Nebraska Newspapers

    T1IK OMAHA T > ATTjY T HB : TlITHSnAY , OCTOllBll 2 ! ) , 1800.
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As "fTimHtloiil ill-nil wnJuht Si-wull in
entitled , to Nrstrn \ \ \
Tom Wnlson Is n iniiu of Ills word , at
nil evi'iitH. II ( sMld lie Intended to stick
nnd lie ! ii : * stuck.
"The poorest dollar- * always eventu
ally land In tlie pockets of the potircst
pi.-ople/-NVIlllani McKlnley.
Tlio ( inesllon Is , Will Mm populist
party lie distinctly recnunb.abli1 after
It comes out of the fusion dealV
The. popocralic forgery bureau may
lin depended on to transact business at
the old stand up to the very lust.
If yon don't believe that free sllvei
Is a Hood thlun. jrst p-t your friend- *
to throw a few bad ej s at you and
bo convinced.
Hryan deserted his native slate , Illi
nois , when he removed to Nebraska ,
nnd Illinois will return the compliment
on election dtty.
No country was ever troubled with
too little money Hint had an abundance
of confidence on which unlimited credit
could be extended.
The activity In e s , which Is re
ported fiom various iniarlers HH a fea
ture ot the silver campaign , Is not re
garded'as an aid to the hatching of
presidential booms.
If the south will only join In repudi
ating the repudiation candidates the
credit of the fulled States will at once
bo accoided a place higher than it has
ever occupied before.
Secretary Lamolit has not taken the
Plump against free silver , but It may
conlldenlly be asserted that lie Is get
ting his work In for sound money and
national honor Just the same.
There will be no dlnlm-bance In
Omaha on the night of November 'J foi
which the republican party can bo held
responsible. Those who talk about 1m
pending trouble must be Intending tf
Incite It.
Krank Iturman , on the republican leg
Islatlve ticket , Is a representative Swed
Isli-Amerleaii , who stands high with his
fellow countrymen , and has been en
dorsed by nil the Swedlsh-Amerlcai
clubs In Iliu j'Hy. ills election will bi
a Just recognition of this large and In-
dustrl-uis element of our community.
Do not relv ulon ] former registrations
They are all void. If you Imve not
seen your mime Inscribed In the pol
books of your proper voting precinct
on one of the two days prescribed whlcl
have already passed , do not negloet
that duty on the one day remaining.
Saturday , October.11 , Is the last chance.
Don't forget the school board. The
school ticket put In nomination by the
republicans \ * in every way miperloi
to the ticket nominated by the eon-
glomerate aggregation that is opposing
It , and should appeal for the votes of
every one who Is anxious to have oui
public schools managed on a broad but
economical basis.
Do not be taken in by silly and dis
torted arguments against the proposed
constitutional amendments , coming
from sources which are notoriously the
starting points of opposition to any
thing and everything which looks
toward genuine progress. Kvory one
of the amendments should carry foi
the lasting Improvement of Nebraska
and all Its cltl/.ens.
Not even the excitement of an Impend
ing national election avails to stem the
tide of the vast shipments of grain east
ward. Calamity nhrlokers , who till the
columns of such eastern papers as are
open to them with stories of the poverty
and depression of the west , should con
template Nebraska's crop of cereals for
the present year In connection with the
Improving market.reports.
While It Is not likely that at the. com-
h'g election party lines will bo more
closely drawn In local than In national
politics attention Is drawn to the fact
that the candidates on the republican
state , county , city and school board
tickets , taken altogether , ntand head
and shoulders above their competitors
of the other parties , In every jnallllca *
tlon for the ollkc'a towhich they us-
Diro. _ , ,
f.s WM.LV .1 III .IMfiOWrf , '
In lli. > xpcH'h dclhcnd by William
.leiinih M r.ryan IP I'liu-ago on Tuesday
InIs < ] iioicd as xaylng :
Your | miors | li.ivo callfx ! me a ilronnROKue.
If there Is one tiling I urn not. It IP. ft donni-
KOKIIC. . \ ilrmncuRiio Is ileflneit as a innn
who mlrmtiuii a tlilnr > wliloh h > iloo * not
hplle-ve In onlor to fonclllaU * those who
differ from him. A trmaKO ) uc > Is n man
who Is ulllhiR to mlvncntc nnyllin ! whether
lie believe * It or not , which would t > p ndvnn-
ttRi-ons to Mm Mill KAla him ( inpnlarlty.
Vow. my frlmitU. I ha\r never mlvoeatrO
luring my public life n clnslo thing ti ! t I
1,1 , not myaolf l.i'llcve.
Mr. llryan seems to bn allllcled with
in Imp > dlmcnt In his memory. If lie
rally believes that lie never has played
ho demagogue he has forgotten all
ibout his own record. Mr. llryan's
Irs-t appearance In public life dates
lack only six years. In 1SM ! whr-n
.10 . was a candidate for congress he
> layed the demagogue on the prohibi
tion Issue. He was a prohibitionist to
the temperance crusaders ami a license
man to the liquor dealers. P.y playing
loublo he managed lo get voti-s fro'ii
lioth sides and thus to swell hU ma
jority beyond the strength of his party.
