s In the Inteiest of the republican candidate hud It not been ( lemonsliatetl by the cxpeilcnce of the republican state committee In ISI ! ) that even at the pi Ice of ! f7r a day the ar- rnugcmcnt would be simply money thrown away. Time Is precious. If you are going to put your name down on the exposition company's stock books do so now , Tin sooner the requited minimum of $ . ' 100 , . 000 Is subsetIbed , the sooner will tin complete oiganlzatlon of the company be effected and the sooner will the ac tive prepaiatlons for the great exhibi tion be commenced. Honie was not built In a day. Neither can be the exposition. SJ/.VK/J 8T.lXDmi > CUVXTillKS. The advocntos of fico silver colnngo for the fulled States constantly refer to the conditions In silver standard ouutrles , particularly Mexico and Tapan , ns showing tlmt ft OP sllu'r would gl\c pie peilty to the American people. Mr. Ht. .lohii , who Is much lelli-d upon by the sllveiltc.s , can now be cited as of the opinion that Mexico fmulshes no cilteilon for this conn- tiy. though most Intelligent people ha\o always known this. There Is no ques tion that In lot-on I yeais Mexico has made notable piogicss In mnteiial de velopment. A gioat deal of foiolgn capital has been Invested theie In rail- load constinctlnn and In mining , fn- lonbtedly capitalists have found these Imcstments prolltable. It Is profitable Ijeeatise Mexico , with Its hllver stand- in d , Is obliged to pay an onoimous Itoniis for whatever loans It may nego tiate. A striking example of Mevko's "piospeilty" may be found In the fact that less than ( luce months ago , an Amoilcan banker pmclmsod ? . . ( ) ( ) ( > of Mexican go\eminent bonds at I.S cent.s in the tlollar In silver. The net cost of tluSMI.OOO of bonds to the puiclm.s.-r was Ml.17(1 ( In Mexican Mlvor. As the money to paj for the > > o bonds came from the 1'iiltod States , the actual out lay In Amctlcan money was ? itl'J : ( ) , or ibout ( i louts on the dollar. At 7 jior cent Intoiost Mexico will pay ! ? llr > ( X ) i year In silver for a slhor loan of $121,170 , or over 111 per cent per annum. How Is It with icgatd to the laboring clashes In Mexico ? In one of the bul letins of the bureau of Ameilcan u > - publlcs this Is said in u-feieiice to Mex'- ican labor : "One of the gteatest CM 11s at the present time Is the existence of u scale of wages which delles all power of i eduction ; which lobs the laboiets of all sense of dignity or feeling of as- oclatlon with the lest of their lollow cltl/ens , and having leduced them to a condition of abject abasement , dcte- iloiates to a like extent their ptodmtlvo power and the measure of their ability. . They are content to regard themselves as a plant or imiehtnoty , which move- ! by extianeoas aids only and has no power of volition ami no desire to ex ercise It If it had. " The Mexican min ister to the fnltcd States , In an article In one of the magazines some months ago , admitted that wages are low in Mexico , but said "theie lias been In ic- cent jcars a marked tendency to their Increase. " Only a , "tendency , " but no real inciease wotth mentioning. Amei- ican wotkingmen. when they under stand the facts , will not support a pol icy , the effect of which would be to Mexlcani/e their wages , tor if fiee silver heie did not reduce the pay of labor to the Mexican standatd It would greatly reduce the purchasing power of the { Minings of labor , thus in effect lowtnlng wages. Now as to Japan , which may be re- gaided as peihaps an ide.il sliver standard country , although it has not free coinage of silver , the coinage of silver in that country being solely on government account. .Tapan is really on the sil\or basis , howe\er , and woik- Ingmen there leceive their pay In sil ver. It Is tine there is great indus- tnal .activity , but the daily "wage for skilled labor averages only about IS cents , while the average for unskilled labor is but 10 cents. Theie is a ten dency to impiovement and piobibly in the coin so of time the wages of laboi In Japan will advance , but it Is en tirely sale to say that they will never reach thepiesont standaid of Ameilcan wages , or Indeed of the wage.s of any of the gold staiidaid conn- tiles. The Japanese manufactuiei.s are piosperlng , beiause they buy their law nmteiial.s and pay their labor with sil ver and sell their products for gold , but neither the woikingmeii nor the fanners of Japan aie piosporons. As to the latter It is said that their con dition is by no me.ins a happy one. The goveinment ilnds It necessary to maintain