THE OMAITA PATLY Uyi ? ; TIIITKSDAY , AITGITST 13 , 1890.
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RKOltnU II. TXHl'HHCIC.
Hwoin to befiiro me and Buljserllicd In my
prewneo this 1st U.iy or August , isnn.
( Senl. ) N. V. KRK * .
Notary Public.
Partius solus out of tlio city for tlio
Binninor may linvo Tlie HOP sent to tliolr
nthlrcss l y lonring : in onlor at tlic bns-
inosa olllco of The Hoc. Tcli'plionu 2I5S.
Jlcn who rend liitolltKi'iitly may bu
relied ( in to vote
wlioultl liuvu siajvil nt. lionu1
for his iiotllU'ation ir he wuuti'il to Icoei. )
cool inul coinl'ortablu.
I'm not fioi'iff ' to say : i word until
nflor I liavo hcon olllelnlly notillL'tl of
my noinlniittnn William .1. Brynn.
Its renlly too bail , that New York anil
Its surroundings wore not organized Into
Greater Now York before the boy orator
got there.
The National Detail Butchers' asso
ciation Is hi session at Denver , but up
to the hour of nohitf to press the price
oC sausage had not been visibly af
fected.
Remarkable , Is It not , how'much more
ardent lu their advocacy of the free
silver delusion the new-made converts
are than the old-time silver and green
back war horses who have been bred for
years on cheap money nourishment
Omaha entertains another national
convention next week In the Young Veo-
plo's union .of the United Presbyterian
church. Handsome treatment of Ihi1
visitors will mean a handsome advertise
ment when they scatter to their homes.
If really so anxious to reach the heart
of the enemy's country , Candidate
Bryan ought not to stop Ills eastern
tour at New York , but press on across
the Atlantic and beard the terrible
Rothschilds In their. Lombard street den.
Bryan coddled by Tammany and
other similar reform organizations - ;
New York must be a. soothing spec
tacle to members of that great reform
party , the populists , who have nomi
nated Bryan as the embodiment of re
form.
The colored free silver man IH a rarity
In these parts. The colored man Is for
the most part a laborer who lives from
the wages of his toil , and he wants the
dollar he earns to buy as much as any
other dollar that the government has
Issued.
Out west Sir. Bryan Insisted on ac
commodating himself to a berth In an
ordinary sleeping car. Down east lie
Indulges himself In traveling in a spe
cial private eoaeh. This Is a new ap
plication of the old rule of foraging on
the enemy.
The people are eager for In format ion
and Instruction on the political Issues
of the day. That is proved' over and
over every time people are turned awa.v
from a public meeting at which ad
dresses have been promised from promi
nent speak'ers.
That union depot matter must not bu
permitted to drop out of sight. Omaha
must liavo the depot by the time the
Transmlsslsslppl Kxpo.sition opens In
1SU3 and the sooner the railroads accept
this as a basis of negotiations the better
for all concerned.
The reappearance of the lightning rod
shark Is chronicled from several Ne
braska towns. The Impression was
gaining ground of recent years that the
lightning rod man was fast becoming a
relic of bygone days. Apparently It Is
the agitation for the restoration of con
ditions Unit existed before IST.'t that is
bringing along with it a resuscitation
of the lightning rod man and his old
tricks.
. The exposition company will ask
of the legislatures of this and western
states appropriations to cover the cost
of exhibits by those states. In order to
Insure liberal responses the people of
lUose states should be informed of the
enterprise In detail , so they can Intel
ligently tell their representatives In the
legislature what to do. Up to this
date tue people of the west have only
a general Idea of the exposition.
Prospective vMtoi's to the fair and
festival are given the assurance that
upon application to the Commercial
club and to the Young lien's Christian
association committee they can secure
comfortable and desirable quarters at
reasonable prices during fair week. It
IH anticipated that all hotels will be
full , making It necessary for many to
secure lodgings elsewhere. To meet
ftiich contingency arruugcuicuU have
been uiude.
THE .IP/'M.IA TO CLASS PHKJttntCK.
The chairman of the democratic con-
gnwlonat committee1 , Senator Faulkner ,
said in a recent Interview that IIP was
afraid the campaign would develop Into
a contest , between the masses of the
people and the aggregated wealth of
the country. He remarked that tlio
flnnnehil question "Is ceasing to become
a question between the standards and
gives promise of becoming a ( juestlon
between the masses nml the classes. "
lie deplored this and of course laid
I he responsibility for it upon the ad
vocates of honest , money.
This statement of Senator Faulkner's
was Intended to be misleading , the
truth being that for years the free sll-
verltes have labored Incessantly to cre
ate class , prejudice and to array the
people of the south and west against
the people of the north and onst. Kor
the last four yearn the sectional ami
class Issue has been the one most fa
miliar to those who have engaged In
campaigns where the iiuestlon of free
coinage has ln-en discussed before the
pnople by democrats and populists. No
one has contributed more to the creation
and fostering of class prejudice than
\ \ ' . ,1. P.ryan. lie has persistently de
nounced lhi capitalists of the country ,
the manufacturers and all classes of
moneyed men , asserting that they are
Hie enemies of labor and of the agri
cultural producer and by every plausi
ble and persuasive sophistry seeking
to build ui > clasft prejudly. ' . Hils
speeches In congress teem with
this sort of thing , while h'w '
free silver addresses throughout
the country continually appealed to
class prejudice by contrasting the poor
with the rich , the debtor with the cred
itor. All through his public career the
free silver candidate has bt.Hjn playing
upon this string. It has been his stock
In trade as an orator and has been the
principal means by which lie has at
tracted to himself thi > following he has ,
the largo majority of whom are imbued
with bitter prejudice against men of
means. Kven when taking leave of his
neighbors to go to New York Mr. Bryan
Informed them , by way of explaining
the selection of that city for his formal
notiilcatlon , that he intended to open
his battle in the heart of the enemy's
country , thus implying that eastern
people and eastern interests are hostile
to the people and interests of the west.
