Nebraska Newspapers

    THE MAJOR’S LETTER
accepting the refuulican
nomination.
A Review of All III* Imiim llefor* the
People In Thl» <ain|>ulgn—Soond Money
■ml I'rotecllon I'ftiivrcai for tlin 1>I»“
tree* Tli»t Prevail*—Meaning of tlie
Chicago Declaration on Alone/.
Mr. MeKInley** Aceeptonc. letter.
Casto*, 0., Aug. 27.—Following' Is
Major McKinley's letter of acceptance
of the Republican nomination for
Preaident:
• Hon. John M Thnriton ami Other*. M*m»>ors
of the Motifleatl >u Commlttoa of the Repub
lican Nutioryil Committee:
*(Jent.loni*n: In pursuance of the promise
ma le to your committee, when notified of my
nomination ns tin Republican candidate for
President 1 beg to submit this formal accept
ance of that high honor an I to consider in de
tail questions at Lsue lu the pending cam
pi ign
"Perhaps this might lx» considered unneces
sary in view of my remark! on that occasion
and those 1 bevo made to delegation! that
have vlti od mo sioco the Ht Louis convention,
but in viow of the momentoui importance of
tbs propir sitt'ament of the issuvs presented
on our future prosperity and itanditg ss a na
tion, and considering only t'io welfare aud hap
piness of our p*olo, 1 could not bo content to
omit again calling attention to the questions
which in my opinion vitally affect oar strength
aud position a mo ig the governments of the
world, an 1 our morality, integrity aud pitriot
Ism as citizens of that republic which fora
century past lias beou the best hopes of the
world and the inspiration of mankind. Wo
must not now prove false to our own high
Standards in government, nor unmindful of the
pobls example and wise precept♦ of our fath
ers or of the conftle:ice and trust which our
conduct in the past has always inspired.
Free Coinage of Hitter.
"For the first time since mon, II ever ruromi
there i« presented to thi Amerbisn people thl*
year acleirnnd direct ia»ue os to our mone
tary ayatem of vast importance in its effects,
•nil upon the right a-tt'umeut of which rests
At largely the financial honor and prosperity of
the country It is proposed by one wing of tbo
Democratic party and it* allies, the I’eople’a
■ III Silver parties, to inaugurate the free aud
unlimited coinage of ailver by Independent
action on the part of tlte United tStste*. at n
ratio of sit teen ounce* of silver to one ours 10
of gold. The more declaration of thi* purpose
it a lueiiac) to our finannn ial and industrial
interest* and ha* alreudy i reated universal
alarm It Involves great peril to the ere lit ami
business of the country, a peril no grave that
conservative men everywhere are breaking
away from their old part/ associations and
uniting with other patriotic citizen* in em
phatic protest against the platform of tins
Democratic r,itlorial convention as an assault
upon the faith and honor of the government
and the welfare of the people. We have had
few questi >ns in the lifetime of the ropnhlio
more serioue than the one which is thus pro
aentsd
"The characlor of the money wht-li shall
moasure our values and exchanges and setllo
our balances witli sine another, end wttb tiio
nations of tin world, Is of such primary im
portance and so fur reselling In its conse
quences as to call for tli a most painstaking in'
veitlgation, and. In the end, a sober and un
prsjudiced judgment at the polls. Wo must
not be rulslol by phrases, nor deluded by fslse
theories. Free silvor would not mean that sil
ver doll ars wero to he freely had without cost
of labor. It would mean the free use of the
ininte of the United States for the few who are
owners of silver bullion, hut would make sil
ver coins no finer ti the many who are on*
gaged In other enterprises It would not make
labor easier, the hours of labor sbortor or the
pay better, it would not make farming less
aborious or more profitable. It would not
start a factory or make u demand for an addi
tional day's labor. It would create no new oc
cupations. It would add nothing tj the com
fort of tins masses, the capital of the peoplo or
the nation. It seeks to Introduce a new meas
ure of value, but would add no value to the
thing measured. It would not conserve values.
On the contrary, it would derange all existing
values, It would not rostoro business con
fidence, hut its direiteff ot would be to de
stroy the little which yot remain*.
"The meaning of the free coinag^ plank
adopted at Chicago It that auy one may' tako a
quantity of a Iver bullion now worth IS cents
to the mints of the United States, have it
coined at the etponso of the government, and
rsceive for it u silver dollar which shall be
leral tender for the payment of all debts, pub
lic and private. Theownorof the silver bul
lion would get the silver dollar. It would be
long to him and to nobody olse. Other people
would got it only by their labor, the products
of their land or something of value The bul
lion owner, on the basis of present values,
would recoivo the ailver dollar for tli cents'
worth of silver and other people would be re
quired to ra-aivo it as a full dollar in the pay
ment of debt), The government would get
nothing for the transaction. It would bear
the expense of coiniug the silver, and the coin
miinliv tr/ml I tnfftsp Inn hv it.* ms.
• We have coined line* 1*73 more than (07,•
010,010 silver dollar*, which ere maintained by
the government at parity with gold, and are a
full legal tender for the payment of all debts,
public and private How are the silver dollars
now in u-e different from those which would
be in us* uuil *r free ooieaget They are to be
of the sair.H weight anil fiunuesi; they are to
boar the same stamp of the government. Why
would they not be of the saws value?
Uold end Silver Hollars
•‘1 answer: The silver dollars now In uiv
were coined on account of the govern in tat anl
not for private account or gsin, and tht gov.
online it has M'lemulv agreed to keep them ss
goo 1 a- the best dollar* we have. The govern
ment bought llie silver bullion at Ita market
value eu 1 coins 1 it into silver. Having uiclu
elve coin rol of the mintage, it only coins what
It run bold at a parity with g-Id. Tbs profit
ay representing the difference l»lwe*m the com
mvr iat value of till sliver bullion and tl>« face
vat le of the silver dollar, goes tit th- govern
ment for the benefit of Ills people Tne g-r
erumeui b -ngbt ilia silver hulimue-mUliteJ la
Ute silver d*ilier at very much less than its
cut tags v tlue It paid it out to its creditor*
and put II in rirrulaii m among the people at
Ita fa's veiue of Id) rente or a full dollar- It
required the peopl • lu accept It at a legal ten
L der and la thus m ‘rally buand to main la it 11
at a paritt with gold wblih waa Ibva. a* Sow,
Ilia re*-galled standard wlta at and Uie most
B aal<ablen*d nallutta of the world. Tbe got.
