The Eugene City guard., October 10, 1896, Image 9

Sir mS lUar
-r-v INNY moved bin hotue nnd cab
; J 1 over near the di'pot, where the
X- people were pawing, and the
lloenian moved htm back again.
j -But I can't get free panse-tiger In
fyco wccks over mere, saiu winny.
-You can't get any passenger If we
keyour license away from you," auld
t policeman.
8o Pinny stood away from the mnd
Iwi crowd and crumbled, while the
ytrtii tossed hla nosebag luto the nlr
Hid tried for the last grain of ouin.
."ben he grew philosophical, though he
tiJ not abate lil anger, for he mild, at
a whipped his body with Ills hands:
'Well, I'm aglu tho alderman, ouy
w." The cold Increased an night cnme on,
u l pinny thought lens and less of the
ah business. Not that It was new to
jm. lie had driven for years, but a
Din may dislike eveu bla oldest habit,
lnd late at night be dropped Into Hen
icOrnw'a saloon to thaw out and
moke one final pipe before turning In.
leu was alone, and he offered to sell
he saloon to Pinny.
WhatTl you take?" asked the eali
nan as he rubbed the tobacco between
.li palm and warmed his back at the
ire.
"I-'ree and clear, $.'.00, or $200 and you
suiiie everything."
."I'll give you free hundred without
icumberance," (aid Dluny, a little
roud of the last word.
-Cash?"
No. Money."
I'll not do It." Mid Hen. "Make It
or hundred and I'll trade."
They settled at $350, and Pinny rum
taged around his clothe till he found
, fit) gold piece with which he bound
it bargain. Next day he sold his horse
ad cub to a countryman, and went
rer and stood on the depot side of the
jeet.
"I told you to stay on the other side
f the street," said the policeman.
"I'll stay where I like," said Pinny.
"I'll have the badge off u youl" de-
ared the ofllcer, aud be caught at the
pel. But Dlnny, secure lu a good suit
tf clothes, guiltless of obligation, aud
c ulllugly strong, reuialiiedunioved.
"I'll have the star off you, though,"
i.esald as he moved triumphantly away
from the diligent ofllcer. But, defeated
ss he was, that threat had little terror
for the policeman. He knew where he
Hood with the alderman.
Bunday evening Dlnny went up to
Carua ban's bouse, and carried a box of
candy for Mary. Somehow It seemed
the sweets lacked virtue, for Mary
Carnahan was less than hospitable In
her greeting. Dlnny wondered If he
had a rival. lie got ready to leave ear
lier than usual, when Mary, from
fores of habit, asked him what was his
hurry.
"I'm needln' the warinf of me over
coat," aU Dlnny. "This place la
chilly."
"It's no chillier than It ought to be,
Dlnny Mannlgau," suld the girl.
"And why?"
"People that keeps a saloonl"
"Oh. and If that, Is It?"
"Yes, If that."
"Well, a saloon-keeper with silk Is
ter than a cabman with calico."
Then he ain't, though," said Mary,
. r blue Irish eyes steady and uusmll-l-:r.
"Then I'll send around the man that
bought me out. He's a Reuben." For
Dlnny felt himself discredited, and,
vita a man's brutality, he lashed out
blindly.
"Do. I'm sure he'll be welcome."
But she repented In a moment, and
wat close to her lover, the eyes less
steady and the face flushed and red.
"An, Dlnny." she said, "why did you
Ivy It? Things were better before."
But he was not mollified. He had
tinted some of the sweets buT position
yielded, and he knew there were more
further on. He turned from the door
and would not look at the face .pressed
Taliist the window the face that
would have lighted ever so much If he
l-t J but turned with a smile.
The alderman came down Monday
r, omlng and told Pinny to support
I'jleshoffer as central committeeman.
"But I don't like him," said Pinny.
"I'm whettln' me hatchet for another
C 7"
"You'll put your hatchet In the Ice
' t and kape It there till I tell you to
' It out and then you'll use It ou
: or best friend if I toll you to." The
German was a very domineering fel
! f, and Dluny didn't know Just how
r he might care to go. That was the
'y limit It Is never a question how
r he can go, but how far he may
t- oose.
The alderman's son came around In
' afternoon, and Dlnny Interested
! aself In the study of heredity and
anomallee It Involved. The son
slender, tastefully dressed, with a
6 amoud which he did not lalxir to
'-ow, irud a watch which he treated as
common thing In spite of Its Jeweled
r t and Intricate monogram. He
'"ought a friend or two with him, and
; 7 seemed to like the quiet of Dlnnys
t ".ice and to be willing to pay for It.
