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Corn-clou l.v the ojrK route suenis to
lie the favorite with Kentucky Urynn-
Ites.
Will I'n-Hlilont Cleveland Issue his
TlmnksKlvliiK iiroclniniitlon tlitH year
before or after the election ?
Cutting down the ptirc-hasliin power of
ihe tlollnr Is the same thlnj , ' as cutting
down the wanes of the laborer.
What a fuss the Ilrymiltc press made
over the noisy Yale students nnd what
n silence It maintains over the Ken
tucky ojrg throwers.
Europe would feel lost without the
custom ( | ! Hvtloii to mystify UK diplo
mats. That Is why the Kiiroppan pow
ers want to prolong Its existence as a
perpetual hone of contention.
Anil nobody seems as yet to have
called attention to the fact that the
day which all political parties have
designated as Finn day Is also the day
known In festal circles as Hallowe'en.
The press In n number of the larger
cities are seriously discussing the < im'S-
tlon , "Can City Noises He SuppressedV"
The answer otinht not to bu dltllcult.
They certainly cannot be suppressed
until after election. "
People should not forju't that Mr.
Uryan has a very entertaining lecture
entitled "Job and Ills Hoils" which
he can fall back on at a moment's
notice -tfte.r he learns that he Is not
needed to 1111 the executive chair.
The election of McKlnley means an
Immediate and permanent steadying of
confidence and quickening of business.
The election of Itryun means panic anil
Indefinite business stagnation pending
readjustment to n debased money
standard.
The numerous train and bank rob
beries of the past few weeks shows
the far-sightedness of this class of
professional crooks. They do not want
to take any chances of stealing fiO-eent
dollars and so are rushing business be
fore the election.
Don't forget the constitutional amend
ments. As It requires a majority of
all votes cast to carry them , neglect
to vote Is Just the same as voting
against them. No voter should neglect
to put his cross mark on the constitu
tional amendments ballot.
If any colored man can discover any
thing Uryan or his southern democratic
managers ever did for the benefit of
the colored race or any reason why any
colored voter should cast his ballot for
the free silver candidate he can do
more than any white man can do.
No enlightened person wants to thrive
on the misfortunes of others. That Is
why nil Americans regret to hear of
the suffering In the drouth-stricken
districts of India. A drouth-ridden
people Is entitled to sympathy and as
sistance whether It happens to reside
In South Asia or In North America.
When merchants place orders with
Jobbers to bu filled only "If McKlnley
la elected , " as they arc now doing
every day and everywhere , It Is be
cause they know McKluIey's election
will mean an Immediate stimulus to
business , while his defeat would make
It questionable whether any business
could be profitably conducted during
the transition to a silver standard.
Annoitneeiueiit Is nuulu that the re
port of the World's Fair commission
may bu expecled by tbii time congress
convenes and Hint when printed it will
niiiUo nbiitit thirty-seven Intro volumes.
The \vnr of the rebi'lllon records series
has not yet been completed. The
World's Fnlr commission otifjht to linve
shown some consideration for tlie over
worked government prliitlui ; olllce.
AVe are pleased to see "lion O. O.
Ixibeok" of Omaha advertised In the
list of "democratic speakers In Iowa. "
This Is the same Mr. Lobeck who failed
In his aspirations for the republican
nomination to congress In till.- } district
only a few months ago , and then began
to parade himself as a "free silver re
publican. " If he has thrown oft the
mask , ceased his double dealing and
come out squarely IIH a llrynu democrat
bu has certainly set an example which
other so-called "free silver republicans"
can emulate- advantage.
H'/M T II'MIIBCOJf / B OK TitK POl'UMSTM
What will become of the populists
after 1S1MI ? That Is n question which
will receive serious consideration at the
hands of the men who have enlisted
lionestly and earnestly In support of
the principles enunciated In the Omaha
platform of JS1K ! .
In the populist platform of 1SU2 the
reason for the existence of a third party
Is clearly presented In a protest against
abuses from which the American people
lave suffered during the last quarter of a
century. Populism , we have been time
nnd again assured , Is n protest against
the corruption which has characterized
the old parties and an uprising against
the domination of the corporations and
Ihe money power. In ISOli the popu
lists denounced , In language ns forcible
as It could be written , both the democrat
nnd republican parties nnd pledged their
honors and their fortune * never to re
sume allegiance to cither of the old
parties.
The action of the national populist
convention at St. Louis and the general
fusion which has followed between dem
ocrats and populists In every state of
the union practically give the lie to
the. professions made by the leaders
and conventions of the third parly. It
proclaims to nil the world that the pop
ulist party , for the sake of prestige ,
patronage and plunder , Is willing to
make common cause with Tammany ,
the rottenest element In any party , and
to retract all that It has said hereto
fore concerning the corruptions and dis
honest methods of democracy.
