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I M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. Ht. KIMMKl.T , , Publisher.
1 McCOOK , - : - - : ' - NEBRASKA
I ' NEBRASKA.
Some of the ladies of Lincoln have
-organized a McKinley club.
' The prohibition state convention will
be held in Lincoln August 28th.
Clemens Prinz of Cuming county died
from the effects of over-heating.
Eastern tourists are greatly pleased
with what they see in Nebraska this
year.
Carl E. Uorgquist one of the oldest
inhabitants of Cheyentie county , died
last week.
The Fremont hemp and twine fac
tory will this fall use up the product
of 2,000 acres.
Lightning struck the Bohemian
Catholic church at South Omaha last
week , killing three people.
/ Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman wants 55,000
from'South Omaha for injuries received
from a defective sidewalk.
I Burglars broke into the postoffice at
I Tobias to rob the safe. They were not
I successful in opening the strong box.
I An effort was made to blow the safe
I in the Charles Doris jewelry store in
I Fairmount. The would-be robbers
1 were unsuccessful
1 Sarpy county is hard at work on an
I elaborate float to be entered in the
§ Nebraska parade at Omaha state fair
I week. It is being constructed at Pa-
1 pillion.
§ The Adams postoffice safe was blown
1 open and its contents rifled. About
i § 100 in stamps and money were taken.
a There is no clue as to who were the
I thieves.
1 Maggie Halpin , of Greely , the 17-
year-old daughter of William Halpin ,
I • went to Lake Ericson with a party of
I young folks and was drowned. Her
i I remains were recovered.
I Professor Barbour , professor of geology -
§ | ogy at the state university , was at Ver-
I 1 don recently inspecting the wells and
a making a full geological report of
Richardson county.
i A son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Burns of Tekamah was kicked in the
face by a horse last Thursday and se
verely injured , his nose being broken
and his face bruised.
On account of some defect in the
hoisting apparatus , Henry Hoggett , a
well-digger , fell eighteen feet to the
bottom of a well in Cass county and
was severely injured.
Grandpa Arend of Elm Creek went
out recently to shoot a few rabbits in
g | hs garden. The load went through a
neighbor's window , nearly making a
pot shot of the familj- .
George Latta , a prosperous Burt
county farmer , has just completed a
barn having a capacity of twenty-
i seven horses , 1,000 bushels of grain
and fifteen tons of hay.
Rev. Clarence A. Stewart , pastor of
the Methodist church at Tainora , has
handed in his resignation as pastor
and also withdrawn his membership
from the Methodist church.
Hoover , the murderer of his brother-
in-law , Councilman Duboise , was exe
cuted in the jail at Omaha on the 7th.
He left a statement expressing regret
t killing the best friend he ever had.
John CL Williams , in charge of the
artesian well at the Rosebud agency ,
dropped dead from heart failure. He
was a man of GO years. His home is
Pittsburg , Pa. , where his remains will
be sent.
Gus Roberts of Liberty was last week
sent to the asylum at Lincoln. He im
agines himself to be the bearer of the
sin of the world and desires to be put
to death that the world may be free
from sin.
Fullerton people are somewhat in
dignant because Lena Stankey , a 14-
year-old girl debauched by her father ,
had been spirited out of the country.
I The case against the old man will have
I to be dismissed.
At Oakland lightning struck the fiue
on the residence of Alfred Johnson ,
running down the inside of the house
And out of the door , doing slight dam
age to the house , but scattering brick
in all directions.
At Elkhorn a horse fell on Charles
Killey while he was out riding and in
jured his thigh. Before the man was
rescued he was nearly drowned , as he
I had been precipitated into a ravine
1 ! partially filled with water.
II By the overturning of a load of grain
I on which he was riding , the 9-year-old
II son of Frank Bailer , a farmer living
H seven miles north of Exeter , "had the
H tines of a pitchfork run into his brain ,
I causing his death in a few hours.
I Pierce precinct , Pierce county , voted
I on the question of voting bonds to the
I amount of 214,000 to aid the Norfolk &
I Yankton railroad in completing its line
I of road from .Norfolk to Yankton and
I the bonds carried by a vote of 163 to 23.
R i Three hundred car-loads of corn
f passed through Blair inside of twenty-
H four hours. The cars were made up
H in fifteen trains , each being drawn by
H two engines. The corn was gathered
H from various stations along the Elk-
RJ horn.
K The adjutant general's office has or-
H dered the discharge from the Nebraska
H National Guard "for the good of the
H J service" the following : Private George
H T. Freeman , company C , First regi-
H ment , Beatrice ; Private B. B. Lincb ,
K troop A , Milford ; Privates A. Augus-
H tus , A. Cooper and Stanley E. Lindsley
H of company G , Second regiment , Oma-
B guards.
Hj An old man named McNulty and his
HJ eon , living-near Oconto , quarreled over
H the ownership of an old bridle. In
Hj the heated argument which followed
Hj the old man tired a shotgun and filled
Hj the boy's hide so full of bird shot that
HJ it looked like a grape cullender. The
Hj wounds are not fatal.
