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Notary t'ulitlc.
It IK already plain that Suwall's politi
cal ship will not conic In this year.
An Omaha military company captures
the Governor's cup this year. Omaha's
winning ways are In evidence every
where.
YVniilt'ilI'lfly active , trustworthy , en
thusiastic substantial eltlx.ens to serve
as directors oC the Transmlsslssippi Ex
position association.
We must have wood men for ( lie city
council. No councilman whose record Is
not straight should have the effrontery
to ask a renoinlnatlon.
With all parties pledged to the sup
port of fraternal Insurance the mutual
Insurance or anl/.atlons can stand hack
and feel safe whichever legislative
ticket wins.
A clean sweep for MeKinley , MacColl
and the republican congressional and
stale tickets Is what will make Ne
braska n favorite with Investors and
turn the stream of ImmiKratlou once
more Into this stale.
Coin Harvey says that he has taken
nn oath not to accept any political of-
flee In reward for his services In behalf
of the repudiation cause. There is no
threatening dimmer that Harvey will be
tempted to repudiate his oath.
Mclvlnlcy continues to make almost
continuous speeches from day to day
and , he lias not uttered a .single sen
tence that lias lost him votes. To do
this requires something more than mere
natural aptitude for public speaking.
Ono of The Bee's subscribers enters
complaint that the motor line operating
between Omaha and Council lilnl'fs Is
subjecting patrons to unnecessary dis
comfort In compelling them to ride In 1
open cars regardless of the chanjre In
temperature. This Is a matter that de
serves Immediate attention and remedy.
The pneumonia trains should be taken
off.
Two years ape the voters of ( lie
Fourth congressional district had their
choice between H. .1. Hainer nml W. Ii.
Stark and preferred to.place their con-
lldeuce In Mr , Hnlnor , the republican.
They are now called upon to choose
ng.iln between the same candidates and
as yet no reason has been ur/ted / why
they should not re-elect Mr. Hainer to
congress again.
It Is announced that an unknown sci
entist has discovered a perceptible cool-
lug of the earth In France and Itelglnm
mid the subsidence of the Swiss Alps.
The unknown apparently has so little
faith In his achievement Unit he Is
ashamed lo have his Identity known.
Ho must have some connection with the
mathematician who has been figuring
Uryan innjorltles In sure republican
states.
Tom Patterson , who pretends to be
ono of the candidates for presidential
elector on the republican ticket In Col
orado , has been billed for a ppppcli-
nmklng tour of Indiana under the aus
pices of the democratic nut tonal com
mittee. Tom I'atterson always posed
as n democrat until ho placed sliver
above everything else. This merely
shows the spurious character of the pre
tended republican ticket In Colorado.
The Commercial club not long ago In
vited the Hrotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen to hold their 1808 convent Ion In
Omaha. Local members of the order
took up the matter and have pushed It
ever since , with fair prospect of suc
cess. This year the convention Is at
fialveston , Certainly Omaha is much
more centrally located and presents In
ducements for conventions In ISIS ! that
no other city can offer that year. All
that Is lacking Is an adequate conven
tion IrnlL
AVI Hi reference to the pretense of the
local Uryan organ that till the prom
inent clergymen nro being converted
to free coinage , n well known subscriber
of The lli residing at Fremont calls
attention to the fact that n pall taken
on September 14 , 1SSUJ , of the ministers
In attendance at the- annual conference
of thu ( Jenntin Methodist Kplst-opal
churcli , held nt his former home , Pekln ,
111 , resulted i : ) for MeKlnley and 1
for IJryan. The prominent religions
newspapers of the country are nliuost
n unit against currency debasement
through unlimited silver coinage. The
pulpit Is hardly to bo persuaded that
liny policy intended to scale debts and
cut salaries in two calls for the support
of cither churchmen or churchgoers.
JJKSM n.mvM Ai.vro/.y ? Mrwinr.
If imjililiiviTn tippded o prove
llrynn ( o I > P ; is went nn ftfotlsl n lie Is
n fl < 'ina'tn.'l1o. It Is furnished li.v Ills sit-
Siinilny : it the Wnslilnstoii
1'lmivli MIvlilcli Altniliiiin l.lnr-oln wor
shiped ittiil Ills oeciipnncy oC tin1 pi-w
wlilHi .Minilinm Lincoln hntl oeni ] > iutl
wlilli pri'sMont.Vhnt nlJp < ; l could
Hiyan have Iiiul 111 this RlMjjy pcrfonn-
anco tinlrss to pnsp before tin * American
lonplo .is u second Alirnliiiin Lincoln ?
If this masiinerado Is not sacrlhw. It
crrtalnly Is tin * most illsjfiistlii > : cxhlbl-
tlon of personal vanity. The \vontltr Is
Hint Ilryan illil not follow up tills .streak
li.v erosshiff tin1 PotoiniiL1 Sunday after-
noun unit establishing lilmsplf In tlio
pew \vlilrli ( Jeorjje Washington used to
occupy In tin * Kplscopal cliurcli at Alox-
itndrli. litU'onlil then have enabled
Ills admirers to boast Hint IIP was tin *
cinbotllmnnt of ( ii-oiw Washington and
Abraliani Lincoln coniblned.
Tills Incidentally recalls Hie fact that
on Hit-"Hi day of St-plcinl'-r .liulw W. L
( Jrrenc , the poiocratle | candidate for
congress hi the Sixth district , had the
temerity , during his speech nt NortJi
Plattto make Hie following declara
tion :
1 bcllevo you will agree with mo that
In the history of this country this campaign
will crjual In Importance the memorable
campaign of 1SGO. 1 bellovo at that time
a hand of Ulvlno Providence had been laid
upon Abraham Lincoln ns surely ns It was
Inld upon Moses , nml he wns destined to
bn elected president of the United States.