Next day he cnme again, with an add
i companion or two, for he had no
ed of working. And when he came
third day he got quite chatty with
I'inny while waiting for his friends.
And Pinny learned he was laying pipes
fr the appointment of a certain man
' the Judgeship.
"lie's the son of his father, all right,"
Pinny a he rinsed the glasses aud
ndered If the Reuben had found a
buyer for the horse or bad driven It
out Into the country, where they both
Honged.
Quite a number of persons talked
with Dluny about supporting Sple
"3fer for committeeman, and he had
Brtt specially warmed to the alderman's
conceptions of his duty. So about non
man came In and told him the license
B M due. And he paid It and took a re
c which he found In half an hour
' the emanation of a weight un
1 n at the City Hall-one who had
k aore authority for collecting money
9 f
8
than he had for claiming t i... i,
D.nny met this genius at the depot in
ihcevenlug.hut the pollceim,,, wouldn't
arrest him, so Pinnv frll..u...i
"Ilier beat, and himself arrested him.
II ... .L . - .. n.i.ruil Ullll.
me aniermnn persuaded pinny not I"" man behind the bar. and then
to appear and prosecute wheu the case ''""'''I up everybody for a health to the
came up - the morning, aud he had to 1"""'. He rushed out and had a paint
pocket the loss ami grlu as If he enjoy-! r l''cornte a long banner, after the
eil It when the court told the prisoner nianner of n.eu when they buy an old
jo go. It was not specially consoling saloon, and In the evening shadows the
to Mill to lenrn later that the Mlow ' 1'alnter struug Its ulai-lug length along
vvaa quite valuable lu the service of , H1" 'u"'r walls. The large crowd w hich
tpleHlmffer, and wus an excellent man! K,v"' ""oh signals with glee came lu
at the primaries, uot to speak of his no-. "'' enjoyed the hospitality of the new
compllKhmeiits ou election day. owner. Hours passed, aud at 10
Then the brewer who had "backed" o'clock. Just after the aldermau's son
the saloon since the beglnulng of Itcit ! l'd l'''n lak.-n away In a cab by souiv
McC raw's reign sent word that Pluuy 1 of Ills dashing young friends, the bench
would have to look out for himself lu men of the aldermen came along, aud
the future, and the Iceman annoyed , they wrought their will with the place,
him with the statemeut that he could Not a policeman on the block heard
hnve no more crystal cubes from the the disturbance. Hut a crowd gather
I.aketon Company, aud when he told ! ed and saw the bottles broken, the tnlr
them to sit ou the Ice till he asked for ror shattered, the furniture wrecked
It, and went to the rival houses, ho : and the glasses strew n over the tloor lu
found them consumed with Inertia. I glittering confusion. The revelers grew
aud ne concluded they understood each j wanton In their success, and pushed
0I'"'r- one another through the windows, un-
Tne spirits man dropped down at a ; hinged a door and set It up a a gnug
most Inopportune time, and Just about I plauk from the bar to the pavement,
took nil the money Pinny had. and then ! And then they turned out the gas aud
the alderman's son came In and asked ' left-Just before the arrival of a Judl
Low was business. c0Us ofllcer, ho knew who was alder
"Ifa good." said Dlnny. "I make man of this ward aud who his friends
free hundred dollars a monf right I were, night or day.
c v,, U mh
"AND WHO
along now." And they fell Into better
fellowship.
"Do you know that Spleshoffer Is agin
you?" said Pluuy.
"How?" with a languid roll of the
body, as became a power.
"He's after the scalp of the man
you're trylu' to make Judge."
"No."
" tell you he do be after him."
"Then we'll have to kill Spleshoffer
off."
"You can't do It whllo I'm running
th place," ald the proprietor, with
a greut show of loyalty to his friends.
The alderman's son mode no reply, nut
he wns more pacific In his Intercourse
with Pluuy. He seemed to think this
was a man to cultivate or remove.
Through the window Pinny saw Mary
Carnnhnn go by; and sh looked at him,
but did not bow or smile.
In spite of the consolation it gave him
to plant the seeds of dissension be
tween father and son, Pinny's cup of
trouble was very nearly full. He could
only buy Ice by sending an express
wagon-nnd the money-after It.
Though he never defaulted a payment,
be was refused credit at the cigar
man's, and the other wholesalers In
formed him they understood he was
against the alderman.
That functionary came In one after
noon and asked Pluuy what he had
done to help SpleshofTer ou the com
mittee. "Not a turn," was the defiant reply.
That evening a new policeman came
on the beat, and he came lu and told
Pinny If he didn't quit running a dis
orderly house the doors would be closed
against him.
