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nc'unl numlwr of full and complete ci-plo or the
nullr. Moulin * . Evening nnil Kitmla * Uee printed
during the munlli of August , IS.XJ , wa as follow * !
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Less inductions for unsoM nml returned
copies 1881C
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presence this l l ilny of Stntcmbcr , IM < > .
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Notary I'ubllc.
Sciintor 11111 anil Huimtor Onrnuin can
shako hiiuil * nntl .sit on tliu yaniu boiich
to wntch thu
Patronize lioiuu Industry. Tnidu Is not
BO plentiful tluitT can afford to snnd
any of it abroad that can possibly bo
kept at lionio.
Nebraska honors itsulf by welcoming
tlie old commanders , whose voices are
uplifted for truth , like tliolr swords n
generation ago.
How can any one who pretends to
(
belong to it reform party support n pres
idential ticket pledged lo abolish civil
service reform ?
From now on until election day cam
paign oratory will be so thick Unit il
can bo cut with a knife and' witli a not
very sharp knife at Unit.
Do tlie voters of the Third district , or
of any district for Unit matter , propose
to let any candidate ride into congress
on a revised version of the same old
"crime oP 1873V"
The knowledge that Tammany lias en
dorsed Bryan Is enough to determine
Dr. rnrkhurst ; and all other reputable
reformers that they want none of
Bryan in theirs If they can help It.
When Watson comes west again lie
should bring u supply of Bryan and
Watson banners with him , because lie
will be unable to liml any where the
Bryan-fJt'wall combination has domi
nated tlie fusion forces.
The chief drawback with fusion is
that it roQiilres a distribution of. the
places on the ticket on tlie same basis
us payment of debts with no-cent
dollars. There are only half the places
to be distributed and twice the number
of aspirants.
Hrynn's managers have practically
given up the job of carrying the elec
tion for their candidate , but they will
let Bryan keep on amusing himself
until election in ignorance of the real
situation. Whore Ignorance Is bliss , 'tis
folly to be wise.
Well ! iOvery one is waiting for the
next Bryanlte forgery. As soon as the
Kake-Factory recovers from the shock
oC being detected in Its J. Francis For-
Bytlie fabrication , wo may expect It to
launch a few more similar tlctlons upon
Its defenseless readers.
Itecauso the election of exposition di
rectors has been postponed is iio reason
Why interest in tlie exposition project
should bo permitted to lag. The ma
jority of our people have yet to gain
nu adequate conception of tlm scope and
magnitude of the Trausmls-slsslppi Expo
sition enlerprlse :
In order to vote in Nebraska as n
naturalized citizen , lir.st papers must
have been taken out thirty days before
the election. There is therefore not
much time remaining for foreign-horn
residents to declare their intention to
become uaturalined and secure the
necessary documents.
In view of the thorough and ex-
hnustlve canvass of Iowa counties made
by the World-IIornId and voraciously
reported In that paper , would It not
Bare time , money nnd needless agita
I * : tion to have the electoral vote of the
Hawkeye state cast forthwith for Mr.
Itrynu ? There may bi > obstacles to it
later.
I
No feature of thu present campaign
la more slgnlllcnnt than tlie unprecedented -
dented Interest shown In Its Issues by
tlto boys who will vote by and by null
who will exorclso the rights of citizenship -
ship In after years with far more in
telligence for Uio wholesome Instruc
tion which is specially provided for
them by tlie best speakers. The coming
generation may bu relied upon to clear
away any vestiges of tliu free silver
heresy which tlio voters of the present
may leave over from the election this
fall.
Tress dispatches announce that three
of the largest cotton factories in Mex-
leu have. Just been closed down for tin
Indellnitu period , throwing 1,000 oper
atives out of employment , all on uc-
count of an overproduction of the goods
wLlch the mills turn out. This In pros
perous free wllver .Mexico ! Factories
closed down because uiiablu to run
even with thu cheap labor of Mexico
paid In C3-ceut Mexican dollars. How
can our free sliver admirers of the Mex
ican colnugo system explain this uu-
CertuiiaUi couUIUoa of
niSCUl'NTINft THH HKSVTiT.
The Rrmvlnj ; hellcf Unit iho
party will be successful In Iho Novem
ber election Is having n salutary effect
ufion business. In the east tl number of
mills nnd factories have resumed opcr-
'nltotis and prenaratloiiH are limiting for
tliu resumption oC others. Of course n
great many manufacturers are still dis
posed to be millions and await thu re
sult of the eleclion , but all the reports
show thnt coiidileiife Is retnrninj , ' and
distinctly Indicate a noiieral resumption
of Industrial activity Immediately fol
lowing tlm election of McKInley. Thu
free silver people talk of opening Hie
mills as beginning at the top to restore
prosperity and urge that the true course
Is to begin at tins bottom by opening the
mints , hut Shere can bo no doubt as to
how practical men will view the matter.
