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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
THE REORGANIZATION OF SILVER.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please
publish at rs early date as possible the
name of the Congressman introducing and
framing in 1878 the bill for the demonetiza-
ton of silver; also the vote on its final pas
sage.-D. J. MCCONNELL, Medford, o. T.
IA great deal of absurd fslsehood has been
written about the demonstration of the sill
yer dollar in 1873 by those who are too lazy
to look up the history Of the matter, or who
do not care what the real history is.
The facts are that from the foundation of
the Government we had repeatedly tried 30
make dollars of both metals, which would
circulate together, and always failed. Our
first coinage act, that Of 1892, made the
ratio 10 to /. This was then the CONNER
cial ratio. But silver began TO slowly depre-
ciate, and in few years fell to 154 TO 1.
We stubbornly kept on coming gold at the
old ratio, however, and it disappeared from
circulation as fast as coined. Up to 1884
there had been 2,262,177 pieces of gold
coined, representing Sill s52, 800, and Hon.
Thomas II. Benton said in the Senate, mot
one of them is to be seen-all sold, all ex-
ported"
Congress then went to the other extreme.
The Coinage Act of 1884 undervalued silver
as much as that of 1882 overvalued it, for
it made the ratio 16 to /, where the Euro
peans kept it ut Isl to /. The result was
that eur silver dollars had bullion value
of from three to four cents above their face
value. They were snapped up as soon as
they came from the mint, either to be
worked up by jewelers. or sold abroad. The
people never saw silver dollar, except some
obtained with difficulty and cherished as
pocket-pieces.
The same fate befell the subsidiary coins,
which were melted up or sent out of the
country, until there was an embarrassing
scarcity Of small change, and great quanti
ties of Spanish and Mexican "halves," quar-
tiers" "levies," bits" dimes" fps" pic
ayunes," etc, were brought in to supply the
demand. In 1854 Congress remedied this
by making the intrinsic value of the sub
sidary coins a little less than their face
value. Two half-dollars were made equal
to FIVE francs, or So cents, and the other
coins in the same proportion. They were
to be legal tender only to the amount of 30
This stopped the melting and expectation.
To show how unimportant was the part
played by the silver dollar prior TO 1873, we
give the annual coinage up to that year
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

They are now talking of Judge Golf
for President. This is wrong. Public
opinion should strongly disoountenance
all suggestions of political preferment
in connection with the Judiciary, and
most Of all with the Federal Judiciary.
Let us have it the unwritten law of the
land that when 4 man enters the Judi
ciary he renounces politics and political
works There is enough of honor for
him on the bench, and his hope of
further advancement must lie in the d.
rection of judicial promotion. Yearly it
becomes more necessary that we free the
Judiciary from connection with politics.
1t is all right that man of sufficient
legal attachments who has been an active
politician should be appointed or elected
Judge, but this should be regarded as
closing the door on his political career,
and opening another upon strictly judi
cial future.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
COME INTO CAMP.

That the next Congress will do much
for the veterans is beyond question.
That was what it was elected for. That
was understood when its members were
selected for nomination, and when they
were given overwhelming majorities at
the ballot box.
The main question is what we want
them to do for us. This is question for
the most serious consideration by the
veterans, and for advocacy by The Ma
TroNAL TRIBUNE, which is their spokes-
man and advocate. In this matter the
paper will lead, as it has done for Is
years, and be foremost In concentrating
the entire strength of the veterans in
the direction of obtaining whatever is
right and just. 1t will no doubt be as
successful as it always has been, and
have to its credit, as in the past, the
largest share of the honor of securing
whatever is gained for the veterans.
To do this most effectively, it should
have every veteran behind it in solid
array. The size of its subscription list
is what gives it strength in advocating the
cause of the veterans. When it comes to
asking for what we want, our opponents
will seek to neutralize and defeat us by
claiming that the veterans are not agreed
upon certain measures. That is their
old game. The hardest work in the past
has been overcoming the Discussions and
divisions sedulously cultivated among
the veterans by their enemies, who
sought to defeat any proposed measure
by showing that large portion of the
ex-sOldiers were not in favor of it. Our
work was to convince our friends that
the mass of the veterans were strongly in
favor of If. Had we not successfully
done this there would have been but
very little pension legislation ON the
statute books to-day. Every comrade
who recalls the history of the past will
readily bear testimony to this.
Now LET us get ready for the struggle
by all rallying under the flag of The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE The more SUBJ
scribers it has the better work it can do
for the comrades. Every man on its
counts for good. He
adds weight and strength to its voice.
He contributes to its final success Just
as his musket contributed to winning a
battle, when be stood in line with his
regiment. The men outside of camp
counted for nothing. Come into camp
and bring all your comrades
with you. In other words, send in clubs
Of your friends and acquaintance for
the paper.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

