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THE SCEANTON TBIBUNE THUESDAY MOEXINO, AUGUST 13, 1890.
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1HJIID
ICom-tuilnl from Pas 1)
possess, and which lJr, It minvn
uered. will surely be used to close th
doore of advancement atrainst such n
they, und to fix new disabilities and
burdens upon them, till all of their lib
erty shall b lot." Thiise who dally
f.ilitnv the lnlunctlun, "In the sweat of
thy faoe shall tlicu eut bread." are now.
as they have ever been, the bulwark
of law and order the source of our
nation's greatness In times of peace,
and its surest defenders In times of
war.
WHERE INJUSTICE BEGINS.
Hut I have only read a part of Jack
son's utterances let nif Klve you til
conclusiuu: "But when the Ihws un
dertake to add to those natural and
Just udvantaues artlilclnl distinction
to mi ant titles, gratuities and exclu
sive privileges to make the rich richer
and the potent mure imwtrrful the
humble members of society the far
mers, mechanics and ilay laborers
who have neither the time nor the
menus of securing like favors for
themselves, have a rii;lit to eoinluiii,
ti the Injustice of tlieir ifovernmeiit.
Tluwe who suppoit the I'hleuifo plat
foriu endorse all of the quotations
from Jackson the latter pari us well
as the former part.
We ure not surprised to find arrayed
nauinst us those who are the benefic
iaries of Roveinmental favoritism
they have read our platform. Nor art
we surprised to learn that we must In
this campaiKn facelhehostilityofthose
who find a pecuniary advantage In ad
vocating the doctrine of non-lntelfer--nce
when great aggregations of wealth
are trespassing WJon the rights of in
dividuals. We welcome such opposi
tion it is the highest endorsement
w hich could lie bestowed U)miu us. We
are content to have the co-operation
of those who desire to have the gov
ernment administered without fear or
favor. It Is not the wish of the general
' public that trusts should spring into
existence and override the weaker
members of society. It Is not the wish
of the general public that these trusts
should destroy competition und then
collect such tax as they will from
those who are at their mercey. nor is
It the fault of the general public that
the inmrumrntalities of government
hove been so often prostituted to pur
poses of private gain. Those who stand
upon the Chicago platform believe that
the government Bhoiild not only avoid
wrong doing, but that it should also
prevent wrong doing, and they be
lieve thnt the law should lie enforced
alike against all enemies of the public
weal. They do nut excuse petit lar
ceny, but they declure that grand lar
ceny is equally a crime; they do not
defend the occupation of the highway
man who robs the unsuspecting travel
er, but they Include, among the trans
gressors those who, through the more
polite and loss hazardous means of
legislation, appropriate to their own
use the proceeds of the toll of others.
The commandment, "thou shalt not
steal." thundered from Slnal and re
Iterated in the legislation of all the na
tions, Is no respector of persons. It
must be applied to the great as well as
the small, to the strong as well as th
Weak, to the corporate person crented
by law as well ns to the 1 rson nf Mesh
i und blood created by the Almighty. No
government is worthy of the name
which Is not able to protect from every
arm nidified for his injury the hum
blest citizen, who lives beneath Its
Mag. It follows us a necessary ron-
' elusion that vicious legislation must
be remedied by the people who are suf
fering from the effects of such legisla
tion, nnd not by those who enjoy its
benefits.
NOT AGAINST THE COVKTS.
The Chicago platform has been con
demned by some, because It dissents
from an oplijn rendered by the Su
preme court dcclurliiK the Income tax
law unconstitutional, our critics even
iro so fur as to apply the name Anar
chist to those who stand upon that
iilsnk of the tla.tf(irm. It must be re-
niomheied that we expressly recognize
the binding force of that decision so
: long as It stands ns a part of tne law
nf the land.. There Is in the platform
no suggestion of nn attempt to dispute
the nuthoiitv of the Supreme court
The party Is simply pledged to use "all
the constitutional power which remains
after that decision, or which may come
fmm its reversal by the court as It may
heieaft.er be constituted."
Is there any disloyalty in that pledge?
For a hundred years the Supreme court
of the United States has sustained the
piinclple which underlies the Income
tax. Some twenty years ago this same
court sustained without a dissenting
oice an Income tax law almost Iden
tical with the one recently overthrown.
Has not a Puture court as much right
to return to the Judicial precedents of a
century us the present court had to de
part from them'.' When courts allow
rehearing thr admit that error Is
. pol'.tblo; the late decision against the
income tix was rendered by a majority
' ,t one after a rehearing.
Nl ( A I'OIX V FOR 1 NCDM K TAX.
