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SATURDAY OCTOBER 31, 1896
A CAMPAIGN FAKE.
The thinest argument that has thna
far been offered by the gold-standard
' orators and press is that the United
States ia at present coining immense
quantities of silver, and is thus doing
. all that is possible for the white metal
' It is indeed true that the mints are at
present, and have been for some
months past, coining a large number
of standard silver dollars, but this
coinage of silver does not add one
cent to the circulating medium of the
country, nor does it create a demand
for the white metal, since for every
371i grains of pure silver that is now
' being coined, there is one dollar of
silver certificates out standing, and
the onlv possible method by which
: these new coins can be got into circa
lation is by surrendering silver certifi
cates to the treasury and on them tak
ing out the silver dollars. ..
The silver that is being coined if
the metal purchased under the Sher
man law, for which silver cer
tificates were issued. Those certi
ficates are in circulation today as
representatives of money Therefore
the "immense coinage of silver dollars"
we bear lauded at present, is a fake in
tended to catch the unwary voter. The
silver -bullion that is being coined
. was purchased by the government
long since.'and paid for with silver
certificates, hence the coinage of that
bullion at this time, instead of being
any benefit to anybody, either in the
way of increasing the circulating
medium or creating a demand for sil
ver, whereby the price of metal might
be expanded, only adds to the expense
of the government to the extent of the
mintage expenses,
The twaddle that is issued from the
stump about the coinage of silver
since 1890 and the great things that
have been done by the governmentTfor
the white metal since that time is all
bosh. Every silver dollar that is being
coined now, or has been coined since
1890 is made from silver that has been
bought by the government like so
much iron or coal, at the market price,
and either lies in the treasury as
security for the certificates issued
'against it, or is drawn out. and put in
circulation by the presentation of such
certificates. But in 1893 the Sherman
act was repealed, and since then the
government has not bought a single
ounce of silver. All the silver that
has been coined since the repeal of
that law has not added one cent to the
circulating medium, and so far as any
benefit to the country is concerned, it
had as well lain idle in the treasury
vaults in the shape of bullion. To
even refer to the present activity in
coining silver as an evidence that we
are on a bimetalic standard or that
silver is receiving any recognition at
the hands of congress is simply a fake,
FRIEND OF THE TRUSTS,
Mississippi and the Atlantic, he will
have only 205 votes of the 224 required
to make a majority. Add Maryland
and Deleware, and the total will still
be eight short. California's nine
would supply, this with one to spare.
Losing California, the votes of Oregon
and Washington would ' just fill the
gap.
This explains the anxiety of the re
publican managers to carry the coast
states. The situation is one desperate
chance of carrying California or
Oregon and Washington. This should
spur the supporters of Bryan to le.
newfcd vigor and energy. These are
pivotal etates, and it is unsafe to lose
any one of them.
NO MORE BONDS WANTED.
James - B. Murray, a special New
York correspondent to the Oregonian,
quotes the following from Bryan's
speech at Patterson, New Jersey: "I
say to you now that my election
means that this nation shall open its
mints to the free coinage of both
metals at the earliest possible moment.
Not only that, but my election means
that this nation shall treat the silver
dollar just as it treats the gold dollar,
and that we shall not issue bonds to
buy gold." . Then Mr. Murray issued a
long calamity howl in which he begins:
"If the treasury gold reserve is not to
be replenished by bond sales, we all
know it can't last long. , Foreigners
would immediately call for their loans
and balances here, and holders of the
$338,000,000 of outstanding greenbacks
and treasury notes (according to the
United States treasury statement of
October 1, 1896,) would quickly with
draw the 8123,000,000 of gold now in
the treasury, to either export or hoard
it, and leave the holders of the, re
maining $200,000,000 to take their pay
in silver."
What an awful calamity it would be
indeed, if the treasury reserve should
fail! But what a corresponding cal
amity for the people of the United
States will it be if they are to be
mortgaged for the next four or five
generations in order to supply gold to
pay the interest on private and public
debts that call only for coin. If the
treasury gold reserve cannot be main
tained except by the sale of bonds,
the sooner it is wiped out of existence
the better it will be for those who
have to pay the interest on the bonds.
A system of finance that compels the
people to pay three per cent interest
in order to make it stable is pernicious.
and if the "calamity" Bryan's election
will cause is to put a stop to the sys
tem, let it come at once. If the sup
porters of McEinley have nothing
better to offer than the sale of more
Interest-bearing bonds to keep up the
treasury gold reserve, God speed the
day when be will be defeated. We
have had a sutflcient experience in
bond selling for the present. . -
PRIMARY CAUSE OF FAILURES
From every stump it has been re
iterated by the republican orators,
that during the years when the Mc
Kinley law was in force the United
States "enjoyed the greatest prosper
ity; mills were running everywhere;
labor was employed and happy; busi
ness failures were almost unknown,
and that this prosperity was inter
rupted by the repeal of the tariff law,
after which ruin and desolation pre
vailed." This is offered by the ora
tors for the trusts as a reason why the
tiriff is an issue inhis campaign, and
why its restoration on McKinley lines
is all that is required to restore pros
perity. Were these statements of the orators
true, they would certainly furnish very
strong argument for restoring the
cKlnley tariff law. Carefully pre
pared statistics do not bear out the as
sertions. The McKinley law was
passed in 1890. and was repealed in
1891. Here is the record of strikes
during the years it was in force and
for the year previous to its enactment
and the one following its repeal, as
compiled by the United States com
missioner of labor:
No. of strikes
1889 1,075
1890 1,833
1891 1,718
1892 1,298
1893 1,305
1894...... 899
Establishments Employes
Affected Affected.
3,786 249,559
9,424 251.944
8,117 299,064
5,540 206,671
, 4,555 265,914
1 5,154 282,066
1889.