If Hryan Is elected the third party ,
which originated as a reform movement ,
Is destined to go to pieces , llryan Is ,
above all things , a full-blooded demo
crat , cultured and reared In the old
Virginia democratic school of Ktates
rights and free trade. Ills election will
not be a triumph of populism , but a
triumph of democracy of regenerated
democracy , as Hryan will call it. Uryan
may throw a sop to the populists by
giving them a place In his cabinet. He
may distribute a few thousand post-
olllces and minor appointments among
populists. Hut he will be still a demo
crat of democrats and populism will
have received Its deathblow. Uryan's
highest aim will ln > to go down Into
history ns. n second Jefferson or .lack-
son , and not as a second Tyler or An
drew Johnson.
Hryan's course with regard to the
vice presidency clearly shows what he
Is made of While loudly proclaiming
himself the emancipator of the tolling
masses and the enemy or tlie classes ,
the sworn enemy of plutocracy , lie
has chosen deliberately for his running
mate n notorious monopolist , a pluto
crat nnd a man who never had the
remotest sympathy with the tollers. It
was a dyed-in-the-wool democrat he
wanted as his running mate , rather
than a man who was alllliated with
any reform movement In or out of his
parly. It was so In the campaign of
ISI ! ) , when Mr. Hryan was a candidate
for senator In the state of Nebraska.
While seeking the support of populists
to gratify his ambition he was ready
to betray his allies If it served his
purpose. While pledged to do all in his
power to nominate Silas A. Ilolcomb
for the position of governor to the
democratic state convention , he had
deliberately connived at selling out
Ilolcomb as the price of being endorsed
for the senatorshlp by that conven
tion. It was only because Senator Wil
liam V. Allen threatened him with po-
lltlcal annihilation that he made the
fight of his life , as he called It. to nom
inate Ilolromb In that convention , after
it had been arranged between his man
Friday nnd Tobias Castor , the goldbug
democratic national commltteeman , to
throw Ilolcomb overboard and take In
his place Judge Oldham.
These facts we can vouch for and
are ready to prove. They are known
to William V. Allen and they are
known to Silas A. Ilolcomb , and have
been known to them for the last two
years. These are historic facts and
they point the way to what might fol
low In case William .T. Hryan were
elected president of the United States.
The chairman of the national demo
cratic committee , Senator Jones , Is a
sagacious politician nnd he has given
It out confidentially that he has al
ready won a great victory for the dem
ocratic party , even if Uryan is de
feated , lie has succeeded In dismem
bering the populist party of the south
and breaking up Its cohesion by Unk
ing It with the democratic party and
making It dependent upon democratic
'
favor. Whether Hryan is elected or
defeyted ; therefore , the populists as a
tlji'rjhpavty | [ [ will Hud themselves con
fronted with a great problem after the
foiij'\h''jday ' \ of November tile problem
whether , as a party , they can bu per
petuated , or must go out of business
as the , greenback party did after J87tl.
A'ff KXI'KJIT FIXAXCJKJl
Mr. Hryan would do well to adhere
to the preaching of free sliver fallacies
and sophistries If he would not lose
the reputation he enjoys among his ad
mirers as an infallible authority on
financial matters. When he essays to
deal with anything practical in nuance
ho shows how little he knows of the
subject. Thus at Peorla on Friday Mr.
Hrynu referred to the fact that llto
Hank of Kngland bail raisi'd the rate < n'
discount , with a view to checking1 the
outflow of gold , and that the bunks of
Germany and France had taken meas
ures to prevent a drain of gold , from
which he deduced the ssigu conclusion
that the stock of gold In the world Is
so small that the nations are grabbing
to get theiishare. . "And ( bus , my
friends , " said this expert llnancipr ,
"this ouo little agitation proved to the
people of the world that so long as gold
Is our money there must lu > constant
agitation , constant peril to our com
mercial fabric , as the gold crimes from
one to another. " Men who really know
something about practical financial af
fairs will be aimiKei1 , nt this. In tin-
first place It Is to Im observed that
there has been no agitation growing out
of the Importation of gold to this conn ,
try from Knrope and none Is threatened.
When the directors of the Hank of Kng-
loud found that the gold reserve wa
being rapidly depleted It was perfectly
legitimate business to raise the rate of
discount so ns to check the outflow
nnd the action of the French nnd Oer-
man banks was entirely natural under
the circumstances , but It Indicated no
grabbing for gold. The Hank of ling-
laud , the Hank of Franco and the Hank
of Prussia have outstanding notes to
the amount of ? 1KKKWK : ! ( ) ( ) ) and It Is
necessary to maintain a gold reserve.