While the money question overshad
ows all other questions in importance
I desire It distinctly understood that I
h;ill offer no apology foi the income tax
pl.ink or the Chicago plattorm. The
Inst iuroms fix law-sought to apportion
the liTinl.'ns of government more equit
ably among those who' enjoy the pro
tection of government. At present the
expenses of the federal government, col
lected through intermit revenue taxes
and import duties, are especlully bur
densome Um tile iioorer classes of so
ciety. A law which collec ts from some
citizens more than their share of taxes
nad collects from other citizens less
than their share. Is simply an Indirect
means of transferring one man's prop
erty to another man's pocket, und while
the process may be quite satisfactory
to the men who escape just taxation
It can never be satisfactory to those
who are overburdened. The last in
come tax law, with Its exemption pro
visions, when considered in connection
With other methods of taxation In force.
was not unjust to the possessors of large
Incomes, because they wete not com
pelled to pay a total federal tax greater
than their share. The Income tax Is
Pot new. nor Is it based upon hostility
to the rich. The system Is employed in
several of the most ImiMirtant nations
In Europe nnd evt ry Income tax law
now upon the statute books in any land.
far ns I have been nble to ascertain,
contains nn exemption clause. While
the collection of an income tax In other
countries does not make It necessary
for this nation to adopt the system, yet
It ought to model ate the language of
those who denounce the Income tux as
n assault upon the well-to-do.
Not only shall I refuse to npolo
gize for the advocacy of an income
tax law by the national convention but
I shall also refuse to apologize for the
exercise by It of the light to dissent
'from a decision of the Supreme court.
In a government like ours. every public
'official-is a public servant, whether he
holds otlice by election or by appoint
ment, whether he serves foi a term of
Sears or during good behavloi. and the
people have a right to criticise his
official acts.
"Confidence Is everywhere the parent
of despotism." These are the words of
Thomas Jefferson, and I submit that
they present a truer conception of pop
nlnr government than that entertained
by those who would prohibit an unfav
orable comment unon a court decis
ion. -Truth will vindicate itself: only
. error feats free speech. No public offi
cial who conscientiously discharges his
duty as he sets It will desire to deny to
Unite whom ho serves the right to dls-
i ola moial Conduct.
Now, let me ask' you to consider the
paramount question of this campaign --the-motiey
question.. It Is scarcely nec
essary to defend the principle of bi
metallism. No national party during
the entire history of the United States
has ever declared against it, and iiO
party In this campaign has had the
temerity to oppose It. Three, parties
the Democratic. Populist and Silver
parties have not only declared for bi
metallism, but have outlined the speci
fic legislation necessary to restore silver
to its ancient position by the side of
gold. Tho Republican platform ex
pressly declares that bimetallism Is de
sirable w hen it pledges the Kepubllcan
party to aid in securing it as soon as the
assistance of certain foreign nations
tan be obtained.
Tnose who represented the minority
sentiment In the Chicago convention
opposedthe free cutnage of silver by the
United States by Independent action on
the ground that. In their Judgment, it
"would retard or entirely prevent the
establishment of International bimetall
ism, to which the efforts of the govern-"
incut should be steadily directed." When
they asserted that the efforts of the gov
ernment should be steadily directed to
ward the establishment of international
bimetallism, they condemned 'mono
metallism. The gold standard has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting. Take from it the powerful
support of tile money-owning und the.
money-changing classes und it cannot
stand for one day In any nation in the
world. It was. fastened upon the Unit
ed States without discussion before the
people, ami its friends have never yet
been willing to risk a verdict befoie
the voters upon thut Issue. There can
be no sympathy or co-oeration between
the advocates of a universal gold stand
ard and the advocates of bimetallism.
Ketween bimetallism whether Inde
pendent or International and the gold
standard there is an inmnssuble gulf.
Is tliis quadrenulul agitation in favor
oi inreriiaiiouai uiiiieiuuism couuucieu
in goo faith, or do our opponents really I
lii'T-iin in mil iiiiiiiii I II,' kmiii i,anuiiu
permanently? Are they willing to
confess the superiority of a double
standard when joined In by the leading
nations of the world, nr do they still
insist thut gold Is the only nietnl suit
able for standard money among civil
ized nations? If they are in fact de
serious of securing bimetallism, we may
expect them to point out the evils of a
gold standard and defend bimetallism
as a system. If, on the other hand,
they are bending their energies to
ward the permanent establishment of
a gold standard under cover of a declar
ation in favor of international bimetall
ism, I am Juslitled In suggesting that
honest money cannot be expected at
the hands of those w ho deal dishonest
ly with the American people.
THE TEST OF HONESTY.
What Is the test of honesty In money?
It must certainly be found in the pur
chasing power of the dollar. An abso
lutely honest dollar would not vary In
Its general purchasing power; it would
be absolutely stable when measured by
uveruge prices. A dollar which de
creases in purchasing power Is just ns
dishonest as a dollar which Increases
in purchasing power. Prof. Laughlin,
now of the University of Chicago, and
one of the highest gold standard au
thorities. In his work on bimetallism
not only admits that gold does not re
main absolutely staloV4ii value, but ex
pressly asserts "thut there Is no such
thing ns a standard of value for future
payments, either in gold or sliver, w hich
remains absolutely Invariable." He
even. suggests that u multiple standard,
wherein the unit Is " based upon the
selling prices of a number of articles
of general consumption" would be a
more Just standard than either gold or
silver, or bcth, because a long contract
would thereby be, paid at Its maturity
by the same purchasing power as was
given n the beginning.