They will see In Industrial resumption
and the larger employment of labor the
certainty that more money will be put
into circulation , that the purchasing
power of the people will be Increased ,
that more products will be consumed
and thai ; all classes of the people will
be benelltcd. And this will come about
peacefully and naturally , because It Is
indeed building up from the bottom ,
wince as Major MeKhiley has said , In
dustry must come llrsl. When the in
dustries are active and all the labor of
tlio country Is employed , when con-
tldcnce Is restored and capital Is no
longer afraid to invest , it will be found
that there Is an abundant supply of
money to do business , for then the nc-
eumulali'd stores of Kurope will be at
our command and hundreds of millions
of fotolgn capital will seek Investment
here.
Since the lullow of gold commenced , a
few weeks ago , there has been received
ahout ? ; 57,000,0 < H ) and there Is more com
ing. The London correspondent of the
New York Tribune reports thnt it is
generally expected the gold drain from
Kurope will continue during October and
says : ' 'Thnt American credit Is rising
steadily as the assurance of Hryan's de
feat becomes more certain is shown by
the firmness of ITnitml Slates railway
shares , " which are expected to advance
sharply after McKlnley's election. Tills
means that republican success will bring
millions here for investment In our se
curities , thus adding largely to our avail
able capital. What man with common
sense will turn his back upon this bright
prospect and give his support lo a pol
icy which would Inevitably bring panic
and disaster ?
THKXAN1)
For eighteen years The Omaha Bee has
been pointing to Judge Samuel Maxwell ns
one of the tribunes of the people. Four
years ago The Omaha Dee condemned Ihc
republican party for refusing to renomlnatc
Judge Maxwell , and gave his successful
" " . The
competitor Its "protesting" support.
Omaha JJce has for years declared that Judge
Maxwell is a man of Integrity , legal wisdom
and sound Judgment. It has scored Its
party unmercifully for allowing the corpora
tions to turn Judge Maxwell down , and It
has called those who assisted the corpora
tions in turning him down "ghost dancers , "
"howling dervishes" and other character
istic names.
But a great change has come upon The
Omaha lice. Judge Maxwell today stands
out stronger than ever against the en
croachments of corporations and trusts seek
ing to control the finances of the people
but The Omaha liee now says his ccurse Is
"Illogical , " that It Is a "specious appeal tc
credulity. " Two years ago The Omaha Dee
pointed to Judge Maxwell as a paragon of
honesty and judicial wisdom today It points
lo him as a deceiver , as a man guilty of
perversion of historic facts. Why is this ?
Has Judge Maxwell changed his opinions , or
has The Omaha Bee changed Its opinion ?
World-Herald.
Tlie Uee has nothing to recant or re
tract that it has said concerning Samuel
Maxwell. Its support of his candidacy
for supreme judge was sincere nnd tin
bought. His qualifications for judicial
position and ids personal honesty were
unchallenged and are not called In ques
tion now , A man may be eminently
titled for the bench and absolutely unfit
to represent constituents in congress.
The IJee supported K. 11. Dnllii ) for Judg.-
of the district court , but II oppose.s him
now , when he aspires to a seat in con
gress. In that position there is no in
consistency or change of opinion.
We are told that Judge Maxwell is
now advocating the principle for which
The Hoe stood a few years ago. This
Is not true. Nor do the extracts fjom
editorials which appeared lu The Hue in
1ST8 , 18SO and 1SSIO In any way sustain
the contention which Judge Maxwell han
embodied in his recent appeal to the
voters of the. Third dlstrlcl. In 1878
Tiie Hei was an earnest advocate of the
restoration of tlio standard silver dollar
into our coinage. At Unit time there
were only 7 cents difference between the
metal value and Hie facts value of the
sliver dollar. In common with many
leading republican papers , Including the
Cincinnati Commercial and Chicago
Tribune , The Itee believed that this
divergence was only temporary nnd
would be overcome by the enactment of
the Klaiul-Alllson hill. Kxperleuco
proved this to be a delusion. After
twelve years of compulsory coinage of
at least twenty-four millions of
silver dollars each year the
market value kept steadily de
clining. Had .iudge Maxwell applied
reasoning to the question based upon
experience he certainly would not assert
that with free coinage at tlm ratio of
It ! to 1 there is little doubt that a billion
of gold and another billion of i-.ilvcr
would now be In circulation In lids UMIII-
try. lie certainly knows that we have
coined more silver and moro gold since
1ST ! ! than any other nation on earth and
we have coined altogether only nbout
twelve hundred millions at both gold
and sliver ,
Thu citation by tlio World-Herald of
an editorial published lu The lieu in 1S8G
commending Senator Van Wyck's anti-
gold contract bill Is deceptive and mis
leading , as is also thu citation of the
editorial of 1800 , commending con
certed action on the part of western
congressmen lu matters atTectlng
the local Interests of their section. Thnt
can not by uny moans he distorted Into
commending the Idea of sectionalism.