Talk with a supporter of the popo-
cratic ticket and he will Inveigh with
vindictive bitterness against capitalists
and bankers , particularly those of the
cast , applying to them the harshest
terms of denunciation. They can llnd
nothing in this class of their fellow
citizens to commend , but everything ti
condemn. The supporters of honest
money , on the other hand , make no
appeal to the prejudice of any class.
They urge that policy which they be
lieve Is best for the Interests and wel
fare of all classes for the debtor and
the creditor , the producer and the la
borer. They contend for that whicli
they believe will best subserve the liv
forests of every section of , the country
recognising the Inter-dependence of all
and the obvious fact that no one portion
of our country can suffer without tin
effect being felt everywhere , nope of
free silver victory is in making tht
contest one of "the masses against tin
classes , " as Senator Faulkner puts It.
Hope of honest money triumph is In
convincing the people that the welfan
of all will be best subserved by main
Xlning a currency equal to the best in
the world.
The republicans of Kansas acted
wisely in renomlnating Governor Mor-
rill. He has made a good chief exeeu <
live and is deservedly popular. Twc
years ago he was elected by a plurality
of over : ! 0K)0 ( ) , his total vote huin ; :
14Si)7. , ( ! ) It Is possible that the repub
lican vote In Kansas this year will not
be so large as It was two years ago , bul
there Is reason to believe that the party
will win there , since there is no seriom
defection in Its ranks and it lias a state
ticket composed of men who will make
an active and aggressive campaign.
The platform adopted Is In full ac
cord with the declarations of the na
tional convention on the currency , pro
tection and reciprocity. The repub
licans of Kansas do not believe that the
United States could safely coin silver
at. 1(5 ( to I and they are for the existing
standard. They believe that the best
Interests of the country would be sub'
srrvod by restoring protection and rec
iprocity and they declare for those
policies. Thus they are In hurmohy
viith the party throughout the country
and should make a winning light. It
is to b presumed that there will bo no
delay In opening the campaign and that
It will he vigorously fought from start
to llnls ! ) , for the leaders undoubtedly
realize the necessity for hard and wteady
lighting.
I'HOMISM ) FOHKHiN CAl'lTA ! , .
The statement of a London paper ,
that In anticipation of the election of
McKlnlcy a numbur of Hngllsh manu
facturers aire projecting branches In
the United States , l.s entirely credible ,
Immediately after the emu-lment of
tlu > tariff law of J8IX ) a very
large amount of foreign capital
ennui to the United States for
Investment In manufacturing enter
prises , this having much to do with the
remarkable industrial prpgre.ss and the
general prospt-iity of that period. There
is every reason to believe that with a
restoration of protection there would
again be a great Inflow of foreign capi
tal , for there would be a Ntronger In
ducement than six years ago , since re
publican success would also carry with
It assurance of the maintenance for
many yours of the existing monetary
standard.
There Is an enormous amount of Idle
capital In Kurope and with protection
and sound money as the llxed policy of
the United Stales there would be
presented here the most Inviting Held
In the world for the Investment of tills
capital. It Is not now being attracted
by speculative ventures In remote parts
of the earth. Its experience In Australia ,
South Africa and some other quarters
has not been such as to encourage
further extensive Investment * In those
It is watting tot tlio oppor-
tunlty to go where there Is stability
and KouudiiM * and this nation of 70-
000XX ( ) of people , with boundless re
sources still to be developed and mag
nificent dinners for both capital and
labor , would offer Just the desired op
portunity If assured the policy neces
sary to development and relieved of the
danger of currency debasement. The
success of the republican party next
November will effect both of these re-
milts. It will npstirc a tariff policy un
der whlclrour Industries can grow and
It will settle the fact that the American
people want their money to continue
equal to the best money of the civlllxed
world. With that accomplished
foreign capital will come here In greater
volume than ever before , to the beneilt
of all Interests and especially the Inter
ests of the producer and laborer. This
added to the hundreds of millions of
home capital Hint would be brought.
Into active use could not fall to bring
on an era of great prosperity for all
classes of our people.
TllK HATH ) . \U'S7'/OX ; /
Mr. Bryan'M former paper has become
hopelessly involved in the contradiction
of Its own assertions as to the probable
effects of It ! to 1 free coinage. In
answer to a very pointed Inquiry , it
says Hint In 1S"5 ; "silver was worth
! ? l.li'J an ounce and the silver dollar
therefore worth 1 ( ) ! cents , because and
only because France at that time had
free and unlimited coinage at ] " > V { > to
1. " It goon on further to explain this
difference of . " cents by asserting that
"the ratio which lixes the highest mar
ket value will prevail not only In that
r-ounlry but will llx values in other
countries as well. Prices seek n
common level. The French ratio
tlxed the price of sliver all
over the world because It placed
the highest valuation upon it and silver
could not bo bought for less than § 1.W :
nu ounce anywhere as long as France
stood ready to accept It at that value
for coinage. "
This Is a line specimen brick of free
silver sophistry. "Whenever one coun
try establishes a ratio , we are told ,
that value will prevail there and every
where throughout the world provided
it tlxes the highest market value. High
est market value of what ? Of silver ,
we suppose , and not of gold. Then how
was it possible for silver ever to have
fallen. At the close of the fifteenth
centnr the market ratio of silver and
gold was 10 to 1 and free coinage prevailed -
vailed in all the principal countries of
Kurope. If Mr. Bryan's former paper
is right , then it could never have fallen
below 10 to 1 so long as any one coun
try stood ready to coin it at that ratio.
But It did fall. It fell from 10 to 1 to
11 to 1 and from 11 to 1 to 32 to 1 and
so on until at the beginning of tills cen
tury It was about 15 % to 1. Yet all ihta
time there was free coinage In various
countries at the highest market value.
