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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Sept. 24, 189C is to work deception on caucuseH and conventions or patronage for the ad vancement of themselves and their favoi it,es. To create and preserve confidence between the people and party managers ia a root of wisdom in party man agement. If the party leaders realty have faith and trust in the people, the latter will find it out, and that trust will be reciprocated. If the people do not believe that party leaders have con fidence in them it is the best attainable evidence that it ia not true. This was first clearly realized by Thos. Jefferson and finds its greatest exempli fication in the career of Andrew Jackson, both of whom were, with the party they espoused, maintained principally by the agricultural people, like the people of Ne braska. The people of Nebraska have not now confidence either in the princi ples or management of the republican party, nor is it certain that they have sufficient confidence in the management of any other party of the state to cause them to place it in power. It, is safe to trust with them the principles of tariff re form as represented by President Cleve land and the majority of the members of congress. And yet we cannot forget that the tariff has been calloused by a hundred years of discussion, in which critics say, that no new argurrents have been ad vanced since the days of Jeffersou and Hamilton; and that there is another and newer question which has taken the fore most place in the minds of the people who demand an opportunity to record their views theron in unmistakable and unequivocal language a right which they have, and of right ought to have. A queBtipn arising out of the demone tization of silver twenty years ago a question of restoration whether silver shall be remonetized, wnether we shall have the single gold standard or the double standard of gold and silver whet her we shall have monometallism or hitnet.tftllism. We are confronted by tne startling alleged discovery of local ex plorers of the dictionary, inau me states men of the world of every age and clime, h well as writers on political economy, have always been under the delusion that there might be a double standard of val ues.whcn in fact ther is 110 such a thing, never has been nor ever can be. They would run the subject into a question of HiAt.innarv. where democrats, Ironi An drew Jackson down, are not counted heav'v. Another line of local philosophers tell na thnt nerfect bimetallism, which they profess to favor, is the use of an equal amount of each metal, which, we did not formerly have, but we have got it now. So according to their dictionaries their milleuium in metallism has come. In every government where the owner of gold and Bilver bullion can at pleasure, on equal terms, and without discrimina tion against eitner, convert an um uui lion of both kinds into standard money, a certain amount of gold into a certain niunher of units of value, and a certain amount of silver into a certain number nf units of va ue. there is adouoie stand ard, according to the statesmen of the world, including Hamilton, jenerson. Jackson, ana an unoroseu line 01 amen ran statesmen. That is a double stand ard and not a single standardhi metal ism and not monometallism irrespec tive of how much of one or how little of the other is being used at, a given time, nor how much the one may go abroad in exchange for the other, thereby both relieving strains on eacu otner in amer- pnt riluces on the automatic plan (which is one of the great merits of the double standard!, but sUll always remaining in and keeping up the size of the basic money of the world. The necessary thing is unlimited coinage of both met als, so that no part of either will be ex cluded, thereby making a surplus of bull on so excluded to nx pnmmoditv value different from the coinage value. Inasmuch as there must be a ratio, we should nroceed on the present ratio of 16 to 1, and not permit a quibble on ratios to defeat remonetization. An unlimited coinage of one metal and a limited coin age ol the other gives a commouir.y val ue to the latter measured by the former, It is in vain to attempt to compromise a ouestion that in its nature is not sus- ceotible of comproiuise.lt is a monstrosity having not the simplicity, merit or sta bility of either the pore single or double standard, and must be either abandoned for one or the other. I3ut we are told that we must wait for Europe. It is shown that Europe will wait for England. England, as her orentest statesman says, will hold to the single standard of gold, because being a creditor nation, it gives her the advantage- over others, including the American people. The fiat 01 iuigiaua has made the single standard. .Shall the it r I 1 J ; f.i viila ,iq9 nat 01 xi,ugiuuu wunuuo w luio mo Must we not move lor remoneti zation until England gives the word? A majority of the republican members of congress seem to think so, but the ma jority of the democratic members and the masses of the democratic party minis otherwise. The credit system having brought on such vast indebtedness and upon which the west has been so largely built, gives the subject the increased importance in voiviug a miuui curiu!wj,i,iv -property of the debtor; but even if tlnre were no debts the change from the double