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o THE OMAHA DAILY KM SUNDAY , SEl'TEMHEK 27 , 181)0. ) BRYAN VISITS WITH SKWALL Head of the Demulist Ticknt tit the Homo of Cno of the Tails , DAY'S JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO BATH Spccc'liCN Arc MnnV on ( lie " In I'i'Hril "Way mill lli - Oamllilatc Mllh IliK-Htliinn Alioiit Sel- CIKMof Money * BATH , Me. , Sept. 2C. Democrntlr-Popu- llst-Sllvcr Presidential Candidate W. J. Jlrynn slpcps tonight and will spend Sun day at the home of Dcmocrttlc-Sllvcr Vice 1'resldontlal Candidate Arthur Scwall. Mr. Ilryan arrived here , having left Boston this morning during the excitement attending the holding of the stale democratic conven tlons In that city. The day was pawed. llko many before It. In traveling and talk ing , short speeches being sandwiched be tween short rides on the cars. Some of Mr. Bryan's speeches today were consider ably interrupted by a pepper of pertinent questions. Mr. Bryan was up bright and early at Dcdham , the homo of Hon. George Krcd Williams , near Boston , and ar rived In the city before 8 o'clock , accompanied by Mr. Williams. Ho went at once to the train which was scheduled to leave for Man chester , N. H. . at 8:30. : At the train the re ception committee from Manchester was In walling and Mr. Ilryan was Immediately ushered Into a parlor car reserved for hlm- nelf nnd party. A few moments after 8 o'clock Mr. Sowall with the Maine contin gent arrived. Several hundred people gath ered about Mr. Bryan's car. and there were Bovcral calls for n speech , but the candi date ) was saving his voice for the more Im portant work of the day and did not re- Bpoml. Just before the train started , ho wont out on the platform , however , and smilingly acknowledged the cheers of the crowd , which continued until the train dis appeared. SHOW TIIBIII SORIIOW. Tlio endeavor of the New Knglandcrs to make amends for the cold reception given W. J. Bryan at Now Haven has been no bet ter Illustrated than It was when the train pulled Into Lowell at 0:15 : thismorning. . The depot platform was erowded wit I howl ing humanity. The train stopped live mlu- utes and It was the Intention of the nominee to speak , but tlio demonstration was so great that he did not liave time to address them after the applause had subsided. The baggage car attached to the rear of the train was utilized as a platform here , Mr. ( Bryan and Mr. Sowall standing arm-in-arm In the doorway , there were many such cries as "A welcome to Lowell ; " "Our next president , " but tbo ono which created the greatest enthusiasm was shouted out by a big coal heaver , "This Is not New Haven Jlr. Bryan , this Is Lowell. " Just before the train started quiet was restored anil Mr. Bryan told them that he did not have tlmo to discuss any questions and then as the train pulled away , he added : "But We are glad to see you. " The train shed was lined with crowds for a block and they nhouted and cheered the nominee as they caught sight of him standing lu the bag gage-car doorway. An enthusiastic crowd yelled to the top ot Its aggregate voice , a band played "KMll to the Chief" and expressions of "That's him" were heard when Mr. Bryan , standIng - Ing on the platform of the train , arrived at the first stop In New Hampshire. Nashua was out to give the three-time nominee a hearty greeting and Nashua accomplished Its purpose. Short speeches were made by Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sowall. At Manchester , amid applause. Inter rupted by questions by Rockwell Clough of Alton , N. 11. , a prominent manufacturer , Mr. Bryani addreoscd a large crowd on Mer- rlmac common here. He said : "I'Vllow Cltlclzens : We. are told the free coinage of silver will be detrimental to tlinao who have deposits In savings banks. I want you people who have money deposited In navlngs banks to remember this that your deposits are secure only when the the bank can collect the money which It has loaned , and If you lend money on west ern land and then drive down the value ol western land , you are destroying the serurl- tlps which the banks hold for what they owe you. " ATTACKS BOND 1SSUUS. Mr. Bryan went Into a further discussion of the silver question. He severely ar raigned trusts nnd monopolies and declarer the people were on the side of silver , am' ' added : "Silver Is a legal tender except when you contract against It. Wo believe it ought to bo n legal tender and that hereafter - after no man ought to be permitted to coiv tract against any kind of government money But If our administration would recognize silver , oven as It Is by law , wo will bo re lieved of great disadvantages. But Insteai of recognizing silver as a. standard money equal with gold lu the payment of all debts public and private , our administration has Issued bonds to the amount of SSSD.OJO.OOO -In order to buy gold in order to furnliii lo those who make a profit by raiding the treasury and then buying the bonds whlcl the treasury Issues to replenish Itaclf. " At this point Rockwell Clough of Alton N. II. , started to propound Interrogatories IIo said ; "la that a republican administra tion ? " Mr. Bryan "No sir , but tlio rcpublleai Administration will continue the same thin } , and every prominent republican endorses that system. John Sherman says tha Grovcr Cleveland's financial policy Is al right , and John Sherman runs the repub llcan parly. Tliomus I ) . Reed voted for the approval of the Rothschild contract when he was in congress. 