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THE OMAITA DAILY 1JKE : WEDNESDAY , AUGUST IS , 1806. Tun OMAHA DAILY BEE. IJ. nOSKWATRtt , I'M 11 or. r MOUNIXO. TCIIMS Of Tlco ( Without Hun.laj- . ) One Year . J S OT Dully ltf ii ml Sumlay , One Year . 10 V > Hlx Months . . . 5 S ° Thrt Month * . * ' / > Pur.dny ties , One Yrnr . J y Petunias' ll e , One Ywir . . . * "V Weekly Itee , One Yi-nr . . . . . . . . . * OIT1CKS : Omnlin , The n s Hull. ling. Homh Oninhn. Slnttcr Illk. . Cor. N find Zth ( Bin. fj < raitcll UlnfT , IS Ji'orth Mnln Strffl. ClilcnKo onicr. SI" riiambrr of Ciinnncrcc. New York , Ilonim 13 , II nnd IS. Tribune Washington , H07 ! ' utrcft , N , W. Alt commiiiilcnlltmn rt-lnttnff In n-w * nnd edi torial nmtttr sliruld 1 1 mldrtmul : To the IMIIcr. JiraiNnss UTTI-US. : All l > uMnc ! i letters nnd rcrnUt.inco.i should li ailrcit J to Tlic llee I'lilillrhlnR rompnny , Omnli.i. I > mfld , cliMltn and tiuntnlllce onli-rs tel l > made pnynlito to the order of tin1 romixiny , run HKI : riniMSHiNo COMP > NY. BTATKMnNT DP CtllCUI.ATIOK. Stnte nf Npl > rnkn , | Doudns Comity. | George 11. Txnchuck , fspcrrlnry of Tlic lc Tub- Hilling compnny , lipltu ; duly Ktvnrn , my thnt the Bctnnl niimlirr of full nnil complete coplPH nf HIP Dally , Jlornlntr , i\cnlnK nuil Suiuliiy HPP vrlnled ' tlie innntli of July , ISM. n nn follow * : .ID.W ? 17 19.R28 .20,617 J5 . . .20.2.M ! 0.111 19. . . 21) tun i is.iifs 2(1 ( 19.SI1 SI 20.015 I ! 1 7K > ' " ' ' ' ' . , . . ! . ! Il.'JiiM7 ! * ' ' > ' ' ' > ' 2i. n ! . . . . . . r.i'2ni4it ! ! ! 21 2D,1KI ( 9 20,121 . 30 2I.7.V 2U 20.7CO " ' ' " " " I ? Efl.OSO ! ! . ! . ! ! ! : : IS M07S 31 : : .so 23 20119 34 ; i ) , r/ 30 20,135 IS. . . , in 755 31 20,101 1C 19,794 Tot.ii , rar.TOJ Ijpua ilciliK-tlnn * for unnalil nml returned copies 1 12r > 23 Net lotnl pales . . . . .W.'i.ZiO Net dnlly average 20,170 OHOItOK II. THSCMUJCK. Sworn to before me nnd Fubscrllipd In my 4 > ri-ppnco tlilx 1st day of AiiKiist. UHii. ( Seal. ) N. i . ri'UU Notary Public. I'nrllt-H Knliifj out or 1111 * city for tin- Brimmer limy hiivo Tlio Hoc sent to tliolr jultlrcsfl by It-nrlnx 1111 order at the bus iness olflee of Tlic Hoc. Telephony U8. ! Is your muni ! on thu list of exposi tion stock Hiibscrlbt.1-rt ? If not , why not ? Old Kol inntle a firlcvons mistake when lie liiiiiKlniMl In- could dry up the flow of Mr. Hryan'M oratory by iloublbiK tlic Intensity of Iho heat of Its rays. Thu workliiKimin wlio votes to vcdncc , tlic purchasing power of tin- dollar In which his wanes arc paid votes to cut Ills earnings down to a corresponding degree. A Chicago paper has .set to work lo demolish Mr. r.ryan's claim to the title "Boy Orator. " This is iconoclastic mania run wild. Take that proud title nway from him and what will he have left ? "Will Kdltor Watson now retire from the. management ami control of his paper ? Or does the now rule against editors apply to presidential candidates nlonc nnd not to the candidates for vice presidential honors ? The Ak-Sar-Ilen parades must not be permitted to be used for partisan po Utlcal purposes. A great mistake will be made if anything In the shape of. a camp'algn demonstration is counte nanced as u ifurt , pf..thu fairjweek fes tivities. MeKinley Is taking his time in the preparation of his formal letter of ac ceptance. Hut when the letter Js given to thu public It will show the evidences of thought and care and be a document not only worth waiting for but worth reading and rereading. As no one seems willing to acknowl edge that h < > contributed to ( lie salary nnd expenses of Mr. Hryan as travelIng - Ing silver agitator during the past two years , we will have lo assume that Ills pay chocks rained down voluntarily from the canopy of heaven , and that they were drawn on and paid from a fund that , like Topsy , simply "growed. " There Is still another republican con gressional convention to be held In Ne braska nnd one morel 'congressional nominee to be chosen. Thu congres sional candidates should nil bo a source of Ktrength rather than of weakness to tlio national and state tickets. Xo weak men should presume to ask a repub lican nomination for any otlice in Ne braska this year. The total eclipse of the sim a few days ago was visible In Asiatic countries only. This is discrimination which no Bdf-rcspectlng civilized nation wight to submit -without protest. A law of congress requiring the sun to obscure dteelf to the view of the people of the United States as often as to the people of any other country on earth Is de manded Immediately and without delay. The height of Hryan's ambition seems to be the distribution of this posto.Wces. Ills experience with getting postotlleen for his friends while ho was In con gress was not very extensive or very successful , but it must have been very nlluring or he would not now be boastIng - Ing of the pleasure he hopes to have whun he can give them out without the nld or consent of any other inun or set of men. The railroads and steamship compa nies a its negotiating for a revision of their system of handling Immigrant business. Should Itrynn and free silver carry the day In November there would be no need of readJUHtlng any of their arrangements. There would be no Im migration to thu United States , and no Immigrants to handle. Immigrants are attracted only to countries where con- Hdenco and credit prevail and busy factories offer employment at atlrac- tlvo wi es. The mayor of .South Omaha has pub licly declared that ho will r n leaver to discourage the practice of bringing damage suits against the city , only to bo compromised and settled out of poiirt. Ho will Insist that some of these eases bo adjudicated In court or thrown out on the pleadings. Thu mayor intl- inntra them are alleged lawyers whose practice U clilelly confined to cases of Uito kind fiiKCd of their own seeking. If