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Topeka, KANSAS, FEBRUARY Y, 1896.

other Western cities, and some from
Boston.
The public can now see the ridicu-
lousness of calling this a popular
loan" Of the less than 400 bids an
inspection Of the list shows that only
1853 were for 81, 900 and less, the others
being made in larger sums almost ex-
clusively by bankers, banks, and 1nsn-
cial institutions. OF the bidders MAX
ing these 1853 small bids, 28l were
outbid by j. P. Morgan and other Wall
street men, SO that only seventy seven
of them will get any Of the bonds, and
the total amount allotted to them
will not be $4,000. Considering
that the adult population Of the coun-
try is 25,OO0,OOO and upward, the loan
has, therefore, proved anything but
popular" The truth Is that the COM
petition for the bonds has come almost
entirely from among professional deal
ers In such securities, who want them
to sell again at a profit
The advocate., 1896-02-12

Cloud county paid $4,000 for the
support Of the poor last year, almost
all Of which went to Republican strong.
holds. Populists live largely In the
country in Kansas and manage to take
care of themselves, Notwithstanding
the old party talk that they are the
''rsg.tsg and bob.tail'' of creation.
The advocate., 1896-02-12
PEFFER ON COINAGE.
A History Of Coinage Laws from the
Beginning.

| A hlStOPy OF coinage Laws HOm tne
Beginning.
The following is a continuation Of
Senator Peffer's speech begun In the
last issue:
"NoW, Mr.. Presiden, taking up the
coinage section of the bill, / shall en-
desvor to maintain that the sections Of
the act Of Congress approved January
l8, 1887, providing for the free, equal,
and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold, ought to be re- enacted, and that
all laws and parts of laws inconsistent
Herewith ought to be repealed, be-
cause
"First. Our monetary system from
the beginning to the approval Of the
act of February IL, 1873, commonly
known as the demonetizstiOn act, was
bimetallic, with the coinage Of gold and
silver on equal terms; that there was
no demand for changing the law in
1873, and that there has been very gen.
ersl and continual demand since that
time for q restoration Of the old law.
"Second. That all our national coin
obligations are payable In either gold
or silver or both, and in order to make
such payment we need more coin than
we have, or probably ever will have
unless we coin silver.
"Third. The restoration Of free silver
coinage would at once put new money
into circulation, the effect Of which
may reasonably be expected to be to
stimulate enterprise and encourage
trade and to raise prices in q cOrre-
spending degree.
at may be said, to begin with, that
our coinage laws, so far as they relate
to the legal tender functions Of gold
coins and silver coins, were exactly the
same from the time of the first coinage
under the mint act, April 2, 1892, until
the passage Of the act of February IL,
1873, except that in 1853 the legsl.ten.
der function Of the minor silver coin
was limited to sums Of $5.
SIN order to clear understanding
as the argument proceeds it may bs
well at the outset to review briefly tha
history of coinage In the United States.
"In 1882 the Continental Congress
appointed a committee to Investigate
the condition Of the coins which were
then current in the country. Many
different coins were in circulation,
principally those Of Great Britain and
Spain, and the Spanish American prov
inces, and each of the colonies had
maintained separate valuation Of its
own. While the British method Of
counting money was common In oil
parts Of the country, the most gener-
ally current coins were those Of Spain.
The Spanish milled dollar was COM
mon among the people, and it was the
most popular coin then in use here.
"Mr. Robert Morris made an .elabor-
ate report and recommended new
system of United States coinage. But
nothing further was done about It until
two years afterwards, when the matter
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mittee OF which Thomas Jefferson was
member. That distinguished states.
man, after d careful examination Of
the whole subject, wrote out his views
In what he termed Notes on the eStab-
llshment Of mint These Notes
may be found In Jefferson's Works,
volume l, beginning at page 162. In
fixing the unit Of money Mr.. Jefferson
laid down three rules:
"Flrst, that 1t be Of convenient size
to be applied as measure to the COM
mon money transactions of life; sec
ond, that It's parts and multiples be In
an easy proportion to each otter, so as
to facilitate the money arithmetic; and
third, that the unit and It's parts or di.
visions be so nearly Of the value Of
some of the known coins as that they
may be Of easy adoption for the peo-
pie; and
"He added
"-the Spanish dollar seems to fulfill
all these conditions.
"0n the 18th day Of April, 1880, the
House of Representatives passed q
resolution asking the then Secretary Of
the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to
prepare q report concerning the estsb-
lishment Of q mint and the coinage Of
money, and In response to that resOlu-
tion the Secretary prepared a report
and submitted It to the House on the
18th day Of January, 1891. He sets
out by saying that plan for an estab-
llshment of this nature-that is TO say,
q mint-involves a great variety Of
considerations, intricate, nice, and i'm
portant. The general state Of debtor
and creditor, all the relations and con.
sequences Of price, the essential inter.
ests of trade and industry, the value
Of all property, the whole income Of
both the state and individuals, are
liable to be extensively influenced,
benedcially or otherwise, by the judi.
clous or injudlclous regulations Of this
interesting institution.
"After discussing the Importance Of
the subject and the interests involved
he divides the subject into six different
heads, the first two Of which are these:
First, what ought to be the nature Of
the money unit Of the United States;
and second, what the proportion be-
tween gold and silver, If coins Of both
metals are to be established.
GAS to the first of these two divls.
ions, the Secretary, after an elaborate
discussion, came to the conclusion that
the dollar ought to be established and
maintained as the money unit for the
currency Of the United States, and
he was Of the opinion that the dol
lar then generally current, namely, the
Spanish milled dollar, ought to be used
as the money unit.
"As to the second proposition,
whether the standard of money ought
to be a single one or q double one, the
Secretary was Of the opinion that we
ought TO establish and maintain the
double standard, namely, gold and
silver. He was aware, and called Ct
tentIon to the fact, that In the discus
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THE VULTURES' FEAST.
Bids for the New Issue Of Government
Bonds Opened February 8.

