THE CITIZEN Catered at Poetofflce at Bmtler M 2d clau matter WILLIAM C. mmttt. PablUfcer THURBDA.Y, OCTOBER 32, 1896 REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. NATIONAL. PRESIDENT, WILLIAM MCKINLEY. VICE PRESIDENT, 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 CLERK OF COURTS, ISAAC MEALS. FOR TREASURER, CYRUS HARPER, FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, HARMON SEATON, JOHN MITCHELL. FOR COUNTY AUDITORS, W. S. MOORE, O. R. THORNE. FOR CORONER, JOHN L. JONES. REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. Farmington, Friday, 23d P W Lowry and J W Coulter 7:30; Lardin's Mill School house, Friday, 23d J B Showalter and J B Greer; Coaltown, Saturday, 24th, Col Thompson and L M Wise; Eu clid, Saturday, 24th, P W L M Wise and J W Coulter, 3 p m; Boyds town, Monday, 26th, Col Thompson and J M Painter; Jefferson Centre, Monday, 26th, J D Mcjunkin and J B Showalter; Bruin, Tuesday, 27th, J M Galbreath and J W Hutchison; Hilliard, Wednesday, 28th, J M Galbreath and J B Showalter; Renfrew, Wednesday, 28th, Hon Geo R Higgins and J B Mates and ABC Mc- Farland; Mars, Wednesday, 28th, Col Thompson, N Black and S F Bowser; Jacksville, Thursday, 29th, L M Wise and J M Painter; Flat Rock School house, Thursday 29th, Col Thompson and A M Christley; Zelienople, Thurs day 29th Dr D H Wheeler; Friday, But ler Opera House, Meade D Detweiler, of Dauphin Co. The Republicans of El wood and vicin ity will have a grand rally tomorow night. Three thousand men will be in line, with several bands of music. There will be special trains from Evans City and Zelienople. They had an enthusiastic Republican meeting at Ekastown Wednesday night The whole county side was out, Galbreath and Painter made the addresses, and everything is right there. The Republican meeting at Browns dale last Friday night was a very large and enthusiastic one. The Republicans of North Washington and vicinity held a meeting in Academy Hall Wednesday night. The Hall was crowded and addresses were made by J D ucjunkin, Dr Showoltar, Col Redicand M B Mcßride No Nomination. On Thursday last the Court of Dauphin county, to which contested nominations are by law referred, decided that the Re publicans of the 41st Senatorial district of Penn'a., (Bntler and Armstrong counties) bad made no legal nomination for State Senate. Judge Simonton, by whom the decision was written, says there is nothing in the case that would warrant a decision that J ere B. Rex, who went into the confer lence by direction of State Chairman Elk in as a conferee and voted for Meredith, was a legal member. It is not claimed or pretended that there is any written rule which authorized the state central committee or its chairman to appoint him a member ' But it was argued that there was a custom which authorized it and a necessity which warranted it. "There is no way of testing the right claimed prior to the passage of the bal lot act," adds Judge Simonton. "A can didate or faction who felt aggrieved by such intervention, was obliged to choose between acquiescence or the risk of being charged with disloyalty to the party and of receving the penalty of disloyalty. Tbe instances since the passage of the act have been entirely too few, or too dif ferent in their circumstances, to crystal ize into an unwritten rule. "There can be no doubt that some remedy for the existing state of affairs ought speedily to be sought and applied. The machinery at present in use for making congressional and senatorial nominations has in many cases broken down completely when set in motion. The influence of local and county pride and jealousies tends strong ly to prevent agreement. And the evils of the system are greatly aggravated by the rule which authorizes candidates to select the conferrees. Natural ly, they select their personal friends, and they, after being selected, consider them selves the agents and representatives of the candidates who select them, rather than of the party. In consequence of this their minds are not open to impartial consideration of the merits and availabil ity of the respective candidates, or to im partially weighing the interests of the party to which they belong. "It is not for us to prescribe a remedy for the difficulty. We can only empha size the fact of its existence, which has beeu pressed upon our attention in these contests over nominations. But we ven ture to express the hope that the organi zations, whatever they may be, which have authority to do so, may revise the rules of the respective parties, so that after reasonable discussion of the merits and test of strength o! the several candi dates, nominations may be assured. It is probably too much to expect that the smaller counties will agree on any meth od of nomination which wou'd tend to lessen their relative weight in a confer ence, and it would, therefore, seem advis able for the representatives of the respec tive parties assembled in state conven tion to make the necessary changes in the party rules." During a talk between W. A. Stone, W. M. Kennedy, W. A. Graham and F. J. Torrance in the latter's parlor in Alle gheny last Sunday afternoon, as reported in the Commercial Gazette of Monday: "Col. Stone was ask if it was not true that Senator Quay intended going to Harrisburg at the opening of the session and remaining there until the