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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1896)
I DD I It i Hoard in Now York on tho Vital lames of tie Or Campaign. PERILS OF POPOCRAT SUCCESS Stirring Addmsi in Which Queitiotii An Handled in a Musterly Way. All Nw York. Aug. SI-At Carnrgl bill, Thursday night, iu Immense niiil rtithu t l tc aililloluv gathered lu hear tlx Issue of Hip campaign discussed ly ex rrraideut Benjamin Harrison. Hon Chaiincey M. Depew presided over tho meeting. 1Mb Mr. Ilarrlsou ami Mr. Depcw wore f recipients of orations when tbey entered I he hall, t'lion cull luf the gathering lu order. Mr. Drpvw llvrrcd u address on campaign Issues, I the close of which bit introduced ri "resident Harrison, who at ouro entered luio a uWumIoii uf lb issues. He spok at considerable length, being very fro- ?ucntly Interrupted by applause. Ho rning In hla npis'arauce aa a campaign aprakt-r ho aiihl It waa duo lo hla aciiae f lb ilmjr he uwcd Io the country In i.niM.ni in isuacics Milium to he rotated Upon lbi niile by Hi Dt xrallc party au.l Ha allies. II.' acktiuwlcdgod b!a re wet fur the feelings which actuated the gobl Democrat lu occupying tho . " ""'J ' I Hill nicy. Ulllst nol rlttl-t HlO ltcotlhlii-ao ftarlv I.. ,... Ie Hwlf because tilt iN-mut-mllc iarly bail diaurgautsiil liaolf. The emo eralle parly bail on. mure exhibited ta capacity lu be ruptured ami a wrty Ihal cannot Im split was . public menace. When lhi loaders of a rlr assembled In eoliveiitl Ifimrt from Ita traditional principle ami advocate lm'lrlui thai threaten lb integrity uf the govcrutuciit, the social order of our couiinitiililes ami -.1,11 ii j auii sotiniiness or our aqsn.-e, it ought lo lie split, ami It dlgnl tea Itself w. it dis-a anlli A l..n from any party la now ami then a at reassuring Incident and never more reassuring ami never hail better cause loan now. 1110 ll.-piildlosii iwrly frmiia the dcstructinulst ami trumpets lia de fiance to lb enemies of "sound ttiuiii.r." It will light. huwever, nit hunt covering or 01 ion ginriiiua mottoes and inaa-rt tmna that nr upon lia I 11 nor. Cunt 1 11 lung, Mr. Ilnrrla.ui aaul: "That ia a Icaillna laan f ... ralgn wblrh niiMt agllali-a the pmp. a hit opinion thi'O la uu iaaue iiirx nt- l ljr I hi- I hii-ago inuri'litliin mure 1 111 gmriuiit or llitl limn the (nii-atln ihi-r baa ralacd of proatltutlng Ibr iwi-r uu U1117 ni ino tintiuiini rourla ami na tional rivtitli. 'J'bf dcfoiiat of tbo roiiatiiiitlou, of I lie Wiiprt-tin- court of tbo it'nlird Xtnlra and of Ibo i'n'al.h-nt'a Bowt-r and duly to rnfurro all of tho lawa uf tbo I'liili'd Hlntra wilboul await ing lha call or ronaoui of tbo gororuor f any atnto ia an linimrtalil ami bring tatii In rampalgii. Tariir and coin age will Ih of llltlo inniiii'iil If our con- atilillluiial giiroriiim-iil la ororlhrown .Whon w bnvo a I'rcaiib'iil nbo lcllofa inal It la ticlilior hla riubl in.r bla duly to aco thill I ho inn II t in Ilia are mil ob-alrm-lotl and Hint lnlirlnlo oominrr.o iiai ita froo way. lrriaHiiiiro uf alnlo liuoa and alnlo courla. wbo foara lo uao our ancient and familiar power In rr atraln and puulah Innbrcnkcra. froo trado and fni ailvor will lie appruprinto cconiiMiiiuiciiia of audi an ndmiuairn tlon and cnnimt add aiiproi laldy i tho jiauoini uiairoaa or II10 liiillounl dia- "Tbo aiiiiuapbcro of tbo riitcngo con Trillion uaa aiiribiirged with the spirit ef revolution. I la plutfiirin waa car ried and ila iionilniitliiiia mmle Willi ac rompnnying ineidenta of fn-uiy that alnr tlod the nnloiikera and n inn n .l tho coun try. Tbo cnurla and Ibo I'realdi'iit were arraigned fur enfoning tbo lawa. and (ororiinieiit by the umli wna given pref ereneo over Kuverninent by Inw enforced by Ibo court decreea n it. I bv ejeeutlve ardera. Tlu-ro waa no i-iilin delllH-rntluu: tbera waa freiny. Ther waa mi thought ful searching for the man who from ex perience n liiual able lo illrei't public allalra. There waa an