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12 THE OMAITA DAILY 111113 : S17NDAY , AUGUST 30 , 1890.
Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY
E. ItOSKWATEH , Kdltor.
MOItNlNO
TKHMfi OF Bt/nSCItiTflON. /
Dully tlcc ( Without Stmdiiy ) One Year . S 00
Dally Her ana Sunday , One Year. , . ID M
Klx Month * . & 04
Thlr * Mnnthd . . . * . M
Hunilny lift. One Yeir . . . J JJ
| ! lun1ay I tec , One Ycnr . > ' ?
Weekly lice. One Ycnr . "
or PICES :
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Poiith Ofrmlin , Blnccr Ulk. , Cor. N nnJ Slth Bt .
Council Illnfra , 10 North Mnln Strort.
Clilcnco Ollice , 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New York , Ilooinn 13 , It nnd 15. Tribune f Mg.
Washington , 1107 P direct , N. W.
All communication * rclntlnK to n"\vn nn-1 ci
forlnl matter should ie nddronol : To the
All ktixlncsg letters nnd remittances rtift'iM ! <
KldicFicd to The lleo PuMI-hlriK Company ,
Omaha. Draft * , checks nnd pololllee oidcrs to
IM made pnynlil * til the- order of the company.
Tifn IHK runusniNO COMPANY.
STATIMINT or CIIICULATION.
fitale of Nebraska , ]
Douglas County. I
Ueorffo 11. Tzschuck , secretary of The lce rub
llshlng cumpany , bcliiy iluly snoin , rays that the
nctual number of full ami complete conies of the
Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday lice printed
during the month of July , ISM. was ns follows :
, 17 19.6M
2 . 20.M7 18 2i,2S6
18 20.910
4 . 18.97.- , 2J 19.811
r . so.noo 21 20.015
c . 19 ; ss 22 19 , ! 3li
T . in.M * 21 19,997
R . 20,43 * 21 20.109
9 . , . 20.124 25 . , , . , 20W >
10 . : iT.t 2i ( 2(1.700 (
27 .20.GSC
12 2B.040 21 .20.078
13 22,329 2J 20 119
14. . . . , * , . , , . . ,20 13 * > 30 .20.139
IE 19,705 31 20.101
1 19,794
Total (37,793
J esi deductions for unsold nn < l returned
copies 12,523
Net total sales 023,270
Net dally nvcrace 20,17 *
OTOHOIJ II. TX.SCHl'GK.
Hworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence this 1st day of August , l(9fi.
( Seal , ) N. P. ITU *
Notary Public.
TO ST.AT 13 FAIR V1SITOHS.
THE OMAHADAILY BEE.
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SI'KCIAr , VISITORS' 1IOUIIS.
Visitors to the fair nro Invited to In-
Bpi'ct the tinoxcellcil newspaper facili
ties of The Dec. In order , however ,
thnt there mny be no confusion , they
will bo iished to accommodate them
selves to the following hours : The press
room , on the ground Hour of The Heo
building , nnd opening upon the west
Bide of the court , will be open to the
public between the hours of 3:30 : and 4:30 :
enrh afternoon. The composlnR room ,
on the sixth Itoor , entered throuRh room
BOO , will bo open to the public each after
noon from 4 o'clock to 5. No one who vis
its the Btnto fair Bliould KO away without
sccliiB the finest nowspuper plant in the
country.
THE Oi\fAiiADAILY BEE
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TIIK HICK BUILDING.
Now for fair wonthcr for fair week.
The people conic to see McKlnley.
Bryan lias to BO to see the people.
In Cliiiui hand-shaking is unknown.
China must be the presidential candi
date's Garden of Eden.
No one need 1m surprised if Chinese
Bliould temporarily become the otlicial
language of the New York four
hundred.
What a fountain of unmixed delight
the present free silver agitation would
bo to Petroleum V. Nasby of Coufcdrlt
X Iloads !
The situation in snugly contained In
the nutshell of Tom Hood's admirable
phrase , "a. campaign for the opportunity
to labor. "
An Indian headdress of eagle plumage
would be an appropriate souvenir of
Ills American visit for the Chinese
Htatesman of yellow Jacket and peacock
feather fame.
Tlmt new rubber tire trust should beware -
ware of a puncture when it comes in
It : contact with the sharp prongs of the
law against unlawful combinations In
restraint of trade.
Governor Holcomb has put his foot
flown on sham battles by the Nebraska
National guard. The governor should
be given a medal for an achievement In
the life-saving service.
I
Senator II111 sacrificed himself as
I democratic candidate for governor of
New YorlJ once in the face of Inevitable
flefont. One experience of that kind IH
usually all a man of his caliber relishes.
With two sets of prohibition candi
dates and two sets of democratic candi
dates on tlio Nebraska ofllclul ballot ,
the voter will likely have his hands
full without regard to silver fusion or
confusion.
