THE CITIZEN Emun* at PMUBM at Batl.r as 2d class matter WILUAR C. ■MLEI rmHlrtw THTPTMPAY, OCTOBER 1 1896 REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. RATIONAL. PRESIDENT, '""rtet * 1 K'BMT3ENI ,"*' GARRETT A. HOBART. » STATE. CONGRESS-AT-LARGE. GALUSHA A. GROW, s. 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, HARMON SEATON, JOHN MITCHELL* FOR COUNTY?AUDITORS, W. S. MOORE, 0. R. THORNE. FOR CORONER, JOHN L. JONES. REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. Oct. 16, Mars, 7.30 p. m., speakers Col. Thompson and Newton Black. Oot. 16, Harrisville, 7.30 p, m., speakers J. M. Galbreath and Gen. W. A. Clark. Oct. 16, Brownsdale, 7.30 p. m., speakers 8. F. Bowser and Hon. J. B. Showalter. Oct. 17, Hooker, 7.30 p. m., speakers Col. Thornpton, S. F. Bowser and Newton Black. Oot. 19, Middle Lancaster, 7.30 p. m., speakers, Hon. J. B. Showalter and Levi M. Wise. Oot. 19, WestSunbury, 7.30 p. m., speak ers, Col. Thompson, J. M. Galbreath and Dr. Hockenberry, Oot 20, Harmony, 7.30 p. m , speakers, Hon. A. L. Haxen, Levi 11- Wise and New ton Black. Oot. 21, North Washington, 730 p. m., speakers, Col. Tfcompson, Hon. J. D. Mc- Jonkin and Hon. J. B. Showalter. Oot 21, Ekastown, 7.30 p. m., speakers, J. M. Galbreath and P. W. Lowry. Oot 22, Pipe Stem school bouse, 7 30 p. m., speakers, J. M. Galbreath and J. B. Greer. Oot 22nd, Butteroup 7:30, 8. F. Bowser aad M. B. Mo Bride. The Republican meeting and pole-raising at Silverville, Buffalo twp. oa the Bth inst. «u a great success. The looal marching olub waa ont, also marohiog clubs from Free port and Natrona, Freeport Glee Club •ad two bands. The houses ol the village were decorated with Chinese lanterns, and •very body was provided for. Tbe speak ing that evening was in the open air anJ was done by J. M. Painter and Br. Showalter, who ably discussed the issues of the cam paign. The Republican mooting at Whitest own Saturday night waa attended by the whole neighborhood, abont a thousand people being proaent. Uapt. Jno. A. Reed, W. H. Reed and Hon. Jao. Everhart, all of Pittsburg, diJ the speaking from a covered platform. Tbey are all good speakers, and the Orient Olee Club, of Pittsburg, which •ooompanied them delighted the people. The marching clubs, of Prospect, Whites town, Harmony and Zeliencple were pres ent, one with a brass band and the other with a dram corns. THE Republican meeting in the Opera Houae last Thursday evening was well attended by an enthusiastic audience. Col. Colburn and Judge Fnrst, who were billed for speeches here, tljat evening, missed their train, somewhere and could not come, but their places were well fill ed by T. W. Phillips, J. M. Galbreath and Col. Thompson. Mr. Phillips led off in a few well worded and appropriate re marks upon the money question and fi nancial condition of the country; and was followed by Mr. Galbreath, who made the best speech that has yet been made in Butler on that question. He covered the ground completely. Col. Thompson followed in a few vigorous re marks, and the meeting adjourned. Our Blanket Ballot. Owing to the contests over nomination papers and certificates of nomination, the Secretary of the Commonwealth will not be able to certify the official ballot to eounty commissioners before the last day aader the lew—next Tuesday. The State Department has mailed the County Commissioners a sample ballot, whiob contains ten lists of electors as fol lows: Republican, Democratic, Prohibi tion, People's, Socialist Labor, National, Free Silver, MoKmley Citizen*, Grow Ami- Combine and Jeffersonian. These ten columns of electors with the local tickets following, and a column in blank, make a ticket or ballot about a yard square, and besides these eleven columns oar senatorial content may add ant'ther oolnmn to the bailot. In referring to the ticket reoeived by the connty commission era of that oonnty, the Pittsburg Times' re porter said: One hears mrch discussion about the commissioners' office and the political headquarters on the subject of the ballots. There ia a growing sentiment in tavor of a radioal change in the fo<m of the ballot. Many of the most ardent advocates of the Baker ballot law are now convinced that the best form of ballot in the world is the old-fashioned ballot, where the voter casts bat one ticket, scratching ofT the name be does not want to vote for, and writing those he want* to vote for instead. They ere of the opinion that the old style of tloket could be used and all the good feat ures of the Australian system retained. They would have the ballots all printed by the county, making it a severe penalty fur counterfeiting. They would have them dlstribnted from the room in which the yoting is done at the time the voter ap peered to cast his ballot, and make it a heavy penalty lor carrying ballots out »f the polling place. They feould have the Tote absolutely secret, u ith no numbers or other mark of identification on the ballots, es et present. SEVENTY-FIVK thousand Republicans were in line in Chicago last l ; riday—as great a political demonstration as that city has ever seen. Telephone wires conveyed the shouts and music to Mr- Kinlcy's home and the Republican head quarters. QCAT'r estimate is McKinley 270, liryan 110 end the other 67 for the "best fighter*." Canton the Mecca. The streets of Canton were crowded last Friday and Saturday, and McKinley was called upon to address one crowd after another. On Saturday he made twenty speeches. We make the following extract from one of his speeches of Fri day. The point I make is this, my fellow cit izens, that we must get over the idea in this coutrv that the government makes money, the government gets its money just as a citizen gets his money, bvgmng something for it The government raises <•-. ° |, ' '■ LUIII lug into thf United States, and the latter is the policy of the Republican party, We do not l>elieve that the government should make money by'setting its print ing presses and its mints to