PIKE COUNTY PRLSS. Friday, Brptkmbkr 18, 1896. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. OFFICR, BROWN'S BCILDIKO, BROAD BT. Entered at the post office of Milford, like county, Pennsylvania, as second-class matter, Novemler twenty-first, 1895. Advertising Rates. One sqnarc(olght linos), one Insertion -11.00 Kach subsequent insertion ------- .ISO Reduced rates will be furnished on ap plication, will bo nllowod yearly udvur tlsers. . Legal, Advertising. Conrt Proclamation, Jury and Trial List for Beveral courts per term, $34.00 Administrator's and Executor's notices 8.00 Auditor's notices 4.00 Divorce notices - - 6.00 Sheriff's sales, Orphans' court sales, County Treasurer's sales, County state ment and election proclamation charged by the square. J. H. Van Ettrn, PUBLISHER, Milford, Pike County, Pa. Regular Republican Nominations. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM M 'KIN LEY, OF OHIO, FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, GARRET A. HOBART, OF NEW JERSEY. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For Congrossmen-at-lnrge, GALUSHA A. GROW, of Susquehanna County. SAMUEL L. DAVENPORT, of Erie County. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. For Representative, AARON COURTRIGHT. For Prothonotary, EPHRIAM KIMBLE. For County Treasurer, CHARLES W. SHANNON. For Associate Judge, WILLIAM MITCHELL. For County Commissioner, JAMES M. BENSLEY. For County Auditor, JOHN C. WARNER. Editorial. WHAT WE SAY. Our neighbor in his last issue in dulges in some strictures as to the Republican caucus lately held in Dingman township and calls on us to express our opinion of the affair. Inasmuch as the editor of this paper was not there, and did not furnish any of the " free beer " or " free whiskey " if any was present, or In any wise aid, abet or stimulate the proceedings we cannot see that any responsibility attaches for whatever took place. If the manners and morals of that township have been so debauched by a saturation of free beer furnished by Democratic can didates, and its people so demoral ized by association with them, that a caucus cannot be held without the ' adjuncts of intoxicants and free lights we deplore the situation, and suggest contributions to send mis sionaries to those misguided souls, whose peaceful lives have been blasted by outside contaminations. We have no excuses to palliate or mitigate anything of a disreputable character which transpired, if any thing did, at the. aforesaid caucus. Such meetings should be conducted in a spirit of fairness, and with en tire freedom from all attempts to influenoe the minds of voters in any other manner then " by fair argu ments. It is one of the highest privileges of our citizens to meet and frankly discuss questions of pub lic policy, men and measures, and we have no words of condemnation too severe to express our opinion of those who by tricks or guile or the use of intoxicating beverages strive to mould public opinion so that it may inure to their own personal and selfish ends. If reprehensible methods were em ployed, and if whiskey or beer was unlawfully furnished or used we have no doubt but the constable of that township in his zeal for the en forcement of the law and in the proper performance of bis duty will promptly report such facts in his re turn to the next court with the names of the offenders that they may be brought before the bar of justioa and have such punishment meted out as their conduct deserves. And to this all right-minded men of either party will respond with a hearty amen. WHEN SILVER COMES. Our free silver advocates have evolvod a new aud taking argument for the farmers of the country, to Bhow them the great benefits which they will receive from the adoption of free coinago. It is this : There will be such a demand for silver that every mine in this country will be forthwith worked to its fullest capa city. Large numbers of men will lie thus employed at high wngos, and this will create and stimulate such a demand tor products that prices will rapidly advance, thereby giving the farmers the greatest benefits. Motley will be plenty and no one will stop to enquire the price of articles, what ever is asked will be paid and the only limit to a mans riches will be the elasticity of his conscience in de manding a price for his goods. The West will swarm with men employ ed in silver digging, the wealth and population of the Bilver states will rapidly increase, and this booming prosjwrity will spread over the country, and fill every man's coffers with a repletion of money.