reform leg islation was passed or defeated. He said that he presumed Senator Q»ay would do so as he was great'y interested in put ting through these measures." "It was along about this time that'some one wanted to know who would succeed Cameron in the senate. Eyes were turn ed on Col. Stone, and he said. "I do not know who that man will be, but I think if there are enough members in the leg islature to pass the reform legislation in which Quay is interested, there will be enough votes to elect a United States senator friendly to Mr. Quay. Who that man will be I cannot say. ' I am confi dent, however, that the members of the next house and senate will divide upon the United States senatorship in just the same way that tbey will vole 011 the re form legislation." * By reference to the Genera! Election Proclamation it will be seen that several changes have made in the places for holding elections. For instance the East and West precincts of Fairview twp. were consolidated last June, and will vote at the election house built on the Riddle farm. THE BALLOTS. Judges Simonton and McPherson, of j Dauphin county worked hard last week and settled all the election contests. They made their final decisions Monday, and the only one of local interest—after the the Ritter—Meredith affair —is that invalidating the "Crow Anti-Combine ticket, taking it off the official ballot, though the "McKinley Citizens ', the other ticket growing out of the Philadelphia factional fights is left on because objections to it were not filed in time. . , .„ The official ballot for this county will contain twelve columns —one headed Re publican. one Democratic; Prohibition, People's, Socialist Labor, National, Free Silver, McKinley Citizens, Jeffersonian, Citizens (Ritter's); Independent (Mere dith's) and a blank column. The Republicans of the county can make a cross (X) in the circle over their ticket, and then turn to Ritter's column and either mark in the circle over or square opposite his name; or they can mark an X in the black square opposite the names of McKinley and Hobart, which will vote all their electors, and then mark opposite each name on the state and county tickets they wish to vote for. The ballots will be about a yard square, they are being printed in Oil City, they must be here tor distrib ution by Friday of next week; and after the election is over some of the ballot boxes will be full—stuffed, so astospeat The County Commissioners have ordered 22,000 official and 5,000 specimen ballots, for a registration of have also ordered voting outfits for the new elec tion election districts. The Democratic column, as usual in this state comes second on the ballot. The Prohibs have a choice of two brands of their article this year as repre sented in the third and sixth columns and both have local tickets in this county. The Peoples and Socialist Labor ballots have no local tickets—Some endorsing was done in this county but it was not certi fied to our county Commisioners. The "Free Sliver" electors are the same as the Democratic, but differently arranged. The old style or Jeffersonian Demo crats, will vote the electors under tlie names of Palmer and Bucker, but in their list of electors, we see the name of James Bredin, who has publicly announc ed that he intends voting for McKinley. A SIGNIFICANT fact is the statement made by some of the silver Senators, that "in event of McKinley's election" they will let a tariff bill pass and will not hinder its passage by insisting on a free coinage amendmeut to it; that they will acknowledge McKinley's election as a triumph for the protective tariff policy and as proof that the people are in favor of dealing with the tariff question first. Toe Boom in Wheat. The great activity in the grain market comes very opportunely, as it shows how little silver has to do with the rise or fall in the price of cereals. Much of the doubt that exists in the minds of the farmers will be cleared away if he will consider the situation and learn what it is that has caused prices to advance all around, and on flour in particular, the prices of which are actually advanced as much as sixty five cents a b-irrel. Re duced to a single proposition, it is the simple law of supply and demand which is operating now, and would operate the same under any conditions. England, which always prefers to buy its wheat in India and Argentine, is forced by reason of drought in those places to buy here, which she is doing in large quantities, and as our supply grows short prices naturally advance. So we see that the supply of wheat being much shorter than usual, the demand for it is greater, and with the increased demand comes in creased prices. Now if the crop of Rus sia, India, and Argentine had not fallen short, the English consumers would have secured their wheat from the usual sources, and the present boom in our markets wouldn't have occured. The law of supply and demand would have ojverated there as it operates in tae pres ent case. Silver has nothing to do with it. The demand for wheat fixes the price paid for it, and that is all there is to it. THAT man Hanna must be a wonderful man! Democratic papers say he advanced the price of wheat for political purposes. However, farmers should be pleased to have such a wonderful man in the Rep ublican ranks. Certainly history can't tell of a