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THE OMATTA PATLT : TlrT3SDAY , JTTLY 14 , 1890. THE OMAHA DAILY i : . IlOSUWATKIl , IMllor. nvnitv MOHXINO. TBIIM8 OK Dally n ( Without RunJitr ) One fmt . 1 J M Dally UPS nnJ Similar. One l > nr . 1 JJ Blx month * . * Thr month * . . . * HutiOar Ilc , One ar . J JJJ PMurdny lira , On Y ir. . " > Weekly lite. One Year . ' * OFFICHS ! Omnlm. The tit" IJultiltnB. Bnuth Omaha. 8ln r lllk. . Cor. N nnfl Mth SU. Council lllurrn , H North Moln Htrot. ChlcHco Olllce. 217 Chnmlxr of Commerce. New York. Rooms , 1.1 , II nnrt 15. Tribune Hldj % Waihlngton , 1W7 V Ptrcet , N. W. GOKRKSPONDKNCK ! All communication * relating In new nn.l . Ml- tonal mailer nhould be addrwcd : To the I.JItor. IIUSINKSH i.urrnns. All > > u > lncM Icttors nnd rnnlttnncen should b addressed to The ! ! IMblMHr.K Oermianj. Omaha. Drafts , c-heokn nnd pMl-iflfc orders tote to maJo pnynblp to the iirder of the < jjni5 ; \ - _ . THE I1BI3 l'U M8HINUCOMrANT. BTATBMKNT OF Stale of Kehraskn | Doufflns county. | OeorBo II. 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IJryan versus Hrynn will be the sub ject of sonic IntcrestltiK cninpnlKU ma terial. Tlio president may now resume with safety the use of his full name , Stephen Grover Cleveland. The next president of the United States will be smooth-shaven. That much Is a safe prediction. Mr. IJrynn will be wise to take out nn insurance policy immediately on his flower beds nnd fence posts. When It comes to talking before the public Major McKlnley Is not going to take n back seat for anybody. Now If Mr. Hr.van will only proclaim to the public what make of bicycle he rides , all will be happy and serene. Money talks when it comes to the question of exposition subscriptions. Now let us see who talks the loudest. Candidate Bewail says ho was sur prised at his selection for second place on the ticket So was everybody else. President Cleveland was rlsht when lie said lie saw no necessity for writing a letter repudiating the third term idea. Tlio Interests of tlio State fair .mid of tlio TrnusiulsslssippI Exposition do not conflict The saino men are pushing both. IJrynn In his famous speeeh said that what this country needed was a second Jackson. And then he turned around nnd drove a null Info Jackson's collln hy saying no man onxlit ever to servo two terms as president. It was Chairman Jones who managed Hlalne's unsuccessful campaign in 1881. It Is Chairman Jones who Is to manage Bryan's campaign in 18l ) ( ! . And there Is no moro charm about the naine of Jone.s now than there was twelve years ago. Hryau had to be Introduced to Sewall after they had been given first and second end places respectively on the Chicago ticket. Tlie people have to be intro duced to both of them. The democratic entries In the presidential race deserve the name of "unknown. " We believe It was only n week ago that the self-styled populist lenders an nounced that Henry M. Teller was tlie only man the democrats could put up who could be endorsed at St. Louis. Teller received eight , votes in the Chicago cage convention for two ballots. Shall a party which pays so little attention to their demands be now allowed to die- tnto the populist nominations ? If so , whore will the alleged populist leaders find themselves ? Gltlxcns of Omaha must have become convinced long ago of the utility of the Commerclal'club and its iUii'lors ] : in the Board of Trade building. It hns done good work for Omaha and it will do more. The membership Is increasing. but there are at least IVX ) young , active buslne.ss men In Omaha who ought to bo In It , both for their own sake ami that of the club. To those who whisper that tlie club Is capable of making a noise , IMIt In reality accomplishes noth ing , It may be said that the record or nctual and substantial work performed Is a standing refutation of the slander. Borne men keep aloof because they can not control tint club. They ought to join It and induce all their friends to do su , Bryan buttons that sold for tlvo cents in Chicago Friday morning brought fifty cents Krlday evening. No better Illustration could have been had of the Immutable workings of the law of sup ply and demand. What brought the price of Hryan buttons up temporarily was the midden Incrcafo in the demand What has brought the price of silver dowu in recent years has IH-CII the cheapeiUHl cost of production am ) con sequent inciva.se in the supply. With silver mines worked at a profit nt the present price of fifty-eight cents an ounce silver can no more bo artificially kept up to SJ.'Jtt an ounce titan can Ti er-lit Hryau buttons bo sold permanently for fifty tvnts when the factories arc ready In turn them out by the millions it a. cojt of a cent or two. ITM./VU iruofc OVHIl TJIKlIt KYKS. Candidate Wllllanl .T. Bryan , through his ofllclal organ , has suddenly become convinced that sheep-forming Is a prom ising Industry that should be stimu lated and oneournged. "Nebraska , " says Candidate Bryan's paper , "has agricultural advantages yet unknown to the general public. N'o department of grain or stock Industry has been urged to Itn fullest ability In production. In tensified cultivation has not been fouched upon , and as to the gracing and stock growing Industry. Its possi bilities know no bounds In perfect ness nnd extent. The sheep Industry Is ca pable of great development In Nebraska. The wool and mutton features are fac tors In money-making that are seldom 'quitted ' In any other brunch of agricul ture : The advantages that the business has In Nebraska compared with the dis advantages are certainly encouraging to sheep growers and all persons having capital to Invest In the Hock Industry. " Now let Candidate Bryan face Con gressman Bryan and tell the farmers of Nebraska how he came to change his views concerning the sheep Industry. Ill the speech delivered by Congressman Bryan In the