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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
When we examine this latter table, w

When we examine this latter table, we
see that the output of the mines has been
steadily increasing since 1873, until last
year il was more than double what it
was in 1873, and as that output in
creased, we see silver separating in value
from gold. Now, in 1871 Germany de-
monetized silver entirely, and in name,
and all the other Continental nations did
the same i'll effect, thus bringing the great
bulk of silver that had heretofore done
duty in those countries as money into the
market as bullion. is there any wonder
that the value of silver has steadily de-
clined during that period?
1t is idle for the free silver men to
place in silver's value to the act of Con
gress demonetizing it. The foregoing
facts show the quarter from which its
depreciation has come. But another fact
proves absolutely that the demonetizing
act could not have produced the result
That act was passed In 1873. But from
the beginning of the Government down to
1873 there had been coined only eight
million silver dollars. There had been
coined about forty-fve million dollars Of
subsidiary coin, but this was legal tender
for only five dollars, and had, therefore,
no place in the currency as the basis Of
transactions. Any one may see these
facts plainly detailed from the records in
the Report of the Director of the Mint
for 1891, so that there is no excuse for
ignorance. Silver did not exist then as
circulating medium in the United States
prior to 1913 The valuation Of 16 to |
that had been put upon silver had failed
to give it its true value, and it had con-
sequently all gone out Of the country.
We were an exclusively gold basis coun-
try in 1873.
The Times has always hoped it would
be found possible to retain silver as one
Of our money metals, but the methods
for detaching it from the ore have been
so improved, and are so improving every
day, and the increase of the mines is
growing so rapidly that we very much
fear il will have TO be abandoned as a
money metal entirely. One of the fore
most hnanciers in Richmond, who is ex-
tensively interested in silver mines, and
who, therefore, knows in what increasing
quantities they are turning out silver.
was asked his opinion on the subject a
few days back, and his reply was: 81
don't think silver will get to be as cheap
as iron,' and this about covers the case.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
SUNDAY, OCTOBER l6, 1892.
SIXTEEN PAGES.

Southern men 1chO contemplate Uoting
against the Democratic party toitt do ,cel TO
read and pointer the follo,ning from the letter
of Speaker Crisp on tie Force Bill:
IN giUes TO he Judge Of the United States
Circuit Court The po1oer Of appointing election
officers in the States. II giUes the election
officers so appointed The po1oer 10 designate an
unlimited Number Of deputy mGrShGls. 'ohO
may be employed a number Of days prior 10
each election, at IS per day. "a thousand or
more might be appointed IN each congressional
diSt,-iot.)
at authorizes the use of the armies Of the
United States TO preserUe The peace at the polls.
AT giUes TO ne judges Of the United States
courts the poaceT Of appointing a cdn0dSstng
or returning board for each State. toho shall
certify 'chom The people haze elected TO Con-
gTess.
at requires The clerk of the House Of Rep
reSenfdtiCeS 10 place on the roll Of members
elect the names Of the persons holding such
certificates so that heY may participate as
members in the organization Of The House.
IT authorizes officers Of the United States
10 supervise and control the registration Of
pofsrS.
at authorizes such officers 10 make house
toulouse cdaUdss 10 ascertain the LEGALITY Of
any registered ooter.
III prouides for The payment Of all these
officers out Of the Federal treasury, authorizes
me employment Of many of them for as
much as eight days before an election.
And finally. ii makes permanent dppro-
pridilon Of our money for the execution Of the
ldarn
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
KNow-NoTHINGIsM REDIyiyus.

A correspondent of the New York
Times of the 14th instant. writing from
Norwich, Connecticut, reports that an
adjunct to the Republican party has
been formed in that State whose main
tenet is opposition to Roman Catholics
and the Roman Catholic Church He
reports that this order has, within the
past eighteen II onths. become an active.
potent and secret annex of RadicaIism,
and writes that when it was first intro
duced into Eastern Connecticut no one
doubted that it was swayed entirely
by it's secretly self-posSessed antagonism
to Catholics, and it is no less a matter of
fact that it has been led away from its
original principles. and is now being
used by the Republicans to defeat, not
only the national Democratic ticket in
Connecticut, but all Democrats in all
local elections"
The correspondent states so positively
that this order is in existence that the
truth of his assertion can hardly be
doubted. and so we see in Connecticut
the old KnowNothing party, which was
stamped out of existence by the Ameri-
can people in the ffties, brought into
life as an adjunct of the Republican
party. Nothing could show more plainly
the desperation to which the enemies of
good government are reduced in the
Nutmeg State. If there is anything
that is peculiarly offensive to American
liberal sentiment it is religious intoIer-
ance, and now that that the Republ-
cans of Connecticut have resorted to
religious prejudice. and seek to foster
proscriptiye spirit against the Roman
Catholic Church for partisan ends. it
should be condemned not only in Con-
necticut, but throughout the Union. This
anti-American feeling was manifested
in 1884 by the famous Rum, Romanism
and Rebellion sentiment of Burchard,
and as it led to Radical defeat then, SO
II should do again now.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
WY MAS THE VALUE or SILVER
pEcLINED7

