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    THE OMAHA DAILY UKKj THUKSDAY , JULY 10. 1896.
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presence this 4th day of July , 1KW.
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Notary I'uhllc.
I'nrtlcfl going out of tlie city for tlio
Biiniinur may have Tlio Boo sent to their
adilruns by Icarlng an order at tlio
business olllco of the Ret' . Tolonhone 138 ,
Suwnll was ever 23 yonrs old wliun
Brynn was born , but the two combined
will have no years of wisdom io spare.
Omaha wants all tlu > stray 1S9S na
tional conventions. And If they stray
this way no one will ever have cause
to regret it.
Bryan should have sent that trans
portation committee out on a foraging
expedition before buying two railroad
tickets for himself nnd party to ride on.
Another proiiuiielamento for tlio free
coinage of railway pusses will be In
order If all the free silver followers
nre to participate In the Bryan recep
tion nml jubilation at Lincoln.
The threatened fi per cent raise In
Chicago Insurance rates was indefinitely
postponed. The promised reduction In
Omaha Insurance rates Beoms likewise
to have been Indefinitely postponed.
It may be warm , but that Is all the
inore reason why NebrasUans should
patronize home Industry by giving the
prodnc'tH of 'the Nebraska farm , and
factory preference over those of other
Htatcs.
Local undertakers and funeral di
rectors would gladly renounce the busi
ness that arises out of railway disas
ters. Knough people die In the natural
course of events without a wholesale
Blaughter by railroad collision.
A few liberal subscriptions to the
exposition stock that will act as Hhin-
Ing examples to the more timid will
soon set the ball a-rolllng so that it
will not stop until more than the re
quired ? aOO,000 is pledged by substan
tial signatures.
Dispatches from London nre to the
effect that it Is intensely hot In Kng-
land and the whole of continental Ku-
rope. The democrats nucht to revise
their platform so as to Include a plank
against submission to any foreign high
temperature during the summer months.
It has always been the boast of
Omaha that Its Public Library board
was composed of cultured and repre
sentative business , professional and
laboring men. No change in its mem
bership should now be made that Is not
fully up to the standard set In previous
years.
Bland's ante-convention interview , In
which lie expressed his opinion rather
freely of candidates who would go to
Chicago to work personally for their
own nomination in the convention ,
would now be reading scarcely rel
ished by the two men whose names'
appear upon the ticket.
Iowa gets the secretaryship of the
democratic national committee for the
man who Is said to have "so ably
bandied the campaign of Horace Holes
in the national convention. " A man
might have used a microscope , how
ever , and have failed to find where
tlio Boies boom was ably managed.
The way to popularize a public purl ;
Is to make It easy of access over well
paved streets nml good roads. The
south Nldfrs would not waste any of
their energies If they directed them
selves toward procuring petitions for
tlio repaveinent of a few of ihe thor
oughfares leading to that part of the
city.
N'obrnskans , irrespective of party ,
may Join In tlio reception to be ten
dered to Bryan on his rut urn to his
home. But that does not mean that
Nebraska republicans approve the
policies which hU candidacy represents
or that they Intend to assist him by
their votes or otherwise to attain his
ambition for the presidency.
Again the Knights of Ak-Sar-Bcn
hrivo asked counties and towns through
out the stnto to provide floats for the
grand pageant this fall.Vo believe
that many counties will accept this In
vitation. No better Investment can be
made by them. ICIuborate floats would
not only loud variety to the fetes , but
would prove the very best kind of an
advertisement cities uiul towns could
possibly dcviso.
.I.M.T DKITIXO rut :
Whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad.
Tills adage Is again receiving strik
ing confirmation In the reckless do-
nance which Bryan hurls at thrs people
of the Atlantic states who look upon ills
nomination ns a menace to the stability
of American Institution * . Like a
drunken bruiser who proclaims that
lie Is ready to whip any two men with
otio hand tied behind his back , Bryan
arrogantly proclaims to the American
people , through his personal organ , that
"a president of the United States can
bo elected this year without the aid or
consent of the eastern states which
have In the past dictated nominations
and swayed elections. " He dellbcralely
Insults the democrats of New York by
declaring that they and their news
papers arc Impotent to Injure his can
didacy , because their efforts to Injure
silver in Now York make votes for
silver in doubtful slates. "Let the
heathen rage" is announced as Hryan'tt
motto.
From the heat of .Tilly fo the coolness
of November there Is n long time for
reflection. Bryan's hotheaded si'lf-eon-
lldcnce is characteristic of the man and
the parly which lie represents. It is
Just as natural and rational for him
to assert that ho proposes to be elected
to the presidency without the aid or
consent of the eastern states as It Is
for him to assert that the United States
can resume free coinage nt the ratio
of 10 to 1 and restore silver to the price
of $1.2 ! ) an ounce without the aid or
consent of any other nation on earth.
Such Hiibllme audacity only proves to
the country what a risk It would run In
making Bryan Its chief executive.
But how does Bryan propose to
reconcile ids dellance of the eastern
states with the position lie took last
week in trying to placate the despised
east with the tender of the vice presi
dential nomination ? How will he
reconcile it to ids plan of campaign ,
which Is to be opened in Madison
Square garden In the city of New York ,
with a view of "carrying the war into
Africa , " as he is credited with ( saying ?
What a figure can a man expect , to
cut In New York and New ICnglnud
who has for his motto , "Let the heathen
rage , " and wants It understood in ad
vance that he is going to be elected
without their aid or consent ? Does lie
propose to Invade the east as the de
stroying Huns with Attlln at their head
Invaded Home or Is 1m going , like St.
