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About The Dalles times-mountaineer. (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1896)
T . , . - 1 ISSUED EVEUY SATUIiDAY . BY " Jl. DOUTHIT, FibUlr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. DAILY On Year, by mail Six Months Tbre Moonth fO.OO 3.00 1.60 One Year, by mail... .V:, 11.80 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance. BATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 1896 A CLAP-TBAP POLITICIAN. If anyone ever had a doubt that the Hon. John H. Mitchell was a dema - gogue and a clap-trap politician, he had only to Us ten to the speech the senator delivered in this city last night. : The first position of importance the senator took was that all the pros perity ever known in the United - States was the result of the protective policy of ;,the republican party, which Mtlmlnntiul fn tlltt - fin fHt.m ATI t. ftf t.hf McKinley tarin law oi low. xneseu ' otii unrlnrttiok to Tirove this DOsitioh " bY.compannjf ine prosperity oi with the depression oi loaj. ne now that the country was unusually pros' ,v ' "perbus " under republican legislation dnring the last year of Presiden Har rison's administration, but during the year 1893, under democratic legishv " tion, banks failed, lactones suspenaeo . . ...-a 3 3 and business , eenerally -. was dis turbed. ' . Such assertions as these might be excused if coming from a country ' Ttatafncrar. but when cominfi? from a man who was in the United States senate during the times referred to, ' cannot be excused. Senator Mitchell, . .. sb 'vol 1 na a! 1 voh n riAvn finv knowledce "!" of passing events, know, that there -, ' -ajaa nn nhnnrra In t.ViA tariff nolicies cf the government in 1893, and that dur ing tnat year tne disastrous results wawa n A .V . nTao law Tto the house to the senate on March 20, 1894,. and was not reported on by the 2,1884. After the bill was passed no 1, 1894, and the law did not go into full effect until 7an. 1, 1895. There fore the assertion of Senator Mitchell buau bUO roBUin una 11 vuiucuivt bviv tug islation is wholly without foundation, and is the machination only of a clap trap politician. n ,. , a , , , . senator jmtcneu ana an nis neat-era - know that the only general legislation enacted by congress in 1893 was the repeal of the Snerman silver purchas ing act by the special session, the last blow to silver, in short the act that fryisilr biIvaf nut. nf Mia maflrAt.a In t.h United States, either as a commercial commodity or a money. " So the sena tor's position that tariff legislation was the cause of the depressions dur ing 1993 were about as ridiculous as . , x . i T-1 i vi. : . Ilia abbempb w wiauiibu uia uuusiair ency upon the money question. If his argument proved anything as being -i the cause of the panic of 1893, it was the repeal of the Sherman law. since 1 that was the only legislation enacted by congress in that year. When Mr. Mitchell took up the money question he proved to be as .' much at sea as he was on the question of tariff. He reiterated hU statement of last January that it was as impos - . sible to get an international agree ' ment as it was to build a railroad to Mars, under the circumstances that existed at that time, because Presi- ident Cleveland was a monometalist, and would repel any attempt at an International agreement. isue Mr. ., . .Mitchell held an international agree ment would - be reached in a short time after Mr. McKlnley should be : inaugurated as president, because the English house of commons had last March passed two resolutions favor- . ing bimetalism. What "wonderful" power is this to change the mind of such a man as Senator Mitchell! He ; ." ought to remember that the house of canunons passed the Irish home rule bill, but the house of lords failed to 'concur, and that there is as much . probability of the English, parliament favoring a law looking to an inter national agreement for bimetalism as there is of their granting home rule to ; Ireland. . . , The senator's interpretation of the financial plank of the St. Louis plat . form was fully as weak as the defense of his position on the money question. v He tried to twist the wording of the platform Ground so as to show that it favored the free coinage of silver, but : was forced to acknowledge that it de clared for a gold standard until such a time as England and other leading na- " tlons should acq uiess in the agreement, refuting all his past arguments to the effect that independent action for bi metalism is the only method by which . .. international bimetalism can be secur ed.' The entire effort of Senator Mit - cheli was that of one who is desirous of getting his party into office, no matter at what sacrifice. A QUESTION OF AUTHOBITT . The Dalles Chronicle puts itself on record as beine pretty high authority in matters of history, and gives i the -. lie td Mr. Hooper, who was chairman . of the committee on weights and rneas - ures of the house in 1873, and says "Ernest Sevd was not in this conn tv at any time after 1870: he was never before the committee." The Congressional Record, April 9, p. 2034, records Mr. Hooper as saying "Ernest Seyd, of London, a distin guished writer and bullionist, who is now here and has given great atten tion to the subject of mints and coin age, after examining the first draft of this bill, made various sensible sug gestions, which the committee adopted and embodied in this bill." Now, we submit the question, was . Mr. Hooper more competent to judge whether Mr. Seyd was in the United States . in 1873, or the editor of the Chronicle, who evidently was not in the national capitol at that time? Mr, Hooper, as chairman of the house committee on weights and measures, bad charge of the bill which demon' etized silver in 1873, hence is probably ' better authority on the whereabouts of Mr. Seyd at that time than tha editor of the Chronicle, who per chance was at that date a student in some juvenile school. Mr. Hooper said Seyd was here and appeared before the house com mittee. The Chronicle says this is an "old lie," well if it is, Mr. Hooper was an airfnl liar and we submit to the reader. . who is to be credited for veracity, Mr. Hooper or the editor of the Chronicl? In substantiation of Mr. Hooper's po sition, the Bankers' Gazette came in and said: "In 1872 silver was being demonetized in France, Germany, Eng- land and Holland, a capital of 100,000 iras raised and Ernest Seyd of London was sent to this country with this fund as the agent of the foreign bond hold' ers and capitalists to effect the same object, which was successful. 