I bcllovo be was elected president to break
the shackles off the limbs of 4,000,000 black
men and women of this country. 1 ns fully
believe * the same- hand wns laid upon Wil
liam .T. Ilryan. and ho Is destined to be
tbo next president of these United States
ID break the shackles , not from the limbs
of black men and women , but from the
limbs of whlto mon and women of this land.
As an ex-preacher .Hnl.w Orel-lie doubt
less enjoys superior facilities for coin-
mnnliiK with Divine Providence. It Is
passing strand' , however , that Mr.
tt'reene , who came to Nebraska from In-
dlami saturated with rank copperhead-
Ism , should now ascribe to IJryan tin *
divine mission "to break the shackles ,
not from the limbs of black men , bin
from the limbs of white men and women
of this land. " When Lincoln broke the
shackles off the limbs of four million
black men he was traduced and vilified
for the act by the men of whom Judge
( Jreene Is a fair type. Nearly all the
ex-rebels anil all the ex-copperheads are
now.supporting : Mi'I'rynn ' and desecrat
ing the memory of the martyr pre.Mdenl
liy pretendln- see In Hryan traits ( lint
matk' thu name of Lincoln immortal.
Sll.VHIl IX Tllh SUVTlt.
The Manufacturers' accord of Haiti-
more recently addressed Inquiries to
southern manufacturers and business
meji regarding their currency views. It
received liU replies , l'M of which were
unqualifiedly against free silver , regard
ing it as a menace to all business in
terests. The Ilecord says that running
through many of the letters Is the idea
that should silver win we will have the
worst panic ever known and It makes
these observation : "These are not
views of theorists ; they are not the
predict leas of men who can foolishly
he charged witli trying to create a
panic. On the contrary , they are the
sober fears of hundreds of the fore
most manufacturers of the south the
men who have been leading that sec
tion toward activity and prosperity. "
These men , looking at the question in
a purely practical way , know that the
development of the south , for which
they have been laboring , would be
1checked by n change of the .standard
of value and a prolonged period of
paralysis would ensue. They reali/.e
that no more hurtful blow could be
struck at the progress of that section
than would come from the unlimited
coinage of silver. It Is not to be ox(1
peeled that these- business men will be
able to do much In most of HIP stales
of the south to avert that blow. Hut In
some of the states , as Maryland , Dela
ware , West Virginia and Kontncky ,
they can effect much and their efforts
are belli ; ? directed , It is believed with
most favorable results , lo carrying Ihesc.
states for honest money.
The popocraHe party bavin- , ' declared
against European Interference with
American finance and proposed that the
United .States .shall have an Independent
financiltl system , it is to be presumed
that it will not pay any attention to
the sympathetic message sent to Mr.
Ilryan by the delegates to the agrleul-
lural congress at Itnila-l'uHth. These fjen-
(
tleinen , who are Pennine blnietalliKls
and not silver monomutalllslH , think Hint
.Mr. Bryan's election would contribute
toward the attainment of international
bimetallism and their opinion is entitled -
titled to respectful consideration. It Is
to bo borne lu mind , however , that they
disagree with the foremost financiers
and political economists of Knropc and
this .country , who assert that thu suc
cess of the free silver policy In iTIe
United States would certainly be Inimi
cal to the cause of international bl-
j.
mutallltjin. One of the. signers of. this
message , Otto Arndt. so declared 4n n
pi'.hllshcd article a few months ago and
while It appears that he has changed
his opinion , that fact does not impair
his former argument. One of the most
American advocalos of bl- J ,
mutalllsm , Ceneral Francis A. Walker ,
said In n recent Intorvlow : "I think U eo
Is folly It Is suicidal this attempt to
Identify the Interests of bimetal
lism with the present free coinage
agitation. 1 have conferred with lead-
IIIK blmetallfsts In Kttropu and I find
that they deprecate the movement In
America. In all their advocacy of the
rcnionct I/a lion of silver they assume as
u necessary condition that this free
colntiKO Khali not prevail. " ( ieneral
Walker recently returned from Knrope ,
where he. conferred with many prom
inent hlmctalllsts , amoiu ; them the be
Trench minister of jlnancc , so that he
spolco from personal knowledge.
Rut evidently tlio slKneiv ? of the mes-
sa ij ( o Mr , Jlryan misapprehend the
aim and purpose of the. free silver party.
It docs not contemplate or ileslro Inter
national bimetallism. Jt scouts that ut
terly and demands n llnanclal xy.stcm
for thu I'nltetl States wholly Imli'pcnd- tln
cut of Kin-ope , It nsos the term bimetal
Hum , by way of inlsleadlnj ; the people
but what It really wuuta is silver mon i csL
: inetalllKin. becansp that would cheap-n
[ ' i the dollar and enable debtors to pay In
u debased cnrrenc.r. Mr. llryaii pro
poses to strike down the gold standard ,
'
which ncccs.iarily mean. ) substitution of
u sliver standard. This Is not what
Knropran hmetalsta ! ) ! are seeking to
bring about. They want a larger use
nl silver In the world's currency , but
they do not want silver monnmolalllMn ,
nor are they proposing to cheat anybody
01 to give debtors an opportunity to
repudiate part of their honest obliga
tions. The policy they urge Is radically
dilTcrent from that of the free silver
parly here.
Hut concede , for the sake of argument ,
that HIP success of free silver In the
I'lilted States would advance the cause
nl International bimetallism. The ques
tion is. Can the 1'nlted States afford to
suffer the consequences certainly in
volved In tr.vlng the experimentV When
Mr , Itryan himself admits that It would
produce financial convulsion and every
body who has an Intelligent opinion in
the matter agrees with him , It Is neces-
f.ary ! to consider whether the probable
resulls of an effort by this country
alone to raise aiul maintain the silver
of the world at parity with gold wotdd
not ' be altogether too costly and calam
itous to warrant the experiment. Why
r.hould the American people make the
that would be Involved In finan
cial j disorder , Industrial paralysis and
greatly inteiisllled depression for a mere
theory which has not the support of a
single sound reason or substantial fact ?
