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TILE OMAHA DAILY IVElUt SA-TUttDAV , OOTOniBtt 24 , 1800 , THE OMAHA DAILY BUR . ItOSKWATKIl , IMItor , r.VEUV MOIIN1KO THUMB OF HUDSCnitTiON. DMIr nt * ( Without flundny ) On * Yenr..t S M B llr lle and Eunday , On Year 1000 Mix Month * ) Thren Monthn. . . . ; JJJ nundny Ilx" , One Yenr * "J rlatiirdny lice , One Yenr " 9 W kly lice , Ont Y nr. " OVFICKSU Omnlm ! The rife null.line. Bouth Omaha : Sinner Illk. , Cor. N nnd 2tth Sts. Council Illnrf : 1 North Mnln Street. Chicago Oinr < i : 317 Chnmbcr of Commerre. New York ! Iloomi U , II nnd 15 , Tribune HUB. Waihlngtan : 1407 I" Htirct , N. W. connnspoNonNcn. All communlfifttlnnn rrlntlnK tn new * nml Ml- lorlnl mntttr should ! > < > nildrmnsl ! To the editor. imfliNnss umT.ns. All hu ln M Icttcra nnd rcmltt nce hould MJ iMrcMKl to The Itca I'ubllnhln * Compnny , Omnhn. DrnfU. check * nnd pontofllco ordcr to 1 < maile tmynhlc to the order of the compnny. THK lIKi : J'UIIMHHINO COM1'AN\ . " , BTATR&tKNT 0V CinCULATION. Btnte of NVlirnrkn , I DoURlHn County. . . , , . . . Cl erne 11. TzKhuclt. fcoretnry nf The neo rut. ll hlni ? company. l > lnK duly nworn. i < ny thnl I o nctUAl niiinlHT of full nnd complete coplM or Tno Wally. Mornlnir , Kvi-nlng nnd Sunday Hf I'rlntejl during the montli of September. ISM. was ns fol- IOIYH : I. . . . ' . IO.C77 20. ISO 3" . ' . ' . " ! . ' ; ; ; ; ; ; ; . ' ! si.w IO.JSO r , jo.KS'i ' C 21.110 7 . 123 * zo.ir.3 s : : : : M. JO 20,113 J- " ros.i . 11 20.027 20.534 S- 20.SOO 12 20,104 JJ SO.OCnl II 20,313 IS 21,213 Jo ; ; . . , ; 20,8(3 ( Totnl I"3 Iem deductions for un old nnd returned copies " tnj Total net nalc "A'i-l Net dally nvcrace ' . * ' yyA'.tVt i1 OnOHOK 11. TZSCJUIPK. Btvorn to liefor" m nd mbfrrllicd In my pretence this 1st day of October. ISM. pnjti ( Senl ) 'Notary 1'ubl'lc. A NKW SKIUAfj STOUY. Tim OM.UIA SUNDAY FIRST INSTALLMBNT OF CLINTON' HOSS * NEW SKUIAL STOIIY , "THR I'UI'l'ET. " HKAD TI1IJ FIRST CHAPTKU AND YOU WII < L HEAD IT ALL Tim OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. TIIK 11KST NBNVSl'ArKK. rurlmps Iho tloctrlno of tliu trnns- mlKnttlon of souls c-aii IK proved from the convursloii of Kn 'llsli sovcrolBtis into Aiiiorlcnn Tlio IOPS of Tom Wntson'H lotlor of nc ct'iilnnco will doubtless bo cliarKod up by tlio popocratH to tlio inlnloiiH of Grovcr Clovolniul who hold places In the postal service1. Mr. IJryan's paper soiuns to liavo lost nil Interest In tliu doinocratlc noinliiec Tor couuclliuaii-at-lar e , alllioti li It once was hysterical In HH offortH to make him imiyor. The reason , however , Is not far beltnv tlio surface. Under tlio rulliiK of Secretary of State Piper , regarding the designation of parties ou the electoral Imllots , no Konulno democrat Is likely to commit unwittingly the error of voting for the popocratlc candidates. .Tohn II. IMitler , on the repnbllcan leg- Islutlvo ticket , Is an old sold lor who has served the public faithfully In inan.\ capacities and will serve his constituents faithfully when he goes to Wncoln nwst winter ns their reprc.senlatlvo In the lower house of the legislature. "If yon are a farmer , what yon want first Is good crops. Legislation cannel help you to them. You know In cmlw to got good crops you have to sow am' ' then , mu must have God's stiiishlm. and rain , and a cheap dollar will nevei help your crops any. " William Me- Klnley. Economy , both of time and money will bo effected by the adoption of tin. constitutional amendments looking to ward the relief of an overworked supreme premo court and the adjustment of tin. salaries of judges on such n basis an shall attract the host lawyers to places on the bench. President Cleveland said he would not take iictlru part In the campaign , hut ho could not let the opportunity offered bjj his Princeton esciul-con- tennlal speech pass without putting In n fo\v good hard licks for honesty , sound money and an unimpaired na tlotwl credit. Last February .Mr. Itryan said through his paper that William H. Morrison was n monoiuotallist just as much as was President Cleveland. Ho has since said that he did not want thi support of those who do not believe In free silver. lie cannot bo disappointed then at the op position of Mr. Morrison. In considering the reform In Jury trials contemplated by the amendment permitting a live-sixths verdict voters should rellect upon the numberless cases which have dragged through expensive days and weeks of trial only to be re tried on account of the obstinacy of one or two Jurors who prevent the unani mous verdict at present required by law. The Dee calls the attention of Its read ers to the fact that It 1 * the only news paper that has printed the complete list of legislative nominations , giving some. Idea of the personnel of the next Ne braska legislature. The coming legisla ture will bo , by reason of the work that Is to come before It , one of the historic legislative bodlt's of the stat < , and It Is Incumbent on the voters to Insure Its being composed of men , strong , able nnd clean. A great deal has lieou said by the pop ocrats. In this vlelnlly about coercion but the fact remains that the only gen uliii' , undisputed Instances where ini'i .have been discharged from their em ployment In Nebraska are the Instances where Mr. llryan'8 paper , the Omahr World-Herald , has dismissed elllclem correspondents because It had not beci nble to persuade thorn to support Ilryai and free llver , In other words , the only people who have been detected It the work of coercing employes tire tin ones who are