a fund of ? ! ) ,000,000 for the 10- llef of paupeilsm and in one , year It was called upon to furnish 17,000 fnrin- eis with , agilcuituial implements. An Ameiican consul is authority for the staU-ment that the standaid of living among the Japanese is very poor. SK- tenths of tlie population do not cam more than 10 per month and the laborIng - Ing classes subsist chlelly upon rice. It Is such tacts as these that should command the M-ilous attention of Amer ican woikingmeii. They attest that while tlu-ie Is Industilal activity In thono. sliver standaid conntiles and cap ital Is piospeious , labor Is mlseiably remuuciated and the condition of the working classes Is. fiom the Ameilcan point of view , deplorable. No Amei lcan woiklngman who has an Intelli gent appreciation of w-lf-interest will vote for a policy that would place the United States on a silver basis. hK Alton- } One of the stiongest utterances thin far made by honest money democrats against the action of the Chicago con vention Is that of the committee of I'onnsylvanla sound money ik-mociats , who mhlso the deinoctats of that state to use all honorable means to defeat Bryan and Sewall , in case It Is deemed InadvlHib'.e by the sound money demo- ciats thioughout the country to convene a national convention and nominate statesmen tor president and vice pie.4- ident. These Pennsylvania demociats say of tin' Chicago platfoim that It Is a bold nnd startling departure fiom the piln- clples , tiadltlons and teachings of tlie democratic paity as pioclalnu > d fiom the biitli of the republic down to the assembling of tlie < ( invention at Chi cago-"a platfoim so tiilse , so mlschlev- oi-ii In Its tendencies , and so dangciona In Its policies to the welfaie , peace anil life of fiee government that II be hooves all honest and patilotle men to denounce and condemn It. " The ap peal Issued by these democrats con demns neaily every declaration of the ( 'lilcago platform. In icgard to tire at- ttit'K on the judlclaiy department of tlu\ government , a matter which ought to receive the earnest attention of the people , It said : "It attempts to arotiso the spirit of revolution by castIng - Ing odium upon the tlnal Judgment of that great constitutional tilbiinal , the supreme couit of the United States , and by calling upon the legislative branch of the uoveiuuieut to tlud some way to reverse the decisions of that couit , theieby seeking to Induce congress to change and enlarge the court and make it n subset vlent body Instead of the defender of the people at'alnst unconstitutional encioach- incuts by congress. " It Is de clared tlmt the Chicago convention having departed from the demociatlc faith and piomulgated new and stiange doctilnes , nil democrats aie nbsohed fiom every obligation to respect or sup port Its lovolutlonaiy methods , "and as the docttlnes announced me dlshniicMt , destructive of national honor and pri vate obligation and tend to cieate sec tional and class distinctions , engender divisions ami hatied and stilfo among the people , we are bound as tine cltl- yens of the republic to u-pudlate It and exert ovoiy lawful means to ensuie the ilofoat of Bryan ami Sewall , who have both ghcn their adhesion to Its fal.se doctrines. " This appeal to the honest money dem on ats of Pennsylvania applle.s to such democrats e\erywhere. It places piln- clple nbmo paity , the great duty of upholding the national integilty and honor above allegiance to a political oiganl/ation. Now that Mr. Bryan has Ill-en accepted bj the populists , who IP- gaid him as one of them , as In fact lie N. it Is to be piosuiued tlmt demo ciats who do not fin or flee silver will see in this a stionger UMMDH for tepu- dialing the Chicago nominee. Mr. Bryan as the popnll.st candidate must appear mote obnoxious to all demociats who still iclaiti some respect for the tiadlllonal pilnclplos of their paity , to nil of which populist doctiim-s aie an tagonistic. Whether or not tlie honest money dem ociats will hold a convention and nomi nate a ticket is still unceitain , but In any o\ont they should ovoifcv\vhere or- ganl7o , in older that their Influence may be exeited to the fullest possible extent In opposition to tlie policy of ic- pudiation and confiscation. Tlie hon est money demociats have a gteat duty to peifoim anil the signs aie that they fully appreciate the tact and intend to do their duty. run I'tticu or mwnii. M'COOK , Neb , July 22 , 1S8C To the Ed itor ot The Dee : 1. What \\as the maikct \aluo of slhor prior to 1873 ; also for a period of six months after It i\ns demon etized ( as they call It ? ) 2. When dlil India demonetize slher and what was the market value of silver bullion prior and aftei she demonetized It ? C. n. GUAY. Tiie act discontinuing the coinage of tlie standard silver dollar became a law t-'ebiuaiy 111 , 1871 ! . Tlie aveiage pi ice of slher for the year lS7i was 91 : ! 