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THURSDAY, SEPTIIBER 24. 18»6.
REPUBLICANJWMINATIONS.
NATIONAL.
PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
VICE PRESIDENT,
GARRETT A. HOBART.
STATE.
CONGRESS-AT-LARGE.
GALUSHA A. GROW,
8. L. DAVENPORT.
COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS,
JAMES J. DAVIDSON.
FOR STATE SENATE,
W. H. RITTER.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
JAMES N. MOORE,
JOHN - DINDINGER.
FOR SHERIFF,
W. B. DODDS.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
W. J. ADAMS.
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
R. J. THOMPSON.
;FOR CI.ERK OF COURTS,
ISAAC MEALS.
FOR TREASURER,
CYRUS HARPER,
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JUHN MIILHr.LL.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
W. S. MOORE,
O. R. THORNE.
FOR CORONER,
JOHN L. JONES.
THE CANTON EXCURSION.
The rain of last Saturday kept many
of our citizens from joining the excur
sion to Canton, but yet about 825 left on
the trains from here— 22s came down the
P. & W: 100 from the Shenango, and 510
tickets were sold here.
The run to Canton was made without
•pecial incident, the three sections arriv
ing at Canton at about 2 p. m. (a few
minutes after the arrival of the Mercer
delegation) and marched up to Mckinley's
home, where they found a vast crowd
awaiting his appearance. During the
morning it had been raining and McKin
ley spoke to a large delegation of rail
road and commercial men from Chicago
and Illinois, Cincinnati and other cities
and states; the Pittsburg Commercial
men and other delegations from Alle
gheny Co. in the Opera House.
By 2 o'clock he had not yet had his
dinner, but it had stopped raining and
he went out to the platform erected in
front of his lot, listened to the three Mer
cer and one Butler orator (Col. Thomp
son) and then spoke as follows.
My fellow citizens —I have been very
much touched by the messages of greet
ing and congratulation which have been
given to me from Mercer and Butler
counties in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania
is our nearest neighbor, and the two
states have always been in the fullest ac
cord in political belief and purpose, I ap
preciate the message which comes from
the fanners, from the working men of
those two counties and from my fellow
citizens generally, and I thank them all
from the bottom of my heart for their
warm tender of support and assurance of
fidelity to the Republican cause and to the
Republican party. (Cries of Hurrah for
Mckinley.) What we want in this coun
try first and foremost, is work for Ameri
can workingmen. (Applause.) Rail
way men in this country who want to
work ouuht to have the opportunity tn
work, (Criesof 'that's the idea.') and
that opportunity is always limited to the
extent that we have our work done in
European workshops by European la
bor, and I am one of those who believe
in the doctrine of protecting American
factories against foreign factories (Cries
of Good and great applause.) and the
American workingmen of the old world.
{Cries of Hurrah for McKinley.) This
u our country, and if we don't have it
just as we want it it will be our fault and
not anyone else's, and the way we in
culcate the policies for our country is
through the use of the ballot. (A voice:
That's the stuff old boy.') Now you
have tried partial free trade in the Unit
ed States how do you like it? Laughter
and applause.) Not only have the work
ingmen themselves suffered but the
farmers have suffered in their home mar
ket. (Cries of that's right.) There is
not a farmer in Butler or in Mercer coun
ties that is present to-day who has not
suffered from the reduced protection of
the factories of those two counties. (Ap
plause. ) What we want is a chance to
work and when we have made wages the
home market is improved for the farmers
We wan'; honest American dollars. (Cries
of that's right.) And you want to vote
for that party that you believe is more
likely to give you tne best chance for
work and the best coin in payment. (Ap
plause and cries of You bet we will.)
And then you must judge for yourself
which party that is (A voice: We already
know.) I thauk you for this call and wish
I could talk longer, but must bid you all
goodhy. (Applause.)
A delegation of Pittsburg & Wertern
railroad men from Foxbrug Pa., were the
next callers. They all carried tin buck
ets. Their spokesman was D. G. Mori
arty. In response to his remarks Mai*
McKinley said:
"My fellow citizens: I regret very
much that I could not have had you here
earlier in the morning when I had the
pleasure of addressing 6,000 railroad em
ployes from the city of Chicago, repre
senting all the great roads entering in
that wonderful commercial city. It was
a sight that was most inspiring to all o(
us and most encouraging for tne cause in
which we are engaged, and for whose
triumph, with them you will contribute
your share. (Applause.) I am glad to
meet and greet this little body of rail
road men known as the Sound Money
Club of Foxburg. This year partyism
counts for much less than formerly and
in all the delegations that come to me to
givti me assurances of support and en
couragement, there are in these delega
tions large numbers of men who never
before voted the Republican ticket. (Ap
plause aud cries of that's right.) They
are with us this year because they believe
in their country and because they believe
that patriotism demands that they should
turn their backs upon their party organi
zations and join that party for this con
test that represents sound money, notion
al honor and a protective tariff. (Three
cheers for McKinley.) lam glad to
meet and greet you all and bid you God
speed. lam glad to see that you come
from a town—or state at least—where tin
is made (cries of Good.) —good, honest,
American tin plate, which some people
used to say we could not make in the
United States (cries of We fooled them.)
but which we are making with great
success aud furnishing employment to
the workingmen of the country. I thank
fou for this call and bid you goodby.''
Loud cheers and waving of tin buckets.]
Delegations from Cincinnati and Clev
eland followed and McKinley was kept
talking all day,
The Butler people scattered through
the town after their reception and secur
ed something to eat, the train started
home shortly after 5 o'clock and reached
here between io and 11 o'clock.
