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THE OMAHA DAILY DEB. M , TlOMKWATKtl. IMIlor. KVKHY MliHXINO Dolly Jlc ( Without mntajn qo Vtnr..lj Jlnllr ll * ml Piiinliiy , On Year . 18 HI * llnntln . * IS Tlir o M'.nihK . . fi ) . Itw. one Vr r . \\V-kly llw. On Year . OKPICHBl Onrntm : Thr ll HtilMIn * . . South Omaha : SIIIKT ink. , Cor. N' nml Stth Sts. Council lIlulTi : 18 North .Mate HtrfM. Chl o MH r : T CTinmh r f.f romnvree. New York : Itmimii IS , II n < l IS. Trltrtino IMJs. WMhlrmtcm : U'K F f"lrt. " N. W. All eninmimliHitlMii relating lo r.ws nn1 ; cill- torl l mnttor nlioutit \ # aitilrmmil : ft the Ifcltlor. mntlNKffil WSTTK1W. All Irtiilnifii lelui * nn < l remlitnntf * itioilM lie Ml < lro * l In The r.f Iii1 < llithtim Corntmny , Otnnhn. PrnlU , i-hcckn nnJ pontaltlT onlrr * to bo mnilc p ji > tili t" tltc orrfrr ot U > e niW | > iy. 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Clubs will In1 tnunps In the ssi Iiluyi'd Xovi'inbcr . ' ! . Hut they will bi McKInlcy clubs , not Itrynn t'lnbs. McKlnlt-y KIJ-H : somrtlilnt ; worth lis tening to every time he makes : i speech. Avhethei- for a few mliiutes or for an hour. Canton , O. , Is about the onlj' place In the rountrj- that woulil llko to have this cninpnlKi ! fousht over a aln every yoar. I'rcsltlent Clt'vehiinl ileellne.s to tulu1 active pai't In the campaign , but no one Is In dotiht as to what ho wonlil say It' ho dlil take part. The record In congress of Hon. David II. M error for unremitting x.eal In the lntcrc.it of his district Is his best claim upon his constituents for n triumphant re-election. Tin- perfect harmony that prevails be tween the head and tall of tlu > Pnlmi'r- Unckner ticket Is proof conclusive that democratic harmony Is within the realm of possibility. The veteran soldiers cannot avenge the Insults to their old commanders With the weapons of ' (51 ( , but they maybe bo relied upon to r.cpel such scurrilous Imputations with ballots at the polls. The pretense that Mr. Itryiin defeated prohibition In Nebraska slmle-han > le < l nnd alone will make interesting reading for the prohibitionists upon whose votes he Is relying to carry this state In No vember. Let transmlsslsslppl stales consider well this matter : What states will de rive most benetlls from Omaha's exposi tion , thee < east of the Mississippi those west of It ? AVhere does the chief Interest lie ? So long aH revenues exceeded ex penditures there was no apprehension of the snlllcleney of the gold reserve. Ite-establlsli u. Ktable treasury balance sheet and all occasion for further bond Issues will be at once removed. It Is said that Itryan dues not yet luiow that his managers hay given up nil hope of even making an effective llfjlit In behalf of Ids election. Break It to him gently. The shock will be almost more than his .sclf-confldcncc can bear. The publisher of the World-IIwald explains that the "Man , 10 cents , " is not lie , but a man from I'lattsmonth. Can It bo that \Vorld-IIerald man has hidden his campaign contribution behind the pseudonym "Sllvcrlto , 2 cents ? " "The democratic parly has done much for yon. The time has come when you must do something for it. " So writes Dahlman to democratic postmasters. Hilt the postmasters do not seem to ac knowledge that nahlman represents the democratic party. The people of the Sixth district have been practically without a representa tive In congrcs.s for six years past. Do they want to be no better represented in the next congress ? If they want a man \Yashlngton who will faithfully attend to their business and reflect credit not only on them but on the people of the whole state they will elect Hon. A. 10 , C'ady by n decisive majority. The Manufacturers' and Consumers' association lias taken formal action en dorsing the pending constitutional amendment for the encouragement of mannfacture.s and dlversltled Industry In Nebraska. Kvery one who Is working to build up Nebraska has a direct In terest In ( lie adoption of these amend ments. The proposed constitutional lunendnients must not ho permitted to become lost In the shuttle. And now the World-Herald prints still n different translation of the Ulsmarck letter , which Is also certllied as the cor rect Culbeivoii version. Are there two correct Cnlbjrson garbling ? We regret very much that the World-Herald has not yet accepted The llee's offer to loan It the cut of the original ( Scnimii text HO thar It might let such of Its patrons as read ( icrnmn convince themselves of the mistranslation with their own eyes. Can It bu that the good Itryan organ Is afraid to undeceive Its readers with the original German of tliu letter ? iiiMiiri < ) \ ni' j/KX/fM / .No worklngnian who wants to vote In telligently upon the Issues Involved In the present presidential contest should fall to road and digest the report upon the condition of labor In free silver Mexico ice which has Just' been made by the committee sent t Mexico by tli ( Mileage ) Trades and Labor assembly specially to Investigate this subject. Much Inn been said by free coinage advocates about the pretended "prosperity" of silver stand ard countries , of which Mexico has been cited'as the chief representative. The unanimous report of the Chicago Trades anil Labor assembly committee , whose veracity and non-partisanship is not to In * questioned , stlgmallwvs this "pros perity" as a myth so far as the wage- workers are concerned , and asserts thai th toilers of Mexico from the time of the Spanish Invasion to the present have had no change for the better. Aivordlntr to this report Mexican la borers are. peons , hardly a grade above human slavery. They have no' labor organizations and apparently no ambi tion to rise above the lot of day