'J an ounce. This was ; ? cents above the ratio of 10 to 1. Tlie aveiage pi ice of silver during tlie year 18711 was l.lii ) l-r > . _ We have nod at hand tlie exacti llguuM lor each month of the year. Tlie unlimited coinage of silver in India was discontinued In June , IS ! ) ! ! . The aveiago pi Ice of silver in London for the year IS'.tJ ' was 87 cents per ounce , for the jc-ar IS'.K ! it was 78 cents per ounce , for the year Ib'.H ( Vi cents per ounce , , for IS'.Ki 05li-5 cents per ounce. Tlie quotation last Satur day was ( JSo-S cents per ounce. The maikcd decline in tlie pi Ice of silver in ISO : ! was due to tlie iepe.il of the Sherman act , which requited the fnltcd States goveinment to pin chase Ti 1,000- 000 ounces of silver bullion a year and store it in tlie vaults of the tic-asmy. When this aitllicial stimulant was with- di.iwn n leaction natnially follovunl. TIIK QUi-wwfi or r The new gas Uanchiso oidinaiice Intio- dnced into the council at Its last meet ing Involves a question of such linpor tance to the community that it .should iccelve the most dellbeiate considera tion and can-fill revision before it is fiiaetod or rejected. Omaha's past experience with the iudiscilmiiiate dlsttibutlon of valuable fianchises has been such as to emphasi/.e the necessltj for the exaction of piopoily guaianteed stipulations for the peiloimance ot piomlses and tlie piotection of the public. It has , for example , given away fianchises to four diffeient g.is com panies , but , excepting the oilginal g.M fianchi.se , not one lias nuiteilallxed into a new gas plant or In ought the con- sumeis the numetous advantages held out by their piojectois. In this the o.xpeiience of Omaha has been but the experience of oveiy other laige city. In connection witli every it-quest for the giant of a franchise to use the streets for supplying some necessary municipal suivlce , whether gas , water , electric light and power , lapld transit or other , tlif council should weigh the pioposltlon In Its enthety. Theie are numeious Items that must be taken Into account on both sides of tlie ledger. While the advantage accruing to the consumer and tlie city from an abun dant supply of cheap gas Is the Impor tant consldeiation , there aie also the questions of employment to labor , of disfiguring tliu stieets for a long period of time , of damaging pavements , of duplicating a plant adequate to present demands. When the last gas fiauchlse oidliianco was up beloie the council , so gieat was the popular Interest in tlie matter that public meetings wore huh ! for its geneial discussion. The piesent oidlnaiicft is of equally vital concein to the ma s of taxpayeis and hou-e- , holdcib and they ought to be hcaid fioin befoie final action Is taken. Tin-re are lalsehoods afloat with ief- oiviiut to tlie exposition , due possibly to tlie delay In peifcctlng oiganUatlon and putting the enteipilse on a work- lug basis. These icpoits , however , will coon cease , for the time Is near at hand when public iinnoi\ncement will be made of the piogicss made. Tint story that the exposition tins alieady been secretly located Is most tibsuid. Theie is no nuthoilty yet constituted that could decide the matter of location. The stockholdeis must Hist meet and eleci a boaid of dliectors before anything can be done , to say nothing of so vital a step as deciding upon location. Anil , again , u site would be Useless without the icqtihcd funds to capitalize the pi oject. Insurance ugonts of South Omaha contest tlie right of llui town council to lew an occupation tux upon them. The oulhunce pn. < eil places the tax nt ? 