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THE OMAHA SITNDA.Y
HUV IT ! HHAD IT !
The Incoino tnx Is nn Ku llsh tluvlco
ta holi ) out the rovc-iiuc.s of tlu British
Kovcrnnicnt tlopluloil liy free ( rude.
Why should n populist volp fe > r Bryan
nnd Hownll ului-tors wlii'ii lie known no
dcinoenitle elcclor will vole for Wittson ?
The phiK tobncco IIHMI nnd thu clgnr-
otto innniirticluroi's linvc coiuo toct'lher ,
nnd It Is roporlod that they nre con-
to put tobacco Into
How Bryan would rcjolco If Tom Wat
son would only permit himself to liu
purRiiaded to turn his lontMli'layed letter
of acceptance Into a letter of. declina
tion.
Ex-Boss Groker Is on bis way home
from Kurope. lie probably wants to be
In New York In time to cast bis vote
for Tammany spoils , Bryan and repudi
ation.
Theolllclal ballot In Missouri will contain -
tain seven complete tickets. But It can't
beat the olllclal ballot In Nebraska If
all the nominations that have been Hied
uro Riven a place on the ticket.
The poor woman who has unwittingly
embroiled herself with the federal au
thorities by cleaning and selling used
postage stamps was engaged In a home
Industry which neither political party
Is likely to foster.
Postmaster ( iencrnl Wilson served
with Bryan on the ways and means com
mittee through two different congresses.
That Is why he Is out on the stump In
West Virginia opposing the election of
Uryan to the presidency.
The popocrats siy : they have imported
"tho cyclone orator of the west" Into
"Omaha for the remainder of the cam
paign. Would It not be a better Idea for
them to Import a good supply of cyclone
cellars , too , for use when the returns
come In ? '
If you neglected to register on the first
day , make a memorandum now to get
your name In next Friday. There are
only two more days for registration.
Don't wait until the last chance , for
many others will do that , and you may
bo crowded out.
t > avid II. .Mercer's actual services to
uls district exceed In substantial value
the sum total of those rendered by any
two of his predecessors. Ills constit
uents are not unmindful of these bene
fits , nnd will return him' to congrow by
a rousing majority.
Why Is it unit thu local Bryan organ
Is so distressed over thu defeat of the
republican eouncilmanle combine In the
republican primaries ? When men who
ay they nre republicans have to go to
an opposition organ for sympathy and
comfort they must bu in hard , lines , In
deed.
The convention of the Nebraska Beet
Sugar association , which Is to meet at
Grand Island November 17. will take
up for discussion questions in which the
Whole state Is interested. All sections of
the beet growing urea ought to bu fully
represented. All the commercial botlle , <
entitled to representation should see to
It that delegates are appointed who nre
nllve ( o the Importance of the beet sugar
Industry to the stnle and who will make
It a point to attend the convention.
The men who are engineering the
Bryan campaign In the south are the
men who have been tlmu and again
denounced by southern populists ns bal
lot box stutters and election fraud per
petrators. They are the men who have
rovlleif the populists whenever they
have demanded a frey ballot and a'u
honest count. And now they are tryIng -
Ing to hoodwink western populists Into
helping them not 011)3' ) to keep In power
In their own states , but to gain control
of the entire uiucliluerjr of the federal
Koveruuieut
/ llh / : Klli Vhll .1A n I'llfH TIM / ) * ? .
It U perfectly nppnreiit that the hope
of the free silver party now Is In secur
ing the support of the laboring classes.
Mr. Bryan nnd the other lender * of that
party nre directing nil their efforts to
Unit end nnd nre stopping at nothing
which they think will serve to set workIngmen -
Ingmen In opposition to employers nnd
to Incite In the ranks of labor hostility
toward capital , The men who a few
years ago Mr. Bryan characterized as
"public beggars , " becausu they asked for
protection to labor , lit * Is now appealing
to lo vote for the Chicago ticket , lie
does not explain lo them how they would
he biMielltod by the success of that
ticket , lie does not show them how
they would get more work or more
wages under a silver stnndnrd than
under n gold standard. Whenever he
has been asked to tell labor wherein It
would derive any advantage from the
unlimited coinage of silver he has
evaded the question. This because
neither he nor nny other advocate of
free silver can give a single sound rea
son why the wage earner would be
helped by that policy. If the free coin
age of silver would debase the currency ,
ns thp supporters of sound money con
tend , the wnge earner would Inevitably
suffer to the extent of such debasement.