Bg eminent baring htael and citeMinted the sit
P vat dollsi, it must It boeor plots>1 |hs bidder
from toss tb-s -hligaii-a It bas to fat sacred
life iy kept. Hut salt b lb»ta a moral uhiigaUoe.
bat (ante la a leg'l -hllgalluu, etpietse! m
r poblte Stslula. to mt ataia Iba parity.
n'1(et debar* la Iba parturwlgy* I htva
aamast are not Iba sums as iba del at*
whiib Wotdl bt isaoad a a let free rota -aa.
The* Would be iba asms form but dtf
f real la veins. Tbe g-lviaatal weald
baes no part ta iba Kasaa'iwe >to*i t- <o a
lba*U*sr battle* lalo doslatt |i wvabl abate
la aa pari of Iba ptoda. It woobi taka apt*
tl •!< ■• . » ll a-wl i awi ,
lava lalo t- veiaitoa ft aawld •—** pi ibgat as
Mr s-itraat a out I get l kern br *itiag —rr
Ihag fas ibea* __ li aim Id geb-vt Ibam |. Ib-s a
Wbo departed Iba utio aad Ha aahincka.a
• Mb iba itan*Miettea Would tael iktra
Ifaottsa of realty
iba ailver -loil.tr t nfctsn weald be
IbWbd gpde »
Wfial tk. veil I, lira w*|alii* lit * mb I
* bat W*wld beep ibiot al par aub ydfl
thaws waattd ht bo ehlt* aiern testing epos iba
peas* sweat h* 4m lb aad i| thtte war*
tl aoail he p-ineaha* -t at II The mot
MaihlK at Wo-ald ha deiaaw (a a atlvar heats -
lv> vdtar Mv>s»ossa«aUi*aa
•Thaws batata lha-adeca. warn 4 mil wpatw
the.t real lalw t> the Mae aad aa*la*>wd
ss-ssuag# 4 all sac ad a wus al cl*l*aa nawita* I
Wlaaclo v.m awW'f al e*i wowbl a* wtataat
lie tfissaiM a tear* make M -tag lb ailaet
Warab mi tgwta aad ibw *Uaac del Ml iw-aal ka
H< W*iI dot!at thaw wa assail baas aa i|g>p*t
L ,
money than now and it would be no easier to i
pet.
“But tbet each wonld be the result is against
reason and is contradicted by eipirien'S in all
timos and in all lands, it moans the debase
ment of our currency to the amount of the dif
ference b^twosn the commercial and coin value
of the silver dollar, which is ever changing,
and the effect would be to reduce property val
ues, entail untold financial lose, de tr »y confi
dence, impair tho oblig'tions of existing con
tracts, fur her Impoverish the laborers end
producers of the country, croite a panic of un- ;
paralleled severity, an ! inflict upon trade and
commerce a deadly blow.
“Against any such policy, 1 ain nna’torably
Opposed.
“Bimetallism cannot be secured by independ
ent action on our part. It cannot b * obtained
by opening oar minis to the unlimited coinage
of the silver of the wo Id at a ratio of siste n
ounces of silver to ono ounce of g«d I, wl» *n the
commercial ratio is more than thirty ounces
of silver t» one ounce of gold. Mexico and
('him have tried tht experiment Mexico has
free ooinsge of silver and gold at a ratio slight
ly In eicoss of slxto *n and a half ounces of sil
ver t-> one ounce of gold and whilt her mints
are freely open to both metals «t. that ratio,
not a single dollar in gold bullion is coined j
and circulated as money Hold has been driven
out of circulation lathes* countries and the/ J
are on a silVor b**ls alone Until interna
tional agreement ii had it is the plain du y of
the United Statis to maintain tho gold stand
ard. It is the recognized and sole standard of ;
the great commercial ndlnii of tho w>rld, j
with which we trade more largely than any I
oth r Eighty*four per cent of our foreign ;
trade for the fiscal year 10JS was with gold
standard countr e», and our trade with othur
countries was settled on a gold basis.
“Chiefly by moans of legislation during and
slnco 1H7H, there has been put in circulation
more than M2i.UOO.093 of silver, or itsnpreg nt
atlvo. This has b>en done in the honest effort
to give silver, If possible, the fame bullion and
coinage value and encourage the concurrent
use of both gold and silver as money Trior
to that time there had been l««s thin 9,9)0,000
of silver dollars coined in the entire history of
the United fttutes, a period of eighty-nino
years This legislation s-»cnr>s the larg *t ueo
of silver consistent with flmmoat safety and
the pledge to maintain its parity with gold.
We have to-day more silver than gold. This
ha« beau accomplish *d at tiraoi with great
peril to tht public credit The so-called Hher
man law sought to use all tho silver-produc
tion of the United Htat*a for money at Its mar
kot rtilue. From ISfU to rwa ww g«»r»nimum,
purchaaeil 4,M)|0C0 outiC«*» of • ilf^r i month or
M.OJU.IWO ounces a year. Thi* ws* onu third the
product of tho world, nud practically all of
this country') proiuct. it wn» billevod by
thoao who thou ami now favor free coinage
that such usn of allver would advance i's bul
lion value to its coinage va ue hut till* expec
tation wav not roalixed, In a f w month), not
withstanding the unprecedented market for
allver produced in the United States, the price
of silver wnut down very rapidly, raaehlng a
lowor point than over b ifore. Then, upon the
recommendation of President Cleveland, both
political parties united in the repeal of tho
purch lug clauso of the Hhormun law. We
cannot, with safety, engigo In further experi
ments in this direction
Not Opposed to Hllver.
