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Hotiiti umnhii , ain T 1IIK. , Cc.r. K nnd Jllli Sir
Council Hindu , in North Mnln Street.
ChlcnKo Ollli-D. 317 Uhnmlier of Commerno.
New Yorli , Hoomn 13 , II nml IV Tribune ItdU ; .
Wariilnntnii , 1107 K Ktrert , N. W.
CUHIIKSI'ONDKNCU :
All romiminlcntlonn relnllng to news nml nil-
torlnl mnltfr Jlu.ul.l If ndJMi'ol : To tliv IMIlir.
nusiNtcsy i.i-rrnits : :
All Imvlnp * * ) letter * nnd icnilUniu-r ? Hlinulil le ,
mUlrrwetl to The DIM ! 1'tiljlUhlnK Company ,
Oimilm. Draft * , , rdeekx nrnl iH'Htolllii' onlern to
bo tnnile | inyiilili to tin' onlcr of tinfomlinny. .
Till1IK1J I'l'IIMSIll.N'U COM PANT.
BTATHMKNT OP CirtCt.'I.ATlON.
Btatc of Nebraska |
i county. |
i It. Tzuchuck , ixvrclary ot Tlie Il I'lib *
lulling company. lielriR duly MVCTII , f-ny.1 that tlie
KCtunl tiumlKT of full nnd efiijuilolc roplcit of Hie
Dally , Mornlntr , Kvenlns nnd sun Jay HPO | ii luted
ilurlns tlm month of June , 1S'G ! , wnii n fo1low !
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Total r.M.cs ;
ileiHictlonK for unsold nml rettirncil
COltC9 ] 10.21J
Net tolnl nalcs rSJ.470
Net Onlly nvernco 13.413
fJKOnOE II. T7.H(7IIIJCK.
Sworn to brforo mo ami vnlxrrlboil In my
presence' this 4th tiny or July. 15PB.
( Real. ) n. P. FBI I *
Notary Public.
Parties Kolng out or tlie city for the
Riiinincr mny liaro The P.PO sout to their
nddress by lenv.ng nn onlor at the
business ofllco of tlio Boo. Telr-nhono U.'IS.
pen Is iniclitlcr than the sword
Bnl\ve.r Lytton. The tongue In mightier
than this iK > n--Hrynn.
Wonder If llrywill take Ills edi
torial tripod with him on his trip
through the eastern states ?
Oinahn taxpayers can save money by
keeping the jail and police court quar
ters where they now are at least for a
year or two.
Tom Watson's opinion of Hrynn as
expressed while they were both serving
In congress together Is not very tlattcr-
ing. Kut Uryan'H opinion of Wntson
woultl probably make the account be
tween them a stand-oil' .
The gold democrats nre manifesting
a praiseworthy wtlvlty in all parts of
the country. On the question of main
taining the national credit and pre
serving an honest money system parti
sanship Is properly subordinated to pa
triotism.
Ex-Governor Boles admlls that , "thrice
has * he sinned. " The ex-governor Is
too conscientious altogether. Better
.make it a few times thrice. Any one
who has sinned only three times is
altogether too good to remain long on
this side of heaven.
Mr. Bryan's paper is proclaiming
"truths form the mouth of a goldbug. "
That paper ought to realize the terrible
risk It is running. Any silver organ
that even Intimates that a goldbug
sometimes tells the truth lays Itself
liable to being read out of the party.
Why should the Hrynn managers try
to raise campaign funds by popular
subscription ? Haven't they Sewall's
barrel behind them ? And haven't they
tlie free and unlimited right to draw
upon all the silver mine owners and
mining stock gamblers In the country ?
Some states have laws requiring every
franchise that is granted to be put up
at auction and sold to the highest bid
der. No municipality Is required to
grant a franchise to any one , but If it
does do so. it is only fair that the tax
payers should get. full market value for
the privileges sought.
In this campaign of education , every
man who understands the principles o'f
sound money should constitute himself
an Instructor for his nelnhbor. A com
mon sense conversation bringing home
the precise effects of currency debase
ment will do as much to dispel the free
coinage fallacies as the best campaign
Breech.
The perplexing question for the silver
stale newspapers which have repudia
ted republicanism Is , Which ticket has
superior claims for their support
Hrynn and Scwnll , or Bryan and Wat-
non ? If actuated solely by a devotion
to tlio cause of silver , each silver ticket
ought to appeal with equal force for
assistance.
The sliver senators who bolted the
republican national convention have
announced that AVatson must retire
from the populist national ticket. The
ullver senators got out of the repub
lican parly because they could not run
It to Mtilt themselves , and now they
Imagine all they have to do is to say
what they want from the democrats
ami populists and get it.
Ooal dealers protest Unit thn tnx
levied by the new coal dealer's license
ordinance is excessive , it may be ex
cessive for the little dealers , but it Is
not excessive for the big dealers. If
tlio ordinance were revised so urn to es
tablish n scale of license tuxcw gradu
ated roughly utvordlng to tlie business
done , no coal dealer would have any
valid ground for complaint.
Ono week from today and the popu
list state convention will asscmblo at
Hastings to determine ) what names
Bhnll be placed upon the populist state
ticket. It will also be expected to name
the ikopullst candidates for presidential
electors and In view of the peculiar
outcome of the St. I.oufej convention
wore than ordinary Interest will attach
to this purt of Uie
Is nothing In thi vnrlctl policy
of iiilHiviuvsontntlrin adopted liy the
frco silver mlvowitcs more Indufi'iislblo
or ri'iiroliciislblo ( linn Ihelr nppunl to
sonio of the tnost ciulm-iit luiniwi In
American political history In vindica
tion of tlR-lrsi'lii'iiK' of repudiation. Mr.
llrynu and his follo\vor.s clto as author
ity for llu.'lr position .lefforson and
.lackfon , hoth of whom would hnvi *
boon ad llki'ly to foinmeiid arson and
hnrt'lnry as to npim.vu tliu OlilcnRo
platform. Tlies ' llliiHtrloim di'inoi-ratlo
stati'sinun would have spurm-d the s -
p'Hllon that tin- United States mints
shutild take silver or any other metal
worth 5i : cents , slump It as a dollar
and spud It out as a coined He to cheat
not. only nor ehh'lly foreign > redltors ,
liul the great IIIIIKM of the Amurlcan
people themselvus and especially rob
labor of half Us wages and cut In two
the Imlanec to the credit of every
thrifty man ur woman who has a de
posit In a savings hank , a building and
loan association , or a fraternal society.