Impulsive ro aponao to an Impassioned api'ch that so lectvd tho noniliieo. Nut ninlil auib aiirrniimlluvs na ibnl, not under auch fliioucea, nro Ibeao culm, discreet things done that will commend theuiav,s to tbo judgment of tb American icople. (Applause.) "They denounce In their platform In terference by federal authorities In local alTnira as a vlolnllon of Hie conxltullon of tbo IJiiiled Slates and it crime against free Institutions. Mr. Tillman iu hla apeecb approved this declaration, it Tas Intended to be lu words a direct rotidcmmitloii of Mr. Clevelnnd as l'ri'i dent of the Cnited Klnlea fur using the power of the executive lo brush out of the way every obstacle lo the free pnss ago of the mull trains of the fulled Hintea and (be interstate commerce, and, my friends, whenever our wuph ap prove Ibo cholco of a I'resldeut who believes he must ask f!ov. Allgeld or any other slate ncruiiaahm to enforce the laws of the I iiileil Suites, we have eiirrendered the viclnry the boys won lu 1WH. (Applause.) "My friends, this constitutional ques. tlon, this division between the general and local authorities is n plain nud easy one. A ilialurliauco ulilch Is purely lo cal In u state Is a suite alTiilr. The rresldcnt cannot semi 11 pa or lend imy aid, unless the l.ogislntitro calls upon fim lor help, or the governor. If. tho .cgialnturc Is not lu scxMiou. llm when a bnv of the I'niti'd Nunc is Invaded and liriikeu. it is Hie sworn ilulv of the l'resiilent lo execute It, ami this' conven tion arraign the President fur lining what bis ontb compi'lled him to 1I0 I'nmrailca for Ibo great war for the t'niiin, sons of those who went out lo battle I hut the Hag niifht not lose luster, will wo consent after Ibeao ycara (cries of '.No!') that the doctrine which wna shut lo death In the great war ahull be revived 11 ml made victorious In a civil campaign;? (Cries of '.Vo!') "lint the assault dues not end there. The Supreme court of the United Nliitivi ami the federal lower courts arc ar raigned been nan they used the familiar wilt of Injunction to suppress violence, to restrain men from breaking tbo law, and that platform plainly inenna I will abnw you that it was ao understood in the convention and in tho committee on resolutions that tbo Democratic policy waa that when the Supreme court, exer rlalng ita constitutional power and duty, gave nn interpretation to n Inw of the llnited Slates Hint was not pleasing to Congresa they would Increase, the num- HIS CUWIOUS WAY OK SHOWING IT. ttftU i SA 3H 10ULL mla. mWMre)r Mr. llrytitt ummvrtn that Iter of judges ami nack the court to got a decision to pleaao them. I Applause,) .My irlemls. our ratliera wliu rriiiiou tins guvcniiuctit il tided ha groat now era lielween Ihrre gri'at deiarlmeiita I lie leglslallve, cuiu'lve ami (lie juuicini, It auiiuUt lo make these Indcoomlciil. the one of the oilier, an Ibal neither iiilubt overs hadiiw or destroy tho other. 'I bo Supreme luiirl. the uiost dlgnlticl judicial Insly In tbo world, waa apiwiulod to lulerprel llio lawa ami I lie cuiistnii' Hull, ami when that court liroiioiini id a diiri-o aa to tbo sinera of Cougn-ss or as to any other cotisiltiiilotiai iiioa Hon, Ihrre la but one right method if we dlaagrro. and that is the met hod puinii'd mil by tho coiiatiliitluulu amend It lo conform with our vlcwa. That ia the po sition today.. "Voa are to answer, then, my fellow rllliena, In all the gravity of a great i.r!aia. avlii-lhor vitu will sustain a ftartv w bo pr" oa to d cat roy tht balance which our lalliera lliallliilc.1 in our aysieui in giivrruioeut. ami whenever a moult nous Cuiigreaa disagrees with the Supreme court ami a auliM-rvleiil I'realileut is In be while hoiiw, that the judgment ot Hie court shall lie rccolialdcrcj ami ri- vcracd bv iiicreasbig Hie niimlH-r of Judgca and packing the court with men wliu will iloclilo aa 1 oiigroaa wains iui-111 to. lApplauao.) I co 11 not exaggerate the gravity and the Importance and Ibo dim ger