Bonds Opened February 5.
Under the condition of Secretary
Carlisle's circular of January 6, bids
for the $lOO,OOO,OOO thirty, year 4 per
cent. United States bonds were opened
at the Treasury Department February
5. The circular stipulated that the
bonds must be paid for in gold, and,
for the convenience of the purchaser,
they might be paid for in instsllments,
az follows: Twenty per cent. at the
time of the notice of acceptance and 10
per ceLt. at the end of each fifteen
days thereafter.
The total number Of bids was 4,640,
sggregating S684, 1852, $50, but one bid
of SlOO, 100000 from Michigan and one
of $16, 100000 from Texas were evil
IDENTIFY bogus, and, deduCting these
amounts, leaves the aggregate of gen
uine bids $685., ,259,85O The Treasury
Department was simply overwhelmed
by the enormous number of bids re-
ceiVed.
On February the names of success
full bidders were published and the fol-
lowing are the bidders to each of whom
S5OO,OOO or more bonds were so d, at
prices ranging from 11068 cents on the
dollar to 49,
Robert E. Glendenning, Philadelphia.
Williamsburg Savings bank, of Brooklyn.
Albert L. Judson, Albany, N. Y.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York.
William Graves and associates, New
York.
Third National bank, New York
George Craine, New York.
J. & W. Seligman, New York.
Speyer & Co., New York.
The New York Life Insurance Company.
Joseph Pulitzer, New York.
The Hanover National bank, of New
York
Kidder, Peabody & Co., Boston.
F. S. Mosley & Co., Boston.
The American Exchange National bank,
New York.
]. P. Morgan & Co. and associates.
Lazard Freres, New York.
Cora Theresa White, Boston.
The Investment Corporation, New York.
w. B. Hibbs & Co, Washington.
N. w. Harris & Co., New York.
The great features of the bidding
were the offers by J. P. Morgsn's syn
dicate, which proposed to take the
whole issue at 110.6877 Ia premium of
over 10 cents), and the United States
Trust Company, Of New York, offer
ing to take $40, 100000 at 110075.
The bids were opened In the rooms
of Secretary Carlisle, at whose table
sat himself, Assistant Secretary Curtis
and several clerks. In front Of the
desk were placed q number of chairs,
and every seat was taken by those who
had come on In person to present bids,
and many were compelled to stand.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were
represented. Nearly all those present
Rs bidders came from New York, but
there was sprinkling Of fnanciers and
bankers from Chicago, Cincinnati and
The advocate., 1896-02-12


