THIS OMAHA Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE , R. nootiw.vTKn , noitor. OK sunacnii'i ION. r > fttlr nee ( Without Sun-lnv ) One Yf r. . . . S I > nlljr Ilw nnd Sunday. On * Yenr 19 pit Months * i , Three Months * * Humlay lti > . Ono Ycnr f J HntiiMay lire. One Year 1 Weekly Ike , One Ymr OKPJCKS ! OrrmTm , Tlie lion ItnlMlnir. . Poulh Oirmrm , Hlner lllk. . for. N nnil Sltll Sts , Council MlnrfK , 1 * North Main J lrt. . Clilrtiro ottlw. J17 ChnmW of Coinmfrt * . New York. Ilnntn IS , II nnil IS. Tribune UtdR , Wa ! jHiKton. 1107 P Street. N.V. . All commntilcflthin * tcUtlns to news find cJI- torUl matter rhotiM tie luliJri'wwl : To tlio KJItor , ursiXHsa Mrrrmis. , All liuMnrm letter * nnil rcmlltnnw" sluwiM 1 * niMrcMnl In The lies l'iibll Mti | Company , Omnhn. Urartu , check * nivl | i.mtolllrr orlTS tc be mmlc pnynllc to thr onlcr of Ihc i " " Titn linn ruiM.isiiiNo - HTATCMKNT OP CIIlCt'l.ATJON. Btntd ff Is irn kn , I DmiRlnB I'ntinty. . . Ocnnw 11. Tzwlmck , ( M-i-iclnry r.f Tlie Iloo I'nlv llnlilnc inmpnnjIrflnz duly rwnrn , ny Hint tm nctii.il niunlxr of full lnl comtilPlP onplps of tin Dntly , Mnnilnt ; , Kvenln * nnil Siilnlny lice iirlntc ; rturlnit the month of Stplemlicr , 15W , wn n foi . , . . . . . . . . . . . ilrdilrtloin fnr unsold nnJ rcttirneil copies . 11,50. Totnl tlet s-iitc.1 . 1J.J5 ] - Hwnni to heforo me ntnl miliFcrlliwl In 1115 rrcsencc thin lut ilny of Octplwr , ' , ' ' * " ' , . . , r ( Seal ) Vfotniry 1'uhlic. Mi'ICIulcy lias yet In nnil'c n ppiM'.oh ( liiil ropi'ls votes liiHti'iul of at' trnclliifr tln-m. When 11 iire'sldi'iiliMl cninlllilr : lias tlu press nnil HIP pulpit nlinnst uiiaiiinioiisl.v Kilnst : lilin tlioro must lie radically wrong with Ills causi * . A coinlilnallnn of councilim-ii for re r-Iootloii for corrupt purpusus is only less iliinxorntiH to hoiipst Kovorniiieiit thai jictuiil conspiracy within lliu body cor pornto. > fr. T.ryan has much to say In this campaign about "mine owners. " Tin diction is poetic , but would not tin "plain people" understand him better li ho said "my ownersV" This Is n trifle early to construct Mr Bryan's cabinet for him. The proba bilitles are that his cabinet. If built : ii sill , will have to be bulll of. dead tlmliei and political driftwood. With tln cold shake that the pope craliu candidate has fiiven XelirasUsi tliure is oply one tlilnw for Nebraska t < do and that Is to slvo tlie popocratic ticket tlie cold shake In November. Tt would not be a gratifying surprise If tin : rainier and Uuckner ticket slionh actually poll more votes in a number ol slates than the mongrel cnmbinatloi known as Hryan mill Sowall-Watson. The great unanswerable question fron which tlie free silver advocates shrinl is. How Is the farmer who Is in deb Roing to get the money to pay It ott anj easier with silver restored to ? lli ! ) m ounce than now ? Henry Kstabrook has sized Mr. Tlrymi up In good style In Ills Marquette oltil ; address at. Cldcago. Mr. Kslabrool * knows the man and the Influences that matin him editor and part proprietor of the Omaha World-Herald. Men are known by their acts , not by their professions. 1'romlses of retrench ment and reform for 1807 and 1SS ! ) from councllmen who have made a mockery of retrenchment and reform Ifi 1895 and ISOl ! must bu taken for what they are worth. For Hryan to complain that 1m Is barred out of the newspapers Is us ridiculous as It is unwarranted. The very fact that nearly every large news paper In the country gives space to that very complaint is the bi'st proof Hint bu Is being fairly treated by the press with out regard to party professions. Hut Hint Is the demagogy of it. There Is lots of gold In the country that Is only waiting for Hie announce ment of McKlnlcy's election to come out from Its hiding places and become an nctlve factor In trade and industry. Ittit It won't come out Into circulation so long us liiere Is a possibility ( hat with the Introduction of free and unlimited silver coinage It will be worth more than It passes for today. The rapid evolution of ISryan Is plainly visible. Only two months ago ho In sisted on buying his railroad tickets lilmself and riding In the ordinary rall- .way coach. Soon he advanced from the common coach to the Pullman car. Then lu accepted the use of a private car , and now he has reached the stage of traveling not only In a pi-Kate car , lut ; by special train. Hon. David II. Mercer has represented Ids district In congress faithfully and well , giving all his time nnd his best Ondeavors In furthering the Interests of his constituents. More substantial lienc- lits have resulted to Omaha thnnigli his Instrumentality than any or perhaps all of his predecessors have been able to secure , and he will make himself still more useful to his constituents in the next congress. What O.NOIISO Is there for any council man to carry any man's appointment to olllco around In Ills pocket from .Inly to October without making a report either for or against continuation ? Is there any reason why It should take over three months to ascertain the qual ifications of the appointee for the olllce for which ho was naineil ? Does It not look us If the pocketing of the mayor's appointment of a now member of the Hoard of Public Works Is either In the nature of a holdup or a club reserved for political use ? What kind of u busi ness council is It that