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THE ( WAIT A DATLV BEfft r , SEPTEMBER 14 , 18.00. Judicial offlr-er whom the people have n confidence In , and who may have no re gpect for thoao whom ho Is to nerve * . In thn second place , even If the appointing power select * a Rood man , entire freedom from restraint ( because Impeachment Is R difficult that the fear of It Is scarcely a restraint ) may lead him to consider his own welfare abo/o the welfare of those who cm ploy him. him.NtfimASKA NtfimASKA AS A BASIS. "In Nebraska we have n constitution which provides for the selection of al Judge * by i popular vote , and ony attemp to change the method of selection wouli meet with almost unanimous opposition. "Do Iho people of Nebraska favor thi election of their judges at home , and Bill bollcvo In the wisdom of venting In the president of the United States the power to appoint all federal Judges ? Is the power o nppolntmcnt the safer the farther It Is re moved from the people ? "Is a Judge appointed by a president inon apt to bo satisfactory tlif n a Judge appoint ! * by a governor or by the county commls sloncrs ? Certainly , If tl'tre Is any differ cncc , the power of appointment could L < more safely entrusted to an officer clu-o to the pcoplo tban to the officer farthest te moved from the voters. "Tho World Herald favor * the adoption o a constitutional amendment providing for the election of all federal Judges by pou lar VOID In the dlatrlcts ovsr which they preside. "Machinery , however , Is of no value unit It Is set In motion by Intelligence , mid to the machinery of government , though ever so perfect , Is of no advantage unless It la guided and ccntrolled by these from whose consent all Just governments derive thcl powers , namely , the people. " When Mr. Hryan wrote that "tho World Herald fnvors the adoption of a constltu tlonal amendment providing for the popular election of federal Judges" ho meant tha' Mr. Hryan favors such a conntllnllona amendment. As Mr. Hryan Is responsible for the plank In the Chicago platform re Intlng to the supreme court , that plank , I written to express upon Its face precisely what It mentis , would read : "Wo favor utich an amendment to the con Blltutlon of the United States as will pro \lclo for the election of all federal Judges. ' COCICH.Y.V CIIA.VCKSMIS 11011X12 1/i > nin < he IMniiH tit Hiiro Him .Spoilt III PIlltlHlllltlltll. The plan of sending n committee to meet Hon. Dourko Cockran at I'lattsmouth this inornlns has been abandoned , on account of a change of route by the orator. It had been expected that Mr. Cockran would come over the Burlington , and , accordingly , the local committee had arranged to meet him at I'lattsmoulh. where he would make a abort speech , and then come to Omahu In n special car. Yesterday Dr. George L. Miller received a telegram from W. D.Mc - Hugh , who had gone to Chicago to meet Mr. Cockran , which stated that the latter would como over the Northwestern , arriv ing In Omaha nt 3:30 : this afternoon. This knocks over the plans that had been formu lated by tlio reception committee , and the committee will meet at the Mlllnrd hotel this morning to make a new arrangement to accord with the changed conditions. The demand for tickets to hear the ills tlngulshcd orator this evening has con tinued , In splto of the fact that they were all exhausted early Saturday , and the com mittee could easily have disposed of twice the number. As It Is , It is expected that there will bo a tremendous crush at the Coliseum when the doors are thrown open , nnd these who wish good Rents will have to go early. As three entrances luive been provided , however , the committee expects to bo able to handle the c owd without much discomfort. CHICAGO , Sept. 13. Dourko Cockran of Now York spnko at the Auditorium last night under the au&plces of the Honest Money league. The seating capacity of the hall Is G.fiOO and over 40,000 tickets of ad mission had been applied for. As It was out of the question for all of these peopln to hear Mr. Cockran an overflow meeting was arranged at Battery D , and this place was Jammed to th9 doors. Mr. Cockran spoke there after leaving the Auditorium. PHILADELPHIA , Sept. 13. Ex-Senator George F. Kdmunds niade at Berwick , Ones' tor cotmty. Pa. , tonight what he declaresiwlll bo his only sppech of the cnm- palgn. A big tent , seating 2,000 pcoplo was orectcd for the occasion. Much of the ad dress was devoted to the free silver plank of the Chicago platform , which hu denounced as dangerous nml unpatriotic. N1SW YOHK , Sept. 13. Worklngmen responding spending to a call Issued by District Assem bly No. 49 , Knights of Labor , crowded Cooper union tonight and protected against the speech of Terrenre V. Pcwderly deliv ered on Tuesday night. After several speeches resolutions were passed bitterly denouncing I'owderly ns a traitor to the cause of labor , attacking M. A. Hunna. en- Oorslng the Chicago platform and praising W. . J. Brynn. IIUIGHT I'KOSI'KCTS IX T1IH STATE. Sound HIom > y Hrlll Inu-nt Will Ilury lliiFr - - SIlvfrltcN. S. O. Hoff , who has Just returned from a flvo days' trip to the Black Hills region , has a pocketful of Interesting statistics on the condition of that section of Nebraska and South Dakota , politically. Mr. HefT , as a matter of curiosity , while en route , made as careful a poll of the trains nnd the dif ferent towns along the way as time would permit. "I polled the train from Omaha to Kearney - noy , " ho says. "Out of the passengers ISO were for McKlnley , 114 for Bryan and four teen undecided. At Kearney 1 attended a frc'o sllvnr speed ! delivered by G. L. Koch. It was found that fully one-half of those present were sound money men. The silver club at Kearney has 254 member * and the sound money club 812. Careful Inquiry at Grand Island led mo to conclude that two- thirds are for sound money. Valley Junc tion and Kddyvlllo both appeared to ba about half and half , but of 11G votes at Scotia 110 were for McKlnley. Sunnier has sovouty sound money men to forty silver- lies. The ngcnt at that place , a slker man , tolls mo that CadyII1 carry the Sixth district fop congress and a populist dh- trlct at that. Daw&on county will io repub lican If the poll of the voters signifies any thing. Wnterlown I found was constituted on almost the ratio recognized by the popu lists , sixteen voters nro fur McKlnley and one for Ilryan , Miller Is another town I polled and found ulghty-nlx sound money men to twelve slher man , " ItUNxliiit-\nu-rlonii Mnlvluli'y c'luli. The Russian-American McKlnloy and IIo- bart cluli held a very enthusiastic ' meeting at Broakey'a hall , 1315 Douglas 'streot , last night. Prof. George Sullkowltch of Chicago was a Kuost of the club and after being In- traduced to the audience by President Nath- aiiBon delivered a very eloquent address on the political Issues o ! ( he day. "Merit talks" the intrinsic value of IIood'sBarsnparllln. ' Merit in njwllclno means the power to euro , Hood'a Eurnnpnrilln possessc * actual ami unrqimllcil curative power nml t hero- fore it baa true merit , When you buy Houil'H Bnnmparllla nil toke it according to directions , to purify your blood , or cure any of thu many Wood discuses , you are morally certain to rocolvu bcncllt. Tlio power to iuro : is them. You are not trying an experiment. It will mnke your blocxl pure , rich auil nourishing , anil thus drive out the scrim of disease , strengthen tbo nerves nnd built ! up \viiolonyatcm. . Hood's Sarsaparilla 1 % the best. In fact the Ono True Illnod 1'urlflf r. I frv pared only by 0. 