Every railroad employe in the country
ought to be for sound money. Put the
United States on a silver busts and
scarcely n road would bo able to con
tinue business on present scale of ex
penditures.
If.tlic tone and character of his formal
letter of acceptance can be taken as
a sample , what an excellent inaugural
address Major MeKlnley will make
when ho Is Inducted into the presi
dential ollice.
With the donation of Mr. Charles S.
Klgutter , the clly of Omaha lias made a
start toward a municipal art gallery.
The example ought not to bo lost upon
other public spirited citizens who have
a taste for art
Kx-Premler Hlbot of Krnueu Is on hl
way to visit the United States. Tlio
American republic may be relied on
8 h * always to Imvo a warm reception for
tlio representative ) statesmen of the
great French republic.
Everyone of tlio thousands of visitors
who come to Omaha and the State fair
tills week must bo Impressed before
they go away with tlio progresslveness
of the city and tlio enterprise and
hospitality of its citizens.
Dr. Nansun proclaims his purpose of
soon undertaking another polar expedi
tion with a determination to make the
north polo this time. There Is an old
German adage that the pitcher t'oes to
tlio spring until It breaks.
A largo proportion of the depositors In
Ravings banks are women who have no
votes , but they will make their influ
ence felt against the candidate who
proposes to reduce the value of their
deposits by paying them In depreciated
( silver dollars. .
TUP CAMPAWN VF
Detected lit Its brazen attempt to
pnlm off upon credulous readers al
leged reprints of forged articles cred
ited to the London Financial News , the
local llrynn organ , the Omaha -World-
Herald , Instead of gracefully bowing
bo fort ; the disagreeable cxpostiro , seized
upon the Indefinite wording of the
cabled denial to assert that 11 had
printed two alleged extracts from the
London papur of substantially the same
Import and that ttie first olio printed
had not and could not be denied.
Thus 111 Its Issue of August 21 , several
days after the article In question'hud
been denounced ns n campaign fabri
cation , the World-Herald persisted In
Its falsehood as follows :
It might be a good Idea to paste In your
hat the fact that the London Financial News
has never denied and cannot successfully
deny the article first printed In this news
paper , February 1 , and which has appeared
In these columns under the heading :
"Pnste This In Your Hat. " It Is a story
which shows that tree coinage would help
America , but would prove disastrous to
Great Britain.
We now Imvo In our possession the
original copy of the Ixmdon Financial
NVws of August 13 , 389(5 ( , wherein It
repudiates the forgeries that have been
circulated by the sliver organs and
silver managers In this country. The
denial refers specifically to the alleged
reprint that appeared In the Omaha
World-Herald under the heading "Paste
This In Your lint , " In language that
is unmistakable. It reads In full :
Wo have received numerous letters from
American correspondents containing what
purports to be editorials from the Financial
News and which have been reprinted In
various western papers as "campaign litera
ture. " Ono Omaha paper prints an article
stating It Is "from the London Financial
News of March 10. " No such article was
over printed by us and its whole tenor is
directly opposed to the view wo Imvo taken
of the effect ot free silver In the United
States. So far from advocating free silver
coinage we have persistently pointed out
that it spells repudiation and the with
drawal of all European capital.
This 111 addition to the letter from the
editor of the Financial News , a fac
simile of which lias been printed in
The Iee ? and which says "that no such
article ( as the one kept standing in
Mr. Bryan's newspaper ) ever appeared
In the Financial News" ought effectu
ally to explode this bungling campaign
trick as a shallow forgery. But. It Is
hardly to be expected that the use of
the fabricated reprints will be discon
tinued by the sliver people. To use the
words of tlie Bryan organ , "It is a poor
cause that has to be bolstered by down
right falsehood. "
37/B MKItCHAKT 31AIIIKE.
In Ills letter of acceptance Major Mc
Klnley approves tlie declaration of the
republican platform In favor of the ui > -
buildlng of our merchant marine. Ho
says we should no longer contribute
directly or indirectly to the maintenance
of the colossal marine of foreign coun
tries , but provide an efliclent and com
plete marine of our own. Major Mc
Klnley says : "Now that the American
navy Is assuming a position commen
surate with our Importance as a nation ,
11 policy I am glad to. observe the re
publican platform strongly endorses , we
must supplement It with a merchant
marine that will give us the advantages ,
in both our coastwise and foreign trade ,
that we ought naturally and properly
to enjoy. It should be at once a matter
of public policy mid national pride to
repossess this Immense and prosperous
trade. " There Is no doubt about the
meaning of this ; and it assures the fact
that If elected president of the United
States Major MeKlnley would do all
In his power to promote a policy in
Which every section of tlie country is
Interested , that of providing a merchant
marine that would give our producers
Independence of European ship owners
and keep In our own country , for ex
penditure upon our own people , the
very large amount of money that an
nually goes abroad for tlio payment of
freights and passenger fares.