THE leading men in South Carolina
continue to yell Liar I" Scoundrel !"
" Blackguard !" ETC., at each other, but
though they seem constantly on the point
of general slaughter, nobody has act
ually been killed up to date. In Ken
tuckywe don't hear so much vociferation,
but when gentlemen of the Blue Grass
meet in church, at dances, or in saloons,
pistols come out, those not particularly
interested jump out of the windows or
crawl under the benches, and the Coroner
has to sit on the two principals, some of
their impulsive friends, and few inno-
cent bystanders.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

SINCE our foreign policy is merely to
do whatever England wants, why not
save about 100000 year by calling
all our ambassadors, Ministers and Con-
suls home, and letting their work be
done at first hands by the English rep
resentatives? This would be true
economy.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
SENATOR VEST has been mentioned

SENATOR VEST has been mentioned
as available for the nomination of some
good Southern man. for President in
1896" In some RESPECTS he has the
most variegated political experience of
any man in the Senate. He was a
Breckenridge elector in 1860, member
of the disloyal Legislature of Missouri,
which Gen. Lyon adjourned with much
haste and informalisyin 1861; one year
commander of rebel regiment and bri-
gade; two years member of the rebel
House of Representatives; one year
rebel Senator, and has been for Is years
a member of the United States Senate.
No one else has such record.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

INDIGNANT citizens of Illinois have
hanged two men as protest against
Gov. Altgeld. The manner of the pro-
test was somewhat violent and irregular,
but as the men deserved hanging, and
as Altgeld deserves almost anything, the
incident may be viewed with compla-
cency.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

THE Director of the Mint estimates
that there was more gold produced in
the United States last year than in any
wear since 1878. The total value was
S43,630,000, or about 100000 more
than the production in 1898. The total
increase in the worlds product of gold
was about s21, 100000. The largest in
crease was in Africa 100000.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

AT the beginning Of the war the credit
of the Northern States, Counties, Towns,
ETC., was much better1than that of the
General Government. i We seem to be
returning to that condition of things.
The City of Pittsburg last week sold over
100000 of her A per cent. bonds for
a premium of $40 per cent.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

THE Maryland Democratic politicians
who started in to slaughter Senator Cor
man would now like to sublet the con-
tract to responsible parties who will give
bonds for the proper performance of the
work.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
THE BERING SEA FIAsCo.

Even the Mugwump Ha,per's Weekly
is disguised with the shameful mis-
management of the Boring Sea business.
1t limps about in this ridiculous way,
trying to find some excuse for it:
The British Government is evidently I'M
able TO carry out its own desires with refer
ence 10 Boring Sea. It's interests are the
same as our own, but, in the absence Of strong
pressure from this Government, it is under the
influence of British Columbia, whose pelagic
sealers want free hand TO kill all the seals
they can find If the Bering Sea were closed
entirely, the sea-fur dressers of London would
be profited quite as much as our own seal
catchers, but both nations and the seals must
suffer at the hands ofthe Canadian marauders.
The Administration has asked Great Britain
TO join with it in devisipg new and moro
effective rules that will preserve the seals,
but Great Britain has not replied to Secretary
Gresham's request. nor is il probable that she
Will reply during the present season.
How absured this is. If England
really wanted TO play fair with us, she
would quickly find means for doing so.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

JUSTICE HARLAN has made the COM
mon error of over-eager officeseekers in
installing the noise and clamor of street
corner gabblers for deep-seated public
opinion. The street-corner orator is as
unsafe tip-giver as the tooter at race
course.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

THE announcement that the barbara
ans and pirates of Formosa have estab-
lished republic starts grim smile.
They are about as fit for republic as
the internal regions for dynamite fac
tory.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
TRIBUN ETS.

