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tireFencn thin 4th day of July. ISM.
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Notary Public.
Turtles going out ot tlie city for the
Etinmior may Imre The BPP sent to their
address by leaving nn order nt the
Imslnosa offlco of the Boo. Telpphonn EJ8.
Mr. Hi-van's blcyclo will hive : to be
built for three.
Anil the 1803 national cmiventloiiH
keep n-rointng right this way.
That second $10,000 stock subscription
to the TraiisinlHslssii | > I Exposition
whore Is It ?
The moro Iho jail Job Is exposed to
the liKhl of day the bljwer appears to
bo the African in the woodpile.
FIllbiisterliiK lu .South Africa will no
longer be popular now thnt Jameson
and his fellow raiders are behind the
b'ars.
Uncle Paul Kruger's reputation as a
far-weeing statesman will not sulVer by
th conviction of the South African
rnltlers.
Totho Police Commission : Why not
apply the retrenchment ax to the ng-
RTeKiitlon of alleged detectives whenever
never detect anything ?
In the Interval. Major McIClnley Is
pursuing , the- , even ttenor of his way.
making friend's WYiimgeU and votes
for the- republican ticket. <
No ono wJio voted for Congressman
Mercer two yours ago will have any
reason to vote against him this year.
Mr. Mercer two years ago polled more
votes than all of his competitors com
bined.
Every stop the Board of Fire anil Po
lice Commissioners take In the direction
of genuine economy and retrenchment
In the police department will have the
hearty approval-oC the taxpaylng citi
zens of Omaha.
We are surprised that Governor IIol-
comb should christen the two love birds
that were presented to him at St. Louis
Kansas and Nebraska. Party devotion
should have dictated the names of
Bryan and Watson.
Putting a man on a ticket and gel-
ting him off are twi > distinctly different
things. The sllverites who mid them
selves supplied with one candidate for
president and two candidates for vice
president are having this demonstrated
by experience.
Having flim-llamnied the populists
Into accepting Bryan , the free silver.
Uo democrats are bitterly reproaching
the populists for not having accepted
Bewail , too. This Is the thanks the
populists are getting for going as fai
ns they have gone.
Mexico has almost ns many beggar. *
nml paupers to Its population as It lias
Industrious workingnieii. Laborers
gut HO little thijro that they cannot do
much worse by relying upon alms for a
living. Yet tliV free sllverltea would
like to drag the United States down to
the standard of Mexico ,
There Is a fair prospect of getting the
International Typographical union in an
nual meeting here In 181)8. ) A eordlal In
vitation has been extended. So far as tlm
city Is concerned no special Inducements
will have to bo offered to national
gatherings to visit the city In 1808 save
the great exposition , for the
of wltli'h the people IOT laboring.
State fair- managers \ \ \ session In
Omaha are hiytah In their predictions
of an unprecedented show this year.
Quite as much attention will bo paid to
the comfort and convenience of visitors
ns to any other one feature , The managers -
agers know the lack of proper facilities
for handling people last year cost them
many dollars In absentees. They mean
to cure this defect.
From tlm reported proceedings of tlie
British Commons , it would not bo sur
prising If another complication /hould
noon arise In Samoa. Tlie questions '
asked there indicate thnt Great Britain
f.s not satlstled with the Increasing Ger
man Intlueiu'o In the Islands. Should
thu Bamoan iiuestlon be raised , It would
necessarily Involve the I'lilted States ,
because our government Is a party to
the arrangement under which Samoan
affairs have been uUuiliitatercil lu recent -
cent yours.
WHY UANKKItS OWWfM FHHH HlhVKlt ,
OMAHA , July 20 , 1896 , To the Editor of
Tlio nee : Why Is It tfiat most of the banka
are BRalnit free and unlimited coinage ot
Mlvcrat the ratio1 ot IS to 1 ? Accnrdlng to
what your paper declared ! It would boto
thnlr Interest to have freocolnase , na they
then could pay In money that waa only
worth 6.1 cents on tlio dollar. Please. ,
answer this In your paper. C. P. COX.
Thl Is simply another way of put
ting tlio ( ino.MIoii , Wh.r should bankers
object to being compelled by law to pay
their debts In iiO-cont dollars ? The In-
tlnmtlon Is- that the bankers whw are
opposing. li ( to 1 unlimited coinage tlo
not know what Is good for themselves
and are standing In their own light. If
this were true It would be a staggering
blow to the prevailing- Impression that
our "bankers are for the most part drawn
from our most Intelligent citizenship
and possess the shrewdest business
sense.
It Is because our bankers look forward
further than a da.v that they are almost ,
unanimously ngalnst currency debase
ment. The most cursory examination
of a bank statement showing the re
sources and liabilities of the Institution
will disclose the fact that the bulk of
the bank's business Is transacted with
other people's money. Banks ns com
mercial factors arc merely in-
toniiedlarloH In the loaning of
capital. They receive deposits
from hundreds and thousands
of depositors and merge them Into one
larg > fund , from which loans are made
to other patrons. Tile prollts of the
bank come from the loaning of money.
The money necessary for reserves or
kept Idle In the vaults yields no Interest.
The dividends of the bank depend upon
tlio ability of Its olllcers , llrst , to tit- ,
tract large deposits , and second , to keep
tlie greatest proportion of the funds
entrusted to their can ; consonant with
safety constantly loaned for short
periods of tlmo on ample security at
remunerative rates of Interest.