house of representatives on March 1(1. ( 1SIW , when the proposition was before that body to strike down the American sheep Industry by placing wool on the free list , the sheep Industry of Nebraska was willfully disparaged mil belittled. Said Congressman Bryan : "The bill under consideration provides for admitting free of duty wool and those associated articles which we know as raw material In the woolen industry. * * Tlio reason why I believe in putting raw material on the free list is because any tax Imposed upon raw ma terial must at last bo taken from the consumer of the manufactured article. * The gentleman from Maine , Mr. Dingiey , said that I would not dare to take this bill to my state. I will not be afraid to take It to my state nor will I be a f mid to take any bill that is passed by this house. * * * Mr. Chairman , upon what ground is tills protection to the wool growers askedV Is it be cause of the Importance of the Industry ? The gentleman from Maine. Mr. Ding- ley , said that It was one of the most universal of all the industries of the farm , and when 1 tried to call his at tention to the fact that only a small proportion of our people own sheep , ho did not wire to be further Interrupted. The fact is , Mr. Chairman , that last year tlio value of sheep In tlio country was only $10S , : U.411. * * * The wool crop last year was valued at about $70,000,000. Out in Nebraska there was II time when we had almost one sheep for each man , woman and child. We look back to It as the mutton ago of Nebraska. But , alas ! That happy day lias passed. The number of sheep has continually decreased until now , if every woman In the state named Mary Insisted upon having a pot lamb at the same time , we would have to go out of the state to get Iambs enough to go round. " Candidate Bryan can truthfully boast that Congressman Bryan did as much as any man In the country to strike down the sheep Industry by making im portations of wool free. By reason of that act the price of wool dropped from ; t4 cents a pound to 17 cents within twelve months , and the aggregate value of the wool crop shrank from $70,000- 000 to $ : > , . " ,000.000. The loss to Ne braska farmers alone was ! ? : ! ; tO,000 a year , or in three years nearly $1,000,000 , or one dollar for every man , woman and child in the state. Candidate Bryan may assert that the slump In wool is duo to the increased purchas ing price of the dollar. But every sheep raiser who has a thimbleful of brains knows that the decline of the sheep industry is due to free trade in wool. The attempt of Candidate Bryan's paper now to foster the sheep industry which Congressman Bryan has helped to destroy comes with rather poor grace at this day. < iorn It Is estimated by the director of the mint , from reports he has received of the gold production , that the yield of the yellow metal this year will amount to not less than $12 0.000,000. Tills will be an Increase of $17,000,000 over last year and will exceed the production of IS'.H ' ) by more than $100.000.000. It will also be almost exactly twice the average for the eighteen years prior to 1SS ! ) . It Is snid that the striking feature of the returns for 1SDO will be the increase in the United States , In Australia , in South Africa and In Hussia. The Increase In this country will be from $ : ! ,000.000 to $7,000,000 , It being not unlikely that the production will reach a total of $51- 000,000. Conceding that as much as $70,000.000 of gold Is used In the arts , there will be available during the current year for monetary purposes $150- 000,000 , or moro than three and a half per cent of the gross amount of gold at present In monetary use In the world. Such an addition to the world's supply of money metal , ob serves the Now York Journal of Com merce , was hardly made under the most favorable conditions when the mints were open to the free coinage of both gold and silver. With the production of gold steadily and rapidly Increasing there is manifestly no Justification for the argument of the silvorlto.t ( hat the free coinage of silver Is necessary to re lieve tin- strain on gold. TJIK JMT77.K Wilt W.VK.S7' There should bo no unnecessary delay In opening the battle for honest money earnestly and aggressively. It Is es pecially Invumbeiit upon tlie friends of tin ) existing standard In the states where the free silver mania Is most prevalent to organize speedily and mak- < every necessary preparation for pushIng - Ing the contest with all possible vigor. After the ebullition of hysteria ami frcn-/y at Chicago the free silver men are less demonstrative , lint let ( t not. he Mipiro-ied that they are Idle. Victorious In their light for the domination of the democratic party , they nro preparing to go Into the contest for the control of the government with even greater xeal and determination than they have yet man ifested. They must bo confronted by equal energy and aggressiveness at the outM-t or tlio mischief they may do will be Ultlicult to overcome later oil. The sooner the work of honest money edu cation \tt \ vigorously entered upon the better the chance will be of checking the growth of free silver sentiment. It appears to be the opinion of soiii. ' that the free silver ern/.e Is at lt height and that from now on It will decline. This Is not a safe view to take of the situation. It Is title that the country has been confronted before with finan cial crazes that appeared formidable and they were checked ami defeated. This warrants confidence in the Intelligence. Integrity and patriotism of the people. But tlie present movement for free sil ver does not find an exact parallel In the greenback mania , for example , al though there Is similarity between them. I1 he former movement contemplated re pudiation anil dishonor , as the later ) ne does , so that they were alike In mo tive and aim , but the basis of the two movements are