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THE OMAHA DAILY IHSJjjr iKATUKDAY , SEPTEMBER 12 , 1890. /
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( Seal. ) N. Notary I' . ' 1'iibltc. ' : : ' '
Fusion In u grout tiling for tinnartj
tlmt fnrnfHliijH the i-antllilaU'S.
's corn crop Is all right. No' '
oven Jack Frost Is now nlilu to jlvc It r
Botbaek.
It la n grunt commontnry on
llcanimn In Colorado when Tom Put
tcrson can be put by republicans on
the electoral tlcke.t.
1A Iluiijr Olmiifc Is quoted as sayinj ,
McKlnloy will bo tlie next president of
the United .Stales. LI Hunt's head It-
level , even If bis eyes are oblique.
It Is plain now that the nopocriitlc can
didate for president would awept any
thing In the shape of u nomination or
endorsement from any party anywhere.
Iloke Smith is olii } , ' to talk. While
talking Iioke. might tell why , if he be
lloves free coinage would prove disas
trous to the country , he Is supporting a
candidate who stands for disaster.
The republicans of Colorado have de
clared for protection and instructed
their candidates for electors to vote
for the most pronounced free trade
man who has e"er run for president
Nebraska has live out of Its six con
pressmen republican. It ought not to
have fewer republicans In Its next con
gressional delegation , while a solid re
publican delegation would be still bet
tor.
No yellow dog legislative ticket this
year , If you please. Hepublicans can
not afford to risk success just to ac
commodate men who want to feather
their nests by securing a seat In the
legislature.
Ily the way , Is the low price of hay
duo to the monetary system or Is it
nlniply n question of supply and de
mand ? In 18H ! the price of hay in Ne
braska was very high , duo solely to
ehort crops.
When a man sclln out his constitu
ents the first time , the people nre not
to be blamed for being sold. When
u man Is given a chance to sell out the
second time the blame must rest with
the people who give him that chance.
Uryan talks a pile about syndicates ,
but he Is as mum as u September oyster
about the silver syndicate whoso de
mand lie voices for government as
sistance In raising the price of their
product. What about government by
the great silver syndicate ?
Mr. Ilryan Is scheduled to spend two
days making political speeches In Nortli
Carolina. Can It be possible that the
popocratlc candidate Is apprehensive of
losing North Carolina ? If not , why
should ho devote personal attention to
political conditions In that state ?
Bryan will again take his lightning
calculator with him on hlsrsouthern
political tour and If ho speaks to less
tlmn 20,000 people anywhere It will be
only because , the man In charge- the
accessories has forgotten to put on his
patent multi-magnifying spectacles.
Republicans who are Interested In
carrying Nebraska for MeKinley and
the state ticket should bear In mind
that hundreds If not thousands of
votes will bu lost or gained In Omaha
nnd Douglas county by the character
of thu legislative nominations made
nest week.
According to the silver argument
money Is dear because money Is scarce ,
lint If we multiply Indefinitely the coinage -
ago of silver dollars ami make thi'in
plenty the purchasing power of the s Jver
in n dollar will go up , Hut a little self-
evident contradiction like this Is of no
importance to them.
Tlu directors of the American Hallway -
way union have Issued an address In
favor of the popocratlc. presidential
candidate. . The American Uallway
union has been defunct for some time ,
but Its former olllcers , like the southern
brigadiers , Imagine they retain their
otllclul titles for their entire natural
lived.
Dourko Cockran 1ms espoused the
cause of sound money hcvuuso ho Is
convinced that it Is his duty to uphold
thu honor of the country and maintain
the national credit unimpaired. All
talk about him being sent out as the
paid agent of nny man or set of men
may ho put dowu at once us a campaign
fabrication. '
Mil nill'MTS T.MllFF IHJDOINO.
The refusal of Mr. Hrynn to discuss
the tariff question Is causing comment
unfavorable to him. In view of the
fact that while In congress Mr. Urynn
was one of thu most radical advocates
of tariff reduction , In order to cheapen
prices for the benefit of the people ,
whereas now he Is urging that prices
nro too low. very naturally suggests
that he was either Insincere then In
his plon for the people or he Is Insln
cere now. Cheapness was then the
great dcsldornlum with him. lie
railed against the "tariff robbers" anil
urged that n reduction of duties was
necessary to give the people needed
relief In lower prices for what they
consumed. It was not the currency ,
but the economic policy of the re
publican party , which Mr. Uryan then
regarded ns the source of all Ills. In
a speech In I ho house of representa
tives In ISltJ Mr. Hryan rlmmcterlWHl
protection as n cannibal tree which
had crushed the farmers within its
foliln and declared that the only thing
needed to give relief to the farmers
and to the maAses of the people was
tariff reform. There was no trouble
with the currency , which was the same
then that It Is now. The whole trou
ble was with the tariff.
Iteferrlng to the attitude of Mr.
