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12 THIS OMAHA DATLYMiEE ; .STXPAY , AUCUTST 10 , 1800. Tim OMAIU SUNIUY ix Kvnnv TKllSH Or SUWCllirTION' . Hra ( Without Sun.lnj . ) One Yenr . t 1 M Pullr lli > * n < l SuniUj. Onn Ve r . . . 10 0 HI * Months . 0 00 Thrrr Month * . . . S ? fiundfl ) Itff. One \Mf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 W flatunlny llws One lenr . . . . . . . . . . 1 W \Srrldy Dec , One Ytnr . Orrti'i:1 : ? ! Omaha TTic J w ItittlJIni ; . Boutli Oinalm Mtigcr Illk . Car. N nml Ilth Bin. Council llliiiTB 1C Norlli Miiln Strr-cL Chicago Office , 317 fhamlxr of Cnmtmrc * . Nfw York. IloAtnii l It mnt IS , Tribune MM * . \Vanlilnston , 1W7 r * tr t , N W. COUfinSI'ONDK.NCH : All rommtinlcntlnni rclnllng to ncwH find pdl- tnrlal mnltir nlicviM l ( .ddir * * d : To lh jMlltr All liurint * * letters nml remllUnrcs nhnultt lj 0 < lrpK c < l to The Ilco IMihll-lilnc t'ompnny , Otnnlia. Drafts , check * mid rxnloillct orders to be tnailc , pnfllil to thf onlfr of the rnmpnny. Tin : itnn I'uni.isn o COMPANY. BT\TiMKNT OI' CHICCLATION. Btnle nt Nrlnnnkn. , ! DouRlju County | Cleorjre It TrMhuck. urerMno of The ticc 1'ufo. compan > , to-lit ) ; iluly m\orn , m > ' that th nctunl number nf full nnil cotni'lH1 envies of tlie Dallr. Moniln t. i\rnltiK : nlnl fiun.lay 1If < - iirlnteil ( he month ef Jill ) , lf < \ , wn an follow * : ilciliietlmiH for un o1 ! anil returned 12.521 Net tntnl s lei G2.27Q Net il ll > BMI-IH ; , . 20.170 emotion ti TV.-ciinc'K Rnnrn to bcfoie mo nnil FUlncrllwd In my prpxcnco IhlB l t Jay of Aiwuit l > .li ( SCUD N i- run , . Notury IMIillc out of tliu c-Iiy for the minmicr irtny linvi ! Tlic Hoc sent to tliolr mlilici * by Jonvin : in onlor : it tlic bus iness olllro of The Hoc. Tolc'iilionc 2.S. ! "Whnt to do' ' "Hi'ld li.v the Kni'iny" \\I11 111' tlio nit piny put on tinbunds i > y tlio Ilryim tlii'.itrlc.il man 3Ir. IJnnn will tiiKi > si ii'M for a fovv weeks , fiimd Men. Tint II.IMIH that lie will iilso Iu ihe inibllc n lot for a few vuM-ks. An honest lunl > er wants to pay dupusllois In money of uiiual iiu Inj ; power with that which was oih- Inally Klvvn into hi * ? custody. Tin' Rcltlor who AMIS fil liti'iiiMl away from Nt'lir.isKa ly u'lioils * of iliotitli oiiRht to no llnoii li Hie sljito now nnd J"uiiht his e'.ves on Its hDiiiitlfiil cioiis. "No ] ) iM > ] iIe pxcc'jit tlie jrieetly OVVIICIN of sllvor mine's : in\Ious to iunki > ; inonlliintc jirofit aio Intcicstod In coin- . HB at thu latlo of 1 to 10.Vothl - IIetaid. Nebraska , mav not be 1he population' ' center of the United States , but it is the geographical center of the United States , and It will MKHI be , if it Is not nhcndy , the cjiuiialgn center oC the United States. ' Thecountiles tlint hathe highest per capita ehciilation nre the gold Standnid lountiics. The count tics that have- tin own their mlntR open to un limited silver coinage have the .smallest per capita cuiiency chdilation. 1C AmeiU-a can coim-it Oeunany fiom a i. > e-biead-eatlng country to a % vhiat-Iiead ; ) eating t-ountiy the achieve ment will deserve to tank with that of Germany in converting Fiance fiom a wiiio-dilnUIng conntiy to a beer-dilnk- Ing conntiy. Thu campaign of education should begin with ( hsb principles In monetary Hcience. X clear insight Into the origin of money and the way it supplants barter will illuminate and nniavel the most complicated pi obtains of the mod em cinieney imestlon. Dr. Nansen did not , after all , bilng a piece of the noitli pole home w'th him. It lemnlns still for some intrepid Amoilcan e\ploier to push his wa > thiougli the fio/en sea and aehle\e the distinction of leaching the point that K ! 0 degrees no , th latltu le. Nobody Is warranted In holleilng bo- foie he Is Imit. Canada might wait until theio Is linmlm-nt danger of the United Slates passing to a silver .stand- anl bisls before refusing to accept Ameilean nllver coin and sll\er cei- tlliwites e\-cet ] ) at a discount. Tin ) fact that the ftee Bilver lepudla- tlon frenxy has wel/ed UJMMI an many If not mine native bom voten than foreign born naturalised voteis. goes to show that the accident of bbth Is not all-powerful In determining the title uppioelatlon of citizenship. Senator Kaulknor of West Virginia says the New Yoik IJijau notincatlon fandango was the most lemaikablo out pouring he had ever seen. Very HKely. Jt was a roinail.able oiiip6uiing of In- Uiilfiltlve curlosltj seekeis , of peispiia- tlon and of uiKonvlncIng oiatoiy. It Is foitunate Candidate Ilijan K-C- ognU.es the fact that cuiiosity Is thu chief motive that ban hi ought out people - plo to see and listen to him. Other- wh.ii lie might be moio sadly dNap- I > olnted when ! IK ! air castles aio de molished by the \otescast for McKinlo ) next November. In one of hl recent speeches Hryan admitted thu Immutability of the law- of gunItatlon. lie would not think of asKIng congioss to command that iticlcs thrown Into the air shall lemnln Hiispemled twl.