THE OMAHA i DAILY BEE
ESTABLISHED JITtfE 10 , 1871 OMAJIA , 3TKTDAY AUGUST 7 , 189G. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
SPAIN INVADED BY CUBANS
Islanders Are Carrying tlio Tight Eight Up
to Headquarters.
RIOTS CAUSED BY INSURGENT EMISSARIES
Bliunixli I'roplr Aiipenl to Moll Vlo-
fiifo IIH a Proti-Mt AKiiliiMt the
Further Ciintlniiiineu of
, the War In Culm.
( Copyright , 1M , l > y thp Amoctatnl I'res . )
MADRID , Aug. 0. Trouble ot a serious
nature Is being fomented In Spain , particu
larly in the province of Valencia , by agents
of the Cuban Insurgents. Tlio minister of
the Interior , Scnor Coz-Gayon , yesterday ,
replying to a question In the Chamber of
Deputies , admitted that a number ot riots
had occurred In Valencia , and when asked
to explain the cause ot the disturbances
Bald that they were caused by friends of
the Cuban Insurgents , who hoped thereby
to prevent the departure of further rein
forcements of troops for Cuba. Hitherto
the popular demonstrations have been at
tributed entirely to protests against the Im
position of new taxes , a step made neces
sary by the financial strain the government
has been subjected to through carrying on
the campaign against the Insurgents of
'Cuba. But , while the government Is only
willing to admit that tha riots have been
instigated by the agents of the Cuban revo
lutionists , It Is generally admitted that the
roots of the trouble are much deeper , and
that It is being nourished by the natural
feeling of alarm and dismay at the apparent
utter Inability of the Government to cope
with the situation In Cuba. That the large
Spanish anny In Cuba must be still further
heavily reinforced Is looked upon hero as
being a confession of weakness upon the
part ot the administration , and as an ad
mission of the growing strength ot the
Cubans.
In addition many letters have been re
ceived In different parts ot Spain by the
relatives -Spanish soldiers serving with
the army In Cuba , and they tell such terri
ble tales of sickness , privation , Incompc-
tcncy aud mismanagement , to say nothing
of lack ot pay , that a dangerous feeling
against the government has arisen , and Is
gaining strength day by day. Under these
circumstances the agents of the Cubans do
not have much dlfllculty In carrying out
tholr plan of causing popular outbreaks.
They steadily fan the ilamo of discontent by
pointing to the apparently unnecessary
hardships which the Spanish troops In Cuba
are compelled to endure. The republicans
nlso are taking advantage of the situation
to push their propaganda , and the combined
movements are making more headway with
the masses than the government will ad
mit , although It Is already betraying symp
toms of alarm und has Kent stringent In
structions to the prefects to promptly and
effectually suppress demonstrations which
may occur In their districts and to have no
hesitation In calling , upon the military for
support.
MANY FIGHTS ALREADY.
A number ot conflicts between rloteca und
the police and soldiers hrvo already oc
curred , shots have been exchanged , several
persons have been wounded on both sides
and a number of orrcsls have been made.
This the revolutionists hope will servo to call
attention to tholr causa and enlist In their
behalf the sympathy of the people. The
roads in Valencia are being patrolled by
gendarmes , troops are pursuing armed bands
of revolutionists In the mountainous dis
tricts of the same province , and further
trouble la apprehended.
Madrid up to the present has been quiet ,
but signs are not wanting that the spirit of
discontent Is abroad and that the efforts of
the government to gain support by trying
to throw the blame for everything upon the
United States , the chief buisaboo of Spanish
politicians will not much longer avail.
In a factory near the city of Valencia the
police have discovered a quantity of arms
and ammunition , and similar stares are be
lieved to bo In existence In different parts
of the province. The arms referred to are
known to have been smuggled Into Spain
quite recently , and are of foreign manu
facture , showing their shipment to bo part
of the plan of campaign being conducted
by the Cubans in Spain. The Spanish offi
cials , as usual , are blaming the United
States for the troubles In this country , bas
ing the assertions mada on the fact that
among the leaders of the recent riots was
Dr. Dcrimrdo Toledo , said to bo an Ameri
can citizen , whoso brother Is In command
of n force of Cuban Insurgents. It Is claimed
that money , arms and ammunition were
served out to the rioters from the house
which ho occupied , and a search of the
building Is gald to have resulted In the
discovery of u number of letters from the
United States , Cuba and Argentine republic
allowing that the outbreaks heie have been
planned by the leaders of the Cuban Insur
gents , and that the movement Is widespread
and capable of assuming most serious pro
portions.
Another feature of the situation hero is
the effort being made In certain quarters to
arouse the masses against the Protestants
and to them , as already stated , Is being at
tributed Spain's reverses in Cuba and the
Growing insurrection here. The Cuban
agents , however , arc doing everything possi
ble to counteract this movement , und nro
urging the people to place the blame for
the excessive taxation , the military blunder ,
ing and the political bluster wholly where
It really belongs , upon the shoulders of the.
Spanish government , and not to bo mls'led
by such foolish Inventions as the state
ments emanating from RCinl-olllclal sourres
and for a time geneially believed , that
uficnts of the United States government
wore overbidding the agents of Spain wher
ever the latter tried to purchase war ships
for the Spanish government.
I.OUUS AGAIN U13LH3AT SAMS1IUHY.
IrUk Lund Hill AtneiiuVil by LuiullorilM
In Their OMII Intci'enl.
LONDON , Aug. C. The government fuf-
fercd a defeat In the House nf Lords to
day where the Irhh land bill wns being
considered In the committed sta eThe
amendment of Viscount Templcton asked
that the several elasits of each holding
should bo nbPcrtalncd and that 'air rent
should bo based on the ns > > umptln : > ihat all
linpiouMiienlb wcio made or acquired by the
landlord. The government lefUMid to ac
cept the amendment , but It was ndujitcd
by the Hoiibo of Lorda , i : ? ayes to d : nays.
Trolley Cum In Ciiien\vii. (
< Cop > right , U ! > i ) , l.y I'rc 1'uMMdnu Company. )
CAPETOWN , South Africa , Aug. C. ( New
York World Cablegram Special Tele-
gram. ) Butter's system of electric street
railways was opened hero today. Cam are
now running throughout the city.
Peiistone , the cartoonist , U dead.
STIIKirV CAUS SOI.H AT AUCTION ,
KIIIIKIIH City Hlcotrlc 1.1 no IloiiKht In
liy th llontlliulilcrx ,
KANSAS CITY , Aug , C. The Northeast
street railway , an electIc line , was sold to
day at public auction by Sheriff O'Neill to
Itoland U. Conkllu of New York for $60,000.
Mr , Conklln represents the holders ot bonds
of the first mortgage of $292,000 , Grant I.