The policy of supplementing the navy
with a merchant marine is so obviously
dictated by every consideration of na
tional expediency that It must be pre
sumed 110 one will question it. The
one Is a natural complement of tlie
other. But the really Impressive point
made by the republican standard bearer
Is ids statement that we should no
longer contribute directly or Indirectly
to the maintenance of the colossal
marine of foreign countries. How
enormously we have done this In the
past thirty years. It Is not nn exag
gerated statement to say that
what the producers of the United
Slates have paid to European
ship owners In the past thirty years
would have constructed a merchant
marine nearly twice as great as that of
Great Britain and would have created
a navy many times greater than that
we now have and nearly equal to all
thu navies combined of tlie great
European powers. The American people
ple , with all their boasted intelligence ,
do not properly understand this ques
tion. They have never given It tlio
consideration to which it is entitled.
They do not appreciate what It means
to pay $100 , < XX,0X ) ( ) or more annually to
European ship owners which might lie
kept ) at homo and expended among onr
own people. They do not understand
that we can never have commercial
Independence mid can never extend our
foreign commerce as we should do until
wo have adequate facilities of ocean
transportation under our own Hag.
This Is a question In which all sec
tions of the country arc equally In
terested. It has been too commonly
assumed that only the people of the
east were concerned In building up the
inerdmat marine , but tills Is a grave
mistake. The producers of tlio west are
no less , If not Indeed more , interested
In the question of being able to ship
their products In' American rather than
In foreign bottoms. Even If It be as
sumed tlmt the-y could not do so at a
less rate , still the money they paid
would remain at homo and be expended
for home products nnd In the extension
of home shipbuilding , while there would
bo a valuable prestige In the fact that
American products were transported
under tlio American Hag. Whatever
divergence or opinion there may be as
to the wisest policy for restoring our
merchant marine , all men must agree
tlmt It Is a desirable thing in bo done
nnd that It should bo accomplished with
ns little delay as possible ,
A PVnUO SPIH1TKI ) COni'OHATIOX.
In making a subscription of $5,000 to
the stock of the Transmlsslsslppl Ex
position association for the New York
Life Insurance company President John
A. McCall lias placed the citizens of
Omaha and the people of Nebraska un
der new nnd lasting obligations. The
New York Life Insurance company has
shown its faith in thu future of tills
city and state by the expenditure of
more than $1,000,000 In the magnificent
ollice building which It has erected here
In the very center of the Trausmlssls-
slppl region.
It goes without saying that every en
terprise which bus for Its object the
promotion of the material welfare of
the west will have the active cooperation
tion and support of this great corpora
tion. In setting tlie example of public
spirit by Its liberal subscription to the
exposition of 1S98 Its managers have
shown a commendable appreciation
of tlie magnitude of the project
and their well grounded belief that
It will prove a most potential fac
tor In directing attention to the op
portunities which tills section holds out
to Investors and enterprising capital
ists. If all the non-resident owners of
Omaha property were as public spirited
as the New York Life Insurance com
pany the financing of the exposition of
18S ! ) would be an easy task.
SOMJt IXTKRKHY1NU VMUKGS.
The latest circular .of the United
States Department of Agriculture con
tains statistics of the acreage , produc
tion and value of the principal farm
crops In the United States from IStid to
1805. A glance nt its pages presents
some very interesting figures.
Within the thirty years embraced in
these tables it is found tlmt the most
valuable corn crop ever harvested in
the United States was that of IS'.tl. The
aggregate value of the corn crop for
1801 was $ SI130,22S. < ( ! . The smallest
returns for the corn crop of any one
year since 180(1 ( was In 1872 , aggregating
? -i : ! . > .l-tVJno. ! The average price of corn
in 1872 was 30 cents a bushel and in
1S01 40 cents a bushel.
The most valuable wheat crop ever
harvested in tlie United States was that
In 1801 , valued at ? riiJ,472,7Il : , and the
least valuable wheat crop harvested
within thirty years was in 1803 , aggre
gating $213,171 , S1. Tlie price of wheat
In 1801 was S3 cents a bushel and in
ISIX'J 53 cents 11 bushel.
The most valuable hay crop ever
gathered In the United States was that
of ISO. ! , aggregating In value $570,883-
872 , and the lowest aggregate value of
the hay crop was 1877 , when It was
valued at . $271.034.050. The price of
hay In 1877 was .fS.OO per ton and In
1803 ? S.G8.
The largest potato crop ever gathered
lu the United States was that of 1$03 ,
aggregating in value $10S.filS01 ( ! , and
the smallest In value was In 1874 , ag
gregating .f71.S23.330. The price per
bushel in 1874 was (57 ( cents ; in 1803 50
cents.
The largest cotton crop of the United
States for any one year since 18ii ( ( wap
in 1802 , aggregating 10,088,000 bales ,
valued at $200,2(51,000 ( in round num
bers.