will tolerate such nlnnse ? Till : (1ASX AVI'KMi. Tlio Indication * nro conclusive tlm the pnpoerntlecampaign imumgcrs Imv determined to make their tight cliloll ; upon the cln.ts Issue which Mr. Hryai has made prominent In all his sporeho since the beginning of bis campaign am to which he. owes nearly all the popu larlty ho enjoy ? " . The plan Is to lucid workliigmeu against the employers o labor , to Instill Into the minds of thos who woik for wages that they have in Interests in common with the corpora tlon.i nnd the manufacturing coinpnnlc : which employ them and that in orde to subserve their own Interests they mus array themselves in political opposltloi to employers. Mr. Itrynn bus been Inslduously work Ing upon wage earners to create such i feeling of hostility. lie. has not lm < the courage of Altgeld mid Tillman ti tell them plainly that they ought ti vote contrary to the political views o employers , but he has constantly In slnuated that wage workers were belli ) coerced , expecting thereby to aroiisi among them the spirit of resentment On various occasions he has said ilia he hail heard of cases where employer ! sought to dictate how employes shouh vole , but 'he 1ms never ventured t < specify any employer who did this None the less the charge has undotiht edly been accepted by some working men as true nnd thus served Its pur pose. The popoeratle organs have emu lated Hie example of the candidate They tell the workliigmen that they an Industrial slaves ; that tliey have sub .lected themselves to the control of heart less masters and that their only hopi for the future Is In the success of pope era tit ! doctrines. Hut lids arraying o workingmi'ii against employers is to bi promoted from now on by systomatli work. So-called labor leaders are to hi put Into the Held to work upon wagi earners on the lines marked out by Mr I'.ryan and the popocratic national com mlttee. An organized plan of this kliu Is already In operation In Chicago am will undoubtedly be extended to othe ; Industrial centers as rapidly us possible The national committee is said to bi sparing no effort to Incite among work Inginen hostility to employers. Men who are callable of doing Hit : must have a low estimate of the intelll gence and the manliness of working men. In the first place , In nearly ever : state of the union the voter Is protcetei from Intimidation or coercion by tin secret ballot. He Is permitted to cas his vote without anybody but himsel knowing for whom it is cast , if he ha : Hulllclent Intelligence to read and marl a ticket. Anything like coercion I : therefore impossible and no employe : witb common sense would attempt it To say that an employer may not ex press his political views in tlie presents of Ids employes is to say that he slial not exercise the right of every Americai cltl/.en. Mr. Hryan Is going about tin country asking men to vote for him 01 the ground that his election would bene 111 them. Why has not n manufacture an equal right to say to those he em ploys that lie believes the success of tin republican party would be to fiis am their advantage ? There Is no mon coercion in Hie one case than in tin other and so far as the question of self Interest Is concerned it is hardly ueces sary to siy that the candidate is qulU sis likely to be influenced by it as tin manufacturer. Hut we do not apprehend that an.\ considerable number of intelligent am fair-minded workliigmen are going to bi misled by the class appeal. They kno\\ that their wages were steadily increase ! down to the time that the democratic party came into power and that the ! ) purchasing power Is greater now thai ever before. If many of them are noise so fully employe-it as they were fem years ago they know that It Is not tin fault of the monetary standard , but ol democratic policy , which produced ilnan elal distrust nnd business depression Such m n have no objection to Hit money they get because It buys mon. than formerly. "What they desire is Hit chance ; to earn more of It and they un derstand that tills will come with tin1 resumption of industrial activity wlilcli the restoration of contldence will bring , There are millions of these men who are anxiously waiting to vote the re- republican ticket. c'K 1)1' ( .viiVr/JKS'S. In his speech at Memphis yesterday Mr. Hryan urged the Importance of electing a congress , as well as a pres ident nnd vice president. In favor of the free coinage of silver. While tlie popo- juitlc candidate may have faith In his nvn election lie probably has doubt ibont the next house of representatives iH'ing In sympathy with his policy and : here is very good reason why he should. It Is perhaps not to be expected that ho house to be elected In November will lave so large a sound money majority in there is In the present house , but all : he Indications point to a majority nm- ile to prevent free silver legislation mid t Is possible Hint the senate will also lave a majority against that policy , So hat In the event of Mr. Hrynn's election t Is practically assured that he could lo nothing for free silver during IIU1 Irst half of his term mid during that line II Is extremely likely Hie craze iVould die out mid an anti-free silver ougre.ss be continued throughout the ( residential term. Hut it should be remembered that this vould not avert placing the country on i 'silver basis. Mr. Hryan would imui- rurate