In ISI ! ) only two years ago Mr. llryan
supported .lames * H. Iloyd , a pronounced
gold democrat , for congress In this dis
trict and opposed D. Clem Denver an
original free silver man. because and
only biH-iuse lie wanted to get the help
of the gold democrats to further his
ambliion to become fulled Slates sen
ator. If llryau honestly believed In
Tree silver two years ago as he pro
fessed then and now and labored on
the stump and In his paper to elect a
gold man to congress , he proved him-
sell an arrant demagogue according to
his own definition.
In 1SOL llryan was the most uncom
promising advocate of free tr.ule. which
he declared oleninly to be the only
reform worth lighting for. Yet. In ISICi.
this same llryan urged the sliver sen
ators In congress to saerlllce the great
principle of tree tiade by agreeing to
tariff bill
pass a republican protective
un condition ( hat a free coinage chn.se
be tacked to It as a rider. If this war
not the political demagogue sacrlllclng
principle for the sake of popularity
and ppi-Mmal ambition by what name
shall It be called ?
In May ISI ! ) when the great Debs
strike took place on th" Northern Pa-
eillc. llryan was in Ills seat in congress.
lieknrw that this was a trial of
slienglh between organlxcd labor and
cot porn to power , but lie never uttered
a woid of sympathy for the workingman -
man whiiM > champion he now proclaim- :
himself to be. In .Inly 1SDI when the
Pullman strike was In progress at Chicago
cage , congress was still In session and
Itryan was In his seat. The power of
the courts was Invoked and federal
troops were called In lo'pul doyji.the
strikers. This Intervention Mr. llryan
now denounces bi almost every speech
as a flagrant violation of the constitu
tion and an outrage upon organized
labor. Hut the records of congress do
not disclose one single word ultereil
liy Mr. llryan against this outrage mn
did he. utter one word against It until
ilfter his nomination for the presidency.
If Mr. llryan honestly believed tlxit
the Intervention of the courts and tin
( ailing out of troops was illegal It wan
his duly to call the judges and tin
national executive to account for theli
lawless acts on the tloor of the house
lie did not do so although he had ever.\
opportunity to prove Ids present profes
sions of friendship for labor by won
and act. Was Ids silence due to tin
lack of moral courage to assert hi.
honest convictions , or is he now play
ing the demagogue by his lond-mouthei
protestations ngalnst government b.\
Injunction ?
In 1SJIO Mr. llryan Is waging bitter
and relentless war against trusts and
corporations generally. Mr. llryan wit.
in congress for four1 years but tin
records fall to show that lie Introduced
a solitary bill or resolution to nbollsl
trusts or restrict corporations. If Mr
llryan really believes what he now
makes Ids daily text , how can he ex
plain his Inaction In congress and out
of congress on tills subject for all the.x
years ? Does lie not lay himself open
to the charge of playing the dema
gogue according to his own dellnitlon' .
LA nun.
Organlxed labor has nothing to gain
but everything to lose from the suc
cess of the free silver cause. It Is
therefore an amazing feature of tin
campaign that the free silver policy
should have any considerable support
from organized labor. For nearly half
a century the labor organizations have
been engaged In a successful effort to
raise the wages of labor. The- advance
In wages between I.StX ) and 1S ! ) ( ) . which
was about SO per cent , was very largely
due to the efforts of organized labor.
It has succeeded In giving the Ameri
can wageworkers the highest pay of
any wageworkers In the world , yet in
the face of this men connected with
labor organizations deliberately ap
prove a policy which would cut down
the purchasing power of wages one-
half. In other words , they propose to
undo the work of half a century of
struggle and saerlllce in order to try
the experiment of a cheap dollar , though
there are Innumerable examples of
ruin to the wage-earners resulting from
the depreciation of the money In which
they are paid. That any wage-earner ,
and especially those connected with
labor organizations , should be found
supporting a policy of currency de
basement Is one of the Inexplicable
mysteries of the campaign.
Thi' olllclal organ of the Knights of
Labor , which Is supporting llryan , ad
mits that tlie free coinage of silver
would cut In two the purchasing powei
of savings and pensions. "Kixed In
comes , bonds , mortgages and money In
all Its forms , " says that paper , "whethei
In savings banks or national banks ,
would have much less purchasing
power. " If free silver would have these
results certainly wages could not es
cape. The purchasing power of the
dollar earned by labor would bo nn
surely decreased IIH the dollar of the
uuvluga bauk depositor. This la ho
obvious that the simplest minded man
must eiIt llnl the free silver nun
say that wages will advar.ce. Perhaps
they would In time and after a strug
gle , but nothing Is more certain , If ex-
lerlence Is good for anything , than that
Ihey would not advance as fast or as
far as the prices of commodities ,
measured In a debased and steadily
cheapening dollar.
The change from the existing mone
tary standard to a silver basis would
compel a labor readjustment as well
as a llnanelal and business readjust
ment , lleforc this could be effected
what would be the experience of labor ?
Hundreds of thousands of men now at
\\ork would be turned out of employ
ment Mini the probable effect of this
would be to lower wages at the outlet.
Is It not absolutely certain that such
a condition of affairs would seriously
Impair the strength of organized labor ?