of Ibis assault iiihui our couaiitullou al form of guvernmeiit. I do not Intend to spend any time In Ibo dlsciiasion of tho tariff qileali.:!!. That drlmle baa lies-n won, anil need not he priiirnrted. It might run on olemally iisin thinrctical lines. We had bad aome erlcnii-a, but tbey wore hiatorical and remote, and not very Instructive tu this generation. We needed an eiia-rlcuce of our own. and we linvo hail II. It has been a harl lesion, lull a very ronvim- ing one, and every Ixnly waa in Hie achmd liiiuso when It wna given bun. A panic in lMM of uiosl extraordinary character lias lMi-n succiiilcil bv a gradual drying up, leas and less, until universal business dis traction and anxiety prevails over all of our community, 1 do not believe there has been a lime, except, itcrluipa. In the Vcrv heal of aome active tsiiilc. when universal fear and anxiety ami watchful- , even to the point or desperation, baa rlinrartcrlsiil Ihla great Ru'lmpolt as It diss today. (Applause.) Men nave lii'ii afraid lo go away for a vacation. I tier have felt that lliey must cvrv day in Ibis burning bent com to the city and watch their business. That Is the situa tion. "What baa brought It about? Gentle men, who la there to defend the Wilson tariff hill 1 Who says II la a good tariff measure? (A voIit: "Noliody.") I don't Micve a camlidute can be found lu aay Ihal It I. Mr. Clevelnnd rt'iiudintcil il. Il was ao bad that he could not attiu h bis olbcinl signature to it, and it became a law without It. He snlii it was full of Incongruities and hifmiali- tlcs. What bus lieeii the result of Hint measure? It hna fuibil to tirudiicc rev- eliue enough, supplemented by our Intor- 1111I tuxes, to miiliitain Hie government. I hi re has Imm-ii an annual dc licit an- proacblng $.'aMHHi,(Ng every year. nd tho miliniinl treasury hna Ik'cii lonlln- unlly iu a stale of embarrassment. Our iiiiinuftictun'rs. left without adequntc prutectiuti, have been siuiH-sslvely nud gradually closing up and putting out their Hres. Hut not only tins this pro duced auch ail cffivt, hut It hna priicti- ally cuiiirioiiuHi 10 uie niinncini deprea- aliiu Hint wo are In, 1 he iiiiilntcnnticc of Ibo gold reserve up to IKMUaHUKs.) bv Hie guverniiient for the rntcmntion of our miles was cssenllnl lo coutiiience in the stability of our linnnccs. When the government reserve runs dou peo ple begin lit nnii to say: -We may come to a silver basis if gold ia going out.' The reserve Is generally down and this fear Is greatly increased, but how can yuil keep n gold reserve of $(HMHK),(HNJ hen you huve not got ihuhxi.ihki in the treasury all told? How cau you mnliilniii tli is gold reserve for retlemu- lion of notes when you have an annual and continuous deficit and your Income nut equaling your dchVft? So Hint, my Irlemls, una tiirin nut has not only con tributed, by Inert-using importations, liy taking uwny the needful aupnort for our own iniiiiiilucturcrs, but it bus contrib uted ill tho way of Increasing the silver arc lo tiring us Into the present condi tion of distrust and dismay which now prevails. (Applause.) Hut I do not intend to follow thni question further. 1 mil quite na much oppuseu 10 ciieiipeiiuig toe American woiklnginnii and working woman na I inn to cheapening our dollurs. (Ap- plnuscl. I am quuu na strongly In favor oi keening uaya worn nt Home na I am gold dollars. (Applause). "My friends, na 11 Itcpubllcnn, I am proud of many things, but 1 can sum up na Ibo highest aiilisfactiuti I have bad in the party mid its career that the prospect of ltcptibliriiii success never did disturb business. (Applause). In um tiection with Ibis fiiuincial inntter, do wo all reall.e bow Important tho choice of a president Is? Io you know that, as tho law la now, without tho pussago of any free coinage of silver nt all, it la in the power of the rresldcnt of the llnited States to bring the business of tbo country to n silver basis? All he hna to do ia to let the gold reaervo go, to