"And never a dhrunk nor a noisy man
In me place!" groaned Plnuy.
At midnight he escaped arrest by the
narrowest, for after he locked the place
and ww looking alout him another
officer came along and addressed him:
"Now, don't be standlu' around there
and drummlu' up customers. It's mid
night and time for you to go home."
To his great surprise Pinny simply
whistled, and went obediently down
the street.
Iu the morning the alderman's sn
came In rather early and lighted a ci
garette. "Wbat'U you take for the place, Pin
ny?" he asked.
"And whttt'll ye give?"
"Two hundred dollars."
Pluny calmly hammered a glass on
the bar till he broke It, and then as
calmly naked:
Ho you want to see me sales for the
past mont'-aud the ward agin me,
too'"
"Well, what Is the place worth to
your . .
"Oh, I'm Join' fairly well. I m goln
to be married prlslutly. It's a good
thing."
"I ll glre you l.'sO cash."
"You will not."
"Then name rour figure."
"The place Is not In the market, but
,.' you want to give me H.OipO you can
Un It and there's not a bill nor a
claim scln It."
They traded, Dlnny to get bis money
and give possession at 5 o'clock. At 4
me alderman eauie art.imd. a.vom
panle.1 by Mr. Hpleshoffer. and llicv or
dered a drink.
"Pinny, here It wid yon," said the
nldeiii.au ad Ires-in,. ,u Teutonic pr.v
lege.
"I may as . II be hon. at wl.l you
gentlemen." said Pinny, uiakhi.; a pre
tense of setting the h1hm." strait-lit.
"This lion,- will be tit Mr. Spies
lu.ffer In the worklu' to day."
"Thin I II probably al ,m you ns 1
wander home the avenlug." snld th
alderman, u hue affability aud brogue
both became exaggi-raii-l ns he grew
angry.
"And It's proud and pleased 1 11 be to
see you." said the late cub driver.
The alderman's sou u,is ttt gKHH H
hit u.i.'.l I i ... i... i - ii .
. '' '' l I" If LU' HIT. I It'
BOUGHT IT? '
In the morning the alderman came
along and noted the complacent figure
of Dlnny, sitting cross legged on the
floor of an express wagon across the
way. He also saw his son among the
fellows lu the wrecked saloon, and
noted that the heir of his house was Ju
bilantly disposed. He mistook It for the
cheer of vandalism, Instead of the stole
disregard of misfortune which marks
the youth of opulence, and he rather
gloried to know that his dilletiinte son
had blossomed Into anything so vigor
ous. He noted, too, the banner, on the
wall, and, deeply appreciating the qual
ity of what he supposed wns Pinny's
wit, turned to that gentleman anil
thought to be merry with him.
"So the house has changed hands,
has It?" he queried.
"It has that same."
"It looks It."
"It sure do."
"When did It change hands, Dlnny?"
"AlMiut Ave o'clock lust ulght, if I
mlghtly remlniber."
The alderman grew more serious.
Maybe he had not punished Dlnny af
ter all.
"And who bought It?"
"Your son down there," Indicating
the polished proprietor of the ruin.
"My son, Cornelius."
"No lens," suld Pinny, and uncurled
his legs from the bed of the express
wagon.
It was an even thing for the first
three minute. And after that the cab
man's activity prevailed over the alder
man's adipose tissue, and Pinny roso
victorious lu time to dive through the
crowd from the advancing policeman.
The alderman was hustled Into a drug
store, where a surgeon visited him, ami
hours after a carriage took him home.
In the afternoon Pinny and Mary
Carnahan went to the matinee and saw
Herr Spleshoffer staudlug across the
street, reading the sign:
1'bls Iiae-e Him Changed Hands.:
San Francisco I'oet.
IibtI' hair.
When "Beu" Wade, of Ohio, was the
presiding officer of the Senate, he used
ocvaslonally to call some Senator to
take the chair, and relieve himself by
walking np and doun In the lobby,
which runs back of the Senate cham
ber. Once, while thus walking, he
was overtaken by a certain carpet bag
Senator from one of the Southern
States, who occupied the Identical chair
that Jefferson Paris had ned while a
member of the Senate. Walking along
by the side of Wade, he rubU-d his
back wearily, and said: "rt'ade, these
Senate chair are the most uncomfort
able things I ever saw. My back U
positively blistered from sitting In
mine." Wade looked at hlrn for a mo
ment, and, a he turned away, mutter
ed: "Pa vis left enough brains lu the
seat of that chair to blister the backs
of two or three such men as you are."
When women make their love a bur
den, they need not expect men to aiit
lw
FAV0HITE AlUiUMKNT
(lolil Standard and Cltlllialleu a tha
hatluual Hlmalalllil Mrmt II.