Hrynn when In congress aud his pres
ent attitude , the New York Times says :
"For some years ami tip to n recent
date. Mr. Bryan , In and out. of con
gress , earnestly nnd constantly de
mantled a great reduction of tariff
duties and urged that many dull-
able products should be placed
upon tin free list. because ,
as he contended , the prices of the neces
saries of life ought to bo reduced for
the benefit of the people. The tariff , he
said , made prices unwarrantably ami
unjustly high ; the ; Interests of the
masses required that these prices
and the cost of living should
be cut down. Now he asserts that the
prices of the necessaries of life are very
much too low and that they were too
low at the very time when ho was sayIng -
Ing that they were too high and was
exerting his inlluencu to reduce them ,
lie proclaims the doctrine that thu cost
of those things by which life is sustained
should be Increased not decreased
by legislation anil advocates a policy de
signed to Increase It. It was , he said ,
for the benefit of the masses that he
then called for legislation that would
decrease this cost ; it. is. he says , for the
benollt. of the masses that he now de
mands legislation that will Increase it.
Why should he not desire to avoid any
discussion or any expression of opinion
tlmt would exhibit this difference and
this evidence of inconsistency ? " Mr.
Ilryan In 1SU ! ) and In 1S-I ! did his part
and did it well In deluding thu people
regarding the tariff and he does not now
dare attempt a defeusu of his course ,
the disastrous effects of which are
known to everybody. lie Is now en
gaged In another effort to delude and
mislead the people , but what he now
proposes Is far more dangerous to the
welfare and prosperity of the country
than the policy of tariff reduction he ad
vocated in congress , In order to reduce
prices. That policy has done great
harm to all interests nnd especially to
the agricultural and thu labor Interests ,
but It Is trilling in comparison to thu in
jury that would be wrought by the free
coinage of nilvur. Mr. Bryan has the
very best of reasons for avoiding discus
sion of the tariff question. lie cannot de
fend the results of the policy for which
he Is In part responsible. Having de
ceived the people once , to their immeas
urable loss , will ho be allowed to do KO
again ? No one can think so who has
uiy faith In popular Intelligence.
COMMKXDIXO
Senator Tlllnuin made a character
istically vindictive siit'oeh In Philadel
phia a few days a o , in tlio course or
which hu heartily commended Missis
sippi for repudiating her .state debt
nnd said that other states should fol
low her example- . The men who lost
by Mississippi' * ) repudiation were north
ern capitalists nnd Tillman would like
to see every person In thu north who
owns money reduced to destitution. A
uroat deal of northern capital Is In
vested in southern bonds and If the
malicious South Carolina senator could
have his way hu would repudiate every
dollar of these obligations. Tillman
was a conspicuous llfjurc In the Chicago
con vent Ion and he Is now KohiK about
HpoakhiK for Mr. Bryan and vulgarly
denouncing everybody who is opposed
to the Chicago nominee , it Is pre
sumed that he Is dohiK this with thu
full recognition of the popocratlc. na
tional committee anil with the approval
of Mr. Bryan. If such Is the case , In
the event of the election of Mr. Bryan ,
he would bu compelled to recognize
Tillman. The obligation hu In placing
tlmsulf under to the vituperative South
Carollnan would Imvu to be met. Tilt-
nan would have a voice In shaping ,
hu course of tin' administration. What
mist honest and honorable men think
of such a possibility ? And yet Till-
mm Is no worse tlmn many others who
ire supporting thu Chicago tlckut , but
who lack his frankness.
A C.lKDll ) SlI.VKHtTK. .
So candid an advocate of free silver .
is Mr. Thomas ( ! , Merrill , onu of thu
nvnor.s of the Liverpool mine In Mon
ana , is very rarely found. That mluu
s now closed and In explaining tin )
fact Mr. Merrill stated tlmt It Is duo
(
0 n feeling of the owners tlmt It will
csult to their ntlvnntngu to let thu
mine remain idle for n thm , ' "If wu .
get free coinage in this country , " hu
said , "ns I surely think we will nt no
lltilnnt day , thu mine will bu worth
wlce as much as it Is now. We will
hen receive for our product IliO cents
in ounce and thu dltTurenco between
Imt and thu present price of about ( US
cuts will be clear protlt , for thu ex-
icn.Ho will come out of the prlco wo
ire receiving now Just as It has In the.
> ant. " Here wu have a frank state-
nent of what the silver mine owners
xpect from free silver a clear profit
n every ounce of the whltu metal of
1 cents and this Is what they would
'ft. It will bo observed tlmt Mr. Her- )
rill docs not contemplate any Increase
In expenses , lie does not figure on
imylng nny more wnjjeg to minertlmn
lie IMS been paying nnd there Is no
reason to suppose tlmt any of the mln
owners would Incren.se wapes. Wlij
should they when there would lie nior
labor seeking employment after th
Tree silver policy went Into effect thai
there Is now ? They might have to paj
somewhat more than at present To
machinery , but that Is comparatlvelj
unimportant. So that In getting ? 1.-'D
an ounce for their silver the mine
owners would linvo n clear profit o
all that Iri In excess of the presen
price and their properties would lie
doubled In value. Hut who else wouli
bo benefited ? No rational man \vll
assume that the mine owners wouli
Invest their profit Ijj productive enter
prises. They would do nothing to re
store activity to the Industries of tin.
country or create a demand for labor
They would provide plenty of liusl
ness for the mints , but nothing for tin
mills. It Is perfectly obvious that the
silver mine owners know what the >
are about.
TIIK t'Ai.
There Is n saying that if you give a
calf rope enough It will hang Itself
The silver people are slowly but grud
fully discovering tljat the publle In
stead of having had too little Brystii
and Hryan's doings are becoming sa
tiated and disgusted with the page ?
upon pages of newspaper reports of tin
movements and utterances of the pope
cratlc candidate and his noisy sup
porters.
