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THE O&AITA DAILY 33EE : PKTDAT , AUGUST 21. 1896.
Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE
TKHMS OP Bt'ltSCItH'TION.
Dtllr DP ( Without Humlny ) une Vrnr . t * M
Dallr nc and Sunday , One Vear . 10 00
hlx Month * , i . < . . . . 6 W
TlrrM Month * . , . , . M
BuniUy Bee , One Tear . . . . . 2 04
Saturday Ike. One Tear . . . . . . . . 1 CO
"Weekly lira , One Tcnr . . . . . . . . . . * 5
Oinnhfl , The ttf llnllillnK.
S-iiith Omaha. Klngcr IMk. , Ct.T. N H < J Jtth Bta.
Council imilTfl. II ! Nor Ih Main KlrrcL ,
ChlcnKO onic * . 317 Chnmbtr of Conimtrcc.
New York , Iloorm II , II and I ! , Tilbune Wldg.
\Vuhlncton , 1 07 F * trcft , N.V. .
All comrrninlrAllnr.il rclntlng to nrnii and fill-
tot In I matter. BlK.ulJ l addrrnvdi To th Bdltcr.
IJCSINESS MniKltfi :
-All liunlruKs letter * nnj remittance ! thcuM 1 *
nflrtrrimeil to The Ilee I'ulilhlilnir Company.
Otniilin. Drafts , elieckn n < l ) . ( tnnite order * to
te mnile paynl.lc to the ordi-r of the company.
TIIK JIUE rUnLISHINO COMl'ANY.
TATi.Mi.NT OF
Blat * of Nebraska , !
1)011(1.18 County. I
Oeort ; * II , Tzschuck , cccrrtary of The V.ef rub-
llfthlni ; comimny , li lnc < luly Bnorn , Kay * tlmt the
Kctiml numlicr of full anJ complete oc.iiles of tne
Dally , JloruliiB , Ktrnlnir nnil Sunday lii-n pilntwl
< 1urlns the month of July , 1S4C , i\ax n < fulloni :
t : o.S17 17 .
S .iS7 H .
20,114 1 } . M.9IO
. . . , iss5 M . . . 15,811
C Zt > , ! 0 21 . W.013
C 1 ! ) TM . . .
7 1J.SH 2J . 19.C57
20.43 < i Z ( . . . . . .2.1.109
M.ISI 5J . 20.CSO
10 21,7.11 ! M . 20.7W
11 USIJ 57 . 2" OSfl
12. . . . . 2C,0 < 0 IS . 20.07S
1 ] IJ.E9 JS . 20 115
14 M.IM 80 . .20.1M
11 1J.7BS 51 . 20,101
16 19.754
Total 6U7M
! . * ( ileJuctlon * for tinnold anil returned
coplcii 12.H3
Net tolal fnltf ( ! Kro
Net dally average 50,170
oisonnn n TZTIUT-K
Sworn tn bcforr me nml filled llwil In my
prwpme this 1st day of Amuj ; | , HSG ,
( Soul. ) N. I' , mil *
Notary Public.
Parties going out of tlic city for the
summer may have Tlio Roe sent to their
address by leaving an order nt the bus
iness olllco of The Hoe. Telephone 2T.8.
Has thu Crawford county system been
indefinitely postponed ?
No country Unit has cheap money has
anything but clicnn labor.
Tlio corn crop Is now safe , but tlic
political crop Is "till liable to hot blasts
nnd early frosts.
When It comes to contradictory claims
of the five sllverites , It seems that their
one object In life Is to contradict them
selves.
In another column we reproduce an
editorial from the Omaha World-Herald
the local Ilryan silver organ which
was published In that Journal August S ,
1893. Iteatl It carefully.
If Mexico's credit has been ruined by
the free coinage of silver , asMr. .
Bryan's organ told us only three years
ago. why should the United States ruin
its credit by following in the footsteps
of Mexico ?
People who pretend to print quota
tions from English papers should not
mislay the copies from which the ex
tracts are made. The Imposture Is al
most certain to be detected aud exposed
before It goes very far.
Polk county populists are experiment
ing with the Crawford county system
of direct primary nominations. If the
system accomplishes all that is claimed
for It It will not be long before its em
ployment lu Nebraska becomes more
general.
The democrats and populists of the
Eleventh Iowa district have nominated
Judge Van AVagcnen for congress. Van
Wagenen's chief claim to recognition
arises from the fact that ho was Holes'
alternate In the Chicago convention and
was the man who withdrew his princi
pal's name after the Holes boom had
been managed into the ground.
Bimetallism , according to the deflul ;
tlon of the free silver ! t PS , is the right
to pay one's debts with money of less
purchasing power than that which was
borrowed. Ilhnetnlltam , according to
the definition of recognized economists ,
is the eoncuniMit use of gold and silver
as mom\y \ , each unit of value being
kept at par with the gold standard.
Only two short v/'ars ago the local
Bryan organ , the Omaha World-Herald ,
was wo convinced that JO to 1 free silver
coinage was "dishonest" that It praised
Grover Cleveland ami commended David
11. , Hill forlhelr tight against the "fal
lacy , " nnd berated William Jennings -
Bryan for his persistent opposition to
the unconditional repeal of the Sher
man law. Is
Tlio suggestion is made by a con
tributor to The Bee that in order to
carry the Third district republicans will
luivo to put ni n candidate who can
at the same time command his full
parly strength and make converts
among the opposition. It Is urged
further that a strong candidate for con
gress can add strength to the whole
slate and national tickets. These con *
aldcratlons are timely and pertinent. '
The numerous "crimes" of 1ROIJ , 18111
and 3ST. ! arc becoming so common
that the word crime Is In danger of
losing Its significance. As a matter of
fact there was no "crlmo" against silver i
in 1873 or any other time. All thu
changes that have been made In our
monetary system since the foundation
of the government were made In obedi
ence to changed conditions of commerce
and not for any purpose to Injure >
debtor or luMicIlt creditor. There never
was any "crime , " or "conspiracy , " or
"stealth" about our monetary legislation.