laborer evi'ti if the avenue were open. Mexican wages are a mere pittance. The Mexi can working day runs from ten to fourteen hours , some , such as bakers , working even twenty hours , and tile question of shorter workIng - Ing hours Is a long way off for a country where labor Is so cheap and so plentiful. Kverywhere In Mexico among the laboring classes living is from hand to mouth. There are no pool- houses simply because the people are too overtaxed for other purposes to sup port them and the army of paupers Is forced to subsist by street begging and private charity. "Among ( lie nations of our advanced civilization , " says the re port , "Mexico has been marking time while oilier nations have been marching on. " More eloquent and most convincing , however , against the false claims of Mr. Kryan and his followers Is the warning given In all sincerity and erlou. < nes.i to American workliigmen who might be misled Into Imagining they can better their condition by settling In Mexico. "Your committee would caution Ameil- can worklngmen against going to Mexico ice without snlllclent funds to bring them back or to have employment se cured before going there , or they will bu obliged to subsist on cactus and th- sap of the tequila plant while doing the country. " Compared with the workingman - man of Mexico , the American workingman - man is a prince , and this we are told by members of a wnrklnginan'M commit tee , selected by a representative labor organization , and who describe them selves as "plain tellers Inured to the hard knocks of the factory and the workshop , than whom none are better qualified to Investigate or to feel and sympathize with the workers of an other country. " , This worklnfiman who will read this report on the condition of the laboring classes In Mexico and remember that Mexico has for years had free and un limited silver coinage may be safely re lied upon to decide for himself whether he wants the "prosper'ty" ' of the Mexi can silver standard or the prosperity of America such as he enjoyed four yearn ago under the protective system and a republican administration. ( > / ; / I'ltl.H'.Y IX CUHA , Tlie dispatch from Havana , stating why Consul ( ieneral Lee has failed to do certain things in Cuba which It was understood he was appointed to do and laying the responsibility for such fallur- : ' upon Secretary Olnoy , will command a great deal of attention If the statements made are found to be trustworthy. The tlrst Impression regarding them Is that they were inspired' from the consulate In Cuba , but it may turn out that they are nothing more than ( lie unauthorized views of tins correspondent. It Is said that a plan devised by Gen eral Lee for settling the rebellion , which met with public favor In Cuba , was dis countenanced at Washington. It Is possible that our consul general did pro pose a plan of settlement that was ap proved by some people , but it is highly probable that the correspondent gives it much too great Importance. The fact that a few hundred Spanish and Cuban planters , merchants and politicians ( in dorsed some suggestion of General Lee was hardly of such significance as to wanant the statement that all chance oticndlug the revolt by the Intervention of the I'nited States was thereby lost. As to other features of the dispatch the only one of real Importance , and th's ' seems exaggerated , Is the statement that It Is.far more dangerous to carry American citizenship papers In Cuba than to carry a rebel pass. Certainly nothing ha's recently occurred to show this to be the case and the report must be regarded as questionable. That Secretary of State Olney should desire to avoid complications with Spuln , In which he Is of course supported by the preshicnt , Is quite In accord with the conservative sentiment of the country and by no means Impllns any paittalily on his part toward the Spanish minister or the Spanish government.- Fairness tn Secretary Olney requires it to be MB- sumed that lie Is actuated wholly by what he believes to be the best interests of the I'nitcd Stales and also by a con- nclcnllons desire to faithfully observe our international obligations. The ad ministration has shown from the begin ning of the himirrcctlon a linn determin ation to maintain nculralliy and unques tionably it has done the very best In Its power to prevent any breach of our neutrality laws. This has Insjn apptnvod by the country , and equally deserving of approval l.s the decision not to pnvs Intervention upon Spain when It Is per fectly certain that she would reject and probably resent any proffer of that kind. General Lee was sent to Cuba bi'cause he was known by the president to have those qualities essential to that dltllcnlt and delicate position. There can be no doubt there was a prefect understanding before his departure as to the courno ho was to pursue. If he has kept In that course it Is hardly probable that ho has met with any such treatment from Washington as the dispatch al leges. Indeed , General Lee Is not the sort of man who would complacently unbuilt to treatment of that aorL The Cuban question Is likely to nniilu attain prominence within the next six months. The poll t lent platforms cxprcs.i strong sympathy with the Insurgents and the next administration will be expected to take some action. Meanwhile the pres ent administration may be expected not to depart from the policy thus far ob served. llXI'iilfl'H or .i A compilation just completed by the chief of the bureau of statistics shows a very considerable Increase In the ex ports of manufactures during the fiscal year ending .lune ! ! ( ) , ISDti , the total for that time amounting , in round figures , to ! ? ' _ > ' . > S.tOO,0H ! ) . It also shows