S—— THE CRIME OF "73. OONGRE3S SECRETLY DEMONETIZE THE SILVER DILLAR. Strong Testimony of Members of Cone gress That the BIL Was Does tored fn Its Passage Through the House of Representativea. Twenty-three years ago, by the orafty and concen'sad agency of a rep- resentative of the Bank of England, a bill was passed by a Repnblican Con- gress, engineered steadily through by John J. Knox, Comptroller of the Currenoy, wud John sherman, then, as now, a Senator from Ohio, which bill is known to-day throughout the civilized world as *‘the crime of '73.” That bill demonetized about one-hall the Constitutional money of the United States and brought on an lliad woes, Was it, indeed, a crime, or is the charge a slander, such ns is sometimes uttered without justification in haat of a political campaign? not conversant in the language slander, and have presoribed for my- self an inflexible rule to make charges against no man derogatory to his good name without being impelled by a sense of publio duty and able to substantiate them by ample evidence, I repeat the charge, that the de- monetization of the standard silver dollar, Constitutional money of the United States from 1792 to 1873, was a orime: that the section of the bill demonetizing silver was secretly in- serted without being read, printed or discussed after the bill Jeft the Com: mittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, of which Judae Kelley, of Pennsylvania, was Chairman, and that I am of the Lill uadsr the belief that 1s pro- vided for the standard silver dollar, whereas by trick, cheat and frand it did not so pr wide, Let us hear the Chairman Coinage Committee, Judge Kelley, when afterwards charged with having advocated the demonetization of sil- ver. 1 quote from the oflicial report of his remarks on the floor of the House as found in the Congressional Record (Forty-fifth Congress, second session. p. 1605) : **In connection with the charge that I advocated the bill which demonetized the standard sil- ver dollar, 1 say that, though t Chairman of the Committee on ( age, 1 was aa igoorant of the [act that it would demouetize the silver doiiar, or of its droppiug the silver from our system or of those distinguished Senators, Messrs, Blaine and Voorhees, who wen members of the House, and whom, a few days since, interrogated the other: ‘Did you iw it was droppel when the bill passed? *No,' said Mr. Blaine; ‘did yon? ‘No,’ Mr. Voorhees. 1 do pot thin were three members in the Hor knew it. Idoubt whether Mr. H who, in my absence frown the C teo on Colp * RO " ndance i M of the ue Join. gdoliar ine, 8 Were were it each of KL Committe ) ean, aged the bill, kney ustice to him,’ Judge kelley Iron Kelley tection vie $a + abUIty, sie i eminence, House in {Congress p. 1231 plicity in the crime committed, and among other revel following memorable language: can say is thatthe Committee on Coin- age, Weightsand Measures, who report- ed the original bill, were faithial and able, aud scanned its provisons closely ; ations which he made h it contained provisions for both the standard silver dollar and the trade dollar. Never having heard long time after its ensciment into law of the substitution 1n the Senate of the section which dropped the standard » legislation of this say that in the the demonetization of the silver dollar of the United States, I have never came about or why.” Now, gentlemen, if yoa turn to the 7th volume of the Congressional lecord (45th Congress, will read what Congressman had to say from his seat on the you will find out how this erime against the American was elfectunated nad smuggled through the House of Bepresantatives, “It passed,” said Mr. Bright, “by fraud in the House, never having beso printed in a'dvavce, being a snbstitnte for the printed bill, never baving beon read at the clerk’s desk, the reading having been dispensed with by an im- pression that the bill made no aliera- tion in the coinage laws; it was passed without discussion, debate being cut off by operation of the previous queas- tion. It was passed, to my certain information, under such circumstances that the fraud escaped the attention of some of the most watchiul, as well as the ablest statesmen in Congress at the