\t heaven and eat 111 , lint ho Is demanding that congros-s attempt to nullify , by its Hat the law of value. If , according to \Voild-IIerald , free and unlimited coinage atT > to 1 would have been leasoimblo and fair in 1SVJ ! when silver sold on the maiket at that value , how can free nnd unlimited coin age at 10 to 1 bu reasonable and fair now when the mailcet ratio I * down to C2 to 1 ? I'cihnps thu World-Herald can explain. K rorno .V One of the con tttntlonnl nnicadinonta Hiibtnllted by the ln t Icplslntnro for the ititlllctitlon of the \oloM of Nobraxkn at the election next Xoxcmber li In tended to open the way to the Introduc tion Into this state of the voting ma chine. Section ( > of art It It * > ll. of the tntp constitution now reads : "All votes shall be by ballot. " It Is pioposcd to amend this section by making It rend : "Allotes shall be by ballot or such other method as may bo pioscilbed by law. provided the .sccucy ofotlng lie pi evened. " Any on.1 who reads calefully the rtl- clo of thu constitution relating to Ihe suffiagoand who consider * the reiiulie- * ment of n ballot for voting In connec tion with the other related ptoUslons will see at once that the aim of our con stitution makeis vas to Itismo to every one entitled to the suffiage a chaucu to xoto his honest convictions and to have his \oto counted. The ballot was pre set I bed not to pic\cnt the use of moio effective methods of icioidlng the elec tor's choice , but to pioxont the use of methods which dostio > oil the free e\ei- cKo of the electoi's choice The won ! ballot It sell Is deiived fiom the Kicucli and means In Its oilglu the little balls by whlth soeiototes woie taken In Trance and onlv secondailly the printed tickets which aie used for the same pin- pose in this countiy. Tlioic is cci- talnly room for plausible aigiiment that CA 'M under the constitution as it now stands the legislature might piovtde for the use of an altogether different Kind of a billet fioni that at picsent em ployed. Nebiaska has always been In the van in the moMMiu'iit for ballot reform. As soon as the advantages of the Australian ballot system o\er the old Individual ballot Mjstoiii weie di'iiioiistiated , an Austiallan ballot law was enacted by the leglslatino of this state. When the Impiovemenl whkh the new system In ought to the lognlar elections was notid and Its use b < > gan to bo extended also to pihr.aiy elections , NebiasUa piomptl.v made its Au liallan ballot law applicable to pi unary elections. So it ought to bo with the step to the u e of mechanicil devices for reglsteilng the olt etor's vote The voting machine is no longer an e\peiiment. It has been In sueei'ssiul opoialion In Ohio and Now YoiK ai'il other stnto < When New Yoik revised its state constitution two jears ago one of the innovations was a clause i'ltthoiixlng the useol the \otlng ma chine , and it Is only a quest Ion ol time when all the constitutions which ob stiuct the intioduction of new electoral methods will be so amended as to be in line with the most modern and ap- pioved thought. Without going Into a detailed descrip tion of any of the mechanical vote registering devices , it Is sulllcient to say here that thch advantages aie itndis pnted. Hi icily enumeiated , these advan tages aie : Fhst , on thu score of econ omy , they ate much less expensive than thu present voting sjstem. Second , they give absolute ashuiame of si'ctecy of voting. Thiul. they pi event fiaud in the count , rointh , they tell the result Immediately on thu close ot the polls and do away witli the dclajs of the count. While the \otlng iniulilne may not jet be pel feet , it alieady closely ap- pioAlmates peifection and luiiiiu-itioii- ably constitutes a long advance on the paper ballot. No piogiessive state can all'oid to keep in Its fundamental law eny constitutional prov Ision that might obstiuct the intioduction of the voting machine. ' The Ameiluin peojile nave an Intelest in all that Is taking plate politically among om noithoin nelghbois. Ilonee the movement that has icccntly stalled in Canada liming In view the complete sepaiatlon of the counti.v fiom England merits attention , even though it his as > ! < attained veiy small piopoitions. A tew months ago a small icpuhllcan gioup was lot mod at Toronto whiili Issued n m.inilesto stiongly anil- iippoilallstlc in tone. It was widely published and wh'le ' generally dK.ip- pioved ot by the pioss. Is said to IIIIAO met with a gieat deal of pilvate ap- pioval. Aicoidlng to late advices the stiength of the movi'inent Is moiv developed among tiie Piench ol Queb v tlian tlie l ngllsh-spoaklng people of Ontailo , though it Is stated that among the hitter the idea of independence is gaining giound steadily , always except ing the title lnintci.s anil that class -\vho piobably would lonounco foiover any piivilego at the demand ot Iio.peilallsm. It is undoubtedly tine that the senti ment for Indcnondcnto 1ms been souio- what encouraged by the lesidt of the last general election. TJie success of the llbcial [ tatty demonstrated that nut all of the Canadian people aru lirevoeably tonindltcd to the contiol of the con- seivatlvo paity , which Is of coiiise tln > English jmity. livery lulliieneo of Iinpot lallsm that could hp In ought to bear In that campaign was uszd and it was usul iindiv chcumslances which seemed to promise success. If there was over a time In the recent hlstoiy of Die Dominion when thu conservative party ought to have won that time WM at the last gcueial election. All the condi tions , witli the possible CM option of the Manitoba school Issue , seemed to favor It. The mitlsh bociotat.v for the colon'es ' was bidding for colonial supjwnt by pioposlng a policy that would bind the whole Imperial stiucture Into a closer coiiMiieicial union The whole povur and Intluenco of the Hrltlsh gov- einmcnt was being hi ought to bear to Indi'co the people of Hut Dominion to adheio