liberal ex ports for the llrst two months of the current fiscal year , promising for the whole year a larger total than that of last year. These figures , as we have heretofore noted , are referred' to by the supporters of the present tariff law as evidence that It Is accomplishing what Its authors promised in enlarging the market for American manufactured products. It will be remembi'red that Mr. Wilson ami others who assisted in fiamlng the present law told the country with an air of great confidence that under its operation our manufacturer : * woi'ld be enabled to Invade the ir.Mitral markets and readily dlepo < i > of their surplus product. Wonderful progress was to be made In this respect , to the great advantage of our industries and labor. The fact that some progress has been made Is gratifying , but when the gain In the past year of about $ . ) ( ) ( ) . ( ) Is analyzed II Is not found to be so great a boon to American manufacturers as some would like to make It appear. It appears that SU.OtlO.OOO of the Increase was In refined mineral oil and copper ingots , leaving the balance to be distrib uted among twenty other Industries , making the average gain for cach about < tlr,0.0IO. ( ) ! Unquestionably tills Is worth having , but the progress made toward capturing MK > world's markets can hardly be regarded as in the' highest degree encouraging. There Is another .thing to be said In regard to this In crease In the exports of manufactured products and that Is that no Inconsider able quantity them lias been sent to foreign markets because there was no homo market for them and solil at a loss to th" manufacturers. Of course if American manufacturers want to get Into foreign maikMs on such terms they will have little trouble in doing so. The truth of the matter Is that there Is nothing In these statistics to warrant any commendation of the present tariff. Its agency in extending our foreign trade In manufactured goods has been very trllllm ; and not to be mentioned in comparison with the damaglug effect upon our Industries In stimulating for eign competition In ( lie home market. There Is no defense to be made of the present tariff law so far as American Industries and American labor are con cerned. "The clergy are as a rule the best paid workers In the cities , and are not In position to know the wants of the poor laboring classes ; they belong to the same class who crucified Christ. " 'I'lds Is the language which Mr. l.ryanV Omaha paper puts Into the month of one if the Ilrynn speakers who Is supposed to he voicing the sentiments of Itryan and Ids party. In It Itryan practically t-.LTves notice that he does not want the support of tins clergy becausethey an- too profane to contribute to his sacred cause. This is only on a par with the Insults Mr. llryan personally hurled upon the clergy when he was speaking In Delaware. The popoerats must be reduced to their last hope when they feel themselves called upon to revile the clergy In such a manner. According to the best of popocratic authority , the managers of r.ryan's cam paign were very much disappointed to receive a check for $ _ ' . < ) ( ) ( > from a west ern silver mine owner and millionaire from whom they expected a contribution of not less than $ itiixi ) ( to ? "MMKI. Hut why should the poporrats expect the mine owners to make more than liberal campaign contributions if it were not tltat they know free coinage would mean unusual special bencllts to the liver buIlionalresV Why should a mine owner bi * expected to expend ? H.K ( ) ( ) to , elect Hrynn If he were not assured that his profits from free coinage would ! ) several times th.it sum ? Yet Itryan pre tends to be the candidate of the poor people. Nearly ( very estimate that has been promulgated from any quaitcr has placed South Dakota in ( lie Itryan column. This Is a mistake. South Da kota may be a doubtful state , but the most reliable icporta are to the effect that the changes are largely In favor of the state going for McKinley and sound money. The sentiment In .South Dakota is said to have undergone a noticeable change in the last few weeks and If the state does not redeem Itself from the suspicion of being tainted with the repudiation doctrine its most careful and observing politicians will be very much disappointed. The very reasonable ground on which Nebraska postmasters refuse to accede to the Insistent demand for tribute from the popocratic state committee is that whlli > they might admit'an ' obligation In th > case of the democratic parly , which appointed them and under whose ad ministration they have not thriven , they acknowledge no fealty to the popiillstic crowd , which can never do anything for them. The Castle affair In London Is only another reminder that the poor person who steals Is a thief while the rich per son who steals Is a kleptomaniac. 'It Is a distinction without a difference , yet is Insisted on to mark the line hi'twccn the thief who has some provocation and the thief who has none. The present system of transference of title to real estate with Its legacy of cum brous ceremony from mediaeval times Is sorely In need of reformation In the Interest of accuracy , speed and economy. The agitation now going1 on In favor of the simple and ellldent Torrcna ayutum , which Is now In successful operation In other imttrlcs nnd In other states of the uu M cannot full to be productive of uoty 1 results. inliiur 11 n mo to Mlny. 