the mayor of .South Oinahu can ex- paw a ftu * Hliyntcrs lie will do the bar and Lls city a distinctive service. The Aim-rlonti people love fair play. They do nut believe Hint nil Is fair In ixrtltlcs as It Is said to be in love nnd war. nvny Amerlc.111 citizen who ns- plreK to public olllcc mint , however , bo prepared to have ills en ret r nud record examined from beginning to end and subjected to the most rigid test of Integrity and capacity. If this applies to limn who present themselves for elective positions of ordinary honor and trust , how much mon < 'mist It apply to men who seek elevation to the highest olllcc within the gift -'f ' Ili nation ? William .1 en nine's Ilrynn U now be fore the Anicrbnn people as the sl-uid- ard bearer of the iliiltcd * Mvcr f.iivt-s. lie has publicly .ieelared ilint thtnuns. . Inatlon came to him iiot on account of nny Individual merit , but h ; ' reason of a peculiar comiilnallon nf circumstan ces. What was tliU combbmt'on ' ? Wi : It made for him , or was ho innd- ' for It ? WHS he exalted for his nnselllsh devo tion to the people or because he hail proved his loyalty to the cause of silver as represented by the associated silver mine owners ? The Hooky Mountain News , published at Denver , as the recognized organ of the silver bullion- alrotf , has taken trouble to print state ments from a score of mining kings and promote ! H of milling schemes , de nying that they had paid anything to Mr. P.ryan for ids services as silver agitator. This In Itself must Impress * Intelligent men with the suspicion that Mr. Hryan needs a vindication. No body ever charged Hryan with being In ( lie pay of these particular men. A thousand men might swear that they never heard Mr. Hryan make n prohibi tion speech , but that would be no proof that he never made one. The Inevitable logic of the peculiar combination of circumstances under which Mr. Hryan has for two years been employed exclusively us an ad vance agent of the silver kings is thnt he bus been retained and remunerated for his services. Everybody hereabouts knows that Mr. Hryan Jm had no known incomeoxcopl from his own earnings. Ills law practice has always been Inslgnlllcant. His editorship of an Omaha paper was nominal , lie performed no work for the paper be yond a few casual contributions and the paper was not In position to pay a salary to any one who did not earn it. Without visible means of support and -\vltli no capital to draw from , how was it possible for Mr. Hryan to travel tens of thousands of miles from one end of the country lo the other on Ills speechmaking - making tours and to spend weeks nt Washington lobbying for the silver in terests without a retainer ? With what did lie buy several thousand dollars worth of stock in the Omaha World- Herald if not with the proceeds of. his free silver agitation ? Nobody pretends that Mr. Bryan would have been committing a crime if he did accept a retainer D-om the bonanza syndicate or bimetallic league , which has notoriously retained other gifted orators and statesmen. As n lawyer Mi1. Hryan has a right to take all the retainers lie can persuade people to pay him. Tile only point'Of public concern Is whether or not the silver candidate for the presidency of the United States has always been an unseltisli and un- bought champion of legalized repudia tion. UEl'nnCIATKD MUKKl' AND There are some workinginen now who were wage-earners during the period of a depreciated paper cnrrcni.'y. There are many more who have worked for wages only since we hav > had the ex isting monetary basis , Thu former do not need to be reminded that tlieir wage * did not follow the increase in the prices of commodities , which rope faster and farther than the pay of labor as the supply of 'lopi-ei-lated money grow. The men who became wage- earners nt a later time will find ii in structive to study the facts of the paper money period. In 181)3 ) the llnance committee of the United States senate made an exhaust ive Investigation of prices and wagea for a period of fifty-two years. Us 10- port. In which both rt'publleam : and democrats concurred and tins accuracy of which has never been impiign < > d , dhows that In nS2vngos ( ! voro ab'int ! 5 per cent higher , in paper , than they hud been when paid In gold , wli'lu ' at tlio same time thu cost r f'W arileU's of merchandise' averaged nearly IS per cent more than the former gold prices. In 38 ( * > 't paper money was worth only ( ! ! ) cents on the dollar in gold and .th ? co-st nt' the things that workinginen had 11 buy was -It ) per cent more , on tha average , than it had been whn tlio country had the gold standard. AVag-ss had rir'cn only 10 per cent. In 1S(11 ( a paper dollar lar was worth 'ojily ! ) cents li : gold and thu average cost of tlio merchandisr ; a laborer had to buy .vas ! > 0 p-r cent more than it had been mi the gold basis. Wages had gone up , not ! K ) per ci'iit , but only 25 per cent. Tn iS'ITi ' the av erage Tiilue of thu paner dollar was higher , becauwo the Avar bi-lng cndod there was greater conlid ? ne In the ill- tlmatu redemption of the paper cur- rency. Then wages had rlsnl.'l per cent above the level they wore on when they were paid in gold , but the cost of the merchandise they were spent for had advanced much fnst'jr and averaged - aged 117 per cent. In 18(1(1 ( ( paper money was worth 71 cents In gold : u > d as It came down wages advnnciid to VI pur cent more than they were when the country did business with gold. The prices of commodities fell ( o IX ) per cent more than they had been before specie payments were stopped , It was not until ISliO , when paper money was rising nnd dollars would exchange for more of the nccessarloH of life , that the advance In wages equaled the average rise In the prices of things workinginen had to buy. Thus the wage-earners were at a continual disadvantage