different and the claim of the free silver advocates that silver Is the money of the constitution gives them a stronger position with many than the groonlmekors had , who con tended that the government had the right tt ) Issue paper currency and ought to do so to an unlimited extent. The proper view for the honest money men to take Is that the light In defense of the Integrity and honor of the nation is to be a hard one. that the forces of re pudiation cannot be beaten without a supreme effort and that tlie sooner this Is begun the bettor will be the assur ance of the triumph of sound financial principles. in.irrn.i. / \ . rnir nni The revolt of honest money democrats against the platform and candidate of the Chicago convention Is general. Nearly every democratic newspaper of character and Influence In the country has proclaimed its uncompromising op position to the work accomplished at Chicago. Prominent democrats every where have announced their unalterable hostility to tlie policy of repudiation and dishonor formulated by the Alt- gelds and Tlllmans and championed by William .1. Bryan. Other lifelong demo crats who have not yet. spoken , but who.se devotion to the cause of honest money will not permit them to long re main silent , will undoubtedly soon join those who have deemed It incumbent upon them to promptly declare them selves on this great Issue. It is not to be doubted that more than two million democrats have already decided that they will not support the Chicago nomi nee nor can there be any doubt that the number of such will steadily increase , he interesting question is , What will these honest money democrats do ? Will they demand a third candidate , or will they unite with the republicans to defeat - feat the free silver heresy so over whelmingly that no party will venture to again advocate it , at least for a gen eration to come. There is diversity of opinion among them as to which conixu It is moro expedient to pursue. So stal wart a democrat as Ahram S. Hewitt of New York says the Idea of nominating a third candidate is monstrous. "This question Is of such moment , " he said in a recent Interview , "that It cannot be toyed with. Questions of party fealty and sentimental notions about voting for a democratic candidate , even though the vote is thrown away , must be set aside. This question must be settled once and forever and at any cost. It is not a party question party polities are not to be thought of In Its considera tion not for a moment. It is an abso lutely critical issue and there must be no dodging it by honest democrats wlio put country before party. " Mr. Hewitt declared that honest democrats must "all unite to defeat this popullstie idiocy which lias got. control of the party and they can do that only by voting for Mc Klnley. " Another prominent democrat said that "circumstances have made William McKlnley tlie man around whom all those must rally who desire decisively to defeat the candidate of the pseudo-democracy , William .T. Bryan , who stands for flat money under the guise of bimetallism , for nullification of lawfully contracted liabilities , for communism and lawlessness. " Many democratic newspapers take the same view expressed by the New York Sun. that the exigency demands the massing of "every honest American vote on one candidate representing honest money , the nation's honor and the Intention of tills people to preserve the government and the institutions which their fathers handed down to them. " On the other band , there are some who think It would be wise , as a means of preserving the honor and character of the democracy , for the honest money democrats to nominate a presidential ticket. It Is impossible to say with any de gree of accuracy on which wide the weight of opinion Is at present , but II would seem that the more carefully this matter is considered the more surely must the honest money democrats see that the wiser course for them Is to sup port the republican candidate. Ills suc cess Is assured In any event , but with the support of the two or three millions of honest money democrats In the coun try It would bo made so overwhelming that the advocates of public and private repudiation and national dishonor would never be heard of afterward. Thousands of people In this city , wrought up to the highest pitch of apxlety and expectancy , walled and watched all through the night for just one word from Logan telling thorn their kindred on the fated train escaped In jury or that the worst had befallen them. They ran hither and thither from the depots to telegraph olllces , newspaper ofllces to telephone and po lice stations anywhere ( hat promised a word of the real condition of things at I < egan , only forty miles away. But not a worTl. The railroad ofllclals who were responsible for the safekeeping of the excursionists utterly Ignored the claims of their relatives In Omaha and stopped all communication. It was not only heartless hut brutal. The tleith ; of Joseph llari > cr has re moved from our midst n not her of our .sturdy pioneers who founded this city and contributed to the development of the resources of this .stale , in the early days of Omaha Mr. Barker wan a very prominent figure , ills faith In Omaha's future was unbounded , anil he hacked hlti faith to the full ttitcut of his means. He lived ttosiiv Omaha grow from a hamlet to Acity of metropolitan pro portions niutfWis largely Instrumental In promoting' .jjs substantial growth. A man of positive opinions , he always hail the coul W of his convictions and was ever reTj'ij ' to support them with his voice anri' Irts Influence. It Is to hu.Vjopular , subscription to the exposition. n Kvor.V property owner , tenant , boaflli'r ' all who are Interested In Omaha , ? < iv"t contribute. But how about iion-rflsldolit property owners who will derive \jfilt1 \ ? as much bnnetlt from the exposition as any one else ? Lei