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
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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
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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.
Thru Ib* ala* awn nnraiod iba law,
but it wa* many y.ara Wlwa ika gam
i>W r**u«*i«4 fiom Ik* «**»»• uf ib* our a
warm _
Vur.it.m. lot Wag* t aruora.
Illaluty l*u*b*a tbal In alt ***** *b*ro
ib* *ual of tiring b*» r ol.lauly m rvaaaw
#• • raawll uf d*b**vt*t*d tuon*» »uh
bar* b**n ika la. I t„ r,u£Sj
tu Mik tuudilmaa I **• any bod* ba
!.*»• <b*l »i*h M i»*l dollar* a« ika
»4* m**»*y *•» f*d*»fMion ib* wagaa af v
buttElf W»uW lb* ialar.*# ..} iba
f Sm mbwol i*a. b*t* bo 4>»ablattl
Would lb* w***a ik* ttiaatiaai
•n V*d .bildi*n a ho w..*k m i.i.wu
!»• doubled » i **<ainlf not ‘li'-nUi
S*wa
tu William J tin an
Yaw *fc*U Ml rr«d lb. tldrr af t*kn
wltb m*ada af »ilr*r \ ,« *h*|| aol tm
m!u lb. tabular * wita IV t.««-*g*
«t blab .o*i and W« wag* VValrrbury
A marl***.