One of the favorite argument of the
gold people, is that all ol the inure ad
vanced aud progressive usticus have
adopted the gold standard, while the
more backward uuet have clung to the
silver. This I) regarded as proving
the saperlorlty of gold as a medium of
exchange and ituudard for the payment
of debt.
If the highly civilized u.iticns had
placed thcmtclTcs upou the gold timid
srd by the combined slid nines ted
Judgment of their people (he argument
would have much force. If, further,
the people of those couutrio were now
united substantially lu lelieving that
gold inonotuctalliMU Is a good thing '.or
the greut body of the people the srgu
mrut would be alniont concluive. Hut
neither of tlu.e thing is true. In the
adoption of the gold lniulrd tho "peo
ple" of these "highly civilized" ns
lions had literally no voice; not only
this but in every oountry now upon
that standard it la conceded that tui-i-nes
conditions are bad, mid a tciy
large prop irtiou of the people ascribe
those erudition to the dcin.iiirtiz.it Ion
of silver. Iu Kuglaiid, in (ieruisny, in
France, in Austria, Italy, and in eveir
leading Kuiopean couutiy the feeling
a;aiuM the pold standard l intense,
and In every country ou earth the bent
economic thought of the age is opposed
to It lu the I'liited States theie csu
bo no question that lime-tenths of the
people are opposed to the gold stand
ard. Almost everybody is or claim t
be in favor of bimetallism, which is
itself equivalent to declaring that the
gold standard is not a true or desirable
one. Whether this country shall pro
ceed to set alouo or await the co-operation
cf other is about the only polut
of diftereuce, ami this quotiou is the
one great and overshadow tngj issue iu
the CHinpuigu now More us. Briefly
stated, the it-sue is this: Both parties
admit that the gold ttundard is sn in
jury to the country, and that bimetal
lism should be rentorcd. Hie one
ays, "Let us rektore it." The oilier
says, "No, we must wait for Interna
tional co-opt ration." Iu view of this
fact alone, which is indisputable, the
talk about gold being the money of
civilization, He, is the varies! drivel.
To this it may not be out of place
to add that from 1811) to 1645 Kuglaiid
was the only country in the world ou
the exclusive gold ituudard. In the
latter year I'ortugHl also adopted that
standard, aud these two couuti u s stood
alone until l71). So, according to this
"higher civilization" idea, Knglniid
must have been at the head of ciivlizcd
nations from 1810 to I ST J, while from
1854 to 1B73 I'urtugal was the second
highest. Could anything more com
pletely expose the preposterous charac
ter of the claim?
The general statemeut having been
made that the "people" had no vuiae
in establishing the gold standard, per
haps a glance at the steps by which
gold has supplanted silver ma not be
devoid of interest.
Wheu Uerat Britain iu 1810 for
mally proclaimed the gold standard,
but a very small proportion of the peo
ple of the L'uited Kingdom had any
representation in p.nliameut Tlio
chaugo whs made from gold and silver
together to gold alouo, mainly upou the
recommendation ut Lord Liverpool,
who thought that a standard of one
metal wus less liable to fluctuations
than a standard ooutwting of two.
Different couutiret had adopted differ
ent ratios which caused slight varia
tions iu the relative values. Besides
this, much of tho coin was iu bail con
dition, worn Hud clipped beWw 1' gal
weight. This made the riillerenoe
greater and at time involved losses of
some magnitude by weight. It was
claimed that these troubles aud losses
would be reduced to a minimum under
a single staudurd, and a gold had been
more largely used during the then re
cent years, that metul wa adopted.
It was believed that s L'ligliiuii was
the greatest commercial nation iu tho
world, gold representing mu.e value iu
a small compass would be better
metal for bur to use. But tha idci
that it was of steadier value than sil
ver, or that it wa peculiarly 111!
money of civilization wa never sug
gested so far a history discloses.
Moreover, at that time it made little
ubstautial difference, if any, whether
England used gold and silver or gold
alone. All the rest of the world was
employing silver a full legal value,
and the two metal were linked to
gether by the French coinage ratio of
15' ounces of ailver to 1 of gold.
Therefore, England could take what
gold she needed, without mateiially
affecting the finances of other coun
tries. If she got more than hut share
of gold the got less than her share of
nUer; aud, in fact, during the whole
period up to 1873 England had all the
benefits of bimetallism while using
gold in the conduct of her internal
trade. Ho, that even if tho matter had
been exhaustively considered by the
people of Ureal Britain as a body, it
would not prove that the gi Id stutidaid
is a good thing under the present con
dition. Wbiu I'ortugal wtut to the gold
standard in 18.r4 in was o small and
unimportant that It bad no appreciable
effect, and passed unnoticed.
