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which we can agree. but u 10 imperative
that We have a silver bill
n gran, that you showed q preference for
Some mea SIRE other than free co,nages
and that after some vacillation you tsrsw
your vote in favor OF what was ceiieu ,no
"Windom bill" l grant further thHt YOU
may have expressed your wiiiingness ~
vote for free coinage merely Tor enro,.
knowing that the condition lalo GOWN
was an impossible one. and thar the repuo-
licans would never agree upon sucn .
measure. SIM the fact is th-t you salu y.
and there was no Inconsistency between
that Language and your previous record
III a majority OF the republicans had oe-
clared in favor OF free coinage DIN
have no doubt that you would nave Nfis
your word and voted for u. Therefore
ask you the further question: Did you IN
fSs0 regard the free coinage OF silver as
tneantn,. financial dishonor.' ana conse-
ouently dishonesty In those who adNo-
I Gated that policy7 IL not. the country VII
no doubt he greatly Interested In reading
I your eiucidation OF the ethical diherehcs
Y between free coinage IN 1880 and Tree COM
age In 1885.
Finally. deem II proper 10 remind you
I that uD 10 the very day OF your nomination
YOU were not the choice Of the extreme gold
/ standard men. They looked upon your
past financial record win unqualliieu rs
favor. and the somewhat uncertain ihh-
atIare OF the Ohio platform, which was sup
s~sed 10 reject your position. Mice them
with distrust.
In the end. however, you were nonlna''o
upon a gold standard platform. and there
same men are now your enthusiastic slp-
pOrters. .,.,...
You have suddenly become as enthuhi,
astic as they IN your devotion 70 the " ia
standard which you never failed 70 az
tack in congress when the opportunity prs,
sented itself: for even the WINDOW oili
and the Sherman law both OF whicn
. received your vote. recognized the fact tha'
the cold standard was wrong.
Not only this. but you seem TO have ais'
apparently abandoned the opinions OF
lifetime on a question OF morals ah'
reached the conclusion that the free com
? age OF silver would lie both unwise ana ais
honest. This change in your atutuue ,
80 extraordinary and 50 sudden that' leel
: ing as | do the deepest interest IN ever.
phase OF the silver question, ADDRESS 70
IN this public manner, hoping that ~
y mav find il not incompatible with the uis
nlty of your present position 70 furnlsh !
r The same public manner an expiahato
& ina. will be satisfactory 10 both you
y friends and your opponents, Very resp1e'
]. fully yours. A. =.
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Farmer, manufacturer. miner. wage
earner-all feel the blighting effects
Of falling prices. In the face OF faii-
ing prices they cannot prosper, and the
election Of Mckinley means a further
and continued fall in prices. Rising
prices can alone bring TO them gea-
erai and lasting prosperity. and Mr..
Brvan's election means higher prices.
In short, Il is Mckinley and Adsersity'
Bryan and Prosperity. The great body
OF American voters cannot hesitate long
over the choice.-The American.
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Whatever the faults Of Bourke Cock
an--ana they are many' whatever his
virtues-and they are few-no man can
DENY him possession Of unlimited nerve
Perhaps "gau- would be the better
word. albeit slangy. IL strikes Tam
many Times that his proposal 20 enter
Joint debate with William j. Bryan.
nominated for president by the greatest
marty this country has ever known. was
Is solid piece Of impudence as IL las
encountered in many a. ay. Ifali Of tho
natives az County Sligo were as i'm
pertinen., the remainder OF the world
would b. kept busy kicking them until
the breed was worn out.
Cockr1n came TO this country many
wears impoverished, but with the
I instinct Of the mendicant- What he saw
he asked for. What he got he accepted
with that profuslon Of thanks for which
the members Of the Ragged Legion are
noted. Many men hot yet past their
Y yrirnc remember him as he was IN those
II DAVIS. IS a borrower he was expert
end as consumer of liquor unsur-
raSsed He wOuld cross the street IN q
driving storm and wade through slusl
10 his knees. to speak 20 a man with
money. II he had gone in for heraldry
his coat Of arms would hIve been bot
tie crossed with a corkscrew, an'
"Backshcesh" his motto
The mans eloquence made hin
! friends. He became active as a work
! or" in he lower stratum OF politics
r subsequently, he was adopted by Tam
T many. lie said that he was democra'
4 and that organization. which stand
L. ready always 20 aid struggling ialen
= took him up. II advanced him step =
! r-ep. It's members aided him. indiyi'
ralIv and collectively. IL sent him
= national conventions AMI to congress
q u afforded him every opportunity to a
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CHEERS FOR TELLER