"DISGRACBFCI, mockery" is what
Gladstone terms the pretended solicitude
of the concerted powers of Europe for
the Armenian sufferers. It is interesting
to read, in this connection, the late dis
patcher, which state that the Sultan is
treating the protests of the powers with
indifference, feeling sure that their jeal
ousy of each other will protect him in
his bloody crusades. The actual number
of victims of the recent disorders in Con
»tantinopl« was over 5,c00, nearly all be
fog Armenian*,
CANTON'S BIGGKST DAY.
Last Friday was the biggest day "Can
ton has ever seen or probably ever will
see. The number of outsiders in the
town that day was estimated at from 40,-
000 to 60,000, and the whole day and
half the night was devoted to parading,
speech making and fireworks.
McKmiey made a dozen short speeches
to the visiting delegations, shook hands
with thousands of men, entertained a
dozen people at dinner, and with the
crowd listened to the music of thirty-six
brass-bands.
The first delegation to come in that
morning was from Columbia Co., Ohio
and it was followed by those from Fair
ficlJ,TilLabuig,Coluu»t>u», Altron Wfce:llnng
and other places until all the principal
streets of the town were crowded.
The afternoon meeting was in the big
tent which holds 20,000 people. Gov.,
Bushnell presided and Senator Collum
was the first speaker. Collum's remarks
were very good and were in part as fol
lows.
"What a period of distress for the past
three years. Plenty of money, but lock
ed up—nobody in fact wanting it or dar
ing to invest it. lam reminded of the
'Water, water everywhere and not a drop
to drink.
Water, water everywhere, but all the
boards did shrink.'
"Fellow citizens, the Republican pol
icy of protection is still a living issue-it
will remain an issue until the Wilson-
Gorman bill is repealed and a measure
framed on protection lines, is adopted
and approved by President McKmiey.
"Bryan, Altgeld and their followers say
that Gold is dearer than it was in 1873,
and that we need more money. The
truth is for very many years the price of
money has been getting cheapen The
our state mail n uscu iu ue. —rt anw
en frotn 10 to 7 per cent,and I think men
do not pay more than 5 or 6 per cent,
and the government is able to get it for 3
and sell its bonds at a premium, while
before the war it paid 6 per cent, and
sold its bonds at a heavy discount.
"Let us not run off after moonshine
theories pressed upon us by Bryan, Till
man and Altgeld, and men who mav be
honest, but who are urging the people of
this country to adopt a policy or try an
experiment in defiance of the facts of
history- and in opposition to the judg
ment of the wisest friends of silver in
the world.
"The Republican party is for bimetal
lism. It believes in the use of both gold
and silver as money. It believes in the
admission of both to the mints of the
United States on equal terms, as soon as
it can be done with safety and honor.
Our party is pledged to.it in the St Louis
platform.
Senator Thurston was the next speaker
He called attention to the contrast be
tween the two Presidential candidates,
one nominated amid the excitement and
hysterif of frenzied emotion and the other
in obedience to the ripened and deliber
ate demand of the people themselves.
Of the present conduct of the two candi
dates he said-
"One now steepechasing through the
country in a mid scramble for place and
power, fearlul that some elector may es
cape the witchery of his fluted voice; the
other, dignified, as befits the exalted
place of which he worthily aspires, trust
fully and calmly waits in his own home
while the nation comes to him. One has
for his arena the sand lots—his appeals
are to the passion and prejudice of men;
the forum of the other is an American
door yard; his rostrum is the porch of an
American cottage; his words simple and
forceful, are addressed to the intelligence
the conscience, the patriotism and the
common sense of a brave, thoughtful,
just and hopeful people."
The Senator asserted that the present
battle is not between Republicanism and
Democracy. The Chicago convention
was not the council chamber of the De
mocracy. The nominee of that conven
tion carries the regular banner, but it
was wrestled from true Democracy by
Populism and the commune, He told of
his visit to the New England States, and
how Vermont and Maine spoke not alone
for her Repnblidans, but for her true
Democracy as well. Massachusetts and
New York, he said, would do equally
well ,as would Maryland, West Virginia/
Indiana and Ohio.
There was another big meeting at night
in the tent. The speakers were Gov.
Hastings, of Pennsylvania, and Repre
sentative McClearney, of Minnesota.
Both speakers were enthusiastically re
ceived. Gov. Hastings said:
"It is of the utmost importance in the
present discussion that people should re
call the fact that during the period of
three-fourths of our national existence
there was one question upon which both
parties agreed with substantial unan
imity. While they were divided upon
almost every other question, they travel
ed the same road with reference to our
currency issues.
"The change from the present money
standard to free silver involves business
revolutions, disaster and ruin. If ulti
mately a silver standard were reached,
which would place us in the category of
free silver nations, the pathway from the
gold standard to the free silver basis is
fraught with dangers and disasters which
the imagination can hardly conceive.
"Over cautious peopl,"said Gov. Hast
ings, "are placing gold in hiding and are
resorting to various devices to keep it in
safety vaults against the possible evil
day." Citing an instance to prove this
assertion he continued:
"The bank? of all kinds in this country
the trust companies building associations
and other kindred institutions, have over
$500,000,000 on deposit which sooner or
later must be paid. It is ow'ng to the
people of the United States. When they
want it they have the right to withdraw
it under the terms of tlje deposit. If
the attempt should be made now it would
require three times the amount of all the
mouey in the United States to pay it.
THE Republican State Committee met
in Philadelphia, Tuesday and, according
to the of the Dispatch.
"The real purpose ofjthe gathering was
to empower the State Committee to set
tle the Senatorial deadlocks, but the sub
ject was not mentioned. The nomina
tion of J, C. Steinmen in the Blair- Cam
bria district left the tie up in Butler and
Armstrong the only one in the State.