time. Ay, sir, it was a fraad thas smells to heaven, a fraud for which some person must give an account in the day of retribution.” Let me next turn to the Senate, and inquire what was said there about it, Senator Allison an aspirant for the Presidentisl nomination at the recent Republican Convention in St Lonis, declared thebill was “*doctored.” You will find his remarks as made in the Senate at p. 260 of the Congressioual rd, same volume as I have just quoted from. ‘When the secret his- tory oY this bill of 1873 comes to be toid,” declared Senator Allison, *'it will disclose the fact tbat the House of Representatives intended to coin both gold snd silver, and intended to place both metals upon the 'rench re- dright floor, colossal ¥ pe pie lation instead of on our own, which was the true scientifie position with reference to this subject in 1873, but that the bill afterward was dootored, if I mnat ure the term, and 1 vse it in no offensive sense, of course" Mr. Bargent interrupted him and asked him what he meant by the word “*Jootored,’”’ but the good nature 1 Mr, Allison perhaps, looking at the ‘“‘doo- tor” who had injected the fatal potion, the leprons distilment into the meas- ure, rather fesbly responded: *‘1 said T used the word 1n no offensive sense," But Benator Beok, of Keuntueky, was more ontepoken., *‘I'he demonetiza. tion bill," said he (same volume of the Record, p. 260), ‘“‘never was under. stood by either House of Congress. 1 facts. No newspaper reporter—and they are the most vigilant meu I ever paw in obtaining covered that it had been done.” Senator Thorman said ; I know, when the bill was pending in the Senate, wo thought it was simply a bill to reform the mint, regulate other; and there 1s not a sing'e man in the Senate, I think, unless a mem- ber of the committee from whioh the bill came, who had the slightest idea that it was even a squint toward de- monetization.” This member was John Sherman. Hereford said (same voiunma “Jo that I say beyond the possibility of doubt Chairman of the committees Mr. did Holman, when not effect the stitute, said to Holman, the watah- declarsd *‘that methods of its Honse was a (Congressional Representative measure ani the through swindle,’ the ' Fellow citizens, in this brief resumes de- you wit. transaction. Sach test: best for a popular it would competent court of law, as it will be con- oinsive in the tribunal of history, that A great crime was © ymmitéed by some the Awmeri- passage of that 1873, which have offered ) Februsry 13, nonetized ilvor. 1 monetized silver, the ne DErsons acsinst pan people the ax McLaren, A Poor Argnment, srguments of the tried to fasten gold ripon the people of the United Btatea is this, that the people in Mexico Lich conntry is upon & bimetallic | live cheaply. hs may be but sy all have an in apenaens IiViE v 1 uere Ons of the many wh 3 mea nave are no Are nn- the gold 7 tramps in dex ’ nless they forta Awe whom stan tard bea driv iain must out ol art Lheir un I'he Mex r LT walter Aan this IDRZn., Empty are greater nubs than sophisiries It is very well to ray that the Mexican upon vegetables, ut will in stomacha srgnn 1 laborer lives mainly rather vegetables It wiil to 0 States would than nothing. sary for them sach not be neces. nfine themselves to food, however, if silver be { ir tien wo will only aliip the other hall will re. » be placed upon fhe the .Lmeriean work. bring back smiles to the iren. * The present, and main at home t men and fo faces of their starving chil Mexican argument will campaign. —3iiver Kuoight, A Stock Claim of the Gold Bags, One of the stock elaims of the gold nctanl silver in the coin and used in the aris. American mints? Imagine the house- wives of Europe, A¢ia and the rest of United States; and no doubt the Ea- ropean Nations would take their silver coin, already at par with gold, aud wonld send their supply to this country to be sold at mints for 6fty-three cent dollars! posterous supposition, the per capita of the United States would run up to over $100-—~that is, as soon as the mints could catch np; and as soon as that happened what a desperate strait Europe wonld be in. It would have parted with its silver for filty-three cent dollars; its supply