Tlio vote of this rnimrc.s.slniml tils- '
frlet will foot ii | > from l 5 > ( )00 ) to .L'S.OtX ) , in
'J'hu silver rcpulillciuis may cast bo inhi
iwoon tiX ( ) nml : W)0 ) votes. I'onullsts clnlm hiHi
to have lit lonsl : i,000 ami the < lum < ) . Hihi
ruts anywhere from R.OOO to S , < XX ) . It tli
IK ( holt-fore a piece of milillmu cheek t'.i :
for the nllvep republicans to Insist that tr
onu of their number bo Klven the con- si
Kresslonal nomination ns a coinpo.sliu sih :
candidate. Hut wo shall not bo stir-
prised In the least if the democrats
and popullsls > ; lvo up their own iirufcr- Si
I 'iicert to pacify tlio renot'tidu repub SiS
licans. ill
.ST/LL Y ISSUE.
Although Mr. Bryan hnw studiously
nvoldcd nny reference to that plnnlc of
the lepnbllcnn platform which de
clares for protection and It Is the
IKillcy of tliu free silver party lo keep
this ( ] ucstlon nn-ny from public niton-
tlon , still protection remains nn Issue
and millions of the American people
nro thinking about It and will continue
to do so. It Is the opinion of eomo
shrewd observers that this question
will nuim > moro prominence as the
campaign advances and this will Inevi
tably bo the case If the frco silver craze
continues to lose ground PS It unques
tionably has been doing since the Urynu
llnscu In New York. Hut In nny event
a very large proportion of the voters
cannot bo wholly dlverled from the
consideration of this question , In which
nro Involved the ability of the govern
ment to meet Its expenses , the security
and development of American Industries
and the crcnHiTn and maintenance of a
market for American labor. It Is Im
possible that the millions of wage earn
ers whose Interests nnd welfare are de
pendent upon Industrial activity can
wholly put out of mind that policy
which lu the past made the workingmen -
men of this country the most Inde
pendent , the most prosperous and the
most contented among the world's toll
ers.
ers.Many
Many of these men are thinking
about protection now and they will
think about It more Intently as the
day of election approaches and they
see moro clearly bow utterly fallacious
Is the free silver contention , so far at
least as their Interests are concerned.
"When they shall see , as they will , that
changing our money standard can only
result In disaster to labor and that the
success of the political element sup
porting Mr. Bryan would bring with
It not only a debasement of the cur
rency but the striking down of such
protection to our industries as we still
have , they will be beard demanding
the policy that will open mills and fac
tories and make an active market for
labor at living wages.
Mr. Ilryan anil the people who are
supporting him are opposed to protec
tion and would eliminate every vestige
of it if they had the power. In a speech
in congress In 3S)2 ! , on a bill to place
wool on the free list , Mr. IJryan de
clared that protection is "the most
vicious political principal that has ever
cursed this country. " lie is still of
Hint opinion and were lie to become
president of the United States , with a
congress in sympathy with him. he
would be as zealous aud uncompromis
ing an enemy of protection as this
country lias ever had. We should
then have associated free silver and
practical free trade currency debaso-
mrait nnd Indusrial ! destruction. At
one blow Mr. Ilryan and his parly
would rum the credit of the nation niuT
strike down those great enterprises
which have been built up during the
past thirty-five years and which have ,
made the United States the greatest
industrial nation of the world.
Protection is still an isbiie with every
man who wants more work and better
pay and who has the intelligence to
understand that there is but one way In
which these can be obtained and that
Is by restoring industrial activity and
creating a demand for labor. Protec
tion is nn issue with every man who
desires to see the growth of the Ameri
can market , so that our producers shall
be less dependent upon foreign markets .
where they are compelled to meet
damaging competition. Protection is an
Issue because it involves the future
progress aud prosperity of this re
public.
GOLD IMl'OllTATIOXS.
Importations of gold would be a
change from the prolonged experience
of the country with the oiitllow of the
yellow metal that would be reassuring ,
(
even though brought about by condl-
f
tious not likely to be lasting. As we
understand the matter , the promise of
gold importations to a large amount
has nothing to do with trade relations ,
but Is duo to the operations of an ex
change syndicate , organized recently
for the purpose of checking Hie out-
How of gold. It Is not , therefore , Big-
alllcanl of anything in relation to our
foreign commerce , nor can it bo re
garded as any Indication of Improved
L-ojilidenco abroad In American secur
ities. Xono the less the change from
continual exports to Imports of gold
a reassuring circumstance and up- Is
lienrrt to be so regarded In treasury cir
cles at Washington , where It Is thought
the effect will bo to materially
strengthen the reserve and avert nil
lauger for some tlmo of another bond
Issue. Doubtless whatever gold shall
jome here now will remain at least !
mill election and If the result should \
to a free silver defeat , It would stay .
uul have moro added to It. There can
m no doubt that republican success In
S'ovember would bo followed linmedl-
itely by a largo Inflow of gold , or what
vould represent gold , and that there
vould be shown an extraordinary tic-
Ivlty in all classes of American Invest-
nents.V should got very promptly
generous Influx of Kuroi > ean capital. >
TIIK KXAMI'LK ( IF
The oxpeilenco of South American
oiintrios with depreciated currency
inglit to be Instructive to the American
eople , or such of them as are not de-
tided with the notion that this conn-
ry can do with money what no other
ititlou has been able to do. The Ar-
rentlne Itcpublla has been struggling
'or years to get from a paper to a m
iH'tallic basis and the process has cost cc
ler people enormously. So long us In-
latlou ITopt up there seemed to be n
ilgh degree of prosperity , but when
ho time for liquidation arrived there til
tilc
amo disaster und ruin. Other conn- c <
rles of South America have found the pier
liver standard far from prolltablo and or
tavo abandoned it. .
