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A rash inoincnt Mr 12 Cunning
liiun Curtis Jr luul declared IiIb
IN
love for MIrh Mittnl Brooke niut
Bin- luul promised to ho IiIh
It was highly lnJuillclouB Young
Mr Curtis though ho luul n few odds
iiud ouils of iroporty bequeathed to
lilin liy IiIh uncles and nuutH wiih real
ly dependent upon Ills rather IIu
might ho cut off nt any moment with
what answers In modern high society
to the traditional shilling It Ih thu
part of prudence In those dnys not to
vngagc oneself to a nilllloimlroH roii
until aftor the millionaires will hnR
ltoon admitted to probate Probably
Mine Brooku know thlR nB n matter of
education but hIio did not think aliout
It She wiih deeply In love with Mr 12
Ouuulnghnm CurtlH lr and during tho
progrosR of IiIh declaration which wuh
really quite eloquent nnd thrilling she
never once reineinhered that he had n
father
It Ih prohahle that young Mr CurtlH
forgot that clrcuniHtunce alHO for hu
was really as much In love as any onu
ran bo without going mad It happen
ed however that they had considera
ble opportunity for conversation after
the first wild outburst of Inconsiderate
emotion and In their discussion of the
future natural at such a time the
plain hard fact disclosed Itself thus
If anything happened at that time to
disturb the amicable relations between
Curtis senior and Curtis junior the lnt
ters whole future would be ruined
And you think he wouldnt like our
engagement V queried Miss Brooke
1 wouldnt dare to rlBk It respond
ed Mr Curtis
Then perhaps I would better re
lease you from your promise Bho sug
gested
Not for the Kohlnoor and seven gold
mines he replied rising enthusiastic
ally to the occasion And besides It
Isnt at all necessary Wo can keep It
a secret
Id like to tell mother said the girl
1 I dont believe 1 can keep It from
her
Im afraid you cant keep It from
anybody said he youre such an
honest open hearted little girl No no
An engagement Is a womans secret
which means that Its harder the next
day to lliul one who doesnt know it
than one who does Why our very
manner to each other will betray us
Youll be at my house tomorrow even
ing when my sister gives some kind of
a dancing rumpus and before youve
been there ten minutes every one will
know
Mr 12 Cunningham Curtis Jr In
tended these remarks to be playful but
Miss Hrooke being such an honest
open hearted little girl took them In
dead earnest and she was not pleased
She was Just a bit cold to him after
that and almost her last words to him
were a promise that she would keep
the secret
Young Mr Curtis sincerely hoped
that she would lie believed that his
father would make u fuss about It If he
found It out About five years before
there had been a similar disturbance
In the family and It had resulted In the
eldest sons being put on probation
which meant that he was obliged to
get along on a meager ullowance for a
long and dismal period E Cunning
ham CurtlH Jr shuddered at the rec
ollection of his brothers fate
My father said he to himself will
roar like 50 mad bulls at the Idea of
iny marrying Into the Brooke lawsuit
The suit In question centered ubout
the will of the lute Mr Hrooke who
had left his property In such a tangle
that every golden strand picked out of
it Just sufficed to pay the lawyer who
had done the picking
1 must be a bit careful tomorrow
evening was Curtis conclusion Con
found It Everybody in the world
ought to know by this time thut Im In
love with the dear little girl But it
mustnt be suspected that were engag
ed A fukc quarrel might be a good
thing
On the following evening when Miss
Brooke appeared In the palatial halls
of the Curtises her accepted suitor
viewed her almost wtth alarm and the
next Instant his heart surged up Into
bis throat and he longed to claim her
there before them all H1b pride clam
ored for a public acknowledgment of
bis victory Never had her beauty
eemed to him so far from the ordi
nary bo separate and distinguished
Upon my word he muttered she
makes the rest of these girls look like
Coney Island tintypes
lie bad the pleasure of greeting her
a moment later and he could not quite
conceal his emotion But the young
lady herself was as cool as snow Her
manner toward him excited an obvious
Interest In the people who happened to