On the other hand , If free coinage
should make silver worth ? ! . " ' . ) nu
ounce , ns some of the silver advocates
assert would be the case , the wage
earner would gain nothing , since he
would receive for his labor dollars h'tv-
Ing the same purchasing power as at
present. Free silver promises no nil-
vantage to labor , either hi better em
ployment or better wages , but It does
Uneaten great injury to labor In pro
ducing Industrial paralysis and in di
minishing the purchasing power of
wages. Tills should be sulllclent to In
duce every workiugmnn who lias regard
for his own and his family's Intere.sts
to refuse to support the cause of free
silver.
But there Is another respect In which
labor Is almost equally concerned In the
defeat of thu f'hleago ticket. It stands
for free trade ns well as free silver. Mr.
Bryan has Ignored the tariff question In
tile campaign because lie did not dare
attempt to defend the tariff law which
he helped to frame. The loss to both
labor and capital under the operation
of that law. Its destructive effect upon
our industries with corresponding
benefit to foreign Industries , to
gether with Its failure as a
revenue measure , are facts which
Mr. Bryan , with all. his arts of
sophistry , could not explain away and
therefore he has had nothing to siy :
about the tariff. But none the less lie
Is as Implacably opposed lo protect Ion
now as he was when In tliu house of
representatives four years ago he de
clared It to bo "the most vicious politi
cal principle that had ever cursed this
country. " Nothing Is more certain than
that the election of Mr. Bryan and a
congress in harmony with him would
give the country an economic policy
from which every vestige of protection
to American Industries would bo elimi
nated and our markets thrown open to
the nearly unrestricted competition of
the products of the cheaper labor of
Kurope. What this would mean every
Intelligent worklngman can understand.
American Industries would liavo to go
lo the wall or the wages of American
labor would fall to the Knropcan stand
ard. One of these things would be Inevi
table and the most probable thing to
happen would be a decrease In the pay of
labor. Are American worklngmen pre
pared to take chances on this for the
sake of trying a free silver experiment ?
It would 1)0 ) to think poorly of their com
mon sense , of their nblllty to Judge what
Is best for themselves , to assume that
they are. They may not fully under
stand the silver question , but they know
what protection means , for the great ma
jority of them have had experience with
It and realised Its benefits. And having
this knowledge we confidently believe
that the more Intelligent and. unpreju
diced among'them will vote for the
policy which assures a market for labor
at American wages.
1KUAIH'IXUNS WlllliK YOU WAIT.
It Is a poor lawyer who can't take up
either side of a case. And It Is a poor
case in which the city attorney cannot
make his opinion lo lit the side that
the city hall ring wants it to lit.
When the council was not satisfied
with the man appointed by the mayor
to 1111 the position of member of the
Board of Public Woiks , Ulty Attorney
Council promptly rendered nu elaborate
opinion holding that members of t In
board could hold over Indefinitely so
long as they could manipulate the coun
cil to refuse continuation of their suc
cessors. This in spite of thu express
words of the charter that say that
members of the board shall be appointed
for definite terms of throe years and
expressly excludes them from the clause
that makes other city olllcers hold until
their successors Khali have qualified.
When a vacancy occurred In the olllce
of city clerk some two years ago and
a compromise agreement was reached
by which the place was tilled tempo
rarily by a democrat , thu city attorney
said that the election of 18' ) 1 was
enough of a general election to warrant
the choice of a now city clerk , and
that no vacancy In city olllce could ex
tend beyond the time that a new olllcer
should be elected and qualilled. This
year , when there Is a vacant council-
mnnshlp-nt-lnrgo which thu council com
bine bus lIlliMl with one of Its own kind ,
the city attorney renders another opin
ion , this time holding that the election
of 181)11 ) Is not a general election within
the meaning of the charier and that
the councilman appointed lo 1111 the
vacancy Is entitled to retnln his sent for
nnother year.
The election law of Nebraska provides
that for the bunellt of the public and to
enable voters lo knowwhen nml where
Ihey should bu registered the nunounce-
incut of registration days , together with
the places where the registrars lt and
the boundaries of the different voting
precincts , shall bu publicly advertised
oneo In the last Issue Just preceding each
day of registration "ln at least two
(
newspapers published and of general
circulation In the city. " Yet tills year ,
acting under the advice of Oily Attorney
Council , the city clerk ndverllsfil the
days of registration and the places
where thu registrars sit In only one
newspaper 111 the city , and omitted to
Include , as the law specifically requires ,
the boundaries of the various voting
precincts.
