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The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21

lutiOns. who represents neither the old
heroic South of Lee and Gordon and
Buckner and Hampton, nor the new
South Of enterprise and energy and activ-
lty and increasing manufacture, stood
up in the Chicago convention and pro-
claimed a new sectional issue, the South
and the West against the North and the
East. A new sectional issue between the
North and the South! Why, God forbid!
Illinois sent out the flower of her man
hood to the nations battlefield under
Grant and Logan and Oglesby and Palm
er to put an end to ~sectiOnalism be-
tween the North and the South forever.
Illinois gave Lincoln to the restoration
of the Union. that in his hallOwed men,
Org the hearts Of all the people might
grow together in close and lasting friend
ship. My father ven ont under Wis
cOnsin's flag. and gave his life that there
should be and should remain a united
people: l have crossed the old Mason
and DixOn's line. Two weeks ago l
went from Washington to Richmond in
TOUR hOurs-it took some Of you four
years to make the same journey. I have
clasped in right good fellowship the
hands of the men who fought upon the
other side: The heroes Of that great
enlist in another sectional strife.
1t does not matter whether the Ameri-
can cradle il rocked I O the music of
Yankee Doodle or the lullaby of Dixie.
II the flag of the nation is displayed
above it: and the American baby can be
safely trusted to pull about the floor the
rusty scabbard and the battered canteen,
whether the inheritance be from blue or
gray, If. from the breast of a true moth
er and h lips Of a brave father, its little
soul is filled with the glory of the Ameri-
can constellation. A new issue between
the West and the East! why. God for
l am a part of that mighty West.
l know its brave, enterprising, pioneer
people. l have seen them rescue the
wilderness and convert it into a garden.
They have been greatly aided by the as
sistance of the East. by the use of money
which represents the accumulated saw
ings of two centuries and a half of East
ern thrift. The great West cannot live
and thrive without the cordial
ton and support of the strong East. and
the East cannot live and grow and thrive
as it ought n should without the cor
dial cooperation. friendship and support
of the mighty West. United. we are n
nation powerful for the welfare of all
sections; divided, we are Mt the begin
ming of the downfall of the republic.
put n star in the azure of
the flag. and Illinois put another. but
when they took their places in the flag
were no longer the stars of Illinois
Nebraska. but the stars Of the great
Est nation of the earth, shining Cor the
and protection of every section
all the people.
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
Jugglers with the National Credit.
CHAUNCEY DEPEw.

CHACNCEY DErEW
Bryan and Sewall and Watson pro-
claim a revolution. These ~jugglers with
the national faith and national credit.
with business and prosperity. with labor
and employment. are recklessly endeav-
in which capital and labor and homes
and wages are ineXtricably involved.
The right Of revolution is divine, hut il
must have supreme justification. Under
our constitutions and institutions and
laws as they exist there is before us
in the promises of the POpulistic leaders
nothing but an invitation to embark
upon that sea of reputation and dishon-
or which has wrecked every nation and
every people that ever embarked upOn
It. This revolution promises to destroy
the Supreme court, to prevent the issue
Of bonds and the use of the credit of
the country for any purpose. to debase
deemable paper and fiat money, and to
destroy the validity and the i%nviOlability
of contracts between individuals. 1t
proposes to seize the railways and the
telegraphs, to enter upon n vague and
vast system of paternal government and
to destroy those elements Of American
liberty by which the government governs
least and the individual has unlimited
opportunity for industrial business, pro-
f%essiOnal and political hOnOrs and emOlu-
ments.
mo one has ever doubted the wis.,
dom of the fathers of our republic. A
century of experiment has abunda ntly
and Overwhelmingly justified their fore
sight, craftsmanship and patriotism.
They saw the horrors Of the French
revolution. and they made up their minds
tn guard their country against the ex-
cesses of temporary madness. They
created the executive and the legislative
branches of the government and made
them subject to frequent submission to
the will and Judgment of the people. but
they enacted Il written constitution I'M
der which the executive and the legisla-
tive branches must act. and then they
created that new feature of government.
that palladium of the rights of the peo-
pie and the pcrmancnce of our institu-
tons. an independent judiciary. a court
which could say to a wild Congress:
You have Overleaped the boundaries of
the constitution and you must bring
yourselves within its limits They knew
from h precedents of liberty behind
them that the judiciary can always h.
trusted. There are two places under
our constitution where neither wealth
nor power gives any advantage to the
individual. where the richest and the
poorest. the most exalted and the hum
blest stand On the same plane: one is the |
ballot box and the other the court. And |
this Democratic and POpulistic al |
lance proposes to destroy this ma jestic !
tribunal and make it simply the echo of |
party caucus which controls Congress /!
this year and may be driven into OBJ
next" !
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they vent on. l think. to the amount Of
$S.OOO.OOO,OOO and finally the whole
structure collapsed. The government
would not take them. the paper became
absolutely worthless. and when that pa
per became worthless it was found. not
in the hands of the spectators: no. it
was found in the hands of the manu-
facturers. of the business men. Of the
w%Orkingmen of France. Ii was on them
that the loss fell. because they had ex-
changed their labor and their earnings
for this worthless paper. That is the
history of all attempts to juSgle with the
currency. The loss lands always in the
same place. and we can form no ex-
ceptiOn to the great natural laws.
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
Bryan as an Orator.