moio closely to the Hiltlsh goveminent. All tin- protected Indiu- 11 It's and rallioad luteicsts of Canada were appi-alcd to In behalf of thu main tenance of thu existing conditions. Yet the liberal paity won jind Its victory wan hlgnlllcant of the fact that there Is a majoilty of the people of Canada who am not absolutely controlled fiom Ixniduli. Hut notwithstanding all this , It would bu a mistake to ( .oncludo that Canadian Independencu la a matter of the near futuie. There ate still poweitul Inilu- uuct 3 there which uru opuodod to thu Idea of wparatlng from the mother country , both from political and patri otic reasons. A giont many Cana dians understand that separation fiom I'nglnnd might be followed by a move ment for anno\ntlnn to the rnlted Status , for which they are not pie- paied , and others know that the main tenance of an Independent position among the nations of the world would Involve icspoiislbllltles beyond the pics ent ability of the Canadian people. When these and other considerations aio taken Into account. Itlsnotdlllleult to reach the conclusion that the move ment for Canadian Independence , while not necessailly piemnttue. Is not likely to piovo foimldnble 111 the Immediate futuip and that if tlieio are any Americans who count upon It us likely to have omlv icsults In promoting closer political and coinmeiclal relations between the Dominion and the I'nlted States , they aio undoubtedly doomed to disappointment. M'KOVirP/.1H CAM Spectacular campaigning may not be peculiarly Ameilean , but It Is enrilod on In A 11111 lea on a scale nowhere oho appio'iehed. Dining Ihe ptesont pies- Identlal contest spectacular campaign ing pioinlses to outdo all that has been piovioiislv accomplished in that line , oven in Amotlca. No matter how wo may view It , there Is no iUe | tlon that many volois aio as much influenced by Imptesslvo dem- onstiatlons as by ( ouvlnclng aiguiiiei ) ! . * . It was a locognltlon of this fact that piomptcd Hi .van's tin-silt leil pilgi Imago acioss ( lie countiy and his pviotechnie hunichlng upon the Now Yoik public , and it Is the knowledge that the display failed of the desiied effect that has deepened the disappointment of the free silver people over the ll//.le. An other ilsklng of the whole stake upon a. lime-light exhibition of the silver can didate Is therufoio not likely to be icpeated. At the same time wo may expect the months Intel veiling befoie Novem ber to bring foi Hi a contlnii'Mi < louud of lessor stellar attiac- tloii * ' . Cirand rallii" ' , joint d-bite torchlight piocesslons , ] ) olltlcal picnics will follow one another in i ij > ld suc-i slou and repeat. Kiitliuslnsm begets enthusiasm and no one will have auv excuse for- not becoming enthusiastic. I'lesideiitial cani ) > aigns come but oiuo in four ycais. Kveiy one h.is a right to get excited. biniHMAy n.v inn cirni Tlie speech of Senator .Inlin Sh'i'iian. doliveied at Columbus , O. , > Citwd.iy. ought to be caiefully read b > e'ij man who is Inteiested in the cniicniy issue beloic the countiy. It Is an his toileal statement of the whole co > i- ti overs v , piesented so clearly and plainly that no man of oidlnaiy Intel ligoncc can fail to undeir.taiid Jusi whit has taken place in the Dilations bctwtcn gold and silver since the beginning of tliu gov eminent , while anv one who caies to take tlio trouble to \i ily ! th ? statements of the Ohio statesman will have no dilllcitlty in doing so , lor lie lu- feis to times and dates. Senatoi Shot man Is not an enomv of silver , lie believes in the hugo-t 11. c ol that metal consistent with its main tenance at a paiitv with gold. Hut he is opposed to its fiee and unlimited coinage by the United States nlon because he knows that the icsiilt of that policy would bo to biing this coun try to ( lie single silver stand ml , with all tin evils Incident to Mich a clung'- in our monelaty basis. Mi. Shoiinni points oot that Jeffoison and IHnill- ton. vviio di agiccil upon noiilv , all oilier ( luestlons. agieod as to the ratio upon which gold and silver should IK > coined ami that this ritlo should b > established acioiding to the coniJiier- clal value of the two metals Mr. , K-r- feison dlstinclh stated this puneiplc when he said tint "the propoition bo- tvvcon the -values of gold and , Ilwr Is a inoic.intilo pioblem altog < > thur , ' and fin HUM tint "Justpiluclplos will lead us to disiogaid the legal pionor tlon allog < > thor ; to iiHiuIro Into the maiket price of gold In the neial coun tries with which v\ < > shall pnneipill } be toniiected in commeice and to tal.e an aveiage fiom them" This Is the piinilplo upon whkh the loundoM ot Hie gov eminent pioeiM-ded In establish lug a intio between silver and gold , hut this pilmlplo the piesont advo cates of fiee sllvei would nlteily ! g- mncuid dlscaid. Souatoi Slim man shows bv citing hl.v torlcal facts that the gold standaid was oslalllshed In IS"I. dining the administration ol riusldent .lackson , this having been ileelaieil to be the puipose of Ihe legislation of that yoir , b outsu both met Us had novel eli-cu- latod simultaneously and concutiently In any conntiy. This was the tact more than fclxty yoiis ago ami It has been tlio fact In all subsequent oxpDiIi'iico. The law of 1S1-I , approved by Andrnv .rack-on , piactically denionell-/ed silver and established gold as piacllcally the only coin In ci dilation. As Senator Sherman sa > s , all democrats wcio then "gold