standard to the single standard the world over, would in time strangle ac tivity, intelligence and enterprise, and increase the number of the rich, decrease the numbers of the middle class, and fiil the laud with a destitute peasantry. Adding to that the wrongs of having to pay on the narrow single standard, the vast indebtedness contracted on the broad base of both metals, bring us to a rapid realization of the prophetic words of John G. Carlisle when in the lower house of congress, building the summit of his political fame. In addition to that would be special hurt to Nebraska of crushing the Ilocky mountain country, which has ever nurtured these plains, and whose greatness always has and always would stand guard over our markets. The republicans of Nebraska by thou sands and tens of thousands believe that Senator Cameron told the truth when he said in substance, that the de monetization of silver was a nefarious scheme of the money powers of the world, centering in London, for their own sel fish greed, and that their great leader, John M. Thurston, told the truth when he said the demonetization of silver in the United States was by mistake or fraud, and they are loth to trust the re publican party which did it when in the plentitude of its power, to now bring about' remonetization by "mistake or fraud." The political teachings of Jefferson and Jackson applied to the political issues of the present time, under a party man agement inspiring the confidence of the people, would be sustained in Nebraska bv 25,000 majority. D- inocrtits of N' bra-ka, arouse! Now is your opportunity! Stand up for Ne brovku! Strikn for your country, your party nnd th right!" The above address was sent over the entire United States. The conference was held and the effort to wrest from the gold win? of the dem ocracy the organizatian in Nebraska wan succesi-ful. JUDGE BROADY AT TABLB ROCK. In bne with the above record Judge Rroad.v delivered his great speech at Table Hock September 5, 189(5, in his present campaign for congress which was published in full in the World-Herald next morning. In this siieech ha follows up the subject to date and answers the gold standard objections to the restoration of the doul-l" standard of silver and gold in a masterly way. All dtmnnds for that speech will be supplied. FOUR KILLED. FOUR HURT. Collision Between an Extra Freight and faj Car Special. Indianapolis. Ind . Sept :9.--In a collision on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Davton railroad near Conoersvule, between an extra freight train and the pay car special, Lhrist bweetman, engineer of Dayton, John Kizie, fire man, of Cincinnati, George House, conductor, of Indianapolis, and Thomas Hughes, fireman, of Hamil ton, were killed, and Paymaster Jan sen g, Porter Fallback of the pay car, E. Wysoog, foreman of bridges and buildings, and Engineer . Conner of Hamilton were badly hurt KANSAS GOLD MEN. The Executive Committee Will Nam Electors and Isue an Address Topeka. Kan., Sept. 19. Theeleven members of the executive committee appointed bv the Kansas gold stand ard Democratic Stale convention met here this afternoon to complete the State organization and to decide upon the plan of campaign. Cliairmau Eu gene ilagan states that Calmer and Uuckner electors wiil be selected under the head of National DemO' crats. The committee will also issufl an address to the people of the State in support 01 the Indianapolis norm nees and platform. MEPHISTO, THE FOX. A Just Vengeance That Was Not 8ae . cemfal. Here comes old Mephisto himself. Look at him, grinning as he trots along and looming red against the white of the snow, says Longman's Magazine. It is Reynard, following in poor, old. crazy Mr. Hare'a tracks and tracing every deviation made by that amiably eccentric individual at a slow but steady trot This will bring him close to our ambush unless he detects our presence here. He certainly looks very handsome, though extremely wicked withal. That grin of his Is a most dia bolic grin. It says as plain as words "I shall have this fool of a hare to-day he's getting ae cracked as they make 'em, and he is close in front of me at this moment and when I've got him I Bhall give him what-for, because he has led me many a dance for nothing. Ha, ha! Just a little extra nip and z bit of worry won't he yell!" " Now, I am going to shoot this fox for several reasons. The first iB, that I shall not be hanged for it in this country; indeed, no one will think the worse of me for the act, but rather the better. Then he is the evil genius of many worthy forest people besides the silly, old Mr. Hare. It is difficult to believe such things of any one, but I have it on the best of authority that this miscreant is In the habit of mur dering that heroic lady, the Grey Hen (wife of Lord Blackcock) as she sits upon the nest which is shortly to be filled with the little honorables, her sons and daughters. She will not fly In order to escape his fangs, but pre fers to stand by her eggs until her flesh is actually pierced, and when self preservation at length asserts itself not as the first but ae a subordinate law of nature and she tries to escape it Is too late. It is also true that this de testable ogre of the woods has fattened his red carcass upon the helpless.tooth some little ones of the willow grouee, the wild duck and even (though