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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-03
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.
Declare Themselves Opposed to Free
Coinage of Silver

OecAhro AhehbelVeS OpPOseu 10 FEoo
Coinage of Silver.
In the Pennsylvania republican con-
vention Congressman Dalzell, discuss
ing the money plank in the platform,
said: There is not an industry that
does not demand the maintenance OF
sound money, and by sound money l
mean money good at par in any market
in the civilized world. An impression
has gone abroad that there is a free
silver party in Pennsylvania, and that
that party is republican. Hence, in
my judgment, there is crying neces-
sity for the republican party in Penn
sylvania in this convention assembled
to declare itself unequivocally against
the free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer at any other ratio than that fixed
by international agreement. There
are thousands of republicans west OF
the Mississippi who claim that the re-
publican platform as adopted at Min
neapolis means the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver. l want to get rid of
that impression. In order that there
may be no straddling, and in order that
no man can stand up and say Pennsyl-
Vania republicans are seeking to catch
votes by straddling the free silver ques-
ton, add to your platform that the re-
publican party of Pennsylvania de-
clares 1t is opposed to the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver in any other
ratio than that fixed by international
agreement.
The convention complied with Dali
zell's command by adding to 1t meaning
less tumble Of tangled relative and
parenthetical phrases the declaration
of its opposition to the debasement of
the national currency by the admis-
sion of silver to free and unlimited
coinage at the arbitrary ratio Of 16
to l."
The first part of the money plank
adopted is the same old double-back-
action flip-hap Grover Cleveland has
been performing: I'VE accept unre-
servedly the determination enunciated
by the republican national convention
of 1892 that we demand the use Of both
gold and silver money with such re-
strictions and under such provisions to
be determined by legislation as will Sc
cure the maintenance Of the parity Of
values of the two metals so that the
purchasing and debt-paying power of
the dollar whether of silver, gold or
paper shall at all times be equally
faithful to the republican party"
They want money that is faithful to
the republican party"
Money is what controls the republic
an party-and it wouldn't be good pol
itics to have money in this country
that was faithful to all the people.
Sounds funny, don't it?
The Globe-Democrat, leading west
ern republican paper, says: "The
money plank shows that the Pennsyl-
vania republicans are in line with their
party all over the country on that is
sue"
They are in line with the party, in
line with Cleveland and Sherman, in
line with England and Wall street.
Of course money will be faithful to
the republican party"
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Books for the Times.

ProRress and Poverty. An inquiry
hto he cause Of industrial depresIions and u
EoASO Ofwant with lnsTsaSS Of wealth The Rem
eAI SaoPe
One Of the most impennnt contributions yet made
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hard e l,y down when ohs' b'Eun-P'pGiH' SEE
are hSH'SV'
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Sdgihll The most striking and important eoItTibu'
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Wston 81 ne luliloa Of the theory ndVoe1t.d and
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-03
"Indirektly DIrekt."


A Teller out in Pencilvany haz rit me
a long Letter wantin' to kno what 1
think Nv the inkum tacks decishun NV
the Supreem Kort. This IL politikel
uuestshun and 1 don't mulch like to I'M
dertaik to anser it. But will thro mi
overkote around mi kontempt, so the
kort won't motifs it, and anser 1t tn the
best of mi nollege and ability. 1t
semes that the tacks wuz nocked out
becos it wuz direkt. Nv korse emmy
boldly knoze that haint so, but to saiv
miself frum goin' tn Jail fur kontempt
NV kort, 1 am willin' tn acknolledj that
1t ma be indirectly direkt, and this IL
no doubt what the kort ment when It
sed it wuz direkt Or 1t mite hav bin
direktly indirekt. We kant sa which
wa the kort intended tn beside. Agin,
the law as 1t stood wuz aimed direktly
at the men WHO'D maid the most mummy.
Purhaps this wuz the "direkt" which
sustained the kort in its desishun. Agin,
it got after the direktors ov trusts and
ralerode korporashuns an SIGH like.
In this 1t wuz a littel direkt. Then
agln 1t maid the ritch men pa tackses
direkt intu the treshury, and tina had
tn du it direktly, not after a while.
Then tina had to go direkt to THAR
pocketbooks tn git the mummy tn du it.
On tho hole we kin see now that the
kort wuz rite in its desishun, becoz it
wuz tn direkt aul round, and we don't
think we ort tn be fined fur expressin'
our opinyun.-Tobe Spilkins in Nor
gnn's Buzz Saw.
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A COMPARISON.
Money Is Money, No Difference Where
Won Find II.