1890.. 10,673
1891.. 12.394
1892.. 10.270
1893. . 15,508
1894.. 12,082
Liabilities
$140,359,490
175,032.836
193,178,000
108.595,248
382.153.676
131,179,707
it
A SAMPLE ARGUMENT.
Washington, D. C. special to the
S. F. Examiner, which, however, did
not appear in the Oregonian, says the
bankers of that city were notified by
MarkHanna that their share of the
. McKinly assessment had been fixed at
- $50,000. Upon receipt of this call, the
heads of the Washington banks held a
meeting and decided to make the de
manded contribution. The same
authority says like demands have
. been made upon all banks and trust
companies in the United States, and
from this source Hanna will be pro-
. vided with $15,000,000, the largest cam-
. paign fund ever raised for any political
; purpose in the world.
' Uquestionably th trusts and syndi
cates would consider Mr. McKinlcy's
election a good bargain even at this
price, for they would get their money
back through favors they expect. The
inside intererts in some of the recent
1 bond sales made half that sum out of a
single transaction. - The New York
World, which is now opposing the
' election of Mr. Bryan, gave the figures
of one of thoso outrageous deals in its
issue of February 21, 1895, and they
furnish, possibly good reading at this
time. Here is the way the World put
it: Buncoed out of millions how the
account stands:
Face of loan : . .$62,315,000
. Syndicate premium at 104.49. 2,797,943
United States gets ......$65,112,943
, Syndicate profit to 1121 4,835,644
What inside jobbers pay. . . .$69,948,587
Inside jobbers profit to 118.. 3,483,644
The public pay and the
United States should have
, received 73,531.700
- United States has lost .'.8,418,759
The big trusts and syndicates believe
and know they can trust McKinley.
He has persistently remained silent
when called upon to speak out against
them. He has publicly endorsed the
' financial policy of an administration
they have dieted. The trusts and
syndicates know their business; . they
know their friend and they know
where to put money that will yield re
turns. Will" the people know their
business on November 3d?
The Chronicle quotes Benton Killen,
of Portland, of having said in a private
nterview: "I notice that every dem
ocrat who has anything or expects to
have anything, who is anybody or ex
pects to be anybody, is against Bryan.
Every man who has nothing and ex
pects to have nothing, or is .nobody
and who expects to continue nobody,
is for Bryan."
Now who is Mr. Bent. Killen? that
he should . thus rashly judge of tha
supporters of Bryan or that he hould
be guoted' as authority.' He iw one of
the men who organized the' "national
democratic" party in Oregon. He la
a bloated bond-holder. He is a man
who is bowing to the command of
Hanna and the corporations, and
is working in their interest to
elect McKinley.
Failing of argument he resorts to vili
fying all who support Bryan, calling
them "nobodies" and people who ex
pect to continue to be "nobodies."
This may be argument, since it is a
sample of that produced by the gold
people through the entire campaign,,
but it is the style of abuse that solid
ifies the ranks of Bryan's supporters.
Tt is a reiteration of the oft-repeated
expression that if you are on. the side
of the people and against the rule of
plutocracy, you are a fool and a knave,
an anarchist and a traitor.
SILENT AS A SPHINX.
Time and again has Major Wm. Mc
Kinley, candidate of one of the great
political parties for the highest office
in the gift of the people, been asked to
express his attitude toward trusts and
give an anxious public an intimation
of what, if elected, he would do to en
force the anti-trust law; but not a word
has been uttered.
The New York World sent one of
its staff correspondents, James Creel-
man, to Canton to interview the candi
date, and if possible, get an expression
from him on the question, and here is
what the correspondent writes! -
"Not a word did he have to say about
trusts Not one. In a single sentence
he might have instantly changed the
attitude of hundreds of thousands of
voters, but he refused to speak that
sentence.
"I heard him declare on Saturday
that the - McKinley law must be re-.
enacted the law which has incubated
trusts. He seemed to find nothing
embarrassing in that subject. But the
anti-trust law ah well, not a word,
not a sylable!"
By this it will be seen that labor was
not altogether content during the
years when the McKinley law was in
force. As a rule when laborers are re
ceiving just compensation they do not
go on strikes, still there was an in
crease in the number of strikes under
the McKinley law, when compared
with the previous year and a decrease
in the year following.
Now let us look into the matter of
business failures for the same years,
They were as follows:
Number Actual Assets
11,719 $ 70,599.769
93.775,625
102,893,000
54,774,106
231,486.730
73,495,920
In contemplating these figures
must be born in mind that the McKin
ley bill was not repealed until March
1894, and that the present law did not
go into effect until the 30th day of June
following, also that the McKinley law
was passed in February, 1890, and
went into effect on the 6th day of Oc
tober of that year, hence the first full
year it was in force was 1891. Now
compare, the number of failures that
occurred during the first year of its
operation with those daring the lact
full year of t,he 1883 tariff. They show
an increase of 675 in the number of
failures, and an increase of $52,818,510
In the aggregate liabilities. Carry the
examination further and compare the
year 1893, when the McKinley law was
still in. full force, with 1894, when the
present law was in force for half a year,
and it is found that the number of fail
ures fell off 3,426, and there was t
decrease of $250,973,969 in the liabtfi
ties. Thie, however, may be coosider
ered unfair by the very techical, as
they, claim the panic of 1893 was
brought about by the fear of a change
in the tariff, so we will compare the
years 1891, the first full year of the
McKinley law, with 1894, when the
present law was in force six months,
and we find there were .314 more busi
ness failures in 1891 than ;in(,1894, and
the liabilities were $61,998,293 greater.
- With such 'facts to controvert, the
campaign orator relies considerably
mpon the credulity of his hearers when
he asserts that the 1890 tariff law pro
duced prosperity, or that its repeal was
the cause of business failures. - With
failures Increasing under the highest
protective tariff ever known, and pro
tection claimed to be a safeguard
against financial disasters, there must
have been some other cause,'' some
other influence that brought about
such result; and was not that cause a
lack-of money on which to do business?