1 am not surprised tha republicans do not like to bear the odlun of the present financial policy , but the } had n chance to repudiate U at St. Louis but instead of doing It they sull it mils rontlnuo forever , unless foreigners help us out , They tell us that If wo usn silver us u standard money for the payment of al the debts of the gonvernnient wild wll jo ; to a premium. In Franco they havt inoru silver per capita than we have In th < United States , and yet the French govern mcnt docs not allow Itself to be bulldo .ei end Intimidated by the few fimmulcrs. " Here again .Mr. dough Interrupted Mr Jlrynn , siylng : "If you want the people to liavo silver , why don't you give II to then nt the market value ? " WHY NOT 32 TO 1. Mr. Bryan "Don't Interrupt , my friend * I am glad to liavo questions nskcd Whci n man Is defending the truth , no questloi can embarrass him. The gentleman asks why wu don't want silver coined at tin market ratio. "I will answer It first this way : The inei who object to free coinage at 1(1 ( to t and talk about another null ) ant not huncst because thty would not have free eoliiagi at nuy ratio. Let mo show you , there Is nut a prominent man In the United States Vilio Is advocating free- silver hy thU eountrj alone at any ratio other than 10 to 1 When men find fault with 1C to 1 , thny an putting up a sham bulwark and \\lien yoi knock that down they get behind unulhiu one , because , my friends , thcsu men are not In earnest. "Let mo answer U In another way. Wi are opposed to changing the ratio hecautst they huvn driven down the value of silvei bullion by one bad law and wo iiru nut In favor of holding U down by : motlK > r lud law , "My friends , let me glvn you another reason for not changing the ratio. If the ratio were changed by International agree ment to 32 to 1 , Instead ot lij to 1 , uli.it . would bo the result ? You would have to rccoln (4,01)0,000,000 ) of silver Into dollars twlcu as large , which would be J'.ooo.iJW.- 000 and that would mean a di-creaso of ono- fourth of the metallic monpy of the world mill raise the value of u tVillnr , and those mho own dollars would profit by U am ] everybody who owed a debt would be Injured * y it , and that la why the advc.-atex to the 32 lo 1 ratio are found among the money owncn and the mcnvy eliamjlny rl.isdo.H. "Oitr opponents are so afraid of u CO-ct-nt dollar , BO much afraid of It Unit siunu of the employers of labor , lomn of tin : manu facturing men , arc fc'oliiK to pay their debt-j .with a rlii'up dollar. I am not nuro but that ny friend U ono of them , but \\btnever a dollar getn cheap he rat : pay them -vice I us many dollars , If h ? lau's them a : well after the election na lie docs now. If a dollar l only worth ! lf eentn. It Is because prices of commodities are twice as high , and If the nanufacturer can get twice as many silver lollars for his goods an he docs n gold dollar now , why can't ho pay his employes twice ns much ? " Mr. dough "But he won't do It. " Mr. Bryan "Then you stop telling your employes you are Interested In them Just before election. " Mr. dough "I am merely stating the facts. " Mr. Bryan "You are atatlng what are the facts. The employer neve'r pays nny more than he has lo pay. .It Is only before n campaign that he poses ne. n philanthropist nnd then tries to make his employes vote his way. Our system will make n demand for labor , which will force them to do what the gentleman said they would not do of their own accord. " Mr. Bryan then closed , nmld applause. The Bryan train left this city nt 1:68 : for Lawrence , Mnsj. SPIES PICKPOCKETS. The start from Lawrence for Bath was made at 10. : and n half nn hour later the train slopped In front of a large shoe factory In Hnvrrlilll. the town of shoe factories. Another crowd met the parly here , but time did not permit of a speech. Brief stops were made at Exeter , N H. , and Hocking- ham Junction , and at the 'tutor placq. Mr. Bryan spoke from the platform. During his speech Mr. Bryan from bla place on the platform espied two pickpockets attempting to remove a fat pockctbook , which pro truded from the pockets of a man In the crowd. "Look out there , " cried the nominee. "They are trjlng to rob you. " In the ensuing contusion , however , the would-be thieves escaped. Portland was reached at 5 o'clock , and Mr. Bryan addressed a great multitude of peopliIn the large public square. The stop was only for three minutes , but In that time the candidate was given one of the most demonstrative greetings of his tour. Melvln P. Frank Introduced Mr. Bryan , who said : "Mr. Chairman , Ladles and Gentlemen : In this , the first opportunity I liavo had since I entered the state of Maine , I deslro to say to the democrats of Maine that the democrats of the nation have no complaints to make of the manner In which you have fought your state election battle. Wo under. stand the circumstances which have sur rounded you. Yet we can rejoice In the fact that democratic candidate for gov ernor. standing on a sliver platform. In spite of the desertion ot the gold standard men , polled 2,000 more votes than the demo cratic party did two years ago. Wo bid you godspeed tn the work you are still carrying on , " Mr. Bryan then went Into a lengthy de fense of free coinage and the Chicago plat form , In the course ot which ho said : " 1 would rather have a foreign general at the head of our army , or a foreign admiral at the head of our navy than an American at the head of the trcaaury who thought out finances ought to be run on the European plan. They say we are not strong cnougli now to act alone on bimetallism. When will wo be stronger ? Wo owe more today than ten years ago. Fifty years from now wo will owe more than ever. How loiifi will It take to get from under the cloud at that rote of progress ? " SKWALL TAKES HIM HOME. The party left Portland at 5:30 : for Bath , the home of Vice Presidential Candidate Sewall. On the way several brief stops were made , but Brunswick was the only place where anything waH said. Bowdoln college is located there , and a big force of students turned out. They profited by the action of the Yale boys , however , and gave Mr. Bryan an enthusiastic ovation , In which there was not n dissenting voice. The party reached Bath at 7 o'clock , and was driven directly to Mr. Sewall's home , where dinner was served , and the big meeting of the night was held In Customs House aquare. It wan probably the greatest tn the history of this town. The entire population turned out to meet the train. Cannon were discharged and there were fireworks all around. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sewall appeared on the platform at 8:45.When Mr. Sewall stepped to the front of the stand to Intro duce Mr. Bryan a tremendous roar went up from the crowd. When Mr. Bryan linlshed there was a great demonstration. Those who had listened to him with close attention crowded about the stand to shake his } mil. When he was finally rescued from their struggles , the crowd sent ui > three cheers and the candidate was driven to MrSew - nil's home for a day of rest. .Mr. Sewall said , in introducing Mr. Bryan "I have brought the great leader of democ racy to the greatest meeting ever held it .Maine , lie represents a principal which i : dear to a vest majority of the people o this country. " After a few compliments to Mr. Sewall Mr. Bryan went direct into his argument He said : "Wo are not for free coinage ti help the mine owner or because silver I : produced In the United States. Wo wouli bo as heartily in favor of free coinage I not an ounce had been produced in tin United States. We are for gold as well a ; for free silver , but hold that gold shouli not demand a monopoly ot coinage. If sll ver were given free coinage and gold won excluded wa would bo for the free colnagi of gold. Any money that Is legal tcndei nnd will pay dabts and taxes , whether 1 bo gold or silver or greenbacks. Is goo * enough for us. " NffHllfcpKIN'G NEEDED. Mr. Bryan then proceeded with argument : upon the science of money In the coursi of which a man In the audience said : "I you buy silver at the present price hov much can you get It make upon money foi under free coinage. " Mr. Bryan "Under the present law yoi could not liavo It coined at all. " A voice : "Answer the question. " "I am going to. Under thu present lav you could not have It coined at all ; bu under thu free coinage of silver you eanno find a man fool enough to sell you the sllvci at less thiin the coinage value. " A voice : "But thu government stand : back of It. " Mr. Bryan The treasury would not back sliver any more than It backs gold. That Is tbo gold standard Idea , that you liavo got to back something. Bimetallism gives you two moneys which back Uiemselvu ? . Our opponents talk about a floo.l of silver. Wo have the unlimited coinage of gold now and .vo orj not Hooded with gold to any gre.it cxtr-nt. Suppose n new coinage law lu In cxUeneo .mil auupoiin FOIUO foreigner who did not llko us were to come hero to hurt UH with his silver , how could ho do it ? He could bring enough hllver bullion to have made .1 thousand silver dollars. The government would tuko tin ; bullion and stamp U and hand tbo dollars bark to him. lion- would hu hurt us ? I Knnw what you wilt say. That ho will Irado ht.s silver for iclil and take his gold away. Will he ? Where will bo get the gold ? Go to tbo treasury nnd pet it ? Not under bimetallism. Tha Korornmeii ! da > A not agrca to swap doll.ira. What else could ho do ? IIo could trails silver fur something PBC. | Something wo have to soil .uiJ If thai man will let us know when he IK fuming we will mcnt him nt tintr.iln wltv .1 liniM baml and eceort him through rowr.s and uluiw him the property we will be glaii to exchange. _ MMI.THl.S FOII COMillKSS , Ut-n Pnl l'i | liy Di'iiini'ratN iinil ll ' | iuli- lll'lllll III .SlMI'flll Mlltl'S , TilOV. N. Y. . Sept. M. H. A. Mi-nellan of l.'hatham lina bcr > n nominated for con gress by the democrats of the Nineteenth district. CLKVBLAND. O. , Sept. ? ( ! . Hon. L. A. Russell wan nominated for con rcs * at the Twenty-second district democratic conven tion held hero today. AUBURN. N. Y. . Sept. 0. Thu democrats of the Twenty-eighth congressional district nmnlntcd Robert Drummond for muinbcr of co. . ress. CII ! ESTER , Pa. . Sept. 26. Tlio dead-locked republican conferee * of tbi Sixth congres sional dlhtrlet held another conference hero today and adjourned sine dlo without com ing to any airrrrmeni. No further elfort will bi < made to adjust the differences and there will bo two republican ticket * ID the field. DJ-IKK n "iiTratUN , TOWANDA. 1'aSept. . ? < > J. E. Compinu of Wiverly. N. Y. , v.-as found today In a lylns condition oc tht * Lolilojh Valley rail road tracks. He had beer. fmt ) In the bai'U } f tlif hejd and rubbed A tr > * iup who J.IMI Ills hnmo ! ; in Chicago 1.1 In c.iitciy ) on ts < ii , \ > Mon , UK lias a rlstnl vcruJ It : bli ? ICK 'nit c * tot MpUiit how It vHj rtrrired , JOHN- BOYD TIIACI1ER QUITS His Letter Given Ont in Advance of His Official Notification , DECLINES THE NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR Cumin * Slnnil n n riiitforni AVIilph Vlilmliln tlu > l'roi.Silver DIM r.miiu'liit.Ml tit tin rlil run. o Convention. AIjIIAN'V. Sept. 26 , John lloyd Thacher has declined the nomination for governor. This was the day set for the visit to Mr. Thnchcr by the committee of five appointed at the meeting of the stnto democratic committee * on Tuesday to officially notify him of his nomination ; but In advance- their coming ho gave out n letter announc ing his declination. At the outset of his statement Mr. Thacher made acknowledg ment of tlio honor which the nouiltiatlon Implied anil In the next sentence he salil ho was constrained to decline It. He Bald : "I was away from Albany and my country home