I'aul , preaching the gospel to the
heathen ? It Is certainly In accord
with tin ? eternal fitness of things that
the man , infatuated with himself and
intoxicated with prospective glory ,
should throw down the gauntlet to the
dominant forces of the democratic
party and strike them squarely In the
face with the insulting bravado , "Let
the heathen rage. "
OATAttD OX TIIK SITUATION.
The views of Ambassador Bayard on
tlio political situation in the United
States show that he is still under the
lull icnce of that spirit of bourbonism
which has always controlled the larger
number of democratic leaders and
which is In no small degree responsible
for the present condition of the
democracy and the growth of senti
ment which Mr. Bayard deprecates
The free trade democrats , of whom
our ambassador to England is one of
the most radical , have continually told
the people that the policy of protection
was a policy for robbing the many in
the Interest of the few. They have
told tlio wage earners that under that
policy they were not receiving a fair
share of the results of their labor , in
face of the fact that the wages of labor
steadily advanced. They told the farm
ers of the country that they were being
robbed in the Interest of the manu
facturers , although under the policy of
protection a great home market was
built up for the benefit of agriculture.
It was by this sort of preaching that
tin ; democratic free traders created anil
fostered discontent among the people ,
which is now manifesting itself in the
demand for currency debasement and
debt repudiation.
Mr. Bayard still believes that protec
tion Is responsible for existing evils.
He appears blind to the fact that not
until that policy wan assailed by his
party and its complete overthrow
threatened were tliere any Coxeys
marshaling armies of idle men to march
to tlu seat of government. He forgets
that four years ago. before the election
of a democratic president and congress
on a platform which declared protection
unconstitutional , this country was en
joying a higher measure of prosperity
than at any other time in its history.
In the year when the people committed
the fcrave blunder of electing tlio demo
cratic party to the control of the govern
ment American labor received higher
wages than over before In our hlntory
and prosperity was never more general.
But even then the democratic , party
was sowing the seeds of popular dis
content and they brought forth bitter
fruit , from which the people are still
suffering. Krom a condition of unpre
cedented prosperity the country fell al
most immediately after the advent of
the democratic party to power into n
condition of Industrial and business de
pression ami for three year.s this Inn *
been operating to Increase discontent
among the people. Four years ago Un
democratic party offered free trade as
the panacea for all His , Its attempt in
that direction having proved a
miserable ami most costly fail
ure , it now abandons that nnd
offers ns n means of rulief tlio frco and
unlimited coinage of silver. Its promise
to promote American prosperity by de
stroying American industries having
failed , the democratic party now pro
poses to make everybody prosperous by
debasing thu currency nnd placing the
United States on n monetary footing
with Mexico , China nnd .Japan.
Tliu policy of protection , to which Mr ,
Bayard ascribes ail the trouble , made
this country tlio greatest manufacturing
nation of the world , developed Its *
agricultural resources , elevated labor
and gave general prosperity. As was
said by Thomas B. Hoed , in a speech
In fho house of representatives In 180-1 ,
lu spite of a great wur and years of
struggle with n disordered currency ,
"not only have we studded the country
east of the Mississippi nil over with
mills nnd workshop , factories nnd
furnaces * * * but bryond thu
Mississippi , that mighty country which
some day will astonish tlio world with
Its exceeding richer , we have built
four great transcontinental lines across
the Hocky mountains and have driven
the great American desert off the maivs
and off the face of tlte earth. " Mr.
Bayard Is wrong. It Is not protection
that Is respoii.'ilblo for existing con
ditions , but the democratic assault on
protection.
ft or Tin :
It Is said that the manner In which
the gold reserve Is holding its own , In
spite of unfavorable events in the po
litical world , Is causing much gratifica
tion In administration circles. It ban
fallen b.-low the ? 1IMMVKX ( ) ( ( ) , but In
view of the fact that for six weeks
the net loss has been scarcely more than
$ l.r ( > o,000 ) M'r week , which Is a much
better showing than was made while
the payments for the last bonds were
going on , It Is reasonably assumed that
there Is no immediate danger of tlio re
serve being rapidly deplcled. What
may happen a month or two hence will
largely depend upon the political indi
cations. Should these seem to point to
the probable election of the free sliver
candidate for president there undoubt
edly would be a vigorous call for the
gold in the treasury. Legal tender notes
in large volume would be sent In for
redemption and part of the gold
hoarded , while the return of American
securities from Europe would necessi
tate heavy exports of the yellow metal.
There Is little reason , however , to ap
prehend a situation of this kind. On
the contrary , the probability Is that two
months hence the free silver movement
will be less formidable than It Is now
and consequently that financial confi
dence will be stronger.
A roi'irr.Ait wi
Whatever the real motive was of i
the man who fired at Tresident Kauri1 ,
the discharge of his revolver gave op
portunity for a popular demonstration
which showed that tlio chief magistrate
of France is strong in the esteem of
the people. The way In which Kauiv
conducted himself , too , was calculated
to arouse enthusiasm. He manifested
no Ign of alarm or trlpidatioii and
was as cool and calm while the tiring
was going on and after as If no such
sensational incident had happened. No
people have a higher appreciation of
such evidence of nerve than the French
people and the president lias undoubt
edly increased his popularity by ills
exhibition of it.