Senator Henry NJ. Teller. on the even
Ing OF August 81, delivered before The
BRYAN and sewall club Of Colorado
Springs the only political address he
will make in Colorado during the pres
ent campaign. Ills reception was rather
unique from the fact that Colorado
Springs is the center OF hat Nc hinley
continent there is in that state. Tn
silver men call the city Little London.
partly because Of the English popula
ton there and also because OF the Nc
Kinlev spirit. This in "a measure &C
counts for the monster demonstration
accorded Senator Teller by loyal silver
ties of the city.
The supreme court and income tax
issues raised By the Chicago Platform
were handled by the speaker in Is
usual dry. argumeniative style. and ne
sp-o'.e IN tones ~ contemp' Of the lnd'
annapolis convention. characterizing il
as a stool-pireon 70 catch votes thai
might otherwise 20 10 Bryan rather
than 10 Mckinley. Senator Teller IL
nored the Mckinley letter otaeceptanc'
entirely. lie eulovized Bryan. and de
clared that he was the equal Of an,
presidential candidate nominated y
this country during the last 80 years
Blaine not excepted.
awe must do our duty 10 the fnanc'a
question said Mr.. Teller. ''for IL v
settle il here we will SETTLE il through
out the world. II we could strip tn
question of partisanship YOU would fin
a great ma iority of this country in fayo
OF bimct1llism- The free coinage {
both metals IS no rev theory IL was
success and It was not failure. "
propose no doubtful experiment "
ask tina. We return 70 the prospero'
times prior TO 1873.
Il am asked what country has pro
pered on the double standard la
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THE M'KiNLEY LETTER.



-,Xords. words, words" Il IS not
le,,er that Mckinley nficts upon us;
il is Il yolrme. And in that volume
there is little to interest, less TO con-
vince. No one doubts that the major
means Well. The trouble has been that
no one knew what he meant. And now
that be attempts 10 tell us, we are, with
one exception, still IN the dark mat
exception. however, is plain. lie IS
gold monometallist. isut even ms
declaration for gold lacks The true ring
OF that noble metal. We fear the major
Is still in doubt as to what he really
means. Perchance the Hanna instruc-
tons have not been specific, OF there IS
progressing. somewhere behind the
\ Napoleonic brow, fearful fight. May
be the convictions the major thought ne
held wears ago are struggling with
those he is bid TO hold to-day. How
ever that may he, he has declared HIM
self for gold. On that basis he must
stand or fall.
But for all the rest, the letter may
as well have remained unwritten. IL
Is a dreary document. tedious treatise
which might with advantage be cut TO
half a column. Who can wonder at
this? 4 subject 70 warrant length IN
treatment must be Of interest. ltmus'
have vital meaning 10 the people, or the
people viii net read II. And IN these
plutocratic documents they find only
, reiteration OF high-sounding but mean
inrIess phrases. Sophistry too long
strung out is soporific. - TammanJ
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a party Of is were up ~ the White
mountains last fan on D campinr-out
trip. We were walking along one alter
rron y hen we met a native of that 10
calitv coming down ravine with about
bush.l 81 llueherries in a box strapped
10 his broad back
We stopped AMI asked him a nnmher
~ nr,estiouS about distances and locali-
ties. and his replies manifested SUCH
familiarity with the neirhb crhc0s hat
one az the rarity said:
--You seem ID D. vel. acquainted all
Y along here
.Td ort 70 be- was the reply. ~ was
horn ali along hvar." ~ Detroit Ere
E Pres
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sace ax1y from = and wePt Ike
child.
~ was the first ana only time bad
ever seen q man drummed out ~ fAe
service. can never again -ee such
sho..sinr ght ot mans inhlmanits 70
man.
Almost % Years agD-I was very
Young hoy then. stil remember 'iia'
the sun was bright and THAI sAieS wsr+
bl-e. I remember that the mir az soft
and balrv. T remember that the rag
a emblem N liberty ami equality. thre"
out the glory 81 its stars and stripes
straight ana strong 70 the morning
trset.. remember that we at stood
hrddlsd together. waiting and thea
il carn@
FIRST the drums and flies; then Two
rIatooas Of rnen fully armed ana
equipped. their havonets flashing AMI
~ra-kIinr III the sunlight. and between
them. Duuruey. with head closely
isroppe,i. AMI on his back board
marked .-DruHkar'i-"
md Stili-the sun shore- the skies
were blue. and the flag hnpped gayiy
ON rhev c-u.e. the drums and fifes
PLAYING the -Rorue~' March
Poer OH soldier. poor Old soldier
Ta-r.a anu fearhersi and then drumm'd
0u-
Iierause ne epl-sin As-P ,.. 49,.
WE $3.50 ,--
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III w - = ~ ~,
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France. She maintains her S9Oo.OoO.-
Do0 Of silver with $500. 600 of gold.
Germany was prc-eminently prosperous
under q silver standard alone from ls--
10 ls73. when she abandoned silver and
took 10 2 gold standard. India went 20
a silver basis and has made more prog
ress since 1886 than she did N the pre-
vious 500 years. President Diaz and his
counSelcrs say: We 10 aCr want 70 see
me United States 60 10 free coinage,
s.cause we could not advance as we are
ding now
Il don't care who IL Is that says that
the coin1r, Of silver will drive out the
gold. We are told that Jefferson stopped
tie coinage OF silver dollars because q
tie shrinkace of the currency. That Is
true. because they We're being exported
Isut silver half dollars were coined and
we've LEGAL tender. Not one man IN
thousand knew that silver had been de-
raoretized two years after the act OF
1s-7. No American citizen knew Of u.
That act was forced and promulgated
Nv an enemy Of the human race.
CCheers) think we all aA-ee that II
Was an unfortunate act. Think OF IL,
q years Of constantly falling prices
.Our 10000 600 people ought 20 be
the happiest people on earth fnd
them .oyertv-stricken. find one-third
without means Of supporting them
selves. tell you. after 20 years OF
thought and study. our trouble arises
from n deficient monetary system !
find that every other nation that has
abandoned this standard is in the same
condition Of poverty. In 1856 n com
mission was appointed in England 70
find what was the matter with her stag
mated trade.
.They saw. IL YOU got free coinage
Won win get 4 50-cent dollar. The Mex
,can dollar Is not 50-cen. dollar. Its
q r00-cent dollar. When the Mexican
dollar reaches the United States y :
worth hut 20 cents. because i y Simply
silver bullion. III you gi'e all the form
~ r,onev-the rrcenhacx- silver. Eol'
dollarx--all the same functions the.
VIII remain side hy side. and one wiilno
sepreriaie until all do. Int | have SAL
enough on that. 10 not misunderstan'
, mo rlonot want 70 60 TO silver basi
alone. but II we have 20 70 TO one meta
.hen Il. n he silver" tIheers.l
Gov. Altreld wants 70 know how LOT
&c would have had to wait for ind'
rendcnct 10 we had depended upon En-
lands consent TO il. This j. problcl
fAat Mr.. Mckinley should work o.
and answer in one of his speeches ~
rntimen. IN favor OF American IND
n~ndence In England was fully
strong as that in favor of binetalls'
uov-St Louis Republic
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seeming DEFEAT.
MCKINLEY WIZ Meet the Fate OF James
e.. Blaine.