The cry raised a week ago that there
was a terrible conspiracy abroad In the
land to suppress everything relating to
the silver side of the campaign seems
to have fallen upon altogether unsym
pathetic ears. The newspaper-reading
public , who have for weeks been forced
to wade through apparently Intermlna
bio drivel , know better nnd If they were
not already convinced that there Is no
ground for such complaint they could
satisfy themselves by merely glancing
over the lirst. few copies of sound money
papers that come into their hands.
Last Sunday's Issue of the I'ortland
Oregonian , for example than which
there is no stauncher sound money or-
.ran on the Pacific coast devotes nearly
five columns to a verbatim report of n
free silver speech by ex-Governor Kyi
vester 1'ennoyer and editorially calls
attention to it in the following para
graph :
We print today a long speech by Governor
fennoyerj not because it has value , for It
s rubbish and nonsense , but to gratify him
and his populist friends , mighty few of
whom , however , will read It through. Cer-
alnly nobody else will. Mr. 1'ennoyer.
moreover , is the oracle of the denio-popu-
Ists of Oregon , and the utterances of their
ocal oracle arc as well entitled to prescnta-
lon as the Hoods of drool and slobber and
hoiiwash delivered by Uryau from week to
week. Of Mr. I'eiuioycr this may be said ,
that ho is not at all more absurd than Mr.
liryan. He knows fully as much as Hryan
of the lawg and history of money , which
Is nothing ftt all , and Is entitled to as much
consideration. One more motiveof the
Oregonlan In printing Mr. Pennoycr's spcecli
Is to show to any who care to know how
inane and absurd Is the best and moat
earnest argument of those who want to
defy the world's laws of value by resolving
to make money out of stuff at double the
value It has in the estimation of the
world.
When such an explanation Is re-
iiuired to justify indicting n dose of
free silver ravings upon a body of In
nocent newspaper readers no wonder
the talk about suppressing Hryan and
his followers died a-bornln' .
And now we are told that the West
ern Passenger association has adopted
a. plan that l.i expected to put an ef
fectual stop to cut rates locally and
will circumvent the ticket broker.
When charges are filed against a road
for violations of agreements , which
means the cutting of rates , a prosecutor
cuter Is sent to push the trial and
fasten a penalty npan a convicted of
fender. , The papers In the ca.se are
then taken before the chairman , who
Is the arbiter for the western associa
tion , and lie renders a decision accordIng -
Ing to the law and the evidence. The
fines imposed In such cases are heavy
In event of conviction. The trouble has
been that local agents have not had the
:
ability properly to prosecute complaints )
filed , and the Imperfect record of CJIHC.S ;
made precluded fair and Impartial de
cisions.
The proposition of f'ouncllman Hen-
awn to have the council declare null
and void certain franchises granted
some years ago by the city to com- v .
pilules which never fulfilled their part
of I ho contract Is most commendable. :
When these franchises were voted The
Hee held that the city ought to exact
conditions by which some revenue could
bo derived , The principle Is as sound '
now as It wiis then. The use of our
streets and alleys should not be granted
to every applicant without a contract
which will bring | o the city a curtain a
revenue In return therefor.
Our hysterical contemporary devotes
nearly a column descriptive of the Coin
Harvey branch school on Fifteenth
street and concludes with a heavy argu
ment to sustain the proposition that
there * are no Idlers at the alleged '
school. This will be a surprise to all
those who have dropped Into the brunch
It
the past two weeks , for the fact Is this
name faces are seen there day after
day , Nome of these men are ldl < > from
choice , others want employment but do
not get It. Most of them aire wasting
their time talking" about money , but
not working for It ,
A clean legislative ticket made up of
representative business men , farmers
and workingmen will Insure a republican - T
n
publican majority of from 3,000 to c ;
5,000 In Douglas county. A yellow
dog ticket can not bo elected even with
thu republican label , and Is nro to
lose the party thousands of vetoes , Is
0
The business men of Omaha who
Imve tukcn such an active Interest In
the exposition 'of 1808 must now BOO
to It that a business delegation shall
1)0 &eut to the legislature from Doug-
Ins county. rfH la Just ns Important
tlmt wo an'uV rclircvcntiitlvp men nt
Lincoln noi'lt ' Is that we hnvo n eon-
Bressuinn Llij\VashluKtou who can be
dependednti [ ui to Ret the largest np-
proprlntloiK'-T
An Inklln'g'V ' the thoroughness Avlth
which the iiupal ) ii for sound money Is
being cnrrfi'iT'oii in this city Is jjlven In
the ov > ; ali3 tllon of llrst voters' Me-
Klnley clnbj The Importance of this
branch of Thtf work Is obvious. Kverj
four years"Wore are thousands of youiiK
inuii who ijJis'C their iniildeit presldentln
votes aud. 11,44 essential that they In
looked ufter nnd started aright. IA >
the Issues rtf the campaign be falrl >
and clearly 'put to the young nion o
this city nnd there can be no questloi
of their support of republlcnn principle
From the extraordinary demand fo
tickets of admission to the Collseun
by people who waul to hear HonrUt
( 'ockran's speech" , there Is no doub
the event Monday will be the greates
of the campaign so far. Large as Is
the capacity of the house , there Is everj
Indication that standing room will In.
at a premium. Uvery man in the oils
or In the vicinity who Is halting be
tween two opinions should be Invltet :
to hear the famous New Yorker.