Senator Meredith asked the committee
to interfere, but his opponent, William
Ritter, of Butler would not submit. At
the last moment Meredith decided that
they could reach a conclusion without
any out side aid,
"The last day for filing certificates of
nominal ions is next Monday. It was
suggested as a compromise that both
candidates withdraw t»nd that a new man
be taken from Bntler county. It is But
ler's turn.
"Should the deadlock continue to the
end the Armstrong people have prepared
for the contingency, and they claim that
with the aid of £<)uay votes in Butler,which
would not go to Ritter, that Senator
Meredith would pull through in the
three-cornered fight.
"Senator Meredith was represented by
Congressman D. B. Heiner and S. B,
Cochrane. Newton Black looked after
Butler's interests. Ritter is a combiner,
and the committee would have ignored
his request if Meredith had not reconsid
ered. With both counties in opposition.
State Chairman John P. Elki'i did not
present the resolution he had in his pock
et, and many of the committeemen won
dered why they had been called together.'
THE Republican Senatorial Conferees
had their second meeting at Freeport,
Tuesday, did nothing, and adjourned to
meet at same place today.
Gov. HASTINGS signed Bardsley's par
don Monday evening. His action was
based entirely on Bardsley's ill health
and the fact that last week he sustained ,
a stroke of paralysis. Bardsley's wife,
daughter and sister recently addressed
letters to the governor pleading for the
pardon of the prisoner.
Ax the meeting of the Democratic Con
gressional Conference at the Willianl
House in Butler, Monday, John McCona
liay, an attorney of New Castle, was
made the nominee of this district. He
spoke in the Opera House that night,
and was followed by Ass't U. S. District
Attorney Griffith, formerly of Mercer, i
SICKLES AND SOUK
A Stirring Appeal tor MoKlnley
and the National Honor.
General Diuiel E. Jiickies. a soldier
wliost* personal corsrajre and devotion to
his country none U»-e gainsay, and who
heretofore has been a avaunch adherent of
the Deinocratlo party, has addressed a
strong letter iu favor of "McKinlev and
national honor" to those comrades who
fought in the battles of the rebellion. It
Is certain that the words of General
Sickles will not fall unheeded on the eari
of soldier or civilian, for the brave and
gallant warrior who commanded the
Third army corps, and who left a leg on
the field at Gettysburg as an earnest of
his devotion, Is second in popular esteem
to no other living general of the Union ar
mies.
The letter is as follows:
My Dear Comrade: I ask you to con
sider and reflect upon the saered Interests
Involved in the present situation of our
public aff I know y«u love your
country. You have given to it the best
proof of d-j >n man can giro—you have
defendei! u I 1 V.ttle.
Letine iu ji and every Union vet
eran to lay aside party feeling now and
unite for n ;.ional honor and for law and
order, as you did ia 'ttl-'66 ajfainst treason
and rebellion. The present crisis seems to
be as vital to the welfare of the oountry as
that which called us to the field beforo.
Some of the principles for which we
then contended are again at stake. Sec
tionalism, repudiation and mob rule are
threatened. Many of us were obliged to
—and our
time when all true patriots should stand
together, preferring their country, Its
honor, good faith and untarnished name
above all mere partisan considerations.
Hateful Sectionalism.
Mr. Bryan and many of his supporters
are trying to combine the south and west
against the north and east. This is sec
tionalism —of which the rebellion was the
offspring. Will you follow these guides
into dangerous paths, or will you not
rather follow Washington in "frowning
upon the first dawning of every attempt to
alienate one portion of our country from
tho rest, or to enfeeble tho ties which now
link togother the various parts?" Sec
tionalism has become hateful to most
of our old adversaries in the south, who
have outgrown the asperities of the
war and are now as loyal to their united
cov.ntry as any of us. Union veterans,
who fought for one Union, one constitu
tion and one destiny, oan never favor any
oandidate or party seeking to array on#
section of our common country against
another.
Mr. Bryan proposes to pay all the cred
itors of our government In silver. This Is
repudiation. 16 would degrado and dls
gmco us as .1 nation in the eyes of the
whole world. Among the creditors of the
nation a.o the pensioners. If you oonsont
to piy in debased silver the bondholder
who lent his money to the government to
arm and feed and clothe Its troops, you
consent at the same time to a reduction
of one-half of the pensions awarded to the
war veterans and to the widows and or
plums of those who are not liying. All the
creditors of the governmont must stand
or fall togethor. Many of you are pen
sioners or the friends of wi.'.ows and or
phans who are pensioners. Many of you
have deposited your savings in savings
banks.
Injures the Toiler*.
Most of you are toilers at the plow, or
In the workshop, or dependent on small
salaries, in public or private employment.
To all so situated the payment of wages
and pensions and your savings in silver,
not redeemable in gold, as proposed by
Mr. Bryan and his hybrid allies, would
involve severe losses and hardship. The
cost of all the necessaries of life would bo
IT? iled, while the value of the money in
which wages and pensions would be paid
would bo reduced nearly one-half. On
the other hand the farmers would not be
l>enefited, because they must sell their
products for money worth only a little
more than hail its present value, based on
a gold standard. Every producer and
every workman would thus suffer. All
business w >uld l>e deranged. Employ
ment would be dilllcult to find. Wages
would advance very slowly, If at all.
Mr. Bryan r.s.-ails the obligations of
public and privato contracts. He would
not pay the public creditors in the money
they have the legal and moral right to de
mand and recaivo. This would destroy
the public ir.vdit. Mr. liryan says the
government lias no use for credit —which
is foolish. Washington, in his fare
well adi!:c..- to his countrymen, ad
monished us lo "cherish public credit
as a very impoi-bint source of strength
and security." Mr. Bryan would de
spoil the citizen of his right to re
cover what is due to him from his neigh
bor according to the tenor of an obliga
tion lawfully made. Thi> would destroy
confidence between man and man. Pub
lic credit and national honor are insep
arable. When our people coasc to feel a
patriotic pride in the honor of their coun
try they will surely lose a just sense of
personal honor —and when both of these
fvntiments are lost the nation Is lost
Must Maintain Credit.
