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The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09
CURRENT COMMENT.
AN HONEST FREE COINAGE EX
PERTINENT
David A. Wells In N. Y. Times.)

David A. Wells in N. Y. Times,)
The greatest obstacle in the wav of
business betterInent is the position of free
silver and its assumed relation to prices
and the currency and this of all obsta-
cles is the easiest to remove if the Anne
rican people will only trust to their
common sense and abandon unwarrant
ed prejudices. But how? Answer: By
free coinage of both gold and silver.
What then, 1t may be asked, do you pro
pose as remedy more of the hair of the
same dog that has bitten us? Yes and
no. Let 1t be lawful for every one to
bring any amount of gold or silver to
the mints. Let them, at reimbursement
of the slight expense Of coming, be put
in the form of existing coins. Let
each coin Dear on it's face the government
certificate OF Its true weight and fine
ness. Then each would circulate and be
full payment when rendered in settle
ment of purchases, debts and contracts,
az its market vslue. What more can
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09
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what ought to have happened or must
nave happened to the Mexican laborer
under free silver. The facts are obtain
able by anybody that wants them. Only
TWO weeks ago the Mexican minister of
hnanoe, now in this country. declared
that although the price Of silver had fall
len in his country there had been no rise
IN wages to keep pace with the fall. The
truth is that the Mexican laborer Is not
paid cent more today than he was when
silver was at par with gold, though the
prices of things be has to buy have
doubled The profits of free coinage in
Mexico are all accruing to the capitalists,
the laboring men are getting none of
them. A depreciating and unstable our
rency never works any other way. Whsn
our green backs were depreoiated in the
midst of the war it was the laboriug men
that suffered chiefly. Wages went up
somewhat, but prices went up far higher.
Fortythree per cent, says Col. Carroll
d. Wright, was the extent Of the rise in
wages, while the rise in prices was over
100 per cent.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09

There is probably no problem upon
which the best brains of all ages have
been more concentrated than upon that
OF the accumulation of wealth. Almost
every human being from the time he
passes childhood until he dies or is phys
ioally and mentally inoapaoitated is en-
gagged in a struggle to secure compe-
iency. Now if there was any such easy
ways of getting iioh az by cutting dol
lar in two-if suffering people could be
turned into prosperous people by reduc-
Ing the purchasing power OF the dollar
cussed it long before the year of our Lord
1896. Experiments in cheap currency
have been numerous In the past, but they
have never been successful enough in
making men rich to encourage their con-
tinuance. Mon have always been intelli-
gent enough to know that there wasn't
any more grain in their bins when
measured in peoks than in bushels, or
more cloth in q bale when it was meas
ured in feet than in yards, or that their
measured by 50 cent dollars than by 100
cent dollars. Yet there are plenty of sill
yer orators about ths country today who
have an idea that they can delude the
people into thinking that the raising of
the price of commodities by lessening the
value of the measuring standard means
an increase of wealth. The whole process
Of raising prices by free coinage is pre-
cisely akin to the process Of increasing
the number of bushels of potato es In the
farmers cellar by calling half bushel
measure bushel and measuring them
with. that. The latter performance will
increase the farmers store of potatoes
just as effectually as the former will in
crease their value.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Garret A. Hobart
OF NEW JERSEY.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Llewellyn Powers
OF HOULTON.

For Representatives to Congress:
First District-THOMAS b. REED,
of Portland.
Second District-NELS0N DINGLEY,
JR., of Lewiston.
Third District-SETH L. MILL
KEN, of Belfast.
Fourth District-CHARLES A. BOU-
TELLE, of Bangor.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09

The Bangor Commercial is Mortified
that plutoorat Ike Gov. Flower, should
come to Bangor to address the people
on the silver question. Yet the Hon. J.
P. Bass, one of Bangor's plutocrats, is
addressing them on the subject every day
through the columns of the Commercial
without any protest on the COMMERCIAL
part.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09

A native of Maine who is now resi-
dent of Herndon, Va, writes to the
PRESS that the Republicans are very
hopeful of carrying that State for Nc
Kinley. ''There are proba bly, ten Demo-
GRATIS" he says, "who will vote for Nc
Kinley to one Republican who will 60
from U.S.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09

The opposition Of gold and silver, so
far back as 1874 had not taken Judgment
in the national consciousness Bangor
Comm ercial.
No. 1t hadn't taken much Judgment
even four years ago. Even month be-
fore the Chicago convention it had not
taken Judgment enough in this State to
defeat gold standard resolution in the
Democratic State convention.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.

