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The morning times., 1896-05-11
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FUNNY thing happened involving three
of the Illiqois members during
\ recent season OF unanimous consent

fUNNf tning happened inVoiNlHS tnfee
- of the Illiqois members during a
recent season of unanimous consent
in the House. . The difficulty OF Sc
curing recognition for The attempted
passage of any bill cannot be exaggerated,
and Mr.. Burrell. of Illinois, had realized this
fact TO the full measure of sorrow while
trying 10 secure action on little private
bill which he had in tow for one of his
constituents. He had been TO see the
Speaker number of times beseeching him
to let the bill come up and finally Mr..
Reed yielded and told him TO be ON time the
next morning with his bill in his hand
standing some where so that he could catch
the Speakers eye.
Mr.. Burrel did not neglect the advice
to be conspicuGusly on hand, so he stood
in his seat, and at the first available
opportunity waved the bin in the AIR.
The Speaker had not forgotten his prom
Use, and when Il suitable opening came
said: The gentleman from ILLINOIS Is
recognized"
page started franticaly up the aisle
TO get the bill and bring it to the Clerks
desk, but seeing Mr.. Connolly standing
IN his place. holding a bill i'll his hand,
and as he came from the State desis-
mated, the page rushed up to him, took
the bill and hurried it to the desk. The
Speaker did not in the least relish this
error, as Mr.. -COnnolly would probably
be one of the last men he would favor
with a recognition, but making the best
OF a bad bargain, the measure was al
lowed to pass.
Mr.. Reed then looked over in the direc-
ton OF Mr.. Burrell aud again said:
THE gentleman from Illinois,
Another page started to follow the
direction OF the Speakers eye, but ran
| into Mr.. Graft, also of Illinois. who bad
| been haunting the first seat OF the middle
| aisle for more than a mouth, waiting to
| bring bill up, and this was AIKEN to the
| desk and read The Spea ker looked
| considerably annoyed, but persisted in
his original intention of seeing that Mr..
| Burrell was given a chance to slip his
| bill through. and for tie third time said:
The gentleman from Illinois,"
| This time the page found his way to the
| proper person and Mr.. Burrelfs bill was
passed. But several members smiled to
| themselves as they reflected on the fact
that two unexpected bills has received
| attention on the strength of the recog-
nition promised Mr.. Burrell.
The morning times., 1896-05-11
ON THE WRONG TACK.

1'The knack Of preserving"
"Ah, preserves interrupted the gushing
young lady, Il Just dote on preservesl
Oh, know ] could live on them! Such
luscious mOrsels fit for the godsl 1t
makes nay mouth water to think of them!
and then the thick, brown syrup, too"
When she stopped to take breath the pro-
fessor continued,
tic dead is a lost art"
The morning times., 1896-05-11
CERIOUSLY THOUGHT
MIN TO BE
" HUnOROUS
The OBJECTION.

''How do YOU like the new watch sold
$ou last week. inquired the jeweller
as he slapped his customer Familiarity on
the back.
We'll, I'm not exactly stuck on it,"
replied the purchaser. hesitatingly.
'Hhat's the trouble?"
''It's too sleepy
"Too sleepy"
''Yes; stops too long between the ticks"
The morning times., 1896-05-11
SLIGHTLY MIXED.

Willie treadmg history)-Papa, what is
o pitched battle?
Father lreading an account of the home
teams last victoryD-A battle, my son,
where the victory depends on the pitcher.
The morning times., 1896-05-11
BY THE HAIR,

"Bifnns and his wife don't get along
very well, togeth ] hear?''
mo; and yet he claims she often strongly
8ttra cts him"
1T must be capillary attraction
The morning times., 1896-05-11

A GREAT many visitors and residents
Y express opinions praising the archi-
II tectural superiority OF the new Con
gresSional Library building, but the
assertion is made by experts that the
edifice is replete with faults of construction
and arrangement. The pillars of the main
front are not in accord by any means. and
although there is much to commend in this.
Immense pile. yet it is apparent that the
usual fault OF public buildings erected at
Washington lack of height in stories
is painfullv visible in this structure.
The only public building erected III Wash
ington with more than four stories and
basement. is the new city postoffice, now
under construction. Had the various pub
lie buildings possessed five or six stories.
large sums of money would have been
saved in rents for other locations because
Of insufficient accommodations. Compared
with modern structures in other cities, all
the public buildings in Washington are low
and squatty, with the single exception of
the city postoffice.
At the outset the people were compar-
atiyely satisfied with the old Capitol and
| later with the two added wings utilized for
the Senate and House chambers, but in
view of the advance in the art of construct
ing modern buildings, it is now universally
recognized that the Capitol. standing as
1t does on the apex OF hill. would have
| been more imposing had one or two stories
| been added.
The morning times., 1896-05-11
AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE.

