> “fcan hardly CIRCULATION on hn OVER 1700, CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. 0X ROAST AT MILLHEIM A Monster Demonstration for Bryan and Free Silver { by Hon. Jenks, VERY ABLE ADRESSES MADE The Town Ox A Complete Report of the Meeting was Appropriately Decorated—The Roast a Grand Success——The Speeches De livered. Last Thursday the east end of Centre unty had its great political demonstra- tion and feast, of the At early e county, especially 1 Penusval campaign of 1896. morn people from all parts of ym Brushvalley By hile HG nt to Millheim ] » WOmen anda ¢ ts were n: Spangler, Jas Wolf, A in iron Zerby as a democratic party pose to wait on any other nation. This is a struggle for financial independence. We propose a financial system as old as the constitution *88 had which he cited th Kinley and monucy scarce ATer, are mostiy.e especially those who bought their farms pri these lly pay their interest, much less al. ‘arious other business the princip i enterprises pay hardly more t penses. Relief is afforded by raising the prices as France d bimetallic standard. government The constitution by the yovern. ment stamp regulates the legal tender han ex- id, by adopting the What right has a to make a dollar twice its value? value of its money and not the bankers.” He then explained became of the inside the income unconstitutional by in full how tax one member ie court changing There ia his vote thirty days. nothing ‘““unjust or unreasonable’ icizing it, any judge crit. as every person does this with of a court, and this is all the democratic platform 1g to d (Great Applause.) After a brief Col then introduced Hon, Jenks, TOPOS 5 0. interval Spangler of ville, Jefferson county, whom he call Brook- the “best and brainest man in Peansylva nia. Mr. Jenks had 8S. District Attorney in Cleveland's first administration, a counsel in the Belknap case, and made the best defense in the famous Hayes and Tilden dispute. Mr, Jenks not being allowed to speak long out doors on account of his throat, made a brief address in which he refuted with perfect ease the common ignorant state ment that all intelligence is in the '" been assistant U re. b J publican party by reminding his hearers picts were necessary for the development that nine tenths of the population of the United States consisted of foreigners, that there are only about 7,000,000 pative born Americans. He said that “it is the intelligence of the democratic party on which the country depends.” | In evidence thereof he gave a brief his. tory of the democratic party, and cited | how the alien and sedition laws had vio- lated the rights of the constitution ac. cording to the views of Jefferson. Democ. racy had ruled the country before parties were formed. Only two things were done by the republican party, namely ! the abolution of slavery and the purchase of Alaska, in which, the speaker sald, “and it was too cold for a Christian to live in." (laughter), but both of these two of our nation, The people were then iuvited to par. | with sandwiches, | is purely democratic, take of the rgasted ox, which was served and was eaten great relish. Everybody got his piece. EVENING MEETING. Headed by the Millheim band the peo- : i | packed to its utmost, and were addressed | plause said the following : “Ametica is better adapted by its var- ied physical features for the develop- than any a nation was not ment of vg ws industries AT other country, and it as established by armies, but by the moral American his. tory more imp this thing like it in the ies of Jefferson and that the in Y 11 conscience. No period in Some- yrtant than Adams, in which it was shown people ar Powe! out governme on 1s the FEL iSSuce we must v is expedi 1 ACINOCT Xa grea as jefierson Brxa of a leader of men Crises, Jackson, has the characteristics 3 the Alumng SPO hed h $17 in circulation £22 to each indivi wnt for the ' ; , which is too small f the coun. idle 0 gold in the treas. an am try. § gold the 190, 00G , OF x £200,000 ury at the end of ( in treasury. eland’s first admin. at the Cleveland r, or heresy, in Wall istration, but whic was all out end of Harrisor term caught the gold fi street legal tran Harr and at Gray Gable 8. York more der ratic pl tions daring son's administrat There never Carlisle also in was a atform world's There party, there of the supreme juries by the through the pre CSP ia 8 for wha history that at Chicago ses in the democratic 3 and never will an are no « be. In late years is a tend to increase the power itt and to dispose of thod of ire of various co-oper rail;oads. Trial by ur forefathers fought tion, and is one of the usurpation atious, jury during the revo principle featur which has always been vigorously advo. cated by the democratic party. Million. aires avaid paying taxes as much as pos- sible, and many of them live in rented houses. "Who will court if the peop'c can’t.” Jefferson and Lincoln severely criticized the supreme court prolonged applauses, but not until nearly everybody in the audience had said ‘go on, go on,” HUGH 5. TAVLORS' ADDRKSS