'i'his.The Dalles Chrouicle 9ays never appeared in tbo Bankers' Gazette. If it did not, the S. F. Chronicle of August 5, 1893, is guilty of making flag rant missquotation, so the question of authority again arises. Did the S. F. Chronicle of that date willfully lie, or has The Dalles Chronicle made a mis3 representation? To satisfy the readers we would invite -their attention to the fact that The Dalles Chronicle fails to quote any authority for its statements that Mr. Seyd was not in American in 1873, while, we put in evidence Mr, Hooper and . the Banker's Gazette. Which is the best authority? " IB THIS TBAITOBUSt In his speech delivered in The Dalles, Senator Mitchell took special exception to the following plank in the Chicago platform: "We-donounce the arbitrary inter ference by federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of tho constitu tion of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and we espec ially object to government by injunc tion as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which federal judges,' in contempt of the laws of the states and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges snd execution ers, and we approve the bill passed by the last session of the United States senate and now pending in the house of representatives, . relative to con tempts in federal courts and providing trials by jury in certain cases of con tempt."- . - This plank, Mr. Mitchell held to be traitorous and dangerous to the free institutions 'of the country, because it savored of the old democratic doctrine of state rierhts. However he did not refer to the clause in the constitution which provides that no person shall be convicted of crime except he be tried bv a jury, nor did he refer to the cir cumstance which called for this plank in the platform. Had', he. shown that certain members of-: the American Railway Union had rboen imprisoned for contempt of court' by the federal courts without trial' by jury, which any fair minded man would acknowl edge was a violation of the federal con stitution, he could have discovered little foundation for holding the plank to be treasonous or anything, short of a fair declaration that the rights of the poor as well as the rich must be recog nized by the courts. If this declaration of the Chicago platform is treasonous, we want to be called a traitor to our country. ' If a party or an individual becomes a traitor for demanding that no one shall be imprisoned withouo a fair trial before jury of his peers, then it is more acceptable to be termed a traitor than a patriot. If it is traitorous to con demn the acts of the federal courts in superceding the authority of states in local affairs and demand that viola tions of state laws shall be adjudicated n state courts, then it will bean honor to every true American citizen to be called a traitor. The safeguard to American liberty is the right of trial by jury, and when ever or wherever it is refused either by state of federal courts, the rights and privileges of American independence , are threatened. This the federal counts did in the case referred to, which was the cause that called for the declara tion in the Chicago platform to which Mr. Mitchell objects and dubs as in cendiary. In our opinion it to one of the most patriotic declarations of the platform, and if all other planks were alone to win the support of a liberty loving people ASHORE FOR ABGVMEST. The Salem Stateauan, whose editor lives near the state insane asylum in the capital city, propounds the ques tion: "Is Bryan insane?" and then goes on in an attempt to prove that he is in these words: "G. Wilfrel Pierce, of Philadelphia, who is an expert upon the subjects, be lieves he is. He writes a public letter, dated September 22, in which he de clares: It i the opinion of several eminent specialists in the treatment of brain disorders that Candidate Bryan is mentally diseased. One of the greatest medical experts in Philadel phia attended the Bryan meeting at the Academy of Music this evening for the express purpose of studying Bry.vn when speaking to ah audience. After the close of the meeting,, he gave it as his opinion that Bryan is suffering from the same mental disorder which afflicted George K. Fox, the famous Humpty Dumpty, and the lamented tragedian, John McCulloch. Mr. Bryan's condition mentally . and physically, is so pitiable that his managers are thinking of cancelling nis engagements, wnerever be goes the people who hear him go away con vinced that he is an unfit person for any public office. An examination of Mr. Bryan by any of the eminent brain specialists of New York would, if made public, send him into private life." What do the people thins: of this at tempt? Does it not show thit the op position are poverty stricken in ar gument and have to resort to ridicule, abuse and misrepresentation of a man whom they have faiied to pull down in the estimation of the people in any other way? However, it is natural for a newspaper of the Statesman's calibre, the editor thereof being more or less nnder the influence of an environ ment affected by the proximity of an institution for the insane, to use this kind of an argument in that kind of a paper id a cause that should not be of that kind. The Oregonian gloats over the mis fortune which overtook East Portland Sunday morning in the fire that occurred on the East side, in a section where fires have always proven dis astrous, and cites the fact that Sunday morning's fire is an evidence that Bryan should not be elected president. In its news columns the Oreconian says the loss was $20,500, while editori ally it put the loss at, 39,000, but adds it might have been $900,000, and ought to bave said that amount of loss would have pleased the Oregonian greatly since it has been endeavoring to