Silver men and gold men alike want
The financial matter settled, but not settled
alike.
The morning times., 1896-05-11
THE PROOF.

Il thought Smiley was fond Of muslc?''
"Well, so he isg'
''You must be mistaken about that, old
man.
What makes you think so?''
81 saw him in box party at the opera
sAe other night
The morning times., 1896-05-11
TWO OF A KIND.

The East takes on q pale. gray cloak,
And lighter grows the sky;
Night yaniShes; the day is broke
Alas, and so am ].
The morning times., 1896-05-11
BILLS AWAITING ACTION
Measures to Be Considered by
Congress This Week.
FIGHTING FOR RECOGNITION

ommittecs Anxious to Have Ger
tain Measures Called Up-Rela-
tions of Labor to Capital to Be Dis
cussed-River and Hnrbor Bill May
Be Disposed of Today-Dupont Case.
The morning times., 1896-05-11
LARGE number of government en-
pIoyes in this city are already begin
\ ming to figure as TO what particular
\ business they can depend upon for a


business they can depend upon for a
living rter the 4tb OF next March 1t
seems To he generally accepted and fore
gone conclusion that they viii be compelled
to secure other positions As matter or
course it is the smaller fry among the de-
partmentalemploye yes, who are not protected
by the civil service, that will suffer the most
from a change in administrat tioDs. But ex-
perience has proven that when 1t is de-
sired to remove even civil service man
a way can speedily be found to do it.
II no other course is expedient there can
besucha reduction ofsalariesas would make
the hungriest office holder tender his resig-
nation.
Many OF the men who have come to Wash
ington TO accept a small office gave up
some good business at home, and after four
years of service uuder the government lave
grown so lazy that they DO not care to
again hustle. A. a consequence they uSua lily
remain in this city barely existing by some
means known only totiiemselves, andawait
Ing the return OF their party to power. in
the hope that provision will be made for
them.
Such men as Comptroller Eciieis aud
Director OF the Mint Preston and others
whose departmental service has gwen them
a knowledge OF technical matters which
would be scarcely gained III any ether way.
will experience no difficulty IN obtaining
lucrative situations with private firm $
or cGrporatiSns The same is true respect
ing many employees af the Land and Patent
Offices A good law clerk who has had
few years experience in the Interior
Department, either in the Patent, Land OF
Pension Bureaus, possess such knowledge
OF business details aud government pro-
Cedure that he can easily secure Il good
practice as a claims attorney.
The morning times., 1896-05-11
A SIGNIFICANT WARNING.

Stop "scorching..-st. Louis Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16

time-in fact, some insist that the time
lis already reached-when the total
amount of gold produced every year
will be needed for the arts and leave
no annual product to keep up with the
demand for money"
when these republican politicians
refuse to tell tho American people what
kind of a system they would have, they
must not expect the American people
to put their financial affairs n the
hands of those who do not know what
ought to be done, or, if they do know
are determined not to let anybody else
know what they know"
'They tell us that the election of the
Chicago ticket will drive gold from this
country want you to remember that
the mere nomination of u candidate for
president on free silver platform has
been bringing gold to this country fos
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16