The standard hearer of the free silver
party says that the ratio between gold
and silver Is purely a , legal ratio , to be
established by statute. .TelVerson laid
down HH a currency and coinage max
im , that "thn proportion between tin ;
values of gold and silver Is a mercantile
problem altogether , " while as to llxlng
u ratio for the two coinages he said :
"Just principles will lead us to disre
gard the. legal proportion altogether , to
iminire Into the market price of gold
In the several countries with which we
shall principally be connected In com
merce and to take an average from
them. " Jefferson had no fear , as ths
free sliver ropndlntors profess to have ,
that by this course wo would abandon
our financial Independence and he was
certainly not less patriotic than Mr.
llrynii and his parly.
Andrew Jackson was as much opposed
to cheap money as Thomas Jefferson
and no greater injustice could bt > done
to his memory than to suggest anything
different. Speaking of the effects-
cheap money upon the working classes
President Jackson said : "Engaged
from day to day In their useful tolls
they do not perceive that although
their wages are nominally the same
or even somewhat higher , they are
greatly reduced In fact by the rapid
increase of a spurious currency which ,
as It appears to make money abound ,
they are at tlrst Inclined to consider a
blessing. It Is not. so with the .specu
later , by whom this operation Is better
understood and is made to contribute
to his advantage. * It l.s not until the
prices of the necessaries of life become
so dear that the laboring classes can
not supply their wants out of their
wages that wages rise and gradually
reach a justly proportioned rate to that
of the products of their labor. " Can
any one doubt that the statesman who
uttered these truths would be nuqnnll-
lledly opposed to the policy of currency
debasement championed by Mr. Bryan ?
But perhaps the gravest wrong Ju
this respect lsNin associating the name
of Abraham Lincoln with the cause of
ruin and spoliation.Vlio that reveres
the memory of that illustrious man will
not feel n thrill of indignation at the
suggestion that he could have , under
any circumstances , approved the cur
rency policy of the Chicago platform ?
The republican platform of 1804 , on
which Mr. Lincoln was elected the
second time , declared "that the national
faith , pledged for the redemption of the
public debt , must be kept inviolate. "
That was said when the nation's obliga
tions were more than three times as
large they are now and steadily in
creasing. Can any fair-minded man
believe that Mr. Lincoln would have
changed In the meanwhile to favor re
pudiation of nearly one-half of those
obligations ? To intimate it Is to Insult
his memory.
The free silver advocates can find no
justification for their scheme of repudia
tion hi the views and records of the
great statesmen of flic past , all of
whom , regardless of party , stood for
honest money.
A ZKAMUX VOhVKHT.
Mr. fJeorge Krod Williams of Massa
chusetts ! a a uniipio character In Amer
ican polities. Until recently lie was lit
tle known beyond the district which
he formerly represented in congress ,
but his conversion to free silver colna t1
attracted attention to him and when he
made his debut at Chicago as a cham
pion of the policy of currency debase
ment he at once acquired national note
riety. A radical advocate of repudia
tion from the old Bay state wan some
thing of a curiosity anil , fieorge Kred
Williams received more consideration
at Chicago than he had ever received
before , being even talked of as nn avail
able candidate for vice president ,
Mr. Williams has all the zeal of n
new convert and he has entered upon
the work of disseminating free wllver
doctrines In Massachusetts earnestly
and aggressively. He appeals to this
democratic voters of the state to rally
to the support of the Chicago platform
and ticket , which ho suyn represent the
people's cause. Four yeans ago Mr.
Williams took an entirely different view
of the people's interests as affected by
the currency. In u speech In the house
of representatives March ± 2. 181)2 ) , he
said that "the fundamental error with
which the fieu coinage advocates start
out Is , that quantity of money is es
sentially more Important titan quality
of money , and that money itself Ls of
prime Importance as compared with
credit , " and ho told the free silver men
that they could never by legislation turn
the channels of credit into their sec
tions. "You turn It away every time
yon do anything to Imperil ( lie standard
of payment , " said Mr. Williams.The
creditor has n right , in law and In
morals , to have his money returned to
him , and when you Imperil the standard
of Ills payment you simply give him no
tice that he shall not loan you money , "
This is entirely sound , as also was the
proposition of Mr , Williams that the
fact that prices have fallen Is not any
proof that gold has risen , as to which
ho nt that time sensibly said. "These
gentlemen leave out of consideration
the tremendous expansion of Industry
lu Uio last quarter or half century. They
leave out the facilities of exchange the
bank , the clearing hoitno , the telegraph ,
the ixistnl order ; they leave out the
opening up of enormous territory mid
the Increase of population : alul they
leave out Inbor-savlng machinery and
other Inventions of the time , when they
consider the problem of the fall of
prices. " This Is Just what the free sil
ver men nre still doing with the con
currence of Mr. Williams.
There was another thing said by the
Massachusetts repre.sentatlve on that
.occasion which Is applicable now. In
reply to a question whether the United
States was to have a monetary system
regulated by the rest of the world , Mr.
Williams said that "the monetary sys
tem of commerce Is the affair of the
world and that wo cannot settle It
alone ; " that If we undertook to do It
we would "be thrown out of the com
mercial and monetary problems of the
world. " Mr. Williams went on to de
clare that the then proposed free silver
legislation would , if enacted , establish
the single silver standatd , that gold
could not remain In the currency H.VS *
tern , that we should have as n consequence
quence n depreciated currency and that
the people who would lose by this de
preciation were mainly the Industrial
classes of the country. Finally he pro
posed , as "the true solution of the ques
tion , " ail International conference.