attempting to raise i racket over alleged coercion by uouiit money men. , t DKSPKII.ITK C.I MB. That the free silver cause has rcncheil the point of desperation la manifest. The course of UH radical supporters al most everywhere shows that , realizing the certainty of their overwhelming de feat , they are prepared to Justify every charge of revolutionary and anarchistic ntent that has been made against them , n their fanatical devotion to the silver icresy they long ago refused to listen o reason or to regard facts. All argil- nont and all experience they rejected as worthless. Hut they have pot beyoml his and are endeavoring to throttle free wpcech , thus exhibiting to the Ameri can people their true character as a , -lolent , reckless and disturbing clement. The treatment of Secretary Carlisle at Jovlnglon , Ky. . Is but ono of numerous tistanrcs showing the Intolerant spirit of the free sliver supporters. John G. Carlisle Is one of Iho ablest men In pub ic life , lie takes rank among the most distinguished statesmen Kentucky has traduced. He occupies an eminent posl- Ion In the national administration. The opinions of such a man on a great public juestlon arc entitled to respectful con sideration anywhere and everywhere , ; t was to have been expected that they would certainly receive such considera tion In Kentucky , which has boon lion- trod by hlw public services ; Hut Mr. Carlisle was subjected to the most dis graceful Insults at Covlngton. Not con- .out with disturbing the meeting he was addressing by boisterous demonstra tions , the sllverltes hurled eggs about the hall and on the platform. Whether any of the.se missiles were thrown at the HstliiQUlshcd speaker doe.'t uot appear , but none the less the outrage was a lastardly one. Apprehending a personal issault on Secretary Carlisle , his friends lecmed It expedient to provide an escort for him to his stopping place. If free silver was not already doomed In Ken tucky this Incident has killed It , for It cannot bo doubted that there are thou sands of reputable democrats In the state who will resent this Insult to Its most eminent citizen. Other evidences of the Intolerance and the desperation of the advocates of rurri'iicy debasement and repudia tion have recently boon furnished In Ohio , Indiana , Illinois and elsewhere all showing that they realize the hope lessness of their cause. lleaten at every point In the argument , the falla cles of free silver exposed , even the markets demonstrating the absurdity of the sllverlte claims , It would seem that the party of repudiation had de termined to give little attention to ills mission In the closing days of the cam palgn and employ Itself with such reckless and violent tactics as may In timidate sound money voters and nt- tract to Itself that element which It susceptible to bluster and folt'T. Hut the cause will not be helped by such demonstrations , llathor will It drive from Its support men who believe In free speech anil fair play. * Contemplation of the possibility of Hiich nn element as Is the chief sup port of the Chicago ticket obtaining control of the government Is well cal dilated to foster distrust and appro honslon. It Is freely admitted that there are many Intelligent men am good citizens In favor of free silver but largo numbers who nro supporting that cause have little regard for law and order and the leaders do not ills coin-ago their violent spirit. Free sll vor , however , will be defeated. Thai Is assured. The present ebullitions ol passion and hatred on the part of Its supporters can. therefore , bo regardei with complacency , especially as the effect will be to make Its defeat more decisive and overwhelming. RX-Sl'KAKEIl The death of Hon. Charles F. Crifij of Georgia , ox-speaker of the house of representatives , i the. loss of a citlser and a political leader who had won ills Unction for marked ability. This los ; will be especially felt by the democracy of the south , where Mr. Crisp was hold in very high regard as an exponent of democratic principles. Horn In Knglaml he was reared In this country , coinlnj , hero In Infancy , and had always lived Ii Georgia. Ho was seven times elcctei to congress from the Third district of that state and was speaker of the housi in the Fifty-second and Fifty-thin' congresses. In this position Mr. Crlsi made u highly creditable record receiving the cordial commendation of his political opponents. Ho wiu a radical tariff reformer and als ( a supporter of free silver , thougl not an extremist in the advocacy of that policy. On the floor of the house ho \ \ one of the ablest and most skillful among the democratic debaters. While speaker of the house Mr. Crisp enjoyed Intimate relations with President Cleveland land and was understood to be In fill ! accord with the views and wishes of the. president regarding the tariff , lie was an aspirant to a swit In the United States senate to succeed Senator Gor don , whoso term will expire next March and It was while engaged In the cam palgn for the senatorshlp that ho con tracted the illness which terminated Ii his death. lie was a worthy citizen am a political leader who will bo groatlj missed from the councils of his party. TIIK CJlAltOK OF COKHOIHN. The charge made by the popocratlc leaders and managers that there has boon a general movement on the part of the employers of labor to coerce their employes In ( he present campaign Is one. of the most groundless of the numerous mendacities that have emanated from the free sliver party. It has been as sorted that coercion was especially prcv aluiit In