The republican party is In favor of
international bimetallism , but It does not
believe It can be brought about by llrst
placing this country on a silver basis
and In llnanclal alllllatlon with China ,
India and Mexico.
SUUXI ) J/OJVWI * .
The great lumber interest of the conn-
try ( ) is practically unanimous for sound
money ( j and protection. It has suffered
severely from the Wilson tariff and the
distrust due to the free silver agitation.
Tin * leading organ of this interest , the
Missislppi Valley Lumberman , prints In
Its last issue a statement made to the
employes of the T. H. Scott Lumber
;
company ' of Merrill , Wis. , which closed
down a couple of weeks ago , explain-
In- ' , ' the necessity for this course. Tlio
manager of thu company said that dis
trust and lack of confidence had caused
business ! l to dwindle as nearly as possible -
siblo to nothing. With such an effect
produced by the Chicago platform , he
said , "picture the results which would
necessarily follow the election of can
didates 1 nominated to stand upon it. "
lie referred to the largely Increased im
portation of lumber and logs from Can
ada under the present tariff and said :
"Wo firmly believe that thu success of
lliu free silver ticket would mean a
continuation for a long period , in a
seriously aggravated form , of the sort
of times we tire now experiencing.
There would follow a disturbance of
values , wrecking of fortunes , shrinkage -
ago of savings , closing of factories and
widespread disaster. On the other hand ,
the triumph of sound money would
mean restoration of confidence , a sound
financial system , the maintenance of
our high position ninong civilized na
tions and a speedy return of prosperity. "
This reflects the. feeling generally of
those In the lumber trade of the Mis-
sissippi valley.
In the valley.'p '
when Hon. W. IJourke Cock ran spoke
in that city the men connected with the
lumber industry were conspicuous.
Thirty-seven hundred of them were in
line and their feeling was expressed in
some of the mottoes , as , for example :
"Our labor is money and we want the
best. " "Wo want an honest dollar and
a chance to earn it. " "Wo want to bo
paid 300 cents on ( lie dollar , no-cent
dollars don't go. " In the states where
the lumber Industry Is large , as Min-
nesota , Wisconsin and Michigan , It will
bo a potent factor In the cause of .sound
money and protection.
The Hallway Men's Sound Money
club of Cri'ston , la. , has been accused
by a silver paper of having been or
ganized at the dictation of railway
olllclals. This charge was made In
Omaha respecting a similar organiza
tion. It was denied by the members
quite as explicitly as did the Iowa club
when . it passed the following resolution :
"Wo have freely and spontaneously
formed this club because wo know that
fitl
the debasement of the coinage can only
result In lessening the amount of wages
we earn and Increase the cost of the
things wo buy. Wo voluntarily array
ourselves ) l upon the sldo of sound money
In order to- keep unimpaired the value
of the earnings of the road that employs
us and secure the highest standard of
money with the greatest purchasing
power possible for ourselves. Enlight
ened self-interest and a sincere desire to
eo-operato witli the shareholders of the
road in preventing a practical confisca
tion of their property arc the motives
which have Induced us to combine , and
any other motive attributed to ns but
these an ; either the ontcropplngs of
ignorance , mendacity or malice , " a
At tile opening of the State university
the chancellor sought to impress upon
the Indents the fact that as a public
Institution the university is .strictly nonpartisan -
partisan , Vet neither the students nor '
tlie university authorities can close their
yes to the inevitable shrinkage in re
sources which free , coinage would mean
for them. The nppropiiatlon receive ) !
from Hie federal government under the
name of the Hatch fund and the Morrlli
fund , llu > revenues from Interest on the
Investment of the permanent univer
sity fund and rentals of university
lands , arc all fixed In amount and must
decrease proportionately with every decrease -
crease In the value of the dollar.
Should I ho program for a depreciated
currency bo carried out , the educa a
tional Institi tlons of the state would
bound to bo among the heaviest
sufferers.
Bryan Is Just beginning to discover
that in paving the way for himself to
bolt the party at the tlmo he expected
the sound money democrats to have or
control of the Chicago convention , lie
also paved thu way for und Invited
t ]
> sound money democrats to bolt Hie c
Chicago platform nnd the Chicago * !
ticket. After having said that no hou- "
bound money democrat could blip-
port n RJJw candidate , hn practically
brands as llshoncst every sound money
domocrjjfyjio now accepts his Invita
tion to vemaln with the party.
Senat6i ! ' I'll ' Ill's Chicago convention
speech a&lltlist the platform on which
the pojYoc'rlitlc candidate Is running
may be repudiated , but It cannot bo
expunged ' ' senator cannot tinnny
what hujtbun said , no matter whether
he Is iwivU'dlsposod favorably or tin
favorabV lo the nominee.
3ri..Anil ScMvnll , Too.
> 1'hllnilMphlf * . 1'ross.
Sewall , too ! Ilo has his own privateper -
nonM gold eontrnct , like Altgcld nnd Stewnrt.
Silver for Inbor , but these three men propose
to have for the settlement of their own con *
tracts gold or Its equivalent.
Viilttp of Anlloiiiil I'llltli.
t'hlpnco Tlmes-IlcniM.
With the latest fall In the price of silver
bullion to 65 cents an ounce the silver In
a standard dollar is worth Just GO cents.
Hacked by the gold guarantee It passes for
100 cents. Lacking that guarantee , as It
would under the Ilrynn 10 lo 1 free coinage
plan , It would buy Just CO cents' worth of
merchandise.
llrforc mill After Taking- .
I < outavlllc Courlcr-Jourtml.