The inter collapse of the Third party
in Georgia, Alabama and FLORIDA may
reasonably be assumed to be the END OF
tba move TO coin an unlimited quantity
of silver dollars worth really only sixty
6ve cents but possessed by law with the
ro,ver IN nay a dollar of debt. In our
on;nion this movement has been the
most dangerous attack upon the stability
90 valpcs and a settled. conservative
order of things that this country has
over known or is ever likely TO Know.
I,s danger proceeded from the strong
bias n large body Of the people nave
for silver as money and from the convic-
ton of n much larger body, containing
mon Of the highest order of intelligence,
that silver is absolutely necessary TO
system of financial economics. These
gentlemen argue with great plausibility
that silver is one OF the two metals that
are scarce, but yet found to some ex-
tent almost everywhere, are attractive
To the eve, have no bad smell, melt only
at high temperatures, resist most acids,
are comparatively indestructible, do not
rust. and on the whole are objects of
universal desire" and because it has
these qualities in common with gold
qualities possessed by no other metal
it should also be retained as money
along with gold for the reason that If
it is demonetized, gold by itself will furn-
ish medium of exchange insufficient
in quantity for the demands of business.
The practical difficulty which faces
these gentlemen is this, that the supply
of gold which the mines of the world
furnish each year is not enough to make
any appreciablc difference in the quantity
nsed as money, whilst silver mines for
the past twenty years have been yield
ing so much silver that it is simply i'm
possible to keep the relative value of
the two metals as 16 to /, the ratio estab-
lished some fifty years back, or at any
other stable ratio. The last report Of
the Director of the Mint contains vast
body of very important statistics relat-
ing to this subject. Amongst other in
teresting tables he gives one which states
the relative value Of silver to gold for
every year since 1857. In 1851 silver
and gold stood in the relation Of l to
14.94. That is. supposing one grain of
gold was worth 81, it took 14.94 grains
Of silver to be worth as much, or 81.
The two metals retained relation ap-
proximating this, but ranging from one
point to another between Is for l and
16 for /, until 1873. But in 1873 the
mines on the Pacific slope began to pour
out greatly increased output, and the
difference between the relative value of
the two metals has been gradually widen
ing from that time. The following table
shows how this has taken place:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

Notwithstanding tn fact that the New
York Court Of Appeals declared unequiv-
ocally that it would not hesitate to pro-
nouncc an apportonment act void if it
plainly violated the Cor stituIion Of the
State; Notwithstanding the fact that
every other court of last resort in the
Union has unequivocally declared the
same thing whenever the subject has
been before it; Notwithstanding the fact
that every lawyer H. the country thinks
it the duty of a court to declare an APP
Tcrtionn.ent act void if it plainly violates
The Constitution of the State. the Dis
patch still adheres to its opinion that it
is a usurpahon for court to examine
an apportionment act and decide whether
it is within the lines of the Constitution
or outside of them. This is hard on the
courts and the lawyers. What shall they
do? Abandon their opinion and 30 over
TO that of the Dispatch?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

Called for the third tame TO represent The
party Of my choice in a contest for the supre-
macy Of democratic principles. n'y grateful
appreciation ~ us confidence, less than erer,
e6dces the solemn sense Of my responsibility.
II the action ofhe cOnrention you repre-
sent shall be Endorsed by the SURFACES Of my
cOttnti17nen, lrW assume the duties Of the
great office fer ,cI.ich mare been nominated,
kaouing fttH lceH its IaborS ana perplerities
and lciH hu0lble reliance upon the dirine
Being, infinite IN po,cer to aid. and constant
in a 'odtchfiH care orer our faUored nation.
Yours, Gerry trHty
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

The popular revolution against Radical
ism and McIIinleyism is going on, and
another bomb has exploded in the Re
publican camp in Indiana. A dispatch
from Indianapolis states that there is an
organized movement among the Republi-
cans of that city to vote the Republican
vote for the presidential electors The
movement was set on foot more than a
month ago, and was well under way
when the announcement was made that
Gresham would vote for Cleveland. That
announcement, however, helped the bolt
considerably. Ii looks every day more
and more as if Indiana would certainly
go for Cleveland.
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Democratic Appointments.
Hons STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE, |
CHARLoTTEsynLx Va. Oct. 10, 1892. }
HON. EPPA HUNToH.