When President Kauro was elected
there was some doubt as to whether he
possessed the qualifications for the per
plexing duties and responsibilities of a
French president. He had not had very
great experience in public affairs and
had really done nothing by which Ids
ability for executive duties could l > p
fairly judged. He was a 'Successful
business man , but had achieved no dis
tinction in politics. The wisdom of bin
selection has , however , been justified
by his course , which has been conserva
tive , judicious and patriotic. lie has
shown himself to be just the kind of
man which the emergency called for
and if lie has not beeii able to do tin-
almost impossible thing of commending
himself to all parties , lie has given good
satisfaction to the country and is per
haps one of the most popular presidents
Franco has had since the present re
publican form of government was
established. One suggestion of this in
cident is that the people are loyal to
the republic and that those who would
antagonize it are an insignificant mi
nority. All signs point to tlio perma
nence of republican Institutions in
France , the only danger being in an
unsuccessful war that would place
Franco at ihe mercy of a European
monarchy. Of that tliere docs not now
appear to bo any reason for apprehen
sion.
The manager of the Western Union
Telegraph company lias made an at
tempt to Justify tlio Northwestern olli-
eials for suppressing news of the Logan
wreck. It Is needless to multiply words
on this subject. By some blunder a
large number of Omaha people were
killed or maimed. The road was in
'duty bound to notify their relatives
and friends in Omaha at the first possi
ble moment , and it could have done if.
Ollleinls of the road came from Boone
on a special bringing claim adjusters ,
clerks , stenographers , porters , etc. , etc. ,
but not a single telegraph operator.
When ( hey reached Logan the lone
operator hud over 100 special nu-Ksages
to Omaha , and was working rapidly
to get them i > ff. The olllelnls told him
to devote his time to railroad bnslne.ss.
No estimate can ever bi > placed upon
tlie amount of mental agony fids cruel
policy onlallcd upon Interested people
in Omaha people who had a right to
file information the railroad ollicial.s
suppressed ,
Most of our people do not seem fo
reall/.o that they Individually can do
much to assist in the efforts that : uv
being made to bring various national
conventions to Omaha in 18i > S. Every
one who has a personal acquaintance
with deli-gates , members , ollh'crs or .
friends who have Influence with dele
gate.- ) , members nnd ollicers , should en
list their services In behalf of Omaha
by correspondence if possible. If , when
an invitation to meet In Omaha in 1SOS
is extended to a national convention ,
prominent men in attendance are al
ready informed of the reasons loading
to 't and tlio advantages to be gained ,
the work will be made much easier. No
ono who can exert such an influence
upon any of tins conventions for which
wo are contemplating bidding should
fall to do what ho can for tlio com
mon good ,
Solon rhase , who claims to have
originated the greenback movement in
Maine In 187-1 , has come out for Bryan
and free .sllvi-r. That Is eminently nat
ural and proper. Thu greonbackers
arts the original flat repudlatlonlsts ,
and the five sllverites nre merely their
successor * . Pressed to a corner the
ilverlfj j hi
money win confess that ho doesn't
care whether that money Is depreciated
silver or ilcpHclattil paper , so long as
It enables him to scale his .debts ,
At the irRuilT's Inquest following
the Logan wreck the fact was devel
oped that In rt l probability two bodies
were stofeliGfrom the wreck. The
coroner Is lin-oitlgatlng this matter
nml will nujkola report. Whether tliere
is ground Tor belief that any bodies
are mUsliQfifa ; i-ourso remains to bo
proven , but no time should be lost In
clearing uploubt \ In tlie matter. So
far as is known Omaha parties are not
represented at the Inquest. Under tlie
circumstances the city and the Union
Pacific might have sent representatives
to watch proceedings before the core
ner's jury. ( Vrlalnly Omaha people
are solely Interested In the verdict , and
their Interests should bo protected.
Mr. Bryan's paper says that since his
exit from congress Mr. Bryan has boon
mployed on Its staff and Is generally
conceded to have fully earned his sal
ary. That depends upon what Ids sal
ary has been. The general opinion Is
that it has not been so largo that lie
would have had Io do much to earn
It fully.
Sonnil (11 ( InCore. .
I ltd In impel Is .Imirnnl.
Major McKlnley's latest declaration for the
maintenance ot tlio public credit and tlu-
nuacintlon ot tlie attempt to dcpreclnto the
currency arc as emphatic na language can
niako them.
Tint Thin Year.
Minneapolis .Tmmml.
Can Uryan carry Ills own state ? H should
be thu aim ot all Nebraska republicans to
maliR such a result Impossible. In 1SD2 Ne
braska gave Harrison n vote of S7.227 and a
plurality ofl.0)3. ! ) . Nebraska Isn't by any
means popullzed since.
TinKrpiilillcmi MM li
Kansas City Stnr.
In selecting his executive committee Mark
Ilanna has exercised that deliberate care and
excellent Judgment that lias characterized
alt his work since ho came Into conspicuous
public view as the manager of McKlnley's
campaign. With Quay , Mauley and Lelaml
in tlio lead tliore Is Just enough recognition
of the element known as practical politicians
to Riiarantce skillful work , while In IXxwos
of Illinois , Scott of West Virginia and Payne
ot Wisconsin fresh blood Is drawn from the
business artery of the country which will
assure caution and conservatism In thu cam
paign , j.
Olio Si'iitrm-f Ovorlnokcil.
NPW Yoik Tribune.
The boy orator and his followers are fond
of emotional and hysteric phrases about jus
tice and poor men's rights , and they sprinkle
their harangues with plentiful extracts from
holy scripture. But tliere Is one sentence in
the bible which they never mention. It Is a
sentence that the .groat body ot the people ,
however , believe In and strive to obey , even
when hard times make obedience mean per
sonal inconvenience. That one sentence will
be weighed by the voters against the hey
orator's platform , and rich men and poor
men , debtors and creditors , will not fall to
testify tliemsej\csi ; steadfast followers , of the
commandment , "Thou shall not steal. "
I ! < MV Sllvi-r Woiilil Strike Homo.