be near enough to observe It and when
rsbe presently permitted Arthur Ripley
to lead her uwuy Into a convenient cor
ner glances were exchanged and heads
were nodded
Ripley -was a young man whom the
other fellows sometimes referred to as
prbfesaional beauty Curtis who
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had Btroug claims to bo considered
handsome had never boon Jealous of
any mans good looks before lie had
not supposed that such an absurdity
was possible But when ho say tho ad
miring glances which wore cast upon
that very notable ootiple he was awaro
of a desire to take Hlploy outside and
make a suowplow of him
It was nearly an hour Inter when a
figure of the cotillon brought Curtis
and MIrh Brooke together and gave tho
llrHt chance for a confidential word
By that time Curtis was In the condi
tion of Inventor Trlplors llquelled ulr
exposed In a tin dish- It Is very chilly
but It bolls
My dear Maud said ho you are
doing thlR thing altogether too well
It Ih not ho hard as 1 had supposed
It would bo said she Bliull we walk
a moment V
It was the tlrst time that she had
over expressed a disinclination to
dance with him and the trivial Inci
dent affected him preposterously The
thought came to him that this could
not bo noting Tho situation constitut
ed a true emergency Ho was In dan
ger of wrecking his love The right
word might save him but before he
could make up his mind what It waB
the exigencies of the dance required
him to escort his partner to her sent
beside the linndsnniu Mr Ripley
Curtis escaped from the gay throng
at the earliest possible moment nnd
crossed the main hall of the house to
the small reception room which seem
ed to be deserted Ho was surprised to
And his slRter Mabel there alone There
was a suggestion In her appearance
that she bad recently wiped away a
tear or two from her eyes
Why little girl ho cried whats
the matterV
The situation Hashed upon him In an
Instant This poor child was crying
nbout Arthur Ripley who had been her
chief admirer for a year or more
I know all about It he said But
dont you worry Things are not what
they seem
Such a remark ns that requires an
explanation and If a girl doesnt get It
from u fellow she Is not as good a Cross
questioner as the average of her sex
The result In this case was that within
ten minutes Curtis had told his sister
of the engagement
Theres nothing between Ripley and
Maud said he Shes trying to keep
our secret thats all and shes using
Arthur as a blind As for him he sim
ply cant got away And perhaps he
fancies that hes annoying me
The effect of this disclosure seemed
to be good nnd Curtis did not regret
making It He cautioned IiIh sister
against hinting even In the most shad
owy manner nt the facts In the case
Of course he knew that she would not
mean to betray it but when Its a ques
tion of secrecy one cant be too Im
pressive
lu tlie hall Curtis encountered Rip
ley who asked him If he had seen Ma
bel Curtis told him where Mabel was
and Ripley went Into the reception
room
So Mr Ripley has escaped at last
said a voice In Curtis ear
He turned to confront his aunt Mrs
Rogers Let us admit that Aunt
If
BK TURNED TO CONFRONT HIS AUNT MRS
ItOGKUS
tba Rogers had her good points but
she unquestionably possessed many of
the characteristics of the disagreeable
woman
Maud Brooke must have been read
ing the Wall street news said Aunt
Martha Shes heard what young Mr
Rlpey succeeded lu doing with the
100000 his futher loaned htm
Why what did he dor Inquired
Curtis 1 havent heard anything
about It
The papers say he has made a mil
lion replied Aunt Martha
Nonsense responded Curtis If
Ripley had made such a hit as that
hed bare mailed a circular letter to
every address In the directory Hes
not the fellow to hide his light under a
bushel
Maud Brooke evidently takes a dif
ferent view of It was the reply
Curtis was angry clear through
THE MJHFULK NEWS THURSDAY OCTOHEU H 1900
Now look here Aunt Martha said
ho I dont like to hear you speak that
way of MIhs Broolto She Is tho least
mercenary woman In Now York
When her engagement to any poor
man Is announced said Aunt Martha
Ill believe It
It would bo announced tonight
said ho If the poor man had tho cour
age of n white rabbit
Well Its evident that aftor such an