Kottr yo-irs ape Mr. Ilryan said In a speech :
"You must attribute It to the Inventive
genius that has multiplied a thousand
times , In ninny Instances , the strength of
a single arm , and enable * ! us to do today
with one man what fifty men could do fifty
years ago. That ti what brought prices
down In this country and everywhere. '
Mr. Uryan told the truth four years ago.
hut he says now It was the single gold
standard that put down prices.
lit-jnii UN n Klnnnvtiil S < * ir.
ChlcnKO Chronicle.
Somehow or other Mr. Ilryan Is not n dis
tinguished success as a financial seer. Soon
after his nomination he predicted that free
coinage would Increase the value of silver
In the markets of the world , and yet , not
withstanding the furore on his behalf , the
market prlco of the commodity has fallen
front G8 % cents per ounce on July 11 to 07 %
cents at the present time. At this rate It
will be a long tlmo before the white metal
reaches the $1.29 which Mr. Uryan fixed as
the : upset figures.
riillmlolphln. Times.
Candidate Sewall appears to be lllce Alt-
gold and all the other sllverltcs. He Is
for 53-cent silver dollars for everybody else ,
but when It comes to making contracts In
which he Is the party of the first part he
demands payment In gold or Its. equivalent.
One of thcso contracts , for carrying four
shiploads of timber from Maine to Long
Island City , In which a gold payment clause
v.-as Inserted , has somehow got Into print ,
and Candidate Sewall is simply revealed as
a goldbug with a silver label.
We arc Inclined to think with Tom Watson
that Sewall will have to go. The silver
martyr of Maine turns out to bo an arrant
humbug as Welt as a goldbug.
rroiltirllnn ami 1'rtfon.
| I'lHliulclphla Itcconl.
Do you- know , yo who have been deluded
by the plgrammatlc fallacies of silver-
tongued orator's , that the production of sil
ver Incrcas l trom 01,000,000 ounces In 1873
tn 1C5,000'W)0'ounces ( ) In 1833 ? Do you Ituow
that the "DroKcn Hill" mines of Australia
produced , ln l i > 3 over 10,000,000 ounces , at
an average post of 40 cents per ounce , and
that intlljons of ounces are taken from the
test mine's in , ' this country at an equally
low coat ? la view of these facts , what do
you think , arer the causes of the decline in
the price of. Hlver ) from $1.29 per ounce In
] S73 to about CO cents per ounce at the prcs.
cut time ? Is it not more reasonable to as
cribe the decline to the enormously In-
rreased supplyjat an enormously diminished
cost of production than to trace tt to the
alleged "crfmen6f 1873 ? "
AVorkliiKriiu-n'M I'oltit of Vli-rr.
New York AS'orld.
The free sllverltcs contend that free coinage -
ago will increase the price of bread , meat ,
butter , fowls' and everything clso that the
worlclngman uses.
There Is no pretense or possibility of a
pretense that It will Increase the wages of
the worldngman In anything lko | the same
proportion. If , indeed , it Increases thorn at
all.
all.The
The great majority of worJtlngmen work
for employers who , like the railroads , must
fig fiP their bonds , principal and Interest , In
gold. If the Incomes of their employers
must hereafter be In silver , how are they
tiQ pay their obligations In gold unless they
cut down expenses either by reducing wages
or by dismissing some of their men ?
niood cannot bo got out of a turnip.
Wages can only be paid from earnings.
What possible Interest can any workingman -
man have In voting for a debasement of
the t : currency which will at the same time
diminish [ the wage-paying capacity of his
employer and reduce the purchasing power
of his wages ?
This Is a practical question and a pressing
one.
"Tin : citmu or KM ; : : . "
A Nolilc * Tlii-nie Ni > Kli-cl Ml l y the 11-
vcr-l'lalcil SIM > II < < TH.
New York Tribune.
When Mr. Ilryan was in this state ho
missed the opportunity of his life. Though
he was copiously eloquent about the "Crime
of ' 73 , " ho had .absolutely nothing to say
about the "Crime of 1CC2 , " which was per
petrated by no less a personage than Potcr
Stuyvcsant , governor of the Dutch province
of New Netherlands , now known as Now
York , The story Is told In detail by Wash
ington Irving , In his "History of New York , "
and It Is so germane to the financial Ixsuc
of the present campaign that , owing to the
failure of Mr. IJryan to refer to It , wo give
a brief synopsis of It.
When Wllhelmus Klcft , better known as
William the Testy , was governor of Now
Netherlands , ho determined to increase the
primary money of the province by issuing
strings of beads , clamshells and wampum
articles recognized as money by the Indians
without the aid or consent of any other
nation. For William to determine was to In
do ; and so the new money at once began to
circulate. At first everybody was happy.
Money became plentiful. Yankee traders
poured Into the province buying everything
the worthy Dutchmen hud to sell , and payIng - to
Ing them In return the highest prices In the
governor's bcqd money. It was noticed , however -
over , that when B Dutchman tried to pay
Yankee In the same coin for his tinware or
wooden boWW'lho'case was altered ; nothing
would do but Dutch guilders , or other gen
erally recoufilzed coins , Indeed , the Dutch
men foumufilnt nobody outside the province
would tnkothelr _ money. Hut that didn't
trouble them.- - What did they care for
abroad ? Were they not great enough to
maintain their own financial system ?
Hut sooivlbo Yankees , with that preter
natural "cuteliess" for which they have al
ways beentielcljrated , began to play a lowdown -
down trick , on the worthy burghers , They
deluged tli'i rro'vlnco with a species of In
ferior waifpHUn money , made out of the
commonest/ oyster shells , Dy this means
they soon [ supceeded In getting possession an
of nearly ill 'into ' gold , silver and products Is
of the pnf'loVo. Evidently something wan
wrong , tluuJKlillt was not Just clear what It
was. It did J jlot seem possible that Wil
liam's flnaii/l/il system could bit at fault , for
for It had rofeulted In an enormous Increase
In the circulating medium of the province.