1. Hood & Co. , towell. Mass. i r ! ll . ain or I. S PillS U. iic. WAS RULED BY REPUBLICANS Wi F. Sheohnn Pays the Ohicapo Oonven tion Was Not Democratic. PLATFORM IS POPULISTIC AND BAD Xcvr York I.omlrr Iiiniillply-'I'rrfpm the I'nrly of Alirnliniii Llnvolii ( o Sofliillnni mill D lo Snjiiiort llrynii. NP.W YOKK , Sept. 12. In reply lo a re cent letter of Inquiry from Joseph B. Mayer of Buffnlo as to the altitude of ex-Governor William F. Sheehan In the present cam paign , the govcinor makes his position plain In the following statement : "Tho proceedings of the recent Chicago convention were unparalleled In democratic history. Radicalism and not patriotism dominated Its courro. The culdlug nnd , In a largo measure. , the coutrollng spirits of that body wcro republican United States senators , men whoso votes made It possible to enter upon the statutes of the counto the objectionable and disastrous McKlnloy Jaw. When bcforo were rock-ribbed pro tectionists given , In a democratic conven tion , soata of honor and permitted to dic tate and shape the policy of our party ? "The patriotic advice of men who had grown gray In democratic service was spurned and the judgment of these newfound found apostles of undemocratic creed was enthusiastically accepted. A platform was adopted under the guise of democracy , from which all thoughtful democrats should re- coll. There never has been a moment since Ha adoption that I have supported It , except by a loss of my self-respect. What Is thU platform ? There Is not a line In It that Is democratic that Is not good. There Is not a word In It that Is bad nnd therefore un democratic that has not been stolen or tnUi-n from Ihe populist platform. Bnso as republicanism Is , subversive as It has generally orally been of the best Interests of the conn try , It Is infinitely preferable to populism , which Is next of kin to socialism. We should examine our past platforms In connection with the teachings of tlio founders and statesmen of our party to ascertain what U the test of party faith. Democratic prln clplos took root with the birth of the rcpub lie ; they are as sound and lofty now ns they \\ero when first expounded by Jefferson. All democrats should give their hearty suppoit to candidates who stand upon a platform which rcafllrms nnd upholds these principles. NOT DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE. "When was It ever a tenet of democraoy that by the flat of government 53 cents' worth of silver should bo made equal to 100 cunts of gold In payment of public and private debts ? What democratic conven tion has failed In recent years to justly condemn republican paternalism ? Where Is there a moro wicked form of paternalism than for the government to stamp , for the benefit of Iho mlno owner , 53 cents' worth of silver bullion as ono dollar In coin ? Whcro Is the democracy In a proposition that allows the silver of the world lo bo coined at our mints frco of charge at a ratio far beyond Us Intrinsic or commercial value , and compels our citizens to accept this false and dishonest coin at its facu value in ex tinguishment of their debts and in payment for their labor ? The advocates of this platform hazard everything on the single [ iroposltlon that the enactment of n law for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1 , without the aid or assistance of other nations , will bring gold and silver to a parity. Wo consider our silver dollar today as good as gold , because. It has back of It the credit and faith of the nation , pledged to maintain Its parity with gold. Under free coinage this credit and faith will be with drawn from the new coin. The new gov ernment will have no Interest in pr rcs.aa- Rlblllty for It. These men propose , however , that the power of congiess shall bo exer cised to compel our citizens to accept In payment of their debts a dollar that Is in trinsically worfh but 53 cents , without be ing able to compel corresponding relief lethe the American debtors , when foreign cred itors demand of them payment In gold. No law has yet been able to make all men honest , but no law should compel them to 1)0 dishonest. 'But more sacred to every citizens than the honor and business interest of the In dividual Is the honor of the nation. If the United States Is a debtor by virtue of the bonds It has Issued ; If for these bonds gold was paid , justice , morals nnd national honor all cry out for redemption of principal and Interest in the same coin. But it Is claimed that on the face of these bonds the govern ment Is given the legal right to redeem them In coin , nnd , therefore , may redeem them In silver coin. A question of morals should always rlso superior to a legal ques tion. For the $850,000,000 of government lionds now outstanding we have received sold coin , and unless the Intelligence of .his nation be blunted nnd Its patriotic Im pulses paralyzed , tliesa obligations will bo redeemed In similar coin. NOT THK VOICE OF CHICAGO. "I have heard It said that no attempt will bo made to affect existing obligations if the work of the Chicago convention bo ratified at the polls The proposition not to repu- illalo these obligations was overwhelmingly defeated by the convention after Mr. Bryan liad concluded the speeceh which resulted n his nomination. Under frco coinage gold would ho exported or hoarded and silver would become the money of the country. With sliver or flat paper money as our only means of revenue how can these millions of United Stales bonds bo redeemed In gold ? "With a legitimate proposition to Increase ho number of United States supreme court ludges or to abolish within constitutional IIIPS life tenure In ofllce , I may have no controversy ; nor do I object to proper criti cism of.judges or public officials. But when in open , bold attempt Is inado to Increase the number of these judges with Iho avowed object of securing a decision on any question n a predetermined plan patriotic and InteUI- ; ont men may well hold up their hands In lorror. "In view of this Indictment of tlip work of the Chicago convention I cannot support Its candidates , except upon the plea of party regularity. The claim that democrats should support thu ticket for the aako of rcgulailty vould have ir.oro weight If It were urged on johalf of a candidate whose democracy was msullled , I admit the Impossibility of draw- ng a platform that In all things will'bo satisfactory to all democrats , But never > eforo have wo been ut.ked to make compro