Chlcnilo Tlmcs-HeraUl.
If free coinage -of silver should become a
law of HIP United1 States prices of commotll-
llcs would bo doubled.
The flrat artlijlea on which ' Vloubllns the
price- would appeal- ; are tbqscf-Tve. Import.
Of the article's"we Import 't a and coffee
are/ the most Important to the "common pee
ple.
Every housekeeper knows what these t.wo
articles cost per pound today. Hy doubling
the prirc per pound the first effect of the
free coinage of silver can be un.Uerstoo'1.
'But , it will bu asked , is there no balanc
ing advantage to be gained ? The answer Is
simple. Absolutely none. All the advantage
of the frco coinage of silver will BO to the
owners of silver mine property and to the
classes indirectly Interested In that class of
property.
KnioHoii IN Ii-iM'l vl ii - .
St. I.ouls C.lobe-Dcnicx'rnt ,
It Is very easy to be deceived by conven
tion plaudits. Two men In the ante-bellum
days aroused far more enthusiasm in con
ventions tlinn ever Mr. Uryan evoked or
ever can. ThMO were Henry Clay and Ste
phen A. Douglas. Another man , one of a
later day , James G. Blalne , set assemblies
wild. Yet all of them failed of election. All
of these were superior to Uryan in eloquence.
All were Immeasurably his superior in
ability , political experience and prestige. But
each was beaten at the pollB by a man totally
de.fielent In the showy qualltfe.s which the
democrats mippose Bryan possesses and
which they rely on to give him victory.
The men who sway conventions and con
gresses arc ofieu weak In elections.
Emotion as a factor In political campaigns
is apt to be deceiving. Shouts are not al
ways transmuted into votes.
SKWAM. , AS A .SIIjVKItlTH.
IliNlcIc History of HM | Cmivfi-Hloii to
( In- U'liK.Mrlal. .
The Washington correspondent of the
Springfield ( Aloas. ) Republican gives tlio fol
lowing account of the motive which
prompted the democratic candidate for vice
president to espouse the free silver cause :
The nomination of Arthur Sewall of
Maine for vice president Is part of tlio con
sistent policy at Chicago of admin iaterlnn
every possible affront to Mr. Cleveland. The
history of .SowaU's conversion to free silver
reads llkn that of southern nnd western poli
ticians who have been working for silver
bccauBo they had been "turned down" by
the president.
Harold Sownll , the son of the nominee for
vice president , was a democratic consul lu
Samoa during the first Cleveland administra
tion. Ho conducted
himself there in a
manner not entirely satisfactory to Secre
tary Ilayard , and was given leave of ab
sence , which did not expire until after the
beginning of the Harrison administration.
Ho was a good deal potted by Harrison and
lilalno , but ho ilid not abandon the demo
cratic creed \ipJtH. \ after tlio beginning of
the present administration. Ho was then
MI applicant for assistant secretary of state
and half n dozub.illplnmattc or consular pnsl-
ilous , promptly filing a new application
when one of ihe. places -was filled on which
lie had tsol hlalici.rt. ;
His father xVas a favored visitor to the
whtto liouso ( Hiring the first Cleveland ad
ministration ' 'Anil went there frequently
parly In the11 pfysent admlnlotration. A
kindly -word fur nfs son often dropped from
Ills lips , but * HoYiMiow these words failed
to Impress MW Cleveland , The president
at last wearli'if < 'f the versatility of young
.Harold aa annnnpilcant for olllco and said
flatly to ArthW 'Sdwall ' , on tbo occasion of
one of his ca1H : K""Mr. Sowall , 1 shall ap
point your aoti'iff ho office. "
It was notlong _ after that that a burat
of patriotic rtw'lltment against the foreign
policy of Uie.a ! d4nlulstTaHon led young
Harold into ju republican camp. His
father did not. apparently , think It wise Io
trust all the family eggs In the republican
basket. Ho took his revenge In another
form. A certain newspaper sent out In
quiries to members of the democratic na
tional committee a year or two ago t-sklng
their position on the free coinage of silver-
Now Knglaml democrats were * 8toundcd
when they rfa > l among the replies to these
inquiries ono from Arthur Sewall , declaring
that be was In favor of the frco coinage of
silver , Sewull has voted with the silver
men on all occaulonu since then , Ills sou
made such rapid progress In tbo protection
ist school that he was sent as delegato-at-
large to the St. Louis convention. Ho Is
now supporting McKlnU-y and the gold
standard , while bis father is running as the
male of Bryan and free silver , but U Is
sa'o to say that the family Interests will
not suffer whether Maine casts her vote for
Bryan and Sewall or for the candidate of
the young man of whom President Cleve
land eald to the father , "J shall appoint
your son to no office. "
Grand Island Independent ( rep. ) : Alrcndy
we hear talk of the effect the democratic
nomination ot Uryan for president will
liave in N'cbrashn , nml more particularly
regarding the state ticket. It I * sheer non
sense to presume that there ore enough
"bandwagon" fellows , favorite son worship
ers , or state-pride advocates goltiR to de
sert the republican ship to make the elec
tion ot tlie republican ticket at all doubt
ful. However , it will not do for the repub
lican leaders to sit Idly by and presume
too much.
Lincoln News ( rep. ) : Mr. Bryan's nomi
nation makes of the state a fiercer battle
ground between the contending forces of
silver and gold than would otherwise have
been the case. It will direct toward this
state for the next four months the eyes
of a great portion of HIP nation , and Ne
braska will be all the better for U In the
sense that the mat will be waked up from
Its belief that this state has gone backward
Into a realization of the fact that It Is one
ot the really grout commonwealths of the
sisterhood of Mntra.
