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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1896)
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FKIU Nntnry rubllo. rnrtlcs olns out of-tho city for the Bimuncr niny have- The Hoc sent to tliolr address by It'iivlng nil nnlor at the htis- 5noss oIHco of The Ht'o. Tcleiiliono 238. An lionost dollar Is a dollar that ohoats no one. It IH to bu .slnetToly hopiMl thnt the liL'sithun will cestsu to KIRO lon oiioiiKh to lei Onniliiluto Uryjin innUe hiH tour of th ( ! hiitt'rnl east lu snfuty. The saying tlint n fool can ask ques tions Unit no wise man can answer iiuiHt have boon devised with special reference to the money question. The little boys' copy book says that bonesty Is always the best policy , but lots of people refuse to admit It until after they have gotten into ( rouble. Tom Heed's constituents have plvon n pledge to make his re-election to con gress practically unanimous. If any- lody's election ought to be made unan imous that person Is Speaker Heed. Every honest nioiioy man should challenge each of his wavering friends to a private Joint debate on the money question and convince him of the error of his ways. It must be a campaign of. education. While In Now York Bryan should not fall to repeat the proclamation ho made Jn his paper a few weeks ago that "the next president of the Hutted States can Lc elected without the aid or consent of the eastern states. " That Income tax plank does not seem destined to cut much of a figure In the campaign after all. If free coinage is to deprive all of us of our Incomes It won't make much difference whether they are taxed or not. The United States mints turned out nearly ? ; ! ,00 ( > , ( XM ) In gold coins during the month of July , 1SOO. And yet the free silvcrltes persist In telling us that 'tho owners of gold are engaged lu a conspiracy to make money scarce. The postolllce Is one Institution that does not suffer depressing effects from political campaigns. If the political Jltcrary bureaus were in operation all the year round and year after yoai the postal revenue deliclt might dls- uppear altogether. Sugar boots , chicory and alfalfa nre new crops that have come to stay in Nebraska. The farmers of this state know the advantages of diversi fied production and are always ready to take up a good thing as soon as Its ( HUCCOSS Is demonstrated. The worklngnian's dollar should b ( just as valuable and as stable as ovcrj other man's dollar. In the purchasing grower of dollars Issued by the govern ment no discrimination should be madi between citizens of any or all classes The parity of all our dollars must bi preserved. A long pull , a strong pull and a pul altogether and the Transmlsslsslpp project will be landed above high watoi mark and beyond the possibility of mis hap or danger. Once on a solid Ilium- clal foundation and nothing can Inter- fi'ro with Its rapid headway toward ma terialization. AttraeUng railroad business by for- Retting to collect fare for children ovei the age limit Is a novel if not new method of railway discrimination , Kucl concessions , however , are just as mud n rebate as If the money were pah nnil turned back to the favored patrons The note of warning against this abust Issued by the chairman of the Trans continental Passenger association h well fortllled by the law whethoi Jieedod by the railroads or not. 1 There Is no question that free anil unlimited silver coinage would put ut "on a monetary equality with Mexico Hut whom would 4t leave us with ref erence to Canada ? At present inter course across our northern frontier IH lint a trltlo more dlltlcult than inter course between the elates. With a sil ver standard In the United States and a gold standard In Canada the compli cations that would arise would IICCCB- rarlly Impede , If not destroy , all out Business relations with our uelghboru on Urn north , CAUSES OF JilSTHVST. Nothing In the present campaign Is more striking thnn the persistency with which the charlntnns and flunnelnl quacks nro laboring to make people be- levo that the collapse of 1803 and the business depression succeeding It are dilc to the so-called crime of 1S7K. It Is simply nmazlng that so many of the people apMnr ] to bo oblivious of the true causes of distrust and distress. People seem to forget that the panic of ISOIJ Is n every respect only a repetition of the panic of 387. % which certainly could not have had even the remotest con nection with the treatment of silver as money metal. In discussing the origin of the disas ters that culminated In the crash of 18"i ; General Garlleld correctly diag nosed the case when he said : "The In dustrial revolution has been governed by. laws beyond the roach of congress. No legislation could have arrested It it any stage of Its progress. The great lopreclatlon of buslnscs , the stagnation if trade , the hard times which have irovallcd and still prevail have not ) een caused by an In.sutllclcnt amount of currency , but mainly by the great falling off In the demand for the prod ucts of labor. " Robert G. Ingorsoll