bugs. " A stiIking tact in Sena toi Slieiman's speech , which we undertake - take to siiy no one will venture to dis pute. Is thu statement that Iho sena tors and lepri'sontatlves of thu silver states In. Ih7j ; "weiu uigent and honest In sa > Ing that gold was the be t and only standard ofalue. . " That was ihe poiltlon of Senators .tones and Stew art of Nevada and theie was no In fluential volco In the slher piodnclng states at that tlmu opposed to tlio gold standaid policy. One of the most 1111- comptomlslng advocates of that policy at Unit tlmi ) wa.s Senator Jones of Nevada. What Senator Shennan says in le- gard to tlio effect of the free coinage of sllvei In dupi eclating thu pin chasing power of tin * money of thu countiy ought to commend itself to the in telligent ( onslderatlon of every man In the dtuiilij and partlciihuly of the wage varnor. It Is not a fanciful or theoretical Idea that tlie distinguished Ohio statesman presents. It Is a simple proposition that the woiklng- If he U paid lu u Ucjneclated del Inr , as inHyiestlonnbly lit1 would blunder " under tlip"fit'c , diver policy , would lip n loser til 'flip extent of tlmt deprcdn- tlon , It IAmit , ' , possible for tlie HIIRO eainer tosc.apo the disastrous eonyo- iinenccs ofllie frcp silver policy. The debnseimjoY'gf ' the currency Involved In that polle.vi must Inevitably , as .Senator Slieimnii' ' 1 distinctly shows , fall with ciitfwV' weight upon the men who tollifhil upon the men who have Bawd ' ' .v yltytie of their loll. Tinoimln the incdliini of a lurid clr- culiu' weMi/ive / been jinielously nppitsed that lo Kuep up with the times nnd lake ndvaiitiice of the pieslileiiltnl ram- pnlKii , an eastern weekly , which mnkes a spivlalt.x of entertaining the srovv IIIK Retieiatlou of youth with Inspiring tllmu lioveU. hns hi'Kun the piiblle.itlon of the life and advendues of the candi date on the deiiiocintlc ticket , entitled , "Hilly lijan. ? the Hey Oiator of thu iHatte ; or , fiom I'loinih lo President. " The author of the loiniiuce. "Old Sport , " we me told intil.es Vllllam Jennings Hi .van tescue an innocent man fiom a lynching pinly. as well sis pel fin in other no less adventitious and lieiolu feats. Having achieved this pin. uncle of iiotoilely and with Ills name Indelibly eiiKiaved In the breast of eveij briv timbltlous to stop a lynching bee. Hilly Hi.van eaii test --Mtlslleil vvliethei he climbs Into the white bouse or mil. Beside the fume lint attache * lo the lieio of a yellow-bad ; toinance Ihe honor and ciiiolumcni of the ptiM- Idenc.v of the I'lilted Stntos lnlnK Into palliy liislpiltleance. I'ho United Slates lovonuo olllceis aio busy locating places wheio tilled cluvsp Is on sale In older to onfoico the now lod.'ial law whkh subjects Joaleis and inannfactnurs to a tax lor h nulling the in tide. Hefoio nianj wceksthefedei.il ( ouits will lie exoidslng luilsdletlon over violators of the tilled cheese law. Hist as It lias been trvlng people for selling beer 01 cigniettos or phijlnu- cauls or oloomargaiiue wltliout paj Ing the goveinmont t'i\ . While dealing with obect | lessons , we iiM"t not forget Holand Uoed's o\ilana- ] tlonof the moiie.v question as to wheth er the pool man Is better off without a silver dollar than ho Is without a gold dollar. Tlie onlj way for the laborer to get a dollai is to etna It. and when he gets if" he ( Wants It to buv 100 cent ? woith of the necessailes of life without lofeienoe1 to'the ' kind of metal it is ' made of. , The sonin ] monev demociats can emphasbo their opposition of thu C.hicago ylatlfinu and candidate only by doing all thu' can to defeat r.i.van and Sevvall. 'A tliiul ticket may be the means to thr 1 end In some states and not in otln itvi Tlie sound money men In each stati1maj be idled on to pui.siie the com- ! } \\'lich ! 'iiul'-r the eiiTiim- stances ij-Miis to them to be mo-t ofl.H'tivo. ? tf there , , , vVs ovfr a caiiTpalgu in whkh the ( .imptign llteiatnre inanu- laetmor was moie prolific it has not been iccordod. Any one who hoicafter I'lidoitako- inform himself tully ol evei.vthing that his been wilt tun on the uionev iiticition will descive theme mot t hc.ntfoll sympathy of all in the long weeks of leuivoiy. The IS'Hi ' sngai b.'et ciop will soon br > leatly ID make its appealanco at the stuar lactoilos. Tlie fin not who i . ( o'njjig sv ai Ivots into cash will lail to sou eny m.Mit In the appi.ils lor sup- iort ol the ftco silver and tree trade candid ito whose election would m an the cilppling of the whole b"et biigai Iiidustiv "Wo have no sl\or | mines in Nebraska and the interests of the people of this state -Imply r'liuho HOP and unlimited coiling. ' ot silver upon the bisls of its iiMsonablo value , whiih ( "innot be f.n fiom one ji.ut of gold to twonlj-tlve of sihei. " Wo-kl Hoi aid. A Uoti l"-lalcl'hla | Ilciord A mottp for woHthismun anil women "A dollar's v.orth ol dollat foi a dollar's v.orth of vtoik. " of ti ClirlKllnn. < 1 Ic.ipo ltcc < rU A stuiJunt tit situations B'tjs "A Chris tian Jill'O ildcr vil > o pinc.turR lili tire four nitlis tiom liorae is Known \iy \ his biniply iomaiklns , 'Dear me1' " I'hc E'niil ICIIU-r Mtriiiul. I'hlladeli'hli Tlmi"i Last year 4.000,000,000 clsai cites wore nuolii'd In thla cuunlry U la not countc- nniiLliiR the jouth-ltillliiK joUo to siy nucli numbers are calculated to tulte away j eo- jilo'a brcalliH iK 'Kin on ll.ilii SI.I.