But in 1871 (iermsny, having de
monetized gold in 1857, remonetized it
and stopped the coinage of full tender
silver. In July, 1873, that empire for
mally adopted the gold slanduid.
The reasons for this act have never
been tatisfactorily expluiued. It is
genearlly aupposed that it was iu part
owing to the desire of the great (iermail
financier to be in accord with Eng
land's monetary policy, and in part tho
result of s belief by them that silver
was about to become too plentiful, lu
1857 gold as demonetized for this latter
ressou. "(ireut financiers" are nearly
always afraid of "too much money"
and take good care that uo such calam
ity shall come if they can heldp It.
Whatever the motive, il 1 certain
that it was never fully considered or
iu probable effect understood by the
German people. A in the case of Eng
land' ction, it ss merely the work tf
the "Buaiiciers," who sbxid behind the
throne. I'p to that time the queiitii u
bad been msinly a technical one. The
action of England had not disturbed
the ratio between the two metals, and
the world wa full of men assuming
more or less knowledge of the ubjeci
who claimed, whether they believwl II
' or not. that the use of gold snd lilver
a mouey had no effect upon their
value. There are a few who pretend
to thflik so yet.
It was only such ni-n a Wolowr-U
aud Seyd, who had made a special
study of the subi.-ci, who foressw the
great t,m in the value of gold that was
the inevitable result of making that
metal the solo staudurd of so many
couutrii a
i In the I'nited Stito it ought to be
! well known that the question was
never publicly considered at all. HI
course, there are those who deny this
There are always some people to deny
anything. But if there wa any refer
ence to it iu ths press somebody ought
to bo able to produce a paper contain
ing it. If any public speaker diseinwd
it ou the roatruiu some person ought
to lie able to name the speaker mi I give
I the time aud place. If there was any
i debate in congress, some champion of
j the gold staudurd should bo able to
point out the puge of the CoiigiesKicnal
Kecord ou w hich it appear.
It is true that the bill revising the
' in in t law.wlilih droppel out the stand
ard dollar, was discmsed. Fioiu first
to last thero were many page of de
bate, but uot a single won! on this
; feature of the bill. John Jay Knox,
i formerly c uiptrollcr of the currency,
I ill hi lifetime admitted that he knew
it. Mr. bhermaii, by implication, at
leart, doe tho same. But it i to be
j gravely doubted if there is another
I American living who knew that such
, an act was iu contemplation.
At that tune neither gold nor silver
wa iu general circulation. Wo weie
living iu an una of paper money, and
the people were not thinking about
coiuage. They were loaded down with
au immense national war debt which,
together with the Kate aud municipal
debts, aggregated several thousand
million dollars, all of which wa to bo
ultimately paid iu coin. Without a
word of uotico a law wa p.issed
which, by indirection, demonetized
silver and thus viitually deprived the
American pimple of ouu-half the fund
out of which those enormous debts
oould be puid. I it reasonable to
suppose that any "highly civilized
people" would have goue deliberately
at woik to double the burden of these
cuoriuous debts? buoli a cour-e, how
ever creditable it might have beeu to
their gcueroxity, would have reflected
very severely upou their good oomuiuii
sense.
Just a oon as the ant became gen
erally kuowu a struggle began for the
remoiietization of silver, which strug
gle has continued until the present
day.
Now the great nias of American
voters are told that they must uot ro
pes! a law which has passed without
their knowledge, the consequiiece of
which they did uot understand aud
which is literally reducing them to
tliiauuial serfdom, because, forsooth,
gold i the money of civilized people,
while siher is the money of barbar
ians. It is very true that the richer na
tions have adopted the gold staudard,
but the question of civilization had
nolhing whatever to do with it. lu
the first place, England adopted it a a
mere matter of convenience; (luruiany
und the United State followed her ex
ample,. Wheu these mints were closed
and tlerinauy begun to sell off her sil
ver, France and tho other state of the
Latin L'niou took the alarm and limit
ed their silver coinage. This cuusud
silver tJ fall rapidly, or rather sent
gold on its skyward ooursu. Thus
the autiou of oue country ha iullu
euced the action of others, but iu aouie
case much against their will.