Which has been infused into the present
campaign by tlio candidate who pro
claimed his Intention of. Invading "the
enemy's ' country , "
The lirytuilte organ , which seeks to
uiuko suck uu udo about The Bee's crit
icism of Maxwell's manifesto , sludlouslj
omits referencp to the IlftJi and tentl
planks In the Klrst district cotigres
sloual platform of 1S90 , which read in
follows ;
Fifth We most heartily approve the ac
tion of the republicans of the present con
gress In passing so many measures In the
Interest of the agricultural and laborlnc
classes , prohibiting trusts , providing for
meat Inspection , endowing agricultural col
leges , preventing fraudulent branding ol
! farm orodticts , providing for the purchase
ot 4iiOd,009 ounc'cs ' ot sliver each month ,
thereby greally Increasing the supply ol
the circulating medium ; declaring that
eight hours shall constitute a day's work
for all laborers , v.orklnnmcn and mechanics
employed by the government or govern
ment contractors , and providing for the
protection ot free labor against contract
labor and alien contract labor.
Tenlh Wo approve tbo action of the
present republican congress in restoring to
the public domain over 8,000,000 acres ol
land heretofore granted to railroads. Wo
ore opposed to the granting hereafter 01
any part of the public domain to corpora
tions.
Those declarations do not jibe with
.Iudge Maxwell's arraignment of the re
publican party.
H is scarcely necessary for The Uee
to repel the Intimation that It lias
become .u monopoly organ and has
deserted the cause of the people In ex
posing the fallacies and deceptions
practiced by the champions of It ! to .1
unlimited coinage. It is an outrageous
attempt at deception for any man to
assert thnt "the act of 187. ! caused dis
appointments , sickness and suicides
and was the beginning of the great
army of tramps that infested the coun
try and paralysed Industry for years. '
Kverybody who was of age prior to
lS7t ! will remember that the greenback
party In 187U , In Its national platform ,
charged that the country was in dis
tress , business prostrated , industry par
alysed , and the highways swarming
with tramps , all because there was not
enough paper money and because there
was u conspiracy to resume specie pay
ments. The panic of 1S7U , which did
cause business failures , distress and
suicides , can scarcely bo charged up to
the alleged "crime of 1S73" any mori
than the- panics of 1SI17 or of 1837 could
be charged to a silver conspiracy. 11
remained for the rain-bow chasers of
the last few years to attribute every
ill from which the country has suffered
to the imaginary destruction of silvei
as a money metal.
S J/KA" Iff
The fact that Mr. Urynn is indignant
because business men are interesting
themselves In the campaign for tlio pro
tection of their interests will not detei
any of them from continuing in that
very proper and commendable course.
They realize that they have a great deal
at stake and very generally they pro
pose to do what they can in u legitimate
way , a American citizens , to save tiieh
business from destruction * by panic and
to avert what they rightly conceive
would be a great calamity to the coun
try. Mr. Urynn says that any one who
lias contributed to a nation's prosperity
or added to a. nation's wealth or great
ness is a business man. This definition
leaves him out of the category of busH
ness men , but it embraces some of tin.
noisy politicians and "curbstone oratois'
who are supporting' him. Such of thest
as have earned a living by honest laboi
have contributed to the nation's pros
perity and wealth , but they have been
gloomy failures as business men and
free silver would not improve them. In
fact , most of them are howling for that
policy with the idea that under it they
would have less necessity than ever foi
trying to be business men.
It is n most instructive nnd signifi
cant fact that tlie substantial business ,
men of the country the men of com
mercial energy and enterprise are tak
ing nil active part In the campaign foi
the cause of sound money. These men
ordinarily take too little interest in
polities. It is reassuring to know that
they appreciate the importance of the
present exigency.
llllYAIf AXI ) TI1K TRUSTS.
Mr. Uryan wants it remembered that
in this contest all the combinations of
wealth are against him. There Is om
such combination that ho should have
excepted , and Hint is tlio silver trust ,
which Senator IIII1 and others who are
likely to bo well Informed say is re
sponsible for the free silver agitation.
This combination is not incorporated.
It does not exist by virtue of tlio law
of any state. . But it is not , therefore ,
any the loss effective In promoting tlio
movement for striking down the stand
ard of honest money and substituting
u system of debused currency. And
there is no wealthier combination in
this country , nor mine more selfish ami
greedy.
In assailing trusts , which men of all
parties condemn , Mr. Bryan wants to
convey the impression that the success
of tlio policy lie advocates would result
Immediately In destroying these combi
nations , lie wishes it understood that
im soon as we had the free and un
limited coinage of silver all tlio trusts
would disappear. Desirable as this Is ,
It Is not apparent how it could be
effected by the policy Mr. Bryan ad
vocates. If that policy would increase
prices , as he insists , It Is absolutely
certain that the trusts would got their
share of the increase and probably
more. lie referred In one of his Mon
day speeches to the coal trust. It Is
one of the most strongly Intronchcd , as
well us most rapacious , of nil the com
binations , Can any sane man doubt
that it would take the fullest advan
tage of any excuse or opportunity to
advance tlie price of Its product ? If
free silver would produce the effect
upon prices which Its advocates assort ,
certainly coal would be no exception
and the trust would bo very sure to
put up the price so as to protect It
self against probable continued depre
ciation of tlio currency. Tlio same Is
trim of thu Standard Oil nnd the
Sugar trusts. Nobody can be no
foolish as to suppose that
these grout combinations would
not take advantage of the op
portunity which free silver would give
them to advance tlie prices of their prod
uct's. Sugar would go up and oil would
go up nml these great trusts would reap
all the profit , at least for a time , because'
they would not at oiice lucre-use the pay
GARBLE BISMARCK.
