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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-21
FREE COINAGE TIE ISSUE.


That the campaign of 1896 will
be conducted upon the free silver
issue is no longer a probability
but a fact. From every section of
the country comes the assurance
that this is true. No question of
such moment has ever before been
presented to the American people.
The slavery question pales into in
significance when compared with
the money problem Of today. The
former embraced but a few prin-
ciples while the money question
involves the happiness and pros
perity of the entire nation. We
have been deluded with sophistry
ever since the demonstration of
silver IN 1873. We have been
promised that if our currency were
brought down to a single gold
standard-a standard that would
be recognized by every civilized
nation of the earth-that values
would become stable, that prices
of commodities would not huctuate,
that manufacturers would have a
sound basis upon which to oper-
ate, that wages would be firm, that
the prices of agricultural products
would have fixed values that
would only be altered through the
laws of supply and demand, and
so on down the whole category of
commercial enterprise. But the
light of experience has proven the
utter hollowness of these prom
Uses. Each succeeding year has
brought additional evidence that
our financial policy was being
maintained in the interests of a
few merciless designers and gain
the masses of the people.
Under the demonstration act Of
1873, through which silver was
Invested of its money metal force,
that metal became a commodity Of
the commercial world on an equal
footing with all other products,
and with ITS gradual, though
steady decline in price, is marked
the decline Of every material pro-
duct except that of gold. Had it
not been for the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act the crisis
would have come sooner, but that
would have been bad policy. The
people would have revolted and
the rottenness Of the claims Of the
single standard schemers would at
once have been exposed. They
were crafty enough, however, to
demoralize the industries of the
country by degrees.
The history Of the democratic
party plainly indicates its friend
illness 70 silver as a money metal.
True there are dissenters in the
party and perhaps there will al
ways continue to be, but the ques-
ton Of free coinage will be decid-
cd in the affirmative in the next
national convention Of the party
as the paramount issue upon which
democracy shall survive or per-
'ish.
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the people might not be called
upon to settle the question. That
is the possible ection OF an inter
national conference. That would
be tho best and easiest method Of
reestablishing silver, and with less
Of the element Of experiment in
it.
Not in the lifetime Of the gen
Grafton now passing OF the stage
will a southern mansiBe selected
for President. The question Of
residence for a long time to come
will be a controlling one, and no
man who was even in the Gonfed-
crate army can aspire to that. We
should get our next candidate
from the west. The talk Of Mr..
Cleveland for a third term under
any conditions has no basis. The
people will not make that break
in the record. His views on the
financial question are not shared
by the people and the conditions
will be IN many other ways differ
ent from what they were in 1892"
NATIOSALIRRIGATION CONGRESS-.
by the authority Of the national
executive committee, the fourth
National Irrigation Congress is
hereby called to meet in the city
of Albuquerque, N. M. for the four
days beginning September Is,
1895.
The present year is proving
to be the most remarkable in the
history of American irrigation. 1t
has seen awcnderful awakening of
popular interest in the cause
throughout the cast, resulting in
the organization Of most potential
forces for the purpose of coopeIat-
ing with the western people; the
enactment of we'll considered irri-
CATION laws in eight states, and the
creation of administrative systems
in five of them; Interrogation Of
the pressing nature of the problem
by the departments of interior and
agriculture under whose direction
a national board of irrigation has
been formedfrOm officials in vari-
Gus departments of thegOvernment.
These splendid evidences of the
triumphant progress of the irriga-
ton cause demand a large repre-
sentative and effective session of
the irrigation cong ress in 1896.
A further reason for such a gather
ing is the fact that the presidential
campaign of 1896 will be lnaugu-
rated previous to the assembling
of another session Of this body, and
that it is thus necessary to formu-
late at Albuquerque the demands
which the friends of irrigation will
desire to make upon the great polit-
ical parties of the nation.
In view of the nature of the
opportunity, a program of extra
ordinary variety, interest and i'm
portance will be arranged, and it
is anticipated that this session of
the congress will be more widely
useful and influential than the
previous convention at Salt Lake
in 1891, at Los Angeles in 1898
and at Denver in 1894. The
friends Of irrigation throughout the
United States-for to-day the
movement Is national in its scope
and interests -shouId unite in an
effort to obtain a worthy result st
Albuquerque.
nncTo Ou mToN
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HISTORICAL ASPECT OF THE
MONETARY QUESTION.