the policy , as lie Is pledged to do , if paying out sliver for all obligations if Hie government. He would redeem ; reonlmcks and treasury notes and pay ho Interest on the public debt w'th ' sll- er and this would bring the country o a silver baslK. ( lold. of course , would ; o to a premium and there would be ontraetlon of the volume of the cur- ency and of Its purchasing power , s'ucessarlly all values would bu unset- led and the business of the country vould be thrown Into disorder. If not nto panic. It Is perfectly obvious thai uulep such circumstances all commodl- les would decline in value , while every ndustry would come to a halt and labor vould be far worse off than it is now. iVu should thus have nearly If not quite is bad a condition Of affairs IIH would allow free silver coinage. It beluj ; prac tically certain Hint the party of dlshon c'st money will not control the next con press every sensible man ought to sei the folly of voting for a prcsldentla candidate who could not carry out hi policy If elected , although not poworles , to bring about disastrous financial am business ) disorder. rtxAxri.it , A'irs ; ; FAKKS. Mr. Hr.vmfs paper , which bus severa times been forced to confess to wlllfu garbling mid forgery during Hit * presen cmnpiilgn. Is still trying to make capita out of Its distorted extract from tin London Kliiaucial News. That tin article It printed credited to the Klumi clnl News of March 10. ISixi , was t fabrication pure mid simple It has ad mlltod. It tries to evade the respon slblllty of Its guilt by asserting that I printed two I-'lmiiicIal News fakes am that one was simply garbled and no entirely a forgery. On this point tin controversy Is between the editor of tin World-Herald and the editor of The VI ranclnl News and what the latter say : editorially in Ids Issue of September It ) 1SIH5. fully covers the ground. The edl torlal , the original of which Is In tin possession of The Hee , rends : Tlio sliver party In the United States con tlnues to brliiB itself Into illscrodlt by clr dilating fnlso anil garbled extracts fron articles lu The Financial News and In som < casps , as wo have shown , It docs not ovci stop at downright fabrication. Tlio lates trick to which It baa descended Is to prln as an editorial from this journal a for scntoncc-.t of an article of ours Inched on ti a report wblcb wo printed In 1S94 of i speech by Senator Cameron of I'ennaylvanl ; and this Is lunv bcIiiR circulated as "ni editorial from tbc London Financial News KoldbtiK. " The party must bo In despcrati stiMlts which U compelled to resort to gucl dirty tricks. imam : irw MMH'TMM / ; . The momentous issues Involved In tin presidential campaign have alxorbci popular attention mid for the time belli ; overshadowed all questions of strictly local concern. The anxiety of tlie pee pie to save the nation from dishonor restore confidence and prosperity , ha : naturally made the political crooks am boodle men who thrive on city spoils Imagine that they will be allowed t < foist themselves Into municipal olllci without serious opposition. While The Heo is devoting all it : energies to the success of the republlcai cause , It serves notice upon all wlion it may concern that it will oppose tlu election of any candidate who has , as slsted in covering up the Holla treasury embezzlements or who has directly 01 indirectly aided and abetted this gram larceny of public funds. Let it be clcarlj understood that whatever the cense quinces may be , this paper will not sup port any man for the council who ha : notoriously either sold himself foi boodle or tried to hold up corporations or Individuals. Such men are a dis grace to the republican party and an not entitled to Hie support of any honesi or decent republican. The city ol Omaha , of all things , must have , for tin next two years at least , competent anr honest men in tile council. A man ol character employed by a corporation 1 ; by all odds preferable to a man win seeks a place in the council in order tr bleed the corporations or a man who In advance makes bargains with the fran chised corporations lo make himself their pliant tool. There certainly is good material enough In the republican parly and in the democratic party In this city to give Omaha honest municipal government , When It comes to choosing couucilmen taxpayers will not hesitate to vole for She best man regardless of the parly convention Hint has put him In nomina tion , or even regardless of his being nominated by any party. Tin. cgMt IN F The ruler of the most despotic1 nation In the world Is the guest of the Kreneh republic , where preparations have been made to give him magnilicent enter tainment. Tims n sovereign who must be presumed to have no sympathy with republican institutions is to receive the enthusiastic attention of a people who have shown their profound devotion to such institutions. Is there not some thing Incongruous In this , or does It rather suggest the progress that has been made In International amity ? Of course the relations between I/ranee and Itussia have long been friendly and per haps they are more so now Hum ever bofo.