Indiscretion Aunt Martha luul to be lot
Into the Rooret Tho Information was
the only bribe that Rho would accept
In exchange for a promise of silence
Indeed hIio would not give such a
promise without n qunlttlcntlun
Your parents ought to know of
this she said In the familiar tone of
one who scents the pleasure of doing
something disagreeable nt thu com
mand of duty
For the love of heaven snld Curtis
dont toll my father 1 cant stand a
controversy with him Just now If you
ItiHlst on tolling somebody
It Is my duty wild Aunt Mnrtha
Then toll mother or let mo do It
Hero she comes now Mother 1 have
Just oonlldod to Aunt Martha the deep
est kind of n secret 1 am engaged to
Maud Brooke
I am very glad to hoar It snld this
most amiable of mothers taking her
sons hand In both of hers And your
futher will be delighted
what cried
tho young man
He will heartily approve was the
reply I know precisely how bo feels
In this matter
Curtis gasped
Upon my word snld he tho dear
old man has very carefully concealed
NOW SIU SAID HE PAY ATTENTION
his sentiments from me Have you
forgotten what he said about the
Brooke lawsuit
Maud does not need any fortune
said she You will have enough for
both
Do you really think that father feels
that way about ItV
Certainly he does If you have any
doubts youll And him In the billiard
room
About half an hour later young Mr
CurtlH passing through tho hall de
scried Maud Brooke standing by the
foot of the grent staircase and looking
somewhat distrait though two young
men were doing their best to entertnln
her Curtis got her away from them
and led her to the reception room
where they found several young people
amusing themselves with Mabels llttlo
spaniel Cupid The young people were
good enough to go away presently
leaving the room to Cupid nnd the lov
ers
Edward said the girl In a wistful
tone I wish I could toll Mabel about
our engagement You know Ive acted
In such n way tonight as to make peo
ple believe that you and I have quar
reled but 1 dont want her to think so
You see Im only a woman nnd a se
cret weighs upon me
Curtis laughed gently
Cupid said he come here
ne swung the dog to the top of a
table and made him stand up
Now sir said he pay attention to
what 1 have to tell you There was a
profound secret In my keeping In the
early part of the evening I was pledg
ed to Bay nothing nbout It And In the
two or three hours that have elapsed
since then 1 have nobly succeeded in
telling the secret to every blessed
member of my family except by broth
er who Is In San Francisco and I ex
pect to telegraph It to hlra before
morning You Cupid are the sole re
maining Curtis who hasnt been let In
and I feel that you should be informed
without delay Cupid I have the great
honor to be engaged to Miss Maud
Brooke the prettiest and sweetest girl
In tho world Run away little dog
and If you And anybody whom you
know who hasnt heard of this tell him
at once And by the way what do you
think of It
Whereupon the little dog put his
paws on the young ladys shoulder nnd
tried to UIsh her
They ull take It Just that way said
Curtis and then he also tried to kiss
her with much better success
Touri tSaay Job
Got a letter from Tony the other
day said Aunt Hepzlbuh Lluebpln
Whats he doiu abked the caller
Hes uiaklu a llvlu thout doln uuy
thlug he Buys Hes got a position
with a lot of rich men that have u club
house uud pluy some kind of game
Iye forgot what It is but anyway all
Tonys got to do Is to carry u bag with
sticks In t and the men use the sticks
and do all the work Chicago Trib
une
Handshaking-
In the days of knighthood every mai
carried a sword and was ready to slash
his neighbor upon the slightest pretext
When friends met they grasped one
another by the right hand thereby In
dicating peaceable Intentions as each
one thus gave up to the other his fight
lag arm That is why we shake wti
te right baud Ladies Home J6
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TIIB SCHOOL AT GENK7A
The Inmates Escape and tho Novel
Spectacle
Of A GIRL HINT FOLLOWS
Faett ami Figure Hearing on General
lroprltj Herrttarr One on Coun
trj Finance IIU Amwtr to ttia Var
nrle of Carl Solium
GENEVA Neb Sept 24 1900
There Is room for much improvement
In the management of the State In
dustrial School for Girls at Geneva
