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SCRANTOX. SEPTEMBER 15. 1S96.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
President -WILLIAM MKIXLEY.
Vice l'resldent-UAURET A. HOUART.
STATE.
Congressmen - at - Lurce 1ALISHA A.
GKOW, SAMtHOL A. DAVENPORT.
ror.MTV.
Con ssress-W I LLT A M CO N' N E VT-.
Commliwlont'ra S. W. ItuHEIfrtS, GILKS
KOKKKTS.
Audltora-A. E. KIEFEH, FRED L.
WARD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senoto, 21st nintrlPt-C'OL. W. J. SCOTT.
Keprosentutlve, 2d lJistrict A. T. CON-
NELL; 3.1 District DH. N. C.
A1ACKEV.
The- chances nrc that the Scmnton
Times will now have to concede to
McKlnley und llubnrt the electoral
vote of at least Vermont and Mnlne.
Powderly to Wage-Earners.
QuotlnR the statement from Ills
Cooper T'nlmi siireeh that "cr capita
circulation In a circulation which iloo
not circulate, and no man can lay tin
kers on a dollar of that per capita ex
cept In one of two ways honest or dishonest-
-by labor of some kind or ly
theft of some kind," the Chicago
Times-Herald rightly pays that Mr.
Powderly'9 masterly defense of our
present monetary system ouht to
command attention from worklngmen
all over th country. And it adds:
As master workmini of the Knlithts of
Labor .Mr. I'owdiily showed hlm.self to lio
a true friend of labor by steadfastly re
sisting tlie assaults of the five traders
upon the bulwarks of protection. In him
the false economists who week to degrade
our labor to th Asiatic and European
level found a valiant antanoiilst who never
surrendered. While the wnlkliiK deletion
foutrht to persuude our tolleis that Indus
trial piosiK'tity could only come through
nllowliiK European products free access
1o our markets, Mr. Howderly rlKhtly
maintained that every dollar paid for a
product of European mills represented
despoilment of American labor, lleing
n honest and consistent friend of Amert
cun labor. Mr. I'owderly Is quick to resent
the Imputation of dishonor ami Ignorance
placed upon our wane-earners by the as.
sumption that they can be persuaded to In
dorse a debased eurreney. After explod
ing the fallacy that the gold standard Is In
any way responsible for low prices of com
modities Mr. Powderly shows the absurd
ity of the contention that Increasing the
per capita circulation with M-cent dollura
will benetlt labor. The per capita cir
culation of honest dollar. each worth lna
cents increased from JIS.W In 1H73 to -2.!tf
In 1S9.", but how could this be of any bene
fit to the Idle laborer who was forced out
of employment by a tariff policy which
discriminated against Amerl"nn working
men? Increasing the per capita circula
tion to Ilea by the free colnase of silver at
any ratio would not tilve employment to
Idle labor.
The plain fact Is that labor can only
prosper In this country by a return oT
btisliicss confidence nnd a ponornl re
Investment of now scared and staff
rated capital In productive Industries.
It wants open mills, not open mints;
fiends employment st Rood wage paid
In money erpml to the best In th?
world. I nbor sees this, too. Abusing
Mr. I'owderly for his frank recognition
of the truth will not blind the eyes of
thr -worklnRmen of the; United Stuted
to the side on which their bread Is but
t"rl. Ex-Senator Edmunds Is making
sound-money speeches In Philadelphia
and its vlclnllj', nnd they are speeches
that the undecided voter ought by all
means to read. The way he dissects
the free coinage delusion Is an Intel
lectual curiosity.
The Theatrical Season.
While we do not know that, an accur
ate estimate has ever been made of
the amount of money spent by the
American people on theatrical enter
tainments, the total must be somcthlns
enormous. It has been estimated that
In our large cities during the six cool
months of the year a larger aggregate
of persons attend the theater than go
to church. This takes Into account the
fact that while there are more churches
than theaters, thechurches receive only
three audiences a week while the the
aters seldom entertain fewer than ten.