The chairman 8. Taylor, Heq., of Belleloute, who after complimenting the ladies for their pres. ence, made a plea for a faithful support | | of the county and congressional ticket, He also said that the Chicago platform That Bryan was advocating the same true principles of government as Jefferson, Jackson and Tilden, thatthe freedom of the American nation isto be maintained by fighting against the gold standard. This young man made a brilliant and very spirited address, which was much appreciated and vigorously applauded. Col. Span. gler, being on the stage, was then urgently called upon by the audience, and responded by narrating many killing (Continued on Sth page.) who amidst great ap- | WANTED of a true democracy | | cans claim? Didn't they know what they | were saying in 1892, or don't they know correct the supreme | attitude toward silver and that gold is The speaker then closed amidst | | says hen jutroduced Hugh | | WERE with | FOR FREE SILVER | ple went to thie town hall, which was | Testimony From the Grand Old "arty CHEAPER The Republican Campaign Book of 892 Adve Want- Platforms cated Free Silver Gold Appreciated Dollars~ Interesting Reading ed Cheaper Recent can party on four short ye aniess itis that of the Rot ats on of these u his Lhe Morgans, the Belmon the bond syndi- cates? At the dictat wen the United and sil. uantitifs,; take it to the States amd re NRDAY ying be 1 by the fender of in effect never thers limitation lo silt demonelized, and it has been restored fully to the posi. tion it held in the earlier coinage system of this country. There has been much irrelevant contro versy as to whether this was done intentionally, and after full cussion, or accidentally, so far as the majority of congress were conce d, and by the artful trick of certain persons interest. ed in gold standard. Such a controversy serves no useful At that time both and gold were at a large premium, payments not having been re. sumed, and paper money was the only currency. 7he impor. tant fact, however, is thal silver was demonetized, and it is of lit. tle service in considering how it was done." silver er was dis me bri about a purpose silver spe nc If the foregomng statement was true in 1892, is it not true today? What has caused it to be a lie now, as ihe iepubli- what they mean now? Is it not evident that some mighty influence has been brought to bear to cause the change in that influence ? This republican text book further “The unlimited coinage of both metals had prevailed from the foundation of the goverment until that date, and yet on June 30, 1873, there had been a total coinage of $1,041,018,557 of gold and only $162,425,070 of silver, Unlimited silver had not meant the debasement of the currency. The scarcity of the metal and its free employment as money by all naflbus except England had giv- en it a value in comparison with id that removed all risk of its ree use in our coinage, * * » There is a grave danger in the unqualified adoption of the gold standard. For, as silver has been taken out of Europe's coin. age, the demand for d has rmous! =v 1 In countries silver as much of every. the silver will buy al MONEY | 49 fy JELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBEI 1806. thing except gold as it would len or a dozen years ago, and this fact sustains the demand for ‘'cheap- er’ money. The advocates of the gold standard alleges that the value of gold is intrinsic,and that a certain quantity of gold bullion baving a fixed value should be the standard of ex- change. This would be all we enough if anybody were able to insure that the supply would con- tinually increase in ratio with the increasing demand for it caused by growing population and com merce, but as a matter of fact it is decreasing in that therefore a man who ten yea ago contract a debt which might then | wharged " \ with 1.000 bu atio a 1 yf 1 JAVEe Deen } {wheatto get iy 5 ITE 4) which syabie TCASCS aking and ayment Mens iralions havi short per tate of its nn very 1892 1 1 advantage 1896 But even later than four years ago re. text books contained good argu. vet free sil page an congressional campaign 94 is the following paragraph European silver could dumped into ou fit to the forei silver of B not be urope is coined at ara- tio of 15 to 1, whereas, American coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1, and as the bulk of European sil ver has already been in use many years it has probably lost 3 per cent by abrasion. Here isa dead loss of 6 per cent on every dol- lar's worth of European silver to be dumped on this country, to which there must be added freight and insurance. But this is not all. The European coins could not be offered to our mints, The one-tenth alloy which they contain would have to be extract. ed, a loss of 10 per cent, and the extraction would cost another § per cent, making a loss and cost of not less than 22 cents before the dump reached our mints. The total joss on every dollar's worth of European silver brought over here being not less than 32 cents to put it in another