Into the Ex-Chancellor's Letter
What He Did Not Write ,
For ofl'r ' .1 wrok past Bryan nntl ( ho Bryan organs liavo boon tryliiR to ninkc
capital bye n lot tor from Prince Bismarck received by Governor Culborsou
nntl by 'lifin'mscd' ' ' in n speech nt the Te.xn's capital. Tlipy liavo protcntlatl Hint this
loiter siip.wc'd Blsmaielc < o bo in sympathy with their efforts to reduce tlio
counlryinto 'silver ' monometallism through 10 to 1 free silver coinage. It turns
out tlia ( luvlottor was ruthlessly garbled In translation anil that Instead of de
claring n l/bllef / In 1(1 ( to 1 free coinage , It int'roly expresses adherence to the
theory of inieuiatloiial bimetallism. The original letter ami the garbled and
correct translations are hero reproduced :
TEXT OF BISMARCK'S LETTER.
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Corri'd Trnnnlntliiii.
Aug. 24. isoc.
Honored 'Sir : Your esteemed favor of July 1
has been received. I have always lind n pre
dilection for bimetallism , but while I wan
In olHco would not consider myself In
fallible In opposition to experts. I bellcvo
to thla day that It would bo rommcndablp
to obtain by endeavors of these nations
chiefly enRaged tn the world's commerce
an agreement In the direction of blmetallsm.
The United States are , In political econ
omy , less hampered by their government
than any one of the European states , and
If North America should find It compatible
with Its Interests to take a substantial step
In the direction of bimetallism , I believe
that such step would exert .a beneficial
Influence upon the establishment of Inter
national agreement and the union of the
European states. Assuring you of my high
est respect , I am your most obedient servant.
( Signed ) V. UISMAKCK.
of their labor. And so of all the other
trusts nnil combinations. Everything
they sell would advance In price and the
Kreat body of consumers , the wage-
workers , would have to pay this ad
vance without receiving a correspond
ing increase in their wages. In short ,
IE there were any advantages from free
silver the trusts would assuredly get
their proportipn.
The suggestion that free silver would
destroy tlm trusts has no valid reason
to support it. Prof. Parsons of Boston
university , in' an a'rtiele in a current
magazine1 favorable to the free sliver
policy , says : j"Al the best silver cannot
cure the evilsjof monopoly. The monop
olist can llx his own prices whatever
your currency ; ' may ho ; he will tax you
ills huudiiods of millions a year just the
same with silver as with gold. " Indeed
, it is .quite , possible that the trusts would
lind greater opportunity for exacting
tribute Cr6fji tfte people unddr free , silver
tlinu'Jhey , uo\v have. LetkMr.-i IJryau
make all the war he pleases upon the
trusts and he will be applauded by men
of all parties , but he should not attempt
to mislead the people with ( lie idea that
free silver will bring the destruction of
these combinations or deprive thorn of
any power they now have in the com
merce of the country.
The apparently growing disposition on
the part of earnest partisans of various
sites for the Transmississippi Exposition
to sink all minor and personal differ
ences in a united pull for the orderly
carrying out of the vast amount of nec
essary preliminary details cannot be too
highly commended or too actively fos
tered. It is probable that people in gen
eral who desire the success of the fair
have little conception of the magnitude
of the task which the directors will have
to perform. The selection of honest ,
broad-minded , capable men for the di
rectory Is a matter which is second in
local importance to none which will be
settled this fall. Any move which even
faintly suggests a real estate specula
tion should be vigorously and speedily
discouraged.
One beet sugar factory In Nebraska
alone requires the services of . ' 550 em
ployes , "With llfty beet sugar factories
scattered over the state , a home market
would be created whose good effect
upon the farmer's produce could not
bo calculated. The Nebraska beet
sugar IndustVy is a graphic illustra
tion of the benellts of protection.
The fact that an oHlce-su-eker has al
ready served the city , as watch-dog or
otherwise , Is not la Itself conclusive
evidence of his fitness for another term
of public life. On the contrary , it often
furnishes the best of reasons for the
retirement of such watch-dogs to their
own personal kennels.
The Ilojniul ilit * ShilcHiiinn ,
1'hUmlelphlu Itecoril ,
Mr. JofTorjspn.Jnslsted that the estab
lishment of tho' proper ratio between the
value of gold and silver was a mercantile
problem. DuV-tho Hey Orator of the Platte
comes hero 'and tells us that tbo fixliiR
of the ratio Is a political problem. Whom
shall a democrat believe , Jefferson or
Hryan ? ,
'n Cgy fi > r Ilcr
ChlmKO Journal ,
A calm , dispassionate survey of this and
other of Mr , Watson's writings makes it
perfectly evldew hat the Issue Is Watson
and prlnclplo VttfsuH Bewail and the bargain
counter. If Btfwall should scoot the bargain
counter wonltl disappear nleo and any little
sldo deala between' populists and democrats
would rlso tp the dignity of principle ,
Wliy I'onoc'rutu Iifixiru Grim * .
o Democrat.