Whether this estimate Is based on
truth or not It certainly Is true that
each year witnesses a multiplication of
play houses and an enlargement of the
investments In the amusement business
which are proceeding at a faster rate
than Is the growth In, population, from
which Is drawn the Inference that the
stage Is, an augmenting factor In our
social life far too big and inllucntlal to
be Ignored.
The vitality of the theatrl.l voca
tion Is, however, less seriously In dis
pute than In the question of Its Influ
ence upon public morals. Upon this
latter point It Is possible to pronounce
and apparently sanction a diversity of
Judgments, ranging all the way from
extravagant condemnation to equally
extravagant praise. The truth proba
bly lies at neither extreme, but Is to be
found somewhere near the conserva
tive middle statement that while the
stage la far from free of defects. It still
Is an instrumentality of publics benefit.
It Is true at this time that the stage la
seemingly disposed to elevate frivolity
above aarloua artistic effort and conse
quently presents unusual openings for
attack. - But the philosopher! reassure
us by pointing out that the stage is not
the only field of human activity Just
now disposed to put something of a
premium on trifling. In politics, in so
ciety, and even, it Is to be feared. In re
ligion, are noticeable more or less fre
quent manifestations of the same gen
eral phenomenon, from which, indeed,
has come the locution characterizing
each century end as a decade of special
unrest. '
In due time we shall probably grow
rational once more, even In our amuse
ments. It takes billions of people to
make a world and no two are alike.
Therefore It follows that theatrlonl
tastes will always cover an ampb?
range. To one the serious drama will
appeal, and to another the comedy, the
burlesque or the farce. Allowance must
consequently be made for Inherent dif
ferences In taste. The stage, however,
should in its general teaching and !n
tlunces be harmless, If not directly und
aggressively beneficial. It ought never
to corrupt people. If It cannot be a
strenuous force for good It ought to be
at least divested of positive power for
mischief. To this point It will eventu
ally and Inevitably come, in obedience
to the natural law of mental and moral
evolution from whose operation no
form of artistic endeavor can be long
exempt. In the meantime, the dramatic
season of 1830-7 Is now formally open
and for those who like that sort of dl
vertisement the play is again the thing.
"We have nobody with us but the
people," says Uryan. And he might
add: "And blamed few of them."
The Result in Maine.
The returns from Maine at the hour
of writing are Incomplete, but they suf
fice to show that the home of the Popo
cratlc nominee for vice-president is un
waveringly loyal to Protection and
sound money.
The Republican expectation waa 50,
000 plurality; the realization bids fair
to exceed 43,000. This Is the largest
Republican plurality ever cast by
Maine in any election. It's meaning
needs no interpretation.
Just one word, though, by way of
caution. Let Republicans beware of
overconfidence. The duty of the cam
paign Is not simply to defeat but to
bury Bryanlsni for all time to come.
They know how to appreciate a good
thing in Tom Iteed'B district.
Reed's Closing Speech.
The speech in which Speaker Reed
closed the Maine campaign was a mas
terpiece of sound argument. Witness
this extract:
We had every temptation to listen to
the men who said to us, "Issue more green
backs. Let us have a large currency and
we will bo forward." The temptation was
great to many of us, but we said: "When
the t'nlted States says this is a dollar, Just
that moment It ought to be a dollar, and
shall be." and our reward was fourteen
years of the most magnificent prosperity
the sun has ever shone upon. From 1879 to
1S(I2 the United States grew In weaitn,
dignity and honor, und If a nation ought
to see from experience tnat it snouiu ne
honest It should be the United States of
America. Now we are again threatened
with disease In a greater form. The ex
perience of the world has shown conclu
sively that the attempt to Issue govern
ment money every time a speculative pe
riod has set In nnd burst means destruc
tion and ruin, out of which there Is no way
except through bankruptcy. Now we
have got to learn that It Is not wise to
lower the currency one-half In order to
eke out a speculation. I think we shall
learn It.