mise between national honor and national degradation. PATRIOTS AND DEMOCRATS. "Tho democrats who responded to Prosl- lent Lincoln's call to take up arms for the maintenance of thu nation's honor did not lease to bo democrats because they proved hcniBi'lvcs to be patriots. It Is not pleas- int to break old associations. I wish I could irlni ; myself to believe that the Chicago convention was right and that national jleaslngs might flow from the ratification of Its work , but my conscience , my judg ment and the experience of other nations convince mo of Its error. I believe most firmly that the success of this ticket would mean paralysis of business , that the em ployer of labor would bo unable to secure lie credit necessary to conduct his busl- less and that the avenues of Industry would jo closed , Production cannot find a profit able market In the Impoverishment of the people. Panic , dhnster and ruin will follow , md ere thn plaudits of tha victorious multi tude have- died away they will reallro the poverty and degradation of the nation and vlll turn with the anger of a oucdcludcd mt dUllliuloned people upon the false irophrtn and Idols whoso advice they fol lowed. The free coinage of silver may be a advocati-J from patriotic motives , but It hi arrant dcmagogUm to array for selfish and Judemocratlc purposes t\ana \ ogalust class , .ho poor against the rich , employers against employe * , For the 11 rat tlmo vtlthln my memory we have a candidate of a no-called democratic convention appealing , not to tbo mtrlotlim and democracy of our people , not to the conscience and Intelligence , but o their prejudices and duilkc * . "It the btato I hive the honor to repre sent stands In September where it stood n June I will el&dly continue as its repro- A sentatlvo upon this coin mil Ice , nut if the organization of the state reverses Its post- Ion , stands where it ebould not stand , pulls down the banner of democracy and hoists be flag of populism. I \\lll not continue o represent U. If the Buffalo convention endorses th platform of th Chicago con vention nnd Its nominees my resignation will Immediately bo forwarded to the na tional committee. " AMj TIII5 AVUST TO < JO TO OA > TO.T > l\lK \ DrlrKntltntft Ili-lnn Arrunited ( o Visit the MrKliilojIliiino. . CANTON , O. , Sept. 13. Major McKlnley spent the day quietly , principally at hla home , where Colonel Myron T. Ilerrlck of Cleveland , an Intimate friend of the family , was a guest. After the busy week Just closed and in 'anticipation of the busier ono which opens tomorrow , the brief respite was much appreciated by those at the Me Klnley home. Numerous nnd large as havi been the delegations to call on the nominee the movement Ic just starling. The west It seems , Is just beginning to take Interes In Canton pilgrimages. Frank I ) . Hlqhle an Illinois worker who successfully managci the two large parties of commercial mci from Chicago , Is still In the city. Ills fel low workmen have made him a sort of dlrcc tor for the visitors of that stale. In speak Ing of wrslern visitors today Mr. Hlghli sa'd ' there would bo a general outpouring of railway men from Chicago next Satur day. Ono hundred curs have been engagci to run In sections , leaving Chicago Frlda ; night the last arriving before 11 o'clock Saturday morning , All must bo rallwa : men. The trip Is to be complimentary to the men , the railroads centering In Chicago nr ranging for It It Is to include men fron all branches of the work fioni office to sec tlon. It will he In charge of 11. B. Ray general master of the Rock Island , who figured prominently In the railroad strike and was the recipient of many Injunctions Another Chicago party organized will be composed of 300 Italian residents of Chicago nearly all of whom have heretofore bcci democrats. They will bring an Italian bam and an Italian military organization In full uniform. Delegations are also organla Ing In Champaign , Pcoria , Rockford am other Illinois cities. Details are also being perfected for a delegation of l.SOO cycle riders , Including 300 women , who nro lo come1 from Chicago to Masslllon by train and there organize a parade to ride to the McKlnley home , eight miles distant. "I hellovo , " concluded Mr. liable , "that the next seven weeks will witness Iho com ing lo Canton from Iho middle west of more than twlco the number who have been here from all sections , " Appointments have been made with Major McKlnley for the'followlng delegations : September 14 , Business Men and Wool Growers' association of Cadiz and Harrison county , Ohio. September 15 , Lincoln club of Somerset. Pa. , republicans of Marshall , Mich. , and Grand Army posts of Stark county , as guests of Canton posls. 'September ' 18 , opening of the campaign In Stark county , with Senator Thurslon of Ne braska , Senator Cullom of Illinois , Gov ernor Hastings of Pennsylvania , Congress man McCleary of Minnesota and Governor Bushnell of Ohio as speakers ; old soldiers of Bclmont county , Ohio. September 19 , republicans of Butler county , Pennsylvania ; republican club of Mercer , Pa. ; the building trades of Columbus ; com mercial travelers of Plttsburg and vicinity ; railway men of Chicago nnd Fort Wayne. September 22 , republicans of Jamestown. Chautauqiin county , Pa. ; republicans of Holmes county. September 23 , First Voters' club of Mun- clc , Ind. September 24 , republicans of Westmoreland nnd Oil City , Pa. September 26. McKlnley club of New Kcnlngton , Pa. ; republicans of Plqua , O. ; wheelmen of Toledo ; employes of Jones & Laughlln works at Plttsburg ; people of the Western Reserve and northern Ohio ; the John Dalzell Republican club of Wllmerdlng , Pa. Pa.mi mi VAN is ciiusiir.n IN ciumcu. Cro il IliiMhi'M lo HlH I'ow After Serv ice to Sluili.HlH Hand. ST. LOUIS , Sept. 13. When William J. Bryan came out of the Presbyterian church , which he attended today , ho was greeted bya , crowd of people who cheered him aud shouted as loudly , as did the throngs that iieard him last night. By Invitation he at tended the church of which Rev. G. F. Can non is pastor , and ns he entered the house of worship , fully 1,000 people were vainly seeking admission. But the edifice was packed to its fullest capacity and hundreds were turned away. Nothing remarkable oc curred during Iho service , but nt once , when : ho benediction was pronounced , there was a crush around the pew occupied by the : andldatc. All seemed determined to grasp ils hand. The Jam became so violent in a short while that Mr. Bryan was almost crushed to the floor. A sergeant of police was called , and he , aided by Colonel J. I. Martin , whoso pew he occupied , succeeded n conducting Mr. Bryan safely out of the church. For blocks about the church was a great multitude. The police pulled him .hrough the crowd from the church deere , o his carriage at the curb , but men held ho horses , and for several minutes ho sat n the carriage , shaking hands with the nen nnd women. Colonel Martin finally reached the carriage nnd got Into it , and he horses dashed awny , amid the cheers ) f the enthusiastic churchgoers. Mr. Bryan took dinner with relatives , and spent the afternoon with them. At 9 o'clock this ivenlng he went to the private car provided lim by the national committee nnd went to ) ed. Tomorrow nt 6 o'clock In the morning ho will start on his tour through the south. GO11MAN TO GO TO EMl'IItE STATE. 