discussing the same subject back In the 80s gave this graphical description : "No man can maglno , all the languages of the world cannot express , what the people of the United States suffered from 1S7J5 to 187 ! ) . Men who considered themselves millionaires found that they were pau pers. Men living In palaces supposing that they had enough to give sunshine to the winter of their age , supposing they had enough to leave all they loved in allluenco and comfort , suddenly found ( hat they were beggars with bonds , stocks , mortgages all turned to iishes In their aged , trembling hands , the chimney grow cold , the llros In fnrnaceri went out , the poor families were turned adrift , and the highways of the United States were filled with tramps. " The conditions since 1SO.T have cer tainly not been worse. And yet the fall In the price of silver had hardly begun to manifest Itself. What , then , wore the true causes of the crash of 1873 and.the panic of 1S03 ? The most profound" thinkers who have made the subject a study concur In the opinion that the chief cause of distrust and distress was over-speculation , Just as the prime cause of the fall In the prices of commodities has been the Industrial revolution. The panic of 1S73 was pre ceded by an era of. extravagance and reckless enterprise. This was true as regards not merely the United States , hut also the countries on the oilier side of the Atlantic. In Germany , for example - ample , the close of the successful Franco-Prussian war was , we are told , followed by tremendous industrial ac tivity. Heady capital became so abun dant that banking Institutions almost begged for the opportunity to place loans at rates as low"as 1 per cent withmanufacturers , for the purpose of enlarging their plants. The whole country plunged Into all manner of new Industry and financial undertakings. In Prussia alone ( > S7 new Joint stock companies during the year 1S7U and the first six months of 1S7I ! , with an aggregate capital of over $ 180,000,000 , The sudden growth of Industries drew hundreds of thousands of men and women from the farms to the towntf and cities. Such a state of things was most unprecedented and reaction and disaster came with great suddenness * In the fall of 187:5. : Great fortunes rapidly molted away , industry becainr paralyzed and the whole of Germany passed at once from a condition of ap parently great prosiwrity to a depth ol financial , commercial and Industrial depression that had never been equaled , In the panic of 189. " history only re peated Itself. The era of unprecedented prosperity which preceded 180U stimu lated speculative ventures and glgantk schemes of stock Jobbing , wldcli mounted into the billions and Hooded Europe with overvalued American se curities. AVheu the knife was run Intc the Inflated properties and the watoi began to oox.o out confidence wa ? shaken and credit suffered a serious blow. TJie panic of 18015 might , how ever , have been bridged comparatively easily had It not been for the persistent agitation for a debt-scaling sliver cur rency In this country and the repeal of tht ! MeKlnloy tariff and the consequent quent deficit of $50,000,000 a year In the national revenues. When thosi causes of distrust are removed , as they will bo by the triumph of McKInley , sound money and protection , confidence will ho restored , credit repaired and the wheels of Industry set In motion. HAiWA v KM Ono fact elicited by the Investigation of the recent terrible railroad disastei at Atlantic City is of more than passIng - Ing Interest , because It Invites atten tion to what Is much too common In railroad service. The fact revealed Is that the towermon of the railroads the men In whose Judgment and dls crotlou the lives of hundreds of thou sands of people are virtually entrusted are required to work eighty-four hoim n week and are paid only $10 a month Itomarklng upon this the Philadelphia Lodger says It Is quite evident thai tliroo men are both overworked ant underpaid and undoubtedly everybody except the railroad olllclals will acqul esiv In this view. Wlillo It is true that In this case UK disaster was not due to any failure ol duty on the part of the overworked and underpaid towermon , it is noiu the loss a fact that scores of railroad accidents have been due to the over worked condition of engineers and fire men. Many collisions have been causer by men falling a.sleep from exhaustion duo to overwork. Jt Is only a shorl time ago that a coroner's Jury in tin east brought In n verdict censuring tlu railroad company for overworking 1U employes. This fault IsVery genera among the railroads and of course tlu mou overworked are those who bavi the care nnil responsibility of running trains the conductors , engineers nnd firemen. Those men when on duty should have their faculties clear , with vitality and energy unimpaired. Some time ago the Investigation of a. fatal railroad nccldont disclosed the fact that the conductor of n special train was sent out with It In the morning al though ho had been on duty all the previous night , while the engineer had