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1' f1- 'i+ rev. raorship. and Governor
ta- Fl- forward To- contest for the
.-... ----- seuat5Tship. IN succession 20
u..-r utp declines TO be- a can
..r ELECTION The people Of the
t' he l-Iyen into the worship
calf nave been bringing out
f' express their views. OF
--a Candidates for the Epvernorshi2
g.. .-. SILVER Side United States Senator
g. -l,i ru-.r is now alone in the field.
tatIu- carried er - county 50 lar. and
-ree hat he VIII carry sew
el-E--rr H-t rl tire s-veuty-five counties
-.a..- AMI even these three be may
Ar,'abe. There are four
s-t.a l.- tEe seuatcrsh.p espousing
sz- Ex-Governor Lowry
a.- r--n Money. Hooker and Al
s--rs- Stone ths sound money c1ndi-
unlueky iu tine 81 .ula riss
r .aha. and Viii not have
-.- t.- ta r credit when thc general
80 .-.....e .a..a a-Ee ben chosen
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The Campaign Opens.

And thus the campaign is on In Af.ssls-
ssppi:
Early in the year Senator J. z. George
announced his purpose not TO stand for
reelection This opened up both the sena-
torzhip and govemorship as prizes FOR the
state election Of 1855.
The administration cuckoos were promn,
10 claim tic indorsemen: OF the state for
Mr. Cleveland's personal policy. and il
Was in connection with this that Grover
Cleveland. IN his celebrated letter 10 Gov
ernor Stone. declared that the advocacy
OF free silver coinage by federal officers
would meet with his disple. sure That
letter indicating Mr.. Clcveland's perul-
lar ideas. was rot intended for publica-
tlon, ard u was only on a straight tin"
from Washington that Hon. II. II. Henry.
proprietor Of The Clarion Ledger. was nut
upon IL, ana insisted upon its publca-
ton. The letter is follows:
Executive Mansion. Washington. April
= lS'.-si9n. }. VI. stone. Governor tic
Ny Dear Sir-Nour letter Of tic Est IN
slant is at haad. DO not feel inclined 10
find faUlt with your criticism. but / :aink
the matter. you refer to should be Judged
IN tho light OF tie circumstances eXistins.
at the ts:ne the things were done. | never
had an idea Of building up or fostering
should property influence me in making
appointments. | have tried to be demo-
cratic eni not proscriptive. I am glad
ycu are frank enough Ia admit your partic-
ipation H. bringing about a condition in
ofiico holding which may not be all that
coult now be desired.
whether those appointed 10 place shall.
in speech and action. behave decently to-
wsri tho administration under which they
mold Office. must remain 10 a large extent
= nsstte- Of taste and good brcet,ag ne.
There are. however. some officials who -
80. themselves 50 iEdustriously TO vlii-
cation and abuse Of those under whom
tg.,- hold office as to indicate that their
= sIitv cannot be trusted TO- the perform
-r-e Il ne duties I'm a manner creditabie
a. ,lt. administration. AMI who apparently
..r..rn- tr.t ~ y ma. spend the time n y
~. The public service in doing political
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glad you frank enough to admit your
participation in bringing about condition
In oficeholding which may not be all that
, could now be desired
"Then follows remark of the president
about those appointed to places behaving
'decently towards the administration The
president then warns federal officials ell
gagged in doing political mischief'-doubt-
less those favoring the free coinage OF
silver-that they must not be surprised
IL they are summarily dealt with'-kicked
out of office for daring to differ with their
distinguished chief on the financial ques-
ton.
THE whole object of the letter was to
bolster up the waning goldbug cause, and
to endorse the views and candidacy of Gov
ernor Stone. 1t is another of the many
evidences of the presidents implacaplo
enmity to silver. Read at your leisure"
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convention q Is.-a. lived In quiet retirement
fr fi--ll1n "a fes miles from Jackson
re wzs OF those glho had felt the Stsng OF
EXISTING r-.a-tIry cundi lions: he saw
around hiu honest men Who could not
Brake = Uv.r-. ~ saw families rendered
srmeIe-s because they could not Pay their
s.ats with scent cotton. he felt that tie
----ulruris- AMI the lab9re- Mere both be-
.-- driven into 4 serffoTn by which that
q Fe-r--il would pale into insiEnircance-
TIE grandfather Of Anselrl J. &cIaurin
came o. H1iss.zsis-i from one of the north
-r1 -cguti=s * South Carolina. where
many II tse s-Ee namS still live. one OF
=tlu is nov a member Of congress from
"a Palmetto Stsse- IRheriting all the s'er-
linz qualities which enabled the first Nc
I1riu 20 ssce The vicissitudes OF frontier
lie urrn this continent the Mississippi
Nri.a-rfrz have hcen viyil1nt. hard-worA-
in. s-.srr-lsirlr and stznch men OF Affairs
tu Oh ry community in which they have
S-.tI--
To uzs selne;fsn= over eighteen months
$50 wen S-l-5cr g g Waithsl. having
sn u-rzrire5 ivo years 20 serve as vel
a. % f-l term 81 siE years thereafter. d.
s.ls4 70 resign his UsIez.iFcd ;cEEl 20. che
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taldblss Are MOI Haklls A1y Roadway
II Old Mississippi.
4 REMARKABLE POLITICAL FlGHf.
Nearly All the Leaders Are On
One Side.
TIE CAMPAIGN is GOING THEIR WAY.
The seLlurins oeorg-. Money and
Hooker On she Side OF tho P.evIe.
Srcnc and EeCabs for Gold.