1'erhaps , after all , the views of Ueorge
l-'reil Williams are not of veiy great
Importance , but as he Is a present prom
inent free silver champion it is not
without interest to know whnt he
thought when he was right on the cur
rency question. He will tliul some dilll-
culty In answering his own arguments
of four years ago In defense of honest
money. _ _
A SIUXUWAXT
The annual convention of the United
States League of Local Loan and Build
ing Associations , held In Philadelphia
last week , adopted the following dec
laration touching the financial ques
tion :
1. That it Is the sense of this meeting
that the liitcrcBt ot all sharehoiaers ol
building auil loan associations In the United
States demand that the present standard
ot values upon which our monetary system
has been based since the resumption of
specie payments In 1878 shall remain un
changed and Inviolate.
2. That we believe that the Interests of
every class In the community , and especially
these or the great wage-earning class. Im
peratively demand that every dollar In
circulation , whether coin or paper , shall bo
equal In value to every other.
3. That patriotism demands that the "dol
lar" bearing the mint mark of the United
States shall be the equal of the dollar of
the most advanced nations and entitled to
full faith and credit all over the world , and
to that end It must be maintained free from
all suspicion , debasement and repudiation.
The United States league is composed
of representatives of the various state
leagues , which in turn represent the
energy and integrity of the local as
sociations. There are between 5,80(3' (
and 0,000 associations In the country ,
With assets approaching ? 750,000,6(1 ( ) (
aiul .annual , I'pcftlpts aggregating ? 200-
000,000. These vast sums represent the
savings of 2,000,000 shareholders , who
typify In its best sense the lesson of
co-operative thrift and home , building.
But the significance of the league's
pronouncement for honest money does
not lie wholly in the magnitude of the
interests involved. It Is to be found
also In the fact that it voices the sen
timent of the wage earners , comprising
the bulk of the membership of associa
tions. This fact is emphasized by the
report of Hon. Carroll D. Wright , com
missioner of labor. The first and only
examination made by the bureau in
1S)4 ! ) showed that SO per cent of the
2,000,000 members In the United State.s
were wage earners. Additional proof
Is furnished by the report showing that
up to the close of IS'.M nearly fiOO.OOO
homes had been acquired through the
Instrumentality of building and loan
associations.
Any disturbance of the Industrial and
financial conditions of the country Is
keenly felt by these associations. Next
to the savings banks they represent the
thrift and the self-denial of the wage-
workers. They are the barometers of
the condition of the tollers. Their In
come and outgo reflect the ups and
downs of the industrious. It was there
fore eminently fitting Hint the repre
sentatives of the saving and home build
ing multitude should uphold the honor
of the government and denounce a
movement , the triumph of which would
Impair the value of savings and Invest
ments , debase the currency and reduce
wage earners to the vassalage of Mexico
ice and Japan.
THMl'US V
The business men of Omaha do not
seem to realize the importance of the
element of time In the work of pre
paring for the great Tninsailsslsslppl
Exposition. The law passed by the na
tional house of representatives and
senate and signed by the president , giv
ing congressional recognition to the en
terprise and pledging a federal appro
priation In Its aid , not only fixes the
minimum amount of money that must
lo ) raised from private and local sources
before any money may bo drawn from
the national treasury , but It also re
quires In so many words that the ex
position be opened In June of the year
1808.
Prompt compliance with the first con
dition of the exposition law Is abso
lutely necessary If the second condition
Is to be fnlllllcd. If the : px > , ( )0 )
of stock which the managers have un
dertaken to float preliminary to a com
plete reorganization of the exposition
association is not subscribed without de
lay , how can the active work of prepar
ation Ite commenced and pushed
through to successful completion by
June , 18SVS ? Appreciating as they do
the Importance of the exposition enter
prise and the disastrous effects that
would follow dropping It at this day ,
Omaha property owners and business
men may be relied upon to l > ear their
full shai-e of the burden. But while
the wage-earners , salaried employes and
smaller merchants who have been
solicited to take stock have responded
beyond expectation , this dilatory policy
of hanging back till the last minute
appears to have overtaken a large num
ber of tlm JJJMI who have the largest
Interests to stibsrrve.
Theses iifl > niiinst be Impressed with
the fact ftjat , there Is now no time to
be lost , fliv ooaer the exposition ball
Is set n-rolllng in earnest the sooner
will we rlilfniu-iicu to reap the nil-
vantages Tilu ? must accrue to Omaha ,
Nebraska ivthe \ whole west.
A non-rl'shYl'iit ' capitalist who owns
$ no.OOO vV $ of Omaha realty pre
dicts its value will be enhanced 10 per
cent becaiij-e f\f ) the exposition. There
is little dsHib.t that his prediction will
be realized , in some localities prop.
crty values must rise 25 per cent on
the strength of the exposition. The
five-year lease of a theater In Omaha
could not have boon effected but for
the prosipeets iticldcnt to the exposi
tion. Xon-resldents own a good deal
of Omaha property. Arc they to de
rive these prospective benefits without
contributing to the enterprise , or must
a bond Issue be voted to Induce them
to share equally with resident prop
erly owners the burdens of this great
project ? Here Is a question which the
llcal Estate exchange must take up
sooner or later.
Ever .since the days when King John
registered his unwilling absent to
Magim Chart n with the great seal of
state it has been customary to atllx It
to state papers upon a wafer of gold
foil. Of late , however , the governor
of Nebraska Is said to have discarded
the gold and substituted silver foil In
allixlng the great seal of state to pub
lic documents. Hn.s It come to this ,
that our governor must stamp his con
victions on the free silver issue upon
documents of state leaving his otlice ?
Or Is It simply a measure of economy
by which his excellency seals sixteen
documents at a cost not exceeding the
cost of one seal under the old rule. To
be consistent , however , the governor
should not discard gold foil entirely ,
but should use one of gold to sixteen of
silver.
Ami still another cut In grain rates
is announced. Nothing could be of
greater advantage to Nebraska at this
time. The best thing that could hap
pen would be rates low enough to move
every bushel of surplus grain in the
state. Estimated that one-third of the
crop of last year was held until the
recent rate war began , a fair Idea can
be gained 'of1 the amount of money that
Is now btiig ( | Deceived by Nulmisknns.