Many men belonging to labor organiza
tions , driven to destitution for want of
work , would accept employment at any
wages offered , regardless of the organi
sations. Furthermore , with large num
bers of their members Idle thene
organizations could not collect the dues
necessary to sustain them and the
weaker among them llnanclally would
be very likely to dissolve. That there
vtonld be more or less disintegration
In all of them there can be no doubt ,
thus weakening them for the renewed
effort to maintain wages.
It is thus perfectly apparent that
organized labor has nothing to gain
anil everything to lose from tlie adop
tion of tlie free silver policy , and it
may well be doubted whether organized
labor could continue to exist under thai
policy. It would certainly be subjected
It ) a tremendous struggle In order to do
so. It Is to be apprehended that the
members of labor organizations who
are proposing to vole for free silver
have not thought of these things as
caiefully and dispassionately as the In-
li-iosts of organized labor Anil their
Individual Interests require they sjhould.
< n\'i \ : in.n\uxiA \ < ; / . ACTJ row.
One of the most effective- ways in
width all patilotlc citizens committed
to the caiiH > of sound money and the up-
I'ol'Ung of the national honor can dis
prove the false charges * that they have
boon trying to coerce their employes
will be to assist their employes In every
possible way to get to the polls and
vote. It Is not necessary that all busi
ness houses lie closed altogether on elec
tion day and business entirely sns < -
pended , although it would be a good
Idea for all employers that feel able to
do so to close for the whole day. Such
business houses that do not feel that
they could close the whole day with jus
tice to themselves should close a half
day , and If they can not well close a
half day , let them close fora few hours ,
or , at least , lei their employes off a few
at a time , so that they can go to the
polls during voting hours and cast their
ballots for such candidates as commend
themselves.
So Important are the Issues to be de
cided at the election next Tuesday , and
so vital are they to the business Inter
ests of the community , that nothing
should be left undone that might con
tribute toward settling them and set
tling them right. Vnless the result of
the election is the emphatic expression
of the deliberately formed judgment of
the whole people , the fight will have to
be fought over again at some future
period. Kmployors can * how their pa
triotism to no better purpose than by
seeing that every one of their employes
l < as the opportunity to exercise his suf
frage without let or hindrance.
, t ; -\IK.UKH-.S ixi'iititxrn. : :
An Ohio farmer and wool grower has
hi a public letter addressed to farmers
given some Interesting facts In his ex
perience during the past , six years , lie
states that In 1S ! > 0 , the year the Mc
Klnley law was enacted , he sold wool
at . ' ! 0 cents a pound , while in IS'.Ki lie
sold the same quality of wool at 15
cents a pound , receiving the same fig
ures this year. lie al o points out the
decline in the value of sheep since 1SIO. !
The experience of this Ohio farmer
and wool grower Is that of every man
who was engaged In sheep husbandry
when wool was placed on the freelist. .
That legislation was felt with partic
ular severity In the west. What the
aggregate loss of western wool grow
ers has been cannot be easily deter
mined , but s-ome estimates have placed
It as high as $7n,0 < ) lH)0. ) ( ) The Injury
to sheep husbandry was shared by
other Interests , so that the damage
resulting from frea wool can safely be
estimated at much larger figures than
above.
Mr. llryan was one of the most
earnest advocates of free wool when In
congress. Ills llrst tariff speech in the
house was largely devoted to the advo
cacy of free wool. The views he then
expressed ho still holds to and If elected
president the wool-growing Industry of
Hie United States could expect no help
from him. It would continue during
his term to be subjected to the destruc
tive competition of Australia and other
wool-producing countries , with every
probability that It would become almost
extinct before the close of the century.
Tlie wool growers of Hie west ought
to be unanimous In opposition to W. J.
llryau.
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One of the delusions under which the
sllverltes sec'u to labor Is that there Is
not gold enough In the world to bcrvc
as tlie standard of money and medium
of exchange. This , like all their other
delusions , l.s without basis' .
1'Mrst ' and foremost , only 2 per cent
of all tlie business of the leading com
mercial nations Is carried on with gold
nnd silver , and OS with bank iiotea ,
checks and drafts.
In the next place , there Is gold enougli
and more than enough to do the busi
ness of this world , oven If ten times as
much gold were needed as Ls now re
quired. The total amount of coined
gold In the world In l&tO was about
$ lrKK,0 ) < )0.000. ) Tins total amount } of
coined gold In the world at tlie present
time Is about ? l.HXOtK,000 ) , and to thlu
colossal volume of gold coin we are add
ing from $1 ! 3,000,000 , to ? 150,000,000
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Wistf "WJoTds of the Martyr President Pai'-
ifx-in
O'l 11 * l ticularly Timely Now.
nil i
"Tll ( " jl'oiu'Sl lionil of litiinnu sympathy outside tif llio fnnilly relation
"should J-ii 1(1110 tinllltii : nil working people of nil nations , anil tonj-iu-.s , niul lln-
" IrotlsJ.'KOV ' slidttlil tills lead to n war niinii iiroporty or tlio owni-M of proporty.