Democrat who did the same thing. THERE are some strauge names on the official ballot this year. In the Socialist Labor column we find Micali Bojan and Simmon Segal; in the National, J. Acker Gussand Davis Yarnall, and in the Prohi bition Silas C. Swallow and John Sing master. ~ DEATHST CAMPBELL —At bis home in Butler, Oct. 17, 1896, Clarence Earl, son of Jatnes E, Campbell, aged two years. BURTNER—Atthe home ot nis brother Philip Bartner in Saxonburg.Oct. 22, 1896, Peter Burtner of Hartwell, OhW, agod 78 years, KOPP—At his home in Butler, Oct. 15 1896, John Kopp, aged 61 Mr. Kopp was born in Wnrtetnborg. in 1835, and came to this country in 1854 Ho located in Bntler in 1856, a;id has car ried on the marble business ever sinoi- His wife and five children survive him. BECK—At his home at DeUno, Oct. 10, 1896, Henry Beck, in 74th year. Mr. Heck was a Bavarian, by birth, but catue to this country when a young man He married Miss Seiberd. wtio with six ol their nine children, survives him. tie was a cabinet maker, by trade; was a sol dier dnnng the civil war, and lor the pist twenty-seven years has been Secretary ol the Bannabsto«n Mutual Fire lusurance Company, a record of which ho was very proud. His death was caused by drop-.y of the heart. BIiACKEN—At Sowiokley, Oct. 14, Mrs. Sarah McCurdy Brajfcen. formeily of Bntler, aged 78, widow of Thomas Bracken. She leaves to survive her ol her family three daughters, Mrs Margaret Spang ol this place; Mrs. Onie B Richards ol Chica go; Mrs Rebecca Bower of" Sewickley, and one son, Jaini-s, of Limn, Ohio. She leaves one brother, Mr. Thorn McCurdy,of K.'ttanuing, now 8S years old and hale and hearty. KOPP—At her home in Butler, Oct. 20, 1896, Maggie, daughter of John Kopp, dbcoasod. ZINKHANN—At her home in Zelienople, Oct, 3, 1896, Mrs. John Zinkhann, in her 28th year. JOHN BRICKBR. John Brick or was born in Armstrong County June 15th, 1824, and died at his home in Builer county, Sept. 231, 1896, at the age of 72 years, 3 months and eight days. He was married to Miss Agnes Hes selgesser, daughter of Wm. Hesselgesser, who came from Irelind when a boy and settled in Winfield twp , »nd cultivated many farms before his death. There were born to them nine children who all sur vive him, six boys and three girls; six of whom are married, and 14 grandchildren The Beonnd daughter who is married to the only son ol Kev. John V. Miller, who is known to many ot our readers. And Josie who is married to J. S. Frar.tz, of Slatehek. And Miss Ella who is still at home with her mother. The oldest son M. L., lives in Allegheny City; Perry, Will, Curtis aud Dr. McCurdy livo in Bntler aud John on the old homo f.tcad with bis mother. John Bricker was a man of quiet de tneanor, conscientious, honest,iudustrious, inoffensive, careful as to the rights and feelings ot others. At the same time ho was cheerful and jovial, he was kindly in his disposition and ready to help the needy. Ue was a hardworking man in his earlier days thus setting an example of industry to all with whom ho carno in contact. His presence in the community and in the homo will be missed, but especially by the companion ol his youth who still survives liiin. She with tho rest of the bereaved i . i.i > have tha syinp.ith) of the rntire com n.unity. His funeral occurred at the him- J ily residence Saturday, Sept. 20tb, 1596, at 10 o'clock, a. m. Kev. llazleLt ot Sarvtrs viilo aud Rev Boyle of Slate Lick, officiat ing to a large audience of sympathizing friends, alter which he was laid to rest in tho Fiskchaple Cemetery, where ho has been a member of the church for many years. C. R. M. FACTS M WAGES. Prices Paid to Labor in Coun tries On a Gold Basis. There are three things that always in terest the laboring men, says the Jeannette Dispatch. First, good wages; second, steady employment; third, the best money In circulation. In answer to the free silver argument we beg lsjve to quote the prices paid to labor in a few trades in countries on a gold basis and the same labor also in countries on a silver bagig. Tho statistics are taken from The World Almanac for 1896, and the same can be found in the re port of the United States census: Bricklayers are paid per week in the gold basis countries as follows: New South Wales, ?16.82; "Victoria, $14.60: Bra zil, *7.90; Belgium, $4.58; Denmark, $7; France, $7.Si; Germany, $4.31; England, $7.58; Scotland, $7 58; United States, $21.18, and Ontaria, $lB. In the following countries on a silver basis the wages for bricklayers are: Austria,|s3.sS (in 18.84); Quito, $1.44; Russia, $4.21; Mexico, $10; Venezuela, $9; Japan, $2.40. As the silver money in each of these countries is worth only about 50 per cent, of the value of gold the reader can judge for himself whether or not a free silver basis is con ducive of high wages. This is but one ex ample of the various employments taken to s how the relative wages paid. Now consider tho second question of fteady employment. The cry four years ago was, givo us a chance at the markets of the world and we will give steady em ployment to our laboring men. Has such been the case? Is not the same tariff policy to be pursued by the Democratic party? It seems from the hard times of the last four years the markets of the world have gotten a chance at us. With more depositors in the banks than ever before in the history