also been on duty the night before and had obtained only one hour of sleep In the early morning. Of course they were not In fit condition to perform the responsible duty Imposed upon them and It Is hardly'less than criminal on the part of railway olllclals to re- qulfe men In Much condition to run trains. When they do so they Imperil the life of the traveling public , as well as the Interests of the companies. This Is a matter which has boon dis cussed many times. We have our selves spoken of it more than once. Doubtless the practice of overworking railway employes Is not so common now as It was some years ago , but It is shown to still exist. Perhaps It may never bo wholly done away with and If It Is It will bo because of the demand of public sendnient. A IIKMOTK vosmnn.iTr. A prominent Canadian editor has an article In one of the American maga zines In which he conlldently predicts a now era of economic relations be tween the Dominion and the United States. Ho expresses the belief that one of the first acts of the new liberal government will bo to send n deputa tion to Washington to negotiate a treaty of rei'lproclty. Both countries are oltl enough now , he suggests , to understand one another's needs perfectly , lie thinks a mutually satisfactory ariange- mont practicable , but he says the Cana dian govornmnot could not consider the proposition heretofore submitted by this government relative to discriminat ing against Itrllisli manufacturers. "Tho discrimination against Hrltlsh goods , " lie remarks , "would be a serious matter and the colonial office would not hoar of It. It Is safe to say. " Heroin Is the great dlllloulty and It is perhaps Insurmountable. A reci procity arrangement which applied only to natural products would mani festly be of no advantage whatever to the United States. Wo had such a treaty years ago and the benefits all went to Canada. It Is absolutely safe to say that if any political party hero were to favor the restoration of that arrangement , or one essentially like it , it would become at once the most un popular party in our history. The farmers of the United States would be unanimously opposed lo such a treaty and indeed it Is doubtful whether they would favor any kind of reciprocity treaty which should Include their prod ucts. They have boon having during the past two years a very convincing object lesson In the competition of Cana dian agricultural products and they are not likely to favor any greater freedom to this competition than is givqn by the present tariff law. Under the operation of this law the farmers nloug our north ern border have had a hard experience and they do not want to go from bad to worse , as would be the case with such a reciprocity arrangement as would be acceptable to the Dominion. Unless Canada Is willing to place American manufacturers upon an equal ity with Hritlsh manufacturers In the Dominion market and can obtain the Imperial consent thereto. It will be a waste of time to attempt to negotiate a reciprocity treaty. It Is safe to say- that the present administration , If It could be Induced to consider the subject at all , would not listen to any proposi tion which did not give our manufac turers an equal chance with those of Kngland In the Canadian market and if the next admlnistititinn should be ropubllean It would of course bo hope less to seek reciprocity on any other terms. The desire of the liberal party In Canada' for closer trade relation * with the United States Is commendable , but the restrictions imposed by Im perial control render such a consum mation almost If not quite Impossible. VAvnii A Tiniin TKKIT. : Thirty-throe slates were represented by delegates to the conference of hpn- est money democrats held In Indian apolis and three others reported com- mllteemen. The conference was char acterised by marked unanimity of sen timent and there was no dissent to the proposal to hold a convention of the "national democratic party" and nomi nate a third ticket , such convention to assemble In Indianapolis September 2. The address Issued to the democrats of the United States /sols forth , that the domooratlc party has always In sisted upon ti safe and stable money for the use of I lie people and upon the maintenance of the financial honor ol' the nation , as well as- upon the preser vation inviolate of the Institutions es tablished by the constitution. It Is as sorted ( hat these democratic principles were abandoned by "tho supposed representatives of the party at a na tional convention recently assembled at Chicago" and that the democratic parly will therefore cease to exist uiit less It bo preserved by the volnntaiy action of biich of its members as still adhere to the fundamental principles , It is contended that the Chicago con vention had no right or power to sur render the o principles and when It did so It ceased to he n democratic con vention. Thti action and the utter ances of the Chicago convention are declared to bo "utterly nnd Indefensibly revolutionary" and not entitled to the confidence or support of true democrats. It Is proclaimed that "thu faithful and true democrats of the United Ktates are determined that their principles shall not bo ruthlessly surrendered , nor the people bo deprived of an opportunity to vote for candidates In iiccord there with. " The Interim before the meeting of the convention will give opportunity for ascertaining the sentiment of the honest jnoney democrats as to thu most available jinm fur a proulilcutiul candi date that , . - . will most strongly appeal lo thc'towldotice and support of democrats who desire to preserve the parly nnd to maintain Its traditional principles. O/'Murso ' It la not expected that the candidate of the national democratic party , can secure a single electoral vote-liiit what It Is hoped he will do la to Wily to his support hun dreds of thousifhds of democrats who might otherwise.4 go to the Chicago nominees nml"\horefore ho must be a man whom alf such democrats can heartily reaped'as a representative of true democratic principles. General Palmer of Illinois would probably bo as strong n mnii Hi all respects as could be selected. Ho Is able and aggressive and would make an effective fight among democrats In the cause of hnnest money and for the maintenance of democratic principles surrendered at Chicago. The two months before election fol lowing the Indianapolis convention will give ample time for athorough demo cratic campaign and undoubtedly It will bo most fully Improved. Some of the ablest advocates of the gold standard tn the country are democrats and these men talking lo democrats cannot fall to exert a great Inlluence. As to whether a third ticket will help or hurt the chances of the republican candi dates there Is difference of opinion. There Is certainly force In the view that It will lake votes from Itryan which would not under any circumstances go to MoICInloy. THK QUKSTIOX ; - ' SAhAftlKS , Two of the constitutional amend ments submitted for the ratification of the voters of Nebraska this fall relate to the question of salaries paid stale officers. Ono of them relates to the salaries of the Judges of the supreme court and the other to the salaries of the executive ollicors , but both amend ments arc substantially the same. They provide that the salaries of those otll- curs , Instead of being fixed as at pres ent by the constitution Itself , be left to the sound discretion of the legislature , exercised under certain proscribed lim itations The limitations are , first , that the now schedule of salaries to be en acted by the legislature at its session next after the adoption of the amend ments be passed by a vote of throe- fifths of the members elected to each house and that the composition MI fixed be not changed oftener than once in four years , and in no event without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected tto each house of the legislature. Wltli reforenee to the ex ecutive olilcc tf "fiero is I lie further limitation thati thdlr compensation shall bo neither iii6rerlsetl nor diminished dm lug the tennis I for which they shall have- boon commissioned. The roasdn ' these constitutional amendments hav * , ' boon submitted to the voters by 'the legislature Is that the salaries nttaclihi to several of our state ollkx'S. notably the governorship , the troasurershlp 'and ' the supreme court juilgeships , are'gojierally admitted to be linidoiniatc toiUie value of the service. * performed..JriuW salaries wore fixed In 1875 and hnve. , remained unchanged. milwlthstniiding the Immense progress that has since boon made by the state in population , wealth , industry and public revenues. The duties of some of the olllccs have so increased that not only Is more attention required for the transaction of the public busi ness but also a high quality of ability. While th" honor of election to olllco In a great commonwealth like Nebraska hi not to bo underestimated , yet there Is no question that many men are de- toned from entering public life by the Insignificant salaries they would have to accept. There is of course the Incidental question of the wisdom of em powering the legislature to fix the salaries of the ollicors of the other departments of the state govern ment. The objection that might be urged to this Is that It makes the gov ernor and judges dependent upon the favor of the legislature instead of in dependent and co-ordinate ami gives the legislature the power to punish with a reduction of biliary fearless and upright officers who may have Incurred Its dis pleasure. There seems , however , to bo no valid ground for apprehension from the proposed change , hedged about as would be the legislature with the limita tion requiring a two-thirds vote , In a great many states all salaries are fixed by legislative act. The salary of the president of the United States and of ihe.Judgos of thu United States supreme court rest upon congressional legisla tion. There is mi danger that a similar power vested in the legislature of Ne braska will bo abused. Should these amendments carry the salaries of our state ollleors will not be changed for the first time. Under thu constitution of 18(1(1 ( ( , under which Ne braska was admitted Into the union , the salaries prescribed w'eio for the gov ernor $1,000 , for 'the ' secretary of Mate ! ? < 500 , for thos'tue , | treasurer $100 , for the state auditor ijiSiX ) anil for the Judges of the sipl-emo court 82,000. In 18".r the now jL'ojistltutlon Inaugurated a general raltwof salaries , giving the governor , afirtT6r ] | , treasurer nnd supreme court Judges ? 