during the convention and did not learn of my nomination until after 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon , September t" . It was not until 9 o'clock that night that I had an opportunity to learn the character of thii platform adopted by the convention. There had never been submitted to me a press copy , a manuscript copy or any other copy of the proposed platform. If any ono had been entrusted with the duty of pre senting such a copy , the trust had not been fulfilled. I had no reason to expect , after the convention at Saratoga and after the attitude of the delegates from New York lu the national convention , that the next state convention would commit the demo cratic party unreservedly to all parts of the Chicago platform. " Mr. Thachcr then recounted the facts of his now famous letter to the state commit tee and summarized the contents of that communication. "While. " Mr. Thaoher con tinued , "I had not sought the nomination or requested a single delegate to give me his support , I was willing and eager to con tend against that system of 'bosslsm. ' which Is today In control of the public affairs or the state of New York. I was prepared to organize the democratic party from one cud of the stall ? to the other on a line of battle against that system and to wage an unremit ting and vigorous warfare. I believed that municipal and other reforms In which people ple arc Interested could not bu obtained until the administration had been wrenched from the , hands of the political boss. 1 believed Vat the people would be with us on that Issue. It has developed , In the consideration of the resolution by which the state committee appointed your com mittee , as well as In the public press and other public and private communications , that there is a very decided desire on the part of the democratic party to contest the election on the abstract question of the unlimited coinage of silver at the unalter able ratio of 16 to 1 as compared with gold , and to Ignore or subordinate every state Issue. It la apparently the purpose of the party at this time to make the acceptance of an extremely political sentiment the sole test of a candidate of the democracy. It does not seem to be enough that men arc willing to support the- regular candidate on the regular democratic ticket , but they are required to subscribe to every letter and phrase of that platform. HKLIEVRS IN BOTH METALS. "It Is Impossible for me , with the vlows I hold , to make a contest on the coinage issue. I believe in the good old democratic dcctrine of the joint free and equal use of gold and silver. This doctrine Is as far removed from the single use of gold , which enables speculators to juggle with Us value , as It Is from that other principle which seeks to establish an Impossible ratio for Its sister metal. Therefore , entertaining the vlows I do , I am thoroughly Impressed \yltli the belief that the party will consent tc make the contest only upon the silver Issue I feel that as an honorable man I should make way for some one who can carry the banner with that device. "There seems no place In the democratic party today for conservatism. Men arc divided Into two classes , each entertaining views exceedingly Intolerable of the other. The history of legislation Is that conserva tism in the end prevail ) . I believe that the democratic party , when it approaches the responsibility of legislation , will be true tc Itself and the country. The strength of the democratic party Is Its weakness. It ID the party of the people. It stands with sympathetic arms welcoming the oppressed the weak , the distressed , promising them comfcrt and relief. It Is natural that mischievous and destroying elements shouli' clothe themselves in thu garments of honest distress and seek to shelter themselves , within those arms , and to conduct from that refuge their predatory raids. "What the democratic party needj Is a wise , fearless and powerful organization which will respond to every beat of the popular heart , but which will regulate the entrance of the wicked and perverse. This organization will not come from outside , but from Inside the party. I have no sympathy with those who desert the party now In Its hour of need. Kvery democrat who be- lloves that the party Is or can be made an Instrument of good should stay within Its ranks and by counsel and example endeavor to build It up airl make It strong. My party can demand of mo no honorable sacrlllco I will not make. It can ask of me no duty I will not perform. My beat usefulness now will be humbly to remain within Its ranks and give such powers as I possess to strengthening Us pillars and establishing its bulwarks. " The probable outcome of Mr. Tbachcr's dec lination will bo the endorsement by a branch of the regular democracy of Ilaniel G. Griffin on state Issues and the endorsement of a popullstlc cundldJte by the silver men In the state. It la believed that this Is satis factory to Mr. Hill. Tammany Hall , how ever , may insist upon Its own candidate , and at the state committee meeting .Mon day nlsht they may fight for the promo tion of Judgii I'oiter to first place and 131- llott Ounforth to second. It Is absolutely denied that Mr. Ilryan wrote any letter to Mr. Thacher asking his withdrawal , nor has he Intimated to any body such a desire. The story was made out of whole cloth. \K\V FAC'Tim IX IOU'A I'OI.ITICS. .Soi'lullNlli * I.nlinr I'nrty I'1 ' Urn u < 'nm- lilett * Ticket liy edition , DKS MOINES. Sept. 20 , ( Special Tele gram.Tlio ) socialistic labor party today filed with the secretary of state a complete statu ticket , except supreme judge and at torney general. The tleket was Hied un- t'Npeit'diy and was aeconipalned by a pell- tloi of O'il names , nearly all of Ihem Daven port pc-oplc. A petition of