the Ueal Kstate exchange get after these people and Induce them at once to aid the great enterprise. If they will not do It. the only thing left for the city to do Is to vote a subsidy and tax all property alike. Certainly non-residents cannot hope to shirk this Important duty. _ Omaha failed to secuie the conven tion of Christian Kndeavorers for 1SOS , but our people and friends did not fall to acquaint the delegates In that great hotly with the fact tlmt In the year IS ! IS Omaha proposes to present n show which every one of them must want to see. "Judicious advertising always pays. " AVlH-ro IN J. SlPt-lliiK .Morton f flilniKo Trllmnp. Can It be possible that J. sterling Morton 1ms nlso tnhon to tlio woods ? Si-nntor Dimlt'l'i Six-cell. Ioulsvllle roiirlrr-.Tnimml. A nondescript Knllltnaufry ot frayed rliol- orlc , ItyBtcrlc li.ilclcnlnsli. KroKKS' contradic tions , pui-rllo poppy-conk and primeval IB- lioraiico. Cull for n Xi'iv licuilvr. Oilrniro Chronicle. The democratic national convention that Is soon to bo called probably cannot do bet tor than to place In nomination for presi dent of the United States Henry Wattcrson of Kentucky. Mr. Wnttcrsoa needs no Introduction to the people of America. Mr. Wattcrson Is a democrat. A .Mnrtyr Turned Down. NunYoik Mall nnd Knprvus. Kx-I'resldcnt St. John of the Mercantile National bank is a wiser If not a sadder man than when lie resinned his position In preference to Ills free silver convictions nnd hastened to Clileaso to become n national Ure. Kvcry platform suggestion he made to the men who had boon patting him on tlio back was turned down unmercifully , Poor Silver nirU ! Kiui.-ii.s City Star ( clom. ) . It may be said with perfect safety that nland would liavo made a stronger run in Missouri thau Had " " Bryan. "Silver nick" been the candidate no democrats would have been found In the brush on election day. He would have brought the old mossbacks - backs out to n mail. As ft Is , there Is hardly enough time 'left 'between now and election day to pertinarto' ' the Missouri Hourhons that a man \vuo , has enjoyed a college educa tion and is a member of tlio 1'resbytcrlan church is a fit person to be president of the United States' . A Jlooui for Copper. f'l CUCUKO 1'O.St. ' If the 53-ccntv'sllver dollar will bring prosperity ai.d ) give monuy to all the people the 3-cent c,9Pj , > et ; dollar will bring those blessings in greater measure. It the debtor can save 47 cents on every dollar under.free pllver lie can save 97 cents on every dollar by paying with a 3-cent copper dollar. , * The copper bug certainly has a better scheme thari'tho. nver bug. If the argu ments of "the sllynr"bUB"nre'sbimtl those of the copper bufepar'e sounder. Hut let us suspend judgment , brethren , until we hear from the man with the leather dollar. llr.vnn n ll > Mi > i' < iliitincnt. Chlc.iRO Dlwitch to Ui-nvcr Keniibllcnn ( free silver. ) . After the battle It Is hard to say whether the Koldltcs or the straight out free coinage men feel most disappointed over the re sults achieved. The goldltes were knocked out completely on the organization of the convention nnd the framing of the platform. They were very chopfnllen over their fate , but they seem to take a deal of grim sat isfaction out of the defeat of Bland and the nomination of a comparatively n- Itnown presidential candidate in his place. Nearly everbody hero seems to realize now that almost any of the other prominent candidates would have scorned stronger at the start than Bryan docs , and this affords a good deal of comfort to the eastern con tingent , turned down no1 mnrtilfssly in the making of a platform. Certainly the nom ination of Bryan evoked no marked en thusiasm outside of the convention hall. There has been no cheering and no re joicing around the hotel lobbies since it occurred , and If the work had to bo done over again It docs not seem at all probable that the same result would bo reached. I'OI.ITICAlOTK.H. . The agony ! s over. Theatrical climaxes are exceedingly ef fcctlvu in handling emotional conventions , The southern delegate who , at Chicago , boasted about , Puritan blood "coasting" through his veins , evidently realized that his party "wobbled on the handle bars. " Among the minor holts of democratic newspapers are the Slonx Kails ( S , D. ) Argus- Kcailer nnd the Lowlston ( Mo. ) Dally Sun. They refuse to tnko democratic fodder with a free silver spoon. It Is admitted that the Chicago convention furnished nn abundance of reason for old- line democrats to reject the ticket. Fact is , it revolutionized party precedents. One man took seven drinks of water within two minutes , If there Is any political sweeping to be done next November. Cyclone Klrlovood of I'ittslmrpF wants the contract. Cyclone in a journalist. Ho annonncrs that he Is the "Independent Citizen Candidate for Presi dent , " the real "people's choice , " with his name blown In the bottle. Although symptoms of a bolt are visible In the democratic press down east. It is believed the Nnw York Sun will uphold the regularity of the Chicago convention. Its genuineness wax attested by the presence of the Sun's fsvnrlto sons Pod Uismuku of Alabama an Ho g Waggles of the same " stato. - Mr. Dentley , the prohibition nominee for prcaldant , Islal .a resident of Lincoln. If tlio populists -iiomlnatii Oovernor Ilolcomb or Senator Alli'n , .Nebraska will bo , with re spect to Its electoral vote , In a position to exclaim with Tom Mooio. "How happy I cnuli ! lie with .either , were t'other dear charmer away.JI- < - In a Intter to tlfb Now York Journal , Hon. John K. Cowcn. president of the Baltimore ft Ohio rallmarrrand democratic congress man from the fourth district of Maryland , says : "The adoption of a free silver plat form at ChtCJKp. means. ' " my judgment , that the rlty JJf Baltimore will give an overwhelming Majority 'for the republican ticket nnd that