during nearly the entire period of depreciated paper money , A repetition of this experience would Inevitably come with the free coinage of silver. As soon as descent to the silver basis was assured prices of com modities would rise and the workingman - man would nnd that his wages would buy nut more than GO per cent of what they will now buy. If the pay of Inbor advanced at nil It would be slowly , but the strong probability Is that It would not advance , while as the result of the llnnncial nnd business disorder that would be produced n largo addition would be made to the army of the un employed. Let It be assumed , how ever , for the sake of argument , that the wage-earner who Is now getting $ 'J.)0 per day would have his pay In creased to ? . ' { In depreciated coin. When the latter sum would purchase no more and perhaps loss 'than $1.80 does now lie would realize that his wages had really boon reduced about 70 per cent. What rational worklngman will vote for n policy that would thus rob hlm- Mclf anil his family , compelling him to practice n severer economy In order to make cuds meet and deny to wife and children much that they can now enjoy ? What sensible wage-earner will delib erately cut down by10 to f > 0 per cent the purchasing power of the money ho now earns ? Yet this Is what free silver means and this would be Its inevitable effect. A JUDWIUUti DIVISION. Tlio decision of the Spanish govern ment not to send to the Kuropcan powers n memorandum concerning the relations of Spain and the Hulled States In connection with Cuban affairs was eminently judicious. It appears that si feature of this memorandum Js a sug gestion to the powers of Kurope to hoi'l this country to a stricter ob.servmuv of noiitiality. It is Impossible to say wlietlter or not any attention would be given by the powers , fepaniK'iy or collectively , to such n suggestion. Prob ably there would not be , for none < > ' the powers has yet shown any disposi tion to accord to Sp.iln the lor.st sup port or eneourage'iient. Hut in nny event a move on the part of the Spanish government of the character pnpnsod could hardly fall to hman ollVct ! n this country decidedly inimical to Spain's interests in Cuba. After hav ing given the most complete a. urancc- ! ! of its purpose to strictly and faithfully observe neutrality , the government of the United Stales could not do loss , ns a mailer of self respect , than resent an effort on the part of the Spanish gov ernment to array the European powers against this country. Such a proceed ing by Spain would supply a alKl rea son for according the- Cubans bellig erent rights , or even recognizing their independence , and there can be no doubt that one of these things would result. Very likely our minister at Madrid so advised the Spanish govern ment , with the effect of Inducing it to withhold the memorandum. Ml ! . W/nVlA"if TUUlt. lion. William Jennings Kryan is in New York and The Hue cordially con gratulates him upon ills safe arrival at his destination. Ills trip fb tlv- com mercial metropolis of the country was marked by evidences of popular in sorest est that must have been exceedingly pleasing to him and undoubtedly he will be accorded gre.it consideration in New York. All , this Is quite natural and tlitj Amcvjea. > i people are wpseially distinguished for paying oii.liiisi.istic : respect 'to prominent public men. In the case of "Mr. Hryan curiosity has much to dovith the popular ovations. His reputation as an eloquent orator causes a general desire to hear him speak , in the expectation that he will say brilliant tilings. How far he has met this expectation on the trip to New York those who have read what he has said can judge. Hut. the popular Interest nnd curiosity that have b > in shown cannot be taken as evidence that all of the people , or even the greater part of them , who have joined in it are In sympathy with the views of the free silver candidate and are going to rote for him. Thou sands of those wlio have greeted Mr. Hryan are for honest money and tin- protection of American labor and will cast their ballots in November for those policies. There will be re publicans and sound money demo crats present -when the Chicago nominees are notified and these will participate In tlio reception accorded those gentlemen , as n matter of cour tesy , but they will not thereby commit themselves to their support. Jt was perhaps good politics to select New York as the place of formal notification , but the supporters of the free silver ticket and tha candidates themselves may easily exaggerate thu significance of tin ; popular demonstration that will un doubtedly be made there. Hurrahing is a feature of free silver campaigning which cannot bo made so effective in New York as In some other portions of tlio country , nor will Mr. Bryan's rhetor ical sophistries count for as much there as in quarters where loss practical thinking Is done. The Heal Kstate exchange lias been persuaded to place the stamp' of ap proval upon the pending gas franchise ordinance without even havjng the docu ment read for Information. The propo sition for a new gas project may be meritorious , but there arc certain feature. ! of the oidlnance which should he amended before It Is enacted. The Heal Kstate exchange ought to take the Initiative in pointing out the places wheretlio taxpayers' interests are not properly safeguarded. Wo hope the Commercial club nnd other organizations of business men will pay some heed to the selection of candi dates for the leglsiiuuro. It will not do of course to mix business with poll- tics , but business men can properly say to political managers of all parties that they demand the nomination of high class men for the legislature this fall. Kor once In the history of thu world let the otlicu seek the man. Throughout the Intense heat of the past week but onu fatality has been re ported In Omaha attributable to thu ex cessive heat. Wide streets and gentle breeze's have something to do with this low record. 