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PRESIDENTIAL ISSUES
DEFINED FOR 1900.
S the
William J. Bryan Outline
ward Step will
At this
parties preparing
to be the same
nent Gold
expressed a desire
the money issue,
WM. J. BRYAN DEF
epublicans who oppose the
publicans who
oppose it
Pi
t the d » standard
1 RKY Secretary
I ' Hay
» a letter to Lord Aldenham, direct
the
etter he
f the Back of England
g afterward published in the testimony
1ken before an English Commission
un that letter stated that the
t and & majority of his Cabinet
ed in the great desirability
rnational agreement
this
metallism the Republican party ne
to make the gold
In spite of record in fav
Vw
reek standard perman
The advocates of
| standard have no plan for se
ng the necessary increase in the vo
» of standard money Their nitimate
to withdraw from silver its
and make gold the
mly tender money
Then every d
rity millions «
gold alone,
compelled to find matter
to
secure, Every disturbance in gold stand
ard
system and the debtors will
gold, no
how scarce it may be, or how difficult
countries will shake our financial
the first
ones upon whom every disaster will fall
he
An Uniooked for Increase of Gold
In 1806 the Republicans did not prom
ise an increasing supply of standard
money, except by international bime.
tallism, but since 1506 we have secured
large amounts of unpromised and
expected gold from the discoveries in the |
Klondike, and also because of the famive |
in Furope, which created a demand for |
our breadstuffs at increased prices
The Secretary of the Treasury an.
nounced that the supply of gold coin in
the United States is some two bundred |
un. |
| vocates of the gold standard could
1g Campaign--No Back-
be taken by Democracy.
INES THE ISSUES:
the party in
Oot
ning ¢
ublican
AMpaign
It says that for the Reg party
enter the campaign as the champion
.
Ip
jational bank money would give to
the opposition a strength which it other
for It
the
wise comld not hope urges the
Republican party to "let
banks go
nationa
Democratic party can.
not drop thout
wl lurnis
f fo ine | er
hank fr
condil
0%
money
mer
Keason lor 16 10 | Katie
jometimes our opponents concede the
necessity for bimetallism, but ask why the
party adheres to the ratio of to 1.
The answer has been given so often that
it ought to be well understood, but | will
repeat i
During the period extending from
1575 to 1806 all parties were promising
the restoration of bimetalllsm, but the
| platforms were so ambiguous that ad.
elected and then defeat any silver legis
lation,
Some claimed to be in favor of bime.
tallism, but not in favor of free coinage.
Some claimed to be fu favor
Continued on page |
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of bime. |
BELLEFONTE,
LETTER FROM MANILA
tive ianguage
we
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IN AN ENGAGEMENT
Duting th
Manila ind
of which
He
the
wis, have been in 8
ments To Dames wer
reports and
1 he follow
frie:
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paper's
MANILA, Fe
ing from Legas;
gent General Pan
fore about the
on Major
F Hatta ty \
which « ui ia Ing con
ion and a
cements i"
shipton seventh
Infantry
ent as a fort i bat
tery have ile
The casual are Bown
and men, while
the rai near Mabacalat
disappeared and are supposed
captured A searching
them ambushed
{ poral four
patrolling
freceniny
10 have
party
and a corpora
road
heen
looking for was
killed
. -— -
Battle in Progress
Feb The
in progress
Born HEAD LAAGER,
battle at Ladysmith is now
The British are making a heroic attempt
to cross the Tugela river
BULLER RECROSSED THE TUGELA
The war office has
received a dispatch stating General Bal
| ler recrossed the Tugela river February
s and is Lady:
| smith,
Lonbox, Feb, 6
pow advrocing upon
.- .
| Some men mind their own business,
| while others employ a private secretary
PA., THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 8,
1500
FOR MEMORIAL EXERCISES
TO BE HELD FEB, 22,
EX-GOVERNOR A. G.
a H
fate of the
0 80 ever
of the b
th
et the reading go
courteous ins
be through in a few nutes It was th
ICMATRADIC Spo ¢ of Lhe
premie
standing on the
holding the
mora dur
an admin
tration
bonus
fet
an 03 posit nm
oa Lo
agaiogt his = : passing a
t his head
Ov
Some years before Cartin |
wCame
retary { the Commonwealth he
ected one of the overseers of
eliefonte borough and to this day
{ the poos
$ ived better
is 5a
that year than they ever did befo
nee He % a member
school board the borough for
with the ex n of three ye
set © Was seCntive, he resign
member of the school board in 18%
In February 15860 he was nominated
by the republican state convention, which
met al Harrsbarg, for governor, and
after a great campaign in which be can
vassed the state from Lake litle to the
Delaware he was elected by a majority
of over 12.000 over Henry D
same man whom he held in subjection
by his marvelous conversational
while the normal school bill passed
On the 15th day of January A. D, 186:
Curtin was inaugurated governor of the
state. This took place just three months
before the breaking out of the war, The
inaugural address was remarkable in its
boldness and the expression of a deter.
mination to preserve the union of the
states as they came to us from our fathers,
As making a fit declamation for any
Foster the |
ower |
; ! dent
CURTIN:
Al were
Hence their nan
tie and
1 the
ito Then it
lefeat at
good dg
him 1
the
have prep
y lo pres nt reg ments
iL was that every regiment
from Pennsylvania bore of arure
of
by
A flag
field baving in the centre the coat
Arms of our great state, surrounded
a galaxy of bright stars
On the tenth of September, 15
the
Tenallytown, in the presence of
, While
at
resi
Peonsylvania Reserves were
Lincoln, the secretary of war, the
i
commander of the Army of the Potomac
and many others of the dignitaries of
the nation, Governor Curtin presented
colors for each regiment of this corps, to
General McCall (the commander of the
corps) in the most fervent and impas- |
sloned language, so characteristic of the |
| coal,
| man was dead
| gnmarried.
man and the times that his eloguent
Continued on page 4
ul names
sult is that a dog
loose in the end and every
precaution is beiag taken to prevent the
The brain of one
of the cows killed and sent to
the authorities at Harrisburg and after
passing it through the usual tests for
hydrophobia showed without a doubt
that the animal was infected with that
disease. No new cases have developed
last week and there is general
farmers and cattle
spread of the disease
that was
since
relief felt among
owners.
-
Killed by a Fall of Coal,
Samuel Walker, jr, of Philipsburg,
was killed in the Troy mine, near that
place, last week by a premature fall of
When the coal was removed the
He was 31 years old and