These figures are suggestive as well
as instructive. They show that corn is
absolutely king of all American agri
cultural products , while cotton and
wheat are both secondary to hay when
converted into money. And the hay
crop of the United States Is worth more
than six times as much as the silver
product of the United States , and the
smallest hay crop we have ever gathered
within thirty years exceeds double the
value of the entire silver product of
the world for the best year. Even the
Insignificant potato crop for the insig
nificant year 1871 when coined on the
market brings more than the output of
all the American sll.ver mines when
they are doing their best.
JIKFOHMS.
While In the excitement of the pend
ing political campaign the masterly ad
dress delivered some ten days ago by
Moorfleld Storey of Boston as president
of the American Bar association failed
to receive the attention which It de-
serveil. Some of the plain truths which
he brought to light and emphasized will
afford food for reflection for thinking
people for some time to couiL' . The Im
portant part of tlie address , which took
the form of a review of tlio changes In
statutory and adjudicated law during
the preceding year , was that which
dealt with corporate rerolvor.shlps , and
especially the reorganization of Insol
vent railroads through receiverships ,
"It Is to the courts , " says Mr. Storey
very pointedly , "that we must look for
protect Ion. Their authority rests pe
culiarly upon the respect of the people
for their absolute impartiality. " Ho
goes on to say tlmt the moment tlie
courts undertake to release Insolvent
corporations from their obligations that
moment the conlldeiieo of thu com
munity receives a shock. Had the
courts always refused to entertain ap
plications for receivers when made by
the debtor corporation , or even If they
had selected Impartial receivers and
facilitated the enforcement of every
agreement , railroads would have been
reorganised moro promptly and on a
more enduring basis than Is now pos
sible. Judicial action which Impairs the
obligation of contracts Is more danger
ous than any statute that alms at the
same result.
Proceeding further , Mr. Storey dwelt
nt length upon the fact that the great
railway systems of this country had
been built up and equipped with bor
rowed capital. Many of the securities
represent investments of more than
their face value , Capital stock 1ms been
frequently issued ! without payment ,
often as a bonus to go with tlie bonds.
In tills way the money , of creditors has
been invested and tlio control of the
property retained by tlie debtor , the
railway company. Tlie failure of a rail
way company finds the managers united
and fully prepared for the emergency
which they inevitably have fore
soon , wlillo It llmls Hio crc'tlltors scnt-
tercd , Ignoran niiil frlRlitoiieil and on
tlri'ly unready to net. Tlio outcome , nc-
cording to Vr , Storey , Is nlmost luvnrl-
nbly the ptvfi .ration of ft bill In equity ,
prepared lu , t-rct anil wltliout notice
to any oiKsmj erestcil , asking for the
appolntnieium 1 receivers. The impers
nre filed Iff f mrt anil receivers are
iiniui'il. T ! $ \ \ of the Insolvent
company have coutrolletl both shies of
the HtlgafuYiftjand the receivership
means Klnrfl tlio continuance of the
abuses by gthl h the property has been
depleted a ilf 14 credit Impaired. All
the. subseifnoiit steps nro similarly to
the disadvantage of the real owners.
There is a great deal more truth than
poutry In this arraignment. ' 1'he records
of the federal courts from Sun Fran
cisco to Now York , and from Portland ,
Ore. , to the Mexican line , tell the same
story. Corporations representing bil
lions of capital linvo been reorganised
under receivership process and moro
water has been Injected than has been
wrung out. The receivership process
has generally aggravated rather than
Improved the condition of the corpora
tions Involved and It has too often been
protracted In the interest of the benell-
claries until there was nothing but a
skeleton of tlie body corporate left.
AVe are informed that our esteemed
but over credulous townsman , Mr. .T. 11.
Kitchen , has Incorporated Into bis valu
able book In defense of 10 to 1 free
coinage that forged editorial from the
London Financial News. Now that the
article has been proved to be a rank
fabrication , we naturally suppose Mr :
Kitchen's honesty will Impel him either
to withdraw his pamphlet from sale
and circulation or bare the unsold
copies otfpungeil and revised. No hon
est sllverlte would want to be responsi
ble for tlie circulation of a forgery.
"Hoyoml the Mississippi lies the great
wealth of the days to come. " .So says
Speaker Keed and so says everybody
who Is conversant with the vast natural
resources and boundless opportunities
of the great west. The latent wealth
Is here awaiting only development. The
first requisite of develouinent is capital
and capital will come as soon as in
vestors are assured that they need have
no fear of changes In our monetary
system intended to defraud creditors of
their just duos.
The Colorado State Hoard of Health
Is filtering vviigorous protests against
the indiscriminate importation of sick-
people into' "that state. It wants in
valids to olAulii * permits before coming
to Colorado and would have the grant
ing of penuijsjdepend on whether the
disease Is likely to be transmitted to
others. ThereO are apparently draw
backs as well as advantages to the
health resort tratllc from a business as
well as from a social standpoint.