1'hyslcal conditions and favorable geograpld-.Ml location atbo con tribute to make. Omaha the health re sort of thu west. Promptness Is the essence of success. The prompt subscription of the mini mum $ aoo,000 stuck In thu exposition nssoclaTTon'mpans the prompt Inaugu ration Jof tfie work of preparation nnd the projiuufropening of the great show to thciKiHlc. 1 i Mr. Tfryitn's tormer paper now de dares IhfiV'wIth KJ to 1 free silver coinage - age In'W'rnltcd ' States tlio Mexican ' ' dollar 'w'fftj advance to a parity with the Anierll n dollar. This is the paper that lioujsiiboiit ! , permitting any foreign nation tlfn-gulate the value of our , " It has no compunctions about Urn United Slates legislating tlm MexIcitU'tl/illar / up and Mexican prices down. . ' ! aiolic-lHmccitit. When the workhiRmnn Is told Hint "the great crime of 1S73" has reduced the prices ot all kinds of commodities , lie can rrply that the statement Is not true with regnnl to his labor , which Is the only thing thnt ho hns to sell , A AVnrin llolnrl. InrilAnnrons Journal. The frequency with which Mr. nryan refers to Al > r a 1m m Lincoln Is disgusting , particu larly when It Is rMvalled Hint Hrynn's father uas 0110 of the sanctimonious but pestilent politicians In Illinois \vlrn won the name copperhead by assailing Lincoln during the \\nr. Who Cmi'l mill Wlio AViin't. Tom WnUon'H 1 pcr. The Atlanta Constitution is sadly vexed bccAiiso "Scvvall can't como down and Wat son won't. " A remedy for ( his perplexed state of mind might occur to the Constitution If It would state the conundrum this way : "Watson can't come down and Sowall won't , " Sometimes the whole dlmculty In reading a rlilillo conies of not stating It right. Who 1'ufH I'll ' MilSllllV ; Chlcnc" Trlliunc. The proprietor of the Omaha World-Her ald announces that ns Mr. liryan Is about to enter on a now Held of labor Ids "work as editor lias been finished. " He will be on the payroll of the World-Herald no longer. What pay roll will he be on from now until November , \vhrn his services will cease to be of vnlue. to these who have paid for them In the past ? How Is Mr. llryan to be sup ported during the campaign ? Will the popo- crntlc national committee put him on its pay roll , orwill the silver bonanza men talc : care of him , as It Is charged they have In the past ? I'Mvil'oln < N liy So 't'tnry First Not a free coinage country exists In the world today that U not on a sliver basis. Second Not a gold standard country ex ists In the world today that does not use silver as money along with gold. Third Not a silver standard country ex ists In the world today that uses nny gold ns money along with silver. Fourth Not a. silver standard country exists In the world today that has more than one-third as much money In circula tion per capita as the United States has. Fifth Nof , a silver standard country ex ists In tlit | wadd tcday In which the laborIng - Ing man rccqlvcs fair pay for his day's labor. , [ _ The "I'V'c" Silver Knllnc-y. " NeOrlrnns Picayune. The hop'plcsly ' | weak point In any attempt to enrich , th , masses and establish pros perity wlt i TiDjllmltcd silver coinage , or any other flat money , Is that there is no provi sion for distributing the wealth. After Mr. Dryan shrill bbcomc president and free coinage - ago shall be accomplished the people who were -so cagcr"to establish such a conjunc ture of circumstances will finally discover that they -are no better off than they were before. Not d man of them will be able to get a dollar , whether 'worth CO cents or otherwise , ! exciept In the same way that money liaialways been Rot ; It must be obtained .in Hume sort ot honest business or earned as wages. There Is no other way In 'Which Hn Jiunest penny can be 'got. i TUB TRANSMISSISSIPPI KXPOSITION. EitHtcru I'rt'HH KccoKiilzoM the 1m- porluiid' of the Grcnt I'lldordlliliiK. ' Now York Journal of Commerce. The entire country , both cast and -west , says the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter , will join In contributing toward the success of the Trunsmlsslsslppl and International Ex position , to bo held In Omaha during the five most favorable months of 1S98. The project has been successfully launched and pushed forward with a zeal and determination that Is characteristic of the west. Difficulties that are always in the way of such under takings have been augmented by many more which are the outgrowth of present condi tions , but those that were apparently In superable liave been disposed of , and for the remaining arrangements It will be compara tively smooth sailing. The enthusiasm of the promoters of the exposition has been Ir resistible. An appropriation and the sup port of the government have been won ; all the transmlsslsslppl states have been swung Into line and a warm Interest aroused throughout the whole country. Droadly speaking , the object of the expo sition Is to boom the west. No better way could bo conceived for attracting the capital and enterprise necessary to develop the latent agricultural and mineral resources of the vast region between the Pacific and tlio Mississippi , An exposition on such com prehensive lines as this Is planned has never been held under western auspices or de voted to western Interests , so the belief is natural that the people of this and other countries have but an Imperfect knowledge of western progress. Every energy will be bent In making the exposition such a faith ful and complete representation of the natu ral and developed wealth of every one of the nineteen states and live territories lying west of the Mississippi that there will lie an influx of capital to that favored region. AN 01MKCT MSSSOV , llullloii Viilnp of the Various Colim lit tlic I'lillmlrliihla Ml lit. I'hllucleliilila Tlmen. There Is a lesson upon sound money In the rating < J foreign coins In our money market. The following table gives a list ot silver coins of various countries that approximate our silver dollar , with the number ot grains of fine silver contained In each , and tlio prlco at which It can bo bought or sold In Philadelphia : Country , AVelKht. Price. United Stilted , ilollnr 371.25 11.00 KiiKlaml , crmvir , , . . , 403.623 1.20 nernmny. rniarln , , . . . 