The demonetization of silver has
created condition w hich undoubtedly
give creditor nations, or, more prop
erly, the creditor classes, au advantage. I
.Money being constantly rising in value, j
they are enabled to onllect more ihau j
they have loaned. But their advau-1
tage is at the expeuso of the producers
anil debtors, w ho must sell their pro-
ducts for lcm aud lu.- and pay their j
debt with money that is worth more
aud more. 1
Creditor countries are the only ones .
that uau permanently maintain the gold i
standard. j
To illustrate: When England duds
herself struggling with a defloiuiiuy of
gold, she cull in her loan and draws;
from her debtor. Ibis she did on a
gigautiu scale at the time of the Bar-
ing failure in 181)0. When a debtor
country striving to maintain the gold !
staudurd finds it stis k of that metal
running low it must boirow more to
take it plaoe, aud it require uo argu- ;
uient to prove that borrowing cannot !
be continued indefinitely. There is
only one other alternative, and that is
to put prices down to bed rock and uu-1
dersell other oouutiica Eveu tliia is a I
very doubtful expedient, for the more
cheaply it sell the mure it must sell to !
realize- the same amount of mouey; ;
and the more it increases its i( s the
lower the prices must go. Thuawei
find that the poorer countries upon the
gold standard are only such iu name, I
their actual currency nsist ing of pa
per at a heavy discount. The reusuu '
is that tbey cannot get the gold.
Ho, instead of being the mouey of .
civilization, gold is the money of the
creditor classes of those who cun con
trol the supply.
If modem civilization require the !
maintenance of a monetary system ,
which compel the unfortunate debtor j
to meet bis obligation in money that ;
is more valuable than the money of the
contract that promises him nothing ,
but penury a a reward for hi loll,
leaving him hopeless and uuueived for
life' great battle the sooner lucb a
civilization 1 replaced by oue baaed
upon the principles of honesty and
fair dealing, the bettor it will be for
the cause of humnatiy throughout the
world.
M' st of the Methialistconferencf S are
voting by heavy majorities in fivorcf
the admission of women as lay dele
gate to the general conference. Bishop
Vincent and Dr. Buckley are fighting
the inevitable. The battle myul will
take place at the general coiiferenco iu
Mar, nnd all the pnperts are that it
will b decidi d in f.ivur of tho women.
Bostiju Woman's Journal.
Th IUIU nf Color.
Weddiiig ceremonial a well as tho
"sinister pageant of death" have taken
on much of odor. Bridul whilo applies
now only Vi the bride herself, and orca
ioually not even to her. Tho decora
tions of the room ami church and the
gowning of the bride's attendant are
mre Ui show a riot of odor, the one tone
heme having b wi d -olajeU monotonous.-
-Xevr Yurk Times.
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bf Ilia I'niiiiiiltt Inrurailtig linn
nf HI. Nuniluailon.
The following li s copy of the notifi
cation to Mr. Bryan by the I'opullst
party:
Hon. William J. Bryan, Lincoln,
Neb Dear Sir: At a convention of
th I'eiple's party held at St. Louis
from July 3 to 25 of the current year
you were uuaniuiously iioid mated for
president of the l'uited State to be
voted for at the approaching elections.
Il wss known at the time that you had
been liuiniuated by the Democratic
party at it convention held iu Chicago
a few day before that time, aud that
you would iu all probability accept the
sine iu a formal manner. Your nomi
nation by the I'eople'i party wa uot
therefore made with any thought that
you were a 1'opulist or that you accept
ed all the doctrine deelaied by the St.
La' u is platform. It wa due Urc!y to
the fact that the money qucslioti is the
ovfi Jjadow nig political issue of the
age and because you have at all times
beeu an uuswerviug, able and feat le
advocate of the free aud unlimited
coluaga of silver and gold on terms of
quality at the mints of tho l'uited
State at the ratio of 1H to I. It wsi
thought also that the observance of a
patriotic duty required a union of all
refoim forces, ami the uonveutiou took
the liberty, without soliciting or con
lulling you, of placing your uams be
fore the people a it stsudard bearer.
The convention wa. iu doing so, guid
ed by deep solicitude for the coiumou
welfare and acting on it own motion,
prompted alone by a desire to bring
about the best attuiuable result, ho
much ha beeu laid respecting the re
habilitation of silver by agaiu placing
it in our coinage act in the position it
occupied wheu stealthily demonetized
by the act of 1873 that it would be idle
for u to discus the question. You
will observe by the closing language of
the St. Louis platform that the conven
tion recoguized the money question a
the great isiue of the day, and because
1'opulist beliova that you are in auooid
with them ou tblsqnostiou you will re
ceive their ballot iu November.