Kvorybody had heaps of money , and there
fore everybody ought to have been contented.
13ut , as a matter of fact , the ownership of
long string of beads , or a heap of oyster to
shells , even tbcugh matlo valuable by the
stamp of the government , failed to make
the citizens happy when they thought of
the Yankees feasting on their hams und
c-eoses.
Peter Stuyvcsant succeeded Wllll&m the U
Testy nn governor , and , as he had an old- The
fashioned prejudice In favor of specie as not
money , bn demonetized wampum , In 1CG2
thereabouts , thus striking down the pee
ple's money and contracting the volume of
currency , Juit as Mr , Ilryan says the gold-
bugs are doing now. So when the Yankee that
traders came back to get more hams and
cheeses In exchange for Connecticut clam
shells , they found-to their disgust , that
the clumghclls wouldn't go any longer , They It
were obliged tg pay honest money for every
thing they purchased.
CI.AntlXU TIIIJ KAHTII.
Olobo-Democrnt. ( rep. ) . The democratic
national cnmpnlgn conunlttco h.m sent out
an estimate of Ilryan majorities In Nodli
vember which Is principally notable for the
fnct that Maine and Vermont arc not In
cluded In the Hit of elalme.il slates along
with Illinois and Indiana , Michigan and
Wisconsin.
Chicago 1'oxt ( rep. ) netting on tin- , elec
tion Is n serious matter. lu some stales
It amounts to n criminal nffeiue. Hut ihori.-
Is much Innocent fun tn bu had lu
on the result. This Is espticlilly : true lit
regard to those who can figure out n lirynn
majority. It Is nbnut the
IMIJUAIIJ t t Id ni'HU ! I. tH-T only fun they
can get out of the campaign. j
Detroit Free Press , ( dem. ) : The llryjin i
headquarters have given out the llgures J
showing the exact majorities secured by i
the lloy Orator In thirty-six states. Ilo }
has 324 electoral votes , 100 more than iir-ccs- j
snry. It hns been a hard light , but the !
glorious results cause the candidate and his !
managers to forget the hard work rciiulrod
to win such a memorable victory. P. S.
Xo bets should bo paid until the ofllclal i
count Is announced. |
New York Times , ( dem. ) : Mr. Ilr.vau'a
managers claim In all thirty-seven stairs
and 37S electoral votes among them the
following Delaware , 3 ; Illinois. 14 : In
diana , 15 : lown , 13 ; Kansas. 10 ; Kentucky ,
13 ; Maryland , S ; Michigan. 14 : Minnesota ,
9 ; New Jersey. 10 ; New York , 36 ; Ohio , 23 ;
West Virginia , 0. Kvery ono of these
states wa * carried In IS1) ) ! or 1SI ! , " by the
republicans by pluralities ranging from a
few hundred to 1CO.OOO , and mounting In
all to 740,000.
roi'ocii.vrv AXD nvi'ocitisv ,
Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : Hon. John I3oyd
Tliacher , democratic nominee for governor
of New York. Is known to the country only
on account of his bumptiousness and general
Incompetency as one of the managers of the
World's fair.
New York Times ( dum. ) : There Is no
democrat In the state whoso acceptance
would be more distinctly disreputable than
Mr. Thachcr. He of all men cannot take It
without abandoning every pretext of self-
respect , without utterly forfeiting respect
and respectability. If he does nut sec this
all ) the worse for him. liy accepting It he
will give to every decent democrat , anil , In-
dcod , to every decent voter In the stale , an
Incentive so to vote that his vote may most
sharply rebuke n shamefully cynical cxhlbl
tlon of perfidy nnd dishonor.
Philadelphia Record ( dem. ) : From the
absurd to the ridiculous Is nn easy Journey
In Connecticut the democrats indorsed
Hrynn and repudiation and nominated Mr.
Sargent , a mlllluualro manufacturer , for gov-
crnor. In Now York they fell before the '
blandishments of free silver and put a "gold-
hug" on their ticket for governor. Tlio
popocratle candidate for the vice presidency.
Mr. Sowall , busies himself with ono hand
wiping the tears from his eyes because of
"the crlnio of 1873 , " and with the other
writing Into his ship charters that the
freights shall be paid "In United Slates
gold. " Popocracy and hypocrisy seem to
have been born twins.
New York Sun ( dem. ) : To lead a forlon :
hope for the sake of a principle Is the finest
proof of moral fortitude. Some of the great
heroes of history have done that thing ami
have earned thereby unending glory. To
fling away principle and seek or accept the
leadership of a forlorn hope for the sake of
a personal advertisement Is proof of nothing
more thnn Inordinate vanity or congenital
damfoolness. Wo wonder whether this sentl- \
mcnt Is contained in any of the books of
reference In the library at Wolfcrt's Hoost.
Perhaps Hon. John Boyd Thacher of Albany ,
flatters himself that history will regard his J
performance , Including the deglutition of his
noble declaration for honest money at Sara- _
toga less than three months ago as a sacri
fice of self In order to save the democracy
of the Empire state. The way to preserve
the state organization of the democracy for
future usefulness was to use the axe and
not the towllne. As It Is , thanks to stu
pidity , cowardice and treachery combined ,
the boat is dragged on in the wake of the
doomed ship , and in the stern sits a some-
what ridiculous figure , with impotent hands
upon the tiller.
rUA'CTITIll.VC IIKY.VX'S FAKES.
.S < rliij- of Sliver KiilHcliooilM About
JlUVII SlKMVIl ! ! ] > .
l > a Mollies IlCRlster.