pay out silver when men ask for gold, and wo are, there already. It ia only becniise the presidents of the United State Hint wo have had, and the one we havo now, have regarded It under the law a hla public duty to maintain the gold .baaia, uinlntuiulug 1 I! i-JBmmmmiiM iirs; hv lit opjutnvd ttt foreign domination In our nTTulrn. that parity between our allvor and gold lent of a declaration that fjO-cnt piece ruin which the law declares la the j are dollars. They might just aa well Isiliey of Ibo government, and beciuse I pnaa a law that .V) cents is a dollar, lie baa the courage to execute the hiw- 1 hat would Hot make M ao, would il? era given lo hliu by the resumption act I It would be a legal dollar; but it would In carry out ihal declaration uf puldic I m;t buy a dollur s north of anything, law. I undertake, therefore, to aay What la the effect of that? The luer that If Mr. llrvau, or a man holding his ! chant would take care of himself. view, were 111 uie preaiueuiiai cuair. without any legislalioii by L'ougreas, we should be on a silver baal lu a wn-k'a time, (Applause), "Tbo silver question what la It? Do yau waul allver because you want more money, a larger circulating uieiliuiu? I have not beard anybody aay ao. Mr. Ilrynn la nut argiug it iisu Hint basis. If anybody were lo seek lo give thai as a reaauu fur wauling free silver ho would lie very main confounded tiy the stale Incut that free silver Would put more gold nut of circulation than uiliita of the l.'niled Slate could saaihly bring In in years of silver, ami that instead of hav ing more money we would have less. (Ae plsiise.) With our six hundred and odd million of gold driveu out of circulation we will reduce our s-r capita money of this country tH-lwi-en right and nine dol lar. Su it ia nut fur mure luuney. We bate an abundant supply of circulating medium-gold, silver, national bank grti-ubacka, treasury notes, fractional ail vor. We have something like $l t capita of our apiilntiuu. What is it, then, that creates this d and for silver? It ia oM'iily avowrd. Il ia not more dul lam. but cheaper dollars (hat are walited. Il ia a lower standard of value that I hey are d sliding. Tbey aay gold hna gone up until it baa censed to be a proper standard of value, and they want silver, lint bow do tbey want !. "Now, my frlenda. there ia a great deal of talk alimt bimetallism and Hie double standard and a great deal of con fusion iu the use of those lerma. HI nielnllisiu is tho use uf the two metals as money where they are both used. Hy a double siamlnrd I hey mean Hint we shall have a gold dollar ami a silver dollar which will lie a unit of value, by which all property and all wage ami everything la tu lw nicaaurrd. Now. our fathers thought that wheu they used these two metala in coinage they must determine the Intrinsic relative value of Hie two, ao that a comparison of the markets of the world would show Just what relation one ounce of ailvcr bore to one ounce of gold: how iiinuv ouniwa of ailvor it took to be equal to one ounce of gold in the markets of the world where gold and silver were used, ami they carefully went about ascertaining that. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton gave tlicir great nowera the determination of that question, and they collected the market reirts and they studied with all their power that question, and when they fouud what apiH-ared to lie the g nil and average rcinuve vniue 01 these two metala they nseu iipiiu n rnuo nc-tween mem. Mow, what was the object of alt that? Win did tbey lump it all? Itcciyiae tbey fully understood t lint unless these dollars were of the same intrinsic value that both of inciii coma not ne standards of value. and both could uot circulate. iAd- plauae.) As things are now tho silver tinii.r. that we have are supported by the gov ernment, and the guvernmeiit' that sup ports this silver bullion hna Issued these dollars on it own account not for the mine owner and It bus pledged