Jaci son. Niss-. July I3.-(S;an Core
FI-'n1enc- IN, constitutional The demo-
cratic state convention OF Mississippi will
met IN ;Ais s:ty on the 9Th OF August
50 1t
Is WORK will be tie nomination OF a
eari'iatc fer govOrEOr and a full slate OK
stlt'aau~e officials But above all this
i~Hms the VISA ~ the people TO Civ. ex-
Esss"n 10 tnci- views on the financial
Ei--.i+ti- As "a consequence. the prima-
rr7- TfT in p-S=ress. make the financial
.ss1e rr=,. znI tns personal part second
ars-
--iP1 % Congressman Catchings
'r''n ttr --c"-i q a lifetime gave Presi-
t.Hi ~ hrE- that the people of
ia s-f-li -rc-i = similarly cajoled Into
t- senucsaI views
i' ''-- N-s-she. Of ViclSsburg. was
t lie sound money can
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ON THEIR RETURN HOME.
Nicaragua Canal Commissioners Leave
Colon for Key West.

Washington, July H.-Secretary Herbert
received a cableEram last night from Com
mander Davis. of the cruiser Montgomery.
which has been at Colon since July LIST,
announcing that the Nicarsguan canal com
mission has completed its examination of
the Panama isthTnus and ttat the snip
would SAID in a few hours Tor nome via
XIV West. Secretary Herbert thinks the
Montgomery will proceed TO New York with
the commission. as he understands the
board OF nealth ~ Key West will not allow
the party to land there. quarantine
AGAINST Colon. which Is regarded as an
infected port, being strongly enforced
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history Agriculture as we'll as every other
character of business has been ldraIF"eu'
the ruin extending all over the country
l CHANGED to be in Washington during the
srecial session of congress and heard the
discussions. I have beer an advocate OF
the free coinage OF silver Both metals arc
money under the constitution, ana each IN
my Judgment should be acted upon AZ inc
mints in the same way and the same man
ner. in 1873 when It was attempted to de-
r,oretizs silver. when General Grant signed
the bill he said: 1t w2s so far reaching IN
It's character. that he scarcely knew whether
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letter. Tho Clarion Ledger had this say
editorially:
'The much talked OF and greatly sought
for letter OF President Cleveland to Gov
ernor Stone was sent to the Associated
Prezs Friday night. and The Clarion-ledg-
or reproduces it from that source today,
tho governor having previously declined to
Give ii out As viii be seen, the letter is
In reply to one addressed the president
hy Governor Stone. as Mr.. Cleveland saws
he thinks tho matters you refer to should
be ird:cd IN the light of circumstances
existing at the time. am
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DENoUNCnD CLEVELAND.
A Preacher Afraid the United states
VIII he Decided Away