‘Tto* RipuUl-an party ha* net been, and it
not now. opposed to tho us i of silver money,
as Us record abundantly allow* it has dona all
that could lie done for it• increaied use, with
safety and honor, by the United Statu acting
apart from other government*. Tbare aro
these who think that it has already gone be
yond the limit of financial prudonc* Surely
rva nan go no further, and we must not permit
false lights to lure us across the danger line.
“Wo have mu ih more silver in us* than any
couutry in the world except India or China —
t >00.001,0)0 more ibun Great Britain, 114),)00,
0)1 moro thon Prance $iX),)>VV) more than
Germany, *IJ>,')00,00) less thin India, and
fC&.OiiO.OOo less than China.
“The Republican party has declared in favor
of an intornationai agreement, and if elected
provident it will b> my duty to employ all
proper mean* to promote it Tho free coinage
of silver in this country would defer, if not
dofoxt, international bimetallism, aud until
m international agreement can bo had every
interest requires u* to maintain our present
standard.
“independent free coinage of silver at a
ratio of I# ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold
would lnsurs tho spaody contraction of the
volumiofour currency. It would drive at
least »00,1110,000 of gold which wo now have
permanently from tlis trade of tho country aud
greatly de-rosso our per capita circulation.
“it is not proposed by the Republican party
to take from the circulating mndium of the
couutry any of the allver wo now have. On
the contrary, itis proposed to kiep all of the
silver money now in circulation on a parity
with gold by maintaining tNo pledge of tha
government that all of it shill be equal to
gold llils haa been the unbroken policy of
thi Republican party since 1S71 It has in
augurated no now policy. It will keep in cir
culation, and as good as gold, all of tho silver
and papar which are now includsd in the cut
ronoy of the country. It will maintain their
parity, it will preserve tbelr equality In the
future as it has always done in the past. It
will not consent to pat this country on a silver
b isis, which would Inevitably follow independ
ent free coinage at a ratio of 14 to I, It will
oppose the expulsion of gold from our cirCU,
lution
Flat Money.
“The silver question is not tha only lesne
affectine our money in tho pending contest.
Not content with urging the froe coinage of
silver, its strongest ohampionv demand that
our paper money shall he issued directly by
the government of the United States dhi* is
the Chicago Democratic declaration
that 'our national mousy ahull hi iaaued by
the general government only, without the In
tervention of bank* of laeua lie full legal tea
d»r for tho payment of ell Uebti, public aud
private,' and be distribute 1 ‘direct to the peo
ple, end through lawful dieiureameute of the
gov«rumeut-'
• Thus, iu addition to the free eoiuage of tha
world's ailver. w < are asked to enter upon au
are of unlimited irredeemable paper currency.
Tilt uueitiou which wua fo ight out from ISA)
to 1A11 la thue to tie reopened with oil itecbcap
money caperiinonte of every couceivabie form
folded upon ue. This Indicates a moat start.
| ling teastiouary policy, strangely at variance
with every rei|iuremeut of eoun I dneace, but
the dnjaration shows the spirit aud purpose of
those v.-h-i, by eoinbtued action, are eooteudiiig
fot do-. 'O r .l of the govstiimsol Naff sad*,
tied with ths dcbasiuieul af our roln which
imeiubiy f ,llo»s IN* hei coinage of sliver al
14 lo I, they would etili further dagrida out
curreucy and threaten the puhile honor hy the
unlimited issue ot an it • adeems hi* paper rur
reney. A greves msuac* to our Mueneial stead
ing and ctodit eotttd lier.ll, be conceived, and
every pwtitetie clliaaa ahoitii he stunted
promptly tv meet and effectually de
feat it,
•eel tonal Is we
' It le a aawe* fur paiafui tegret aad mihk
l»h thalaa effort w belag made hy thoee high
la the evuaeeie of the ailed parties to divide
the people of tae vonatry tala eleie a aad ere,
e’-e dtatlMttear aasuag »e. watch. n fact, da
not eaiet and ata Ivpugaeei to Ml k»w uf guv
era went Tiees appeal* to pneen.e and yie
|edoe are heaeath the aairtt eel hMeiligensa
uf a free people and should he wet with e eve
vwhuhe hy thieve that eve sough t^Vo tnffueuea
aad I he give that eUl ha Kveey etteept to
array lieu easiest eleee ’the areas aaeiset
the weeaeg' seed a aaaiaat everto* tahor
uoag iiu tna puo» eeviavt tha rvsh.' *.
ietipsl again*! (eleieet la tha (l«iial A'ahe
la la tha highett degree vegrehe a*'hie,
pres estiva
" tu ie>ue d lapse he impovtaaee Is that ef
tools, i.««, Hi p tl dfvs, edver tea ei»
aea he he fcaiat i wa are *!>• < Iv eg pei leasing
the vffart ef pa* tin) hsi tea te fee uaa sees t
ha everted the -lies vertes; d thv hspetoi
rea path a weddel to the huivws ef pretoe -
tea, and aea eeeev ware aavwast v* the sepp-at
aad *d»u a-r the* eta If avgaewat area
fe ad»'l to sit lag thaw ids dewtov* tae 4 ever -
•sen ayategt* a* masevee thv h-‘d ul that at*
taw egsa the peity get ps.pl* la I* tuwe-i te
the ton a aad aapevw* * d the pea* thvea
hll Wee seel Wa w them *wa da 41 lives
ehai was to wear af them mil >v«,m k,n«i|
eg Iradlthsa they have bed a die1 af hwih
apatows. a*d vest what aaah haa toes teg
I v^s naapla efdfctsewe'vf wegf asra hie
the esadttHffd whlah «wwl A a tV- ulgi
XigencuM demand prompt protective legists- 1
ton which will avoid the accumulation of |
urther debt by providing adequate revenues
or the expenses of thv government. This ii
namfently the r • quiremoo? of duty. If elected
>resident of the United States if will bo my
kim vigorously to promote this objact and
rive that ample encouragement to the occupa- ,
iona of the American people which, above all j
•lo, Is so imperatively demanded at this juno*
lure of our national affair*.