The Illnck Crow of Sail Crook.
OlilrnRO Tribune ,
The man who Introduced Ilryan as "tho
Black Uaglo of Nebraska" evidently knows
nothing about natural history. He shouK
have called him the Illack Crow , and then
asked the audience to hear him for his
caws.
_
A PiHrlotlo Duly.
New Yotk Sun ( ilem. ) ,
It Is not merely n patriotic duty to refuse
to vote for liryan as a method of rebuking
the Chicago rc'pudlators. It Is a patriotic
duty no loss imperatlvo to vote for McKlnley
to snvo the business and prosperity and
character of the country from ruin.
e. ' llorroxvcil > 1oiiiliurM.
1'hllmleliilila Itcconl.
Mr. liryan quotes with approval the ad
vice of Cicero to his son : "Don't go Into
retail business ; It Is small and vulgar busi
ness. " Vet Candidate Bryan's whole busi
ness during the progress of the campaign
has been the retailing of small and scrappy
nrlhorlsms. He hasn't dealt with any large
principle in a wholesale way.
On n Culls Illll.
Iviuifns City Stnr.
Mr. Bryan's witty description of the
sound money democrats as an army composed
exclusively of generals Is not quite as com
prehenslvo as Daniel Lament's characteriza
tion of the Chicago platform "the new
nnd strange creed proclaimed In a moment
of delirium at 'Chicago , and promptly recog
nized and ratified ns Its own by the populist
party at St. 'Louis. "
l > t > voitliin ) Wlilolif
Chronicle.
Mr. Bryan should inform himself as to
what is happening In the world and thus
avoid making himself ridiculous. In his
recent Toledo .speech ho alluded to the pros
perous condition ( if India , where free coinage
of silver has existed for decades , and asked
what would happen there If such coinage
should be suspended. Mr. Bryan ought to
tiavo known.that the free coinage of silver
brought Indja ' tq. , the verge of bankruptcy
and that It jwk's suspended indefinitely moro
ihah three years , ago. Only by that moans
'
was an overwhelming pan'lo averted and
commerce and industry saved from prac-
, lcal extinction ,
Coal Coi\ioH , fi i Clilnn.
j Mston Glolie.
It Is ciirolya.UuU Nvhjle a Chinese" viceroy
s vls'Itltifj o'uij."country an .American bark
should' have .brought topan / Francisco a
cargo of anthracite and manufacturing coal
mined at Tonqnin.
The Importers of this first consignment of
coal from China say that this Is only the
icKlnnlng ; that they have well nigh inex-
laustlble mines to draw from , and can af-
brd to sell , and will sell , at prices far be-
ow the rates established In California for
either Welsh or Pennsylvania coal.
Oriental and occidental rivalry on the
raclfie coast has certainly taken on a moat
unexpected phase.
Shout nn Vim Illci > ! Slmot StrnlKlit.
New York Sun ( item )
Our advice to democrats Is to keep the
main chance steadily In mind. A vote for
McKlnloy Is worth two votes for I'almer
as an Instrument for the defeat of Bryan.
'irst let us save the republic and fortify
ts Institutions by as tremendous a majority
against repudiation and revolution as pa-
rlotlsm can insure. Admire the spirit dis
played at Indianapolis , take off your hata
n John McAuley Palmer and Simon Itollvar
Buckner , cheer them to the top of your
olce , not cnly as fine old types of northern
and southern democracy , but also as the
advance guard of a democratic column start-
ng out for further victories , and then go to
ho polls and clear the way for the new
lemocracy by firing directly at Bryan a
ballot for William McKlnloy !
Itrynli Api > rovi-n
Kansas City Star ( ilern. )
Mr. Bryan did not mince words on the
ubjcct of bolting In his speech
cceptlng the sliver party's nomination ,
lo declares plainly that ho hail fully do-
lded , long ago. to withdraw from the dem-
cratlc party if it should declare for the
old standard. In making that declaration
no eases the way for freeBllver republicans
lo vote for him , and for sound money dem
ocrats to vote against him. It has been
plain , In fact , ever slnca the Chicago con
tention , that Mr. Bryan does not consider
ilmself a democratic candidate. Ho has
studiously avoided the use of the word
lemocrat In all his speeches , and has been
.rery careful not to discuss the tariff ques
tion or any other public question except
diver. He considers himself as distinctively
ho fr9 silver candidate , and IB not attempt
ing to get votes on any other issue.
A. llryiiiilHin I'liiictnri'il.
Pnrl SclUirz'H ChlcnKO Speech.
"Mr. Bryan In' his New York speech Bald :
'Any purchaser ) who stands ready to take
the cntlro supply of any article at a certain
prlco can prevent that article- from falling
below that price. So the government can
fix a price fop RuTd mid sliver by creating
demand srvatw than the nupply. '
"Is this to-creun under free coinage the
Kovcrnmrnt will purchase silver bullion and
pay a fixed Tstlcc for It ? If so , then Mr.
Ilryan , the great free coinage npostlo , does
not know what free coinage is. Let us re
mind him. It means thut the owner of
silver bulllott-wqv take It to the mint and
have It colnedUani returned to him , so many
dollars for sow ni'iich weight of pure silver.