HENRI II. ES1AbtOOh.
But Mr.. Bryan 1 know somewhat. and
to admire. He is a man of undoubted
talent, a talent for the stage, perhaps.
rather than for statecraft. He is a kind
husband and an indulgent father. He
does not smoke or chew, drink or swear,
steal or gamble-in short, he has not a
single redeeming vice that l know of.
unless it might be lying: and even there
himself. Moreover, Mr.. Bryan is a man
of rare %elOQuence, although anyone read
ing his speeches would be pardOned for
doubling the assertion. Reduced to
cold type his words become mere rant
and bOmbast, while those self-same
words. spoken in Bryan's vOice-a voice
as mellifluOus rs the sweetest pipe in
yOnder Organ-wOuld stir your heart,
just as would the voice of a great sim
this q handsome, graceful presence and
a fire and energy of action, and you can
imagine that it matters very little to
Mr.. Bryan's audience what Mr.. Bryan
says, SO long as he keeps on saying it.
The mistake he made in Madison
Square garden was in the attempt to ar
que. He ought never to do that. for
the divine attribute of reason was left
out of his mental makeup.
But. my friends, there is not a word
in this encOmium which would not with
equal truth and appropriateness apply
to another famous Nebraskan. whose ex-
ploits are ~inseparably linked with the
history of Omaha: whose habits are as
regular as the sun. whose character is
Al impeccable as Bryan's own, whose
presence is just as handsome, whose
powers of speech were formerly Just as
great and have wrought many an audi
ence to tears. to laughter and to fren-
zy; a man who. like Bryan, was DOS
sessed of a talking devil. and who today,
in Madison square, New YOrk-that
bourne from which no Nebraskan seems
ever to return-is feeding breadcrumbs
to the sparrOws. That man is George
Francis Train. And it must be remem-
bered that Mr.. Train once ran for the
presidency. just as Mr.. Bryan is doing.
on a ticket of his own. l say that the
ticket on which Mr.. Bryan is running
for the presidency is essentially his
own, although twO other gentlemen have
been casually mentioned in connection
with it-one trying to get off and the
other trying to get on. Here, you oh
serve. is a sort of political cerebus. with
not the best of feeling between the On.
nine cOllaterals. Mr.. Bryan's predica- |
ment is not without embarrassment. He
must feel as bewildered with these two
as the prOverbial cat with
4 like number of tails. He has probably
prevailed upon Mr.. Sewall to stay where |
Is, whereas Tom Watson wants to
know. He wants to know where he il |
at" He wants to know whether he is |
4 candidate for the vice-presidency or
only a vermifOrm appendix.
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
Labor Needs an Unvarying and Re-
liable Currency.
FRANK s. BLACK. CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.

"NO mans labor of yesterday or last
year can be preserved, except by some
representative or token of it. and money
is the almost universally adopted agent
for that purpose. Nothing in the world
should be so anxious as labor that the
token which represents it should be IN
varying and reliable. Who can
preserve until tomorrow the labor of to-
day! 1t cannot be done, and the only
means of securing its benefits is to re-
ceive and preserve some token which
shall stand in its stead and which may
be used as future needs may require"
And further on the speaker said: IF q
man is robbed, it is a crime and he may
have redress. If a bank fails and pays
hin only 50 tents on the dollar, il is a
misfortune. and he is not yet without
hope of recovery. But if he votes away
a cents of every dollar, it is his own
fault. and he has nothing to condemn
but his own folly, which will remain
with him much longer than his money"
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
THCRSTON.