H ; . B. G. Whittemore , a man 62 years oi
Hj age , who was reported some three
H weeks ago as being placed under $7,000
H bonds on the charge of rape of a little
Hj girl fourteen years old , came into disH -
H I trict court at Auburn and changed his
H plea to that of guilty and Judge Still
H sent him to the state prison for ten
H years at hard labor.
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At Tobias a barn belonging to J. L.
Sutfln was struck by lightning Satur
day night and burned to the ground ,
together with its contents , consisting
of oats , hay and farming implements.
Loss about S700 , partially covered by
insurance.
Thomas Wilson , a man who has been
held in the county jail at Blair , since
last March for breaking into cars on
Elkhorn , escaped last Friday night
lie had to go through three doors and
had made three separate keys and un
locked every door.
Following is the mortgage record of
lJlatte county for the month of July ,
189G : Fifty real estate mortgages
filed , 47,122.80 ; thirty-eight real es
tate mortgages released , ' $35,372.25 ;
sixty chattlc mortgages filed , 813,220.46 ;
eight chattle mdrtgagc4 released , § 5-
9S9.G0.
Herman Koch , a prominent farmer
living near West Point , mot with what
may prove a fatal accident. He was 4
returning home with a calf in his
wagon. The team became unmanage
able and threw him out , breaking one
of his legs and otherwise injuring him.
The broken leg was amputated.
A burglar tried to get into Alex
Francis * general merchandise store at
Dunbar , but was unsuccessful. Ho
next tried the postoffice , but again
failed , but he was successful in enter
ing R % . Roos' general merchandise
store. Goods to the amount of 00 was
taken. He was overhauled with the
spoile. The thief had just been re
leased from the penitentiary.
Reports from country precincts in
Gage county , show that the recent
storm did considerable damage in a
strip of country north of Beatrice ,
varying from one to six miles in width
and extending across the country. The
corn is badly blown down , scores of
windmills wrecked and many small
buildings torn to pieces. Orchards
were stripped of their fruit and shade
trees badly broken.
John F. Crawford , a well known res-
dent of Omaha , was struck by the
northbound Missouri Pacific passenger
train at the railroad crossing at forty-
eighth and Leavenworth streets. His
right foot was severed above the ankle ,
the face badly bruised and the chest
and arms were covered with scars and
gashes from being dragged along the
track. Death was almost instanta
neous. He was about GO years old.
A serious accident occurred on the
Burlington railroad one mile west of
Nemaha. Mrs. Nettie Umbling , a
farmer's wife from near Howe , Neb. ,
a lady friend and two small children
were in the act of crossing the track
when a freight that was backing up
struck the vehicle in which they were
riding , killing both horses outright
and tearing the vehicle to pieces. One
child had its leg broken in two places ,
the other its leg broken in one place.
Both ladies were badly bruised. The
little ones will die.
A peculiar accident happened as the
Union Pacific flyer was pulling out of
the yards at Sidney. The main driv
ing wheel on the left side of the loco
motive broke from the axle and leav
ing the engine ran out on a side track
for fifty feet. The train was running
but five miles an hour and was stopped
within a few feet of where the acci
dent occurred. The accident was
caused by a flaw in the journal of the
driver and had the train been going at
full speed the result would doubtless
have been a disaster.
The Lincoln Journal says that nu
merous complaints have been made
about the breaking open of desks at
the state house. Desks have been ran
sacked on several occasions and post
age stamps stolen. In some cases the
loss amounts to considerable. About
one year ago complaints of this kind
were numerous. One office was robbed
of S80 worth of stamps of a whole
year's supply. Some of the robberies
occur at the noon hour. Entrance to
offices is supposed to be effected by
persons who have keys to doors as well
as desks.
J. W. Stocking , who has lived near
Panama for a number of years , had the
misfortune to step on a nail while do
ing his chores. He did not pay much
attention to it until next day when it
pained him very much , so he went to
see a doctor , but lockjaw was setting
in and nothing could be done for him.
Three different doctors were called and
held a consultation , and all gave him
np and death relieved him of his suffer
ings. Mr. Stocking was a single man.
He leaves one sister and brottier , who
live near Panama and one brother in
• California.
President Barnes of the State Agri
cultural society , declares that from the
applications and inquiries received up
to the present time the state fair will
be 30 per cent larger than any of its
predecessors. Not only will there be
more exhibits , and more of them , but
there will be a number of entirely new
ones , some of which will attract a
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great deal of attention. He is enthu
siastic over the change in the grounds
since the last fair. The thick carpet
of grass , where a year ago was newly
ploughed and graded ground , has , in
fact , made a wonderful transformation ,
and one which will be appreciated by
all visitors. *
A fatal accident occurred at Glen
Rock , a station.on the Missouri Pacific
some six miles north of Auburn. Will
iam Hawkins , a farmer living iu the
village , while getting off of the high
side of a box hay rack , had one of his
feet caught some way and he tumbled
to the ground , falling on the end of a
pitchfork handle. He had thrown the
fork to the ground before , starting to
get down. The tines sticking in the
ground held the handle upright. The
handle was forced some six inches into
the body , passing through the bladder.