Chicago. One of the most trust worthy newspaper correspondents In the country , Major Carson of the Phlladul phla Ledger , has Investigated thlsclmrgi and could find no evidence' to sus tain. Ho says In a letter froii Chicago to his paper ( hat the charge of Chairman Jones of the pope cratlc national committee Is not only baseless as against the employers , bu Is an assault upon the intolllgenco ami honesty of the employes. "There has not , perhaps , " ho says , "ever been ai election when there was so little Interference ferenco with the wage earners by those employing them , nor has there ever been a time when there \vaa so little need 01 opportunity to ilo so. " This Is corrobo rated by the Investigations of oilier cor respondents. The St. Paul ( Hobo sent tut reporters to a number ot Minnesota OWUH especially to Investigate the charge of coercion and they all reported hat they found nothing of the kind. On ho contrary they found that employers vero particularly careful not to talk poll- lea with employe * . The chairman of tlio republican na tional committee has taken a position regarding thta matter which all repub- leans approve. In the circular recently issued by him ho says the national com mittee Is ready to co-oporato with the liopocratlc committee In Investigating Iho charge of coercion of employes and bringing to punishment any employer Who may bo shown to have used coor- Ion. It Is an offense punishable by law mil the chairman of the republican com mittee correctly says that any one hav ing knowledge of such offense.1 and does not proceed against the offender Is cuually criminal with him. If Chair man .Tones knows of nil } ' case of coer cion ho should have the guilty employer irrcstcd and he will find the repub lican committee ready to boar 11,4 share of the cost of prosecution. Hut Chair man Jones has not been heard from and is not likely to bo , because his charge Is baseless. Thus one more popocratlc falsehood Is disposed of. VOTIXO OX THKAMKXIMKNTS. For the first time In the history of Nebraska voters will this year bo able to vote on all of the constitutional amendments submitted for their ratifi cation either as a whole or separately. This because the last legislature amended the law relating 'to the sub mission' constitutional amendments so as to provide for the printing at the top of the ballot "Amendments to the Constitution Yes No. " Under the amended law therefore the elector may vote for or against all the proposed amendments or questions printed on the ballot by simply making a cross mark opposite the word "Yes" or "No , " ac cording to Iho answer ho wishes 'to give. While this Is an Innovation In Ne braska , It really applies to the constltu tlonal amendments the system In vogue in many states with regard to the entire ticket whore the elector Is enabled by putting a cross In a circle at the head of a ticket to vote for all the names under It or to vote for each candidate sepa ratoly. Hut while the law relating to voting on the amendments Is apparently ontly simple and plain , there Is danger of complications If the elector Ignorantly or otherwise attempts to vote on all the amendments together and then again upon any or all of them separ ately. Just what should be done with a ballot marked "Yes" nt the top and also "Yes" or "No" after different amend ments will have to bo decided when the case arises. Such ballots should un questionably bo counted according te the Intent of the voter provided that Intent Is unmistakable. To avoid confusion , however , to save time In both voting and counting , ami to accomplish Iho desired result most directly and effectually , every votei should mark his ballot for the const I tutlonal amendments as a whole. Put the cross after the word "Yes" where It llr.st appears on the ballot and pay IK attention to the remainder of the ticket that follows. As a majority of all tin votes cast at the election Is required tr carry the amendment , the duty to voU on this question cannot be too strong ! } Impressed on the voter. One cross mark after "Proposed Amendments to the Constitution Yes , " will do the work. DUX'T FOIU1KT TIIK CMJXCIU. With the various exhibitions of In competency , extravagance' , law do flame and worses on the part of the present city council during the past year fresh In their minds It ought not to bo necessarj to remind the citizens of Omaha of the Importance of regenerating that body with new , capable and reliable men. Kvory taxpayer Is vitally Interested estod In having a business ndmlnlstra- tlon of the city's affairs by honest officials acting In the Interest of the public and not In the Interest of tax- eaters and boodllng contractors. Kvery citizen Is vitally concerned in having the laws obeyed by the men sworn to execute and obey thorn rather than flagrantly and openly violated In spite of their official oaths. Every Inhabitant of the city Is anxious that Omaha shall bo fully prepared to receive the visitors to the great Transmlsslsslppl Exposition and to leave with them a lasting Im pression of Its substantial and progress ive character. The choice of councllmen at the com ing election will-havo everything to do with the question whether Omaha shall have a reorganization of Us council and an end of the combine that has boon ruimliig things In that body with such a high hand. On it will turn the ques tion of an economical city government and a moderate tax rate , or- unneces sary expenditure , multiplied super numeraries , Increased salaries and high taxes. On It will devolve the duty of pre paring for the exposition