That reserve Is therefore performing a
money function Just as effectively as
If It were In circulation. Hut , there Is
nothing new In this. The same thing
has happened many times , without
causing any agitation or disturbance
wltntever In the financial world , nnd
the attempt of Mr. Hryan to make It
appear that It Is something extraordi
nary nnd momentous Is simply ridicu
lous. There Is a very old adage which
says , "The cobbler should stick to his
last. "
vxirunsirr
The celebration last week by Prince
ton university of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of Its founding Is
significant , not alone in thoQiistory of
that Institution , but In emphasizing the
fact thnt our colleges and universities
an a whole rank among the most stable ,
conservative and permanent Inlluences
In our national life. In Kurope the
ancient universities date back as far
as the oldest corporations , having been
Invested with charters even before most
of the principal cities and municipal
corporations. In this country three
large universities antedate .Princeton In
their foundation. It Is true that colleges
and universities have multiplied In re
cent years and sprung up almost over
night , like mushrooms after a rain , but
even these educational fledgelings In
variably plant themselves on the poli
cies of the older Institutions and quickly
build themselves up along conventional
lines.
There can be no monopoly of learning
nor can any college or university get a
corner on a particular way of arriving
at truth. Compare Princeton of today
with Princeton of only two decades ago
and the change will bo characterized as
but little short of revolution. Yet the
changes In educational methods have all
bom gradual and without destroying
the conservative character of the uni
versity. The discipline has changed ,
laboratory work , practical experiment ,
field research and Individual Investiga
tion have been Introduced , but from the
one object of preparing the student
to recognize constituted authority , to
push constantly forward to some definite
goal in life , to make a better and more
progressive and more public-spirited
citizen than those who have not had the
same opportunities from this object no
deviation has been made. It may be
that the men who have had the ad-
I vantages of higher education do not
i always corny fully up to expectations ,
but they are seldom found In apprecia-
bio numbers with the disintegrating
element of the community. It is to the
! traditional conservatism of our colleges
. and universities that we are Indebted
for this Important factor making for
I the stability of the nation.
i Fuot.ixu run
The free silver leaders and organs ,
I dismayed at the overthrow of their pet
i theory by the rise In the price of wheat ,
have attempted to counteract Its effect
by various explanations , bat carefully
avoiding the real reason the operation
of the law of supply and demand. At
the beginning of the rise some of them
ascribed it to a conspiracy of wealthy
men , here and abroad , organized by
the chairman of the national republican
committee , but this obviously absurd
explanation could not stand before the
continued advance and the heavy ex
ports , clearly accounted for by the
failure of the wheat harvest In India
and the decreased crops In Itussla and
other countries. Then it was pro
claimed that the advance was all due
to speculation. The astute chairman of
the populist national committee , Senator
Hutler , was among the first to make
this Interesting discovery and he sagely
declared that the effect of the rise In
wheat would Increase Mr. Hryan's vote ,
because the farmers understand the
evils of speculation controlling the
price of their products. So that , ac
cording to Mr. Under , an advance In
the price of agricultural commodities
which has put tens of millions of dollars
lars Into the pockets of American farm
ers is going to operate as an Induce
ment to them to support a policy which
would largely reduce the value of this
gain. Having got money ns good as
gold for their products and more of It
than they expected , they will now be
more strongly persuaded , "understand
ing the evil effects of speculation , " that
It is their duty to vote away perhaps
one-half of the purchasing power of
tills money. This view of the populist
chairman Is certainly not complimentary
to the intelligence and the business
discernment of Uie American farmer.
Hut there need bo no fears that the
intelligent farmers of the United States
will lie fooled by any false theories in
this -matter. They do not nocd any
Instruction from populist or popocratle
politicians as to the cause of the rise
In the price of their products. They
are quite competent to read the facts
and to judge for themselves. They
liavo sources of information fur moro
trustworthy than political , organs and
leaders. It Is to be said regretfully that
there are some farmers upon whom the
plain lesson of the rise In wheat and
the decline In silver will have no effect.
Their fanatical zeal for free silver will
not permit them to see how completely
thu parting of wheat and silver de
molishes the theory that there has over
been or ever can bu any connection or
relation between them. To such men
argument , experience , facts , however
strong and conclusive , arc of no vain" .
Hut they constitute a small minority.
The largo majority of farfuers reason
and deliberate ; they are practical men ;
they study the markets ; they are
familiar with thu law of supply and
demand ; they understand cause and
effect as applied to their affairs. Thcsu
fanners do not easily become the vic
tims of sophistry nnd fallacy where
their InttjjpUs uro Involved nnd they
can bo tnmcd to correctly Interpret the
true moaning of existing conditions.
Attempts JJKfool the Intelligent farmers
' '
of the co'nu'vi'y .this year will be fruit
less.
7.V TIIK JXTMIKST OK 7 l 0/f.
The parry'whlch ' Is socking the support -
port of labor for n policy of currency
tlebasomeiU-.ifalscly tellsworklngmon
that all tJie"leglslat1on of the country
for the jVitSl" quart or of a century has
been In "Mio Interest of capital nnd
against the jtoorer classes. Many of the
Ignorant mid the thoughtless are per
suaded to accept this demagogic state
ment , but It ought not to Influence any
Intelligent man familiar with the record
of what has been done In the Interest
of labor and of the poorer classes dur
ing the past twenty-live years.