A few days ago a man came all the way
from New York to study the political situ
ation In Town. He called himself the
World's "special commissioner. " Ho might
better havi been styled the world's special
liar. He claims to have traveled up and
down the- slate , but that seems impossible , $
for even n fool would have learned more
of the situation In Iowa by traveling up and
down It. Hti quoted members of the repub
lican state committco , but sliov.'ed that he
was unable to quote correctly. All this
mass of stuff the World has palmed off on
the east under startling headlines which announce
nounce- that "Iowa Is n tlo , " that there has
been "a startling growth of silver sentiment
In Iowa , " that " 30,000 republicans holt" and
that "the chairman of the. republican com
mittee admits the atntc In danger , " and
The Register wants to brand all the stuff
sent by this "special commissioner" to Now
York as lies and misrepresentations. Iowa
Is not a tie. there has not been a startling
growth of silver sentiment In this state ,
nor hnvo 30,000 republicans bolted , nor has Is
the chairman of the republican atato cen
tral committee admitted that the state la
In danger. On the contrary Iowa Is repub
lican by from f < 0,000 to 100,000 , nnd maybe
more ; the silver sentiment has been wan
ing even among populists ; the number of re of
publicans who bolted Is nearer 300 than
30,000 and the chairman of the republican
stuto committee haa all the tlmo claimed a
Iowa by at least 50,000 , But let us look at
some of the statements In detail , $
"Mr. Treynor , the secretary of the repub 30
lican committee , told mo today that the
reports from all parts of the state already
In his hands indicated that there were nt
least 30,000 republicans classed ns doubtful ,
but actually leaning toward free silver. "
"Mr. Ciimmlngs , tlio republican national
commltteemnn of Iowa , confirmed this state
ment an hour later. "
What Mr. Troynor told the "special com
missioner" was nothing of the kind. Ho for
told him that the committee estimated that
30,000 republicans In the state , as Indicated
by their polls , had leaned to silver , but on
are republicans nevertheless. Ho docs not a
bellovo , and never did believe , that one in ECO
fifty of those would vote for Mr. Ilryan and
fact republicans who will actually vote
for Mr. Ilryan have been hard to find , Mr.
Trcynor'a statement ! and views were gar but
bled by the "special commissioner. " In free
another paragraph Mr. Cummins Is referred duce
as "a clear-headed , cool politician , " who have
said : Mr.
"Yes , Iowa IB very close , but It will go for Dai
MeKlnley , It Is trim that about 30.000 ro- till
publlcauB are talking for frco silver In the eve
Htnto , yet they are not so far away from prli
the party that wo cannot convince tl'cm oxc
and win them hack. upon
"While wo have been gaining votes In the ItCd
towns and cities by talking low prices , we grant
have been losing votua In the country. Wf
Intend now to point out to the fanners thai Ing
they cannot nell their products if they con of
sent to the ruination of workers In the largo 10wo
centers. " wo
Mr. Cummins was out of the city yester pm
day. Wo doubt not he will deny these den
views in tote as soon ay ho reads tbo lan coli
guage attrlbuU'd to him. The language IB sllv
absolute misrepresentation. Wo have pre
not been losing votes In tbo country. Iowa woi
not closu. There are not 30,000 repub Noi
licans who have to bo won back. The elm
farmers of Iowa biivo all the tlmo been whi
sound money. It U a libel on them to like
oveu suggest that they need converting. T
Wo have not beeu gaining votes In the pro
cities and towns by talking "low prices. " per
The republican party does not talk more to
cheapness anywhere. It has never sought WOI
bo double-faced. It docs not talk one farm
thing to the people In the cities and an fan
other to ( ho people In the country. Thi Hut
republican doctrine Is for both. fan
The Register believes today as U has be 30
lieved all thu tlmo that the republican party 30
utroiiKest In the country districts. That aud
the Etioughold of the republican faith. same
" ( lash and glitter of free silver" has now.
"dazzled the agriculturist In Iowa. " Ing
That the farmer has "Buffered for two yeare far
from luw prices Is true" and he kuowr ben
where to place the blame for thosu lov , which
prices but It U not true that "anything prices
promlsea high prices will get his vote theirs
even If other men are ruined by It. " We dition !
denounce that as ft lie and a libel on the life
Iowa agriculturist , Tlio man who penned to i
showed himself wholly Ignorant of the iIi
agricultural sentiment In Iowa and tlu 1)0
paper that published U , wo denounce as t. per
. mere ) , caterer to the nNi-mtlon.il appetites of
Its renders.
| The whole article It a string nf f.il rliooil * >
wlusa tertdom-y will be to plaoo Iowa at n
dltailv.inlnge In tbo cast. The state uf
town does not belong to thp political popu
lists. 'Dili state U not lo bo confounded
with the states on the other 'Mo of the
Missouri rlu-r. Inw.i is M mb.itantl.il In
Its cltlzPiiftl-lp .u UiP-slnto ot Massachusetts
and ns sound In Its busltic-is policies r\s the
stalp of N'P\V York. When New York wen
hell-bent , for tlu * M'lnl-popullzed democracy
four years KO ami Mnssifhtitetl fnllered.
Iowa cnst her majority on the sldo of rc-
publican prliu'lplci iml It will dn no this
year with n doubted If not n ( rchlcd nm >
jJ Jnrlty. ,
The UegUtcr t.nows something nbout Iowa
ami . | . about Iowa H'pulillranlsni. It 1ms been
lu . thcso polltlcul roiiti'sls In their stnte
since boforc the \\iir ; II has Its renders
and correspondents In every community lu
tlilM stnto ; IU wofkly edition itlone Is read
by : nearly iine-hnlf ot the tvpubllcan farmers j
of the Ktntc nnd It wnuU to mnke n prodlc- |
tlon of ItH own mid ( lint Is thnt the tun- .
jorlty > for MoKlnlry , Hobart , sound mnney , j
and no nmirchy. will In * nt Icn-st uli.OOO ami
jnny bo 1 UO.OOO. As the campaign pi ogresses
these estimates may be subject to Increase ,
hut not lu decrease.
it Y OK
( lie FI-IM * Silver Itulil ivllli
Unmix SOillNlluH.
lixllnnnpolln Journal.