This money will quickly get into circu
lation and- will relieve the stringency
among country merchants , who can in
turn inoe tl/olr / bills. The immense
grain moveim-ait is good for the rail
ways asjell. . iilt Is better to run loaded
trains tlmti < none at all.
I-- , . .
Beat tlu tofn-tom ! Blow the bazoo !
I'lling the filreamers to the breezest The
Dnhlonega Signal , 'that "eminent'
Jeorgla joiinVallstic exponent of 'popu
lism , has comu out squarely and b.oldly
for -Bryan. , ,1-tijwys Bryan Is the Moses
come -to lend'the ! people out of the
wilderness. ' " ' "ill we 'accept ' him ? "
confidently asks"'the Dnhloncga Signal.
And the chorus of bull frogs from the
depths of the Georgia , swamps shrilly
answer "Xit ! " (
Mr. Bryan says he will do nothing
unfair to Mr. Scwall. The fairest thing
he could do would be to permit him to
withdraw in time to avoid being carried
down In the general defeat of the silver
candidates.
Kilitorlal Favor * .
Detroit Free Press.
Watson Is also an editor. Is there a con
spiracy on foot to cripple the popullstlc
I'oiHlltxtN Will Sncrlflcc thellnliy. .
Schuyler Quill ( pop. ) .
Down along the Nile river the crocodile
Is worsblced by the
blacks and held sa
cred. Many a. mother will throw her baby
to the monsters , thinking they are doing
right and will gain eternal life by It. Just
now the .populist mother IE preparing to
throw her G-year-old child to the democratic
crocodile.
Slmrt IIlHlor.v of Sllvi-r
Hurllngton Hnwkoye.
In a period of twenty years. from 1S53 to
1S73 , the United States coined over $700.000 -
000 of sold and only about 5,000,000 of
silver dollars. And that was In the period
when wo had free coinage of silver. In
the next period of twenty yearn the govern
ment coined over 540,000,000 silver dollars
And this was. . done after the "demonetiza
tion" of silver in 1873.
Jlrymi'M lloi-roiviMl VlKiiri-H.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr. Bryan's friends assert that the speech
he is now preparing for delivery on accept
ing his nomination will bo the greatest
effort of his life. Let us hope It will bo
a now effort , at any rate , for evidence is
accumulating that the one which gained
him the nomination had done duty at least
once , and probably two or three tinier ,
before , and that Us most striking passage ,
the "crown of thorns" figure , was taken
from a speech delivered In congress In
January , JS91 , by Hepresentative McCall of
Massachusetts , Mr. Uryan being then , and
there present. The Hey Orator must pre
pare something fresh and original If ho
wishes to retain Ills prestige for eloquence.
AVIij' Silver IN Clirnp.
Chlcaifo TlmeHeralii. .
Ill 1873 the total product of silver In the
world was iM.OOO ounces and the silver
In a dollar .was worth J1.04 In gold.
Last year Ino world's product of silver
waa I G5,000&o < T ounces and the silver In a
dollar waa worth only 50 7-10 cents.
In 1891 tfie potato crop of the United
States was , In round numbers. 170,000,000
bushels and. the overage prlco 53 cents.
In 1895 tjiO\estlinatcd potato crop was
400,000,000 WaliMa and the average price
was 26 ccny ( , "
The fall < fi\jtoth cases was duo to the
same causoiy-Jhit when the farmer's po
tatoes fall Its Alililf the former price , how
much Boodvwll'lt ' do him to compel him
to take slim dollars for them worth only
60 cents eaH)7 ) That brings" the 28 cents
down to
Alllffi
( New York Hun.
Why can't the brethren dwell together In
unity e'en as birds in their little neats
agree ? No lover of the progress of his race
can bring himself to believe that the Hon.
William Jtmulnga Bryan , when a writer
for the Omaha Hyphen-Hiatus , wrote the
Hon. Herman Eborhard Taubeneck down In
print as "an ass. " So coartse a phrase could
not come from a person of the good taste
and literary distinction of the Doy Orator
of the 1'latte. If , however , It did flow from
his pen , wlthout.any attempt at a strike on
the part of that silver fountain , tt should
bo understood as only a bit ot Ilryanesquo
work. Mr , Uryan U a victim ot the boy
orator habit , and words now or formerly In
Ills employ must not bo understood literally ,
but In their metaphorical , tropical , or tran
scendental tense. Words cet the better of
him ; throw him down or lift him up. It he
said that Mr , Taubeneck waa an ass he
may have wished tb Indicate that Mr. Taube
neck waa a nightingale or a silver , eagle.
Uryaucsque In tta pure state docsii't mean
anything ; It Just say * .
Sli.M'JY ; AM > IM1MAXO ,
1'roiliiHlnti of l.'Jvc t.enillnK Staple *
Ciiiupiiroil vltli 1'ntulntloti.
Washington Tlir.M.
Throughout the world Invention , Improve *
mcnt and commercial pro rcss Imvo lowly
oxcreded the demand , un.l . Increased mid
cheapened fnctlltlcx for land mid water
transportation have * o closely connected the
different markets that overproduction mid
diminished prices have bfyn the InoUtablo
remit. Naturally the bllnlit ot such nn
undesirable condition has fallrn on pro-
ducci-H. Take as nn illustration the world's
production of five leading commodltlcR ,
since the dcmonetliation of ullvcr. In com *
partaou with the growth of the world' * popu
lation , and the cause ot llui goncra ! depre
ciation In prices will bn plainly xcen :
1870. 1SS.O. IS ? ! .
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Wnfnt ' , 1.11 2 ° i ! ! ' ; llUi ! ( ! ! , ? ! WK > J.5
Ciitt'M , Ills 8.3IJOOOI 1I.G6S.WHll2'i ] '
Wool , Ibs 1 K)3COO.WW ) t i.CM.OOO.l'OO ' 2.G9 : ! , ! > < ! ! , " 3 \Vi\ \
Hold 121,611.000 mu.w.ioo 39
ailver. . . . | 101.fwl.0w
U la nsRiimed by silver advocates that the
nppreclntlon of gold has caused n general
decline in prices and that the remonctl/.n-
tlon of nllver will nlono restore them to
their old-time standing. A glance at the
nbovo tnblo shows that the production of
gold , ns well ns the other commodities , has
largely surpassed the growth of population ,
and It Is well known that Its use ns a
money metal has not exceeded the demand.