But the argument refutes Itself. The
original ratio of the United States was
not 10 to 1 nor 4" > V $ to 1 , but lo.to 1.
The United States ratio , therefore , from
17U ! ) to 183-1 placed the highest valuation
on silver , but did it prevail ? It did
not prevail in France or in any of the
European countries which kept on coin
ing money undisturbed at the lower
ratio of liVXto 1. It did not even pre
vail in the United States , because it
drove the undervalued gold out of the
country and compelled congress to
change the ratio. If the highest mint
ratio always prevails throughout the
world , why didn't the French ratio prevail -
vail up to 1871 ! , when France suspended
unlimited coinage. Was not the French
mint open at the ratio of IHiA to 1 three
years after the United States discon
tinued unlimited coinage at 1 ( > to 1 ? If
the highest mint ratio always prevails
how could the act of 187.'t discontinuing
American 10 to 1 coinage have had any
effect whatever when the higher ratio
of 15'Xt to 1 was being maintained In
France and the Latin union ? If the
highest mint ratio always prevails
throughout the world so long as a
single country stands ready to accept It
at that value for coinage , why does not
the existing Mexican ratio of about 10
to I now prevail ?
If that ratio will prevail throughout
the world that fixes the highest value
upon silver , why not ali o that ratio
which fixes the highest value upon gold ?
If any one nation can bring the market
price of silver up by simply establish
ing a mint ratio and offering to coin all
bullion presented , why can't II bring
the value of gold up by a similar pro
cess ? AIM ! If so , why restore the ratio
of 10 to 1 ? Why not ask for the high
est ratio thnt prevailed In IS" ! ) , the
French ratio of in > to 1 , and restore the
price of silver to $ l.Hi : per ounce In
stead of ? ! . : > ! ) per ounce ? Why not
the ratio of 15 to 1 that was given up
by the United States In isil : ? Why
not the ratio of 10 to 1 that prevailed
generally in UlHi ? Why a ratio at all ?
Why not 1 to 1 ?
The report of the State Banking board
.lust made shows that on the " < ) th day
of Juno there was on deposit In savings
banks In Nebraska .f'-VIOO.'rwri in gen
eral deposits. This sum w.is made up
of small deposits of the wage oarnrr.
sahulcd clerks , women , children , trust
funds of societies and so forth. Ke-
ducing the country to the basis of a HO-
cent dollar would mean cutting In half
the savings of all these puuple. Would
It be an honest dollar that would defraud -
fraud every .savings bank depositor In
the country ?
The railroads of Chicago gave three-
quarters of a million lu cold cash In aid
of the \Yorld's fair. They got It all
back with Interest as a mailer of
course , but the money they put upvas
of Incalculable benefit to Chicago and
to the World's fair. It goes without
saying that the railroads centering here
will he the first to receive benefits from
TransmlsslKslppi Exposition liislne.- .
What will they subscribe In aid of the
enterprise ?
It Is not quite fourteen months since
the shortage In the cty | treasury wan
made public. Of course we crmnot ex
pi-ct the men who are under bond ti
make good this loss to decide what
they Intend to do In KO short a time.
In the Interval the taxpayers are paying
Interest oil the deficit uud the city
authorities , who might be expected to
prosecute nn elty's claim , are , Mlca\v
ber-llko , mill waiting for something to
turn up. , tn"
President panics of the State Board
of Agriculture gives the assurance that
the Male fillr this year will prove to be
: ? 0 per cen Ijger In extent and variety
of exhibitstimn : any former state fair.
All coiidltFpnPi seem to point to this
conclusion Vsatlslled Hint the state
show will excel anything heretofore
done , the jjeoplo will throng the grounds
throughout tlie entire week *
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OI ) | KO Tlmce-Hernlcl.
Possibly Mr. Urynn's caficrncss to begin.
distributing iicstofMcca explains the poi > o-
cratlc platform's hostility to civil service
reform.
Thi "OilloiM ll
Ololio-Oemoernt.
Missouri democrats who care to tic con
sistent liavo n flue opportunity this yenr to
manifest their hostility to national banks
by rofushiK to support the national banker
whom their iwuty lias nominated for gov
ernor.
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TinIltnliif Silver Knko.
Snlnjtllclil | ( Mnss , ) lleptilillean.
Jlr. Dlnlnp Is bulng represented by the
silver men In the west as liavlug favored the
icstornllou of silver when ha was In cou-
Kross. This Is Tar from bchiR tlio fact. Mr.
Hlalne was Impressed with tlio desirability
of remonctlzltiK silver after 1873 , but ho
uniformly opposed action by the United
Stales alone. Ho oven voted against the
Bland-Allison purchase net In 1S7S , and
supported President Hayes * unsuccessful
veto. Ills speech on that occasion Is now
being repilntcd for distribution lu the
west. _ _ _
If KlM'l' SIIVITVlllN. .
St. Pnlil Pioneer Pres * .
Landlord t shall have to raise the rent
from $ lfi to $30 a month.
Tenant Great heavens ! I can't stand such
n raise as that.
Landlord I'm sorry , but these silver dollars
lars you pay. with are worth only halt as
much as the dollars you paid with when
the country was on a gold basis and 1 have
to double the rent to get the same value.
Tenant Hut my salary has not been
doubled and there Is no prospect of such
an Increase.
Landlord That's your affair. Of course ,
I'm sorry , but business Is business.
Ail Mclltorlal Coniinilriiin.
New York Sun.