en. courage fire bugs to apply the torch to the city. It must be soothing to workingmen to read that J. Pierpont Morgan, the American agent of the Rothschilds, appeared before the platform commit tee of the republican party at St. Lou is, and in reference to the money nlank adopted said it "would be satisfactory to our friends on the other side." The aforesaid workingmen ought to fall over tnemseives to vote for a party which drew up Its platform to suit tha goldbugs of London. Sledge-Ham ner. TALK IS CHEAP, - Tho program of . the republican managers seems to be to creaw en thusiasts fortheir candidate by claim ing everything in sight, declaring that the Bryan party has given up hopes, and is carrying on the cam paign only for the purpose of show and the hope of retaining party organiza tion. A sample of their tactics is found in a report telegraphed from Omaha to the New York World, which says ex-Senator Manderson has re ceived information from Washington, an estimate made by the democratic managers at Washington, in which they concede McKiuley's election by an overwhelming majority; giving him 238 certain votes in the electoral college, and claiming only 96 certain votes for Bryan. This concession purports to have been made on Sept. 27, but the absurdity of the claim is re futed by the circular sent out from headquarters at Chicago on Sapt. 30, which claims 317 of the electoral vote for Bryan. This circular says: According to those in charge of the Democratic National headquarters, the close oi Sept. finds matters in a most satisfactory condition. They de clare that the cause of Bryan and free silver has received a marked impetus during the past ten days. Kansas is claimed for the silver forces by 50,000 majority and Kentucky by 30,000. Fusion has befn accomplished id Michigan, which it is claimed will give that state to the Bryan electors by a large majority. The democratic man agers say a poll by tho republicans gives Nebraska to Bryan by 25,000. I Iowa is claimed byover 30,000. Missouri j by from 50,000 to 75.000, and Illinois by 40,000 outside of Chicago, and 25,000 in Cook county. The following states are claimed as absolutely certain for Bryan: ...... Alabama. ....'l.'.lllNorth Dakota... 3 Arkansas 8;Oregon California 9 Colorado 4 South Dakota... 4 South Carolina.. 9 Florida 4 Teneessee 12 Taxss ...15 Georgia 13 Idaho o Kansas 10 Kentucky .. 13 Louisiana.. Mississippi 9 Utah.-. 3 Virginia .'. 12 Delaware.. 3 8 9 Maryland .. Minnesota . Michigan .'. Iowa Illinois.... Indiana..., Missouri ..1 .14 .13 Montana 3 Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 .24 ..15 North Carolina. .1 Ohio .23 Total .317 Electoral votes WABFINQ THE PL A TFOBM. Not only at The Dalles, but at every point where he has spoken thus far, Senator Mitchell has entered into a labored endeavor to warp the St. Lou is platform so shat it will be consistent with his oft-repeated expressions on the money question. He frankly ac knowledges that his mission in .this campaign is to win the republicans, who believe with him that prosperity of the country cannot be restored un til the restrictions to silver coinage are removed, to support Major McKinley for president on an avowed gold standard platform. In his efforts in this direc tion Mr. Mitchell interprets the dec laration of the platform which says "we are opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agree ment with the leading commercial na tions, and until such agreement can be obtained, the existing gold standard miiflt hA nrftSArvftfl." tn mpan that his party ia favorable to the free coinage of silver. . The senator ccrtainlv makes a labor ious effort to.warp this plank in the St. Louis platform, but it stubbornly re fuses to bend. In . plain words it says the republican party favors the pres ent gold standard until such a time as . i ! v. ; i : . - . i : i to warp it are without avail. lie can not make black appear white, nor can he make these declarations mean any thing but what they really are. Net ther the platform nor the candidate are susceptible of misinterpretation, on this subject. Both are for a si ogle gold standard, and if they shall prevail on November 3d, America can expect nothing but a' gold standard during the coming four years, even though such high authority as Senator Mitch ell says otherwise. "Let it be once established that our monetary standard is not to be chane ed, and we will, in my judgment, enter upon a better state of prosperity. said Major McKinley in a speech de livered on Sept. 30. This is hardly in keeping with Senator Mitchell's state ment, in The Dalles on October 2, that with McKinley for president our mints will he soon opened to the free coinage of silver, through an international agreement, and our monetary system changed -from a gold to a bimetalic standard. . One by one the senator's arguments fall to the ground. The republican campaign committee, in assigning speakers to different parts of the state seems to have overlooked The Dalles Evidently they concede this place is solid for Bryan, nevertheless the people here would be pleased to hear the other side of the question dis cussed, "" ' - 2 HE MONEY QUESTION FIRST. There are thousands of republican voters who honestly believe the free and unrestricted coinage of silver would be beneficial to the government and conducive to -prosperity, yet they are strong advocates of a protective policy, hence will support the regular nominees of the St, Louis convention, believing protection tne paramount issue. In this they are misguided. There is an impassable barrier to tar iff legislation until the money question is settled favorably to silver. While politicians are endeavoring to con vince free silver republican voters that the tariff issue can be made of impor tance in this campaign, they know it is impossible, and the people are be ginning to recognize thit fact. It is beyond question that the senate will absolutely prevent any such tariff legislation as will be satisfactory to Mr. McKinley. This the politicians know full well, and they know more. They know that unless they give free coinage of silver to the silver re publican senators, who pledged them selves to the cause of silver in the