e.. Blaine.
In presidential politics, as in chess,
II il d sign Of weakness to move the
lipy. On the chess board the monarch
Is supposed to be yigilantly guarded by
his officers and his soldiers, and when
he takes the field in person his cause Is
desperate.
50 IL is in politics. The presidential
nominee OF great party - presumably
so well known. both as to his opinions
and his personality, that the voters are
able 10 pass upon his candidacy without
hearing him from the platform during
the campaign. Ills position IS, or should
be. one OF dignified retirement, his leu
tenants and political sponsors doing the
fighting.
! lie fears that many states IN the
west and northwest are unfavor-
ably disposed toward him, and, In
the hope of stemm:ng the tide OF DIS
a affection. he will "swing around the
circle" repeating the one dreary speech
that has served him for 20 years ana
lodging the currency question with an
agility due to long practice.
Nothing could show more clearly the
uneasiness in the protective junta and
nothing could more clearly pressge de-
feat for the apostle of that cause. a
greater man than Maj. Mckinley took
the stump to advocate his own candi-
dacy, and not even his magnetism saved
him from defeat and disaster.
What befell James q. Blaine will hap
pen 10 William Mckinley. Whatever
the outcome OF the currency issue, pro-
tection's cause is lost.-Chicago Chron'
| icIe.
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Was it to be imagined that the