Particularly Is this true In regard to
nffording relief to taxpayers
So far as the accounts are concerned
Steward Brcnnan has a mark to IiIb
credit for tho accounts of this Insti
tution have been kept In better shape
perhaps than those of any other
The management however deserves
to be reckoned with It 13 both weak
atid extravagant
Superintendent Weber fraws a Rl
ary of 1500 but that decs not seem
to thoroughly appease his appetite He
has added his wifes name to the pay
roll as housekeeper at 30 per month
In addition to this he has two family
manager on the pay roll Annie Pat
terson and Fredelka Wlllard who
draw a salary of 800 pe rycar each
T J Wilson Ib on the pay roll as
farmer at 30 per month
W E Baher and W H Kumser are
on the pay roll as engineers at 50 per
month each
Michael Martin Is on the pay roll
sb extra man at 20 per month
There Is a matron at the Institution
and why a housekeeper Is needed Is
a question that can only be explained
by Superintendent Weber The only
explanation thuB far offered it that it
was occasioned by the desire of Su
perintendent Webor to reap a more
bountiful harvest
The records In the auditors office
would Indicate that the housekeep
ers duties are to some extent those
of a tourist Voucher B415S3 Is a
voucher drawn In favor of the wife
of the superintendent for going to
Omaha and bringing back Blanche
Green In this voucher a claim for
hack hire was made and allowed
though with the city of Omaha cov
ered with a network of street car lines
It Is difficult to determine why a hack
was necessary unless to use the com
mon everyday street car would not
comport with the dignity of the occa
sion Street cars are largely used by
the common people It Is true yet now
and then you will see on teem bankers
capitalists and business men It Is
perhaps asking too mucn to require
stnte employes whose b III 3 of this sort
are paid by the taxpayers to put up
with such primitive accommodations
EXPENSIVE RUNAWAYS
There Is a painful lacking In con
nection with the management In the
way of discipline The Inmates are
given too much freedom and this re
sults In escapes from the Institution
with consequent assaults on the treas
ury to pay the expense o capturing
and returning them
Last April the -people hereabouts
were treated to a real exhibition of
girl hunt They had seen fox
hunts nnd wolf hunts until these
had ceased to be of Interest but it
was a novel experience and attraction
for them to see a girl bunt Three
of the inmates had escaped and Super
intendent Weber threw out a line of
scouts and scoured the whole country
for miles around Nine salwart men
were engaged to run down three puny
specimens of the opposite sex The
runaways were finally captured and
returned and the state was presented
with a bill of expense amounting to
28 for helping return three runaway
girls This Is the language of the
voucher Neither in the bllB rendered
nor in the voucher are tbe names of
the captives given sbe voucher
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Superintendent Weber has not
been a brilliant Buccet3 In man
aging this institution He has
failed to maintain the standard
of discipline and has inaugurated
few if any beneficial changes
A considerable reduction might be
made In the expense of Ihe manage
ment but as that would Involve a re
duction in the volume of loaves and
fishes that under the Poynter ad
ministration is not to be counted on or
expected
At Geneva as at other places where
state institutions are located there Is
complnint of the manner in which
drugs groceries and supplies are pur
chased It Is the same story told over
and over again in these columns
FACTS ABOUT PROSPERITY
OMAHA Neb Sent 24 1900
Prosperous conditions are In evidence
In every county of Nebraska No one
but a rank partisan woull attempt to
assert that such conditions are tran
sitory or unreal It Is n matter of
slow growth there Is nohlng artl
liulul or uncertain about It Within
four years the farmers of Nebraska
have been deliveied from the bondage
of debt and thousands of them boast
of a surplus
It Is true that the requirements of
the Impending campalgr have sug
gested the fullest exposition of facts
relating to changed conditions In ev
ery county In order that the people of
one county may be apprised of the