A man who changes figures Is n forger ,
whether the figures re on the fnco of n bank
note or In presenting figures to the public ns
Information. In his book mid In nil his
speeches the largo part of "Coin" Harvey's
figures are forgeries In thnt light. A man
who commits forgeries Is not entitled to the
conlldctico . of a person uf fair sense. Kor
Instance [ , he gives In his book what purports
to . bo the world's production of gold nnd
silver , , taken from the report of the director
of the mints. Klcvcn of the nineteen quota
tions of gold nml twelve of silver are wrong
made to help him to establish his false ns.
sertiund regarding the stocks of gold nud
sliver. As itaniplc of such forgeries the
following arctnken from the appendix to
"Coin's Plimnclnl School" and from the rp-
port ; of the director of the mints , page 5D ,
showing the world's product of gold :
Mint "Coin's"
Ycnr. > Figures. Klguren.
IVfl . JIKMS.TOO $ m.ir.ouiw
IS9 . 1,1l,0,000 ) 120.ri1fl.000
181 . ll , Sn,10ll 1M.S17.MO
Here | Is a discrepancy ot $32,827,500 be
tween the actual olllcial figures ami those
which "Coin" gave as such. Take another
sample of the world's output of silver for
four j years , ns follows :
Mint "Coin's"
Year. Figures. Figures.
1SS . ; i , " > ,427.7nO $ lC2.1..OrO ! '
Ifil . 1 1,012IHK ) ' 172 , 233,1100
1s ! ) 177ni2,30rt lSii.7TI3.000
1SU . 1IS,014,400 ! 19CGO.OiK )
In 1 regard to gold , Harvey evidently desired
to make It appear that the output Is not In
creasing as rapidly ns It really wns. while
In regard to silver he desired to make It
appear that the mines were not Increasing
the output of the white metal ns rapidly ns
wns the fact.
The same forgeries appear In "Coin's" al
leged quotations from the report of the
Department of Agriculture of the prlco of
wheat , cotton and silver bullion from 1S72
to 1893 , both Inclusive. When compared
with treasury figures In the statistical ab
stract of 1S04 , Hnrvcy has given the correct
price of wheat hut one year In the twenty-
two \ , of cotton but two years , and of silver
bullion but ten years.
These are samples. Men who have parted
company with their reason and Intelligence
may accept such n notorious falsifier as a
rp's teacher and believe him , but no < maii who
respects his good sense more than the de
sires of the silver mints owners can do it.
CM3AU AMI CO.VVI.NCIXG.
Ili'lalloiin of FrColiuircc to ( lie
AV > lfir - of AVnrUliuvinrii.
New York Price Current.
This is a proposition which touches the
bread ' and butter ot the majority of nil the
American people , for the wage-earning
class Is by far the larger portion of our
total population. Not less than four fam
ilies out of every five in this country are
supported by weekly salaries or dally wages.
or by wages paid at flxcd rates for piece
work , so that CO.000,000 of our people , using
round figures , stand today iu the shadow
a tremendous loss , which will surely
fall upon them if the threat of frep sliver
coinage Is carried out. The payments to
the wage earners of the United States are
reasonably estimated by expeits to bo fully
$4,000,000,000 a year. Four thousand mil
lions a year are owing to labor oir the gold
standard. Wage earners are a "credit
class" to that extent. The basis of this
estimate Is the fact that there are 20.000-
000 wage workers In this country , and nt
average of ? 200 a year each the grand
total ot their annual earnings Is S1.000-
000,000.
The last census shows that the total val
uation of the country , Including Its prop
erty nnd wealth of nil hinds was $24,000-
000,000 In 1800. The mortgage debt of the
country was at the same time In the neigh
borhood of J2,500,000,000. The amount of
mortgage debts annually paid off does not
oxcced J500.000.000. Therefore It plainly ap
pears that eight times as large an amount
paid every year for wages In iho United
States as is annually paid In the cancella
tion of mortgage Indebtedness. Assume
then , with Mr. Drynn , that free silver coin-
would make it easier to pay debts , what
will that do to Ibo 20,000,000 wage earners
the country If the mortgage debtors can
only bo relieved at the expense of a loss to
them of at least ono-thlrd and very likely
larger slice of their present wagea ?
The wage roll of the country , aggregating
$4,000,000.000 a year , Is to bo scaled down
per cent , possibly 40 per cent. In order
that people who are in debt may get a
shave of the Enmo extent on an minimi
mortgage payment of less than $500.000,000.
That Is the nrynn party's avowed purpose.
"Tho greatest good to the greatest num
ber" has long been held lo bo a sound
principle of popular government. Why ,
then , should 20,000,000 wage earners be
asked to accept $1,333,000,000 less per year
their labor. In order thut not moro than
ono-twentloth of their number of mortgage
debtors shall be enabled to get a dlHcuunt
their Just debts of Icsa than $167,000,000
year ? If the wage earners can clearly
that this Is what Is proposed to he
done by the Uryan party they will never
consent to I * .
lint It Is necessary not merely to assert
to prove to our working people thnt
silver coinage , If It cornea , will re
thefcwnges by nt least one-third. They
only to read the speeches of Mr. Hrynn ,
. Stewart , Mr. Jones , Mr. Teller , or Mr.
Daniel to find for themselves that one
thing ; is confidently predicted by
every free silver advocate that thu
prices of all crops and staple products ,
except gold , will be inlscil Immediately
the opening of our mints to the unlim
coinage of tbo whlto metal. Let us
, for I lie Hake of discussion , that this
lirophocy would prove true that food , cloth
, , fuel , housu rentals and all necessaries
llfo would advance In cost from 30 to
per cent. .Mr. Ilryan says that they
i advance co per cent. That Is , he
practically said so In Madleon Square Onr-
, when ho declared his belief that frco
colnago would bring the market price uf
all over thu world to double Itu
present figure , and that all other prices
ripe with It and In the uamo measure.