ItosenzuolK , leprfsentlni ; the Wcstlnghouse
Klectrlcal company of Pittsburg , Pa. , and
the McGuIre Manufacturing company of Chicago
cage na $58,000. Hy order of the court
tlu first money to bo paid out of the (60,000
which the road sold for today will be the
cl im of $17,000 of the WfsthiBhouse com
pany , which la the largest claim agulnst the
company. The road Is mid to be paying 8
per ccut on an investment of $250,000.
niti.vcjs A VIOI.HXT STOUM.
Wlrett nt Clrvrlnml Suffer
from the Fury of the iieiiienx.
CLEVELAND , O. , Aug. 6. Following the
excessive heat ot this morning a terrible
storm of lightning , wind and rain came up
this afternoon , playing havoc with the tele
graph communication. The rain fell In tor
rents and the lightning was almost continu
ous. For a tlmo all telegraphic communica
tion with points west of the city was cut
off. The wind reached a velocity of forty
miles an hour , and nearly half an Inch ot
rain fell within thirty minutes. Just be
fore the storm the thermometer reached 92 ,
the highest point of this summer. Shortly
after the storm a rumor was In circulation
that an excursion steamer had been cnp-
sl7ed nt the foot ot Alabama street. In
vestigation showed , however , that only a
small yacht had been upset and that no
lives were lost.
PITTSUURG , Pa. . Aug. 6. The heat rec
ord for 18t(5 ) ( wns broken today , the mer
cury reaching 9f > degrees. A number of
prostrations have been reported , There was
much suffering among mill workers , and
many ot the mills were compelled to close
down.
IIHATIIS FHOM IIHAT I.V 5 > T. I.OUIS.
Thermometer ItlNe * to WKhlu One IIe-
Ki'ee of the Iliuiilreil Murk ,
ST. LOUIS , Aug. 0. Today was even hot
ter than yesterday , the thermometer rising
to 09 degrees In the shade In the signal
service observatory. This Is the highest
point reached. The hent was suffocating.
There were twenty prostrations , and of this
number seven wcro fatal. Several others
aie serious. The dead :
ALEXANDER MURPHY , cable splicer.
JOHN GEORGE SCHWEIZER , cook.
CHARLES BOHLMAN , cooper.
JOHN SCHNELL , tailor.
CHARLES FRANKE. tailor.
JOSEPH SMITH , builder.
UNKNOWN MAN.
WKSTIJH.V ItOAUS flIO.VKY I'OOI , .
Interrogate Commerce Commission Uu-
enrtliN itLV Sensation.
CHICAGO , Aug. G. The Inter Ocean to
morrow will say : Through the refusal of
the Chicago Great Western road to turn
over $90,000 In cash to even up Its per
centage , tfio existence of n money pool
among the roads west of Chicago has been
discovered. The facts in the case leaked
out tonight after the adjournment of the
Intel state Commerce commission hearing ,
General Freight Agent Stohr of the Chicago
cage Great Western was the last witness
before the commission this afternoon. Stohr
was the first railroad officer to ever acknowl
edge to the commission the giving of a
cut rate. He said that on Juno 18 he
authorized a rote of 1 cent per 100 pounds
below tarllt on a shipment of thirty car
loads of export grain from Kansas City to
Liverpool. England.
After the adjournment It was discovered
that the present attempts of competitors
of this road to prove Us oflicers guilty of
rate cutting was on account ot the refusal
of this line to tuin over $90,000 which It
was ahead In a money pool now In exist
ence among the roads ot the Western
Freight asociation. The pool has been In
secret operation for nearly one year , and
the Great Western's lack of confidence in its
stability caused It to refuse to even up Its
balances. The western roads have all along
professed Innocence of maintaining any sort
of an arrangement for the division of traf- ,
flc or money.
If the commission sees fit It can now
prove the existence of this pool beyond
the shadow of a doubt.
LAIlGIj 1'ACIvIXG IIOL'Sn OX FIHE.
12\i > lnMo < i In the Smolcu House KlllH
One of tlie Ccimpniiy'M Kmiiloye.s.
KANSAS CITY , Aug. 7. An explosion In
the smoke house of Swift & Co.'s big packIng -
Ing house on the Kaw river bottoms shortly
after midnight resulted in the killing of
ono of tlio company's employes , the serious
Injuring of several others , and started a
fire that at one time threatened to destroy
the entire plant. At 1 o'clock the fire Is
believed to bo under control , though the
building which was occupied as a s > moko
house has been destroyed. Joe Hoblowltz ,
a night watchman In the smoke house , was
burned to death. The extent of the In
juries to the other men is not known at
this hour.
Harry Creasy and Steve Reynolds , work
men , were so badly burned that both will
probably die. These men , with the night
watchman , went In to extinguish the flames
and were knocked down by a second expio-
slon which followed. The loss on the build
ing Is estimated at $45,000 and a stock of
meat valued at $30,000 was nlso destroyed.
NIAGARA FALLS , N. Y , , Aug. 7. The
Park theater , Tugby's museum and other
buildings were destroyed by fire shortly
after 1 o'clock this morning. The Interna
tional hotel was on fire several times and
the guests fled to the streets. The loss will
reach $260,000.
.MO.Vl'A.VA'S CIllilSTl.VG TO OMAHA.
CItizciiH of that State Itendy to Iloom
the Hxi'OHltlou.
LIMA , Mont. , Aug. C. ( Special Telegram. )
The members of the Omaha city council
and city officials and a special committee
with the party , appointed by the Transmls-
slsslppl Exposition association , did grand ,
good work at Butte today. They personally
Interviewed aboutfifty leading business men
and mine owners , and have the assurance
that Butte and Montana will do their part
In the way of exhibits at the Transmlssls-
slppl Exposition In 1S38. Part of those called
upon were : Anaconda Copper and Mining
company , Pat Mullln , Thomas Courtney ,
John Capllce & Co , , J. Ross Clarke & Co. ,
Orton Bios. , Stuart Music company , J , II ,
Loyson , J , Calkins , Slegel Clothing company ,
Hennessey company , Babcock & Co , , Pram-
man Dry Goods company. S.V , Graves ,
Illght & Falrflcid , Gans & Klein , Bronphy &
Co. , Dik'sclicl Drug company , Reed Boot and
Shoo company , Gallogly & Co. , J , D , Leys ,
Courtney Case and Gravel company , Nash &
Co. , A. F. Bray. A , H. Barrett , Whtlug | &
Alexander. Elllngwood & Reznor , Stephens
Grocery company , Paxton Drug company and
Clark Bros. , bankers , The party leaves to
night for Halley and other cities south and
west.
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t'TAII LINING I'l ' FOU ariCIM.B * ' .
IleiMihllean Slate Chairman SIIIIIIIIOIIH
the Central Committee.