Ny fellow citizens. there are other rea-
sons yet why the loyal people Of this
country should stand together at this
time. Senator Tllman Of South Caro-.
ina, chairman Of the committee On reoo-
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21

republic and in no part an idle working
man who wanted to work. tremendous
a~pplause.)
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81 1895.
Io-pA,'s MEETINGS AND EVENTS.

Accs Temple. y. VI. $. Masonic Tenn
pie.
jefferson Lodge. X. Of F.. Schiller Hall.
Marshall Lodge X. of r.. Central Han.
Section ac. Endowment Rank, -. Of r..
rs north Twentieth street.
Eoane Lodge. J. -. o. T., Corcoran
Hall.
Aurora Lodge, !. .. O. T.. Eilotts Han
Henderson Lodge, l. .. .. - '"ney :
Hall.
Manfeo Tribe. /. o. Il. NJ. Kersc's Han.
Virginia Lodge X. of H.. Concordid Han.
Virginia Conclave, ]. o. H., Eagle nan
A. ". Glnn Council. Jr. O. L. y. NJ,
BeiVi8ere Hall.
Davis Council. Jr. o. L. a. NJ, Eighth
and Hull streets.
Virginia Council. r. A.. Lee-Camp Hall.
Beividero Council. r. A. GateWood S
Hall
Cynthus Grove. L. A. o. D.. Cersley's
Hail.
Liberal Grove. L. A. o. D.. Druias' Han
Monroe Grove. L. a. .. D., beiNlaeIe
Hall. M
jefferson Lodge. l. o. G. T. Poweils
Hall
Soldiers Homo Lodge, !. O. G. T., Sol
diers' Home.
Towards Grove Lodge J. Q. G. t.,
Good Templars' Han.
81 patrick's Beneficial Society, Twenty
sixth and Grace streets.
stuart Horse Guard Blues Armory.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27

Manager n. +. Smith is making ar
rangements for General Thomas l.. KOS
ser 10 deliver his lecture, The Army or
Northern Virginia" in New York CITY
OH March 18th. General Rosser is now
in South Carolina. ana after his New
York engagement VIII 30 TO Texas. The
New York World Of last Sunday prints
the following.
"The Confederate Veteran Camp OF
this city Colonel \. &. Dickinson, COM
mander has just issued an appeal to
the people of the Metropolitan district
i'm the hope of raising 100000. when
is the condition FOR securing the contri-
hutton OF a like amount. deposited 10y
Charles Broadway R0uss, of this cry
the object OF the 100000 being 10 found a
grand memorial hall or battle abbey for
the accumulation preservation, ana DIS
plav Of Confederate relics and dOcu-
ments. memorial of those whose heroism,
eelf-secrifice, and devotion, ought 10
be recorded. that they may be cherished
as the common heritage OF the people OK
the United States. These relics and rec
ords will form the basis of an unpfelu-
diced and. as yet. unwritten history OF
the clyil war.
The camp particularly desires contti-
buttons from the soldiers ana sailors
OF the South, and their wives, WIDOWS
and children.
president william =. ST. John, Of the
Mercantile National Bank at NO. l'i
broadway. has agreed To receive ana
recent for such contributions, IN SUMS
OF 81 or more, and arrangements VIII oe
made whereby these receipts may later
be surrendered for certificates OF mem
bership in the organization.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27
DISSOLVE THAT sHEEIFFs' ORGAN1
ZATION