-' This is a rosy picture of what will happen, and this will be only the f oreta.'to of greater joys to come, for all the world will at once open the silver mines, every unemployed man, and those now in other pursuits will hasten to the diggings. The farmer will leave his plow, the mechanic his tools, for the new work which will so largely compensate. This will decrease skilled labor and farm productions, and pricos of each will go booming to the stars. In short there will be such halcyon days ol rolling in wealth as lias never been dreamed of by the wildest imagina tion, and in a short time all will be so saturated with wealth that every man can live without employment. Work will be abolished and voted a relic of the olden age, of the heath enish past when men lived by toil. The new Scripturos will not contain any reference to "sweat of the brow," and such words as "per spire and suspire" labor, and toil will be marked obsolete in the next editions of our lexicons. We will pave our streets with silver, and do nothing all day long but roll over them on silver bicycles. We will abolish the golden hues of autumn and substitute a silver haze. We will, yes we will when Bryan is elec ted and the silver age has come. MUTCHLER AND THE POPU LISTS. The Hon. Howard Mutchlor was a man of much consequence in the Democratic party. He was a mem ber of Congress for a while, and he was the leader of his party in North ampton county. Mr. Mutchlor is now one of the Populist leaders of the State. Last week he sat in the Harris burg convention as a delegate and was one of those who approved the indorsement of Bryan and of the anarchy and repudiation platform on which that candidate stands. He was also among those who attempt ed to prevent the Hon. Robert E. James from setting forth the fact that there are some Democrats who still stand on the Allontown plat form and do not believe in denounc ing and repudiating the only Demo cratic President elected since the war. Mr. Mutchler was one of those who voted to have Mr. Harrity de posed from the National Committee. Since Mr. Mutchler has become a Populist it is interesting to give Mr. Mutcbler's own opinion of Mr. Mut chler. In his newspaper, the Eas ton "Ex-press," he declared on May 22 last as follows : "It can hardly be believed 'that the great Democratic party will al low itself to be swallowed by a lot of Populist io political mountebanks and free silver heretics, for no mat ter under what name such an aggre gation of political odds and ends should be known by, it would offend against honest Democracy. Even should such an aggregation win at the next Presidential election, the doctrine espoused by it could never be made a permanent dogma of governmental polity, but it would be destructive of any party that will adopt it. The Democratic party can afford to be defeated, but it cannot afford to turn its back upon its time honored principles or the traditions of a oentury." ' Still later, when the Chicago con vention was in session the very day it met Mr. Mutchler said: "The silver mob at Cliicago rushes on toward the goal of its hopes. Confident of victory, swelling with self-importance, and blind as to re sults, it is going to hoist the Popu list banner over the Democratic hosts. Verily, this is an epoch making year." Well, the Populist banner was hoisted over the Democratic hosts, and Mr. Mulchler has taken his place along with the "Populistio political mountebanks and free silver here tics." In last week's convention he oven assisted in putting at least five of these "mountebanks and heretics' on what remained of the Democra tic ticket nominated at Allontown last April. Such leaders can have no claim whatever uion the confidence of their followers, because they can not be dependixl upon. No one knows better than Mr. Mutchler that lie wus not honest in what he said in May and July, or he is not honest in what he says now. Phil adelphia Press. William F. Sheehan, Ex-Lieutenant Governor of New York, thun whom thero could be no stronger party man, or Armor believer in machine politics ha written a letter to Joseph B. Mayor of BnfTa- lo stating his reasons why he cannot and will not support Bryan or in dorse the Chicago platform. No more searching or forcible comments could be made on tho platform, and he has the moral courage, and poli tical honesty to put "regularity" bo hind him, and to face a future which can have little hope of reward. He has however the manly consolation which he expresses as follows. "When the Democratic roll of honor is called, I desire to be among those who had the courage to refuse to follow the banner of Populism, false ly labelled Democracy." The Dispatch might revise its list of Democratic congressmen-at-large, electors-at-large, and district elec tors, so as to conform to the facts. Times