CHARLoTTEsyILLE, Va. Oct. III. lo92. }
HON. EPPA HUNToH.
southampton. October 18th.
Halifax (speclsD. October ed.
Halifax. October oath.
HOLMES CONRAD.
Rockingham. October 18th.
p. C. KENT.
Mecklenburg, October 18th, specials 18th
and 2lst.
WILLIAM II. MANN.
York. October 18th.
Hanover. October 18th.
Charles City, October Goth.
Orange. October 24th.
Bowling Green. October 18th.
BAKER T. LEE.
Westmoreand October oath.
Middlesex. October 10Th
NJ. c. HOLT.
Halifax. October 24th aud specials.
Clover Hill. October 18th.
W. T. sUTHzRLGN.
Southampton. October 18th.
Patrick. October 18th.
Clover Hill. October 10Th.
r. II. CALDWELL.
King William, October 25th.
JAMES L. GORDON.
Amherst. October 18th.
THOMAS L. RossER..
Fairfax, October 18th.
Stafford. October lyth.
Fauquier. October oath.
H. r. POLLARD.
Patrick, October 25th.
JOHN Z. MASSEY.
Hanover, October 18th.
Brunswick, October 24th.
Surry. October 10Th.
J. oATLETr GIBSON.
Warren. October 18th.
JOHN SCOTT.
Stafford, October 18th.
IPPA HUNToS, JR.
Bowling Green. October 25th.
Il. @. MARSHALL
Brunswick. October oath.
J. HAMPTON HoGE.
Prince Edward. October 18th.
Halifax Special, October 18th.
J. RoGE TYLER.
Pittsylvania (speciaD. October l4th 18th.
and 18th.
GEORGE. NJ. HARRISON.
Warren. October 18th.
Page. October oath.
Christiansburg. October 25th.
HENRY W. FLoURNoY.
Essex. October 18th.
Bedford. October oath.
Radford (night). October 25th.
John GooDE.
Goochland. October 18th.
TBogAs y. PAGE.
Fluvanna, October oath.
8. Y. soUTHALL.
Fauquier, October oath.
CIV. C. BLAcKsToNE.
Roanoke. October nth
Giles, October 18th and specials.
A. ,. MONTAGUE.
Roanoke, October nth.
GEORGE PERKINS.
Rockingham, October 18th.
Cumberland October oath.
Amelia. October 9th.
1nCAJAH WOODS.
Rockingham. October 18th.
Page October oath.
Madison, October 9th.
WALLER R. STAPLES.
Culpeper. October 18th.
(Judge Staples Essex appointment with
lrawn.) BASIL b. GoRDoN.
Chairman.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

II takes very little to delight Repub-
lean nowadays. Blaine could rot be a
Democrat if he would, and yet because
he has done what he was obliged to do.
and remained in his party ranks, the
Republican leaders are reported us being
delighted" His deciding. in spite of
oil temptation. to remsin Republican
is, however, not only not to his credit,
but will be of little service TO his party.
If he was not strong enough to be
elected in 1884. and was so weak with
his party that even Harrison could beat
him in 1892, his influence is not likely
to amount TO much.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
THE TINES REQUIREMENTS.

The privileges and demands of our day
bespeak the highest style Of man. Our
whole country. few weeks since, alive
and intensely interested over a boxing
match, was itself study. All that did
not mean merely crowds excited over a
fight, or merely gambling over q match
between two bruisers. There were
plenty Of idlers to whom that was al.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
campaign

The Philadelphia Record calls attention
TO the fact that all our boosted reciprocity
has been made with agricultural coun-
tries, and that no reciprocal contracts
have been arranged with countries which
take our agricultural products in ex-
change for their specialtes. Another
evidence that, under all circumstances,
the farmer has to shift for himself.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
WOMEN WHO DRINK.
England Does Not Possess All tho Female
Tipplers.