The constitution of the Unit«d States
declares that "the validity of the public
debt of Hie United States, authorized by
law, including debts incurred in payment
of pensions, and bounties for services In
suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall
nut be questioned." This pledge to all the
world Is consecrated by all tha sacrifices
aud suffering of the secession was We
must liitke it rod.
Mr. liryii:t threatens to reorganize the
hitches'. court in tho land BO tkat Its de
cisions shall satisfy tho demands of the
Populists. If elected ha would make the
judicial department of the government
obedient to his will. He would deitroy
the indepeu 1 011 re of tho courts of Justice.
This would overturn the framework of
our constitution. This would be rerolU'
tiou.
Mr. Bryan proposes that silver shall be
the money of this country. Thero is no
nution, in which silver is the standard of
value, where the wages paid for labor are
inure than u fraction of the wagos paid to
the American workman. Nobody under
stands tho evils of a depreciated currency
better than the veteran soldier and sailor
becanse thoy were paid during the war In
paper money not then redeemable In gold.
This was tho tast our government could
do for us during tho war, and wo made no
complaint. Often this paper money was
worth less than iifty cents on the dollar,
whilo the cost of every thing you bought
was double, but your pay was not in
creased.
Mr. Bryan denies tho authority of the
president and the courts of the United
Suites to interfere with mobs. They may
with impunity disturb the peaoe, destroy
property and life, interrupt travel between
the states, and obstruct tho United States
mails and interstate, as well as foreign
commerce, but tho government must look
on, powerless, helpless, paralyzed. This la
mob rule—anarchy. It is impossible to
exaggerate the gravity of this issue. It
really overshadows all others, because it
touches the foundations of social urilcr
and civilization. This new doctrine is
worse than the old secession heresy you put
down with your bayonets—let us silence
the new heresy by our ballots.
While many veterans may not aftreo
with some of Major McKinley's political
views, we are all I hope far more widely
separated from tho ruinous policy of his
adversary. We feel as Stephen A. Doug
las felt nt the be {inning of the war, when
ho gave his sup »vt to Lincoln, saying
"Glvo uie a country where my children j
can live in peace, and then wo can have
room to settle our political differences af
terwards. "
To those, who liko myself have adhered I
. --
to cue party, let me say u—»
the platform and candidate presented by
the Chicago convention, are no» Demo
cratic. They are disowned and denouncod
by millions of the best Democrats In the
land. No man of reeogniied authority In
finance indorses the financial polloy of the
Chicago platform. You are not Populists,
nor socialists nor revolutionists.
McKinley the Man.
Read the platform adopted by Demo
cratic national conventions In former
years and you will see that the last Chi
cago convention rejected all the best tra
ditions of our history and adohted much
of the revolutionary creeds of the Popu
lists and free sllverltes and socialists, dic
tated by Altgeld, Tlllmaa & Co. They
repudiated you and your party and your
principles. They have no claim to your
support. Let us defeat them.
Comrade McKinley stands for all that
Americans must now uphold. He has
been chosen as the candidate of the party
which is resisting national dishonor. You
and I can do no better than give our votes
to our comrade, who manifested his love
for his country by shouldering his musket
and serving for nearly two years as a pri
vate soldier.
His promotions were fairly earned by
his courage and his faithful performance
of the duties of an enlisted man in the
ranks. His comrades may well trust him.
He will see to It that the prinoiples for
which you and he have suffered and sac
rificed so much, and for which so many of
our oomrades gave their lives, are pre
served and perpetuated- A few days ago
I met many thousands of our comrades In
St. Paul during the national encamp
ment. Among that vast multitude I only
heard one voice, and that was for "Mc-
Kinley and national honor." Onoe only
did I hear the name ef Bryan, and then
the cry was, "No use for Bryanl" This
will be echoed by the Ajnerioan people In
November. "No use for Bryanl"
with mero succoss. The "Jarea6 ~01 Xlr!
Bryan Is sure. It Is our patriotio duty to
make his defeat and the defeat of all he
represents so crushing that neither he nor
his allies can hope for political resurreo
tion.
Comrade, lot us stand together once
more for onr country, its peace and wel
fare and honor. Let us put patriotism
above partisanship. Let us stand together
touching elbows, as Comrade McKinley
stood with you in the ranks in 1861.
Fraternally yours,
D. E. SICKLES.
« •
lluacoe tiinklini on the inflation of
currency: "I <lo not believe that you
can legislate up the value of any
thing any more than I believe you
can inaku generals heroes by legisla
tion. The continental congress tried
legislating values up by resort to
fieiialtiea, but the Inexorable laws of
rade, an independent as the laws of
gravitation, kept them down."
» e
The state of lowa has been polled and it
is now announced, as a result of the can
vass, that the voters are two to one for
McKinley. It will be just as well, how
ever, to let tho regular election proceed in
November. —Providence Journal.
It Is to bo expected that Candidate
Watson will select an occasion like the
present to ask to see Mr. Sewall's favorite
ton certificate. —Washington Star.
If It were only possible to overlook the
Now England states In November it la
barely possible that Bryan might stand a
show. —Chicago Post.
THE Seattle (Washington) Pest Intelli
gencer, speaking for a money borrowing
community, remarks; "Bryan talks ar
rant, demagogic nonsense when he
speaks as if tho only people who loaned
money in this country were foreign bank
ers. The greatest money lenders in the
country are the 'common people,' who
have deposited In savings banks about
$1,700,000,000, nearly all of whleh Is la
vested in interest producing securities."