The essence of the banking business ,
therefore , Is credit , and the foundation
of credit Is confidence. In order to se-
citio deposits banks must have the con-
lldencc of depositors that they Will pay
back dolUir for dollar of the same pur
chasing power every dollar conllded to
their keeping. They can not do tills un
less they esn loan this money on com
mercial paper to parties wha in turn
will pay back when due dollar for dollar
lar the stuns advanced to them.
The bank'i-s plainly see that with the
assurance of a free silver law that the
election of the free silver candidates
would give not one bank In 101) ) would
bo likely to withstand the shock. De
positors would hasten lo withdraw their
accounts while the dollar in use was
still worth 100 cents. Under stress of
such universal run no bank * would bi >
ableto realize at once upon its assets.
liven 1C it did survive , Its business
would bo destroyed. With business
conlideiico rudely shaken and credits
sadly impaired , the normal condition of
affairs could be restored only after the
lapse of months , and , perhaps , years ,
and the complete re establishment of
business confidence would bo deferred ,
indefinitely-
Bankers , 'then1 , are not totally ob'
livious of" their own , interests" But In
this instance the interest of the bankers
and the interest of the people in general -
oral are not divergent. Prosperous
banks bespeak a prosperous country.
They mean that capital borrowed from
the banks is being prolltnbly employed
by merchants- and manufacturers and
that the Industrial Held Isso Inviting
that business men are not only
able but glad to pay the cur
rent rate of Interest In order
to expand their enterprises , increase
their employment of labor , and thus Insure
.
sure for themselves greater prolits. On
the other hand , a. country whoso banks
are In the hands of receivers is a coun
try where financial stringency prevails ,
where people fear to ttust their savings
to the bunks , where merchants are im-
abli * to meet their obligations , where '
investors see no opening for ventures
that require borrowed1 , capital. Pros
perity , in a word , belongs exclusively
to no section and to no class.
/IS TO 1'HO'fKCTlUX.
It Is very generally conceded that the
money question is the foremost Issue
befoie the country. The great majority
of citizens recognize the paramount im
portance of maintaining the financial
Integrity and honor of the nation , be
cause they understand that with the
success of the party of repudiation it
would be of little consequence what the
economic policy of the country should
be. With the currency debased ami
our monetary system on a silver basis ,
no kind of tariff legislation could avert
tlio calamities inevitable to sui-li a con
dition. That revolutionary change
would bring panic , depression arid do-
monillxallon , wllh a severity unparal
leled in our history , whether we had
free trade or protection , a high tariff
or a tariff for "revenue only. "
The moment this countiy should
dee-lare for .a . po-licy of sil
ver monometallism I lie work of ruin
and disaster would b < > gln and Its course
would not be affected hy any sort of
tUu-nl system. Therefore the question
whether the United Slat.-s shall main
tain the monetary staii'Lird of all Iho
enlightened commerclnl nations of the
world , or shall depart from Ihar fttand-
ni'd and descend to the financial piano
of Mexico and I'hlnn , is miiilfetly of
the llrst and highest imporl.-inw , Tl-t'iv
is Involved in it the welfare of ill' *
people , the credit of the governnv'iit
and In the opinion of many the p
tulty of our free Institutions.
There are some , however , who think
the republican candidate and manager. * ,
should glvo tlio llrst place to the tariff
should make the cause of protection tlm
loading Issiie. It ought to be obvious
to everybody that this cannot now bo
done , nor would it bu wise from tlio
> lew point of practical politics to con-
'Mlder the matter no more closely to at
tempt to do It. For tlie republican
parly to seem to undervalue In the least
degree the money Issue could not fail
to have the effect to strengthen the
ranks of the party of repudiation , Tlio
republicans must everywhere meet that
Ibsuo earnestly ami aggressively , not
as secondary , but as before every other
question. In doing this It does not fol-
Hint the tariff shall be wholly IB-
nored. Its recognition as n still living
question , In which tlio great body of
the Amcrlcnn people Is profoundly con
cerned , will be proper and Judicious.
It may be nceessnry , notwithstanding
the severe experience1 of the past three
years , to remind American wage-earn
ers that there can be no lestoratlon of
prosperity nntll then1 Is a return to the
economic policy under which for more
than thirty years the nation made mar
velous progress In Industrial and com
mercial development. It may be neces
sary to remind American farmers that
the greatest safeguard of their Inter
ests and welfare Is In n steadily grow-
hip home narkot , which Is attainable
only through the policy of protection.
It U necessary that all the people should
understand that the party which Is
striving1 for free silver also stands for
free trade that while It prates about
giving the United Stales llnancial Inde
pendence of Europe at the same time
proclaims Its purpose to subject thl.
country to Industrial dependence upon
Kurone.
The shibboleth of the republican party
In this contest Is Honest Money and P'ro-
tectlon. but the llrst Is the paramount
Issue and the party must meet It cour
ageously and unfalteringly. It not only
1ms the weight of argument on Its side ,
but as we eonlldently believe the In
telligence , the Integrity and the patriotIsm -
Ism of the nation. If if shall win the
battle for honest money there will be
no dlllleulty In providing for the ju
dicious protection of our industries and
our labor.
irm ; THK HKi'nnhWAtr GLUDS
" \VMle- \ the local conventions for the
i-oiiilnatton of legislative , county and
city tickets are sllll two months off. It
Is none too early for the republican
ward clubs to discuss the proposed In
troduction of the Crawford comity sys
tem of nomination by direct vote If any
move to inaugurate primary reform Is
to be' made this year. The subject wan
considered by one or two clubs previous
to the recent delegate and state conven
tions , but while favorably received , and
even In some Instances endorsed , It
failed to materialize Into : i practical
pioposillon. "Why this was so It is un
necessary now to explain. It was not
because the Crawford county plan docs
not. promise an Improvement on the
present organization of party ma
chinery , nor because. It Is not adaptable
to conditions existing In this city and
comity.