GOO names miint accompany a ticket Hied in this way. The ticket had never been heard of before and the names written mainly In German , and cannot be read , except that of Dr. A. Itlndler. candidate for railroad commissioner. They will be deciphered as soon as some of the Davenport people can bo brought here. The ticket will liavo to go on every ballot In thu stallami will increase the ticket tn HUcli a size that tliu expense of printing will l-o many thousand dollars greater. TJicn < will bo , so far us now known , the republican , democrat , national democratic , populist , prohibition and social ist labor tickets , bf.iiiles which It U re ported them may bi ? another prohibition ticket , in order that both sides may be represented. Thu olllclal ballot will bo about thu nine of a bed spread. Sin nicy Cniliily NIIIIII-H u Ticket. PIKKU13. S. D. . Sept. :0. ( Special Telo- gram.1 Tbo republicans of Stanley County met lu convention at Kort Pierre this after noon. Tlu * ! cKet Is : Sheriff. Klgln Drown ; tr 3uror. Giorgu Morrison ; auditor , John Comstock ; cleric of courts W. J. Ilovey ; atturmy. J. K. Hrtwlen ; superintendent , Mrs. Ilutculusua. SiicInliHl Tldki-i In Illlnolx. - ilPUl.N'HFJIilJi. HISol'1 - 26. The soclal- iLtIabor.Arty of Illlnolt to-lay lilecl a pell- ilon ot no.iiiiMtloiix fur national and nuie aiuIl'Utcs wlili ihn bc-jretar > of htatn for j l.U'-i ; on the olllrUI ballot This Is the lii'jt ' .ra I Ins party baa tiled u full list of state a'il national candidates In llllnola. ELEVENTH ONE DAK ( Continued from First Page. ) equal right with every other man. Hut I appeal lo you In the Interest of your o n work. In the Interest of your own wages , In the Interest of yorir own families and you * own households , fo rast your votr- for that party and for t oe principles which will best subserve tltqav great Interests. "Not only dtCwxj'iwnnt n protective policy In the Unltetr sifttcs , but we want soiin.l money. When laljor lg paid It must linln upon being paid in dollars worth 100 cents every day and everywhere. ( Applause and crloa of "That's right. " ) The men who have money keep their fingers upon the ( financial pulse. They know what Is the best money and they know the poor money , and they al ways pay out the poorest that will pasa cur rent ; and the history of mankind Is thai when we have poor money , that poor money lodges In the hnnds of the poor men of the country and when the crash comes they suf fer the loss. ( Applause and cries lot "That's right. " ) "I appreciate your call more than I can find words to tell you , coming as you do from one of the oldest manufacturing estab lishments In the United States , nearly fifty yearn old , and the record of that Institution would show , If It could bo written , that you have enjoyed as worklngmen , and they have enjoyed as employers , the highest prosperity when we havt > had a judicious tariff and sound dollars. " ( Great applause. ) A crowd coming as the Turtle Creek , Pa. , republican club , and made up largely of the miners of the New York & Cleveland Coal company , was given possession of the lawn at 12:30. The party came In a special train of ten coaches. An Introductory address was made by Thomas n , Armlt , superintendent ol the mines. lioforc the Turtle Creek delegation se cured an audience with McKlnley. employee of the Crescent steel works of I'lttsburg. ol Spang , Chalfant & Co. of Aetna , of the I'lttsburg locomotive works and of citizens from Sharpsburg and other lines along the Plllsburg & Western railroad arrived. Ad dresses were made on behalf of each ol these parties and Major McKlnley responded to them collectively. A delegation of lluffalo real estate men COO strong , arrived at 1:45 : p. m. and held r reception on the McKlnley lawn. The fourth demonstration at Major McKIn- ley's homo was made by Plttsburg & Lake Erie railway employes , Lockhart Iron ami steel workers , Anderson , Dupuy ft Co. , Schultz Ilrldge company , employes from Me- Kees Hocks , 1'a. , Duquesnc * and Carnegie steel works , Baltimore & Ohio railway em ployes of central Ohio and the Corapolls Consolidated Lamp and Glass company. The next speech was to the John Dalzell Republican club of the Westlnghouao An Hrake company of Wllmcrdlng. Pa. , and tht next the citizens of Ptqua and Miami coun ties , Ohio. In his reply to the citizens of Piqua , O. , Major McKInley recalled that It was in the city of Plqua , In 1891 , that a big tin plate Industry was established. "You remember that at that time they said we could not make a tin plate , " he said , "but we do make It now , as everybody admits. " There la nothing the people In this country propose to do that they cannot do , and one of the things they propose to do this year Is to , restore the policy of a pro tective tariff jand ] continue the reign of sound money. : We iwant this country pro tected. We want our industries protected and Judicious laws enacted to protect them. They were protected for more than thirty years under republican rule , and during these thirty years \\o had unexampled pros perity , and we hnd 'always a sound currency and a dollar worth 100 cents , good In every market place of the world. This Is the pol icy of the republican party this year. " ( Ap plause ) , l Kl.'SIO.V UATIK.IKn 1Y MISSOIWI , npniocTnlH tun ] I'opuliNtM A rcc on n Itatln of Tlilrtrt'ii ti > Pout * . ST. LOUIS , Sept. 26. At a joint meeting of the state democratic- convention and pop- .ullsts today tli'e plan b'f fusion as to the na tional electoral tlckut adopted by the si'X- conimlttces was ratified. By this the dem ocrat * have thirteen electoral votes and the populists four. As n result of the confer ence the populist subcommittee , consisting of Chairman Hoselle , A. Leonard and J. I ) . Dines' , was retained and