and outlining and executing a vast scheme of public Im provements. The next council will have to deal with the great question of repav- Ing and a ilozon other scarcely leiss Im portant matters. For the city council none but good , clean , honest men of known business capacity. As a matter of fact there Is no good reason why the council should bo In vested with the power to reject the appointment of election officials and throw their choice upon the few people ple who congregate at the booths when the polls open on election day. Instead of being a check upon bad appoint ments , this system simply enables the different councllmen to hold the mayor up. The mayor could do just as well If ho had the power of appointing those election olllccrs without dependence on the council. Whenever an employer proposes to do anything that Is to benefit the wage- worker , the sensible worklngman will co operate with him. Whenever ho pro poses to do anything to Injure the wage- worker It Is the "right and privilege of the workingman to oppose his employer with all k'Kltlnmlo moans at Ills com- mind. Wli9j ( ho wagoworkor , however , s naked to vote for Ilrjrnn and free silver solely- because his employer Is -olng to vote , oigalnst Jlryan , his In- iclllgenco Is Misultod. If the defeat of ; ho free sllverlnaula Is not only to his advantage , InTTalso to tliat of his cm- tloyer , they tfjll all , If they are sensi ble , Join bauds , to achieve the desired object The local irfynn organ raises a tcr- rllle llowl aBSrtf the action of the coun cil coinblno""lnu refusing to confirm a liortlon of the 'mayor's appointees for election ollldnlii without giving him tlmo to suggest"other " names. This , we admit ; , Is ndt what the law contem plates and calls for condemnation. Rut It dates from a year ago , when tlio elec tion olllclals appointed by Mayor Hcmts wore hold up and garroted. At that tlmo The Heo entered a vigorous protest - test against the proceeding. Hut did the World-Herald object ? Not at all. Quito the contrary , It lent the council combine secret aid and comfort. Now that It Is getting a taste of its own medicine , It pouts and makes wry faces. Mr. Hryan's speech nt Rochester , lull. , contains another of his Inten tional mlsstateiiients which are becom ing the common practice with him. He quoted the Indiana republican platform of 181)0 ) as reading : "We cordially commend the action of the republicans In congress on the suliject of free coin age. " The plank In reality says noth ing about free coinage , but commends the action of the republicans In con gress "on the subject of silver coin- ago. " The action referred to was the enactment of the Sherman silver pur chase law. This Is only one Instance of many where Mr. Itryan has deliber ately strolled out of the way of the truth. The state treasurer Is the custodian not only of tl.o state's revenues but also of all Its trust funds. It Is of the utmost Importance that the duly of safeguarding this money bo Imposed upon a man of sterling Integrity and unblemished reputation for honesty. Charles K. Casey , the republican candi date for state treasurer , Is such a man. The people who want every dollar of tlio state's money accurately accounteil for will see to It that he Is elected. "Not more surely do the rules of honesty and gond faith fix the standard of Individual character In a community than do these wtme rules determine the character amVstaiiillng of a nation In the world of , civilization. Neither the glitter of Its jwiwer , nor the tinsel of 11s commercial prosperity , nor the gaudy show of Its people's wealth , can conceal the cnukcrliiK'/rust / of national dishonesty and cover tho-meaiiuess of national bad faith. " Grover Cleveland. .Tnck MacCoIl'm by no ine.ins a rich iiiiiu , but hiijtJi'fls Invested bis accumu lations of u lltV.tiiuu In developing Nc brnska. lie1 ! * 'one of the pioneer Irrl- gatlonlsts gf .tlliij state , ami his money In In properly thnt .represents faith In Nebraska. HO'Hvlll be n. Nebraska ROV- I'nioi'j thr iifjjijaiiil through , tlioroiiRliI.V lilentllli'il wllii the state anil Its people , anil lie will have no Interests elsewhere so Important as to distract his attention from Nebraska. SpoiitniicniiH ConiliiiHtlnii. Washington Stnr. It Is suggested that Mr. Watson's letter wns BO hot that It was probably burned up la tliu malls. Hinro llulloNlrnlnl. . l'lilliJcl : | > lila Tillies. Possibly the young orator's reason for making no mention of wheat Is that his auditors , being farmers , ho can't tell them anything about it. A .rr.-icllc-iil Globo-Dcinocrnt. When a man loses his temper and bo- to nmlto pursonal attacks on men who differ from him In opinion , be prac tically confesses thnt the facts and the arguments are against- him ; and Mr. Ilryan Is not an exception to this rule. The llftrnyiil of PoimllHin. Tom Wntnon nt IllrmlnRham. Ala. . October 21. \ When they say to you : "Take down this southern man ( Watson ) , blood of your blood. bono of your bone , whoso every aspiration Is for the southland ; " when they ask you to lay mo dying In the dust and let this plutocrat of the east ( Sewall ) wipe his feet on my neck , do you want him to do this ? Hcforo I would suffer my party to expire by this political trick I would dlo the death of a dog. An > Too DCS Molnes Leader ( ilein.l Governor Holes , In his speech In DCS Molnes. again presented what seems to bo his favorite argument that , measured in what they will buy. wngc.1 are now too hlgii. Ho wants wages , expressed In purchasing power , to como down , and ho thinks tlio