"Pro | orlyt Is tin * fruit of labor ; property Is ( U > slralilo Is n positive unntl In tlio
"world. Tliatjh-oine should lie rich MIOWH that others may Iti-coine rloli , nnil
"hi'iii-e Is.JnstjiMicoiirnui'iiH'nt to IniliHtry anil t < ntprprlsi > . Lot him not who Is
"honsck'M pull down the house of another , lint let him labor dlllKontly nnd build
"one for hlniHolf , thus by exaniple , nssmhiK that his own sliall be snfe from
"violence when built. "
yearly. The -total gold ami silver
ptodtict of Ilic-world In IST.'I was $17(1- (
000.000. Thelgolil' product alone of
the world for the- year IS'.Ki was ? U S-
OOO.Ooo. and thS gold and silver product
for 1S ! > 5 was * -St2,000.KK ! ( ) . From 1SH ! )
to 181MI the gold product of the world
Is computed at $ St7.00.ooo ( ) , or more
than oue-toutU of all coined and un
coined gold In Hie world. South Afrl-
can gold mine. alone will produce over
J-JIOO.OOO.OOO of gold this year , and over
$ -5,000.000,000 t gold are In sight In the
mines now bel ig worked In that conn-
try.
try.Tlie talk alt- - lit there not being goltl
enough comes Jrom people who do not
know what tlnjy are talking about.
SKtlltASKA * Till : XVXT
Now that tlm-cleetlon of William Mc
Klnley Is practically conceded , It be
hooves every foter who desires to see
a revival of prosperity to cast his vote
for such candidates for congress as are
pledged to support the policies that have
made this codntry prosperous hereto
fore. McKlnley as president without
the support of n congress in accord with
Ids views wojihl bo hampered In his
efforts to restore prosperity.
The republican candidates for congress
In Nebraska are each and all men of
good character. A majority of them
have already served the people of Ne
braska In congress with signal ability
and are therefore in position to render
even more elllclent service In the next
congress. All are squarely committed
lo the policy of protection , reciprocity
and sound'money. Kor this reason , If
for none other , they merit the support
of every cltlatHi who is convinced that
the revival of'business ' depends upon the
re-establishment of conlitlence through
legislation on these lines.
Uvery , voler Hhonld provide himself
before election day with copies of the
several sample ballots containing the
names of candidates on the various
tickets and study them well. II *
slionld also nfnj-k up n set as he Intends
to vole , , 'nml Notice how long It takes
htm to complete the task. Tlio tickets
will be very Ion * ; , and each will eon-
tain ! i great jftunbor of names , ruder
lliisjnw : i v ftXtoJdfeOjily..allowed live
minute * Inlet
lot for
mouse
between lfn > hfmrs specified , Ihc inmost
expedition will be necessary on tha
part of each voter. Hy famillarl/.lii
themselves bi forehand with the naim-i
of tlii-lr candidates citizens will be able
to mark their ballots at the polls In
the least possible time and so make
loom for others who will be waiting
their turn.
A tearful appeal Is made on behalf
of Judge llutlle's candidacy for congress
on the plea that ho can do more for
Omaha In the next congress than Con
gressman Mercer. We do not know
what Mr. Dallle might do , but we do
know that 'he has done nothing for
Omaha w > far. On the other hand , we
know how much Mr. Mercer has done
for OmalTa , and from that we know
how much morO he will bo able to do.
The record Is all In favor of Mercer and
against Dnllle.
The sllverltes , by some peculiar acci
dent , forgot to charge up to the repub
lican campaign managers the burning
of the two Chicago elevators and their
contents , aggregating over 1,000,000
bushels of grain. This conllagration
must have been part and parcel of that
republican Conspiracy to raise tlie price
of wheat , decreasing the supply , forc
ing drouth upon India and Australia
and crop failure upon Argentine. That
Imaginary conspiracy will explain
everything.
By Ids mania for free wool , Uryan
has cost the farmers of Nebraska
thousands upon thousands of dollars.
lly his opposition to the beet sugar in
dustry he. has cost them thousands
more , lie has always been eager to
tear down the Industries of his homo
state but never ready to help build
them up. jllljr anxiety has been always
for the foreign wool grower and the
Mexican InTiit ? owner. Tlie people of
Nebraska are Indebted to him for nolh-
! ! * , ' .
The pultlW-cr of the World-Herald
was In Ilntte , Mont. , n few days last
week aml lho World-Herald
- now re
prints an eiUliu-ial from a Unite news
paper thuL-fitenlug ihat Montana , will
i'0t partldfiait ? in thu Transmlsslssippl
lOxposlllonWiililess Omaha knuckles
tlown lo .tlu ! silver barons by voting
for the HiWVcandldale. The bluff is
too transimVli/ won't work.
If It bo 'nJmTThat ' we have a 200-cenl
"
dollar , lhen _ wheat has gonu up over
10 ejyits In the last few weeks and wo
really have ? 1.-10 wheat Instead of 70-
cent wheat , as tpiotetl on the Chicago
market Hut figuring our dollar at 100
centt ) , which It actually brings , a bushel
of wheat will buy an ounce of silver
and leave 5 or 0 cents over.
The republican candidate for the city
council In thu Klghth ward , 'TlioiiniH
Crocker , Is un energetic , responsible citi
zen pf nnlmpi-iu-hable reputation. Mr.
Crocker probabljycoiints more warm
peruonal friends than any other man
In thu ward , and thulr friendship
haa never buyu abused by him. As
councilman Mr , Crpckur wll | continue
'
It ) show the same tireless activity In be
half of all the people of the ward that
he has for his friends , lie should be
elected by n most emphatic majority , as
an endorsement of honest ami aboveboard -
board dealing and a rebuke to Hie underhanded
der-handed method * by whHi one or
iwo of his personal enemies are en
deavoring to compass his defeat.