work, but that the best thing it can do for its reve enus is to put a tariff on foreign products of every kind that compete with Ameri can products and make that tariff high enough, too, to protect the American pro ducer. We simply want to observe the law of self preservation, to look after our selves, look after our individual occupa tions end employments and after the American home, which your spokesman has so eloquently described. It lies at the foundation of society, of every communi ty, of every state, and of the nation; and there comes up from the plain American home, the homes of the plain people of the country, a sentiment of good govern ment and good patriotism such as can be found scarcely anywhere else in the world. Not only, my fellow citiens, do we want a good tariff, but we want good money. We want that money to be worth 100 cents to the dollar and we do not want it to be worth a penny less than 100 cents We want it to be as honest as the govern ment itself. We want it to be current everywhere in the world; we want it re sp?cted everywhere, jus* as our flag is re spected everywhere. Then we propose in this country to maintain a government by law and a government under law. We propose to sustain public order and public tranquillity and stand by the federal judiciary —that tribunal which is our anchor of Safety in every tttne of trouble. There never was an aim that the Repub lican party ever had that did not embrace the good of all the people. There never was a Republican purpose that did not seek the honor and integrity of the gov ernment of the United States. There is one thing our old party never did—it never struck a blow eycept for human freedom. It never made a law that did not embrace every American interest. It never had a purpose which was not patri otic and it stands this year, as it has stood in all the years of the past, for public safety, for public honor, good morals, good government, good laws, and for a country whose currency and credit will not be questioned anywhere in the world. I thank you for this call. On Saturday he closed his remarks to the Confederate veterans from Virginia as follows: It is peculiarly a matter of gratification to me also that from my home city and from the nc-igbboring city of Cleveland, my old comrades of the war, with whom I fought, on the other side from you in that great conflict, hai e given you a warm welcome and will tender you hospitality while here and give you their love and benediction to carry away with you when you go. I am honored to have witnessed this scene and day, and I bid you, soldiers of Grant and soldiers of Lee, "At the shrine of this reunion, Dedicate your loves anew." Rejoice all of you, and thank God that the "Cause of truth and human weal, Is transferred from the sword's appeal, To peace and love." "No longer from its brazen portals, The blast ot war's great organs shake the skies. But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise. Let uo discordant notes grate upon this melody of peace. Let it go forth, let it be everywhere proclaimed that the men of the North and the men of the South stand for the enthronement of justice and the supremacy of law. The voice that would reopen the conflicts of the past and the bittnerness of thirty years ago, that would array class against class or section against section, is not a friend, but an enemy of our glorious union, and stands in the pathway of its glorious progress. Men of the South, the only force now needed in this free government is that ot conscience, justice, reason and intelli gence. This is an irrestible power upon which rests our strength, security, perma nency and glory. We have enteeu upon a new and blessed era; we have crossed the dominion of force into the kingdom of peace and law and mutual good will. Faith in each other, faith in a common country: faith in the future aud a com mon destiny has made us one—forever one. We have learned that: "Peace and greatness best become, Calm power doth guide, With a far more imperious statelinera Than all the swords of violence can do, And easier gains those ends she tends unto." This is my message to grim survivors of tiiat mighty war, of l>oth sides. This is the spirit that I would have carried into practical every-day administration and fill the hearts ot the American peo- P le * f I thank you for this cordial greeting. I thank your orators for their generous words of assurance in your behalf. Let us remember now and in a'l the future that we arc Americans and that what is good for Ohio is good for Virginia. In TiiK Butb r- Armstrong Senatorial dis trict the conferr«e4 c>uld uol agr.ie and an a result wu have two candidate* fur Sta'e Senate. We had the nam* trouble in our. Senatorial district until w« adopted the popnlar vote system. Our last nomination was made in junt seven minutes, or just as soon as the cnurerrees could compute the votes eist by the Republic IUS of the two oounties at the primaries. \V« are likely to loso a .Senator in the flntior-Armstrong district. There are also two Republican candi dates tor Congress in the UUir district,and the Democrats will likely elect their man. There are objections to the popular vote plan, but it is a bemty compared with the conferreo systo u.--In liau.i, PA. Messen ger. Another Lie Nailed. On September 28, 1890, there appeared in the 81 Louis Post Dispatch a p >rtioa of a sermon delivered on a previous Sabbath day, by the Rev. Herbert Casson, of I.ynn, Mass., in which he denounces McKinley a>. a gauged, imprisoned individual, trembling in bis mortgaged house lent Mark Hanna might foreclose on him and who has already met bis Wellington and surrendered his' convictions How this is only a portion ot his harangne, anil coming as it has from a man pretending to lie a minister ot the gos pel i who should stoop so low in his sermon to bis congregation, when all should have been thinking of lleaven and divino things) to call up politics and try to villify a citi zen aud public man, whose character and record is above reproach and make state ments that lie knew were false. Had these remarks come from soine po litical blow-out, it might have passed un noticed, but when such men, laying claim to religion will stand up and make such stateu ents, we feel it our duty to denounce them as malicious liars. We do MI over our own signatures so that the Reverend gentleman, or any ol his friends, seeking redress can be accomodated froir the poin of a pin to the month of a cannon. 