Money Is Money, No Difference Where
You Find 1t.
No railroad in Mexico has gone into
the hands of a receiver during the pan
ic, while one-third of American man
aged railroads are by the courts. Which
country has good money and which bad
money? Japan, which is on silver
basis, is building more factories than
England and the United States put to-
gether, and her commerce is being ex-
tended over the globe, while every gold
standard country is diminishing in
wealth. Which has good money? ia
pan or England? The oddities call
money good which makes hard times,
and they call money bad which makes
good times.-Silver Knight.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-03

The bankers in this country steal $685.
600, 900 year unlawfully; yet they have
the gall to raise the cry that their notes
are honest
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-03
CIRCLE OF TRUTH"
POVERTY CAUSES INTEMPER-
ANCE" SAYS MISS WILLARD.

Opinion of the Great Temperance Ad-
vOoate-AIlss willard Recognizing the
Root of the Great Evil of Drunken
ness 1T Last.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-03
Eternal Punishment.


Justice is not mathematical. A tramp
n Alameda county who stole twenty
five cents worth of property was sent
to Jail for fifteen years. In that county
there is an office-holder who is S11 900
short, and this leads a man to figure
out that the said office-holder should
serve $4,000 years in jail.-Record.
Why not say for eternity and call the
Jail by its proper name?
II you had a mule and 1t was balky.
and would not serve you, what would
you do with it? Would you keep lts
OF course you wouldn't. You would get
rid Of 1t as soon as-possible. II you
had a neighbor that had lied to you:
about the same things for twenty years,
would you believe him any longer? OF
course you wouldn't. Well, why don't
you exercise the same amount Of sense
In voting? Say, are you a political
Chump?
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she murmursd. But the words were low,
and she was glad he did not hear them,
for if it was his duty to obey the orders
he had received, then it was her duty to
meet the position in which it left her
as bravely as she Could.
At supper she was SO natural that his
face rapidly frightened, and it was with
quite an air of cheerfulness that he rose
at last to lock up the house and make
such preparations as were necessary for
his dismal ride over the mountains to
Fairbanks. She had the supper dishes to
wash up in Tennie's absence, and as she
was busy little housewife she found
herself singing snatch Of song as she
passed back and forth from dining room
to kitchen. He heard it, too, and smiled
to himself as he bolted the windows on
the ground floor and examined the looks
ct the three lower doors, and when he
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ARMED WITH A CLUB.