SALT LAKE CITY , Utah , Aug. 0. Chairman -
man J. E , Deely of the republican state
central conimltteo has Issued a call for a
meeting of the committee and takes the
occasion for making some suggestions to
the voters of the state. Ho says that under
throe years of democratic administration in
dustrial Interests have been paralyzed and
that the people have been waiting patiently
to restore the republican party to power.
Ho says Bryan's free trade record Is such
that the republicans of Utah should think
seriously before putting the various Indus
tries of the state In the hands of ouch a
candidate and such a party , He recom
mends that the republican party place In
nomination McKlnlo > electors and that all
republicans unite In the election of a con
gressman and local officers and that at the
primaries und the convention no test shall
bo made that would alienate any true repub
lican from allegiance to the organization ,
i\lierlmeiillui : ; ullh ArfenliutVllx. .
CHAMHEULAIN , S. D. , Aug. 6. ( Special )
Work on tlm government experimental
artesian well on the Rosebud Indian reser
vation Is still progressing slowly. The
eight-Inch hoie la now completed and rased
to a depth of a little more than 2.300 feet
The contractor 1ms decided to reduce the
size from that point and drill a six-Inch hole
to a depth of SOO or 400 feet further In
the hope of seeming sufficient How to force
the water over the top of the well casing.
U is extremely doubtful It this can ever be
accomplished , owing to the high altitude of
the country.
WATSON SUPPORTS WATSON
Opens the Georgia Campaign with a Plea
for His Own Candidature.
SAYS SOUTH AND WEST MUST UNITE
\0tllltl0e HeplKlllttrN SelVllIl
IIH 1111 HiiNtcrnvr , lull DccluroN He
AVI 11 See tluit Ilr > nu UeU
IJvory I'oimllNt Voto.
ATLANTA , On. . , Aug. 6. Thomas E. Wat
son opened tils vice presidential campaign
tonight with an address of two hours In
length , delivered before an audience of
3,000 people In the rough shed used for
the Moody revival meetings several months
ngo. Mr. Watson appealed at the outset
for a nonpartlsan hearing , declaring that
he spolto with bitterness to none and In
behalf of the men who held the plow ,
who pulled the hoc , who wielded the ham
mer. If God gave him strength , ho de
clared , he would plead the cause of these
people through the pena of the reporters
present , before 03,000,000 of people In the
morning. Ho entered Into an enu
meration of the reforms demanded
by the populists , Indicting the
government for high crlmo and misdemeanor
meaner In the granting of the governmental
power of making money to a special class ;
In the unfair levying of taxes which laid
the heavy hand of tribute upon those least
able to sustain It ; In closing the mints to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver ; In
leaving the great public highways of the
country In the control of grasping corpora
tions who levied tribute upon the people
who were compelled to use them , and In
the corruption ot the ballot. Ho explained
at length his course in leaving the demo
cratic party after having been elected to
congress as n democrat and by the ma
chinery of the democratic party. He said
that his opponent had run as a straight
platform democrat , while he had made his
lace on the alliance platform
and was pledged to stand by that
platform though the heavens fall. Further
more the national alliance convention had
Instructed those congressmen elected on the
alliance platform not to go Into the caucuses
of either of the two great parties. Not only
had ho felt bound to stand by principle
rather than party , but lie had seen then , as
he saw now , that the only chance for
Jeffcrsonlan democracy was to unite the
farmers of the south with the farmers of
the west. To do that required a new party.
The southern democrat could not be Induced
to go Into the republican party , nor could
the western republican be induced to enter
the democratic party. A common rallying
point was absolutely necessary. When con
gress met In 1892 , eleven western congress
men stepped out of the republican party.
"Of the thirty southern congressmen
elected on the alliance platform , how many
stepped out of the democratic party ? " ex
claimed Mr. Watson. "Only one , r.nd , thank
God I can say It , I was that one ! "
MEETS WEST HALF WAY.
He explained further that he had allowed
himself to bo run for spcalcer simply to
emphasize the south's desire to meet the
west half way In the common battle against
the cast. Hecent events , Mr. Wnthou de
clared , had vindicated his course. The
southern democracy was today bidding de
fiance to Wall street and the east for the
first time in thirty years. Why ? Because
the south and the west had at last Joined
together to throw off the yoke of the ( ast.
The western democrats had not done 'his.
How many western states had Tildcn car
ried , or Cleveland ?
"Then , " he said , addressing the democrats
In the crowd , "has there ever been a time before -
fore when you could slap the eastern democ
racy in the face with one hand and Wall
street with the other and rely on the west
to get you out of the scrape ? "
It was the western , populist vho had made
this possible. And who did the western pop
ulist use to be. The western republican.
Looking at affairs as they stood since the
Chicago convention , the western populist
said to the democrats : "We are going to
help you In this fight , and the western dem
ocrats said : "We are very glad to get your
help. " There In the south the democrats
said : "Wo dpn't need you fellows. We've
got a little machine that'll turn out Just the
majority we need. "
"They want to sail In our ship , but they
want to expel our * crew. They want to run
our train , but they want to kick out our
engineer. They say they want fusion , but
It is the fusion of the earthquake with the
city It engulfs. At Chicago the democratic
oplltlclaus swallowed our platform , and they
thought they had swallowed us. For a
whllo after the Chicago convention 'hey
thought they had caught the bear. Now ,
alnco the St. Louis convention , they tre be
ginning to feel sure the bear has caught
them. The present political situation is the
first case on record where half a loaf was
not found to be better than no bread.
LOYAU TO DRYAN.
"We can stand by Mr. Bryan. Ho has
been with us and has fought for our policies.
But when wo are asked to swallow Mr.
Sowall , we beg to bo excused. We can't
vote for Mr. Sowall , because he docs not
represent our platform. If wo do , wo say
we did not mean what wo said in that plat
form , .You can't consistently say this Is a
fight of the west and south and go off to
Malno to get n candidate for vice president.
Therefore , seeing that your democratic lead-
era had made a mistake , we stepped Into
the breach and did what they ought to
have done nominated a southern man for
vice president.
"This Is a movement of the south and
west and you must have a southerner on
your national ticket. In the name of the
south , wo have repudiated the error of the
Chicago convention. Wo have said : Let
It bo a young leader from the west and
a young leader from the south. Has not the
south been In political bandage long enough ?
H'as ' not it played second fiddle long enough ?