In making Tihfyquotiitlons from the great
men of thft jiastMr. . Bryan Is careful to
skip Grant , wip said In 'his first message
as president ; "Let It be understood that
no repuaiator , < ? f 0iO ) farthing of our public
debt will bo trusted In public plaro. and It
will go far to strengthen our public credit ,
which ought to ba tlio beat In the world. "
Mueaiilny oil Glirut Money.
New York Time * .
William Lowndes ; secretary of trensury of
England In 1C9C , proposed that upon a rc-
colnago the new ehllllug should be worth
only nlno pcnco or nine pence-halfpenny ,
Of him Maeaulay lays ; "lie was cot In thu
least aware that a piece of metal with the
ilng's bead on it was a commodity of which
the price- was governed by the sound laws
which govern the price of a pleco of metal
Fashioned Into a xpoon or a buckle , and that
t wa * no more In the power of I'arlUment
to jnako the kingdom richer by calling a
TrniiNliiiloii IIM rend by finvortior
( 'ulliiTNon , riMU-iitfil i n millnirx liy
Mr. llryiiu mill parnilcil In tinOinalia
\Vorlil-lli-rnlil nftcr It * HimrlmiMic * *
lltlll lltM'll CXIIONPll.
FniEOUICHSUUHE , AUR. 24 , 1S9G.
Honored Sir : Your esteemed favor has been
duly received. I hold that this Is the very
hour that would bo ndvlsiblo to bring about
between the nations chiefly engaged In
the world's commerce a mutual agreement
In favor of the establishment cf bimetal
lism.
The United States are freer by far In
thulr movements than any nation of Europe ,
and hence. If the people of the United
States should find It compatible with their
Interests to take Independent action In the
direction of bimetallism , I cannot but Iju-
lleve that such action would exert a moat
salutary Influence upon the consummation
of International agreement.
niSMAHCK.
crown a pound than to make the kingdom
larger by calling a furlong a mile. He
seriously believed. Incredible as It may
seem , that It an ounce of silver were di
vided Into seven shillings Inslead of five
foreign nations would sell us their wines
and their silks for a smaller number of
ounces. " ( "Macaulay's History of England , "
vol. v. , chapter xxl , page flG. ) That was In
1C96 ; 200 years have passed , and still "there
are others. "
The Coming Vindication.
New York Sun.
Universal suffrage will get a vindication
on the 3d of November which will glvo It
new glory throughout civilization find disarm
finally the skepticism regarding It which
pessimistic political philosophers , hero nnd
elsewhere , hnvo been Inculcating of late
years. The American people will prove that
there was no danger In trusting them with
the honor of their country.
Koitr In lluttlc.
New Yoik Sun ,
Sheridan reckoned that of able-bodied
men about one-fourth have not the requi
site capacity for courage and are therefore
useless for battle. Such weak hearts must
therefore bo weeded out. Fortnightly Ile-
view.
The above paragraph relates to Genera
Philip H. Sheridan , the bravest man , excop
one , we ever knew. One day at dinner vn.
said to him : "General , between ourselves
were you over afraid In battle ? " "My dear
follow , " ho answered , "I have never seci
the beginning of n battle without fear ; nm
If I had followed my first natural Impulse
I would have run away every tlmo. The
men who suy they have never known fear
are liars and humbugs. "
Vlc TfiiiK llio Finit-rnl from . \fiir.
New Yoik Sun.
Prince Bismarck Is willing to eei * us trj
on the experiment of the free coinage o
sliver , moro especially If wo make the
venture "all alone by ourselves , " lifter the
Dryau plan. That la not wonderful. Gcr
many could look on unharmed. It coulc
watch the game with curious interest ; bu
of course neither Illsmarck nor Germany
has any notion of taking any share In the
venture- . The funeral will not bo their
funeral. It will be all our own ; and they
can enjoy the satisfaction of standing alee
as spectators of our doleful progress to the
grave of luuiuclal stability and security , nt.d
draw from It valuable lessons for appllca
tlon at homeIliMnarck Is an old man , bu'
ho keeps his wits about him.
A I-'IUU' ) COI.VACB PANIC.
Sl iilllraiU CotifcMHliin of 11 Kr < > u .Sil
ver Ornaii.
Indianapolis Sentinel ( silver dcin. ) Mny B , 1S9C.
If It wcro understood that this country
Intended to substitute a dollar worth 53
cents for Its present dollar , It is obvloua
that every one who had money coming to
him would try to collect It before the
change was made , and thla la what free
coinage means , It 'means ' silver mono
metallism. It means a silver dollar not
kept at parity with the gold dollar , as at
present , but resting on its .own Intrinsic
value , just as the Mexican dollar now does.