State Election, Monday, Sept. IA.
National Election, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09

According to Candidate Bateman, the
Maine farmer is in most deplorable
oondition-with nothing in his POCKETS
but an old broken jaokknife and few
brass buttons. Mr.. Bateman's remedy is
to change the brass buttons to silver but
fnDg
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09

The Hon. Thomas Watson doesn't in
tend for the country insgeneral and Mr..
Arthur Sewall in particular to forget
that he ia very much alive.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-09

Low as wages may still be in Mexico
from natural causes, the silver boom
must haye greatly enhanced them; and
Of the sane tirae improved the condition
of fire laborspg man.--The Columbian
There is no need Of speculating as to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Court.

The March term of the Circuit
Court for Cecil county convened
Monday morning, with Associate
Judge Frederick Stump presiding.
Notwithstanding thestormy weather
all thejurors and witnesses answered
to their names.
The following were chosen as the
grand jury: Henry Vinsinger, fore
man; James p. Mccoy, A. T. Des-
hane, j. D. Boulder, G. M. Camp
bell, Joseph L. Wells, H. Fl. Nc
Fadden j. J. OVERLY, III. G. Morgan,
w. E. Porter, J. J. Wright, G. G.
Cameron, j. S. Beaston, Ell. M.
Patterson, T. II. Harlan, A. d.
Kershaw, T. Fl. Warburton, J. P.
Cain, G. G. Bayard, Benjamin Price,
1. G. Griffith, Jr., T. B. Miller and
j. p. Wilson.
The grand jury was engaged all
day in hearing the witnesses in the
case of j. Harry Truss, charged
with having murdered Captain
Thomas Camp. The term will pro-
badly be a short one, only few cases
being marked for trial.
TUESDAY.
Judge Stump on the bench. Judge
Wicks took his seat at eleven o'clock.
The case of Helen M. Wilmington VS..
Robert Gardner was called and tried be-
fore jury. Albert Constable for plaintiff
w. S. Evans for defendent. This is a
suit about right of way across the plain
tiff's property.
The Grand Jury presented Edwin
Reside, ofnear Marley, for selling liquor
in violation of the prohibitory law.
WEDNESDAY.
Judge Wickes on the bench.
Case of Wilmington VS.. Gardner re-
sumed.
The Grand Jury found a true bill of in
dictment against James H. Truss for the
murder of Captain Camp.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
County Commissioners.

The County Commissioners were
in regular session on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week, the full
board being present.
A number of claims were ex-
amined, passed and ordered paid.
School Examiner George Biddle
and Commissioner George R. Ash
appeared before the Board asking
an extra appropriation of 50, 800 in
order to build new school building
in Elkton, claiming it an imperative
necessity. The Commissioners have
the matter under consideration and
action will be taken at the next
meeting.
The Board adopted the following
scale of wages to be paid for road
work. Supervisors $1.25 per day.
Laborers Slip. Oxen and cart
with driver $3.50. Horse and cart
with driver 1926. Two horses and
pillow with driver So. Oxen and
pillow with driver 50. Two horses
and wagon with driver, man, So.
Four horses and driver with wagon
or scraper So. Six horses and
driver with wagon or scraper 1918.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
The COunty's Wards.

DIR. Housekeeper who has charge
as physician Of the inmates of the
Almshouse and Insane Asylum re-
ports the number of inmates OF
these establishments and deaths
since July 1895 to Feb. 1 1896 adds;
The general health of the inmates
in the Almshouse has been excep-
tionally good. While the physical
condition of these in the Asylum is
all that can be expected.
The recent arrangement whereby
the Insane Asylum is heated by
steam is decidedly beneficial and
economical, besides being much
safer than heating with the furnace.
The sanitary condition of both in
situations Is first class. There has
also been a new range placed in the
Asylum for cooking purposes,
which is a decided improvement or
the ordinary stove that was formerly
used.
Mr.. Steel the superintendent OF
the Asylum has an assistant whose
duty Is to take charge of such
patients as have sufficiently re-
covered and when the weather per-
mits take them out to work on the
farm, Besides saving the expense
of hiring it is highly beneficial tc
the patients.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Peoples Party Convention.

The State Convention of the
Peoples party of Maryland will be
held in the city of Baltimore on
Thursday, April 16, 1896. The
convention will meet at 10 O'Clock
"a. m. the place of meeting will be
announced as soon as selected.
The convention will select dele
gates to represent the state OF
Maryland in the National Conven-
ton of the Peoples Party to as
semble at st. Louis, Mo-, July ODD,
1896 and to transact such other
business as may be brought before
the meeting.
Each county is entitled to three
delegates and one additional for
every so votes or fraction thereof
cast at the last state election the
delegates to be true and undoubted
members of the Peoples Party.
None others will be permitted to
act as delegates in the convention.
Where delegates are selected by
county meetings they must present
credentials signed by the chair
man of the meeting.
B. s. NORRIS,
Chairman of central com. of the
Peoples Party of Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
$6oo.so for a Buffalo Robe.