of our country, does It go to show that hard times is brought about by the scarcity of money? The argument that scarcity of money never brought about good times is cer tainly true, but the opposite is equally true that good times never brought about a scarcity of money. If the money of our country today was put into circulation and not hoarded up through fear there would be no talk about scarcity of money. As to the third question, the dollar of to day is equally good among all classes. No one would ask for anything more. Its parity is never questioned. Then why re sort to experiment, as the people did four years ago'/ The voters of this country will listen no furthor to thoory; they want facts. SILVER DOWN—WHEAT UP. An Interesting Little I'act That Should Not be Forgotten. The recent sharp advance in wheat co incident with a fall in silver is quite in line with the experionco of the last month and annihilates the theory that the price of silver is inseparably linked with the prices of farm products. Government assay bars fell to sixty-five and a half cents an ounce. At this prioe tho bullion value of the silver in a stand ard dollar is fifty and a half cents, so that if the advocates of free coinage were suc cessful we would have a dollar worth about fifty cents. Every claim made by the silverites has been promptly refuted by the event. They pleaded for the passage of the Sherman law, asserting that the government's pur chase of nearly 200 tons a month under that law—practically the entire product of this country —would advance the price of silver so that ounces would be equal to an ounce of gold. In other words, they said it would sell at $1.89 an ounce. When the law passed and purchases un der it began silver was SI.OB an ounce. After more than three years of steady gov ernment buying when the law was re pealed silver was seventy cents! Recently tho free coinage advocates have been as suring tho farmers that their wheat would continue to fall unless silver could be ad vanced. What is the fact? Silver goes down because the demand is not equal to the supply, and wheat advances because the demand exceeds the supply. The farmer must see that the prices of his pro ducts arc not dependent upon tho fluctua tions of silver, but upon the same natural laws that govern all other commodities.— N. Y. Herald. PRODUCTION OF SILVER. The Auiount Brought Forth Since the Crime of *73. Since silver was "struck down by the crime of 1873" the mines of the United States alone have produced 939,576,000 ounces. The commercial value of the enormous yield, reckoned at the average price for each year, was 1913,083,000. The coining value of the total product at the existing ratio was $1,214,761,000. So that if permitted to enjoy free coinage the inine owners would have made an "addi tional profit," as the circular of their "finance committee" truly put it, of $271,- 168,000. They would have made an "addi tional profit" of $38,000,000 on the yield of 1894, and of $36,000,000 on the yield of 1896. No wonder Mr. Merrill thought they "could afford not to give" tho "ad ditional profit they would receive for their own silver product for one month" to help elect a, free coinage president.—N. Y. World. IF the mints of this country were to coin all the silver in the world Into dollars to morrow not a single wheel in a single mill In the United States would begin to turn again, not a single unemployed operative would find a day's work, not a single farm er would find a new customer in the homo market for his product. But if it were known that American goods would not be driven out of the American market by com petitive products made abroad by cheap labor; if it were known that the product of American mills and factories could be disposed of in 1897 as it was disposed of in 1891 and 1893, then, within the time that it would take the holders of idle American capital to put that capital into active op sration again, one million American wage earners would resume work and the wage payments of this country would be in creased to their old figures or to still higher figures. Dollars do not make busi ness and work. Business and work make dollars. • « "Tliere can hardly l>e a better rule In any country fur the legal than the market proportion. The presumption In such cue Is that eacli metal tliuls its true level according to its Intrinsic utility in the general system of money operation. ••As long as gold, either from its Intrinsic superiority us a metal, from its rarity, or from the prejudices of mankind, retains so considerable a pre-eminence in value over silver as it has hitherto had, a natural conse quence of this seems to be that its condition will be more stationary. The revolutions, therefore, which may take place in the comparative value of gold and sliver will be changes in the state of the latter rather than in that of the former.'* Alexander Hamilton. * V Only Think what a lonp: train of diseases arise from Impure blood. Then keep the blood pure with Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. sl. Hood's Pills are always reliable. 