He cannot live but a short time.
A fruit tree fakir is getting in his
work in neighboring towns of Falls
City. He sells fruit trees on the in
stallment plan , and takes fruit in pay
when the trees begin to bear. He'
takes an order and it turns up in the i
bank a collectable note. i
Very Rev. C. H. Gardner , dean oi •
Trinity Cathedral , Omaha , died sud
denly of pneumonia at Bayfield , Wis. , .
last week. He was sick but a few
days. He was 46 years old and leaves
a wife and six boys. He was there
spending his vacation , as is customary.
He has been a prominent candidate for
bishop of the Episcopal church for a
number of times.
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DR. NANSENJVAS LOST
HIS CHRONOMETERS STOPPED AND
HE LOST HIS BEARIHSS ,
JACKSON RESCUED HIM.
Found by the English Scientist on an
Ice Floe IIU Lucky Meeting ; With
the Norwegian Explorer was Ac
cidental The Fram Aban
doned In the Drifting
Ice Hansen's Story.
Vardoe , Norway , Aug. 10. The
captain of the Windward , the British
steamer which has just returned from
Franz Josef land after taking supplies
to the British North pole expedition
commanded by Jackson and known as
the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition ,
filed a telegraphic message hero yes
terday describing the accidental
meeting of Jackson and Dr. Nansen ,
forming one of the most remarkable
incidents in the history of Arctic ex
ploration , for it appears that the Nor
wegian ex plorer had been living in a
hutquite close to one of the English
explorer's stations for a long time pre
vious to the meeting of the two men ,
yet neither one of them was aware of
the other's presence in that vicmit } ' .
In this messrge , Jackson describes his
accidental meeting with Dr. Nansen
while the latter was traversing the
ice pack , and it appears that it was a
lucky meeting for the Norwegian ex
plorer , as the latter was misled , ow
ing to inaccuracies on the map drawn
by Payer , the discoverer of Franz
Josef land , and also oecause Dr. Nan-
sen's two chronometers and his watch
having stopped , he was quite unable
to establish his position and was con
sequently trying to march westward
to Spitzbergen over the ice pack ,
which was not only highly dangerous
but probably impossible.
Jackson , after meeting Nansen , con
ducted the latter to Elmwood , the
headquarters of the British expedition ,
where the Doctor awaited tlie arrival
of the Windward , which left the
Thames on June 10 , and Vardoe on
June 28 , to take supplies to the Jack
son expedition , and not to bring them
back , as currently reported.
Jackson , in the dispatch filed by the
captain of the Windward , said : "On
June 17 , I met Dr. Nansen three miles
out on a floe , east of Cape Flora , and
under most extraordinary circum
stances. He bad wintered in a rough
hut within a few miles of our north
ern limit in 189-3 , and this spring we
unwittingly came within a few miles
of his winter quarters.
"Dr. Nansen left the Fram with one
companion , Lieutenant Sigard Scott
Hansen , a lieutenant in the Norwegian
navyand director in the astronomical ,
meteorological and magnetic observa
tions , and reached latitude SO : 14 ,
traveling northeast from where he
left the Fram , which was in 84 North ,
102 East
It is believed here that the Fram
may turn up here or at Bergen
shortly , as she stood the ice very well ,
has plenty of provisions on board and
there was no sickness among her crew
when Dr. Nansen left her on March
14 , 1895.
Professor Mohn says that the scien
tific result of Dr. Nansen's observa
tions are magnificent , and that sev
eral islands have been discovered.
Dr. Nansen , in describing their life
during the winter of 189S-9G , said :
"When the bears' flesh had been ex
hausted we were obliged to kill the
weakest dogs to feed the others , and
continued thus until the whole pack
had been slaughtered.
"Myself and companions started in
the direction of Spitzbergen on May
10. After that we occupied six weeks
on snowshoes , dragging sledges and
kayaks ( the Arctic canoe ) loaded on
sledges after us. We went partly
overland and partly over sea ice.
"We reached Jackson's winter quar
ters , where we found all in good
health. We remained there about six
weeks , till the steamer Windward
arrived. "
JONES' SELECTIONS MADE.
Gov. Stone and J. B. Johnson on the
Democratic Executive Committee.
New York , Aug. 16. Chairman
Jones of the Democratic national com
mittee has decided upon those who
will compose the campaign committee.
They are : John R. McLean , Ohio ;
Governor Stone , Missouri ; Clarke
Howell , Jr. , Georgia ; C. A. Walsh ,
Iowa ; J. R. Shanklin , Indiana ; J. J.
Dwyer , California ; D. J. Campau ,
Michigan , and J. B. Johnson , Kansas.
Governor Altgeld may also be ap
pointed a member of the committee.
Fusion 'Sot Likely in Washington.