Was il to be imagined that the
eastern manufacturers and the eastern
nloneyed men should place their barrels
AZ the disposal OF Mark Hama for the
benefit of Mr.. Mckinley without ex'
pecting anything in return? No reason
able man could believe in such extraor-
binary generosity in the business
world. These men gave Of their SUP
stance because they believed their giv..
ING would oe profitable. They looked
lev campaign as an investment which
should bring them a good interest- Mi
lions have been spent on the campaign
80 far. For the return Of these millions
the people will be taxed. should the re-
pubiican party be returned TO power
Mckinley is mortgaged candidate
St Louis Republic.
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-Yon seem 20 like dogs he saic, with
an .nsinus glance al her pug.
n do she answered. and then she
sds.d quickly. a. she saw with wom-
rn.S intuition that he intended topro-
r.o~@. -but don't want more than one
=, a time.--Chicago Post
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Out Of a lot OF trash brought out in an
interview with the Mexican minister,
about silver money. 50-cert dollars. ETC.,
an fixed up by republican interviewer
20 help the unholv gold cause. one start
ling truth was told lie says by the use
Of silver money outside competition has
Been dispensed with aud Mexico Is build
ing up industries OF her own. Under a
cold standard The industries OF the
United States are being pulled dou y. IN
stead OF being built up.-Springtieid
Qlll Register.
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snfrss nc eo1-l ira-llt W W
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aud then ~ wpl.- .s
"a lizard fne tramp el wv
tHf-. -l THUNDER 81 cannon
a. mu>hr7ry- tne Shouts l M.
et ftr men, Unh- above s-A
r-t-t rn- the bad 2 ''-'.io NJ az.
n M the cold sn.trr- 'i.f'A Z u''-l '''', n
t. blood jumping tAFo--1 VIZ
EN- "ur Acyrsh hearts nun
-1umr~d until we tnou@hs .l'T
surely burst then NJ wo-i'i et'''
r. an instant All was dirirrta'-
ne SOW ana soiennn 20 ~ ~
fst drums ne Tong nriat.el'-s- =
11c-t human roll and ~ Ane'N 'il.i' III
taf'le was over. and that tne es-.. y. =.
beng iait away 10 their al rs
Tears we're m our eyes, el''Ai17
cur thrnass- and then
Tasr dressed me- NJ IN sojer cIoshss.
Tt@y treated ne 80 stzaIy-
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1t is now apparent that sae 9. .
n. elephant will he stabbed IN sne
white house next ycar.-kansis S"1
Times
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We cali attention 10 the factthat the
silver craze continues to die out-Sn
the organs OF the moDev powers->As
lanta Constitution
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DITNPEY.

u sIrrr- THOMAS H. mELscS- u a
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-29

Gobierno del Canada inspection ods
dehnhva
REVOLUCIONES
& o cua
sINIESTRO, CAUSA.
Ca
deseey solci el aeegu
6 Que P6zs espscf del 2segqrado asf de
Socedaaes
ento e pejuioo de los
PriVIeEIoS
quieo n
el
PRIVILEGE CONTRA CADUCIDAD
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HOTEL MARE M
MARINA 6. LUNA /.
'pONoH. PUHRro-RIoo

dueho de este antique acreditado ss-
tablecimiento, afanoso siempre en- mejorar-
10 v ponerlo 81 nivel ese los buenos de EE-
rspa, de nuevo ha inabalado sus comedore.
an La planta baja con cabida para mas d.
Glen personals en- mejorss condiciones
nue antiguamante 10 tsnfa.
Hay habitaciones frescas y espaciosss
desde una persona hssta 8; las hay especia-
les para eomisionistas coo aparatos para
aus muestrarios; cnatro salones de des,
canso; espI6ndidos banos frfos de ducha. J
tibios todas horas del dia de Ia noche
una cantina provissa de buenos vinos Il
cores cocina. aseo prontitud en- el servi-
clio. sin rival en- Is isls; un criado mandade-
ro = un serene puss el Hotel permausee
siempre alberto todos horas de Ia noshs
cosa que los transeuntes no tengan demo
| "a alguna en So alojamiento: 81 efecto ha5
habitaeiones preparadas.
| Asf pues, no dudando merscer como
siempre el favor del p6blico ea general
amigos conocidos de dentro y fuera d.
/ la isla ca particular, tengo el honor de 20
aorme 4 las 6rdenss de t0dos ofrscisndole'
ssrAn compiacidos en- cuanto p1sda series
It'll
| Su atento servidor, JUAN B0IX.
Pcaaa Marzo dc l6ocs I'm Ak
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DEL. ASMA!

todos los que suran de tan penosa enfermedad recon
Ia lectura del siguiente tcstinonio:
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|. RASSEDAS
AGHN0IA ESOoLAR

Con profundo del pas donde ne viyldo argos @
delas puertorlqueha con L.
en- barcelona donde tengo mi fa co eraf en-
condolences dgr los estudntes que
univetara quea
provincial acceptable eiPendio annual
fannia deseen
vos j5venes amigo les eTde ies M
Cue les les acompahe CON onclau d
eGezca del hogar domesuco.
Los que ouean obner Smpo deles. Pueden Pedrlos
toa envarG IN C -.
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Roberto Graham
INGENIEkO
Fssudses6n, Heyversa y Fsryeter{a
PONCE. PUERTo-Rroo