of that coin, at par with gold when sent here, would have depreciated one-half in value and the per capita would have depreciated in proportion and panicky times would shake the money centres of Europe as they had never been shaken before. This is following to ite conclusion one of the absurd claims of the Republi- cans and goldites. There will, under bimetallism, never Le a fifty-three cent dollar, at least as long as the the United THINGS TO BE REMEMUERED, Bimetallism would mean more | money, n stable monsure of values and | prosperity, That is the Democratic claim. In 1865 according to Secretary MoCullough there was 82,000,000,000 in cironlation in the United Biatus, There waa a little more than this no- cording to the figures in Maurios Mahleman's book “Monetary Systems of the World.” Bat take the Beoretary of the Treasury's figures. The popu- lation was 35,000, 000, { about $57. In 1890 the money in the country was about 808,000,000, although Baeo- | 81,588,000,000, money during twenty-eight | 860,000,000; boarded, low estimate, | 000,000, | given | balance in sotual eirenlation will | seen to huve been Fut $503 000,000, | 000, and the per capita 812,50, The word ** dollar" is need to des- | ignate the unit of value in this ocoun- | try's currency. The single gold stan- | dard has enabled the money lenders of | the world to so control the metal that, { like any other eoarce and preferred artiole, its walue hss increased over { fifty per cont, since 1873. The price | of silver measured in gold has depre- | ciated, but measured in the products that are used by scientists and flaan- | ciers to monsure its velnes it hes main. tained its position. Gold has appre- ciated and will continue to do so un- less the corner is broken by the Dem. ooratic party on November 8, The gold standard ¥y bo the debtor cinsses in this country, the small merchants, workingmen, labor- ers, and the farmers Jimelallism would sssure a stable messure valnes, to all classes of citizens. ol Against the peoplas in this campaign are arrayed the consolidated foreos of wenith and corporste power. The classes which have grown fat by reason of Federal legislation snd the single gold standard have combined to fasten heir fetters still more firmly upon the people and are organizing every cinot of every county of every State in the Union with this purpose in | view. —Chairman Jones of the Na tional Democratic Committee, pre The demonetization of silver in 1873 produced one of the worst panio the history of the United Biates. in n : .. inten I'he operation of the McKinley law { the repeal of the She 5 1833 Chat hase act In hose influence means the issue of enmulstion of an enorm poverty for ti classes and those directly upon them, ¢ pie in the United INEeaAns he The continuation of means the increase in debt, over fifty por cent. the increase has been over yp The great det class dea cent, qablor justice, not repudistion, - - . An “Houest Dollar. ™ i An honest dotlar is a dollar that has equel peor-Faving and pugchasing power An honest dollar ia a ws into the channels trade commerce and is rot hoarded in miser’'s safe, An honest ean be used by the roon as well as the rich, An honest dollar is a fair for the ponrnowen as for the lender. An honest dollar 1s a 100 | poLuan and not a dishonest | dollar. | An honest dollar ia a | is ALWAYS AMONG THE FROYLE, and not a ¢ Of and those who make themselves of Tamir ‘‘houest dollar,’ which seldom rees the light of day. An honest dollar isa is as beneficial to i Inborer as to the Morgan-Delmont syn- dicate, An honest dollar is a dollar that neta the wheels of industry io motion {| and ereates a demand for labor rather { than sorrode in the secret vaunlis of the men wiio have nervous proatration on account of being awake nights de ening | earners nnder the operations of the free coinage of, gold and silver. — New { York Suburvan, . A — en Philtp Goetter, of Chicago, » mar- his ignorance of feminine proclivities is harrowing. To begin with he posted a notice to the effect that Mrs. Goeotter must not whisper in fe house. This seems to be cruelty refined, for how could his wife tell ber callers what she thought of that sort of ukase when he ! was about, unless