We are very sorry indeed 70 learn Of
Tho organization Of the sherilfs ana SER
ccanfs OF the State which has been ef-
fected in this city. Each OF these inai-
viduais is. of course power in his local
politics. and when the combined inilu-
ence Of all is exercised IN any given d.
roction upon the Legislature, It's power
for putting through that body Whatever
the organization advocates IS certainly
great 1t is an organization which IS
capable Of great mischief, and which VIII
not probably be directed TO the accom-
piishment Of a single good end. The peo"
ple in each county should demand that
this organization shall be dissolved, and
no man should bo elected TO the ONCE
OF sheriff or sergeant who continues TO
belong to it.
The first action taken by this organizd~
ton Sufficiently indicates the sort Of iniiu-
cncc that it will exercise upon our lesis'
latlon. The law TO require the super
intondont OF the penitentiary TO send Tor
convicted felons. instead of having the
sheriff 10 bring them TO the penitentafy'
Is clearly one ia the interest of economy.
The expeditions made by the sheriffs from
the counties with prisoners. attended by
as many guards as they choose to A.
po,nt and take along. are. as everybody
knows. nothing but expensive junkeiins
trims TO Richmond at the cost of the state.
They cost the State every year thousands
ana thousands OF dollars that were thrown
syav and will be saved. now that
the Superintendent Of the Pen4ten-
tiarv IS required 10 send for the
prisoners. The bin plainly should remain
"A law. Yet the first act of the sherins
organization wos 10 cali upon the LeGis-
lature 10 repeal q. one of the sher'ns
let the cat out of thu bag when he said
he thought they should be allowed their
ancient preroCative of bringing prisoners
to the penitentiary at the expense OF the
State, thus securing them the pleasure
of an occasional visit to the capital.
There is the key 10 the whole business.
But the pleasure of the sheriffs Is not
what our Legislature is concerned with.
Ii is concerned with saving the money Of
the taxpayers whenever it can.
The bill should remain as II Is, and the
sherlffs organization should be dissolved
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27
The Traction Comranv's Work.

The directors OF the Richmond Traction
Company met at the company's Office az
Il o'clock Yesterday. After brief ses-
sion the directors adjourned over until
tomorrow without transacung any busi-
ness.
The Traction Company has completed
about four-hfths OF it's work OF construc-
ton. with the exception Of few blocks
the tracks have been laid on Broad street.
The material Tor the overhead constitute
ton has been ordered and The company eN-
poets to begin that work in few weeks.
The erection OF the powef-houso VIII be
completed by the middle OF April. The
officers have been notified that the ma
chinery IS nearly ready Tor shipment.
Twenty summer cars OF the latest pat
tern and Improvements are being oullt
and it Is proposed to have them on the
line May LIST. one OF the most striking
cOnyeniences OF these cars IS the electric
button at eacn seat, which takes the
place OF the cord signal for stopping the
car. The new cars are thirty feet In
length and elegantly furnished.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27

scented by the association was reported
favorahly from the Senate Committee on
Counties, Cities. and Towns about ten
days since II Is now on the Senate
calendar. There seems. however. TO be
ittle disposition to take the matter up In
time 10 have II disposed of before the
end OF the session. In view OF tnc great
Importance OF the matter and the general
interest In IL, we trust that the Leg.sia-
ture will not adjourn without taking some
definite action upon this subject. To wait
two years more means the expenditure OF
$780, 600 under the expensive and ineitec-
tive systems now In operation. To refuse
10 take any action upon this SUBJECT
would Indicate a disregard for the best
interests and wishes Of the people with
which we do not believe this Legislature
can be charged, for we know tnat this
Commonwealth has rarely, If ever, had
body of legislators more steady and faith
full i'm the discharge Of their duty. we
only fear that in the multitude Of bills of
less importance. pressed by importunate
personal interest. they may overlook
subject of universal bearing-much upon
the idea that what is evorybody's busi-
ness is nobody's business.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27
RICHMOND RAILWAY AND
ELECTRIC COMPANY.
Street-Car Transfers.
ADDITIONAL FACILITIES OFFERED
TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

Commencing JANUARY /. 1896. this
Company extended its Transfer system
TO embrace all connecting lines OF Street
HALLWAY in Richmond and Manchester A
1,sseeuger Is allowed the privilege OF
transfer 10 any connecting line in either
cifv and IN any direction at Junction
Ihs payment OF a flye-cent fare entities
a messenger 10 ONLY ONE TRANSFER
TICKET but additional transfers are
allowed on the same ticket at any DOinI
nrinted thereon which does not return the
passenger to the point of starting
Transfer tickets must be obtained from
conductors al the time fares are paid
and passengers are requested TO see that
tickets are properly punched Tor the de-
sired transfer.
This arrangement enables passengers 10
interchange bet Nren the Main-Street and
Clav-Street lines, at central points, In
Gnv direction.
An the Parks and Suburban Districts
can be reached from any point In either
citv by payment Of one fare ia12-tt
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27
Neglected Roads.