The Demcrats hold out two Inducements
to us. The first Is that if we can lower our
currency j'ou and I can pay our debts at
a less rate, and the second Is that the gov
ernment can pay its debts at a less rate.
What a nnllon owes if Its resources are
ample and sultlcient, history shows, makes
no very grave difference. England has
risen from S7.00n.mHl to t'.W.OOO.'HW in debt,
nnd people wanted 'her bonds because
never In her history has she refused to
pay what she promised she would pay,
and she can borrow money at a lower rate
than any other country because of her
honesty. Nothing stands a nation In stead
like the honorable fulfilment of every ob
ligation entered Into. No method has ever
been discovered of keeping a material
thnt Is one-half cheaper than another ma
terial equivalent to the better material,
except by exchanging It whenever the
man who has the weaker muterlal desires
It. Great as our nation Is, we cannot make
something out of nothing except by tha
use of natural means, and wo cannot by
any possibility do more than to set the
laws of nature at work. Let us recognize
our limitations.
Judging from the returns Reed's
speeches aceompllrhed their purpose.
Brother Eryan has a clear case
against Arthur Sewall for breach of
promise.
A Boston Experiment.
Several months ago, when Josiah
Quincy was elected mayor of Boston,
he Invited leading mercantile associa
tions such as the Board of Trade, the
Clearing-house association and the
Real estate board, to send delegates to
an Informal municipal council or ad
vbiory committee, which assembled for
the purpose of helping him to deal with
the Important public questions of his
office. A number of these bodies com
plied with his request, nnd thp result
has been that Boston today Is enjoying
the moxt successful municipal govern
ment in Its history.
The committee, hnvlnir been selected
without regard to party, approach'-:: Its
work from a non-partisan standpoint,
and commands In consequence the sup
port often of both parties. It Is point
ed out that th's fact frequently peoures
for municipal projects of Improvement
and reform favorable considi ration
from councils which would not ba com
manded by a mayor Heeled by a po
litical purty. It Is estimated that the
Boston common council, which Is Re
publican, lins voted fund amounting
to nerly t2.ono.oun for enterprises that
tnlcht 'have failed on the uusurpoited
recommendation of a Democratic
mayor, r
This ejtteriment of an unofficial ad
visory committee Is somewhat Irregu
lar, no doubt; but Its results are too
good to be disputed. The ttm U com
ing when all American cities will have
to be governed on business rrlnclples
and In closer accord with the wishes
and Interests of the taxpnying element.
The Boston Idea Is only a step. It Is
Interesting because novel. It ought not
to be regarded as anything out of the
ordinary In municipal government, and
the fact that It is simply Illustrates into
what bml ways American municipal
government hns fallen.
We wonder thnt some one doesn't
draw a deadly mrallel on the Sunday
News headed "James Q. Bailey, Before
and After."
What Is the Effect of Free Coinage on
the Gold ITlner?
Under the gold standard at $3.00 per
day the miner gets about 70 grains of
gold for a day's labor. With this 70
grains of gold he can buy $6.00 worth
of wheat, or anything, In Mexico (3
bushels at $1.20), and In the United
States he can buy $3.00 worth of wheat
at 60 cents, or 5 bushels.
Under free coinage his wages are cut
down to 35 grains of gold, one-half; the
mine-owner keeps the other half that
formerly was the laborer's. Under free
coinage, from this matter-of-fnet state
ment it can be seen that mine-owners
would take away from each miner Just
half his wages. The effect would be
the same on all classes of wage-earners.
Ex-Congressman Bartine of Colora
do has published an open letter to
Major McKlnley reciting the facts ns
to the lntter's past friendliness for sil
ver and arraigning the sincerity of his
present stand for gold. The letter dis
closes nothing new. Many Republi
cans who once hoped to see silver re
approaeh gold In value have since sur
rendered that expectation and ceased
to Indulge In further delusions. Wise
men are always willing to learn.
Commodore Singerly doesn't mince
words In his comment on the Harrlsburg
stultification convention. He calls It "a
secretly hatched scheme of miscegena
tion with the strumpet of Populism,"
which ho "denounces, denies and de
spises." Brother gingerly is evidently
determined to retain his self-respect.