I scarcely dare to breathe the dreadful words) upon the august little persons of the young capercailzie princelings! Surely all this is evidence enough for the death warrant of such an arch trait or and rogue! He shall die in his sins and many lives shall be saved thereby during this coming epringtime. Wait a minute. Let him advance just a lit tle nearer and then we will speak to him in the voice of doom. Now then! up with our guns and let them execute sentence upon the culprit! But the cul prit is an exceedingly wily culprit and the glint of the sunlight upon the bar rels has Informed him in an instant of his danger. During that one instant he has turned and is now a streak of flee ing, fleeting red pigment, dancing in and out among the pine trees an es caping convict! One Honest Kan- . Dear Editor Tlease inform your rond ers that if written to confidentially, I will mail in a sealed letter the plan pur sued by which I was permanently restored to hralth and manly vigor, after years of suffering from Nervous Weakness, Lobs of Manhood, Lark of Confidence, etc. I have no scheme to extort money from any one whomsoever. I was robbed and swindled by qunckn until I nearly lost fuith in nifirikiud, but, thank heaven, I nin now well, vigorous nnd strong, aud anxious to make this certain means of cure known to all.' Having nothing to sell or send C.O.D., I want vo money. Address Jas. A. Harris. Box 825, Delray, Mich. ' OK. D. W. HAIR'S ASTHMA CURE FREE. A dollar bottle uni praetlcsl Trestles on Attorns and Hay Fever sent Free to sny asthmatic who will psy expresses. D.B.W. Hah, Dept. U, Claeinaall Ohio. , TBUTH NOT IN THEM. METROPOLITAN PAPERS PAND ER TO THE COLD BUGS. With bat Few Exception the Big Dailies Have Been Choked Into De claring for Mark Banna and the Uold Standard Time for Plata Talk. t National Democratic and Silver Headquarters, Chicago. Official Letter: For the first time in. the history or the United State j the 'greedy hand of the usurer is at the throat of the press. With a few courageous and honorable exceptions, the metropolitan papers have been choked Into a declaration for Mark Hanna and the gold standard. Their columns are filled with sophis try, with evasion, and with lies. At the dictation of the banks which own mortgages on their plants, and therefore on their souls, these newspa pers have hoisted the American flag In behalf of monopoly, and beneath its sacred folds charge the patriotic ma jority of the American people with re pudiation, dishonesty, and anarchy. The truth is not in them. At- tne command of a bankocracy they do not hesitate to stultify every honest declar ation of an honorable past They sup press all news calculated to enable the people to render a fair decision at the November election. There are two eides to the money question, but they dare not present even their own side or rather that of their owners and mas tersand present it fairly. Mark Hanna does not own or control this paper. 'Wall street controls, with a frw exceptions, the great newspapers of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and other centers of popula tion and wealth, but there is as yet no power In organized monopoly which can entirely suppress the publication of truth. Thanks to the independent and fearless press of the smaller , cities, there are yet citadels from which shot and shell can be poured into the rank9 of the usurers who now aspire to polit ical supremacy. It will be the province of this paper to tell the truth. The truth is good enough in this campaign. If the Amer ican people can become acquainted with the trad uted facts, Wall street will not carry county in the unitea, w 11 ui v? : ,, v OlfUcB. lu BUUewcui mil uo 6"'" publicly until It has been thoroughly investigated and its accuracy estab lished. Nothing will be suppressed. Things will be called by their right names.' If a man steak he is a thief. If he utters an untruth he is a liar. If he Indulges in cant he is a hypocrite. It is time for plain talking. With an audacity unparalleled, a clique of gold lenders is attempting to forever bind the hands of the "American people. Emboldened by past triumphs; with an appetite whetted by successive raid3 on the United States treasury, they have thrown discretion to the winds and are fighting in the open. Hanna, the unspeakable Hanna, has come out from behind the screen and is commander-in-chief. He has in his posession William McKinley's notes for a large amount and proposes to col lect them by grace of the voters of the United States. Who is helping him? Payne of Milwaukee Payne, the avowed enemy of labor; Payne, the man on whom the outraged citizens of Mil waukee placed a boycott and walked for weeks rather than ride in his street cars. Who else is on Hanna's staff? Yerkes and Pullman of Chicago; H. C. Frick of Homestead; Thurston of Omaha, the senatorial lobbyist of the Union Pacific road. Every man who ever plundered labor or evlcteu a work man is arrayed on the side of Hanna and an English gold standard. Can they win? Not if the spirit of independence yet dominates the peo ple of America. LAYING A TRAP FOR AMERICA. What Rankers anit Flntorrats Mean by International lllmptnlllxm. The Chicago Times-Herald, William McKinley's special organ, in referring to the statement of Bryan in his New York address that "if the gold stand ard is such a good thing