have changed since it first published the list, and this hint is givon gratuitously so that it may got within gunshot of the present situa tion. Some of the men as we re member who were nominated at Al lentown were not willing to be dragged through the quagmire of populism and have gone off the tick et. Revise the list. All should read the formal letter of acceptance of Mr. Bryan and com pare it with that of Mr. McKlnley. The difference is marked and shows the two men in striking contrast, the former aa a scheming vote coaxer and the latter aa a fair dis cussion of state questions by a statesman. If the campaign is de cided on the merits of the two men as shown in these letters there can be no question but that the country will be for law, order and financial honesty. Attorney-General Harmon has written a letter replying to Mr, Bryan's declaration against the right of the Federal Government to interfere in the suppression of law lessness in the states. He says this doctrine is worse than seocesslon, and also intimates that a closer study of the Constitution and laws might remove considerable ignor ance from the mind of the Presid ential candidate, which is drawing a rather mild inference, to say the leest. The Populists demand that the Government shall own the railroads and telegraph lines. Why not go the whole length, and have the Gov ernment own the farms, and hire the former owners at good salaries to manage them f Then Congress could fix the price of grain and po tatoes.horses and cattle, and run the whole business. It is rather funny to see how dif ferently the people in Maine and Arkansas look at the same thing. In whose hands -would the country be safest and most properous repre sentatives of the former or latter state ? Yes, the bombs are here and one of the mortars, for Centre Square, but it was not a noise made by them you heard. It was something up in Maine that dropped. They expected that the " Dutch would take Holland " but the num ber of the Dutch, oh, my I Se wall's own ward in Bath didn't want any free silver in theirs. Design suggested for the "free sil ver" dollar. Tbe Amerknn eagle will sot stay on a debased coin. Th man in the moon like it beoause it get its shape from him, and the trombone suits its sliding value. No charge for design. Free coinage, free design. So the silver trusts are bound to get rich. A Free Silver Freed, Tbe free coinage press has for severs! months past been publishing an article said to have been taken from the Lou don Financial News of March 10, in which the -ediotion was made that If the United States adopted free silver Great Britain would lose all her trade with South America, India, China and Japan. Tbe pretended quotation also declared that this trade which Great Britain would lose would all go to the United State. In its issue of Aug. 18 The Financial News pronounces the alleged extract to be a forgery and declares positively that nothing of the kind was ever printed In its columns. An examination of a file of the paper shows that its statement is trua - Will the silverite newspapers which have been publishing this fake argu ment for free coinage please explain to their readers that they wure misled by some unscrupulous forger? Never judge people by their cloth ing. The man with fringe around the bottom of his trousers, slouch hat and worn out shoes, may be the editor of your local uewspaper.while the man with new clothes and tan shoes may be one of his delinquent subscribers. Window Standard. jo TRQrviBONE 1 SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ of Klerl Facias Issued out of the Omi t nf CoimiKin Fleas of Pike County, to me directed, I will exposo to public sale, liy vendue or outer)-, nt the Sheriff's Office In the Horough of Milford On Friday, October 2, A. D. 189G. nt two o'clock in the afternoon of said day. All those eighteen certain pieces, parcels and trnetfl of !ted situate, lying and lcliig in the Townships of Mounting llrove, Ding man, Khoholu and Loeknwaxen in the County of IMke and State of Pennsylvania, containing in the whole seven th'ousiiiul, seven hundred and sixty-four acres nnd ninty-six perches (7.7H4 a., 9H ps.l more or less. The first fourteen of which arc de signated and nuniljcred on tlio Commis sioners' Books and Cross' Map of said county aa lying and lwlng In the Town ship of Mourning Grove aforesaid and numbered as aforesaid respectively, as fol lows: Ono tract No. 71 in the wnrrnntec name of Charles Ktecdman, containing (Hi acres and at perches. One other. No. Ififl, in the warrantee name of Daniel IMnkcr, containing 441 acres. One other, No. WO, in warrantee name of Abigail Kebble, con taining 426 Bores and 40 perches. One