the electoral vote of Mary land will bn cast for McKlnley. " A romarkaSIo-&atnre of the presidential campaign is the "woeful lack of democratic nowEpnpers In the vital states of the north and went.Vhllo the republican prrsa la a harmonious unit for McKlnley and Hobart. tliu regenerated , silver-plated democracy has but four organs of metropolitan proportions. Two of them nro In Ohio the Cincinnati Hnqulrer and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tlio others are tlui Hupuhlli ; and I ho J'osl- Dlupatch of St. Louis. Thu Kansas City Times , hvrotnfora n up | > orter of the ndmln- iHtratlon , supports the now democracy. This gain In offset by the opposition of tlio Star , the beat paper published In Kansas City. The Chronicle , the only democratic paper In Chicago , lias Jumped the traces , at IB In the excellent company of the Philadelphia Times , Philadelphia Itccord , Baltimore Sun , Brooklyn Baglo , New York World , New York Humid , Harper's Weekly , all staunch sup porters of democracy , heretofore. With Ilie four exceptions noted , the 1C to 1 democracy has not a respectablu newspaper bolwcen Colorado and thu Atlantic , north of fiu Ohlu rher. iici > An\Tio.\ or llrvnll of Ilio Dpinnprntlo I'rom AKillnit tlie I'Mciiuo Ticket. ( 'ounlr.v Aliitvc I'nrly. llrovklyn Untile ( < lcm. ) . For country nnd for right , consclcnco democrats , and for them together and now. A niiitrm-r to Any I'nrly. Nr\v Hampshire t'ulon ( ilvm ) . The platform Is n disgrace to any party tlmt shall present It to the country. It la u platform to be emphatically repudiated and condemned without ( ntnlincatlon , and whoever will consent to stand on such n platform ought to lie defeated. The Union asserts this unequivocally , us a democratic newspaper , fully rc.illzlng the significance Of its expression of opinion. \IMV lii'inl 'rp Wnn < r < l. St. 1'nnl Gl'ibn ( doin.l. The time has come and flic hour Is ready for n party of self-nacrincltiK patriotism that shall embody in Its creed the ripe fruits of human experience and the high thoughts of human aspiration , nnd tlmt nhnll bo ready In triumph or in reverse to lend this people up the glorious pathway set ready for their feet In the sight of all thu nations of the earth.Vo do not believe that these men will wait or ask In vain. Imtoevnt of K\iiTlom'r. Sioux City Tilbmip ( ilrm.l. The editor of the Trlbnno loves him ns a personality , but fears him as n presi dent. Mr. Bryan Is apparently , at least , as Innocent of trade , the laws of trade , business , commerce , finance whatever It may bo called , taken ns n whole , ns any young farmer might be whoso only ex perience in trade was with his country store and whose only lessons In finance were derived there from barter nnd sale. Another Convention. N > w Orleans flutes ( dem. ) . If the true democrats of the country , In their wisdom , Influenced by our great lead ers , Join In a great effort to preserve the Integrity of the party nnd resolve to call n national convention and shall there adopt n sound democratic platform , and nominate on It a sound democrat , we shall , wllh all our energy , nnd with what ability we pos sess , support the sound democratic ticket thus nominated , even though It should not receive a thousand votes. A 1'iiliifiil Speetneli * . Diivenpott Democrat ( ibMn. ) . It Is painful to see a party , which less than ftmr years ago was endorsed by such nn overwhelming majority in the election of Its leader to the presidency , now abandon the principles which led to Its most signal triumph. The Democrat does not intend to renounce those cardinal principles which it has so long upheld nnd defended. It will follow In the future the lines that have shaped Its course In the past. At all times the Democrat considers na tional honor above party fealty. AVIII \ < it SiuTllU-c Conviction. Detroit Krce Press ( dcm. ) . For ourselves we have no hesitation In declaring that the Free Press will stand by Its convictions , and will not endorse the Chicago platform or candidates. Waiving any discussion as to the methods used In securing the adoption of that platform , we denounce the monetary utterance aa un democratic , and fraught with serlo'us men ace to the country nnd Its prosperity. Be lieving this , there is no alternative course possible for the Free Press but the sacri fice of honest conviction ; and that sacri fice we cannot make. kni-Mtloii of Another Ticket. Loillxvllle 1'Oft ( ili'm. ) . It Is no longer a question of supporting the ticket of the convention , but what Is the most effective of beating the south on tills ticket. The only question for us to decide now Is whether It will he more expedient to put out another ticket nnd thereby maintain the Integrity of the party , or whether it will b necessary to support McKlnley In order to Insure sound money ciiccess. Kentucky will give sound money n majority of10.000 , and It ts Bald that both Tennessee and Loulscna will give n ma jority , if the alternative It to vote for free silver. Mldruiiiinn-r Mini lie.IN. naltlinore Sun ( dem. ) . This Is not democracy , hut midsummer madness. Democrats who love their party best love it because they believe its his toric principles , faithfully applied , make for the best interests of the whole nation ; but they will not recognize those principles in the new monetary doctrine just1 proclaimed at Chicago. The banner ot the hitherto steadfast party of the constitution Is tem porarily trailed in the dust , and if the ut terances of the press in nil parts of the country are to be relied upon , democrats in great multitudes will refuse to follow It Into a contest in which they believe victory is neither to be hoped for nor desired. 