'hlrmn nmmlrlc Mom. ) The nopyllitlc candidate Bays thnt at the end nlVJi& rnllroadtiiR ho will return to Llncolrl.tfeb. . Thnt Is eminently proper. Lincoln , wo understand , Is n nice , quiet plnco and there will be no occasion for htm to leave It after election dny. l'min < ovcr < > it Ololio-r > * moernt. Hrynn. will have to look after his run ning tm'tf.TSewnll ' , , who nys : "How can you In'rrVtisd labor's purchasing power by Increasing the prlco of labor's products ? " That Is Just what n great many worklngmcn woulil like to know , but. the iitientlon Is not ansxvorcil In any of Ilryan's speeches. llonil t'p , Willie. New Ymk World. Mr. Hryan Is still talking of "falling prices" ns sn effect of stopping twenty- three yenrs ago the coinage of n dollar which never circulated , nnd which was seldom seen outside the cabinets of curio collectors. He should take time to rend the market reports. Wheat nnd cotton linvo been going up , up , up. _ _ DoNi-rlliiir Hie Silver Craft. Ohltftiqn IJitr > r Ocp.nn. Western farmers have been busy think ing for some weeks past. From every sec tion In Kansas , Iowa , Nebraska. Wisconsin and Minnesota we have reliable Informa tion of multitude of rhangcs from llryan to McKinley. A vote for llryan will simply mean four years of depression In every line of business. Wlioro N On" DUTi-riMieef I'llllaclclplila lU'Cnnl. A farmer who had his crop of wheat stored In his granary , or a manufacturer who hail his warehousu tilled with the prod ucts of his factory , would think It an outrage If- the government should Insist upon confiscating onc.-half of his wheat or his goods. What better Is It by the adop tion of free silver coinage to confiscate one-half of the wage of the laborer , or one-half of his accumulated savings , or one- half of the dower of the widow , or one- half the pension of the soldier ? AYKItli TIIUY COKHCISIlf nt Incident of < lie ClileiiKo lny I'nriulc. ChlrnRO Chronicle. A gniiB of men were at work digging a trench when 4 detachment of the Chicago day parade , preceded by a band , was seen rnuiullni ; the corner. Of course the men dropped pick and shovel , scampered out nnd walked to the corner to see the paradcrs march past. Two of the laborers cheered and the mounted marshal gallantly ac knowledged the plindlt by tipping his hat to the men. Just then a little flower girl approached Iho worklngmcn. One of them picked n bunch of golilcn-rod out of the basket. "How much ? " ho nskcd. "Only n nickel. " replied the girl. Selecting a spray he stuck U through his hat rim ami gave another spray to his com panion. Then 0110 by one the other men came up , . Each took the proffered spray of golden-rod 'tendered ' , and each stuck it In his hat. , Whit lnlurficecl ) these men to do this act ? Politics or sentiment ? DO VOU WANT AXOTIIKU PAMCC I'rt'WijtKree * tvllli Ilrynn HrKiiril- Inpr Hie MITeet of Kroo Silver. I.oulM-HIo Coiirlpr-Jnurnnl diem. ) Moreton Krowcn , secretary of the English ntmctalllc league , and the man mo.it fre quently quoted by thu advocates of the un limited cnlnagc of silver , arrived from KnR- land on the American line ( steamship Parts October 4. Ho has come to watch the free silver fight In this country , having bcei sent hcrfliy'lils organization f6r that pur pose. He Is an ardent believer In the gospc' of n doiiDle sfandard , yet In speaking of the political situation In this country he said. "I hav ' 'no dnubt the Immediate effect of the clfjctlffii t.t Itryan- would precipitate a tremendous panJir. " In this Mr. Krewcn only agrees with Mr. Uryan , who said at Mt. Vernon , III. , March 17. 1S3C. thnt "The free coinage of stive would produce a panic at least for a time. ' That Mr. Uryan used this language at Mt Vernon hcs been proved by the affidavits o II. R Stevenson. George L. Ore. J. F. Me Kclvy , John 0. Varncll. L. N. Heal am' James Hepburn , all reputable nnd rcsponsl bio citizens ot Mt. Vernon , who heard Mr Ilryan's speech. Their allldavlts. each bear- IIM ; the ecal of a properly qualified notary public , are In the possfsslon ot the Courier Journal , and can be Inspected at any time Haven't wo had panic enough ? I.OOKI.VC ItAt'KWAim. The morions PUN ! n llciicon I.lpflil for ( lit * 1'llliire. Hrm. TliomiiR It. Kir.I nt llnflnn. "When I contrast these last four years with the years thnt preceded them. It seems CK If we lived 111 another land and were al most another people. Think of those clor- lous years between 18CO and 1SD2. We fought a great war , unhappily among ourselves , but with honorable results , for the goad of the human race. We passed through years of trouble and of pain. We had our period of depression , and a long , hard climb out of the evils of a disordered currency and of reck less expenditure.'e lifted ouisclvcs to great heights of national credit. From ISfi'J to 1SV : ! , notwithstanding all our troubles and the wcury years between 1873 and 1S79 , we paid our national debt ut the rate of $ G3,000.000 for each and every year , reducing It from $2,18.00l.00l : ! ) ) to ? 5Sr.,000.000. lowerIng - Ing our Interest charge from $125,000,000 to f22.ODO.000 nud showing an astonished world that government by the people was also a government for the people , the llko of which was never surpassed on earth. "When I think of those great achieve ments ami these glorious years , whatever doubts may come , whatever sorrows we are enduring , I know beyond all denying that the United States of America , under thi ! same control , v.'lll take , not the old place , high as It was , but a loftier on'o among the nations ot the earth. " llllYA.V.S I.OVIC POIl 1AIIOH. A Sllllliili.of It ( ilvon In n CoiniiilUcu lloiiin of ComcrexH. P'.illailrlplilu North Aniorlcun , William Jennings Ilrynn Is now called upon to explain KOIIIO peculiar terms of cn- doarmcnt which ho used toward the wortt- Ingmcu , whom hu U calling during this campaign his beloved friends. It appears that while tile popocratic candidate was a member ot , congress and one of the ways and