38..S 1.13 Krance , D frnnr/ * , . . . 31722 .95 S | > aln , C | Kxetnx 347,22 ; " 0 Mexico , ilallar. . ' . ' . . . , 277.17 .MVJ Japan , yen 374,4 .42 The silver-coins of tlio United States , England , Germany and Franco will com mand their Aeo value anywhere , and for substantial/ ! same reason , In Eng land and Germany silver Is coined ex clusively on-Ko"vcrnment account , with a limited legal tender , U Is purposely over valued , llUeJuc. . fractional coins , and cir culates as rMirJBontatlve money , redeem able by tliofRilif standard. In France7jSHn the United States , the silver coin lijf Megal tender ; but Its coinage - ago has becJJtli&ippcd , and the live-franc pieces being pittychangeablo with gold , and being not niirdr numerous than can be employed , 194 maintained tat parity. In spite of tlieir'lWis ' In actual value , by the general 8tallUy3'of { the national finances. Hut why Is ' 'yn/cyppanlsh / piece of D pesetas , which Is of ejftCtjy the same Intrinsic value as the 5 fra c ' ; U'orth only 70 cents ? lie- cause , whllo precUely the same rule applies to the coinage : a ( n France , Spain has also afloat a largo amount of paper , and the financial resources of the country are not sufficient to maintain both the diver and the notes at par. The silver peseta Is worth Just as much as the paper peseta , which Is at a discount. If we pass now to Mexico , where there U a free coinage of both metala at a fixed ratio and no pretense of restriction , we find that the silver dollar , though It contains more fine silver than our own dollar , drops at once to Us mere bullion value , and this | g the case wiUi the coins of all the silver standard countries. None o' them have any gold In circulation , All of the gold standard countries employ an abundance of silver coin , maintaining Its value by such restrictions upon thu Increase of the volume as will' ' keep It at yar with gold , and conic- quently worth its face value anywhere In the world. ' WM VAX'S SPRKCIIKS. Thr Uninlin Prowl. Chicago Inter Ocfnn. Nearly everywhere nlong his route Mr. Rryan Is proving * drawing card , About the only considerable town which paid no attention to liln passing was Omaha , lie Is too well known there to be nn object of curiosity. That tells the whole story. Ills home Is near by and for the last two years ho has been the editor , nominally nt least , of or.c of the Omahn dally newspapers , Everybody knows "Hilly" Hryan and they had no curiosity to gratify , Pain/ill I.IM-U of IiU-iiH. OlICIIRO 1'OPt , It would bo difficult to Imagine anything emptier , sillier and more puerile than the deliverances of the boy orator nt "way stations. " Not only Is there A painful lack of Ideas , but e\en the style and "form" nro grievously disappointing to nil who expect , not eloquence , but well chosen lan guage and originality ot expression. H Is cxident now that IJr.vnn will not help his candidacy by his oratory. His appear ances on the stump will not strengthen him. City Star , The most ardent admirer of Mr. Itrynn r.'ill scarcely claim that his wayside speeches as hi ; Journcjs to New York meet the re quirements of the reputation which hi ; established nt Chicago , Ills address , which set the convention wild , and which resulted In his nomination , gave him the rank In the public niliitl of n great orator. Hut ho lias put forth no effort since which entitles him to that distinction. U Is possible that the Chicago speech was what the Methodist preachers call n "sugar-stick , " nud defined the limit of Jlr. llryau's oratorical powers. Short on .MclnpliofH. MlnncnpollH Journal. Hrjnti is giving himself away on this speech-making tour. It would be no trick at all to 11 ml half a dozen men In n walk on Nlcollct from Sixth to Washington avc- nuo who would have made n better speech than Dryan made to the eager thousands who crowded around the balcony of lilc hotel Saturday night In Chicago. Ho knew ho would bu called upon and he should have had something to say. The convention speech was a line assortment of glittering generalities , splendidly delivered , but llryan hasn't said a bright thing since. His daily How ot words Is performing a great service for the republicans. Projihetlr. ClilciiRO Trlbum' . Mr. Drynu , If not on accurate student of finance , knows the law of gravitation , when he sees it. Listen to this pearl of wisdom dropped from the lips of youth nt Newton , la. : "It you throw a atone In the air you say It will come down. Why ? Hccause It Is drawn toward the center ot the earth. " Hut even this aphorism Is obnoxious to criticism. Supposing nobody In Newton said the stone would come down , what would , become of It ? And why the center of the earth /.he stone Is also drawn toward the center of other things In the universe , though not to the same degree. But we rather like the Mgurc of speech. It sounds prophetic of the November thud. ThlM IN Ills Day. Kansas City Journal. It will be a great and a historic swing around the circle and Mr. Hryan will land whence he started , swept back upon the banks of the Plalte by the resistless wave of Indignant ballots cast by honest republi cans and honest democrats ; by patriots who , though differing widely on fundamental principles of party policy , yet know no dividing line when the honor of the nation Is assailed ; when the Interests