Is Hon. William J. Dryan , formerly cf
the Omaha World-Herald , now pouring forth
sparks from a flame-tipped pen In the
cdltoral rooms ot our esteemed con
temporary , the Troy Press ? Listen and
perpend :
"Youthful , Inspiring , and magnetic , and
leaping lu one brilliant bound to a nomina
tion for which eminent statesmen have
struggled and plotted In vain during their
rlpeat years of nubile service , Hryan Is
projected before the country with a dramatic
and mutecnvllko'splendor which capllvates
the Biniseanaiid 'evokes the spontaneous ad
miration oj the. populace. The anxiety to
hear this 'modern ' Demosthenes , the Mower
and force 'of whose eloquence riddled all
rivalry , smashed all slates , and captured
the voices and voles of a mighty and
memorable political gathering , would of It
self be sutllelent ! to overflow the largest hall
In America , ami we doubt not the most
expansive enclosure of the metropolis will
be Jammed'to rcpl tlon unless admission be
restricted ilong" . before the hour to begin
speaking. " i
Surely , this Is he , the expansive one for
whom no > enolosure can be expansive
enough , \\3io riddles rivalry and smashes
slates with -flowers. Surely only the young
oralor , Jammudo lo repletion with dramatic
and metcQE-like ( splendor , can have projected
these mighty and memorable words.
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A IH < tniit VliMt of Political DlMcnM-
HloiiH In Lincoln.
Chicago Journal.
There seems to be more politics to the
square Inch In Lincoln , . Neb. , than in any
other town In the country. Joy over the
possession of a Eryan has made a poli
tician of every man , woman and child In
the place. Lawn fetes , church fesllvals and
picnics have lost their charm In the superloi
fascination ot 16 to 1 , and people gathei
upon the streets to discuss that Interestlnp
problem with a. frenzied relish.
These gatherings have finally become sr
great and so numerous as to block the
streets and Impede business. There was
a call for relief , and In response theretc
the council passed a. resolution authorizing
the mayor to co-operato with the chairmen
of the various county central committees
for the purpose of hiring a hall In which
to corral the debaters. When groups begin
to form upon the streets It will be the duty
of the police to descend upon them and
hurry them off to this hall , where they may
Indulge their mania to the utmost amid the
congenial hubbub of clamorous tongues.
The Lincoln plan Is undoubtedly a wise
ono , and It might be adopted here In Chicago
cage with beneficial results. Although our
streets are not blocked by political debaters ,
there Is an occasional member of the craft
who makes a grievous nuisance of himself
upon the street cars. He takes a modest
stranger for his nearest victim , and with
him as an excuse assaults the reluctant
cars of all the passengers. As an oralor
his chief characteristic Is loudness. ' llly
eoncolt beams from his countenance as he
shouts out brash assertions , largely com
pounded of lie and Ignorance , and when the
modest stranger leaves the car half a mile
abort of his destination ho settles back and
glancca about with a challenging look all
radiant with triumph.
For such a one the public hall or pound
Is the only proper place , and the police
patrol wagon could bo put to no better use
than that of carting him thither.
I10\V AVOUI.D IT AVOIlICf
Wlioli-xiili * Scaling- tit DelitM uiiil
AViiK-i' * liy Krvn Silver.
New York Sun.
If we could all repudiate half our debts
and If we had no scruple about doing It , how
much caster It would be for all of us to get
rich The ne.cesslty ot paying- what we owe
makes a constant drain on our resources ;
pnd if wo coyd ) cheat our creditors out of
half our debts , would not our bank accounts
grow much faster ?
The trouble" about this plan for accumulating
latingrlfhqsljijjthat If we pay only halt of
what wo o\vo to other people , wo shall get
only half of what Is owing to us. It works
both wsysj yoir see. The man who pays
tin-cent dollars will be obliged to take them
also , If yoiitinako up your mind that Iryan
la the canilMawJ tovoto for. you will liavo de
cided lo tako63rcnls _ _ of wages for 100 cents
of work , Whf ii-you KO to your butcher or your
grocer with your D3-cent dollar he will give
you S3 cents of groceries or meat for It ,
and no more , He Is not .going to sell 100
cents' worth for 63 cents. lie Is not In
huclncss for the purpose of losing money.
Ho IB working Tor profits , as you are.
Hence , you see , that , after all , the Bryan
scheme of repudiation could not help you to
get rich at a. rapid rate , but would make
you poorer. Receiving 53-eent dollars In
w.lges nnd paying nearly double for all you
buy with them Is not profitable ; but that
Is a simply statement ot the Bryan plan
for Increasnig wealth. I > > proceeds on the
assumption ; that thn repudiation of debts
will .be popular because the creditors are
few proportionately to the debtors , and that
the people who "owe mortgages or other
debts will rush to make an opportunity of
paying them off with money reduced In
value about one-half. However that may
work for the creditors , he Bay * , It will be
popular with the borrowers , who are In the
great majority.
Hut that la not true. The creditors are In
the vast majority. If you eel ) your labor
you are a creditor to the amount of the
wages you stipulated for. If the savings
bank and the capitalist are to lose halt the
amount of their mortgages , you will as
aurely lose half the amount of your wages
In the reduction of their purchasing ca
pacity. If twice the price must be pal * for
iho farmer's produce , who 1 > going to pay
It ? It roust bu you , the consumer.
Even If dishonest people want to repudi
ate half thu debts they owe , they are not aa
orerr for thr repudiation of halt thu debts
owing to them.
HllYA.V 0TIIH STUMP.
Olobo-Democrat ( rep. ) : Bryan's speeches
on his present tour are chiefly remarkable
'or their avoidance of the fact that he has
a populist nomination on his hands.
Chicago Times-Herald ( rep.j "I am not
lIstrlbutlnK postodlces yet , but I hope tobo
: > eforo very Ions , " said Mr , Hryan at Ada ,
O. This Is the tlryan lately compared with
Abraham Lincoln.
Davenport Republican ( rep. ) : Mr. tlryan
Again showed his Insincerity In his Daven-
; > ort speech when ho said : "I understand
this Is a gold town. Hut we will give you
loth gold and silver. " Mr. Hryan very
well knows that the free coinage- which
lie ptoposcs would drive gold entirely out
of circulation and would place the country
on a silver standard.