Ellensburg , Wash. , Aug. 16. The
Democratic , Populist and silver Re
publican conventions met yesterday
and received representatives from the
conference , committees. Eacli then
took a recess to give the committee
further time to confer , the Democrats
being dissatisfied with the distribution
of offices. The present situation sug
gests a fusion between the Populists
and free silver men , with a separate
Democratic ticket.
ScwaU's Son Works Against Him.
New York , Aug. lG. The following
speakers have been engaged to stump
Maine for McKinley and Hobart : Har
old M. Sewall , son of Bryan's associ
ate ; Senators Hale , Frye and Lodge ;
Congressmen Dingley , Boutelle and
Dofiver , ex-Governor Pitkin of Louis
iana , ex-Senator Warner Miller , J.
Sloat Fassett oT New York and Gen
eral Clark E. Carr of Illinois , ex-min
ister of Denmark.
Capitalist iUordered.
Lincoln. Neb. , Aug. 16. non. W.
F. Eyeter of Chambersburg. Pa. , was i
muraered here last night. Fred
Vance and five women of the town
are detained at the station as knowing
something of the case. Mr. Ej-eter
was here with a party of prominent ;
Pennsylvania capitalists , en route to
Cripple/Creek / to invest in mines.
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FUSION IN THE SOUTH.
Republicans , Sound Money Doroocrats
and Pop allot * May Unite.
IndiajfAi'ous , Ind. , Aug. 17. It is
not at all unlikely that a combination
ticket will be put in the field by the
Republicans , National Democrats and
Populists in some of the Southern
states. The executive committee of
the National Democracy is in receipt
of propositions looking to this end
from Alabama , Texas and Florida and
is inclined to look upon them with fa
vor. The leaders of these three par
ties in the South have not yet dis
cussed matters of detail in the
proposed fusion , but it is probable
that if it is to be carried out tlioy will
fuse on the state tickets as nearly as
possible in proportion to the strength
that each one possesses and that elec
toral tickets will be made of men
pledged to vote against Bryan and
Sewall.
FIVE CHICAGO FAILURES.
Soap , Iron , Wool , Hides and Liquor Dealers -
ors Unable to Moot Their Liabilities.
Chicago , Aug. 17. Five failures
were recorded to-day as follows : The
Chicago and Western Soap works , SS0 , -
000 assets , liabilities § 50,000 ; Louis
Sibers and Sons , liquor dealers , S35 , -
000 assets , liabilities S3O.GO0 ; the Chicago
cage Consolidated Iron and Steel
company of Harvey , S300.000 assets ,
liabilities not known ; Henry M. no-
sick , won ] , i'J3 Michigan street , S200 , -
000 assets , liabilities Sl 5,000 ; George
Oberthi , dealer in hides and leather ,
S200.00U assets , liabilities SU'o.OOo.
Congressional Nominee Withdraws.
San Antonio , Tex. , Aug. 17. A sen
sation was caused in political circles
of the Twelfth congressional district
by the announcement from Marshall
Fulton , the Democratic nominee for
congress , that he has withdrawn from
the race. In his letter to Chairman
Oniou of the Democratic executive
committee , Mr. Fulton gives no reason
for his action. Mr. Fultoa is the second
end Democratic candidate to with
draw from the race after the nomina
tion had been made.
Killeu His Wire's Paramour.
Buttk , Mont. , Aug. 17. Joseph L.
Boncsteele , a bartender , went home
about 5 o'clock this morning and shot
and killed Frank Cole , a lodger at the
house , whom he found with his wife.
Cole came to Butte from St. Paul ,
where he held positions on the Pioneer
neer Press and Globe. He was made
city clerk of Butte two years ago , but
the mayor , learning that he was liv
ing with a woman to whom he had
not been married , recalled the ap
pointment.
ltitf Oil Trnks Set on Fire.
Lima , Ohio , Aug 17. At L o'clock
this morning lightning struck a 30 , -
000 barrel oil tank on the Kemper
farm , three miles south of here ,
owned by the Standard oil company ,
and the fire communicated to three
others. The Standard people em
ployed 300 men to throw up embank
ments and are shooting the tanks tc
let the oil out The smoke from the
burning oil obscured the sun. The
loss will reach § 75,000.
No Gold Ticket In Nebraska.
Lincoln , Neb. , Aug. 17. Whatever
the gold standard Democrats may do
at Indianapolis , it is quite evident
that the state of Nebraska will not
put up any gold standard Democratic
eleciors. It is well known that
Tobias Castor , N. S. Mar wood , A. J.
Sawyer and John A. Ames of Lincoln ,
D. T. Cook of Beatrice , and other
gold standard Democrats , are opposed
to any such move. They contend that
such action would help Bryan more
than McKinley.
Two Men In a St. Joseph Ruin.
St. Joseph , Mo. , Aug. 17. During
heavy storm Thursday an old ice
house north of the city was struck by
lightning. Yesterday afternoon a
gardner informed the police that just
before it was struck and burned he
hail seen two men enter it. A force
of men are at work digging in the
ruins to find the bodies.