It cannot be successfully claimed that
monometallism or bimetallism, or uny
other system, gives an absolutely just
standard of value. Under both mono
metallism and bimetallism, the govern
ment fixes the weight and fineness of
the dollar, Invests it with legal tender
qualities, and then opens the mints to
its unrestricted coinage, leaving the
purchasing power of the dollar to be
determined by the number of dollars.
Bimetallism is better than monomet
allism, not because it gives us a perfect
dollar that is. a dollar absolutely un
varying in its general purchasing
power but because it makes a nearer
approach to stability, to honesty, to
Justice, thnft a gold standard possibly
cun. Prior to 173, when there were
enough open mints to permit all the
gold and silver available for coinage
to find entrance Into the world's volume
of standard money, the United States
might have maintained a gold stan
dard with less injury to Un
people of tills country; but now, when
each step toward a universal gold
standard enhances the purchasing
power of gold, depresses prices and
transfers to the pockets of the creditor
class an unearned Increment, the influ
ence of this great nation must not be
thrown upon the side of gold unless
we ure prepared to accept the nutural
und legitimate consequences of . such
an act. Any legislation which lessens
the world's stock of standard money In
creases the exchangeable value of a
dollar; therefore, the crusade against
sliver must inevitably lalse the pur
chasing power of money and lower the
money value of all other forms of prop
erty. Itecognizilig the disposition of
the individual Voter to consider the ef
fort of uny proposed legislation upon
himself, we present to the American
people the lluaiicial pulley outlined in
the Chicago platform, believing that it
will result ill the greatest good to tho
greatest number.
The fanners ure opposed to a gold
standard because they have felt its
effects. Tin- wage-earners have been
injured by a gold standard, ami have
expiessed themselves upon the subject
with gleat cmphusis. The farmers und
wage-earners together constitute a
considerable majority of the people of
tile rutin 1 1 y. Why should their inter
ests be ignored in roiisideiing financial
legislation?
GOLD STANDARD AND RAVINGS.
Our opponents have made a special
appeal tu those who hold lire and life in;
suiuuce policies, but these polky-hold-ers
know that, since the total prem
iums received exceed the total losses
paid, a rising standard must be of more
benefit to the companies than to the
policy-holders. Much solicitude has
been xpressed by our opponents for the
depositors in savings banks. They con
stantly parade betoie these depositors
the advuntnges of a gold standard, but
those appeals will be in vain, because
savings bunk depositors know that
under n gold standard there Is increas
ing danger that they will lose their de
posits because of the inability of the
banks to collect their assets; and they
still further know thut. if the golil
ftandnrd Is to continue indefinitely,
they may be compelled to withdraw
their deposits in order to pay living ex
penses. It is only necessary to note
the increasing number of failures in
order to know that a gold stundnid is
ruinous to merchants and manufactu
rers. These business men do not make
their profits from the people from whom
they borrow money, but trom the people
to whom they sell their goods., if the
people cannot buy. retullers cannot sll.
and. If retailers cannot sell, wholesale
merchants and manufacturers must" go
into bankruptcy,
Those who hold, as a permanent In
vestment, the stok of railrnnds and of
other enterprises 1 do not include those
who speculate in stocks or use stock
holdings as a means of obtaining un In
side advantage lit construction contracts-are
Injured by a gold standard.
The rising dollar destroys the earning
power of these enterprises, without re
ducing their liabilities, and. as divi
dends cannot be paid until salaries and
fixed charges have been satisfied, the
stockholders must bear the burden of
bard times.
Salaries In business occupations de
pend upon business conditions, and the
gold standard both lessens the amount
and threatens the permanency of such
salaries. Official salaries, excel. t the sal
aries of those who hold ofliee for li:'e.
must in the long run be adjusted to the
conditions of those who pay the taxes,
and if the present financial policy con
tinues, we must expect fie contest be
tween the tax-payer and tax-eate. to
increase In bitterness. The profession
al classes In the'muln - derive their
supHirt from the producing classes, and
can only enjoy prospf.i'y when there
is prosperity among those who crate
wealth. I have not attempted to de
scribe the effect of the gold standard
upon all classes in fact, I have only
had time to mention a few but each
person will be able to apply the prin
ciples stuted to his own occupation.
THOSE WHO BENEFIT.
Let me say a word, now, in regard
to certain persona who are pecuniarily
benefited by a gold standard, and who
favor li, not from a desire to trespass
upon the rights of others, but because
the circumstances which surround
them blind them to the effect of the
gold standard on others. I shall ask
you to consider the luuguage of two
gentlemen, whose long public service
and high standing in the purty to which
they belong, will protect them from ad
verse criticism by our opponents. Ill
I Mi! Senator Sherman said: "The con
traction uf the currency Is far more dls
tressing in operation thuu senators
suppose. Our own and other nations
have gone through thut operation be
fore. It Is not possible to take that
voyage without the sorest- distress. To
every person, except a capitalist out
ot utiit. or a salaried omcer or an an
nuitant, it is u period of loss, danger.
lassitude of trade, full of wages, sus
pension of enterprise, bankruptcy and
disaster, it means ruin to all debtors,
whose debts are twice their business
capital, though one-third less than
(ni,r acutul property It
of agricultural prodiictlo
meuns the fall
tlon without any
great reduction el tuxes. hat pru
dent man would dare to build a house.
a railroad, a factory or a barn with this
certain fact before him?