It docs not fli'TiTan that the government
'stands ready Uoi urchaso the entire supply
nf silver ntfli ) evrtatii price. ' The govern
ment dors miLpurcliase a single ounce of It.
merely rccfjjvcitfthp | bullion , stumps It and
returns it , jB * } ( ,
, VVAII * T > W KHOM WHIISTKIl.
Dmof tlifflflrt'iit AinrrloilliN Wlioni
HryilgnlUitrN ( Jiioli- .
Daniel W rSl ( t > Hpeech. March 15 , 1837.
Mo who tampera with the currency robs
labor of Its bread. Hu panders Indeed to
greedy capital , which Is keen-sighted and
may shift for itrelf , but ho beggars labor ,
ivhlch la holiest , unsuspecting and too buay
ivltli the present to calculate for thu future.
rhe prosperity of the working classes lives ,
novi-3 and has Its being In established
reillt and -steady medium of payment.
Ml sudden changes destroy it.
Holiest Industry never comes In for any
lart of the spoils In that scramble which
takes placewhtm thu currency of a country
disordered , Did wild schemes and proj
ects over benefit the industrious ? Did violent
lent fluctuations over do good to him who
lepends on his dally labor for his dally
jread ? Certainly never. All these things
nay gratify greediness for audden gain , or
he rashness of daring speculation , but they
an bring nothing but Injury and distress
the uouius of patient Industry aud honest
abor.
THU VOICI3 OF AltKANSAS.
Chicago Times-Herald ( rep. ) : It Isn't the
first time Arkansas 1ms favored repudia
tion.
Chicago Chronicle ( dem. ) : It the so-
called democratic platform In Arkansas had
contained a plank In favor of again re
pudiating the Smlthson bonds the "victory1
would not have been much more sweeping.
New York Sun ( dem. ) : It Is to the great
t shame of Arkansas that nobody puts any
I confidence In the returns of last Monday's
election as expressive of the real sentiment
of the citizens of the state. Its repudiation
for dishonesty In counting Is deplorable.
Chicago Journal ( rep. ) : The Increase In
the plurality Is .not as great proportionately
ns It was In Vermont , but Indicates that
there will bo no break In such stales as
Mississippi and Georgia. The fighting ground
In the south Is In the border states , and
thn election .will be decided by their votes
and those of the states of the middle west.
Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : Arkansas's clcc
tlon Is of no particular Interest to any
body outside that stato. The democratic
plurality will probably bo above 60,000. It
could Just ns easily be made 100.000 , however
over , ns 60,000. The election machinery Is
entirely In the hands of the democrats.
They do almost the whole of the counting.
Kansas City Journal ( rep. ) : According to
the last census the proportion of the popu
latlon of Arkansas unable to read and write
Is 26 per cent ; the democratic majority still
remains at its old figure , about CO.000 , nnd
the commonwealth ngnln advances back
ward. Thcro was no campaign of education
In Arkansas , for It was useless. The agita
tion of the free coinage theory had nothing
to do with thu beastly majority rolled up
last Monday. The majority would have
been as big , and doubtless blgg'dr , If the
campaign had been made on the proposition
to coin dollars out of castllc sonp.
lilt VAX'S AlVHITA\CH.
Indianapolis Xows (1ml. ( dem. ) : The letter
puts him before the country more clearly
than ovur ns the advocate of a depreciated
currency , though he has llttlo to say directly
of the IB-to-l scheme ; of an enfeebled execu
tive and of the rehabilitation of the spoils
system. Thus it is thoroughly consistent
with the Chicago platform , and , generally
speaking , with the speeches which ho has
so far made.
Chicago Test ( rep. ) : The popocratlc can
didate Is dodging the populist nomination ,
although It means thousands of votes , but
the offer of support from the handful of re
publican bolters calling themselves the "sil
ver party" ho accepts with cheerful alacrity
and unction. The reason Is , of course , plain.
The silver party has a one-plank platform
and no AVatsonlan tail to substitute for the
"regular" one.
Chicago Tribune ( rep. ) : Bryan treats the
tariff miestlon very cavalierly. He says :
"It Is not necessary to discuss It nt this
time. " Kour years ago ho could discuss
nothing else. Now ho declares the money
question must be settled llrat. But were
ho to be elected , after his party had "set
tled the money question" by enacting a free
coinage law , Bryan would demand that it
take up the tariff question and give the
counlry a big dose of free trade. Kor la-
has never repudiated the ultra free tr. .U >
'entlmenls ho ultered in 1S ! > 2. He still be
lieves in the abolition of protection , nnd
will do all ho can In that direction if ho Is
given an opportunity.
Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : Candidate .Bryan's
letter accepting the nomination , like his
Now York speech of acceptance , is a rather
mild deliverance. There Is a total absence
In It of the flamboyant rhetoric which civ
thused or amused his audiences in his west
ward swing around the circle while leaving
the "enemy's country. " Nothing whatever
is in it about the "money changers , " the
"hirelings of Wall street" or the other mis
creants whom lie has Introduced to the pub
lic in his stump speeches. It Is strangely
silent also about those familiar "enemies
of the human race" who nre trying to per
manently fasten the gold standard upon the
country.