It was a dream of mine to do what I could
to reinstate the south In her place In the
royal sisterhood of states. I appeal to you
as a Georgian , as a southern man , to seize
this opportunity to make this alliance with
the west , to throw off the domination of
the north and east which has pioved
ruinous to the farmer , the laborer and mer
chant and the entire people. "
In concluding Mr. Watean made this state-
nicnt : "Wo are not going to put up any
candidate against Bryan. We are going to
vote for Uryan whether Sewull Is withdrawn
or not. I'm going to manage this cam
paign so that W , J , Brayn gets every vote
we've got , I BOO the dread evils of Me-
Klnleylsm threatening us and I fear that
If we are defeated In this fight McKlnleylsm
will bo enthroned forever and the battle
for freedom had just as well be given up ,
I shall tell my people to stand by the con
tract made at St , Louis. Let Bryan have
every vote you can muster. Let Jones say
what he likes. Let him Insult you It he
will. Make no answer. Pray for
your country. Work for her In
terests , Do your duty , Hero's what
we're going to do In our state convention.
We're going to put out a full electoral
ticket for Bryan and Watson , We can't
vote for Sevvall. Then we'll empower our
committee to take on * a part of our electors
and put on a part of jours whenever the
democratic committee retires Mr. Scwall.
The democratic managers may have made
up their ralnds to put Tom Watson down
and keep him down , but I thank God , the
people of the south have entered Into no
such contract. Let It be known henceforth
that the Buuth and west will never again
sit at the footstool of the north. "
UoiinlillrniiN Oruiinlr.e at VllllMcti.
VILLISCA , la. , Aug. 0. ( Special. ) A Mc-
Klnlcy club of 800 members has been or-
organized here. The republicans will com
plete the organization of the club Monday
night.
CAMI'AUJX CLATTKH.
MucCnll mill Cnilr Will Open the
nt GerlnW.
GKUINQ , Neb. , Aug. G.SpccIal. ( . ) Hon.
Jack MacColl and A. B. Cftrty will open the
campaign In Scotts lUuff county August
11 , when n big time Is probable. The new
McKlnley club will tic organized on that
day , over 100 members laying already signed
the roster , and It will be doubled. A Bryan
club Is forming , but the results are evi
dently discouraging to the leaders , who nt
first figured on stampeding republicans Into
the fusion party , The republican defection
Is little If any moro than the usual fluctua
tion In a presidential year , and republican
ism Is receiving many new recruits. Hon.
Peter McFarlnne , who was the democratic
candidate for county treasurer last fall , Is
a member of the McKlnley club.
JUNIATA , Neb. , Aug. C , ( Special. ) The
Jnnlata Republican club held an enthusiastic
meeting In Allen's hall last night. Prelim
inary campaign work was mapped out and
Wednesday night set to meet and organize
a McKlnley marching club. The rainy even
ing did not deter a goodly number of re
publicans from attending.
WAHOO , Neb. , Aug. G ( Special. ) Con
gressman Halncr spoke to n crowded house
last night at Mead , In this county. Ho spoke
for two hours and was listened to with
marked attention. About forty people drove
over from this place to hear the speech. The
glee club ot this city , nlso entertained the
audience with n number ot campaign songs.
Mr. Halner will speak , at Ithaca tomorrow
night. At all meetings the crowds arc both
large and appreciative. People ore anxious
to learn something about these great ques
tions which so vitally concern them , and
Mr. Halner Is provms himself equal to the
emergency.
PAIMLL10N , Neb. , Aug. C. ( Special ) Cn3
hundred enthusiastic republicans assembled
at the court house last night and listened
to a number of Interesting talks on the
questions of the day by local speakers. The
Papllllon McKlnley club has now 150 mem
bers and more recruits arerflling In at every
meeting. A glee club 'has been organised
and furnished some excellent music last
night. A Junior league has1 also been or
ganized , with twentyfive'members. . The
senior league Is the otron'gcst political or
ganization ever organised here , and the Is
sues will be fought to the end.
ODELL , Neb. , Aug. ' 6" ( Special. ) A Mc-
ICInley and Hobart club will be organized
at this place next Monday evening. At least
100 voters have signified their willingness
to become members. The Bryanltcs tried
to organize Tuesday evening , but failed to
get out a quorum.
ULOOMINGTON , Neb" . , Aug. C. ( Special. )
The McKlnley club will hold Its first
public meeting tomorrow evening at tiio
court house. The Blobmington baud will
furnish the music. Hah. < ' J. P. A. Black
and others will speak.Mqny democrats say
they will be there. ;
I'UT UP A. FUMj 1STATE TICICKT.
MlNxoiirl DvinncriitM Complete Their
AVorU ami AiLjoiint.
JEFFERSON CITY , Aug. C. The demo
cratic state convention'dontlnUcd ' Its ses
sions today and completed the state ticket
by nominating candidates ior auditor , treas
urer , attorney general , supreme court judge
and railroad and warehouse commissioner.
Electors-at-large were also selected and the
convention , adjourned sine die.
The ticket' complete Is as follows : Gov
ernor , Lon V. Stevpus ; lieutenant governor ,
A. H , Bolte ; secretary ' ; of state , A. A.
Lesueur ; . auditor , Janiea M. Selbert ; treas
urer , Frank Pitts ; attorney.JseneralJudgu
E. C. Crow ; suprempiic urt Judge , Theo
dore Brace ; failroadlandV-wa"re'housc "c'oui-
mlssloner , Timothy J , .Henucssy , < -t
It was nearly 10 o'clock wh nethe con
vention was called to loader and without
ny preliminaries the convnetlon went to
work to complete the selection of candidates
%
dates for the state ticket.
Several men were named for auditor , but
James M. Selbert of Cape Glrardeau , the
present Incumbent , was renomlnated. Frank
Pitts of Monroe was then nominated for
state treasurer by acclamation , and nomi
nations for attorney general were called
for. Norton Jourdan of ; Carroll was placed
in nomination , as werp Talso Sterling P.
Bond of St. Louis and JudgeE. . C. Crow
of Jasper. The first bell6t resulted In the
selection cf Judge Crow.
The following candidates for supreme
Judge were presented : Judge Brace , Hon.
Henry M. llamey and Judge S. P. Stratton.
Judge Brace received a. majority of votes
and his nomination was then made unani
mous. ' f
It took three hours to. nominate a suc
cessor to Henry W. Hlckman , railroad and
warehouse commissioner. ' 'There were twelve
candidates , but Timothy i E. Hennessey of
St. Louis finally secured the nomination
on the seventh ballot' . The ticket being
completed , John D. Lee of St. Louis and
J. C. Allen of lay were selected for presi
dential elcctors-at-lanre. '
SIX IIAM < OTS -OH 'A GOVEIINOII.
"VViivoiiHlii UrimhllriiiiN Niinie All
( Hher UHIvlalH in Hull ; .
MILWAUKEE , Aug. G , The. republican
state convention reconvened at 10:18 : this
morning , when the roll call of districts was
.resumed for seconding speeches.