Jacksonville. Fla, July Sat st. Peters
-. FLA in an address to a large crowd,
49, / w Morgan bitterly denounced
1s,.seident Cleveland's foreign AMI Hr7ncial
,,,;.s He said if Cleveland was not
It.bed nc would deed away the United
ctotes to Great Britain, Spain and the
English shylocks. Morgan is a pro ninent
minister and is related to United states
Senator Morgan, of Alabama
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mischief. In the interest of good govern
ment such osice holders must not be sur
prised IL they are sumSlarily dealt with.
when / received your letter i had just
finished reading a letter of yours in which
YOU explain 20 the citizens of Mississippi
your views Of the currency question. 1t
seems to me you have in that letter con-
most valuable way to the fund of argu-
ment i'm favor Of sound money
81 have never ceased to wonder why the
people of the south furnishing so largely
as they do prodr cts which are exported for
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Kept on Unmask'rg mere and more the true
pGTpos which furnished the motive for
All MS actions. Ii became plain that the
mooney ,l classes alone held his sympathy,
aha tEat those whose fate At was TO earn
their bread by toll and sweat were only
subjects for eXaction and repression.
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1t would be advantageous to the country
or not
Il stand here an advocate for repeal
ing every law that Is unfriendly TO silver,
and leaving the two metals where the con-
stitution and traditions of the country
placed them. i cali attention to the fact
that the democratic convention of Missis-
sippi In 1891 declared, we believe that gold
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- -. CnNEs.
sE~I.ssur.n App. - the Expression
81 -.rn.- t..-E.l..rrstlIs. Manhnnu

As ..-.s .5. l4s is hero. the present
e.. l-s .t> -lr--s sla.
hH-..y --u. hrawny n.sn. hearty
ea + IS IN. people and for tine
d.. r- as--r llesI Beats ,1 responsive
-r r.. - tho Pc .'.-he j. one
z r..s. who's produced 10y an occa-
81. ...- .s....-iuu Errati
-r- alssrt-ivels young. having
f. rliab- oii.ce. and seen
.r-.~l-.4se >rrs.ce Ia the constitutional
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GROVER CLEVELAND"
The Letter Explained.

since coming here / have been told that
the real story Of this letter is as follows;
senator McI.aurin, having announced
his candidacy for the govcrnorship. was
autagonizcd 10y that of Henry Clay Nc
Cahe. OF Vicksburg. who VS. to carry the
aaministra ton colors. and Governor Stone
was stated as the goldhug senatorial can
didate. The state democratic committee
on meeting to settle a plan OF reaching
nomination. was attended by one OF Sena-
tor McLauriu'a brothers who happened
TO hold a federal office out west. II was
his presence that moved Governor stone
to protest in a letter to Mr.. Cleveland
against tho interference Of federal officials
In state politics. IL IL needless to say that
MIR. Cleveland wrote the letter quoted in
reply which for ponderosity rivals some
OF the heaviest work of his leaden pen.
The letter had the effect Of making most
of the federal officials join the sound
money club Of Jackson, where they knew
they would bask IN the favor OF the apostle
of sound money
common outcome of this presidential
effort to keep federal officials out Of state
positions is the tact that United States
Marshal McNeilly. with some other gold
bugs. has bought out The VicksburG Com
mercial-Herald paying for it an extrava-
CANT price. and turning its columns into
the advocacy Of Stone for the senate and
McCabe for the govsrnorship. Although
the fact is known to Mr.. Cleveland that
United States Marshal McNeilly spends
more OF his time I'm writing gOldbug htera-
ture for The Commercial-Herald than he
does in serving writs from the United
States building yet no effort has been
made TO discipline him for his offensive
craftsmanship. In commenting upon this
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McLaurin delegates and passed resolutions
I'm favor of a silver senator and the ratio
of l6 to 1!
1t is not known whether Mr.. Sims tele-
graphed the news to Grover or not, but
certain il il that he knows more about
Mississippi now than he did a few days
ago.
Mr.. Sims Is a gentleman held In the high
est esteem personally in the state. lie was
lieutenant governor with Governor stone
in 1876 lie was a delegate to the national
democratic convention at St. Louis, helped
to make tho platform as a member or that
committee, and in 1892 he was chairman OF
the Mississippi delegation to Chicago.
Every one in the state speaks in the high
est terms of respect Of his qualities and at
ta!nments. but the people of Mississippi are
now reused up to a condition in which
principle dominates. aud in which person.
slity plays no part.
The Elections SO Far.
The state convention Of Mississippi WIN
be composed of 1856 members. rms Is uou,
bic the number of members Of the general
assembly. There are seventy-hVe couill,c
I'm the state The plan of selecting zee
gates varies. In some counties the question
is settled by convention of delegates anu
more generally by primaries. In most
counties so intense are the people on the
financial question that they are voting on
It direct by way of instruction 10 the mem
hers whom they select FOR the legislature.
General Lowry True.
General Lowry, also candidate TOT
the senate. has sound views on the money
question. Upon the present status he mas
this to say:
II regard II as a cardinal principle OF
our theory OF government that those VINO
ask to participate in public ahairs, shouid
10 i, cIaso touch with the people, and espe-
ciallv SO at this particular time for the
American people have passed through a
,inan.sal ordeal Unprecedented in their
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gold. should he willing 70 submit to the dis
advantages and loss of silver monometal-
lism, and % content themselves with a
deprecated and tluctuat,ng ccrrency, while
permtuuI others To reap profit from
the trans, Ution or The pr.ccs OF their pro-
ductiops from silver to gold.
Il hope this letter of yours Will be given
the widest possible circuittion, especially
among our southern fellow citizens, and
that theY will bc permitted to see the
pitfall which l. directly before those who
madly rush toward the phantom light of
free. unlimited and ind' pendent silver coin
IF we who profess realty to the demo-
cratic party ana are sincere in our deVO-
ton TO its principles ami IL we are right
in believing that The ascendency Of those
principles is a guarantee 81 personal liberty,
universal care for the riLhts OF all, non
sectional American broth. rhOod and maiN
tr;ist in American citizenship In any part
Of our land. shotid study the effects
upon our party, and consequently upon
our country, OF commitUl % The natonhl
democracy TO this silver alteration.
III there are democrats who suppose
that our party can stand upon platform
emhodying such doctrine, either through
its Affirmative strength or through the
perplexity Of our opponents on the same
pr, position or IL there are democrats VINO
nfc willing TO turn their backs upon their
part,- a-e1ciNtions IA the hope that free
and unlimited and Independent coinage 81
ssfxrr can win a victory without the aid
Of either party organization, they should
deceive themselves no longer, no longer re-
fuse TO look II the face the results that
VIII ipllON the htlfdls II il1A iIN hA7iiltN
grafton of the democratic party upon me
isslle which tempts them from their ale
glance.
III We should be forced away from our
traditional doctrine of sound ana sate
money, our oil antagonist will take the
field on the platform which We abandou'
and neither the votes Of reckless demo-
Gratis nor reckless repubi cans VIII avail
10 stay their easy march To power ihls
Is as plain as ANYTHING can pc ssibly he.
1T, therefore. becomes the duty OF every
democrat. wherever he may he. TO con-
slider what sUrh q victory would mean
and in the laht of proper conception
of it's results he should deliberately shape
his course
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MIR. Money outspoacn.