By this now construction of the law ,
the very Intent of the legislature Unit
the voter should be furnished with full
Information by which ho tuny know In
what precinct he resides nnd where he
should register Is defeated. City At
torney Conni'll lias been the legal ad
viser of the.elty continuously for nearly
Ilvo years , but never before did he dis
cover that this was the way the law
should be enforced. Always heretofore
the registration advertisement lias been
published In two paper.s of general
circulation , and the public has been
notified each year of the boundaries of
the voting precincts. Why did not City
Attorney Connell discover his new
version of the law before ? Was It be
cause he never read the law before ?
Or was It because the city hall ring
which seems to control his opinions
never wanted that version before ?
M'KiMt\ run SOUTH.
The trustworthy Washington corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Ledger ,
Major Carson , who Is n veteran In po
litical experience , Is making a tour of
the states that are deemed to be doubt
ful. Ills lirst visit was to Kentucky
and his report to the Ledger of the sit
uation in that state Is most encourag
ing to republicans. He begins his dis
patch with the unqualified statement
that "the thirteen electoral votes of Ken
tucky will be given to MeKlnley and
llobart , " and says that the Indications
Unit such will be tbo outcome are not
only positive and unmlstukoahlc , but
plentiful and easy of discovery. He
gives a thorough review of the political
situation In the state , from which It
appears that the sound money demo
crats will largely support the republican
candidates , and these are numerous
enough to overcome the defection of re
publican farmers , which Is believed to
bo not so great as has been represented.
"In the course of my Inquiry , " says
Major Carson , "I have met many busi
ness and professional men. who have al
ways been democrats , and with few ex
ceptions ail declared they would not
support Mr. Bryan. On the other band ,
I have failed to find a single business
or professional man who has been so-
ducetl by the free coinage fallacy. " The
sound money men are making a splen
did light in Kentucky and the chances
of success should steadily Improve for
them during the remaining days of the
campaign.
The outlook for republican success In
Maryland appears to bo excellent and
there seems to be little reason to doubt
that honest money will win In West
Virginia. The promise Is , therefore ,
good that MeKlnley will have the elec
toral votes of nt least three southern
states and It Is not Improbable that he
will gut one or two more.
itnvTWKi.i. ox "nn : UIIIMR. "
Hon. George S. Boutwell of Massa
chusetts was secretary of the treasury
when the alleged crime of demonetiz
ing sliver was committed. The veteran
statesman delivered an address a few
days ago before the Twentieth Century
lull of Boston on the currency s.v.stem
of the I'nlted Stales , In which he re
ferred to his part In the. preparation
of the mint bill of IS''l and said : "The
bill was the re.suIt of no small measure
of recommendations which I made to
congress after a careful consideration
of the existing currency system when I
was appointed to the olllce of secretary
of the treasury. The bill contained sev
enty-one sections , one of which called
for the demonetization of the silver del
lar. Ifl nm asked the pertinent ques
tion of why I sought to work n change
In thu financial system I will answer
that I had come to believe It wise for
every nation of tlic world to recognize
and maintain a gold standard. " Mr.
Boutwell denied that the bill was forced
upon the nation secretly , fraudulently
and stealthily and said that he was un
able to explain why , If the act was
so antagonistic to the silver mine own
ers , that their representatives In con
gress , Messrs. Stewart , .Tones and Tel
ler , were Ignorant of Ills recommenda
tions when the bill was under discus
sion for two years and ten mouths prior
to Its passage and during which It was
printed at least six times.
Tills accords with the statement made
by Senator Allison In his speech In this
city Thursday night and ought to bo
accepted by all fair-minded men as con
clusive. Whatever doctoring ( hero was
of the act of IST.'l , as Senator Allison
said , was done In the Interest of the
sliver mine owners nt the instance of
their representatives. The simple truth
Is that the silver mine owners were just
as watchful of their Ii.'erests ' hi IST.'I
as they are now and If dropping Uie
silver dollar from the coinage had been
against their Intere.sts they would have
fought It vigorously. 15nt It was not
and hence they made no opposition to
it. The pretense now made that they
knew nothing about It Is ridiculous.
Senator Allison has reason to be proud
of the reception accorded him In Omaha ,
where hundreds nimble to secure
entrance to Ihe theater had to go away
disappointed at not bolng permitted
to hear his great speech. The senior
Iowa senator has always been at hand
to ns.slst Nebraska In Its just demands
upon congress , and the people of this
state remember the services he lias ren
dered them.
Mr. Ilryan has not yet Indicated Just
what parts of the populist nntlonnl plat
form he subscribes to and what parts
he repudiates. Ho knows that if lie let
the public know just how much of n
populist ho is , lie would cither drive
away some of his democratic support or
nllenatu his populist admirers. In other
words , ho Is silent on this point because
ho IK afraid to speak.