-H. Kun u5 ( ItJ Sliir AccordliiB to Mr llrjan , tlie republican jiarty In this campalBii pri'senls "thu Ilrit- Jsh gold Btanaard policy. " If republican oratoiu are to bo believed , the democratic party stands foi "nrltlsh free trade " Un der cuth olrciiiniitEiKcs , lmt party affilia tions can a inna liavo v.lioso Ainerlciinhm cnnilsts \i/lly-of ! detestation of ever that Is EHbllfiW K I InCiilnr IInc. I lilrahu Jnurnul The League0f | American Wheelmen shown a petty , nics'ii , a.nd an un-Amdlcaii spirit In I debarring At ( Itttlvc negro members from all tocial functions at tbo national mcet- I ing in LouJ UJe If the blacks are fit for | uitinbcrshrpjtty | } | are worthy to bo treated l Illto Kcntlhfttt/H / T1 ° induct of the piiK- Kish wMte.j.ife.pbers _ . . , . who . . . . apparentl . ) . . con- _ . _ I At -Jt ll-V r.0 i I. * f ! trot the ncUoh.nf the Hague , Is cirtnlnly not that of j ebrccl people Cllitriiri n 1IU il Kuntus cit > M HuiupJCnung in receiving all the honors to Phlr.il his rank entitles him even In AElatlqV9l , | > ; ftrles during Ills visit lu London , niuj , iIp | eld man seems to be cn- jbliiK thci I' linctlou In full measure. The jellow jacket and peacock feather ha\e liccn seen at boveral functions , and In his exultation the Qhlncso statesman has ap- paicntl ) forgqlten that less than two ycais ago lie v , as stripped of both these adorn- mtnts on account of having gained the dis pleasure of his emperor. Krc Slltrr ami Ilif HiillruuiU. riilrueo Tlnies-llernlJ American railroads have floated more than JS.OOO.OOO.OOO worth of gold bonds With freu colnago of silver at 1G to 1 , and the consequent advance of gold to a pre mium of at leabt 50 or CO per rent , thegc railroads would be utterly unable to pay these bonds. llaiikruptcy on the most enormous scale , repudiation vaster than ever darkened the history of any great country , would be the certain result. This U what the stiver klnga ask thu people to enact In order to temporarily double tliclr profits cm * il > er ore , . , C1OM > OK Till ? I'roilnotlon for 1HI > R tlif flrrnlmt n llcoorit. I'rof. t.ewls of the Commercial Museum has aMUined thu work so well porformcil by the Into Prof Soctbecrwhose taWe showing the nnnnal production and use ol the precloui metals have long been rcRRnled a ihn nearest practicable nriproxtmntlon tc accuracy In n recently imMlsheil report t'rof Lewis lirlnfis the data down to 1SJ3 Ho RcknuwledRei his lndebtrdnc n to the director nf the United Stales mint ( or flRiircs representing the gold production of thin Country The report shows that the \\orld'e Kohl production for 1S95 was $202 IfiO.OOO ft largo increase oxer 1S91. when the produc tion wns Jl St. 51 0.000 both estimates betnn for the cnlrndnr , not for the fiscal jcar At the head of the Kold-proiluclnR countries conies the United States , with $ lt,7riO 000 The Transvaal in second with $ tr.,7FiO , < KK > , Australia third , lth $ 5,000000. and Hus- sla fourth with $23 750,000 Tlio highest production of gold In the United Rlntrs ( In 1851) ) was 1C1 ; 000 000 from which it gradual ] } dccllntd to $33 400,000 , In 1S75 , mid rose nRaln to ? tC900.00i > ami $01.200.000 respec tively in the vears 1S77 nnd 1878 Hill when the world's product of inut jcar l summed up H > xreedn that r > t the most pro ductive period (1SVI ( ) which amounted tti ttr 54oOOOO It Is Rhoun that the produc tion of slhrr In 1 < ; ? 5 was six times as gicnt as In 1853 Mnjor VIcKlnlcjN SlKnllleniil Ite- iilnrl.x mi < lu > IMII ( * , OlilonRO 1'ost Onp sentence of William McKlnlcj's sppooh jiBtord.i } to the veterans of the Twtnt-third Ohio volunteers with which ho srrvcd moio than four ji-nrs In the civil v\ur contained more me it tlmn the entire address of William J llrjan nt the Madison Siiliaio Harden A small band of sun Horn of Hint historic regiment of which General Uosccians , General U 1 * Pcnmmon and Uuthrrford 11 llnves were In turn tolnncH. and Stanley Mntthcws was once lieutenant colonel , vlsltul Mr McKliiley at Canton After refcrrliiK to stilijctti llvliiK In tbelr mutual memories , ho spnke of their loalty to their countr > . Its credit ami cuircnry In the present emergency , and said "I do not know what jo think about It. but 1 believe I * Is n nnod dcnl better to open up the mills of the Unltul Statis to the labor of America than to open up the mlntR of the United Statis to tlio silver of the world " No wondci his old comrades Interrupted him with cries of "Vou aie rl ht1" Mr MoKlnley had struck to the- loot of thp present hard times llusv mills rather than more mints are what the people of the United Stntos need todav The reined } for our business depression proposed bj Mr. Bryan nnd his associates Is a miack proscription Its proposal nlone has added to the depression for which It is claimed It Is tlie one and onlj pinacea It his shaken the confidence In our national honor nnd thiowii discredit on our national credit Of a truth more mills , not more mints , are what the United States wants I'ltOSlMlllITY IN .JAI'AV An Intel CMIIK' I > ociiinrn flip Wiuvr 12iiriuT tn Mint } . Harper's WieUl > H the wage eainers have any doubt as to the Indifference of the leaders of the slher movement to their Intoiests , they should read senate document 311 of the llrst ses sion of the rlfty-fourth congress This document consists of some letters written by a Mr John I * . Young to the San Francisco Chronicle , nnd published In that paper on December 13 , 1S95 , and 1'ebrnary 2. 