Was it not for the lack of money that
the wheels of commerce were cloged?
Was it not that the volume of money
had not kept pace with the increase in
population? : If this was the cause,
then how .can the tariff become an
issue in this campaign? Why should
it be considered ; until the primary
cause of disaster is rectified? Why
not begin at the foundation, and then
arrange tariff schedules later?
and issued by authority of the republi
can campaign committee.
"The lessening of the quantity of
money always increases its price and
makes an equal portion of it exchange
for a greater of any other thing," as
Mr. Locke affirms, is the contention of
every silver advocate. And if this
proposition is true, this whole contro
versy over the money question is set
tled. Money is made scarce because
gold was made the sole unit of valu,
hence the price of money is high
Make money plentiful, double its vol
ume by giving silver an equol footing
with gold, and the price of money
falls, the price of other things go up,
WHAT SHALL THE BAR VEST BE
HOW MONEY AFFECTS PRICES
GIVES UP 2 HE FIGHT.
WHY THIS ANXIETY.
Never before in a presidential cam
paign nave the republican managers
seen fit to send so much "talent" to
the Pacific coast states, and there are
- reasons for this. Never before have
the extreme Western states been con-
- sidered doubtful, nor have they been
considered necessary to insure repub
lican success; but this time they are
both doubtful and necessary, hence
Mr. Hanna has seen fit to send his
- missionaries of plutocracy, Scboon
maker, Butterworth, - Boutelle and
Reed, out to put up the fences.
The official explanation offered by
Mr. Hanna why the coast states should
be. thus subsoiled with money, irri
gated with eloquence and harrowed
with intimidation is that he considers
the fight won in the middle west, and
he wishes to make the victory more
- overwhelming by adding the votes of
California Oregon and Washingron,
' ' But a more reasonable explanation
is that be fears defeat in the. states
bordering on the Mississippi, and is
clutching at the Pacific coast states as
bis only hope of landing McKinley in
the White House. Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan and even Wisconsin
are doubtful; but if. Hanna can carry
them all he will still be short of a
majority of electoral votes for his man.
If he can carry every state north of
he Mrionand Dixon line between
Mr. Bryan is now devoting his tal
ents to denouncing ex-President Har
rison and other republican campaign
ers. There is no better evidence of bis
own hopelessness, for he, as well as
anyone, knows. that this will gain no
votes for him. Dalles Chronicle.
Ah, indeed, is this true?' Have our
republican friends discovered at last
that vilification and abuse are not ar
gument Have they learned that when
abuse is resorted to that it is an evi
dence of defeat? Then, judging from
their choice expressions that Bryan is
a "mattoid," and "anarchist," a "re
publator" a "vllllan" and a "traitor,"
it is evident they have acknowledged
defeat from the outset. Reasoning on
this hypothesis, the Chronicle empba
clsed Its acknowledgement of defeat
by quoting "Hon." Bent Killen in an
abuse of the supporters of Bryan. It
is refreshing to note that our contem
porary has given up the fight this
early.
The Bryan forces are holding im
mense meetings in .Portland every
night, and the claim of the republicans
that they will carry. Multnomah by an
overwhelming majority will never ma
terialize. . Of course, they look for sub
stantial assistance from the gold dem
ocrats, - whose hope and aim are to
defeat Bryan. Even if Multnomah
county should give McKinley 5000 ma
jority, he would still lack several
thousands oi carrying me state. Ore
gon will without aouot cast its elec
toral vote for the grand young states
man from Nebraska.
The principal contention of the ad
vocates of free coinage is that when a
money metal is made scarce, either by
an increased demand or by lack of pro
duction, the 'price of the money made
of that metal (its purchasing power) is
enhanced. Their claim ia that when'
the leading nations of the world re
fused to longer recognize silver as a
standard or basic money, and made
gold the sole unit of value, an in
creased demand and consequent scar
city ot that metal was created, there
fore the purchasing power of gold and
all money based on gold was enhanced;
and that the value of all property ex
cept money fell.
This position has heretofore been as
sailed by the advocates of the gold
standard as untrue, it having been
held by them that the supply of, or de
mand for the basic money metal had
no effect upon the values of property,
since, gold was ' .the standard of all
value. But in the . republican cam
paign text book 1896 it is admitted that
money does fluctuate, and that the
price of a money metal, even though
it be gold, is affected by the law of
supply and demand. We quote the
following from pages 216, 217 of that
book: . - .
"Among even intelligent persons in
the business world it is a common be
lief that money especially gold is
unvarying in value, but the following
statements show it to be variable in
value:
"Gold and silver, like every other
commodity, vary in their value. The
discovery of the abundant mines of
America reduced in the sixteenth cen
tury the value of gold and silver in
Europe to about a third of what it had
been before. This revolution in their
value, though perhaps the greatest, is
by no means the-only one of which
history gives some account.
"Increase the scarcity of gold to a
certain degree, and the smallest bit of
it may be more precious than a
diamond. Adam Smith. -
"The greater scarcity of money en
hances its price and increases the
scramble, there being nothing that
does supply the want of it; the lessen
ing of its quantity, therefore, always
increases its price and makes an equal
portion of it exchange for a greater
of any other thing John Locke."