Ita an cred honor it would make every one of these dollnra aa good aa a gold dollar, (lireat applause.) And that is a power ful aupiHirt. Our I'opullstie friends pro pose that the man who digs sliver out of the mine mny bring it to the mint nml have it stumped and banded bnck to him an a dollar, the government having no respuuniliility about it. These men would reject Willi contempt the proposi tion Hint free colnnge wna to come with A pledge on behnlf of the government to maintain the parity of the two dollars. (Applause.) Hut this feeling Is well adapted to touch the prevailing American bumiitiousiu'sa nud well adapted to touch that prejudice agninnt Knghind which ninny have, but can we do this thing ourselves? Is it a question wheth er we will do il, or ask anybody's con sent whether we may. or ask Hie co-op-oration of somebody? Not nt nil. I tell you what this government can do alone. It can lix its money unit. It can declare by Inw what shall be the relative value of nn ounce of gold and nn ounce of silver, but it cannot make that last declaration good. (Applause.) It is iimiucstionnbly fully within the putter of Ibis government to bring this country to n silver basis by coining silver dollars nml making them Icgcl tender. Tbey cau do that. "This government might any you shnll take one of these dollars, but it cannot sav nml enforce its decree if you should call out the regular army or navy and muster our great modern ships nml the miiitin'. nnd put William .1. Itryun in command of tlicni It cannot enforce the decree that one ounce of gold is tho coiiivalcnt of sixteen ounces of silver, ((.rent applause and cheers.) Not only that, not Friitii-e nud Knghind nnd nor mally cuii do Hint unless the markets respond. (Applause.) We can of our selves, of oui own wisdom, declare the unit of value. Wo enn coin silver frce Iv, but we cannot make sixteen ounces of ailvcr equal to one ounce of gold un less it is. (Applause.) And it ia not tiniest the merchants take it at that rate. "What la the next suggestion. It la, my friends, In the case of free ailver, what la the fiuanclnl and moral equlva- , . . . itroaiiway, and mat law la going inti oueralion tonight, lie iiiuniuus all bia clorka and buys cents' north of p'li ells, and before he oeiia hi atore in the niuruing ho bus marked up his goods to Hie new acale. lie enn do all that. Hut there are great numbers of ieple, num berless istuile. who enlist our interest. and some of them enkindle our sympa thies, who ranuot ae Ibe pencil, 'fake the work of man. He cannot go to the nay run wllaj a pencil and mark it mi lie baa gut tu consult somcbodv. Ila baa to rnier into an argument. Ho baa got In gel aome other man a conaent he fore be can mark up bi wage. Then there i the peusiuocr. those that are re ceiving pension from this government fur gallant deeds done in tho war. ami others fur the loss of beloved one. He cannot lake hi iensiun certinVale. ami wbru it rend right dollars make it read sixteen dollar. He must wait fur an apienl to ( ongress. and a Congresa luat ia iKipuliatic iu character would be nn' sympathetic. (Applause). Take the men who have life Insurance. Can they, whore the policy reads f-VKK), mike it ni.ia.sir .No. cau the managers Ibeao institutions make it right wilb them? No. Thia policy roercea iutec rny. (Applause). "My friends, the men surely do sot ronlcmplute the irretrievable aud exten sive character of the disaster and dis- turbance and disruption which they are proposing tor all 01 ua in all our bnaincaa affairs, great aud simple. Take the la boring man; bow full of ayuinathr ther are for him. My countrymen. I never spoke a false word to the lalxwinr man lu my life. (Ureal appluusel. I bave uever nought to reach bis vote or inHii ence by aps-ala to that part of his na ture that will pollute the in'ellect and the conscience. 