~ pulled down, she looked out. A swirl
of snowfiahes alone confronted her. She
could neither see her neighbors, nor
could she be seen by them. Ashout from
her to them would not be heard She
was as completely isolated as if the
house stood in the center of a desolate
western plain.
81 have no trust but in God," she
murmured as she came from the win
dow. And, nerved to meet her fate, she
went back into the kitchen.
It was now half past 10. Two hours
and a half must elapse before her hus
band could possibly arrive.
She set her teeth at the thought and
walked resolutely back into the kitchen.
care you done?" she asked.
81 am, ma am" he leered. "Do you
want me to wash the dishes? kin, and
I will And he actually carried his
plate and cup to the sink, where he
turned the water upon them with an
other loud guffaw, as if enjoying her
discomfort.
IF only his fancy would take him
into the pantry, - she thought, ct could
shut and lock the door upon him and
hold him prisoner till Ned got back
But his fancy ended it's flight at the
sink, and before her hopes had fully
subsidized he was standing on the thresh
old of the sitting room door.
Its pretty here he exclaimed, al
lowing his eye to rove again over every
hiding place within sight. 81 wonder
now He stopped. His glance had
fallen on the cupboard over her hus-
bands desk
"Well?" she asked, anxious to break
the thread of his thought, which was
fast calling up demoniac expression
to his gaunt but powerful features.
He started, dropped his eyes, and
turning looked at her with a momen-
tary ferceness. But, as she did not let
her own glance quail, but continued to
look at him with what she meant for a
smile on her pale lips, he subdued this
outward manifestation of passion, and,
chuckling to hide his embarrassment,
began backing into the entry, leering at
her with what she felt was a most hor-
rib--a smile. Once in the hall he hesitat-
ed, hesitated as it seemed to her for
long time; then he slowly went toward
the garment he had dropped on enter
ing and STOPPING down drew from I'M
derneath its folds a wicked looking
stick. Giving kick to the coat, which
sent it into a remote corner, he bestow-
ed upon her another smile, and still car
rying the stick went slowly and reluc-
family away into the kitchen.
ooh, G9d Almighty. help mel"
thought she.
But there was nothing for her to do
but endure, SO throwing herself into
chair, she tried to calm the beating of
her heart and summon up courage for
the struggle which she felt was before
her. That he had come to rob and only
waited to take her off her guard she
now felt certain, and rapidly running
over in her mind all the expedients of
self defense possible to one in her situa-
ton, she suddenly remembered the pis-
toll which Ned kept in his desk. Oh.
why had she not thought of it before
Why had she let herself grow mad with
terror when here, within reach of her
hand, lay such a means of self defense?
l With feeling Of JOY (she had always
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The ruse was successful. She was en-
abled to fling the notes into a mound
of snow, where they would soon be COW
cred from sight, and then relieved and
feeling more courageous, now that the
money was oct of the house, she went
slowly back, saying she had made a
mistake, and that it was the wind she
had heard
The man gave a gruf but knowing
guffaw and then resumed his watch
over her, following her steps as she
proceeded to set him out meal with
persistency that reminded her of tiger
just on the point of springing. But the
inviting look of the viands with which
she was rapidly setting the table soon
distracted his attention, and allowing
himself one grunt of satisfaction he
drew up chair and set himself down
to what to him was evidently most
savory repast.
'No beer; no ale. Nothing O. that
sort, Ell? Don't keep barr" he growled,
as his lips closed on a huge hunk Of
bread.
She shock her head, wishing she had
little cold poison bottled up in tight
looking jug.
Nothing but tea," she smiled, as
tonished at her own ease of manner in
the presence of this fearful guest.
"Then let's have that, he grumbled,
taking the bowl she handed him, with
an odd look that made her glad to re-
treat to the other side of the room.
"Jest listen to the bowling wind,'
be went on between the huge mouthfuls
Of bread and cheese with which he was
gorging himself. fBut we're very COM
Portable, we twol We don't mind the
storm, do we?''
Shocked by his familiarity and still
more moved by the look of mingled in
quiry and curiosity with which his eyes
now began to wander over the walls and
cupboards, she took an anxious step to-
ward the side of the house looking to-
ward her neighbors. and lifting one Of
the shades, which had all been religious
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EVE.
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.