Owing to the fact that there is no
organization of the various Appellate
Judicial districts, the Republican State
committee has delegated to the mem.
bers Of the last named committee
authority to effect temporary organi-
zation. The Chairman and Secretary
named are as follows, respectively:
Northern department Eastern di-
vision, j. S. Getty, of Kansas City,
and J. j. Cox, of Lawrence; central
division, J. B. Tomlinson, Of Mime
spolis, snd J. G. Postlethwaite, Of
Jewell City; western division, X. E.
WilcoCkson, of Oakley, and j. r.
Sedgwick, of Mcdonald. Southern de-
psrtment-Eastern division, I. s.
Slower, of lola, and j. NJ. Humphrey,
Of Fort Scott; central division, A. L.
Greene, of Newton, and F. g. RaneY,
of Anthony; western division, r. M.
Rice, of Dodge City, and W. s. Ken.
yon, of Jetmore. The dates of con-
ventions called are given elsewhere.
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The January report of the State
Treasurer shows the receipts for the
month to be $678, 700, the disburse-
ments $164, 1855, and the balance on
hand 1896, l52. The counties pay q
large portion of the State tax in Jsnu-
sry, which accounts for the large
receipts. The amount of bonds pur-
chased by the school fund was $26, ,586,
and $95, ZIG of bonds were paid off. The
income from State officers and institu-
tions was as follows: Penitentisry,
S4,9l1.Sl; Bank Commissioners, S2l0;
Oil Inspector, $2,7OS; Secretary Of
State, 1876; Auditor, S11.5O: State Su-
perintedent, $40.
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Come or write for our clubbing rates.
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been lax, b

age their own affairs. They had suf-
fered grievously al the hands of mo.
nopolies and trusts, but hereafter they
would look after their own affairs
He denounced the RIGHTEOUSNESS of
the present money system. lie de-
c'ared that the single gold standard
would ruin the masses Of the people.
The speaker next explained the free
silver question, and attempted to show
how hard times would vanish when
free silver appeared. There was cheer.
ing by the delegates when he ended.
Ex-Gov. John P. St John, of Kansas,
was then called upon to speak. He
was greeted with cheers He told how
corn was worth ten cents and oats
eight cents a bushel In Kansas and po.
tatoes six cents a bushel in Minnesota.
This was one Of the reasons so many
farmers believed in free silver. Three
months ago nearly everyone believed
that nothing on earth could defeat
William Mckinley for president,
but the surrender Of American
interests to Great Britain at
the republican convention had
fallen upon Mckinley like a bolt of
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LAWYERS GREET BRYAN.