Laws have been passed exempting
homesteads and a large amount of per
sonal property from execution against
debtors who are heads of families , their
widows and orphans ; Ileus have been
given by law to nu'chanlcs and laborers
on the land or thing on which they
bestow labor for wages ; the hours of
labor on public works have been re
duced by law ; In the administration of
thu estates of Insolvents the wages of
labor are preferred claims , and In sonic
cases wages are made preferred claims
generally. National legislation has re
quired the railroads of the country to
provide safety appliances for the protec
tion of their employes. State legislation
has required manufacturers and mine
operators to provide for the safety and
comfort of employes. The Incorporation
of labor organizations has been author
ized by law and these organizations
have been judicially recognized. The
Importation of contract labor Is pro
hibited by law. Commissioners of labor ,
state and national , are appointed to
gather statistics regarding labor , with a
view to ameliorating the condition of
thu working classes. Labor day has
been made a national holiday , thus giv
ing distinctive recognition to the tolling
masses.
This does not embrace all that has
been done by national and state legisla
tion for the working classes , 'but It Is
sullk'Iont to show that their Interests
have not been neglected and to com
pletely refute the charge of the party
which Is appealing to them to vote for
a cheaper dollar that all the legislation
of the lasjt .quarter of a century has
been In the Interest of capital and of
corporations. The simple truth Is that
In no otheiV coiintry of the world has so
much been.done In the Interest of the
laboring man as has been done In the
United Stages. * And It should be borne
In mind tl\at \ nearly all of this legisla
tion has been placed on the statute
books by . < liep , republican party , thus
demonstrating iitho Interest which that
party ImsMnkiMi In the welfare , the
elevation : ftid . } he Improvement In the
condition of the working classes. The
men who labor have always been able
to get a. ro.spcctjTul and considerate henr-i
Ing from the republican party. No re
publican has ever characterized as
"public beggars" thosu who are cm-
ployed In our manufacturing Industries
because they asked for protection
against the competition of cheap foreign
labor , as was done by the popoerntie
candidate for president. No republican
has ever called In question the right of
labor to bo heard anywhere and every
where In Its own defense nnd for the
promotion of Its own Interests. Hut the
greatest of all things that the republican
party has done for the working classes
has been to create a market for their
labor and to provide that they should be
paid In money equal to the best In the
world. Hundreds of thousands of them
were deprived of that market by the
democratic attack on protection and now
the men who helped do this propose to
debase the currency , so that labor will
receive a dollar of greatly less purchas
ing power lhan it now receives.
The working classes of this country
can trust the republican party. It has
never yet failed to guard their Interests
and promote their welfare. It never
will fall , because It believes that nt the
foundation of all prosperity is the pros
perity of labor.
When the sllverltes try to bolster up
Hryan by appealing to the memory of
James O. Hlalne and quoting garbled
extracts from his writings and speeches
they only show their own desperation.
No one can doubt that Mr. Ulaliie's po
sition , were ho alive today , would bo
unreservedly In favor of McKlnley and
sound money. The following letter , now
made public , written by the dead states
man In 1891 , In response to a request
that ho take part In the Ohio campaign
of that year. Is Interesting not only as
Indicating Mr. HIalne's own attitude
but as forecasting the issues on which
tlie two great parties are divided in the
present contentf-
STANWOonf ri.yji HARBOR , MC. , Sept.
23 , 1S01. ColowcJ.A' , . L. Conger , Akron , 0.
My Dear Sir : > rfVdm- favor received. I can
not take parf'Mir'Hhe ' Ohio campaign this
year , < for mary ( , reasons which I need not
gtvc. nut I hppc that no effort will be
aparcil to elect ! ' Mrldnley. lila victory at
this time 13 very 'lmportant to the country
nnJ to the rcjiul/lPcan / party. Ho and Mr.
Campbell reprpsgut the honest difference
between the twiddles at this time. There
U no dodging anil ao evasion , anil the voters
need not bo cltW > l\Jd , The election of Mc
Klnley means J b ) policy of protection anil
linncst . ' , | election of Campbell
means free trade and corruption of the cur
rency. I bcliyvfe's0hlo will stand by Me-
Klnlcy. Very'sfnrerely yours ,
JAMBS Q. BLAINB.
The attempt of free silver organs to
promote tliu fear that a republican leg
islature will repeal the valued policy
law at the bidding of a supposed "In
surance lobby" Is so Inherently ridicu
lous that the explicit dental of the chair
man of the Insurance union and the
emphatic disclaimers of local Insurance
men are not .needed to convince the
people that they are being frightened
by a bugaboo. The valued policy law
was passed nnd made valid under republican -
publican auspices , and suUscqiiont re
publican legislatures which might have
repealed It have not UonoMO , Why
should the republican party bo suspected
of designs upon It now ? The whole
agitation la such stuff as dreams nru
made on.
William It. Morrison has written n
letter to state that what ho said In his
protest against the Illinois state ticket re
lated to Governor Altgeld only and not
necessarily to Mr. Hryan. Mr. Hryan.
however , has not written any letter
taking back what he said through his
paper about Morrison Just previous to
the Chicago convention. In his paper
of February 0 , Mr. Uryan said : "Mr.