The real question Of today is
not whether gold or silver is a bet
ter material out of which to make
coins, but whether the entire vol
ume Of metallic money in the wes-
tern world shall continue to be
diminished by maintaining the do
monetization Of silver. That this
demonstration was brought about
by the fear that to continue the
free coinage Of silver would en-
danger the stability Of the meas
ure Of value, there cannot be the
slightest doubt. But what has
been the result? Prices were new
or so unstable before; speculation
is extinguished; commerce, nan
ufactures, agriculture, all branch
es of industry are %prostrated; and
the men whose ignorant advice
has brought these disasters upon
Christendom, are seeking to ex-
tenuate their colossal crime by
explaining that all these results
are due to the bounty of nature
to what, in their misleading ter
anthology, they are pleased to call
oyer-production. The classes who
were expected to gain mostly by
this revolution of money, have, in
fact, been the chief losers. Bank
after bank, company after COM
pany, security after security has
failed and gone into the hands of
liquidators and receivers; and no.
body yet sees the end. That the
situation may be saved at once by
undoing the bad work of the past
twenty years no n disputes.
What is disputed is hat it may be
saved without endangering the
stability Of the measure of value.
The Roman experience Of thirteen
centuries fully answers this con-
tention. 1t proves that the law
has power to permanently and
unalterably fix a ratio Of value be-
tween coins of the precious metals.
And that it is the law which has
governed the relative value of the
metals in bullion, and not that
there was a relative value of the
metals in bullion which governed
the law. And this is all, as l un-
derstand 1t, that is claimed by obi
mstallists. 4 Del Mar, in
the Fortnightly Review, London.
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Rx.sPEAKFR CRISP,s VIEWS,

The Atlanta Constitution re-
Gently published an interview with
ex-Speaker Crisp on the silver
question. MI. Crisp says that the
present revision of the tariff will
in his opinion be $50 acceptable
to the people that there will be no
general move made upon it for
years to come" The interview
goes on, in part:
THAT leaves the silver question
the one ISSUE" said he. "It will
be before the people in such a way
that it must be settled directly,
not by subterfuge or evasion, but
openly, SO that the people may un-
derstand it. 1t will not down."
"How do you think the question
will be settled?" he was asked.
"The majority Of the American
people in both political parties are
IN favor of the restoration of free
coinage of silver. They are a con-
%servative people, respecting all
rights and moving slowly that
they may not disturb them. The
American people are today behind
the free silver movement and they
will push it on to success and have
silver reestablished to its old
equality with gold. In the next
campaign the rehabilitation of sill
yer will be the main and controll-
ing issue upon which democracy
will appeal to the people.
Party platforms should always
be plain and direct. 1 do not be-
lieve in those planks which are SO
written as to catch voters going
and coming. Parties should be
honest to the people. The plat
form should declare for the free
coinage Of silver direct, and with
a set of principles we should Sc
lect some good man from the west
some man with a military record,
identified with the dominant SEN
timent hat now controls the party
and 90 forth with confidence to
the victory which the people al
ways give those who are brave
enough TO fight for it.
The only fearI have is not that
the people are not in favor of the
free coinage Of silver, but that the
free silver people, who are in the
majority, may divide into factions
running NO or three candidates,
in which event the election would
DO thrown into the house, where a
republican would be elected. The
democrats Of the east want gold.
The republicans of the west want
silver. The realignments will be
as interesting as they will be puz-
cling, but to the lottery Of politics
the whole issue must be commit
ted.
"Of course" said Mr.. Crisp.
"thero is a contingency in which
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BAsIs OF nEPREsENTATION.