0 May HHVC- . Confpronc-i' with .Senator HIM \ VIilIeTlKri - . WASHINGTON , Sept. 13. Hon. James 1C. Jones , chairman of Iho democratic national committee , will lomorrow have a conference with Senators Faulkner and Butler and c others of the campaign managers. Ho came to the capital on an afternoon train from aurel , Md. , where ho had been the guest of Senator Gorman. IIo arrived at Laurel Saturday night and remained there till his afternoon. Senators Jones nnd Gorman alked freely about the campaign , but not n word was given out about the conference other than that It had reference to the gen eral outlook. It Is understood , however , that the situation In New York occupied much of the tlmo of the two gentlemen. A subsequent statmcnt that Mr , " Gorman was expected to leave for the Empire state within Iho next twenty-four hours lends color to the belief that there will bu a con- erenco between Senators Gorman and Hill n the near futuro. Upon arriving In Wash- ngton Chairman Jones refused to bo Inter- Mewed further than to say that ho was satis- fled with the democratic outlook , " 1'OM WATSO.V VISITS II\COI\ . c 8 I'oimllNt Vice I'ri-Hlilciitlal Ciinilliliitu .Hern I In- Depot at llriui'n Hump , LINCOLN , Sept. 13. ( Special Telegram. ) Tom Watson of Georgia , vlco presidential candlato on the populist ticket , stopped off thirty minutes this evening at Lincoln. Mr. Watson wns accompanied by J , 8. Heed of Atlanta , They arrived at C:45 : , and left on thu Burlington for Yoik at C1C ; p. m. Ho vas met at the train by Governor Holcomb , J , 11. Kdmlsten , chairman of the populist stale central committee , and a number of other Icadlng. nopuIlstB of the city , Includ * ng a dozen republicans , not over fifty peo- n . pie were present. Mr. Watson declined to nako an address or express any political 'lews on the Sabbath. Ho will go from York tomorrow to Osceoln. where he deliv ers the first of three speeches. Denver Will IIIvrnlKutp , Too , 8 DENVER , Sept. 13. The Denver Trades a and Labor assembly today decided to send } ' committee to Mexico to investigate the renditions of labor in a free stiver country. This is done because it Is alleged by them hat the committee recently sent to Mexico > y the Chicago assembly Is under the In- luenco of the gold standard advocates. The committee consist of T. W. Taylor , presl- lent of the assembly , aud Charles N. ilou- aghan , representing the Knights of Labor. They leave hero next Thusday , AVIIl Cuiut * to lli-ur CocUruii. NEBRASKA CITY , Sept. 13. ( Special. ) J ( large delegation of prominent citizens and M mslnoss men of the city will journey to ) niaha tomorrow to hear the address of Ion. W. Ilourko Cockran of New Yprk. in iluch favorable comment has been made ly members of all parties upon the selec- lon of Hon , J. Sterling Morton to preside at the xueetlne anil Introduce the speaker , DO His Wftsliingjpn Fpeech to Bo Made on th Grounds. CENTENARY g ASHINGTON'S ' FAREWEl Vlpp I'ro.-.hliji ) sirvrnftnn nml SponUo Hi-oil ( J < ) l > rrinlft' < lnM fur the ) | | Uno , tlft , llii > I'lnocCory Wniyflurrcil Kroiii. WASHINGTON , Sept. 13. Mr. Bryan wll make his Washington speech from the cas front of the capltol If the present progran U adhered to. He Is to be In this city next Saturday , the 19th Instant , wMuh 1 the 100th anniversary ot Washington s furo well address. The local commltlee having charge of the reception conceived Iho Idea of making the occasion a celcbr-i'lon of the anniversary and concluded that In to doing no moro appropriate place could bo selrctoi than the capltol grounds. It nccordlngl } made application to Vlco President Steven son and Speaker Uced , In whom the law vests the control of the captlol grounds Telegrams asking permission to hold the meeting there wcra sent out yesterday. The vlco president responded promptly , giving his sanction , hut Mr. Heed's reply v.as no received until some tlmo later , though he was also willing. The use of ; he f.nplto' grounds Is very rarely granled for any pub. lie demonstration. The effort of General J S. Coxcy to secure the privilege It the lasl case In point. It Is now thu Intention ol the commltlee lo erecl a platform in the cast front of the capltol , where Iho Inaug ural addresses of the presidents nro made The grounds In front of the stand afTori standing room for 10,000 or 50,000 people. General Black , chairman of the National Association of Democratic Clubs , has Is sued an address , asking clubs throughout the country to celebrate Iho anniversary by meeting and reading the farewell address Ho says In his letter that the request Is made at the suggesllon of Mr. Hryan. GHAND BEACH. Mo. , Sept. 13. Speaker Iteed , In an Interview this afternoon on his readiness to accede to Mr. Bryan's wish for the privilege of making the capltol steps his rostrum , said that It was simply an act of eourtosy. Senator Faulkner wired him for the desired permission , and ho replied : "Per mission granted with Iho consent of the vlco president. " Mr. Heed said ho took It for granted that Vleo President Stevenson would consent. SK.VATOIl 1III.I , WHATNOT 1IK T1II2HU Tiiimimiiy Hull AVII1 Cnptnrp Hie Iluf- fnlfi Convention for llrj.-iii. BUFFALO. Sept. 13. All within forty- eight hours the prospect of a democratic state convention enlivened by a sharp con test for supremacy between those who advocate vocato strict party regularity by the en dorsement of the Chicago ticket and plat form and those' Who are Inclined 'to believe that what they call heresies are not bindIng , - Ing upon thq part } ' has vanished , and In Its place has qpncarpd a brass band , rcd-flre ratification meetlpg with little or no fric tion and possibly placing HB endorsement almost unanimously upon the work of the Chicago convention. Senator Hill wljl probably not attend the convention. , That | will remove ono clement of the anticipated discoid. Chairman Hluckley of the state committee - too , whoso place Is wanted by those who favor the ticket , iwlll decline to bo a can didate for re-election and that eliminates another chance for friction. 