Morrison Is a moiiometalllst who hicks
the courage to declare himself and take
his chances with the goldbug crowd.
He poses as a. western man and pro
fesses friendliness to bimetallism , but
It Is tlie same friendliness which Mr.
Cleveland always professed , but never
exhibited. " Again , on February L'O , Mr.
Hryan said : "The Hon. AVIlllam II.
Morrison Is now posing as a har-
monl/.er ami Is whispering alternately
to the two factions. To the goldbugs
he says he Is for sound money , and to
the advocates of free coinage he says
lie Is for bimetallism 'to a certain ex
tent. ' The chances are that he will
alienate both factions In his endeavors
to please everybody , and If he should
by any unfortunate iiccldcnl secure the
nomination he will go down under a
defeat more overwhelming than that
which burled Horace Grecloy. " It Is
dlfllcitlt to sec where Mr. Morrison is
tinder obligations to Mr. Hryan.
Uryan tries to make people believe
that foreign nations and Kitropcan
money sharks are trying to force the
rnlted States to adopt the gold stand
ard. The truth is we have had the gold
standard more than sixty years. No
body Is trying to force the gold stand
ard on this country. The question is
simply whether we shall keep the money
we have , which Is equal to the best In
the world , or whether wo shall depreci
ate our currency by going to n silver
basis and putting ourselves on a com
mercial level with Mexico , China and
the Orient.
The mint lately discovered In Omaha
In the act of turning out counterfeit
silver dollars does not use quite as much
silver in its product as I hero is In the
genuine dollar , and furthermore the
bogus coin lacks the substantial backIng -
Ing of gold which the government sup
plies for Its silver coinage. They are
Intrinsically worth nothing , or some
what less even than government dollars
would be worth under free and unlim
ited coinage.
Sfrange , was It not , that Hamilton
and Jefferson did not know that they
were violating the constItutIon when
they departed from the sacred ratio of
10 to 1 and established the mint ratio
of the rnlted States at l.r to 1 In order
to make It conform to tlie market value
of the metals. It remained for a great
constitutional lawyer like Hryan to dis
cover that Hamilton and Jefferson were
Ignoruivt of what the constitution re
quires.
If the government stamp Is all that Is
necessary to "make money for us , why
not return to the old postage stamp
currency of the war times ? A great
part of the postage stamp money was
never redeemed or presented for re
demption. Why levy taxes to support
the government when postage stamps
can be printed so easily and so cheaply ?
Mponkliu ; from IC\p < rlt > iice.
Homervllle Journal.
Sometimes a mnn Is mean enough to bet
on the election , with thu Idea that If ho
loses ho will make Ills wlfo economize.
Tlmt'H ( lie
Chloaso Tlnifj-IIorntd.
If law alone can make a dollar why
should any workingman bo compelled to
labor for It ? Wo have plenty of law , nnd
It Is as cusy to stamp a coin "ten dollars"
as It Is to stamp It "one dollar. "
The * I.i-ltcr Hint .Vrvcr CHIIK- .
Indlannpollx Journal.
Watson will have to get the postoIHce au
thorities to cend a "tracer" out for Ills let
ter of acceptance , but unless they make bet
ter tlnio than usual In tholr senrcli for lost
missives election day will conic and go be
fore. It Is found.
The AppleSuriiltiN. .
St. Paul I'lonccr 1'rcm.
The "aid and consent of other nations"
have Enabled us to. dispose of 775,000 bar
rels of our apples In Kuropo already this
jcar , nltliouiu ; the season has Just opened.
Our total shipment for the whole of last
year was only 783,000 barrelo.
Terrell on I InIturiiliif ; leik.
Minneapolis Journal.
Minister Terrell of Texas will doubtless
ctand on the deck of the Uancroft with two
revolvers at Ills belt and n bowlo knife In
his teeth. A man who has shot the chutes
at Houston Is not going to scare at the
Dardanelles , not by a darndanclle- .
Soiiietlilnur SiiKplcloiiM Aliout TlilH.
St. I.oula Ilrpubllc.
The prohibition ! * ) ! * now object to the use
of root beer , claiming that In prohibition
states It Is carefully mixed so as to deprive
It of Its Innocent character and render It
quite Intoxicating. It Is curious that the
prohibitionist Is always the first to dis
cover the Intoxicating qualities of most
drinks.
r
Culm mill tlnele Hum.
KUIIKUH City Stnr.
The statement made a few days since ,
that the United States would Intervene In
the atfalrs of Cuba If Spain-did not sup
press the rebellion In three months Is sup
planted by the much more probable- dec
laration that President Cleveland will con-
tlnuo to maintain the neutrality of the
United States. President Cleveland can
bo relied on to endeavor to live In peace
until the 4th of March next. A fresh pres-
Idrtit must be relied on to Involve this
country In the -anxieties and dangere of
Intervention and Intel-national wur
'I'mnmyVniilN to IVIIIMV.
ChlcnRu Tribune.