This Is the case with Chill and Veic-
uela , the Central American states of iy
Salvador and Costa Itica , and with ol
Santo Domingo aud llrltlsh Honduras , tli
of which Lave adopted or taken 0\
steps to adopt the gold standard , He
fcrrlng to this the Baltimore Sun re
marks that those are agricultural conn
tries and the American farmer who I
looking to free coinage to Increase tb
value of his products will find no en
couragcmcnt In tlio conditions whlcl
have prevailed In South America. Tin
silver slandard would not have beei
abandoned by these countries excep
for the best of reasons. These reasons
were the tluctnallons In value of thclt
depreciated currency , subjecting then
to heavy losses through simulation ami
chocking the development of their re
sources. Foreign capital could not be
secured owing to the distrust of In
veslors. Thus these countries have
been forced In self-defense to deser
the sliver standard and to place theli
finances upon Hie gold basis as the onlj
system by which they can hope to be
come truly prosperous.
Of course the free silver advocates
will reply that these relatively small
and poor countries furnish no example
for the Unlied States , but people who
apply practical common sense to this
matter will not take that view. The
demagogic talk about this country being
powerful enough to overturn all llnan-
clal laws and work u miracle in the
monetary systems of the world will
not mislead , rational men. A currency
standard that Is mil good enough for
South America camiot be acceptable to
the United Slates. *
: cuMixa
Within ten days the Nebraska Slate
fair will open its gates and furnish an
ibjecl lesson of the resotucos and capa
bilities of this great commonwealth.
I'ho exposition of the products of farm ,
orchard , dairy , apiary and stock range
promises to be more complete than any
that has ever taken place since the
State Agricultural society was organ
ized. Tn every department of horti
culture aud agriculture a magnlllceiil
showing is assured. The harvest of
1S)0 ! ) lias been bountiful in every sec
tion of the state. The only dillieulty
will bo to Had space for the proper dis
play of all ( he varied products that
will be presented for exhibition.
Quite apart from the crop and stock
exhibits we .shall witness a display of
products of factory and mill uusur-
pis : od nl any former state fair. While
the industrial development ofNebraska *
Is yet in its infancy , it is by no means
Insignificant. Without much boasting ,
n great deal of headway has been made
within the past few years in many
branches of Industry and a resumption
of general prosperity will witness a
revival of manufacturing in Nebraska
on a. scale moro ox'enslve than the
most sanguine have anticipated.
All expositions arc educational and
the coming State fair cannot fail to
prove an object lesson thai will
strengthen the faith of men who have
pinned their fortunes to Nebraska and
inspire investors anil homeseekurs with
confidence in Nebraska' * ; promising
future.
Tlio city attorney seems bent upon
harassing the local managers of the
water company in every possible way.
It is all right for the city to make a
record In the courts of its lefusnl to
admit the legality of tlio franchise of
the reorganized company , but it is all
wrong for the city attorney to say In
effect to all patrons of the water com-
pony that it cannot force collection of
water rentals. The federal court bus
.sanctioned the transfer of tills property
and its operation as an Omaha institu
tion by tlio purchasers , l.rtisiilug nsldi tl
all legal technicalities and exposing tin
Vl
plain proposition , it is Indeed sliatigt
tfiat the city made no objection to tlic , ,
regulations of the water company re- „
spectiug rental payments when it was
owned by n company of men who took
the surplus earnings of this plant to
save its Denver investments , but now '
offers technical objections when Hie . ,
company has been reurgnnized as an
Omaha and not a Denver Institution.
South Omaha apparently has no
belter success in its dealings with tht1
electric light company than Omaha has ,
had. As Is the case In this city , there
are arc lights scattered over South
Omaha where they can be of compara
tively little service to the people. Thu
council wants to remove nnd replace f
them where they can be of some use
'
to the people. The contract , however ,
stipulates that such removals inu.st lie
maile at the expense of the city anil It
now proposed to discontinue these
remote lights and at a later tlmo order hii
lights put up along streets where they stkc
lire needed. The belter way would bo dt
to demand a revision of the contract ,
whereby n certain number of changes
could bo ordered annually , anil thus
iccommodate the Incoming cotmcllmen
to
\vho soon want arc lights In the vicinity an
.if their residences. fa
sli
Tlie Harder company has made a mlmi thml
level proposition to the council , which mi
Kr
rt'us referred to the committee on tn
ludlciary. Its claim for paring repairs
inder contract , amounting to § . ' 15,018 ,
uts not been paid by the city. The
ompany offers lo knock off 2 per cent Jc
f the claim If the city will confess fai
Itidgmcnt , with the understanding the n
iudgment will not bo collected for elgh- eliTe
eon months. If there were no dispute
To
iver this claim It Is dlflicult to see how tin
he clly can benefit by a confession of tinW
iidgment , ns In that case 7 per cent , '
s
nterest would accrue , which In clghe |
een mouths would amount to not less mi
linn $1,000. If the claim Is Just the com-
tuny may be entitled to interest , but if
lot the city can gain nothing by nc-
opting the proposition of the cjuimaut.
i
col
The Itcc has been Hooded with in-
liilrli's asking for further Information It
ibout the editorials opposing the free the
oinage fallacy which It has been re-
irlntlug from Mr. ' ofoi
liryan's personal : oi
irgan , the Omaha World-Herald. These nol > t
Jai
idltorials are taken verbatim from the
iVorld-IIerald files nnd can bo verified KOl
any one by reference to the Issue e < ii
r
the date mentioned. The Jiles nro In
bo Ouuilm Public library , accessible to
ha
ivery one. The genuineness of the 183
LIMITS JYEN TO THE POWER OF CONGRESS
i ' ;
, HB MABKET VALUE OF SILVER.
i" I
( Brran's Personal Organ , Omaha World-Horalcl , August 8,1SS > 3. )
The Omaha Hvorld-Hcraia wants "safe bimetallism at the ratio of 1 to 25 , " Noth
ing Is safe unless It has stability , and you can't have stability with two money stand
ards , ono of drhlch Is continually bobbing up and down , like n cork on a choppy sea.