Schtlyler Quill ( pop. ) : The Quill fears
that the democratic party has put up Bryan
for slaughter. The goldbug element will
vote for McKtnlpy nnd Insure his election.
They will not run their own candidate , but
will make the republican victory nioro cor-
tnlu by making it a direct vote. By nomi
nating Bryan they prevent the populist
party troni makltiK any democratic gains
nml In four yenis the goldhug element will
bo In shape to take hold again and run the
party. It looks llko n defeat for silver un
less alt forces unite , which teems not liable.
Fremont Tribune ( rep.l : This nomination
ha.1 come solely as a tribute to Mr. Bryan's
gift of oratory. His appearance before the
convention was well-timed and by the magic
spell of his eloquence ho caused men to
forget themselves and abandon In a measure
their cool and deliberate judgment. Ho is
not fixed or stable in Ills political views.
HP is nn extremist and much better fitted to
lead In n revolution as a Itobesplerrc than
to stand for the conservative elements uf n
great nation In a time of profound peace.
His nomination was the logical result of u
convention made up of men full of vln-
dlctlvcness. I'ennoycrlsm and Altfiddlsm
and Tlllinanlsm dominated the convention.
Bryan Is satisfactory to all these forces.
Plattsmouth Tribune ( rep. ) : The nomi
nation of William J. Bryan by the silver
party at Chicago is a funny incident in
American politics. Every other candidate
la the history of the country , no matter what
party named him , has been a man who baa
followed some profession or business for
a livelihood outside of politics. Mr. Bryan
in a young man who has no occupation save
that of politics , nnd although associated
with Mr. Tnlbot ot Lincoln as a member of
that law firm , has never practiced his pro
fession. Nominally connected with the
World-Herald he has , as a matter of fact ,
nothing to do with the editorial duties of
that journal. Ills only and sole business
since his advent Into Nebraska has been
politics , fitst ns an agitator of the tariff
question and last ns a frco sliver agitator.
Kearney Hub ( rep. ) : It is sufficient to
nay that -while Bryan Is remarkable as an
orator , and can sway thousands by the
tuneful magic ot his voice , he Is lacking
In the first requisite ns a presidential candi
date or for filling the executive olllcc. Nei
ther lias he any claim upon the democratic
party , because ho has never done yeoman's
service in the ranks. At best he has been
an Instrument In spreading tlio free silver
propaganda. Bland was the logical out
come of the convention , as MclClnley was
the natural selection of the republican
party.
Tbo nomination of Bryan will probably
bo emlorsejl by the populist national con
vention at St. Louis , because from the time
of Bryan's entrance Into Nebraska politics
ho has been more n populist than a dem
ocrat and has gone so far In that direction
that he has been barely able to hold his
connection with the democratic party. The
Idea , If there was one behind tlie Bryan
movement , was to unite the democrats and
populists. Indeed , the Chicago convention
was more populistlc than democratic. It
turned Its back upon the democracy and
refused to have nught to do with It any
longer. So It ought not to be difficult , so
far aa the candidate and the purpose are
concerned , to secure the populist endorse
ment. As to the platform , that Is quite an
other matter. It will please the populists
In that it is for free silver. In some other
respects it meets the populists half way.
The result will be that Nebraska will be
the battleground in the coming campaign.
It Is the pivotal state of the middle west.
I'OMTICAI , TAMAI.1SS.
Chicago Tribune : Bryan succeeded In
stampeding not only the Chicago convention
but almost the entire democratic press.
Chicago Post : If James U. Sovereign's
mouth can be hitched to Bryan's , timid
people may be frightened Into voting for
repudiation.
Cincinnati Commercial : Mr. Bryan's
promise not to seek a re-election is the
safest pledge ever made by a politician.
He couldn't break It If he wanted to.
Kansas City Star : After the November
election General Grant will still enjoy the
distinction of being the youngest man ever
elected president of the United States.
Philadelphia Press : No such sweeping
and monstrous crusade against law , hon
esty , private security and public safety was
over before embodied In a party platform.
Washington Post : Mr. Bryan has made
himself the nominee In much the same
manner employed by Jim Corbett in making
himself a pugilist. There are times when
a good , strong talk docs the business.
Philadelphia Hccord : Bryan wants a
compromise. He says he would not accept
n nomination for a second term if he shall
only bo allowed to go to the white house
this once. Tills is like the lunatic who
wanted to touch off a powder magazine "just
once , "
SlfJ.VS OF TIIM TI.1I13S.
ITiilly of lli - ( ionium Irc > H AKIIIIN | <
Doiiitiornt ! < lti i iiflliitloii.
Chlc.'iKn Til lump.
The bolt of leading German democratic
newspapers IK one of the most significant
signs In the preliminaries of the campaign.
It was foreshadowed in tlie vigorous warning
issued by the German Sound Money league
In Now York several days before the meet
ing of the convention. The signers of that
proiiuncianicnto. Including the most Influen
tial German democrats In New York , notified
the leaders of the convention that If It should
incorporate a 1C to 1 free coinage of silver
plank in tlie platform three-fourths of the
German democratic voters in the United
States would repudiate thu platform and the
candidate nominated to stand upon It.
The convention did not heed tlio warning
and the bolting has already begun , led by the
eight strongest German newspapers In the
country the New York StaatH-Zeltung , Chl-
rage StaatH-Keltuug , Chlcngo Abendpost , St.