To empower a legislature , in which
several political parties are repre
sented , to do certain things , doc.s not
mean that the legislature will u < e that
power In the Interest of one particular
party , especially since , where two-thirds
and ihree-llflhs of all the members
elected Is necessary to exercise the
power , no mere partisan scheme can
ever command such a majority.
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It Is not that the advocates of sound
money love the silver mine owners
less , but that they love the people more.
There aie some 70.000.000 of them to
about 00,000 of the silver producers.
\ot liy Si-vcrnl Million.
New Yorlc WorM.
The"worklngman ready to vote to diminish
the purchasing power of his n-agcs nnd to
cut Ilia aavliiRs In two U not so numerous
as he v.-as thought to be last July.
Vet Silver Tlllillilril.
rhllnilrli'liln ' Ili-cnnl.
The secretary of agriculture rpckoas the
assured and the prospective profit to farmers
tram the whrat cro > > this year rosulUni ;
from the rise In prices since September 1 at
J3S.OOO.OOO. This Is a tltly sum. ami the
farmers will know what to do with It.
Tnl ; < - Vonr Sic 1C In Icy Slntlulit.
SlirlnRllolil ( Mars. ) Hcpuhllrnn.
As the nation nears Hie closing week of
this presidential campaign , let us repeat
our early observation that the present re
sults \vo deem most desirable to the
country arc to be most surely and emphat
ically obtained by taking your McKlnley
straight. This Is true as to the domlnint
Issue of the campaign , and It Is also trtio
of the men. William McKlnley Is a better
man for president than William J. llryau.
llrj-nn l'or-r * lM lllniHclf.
Knnsnt City Htnr.
Mr. Bryan has evidently forgotten Hie
speech he made In Richmond. Va. . In whteh
ho declared that the Inflow of gold from
i\b read was duo to thn Micro nomination of
a caudlda-c for president on a free sliver
ticket , and Intimated that the gold Importa
would enormously Increase after a free
ullvcr victory. In a speech at Peorla , 111. ,
Ifrlday , hc.assertcd that the gold Imports arc
.tho fiiianclcrs
until
very bad free silver habit of adjusllni ; slale-
mcnts of facts to suit theories , Instead of
, testing theories by facts.
AVAOliS AM ) COST OK MVINK.
KITrot of DclMixcd Money Illuntrntcil
liy a Multi-mill I'ay Hull.
Conurcscnmn John 1C. Cowcn ( ilcm ) nl lliltlmorp.
The engineers on passenger trains of the
lialtlmore & Ohio railroad received $2.S7 be
fore the war. and their wages continued at
that rate per day until 1S63 , when they were
advanced to $3.50 , making nn advance of 22
per cent. During the cntlro war down until
Its last year there lias been no change In the
wages ot tbo passenger engfiicmen of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The man who
held tlio throttle as ho watched the smolfo
of his locomotive mingling with the monilnq
mist of the Allcghanles got the same wages
In 1865 , when his living was more than
double , that ho got In 1S33. Why ? llecauso
the currency in which be was paid had been
debased. ( Applause. ) The toifnage engine-
men got if'j'.To a day until 1S6I , when their
wages were raised to $3.37. end In 1SC3 to
$3.CO. an advance of about 27 per cent. All
during the war there was no advance In
tholr wages , and when they did get an ad
vance , the idvanco was Icsjs than oce-fourth
the prlco of the things they had to buy.
Their wages were cut In two by a debase
ment of the currency. The yard ensliicnicu ,
were paid $2.50 until 1803 , when they re
ceived $3.00 a day. And they arc In the
same condition. Their living had advanced
117 per cent , and their wages had advanced
less than .10 per cent. The passenger fire
men had got $42.50 a month , and they got
that name rate until ISfiS. when they wcru
paid $30 a ironth. an Increase of 18 per cent ,
nud all that they bought had moro than
doubled la value. The construction train
firemen received $1.75 a day until IStil , when
there waa an advance of 10 cents a day.
and in 1SG5 their wages were advanced to
$ i.25a day * or 28 per cent.
anil the coat of their living had
more than doubled. The tonnage
binkcmen were In the name condition. The
baggage lucster got un advance of 27 per
cent , and ho got It the last year of tha war.
Now , thcro Is ono cla 3 that did advance a
llttlo moro rapidly , and that clam was the
track watchmen , and they went from. ? l a
day to $1.50 In 1SU5. The section trackmen
went fr-ou $1.24 to $1.C2. The reason that
this unskilled labor advanced a Hllle more
raoldly ll > an the other claeaca Is simple.
Why ? Tlicro were a million men In the
army , and more than that with those In
Wpst Virginia , where they were drawn for
both armies. And there was a great de
mand for this unskilled labor Hint could bo
shifted from ono place to another without
great dlfnculty. * and this great demand for
unskilled labor raised the price of that
class of labor 50 or CO per cent. Hut
It never got up to 117 per
cent. It never got up to the point to
which their living advanced , but U ad
vanced more than other classes.