2 , ! > 00 and thu land comnilsxtntlor and superintendent of Instruotlon fHX ) . Should the' next legislature roadjiwt these salaries they would of couiw 'take ' Into consideration the clwnicter'jMltUiu ; wrvlccs , the re sponsibility of thu olllccs and the ability required of thjJ'uien ' who fill them. The ropupiton , and entertainment everywhere accorded to LI Hung Chang on his tour of Europe Is likely to prove a strong temptation to other Oriental sovereigns and statesmen. No almond- eyed notable will henceforth bo satin- Hod that ho has reached the lop round of the ladder until he shall have been feted by white-faced royalty. When William , T. lirynn assumed the position of responsible editor of the Omaha World-Herald he announced over Ids own name that ho took 111 * seat upon the editorial tripod. Now that hi ) bus taken hlm > ; nlf elf , the iniui who owns the controlling Interest lu thp organ announces over his own name that Uryan has got off the edi torial tripod and will no longer bo responsible for the people who have been writing In his name. Wo Imagine he will have enough to do during the remainder of the campaign to explain wliat ho has written up to date. President Cleveland wants the pub lic to be Informed that he gave no ad vice touching the Indianapolis confer ence of sound money democrats. Every body knows , however , that If he had clvon advice It would have been to leave no stone unturned to accomplish tlie defeat of Hryan and the overthrow once nnd for all time of the free silver fallacy , President Cleveland has been giving the public advice In every state paper be has written bearing on the money question and the preservation of ( he nation's credit. The news of the death of Dean Gard ner of Trinity cathedral comes as a shock to many friends and admirers in tills city. Dean Gardner during his long residence In Omaha , made n lastIng - Ing Impress upon the minds of many who listened to his wise counsel and partook of the charity which he , with out nstentiLtlon , bestowed. He was a good man , worthy of his calling , and -.i sudden demise will bo mourned by thousands. Itourke Coekran allowed himself to be cajoled Into Hue for the nominee of the democratic national convention of 8U ! ) after making the light of Ills life against him , but he Is not to bo caught a second time In the same kind of trap. Coekran sees plainly that the way to beat the free silver repudlatlonlsts isle lo elect McICInloy , and he does not hesitate to advise sound money demo crats to exert themselves to that end. The longest English rolgniijg mon arch Is thu title which Queen Victoria will bear In history , whether she re mains on the throne until her death or ends her active career by retiring Im mediately In favor of her son , the prince of Wales. One thing Is cer tain , and that is that the present prince of Wales will not be able to wrest that title away from her. Facts , figures and arguments tire what the people want this year. Word pic tures , striking phrases and oratorical chaff carry no conviction. .Give the people full Information on the money issue and point out the logical neces sity of preserving our national credit and maintaining a sound and honest currency and the voter will do the rest. Ci > nil < - iiHl TriidiM. Clilcaero Tlmci-HiTiikl. Sound dollars mean well-paid labor. Well- paid labor means good times. AVI II Albert IMnnril Holt f Chicago Chronicle. It scorns that , after all , Queen Victoria positively declines to withdraw from "the ticket. " " o Tlio Aiitlirnoltr Cliieli. Romcnllle Journal. The man who lias money to burn can get rid of It quickly by turning It Into coal , at present prices. . Philadelphia Times. Still It would be a mistake to say there arc no big guns among the prohibitionists , oven If they don't get loaded , The IFMIIIII Cry. Chicago Tlrnes-lloiuld. Now that religious papers have begun advocating sound money as a part of the cause of sound morals. Is will be In order for popocratlc organs to declare that "Wall street owns the churches. " I iiK' HiillliiiilMiii. Brooklyn nagle. TlufHans In the West Toint academy are not to be encouraged. In the distribution of chevrons to petty officers all cadets were overlooked this year who had taken any part In the hazing of the new class. The lowering of chances for promotion pnd grad uation In the case of these troublesome lads has made a good deal of surprise , but It is ono of the most satisfying devices that have been used for keeping the cadets to their work. Discipline as well as scholar ship will count at West I'oint hereafter. Of .SllllllHll < 1 | > llllIHC. | I'hllnilelphln Hecoril. Unless all signs should fall. It would