why do you wish to get rid of it through interna tional bimetallism?" replies as follows: "The answer is that we do not de sire to get rid of the gold standard. If bimetallism is a good thing, as Mr. Bryan and his supporters so continual ly proclaim, it is only go:d so far as it brings silver into ' parity with gold. If it does not do this it is not good. Bringing silver into parity with cold still makes sold the stand- I ard. WTe assert that it is only by co operation among the leading commer cial nations that this can be done, and that we are willing to try for that co operation." Hon. William B. Morris, of Spring field, 111., in a communication, makei the following suggestive analysis of th above. "The Times-Herald's construction oi the Republican pledge to promote in ternational bimetallism- ought to be forced on the notice of every voter in the land. The gold men do not want international bimetallism at all. They want iaternationl gold monometal lism. Silver under such a compact would still among all the treaty power! be held down to the present position! as debased token money. It would not be allowed ' to share to any extent whatever in the work of measuring values because It is itself to be meas ured in gold. Gold therefore is to b maintained by treaty with the leading European powers as the sole standard of values, and the talk about a double standard is only so much dust thrown In the people's eyes. Morever, if aftei bitter experience, the people seek bj legislation to throw off the shacklet of the single gold standard after one being entrapped into international en tanglements over their nuances, thJ treaty will be held up before them and! they will be warned that the matter has nauned from their harifls. that the I treaty making power, once exercised, having effected such an international arrangement, their right to abrogate it is subject to the will of all the other signatory powers. From this it needs no prophet' eye to foresee interna-1 tional complications that would leave these United States absolutely at the mercy of the powers of Europe. Nor need we expect the aid of our sister American republics, for by entering into arrangements calculated to still further depress the products of their silver mines we close the gates to them, bid them adieu forever and literally choose the monarchies of Europe as our company and turn our backs on all the republics of the western con tinent.. The pledge of the Republican party to promote a policy that is cer tain to eventuate in the consummation of this, the most gigantic Infamy of all the ages, unless it be destruction of Carthage or the dismemberment of Po land, ought to Jamn its leaders beyond redemption. GOLD THE CHEAPER PRODUCT, It Costs Much Less to Mine It Than It Dons to Mine Stlvrr. ' One of the oft-repeated statements of Republican newspapers and orators and of their allies, the . gold Demo crats, is that the abundance of silver ore and the cheapness with which the metal can be produced are the causes why people of this and other countries will not and should rot sanction its free coinage, as a rirlsmptlon money, at the ratio of 16 to 1, or even the French ratio of 15 to 1. If this rea soning be accepted the truth is It is gold wh;:h should be demonetized, foi its production during the past fifty years has been relatively much larger, in coin value, than that of silver, and the cost of its production is now much less. Today, for instance, to get out of the earth the silver in a dollar costs the Colorado miner 55 cents, while the South African gold in a dollar costs but 35 cents to mine. These figures the gold standard men never reveal, though practically acquainted with them, for this campaign is made on falsehoods which they hope the peo- the production of both metals there the just market price of the yellow metal as compared with the white ifi, only a little more than 63 cents, and so their present bullion prices should be exactly reversed. According to the strictly interpreted logic of the Shy locks gold is the cheap and debased metal and silver should be the stand- ard and international coin, being the dearest one. In this connection the following statistics are instructive PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVKR. By Periods from 1792 to 1.892. Production of gold from 1792 to 1S50 ) 848,180,000 Production of silver from 1792 to 1850 1,690,217,000 over gold 842 03i,ooc Production of gold from 1850 (gold of California and Aus- traiia) to 1873 2.724 825 ooc pr,d1ut,lon of sUver from 1850 ' to 1873 Umm Excess of production of erold Over silver . 1 K7i onn nv Production of gold from 1873 to 1892 inclusive $2,060,897,OOC Production of silver from 1873 to 1892 inclusive 26,419,00t Excess of production of silver over gold $ 203.522.00C Total production of gold from 1850 to 1S92 inclusive 14,785,720,008 Total production of silver from 1850 to 1892 inclusive.... 