Borrowing 100-ccnt dollars and then
wanting to pay back In C3-cent dollars
may not be dishonest In Intent but It
Is very clearly regarded by a majority
of the American people as dishonest
In effect; and the majority In this
country, no matter what men may say,
are everlastingly honest.
The Times points out that in China an
American silver dollnr isn't worth
more than bullion value. Neither Is an
American missionary. But we were
speaking, if you remember, of what are
called civilized countries. We don't
want to copy Chinese customs.
Senator Hill's attempt to run at the
same time with the hounds and the
hares is very amusing to everybody
save Senator Hill. But he will have to
swallow Bryan, free silver and all, or
else shut up shop. The silver camp Is
his last hope.
The Times says those 3000 Homestead
workmen were forced to visit McKlnley
at Canton. They were by their convic
tions. That Is the only force which
can account for their enthusiasm
there.
Mr. Brynn Is credited with the belief
that he Is a man of destiny. He proba
bly is, but his destiny this year is to
get the worst trouncing since the days
of Horace Creeley.
Bryan, according to all accounts, is
already ns good as licked; but Republi
cans mustn't let a little extra work
stand between them and a first-class
Job.
According to the London Times
Cuba's battle Is as good as won. We
sincerely trust that the Thunderer's
present reverberation Is based on fact.
A little thing like self-stultification In
the matter of a money plank ought
never to have been expected to feaze
the Pennsylvania Democracy.
P.ourke Cockran's refusal to go to
congress Isn't saying that he would
spurn an Invitation to succeed Dave
Hill In the senate.
New York Republicans appear to have
composed their little differences and
fallen into quite a love-feast attitude.
It Is well.
Considering the licking that's In pic
kle for him, It seems to us Brother Sln
gprly might let up a trifle on Johnny
Garman.
Mr. Bryan, having voluntarily de
clined a second term, will soon be In
vited by the people to forego the first.
Bryan calls the Palmer contingent
"an nrmy of generals." But an army
without generals is quite as ineffective.
The Philadelphia Record Is now after
the spitting habit. "Evidently gone are
the days of Jeffersonlan simplicity.
The returns from Maine ought to
prove an elixir of life to comatose bus
iness. Bewail? Sewall? Seems to us there
once was such a name.
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
An autumn day,
A sunny sky,
A hill that's steep and dusty;
A bloomer girl,
A shining wheel,
A wind both strong and gusty.
A sudden breeze,
A bloomer filled,
A rise, with naught to guide her;
A soaring maid,
A lonely road,
A wheel without a rider.
Jeanett Elisabeth Fowler, in the Bun.
What the Trotible
Is in the West
A few weeks ago tho Emporia Gazette,
a leading Kansas paper, printed a notable
article In answer to tho question, "what s
wrong with Kansas?" It Is so fresh, rich
and jireezy, and withal so full of hard
pruirlo sense, that wo deem It worthy of
reproduction. In reading It one should
bear In mind that the (roubles of Kansas
aro In large measure the troubles of the
entire dlsuftected western country that
Is to say, the country comprising the area
or the preuent political and social dlscon
ten.
"Today," says the Oazatte, "tho Kan
sas department of agriculture sent out a
statement which Indicates that Kansas
has gained less than 2,tu people In the last
year. There are about 123,000 families In
the state, and there wero about 10,000
babies born In Kansas, and set so many
people have left tho state thnt the natural
Increase Is cut down to less than 2,000 net.
This has been going on for eight years.
If there had been a high brick wall around
the state eight years ago and not a soul
had bepn admitted or permitted to leave,
Kansas would be half a million souls bet
ter of than she Is today. And yet the na
tion has Increased In population. In five
yeurs 10.000,000 people have been added to
tho national population, yet Instead of
gaining a share of this say 500,000 Kansas
has apparently been a plague spot, and In
the very garden of tho world has lost pop
ulation by the ten thousands every year.