For the first time In the nation's
history a candidate fortiie , great ollice
oC president of the United States Is
heard In public speeches to refer to a
consiaerabliscctioii of those" United
States r.s "the enemy's country. " Set
over against this silly and boyish
utterance of a boy orator the words of
Abraham Lincoln , spoken amid the
fierce heat of a civil war , and quoted
today by William McKinley , "We are
not enemies , but friends. "
The formal notification of Bryan and
Sewall of their nomination by the so-
called silver convention at St. Louis
Is expected to take place at Lincoln ,
September 8. Hrynn Is also scheduled
to participate in the Labor day demon
stration at Chicago on September 7.
The cry 1(5 ( to 1 will soon come to mean
that the sliver candidate Is booked to be
in 1i ( places at one time.
In the suggestive collection of portraits
of the sheep of democracy and the
goats of the Bryan following , recently
displayed in Harper's Weekly , one looks
In vain on the left for the counterfeit
presentment of the Hon. Ig. Don
nelly of Minnesota. Such omission ,
however , may bo looked on as an ad
ditional honor for the Hon. Ig.
The chances seem good that the Inter
state Commerce commission will not
only cogitate but also hibernate over
1he Stlckney disclosures of railway dis
criminations before It decides whether
or not It Is called upon to Institute
prosecutions against the offending rail
road men for violating the law.
Western Union might buy up the
whole of the Hell telephone plant and
there would still be as much competi
tion between telegraph and telephone
as now. Kor all purposes of public
concern ( lie two systems have for years
been working In such harmony that
they might as well be one.
Tlu > right of free speech is guaranteed
by the constitution and will be pre
served. In ( lie exercise of this rights of
free speech 2115(1 ( , free press lie the best
assurance that the people will be fully
educated on 'eVery vital issue that they
may bo caljejl , ,51111011 to decide with
their suffragei"
l'owderly iT ; out for McKlnley and
Bound money ) > j An Instance wheru
I'owderly is right and worklngim-n can
follow his leSjlejfshlp with safety and
"
advantage. No" agu worker can benefit
from any plan"that reduces the purchas
ing power of pre'dollar which ho earns.
Morton speaks of
"tho discredit' disgrace , dishonor and
dishonesty offing to a sliver basis In
the United Stales. " Mr. Morton might
have added the words , duplicity , de
ception and disaster , without getting off
the letter or off the track.
The college foot ball season will liven
up In due course of time and the long
haired athlete will try to push himself
to the front of public notoriety , lie
will jostle the politician for public no
tice if anyone can.
Hardly a day passes without the an
nouncement of new dltlicnltlcs in tin.
way of placing fusion tickets on the
oillclul ballots In different states. Konu I
of our Australian ballot laws were
framed in contemplation of a two-tailed
presidential ticket.
Nebraska's output of chicory for 1SOO
promises to be ahead of anything hi
previous years. The Nebraski farmer1
believes In diversified agriculture. Thai
Is why the cultivation of chicory has
been made a success and has come to
slay.
The llrjunU' AVnvi- .
St. 1'mil Pioneer Press.
Bryan quieted the people , when tlio pint'
form broke. In two , with "a wxvo of his
hand. " Hut It will take more than that to
tiiiot | them when they sco the American
dollar Muttering a similar fate.
Ill-mini * OlttTtMl In Vnlii.
lloston Herald.
General Wcyler'a edict offcrlnR pecuniary
rewards for information leading to the
capture of filibustering expeditions Isn't
bringing in a large squad of Illlbustcrs. The
business Is flourishing the sameas of yore
and Cuban sympathizers aren't saying n
word.
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The- Stick to 11 CIooil ThInur.
Ololie-licmocrnt.
It Is estimated that 00 per cent of the
railway men arc for Bound money , 3 per
cent for silver , nml 7 per cent are undecided.
A Dryau dollar , coupled with his assertion
that rnlluay rates should Imvo tumbled
faster , Is pretty stilt mcdlclna for a class
who have had their full slmro of hard times.
Mini I'rnpOMCN , SinDlHiioMix. .
St. Louis Itcpuhllc.
In the whole matter of matrimony wo
man possesses unusual advantages. A man
proposes ; she disposes. Say she promises ;
she sees a bettor catch , and an exctiso Is
found to send her lover about his business.
She uses her advantages with mercy and
grace , however , as a rule , and it Is well
she possesses them , when there Is to
found a man who is shabby enough to en
deavor to recover an engagement present.
1'oixlN.
Philadelphia Tress.
The state of Connecticut appropriated re
cently $2,500 to provide for tests of ndul
tcratlon in common articles of food , the
tests to be made at the State Agricultural
Experiment station , in New Haven. Sam
ples to the number of SIS were purchased
In forty to\vns throughout the state. 01
these samples 254 were clearly adulterated
and twenty-four were doubtful. The adul
terations for the most part were not poison
ous ; they merely served to dilute the arti
cles nml to defraud the purchaser without
injury to his health.