Just as soon as it was decided that the
change was to be made every creditor would
demand payments of debts , banks would call
In loana , lawsuits would begin for collection
of debts , credit would bo suspended. This
would make a panic at once. IJuslnctis
would be paralyzed. It would come be
fore the change could bo put into effect and
before prices would have an opportunity to
rlso. Kor the tlmo balng the demand for
money would bo so great that prices would
be terribly depressed. After the change
was effected and the now standard was In
force , there would , of course , bo a rlso In
prices , but that would bo small consola
tion to tlioHu who had gone to piece * In the
tiuashup.
mi : i ASsr.\ < j"K TIIAemail.
Chicago Tribune * ! Tharhrr appears not
only to have fallen outside the breastworks ,
but to have dragged a large ccctlon of the
works on top of him ,
Philadelphia Ledger : John Hoyd Thachcr
/i.ia tlm courage of his convictions and It
takes a deal of courage to hold attch con
flicting conviction * as his.
Chicago Times-Herald : Of Mr. Thachet
It might bo said that nothing became hit
political life so much as the leaving It. And
even the dignity of this deeenso was marred
by his reluctance to take the step. Like
the bankrupt , ho has "nothing left but honor
and mighty llttln of that. "
Chicago Itecord : Tbachpr had no friends
In either camp. Therefore It la no wonder
that he decided It would be best for him not
to make- the race. Ills experience nhould
prove n lesson to any other ambitious In
dividual w' o thinks he can ride two horses
at the ramo tlmo whtlo they arc going In
opposite directions.
New York Sun : The withdrawal of Mayor
Thacher IB the abandonment of Senator Hill's
elaborately devised plan for the preservation
of the state organization by compromlgp
with dishonor. The scheme did not work.
In the nature of things It could not work.
Never was political Ingenuity moro Indus
triously or moro hopelessly misapplied than
In this wonderful attempt to preserve regu
larity by running a Janus for governor.
Kansas City Star : Mr. Thacher believes
In a gold standard currency and the plat
form on which ho was asked to stand wan
emphatically and unequivocally In favor of
the free coinage of ullvrr at ( ho ratio of
16 to 1 , Mr. Thachor apparently thought at
first that he could straddle the differences on
the subject , and Indicated In a public state
ment that he would be willing to run on
local issues , nut , no far from this proving
satisfactory , It only drew upon him the
shafts of opposition from both aides , an 1
the result U his tardy withdrawal.
nuniT tcmi or
Slinulil Ylrld Aiinilc HrvtMiuc niul Af
ford Aitciiunlf 1'rolrrltoti ,
New York Commercial AilverllKi-r.
Prco coinage organs In various parts o (
the Country are trying to keep sound money
democrats from voting for .McKlnley * by do-
clnrlng that iho election of the republican
presidential ticket In November means the
re-enactment of the McKInley law. Thla as
sertion Is a deliberate misrepresentation.
The Comlncrclal Advertise- ! has already de
nounced It as such.Ve bollrve thnt the
lime hns come when all genuine republican
newspaper * should Join with us In exposing
and condemning this campaign fabrication.
Although the tariff Is not a prominent
Issue In thla cohtcst , nil parties ndmlt thnt
prompt action by the next congress Is In
dispensable It the treasury is lo be saved
from bankruptcy. The Income of the foder.1
government must ha speedily raised to a
parity with Its necessary expcmlllurrs by
practical legislation in onlcr that further
costly and burdensome loans may be avoided
On this point patriotic and enlightened fill
zens of every shade of political opinion are
united. The Commercial Advertiser Is con
fident that It expresses the pentlmcnt of an
lninicn.fr majority of republican voters In
asserting that tlm Inevitable task of recon
struction should be carried nut on conserva
tive lines with scrupulous regard for the
stability of American buslncua Inleri'sts
Nothing In the nature of a sudden Industrial
revolution should bo attempted. The woilt
muat bo prosecuted In such a manner as
to avert confusion nnd uncertainty. The
great business Interests of manufacture
transportation nnd trade , upon which the
livelihood of millions of American citizens
and the prosperity of the whole nation de
pend , must be revived , strengthened nni
fortified by Judicious remedial notion , not
Injured by sweeping and radical measures.
The republican parly believes In the fullest
and fairest protection to c\ory legitimate
American Industry. It believes In protect
ing the farm ns well ns the mill ; the raw
matrrlal us well ns the finished product
H stands always for American Interests as
against foreign Interests. It maintains the
obligation of American lawmakers to legis
late first of all for the welfare of American
homes and American citizenship. This Is
n cardinal policy of republicanism which
has been overwhelmingly Indorsed by the
people at the polls. It Is n fundnmcnta
article In the republican creed , as unaltera
ble as the party's loyalty to honest elec
tions ; to sound currency ; to the defense o :
American rights In every quarter of the
globe ; to the honor of the flag. Hut pro
tection Is not a schedule. It Is a principle
whoso application and manner of enforce
ment vary with the conditions of the times
The JtcKinloy law was a patriotic and use
ful enactment , which proved a tremendous
stimulus to domestic Industry , cstabllahei
many Important now Interests , such as the
manufacture of American tin plate , nnd
raised the country to n higher level of gen
eral prosperity than It had ever knowi
before. It was enacted In 1SUO to meet the
requirements then existing. Hctuoen the
date of Us passage nnd the date of the
earliest possible tariff legislation by the ncxl
republican congress and president , a porloc
of seven years will have elapsed. The In
dustrial situation has undergone a radi
cal change. Tariff rates which were excel
lent In 1S90 would bo a misfit In 1897. Re
publican statesmanship Is far too progres
sive and too enlightened to make the mis
take of reviving Iho letter of a statute con
structed to meet the necessities of the
past.