means committee to cut down the wages of worklngmcn by the framing of a free trade bill , the coniinitteo was waited upon by a delegation fromaho Window Glass Workers' association Ip-protest against a reduction of the duty on glass. Mr. I3rnn seems to have objected to thls effort on the part of the worklnemen to save themselves from poverty , for while Scllols McKcc , a glass manufac turer , started to' explain the benefit of a pro tective tnn.ff , tyr. llryan explained In his frank , loving , boyish way : "Oh , you manu facturers are ; frfbbcrs. " One of the members of the workers' connnlttcu turned on Mr. llryan Indlsliarrly at this re-mark , and asked : "If the mamrfjiuturcrs nro robbers , what arc we ? " Thta was the reply ot the man who now express's auch effusive love for the worklngmcn William Jennings llryan : "You are public tyggars , and bo IH everybody else thnt asks f/ir / a protective tnrlff that will benefit MmJ' .Mr. liryali was nskoJ about this matter st .1 public nu'oilng in Wheeling the other day , and Jn his characteristic way ho ovailcd tlio question. Xow Stnto Factory Inspector James Campbell , president of tliu WlnJow Glass Workers' atsoclntlon ; George L. Cake , national secretary of the Union at that time , uml every member of the commlttco that called on the ways and menus committee , all of whom heard llryan make USD of these foul words , not only re- llernto the charge , but express a willingness to face him and maku nilldavit to the fact that the Unguago quoted was used by Mm In their presence. We can readily believe the charge , uvon In the abscnco of anV davU , for tlio false prophet of tliu Platte la now engaged In tint effort of making the workingmim a beggar In fact as well as In name. U is well that the mask lias been stripped from him in time. Tint over-smllluK boylih fncu conceals more , much moro , than It gives utterance to , and that Jj saying a good dual. -\0 IIIIVA.N IN TIIHIUS. NellRh Lender ; As the lime ot llrynn't burial'npproachia tlio price of fnrm prftilucis KO up. tlcnovn SlRtint : A vote for Mr. Ilrynn l a vote for free trade. Hnven't we had enough of frco trade In the Ust two or three ycirj ? Cambridge Kaleidoscope : llryan banquets wlili Sen-all at his palatial home , but lie never throws even a picked bono to poor , hungry Tom Watson. Stuart Leader : Hilly llryan liy his vote In cotiEres * holned to cripple the twine factory at Fremont and the two beet lujar factories In this state. Weeping Water llcpttbllcnn : Ha\o you heard of nny factories wnltlng until after Ilryan's election to resume business. If so they will not resume. Genoa Lrndor : Ur.van apknowlc.lRO.l fhat the success of free silver would create ; i panic and cause il'.rce ' or four vi'.irs of .he increased h rd limes. Can you stand .t' Clarks Leader : It must nnt be furRottni thnt llryan Is pb'dgfd to ilj away null civil service a reform that the people 1-uvo been fighting for for the past twenty jrars. Auburn Post : Nearly c.-ery tnirlncnt ! ! populist will frankly admit he believes that In case Hryan is elected It will cause ot'o of the1 irre.i'e.it panluf ; hal tr.o country has ever seen. Crelghton Courlov : The free silver women had the followlr ? painted on K tranip.ironuy | which they carried in the par.idc Tuesday | night : "Wo will not marry a man \\\\a \ \ don't j vote for Hryan. " There will be a large number of old mnlds In Cri > ightoi : In the near future unless they depart soon for greener fields. Falrbury Enterprise : Some of the : u lon- : Ists are trying to make themselves believe that Uryan will carry Nebraska. We fell sorry for them , but th y are doomed to disappointment. This , however , will bo nothing now to them , for they arc ever act- ting their pins too high , and this case v.-lll ho no exception to the rule. sn.vr.it TIHST ; citnun. Olobe-Democrat : Mr. Dcpew points out that the owners of silver mines expect to profit by paying their workmen in cheap dollars that Is , by reducing the wages of miners. As a matter of fact , the free sil ver movement Is a conspiracy against the wages of ail kinds ot laborers. Now York World : Since silver was "struck down by the crime of 1873" the mines of the Unlt d States alone have produced 93 ! > .fi7ii- 000 ounces. The commercial value ot this enormous yield , reckoned at the average price for each year , was $ ! M3.0S3.000. The coinage value of the total product , at the existing ratio , was $1.211.751.000. So that If permitted to enjoy the free coinage the mine owners would have made nn "additional profit , " as the clrculnr of their "finance committed" truly put It , of $271.GGS.OOfl. They would have made nn "additional profit" of J33.00u.000 on the yield of 1SOI , and ot $3(5.- ( 000.000 on the yield of 1895. No wonder Mr. Morrlll thought they "could not afford not to glvo" the "additional profit they would receive for their own silver product for one month" to help elect a free-coinage president. Courier-Journal : From 1S73 to 1893 the mlno owners were In the saddle. They passed the act of 1878. which enabled them to coin $30.000,000 of their silver on pri vate account. What were loft of these coins were afterward redeemed by the gov ernment In money as gcnxl as gold , all at the expense of the taxpayers. Afterward the i United States passed laws to furnish them a market for $600.000.000 of their bullion , nnd this has been depreciating in the hands of the people and the government , entailing a loss of many millions. The "fat" of these men lias come from the substance of the people. They have obtained It ns the rc- Eiilt of Inws which their attorneys have passed , but they are .Hot yet satisfied. They wish to continue the same system on n larger scale , and to