1 bave believed and 1 be lieve today that any. system that main tains the prices of labor in this country, that brings hope into the life of the la boring man. that enables him to put by. that gives him a stake in the good order, the prosperity of the country, ia the pol icy that should lie onr American policy. (Applause.) I have resisted in uiauy campaigns thia idea that a debased cur rency could help the workinguinn. The first dirty errand that a dirty dollar doea la to cheat the workingmen. (Applause.) "My fricuds, a cold statistical inquiry, nnn-partisnu iu ita character, was uinde by a committee of the Senate in 1S!K and aome following yenr. The commit tee was ciiiiihims! of Democrat and of Hepiiblicnns, nnd tbey set out to study a statistician the relative price of oom niotlitlcs and wages at different periods lu the history of our country. This in vestigation covered the yearn of the war. It showed how prices of gixula went up and in what proportion Inlmr advanced, (foods went up rapidly liccauae the pen cil process is a quick priss'ss. Wages went up hiiltingly and slowly, because the employer has to be persuaded aud the pencil won't acrvc. . "Now, I have hen a memorandum ot some of those facts resulting from that investigation. I.nbur iu one period ad vanced ;i per cent.: goods, the things Ibe met! had to buy nut of their wages tor their families aud their living, ad vanced IS per cent. Through another period (he laborers' wages advanced lUUj ier cent., and the price of goods ad vaueed 49 per cent. In another period the wages of the laborer Went up 23 per cent, and the price of merchandise ad vanced IM) ht cent. In another peri- ' ,u ?fl4v 2Jk;k' &m& HE CAN'T GET O'l me laborers wagss went up 4.'l per rem., and tho prlea of good 117 per cent. Now. Ibe sts'lstlcs are the result of a aolld aelentifie inquiry made bv men of both partiea lo deter mine what the truth waa, and the truth tbey found Hint the enormous disparity oeiween 1110 anvance or the cost of llr lug and tho advance in wages falls in ex actly wilb what we would -'include in advance. Laborers, nu-ii who work, whi-ibrr with head or hnnd in salaried positions, would do well lo lake those facts tu heart and settle the question after Ihal broad, deeti Inocirr lo which Mr. Ilryan invites you, a In whether you want to outer Into another experi ence auch na ynu bail during the war, when, wages advanced so alowly ami tediously and Hie cost of your living iiioven on so awuiiy. "I have sketched very hastily aome of the evils that will result from thia change to a debused dollar a contrac tint of our enrreiii y by Ibe oKirliug of our gold ami a readjustment of every thing. Now, who will get any benefit? Well, Ibo man who owe a debt that ho contracted "pun a gold basis aud ia able to pay it wi'.n a :- cut iiollnr. lie and tbo mine owner who get an exaggerated price fur the products of bis mine are Hie only two people, or cias-s 01 npie, Hint I can aii- that would havo nny bene fit out of It. They moke a strung ate peal to the farmer. They aay it will ml up lirii-es. Well, iu a souse, yes. Nolninnlly, vet. Ileally. no. If wheat goo from M cent to l.'J0 the priie has Ihoii increased, you w ill any. but if the price of everything else hna gone up In the same proKirlion. a bushel of wheat won't buy for the farmer any more sugar 0 inffee or fanning Imple ments, or auythiuf else that br baa to purchase. "It Invoke the idea that Ibis govern ment uf ours shall CSV not only its debt of honor but that they iwiy the interest on its Imnds and the circulating note in a debased currency. My country men, this eonnlry of win, during the troublous times of the war mny have had severe trials, but these financial question are sconily les truiibloti than those. Doe not every instinct of pride, doe not every instinct nf elf Interest, does not every thought fill. f fectionste interest in other, dues not our sense of justice and honor rise up to rebuke the infamous prooitiou that lili guvernmeiit awl its Kide shall be come a people at rcpnuiatora: It ne lunged applause and cheers.) CAMPAIGN