In accordance with a resolution
of the Third National Irrigation
Congress at Denyer, Colorado,
September 8, 1893 the Fourth Ma
tional Irrigation congress will be
composed as follows:
10 All members of the national
executive committee.
2 AL members of state and ter
ritorial irrigating committee.
3 Five delegates at large, to be
appointed by their respective gov
ernors, for each of the following
states and territories: Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kan
sas, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming.
4 Three delegates at large for
each state and territory not here
tofore enumerated, to be appoint
ed by the governor of said states
and territories, or in the case of
the District of Columbia, by the
President.
5 One delegate each from reg
ularly organized Irrigation, agri-
cultural and Horticultural socie-
ties, and societies of engineers,
irrigation companies, AGRICULTURAL
colleges and commercial bodies.
6 Duly accredited representa-
tives of any foreign nation or col
ony, each member Of the United
States senate and house of repre-
sentatives, and each governor of a
state or territory will be admitted
as honorary members.
The use of proxies and the man.
ner Of casting the vote Of delega-
tons will be regulated in accord
ance with a resolution adopted at
Denver and printed on page 9e
of the official report Of that meet
ing.
By order of the executive com
mittee.
[signed] VIM L. sMYTHE,
Chairman.
FRED L. ALLIES, Secretary.
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Notice to Orc Shippers.

BY shipping your ores 10 the STATE
ORE SAMPLING Co, you can obtain the
highest price paid IN the public market,
together with a careful and accurate
sample, as With our new mill and im-
proved machinery we are able 10 give
Wute for our Pocket Reference Book.
cations 70 the SrArE OHE SANP1lN0 Co,
Denver, Colo.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-21

entered AZ the postonce IN silver City, n Mas
~second-claas matter.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONGRESS.

by the authority Of the national
executive committee, the fourth
National Irrigation Congress is
hereby called to meet in the city
of Albuquerque, N. M. for the four
days beginning September 16,
1895.
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The following:


MIlININN NNINs
Regular meeting Of.
the board Of County
commissioners begun
aud held at silver City,
Grant County. N. NJ. on
the ist day Of April,
1905.
Present.
Hon. s. h. Branuin,
Chairman
Hon. Thos. Foster.
Commissioner.
A. j. Clark,
y. n. Young. Clerk.
Among other things
the following order was
made.
Whereas, this board
passed an order Septcm.
Der 18th. 1894, instruct
ing and directing the
{ treasurer Of Grant C0un-
81, not 10 pay the inter
est or any portion there
Of upOn any bonds Of
Grant County, issued in
the year 1889 until a rec
ord Of said bonds shall
have been hied with
the clerk of this board
And whereas satisfac-
tory record Of said
bonds has been filed
with said clerk, we
hereby rescind said or
der aud authorize and
instruct the treasurer 70
pay the interest now
due and that may here.
after accrue on said
bonds as fast as he has
money In the interest
fund TO enable him 50 u
do.
Territory OF ". MI
County Of Grant. %
!, NJ. Young. clerk
OF said board DO hereby
certify that the above
and foregoing is a true
and correct copy OF an
order made bY said
board, on April LIST, 1895,
as the same appears OF
record IN book 9, pro
ceedings of said board,
at page 85S
In witness whereof, ]
have hcrcuntO set my
hand and affixed the
seal OF the said bOard
this the 18th day OF
May, A. ID. 1898.
&. NJ. YOUNG,
lSoall Clerk
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rHE Enterprise editorial page
Is almost wholly occupied with a
wild attempt to convince our lax
payers that wrong is right, and
that they should repudiate their
just debts. In its efforts to do
this it does not hesitate to attempt
to falsify official records and mis-
quote Official documents. AS the
proving Of this will do more to
nullify our contemporaries unjust
argument than any amount Of
statements on our part we publish
the following:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-09
Et1IanCtal.
Activity of Sugar and Heayiness of the
 Railways Were the Features.