this end they r.re asked to supply a fund to corrupt Iho ballot. A KitAt'i ' ) i\iM.sin. : ) Tlio Holtiiiu I'aelH In n Kroo Silver llnoni niHiinleli. Detroit 1'rou I'reis ( item. ) The advocates of free silver have done some uotnblo things In , the way of circulat ing forgeries during the campaign , but the ? havj done nothing quite so ludicrous In the fraud line as the effort which was mndr last week to convince ifc" public that Mr. Hryan's cause was booming ' among tliu mamifacturers. On Wednesday last It war announced all over the country lhat a "big stove factory" In Ohio had promised to rr.lie the wages of its employes If llryan sliculil be elected ; and the dispatch was ex ploited by the free silver Journals with the most sensational of head lines , reading In one case something like this : "For Hryan' A lli ; Stove Factory at Newark , O. Ten Per Cent Increase In Wages Promised If Uryan Is Elected Management Sayr Free Silver Will Doom Uuslness. " The dis patch which came after this startling an nouncement read substantially as follows : "XEWAHK. O. . Oct. 7. U has been many days bluco a factory notice promising In creased wages has been seen In this vicinity , but the employes of the Central City Stove works here linvo been notified that tn caae , of Urynn's election un Increase of 10 per cent in their wages would bo given. | I I "The company's president , C. W. Cunningj j I ham. has been a life-long republican , while i | the hiiavlcsl stockholder. W. N. Fulton , although - i though a banker. Is an enthusiastic silver- | lie. Nearly all the employes are republi can ! ! , but all are llryan supporters. "President Cunningham says the reason the promise of better wages was made was that the company fcols confident frco coin age would stlmulnto business , especially In | the west , where the trade of the concern | largely lies. Ho cited the fact that molders' wages before silver's demonetization were higher than they are today , and pointed out how all manufacturers of atovcs vol untarily Increased wages In 1879 after the paqsngo of thu Uland act. " Naturally meat persons who read the ills- ; patch concluded that the concern spoken of v.is of great Importance and that its promise to raise the wages of Its employes In case of Hryan's election was significant of a deep rooted conviction an the part of the managcipcnt that such elcition means prosperity to the country. It was expected no doubt that lie ! announcement would thrill thu hearts of workliigmen all over the land and bring them In battailous to the support of the Chicago tlciiut. It Is a pity , on some accounts , Ho dispel this fond illusion , but Justice to the truth compels a statement of what this gigantic store manufacturing concern really l.s. A letter to George II. Harbour of this city from the largcat Iron commission honso In the United States Bays : "Regarding Iho Newark article we beg to say tint the Central City Stove works Is a concern with a capital of from $1.000 to $2.000 , with credit limited , the poorest credit for that nmount of capital. The number of employes la six and It never employed more than eight. " There Is but ono historic parallel , so far a wo know , for the Impudent assumption that It was of any connequcnco what this gigantic concern , with a capital of from $1,000 to $2,000 , promised Us six employes or how It ! ) management felt In respect to frco silver. It is the proclamation issued by the thrco tailors of Tooloy street , Lon don , nnd signed , "Wo. the People of Eng land. " Of tliu two thn free sliver exploita tion of this steve company story is really the moro farcical. If the whole thing were not so supremely ridiculous it might bo worth while to notn the fact that one of the bljtcresl wrongs of which the free silver men have complained lia.s been thu r.llcgeil attempt of gold stand ard mnnufarturcra to secure the votes of their employes by declarations as to the ufi'ecl upcn them of electing Bryan. Surely If the gold standard manufacturers have bun doing this thing It Is no worse In tlitrm than In the "big steve factory" whasa president , "although a banker , Is un cn- ' sllvcrlto. " ' siiivnti iu.rKKr.it. nm i-'ur.n . . Illi Nlniilln Itioi NO IIi Hie .SKliiitlnii OriMit llt M > eritli' Italtlniiirc g\\n \ tdrm > The political contest has now rerched thnt t go of the game at which the campAlgn bluifcr comes to the front with his prepos terous rsMm.itcs nnd conlldent n.wrtlons. Although the bluffer has never been known to mnUv any serious Impressions upon tlio oppMlng forces , he always bobs up serenely In Iho hut few weeks of the campaign wltn his familiar and worthless devices. Just now bo. Is very much In evidence on the frec-nllvcr Hide , and Is making desperate efforts to keep up the courage of his asso ciates and to frighten his opponents by an Immense Amount of bluster and brag. He 1-l.Ums everything in sight , declare * his party Is going to "sweep" the country and that , everything points to a "landslide" and "eyelono" in favor of the populismticket. . It Is a favorite trick nt his to quote some unnamed sound-money democrat as "aban doning the contest , " or some prominent re publican , whoso Identity he discreetly omits I to reveal , as admitting that the "jig" Is up. | llo delights especially to refer to polls of I voters th.it ho alleges have been taken In this or that sections or in this or that OHtahlis..monl , which ho asserts. Indicate a popular tidal wave for free sliver. The Htatomcnts which he nuorPs and the polls which ho cites , It Is needless to say , are nearly always wholly fictitious , and evolved almost entirely from his own lively Im.igl- nation. No one takes seriously the campaign Btorlea he circulates , because they are