last session, that no tariff revision on McKinley lines can be had during the next four years. AH the changes that can be made in the senate within four years to come will not give a majority by which they can pass such a tariff law as they claim to be battling for, that does not Carry with it a provision for the free coinage of silver. The money question must be settled before sny other can be acted upon, and since the silver men have a majority in the senate it must be set tled their way before any other re medial legislation can occur. .What folly it would bo then to elect a presi dent, who by his party declarations, is bound to oppose any measure that will be possible to pass through the senate looking toward the relief of the tress ury or the people. The silver repub licans Who are still strong protection ists are certainly standing in their own light when they endeavor to make the tariff any part of the issue in this cam paign, for the money question must first bo settled, then such tariff legis lation as may be beneficial can receive consideration at the hands of corgress. A&OTIIEIi FALSE POSITION "These silver-ring people plead poverty. They havo reduced miners' wages from $3.50 per day to 83, and in most cases to $2.50 per day, while de claring dividends by scores of millions. Yet they ask the workingmen ot the country to help them with votes to double their dividends and take the difference out of the wages of all the people who work. "For this is precisely what their pres ent free-coinage demand amounts to. These multi-millionaire monopolists have already forced the government to pay them $464,000,000 for silver bullion now worth in tho market only 8318, 000,000 in other word?, to pay (hem a bonus of $146,000,000 on a business al ready enormously profitable. Every dollar of this exaction has been taken out of the earnings of the people, for every dollar of it has been paid out of the proceeds of taxation." The above was printed in the Ore gocian and credited to the New York World, but it is hardly probable that such an expression ever was uttered by the World, for that paper ordinarily confines itself to facts, and is not given to such fallacious statements. ' Not one dollar has ever been exacted from the people to pay for silver bullion either under the Bland-Allison or the Sherman law. Under the former a certain amount of silver was taken to the mints and coined each month, the coined money being given in exchange for the bullion. Under the Sherman law certificates were issued against the bullion and were given in exchange for it as it was presented at the rate of 4.500.000 ounces . per month. Under the provisions of that law the - govern ment became the purchaser of silver bullion it is true, but it never paid for a single ounce out of tho pro-eeds of taxation For every silver certificate issued it took in and has today a cor responding amount of silver either coin or bullion. The above statement how ever, is a sample of the misrepresenta tions the gold press resorts to, which when investigated prove false on their face. IS EBYAJi CBAZT? The McKinley press has been devote ing considerable time and space to questioning the sanity of Mr. Bryan, hoping thereby to break down a man whO:e arguments they have been un able to meet. To refute their sallies upon bis mental condition one has but to consider the campaign he is con ducting and the strain, both mental and physical, he has undergone without showing any signs whatever of break ing down. In his campaign so far, the English practice of heckling that is, catechising the speaker and trying to stump him with questions has been tried by Mr. Bryan's audiences, but he has been found with a ready answer on every occasion. Under this fire of questions Mr. Bryan has shown himself exceptionally apt and convincing in his replies. But this realiness of retort is only one of the proofs of the activity of bis mind that marks him as a most extraordin ary man. When his age and ex perience are considered and the fact that he has been going almost continually since the Chicago convene tion, making from two to a dozen speeches a day, one is astonished at his ability, versatility, resources and endurance, and instead of considering bim insane, rather wonders at tbo power and predominance of bis sanity. People who sit at home and read his tailing utterances do not half realize the tremendous strain of mind and body which is required to stand up un der such an ordeal. When the curtain falls on the great political dram on the evening of tbo 3d of next month, Mr. Bryan will have closed one of the greatest and most remarkable cam paigns ever known, and he will have gained the reputation of being one of the sanest men in the nation. , . - , CALLED THEIR BLUFF. The bluff which L. B. Cox and C, E. S. Wood undertook to run on Secre tary of State Kincaid. to prevent him from certifying to the nomination of the Bryan electors in this state, was promptly called by Mr. Kiucaid, des pite the opinion rendered by the at torney-general,- and the voters of Oregon will, have an opportunity to 1 express their choice for president. The atteaict- of Messrs. Cox and Wood to prevent the printing of the names of the Bryan electors on the official ballots in Oregon was about as highhanded a piece of chcianery as has ever been attempted in the state, and Mr. Kincaid's action is a just re buke to their cheap pettifoggery. In their so-called injunction proceedings they sought to deprive many of the voters of Oregon of their right of suffrage, and a free expression of choice for the president of the United States, but their bluff failed to win. When tho supporters of McKinley (and Messrs. Cox and Wood are noth ing less than McKinley followers, al though they pose as ''national demo crats, but will not vote for Palmer, notwithstanding Mr. Cox is one of the Palmer electors) are compelled to re sort to such technicalities' as these gen tlemen have to carry the state for their champions it begins to look as if all arguments on their side of. the ques tion had failed and they were, willing to resort to any means, no matter how low, in order to capture the vote of Oregon for the man of their choice. LA W DOES