1 The writer of this article has taken the pains to go to the oity where this villified man lives anil has examined the records and does hereto append the certificate of the County Recorder; showing the statements of the Reverend gentleman made, to bo ,'SIHO and without any foundation whatever DB. W. Knows. Hannibal, Mo. OFFTCK OF COUNT Y RBCOBDRB. Canton. Ohio, Oct. 12, 1K96. State of Ohio, i / sa: Sf.'»rk Cr.an'y, 5 I, Joseph A Reed, Recorder of (.foresaid County, do hereby Certify that I have carefully examined the records in this office and find 00 mor tage tiel Iby .Mark H tnna against. Win VcKin i ley or w>fe. Witness my hand und official se »l ttiis J 12th day of October, A. D. IHSMi. JDSCPH A. liKKII, U« coidcr, Stark Connty Ohio. I LSBALJ I " A Test Case. Tuesday last was the last day for filing j objections to certificates of nomination and nomination papers in the Dauphin County Court, and a large batch o» them were filed. That afternoon the Court filed an opinion on the counter objections of J. D. Hicks of Altoona and I". J. Kooscr oi Somerset, to certificates of nomination for congress in the Twentieth district- . , After reciting the history of the 'lead lock. of the action of conference at Johns town in passing a resolution requesting State Treasurer Haywood to participate in the conference with four votes, the court declares both certificates invalid. Wt-f/ar.liiv' i-'yser jhe court savs: _ "rule"or custom of the Republican party, which would justify us in holding that a nomination in any view which could be taken of the facts in this case, could be made by a minority of the legal confer rees. The court holds that the introduction of Mr. Haywood into the conference as a member with power to cast four votes was illegal and in violation of the rules and customs of the Republican party in the congressional district. Judge McPherson says: "We think this objection must prevail. By the rules and usuages of the party when there is a candidate nominated at a county primary for any district office, he has the right to select the conferrees from that county and the number is fixed it three for each county. There is no rule or accepted custom which provides for the appointment of conferrees in any other way for increasing the number of conferrees either by a vote of the confer ence or otherwise." In conclusion the court says: "Waiv ing all question of the validity of the pro ceedings which resulted in an adjourn ment to Harrisburg, we must hold that the conference which met there was il legal, because an additional conferree with power to cast four votes was present and took part in the nomination of Mr. Ilicks. 'I he power to prescribe rules to govern the making of these nominations is in the people, and whatever they have not delegated remains there. "They have given the right to the sev eral candidates to appoint three confer rees for each county and have conferred upon the conferrees in conference assem bled the power and right by a majority of their votes to nominate a candidate with the implied power, of course, to do every thing which ordinary parliamentary usage prescribes in order to accomplish this pur pose But they have no power or au thority to add to their number or to au thorize any outside person to vote. The conference therefore in which Mr. Hay wood participated was illegally constitu ted and its action invalid." This decision prevents both candidates from being certified on the official ballot except by nomination papers, which each have filed in the state department. The ccijespondent of the Commercial Gazette says the court will probably knock out both Republican candidates in the Forty first senatorial district on the same ground, because Jere B. Rex went into the confer ence by direction of State Chairman El kin, and voted for Meredith of Armstrong, against Ritter of Butler. PBOSPECT. Be je informed that: C. F Newman ban gone to the rr.'iilori nm at Warren, Ohio, where be in undergo ing treatment, for chronic lumbago. Lit est repoit nays ho is improving. Joe Warren arid Julian Clark are ve:y exbuberarit these da,j H and the secret of it all in the arrival of new hoys at their homes. Miss Jennie Tiastmtn of Fellow creek, is now assisting Mrs. Hoehm to do tne fall work at the Prospect Uou.se. John Kotb has a joke concocted on Os Shatter. Some one of these night* when Os is sleeping John intends to tie a silver 'jand on On's gold hat. hut we won't tell on John jui-t yet. L B Shannon ami wife were at Mercer not long since, attending the «edding of theii daughter, Ming Anna. ■/udson English, Thomas McCandless, Oscar Shaffer, Phannie Grossman, and Charlie Blair were members of tho recent Butler county excursion to the home of the next President, Canton, Ohio, aud repoit a fine time. W. G. Weigln aitended the fair an I races at CarrolJtown, Cambria Co , a coup le of weeks ago. and was surprised to see it snow quite liv»ly one evening. John Weigle should he careful of tho la dies' topnotß when he passes the contribu tion box around. Burry <fc Albert have purchased a corn butker which will busk a hundred bushels per hour, and put the fodder in rchreds,en silage or bunches. A great invention. Samuel Weigle. after a two weeks' ill ness, died .Frid®,y, Sept. 25, aged 03 years. Mr. Weigle was a native of Lawreuoe (Jo. but resided in and about Prospect lor 40 years, being an industrious man and skill ed mechanic. Mrs. J. 0. Kelly has returned from a visit to U«:v. Young aad family of Uiilman, Mich , and is much pleased with her visit to the Wolverin State. Mrs Jesse Darter taluks that .