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KTILiKENT TCIHE LOUP CITY KOrtTHWtSTEHN, Friday, September 4, 1800. PERKINS ON SILVER. The Only Eli Tells the Hollow Tale of Free Silver. HE SIZES UP THE SITUATION. Good Reasons Advanced for Being on the Side of Gold. "Are you in favor of both silver nml fold?" linked n I'nimlist of Eli I’erklns. "Certainly,” said Ell, "every civilized nation use* the two metal*—gold nml ■liver—but the United State* i* the only nation that ha* coined a* much silver fold. We have been rank bimetal lint*. We have stood by silver too long. We have coined worth of •liver and #tl20,li«O,0Ul> worth of gold.” "What have the other great nation* Coined?" naked the I’onullst. "Why, they have coined lea* than half «* much a* we have. England (the Inited Kingdom) ha* coined and ha* on t. — ._I • I 1 ti i kj ok i _ _a *_ a _fl. 1 t550,000,(5)6 in gold; France ha* $403, 00.000 in silver and $825,000,000 in $idd; Germany ha* only $215,000,(J00 in •liver and $025,000,000 In gold; Russia has only $48,000,000 in silver and $455, ©00.000 in gold.’1 "Then we have coined about as much •liver as all of them together?" "Not quite. These four great nations, With a population of 240.O0O.O(S) people, have on hand $876,000,000 In silver, while we. with 60,000,000 people, have $625,000,000 in silver.” “Where la our silver now?" asked the Ponnlist. “Why, $508,000,000 lie* piled up In the treasury. It is rusting in the vault*, paring no Interest, and dropping in value. Carlisle Is begging the people to take It, freight free, but he can only get $56,000,000 In circulation. The people won't have It. They sling it Imek to the banks, and then the free silver men jump up and ery, ‘We wont more silver!’ They say, ‘The poor people are dying for silver. Coin more! “And how much of our gold is In cir culation?” “Why, every solitary dollar-$626,000, 000 worth of It, The banks only hold $128,000,000,” “You don't say the nation has no gold at all?” “No gold of our own. We borrowed $200,000,000 from a few Americans at 8 per cent, and spent that running the fovernment—and we’ve got to pay it ack. Then Cleveland borrowed $00, 000,000 more from the Rothschilds and the English at 4 |»er cent., while our own people were crying for it at 3 per cent., and that we’ve got to return in gold. To tell you the honest truth, this nation has got jurt $90,000,000 worth of bor rowed gold In the treasury. It Isn’t ours. It is borrowed to prevent a run on the treasury, with $100,000,000 in Sold due the people besides. Oh, if we •d >>?uKht gold when we coined that $508,000,000 worth of silver now lying Idle In the treasury, as England. France, Germany and Russia did, we would he on top today. We wouldn’t he the laughing stoek of Europe then.” “Did England and the other nations •top coining silver?” asked the Popu list. “Of course they did. They rang the bell and put out the red light against •liver years ago. Since 18!XI England {h?!££lm*rt $146,000,000 in gold and only 14,000,000 in silver; France lias coined 13,000,000 in gold and not a cent of sil ver. and Germany 1ms coined $40,000, 000 in gold and only $4,500,000 in silver. They have been hugging the shore, while our miners and Populists have piloted us Into deep water.” “How much silver is there for each person In the big nations?" VS e have $0 in silver for each person In this country, but the people onlv take 70 cents. They kick $8 back into the treasury. England 1ms $2.88 per person, Germany has $4.35 and France $12, but $0 of it lies idle and all silver coinage is ltopj|H!d, and their red luuteru bungs “Some nations have free coinage,” sug gested the Populist. “Certainly—-and look at their coudi V ..' ruvf...an! oanarupt. I)ur silver dollar is still worth 100 cents in gold anywhere on earth. But in the free eoiu age nations, like Mexico, Japan, China and India, where free coiuage 1ms hunk rupted those nations their dollars are G? cfn‘*; They have no gold. Gold fled with free