Commercial Law League Convention at
Omaha Addressed by the Presidential
Candidate.
OMAHA, Neb., July 49, Yesterdays
session of the Commercial Law League
OF America was entertained by an adj
dress from Hon. W. J. Bryan, demo-
cratic nominee for president, whose
appearance was the signal for pro.
longed applause. Mr.. Bryan stated
that he had practiced law for seven
years, and had warm regard for the
profession. One of the things that
had most impressed him in regard to
the law was the fact that LAWYERS
could contend in court without
in losing any degree their per-
sonal esteem for each other. II this
principle was carried into politics our
government would be conducted on q
loftier platform. Mr.. Bryan added
that during the seven years of his
active practice he had endeavored to
find out what the law was. After that
he had tried to determine what the
law ought to be, and that recently he
had considered the idea of executing
the law as il was.
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ST LOUIS, July "a When Chairman
st. John called the silver convention
to order yesterday morning, he said he
was sorry to be compelled to an.
nounce that Rev. DR.. Niccolls, who
was to open the convention with
prayer, had been called from the city,
so no prayer was offered.
Congressman Newlands moved that a
committee on ways and means be ap-
pointed to raise funds with which to
defray the expenses of the convention.
Congressman Charles A. Towne, vice
chairman, was then introduced. lie
said that the press of the country had
apparently forgotten its sacred duty
and had become the plant tool OF
monopoly. Money was the god it
worshiped. But the day of regenera-
ton was at hand. History was be.
ing made to-day. The people had
been lax, but had determined to man.
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PANIC AT ST. JOSEPH.
Several People Injured in Runaway, -Four
Probably Fatally.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July % "A terrible
accident occurred at l0:3O last night ut
Krug park, in which 70 people were
injured, four Of the number no doubt
fatally. A concert was given by Blind
Boone at the park, which was attend.
ed by several thousand people After
the concert closed, Charles woodward,
who, accompanied by his wife and
Mrs George Jackson, had driven to
the park in surrey, started to return
home. As they descended one Of
the hills in the park the horse
took fright and ran. The vehicle
struck a tree and the three
were thrown out. Mrs. jackson had
her back broken. Her death is ex-
pected att any time. woodward had an
arm and leg broken and was injured
internally. His physicians say he will
die. Mrs. woodward was not hurt
The horse broke loose from the vehicle
and dashed down to the gate, where q
large crowd was leaving the park. He
ran into the crowd, many of whom
were badly injured, two it is thought
fatally.
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ST. LOUIS. july %. The delern tea al
tho ratio,,l ,;lrou it,
h''"''"" W.,
e,ow u" sse''oilhg III the music NAH
or the Exposition building, and there
were not nearly enouph visitors tn All
the rallor;os ,yba, Ma. aho;..
,'.,
MA" VI ''o nau'oi'ni co'hil'toee' calieu
the convention to order AZ 1890 O'clock
Yesterday. PRAYER was offered nfter
which Mise T.;ll;a u p,ouao ~ ma
-, W was
ivy 'ea" 'he "ec'ar"lion Oh ihuepehu'
ence, Ihls caused an outburst OF APP
plnuse,
Whom the eall had bao, ro,d Con.
s....,.. N ~ 0s' ""
e'o'snlau ~ VI NeWianos' OF Nevaua,
was introduced BY DR.. Mott as Tempo
rarv chairman and proceeded to make
hiu .d1rass II ....a,.
A.. .s'.',',,- -" '', ,"., Nv ''''' -. "
'he refuoi'chn ueclaratlon Tor virtual
gold monometallisln and to the demo-
cratic expression in favor OF free silver
coinage Then he Landed Mr.. Bryan
III strong words, after which he dwelt
on President Cleveland's financial pol.
lev which the democratic convention
had repudiated, and expressed especial
pleasure at the democratic declara-
tion against further tariff agitation.
lie referred briefly to the other issues
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,rgnlning. 1t had changed the senti-
ment OF the whole country. Free sill
yer at sixteen to one would sweep the
nation. Never in the history of Amer
lea had II been so hard to keep gold
here as under the present system Un-
der 1t see, O00,0 worth of bonds had
been issued and the working people
plundered by the wall street syndi-
Gates and the English bond sharks"
When Mr.. ST. John ended bis talk
big banner upon which was painted
two human figures. one marked me
Kinley" and the other Monopoly"
and above, Down these appeared
and was loudly applauded.
The next one TO address the conyen.
ton was Mrs. Helen M. Cougar, Of In
diana. She denounced the "cold bnD
monopolists," wall street pluto
Gratis" and English bond sharks and
said the only salvation OF the people
from serfdom was to declare for the
free coinage Of silver. She denounced
and the platform on which
he stood. She denounced the repub.
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Increase In Live Stock Receipts,

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July s4.-For the
midsummer month and considering
the depressed condition OF trade every.
where the receipts of live stock since
the opening OF July have kept up re-
markably we'll. The arrivals of cattle
up to yesterday were "a, 100, hogs AL
500 and sheep 4i,7OO, an increase Of 100
in cattle, 1920 hogs and II, 200 sheep,
compared with the same time last
year, and gain of loo cattle, 80, 500
hogs and $4,000 sheep over the same
time in 1894.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July a. Peter Maher
has about concluded that he cannot
arrange a match with Joe Choynski
in this city. His manager, Connolly,
says that the National club has almost
given up hope of securing a permit,
and unless some of the clubs that are
in a position to hold an exhibition
come to the front with a rood offer
very soon, Maher will be off for New
York.
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CLEVELAND, o., July 2S.-The cele.
bration of the founding of Cleveland
loo years ago was commenced at mid.
night by centennial salute of 100
guns reinforced by the screeching of
steam whistles, the ringing of bells
and the explosion of fireworks. The
national salute was fred at $50 a. m.
and the citizens of Cleveland, as we'll
as the 10000 strangers within the
gates gave up all thought of slumber
and turned out TO celebrate.
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PHILADELPHIA BANKERS.
They VIII Turn Over = Million Dollars into
the Treasury.

