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meQlum suQQ9n1y snrlVeleQ away Hnu
practically vanished from sight, till men
in active business have been tempted In
their distress to declare that there is no
longer any money in the country. And
yet over and above the $500, 100000 held
by virtue of different provisions of law
in the treasury, 1t is made to appear, by
the books Of the government that 81, ,500,-
100000 were in circulation within the
past year and should bs in circulation
to-day. And it is bossted that this sg-
gregste Of circulation is, per capita, near
$24 for each man, woman and child in
union. Never were wilder or more unre.
liable fictltions rehesrsed in romance
than these estimates Of our circulation
when they come to be compared with the
hard and real experience Of the people.
Neither the exploits Of Sinbsd, the sailor ,
nor of Lemusl GuIlivsr can surpsss the
results sometimes accomplished by what
are called cold facts. For, according to
the estimates Of money now in circuls-
tion, family Of seven Gather, mother
and FIVE children) stands entitled to $168
as their per capita proportion, not for a
day only, but for every day in the year;
and yet millions of our people never see
that amount at q time the whole year
round. Let us pause, then, and consider
the distractions which prevent money
in actual existence from being found in
actual circulation. The trouble is that
there is an intermediary, middlemsn,
between the government and it's people
in the way OF furnishing them a sound
and stable currency. The national
banks are between the government and
the people and in their vaults to-day
lie hidden millions and hundreds Of
millions-not less than o-thirds Of the
whole amount Of circulation as indi-
Gated by the books of the treasury
held there by the cowsrdly and unpstri-
otto fear that always hsunts great
earthly possessions and which would
rather see the business Of the country
overwhelmed in ruin than to risk the
loss Of 800 loaned on gilt edged paper.
The banks have not only and without
cause, except their own interest, turned
their keys on all business prosperity, but
they have also attempted to seize the
government itself by the throat and to
play bully and master towards those
highest in authority"
The senator then proceeds to show
that the object and purpose Of the banks
in precipitating the late money panic
upon the country was to force the gov
ernment into another issue of bonds as
il attempted to do while Harrison was
yet in Office; and that the panic once
started, got away from them and they
were unable to control it; and much
more to the same effect. Indeed it is
the most mesty and formidable Populist
document evolved from the discussions
Of the late session of congress and 1
recommend it cordially and confidently
to your many readers. He concludes as
follows: "A tax upon incomes carefully
adjusted and graded, would to my mind
be most equitable and upright measure
in providing government revenue. While
laying taxes on the necesssries Of labor
ing men, women and children, and from
which there is no escape eternal justice
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N'~@N@
ard Of gold alone. Let it be distinctly
understood then, not only by the Ameri-
can people, but also by the people Of
every nation, that neither the one nor
the other Of the two metals will be dis
missed by US from the public service.
And let it be as distinctly understood
that the lRboring, debt paying masses OF
this country, constituting nine-tenths Of
the people, will never, under any circum-
stances, consent to double the debts OF
debtors and double the claims of credit
ors by destroying one-half the money
authorized by the constitution with
which debts may rightfully be paid. Nor
will hesitate to say to those who are
urging the adoption of monometslism,
with gold alone as q standard and basis
for all our currency, to the exclusion Of
silver, that the people, at the earliest
opportunity, will tear down and utterly
annihilste such an oppressive and de-
structive system should it ever be estsb-
lished. Il y y Sir, no disturbance
in business circles or in the channels of
trade in connection with silver ever took
place in this country, WntSl after tho
steaIthy and trsGcherOuS attempt to stab
Gt to death in 1878. While silver has been
honorsbly coined on proper terms and
has been treated with dignity and re-
spect as money and not Disseminated
against and dishonored as an ordinary
product, q commodity to be hRwked
about in the markets, it has never failed
to do it's duty Rnd to stand the peer at
all tines and under all circumstances Of
gold. And | don't believe in
placing this country on a silver basis any
more than on q gold one. The two
metals together, on parity and in har-
mony with each other must constitute
the broad and ample specie basis re-
quired by the vast and progressive char
acter Of American trade and industry"
THE EXCEPTION CLAUSE AND THE GREEN
BACK.