Louisville Courier-Journal ( dcm. ) ; Dryon ,
In the most puerile set-lea of speeches ever
made by a presidential candidate , Is telling
the people that they must study the ques
tion of the currency , and yet ho Is telling
the workltiRmen-that they must not learn
anything about this question from others.
They certainly are not learning anything
about It from Hryan.
Chicago Inter Ocean ( rep. ) : None of the
numerous presidential stumping tours In
this country during the past has shown a
series of as weak and Imbecile speeches ns
those which Candidate Urynn has delivered
EI > far on his trips since his nomination.
Not one of his speeches has had cloiuicucu
or dignity. A few ore barely commonplace.
The most are puerllo.
Uiooklyn Kagle ( dem. ) : There Is nothing
like being a man of the people. When
Hryan left Lincoln for New York n neigh
bor reached throw-li the crowd to shake his
hand , remarking that he had already shaken
It once that day. The candidate replied
that ho hoped that the man would not shako
him In November. Wo are going to have
more , of this sort of talk before election.
Now York Sun ( dem. ) : In his speech at
Stuart , In. , Mr. William J. Urynn deliv
ered himself of what might seem to be a
commonplace under ordinary circumstances ,
but which has a direct application to the
political campaign. "In the American
people , " said Mr. Hryan , "regardless of
party , there Is a patriotism which Is never
appealed to lu vain. " Tlie appeal to patriot ,
ism will be fatal to- the gentlemen , who ,
llko Mr. Hryon , think there are votes In
bamboozling ignorance and Inflaming greed ,
in stirring up sectional Jealousies and hos
tilities and In representing that In this
country ot equal laws , equal rights , and
equal opportunities there Is a war of
"classes. "
rOl.lTICAIi SNAP SHOTS.
Chicago Tribune : It is true that people
In enormous numbers gather to see Mr.
Hryan. Uut it Is also true that larger
numbers assemble nt the entrances to the
circus tout.
Olobc-Ucmocrat : Bryan asserts that he has
not promised and will not promise an olllce ol
r.ny Iclml to any person , mid yet he mlshl
amuse himself by making any number ol
such promises without any danger of ever
being called upon to fulfill them ,
Chicago Record : It Is planned to have
all the candidates meet In a Kansas town
= omo weeks hence , and thcro Is hardly ; i
man in the country who would not give ui
$ T to bo present at the auspicious momcnl
when Mr. Sewall and Mr. Watson meet h ;
the crowd.
Indianapolis Journal : That was rather f
neat word coinage of Secretary ot Agricul
ture Morton's when he spoke of the "de
fcrrylzlng" of llatboats In favor of steam
boats and of the latter In favor of stee
bridges and railroad trains. The "de
monetizing" of a fluctuating and obsolcU
standard of value was not more a necessitj
ot progress than the "dcferrylzlng" ot th <
early methods of crossing streams.
Memphis Sunday Herald : Tom Watson
in opening his campaign , said to 3,000 ad
miring Georgia populists the other day
"Wo will stand by Uryan. He has beei
with us and fought for our policies. " 0
course ho lias , and is doing so at present
The above Is but an acknowledgment of i
well knowntruth.Bryan has never'beei
a democrat , never will be a democrat am
could not be a democrat If he tried.
TUB SIZI2 OP IT.
A Financial Journal < in < hc RontiHi
of Uryiin'H Election.
Baltimore Sun ( ilein. )
In a recent issue of the Financial am
Commercial World there is an intcrestlni
and probable forecast ot the result of tin
election of Sir. Bryan , with a majority o
congress pledged to the free and unllmltei
coinage of silver at 10 to 1.
The outcome ot the election would bi
known In the first week In November , bu
the new president and congress would no
como Into power till March , 1S97. Then
would be an interval of four months ii
which events would develop rapidly. Tin
gold reserve of $100,000,000 would be a
once absorbed , the World thinks , by holder :
of greenbacks and Sherman notes. Mr
Cleveland would be willing to stay a panii
by strengthening the depleted reserve will
a new issue of bonds , but in view of tlu
policy of the new administration to pay interest
torest and principal of bonds in alive :
"coin , " it would be Impossible to get golc
by a new Issue of bonds.
The country's stock of some $500,000,00 ;
of gold held now as a reserve by banks ani
other financial Institutions would be with
drawn from this function and hoarded for i
premium. Over a fourth of our stock ol
money , and the best part of It , would thus
cease to bo available for business. Having
fallen to the silver basis , tlio value of all
our other money would bo contracted tc
nearly one-half. Over $340,000,000 of greenbacks -
backs , $118,000.000 of Sherman notes and
ot "standard" silver dollars ,
? 39S,000,000 ag
gregating $832,685.000 , would losa purchachiK
power and sink to about $440,000,000 of cf-
focttvo money. The contraction of the cur-
rnney dun to the retirement of gold and de
basement of silver and greenbacks would
bo In effect about ? 1,000,000,000. To bedded
\dded Is the contraction in value of national
bonk notes , which would be at par will :
such money as wan to bo had. Deposits In
banks would shrink In like manner and
checks on deposits would have diminished
purchasing power.