degree of prosperity in very other
county but the republican managers
do not need to- magnify or over state
the farts which In most cases speak
for themselves
Emphasis may be given to one all
Important fact to wlt That while the
larmers are producing abundant crops
and receiving higher prices therefor
than ever before paid at the same time
the mechanics and laboring men In1
cities and towns are all busy recelv
lug higher pay for shorter working
hours tbaq ever before and that the
demand for their services exceeds the
Bupply
A careful Inquiry into the status of
things reveals these conditions
1 That farmers are getting 32 and
34 cents for their corn of which
there Is a large surplus whereas
four years ago tney got dui ts una iv
cents
r That stock raisers nnd farmers
arc getting 560 for fat steers where
at four years ago they got 275 and
380 Hog four years ago 12 77
this year 5 09
3 That farmers are buylug adjoin
ing acres and are spending hundreds
o thousands of dollars upon Improve
ments Residents of cities and towns
are putting up new buildings and re
pairing hundreds of old cries There
Is an air of thrift everywhere
4 That country morchants are sell
Ing more goods and getng larger
profits and prompter pay for goods
sold than ever before In tho history o
the state
5 That mediant are busy every
where From towns large and small
come reports of a demand for mechan
ics exceeding tho supply In Omabn
more men are employed nt higher
wages and shorter working hours tbnn
was the case In any previous year
save 1897 8 when tbe exposition pro
duced a temporary demand for men
Inquiry among all classes of mechan
ics roreals the fact that tbe mean av
erage of wage scale Is higher work
day hours shorter and the demand for
men very active No man who wants
to work need be Idle
G That the Jobbers and wholesale
morchants and manufacturers of Ne
braska are selling more goodB at lar
ger profits thnn was true of their trade
In the year 1890 that of fifty firms
reporting the Increased volume of bus
iness ranged from 20 to OfO per cent
and that In no case was a decrease of
business reported
7 That fifty Jobbing houses farm
Implement houses manufacturers
wholsale houses etc report a large
Increase In the number of men em
ployed In wages paid and the average
increase In the number of traveling
men covering Nebraska territory it
nearly 50 per cent
The paramount question Is What
would any of these classes gain by a
change of government at Wasnlng
ton
Do you want a change
WHAT THE MECHANICS SAY
In Omaha the change In regard to
wages paid hours of employment and
number of persons engaged Is so grat
ifying that the classes affected will
gladly do what they can to support In
power the political party which has
mnde possible this remarkable Im
provement In conditions The follow
ing reports were obtained from offi
cials of the various local unions
Printing Pressmens Union Our
scale of wages In 1896 was 16 to 1S
per week for ten hours er day In
1900 our scale Is the same per diem
for line hours per day In 1896 20
per cent of our members were Idle all
the time and 40 per cent of those em
ployed were making but half time
In 1900 all members are employed and
all are making full time In short we
are working shorter hours and making
more money than we did in 1896
Plasterers Bricklayers and Stone
masons Tenders Union Our scale of
wages In 1896 was 15 to 17Mt cents per
hour for ten hours In 1900 our scale
Is 24 cents per hour for eight hours
and we have 50 per cent more men em
ployed than in 1896
Plumbers Union Our scale of wages
in 1896 was 45 cents per hour for eight
hours In 1900 It Is 50 cents per hour
for eight hourB Until July 1st we
have had 30 per cent more men em
ployed than we had in 1S96
Painters and Decorators Our scale
In 1896 was 30 cents per hour We
had no scale signed up regirdlng hours
of employment Our present scale Is
35 cents for eight hours time and a
half for overtime and double time for
Sundays In 1896 our union had about
fifty members In good standing In
1898 we had nearly 200 members This
was owing to the Trans Mlsslsslppl
exposition Our members are all or
nearly all employed at the present
time
Carpenters Union Our scale of
wages In 1896 In South Omaha was 25
cents per hour for ten or twlve hours