Oklahoma Ginning Plant.
Guthrie , Okla. , Aug. li. The Cim
arron Ginning company , with a capi
tal of S-JO.OO' ) , was chartered to-day ,
and will build an immense ginning
plant one mile east of Langs ton. E.
M. Green is president. W .1. Fonts.
treasurer , and ! ' . A. Thompson , secre
tary. Thirty stockholders , represent
ing l00 acres of cotton , are in the
scheme.
I A. W. in Politics.
Lomsvii.i.K , Ky. , Aug. 17. The of
ficial publication of the League of
American Wheelmen , the Bulletin , is
going to take a hand in political af.
fairs , and will support the gold stand
ard. Sterling Elliot of Iioaton , presi
dent of the League , says that in the
next issue he will have an editorial in
favor of the gold standard
A Minister Fired Upon.
Buknos Avhes , Aug 17. A dispatch
from " Chuqiiisaca ( Succre ) Kolivia , an
nounces that a merchant named Cullar
attempted to assassinate the Chilian
minister to Bolivia while the latter
was there , firing several shots from a
revolver. The minister was severely
wounded.
Gsneral i-chellentlorf Out.
Bkp.i.in , Aug 17. It is officially an
nounced that the Prussian minister
for war. General Rronsart von Schel-
lendorf , who was appointed in 1803 ,
has been relieved from office. He
will be succeeded by General Von
Gossler.
Killed by Lightning.
Kansas City , Mo , Aug. 17. John
naggett , a dealer in live stock , of 72
North Tenth street , Kansas City.
Kan. , was struck by lightning and
killed yesterday while standing under
a tree on what are known as Muncie's
bluffs , five and one-half miles west of
the Union depot.
The richest gold placer mines of
Alaska have been transferred to
Canadian territory , and miners are
now paying miners' tas to British
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SHERMAN 01 FINANCE.
THE OHIO SENATOR DENOUNCES
.THE FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
OPENS OHIO'S CAMPAIGN.
The Financial UUtory of the UnltoU
States Discussed at Length Declares
That Workingmen and Fcimlon-
eri Would Ho Itulued If the
Gold Standard Is Not
Alain tallied.
Cor.UMHUP , Ohio , Aug. 17. The Re
publican State campaign opened hero
at 1 o'clock this afternoon in a great
tent in the presence , it is estimated ,
of 10,000 people. At 1:30 o'clock , after
the usual music and cheering of some
well known men. Governor Kushnell ,
as chairman , formally opened the ex
ercises with a short speech , after
which he introduced United States
Senator John Sherman , who was re
ceived with great cheering. As soon
as order was restored , the veteran
linaneior spoke , in part , as follows :
"Ilotli the silver and tariff urn vit'il Mussitions
of domestic policy of r < jtiul iniuortittico , but I
propose oa this ocea lion to coafin my romurks
mainly to what is known as the fro ) -oinuRO of.
tilvor at the ralio of bixtaon p rts of * ilvor to
one of gold. Tliis tssno i * thrust upon ua by
tlie Democratic party , or. rfitliT. by the Popu
list branch of the Democratic party.
"Gold and silver coins are rccnxnizid by all
commercial nations of the world as the best
standards of value , as tin measure of i-vary nr-
ticlo of disire , of ovirythlig th-it is bought or
sold , llioso two metals not only measure
all other things , but they measure o ch
otlior. Their rolativa value constantly changes.
Twenty-throe years ago sixteen ounces of sil
ver were worth moro than one onnco of goliL
Now thirty-one ounces of silver can bo bought
by ouo ounce of gold.
"In 18J1 , during the administrttinn of Prov
ident Jackson and umlor the lonriorship of
Da tiol Webster and Thom'is II. Benton , Con-
gn-fs adopted the ratio of 16 ol silver to 1 of
gold , by reducing the number of grams in the
gold coin. As silver was thus sligitly under
valued it was not largely coinod. Silver could
be coined in France at the ratio of 1 > to 1 , and
the owner of silver bullion could send it to
Franco and have it convor ed into coin at that
ratio , thus receiving about 8 psr cant more for
his bullion than if coined at the American
ratio of 16 to ' . Gold became the only Amer
ican coin in circulation , and the avowed purpose -
pose of thopas ngo of tlie law of 183 ! was to
make gold the standard. This law. hO-irtily
approved by Andrew Jac'cson , would now bo
called The Crime of 1S3L'
TJIi : ACTION' TAKEN IN 1653.