Louis An/olger dcs Wi'stcn , Louisville An-
zeigcr , Milwaukee Scchoto , Davenport Demo-
knit and Wllkesbarro ( Pa. ) Waehter , the
latter tlio mouthpiece for a generation of the
German democrats of northeastern Pennsyl
vania. Tlio Davenport Demokrat Is the leadIng -
Ing German organ west of the Mississippi
river and It prefers McKInley to Uryan. The
Staata-Zeltung of this city reflects almost
universal German sentiment when it says :
"By wild Impetuosity and by all means of
treachery and Instigation the new party
In Irving to win the people of the west for
unlimited silver coinage and Incite the west
against the east , and by so doing menace
business and employment all over the coun
try , and even endanger the national unity ,
regained through torrents of moat precious
blood. With BUcli a party nnd Kuch a
candidate have absolutely nothing to do , "
Tliu German Is not a joker. Ho never
speaks In parables or double ineanlngu.
Least of all Is ho a hypocrite. He does not
carry water on both shoulders. HB Is never
on both sides of the fence , as republicans
have found out long before this. When he
stands for an Idea he states It BO distinctly
the wayfaring man , though a fool , under
stands what ho ineaiiM. When an Issue la
presented to him In which he docs not be-
Hove bo rejects It end bolts , When he ob
jects to what his party Is doingho kicks
like a stallion , and ho keeps on kicking until
the raust * of his objection Is removed. He
Is a paitlsan only so far as It conserves
his Interest to bo such , Ho Is always ready
to leave his party when he thinks It Is
fundamentally wrong , and he wastes no
useless tears or regrets when he goes. And
of all things which the German deems neccs-
btiry and absolutely essential sound money
Is the chief. The democratic convention
having proposed to give him rotten money ,
ho has no more use for 1U candidate than
he ban for tbo money ,
THIS ninioctiATir nuvoi.'i1.
DomiuirnUn Vlo < v * of Mio
lion > / iH'imipriu'- .
Country Ahovo 1'nrlr.
N \v York ltrnM ( Ind. ) .
The true ml honest democrats who
struggled In vnln to turn the tide ot silver
fanaticism nml populism at Chicago patri
otically put country above party. Their ex
ample should bo followed by every honest
democrat In the land. It Is not a question
of party supromacy. H Is not an Issue of
candidates of McKInley or Bryan. It Is.
as It was In ' 01 , a question ot loyalty to the
country , to the ling and the welfare of the
people.
A Vltullpiitliiti of DciiuxTncy.
N'cw York Tlinf.i ( iliMii. ) .
This Is not n bolt ; It Is the vindication of
true democracy. It Is stripping the disguise
from an Impudent pretender and whipping
him out of the party whose leadership ho
seeks to usurp. Itrptullatlon , swindling nnd
revolution are not democratic and have not
the slightest hold on the hearts or con
sciences of democrats. H In the duty as It
\vlll bp the pleasure of democrats to crush
them so completely that they will never In
our generation trouble the land.
llrynn IIM 11 Holler.
Ixmlivlllo Pourlor-Jnutnnl ( Jem. ) .
On Juno 11 , 1SD5 , William J. Bryan spoke
'
nt Jackson , Miss' , nnd In reply to n direct
question by Judge Ilrnmo It ho would Klip-
port the nctlon of the democratic national
convention If It should fall to put frco silver
nt 1C to 1 In Its platform , said : "So help
mo God , I will dlo In my tracks before I
will support H ! " And tbla Is the same
William J. Bryan whom sound money demo
crats nro asked to support for president ,
now that the convention has put free silver
nt 16 to 1 In the platform and nominated
him upon that platform.
K\l < Mlt Of tllO lloliollloll.
Detroit Free I'reas ( dcm. ) .
The revolt Includes nearly every demo
cratic and independent paper of national
reputation , nnd their editorial leaders nmko
up a terrific indictment of the element In
the party that has rejected its cherished
nnd honored tcnchlngs and principles and
substituted therefor n creed reeking with
populism , repudiation nnd anarchy. These
journals will continue to advocate the prin
ciples of true democracy , of which they have
always been powerful nnd Influential ex
pounders , but they cannot reconcile the out
come of the frenzied nnd turbulent gatherIng -
Ing at Chicago with the historic attitude
ot the party.
Kornililnlilo I'roiior
Indlnnnpolls Journal ( Jem. ) .
The newspaper revolt against the Brynu
ticket has already assumed formidable pro
portions. Every paper In Now York City
has declared against It. The same thing Is
practically true of thu Chicago press. Even
In the south , where the silver sentiment
was supposed to bo especially strong , such
old and representative papers aa the Balti
more Sun and News , the Charleston News
nnd Courier , the Chattanooga Times , the
Nashville Banner , the Louisville Courier-
Journal , the Galveston News and the Wil
mington Every Evening have repudiated the
Chicago ticket. The Detroit Free Press has
denounced both ticket and platform.
1'OllllllNUu .lIllllllCIM.
New York Irish-American ( ilem. ) .
After four days devoted to tramping on
the most cherished traditions of the great
democratic party the mob of silver lunatics
and populist cranks who usurped the func
tions of the national convention at Chicago
have set up n platform and n candidate. The
platform advocates the mad experiment of
free and unlimited coinage of silver , tricked
out with demagogue appeals to class and
sectional hatred and sops to anarchy and
the rankest socialism. The candidate la
fully In accord with all this. Ho thoroughly
represents nil that Is reprehensible and to
be condemned In the pleas for national dis
honor , financial disaster and party disgrace
that built up the Chicago platform.
Populism , Xot Domoorncy.