Nowhere has he said , und no free silver
champion ties anywhere said , that wages ,
Is the prlco of labor , will advance In
degree.
The martgaged farmer would not see any
tn the proposed repudiation of 20
cent of his honest debt If Mr. Ilryan were
tissuro him that hand in hand with It , he
have to pay 30 per rent more for Ills
labor and 30 per rent more for his
machinery and all his family supplies.
the fraudulent promise held out to the
fanner Is that ho Is lo he able to collect
or 40 per cent mor for all ho sells , set
or 40 per cent taken off all that hu owes ,
yet buy all -jat ho has to buy at the
prices , labor included , that ho pay *
. The greatest cheat that they are try-
to put on all our laborers and wage
mrncrx U Ui3t they are somehow to be
benefited by scaling down mortgage debts
they do not owe , and by railing the
of crops and products which are not
lo sell ; and are to Improve their con
by buying all tlio prime necessities of
at retail stores at an advance of 30 or
per cent on their present prices.
It not plain that If wage earners could
asuured that their wages would rise CO
cent aloug with the rise iu the price
of ullvcr ami of conernl product * , they * f
would still bo no 'jpttcr off than they r j
loilaj. Hut no ono him promised them'nnjr ;
such advance of their wages. '
MIUTII iv IIIIV.MI : .
Chlcngo r.rcor\1.
Lot poitcr nrtlats do their best ,
All vivid nmy their colors bo ;
I Und my Joy ns rmtme's guest
A rainbow's good cnouyli for mo. >
Deficit rrto I'rrM.
"I'm swept 1C , " shn proudly said ,
"I've n dozen IK.-IUIX for fun.
Hut now my heart has made a choice.
I'm only sweel 1(1 ( to 1. " >
\VnMilti ton Slnr.
Soon Kill the mini who vomit the coal
Vow that revenge Is nice ,
Since he the purse strings will control *
Uf him who sold the loo. <
Detroit Trlliunc. "
When a young man's fncllo fnncy
Lightly turns to thoughts of lovs ,
Thai's the time wbon ho Is certain
To be mnde u monkey of. .
IlhlMrnlrit Monthly.
That "bloodIII tell" tlio humblest bora
Hellevc and oft repeal :
Yet , us 11 moment's thought will show ,
'TIs but a vein concetti
flf-vrlnml I.nilor. . f
Hike , nnd the world bikes with you ;
Wnlk , nucl you walk nltino.
And you can t got line soph-ty . .
If you bnve no wheel of your own. "
CitlpfiKo Trllniiic.
"I love you , dearest glrll" he said.
"O. bo mine ! "
She handed him her card. It read :
"Ida KlliiP. "
\Vnflilnqliiii filnr.
1 shall not east you forth. Oft In seclusion
I'll PUSH mi hour or two.
Anil hear the mutlerlngs. In weird con
fusion , . '
Of things I snlil through you.
TI1H MAIXH llllvU. 'H
Clcvrlniul l.cailor.- <
On the fiico of Iho boy from the shnllow * i
I'latto t
Is : i look that's nklu to pain. -i
Should you iisk tbo CIIUHO , I would tell you. . ,
that
lie bail Jn. t got news from Maine. ,
lnilliinii | > i > llA Journal.
( I'opocrntlo Ghost : '
I could n tulo unfold whoso lightest word
Would burrow up thy soul.
Popocratle Hamlet :
O my prophetic soul ! poor Sownll ! )
A cat with two lulls oil the top of the fcnco * "
Wns sitting one day , full ot prldo nud pro--
teiiBe , .
When a rooster flew up und nttempteil to
crow.
"Hello ! " cried the cat , "now that's cheeky ,
you know.
For : i seedy old chicken you make rnther
f Tl'G
And only one lull ! Well , 1 never ! " said ho.
And niehlUK bla cplno lo position convex ,
He turned toward the rooster bis *
annex.
The rooster next day met thnt very
cat.
His head hnngliig down and bis vertebrae
Hat.
Ho turned not again In bin Insolent jirldn ;
There Hi'Oincd to bo Homcthing he wanted
to hide.
Hut the cause of his sorrow wns plain lo
bo seen
Ono tall and n slump where the other bad
been.
"Hollo ! " paid the bird , "you are surely In
pain. "
"AlnH ! " said the cat , "those rude people III
Maine !
My dual appendage no longer prevails
They've trampled off ono of my beautiful
tails. " :
TIIK ini\i , \VIFR. 1
Ijomliin Speaker.
A wife whose love bus vanquished doubt
ami fear ,
In faith and courngp man's eternal mate.
Of reason and of will commensurate.
A lovnllness Hint time will but en'dear ,
Whereof the llower , enfolding1 , year by
year ,
A Houl morp beautiful , with light elate ,
Steals oweetiicMH from the winds ot ad
verse fate.
Like summer lilies , fed with rudlnnro clear .
Man's homo and comrade , passionate ,
pure and strong.
Among the merry , gay with quip and jest
To all the Had and lonely , motherhood ,
The heart of him she loves , to war with
wrong.
Ho Is hrr strength , and she lo him Is rest , "
Kevcallng- , each to each , truth , beauty.
Kood.
and cooler times arc"Vt
hand , for which every one
with a memory of the tor'
rid summer rejoices ,
And fall styles in cloth
ing are ready , if you know
where to look for them ,
Clothes , more clothosycu
can find at almost any
store , but there is only
one best place where
style is as much a consid
eration as the cloth itself.
We want to clothe the
man who used to think
he must have everything-
cut to his order. We would * "
like to show him his error
and put money in his
pocket at the same time.
For the man who knows
cur kind of clothing , it is
only necessary to remind
him that our I7all Stocks *
are ready for his insj.iec i
tion ,
S. W. Cor. 15th ana
Douglas Sts.