of thu busi ness man , the wage-earner , the tiller of the soil every man but the owner of the silver mine are threatened ; when the ermine of the supreme tribunal of the land is be smirched and when anarchy lifts its hissing head above , the very benches of Justice , law and order. .11 ore llnriii 'I'llnil Good. Chicago Chronicle. Tlio first candidate for president. , , who made speeches on a tour through the coun try was Lewis Cass In 184S. He was a great statesman and an accomplished orator , but his speeches destroyed all chances of his election. The next was General Wlnfleld Scott , the whig candidate In 1S52. He made oven a poorer showing than Cass. Subse quent candidate orators were Horatio Sey mour in 1SC8 and Horace Greelcy In 1872. Hoth of these great men made short ad dresses that were marvels of wisdom and propriety for the occasions In which each appeared. But their excellent speeches led to overwhelming defeat. It Is not possible that the feeble declamations of Orator Bryan can help his case as much as he will harm it. Coiitllctliig : Crociln. Chlcaso Tlmcs-Tlrtu 1. The proposal to open the mints of the United States to the free and unlimited coinage of sliver on private account means a class privilege of colossal magnitude for sliver miners. It means robbery of half Its value of every dollar's worth of other property held or debt duo to any citizen of the United States. It means double the amount of taxes now paid by each citizen. It means cutting In two the dollar now paid In wages. It means doubling the price ot every Indispensable of existence In the United States. When , therefore , In his on the wing Chicago cage speech the boy orator said , "Give equal rights to all and special privileges to none , " the question naturally arises whether or not the socialist candidate for president has abandoned his advocacy of repudiation , confiscation and class legislation. A JVew I.tiiiKiiiiKv. liruoklyn n.islf. When William Jennings Bryan started for Now York ho told the crowd which.gathered nt the railroad station in Lincoln' that he was going Into "the heart of what now seems to be the enemy's country. " The latter day political prophets seem to be speaking Jn a now dialect. It has been the custom- hitherto for candidates for high office to assume that all the voters alike desired the good of the country and to tell them that protection , or revenue reform , or what ever tlio Issue- might be , would benefit all alike. The idea thnt ono class ot men was at enmity with another class has not found lodgment In the minds of the men big enough to receive a nomination for the presi dency. It was the Physician In Spltu of Himself who said : "Wo have changed all that , " when his attention was called to the disagreement of his theories with those com monly accepted. The Candidate in Spite of Ills Party Is equally original. The .S | > 'c tli lit N'iMVrfoii. ImllnnnpollH Journal. The place at which Mr. llryan tried to bo original and Instructive was at the town of Newton , la. , where ho said : "Ladles , and Gentlemen I am glad to see you. I believe this is Newton , If I am not mistaken your town bears the name of a man who has been given credit for start ing tlio law of gravitation. Some of the laws of finance , I may say , all the great laws of finance are aa certain In their opera tion and as Irresistible In their force as the law ot gravitation. If you throw a stone in the air you say it will come clown , Why ? Because it Is drawn toward the center > tor of the earth. The law upon- which we base our fight 1s as sure as that. If we have a gold standard prices will go down. " Now , It is not every man who can seize on the name of a town to make an off-hand speech like that , allowing hU familiarity with the law of gravitation. If Mr. Hryan ! iad wanted to say a little more about Sir Isaac Newton ho might have Informed Ills audience that In 1C97 Newton wan appointed master of the British mint and rendered great service In bringing about the recoln- ago of HrltUh money ; that he made an ex haustive ofllclal rrport urging the necessity of establishing the commercial ratio of sil ver and gold as the legal ratio , In which he said : "By the course of trade and exchange between nation and nation In all I'.uropc fine gold U to fine silver as 14 4-D or IS to 1. " The British government adopted Now- tou'a conclusions. If Mr. Hryan had thought of It ho might have used thl * In cident to ebow what an antlriimtril ass Sir Isaac Newton was to suppose that the com mercial ratio of gold and silver should con trol their money ratio. When au Ignorant 'squire rebuked an attorney for quoting from Blackstone. and told him tlift wan not good law , "I Icnow It , your Honor , " zald the attorney. "I merely read it to show what u fool Blackatoue wax. " vnsws o.siii'i : J'nmoni iVnr Time Jliiitiitrlnt nit the Money UurNltiiu. IVtrr.lciim V. Nnntir. In 1ST * . CONFEDKHM' X UOAtJM ( Wltli Is in tlic State of Ktnltlt&y ) , Jan. 22. 1SJK. I nln't so ccrtln Hint I ivtint the silver bill to pns.t ft I was. The fnct ) .i , thp thing don't work tf I snoscd it wooJ , niul i ain't clear onto II. There is suttlo principles In thcso flnnnshcl questions \vlcU requires n nro.it tleel uv thought , rind tlicro is underlying principles wlch a man has got to understand afore ho Is competent to set hlcEclf up ez authority. One thing I'm cr > rtiu uv , Dnacoin qln't no fmanseor , nor never will be , and 1 told him so. "Wat Is n flnanseer ? " asked ho , "A fltiansccr , " sod 1 , asgoamliu ; the look of Dan'l Wobstcr , "la a man wlch kin pay his debts with iiotblii n man wlch kin git sxitlilu with notliln' . " "The Corners , then. Is full of tlnanseers , " ho rcmarkt , bitterly , cnslln a casual glnnco at his slate , wlch wuz Jlst full oiuifT to turn over and begin on tether side. Hut he hezn't any uv the fcclcnco uv It. 