Philadelphia Kecoril ( dem. ) .
The platform adopted by the Chicago con
vention Is such a declaration of purposes
and principles as no consistent democrat
and no lover of the country can conscien
tiously approve. No man fit to be president
or vice president of the United States could
In honor stand upon it ; and it Is therefore
quite unnecessary to consider what manner
of persons have been presented for the suf
frages of the peoplo. Because the Ilecord
has been a firm supporter of democratic
principles It repudiates , condemns and spits
upon this communistic , populistlc deliver
ance. The worst misfortune that could now
befall the democratic party would be the
election of. a president and a congress
pledged to carry into effect the alms of this
revolutionary , socialistic scheme of political
action.
Duly of DiMiioprntx.
New York Sun ( ilem. ) .
It will be Impossible to bolt the demo
cratic national ticket next November , for
there is no democratic national ticket to
bolt. There are populist-anarchist candi
dates nominated on a populist-anarchist
platform. Such a ticket and such a plat
form bind no democrat who does not con
fuse names with principles. The name of
the democratic party is assumed by a let of
persons who have foisted into the platform
principles utterly repugnant to democratic
principles , strange and dangerous doctrines ,
threatening alike the honor nud the pros
perity of the United States , Itottcn money ,
class legislation , restrictions upon the free
dom of contract , freedom of riot , und the
dependence ) of the supreme court are not
democratic principles , and never can be
made to bo such.
.So u nil Moin'.v In
Jloslon aiotia ( dcm. ) .
Tbo platform adopted at Chicago docs not
meet with the approval of tlie Globe , es
pecially the financial plank. From a polit
ical standpoint the declaration for the free
coinage of silver was a mistake , and In thp
public Interest wo believe it should bo con
demned.
To change the financial policy will re
quire legislative nctlon , awl it Is , there
fore , of the utmost Importance to secure
a congress which shall net unitedly for
sound money. By Btnndlng together on the
stnto and congressional tickets , tlio demo
crats can hold their organization , retain
the confidence of the public , and whatever
the fate of the national ticket In this cam
paign , they will bo In good condition for
the future.
Wo do not agree with those who be-
llevo that this campaign Is to injure pcr-
mantly tlio democratic organization. A
party which la as old as the government
Itself , and which has successfully weathered
a much greater crlnis In the past , will
again be reunited and stronger for the les
sons learned from tliesu troubulous polit
ical times.
A Sivi'0iliiKItovolt. | .
I'lillnilvliilila TltiiCH diem. ) .
Never In the history of American poll-
tics has tliero been such a sweeping revolt
of the most Influential leaders and jour
nalists of any political party as Is now
exhibited by democratic leaders and Jour
nals In the eastern states. When half
a dozen republican journals of national
fame bolted ngalnst Grant in 1872 , U wua
regarded as u marvelous exhibition of the
indcpondunco of the American nuwspaper ,
but today there In not a single prominent
Independent or democratic Journal cast of
Plttaburg that supports either the candi
dates or the platform of tlio so-calli'd
democratic national convention.
Think of New York City , the Gibraltar
of democracy , thu center of democratic
Journalism and democratic leadership ,
with not a slnglo public journal that l
known outside of the city supporting the
so-called democratic nomination for pres
ident and vice president. All the New
York journals which democrats of all fac
tions have followed for years past , repu
diate both the Chicago candidates and
platform , and most ot them aggressively
demand the election of McKlnloJ' n tha
only safety for the Integrity and proi-
perlly of the nation.
Decline * llir Moillclno.
St. 1'ftnl Globe ( ilcm ) .
The Glebe Is not , however , prepared nt this
time to support Candidate Brynn. It dors
not npprovo of the platform , nml firmly bp. .
1 loves that 111 a calm nnd thorough discus-
slon of the financial question all clnssrs of
people will BOO that the greatest good r'fl
UIP greatest number will best be promo'en
by HIP gold standard until such limp ni
thp status of silver may be changed by In
ternational agreement.
It may prove the wisest course for the
domocratto party to hold its organization
In the different stAtrs , rupednlly In the
east , nnd conduct Its stntP nml roiiRvcsslonnl
campaigns upon sound money platforms ,
By this method congress can bo constituted
In n way which shall bo for the best Inter
ests of the country. Democrats can hold
their organizations locally , nnd not linmpcr
Individual action on the national ticket.
TACO.IIA ciTi/.nxs AIIU .imii.\.vr.
1
llollovo Hint Viinilorltllt % VI1I Control
tlio Nordioru t'liollli * .
TACOMA , Wash. , July 15.The belief Is
growing stronger hero that thn Vamlerbllts
will control the reorganized Northern Pacific
railroad nnd make It the final link of n
Vnmlcrbllt system to extend 'rotn ocean to
ocean. A strong Indication lu .his direction
Is the fact that Edwin Winter. tie ! rew
president , IIRH been ono of he olncluls of
thu Omaha road , a Vanilorhllt Hue nud that
he was called to New York In consultation
with J. P. Morgan nnd the VmidcrblltB before -
fore thp announcement of his oi'loc'lon ns
president.
The Vnndcrhllts liavu In this slate rfop-
orty , Including their six-story buildings In
Tacoma , owned by George Vanderbllt , who
also controls the stock of the Metropolitan *
Savings bank , the largest savings bank lii
this city.
Ailillokn Ilrooimu ( Jolil .111 nor.
SKATTLE , Wash. , July 1C. J. Uilwnrd A l-
dicks , the gns king of Delaware , Is to bend
a corporation to work for gold In the gravel
bcda of the Cnrlboo. The company , which
has been incorporated under the name of the
British Northwest Gold Mining company ,
limited , has a capital stock of $5,000,000
and will operate on the Flshback property
on the Quosnelle , well known as the moat
important gold bearing districts of thn.