Republicans can have a system of
direct primary nominations Introduced
here this fall if they really want It.
But they must make their wants known.
If after free and full consideration of
its merits and demerits a large majority
of the local' republican chilis give It
their endorsement and demand Unit It
be accorded a fair trial , the. Jo pal com
mittees can not fail to accommodate-
themselves to public sentiment. "
The Wisconsin , free silver .
in tlujlr , , risHlW sB.jto the. uddressnof- -
honWt moifey democrats , . are'guilty of' '
the fault common 'with that eluirioijt of
'falsifying'history. . They assert 'that'
there was prosperity from the ' 'blrthiWy1 '
of America to 18 .n under a bimetallic
system of linance , " but since that thne
the country has known no prosperity.
Of course the men who made this state
ment knew it to be untrue , so that their
deliberate purpose was to mislead the
uninformed.
The worst panics tills country ever
experienced were while It had the so-
called bimetallic system of llnance and
down to 1871 ! there was no extended
.period of prosperity at all comparable
with that from 1880 to 18r. ! ) ! Industrial
development before ISliO was very slow
and wages for all classes ot labor were
low not very much better than the-
wages now paid in silver-standard
Mexico. Not only was labor dlieap in
those "bimetallic" times , but it waa
more or less degraded. The social
standard of the laboring classes was
far below what It is today and the.
number of woiklngmen who owned
their homes or were In a condition to
look forward to such a possession wan
extremely small. Wet a great many
were able to wave anything , all their
meager earnings bolng required for
subiilstancc , so that there wereno
large accumulations of the money of
wage earm-is In savings banks and
building and loan associations. The
agricultural class was hardly any beNter
tor off.
The war gave an impetus to some In
dustries and after its close there wan
rapid industrial development , but at
no time before 1S7I5 was the. general
prosperity and especially the prosperity
of tlie laboring classes , so great as In
subsequent years down to 18 ! > , ' ! , when
the democratic ; party came into power.
According to Labor f'nmiiilssluncr
Wright , whose authority in such mat
ters will hardly be questioned , the aver ,
age wages In 187 ! ! was 14S.U an ad
vance of18.n over ISO ) \vhllo In 18)1 !
the average was Kit ) . " an advance of
(50.7 ( over the "blmi'lallic. " period of.
18HO. Wages were somewhat higher
in 1802 than in 18)1. ! ) Nor Is this all ,
for while actual wages had thus risen
Its purchasing power Increased to a
much greater extent , not far from 100
per cent. Wages have declined since
18JK , In consequence of democratic
ix > liey , but the average Is higher now
than in 18715 or at any time "under a
bimetallic system of finance , " Hut the
f.vn silver advocates do not concern
themselves much about the wages of
labor. Indeed , some of them , like- Sen
ator Teller and ox-fiovernor Holes ,
think it is too high.
The greatest period of Industrial de
velopment In this country has been
during the past twenty years , and if
the last three years ho left out of con
sideration it has been the period of
grcutavt general prosperity. The .years'
of 1SH ! and 18915 were ; unparalleled in
the extent of both our foreign nndf do
mestic commerce and In the expansion
of all forms of productive enterprise.
Labor was In demand , the consuming'
capacity of the people' was never no
great * and the people as a whole were
never more contented and satisfied ,
Our condition was ) the envy of the
world and l c/eelnlly / of our great In
dustrial rlv $ , nglnnd , into the hands
of whose mjflwfoctnrers the ilemocrntle
party playpij , § generously.
In view nf these facts , how utterly
absurd and Wtrofcnslblc are the asser
tions of Uio iljtconsln free silver dem
ocrats. FnlBMt-atton of history , how
ever , Is a i\j-jjijpal ) , { feature In the free
silver discussion and unfortunately
there Is too.JjjtVgo p. number of iinln-
formed poopVi who- are misled by It.
?
A I'orresjfJfln'iJeiit at South Omnha
writes to tlic..edltor of The Hoe to ask
If the government could not be Inditcpd
to buy 'J0i > ,00l > or SOO.OOO tierces ot lard
at fi % to ( i cents per pound. Lard , he
tells us. Is selling at South Omaha now
at $ 2. r per htlndrcd pouiuK but If tlie
government were willing to take all
offered at twlee the present market price
no one would sell lard for less than the
upset price at Washington. Of course
the packers would reap the bulk of the
prollr , but then the farmer who raises
hogs might got a driblet of it from the
arllllclal hog market it would create.
A fre- bird party to work this much
desired reform Is suggested as the
proper caper.
Never before In the history of Ne
braska politics has campaign work
been biM n so early In the year. He-
publicans have nothing to fear with re-
pect to the slate -ticket , but they real
ize the demo-pop fusion in presidential
electors must be met by a solid phalanx
of republican votes. The vim and en
thusiasm which characteil/.es the work
Is but the pie 'iirsor of victory. Kvcry
voter Is tt > be canvassed and every pre
cinct will have It organization. It will
be the greatest speech-making campaign
In the political history of Nebraska.
High-sounding rhetoric will not go this
time. Hard facts presented In simple
form are demanded.
Is it not about time the city council
orders the relocation of arc lights on the
outskirts of'the. city where there Is
little travel mid place them upon well
traveled streets 'where ' they would beef
of constant service ? A good many men
have had seats In the council since the
electric light company began business.