coiuage. It will do •o air a in.” “China haa no gold at all you say ?" •.None at all. China haa f75O.UM»,000 worth of recent silver, hut no gold; India has flBO.OOO.OtiO in sliver, and no r»id; Spain, wrecked hy too free coin *««* ^.Slfrihaa fltkj.600.Ui0 in silver Sftt!isslliitLV’,)00 ? ",M* Mexico has IfiO.UMl.OOO m silver and f5.Uiti.UMi in 'u,l\ch n»'ney to the person cir ser.il: feir China has (B.:l(l, while the 1'mted laws* haa f5; India yonT1 •**,**u ^ Thto la poverty for •Irer *“**” fr”“ fr** Niu'* PM has lost half A wan in Japan. Mexico, idu who was worth ittiuo »ihatrvtt ■IXSMWSM ***' "••Hawed asratjgf •“•hi p h»nhW Uk AND LABOR AVTLL AGREE WITH 1JIM. "1 believe it ie a good deal better to open up the mille of the United States to the labor of America than to open up the mints of the United States to the silver of the world."—IVm. McKinley. [Chicago Inter-Ocean.] guarantee it legal tender with gold un der it. It would tuke $400,000,000 to do this—1(1 to 1. Can we do it?" "How about Mexican and India ail ver?" naked the Populist. "Ah, that would come to us like n deluge! We have no tariff against sil ver. It would pour in upon us; 1.200, 000,000 people would unload on 70.000, (too, There has been mined during the hist 400 yearn $10,(k (0,000,000 worth of silver. The world mined $200,1(56.000 worth of 60-crnt silver last year. This would come rushing in niton us. We would be the dumping ground of the world. We could not coin It, and when we stopped our guarantee all our coined silver would fall back from 1(1 to 1 to 32 to 1. We would have the 50-cent dollars of China and Japan, with no gold in our treasury, and be the laughing stock of the world.” "Well, who would be benefited by free coinage?" asked the Populist. "Well, no one but the mine owners. There nre 8000 of them. Their work men are paid in silver, paper or gold dollars worth 100 cents In gold. The mine owner is working for silver worth 53 cents. The farmer is getting money as good as gold for his wheat and cotton now. With free silver he could get no more for his produce nor no better money than he is getting. And, by and by, if we went on coining silver ad libitum, silver would go down like the old greenbacks in 1803. That went down to 35 cents on a dollar, while gold stood still. You could buy wheat then for $2.50 in greenbacks or 86 cents in gold. You could buy a farm j in 1803 for $00 an acre In greenbacks or $20 in gold. l>o you want that to occur again?’1 The Populist was silent. ••Poor Man's Money.” Among the transparencies carried by the shouters for Itryan nt lies Moines I'’riduy evening were some bearing the words, "Silver is the poor man's money," “Vote for the |ioor man's money” and "A 200-cent dollar is a dishonest dollar.” Mnoli lumhiinuiu glmu’ f Im ilriff of tli/. public mind und reveal only too plainly that with many people the silver ques tion U one of prejudice rather than one of reason. What ia the meaning of the phrase, “Silver is the poor man's mon ey?" We doubt very much if the man who carried that transparency could have given an intelligent answer. Under present conditions a silver dollar of the United States will buy Just as much at home or uhroad as u gold dollar. It makes no difference to the workingman whether he receives his weekly wages In gold or silver coin. The uuiount of goods he can purchase is the same. Un til the agitation of the silverites drove the gold of the country into hiding places workmen were often paid in gold and when this silver erase is squelched they will again receive gold as a part of their wages. There is one way, however, in which silver can lie said to be the |a>or man's money. In those countries where the coinage of silver is unrestricted the wage earners are emphatically poor. A list of those countries ia printed in another column this morning and the wuges paid to skilled and unskilled laborers given. As was shown by the well-authenticated let ters from Mexico published in the Ite