1 wuz argootng with him the other day In favor uv my iioshun uv a leather currency , though I told him silver wuz much thu same thing , and , for 0x81111110 , 1 would nRsoom that silver wuz to bo the currency uv the ftlcher. "Now , don't yoo sec , llascom , that cf I lied twlct ez much money , I coed drink twlct cz much whisky and pay for It ? " "How much Is twice notliln' ? " wus the unfcclln anser uv the tyrant who holds the destinies ot the Corners 111 his hands. "That's wet yoor capltlc lies' bin over since I kuowd yoo. " "Parson. " scd he , "I don't see what earthly difference It's goln' to make whether silver is currency or anything else. How arc yoo goln' to git silver of U Is made- legal tender ? tit silver wuz ez plenty PZ brlcke , w'nl hev jo < got to git any uv It with ? " "Troo , G. W. , " wuz my answer ; "but can't you see that to hev silver wood re- loovo the dcttor class ? Kven unw , afore It Is legal tender , It's only wuth ! )2 ) cents on the dollar , and when the country Is lloodld with It , It will go utlll lower. Then we or rather slch uv us ez huv property to raise money on kin pay off " "F.Egsnctly so , " retorts Hascom ; "you kin pay me for tlic good bonlut llkkcr uv mine , w'lch you hev consoomcd in coin , w'lch IR less than the dollar yoo promised , All rite. But look here rome In hero , nil uv yoo. I wont yoo sliver men to know ex actly w'nt yoo arc rushin' Into. " And this fccnd led us into the back room that back room wlch cutitancs the sub sistence uv the Corners. There , In long rows , wuz Bascom's stock. There , In bar- rlls , piled one on top uv another , wur. the dellshus whisky uv Louisville , uv different ages , rangln' from that uv two weeks old to thnt wlch bed Jlat left the still , and was scarcely cold ylt. There H lay , and cz my eye ranged affcckshunately over It , 1 felt of I coed hev the drlnkln" uv all that Hkker I\ wood be content to lay down nnd dlo when the last drop wuz gone. Hascom p'lntcd to an Immense tank w'lch ho hod crectld within n few days , with a pipe running in from the roof. "I shan't rnlso the prlco uv llkkcr In consckcnco uv bcln' paid for it In a dcpro- shlated currency ! " sod he. I fell on Bascom's neck , and In nn cxtacy uv dcllte , while the others shouted , "Ilah for llnscom ! " "G. W. , " I rcmarkt , while tcers suffoosod my eyes , "I never placed yoo much below the angels , but this generous act has hlstld yoo a hundred per cent in my cstlmashun , Bless yoo. G. W. , bless you. " "But I'll tell you w'at I shell do. Do yoo sco that tank ? " sed he. "May I ask w'at that Is for ? " I sed. "That tank will flit with rane-watcr , " scd he. "The moment yoo git to payln' mo In silver , I shel take out uv ecch uv < Uicm bar- rlls jlst cggsackly three and one-fifth gallons lens uv llkkcr , nnd fill It with water. " Merciful hevings ! " we all exclaimed , i "and poor Hkker BO weak now ! " i "And when silver gits down to 75 cents on the dollar , I shcl take out 25 per cent uv whisky and fill her up with 25 er cent ot water" And sb > on flown. Ef .sllvfc'r goes up 1 shel add whisky eggsackly in proporshcn. In short , my whisky Is jlst agoln' to follcr currency , nnd notliln' shorter. Yoo fellers wlchwork for wagls may swet , but I won't. " "But yoo'l increase the size of yoor glasses ? " Bed I. "Not eny. But yoo may drink twice cz many times to git the same amount uv drunk ez before , by payln' for each drink. " And Bascom stalked bawtlly back and took his poslshon behind his bar. Ther wuz cousteniaBliun In the Corners Btch ei I hev never seen. Ther wuz a hur ried consultashun at the Dcckin's house and I scjestcd that -\ve emancipate ourselves from the domlnyun uv this tyrant by start- In' a grosery uv our own , on the Joint stock principle , which wuz agreed to , each man agrecln1 to contribbit $10 to the capltlc stock , which wood be enuff to buy a barl or two. for a bcglnnln' . We wuz cnthoosiastlc till we come to bal- lotin' for the man to keep the place , when It wuz fc\md Instid uv my beln' chosen yoonanlmusly , c/ , I cggspectcd to be , thnt every man hed votld for htssclf. T2z not n soul uv them would recede , the skcem wuz blocked rite there , and dually hed to be abandoned and we went back to Uascom'B and submlttld , Thnt tyrant hez us. Uv course wo can't stand Hkker dHootld In that manner. Wo are wlllln' cnuff to dlloot the currency with which to pay for Hkker , but we want our llkkcr full strength. Wo coodent help It , but that nlte we signed and sent to our representative a remon strance agin the silver bill. The Corners Is now for a honest currency. Wood , O wood , that we lied EOIIIO uv It. PETKOLEUM V. NASBY. Finansecr. PHHSOA.VI. AA'lT OTIIKllWISn. Lord Chief Justice Itusscll expects to devote throe months to hla American tour , William T. lUchardnon ot Cambridge , Mass. , left an estate of $100.000 nnd his old wearing apparel to "Borne poor worthy Bap tist minister. " The trustees of the will ot Henry Kency , a philanthropist of Hartford , Conn. , have con tracted to ort-ct a memorial arch to him at a cost of $ CO,000. The Now York World refers to the "sirocco-like heat of the western pralrk-s. " Unlike the New York article It cannot be charged with wholesale murder. LI Hung .Chang has accepted all tlio hns pllallllcs offered to him b/the various coun tries ho has visited except the cooklnir. Kvcn the French cooks could not tempt him. This will bo a memorable year for the pub lication of tlio reminiscences of celebrated actresses. Bcrnhardt , Duso , Kllen Terry and Mmu. Ulstorl are all putting the finishing touches on their autobiographies , which arc lo be published in tlio autumn. Probably Mrae. Ulstori's book will bo the most Inter esting , for she lies been Almost aa figure In society AS on the singe. j J.nncs Ilcrrey Khcrmmi , ho hat Just i , ftt his home ncnr Charlotte , Mich. , w ' .l famous spy In