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GREAT PAPER FOR BRYAN
The manner in which the opponents
of the ticket nominated at Chicago have
begun their campaign must rouse the
profoundest resentment of every Ameri
can regardful of the interests and jeal
ous of the honor of- his country The
representatives of half the American
people have been denounced in deliri
ouslanguage as anarchists cut throats
and swindlers Their chosen candidate
for the highest office in the republic
has been pictured as a crazy Jacobin or
a designing demagogue Commerce and
industry have been threatened with the
very panic these alarmists profess to
fear
This crusade has been one of reckless
misrepresentation from the start The
libelers of the late convention know
that the Chicago platform is not anar
chial In most respects it is inspired by
enlightened progressiveness The mild
implied criticism of the majority of the
Supreme Court or rather of the one
justice who changed his mind was
thoroughly well deserved and might
have been made much stronger without
impropriety Since when have we been
endowed with infallible judges whose
acts are above criticism If the advo
cacy of the just and scientific principle
of taxation of large incomes was anar
chistic then every statesman in Eng
land is an anarchist and instead of
cates as lunatics or incendiaries
Nor Is It possible with any more sin
cerity to call Mr Bryan a demagogue
He is the very reverse of a demagogue
He follows the truth as he sees It
though it lead him to political destruc
tion Last year he could only muster
ten thousand votes for his faction In
Nebraska out of over 180000 but he
had no thought of compromise He
fought on regardless of victory or do
feat thinking only of what he believes
to be right If heliad not been nomi
nated nobody yould have dreamed of
calling him a demagogue His spirit Is
rather that of a prophet
On the other side we have William
McKinley bound hand foot and tongue
to the most corrupt combination that
ever exhibited itself openly in an Amer
ican presidential campaign His elec
tion would put the resources of the gov
ernment at the disposal of the Hanna
syndicate It would mean a return to
Chinese protection and the exploita
tion of the people by a rapacious ring
of mandarins It would mean in the
end a popular revolt before which a
frightened conservatism might pray for
a leader with the moderate instincts of
Bryan
In most respects the superiority of the
Democratic candidate is so palpable
as to make comparisons needlessly cruel
to his opponent What then is the
duty of the American citizens who de-
THAT TAMMANY INDORSEMENT
govornment of McKinley by Hanna
for a syndicate New York Journal
Tliey Are Not Democrats
There is one thing very sure Demo
crats who are Democrats from prin
ciple and believe In all the teachings of
democracy cannot and will not vote
for Wm McKinley for President
When a Democrat announces that he
will vote for McKinley before he will
vote for Bryan he has renounced his
allegiance to- Democracy and has no
right or standing of any kind or charac
ter In the Democratic party New
York Mercury
Bennie Takes the Stump
We will now have some talk through that hat
Democratic Chances
The prospects of the Presidential
campaign of 1896 have changed most
wonderfully during the two months
past They were greatly in favor of
McKinley in May His rivals for the
-St Louis Republic
searching the cellars of the house of
parliament for barrels of gunpowder
the authorities ought to search the
pockets of every member for bombs
The income tax is the backbone of the
British financial system it is about to
be introduced in a graduated form at
that into France and it already exists
in its most extreme degree in Germany
The condemnation of the practice of
substituting government by injunction
for the old orderly processes of courts
and juries so far from being revolu
tionary is a vindication of the ancient
rights of the English speaking race
against a novel and dangerous innova
tion which deserves the name of anar
chy much better than anything done at
Chicago
The platform reaffirms the principle
indorsed by a vast majority of the peo
ple of the United States of a tariff for
revenue only and protests against the
disturbance to business that would be
caused by a return to McKinleyism
There is nothing incendiary in that In
this point it is the Chicago platform
that is conservative and the one adopt
ed at St Louis that is revolutionary
We hold adds the Democratic pro
fession of faith that the most efficient
way of protecting American labor is to
prevent the importation of foreign pau
per labor to compete with it in the home
market That is hqnest straightfor
ward principle the only kind that does
what it pretends to do
The Chicjago platform demands sim
plicity and economy in government
and protests against the profligate
waste of money that has characterized
Republican legislation That is not the
reckless spirit of a mob It is rather
the sober utterance of prudent property
owners and taxpayers of whom the
Chicago convention was principally
composed
The protest against arbitrary federal
Interference in local affairs is one which
Jefferson would have commended as
the very foundation stone of his politi
cal faith
In denouncing the attempt to swindle
the government out of more than 200
000000 by extending the Pacific rail
road debts the convention was fighting
anarchy for there can be no more dan
gerous anarchists than those who are
powerful enough to override the laws