Every councilman , of course , had an arc
light placed near his residence without
respect to public'necessity. The coun
cil ought at once to order a redistri
bution of art .lumps so they may do the
greatest good Wthe greatest number.
The uKiiaJejibrt of a car famine that
always ac.youiyanies a movement , of
grain is aetttina abroad. It would bi
supposed ittsitMho railroads would see
to it that tji > .Viad ( cars to meet all de
mands whrat'tlmy make a special rate to
tempt grain' ' 'shippers , but to do so
wom"d be iftj'pre'c.edented. The railroads
huonuupneventeil from renewing
'rolling stotffefy \ the closeness of flieir
Jlnanc.cs , wn Increased tram ? Jhey
will prepare to take vare _ of _ It , and
{ rulJic. cannc/tIncreaso / ( 'too i-a'pidl for
riUte- iii ! K a h r. i. . ! rf , " . . . ! < - .
' .ii. 1ft > I'in i l l"i'i.M To IMUII ri' * irtJ nliv i ,
\smWeI ! \ > hs ! "the motor mall servlc6
1 '
' ji.qfso. . great utility to bu.si-
men In both this-eityand South
Oirjaha. its abandonment would prove
detrimental. Rapid transit Is the order
of the day. To discard It Is to take a
step backward , which no city. can afford
to permit. Certainly the street rail
way company and the. government will
not abandon the service between Omaha
and South Omaha because a difference
ban arisen over the price to be paid
for it. J _
The wheels of time never revolve
backward. The. time lost waiting- for
business , men and property owners to
make up their minds to sign for expo
sition stock can..never be regained.
A I'olnt We'll Titkcii.
CJitc sii Times-Herald.
Strange that the people who howl loudest
against "watered stock" sliould wisli tc
water the currency.
Mmi-Mt > - of tin IInUiKMVn QnitntHy.
Cfilcngo Inter Ocean.
Four years ago Cleveland wns informed in
Now York that ho was nominated for the
presidency , end Bryan wants to follow the
precedent and-havo u big time over It. Lin
coln and Oinalia are places too small and In
significant for such a dress paiade ; and yet
they are larger thsn Canton , 0.
A Mil tier fit .tlor
Globc-Ucmccrat.
According to the last United States census
report the farms of New York and Penn
sylvania are mortgaged for over 40 per
cent of their value , while the farms of
Nebraska and Iowa are mortgaged for less
than 34 per cent. And yet thu east has not
proposed a sectional crusade against the
west.
nf
furliiffll M ( Mats , ) noyublloan.
The penalties of being nn editor , even in
cKigy , are now being severely felt by Can
didate Bryqn. The western opposition press
are reprinting all thu editorials of the
Omaha World-Herald that appeared during
Bryan's connection with that paper , and as
suming that up wrote them. Any politician
who joins thorjirezs deserves to bo treated
that way , an < V so does any editor who be-
corr.r.i a 'politician. It'a a just though
awful retribution.
i ! .Sou ixl .Honey ,
Tlmea-Herald.
A large proportion of the Germans living
in the Uriltt'LfloJetf were born In the fatherland -
"
land long "enough ago to have seen th3
ctfoct of free coinage of silver In actual
operatloiu They have been witnesses of
the bcne .ts conferred upon the industries
end coiinneKB" " ' the new empire by sub
stitution.of tbe-iold standard for the sliver
standard. /
Thesens fatt1 > fse Germans have profited
by the cxpcribnco of their fathers.
There arB.O T'pipers In the United States
in the German language. Of this number
there are onlyfortyseven not advocating
maintenance of iho existing gold standard ,
no matter * totUieiil party aftlltatlous.
MT A IKI lit War Ilt-conlx.
rortluml Teleuram.
"This campaign , " said Young Mr. Bryan
to his Omaha audience , "will be marked
with more feeling than any that- you or I
have participated In since the war. "
An YOUIIK Mr , Bryan was born la I860 ,
his reminiscences of the war period would
doubtless bo Interesting , but whether they
would provo valuable as campaign material
is another question ,
t It can be urged , with tsomo show of truth
that while tn e great unpleasantness was at
Us most unpleasant stage the Young Mr ,
Bryan ot today was among the Infantry ,
It may also bo pleaded that he was up In
anus , and an assertion that he Btornu'd
breastworks might go unchallenged. But
neither the men who went forth to preserve
the union nor the men who opposed them
on the battlefield can be persuaded to be
lieve that he was participant In that
mighty atnigcle.
The chenomcnon of the Platte should
stick to studied phrase.
"WIIRttH' AUB WH ATI"
Kansas City Star ( dcm. ) : It Is evident
that Tom Watson know * where ho is at and
that ho has coma to stny ,
Boston Qlobo ( < lcm. ) : With Hon , Tom
Watson on thn ticket the populists ougnt to
hnvo no difficulty nt nny tlmo In knowing
jtist whcro they nrc at.
Cincinnati Trlbuno ( rep. ) : Hon. WllllAin
Jennings Bryan of Nobrnslcn is becoming
known ns thn wholesale denier In nomina
tions and platforms , anil a retail dealer In
votes.
Chicago Times-Herald ( rop. ) : No man
nominated by chicanery and frnud on Dial-
forms of humbug and dishonor has been or
over will bo elected president of tha United
States.