other. No. 107, in warrantee name of Joseph James, containing 4U4 acres and 40 perches. One other, No. ltl, in warrantee name of John Thomas.contalnlng 4:13 acres and li4 perches. One other, No. ltt, In warrnnti'c name of Jacob Downing, containing H;7 norcs and 60 perches. One other, No. 171, In warrant name of Michael Fennel,con tnining 429 acres and 80 perches. One other. No. 178,lu warrantee namo of Joseph Ifciwnlng, containing 810 acres. One other, No. 174, In the warrantee name of John McCnhan, containing 448 acres nnd 4o perches. One other. No. 17S, in warrants name of Joseph Yerkos, containing 4it() acres and f3 perches. One other, No, 17rt, In warrantee name of John Saltcr.con tain lug 481 acres. One other, No. 177, In war rantee name of John Thompson, 437 acres and 80 perches. One other, No. 164, In warrantee name of John Drinker, contain ing 441 acres and 48 perches. One other, No 70, In warrantee name of Thomas Grenme, containing Gut) acres and 87 porches. Also the three following descrilied tracts of land situate, lying and being In the Township of Dingman, county and State aforesaid, the one numbered as afore said No. UN, in warrantee name of Alexan der Steedman, containing 489 acres and 8H perches. One other, No. 84, In warrantee name of Thomas Smith, containing 106 acres aud 151 perches. Also one other. No. 108 In the warrantee name of Hiohard Freeman, containing 408 acres and 84 perches. Also tho following described tract of land situated, lying and being In the' Townships of Shohola and Laoka waxen, numbered as aforesaid No. 108, in warrantee name of Henry Drinker, con taining 458 acres and 60 perches- Also a certain other tract in the warrantee name Thomas Ritchie, sltuatc'ln the Township of Blooming lirovc and numliered as afore said No. 170 containing 611 acres and UK) perches, with allowance of 6 per cent, for roads, etc Excepting nnd n-servlng out of said lands about 158 acres and 27 perches ami six per cent, for roads, sold and conveyed by said John A. Bnrkc, et. ux., et. al. to Wm. H. Kemp, et. al., by deed tinted 84th of Mnrch, lsttfi, recorded in Deed llook No, 41, page fti'.l, et:. Also, about 10 acres of land, more or less, sold and convoyed by said John A. Burke, et. ux., et. al.,to N.illic Hart, by deed dated 82nd of May, liojo, recorded in Deed Book No. 42, page 47. Also, about 4 ncres more or less, sold nnd conveyed by said John A. Burke, et. ui.. et. al. to Fred. Long Ijy deed dated 17th of July, 1885, recorded in Deed Book No. 43, page 81. Also, almut 50 ncres more or less, sold and conveyed by John A. Burke, et. ux., et. al., to John A. Burke, by deed tinted 25th of May, InxiI, recorded in Deed Book No. 48, pane 5tS, nnd which by divers mesne conveyances became vested in Zll phn K. Burke. Also, about 50 acres more or less, sold and convoyed by said John A. Burke, et. ux., et. al., to Mary C. Whipple by deed dated 25th of May, 188(1, recorded In Deed Book No. 43, page 55:). Also, about 60 acres more or less, sold and convoyed by John A. Burke, et. ux.. et. al., to Frederick Long by deed dated 25th of May, 1880, recorded in Deed Book No. 43, page 5IH). Also, alHjnt 60 norcs more or less sold and conveyed by Nellie Hart to Charles Terwllllgor deed dated April 1st, 18(11, re corded In Deed Book No. 47, page 456, etc. Being the same lands oonveved to Gar rett W. Hart by Nellie Hart by deed dated 8Hth of March, 18y8, and recorded In Deed Book No. 411, page 801. IMPROVEMENTS. On the above lands are erected four dwelling houses, two barns, store house, luml)er sheds, blacksmith shop, and other small buildings. Also a large and sul stautial sawmill, with necessary and mod ern machinery for all kinds of heavy saw ing and planing and for making siding, shingles, lath, picket, etc., and has an in exhausible water power. Of tho lands above mentioned, about 80 acres are im proved, the balance Is timber and woodlund, also clay bed and blue stone quarries on the property. Seized and taken In execution as the Eroperty of Nellie Hart and Garret W. art, terre tenant and will be sold by me for cash. H. I. COURTRIGHT, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Milford, Fa., September 7, ltMtt. t CANDIDATE'S CAED. To the voters or PikiCodhty: I here by announoe myself a candidate tor County Treasurer under the title or policy of "People's Party," as regulated by the Act of June 10, lmrt, providing for nominations by nom ination pnners, and solicit your votes at the general election ov. o, wi. JOHN A. KIPP. August S, 1896. All persons are hereby notified that throwing or burning papers tir refuse of any kind In the streets ux the Borough lu prohibited. By order of the town council, J. C. CHAMBKRLAIN, President, pro