and amass wealth from the prosperty of
the people
Moreover the silyer plank in the
convention does not deserve the
frantic vituperation leveled against it
The silver theory has too much expert
authority on its side to brand its
Pot Hunter Hanna There is that bloody tiger again
sire to secure the best possible govern
ment for the republic during the next
four years Plainly it is to vote for that
presidential candidate who is manifest
ly best fitted to administer the govern
ment and to settle the financial ques
tion through their representatives in
The Difference
The Bryan Handshake The Grasp of the People
The McKinley 400 Handshake
Congress Gold men may vote for gold
candidates silver men for silver candi
dates and bimetallists for bimetallists
But nobody who realizes what is at
stake in this campaign can vote to
abandon government of the people by
the people for the people in favor of
Republican nomination who were all
of them sound for sound money
were then already beaten and his own
nomination was secured But the
friends of Morton Reed and other com
petitors as a last resort raised the
question of McKinleys soundness on
the sound money question They in
terrogated they beset him they bullied
him till they got him partly committed
to their gold standard program It was
then too late to defeat his nomination
for that was secure but it split his
convention disgusted his managers and
imperiled his election The chances of
the campaign changed as though by
magic
The Democrats when they met at
Chicago took advantage of the enemys
blunder by adopting a free silver coin
age platform and selecting a new man
to lead their array The trifling defec
tion which followed has been more
than made good and McKinley has
been falling behind ever since the day
when his Wall street and Chamber of
Commerce enemies forced him upon
their gold platform He has lost his
trans Missippi electoral votes has gain
ed no Southern support and has made
no advance at the North and East ex
cept in capturing the uncertain support
of a handful of chronic malcontents
Never has there been so sudden a
change in partisan fortunes never so
prompt a collapse following upon a mis
step New York News
Barney Arrah shure Tim Costigan
is a jewel He is thot Paddy Av
coorse he is Desnt he come from the
Emerald Isle Florida Times Union
HOW THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE DICTATES A LETTER
William Jennings Bryan puts his feet on his desk with true American uncon
ventionality and frames his sentences concisely and without hesitation
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Most of Queen Victorias subjects are
Hinddos
Tasmanian apples are now selling in
London at sixpence per pound
The insurance upon St Pauls cathe
dral London is said to be about 475
000
A speed of a mile in fifty eight sec
onds is claimed for a motor cycle ex
hibited at the Imperial institute Lon
don
A man was trampled to death by
horses on an Irish race course recently
while trying to save a jockey who had
fallen
Pupils in the German Gymnasia and
Real schulen are steadily decreasing
2n number preferring to go to the
schools where English and French are
substituted for Latin
Of the total of 3S000000 sheep re
ported In the United States last year
it is computed that one fourth graze
on the mountain slopes and valleys of
the West and Southwest
The four most ancient ecclesiastical
communities in the kingdom of Great
Britain are Peter house Cambridge
Merton and Balliol Colleges Oxford
and St Katharines hospital London
An idea of the size of the State of
Texas can be gleaned from the fact
that in Brewster County a herd of the
scarcest quadrupeds on the American
continent buffaloes has just been re
discovered The last time they were
seen was in 1894
Forty years ago a Main genius con
ceived the idea of the copper toed
shoes and he made 100000 out of it
It is almost thirty years since Heaiton
of Providence invented the metal but
ton fastener now in universal use and
a fortune has been made from that
JilSO
The editor of the Ashland Me Head
light makes the following liberal an
nouncement Trout tongue salmon
whitefish or chubs taken in payment
for subscriptions at this office We
havent decided to take any suckers
or hornpouts but may be driven to it
later on
The ladies of one of the Manchester
N H churches have set an example
Cutting away from custom they have
resolved against church suppers and
agreed to tax themselves to raise
money needed and will no longer seek
it through the laborious methods of
church entertainments
The telephone service between Lon
don and Paris has been so successful
that the postal authorities are about
to lay a second cable across the English
channel to meet the increasing de
mands for the use of the wires The
work on the land wires is now being
proceeded with on both sides of the
channel
A movement is on foot to erect a suit
able monument to General Philip Kear
ney For some reason this has never
been done though often proposed It
is said the family of the dead hero ob
jected to it Kearney Post of New
York has offered to raise the entire
amount necessary but the family ob
jections were paramount At present
the body lies in the obscure Watt vault
in Trinity church yard with not even
a slab to mark the spot
The agricultural returns for Great
Britain for the year 1895 were issued
recently from the Board of Agriculture
The shrinkage of land under the plow
which has long been notable in Great
Britain has not only continued but
has been accentuated by the unpropi