15 porjfAJgd i > r annum. The In * smance people have been advised by counsel ( hat such tn.x : must be Imposed upon all busim's men alike , otherwise It Is voll..j\ ( to the Justice and wisdom of this s tlflnl levy wo have nothing to say. It tjiyjo ) | excessive or It may not. The town uiotinell unquestionably has the ilghtlrtd1llmpni'o an occupation tax. Men taxy 'ln like manner In other Mo- biaska loniM cairled the question to tlie cotntf d finally the stipionio court of the stjitjO decided tin'- ordinances im posing an owiipatlon tax- ate valid. It Is to 'bn hoped the f nlon Pacific , Hock Island. Milwaukee , Noithvvestern and Mlssoml Paclllc roads will without - out dola.v sign conducts with the Termi nal company under the llbeial terms oncied , A uillroad olllcial Is quoted as sa.vlng the enterpilso can thus be nn suted and that It Is only necessaiy for the Hock Island and Milwaukee to con sent to such a course. President Mil ler of < he .Milwaukee has said his loan cannot be expected to lead off In the matter , and Intimates it might consist ently follow the lead of the Union Pa clllc. Men who undei stand the union depot situation me of opinion tlmt should the f nlon Paclllc at this junct ure sign with the Tot initial com pany , four other loads would in all probability Immediately follow its ex ample. This view of the case Is woitliy of consldeiation by the committees now at wotk on the proposition. In no other way could the Union Pacllle populailxe Its road in so great a degree among the citizens of Omaha. It is estimated theie aio fiom 20,000 to . ' ! 0,000 tons of haul coal in the yaids and stoic houses of Omaha. This sur plus stock Is the n'Milt of cut latcs of tiai'spoitatlon in force last year. Omaha , ( leak-is took advantage of tlie opportunity to put in huge stocks and leap the benefits of an inevitable ad vance In tlie pi ice. This coal did not cost tlie Omaha dealers to exceed ? 7 a ton. The ic-tail price is now ? 10 , or about that. A piollt of ? ; { a ton will thpiefore be leallml upon at least 115,000 tons of hard coal In Omaha the coming winter , or an aggregate piollt of ? 7.,000 upon tlie .stock already in the yiuds , This vvlll pay a good In- teicst charge upon the idle capital In vested with a llbeial margin on the side. Thus tlie people of Omaha will pay heavy > \\ihutc in consequence of tlie coiner on coal foiced by the gieedy barons of 1'eiinsylvania. It is IutoiC tlng to note that steps aio abonti toibu taken to punish the men who 'appropriated to their own us- money dcymt d to the paid tliemen'h mutual lionoJit fund some yeais ago. This mone 'whs given witli tlie distinct understanding that it must be used lor the sole fi uclit , of liiemcn disabled in active seiviee - and for tlie benefit of widows iinN'cltlldicn ' of veteran fircmei : losing their } lve ? in the pea foi nianco ol duty. This fund amounted to seveisi * thousand Tlollhis. The men who had supeiviblpn over It piovcd faithless to n sacied truit and they should be branded as unwoithy ot confidence and respect. It any of thorn have piopeity it. should be lawfully attached aim they should be compelled to make lull lestltution of the dissipated fundt > . Mr. BryanS paper points with piide to fifty-five domociatif nevvspapeis that have not bolted the Chicago platfoim and ticket. Of these there are not a half do/on that the aveiage newspaper reader has ever seen. On the othei hand , however , It says not a vvoid about the 200 deinociatic nevvspapeis that have bolted the silver candidates , which include all but three or four of tlie really pioniinent demociatlo iiewspapeis of the coii'itiv. If theie is a siugK > aigument In favor of Immediate unlimited Hi to 1 fiee silver coinage that will not apply with equal , if not gieater , foico to gieen- backism , pure and .simple , it has not yet been pointed out to a patient public. Tiniliickminliin Crons. Chicago Chronicle ( Uim } Jnclcsonlan democrats are in favor of crucifying slHerism and populism on a cross of hlcUory. riictof Itccnril. Globe-Democrat. The poorest paid \\orklngmen on the face of the earth arc those \\lio ll\o In silver- standard countries. A .Mf\li'nii Olijrrt IU-MNOU , Iluffnlo lIxprcj-H An object lesson on the silver question was furnished by a national bank In New York Wednesday , which offered $10.000 in Mexican silver for $ IG)0 ) in United States money. Under free coinage our money would bo treated in international transac tions as Mexico's now is. Mi < Uliiir. ( Mnsa ) Iteiiutllcun. Candidate Sewall Is putting up a mag- nlllceut bluff , -somcthlnK we frankly con cede to him. After a hasty look from one of his tallest masts up and down the coast and over tho- pines of Waldo , Penobscot and Aroostoo' . , Hoi rllmbi down , shuts up his long ulass andj3 > s : "Tbero was never be fore such a chance for ua to carry the state. The people are aroused ; they are looking Into thc'sa. nrng' " A CiunpiilK" Armnui-n ( . < i Tir.flunnpollH Journal The Mexlom-sthtr dollar Is likely to do good service , 'Jr ? * an object lesson In this campaign , VVV American silver dollar vvlll buy tuo of ( ttin ) , each containing more sil