'Senator Hill said to the Associated press representative In .Albany today and tills Is the first definite statement Ijo has made upon the supjrct ; "I will probably remain away from , the Buffalo convention. The statement emanating from , Buffalo that I liad . .telegraphed . jln response to a query [ hat I would /ho there Tuesday Is without foundation. Mr. Mack , the state committeeman - man from that section , telegraphed to me on Friday , asking when I would arrlvo In Buftalo and whether it was definite or not that I would bo there. I have not answered the telegram. As I said , I shall probably not atcnd thu convention , but a great many things might happen between now nnd Wednesday. " In addition to the removal of thcso ele ments , which It was supposed would lead ; o serious complications , heated controversy and a prolonged and bitter convention , the 'act Is patent tonight that soven-nlnths of the membership of the convention Is composed of delegates who como Instructed ! rom their localities to vote for the Chicago ; lcket and platform. This places the con- .rol of the convention and all Its actions n the hands of those who have assured Mr. Bryan and the democratic national com- mltteo of active support and the adoption of a platform and the selection of a state : icket will be very easily disposed of wlfii Ittlo or no friction. The precedent estab- Ishcd at other democratic conventions Is that all resolutions Introduced upon the floor shall bo referred without debate to the committee on resolutions , to bo by them considered In executive session. An at tempt to oven discuss when the platform Is presented Is made impossible If the lead ers so desire by the chairman of the com mittee on resolutions demanding the previ ous quostlon at the conclusion of the reading. It Is believed that Senator John C. Sheehan - han , Senator 13. C. Murphy. Mr. Mack and others who are leading the Chicago endorse ment movement will have such arrange ments made as will prevent any demonstra tion of opposition and merely have a great convention , in which Tammany hall will figure largely as the leaders of the ap plause. Tammany Intends to como to the convention on Tuesday with five special trains. They will bring with them bands of music and plenty of red flro and will como In larger numbers than they have attended any convention during the past flvo years. This in Itself , considering the great distance from New York to Buffalo , Is looked upon as significant of the fact that It Is Intended to make this convention a great ratification meeting for the endorsement of the Chicago platform and ticket. Will Hlltlfy at XiiHlivlllc. NASHVILLE , Ten.ii , , Sept. 13. The na tional democrats will ratify the nominations of Palmer and Huckner tomorrow night In this city , when General Buckncr and Colonel John U. Fello'ws of New Yoik will speak. Preparations have been made for a largo attendance. The national democratic state committee wllHmect tomorrow In this city , select an elfoto'rhl ticket and agree on a plan of campaign. t < i > 'i IIJHKI ) MAN IlilOlvH HI' TJIK I'AJMI.Y. ' ' Til Ik CJriMv'Jfilo'.StroiiR anil All of { lie I'nrllrH Kcff I N.-lKlllMirltood. . Two famine's1' fn Carthage addition , for merly nolglib'orB,1 near Forty-eighth and Irard strcets Viro'numbered no more among the Inhabitancy/1 ( j ( that suburb. About this fact liangs p. , ( alp that has set the tonguen of the nelglibors : In the addition wagging at a recorOrtyrcaklng clip. Ono of thcso families Is tWt pf Samuel J. Cutler , who for years his had a 1125 position In the Union Pacific Headquarters. They were the nabobs of the1 addition. Cutler , who had been married ( to his wlfo for twenty years , was wllllng.rta' ' get anything for her that Hlio wantcd. A btiort time ago she wanted hired mad about the house and she also wanted a neighbor , a man by the name of Ilrlttou , whop \ married and has two chil dren , to fill tbo job. She also wanted Cut ler to deed over the property upon which they were , living 'to her. Cutler was ae commodatlug and fulfilled both of her de sires. Mrs. Cutler and Dritton scorned to get along very well , and In fact too well for Cutler's peace of mind. So the neighbors believe at any rate , for they ascribe to this his disappearance about ten days ago , A very few days thereafter Mrs. Urltton packed up her goodg and her children and left for her mother's hearthstone In Olen- wood , la. Tbo Urlttona carao from that place about a year ago. This left Brltton and Mrs. Cutler alone the game , but gossip waa too much for thorn. Urltton departed a few days ago. Mrs. Cutler stood It a d y or two longer and then also removed. She Is now living West Dodge etreot- i UAMKS OF THK XATIOXVI. I.KAGIIIC. Cincinnati ItrtiiriiM Home nml Cole- lirntcn by AVIiinliiK : , CINCINNATI. Sept. U.-Tho Ilcds won their first gnmo nt homo nfter their re turn from the dl.iastrous etistern trip. Griffith wna not lilt nt nil to spenk of nnd Donohtio made hnlf of Chicago's lilts. The errors of the visitors , however , were fre quent nnd cost runs every time. Chicago scored one on errors , but had to onrn her other two runs. uwyer'n strength nnd peed Melding nt rrlticnl Units held the Chlc.'iROH down. Attendance , J.200. Score : Cincinnati . 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 - ? 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0-3 Hits : Cincinnati , ) ; Chicago , S. Krrors : Plnelnnntl , r > : Chlcngo. 7. Knrnnl runs : Chicago , 2. TWO-IMISO hits ; Hey , Vaughn. Threc-hnoo hits : Donahue. Sacrifice lilt : Hey , Mel hoe , Kwlnjr , Uwyer. Stolen bases : Hurkc , Hey , Irwln , Donahue. Hascs on balls : Off Uwyer , ; off Grltllth , t. Struck out : Hy Dwyer , 3 ; by Grltllth , 1. Double plays : Dnhlrn to Alison ; Smith to Mcl'heo to Irwln. Wild pilch : Grimth. Hatterlcs : Cincinnati , nwyer and Oray : Chlenuo , Grll'lth nnd Donohup. Umpire : Sheridan. Time : One hour and lltty min utes. lUlOWNS ALMOST WHITEWASHED. I.OITISVII.U3 , Sept. 13.-The Drown * nnr- rowly escaped n shutout today , their only run being scored on Fr.izor's wild throw of 'Meyers' ' grounder. Fi-.izer pllche'd a magnificent game and received n gilt-edged support. Atlundnnce , 4,500. Score : Louisville . 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 -9 St. Louis . 0 10000000-1 Hits : Louisville 13 : St. Louis , 4. Er- rois : Louisville. 1 ; St. Louis , . . Earned runs : Louisville , 4. First bnso on errors : Luiilsvllle , 2. Left on bases : Louisville , 5 : St. Louis , 4. First base on balls : Off Fr.izer , 2 ; off Hnrt , 2. Struck out : Hy Frazer , 1 ; by Hurt. 1. Homo runs : Me- Croary , Dolan , Two-baso hits : Uexlcr , McCruary , Murphy. Stolen bases : Clarke Pickering , Uolan , Hart. Double plays Cross to Meyers. Hatterlos : Louisville Frazur nnd Dexter ; St. Louis , Hart iilu Murphy. Umpire : Lally. STANDING OF TUB TEAMS. Played. Won. Lost. P.C Holtlmoro . K'O v > : r > 70. Cleveland . 113 71 45 C,2. Cincinnati . 120 7.1 47 CO. Chicago . 121 70 f.4 M. Uoriloil . 122 (17 ( Ki 51. Plttsburg . llil B2 .17 52. New Yolk . 122 W 62 40.2 Philadelphia . 120 f..l (11 49.Z Brooklyn . 119 til C > 4:1.1 Washington . 120 rl CT 42.F St. Louis . 12.1 3(5 ( S7 29.3 Louisville . 120 33 S7 27.5 Games today : Chicago nt Cleveland Cincinnati at I'ittsbtirg ; St. Louis ut Louis vllle. _ SCO I tlCS OK THIO U'KSTKlt.V ICAJII10 CllllllllllllH ClONCH Ollt M'lth ICllIlnllM City liy WliiiiliiK. COLUMBUS , Sept. 13.-Score ; Columbus . 