past.What
What the country wants Is. a business tariff
framed on Just and scientific principles by
a commission of experts , who shall act with
careful observance of existing needs. In the
judgment of many of the ablest republican
leaders the best plan is to revise the present
tariff thoroughly In accordance with protec
tive policies rather than attempt an abso
lutely new enactment. Although the Wil
son-Gorman act Is a dismal failure as a
revenue producer , It yet affords a basis upon
which the work of tariff revision can proceed -
ce-od without undue disturbance to business.
A few of Its schedules are fairly protective ,
thanks to the determination of a handful
of northern democratic senators , who stub
bornly resisted the onslaught of the free
trade bourbons upon the interests of their
respective states. The remainder of the act
can bo reconstructed by raising the dulrss
wherever required to'the point of moderate
and efficient protection.
Very few democrats of Intelligence and
Information are opposed to a tariff of this
type- . The element In the democratic party
which Is for absolute free trade Is made
up chiefly of visionary theorists In the north
and unrejjcncrato bourbons In the south.
The progressive , practical part of the party
the section which is outspoken in Its op
position to liryanlsm and free silver dis
honor believes In a moderate degree of pro
tection nnd in a tariff which will produce
abundant revenues for the government.
Voters of this sort need have no hesitation
In supporting McKInley. The day .for ex
tremely high tariff duties has passed , anO
there Is abundant evidence In the broad ,
patriotic addresses of Major McKInley that
the republican candidate fully recognizes
this fact. Capacity for growth Is the surest
test of statesmanship. No one who has read
the masterly speeches which Major McKln-
loy has delivered to the successive delega
tions of visitors at his homo In Canton can
fall to note the signal development In
breadth and clearness of view which thoj
exhibit. The fear that the election of Mc
KInley means the early enactment of a radi
cal new tariff , with the consequent unsettlement -
ment of all business enterprise , has no real
foundation.
This country needs two things above all
clso to Insure Its firm prosperity and its
leadership among the great nations of the
world. The first Is an absolutely sound and
stable currency. The second is a tariff
which shall yield ample revenues and afford
adequate protection to American Industries
without overstepping the limits of Justice
and fairness. The republican party Is
pledged to accomplish both these results. It
can bo trusted to fulfill Its pledges ,
incjii : AHI : TIIIIMCI ur.s.
Ciiloiifl A. 1C. Mrl'liirr'N Kxllimitf of
the [ 'rcNlili-lillnl Ciiiil < * Nl.
1'lillaclelphla Times ( dem. ) .
There aio 447 voles in the electoral col
lege of the United Slates , r iulring 224 to
elect a president and vice president.
Wo now fet'l reasonably safe In classing
the following named states as certain to
vote for McKInley for president :
C'onnfftlcut < ! New Hampshire 4
Delaware 3 New Jcn-ey 10
IllluiilH 21 New York 21
livllana N. K Olil , 2.1
Uivj.i 13 I'i'iiiiHylvnnIa 3
KapnH 10 Ttlimli- Island 4
Kentucky U Vermont 4
Maine r AVi'ft VlriJJnla 6
Maryland 8 Wlrcwmln 12
K wnclm 'ttn 151
Klrlilipin It Tola ! HI
In addition to UICFP wp regard McKInley' *
chanccn aa Ijollur lliau liryan's la llio fol
lowing allies
Nc-branka
Orrco'i ' 4 Total J >
Koilth Duknta 4
The following states may lie claused aB
falily doubtful with the chances In favor
of Uryan :
Alabama ltTe | > nnwr.pe 12
Idaho y.Texim . 11
J Ulsluilk HyirxUrlfv | 12
MUpourl 17 Wyumlnu
3
Nnrfh I'urollnu 11 T < > U1 , .
North Uukuta 3
This leaves as the only absolutely certain
Btatcs for liryan the following :
Ail.nnpan 8 Ncviu'ri "
Colorado 4 Koutli Curollnii ( I
Klurkln , 4' ' Utah 3
fleoriila 13j
Ml ! > ' > lKKlpi > r " Total W
Of the states clnsiied as more likely to
vote for McKInley than for Uryan , wo be
lieve It quite probable that McKInley will
carry all of them , as the tide has been un
mistakably against Bryan In every section
of the country during the last three weeks ,
while of the states classed aa fairly doubt
ful , with the chances In favor of Uryan , It
is debatable whether lie can carry a ma
jority of them. Wo regard the election of
William McKInley as settled beyond reason
able doubt , and it lu only now a question
of majority ,
J'KHHONAI , AM ) OTIIKUWISi : ,
Heglnald de Koven , who has set to music
a number of Eugene Field's pucmu , is writ
ing new mtiHlc for some of tbo poet's later
lullabies.