For 1900 It Is 35 cents per hour for
eight hours time and a half for over
time and double time for Sundays In
Omaha our scale In 1896 was 30 cents
per hour for eight hours time and a
half for overtime and double time for
Sundays In 1900 It Is 40 cents per
hour and no other changes More
than double tbe number rre now em
ployed In our trade than In 1896 al
though there are a great many car
penters Idle at present- This is owing
to the TransmiBslsslppl Exposition
which brought a great many carpen
ters here who have remained
Horsesboers Union Our scale Is the
same as it was In 1896 for the same
hours We have not as many men em
ployed aa we had In 1896 for the rea
son that there are not as many horses
In use Tho bike had made a great
difference in our trade
Sheet Metal Workers Union In
1896 our Bcale of wages was 336 cents
but very few men got that amount
The average were paid 27 h cents The
number of hours are the same Our
scale at present is 38 cents per hour
There are 25 per cent more men em
ployed In our trade now than In 1896
Printing Press Assistants Union
Our scnle of wages In 1896 was 8 for
sixty hours or 8 per week for ten
hours per day Now we get 950 for
nine hours per day In 1896 we had
thirty men employed we now have
forty eight
Machinists Union Our scale of
wages In 1896 was from 25 to 30 cents
per hour We were working from
forty to forty eight hours per week
Our present scale Js 32 cents per hour
for nine hours per day cr fifty four
hours per week All members of the
union are employed and a number are
working overtime and get time and a
half In fact our union as never in
a more flourishing condition and we
doubt If an idle machinist can be found
In Omaha today unless he Is Idle from
choice
GROWTH OF THE LIVE STOCK IN
DUSTRY
The increase of stock receipts at
South Omaha may be taken as a fair
Illustration of the change wrought in
business generally during the four
years the republican party has bad
charge of national affairs During the
seven months of 1900 ending July 31st
the cattle receipts were 424236 as
against 220324 for a like period1 in
1896 a gain of 202964 or nearly 100
per cent
The hog receipts for tbe first seven
months of this year were 1121171 as
agantt 717976 for the first seven
months of 1896 a gain of 403195
For the period ending July 31st
1900 there were 697985 head of sheep
received for1 the saipe period In 1896
161841 a gain or 486144 for 1900
There baeabjo been a gratify lug In
crease of prices during this tlmo
Steers for Instance sold July 31st
189C at from 275 to 370 July 31st
1900 they brought 550 Hogs hold
July 31st 1S96 at 2 77 July 31st
1900 the price was 509 Tbe prlfo
paid for sheep July 31st 1896 rangwl
from 2 to 550 July 31st 1900 tho
range was from 4 to 515 In tho
month of July 1896 the receipts of
hogs wero 97000 In July 1900 179000
In round thousands and the price
as given above but little more thnn
half In 1S96 of that In 1900
THE WHOLESALE TRADE
Information gained from n large
number of the principal business men
of Omnhn through letters of Inquiry
and personal Interviews liscloses tho
fact that without a single exception
of business In Nebraskas chief city
during the four years tho republican
there has been a marked expansion
party has been In charge of national
affairs In securing this Information
no regard whatever was had to politi
cal affiliations the desire being to
make the exhibit a perfectly fair one
In every respect The line of inquiry
covers a comparison of amount of
business In 1896 with 1900 comparison
of the number of employes then and
now and also of tbe wages paid Tho
replies show with one exception that
tho lowest Increase In nmount of bus-
Iness Is 20 per cent ranging from that
up to 950 per cent with a large pro
portion of instances where the per
centage of gain was 75 per cent to 100
the Increase in the number of em
ployes ranges from 15 to 200 per cent
and tbe range of Increase In salaries
paid Is from 10 per cent to 53 per cent
The increase in a large poportton of
cases Ib from 25 to 50 per cent
WOULD ENDANGER PROSPERITY
The secretary of the treasury In his
reply to Mr Schurz with reference to
tbe money question said It ought
to have been apparent to you as It
no doubt was that I was speaking of
possibilities of the case under circum