As I have said before, the salaried
officer referred to must be the man
whose salary is fixed fur life and not
the man whose salary depends upon
business conditions. When Mr. Sher
man describes contraction of the cur
rency as disastrous to all the people
except the capitalist out of debt and
those who stand in a position sinillur
to his. he Is stating a truth which
must lie apparent to every person who
will give the matter careful considera
tion. Mr. Sherman was at that time
speuking of the contraction of the vol
tune of paper currency, but the prill
clple which lie set forth applies. If there
Is a contraction of the volume of the
standard money of the world.
Mr. Hlaine discussed the same prln
clple in connection with the demoneti
zatiun of sliver. Speaking in the House
of Representatives on the seventh of
February, 1STS. he said: "I believe the
struggle now going on in this country
and other countries for a single gold
standard would. If successful, produce
widespread disaster in and throughout
the commercial world. The destruction
of silver us money, and the establishing
of gold as the sole unit of value, must
have a ruinous effect on all forms of
property, except these Investments which
yield fixed returns In money. They
would be enormously enhanced In value
and would gain a disproportionate and
unfair advantage over every other
species of property."
Is it strange thut he "holders of in
vestments which yield a fixed return
In money" cun regard the destruction
of silver with complacency? May we
not eXDect the holders of other forms
of property to protest against giving
to money u "disproportionate and un
fulr advantage over every other species
of property?
If the relatively few whose wealth
consists largely in fixed investments
have a right to use the ballot to en
hance the value of their Investments,
have not the rest of the people the
right to use their ballot to protect them
selves from the disastrous consequences
of u rising standard? The people who
must purchase money with the pro
ducts of toil stand in a position entirely
different from the position of those
who own money or receive a fixed in
come. The well being of the nation
aye of civilization Itself depends on
the prosperity of the masses. What
shull It profit us to have a dollar which
grows more valuable every day if such
u dollar lowers the standard of civili
zation and brings distress to the people?
What shull It profit us if In trying to
raise our credit by increasing the pur
chasing power of our dollar, we destroy
our ability to pa.v the debts already
contracted by lowering the purchuslng
power of the products with which those
debts must be paid?
TO UAISK SILVER'S VALUE.
We contend thut free und unlimited
coinage by the United States alone
will raise the bullion value of sliver to
its coinage value, and thus make sil
ver bullion worth tl.ZD per ounce in gold
throughout the world. This proposi
tion is In keeping with the natural
laws, not in defiance of them. The best
known law of commerce Is the luw of
i,upply und demand. We recognize
thlt law and build uur argument upon
It. We auply this law to money when
we say that a reduction in the volume
of money will raise the purchasing
potver of the dollur; we ulso apply the
luw of supply und demund tu stiver
when we suy thut u new demand for
sliver cieuted by law will raise the
price of silver bullion.
Gold and silver nre different from
other commodities in that they ure lim
ited in quantity. Corn, wheat, manu
factured products, etc., can be produced
almost without limit, provided they can
be sold at a price stltficient to stimulate
production, but gold and silver are
called precious metuls. beeuuse they ure
found, not produced. These metals have
been the objects of unxlous seurch as
far buck us history runs, yet accord
ing to Mr. Harvey's calculation, ull the
gold coin of the world cun be melted
Into a 'Ji-foot cube and all the sliver
coin in the world into u lit;-foot cube.
Iiecnuse the gold and silver are lim
ited, both in the quantity now in hand
and In annual production, it follows
thut legislation can fix the ratio lie
tween them. Any purchaser who
stands ready to take the entire supply
of any given article ut a certain price
can prevent that article from falling
neiow mat price, wo the government
can tlx a price for gold and silver by
creating u demand greater than the
supply.
The only question upon which Inter
national bimetalllsts und independent
blmetnllisls differ Is cun the United
Slates by the free and unlimited coin
age of silver nt the present legal ratio
create a itctuuml for sliver which, taken
in connection with the demand ulreudy
In existence, will be sufficient to util
ize nil the silver that will be presented
at the mint? They agree In their de
fense of the blmetullist's princlole ami
they agree in unalterable opposition to
me goui sianuuru.
in uiscussing this question we must
consider the capacity of our iieople to
use suver anu tne quantity of silver
n iiii-ii run come ill our mints. II OUT
mints are opened to free and un
limited coinage at the present ratio,
merchandise silver cannot come here,
because the labor applied to it has
made It worth more in the form of mer
chandise than It will be worth n nm-
mints. We cannot even expect any of
the annual product of silver, because
India. China, Japan, Mexico, and all the
otner silver using countries, must sa
tlsfy their annual needs from th on
nual product; the arts will require a
large amount, ana tne gold standard
countries will need a considerable
quantity for subsidiary coin. We' will
be required to coin only that which Is
not needed elsewhere: but. If we .tan.i
ready to take and utilize all of It, other
nations win Da compelled to buv at tho
I puce w men we nx,
Perhaps the most persistent misrep
resentation that we have to meet is
the charge that we are advocating the
payment of debts In fifty-cciit dollurs.