Tommy Paw , who Is going to bo elected ?
Mr. Tucker Dryan , uiy son.
"WliaI'll happen then ? "
"Then we'll have free coinage. "
"What docs that mean ? "
"It moans that the owner of silver bullion
will bo abla to take It tu the mint and have
It coined Into dollars without paying any-1
thing for It. "
"What Is bullion ? "
"It's the silver before It's coined. "
"What du you want free coinage for ? "
t'l am glad to see you take an Interest In
such questions , Tommy. Wo want frco coin
age , BO as to bring the price of silver bul
lion up to II.2D an ounce and make good
times. "
"What's silver bullion worth now ? "
"It's worth abouf63 cents. "
"And Hryan's going to bo elected ? "
"Vo . Thore'a no doubt about that. "
"Then , paw. why don't you buy a great
blK pile of bullion nud make a whole wagon. .
load of money ? " ,
"Mm Thomas , If you doa't quit playing
with Ihe son of that Infernal gnldbug next
door I'll take the aklu clear off of you ! "
\ \VOUK1.\MK\ ! ) S1I.YI3U.
Thi KfTrot of n Mont-Jury ClintiRp Upon
the fiiitinrlliff Mil" .
Century Mnnntlnc ,
The workingman of this country Is today
rccclvlnR , on the solil bnslg , the hlghrst
nvotngo wage * pvcr paid for Inbor In the
ulstory of the world. At tbo same time ,
prices of commodities , food , clothing , fuel
anil other necessities unit comforts of life
were never lower In price than they nro
now. The silver advocates claim that thc o
prices bavo been reduced through the ap
preciation la the vnltio of gold , ami Us
exclusive tiae as the monetary standard of
value. Their claim Is demonstrable- false ,
but In making it they admit HIP existence
of miprecedcntedly low prices. They nro
also forced to admit
the existence of tin-
precedentedly high wages , paid In gold or Its
equivalent. It comoa about , therefore , that
the worklngman can buy moro for his money
than ho ever could before In the world.
\\hat Inducement can bo oftt-rnd to him to
make him desire to change f"om gold to
silver ? The silver advocate * wish to
change to silver. In order to force up the
prices of commodities ; they ca give the
worklngman no assurance thnt ) Ills wages
will bo rnUuMl. if ho were to receive wages
hat would have only half the 'purchasing
power that those which ho recircs * ; now
have , and If nt the name timt
of what ho buys were to bo doll !
rices of commodities wtsAv'AV'ln -
tnntly , for they would 5rf3t < " > fci eJ > 'juetr In
gold , and would bo ilxcd In tm Sinrkuts of
the world. Indeed , the chief reason why the
advocates of silver desire to have It for our
standard Is thnt It will effect this doubling
of prices. They do not promise a doubling
of wages. The farmers who are told that If
wo have a silver standard Ihcy will get
twice as much per bushel for their wheat
and corn nnd onts as they pet now nro not
told that they would ulsn have to pay double
wages for labor. If they were compelled
to do this , In addition to paying double
prices for whatever tlu-y had to buy. In what
respect would they bo benefited by silver ?
KSTAllllOOK KATIIKH AMI SON.
WUeiitiNln'H Tribute to Hie Memory
of .Incite KNlnltrook.
Milwaukee livening Wisconsin-
The Whitewater lleglstcr affords the fol
lowing clew to the Identity of n man whose
genius has enlisted public Interest and
aroused In some inquiring minds a not
unlautlablo curiosity :
"The wonderful oratory of Henry D. Ksta-
brook nt Chicago a few night nlncc has
awakened great curiosity as to whom the
orator could be who has sprung ao suddenly
Into the knc-wledge and vision of so many
people ; nnd It appears that ho was a for
mer \Vulworth county boy , whoso father
lived In Lake Geneva from 184G to 1S5C , and
was a member of the first state constitu
tional convention and was afterwards attor
ney general. He moved to Nebraska , and
held high otllclnl positions there. Hut the
boy overtops the old mnn bead nnd shoul-
dcia. "
If "the boy overtops the old man head
and shoulders , " he Is "a good deal of a fel
low. " Kxperlenco Estabrook. "the old
mnn. " came from New Hampshire to Wis
consin In 1840 , and settled nt Geneva. Wai-
worth county. He served as district attor
ney njid scjiool commissioner , nnd was
elected to the constitutional convention of
1S17-S , In which body ho was chairman of
tbo committee on education and school
funds , nnd took a prominent part In the
debates on the suffrage article. Ho was
In favor of a liberal provision on the sub
ject , representing the views of a largo
majority of voters In Wai worth county-
democrats as well as wblgs who were In
favor of abolishing the color bar to citizen
ship and putting the ballot Into the hands
of persons of African blood. Tcnny nnd
Atwood'a "Fathers of Wisconsin" pays him
a glowing but not undeserved tribute ,
saying :
It Is to htm and hU able associates that
the state Is Indebted largely for Its present
educational system.Vhlln he made but
few speeches , they were uniformly upon
tbo moot Important subjects pending , and
always terse , logical and to the point.