• In Do2ember, l nil, I’roulont Harrisoi s»nl
lii« last moMsag * to congrms It was an nblo
ind exhaustive renew of tilt condition and ro
iour.*o« of th t c *untry. It nhtel our s'tuation
10 accurately that 1 a»u sure it will n it bo aims*
Lo re* its his uffl dal and val tebl - testimony:
“There oovorhaa been a timilu our history,'
mid he, 'when work was so abundant and wages
w*re so high whether meaiarod by the cur
rency in winch tiny are paid, or by their powor
l, i supply t is necessaries and comforts of lifo.
The g.tneral av 'rage of prices has be*n such as
togivt to agriculture a fair participation in
the general prosperity. The new industrial
plants established since Oftobe' tJ, PW, and up
to October .,18.1.', number .i|*. and tho exten
sions of oxuting plants 1 it The new capital
invested amounts to fl>,4l ,0>J, and the num
ber of additional employes 37,24*. During the
first six iiiourhi of the present calendar year,
liii new factories were ouilf. of which forty
were cotton mills, forty-eight wore knitting
mills, twenty-six woolen mills, fifteen silk mills,
four plush mills and two limn mills. Of the
forty Cot oa mills, twenty one have bo n built
In the soutl #rn states.'
* This fairly describes t.h4 happy condition of
the country in D •cembor, ls/2. What has it
boon sinco and what is it. nowf
“Tho imsvages «>f I’rosident 4‘lsveland from
the bjgluiitug of liiss-aond ndmmist r it ion to
tho present tim># nb'iuod with descriptions of
the deplorable m iuntrinl an Ifinau dal situu*
tion of th i country. While n> resort to history
or uthcial statement is required to advise us of
the present condition arid that winch has pre
vailed during the past three years 1 venture to
quo'n from I’rosid *ut <.'levolaod’s lirsl message,
August 8. 1891. addro.se 1 lo tho Fifty-third
Congress, which he had culled together Inex
tiaordinary session : Thocxisteocoofau alarm*
lug and extraordinary business situation,’ said
ho, Involving (he welfare and prosperity of all
our people, has constrained inn to call together
in extra eossiou the le i representatives
ill Congress, to the and that through tha wise
and p i triotic exercise of the legislative duties
with which they s doly are charged, the pres
9'11 VTl‘> III'!/ •'« miiiBUM ■*
aiatng Ilia future may lie averted Our unfor
tunate flnunoliil plight is not tho result of un
toward ov nits, nor of condition* related to our
natural resource* Nor is it I races bln to any
of the afflictions winch Iraqunutly check na
tional growth and prosperity. With plente
ous crops, w th nhiiiulHiit promise of remuner
ative pro luctiou and manufacture, with
unusual invitation to safe investment sail with
satisfactory assurances to business en
terprises, suddenly. financial dia
trust nmi foan have sprung up on ovory side.
Nam toui moneyed Institutions have sus
pended, because abundant assets wore not tin
mediately available to meet the demands of
frightened depositors Surviving corporations
and individuals are content to jieop In band
tho money they are usually animus to loan,
and those engaged in legitimate business aro
surprised to find that tho •winritie* they offer
for loans, though heretofore satisfactory, are
no lotigor accept)d. Values supposed to ire
Hied ora fast becoming conjectural, and lost
and failure have invaded every branch of busi
ness ”
“What a startling an I sudden change within
tire short period of eight mouths, from Decern*
her, ltil/, to August, 1893 I What had oocurredf
A change of adrriinlitratiou ; all branches of
th* government had been entrusts! to th*
Democratic party, which was committed
against tho protective poll y that had pre
vailed uninterruptedly for more than thirty,
two years and brought iiuesamplel prosperity
to the country, and firmly pledged to it* com.
pleto overthrow and the substitution of a tariff
for revenue only. The change having been de
creed by tho election* iu November, ita effect*
were at once anticipated nnd fait Wo cannot
cloao our eyes to these altered conditions, nor
would it be wise to exclude from contempla
tion and investigation tho rouse* which pro
duced them. They aro fact* which we cannot
as n people disregard, and wo can only hope to
improve nor prosont condition by a study of
their censes
“In Docembor, 180J. we bad the same cur
rency and practically tho same volume of cur
rency that w* have now. It aggrogated In 1892
$2,27 2,'92, SOI; in lb#', $2,3/3,010,093; In 1*91,
12.3/3,112,36:; an 1 in Docembor. 1S9>, *2.191,001.
2M. TUo per capita of mousy hna boon practi
cally tbs sarno during tbit whol i period. The
quality of tho money ha* been identical—all
kept oqnal to gold. There ia nothing connocted
with our money, therefore, to account for thla
sudden and aggravated Industrial -thango.
Whatever Is to be deprecated in our financial
system. It moat every whero be admitted that
our money baa bean absolutely stable, aud baa
brought neither loss nor inconvenience to ita
holdora.-A depreciated currenov has not ex
isted to further vex tho troubled business situ
ation.
Cold naala and Hard Time*.
“It la a mero pretense to attribute tho hard
times to tho fact that all our currenoy Is on a
gold basis. Good money nevar made times
hard. Those who assert that oar prosent in
dustrial and financial depression is tho result
of the gold standard have not read Amorlcau
history aright, or boon careful students of tha
events of recent yean Wa niver had g-aater
prosperity in this country, in every field of em
ploymont and Industry, than in the busy years
from 188) to 1892,during all of whioh time tbs
country was on a gold basis and employed
more gold money in its fiscal and bualnesi op
erations than over baton. We bad, too, a pro
tective tariff under which ample revenue*
won collect id for the govern moot aud an
accumulating surplus which was con
stantly applied to tho payment of tin pub
lic debt. Lot us hold fast to that wh-.ch
we know It good It is not more money we
want; what wo want la to put the m- ney we
Hltt'tt'iy U4T0 ai WUU. IH'IU Mtwnjn uuvu
steadily anil remuneratively engaged during all
tliu year* of protective tariff lagnlation When
tin,-* who liars money Inch confidence in the
stability of rolu • anil investments they will
uot part with their money. Basinets i* stag
nated the Ufa blood of trad > 1* clucked and
congealed We csnnot restore public run
lidmce by an act which would rerulutiottUu all
statutes, or an act which entail* a d.iSctuacy ia
the public rerenue* We cannot inspire c m
Aitence by ml roc*ting repudiation or practic
ing iluhuueaty. We cannot la torn confidence
either loth* treasury or to tlx peopls without
• change In our present taritf leg4.latum
Tariffs of I *1*0 and I sit
I ha mill measure of a gwerai utture that
aSscteil the treasury ant the emploimant of
out people pasaanl by tS* ffifty-lhltil Inarm*
waa the general tariff ad, which dl l ant re.
