Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-04

= To learn some facts regarding an acct ces of
that had happened tha1 ihofnins; in oul
assembled the stone s'eps, p'i - az rsdit
hat when he stepped over the thresh,, III,
In low voice ana WIN q n,'u - hen i
pc ventured 10 Assn II ,has tina
Cace lived and if he had not been con tu,h
n in Yachting accident that morn linn.
correspoudingly unpretentious al mo-,
.tive renly was vouchsafed on the part -
4 oent.el lady Of 20 who had presented r. "
elf ut the door. m
40 not know much about the accident,
It was an awful thing They were out taa,
Linz and do declare | don't see how
ever escaped, and Do you know H.
Well, would you mind calling Mr.. eager =, :.
like to see him. l believe he was one 60 :.
= priucipals, was he not" queried the 10
beter. ans
Dh. yes will call him" ~,
he was gone several minutes before TIT, .u y
III of footsteps down the stairs an ~ -
{cced the coming of some one. 1t wasu VI,
Gage, and he entered directly into theian y.
n where the newsgatherer sat. ~.
Are you the man who wanted to see me! 'I DO
y. can tell you right now that you lpi Nv
get bit OF news regarding the accldeh
q me, and you might a. well not ask -, .
a about it. am firmly set in that de-o Ps
bon. and you need not try on any OF your.
kemes for getting news. Us people nave ' n,
sufYer untold injustice at the hands OF VI u,
z newspaper N, and you fellows get u
Hirely''--
Everybody have seen on the street to-
= sneaks of your undaunted bravery and tea
in that time of great peril, /" on
Sc in the reporter land you certainly
Earve the most hearty congratulations, re
Il for one wish to congratulate you as you ioi'
!. that we shall discover that we are searchil
n for what we do not wish to find, then
shall surely be in no condition to admin
70 tor the right remedy. If we blindly co
pf sole ourselves that it is only plmpie up
= the body poltic, and refuse to investlga
Z. lest we fad it cancer, and apply the rel
edv for a pimple, then the cancer, VINO
e eri.,erce we refuse to recognize, viii
70 ~h;ls we are ,loctoring for the simple pi
10 ple. e a., Sh
8, That the purchasing clause OF the Sh'
man silver law should be promptly repeaie
ny Internationally repealed, do not enterti
q, . doubt. It did not express the convict'
81 and hest iuiguent of Senator Sherman a
4 a vast majority Of the Republican party.
=" v,s a tub thrown to the shark OF Tree co
~ aye of silver. In that respect 1t on
Ia work. IL saved us from the free-coins
IN bill which had passed the senate by
n, ciled majority of the Democratic votes
- that body. and threatened to pass this Ho'
Rnt by an equally great percentage OF the ps
zee ocratic votes here
Esl The difficulty with the free silver al
cates is that they attempt what 1t Is impo
HI. TO do-that is. to fix and hold pr
upon silver much above its market va
HI and very much above what it costs to
m duce it.
That may be done, to be sure, to the
ION tent of the subsidiary currency for
* ox people. We do it with nickel
nc li,i il with PIPER, and we know We can
~ II with silver. Actual facts " bich no lnge
= ity of argument can overcome convince
4" of this.
be, Bu, when we alone attempt TO make
tie YER. at price far above il market Va
q and the cost of it's production medium
exchange between ourselves and other
tions. we attempt task which both rea
Ire and experience teach us thatwe cannot
form.
No one can blame our silver produt
4 for desiring to sell their product at tue u
pst price possible; and.as An American
Il zen To whom the prosperity Of all Amerie
ncc il dear. I should feel II the duty OF the
Hid ,un'",, 10 az Iepi.Ia,e as to give to our
yer producers the best poss'h'e pre-
their product, so as to Keep ther IL
omen and their workmen in the mine
&c york and we'll remunerated, it this couit