Sliver , ns well as every other overproduced
commodity , 1ms fallen In price In response
to the Immutable law ot supply and demand ,
nnd It la ns foolish to claim Hint Its rlso In
value would affect the prlco of wheat nnd
other staples ns It would bo to assure thnt
the universe would stop moving If the enrth
censed to exist. Therefore , It would be
nntlotml madness to adopt a debased mone
tary standard nnd destroy our financial
nnd commercial stability to experiment with
any such theory.
SH.VKII AT THU MINTS.
Tlit > A in mint Atiiiiinlly Colncil ! > > ' UK *
( iovcrmuuiit SI HOC 1ST. ! .
Advocates of free and unlimited coinage
of silver Imvo much to sny about the "crime
of 1S73 , " when ollvcr was "otrlckcn down , "
but they carefully avoid mention of what
the government has done for silver.
In this connection a few statistics taken
from the mint reports will show how shal
low Is the charge of discrimination against
silver :
Standard silver dollars coined
from 1792 to 1S73 $ 7,773,000
Fractional silver coined from 1792
to 1873 133,5S1,000
Total In clshty-threo years.14.1K9.000
Average per yenr 1,727,210
Silver dollars coined and silver
bullion purchased since 1873 $ . " " 2,207,000
Fractional silver coined since 1S73. . 110,293OiKI
Total silver turned into money '
since 1S73 $ rS2t0 ; > ) ,000
Average for twenty-thrco years. . . $ 29G07,3U !
The following table , certified by the di
rector of the mint , shows the amount of
silver coined each flscnl year , ending Juno
30 , from 1873 to 1S9G , Inclusive :
1873 $ 4,02l,747.f.O18S | : J2 < i , ! > C2l76.20
1S74 CCr > l,77G.0lSS' | > 32,030,709.00
lS7."i If. 3I7.S33.01RS7 | 3ilHl,081.40
' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' '
1877 . . . . ! . . . zs.'sm.'oisico is 9 . . . . ! V. . 3 : ! 49 < > .G$3i3 ]
1S78 2&.EISSSO.lO 1S90 311.202.908.20
1S79 ! 7,5C9,77F.OO 1SD1 27.515P : ii.CO
1S0 27,411SI3.7 ( : > 1N12 12.011,078.00
1SS1 Z7.9IO.1M.-r. 18M 8MC,7 ! > 7.30
HS2 27.D7n.lM.00 1S34 SI.200.5.VI.S5
18S3 29,2IG. ! > GS.43 ISM r.ew.oio.2 : ,
15S4 28K4,8M.irlS96 , | 7COi,82.CO
UIIVAN'S KISS OP IlKTHAA'AIj.
Tlnrroircil PlKiirt * of Si > tcli Promptly
\VnrUcrt Off.
NC\Y York Sun.
We called attention yesterday to the ap
parent origin of Mr. Bryan's favorite figure
of speech , that of tlio crown of thorns. The
Doy Orator waa present In the house of
representatives on January 2G , 1SD4 , when
Ills republican associate , Mr. McCall of
Massachusetts , closed a speech on protec
tion with an eloquent peroration containing
this iiassage. : .
' . 'Do" you regard your bill with reference
to labor ? , Ready as you have ever been
to betray It with a kiss , you scourge It to
the very quick , nnd press a crown of thorns
upon Its brow. "
This seems to have made a great Impres
sion upon Mr. Bryan's mind. He appro
priated the crown of thorns and has been
pressing It upon the brow of labor ever
since. He watted , however , for cloven
months , or until December 22 , 1SD1 , before
ho used Mr. McCall's crown of thorns in
the house of representatives.
Not so , however , with the kiss of betrayal.
Four days after Mr. McCall's speech of
January 26. 1S94. Mr. Dryan undertook to
reply to Hon. Bourke Cockran on the
subject of the income tax , and he worked
In the kiss of betrayal thus :
"Oh , sirs , is it not enough to betray the
cause of the poor must It be done with a
kiss ? ( Applause. ) "
We should say that when the applause
sounded , Mr. McCall was the proper person
to stand up and make the bow.
I'EHSOXAI , AMI OTHERWISE.
The report that Sowall had driven the
bung tightly into his barrel had a bad effect
In St. Louis.
Another deadly conspiracy of the pluto
crats Is to stuff the treasury vaults so full
of eoM that there will bo no room for sil
ver.
ver.Mrs.
Mrs. Fleming , recently acquitted of matrl-
cldo r.Uvr a Ions : and shocking trial In the
courts of New York , has decided to go on
the stage and asks a salary of $1,000 a week.
Rev. Dr. Crosby Wheeler , the founder and
for many years the president of Euphrates
college , Harpoot , a Congregational mlnslon
college , liaa returned to this country , and
for the present will live at Auburndalo ,
Mass.
A centenarian In Maine recently walked
Into a dentist's shop and tearfully parted
with two companions of his llrst nnd later
youth as well as of manhood's years. Ho
save up two teeth with a yell and a sob
that shook the pines.
John W. For.tcr will entertain LI Hung
Chang In September , when the latter visits
the United States. General Foster la un
Intimate friend of the viceroy and nerved as
his confidential adviser during the peace
negotiations with Japan.
Archbishop O'Reilly of Adelaide can act
typo Hko a professional compositor. When
ho established the Catholic Record In West
Australia ho waa obliged to set his own
typo , and to trach the art to other prlenU ,
besides editing the paper.
Attorneys December and January are two
KdVRila lawyers who are amusing thu Kan
sas people just now , tflicro they have gem *
on business. Thu two men arc distinguished
liwyoi'H in Nevada , and their firm style Is
"January & December , Attorneys at Law , "
Mr Charles A , Dana , editor ot the Nevr-
York Sun , Is traveling In Daghestan , Cau
casus , Ha'ls accompanied by Mr. Patrick
Slovens , British consul at Batoum , and Mr.