A Klrry Oot < > rlc.
Chicago Inter Ocean ,
Kaiser Wilhelm continues to decimate the
ranks of the older men in the army and
civil service In a fashion that is viewed
with alarm by his conservative well-wishers.
Advanced civilization has not snapped the
strength of the good old adage "Young men
for action and old men for counsel. " The
young emperor Is getting a flery coterie
about htm that will be moro apt to create
than dissipate trouble. People who are per
sistent in Inviting trouble will get It sooner
or later , and then call for counsel that will
grudgingly respond.
TinI'rop * of Silver.
Philadelphia Record.
The populists continue to assert that there
was bimetallism and the coequal circulation
of gold and silver as legal tenders down to
"tho crime of 1873. " Yet In all that tln\c \
only 8,000,000 silver dollars were coined , and
In 1S73 not a silver dollar was in circulation.
The act of 1873 simply recognized the fact
of its non-existence as currency. Since
that act upward of 400,000,000 silver dollars
have been coined , and they are kept In
circulation by the device of silver certificates
and the promise of the government to main
tain them at a parity with gold. But with
the free coinage of silver on private account
this obligation would ccaso. and those who
should receive the silver dollars in payment
ofvagc3 or salaries oj- debts would have to
look out for themselves.
UIUfA.V AS A
An Incident Illustrating tlic Kxieiit
of III * IiOKiil Kiio\rleilKe.
Carl Smith In CiilcnRO Ileconl.
By the way , you hear every llttlo once in
awhile of something funny in connection
with Mr. Bryan's , newspaper career. Here
is an odd thing In which both his editorial
Judgment and his legal acumen were at
Issue. Mr. Hitchcock , who was proprie
tor of the World-Herald , In the campaign
of 1894 contracted with the republican state
central committee to give that body the use
of two columns of space on his editorial
page , good advertising rates being charged.
A caption announced that "This space Is
engaged by the republican elate central
committee , " and Mr. Hitchcock thought that
ought to make it clear to all that the mat
ter there printed was paid advertising. The
readers , especially the democrats , refused to
so understand it , however , and a great cry
of rage went up. Mr. Bryan , who held
the ollice of editor-in-chief , was away at
the time and he was sent for In a hurry.
He returned and insisted that the contract
bo revoked , and when the other parties re
fused to cancel the agreement ho ordered
the matter supplied to bo withheld , where
upon an Injunction suit was instituted by
the central committee. The contract pro
vided for Insertion of matter for a term of
"ten days , Including two Sundays , " and
when the republicans asked ex-Judge II , J.
Davis , now of Chicago , to take the case ho
told them they were sure to lose , as a con
tract for Sunday work was Illegal. In
desperation , however , they directed him to
go into court and try to enjoin the break
ing of the contract by the World-Herald
people. He did so , and by some phenome
nal oversight , although the other side was
represented by half a dozen attorneys , In
eluding Mr. Bryan , nobody but Davis thought
of that Sunday clause and he , very naturally ,
Instead of mentioning it , lay back and iiclil
his breath until the court had decided.
And the court decided against Mr , liryau ,
attorney and couusclor-at-law.
A IIIOICOIIV POI.Vl'IMt.
Ail Amlrrtv .IiickNou I.ollcr on tin-
JUoin-y QiicHflun.
New York' Sun.
Mr , Efllngham Lawrence of Bay Side , L.
I. , brought to the Sun onico yesterday
an autograph letter of Andrew Jackson's
Interesting in Its references to the monetary
disturbances of his tlmo and in its appli
cation to the present currency discussion.
The lettdr was posted at Nashville , It Is
as follows , the spelling and punctuation of
the original being retained in the publica
tion :
"HKHMITAOB , April 4th , 1842. Messrs.
Mounsel White & Co. : Gentlemen I Imvo
the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of
your favour of the 2Gth ultimo , with the
Inclosuro of bill of laden for six pieces of
cotton bagging and four coils do , rope , by
the steamer Nashville , which I am Informed
are deposited with Anderson and Hamilton ,
Nashvlllo , T , amounting to one hundred am )
five dollars , which Is duly noted and for
which I sincerely thank you ,
"I regret to learn the gloomy prospects of
the market , but still , wo must be patient ,
act with Industry and occonomy , and no
soon as the Banks are coerced to bo hon
est , to resume specie payments or wind up
then and not until then will the pressure
In the money markctt reuse then the sol
vent Banks will be able , in safety , to ac
commodate the public. Then will confidence !
bo restored , and the present pressure will
pass away ; and In onu year , health and
vigor will be restored to the country again.
When confidence is again restored , which
It will be , as soon as the Banks pay upeclu
or the real representative of specie , mil
lions of specie boarded up will be put into
circulation , which will at once give life , and
vigor to the commerce of the country , and
give a fair and steady price to the product
of the agriculturist.