MT money Outsp0Nch.
Hon. Henry ID. Money was seen day
or two ago at his home in Carroll county.
Mr.. Money is the chevalier Bayard of Mis-
sissippi democracy.
''I am glad 10 meet representative of
The Constitution" said he. Our contest
here in Mississippi is about as solid as you
could make it for free silver. All the
candidates for the senate. with tho single
exception OF Governor Stone, are lG to
men. The people stand that way to the
tent of 90 per cent Governor Stone has
made a soc-i executive. and has had the
advantage of large patronage. The silver
craze some would like TO call II, is not
dying out. 1t is growing all over the ccun-
try, and viii capture the next national dem
ocratic convention, which must n"miTate
presidential candidate who will lie true TO
il. There will be no delphic Gtterance in
the Mississippi declaration Of August but
1t will speak with n directness not 10 De
misunderstood. The election in England
may do much also TO settle The question.
The conservative cabinet is favorable 20
1t. Notwithstanding the declaration OF Mr..
Gladstone in 1898 that as England was the
great creditor nation she would have 20
preserve the gold standard, it would appear
that true craftsmanship is on the other
side. The gold standard would benefit hold
erl of dormant capital and owners of fixed
every interest. revivinS trade and encour-
aging agriculture. 1t has become the say
ing IN India and the east that the yellow
man and his white dollar are driving out
the white man and his yellow dollar. 1 have
been campaigning In Mississippi for twenty
years now, ana have never seen the people
50 aroused they now are"
"Privnte" John Alien.
1t is needless to say that Private" John
Allen, who Is also in the race for the sen
ate is sound on the money question, and is
doing campaign work that tells.
Several weeks ago when Colonel Josiah
Patterson, after having deposited 5000 in
ii Memphis bank, came to Mississippi, he
was met by Mr.. Allen With the courtesy
for which goldbug orators are noted, he
punctuated his speech with such express
sions as. MIR. Allen cannot answer this
it may remind him Of a joke" Mr.. Allen,
who followed crushed out the dcclaimer
OF a prepared speech, and has since had
the joke on the trimmers right along. In
the first attempt of Grover Cleveland to
carry a Mississippi county through Assist
ant Secretary Sims, at Iuka, Allen was on
hand, and the joke was that Tishmiugo an
10 l resolutions. 1t is to such jokes
this that Mr.. Allen is treating the cuckoos
wherever he comes upon them. and it is
his purpose to make the joke national next
year. Mr.. Allen is one OF the most effective
campaigners of the day, and arouses a'Mis-
issippi audience wherever he finds ii.
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would heueht tho people of tIs Whole coun-
tTy ia~-'at of being 10 the adv antage OF a
Nv brokers
Ia the meantime President Cleveland
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THEY STAND BY McLAURIN,
And Special Representative Sims II
Knocked on His Feet.