Fapricante Dis despolpadoras de este d
los sistemas RolIo = Disco, como tambis'
Cedazos, Tahonas, RUedss hidrarlicas, Ma
lacates, Secaderas tods class de maquins
ria para oafs, picsr ysrba. dasgransr ma
ssc., etc. Hero. cobre y bronco 81 aarra
ollnchas fundldo.
pfdanEe snforrnes. Julio z, 1888
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SAC Al 4 Nj 30
GUT IA--DoLCsE

Este preparado !szslio, De gran fams en-
pafs, cura rsdicaluaents los catarros gripa-
les, dolores de caheza, neuralgiss, reurnss,
deinas afeceiones eutaneas
sts., etc.
La formula de cada botoila indica Is ma
nera de usarse. 4 pesar del gran consume
de- este prspsrado, su precio sers flo como
sigue Cajx de a nedias botellss, 7.pescs.
Unicos derositarios del lsgitinQo Stsec
sasabh,
Z. Csa~d6s y @
Ponce. Fehr-ro 12 da i2o& 3Tzn.
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SOCIEI'E NOUVELLB
DES
ESTABLISHMENTS
DECAUV1LLE AINE
PETITE Re
PRES PARIS, FRANCE

En- atenai6n al nj cada dia mss Gre
Glen de sus re;aoionados, y con el obieto
de prestar nayorss facilidades para las or.
denes y pedidos, SO complace Ia referida
sociedad, ca anunciar 81 p1hl;co en- gsneral
y especialmente loe senores hacendados
haber distribuiGo eus representations sn
esta isla, como sigue:
Dosde Maunsbo, siguiendo por Yabucoa,
Humaeso, FajarGo, San Juan, etc, hasta
Arecibo, DON MATEo LUCCHETTI, residen
ts sn Puerto Rico.
Dssde Hatillo, por Aguadila, Mayagtiez.
Yauco, Ponce. etc., hasta Patillas, DON
E a. R0USSET residente en- Mayaguez
El Inspector eemeros de Ia Sociedad [ ecast-
Vil!e,
VIooMTE G.. DEL4 AUME.
Noviembre IL del 90. m alt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-26
PART I.


We were camping on the eastern shore
of Ogden's Island, just south of Spruce
Head, where the summer hotel and cot
tages are. All the afternoon we had
been beating down the bay against
heavy sou'wester that kicked up big
sea on the ebb tide. We were cruising
in Frank Shirley's little sloop, the
Laura, fast boat and able enough,
but as wet as a raft. There wasn't
dry stitch of clothes aboard of her when
we came TO anchor under the lee of the
island, and every fellows face had a
coating of salt on IL. The tender, that
had been fighting for it's life in our
wake, brought us ashore, though we
four boys, with our bedding and grub"
loaded her 20 the gunwales. Then came
supper. and afterwards a great and
glorious fire on the beach.
The sun set red as blood, as we knew
from the flaming sky above us. though
we could not see the west. There was
no dew, and under the black wall OF
spruce trees growing on the bank be-
hind us. the air was like that of a close
room. Our clothes had dried while we
were gathering fuel for the fire, and
when the flames at last leaped up
through the white heap of driftwood
1nd bleached stumps of trees, we sat
well back from the heat Of II.
Steve" said Shirley, addressing his
particular crony, Walter Stevens, while
Harry Mason and i, being only kids"
prepared to listen deferentially, Steve,
this reminds me of the night when the
house on Western Island blew down."
understood the reference. Frank
and Steve had been asleep in the ruin
Gus old house and-according TO their
story--had been warned in a dream
to get out; and they got out just IN
time. Steve, TO whom the dream was
vouchsafed, had always possessed q
supernatural interest in my eyes since
i had first heard the story. AT the men
tion Of the occurrence, the circle of the
freight seemed to grow smaller;
could feel the black grove draw nearer
to me, whispering; and the voice OF the
great bay replied.
"I've always thought that you were
lying about that, Steve" said Harry.
with charming frankness; "but some
how don't feel that way tonight. 1t
seems as If almost anything might hap
pen down here among these islands.
/ can hear ten thousand different
ghosts talking out there on the bay"
II can hear one of them mighty plain
ly," interrupted Steve. "Pve been hear
ing IL for the last five minutes. Hark!"
/ saw him rise up to the length OF his
arm from the white sand, and In the
freight his face showed pale and
earnest.
II hear it." whispered Shirley. Its
.ilSe girls voice. There!"
We all heard it that time, and II
brought us to our feet. Again, as we
stood there, faint, far-away cry from