instructed to con fer with the democratic committee and If fusion can bo accomplished the HIM ponullsi committee will be recalled lint later than October 7. Chairman Cook of tlio demo cratlc state central committee Kays thai this will Insure Missouri to the democrats by a plurality of at least 70,000. In presi dential years , he says , the state baa always gone democratic by at least -10,000 plurality. The populists , he pays , have 40,000 votc . Then lie allows that 10.000 may \ote for the gold standard , though he believes It will bo far less than that number. HACK WOODS SI K < ; ilV. : Treating u OlHloi'iillniivllk a I'lilley mill Stonni IjiiKiiH * . "Probably as queer a piece of backwoods surgery as has been described , " says the Lewiston ( Mo. ) Journal , "was that per formed by a Mooscbcad Lake guide known as 'Old Sabattus , ' twenty years ago. The man was not an Indian as the nickname Implies , but a Yankee , ono of those rough fellows formerly characteristic of that lo cality. This guide was left on a lake steamboat at ono of the far up landing.- , whllo the engineer went ashore with the company. A mnn named Meservey came aboard , and In fooling around the boat managed to tumble down Into the lire pit end put his shoulder out of joint. "Hero was a dilemma , The other mem bers of the party would not be back for half nn hour , and the Injured man was in great pain. The guide was a man of expedients , lie got a rope and tied his patient securely to a post. Then he tied another rope around the man's wrist and hitched the loose end of It to a pulley of the engine. lie man aged somehow to turn on Bteam and the pulley began to wind up the rope. it drew the arm out tight In beautiful shape and presently the Joint snapped back Into Us socket. Then 'Sabattus' jumped around to shut off steam while the pulley kept on winding. 'Holy Moses. ' gasped the guide excitedly , 'how does It go ? I don't know where 'tis. I can't atop the blanked thing , ' and tbo pulley meanwhile was slowly but surely pulling Meservey to pieces. Hltt nycs were sticking out of their sockets and ho screamed and gasped for breath. "Sabattus danced around llko a wild man , not knowing what to do. when hu happened to spy a hatchet.Jyliis near , and , jumping for that , he cut ) Jjw .f nt > o nnd saved a dread ful catastrophe. ? , TJhJs was done Just as the party of city , yjks. ) who had gonu ashoiu came rushing jVck.jon to the boat alarmed by Mcservey's tttf aitfia. It WOH some years afterward , " sa } ; ? f.h narrator , "that I was present when aJot of summer company ar rived at Greoux'v1Subattus ' was there , too , and presently a distlngulslicd-looking man , ono of thfl .jncw-comers , went up to him and said wltjiij.inoinlng smile , 'Arc not the practices by you maii-i'lhjiU surgery steam ? ' and Sqlmttns had to admit that ho was 'that samei'jeljvr. ' " niiilillicrlU J'ri'vnllH at Siilrni , SALI3M , la. , Sipt > 2fi. ( Special Telegram. ) Diphtheria exists 'here ' to such an extent that next week'a"ppvfuty fair has been abandoned ' doned and tho.ipub'jjc schools closed. Sev eral deaths lin\ ! i , occurred In Salem anil vicinity , and thgr. < varc quite a number III. MoYi-inenlH it I Ocean Vi'MNelx , Srpl. lll ! , At Now York Arrived La llretagne. from Havre ; American , from Amsterdam ; Si. Cuthbcrt , from Antwerp ; Ktrurla , from Liv erpool. Sailed La Ciuscogno. for Hami ; Lucaula. for Liverpool ; Munclien , for lire men ; Fulda , for Genoa , via Gibraltar ; ilaas- dam , for Hotterdam , via Boulogne. At Liverpool Arrived Cestria , from Beaten - ton ; Cevlc , from New York. Sailed Cam pania , for New York. At Scut am ton Air \el No * York , fion New York. Sailed 1'arU , for New York. At Genoa Arrived KaUer Wlllielm II , from Now Yoik. At Havre Sailed La JJourgogno , for Now York. At Quccnstpwn Arrived Umbrla , from New York for'Liverpool. At CherbiiirBSailedAumiata Yletoriu. from Hamburg and Southampton fur N'f ' York , At Ami'erdaiU'-Palled-Sihiedam fur New York. PT * " * * S ! l ! TOE NEW SHOE STOKE , 1 { Where \Vilco.\ \ & Draper used I o be. } The same old store but an entire new line of Shoes Look in the windows. i ! NEWEST SHAPES I -That's the new toe It's wider than the needle It's narrower than the common sense Many folks like it We have it Have you seen it yet ? 1515 Douglas Street. FRANK WILCOX , Manager I-TSIOX ( llITI ! ! IISSATISKACTOIIV. ' of lotvu > n Il'cniiirriitH nnil PoiiiillNtM I In- V.CKIf duiirrcl. DBS M01NES , la. . Sept. 20. ( Special Tele- ' to be no prospects of gram. ) T'hcro Bcem SC'-Tid ihe democrats and populists of the congressional d'rtrict ' patching up their dls- aKltemcnis about fusion. Charles A. Lloyd , the popuiUt nominee , was in the city today In conference with the democratic and popu list state committees. Lloyd and the com mittee practically announced an ultimatum. Thc-y declared that the sliver republicans have been given two congressional candi dates anil the democrats seven , all the popu lists have endorsed without question. The populists have the candidate in the Eighth , and ho Is the only one they will have unless they set Lloyd. They declare that they will net take Lloyd out of the race. Lloyd in sists that he will make the run. whether lie gets the democratic nomination or not. IIo intimates that he does not consider that his candidacy will Injure tlio prospects of the democrat In the race , because there are only 1,500 populist votes in the district , and he sajs thc-ro are 2.500 Germans undecided who would be pretty hi > w they will vote s > uro to vote against any fusion candidate , because ot their dislike of populism. This which the democratic is a degree of frankness cratic rommlttco regards as suspicious , and It Is of Hie opinion that Lloyd does not pro pose to get out , and will force Hurst , demo cratic candidate , to withdraw If possible. Hurst has not annouaced whether he will withdraw , but Indications now arc that he will remain in the race , no matter what the populists do. Tbo fusion arrangement throughout the state Is proving very im- satisfactory nnd reports are coming to the committees dally of losses. ' TiiorsAMi VOTHHS. oxi. Y i''ivn CrcftliHi ContrllnilcM Hint Xiiinlier In n Smiml .Money llciniiiiNlrnlloii. Cltr.STON , la. , Sept. 2G. ( Special Telc- Kram. ) Klve thousand people assembled here today from all parts ot the Elghlli con gressional district to hear ex-Governor William Larrabco , Hon. II. J. Salinger , lion. John N. Daldwin and ex-Senator .1. 