In Hilda-Tenth a great ecnsatlon baa been
created by the anouncement that the three
young daughters of Count VatjtU | , all of
wham are countesgea In their own right
liavo decided to go on the music hall iitage.
The young ladles are aged 1C , 1C and IT re
spectively , and are not yet out of the gcbool-
room They have already signed article !
for soicr-.i Dears' trplniiiic and perform1
.HIM 3.
Mtuiy citizen * of Nashville , Tenn. , arc con-
trlbmliDc n funil to erect a bronze stnltif )
nlnti fret high of the late Cornelius Vamlcr-
Mll la appreciation of his generosity in
founding the university wlilch boars his
name nnd Is the pride of every resident ot
.Vnslivlllc\
English Judges receive more In pounds/
sterling for salaries llian the Canadian
Judges do In dollars , and yet Lord Chief Jus
tice Hussoll ( mid In n speech on his recent
vtslt to Montreal that the avcrano Kngllsh
Judge made a great Merlilce In Income in
lakliig a scat on the bench.
"Oom Piiil" Krugcr will go lo Kiiropo next
spring on an unpolitical visit. Ho has re-
rrntly become very deaf , especially In the
right ear. nml lie Intends to consult tlio
continental and Hrlllslj oxperls. His med
ical attendant lias advised him to glvo up
smoking , but tlio old man will not agree to
such heroic Ircatnicni.
{ 'LASIIKH OK KUN.
Somervlllp Joiirr.il : NVlivii A man finds ho
Is Kcttlni ; boalon in nil arfiiime.nl ho tries
to get nil0,1 il sometime : ! by talking loud.
Ufo : Miss Koedlck "Rllipl can't be
after money. She lias broken her engage
ment with that wealthy leu nun. " Miss
Posdltk "Don't be too sure. She Jilted him
for a man who owns n bicycle repairing
shop. "
rhllndcliihla Times : Learners on the
wheel ex en can't bo convinced that for a
tire lo pick up n lack Is a valuable point
gained.
Detroit Krco Press : Pompous Mistress
Who Is that man at the door , Hannah ?
New Girl He says he's tliu rent collector ,
ma'am.
Pompous Mistress But , Hannah , we don't
pay rent.
New Girl That's what ho says , ma'am. -
New York Press : "Hero you nro ! "
shouted Iho traveling book peddler. "Tbo
money question In n nutshell. Walk right
up and uxamlne It. "
"You ilon'l ketch mo Ibis time , " said
Uncle Kube. grimly. " 1 tried It once bcforo
nnd guessed the wrong s-hull. "
KALL.
Indlnnupnllfl Jourmil.
The nlghls do elongate ; vleo versa tlio days ,
The hills lie empurpled In. September liazo ;
The provident chipmunk Is hoarding his
store.
Persimmons are seen on the fruit standa
ouco more.
Hut the ono sign of autumn , tbo truest ot
Is the boisterous scent ot last summer's
moth ball.
CA.MIMIC.X SOXC3.
Tunn Du-ila.
Words by M. H. Kent , Ulkpolnt , S. D.
A great campaign has now begun ;
Du-da , du-da.
With the dcmopops we'll have some fun ;
Du-da , du-da-da.
Chorus :
Wo'ro bound to work all night.
We're bound to work nil day ;
To scat McKInley In the president's chair ,
For eight years there to stay.
Protection now Is what wo want ;
Du-da. du-da.
And stop free trade right on the spot ;
Du-da , du-da-da.
The silver klto will never sail ;
Du-da , du-da.
Too little head and too much tall ;
Du-da , dn-da-da.
The sound money men are all on deck ;
Du-da , du-da.
Dundlo up the baggage and get your check ?
Du-da , du-da-da.
The silver craze Is dying out ;
Du-da , .
- du-da.
We'll put Its forces , M. lo rqut ; . '
. ' ' ' - -
Du-da , du-da-da.
Have you heard Iho joyful news from Ma'tno )
Du-da , du-da.
She holds lo the teachings of James O ,
Blalne ;
. du-da-da.
Du-da. - -
IS
To expect first class
oods at fourth rate
prices. It is equally
ridiculous to buy fourth
class clothing at any
price.
Common sense re
jects "shoddy" in prac
tice or principle.
Our especial aim is
to maintain the highest
attainable standard in
the making of fine cloth-
ins : ready-to-wear , We
' '
chcireje i no more tor it
cr >
than is justified by the
character of the goods ,
* .
The great volume of
our product , indeed ,
makes it possible for
us to offer the finest
garments in competi
tion with the - cheaper
sorts at no
T
ces than the small deaU
ers charge.
Sole agents for the csleforat *
ccl YOU1VJA JS HATS.
S. W. Cor , 1 Sthauil ft ;
Douglas tits.