It Is thu place of thu republican city
committee to see that the whole ticket
put In nomination by the republican
city convention is Inserted In the olllclal
ballot. The city committee Is supposed
to represent the republicans of Oiuuha
AN ' " "AUDACIOUS POPOCRATIC FORGERY
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Fntoe.Bismarck . Letter Circulated by the Demo-
001 ' cratic Stute Committee.
113 I"
CHAIRMAN DAHLMAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPOSITION
Thc33ijlrnHka ? ) denlocrutle state committee Is now circulating among the
Oertnnri voters of this state a pamphlet entitled. "Sllbur 1st dus Gold des
Volkes , " endorsed with the names of .lames C. Dahlman , chairman , aiul l.ee
llenlinan , secretory , which revamps In Gorman all the popocratle eaiupnlgu
forgeries that have been exposed ami exploded since the presidential contest
opened.
One of the most brawn fabrications In it Is that which appears on page 'M ,
purporting to be the Hlsmurck letter. It Is In reality a translation back Into Ger
man of the garbled Culberson English translation , and nothing could show the
distortions reported to by Culberson more conclusively than this re-rendering of
his forged lllsmarck letter.
The letter being circulated by Dahlman Is no more like the letter written
by Ulsmnrck than black Is like .white. The Hoe reproduces hero both letters.
Kvi'ry German In Nebraska should compare the forgery with the original and
ask himself whether he can vote for popocrntlc candidates who try to Impose
upon him with such nefarious fabrications :
WHAT BISMARCK WROTE.
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nationalen UcbtrtinfoiiimenS anSubcit lufube.
23t8marcf.
and the republicans of Omaha have ex
pressed theln belief that the law calls
for the ejcctjijn of a counellnian-at-Iarge
at the coming election. If the re
publican" city clerk refuses to lile any of
the nominations of the republican city
convention It' becomes the duty of the
city committee to enforce , the rights of
this party Jiythe , regujar legal process.
Why Is. It that the announcement that
any particular state Is safe for the pope
cratle tlcjtct > svulso always the signal
for a now * Vffort on behalf of the popo-
uratic hosts to make accessions to their
cause lnthat _ tfate ? A safe popocratlc
'state musTbe a'state that Is Irretrieva
bly lost to Itrynn and free coinage tin-
less desperate methods are Immediately
resorted to.
The silver oracle says that if the gov
ernment provides for stamping every
41'JiX : grains of sliver "one dollar" no
one will part with It for less than one
dollar. Suppose the government pro
vides for labeling every .bushel of corn
"two bushels. " will any one buy it at
twice the pi Ice of one bushel ? Hut
then the sllverltes deal In oratory , not In
logic.
The paper that has been discharging
ellleicnt correspondents because they re
fuse to come out and support Bryan
raises a terrille. hubbub because tin
Omaha business house has requested Its
traveling men to attend to business.
Isn't this a case where the adage about
sweeping llrst before your own door ap
plies on all fours ?
It has been estimated that the adop
tion of tin ; constitutional' amendment
providing that live-sixths of a Jury may
bring hi a verdict will effect a saving
In the various judicial districts of Ne
braska of more than oae-.slxth of the
cost of Jury trials under the present
system.
Veee Sllvc-r Itrlrfly Dcllm-il.
Indlnnapolln K ug.
Kreo coinage means silver monometallism :
serloua character anil
means a panic of most
prolonged duration ; means lower aalarlro ,
lower wages , lower pensions. Anyone that ,
thinks thuso things are desirable for the
republic , should by all means vote for
Hrycn.
Cruel Treatment of YV'iitxoii.
ClileoKo Tlmcs-HcruliI.
Having branded Mr. Scwall as a "wart"
and a "knot on a Ing , " It is now Mr. Wat
son's turn to be branded. The national
executive committee of the populist party
has Issued a manifesto against tbo popu
list tall of the popocratlc ticket. It brands
Mr. Watwm ai a "rebel. "
llullclln.
Chairman ' Jo'hcs ' I tell you , Bill , you're
carrying It tp'o f-f'r. Thwo's such a thing as
saying too mucji'and saying It too often.
Ilryan Yoii'ro ( all wrong. You don't un
derstand.VUy < T-tbo people simply but
what's the U3C 9 ; talking ?
Chairman 'Cities No use. Hill. That'i ?
what I've bfjf.n , trying to tell you.
1rrti -
In It Worth the 1'rlcc-f
ll'tilladelphlu Time ) .