Louisville Courier-Journal ( dcm. ) : la It
Bryan and Sowall , or llrynn and Wntson ? Its
Is Immaterial. In cither case It Is Bryan and
populism ! Bryan and repudiation , Urynn and
riot , Bryan and ruin ,
Buffalo Express ( rep. ) : It Is a bnnutlful
muddle In which Iho outcome of the cranks'
convention at St. hauls has Toft the Bryan
cruise , but no onu save a republican or a
gold standard democrat can fully apprcclatn
the beauties of It.
Chicago Trlbuno ( rop. ) : The populists and
popocrats have iirnntlcally become ono.
The former nro a little more advanced. They
want flat scrip mid the confiscation of rail
roads , But If the coalition should win the
principles of the more radical whig would
become these of the cutlro party.
Chicago Post ( rep. ) : Of course It Is not
to ba expected that Candidate Watson will
withdraw. According to htm , the papullHts
have none to the extreme limit of generosity
In forbearing to claim the first place on the
ticket. They are unequal to further sacri
fices and will Insist on "recognition. "
Davenport Democrat ( denii ) : Bryan Is
hound to be made miserable anyhow. Tha
St. I.ouls populists did not endorse him ns
the1 nominee of the Chicago convention , as
they might have done ; but they gave him
a squarn nomination. This puts him In the
position where In common honor ho must
either accept the nomination or reject It.
Ho is sure to make moro oncmles than
friends by doing cither.
Kaunas City Journal ( rep. ) : Mr. Bryan
will find a defensive campaign on hand be
fore ho has progressed far In the canvass.
It will not bo all a rush and a hurrah.
Crosses of gold and crowns of thorns will
not satisfy sober second thought. The
principal business 'n ' the line of crucifixion
will be the impalement of the fallacies of
Bryan doctrines on the sword of truth. The
effervescent period has about reached Ha
close. The time for reasoning now comus
on , and when Mr Bryan shall undertake to
drop his specialty as a juggler In rhetoric
ho will find himself nt a serious dis
advantage , lib may get over the rock that
Is In his way today , but if ho depends upon
a mouth campaign to carry himself to
victory , there are a thousand chances to
one that he will put his foot In It before ho
gets through hi ? task.
INSULTING LINCOLN'S MBMOIIY.
Chicago Times-Herald : Bryan's Insuffera
ble egotism is exceeded only by the audacity
of his backers , who try to liken him to
Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln had humor and
wit ; Bryan is dry as dust. Lincoln made
no oratorical flourishes , but ho gave the
world Immortal sentences , remarkable as
much for strength as for beauty. Bryan
is all whirlwind declamation and glittering
generalities. As far apart as the north and
the south poles are Lincoln and Bryan.
Chicago Chronicle : Abraham Lincoln's
opinion of American Independence was dif
ferent from Bryan's. He appeared to bc-
llevo that .the best method of maintaining
American independence was to bavo a money
system similar to that of tr-e rest of the
worldin which we should have our "Bay"
and our part of the control if proportion
to oin\ population and commercial impor
"
tance. He asserted as a princlpl-i that the
United States should maintain "practical
relations" in commerce with other civilized
nations.
Pittsburg Dispatch : The Bryan managers
are trying very hard to represent their can
didate as a second Lincoln , ami they Insist
that hiswillbe , another , emancipation cam-
flilgn that isflii ! jeaiq'pclp.attoa .from w.lint
'thoy term the- money thraldom of .Great
Britain. When Jt appeared ar one time
that Mr. Bland1 would be the nominee a *
Chicago comparisons between the Missouri
farmer and the martyred president were
very frequent. The same 'aiders are now
engaged la attempting to draw parallels
between Bryan and Lincoln. The managers
, are handicapped , however. In their efforts ,
Inasmuch as young Mr. Bryan has so far
ehown none of the ability or characteristics
of Mr. Lincoln. He has no ainsi of humor
at all , nor has he the record of a hard life
on the frontier which put Mr. Lincoln in
such close touch with tbe rnasbes of the
propleHe has none of Mr. Litu.-oln's in
tellectual equipment , and The dlffuroncc be
tween his speeches and tho-se ot the man
whom tha democratic manaynrs want Sim
to Imitate Is that Bryan's efforts tpppar
very tamein print , while those ot the great
war president have become classic. The
plan to parade Jlryan and Sewall as second
editions of Lincoln and Humlin Is not likely
to be very successful.
SOUTH KEl'UIHATES ItHPUDIATIOX.
Dovoli > i > in 'iit nf tinSoiitlMTii Country
IinjiOH.slMc WltSiout Credit.
Atlanta DUIc.
Ordinarily It is not within the province
of an industrial journal to discuss politics ,
but strange conditions warrant strange
methods. We believe that the times are
sufllciently disjointed to Justify the di
gression which we now malte.
The presidential campaign upon which we
are now entering Is to be a battle between
honesty and dishonesty , between law and
anarchy , between wisdom and folly , crd
between piospcrity and chaos. National
intcgiity U at stake and Individual libeity
I : assailed. A midsummer madness IT.S
palsied the intelligence of our people , and
they are wandering In strange paths. The
situation calls for candor , and the manhood
of the nation must respond.
This silver craze was born of greed ,
nursed by Ignorance and trained by dema
gogues. The cry of "cheap money" was
started , and Its Round caught the car nf
every Ignorant man and every debtor In
the land , It was easy for these men to
believe the cunning sophistry of the ora-
tois who told them that "cheap money"
would double wages and operate In every
way to their benefit. It was easy for the
debtors to believe that "cheap money"
would enable them to compromise their
obligations. These were the classes that
heard and gave heed to the cry of "free
sliver. " The Ignorant and the desperate
became Its disciples. The Intelligent men
of the south , the merchants , the manu
facturers and the professional men , stand
twenty to ono for the gold standard. As
conclusive evidence of thl * fact , wo point
to the policy of the southern press , There
are thirty-six dally papers of consequence
published In the southern states. Four of
them have espoused the cause of "freo
silver , " Thirty-two of them ore waging
earnest war against the propagation of this
Insidious evil. So n uch to prove that thn
intelligent men of the youth have not gone
wrong on tills question.