best way to bring them down Is via free silver. As The Leader has said many tlmcu ox-Governor Holes Is entitled to much credit for thus frankly stating the result of free coinage of silver at 1C to 1 the depreciation of the purchasing power of the dollar. Others on his slJo dod , o this Issue , or becloud It. although both reason and experience teach that It would bo the first result of the pro posed measure , _ _ Alnliuiiia In DaniriT. Motile HeKlnU-r ( llrynn. ) Wo were among the confident onca some weelca ago , but wo nro not now so certain about this outcome , and 3 majority of10,000 looks to us extravagant. Changes are going on every day , and the vote If cast tomorrow would not bo thersame as that which Ilryan and Sewall wouUll have received had the election been held In September Wo do not know to what especially to attribute the change , but It Is In the nlr. The return of gold to thl.t country and the consequent avoidance of tlio IBSUU of bonds to replete the gold reserve lufro restored somowhal business confidence , jjnd the riseIn the price of wheat caused farmers' to regain courage ; and thus Inflncnci * have been set at work and have had uffcct all over the country , and oven In Alabama. _ Almiit Silver. llrookj i" , J6agle ( dem. ) The silver free coinage advocates say that the decline In tbo prlco of silver when meas ured In gold Is/dud to hostile legislation. The advocates ofHhojgold standard say that the change Is duo' tu an Increased produc tion of silver , alncVv 1673. The facts support the position of the gold men. Here Is an estimate of the stock of gold and silver In the world tn 1873 and In 1S95 made In the Treasury department circular No. 123 , Issued on July 1 , a revised edition of which ap peared a few weeks ago ! 1873. 1S03. OoIJ . 15,013.000,000 } t.200,000,000 Silver . 1,617,000,000 4,100COOW Thus U will bo eecn that slnco 1873 } ! . - 156,000,000 worth of gold has been produced and that $2,223,000,000 worth of silver has been taken from tbo mines , or nearly twice the amount of gold. Theeo figures should bo studied and remembered by .men anxious to know the truth nbout gold and silver. This change In the relation between the amount of gold and silver In the world since 1873 U the cause ot the fall in price of silver and It Is not necessary to aeek explanation anywhere else. Ktulornoil lir rrni lnn ( ( 'liurelintrii ot ( lie 1'nxt. Mr. 13. J. KdwAMii , New York corro spontlcnt ot the 1'hlUilolphlft Treed , who writes under the pon-rmmo "Holland , " gays the vlowa expressed by Archbishop Ireland In his recent letter on the Issues ot the presidential campaign are In the main np- proved "by the greater powers of the church. " Continuing , Mr. Kdwards writes : The letter was of course written In that Impetuous nnd Intensely onrnost manner which Is so characteristic of the archbishop ot Minnesota. Others ot equal authority In the church with himself might Imvo- ex pressed these vlewfl with more cautious nnd less heated language. U 1s the understand ing hero that Bishop Wlgicr of Newark does not differ with Archbishop Ireland upon the questions of public nnd private morality , which nrd so prominent In this cnnvaM , but thnt ho merely objects to the exciting lan guage with which Archbishop Ireland ex pressed Ills views , Illshop Chatnrd of southern Indiana had seen fit In a vnguo and entirely discreet way to suggest that Archbishop Ireland might have expressed his views with more of cau tion , and yet Illshop Chatard frankly says that with the vlowa themselves ho la In en tire accord , Illshop Chatard was tn this city a few weeks ago. There was nn ImporUnt nnd solemn ceremonial ot the church , In which ho assisted Archbishop Corrlgan nnd nome of the other Influential clergymen of the church. After the ceremony wns over the clergy and some distinguished laymen met nt lunch and spent an hour or two In social Intercourse. Among the company was one democrat of national rcputntlon , who has been often hon ored by the party In this city nnd who now , In defiance of the threats of party leaders , Is speaking to ? rcat audiences all over the country against Hryanlsm. To this man Archbishop Corrlgan said that It eecmcd to him that no patriotic American and no moral man could find It In his heart to obJect - Joct to any proper effort which wns being ninde to stamp out the Influences which the lirynn movement represents. Then Arch bishop Corrlgan said , speaking very earn estly : "This Is not a mcro question of politics. It Is not an ordinary party controversy. Party lines nro obliterated , for this. Is n question of ethics , of morality , of honesty and ot order. There Is a higher law than any moro party rule. " And ho added that no man could bo ac cused of being less a democrat , or bo made liable to any taunts , who stood resolute In his opposition to the forces -which are making for dishonor. This opinion Illsliop Chatard warmly seconded. U was a question ot othlcs , of morality , and for that reason ho believed It entirely proper for those whoso duty It Is , as clergymen , always to Inculcate the lessons of truth , virtue , private and na tional honor , to speak now In support of these things. Men might , while acting In opposition to these repugnant Influences , support the candidates of the republican party or of the national democracy. That wns something for each Individual to deter mine. Hut every man who believes In pub lic nnd private morality and who had faith In the permanence ot American Institutions could without any Just censure from party associates net in opposition