At the present time and under present
laws a silver dollar, when melted, loses
nearly half its value, but that will not
be true when we again establish a mint
price for sliver and leave no surplus
silver upon the market to drag dow n the
price of bullion. Under bimetall
ism silver bullion will be worth as
much as silver coin. Just as gold bullion
Is now worth as much as gold coin, and
we believe that a silver dollar will be
worth as much as a gold dollar.
The charge of Repudiation comes with
poor grace from those who ure seeking
to add to the weight of existing debts
by legislation which makes money
dearer, and who conceal their designs
against he general welfare under the
euphonious pretense that they are up
holding public credit und national
honor.
in answer to the charge that gold
will go abroad. It must be remembered
that no gold can leave this country un
til the owner of the gold receives some
thing in return for it which he would
rut Ik-r have. In other words when gold
leavts the country those who formerly
owned It will be bentl'.ted. There is
no process by which we can be com
pelled to purl with our gold ugalnst our
will, nor Is theie any process by wlilili
silver can be forced upon us without
our consent. Exchanges ure matters of
agreement, und If silver comes to til's
country under free coinage, it will be ut
the Invitation of some one in this coun
try who will give something in ex
change for It.
THE CASE OF MUX ICO.
Those who deny the ability of the
United Status to maintain the purity
bet ween gold and silver at the present
Igeal ratio without foreign uid point
to .Mexico and assert that the opening
of our mints will reduc e us to u sliver
basis and raise gold to u premium. It
Is no reflection upon our sister republic
to remind our people that tho United
Stutes is much greater thun Mexico
In area, in population, and in commer
cial strength. It Is ubsurd to ussert
thut the United Stutes Is not able to do
anything which Mexico has failed to
accomplish. The one thing necessary
In order to maintain the purity is to
furnish a demand great enough to
utilize all the silver which will come to
the mints. That Mexico has failed to
do this Is not proof that the United
States -would also fail.
It is also argued that, since a num
ber of the nations have demonetized
silver, nothing can be done until all of
those nations restore bimetallism. This
is also illogical. It is immaterial how
many or how few nations have open
mints, provided there are sufficient
open mints to furnish a monetary de,
mand for all the gold and silver avail
able for coinage.
In reply to the argument that Im
proved machinery has lessened the
cost of producing silver. It Is sufficient
to say that the same Is true of the pro
duction of gold, yet, notwithstanding
that, gold has risen In value.
If, as Is asserted by our opponents,
the free coinage of silver Is Intended
only for the benefit of the mine-owner,
it must be remembered that free con-
age cannot restore to the mine-owners
any more than demonetization took
away, and it must also be remembered
that the loss which the demonetization
of sliver has brought to the mine-
owners Is insignificant compared to the
loss which this policy has brought to
the rest of the people. The restoration
of silver will bring to the people gen
erally many times as much advantage
as the mine-owners can obtain from It
There are some, who. while admitting
the benefits of bimetallism, object to
coinage at the present ratio. If any
are deceived by this objection, they
ought to remember that there are no
bimetalllsts who are earnestly endeav
oring to secure It In any other ratio
than 16 to 1.
THE QUE8TON OF RATIO.
We are opposed to any change in the
ratio for two reasons: First, because
a change would produce great Injustice
and, second, because a change in the
ratio Is not necessary. A change would
produce Injustice because, if effected
in the manner usually suggested, it
would result in an enormous contrac
tion in the volume of standard money.
The people of the United States would
be injured by a change in the ratio not
because they produce silver, but be
cause they own property nnd owe debts
and they cannot afford to thus decrease
the value of their property, or Increase
the burden of their debts.
We are told that the restoration of
bimetallism would be a hardship upon
those who have entered Into contracts
payable in gold coin, but this Is a mis
take, It will be eusier to obtain the
gold with which to meet a gold con
tract, when most of the people can
use silver, than It is now when every
one Is trying to secure gold. The Chl-
tugo platform expressly declares In
lav or of such legislation us may be
necessary to prevent, for the future,
the demonetization of any kind of legul
tender money by private contruct.
There is another argument to which
I ask your attention. Home of the more
zealous opponents of free coinage point
to the fact that thirteen months must
elapse between the election und the
first regulur session of cungross, and
assert thut during thnt time, in case
Iieople declure themselves in favor of
free coinage, all the louns will be with
drawn and all murtguges foreclosed.