Activity of Sugar and Heayiness of the Railways Were the Features.
 New York, March S.--The features of the share speculation to-day were the great strength and activity of American Sugar and the heaviness of the general railway list American Sugar figured for 96, 400 shares and the stock ad- vanced almost steadily from 9524 to 9SA. There was good buying through out, some of the purchases being traced to parties connected with the insiders The feeling on the stock was bullish owing to the advance in refined, which increases the margin of profit to the company. The stock closed buoyant within fraction of the highest reached. Chicago Gas advanced to 7214 early in the day and receded to 71h@%, but the changes in the other industrials call for no special mention.
 The railway list was heavy and de- pressed. Houses with London and Amsterdam connections were. sellers. of New York Central, St.. Paul and other issues with an international market The bear contingent and the trading element did all in their power to help along the decline. The disturbing fae- tors were the dissolution of the Union Pacific reorganization committee, the practical abandonment of the Erie re- organization scheme and the renewed
 
 of the anthracite coal trade.
 The break In prices ranged from 1s to 51a per cent Canadian Pacific lead ing Lackawanna fell 27s to 155% Dela- ware and Hudson to 12S1a, Jersey Central 2A to, S4, Baltimore and Ohio 4b to 49, Canadian Pacific 51a to 33, Bur lington and Quincy 2 to 69B, North west sl to STE, St. Paul B to 5414, Rock Island $ to 61h, Lake shore 1a to 1341a, Louisville and Nashville lss to 4715, New York Central % to 94A, Erie 3s to 7Ss, Omaha to 28A and Western Union F to S61h The break in Balti- more and Ohio was the result of selling for southern account and the reitera- ton of the rumors of a reduction in the May dividend. Hooking Valley preferred jumped 4 to 65 on the general belief that the Ohio bituminous coal producers will reach an agreement at their meeting tomorrow.
 The general market displayed a little more firmness in the closing dealings on account of the strength of Sugar. Net changes show declines of h to 1h per cent, outside of the anthracite coal CTS which lost 1a4@21a per cent. Sugar gained 91h Tobacco 66 and Csnnaral Electric 14 per cent. on the day.
 The bond market was lower. Sales were $S04, ,OO0.
 Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, 46 Broadway New York, and 15 Center street, New Haven:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-09
The Changes Of China

The navy having failed, the army having failed, and the court being on the evidence incompetent, what chance has China, as we have known it, of surviving the Japanese attack? It can, of course. make peace, but the Mikado will only grant peace on conditions which will reduce the mighty empire to a position of a yassalage, and we find it difficult to believe that even now, although the emperor has selected Iii Hung Chang as ambassador, he will consent to any terms which will per manently impair his dignity, He does not realize his defeat as European monarch would, and he might be right, for molluscous structure like his em- pire does not feel wounds as a higher would, and he may be able to retreat westward or southward with
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-09

business, he always asks Well, kin you tell me how much s the fare tc
 3oston?
 "When this information is given he invariably remarks, Well, that's gol darn cheap, that is.'
 "Then he lapses into a thoughtful mood, from which he breaks by mak- ing the assertion, 'Confound me, I'll go down there next year. Then, picking up his grip, he starts off and we do not see him again for month. He has been going to Boston next year. to my own knowledge, for six years.
 These mental travellers get more sat isfaction out of their dreamy wander ing than the usual tourist of the day who travels not to learn but to kill time. One man told me that he had never been to Washington in his life, yet he was as familiar with the getting there and the city itself as if he had lived his lifetime there. He can talk about the streets and numbers and can direct people from one place to another with more accuracy than the average Pittsburg policeman can give you in- formation about his town, and he gets it all from railroad literature. You watch the timetable racks of a rail- road station and notice what high class of people these mental travellers are. re."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-09