"Not onls' has she lost population, but
she has lost wealth. Evpry moneyed man
In the state who could get out without
groat loss has gone. Every month In every
community sees some one who has a little
money pick up and leave tho state. This
has been going on for eight years. Money
Is being drained out all the time. In towns
where ten S'ears ago there were three or
four or half a dozen money lending con
cerns stimulating Industry by furnishing
capital there Is now none or one or two
that are looking ufter the interest nnd
principal nlrcady outstanding. No one
brings any money Into Kansas any more.
What community knows over one or two
men who have moved In with more than
,$"1,000 in the last threo years? And what
community cannot count half a score of
men In thnt time who have left, taking nil
the money they could scrape together?
Yet the nation hns grown rich. Other
states have Increased In population and
wealth other neighboring states. Mis
souri has gained nearly two million, whilo
Kansas hns been loosing half a million.
Nebraska has gained In wealth and popu
lation while Kansas has gone down hill.
Colorado has gained In every way. while
Kansas has lost In every way since KSS.
What Is tho matter with Kansas?
"There Is no substantial city In the state.
Every big town save one has lost in popu
lation. Yet Kansas Cits. Omaha, Lincoln,
St. Louis, Denver, Colorado Springs, 8e
dalla. Pes Moines, the cities of the Da
kotas, St. Paul and Minneapolis all cities
and towns In tho west have steadily
grown. Take up tho government . blue
book nnd you will see that Kansas Is vir
tually off the map. Two or three littlo
scabby consular places in yellow fever
stricken communities that do not aggre.
gate $10,000 a year Is ull Iho recognition
Kansas has. Nebraska draws about $100.
00u; littlo old North Dakota draws $50,000;
Oklahoma doubles Kansas; Missouri
leaves her a thousand miles behind: Colo
rado is almost seven times greater than
Kansas the whole west Is ahead of Kan.
sns. Take It by any standard you please,
Kansas Is not In It. do east, und you
hear them laugh at Kansas, go west and
they sneer at her, go south nnd they 'cuss'
her, go north and they hnvo forgotten her.
do Into any crowd of Intelligent people
gathered anywhere on the globe and you
will find the Kansas man on tho defen
sive. The newspaper columns and maga
zine pages, onco devoted to praise of the
state, to boastful facts and startling fig
ures concerning her resources, now are
filled with cartoons, gibes nnd Pefferlan
speeches. Kansn-s Just naturally Isn't In
the civilized world. Sho has traded places
with Arkunsaw and Timbuctoo. What's
the matter with Kansas?
"We nil know; yet hpro we are at It
again. We have an old moss-back Jack
sonl.in, who snorts nnd howls becauso
them Is a bath-tub In the Btntehouse; wo
aro running that old Jay for governor.
We have another shabby, wild-eyed, rat-tlo-bralned
fanatic who has said openly
in n dozea speeches thnt 'tho rights of tho
user are paramount to the rights of the
owner;' we are running him for chief Jus
tice so thnt capital will come tumbling
over Itself to get Into tho state. We have
raked the nsh heap of human failure In the
state and have found nn old honpskirt of
a man who has failed as a business man,
who hns failed ns nn editor, who has
failed as a preacher, and we aro going to
run him for congressman-nt-large. Ha
will help the looks of the Kansas delega
tion In Washington. Then we have dis
covered a kid without a law practice, and
have decided to vote for him as uttorney
general. Then for fear some hint that
the stato had become respectable might
percolate through tho civilized portions
of tho nation, we have decided to send
three of four harpies out lecturing, telling
the people that Kansas is ruislng hell and
letting corn go to weeds.
"Oh, this Is a state to bo proud of! We
are a people who can hold up our heads.
What we need her Is less money, less cap
ital, fefer whlto shirts and brains, fewer
men with business Judgment, and more of
theso fellows who boast that they nro
'Just ordinary old clodhoppers, but that
they know more about finance than John
Hhermnn. Wo need more men who nro
'posted,' who can bellow about tho crime
of '73, becauso a man behoves In national
honor that he Is a tool of Wall street. We
have had a fw of them, some 150.000, but
wo want no more. We need several thou
sand gibbering Idiots to scream about tha
'Great lied Dragon' of Lombard street.