' In 1W3. upon the report of omtor Ilnntor ,
when Picrco was president and when all
branches of the govorimont were under Demo
cratic control. Congress reduced the quantity
of silver in the fractional coini ( half dimes ,
dim.'fi , quarters and hilf dollars ) moro than 0
per cent/direetod the purchas3 of the silver for
their roinago on government account abolished
the law for their free co nago and made them
a full legal tender forS' only , leaving gold still ' :
practically the only full legal tender United '
States coin. At this time the silver dollar had •
disappeared from th 5 current coimga of the j '
Unitodbtates and was pra.tically and pur- !
posolv demonetized. This. 1 bnpposo , would ,
now bo called the 'Crime of 18VA * Silver was
practically demonetized by this act and the '
act of lM4. I
"It ii certain that from 18)1. ) when Mr. Jell- '
orson became president , to the cfoio of Buchan
an's administrat.oa in 18)1 , tha Democratic
party was n gold party , opposed to si.ver and
all forms of paper mon-y
"When the Ropublizan party came into
power in 1561. by the election of Mr. Lincoln it
had to face a formidible r-bollion. G.dd and
silver were alike bnnishod from circulation
and irrodcomablo paper money of all denominations -
nations , from ten cents to $ ,103 was substi
tuted in plaso of coi i. When ho war wasovar
the Republican party sought to rjstoro specie
payment as soon as practicable. In March ,
1:69 , it pledged the faith of the nation to pay
ment in coin or its cquivalont of all bonds of
the United States and to re.lcnm the United
States notes at the earliest po siblo moment in
coin.
THE 1873 P.KVISIO.V OF MINT LAWS.
"In order to carry out this pledge it bcamo
noco ; ary to revise th various coinagi laws of
the nitod States. This was promptly and
vary caiofully done by a bill framed in the
Treasury department while Mr. Boutwell was
Socrotary. It was thoroughly conjidcro I by
the exports of that department mrt was printed
and submitted to ull persons in the United
States who wcra snpposd to bo familar with
the coin asre laws. The bill , containing sixty-
seven sections , accompiniod by a mass of information
mation that fills a volume , was sent to Con
gress April 2 , 1S7J , by Secretary Boutwell
an 1 its pissagn was strongly recommended by
him Tiiis bill omitted from the coins of tba
United States the silver dollar. Dreciselv aa
was do'e in 18 3. but provided for the coinage
of the fractional parti of the dollar in accord
ance with the act of that year. Tha bHl was
pending in Congress for throe years wa3 care
fully considered in both house < and spscial at
tention was cal'od to the omission of the IUW
grain Mlvor do lar. which was never in the bill
at any staga , anil the reasons for this omis3i on
given. It was finally determine 1 at the urgent
request of members from the P.icifis coast to
insert among thi silver coin- trade dollar
contniniug * ) grains of stand-rd silvo- , but
this dollar was made like the minor coins , a
Jogal tender for $5) only. Thora was but ono
yea and my vote on tno bill , and that was oa
the proposition to ropal thj charge made by
tha mint for the coinaga of gold I voted
agiinstits repaal.
"The bill pass id both houses and became a
law February 11S7.5. . by prastically a unani
mous vote of both pmi s. anJ wa3 specially
supp irto.l and voted for by the senators and
mbc.y from tho-ilver
m -y - states
"Thislsa * boon called the 'crime of 1878 * and
a tli9 bill was under my charxo in the Sonata
1 was hold to bo the chief cri uiaaL It was , in
fact , a wise measure of public policy , carefully
discussed and considered during tbrao years.
When we test the outcry az.iinst this act with
tin Fob- acts shown by official rocor Is , it ap
pear simply ludicrous. The total numbir of
silver dolLirs coine 1 from 17U2 tolS71 wa38.031-
while the nnmber of trade dollars issued
under th coinaga act of 18i.t containing seven
and ono-hnlf grains more silver than the old
doll ir was 5 > S-S ,0.4 and the numboof stand-
ar 1 silv.T dollarj coined under the BlanJ-Alii-
sn artof 1873 was 41 .79).0tl. fifty-four times
the nnmbT i ? U2d before 1873.
"It is strange that thi very mon who sup
ported > : nl u-ged thU coinage 1 iwof IS 3 and
deni-indad the csclusivn coinage of gold ara
the very mon who now demand the free coin
age of silver and d juouujo as "golditjs" and
robbars all who Lcliove iu the coinage of both
gold and silvor.
