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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-
" " " "
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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 -
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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.