MOTES. One nf the anomalies n( this ram- paign i that the business man whose wiadum and experience is sought fr by farmers aud laboring men in their private matters, is considered br inauv of them as an unsafe adviser iu political matters. Tho issues of this national election are business issues. The question is. bow can the Industries of the nation be re vived? It would seem aa if the judgment of the men who manage tbw Industries should he consulted. It is an edd spectacle to see a free ail- Tor orator who never did a dav's work 1.. I.i. l:t. ..i 1. ii Ill his life, who has bail no rxierirnce lu managing business affaire, who has never organized or managed a labor em- Ploying industry, who has never paid a laboring man a dollar for work, and who rpu it-fa tgSLSri ployed people, delivering an oration over the "fallen ruins of a dead iudustry,' telling now it ran be revived. It took Bryan ami the other Democrat ic orators two and a quarter year to pass the Wilson biii. al.'hengb they bad Wn telling the American neoole fur thirty ycara that they knew the tariff 1 question all by heart, and were agreed i as to what they were going to do. How lung will it take these same Democratic free ailver orators to pass a free coinage bill? Aud what will happen to tbe coun try In the niaairtime? file Ik-mocratic oratora talked tariff mown ininy year la-lore iney go! tbe 1 croup ol attentive listeners, consent of the American people to put i lie aaid that if Brvan should be eloct their plana into effect. Wheu at last i nt be would sell his graiu this fail nnd the people consented to let them try their '. demand paymeut in gubl. Then he would tariff reform, it took those orators two ! go to the mint and receive HUO iu sik and a quarter years to agree iqion the i ver for each ti in gold, ami with that exact wordiug of their tariff law. Iu ; silver be woukl pnv off the mortgage on the meantime, while tbey held tbe conn- his farm. He admitted that some of try iu suspense, the industries ef the na- bis neighbors did not explain the m cau tion became paralysed from doubt and j ing of Hi to 1 in the same way. but he uncertainty. If it took these tariff rt- j was quite mire he bad the right nuder form oratora two and one-naif yean to atandiug of it. make a law after thirty year of study. I Such a atory seems almost too absurd how long will it take these free silver j trf lie true, but it may be assumed, los- orstors to make a law after only live yearn nf study? And if those two nnd one-half years of dispute and uncertainty on Hie tariff paralyzed the industries. what will liecome of these industries if another series of free silver ;ieeche is harlot! agaiust them, seeing that these industries are more afraid of free coin- ( age than they were of free trade? 1 he crop now iu the holds of Nebrssks would iindorordinnrr conditions be worth cl1sl.1SKi.1SS). If tbe laboring men of the country were at work there would lie a demand in the I-.ast for this crop. In every town of NelirtisKa the nroccsa uf loading this crop into cars would be going uu all over the state. As fast as Hie cars were loaded sight drafts would be drawn on Chicago. New York, Haltimore and other market centers and ! ir iiii-iiiih ill int-Nf, NiL-nr 1 rail, fi,., - mice of credit would be transferred from tbe Knst to the West. Every bank iu every Nebraska town would be ensv. money would be pleutv ami we would call that good times, tjood times will come to the Western farmer when the r.nstern laborer goes to work, nnd not till then. What would it avail the Western farmer to see trninlonds of sil ver bullion passing through the countrv on Its ,wiiy to the Eastern mint to lie coined, if the factories in the East were still idle, and the people out of employ ment, w unlit the mere coining of these Western silver dollars make a demand JL TV f T-7 aV'.f J AROUND IT. for bread and meat? Tb daopand for Western food mart original la the Kaat. If the West unite wilb tit Boutb In forcing