publican on Friday and Saturday the price of the necessaries of life iu these countries is double the price paid In the Uuited Stales, la this “the poor man's money" that the wage-earners of the W " Htw «W ■ (VI • <»IV * M* J willing to link to the levrl of the Weil .mi peon or the coolie of India? If so the way to do it ia to vote for the free and uolituited coinage of ailver. If a free coinage law am h aa ia contemplated hy the sR write# In- pttaaod, one of two thmga uniat happen. Hither the ailver of the entire world muat I* lifted to a parity w it It gold or the ailver dollar of the l’tilled State* uittat alnk to the level of Meant* and other ailver c.niutrtea In that eaae the wagva of the working man will he cut In two ami he will in deed have vanae to lath of “poor man's money." Why ahotiid not the laborer mat tun* to be paid In good money > tVdar Hap Ida Repaid lean W »»•• i i.Miml ailter Mine* * "IXn nail atreet eea af control w> „f *U the ailter wtlaee -I thU vonatryt if *». • Ml hi Mr «hj»*l it* tut lug to at Ui a boat |. Ivreadea, fta* Yon #r*m t# think, Wail atreet it a woman, We dunht if the naiotitr of the 1‘wpeltale who talk aw glibly *b ,i -Wail street know what Tl .. the l a tied male* eoMresaorv in Sew Y»»h I* on Wall tlrcwt. go *w a number at Shanks ami h »»w olh.ee W*Ma p#v„ sib aaed ‘•win St weir In aimoi* aa*n name for the dealers ia Sew York lock*, hand* ami ether *v<urn** The ejver miwee aw ewned h» «•». ooral me. aaJ thatt Meek ta d,*lf in b, Vet* Verb brohera. th* am aa other etoa-ha " *d atieet a not heeptag SB thill it T*i faihtws it. in beeping atiU sre the great .liter term, who s«e pwahrag free • weag*. sad apeo* >w mm*it Whs water to make it •;» Yhay don't want the r^tew ko kmrw that free «•»«« at id to I wonbl b , cs?*i’xn x\j£rp5 MW market |Mtw n| t.lrer WSios, •huh the* Vjr spe> *Ulke*. .maid rwn *» at dm**. tad t»aily pal the tnlkw 9CSS» w*m> ******** •*'*•** ********* BRYAN CHEAP DOLLAR His Sole Aim is to Reduce the Value of the Monetary Standard. BASES HIS ARGUMENTS ON IT Claptrap by Which the Orator Seek* to Capture Foolish Voters. — — - • Mr. Bryan's "informal” speech accept ing the nomination for the presidency was carefully written beforehand, and it took about two hours' time to deliver it. It can hardly he necessary, therefore, to wait for his “formal letter” in order to learn his views on the issues of the cam paign. The most of his long and prosy speech is devoted to what he calls "the para mount question of the campaign—the money question.” And as this is in fact the real issue other parts of his speech may be disregarded, or at least comment on them may be postponed. In discussing the money question Mr. Bryan assumes at every step that the standard dollar we now have is too valu able. That assumption lies at the bot tom of the whole argument. He com plains that the dollar is too dear, and that it is growing dearer; and to this he attributes ail our economic woes, real or imaginary. As a remedy he proposes something which he calls bimetallism, but which. mj iin iium iiiitL| in nivtr uiunouu-iui Iium. He lias much to say about bimetallism, declaring that no party opposes it, but what he really propose* Is, in his own words, “the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver amt goid at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or con sent of any other nation.” Thus is to say, he proposes to permit anyone who has sixteen ounces of sil ver to take it to the mint and have it made into as many dollars ns are made from one ounce of gold, or #20.67. Ho proposes this when he knows, or may know by referring to the published ! quotations, that sixteen ounces of sil- i ver are worth only #11 in gold. He , must know that an ounce of gold is : worth in the market uearly twice six- i teen ounces of silver. What he really proposes, therefore, Is | to substitute the silver dollar for the gold dollar as our standard, and to make the substitution because the silver