-c. If there Is not an actual alli ance between them there Is an under standing which virtually amountto that. Fran'1 ! * undoubtedly eagerly de sires to be on Hie most intimate terms with the great power ruled by Nicholas nnd slii > now has Hie opportunity to manifest this desire. What wort of an Impression she will make upon her dis tinguished guest , after his visits to ( Jer- iniiny anil ICnghind , it Is Impossible to say. but he will certainly have no fault to find with his entertainment. That \vlll \ be as cordial mid as splendid as he ; -ould desire and perhaps association \vith the president of a republic and Hie greetings of a republican people will be liiite as congenial and gratifying to him is ( he companionship of royalty and Hie irntlons of those who live under 1m- liorlal governments. Vice President Stevenson has nt last made up his mind to support tlie ( Mil- rage ticket , bat it Is hardly likely that Ids tardy announcement will elicit for him nny thanks from Mr. Hryan. As long ago as February li < ) last Mr. Hryan in a long editorial In his paper called upon Vice President Stevenson to ile- lare himself on the money question , and Intimidated Hint It was either Ignorance nr cowardice that prevented him from joining the free silver faction of the Illinois democracy. Instead of respond ing to Mr. Hryan's demand , the vice president persistently sawed wood for nver seven months. There Is reason to bellevo therefore that the accession uf Stevenson to the popoernts will not be regarded as Hlgnilleanr , either by the popocrats or their opponents. Mr. Hryan's paper conies out with n ; earful plea on behalf of Judge A. Van iVagenen , fusion candidate for congress n the Eleventh Iowa district. A'uu iVagenen Is tlie man who refused to let he Iowa delegation go for Hrymi in the ik YANITE INSULTS TO THE VETERANS .1 In Local . -Silver Organ Continues to Traduce Brave Men Who u. : . Defended the Union. It nifnoars tlmf the Hrynnlto hntroil of the old soUllcr cannot bo repressed. The South pimiha Dully Sun , a local silver organ that Haunts the names of Hrynni'ntitl ' Sewnll at the heml oC II H editorial column nnil draws sustc- minee rr'in | ) t'lio ' local Hryan organization , makes this disgraceful attack unon the union vi'ti-iaiis In Us Issno of Sutimlny , Oclolier I ! . V ' TII03E HI11KD I'UI'S , touring the country under nay of Mark ll.iir.ia , styling themselves "Union Generals , " allude to Mr. Hryan as a ropudlator and an anarchist. AVcro the people they address as contemptible anarchists as these generals are , who have sold every atom of manhood they over did possess , their speeches would bo cut very short wlnm they utter such treason as to call Mr. Ilryan or any of his supporters an anarchist. THEY AUK SIMPJA" A LOT OK OU ) , SECOND-HANI ) . HUN-DOWN- AT-THK-HKI2L HUMMKHS living oft the people and still trying to keep up a strife for the pay they are getting from the managers of John Hull's American ofllcu. Hut for all the efforts of TIIHSE HIHKU OKNEKALS then-nru thousands of old uoldlcrs who wcro patriots , and not poltroons , who arc today In the front rank for freedom and for W. J. Bryan. They are true patriots but not Konerals. ( Mill-ago convention until after hova : nominated , and then hurried to llhu Holes to ( he winds ami climb Into tin hand wagon. That Is why Van Wag cneii has hecomu so deserving a pu trlot. From that good I'.ryan organ , the St Louis Kt ] inhlic , we learn that an > xnh > slon Is exported soon In the vicinity ol Tom Watson In the shape of a blttei denunciation of Hryan nnd the popnllsl national committee and a call for trtu populists to rebuke them liy aiding h the fiignal defeat of the popoeratle presl don t hi I candidate. The. same Hryar organ further asserts that it Is too lati now for Watson to do the silver canst any gooil or any harm and that tin popocrats do not care what Watson does Little by little the populists are Icarnin ; : the extent of the bunco game that \viu played on them at St. Ixiils. If they d < not turn the tables on the dealers it wil 1m only because they want to bo taken In with the silver brick scheme. Tlie coming two years bid fair to com pose one of the most Important period * In Omaha's existence as a city. A great exposition Is to be promoted and suc cessfully accomplished , not to speak ol other municipal undertakings of great but possibly of minor niumcnt. It it Imperative that the ten cotincilmen whr are to be elected In November and wht will be. a numerical majority of thai body shall be men of Integrity and xeal in tlie ' of the city government- Among the candidates who seek re-election arc some who have conclusively proved themselves unlit foi any place of trust. Such men , ami others about whom hangs the slightest suspicion , sjiould be rigorously turned down at tllo primaries. , In his'gre.at ' speech at Chicago , Henry D. Kstabrook asked when ; the money came from that secured for Mr. Hryan his position as editor of an Omaha pupei and caused 'Unit paper to change He policy from Ilio' ' dciiuncialioif'bf 10 to 1 free coinage'as dishonest to the advo cacy of tln sliver program. Mr. Ksta- lirook intimates that it might have been supplied by the silver mine owners syndicate. If he is wrong , the parties who are in possession of the precise in formation ought to set htm right without unnecessary delay. .lust two years ago there was a sharp contest In Omaha over the renewal of a gas franchise to the existing , com pany , in which the issue was cheaper gas. Where then were some of the noble councilmanlc patriots who are now posing as champions of the people ple , ready 'to sacrlllce all in an effort to reduce gas blllsV Strange how silent then were the frogs that arc noisiest now. Tlie people of Fremont arc rejoicing over the opening of a new chicory mill , the finest In the country. If William I. Hrynn had his way nnd put into ef fect In slate and nation his free trade doctrines , the uc\v chicory mill would have lo close down at once. A Frank Coiifi-HMlon. Iiullnnapolla Sentinel ( free silver ) Oct. 1. The Sentinel has held that free coinage would produce silver monometallism , and still holds to that view. Illni'Uliiirii'M Sn < - < T . New Yolk Herald. Senator nlackburn sneers at the Hebrews. lellglous rancor added to sectional hate. Whom the gods would destroy they llrst nako mad. _ _ Tin"DlKiiHy f l.alior. " rhlcHBO Tribune. Mr. nryan IH a great advocalo of the 'dignity of labor , " and naturally desires to cut down I ho value of wages so that a nan must labor for what ho gets and thus acquire more dignity. l ) 'l l SonliTH by lli'ri'dlt- , liullnnapollii Journal , Is It not Bomowhat remarkable that ten of the southern states which the popocrats expect to carry for free silver have al ready rcpuillatcul state obligations ? Hcpu- llatlon may bo hereditary , but Is It incurn- " " " " ) ! o ? _ _ _ _ _ llcnillmv UK * Iviii'ilo Tainiiiaiiy. J.uiilsvlllu Courier-Join mil idem. ) Mr. Hrynn has made a now record. When loforo did a "democrat" nominated to the iresldcncy get down ou his knees to Tain- nany ? When before did one speak to Tain- imny under ilia misplri-s of Tammany ? ClevelamtincvcV did It. Hancock never did t. TlldcrMicvw dlil It. Seymour never did t. McCliplun novcr did It. Palmer will never do W - ( / - O llr j-iill > Srliiol of I'liu'lllliill. \ " fjilcuuu Chronicle. Honestlr. K | between man and man , wo o not beluJVfr-that Mr. Hryan over expected u be clecod.Ve have U on good authority hat his real Intention Is to start a school of locution iu- 1. Uicoln , Kol ) . , In 1S97 , and this vholo cau\j lfi'li from last spring till the Vovembur election Is all on advertisement A'hlch h to be followed up with paid reading natter notices from November JO to January . This puts another face upon the matter nil wo may come to look upon Mr. Ilryan 3 one of our moat valued advertisers. .M'KIXS.IJY'.S MA.IOIMTY IX M'.llltASK 1 Krarncy Hub : Republicans will not bi satlsllcil with less than tun thousand ma Jorlty In Nebraska for McKlnloy. Hastings Republican : The monster am enthusiastic republican rallies being hcli all nvrr Nebraska means that Nebraska b for McKlnloy , sound money and protection Campbell Press : In order to HBVO Nebraska braska from the fnti which has befnllci Kansas , wo must elect the entire republlcai state ticket and east our clcctorial voles foi William McKlnley. Moronic Tribune : AVell posted politician ! are now claiming Nebraska for MelKnley but this should tint dissuade from Incro.iElnc the force of the battle for him. It must bi continued until the polls close or the battle will bo lost In Nebraska. Norfolk News : Mon of Nebraska ! Whlcl : do you want ? Universal bankruptcy or a return of general prosperity ? Tlio Issue It n plain one. Ho who runs may read. It Is for you to decide. Your ballots help to de- to'-mlno the fate or the nation. Nebraska City Press : The republican. should not bo contented with a half way victory In Nebraska. Pitch in and make II a good one by carrying the state for Me- Klnley. for MacColl nnd the entire repub lican state and county tickets. Hod Cloud Argus : A canvass of Nebraska outside of lie ! largo cities Is said to show n Jiipjorlty of 2 per cent for McKlnloy. The margin Is small , but the vote of the centers of population will lift It Into somethluR qulto respectable. Uryun lost the state when ho ran for United States senator1 and will lese It again. Tin : sii.vuii THIIST. Washington Times : The production ot silver In the United Slates last year was D.'i.T'iT.OOO ounces. At Its present price that annual output is worth $3i,7fpSSS2. ( Under free coinage the value of this output would bo Increased to ? 71,8S7S30 , making an additional protlt to silver miners over and above that they now realize of $35,118,848 , which they will not receive unless Mr. Hryan Is elected. Where Is there another trust or combine that could be so largely benefited by national legislation ? Buffalo Express : The campaign ot this year has become a contest between the con centrated money power of n single great industry and the diversified Interests ot the nation. If the Sugar trust or the Standard Oil company had gained control of a great political party , named Its candidates and written its platform and was conducting a campaign with an eye single to enrlchln itself , regardless of the sufferings tha might be brought upon the country , th situation would not bo different from wha It Is now when the Sliver trust has don this very thing. Indianapolis Journal : As the result' o this ( Merrill's ) circular a Uryan campalg financial committee , to have charge of th collection of these funds , has been ap pointed. The names which have been an nounccd are those of silver barons wort from $1.000,000 to ? ; 0,000.000. And ye their candidate goes up and down th country appealing to the poor to take side against the rich , when a few hundred verj rich men and a few thousand men who or waiting to speculate In silver stocks ar the only