Noiv.'what would bo the condition under
free coinage ? Your dollar falU to 51
cents , in which you am paid , nnd producta
rise accordingly. Will the wages of the
unskilled laborer rHe ? No. Factories will
close. Paralysis will ensue. Universal do-
fitrtictlcm will bo everywhere. Universal
doubt , universal destruction and tbo throw
ing of the skilled labor on the market with
tlio unskilled labor , so that thu unskilled
labor will not get tlia wages that It gets
today. U will bo a depressed market.
Wagro , Instead of keeping the same nomi
nally , will go down , because tlio universal
ruin tha.t would como from free colnagn will
discharge thousar.ilH and hundreds of thou
sands of skilled laborers Into thu unskilled
labor market.
\ \ r.iuuTV coxsinnnTIO \ - * .
fmW nut * Tinnier * to Snil ) * lie-
fore Volliiw.
CiiVaito Tlmci-llornlJ.
ThiU the dollar which Mr llry.in sny *
"biiya too much" Is the fame Jollmvhloh
li nrfw being paid lo Amerlea-i InKirliiR-
men * - > ho wore lucky enough not lo be
thrown out of their Jobs by the Wilson-
( tormnti tariff law.
TlMt the dollar f-hlcli Mr. llrynn s.nyi
Is "tuo Boo'l" ' to be puld lo American labor
is a part of the mime currency uystem that
\VM In uo In iMi-j , when every nun ! > il n
Job nnd when the Unltfd States readied the
high water mark of Imluintitl prospcilty.
Thai Mr. llryan was ono of the men In
the l-'lfty-thlrd cnngrvnc nho defended
"cheapnesb" us tlio great rtvl to be sought
In our economic Icglshttlon. That the prin
cipal giouml of his attack upon the McKlnley
Uirlfr luw was the fallacious claim ttiat It
bad .1 tendency to increase the selling
prlcc.i ot commodities.
That ho has now rovnrwtl bin pulley lo
accommodate the silver syndicate ami de
clares that things " ie too elu\np" that
the dollar wo Imvo bu > s too many 10111
modules.
That Mr. llryan has utterly failed to
show In any of his ope-pclics how the "cheap
dollar" for which he clamors will bcnillt
labor.
That ho hlxlory ot the cbpjp dollar In
tills and In oilier countries Mm us that It
degrades and ImproverlMies labor.
That from 1SGO lo isflj -UHi-cent paper
dollar raised tha prices of the necessaries
cf life , lit ! per cent , but raised wages only
13 [ er cent , notwithstanding tlie fact that
hundreds of thousands of mechanics and
laborers werp called from the channels of
Industry to light for the Hag.
That -tbo Inflation of tmr currency with
cheap money during tills period reduced
the purchasing power of all wages CO per
cent , compared wllh the gold wages of
1SC < \
That In Mexico , where tbo currency Is
on n silver basis , the average wages range
f re m 12V4 to 25 rents a day In the cities
nnd on the plantations , while tlie average
compensation for skilled labor Is but 30
cents a day.
That In tlio free silver country of Mexico
tbo rich arc very ilch , while the wage earners -
ors nro cuiscd with an excessive poverty
that p-nnlts of no social or educational de
velopment ,
That In free silver Mexico the prices of
what are deemed In America "common ne
cessities" arc so high and wages are so low
that coffee and butter and beef are never
Been on flip tables of the wage earners , their
principal food being n bread made from a
rough ground corn.
That under tlio gold standard and n pro
tective tariff wages In this country Increased
2S per c-put fiom 1S70 to ISSO and their
purchasing power Increased 51 per cent.
That tbo free colnago of the silver miners'
bullion at 1C to 1 would give no Idle laborer
n Job , and honeo would not enlarge the
market for the farmer's products.
That the present currency controversy
would not have been precipitated If tin.-
Wllson-tiorman law bad not failed to yield
enough revonuu to run the government.
thereby causing depletion of the gold re
serve , distrust of the ability of tlie gov
ernment to redeem Its notes , lack of con-
fldoncp. business bankruptcies nnd panic.
< : oii > CI.AISI : .sii.vr.nnrc.
CliK'Initnll'n I''rcc CiilniiKcil ocntc
l.ooUN Out for Nil in lie r One.
The Washington correspondent of tbo St.
Louis Globe-Democrat nfllrms the truth ol
the report that Jchn U. McLean , the leader
of Ohio free sllverltca and publisher of the
Cincinnati Knqulrer , protects his financial
Interests by Inserting the gold clause In
his mortgage. McLean Is a silver vdutocrat
with gold lining. Ho boasts of having been
a consistent , life-long advocate of frc-o sil
ver , was a prominent candidate before the
Chicago convention for the prcsldcntla !
nomination and Is recognized as ono of the
chief manngers of the democratic campaign
In the east. It U evident that he hah care
fully considered the depreciation which
might follow free coinage and has deter
mined to take no chances on the detrimental
results which nro likely to spring fiom the
adoption , of his precepts.