tem. Attost, D. H. HORN'BKCK.Suc'y. Milford, May 5, lBtfo. In a Vutabdl, Let us all be thankful that the finan cial question has at last been finally settled. It is so easy that anybody might have done it All that is needed is that the govern ment of the United Status shall agree to pay $1.29 to any ono who will bring it 0 oents' worth of silver. If this is done, our financial troubles Will immediately disappear. Prices will advance. Wages will go up. Everybody will have plenty of money. We shall have at onoe tbe only perfect financial monetary system known in history. Tbe age of miracles is not past Kew York Worlti "Why do you wear that auit, you don't rido a bicycle, do you V" "No, but the bicyclists naturally think I play golf." "Why you don't kuow a golf link from a vacant lot." "Of course not, but the golf players all think I ride a wheel." Post. SHERIFPSSALE. By virtue of a writ of liCvnrl Facia, Is sued out nf the Court of Common Pleas of Plko County, to mo directed, I will expose to Public pale, by vendue or outcry, at the Sheriff's Offlco In the Borough of Milford On Friday, October 2, A. D,, 1896, at three o'chtck in the afternoon of said day: All that certain plot, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying nnd being In the Township of Dingman, County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows to wit: Begin ning at a heap of stones for a corner, being a corner of lands of Samuel 8. Thrall, (now GoyerKhenoo along land of Benjamin 11 ulse south forty-five and a half degrees west eighty-seven perches to a rock for a corner, thence along land sur veyed to Abraham Shlmer north throe and a half degrees west one hundred nnd twenty perches to stone corner, thence north thirty-eight aud a quarter de grees east ono hundred nnd fortv-two perches ton pine stump for corner, them along land surveyed to Luke Brodheml south eighty-two degrees east one hundred nnd nlnty-three perches to corner of lands owned by James Newman, theneo along same ami lands of Howard Hnlse south fort y-four degrees west one hundred" ami eight perches to corner of Howard H nine's land, thence along same south forty-three dogrtH'S east thirteen perches to a eomcr, thence along land of Cornelius Little field south forty-four degrees west eighty-three perches to a corner of land late of Samuel S. Thrall, deceased, thence along game north forty-two and a half degrees west sixty-nine perches to the place of beginning, containing one hundred and eighty-one acres !c the same more ttr less.lteiug part of a larger tract surveyed on a warrant granted to Jesse McKean and which became vested In said mnrtgagot by two deeds from Wal ter Mitchell aud In said Mitchell by deed from James 8. Wallace and wife," dated April 4th, 1879, and recorded In deed book No. 87, page 124, excepting therefrom and thereout as In the alsjve mentioned deed all the lands situate and lying on the south (or below) the public road running through the lands above described, on which said lnnds excepted and reserved are erected a house and barn formerly oc cupied by Mrs. Louis Loth. IMPROVEMENTS. On the above land are a good frame house, barn and other outbuildings. Fruit of all kinds. About 40 acres are Im proved, the balance woodland. Seized and taken in execution ns the hnroperty of Hattlo E. Footc aud W. . Young terre tenant and will be sold by me fur cash. H. I. COURTRIGHT, Sheriff. Sheriff's OiTlce, Milford. Pa., ) Scptemlier , 18U0. j COMMISSIONERS' SALE The undersigned, tho County Commis sioners of the County of Plko, will sell to highest bidders the soveral seated and unseated tracts of land enumerated below, at the Court House, In Milford, on Thursday, October 1st. 1896, commencing at 8 o'clock. SEATED LANOS Blooming Grove Township. Mitchell, Walter, n. r. 73 acres unlmpd, Bavid Rltlgeway, No. 97, lot) acres, un lmpd. Isaac Decow. No. 104, adjoining lands of Aiuanua t-)ciiincr and Juhu Newman. Delaware Township, Laing, John W., est. UK) ncres unlmpd, , part of Tbos Carney, No. 148, adjoining lots No. 147 and 1 IU. Oresno Township. French, James, n. r., 2111 acres, unlmpd, Howe nnd Klllot.No. 157, adjoining lauds of Cbas. Blitz nnd Joslnh Whlttaker. Poller, Lewis, n. r., 1(H) acres unlmpd, Mary Stocker, No. 8Hfl, adjoining lands of Ru dolph Llnck and Levi Shaw. LaekswsKsn Township. Bovee, Christian, n. t., 2 acres unimnd and house adjoining lands of J. F. Kllguur and N. Y. L. E. & W. R. R. Co. Brnmor, N. W., est. 4 lots In Mast Hope, Bitrn adjoining lands of Julius Scbarff aud T. 1). Shay. Crlssmnn, Frank, n. r., B0 ncres unlmpd, adjoining binds of David Mulntyre aud James Selden. Kettle, Jonas, est. ho'uso and lot, adjoining lands of