3,414,444,00t Excess of production of gold over silver from 1850 to 1892 l"culv - $1,871,278,00(1 Total "production of gold from 1792 to 1892 inclusive $5,633,908,00 1792 to 1892 inclusive ....V. 6,lO4,96l,0Ot Excess of production of gold over silver for 100 years from 1792 to 1892 $ 28,947,001 An analysis of these figures shows that from 1792 to 1850 the production of silvr was about double that of gold (for a part of this period, or ' prior to the Increase In the production of gold from Rus ' sia, the production of silver was more than three times that of gold), yet with coin age free, the ratio of silver to gold did not change; on the other hand, from 1850 to 1873 the production of gold ex ceeded, that of silver by ll,G7,800,OOt And still there was no change in the ratio, as all of both metals was absorbed In coin age or used in the arts. Again, the production of silver has slightly exceeded that of gold from 1873 to 1892, the excess, however, being but...$ 203,522,00! But, with silver demonetised, a change in the ratio has gone on till It has reached about it) to L If, again, we take the entire period from 1850 to 1892, the production or goiu nas ex- 1.1 .Via a nil., aw K., mm u, AM Showing conclusively that it is not been coined all the little principalities the excess of silver production that has ! and duchies of Germany for ages be caused a fall in silver, but the exclu-! fore and substituted gold exclusively, slon of silver from coinage, thus con centrating the entire demand for mon ey on gold, that has caused the enor mous rise In gold, and a corresponding fall of silver, and of prices generally. Why Not Submit Tariff Question. McKinley says that we can make a tariff law and all other laws for oui own country without consulting any other government, but on a coinage law, we must have an "international agreement" In all of his speeches from in front of his residence he has not declared thnt he is in favor of submitting the tarlff qUeation to an international agreement, but is In favor of submit ting the financial affairs of this coun- try. A manly American would resent foreign Interference in any legislation intimately affecting his country. Bourke Cochran once asserted that "the farmers of the west work theix Jaws more than their farms." Now hi invades the west and will try to work the farmers. Arkansas evidently believes In the free and unlimited coinage of votes. WHY WE OPPOSE THEM. The Difference "Conservative)" Methods of Certain National Banks. -" V. X ALL AGAINST SILVER. COAL BARONS FORCE DOWN AND PRICES WAGES UP. let Ther Pretend that They Are Afraid That the Working Men WU1 Be Paid In Cheap PoMare The Chicago T ri fe, una "Ordered Up." The following letter was recently ad Iressed to the Chicago Tribune. That paper boaets that It answers all let ters received. It evidently made an ceptlon of this one for the very good reason that its publication would have jpened the eyes of a large number of the Tribune's readers. We publish It :hat its influences may not be lost: Editor, Sound Money column, Chica go Tribune Sir: its not a fact that F. Pierpont Morgan, who is at the head jf the gold movement in this country, md who recently made a profit of 8, 000,000 on a bond transaction (which transaction was only made necessary because we are on a gold basis, and in slst on paying our obligations In gold), is also at the head of the anthracite coal trust; which trust has recently raised the price of that article for no known reason whatever except its own voraciousness? Is It not also a fact that Senator J. M. Thurston, one of the leading supporters of the gold party, is the paid attorney of the Union Pa cific railroad, a corporation which has robbed the United States government of millions of dollars? Did not the Union Pacific make every 'SHERMAN'S Sherman's plea for labor in the sen- ate of the United States in 1876: "We are nroduclnir in this country this year. as estimated by Dr. Linderman, some $40,000,000 in silver bullion. He esti mates the total production at $80, 000,000, of which 140,000,000 will be silver. Why not utilize this silver as legal tender? I admit that if it is made a legal tender, equal to gold, it being a i metal not so valuable, it would drive L. . ' ,, n the gold from the country, and the sll- ' ver alone would remain. By limiting It thousand dollars in one payment, Tilnotv.nlna transactions out of every one hundred will be transacted with it And all business between individuals not bankers, between the mechanic and employer, between farmers and their merchants, and all wages, and indeed thousands of transactions which under lie society broad and deep, would be in- this coin. The large transactions between the bankers and those between this and foreign nations would con tinue to be in gold, but the silver would remain here as the cola of the , People, and the laboring man as well as the email aeaier, ana maeea.oi u those persons who do not deal in mil lions at a clip. I therefore, Mr. President, look upon this as one of the great steps toward resumption. It is by utilizing the sil ver which we produce In large amounts in this country and making it a legal tender as it was heretofore. It re mains a legal tender in France, and it is there successful as the coin of the people. It is also a legal tender In many other parts of Europe. France is one of the great commercial nations, and they have retained the double standard: and from my reading I be lieve If Germany could go back to the double standard it would do It most cheerfully. They believed that the large amount of French coin which had been brought there in a day would re main, and so believing they demone tized all the millions of silver that had recoining the French coin so as to make it the coin of the empire. But this imperial coin must go