11. Marsh proclaim the gospel of wound money , good governme.it and prosperity. This quartet of able speakers created the greatest , .n thiislaHin of the campaign and the rally aug mented tlio prospect of republican success locally. 'Ihcre was nn afternoon and evening meeting , ox-Governor Lnrrabeo delivering tbo principal speech nt Hie llrnt niectlni ? and Hon. John N. Baldwin nt the latter gathering. All the speakers took part at both rallies and the messages of truth which they j.-avo their hearers were un usually convincing. Tim speakers all mani fested earnestness In their remarks and made good Impressions. Previous to the evening meeting a mon ster torchlight procession took plare. In which hundreds wer < ) In line. The meeting was In every respect the greatist BticceEs of the campaign and McKinley and Con gressman Hepburn gained many votes Thcio has been a remurkablo etiango In sentiment In this district within the pant few wri'liii and the ti'oro the Issues are ills- cuhsed the inoro ceitain becomes the elec tion of Congressman Hrplmrn und an In creased majority for McKinlcy. PAI.MKII ANI > Pl.HVHI.A-VII. WiixliliiKlnii llciuocrntNiiinc a Smiml Money Slnlc Ticket , TACOMA. Wash. , Sept. : ! ( > . The gold standard democrats of Washington held a well attended state convention liero today ( for the purpose of nominating presidential electors and choosing a utato committee. , They call themselves the democratic party. ' j leaving out the word "national. " The fol- I lowing gentlemen were nominated for prua- I Idfliitiul electors : Judge Thomas llurke or I IJlng county. G. W. Stapleton of Clarke county , V. CV Illalock of Walla Walla and Wllllai.i S. Vtiisli-y of Whitman. Thomaa ; II. llardln of Siattlo was chairman of the convention and Judge T. N. Allen of Olyin- j pla was elected chairman of the state com endows the Indianapolis - mittee. The platform | apolis platform and ticket anil the Clc-vo- i lend administration ; declares that the demo cratic party always has been and should continue to be the party of sound money. I The platform contains this plan ! : : ! "We bellevu that our government should , not continue In the banking business und that aa noun as U can bu donu without any . on'wt ion of our currency , the gi'cen- ' ai li at11' ' 'nasury n ies which have IJPCII hertii for l" i I chou ! l bo red nn 1 and 1101 ITI33UI J Undeveloped States Particularly Interested in the Political Struggle. MEANS EITHER PROGRESS OR STAGNATION Cunli-Nl ItrvliMvril from 11 rnrrly .Scllixli lliiNlneNH Stniiiliiolnt Vic- lory fur Melvlnley Menus "A careful , conservative review of the present situation , politically and in a busi ness sense as well , " said W. U. Taylor , "seems to Insure beyond a reasonable ques tion of doubt the election of McKlnley. Never befcio In the history of American politics has there been u more general in- toiest manifested in the political affairs of the country. The contest h..s practically narrowed down to buUness or no business , work or no work. Capital and labor appear to be getting closer together as each day rolls around. Those who have heretofore given but little attention to politics arc studying the Issues In this campaign and are beginning to understand that anything approximating free , unlimited , unbridled , Independent coinage of silver moans busi ness paralysis , stagnation In all lines ot In dustry , and a condition of things not de sired by an American citizen. "Omaha' * interest , Nebraska's Interest la Involved in u business sense to an extent far greater than moat people would Imagine. We are yet a young , undeveloped state. .Mllllojis of money have been invested here by people residing eust of us , millions have been loaned to us. Thete people have be come anxious on account of this tree coin- iigo agitation our own people aie likewise distrustful. "Wo need mits'/Je ' capital to buy our bomU tit pave our streets , build school lioiisis , bridges , lallroads , lo invent in new enter prises. In fact , wltboiU this outside help wo would simply stand still. Wo would havi no money to employ labor in ibe hundreds of industries now awuillng a decision at the poll * . You cannot urue. you cannot In duce , you cannot compel capital to invent incney in anything not to Its liking. You cannot Induce people to uullil rectories , bus ! ness houses and residences with lliu pos sibility of unsound money sUrlng them In the face. QUESTION OF HUSlNESrf. "Talio this right home Into your own home. If you Iwvo employment and but u few dollars laid away would you tuko anj chances In an Investment which would tie up your little savings when there IH a prob ability of losing your situation or when Lupltal , ordinarily stoking Investment , would be tied up as It certainly would bo with t > money of auestlcnablo value. Thcso are not political questions , as ordinarily Intcr- pK'ttd. It Is il business question , u qutb- tlon cf home , of labor , of prosperity or Lmslin-as rtagnatlon. This Is the isatif. " 1 think 1 know bontethlni ; of the senti ment of tbOHO who have put hundreds of thousands of dollars In Omaha and