•sis* the aptrotal of tk* pmaideut W hales»r
sifts** may on claim* I for that act, the * ts
coile*a»dlr t«a whie-r it dust aot p-aiees It
lach* lhe smeutlal rhtue ,.» it* ursisa tha
raiatag of rereawe laff leal to tappif the
beets nf I he gvsarwment. It hs* at an lime
provide I enough rerena* for *Wch weed*, bet It
bas j sused a eonstaat <l#i«leouy ia the tggffw
wry aad a tlemlr deplat.oa la the etawtegs ..»
labor and land. It has eaotribeird to *well
oar aati.mil debt aaoya Iks* 1**4 .*>.«( a «wm
neasiy a* *■ eat •• the deM of the g • tiumsnt
from W athlngtea to Idaeads, tnclmtiag alt on*
ktggs oass from Me ywsoist.net t* the *ehdl«
less ggsee its pe**ag» *r«rh si home has he**
donlaiMtd pSSHSS ef agrtco total pr«rfs*tg
hare fa. lea i sea* trace has ho* hr Mated, tel
•enseal hnamgas demoral. tattoo M soda sa
•teas band
•ft,,, »•'"*! a...t»*a a*ht* *hr »tr»ff «et eg
I’d* the Me fmt Isrslruts aseashs 4 l*g am
torse meat, from Seplisahec, I g> ha fane, t*Sr
tsrt fl>l.4il.Uv sal ‘eat. twl.iete* tie. ltd a
*a as a *•» many of lADlffl Iho dmseaa#
la asst tape*** et jme*t an grebes** aeI eaae
wfe-Katsw 4u**asg Me ha at glime arosdha wf Mo
panes*t tat.If an .asltralaI aeth the e4e»at*
art the fiaet fifke«« m ...its *|M» tud 4 lb|
W*a g 4 kit m 'the a*..*** ef egparstd *•#»
teporS* dwttiag the * at thsa atnnlha of Mbs
tariff ef lag. «aa gall *1,Sab *e*s eaOt Ml *■
hat ns tag tha hre* •*«*• meotha »f ‘be tamt
• f Uh. g hsaa we dr* Me lattes et fill M Mk
fit aot loos Id Me trade I. stun— of the PaM
Makes ha* hr*n » * te *,♦*•' daatttg the ted if
ksoa ap-aihe' epeeet* o ♦ the Muff ef Nth hs
•empesad w.th the »*•» ifteea gsoathe sf Mo
tariff of Mfft Ihejbes ‘-aa heeeltiga, .ewstoo*
ao4 oaad*. gt Ms .t*ti4fim,ii pad m*to4h»
•t |h ,«l fag o*i r tssiaorg 4gt et tig IH*
"We have either been sending too much
money out of the country, or getting too little
in. or both We have lost steadily in both di- f
roctiont Onr foreign trad* hte beendlmlrw : «
ish*d and our domv«tic trade has suffered in- I fc
ealeuliblo loss. Does not this suggest the I 3
cau«* of onr present depression, and indicate v
Its r»inedyf The lost of earning power alone ;
in this country in the past throe years is eof- p
Ii lent to have produced our unfortunate bnel- t
ncsv situation. If our labor wer» well em- I ^
ployed, and employed et as remunerative | <
wages as in 1891, in a few months every fanner (
in the land won d foel the gia 1 change »n the r
inureatud demand for hi* product* and in the ! 3
better prices which ha would roceive. j t
More lln*lness Needed, Not More Money, l
“It ii not an increase in tho volume of money *
which ii the need of the time, but an Increase
In the volume of busini**; not an inc ease of
coin, but an increase in confidence; not more '
coinage, but a raori active u*o of tho m »ney
coined; not open mints for tho unlimited coio- >
age of tho silver of the world, hut open mills I
for the full aiid unrestricted labor of American '
workingmen. The employment of our mints for
the coinage of the silver of ths world would
not bring the neressarl is and comforts of life 1
hick to our people. This will only come with
iho employment of the muses, and such om- 1
plovment is certain to fo lo v the te-estabh«h
rnent of a wise protective policy, wliicli shall j 1
encourage manufacturini at hom v
' Protection ha* lost none of its virtu* and . 1
importance Iho flint duty of the Kepu hi lean .
party; if restore I [y powof in tin country, will I
no 1 no c naetin nt of a taritf law w ild* will
ra ise all the money n costary to conduct the j
govornment, economically and honestly ad
minister'd. and so adjusted ns to give prefer
ence to homo manufactures and adequate pro*
lection toliom« lab »r and tli» home market We ;
are not c onrnltte I to any spo rial schedules or
rates of duty. Tho/ aro and always should bo
always ► ubj *ct to change to meet new coiidi*
lions; but tho principle upon which rate* of
doty are imposed remain* tlm *aru > Our dut ies
should always bo h gb enough to measure the
difference between the wages pall labor nt
home and ail competing countries, and
So adequatfdy protect American inveit*
uonUani Ainericau enterprises.
Tanners and the Tariff.