to thcso now forces. H Is now mndo clear that the greater powers of the Catholic church are not only looking with alarm upon tbo doctrine which Ilryan preaches , but feel free to depart from their custom and to gound , each In his own way , n note of warning. Yet , If In other parts of the country there bo no greater need for such warning than Is the case In this city , these nppcnln will meet with In- stnnt sympathetic response from the great body of faithful members of the church. The pastor of ono of the largest Catholic congregations In this city snld to the Press correspondent the other day that If there wns a member ot Ills' parish who had decided to vote for Drynn that man had yet to bo dis covered , and the pastor at ono ot the larger Catholic churches In Harlem Bald that ho felt sure tint out of his entire parish less than 10 per cent of the members would vote for Uryan. That wns , ho thought , the feeling In nil tlie parishes of the city , nnd he added that thp Catholic , clergymen , felt Unit In this crisis they , were as Justified In counclllug their parishioners to refuse to support Dryanlsin ns that true statesman nnd great authority In the church. John Hughes , once archbishop of New York , felt Justified In prcnchlng and counclllng for patriotic sup port of Abraham Lincoln and the American flag In 1SC1. AX BASTK1IN KOUI3OAST. Democratic Ilt-vlciv of the Political Situation. New York World , Oct. 21. First Mr. McKlnley's election Is certain. As the World showed over two months ago In Us "nutshell" Illustration and map , he Is reasonably sure of the seventeen eastern nnd middle states New England. New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Michigan , Wisconsin nnd Iowa. They cast 229 elec toral votes five more than a majority. Second Mr. Bryan Is reasonably sure of seventeen states. Us will get every state that fully or partially entered the con federacy South Carolina , Virginia , North Carolina , Georgia , Florida , Alabama , Ten nessee , Mississippi , Louisiana. Arkansas , Missouri and Texas. He will get every silver mining camp state Nevada , Colorado rado , Utah , Idaho and Montana. These seventeen states cant 145 electoral votes. Third Of the remaining eleven states , four Kentucky. Minnesota. West Virginia and North Dakota are also certain for Mr. MeKlnley. They cast thlrty-ono electoral votes. They were not Included with the seventeen MeKlnley stales because their votes are not needed and the simplicity of the comparison Is greater without them. They will Increase Mr. McKlnlcy'a vote from 229 to 2CO. This leaves seven states to be accounted for California , Oregon , Washington. Wyoming , South Dakota , Kansas nnd Nebraska , The probabilities are that Mr. Bryan will get the most of their forty-two electoral votes. Fourth The next senate will have a small but secure majority for sound money. The next liouse of representatives will have a working republican majority. The MeKlnley administration will therefore have the power to make law. A FMICTUATIXO CUUUI3XCV. Kvll KITcctN oil lliiMliu-NH nml on WIIKON. Indianapolis News. Anxious times follow when a nation's cur rency Is not on a sound basis. The with drawal of the support of gold from the sliver now in circulation , and the free and un limited coinage of sliver , would mean that silver would sink at once to Its bullion value. Kvery wage earner and every ono In business of any eort would be hanging on the ragged edge. The purchasing power of every dollar would bo equal to Us bullion value , anil no more. It might bo moro to day and less tomorrow. Watch silver not/ . It Is going down. It has been falling over slnco Bryan was nominated. ( And yet It might bo assumed that It would rise It there were any chance of Bryan and silver win ning at the coming election. ) With free slltfer our silver and gold would both be quoted from day to day , Just as Mexican dollars are quoted now In the dally news papers , for gold would go to a premium. There Is no fiat In a gold dollar , It Is all actual value. The purchasing power ot the silver dollar under free coinage would bo exactly equal to the bullion value. Vote for sound money and a dollar that docs not cause anxiety. A stable currency U ab solutely essential to confidence and pros perity. A fluctuating currency means dis aster. TIlUTlt liOHW.U1I3 I3AUM3II9. tit Htlrer I H i % Menn ot Cttttlnw WnKONi Ktw Tork Bun , An the campaign In boul clo lnn , weIn - vlto nil dully wage ernor to consider the words of n noted manufacturer , nn ardent champion of silver , who hns hnd the lion- raty to toll frankly Iho true reasons ( or the desire to iKko the change proposed. The silver men in this country , the Bryanltcs , Imvo not dared to pcnk the truth regard- Inc free silver's effect on wages , but It has been told by an earlier silver advocate than Bryan , nnd H will bo well to hear his confession now. A little moro than a year ago n great Kngllth curret maker , Blr Henry Meysey. Thompson , observing the constant rloo In wages during the last twenty years nnd the over growing difference between wages In gold standard countries , llko England nnd America , and In silver standard countries , llko Mexico nnd Chlnn , offered a prlzo for essays on the subject. The prize was awarded to the British consul nt Shanghai , Mr. Gcorgo Jnmkwon. The kernel of Mr , Jamlcson's essay Is the kernel ot the whole silver movement. "Wages In gold-using countries have be come , through the appreciation of gold , " snld Mr , Jamloson , or , ns ho would hnvc tmld more accurately , through the deprecia tion