It Is shown by the records of the Dis
trict of Columbia that seven years ago ho
avas arranging his business In anticipation
totfrcojtcolnogiThere can be found In land
rccoTd volume 1.3S1 at tlie city boll , pages
152 lo 153 , a transaction by which John
U. McLean sold on March 1 , ISS't. certain
land and Itu In the city of Washington
to the Columbia Athletic club , of this city ,
the sum duo biMttg fixed at $ lu.00il , and
for which forty-five $1.000 bonds of the club
were given as security , those being num
bered from one to forty-five. The rate of
Interest Is 5 per cent , payable scml-an-
niially , "gold coin of Ihe United States of
the present standard , weight aad fineness. "
being required for both principal and Inter
est. The obligation runs twenty years , fallIng -
Ing due March 1 , 1905.
In the vamp volume a few pages beyond
this tratuac'lou Is recorded a c.3h loan cf
J25.000. which Is secured by twenty-five
$1,000 bonds , numbered from forty-six to
seventy , payable on the same date as the
other obligation , with interest at I ! PIT
cent , the gold clause being alpo Inserted.
The Indexing simply gives the name of
the Columbia Athletic club and the trustees
charged with the execution of the mortgage ,
and the casual observer wculd never Infer
that Mr. McLean w-a.s a party to the trans
action , but , In the document Itself his name
appears as being the sole party Interested.
Hpiice-tcts ) Inferrcii that a continued ex
amination of the records would reveal many
similar gold claut-e obligations , at > Mr.
McLean Is a multi-millionaire , ami has
largo real cstato Interests In Washington.
New Vcrk and Cincinnati.
From this single $70.000 transaction , Mr.
McLean , the bright shining apostle ot free
coinage , who based his claim to the presi
dential nomination on the ground that he
was a practical man. with nil bis Interests
Identical to those of Wall street bankonj
and brokeni , who was not afraid that he
would bo ruined by n surplus of depreciated
silver , derives an annual Income of $3,750
In geld , payable every six months.
For the twenty yc-ars during which his
contract runs ho will receive an c\cn $75.-
000 , or $3.000 In excess of doubling his In
vestment , without compounding the Inter
est.
1M2HSO.VAI. AMI OTHHHWISH.
The aldermen of Waltham. Mass. . wanted
to appropriate ) $300 to bo expended In put
ting In order and carins for 'the grave of
General N. I * . Dpnku. They adopted a reso
lution appropriating the money , but Mayor
Lyman has Irterposcd a veto and no further
action will bo taken In the matter.
After Gladstone made his recent Liverpool
speech In denunciation of the sultan ho rc-
turned directly to Hawnrden , went to bed ,
stayed thcro for a couple hours , then rose
thoroughly refreshed , and appeared at thu
dinner table as bright and lively as thotigii
ho had undergone no unusual fatigue.
The monument to the memory of Mary
land cltzens who fought In tbo navy during
the civil war , erectcil In tlie National ceme
tery. In London park , llaltlmoro. will bo
dedicated on Thanksgiving day. Louis anil
Victor Dennett , nous of Captain Ilcnnett ot
Ualtlmoro. will unveil thu monument.
Justin McCarthy Is fiulto gray-haired.
Ills beard Is liuihy and his gold-rlmmi'd
spectacles Impart n benign air to liU fact-
which Indeed well Milts tlih mlld-maiincruil
llttlo gentleman. As for hla energy , ono
would say that It waa Inexhaustible. lie Is
a politician , a Journalist , a novelist and n
historian. Added to this ho wrltea poetry.
Hartley Harnato was once playing Jacob
McClooky In tbo "Octoroon" at the Klnl-
burley theater Hoyal and bed Just como to
the climax where ho offers 5,000 for the girl
at the slave auction. The nudlonco wao
worked to a high pitch of enthusiasm , and
one of them to a great ilc-al beyond It , for
Iiu. swarthy gold miner tbnt ho was. leaped
up In tbo pit and ilioutoJ : "Hy thunder ,
I'll go six ! "
Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
IVM.ITM VI , SMI * SHOTS.
1 otns\ilip i uurirr-Journal The Kentucky
Itrjan limMlntiH will flint that domocrntlo
roosters * ut > not iutdinl from rotti-n CKR .
Kaunas I'll } Jnurnnl Tlin llrynn orators
promUn the wmkhiKivmn chcapor dollars
nnil ItlKhor Iirovlnlons nnd clothliiKi tail ho
hat not yi't received nny Rtiaranty of higher
wngos. _
TimesHeraldVo < to not en-
election betting , but wo would llko
to wnRer rlRlU now Hint i\l llilsi time next
wtok the constitution of thr > United Stntcsi
nnil the Mlpirmo rotirt will be doliiK bunt *
nrss na usual at the n.iino old stand.
Detroit l-'reo 1'rens ! Kvcr notli-o It ? Kroo
silver papers pat on the back every rcpub-
Iran who conies out for llrjnn anil tell him
ho Is a 1'itrlot of purest ray ; but let a demo
crat make n peep of dissatisfaction with
the Chlcnitn platform ami ht > Is by them
put down ft plrato whom to see Is to shun.
Atlanta Journal ( llrynn ) : As answers to
Mr. Carlisle's Covlnglon speech tbeo In-
milts nnd as anlts ro iidte | llkoly to provo
t < fl > cll\e , but in n very illlTrrvnt way from
that Intended by their authors. Decent pco-
plo In Kentucky , regardless of Ibc-lr politics
or tlielr vlows on the. ciiru-ncy question ,
will resent this treatment of the ablest ana
most distinguished citizen of their state.
ri.snns or ITX.