al ways so nluunl that they defeat their own pin-pose. 11 IH fabrications are regarded with amusement , but they do not change any votes. Nevertheless , ho has his uses as a political Indicator. It Is nearly Im-nrlably the cao that ho appears In largest num bers upon the side that feels Itself losing ground and In danger of defeat. The more desperate the situation the louder ho shouts and the moro ridiculous his claims. The ; ip- pL-arance of the free silver bluffer in In creased force jimt at this time Is an en couraging Indication. It Is an evidence of weakness , a proof that ho realizes that his cause Is In a bad way. We are glad to KCO him on the frco silver side. Indulging In freu and unlimited coinage of campaign | fiction at the ratio of sixteen pounds of i falsehood to one grain of truth. Nothing ! could bo moro reassuring to the advocates ! of wound mouey , for the bli'ffcr corps Is alI - I ways sent to the front to make a grand demonstration as a last rrsort by the party which sees Itsclt confronted by defeat. THIur.Ast in : OK IT. Ilrjiin I'ntN tin * Slump Upon Ills I'nvorllo Dollar. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. This bit ot Uryanlan wisdom fell from the lips of the Hey Orator on Monday : "You quibble about what kind of material your money Is made of. I say to you that 1' Is far more Important that a dollar shall re main unvarying In Its purchasing power than that n dollar should be made cut of any particular sort of metal. ( Cheers. ) He wants a dolKir "unvarying In It.1 ! purchasing power. " A few years ago it took $75 to buy one sewing machine. Today you can get then for $45. Mr. Hryan says the price should still be $ ; : , . A few years ago. to wit , In 1S72 , cut nails were ? 5.tO. Last year the average price was $1.17. Mr. llryan says the dollar should have bought no more In 1S93 than In 1S72. He says that you should pay Just as much for your blcycliu this year as last. If "the dollar must remain unvarying ir Its purchasing power , " you should still be paying 1G.92 cents per pound for Java coffee , as you wore paying In 1SS2 , and not 26.GO cents , ns you were paying In 1S9.1 ; nnd alto you should be paying USO : cents a pound for hnrd grnnulntcd sugar , as you paid In 1S30 , Instead ot 1.12 cents a pound , as you paid In 1S95. The Hryan correlation of unvarying pur chasing power Is unvarying prices. Manu facturers , railroads , steamship companies would like that. So would farmers , unless you happened to strike a year like 1812 , when pork was down to $9.27 a barrel In New York , or corn down to 25 cents , as It was In 1S01-G2 ; or cotton to 7.R5 cents , as It was In 1849. No-two years In succosslon do nny price lists tohlch we have access show that thn dollar Mr. Hryan describes existed one with nn unvarying purchasing power. Some times It bought more , and sometimes less. On the whole. It has been buying more as the years have gone on. and as Inven tion and science and capital have multi plied products tnoru of everything except labor. It has boon getting li > 3s of that. And every man who tolls by the day , week , month or year Is surroundoil by mich com forts as no former generation ever en joyed. Fortunate Indeed are they that Mr. Hryarfa definition of a dollar , ono "that Hhall remain of unvarying purchasing power , " Is not the definition of Iho world. If such a dollar could possibly exist , what Inconceivable wealth would have come to those who haw In the last thirty years revolutionized thu commerce of the world. AX TO TIM : i'i\sio.Mit.s. : ( IneoiConffMHlon of ( lie PopoemCIf rniiilhliilo. PhUcdelphlu Iltconl ( ilrm. ) i In liU speech In Indianapolis Mr. Ilryan undertook to console the pensioners for the prospective nil-cent dollar with this happy suggestion : "If the soldier looks at tin ; money question merely from the standpoint of his own interest he must remember that bis pension Is only property , and that If ho legislates the valun of the dollar up whllo. ho lalfcs the purchasing power of hi. * pension ho will decrease the value of what ever ather property ho has. " This is the most nalvo and candid confession that the p.ipo- cratlc champion has yet madu of tlio effect of fr.'o silver coinage to decrenso the pur chasing power of the soldier's pension. To have been entirely candid , however , ho should have ai'.ded that the value of the sil ver dollar , or its purchasing power , would bo decreased to tlio value of the metal in It. That value Is about llfty cuits tcday ; but neither he nor nny one else can predict that It might not fall still lower after frco coinage. Hut to the veteran who may be fortunate enough to own n small fnrm. or a horse and cow , or "other property. " Mr. Hryan gives the pleasing assurance that this "other property" would bo enhanced In value by free colurge. nnd that lie would thus be more than compensated for the decline in the purchasing power of his pension. The value of the government pension of $12 or $10 n month would bu a small matter In com parison with thu Inllated prices which the popocratic candhlntu promises to the farmer pensioners of Indiana an.I . Illinois for their wheat and corn. The Inllated prices which tlie.ii' pensioners would be obliged to pay for farm Implements , household furniture and clothing for their families are , of course , excluded from the account. To the pensioners who have no farms or "other property' Mr. Hryan presents the higher consideration that "by raising the piucliaslng power nf their pension they must remember that they arc condemning their children and their children's children to the Injustice of n gold standard. " Such an appeal to thy benevolent Impulses ought not to be lost on the veteran pensioners. Mr. Hryan