"In the face of such results , " says the
World , "maturing loans and mortgages
would bo called In , foreign Investments
would bo thrown on the market , credit would
bo destroyed and business stagnation , panic
and failure would follow. With such a
contraction of currency and credit all merchandise
chandise- . Including wheat and cotton , would
decline to the lowest values over known , "
Should the new congress be summoned In
extra , session It could not meet before March
4 , 1897. A time would elnpso before the
house could pass a free coinage bill. There
would be resistance to It on the part of thu
gold standard members , but wo may con
ceive that the bill would get to the senate
by April 1. In the senate the minority
would tight It obstinately , so that several
months might elapse before the bill would
be ready for the president's signature. Sec
retary Carlisle has estimated the coinage
capacity of our mints at about $10,000,000
yearly. It would take nearly fifteen years
to replace with new Oliver dollars the gold
that had been driven out of use. Silver
men would foresee thia , and their free coinage -
ago act would provide for an Immediate Issue
of silver certificates at the 10 to 1 ratio ( $1
for 53 cents ) , and the whole world would
share In the rush to get certificates before
they fell to the ultimate bullion value of
the sliver In the dollar , The dearth of
money might' make un artificial demand for
a time- for such money , as was to bo hnd ,
but with the Issue of certificates a uuw In
flation would begin.
The United States would receive silver
from all the world so Ions as the silver dollar
lar here would exchange for more than the
prlco ot the bullion It contained. The
world's stock of silver Is over $1,00,000,000 ,
. great part of which would come to take
the place of gold. Wheat and cotton would
however , continue to sell abroad at gold
prices , while our farmers would pay In
flated silver prices for their supplies. India ,
HUEsIa and Argentina would compete with
us to Increased advantage and farm prices
would be worse than ever. After a few
years of suffering the United States would
tire of the experiment , but would be loaded
down with depreciated sliver ; Us currency
would be In sad disorder. Its credit would
be gone , and there would be a general set
back , which It would take twenty-five years
to recover from. lu view of this denoue
ment the World asks pcrtiueutly , " 1 the
came worth Uiu caudle1
sitivnu ix s.\t.v.\i > ou
ICxi > crl 'iiocn ot nil Imllnim Mnmifneh-
turrr In Sontli Ainrrlt'n.
IMmm Sedgwlck of Rlehmoml , 1ml . as an
object lesson of the operation ot the frco
coins KO of silver , furnishes hU experiences
In the Central American states. Mr. ScdR-
wlck has the anomalous distinction ot milk
ing money out of the free coinage laws In
those slates , of losing money nt present on
his enterprises In this country , nti'l at the
tmmo time bolnif an ardent supiwrtcr of thu
gold standard , lie Is president of a largo
company of coffee exporters In Nicaragua
and at Hlchmond ; ho Is president nt the
Sodgwlck Wlro Fence company. Ilo re
cently returned from NIctiraKtm , where ho
has been most of the time for four years.
"All the countries of South America , "
said Mr. Scdswlck to n correspondent of thu
Chicago Record , "excepting Chill and Salvador
vader , h&vn In operation nt the . present
tlmu the free ind unlimited colnngu of sil
ver , substantially the same ns U proposed In
the fulled Stales. Chill Is now Hotting on
n gold standard , and Salvador , though hav
ing free ccliingo , modifies Its eitcct ( mite
materially by Imposing a high protective
tariff upon the metal to prevent foreign
countries from using It an a dumping
ground. The duty Is at present 03 per cent.
This modification Is really a great way
toward the gold standard , and Salvador Is
In much better condition than are others of
Iho Central American states. I will give
yon an Instance of how the free coinage of
silver works In Nicaragua : similar lu-
Rtonros could bo found lu all the neighborIng -
Ing states with like laws.
"Our company gives employment to be
tween 400 and EDO men. The average wages
received tt > 41 cents a day. When we started
In business , nearly four years ago , wo paid
the same prlro that wo do now. Vow yearn
ago gold wai worth 1C5 In silver ; today It
Is worth 217. The 41 cents that our laborer
received four years ngci w s then worth
27',4 cents In gold. The 41 cents that he
receives today Is worth only 111 cruts. Sil
ver has gone down and wages have gonn
down with It. "
"Have not the necessailes ot life gone
down correspondingly with Bllvcr ? "
'No ; commodities have stayed on a gold
basis. As gold appeared tn go up limy
went up. The truth Is that silver went
down and they , along with gold , remained
at the same price. Take muslin , for In
stance. Four years ago muslin was worth
25 cents a yard In silver ; today It Is worth
35 cents n yard. Labor has not varied n
cent. The laboring man Is not the only
one , either , who has lost. Local professional
men get less fur their services , planters can
buy less with the small profit which they
make and small dealers get less profit. "
"You say that all citizens of the country
lose by free coinage and continual depre
ciation of silver ? Thou who mnkea what
they lose ? "
"Tho wealthy exporters make It There
Is a coffee area In Nicaragua forty miles
square. Four companies , all composed of
foreigners , buy up all the coffee grown in
that territory and ship it away. Most all
of It Is brought to the New York market.
Our company Is one of them. The com
panies stand together , so far as the prlco
offered Is concerned. We gave the planters
for their coffee IS cents In silver four years
ngo and we give them the same now. It
costs us 3 % cents .n pound to have It cleaned
and shipped to New York. The coffee has
actually cost us In gold about 11 cents a
po'-ind. In New York wo sell It at the old
price , 20 cents a pound. We make 9 cents
a pound. Our dividend last year was 35
per cent. "
"Competition doesn't Interfere much with
your business ? "
"No , It doesn't ; It Is this wny : There Is a
steady demand at 20 cents a pound for all
the coffee that can be produced. Under those
circumstances Importers will not sell It for
less. Then , on the plantations there Is no
competition to speak of , for the planters
have their regular buyers and will sell to no
one else. That may seem queer , but It Is
true. The people have thrown away more
than a halt ot their earnings by passing
free coinage laws and failing to adjust
themselves to the new condition.11
"But Americans are sharp and could adJust -
Just their business to cheaper money ? "
"They could" In time , but la"bor would be
slowest to get its proper reward. The
money which tlio laboring men would lose
during years of strife would go Into the
coffers of the capitalists.
"The condition IH much the same In all
the free coinage states , and I will give you
an instance of how men who can afford to
hold gold can make money. Three years
ago and a little over our company owed
a debt of $10,250 , clue and payable In silver.