It Is Hntirlh'at'Oanillilato ' Dryan has taken
to demanding1' contributions from the towns
In which ! u"consont.s to make campaign
Hpceches.Vhj1 not ? Dryan Is not In this
business forUiis health , and it la not Illtoly
that his taii'polW ' committee has the mcan.i
to keep hli/i'idalng. Oratory llku Dryan's
comes hlghada it the western towrs must
liavo It , theyiitiught to Bland their abaro of
the cost. i'
I'lli'l ' > the
New York Hun.
The Ilryan party , calling tlicmaulven demo
crats , have precipitated the Igsuo whether
or not the United Slates , the proudest nation
on rarth , Is to be written down a swindler ,
a cheat abroad and at home. All that we
can do under the circumstances la to do
the beat wo can , and that will bo to make
the national majority against fraud and
against the degradation of this country tc
dishonor mil discredit BO overwhelming tha'
after the election has been decided the wholi
campaign for repudiation and social dlsorilei
will fade Into forEctfulntss.
The vote of every man who prefers hou-
csty to dUhonrsty is needed In every state
I'llo votes up In every state In one vast
heap for the candidate for president whowc
triumph meana the preservation of tbc
United States' honor and the final erasure
of Iho scant which repudiation has put upon
us already. That candidate's name Is Wil
liam McKlnlcy.
A Civil Srrvlff Pointer.
WnnliltiKlun Slur.
During the pant Itacal year employes In
the postal service handled 13.5S1.0DO pieces
of registered mall , with a loss of only uno
plceo in every lfl,2.ril. The Jlryan plan looks
to tha dlcmlfcsal of thrao experts so Unit
"tho humbler mumbers of our society"
whoever they may be may receive aomo
of the "benefits" of public employment ; In
other words , that as many as posslb'le of
those who support Hrynn may bo rewarded
therefor out of the public purse ; bu given
gratuities. How dors such a proposition
strike the bunlncfs mind ?
A Kiut Conveniently iKnoreit.
JoulVllle Courier-Journal ( tU-in. )
Ilrynn dally scoffs at the Idi'U that this
nation Is not big enough and powerful
enough to establish p.nd maintain n silver
currency equal to gold , "without asking
the aid or cnnernt of any other nation on
earth. " nut he always Ignores the fact that
vndcr free cotirw this nation would not
employ any of Its bigness or power to bolster
up silver. It would not guarantee the value
of the silver dollar , ns It ilow now. It
would merely stamp the .silver dollar , and UE >
stamp would mean the snuu- thing , whether
the nation were powerful or weak. Dryan
Is simply hoping thai a majority of the
voters of this co'ntry ' arc fools.
I1ASIC PUI.NCII'I.K I.KI
A Iiinv llinn Ilelfieil to Krnine Con-
IriiillclM HH | ANNi-rlloiiH.
St. I.nul.1 Glolip-nrmoornt.
William J. Drj-an , then a member of the
Fifty-third congress , wn one nf the most
persistent advocates of the Wilson tariff bill ,
as that measure was originally drafted and
reported to the house by the chairman of the
committee on v.a > s and means. Ho was a
member of that committee , am ] was ac
corded the place of honor , after Wilson , In
advocating Its passage before the house.
That bill , as reported by the committee , and
as enacted Into law , contained the following ,
now section 25 of the Wilson-Gorman tariff
law of August 27. JS9I :
Section 23. That the value of foreign coin ,
as expressed In the money of account nf
the United States , shall be that of the pure
metal of such coin of standard value ; and ( lie
values of the standard rolns In circulation
of the various nations of the. world shall bo
estimated quarterly by the director of the
mint , and be proclaimed by the secretary
of the treasury Immediately after the pas
sage of this act , and thereafter quarterly
on the 1st day of January , April , July and
October In each year. Anil the values as
proclaimed shall be followed in estimating
the value of all foreign merchandise PX
ported to tin * United States during the
quarter for which the vitluc In proclaimed ,
and the date of the consular certification
of any invoice shall , for the purposes of this
section , be considered the date of cxporta
tlon ; provided , that the secretary of the
treasury may order the rcliquldatlon of any
entry at a different value whenever satis
factory evidence filiall be pioduccd to him
showing that the value in United Stales
currency of the foreign money specified at
the invoice was , at the date of certification ,
at least ten (10) ( ) per centum more or
than * the value proclaimed during the quarter
In which the consular certification occurred.
This section of the law , to put It briefly.