Upon the question of extending RiiITrago
to all alike , without regard to color , he
took a position far In advance of hla party
at that time , and was , Indeed , one of the
pioneer leaders in brc.iklns from the
shackles of mere prejudice , and rising to
the real dignity and equality of republican
government. In all the discussions re
ported his views and his arts were con-
Morvatlvc never extreme and his reason
ing was marked by a solidity and cogency
that time baa long since demonstrated to
bo correct. Posseting abilities and legal
aqulrcments of a high order , and a noble
and patriotic purpose to old In the erection
of u state worthy of Its people , his work
has left a marked and enduring Impress
on Wisconsin , where his name uhould ever
bo held In high honor. "
Mr. Cstabrook's public career did not
end with the constitutional convention. lie
was a member of the iKscmbly In 1S51 nnd
attorney general of the state from 1S52 to
1834 , when Leonard Farwcll waa Rovcrnor.
Removing to Nebraska , he was chosen by
the people there to many positions of trim
find honor , and served a term In congress.
Ho di'Jd March 20. 1894 , within five days of
completing his 81st year.
IMJUSO.VAI , AMI OTIIKHWlSi ; .
Observation at the theaters tends to the
conclusion that some women who wear big
hats do so because they are cheaper than
wigs.
wigs.Don
Don Antonio Macco Is now prepared to
personally conduct Captain General Weyler
and compiny to all parts of Cuba at low
lii.es.
Ill the heut of the political debate the
nnnunl discussion of the cxuct date of In
dian summer has been largely neglected
this j'car.
It was said of Louis Kossulli , the Hun
garian patriot , who perfected himself In
Kngllsti after he had passed inii'Jdlp. llto ,
that no foreigner had even' 89''tlidhAlRhly
conquered our language , and' t.iat ) .A'tf ' 0110
cither spoke or wrote English .mp'rc force
fully or with greater accuracy qittl fgancc.
A Now York supreme court1 ( JmWijjbus ,
refused to grant articles of Inconinrntlon
to the Nover-Sweat Athletic club ion the
ground that the name Is too vulgar. It Is
expected 'that tbo name will 'be ' , changed
to the Society of Physical Culture for the
Promotion of Nonsccretlng Sudoriferous
Glands.
Kaiser Wllhclm's artistic tendencies have
broken out In clothes. Ho designed the
hunting costume which the crnpiess wears
when she accompanies him on his shooting
trips , while tbo one ho made up for him
self pleases him so much thnt ho has had
n bronze statuette cast of himself clad In
It and , cun In hand.
State Treasurer L. V. Stephens , the demo
cratic nominee for governor of Missouri , Is
threatened with blindness. Ills eyes are
badly Inflamed , an-1 his physician declares
It absolutely necessary that ho remain In a
darkened room for nt least ten days. Ills
left eye Is In such condition thnt It Is feared
the sight cannot bo restored ,
Dr. C. E. IlrownJHequard , who has Just
died In Atlanta , Go. , from the effects of a
sunstroke received by him lost summer ,
v.as a son of Dr. llrown-Scqunrd , whoso
"elixir of life" attracted so much atten
tion a few years ago , He was born and
educated In Paris , and was for some time
connected with Ilellovuo hospital In New
York City.
The malicious editor of the London Truth
cannot neo why Sir Kdwln Arnold should
liuvo made a fuss because hU " ( Jiieon's Day"
ode was used to Increase the attractiveness
of certain ailvrrtlnemcnts of beef and beer ,
The latest president of tbo Iloyal Academy ,
ho declares , was "mado" by the employment
of his picture "Hubbjcs" to spread the fame
of a soap.
Hit by bit the Immensely valuable rent
estatu in Denver once owned by Senator
Tabor has passed out of his possession , till
now the only property standing In his name
consists of slxtnen lots surrounding the fam
ily homestead. This , too , will go to cred
itors next week under a foreclosure. There
are two mortgages on It , nmountlng , with
Interest , to { 35,000 , and the house and land
will hardly realize that amount. Not long
ago Senator Tabor was ranked among Cole
rado's richest men. but misfortunes of vari
ous kind * have left him practically penni
less.
lll.ASTS PIIOM HAM'S HOHJf.
To bo a lion , la to hnvo a lion' * onemlw.
SiiftcrlnK otic n puts Into the human voice
tone that seems dlvlno.
The man who gives bolp to another , learns
how boat to help himself.
Ulessed are the meek. The rabbit sur-
Vlvci , but the welt In Rone.
SomelhlnR Is nuro to be accompll.hcd by
the man who clicks to ono thing.
A good man finds good wherever ho coot ,
bw.nuo the good In him brings out Rood la
others.
There Is probably ft tlmo In the life of
every man , when his band almost louche *
the philosopher's stone. '
There will bo no revival when the proplo
can eee clear across the house that the
preacher Isn't expecting much.
The devil almost gains our consent to
stay , when he proves that nobody else Is
doing anything to make him go.