Fraser river region. In this tract are TOO
ncres , with nn nvorngo depth to hpd rock
of 275 feet , all of which , It Is estimated ,
will pay at least 12V4 cents per cubic yard.
The water system of the property drains
more than forty-five square miles of mining
ground.
TIIK , TAIL OF TUB TICICUT.
Chicago Journal ( rep. ) : Mr. Bryan should
take Mr. Sewall with him on his hot
weather trips. Sewall Is the chilliest thing
that over traveled.
Now York Trlliuno ( rep. ) : Arthur Sownll
persisted In building wooden ships when
everybody else was making them of Iron.
The ticket seems to be a mixture of boy and
old fogy.
Louisville Courier-Journal ( dem. ) : Well
nnd well ngnln ! Sewall , the vioo presi
dential nominee of the sltvcrltes at Chicago ,
Is not only a rich man , but , hoot 111011 ! lock
the chicken coop nnd bring the woodpllo
into tlie parlor Sewall , ho la n bub-bub-
banker !
Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : As wo do not
look for his election. It Is unnecessary to
discuss Mr. Sewall's personal character or
opinions. Candidates count for llttlo In tbla
campaign. They are but the representatives
of the cause they have espoused , and It is
thjt that wo are called on to oppose.
Philadelphia Record ( dem. ) : On a better
platform Mr. Sewall would have contributed
stability to the ticket. As It Is , it Is hardly
worth while to consider his capacities. Ha
had much better stick to his own ships , for
there Is small likelihood that the American
people , frcod from spellbinding Influences ,
will give him a commission as second olljccr
of tbo Ship of State with such n rtfckless
sailing chart as has been provided nt Chi
cago.
Buffalo Express ( rep , ) : The vice presi
dential nominee is a millionaire and is said
to to connected with most of the corpora
tions in .Maine. This makes his selection
by the populist elements which ruled at
Chicago all the more astonishing. It Is
fair to say of him , however , that in n busi
ness and political way he Is up to the usual
vice presidential standard , differing In that
respect from the head ot the ticket , who Is
ridiculously below the usual presidential
standard.
POINT-ISO AMI PI.HASAXT.
Chicago Tribune : "Do you ? " said the
hotel clerk 'it Dwlchl.
"Well , you huve come to the. right place ,
my friend. "
For the Kiirst hnd registered :
"I. C. Simykes , Vermllllon , O. "
Plttsburg Chronicle : Srnllhson Hello.
Dobson , you uro getting Rtout , aren't you ?
Dobson Well , I was getting stout , but
.since 1 bought my wheel I luivo been fuli-
Ing- off considerably.
"Washington Star : "I known er henp or
men , " said Uncle Kbcn , "dat knln't re'llzu
dat It utn' no mo' wubk ter curry In wood
or coal foh money dun It Is UT carry or
transparency In n 'icrcesslrm foh nultln , "
Somcrvlllo Journal : The silver vote nnd
the bicycle vote will both be outnumbered
If tlie shlrt-wuist vole Is ever polled.
Plttsburn DlHpntch : "Well. " said Sammy
Snuggs. A Her ho hud woikrd for tnn mill-
ute.s try I in ; to untie the knotx In u cold
about A bulky package , "If thuro'H iiuy thing
I dls/ko IL'H a birthday present with u
string to It. "
Uoxliury Gazette : Olllco Ocrupiint Jani
tor , I wlfih you'd clean up tliln olllco once
In u wbl'e. ' I don't want to bn running
after you every time 1 wuiil It done ,
Janitor Ain't you uwniv. olr , that It'H n.
j.'i'iii'r.'illy understood thing that Iho olllco
should week the man ?
Detroit Tribune : "Why. " linked the
casual observer , "did you hoot that ten
derfoot ? "
"lleenUBo , " replied the chairman of tlio
Clvio Federation , iilwiiyn glud to mipply
rtin oimlil Information , "bo would otlier-
WHO ! hnvu died of coiiHUinptlon , and wo nro
trying to have our town recognized as a
health rcKort , you know. "
IndlamipollB Journal : Buld tbn tall thin
one , who hud failed to get him , to the
stout ponderous one , who had been In the
muno competition : "I frp | worry for you ,
dear , that that little midget Hbould huvo
married Algy after nil. It IH evidently n
ratio where man wanted but llttlo hero bo-
low. "
"Nor wanted that llttlo long. " responded
tbn Htout OIHI , Hlowly Hwecpln her glunco
along the length of her frlcmd.
HKSULT3.
Atlanta ( 'onutltutlon.
Molly from tbo nonsboro comes /
( Not a Hlnula dime ! ) ;
All her friend * nru at thu train :
"Had u royal tlmol"
Hill for board : Two hundred ( cash ) ;
IIUHhuml , ho rebi'lH ;
"What have you to Dhow fur It ? "
"Great big box ut Hhulln ! "
IHIVMi : AM ) HI2.MKDY.
HomiTvllln Journal.
Now politics nro growing hot ,
And politician ) * talk a lot.
Thpy harp on HiibjecU worn and old ,
Homo aru for silver , om for gold.
The tariff , lee , In much dl eiiH ed ,
Till every volor U nonplussed.
Whono'er an argument
Thu onu who talks thu louduxt wins.
Meanwhile thu luiulnesH nmii U mad
llccaUHu his trade It ) very bad.
Hut ho'H nil right If ho I * wlao ,
Ho only needs to udvertluu.
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