upon this country a policy wblcb frighten the Kaat, bow will Eastern 1 liur 1st employed and bow can it buy Western food? "It is because It la," say Bryan. Whoever beard a stataamao osa aucb words? That was a very adroit campaign wait Chairman Jonra Issued for fund.. Th silver king will sea to it that Jone has all the money be need, bnt be considers It atralegy lo make "a poor month" all the sarin.. Her. Dr. McArthnr of New Tork aweetjy aay that the free silver more ment consist olely of "lungs, lunacy and larceny." When Ilryan bad a chance to help the farmer ho did what he could to down him. Ho voted in Congress for fro wool. Thai alone hit over 2,000,000 of American sheen raiser. it 1 an insult to lh poor man to aT that ailver la the poor man' money. A poor man ia entitled to aa good money aa the rich man. Tho old soldlera will rally oner more. It will lie on November 3, and McKinley will be the cobr Is-arer. Kvery president of the T'-oiled Rtatos has been either a lawyer or a aolilier, or both. Tho people are ewarming to hear Mc Kinley. Kryn travel about tbe country to find audience. The duty of every man is to make hla Income equal to bis expenditures and it la Hie some with a nation. And tho Dctnocrst are now complain ing that tho Itoptihlican plan of campaign educates too uiucb. The Hu moron Hide, In storming the citadel it begin to look aa if Tom Wataon waa to be left "ouiside the breastworks." Bryan haa been fishing too. It beat all what an iiiburn encbant Democrats and i'opocrala have for fishing. It is snfo to say that wbat Mrs. Lease and Helen Uongar advocate. Ibe rest of tbe country better steer clear of. The managers don't seem to know where to place Bryan so as to do tbe most good. He might take a sea voyage. Bryan ia onito a talker. He ran wind np his vocal organs and go off and leave them and no stoppage will be noticed. Boiirke Cockrnu is also something of a talker himself. Dixon Star. Tbe Badge of Free Trade. Oh. times tbey are hard, sad money I si-arce. We're viewing the fntnro askanee; Aud thousands of wurkiuea, all Idle a ad poor. Wear a patch nn tbe Best of their pasts. pauts. pants. . Wear patch uu the sest a their pants. Abandon protection and kan! Ha will ! -... ... . 1 " ,1,,,,,'in win oDir rDiunrr . j Aud million ol people wlU wrr lb new I badge. j P" U 00 ibe aeat ef their pants, pants. . ..P"' ,k . . t , ! A p,,'h e0 tb m,t " ! vsx, ; There's a look that implies wheu rou gas In bis eyes Hick the pstih oa toe sest of say pants, psuta, pnuta. Kirk tu patch ua tho seat of my pants. Scrautnu ll'a.t Trlbaoo. A Populist Belief. A resident of Poughkeepsie a few davs ago received a letter from a friend in Nebraska iu which it ia shown what the mental caliber is of some nf the be Uevera iu free Uver. TbexNehraakaa who wrote the letter bean I a I'oi,nlir , exnlaio the mesuine at IK u 1 t.. ically. that a man who thoroughly and honestly believes that the carrying out of tbe financial policy laid ont at Chi cago will believe anything else that would reveal itself to normal minds at once as bunseuse. Albany Express. Not lw a Handretl. Dill Bryan fooled I lie voter la elK-hiren-uluety-twi: The promises bo made as Hnmtlu soup to lur and yon; Azuln be wonld enchant na llr singing hopeful tunes; He fed us soup t. often He vauuot feed us pruues. Another. Tbe originnl and pietiiresnne reasosr given by a Hopper to Hopocratic silver- ism. residine in this coiintr. is that "tl,. t.ri,... ..f t.u,m u-.tnt .t.Mt. -kil r..l. a . . ... . .. ,.ul,r Mima , Stull was a state senator." Warren (O.) 1 Cbrouicle. Dnntrcr In the Other Foot. Syracuse Standard: Bryan is trusting to the left hind foot of a rabbit. Ix-t hini look out for the right fore foot of an ele pbaut. The Real Thing. If it is true, as rcisirted. that your Uncle Benjamin Harrison is going to make a I'ullman tour, the country will soou lie treated to an exhibition of rear platform work from a real artist. J I .VI - V .Ss Xr -lie-'ilAt.-ti : f a J ',