Gl VE VA L UES. The fundamental error of Bryanism is the belief or contention that value san be given to money by law. So far as its mechanical form and debtpaying function is concerned, money is the creature of law. " The state may deter mine the size; weight and purity of coins, ana may confer legal tender power upon them, but here its power stops. The value of the money, and consequently, its purchasing power, depends upon the value of the material of which it is made in the markets of the world. Government can neither add to this nor take away from it. Oregonian. How is it then that the silver coins -ot tne united states, the bullion yalue of which is about 53 cents on the dollar, can be made to circu late at 100 cents, if the value of money depends wholly upon the value of the metal of which it is made, and the gov ernment can neither add to nor take away from it? This might be accoun ted for if we had not been educated by the Oregonian to believe and know that the silver money of the country wero not backed up by or redeemable in gold, the standard money of the country. ' If the srovernment can neither add to or take away from the value of a metal by its stamp, all the silver cir culation cf the tynited states should go at its actual bullion value, and the paper money at the cost of the paper on which it is printed. The fact that thecoinapeof silver is limited cuts little or no figure in creating an ex changeable or purchasing power in the silver coins. EDITORIAL SOTES. So long as it requires two bushels of the farmer's wheat to get a dollar, who are going to be the customers of the mills that are to be opened under the re-enact-id McKinley law. The majority for Atkinson, demo cratic nominee for governor of Georgia, was only 47,000. How does that size up by the republican majority in Maine? His plurality two years ago was 24,161. No matter whether you are for him or against him, it cannot be denied that Mr. Bryan possesses a wonderful faculty for arousing enthusiasm among the masses. Nothing like it has ever been known ia tho history of thecoun try. What a sorry spectacle Mark Ilanna cuts posing as the friend of labor. What did he ever do to advance the cause of the wage earner? When was he eer solicitous for the welfare of the toiler until he became the manager of .Major McKinley's campaign? A 'telegraph dispatch from Siletz Indian Agency says the "Siletz Indians are almo3t solid 'for McKinley and sound . money." According to the theory of the gold standard press and speakers, they are then amontr the very most enlightened and intelligent citizens of the country. No one has the heart to blame the railroad man. or other laborer, who, to keep wife and babies from going hun gry, smothers his protest and permits his boss to write bis name on the roil of a McKinley club; but what shall wc say of the "friends of labor" who hope to carry the election by such a course. If the contention of Sherman, Coch ran and Lodge is true, that the free coinage of silver will double the price of farm products, will it not then be easier for the farmer to pay his taxes than it is at the present time? If it now requires 100 bushels of wheat to pay his taxes, under free coinage it will require only 50 bushels. The republicans held an election in Maine and' Connecticut a short time since, and the democrats have just held an election in Florida and Georgia. t The -results in the' latter states wore fully as satisfactory to the democrats as were the Maine and Con necticut elections to the republicans. Which way do the straws show that the wind is blowing now? - Not less .than 25,000 men who intend tt vote for Bryan are marching in Mc Kinley parades in the city of Chicago. If every part of the country is likewise affected by intimidating coercion, I there will be a million votes for Bryan ' that are now counted sure for. McKin ley. It will make a showing on elec tion day which our. republican friends are not expecting.: Chicago Express. It will be useless to open the mills of the country unless their owners can find a market for the product. Where is the market to coino from unless the producers of the country, the farmers,' the miners and the lumber men, are made, more' 'prosperous,' so that they can receive just compensation for their labor? It seems to us that the propel place to begin opening in order to cre ate prosperity is to open the farms, the mines and the forests, then the manu facturers can find a market for what they produce. . . " So long as there is no other provis ion for raising the revenues for paying the expenses of this government than by tariff, and internal revenue taxes, there is no disputing tho fact that the tariffs muBt be increased, and if they are raised there is no question they will be increased so as to afford inci dental protection to such industries as are most deserving of favors, and at the same time levied so as to produce the mqst revenue with the least bur den to tho pepplo. Since the imports of wool are-very heavy, that commodity is more likely to be made bear the burden of taxation .than any other, thus affording a protection to the wool raisers of America. ' ' ' Hardly any writer who has been making estimates on the result of the November election has dared put Ohio in the column of doubtful States. I" is generaily; conceded to McKinley, but a. commercial traveler, a native f Canton, was in Walla Walla the of er day, who places Ohio in thelistof sure states for Bryan. To a Statesman re porter ho said Canton, McKi ley's home, will give Eryan 2,000 majority and Ohio is sure to roll up a majority . of 30,000 for him. A brother of this commercial traveler is secretary of the McKinley club i i' Canton, and says within two weeks the clan lost 30 per cent of its members who went over to Bryan. The advantage of policeman over a barjrlar is that the of ficer has the law on his side.' . Health hat the same ' advantage over disease. The Law of Nature is for people to be healthy. When they arc sick, Nature helps to cure them. Nature's law is. the euide for car ing sick people. There is no way bat Nature's way. What the doctors call many different diseases Nature cares in one way; by nourishing the whole body