The French think they can get along with
out so many lawyers. They have recently
passed law taxing each ono IL per cent of his
house rent. If we were to have such law in
this country what would become of the poor
clients? OF course the lawyers would make
those who employ them pay it, aud as they
now take all that a man has, the client would
not be able to keep even the gold filling in his
teeth,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
HOPELESS CONFUSION.

The incident of the monument to the
rebel dead at Chicago shows the hope
less confusion of mind in large portion
Of the people as to plain matters of right
and wrong.
Nothing could seem to be clearer to
the dullest mind than that the war OF
the Union was an eminently righteous
enc. The whole world now comedies,
without a dissenting voice, that it was
begun with the highest motives, for a
supremely just cause that it was waged
with as much humanity and mercy as
are possible in the conduct of war, and
that phenomenal magnanimity on the
part of the victors marked its close.
Even the vanquished claim to firmly
believe to-day that the war on their
part was a mistake, and to be as well
satisfied as the victors that it terminated
as it did.
This being the case, what inevitably
follows?
1t is that the Government and those
who supported it were eternally I'M
deniably right, and that those who OPP
posed them were eternally and undeni-
ably wrong.
There is no middle ground between
these two positions, any more than there
could be middle ground between the
lines of battle during the war.
If If was right to preserve the Union
it was wrong to attempt to destroy it.
If it was right to preserve the Union,
then those who fought for that cause,
made sacrifices and died in its defense,
should be remembered, honored and
applauded. Those who fought against
it should be condemned, and forgotten
as soon as possible.
That many of those who fought
against the Government may have
thought themselves right, and that they
fought with great zeal and heroism have
nothing whatever to do with the case.
The world has never seen any cause
so bad and wicked but that some men
would fight desperately for it.
The conscience Of humanity revolts
at the idea of publicly honoring men
for their bravery and persistence in
wrong-doing.
With so many men who fought brayely
for the right unhonored and unremem-
bered, it is a corruption and a proztitu-
ton Of the public mind to honor those
who fought against all that We are
taught TO hold dear.
The sole use and intent Of public
monuments is to convey the lessons Of
the past TO rising generations. To erect
monuments anywhere TO men whose sole
claim to public remembrance is that they
fought against the Government, in
cause which the conscience of the whole
world utterly condemns, and which even
those who were associated with them
cannot now justify, is to poison the
springs Of patriotism at their very source,
and corrupt the rising generation with
the dangerous belief that if there is any
difference between the fighting for the
Government and against il, the weight
of honor and applause is rather for the
men who fought for the wrong.
There are men who can sing "Good
Lord and Good Devil" with pretty
near the same JUNCTION. 1t is safe, how
ever, to count them ON the side of the
devil
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

THE next move of England will
probably be to send a force to Hawaii
to collect damages for the expulsion of
Englishmen who were fomenting rebel
lion.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
TIE BEST WAY

To get ready for the great fight for soldiers
rights is TO get up big clubs for the veterans
champion, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30
DROuTu SUFFERERS.

The receipt of the following contri-
buttons to the Nebraska sufferers is
acknowledged:
Kirkbride Post, 600, Berlin Center, O., SIS 90
Edward FRANKIE, Bridgeport, Conn, / 90
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is tie only
champion the soldiers hare among the great pa
pers Of the country. The best icay 10 help all
setefans is by getting ii more subscribers.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

IT looks as if Russia will not be sat
isfied until the Japs have thrashed her.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

Among the specially interesting arti-
Giles we have in store for the readers of
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE are
A Renaissance OF STONE RIVER,
BY Capt. Edwin Nicar, 10Th Ind.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

.Ts~tp At r-t va,roro" rosr Oftot As stoo"Oss
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-30

economy.
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ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

