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Watson thinks h" Is ntlll miming. It
wonlil be a ruIliuMiitMit of mii.'lly to tin-
( let-five lihn lii'Ton1 election.
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 ?
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.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.
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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.
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