"Our farmers haw boon hurt by tho change*
in our tariff legislation u* s*v*r*dy a* our la
borers and manufacturer*, badly n* they have
■ uiiurru «u» y
Clare* in favor of aucli oncuurego-nout to our
augur Interest, m will Tesd to tho proluctlon
on American sell of all the rugir which tlio
Amorican paopla use’ It promisos to oar
wool ana woolen Interests tho moit ampin
protection;' a guaranty that ought to com
mand iUoif to ovary patriotic citizen. Nsvsr
waa a w to griuvou, wrong done tho farmer*
of uur country than that so unjuttly inllictid
during the pns throe y 'an upon tlio w ml
growers of America. Although among our
most industrious and uioful citizen, their in
terests have Ixiuii practically dustroynd, and
our woolou mauufacturera involved Iu similar
disaster At no time iu the past thirty-six
yean, and pnrhapt during nny yrorlousperloI.
have so many of our woolen manufactories
been suspended as now. Tim Republican purty
esn be reliid upon to corruct them great
wrongs, if again intrusted with the control of
Cuugross.
Question of Reciprocity.
"Another declaration of the Republican plat
form ttiat lias my meat, cordial rupp >rt is that
which favors reciprocity. The splendid remits
of tho nclproci'y nrrnngoment* that were
made under authority of the tariff inw of 189)
ere striking and suggnitlve, Th i brief
period they wire in fores, In most casoi only
three years, wes not long enough to test thor
oughly their great value, but saficient wes
shown by the trial to demonstrate conclusively
the importance and tho wisdom of their adop
tion.
Foreign Immigration.
"The declare I loll of tbo platform touching
foreign immigration is one of peculiar impor
tance at till, time, whin our own laboring pao
pli are in euch gnatdistreis I am in hearty
aympaihy with the present legislation restrain
ing foreign immigration and favor such oxtan
si >u of ths laws as will soouru the United
Btat.es from Invasion l>y tbs debased and crim
inal clasais of the Old World. While we ad
here to the public policy under which our
country haa received greet bodies of honest,
Industrious citizens, who have udilod to tho
wealth, progress and power of the country, and
while wo welcome to our aborts the well dis
posad end industrious immigrant who contrib
ute# by ills energy and intelligence to the
cause of free government, we wantnolmmi
grants who do not sock our shores tobicomo
citizens. Wn should permit none to partici
pate iu the advantage* of our olvilzetlon who
do not sympathize with our ulmi and form of
government. Wo should receive none who
oomo to make war upon our institutions unit
profit by public dlsguiet and turmoil. Against
all such, our gates must be tightly closed,
holdlers and gallon.
"The soldiers and sailors of tho Union should
neither bs neglected nor forgotten. Tbegov
ornmout whl.'b they served so well must Dot
make their lives or condition harder by treat
ing them as supplicants for roliif in old ago or
distress, nor regard wit > disdain or contompt
the earnest ini..-eat ono comrade nuturelly
manltssta iu tho welfare of • lotber. Doubt
less there have boon pension abuses and frauds
in the numerous claims allowed by tho govern
ment, but the policy governing the administra
tion of the pension bureau must always be fair
and liberal. Mo deserving applicant ahould
ever suffer bi cause of a wrong perpetrated by
or for anothor. Our soldiers and sailors gave
tbe government ths best they had They freely
oifored health, etnngth, limb and life to save
the country in the time of lie greatest peril,
eu I the government must honor them in th ir
need as iu thilr serviee with the respoct and
gratitude due to brave, noble and self-aacriBo
ing men, who era Justly untitled to geuorouS
aid in their increasing necessities
Merchant Marine and Navy.
"The daTtratioii uf the Ripublicun platf rm
iu favor of the uplmildiur of our lu-rrluut
] marine has my hearty upprovsl. Thu policy of
discriminating duties iu favor of our snipping,
which prevail* i iu I he early years of our h *•
I tory, should be stain promptly adopto 1 by
i con ire,s and vigorously supported until our
prxtige and supremacy on the seat is fully at
tained We should no longer contribute# di
rectly or indirectly, to the luaiuteuano uf the
colossal marine of fo sign e..entries, but pro
..<**> NuP that lha Amteloau oatjr U <umu.
lay a P«<ili u duiamomurala with our import
, laud# aa a imliuu. a i•• »l<>** I ain a.ad tuoUmfio
lb*. Ropubii'aa |tUlfu»m alnuply llibmaa aa
mud lUpplamuut ll Pllb a au>f»haul mariua
that will *!»■• at lh» a traalaya* la b>lb utir
euiatalmaud u Itaila l Lai aa omylil
ualitrali) and prop<rti la au;>.j. ll about.I t*«
«l -4144 a matter ul publia poll.* aal aallunai
prnls la r>pu4#>a> ihta laiulM and pr apart
».ua Mad*.
a tail naratea Hilwat
• lha pla Ipa at tha Mapuhlwaa aaltmaiap*.
raotiua that aai and hum* la a* abali ha
• ualataad aad Ihufuaphly awl haawtiy ait*
( ■road, aad aataodad phawaa* pmvlipahla,' ia
I. kmptap a Ilk lha pwiha ot lha party tut
lha paat luaulp-hnH l»a«- aad wilt ha »alih*
fully ohaa *al I bn nppaaaala daary thaaa w
loht TV** a**Hi allliap i« iknd*a all lha
a-lauatapaa piiuul aft#* *a maay filia apila*
t«u awl a4»i f»«y inna te* a mti* ta
■mkadi at part* ta*aaltiaaa as ah hwah pa**
|lu La am pHaa til M rh> ' tiI |Lii hlhilUhdd
waw aaaawm *rwi*--wn m^Ws uww*" akPu**a*Pw
k ** fan tan aal aad that lha paapla Iks **
pwfadhy Jrtabpoimt Tha Kapaktwaa party
IMMItll Ham ihta maaltaMPf aal aatiaat*
lu. ..l.iahte prt>* ll I’ll. *a«. Wl«tl**< I
nap apart Ihta pmaaM-a I* aUl «| to i*»
>*waai Val aa*a* lap** Pa lha pahlta wnba
tha*a am athaa unpmrtphh aad ttmrt* daxla
Ml lha phdbukl •hash I .*»•! haw
Itaxaa* I ma«« .i»x« miault auk aai. tp
Val ik«* ham ny ippaisl N. aa Napphlh
•aaa «a haaa la tel I * Maaaaad aaa ilhak u.
aith akst may «*a -« i*ua* ama aad aataaa*
Ilbix.. «ad aa<ii-aa». I a aaa ml Ipa
a* *.... .«| la<>a< •** at V# poomml aa
lam doaa It W , ... lha mauaw ta a- pi*.a aa
. ‘' «aa I a«pa»i>t l* addiaalrtai aal amtaa a
aa am aaa*ham I that I «ha aa-pla am Marta 4
tha l*aa main.. Imp a * 1 n • s*<*p at thn
dia»a aad la hate i a m.ta.aaak lha* w’i. aaart
I fha laapa* |.» Puaap Pis pa tad Ik a I a**
!' nrtdta lha had aai • « yaaalhlrt ha lha miakdif.
lad aa lap*at W lha mi.#• laaiaa. aa«pad»*rt
tad HkMhrt at lha ppapia. hwiyiiina at
*M»* aa aaaIIart tua dpi* a**«M* rtypdl
Law and Order.