she whispered. Inci- dental to this he forbade her joining a club, locked his house at 8 o'clock ev- ery evening, and denied her a Intech (key, and brought the whole matter to in climax by ordering ber, In writing, | not to be a new woman. Mrs Goetter i is now suing for separate maintenance, i It 1s possible that the evidence on the trial will disclose a refusal on the part of her husband t~ let her ride a bicycle. { If this is so, wild horses couldnt keep a jury from finding In her favor, ANNA'S FAT FRYING. WVHFRYE REPUBLICAN OCAMPAIGH FUKD3 ARE COMING FROAL Trusts Made Prosperous by MekKin. levism to Contribute $10,000,000 Hundreds of Palins ure Itehing to Handle This Num. Mark Hanna admits that it will take much money educate the people rufliciently to insure tho election of his candidate, nnd the fat-frving is pow in full blast, The gizantie trusts nud eambiner, all of which have been benetited in the past by the system represented by Mr. McKinley and fur- ther hope for future benelits, are ex- pected to contribute liberally to the Bepublienn campaign fund and al- ready the aseessment necessary has been decided npon. The trusts are expected to econtri- bute $10,000,000 towards the election of Mr, McKinley. As the total capi- talization of the various trusts now do- Immense fo mg business in defiance of law is about 81,5600,000,000, the enormous sum of ten million dollars oan be raised with- out a heavy nasessmont., It will neces- contribution of dollar from each trast for ench 2150 of capi- onuo of one Tho largest check will have to come and Provision I'rast, raise S665, 000, and if are COU ~ you lard and bacon diate future and other eo 1 asseeyiaeut and poun i of be ef, You you mav know that yon th this that ’ ler ot al n 1 their effort to protect United States, The are not losing anything in 0 4 o ii the eredit of smaliest amount controls the little ust bother vou when you try to carve your rib roast, t of the aoulput of trolled by a trust MG OW Woden pit whi an * 'y BY) r made by the Philadelphia n fron which the figures of capita is pr DabIY ton coal has recently other advances lizat A been Ow, the price of advance i threatened, + coal barons lection Are the wi contri. n of their friend will the trast, erpocially Lint consumer, wo 4 ’ mise. ir, Oy every ata by tid f eel the extortion. he poor peopis baskot or to buy coal 8, will deney taal no tributed is ever expend It pass the fingers yore inte: ed, many hands, sticky, that oniyv a small reaches the as a commercial transaction, Han wlio I« i This being the case, it will be that the 810.000.0000 to be raised by the trasts offers s£00n WAL Y the practioal politician. RMON which for Southern and the money was paid Western delegates who Ten million dollars of money. No this better than campaign 8 It is so large that ose half of it will make 100 men rich, portunity to spend A sum with- out having to show vouchers ceipts and the job becomes entrancing. The trust mavagers who raise this fund at the behest of Mr. Hanns will never know what becomes of it. Per. haps they will not eare. But hun- dreds of palms are already itching to handie the sum, sod architects hase aiready been asked to prepare plans for fine houses that will be paid for ont of this fund. It may interest the Ji<honest man- agers of dishonest tru«ts to know that of the 810,000,000 which they are ex- pected to contribute, $5,000,000 will be ased to corrupt voters and 85,000, 000 will be stolen. This statement is made on the anthority of a United States Seuator, to whom the feets were given by the secr:t agent in charge of Repablican coilections. — New York World, Fim managers (iiven «00H i IS S00 A McKinley Lie Nailed, “Wo had a protective tariff under which ample revenue were coliscied for the Government, and an secumu- lating surplus, whick was constantiy applied to the payment of the public debt.” [Mr. Melinley's letier of ao ceptance. | The Treasury Department publiche: the tollowing official sintement ; “Dur. ing the fiscal year 1804-—ended June 80, 1893-—the revenues were 82,341,. 