Minneapolis Jft'ihikl.
There Is. , no .reason . to believe Hint the market value of silver would fluctu
ate If oncolttxetl by I''UHK ' COINAGE UPON A TREASONABLE BASIS. As
n mere commodity silver will fluctuate , more or less. Gold Itself would
fluctuate If reduced to the rank of u mere commodity.
Mere llulttfatlons ! In market values of either gold or silver are abolished
by free colunge , which affords an unlimited demand for the two metals at
an unvarying price. Nothing but stupcnduons new discoveries or a revolu
tion In mining could affect silver values If free coinage were once estab
lished , P11OV1DED THE LAW ESTABLISHING KUKH COINAGE PLACED
IT UPON TI113 SOUND BASIS OK MAUKET VALUK.
The man who refuses to give silver a chance Is us unreasonable as the
man who Insists on worshipping a sliver Idol.
OOVEIiNMENT MAY NOT BIO ABLE BY LAW TO MAKIO THE BUSI
NESS WOULD ACCEPT 00 CENTS WORTH OK SILVER AS THE EQUAL
OK 100 CENTS WORTH OK GOLD , BUT GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO
IiEGALl/.E AN AVERAGE VALUE of silver , which experience has
shown to be fair and WHICH THE MARKETS HAVE RECORDED.
articles Is not to be disputed. On the
contrary It was editorially admitted In
the World-Herald of August 10 last.
Our readers therefoie need have no
liesltatlon In quoting these articles tie-
loiinclng "the dishonest ratio of U ! to 1"
is the editorial expressions of the Bryai.
silver organ.
The smelting company has submitted
) lans for the proposed dyke and slag
lump at the levee above Its plant and
the city olliclals will be aide to pass
upon ( he merits of the case. The
smelter asks authority to extend Its
lump out Into the river and rocfiilm
ibout thirty-two acres. Part of thl.i
made ground the company will usii
uul the greater share of It will be ac-
julred by the city at no expense to the
taxpayers , while the solid embankment
vlll be a protection to the city as
igainst the ravages of the river. The
natter Is one of considerable inipor-
ance to the city.
Railroads are the greatest immlgra-
ion agents In this country. During the
ears when fpreign immigration was
ic.'ivy the land agents of Nebraska rail-
oads brought thousands of settlers into
he state. mos.ti > f whom are prosperous ,
vell-to-do cltl'/.i-iiH. This year , however ,
he railroads' ' ye jittractlng people from
astern states and it Is estimated that
only a small'proportion of newcomers
ire from foreign'ports. ' . It makes little
lifl'ereiice to Nebraskans whence come
hese people. lUt | there is nothing so
ssenthil to tile w.elfare of the stale as
icavy and constant immigration of de-
Ira hie
Wholesale alul retail merchants have
tTnngcd with 'tin1 ' State fair managers
or the purchase of admission tickets nt
vholemileratf'w.ln lots of not less than
00. Tiie-ie tickets'will be sent to'their
tistomers In tills territory , with the in-
ilalion that they attend the fair. It Is
ul'o to predict that every ticket sent
ut by our merchants Avill be presented
> y some one at the fair gates. No
etler means of advertising the fair
ml swelling the crowds could be de-
Iscd.
If the people of Mexico only had vole ?
i the United States they would cast
hem to a man for Bryan and free sil
ver. Bryan proposes to make ever.\
ill-cent Mexican dollar worth as nine !
is , nn American dollar. In Mexico he
!
night pose as a public benefactor , but
low his scheme to enrich the Mexicans
it the expense of the American work-
ngman can commend him to the snf-
'rages of citizens of the United States
, compi chcnslon.
The Oiiii'n \ntiirr. .
ClilcaKO Times-Herald.
The sllver-petaled daisy has withered lu
ho fields Just as the colden rod appears ! to
irlRUtun all the country lanes. Is this not
n -omen , ?
MiiUrN ( lie I'oor Mini Poorer.
Minneapolis Journal.
Silver Is the money of the poor man , nay
ho popocrats. So It Is. It Is the money of
liu poor man of Mexico , of Japan , of China ,
India and > ou won't find a poorer man
nywhcro than the poor man of those couti'
rles.
A ScriK'iil . \i roil il.
ClilciiHo Tribune.
Governor Stono's "allmy nnd polsonouH
nako which has laid a foul and corroding
nnd" upon the welfare of the nation Is
till nt large. Who Is the summer resort
coper that will make a fortune by llrst
Iscoverlng It ?
MiM-oln'M Wiinly I'-iimi' .
BprliiKllold ( Mn s , ) Itepulillcuii ,
Every ablo-bodlcd man tn Lincoln , Nob. ,
nd some few women , are said to bo trying
rlso to fame on the wings of oratory ,
nd the result Is that the RldownlkB are so
ir blocked with crowds engaged In discus-
Ing tlio silver question that the city au-
ioTitles linvo joined with the political com-
ilttces In hiring a hall wlicro penplo can
leot to exchanco vlows and exhibit their
real gifts of speech without hindering
alllc In the public streets ,
TrlbiitrN tn Htii
New York Hun.
To the partisans of the Hon. William
CUM Ings Dryan who point with awe to his
imous legislative achievement of getting
elevator for tip Lincoln postofllce , an
chlevement dulV iymmemorated on the
levator by a BlrVeg Jilato bearing the law-
Iver's name , tljVj ; partisans of the Hon.
omtom Watsoivjp < y with a Just prldo In
10 great GeorgtjuUs- fame : "Look at the
'utson dog law'A'Vyid It Is true that the
'utBon dog law Tay } still keep the name of
maker greeiiMppg after the Lincoln
levator and th UrVan plate on It have
touldercd and crumbled.
" " " *
"T
AVIiut Kl < 1 Him X.-VIT Done.
New York World.
It has never kept gold and silver at a
irlty.