in No- biaska. Thtao dollar * have built school houjcs , railroads , paved our streets , put In our newer * , built cur bridges , built busi ness lioutes and dwellings , built our fac tories , employed our labor. "Hlght heio at homo hundreds of people have accumulated a little money and In vested It here. Ninety-nine In 10'J of these pioplo are for sound inonty. Not one of them would place another dollar In Nebraska if our dollar Is to bo debased .Hid debauched. We all know this. Knowing It. there cer tainly can be but ono result at thu polls In November. "I assert , and I am thoroughly honest In my convictions , that If Nebraska should | give its electoral vote to McKlnluy It would i at otica establish u confidence In the In vestor that would be thu means of bringIng - [ Ing millions of money Into uur state which ! would otherwise be withheld. These are cold , i liuslncss facts. They cannot be disputed. I Then what Is our InturNt as cltlzcmi of lliU state ? Why should uny man who be- , llovcfc In hid own proupt-rlty , In liU own ' existence one might say , lu-tltatc for ono . moment in deciding his action ? "This U not written from a political standpoint not tuijgcsted to call reflection. . . upon iho.se v.lto have Imni'st convictions In ' an oppcilt ? direction I am pump'd solely In the Interest of our own people to do what I can to build up and develop our industries to employ cur labor , to better the condi tion of all. To those who differ with mo and do not understand the situation , lot them Investigate on their own account. They will find every statement literally true. If wo are going to 'stand up for Nebraska * In no other way can we do s-o much good for our peopleas by casting a vote for thu next president. William McKlnley. " IIHVA.V inns FOH. 7iiTniAX YOTHS. Aiii > nl Is llnsi-il on lll.snuiri-UN I.cf- lor lo n < | v < Tiior Ciillifi-non. CHICAGO. Sept. 20. The Oerman Ameri can Bryan and Altgeld club has received a letter from W. J. Ilryan In answer to an address a delegation of club members laid before him at St. Louis , September 12. In this address they assured him of their support. The letter la dated Lincoln , Neb. , September S3 , but was really written at Ilrooklyn , and is as follows : "To the rJerman-Ainerlcan Bryan and Altgeld Club of Cook County , Gentlemen : I am In reclept of your iiddresB assuring mo of your support In this presidential contest , and 1 beg to express to you , In dividually and colleetlvfly , my appreciation of your friendly Interest. The faet that you or your immediate ancestors have lived under governments less directly responsible to the people enaliles you to compare the advantage's of our form of government with those of th fatherland. My eonfldenro In the good judgment of our ( ierman-Aniurleans leads mo to bellevo that they will bo found among the stauncliest supporters of bimetal lism und my faith In their patriotism makes mo certain that they will favor an Inde pendent financial policy for tlio United States. I liavo been much Krntllled to notice the rapid growth of the sliver sentiment among the CJermnn-spraklng portion of our citizens. I beg to call your attention lethe the letter recently written by Prince Ills- marck to Oovernor Culbersnn of Texas. ( Mr. Hrynn hero quotes the letter In full ) "Tlio high standing of this great status- man among the Herman people and tlio rcnpcct fell for his opinion throughout the world glvo great weight to his words. If the gold standard hs been a blessing to be would - ! " ! - Germany certainly not I-H bin country tu abandon tliu gold standard and rcstoro bimetallism. It Is humiliating to I Mull that American citizens doubt tlio ability of the United Stales to logMuie for Itself when n statesman lll.o HlRnurck In willing lo concedi ) lo llic United Stntcs HID ability to Und in tliu m4 rntion of bi metallism. The U-stlmor.y given by Ills- niarek as to the fnlliiro of tbo gulil stand ard to benefit Germany in likewise true ot every nation which has trlod llio gold standard. Thu gold standard means dear munvy ami dear money means hard tlincu. This is the universal cxj.crlciico where It has been trie : ! and only t lingo who drain ) hard times and profit by them can In iho end support the invent flnimlal : policy which the republican party duslivs lo main tain an lung as the maintenance of that pulley Is Insisted upon by foivlgn creditors. Agiiln thanking you for > our cordial greet ing , I am. very fruly your * . W. J. II RYAN. " UAMI'AlfJ.V OWiriSIIH Al \ < > lirii Un nml IIMIJI .Mm CDIIIIIONU I 'i nn nt'it Com in 1 1 1 oc , CINCINNATI. O. . Sept. -President D. I ) . Wnodmnuseo of the national republican cagut ! announces tliu following appointment * for thu werlorn und southern utalea : Advisory Committee- . .1. Crawford , Kentucky ; A. M. lllgglnu , Indluna ; L. K. rorbett , Illinois ; W. 13. IJumly , Ohio ; John 'joodnow , Minnesota. Campaign Committee I. M. Ilamllti-.i. Illi nois ; 13. J. Miller , Ohio ; T. L. Kdlnboroiiuu. Michigan ; L. T. Walker , Tt.'imi'sscu ; Orunt I ) . Hagcr , North lakntn ; II. II. IJIuut , Louisiana. rinanvu Committee , to Act with Titan- uror 11. O. Dawes , J.'cbraska ; ! ' . W. Hid. tvell , Iowa. The cominlttPi'H for Ihn eastern Mulct ; rtlll in named In New York City October 13. rnrro ( Jurilo Hi'pnlilli'im Tlrl.Tl. MASON CITY , la. , Sept. -Special ( Tele. Sram. ) Tlic lepubllcan county convfllllon tva * harmonious and enthusiastic. A motion lo appoint u comi.ilttee on revolutions wau fotnl down by the unanimous verdict that ibti u.'publleun HUitn and national rcsulu- Ions were good vnoiiKh for Cciro Gordo. Die following nomlnallonti were mudo by irLlninatiou J J I .out' , auditor ; J W , ICeii'l clerk of court ; .1 Ml McBea. re. order , U W Tclfer , couuly attorney , II. itiiltb , lupcrvlior.