ver than ourXjbut only worth half as much , because It habjnosgold value behind It. With a 100-ceut A" 0311 dollar In ono hand and u GO-cei&'Muxlcaii dollar In the other a speaker canoifrih ; make an audience under stand what thyt-tlfect of free sliver coinage \MmlcI be , r _ CiuiMilnU | > of MUt-r Kliiirn. b'ciunton U'a. ) 'JnUM ( .km ) If tberp ore. no silver mines In this country and nn silver kings , decs any one vuppo&e for a moment that there would be uuy clamor for a IB to 1 dollar ? The Issue Is the outgroWjth of the impatience of a lot of slher mine owners v > ho thought they had captured the country when they bought their way Into the United States senate , and thru bought up such other senators as they could reach by civ Ing them "fat bargains" In silver mines. Having failed at Washing ton , they tried to capture the republican convention at St , Lou la. and falling in that they played their last desperate card at Chicago cage , and now they uant the people ol the United States to endorse their action and help them to bunco the entire country. Against this bold scheme democrats and republicans vtho believe lu honest nioiitj and hourit valU9 for It most htrenuousl ? protest. The silver conspiracy , hatched In the United States senate , will never be co.i' cumulated. The Independence and Integrity of ureas aud people will not permit it. 3 lllHVlllilCSTAT1J TII2KKT. \Vlnsldc Tribune.- Jack MacColl Is * man of the people. The people will elect him. Central City Nonpareil ! Secretary 1'lpcr lias n lead-pipe cinch on the election as ho had on the nomination. I'lattamouth News : Jack MarColl Is mak ing friends vvhorevor he ROCS. He vvlll go Into the governor's office with a rousing majority. Nebraska City Chief : There Is no ques tion about Jack MacColl being ono of the best anil ablest men In Nebraska , nnd his friends arc legion. Central City Nonpareil- Jack MacColI was Riven a rousing reception In Omaha recently. Mr. MacColl vvlll eomc out of Douglas county November 3 with the largest majority ever glve-n a repub lican. Beatrice HxpressMacColl Is making friends and gaining strength every uay. None know him but to love him , iiono name him but to praise , mid few well regulated people vvlll be so 111 bred ns to vote against him lu November. Dlller llccord J. H. MncColl. republican candidate for governor , was for thlrte-cn yean clerk of Daw son county , mul he served said county also In the capacltj ot sheriff , ho was at all times a faithful , honest , cllt- dent omcer , onJojInR the highest esteem of all who Knew him Oakland Ucpubllcan Wo do not believe there are any Swedish people around hero who are going to refuse to vote 'for tholr countrjman , Ole Medium ! , who Is the can didate foi state audltoi on the republican ticket. Mo Is n verj able man for the place and Is a lojal republican , ho Is for Me Klnley nnd stands upon the- national re publican nnd state platforms , for protec tion and sound money , Tecumseh Chieftain- The republicans of Johnson county are especially pleased with the nomination of Hon. Charles R. Casey of Pawnee county ns the republican can didate for Bfite treasurer. Mr. Casey la their neighbor Thuy Know him anil appre ciate his worth. They Know his Integrity , his business capacity , his genial personality and his Intense republicanism They were glad to take a prominent part In bringing about bis nomination In the state conven tion , not only ns a tribute of respect to a neighbor , but also because they realized that bis name would add popularity to the ticket. Casey for state treasurer Is a win ner. Uut few votes In southeast Nebraska will get away from him. i Geneva Signal : Tbo eastern part ot the state has never knoun much about Jack MacColl bc > oiid being able to recognize hla face and figure. It Is not often that a nomination for a state offlco gets aa far west ns Dawson county , but the people out there who have known MacColl for many jcars say the republicans have mndo no mistake in nominating MacColl for gov- ernoi. On the whole the Signal Is glad to see the nomination go west. There Isn't much question about the icpubllcanlsm of the eastern part of thu state this jcar and it Is the vveste-rn part of the state that vvlll have to bo labored with. MacColl is right out vbere he can do the laboring. * rOM-l'ICA ! , ? The Importers of Xew York City , bcreto- foiu faithful supporters of tbo democracy , aie to a man opposed to free silver. It is safe to announce that there will be no serious objections raised to contributions of gold to the silver