During the progress of the call for seconding
ending speeches Senator Thurston of Ne
braska was Introduced and made a brief
address. The senator , who Is a Wisconsin
man , was tendered an ovation by the dele
gates. '
The first ballot for governor resulted :
Edward Schodeld , Elfl'/ . ; Robert M. La Fol-
lettc. 2Gl'i ; Emll Baenscb , 83 ; Ira Bradford ,
31 ; Eugene Elliott , 4SVi ; < C. E. Estabrook ,
1 ; necessary to a choice , 311 ,
The result of the third' ballot was : Echo-
Hold , 293 < XLa ; Follette , 250 ; Bacnsch , SO'/j ;
Elliott , 21 ; Estabrook , 3 ; Bradford , 22.
Fourth ballot. Sehofleld , 315Vi ; La Fol
lette , 250 ; Baensch , U4H ; Estabrook , 3 ; El
liott , 0 ; Bradford , S , '
The fifth formal ballot resulted : Sehofleld ,
323 < fc ; La Follette , 23S ; IJacnsch , 108V4 ; El
liott. 5 ; Estabrook , 3 ; , Bradford , 2.
After the fifth ballot , a motion to adjourn
was lost Yeas , 288 ; naysj 381V6.
SchofleH was nominated for governor on
the sixth ballot. , '
The entire old state 'ticket , below the gov
ernorship was renomlmuid by acclamation ,
The convention then jadjourned.
IIO.V. IlOSWEMj G.I Ilbuil AT YflKIC.
Several TlioiiMuml IVi/l'lr Entertained
ivlth u HepuliuJtif ) S | > eeeli ,
YORK , Neb. , Aug , . Special Telegram. )
Hoswell G , Herr ipcke ! here this after
noon to 2EOO pcope ) , .many coming from
'
distant points to 'attend. The bpeaker
opened on the tariff question and delivered
some exceptionally strong arguments for
protection. His expoiltfon of the bllvor
question was complete land lucid. He
showed up the fallacies of the free Bllverltes
vividly. "Tho ratio of. gfld-to silver , " said
he , "tan bo maintained only on a commer
cial basis of values npd'aiiy attempt to do
otherwise Is sure to fall' ' " Ho proved his
statements logically , 'ami quoted historical
facts that could not be gotten around. At
the conclusion of his speech , he answered
several knotty questions to the evident Balis-
faction of the audience. The speech was re
ceived with ardent enthusiasm.
IIO1.CO.MII AXI > AI/LH.V CONSULT ,
Confer CM re Hettveeii ( he Lender *
After Convention n ( llnxtliiKN.
LINCOLN , Aug , 6. ( Special , ) Governor
Holcomb returned from Hastings today. Sen
ator Allen accompanied the governor , and
this afternoon had' a conference with the
latter In his private cilice. From certain ex
pressions dropped by leading populists at
the capltol and in the city It I * evident that
the result of the convention yesterday Is
far from being satisfactory. It in generally
admitted that Governor Ilolcomb's chances
for re-election have not been at All bcneflte4
by the high-handed proceedings which
marked the attemU ; * of Chairman Smyth's
adherents to promote fusion between demo
crats il the Urrau brami and the popull i
TXTMfflfMl 4 TO PI T T f T TAHO
DEMOCRA1S GET ELECTORS
Populists .Arc Allowed to Nominate All tlio
Balance of the Ticket.
FUSION PLAN IS ADOPTED IN KANSAS
l'i * < tiONltitit | ! Mllde lit HiitolilliNOii Kll-
tlitiNltintlciilIy Ailoptfil nt Alillfiic
Lvoily fur Ciovi-rmir , Hunter fur
HulUlii fur
HUTCHINSON , Kan. , Aug. C. The demo
crats and populists of Kansas have prac
tically effected a fusion of Interests in the
coming election.
Since Tuesday last the democratic conven
tion here has waited upon the populists nt
Abilene. The democrats held two sessions
today. The morning session was adjourned
until evening , the populists at Abilene hav
ing at that time taken no action as to the
proposed fusion. When the democrats re
assembled this evening word was received
from their ambassadors at Abilene that the
populists had accepted the ticket recom
mended by the democrats for electors. This
ticket , which was agreed upon last Tues
day , was then formally placed In nomina
tion. The democrats then took up the qu"3-
lion of a state ticket , and there being prac
tically no opposition the populist nominee
for governor , State Senator J. W. Lccdy ,
was nominated by acclamation. The other
populist nominees , Frank Uostcr for chief
Justice , Hcv. J. D. Botkln for congressmun-
at-laigo end A. M. Harvey for lieutenant
governor , were as cheerfully nominated. But
hero the democrats were again forced to
wait upon the convention at Abilene , and
at 10:30 : o'clock , no further nominations
having been reported from the populists ,
the convention took a recess until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning , when the other populist
nominees will undoubtedly be endorsed.
POPULISTS LOSE NO TIME.
ABILENE , Kas. , Aug. G. The nomination
of Senator Leedy for governor , at 2 o'clock
this morning , left the delegates to the popu
list convention In a mood for quick work
today , and they began at 0 o'clock. United
States Senator Peffer opened the session
with an address advocating the fusion of
the anti-silver forces on a basis of votes
cast for all olllccs.
The convention quickly got down to the
consideration of the resolution committee's
report , and without much ado the report
was adopted as presented. The resolutions
endorse the St. Louis platform and Bryan
and Watson. They congratulate Kansas
that since populists have been in politics
many good laws have been secured ; condemn
the republican house of representatives for
falling to pass bills sent from the populist
senate ; demand that officers carry out the
will of the people ; that the attorney general
enforce the statutes limiting corporations
to the business named In their charters ,
and that railroads shall do no other business
than that of common carriers ; condemn
favoritism to shippers by railroads ; favor a
maximum freight law ; demand reduction of
public salaries ; demand that the supreme
court , in. Justice to the people , clear Its
dockets ; and the following convict labor
plank : "Wo demand laws which shall pre
vent the product Qf convict labor coming
Into competition with the products of free
labor and reducing'its reward- "
Aitelegranitwas ordered.sent to the popu
list conventions in session In Tpxas , Georgia ,
Nebraska and Alabama , informing them of
the endorsement of Bryan and Watson. The
conference committee was not ready to re
port and the rules were suspended while
the convention proceeded to the nomination
of a chief Justice. Four names were pre
sented , Judge Frank Doster finally being
elected by a unanimous vote. The nom
inee expressed his thanks in a brief speech
and a recess until 2 o'clock was taken.
When the convention ieccmvrnc'1 after re-
cest , the quc-jUon cf fusion was Immedi
ately brought up by ths presentation of a
report which hail been formulated by the
democratic confciciics committee. The re
port agreed to glvo the populists all the
state oi'lces and congressmcn-at-large , the
democrats to retain their electors intact
as at first proposed. It was further pro
posed to give the democratic and populist
vote of Kansas to whichever vice presiden
tial candidate ( Sewall or Watson ) shall lead
In the vote In the electoral college of the
nation. The populist conference committee
had previously agreed to the democrats' re
port and made a statement to the convention
supporting Its reasons therefor.