This "cheap money" agitation Is par
ticularly unfortunate for the south , For
years the south has been crying out for
capital to develop her resources , yet today
she stands arrayed against the men whoso
hands have always been outstretched to aid
us. Whence came the money that has built
the railroads , the factories end the magnifl-
ent buildings that dot the southern land
scape today ? Did any of It come from the
weatorn silver states ? If today some mam
moth enterprise were proposed in the south ,
where would Its promoters go for capital ?
Would they travel to the far west and seek
to place stock with silver mine owners ?
Who are the purchasers of our products ,
raw and manufactured ? Are these products
marketed In the sliver states of the west ?
Years have been spent In creating the
friendships and business ties that now exist
between the people ot the south and the
north. These two sections' have become
Interdependent. The north has given the
south a high testlmonal of her confidence ;
she has sent her children to dwell among
us. This once blighted land throbs today
with Industry that has been made possible
only by capital from the worth , Shall west
ern greed and koutliorn Ignorance destroy
the strong commercial ties that exist be
tween the south and north ? Never. Our
business men are neither fools nor rascals.
Tills unhappy craze will waste its frenzy
and calm reason shall rule our destluiea.
HOW IIIIVAN HAS I'T.OL'l'Kn.
frencnt Tlieorlen Cniuiinrril rvltti III *
NotloiiN n l-'ciV YcnraKO. .
fchlcxBO Tribune.
Bryan lias not ah\rty been a free sllvcrltc.
There \vfls n time when ho Old hot bcllcvo
the purchasing power of the dollar could bo
rcRtilatctl by net of congrrss. The flnnnrl.il
Idcus ho advocates now were not these he
advocated only few years ago.
During the extraordinary session of con
gress of 1S93 , called by President Cleve
land , Bryan made a Bpccch In which lie de
clared that
"Willie the government can say that n
given weight of gold or llver shall con
stitute n dollar and Invest that dollar wllh
legal tender qualities , It cannot fix the
puiclmslng power of the dollar. That mint
depend upon the law of supply and demand.
"If the number of dollars Increases more
rapidly than the need of dollars us It did
Hftcr the gold discoveries of IStO the exchangeable -
changeable value of oaoh dollar will fall
and prices rise , "
There was -i time , therefore , when Bryan
knew that tha exehangcablo value of a del
lar depended on something besides congres
sional flat. Ho knows It now. He has not
changed his tunn becaimo ot any now lighten
on the. subject , but because he Is a shifty
demagogue In search of nn ofllce.
At present Bryan , like his fellow popo-
crnts , ascribes the fall In the prices of eoni-
modltlcs to the fall In the -price of sllvnr.
Ho and they nnsnvorato tlmt "tho crime ot
1873" pulled silver down , and that it pulled
everything clue down with It ,
In the spring of 1892 Bryan declared In
a speech maila by him on the tarllT question
that the fall In prices must bo attributed
"To the Invontlvn genius that has multi
plied a thousand times , In many Instances ,
the strength of a slnglo nrm , and enabled
us to do today with one man what fifty men
could not do fifty yours ago. That Is what
brought the prices down In this country and
everywhere. "
Then ho talked sensible. "Inventive
genius , " reducing the cost of production or
transportation , or both , has brought down
the price of about everything except human
labor. That Is Increasing In value from
decade to decade.
Bryan Is as well aware now as ho was In
1S92 that the fait of silver has had nothing
to do with the general fall of prices. Yet he
denies In 1896 what ho affirmed In 1892 , be
cause ho llituks his change ot front will
help him Into the whlto house.
POLITICAL MOTKSt
A bonus of $10,000 was turned over by the
business men of-St , Louts to the managers
of the populist convention.
By a vote of 24 to 12 the democratic stale
committee ot Massachusetts refused to en
dorse the Chicago nominees.
After footing up the bills of the various
conventions St. Louis business men IIml a
deficit of $20,000 In the convention fund.
Ex-Governor noswull 1 * . Flowler of Now
York announces his readiness to stump the
Kmplro state in opposition to the Chicago
ticket.
General Basil W. Duke mid James P.
Helm , two Influential democrats of Louis
ville , have joined the Kentucky host la op
position to cheap money.
Hiram S. Hewitt , William n. Grace and
William Stelnway , three eminent democrats
of New York City , have indicated their
purpose to appear at a republican mass
meeting in their homo city and advocate
sound money and McKinley.
A suggestion Is made which , If carried
out , would go far toward scaling the doom
of the silver ticket. The suggestion Is that
trade unions send a committee to Mexico to
Investigate and report on the condition of
labor under free coinage of silver.
Congressman Francis G. Nowlands , who
was temporary chairman of thn silver con
vention , is a strong advocate of silver. He
owns a number of silver mines In the west ,
is worth from $5,000,0000 to $10,000,000 , and
is classed as a disinterested advocate of
IB to 1.
The popocratlo ticket with Its pair of tails
will contract that tired feeling when It
collides with the election laws of Nebraska
and Ohio , which forbid duplication of names.
In other states party" emblems are required ,
and two emblems cannot 'bo used to desig
nate the pdpo'cratlc fusion.