-h i de serves the priz: lor rai-ing peppers, and we think M> too as her crop is hard to beat. John 1). Albert and wife spent * c>u.iie if days vi-i'ing :n NVw Casib-, r<-c inly, and ./onn is surprised it the i nprovemeut of late years. The Luther League jjave a sooi tl to the public, Thursday evening, Oct, Ist, when esch one was expected to giv:j a silver of fering with which to buy a no v church or gan. We inust not forget to tell you the cause of tha happy smile on Al Ral-toi/s coun tenance this • days. I*. in produced by tiie urriv.il of an ex<ia tine new hov. Tomes. Al. Miss Mary Dutter and her aunt Vfaiy floon, were the giests ol Inrnes Ftudliy i and family, one day last week. Mat Blair, Joe Warren. Os Shaffer, Curt Grossman, Thotnp McCandiess, Jud Kng lish, John Neeley, Ralph Maokny anil others got Howard West and his dog one evening last week, and scoured the hills and valleys ol VI uddvereek for raccoons. They captuied two larjje lat follows which will lead t.he McKiule/ processions to the White House. Miss Ida Myor ol Allegheny was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Langherst. recent ly. John Kelly's silo bursted shortly after he had it filled with choice ensilage and bo will lose some ol his cow feed. Miss Lida says it ought to be in the paper, but to say nothing about gathering chestnuts on Sun dav. Kno* McDonald, Secretary of the Frank lin township Heboid Board, made 'he rounds last week delivering supplies to the different sohools fcinos is al»o truant of ficer under ttie compulsory school law ami no doubt will have some cases to look after. Hen Heftnbaw has bought a patent kraut cutter, which is fed like « tutuuir box. It is a Useful machine, und making kraut on it is a picnic. W. T. Mechling and W. 3. McGuary of Butler installed the officers of Rustic Lodge, No. 88'-!, I. O 0 P., on Saturday evening, Out. A They are good in- tailing officers and the brotherhood was much gratified to have them present. JOK OostTV. Carrie Ensminger. WUKBBAN, In His gracious Providence. God hath chosen to call to her leward our dear classmate, Miss Carrie V. Knsniinger: Altt' WIIKHKAS, Thus are broken the ties which bound her to us in loving union; therefore bo it RRSOLVKU, That we bear witness to her painstaking diligence in student days and to the perserving energy which enabled her to bee one the fir t v iledictorian of the But ler High School and to bUz -out a pathway for fntar" classes to tr*ad. RBSOLVKO. That we bring our tribute of praise for her eun.est zeal in after years in doing the work that la> nearest her hand and tor her faithfulness in the «. rvico of Christ the Master whoso love wi. revealed 111 her life RKSOLVHD, i hat, while wedeeply mourn our loss, we vet are comforted iu the Divine assurance that the "Faithful shall receive a crown of life eternal." RKSOLVEII, That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to her parents, sistors and broth ers, in this their seasor, of sorrow, and com mend t hem to the tender care and guidance ' of llmi wnose loviuit kindne-s is ever ol I old a:id whose mercy endureth forever. i UxsoLVhit, That thesi resoiutiotis be i puh!|.tied i;i our weekly papers and that' the bereivel family be lurn led a copy i thereof Mi MH lics.-io Morris ei, Alice ; Collins, Mury Graham, Ma'id Sutton, Fan nie Wing, Mrs Lillian Ch »se, Eruc-t 0. i Graham and John Sheiring. TI mjvmi' It Removes One of tlie Chiei Arguments of the Silverites. I ; ! The rise of thirteen cents a bushel In wheat during the last thirty days, while i silver has remuined steady or declined a fraction, will be worth tens of thousands j of votes to the Republican candidates. Free coinage orators and writers have 1 . - thr* f " n '" | products was directly due to the fall in ' 6llver. "'As silver went down," they said, j "your wheat went down, and silver went j down because the mints were closed u gainst it. Consequently, unless the mints are reopened to free coinage and silver goes up again, your wheat must continue j to fall." Intelligent farmers saw the fallacy ol this, but many others were misled by it and were inclined to vote for the man who promised to make money plentiful and double the price of their wheat. The rise of the past month in the cereal, while the white metal has sagged, is a demonstra. tion to these men that there is no neces sary connection between the two, and that I the price of farm products, like that of all i other products, is regulated by the laws ol supply and demand. "False In one thing, false in all," and seeing they have been deceived by the fre« silver men in this vital matter the farmers will cease to believe in the other will-o'. the-wisp theories so alluringly presented to them. It is immaterial in this connec tion whether wheat is to advance still fur ther as a result of a world wide shortage in the yield or whether the rise has al ready been pushod too far by skillful spec, ulators. The fuct remains that with the price of silver unchanged or falling the value of wheat has risen 20 percent, in tha world's markets, and every farmer can see that the price of his produets does not depend upon the price which the mine owners get for theirs. Wheat has fallen of late years for pre cisely the same reason that silver hat fallen—there was an enormous increase in th« production of both. Mr. Mills has recently demonstrated that the decline in silver kept pace with the rapid extension of railways, opening up thereto lore inaccessible mining regions and thereby increasing the world's output. The great bonanzas would have added lit tle to the supply ot silver without the rail ways which carried in machinery and sup plies and curried out the ore. The fall in wheat was produced in precisely the same way. Railway extensions in this country, India, Kussiu and Argentina opened up new and fertile lands. Wheat