"Sir, it is a historical fact, Of extreme
Significance that no part Of our national
currency was ever at a discount or stood
below a parity with the best in circuls-
tion, except it was first discredited and
dishonored by the government itself.
This happened once and only once IN An1eri-
can history; but Gt tOEN RSUer happen again.
Provision was made in the year 1852 for
the purchase Of government bonds with
deprecated currency for the benefit Of
capitalists seeking investments and who
could be induced in no other way to
support their government in its hour OF
desdliest peril. The greenback currency
was created and every body required to
take it in payment Of debts except the
government itself. The bar sinister was
thus written on it's escutcheon when it
was made non.receivsble for customs
duties and interest on the public debt.
For it was stripped Of the highest func-
tion OF money and stood in open disgrace
before the world. Thus it became an in
strument of gigantic wrong and oppres-
sion to the lsboring masses OF the
American people. For every dollar re-
ceived by the government or its bonds,
they had to pay; and the people are still
engaged in fulfilling this unjust and dis
honest arrangement. What striking
contrast to American states smsnahip in
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with which it's interested enemies as
sailed it fifteen years ago, it was again
touched by the power OF the government
this time with respect; and it has re-
manned in circulation ever since, always
on level with the best money in exist
ence. This once despised and slandered
currency is now in the pockets Of the
people, perpetusted by act Of congress,
guaranteed by the public credit, and de-
flying the impotent rage Of its enemies.
! expect at no very distant day that
United States notes, such in principle,
and, in fact, as are now in existence and
in circulation, and have been for thirty
years past, their payment guaranteed by
the honor Of the government, will super
Ceds all other national money, except
gold and silver, and q well guarded,
safely. secured currency issued by the
states and guaranteed according to the
constitution by both the precious metals.
The wisest policy, as well as the plain
duty Of the national government, will be
to issue it's own unassailsble notes, and
to put them in circulation by calling in
and retiring much Of its present out
standing currency and also by the pay
ment Of it's debts, and in meeting it's
enormous current expenses. Let it is
sue them in amounts equal to the re-
quirements Of trade, bearing within them
the breath Of national life, uniform in
value from Maine to Alaska; and their
faces as well known as the flag wherever
floats that emblem Of the power and
glory Of a united and fraternsl people.
THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
Sir, have no desire to ssssil the ma
tionsl banks, nor any feeling to crafty
iu doing so. 1t is the system that ar
rsign not those who conduct it. Eu-
logies on the national banks are very
familiar to us all; and yet it may be re-
piled to every word in their praise; that
the good they have done in furnishing
safe and reliable currency has come
alone from the government, while the
evils they accomplish hsvs arisen from
the fact that far too much power is left
in the hands Of men to tempt their svsr-
ice and mbition. The unrestricted, un-
restrained and unbridled power permit
ted to the management Of the banks
whereby the circulation Of money can be
and often has been suddenly huctusted
from prosperous maximum to Rstunted
and distressful minimum, constitutes
standing and frightful menace against
the fety, the welfare and the happiness
OF the great and most useful body Of the
American people-those who have labor
and the products Of labor to exchange
for money and who have right to expect
steady and remunerRtivs rates Of pay.
The idea here presented is an appalling
one. No other government within the
bounds Of civilizatio has ever commit
ted to private parties the power to make
money plenty or scarce; times easy or
times hard; business prosperity or bust
ness bankruptcy; the power in fact to
circulate the governments own currency
or to withhold it from circulation at such
times, underHsuch circumstances, and in
such amounts as will inure to the benefit
Of private speculation and personal gain
rather than to the public interest. Yet
such is the terrible power now possessed
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SENATOR VOORHEES,.