Notwithstanding the popularity OF Gov
ernor Stone, the admiration of the people
for McCabe's character, and the brilliant
literary work OF the president and Marshal
McNeilly, the counties that have acted thus
far have declared right along for McLau-
rim. a free silver senator and the ratio OF
ls to L
This part of the news has reached Wash
ington and attracted the presidents atten-
ton. Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Sims, whose home is i'm Columbus, Miss.
is now In this state on a leave of alb
sence which will last until the convention
meets.
Knocked Out I'm the First Round
1t was singular coincidence that Sims $
first speech should have been delivered be-
fore the Tishmingo county mass meeting,
held i'm Iuka, the home of Governor Stone,
and that Governor Stone should have been
there in person to add the weight of his
office TO the Introduction of Mr.. Sims. For
two long hours the thousand yeomen of
Tishmingo listened tC the address which
Mr.. Carlisle had prepared for Mr.. Sims to
deliver as the utterance of the govern
ment." Fortunately Hon. John NJ. Allen was
there. ready with few OF his ever ready
inimitabie jokes to tighten up what would
have been otherwise a very heavy occa-
sion. The moment the speaking was over
and the people got chance they elected
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STRONG ON SILVER.
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ALMOST Il
UNIT FOI. SILVER.

CAPTAIN HOBBS. OF ALBANY. TALKS
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and silver should be coined on the same
terms and conditions, and when the govern
ment ceases to discriminate between tScIn
they Will freely circulate side by side ami
be equal in value to the people, The DEM
ocrattc party in convention at Chicago in
1872 said: We hold to the use of both gold
and silver as the standard money of the
country, and to the coinage OF 10Th sold
and silver without discriminating between
either metal, or charge for mintage. but
the dollar unit Of coinage of both metals.
must be of equal intrinsic and exchange
able value, or be adjusted by international
agreement. or by such safeguards of legis-
lation as shall insure the maintenance of
the parity of the two metals l agree in
toto with the action and votes Of cur SEN
ators in REGARD 10 silver"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-17
SETTLERS AND BANNOCKS,
Prospect That the Settlers of Jackson
Hole will Be Prosecuted by
Indian Bureau.
Discovery of Treaty Whereby AS
saults of Whites on the Bannocks
and Shoshones Nav Be Pun
ished in Federal Courts.

Washington, Aug. 17.-In spite of re-
ports TO the contrary, it may be definitely
stated that the Indian bureau, as yet, has
taken no steps whatever looking to the
punishment of the jackson Hole settlers
for killing the Bannock Indians. The
the ubject to the department of justice.
It is probable, however, that steps will
be taken almost Immediately to bring
those engaged in the killing to justice.
The delay was caused by the fact that no
law was known under which the U. s..
courts could take cognizance of the mat
ter, and the further fact that it is practi-
cally impossible to secure convictions in
the Wyoming state courts, owing to the
strong feelings against the Indians. To-
day, however, it was discovered that the
treaty of July 8, 1868, between the United
States and the Bannock and Shoshone
Indians, contains the following provision:
"If bad men among the whites, or among
other people subject to the authority of
the United States, shall commit any
wrong upon the persons or property of
the Indians, the United States will, upon
proof made to the agent and forwarded
to the commissioner of Indian affairs at
Washington City, proceed at once to
cause the offenders to be arrested and
punished according to the laws of the
United States, and also to reimburse in
jured persons for losses. sustained"
While the bureau has not yet decided on
course of action, it is probable that ar
rests will be made by U. s. marshals un-
der the provisions of this treaty. The
persons arrested can sue for writs of
habeas corpus, thus bringing the validity
of the treaty and the whole status of the
Indians into court.