with traaA. mire. rich, red blood. That is Nature' way of curing scrofula, erysipalas, kidney and "liver com plaint," consumption and every form of eruptive nd wasting disease. When you want to help Nature with medicine the med icine must work the same way as Nature works, then it has the laws of Nature on its side to make it powerful. That is the secret of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery's wonderful cures. It assists Nature according to her own laws ; it is on Nature's side and Nature helps it; it imparts new power to the nutritive and blood making or gans to create a large quantity of fresh, red, healthy blood which drives every germ of disease out of the system and builds up strong healthy tissues and solid flesh. The Discovery " completely clears away every form of blood-disease from the system ; It even cores consumption. It is the only true radical cure for that disease: facts and testi mony to prove it - " I would like to tll the whole world what your Golden Mediral rii-nOTv t,o mm i HcQocior, woo is considered an expert on lung troubles, told t i. n h ricn m r. ,;.-. u. c ; i4 both my lungs were diseased and I could not lire lonflr. J felt down-hearted far T haw Ar liitl children to live for. I just went to him to get his opinion. I am glad I did for now I know what Your medicine wil! rin. When I tnrtri nn th second bottle I was better in every way and was able to take a walk on every 6 ne day. I enjoyed nry sleep, my appetite was good, and by the time I had finished the second bottle I began to feel like a new woman. I still had a mnvh an r ar a third bottle and by the time it was half gone I (Mrs.) &-jfaU 71 Jiarjr St,, Hamilton, Ont, C. AO ENulNMLLIDK Fatal Railway Accident Near Roseburg. CREMATED ALIVE Mother and Her Four Children . Burned at Her Home in Benton County, Bryan Has Brgan His Campaign in In dianaA 8moth swludler la Caught Id San Francisco After Having Vii'tlnilxed Many. ROSEBCKG, Or., Oct. 6. A fatal col lision occurred this morning, between 6 and 7 o'clock, between two light loco motives on the Southern Pacific rail way, half a mile south of Green's feta tion,, resulting in thedeath of two ir.en, and the injury of five others. The following is tho list cf dead and injured: John McGonigle, of Portland, fire man on the south-bound engine, in stantly killed. A. N. Toy, of Sabsm, brakeman on the same engine, instautly kiiled. James Porter, engineer on the north bound engine, severely bruised and one ankle broken. George Happersett, fireman on the northbound engine, both legs broken and feet crushed, rendering amputa tion necessary of one leg below the knee, and the foot of the other leg. Ben Lohr, head and face cut. Fred Wall, conductor of Porter's engine, bruised and cut ubout the face and head. Engineer McCalley, badly bruised. It appears that Couductor Wall, of the southbound overland, left his tickets and papers at the station here, discovered his loss, side-tracked the train at Dillards, and started a flag back with the light engine Meantime, the papers were discovered by the sta tion agent here, and the train dis patcher ordered out a light engine to overtake the overland at Myrtle Creek. keeping a lookout for No. 16 and the section men. The morning was dense ly foggy. The southbound engine did see the northbound, which rounded a curve, colliding with the above result. Engineer Porter had reversed his engine before being thrown from the cab, and his engine broke from the tank and ran south about 2 miles, where it was found exhausted. The tanks of both engines were badly de molished. A farmer came in on horseback and notified, tho agent of the accident. Superintended! Fields, who arrived this morning from Portland, went im mediately to the scene of the wreck, with physicians, and brought back the injured men, returning with the cor oner, who brought tbo bodies of Mc Goniglo and Toy to tho undertakers, whero an inquest will be held this after noon. CHARRED . BONES LEFT. Woman and Three Children Barned to Death Near Summit. jCobvallis, Or., Oct. 6. One of the most appalling accidents in the history of Benton county occurred at the Sum mit Sunday night, and resulted In Mrs. Thomas Savage and ber three little -children burning to death. Tlie news was brought to Corvallis late last night by two neighbor, who came, after a coffin ;in which to bury the charred re mains of the fire's four victims. . A few days before the fire, Mr. Sav- aSe, with a party of f. iends. went over on to the Yaquiaafor a few days' hunt ing, leaving his family at homo.-'- Ho was. expected back Sunday, but did not return until late the following day. Monday . morning a neighbor's boy discovered that the house had burned down, and immediately notified several men. Upon investigation, the remains of Mrs. Savage and three children were 1 und in the blackened ruins. The house was but a two-room, single-story box building, and probably was not long ia burning. The unfortunate people had evidently been asleep when the fire broke out, for the mother was found near tho foot of a bed, with her baby, a child in arras, lying near her, and the remains of the two boys lying on a wire mattress. A SMOOTH SWINDLER CAPTURED. Mot, However. Cntll lie Had Victimised JUany People. San Francisco, Oct. 6. Detective Cody arrested a clever swindler who has victimized a number of people out of smalt sums. He gave his name as Sam Hirscb, and was booked for four charges of obtaining money under fake pretenses. HLrsch's method was to visit his vic tim, and after representing himself as the agent for a wholesale clothier. would offer to make blm a suit of clothes worth $50 or $00 for $25. He would demand a small sum as "evi dence of good faith," and after receiv ing the amount would tell his victim to call at either of the firm's stores the following day to be measured. By this means it is claimed Hirsch has 8 win lied at least 90 men out of various sums. It is said that he has worked similar schemes in Stockton, San Jose and Fresno. ' 8peaks at JefferaonvUle. Louisville, Oct. 6. Bryan arrived at Louisville this morning shortly af ter 7 o'clock on a special train from Nashville. He was met by Governor Mathews and an Indiana reception