the union army. llocict for the f Allure of tlio Intent Tc SM'i'dltloii Is tempered by the reflection t the U'osi'l Mllli ( lie explorers on board entirely surrounded by immense ice flcldt Charles Dlclions. the son of the novel \vlio died u few weeks ago , was tmn Charles "Ho ? " by his father , but when grow lo man's estate ho dropped his mid nnir.c. Newton R Hurst , 21 years old , Isi grocer's clerk In Buffalo and gets JS n we wages. Homo time ago he Invented n ct coupler , nnd Inst week he received n lotti' Ttom n manufacturing firm otTcrlntt hi. $30.000 In cash nud n royalty on all couplet sold for his Invention. He hasn't decide to nect'pt the offer yet , and In the meat while holds onto his $6 n week. Sir Henry Irving once entered trail in London and found thnt four nntiengort already occupied the corners ot the car rlngenn.l had appropriated the rest t thu reals for their portmanteaus. An n one moM'd. Sir Henry continued to slam holding on to the hntrall. After n whll ono of tlu passengers sulkily began to mov Ills luggage from the sent , seeing \vhlc , the actor renmrkvil In his blandest tour "Oh , please don't let me- disturb you. I'l getting out at Scotland. " , POIYI'KI ) Hiiipcr's Dnznr : Fishmonger Hey , Anmtemr Flsheinmn What Is It ? , i KiHlimougi-r Uon't yer wnnt ter buy som < l flHll ? Philadelphia American : "Prisoner , thl Jury IIIIM ilci'tnted you guilty. " I "U , Unit's nil rlHbt , judge ; you're too In ' telllgciit a man. I tlilnk , to bo Inlluetiefi , . by what they say. " /l / | ImllnimpnllM Jourmil : "Was It whisk : that hero ? " nuked tlio brought you u prlsot i visitor. "I think , luily , from thewny the cop/ief / Hinclled , " niiHwered Dismal DIUVHOU , "thnf It was Klu. " Chicago Tribune : "At nny rute"i ol , served Adam , shortly nfler his trouble I the Riirdon. an he cat down under a tree U I ( at his tirtU meiil In thu sweat ot hi * brow "thin Is a ivrrluonitor with a tltuo lock 01 It compared with a dairy lunch counter Ii a downtown lniM.-me.nt. " ' Chicago Vest : "Drown claims that wo uiea'H legs arc losluir their graceful clirvc-i and becoming more muscular. " "Ah ! He went to Iho BL-anhoro while ol his vacation , did boV" ( New York Weekly : .Minister's Wife Yol haven't bei-n out of your study au hotii thin week. What IM the matter ? " MlnUtpr--S'omc oC tbo congregation sa > my sermons nro too long , and 1'vo beer trying to write a whort ono. Chicago Itecord : "This blackberry pit' Isn't nearly BO seed as those mother usen , to make. " f1 "No ; 1 told your mother this morntnt when she made H that you would be SUP to llnd fault with it. " Cleveland Post : AlTable Stranger Klndl toll me what time the 4 o'clock tral Ji-avrn. Ticket Acent Well , of all Iho chuir questions. Say , you'd better chaBO yourae nway bofoiv the depot falls on you , Affable Stranger O , never mind , It tr question Irritates you. 1 juat wanted llttlo infotinatlon. I'm the new Btipcrli telideat of the road , you know , COMK WKST. WatlilnRtin Star , It's hard to bo called In such horrid daj To think on a nation's cares. WliQii It's tiuly a tnsk That sucniK too much to ask fl To attend to your own affairs. For the sun's fierce rays ( IJo HO amaze That lt'n scarcely with due respect w pause To luiirn ot taxation or coinage laws , What now claims attention Jrom all mar' kind Is a wild , uugratlflefl wish to find A shaded cot In a spot That's not So blistering , blooming , blazing hot. HILYMKS ( ! ! ' TUB .T1MISS. I1 , 'H , V lc for Soiniil .Jl Written for The Hoc. TUIIP rnnnllHe Alley. " On a wide-acred farm. With his own true right arm. For his family's Htrengtli and pi rotection , There la thinking a man And wo all know ho can ' ' Gain a great deal by sober rellectlon. Chorus i Next November this man IK going to vote i And our noble -ship of state again will float' ' With honest dollars and nwiny n mind o note j > Under the guidance of William McKlnley. ' Though he's told Unolo Sam , Can the world , safely , cram With a lot of Incompetent money , Yet be knows , very well , That each lice In Its cell Must gather , not make , all Its honey Jl-o has learned If free trade With his products wuro made i He. would lost- the reward of his laboj' For he knows that the gold When his crop wouM bo sold , Would belong to his wealthier nelghboi IIo's honest at heart And bowill not take part , In Insulting our splendid old glory , And he's sure wo must have , A man tiled nnd brave To continue our national Htory. m-llAAl WILL.EY GU1J Wiuslde , Neb. ( ) iH-lili > mill In , WrltlPii fur The UPS. All the folks outsldo Nebraska Think we're crylti' J-'or JJryan In Nebraska. -And they think wo arc for silver- In Nebiaska. Iltit the truth Is , Wo aru slgbln' For Iho Ilttli ! Hilly Hryan , Cu/5 there's none of us for silver Jn Nebraska. Henry U. Allen. A CulniiK'Hurry. . New Yolk Hun. If n dollar bo u clollur , honest coin , with out ilcc.cll , Onu may melt II , ono may smelt It , but Ita value wmi'l retreat- Hull ten dollars , silver dollars , In a proper inciting pot. Ant ) the silver slujr resulting noils for only live the. lot. , Melt noli ! dollars , melt an eagle , In the selfI I HUtno niHIlm , ' pot , 1 Anil the Koldcn slut ; reHiiltliiR ( illicitly sells j for te.n tlio lot. | Will you lull inn , kindly tell me , how these - dollars equal arc , If a Ilttln plowing furmicn puts on only onu a scar ? Tliciu wus never yet c.rjuntlon Unit demand ed legislation In provu Us right to be ; Kqimtlou -nation ( or clue fallacy. And I'm UilnkliiK , quietly thinking , that a poor irau bus poor m-nm * , If hi ! votes to Imvu a dollar that will melt to fifty cents. You will nnd ono coupon Inside each two ounce and two coupons liuldo each NOTHING Durham. foiiroiincelmBofBlackwcll's Buy n bag of this tfcbrctcd ) tobacco and read BUTTHE the coupon wlflcli elves a luable presents uud GENUINE : bow to net them. nl