If these are merely prophecies Indulged
in by those who have forgotten the pro
visions of the constitution. It will be
sufficient to remind them that the
president Is empowered to convene
congress In extraordinary session
whenever the public good requires such
uctlon. If, in November, the people by
their ballots declare themselves in fa
vor of the Immediate restoration of bi
metallism, the system cun be inuugu
rated within u few months.
If. however, the ussertion thut loans
will be withdrawn and mortgages fore
closed Is made to prevent such politi
cal action as the people may believe to
be necessary for the preservation of
their rights, then a new and vital Is
sue Is raised. Whenever It Is necessu
for the peope us a whole to obtain
consent from the owners of money and
the changers of money before they
tan legislate upon financial questions,
we shall have passed from a democracy
to a plutocracy. But that lime bus not
yet approved. Threats and Intimidation
will be of no avail. The people who. In
1776. rejected the doctrine thut kings
rule by light divine, will not, In this
generation, subscribe to a doctrine that
money is omniopotent.
CONCLUSION.
Mr. Bryan then spoke at some length
nn bimetallism und in com hiding said
I have traveled from the centre of the
continent to the seaboard that I might
In the very beginning of the campaign
bring you greeting from the peoi1e of
the West and South and assure you
thut their desire is not to destroy but
to nulla up. They Invite you to ac
cept the principals of a living faith
rather than listen to those who preach
the gospel of despair and advise en
durance of the Ills you have. The ad
vocates of free coinage believe that, in
striving to secure the immediate re
storation of bimetallism, they are la
boring In your behalf as well as In
their own behalf. A few of your people
may prosper under present conditions,
but the permanent welfare of New York
rests upon the producers of wealth
This great city Is built upon the com
meree of the nation and must suffer If
that commerce Is impaired.
You cannot sell unless the people have
money with which to buy, and they
cannot obtain the money with which
to buy unless they are able to sell thel
products at remunerative prices. Pro
duction of wealth goes before the
exchange of wealth: those who create
must secure a profit before they have
anything to share with others. You
cannot afford to join the money chang
ers In supporting a financial policy
which, by destroying the purchasing
power of the products of toll, muat la
the end discourage the creation of
wealth.
I ask, I expect, your cooperation. It
is true that a few of your financiers
would fashion a new figure a figure
representing Columbia. her hands
bound fast with fetters of gold and her
face turned toward the east, appealing
for assitance to those who live beyond
the sea but this figure cun never ex
press your idea of this nation. You
will rather turn for Inspiration to the
heroic statue which guards the en
trance to your city a statue as pa
triotic in conception as It Is colossal In
proportions. It was the gracious gift
of a sister republic and stands upon a
pedestal which was built by the Amerl-
an people. That figure Liberty En
lightening the World is emblematic of
the mission of our nation among the
nations of the earth. With a govern
ment which derives its !owers from
the consent of the goverened, secures
to all the people the freedom of con
science, freedom of thought and free
dom of speech, guarantees equal rights
to all and promises special privileges
to none, the United Stutes should be
an example In all that Is good and the
leading spirit in every movement
which has for Its object the uplifting
of th" huiiiun race. '
When he concluded, after speaking an
hour and forty minutes, there was an
other demonstration, but it was brief.
The fur galleries hud perceptibly dwin
dled and the crowd hud shouted itself
Into the sume condition of voice that Mr.
Bryan was In.
SEWALL NOTIFIED.
Oovernor Stone, at the conclusion of
the cheering, turned to Mr. Arthur Sevv
ull, the vlce-presldentlal candidate, and
in a few words formally not Hied him of
his nomination.
The chairman rapped many times for
order, but could not quiet the audience.
Mr. 'Sewall was obliged to begin his
speech amid a noise and din that made
it dltllcult for him to be heard ten feet
away. People were moving out in great
nunihera and the noise in the hall com
pletely drowned the voice of the
speaker.
In accepting the nomination Mr. Se
wall declared that unequivocally and
through sincere conviction he endorsed
the platform on which he hud been
nominated.
I believe we are right, the peoplo are
with us and what the people declare
in is always right and must prevail. I
accept the nomination, and with the
people's confirmation, every effort of
which God shall render me capable
will be exerted In support of the prin
ciples Involved."
Mr. Sewall finished hs speech at
10.45.
When Mr. Sewall sat down the aud
ience set up a cry for Tillman, but the
'pitchfork orator" did not respond.
People began to crowd forward as
seats In the foreground were vacated
and nearly all the audience was gath
ered around the press seats which
separated them from the rostrum. So.
great was the confusion that hardly
anybody heard Chairman Danforth an
nounce that the meeting was
adjourned.
Mr.and Mrs. Bryan ran he gauntlet
of handshaking with admirers and
with Mr St. John regained their car
riage and were driven to the Bartholdi
hotel, where a crowd was waiting to
hear a promised talk from the nom
inee.
Specialoverflow meetings were held
on lower Madison avenue. There were
eight separate stands and more than a
dozen speakers. It was estimated that
the aggregate attendance at the over
flow meetings was in.OOO.
FUSION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Democrats and Populists Have Not
Yet tot Together.