Is a recognition of the fact that coins
do not circulate anywhere out of their
own country at their stamped value , but
at their Intrinsic value ; that the ntump an
them has nothing to do with their com
mercial value , but that thulr commercial
value Is founded on the1 quantity
and quality of thu bullion in them , anil
that Mr. Bryan as well ns all other leg
islators , when they come to deal practically
with such questions , arc bound In spite of
themselves to recognize this rule. It also
jliows conclusively and plainly the rule
which Is and always will be applied by
foreign countries to our coins ; that Is , they
will pass , not by the stamp upon them , but
by the value of the bullion In them.
Mr. Dryan and his followers , for cam
paign purposes , nit ; pretending to Ignore
this principle a principle that Is at the
foundation of all money , mid one which
they , or thasa of them who are or have been
legislators know can not bo Ignored ,
namely , that ultimately the value of every
coin , for foreign as well as for domestic
usemust rest on the commercial or exchanii ; >
value of the bullion In It , and that tn at
tempt to Ignore or evade this Is to attempt
to Ignore or evade a law of trade which Is att
old as human society and as Immutable as
a law of nature.
vioiiATiti.x or eo.vni.u-r.
An Ael of MonxU'oiiN Injiiitlee Hum
finned liy Ilrynn.
l.uthcr IjflPIn Mills at Clilcnuo.
When Mr. Ilrynn mndo his fierce upccch
In the Coliseum ho ald , In reply tu Sen
ator Hill ; "Tho Kfnllrman from New York
nays Hint he will propose nn amendment
llmt this chnngi > In our Inw hnll not affect
contr.icti already made. I.ct mo lontlnd
you that there la no Intention nf affecting
these contracts which , according to the
present lawn , are made payable In gold.
Hut If ho mrnns to say that we cannot
change our monetary nystcm without pro
tecting those who hiup InntuM money before -
fore the change wns made t want to nsk
him \\hcrc In law or In morals he can llml
authority for not protecting the debtors
when the law of 1S73 was passed , but now
Insists that wo must protect the creditor. '
And yet the speaker claimed , and has ever
since claimed , to the American people , that
Ills mission Is n mission of honesty and hid
en USD the museof humanity. Dy one ac
of legislation he would Justify and decree
the violation of private and public con
tracts , and the retaining from one by nn
other of one-half his rlnht ! And the de
fense he offers Is the charge that the rights
of debtors were Ignored by the net of 1S73
und therefore that the rights of the creditor *
can Justly now bo Ignored. The Indebted
n ss existing In 1S73 was Incurred practically
under gold standard conditions , and the ac
of that year simply put these condition *
Into law. What rights of creditors were
then Infringed upon ? And If such rights
hnil In any way been thus attacked , wha
Justification In ethics Is afforded by thr
fact , for a government subsequently doing
nn net of monstrous Injustice ? I-'or tht
great wrongs threatened against the rights
of millions of men and women throughou
the > country , with the changing , unsettling
disturbing of actual affairs , with the dls
asters that will follow , we proclaim a proles
ugnlnst the revolutionary political ucbcmo
wildly thrust upon the nation.
Higher , however , than consideration o
Immrdlnto irntcrlal disasters and calamities
Impressive ni to their possibility , there
speaks n volco from tlu > sky of the republic
which IH heard today above nil the din am
clamor of our politics ; It is the voice of the
nation's ancient and abiding honor n voice
that never yet linn spoken In vnln to Amcrl
cans the nation's ancient and abldlnf
honor , whose- worshiped supremacy Is stll
and ever will bo the Inspiration and guide o
our people. That voice calls us to duty am
defense , so that no ntaln shall touch the
flag of America's fair name , nor disgrace
attend her itmnng the nations of men. The
policies , the schemes , the events of the pre-s
cut day may come , make tbolr Impression
and depart. America remains forever. I
Is for tlic constant bencllclarlcs of her lift
and Institutions , not only to protect he
against attacks from without nnd all force
of danger \\hlch may threaten her from
within her borders , but everywhere and nl
ways defend her sacred honor.
AVAOK-UAIIXKUS AMI SII.V13II.
Philadelphia Times : The Inisir.cfs clussc
In Mexico who prosper under n silver cur
rcncy do so because they can cheat thel
woiklngmfi with cheap money. If frc
coinage were Adopted in the United States
displacing the gold standard , there woulc
bo business men who would prosper her
for the same reason. Hut the worklngmrn
of the United States nre hnrdly ready t
reduce themselves to n state of Mexican
peonage Just to oblige the silver barons o
the Rocky mountain states , nnd the wind
demagogues who are trying to climb Int
political power on the free coinage craze.