(Conttnued from paQe 10

propriety, but he will certainly admit
that aspiring human nature was meas
ursbly excussble in paying regard TO
them. First-He was ambitious to be
chairman Of the finance committee Of the
senate, and couldn't achieve that position
without some Difference to the element
OF his party opposed to silver remoneti-
zation. Second-He was naturally and
excussbly anxious to preserve the integ-
rlty Of his party aud not precipitate q
break with the administration he had
just aided and assisted into power; and
Third-He had opposed with all his
might the Sherman act on it's passage in
1890, and now to champion it would be
q bitter pill to almost anyone who aimed
at consistency; and therefore, he decided
to 90 in for it's repeal without sacrificing
his devotion TO silver or to the interests
Of the people as against cspitslistiC and
cooperative wealth, as the above express
sions Of Senators Teller and Harris in
dicate, and l shall proceed to prove out
OF his own mouth.
And do it by the following citations
from his great speech which show how
easily several monometalist plstltudes
are disposed of and how emphaticslly he
puts them to rest. And first, as to money.
"Monsy," he says, "is simply q medium
Of exchange OF values, furnished by the
government for the business transactions
Of it's people. And it has no other origin
or power to exist among us, than is 70
be found specially granted by the con-
stitution. In the heavens above nor in
the earth below is there any power to
make dollar for the American people,
whether it be Of gold, silver or paper, ex-
cept the power Of the American con-
gress. Money is the creature and con-
Rress it's creator. Gold, and its alleged
intrinsic value, goes for naught as a cir
culaiiug medium unless it bears the
stamp Of the government, a stamp that
bestows life and Rcti,ify on o dead and
otherwise useless material. The same
official stamp on silver or on paper at
once ennobles them to an equality with
gold in purchasing power, no matter how
debased, or how vslueless the silver or
the paper have become as commodities
by sinister and unwise legislation. The
creative power Of congress underlies and
supports every American dollar in exist
ence."
HIS DEVOTION TO SILVER.
As q firm, unfslteriDg believer in bi-
metslism and as an undertaking sup
porter Of the coinage and use Of both gold
and silver without discrimination against
either, voted against the passage OF the
Sherman act and for the same reason I
shall vote for its repeal. Il And
now in THE, the darkest day ever known
Tor silver amongst civilized people, /
sVow my unshsken faith that it will re
main forever one Of the worlds great and
potential factors Of finance, com mmerce,
traffic and daily business transactions.
It will neither be demonetized nor driven
from the hRbitations Of the laboring
masses Of mankind. It has come down
10 us from immemorial ages and it will
continue to exist as one Of the precious
metals, upholding the credit Of nations
and bringing blessings to the sons and
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MAsoNIC.-The Scottish Rite breth-
eren are looking forward with great IN
terest to the annual ccnvcntus 10 be
held here next April. On this occasion
all the degrees from the fourth to the
thirty-second, inclusive, Will be con
ferred, either in full or in part. At
least ten will be given with full cere-
mony. The Right Rev. Thomas I.
Dudley, of Kentucky, is expected to be
the principal orator on the occasion OF
the annual conventus. Bishop Dudley
was a member of the Grand Lodge oi
Virginia, but is now an active member
of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. lie
came within one vote OF being elected
grand Junior deacon at the time
General Taliateiro was elected
to that office. Had ne remained in Nir-
ginia he would probably have been
Grand Master ere this. He takes
great interest in all branches OF mason
ry, and is especially active in Grand
Lodge. Grand Commandery and the
Scottish Rite. He received the thirty
third and last degree Ct the Scottish
Rite about six years ago. Among the
speakers at the conventUs will be, it is
understood, DR.. John Mills Browne,
Surgeon General of the United States
navy (rctired), who is The treasurer
general of the supreme council. The
corventus will take place at St. Aibans
Hall, and will be attended by many
out of town brcthren.-Ricltmond State.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE.-Mr. Julian
Bryant has introduced into the House
OF Delegates a bill to amend section
1916 of the code, as follows
Husband and wife shall be compe-
tent to testify for or against each other
in all civil cases. In criminal cases,
husband and wife shall be allowed TO
testify in behalf Of each other, but
neither shall be compelled to testify
against the other. If either, however,
is examined in any case as witness in
behalf of the other, the one so eXam-
ined shall be deemed competent to tes-
li(y in such case, Us well against Us in
behalf of each other"
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delicate women, for all the arrangements,
disorders, and diseases Of the sex.