grown by cheap and inferior labor in remote regions came into competition in the world's mar kets with that produced by western farm ers. Supply increased faster than demand, 'iho result was inevitable. There was no "silver question" in this. And now wheat has suddenly advanced. Why? Anything connected with this sil ver question? Not at all. It has gone up because the supply has decreased. Before the new crop was made the reserves had run very low and the yield in many coun tries seems to lie smaller than usual. Es timates of our own harvest vary from 890,- 000,1100 to 430,UU0,000 bushels, whereas last year we had 4yO,OUO,UUU. Exports from Argentina to date are less than half as large as they were a year ago; Russia, it is said, will have 20 per cent, less than last year to sell, and the crop in India is so short that wheat is now being bough t in San Francisco for export to that country. This is such an unprecedented incident that the news of it was received with in. credulity in the trade, but dispatches from the Pacilic coast corroborated It. At any rate the demand for our wheat abroad has been such that since July 1 we have ox ported no less than 45,0U0,U00 bushels. Whether on the existing facts wheat has already Ijoeu advanced too far or whether it nhould go higher still is a matter we are not discussing. What wo assert in that farmers must be impressed with the dem onstration that as wheat fell because of increased supply so it rises because of a decreased supply, and its price no more depends upon what Mr. Jones gets for the product of his mines than it does on the price of sulphur in Sicily. 1 THOMAS JiJFKEKSON, 1781. * •'The proportion between tbe val lut-H of gold and silver In a mercantile problem altogether." I "Just principles will lead uu to dis | regard legal proportion altogether; to (inquire Into I lie market price of gold in the several eooatrle* with which we I shall principally he connected In com merce, and to take an average from tlieui." * * i'opocratic Itowdylsin. According to a correspondent of tho Meadville Tribune, an effort of some country rowdies to break up a Republican meeting at Uspyvllle, at which ilov. It K. Hill was the principal speaker, will be tho cause of substantial gains for the party in thut district. Tho Tribune says: "Several Democrats at the close of the meeting de clared their intention of voting for sound money and protection, and were led to this conclusion as much by tho disrepu table efforts of silverites to disturb tho meeting us by the arguments of the speaker." PUTTING IT VERY SIMPLY. Hie A, B, C of the .Honey Question for tho Wage Earners. Let us not got mixed up with complox matters In connection with tho free silvor Idea. Lot us not befog our brain with argu ments about tho crime of '7B, or bother with tho many theories which the advo cates of free silver aro giving us. But lot us take a common sense view of the situation. Now, to start with. Suppose Bryan was elocted and tho freo coinage act had been passed, and that free coinage was an actual fact. Suppose that silver could be taken to the mint and coined into silver dollars, at a ratio of 16 to 1. How would that effect usf We haven't got any silver coin. A whole lot of people who own silver mines have it, and so they could havo it coined into IB to I dollars; bat, not hav ing any ourselves, we could not havo a solitary, single dollar coined under tho silver act. Now, suppose, however, that all tho sil ver mine owners and others who had sil ver took It all to Washington or Philadel phia, or to some other United States mint, and had It coined into 10 to I dollars, and Suppose so much had lioen {coined that all the silver in tho world was made Into 10 to I dollars, and Suppose that every one of those dollurs wore piled in one heap right on tho next block, uml Suppose every singlo one of them was worth 100 cents hero and ovorywhoro. What good would they do us, unless wo had something wo could trade by which we could get one? Woll, wo havo something to trade; every body has. Some have labor, so much for a dollar. Some have lumber, so much for a dollar. Some havo sugar or potatoes or l>oaus or coul or something else, ull so much for a dollar. Wo havo advertising and subscriptions, so much for a dollar. When wo want one of those sliver dol lars wo cannot go and take It; they don't belong to us; they lielong to tho men who took tho silver to tho mint to bo coined. If we took one, It would be stealing. If we asked for one for nothing, it would be bogging. If the owners gave us one for nothing. It would Is: a gift. If we borrowi I one. It, would cost us Interest, and so Most of us, to get. one, must trade, labor, lumber, sugar, coal, advertising or something to got It I his Is üb.sollit ,-ly and honestly so, isn't it? Well, being so, vrhy do wo take any chances on the dollar? We can get gold now. It is worth 100 cents on a dollar every where. So we have supposed the silver to be, but suppose it isn't. What then? What is the use of taking a chance un less we can do better? A silver dollar won't be worth more than 100 cents, will itf We are getting that no\». Let well enough alone. «„me say duty compels a Democrat to back up ana rot« for » Democrat. You have Bryan's word that he is no Demo crat. Let him dare deny'hat he said It Some say it is pretty bad now. Wo might as well take a chante. It can't be worse. What kind of tomfoolery s this? When our baby lay at death's door, did we do any experimenting? We tried ev erything which could cure, but we did not experiment. Are things bad in a business way? Let us tell you something to try. Vote down this crowd of repudiators. Tell the world in trsmpet tones in No vember that we want the best money, that we will take no other, and business will revive. Let the capital out that Bryan and his followers have scared under cover and prosperity will come—N. Y. Lumber Trade Journal. * THOMAS JEFFEKSOX, 1784. " "The proportion hetueon th« val ues or gold an«l ttilver is a mercantile problem altogether.