tious character of the autumn seed
time of 1894 and early spring of 1895
More than 510000 acres less wheat
were grown and 57000 acres less ap
pear under the minor grain crops rye
and peas-
The complexion of the men and wo
men in the Puget Sound country is
said to be very clear and their skin is
moist and smooth This is due to their
cloudy weather and to their humid at
mosphere The dry dusty weather of
the interior of Washington with its
abundance of sunshine produces an op
posite effect upon the residents The
contrast is striking A barber in Olym
pia says that if he were blindfolded he
could tell every subject from the in
terior who should sit in his chair by
the dryness and harshness of his hair
Over a year ago a bright man in New
York conceived and put in execution
the idea of putting a lot of American
tincans on an American schooner then
going to sea catching a lot of turtles
and making and canning a cargo of
turtle soup which he brought to port
Collector Kilbreth spoiled his scheme
however by deciding that the canned
soup was an importation and subject
to duty The general appraisers re
versed this decision and now the treas
ury department has directed the col
lector to carry the question into the
United States courts
Last week a gold penny was sold by
auction in London for no less than
1250 This rare and interesting coin
was knocked down to Spink of Picca
dilly who thus became the proud pos
sessor of a coin of which only three
other specimens are known This pen
ny was made by King Henry III in the
year 1257 of the finest gold which
weighed two sterlings and willed that
it should be current for twenty pence
The coin was however decried in the
same year as it became current and
only four are now known to be left two
of which are in the British museum
He Was Mistaken
All the passengers in the car noticed
that the big man on the left of the rear
door was looking fixedly at the small
man opposite and by and by the small
man himself noticed the same thing
ays the Dertoit Free Press After an
embarrassing Interval of three min
utes he observed
Well what Is it
Excuse me sir replied the big
man but your face seems familiar
Yes
Though I cant place It
No
Is your name Rambo
No sir
I thought it was Didnt you used to
live in Sandusky Ohio
No sir never was in Sandusky in
my life
Wasnt there in 1890 eh
No sir
Thats queer Just the minute I got
sight of you I was sure you was Rambo
of Sandusky If you are
But Im not interrupted the small
man I never heard of Rambo and
was neyer in Sandusky
Well that settles it I suppose said
the big man as he looked out of the
window and back again but if you
hadnt said so I should continue to
think you were the man
And what of it retorted the smaU
man flushing up over it
Oh nothing much He eloped with
my wife from Sandusky in 1890 and I
heard they were living in Detroit If
you were Rambo I was going to ask
how
If youll get off the car Ill lick you
and Rambo and Bambo and Hoodoo
and all the rest of the gang put togeth
er shouted the small man as he got
up and went out
No oh no replied the big man
No there is no call to fight If you
are not Rambo I beg your pardon
Your face had a familiar look and I
just thought Id ask if
But the small man hopped off the car
and went his way and the big man
heaved a sigh and looked around and
said
Im sorry I offended him but I
thought it was Rambo and was going
to ask if Maria had had her teeth fixed
and her eyes straightened
Innocent Brides
Occasionally bridal couples visiting
Washington amuse listeners by their
comments on the sights shown them
by a local guide The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Tribuno
vouches for the following incidents
A well dressed and intelligent young
woman leaning on the arm of a young
man whose relation to her no one could
mistake inquired of the guide accomt
panying them pointing to the picture
in the eastern wing of the Senate of
Commodore Perry at the battle of Lake
Erie
Is this Washington crossing the Del
aware
An equally unsophisticated bride
looking at a wretched copy of the well
know picture of Charlotte Corday in
Prison which hangs in one of tho
rooms of the White House remarked
I always thought it an outrage for
the government to hang that Mrs
Surratt Doesnt she look too sweet
for anything behind those prison bars
How could they ever hang her
Still another bride stood musingly
before the statue of Hancock In the
Capitol on the pedestal of which are
chiselled the words He wrote his
name where every native should be
hold -it and time itself should not
efface it
Ah she murmured as she nestled
closer to her protector thats the man
Garfield beat for the Presidency T
dont wonder wearing such clothes
The Point of View t
A certain eminent physician went to
a concert at his wifes earnest request
though he has no knowledge of or in
terest in music He was rather listless
until one of the singers a lady rose
and began to sing for the first time
Then he brightened up
Who is that alto he asked
Alto exclaimed his wife That
isnt an alto shes a high soprano and
her name is Jones
Hum said the doctor
Why Do you like her voice
Cant say much for the voice but
she has one of the finest bronchitises
that I ever encountered
His Stenographer
Mrs Senta Mentell Do you believe
that absence makes the heart grow
fonder
Mrs Scrapleigh Certainly I know
from experience
Mrs Senta Mentell You do
Mrs Scrapleigh Yes During my ab
sence last summer my husbband grew
so fond of his pretty typewriter that I
have applied for a divorce Washing