shape, foreign speculators in order to dump European silver on out mints would be compelled to sell for 68 cruts the silver that cost them roo cents in gold.” is There is no reason why any republican | | should hesitate to vote for Bryan and | free silver, when he bas such evidence | before him that his party has abandoned { its principles and beliefs, In the national Republican plat form of 1892 we find the following : “The American people from tradition and interest favor bi metalism, and the republican party demands the use of both gold and silver asstandard mon- ey.” . In the Republican platform of 1888 we find : "We favor the useor both gold and silver as Mont, and con. ie of adminis. ¢ to demonetize L. DECISION OF JUSTICE Famous Howard Church Case DEAN In the THE RULING OF THE COURT the So Full Was Viewed 1n thie How the Matter For the Opinion is prem Information Text of Published Court Nnpiaing meeting ho b ) un organized a ff Lhe « hurch, Williamsport 1 exergsinge conierre June and CONEIe un the church 0 ¢ meeting was con : resisted force gatiot ity of the to debar a maj g in worship 1 from engaging That the 25th of J stituted and held by competent aull of the denomination, and all it lar und hie church, that the exer by fendants was f were rity | ings were sages of the thority wers and Les cling as trustees or venting Long an from assuming the offices to which they had been elected, and that they be further enjoined from rs of Eagleville ing And furt be of the congregation the church . The answer denies that those who appealed, called on the elders of the Eagleville and Lock Haven churches, and held the meeting of asth of June, are a majority of the congrega- tion; on the contrary, aver, that they compose but a small minority; that O. T. | Noble and A. M. DeHaas, neither of | them members of the congregation, but acting as a committee for the meeting, | attempted to take possession of the church property, and tam it over to the minority composing the meeting, thus ousting | the regular organization and putting | a wholly irregular onein control; they i admit, they resisted this unauthorized interference; they further aver, that fone Rev. W. L. Hayden, of Bellefonte, | came with the Sheriff at the hour of pub. lic worship, on the roth of August follow. ing the meeting and read a lecture or PL oot 3 her, ey and ead ! { 0 EXC ling a h of enjoined majors p i Tam? Of deiencanis to surrender possession of the church to the minority, which they refused to do. They further aver, that the action of the 25th of June meeting, with the elders of the churches of Eagleville and Lock Haven, and clergymen from other con. gregations, was wholly unauthorized, and unknown to the rules and discipline of the church; that there exists no other power to adjust differences in a Disciple’s congregation, but the elders and the con. gregation, and the colgregation alone can dispose officers duly elected. That this was a regular fully organized congregation, with a duly elected Rev G. W, Headley thai the proclamation to them commanding them | SCHOLARSHIP wrens CONTEST « Wm, B, Herick Miss Mary Twitmyer, 540 ih (Particulars on th page) VOL. 18. NO. 42. NUTS FOR KINSLOE TO CRACK minous Record, edited by one The Bitu : R. A. Kinsloe, hasasked a large number of questions of Col, Spangler Silver candidate for C ngres vicw lo ¢on veying Spangler is unfit to 1 ct wl. Who i Does from? the head nce, ste of the Bryan boys, on the preceeding Wed- origmnaily and U it won't do to silver never ridiculed {the 53 cent silver dollar, and talked most of his time about tariff and of his Lg protection Pury tne «| ASC 1 ] CR § pape Ihe writer, at the ler was asked by Mr. ot appears a 3 The cannot say now ' That seemed to give them some inspiration whether it had n DEMOCRAT Ree Tue CENTRY n answer, was “1 al the jastant whether it has, or not repl y and the crowd cheered like hoodiums. The looked up, and contains the words he quoted. The same e-published in another part of this issue. It contains the very essence of the free silver argu article referred to, has since been is 1 ment {is the very doctrine advocated | by such men, as Lincoln, Grant, Blaine, Logan, and is in accord with the repul can platforms in this state and the nation al platforms of the republican party and especially with McKinley, previous 10 A | culating mediam, higher prices, more | primary money and consequently cheap | er dollars—uot so dear that you can't get { them. All these things Mr. Keeder age | sailed. ‘That evidently is his judgment, | formed probably from a limited study of the question, political prejudice may con. trol Mis conclusions, or, he talks that way when Le knows better, Mr. James P, Coburn spoke. It is hardly necessary to add anything more, The same old chestnute—abuse, ugly language was used by him, | «~The finest, largest pumpkin in the land can be seen at Baver's store om Allu. gheny street, It was grown by our friend WATger ow the Si. Louis convention, Penjamin Fulton, and is a monster,
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