of silver , "a hundred per cent , dearer than they were relatively to silver wages , The manufacturer In the silver-standard couiltrles can obtain his labor at half tno cost relatively to gold wages which ho for merly paid. " In gold countries wages have risen with gold , nnd In silver countries they have fallen with silver , until now1 the discrepancy Is so great that Oriental Industry , which Is on the ova of entering on serious rivalry with thnt ot the west , Is declared to possess so tremendous nn advantage over the west tlut the lalter's only hope Is to cut wages also. Cutting them by direct reduction being too dlfilrult nnd too disturbing , the only way Is to make the cut beneath the surface , by changing the money standard from the metal gold , of high value , to the motnl silver , of low value. That un doubtedly Is the Idea which Inspires the ma jority of the few , but much multiplied , "hi- mctalllsts" of Europe. It Is not surprising that It has not been expounded by Bryan. The argument for thus splitting a gold country's wage figure Is sound beyond dispute. For Instance , If wo should elect Bryan and a Bryan congress , and make silver coinage free , measuring the vnluo of the dollar by Its stnndnrd weight In silver Instead of ltd standard weight in gold , thus cutting wages by 50 per cent , It would jnnko this country an Irresistible bidder for trade In every quarter of the globe. Think of the effect ot cutting United States wages CO per centl But a chance for n vastly more start ling Industrial revolution would still bo left. What It the American workmen should go to their employers and agrco to work for nothing , or to have their wagca cut 100 per cent ; what other country could compete with the United States then In manufactur ing ? Wo should undersell the earth. The making of goods fit for exportation would experience a boom undreamed of by the moat sordid and oppressive capitalist ever known. Yet what Bryan orator , from the boy him self to the most worthless tramp who can bo hired to talk for him , will openly plead for the experiment ? This Is the direction In which the free silver campaign leads. Wo don't wonder that the repudiation movement has ceased to rely mainly on the free silver craze. which Is dally moro and moro mixed with understanding of Its practical results , and has turned to the agitation la the minds of wage earners of mallco and vlndlcttvcncss against capitalists and all who believe In holding sacred the national credit and the first rule of business , that Is , honesty. How many dupes can the boy agitator pcrsuado to vote against the honest money candidate , William MeKlnley ? The an swer to that pitiful question will measure the now certain triumph of honest money. FHAXIC A11MISSIOXS. SIlvrrHon Koronliniloir n I'milo IT Tln > - Snooped. Washington 1'oit. Mr. Joseph B. Sargent , democratic can didate for governor of Connecticut , and , of course , running on a free coinage plat form , says that It has occurred to him that "frco 'coinage of silver ' , thrust suddenly upon us , might upset 'the equilibrium of the country during the tlmo elapsing while It was being brought Into perfect operation. " This Is a candid admission ot what all the opponents and many of the advocates of frco coinage believe would bo the Inevi table result of the adoption ot that policy. To "unset the cnulllbrlum" means a nanlc. and tlio general belief of financiers and business men Is that frco coinage would produce a moro calamitous disturbance In trade , manufactures and all other branches of business than this country has ever known. Mr. Morcton Frowen of London , who Is very desirous of having the United States try the free coinage experiment , Is frank enough to say that "there would , " In his opinion , "undoubtedly be a big money panic In this country , " but ho braces up our nerves with the gratifying assurance that "tho country Is strong enough to stand It. " Mr. Bryan has been quoted In the same general direction , though less distinctly. Ho has said that the country could bo restored to prospcrltyonly by "extreme measures. " Similar expressions have cropped out In many of the speeches and writings of frco coinage advocates. Wo do not know that a majority of the voters of the United States are opposed to "upsetting the equilibrium of the coun try. " Wo cannot say that "a big money panic" has any terrors for them , It may bo that they really believe the country Is In need of " " such "extrememeasures" as will turn things topsy-turvy. If wo look back four years wo find the period of max imum prosperity In the United States , nnd wo find , too , thnt the people rose up and voted out the party under which that pros perity had been attained. With that example - plo In mind It would bo Idle to predict what the majority will do or decline to do this year. But wo commend the frankness with which tbo free coinage crusaders admit the natural , unavoidable results of the change which they propose. They know that the country cannot xlldo from n gold to a silver basis as a ship slips along the ways from the builder's yard Into the water. They know that , Instead of an , easy , grace ful slide , It will bo n crash. Wht'ri ; I.nl > or I.OHCH. I'lilladclphla ITesa. Slnco Bryan wan nominated sixty-one American cities and counties , according tea a list In the "Bond-Buyer , " have endeavored to sell their bonds to the amount of $11- IS0.25G and have failed. Every dollar ot this sum would have been spent on public Improvements. All but a minute fraction would have been paid out directly to labor. Not