"The pcoplo are now resolved to put this
paper system down that ban destroyed the
morals as well as the prosperity of our
country , and to Lave an undovlatlng metallc
currency , or its equivalent , which will re
store prosperity to our country , and put
down that ruga for speculation , and over
trading , which that paper credit system
has produced , and which ban bad such a
ruinous effect upon our country. I am , with
great respect , your friend sincerely ,
" 4.NDHEW JACKSON. "
TUB POOH M\V MOXMV.
Silver < ltc Slntiitnril of tlio I'oorenl
\ii4lmiN on Kiirlli.
KIU1M4 I'll ? J cm inn I.
Mr. Mrjmi and others of his class are
fond of snylng that silver li the poor man's
money , and in one respect they are correct.
In every silver standard country without ex
ception wages are at the \cry lowest point
compatible \\Hli existence and tlie neces
saries of life nro generally high. In China ,
for Instance , tlic dally earnings of a common
laborer would not pay for the pudding nn
American workman has for his dinner , at-
tljough In that nation the ro.it of living Is
not so great as In some others , by reason
of the frugal hnblts of the laboring man
nnd lila vcRctarlan diet. A cabinetmaker In
China Is content to work twelve hours a day
for 11 cents , a brass worker gets IG cents ,
and a native typescttci dra\\s JS.i'S for a
month's wages. In India the wage earner Is
no better compensated , and the same may
be said ot nil silver countries. Coming
nearer homo , the best skilled labor In Mexico
ice Is paid not to exceed $3 $ a day In sliver ,
and those engaged hi ordinary occupations
receive from GO cents to "t > cents per diem ,
In silver. These are the prices that obtain
In the larger cities ; In the smaller towns
nnd In the country the rate Is much lower ,
ranging from 25 to 40 per cent less.
While the net money value to the Mexican
for his day's work Is very much below that
of the American laborer , the cost ot his liv
ing is far greater. Ho pays $8.50 for 100
pounds of flour , 32 cents for n pound of
bacon. It cents a pound for sugar , 40 cents
for coffee , 17 cents for a pound of beans and
$1.69 for a gallon of molasses.
In short , wherever silver Is used as the
circulating medium it can bo truly said
that It is the "poor man's money. " The
laboring man is forced to work for a sti
pend that the American teller would con
sider degrading and pauperizing , nnd Insult
is added to Injury by paying him In a de
based currency which further lessens his
compensation one-half.
Among the South American republics ,
Venezuela is on a gold basts. Foreign sil
ver coins are not permitted to circulate
there and her own silver coinage Is kept on
a. parity with gold nnd Is accepted In pay
ment of all public and private dues without
discount. "This Is duo to the fact , " says Mr.
1'roskauer , United States consul at Puerto
Cabella , "that at present no silver Is coined
and never has been In excess of the gov
ernment's ability to redeem It In gold. It
Is generally understood that were the limit
of ability passed the same conditions would
exist hero that prevail in nil other South
American republics , namely , sliver would bo
at a largo discount and ttio poorer classes
would sutler In the payment of their dues.
Venezuela is , therefore , proud of the stand
ing Its silver coin has among the nations of
the world. " In consequence of this wlso
policy labor is much better paid In Venez
uela than In neighboring republics whcro
silver continues to ho "tho money of the
poor people" and where the poor people arc
depressed and miserable accordingly.
1'UllSOXAIj AXI > OTIII3H1V1SI3.
Some men are born rich , some inherit
riches , some go into the coal business.
When Schumann was in love he wrote :
"I wish I were a smile that I might play
about your cheeks. "
Dr. Emmens announces that he has dis
covered a method of turning silver Into gold.
If ho reveals It before the close of the cam
paign ho will spoil all the fun.
Queen Amalle of Portugal haa been de
voting much of her tlmo to an attempt to
discover an anti-fat pill In order to stay the
tendency to extreme corpulency which has
been threatening to disfigure her husband.
A Connecticut father and mother , being
In need of money and finding that their
youngest child was an asset convertible Into
cash , sold It for $100. Now a Judge has re
leased them from their bargain and has or
dered the return of the child.
Speaker Reed's talents are In demand In
other fields than politics. Twenty-eight life
Insurance companies have offered him the
position of referee , an office held by the late
William E. Itussell of Massachusetts. Mr
Ileed has accepted. The salary of the office
IS
Tuesday , September 10 will bo Perry's Vic
tory day in the program of centennial ex
ercises In the city of Cleveland , and ad
dresses appropriate to the occasion will bo
made by Major McKlnloy , Senator Allison
and others.
On the Pacific coast they are considering I
whether It is right to hill a person who is '
Incurably 111 and suffering terrible agony i
A clergyman started the discussion by boidlv
advocating from his pulpit killing under .
such circumstances. A few years ago a
coroner's Jury In London Justified a woman
who obeyed her hiisbntuV * command
Mionl him nnd thus shorten his
watering places. In default of
ca serpent , are discovering niystcrtotli
steamers In the ofllng and vaguely hlntln , , '
At posslblo tragedies to bo witnessed froi
their excursion boats. .