Rallegh, N. C, Aug. 12. Senator But
ler, chairman of the Populist National
committee, announces that he had
called a meeting of the committee for
the 18th Inst., to be held at the Shore-
horn, Washington, D. C.
The Democratic State Committee,
which met here Monday night to con
sider the question uf electoral fusion
with the Populists, adopted a resolu
tion proposing a joint electoral fusion,
to be composed of six Democrats and
five Populists. Senator butler made a
memorandum, which he handed fo Dem
ocratic Chairman Manley, stating thut
he is in favor of electoral, Stute and
Congressional fusion with the Demo
crats, but Huller's proposition seems
not to have been considered. It pro
vided for four Populist Congressmen
and four Democrats, the ninth to be
fought for between the parties. The
Populists were to have the Governor
or Senator, preferrlntf the Governor.
The only reply to this by the Demo
crats is the resolution above. Which
Senator Butler will no doubt submit
Thursday to hie State convention.
SILVER DEPOSITS REFUSED.
'Frisco Hankers Protect Themselves
Agniufil Withdrawals of tJold.
Sun Francisco. Aug. til. The agita
tion of the financial question which has
resulted in sending gold up u fraction
of 1 per cent, above par In New York
Is causing local banks much trouble
with people who wish to deposit sliver
and check out gold. Some of the bunks
refuse tu tuke uny considerable amount
of silver on deposit.
During the last two months the sup
ply of gold coin in the Sub-Treasury
has decreased from about $15.0!u.00U to
less than $9.(MM,sT 0. The decrease In
eludes a shipment of I't.iMW.UtlO In gold
made last month by Assistant United
States Treasurer Berry to the Sub
Treasury In New York city. The
enormous shrinkage was one of the
prime causes which led to the issuance
by Assistanth Treasure Berry of the
now famous order which stopped the re
demption of silver certificates in gold
coin, a practice which was followed
by his predecessors for many years.
REAL TRAGEDY ON THE STAGE.
The Villiiin Slain, hile the Atulicuce
Applauded the Scene.
London, Aug. 12. A tragi.- affair oc
curred nt the Novelty Theatre lat
night, where the play called "The Kins
of a Night" is being produced. Mr.
C'rozler was pluying the part of the vil
lain, and the plot provided that he
should be stabbed In the last act.
The play ran along as usual until the
stabbing scene, when, in some manner
yet unexplained, instead of a harmless
blow being delivered, the dagger pene
trated Crnssier's breast, inflicting a
wound which caused his death in a few
minutes.
Consternntion prevailed among the
members of the company. A physician
was hastily .summoned, but death had
ot-curred before his arrival.
The spectators were not aware of the
terrible mistuke that had been made,
and Crozterfs realistic fall was greeted
with applause.
HAD FORSWORN FEMALE SOCIETY.
Death of aa Kccenlric Wisconsin Man
Disappointed in Love.
Janosville, Wis., ug. 12. Henry
Lloyd, an eccentric bachelor who re
sided Ave miles from this city, was
found dead in bed yesterday. He was 83
years old and hud been a resident of
Rock county since 1845. His death was
caused by heart ' failure and old age.
Disappointment in lov made him a
recluse. He came to this Btate with his
brother William, and they took up gov
ernment laud. A girl came from New
York to visit William Lloyd, und his
brother fell lu love with her. After her
return to New York lie determined td
go east and ask her hand In marriage.
He made the trip, only to find she had
married another man the day before his
arrival. He returned to Wisconsin
broken heurted. and from that time to
his deuth avoided female society.
No woman had ever crossed his
threshold, and when he rented a pew in
theC ongregatlonal church at Emerald
Grove It was with the explicit under
standing thut no woman should ever
enter it. He devoted his attention to
horses and farming.
IRUSADE OF BLOOD.
Atrocities Perpetrated by Japanese on
Forraosans Melhcd of Recog
nized Warfare Abandoned.
Vktoilu, 11. c Aug. IS. From far
Formosa, where for UMWurds of a year
Japanese troops have been vainly
striving to crush out the seeils of post
helium oppostlon to Japanese innova
tions, iGiiies u story which for barour
ous cruelty and defiant violation of
all ethics of civilization, had fortu
l.ately few parallels in history even
of the savage races of the world. The
ten!! le tale of taplne, murder and
wanton cruelty reached here by the
steamor Empress of Japan and fully
bears out the statement on the situa
tion In Formosa given publicity by the
Rev. Dr. Mackuy, on his return to that
island six months ago.
Other equally creditable correspond
ents are row the witnesses against
Japan, and the burden of their ar
raignment Is that, seeing neither fame
nor profit to be gained I ft the subjuga
tion of the Formosans by the arts of
modern warfare, recognised as legiti
mate by civilized notions, the- Japa
nese troops sent to the island have
embarked in a crusade of blood, their
object being to crush out all signs of
discontent by, as far as possible, ex
terminating the native population. In
this campaign there were no foreign
powers to make protest, no foreign
press representatives to herald to the
world the atrocities, the telling of
which would bring Japan upon the
contempt of all enlightened people.