These are indeed cardinal truths,
and all gold advocates must accept
them as authority coming as they do
from the republican campaign book
for 1896 that has just been compiled
The greatest campaign ever known
in American politics will close next
Tuesday, and upon the verdict that
shall be rendered on that day much
depends. This campaign has been re
markable in many respects, and there
has been a most thorough discussion
of the questions involved. But the
most remarkable feature is that on the
one side has been arrayed nearly all
the corporations, trusts, syndicates
and hoarded wealth of the country.
while on the other side is found a very
large majority of the plain people
the farmers and laborers. On the one
side, we might say, were the pluto
crats, the "aristocracy" of America,
the bond buyers and bond sel'ers; on
the other the plain yoemanry of the
nauon, those who by the sweat of their
brow produce and create the wealth on
which their opponents fatten. On the
one side a campaign has been con
ducted by a committee that had untold
wealth at its desposal, with which to
hire campaign orators, get up attrac
tive processions and run free excursion
trains'from the remotest states to the
home of their leader, where they might
worship at the shrine of the golden
calf and listen to the speeches of ,the
promised "Moses;" by the other the
campaign has been conducted compar
atively without funds and the cham
pion of the great masses has gone from
state to state, unattended by pomp and
splendor, proclaiming the truths of the
Issues he espauses, honest money,
equal rights to all, and a government
through, by and for the people.
Thu4 the campaign has been con'
ducted and thus it is drawing to a close,
Undoubtedly the great majority of
voters ere this have their opinions
firmly fixed as to how they will vote1
next Tuesday, and little can be said or
written to cause a change. The money
question has been made the issue in
this campaign around which all others
have centered, and its every phase has
been most thoroughly considered, upon
it the election or defeat of the respec
tive candidates depends. If a majority
of the people are convinced that the
present financial system, which is
nothing else than a single gold stand
ard, furnishes a sufficient amount of
money on which to do the business of
the country, then Mr. McKinley will
be elected, for none are mislead by the
claim that the financial plank in the
St. Louis platform is favorable to bi
metalism, and all are convinced that
the election of the republican ticket
must result in a continuance of the
present financial policy for another
four years. But if a majority .believe
there is not a sufficient amount of
money in circulation and that bimet-
alism will be beneficial to the Amer
ican people, Mr. Bryan will be elected
president. -With the issues so plainly
beforo the voter, his dutv to himself
and his country is certainly plain
If he belieues in gold monometalism;
if he believes the government should
be run by and for the trusts, bond
holders and corporations, It is bis duty,
whether he be, democrat, populist or
republican, to vote for Mr. McKinley,
But if he believes in blmetalism, an in
creased volume cf circulating' medium,
a government for and by the people,
be can only voice his belief by voting
for Mr; Bryan.
A WORD TO WOOL GROWERS.
The wool raiser should carefully look
into conditions before he casts
his vote at the - coming election.
If he believes the tariff can be an
issue in this election, and is sincere
in bis belief that the president of
the United States can in any way dic
tate to tariff legislation he should take
these questions into' consideration:
Who wants free wool? Who are back
ing the different candidates? To ihe
first question he can only answer that
the Eastern woolen manufacturer is
the most benefited by free wool so
long as bis manufactured product is
protected. And to the second question
he must answer that the Eastern manu
facturers are among those who are
supporting McKinley. Are they sup
porting him through their love for the
Western wool raiser, or for self inter
est? Now if they have any influence
with Mr. McKinley'e administration
in case of his election, will not their
first effort be to get back the money
they subscribed to his campaign fuud?
Can they accomplish this best by in
sifting that their raw . material be
made dearer by imposing a duty on
wool, or insisting that the raw material
be kept to the lowest possible price
and that a higher duty be imposed
upon 'their manufactured' product?
Let wool growers inquire into' these
questions before they cast their ballots.
EDI'lORIAL NOTES.
The Orpgonian now claims that Mc
Kinley will have 302 electoral vote?,
and puts Oregon's in that list. That
is about as reliable as its usual utter
ances, and will attract no attention.
The city of London is now called
upon to support 17,500 pauper children.
London Is in a country that has enjoy
ed a gold standard for eighty years,
still we are told a gold standard is the
best safeguard against poverty.
The opening of the locks at the Cas
cades will mark the beginning of pros
perity in The Dalles, and in fact of all
Eastern Oregon. Therefore let every
patriotic citizen lend his aid to make
the celebration of the event a grand
success.
Remember, farmers, that this "aw
ful good" dollar that we hear about is
the one that measures the price of
your wheat, oats, fruit, vegetables,
wool, horses, beef and mutton. The
more it buys tha fewer dollars you get
for what you have to sell.
It is indeed unfortunate that the
farmers could uot have unloaded all
their wheat while the price was up a
few days ago, but they will have
abundant opportunity yet to get good
prices, for the visible supply is not
sufficient to meet the demand In Eu
rope. The republican press says the free
coinage of silver will benefit the silver
miner. If this is true, which it un
doubtedly is, then the free coinage of
gold Is a benefit to the gold miner'.
What free coinage does for one it will
do for the other, then why not treat
both alike.
The "national democrats" have pub
lished a five-column article in the
Oregonian setting forth their princi
ples and endeavoring to show that they
are not endeavoring to aid in the elec
tion of .McKinley. It is space and
time ill-spent, for the intelligent voter
will not be lead astray by such a sub
terfuge.
"Start the mills and the mints will
take care of themselves," says Mr. Mc
Kinley. Yes, but how long will tho
mills run If the consumers and pro
ducers have no money with which to
buy their output. . We say give the
people good prices, and there will
never be good prices so long as money
is scarce and high, and the mills will
start themselves.
The organ of plutocracy at Portland
takes Hon. J. B. Montgomery to task
for deserting the republican nominee
and going off after the "heresy" of
free silver. Mr. Montgomery justifies
his act by citing the expressions of
James G. Blain in the senate in 1878,
when ho pronounced himself as a firm
advocate of bimetallsm, independent
of all foreign powers..