ton Times
Com ins Medical Congress in IHexico
A subject which is already interest
ing many prominent physicians of the
country is the second pan American
medical congress which will be held in
Mexico next November Eminent phy
sicians and surgeons from the three
Americans will be present One of the
vice presidents is Dr H L E Johnson
of Washington
A Narrow Escape
Mrs Snobbs How many girls do the
Newlies keep
Mrs Nobbs Only one
Mrs Snobbs Only one Good gra
cious and I came pretty near calling
there yesterday Cleveland Leader
A Cheaper Way
I see Roberts has bought a steamer
trunk
Yes the doctor ordered it
For a sea voyage
No for a tonic Detroit Frv
Press
Staker See here havent you always
heard that money makes the mare go
Rhone Yes Staker Well its a lie
I risked all the money I had on that
bay mare at the track to day and she
didnt go at all Philadelphia North
American
An old mans philosophy may seem
absurd to the young but they wiU
finally understand it
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LAST IMPERIAL VICTORY f j
Napoleons Battle Against the Allies
at Dresden
On the 25th as he passed Bautzen in
learned that Oudinot had been defeated
at Luckau but he gave no heed to the
report and next day he reached Dres
den at nine In the morning An hour
later the guard came up having per
formed the almost Incredible feat of
marching seventy six miles in three
days Vandamme with 40000 men
had reached Pirna a few miles above
the city and St Cyr was drawing In
behind the temporary fortifications of
Dresden Thehead of Napoleons defens
ive line was to be kept at any cost The
enemy too was at hand but they had
no plan In a council or war held by
them the same morning there was u
protracted debate and finally Mdreaus
advice to advance in seven columns
was taken He refused to fight against
his country but explained that the
French could never be conquered in
mass and that if one assailing column
were crushed the rest could still push
on
This long deliberation cost the allies
their opportunity for at four in the
afternoon when thejr attacked the
mass of the French army had crossed
the Elbe and completed the garrison
of the city For two hours the fighting
was fierce and stubborn from three
different sides Russians Austrians
and Prussians each made substantial
gains at six Napoleon determined
throw in his guard With fine prompt
ness Mortier with two divisions of the
young guard sallied forth against the
Russians and fighting until midnight
drove them beyond the hamlet of Strie
fen St Cyr dislodged the Prussians
and pushed them to Strebla while 2ey
with two divisions of the young guard
threw a portion of the Austrians into
Plauen and Murat with two divisions
of Infantry and Latour Maubourgs cav
alry cleared the suburb Friedrichstadt
of the rest Napoleon alert and ubiqui
tous then made his usual round and
knew when he retired to rest that with
70000 men or boys he had repulsed 150
000 of his foe His inspiriting personal
work might be calculated as worth 80
000 of his opponents best men That
night both Marmont and Victor with
their corps entered the city and Van
damme in the early dawn began to
bombard Pirna thus drawing away
forces from the allies to hold that out
most
The morning of the 27th opened in a
tempest of wind and rain a fact which
is considered as having been most ad
vantageous to the French since it ena
bled them to hide their movements
and interfered with their enemys guns
and ammunition In any case the sec
ond days fighting was more disastrous
to the allies than the first At six both
sides were arrayed On the French
right Victor and Latour Maubourg
then Marmont then the old guard and
Ney with two divisions of the young
guard next St Cyr with Mortier on
the left Opposite stood Russians Prus
sians and Austrians in the same relr
tive positions on higher ground encir
Ajg
cling the French all the way westward
and around by the south to Plauen be
tween their center and left was reserv
ed a gap for the Austrians under Kle
nau who were coming up from Thar
andt in the blinding storm and were
overdue At seven began the artillery
fire of the young guard but before long
it ceased for an instant since the gun
ners found the enemys line too high
for the elevation of their guns Con
tinue came swiftly the Emperors or
der we must occupy the attention
of the enemy on that spot
The ruse succeeded at ten Murat
dashed -through the apparently unno
ticed gap and turning westward to
ward the Elbe killed or captured all
who composed the enemys extreme
left The garrison of Pirna stood firm
until afternoon and then retreated to
ward Peterswald Elsewhere there was
continuous fighting but the French
merely held their own Napoleon loung
ed all day in a curious apathy before
his camp fire his condition being
parently due to the incipient stages of
a digestive disorder Early in the after
noon Schwarzenberg heard of Murats
great charge but he still held firm
When however the flight from Pirna
was announced he prepared to retreat
and at five his columns were slowly
withdrawing from the conflict By six
Napoleon was aware that the conflict
was over and mounting his horse he-
trotted listlessly to the palace his -old
gray overcoat and hood streaming with
rain Century
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Why does a woman always call hei
purse a pocket book I dont knowc
unless it is because she carries in it a
memorandum telling her where to find- -T
her pocket Chicago Record
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