For regulating and promoting oil the
proper functions building up and invigorat-
ing the entire system, and restoring health
und strength, this is the only remedy that
can be guaranteed 10 benefit or cure, or tho
money will he refunded.
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Spachte Centers and Bureau Scarfs.
Fancy Towels, Doylies, Tray Cloths and
Napkins.
Ladies and ChiIdrcns Cloaks, furS, Skirts,
Shawls. Corsets and Wrappers.
Christmas Calicoes. 90 yards i'll each pat
term, I5c.
Black Spanish Lace Scarfs and Fichus-Sl
to S15 each.
Real Duchess Lace HandEerchiets-I3c to
S2S each.
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER -, 1898.

TUESDAY. DECEMBER -, 1898.
in front of the Royal street entrance to the
Market Building. Alexandria, Va, the follow,
ing property; to wit:
AiI of those TWO LOTS OF GROUND
will the BUILDINGS and IMPROVEMENTS
thereon. situated on the east side of Patrick
street between Duke and Wolfe streets, Alex.
andria, Virginia, and bounded and described
as follows viz:
First. A LOT OF GROUND with a FRAME
DWELLING thereon, known us No. 33G
south Patrick street. and bounded as follows
Beginning on the east side of Patrick street al
point l 1 feet 5! inches north Of Wolff
street and running thence north on Patrick
street 10 feet , inches TO the centre of an al.
ley , feet wide by - feet in length; thence
east along the centre of said alley 81 feet ST
inches to an alley 10 feet wide: thence south
along said alley 10 fest inches. and thence
west parallel to Wolfe street 81 feet 81 inches
to the beginning and
Second LOT OF GROUND with 2
FRAME DWELLING thereon, known as 334
south Patrick street. adjoining the above de-
scribcd premises on the north, and having a
front of l , feet inch on Patrick street and
extending back cast with that width 81 feet
~ inches to a 10 feet alley.
Terms: For cash as to so much as may be
necessary to dcfray the expenses of sale and
to discharge the amount Of money due upon
the note secured by said deed of trust, princi.
pal anG interest. which amounts TO about the
sum Of 81 COS. .15. and the residue, ifany shall
be made payable at such time and secured in
such manner as the grantors in the said deed
of trust or assigns may direct.
THOMAS F. BURROUGHS,
nov2 Is Trustee.
~" The above sale is postponed until
WEDNESDAY, December 27, 1893.
lnc1 y ls
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HOLIDAY GOODS.
HOLIDAY Goods
AT LOW PRICES.

AT LOW PRICES.
The hard times and scarcity of money have
induced manufacturers to make reductions
that we have not been slow in taking ad-
vantage of Our buyer has returned from
New York with many bargains. A dollar
buys more today than ever. 1t is impossible
in this limited space to mention but few of
oar novelties, so we invite you to come and
see what attractive goods we have. Note the
following: A beautiful line of Clocks most ap-
proved make, "a finer line never shown in
Alcxandria). Haviland China, new. shape,
new decorations; new Fancy Dresden, Ban
quet, Boudoir and Piano Lamps; Five oclock
Tea Kettles and Stands; Jewett's Chaing
Dishes (you must see these; Royal Rubiap,
Bonnie, Indian Glass and many other fancy
wares Besides the cheapest line of Vases,
Mugs, Cups Sauccrs, Toy Tea Sets, Bisquc
Figures, Plate Sets, Wine Sets, Turkey Dishes,
etc. Buy your China and Glass from
Crockery House. They can offer you better
ralues than a combination store, and know
more about a line they devote their entire at
tention to than outsiders have an opportunity
to do.
STORE OPEN AT NIGHT UNTIL TEN
O'CLOCK
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FOR SALE AND RENT.
10R SALE Al COST

The entire STOCK OF GOODS in the Book
and Music Store of Mrs NJ S. Parker, No
Gl5 King street, is offered FOR SALE AT
COST Proposals will he received for the
next few days for the sale of the STOCK as q
whole. L. a. MULL1NGS.
dec15 1w Trustee.