HERE Is what Editor J. P. Shale, of the
MoKeesport News (Dem.l says of the po
litical situation: "I am satisfied that the
policy of the Democraoy set forth in its
platform as adopted at Chicago and in
dorsed by Mr. Bryan is not in koeplng
with Democratic principles, or In the In
terest of the American people. Should
our mints be thrown open for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, the wage
earner, the merchant uud the professional
man alike will suffer in consequence. I
am not willing to be a party to the wrong.
I therefore will vote and use my influence
for the success of the Bepublloan tloket."
* ■ 1 •
Roicot Conkllng on the Inflation of
currency: "I do not baliovo that jou
can leglslato up tho Talus of any
thing any more than I believe you
can make generals heroes by legisla
tion. The continental eengreiss triad
legislating values up by resort to
penalties, bat the Inexorable laws of
trade, as Independent as the laws of
gravitation, kept them down."
Fetor's Bright Retort.
Peter Hiley, of Sioux City, is a skilled
mechanic and a sound moaey man. B. K.
Adams is a free silver shonter, at present
unemployed. He buttonholed Riley on a
street corner and proceeded to ply him
with silver arguments. A crowd soon
gathered to listen to the discussion. Riley
is no orator and saw himself getting the
worst of the discussion. To illustrate a
point he finally cried:
"How many of you are sllveritesf"
"We all are," yelled the crowd.
"Ain't any of you gold men?" queried
Riloy, anxiously.
Not a voice.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" hooted the crowd.
"Where's yer gold bugs?"
"All at work," rejoined Riley, and he
hastened down the street, swinging his
dinner pall. —Chicago Times-Herald.
Hoscoe Conkllng on the Inflation of*
currency: '* Ido not belltv* that you
can legislate up tha valua af any
thing any more than I believe you
can make generals heroes by legisla
tion. The continental congress tried
legislating values up by resort to
penalties, but the inexorable laws of
trade 4 as independent as the laws of
graritatlon, kept them down.**
» . •
Comments on the Campaign.
We submit that If no nation has em
been able to bring and keep together the
bullion and coinage values of the metals
when those values differed very little, it
is preposterous to assume that any nation
could do It today, when those values are
bo wide apart.—Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
Tom Watson's clowning la the west
threatens to "bust the circus," and there
Is to bo an attempt on the part of the
Popocratic managers to make him ride in
the baggage car instead of the band
wagon.— New York Commercial.
The Democratic party in Michigan bai
given up its old name, and ia now offici
ally known ax "the Republican-Sllrer-
Popullst-Democratic party." That oomes
pretty near to boxing the whole political
compass.—Boston Herald.
Kentucky went Republican last year,
and the conditions which caused her to d*
so still exist, with the difference only that
the Democrats were stronger then than
they are this year—.St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat.
Bryuu Bays the debtor ought to be al
lowed to choose the kind of moaty In
which to pay his debts. Tho next step will
be to let htm choose whether or not O*
will pay them at all.—St. Louis Stay.
To ii umo that the result In Main* Is
not significant as to the general result la
November is to aistime that human nature
differs in different parts of the country.—
New York Sun.
There is tio better dollar in the world
than the ouo we have. What most people
need is a better chanco u. i-ot it, and that
will oonie with the improvement of 'busi
tmk —ln<Uaay Ug Journal.
BAT SIMS aim
Why Those Dollars Buy as Much
as Gold Ones.
Secretary Carlisle's statement that a
gyeat many letters are addressed to hir'
dally from all parts of the oountry Inquir
ing how it Is that silver dollars contain
ing only llfty-three cents' worth of bullies
are kept at a parity with gold is directly
in line with The Herald's experience.
Correspondents apparently well in
formed In other respects ask, "If a silver
dollar Is worth only cents, how
Is It that I can buy as much with one of
them as I can with a gold dollar?" Others
write: "There Is no provision for having
the silver dollars redeemed by tho govern
ment, yet they are good as gold. Why,
then, wouldn't they be just as good under
free coinage as they are now?''
These questions go directly to the heart
of the whole sliver question, and Mr. Car
lisle puts the matter very clearly In his
published letter addressed to a Kentucky
correspondent. All of the four hundred
and thirty odd millions of silver dollars
coined slnco 1878 have been manufactured
by the government on its own account
from bullion purchased for that purpose
at Its market value. They have been paid
out by the government at a parity with
gold for goods and services and accepted
in good faith by the people on that basis.
The government received from the peo
ple the full gold value for these coins and
is under moral obligation to keep them at
that level. This it has done. It agreed to
accept them for dues to itself, made them
full legal tender In payment of debts to
individuals and has never discriminated
between silver dollars and gold ones.
Aside from the moral obligations there
*re others. In the Sherman law, passed
"tho essabllshed policy of the United
States to maintain tho two metals on a
parity with each other," and again, in the
act of November 1, 1895, this declaration
was iterated.
With these assurances the people have
accepted the silver dollars at their face
value, regardless of tho enormous shrink
age In the value of the bullion they oon
tain. There have been times, however,
when a mistaken financial policy exolted
creditors' doubts as to the ability of the
government to keep its pledge, and at
those times our foreign creditors drew
gold out of the country and the more
timid among our own citizens began to
hoard the yellow metal, the result being
general restriction of credit and com
mercial disaster, as in 1893. What excited
those doubts? Tho fact that the govern
ment was issuing too many silver dollars
nnder tho Bland law. and subsequently
under the Sherman law was Issuing too
many paper dollars In payment for silver
bars.