, Many prominent sound money' Democrats
of Connecticut have signed a call for a con
vention to be held In New Haven , August
12. The purpose of the convention is to
repudiate the Chicago ticket , and take such
further steps as may be deemed necessary
to stamp out democratic heresy.
Talk about "discrimination against sil
ver J" There is a room In the national
treasury building in Washington 100 feet
long by sixty feet wide , which is packed
full of silver dollars to a height of fourteen
feet. There are 93,000,000 ot them , and
'thoy weight 3,000 tons. In other vaults
In Washington there are 68,000,000 more , and
in addition there are 227,000,000 In the vari
ous mints and subtrcasuries of the country.
Mr. William Hi Michael of Iowa , writing
to the Washington Post , furnishes proof that
Mr. Bryan , In "a speech at Ackley , la. , last
year , expressed the opinion that a panic
would follow the triumph of silver. A
Mr. Pleasants asked the lecturer this ques
tion : "Mr , Bryan , will the adoption of free
coinage of sliver at the ratio of 10 to 1
cause a business depression and panic , as
Secretary Carlisle and other great financiers
predict ? " Mr. Bryan answered promptly
as follows : "Yes , In my opinion , it would
have that tendency. But If a man is sick
there is no use putting off giving him his
medicine and letting him get worse. I
think it will cause a panic. But the country
is in a deplorable condition , and It will take
extreme measures to restore it to a con
dition of prosperity. "
It has been shown that Mr. Bryan's
"crown of thorns , " which aided In securing
him the nomination , waa borrowed from
Congressman McCall of Massachusetts. His
hysterical deft was alee plagiarized a gross
paraphrasing of Patrick Henry's famous
words. Mr. Bryan said : "We have petitioned
and our petitions have been scorned ; we
have entreated , and our entreaties have
been disregarded ; we have begged , and
they have mocked , and our calamity came , "
Compare that defl with the words of Patrick
Henry : "Wo have petitioned , wo have re
monstrated , wo have supplicated , we have
prostrated ourselves at the foot of the
throne and Implored Its Interposition to
arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry
and Parliament. Our petitions have been
slighted , our remonstrances have bi-cn dis
regarded , our supplications' have produced
additional violence and insult , and wo have
been spurned with contempt from tbe foot
of the throne. "
LIGHT AMI IIHICMT.
Chicago rtecord : "So Mrs. Ullkcr has got
a tHvorco ? "
"Yes ; nh discovered that Mr , Bilker had
been hiding his smiill chniiKP every night
under n llower pot In the back ynrd. "
Homervlllo Journal : An enthusiast declarPH
thnt a man can llvu to the UKO of 110 yeuin
by following n certain diet , but huvlni ? read
his program carefully wo piefer to < Ilu
yountf ,
Now York Press : Mother ( severely )
May , did I see Mr. Duslmway stroking your
htiir on thu plaza limt evening ?
jfny YCH , ma ; but that'll only force of
habit.
Mother Habit ? What do you mean ?
May Why. ho Htioked his college boat ,
you ( mow.
IndlanapollH Journal : Watts The cam
paign Is not nn unmixed evil. The Hllver
queatlon will crowd out a lot of thla weari
some blcyclo gab. at least.
Potts To my notion It la merely the ex
change of ono net of wheel * for another.
Puck : Politicians ( arranging for music at
political meeting ) Isn't thnt a big prlco ?
You may not have to play half u dozen
tlnien during thu whole evening.
] ! i-a H JJnnd Leader Hut , my dear Blr , wo
Iiuvo to alt and listen to the upeechon.
Harpur'H Bazar : ' 'John , " said MM. Wnn-
tano , "what U the meaning of this political
saying- , sixteen to one ? "
"Tliosa ura thu chances of my party , my
dear. It'u sixteen to onu that vvu win.
See ? "
And the dear little woman confcsaijd that
aho saw.
Washington Star : What Is the baby'H
name ? Indeed wo haven't onu ( elected ;
we'ro waiting till November coinsu to ueu
which inun'H elected ,
HKIl NOSH.
Cleveland Leader.
No sculptor ever chiseled out ,
No artist ever drew
A nosa ux fair as my love
Did erst present to view.
I say "did erst , " because Just now
Her nosa la sad to uea ;
Upon It la the trade mark ot
Xuo merry bumblebee.
CAMl'AUJ.V
llnrriili for 11111 nitri JneU.
KONO BY n. H , I.ANOI-OUD.
Tune "TinVfn liif ( ot Uie Owrn. "
The democrats mny ulngtllolr songs ami
tell their tnlcs oftoot ,
And on the staunch republicans nimtlioinaa
IH'HtOWJ
Hut when November days shall como , the
democrats must foil.
Then hurrah for Bill MoKlntoy nnil hur
rah for Jack Miu-Coll.
The. sllverite.M n-RUnnntf | KO llio golden bugs
But they become moro numerous In splto
of Biyan'n .skill ;
Upon our sound financial scheme no evils
shall befall ,
Then hurrnli for Bill \tcKlnlo ) > anil Iiurrnh
for Juek MacColl ,
Choi us ; The democrats mid sllvorltos
Are driven to the wall ,
Then hurrah for Kill McKlnloy
And protection for un all.
The populists -with downcast eyes tin
eoumry's Ills bemoan.
And tnllt of dlro citlumltle.i with loni" nnfl
slKh And groan ;
nut when election time rolls round their
plans wo will forestall.