committee. National committeeman Woodson, of Kentucky, who accom panied Bryan on his night trip through Kentucky, also accompanied him into Indiana. At 7:30 o'clock Bryan ar rived at Jeffersonville in time to fill his first speaking appointment. . On the platform at Jeffersonville were 16 little girls, dressed in white; one clothed in yellow. - - All Had Gold Dust. ' Seattle, Oct. 6. The first large crown of xukon miners ana pros pectors to arrive here came in tonight on the steam schooner Lakme. There were 155of them, and all had gold dust, ranging in value from $100 to several thousand dollars. - A Baby's lAle Saved. "My baby had croup and was saved by Shiloh's Cure," writes Mrs, J. B. Martin, of Huntsvilio, Ala. For sale by M. Z. Connell. BY OBDEB OF THE TClfR, American Warships Cannot Enter the Bosphorns. CONSTANTIKOPLEOct. G, via Sofia, Oct, 7. It was semi-ofilcially an nounced here today that the Turkish government, after weighing the tnatur and consulting certain advisors, came to a decision pot to admit the United btates warsbip liauv,.'ni. DarJanniies, and therefore will not hi able to act as tho guurdsbip of the United State legation in these waters. Tna porte, it is s;iid, also decided not to U'lmit jthe guardships of Greeco and Holland. It should b added that tho United States government is not known to hav presented, through Minister Ter rell, a formal deman-t for tho paago of the Bancroft or ac.y other Uuited States warship through the straits of the Dardanelles. Tho exact ground upon wbicb the Turkish government takes its stand in this ca3e, is not stated, but it is known in official circles here that Russia objected to the pres ence in the Bosphorus of the United States, Grecian 'or Dutch guardships. Objections to extra . guardships here are said, according to general leport, to be based on the Berlin sgreemont, which excludes from naval representa tion in the Bosphorus any powers not a party to that agreement. It is believed that -r. Terrell about a month ago, sent an urgent request to Washington for a United States war vessell. It is further intimated that the United States government will in sist, by force, i f necessary, upon the presence of the Bancroft in the Bos phorus, taking the ground that such a stop would not be an unfriendly act to Turkey, In vie of all clrcuinstancei and that the protection of tho lives and property of American cltizon3 has in ide it necessary. THE rOt'B THROUGH MICHIGAN. Campan Marks Oat firyan's Koute Through Michigan. Chicago, O -t.7 Chairman Cam pan, of the democratic campaign committee, has rtturnod from Michigan, where he s;ent a day in completing W. J. Bryan's itinerary through the state. The presidential candidate passes four days in Michigan, and in that time ap pears in half the counties and in every congressional district. He speaks at Duluth next Monday night, and then with his party proceeds to the Michigan-Wisconsin boundary line where he opens his campaign in the Penin sular state by a speech at Ironicood. All of next Tuesday he passes in going down the Gogebic and Iron mountain ranges, speaking at Bessemer, Escan aba, Ishpemicg, Nesraunee and Mar quette, and making other stops at im portant towns on the route. He then proceeds by night train to the straits of Mackinaw, crossing them on the morning of Wednesday, Octo ber 1-U thence down the G. R. & I. railroad, speaking at Petosky. Cadillac, Bead City and Big City to Grand Rapids, where he makes a long even ing speech. Starting out from Grand Rapids the following morning he circulates through the lower peninsula, speaking at Benton Harbor, Miles. Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Jackson, closing with a big meeting in tho evening at Lan sing. The last day of his trip is givon up to southeastern Michigan. He will speak at Flint. Saginaw, Bay City and Port Huron, closing with two meet ings at Detroit in tne evening. Tiie Caboose Turned Sojnersaalt. La Grande, Oct. 7. Several men On the westbound freight train had a narrow escape from a serious injury this morning. While going down a mountain and when near North Fork, Conductor Anderson's caboose broke loose from the train, left the track and turned over several times before coming to a standstill. Conductor Anderson's right arm was broken near the wrist, and a stockman from Union received several cuts about the head. The others on board the train escaped serious injury. Klectlon In Georgia. , . ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. "Voting be gan throughout Georgia at 7 o'clock this morning for governor and a full state ticket. Tbo weather is exactly fitted to bring out a full vote, if any thing were needed in addition to the intense interest wbicb characterized the campaign. In this city early bal loting was heavy. The number and activity of workers at the polls indi cated that no effort is being spared by the democratic and populist managers to bring out thir entire strength. Blmhsm'i Heavy Majority.' Jacksonville, Fla., Oct., 7. Re turns of yesterday's election are still incomplete. Eighteen counties hoard from give Bloxham, democrat, 10,000 majority over Gunby, republican. Tho indications are that Bloxbam will have a plurality of of 25,000 vote9. The con stitutional amendment abolishing tho October electiona was ratified. It is difficult U base an estimate as to how the next legislature will stand for sen ator, except that Senator Call's follow ers will be greatly in the minority. ' Down Fawcett, Dp Orr. -TACOMA, Oct. 7. A. V. Fawcett, acting msyor since April, vacated tho office at 8 o'clock this -morning, the state supreme court having decided E. S. Orr, the contestant, entitled to be seated pending a further bearing of the case, which will be ia the superior court in about two months. Mayor Orr called a special meeting of the city council for tomorrow morning to con sider how public business can be most harmoniously carried on. Coin Denies It. Keokuk, la., Oct. 8. Regarding the alleged treatment of W. H. Harvey ("Coiu")by an audience at Clinton, Ia., Harvey has furnished the following statement: - "There is not one word of truth in the printed report that the audienco or any part of it treated me disrespect fully, or took umbrage at what said at Clinton. The report is made out of whole cloth, and has not one word of truth for Us basis. Callers at Cuuton. CANTON, O., Oct. 6. A Fort Wayne train this morning brought two extra coaches filled with shouting McKinley men from East Brady, Pa. They car ried a banner which announced the party as the "Plutocrats of Clarion County, Pennsylvania." The delega tion was introduced by E. C. Graham, and addressed by Major McKinley from his front porch. Gold Democratic Convention. Haktford, Oct. 8. The national democratic gold standard convention, 500 delegates being present, mst today. Ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller is temporary chairraai. The oonvention placed in nomination presidential electors and a full state ticket. Albany Woolen Mills Fail. ALBANY, Or , Oct. 7. L. Flinn was today appointed receivei of the Albany Woolen BMls. Assets $140,000, liabil ities $120,000. The failure was caused by the failure of 3. M. Moyer & Co., of Portland, a few days age. ri.n i htm vr n imii mm. l mil mm Horsethieves Captured by Wallowa County Officers. BUY AN LIONIZED The Peopln of Burlington Give Him One of the Grandest Ovations Yet. Senator Bntlcr Sajrs the Ki-sults In Flor id and Georgia are Favorable to Bryan McKinley Still lte reivlDg at Canton. La Grande, Oct. 8. Particulars of a battle between horsethieves and dep uty sheriffs in .Wallowa county, were received by telephone from Enterprise today. A few days aso two men, George and Henry Smith, passed through tho Imnuhawitha band of horses, sup posed to have been stolen, and camped on Corrall creek. A day or so after ward a warrant was issued for their ar rest. It was feared they would resist, and five men were sent out to bring them in. The camp was easily located and Henry Smith was found in it and captured by strategy. Two of the olU cers started out to find the other brother, and one was left to watch the camp. George Smith returned to the camp and "get tho drop" on the olfi eerv and held him up. Ho suspected tha'j pomething was wrong, and pro ceeded to march the officer up the trail. After proceeding a short distance, he met the two officers who were looking for him. The officers opened fire, which was returned by Smith, but none of the shots took effect. The officers then took refuge behind trees, and Smith fired four shots at them, three of which hit the trees. The shooting cooled the ardor of the officers somewhat, and they turned their efforts toward keeping the trees between themselves and the horsethlef. While the borsethief was trying to got another shot at the men bebinde the trees, the officer that bad been left withfthe horsesjoame up and shot the borsethief in the bead with a shotgun. ne naa ncara tne bring ana came up just in time to relievo his brother officers from an unpleasant position BRIAN A .' KLULO'GroN. The People of That City Lionise the Pop ular Candidate. Burlington, Ia., Oct. 8. Bryan ar rived at Burlington at 5:55 this morn ing in a private car, the name of which, the "Idler," is in . striking contrast with his campaign record. A local reception committee of 200, headed by S. K. Tracey, waited in tho depot from 5:30 to 8:30, when Bryan arose. He was taken for breakfast to the resi dence of John J. Seerley, a colleague of Bryan in congress. A meeting was iutended to have been held at tho courthouse, but on account of the crowd Bryan excused himself by making a short speech. At 10 o'clock the procession started to Crapo Park, where the Coliseum is located. The parade was an imposing one. Behind the carriage, in which the nominee was seated, followed an escort of women on horseback, a cavalcade of horsemen, and 11 b-mds, Including tho Iowa state band, sandwiched in bo tween various silver marching clubs. At 11 o'clock the first speech of the day was made in the gigantic Coliseum, erected for the semi-centennial of Iowa's admission to the Uuion of states. The crowd filling the building was enthusiastic to a Great degree. BUTLEK IS 8AT18FIKD. Says Democratic Majority Will Be Greater lu Novemiier. Washington, Oct. 8. Replying to an inquiry from the Atlantic Journal for his opinion upon the result of the Georgia election, Senator Buoler sent the following telegram: "The outlook for Bryan and free silver is much better than it wa-j ten days ago. The reaction against the schemes and methods of the republi can party has already set in, and will grow in force until the day of election. This proves the impotency of boodle in the campaign when tho people are aroused on a great vital issue. Present indications show that 235 electoral votes are reasonably certain for Bryan with at least chance for 75 more. An Barazed Voznana Act. San Fkancisco, Oct. 8. Mrs. C. McKonzie made an unsuccessful at tempt to horsewhip Judge Logan, of the superior court, on the street at Santa Cruiz today. The woman jumpo-d out from the side of a building and struck at the jude wnh a whip. He caught the woman by the wrist as the lash was descending;, and it did not strike him. The woman was arrested. but as no charge was preferred against her she was released. The assault crew out of the divorce of Mrs. Eliza beth Stewart against Or. J. A. Stewart, in which Mrs. McKenzie was named as co-respondent. Judge 'Logan was a witness in the case for Mrs. btewart, and Mrs. McKenzie alleges that a de cision was given against her through Judge Logan s influence. Minora for LeadvUle. Leadville, Oct. 8. James B. Am- burn, president ot tbe miners' union, no has been missing tlnce tbe riots, h: s been succeeded as president by P ter K. Turnbull, formerly vice-pres ident. There is n change in the policy of tbe union, but the mine op erators are not now aisnosea to listen to any suggestions of compromise. They intend to resume wort in all tbo mines, it is reported mat over juu miners are now on their way hither from Missouri to take tbe places of strikers. The total amount of mono "coined or issued" in the United States July 1, 1S96, was reported at t2.194.253,181; of this $684,519,037 was looked up in the United States treasury, leaving 11,509, 733,203 to answer the needs of 71,300,- 000 people. 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