A. J. Rogers and D. fie H. Canal Co. Moran, James, n. r. 85 acres unlmpd, lot No. 1, adjoining lnnds of John AlcHalo and Micluvel Uratly. Riviere, K. T., n. r., 9 acres linpd, 86 acres unlmpd, adjoining lands of Patrick Moran and others. Formerly assessed to Thomas Gatfney. Riviere, K. T., n. r. 60 acres unlmpd, ad joining lands of Perolval W. Davis and achariab Daley. Wilson, George, n. r. 100 acres unlmpd, ad joining lands of Wm. Holbert and David Mclutyru. Blnckmuro, Maria, n. r. 1 aoro Impd, 2 acres, unlmpd, house, adjoining lands of B. (i. Park Association and John Smith. Westbrook, Lafayette, u. r. 1U0 acres un impd, Isaac Dooow, No. 104, adjoining lots No. 106 and WIS. , Lohman Township. Campbell, Wm., n. r. 60 acres, unlmpd ad- ioining lands of Mrs. It. E. Ratlngeraud aoob Uttenheimer. McCarty, Arthur, n. r. 6 acres unlmpd, adjoining lands of Harriot Cook est, and A bran) Uariss est. s Palmyra Township. Skinner, John, n. r. house and lot, adjoin ing lands of Nowoomb Kimble and Abrain Katie, est. UNSEATED LANDS. Blooming Orovo Township. No. Warrantee Names. Acres. Perches 1H0 Kanouse, John Mo 70 m Klelnhans, Horace 4otf 11H 1rt Stocker, Margaret 4: loo U0 Stocker, Margaret k" 100 Mutt, O. H 203 Dalawaro Township. 109 Mease, Isabella, pt 66 24 DlnKman Township. 141 Brodheml, June 4K3 82 Oraano Township. 2fi0 Arndt, Jacob m 51 Double, Fredrick 60 15H Howe and F.lllot 7 Ml Paschal. Thomas 60 Laokawaqon Township. 8 Condoll William 2U) &i Hewes, Robert 8Wi 70 8 Powell, Peter 50 HO Sheo, Ann 1h7 123 Howell, Richard 116 Lohman Township. 149 Ingrahain, Kllznboth. . 800 107 143 Kinnenr, William . v. . . 1!) 66 2o Brotzman, John.' 7 Portor Township. 211 Beechur, David Ill tio Kilsall, David 4oo 9 tit) Miller, William 211) liiil l'ollaul, William 1A) 40 titi Singer, Abraham 412 140 Shohola Township. 20 Nelclgh, John 4.17 82 loo Huston, Mary 415 15 144 Scott, John 4H .120 US Wells, James, jr 60 Westfall Township. 4 Mease, James 4:tu 137 Wallace Nkwmas, ) rlln, jAMKbH. HM.I.KH. ContT ALViiKO S. Di M.MAS, i Commissioners . ( UKO. A. SWEPKNIBKH, aiuhi. j umnmbwkmwV Clerk. CommUitlouurs' OlUce, Aug. 24, laud. She "Do you believe in long en gagements'r"r He "Well, I think an engagement should be long enough to tost a man's constancy and to give the girl time to luarn to cook." Brooklyn Life. SX-MINISTER PHELPS gtatos nis RMMons For Opposing the Oht eacn Platform He la a Democrat and Therefore Cannot Indorse the Dootrlnet of the Popnllste The Free Silver Afflts tlon Is s Menaoe to the noalneas Life of the Hntlon-A Disturbed Currency Makes Prosperity Impossible. Hon. Edward J. Phelps, ex-ministor to England, has written the following letter, in which he urges all true Demo crats to join in defeating the candidates who stand on the un-Drmocratio plat form atloptod at Ohicugo: 1 regard tho pending presidential elec tion as presenting the most dangerous crisis thnt thin country has ever encoun tered. It does not, In my judgment, In rolve any political controversy nor any question of the snpromacy of party, for tnoh considerations are lost night of in the far groatcr gravity of the situntion. Tho real issue is one upon which all patriotic men and all who are Interested In the prosperity and welfare of the country should find themselves upon ane side and opposed to a common en emy. The attack that we have to resist in not upon the policy but upon tho lifo of the nation, for they would take its life who destroy the means by which tt lives the t isinnss of many thousands and the industry of millions. On these we are all, whether rich or poor, high or low, alike dependent Those who are Independently rich are very few In pro portion to the 70,000,000 of American people, the vast majority of whom gain their living by some form or other of useful employment. That there should be prosperity in some of these employ ments and not in others, or among one class of people and not among others, is impossible, for they all rest upon a common foundation aud are affected by the same considerations. "Business" is a generio term and comprehends all lawful Industries. When it is stimulat ed, all profit ; when it is depressed, all suffer. No part of the body can escape the effect of a general paralysis or fail to got the benefit of general good health. When business flourishes, the laborer is in demand ; when it declines, he stands idle In the market place. Business of whatever sort in a coun try like ours, rich in resources, full of energy and vitality, with all harvests everywhere ready for the sickle, rests chiefly upon two factors public confi dence and a sound and stable currency. When either is and much more when both are impaired or even gravely