25 cents. Subfccribe tor the CITIZEN, PII.VXR must be a legal tender to g*r# It ! value. nnd that means to rob all creditors of one-half tholr just due. This is the temptation the demagogues hold out to catch votes, but tho people of this repub lic will scorn such a method of escaping honest obligation*. Orit government attempted the absur dity of making silver the equal of gold notwithstanding the ohnnge in the situa tion, upon the principle that a government could create money, but the effort was a complete failure. For years the United States treasury purchased silver at the rate of millions of dollars per month to accomplish this object, but the money of the taxpayers was wasted in t>" vain at tempt. OCR present dollar has appreciated, say the silver men; it will buy too much. Do the men whose wages are paid in these dollars believe this? Are they dissatisfied - because the gold standard money in which they are paid will buy more flour and potatoes, beafsteak and clothing than the same number of dollars would twenty years ago? The silver people tell them they ought to be dissatisfied. If so, and if the wage earner really wants a dollar ot less purchasing power than he gets at present, he should vote for Bryan. MEXICAN silvor dollars can be bought la our market today for a little less than th* bullion value of the silver they oontain. There has been recently a oartoln de mand for them here at their bullion value for use as object lessons In paying wages, etc., and in response to that demand con siderable quantities were imported from Mexico. The demand having ceased the supply is in excess, and the price of the coin declines. The fluctuation in market value cannot possibly occur with gold coin, and that is one reason why gold is a better metal than silver to serve as a standard of value.—Phila. Evening Tele graph. MEXICO is on a silver basis, yet it has to pay its foreign debt in gold, the total debt being $111,000,000. Minister Limantour, in his budget for next year, calls for an appropriation of $12,000,000 in silver, that amount lieing necessary to obtain 96,000,- 000 in gold required for the interest. It will thus bo seen that while Mexico Is on a silver basis at home she is on a gold basis abroad. She cau pay the Mexican wage earnor in silver dollars, but the foreign bondholder must have gold. How muoh better it would be to have the gold stand ard at homo as well as abroad, so that the dollar of the laborer would be just as good as that of tho foreign bondholder. The best dollar made is nono too good for tho man who earns it. (COMMUNICATED.) Headquarters Republican Executive Committee of Armstrong County. KITTASHING, PA., OCT. 21ST, 1896. A. B. C. MCFARLAND, ESQ., Chairman Rep. Ex. Com , Butler, Pa. DEAR SIR:— Permit me to say to you and through you to the Republican voters of your county that the Republicans of Armstrong county will duly appreciate your assistance in the effort, now being made to elect a Republi can Senator in this district. You are aware ot the deadlock that ex isted in the senatorial conference of this district and the attempt made by the state committee to relieve the conference of its embarassing position. The court held that, in the absence of a rule, precedent was not. sufficient to control the case. This method failing, the only method left open to tne Republicans of the district was to use nomination papers; this the Republicans of the district have done; and thus W. B. Meredith is the Republican nominee oi' the district and is by precedent the on/i/ Republican candidate in the dis trict. It is well to recall the fact that in 1880, the friends of our then Senator Greer (now Judge) sought to renominate him for * second term. Armstrong county natural ly insisted lor a local candidate. Tons a deadlock ensued, just like the conditions of the present year The State Committee tent an umpire contrary to onr wishes and against our protest. The umpire entered t"io conference and renominated Senator Greer. The Republicans of Armstrong county declined to carry the contention auy further; they turned in and gave Sen ator Greer a he.-jrty support and were al ways pleased to know that he served his constituency faithfully ucd well foi another four years, giving him a contin uous term ol eight years. Now "the shoe is on the other foot." We, therefore, now appeal to our Repub lican friends in Butler county to turn in with equal un mitnity for the choice of Armstrong county. We expect to give Senator Meredith and the whole Republi can ticket at least twenty-five hundred majority iu this county. We hope there wili he no county line drawn in our dis trict, but that Mr. Meredith will receivo a loyal support at the hands of the Ranubli cans of your county. Trusting that this communication will be received in the fraternal spirit in which it is written, I am yours truly, D. B, LLELKEB, Chairman Rep. Ex. Com., Armstrong County. The above communication reached ns shortly before noon today, and is printed as a matter of business at the request of Mr Meredith. It will probably be answered next week. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Acream ol tartar'basingpowder. High ost of all in leavenine strength.— Latest Cuttitl States Government Food Report R3VAT, PITTFKO POWDEB CO.. 10S WALL Bt.. N. \ J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artificial Teeth Inserted on the latest lm jroved plan. Gold Filling j. specialty. Olflce over Schauta ClotPlne Store. V. M. rVIeALPiNE Dentist, Main St. Nae&theticb Administered. For Sale. 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