They say we want the best dollar,
the dollar that will buy the most. Let
the farmer remember that this "best
dollar" is the one that will buy his
products, and the laborer that it is a
dollar that will buy his wage. If it is
a .dollar that will buy tho most, it is a
dollar that will be paid you for your
products and your labor, hence it is a
dollar that will buy the greatest
amount of each. 1
We are pleased to note that our es
teemed contemporary has at lost found
one old veteran who is a farmer and is
supporting McKinley. It' was so pleas
ed over the discovery that -it devoted
half a column -ot editorial the other
day to boasting oyer what the old
veteran from Klickitat said about
having been a comrade of Major Mc
Kinley. . ' .-. . .. , -
The Ohio miners have accepted re
duced rates for 'extracting coal from
the mines, but the price of coal fixed
by the trust has not fallen. There
must be a bitch - somewhere in the
theory that the favored classes want
higher prices so that they can pay
bigner wages, or that they want lower
wages in order, to reduce the price of
their products.'.
Hon. Ben Butterworth of Ohio, who
has tried ' to escape his record by
coming beyond the Rocky Mountains
to talk for his friend McKinley, is on
record as late as March 26, 1896, when
in a letter to Senator Teller he says in
part. "The gold policy has been pro
moted in the name of an honest dollar,
the descriptive term, "honest" being
used for what has proved to be the
dishonest purpose of fleecing every
producer in the land, until the people,
debt-ridden, . tax-ridden, monopoly
ridden aud mortcraged to the lip, are
In a state of rebellion," and yet now,
like our own Mitchell, who'used to
think, or say that he thought with
him, he is engaged in belying himself
and his record.
Here is another sample of abuse so
common with the republican press and,
questioning the honesty of voters who
have joined together for a common
cause, that of restoring silver to its
proper place as a money metaL It is
from The Dalles Chronicle: "Fusion
seldom succeeds; it ought not to suc
ceed. - It is directly contrary to every
principle of honest citizenship.' In
terpreted, this means that there are
no honest citizens among the silver re
publicans, populists and democrats of
this state. Is it argument to question
the honesty of men like Judge Seneca
smitD, juage Lieu Stuart. J. u. Mont
gomery, of Portland, and A. J. Brig
ham, M. J. Anderson. W. -H. Staats
and Willard Vanderpool, of Dufur?
These men have fused with theathar
silyer forces. .
THE TIVOJANDIDATES
Bryan Received by Big Aud
iences in Illinois.
MAJOR M'KINLEY
Receives Excursions From Six States
That Arrived by Free Trains to
See The Show.
The Decks of the Battleship Oregon
Stained With Blood on Its First
Crnise The Cnlprlt in Irons.
limit. General C. H. Howard, a former
republican, called the meeting to order.
Bryan received an oration lasting more
than five minute..
Bloomdigton, 111., Oct. 27. Bryan
will make the last week of the cam
paign a record-breaker. Shortly after
7 o'clock this morning he was talking
to the people of Lincoln, 111. At 9
o'clock the people of Bloomington were
listening to him. At Lincoln, when
the special car was sidetracked shortly
after 3 o'clock this morning, a crowd
of ardent admirers of the nominee dis
turbed bis rest, demanding a speech
He spoke later to several thousand in
the public square. He said:
"A week from today the American
people are .o decide upon tho financial
policy of this nition for at least four
years, and probably longer. When
our opponents failed in everything
else, they commenced to make gloomy
predictions of what will happen if we
have free coinage of silver. You know
that whenever we complained of exist
ing conditions they called us calamity
howlers, but, my friends, the .worst
those who have complained of the con
ditions as they are, were speaking
words of praise compared with the
language used by our opponents when
they began to tell what was going to
happen if the free coinage of silver
comes.
"One of the most frequent phophesies
which they make is that a panio will
come from the moment wo have the
free coinage of silver, that all the peo
ple who have money will lock it upJ
and all the people who have mortgages
will foreclose, and there Is going to be
a period of ruin here, and their
language falls to express their Ideas on
the subject. They simply stand aghast
at the picture. I want to show you
that the free coinage of silver, instead
of bringing a panic, will stop the panic
the people have been suffering from
for years. Business failures have been
increasing and hard times have become
harder. That is what panio means.
We are in the midst of a panic now,
and there is no way out of the panic
until we stop falling prices, and there
is no way to stop falling prices until
we increase the volume of money which
measures prices."
WOKK IS ALMOST DONE.
Veneniera lOmmiwjlon Will Soon Submit
. a Report.
Washington, Oct. 28. The Vene
zuelan commission resumed its session
today and will probably meet frequent
ly from now until It completes its work.
Andrew D. White was the only absen
tee. There was disappointment over
the fact that Dr. Baer aud Professor
Dehaan, who have been at work at
The Hague securing original transla
tions of manuscripts and documents
bearing on the controversy, bad not
arrived, but the commission proceeded
to consider other details. Baer and
Dehaan sailed from Liverpool on the
Teutonic, which arrived at New York
this morning, and will probably reach
here tomorrow.
.- In accordance 'with the policy here
tofore pursued by the members of the
commission, they declined today to in
dicate whether they were confronted
with any difficulties which might pre
vent a harmonious agreement. Some
time ago, however, Justice Brewer in
timated that a report would be ready
for submission by December 1 at the
latest. This would seem to indicate
that members of the commission who
have been kept advised during the
summer and fall of all developments
will reach a speedy conclusion, after all
documents are officially laid before
them.
MEN AND WuMN CAME.
COAL GtS EXrLODED.
A Terrible Accident in a Wilkesbarre
Mine.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 29. A
terrible explosion of gas occurred at
the South Wilkesbarre shaft of the
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
this afternoon. It is reported that six
men were so badly burned they will
die.
1 he mine w&s not In operation to
day, and only about 15 men, mostly
repairers, were inside. So great was
the force of the explosion that it shook
the surface for miles around. Smoke
coming up the shaft prevented the
rescuers from going down. The mine
is one of the most gaseous in tho an
thracite region. Five years ago seven
men perished in an explosion there.