campaign fund. The Brooklyn Democratic club , an In dependent organization , which has been foremost In refoim movement In the city and state , has decided to oppose the election of Brjan nnd Senall. The school boar 1 ot Grcensburg. Pa. , com posed of seven democrats , frl d to market school boi ds , "pajable In the lawful money of the United States , " but failed. It wab obliged to Insert the gold clause. Whereat the town gave the board the hoarse laugh. The call for the meeting of democrats at Davenport , la. , Saturday night wag signed by 224 members of the party. The signers Ltated that the object of the meeting was to "denounce the action of the convention In Chicago which antagonized the prin ciples of democracy and assailed the honor of the nation " Hobcit n. Lewis , the republican nominee for governoi of Mlsbourl , was born In 1857. Prior to the presidential campaign of 1SSS he- stood high In the councils of the demo cratic . ) art > and was honored with various oll'.ccs. But the trie trade Issue forced to the front by President Cleveland obliged him to leave bis paitj and stand up for the Amcilcun system of protection. Public Opinion printed week befoio last a symposium of press comments , which In cluded extracts from thirty-seven Independ ent Journals devoted to the special Inter ests of labor organizations , farmers. Blnglu- taxers , etc Of these fifteen reject the Chicago cage ticket and candidates ; nine declare for MeKlnley , two demand an Independent democratic ticket and only ten come out foi Bran. JOllimilY. Tin- Free Slider I'roiio.xKlnii Ilkeiicil to < Ii < - Crcillt Moblllcr. InilHnii > ells Journal. The proposition to coin , without charge to the owners , every $103 worth of silver bullion at present prices Into two hundred legal tender sliver dollars must appear , when fairly considered , the monstrous job every presented to any legislative body in modern times. Even nou the giants ot land made by congress to Pacific railroad companies and the Issue of bonds to the Union and Central 1'aclllc Itnllroad companies , whose managers formed the Credit Moblller , are the themes of the men on the stump who assail cor pnratlons and depict the corruption of legis lative bodies. No men devote more in dignation and epithet to these acts than thoao who nro no\v urging the free and unlimited coinage of sliver upon congress Whatever may be said In criticism of the land-grant policy and of the Issue of bonds to secure the' building of tbo first Pacific railways and much con bo fairly said it cannot bo denied that the people of the United States have derived and will con tinue to dciive much advantage therefrom Without those roads the larger part of thu lands through which they were built would' have continued ot no value , because the lallwavs opened Kansas , Nebraska , the Dakotas and all tbo newer states to settle ment , llut all of these land grants In volved a consideration the construction of railroads. riut hero Is a proposition to double the value of all the sliver bullion in the world to holders , without a dollar of the hundreds of millions of Increase going Into the public treasury or Into thu packets of the people , free of cost , as It goes Into the hands of tbo owners of silver bullion. To illustrate The. coinage value of the silver output of the u 01 Id In ISO I was $21CS92,200. At tbo present value of the bullion In a silver dollar lar , the actual market value of the 107,752,501 ounces of slher was about $115,000,000. Hut tbo free coinage proposition is that $115- 000,000 worth of silver bullion could bo taken to the mints of the United States and coined , without cost to the owners , Into 210- SOO.OOO silver dollars Hero la a clear profit to tbo holders ot ono j ear's output of tbo world's sll > er mines of over $100,000,000 Here , on the product of the silver mines for a single year , is a gift to the owners of that bullion nearly as great as the value of the 46,300,000 acres of loud received by all lallroads at the time the grants were made and the $64COO,000 of bonds indorsed for the Union und Central Pacific railroads more than thlity jears ago ! And yet the men who are frantically shouting for free and unlimited coinage of silver dcnounco the land grants and Credit Moblller transactions as corrupt be > end expression Is tbcro much uncoined silver In the world ? The most reliable of BtutlsUclans , Mulhall , considering all the estimates , put tlie world's stock of sliver lu 1830 at 1C5.000 tons , of which 76,900 tons was uncoined The coinage value of that uncoined