1'nlsr I'ritnse. . Milwaukee Journal ( clem. ) . Mr. Bryan was formerly a member of the democratic party , but repudiated that organ ization three years ago , nnd hns since been very bitter on the stump and in the press It. * * * Practically in denouncing every democratic newspaper of prominence In the country has iMilted the ticket aa undemo cratic , nnd a bitter fight within the party may bo expected. Mr. Bryan Is respected ns an individual , and is admired for his oratory , but that ho Is a democrat or stands for democratic principles cannot be seriously contended by anybody. Anolln'r Vt'iiierloo. Knnsun City Star ( dem. ) . In turning their haclcs upon the lender who restored the party to power after a retirement of a quarter of n century , and In becoming the sponsor of a vitiated cur rency , the democratic politicians who con trolled the convention at Chicago have pre pared the way for another Waterloo , nnd for a defeat as overwhelming and dlsan- trons as that which overtook the democracy In 1SCO , when the enlightened nnd humane sentiment of the country repudiated that corrupted organization because of Its cow ardly and servile devotion to the awful sin of human bondage , lli'lli'iKnown IIH : < ropnllNl. Inillaniipoll * News dlom. ) . It Is altogether fitting that the Chicago convention , controlled as It has been by Altgeld and Tlllman , should nominate a man who in the last few yenra has been better known OB a populist than as a dem ocrat. In his own Btuto of Nebraska Mr. Bryan represents tlio popullstie wing of his party. Ho himself was at thu head of a contesting delegation from Nebraska , and the only reason ho was not made temporary chairman wan because U was not known whether or not ho was a member of the convention. Thus Mr. Bryan does not rep resent a united parly In his own ntate. He will not bo supported by a united party In any state. Convention' * Voli-i- , ChlcaKO C.irniilclo ( drill. ) . The Chicago convention hns been con trolled by nnd 1ms spoken for the ilUap- pointed gray-backs of the confederate ar mies and their kindred , tlio monnshlnlng lazzaronl of tlie mountain districts of the Kouth , nnd for the whooping desperadoes , Kllver monopollstlca and debt tdilrkcrs of the far west , who never voted a democratic ticket and never Intend to. Democracy hu been humiliated , but it has not been destroyed. It still lives , a prodigious force for good , u terror to evil. Rising again In all the majesty of the power of the everlasting truth. It will smlto with a mailed hand the traitors and mercenaries who. In Its honored name , have raised thu somber Hag of financial shame and the blacker llag of disunion.nnd bate. A 1'i-rfei't I'll. Da lion ( Tex ) News < dm. > . The platform fits thu man. The man nts the platform. Deaf to all reason , blind to every consideration of party expediency , heedless of the country's necessities , forget ful of the Hiipremo obligations of national honor and faithless to the solemn responsi bilities , which rest alike upon every ultlreii to uphold the financial Integrity of the com mon country , these men , Intoxlrattd wllh the most sinister craze of the century , pro mulgated a creed at variance with almost every essential principle of democracy and placed the staff of leadership in the hands of a tyro 30 years of age. No citizen un- blaced by the prejudices which have reached such a culmination as democracy's last escapade can fall to sco that the condi tions which menace ( Mo > tranquillity of the nation , the stability ot our Industries , the Interests of our commerce nnd the per ppttilty of the government ore too grave to n limit of a ratification at the polls of the work of the Coliseum convention. A llnlUn for \iitlonnl Honor. Nur York HcraM ( ileni. ) . This raises nn Issue as single nnd direct as that raised In 'Al. It was then union ngnlnst secession , the national llag or the confederate flag. U la now patriotism against sllvrrlsm , the country against pon- llsm. On this vital Issue trim demorrats nnd loyal citizens can no more hesitate than they did In ' 61. All then stood shoulder to shoulder , regardless of party , for the honor ot the nag nnd the safety of the nntlon. The time hns come for all to do so again. The triumph of sllverlsm nnd populism won by the politicians nt rhlengo Is but the beginning of the battle. The campaign for national honesty , honor nnd safely has yet to be taken up by the people nnd waged to n finish In November. The people nro both honest and patriotic. They Imvc only to lie awakened to the new danger that menaces the country to arise to Its defense as they did In 'Cl. It < -li n ill nt I UK : UoneMy. New York fllnntn-Xpltunit ( ileni. ) . Thus has the convention challenged to combat ngnlnst Its tenets every spark of conservnllsm nnd civic virtue nnd Intel ligence. U Is wholly Immaterial whom the convention may choose to place upon such n platform. The candidate of n party with sutjli a policy must bo defeated , nml the party Itself annihilated. The very exist ence of the union depends upon It. The abominable gang which has adopted this platform has forfeited the right to co-operato In the management of thu nt- falrs of the union. It would bo Idle to riue ; with the party which this conven tion pretends to represent upon the basis on which the Chicago convention enters into thu campaign of 1SOG. Unless the mi nority defeated In Chicago proceed to form n new political organization there Is In this campaign only one party for which an elector who does not want to support revolution can consistently vote , nd this Is the republican party. If that party will , for n long time to come , be once moro en throned In power , it has nobody to thank but that same wretched nnd infamous crowd , llro | < H < lu Nt'w Orooil , T.outsvllle Courier-Journal ( dem. ) . Such foolhardy nnd bastard leadership , and such a radical revolution of the very llfc- prlnclplcs of democracy , will bo disowned by those democrats whose subserviency to party form Is not dictated by their desire to share In the ofllclal spoils of party suc cess and whoso fealty to