ones of 70,000,000 peoplewh will be benefited by the free coinage o silver. There never was such a consplracj of millionaires ngainst the best Interests ! o the whole country. Chicago Times-Herald : W. II. Hearst owner of the New York Journal , the fri silver organ ot the east , is one of th heaviest contributors to the Ilryan eampaigi fund. lie is vice president of the Ontarl mine In Utah , a mine which , according to Judge Colburn. one of Utah's de-legates t the opening ceremonies or the New York Milling Exchange February 1C , has paid IS successive monthly dividends , aggregating $13,190.0(10 ( , Mr. Hearst , as owner of one third of the stock , has heen drawing a yearls Income from his mine of about $27I.37C Under the silver purchase acts the Ellvc mlno syndicate has already compelled the government to pay about $1-16,000,000 as a tribute to the silver trust , that amount beim the profit pocketed by the owners of the bullion purchased by the government. 1 elected can Mr. Hryan ignore this powerfu trust which Is staking Its future existence upon the success of the popocrat ticket ? Now York World. 2d : The letter pub llshed yesterday of Thomas 0. Merrill , sccrc tary of the Ulmctalllc league ol the sllvd states , nnd confirmed nnd further e.xplalnoi In our special dispatch from Salt I/iko C'ity today , Is an extraordinary document In man > ways. It Is especially so In Its candor. Mr Merrill proposes without a blush that the silver mine owners shall contribute DHL month's profits and buy the presidency of the United State's as a speculation. With all the calm assurance of a promoter offerIng - Ing a new trust stock , ho explains to Hie. silver mine owners lliat this will bo an un usually good Investment. H will emble them , ho says , to convert their bullion into legal tender coin at J1.S9 per ounce , thus giving them a clear profit of ( il cents an ounce In addition to the profits they make now. That la to yay , ho shows them that by contributing a month's prollts each they can probably buy the exclusive privilege of furnishing money to this country mid coin- polling the people to give them $1 for every 51 cents' wortli of silver they produce , AVIIY XOT POTATO US f A Clinncn In TOM I Hi , . KllU-lfiiry of Pint III Viilili'N , Phnmlflpliin Iteconl ( tieui. ) . A farmer In a I-e'blgh Valley train was complaining to a follow passenger a few days ago Uiat the potato crop was so largo last year that ho could not give his own away , when his listener suggested that It would have been a good thing for the Now York legislature to have passed a la\v making potatoes worth , say 20 ccnla a bushel. "Surely , " ho added , "If the United Stales ) , which are only about one-twenty- flftha of the world In population , can llx by law a price for the world's silver , then New York can fix a price for the nation's potatoes. " A new light shone In the farmer's eyes as ho confessed that ho had not thought of the- mutter in that way before. Hut this Is pre cisely the way in which to think of It ; and It l by such homely arguments , rather than by technical and labored dissertations , thai minds which waver between truth and er ror can most surely be helped to arrive at an Intelligent decision. Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Till : WOIU.D'S UOII > SI I'l'I.V. A n n nil I Kftllttmtc iif \\orlclN.Mocl or Mctnlllf Mono ? . Purls Corr. Ilrrlln llovircn I'cmrler. I send you today my cnstomtry report o the stores of poKl and silver In slflit ; In th various countries on Juno 30 , 1S96. V'lRtire could not be had In all cases for the cxac period , but very careful cstlm.itcs , taklni Into consideration the actual oondltiiuis It the rpspc-ctlve roiintrles , were placed at m ; disposition. For liutntice. the only detailed ( Inure ; available for the stores of the Hank o KnKland uro tr-twie of Dccc-mber. 1S05. Rlvci uio by Ilio Rovernor of the bank , whlcl ale as follows : rltlsh RQld coins , 11 , 097,000 tJ73.4S5.000) ) ; nold bars mid forfl i gold coins. 2S,677WO UU3.3S5.OOa ) ; sllvei coins. 1,55(1.000 ( ( f7,030,000) ) . Total , 41. OilO.OOO ( f22l.SOO.OdO ) . The Increase In tin amount of silver coin , \\lilch ut times run below L'00,000 ( $1,000,000) ) , Is very ImporlHii and dlincMitt to explain. If such law amounts of silver accumulate In the cotlen of the Hank of Knfilaml , why docs the inln continue lo Issue them ? Last year ( isnsj tin coinage of silver In Knidiiml M mount oil t < Cl.liiG.I'Jii U5.9Sft. ! 40) ) , of which JC27.GOO. Oi more than one-half , found Its way Into tin Dank of Kngland , to remain there , nobod ; knows how IOIIK. The figures of the amounts on hand In tin treasury of the United States are those o May 31 , 1SDC , With these explanations , tin following list will s'vo ' a fair Idea of tin distribution'of gold and silver throilghoui the filolio : OoM. KIHcr. ll.ink of l.'rnncp f W.HM ) , ) I ISi.OOO OCC ( Ifintnn HcloliBlmtlK 14jCOW l "O.OOO.WX Other Herman lianlts HI.loo.ooo l.OW.urt Orrimth Imp. war ttnul. . I4.ntU.000 Itntilc nf KtiRliiml 2)1.100,000 S.COO.OOC tUlu-r MliRllJli dank * 10WA ) > ) Sroluh banks 2t.SOOW ) 4.000.00C Irish bnnk H.OOO.OiW S.000.000 Au'tto-IInnK.iilnti Imtik. 1H ICHJ.UOO SI.OOO.WJ AiiRlrn-IImm.iiInu lleiis- ui-y SUOO.fOO It.ink of Huly CO.600.Wi ) 11.600,00 ] Itunk of Nnulos Il.SflO.OOO ! .200.W > 1 Hank of Sicily 7.009.000 400.000 Trrnsury of llnly 17.100,000 S.MO.WO National Hank of llcl- Klinn l , Oflfl.lVM J.MO.OOO Xiillntiiil llnnk of Clrcwi ! . 