"W® *fo:d no i.nns. We mvet the sudden,
anger^ne and revolutionary assault upon law 4
nd order, and upon those to whom is couflded
y the constitution and laws the authority to
phold them, which our opponents have mnde.
1th the same conragi that wi have faced (
rery emergens y since onr organisation as ft <
arty more than forty years ago. <lovernrar»nt
y law must first bv astured; ererythmg oho *
an wait The spirit of lawlossnoss must be <
Itinguished by tlie tires of an unselfish and j
>'tr patriotism. livery attack upon the puhlio ,
»ith. and every sugzesdoi of the repudiation
f d <hts, public and private. must lm rebuked
y all men who bel evo that h moity is tho bast
ollcy, or who love their country and woo d 1
reserve unsullied her nations) honor. 4
Good Government
* If called by the suffrage of the people to
saume the dutiesof the high office of president i
f the United Mate*. I s >aU conut it a privil*
dgs to aid, even in the slightest dogro>, in tho
iromotion of the spirit < f fraternal regard
rhich sh mid animat * an 1 govern th » eitis<«ii*
if every section, stnto or part of the republic,
tfter the lapsoof u century sino* it* utterance,
at us at length and forever hereafter, hied tho
idmonltion of Washington: ‘Tha o sluuid
>e no North, no Hoith, no Bast, no
Vest but a common country.* It ahull ho
ny constant aim to Improve ev>ry opportun
ty to n fven:e t ie cause of go(»d government
>y promoting that spirit of forbi£rsnl:> ana
iistlee which is so tssontia' to our prosperity
iit<l happiness, by jo'nlng most heartily in all
>roper efforts to rostor j tho relations of broth
ply respect and affo’tion whl'h in our ear y
il-tory characterised all the people of lH tho
itaton. I would b * glad to contribute toward
binding in iudivisihln union tho different divis
ions of flic country, wh eh, indent, now huve
►very inducement of sympathy and ictaioit to
iveld them together more strongly than
iver. I would rejoice to seo dem
onstrated to the world that the North and i
the 8 uth and the Kadard tho We«t aro not
separated, or In dtngir of becoming separated,
because of sectional or party difference* The
war is long since over. ‘Wo ore not onomies,
but friends.' and a* friends wi will faithfully
md cordially co operate, under the approving
►mils of Him who has thus far so signally sus
tained and guided u* to preserve inviolate our
country's name and honor, its p^aie ana good
order. and its cont inn *d usc uidancy am mg tin
greatest governments on earth.
WlV.MAN McKfNLRf.'*
A BIG~DAYPOR BRYAN.
Muds Speech** in Syracuse end Iloeh
ester, N. V., end In Erie, Fa.
Emit, l’a., Aug. 27.—William J.
Itryan made speeches yesterday in
three cities ot two states—Syracuse
and Rochester, N, Y., aud Erie, I’a.—
and incldentiy traveled several hun
dred miles to meet ti>a thousands who
gathered from the surrounding coun
try tohear him ateach place. The day’s
demonstration culminated in Erie,
where the meeting of 350 delegates of
the Democratic societies of Pennsyl
vanla made the presence of the can
didate particularly opportune. Here
Mr. Brysn made three qtlrripg
speeches to as many different audi
ences in the evening being driven
quickly from one ha'I lo another.
The first meeting was at Maennerchor
hail, which held 2,000 persons, to
whom Mr. Itryan appealed to atudy
the issue of the campaign and
rote their convictions. His second
appearance vvas on the atage
ot the Auditorium, where he
faced an audience 6t equal
lixe, and the second speech was, liko
the first, brief but stirring. Outside
ot the Erie opera house thousands
more had waited for a glimpse ot the
candidate, and inside were assembled
the delegates to the meeting of the
Democratic societies. When the peo
ple were admitted they filled the
house in five minutes and the doors
were closed upon hundreds.
NO ANARCHY FOR HIM.
Candidate Bryan Talks About Rome Epi
thets That Are Unrled at Him.
Route, N. Y., Aug. —Id Hanover
tquare 5,000 people gathered to hear
Mr. Hryan. Mrs Itryan, exhausted
by the exciting journey of the pre
vious day, remained In her room at
the Yates, for almost the first time in
the campaign failing to hear her hus
band speak. £Jr. bry»n (aid: “1
thought it mignt be well for
one who is accused of being a
candidate 'M a body of An
archists tP l)iow himself in order that
you Aay judge whether he looks like
Dne who is bent upon destroying the
yovernment under which he lives. I
believe, my friends, that there it no
sne in all this land who is more in
love with our Institutions than I. I
flory in the liberty of our people and
glory in the opportunities which
sur nation presents to every citixen
and to the children of all who live be
neath the flag”.
FUSION IN MICHIGAN.
democrats, FopulUU end Sllverllss United
Under s Joint Name.
Hat City, Mich., Aug. 2d,—The con
ferees appointed by the three con
ventions yesterday reached an agree
ment at 11 o'clock this morning.
Tlier decided that the name at the
head of the ticket should be the
''Democratic People’* Union Sliver
party;’’ that the Populists should be
iccorded three electors aud have the
aomiuatlon nor auditor guueral, and
that the three conventions should
.It CUV I U IWMI» avwuu » *' ITWIMIHW*" •••v
• late ticket, the f’opuliite and ellrrr
men together to hare a representation
ritual to that of the itemocrata.