Wo had the- necessary gold to pay it. At
that time the market price ot gold was 1S5.
The only man around who had the necessary
silver offered us only 165 for our gold , but
he said that if we chose he would lend us
the necessary amount until we could get
our gold exchanged and would charge us
1 per cent a month Interest. Wo clioso to
borrow the silver from him. In three
months we had our gold exchanged and paid
him. The same amount of gold that three
months before would have paid off the debt ,
providing we could have sold It at 185 , paid
It off at this time , then paid the Intcr6st and
left us a profit of ? 250.
"Is there any gold In circulation there ? "
"None whatever ; the people hardly know
what gold Is. I know a fellow who one day
got hold of a $20 gold piece and sold It to
an American for twenty silver dollars. The
cheaper money drives out of circulation the
dearer money. "
"You say the 65 per cent tariff on silver
In Salvador operates very well ns n neutral
izing force on free coinage evils ? "
"Tolerably well only ; Salvador will have
to give the tariff another lift right away or
she will again become a dumping ground.
Salvador Is In much better shape from the
operation ot that tariff than are Nicaragua ,
Honduras , Columbia and oilier free coinage
countries. The wages In all those countries
are practically the eame and In each case
they are on a sliver basis. In Nicaragua
and the other countries gold is worth 217
today. The tariff Is-so worked that gold Is
worth only 125 lu Salvador. It operates this
way In wages : The 41 cents of the man In
Nicaragua is worth only lit cents , whllo In
Salvador It Is worth 31'4 cents. Wo have
to pay In Salvador for our coffee 20 rents a
pound and ulio ; the tariff on our silver or
Boll our gold for 125. Wo do not make much
on Salvador coffee , We buy and neil It be
cause It has a standard reputation. "
"It seems that 41 cents a day Is pretty
small wages In either gold or silver. "
"It.Is , and It Is duo to the character of
the peoplo. The wages are kept down largely
because of the fact that the people- are non-
migratory , They live llko oysters. They
will never leave tlio immediate locality
where they were born. We have two coffee
hills live miles apart. The people who work
on each of the hills have been born and
raised on that hill. Occasionally we want
men to go from ono hill and work an the
other ; oftentimes they woa't ' go. They don't
want to leave homo that far behind and
they can't be moved by offers of extra
wages. They will go at the regular wage
if they will go at all , When they go they
pack their boxes of clothe-s and equipment
and hurry back In a week or DO. As a re
sult the planter gives them about what he
pleases. But all of them pay about the
samn wages and pay It year after year. "
I'OMTHMI * .VOTI-JS.
It Is generally observed that David Den-
nott HIM Isn't Baying a word ,
( ibiieral Dan Sickles and General Franz
Slgel , two staunch democrats , nru loaders of
thu Union Veterans' I'atilotlc league , a New
York organization pledged to support Mo-
Klnloy and Hobart ,
The Crawford County ( fowa ) Gazette says :
Crawford county , which has heretofore been
democratic , will go ulrong for McKlnlcy ,
This county has a largo German vote , and
thuy do not love McKlnley more but Bryan
less , and anything to beat him ,
The alleged "Crlmo of 1873" was not die
covered by Senator Stewart for several
months after It occurred. In a debate In the
senate on February 20 , 1S7-I , the Nei-adc
senator Haiti : "Gold Is the universal * lorr *
ard ot the world. Everybody knows TCh , | V
Bold dollar lg worth. "
The democratic sound money scntlme
Is notably strong In Al.ilvimn. Tliero we
250 slRiiurs to the rail fcr a mas * mi-flit , . ,
of null-silver democrats , hold In lllrmln ,
ham. last Momlty. Ks-Oovni-nor Thomas
Jones addressed ihn meeting , Sound mom
democratic club * have boon organized
Kufnll.1 , Mobile , Troy and Montgomery , IIT
latter having a membership of 210. f
Senator t'aftory of Louisiana refuges to I
bulldozed Into supporting the Chicago plat tl
form. In a recent address In New Orlcium *
he said : "Xo midden ebullition ot populat
delusion ran swerve me ono loin from tin
convictions ot my whole life. I have no am
bition lo subserve , no purpose to accom
plish , outside of the plain duty thnt lies before -
fore me to keep unsullied and unimpaired
the democratic credentials that I bear. When
sueh a party s elected mo demands my
resignation it will bo Instantly Riven. "
General Horatio C. King , a distinguished ,
New York democrat , sharply rebukes tht
Tammany spoilsmen for endorsing thu Chi-
c.igo ticket. In a letlor to ex-Governor
l-'lowcr , ho says : "I cannot comprehend how
any man who lovea his country can hesllato.
lu this emerRi'iicy or wait for a convention
to enable him to make up his mind. These
are troublous times , and recall the day' ' : ?
of 1SCO and 'fll , when Tammany was on llio
side of disunion and Kernando Wood
threatened opposition to the troops which ,
should attempt to pass through Now York
on the sacral mission of saving the union. ! i
I' ortunntrly , It recovered Its reason , ind mayi [
we not hops that on sober second llmught thoj )
rank nml Ille. at least , wiTl discover that ltj !