At the public sale of James Briggs, o.
Gainesville, on Saturday afternoon, 6
fine buffalo robe was "bone of conten
ton" and has suddenly become topic o.
interest to the whole neighborhood.
When H. A. Pickering, the crier
knocked off the buffalo robe to A. w
Walton for $3.50, A. Fretz Weisel
claimed that it stood at his bid. After
some argument, in which the crowd sided
with Mr.. Weisel, the robe was set W
again and the price climbed slowly to g
hundred dollars. At this point the crier
who appeared TO doubt the financial ability
of Mr.. Weisel, informed him that there
was no use of his bidding any higher, a:
he (the crier) was authorized to purchase
the robe at any price. Mr.. Weisel in 6
very gentlemanly manner inquired
whether this was not public sale; if SC
he would like to buy that buffalo robe
The sale then proceeded and the price
scared up among the hundreds. Thi:
dizzy height appeared to affect the nerve:
of the erier aud argument was again re
sorted to, whereupon Mr.. Weisel caally
inquired if it was his bid. Alter conside
able parley the robe was at last knocked
off to Mr.. Walton for six hundred dollar:
and fifty cents.-Doylestown /nfelIig
eHeer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20

We notice country goldbug sheet has
caught the refrain from the Rothschild
dailies, and is crying out that our manu-
facturers are pulling up stakes and ship
ping their plants to Japan, where they
will manufacture and ship goods to the
United States. These papers take care
not to tell their readers the main cause
for the movement lies in the fact that we
are clever, or foolish enough to give the
Japs our silver at half price. Those
Yankee Japan manufacturers will sell
their goods here fnr gold, purchase silver
bullion. at half its coin value and have it
coined in Japan, where, as money, it is
worth double what they pay for it.
This difference in exchange is equal to
tariff of one hundred Fer cent in favor
of the silver standard nation. IfJapan
mined gold and sold it to us at half its
coin value the conditions would be re.
versed. They would give our manufac=
turers an advantage in exchange over
silver using nations of 100 per cent The
United States produces nearly half the
silver of the worlds annual supply, and
we give it away to enrich English bankers
and silver, money country manufacturers.
Smart people we are
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Holmes c. l.. S. c.

Holmes Chautauqua Circle met
with Jerome Brumfeld on last
Wednesday evening and full and
interesting program was carried
out. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Miss Mary
Conner on April LIST. The censors
have prepared the following pro
gram for the occasion: Quotations
from Bayard Taylor, music; char
acter sketch of Bayard Taylor, Miss
Fl. Jennie Reynolds; music; recita.
ton from Bayard Taylor, Mrs
Nellie Wagner; table talk, Troubles
in Africa, opened by Miss Clara <
Wilson; account Of the Brook
Farm Community, Cecil E. Ewing
quiz.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20

Financial staticians estimate that
only three per cent. of the business
of this country is done for cash.
All the balance is ON credit, every
dollar of which draws interest from
the wealth producers to the wealth
absorbers. The debts of the country
are nearly thirty times its circula-
ton. The bankers and their SUBJ
sidized daily press tell the people
there is "plenty of money!" In
fact some of them who possess the
most brass say there is a ere
dundancyn of circulation!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Not to be Trifled With.
(Frem Cincinnati Gazette.

kFT9Hl NlHClnuatl 6aAette'l
Will people never learn that ''cold"
Is an accident to be dreaded, and that
when it occurs treatment should be
promptly applied? There is no knowing
where the trouble will end; and while
complete recovery is the rule, the ex-
ceptions are terribly frequent, and thou
sands upon thousands of fatal illnesses
occur every year ushered in by little
injudicious exposure and seemingly trifl-
ing symptoms. Beyond this, there are
to-day countless invalids who can trace
their complaints to ''colds, which at the
time of occurrence gave no concern, and
were therefore neglected.-When troubled
with a cold use Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1t is prompt and effectual. IS
aud so cent bottles for sale by f. 7,
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Peoples Party Convention.