Indianapolis Journal ( rep. ) : In his letter
of acceptance Mr. Bryan devotes consider
able space to an Indirect criticism of the
action of President Cleveland in sending ;
roops to Chicago to prevent the obstruc-
lon of mall trains and interference with
nterstate commerce. Mr. Ilryan seems to
save forgotten that after some discussion
ho senate passed , without division , resolu
tions prepared by Senator Daniel of Vir
ginia , declaring that the president only ex
ercised his constitutional powers In sup-
ircsslng the Chlcpgo riots. Does ho for
get that in the democratic house , of which
10 was a member , the populists and a few
others could not muster enough votes to
leinand the ayes and noes on the resolu-
lon approving the action of the president
n the Chicago affair ? Was ho one of the
ineffectual eighteen who asked for a roll
call , or was he with the majority ?
TIIK DISIIO.VHST Tii.Init.
riilulcK tlur I'roHfiit Dollar Too Cooil
fur AVorlcliiurnttMi.
Clilc.iKO Tribune.
Senator Teller , In a speecli made by him
during the last session , admitted that gold
vould buy less human labor than before
'the crime of 1S7.1 , " though It would buy
norc of almost anything else. He oit
leavored to explain this absence of a fall
n the gold price of labor by attributing It
o the cindency of the labor unions.
The honesty which Impelled Senator Teller
o confess that gold had not appreciated '
vhon measured by human labor has deserted
ilm. In a speech made by him at Morrison
ho other day tills sentence occurs : "We
ay that the American dollars as now con-
tltutcd have too high purchasing power ,
and will purchase too much of the prodtic-
lens of man nnd too much of his labor. "
Teller did not dare to get up In the senate
.nil state that the gold dollar would buy
nero labor now than It did ten , twenty or
orty years ago. There arc among his col-
eagues men familiar with the facts , who
vould have risen at once , have pointed to
he ofllclal figures , and have silenced him.
lo did not think his Illinois audience was as
veil posted , and therefore he attempted to
lalin off on big hearers this monstrous un-
ruth that the gold standard has depressed
ho price of labor.
Wages are not quite as high as they wcro
n 1S'J2 , but look at the following table
hawing how much more gold value money
vns paid for a day's labor In 1S90 than In
S40 and Intermediate yearn :
Occupation
tier ( Horn ) . 1810. 18.00. UG0. 1S90.
InHterers , Jl in SI 75 51 75 f3 M
lIuckHmlthH 1 f,0 1 BO 1M 300
tlaclismlllis' lielier | . . M'/i Hl',6 ' M'-i 1 75
aimers , ; 155 125 155 Z 61
VlKTelwrlKlltH * 123 IBS 125 2 GO
arpi'mera 1 2-J 1 41 I F2 1 ! U
JriKliicem 2 ON ) 225 300 425
Irfiiii-ii 125 137 141 16 }
-aboiiTB SI 1 04 93 1 2. >
Incllllllsta 1 45 1 55 1 70 2 19
Vutchmen 110 104 100 155
These figures are taken from the report
of the senate committee on wholesale price * ,
ransportntlon and wages. Their accuracy
lever has been disputed. That report shows
hat , while the prices of thu thlngH man
iroducfs Iiuvti fallen , the prlco paid the
iroducer for his labor has risen.
Teller asks : "Havo you a dollar today
vlth the same purchasing power that It had
wonty years ago ? " Ho regrets that there
are no such dollars In existence. Ho would
rather have a dollar today with which the
employer could purcl-aso tlio greater amount
of labor that ho did In 1S7C , and with
vhlch thu employe could purchase the much
smaller quantity of the ueceasarleu of life
10 did In 1876.
Apparently Teller's Ideal golden ago Is the
period Jtut prior to 1873. Ho thinks the
vages and prices that obtained then were
icrfvct and never should bo altered , nr
natter how many labor-saving machlncfc
nay be Invented.
Hu cannot get the workingmen to agree
with him. Ho cannot make them hullcvi
hey got better wages In 187:1 : than they di
low. Hu cannot maku them believe It IF
or their Interest that prlce.i should bo at
ilgh as they were twenty-three years ago
L IAM 9 Tll\\
The fear nf Russia being rrmovcil by the
death of Lobanoff. her minister of foreign
affalm , England Is now preparing to make
her voice heard In the direction of affairs
at Constantinople. It Is plain that Great
Britain's sudden Interest In the poor Arme
nians dors not come from any Innnto sym
pathy with thcso unfortunate people. Coldhearted -
hearted , unfeeling diplomacy Is the leading
and quilling motive , and will ever continue
to be. lltil whatever the motive , If In fur
thering her own ends she cnu succeed In
forcing the sultan to stop the outrages nn
the Armenians , something will be gained.
ThK according to the latest reports , Is what
Great llrltnln proposes to ilo. Sir I'hlllp
\V. I'urrlo. nrltlsh ambassador to Constanti
nople , Is now nt the capltl armed with 'lefl- '
nltc Instructions from Salisbury to compel
obrtllonce to certain demands on the part
of Great Urltftlti. At his back Is a llrltUh
fleet of twenty vessels , nnd these ought to
have great force In convincing the sultan
of the logic of Great Hrltnln'a argument.
The outlook cerlalnly favors nt least a
period of rest for the wretched Armenians ,
but how long the powers will bo able to
keep Abdul llnmltl In subjection without
stripping htm of the throne altogether Is a
problem which past circumstances show to
bo Impossible of solution.