• It has bean said that the dropping of the '
silver dollar in the coin iga act of laJ was surreptitiously - '
roptitiously done. This charge is shown to bo '
fal o by the debate in cangro-w. and especially
by the declaration of tha men who now make
the charge. Sixteen months after tha pasiago
of that act Sanator .lonos of N'evada , in a debate -
bate in the temto. J una II. Ii7l. * aid : M am
opposed to any proposition , coma in whatever
form it may. that attcmots to ovoirulo what '
GoJ ln ra = elr has made for money I believe
the suonpr wo como down to a purely gold
standard t le batter it will ba for the country. "
"Senatir Stewart of Nevada , in the < amo da-
batoonthel th of Juna , 184tir , the labor-
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Injrmtnnn'ltho prolucarls nt tlod to h"vr > , 9eH
bl > product anil hi4 labor m a ured by the jffiH
same .tandnrd of the world that measures JUM
our national debt. Thcro have boon u wrens
inany battles fought ngtin t old. but go. 1 Iw.s g-J H
won every time Gold novo. lias compromised. IS M
Gold has rondo the world respect it a 1 the Mji H
timo. The English people once thought thay , r * |
could got aloag without gold for n while , but m
they had to como back to It. ' ? j H
"On Juno I. 1874. Sonatow Jones and Stewart I * M
nnd nil tha roprcnontativs and sonat r.s or tin f ; B
ellvor Btatos were urgout anil lionet m st lyitiff- M
thnt gol.l was the best nnd only tamlarI or / j m
valuot. but they changed their m.mfs wh-ii tno f } m
largely insroasod nnd ins rousing pr.dnctiou or [ , m
silver In Nevada and other states rediro.l the 1 H l
market vuluo of silver below that vl gold ar the | J H
est abli.had ratio of sixteen to ono. 'then they / -l B
wanted a market for their silvor. The - wanted * SbH
to pay existing debts and obligations con- iJI H
tractcdupon a gold basis in nlvor but took OPisbbI
care in their contracts to stipulnto for tin * pi7- -J'i' & H
mont ofgold In thirn. nnd thilins beoa : n t i3 W M
no.v the general practlo in tlw silvorstatr.s f H
"During this ponod silver rapidly f'U in. \ SbbbbI
market value below gold at tlie ratio of sixt on ! * 1I H
to 1. Prior nnJ nibsequent to 187i many I M M
changes wro nindo In coinage by the leading- i S H
countries of the world. Germany in ln'l IS H
changed it standard from silver to gold. J 4Sbbbbb !
Franco , Italy , Switzerland and Belgium ' .ml ia ' , 9 § H
183 lontnrcd into a treaty cillad the Lntiu anion - \ | H
ion to which others I eenmo parties an 1 by " , J | H
which the coins of onch of these countrias are { 'Ij H
rocnivod nnd paid by all of them. This im- . 1 I H
portant nrrnngomont wis first modified and j !
finally abandoned nnd gold became the .stand- J | |
nrd of values of th n countries hut in a I , nil- 1 1
ver was coin d and largely used a a subsidiary \ | |
coin p orisily ns in t'io United States. f 3 |
Mr. Sherman here sketched at considerable - / ] |
siderable length the history of the 1 i |
Bland-Allison act of 187o and the \ l H
Sherman purchase act nnd its repeal. Ib !
Referring to the bimetallic declaraS | H
tion in the repealing act declaring it j |
to be the policy of the United States t 'S !
to ajways maintain the parity of gold 1 HI bbb H
and silver , he said : ( f l
"This djc'ar.itio'i , made by Congress and np- ' - 'IbbbbbI
provo.l by the president nt a time when tho- SbbbbbI
public mind wascontorod upon tin silver qu > su -l l
tion , is a wise statement of public polic/ that l l
ought to bo acted upon without regard to par. HbbbbbI
ty divisions. This bill passed a ilouso of K-p- S l
rexmtntives fresh from the pcoplo by a vet * of v ! |
SSiyeai aid 118 nays and the St'nat ) bthe ' H
vote of 43 yeas agiinst : ii nays. This act was c H
not a party voto. but it is I bcliovo. the expression - , H
prossion of opinion of n majority of the two H
great parties of the country. , ' H
* * And here , follow citizens , wo ought to stand. i l
I appeal Domo-rats and Republicans nliko. 't ' H
Wo are all intorostcd in hnving a soun I and l l
stable currency founded upon gold and silvor. ! H
Wo cannot by law fix the value of either mntal i Her
or coin or of any of the articles that enter into- H
the wants of Ufa - | ' H
"Wo had. July t , la it , in actual circulation. M
among tht people of the United tntoi. Sl , > 00- , H
72" ) , iO ) . as stated by tha report of tha trrasnry H
dopartmouS. Wo had nl-.o at that date 'U < 4- H
51J.93I in the treasury , mostly gold nnd silver , H
hold for roJomption of United Statoi notes nnd H
silver cortific itas. All tlieso forms of money H
bavo bo-n maintained by tli > government at H
par with gold anil they travsl the cir la of the H
world without diminution of their purchatini ? H
power. Thoagh silver bullion has fallen to- | |
nearly ono half its former value yet no liavo H
used it an 1 maintained silver coins made from. H
it at a parity with gold at the ratio of 1(5 ( to I. l
"But now we are brought face to face with a 'B ' l
proposition which , if .ign-o 1 to , w 11 mnko sil- 'MS
ver the solo standard of value for all d-bs and : I BBb1
c rod its , for the wages of labor and tha pur- ji l
chase and sale of property If the froa coinage ' H
of silver is authorized , than the mar. 'cot va uo " !