stances and conditions as they now ex
ist but you proceed to point out how
at the next session of congress which
will meet In December legislation
could be had which would completely
forestall unfriendly action toward the
gold standard even If Mr Bryan wero
elected and should cherish the firm set
purpose declared by him on September
16 1896 at Knoxvllle Tenn where he
said If there Is any one who believes
that the gold standard is a good thing
or that It must be maintained I warn
him not to cost his vote for me be
cause I promise him It will not be
maintained In this country longer than
I am able to get rid of It
You rebuke me In polite terms for
sounding a false note of alarm dis
quieting tbe business community and
especially when uttered by one in au
thority I am not at all skilled In con
troversy and have had no practice in
dialectics but I will induge In a few
words In the way of rejoinder to your
criticism
In 1896 you are yourelf quoted as
saying The mere apprehension of a
possibility of a substitution by Mr
Bryans election and of the consequent
placing of our country on the silver
basis has alreiidy caused untold mil
lions of our securities to be thrown
upon the market Scores of business
orders are recalled a large number of
manufacturing establishments have re
stricted their operations enterprise Is
already discouraged and nearly para
lyzed And if these are
the effects of a mere apprehension of
a possibility what would be the ef
fects of the event Itself There Is
scarcely an Imaglnal limit to the de
struction certain to be wrought by the
business disturbance that Mr Bryans
election would cause
I am unable to perceive continued
Mr Gage why the consequence In a
minor degree perhaps would not en
sue now which you so forcibly fore
shadowed then When consequences
so great as these are Involved the
forces operating to Inaugurate them
should be resisted at every point Even
the possibility of danger should be
avoided It is a familiar fact and one
altogether too much in evidence that
an administrative officer filled with ha
tred and contempt of a particular law
can by perverse Ingenuity practically
nullify Its operations
Referring to Mr Schurzs suggestion
that Mr Bryans hands could be tied
by the present congress Mr Gage Bald
that it would require new legislation
by a party whose policy would have
been rejected by the people through
their last expression at the polls that
the next session of congress will ex
pire March 4 1901 that the free sil
ver minority would be Justified by their
constituents in using all the resources
of dilatory procedure to prevent such
legislation and that such legislation
would probably be impossible Your
remarks seem to show ttat you rely
upon the exercise of power already
conferred upon the republican party
to prevent the country from experienc
ing disasters which Mr Bryan will
if he can bring upon us said the sec
retary May I not suggest that the
way to secure safety Is not to take
power from those upon whom you rely
for protection and confer It unon
those whose action you may have good
cnuse to regret
But even admitting that congress
dating from March 4 1901 will not
be able to effect any change In our
present financial legislation what may
we fairly expect will be the effect of
the continued agitation of the question
upon business and industry set in mo
tion by a president bent upon the res
toration of free silver at tlie ratio of
16 to 1 and elected upon that plat
form
You suggest that I retract what I
have said in falrneBs to the business
community which should not be unneo
snrlly disquieted especially by those In
authority Jn thinking ab 1 do that
tbe election of Mr Bryan would be a
real menace to the commerqlaj and
Industrial Interests of our country be
cause of the purpose be cherishes and
the power he would possess I do not
fee at liberty to act upon your
gestlon I feel it my duty to at least
wait until after Mr Bryan himself has
retracted his statement of 1896 that
It the gold standard will not be
maintained in this country longer than
I am able to gelt rid of It
Very truly yours
Signed LYMAN J GAGE
Where theres a will thereB always
one or more lawyers
The mototman on tbe electric street
car la a nonconductor
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