OBJECT TO ONE MAN.
The democratic report was received
with demonstration of approval , A mo
tion to adopt the report was made
and seconded , and at once a
clamor arose for the question to bo put.
Colonel Harris , candidate for congressman-
r.t-larre , epoko supporting the report. It
was time , he said , to admit openly what was
commonly talked In private , that no
populist looked for Watson to
got more votes than Sewall. An hour was
spent In debate. There was some fight on
Morris Claggctt , suggested as one of the
electors , who , It was asserted , carried a
musket against the strikers In 1803. It
was finally decided to Investigate the charge ,
and , If found true , to take him off the
ticket. In the meantime , a motion to adopt
the report , the Claggett matter to be ar
ranged later , was made. It was carried by
acclamation and ten democrats became the
populist nominees for presidential elcctorn.
They are : Moses Claggett , Plttsburg ; Albert
Perry , Troy ; George T , Pitts , Wellington ;
Sidney Hayden , Helton ; J. G. Goshorn , lola ;
W. H. Llnton. Chcrryyale ; Earlo M. Black-
shear , Elmdale ; Charles A , Hlller , Sallna ;
James n. Logan , Lincoln , and H. J. rtoouel ,
Elllnwood ,
Nominations to complete the state ticket
were then In order.
The convention nominated Rev. J. D. Bet
kln for congresaman-at-largo over E. C ,
Little by a vote of 300 to 227.
For lieutenant governor , J , II , Dunsmoro ,
Neosho county ; A. M , Harvey , Shawnce
county , and C. H , Hohrcr , nice county ;
were placed in nomination , The first bal
lot showed that A. M. Harvey had a clear
majority and his nomination was made
unanimous. After a short recess for dinner
the balloting was resumed , but the proceed
ings were slow and tedious , each candidate
placed -nomination being called before
the convention to make a flve-mlnute
speech.
For attorney general , L. C , Boyle of Fort
Scott was nominated by a vote of 2CO to
254 for John Madden of Emporla. For sec
retary of state , W. E. Bush of Mankato ;
Lyman Naugle and W. H. Boyd were placed
in nomination. Bush was nominated on the
third ballot. For state treasurer David Hef-
fclbouer of Miami. John W. Bowles , W. II ,
Diddle and Mack Ross were placed In nom
ination. Heffelbouer was nominated by ac
clamation before the completion of the first
ballot.
At 1 o'clock the convention refused to
adjourn until mornlnc.
ItUmiOT I'OLITIC.M , IMSCUS.SIO.V.
( 'clflirnlloii of I wu Colored I'eople
Inlorriipleil by 11 \ VurilVnr. .
CLAHINDA , IB. , Aug. C. ( Special. ) The
colored people of this city , together with a
number of visitors from various towns ad
jacent , met In annual celebration of their
emancipation ; the attendance of white people
was large. The exercises took place at the
fair grounds. The speaker of the day was
Ilev. G. W. Woodby of Omaha , followed by a
number of local speakers. Mr. Woodby In
his address took occasion to deliver himself
of a popullstlc free silver speech , being par
ticularly and pointedly anti-republican In
his remarks all through. Ho was followed
by ex-Senator T. E. Clark of this city. Sen
ator Clark severely criticised Woodby for
Introducing politics on such an occasion , and
for a few moments it looked as If blows
would be delivered. The matter waa finally
nettled by the gentlemen being separated
with the declaration that no more politics
could bo dUcutscd from the speakers' aland.
OXK ri.Acn I'oa A I > KMOCIIAT.
I' | iiillnlH I.onvc Thor Tlt'kot Without
mi AHorney ( Iciicriil ,
HASTINGS. Neb. . Aug. C. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The populist state convention fin
ished Its labors and adjourned sine dlo In
tlmo for the breakfast call this morning
after having been in session all night. The
convention was Almost entirely dominated by
the middle-of-the-road delegates and they
very nearly overturned all the carefully laid
plans for fusion with the silver democracy.
C , J. Smyth , chalimnn of the democratic
state central committee , was on the ground
with a proposition that two places on the
populist stole ticket bo left vacant. A com
mittee was appointed to confer with the
democratic leaders. The conference resulted
In a failure to agrco and made a partial re
port to the convention , stating that the
democrats demanded the treasurer and the
attorney general , The proposition evoked a
debate which dragged along without result
until Chairman Smyth broke off all negotia
tions by withdrawing the request for two
places on the state ticket.
This action on the part of the democrats
scorned to have a pacific effect upon the radl-
rat clement In the convention , for after
nominating nearly the entire ticket a motion
to leave the attorney generalship vacant was
carried.
At last night's session , after Mcservo
was nominated for treasurer , L. S.
Osteln of Knox county , P. J. Oliver
of Ncmaha , Ernest Von Florrell of Kearney ,
MIR3 Lillian Stoncr of Cherry , 13d W. Hcnn-
song of Franklin and W. H. Jackson of Holt
were nominated for superintendent of public
Instruction. The greater part ot the past
four hours had been devoted to scores of
nominating speeches , and by this time the
delegates began to grow restless. Two or
three speakers were howled off the floor
and the roll call was begun.
Miss Stoner was the favorite from the
start , and her candidacy aroused more en
thusiasm than that of any ono before the
convention. Every vote cast for her was
vociferously cheered. The result was :
Stoncr. 29fl'/4 ; Osteln , 89 ; Oliver , 1C ; Jack
son , 15 % ; HenntsotiB , 115 ; Von Florrell , 40.
This did not prove anything , and on the
second ballot Miss Stoncr's votes seceded
to Jackson , and the latter won out In a
walk. Cherry county made It unanimous.
Nominations for attorney general were
called for , and then the disposition to hedge
that had been growing since the receipt of
C. J. Smyth's note found expression In a
motion by Elmer Thomas of Douglas to
leave that place vacant. W. H. Ashby of
Gage registered a vigorous protest. Ho said
he was a candidate for the office and was
willing to take his chances against populist
competitors , but he would not get off the
track In favor of a democrat. E. E. Thomas
of Douglas , W. L. Hand of Buffalo and S.
H. Sonbcrger of Saumlcrs withdrew their
candidacies In favor of the motion , which
was carried by a two-thirds vote.
Many of the delegates had left to take
the morning train , but the remainder stood
by their guns with unflinching pertinacity.