threatened, business suffers, general de pression comes, labor declines, and tbe wolf approaches many a door. Without confidence there can be no credit, no enterprise. Capital is hoarded, sent abroad or lies Idle, and all industries diminish or cease, and the surest way the world has ever seen to destroy confi dence is to debase the currency and to make it uncertain from day to day how much a dollar is worth and how much it is going to count for in the near fu ture to take away, as is now proposed, one-half its value to begin with and to set tho other half to fluctuating to an indefinite extont, with tbe rising and tho setting of the sun and the approach of every storm. Thero is, therefore, in my judgment, no man more criminal or who is a worse pnblio enemy than he who engages in or countonunces that infamous and de structive attempt, because the less a man hns, or the less ho earns, tho morn necessary it is to him that the value of that little nhould be maintained nnd made sure, and that the few dollars in his pocket should be as good dollars as thero ora Aa well might tho steerage paSHcngnrg in a vessel in midocean, weary of their privations, be incited by some mischief maker to souttle the ship in ordor to drown tbe inmates of the more luxurious cabins, unconscious that they themselves must be equally the vio tiins of the common calamity. The party is already hopelessly dis rupted on the issue presented. We can not follow both its divisions at the same time, however desirable it might be, since they are moving in opposite direc tions. On the one side are the old time honored principles of the party, under which all its great traditions have been generated, and which all its illustrious leaders have advocated. Chief and fore most among these principles always in times past has been the maintenance of sound and honest money, of dollars that are dollars, of a national stamp upon them that doe not lie. On the same side are its most trusted present statesmen and leaders, and a very large proportion at the least of its better and most instructed element. Which way shall we go, then, since we cannot go both ways? With its states men or with its camp followers? With Its principles or with its organization stampeded and graded by its enemies? In which direction lies the future of the party if it is to have any future? And who are they who will control it here after, "when this tyranny shall be over past?" Let co man be afraid to be right on this question, for it is the right that will triumph in the end, whether it re forms the party or destroys it boom Facts Foe Feraam la 1877 the average value of the hay crop in the United States was tS.flO per ton. The following year it dropped to 7.20, and In 1B79, the year next ensu ing, it jumped up to 9.83 per ton. Again. In 1891, when this country was firmly on a gold basis, the average value of the hay crop was $3. 40 per ton. In 1892 it fell to $0.78 per ton, and in 1898 it rose to $8.68 per ton. Last year the average value was $8. 66 per ton. Assuming that the. fall in prioea is doe to the "crime of 1878," how are these fluctuations to be accounted for? Will some Bryanite explain also why it la that the average value of the hay crop per ton was greater In 1896, when we were on a gold basis, than it was in 1878, when gold was at a premium? Hay has undoubtedly declined in prioe since 1878. but why should it not hare done so? Apart from cheaper methods of production and cheaper rates of trans portation, the annual hay crop increased from 86,088,100 tons in 1878 to 65, 783,168 tons in 1898. Last year it amounted to about 47, 000,000. At the same time the number of hones in tbs United States increased only from 6,222,470 In 1878 to 1S.898, 813 in 1896. It is estimated that there are nearly 1,100,000 fewer horses in this country today than there were three years ago. These plain facts and figures should not be hard to oomprohead. Let tbe farmer study them before he allow himself to be hoodwinked by free silver demagoglsm. Kz-PreBtdent Hftrrlsoe. OoVjimn I will tell you what can do alone. It can flst It can declare by law v-f relative value of an oni'l , an ounce of silver, but It V .lioifnu; that last declaration good. It is nnqnee-' tlonably fblly within the power of this ' government to bring this oonntry to a silver basis by coining silver dollars and making them legal tender1. They can do that. This government can say you shall take one of those dollars in discharge of any debt owing to you for f 1, notwith standing you may have loaned gold dol lars; but it cannot say, and enforce its decree, if you should coll out the regular army and navy and muster all our great modern ships and add the