seem that the collapse of the military power of Spain is near at hand. When a government is. compelled to consider the advisability of sending Its soldiers to the s'eat of war tin- armed lest the troops should mutiny on the way the fortunes of that government must bo at a very low ebb. What sort of a fight could a force thus mistrusted bo expected to make In a field ? To add to Spain's discom fiture there are rumored evidences of rcstlve- nets under her rule in the Philllppino is lands. KIII3K MII/V13H.IN MIJ.VICO. An l5iiKln < > i-r > N Kxit-rli > ni > i > rvllli Iioiv U'IIHTCN null IIlurli I'rli-uH. Tlio friends of free sliver try to persuade us that It would not matter If the United States did go on a silver haslp and was ro- ducpd to the aamo condition as Mexico ( as it would be ) , "because. " they say , "labor In Mexico Is very highly paid. " Is It ? That Is what a correspondent of "Dixie , " the southern newspaper , writes from Mexico and no ono will claim that "Dixie" Is a gold bug organ or Is Interested In misleading railway men , The correspondent writes : I was amused at the way ono of tie | con ductors with whom I talked referred to Ills srlary. I asked lilin what his position wps worth. "Well , " ho said , "that's ft pretty hard question to answer. When thu month Is up the paymaster hands me out ICO Mex ican dollars , and It depends miou what the market price of these dollars happens to bo on that particular day as to what apiount I have earned during the month. Sometimes tbo dollars are worth 55 cents each , some times 02 cents each , sometimes more or less ; but the truth of It is I never know what I have earned until I Investlgatu and learn the market quotation on Mexican dollars , " 'Well , " I sold , "how do your expenses In Mexico compare with expenses that you would have in the United States ? " "My expenses in Mexico are greater , " he said. "For a while I was on the upper end of the road and boarded at San An tonio , Tex. There I paid J18 per month board. Now I am boarding In Torregn and pay $10 par moptu board In Mexican money. Out what goes hardest with me Is that I have to pay no much for wearing apparel. If I could wear what la roado hero In Mexico I could get It very cheaply , but I jiavp to buy American shirts , American shoes and hats , and , Indeed , practically everything I wear comes from the United States. They don't manufacture articles of a character hero in Mexico suitable for our use , BO whoa I buy a pair of shoes I have to pay double value and the duty added. That makes UjU pair of ahoes that I am wearing worth Jf.sa In Mexican money , and I could buy the uaiiu shops 111 Texas for $2.1 > 0 or 13. The same Is true about everything .that . I wear , API ] I'll tell you the truth , friend , vhi'ii , J'vu paid my board and BfHtlud for the thlngD that I've been compelled to buy during the mouth I wouldn't be a tvelcume guest lu poker same. " MJSSO.VS OK KM'KUI Tile MnrkM Price of Silver Winter Tree So far ns past experience goon , It teaches that unlimited coinage would not Improve the market valtio of silver. In the shape ot coin It would bo no more valuable , compared with other commodities , than It Is now In the shnpe ot bullion. The argument Is wmle that It silver at 1C to 1 becomes n legal tender for the payment ot debts , n dcmnml will spring up for It which will enhance Its commercial vftluo Just ns any other new do- mniul would. This argument overlooks the fact that the payment of debts Is the small est use ot money. The demand for it as n medium of exchange and for the pur chase of commodities Is much more hn- portnnt , nnd when n man is selling goods for money ho does not look nt Us legal tender value , but at the value nt which ho can use It In the purchase of other goods. During our war nnd for some ycnrs ntter It our legal tender money wns ns good ns gold for debt-pa } Ing purposes , but for buyIng - Ing commodities and paying wages It wns worth nt times only -10 cents on the dollar in gold , and until 1879 always tntlch less than gold. It the law could not mnko legal tenders equal tn purchasing power to gold when commercially they \vero worth less , It Is fair to presume that It will not be nblo to mnUo sliver dollars , which nro worth com mercially 53 cents lu gold , uorth 100 cciiTS by declaring them a legal tender In the pay ment * ot debts. Another lesson from experience Is fur nished by India. That mighty country , with n population of 300,000,000 nnd nn un bounded capacity from time Immemorial for absorbing silver , saw Its rupee under un limited coinage fall In n few ycnrs from being worth two shillings sterling to n little - tlo moro thnn one shilling. In 1S93 the In dian mints were closed to private" coinage , nnd then the rupee began to rise , until now It Is worth fourteen pence sterling , This shows that restricting the coinage has In creased the value of n coin which previously had only the value of bullion. Against this Is nrgued the fact that for many years prior to 1873 the roinnieirl.il intlo of silver to gold agreed very nearly with the legal rntlo of