party organization means fidelity to the views for the ad vancement of which party Is only the In strument. Speaking for these democrats , the Courier-Journal , whose whole existence has been spent in battle for democracy , rejects the new faith of llntlsm , repudiation and anarchy which the Chicago convention has proclaimed ns the democratic creed , re- fuaes to support the nominees who have been , In nn unprecedented convulsion of frenzy , ordained the apostles of that faith , and calls upon 'rue democrats everywhere , sick at heart though they may be , but un daunted and resolute , to stand forth for their cause and put out a ticket , planted on a platform that shall embody alike the undying purpose and the immortal record of the democratic party , and shall. In these evil days of storm and wreck , shine n bea con nnd tower a bulwark for the salvation now and In the future of the party which was born with the birth-throes of the re public and which must live as long as the spirit ot the republic shall survive. Xo llliink CnrtrlilKCH. New York Sun ( lcm. ) . Sound money , the Integrity of the supreme premo court , opposition to the Income tnx and to the whole threatening and destruct ive program of the populists nnd anar chists who have stolen the name of the de mocracy these are the issues , salient and inescapable , of the campaign of 189C. Talk about protection , under the circum stances. Is mere sounding brass and tink ling cymbals. Major McKlnley has It In his power to bring to his support many con servatives , who have not ceased to be dem ocrats In principle , hut who will not follow the mere badge and symbol of democracy when those are only covers for the red llag of anarchy. The preservation of the credit , the good faith , the honor , and prosperity ot the United States transcends all party interests. The hone of the friends of hon esty rests with the republican candidate. Either he or the anarchist candidate will he the next president. Whether there is to be n genuine democratic candidate In the field or not , the good wishes and hopes of most democrats will go with Major McKln ley. Ho Is not fighting democrats and tariff for revenue only men now ; ho Is fight ing populists and anarchists , silver mani acs , men seeking- consciously or uncon sciously , a financial and social revolution. What Is the use of trying to light them with blank cartridges like protection ? A MHSDMSSH A\M > \i3.MiVr. > ; . Chicago Chronicle ( dem. ) : Billy the Kid needn't worry himself over that second term business. There isn't going to bo any first term. Kansas City Journal ( rep. ) : Mr. Bryan says ho will not accept a second term , and ' ho'will keep his word. A man cannot ac cept a second term unless he has had a first. first.Cedar Cedar llaplds Republican : Mr. Bryan is really amusing. In his speech ho Bald that the Chicago platform would' sweep every state In the union nnd when notified of his nomination he theatrically announced that under no circumstances would ho he n can didate for n.-nomlnallon. By tills time ho has doubtless written his inaugural address and selected his cabinet. Chicago Tribune ( rep ) : Some people will believe Bryan delivered himself of a merry quip In thus declining a second term within nn hour of his nomination for a first and nmldst a volley of holts that Included many of the leading democratic newspapers in the country. Others perhaps will sagely assert that the camlldnlo really takes lilin- Eolf and his nomination seriously nnd be lieves that by some miracle lie. Is destined to bo a president of the United States. Chicago Post ( rep. ) : William need not worry himself about the second term at least not yet. No man gets a second term who never guts u first , and Mr. Bryan Is not within 2,000,000 votes of getting the first. He must not mistake the hysterics of the dog days in a pop-d in convention for the calm verdict of thu American people In November. When Ihu voting- begins the American people will lake care of Wil liam Jennings Bryan and his second term by burying him before his first begins , Rlnux City Journal ( rep. ) : Thu first thing that occurred to Mr. Bryan when ho heard of his nomination was the question : is to whether he would accept a second term. Mr. Bryan graciously and off hand relieved public anxiety upon this point by deciding that , young as ho Is , ho would not consent to serve In the presidential olflco beyond ono term. It Is hardly to bo presumed that Mr. Bryan had a glimmer of I lie truth that thu tlmo might come when public demand upon him would cease , and yut to the sann and normal mind the thought nrxiurs that the question of a second term for Mr. Bryan Is co remote as to make Its Introduction by him In thu flush of excitement attend ing a reporter's message from the conven tion hall an offense against that quality of modesty which always attends great ness. Itrjiiiilliilloii In till' U'oril , New York Sun. Repudiation ! Consider the word well , fltudy It In all Its agpectu , remember what ft means In the case of individual or na tion. s IM.ATTOMM , Chicago Journal ! The plank on civil wry Ice could havf been more tersely put In the words of the Michigan editor's definition of fusion : "Principles bo d - d It's the olllces we are after. " Buffalo Kxpross : But the reception of nils platform by the republicans will be of less Interest than Us reception by thoss Uovelaml democrats ngalnst whom It has been will ten. It Is like asking n man to kick himself to cxprct any follower of the president to support this platform and tha-- ticket nominated on It. Minneapolis Journal : Twenty years KO ) the democratic national convention voted down a resolution to restore the free coinage of gold nml sliver nnil adopted n sound money platform. The party hnd the cour age then to turn Its buck on Inflation , but this year It seems lo have sold Itself In populism nnd all tlio vagaries