Is not lu sympathy with the anti-democratic ,
popullstlc sentiments enunciated by tho\
hybrid convention at Chicago ? " I
IJr. liobrrt Nourso of Kails Church , Va.,1
a village Just outside Iho clly of Wiishlnn-j
ton , recently attended a Dryan ratification ?
mcetltiK In lhat Ideality at which Senator }
Stewart was the principal speaker. "I her > r-
the senator deliver a speech nn hour aUif
twenty minutes long lu behalf ot sllvcr.'l
says Dr. Noursc. "He said n republican lr >
lhat locality would bo a curiosity to htm/
and that gold men were scarce , I told him
I was a iuld man. 1 told him I had Mic-
courage of my convictions. Ho said I had
no convictions. I then rctorled and told him !
he certainly had none , nud at onca charged ,
htm with talking free sliver and ot making )
his mortgages payable In gold , He wns ;
much taken back , and snld thnt bo had ,
mortgages in California ; that the lawyen
who arranged the mortgages had used n ,
blank of his own , nml th.it payments ! , o.
both principal and Interest were paid In ,
gold. lie- said he had nothing to do with )
It whatever ; It wns all left to his nttornoy.i
I learned Hint the silver forces of thu wholoj
1'aelllc coast , the part of the country most
vociferous for silver , demanded all pay-J ,
meats made to them should be In gold , and
Is till further amounted to this ; Thev liiv i
slstcd thnt nil the money that they cnretj
to receive should be gold nnd all the mono ; ' J
they wanted to pay out should bo dunro
elated silver. "
ma A LASTI.M ;
lli-nth nf tinMnil AVlio llullt ill' '
l > niu < > of tlio Xadonul Cniiltnl.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 12. The builder c
the capllol dome Is dead. He has Ictl bell 111
one of the/ most conspicuous monuments t
this continent , and an example of archl.
tectural skill famous the world over. Till'
mnn , notwithstanding his achievement , wn ,
little known. His name was George 11.
Miller. Ho entered the ofllco ot the archlj
tect of the capltol In 1S52 and contluiTca
there until his death yesterday. lie was ij
native of Haltltnorc. As first assistant ti ;
the architect ot the capltol , Mr. Miller bar ,
charge of much Important and respouslbl
work. He built the great white dome tha
surmounts and completes the vast bulk'
Ing , and In doing so took a deep pcrsoiu
Interest uud continuous risk lu tbo worl
Ite superintended placing the collossi
bronze figure of Liberty on the dome , an' '
was the last man down , retreating step b
step as ear rl board ot thu scaffolding wr
removed. '
Another work which ho performed ot dli'
tiuct. Importance , architecturally , to , trtj
capltol' , was the construction of thebeaut ,
fill marble terrace on the north , west , an
south fronts , an undertaking which pract'
cally reversed the frontage of the great builc
Ing and dovetailed Into practical conncctto
with the city of Washington , which ha
grown up to the west rather than the ens
ot the building , as Its original dcslgne
expected would be the case. Mr. Mlllci
was an expert In all lines ot archltectura
engineering. At the time of his death hi
was 72 years of age. His death Is undoubt
edly due to the excessive torrldity of th '
last few days. _ _
OF KiX. ;
Texas Sifter : A boff may bo n squealo'
but ho never Rives anything away. i
Chicago Record : "I'eople seem to nny.V' '
great deal of atlenlloii to 1'llker's opinion
on polities. "
"Yes , hu has such a deep , base voice. "
Cleveland Leader : Osgood I guess Ma
Ihnws Intends to run for oHIcu this year ;
Wawnvin What makes you think so ?
Osffood lie's removed tlio Icnco froi
around his boautlful lawn.
Washington Star : "I don't see why yo
asked Mr. Iohr to Blntr , " snld the popula.
girl's sister. . . _ 1
" " tlio reply. "Bu'
"I hated lo do It. wan
It won thu only way to niako him atol
lalldng. " |
Indlannpolls Journal : "It Is hot. sal
and no mistake , " Bald the colonel "but I
' 50 or thereabouts 1 remember , Bab , tlui |
It was no hot , anh , that I went without .1
drink for two whole days rather limn walk
it mailer of live miles or BO lo the still-
house. Hah. "
Harper's Ilarar : Miss Chllledame Don'l
you know that nature rebels against lazl-i
ness ? A man can got iiolhliig In this worldi
without labor.
Wresllnj ? Offen Humph I Can't he ? Ho
can get hungry , I Btiess ,
Truth : "Why do you laugh nt his tale
°
"ltl did not laugh he would think I did
nol understand Iho Jokes , and would try to
explain them. "
New York Kceorder : Clerk -Mmo. Bel-
leauto wlHbes to emlorso our pianos
Piano .Man Hut shp bus endnrned the.m.i |
and who bus endorsed all the luadliiK pianos.-
Clerk Hut she is wllllnc toHtato lhat oursi
Is the best piano Hbo him uver endorsed. tf
nuffalo Courier : " \Vnll , old man , I've !
Hpout uvery eoiit of money I liavu In the ]
world on my doctor. " I
"Does hi- know It ? "
" 1 guess ln > does. Ho has pronounced rn )
a well man ? '
NOTR 1JY THIS WAYSIDB. {
Atlnnlu CcjnHtltutlon.
The sweetest peach
The highest srows ;
The sharpest thorn
Lurks near the roan.
Hut nu man any
Pli'iisim-s reaches ,
AVho whims the ro.so I
Or scor/ia Die pi-aches. f
Di-trolt Tribune.
Trilby find the. X rayu now
Kntlrii with the bloomer , t
And leavn Hi lo 1 to bo |
Thu punchliiK bag for humor.
OUTDOOM.S IN 'I' COUJVTHY.
JitrneaVliltnomli Itlley.
I really don't 'xactly undcrHtan1
Whern th < > comforl Is fer any man
In walkln * hoi brli-ks an' usln' a fan
An' enjoyln' himself , as bo says lie can ,
Up tlmr In Ihu city.
It's kinder lonesome , maybe you'll nay ,
A-llvIn' out here day after day
In this kinder easy , careless way ,
llul an hour out hern Is butler'n a day
Up lliur lu Urn city.
As fcr that , Jus' look at thu flowers aroun" j
A-pet-pIn' their heads up all over the
An'Btrhe"rult a-beiidln' tlio trees way down. 1
Yon don't Hud such Ihlngs as this In town , i
Or ruihcr In the city.
Highest oi'all m Leave-mug Power. j te. * u.b.Oov't itcport
O