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HANDSOMELY Mounted Umbrellas.
A srecial line of Gloria and Helvetia Um-
brellas, 81, 81 .25, $1.50 and 50.
Ladies' Embroidered Silk and Linen Hand
kerchiefs from 10c to So each.
Ladies Pure Linen Initial Handkcrcbicts,
12lc, 25c and soc.
Mems Pure Linen Initial Handkerchiefs,
25c and SOC. 49,
Ladies' japanese Silk Initial Handker.
chiefs, 25c and soc.
Mems japanese Silk Initial Handlierchiefs,
SOC, 75c and 81.
Silk Mufllers in great variety.
Fancy Embroidered Suspenders-cac pair
in box-$1. 80 TO So.
Mems Half Hose, &c to 81 pair.
Mems Silk Halt-Hose-in boXes-Sl and
50 n pair.
Mems Neckwear-newest styles-23c to
$3.50.
Mems Underwear, SOC to So each piece.
The best makes of Kid and Woolen Gloves,
for Men, Women and Children.
Black and Colored Silk Dress Patterns
75c, 81, $1.25, $1.50 and So a yard.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRICES ON DRESS
GOODS.
3G.inch all-wool Hop Sacking-pain and
fancy patterns-rcduced from soc to :}9c.
40-inch all.wool Plaids and Stripes re-
duced from 75c, 81 and S1.50 to 5Jc a yard.
Paris Dress Robes-were SO aud $40
now $40 each.
If you want HEAD RESTS-Fancy Rolls
and Pillows and Cushons-you will find Il
complete assortment. covered with India Silk,
Satin. Silkaline and Satinc, at prices that
make them sensible" gifts.
Elder Down Spreads.
Wrapper and Bed Blankets.
Linen Lunch and Dinner Sets.
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NOTICE of the opening of books for sub
~ scription to the capital stocl, Of the VIR-
GINA. WASHINGTON AND MARYLAND
FERRY COMPANY.
The undersigned majority Of the incor-
poratOrs of the Virginia, Washington and
Maryland Ferry Company, hereby give no.
tee that the books will be opened for sub
scriptions to the capital stock of the VIR-
GINA. WASHINGTON AND MARYLAND
FERRY COMPANY, at ten o'clock a. m. ON
SATURDAY, the 23rd day of December,
1898, at The office Of James L. Cation, No.
III south Fairfax street, Alexandria, Va,
and that the books will continue open for
subscription for the period OF ten days.
JAMES R. CATION,
c. W RIDLEY,
NJ B. HARLOW, 1nCOrporators.
WM R. REARDON,
L. A. REED,
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1t has stood the test of 4 quarter of q
century OF cures DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. That's why the proprietors
take the risk j; they say: "1f we can't
cure your Catarrh, we will pay you
$500 I'm cash ~
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TOR SALE OR RENT.-The COMFORT
Il ABLE FRAME RESIDENCE on the east
side Of St. Asaph street between Cameron and
Queen streets Gas, bath room &c, side en-
trance and backyard. Apply at this office.
novel If
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Have Become Law.

Governor Mckinney has approved
all the bills which have been passed by
the General Assembly. They are eight
Senate bills and twelve House bills;
among them are the following
Senate bill No. > An act act to au-
thorize the directors and managers of
the Female Orphan Asylum, at Fred
ericksburg, to transfer, convey, and de-
liver the real and personal property of
that corporation to the Assembly's
Home and School, at Fredericksburg,
as soon as the the last ,named corpora
ton is organized under its charter
Senate bill No. 5 : An act to incorpo-
rate the Assembly's Home and School,
at Fredericksburg
Senate bill No. 10: An act to autho.
rize the city of Winchester to increase
its public debt.
No. l. An act changing the time for
commencing the construction of the
railroad authorized under the act of the
General Assembly, approved December
20, 1889, Incorporating the Washington
and Western Railroad Company, and
completing the main line referred to
therein and under the amendments
thereof.