IB'.i to 1 , fixed by the French mint , and it Is nuked trium phantly why the agreement cannot be re stored by legal enactment. The argument. rests upon the false assumption that thu commercial ratio was controlled by the legal. On the contrary , the two frequently differed. Sliver during free coinage by Franco , was worth frequently nt one tlmb C per cent moro than it wns nt another. That the variations were not greater wns owing to the small production of silver by the world , which prevented violent fluctuations In its market value. From 1821 to 1S30 this pro duction averaged 11,000,000 ounces a year ; from 1830 to 1840 It wns 19,000,000 ounces ; from 1840 to 1850 It wns 2I > ,000.000 ounces ; from 1S50 to 1SCO It was 20,000,000 ounces , and from 18GO to 1870 it wns 39,000,000 ounces. Sliico 1870 the product has increased rapidly , until for the last three years it has exceeded 100,000,000 ounces a year. That free coinage by this country or even by ail countries , could double the valuu of this enormous mass of silver is Improbable , to say the least. ' Wo do not expect these considerations to have weight with fanatical Bllvurltcs or with their allies , the "hlmetalllsts" ot Europe ! We present them , however , In vindication of our course In opposing a measure which , in our view , has nothing to rccommcnc ) It , cither In reason or in morals , ami which , If adopted , will ruin the commercial and finan cial fabric of the country. SUCUIiAIl SHOTS AT TIIU I'ULjlMT. Chicago Chronicle : Dr. Talmage stops turning somersaults In the pulpit to an nounce that the longer ho lives the more he believes In blood. Somervllle Journal : It has been noticed many times by keen observers that the man who lives next door to n church is generally .a man who doesn't go there. Uoston Globe : A Kansas minister has found by careful observation and inquiry that moro than two-thirds of the church members who take dally papers give more time to the reading of them than to the reading of the bible or of religious books and papers. The peculiar thing about It is that he seems to bo surprised. I'lillSO.VAI. AM ) The weather clerk missed his vocation In not entering journalism. When It comes to dishing up "hot stuff" he Is without a com petitor , on earth at least. The news that Lieutenant Peary Is afloat on an ice floe off the coast of Greenland should excite more envy than alarm. At least tbo explorer is taking things cool. The gas company of an Illinois town has bought a distillery. As gas bills tend to drive virtuous men to drink , the company will catch its customers "a-comin1 and a. Eoln' ' . " At the Blue Hill , Mass. , weather observnt- tory n kite has been sent 7,333 feet Into the nlr. Whether It went higher than the kite of the esteemed Glideroy is a problem for scientists. The National Association of Dentists , in session at Saratoga , has appointed a com mittee "to select suitable and appropriate colors for the association. " What's the matter - tor with yell-oh nnd old gold ? Edwin Lord Weeks , the American artist who was appointed a chevalier of the Legion of Honor of Franco , Is n Bostonlan. He is ns great n traveler ns a painter. Ho has lived in Paris for twenty ycnrs. The Waycross ( Ga. ) Herald threatened to expose any man found using whltky in the county election two years ago. The result Is that the Herald acquired a magnificent thirst , which it is ready to dispose of nt liberal terms. Now comes a story from Kentucky that two free silver democrats have been dan gerously poisoned by drinking milk. There's no use talking , these distilleries will never ho allowed to stay shut down for eighteen months. It Is said that Dr. Max Wolf of Heidel berg , who has discovered a number of aster- olds , has never directly seen an asteroid , His discoveries have been made from the photographic plates , on which the planets appear ns short lines , owing to their mo tion , while stars are shown an points. The Inst honor conferred upon the vetcrnn statesman , Prince Ulsmarck , Is a somewhat singular one. On the occasion of the twen tieth anniversary of the opening of the Im perial ofllco of health the medical faculty of the University of Jena ponferrcd upon the prince the honorary degree of M , D. JOOMKST10 IDYI.5 , | .ire : She \VhnfB your business ? t I IP-Looking for a Tvtfo. I "You've got n steady Job , imv-sn't you ? " 5 "Well , why shouldn't I ? My father did so , tind my grandfather before me. " i 'I son ; ono of these liorctlltnry inlsfor- ' | tunes , I suppose. " f \ Cleveland Loaders Stella Why nro you In mounting ? Kannlo-a ck Honton , you know , Is rteatl. | i atclltt-ies. but ho w s no relation to r you , \ , . Fntinlo I Imd promised to bo n sister t < } , Woonsoclcet Itcportcr : Young Father ( anxiously ) Is it a boy or n. girl. nursoT Nurs.5 It's three , of 'cut sir thrco lovely boys. "ioiinp ; Father flood gracious ! This comes of marrying n girl whoso fiUhor was In the wholesale line of business. Chicago Hecord : "When Is n mnn really In love ? " "When lie feels like calling a 200-rouiul vtomnn u little girl. " llrooklyn