debt paying capacity. The same argument
holds good Of the silver peso of the Latin
American countries, and the price Of our
meats and live stock. Itholds good, too, In
the silver ruble and the price Of oil. 1t
holds good in many ways too numerous to
mention.
Instead of foreigners purchasing the
product of our silver mines at the rate OF
70 cents per ounce, and with this silver
buying produce, some of which comes in
direct competition with our productions,
from South America and the orient, they
would have to pay at the rate of 81 30 per
ounce
''As to reputation, why, we have prac-
tically repudiated already, If bankruptcy
means failure to pay debts Did you ever
think Of what an awful debt America
owes to-day? Nineteen thousand millions
of mortgaged indebtedness. All the gold
and silver in the world would not pay one
third of this single item of mortgage In
debt tedness, and under our present ar
rangement Of things the awful dispro-
portion between the ability to produce and
the power of money to accumulate interest
makes the breach between this country
and solvency grow wider every year. Prices
20 down, money going up. Interest eating.
eating all the time. How can 1T ever be
paid? The free coinage of silver do not
believe to be a panacea for q our evils,
but l do believe it step In the right di-
rection and for the best interest Of the
American people,"
JSigned.1 JESSE GRANT,"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16
1RYAN'S SAYINGS.

3o9sasss from the Speeches of the DEM
ocratic Can nditiate.
You tell me that we must have gold
standard because England has. re-
ply 10 you that we will have bimetal-
tNsm and then let England have BIZ
metallisn because we have bimctal-
llism."
There is no ground upon which the
opposition is willing to fight this bat
tie. They dare not declare in favor of
(the gold standard, because all history
teaches that nothing but suffering Las
followed the experiment Of a gold
standard."
"We have been opposed to the inn
portation of criminals and paupers
from abroad and we shall oppose the
|importa tion of a financial system which
lis criminal and which makes pauPers
wherever it goes"
"The vote-not the bosses-ran the
Chicago convention and am proud to
be the nominee of the convention Which
gave expression to the hope, the asp'ra-
'tions of the common people of the dem
scratic party
1.-THE gold used in the arts is increas-
ing every year, and we shall reach
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16
NOT A FORGERY.
The Famous London Financial News Arti-
Gle Proven to Be Genuine.

The Famous London Financial News Arti-
Gle Proven to Be Genuine.
Chicago. Oct. 9.-(Special. 1.-The fol-
lowing cablegram from London ap-
peared in the Chicago Tribune, the
most partisan goldbug newspaper in
America, and should forever set at rest
any doubt as to the authenticity of tho
celebrated London Financial News ar
ticle, which has been SO vigorously de-
MED by the goldbug press:
London, Oct 2-[Copyrighted. 1896. nv
the Press Publishing company, New York
World 1.-The World correspondent ex-
amlned to-day file of the London F1nen-
cial News in it's office. and quotes the fol-
lowing extract from an editorial in its
Issue Of April 80, 1894:
There can be no doubt about IT, that
If the United States were to adopt silver
basis tomorrow, British trade would be
ruined before year y as OuI, necaUSo
American industry would be protected not
only at home but in every other market =
In addition to the above proof, the
following affidavit has been received by
the national democratic press bureau
at national headquarters:
i William Durant, proprietor Of the
SuIl1Il6 dScuCyp "a ~ AAOaOoAA va
duct, in the county Of London. do solemnly
and sincerely. declare that have examined
the file Of Financial News newspapers at
the British museum Nondon) and that
the article attached hereto, now produced
and shown to me marked: "A, and head
ed England and the Silver Question, ap-
peared in that journal on the 30th day OF
April, 1894, and that the reprint attached
as aforesaid is an exact copy.
"And I make this solemn declaration con-
scientiously, believing the same to be
true, and by virtue Of the provisions OF
the statutory declarations act OF 1885.
"(Signed) w. DURANT."
Declared at Giltspur Chambers. Hol'
born viaduct, in the city of London, the
25th day Of September. one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six. before me-
| "ROBERT H. HUMPHREY"
"a Commissioner for Oath. u
! Notwithstanding the fact that the
Chicago Tribune printed the above ca
blegram from London in it's news col
umns, it's editorial columns to-day de
| nouncc the London Financial News
articles as a democratic forgery. Il
only shows the Tribune's capacity fol
lying is only exceeded by it's love fol
British gold power. If ths Chicago
Tribune can lie so egregiously in thl
instance, what confidence can the pub
lie place in any statement made b.
that mendacious sheet?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16