A party of rescuers entered the mine
shortly before 3 o'clock. They were
headed by William R. Jones and John
Joseph, miners. Jones and Joseph
were overcome by fire damp and killed
A second rescue party pushed into the
rock tunnel, where they found the
bodies of Joseph Worth, a miner;
James Harrington, a laborer; James
Tracey, a contractor, and Thomas
Owens, a miner.
SIMMON'S GOOD FIGHT.
Manager of a Coqnllle Cannery Put Rob
ben to Flight.
Marsheield, Or., Oct. 29. A-H.
Simmons, manager of the Parkersburg
salmon cannery, on the Coqullle river,
was held up in his office last night by
two masked men, who demanded of
Simmons, at the point of a revolver,
that he open the safe. Simmons re
fused, and the robbers began an assault
upon him with their revolvers. The
robbers "went for" the manager with
such fury that he changod his mind,
but the desperadoes did not hear him
say that he would open the safe. Dur
ing the scuffle Simmons caught bold of
the mask of one of the robbers and tore
it from his face, so that he recognized
him. This frightened the robbers
away.
Mr. Simmons has several flesh
wounds on his head, and is under a
doctor's care. Who the robber is that
he recognized he will not disclose. No
arrests have been made.
LET OLD GLORY WAVE.
The American nag is too much re
vered, and too well loved to be made
the insignia of any - political party,
creed or sect. It is the flag of all alike,
the flag of the rich and the poor, the
high and the low; it is the emblem of
patriotism, of American manhood. But
since Mark Hanna has sought to
monopolize the stars and stripes for
partisan puposes, and has requested
"republican voters to fly it from their
housetops on Oct, 31, as an evidence of
their loyalty," let not any distinction
be made, let all patrlotlc,liberty loving
people, regardless of party, float tbe
national colors on that day.
Tbe Oregonian boasts that Martin
Luther 11 pes, the man who ran on a
fiee coinage platform for district at
torney in Multnomah county last June,
is out stumping the state for McKin
ley, and cites him as a great acquisi
tion for republicanism in Oregon. But
the Bryan forces have been amply re
paid for the loss of Pipes, who is the
only former democrat in the state who
is canvassing for McKinley, whereas
there are Barclay, Stuart, Smith,
Montgomery and Clarno, all former
republicans, making from one to three
speeches a day for Bryan and silver.
When any country is compelled to
go to another country to borrow gold
with which to pay its redemption
money, it is only a question oi time
when that country will cease to do
business, for the payment of interest
to foreign countries will eat up its
substance. "
When a young couole runs awav to pet
married half tbe world says: "How
Romantic!" the other half savs: "How
silly ! " But you can't tell either way
until the " honev-moon " is over. When
this young couple get settled down to the
regular hum-drum of life, they'll manage
all right and find solid hatroiness in anv
case, if they have good hearts and sound
health. All depends on that.
It's wonderful how much health has ta
do with married happiness. Sickness af
fects the temper. You can't be happy
nor make others happy if you're ailinc.
When you find yourself irritable, easily
worried, beginning to "run-down" it's
because your blood is getting poor. You
need richer blood and more of it. Yonr
blood-making organs need to be vitalized
by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery. It imparts new power to produce
an abundance of the healthy, red corpus
cles, and gives yon a fresh supply of
pure, rich blood. It's a blood-creator ;
It is for everyone whose blood is impure
or in a poor, " run-down " condition. It
prevents the germs of disease from get
ting a hold on your system. Even after
disease ia settled on you, it b driven out
by the blood-creating p rope-ties of the
"Discovery." It is a perfect cure for
general and nervous debility, catarrh.
malaria, rrwina, erysipelas, scrofula and
every form of blood -disease. It is'nt
called a consumption-cure but even con-
umuuua, wiuua una its run is ia me
blood is driven out by the "Golden
Medical Discovery" if takes in time.
The "Discovery" ia the prescription
of one of. the most eminent ohvslciam
and medical writer in this country.
People From Six Cities Called Upon Mc
' Kinley.
Canton, Oct. 27. The first delega
tion today to be presented to McKin
ley was a party of 52 ladles who arrived
in a special car from Martin's Ferry,
O., at noon. They wore large ribbons
upon which was inscribed, "McKinley
and sound money." The ladies marched
to the McKinley residence at tbe head
of the Maryland and West Virginia
delegation, which arrieved at the same
time in a train of 15 coaches.
The woman were introduced by
Harry Pratt, the delegation from West
Virginia and Maryland by E. H. Sin
cell, of Piedmont, W. Va. Later dele
gations accompanied by two bands,
made a highly enthusiastic demon
stration. ' ,
Before the first crowd was out of the
yard three other delegations in one
body were in the street waiting for
their turn. These were from Cleve
land, and composed of employes of
the Upson Nut Company, Lamson &
Sessions Company and Beck, Stowe &
Wilcox. .
CACGIIT ' M.- CUNNING CROOK.
Good Work of the Vancourer Provincial
, -. . . Police.
San Francisco, ' Oct. 28. In the
arrest of Thomas Wallace, alias Mar
tin, alias T.X Wilton, at Vancouver,
the British provincial police have tem
porarily put out of the way one of the
cleverest and most courageous crooks
who ever operated on this coast. He
has been intimately known to the San
I Francisco police for the past quarter
of a century. . During that period he
has been arrested and served time for
numerous offenses, ranging from petty
larceny to burglary in the first degree.
He was never once taken into custody
that he did not make a hard fight for
his freedom. Upon several occasions
he proyed more than a match for the
officers who attempted his arrest, and
at one time be escaped from the back
of the municipal criminal court and
led the police of this city a transcon
tinental chase of several months, and
when finally retaken nearly got away
from the officer who was bringing him
back to tbe scene of his crime.