** "JiiMt principles will lead us to dis regard legal proportion altogether; to inquire into the market priee of gold in the several countries with which we shall principally he connected In commerce, and to take an average from them." "WHAT'S THE USE?" Sllverlten Who Try to Conceal the Tariff Will Soon be Answered. "What's the use of discussing the tar iff ?" was the reply of Candidate Sibley to the request made by one of his hearcr3 that he "say something about the tariff." Thousands of people want Mr. Sibley "to say something about the tariff," and yet Mr. Sibley remains silent. But silence will not avail him. Fortunately he has said "something about the tariff" in the past. In fact he has said a good deal about the tariff. His record is clear, his un flinching devotion to absolute free trudo openly declared He has not changed his belief, ho cannot blot out his record, noth ing he can say can explain away tho dis tress and disaster which have come from the "first step toward free trade" that he voted for. Hard experience has been a bitter teacher, but a sure one. There is "no use" in Mr. Sibloy's discussing tho tariff. His only hupu EXISTS in being MIII.I to turn tho attention of the country away from it, to make a new issue, to have the people for get his record. But thoy will not forgot. Ho fooled tho voters once, he tried it two years ago, and his attempt this fail will meet with tho same result—defeat. Evil* of Depredated Currency. Wo have suffered more from this de preciated currency than from any other cause of calamity; it has killed more men pervaded and corrupted tho choicest inter ests of our country more, and done more injustice than even the arms and artlfloes of our enemies.—Pelatiah Webster, 1781, in "Protest Against Depreciated Money." Evidence of a Conspiracy Lead ing Up to the Election. MINE OWNERS ABE IN IT, Called on for an Assessment to Elect the Tioket. A VERY REMARKABLE STORY. Thoina* S. Merrill, Secretary of the Bi metallic League of the Silver State*, Hai Let the Cat Out of the Bug a* to the Conspiracy of the Sliver Mlue Owners to Unload Their liullion on the United States Government. Thomas S. Morrill, secretary of the Bi metallic League of the silver states, has let tho cat out of tho bag as to the conspiracy of the silver mine ownors to unload their bullion on the United States government In a letter he sent to tho Salt Lake Herald. Mr. Merrill **ys in his letter: "If Bryan is defeated we must ejtpeot to Bee silver sold at a prlco that will bo given It simply by Its demand for uso in the arts, which will cortainly lie not more than forty cents an ounoe. In vlow of then* facts, tho owners of silver producing prop erties can afford to contribute at least the additional prollts they receive from their own silver product for ono month to tho Bryanite campaign." He closes with u direct appeal to well known silver mine owners, as follows: "I appeal to Messrs. Mclntyre and Cun ningham, of tho Mammoth; Keith and Kearns, of tho Silver King; Chisholm and others, of tho Centennial anil Eureka; liyun and Knox, of tho Ajax; Packard, of the Eureka Hill; Daly, of the Daly; West, Deck and associates, of tliu Uulllon- Beck; Karns worth <fc Sharp, of tho Horn Silver, and the owners of the .Sioux, On tario (W. li. Hearst, vice-president), and other silver mines of this state, who can wull alTord te assist in this cause, to llguro up the average monthly silver product from their mines and multiply the pro duct of one month In ouoccs by sixty-four oonts, which Is the additional price they will receivo for their product—all of which will be profit—and at once havo that amount contributed and placed In tho hunds of tho treasurer of the blmotulllo parties to assist Mr. Bryan In the wonder ful campaign hois making almost unaided. If wo can secure the additional profits of one month's product of tho western silver producing mines It will insure success at tho election on Nov. 8." This circular of tho secretary of the Bi metallic League of the silver states de clares officially, and with the utmost sim plicity, tho objects of tho sliver trust. Sec retary Merrill declares thut free coinage of sliver means uu addition of slxty-fOUr cents an ounce—"all of which will be clear prollt" to tho silver trust—on every ounce of silver mined! Tho production of sliver last year In the United States was 55,727,000 flno ouncos. Under freo coinage tho additional profit to tho mine owners would have been |85,- 755,880. Tho government of the United States, the people, not oven the miners who dug the sliver out of tho rallies would have received one penny of this additional profit. It would huvo l>u«n puro velvet to tho mine owners! The Utah mine owners organized' tfst Friday night and formed themselves lfinp u strong alliance for mutual profit. A calf had liecn Issued Sept. 28, and last Tuesday night H liberal representation of tho land ing business men of .Salt Lake City re sponded, and several of tlje ?il vur ml up owners to whom Mr. MrtrMll "fiftd wore present. Tho meetinguruated what will be knowjD as the Aryan campaign financial commit* tee, which will l>o a general committee to have charge of collecting funds In Ut4b to assist tho silver campaign. llio com mlttee Is composed of thirty-three num bers, including those mine owners whom Mr. Mwrrlil directly addressed—Mossrs. Duly, Packard, Heck, Knox, Mclntyre, Reams, Kamsworth, Cunningham, Chls holra and Merrill himself. This commit tee organized at once, with It. C. C'hum- Iters, president of the Salt Lake Herald company, a prominent free silver organ, as chairman Mr. Chambers, Mr. Hearst uml Mr I I'vii. i\V > the principal owners of tho Ont«rio and the Daly silver mlue|, which together have already puld over tIO,UU,iXM in mtt I DEATHS. HAMSKY —At her home in I'.utler, Oct. 8, 1596, Mr- J. C. Ramsey, aged o'J years. MAUARG—Ather Lome in Petia twp , Oct. 9, I*9o Mrs James Uah.irt:. in It 74ih \ ear MeCAN"DLESS —At his home at Keiste r , Oct. 13. lt>l)C K L \lct. indies*. -i<« «l about 40 years. McGOWAN A his home inMuddycr-ek twp . Oct. 13 I'OG I. -vi tleGo«an,i»ged about 23 yesr-. ALLEN* —At her home in Beaver Fulls Oct, 8, 1890 Mr-. William Allen, ajf. il 80 years. M:c «a" th ■ widow oi \Vn>. All»*n tt"e niiller, formerly . t Whites town the was buried in Pro.»p<»ct ceuie ery, Motility. Dl'GiX —A' t'.t-r home in S Pittsburg, ijuuilay moruii g. O 11. 