It has never once given u , under free
linage , practical bimetallism that is , the
incurrent circulation of gold and silver.
The ratio of 16 to 1 was adopted In 1834.
represented the then commercial ratio ,
market values of the two metals.
In the forty years following the adoption
this ratio , and up to 1874 , there were
lined less than 7,000.000 silver dollars , or
so many by 500,000 as were coined from
inuary 1 to July 1 In this year.
And never during the whole period did
ild and silver circulate freely together as
iual money. What reason has Mr , Dryan
his "firm conviction" that they will do
now under frco coinage , when the differ-
ice In the commercial ratio 1s far greater
an at any time during the period front
to 1873T
A.S A IMKMIOTKIt OK IIO1.TIM : .
I'H 'iTt ( front ( lit * Sllvrr rniullilnio'n
Wi'lUn ; ; * anil SpriM'tirM.
Louisville.Courier-Journal ( Jem. ) .
In n speech August 7 , ISflC , nt Stuart
la. , lion. W. J. Ilryan said : "Parties arc
but Instruments , and when people say that
they owe something to a party , let their
remember that parties owe higher duties to
the people than people can owe to parties. '
At the Nebraska state democratic con
vention , October 4 , 18B3 , Mr. Ilryan labored
for the Insertion of n frco silver plank hi
the platform. The free sliver plank was
defeated by a vote of 3S3 to IOC. A golt
standard plank was adopted and a ticket
nominated. Mr. llryon declared to the con
vention that If the state democracy woult' '
not reverse the action of the convention he
Would fight for free silver under another
banner. Mr. IJryau returned to Washing
ton. Judge Frank Irvine , the nominee of
the state convention for the supreme bench ,
j henul that the Ilryan wing of the party
would throw Its support to Holcomb , the
contending populist nominee. Ho wrote to
Mr. Ilryan , urging Him to acquiesce In the
decision of the state convention and to sup
port him for Judge. In his reply Mr. Ilryan
said. October 10 , 1893 :
, "I would make any sacrifice to be of
: service to you personally , but as a nominee
! of that convention and running upon that
j ; platform I could not make an appeal in
your behalf without Riving the He to all
that 1 have said and done In behalf ot the
democratic party and Its principles. So far
ns I am concerned my speech at thu conven
tion expresses my convictions and states rny
position. "
At Jackson , Miss. , June 11 , 1S95 , when
Judge Uramo asked Mr. Bryan If he would
support the ticket of the democratic na
tional convention If the convention should
put a gold plank In the platform , Mr. Ilryan
replied : "So help mo Go < l , I will die before
I will support It. "
In answer to a similar question from Prof.
Durris. at Birmingham , Ala. , Mr. Bryan said :
"All the powers on earth , under the earth
and in the heavens above couldn't make me
support a candidate on a gold platform. "
J. II. McDowell , the populist leader of
Tennessee , lu a speech to the Tennessee
populist convention : "I believe Mr. Bryan
is a mlddle-of-the-ioad populist. Populists
qlcctcd tnau to congress. He Las ndvoca'cJ
populist doctrine , nnd said he would Icate
the democratic party unless It adopted a
populist platform. "
In n letter written to George til. Garden
of Dallas , Tex. , February 18 , 189C , Mr.
Bryan said :
"As early as 1893 , when the democratic
state convention of Nebraska , controlled by
candiila'CH for the federal offices , Indorsed the
president's financial policy , 1 stated that I
would not follow the democratic party to n
gold standard.
"Directed by my conscience and by my
best judgment , I shall use that vote to de
fend my rights , protect my family and advance -
vance the welfare of society , No conven
tion can rob me of my convictions , nor can
nny party organization drive me to conspire
ngalnst the prosperity and llbetty of my
country.
"Men who honestly differ upon the para
mount public questions cannot afford to be
harmonised by a national convention. Mr.
Cleveland would not support a free silver
candidate for the presidency , and he should
not do so If lie really believes that free
coinage would ruin the country , because a
man's duty to his country Is higher than
his duty to his party. "
.SK.VATOIt SilHIiMAVK SI'IIIU-'II.
Minneapolis Tribune ( rep. ) : Senator -
Sherman In his great speech at Columbus
on Saturday gave a concise and connected
history of coinage legislation In this ccun-
tiy from the foundation of the government , :
which will be valuable for reference
throughout jhe campaign. :
Boston Journal ( rep. ) : As good as gold
Is every line nnd paragraph of John Sliur-
irnn's speech. The only answer the sllvcr-
Ites can makers epithets , nnd Mr. Sherman
Is ncciihtomcd to the denunciations of the
shallow demagogues whoso inconsistency he
has exposed. They do not hurt him.
rinlndelphla Times ( dcm. ) : Every voter
In the United States regardless ot party
should read Mr Sherman H speech. It Is
tlio utterance of a trained financier , not of
an Inexperienced theorist , Fortunately It Is
not so long that anyone need to bo wearied ?
In reading It. No utterance of the campaign
will better repay a careful perusal.
Chicago Journal ( rep. ) : Mr. Sherman's
cpecch Is a distinct encouragement to the
democratic bolterslio claim that they are
tlio conservators of the true democracy. The ,
llnu of argtimstit adopted will cause the
sliver democrats more trouble thnn any .
other that could bo devised , since there Is
no surer way tn victory than by a division
In the enemy's ranks
I'hlladolphla Press ( rep. ) : Senator Sher
man's speech should be widely distributed.