Ilryeu on Urkialn'i Letter,
limn nro.H, N V., Aug Si.™ The
ltryan party left line tor iiutfeto at
ISMS o'clock to-day. There were few
elope on the way, aad thara waa ao
noteworthy deiuonrtratioa
hlr. tlryan (leruted himeelf to the
parueat of MrKieiey'e letter of eeaept.
alter Aakad If he would fire hit
rtawa upon tha Uttar, ha aaldi "I
have read the Utter. 1 don't cere to
make aey eowateal* upon It. I tap*
poee It eaa be eoaetdered the golden
teat of the Kepubiteaa ieeeoa."
tetei 1 wiikiwa mi klAaietnaw
W w*we w ^we eewwown ^We r ere^ai
|i«>mii. Ky , Aug li. —At Jeee
ttoa t'lty test eight omm l*atiereou
of KwoH, Teua . «ad Mr Wi/llaaa M.
Mean of Shelby Ctty, rot tided while
tiding thete hiefeloe at a bigb rat* of
ipeed aad I'etlereoa roeeUed a tea
cotrtun of the bi-eta. ati.t raueed h e
death at e a'etueh thut ammlng
Mean we* bno. «• I era wires but wlTl
recover I'etlereoa wae about *3
.earn old and a eon of WUttam W.
I'etlereoa. a railroad area.
W rente*ton. tig id • Ureeral
leha M Oordoa, I'aiWd metre dea*.
toy front Ueorgta, deellard today to
lath ua poiittee or .-a the deoatal
aaue a»w before the people eat lag
ibat ho wee preetWnU* oat of polltlye
ted would ebeoHteu ttt|M M
JudUWnt life at tha end af hjp preaeat
CALIFORNIA FUSION. ' %
lomplste Colon on Con e ran mail Fro*
posed—Trouble for the Electors.
Sam Francisco, Aug. 37.— Fusion
ommitiers representing the Demo*
rats. Populists ami Bimettalllsts me|
■cstcrday and appointed a committee
>( sixteen to bo known as the
oint congressional committee, to
elect congressional candidate! TO
lominate e candidate will require the
rote of foyr Democrats, four Popu*
lets and two silver men, and the can*
[idate receiving such e vote will bo
the union nominee of the three par*
,iea. Other nominees must then with*
Irkiv or depend for their support on
personal follower!
Secretary of State Brown says that
le will refuse to placo upon the
tickets the names of the fusion Dern*
pcratlc-Populist presidential electors,
9n the ground that the eleotion lew
jf California requires the names of
the electors to be arranged alphabet
ically in groups under their party
Resignation. lie says that as soon as
the fuslonists present the names to
him he will dictate a letter to the at*
torney general asking for his opinion
In the matter.__
ILLINOIS COLD MEN.
■ <
)ne Thousand Delegates lu Convention—*
General Meek Heeds the Ticket
Chicago, Aug. 30.—The Democrntio
fold standard state convention wag
tailed to order this afternoon by
Chairman C. A. Ewing of the state
iommlttee, with about 1,000 delegate*
present, representing every county m
;he state.
The following ticket was unanl*
nously nominated: Governor, Gan*
ir*l John C. Black; lieutenant gov*
irnor, Chester Babcock; attorney gen*
•ral, William S. Formant state trees*
|rer, Edward Rldgely; secretary of
itatk, L. J. Kakeskl; auditor, F. E. Yfi
Brink; university trustees, Ai. C. Bab*
_-I-_A PI...
AN ACCIDENT AT UTICA.
■ ' — i
rba Platform on Which Bryan Wat
hpeaklng Qaro Way.
Utica, N. Y.. Aug. 27.—W. J. Bry
an’* eventful day ended with an acci
dent which carrowly missed being ft
disaster. One-half of the platform
from which he was addressing the
crowd of several thousand person* In
the square in front of the Baggs hotel
in Utica, at midnight, fell to tha
ground, and although the presidential
Candidate escaped injury, Clinton
Beckwith of Herkimtr, a member of
the reception committee, had an ankle
tprained; John T. Teller had a leg
broken and several others were oadly
bruited and cut, but no one waa **•
rlously injured. _
NO CAMPAIGN MONEY. %
Federal Officeholder* Forbidden te Seek
or Msko Contributions.
Wasiiimoton, Aug. 27.—Tha civil
service commission has issued an ordep
to federal offlcholders warning ftll
employes against seeking or making
contributions for campaign purposeft
The order is sweeping in it* character
and affects all branches of the gov
ernment service. Violators of thft
law will be prosecuted.
Death of J. F. H. McKIbben. >
TorEKA, Kan., August 27.—J. F. H.
McKlbben, auditor of the Atchioon,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway com
pany, who was injured while on •
hunting trip near New Castle, CoL,
died at 8:30 o’clock yesterday morn
ing. ---
Turkey Mutt Do Better.
i Constantinople, Aug. 27.—Unit*4
States Minister Alexander W. Terrell
lias notified the Turkish government
that the letter’s answer to th* de
mands of the United States for Indem
nity as p result of the burning of th*
inter jean missions at Khurpnt and
arash la not satisfactory.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
• 1
Quotation* From New York, Chicago, lb
Loul*, Omaha and Kleewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 14 ® IS
Butter—Fair to good country. 12 O 1*
pSlUtry?Clve jien*.per ft..'.... £ ® 6vt
Spring Chicken*. 18 2
J,OBions—Choice Meulna*. 8 00 O 7 Oo
HonSy-fsncy White. 13 14
Potatoes— New. 20 ® 28
Orange*—l’er box . 4 SO ® 8 SO
IIwy—Upland, per ton. 4 00 ® ( 00
Potatoes—New. IS ® l»
Apple* - Per bill. 1 SO 5 I OO
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Hogs—Light Mixed. 2 W 2 75
llog»— Heavy Weight*.t SO ft 2 (15
bull*. 8 06 l 3 35
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