| Dwight Place Church--Rev pr. Twlt- chell, pastor Preaching tomorrow aj 1O:30 a. m. and 7.3O D. m. by Rev. Dr 10. F. Parker of Hartford in exchange with the pastor. Evening service un- der the auspices of the "Men's Associ- ation;" subject, Church Music" Oth- CT services as usual. The public cor dially invited.
 First Methodist Episcopal Church College and Elm streets)-C. P. Masden, D. D., pastor.-Rev. w. Fl. Tracey, pastor of Second Reform church of Philadelphia, will preach at 10:SO a. m. and 7:SO p. m. Young peoples meet ing 6:30 p. m.
 Church of the Messiah (Orange street. near Elm street)-Rev. w. F. Dicker- man, pastor. Sermon Sunday morning at 1O:3O o'clock; subject, "The Great Enigma" In the evening at 7;3O o'clock Rev. MT. Dickerman will preach the second sermon in the new course sub ject: Gam the Lawyer be Honest?' The public cordially invited.
 Center Church-Rev. pr. Newman smyth, pastor. Morning service at 1O:3O; devotional service at 4 pm, if
 Church of Christ (scientists), Room 1S Boardman building, Chapel corner State street. Services at 1O:3O a. nn' Sunday, and 7:3O D. m. Wednesday, All are welcome. tt
 Calvary Baptist Church-Chapel, cor ner York street-Rev. Edwin MI, Poteat, pastor.-Public worship with sermons by the pastor, Rev. Edwin M. Poteat, at 1O:S0 and 7;90. Bible school with special classes for adults at noon- Y. P. s. c. D. at 6:15. Everybody invited to all the services. No seats rented or reserved. tf
 Church of the Redeemer, corner Or ange and Wall streets--W Watson Lyman Phillips, D. D., pastor. Thomas G. Shepard, organist and musical director. Preaching at 1O;30 a. m. and 7;S0 p. m. Sunday school at 12 m. Y.-P. s. c. D. at 6:3O D, m. Services at Welcome hall. Sunday school at 3s D. m. Gospel meet ing at 7:30 p. m, in charge of Fosdick B. Harrison, assistant pastor If
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-09
Mental Travellers.

You would be surprised at the num- Der of mental travellers that are in a community said railroad man yester- day q mean people who travel only in their nmids; who, to indulge this ma nia make a collection of railroad litera- ture such as is issued in timetables, excursion books, pamphlets, etc. lou have often heard people talk knowing ly of a place which you may have best evidence they have never visited. They can discourse fiuently upon rhe hotels and principal sights of the city, even tell you of the trains and the con- nections they make, or describe the small stations through which they passed going there. If you have ever known a man or woman like this, then you have met a mental traveller. He might also be dubbed the railroad-l,te- rature fiend, as this is the title by which he is known among tke employees of railroad office, who look no further into the motives of men than the SUI face.
 "We have hundreds of such men and women WHO come to me OTfi 1e dTCer GF- cry piece of literature the railroad prints, from the local timetables to the book descriptive of south 9rn ,r west ern jaunt. Their thirst for this kind of literature can never be satiated it seems to have the same influence as 9l- coholic stimulants-the more they get the more they want We have men who are employed in leading positions in banks and business houses who come to us daily with the question, Anything new out? When the people live in the city they usually call upon us daily but when they reside in the country their visits are at longer intervals.
 We have one old man who comes from Westmoreland county who never fails to appear upon the same date of each month. He seems to revel in go- ing through tl@a large batch of time- tables and books that have accumula- ted since his last visit, He never va- ries in his mode of procedure. After supplying himself with sample of each one he comes over to the window, and with his face wreathed in smiles, in the intoxication of his delight, he says, How re you, anyhow?'
 After being assured that our health | still permitted us to continue at our