Thomas 13. Heeman , United States consul at
Odessa. A number of foreign journalists am
In the party.
Lord lUiBSoll of Klllowen , the lord chief
justice of England , who 1s coming to this
country to make the principal address at
the American Bar Association meeting In
Saratoga next month , will bo accompanied
by Sir Frank Lockwood. solicitor general In
Mr , Gladstone's administration.
Several years ago Marshall Harris , u
wealthy lumberman of Ojhkosh , WIs. , be
queathed to ttio city JGO.OOO , to be used In
the building of a library , provided tbo
amount was Increased to 5100,000 by other
contributions. Senator Sawyer has re
cently volunteered to add $25.000 , and It
Becina probable that the remaining J15,000
will be forthcoming ,
Yultlchl Fukuzalwa , the "Grand Old
Man" of Japan , visited this country about
thirty-five years ago. When he returned
homo he Introduced Webster's dictionary
Into Japan , and was one of those who Intro
duced the study of English Into the Japa
nese schools. Ho U tlio proprietor of tlie
"JIJI Shlmpo" ( "Japanese Times" ) , but he
has retired from the active management of
It.
There arc two known survivors of the
famous ball given by the duchess of Richmond
mend at Brussels on the eve of the battle
of Waterloo. They arc Englishwomen , the
Ladles Louise and Sophie Tlglie. In 1315
Lady Louise was 12 and Lady Sophlo G yearn
of ago. They were both looking on at the
dancing of the great duke ot Wellington
with their elder ahtcr , Lady Do Hoa , who
died ouly a year or two ago.
A Mi 1I1.HTOHV AdAINST IT.
.lml o Sliilinimli CM IN Attention tii
UKKvlln of n Di-liimeil Ciirrrnt'j.
OMAHA , July 28. To the Editor of The
Uee : No mim who loves his country , vrlio
Is Interested In the wolfnro of the people ,
rnn xlt Idly by without lending Ills aid In
Ms country's bchnlfhllo o hers nro en
deavor Inn to lend Its pcopla nstrfty , debase
Its i-urroncy , destroy Its credit , defntne Its
good name , acquired by ycnrs of careful ,
consorvntlvo and consistent national llfo ,
when a class of proplo nro endeavoring to
hold s\vny who will not bo guided by the
experience ) of their own country , who In
n lit of nxcltrment nil ! tender to n mim
the great and sacred olllce of president of
the United States simply because ho has
iniulo n rnptlvnthiR sucec ) ! . Can such MKMI
be trusted with the control of the destiny
of our country , wherein All that wo have
and hope to have Is at stake ?
For the benefit of those who may bo
Influenced by the greatest and truest guide
experience I wish you to publish the fol
lowing from chapter xxl of Mncaulny's
History of England. Time , HW reign , Wll-
Ham and Mury written by a historian who
surely wns not Influenced by Wall street ,
the Koldhugs or Mr. llatina , nnd uho sent
no inoni-y to the recent populist convention :
"Tho hammered and the milled coins were
current together , they were received with
out distinction In public , nnd consequently
In private payments. The llnnnclcra of that
ago seem to have expected that the new
money , which was excellent , would displace
the old money , which wns much Impaired.
Yet any innn of plain understanding might
have known that when the state treats per
fect coin and light coin ns of equal value
the perfect coin will not drive the light coin
out of circulation , but will Itaelf bo driven
out. A clipped crown on English ground
went an far In the payment of n tax or debt
ns a milled crown. But the milled crown , as
soon as It hail been thrown Into thu crucible
or carried across the channel , became more
valuable than the rllpped rrown. It might
therefore bo predicted as confidently as any
thing can be prodlcted that depends on the
human will that the Inferior pieces would
remain In thu only market In which they
could fetch the name price as the superior
pieces , nnd that the superior pieces would
take some form or lly to some place In
which Bomo advantage couldbo derived
from their superiority.
"Tho politicians of that nge , however , gen-
ernlly overlooked these very obvious con
siderations. They marveled exceedingly
that everybody should bo so perverse as to
use light money In preference to good
money. In other words , they marveled that
nobody chose to pay twelve winces of ullver
when ten would servo the turn. Fresh
wagon loads of choice money still came forth
from the mint , and still they vanished as
fast as they appeared. Great manses were
molted down , great masses exported , great
masses hoarded , but scarcely one new piece
was to lie found In the till of a shop , or In
the leathern bag that the farmer carried
homo after the cattle fair.
* * * * * * *
"Those politicians whose voice was for de
lay gave less trouble than another set of
politicians , who were for a general and
immediate re-coinage , but who Instated that
the new shilling should be worth only nine-
pence , or nine-pence half-penny. At the
head of this party was William Lowndes ,
secretary of the treasury , nnd member of
Parliament for the borough of Bedford , a
most respectable and Industrious public
servant , but much more versed In the de
tails of his offlco than In the higher parts of
political philosophy. He ivas not In the
least aware that a piece of metal with the
king's head on it was a commodity of which
the prlco was governed by the same laws
that govern the price of n piece of metal
fashioned Into n spoon or buckle , and thai
it wns no more in the power of Parliament
to mnko the kingdom richer by calling a
crown a pound than to make the kingdom
larger by calling a furlong a mile. Ho seri
ously believed , Incredible us It may seem
that if the ounce of silver was divided into
seven shillings Instead ot flvo , foreign na
tions would sell us their wines and silks
for a smaller number of ounces.
"Ho had a considerable following , com
posed partly of dull men who really be
lieved what he told them , and partly o
shrewd men who were perfectly willing tc
be authorized by law 'to ' pay f 100 with 80.
* * * * * * *
"Tho nvlls produced by this state of the
currency were not such as have been gener
ally thought worth to occupy a prominen
place in history. Yet It may well be
doubted whether all the misery which hni
been Inflicted on the English nation in a
quarter of a century by bad kings , bad min
isters , bad parliaments and bad judges was
equal to the misery caused In n single year
by bad crowns and bad shillings. Whether
whlgs or torles , Protestants o.- Jesuits were
uppermost , the gra/.lcr drove hs ! beasts to
market , the grocer weighed out his cur
rants , the draper measured out his broad
cloth , the hum of the buyers and the sellers
was as loud as ever in the towns.