sliver was $2,855,000,000 Its market value at the pres ent price of silver bullion is about $1,513,000- 000. If all of this uncoined silver could get to our mints under an unlimited coinage law , the profit to tha owners would be OUT $1,300,000,000. The uncoined silver has been increasing rapidly since 1800 , so that hun dreds of millions of ounces would bo picked up by speculators and Cumpod Into our mints. It could not all bo coined , but the bills which have been Intended to become free coinage laws have contained sections which provide that tha United States shall receive this silver In bars , store it at tbo public uxpenso , nnd issuu to Itiu ownets silver ce-rUllcatca , which shall bo full legal tender * . STIMi SOI.II ) l-Oll M Sterling KngloHryan stampeded llio con vention with A speech , hut ho cannot stam pede the voters with a thousand spc < rhe . Osccola Itccord : llrjnn's studied and per sistent opposition to the bed a-igav Indus try ought to cost him GO.OOO votes In Ne braska. rilley Hepubllcan * All the reception * to Hryan are nonpartlsnn affairs While No- biaska honors him as n cltlzor the state Is for MeKlnley for president. Wayne Herald : Some ppoplotthon asked to support Hryan retort with the following- "We have been In the brim- the pant four 3cars and want no moie of It. " Albion News ; When Bryan was In con gress ho voted against the protection of the beet sugar Industry which should bo suniclent to defeat him In Ne-biaska Ponca Journal- Therepublicans" In this locality are staying right by their guns ( their mouths ) and shooting them oft when ever occasion requires for McKlnli-y nnd Hobart Sterling K.iglo Nebraska is a great Rtato and It will probably nt some future tlmo furnish the United States a president , but It will not do so this year , nnd when It doc * his name- will not bo Billy Hi > un. Nebraska City Press : As the Press pre dicted , thu time for Mr. Brjau to enjoy himself Is at the present. When the Me- Klnlcyotors get their torn laid by and their wheat In the bin Ilrjan s followers will du Indie Into n pilgrim's guard Blair Pilot Some of the t-astcin papers nro claiming that Ilrjan Is n Nebraska prod uct Tbls Is a mhtako Ho lives he-re , but was born In Illinois , and therefore Is not a product ot this state Nebraska has made a great many mistakes In times past , but this one- she Is not guilty of. rullorton Journal. Stito pridewon't rut much of a figure this jear A republican who may have a leaning toward the moro llbeial use of silver will vote for MeKlnle-y when he- remembers Uijan's frcn trade speeches over this and other states. You can't fool a tiuo republican with a frco tiado hook baited with silver. Genoa Leader : In 1891 Ilrjan and Brian's paper suppoited goldbug Bo > d for congress In Omaha against Clem Diavei , who was for 16 to 1 free silver without waiting for the consent of nny other Bon-of-a-gun on earth. Is It possible that Candidate llr > nn belongs to the anythlng-to-wln croud In stead of being the real friend ot silver that ho claims ? Kearney Hub : A ( man cannot get away from the record that ho makes , and Mr. Dijun Is Uncling this out to his sorrow. Two jeais ago , when ho was spouting loud est for free silver , he oppose-d the free sil ver candidate for congress , Populist Denver , and supported the democratic autl-sllver can didate , James Bojd. Therefore the-re's trouble ahead for him In Omaha. Mlnden Gazette : The republicans and sound money men of the states east of the Missouri rher need not worry about Ne braska giving Its electoral vote for Bryan. It Is very doubtful If ho can come anywhere near carrying thestate. . If any amount of former republicans are changing from Mc- Ktnley to Bryan , we would like to know where they are. If E 13. Brown ot Lincoln and Judge Scott of Omaha constitute the list , there isn't any very great causa for alarm. York Times : It did not hurt Billy Brian's feelings to press the free tiade "crown of thorns" on the brow of American laboi until the honest sweat of requited toll gave place to the accusing blood that trickled from its lacerated brow. Ho crucified not only laboring men and farmers , but help less women and children as well , upon the glittering cross of selfish ambition and Brit ish gold , and as they hung there , panting , fainting , dying , he pierced tholr side * with dlsloalty and out of the gaping wound flowed the accusing blood and water of cor rupted finance and debased currency. Stantou Picket ( rep ) : All Nebraska knows W. J. Biyan. He stands before tbo American