I.lfo : Ho-'I'on my soul , Mis * Amy , I never proposed to n girl before. She 1 believe you , mid for your own sake I'll see thnt you never do U again. Philadelphia Telegraph ! Mrs. l-My husband fell down the cellar stairs with live bottles of wlno niul didn't brenlt n single one of them. Visitor Wonderful ! Miraculous ! "Well , no ; It's not so wonderful nfter nil. The tlvo bottles of wlno woto on the Inside. HP drank them before ho fell down thb stairs. " . , Yorlt I'9 : "Ah , " Rho lirentlioil , " "could you only know the boundless Im pulsion. the ImnieiiHo yearnings thnt surno within my breast ! " "O , well , " he observed , heartlessly , "thoy nro wearing shht waists very loose now. ' " A brute ? That Is no tmmo for It. New York Truth ! Little Mrs. Nomvcd ( between sobs ) Tom and I had n quarrel * hint night and ho went out and got Intoxi cated and - Mrs. Know-more Never mind , dear ; the tlmo for you to feel bnd Is when after a. quarrel he can stay in the hnnwe , maUlnir hlm elf Indifferently and oxaspenitlngly comfortable , llullniinpnllR .loutiml , She wore n stmlilln collar , Like a man ; And a tie that cost n dollar , I.lkr a man ; And they do toll us that she , When the button Wouldn't " 'Bee ' , ' Used n great big robust I > , Llko a man. T1II5 SHHOn.l.Vr.S I , VST IIULI.'S-KYB. . ) 11Y 11. I.ANDAN. Ml Willten for The lice. The following clipping Is from a Chicago newspaper under date of July 16 , 1M > , " > : Mntt J.njort , va ] \ was found deml In the room nt hln hotel In thli city , wnn n retired Folillcr. lie hnd a monthly alUmiuu'o funn the federal Kovernnient sulllolimt to Imvc enabled him to speml the rent of hit * life In enii nnd eomfort. Oefpond- cncy , however , overmastered him. HP Imd no connections or iclatlon hlp whatever. Ho nerved thlity jpnrs In the line amivas tilnred on the retired lint only nix months ORO. He was found ilie.ited In his uniform , the lett hreimt ot his uniform co.it coveted with crosses nnd mednla l > ento\\ed upon him for ltin\ery nnd fnlthfut pfi-vli'e. In hU bri'Bst iicuket wnn found a faded photograph of : i young woman , on the line ) ; ofhlch wna the name Caroline and th dulu ISili In Ink , so decomposed and yellowlMi at to lie hardly dwlpherable. This photoxraph hnd a tiny hole from n pistol bullet right In Its center. I. How Time's ways Arc Hlugglsli und slow , And thu nlglitrt nnil tlio days In monotony grow. From enrly morn I wander about. And itlmlehMy scout , I.lko n soul foilorn , The strei'ts ) anil tlio levees. The boulevards and the plains , To wind up at noon In some corner saloon ; Then to the imil < Until It Is dalle ; Thcnon to the museum The theater and coliseum , Wlicnco buck I roam To these narrow walla Thnt uourtchy calb ) Jly home. II. Oh ! the mental suffering ; tlio agony and pain That rack the solitary's tortured brain ; Who. unknown und unbelovod , not a Houl his own , Is thrown , a stranger , Into such n busy town. In this vast Babylon , whose millions con- To no sympathetic chord docs my heart vibrate. I am sick nnd weary of the struggle and strife This i-inpty existence , this useless life. Ooodbyo , comrades ! I hoar the bugle call Goodbye , comrades ! goodbye to you all ! III. These clothes they call fashionable , Citizen olothcs , cut alike for peer nnd rabble , , , i Which to wear now I nm fated , i Hurn my skin and make mo feel humiliated. Off with these rtigH , I cast them nwny ; My uniform ! My uniform ! The white and the blue. , . My regimentals , here , I don them nnow ! Now I feel once more brave and gay ; My blood courses hot , my heart bents fast. Inspired to heroic deeds , as In the past. Thus I stood guard In thouc exciting ; days. In garrison or In camp , on Ilin nlert always : When th ? 'east ' suspected rustle In the dead Mount ten thousand lives In the m-jct day's light. IV. Halt ! AVho comes there ? Ah , It H you ! I knew you would rome , I knew It. I know ! These gleaming black eyes , these silken Your 'passionate embraces , your sweet Dead ! ' \Vlio said you were dcntf ? It Is a Dead' ' . ' Whnt blasphemy ! People don't dlol Yon dead ? When all through my nrmy Your presence , your Influence. I felt to bo Walt ° aa : while , wall ; I will go with you , OnlyC < walt and help break my prison bars Sco'thts llttlo steel toy , hold It In your Sternly1 ! L'teady ! Walt for my rommand- "Lo.id ! " I'ut these cartridges right "Almr-JSust below this bull's-eye , you Thls'mcdal ' for bravery In war nnd In peace , Which to my Him I thus inlso Mild kiss. Steady , Hwcethcart. steady "Mro ! " We took a trip down east and bought tip all the Rtigs a -j I \ . - tbecause \vc got 'cm ' nt\ UlllI JtiaCluboiit luif | pi'iec. / Smyrna Riipn , Btioh us you pay $1,75 /or in Chicago or St. Louis The J8x4 inohes in aluu bouu- tiful puttorna and lots colors of thuin , . . , , t harmonize Regulation $2.50 Smyrna Ruga perfectly Regulation 83.50 Smyrna Ruga with Regulation 84.25 Smyrna R.ugd the MOST DURABLE Of ALL ItlGS- new IIAir PRICE AT ICAST- Mattings we've Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co. , just DuughiB Street. gotten in ,