The Car Turned Over.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 29. One
person was killed, two fatally injured
and others seriously injured in an ac
cident on the Wyoming Valley traction
line early today.
Julia Walsh, aged 20, of Port Bowk-
ley, had both her legs cut off, and died
while being removed to a hospital
John Hughes, of Port Griffith, was
cut about the head and injured in
ternally. Dennis Hogan, aged 17, of Midvale,
had a leg broken and was injured in
ternally.
Julia Curley, aged 20, bad ber arm
broken and sustained contusions of the
head and body, but will recover. '
The car left the track- and fell upon
its side, pinning four passengers under
the wreck. ' '
Crime on the Oregon.
San Francisco, Oct. 27. The deck
of the line-of-battle ship Oregon was
stained with blood just before she made
her first trip to sea as a United States
ship. A murderous assault made by
Ordinary Seaman Nicholson upon his
messmate Ordinary Seaman Tieder
man; Saturday morning when the ship
was lying at Sausalito, is likely to re
sult in the' death of the victim, who is
now lying in a serious condition at the
naval hospital. The offender, Nichol
son, was carried to sea in the Oregon
in double irons.
Nicholson and Tiederman are both
landsmen, that ia, raw recruits in the
naval service. Their quarrel began
over a trivial matter, Friday evening,
just before the men retired to their
hammocks.
Holding- Their Wheat.
London, Oct. 29. A remarkable
feature of tbe situation, one plainly
indicating a belief that higher prices
are coming, is that the farmers in the
wheat-growing districts of England
are firmly holding on to their stock,
even though the figures now obtained
are much higher than they ever hoped
to see again. The continued absence
of rain in the Punjab district and the
measures now being arranged by the
East Indian government to deal with
a possible famine, seem certain to
make large demands on the market
next month.
A Stop at Blooming-too.
D wight, Ills., Oct. 27. The work
ingmen at Bloomington gave Bryan a
cordial reception. From a stand in
Franklin Park he talked .to several
thousand. After being introduced by
Vice-President Stevenson, he paid
that gentleman a compliment for be
ing still true to the traditions of his
party. He then proceeded to answer
the questions propounded him . by a
morning paper, and bis answers ap
parently satisfied tbe crowd.
Misa Anthony ia Confident. '
San Francisco, Oct. 28. Susan B.
Anthony, who has just returned from
an extended campaign trip through
the southern part of the state, is much
elated over tbe prospects xl woman
suffrage. , Wherever she went she said
tbe greatest possible Interest was
manifested in the question by those of
all parties. The workingmen espec
ially showed great interest,' and Miss
Anthony thinks a large vote will be
obtained from them in favor -of the
amendment. ... .
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the County Treasurer of Wasco County, Oregon, for the six months ending
the dlst day of September, A. D. 189G, of money received and Dald out,
from whom received and from what source, and on what account paid out:
AMOUNTS RECEIVED, AND FROM WHAT SOURCE.
Date,
1896.
. General
Fvnd.
To amount on hand from last report 8 1,409 12
To amounts received from Sheriff, taxes 39,729 31
To amounts received from Sheriff, penalty 120 65
To amounts received from Clerk, sundry fees 1.683 44
To amounts received from State, road fund 178 16
To amounts received from liquor licenses , 600 00
To amounts received from road and bridge fund 1,500 00
To amounts received from Rockland ferry, license 25 00
To amounts received from Institute fund 197 65
To amount Common School balance
To amounts received from Sheriff, school taxes
To amounts received from State School fund
To amounts received from criminal fines
Fund.
t 2.7K3 30
11,010 26
4,145 40
160 00
$45,533 33 $18,078 96
AMOUNTS PAID OUT.
By amounts paid out on County warrants. $34,388 07
By amount paid out on School Superintendent's warrants.
By balance general fund on hand 3,632 78
By balance school fund on hand
By amount paid on Jialles City warrants. .' ......r. 4.437 45
By amount paid on road warrants 2,877 38
By amount paid on Institute warrants ls7 65
$16,548 10
1,530 86
45,533 33 $18,078 96
SPECIAL
SCHOOL TAX FUND.
68
02 $10,062 70
9,793 68
t 200 02
Balance school tax fund i $ 5.,
Received from Uxes I , 10,007
By amount paid .1
' Balance.. v
State of Oregon, County" of Wasco ss.
I. C. L. Phillips, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
statement of the amounts received, paid out and remaining on hand In the
county treasury of said county for the six months ending on the 31st day of
September, A. D. 1896.
Witness my hand this 30th day of September, A. D. 1896. "
C. L. PHILLIPS, County Treasurer.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the amount of money and warrants received for. taxes, and money paid to
the County Treasurer by the Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon, for the
six months ending on the 31st day of August, A. D. 1896 : '
To amount received in coin and currency during March, 1896 $13,805 29
To amount received in coin and currency during April, 1896 27.415 84
To amount received in coin and currency during May. 1896 7,762 4S
xo amount received in com and currency during June, 1896 4,697 85
To amount rnwivful In nnln n.l .nnAnAn ,4. T.. I i m., n
To amount received in coin and currency during August, 1896 2,783 4!l
Total received .$60,867 21
By amounts paid to County Treasurer, as per receipts
March, 1896
pril,,lE!6 :!."!.'!!.'!!.';;!"!$4i,22i n
My. 18B6 6 wo 39
June, 1896 i'8r2 07
July, 1896... 5,953 32
Total paid Treasurer $54,936 91
State of Oregon, County of Wasco w. .
I, T. J. Driver, Sheriff of said county, dohereby certify that the foregoing
statement is correct and true. '
Witness my hand this 23d day of October, A. D. 1896.
' " -. T. J. DRIVER,
Sheriff of Wasco County. Oregon.