C'hloaRO Upcnnl : "A woivmn Is so stupM
-she never U-nriiH how lo Hlmrpon a lentt-
pi-iiell. "
"Sho doesn't IIIUP toIf nb < > 's the least
bit coed looldiiK thi'ie'fl always a man
round. "
Soniprvllle Journal * . Solrnpp lolln ns that
11 tly lays more than u million OKI * * anil
yet she llnds plenty of lllno to bother the
luhl-hcMtU'il.
Cleveland 1'laln Dealer : "What have you
for drusert ? "
VooreUm tile , sth. "
" \Vhiit In thunder la coercion pie ? "
"It's the only kind \\o'vo sot , nnil. You'vo
got to taki that or KO without , sab. "
Washington Star : "Yob Icam't sot down
no IKi-il rule o" conduct In dlshor life , "
snltl Undo Kbrti. "Samson KOI Inter trou
ble 'case he done Rot 'la b'ah out , an' Ab
salem got Inter trouble 'CUSP IIP dldu' . "
IndlnnnpnlN Journal : Slip- Talk nbout
women tnlkln * ; ! If they nro nny worsu
limn you nuii arp whi-n tht'io In n enin-
linlgn , then t don't know n thing.
lle Unt you must bear In mind that wo
only get that way OIU-P In four yearn.
New York lli-rahl : Ulngo-llow li tbo
upvv cook doing ? Mrs. IIIiiRO Fplrndldly.
Why , nhc IIIIH only been here thri-p dii-,1 ,
nnd she can already ridemy wheel tiulto
nicely.
XPW York PrpHs : "Thill , " snM HIP frog ,
us IIP boltpil HIP yellow ilniRon llv , "miike.J
one moro goldbitg In our midst. "
riill.tdclphla North American : "You nro
charged with deliberately brcaklm * : thN
man'H window. " wld theJndiv. . "What
Imvo you to say ? " "I am Kiilltv. " monneil
the prisoner , "I did It pmposcly. Judge.
Plensp Hptul mo awnybcrc I will not
hoar those confounded political argument *
any moro. "
i
TIIH OOTIIAM film *
Town Tnlk.
Hod ns Ihn crimson hood slip wore-
Hlu > miiHhPil. llion Klsxoil him nt tbo iloor ,
HP thought hlmsolf In lurk -.0 win
So fair n malden ns Ignore ,
A girl who ne'er bad loved before.
I do declare It was a sin
To no dooi Ivo him. She bad been
Kntnigeil a dozen Union or more ;
And yet such was her nerve shu swore
That never nny beardoil ohln
Had touched hoichook. . It made mo
grin.
She- counts her roniinpslH ! > v tbo sooro ;
How can you toll such libs , Lonore ?
\ Scololi-Amcrlcilll'n Selllincnl ) * .
Mr. W. A. . W. Jopi of till * * city Ims ro-
prlvod a post.il card from a fifond. n Sooleh-
Amprlcnn , who Is visiting relatives In Ayro-
Hblrp , Scotland. On the card are thumb
nail etchings of McKlnloy and Holinrt. with
crossed American llag.s between The wilt-
ei's sentiments on the polllleal Is.-ucs nio
expressed In these lines :
Hurrah for MoKlnloy and Ilolrirt.
Intensely tbo foellims or Knlieri ,
Krom the bind of old Scotia I send thrin.
"Greetings and good liu-k attend them
Ifi to 1 l.i lint worth the trying ,
I'opoerntu will find 1 lioonu'i.niillryan. .
November . Oh , whut n cold shhcr
Kelt by the lot nailing Salt river.
T. S A. wants tlu' host as a nation.
Second to none rlnce the very cre.illon ;
Shout U aloud by millions all lolil-
Olvo ris the genuine st.tndard of gold.
Then with protection for many a yiar
1'oor trnile , lud times will soon illx.ipnrnr.
"Hurrah for republican * ) the land of the
free , "
Are the up-to-dalp sentiments of II. Vf. C.
AHIACTIVK : AND IX CUI3AT DH-
MAxn. so , TOO , Aim oru vnirra
SII1UTSYII1CII WIO Ol'AKAXTHH
TO KIT TO YOUK INDIVIDUAL
MKA8UUK AND TO IIH .IUST UIOIIT
IN TIIH LKNOTII OK Til 10 SLKHVISS ,
A DUTAIL THAT IS NOT ALWAYS
StIKKICIHNTLY COXSIDHKKD.
NKf'KWICAK OK TIIH .MOST 11HAU-
TIKUL COLONS AND DKSIGNS ,
Hl'CII AS KASII1ON DHTATHS KOU
THIS SHASON , LS 1JHHH IN UAHH
AND TASTHKITL I'ltOKUSlON.
UNDHH\VHAU THAT KITS AND IS
COMKOKTAIILK LS NOT ALWAYS
HASY TO ( JKT , WH JIAVI3 IT IX
A YAHIHTY OK WHICIITS AND
AVHAVHS AND IX ALL THU S1XHS
THAT MHX OK VARIOUS HIJILDS
MAY DHSIRH. HUT TMHRH ARH
MOUW TIIIXCH IN OUR. FURNISH-
INOS DHI ART.MINTTIIAX WE CAN
MENTION.
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