It is noteworthy that Mr.. Bryan has
been permitted to speak wherever he
desired in all this country except in New
Haven, and on the famous campus Cd
Yale college. Fifteen thousand people
assembled there the other day to hear
him, but 500 Yale students disposed
themselves in the crowd and created SO
much noise and caused such disturb
ance that 1T was impossible for him 10
proceed and the attempt was aban-
doned. The students indulgedjn cheers
for Mckinley, college yells, and, the
dispatches say, rendered the Frog
Chorus from Aristophanes."
If Mckinley meeting had been thus
broken up in the west the republican
press would have denounced it unspar.
ingly as an outburst of anarchy. AS il
is, they apologize for it and excuse il
on the ground of 'boyish exuberance.'
There has been no lack, however, of un'
sparing criticism. The spirit of de.
cency and fair play all over the country
has denounced the outrage in unspar.
ing terms.
A few days later the students of Wa
bash college at Charlottesville, Ind, un.
dertook to render the Frog Chorus
from Aristophanes" on a somewhat sim
liar occasion. Col. Patterson was
speaking there, and crowd of these
students desiring to emulate Yale un.
dertook to break up the meeting. Bu4
they had hardly got their ''chorus" we'll
under way when q squad of well-mus'
cled farmer boys, who had come to the
speaking, attacked and literally wiped
up tho earth with them. They pun
! meled some of them within an inch OF
their lives, while others took refuge in
private residences. It is useless to say
the meeting proceeded without inter
! ruptson. And wherever young anarch
, lists Of this class undertake to disturb {
! public meeting it would be we'll if there
could also be present e squad Of hrawny
; conservative, order-loving farmer lad'
. teach them lesson in good behavior
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16
Republican 6osiitu1os.

Republican DonIituGOS.
Blessed are the rich, for they shall
inherit the earth.
Blessed are the protectionists, fop
they shall consume the consumer.
Blessed are the fat, for they SHAH b
considerably fatter.
Blessed are they who lend, for AAey
shall receive usurious interest.
Blessed are the plutocruts. for they
are the stay Of labor.
Blessed are the bosses, for they shall
give us pure elections.
Blessed are the Hannas, for they
shall save the country from the people.
Blessed are the deserters and bounty
jumpers, TO. they shall draw pensions.
Blessed are they who when asked for
contributions respond literally, for
they shall help to buy Sound money
victory.
Blessed are the trusts, for they are
the friends of the people. - Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
Senator Palmer, the bolting goldbug
candidate for the presidency, says Nc
Kinley will carry illinois and Mary
land and be elected. Palmer is more
concerned in McKinley's election thar
in his own.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16
GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT.
Weuld Support Bryan and Free Silver IL
He Kexe Alive To-Day.

Weuld Support Bryan and Free Silver II
He Were Alive To-Day.
If my father could vote to-day he
would vote for Bryan for president OF
tho United States"
The above words are from the lips OF
Jesse Grant, favorite son OF Gen. u.
s. Grant. The son has left the re-
publican party just as his father be-
fore him left the democratic party
when it made compromise with the
slave power In his farewell to the:
republican party Jesse Grant writes:
II believe honestly in the great advan-
tage to this country Of the free coinage
of silver. It does not mean reputation OF
cur debts at home or abroad. These debts
will have to be paid in products, and any
thing that will raise the value of them
will, believe. benefit all classes. II we
can double the price Of silver rupee we
have doubled tho price of the wheat that
comes into competition with our wheat.
and therefore double our wheat as to ~
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16
RAPID CITY, s. d., FRIDAY OCTOBER 49, 1896.
mes whe have violated the Law WIN taaa

tussss wh~ have violated the Law WITH tAaa
iDunity.
> III Mr. Harrison wants to 1aiss the Vnaps
A3on Of the survival Of our instisuoesaa, j
WIN tell him that tho great trusts - 80
country that ere supporting the FsDa1e1sa0
ticket are the greatest menace - oa1 Oov-
eTnmont.
..The trusts Of this country. With easeR
representatives. are collecting txab0eo tSo1D
the people, and whom we protest a0aanoe g
they call ~ disturbors Of the Daeso go 80
srehists. (Applsuse.)
Il AN OPPOSED TO TRUSTS. (AD.
ylause.) As AN EXECUTIVE, I SHALL,
USE WHAT POWER HAVE TO DRIVE
EVERY TRUST OUT OF ExIsTENCE.
tremendous spplauso.)
"If present laws are not sufficient to meot
this evil. l. II elected, viii recommend such
laws - will. (Applause.)
..If tho constitution of the United States
10 90 constructed as to prevent any inter-
ference with the operations of the trust, L
shau recommend such amendments TO tho
constitution will permit the punishment
Of these men. (Applause.)
my friends. there is one great contest in
this country which must be settled, and
that Is whether q few men banded to-
gether are more powerful than all the
people
"And while I do not wish to array class
against class. 1 am willing to array all the
people who suffer from tho operations Of
these trusts against the few people who
operate tho trusts" (Applause.)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16
Is THE FARMER A FOOL7
The GoldbuE Press IL Disposed to ~,
sumo That He Is. !