dol lar is cheaper. Indeed, he virtually admits this at al most every step In his labored argument. All Ills arguments addressed to farmers, to melt who work for wages, to holders of iuaurauce policies and so on virtually admit that he promises to substitute a cheaper dollar as the standard. He tries to conceal the admission by talking about a "rising standard," and talking about “influences which are now oja-ratiug to destroy silver in the l.'iuted States." Hut while the attempt la adroit it will not succeed. We have no “rising standard." We have the same standard that we have hud io all eoiu payments for aixty-two years. An ounce of gold may exchange fur mure of commoditise in general than It would tweuty or thirty years ago. It may. and prubably dues, go farther in paying the necessary cost of living. Hut It wilt not go further in paying for labor. Its vnlue measured by the labor s'sud ard w !«»• than II waa yvara agu \ wan ran rant utora of ll by working iba aaata auatbrr of buura If. lk*u, ba ran buy a*or* with iba oittn-a of g»ld ba la bajtof off la two way a: Ha g«ia iuor« gold for bia labor aad ba gala atora of lb* ar..Marin aad eoatforfa of Ufa for blagubl. Tbara ara au "Ittltorataa o|wraltag lit <l.*tmy ailrar ia iba t'allad Miitaa." U« aow kata al Ivaat latt luava aa m i. h atltvr aaratog aa utouvy, lacludiug „» toal win lla rv|>#aaaalali«a . artin. at. « and (ifc.rtwaa aoiva, aa aa aaar bad arbaa Iba . oiaaga «t ailtar *aa fra* Thar* ara m Iadova* an wfaralitig lo .la at toy otta dollar of Ibta (na*a of alT«*t, a.iM.uut.ug to about f.Vat taat taa^ M about bAtttaauaai utora laaa gold *att tot tad to ba la rtf*'tuglh.lt. Tbv atw.fla truth ia. aad ibara la aa aa* ia try la* to dtagutaa or htda Ikal llryaa aad iba ataa bobia.1 buw ara .0 gagvd Ut a .ia«t«»t» *u.o.t t io biaaf (ha tabta of lb* wollar If that U aid • bat ibar ara aft*r ib»r* la a.>i a . . *tw »f •*»** la bl» Urtaa'a a***-* h It la Itaa IWl b. aaya. “IV. bailaaa ibat a a.it*# d- Hit Witt h* worth at aaath aa a a«*d •• 4 »r " ll to tr ** Ibal It* aat a, "l aut grotty «ua*ia.*d tbai bf aaobla* our auaia to fra* M MtfiiiM *»«*#> at Iba artaaal ratio «• , aa «**aia a 4«a.twd fur ail**# that will k*a» (ba f»t.a of atlt.r bullMt al ll Al *•> •MS'* l%****r*d by gold Ml If Mr Hrraa m Inaty *wa*t*a*d 5j2v tfc-ss faar aa H M ao*. aad It la Iba 4*ar I dollar, be says, that bn* brought down all this alleged calamity ujmui us. Nobody hut the tiilue owner would be benefited if silver should go up from •W to llflt cents tier ounce, and wo can hardly suppose that Mr. Hryan I* run ning this silver crusade for the sole and exclusive benefit of u handful of million aire mine owner*. His whole argument Is for cheaper dollars if it has any sense or |sdut at all. He entices farmers to Join in the cru sade by suggesting that they can pay their debts easier with cheap dollars. He is like the unjust steward who said to the deiitor who owed Id* lord a hun dred measures of oil, “take thy bill and •it'down quickly and write fifty.” He tells the wage-earners that it would be a good tiling for them to get their pay in cheaper dollars and that in some roundabout way cheaper dollar* would give them steadier employment. He tells the holders of insurance poli cies that it would be a blessed thing for them to have their losses paid in cheaper dollars, because the companies would lose more than they (the policyholders) would, the aggregate of premiums ex ceeding the aggregate of losses, and the premiums being paid in cheaper dollar*. He tells the depositor* in savings banks that it would be a nice thing for them to draw out cheaper dollars than they put in because if they don't they may not be able to draw out anything, or they may find it necessary to draw out all their money to meet living ex penses. Hy stleh puerilities he seeks to induce people to swallow the free silver pill. Hut we observe one strange oversight. Mr. Hryan did not explain how cheaper dollars would