It ha at no time beeu expected, nor
i it now, that you will abandon your
adhoiou to the Chicago platform, nor
that yuu will accept all that 1 declared
in tl.e t'eople'a party platform, how
ever gratifying the latter would be to
all 1'opulist. It must be understood
thsl the party doe not abate oue lot or
title of loyalty to iu principle. We
huve declared ourselve lu favor of
many impoitsnt reform which are, in
our judgment, essential to the libera
tion of tho people from present uu
just and iniquitous industrial bondage,
lu accordance with precedent of our
party, we take this method of notifying
you of your nomluatiou. We shall not
end a oouimtttee, according to old
party ouatom. lu scud ing this letter
of uotlflcstloii of the great bouoi that
bus lueu so justly conferred un you by
our party, it i needles for u to assuro
you that you have the confidence and
esteem of all. Your splendid sbill
tie, knowu integrity, oompeteucy aud
eruinrnt titueti for the position justly
entitle, you to a high rank among the
great statesmen of the nation. We
feel that !u the evrut of your election,
which uow seems certain, that you will
carry into execution the principle of
monetary reform to the end. that tho
people shall enjoy better Industrial oon
ditloua. It la uot anticipated that this
cau he done with undue haste or o sud
denly a to wrench or disjoint the busi
ness interests of the oountry, but that
it w ill be done trraduslh and In a way
to infuse confidence and bop of better
conditions for all.
The I'cople party will exact of you
no promise further than those made
lu your public utterance aud exempli
fied in a life devoted to the welfare of
tho race, nor will it ask you to aban
don the party of which you are au hon
ored member. In your nomination
our party ba risen above mere partisan
surroundings, adopting a high plane of
patriotism, believing that a division of
force would remit in the selection of
William McKinley, tho foremost advo
cate of a deeply burdensome aud on
natural taxation aud the criminal
policy of tho single gold standard, re
sulting ultimately, if out in some man
ner cheeked, lu the complete destruc
tion aud disintegration of our form of
government
Your elevatiou to the chief magi
tracy of the uatlon would be regarded
a a vindication of ths right of the
people to govern, aud we entertain no
doubt that you will prove a worthy
luocessor of the I minor is 1 Jefferson and
Lincoln, aud that your public life, like
their, will Illustrate the purity and
loftiness of Amerioan atateaumnship.
Your extensive and intimate knowl
edge of public affair aud the duties
the office will Impose, gained In a life
that hai la-en devoted to upholding the
oause of the people, ai well a your
keen insight into the condition of the
cuutry, in your judgment highly
qualified you to bring about a change
In a way that will work injury to
none and justice to all, thus making
our government in fact, a it is now In
form only, a government "of, by and
for the people. "
The document is signed by William
Vincent Allen as chairman and the
other members of the committee.
Thomas K Walaon Nollfl.d.
The following Is the letter sent by
Senator Butler of North Carolina, the
chairman of the i'opullst execotiv
committee, to Thomas E. Watson of
Georgia, notifying him of his nomina
tion a candidate for vice-president by
the I'opullst national convention:
Headquarter People's l'rty Nation
al Executive Committee, Washington,
D. C, Hepl 18. 18w- Thoma E.
Watson, Thornton, J. Dear Sir:
Hucb i our form of government that
the citizeut of the United State must
shape It course for good or evil
through the ageucy of political parlies.
Wheu there is no political party thst
represents the principle of good gov
ernment, no party that (land for the
right and Interests of the laborer, wealth
producers and all wbu strive to make
an bones! living by fair aud legitimate
mani, then It la Impossible for the
msjorlty of the voten to express their
will at the ballot box.
When ill the political parties stand
for the selfish Interest and peraonal
greed of money changer, corporation,
iraaia and niououolie. a does th Re
publican party under ths leadership of
John Sherman aud the Democratic
party under the leaderahlp of Grover
Cleveland, great producing masses are
victim without an alternative To
withhold their votes will furnish them
no relief, while to rail their vote for
either party is to smition their own
spoliation aud to strengthen the power
that oppresses them.
This wa the political situation in
1SUJ, wheu iteru neceasity forced or
ganized labor, the orgauised wealth
producer, and other who believe in
good government and were engaged in
legitimate business interests, tu meet
and furm a new political organization
known as the l'oople'i party.
The letter then refers to tbe nomina
tion of Mr Brayn by the Democrat
and says the I'eople's party at it sec
ond national convention recognized In
him a man who stands In the broadest
and truest sense for American institu
tion aud American principle. It
then continues:
The Democratic and Republican par
tic no longer represeut the principle
upou which they were founded. Both
have betmyed tbe people aud have leg
islated in the interest of bankers,
peculators, boudholuer and monopo
lists, thus euabliug the favored few to
absorb the millions of property earued
aud created by the toiling uiaaato.