back to its Imperial home; and, as I said a while ago, it has left that country In a con dition of paralysis and prostration, not surpassed by its sad condition during the Napoleonic wafs. It should be re ceived as a fundamental fact so as to f piida th5 8tatesmen of this country that tne reverSe of what suits England aiwayg sulta U8. And as the exclusive ,d Btandard undoubtedly suits her, ! fhet Annh Btndard suits us. Sea Congre88ional Record, March 6, 1876, pages 1472 to 1483. eftort possible to elect Thurston to the senate, knowing full well that its rascality was about to do exposed, ana a question of restitution raised? Is i it not also a fact that the members j comprising each and every one of the numerous trusts, which are fast driv- ing competition from the field and rals- ing the price of every article they handle, are, without exception, aotlve supporters of the same gold party? Does it not seem strange that the various members of these trusts, which have robbed the public, Individually and collectively, on every conceivable & occasion, should now have the interest of a long-suffering public at heart? It looks to me that, having always robbed the worklngman in the past. they wish to continue to do ao in the future. ' - Maybe I am wrong. I sincerely hope so. It is with that nope in my mmu and a wish to be further enlightened, that I pen this lengthy epistle to you; relying on your well-known fairness to answer through the columns of your paper. . RICE WASBROUGH. Republican Official for Silver. Buffalo (N. Y.) Times: United States Commissioner Henry D. Fitzgerald, a life-long republican, who has taken the stump for the republican party in western New York every presidential election since the campaign of Greeley and Grant, has come out flat-footed for Bryan and free silver. Not only does he intend to vote for the ticket, but he says, if necessary, he will take the stump for it. Commissioner Fitzgerald spoke at scores of republican meetings throughout western New York during the campaign of '88. He has been United States commissioner for the past 27 years, during which time he hag been of great service to the party. Boorke as a Bird. ; Oil City Derrick: For a professional Jaw-worker like Cockran to refer to the agriculturists as "farmers who labor with their jaws" is ah excellent illus tration of the pot calling the j kettle black. Bourke is a bird. It would be interesting to know the exact price he was paid for his speech. , TWO SPEECHES. John Sherman s plea for labor at Columbus In 1896: But by far the greatest Injury resulting from the free coinage of silver will fall upon worklngmen. Their wages are now based upon money of the highest value, upon gold coin of standard value. Un der free coinage of silver the value of the silver dollar will fall to 63 cents In gold, or, as I have already said, the hundred cents of the gold dollar will be worth 190 cents of the silver dollar. With free coinage of silver every work lngman can and ought to demand enough silver for his daily wages to be equal to the purchasing power of his present wages In gold. The strug gle between worklngman and employer will then commence and no one known better than the worklngman how diffi cult it is to get an advance of pay. We have strikes and strife enough now, when the worklngman gets hla pay In gold coin or its equivalent, but what will be the condition when he is paid in cheaper money of the same nominal amount, but of less purchasing power? Every sentiment of Justice will be on the side of the workingman In his struggle for good money or in creased wages in cheap money. Of all the evils which a government can in flict none can be greater than cheap money, whether of coin or paper. The question will never be settled until. you determine the simple ques tion whether the laboring man is en titled to have a gold dollar it he earns It, or whether you are going to cheat him with something else. Gold has made the world reaped it all the time. The English people once thought they could get along without gold for a while, but they had to come back to it. With the free coinage of silver gold will be demonetized. Nothing can be more certain than that the cheaper money only will circulate. The United States has thus far maintained its sil ver coins at parity with gold coins only by Its exclusive monopoly of coin age and by limiting the amount, but with free coinage of silver there could be no limitation. Silver bullion in every form will be pressed upon the mints and with the mandatory duty of free coinage, silver dollars will eoon fill the channels of circulation and the gold dollar will be hoarded or will be quoted and Bold as a commodity at about 190 cents of the silver coin. Sil ver will stand as the par of value ant! gold will be quoted, at its commercial value. See John Sherman's speech pt Columbus, Ohio, Aug. IS, 1896. Stay Overthrow the Lenders. Catskill (N. Y.) Recorder: The people of this state, Major Hinkley, are go ing to support Bryan and free silver and all, they are not going to wait un til September before declaring their purpose. Moreover, if eome of their old-time leaders don't like it ihey may throw up their commissions and take back seats. And now it is claimed that the Jaw bones of civilized people are gradually becoming attenuated, chiefly owing to the prolonged use of knives and forks.