1S!X! Miss Jane Dugau ag«jt 105 years Miss l>ug;.n v. us bom in Donegal twji, this county; and was a sister of Matthew and Andrew Dugan, N i (! .-.ncc deceased Ber parents came troni Ireland, settled in Donegal twp and helped to clear that sec tion of the county Her brother At.(!r>-\\ died about iorty years ago, and willed her bis f*rm, ani she gave it to S;. Paul's monastery in l*»t suurg provided that she be lor Ile She moved to Pittsburg and built he.'scll u small houre about 30 years ago, but for ttn- past 14 years has been living with » Mrs .Smith, ai.d it was there that she died last Sunday Uer sight, bearing and appetite were good up to Tuesday ot last week, Kbta she missed 1 ber first uieal. She refused nourishment alter tiiat, ami continued growing weaker until Sunday a hen she <!i>d. Uer body was slender, and tier lace was thin, but it did not show ber great age. She had no wrinkles excejiti: g abi ut the corners 01 her eyes. Three days before her deatu she was talking to .VII a. .Miiith when a team of while t.orses p.tss-.l down. She raised to ber elliow and point- d out U. Mrs. Smith the four white horses »iIU the remark that she did not like white hor- s. and whin rlie was dead wanted hi-r body borne in a black hearse drawn l>y black horses. Mrs Smith uas too inui'h a louishoJ to reply lor aj. a minutes, ami looked out to tee il ;he horses Jane sif were ilet-h and blood or a vision. The animals were ther.*, however, and proved 1 that the old lady's tyes were as good as ever. Ste was buried in St. Michael's cemetery, uear wheat: she lived, ou Tues day. Obituary Notes. George L>u Maurier, the author ol "Tiil by" and of the new s»rial "The Martini,'' now running in Harper's, died at his home in London, last Thursday. One of I)u Maurier's Iriends who w»s present at his death, saw': "He died almost as tragically as Svengali At the Zenith of Trilby's tame s yeug;.li became a victim ol au affectation of the heart, and Du Maurer has gone the sumo way. At tho zenith ol bis popularity the author has succumbed to the heart trouble from which he always snil'ered, his suffering being ac centuated by the ccnstaui succession of exciting incidents in which the closing lew months of his life were spent 1 hecks rained in upon him as his old heart, trouble increased. This, complicated by an affec tion of the lungs, took him off " RIGJJU ■ ROVALI"'A IIS 1110 *AKIH* POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream ol tartar basing powder liigl. est of all in leavening strength .—Latent luited Status Government Food Report. Pikiko powiikkC oh* wall si N. V J. IJ, liRf.DIN, Attorney At Law Office on .Main St.. near Court Ho ust Mutler Pa. S. H. PIER SOL. attorney at law. Otlice nt No. 104 Kast Diumoun H' A. r. SCOTT, ATTOUNHY.AT-J.AW ffli:i> ai N«. d. Houti Dl inio'.rt. better. F« . NEWTON BLACK. •try at. Law—omce on Sotn.h st'ie or iMa'nond DnrjAr. )'n. ALEX RUSSELL. Attorney-al-Law. Ollico with Newton Black, Siti South Diamond, Hutlor °a. C. F. L McQuistl»n. 6'lVlli KNOINKKtt A«il> gnUVKYOtt Oilice wear Court House Butler Pa DR. J. E KAULK Daniisl Painless extraction—No lias—Crown and bridge .vork a specially Office—ln Gilkey building oppt sitel'. 0. DK. S. A. JOHNSTON .DENTIST - - BUTLER, PA «io]<l Killing rainless K.unction ol 'veeth iid Arlltleisil leel.li wtili >'< Ha'ci a spei lalt> tirous Oxide or Vital l*"'l Air or Loca. uwstlietles used. . . « Miller's grocery L'HMt o' rj ouae. olOfflcrt oHed s uml Tnnrfflfcv' L. S. McJUNKIH I nsu>*ance and Heal Estate Agent ;7 EAST JKFFEKSON ST. HUTFiKR a Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 11|37 K. Wayne si. . otl'ce hours. )<• in U M. an It J :I P. M L. BLACK. ft*ll VHTCT ATI AN!) RUROICON, n'i!w nniKiintr. Butler. !*a. DR. CHAS R B HUNT, Physician ano Surgeon Eye, far, noso and throat a specialty 132 nrui L'J4 F. M»ir. Htrcot. Ralnton building. VV H. BROWN, Honicoopalhiu i-hyslclan a fid Surgeon. OlVce ?-'W M. Main St.. opp. I". <>. Kcti'lngce .'il". N. McKeau St. Kor bale A farm of '2O acres, will, a seven rnovi. bouse, good Iruit, orchards, well water, good spring at the house,spring house and convenioPt out-huildings. Will sell cheap or exchange fcr town property, about a miles irom iiutler. For particulars inquire at ttls office. COULTER & liAKER. ATTOItNKVS AT I.AW. H. 11. (iOUCHER. 'Motiiry-aC-ili". In Wit. 1 .-IM.ulMlo It'll lor f'a. ok. y 'i • - * Den? Ist. Kortnerlv known as the '' l '!..f,'.'.!'.!'" SS , '^lld 1 hXTKAfTOII Ol* I ' I'll LOUit« <l iicruiiiiie..tly lit 111 KaM .1. • IT. r».!SI . « .pp. ~lt lloi« a l l.mvrv. liutler. Will do l»« .ji.il oju-r.i tioua of all kiwis by tl»« latest devices una up to <la«c methods. j. j. DONALDSON, Dentist. Jiutlar, Ponn'a. I Artificial Ttttli Ins'Tt'-i' 1,0 I l..ved plan. < .<n.t rillln - i IT"' I 'l> V L>r I .•'■r * "'»lt' ll: t' K v. M. vi,-*LP{Nr DontiSt, Wain >laeHtl»eticb Adoiiniatefed. j [* THOMAS JEM KRSON, 1784. * "Tlio proportion brtwrfn the ral dch of jjotil Hint silver M a mercantile problem altogether." •••lust principle* will lend ua to dl*- I regard legal proportion altogether: to Inquire into the market price of goltl in the several countries with which we shall principally he connected in .commerce, and to take an average from them." • * Wage learners and Wage I'ayeas. Under our present system every dollar of wages must be paid with a good dollar, one that will buy a full dollar's worfti of anything its owner wants. Why should any wage earner desire to change the coudition of things? Why should he wish to lie paid in dollars that will buy less than a dollar's worth? And as for the employer. He has some thing to sell Every dollar he now gets for it is a good dollar. Why should he wish to change the .