In spite of the fact that the day was be
ginning to dawn , the nominating speeches
were not abbreviated by n single sentence ,
and the average of about a dozen speeches
In support .of each candidate was fully main
tained. For commissioner of public lands
and buildings W. IU Waldron of Adams ,
S. M. Walllns ot Butler , Frank Hlbbard ot
Douglas and J. V. Wolfe ot Lancaster were
entered. The vote was : Wolfe , 37-1 ; Hlb
bard , 130 ; Walling , ICO ; AValdron , 38 , and
Wolfe was nominated.
The contest for the supreme Judgcshlps
was quickly ECttled. W. F. Porter of Mer-
rlck county moved that Judge Neville of
North Platte bo named for the long term
by acclamation and John S. Klrkpatrlck of
Lincoln for the short term. It carried with
a rush , and , by way of recognition of Doug
las county , A. A. Munroe of South Omaha
was nominated by acclamation for regent
of the State university.
The state central committee was author
ized by resolution to flli any vacancies that
may occur on the ticket , and the convention
adjourned sine die In time for breakfast.
At a meeting of the state central com
mittee held at the Hotel Bostwlck this
morning , P. H , Barry of Lincoln was elected
temporary chairman , and Frank Agcr of
Lincoln temporary secretary. They will
serve until candidates get together and
make their selection.
-VOMIIVATK IM.\GUni5 I.-OH GOVI2UNOU
KepnlilleiiiiH Honor the
9Inyor of Detroit.
GRAND RAPIDS , Mich. , Aug. C. The second
end day's session of the republican conven
tion was called to order at 10 o'clock this
morning. The motion to divide St. Clalr
county delegation , giving HHss and Plngrce
each 11 votes , was adopted by a largo ma
jority. A number of seconding speeches were
then made and the convention proceeded to
take a ballot for governor. The first ballot
resulted ; Plngrce , 339 ; Biles , 280 ; O'Donncll ,
83 ; Wheeler , 47 ; Conant , 22 ; Aitkln , CO ; nec
essary to a choice , 417. On the second bal
lot Pingreo had 2 ! > S , miss 297. On the third
Plngreo was but twelve votes short of a ma
jority , and he was nominated on the fourth
ballot amid tremendous enthusiasm ,
Plngrce received 449 votes on the last
ballot ; Bliss 293. On motion of the other
leading candidates I'lngree's nomination was
made unanimous , and the convention took
a recess until 4 o'clock. -
The remainder of the ticket was made as
follows : Lieutenant governor , Thomas R.
Dunstan of Houghton , Upper Peninsula ;
secretary of state , Washington Gardner ,
present Incumbent ; state treasurer. George
A. Steele of St. Johns ; auditor. General Roscoe -
coo D. Dlxo of lienfon Harbor ; attorney
cencral , Fred A , JIaynard of Grand Rapids ;
commissioner of state land office , William A.
French of Alpena , present Incumbent ; super
intendent of public Instruction , Jason 13 ,
'
Hammond of Hllls'dalo ; member of State
Board ot Education , John W. Symmonds ot
Owasso.
During the closing hour of the conven
tion the Knox battery marked the minutes
by firing a cannon stationed on an Island In
the river ,
TI3I131S OF FUSION I.V IOWA.
DL'inocrntH Ret the I.lnn'H Share of
DBS MOINES , Aug. C. ( Special Telegram. )
The terms of the deal for fusion of demo
crats , populists and sllvcrltcs In Iowa have
become public today. The electors are to
bo divided on a basis of giving the demo
crats eight , the populists three and the
sllverltcs two , The state ticket Is to be
divided democrats three , populists two and
sllverltcs one , Ono ot thu two populists ,
however , Is to bo n populist-democrat ac
ceptable to both sides. The mlddle-of-the
road silver men are organizing for a fight.
They want a straight state ticket , but are
willing to fuse on electors. IJut Incase
tlio democrats fall to deliver the goods , as
agreed on the state ticket , they will fight
In the populist convention for a straight
Bryan and Watson ticket. Prospects arc
that the middle-of-the-road people will be
In a. small minority , however , The fusion
will bo accomplished.
TIIIUTV MAINE IH2MOGHAT.H IIOI.T.
Oliject to UiidiirKenient of
Ticket STew CJovernoroiiilniileil. .
WATERVILLI3 , Me , . Aug. C.-F , L Frank
of Portland was nominated for governor of
Malno at the state democratic convention
this afternoon.
When a resolution endorsing the Chicago
candidates and platform was presented
William Henry Clifford of Portland objected
in a sensational speech which was greeted
with hisses , Clifford and thirty followers
bolted the convention ,
Denioeriitx Don ! ' Wuiit till * 1'oji ,
KANSAS CITY , Aug. . A special to the
Star from Perry , Okl. , says ; Hov. John Y.
Callahan , the Methodist preacher whom the
populists at Guthrle last night nominated
for congress , to succeed Hon , Dennis Flynn ,
will hardly receive democratic endorsement.
The democrats , it U now stated , will prob
ably nominate a third ticket , und J , W.
Johnson of Oklahoma City , Temple Houston
ot Woodward and Hon. Roy Hoffman of
Guthrlu are receiving favorable mention.
-L.
NOMINATE THOMAS B , REED
Maine Man to Go Back to Congress for a
Tenth Consecutive Term.
SHOWS UP FREE SILVER ABSURDITIES
Vnltoil StntrV Itvenril of Failure to }
IC ' 'i ( InTito MelnlM itt ii 1'iirlly
. l'2 oil When ( lip Hullo Ac-
IMinlUll Tlltll VllltlOlU ,
PORTLAND , Me. , Aug. C. Thomas n.
Heed was today rcnomlnated by acclamation
for congress by the republican contention
of the First district. It IB the tenth suc
cessive term for which Mr. Reed has been
nominated. After the nomination Mr. Reed
was escorted to the platform amid loud
checilng. lie seemed to bo considerably ;
affected by the ovation. Mr. Reed thanked
the convention for the unanimous nomi
nation , saying that by so doing ho had been
relieved of the duty ot attending to his dis
trict and given the opportunity ot paying :
attention to the wickedness of the rest ot
the world. Continuing , Mr. Reed said ;
Wo , In Maine , have got to make up our-
minds on the great IHHUO of this cam
paign , and a gieat deal depends on what
wo do In September. When we sec two.
men standing on a corner and both men
seem tu bo somewhat uneasy and uimulo
to fully comprehend what they are talking ;
ubout , you may rest assured that they
arc talking about tlio cuncncy. 1 shall
not attempt to fully explain the currency
question to you , but 1 shall say something
We often hear that silver wns demone
tized In 1S7JI stealthily and by thu Inllueneo
ot foreign embassies. As a mutter of fact ,
the congressional recoid of that date had
19C columns of speeches on the sliver iiues-
tlon , and the foielgn embassies had noth
ing 10 do with It. No fraud or wlcUcdncsa
was practiced In 1S73.
NOT BIMETALLISM.
