Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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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
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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.
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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.
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