Says the Talnanfu representative of
the "China Mail:" "As a lesult the
policy of extermination has been
zealously pursued from the beginning
of tho campaign, and what with the
destruction of their crops, the burning
of their villages, the desecration of
the graves of their loved ones, the
violation of their wives and daughters
and the butchery of their Innocent
children, the people are driven to tne
last expedients of desperation.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Aug. 21. Arrived: Munchen,
from Bremen; Truve, from Bremen,
Sailed: St. Iuls, fur Southampton; Teu.
tonic, for Liverpool; Kensington, for Ant
werp, Arrived out: Lahn, ut Soirttmmp-
ton; Werkendam, at Rotterdam. Sulled
for New York: Siwnrdiim. from Rotter
dam; Spree, from Suuthainptoii.
Deliucd.
"Pnpa. what is meant by having horse-
sense?"
"It means knowing enough to 'make hay
while the sun shines!' Run sway now and
talk to your grandmother." Truth.
MANLY VIGOR
rvNCH MORE in harmony
v with the world, 2000
completely cured man ara
King nappy praises lor
me greatest, grand
est and most no
crssf ul ctira for sex
ual weakness ami
lost rigor known to
medical science. An
I account of thisiain-
dcrul dfneewrv, in
book form, with ref
erences and proofs,
will be sent to suf
fering men (scaled) frre, Kull manly vigor
permanently restored. Failure lu passible.
EBIEMEDI0ALC0.,BUFFALO,N.Y.
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nme1r. convenient to aan
In poekot. rearty to on Brut Indication of cold.
SaturacUon gturantecd or mftqe 1 refunded. Price,
S etc Trial free at bniff llti. Reentered mall.
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Complexion Preserved
DR. HCBRA'S
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Remove! PrtcMot, Flmpfa,
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prodncea the above reunite In 30 daye. It art
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Loat Power, Failing Meniorjr. Waxtine Dteaes, and
all efTecta of aelf-abuitc or exrea and tniliiM-rction.
r.-hli-h nnflta one for a-ndr. biilneti or marriage. It
sot only rnrea by alerting at the teat ot d Jae, but
Is a great nerfe tonic and blood builder, brtof
ins bark Uie pink glow to pale rheeka and re
tnrfng the fir of youth. It warda on fnaanitr
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AUGUST 13, 1896,
EXCURSION
OF SCR UT ON DIVISION, 10. IX
UNIFORM RANK, -
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
TO LAKE ARIEL
ON ABOVE DATE.
Train leaves Erie and Wyoming Valley de
pot st S.3t a. m.
Adults, 75 Cents, Children, 40 Cents
Tickets good on all regular trains,
THIS WEEK ONLY
Search Lights
CUT FROM $5.00 TO
3,00
C. RIJLODEY
222 WYOMING AVENUE
OICYCLES
1U
At Rock-Bottom Prices.
Buffalo Prince '96, $36
Bison '95, 30
Columbia '93, 25
Remington '94, 25
Glide '94, 25
Country. '93, 15
Country. '93, 10
Ben Hur 5
These are all fitted with pneumatlo
tlres and are iu good running order.
CHASE & FARRAR
BICYCLE SURGEONS.
giglt Linden Street. Opp. Court Mouae.
WOLP AMERICAN, The Finest and Mil-heat
Ore da Wheels Mede In America. iBoe Wheate,
Up-to-Date In Every Particular, tjA.fe. Coaie
pan See. B. R. PARKER. ji Spruce Street.
Tea Caa Save lif te tje ea Veaw Bike.
Spring House
HEART LAKE, SUSQ'A CO-
U. E. CROFUT, PROPRIETOR.
THIS HOUSE ta etrlctly temperance, la
new and well furnished and OPENED TO
THE PUBLIC THIS YEAR ROUND, la
located midway between Blnghamton aoi
Bcranton. on the Montrose and Lacka
wanna Railroad, alx mllea from D.. L. St
W. R. R. at Alford Station, and Ave mllee
from Montroee; capacity elfhtjr-flve,
three mlnutea' walk from railroad etatlon.
House situated 100 feet from the lake, '
wide veranda extenda the entire length
of the houae, which It 100 feet
Row Boats, Fishing Tackle, Eta.
Free to Uuests.
Altitude about 2,000 feet, equalling: In this
respect the Adirondack and Catikill
Mountain". ...
Fine g-rove. plenty of shade and beautU
fill scenery, making a Summer Resort un
excelled in beauty and chiapneaa.
Dancing pavilion, awlnga, croquet
prounda. etc OOLD SPRING WATER
AND PLENTY OP MILK.
Rate $7 to Sio Per Week. $1.50 Per Day.
Excursion tickets gold at all stations oa
V., L. A W. lines.
Porter meets all trains.
E.
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacturers of th Celebrates
CAPACITVi
100,000 Barrels per Annu
MtfT lAaV TO MB lata
ROBINSON
lis if Deer
PCalebrauVa Earflak aiaeieai tread, hi
ENNYROYAL PILlX
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