It Is a familiar and universally admitted
fact that an inferior currency drives abet
ter one out of circulation, and if the treas
ury kept on making silver dollars or
printing notes all the gold would In time
be displaced and leave the country,and the
government would be unable to keep the
silver or notos exchangeable with gold. It
was this fear that caused tho panic of 1893
and led congress to stop tho issue of this
money. Nearly 600,000,000 of silver dollars
and Sherman no>es, howevor, had already
been created, and the government has had
some difficulty in keeping this mass to
gether with tho $346,000,000 of greenbacks
exchangeable with gold, being obliged at
times to purchase yellow metal for this
purpose by issuing bonds. Now, what
would be tho effect of an absolutely un
limited additional Issue of dollars —of
throwing the mints open so that any
Amerloan, or Turk, or Russian eould
bring bullion or old spoons and get a sil
ver dollar for every 63 cents' worth of the
metal?
Does any sane man think the govern
ment could maintain them all at a parity
with gold dollar*)" The silver dollancould
be worth no more than the bullion In ex
change (or which anybody In the world
could obtain them. To pass such a law
would be n direct violation of the Implied
and expressed pledges on the faith of which
the people have accepted hundreds of mill
ions of these silver dollars In payment for
goods and services at their full gold value.
It would bo a wholesale repudiation on the
part of the government against its own
citizens; and the dollars being full legal
tenders would compel all debtors to repu
diate half their obligations, cut down pen
sions, wages, salaries, saving bank depos
its and insurance policies one-half and
overwhelm the whole country in disaster
Tho majority of American voters are not
yet qualified to become lnmatee of padded
cells.—New York Herald.
VOTERS MUST QUALIFY.
State Chairman Boytr Issues a Note ol
Warnlnf.
The copy of the following lettor been has
sent to eaoh of the county chairmen, and
is self explanatory:
MY DEAK SIR:
Please have the Republican papers in
your county call the attention of -voters to
the necossity of paying their taxes on or
before Oct. 3, that being the last day taxes
tan legally be paid in order to qualify the
•lector to voto on Nov. S next.
Yours very truly,
H. K. BOYER,
Executive Chairman.
IT WELL behooves the freo sliver can
didate to rail against tho gold standard as
British, while at the sums time demand
ing British freo trade and a British in
oome tax.—Omaha Bee.
IT IS jast as well for Mr. Bryan that he
should do his talking in Maine after t£»
state election. It would have been tragic
Indeed if he had had to bear the responsi
bility of that 6#.000 plurality.
FARMKRS know that the $250,000,000
worth of export trade and tho $6»,000,000
worth of import trade they lost tho first
year after the repeal of tho McKinley law
was not on account of tho "crime of 1873."
—Mansfield (O.) News.
WHERE are all the farmers that were sura
for Bryan? Not in Vermont, nor in Maine,
certainly, and their numbers must have
been exaggerated in Arkansas, where the
Democratic plurality is only about thrfl®
thousand greater than it was in 1894.
OUTSIDE the principal silver producing
states there are no indication* that the
cause of Mr. Bryan Is nearly so strong as
It was In July. In tho Mississippi valley,
where it was agreed tho gre- Iwittle would
bo fought, nothing has occurred except
tho steady disintegration of h ( is forces.
When?
We're going to have a glory land
In this land by and by,
Whfn Br van is eleoted and
The other ohap is shy.
Th/! hons with patriotic teal
Will ohanee their yellow legs,
And everj morning they wtll lay
A batch of sliver eggs.
The cows will strike against the rule
That used to suit our mind.
And for the golden butter they
Will giva tho silver kind.
Thetroes, that always onem to weep
In gold when autumn grieves.
Will braoe themselves at once and go
To shedding silver leaves.
When hunters go to shoet the game
That's filling to the pot.
Discarding all tho old time kind,
They'll carry silver shot.
When builders build new houses then,
As how their cash affords,
They'll plank them side and roof and floor
With silver weatherboards.
When housewives get their houses cleaned
With strained and weary backs,
They'll taok their beaten carpets down
With silver carpet taok*.
The railroads, with their tnual vim.
Will go to all the sales
Of bullion, and quite soon they'll bo
Equipped with silver rails.
Thus will the earth be silvered o'er
And st>a and sky and air.
Then will the Now Jerusalem
Save silver pgveatnts there;
WU eJssWL—
X' t
The tfreat excursion of the Braddock 1
steel works to Canton last Thursday was |
the occasion of bringing out a double sig
nificance of national value. Its first and
really greatest import was well stated by
Governor McKinley in his forcible and j
powerful sentences:
It is gratifying to be assured by your i
spokesman and my old comrade, and it i
will be inspiring to tlie whole countrv, |
that the voice of labor here today de- j
clares that no party which degrades the j
bono. of the Nation, no party which j
stanils opposed to law and order, or ;
which seeks to array the masses against j
the classes, shall receive its vote and sup-1
port. Golden words are these, which
will strike a cord of sympathy in every
American home where virtue dwells and
truth abides.
THE showing which Mrs. McKinley
has for house cleaning this fall is very
discouraging. There will be meetings
on the McKinley lawn every day until
Oct. 9th. For this week there were 29
delegations announced, the visitors each
day numbering thousands.
THE correct solution of the 16 to 1 puz
zle is that sixteen Bryans would make
one McKiuley.
WHAT a strange thing modern civiliza
tion is! England sent some war vessels
to Constantinople, and she proposed
stopping the massacres in Armenia; but
now it seems that she must either face a
a general European war, or let the Sul
tan alone.
IT is proposed that a million sound
money bicyclists should meet in Canton
next week, and show McKinley some
wheels.
HERK are ti,' facts stated by Secretary
Carlisle in a public speech last year. So
far as we know, not one of them has ever
been disputed, and taken together they
form an nnans'vcraoie jnauuuai argu
ment against the proposition for the free
coinage of cheap silver dollar*. Every
voter should think then over daily before
he decides to v 'e tor Bryan aai cheap
money:
First. Thera is not a free-coinage coun
try in the world to-day that is not on a sil
ver basis.