400,000 Xivttonal Hank of lloii- inanlii H.SOO.CDO 1.000.000 Itnnk of Spain 4OOO.OfM CO.SOO.OOO llnnk of llollnn.l . 13,200.000 35.400,000 llnnk of AlKlent a.WO.OW a.MO.WHI llnnk of 1'orttiK" ! ri.400.tHW 9.400.WM llnnk of SwiMlfli G.MH.OOO 00.000 ll.ink of Norway .COO.WW Hank uf nonni.irlc IS.OOO.OM Itnnk of 8.rvlu 1.20H.MM 1.MO.OM Hank of tliilunrln 2i .ono 40000.1 . lUnk at KHIIaml -1.400.000 COO.OOO Swells ! , lunik * 5.200 OKI fOO.ooO Swiss l.mil . ; l7.2iW.doo J-Clltf S llnnk of Husrla 434,400.000 C.:00,000 Impcilal trcnstny of . . . . ItiisHlii CS.200,000 Xnlliitinl iMlikH of Now - . . . . York 02,000.000 S.1,200,000 13.000.000 st'nt" ! ? ' . ' ' ' iiiG.foo.roo 532,400.000 Auslmilaa'iiai'iliH 100,000,00 - Tntatii J2.'J01.IOilOW JI.074.IM.OOO The amount of gold hns increased to $2.2U. ! 100.000 the largest figure ever shown $2l73.200.r,00 ! In April of Ibis year ; from $2,210.000.000 at the end of December , lS ! r , ; $2.11i1.SOO.OOO nt the end ot IS'.H , nnd $ lMj- 400 000 at the end of ISflO. In the past live and one-half years the increase in visible gold amounts , therefore , to not less than $720.000.000. The treasuries nnd banks of the five hii- ropean powers huarded In their coffers the following amounts of the yellow metal nt these periods : Her. 31. ' 00. nee. .11. 'fir . Juni > SO. 'M. ' Prance $22r..2i10 ( WO Kiicliinii " . ' . ' . ' . li.- , > oo'(00 ( siii.w.ono siuno.no * Kussla 221.ao.000 W2.200.2CO 622,800.000 Totnls . . . $7CO.-tixrooO SI.4M,201.000 II"M 00.000 It is evident from these figures that In these countries alone the visible amount of gold has mores than doubled. As to the United States , the proportionate gold stores were as follows : l > eo 51. ' 00. Dpo.m. ' ! ) " > . May 31 , 'M. N Y b.uiks..j "S.noo.noo i en snu.ovi jw.oooooo U. S. ' treasury. . 301.SHO.OOO 111 WO 000 158 > 00.00i Totals .l3S3.IM,000 J1SS. 400.000 $21S.SWOOi ) A good idea may be formed of the present sufficiency oC gold coin In circulation if the Ilgures of the coinage of gold within the last few years bo considered. In the great money countries of the world there were coined In " 1891 , $93,200,000 ; in 1S02 ; $ DI- ! SOO.OOO ; In 1SD.1. $204.000,000 ; and In 1S9I , $212 200,000 In gold. During 1893 Great Brit ain coined $25.239,000 ; Austria , $9,100,000 ; Germany. $2i.900,000 ( ; Krance. $21,000,000 , nnd tho"United States. $ in.HOO.OOO , while the Russian figures are not available , but are understood to be very large. SKXVAM. AS A ( iOI.IHU'R. Indianapolis News : Those- gold contracts arc pretty hard tilings for Mr. Scwall to get up before u crowd and explain. Huffalo Express : Arthur Sewall Inserts n gold clause In the contracts churterliiR his vessels , lie admits the' fact and seeks to justify it. Hut can any Justification , oxcuhe or argument show that Mr. Sowall would think gold contracts either necessary , or oven prudent. If he really believed whnt those who arc urging his election to the vice presidency Bay ? 1'hlladelphla Press : Mr. Sewall appears to be a humorist. Asked to explain why he put the gold clause In all contracts ho made for carrying goods In his vessels , he replied : "I have always made charter con tracts In this way and I doubt if I could take them In any othtr way. I am per fectly willing to take silver or currency it custom permitted. " This is probably the first time n man has excused himself on the ground of "custom" for doing one thing and advising others to do exactly the op posite. The truth is that Scwall hqs no faith whatever that the tree coinage of silver by the United States alone would result In any good. Courier-Journal : Mr. Sowall makes his contracts payable in gold , but would bo willing to take silver or currency "it cus tom permitted. " That is what ho says himself. The validity of this excuse Is not upparent. Mr. Sewall Is engaged In nn atlcmpt to revolutionize the customs of this country and upon that very point among others. It has been the custom of this country since Jackson and Hcnton put It an the gold standard In 1S3I to measure : ommodllles In gold. Sewall eays this lo ill wrong , that tlu custom Is n bad one ind must bo changed and people forced to neasuro commodities in silver or paper , or something else than gold. At the same : lmo Mr. Sewall himself keeps up the prac tice ot not merely taking gold value , but if requiring payment specifically In gold Itself , AM ) UTItKHUISU. Mr. Gladstone ny there Is not tnor musical people- than the Welsh to bo found In the world. Hurntmm , the scout who shot the chief Instigator of the Mntabelo war , la home In I'aaadcna , Cnl , A MMiiphls man Is In Jail with penalties aggregating 1,415 years hanging over him. That man enn ask for nothing better than to be1 permitted to serve out bis sentence. Cimlln.il MczzofAntl spoke111 languages nnd dialects , fifty of them with such eneo and lliiene-y that he was sometimes mistaken fern n native of the lauds where they wt-ro u. oil. Count Ooel7.en. the wcll-'cnown German explorer of Africa , has entered .the foreign service of flermany and been assigned to the embassy at Washington. The count I * terUIn to bo a popular addition to tlia diplomatic corps nt the nattounl capital. "Tho 8UU.1H of Turkey Is tlio most wreli'heJ , plnthod-up little sovereign I ever saw , " writes n eorrcspondrnt. "A most nil- happy looking man of dark onmr > lr\lnn. with a look of absolute terror In hU latRe eastern eyes. People say ho Is nervous , nnd no wonder , considering the fate of bis prrderis- ser , " Accenting lo art critics , the mo-nimoni to Mozart which was recently uiivrllod In Vienna Is olio ot Ihc most beautiful phves e > f plastic nrt of this ge. Tlicgrr.it composer Is represented lu the bloom of youih. nn.l m a moment of Inspiration. The face Is ui > - llfte-d. the left hand rests on a music stand nnil ( he right hand Is raised as If bealiiiR time. OneV. . \\Ytinore , who Is said to bo a well known Xov York club man , posaesului ; nn Income of $ ISUOO n year , ban asked thu court to cut down Uio nllmony of $ > ; not ) yearly awarded to Ills wife on the ground that ho w.is brought up with mich expenvi\o taste\s that ho has to spend the money uoou lilmself. This plaintive plru was m\ve-d with se.int courte'sy by the court At the Anthropological congrcss.just rinsed In Geneva , one professor of crltnliioluey iual an Intoresilng commuiilentlon concern nig crime nnd Us relation to trades and pro fessions. For example , lu a : group of 10 (100 ( farmers ! IL showed O.S-I per cent to bo criminals ; In trades , 1 per cent ; In miiuu factures , 1.3L' per cent ; while In : ho pro fessions the rate was its high as 2.tfl : per cent. This ln t , a seeming p.iradov , fttnounts to this : The greater number of criminals are found among those who toll with their brains rather than with their hands. The 2.20 per cent of criminals In the professions Is thus distributed : in a group ot 10.000 clergymen , 0.71 per cent nu- criminals ; teachers. 1 r > s ; ph > slclans. l.sil ; chemists and apolhi'i-aries , 3.70 ; government employe's , 7.ID. and diplo matists , lawyers , notaries , et al. , 2S.K1. And thus Is again confirmed the Bcloutifle' axiom that "the occasion makes the logue. " l.AUCIICVC CAS. tio.-m-at rela- Judge : WIlllo Are you the tlvei 1'vo got , miitnma ? Mother Yes. love , anil your pa Is the closest rulallvo you've got. Detroit Kreo Press : "Why under tlm sun iloos U'hlinporly want n ill voice ? Ills wife hail : i great deal of money when lie nmrrleil her. " "And shu has It yet. That's the \\bolo ,1 rouble. " Hrooklyn l.lfo : "I don't iiulto SOP why you cnll Mr. UlgKH lantcrn-litwcd. " "Why , beoauso Ills face llghls up .so wli.-n ho tiilUs. " I'hllndolplila Heconl : Voum : Lawyer At last 1 have got a ease to try. Friend Is II a good one ? YOUIIK Lawyer Don't know yet. Como nround to the bouse ami help me. H was given to me as the Uncut beer brewed. Chicago Tribune : "Queer nbout that woman who Mings In her sloop. " "I don't think HO ; she shows her sense In shirking" the responsibility. " Texas Sifter : A prominent olllzcn of Dal- I.IH said to his wife the other < luy : " 1 be lieve I'll run down to Oalveslon for a change. " "You need n change badly , don't you ? " she nuke'il. anxiously. "Yes , 'my love. " "Then take mo with you for n cliance- . You'ves left mo bchinel you alx seasons lu SUCCI'SillOll. " 15oston Transcript : .Iiidgo What exniao have you to offer for not desiring to se-rvo upon the linnet ? Tale'sman Your honor , I think JmUre Your excuse ) Is quite satisfactory. You can jjo. Cincinnati Ki.ulier | : "Can you give nn npplle-allon of the admonition against avaM- liiK tli ( > uppearaiiL-o of evil ? " askeil tlio examiner. "Well why cr " snlil the candidate for orders , "I guess It would apply pretty we'll to a prohibitionist going llslilng , eh'1" Washington Star : "They say that human tin tin i * Is always lb < - same , " said llu- mid dle-need lady. "Hut I don't think so , " "What's the reason ? " asked li < r i.b-co. "Tttenly years ago girls read magazines and illil needlework. Now they study a read map and learn to UMJ a monke-y wrench. " HR IS ON AGAIN. Indianapolis Journal. Now doth the meek and lowly college ( That earnest seeker after ancient truth ) ' Appear once more on current history's ' ' the furious foot ball fight to wage , And eke the air to 1111 with rah-rahs , frozen clods , . . Thumbs , eyes , noses , nlso Imlr In wads. A SIU.II.O IUY. Tribune. Through all the annals of Counlless ages , hast thou es'erenif \ \ Of sunsets , that were aught Hut golden or that the Ilyways of 1'uradlsu WL-IO with Hilvur paved ? Nor canst thou glean through ] 'net-lnre. that nilBlit but crowns Of gold ailoined the alabaster brows o The Seraphim and tlio Cheiniblm. And the purtals of the Knt H re. wliero St. 1'eter His patient sentry doth keep for- Kver are they not of fold , 1'iirc gold ? Of nil tlio Inllnlto host of Heaven , The golden sun tlie stiirs- Of all the galaxy of Heavenly Orbs nnd luminaries but ono lioili ilelftn a "cllvcry cast" The monn ayp , the silvery moon , Inconstant moon , Who , although In shame he c.innot hldo His head , yet ho wearrt a Biillly frnwii , Ami four times each month , hu doth Change lila i'hlz BCO ? The Best Dressed Boy Sim the Block Is it yours the mothers of the best dressed boys are not looking for bargains--a thing is worth just what you pay for it and applies with special force to boys' wear we have suits as low priced as any bu they're not bargains they are good substantial goods that will give you your money's worth if they don't you get your money back , All kinds of boys' suits hzre , S. W. Lor. 15th and Douglas Sts.