Then hurrnli for Bill MoKlnley nqd liurrnh
for Jiu-k AtnrCotl ,
The Wilson bill him proved N. O. the In-
eonie tax knocked out-
Then Roodliyo to Grovor' Clovctnndi wo'll
put his roreo to route ,
For our name will bo culled legion when
the leaves tiesln to full ,
Then hurrah for Hill McKliilcy niul lutrrnli -
for Jnrk MneColl.
Chorus : The democrats may toot their
hornx ,
And on the voters call ,
lint thn masses want MoKluley
And high tariff for us all ,
Our democratic silver friends their hclplew
state bewail.
And In thin they much rcsomblo a klto
without a tall ;
Oi-eitt drover vim not lead thorn , on Bryan
they must i-nll.
Then hurrah for Bill MeKlnloy , and hur
rah for Jnclt MnoCall.
Then rally round the Htnndnrd ot the
Klorlilus G. O. P.
And u e your best endeavors to gain Iho
vletors1.
Our battle cry h tnrlff high , good Union wo
shall Install ,
Then hurrah for 11111 MoKlnley , Iho Na
poleon of them nil ,
Chorus : Don't you hear thn mighty slogan
King out from hut and hall ?
Hurrah for Bill MuKlnley.
And hurrah for Jack MacColl.
Tll New ArltlniifUc * .
Qoorse Kdwnnl JfrnitKomorj- New Yorlc Sun.
I was taught in youth that two and two
niakn four
And that a hundred units make a dollar ;
But I'm slow In arithmetic lore
Or else too prone to scorn a servile col
lar.
Now , after years , I hold my teachers right ,
Fbr they were known na men clnar-
bralned , sngnclous ,
Full or keen scriinlo to transmit their light
In fashion simple , certain and veracious ,
I sat before them with wide open mind ,
And by the nncliMit procitss of trans
fusion ,
All they had patiently Inarned or divined
All sacred truth that dissipates delusion ,
Became my own , to treasure or Impart , '
To lie a guide through Ignorance and >
folly ,
To make the brain fraternal with the heart
And life less mendicant and melancholy. .
Sophists are now abroad with speech and
screed ,
With schemes at once rebellious anil
neurotic ,
Which those who run straightforwardly
may rend
And so disdain blind Ignorance grown1 ,
despotic. f
That two and two make four T am ns surnr
As thnt our ancient earth Is still re
volving : | j
And patriotism that Is brave and 'pure i
For this one problem needs no other C
solving. I
Honesty , too. Is worth Its precious naino. f *
Sweet to tlu > soul as to thn palate honey.
That man is not a patriot who "would ,
shame .
His right with tratHc In dishonest money.
Nor could ho , with clear conscience , add .1
his vote > l
To those that swell a popullatlc clamor.
And , casting his convictions with liU coat.
Surrender to the' spell of party Kla'mour.
Who servos his country best will nobly I
serve , , , , , < {
His'party ' best an axiom of progression1
If those who , seeing truth , will novcr1 '
swerve i
In paths of pUlful , supine concession.
Oh , . I would hnnff my bead and fly my |
If I illsaster should heed a cry that shrill * | 1
And bo n freeman to no better ends
Than those repudiation makes Us master.
Hrj-nii'H "Crnnvn nt Thorn * . "
Chicago PoHf.
Oh , Bryan's "crown of thorns" resounds
with forci * that la terrlllc '
ThrouRh all the states that lie between At- ' '
I.intlc and Pacific : |
And all the people thoughtlessly at llrst thai il
" words applauded , i 4 *
And Bryan as an orator on ev'ry sldo was I
lauded. 1
'
t
But as we Rive bin soaring flights a littla
calm reflection ,
The sentences that stirred us most wo find
won't stand inspection ;
And , llrst and Inut , Including- , too , the
phrases Intervening ,
The oratory he affects has very llttlo mean-
Ing.
In consequence , we are convinced the les- l |
son that's before him
Will bring n soulful sadness that will hover
ever o'er him ;
And some time next November , In n. man
ner most bellttliiK , <
He'll suddenly discover tnat upon tlioao
thorns ho's
A I'olllliMll r , i > liliiviir.
Chli-npm rtoponl.
Bold Billy Brvan came out of the west , i
Of the free silver rooters his voice was the >
best ;
A lawyer , nn editor. In coiiKTetw he sat
And talked for free sliver throiiKh hlrt free
silver hat.
With his rabbit foot safety concealed In
bis vest
Ho Klrded his loins , turned his back to the
west ;
With' ' hlH famed sllvor toiiRue , his bold
chcolc of brass ,
Ho departed from Lincoln on an editor's
Around Miss Nomination the lovers did
woo ,
f
So Hold Billy Bryan pushed his face In t
there , too. '
"Crown of thorns" ( though stolen ) , charmed
thn vast throng ; !
'TIs true there wnro others , but they lldn t ) (
last long.
I
Pattlxon'H boom dropped with a dull , Hlclt-
'nln thud ,
McI.eun'n name was Dennis , Matthews'
was mud ;
Hx-Governor Holes had to clvo up the rnco
And Silver Dick Bland got tlio cold , frozen
face ,
So T orhlnvar Bryan captured the day
And with Miss Nomination rodu swiftly
away.
Small attention wns paid to the Koldhutr
bloods ,
It was "swallow the pill or take to tha"
woods. "
The convention Is over and tha campaign
,
Will It bn honcHt money or IB to 1 ?
Hold I.oohlnvar Bryan has plenty of fjrlt ,
Can ho beat Bill MoKlnley ? Well , I
guess nit ,
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