Total
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-02
MORE HEADS GOING.
"Old Man" Naples Forces Are
Rapidly Thinning.
bob WILSON HAD A CONTRACT
He Talks of a Damage suit and Wants
Revenge on Gasch-.Iim Wilson
Marked for the Ak.
bob" WILSON HAD A CONTRACT

The war on County Treasurer Naples
Office being waset by Commissioner Hea-
ton is growing warmer and warmer. and
dering when IL viii cease. With two men
gone and a demand on the third. with no
telling what is in store, there is no wonder
that. uneasiness exists among the en-
pioyer
The desks formerly occupied by F. NJ
Davis and r. j. Wilson we're vacant yes
terday, and ~ Commissioner Heaton has
hts way, which is likely, James Wilson's
desk will also be vacant before many
days. Mr.. Heaton quietly asked the treas
urer yesterday fl he was aware that MIR.
Wilson would not receive any pay for his
services. and was answered in the affirnaa-
tive. He was then asked III he intended
paying him out of his own salary, and said
he did not know what he would do.
Although Mr.. Maple denies that he had
any contract or agreement with r. j.
Wilson. there are those who say they
know positively that a contract does exist
and that Maple is threatened with a dam
age suit. Some say that Maple is under
obligations TO Wilson for assisting in Sc
curing his bond. and for this reason en-
tered into contract 10 give him clerk
ship at SO month
Wilson was busy yesterday trying TO Sc
cure some evidence to be used against
Commissioners Gasch and Heaton. He is
sad to be particularly bitter against
Gasch, who did nothing towards causing
his dismissal directly. but signed the order
reducing the force
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-02
TAX RECEIPTS COME SLOW
Documentary Evidence Against Clerks
I'm County Treasurerss ONCE.

The charge made frequently of late that
several of the clerks employed by Treas
urer Maple are incompetent has received
confirmation through letter received by
the chairman of the board OF county com
missioners from Robert Painter, of
Brooks, Or, asking why he had not been
sent receipt for the taxes he had paid.
The letters is as follows:
On June 8. 1895. sent the treasurer Of
King county a draft on Portland Or. for
sl7.f0 in payment of 1898 taxes on lots ..
10 and II. in block ., of H L. Yesler' >
first addition to town Of Kent which
draft he received on June s. 1855. So far
he has not sent me a tax receipt for such
payment. but when l first wrote him for
the receipt he sent me a postal card say
Ing that IL / did not receive the receipt
within thirty days TO notify him. / wait
ed more than thirty days and then wrote
him again. when he sent me another pos-
tai OF the same tenor as the first one
Il wish you would kindly advise me as
TO whether or not my tax payment has
been properly credited on the treasurer 8
books and have him forward me my tax
receipt therefor
This is said to be only one OF many
cases Of the kind. and Commissioner
Heaton, who has been pushing the fight
against the treasurer's Office, took the let
ter 10 Mr. Maple yesterday and asked
to more promptly and cause the COM
missioners less trouble. but the question
could not be answered. Mr.. Heaton had
the following 20 say about the matter
last night:
THAT / was justified In making my de-
mand upon Mr.. Maple for dismissal of
clerks upon the ground of incompetency
/ fully believe the public will admit when
the condition OF his office in the matter OF
slowness Of the dispatch of business shall
have been made as apparent 10 the tax
payers as IL has been 10 the board OF
county commissioners in many ways.
This complaint from Mr.. Painter is one
Of many by mail. Those that come In per
son are tenfoid more.
II submit 10 a candid people that the
commissioners have been exceptionally
patient with this sort Of service and that
we are justified in demanding that here
after none but competent clerks be en-
ployed in the different departments
clerks who will expedite rather than re-
tard business"
do YOU expect better service in the
tlcasurer's Office now that a change has
been made bv the dismissal of certain
employees? - was asked by the reporter.
Most certainly ] do. or course IL will
take sore DAYS before the new order II
affairs will work smoothly. But when
MIR Padden shall have assumed the po-
sision / am informed is 70 be given him.
that Of director general OF the whole Office.
there will be such service rendered 10 the
public as II has demanded and waited
for patiently and long