The only question Is what monetary sys
tem Is thG best ? You hear a great deal
about bimetallism. The platform ot the
Chicago convention wati not a blinctnlllst
platform and don't let them try to make ,
you believe that bimetallism Is what they ;
are after. What Is the object of bimetal
lism ? The object of It Is to glvo to the
curiency greater stability by spreading It
over moro surface. A very common Illus
tration ot It Is this ; "It you hnvo a luke
anywhere and It Is subject to all the pe
culiar incidents of the region In which It
is , this rainfall may lift It , that drouth
may lower It. Now. If you want a per
fectly stable surface you have got to got
It by some appliance outsldo of the hike.
Suppose you ran Join It to another lake in
a different climate , which Is differently af
footed. 1C you Join them perfectly to
gether then there will ho the same level
In both lakes and the disturbances In ono
lake will lo counterbalanced by the dis
turbances In tlio other lake , and the ten
dency will be to have a steadier level.
Thut will all bo perfectly true , provided
your two lakes do balance and you get a
more , stable current.
Now there Is some reason and sense lit
the Idea that the whole world , If they toole
gold and silver at a proper ratio , could
preserve n greater level of prices , a Ilrmer
and moro stable level of prices. This no >
slnglo country could do. But If one of the
lakes was very violent In Its fluctuations , I
think the judgment of common experience
would be to leave It out , or If that hike
wns not big enough to have a proper ef
fect. In short , under some circumstances
the two lakes might be worse than a.
Singh' ono might bo. However , that Is a ,
question of legitimate discussion. Hut In
this case. It Is not proposed to have two
lakes. It Is proposed to say that wo hnvo
two lakes and shift from the one Wo have
to the ono wo have not. ( Applause. ) Let
us wo If the history of this country shows
us anything upon the subject of real bi
metallism and that is the kind wo must
have , because , as I said to you already , 1C
this is a disease at all , It Is a world dis
ease , and has got to have a world remedy.
Nothing else will attend to it. ( Applause. )
HAVE FAILED BEFORE.
Why , wo hud some experience In this
country ; but men's memories are short.
In 1782 our early fathers determined to
mntry the two metals together. What la
the. llrst thing they did ? It was to ascer
tain tlio market value of the two mctnla
an they stood side by side then , and they
thought that they were IT to 1 , not 1G to 1 ,
but 15 to 1. What was the effect ? It wa
an overvaluation of silver. Yes , the gold
In a gold dollar was worth moro than the
silver In a silver dollar. What was the
result ? Why , If a man had two dollars ,
ono ot which was worth 100 cents and the
other was worth 102 cents , ho kept the
102-cent dollar longer and passed oft tha
other ono quicker , ( Applause. ) I don't
mean that the nveiagc man did that. Two
cents on a dollar oven In those days was
not worth making much fuua about , but
the money changers were on the alert , and
whenever a silver dollar cuinn into the
bank or reached the money changer ho
put It out of circulation ,
I have miSHtnted. I should have said that
gold was more valuable , so that wo had
Mlver alone during that period. The gold
being moro valuable , lied away. Well now.
the gold disappearing , our fathers In Ib31
thought they had bolter make a chungo
and sec If they could not keep gold and
silver together. So they changed the ratio
from I ! > to 1 to 1C to 1 , or. to be exact , to
Ifi.SS to 1. That turned out to b an over
valuation the other way. and what was the
result ? The result was that gold reigned
supreme. Then In 1SC1 wo had a war and
wo Issued greenbacks , and greenbacks , beIng -
Ing cheaper for seventeen years , drove out
both gold and silver. But in 1879 wo ro-
Hiimcrt specie payment and the result wna
that wo resumed them , us wo agreed to do
In 1873 , upon a gold basis. And that hait
been the , case over since ,
This , then , is the experience ) of the United
States encountering single handed the ques
tion of currency. Wo never were able , when
there wns a difference ot 2 or 3 per cent ,
to keep the ono metal alongside tha other.
It was alwavs cither fold or silver , novcn
both. Now If the United States then could
not lift a silver dollar that was worth only
2 cents less than the gold dollar , can wo
new lift a EO-ocnt dollar to the height oC
100 cents ? ( Applause )
WHY SHOULD \VI37
And If we can , why should wo want to do
It ? Suppose you have a house. Is It worth ,
any more. Is It any different house , whether
It is worth 2000 silver Imir.dollars or 1,000
gold whole dollars ? ( Apolau.io. ) If you
want to count your house at more dollara
why not out the gold dollar In two and
measure it by gold ? Aio theio any mora
potatoes In 4,000 pecks than them are In
1.000 bushels ? If I remember my arithmetic
right , and perhaps I don't , your house la
the same , your farm Is the same , It pro
duces the same result.
Oh , but you say , our prlc n have gone
down , and they have gone down on ac
count of tlio appreciation of ( old and there ,
fora wo want to change It Into silver so
that It will go up again. Whether gold him
appreciated or not , I do not suppose Unit
any man knows ; hut whatever this appro-
elation has been It tins been a long tlina
doing It and Its effect upon prices , In my ;
judgment , hns been nothing. The demo
crats talk about the fall In the prices oC
cotton and wheat bccuiiHo gold has appre
ciated In value. My friends all men In
this country , oven tlio farmers , are llublo
to meet with some ttoublo In their busl-
More people go Into thu | MISIIOHH | and
the profits of the buslm-ssi decrease beeauso
there are so many to divide them , Why
has wheat gene down ? Not because sliver
wns demonetized , hut hccaiifo rumsla and
Argentina Hepuhllc are raising millions ot
l.tisheU of wheat and they ran sell It and
are as cheap as our farmcrx can. Now wo
will always hnvo money , even If we de-
monctlzo every dollar of gold and silver In
the world. And wo may have silver money ,
perhaps ; but are you any better off If you
have your property reckoned In half dollars ,
as It will bo on a silver hauls , rather than
In dollars , aa It IB at present ? No , we don't
want silver , becausethn road IH a tliomv
cno to travel and after you travel It It will
bo still moro thorny und rougher ,
Following Mr. Reed's speech the commit
tee on resolutions reported , and the con
vention adopted a strong endorsement oC
the action of the St. Louis convention ,
pledged support to McKlnley and Hobart
and to the candidate for governor , Llewellyn
I'owers , nud closed by pledslng the First
district to make Mr , Itecd'u election *
nearly unanimous an possible.
LooliN II ! ( ! Fllhlllll lit C'l'CHtllll.
CRI2STON , la , , Aug. C. ( Special. ) At *
conference held In this city last evening
between the populists and democrats , It
was decided to hold both thu democratic and
populist conventions In Creston , August 27.
Tlietu was nothing done itgardlng county
tickets. It was thought beat to leave tha. *
matter to the different couutita. .