189'j. ' They were presented to the senate by Mr. Teller , the chief of the free coinage party , and were printed in obedience to the order of that free silver body. Wage- camera will find in them a remarkable argument addressed to the emplojers of labor for the purpose of warning them of the competi tion with the manufacturers of this country threatened by the manufactures of Japan , and suggesting a way to meet It. In bilef. Mr. Te.ljor commends and endorses the argu ment that as Japan has really decreased wages by becoming a silver country , the rivalry of her manufactures la to be feared , and cannot be met unless our own manu facturer * also i educe wages by adopting the silver standard. Itut we shall permit this oxtraordlnarj document to speak for itself After more than twcntj jcars of ineffectual effort to maintain bimetallism , Japan went to a silver basis in 1S7S , and at the present tlmo two slher vcns ( a jcn being the equivalent of our dollar ) aio equal in value to one gold jen In the meantime wnges have not ad vanced , so that their purchasing power has been reduced b > about one-half Senator Teller's paper quotes the following telling statement from Sir Hdwln Arnold , who Is spr.ilclng of the Industrial skill and capacity of the Jnpinese' "And when one icalizcs that this ability and capacity can be obtained there for an average of 8 cents a day , against $1 50 a day and upward in America , and i BhlllliiKs upward in England , it is not hard to sec that there Is leaHon in what 1 saj. " There are some further rates of wnges ex hibited In the Teller paper. From It we leain that cnipentcrs , plasterers , and some others receive < 5 cents a di } ; tatlois and dyers receive 21 cents ; male cervants 10 cents ; laborers , 19 cents ; and women weav ers 3Vj cents The paper contains other statements , come of them taken from the reports of our own consular officers , while others are from the letters of English mil American newspaper correspondents. They are all Intended to chow that Japan threatens our manufactures , because , by reason of the adoption or acceptance of the silver basis , the hbor coot of their products has been Kduced one-half The argument Is there- foio , that If this country will follow the example of Japan and becomu a sliver conn- tij our manufacturers will bo able to com pete with tiiclr Oriental ilvals Otherwise there \t \ > danger that the cheap product of Japan will Injure our capitalists The pv rer was evident ! } not Intended for the readIng - Ing of wage earners An Ohio man has declined a nomination for fear he might bo elected Ilaivurd university has confeircd tlio hon orary degree ot LL J ) upon 1'iof. Alexander I.'cll nf telephone fame. Henry Wattcrson Is in Switzerland , nnd writes that It In Impossible for a man to cct drunk on the Swiss wines As a resort nf summer , Chicago lines up with I'unbto nnd riagstaff , Aril. An ho house raught fire there last week and burned out A vlnejard at Fresno , Col . boasts of a barrel thirty feet high and nlncty-ono fiet In circumference Mr Few all of Maine need not take this us a hint Ihe ravages of tlie army worm in New York Bliito will result In loss to farmers of $350,000 In Mossachuuttta thu damage to crops Is estimated at $ .200,000 Tl'u grave of John Fitch , who is said to have first applied lit ram power to navigation on tbo western rivers. Is umnaiked by any Btnmi In an old eumetcr ) In Nelson county , Kentucky. Among the smart fashlonu for pet dogs at Trench watering places are , for the morning , a blue coat with ample collar , era a "duster" with , rowl and tassel , and for afternoons a green hunting coat , with beige work and a triple coliai. Schultz la a vco common name in Iit-rlln A wise wag In the crowded parquet of a theater of that city shouted , "Schultz'a liouf.0 is on fire' ' " All the people of thai name quick ! } dashed out of the house , and soon there weru plenty of vacant tt.ila A row } enrs ago It was the favorltu specu lation to Ineuru thu life of tlie pilnco of Wales. On his death hundreds pf people who have nothing whatever to do with him will , on this account , receive enormous uums of money from various Insuruneo 10111- ranlfs , Colonel North's fine house at Rltham , which cobt $1C 0,000 to build , was recent ! ) put up at auction , but as the hlghrtt hid was only $250,003 It was vvlthdiawu from sale Tlio austlonoer described It , and vcrj propel ly. as "one uf thu moat princely houus In the kingdom " It appears that the land for tlie new Cleveland park , which John D. Itockcfelkr presented to the city. U In Itself worth a full million , although Us valua was placed at JOOO.OOO. He had it bought tip rjuletl ) . with no hint of whom it Has for , or for what purpose it was destined , or lu price would have Dearly tloublud. vv : wniir.i > . A S SWATKIt , AUK 14. To the rd- Itor of The Uce : I notlrr fiom the World- Herald th.it Mr Ilrjnn U sura of election and that free coinage of silver Is n Mmd , nnd ( hut in consequence thereof Mexican silver dollars , now worth 55 ccnti , Mill be worth Jl In United Stairs mono } . 1 would Inquire If It would not be n good Investment to Immediately purchase the Mexican sil ver dollars at f > o cents each ? Do } ou not think the poldlniRs and money sharks will monopolize tlicslhcr trade In this wn } even before November * Qt7. \ No doubt there would lie big spNUlntlon In silver If by Ilr } n's election a free silver policy were nnsured The speculation would consist In Imjlng silver nnd holding It for an expected rise H would make no differ ence whether the sliver were In the shape of coined Mexican dollars or of bullion I'm m < e nml Pri-o OMAHA. AUK IB To the IMItoi of The Hoc 1 Is not our sliver and paper money woith In England 100 cents on the1 dollar' 2 When did Prance renounce the free silver sjutcm and what do 3011 think the principal cause ? 