It Is made for plain people , is easily under
stood , and Is full of Information , sound 0
doctrine "and saving common sense. Wo
need such speeches many of them to be
heard by thousands and to bo read by hun
dreds of thousands. The campaign of if
education Is progressing.
o if (
Chicago Post ( rep , ) : Any one who wishes s
to arm himself with a brief , clear and con
vincing nummary of the history of gold and
stiver In this country should read and pre
serve for reference the speech made by n
Senator John Sherman at Columbus last
Saturday. For succinct statement of the
relation of gold and silver to each other
and as the measure , of all other things It Is ;
unsurpassed In the accumulated literature
of this vexed question. tli
Indianapolis News ( Jem. ) : Mr , Shcr- be
man's quotations from speeches made In
congress by Senator Jones of Nevada during
the debate on the subject makes it clear
that the act ot 1873 was not regarded as a '
crime at the tlmo of Its passage , by ono of r
the leading men of ona of the greatest
silver-producing states , Mr. Sherman in
treated tbo currency question not only In Its " >
economic , but In its moral aspect. Ills
speech is a very simple and forcible exposi
tion. cc
New York World ( dem. ) : Senator Slier- 3
man declares the historic fact heretofore s
established by tbo World that "from IbOl , an
wlit'ii Mr. Jefferson became president , lo the
close of Buchanan's administration In 1SG1 , tin
the democratic party was a gold party , opposed be
posed lo silver and all forms of paper th :
money. " It was likewise a sound money nd
parly under Tlldcn In 1876 , and for honest
and actual bimetallism to and including
1892. Never until this year has It been is 1
committed to a fictitious ratio certain lo err
produce , if adopted , gllver monometallism. ba
llS OF TUP. MK
Chicago Tribune The only reason Hryan
has for culling this A holy war It the fact
that It In being conducted by Jones nt Arlc
Chicago Record : Who tays thr.t the rab
bit's foot Is not nn effective talisman And
charm ? Mr. Bryan received n rabbit' *
foot and Senator Gorman quit actively .sup.
porting tils campaign.
Globe-Democrat : A qood objection to
Senator Gorman a * manager of tbo demo
cratic campaign Is the fart that bo has not
been nblc to prevent the republicans from
capturing his onn slate.
Iluffalo Ktprens : Ilryan was very glad
to get the aid of such practical democrats as
Gorman nnd Faulkner , but , as uns to bo
cxpeetcd , his populist friends me Jealous.
H was too much to expect that BO mixed a
crowd as the Ilryan following could bo held
together eu-n through nno campaign.
St. Paul 1'lonccr Press : Hold money to
take In on mortgage payments , principal
nnd Interest ; silver money to pay out whcr
over they have n debt to nu-et these are
the requirements of frco coinage leaders
like Senator Stewart. But the latter says
lie had nothing to do with the drafting up
of the mortgages he holds , with the gold
payment clause. Oh , no ! It was all left to
his lawyer.
Minneapolis Journal : They say the rich
are all for the gold standard , while the poor
are for silver. So they nu\ There nro
those poor men Stewart and Jones of Nc-
vartn , Congressman Newlands , MofTut of Den
ver , Hearst , Marcus Daly and all -the rest
of those poverty-stricken people who only
have n few millions apiece left some of
them not over fifty millions , nnd some as
llttloas two or three they are all for silver.
Philadelphia Hccord : The selection of
Chicago as the headquarters of the Bryan
party menus that Allgeld Is to manage the
campaign of the repudiators. Ho is the
real leader ; all others are followers. Hut
as Altgcld Is unamcrlc.in nnd anarchistic , he
Is to keep In the background while ho pulls
the strings. The very fact nt Altgetd's
potentiality among the populists of the
middle ucst stimuli ! warn all true Americans
from a course which cannot but lead to
disaster , dishonor and humiliation.
A CAMI'AUS.V 3IYSTB11Y.
\Vh > - DiM-nii't Sllvrr Ailviuioi-f Wlifro
Aft * * 'n * SiMMMilntorsf
Knnrn * City Star.
There arc thousands of Individuals In
America with n speculative disposition who
are quick to Invest money In any sort of
commodity which appears to be likely to
advance In value and afford them a profit.
The mere suggestion of a crop failure any
where In the world leads many of them to
buy wheat for an advance , and this
speculative demand advances the price of
wheat at least temporarily. They go Into the
petroleum market , and the cotton market ,
and the stock market , wherever there ap
pears to bo a prospect of nn advance In
these markets. But with this country face
to face with the possible adoption ( f ! n.
silver standard there Is not even enough
speculative buying of silver to maintain a
stable price for the metal.
There are three possible explanations of
this interesting circumstance. One Is that
people who possess money for Investment
have absolutely no doubt that the fiec
silver party will bo defeated In the Novem
ber election. Another is that they anticipate
such c. close money market ns a result of the
silver agitation that they expect to be able
o make more by loaning money at a high
rate of Interest than by profiting from what
ever advance may occur In silver. The
bird explanation Is that they have not
he least expectation that a free coinage law
n this country will advance the value of
silver. In other words , they expect that R
Use composed of 412H- grains of silver ,
stamped free of charge by the United States
government , with the name "dollar" on It , K
will be worth no more In comparison with
25.8 grains of gold , or a bushel of wheat ,
ban a similar quantity of silver is worth
n the form of bullion today.
These who enjoy pondering on abstruse
questions as to what iiidkcs value can
select for themselves the explanation which ;
seems most rational.
HOY OHATOII.
Illpc ConrlliHloiiK of an liulluim Col-
CUIctiRo Chronicle ( ilcirt. ) .
Another boy orator has appeared. His
name is Clarence D. Roysc. lie is a stu
dent at De I'amv university , in Indiana , and
was a rival In one of the recent contests
for the championship of college oratory.
Young Mr. Iloyso made an address a few
days ago ut a meeting of business men In
Grcencabtle , Ind. In the course of his ad
dress ho said :
Has gold appreciated ?
Measured in silver , yes.
Measured in most commodities , yes.
Measured in labor , no.
Wages are higher than in 1S73.
The complaint that the dollar Is worth
01
too much simply means that the laboring
man can buy too much of the necessities
and comforts of life for the wages ho re
ceives.
If tills ho the evil nnd the remedy re
quired bo the reduction of the purchasing %
power of wages , then frco sliver is the
proper tiling.