In the present issue of the MID
LAND JOURNAL will be found the
call for a state convention to as
semble in Baltimore, on Thursday,
April 10th, issued by the chair:
man of the state central committee,
Mr.. B. S. Morris, of Salisbury.
The hall where the convention will
meet will be announced before the
day of meeting. Members of the
party in this county are invited to
communicate with the editor Of this
paper in reference to holding a
county convention for the purpose
of appointing delegates to the state
convention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Bankers Drawing Closer Together

Bankers Drawing Closer together.
The bankers are everywhere moving to
consolidate and draw closer together and
form one compact column to be directed
from Wall Street, and Wall Street from
London. In this state a committee o.
the Baltimore Clearing House Banks to
whom the matter was referred has issued
circular letter to the bankers of Mary
land inviting them to a convention at
Sutro's Hall, Baltimore, April $40, at
which it is proposed to form State
Bankers Association Hon. Jacob Tome
of Port Deposit, will preside. Addresses
will be made by Governor Lowndes,
Mayor Hooper, Enoch Pratt and others.
Comptroller Eckles will also attend the
convention which will be followed by a
banquet The objects of the association
are practical business results to be secured
by uniform action i'll financial matters
and the promotion of social intercourse.
This is succinct statement of their
ultimate intention, gracefully yelled. All
of these bank movements and solidarity
of bankers are for the purpose of more
firmly tightening their grasp an the
government and reducing the people of
the United States to a condition OF
subjects of great financial oligarchy, i'll
place of government of the people and
for the people. This active banker move,
ment which is forming associations all
over the country bodies no good to the
people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
The Latest Church Scheme.

The pastor of the A. U. M. P
church has new idea. He is ar
ranging for a "weight entertain
ment." The "brethering and sister
ingu are to be weighed at the party
and for every pound avoirdupoist
they are to contribute half cent
to the parsons fund. We shouldn't
be surprised if the two-fifties ano
three hundred Founders didn't fine
it convenient to be sick on enter
tainment evening.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Temple r1uSicale.

The musicale held at the home OF
Mrs. Sam'l. 7. Reynolds, under the
auspices of the w. G. I. u, on last
Friday evening, for the purpose OF
raising funds to liquidate the debt
on the Women's Temple at Chi
cago, was a tlattering success. In
addition to the program published
last week Miss Rhoda V. Wilson
delighted the audience with one OF
her choice solos, and Miss Matte
Richardson, of Havre de Grace,
gave several fine Rotations. AT
the conclusion of the excellent pro-
gram refreshments were served.
The receipts of the evening were
twelve dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
The Prohibition Convention.

The Prohibition State Central Com.
mittee met Tuesday afternoon at the
State headquarters, 3oS North Calvert St..
Baltimore, and designated Thursday,
April 20, as the date of the State Conven-
ton in Baltimore, which will elect twenty
two delegates and twenty-five alternates
to the national convention, which will
meet in Pittsburg May 27.
While private expressions Of opinion
were favorable to the nomination o.
Joshua lowering for the presidency nc
official action was taken. Spch actor
will be taken by the State Convention.
The State Convention to nominate q
State ticket will be held at 'Glyndor
Thursday, July 80.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Teachers Association.

Program for Saturday, April IL
Subject for general discussion
Reading Papers by Miss Susie G
Smith, Miss Emma Haines, Walter
T. johnson and Miss Lidie Stewart
Select Reading-Miss Minnie
Alexander, Miss Matte Warner
Miss Anna G. Nesbitt and Miss Ella
Shannon.
Essays-Mrs. Mary Palmer, Miss
Maud V. Thompson, E. B. Focklel
and Miss J. E. Mahoney.
E. B. FoCKLER, Sec'y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
Electric Railway.

The Cherry Hill, Elkton and
Chesapeake City Electric Railway
Company has been organized at
Elkton and a certificate of incor-
poration secured. The incorpora-
tors are j. C. Price, r. A. puha-
nell, John Banks, T. Taylor Reyn-
olds, G. II. Smith, Manly Drennen,
DIR. Frank II. Mackie, George S.
Woolley and William j. Smith.
DIR. Mackie was chosen president,
and G. II. Smith secretary and
treasurer. The certificates state
that the object of the company is
for the purpose of building and
operating an electric road between
the towns of Cherry Hill and Chesa-
peake City, a distance of nine miles,
for the purpose of carrying both
passengers and freight, but the
company really expects to build a
line from the Pennsylvania state
line to the Sassafras river, but
owing to provision of the code,
the certificate of incorporation must
be limited to apply to twelve miles.
A bill, however, will be introduced
in the legislature extending their
powers, and thereby enable them
to construct line from the northern
to the southern border of the county,
with lateral branches. The COM
pany expects to push the matter
vigorously, and hopes to have the
line in operation at an early date.
The right of way will mainly be
secured along the public roads.