fCopyright, 1895. by American Press Assosia,
toni
It was the last house at the end Of
Beauchamp's row, and it stood several
rods away from its nearest neighbor. It
was pretty house in the daytime, but
ewing to its deep, sloping roof and
small bediamonded windows it had a
lonesome look at night, Notwithstanding
the crimson hall light which shone
through the leaves Of its vine GOV cred
doorway.
Ned Chivers lived in it with his six
months married bride, and as he was
both a busy fellow and a gay one there
were many evenings when pretty Lefty
Chivers sat alone until near midnight.
She was Of an accomplishing spirit,
however, and said little, though there
were times when both the day and even
ing seemed very long and married life
not altogether the paradise she had ex-
peoted.
On this EVENING" memorable even
ing for her, the gath of December, 1894
she had expected her husband to re-
main with her, for it was not only
Christmas eve, but the night when, as
Germ, he brought up from New York the
money with which to pay of the men
on the next working day, and he never
left her when there was any unusual
amount of money in the house. But
from the first glimpse she had of him
coming up the road she knew that she
was to be disappointed in this hope, and,
indignant, alarmed almost, at the pros
pect of a lonesome evening under these
circumstances, she ran hastily down to
the gate to meet him, crying;
"Oh, Ned, you look so troubled that
I know you have only come home for a
hurried supper. But you cannot leave
me tonight, for Tennie" (their only
maid) ''has gone for holiday, and I
never can stay in this house alone with
that - She pointed to the small bag he
carried, which, as she knew, was filed
to bursting with bank notes.
He certainly looked troubled. It is
hard to resist the entreaty in a young
brides uplifted face. But this time he
could not help himself, and he said:
! 81 am dreadful sorry, but must ride
over to Fairbanks tonight. Mr.. Pierson
has given ne an imperative order to
conclude a matter of business there, and
st is very important that it should be
done. should lose my position if
neglected the matter, and no one but
Hasbrouck and Suffern knows that we
keep the money in the house. 1 have
always given out that intrusted it to
Hale's safe over night.
but cannot stand it, she persist
ed. lyon have never left me on these
nights. That is why let Tennie go. I
will spend the evening at The Larches,
or, better still, call in Mr.. and Mrs.
Talcott to keep me company"
But her husband did not approve of
her going out or of her having compa-
ny. The Larches was too far away, and
as for Mr.. and Mrs. Talcott, they were
naddlesome people, whom he had new
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old receipts with which they had stuffed
it, and seeing these he stamped with
rage, and fiinging them in one great
handful at her rushed to the drawers
below, emptied them, and, finding moth
ing, attacked the bookcase.
'tThe money is somewhere here. You
can't fool me- he yelled. 81 saw the
spot your eyes lit on when first came
into the room. Is it behind these
books?" he growled, pulling them out
and throwing them heller SHELTER over
the floor. women is smart in the hid
ing business. Is it behind these books,
I say?''
They had been, or rather had been
placed between the books, but she had
taken them away, as we know, and he
soon began to realize that his search
was bringing him nothing, for leaving
the bookcase he gave the books one kick,
and Selling her by the arm, shook her
with a murderous glare on his strange
and distorted features.
Where's the money!" he Missed.
''Te1l me, or you are goner. "
He raised his heavy fist. She crouched
and all seemed over, when, with a rush
and cry figure dashed between them
and he fell, struck down by the very
stick she had so long been expecting to
see fall upon her own head. The man
who had been her terror for hours had
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"wATERr' SIZE CRIED. "BRING wATERP' 7
brighten lady like you,'' he explained
deprecatingly. my supper was too
warm in me, ma'am. Shall I throw
him outside the housef"
Eyes" she said, and then, "No; let
us first be sure there is no life in him. "
And, hardly knowing what she did, she
stopped down and peered into the CLASSY
eyes of the PROSTATE man.
Suddenly she turned pa1e-no, not
pale, but CHASTITY, and covering back
shook so that the tramp, over whose
features a certain refinement had crept
since he acted as her protector, thought
that she had discovered life in those set
orbs, and was STOPPING down to make
sure that he was right in this surEnise,
when he saw her suddenly lean forward
and impetuously plunge her hand into
the negro's throat, tear open the shirt
and give one look at his barred breast.
1t was white.
80 Godi o GodP' she moaned,
and lifting the head in her two hands
she gave the motion1ess features long
and searching look "Waterl |" she cried.
"Bring water But before the now
obedient tramp could respond she had
torn off the woolly wig disfguring the
dead mans head, and seeing the blond
curls beneath had uttered such a shrek
that it rose above the gale and was heard
by her distant neighbors.
It was the head and hair of her hus-
band.
-
They found out afterward that he had
contemplated this theft for mon tbs, that
each and every precaution possible to a
successful issue to this most daring IN
dertaking had been made use of and
that but for the unexpected presence in
the house Of the tramp he would doubt
less have not only extorted the money
from his wife, but have so covered up
the deed by plausible abb as to have
retained her confidence and that of his
employers.
Whether the tramp killed him out of
sympathy for the defenseless woman or
in rage at being disappointed in his
own plans has never been determined
Mrs. Chivers herself thinks he was &C.
tuated by rude sort of gratitude.
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er liked; besides Mrs. Talcott was deli
cate, and the night threatened storm. It
seemed hard to subject her to this or
deal, and he showed that he thought so
by his manner, but as circumstances
were, she would have to stay alone, and
he only hoped she would be brave and
go to bed like a good girl, and think
nothing about the money, which he
would take care to put away in a very
safe place.
"Or," said he, kissing her downcast
face, perhaps you would rather hide
it yourself; women always have curl
lous ideas about such things
! Yes. let me hide it, she murmured
1.-The money, mean, not the bag Ev-
cry one knows the bag. I should never
dare to leave it in that And begging
him to unlock it, she began to empty it
with feverish haste that rather alarm
ed him, for he surveyed her anxiously
and shook his head as if he dreaded the
effects Of this excitement upon her.
But as he saw no way of averting it
he confined himself to using such sooth-
ing wozds as were at his command, and
then, humoring her weakness, helped
her to arrange the bills in the place she
had chosen, and resulting the bag with
old receipts till it acquired its former
dimensions, he put few bills on top to
make the whole look natural, and, laugh
ing at her white face. relocked the bag
and put the key back IN his pocket.
There, dear; a notable scheme and
one that should relieve your mind en-
tirelyr' he cried. ''If any one should
attempt burglary in my absence and
should succeed in getting into a house
as safely locked as this will be when [
leave it, then trust TO their being salts
fed when they see this booty, which 1
shall hide where always hide tin
the cupboard over my desk. -
! And when will you be back?'' she
amurmured, trembling in spite of herself
liat these preparations.
by 1 O'Clock if possible Certainly
by 2. -
And ONE neighbors go to bed at 40"
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Harper's Weekly
INfaas