benefit pensioners. He might hare told them that they could more than make up their loss hy dead beating their landlords and butcher* and grocers, nut tie lost tils opportunity. Perhaps he will attend to that in his “formal letter.” When it comes to that he may think it best to make it a little clearer, if he can, how workingmen, policy holders, de positors In savings bunks and investors in building and loan associations would he benefited by getting their pay in dol lars worth anywhere from 10 to 50 per cent, less than the dollars they are now getting, or the dollars they deposited, in vested or paid in premiums. There is ground remaining to he cov ered in thnt “formal letter,” though the “informal” speech was two hours long.— Chicago Chronicle (Item.). Rich and the Poor. Here now comes up this thoroughly un-Americaii question of the rich against the poor. Some criticism is already lev eled at this movement tiecanse those en gaged in it are representatives of proper ty in their respective localities. It is characterised as the ri<h man’s move ment. Property is handing together to carry its ends, and those ends are inimi cal to the wage-earner and the farmer. This simply is criminal nonsense. There is not the slightest warrant in reason for any such statement. The paramount is sue of the campaign is a business issue. It relates to the very life blood of busi ness—whether that blood Khali lie puri fied and kept pure, or vitiated and im poverished. Surely that proposition reaches and interests everyliody. And another point. What authority is there for the assumption thitt In moving tu his own Interests the business man Is mov ing against the interests of other men? I'nder a free government all Interests are allied. The business man cannot prosper If the wage earner and the farm er do not. It is impossible. If the crons fail aud the mines atid factories are idle, so that the farmer and the wage-earner have no money, how ean the merchant, or the hanker, nr the manufacturer thrive? Where la btulnrsa to come from i on me otn*r Hand. tr time* are «<mmI anti cm Men** prevalla, all feel the le-neflta alike. Not alt in *»|iial degree, of rtiimte That e».uM not lie. That never baa bean. That never will he, Hut to the evtent of their alahe In the game, • hen the winning* are large, the farmer and the wag* earner get their ahar* along with the huaiuvaa man. — Waablngtou lint. Japan aail Mrilm. project ia bad la not to aa> allivr |*’« "vurte " Tvv tw apply r*aau« t« tha aubje*t, n**t §mmmm and vmutWn, The ■ fw** am an vav i that an American •erkingman would gbrem them aiaoalwn nag** II* math! kit tl»r Ur»l'«t» far in if* pfuapar,.«« the* ah# haa h**» fng mu trail, hot ii la !«*««. imi (tiaa. | there haa h**u pi ■ The vwwntfy haa net he*w the teak* *1 rhtoair tvlolillm, J aa it waa m la 1 few year a ago Wage# am v*rv »v w, and manef* Muting ta | pfutlatba >a|>a» ta I tat adopting tha ■ nag wf mgvhiaery in mnnnfavtutgn, ami , Tata]n k ^****“d ** " awrfihlag - 1 TALKED TO VETERANS. Survivors of the Twenty-third Ohio Regiment Journey in a Body to Canton. M'KINLEY AND HIS COMRADES. The Major Makes a Speech Which Rouses the Old Soldiers to Enthusiasm. Two hundred of MnJ. McKinley's old comrade* In war called at Id* home on August 12. They came from Cleveland principally, Imt many of them from dia tant point*. They were survivors of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer infantry. The regiment wa* famed for it* war record, the number of it* hard-fought battle*, Including South Mountain. An tielnui and Gen. Sheridan'* many bat tle* iu the Shenandoah vitlley in 'IH; for the number of it* killed and wounded, and also for it* great men noted iu war and civil life. Of the Held nlHcers only two survive— Gen. William S. Itoseerans of Sun Fran cisco and Gen. Huasell Hastings of the Itertnuda islands. The scene today wa* a touching one. Mrs. McKinley sat ill the hallway near the porch, from which the major re sponded to the