"But when the great Instrument of ex
change became thoroughly deranged , all
trade , all Industry , were ijmltten as with a.
palsy. The evil was felt daily and hourly
In almost every place and by almost every
class , In the dairy and on the threshing
floor , by the anvil and by the loom , on the
billows of the ocean and in the depths of
the mine. No merchant would contract to
deliver goods without making some stipu
lation about the quality of the coin in
which he was to bo paid. Even men of busi
ness wore often bewildered by the confu
sion into which all pecuniary transactions
were thrown.
"Tho simple and the careless were pil
laged without mercy by extortioners , whoso
demands grow even more rapidly than the
money shrank. The price of the necessaries
of life , of shoes , of ale , of oatmeal , rose
fast. The laborer found that the bit of
metal , which , when ho received It , wns
called a shilling , would hardly , when ho
wanted to purchase a pot of beer or a loaf
of rye bread , go as far as sixpence. The
Ignorant and helpless peasant was cruelly
ground between one clans , who would glvo
money only by tale , and another who would
take it only by weight. "
W. W. SLABAUGH.
Tnki-H ( InKiimlN mill VHHiiiiniln. .
PORTLAND , Ore. , July 28. George McConnell -
Connell , grand keeper of records and seals
of the Knights of Pythias of Oregon , has
disappeared and his accounts with the order
are about $2,000 short. U Is said ho has
gene to his former home in Canada.
SIlViil : ANJl THI3 IMJX.SIONHHS.
ISiiorinniiN I.OKHCH Vrli-rniiH Wunlil
SilHliiln Ihiilrr l'"r 'i'iilmiKi * .
I'lillnilcljilila Times ( ilem. )
The latest official list of pensioners shows
that there are 1)07,013 ) names of veterans ,
and widows and orphans of veterans , upon
the pension roll , and the amount paid to
thcso pensioners last year was $1.19,053-
892.59 , This Is exclusive of 3,481 pen
sioners living In foreign countries who are
paid annually $ G95.1 ! < 3.
Four-fifths of these pensioners nro largely
dependent upon the small pittance paid
them by the government for their liveli
hood , Many of them am widows whoso
husbands gave their lives to maintain tlio
union , or the children of fallen heroes who
are largely dependent upon their pensions
for tlielr suimort.
Thua in round numbers wo have 970,000
United States pensioners who receive In
round numberi 1140,000,000 mimially , an.l n
largo majority of them would nutter from
actual want but for the patriotic actlun
of our government In granting liberal pi n-
sions.
If the national candidates cf the Chicago
convention ahull bo nuccesxful in November
It la openly avowed that the silver standard
would be precipitated upon this govern
ment as speedily as possible. In point
of fact the mere election of ih < > repudiation
candidates for president and vie. ) president
would at oiici > make gold ccmr.and a pre
mium , and plunge tlilu country into the
slouch of cheap money without waiting fur
the Inevitable conventional action.
Of the (140,000,000 now pild annually to
our pensioners , the adoption in the ullvcr
standard of money In this country would at
once rob them of nearly or quite SiO.OOO-
000 each yi'ar , an the purchasing value of
the lawful money of the United States
would be reduced just about one-half.
The adoption of the free sliver theory by
the government of the United Blairs , there
fore , means In plain English the robbery of
our nearly 1,000.000 of pensioners of $79,000-
000 , or one-half their pensions , by paying
them In money of Just one-half the i ur-
chailne value of the present lawful inuncy
of the government.
What answer will tlio million of pen
sioners of the land and their friends have
to make to the bold proposition to rob tlio
pensioners of this country to the amount of
? 70,000.090 each year ?
TIIK T\VO-TAIIK1 TICKBT ,
C'hlcaso Tlmcs-llnrnld ; The pops h v i
been swallowed , but thttlr moro comprohet J
MVO platform swallows the platform of th ,
popocrats. ,
Olobe-nemocrat ! Two things were mad
plain by the convention * which Imvo Jus
been held In St. l.ouls the extremists of al ,
complexions nnd castes hare at last Rot Intt
the same camp , and the populist p rly hai
reached the end ot Its carenr.
Kansas City Star : The main fact which
Is made prominent In the statement of Mr. ]
Hrynn touching the nomination of Tom WnUi
son for vlco president Is tliat ho < U lrcs to
bo elected president very much Indeed. Hn
wants to bo fair to Scwnll , but he Is ex
ceedingly anxious not to do northing to
Injurn Hrynn.
Chicago Chronicle : Mr. Hryan was forceJ
upon the weak-knccil democrat ? nnd popu
lists of the Chicago convention because ho
Is in fact a populist nnd because It wns
known that ho would bo Indorsed nt St.
Louis. Ho was nominated nt St. Louis In -
splto of his democratic Indorsement nt Chi- ,
cngo , because ho Is known to bo n popullstr
llrooklyn KaRlo : Wo shall Imvo to wait t
see how the complication of ono populist
candidate for president nnd two populist
candidates for vlco president will unravel
Itself , but there la no solution of It which ,
Is consistent with honor , none which will
tend to haimonlzc the deranged forces nnd >
none which will commend itself cither ns ( ,
sultnblo or ns sane to the judgment of men I
of reason and of responsibility In the
United States. , |
Chicago Itecoril ; The contest between i
Air. Arthur Sewnll of Maine nnd Mr. Thomas
n. Wntson of Georgia Is going to be worth
watching. Considering the dllllculty that
will bo met In llxlng up matters In the
electoral college It mny be found expedient
for one or tlio other of the gentlemen to
"withdraw , " nnd the attitude" ot nt least ono
of them on this point may bo gained from
Mr. Watson's latest Interview. Ho snlil :
"I will nccept the nomination. If Mr. Sewnll
Is truly n pntrlot he will withdraw. Petty
selllshncss must not hamper great meas
ures. " The public now waits to hear what
Is Mr. Sewall's Idea of the necessities ot the
situation. Possibly the Matno candidate has
n different view ns to who ought to do the
withdrawing.