0-S Kansas City 1 Hits : Columbus , 12 ; Kansas City , 9. Er- rorn : Columbus , .1 ; Kansas City , 3. Hat- torlps : Jones and Kohoo ; Carney and Ulanford. GRAND ItAPlDS , Sopt. 13. Settler , sent up here from "Deacon" Ellis' Newaik club tried lo pitch two Ramos today , and dli : well until tlio .sixth Inning of Ibc sucom : game , when ho weakened , apparently tlrei' out. The homo team's errors lost the llrst g.uno. Score : Grand Haplds 0 2 Minneapolis 0 5 Hits : Grand Uaplds , S ; Minneapolis , 7. Errors : Grand Itaplds , 3 : Minneapolis , 0. Datterlcs : Setllcr and Hedge ; Donovan , Parker nnd Schrlver. Score , second game ; Grand Uaplds 0 2 Minneapolis n Hlls : Grand Haplds , 4 : Minneapolis , 14. Errors : Grind Haplds , 5 ; Minneapolis , 2. Datlerlea : Seltler. Luther nnd Donovan ; Baker and Schrlver. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. Played. Won. Lost. P.C. Minneapolis ] 2t S4 40 07.7 Indlun.tpolld 124 74 50 59.7 Dotrolt 12 < 7r n3 5S.(5 ( St. Paul 12S 71 57 55.5 Kansas City ; . 127 C7 ro s .s Milwaukee 132 57 75 43.2 Columbus 1.12 45 87 .11.1 Grand Haplds 131 40 91 C0.5 Games today : Minneapolis at Detroit : Milwaukee at Columbus ; St. Paul at Grand Rapids ; Kansas City at Indianapolis. Dnpoiit finii dull Score * . Tlio Dupont Gun club held Its regular weekly shoot at the club grounds In Kast Omalui yesterday. Following1 nre the , scoics , twenty-five targets pur man : Watt 01101 11111 OHIO 10100 OL- , , . Hiizlunooil . O'lOlO ' 10)10 11111 11111 11111-1S I. McDonald 10110 11011 110 0 11111 mil 1 1 Hummel HUH 11111 11111 11111 11111-21 Goldsmith . 01111 ] ] IHH 10101 01001 00110-11 ittnor 01010 inn noon luooi 00011 12 W. M'D'mild 11010 11110 10101 1C011 11001-10 Davies 11100 10111 10000 00111 01101-14 Moore 11111 11010 11100 Wrtll llOOV-l.-i Foffff 00110 00110 11111 11101 11110-17 Jauman . . . looj : 10100 10010 00111 11101 12 Townsend . . 11011 00111 00111 11100 10011 10 Second match : Johnson . . . . 11111 11101 11111 11011 00011-20 si Goldsmith . . 01111 10111 00111 11110 OI011-1S liimmel . . . . 11111 11111 00011 11111 01111-21 ' I. McDonald 11111 11101 11111 0 Oil 11111-2 > Davies 11111 11100 10101 11111 11(111 ( 2) ) ttner 11101 10011 01(00 ( 01001 11100 13 0 W. M'D'imld 11110 IldOl 11110 10110 10111-1S Moore 10011 11010 00100 00110 01110-12 Goldsmith . . iiooi moo nun 01110 nooi-ic Emmons . . . . 10000 11011 11000 11111 12 -lummel 11111 11111 11111 11011 19 \jgg- 00110 01010 01001 11101 K ) Emmons . . . . 00111 11101 11110 n larlct-iiliprRTcr < o Hnc-o Mo lily Sc'i > ( ( . DENVER , Sept. 13. O. 1J. Hackenbcrger , ho "Buttermilk Boy , " who defeated A. F. Semi of Illon , N. Y. , in ji twenty-live mlle jlcynlo race ( unpaceil ) yesterday , In :07:00 : : 3-5 , now claims the championship of he world for that distance , nnd Is ready o meet any reputable rider In defense of : ho claim. Ho has accepted the challenge of "Monty" Scott of New Yoik , who won ho IrvliiKton-Mllburn ro.id race , two yours : n succession , nnd a race between them vlll probably lake place on the Denver rack within n month. Foot Hull Ten 111 nt Fa I IK City. FALLS CITY , Sept. 13. ( Special. ) A num. ) cr of foot ball enthuslnsts mat at thn ofllcu of Furliifjton & Fowle , Saturday night ; o organize a team. Will Kolm was elected captain and F. IS. F.irliiKton manager. MUl season Fulls City hail the boat team n this part of the country , nnd It will bo qually as good this year. The boys will > o In condition In a short time , nnd bo eady to meet any loam. TKX JIK.V I.V A G.U.I ; . ii-n Snvcil from Don Hi IIH Their A'i'HHilVIIM llrfiiUIni ; . BOSTON , Sept. 13. Ono of the disasters f thu recent northeasterly gale which swept long this coast for twenty-four hours was eported this morning on the arrival hero f the Gloucester fishing schooner Slgfrled , Captain Aldcn Gcel , from the South Chant shlng grounds , with a crew of ten men of the Gloucester fishing schooner Silver Dart , Captain Alfred Spurr , as passeugers. Tlio Silver Dart was disabled a mlle and a quar ter north-northeast from Highland Light , t Capo Cod , when the Slgfrled rescued thq crew from thu vessel , which wns going ashore. Wheji off Capo Cod the Silver Dart ran Into a gale which blow out the foresail and the forerigglng and later snapped off the mainmast close to the deck. It was just at this tlmo when the crew saw de struction for the vessel and death for them ' selves In the heavy sea which was running that the rescue came. lOVOIIH'lllH Of Ol'I'IIII Vl'hMI'lN , SO | | ( . in , At New York Arrived Obdam , from Rot- ordain. S.illnti 1 .1 Nonnumlle , for Havro ; 'ampanlu , tor Liverpool ; Moblln , for r.on- Ion ; Vundam. for Rotterdam : Kaiser Wll- iclm II. for Naples , etc. : Aachum , for Ura- nun ; Pnlutla , for Hnmburi ; ; Russia , for Genoa ; Anchorla , for Glasgow ; iHlund for Stettin. : At Southampton-Sailed St. Louis , for few York , At Ho ton Sailed Seythla , for Liverpool. At Philadelphia Sailed Rhlnoland , for Iverpool. a At Now York Arrived Allcr , from lire- L- : Massllu , from Marseilles ; Italia , from Naples. It At Havre Arrived La Doursotrne , from > Juw Yoik. At Boston Arrived Bothnia , from Llv- rpool. At Liverpool Arrived Etrurla , from Kuw : ork. At Movllle Arrived City or Rome , from Jovv York. At Qucenstown Sailed Lucanla , for Nuvv Si York. 1t 1 t I'KIISO.VAI < I'AllAfillAl'IlH. ii 1 Colonel li. Koster of Fort Nlobrara wan 1 ! n the city yesterday. tJl Mr , and Mrs , Andrew Hosewater hare JlK eturncd from a trip to Wyoming and South Jlal Dakota. at Kit-Governor Lorenzo Crounie of Fort Cal. ji houn came down on the evening train yester day and spent tha night In the city. Hon. J , Sterling Morton , secretary of agriculture , came up from Nebraska City yesterday. Ho Is expected to preside at ' the Bourke Cockrau meeting tula evening. of KORAN OF FREE SILVER Origin nnd Development of the Alleged " 0 irao of ' 73 , " A COLORADOAN'S ' REViEVOF HISTORY Tln Itclnllon of tlip KFPP Sllvpr Crimp tinlplirlnK of : \ \iiilu .Mlni-Hliif triic lc Mr. W. J. Bryan and the minor claqueurs of the free sliver party say the "demonetiza tion" aot of 1S73 wns "accomplished by stealth , " was a "deed perpetrated In the dark. " These and other expressions formed the text of an address delivered by Mr. Ixnils R. Ehrlch of Denver at the natlon.il democratic convention In Indianapolis. The ndJross contains a mass of historical facts relating to the colnago of thu country , and Is particularly interesting by reason of the searchlight It turns on the origin of the free silver movement and Its relation to the diminished product of Nevada mines. Mr. Ehrlch prefaced his address by sayIng - Ing ho attended the convention against the advlco and eiitrcaly of many friends. "They tell mo. " he said , "that public opinion Is much tnllnmcd In my state , It Is true. Yet In Its Intelligence and Its manhood the state of Colorado has not descended to n level whcro It will not tolerate- and respect the frank , frco expression of honest opinion. I am not afraid. There Is only ono thing In this wldo universe which I fear , ami that Is to have my conscience whispering tome mo : 'Thou art n coward. ' I am not a bcnker , " ho continued. "I own largo Inter ests In silver mines. No