When n patriotic Frenchman asked Calrt '
with a falling Inflection , It It were posslbl
she meant to return to America again ( hi
jc r , she returned : "They pet mo thero' '
you scold me bete ; why shouldn't 17" - ' |
IiAurler. the new Canadian premier , might ,
have mndo a fortune and n reputation at' .
the bar , but bo rarely goes Into court. Ho It , I
poor , and It Is said that If ho were to dlel |
now bis cslato would not amount to moro' ' ?
than $2,000. Ho Is considered the most' ]
pleasing orator in Canada and gained great
fame by the first speech ho made when lit
took his scat la the House of Commons.
invi.s.
Detroit Free Press : ShcAlfict1 , thnro Is
nothliiK In the house to ent.
He-Oh , well , let us Imvo n breail pud-
dint ; .
New York Herald ; Pnrke I don't sup
pose , old timli , you cnn really nppreclato
how bright my children nro. l une No )
1 Imvo nuvcr met your wifo.
. . . . - Times : flmwlpy OotrockH
Sly dearest Margaret. 1 love you tenderly/ /
devotedly. Your smiles would shed
Margaret Never mlml the woodshed.
How about a resldcnco built for two ?
Woonsockct Hrportrr : She Did you tell
Kids of our engagement ? Ho Yew. Bho
( aggrieved ) You promlsod tlmt you would
say nothing about 1ft Ilo It's perfectly
safe with Fibs ; no ono over believes him.
Hoston Transcript : "Wlmt do you think
of thlM sixteen to ono that everybody la
talking- about ? " .nsked Ueth. "Oh. It
wouldn't lie any good to mo , " replied Sndlo.
with n sigh ; "If tlu-ro worn only two to I
one , the other girt would get htm. Somo-ii
how I'm always getting left. " '
Now York World : Ho I'm going to pay !
you tlio highest compliment n man can
pay u woman , She This la no sudden.
He I know It , but I cumo away , without
my pocketbook can you lend mo Jl until
tomorrow ?
.Detroit Free Press : "I thought , Alice ,
that you wuro engaged to Harry Smith , and
now I hear you are going to marry hU
father. "
"That's right Maude. Tlio old gentleman
said ho could support only ono of us , nml
I decided to bo that one , nnd took the
widower. "
Hochcstcr Times : Husband Are youii
aware , my dear , that on this grassy spot \
began n war that lasted ton years ?
Wife Why , John. It was hero that you
proposed to me.
Husband Exactly just ten years ago.
Philadelphia News : "Does your husband
still call you pot names ? " "Yes. " said the
wife of a year ; "yes , ho does. Hut ho does
so with a llttlo too much ease , I think.
It sort of sounds as It It were moro the
result of practice than the expression of
undying affection. "
HAVEN'T TIME. I
Chicago Record.
She hail learned to bo a rusher
In a weary business world ;
And along a dizzy pathway
Uy life's pressing needs were whirled
So enslaved was wio to phrases
Of that hustling , bustling clime.
That , when u man would wed her ,
She said , "Thank you haven't time "
A SUM.MI3K MfiHT.
Written for Tlic Uee.
Full of reflected , lambent light ,
The sky's great windows are
God's signals flashed out through the night
To mortals from nfur.
Whlla lesser lamps that Rleam nnd glovr
Appeal to these who roam ,
Where restless souls are apt to go I
Beyond the reach of home.
Though worlds In which I Imvo no place.
In changeless circles move
Yet tender breczo.s kiss my face
Like lips of ono I love.
And while the moon , relentlessly ,
Looks down on many a grave ,
Unselfish waters , clear and free ,
The shores of sorrows lave.
Deep In the hearts of dark , still streams
Tlio night's sweet peace I HOC ,
And thus , through tears , mid hopes and
dreams ,
Thy heaven waits for thee.
And 'neath thy footsteps , though unseen ,
Are blessings rich and fair ;
Though darkness spreads her veil between
J know the ( lowers are thoro.
niSLLK WILLEY CUE.
Wlnslde , Neb. , 1S96.
1511 Douglas St.
Different
That's why intelligent buyers like
our clothing- best That's why
even the tailor stops to admire it ,
It's style is original and new and
good It's fit , it's fashion , it's
fabric is faultless The margin of
profit is small , very small must
be when we sell Gentlemen's
Suits for $3,75 $5.00 $7,50
$10 Boys' Suits for $1,65 and up ,
We carry the most extensive line
of Ladies' / Cloaks , Suits and
Wraps in the city priced like
the clothing.
Our shoes for men , women and
boys are substantial and stylish
and price from $1.25 up.
THE 1511
NLW STORE DOUGLAS ST ,