HARPER'S WEEKLY is a journas
LOT the whole county, 1t deals with tbs
events OF the world that are important to
Americans
In carrying cut this pcifcy. IN 1895,
JULIAN RALPH visited China and japan,
anu 1ournsyed through she West; RICH
ARD HARDING DAVIS took trip through
the Caribbean Sea; the evolutions of the
new navy were described and illustrated
by RUFUS F ZoGBAuM; FRRDERIo REM
INGToN, presented studies of Army and
Frontier life; PoULTNEY. BIeELow at
tended the opening of the Kiel Canal.
In 1895 like attention will be given to
every notable happening. The chief
events in art, literature and music and
the drama will be- artistically presented,
W. D. HowELLs in the new department,
Life and Letter, will discuss in his in-
teresting way books aud the social Quss-
tions of the time. E. 8. MARTINS spright-
ly gossip of the Busy World will be con-
tinued. The progress of the Transporta-
ton Commission around tho World will
be followed, and CAsPAR ". WHITNEY
will conduct the department of Amateur
Sport.
In 1896 will occur q Presidential cleo
ton. In its editorials and through its
political cartoons the WEEKLY will con-
tinue to be an Independent advocate of
good government and sound money.
In fiction the WEEKLY will be e.
pecially strong. 1t will publish the on
~ novel of the year by W. D. HowELLs,
and a stirring serial of Scotch feud by
s. r. CRocxETT. The short stories
selected are of unusual excellencs and
interest In every respect HARPERS
WEEKLY will maintain its leading
place in the illustrated journalism Of the
world