of silver bullion becomes tha standard fir pay- ! bbbbbb
moats on a 1 contracts made in the past , the ' . H
present or tha fnturo and tl ' 4 grains of ' H
standard silver bullion , worth now • > ! cents , i H
can , with frao coinage , bo coined into a dcdlar t H
npou the demand of any holderof such b.illion. ' H
The government does not undertake to c H
maintain its relative value w 'th gold. The l l
government stamps it This is a dollar. ' Ita - J |
purchasing power 13 tlftv-throo cents but ita MBSBBbI
debt paying power is one dollar of debt It it l l
the doctrine of the Populist and Anarchist , l l
but it is in direct opposition to the traditional ' 1
policy of Jcffers in , Andrew Jackson and the H
Democratic party. H
"It is sometimes said of creditors that they H
are bloodthirsty Shylocks. aristocrais , bloodsuckers - ? | |
suckers , extortioners. It may bo that there X j |
nt among money lenders some m > n who merit H
epithets , butthagroit body of the crcditom nf bbbbi
our country ara among the thrifcy , industrious |
and intelligent men and women of every com- |
j munity |
I "Ono great body of creditors hero is the 070- |
j 0)0 Union soldiers , their widows and orphnns , |
i who are credito-s of the United Statas to the |
j amount of overli0,0)W0J a year for33rvi-cs |
. Din sacrifices in thj Union army , ituould bo |
an act of periidy and meanness bayond expression - |
sion for this great country to pay thorn with | H
money of less purchas ng power thin gold roin. |
merely bacause the overproduction of silver in H
the United States has re luced the market value j H
of silver bullion contained in a silver dollar. _ H
To take advantage of this daclinc in order to- * * P Isfl
reduce the value of the
pittance to those pensioners - |
sionors is worse than to rob the graves of the H
dead. H
"By far the greatest injur/ resulting from H
the free coinage of silver will fall upon the H
workingmen Their wages are now basad upon H
mono/of the highest value upon gold coin of * H
standard valuo. Under free coiaago of silver H
the value of the silver dollar will fall to fifty- | |
thrcoconts in gold , or as I have already said. H
tholOJ coats of the gold dollar will be worth t H
lyt cents of the silver dollar. With free coin- H
oga of s lver every working man can and ought H
to demand enough silver for his dailv wages to- | |
bo eqHal to the purchasing pow.T of ht3 pros- _ , < i fl
ent wagas in gold. The struirclo hnttwv „ bbbbbbI
workingmen and employer will then commence , H
an 1 no ono knows batter than the workinyman. |
how diffi ulfc it is togct an advanca of pay Wo i H
bave trikcsandstrif. 'sonoughnaw. when tha ' | |
working mau gets his pay in gud coin , or it3 H
equivalent but whit will bo the condition H
when he is .paid in cheapar money of the samo- |
nom nal amount but of lss purchasing power7" |
Every santim nt of justice will be on the side H
of the wnrkingman ii his struggle for good H
mon y or iucrua-ed wages in cheap money. H
_ * Of all the evils wiiich a government can ia- j H
flict none can bo greater than cheap moay , | |
whether of coin or pa or That dollar is tho- H
best dollar tint buys the largest quantity of H
food and rlothing. That dollar is the gnld . M
do' .lar. for it buys m ra food and clothing than. " s-f * lsH
any other dollar nnd will also buy a silver dol- iH
lar for fiftyhree cents if the coina te of silver i H
13 made free at the ratio of 1 to 1 or gold. H
"Experi-nco has shown that the United . _ H
States can make the silver dollar buy as miich- * l VbbbbbbbI
rs the gold dollar , hut it can only b > done by \ ' |
the government buying silver bullion as naeded H
.and coining it into d h = rs on government accent - H
co-nt ' 1 his his been tried. j H
'Thi- . matter of tli' frcecoina-joof sil7or and H
the degradation of thtand r 1 of value in- B
vo' .ves not only ques ions of money , but of I |
honor and good f.vth. Wnon thair hoior is inU bbbbH
volved. the pcoplo never fail to ro pen 1. They | > H
have complied with ever/ promise and paid Jr * |
ever/debt contnc.od sins-i the orgjinizatioa ' H
of the national government , a > it became duo. _ H
They have paid four-fifths of tha debts con- H
tractad during the civil war. and the prospect H
was hopeful that all of it won'd 1 e paiil before H
the clo o of this century , but this reversing I H
our standards of value ha ? , like tha flro bell at H
is
night startled and alarmed our paoplc " H
vv"L - t u'sott , , * > t - following the action of H
vv u-
Washing'on. Hamilton. Jeffe.Soa. . Benson. H
Hunter. Lincoln Bnd Grant. Lat us maintain H
ailvar and gold at par wi h each othar at tha " IH
legal ratio of 1. to 1 until a coaferenco amonst bbbbH
nations can prcscribo comman standards of IsH
valuo. In the
meantime let no act b' done BBBBBBbI
no policy bo a.looto i. nooxpedi nt roso.tod to ' l H
thntwill tarcih the honor of the "
grea" ! rc-pub- - H
Assassinated by 3Ioonshlncrg. H
LiTTLB Rock. Arlc , Aug. News of j H
an assassination reached here to-day * 4 |
from the mountain fastness of Sevier ' IbbbbbbbI
county. Astherebultof a raid made- Ljii H
by moonshiners Rued Jones , G veara M bbbbbbI
ft" nou" ! n his 'Ve aml M * brother " fl H
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