Implied by the term. Indianapolis Journal : Among all the wild nnd woolly demands of the Chicago plat form there Is none morn absurd than the ono for legislation to prevent prlrntn Indi viduals from making contracts payable In gold. Thousands of notes , leases nnd olhor contrnelB are now made In that way , and will continue to be. Such legislation as that referred to would bo clearly unconstitu tional. Washington Slat : The platform as a . whole Is a bid for the discontented of all parties. Kx-rrpubllcans , fresh from their i old camp : ex-democrats. In the persons of populists now several years old nnd demo crats chafing under eastern domination , are Invited to get together nnd nre encouraged to believe that hy doing so they ran sweep the country. Sops nre thrown In every di rection , Can such a play win ? The coun try ls In n state of great tiniest. The num ber of thr discontented Is large. But when the people come lo consider what In at stake will they Indorse nt the polls n policy so comprehensive In new nml revolutionary expedients ? New York World : Denunciations of "profligate waste of money" nnd of the "lav ish appropriations of recent republican con gresses" In the democratic platform nt Chicago cage would como with better grace If the sago precepts they Inculcate were rein forced by some praetlcal object lesson , Aa n matter of fact the appropriations of the Fifty-second nnd Fifty-third congresses. under democratic rule. Itcpt pace with the billion-dollar record of the Fifty-first con gress , and In the distribution of the ap propriations there Is no evidence that the democratic districts were allowed to nufTcr through any devotion to an abstract Idea of - economy. l.UI of Uniting \rTVNiiiirrn. Following Is nVIst of democratic newspa pers which rc.fidlatcd the platform nnd ticket put forty by the Chicago conven tion : NKW YORK SfN. NK\V YOHK IIKUAM ) . NHW YOHK WOM.D. ! NKW YOHK TIMKS. NKW YOHK KTAATS-HKtTt'NG. . OHH-AGO STAATS-X.IStTUNG. HHOOKI.YN KACil.K rHIl.AOHM'HIA HKCOHD. PHI \nKMMlt A TIMKS. HAI/mtOHK SUN. HAl/1'IMOHK KVKNINf * . NH\VH. i.onsviu.n ofinuiuu-jof HNAL. ionsviuK POST. UPISV1M.3 ) ] ANXKIGKU. HPKFAKO rOPHIKH. ST. LOI'IS ANXKIGHH KS WESTBNS , ST. PA IT1 , CI/OHK. , M.-t-t. > MI fVv. ) TIMKS. I.KWISTON ( MK. ) SPN. S10PX FAM.S ( S. D. ) AnOPS-l-EAUElV MANritRSTHH ( N. II ) UNION. DKTH01T KHHE PHKSS. KANSVS PITY STAH. INDIAXAPOUS NKWS. DAVKNPOUT DRMOrilAT. NI3W OUT RANS STATICS. "MIMVAT'KKR " . .TOFKNAT , . MIMVAI'KKH SKBHOTTH. THKNTON ( N' . J. ) TIIUK AMERICAN muDGKPOUT ( CONN. ) EVI3N1NQ P II \ TT V NOOT A T ! M KS MOmijR ( Af.A1) ) URGISTRR NF.W OUU3ANS PICAYUNE. r > AIIAS ( TKX. ) NRWS. CHARLESTON NRWS AND COURIER , NASUVII.L.I5 11ANNI3H , ATLANTA .1OURNAT. . . COL.UMHUS ( GA. ) DISPATCH. Several others In the east nnd south freely critlelso the platform but have not declared against the ticket. Roslon Transcript : Wr > still talk nbout laying up .something for a rnlny ilny and yet It Is the plennnnt days tlmt tnko thu most money out of us. Puck : "Willy's got the ercntost Bchcmo for summer you ever heard of. " "Toll me about It. " "Tie's going to stnrt a roof garden In his cellar. Chicago P.erord : "Hnvp you intellectual rlty neonln with you this summer , Mrs. nnvvle.vV" "Xo ; they nil hnve frightful appetites , " Phllnilelphla rteenrd : "The day of mini fies Is not njist. " nys the 'Mnnayunh Philosopher. "A inim inny come Into n filcknot blind , and yet be able to see the bet. " Brooklyn l.lfrShe Wl-ero was the KHine of "poker" first Introduced' Ho In Die ark. when Noah cnlered w'.lh two of n kind. " Tmllnnnpolls Journal : "Am T fer frcn silver ? " Knlil the man with the Independent whiskers ; "vou bet I ii'm' Anil I ilnn't believe In slonnliiff nt 15 lo 1. neither Miiltn 'er OT to 1 while you are nt It , IH what 1 say. " Detroit Free Prexs : "no vou mean tn tell mo , sir. thnt I have no proper rcsard for the truth ? " "I bnven't pnlil so ; but I will PHV thai If you went Into polities the other nlile would linvo n busy time Btiesslni ; between what you Riild nnd whnt you meant. " Washington Star : "Mnnile. " 'snlil Mauri , "hnve you studied the flnnnrl.il rpieHtlon nnv ? " "I've read the head lines In the nown- pnpors , " "U'hnt Ulinl of money do you wnnt , Hllver or tTOlil ? " "I wnnt Kold , " wns the prompt reply. "Hold dollars iniikn surh lovely hniiRlua and innybo they'll corriT ln style iiKiilit , " Clnolnnntl Rnqulrer : "Havn you conslrl- en-il the futiiro. with Its greatest 'responsl- ' hllltles ? " nskeil thu solemn friend. "No , " paid the younir brlile. "You neo , jiii > ii innilu us n present of n house " "Ami. of course , wo nro living In the present. " The only runoitrso left lo Iho solemn per son wua a snort. HULD BY TIII3 13NF.MY. Clevelnml J'lnln Driller , irpon the bench ho snt nml nt , Wlillo others euni ) nnd went. His file-it half hldijen 'neiilli hla biit Showed doubt nnd terror blent : His Hwonthcart passed , ho didn't rlao , .She linew not whnt ho meniit , She little KticHBeit the ilroniUiil ties That held him while he went ; For though with Iov his heart wna filled ; Ho moved to no extent Uecuusu lie Hat where Homo ono HplUe-tl A tuba of hike ccmenll M-IIS vsvnni5i. . . Itoxlon Courier. ( Jlvn rne a pnlr of sturdy less And lulr outfit of feet , And I'll foreno the bicycle , llowover llsht and Hoot. For whore's tlin wheelman knovvH the woof Or views the cloinl-llncKi-il sky , Or leati.i the fence to meet a loan A-e-omln' through thu rye ? To nvery Kllmpse of lovnllncHS His wit. Kilm eyes nro blind ; He only sees Iho skimming roail And < : ounH the miles behind. And nhould bo meet u inalil n-wheol. He can't think nye or no Urn ho und she have whlske.il apart A dozen IUIIRIIUS or o , Then b'lvo mo my convenient legs. That uo wheruYr I bid ; Heuvun lci-e-j > them always tireless A when f wan a kid ! Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't ilcport