The Goldbug Press Is Disposed to A.
sumo That He Is.
Under the caption "Bunkoing tho
Farmer" the Chicago Times-Herald
recently printed the following remark
able editorial:
wheat will bring you twice what it
brings now, says the free silver bun,
koer to the farmer.
"But the purchasing power of eur
dollar will be half what it is now, an.
swers the farmer to the free silver bum
koer. Go to.
II have to buy as we'll as to sell, sayu
the farmer"
This is the gist of the goldbug argu.
'ment. Do the farmers believe that dol
lar wheat is going to injure them?
Will dollar wheat assist in paying
mortgages and long-standing debts?
For a generation the republican ora
tors have been talking ''protection" to
the farmers. They have alleged that
protection raises the prices of manu-
factured goods, increases the wages OF
city workmen, and consequently In
creases the demand and raises the
price of farm products. They admit that
protection does not directly benefit tho
farmer; that there is no protection tar
iff on his wheat, corn, oats and other
products, but say the farmer gets an
"indirect benefit due to the increased
price of manufactured goods and in
creased wages"
What has the farmer done with the
money derived from this indirect bene-
ftp His farm is mortgaged. 1t hard
ly pays him to harvest the magnificent
crops of wheat and corn that a bcunti-
full nature has granted him.
, Now, the goldbug papers admit that
the free coinage of silver will double
the selling price of his products, and
solemnly warn him against such q dir
aster.
It might be pertinent to ask if there
is any reason why dollar wheat would
not double the purchasing power Of th>
farmer and therefore stimulate manu-
facture and increase wages In tn
cities.
The November election will settle on
important question. and that is this:
''Is the goldbug press justified in 81
suming that the American farmer b
natural born fool?"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16
THE LATE ELECTIONS.

State elections We're held last week
in Georgia and Florida. There was no
fusion between the democrats and any
other party in either state, and the re-
pubicans had the temerity to lay claim
to both. Each gives an overwhelming
democratic victory.
In certain counties of Florida, lately
devastated by the storm, very little att
tention was paid to the election; yet
the democratic majority in the state
will reach almost 10000, out of a total
vote of less than $4,000.
In Georgia, despite combinations of
every possible kind formed against
them, the democrats have increased
their majority of $4,000 two years ago
to 1000. In both states the legislature
is overwhelmingly democratic, and both
states will increase their maiorities for
Bryan.
The republican goldbug papers have
already begun to fear that, as one of
them prints, ''in the event of McKin-
leys election, the republican political
managers will find themselves handi-
capped with expectations which cam
not be easily realized" It is entirely
unnecessary that McKinley's hackers
should again, either now or later
! pave the way for their utter failures
to redeem any of the extravagant prom
ises they have been making the coun-
try of great prosperity and good times
in the event of McKinley's election,
for that contingency will never arisel
and they will have no occasion after
the election to explain.
| Friends of Bryan and free coinage
will not be misled by the false reports
and unfounded claims of the republic
m papers of Chicago. They have
proved themselves in this campaign to.
be not only unreliable, but utterly un-
scrupulous, as well. Their chief stoclo
in trade seems to be falsehood and!
mendacity.
Between buying an excursion ticket
to Canton and losing their jobs, good
many men are buying tickets who will
vote for Bryan when they get inside the
election booth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16

The railroad bosses may drive their
men into Mckinley clubs and compel
them to go to Canton, but they cannot
compel them to vote Mckinley ballot.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-16

Between buying an excursion ticket
to Canton and losing their jobs, good
many men are buying tickets who will
vote for Bryan when they get inside tho
election booth.