Indianapolis News : Hut In addition t
the fact that the same amount of mono
will go much further now than when "th
crime of 1S73" WHS perpetrated , working
men should not lose sight of the fact tha
there has been also a substantial Incrcas
In the rate of wages. Wages have gonu up
commodities liavo gone down. Now , nr
worlilngmcn going to vote for n policy whlcl
will exactly reverse conditions under whlcl
commodities will go' up and wages will g
down ? Kree coinage , we can not say to
often In view of the persistent misrepresent
ations of Mr. Urynti , will not produce bl
mt'tnlllsm , but sliver monometallism. Th
change of standard will bring on unlvcrsa
panic and prolonged hard times.
Washington Star : The report of the com
mlttco appointed by the Trade and Labo
assembly of Chicago to Investigate th
wages and genernl condition of labor In
Mexico under statutory bimetallism am
practical silver monometallism Is a docu
mcnt worthy the perusal and acceptance o
every friend of labor in this country. Tht
facts presented nre true to the very letter
and they show a state of case which the
wnge-cnrner has only seriously to consider
to enable him to do his full duty by him
self and his neighbor ut next month's clee
tlon. That -the opening of the mints o
this country free to the silver of the worli
would result In lowering the finances of the
t'nlted States to a silver basis admits o
but little. If any , question , and tha
silver monometallism would afTcct business
conditions hero ns It does In other countries
where It operates Is equally certain. Noth
Ing could prevent the Immutable laws o
trade and finance from operating here as
they do elsewhere. The very size and Ini
portnnco of the country would contribute
to the overwhelming disaster.
HISI.VC WIIHAT , KAl.I.I.VK SII.VKU.
Now York Sun , llth : The commercial
price of bar silver In the Now York mar
ket declined yesterday to 01 % cents pur
ounce. This Is the lowest price for silver
In the past eighteen months , and fixes the
value of the sliver contained in the United
States dollar at a fraction less than 4S.S
cents.
Chicago Times-Herald : In spite of the
Chicago p'.ntform ' several hundred million
dollars havr been added to the value of
American products In the last ninety days.
I Wheat has advanced from C9 % cents to
' 707i cent ? on October 13. Corn , oats , rye ,
butter , eggs , potatoes and other farm
products have gone Into a conspiracy to
assassinate free silver. It Is more dreadful
than "tho cilmo of 73 " It has been worked
out surreptitiously and In the dark. Na
ture Is In league with the galdbugs.
Chicago Chronicle : The recent advance
in the price of wheat and other farm prod
ucts H a cold fact that gives thu Ilryan
populUts no end of trouble. Drynn himself
rreniB to have been Judicious enough to let
It alone. Others have exposed themselves
to the operation of lhat buzz saw with no
small detriment to their tissues. According
to thcso philosophers , the prlceH of wheat
and other farm products liavo fallen alnco
IS' . * ! hrcausu in that year congress did not
provide for coining a silver piece which was
not then In use as money at all and never
had been to any appreciable extent from
the establishment of the mint down. They
persistently assorted that the fall of wheat
had kept pace with thn fall of sliver. The
assertion was untrue , but It seemed to bo
useless to prove Its falsity , for the popullsU
simply Isrorrd the proof nnd reiterated their
falsehood The advance In the price of
wheat , corn , etc. , comes most opportunely
not only for the good of the farmer , hut
as nn exposure of the populist falsehood
that goes straight to every farmer and that
cannot bo lilJ uwny.
The 1'eii tn .Sl rtl AVI til.
Hnltlmcii ! Hun.
A pen made of silver was given to Mr.
Uryan on Saturday at St. Pniil , Minn. , "to
bu UHcd In signing Iho free coinage bill. "
I/ihor , organized nnd unorganised , will have
causeto be thankful If till * pen l.i never
dipped In Ink for thn purpose for which It
wnsdesigned. In his speech of acceptance
.Mr. Uryan said , among other things , that
"there can be no real civilization where a
few In the lanil have more than they can
iiho and the ninny have an Insuniclont
amount to glvo the necessary sustenance. "
If free coinage could take from the noa.ics-
Klon of "Iho few who have inoro than they
can uno" It would only bo a process of re
pudiation which would affect the laboring
man even more disastrously thai ) those who
Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Cov't Report.
hnvooilth. . Ami If to "tho tnnnr who now
hn\o an Insumclont lunonnt to Klvo tha
iipci'ssnry RtiMcnnnro" he pultl ullvcr cur-
rrnry of Rrrntly rctbirrd piirchnnlnR power ,
luiw ran they lm bcnofltnl ? Will not tholr
auatonnnco ho nil the more IniulequntoT
OTIIKIt I.A.MIM THAN OUUS.