We don't nepd population, we don't need
wealth, wo don't need well-dressed men on
the streets, we don't need standing In the
nation, we don't need cities on these fer
tile prniries; S'ou bet we don't. What wo
nre after Is the money power. Becauso
we have become poorer and ornier nnd
menner than a ppavlned, distempered
mule, we, the people of Kansas, propose
to kick. We don't coro to build up, we
wish to tear down.
" 'There are two Ideas of government'
said our noble Uryan at Chicago. 'There
are those who believe that If you Just leg
islate to muko the well-to-do prosperous
their prosperity will leak through on those
below. The democrat" Idea has been that
if 'ou legislate to inuK.e the masses pros
perous their prosperity will find its way
up and through every class.' That's the
stuff. Give tho prosperous man the dick,
ens. Legislate the thriftless Into ense;
whack the stulllng out of tho creditors,
nnd tell the debtor who borrowed money
five years ago, when the money In circu
lation was more general than it Is now,
that the contraction of the currency gives
hltn n right to repudiate. Whoop It up for
the ragged trousers; put tho lazy, greasy
fizzle, who can't, pay his debts on nn altar
and bow down nnd worship him. Let the
state Ideal be high. What we need Is not
the respect of our fellow men, but a chance
to got something for nothing.
"Oh, yes. Kansas Is a great state. Here
are people fleeing from It by the score ev
ery day, capital going out of the state by
the hundreds of dollars, and every Indus
try except farming pnrnls-zed, and that
rriplcd because Its products have to po
across the ocean before they can find a
laboring man at work who cun nfford to
buy them. It's don't stop this year.
Let's drive all the decent, self-respecting
men out of the stnte. Let's keep tho old
clod-hoppers who know It nil. Let's en
courage the man who Is 'posted.' He can
talk, and what we need Is not mill hands
to ent our meal, nor factory hnnds to eat
our wheat, nor cities to oppress the far
mer by consuming his butter and eggs
and chickens nnd produce; what Kansus
needs Is men who can talk, who have
large leisure to argue the currency ques
tion while their wives wait at homo for
that nickel's worth of blueing: What's the
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matter with Kansas? Nothing under tho
shining sun. Sho Is losing wealth, popu
lntlnn and standing. She has got her
statesmen, and tho money power Is afraid
of her. Kansas is all right. She has
started to raise hell, as Mrs. Lease advised,
ami sho seems to have an overproduction.
Hut that doesn t matter. Kansas never
diil believe In diversified crops. KanBOH
Is all right. There Is absolutely nothing
wrong with Kansas. 'Every prospect
pleases and only man Is vile,' "
THEY DON'T DISCRIMINATE.
Speech by C. Stuart Pntterson.
"The Chicago platform demands tho
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
1 when the market ratio is 31 to 1. There
Is no magic either In silver or In the pro
posed ratio. If when thirty-one ounces of
silver aro equal In the markets of the
world to one ounce of gold It Is possible
for the government of the United States
by Its morn flat to make sixteen ounces
of silver equal to one ounce of gold It
can effect the same result If It declares
one ounce of sliver to be equal to one
ounce of gold or It enn raise the market
price of copper or lead or Iron to an equal
ity with gold. Tho fallacy which under
lies all the arguments of the advocates
of free silver Is that they do not distin
guish between the functions of money as
a medium of exchange and ns a standard
of value. Tho country has grown slnco
17fl2. There were then 3,000,000 of people;
there are now 70.noO.onO of people. There
was then no foreign commerce; the ports
of the United States nre now crowded
with the steamers which do tho foreign
business of tho country. There was then
no Internal trade; the Internal trade Is
now vastly greater than tho foreign com
merce. There werp then few banks;
there Is now a system of national bank
ing which, In tho security it affords to
depositors nnd note-holders, excites tho
admiration of the civilized world. Then
all of tho business of tho country was
done by the actual handling of coin; now
tho business of the courtfry is done by tho
use of representatives of coin. Then tne
function of money ns a medium of ex
change was Its all-Important function;
now, the function of money as a stand
ard of value Is the Important function,
nnd the only Important thing wl,th ref
ptvnco to tho medium of exchange is that
It should be convertible at par Into the
standard of value."