exhorts them to gently ubmlt to the chipping of tlio purchaRlng power of the money with which thcso pensions arc paid In order that the blessing nf depreciated currency and the llko relief from the gold standard may bu transmitted to future gen erations ! I'KIISOXAI , AMI OTIIKIlWISi : . Thomas A. Edison Is said to ho nno of I In most liberal givers to charity. Ilo seldom rcfuseu a request for assistance. About the only Kuropcan monarch whone llfo Is not Insured is the i-zar. The Insurance - anco companion consider him to ) risky. A cltlzon of Hlg Itaplils , Mich. , loaned Ezra Smith $ i when tl > war broke out In 11'jl. ' llo received a letter from Sciinlla. Mo. , the other day with a l > bill Ini'loscd. This was the first ho had heard of JOzru In Highest of all in Leavening Strength , Latest U. S. Gov't Report. iii.i\ , ny.nrw ninl he.hml nupposci ! tlt t tils ( I i i. tor wns killed tlurlng the wnr I.'cyil O boiirmvlio 1ms l > orii nipolntr | l V nil dl ? intt > ooiuul at Sniium , Is n tcp- on of the into llnbrrt Louis Stevi'iuon , x A i'i < miul < * l > lc ability ( romrmticrlnK ll.iniM nnd ffict'S Is | niw < M'il by Logan C.ur- llslrt , chief I'li-rk of ibe federal treasury ilc- pnrtinrnt. ylvAmis llottKe Locke , who tins Just illcil la llooMck Kails. Now York , was the In ventor of the first RtiUn-blmlltiK mnchlne. llo ; for ninny yeius cotuieeUd with the Walter A. Wooil company of llooMek Knlli A klti.imna of John C' . Pulhimn 1ms diicov- { red 111 the home of the statesman n great mafls of letters hitherto unnoticed. Tlu-ro nro doino 3.000 of them , nnd It Is siiRRCsteil that the strtio of South Carolina have them sifted over , edited and published. Dr. SewnnlVbli. . one of the new mem bers of the Vermont leRlslature , Is cmmlng some of the rural nolonw to stnro In aston ishment. llo lias cnRiiKCd n suite of nlno roonm nt thu chief hotnt In Montpollcr. and hits aiMiiKi-d for n special slilo track for Ida private car. It may lie remembered that the two sons of the Krench Held marshal , llnzalno ( of McU capitulation celebrity ) , volunteered for set vice in the Spanish army In Cuba nt the time of the outbreak of the Insurrec tion in tlit Antilles. One , of them has Just died of yellow fever , while the other , who , tn addition to bring prostrated by the name disease. IIOH been severely wounded In the field , Is now Invalided back to Madrid. ri.\sni..s r i-'t'x. Washington Stnr : "Colonel C.irter of Kctituekv IN n rtmavkntilyvpllin | i rveil old KcntfiMtiiin , " Mill iino youiiK worn in "Vi > M , " roplloil Miss Cayenne ; "he romlndM me of a brnndeit peach. Petrolt Kroc Press : "My daughter * ilo tholr own ilrosi > 'm llntT : now , " di-olareil Jones Jubilantly. "You don't mean It. " "Yos , sir ; I've Hubert up n stationary bi cycle so that It runs a sewing m.ichltiu. " Somorvllle Journal : In the ease of the Indian prince who 1ms a throtii * of MO'U ' ! Kln s It nnght to be easy to sco the power behind Ihe throne. Indhumpolls .Journal : "Yes , " spake they of the one who bait gone , "ho wits utterly and hopelessly bail. Ills wlcUeilnc.ss might have been forgiven hail It been accompanied by any rcitcomliu : trait , but ho hud none. llo couldn't oven tell a funny Htory. " Vlosion Traiiseilpt : llleks t hoar there Is trouble between llowsor unit his wlfo " Wleks Yes ; be brought homo n tandem , and they linvo boon lighting oven slnco about who Hliull ride In front. Washington St.ir : "Has your hurhanil Klven much thought to tliu political situa tion ? " s.'ild one woman. "Yes , " replied the other , "I guess h"'U take nny that's offered him after the elec tion. " "Any what ? " "Any political situation. He says ho needs the salary. " Chicago Post : They sat before the open grate are. . . . "Do you prefer your chestnuts roasted ? he atkeil. She Inclined tier heart. "I llko them much better that way , " sbo ' "As yon please , " bo returned , and In an other minute lie had thrown llio eoniio weekly Into the lire. Ilaltlmoro News : Killtor Here. Mr. Simcelolgh , thl story won't do. It Is too . I told to Interview dry anil matter-of-fact. you view that Fourth want ctimlldiito and write up the story with n snap. Spaeelelgh Well , my story.nays Jhal his fallior-ln-law Is paying all his election ex. ) cn es. Isn't that u snap ? PAT'S NK\V UATIO. New York Sun. Ooh ! whore's the conncclcshun 'twlxt Hryan's coleekshtin An' good times iiredlckHlnin ? I'll glvo tt yoz straight. 'T'wud be 10 to I till thn volln' was done ; An' , boRogs , then , mu sou , Twiul bt notbln' to ate. TIIIO PA.XACKA. riilcnco Itecord. What If autumn , llko a foolish Aged woman , gaunt and vain , CountorfoltH the lilonnv of Mutnmur , Imllntos this spring's refrain. . Though her bright robes nro beilniggloil And her cheeks nro Htronked with rain ; What If pilgrim hordoH to ranton , Madly march neroMH tlio plain And the und-cyi'd Mr. Si-wall t OotH an early frost from Mntno ; What If you have dally haggled fiver bills that gave you pain Hills for winter clothes and fuel , Fat with plutocratic gain ; What If WulHon berates Sowall , Ilranilliu ; him a modern Cain , And the futon room cold and oruol All of thi'Ko excitements wane To a pale , elusive , seeming ; To the MlriuiKO , erratic dronmlng' Of n wild , disordered liraln , When you taste tliu fragrant. Menmlng Oyster tfoup that's here again. AVIC DM ) , II. ' YOU I'l.IjA.HK , AMI WI2 MHA.V IT. IT ISN'T I3VKIIY OXI3 WHO CAN SAY IT HOM3STI/Y I.V SI'ISAKIJVfl OP CI.OTIIIC : , AMI A roou MA.-JY HAY IT WHO OIH5IIT.VT TO. III1 WIJ OOIII.II.VT AKKOHII TO UK- CHIVIi YOU IK WI3 WAXTHI ) TO , AM ) iiM51 : ( > \ .SK-VSH , AS WKM , AS COM- .1IO.V IIO.VKSTY , DICTATES ( Mill I'D I , . ICY. 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