674 in excess of the expenditures, Daring the fiseal year 180i—euded June 80, 1894 the expenditures ex. ceeded the revenues to the amount of $60,803,260, notwithstanding the fact that the expenditures of the Govern: ment were $16,752,670 less than in the preceding year. The MeKinley bill was in force during the whole of the fiscal year 1804.”—New York Times This 1s a “tioak” The New York Tribune is howling for MeKiunley and nrging the people to elect him President so that the coontry ean have more protection and higher prices for Amerioan Until recently it published {tables nearly every day, showing how prices had fallow sines the Wilson tariff law, sud it promises that if the Republi- cans rroducts, ire snocensinl in November tho ers of low prices and cheap goods will give way to the old stifl prices and denrness brought about by the tariff of 1800, While thus committing its party to the Harriron-McKinloy theory that cheapness is an evil, the Tribune tries to keep in favor with the people who do nol want to psy more for what they buy. Bo in n recent issue it trots out the old story of how the tin- plate ; good industry has grown since 1890, forgetting, of course, to meution that the outputol fin piates has been greatly increased since the Wilson law cat the duty on them As a proof of the tariffs the Tri bune says that protont reduced the prices of steel, the most itnportant part of the raw material for tin plates, manufacturers In two, benefits of hich ion na enabled our to compete witl This is Protection re by shutliong high facturers c¢ higher prices, 4 inces“ihe out foreign duties, so that the } an ad) Line 10TH Reckless Asservtions of McKinley, in Dis Epeech under the Oop ' policy of hi ptry ‘‘boug IQ BOG MoO present mind that on ace cost of such goods part to duties on raw new tani) larger In to the materials required this sum ia of is 1% a 11K mage t ports of domestic manufactures wero 1.915, on 12.837 per cent. of all exports of merchandise ; in 1852 they were only $158,510,937, or 15.61 per cent, and in 1833, §$183,718,484, or 21.24 per cent, If the political campaign of this year is to be “one of education,” as Re publican leaders tell nus, eare should be taken to truth for its radi- ments, not reckless assertions dae to ha ve Presidential of the party should not be the principal of a school of error or deception, —Atianta Jour. ual, nominees MeRinler®s Bad Break, “We might just as well understand that we cannot fix by law the wages of labor,” said Mr. McKinley to Penn #¥ivania workingmen on Saturday. Wonders will never cease. Here is the father of that veteran campaigner = ‘mrotection means higher wages’ — writing ils epitaph with never a sob aud never a tear!—New York World, amiss IIIs ss THE PITTSTON DISASTER. A Report From the Commission of Mine Inspecters Appointed by Cov. Hastings The commission of mine inspectors ap- pointed Ly Governor Hastings to determine the cause of the Twin Bhalt mine cave-in, near Pittston, Pa, in which forty-eight min: ers were entombed, made its report. The inspectors conrinde that Superintend- cut Langan. who was among those lost, erred in going so far into the mine, knowing there was a “squeegee © The original cause of the “squeeze,” the commission believes, was a “mud crack,” together with irregular ity in the chambers of veins Nos, 5 and 8. It was also found that “naked Inmps” wore used at the tine of the sccident, and from these and the character of the “squeeze” it is presumed an explosion oo curred, The report is signed by all the inspectors, and recommendations accompany it to guard against similar accidents io the fatare, PLAaYinG BOCIETY. The Little Girl's Interpretation of What the PFruanrt Set Do, for things be. vith true ARINg the mand, youngster kind na, cos 1hG00 CVYeLILnE, 4 statuies, all being fash- i} pure « i rock salt, graded sireets and spacious weil ligh bh electric visted cases in this where not & single ln- successive the sun or w poopie lve on the T'% ryetaiillie has well ares, wil i wit wi re isc : or four seen rock salt Bw perfect sanitari- Average {Hs # 5 losin's Many Uses, ng ARIES Don’t Rub Your Clothes it makes home brighter Lover Bron, 124, Modeon and Harrisons 81s, Now York ¥ NM KINLEY a AND HOBART goLD SILVER! Souan avo Eaannerette, Ban INOWES, Lithogruphed in Five Colors on Net Work. 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