eloquent greeting given him by Capt. John S. Ellen, mayor of Willoughby. The old soldier* cheered and the old flag waved witli every burst of applause. Capt. Ellen told of Wil liam McKinley a* a private aoldler, say ing iu part: Comrade: We have assembled here today from all part* of the union and from many vocation* in life to congratu late you. our comrade in arms, on your nomination ns a candidate for the Presi dent of the United State*. I remember that Co. E had one member, very youth ful in appearance, so much so that Capt. llobinaou of the Fifth infantry made some inquiry as to age and consent of pa rents. Fager for the Fray. The answers of the recruit were so prompt ami so decisive and Ida desire ho very modest, and asking to be en rolled ns n private, that the officer with out further Hesitation administered the oath and William McKinley, Jr., at the age of 17, was made a full-fledged pri vate soldier in the Union army. (Great applause and three cheer* for McKin ley. t i non away in me rims aim mountain* of West Virginia, where we fought jiml skirmished the summer away, meeting ami defeating Confederate (Jen. Floyd at Carinfax Ferry, September 10, 18*11. In recognition of your bravery, ef ficiency and fidelity to duty, you were, in April. 18*12, appointed to the commis sioned staff commissary sergeant. Those of ns present whom you then served are ready to bear testimony to the very innrked improvement and regularity of service in tins one branch of military life. If from any cause the coining of the supply trains were delayed and ra tion* were short, "Mack” did the next best thing and made u requisition on the country round about. At a later day your gallantry and fidelity secured your promotion and assignment to duty on the general staff. Hut whatever the dis tinction or disparity in rank you always retained close touch with the boy* who were your first associates in army life. la conclusion let me say that the spirit of 18*il is not dormant; that, as we went shoulder to shoulder in the defense of our country, so now with willing hands and united voices we stand for our coun try’s honor and for our country's flag. Ttiirty-five years ago you stood with your comrades as a private soldier in the great army which was contending for national life and national union. Today you are the chosen leader, not of a mere party, but of the people, contending for law and order, national honor and the in violability of the public faith. Your old comrades are with you now as then. We stand shoulder to shoulder now as then. We rally about you and the glori ous banner you now carry with our old love and loyalty, and declare with you that "the money of our country must he as sound as the Union and as unfur nished as its flag.” With ail abiding faith in the virtue, intelligence, honor and discriminating judgment of the American people, we again congratulate you and hid you Godspeed. (Great ap plause and cheering.) Happy Heply of Mr. McKinley. When a storm of applause had sub sided Mai. McKinley responded: Capt. Ellen and My Comrades of the Twenty-third Ohio; This call of the sur viving members of the old regiment with which I served for inure than four years at mv home is a most grucinus ict on their part, and brings to me peculiar and special gratification. As I look upon tills little body of men assembled about ..... .. ..1 .nmoinUs (kin lo .1... remnant of tho old Twenty-third tlmt, thirty-five year* ago, liiul loin vturdy young men ou it* roll ready for duty, and that it wa* twice recruited to the total number of nearly TJOO, that here 1* gathered |M>*»ibly lex* than 100. and that 1* one-fourth of the nurvtviug mem ber* of our gloriou* old regiment, I am vividly reminded how rapidly the year* are pa**ing, and with them are Pawing our old aMuciale* of the war. The *nr vivor* are »cattered through twenty four »tate* of the union. Soule of Ottr member* are in lit* territorie*. One of them reaide* ou the other aide ,I the water. Hut wherever they are. and in whatever vocatiou they may to- engaged, they ail love the old regimental orgamia tiuu which I* the proudeat tbiug tu them ou earth. |Appiaa«e.