-arsroin and sell Wfta goods for dollars that will buy less than a dollar's worth? It is asked whether, if the employer could pay wages in 51 cent dollars, he would not In- sure to favor free coinage. A short sighted view. The employer has other things to buy besides labor. He must know far in advance what he has to pay for material and what he is to get for his product. A dollar of shifting value may mean ruin. N Y. World. Won derfui, exclaimed a druggist, how the people stick to Hood's Sarsaparilla. They all want Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. sl. Hood's Pills cure all f.iver Ills. cents. Why He Figures \ •,TB W - P- * iSr - 'Tr\? /<£ - '<r • ~ U" 7k- ■' 1 ,} it takes figuring just at this time to make both ends ltirt, and now winter is almost here and you must be prepared for bad weather. You Must Have Good Footwear you .vant to buy it cheap, not too cheap for at this time of the year it must be good. We can't praise our fall stock too highly for never before have we been in shape to offer high grade footwear at such low prices as we are now. Bread Winners List Men's Stag Hoots s'-5° Boy's Stag lioots 1.25 Youths' Stag Boots 1.00 Ladies' Calf and Oil Grain Shoes 1. 00 I.adies' Warm Shoes 65c, 75c and j>l .00 Child's School shoes 50c, 75c and #1 .CO. We Defy Competition Ladies, Miss, Youths :<nd Chil dren's Rubber Boots at the uniform prices of SI.OO. Boys Rubber Baots, sizes 1 to 6 $1.50. Men's Felt Boots and Ovets fi.so. Ladies' Neat Felt Boots and Overs s!,<*>. Boy's Felt Boots and Overs It2s> for,'goods and low prices try Butler's Progressive Shoa House. 2i5 South Main St., BUTLER PA C. ii MILLER, A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOIfNKY AT LAW. onice on North Diamond Htree'. opposite tho i ourt House Lower Floor. J M PAINTER, Al lot noy- at-Law. 'lire -l»"t.wenn >' utolll nnd i> iraonrt, luil< r f i A. T. BLACK. AT'IORN. Y AT I.AW. Room J— Aiimiy Building. r. H. ~i.l MERMAN. rUTSIOtAN AND HtJIIOBOI', ora •at No. •»*. H. H'ulii stm t, CV' r «it l.:irtimi j.Hiitler. Pn. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. *nn went Cunningham st. AT J R. (JRIRB'S 2 and '<-i Do Not Make Five. It's tjiiitc ;t problem to please everyone's taste in any line you may select and particularly ol jewelry, silver novelties, cut jjlass, etc., but I'm sure you will find what you want in my larpje stock ami at such prices that defy com petition. 1 am making a spc. cialty of nobby ;iu<! find Goods and want your trade. J. B. MIEL 118 IU'JIKAIH ST lAsbury Park. Aybttry Park lias the tr- '"-ichoii the, roust of New Jersev, ftii'l "IHn f-liNIJVWRE" is tlic l«-st place to lop while there. For ti i ills ad lire .s, i lios. NOl'.Ll'., Asbury l'urk, N. J. ' jFour of the Best | | BED-ROOM 1 1 SUITS . | jln America, I sgj At Prices Quoted.ge Wi No. 1. BEDROOM SUIT £ f g\ ® «, r?) hard-' wood, antique 1 *Bl finish at . (PlUg trimmings, beveled mirrorfSs inwf y° Ll ex P ect to find at the price. g No< 2 • BED, ROOM SUIT** 4ft H! «r J-i \I j' \ harcWood. antique finish at . (PlOl Brass trimmings, large mirror and a first class suit, You can payjS more money and get a poorer suit. f§s 3. SUIT, solid oak, polish finish at , M Cast brass trimmings, large bevel, it M cd mirrow, finished like a high priced suit andjSjS JiHi made up better than some of the high pricedfEj goods you have seen. |j|?C 4. SUIT, solid oak, /tt% |y ]^| polish finish at . y~>» Cast brass trimmings, oval mir, it KJr Kj {He ror. The two small upper drawers have swellfgg fronts, rope work on side posts that support thcfegC mirror. Side posts of bed are also rope work, £2 The finest Suit for the money we have ever fag jSjcOME IN AND LOOK AROUND, § Irampbcll ft Templeton J j|j BUTLER, PENN'A, j I£!^E2EES^!^2Z2: j Silver or Gold+++: A Of any denomination, from ten-cent piece to dol lars, will be cheerfully taken in our boys' and girls , A department for all solid School Shoes—and the shoes will be the newest of the new, for our entire liie of Fall Shoes have arrived. Especial atten- M tion is directed to immense line of Service Shoes. ► 3 One dollar will be i U Taken in Exchange* i For a pair of these Service Shoes to fit a boy or A A girl of eight. Large or small sizes in proportion. This Service line has been thoroughly tested. , A This is the third winter for this line. We know they are good. Every pair wart anted. Hoys' W2 Satin Calf Lace Shoes at 75 cents, sizes 11 to 2. These are the lowest prices 3 For New Shoes ++: : >1 i A For boys, that have been made this season. Larger sizes 3to 5.3, at 85 cents. Boys' all solid K A boots, and lower prices than you have ever bought them. lAL RDFF & SON, A 114 South flain Street. H [4r L A A A A H dh rt i FRANKLIN HOUSE KSTABMSIIKD 1837. Cor. Bates and Larned Sts., DETROIT, MICH. Only n Block from Woodward and Jcffersoi Ave*. Very Central. Near All Car Lines. £.so"' H. H. JAMES, Prop WICK. DKALKE IK Rough and Hoiked Lumber lit AL~ KIHC« Dours, Snsh, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always In Stock. UMt . HAIR AND PLASTIiK ClB<» oppoiiito P. A W. n«i ot, PP ' LVK Hotel Willard. Ilvupcncd and now ready for the accommodation of thf traveling'pub lic. Rvorythinp in flrst-c art- Myle MRS. MATTIE REIHING, Owner N H BKOOKS. Clerk. f & ALL OTHERS FAIL >! \ LOBB ■: "V» Nril sT.,!MIIU m VA. ,• t .. km i p itct!<«'|ii (lioruri' of ah .! •. • it > t> rfr»m whr • OOI« IU.. I'J •• (-'.,1.1 JWuuJ liuu* luatM kWU, What is Your Need? If you need any thing in the furnish ing line we can sup ply you. It you want a hat or cap we can show you the best Up -To - Date stock in the county, at very low prices. Colbert & Dale. 242 S. Main St., Butler, Penn'a I I <p. purr tjoqt- _P[TTSpuwo, PJL ?
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