At first sight it seems strange
that whllo Japan In n very short
time defeated the armies of China
she has not yet been nblo to subdue
the Insurrection on the Island of Formosa.
That Island has been In her possession for
nearly two years and during all that time
nn nctlvo revolution has been going on
without nny signs that It has been weakened.
Still It Is a fact that one nation has been
nblo .to crush another and yet could not
put down nu Insurrection 'In Its own domin
ions. The guerilla lighting In which the
Formosnns Indulge gives them an advantage
nnd the Japanese press Is beginning to urge
the adoption of moro vigorous measures.
Formosa Is n rich and fertile Island with
Immense possibilities If order should be per
manently restored. It Is believed that Rus
sia has cast n covetous eye upon It , nnd If
Japan should fall to put down the rebellion
some other country might find that fnct nn
excuse for Interfering. In that cnso Japan
would either lese another of the fruits of
her victory over China or would bo com
pelled to light for It. The situation Is n
grave ono nnd It behooves Japan to realize
her danger.
The attitude of the Carllsts nnd the repub
licans In Spain Is most ominous , Whatever
opinion mny he entertained ns to the pre
tenses of the followers of Don Carlos , It haste
to bo admitted that during nil the long
years In which they waged war on the Span
ish government they fought bravely In
their mountain strongholds , and on several
occasions placed the government In a posi
tion of the gravest peril. Should the
Carllsts carry out their threat of taking to
the mountains , this would glvo the repub
licans the needed opportunity to make a
demonstration and try to secure reforms.
Cuba Is far from Spain and It has been
found difficult to transport troops there ;
the Philippine islands arc'thousands of miles
from Spain and the difficulties will be
greater In that case. The first shipment of
the forty thousand men ordered to Cuba
has now been sent to that Island. Where
another army Is to be found It Is difficult
to comprehend , nnd when Spain Is menaced
In every portion of her dominions the end
must come.
The acceptance by the Cretan National
Assembly , after consultation with ihe revo
lutionary committee , of the reform plans
drawn up by the representatives of the
powers and approved by the sultan will bo
a profound disappointment to the Greek
megalomaniacs who hail hoped to make the
Cretan Insurrection the stepping stone to
the creation of a Grecian empire coextensive -
sivo with the dominions of the sultan In
which the speakers of the Greek tongue pro-
dominate. Such an empire would have In
cluded all the Islands of the Aegean sea.
Including Cyprus. Rhodes and Crete , the
coast of Asia Minor , the whole of Thes-
saly. and part of Albania and Macedonia ,
rho more ambitious among the Greeks
had oven dreamed of acquiring Constanti
nople Itself , of whoso population 300,000
are Grecian I'harnlotcs. The Greeks have
made such a mess of the government of
their little kingdom , however , that the dis
appointment of their ambitions will arouse
llttlo sympathy.
* * *
The Armenians who seized the Ottoman
bank ? in Constantinople were speedily in
duced to surrender and depart. The Incident
had the usual result of street rlota , In the
course of which a large number of Innocent
Armenians were "killed , the Turks , true to
the tenets of their ancient faith , holding
that the best way to get rid of unbelievers
Is to slaughter them. Largo political re
sults will follow , it is said , from this "last
straw. " The powers are beginning to con
sider the sultan , or his government , Incor
rigible , nnd will take measures to lessen his
sovereign rights , The Turkish omplro Is
doubtless Hearing extinction. It Is unable
to adapt Itself lo modern civilization. Year
by year It loses some part of Its revenues ,
area , or Influence. Presently a "receiver"
will bo appointed to look after Its adminis
tration , whllo the Hiiltan will take a vaca
tion. The powers nro putting this stage off
as long as possible , but Its approach Is evi
dent.
MlltTH lHIIYMK. .
" WastilnBtnuStar. . '
Oh. who will elevate the stage ,
So that the man who now despairs
Can sit with HOU ! unsoared by rage
And see abovu the hut she wears ?
Atlanta Constitution ,
His wife's returning from the sea ,
Unt gilef within him dwells ;
Shu Invented Mix months' salary
ID half a ton of shells.
ChlcnB" Htfconl.
When summer Hoes and takes the rose
Alack ! and wcl-ii-diiy | !
I'retty girls hnvn new fall clothes ;
Still the world Is gay.
Ilecord , 1
Lives of great men all remind us 1C
Wo can do tlie'wainu ns they ,
And dciKirtlng leave behind us C
All we cannot tuku away.
C
Cincinnati Knqulrer.
A man who had Hpcnt his whole life In
Making money , once called his wlfo In ,
And wlil , "I'll bo durned
If I'll have your nnrne turned
Into Alworthy-UiiKgtf by a - . "
CliicaKo Ilecord , .
A weight lies heavy on rny soul ,
No gleam of hope or cheer Is nluh ;
Oh , tell me , ye who things control ,
Am I In love , or is it pie ?
Ilrnnklyn l.lfi' . C
'TIs said that llttlu CuMd
Suls llres of Love's glow ; 1
Hut how does llttlo Cupid
Scratch a match , I'd like to know ?
ICnncim City WorlJ.
Oh , Henry , yield ti > our behest , E
And skip across the wave.