Second. There is not a gold-standard
country in the world to-day that does not
use silver as money along with gold.
Third. There is not a silver standard
country in the world to-day that uses any
gold as money along with silver.
Fourth. There is not a silver standard
country in the world to-day that haa more
than one-third as much money in circula
tion per capita as the United States has;
and
fifth. There is not a silver standard
country in the world to-day where the
laboring man receives fair pay for his day's
work.
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A °ream of tartar baKing powder. High
}so of all in leavening strength.— Latest
tutted Stales Government Food Report.
ROYAL FAKINO POWDEKCO. IO« wall at.. N. *
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; a special boon to hoclncs ra ;i who, Laviux
• ; rifted unconsciously int«» tho <lrink 1ml). t «.»:•!
aMkkrato find Iht liaoitw of obo
upon them, rendering them unfit to manure af
fnirs requiring a clear brain. A lour \v«—
of treatment at the
VITTSBURO KEELEY INSTITUTE.
No. 4210 Fifth Avenue,
,*jSCt?res to them all their power*, mental and
physical, destroys tte abnonc xl a j r.n l
restores t«wm to the condition ih-- -v-vo ia le
x »re they indulged in stimulant; Vm !s
it.>nelnmore than IfiOt) cases t a:c«l -r«», ntul
among them some of y->ur i hx . to
H.iom wo ran refer with conri . r; e to the
e ~olute safety and eßleioccv •' ;i • »'t y « tire.
The fullest and most ..i«n IK
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tion-
The Sutler County National Bank
BUTLKR, PA.
Capital paid in $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits $87,962 35
Jos. Hartman, President; J. V. Kitts.Vice
President; C. A. Bailey, Cashier; John G
McMarlin, A ss't Cashier.
A general banking business transacted.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Money loaned on approved security.
We invite you to open an account with this
bank,
DIKECTORS—Iion. Joseph Hartman. Hon. W.
S. Waldron, Dr. N.M. Hoover, II McSweeuey,
E. E. Abrams, 0. P.Collins, I Smith, Leslie
I'. Hazlett, M. Flnegar., W. lienry Wilson, John
Humphrey, Dr. W. C. MeCanaless,Den Masseth
Harry Ileasley. J. V. Kttts.
Hotel Willard.
Reopened and now ready for the
accommodation of the traveling pub
lie.
Everything in firpt-c BPB style
MRS. MATTIE REIHING, Owner
M H BROOKS. Clerk.
~Li. o- wick:
DEALER IM
'Rough and Worked Lumber.
OP AL« KtltDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
Always In Stock.
LIME. HAIR AND PLASTER
Office opposite P. <fejW. Depot,
rrTLKK
ABRAMS & BROWN,
INSURANCE and REALESTATE
Strong Companies.
Fromvt Settlements.
Home Insurance Co.of New York, Insur
ance Co. of North America, of Philadelphia
Pa. Phenix Insurance of Brooklyn, N. .
and Hartford Insurance Co. of Hartlord Conn
OFFICE: Corner of Main St. and the
D?"unond, north o* - Court House, Butler, P».
CONGRESS HALL
CAPE MAT, It. J.
Opens Saturday, June 27, 1896. Closes j
September 30. Hotel modernized at a
cost of #40,000. Ye old time lawn con- ,
certs by Simon Hassler's Grand Orchef- i
rar Address
EDWARD KNIGHT CAKE.
Proprietor. <
DIS-A/PHS .
STEPHENS-At h«r h«.nw in G< men<al,
Aug I*>. 18%. Mr?. Arthur Stephen*,
actd 38 years. A
BNBMINGKR—At tier kNH in Butler,
Sept Tl. Carrie, daughter of V".
H. Ensminger, aged 24 years.
McCAFFEKTV—At hi j home in I'itts
bur/. Sept. 22. lS9t>, Patrick McCatrerty.
in his ">4th year
BKICEEK —At hi? bom* near
Sept. 23J, ISShI, John Bricker, in his
73d year.
Mr. Bricker was born in JuDe 12, 1824.
near where ho died. «• J has lived in that
vicinity all his life For some years put
his heart ha- troubled him, but his sadden
death was caused by inii&mation of the
bowels. Be leaves a wife and several sons
and daughters. His funeral will occur
Saturday at 10 a. m.
Won
derful. exclaimed a drtircist, hew the people j
Jtlck to Hood's Sarsaparilla. They all wan*
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
! fhe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. sl.
Mood's Pills euro all I.iver Ills. sent*.
A. M. CHRIST LEY,
ATIORN'EY AT LAW.
Office on North Diamond Stree', opposite the
court House—Lower Floor.
J M. FAINTER,
Attorney- at-Law.
lice—Between PostotUce and Diamond, Hutier
Pa.
A. T. BLACK.
ATTORNEY AT I AW.
Room J—Armory Building.
Gr M. ZIMMERMAN.
phvsioian akd sruoror,
O(flee at No. 45. s. Melr. strict. r »>r Clt
1 harmacy.Piitlor. Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
A truey-at-law. Office. In Mltcliel! butldlo.
But lor Pa.
DR. W P. McILROY
Dentist.
Formerly ki.owri as the -PI i: Ft LESS I'AIN
LESS EXTK.V.'TOK Ob - T-'.ETU." Located
permanently at 111 East .letterson St.. Opposite
Hotel Lowry, Butler. Will do Dental opera
tions of all kinds by tlm latest devices and up
to date met hods.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
B' .ler, Penn'a.*
Artificial Tet'tii Inserted on tUe latest lm
.iroved plan. «ioltt Filling .1 specialty. Office
over Schaul'sClotPtns S'ore.
V. M. McALPINE
Dentist,
Main St.
Naesthetics Administered.