This is as wise an answer as could he to
framed In reply to "Hoy Orator" Bryan's ul
argument against a dollar "Increasing in
value. " It Is brilliant and conclusive. I ' ;
fo
The gold dollar has Increased In value
proportionate lo silver and to many other
commodities. nut it has not Increased. In
value proportionate to the wages of labor.
The gold dollar paid to the worklngman :
us wages wP ! buy moro today of the nec- "I
In
L-ssarics of life thnn over before , At the
same tlmn Ibcrn has been an Increase In
ivages at gold prices. ar
The Indiana college boy orator conron-
r.ited In n dozen lines a wise and conclu
sive reply to all the wild fallacies that the
my orutor of tbo 1'Iatte scattered from , -
ar platform on n railroad rldo of 1,200
miles from Nebraska to New York and lu n III1
wo hours' typewritten speech after ho ar-
ived at New York. , I :
wn
llltY.t.V M'P A IIIJIKTAM.I.ST. th
at
An OIIIIIM * of 11 n ril Knot in Worth n C
Ton oT Conviction. " UK
New York Worlil ( dem. ) till I
The entire silver argument in Mr. del
liryan's speech Is based upon Ills claim to "
lie a blmetalllbt , or an advocate ot the "
qual coinage and concurrent UHO of gold UK
uid silver as money ,
If tills were true the World would , stand
ivlth him. It la opposed lo gold mono-
nclalllsm. Hut , an it has said , It Is even
Tioro opposed to silver monometallism. If
vo are to have a single standard and a
ilnglo basis lot It by all means bo tlio best.
L.et us stand with the grout and civilized
lommerclal nallons of tlio world rather
ban with Mexico and the Central and
loutli American states.
Mr. liryan's advocacy of bimetallism Is
ascd upon his "firm conviction" that Inde-
icndcnt and unlimited frco coinage at 10
1 will "create a demand for silver which
vtli keep the price of sliver bullion at
1.23 per ounce , measured by gold. " Hut
bin conviction disregards tlio experience
all other nations and Ignores the history
our own coinage. An ounce of hard fact
worth a Ion of "conviction" In nettling
economic problems. And the hard facts A
ire :
1 , That In our own country never once T
all the years of IU trial did the
atlo of 16 lo I produce parity of values 11
lever for one year did It give us practical
ilmotalllsm , the concurrent circulation of
old and silver.
2. That no country In the world , not even Jl
hrlfty , compact and scientific Franco , has
icon able to sustain bimetallism with free
olnaso al a false Hat ratio , whether l&K to " .
or 16 tn 1 , <
3 , That In no silver-basis country In the [
I'orld loday la lliero any gold In circulation
use as money. U
4. Thai In no counlry In the world is there
rce coinage of silver. Wherever U Is coined
ho government makes a charge for mint-
T ;
C , If silver should not advance from CS
cuts to $1.29 under free coinage by this
ountry alone , of course our gold would go
a premium and out of use and circulation
money. We should thus havu contraction No
nd irilver monometallism.
I !
What reason has Mr , Ilryan for supposing
lat hlslory will slop repealing llself for our
eneflt ? What ground has ha for asvumlng T
iat financial laws which are as Inevitable TA
Immutable as the law of gravitation will A
ijapend or reverse themselves If bo shall
drry the election ? In theory Mr. Ilryan '
Tj
a bimetallism In fact bis theory If given
rfect would send the country to a silver III
asU ,
MKIUIASV HXAOTs A Qt IMH fcA
rropoii-i Jo 1'nn I nil Ad vcr tiler * AVI
KxiiBKurnto ( hn Truth.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. United Slat , ,
Consul Lleber At Dusseldorf , Germany , , ' . ,
n report to the Department of Slate eiiclosij"
the translation of a law recently ruactt'
by the legislature of the tlernmn craptr. .
Intruded to subdue certain forms of untRl'.J '
competition find directed prtnrlpiilly Agalnr' '
swindling advertisements. fnls statement'
ot quantities , sUndcr and the bctraysl t
business scci'ots.
Persons knowingly and with an Intentloi ;
to o\oko the nppoaranro of a pnrtlcularl ) ,1
advantageous offer , making Mntetnotits Injp
public nu > ei-tlemeiils or in communication ! * .
intended for n largo number of persons con-VJ
ccrnlng the quality , the method ot produc-li'J '
lion or the fixing of the prices of mcrchnn-VJ
disc , or th possession of distinction * '
( awards ) , or the manner or tlio tourers of the
purchasing of such merchandise or of pro *
fcsslon.il work , or Ihu motives or purposia
of Iho sale , which are untrue or fiiallllcd to l |
mislead one. are to be subject to n flu p. i |
Any por.ion offending n second tlmo may , ,1
bo Imprisoned. I
These who for purposes of competition ,1 ,
innko or spread nny assertions concerning t |
nnother person's business or the proprietor
or manager of n business , or with relation
to goods or professlonnl work lntcndi < d to
dlcturh tlio carrying on of the business or
Injure the credit 6f Its owner shall , the
law requires , be responsible to the Injured
for the damages If the truth that asser
tions were Hindi * can bo proved
Parsons making use In business of a name.
A firm or special designation of n trade or
an Industrial undertaking In nny way cal
culated to create confusion ns to the nnino ,
firm , etc. . shall bo liable for damages.
A penalty of not more thnn .1,000 marks fl
or Inipilsonniont of not muru than a year 11
la Imposed on nn employe communicating ' '
to others during tlio tlmo of Ills engagement
without being authorized nny business or
trade secrets.
\K\VS KHOM .SOUTH AMKIUUA.
S | > rrlnl Pncllltlrn An'ordril'for United |
stntrH Kvhllillor * .
WASHINGTON , Aug. 20. The president I
of Argentina has Issued a decree , a copy
of which has been forwarded to the State > l |
department , remitting all duties on articles
mil fiom the United States fou the purpose
of showing the manufacturing and commer
cial Industries ot thU country. The move
ment for thcso exhibitions originated In
Philadelphia.