1DYI.S.
Tuck : She Do you suppose his wlfs
really supports him ?
Hi'-l Judge so. Ho tolil mo ho didn't
know wimt , real happiness mount until
after he got married.
. . ; 8ho wnn married to her third
huslmnd. nud ti.y jmi , | mi n quarrel.
. KP"I7' } ' ! ' how It would bo , William , "
" '
flho snld. \
oii'ro us laii , MS the uthora. "
v ' , cwiY.orl { News : She-Jfo. Oeorgo ; I llko
you. but i
can never be your wife.
mlml > Thul' ° nro
other ,
Ii'dlniinpoll.q Journal : Mrs. WaltB-They
in"1' ' " . " , " " "I' " ' ! ? " ° f education , but
t
I d like
to know In what way ?
Mr * . PottM-Krom the wnv tbo
men uct
together nnd yell " .McKlnley" nml "llmm"
nt each other for hours , I should say It
was an education In voice culture.
, I.nrpSi'.IJn'iY'\1 ! ! llon < l cnrp much
? ' , VVS i"111'1. Mr - Tlrr' ' " lp l-l > r °
f !
n Joint ilebalo
with her huslmnd , "for
nm di'tcrmlnpil to have tno lnnt word. "
"
"I am perfectly willing for you to have
he last word. " replied .Mr. Tiff. "All I ask
Is thnt you have It soon. "
He-troll Tribune ; Heart _ AH ei.ntlv no
" ! , " " , " , ' ' " ' > ' > ' lur fa her had
' " "
"Takc llwm' l10
him. ' "
' . 't llp n"K"pr < > < ' . "ft without bitter
"I suppose brnrl U all I get now. "
Ilcrortl : . "Harry , before wo worn
'llainv ' ' " ' 1 ' " "aml
y f
ho I did. "
u-iVmVlow 5'0V.RCt mml wll ( > T k
- , ; . , n you
wick. " B ° wlllloul lno llvu " 'Kills ' In the
wck.
Spffefy ? 1 > ri > ss : Arc you
lscrnbl I ° " ' "avo to marr > '
him "
to do
. .Trlbunp : " > Tr8. Van Twitter Is
, .
such ! an orlqlnul creature. " f
. ! JHVU 'I'1" ' ' ( llll > llc ( > " dolncr lately ? "
"Collcetlntr .souvenir huthnnds ; Insldo of
six months she has bad one from St. Lmil" .
Wr "ml ° " ° ' from Sa" i
Cleveland Leader : "How much did your
'loI'0'mlr ' ' '
tlu >
"Hut you must remember that she not
this at an unction. "
Somprvlllp Journal : Chalrmnn Church
Music Commit Ipp-Thp tenor told me ycster.
Ji'.A11"1 JJlll ! > Ha.I'e . ' could get nn Ineroafo
of $100 on nli Hilary next yrar. ho wouldn't
Mini ; . What shall I toll him ?
Deacon Jones-Tell him ho can whlstlt
HHY.MnS OK T1IH TIMKS.
Clinton Proliant In New York Sim.
' Words , words , words" HaniJet.
Thus spake the wronged nnd melancholy
Unne.
nroo < llnp , distraught , with knitted brow
bout low ,
Upon the lunged web of crime nnd woe ,
Wroth at the babble of an empty brain.
And thorp has rung again and yet apaln.
Since Hhakocpoaro wrought with such im
passioned nlow ,
This s'ine : vexed outcry at the overflow
Of ppereh , big-toned , voluminous. Inane !
Hut wo , froc-born 'ncath a hcnlKimnt ' ' .
Wo who have east the ) > itisloil p.ist aside ,
Say. what have we to suffer or with
stand ?
Hearken , my brother , hear yo not how
one ,
As shallow-brained as ho Is puffed with
prhlf ,
OOPS m.idly mouthing up and down the
land ?
099
IS TUB SATISFACTION OF A GOOD
INVESTMENT. TIII3 KN.TOYMHNT
OK TI1K THINGS THAT MONKY
WILL WJY IS GUBATBU THAN THE
MBIIB 1'OSSIJSSION OF TUB MONEY
ITSBLF.
AVE DON'T KNOW OF ANY 1H5T-
TBIl WAY TO SI'ENI ) A FEW DOL
LARS JUST NOW THAN IN A ME
DIUM WEIC5HT OVBUCOAT OF TUB
SORT THAT WE ARE SHOWING.
NOTHING ADDS MOUE TO A MAN'S
GOOD AI'I'EAHANOB THAN SUOII A
COAT , IlESIDES THE HEAL COM-
FOHT OF IT , AND NOWIIEIIB ELSE
CAN ! SO MUCH STYLE AND FINE
FINISH , COM1UNED WITH HONEST
QUALITY IN A GARMENT , HE HAD
AS OF THE LARGEST MANUFAC
TURERS IN THE COUNTRY ,
NAMELY ,
8. W. Cor.
and
Douglua Sts