militia, and put William J. Bryan in command of them it cannot enforce the decree thnt 1 ounce of gold is the equivalent of 18 ounces of silver. Not only that, not France and England and Germany oan do that unless the markets respond. Why? You may make me take a silver dollar for a debt, but if I have bought my goods at gold prices you cannot make me give as many yards of cloth for a silver dollar as I have been in the habit of giving for a gold ono. If I have a gold dollar in this hand and a silver one in that, and yon declare they are equal, and I can take that gold dollar to a bullion broker and got $3 for it, I know it Is a lie. If I have nothing bnt a gold dollar, and sugar is 20 pounds for $1, I will not give that gold dollar for 20 pounds of sugar. I will take it around to a broker and get two silver dollars for it and got the 20 pounds of sugar and have one silver dollar left So it is, my friends. We oan of ourselves, of our own wisdom, de olare the unit of value. We oan ooin sil ver freely, but we cannot moke 18 ounces of silver equal to 1 ounce of gold unless it is. And it is not unless the merchants take it at that rate. That is where all this thing oomes in. It is trade, it is the merchant, it is the man who exchanges and deals in these things that fixes the relative value, and if you do not take tbe value he fixes the gold dollar will go back to the gold vault, and the gold will go out of circulation. Ex-President Harrison in His New York Speech, The Free Colnaa-e Problem The Free Coinage Problem is the title of a penny magazine or pamphlot Tvn.t VT Tt V.J. I T I 1 1 1 vr It contains one of the fnirost and best discussion of the money question to be had at any prioe. It contains in very brief space and in simple language aa much of the early history of money, especially in this country, as is neces sary to understand tbe present situa tion. It discusses in a logical, unbiased and impartial manner the probable ef fects of tbe proposed free coinage legis lation npon all olassos, and especially upon farmers and wage earners. It pre sents a vivid picture of the present hard lot of many farmers and shows what kind of money will be for their best in terests. This little 48 page magazine contains more of monetary history and facta) and more of sound argument than many books which cost 100 times its price. It Th makes it possible for any intelligent tor borer or farmer who can spare 1 OciuVto become well informed on the money question before he casts his vote. Ten or 16 copies can be ordered at once for 10 or 16 persons. Otherwise it will oost 2 cents to send 1 oent Address Present Problems Publishing Co., 67 Park place. Now York oity. This la s Hammer. Lr Hat This la sa Anvil. If you lay a gold dollar on the anvil and hammer it out of shape, it is still worth $1. If you do a silver dollar the same way, you hammer 48 oents out of it, and it is worth its bullion value only, or 64 cents. Gold loses coin shape, yet loses no value. But silver loses coin shape and loses nearly half its value. Is it wise to drive from the United States this gold of fixed value by introducing the free coinage of inferior silver and make yourself the prey of brokers? Aa Object Iwii In snaehea. Wall, here I am. Mortal I'm back again, jrer That la, es f or aa thet's oonoernad, I'm bask, what's left of me. Tbe mora I learn end more I aee since all this talk began Hakes me tbe more inclined to be s Bryan sli ver man. Ton know be aes in that thar speech I read to yon laet night That produce huin'tguoedownablt, bat gold's np outer sight. WeU, when I got to LoulavUle, at belt post live o'olock, There wa'a't another man had equaeh bat me on Pierce's dock. I started in a-eelling mine, ten oents apiaoe, I war, And at that prioe I'd say that gold stood J oat about to par. 'Bout six o'olock three other teems oame aa the dock, by gosh. And every gol darned one of 'em was full of summer aqoaebl WeU, then and there gold started up, and she begun to nee. Five otmw apleoe tor summer aqnaabl I jumps right up and eriea. By thunder, didn't gold go tip M qnlok and allok aa greeee. For them there feUen ottered theirn at Just a oent apleoe. But still gold kept a-going np e-kiting up be Went, Till I aold out what I had left, two squashes, for a oent. Too know darned weU that aqoaahes ain't apt to nuoeuete. So Bryan 'a got the thing dead right-It's gold a sore aa fate. It stand to reaaoa he la right when he aes It's beeenae There's eumetbing out of kilter with them thar sliver lews. Bo, daru the stim. I'd full aa lleve nave old BUI Ketohnin's note. And when eleotlon oomes around Bill Bryan kV, gets my vote. H, U.
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