SOII.Mi MOM3V DHMOCUACr.
Chicago Record : The organization of thli
party nnd the placing of n separata ticket
tn the field will have great educational value
In the campaign. It will bring Into
actlco service gold-sturdard democrats of
known ability ns speakers and writers who
could not have been enlisted In the service
of McKlnlcy directly. Consequently the
placing of n third ticket In the Held will
: > o regarded with satisfaction by republican
leaders. In addition , It will glvo to thd
dyed In the woo ! democrats who do not
111(0 thu Chicago platform the satisfaction
of voting for n democrat of their choice and
of building up a party organization that
shall represent their vlows.
Brooklyn Eagle : The democratic party
reform organization ot the state of Now
York will hold a stnto convention at nn
early day and will chouse a full set of dele
gates and alternates to the new national
convention. It will also nominate a full
set of electors , to be put upon the official
ballot under the emblem of the ship , and
these electors will bo supporters of the
candidates that will bo nominated by the
now national convention. The party will ,
also provide for the completion of Its or
ganlzatlon throughout the state by con
gressional districts , assembly districts nnd
election districts. It will place candidates
for congress and for the assembly In the
field In every district in which the causu
of sound money requires that to bo done.
Kansas City Star : Those Bound money
democrats who nre proceeding to organize
another convention and nominate a separate
ticket for president and vlco president are
more zealous than wise. They disclose a
greater measure of fidelity to party prcju
dices than to sound currency. They are
sacrificing the substance to preserve the
form and arc forfeiting the opportunity to
prove that In true democracy patriotism Is
the dominant Idea , and partisanship mcrsly
a means to accomplish an end. Tbo. flat
money men are wiser In their day and
generation. The mlddle-of-tho-road Jm
practlcables will cavort about and fuss and
fret and fritter their strength in factional
fights , but the vast majority of the populists - ,
lists will vote the democratic ticket nnd
employ every means at their command to
compass Its success. Plainly the sound
money men ought to pursue the same policy
on their side.
S1MCI3I ) rOIM'ISIIS.
Indlnnnpolls Journal : "Most men , " snld
the corn fed philosopher , "arc like unto the
cabbage. They can't got abend without
getting nil Dwelled up over It. "
New York Herald : Hello , Waters ! Flnoj
weather this.
Wntcr-H ( the dairyman ) YCH , very fine ;
but If we don't have some ruin pretty soon
I don't know what I shall do for milk.
Harper's Bazar : "I suppose , " wild Wil
lie OH ho HJUV a frlciiHBCMl chicken for the
tlrst time , "that If a him lays un egR. n
fricasseed chicken would lay u scrambled
egg. "
Buffalo Times : "Young Avenue 1ms got
n place In a dry goods furnishing Btore. "
"I thought ho was too sleepy to do busi-
"Oil , they'll put him In the nightshirt de
partment. "
PlttHliurff Chronicle : Dukano I thought
hostilities in Cuba would renso when tlio
rainy season ciimn on. The rnlny season
began there several wocks ago , but tlu-ro
are plenty of reports of sanguinary lights.
Gnswell Well , you sectlio , rainy season
does not stop the cable from working.
Cincinnati Enquirer : Wallace Are you
superstitious ?
Ferry Only reasonably so. If sbmo men
I know wens to try to borrow J13 of mo on
Friday I would refuse.
Indianapolis Journal : "What rnadn that
young man stay HO lute ? " asked the
"Wo" got to talking about the colmiRO
question , " snld thn fair daughter , "nml did
not notion tlio lllRbt of tlmu. "
"I don't think that story will do , " nald
the old man. "Pcopln who discuss the
colnago question mnko a lot inoro inlau
tlinii you two did.1'
FOUND AT LAST.
Cleveland J < i'udcr , *
Oh , summer girl ; oh , summer girl ,
I si-o you on the slioro ; .
But you do not seem to hiiunt the beach '
AH you haunted It of yore ,
Oli , nummer girl : eli , summer girl ,
I look for you In vain
Upon the rugged mountain's crest ,
And In the country luno ,
Oh , summer girl ; oh , summer girl ,
Pray , are you living still ?
Ah , bless inn ! Hern you urn. at lust ,
A-Hcorchlng down thohlll !
\VllII.i : TIIU HHAIIT IIIIAT.H YOII.VR ,
James Whllcomb Itllry lit I.nilU'H Home Journal.
While thn heart beats young ! O the splen
dor of tli Spring.
With all her duwy jewels on , is not so fair
The fullest , rarest morning of tlio bios-
uom-tlinn of May
In not t < o sweut a season as tlio season of
Whll Youth's diviner climate folds and
holds us , clone cnrt'HHi'd ,
AH wo fed our mothers with us , by the
touch of fucn and breast
Our Imro feet In the meadows , and our
fnnulvH up among
rim airy olouds of morning while the heart
beats young.
Whllo the heart bents young and our
pulses leap and dunce ,
With every day u holiday and llfo n glad
romance
Wo lit-ur tlio birds with wonder , and with
wonder watch their ( light
Standing still the moro unchnntt'd , both of.
lieurlnu and of sight , t ,
When thuy have vanished wholly for , in
fancy , wing to wing ,
Wo lly to Heaven , with them ; and , return-j
Ing , still wo sing ,
The praises of this lower Heaven with tireless -
less voice and tongue.
Cv'n as tlio Muster sanctions whllo the
heart beats young !
Whllo th heart beats young ! Whllo the
heart bouts youiiKt
O preen and gold old Karth of ours , with
azure overhung
And looped with rainbows ! grunt us yet
this grassy lap of thlni
We would be still thy children , through the
shower and tbo uhlno !
Jo pray we. lisping , wliUperlng , In childish
lovu and trust.
With our brscfchlng hands and faces lifted
from tha dust ,
) y fervor of the poem all unwritten and
unsung ,
Thou Klvost us In answer , whllo the heart
bcuta young.