| We had a great regimeut; great in It* field officer*, great in the character of the rank and file that constituted it. ttur heart* go out with leaderiie** and love, I am •ore, to the fir*! colonel of our regiment, lien. William S. Ifoaecraua, to hia diataut home in t'alifurai*. |tir*al aptdauae. I W e all remember hia »|d*ndid diael cl ue and genii*' •tuaitliea, and are rem -m Wr with what pttde we marched aider hr* rumuiand in Waal Virginia In Intil t>u»i- ta mammon. And w* rvmvmher, tuo, that vthar rvgular army other r, that api*ad.d aul diet. Uen. R I*, ** atumon (iheer.k— not the moat popular man in the i.at m*nt in it* earlier day*, for w* -h-. *gt,i hia dim iptine very avtera amt h«a drill very hard, but after the halite of Sooth Mountain, lira (hamamn waa ih* mo.i popular man I* the regiment iUreat ap piauae 1 W# hn*w then for Ih* fiiat time whal ht* diarigb** meant amt what *ilength it gate hr a* ah the hatlUfietd Sol >*n WV atm mi te h*ta •• a» Cote today wtthonl fw» ailing the third tolntwi *.f th* Twenty third iron.. who w*a hmg ■at with a*, ttotheiford M May** |tir<«i kheertng ) lie Wee betoeed h» e«ery man of Ih* regiment, amt m» brat** tukwi ■ IN led hie mddi*f* to Unlit* Sur titan i Matthew*. Ik* lid iteolvoaut ,'wtunel “f th* regiment -th* at.rl *obt«r ami lawyer, | \ptlao**l Sot - an w* forget I'omtay, gh-tl >»* *td t >».Ut ti i*.«ir and t(t*a of *Snr Mr* Ikayen,**) Soy Mr* lt*y*a, th* faithful triend ef the regiment and We hat* with or today, and •* at* *H glad tu ana hint, tor | remember in 1S04, after his dreadful wound, we did not sup|>o*c we would hare him with us again—we have with n» today that hrave soldier comrade, Col. Russell It. Hastings. (Applause.] I was glad to note in tin, eloquent speech of my comrade, Capt. Ellen, that the old Twenty-third Ohio stands in 1800 ns It stood in 1801, for the country nnd the country's flag. [Great applause nnd cries “For McKinley, too."] Nobody could have doubted that, knowing the metal from which this old regiment was made. My comrades, you are Just as loyal to country now ns you were loyal to country then, and ns you stood from 1801 to 1805 for the preservation of the government of the United States, you stand today Just ns unitedly for the honor of the government nnd the preservation of it* credit and currency. [Cheers.1 I'rotcctlo,i amt Houml Money, I do not know what you think about It, hut I believe that it is a good deal better to open up Ihe mill* of the Unit ed Htates to the labor of America than to open lip tlie mints of tho United Slates to the silver of the world. [Great cheering and cries of "You are right.”] Washington told us over nnd over ngnin that there was nothing so Important to preserve as the nation’s honor. He said that the most important source of strength was the public credit, and that the best method of [(reserving it was to use it as sparingly as possible. No gov ernment can get on without it nnd pre serve its honor. No government Is great enough to get on without it. In the darkest days of the revolution, Robert Morris, its financier, went to one of his friends in Philadelphia after he had in volved himself as a debtor for a large sum of money on account of tho gov ernment and said to him: “I must have $1,500,000 for the continental army.” Ills friend said: “What security can you give, Robert?" He answered: “My name and my honor.” Quick came the reply; "Robert, thou shalt have It.” (Applause.) And from that hour until now the country's honor ha* been our sheet anchor In every storm. Lincoln pledged it, when, in time -of war, we issued paper money. He said: “Every dollar of that money shall be made as good as gold." And it was left to Rutherford It. Hayes, your old colonel, a* President of the United Htates, to eg ecute the promise in the