PHILADELPHIA, July "A special
meeting Of the Philadelphia clearing
house has been called, in pursuance Of
the plan OF local bankers to aid the
United States treasury by depositing
gold in exchange for legal tenders.
The amount each bank can spare will
be announced and the clearing house
will take final action on the PROPOSE.
ton. 1t is said that not less than
81, $50, 900 will be turned into the
sub-treasury, and it is more than
probable that it will be nearer
$l,5OO,O00 The banks refuse to say
how much cold they have on hand,
but 1t is variously estimated at from
$4,000 900 to S10,0OO,OOO Nearly every
bank in town has agreed to give up
some of the gold, but before the Off
Gals would sign any agreement they
wished to present the proposition to
the directors. 1t is understood that
this has been done and their consent
to 60 into the scheme has been granted.
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MURDEROUS REVENGE,
A Man Tries to Kill a Young Boy Because
He DisliIfed tha Rov,s E.than

A Man Tries to Kill Young Boy Because
He Disliked the Boys Father.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 Thomas
Walker missed his seven-year-old boy
yesterday. He found the child bound
and gagged and headed up securely in
barrel which lay in the yard of his
nelghbor, William Watts. Walker has
had Watts arrested, charged him with
the attempted murder of his child.
The two men, who are peddlers, quar-
relied and Walker charging that Watts
intended to kill his son in REVENGE.
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acquisitions Tor August Pension.

WASHINGTON, July 2a-The secretary
OF the interior issued requisition on
the treasury for STA 1875, 600, to be ex.
pended next month for pension pay
ments. The amount to be distributed.
80 "s2eka, Kan, is s3,7O0OOO
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lican party, the liquor traffic and the
rum power OF the world. The saloon
keepers, the rum power and the an
archsts, she said, were with Mckinley.
So were "the thieves OF Wall street."
R. A. Cole. of Milwaukee, said that,
while he had the greatest respect for
Mrs Cougar, Of Indiana, he did not
think it was wise to take up the cry Of
prohibition. To denounce the brew
ing interests would be to lose strength
among the Germans. A vigorous effort
was made TO stop Mr. Cole, but he held
his ground. and despite the cries Of
"Sit DOWN. he continued to talk.
When he had finished the convention
took recess till 23O o'clock.
THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
ST. Louis, July 94-There were
good many women in attendance at
the afternoon session, but the dele.
gates were slow in assembling. The
number Of people in the gallery was
almost twice as large as yesterday, or
about ZOO 1t was three o'clock when
Chairman st. John called for order.
He announced that, owing to the fact
that the peoples party had not effected
its permanent organization, no confe.
ence committee had been appointed.
This would necessitate delay, but he
hoped the delegates would be patient.
A resolution was adopted extending
the thanks OF the convention to Dr. j.
j. Mott, chairman OF the national COM
mittee, for the work he had performed
in behalf OF the free silver cause. BE.
fore the adoption of this several
speeches were made eulogistic of DR..
Mott and his work. DR.. Mott was
called for. He was greeted with
cheers and said he felt sure free silver
would sweep the country in November.
Several delegates were then asked to
make speeches MS the nlatform com.
mittee was not ready tn report
Vice Chairman Towne nresided at
the afternoon session w p ST. John
moved that wbon ,ho oonuon.iono al.
iourned II adjourn IN ton o,clocl, tn.
lav He did this because tho con.
ference commi,too w.s M, roaa, 70
report. The motion was finally carr;ed
A oa,orol ,,...,s fo,I..i -,
to"s'"' ","nsio ioiio"eo over .nc
lemano MADE oy some OF the delegates
that poll of the convention be made
TO find out the previous political be-
iefs of the delegates. The convention
lad voted to take such poll in the
forenoon. The discussion grew out of
IN effort to have the secretaries of the
delegations poll their several delega-
ions and report to the secretary OF the
convention. 1t was decided to proceed
With the roll call of states The result
If the poll showed that there were 256
'epublicans, 1856 democrats, AZ popu-
lists, nine prohibitionists, one nation
list, one greenbacker. and 70 indie.
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WASHINGTON, July "a Gov. Mitch.
ell, of Florida, has appealed to the
navy department for help in protect.
ing his state against the introduction
of smallpox from Cuba Secretary
Herbert has accordingly telegraphed
instructions to Capt. Crowinshield, of
the Maine, now at Key West, to aid the
local health authorities in the work Of
boarding steamers and passing upon
bills OF health.
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GENEVA, N. T., July A.-Ffor WI.
liam r. Brooks, director of the Smith
observatory, while observing the moon
Wednesday night, saw dark round
object pass across the moon in hori-
zontal direction. Prof. Brooks believes
1t to have been meteor, too far re.
moved from the earth's atmosphere to
become ignited. The observation is
entirely new In astronomical annals
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CA 7 A R r n

IS a
LOCAL DISEASE
and Is the result of
colds and sudden cli-
matte changes.
II can be cured by a
pleasant remedy which
Is applied directly into
the nos trils. Being
quickly absorbed itglyes
relief al once