Wo want to HCO you srnlto your breast ,
And hear you storm and invn. S
Without you , 'tis a dull campaign ,
Too orderly and tame.
Com lioinn nt onro an.I raise old Cain.
Come and gut In thu gamut
Ilurralo Kxprrnii.
PniiHo , fltrangur , pause , as you pass by ,
And Bhrd a briny ti'iir
In kindly memory of him
Who lies Interred here.
I did not dlo of fnvcr ilrcad ,
Nor cramps , nor Indigestion ;
I croaked of too much telling how
To solve the money question.
i.
Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. i.t
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I.KADlNtt SPECIAL PEA'PUKES.
Tim
A NEW STOKV.
HV ttlWm HAC1OA11D.
"TMR WIX.AHD. "
In this story Mr , llnngnnl rclntefl thb
terrible experiences of Itev. Thomas
OWPM , who , periiuadod thnt Fnlth , If
Rlrong enough , could nroompllflh nil
things even to the poiformnuco of mlnv
nd L-unllnuos for twelve
OOKAN CAULK OPKUATOitSi
Wonderful skill of cable operator * In
sending and receiving mossuscs. Mes
sage represented by n waving line In
stead of by dots nnd dnshi's. Hdlson ,
who Is one of the. most export lelcR-
niphers In the world , freely admits that
lie IP not nblo to receive n cnblo mes
sage How a brenk In the cnblo Is lo
cated unit mended ,
HULL KIUHT ON THE VLA1NS :
The Inimitable Cy Wnrnmn describe *
n lively contest between a sturdy old
buffalo bull ntul two during Sioux -
The bull light ho describes was one. In
tbo open and not a tame affair within
nn enclosure1.
INTIM.ATH 1.'U1EN1)S OF M'KINLHY !
Something about some of the most In-
tlniuto personal friends and advisers of , .
the republican Candida le for the presi
dency How they became Interested III
JlcKlnley 4i nil what sacrifices they nro
making to promote his candidacy.
TIIK WUF.lTTx SOfMKTY :
Ilenctlon from the gaiety of the Ak-
Sar-lleti festivities Fair week visitors
returning home A few Informal cntcr-
tnlnnuMits Weddings and engagements
Oinnlm people grndualtly returning
from their summer outings -Functions
In prospect.
IN
Definite styles announced for the
sleeves and skirts of the season just
opening The new tinder cooter.tho latest
thing- out Queer collection of quaint
boxes Congo fashion of effecting wed
ding engagements Woman who cx-
iiHperntu men FiiHhlon notes from ttio
fashion centers Newsy gossip about
well-known women.
TIIR COMING OKNKUATTON :
Hackwoods I'luck , " or the story of a
boys ailviMituro with a robber In the
early Mississippi days A boys recollec
tion of Abraham Lincoln Prattle of the
Youngsters and' other bright bits for
young and old.
THK WOUM ) OF SPOUT :
Autumnal UIIKO la tlio BlBtial for train
ing the colloire foot Imll tpnniM Pros
pects of a mci'tliiK botwcun Slmrkey nud
Corhctt The HfUlllMK chninplon hll >
With Gun nnd lloil Itlonchcrs thlnnlnrr
out Timely ftrlst of real live Hportlnji
KOSS | | > News of tlio local sports.
wmr THK wmuiiiNa WHKICL :
Kxpcrt mi'illoal nilvlco for hlryelo on-
thtislasts-Tho ofToets of the hlcyulo on
iiUier lines of liUHlnoss A hli-yulo
elopement Inlluencc of the wheel on
chntiKliiR fashions In dress The blcyclo
nt homo anil abroad What the local
wheel clubs nro dolns Gossip of Omahn ,
wheelmen.
lOI.T.Kn NKWS SRIU'ICRs
I'nil Associated press foreign cahlo
and domestic toloKraph service- The
Now York World's special foreign cor
respondence Unrivaled special news
service from Nebraska , Iowa and the
western states Well written and oo-
curate local news reports.
Tim OMAILV SUNDAY BEE.
THfo BUST NI3WSPAPEIl.
Till ; COlt.V-llUSICUH.
13. Pauline Johnson In Harper's Weekly.
Hard by the Indian lodges , where the bush
Drunks in u clearing : through Ill-fashioned
fields
She comes to labor , when the first slfll
hush
Of autumn follows largo and recent yields.
Ape In her fliiKers , hunger In her face.
Her shoulders stooped with welsht at
work and years ,
lint rich In tawny coloring of her race.
bho comes afield , to strip the purple ears.
And nil her thou&htH arc with the ( lays
pone by ,
Kro might's Injustlco banished from their
lands
Her people , that today unheeded llo
Uko the dead husks that rustle from her
hands.
i
Perhaps that's your wife ,
but she'll surely bear us out
in the assurance that the fit
and style of a garment are the
important tilings. You can
not be well dressed , however
expensively , i n ill-fitting
clothes.
It is in these respects that
the custom tailor is supposed
by many persons to excel.
But we make all our
clothing- he makes his , us
ing equally fine materials ,
just as "exclusive" patterns ,
sewing1 them ad well and
shaping them as fashionably.
Our great advantage is
in the time and money we
save you , Our fall suits arc
ready to wear when you buy
them and the volume of our
business enab'os us to beat
the tailors' prices by about
ane-half.
3. W. Cor. 16th ana
Sta.