resumption of sfiecie payments in 1 H~t>. [Cheering and applause.) When Robert Morris said that they had nothing to give but their honor there was behind Ids word 3,000, OOO of struggling patriot*. Today behind the nation’s honor are 70.000;<100 of free men, who mean to keep tills government ami it* honor and integrity and credit unquestioned. [Great applause,] I thank you, my comrades, for this call. Nothing lias given me greater pleasure. Nothing gives me greater pride than to have been a private soldier with you in that great Civil war. [Ap plause.] I bid you welcome to my home. i 'mi nirrmiy im»f ui.i uni/i, jvii imvtr had it for more limn thirty years. [Croat cheering.] It will give .Mrs. McKinley and myself much pleasure. I assure you, to have you come into our home, [Ap plause and three eheers for McKinley.] THE WISE KANSANS. How They Sought to Increase Their Wealth by Legislative Enactment. P. A. Stillwell has prepared s leaflet purporting to give a history of certain events occuring near the close of tbs Nineteenth century. It was declared to he a period of depression, during which it occurred to the wise men of Kansas that they could legislate themselves into affluence. The governor assembled the wise men and said: A Kansas policy for Kansas is the need of the hour. Wheat is hard to raise, and the yield is light and uncer tain; hut we are great on corn. Make ye, therefore, a law in accordance with which sovereign and august statute corn shall he put upon a par with wheat. They shall be Interchangeable, and the price of corn shall be the same as the price of wheat. The wise men raised the low as the governor had advised and nil the people of the state rejoiced, for their cribs were full of corn. They could hardly contain themselves till the governor had signed the hill which raised the price of Kansas corn from 15 cents to 45 cents a bushel. All the |>eoplc now felt rich. They bought many luxuries and the most of them went in debt. Then the farmers from other stntes began hauling their corn to Kansas. It seemed as if the coun try was all corn and it was all headed for Kansas. The people of Kansas took their medicine—that is, they took the corn and gave up their wheat. The farmers from the other stntes thought Kansas people were queer, but they kept bringing them their corn. Corn came in and wheat went out. When the other stntes saw this vast accumulation, the price of corn lagan to decline till it eoufd be purchased any where except in Kansas for 10 cents a bushel. In Kansas the price was still 45 cents, which was the price of wheat, but there were no buyers. When the autumn came the Kansas people did not have any wheat for seed. Then they sent to the neighboring states and im plored farmers to exchange wheat at a parity with corn. Ilut the farmers said: "We will exchange one bushel of wheat for four and one-half bushels of corn.'* "Our law,” replied the Kansas people, “puts corn and wheat at a parity. They are equal, for our wise men saiii they should be.” Aud the farmers replied: "Your wise men are asses; let them eat your coru." So the Kansans went hack home and all their |>eople were in de- i spalr. Then the governor again assembled the wise men and said to them. “Moat consummate, picturesque and glittering gidl darned fools. There la hut one bigger fool than yourselves. It Is he who addresses you. "We thought we could bluff the ever lasting law of supply aud demaud with lllir nthllllit U'f lilltllffkl kb a. .it l.l tea. ialal* vain* lulu • thin* ami tuakr uur l*ru(il* rich by a law. Wi thought wr »n» |>alriolU-. IV* warn Idiotic, l.«t ua buuraily aoknun l*dg» our am •tululty. rrpfal tmrfuui law. g*i bark tnlu Ua* wltb lb* uib*r aiai*a ami im*g> tua uu mur* tbal w» arc wiarr than iba abut* world l*« ibla, ami mar wa lira lung enough to know that Ika otbaf •lair* bar* .*.**d laughing al uur fatty ami that uur uwu ataia baa *«aaad curm lag ua for |i. 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