The Venezuelan government has * granted j
a concession to an American to establish
permanent exhibitions of American goods
at Caracas , Maracalbo and other largo cities
of Venezuela.
The new phase of the long contest between
Bolivia nnd Peru Is reported , by which
Bolivia is promised a coast line on. the Pa
cific. Moro than a year ago n treaty was
made giving Tacha and Arlca to Chill , thus
leaving Doll via cut off from access to the i ]
ocean , aud ono of the few countries situa
ted , like Switzerland , entirely without coast
line. Since then the countries have been
negotiating , and It Is said that a treaty has
been effected by which Bolivia gets back
a strip through Tacha nnd Arlca , mifflclent |
to give her access to the Pacific ocean.
FATAL HRSfl.T OF A CIIII.1VS 1MIAXIC1
ChlliliMMi Spike < luHnllH , AVrcrU n' ' ,
Locomotive mill Kill Two JMi-n.
CANTON , O. , Aug. 20. A thorough In
vestigation was innile this morning Into tho.
cause of the derailing of engine No. 49.
which was hauling a work train , last night
near Carrollton , the locomotive rolling down
an embankment and killing Engineer Joseph
Kirk and Fireman John Hardcsty of this
city.Tho
The Investigation shows the accident to
have been caused by children having placed ,
three spikes on the outHido rail of the j
urve where the derailment occurred ,
rwcnty-slx men In thu caboose escaped
lcath by falling several hundred feet down
nn embankment because the caboose want
caught in tbo branches ot a big tree. ;
A L.ITTM3 FUXXY 1IUS1M2SS.
Chicago Rceord : "I notice that Johnson'
has stopped talking politics. "
"Yus , he got hard up the other day and
had to spend his Mexican dollar. "
Detroit Tribune : "Sa > f not that we nro' '
lost. " she exclaimed. "Thorp Is yet hope.
Yonder assusslu has to sing high C as bo
strikes u.s dead , and ho may swallow his
palate. "
There wore obvious advantages to bclnf ?
heroine In opera over being heroine In some
other old thing.
liuffnlo Times : She There's a difference
between humor and nonsense , then ?
He A largo difference. Humor In tlio jokn ,
you make yourself. Nonsense , that the
other fellow makes. ,
Philadelphia , Record : "Tlili car , " said !
the surly paspt'Uger , "reminds mo of an
organ. It him so ninny stoiw. "
"liemlnds mo Just now of n street organ , "
retoileil the tired conductor. "It goes with
prank. "
lioston Transcript : Mrs. Mann Are you
terribly thirsty that you have to go out
iftcr every not ?
.Mr. Mann The play Is so confounded dry
-wonder it doesn't have to go out Itself
'or a dilnk.
Detroit Tribune ; "Isn't the country ulr
lorfectly lovely ? " , , ,
Tlio .Modern Girl shrugged her shoulders
oldly. "O , f don't know , " she rejoined.
had my wheel Inllatetl with It this inorn-
ng , and I don't notice ) much dlffoiencu.
Chicago Heeord : "Locomotives , they Bay ,
rn very long-lived. "
"Yes. They always boll their drinking-
rater. "
Imllanapoll.s Journal : "Sir , " said the
-oman of the dotermliied Jaw , "woman's
phero Is enlarglni ; and you must ndmlt
"Well , " said tbo eynleal bachelor , "whlln
am not exactly prepared to coucedo that
-Oman's head Is os.actly a sphere , still
icro Is no doubt that It has been swelling
a great rate. In the last few years. "
Cincinnati TCnqnlror : Carroll Bay. old
inn , you are looking IfK ) per cent bettor
linn you were a year ago ,
llairett Yes , 1 wills worrying about my
ubls then.
"All p.iId up now , eli ? "
"No , They Jmvo grown so thai I know ,
lient Is no ii" In trylim to pay. II Itf
real lonil off my mind. "
VICTORY IN SIOHT.
Clctelnml Lender ,
Joy ( Ills my cup , and I emi scarce
Itefraln from giving- vent
Unto the fei'lIiiKH that within
My manly breast uro pent.
My love limi said Bho will bo mine ,
And 1 linvo fed u pound
Of poison to thu bulldog thai
Her dad's had hanging 'round.
O.V TIIK FHOSTKI ) STAtiK.
New York Bun.
The Hey stood on the crowded R\aiant \
Whlln thousands from him lied ;
And Hlnjun , luilu with quiet rage ,
Hat wishing they were deud.
Yet beautiful nnd bright ho stood
Ho caniB to ralso a storm
creature of lierolo blood ,
A proud und manllku form ,
Thn crowds moved on ho would not go
Without great Hlnjnn'a won ) ;
Hut Hlnjun , tilled with wrath und woo ,
His voice no longer beard. L
Hii called rilond ; "Hay , Hlnjun , say , )
If yet my Kisk is done ? "
Hut Hlnjun sat In wild dismay ,
And tmv tlio crowd ! ) movu on , !
.Six-'ik , Blnjun ! " once ngaln ho cried.
U , HiK-ak. and lut rne go ;
cantiol check thin rlsliiK tide ,
Nor Btop Jlu oulwurd How. "
Upon Ills brow lift foil their breath , ,
And In bis waving hair ,
And looked from that warm post of death
In grim yut bravo despair.
rhcn , turning 'round , once more ho cried ,
"O , Hlnjun ! must I Btny ?
Hils crowd cannot be satisfied !
Keo how they movu uway. " 'j
answer carne , nnd them ho stood ,
And moved his hcurcrs moiu ;
Hut , strumju to tell , hlu hearers would
Keep moving toward the door.
1'heru oamo a hurst of thunder sound ;
Tliu Hey , cli ! whcro WIIB ho ?
i\sk of thu crowds who danced around ,
And only cumo to nee.
I'ho farca Is done , In purer ulr ' '
The crowds rujolco o'or that ;
iut tluj noblu tli In K which pvrluhed thcr *
the Orator of thu I'latlu.
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