living soul owes mo a mortgage. On the contrary : Ten years ago , Impressed with the wonderful natural resources of the Rocky mountain region nnd relying on the financial sanity of my follow citizens , I invested my entire capital In the far western states. The con tinued sliver agitation has made my proper ties unsalable. I have seen the tldo of debt rising slowly nt first , but oven more rapidly nnd threatening In lime lo engulf me. No one can sympathize with Iho deblor more keenly lhan myself. "I see my way out , however , not by urg ing this nation Into the wildest and most reckless financial experiment since the days of the South Sea bubble not by throwing this government Into the hands of a populist receiver and compromising public and prl- vnto debls on a basis of 50 cents on the dollar but rather In helping to mold public opinion and legislation so that wo can again beget full confidence In the safety aud In the stability of our monetary system , so that capital will feel safe to emerge , and that , by the energetic many-mllllon-fold In tcrchango of human effort , thcro will conic again a market for property and securities which will enable Ihe debtor to repay the creditor to the uttermost farthing with an honest , 100-cent dollar. " THEY DID NOT SAY A WORD. Mr. Ehrlch briefly sketched the various steps leading up to the act of 1873 , begin ning with Iho iShcrman bill of 1SC3 , the various reports of the comptroller of the currency , and Ihe dcbales had In congress , and discussed what happened after. In these words : I desire rather to call attention to what happened Immediately after the passage of the so-called silver demonetization act. It became a law February 12 , 1873. The next congress convened December 1 of the same year. The principal silver leaders , who now declare thai they did not know that silver had been demonetized nine months before , were members of the Forty-third congress. Mr. Bland was In the house. Messrs. Jones and Stewart were members of the senate. If the demor.etizallon act was a conspiracy. It would seem natural that the conspirators would , keep very "mum" on the subject. Yet Immediately upon the assembling of congress there was distributed the report of the director of the mint , dated November , 1873. in which , under the headline , wa"a tory of the Coinage , " referring to the act "The colnago act. In effect , abolished the silver dollar of 412J4 grains troy and de clared the pold dollar of 25.8 gralus , nlno- tenths flue , the unit of value , and thus le gally established gold as the solo standard or measure of valuo. " Again , under the leading , In largo capital tellers , "Gold the Standard or Measure of Value ; Silver Sub sidiary , " speaking of tlio experience with silver , ho says"In view of the foregoing 'acts It Is evident that congress acted wisely In establishing gold as the sole standard of value. " Not a word of protest from the silver triumvirate ! Not an exclamation of surprise ! On December 1 , 1873 , the secretary of the treasury , Mr. Richardson , transmitted his report , in whlcjj , In speaking of ledeemlng the worn Oliver coins , ho says ; "This Is lone in other counlrles which , llko oura , invo adopted the gold standard and de monetized sliver. " Again no protest ! It mist be remembered that this forty-third congress was passionately Interested In the $ subjects of currency and finance. The ques tions which agitated the public mind wcro ho resumption of specie payments , free lanklng and greenback Inflation. The de bates covered hundreds of pages. No ono an read them without realizing that , be- rend question , every ono in congress was ully Informed as to our monetary basis. Dn December 18 , 1S73 , Senator Morton of In- llnna , speaking of the resumption of specie layments , said : "I recognize gold as the itandaril of value that wo are bound to omo back to. " ALL KNEW IT. On January 13 , 1874 , Senator Prcllng- itiysen of Now Jersey said : "Tho world tandard of value is gold and every senator mows It. " On January 14 Senator Schurz iald : "Tho Inscription of the legal tender loto Is , 'Tho United States will pay to the bearer one dollar. ' Wo all agree lhat It ncans ono dollar In gold coin of the United States. " On January 1C the archconsplra- or , Senator Sherman , said : "At the Paris ; nonotary congress , held In 1867. which I ind the honor to attend , the delegates nf twenty nations represented agreed to rec- amniend gold alone as the standard of value. The United Slates and nenily all the com- norclal nations havn adopted this standard " Is It reasonable to suppose that In the fact ! of such reports and speeches a live nan rould have occupied his neat In the hniiBO or nennto without knowing that silver had been demonetised. And when wen men tell us that they did not discover until some years thereafter , nre wo not iromptcd to loao all patience nnd to ex claim with Falstuff : "Lord , Lord , how this world Is given to lying ! " But now let mo quota very briefly from the remarkable speeches of Senator.1) Stewart md Jones. As early iis January 13 , 1871 , Mr. Stewart said : "Thcro Is nothing : so satis- 'actory as the real measure of value gold. " February 20 hu nays : "Gold Is the univer sal standard of the world. Every ono knows what a dollar In gold Is worth. " On Juno 1 , 1871 , referring , doubtless , to the Purls conference , ho says : "You must como to the Hamo conclusion that all other peopln have , lhat gold Ix recognized as the universal standard of value. " On April 1 , 1871. Sena tor Jones Bald : "I bcllovo the nn ner uo omo down to a purely gold standard the better It will he for the country. Did any country ever accumulate wraith , achieve greatness or attain high clvlll/atlon without standard of value ? And what but gold could bo that standard ? * * Gold Is no exact a measure of human effort lhat when Is exclusively used as money It teaches the very habit of honesty. " And HO on , In golden rhapsody , paragraph after para- ORIGIN OF THE SILVER KORAN- Two years passed by. Thu Forty-fourth roiigrcaa convened. On April 21 nnd 25 , ISIiJ , Senator Jones dullvcred a speech covering hlrty pages of the Congressional Record , waa thu most intense plea for free and inlluiltud coinage of silver. That speech Is he sllvur Koran from which the faithful lave quoted ever since. It hews a startling transformation In the opinions nf Senator lonea. "So far as steadiness Is concerned gold docs not deserve to bo uied as money all , And yet this wildly fluctu ating. ruinously unsteady metal Is what the lodgllngs of political economy , the charla tans of monetary conventions and the nu merous dupes of Lombard ntreet would dl- roree from Its natural complement , silver , ind cave for a solo standard of value , " I'leaEo takii note that he makes no charge a "conspiracy" of 1873 , He eayi It wa "a wrong committed , no doubt , unwittingly. It w s a mere caprice * of legislation. " That speech g vo birth to the silver ques tion. Sir. Stewart was not a member of Iho senate at the time , but , as evidenced sub sequently , he Indorsed every word of that speech. Is It not nelf-ovldcnt that some thing must have happened In thojo two years , between April , 1S74 , and April , 1876. which touched thcoe two men very closely In order to have produced such n revolution In their opinions ? What was It ? Who were these men ? They were both senators from Nevada. William M. Stewart wns the paid attorney of the prlnclptl owners of thq Comstock mlnrft. His professional jncomo wns estimated at $200,000. The leading Journal of Nevada said ot him : "Ho wns endowed by nature with a faculty of Imposing the subllmest nbaurdltlea upon Jurors as pure and spotless truth. " John P. Jones had been the superintendent of thn Crown Polnl mine , located on the Comstock lode. In 1S70 the stock of that mlno was selling from $2 to $7 per share. Mr. Jones nnd a Mr. Hayward bought In the controlling Inirrost. Hy May , 1871 , they owned oter flvo-slxths of the entire capital stock. The mine had oubscquently "struck It rich , " and by May. 1872 , the shares had risen to a market price of $1,8' ! 5 per share. By the end nf 1875 the Crown Point had netled over $11,500.000. But a change wa < coming over many of these "bonanza" mine ! * . Some of thu ore. bodies wcro being < exhausted. The Crown Point produced $1- 000.000 less In 1875 than In 1S74. llcforo the closs of that year the market value of the capital stock had fallen to $21. During the same period , however , another ominous rhnngn was preparing. Thcso mines wcro rich In sliver. The silver product of the Crown Point mlno lit 1874 was over $4,000- 000. The vnltlo of thn silver product of the state ot Nevada had risen from $17,000.009 In 1S70 to $28,000,000 In 187B. The Nevada gold production In 1S7B was only $12,000,000. In April , 1S74 , when Mr. Jones made his enthusiastic gold standard speech , wllver was still worth $1.29 an ounce. HENCE THE INSPIRATION. It vacillated somewhat , but at the rlosnot the year Its prlco still stood nt $1.28. In 187G the price had declined very slowly to an averageof $1.24 per ounce ; but the first months of 1870 the prlco of silver plunged downward nt a rain \vhlch had been un paralleled In modern limes. By March , 1S7G. the ouuco prlco had declined to $1.10. That prlco represented n dccllno of over 14 per cent nn annual loss to thu Crown Point mlno of over $500,000 , bated on the produc tion of 1S74 , and an annual losj to the Nevada mlno owners of over $4,000,000. Ot Iwonty mlnos on the Cotustock lode , which had paid over $17,000,000 In dividends , not one Including the Crown Point paid a dividend after /rrll , 187G ; and It was In that very monlh that the great silver speech ot Senator Jones was delivered. Is It not ns clear ns noon-day that this , American political silver child wns born In the Comstock bed , ami that It was begotten by greed and selfish rapacity ? I would not nccuso these gentlemen ot the slightest lack of sincerity , but as Mr. Bryan so aptly expressed It In his New York speech : "So long as human naluro remains as It Is there will always be danger , moro or less restrained by public opinion or legal enactment , that those who BCO n pecuniary profit for themselves In certain conditions may yield to the temptation to bring about those conditions. " DEVELOPING THE GODFATHER , Now that this ill-begotten silver child Is born , who became Its godfather ? In De cember , 1873. there had como Into congress from the state of Missouri a man perfectly honest , perfectly respectable , perfectly sin cere , but the caliber of whoso brain , most unfortunately for his country , was better for hayseed calculations than for the prob lems of finance. That man was Richard P. Bland. Future generations will marvel that such a man was so potent In the financial " legislation of the last quarter of the nine- tcrnth century. As an Index of his finan cial profundity I quolo an economic dictum pronounced by him In congress about six yrars ago ( June G , 1890. ) He says : "Ono ot the great functions of money Is to keep up prices. When , therefore , you double the amount of wealth In a country you must , In order to keep up the prices , double also the circulating medium. " What a revelation to political economists ! The month of March , 1874 , was only thlr- lecn months after the passage of Iho de monetization acl. The price of silver still stood at the rntlo of 1C to 1 ; therefore , no evils could as yet have come from that act. The silver question , ns you remember , .was not born until Iwo years laler. On March 18 , 1874. Mr. Bland nddressed Iho house. I should like to call the attention of every fanner In the United States to this speech , delivered when silver wns still worth $1.29 nn ounce : He said : "Notwithstanding heaven bus smiled upon the ngrlculturnl portion of the country , rains have fallen nnd the radiant HUH has ripened year after year rich and abundant harvests , yet the people have become poorer , money scarcer and times harder than rvcr before. " The farmers of the United States are re minded that in this year of grace , 1S9G , Mr. Bland Is telling them that , owing to thn fall In the value of silver , it Is the competition of free silver countries which Is depressing the prices of their producls. On Juno 4. 1874 , when an oimco of silver still stood nt $1.29 , Mr. Blnnd said : "You have by an unexampled contraction of Iho currency re duced the value of the agricultural land and produce one-half In the last eight years. * Whllo you have reduced In value all on earth thu farmer produces at leant one-half , you have not reduced his debts ono cent. His lands have como down , bin > cattle and produce came down , his currency taken away , but his mortgagee nnd debts of nil kinds remain stnndlng according to the amount of the contract. " What Mr. Bland stood for wns Inflation of the cur rency. U was Into this peculiar brain that In 187G wns Inoculated the silver virus by thi ) speech of Senator Jones , and behold the godfather of the sliver child had been found. ICiiiiNHH City Oil IVorK-M llllfll. KANSAS CITY , Scpl. 13. Flro broke out nt 11 : : > 0 o'clock tonight In Marsh's oil works ut Twonly-lhlril and Hronil\viiy \ , thii pxact cnuso being unknown. The worki were completely destroyed. Damage , 520- 00 ; coveiud by Insurance. Fifty Years Ago , Who could imagine thnt thla should be The plncr where , In eighteen iilnrty-tlirrt Thnt while world-wonder of arch and dor.ie Bhould shallow the nations , polychrome. . . Here at the 1'nlr wns the prize conferred On Aycr's 1'lllh , by the world preferred. Clilcaio-llkCi tlicy a record show , Sluce tuvy btattcd 50 year * o-fo. Aycr's Cathartic Pills have , from the time of their preparation , boon a continuous success with the public , And that means that Ayor's Pills accomplish what ia promised for thorn ; they euro where others fail. It waa fitting , therefore , that the world-wido popularity of these pills should bo recognized by tbo World's Pair modal of 1803 o fact which emphasizes the record ; 50 Years of Cures ,