By Robert Kelly, Deputy.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
Of the County Clerk ot Wasco County, State of Oregon, showing the amount
and number of claims allowed by the County Court of said county, amount
of warrants drawn, and amount of warrants outstanding and unpaid froit
tbe first day of April, 1896, to the 30th day of September, 1890, both In
clusive: On What Allowed. Amount Allow 1
For salaries of County Judge, Commissioners, Clerk, Sheriff, District
Attorney, School Superintendent, Assessor, Treasurer, Stock
Inspector and Janitor $ 8,013 8 !
For paupers and county hospital 1,536 I
For road and bridges 2,100 i I
For jurors in Circuit Court and Grand Jurors and bailiff's 788 i J
For fees in Justice Court 88 4 1
For stationary and supplies for County 1,278 M
For courthouse and jail in P-J
For armory rent, O N. G 285 01
For Coroners Inquest 66 1
For Fuel and electric lights 185 4 f
For printing and advertising fc 86 7i
For rebate on taxes 59 7i
For Supervisors account 1,482 4)9
For bounty on wild animals f 823 0
For expenses of election. ..... ' 852 20
Total amount of warrants drawn ..$18,356 25
Outstanding Warrants Unpaid. Principal. Interett.
Outstanding warrants unpaid October 1, 1898... $71,722 18
Estimated accrued interest $10,000 00
Total : $81,722 18
State of Oregon, County of Wasco ss. - ,
I, A. M. Kelsay, County Clerk of Wasco County, State of Oregon, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the number and
amount of claims allowed by the County Court, for the six months ending on
the 30th day of September, A. D. 1896, on what account the same was allowed,
and tbe amount cf warrants drawn and tho amount of warrants outstanding and
unpaid as the same appears upon the records of my office and in my custody.
Witness my band and the seal of the County Court of said county this 231
day of October, A. D. 1896. .a
A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.-.?
By Simeon Bolton, Deputy. ,
SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY STATEMENT n
Of the financial condition of Wasco County, State of Oregon, on the 1st day of
October, A. D. 1890:
LIABILITIES. .
Amount of warrants unpaid April 1, 1896 $ 89,461 33 .
Amount of warrants issued April 1, 1896, to September 30, both days
inclusive 18,355 25
$107,816 8
By amount paid out on warrants from April 1, 1896, 'to Oct. 1, 1896, as
per report of County Treasurer now on file. . . $ 36,094 40
Total amount of warrants remaining unpaid Oct. 1, 1896 $ 71.722 18
Estimated amount of interest on outstanding warrants 10,000 00
Total liabilities.. .........$ 81,722 1
RESOURCES.
By funds in the hands of County Treasurer applicable to the payment
of county warrants $ 3,632 CS
By amount of taxes due on roll of 1895, applicable to payment of war
ranto 8,571 00
By estimated amount of real estate bid in by the county at the tax
sales for the years 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894. 10,000 00
By cash In hands oi bherm applicable to payment of county warrants 1,312 00
Total resources applicable to tbe payment of county warrants. t 23,515 6$
Excess of liabilities over resources 68,206 60
State of Oregon, County of Wasco ss. '
I, A. M. Kelsay, County Clerk of the county of Wasco,' State of Oregon,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of tbu
financial condition of said county, as tbe same appears of record from the bookii
of said county, in my office and custody, and, from the reports of the County
Treasurer and Sheriff filed herein, .
Witness my hand and seal of the Court of said county, this 23d
Seal day of October, 1896.
A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.
By Simeon Bolton, Deputy. . ,
Bryan in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 28 Bryan began to
day's program of nearly a dozen ad
ditional Chicago speeches with a speech
at a women's meeting at St. Stanislaus'
Hall, Noble street. There were 5000
persons present, the greater portion
being ladies. A big noonday meeting
of business men at Battery D Armory
claimed Bryan's attention as soon as
he could be hustled through several
miles of streets from St. ' Stanislaus.
The ball was crowded to the"ntmost
A Campaign Contribution.
Chicago, Oct. 28. W. M. Hoyt, of
the firm of W. M. Hoyt & Co., import
ers and wholesale grocers, presented
to Mr. Bryan today a house and two
lots in Lincoln, Neb., in lieu of a caih
contribution to the campaign fund. In
his letter, Mr. Hoyt scored the gold-
standard and declared that although
ho is rich in real estate, he is poor in
cash. '
Major McKinley'a Callers.
Canton, Oct. 28. Nine carloads of
Buffalo people reached Canton at 11
o'clock this morning. Seventy-five
women from Wellsville, O., arrived
this morning with greetings for Mc
Kinley. From tbe village of Minerva
and vicinity in this county there came
this afternoon ten carloads of people
full of enthusiasm for McKinley and
the republican cause.
If a protective tariff will starL the
! mills, we should like to know why It is
that every woolen mill in the United
States is not running today. Manufac
tured woolens have a protective duty
running from 30 to 50 per cent, and are
able to buy their raw wool cheaper
than in any other place in the world.
They can buy their raw wool for 7 and
8 cents a pound and have an average
protective duty of 42 2 9 per cent.
What more would be needed to set
them running?
When You Want to Buy
Seed Wheat, Feed Wheat,
Rolled Barley. Whole Barley,
Oats, Rye, Bran, Shorts, Hay,
: Or anything in the Feed Line, go tothe
WASCO - "WAREHOUSE
Our prices are .low and our goods are first-class. Agents for tbe
celebrated WAITSBURG "PEERLESS," and BYERS' BEST
PENDLETON MILLS FLOUR. Highest cash price paid tor
WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY.
Money Has Gone to a Premium
-AT TIIE STORE OF
f M. E. KHHLER.
We are not buying gold to keep up the reserve fund
of the U. S. Treasury, but our object ia to reduce
our stock of Crockery, Glassware, etc., preparatory
to removal to the Vogt Block on Second Street. If
you have money to sell, come and see us.
P. 0. Corner Cor Third and Court Street
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