Tipplers.
An article from IA London correspon-
dent reveals as though it were it but a
lately discovered fact that the women
of England's aristOcracy and those of
the upper middle classes are developing
a too great enjoyment of frequent liba-
tons, with, OF course, the customary re-
suits. This is truly a shocking state OF
affairs, yet il is 70 be feared that il the
said correspondent had done the summer
resorts Of this continent the season that
is Just past he or she would have gasped
at the amount of liquor consumed by
women, old and young, yet which never
seemed TO affect them in the least, more
than an added color in the checks,
brighter color in the eyes or perhaps IA
little louder laughter than is considered
quite correct in circles where manners
take precedence over words.
Not alone did matrons and middle-aged
women indulge in cocktails, punches.
whisky and ginger ale, cOrdlals and
champagne, but young girls not more
than eighteen or nineteen ordered their
favorite decoctions and superintendent
the mixing of the ingredients with the
air of seasoned topers. Many a woman
had bar bill equal TO her board, and
though IN American says il as shouldn't,
the women of England or any other
country in fact, would have 10 be pretty
hard drinkers to discount many of the
daughters of Uncle Sam, who have no
scruples whatever about ordering any
drink they desire. either in restaurants
or hotels, and whose every meal is aided
and abetted by generous lbation, to
say nothing of many wee tipples between
timqs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
Re Sure aud Register.

Be sure TO register in the mammoth
book made by Sam. w. Bowman, man
ufacturing stationer, Norfolk. Va. This
is The Times official register. 1t is at
main entrance to the Exposition building,
and the names of visitors entered thereon
are published daily in this paper.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

The circumstances connected with
Blaine's speech at Ophir farm are very
laughable when analysed. The silence
of the great apostle Of reciprocity alarmed
Reid. Dspew and Harrison, Of ID omns
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

Mrs. Lease, like most of her kind who
make a tour of the South, has returned
TO her home in Kansas to indulge in
wholesale abuse of our section. She has
also openly declared for Harrison. We
have been telling our Virginia readers
all the time that the Third party was
nothing but the Republican party in dis
guiss. and now-ws hope they realize It.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

genus, and worried them grestly, Tor
they feared that he might he getting
reudy to follow the example of Gresham,
Macycagh, Cooley and other prominent
Republicans who have respect for prin-
cipIc. and bolt the party. This they 1eit
would be a death blow, so Reid invited
Blaine to dinner mt Opbir farm. Hav-
ing gotten him safely captured, he imme-
diately sent out his servants to every To-
caiity in the neighborhood for miles
around. and told them they must go into
the highways and hedges and compel the
Republicans of the neighborhood TO come
in and make a demonstration in favor of
the ex-Secretary. The scheme worked
admirably. Before Blaine knew it, he
was completely cornered, and had to
make a speech. 1t was a very common
place and non-committal effort, but it
compelled Blaine to let the country
know that he had not bolted. One can
readily imagine the martyred expression
on the face of the poor fellow when he
found that he had been caught in such a
trap. and it will be safe wager that he
will not dine with Reid again during the
campaign.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
Let o.ors. w..hLnrton .houl.er HI.

little hatchetn and retro. The Ratchet 10
dull and George needs rsst.
The cherry tree took the edge OF the
hatchet
A FERRIS" ham will take the edge OF
your appetite. There the simils ends. The
but you will g on eating FERRIS" DE-
LIOlOU6 HAMS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

Now it is interesting to compare this
table. showing how tho two metals have
steadily separated in value since 1873,
with another which the Director gives
showing the production of the American
silver mines during the same period, as
follows.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

~ don't 0ire Rebels in he South CoucherS.
Iwouid rather FURNISH rope to hang erery
d--n one Of them. General James Il.
Weaver, Peoples party candidate for Presi-
dent
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16

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BINED.
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More attention than ever to fancy
ribbons and veIvets and the endless
lot Of dainties for millinery.
There'll be more to say about
Bonnets and Toques in day or
two.
Take Elevator.
The regular Ribbon counter is
down stairS---front. The interest
there is both in newness and prices.
See here!
3-inch Satin-Face Ribbon;'you've never paid
less than I9c or &c yard: all colors isc
yard
AL colors in these Satin Ribbons
No. &c No. 12-sc.
No. $50. No. 16-i0c.
Satin Back Velvet, 3i-inch wide. i5c 20 $50
for the 2ls-inch. All the between widths,
too, proportionately.
Red. White and Blue Ribbons. great for
decorative work and campaign usss 70 8
yard TO l5c. according TO width-ve saw
ing you about third on any.