12 The Conservative.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITARY OF THE UNITED STATES.
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if 1 ; % i National Bank of the Republic
SI r OF CHICAGO.
OJVJB MILLION DOLLARS.
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JjOH-N- . 'LYNCH , President. W. T. FENTON , Vice President and Cashier.
Jj H. CAMERON and H. R. KENT , Asst. Cashiers. R. M. McKINNEY , 2d Asst. Cashier.
| AIR. BRYAN TO MR. GAGE.
| Here and there a Bound-money paper
still insists.oil rising to inquire if Mr.
Bryan is going to answer the question of
Secretary Gage whether he would , if
elected , do his utmost to put the United
States on a silver basis by paying the
obligations of the government in silver
coin.
coin.What
What is the sense in this reiteration ?
Mr. Bryan has made answer to the
question. . In his letter of acceptance he
said :
" "The ratio of 16 to 1 is not only the
ratio now existing between all the gold
and silver dollars in circulation in this
country , a ratio which even the republi
can administration has not attempted to
change , but it is the only ratio advo
cated by those who are seeking to re
open the mints. Whether the senate ,
now hostile to bimetallism , can be
changed during this campaign or the
campaign of 1902 , can only be deter
mined after the votes are counted , but
neither the present nor the future
political complexion of congress has
prevented or should prevent an an
nouncement of the party's position upon
this subject in equivocal terms. "
This party position to which allusion
is made in these cunning words is noth
ing more nor less than the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1. 1C is the issue of 1896 , in the
same old form. It may be smothered
under a mass of cunning circumlocution
such as a master of the art of saying
one thing and meaning another -may
easily employ , but it is out of sight for
the moment only. The sacred cause of
silver is just where and just what it was
in 1896 , and so it is with Mr. Bryan.
He i. seeking to keep the main point at
issue in his campaign out of sight until
he has the voter safely impaled , but the
man who uses his good sense for even
a little bit , will not fail to see the hook.
It is very thinly baited with very cheap
stuff , and the man who is deceived
thereby is not wise. It is free silver
this year as it was four years ago , and
the interests , and the liberties , and the
high considerations that were menaced
by that proposition then are in the same
peril today.
Why should Mr. Bryan make a cate
gorical reply to the question of Secre
tary Gage ? Hasn't he , in good
conscience , made answer enough ? Do
the business interests of the country
want anything more to the point than
that quoted above ? Davenport Iowa
Democrat.
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Incorporated 1849. Charter Perpetual.
SPRINGFIELD
Fire and flarine Insurance Co.
*
Of Springfield , Mass.
Annual Statement , January ist , 1900.
Cash Capital , - - $1,500,000.00
Reserve for Re-Insurance , - 1,476,584.27
Reserve for all unsettled Claims , 245,262.45
NET SURPLUS , - - 1,685,092.34
TOTAL ASSETS , - $4.906,939-06
The Springfield has continuously transacted
business for fifty years , and has disbursed for
losses over $26,000,000. It has borne its share
of the burdens imposed by the great conflagra
tions at Troy in 1862 , Portland in 1866 , Chicago in
1871 , and Boston in 1872. It is one of only three
fire insurance companies that have been repre
sented in Chicago continuously since 1851. It has
never failed to promptly meet its just obligations
with 100 cents on the dollar. It stands today in
the front rank among American underwriting insti
tutions. It insures against fire , lightning and
tornadoes , and has agencies in all prominent
localities throughout the United States.
A. J. HARDING , Manager ,
Western Department , Chicago , 111.
N. S. HARDING , State Agent ,
Nebraska City , Neb.