people as ono of the strongest advocates of free trade , and 1-olds that all protective tariff lavs are unconstitutional , whether for the piotection of American Industries or Tor revenue only , and If given the power would repeal all laws looking toward protection. A graduated Income tat Is ono ot his chief hobbles and Is declared for In the platform under which ho accepts the nomination. As to the wisdom of the choice minds differ. In jears Mr. Bryan Is but llttlo moro than a boy. His service to his party dates but a few jears back , while his Ideas and argu ments for the pobltlon of himself and bis party arc bonowcd from such silver adhe rents as > Bland and others who were fully In the battle before Mr. Bryan was out of school. His nomination will servo to In crease the importance of Nebraska's position and the hottest battle-ground of the cam paign will be right hero at home. Tecumseh Chieftain ( rep.J. Respectful def erence and honor to Mr. IJryan for the vic tories he has achieved within his own party are by no means synonymous with approval 1 of the pilnclples he represents. However much the man H admired republicans will not forget that ho Is committed to a platform which means debasement ot the currency , thu rctlremnt of $000,000.000 of gold , the establishment ot practically silver mono metallism and thn destruction of 50 per cent of the value of all the silver and paper money which now circulates at parity with gold. Mr. Bryan's election means the con traction of the circulating medium of the nation to the extent of $1,000.000,000 , or more than half the amount of all the money In the country. Instead of a per capita circulation of $24 , it muano a per capita of $10 , It also means tbo death Icncll of the protective tariff principle and the coo- tlnuatlon of free trade ideas as embodied in the Wilson bill. It means a continuation of the present hard times , with double , the amount of misery and misfortune. It infer for these reasons and many moro that might bo given that republicans can never con sent to giving the slightest comfort to Mr. Br > an's cause- , though admiring the genius that has advanced , him to the position of leader of his misguided party. , lcTcTMi > il llml llrjllil. New York Mall and ixpre > < . Because Jefferson , the champion of de centralization , the opponent of strong gov ernments as dangerous to the people , the "upllfter" of the common people as against an aristocracy , political or social , failed to precipitate disaster on entering thu white house , wo are asked to believe that similar predictions as to "Billy" Bryan of Nebraska would prove equally fallacious. A brief answer will suffice , Jefferson was a genius ; Hryan is a superficial phrase-maker , Jeffer son" wrote the declaration of independence ; Brjan has written several speeches for the gallery , unworthy of serious statesmanship , and from them built ono which caught the fancy of a convention dominated by passion , prejudice and Chicago whisky a fatal com bination. To use Jeffeison In justification of Bryan U to insult common sense and political decency. i iiu M\VSP UT.II UCVOI.T. H M Innl l.Ut nf llpinoprnllo I'np' ( > | IIHI CI | In Hie riilrntfo Ticket. , Tlia revolt lot democratic ) nowapap r-Silnsl the OhlfflRo platform and ticket not confined to any Eoctlnn , U li as Rt cral In thn < muth ai In the east , nnd equa exti-nalvv In thn west nnd middle stal < Tim nccompAnilng revised list ehovrs n to' ot 193 , clnMlflcd by sinks , cirlunlvo ot t Washington ( D C. ) Tlmc . Thcro n thirty in the Now Knqlaml stairs , flfh eight in the Middle states , fort-five- the west nnd sixty In the south. A sign ! rant future ot the revolt Is that twcnt ) nine ficrnmn papers , hcicloforc democratic i ' liavu espoused the sound money cause , > rr > " IJnulniiil. CONNECTICUT. Hartfoid flint ? . Brldgepoi t Farmer. Mcrldon Journal. Now Britain He-rild Hartford TclcRinm New IKven Hfglstor , News. Wnterbury American. Whulham Cotintv Reformer. LltcliflcUl inqulici. . MAINE. I Lowlston Sun. | Mauhlas Union , i NRW HAMPSIIIHi : . _ ' Manchester Union HIl'JDK ISLAND. Providence Journal , lelegiam VnitMONT. IlrnnlnRton lUfornier. Biattlcboio Heloimer MASSACHUSETTS. Boston Hctnltl , Globe. Post , KltchburgMnll. lloljoko Free Picas. l.ouL'll limes , Stai. North Adams Democrat. Mllfoul Times. Salem News Springfield Republican. i rittsfield Jouinal. I Gardner News. j 3llitillc State * . ) Ni\V YOHK. v Now York Sun. Times. Heiald , WorU , Stniits Zoltung. 1'ost. 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