L. S. McJUNKXN
I nsu«-ance and flea! Estate
Agent,
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
- a,
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
1 (137 E. Wayne St.. office hours. 10 to.V2 JT. an
to 3 P. M.
L. BLACK,
TUVaiOIAK kiW dURGKON,
New XrGktsuou Hmirnng, Butler. Fa.
COULTER & BAKER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
.DENT(ST, - - BUTLER, PA.
Gold Killing Painless Extraction of Teeth
0(1 Artificial teetli w:i ho.n Plates a specialty
itrous Oxide or Virilized Air or Local
iui>3tlietle* .i*"i.
omce «ver Miller's U-ro:ery east ofLowry
ouse.
clOtTlce osedWednes lays -nil Thursdays
DR. CHAS R. B. HUNT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Eye, car, nose and throat a specialty
132 and 134 S. Main Street.
Ralston building.
W. H. BROWN,
Homceopalhic Fhyslclan and
Surgeon.
OH'ce 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O.
Residence 315 N. McKean St.
J. B, BREDIN.
Attorney At Law
Office on Main St., near Court Ho use Hutler
Pa.
S. H. PIERSOL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 104 East Diamond 18k
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW.
ffleo at N<\ 8, south Diumoi.a, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
itt'y at I.aw--OtHce on fion'.h side of Diamond
ntitler. Pa.
ALEX RUSSELL.
Attorney-at-Law.
Offico with Newton Black, Esq
South Diamond, Butler D a.
C. F. L. McQuistlon.
CIVIL ENOTNKBK AlD^sfrvkyor.
Office near Court lloaae Butler Pa
DR. J E. FAULK
Dantist.
Painless extraction —No Gas — Crown
and bridge .vork a specialty.
Office—ln Gilkey building oppcsiteP. 0.
Ahury Park.
Asbury Park has the best beach on the
coast of Xcw Jersey, and
"THE eENIMORE"
is tlie best place to stop while there. For
terms address,
THOS. NOBLE,
Asbury Park, N. J.
Frfct.hr. tor*. JUall.h Hnul
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/e Are Satisfed; 1
o Will You Be. ;
There wag a rash for those excellent ►
values in Bummer footwear, which
are being forced out during the past .
week—soc for Oxfords actually
worth $1 25 is seldom offered. 85c
for tan shoes that cost us $2 00 has ►
never before been heard of in Butler, <
but we are doing it while they last .
and it is appreciated by all who call;
They buy aud send their friends to '
secure the ereit bargains. >
t's The Low Prices j
in all lines that has kept up our busi-
ness during the dull, sultry season. A
We propose that our fall and winter C
trade shall eclipse all previous re
cords The price and quality at the 4
price will do it.
IL RUFF & SON, ;
14 south flain Street. \
{Our Parlor Suit!
1 Sale 1
NEXT m
jj WEEK, | gpL jj
|| THE ASSORTMENT WILL BE jj
STHE LARGEST AND FINEST |l /P3 jjj
SWE HAVE EVER SHOWN. |jjf
All women that intend buying a Parlor Suit, Odd Rocker or Couch
y?g|are invited to attend this sale; in fact, you're .welcoome if you don't Jsafi
SjThree Of The Best Values We Offer jjj
8j Is a Parlor Suit jS
sit AT $30.00.
Above suit has a mahogany finished frame, and is covered in as-fegC
colored values.
j® Is a Parlor Suit ffi
jit AT $50,00. H*
tSiif This suit has a mahogany finished frame, and is covered in assort-lgfc
Jgjjed colored brocatel.
»8f Is a Parlor Suit j§
3f AT $65.00. fH
A beauty for the price, mahogany finished frame, and covered withvag
silk damask.
for those that don't want parlor suits. jji^g
Stampbell ft Tcmpleton J
m BUTLER, PENN'A. S
SSO. Given way SSO.
Looks like a large amount on paper, but by economy you can save that
amount; not in a lump of course but by buying your necessities right. We have the
right prices on every thing we handle in fact we guarantee you a saving of trom 10
25 per cent.
HERE ARE OUR EVERY DAY PRICES.
HATS WORTH $2.25 at $1.75.
" " $3.00 at $2 25.
" $5.00 at $3.75.
SB.OO at s(>.oo.
Tam o'3'hanters, from 25c to $1.25.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113^0*117 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
Wlmt iNerve Berries
have done for others
anc' Pe rrn art ent/'y Restore
A positive cure for all Weaknesses,
Nervousness, Debility, and ail their
train of evils resulting from early errors
and later excesses; the result of over
work. sickness, worry, etc.
or excessive useof tobacco,opium
and i : quor, which lead to consumption
and insanity. Their use shows immedi
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Convenient to carry in vest pocket.
Price, S r .00 per box, six *X)xes, one full
treatment,ss.oo. Guaranteed tocure
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gi -t we will send them by mail, upon
receipt of price, in plain wrapper.
Pamphlet free. Address mail ordersto
AMERICAN MEDICAL CO • CiKCWWATI. 0.
For Sale.
A f.mfl of 20 acres, with a seven roou.
he . •••..■I lrtiit. orchard*, well water,
jrMf.i ,! ;;ik »t the house.Bpring honae an j
coiivi "tout-buildings. Will cell cheap
ere; :itli r town property, about a
Uiiu.-- irom Butler.
For particulars inquire at thii riffice.
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6IVEJ VITAL STRENGTH TO NURSING
R MOTHERS.
Chocks wasting diseases, Mops
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MAKES RED, RICH BLOOD,
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Will give the palo and puny tha
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They are neither styptio noi caustic, and
h.v- o uo coagulating effect on the
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do not hurt the teeth or cause constipation
cr diarrhoea, as do tho usual form* or Iron.
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not kept by your druggist, address
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