ono penny of It Is available , because men with capital will not risk It under current conditions. No pru dent man Is willing to loan dollars on a gold basis when Bryan and his backers are urging that such Ti loan bo paid back on 11 silver basis , In dollars worth half as much. What Is true of these bonds offered by cities and counties Is true of millions of dollars moro In other enterprises In bonds for railroads , In building operations. In Im provements and In mined and manufactures. Work In all thcso lines Is halted because money cannot bo borrowed and bonda cannot bo sold and labor walls , without work or wages , until It Is clear that the existing gold standard Is to bo maintained. AVnlt for tinHiliiriiH. . Ilurralo Kxprem. * The South Omaha Dally Sun ( liryanlte ) calla the union generals who have been ntuinplng In the west "old IminmoM. " "skunks , " and "hired pups , " The Lincoln Independent ( Bryanlle ) Is even more Indecent - decent In Its references to the crippled patriots. AVlmt do the comrades of these men think of It ? Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report , PURE IiAMKH THAN 01IH9 , What the German nowspnpors nro saying now arose from the pulillrntlon of Articles In ttin leading Iximlon paper , reporting Iho ponslblo establishment of an KnRlhh , Rus sian and Trench Mllnncn , with Iho de-Inch- mcnt at Italy from the Drellmml. The Clcr- mnn journalists who nro RiiUlliiR the tona of the boat papers In ( let-many nro quite con versant with the truth ot what nn English premier , now clccoascil , enc ld , thnt "English polltlei li not Rtildcd by such harebrained - brained chatter anil Irresponsible frivolity. " Uut , coming on the heels or the jubilant articles of the French papers over the recent visit of the czar nnd cznrlnn to I'nrls , the style of the comments Indulged In by the British press wns felt to 'bo Intolerable. nnd to demand some notice. The practical sig nificance of this volcanic eruption of rrlll- clsm on the part of the German papers , however - over , lies In Us tendency to heighten Ger man hatred toward England , enabling the government at nn opportune moment to pot the country to acclnlm open hostility to England , either diplomatic or actively phys- leal. When a calm-toned Catholic paper llko the Cologne Yolkszcltung , now the leading organ of the centrist party In the west of Germany , denounces England as conspir ing ngnlnst Germany at the Qulrlnal , nnd exciting the Italian government to desert the Drclbuml. while the llorlln Tngeblutt. the llorlln 1'ost and other organs urge the Immediate ousting of the llrltlsh from Kgypti It Is evident that Gorman feeling la rlpo for anything against the Kngllsh. Even the government organs In Franco no longer assert that the trouble In Mada gascar consists of Isolated cases ot llovaa revolts , but all Journals now unlto In gay- Ing * that n fotmldablo rebellion menaces the colonial government of Franco In the Island. The last advices were that the wandering bands of nrmcd natives were mobilizing1 be fore Antananarivo , the capital , where there are only 2,000 French troops to defend the place , the remainder of the army of occu pation being scattered throughout the In terior , where the small commands are In dally conflict with the rebels. General Galllcnl has received orders from 1'nrls to put down the rebellion with nil possible speed , and , moreover , to make Intrigues at the llovaa court In Antananarivo Impos sible. It Is reported In the war ofllco that 12,000 troops of the regular army will soon bo sent to reinforce those In Madagascar , nnd that preparations nro already under way In Toulon for their transportation. The new expedition will cost In the neighborhood - borhood of 20,000,000 francs , and the gov ernment will ask credit for that sum when parliament shall come together next week. The alTalr of Madagascar simply offers another Illustration of the failure of the Latin races In seeking to to maintain , by force of arms , conquered colonies. It forma n strong contrast to the llrltlsh procedure. which respects to a wonderful extent the ancient Institutions of the conquered , gov erning In sympathy with them for many years. The completion of the canal around the cataracts of the Danube , known as the "Iron Gates , " and the presence nt the openIng - Ing of Emperor 'Francis Joseph , as king of Hungary ; King Charles of Iloumanla , nnd King Alexander of Servla , has caused con siderable comment In Europe. H is signifi cant of the state of that continent that nn undertaking which will prove of great value to commerce Is not looked upon BO much In that light ns It Is from an International standpoint. Especially Is this the caeo at ' present , when the probability of a llusslnn occupation of Constantinople Is being dis cussed , nnd when the great northern power IB said to be showing unusual activity In the Black Bea. That possession of the scat of the Ottoman empire > would bo a menace to the Danube , nnd the IJnlkan states and Austria have , therefore , a common Interest In protecting themselves against a possible fee who could Imperil their safety. If it bo true that Houmanla proposes to join the Triple alliance that bond of union will bo materially strengthened. Itnumanla has a splendidly equipped army of 150.000 men , and this would form a strong addition to the force that could now bo mohllzcd , be sides lightening the military bunion tlmt Austria In compelled toboar. . The Balkan states may again play an Important part In European history. 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