The I'ecple's party was the flsrt po
litical party organization iu tweuty
three jean that made an honest de
mand for the free aud unrestricted
coinage of stiver. The I'eople's party
was th flsrt political organization to
make defluite aud specific- what is
meant by opposition to monopolies iu
tead of indulging in glittering gen
eralities. Ho successfully baa It ex
posed tho shortcomings of tbe two old
parties that one of these old parties bas
been forced t ) retrace its erring steps
aud oast off, for the time being at least,
its buso aud treacherous leader. It
wa the l'eople' party that brought
the all-important and over shadowing
question of llnauulal reform to the
front.
Thus the Democratic party, so long
debauched and now divided, a party
beset from without and within by the
gold monopoly Democrat, -who are
plottiug to again control It, cannot be
relied upou to oarry out these reforms
of the I'eople's party aud to reatoie
prosperity to the Amerioan people.
Therefore there wa uover greater ueed
for the continued sxlsteuoe and vigor
ou growth of our party than uow.
If the Democratic party had been
true to the people and it own platform
iu it selection of a candidate for vice
preaiduut, we would nut now have the
honor of addressing you, oue of the
worthiest and most beloved sous of the
l'eople' party, in this official oapaolty,
for in that event the I'eople's party
would have uunilnated the whole Dem
ocratic ticket by even a larger majority
than it nominated Mr. Bryan. But
such wss nut the case. It seems that
the party was not able to purge itself
of it modern hereutea, out off its plu
tocratic leaders aud st tbe same time
It nominated Mr. Bryan give hint a
running mate who bad earued in the
arena of action, contending against the
foes of tbe republlo, the affection, con
fidence and trust of the masses of our
peoplo, a had Mr. Bryaa himself. Had
it nominated a man for the vioe-presi-dency
who was known to Americans as
a chieftain aud a leader in defense of
the toiler aud producer of the laud,
one who by the use of voice, pen and
mean had endeared himself to the
American people one with a past not
obioured in silence mggeitlve of either
Ignorance or Indifference to the strug
gles of the people with tbe money
power, the occasion of this communica
tion to your worthy self would not hav
occurred.
The I'eople's party, true to it prin
ciple aud true to it teachings, nomi
nated to the high office of vioe-presi-dent
a man worthy tu have headed the
ticket, a man wbo represents what Mr.
Brayn repreiout, aud therefore, pre
sents tu the people Unlay in the persous
of Bryan aud Watson the best silver
ticket iu tbe field a ticket wore repre
sentative of American iutorests than
any other, a ticket that stsuda for just
the opposite to that for which the Re
publican ticket staud.
If the people win this tight for finan
cial reform it must be accomplished by
the oo-opeartiou of the silver force of
all political partle. To leuure auub
co-operation of the different partlei il
la necessary to have a oo-operation
ticket. Thereforo, Bryan and Watson
i not only the beat silver tioket, but
it i alio the true co-operative ticket.
We have tbe honor, repieaeuting the
ecoud national convention of tbe Peo
ple's party, to formally notify you of
your nomination for vioe-preaideut of
tbe United State and hope yon will
accept tbe high trust aud oariy our
banner of "equal rights to all and
peolal privilege to none" to victory
gainst the oomblued unions of special
privilege, aggregated capital and or
ganized greed.
We bare the honor to be your moil
respectfully,
MARION BUTLER,
Chairman ex-otHclo for notification
committee.
A Quoca's nobby.
Qwes-u Auielio of Portugal, to the
groat Uolight of the king aud her court,
has discontinued experimenting on them
medically, lu order to thoroughly study
thu Roentgen light, and now hrr maj
esty spends her time in photographing
King Carlo and their attendant in
order to discover what their skeleton
are like. The queen, a is well known,
has during the lust two years devoted
herself to the study of medicine, and
him shown herself a very apt pupil, but
unfortunately her majesty is too ru
thiMiaatio lu the pursuit of medical sci
ence, aud by her experiments has re
duced some of her ladies lu waiting al
niiwt to death's door. Now tlnN the
queen has a new bobby the Portuguese
court rejoices, especially the kiug, as
the queen was alway Insisting open his
trying new method discovered by her
self for reducing1 his growing' corpu
lency. It is even said perhaps mali
ciously thut in consequence of the
king's gratitude to IWntgcn, tho pro
feasor la to be iuvited to the court at
Lisbon, and will receive a high order
for his discovery. Londou Letter.
CImut Air,
The air is rleur at Ar qnlpa, Peru.
From ths filasvrvatory at that place,
8.0A0 feet above the st a, a blivrk spot,
ouo inch in diameter placed on a white
disk hna beeu seen ou Mount Char
ctuuii, a distance of 11 uilua, through
k 18 Inc h tciesevtbe.