Sir Wllllnm llftrcourt'a letter to the llhcrnl
whips rrslRiilnR HIP leadership of that party
In the House of Commons and IntlnmtlnR n
ilrslro to retire from Parliament will prov
cvrn n R router nenftatlon In llrlttxh dnmealla
polltlc.i thnn Lord Ilosohcry's ilramntle rc
nunclntlon of hlit purely nominal leailcrnhlp
of MrltMi liberalism. The course of Sir Wll.
11.1 in Imllrnteit that the breach In the liberal
ranks Is bcyonil heAllng , nml sei-ms to Justify
the assertion of those who hnvo IOHR main
tained that nothing hut the avermnsterliiK
Renllin of Mr. Gladstone had held together
the dlficrmlMU Rroups of his party and
forced them to n semblance of harmonious
nrtlon. This view of tbo liberal pllKht wns
Indeed , supported by the spectacle presented
durliiR the recent parliamentary elections ,
when each of the llbcial rhlefu appealed tn
his constituents with n distinct Issue , John
Morlcy having emphasized thn demand for
home rule for Ireland , Sir William Ilareourt
the qiictttlon of local option , and so on The
friends of liberalism , however , were loalh
to bellcvp , ns they will now bo compelled to
admit , that the prent liberal party Is on the
vcrpo of political bankruptcy.
It Is plain enough fiom the tone of the
comment ! ! of the Oorman press upon the
czar's reception In Paris that Germans have
vloxvcd the 1'nrls festivities with some un
easiness nnd more dKsatlsfartlon There
nro rumors that the kaiser will deollno to
meet the czar In n friendly spirit , but It Is
not likely that the emperor of the Hermans
would dare to offdr an affront of so pointed
n character to the uilcr of theUuaslans. .
There Is no doubt , however , that Wllhclm
feels -very much aRRrlcved over the present
situation , and he has deemed the crisis of
such Importance that he has hold a special
kronrath , or crown council , to discuss tha
° i'i ' TIlML' councils are rarely called ,
this beliiR the second one since that of 1S30 ,
when the retirement of lllsmnrck was
brought about. The 1'arls festivities will
make the German emperor nil the more do-
tcrmlnrd to secure nn Inrrcnue In the Ger
man navy , but It Is douLiful whether even
this arbitrary German soverelfiti ran force
his people to exceed the present rate of mll-
Itnry nnd naval expenditure.
When the dignitaries Invited to attend tbo
ceremonies of the opening of the Iron Rates
of the Danube by the emperor of Austria nnd
the khiRs of Scrvla nnd Itoumnnla reached
the scene of the exorcises they found some-
thbiR In the nature of a military surprise
awaltlnfr them , the Itoumanlans bavins mo
bilized what practically amounted to a com
plete division on their bank of the rl\er
Hero were stationed thirteen battalions of
Infantry , fo-ir squadrons of cavalry and sir
bntterlea of field nrtllle-ry. These troopa
shouted "Hurrnh1" llko n nhiRle man ns the
monnrchs passed by. An ICiiRlUh cor
respondent. refcrrlnR lo this Incident , re
marks : "Tho exhibition of Roumanian mili
tary power Is regarded to some extent as n
confirmation of the Idea which Is current In
olrcles which nro usually \xell Informed , that
the circumstance of thecmpcrorkltiR's being
accompanied by the chief of the genera !
staff on his visit to Hucharc.st Is not uncon ,
nected with the possibility of n military con
vention between the two stales. One thing
Is certain , thn Rreator part of the stay of
the Emperor Francis Joseph In Houinanla
was occupied with military reviews which
were attended by his chief military aihlaor "
The Ilrltlsli Rovcrnment Is about to In
crease Us subsidies to private steamship com
panies which will build nnd hold their ves
sels In readiness to bo turned Into war
ships , If rt-qulrcd. Nine additional steamers
have already been secured on .these terms ,
and the scheme ndds Immensely to the ef
fective strcnRth of the Drltlsli navy at n
comparatively trifling cost. SomethlnR la
this has In-'on donu by our own Kovcrnmont ,
but not nearly so much as mlRht bo expected
from such a thrifty , hnrd-hcndcd nation ns
ours. For some reason this country Is sin
gularly obtuse to Its commercial advantages ,
as well as Indifferent to the risk It runs In
leuvlng Its extensive coast line and rich
seaboard cities o long exposed to the attack
of a hostile fleet. The cost of one war ship
would cncouraRc the bulldliiR of a IUTRO
fleet of these auxiliaries , and would bo roT -
T T' "
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