A SIMPLE STATEMENT.
From tho Globe-Democrat.
According to the best data available
there are about 14,000,000,000 of silver coin
employed In the world. The greater part
of this stock of sliver has been coined at
the 15!. to 1 ratio, and the market value of
the whole is about $J,uO0,000.0OO. The sil
ver which Is In the various other shapes
has been estimated at between $2,000,000,
OoO and $3,000,000,000. Placed at the lower
of these figures the amount of sliver In the
various forms in use In the world amounts
to J4,000,000,000 at Its market vcjue. llry
an's contention involves the ussertion that
free coinage of silver by the United States
alone would make this $1,000,000,000 worth
$8,000,000,000. A simple statement of what
this assumption means reveals Its absurd
ity and folly. The "7O.0dfl,000,O0O of people"
whom Hryan triumphantly declares tho
United Stntes has Is a vary lorgo number,
but it Is only a small part of the 1. 200,000,
000 or 1,500,0110,000 contained in the world.
PUT IN A NUTSHELL.
From the New York Sun.
I. Fuld, who travels for a New York
cloak house, was the principal speaker
yesterday at tho drummers' noon-day
sound-money meeting, Broadway and
Prince street. "Suppose," said he, "each
and every ono of you had a machlno In
your business that was In universal use.
It was the very best thing that was on the
market. And suppose1 that some one In
vented another machine and claimed It
was superior to the one you wero using.
Would s'ou Jump nt it, accept his word?
No, you would tell him to put it In com
petition with your own machine, and then
If he demonstrated by a practical test
that it was better, you might consider the
advisability of accepting It. Now, It Is
Just so with a gold dollar. We know what
a gold dollar Is worth; we know that its
purchasing power Is the snme the world
over. It Is not an experiment. It Is an ac
tual fact. We do not know what a sliver
Frieze
dollar will be worth under a free and un
limited coinage bill. Mr. Bryan -wants to
have us take his word that it will buy
Just as much as the gold dollar. Mr. Bry
an may believe that, but he ought not to
expect any other sane person to Join him
in any such fantastic notion."
BICYCLE LOVELINESS.
From the Sun.
Ae Mrs. Wlckwlre came Into the din
ing room he was saying: "Tell you, old
man, she was Just a dandy! Every line
perfect, and a better knee action I never
saw In my life."
"Of whom are you talking?" asked Mrs.
Wlckwlre.
"Of whom? I was talking about John
son's trotter."
"Oh! I thought It was one of those bl.
cycle girls you'd seen going along some
where." Indianapolis Journal.
Speaking gnnerally.nothing In this world
Is uglier than the knee action of a stout
Ish woman, In short drab skirts, on a bi
cycle, chewing gum.
POLITICAL ITEM.
From the Times-Herald.
"What is the difference," the major
asked, between puffs at his seed nnd Hav
ana filler with the Wisconsin wrapper
"what Is the difference between Mr. Bry
an and Buffalo Bill?"
"Give it up," replied the man with the
winter overcoat and the tan bicycle shoes;
"what Is the difference between Mr. Bry
an and Buffalo Dill?"
"Buffalo Bill," said tha major, "nas a
show."
THE POOR MAN'S DOLLAR.
From the Times-Herald.
The silver dollar Is not the poor man's
dollar when It is worth but f3 cents. The
worklngman's dollar Is the dollar he earns,
and It should be the best dollar there Is
In the market.
LIGHTNING
FRUIT JARS
All good housekeepers
use Lightning Jars.
Why? Because they open
and close easy, and are
perfect sealers. The re
sult is they never lose a
can of fruit.
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