3 When the United States is | mliiK Its laborers hotter wages than any fir-o silver countr } In the world does It not sound the least bit fishy whpn Mr Ur.in sas he will still raise them b } the free ealtingc plan ? At mi } rate 1 think ho will have an Immense Job on his hands If lie la our neM president A. 1) rmtnUSON. 1 Yes. 2 Prance limited Its silver coinage' in 187i and suspended it in 1S7C The reason was that ( lie fall of silver foired Its gold out of the country. 3. llather. I'n r in I'nnliKT nnil Sll\i > r. SIDNEY , Neb AUK 10 To the IMItor of Ihe Uei * Can joti give statistical fig ures showing lhc lelntlvu Importance of the silver Indnstr } to the poultr ) and dale industries of tl > o country' Will the United States tieasuicr pay out silver In exehango foi gold or pnix-r mime ) ' Some silver advocates here say he will not and thoieln Is their grievance against the present law If there Is a statute on tills point will > oil quote If C I1 D V.V1S 1 According to the rtports of the eleventh census of the United States tlie totnl pro ductlon of milk foi the } enr ending Deccm ber 3 , 1SS1. was f..2IO i2ri 5C7 gallons The total production of buttoi on firms the same 3ear vis 1 OJI.22' ! 468 pounds , and the total pioductlon of theese was lS,72fi MS pounds Prom the same source H Is learned that there were on June 1 In the United States 23S S71 12S domestic fowls ( chickens ) , 10.751 OCO turUcs. M 10,175 geese and 7.541 OSO ducks The number of eggs produced In 1SS9 v\as S13,722'I1G The pie luctloi of sltvei in ] S1r was 17,000.000 ounces , valued at $ ( M "WS.'IOO 2 Gold and stive. ! dollars me not te- dopmable b } the United States Grccnbicks and trcasuii notes arc ledeemable In coin The ticasui } allows the holder to baj whothei ho demands p.ivment In gold or silver 13vcij one. who wants silver for greenbacks or treasury notes Is accommo dated. \ < ; < > ltl fur Sllti'i4. HOW , Neb , Aug 13 To the Udltor of The lice' Will } ou answer the following In The Sundaj Hco' Should we get free and unlimited colmgo ot silver ns advocated b > the Hiyan faction of the democratic party could n man take 1,000 coined silver dollais to the treasury of the United States and compel tlie treas urer to give him $1,000 In gold' OK C IMC'KKTT No The only privilege a free silver law would give a man would be to take sliver bullion to the mint and have H coined freu of charge Into silver dollars The govcin- meut would not undertake to exehango the coined silver for gold or Keep it exchange able for gold llstrlt > < of roliiinliln. SIiniUDAN , Wyo , Aug 12 To the Pditor at The Hoe- Kindly answer through } imr valuable paper : (1) ( ) How did the United States acquire the District of Columbli" (2) ( ) Wh } cannot the residents of the district vote * GnOIlGC LOUD. (1) ( ) It was ceded by the stale of Maryland In consideration of the location of the na tional capltol on Its border. (2) ( ) The constitution of the United States gives congress exclusive legislation over the district. The people of the several states alone vote for federal ofilccrs nnd the con stitution provides no way by which the district could acquire statehood They might and have been permitted to vote for purelj local officers and on purely local questions. \nicrlilnii SM\-r ] In ( ? < ! m liny. POUT CALHOUN , Neh , Aug 15 1o the Kdltor of The Uee How many marks would I get for an American dollai ( U S. ) In German } , if no account was taken of exchange P H PHAHM. The American silver dollar now exchanges In Germany for four marks and a few pfennigs ovci. Under free coinage It would exchange In Germanj at Its bullion value at present u trllle more that two marks. OMAHA , Aug 15 To the Editor of The Bee Can a person with only tlrbt naturali zation papers vote for president , or must ho have taken out his second papers' Are the laws of each state concerning this sub ject the same' G B SMITH. Any foreign born person v.ho has taken out his first naturalization papers can vote In Nebraska , piovlded ho has lived six months in the state The suffrage laws vary in different states I'lifrlotiniii mill Pin f INII IINI I p. TOCU.MSnH , Neh Aug. 13 To theIM Itor of Tha He"I'leasc answer through the columns of jour Sunday isMie "Should tlio McKInley and Holjart streamer be floated above 01 below the American tlaj ; on the pol3 erected here In honor of the ie- publican presidential nominees ? There has been some dispute regarding this CHAKLCS HALSrni ) Patriotism first , partisanship second. > ii C'linrtfo for Vllndliir flolil. SOUTH OMAHA Aug. 11 To the- Editor of The lieu : Will jou please decide the follow Ing A contends that If ho had $1.000 worth of gold bullion that he can send It to a govern- mctn mint and get $1,000 In $ . ' 0 gold pieces for It , and that If those gold pieces ucro put In the pot tliey would melt or refine Just an much gold as he sent I ) contends that they would not That the.ro would bo a shrinkage in the amount of gold to pay the government for the colnnRO On simp plan as a miller collect * toll - - iII II , A. STlil'HK ! , , , A' contention In correct. There Is \ clinic for the colnnRo of gold at the I'n I Stnte * mints A clmrso of ono fifth o r'\ \ per cent was innilo nt ono time , tint It . .T illsconllmiol n tow rers bcfotr uppclcl < lf sumption. i- | | Knrl > Xiitrrlcnii ( iota Mlnrrn. . COI.VM11US. Ncli. AtlR H - To the K Itor of The Hoc When vns gold first c covered in the I'nltPti stntes nml illJ U Mexican empire operate nnj RoM nihs previous to that ( lite ? HKADHH , Gold was illscovere'il In the valley of t Jnnu" rlvor bj the original VlrRlnln ct onlMs as caily RI IStO There wivs then t Mexican empire. Tlir Stirplnn of OMAHA. AllR IB To the Kdltor of Th llee Hindi } explain how murh silver vv would have to coin in order to use up til surplus , tm ive could fix the prlco by ilcmnnd for silver greater than the supply nonniiT n ULAKK H Is Impossible to sa } Just how much F , vrr the United States would tmvo to rot to grt ahead of the present output Th total coined silver of the world Is estimate nt $1000 000 MO riio uncoined silver In tl arts nnd Industries ; robabl } approximate that much again The annual silver protli ot the world lor ISM wns estimated nt $211 1)00.000. and for 1SU3 $220.000 OCR ) 1ho si ' ver output nf the United Stales for Ib ! was $ .10.415,000 , mntkot value , DOMESTIC Iini. * < . 1 illume , " \\lint would you tlilr of 11 inuii who luul one wife ami } et nin rled nnothni " she nUiii. an she put ititi the piper , , " 1 should ndmlie bis nerve , " be replied. Dotiolt Pieo IMoss : "Did olil ninki * mueli of . Mok , when } ell asked 111 for his jlinihliU-r ? " , . , "Hid himil.1 * numb of a kick ? The iloc tor sins I'm thieateiieil with euivnluro i the spine. " Somei v tile Join nnl : It Is mild tlmtuvvnlr cun In- domed bv milting It In u cupful ' hi losene but Hint Is not the vvny tin vvnlilies onllnnilly aie soaked IndlnnapolH .lourmil SheKv < ryliou SUVM von in n Hi d me enl } for iu > money. lit * llut I didn't , ilent. 1 know you lee It , ilc-nr , but I didn't. PhllndelphlR Tlmew. Ilo-WIll you let m kiss j on I She Ituinor nivs that klsslni ; breeds dl1 He Then tnnke mi * nn Invalid for life. lloston Tiiuisorlpf Hlehniil Wtml ninUe vou o wuri- Hint sin- will mnrrj jou lliuj Wtll. jou set. lu-r mollinr ami li uo'engimlprotl a niortiil hatred of oar other . New York ItecotdeiI'mplovoi So jo want to in.irr } . do jou ? Have vou give Ihe miltii tboioupb coimldi i.ilton' Ln plove Cei tiilnlv , ! li , othei\vl e 1- 10n lilovel Ah v rj will , vetv veil 1 merel vvant lo know Jlairlage you know , Is seilous nlTalr , It Hoinethnos lasts for so eril jeirH Philadelphia American "Youi daughti sir. Is an angel ' ' Mnjbi , lint aft jou'vc been married awhile vou'll Iliul K wants eoiiHlikialdj moil * clothes tin angels ate accustomed to wealing" Uoston Couiler- Aunt MaivHut ti me , lion did > ou linppui to niniry bin Ileitln Why , > ou see , ever } thingVM. . ic-iilv He had asked me to luvo him ni1 I had consented , bu hid procured the 1 cense and engaRid the elerginun ; nnd hail ent out < ai ls and ordereil the caki ' so } ou see , wi > thoiiKht tbiit we might i well go through with It There , aunt , thn I Is tlie reason , as near ns I can rcmcn her It. TO PUSION. liinalo ! nxptrss. "I onnnot be } our wife. " she cried ; "You hug n vain delusion. In politics we'ie far ajait. And I'm opposed to tuslon rtut his pleldlngs nnd his nrgumcnt-J < | Set all her umln u-vvhlrl ; He quick tbo Miln ileluslon dropped , And then 1m hugged the girl. THI3 I'l.OCIC THAT MONT < ! ( ) . When the vvork-ii-dny world IH In a vv I insli , When weather Is torrid and life u nn crush , I shirk from the turmoil n minute * or so And luslc In the thought of the clock tin. won't KO 'TIs In an old parlor , the green shades ar down , Tlio ohnlrs are of hair cloth , the carpet brown ; Anse of dried grasses , tintypes In a. rowl Aio ari.ingcd on the shelf with the cloi ] | tli.it v\on't go. It hid known busy times , this sturdy oj I clock , I ted p.ilnt and l > rlglit gilt still HH Idlenc mock ; i It tldted dn } nnd night , then revolted , ntll lo ! Achieved a proud fnmo as Iho ulock til won't no They Joggeil It , they oiled It , they "sent fi n nuin" Who tinkered ItHworks on the most In prov < d plan , Hut nothingvvould move It , it wouldn bndgi1 , no , It nevir bulked down , the old clock til ! won't go Speed on , 11 } Ing- hours , to the end of nv Whirl half in elear vision and half In du Hut , oh1 liovv nil then , giant my soul blls to know A hilef dream of rest with the clock Urn won't go A I'AS'IOIIAI. . rii vHninl Uvnlcr lie sang bem nth nij window The songs that ho knew best , Ills mccntH plainly told inn That anguish Illled ills breast. The dawn wan almost breaking , .Still plucklly he stayed , And , though I'd not responded , Kept up tbo Hcri'iiudu At last a window openid I luard womi body HVVI u And ( linn n shot rang out upon Tlio circumambient ulr. Alnsl no found next inornlntr , TJint Tom liaii not been shot , llut DPIU on Hcnslow'a bull lay dead ( j In an adjoining lot. ' " VGUOIIS lovtoitKuw ir YOU i mr. Next Saturday is our opening1 day and we will then show the ladies of Omaha the newest conceptions in this fall's styles Skirts Capes Jackets Suits and NYaists. We are just in receipt some beautiful pattern in Silk Whip Cords , Black Skirts some in Piiestley's mixed goods new plaids in tans and brown also some figured Serges and black and white checks of very latest pattern. 1511 1519 T DOUGLAS DOUGLAS