To the Editor OF The Times:
Sir,--We note with great pleasure the
move made at Hanover Courthouse last
week howard the Improvement OF our
roads. but also wish 10 express our dis
approval of the way I'm which the roads
in the boswell portion of the Beaver
Dam district have been neglected.
The road to which we would call spe-
clal attention is the one running from
Morris Bridge 10 the Telegraph road,
which it joins near Taylorsyille. Portions
Of this road are simply impossible and
have never been worked since the first
two years the road machines were In
operation, and then only the best por-
tions were worked while the worst were
left untouched. In substantiation of the
above. we would respectfully ask that
the proper authorities inspect the road in
question at once and correct this great
and growing evil e..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27
Personal ND GENER III.
Interesting Facts About Eichmond's Citi-
zrus and other Matters.

Mrs. A. X. Henry Is critically in at her
residence. t2l north Tenth street.
Rev J. y. Downman will preach at
81. Lukc's chapel tonight al o'clock.
Rev Mr.. Stckney. Of the Monumental
C. ircb, is confined 10 his house by sick
ness.
Rev. X. H. Basmajian repeated his lee
ture on Armenia al the Seventh-Street
Christian church last night TO a good
congregation.
The work Of laying the tracks Of the
Richmond Railway Company along First
street from Clay 10 Broad has been com
menced.
On Friday night, February 2Sth. Rev.
Or. J. t. liiden is 10 deliver an address
before the Baptist Historical Society OF
Virginia in Fredericksburg He will
speak on "Reminiscences Of William f..
Broaddus."
The Sewing Circle Of the Seventh
Street Christian church will hold a So
ciahle and silver tea at the residence OF
the pastor. Rev, Jabez Han, @' south
Fourth street, this evening. beginning at
. O'Clock.
The many friends Of the Rev. {. W.
ana Mrs. Trainham. Of Manassas Va.
viii be distressed to hear OF the death OF
their infant daughter Lucille Trent,
which occurred at their home on Tues
DAY, the 18th instant.
sNAs u httdh ~ AiAs u - AlAf4fl rtbRAif
receive the appointment Of Italian Vice
Consul for this city. lie is "A native OF
Hungary, but has long been naturalized
citizen Of NchmOnd lie writes and
speaks the Italian language.
Mr.. James /. Ryan. a clerk in the
Chesapeake and Ohio offices. Eighth and
Main streets, fell from a ladder IN the
attic of the building yesterday afternoon
and was painfully injured. The young
man was taken in a carriage to his ZONE
No. COS north Ninth street.
Late Tuesday afternoon K. If. Frank
lin, employed at the James River division
shops OF the Chesapeake and ONO rail
way had his left foot badly crushed 10y
removed 10 his home, 10 north Seven
tecnth street I'm the ambulance.
The revival services AT Trinity Metho-
dist Episcopal church, which have beer
I'm progress Tor TWO weeks, will continu,
during the present week. There have
been n number Of conversions, and iht
interest seems 10 be Increasing. Prayer
| meeting at 4 Il. NJ, preaching at "a
i. NJ.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Froman. relict OF
Edward Webb froman. died at her home
in this city, Tue day afternoon at
O'Clock. She was the sixtv-sec0nd veal
Of her age. Her neral viii take place
from her residence. No. 1905 east Nalr
street at II o'clock this morning.
"The Pecularities of MethOdism" is the
| St James Methodist church tonight by
! Rev DR.. Tudor. This is the first Of q
! series OF lectures TO be given under the
auspices Of the EpwOrth League Of the
! church. and IS said 10 be one OF the elo
! quent Doctors best.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27

way that he IS not now prepared 10
point out. But what Dolliver really
means. and what the Republican plat
form Will really mean is that we are 10
have the gold dollar for the standard oil
value. and. If silver remains depreciate'
as now. that We are to have an aoch.
dant coinage of IL to furnish US Win al
the token coinage that we need lot
change. and no more silver. mat Is
the true position-the position the Repuo-
lican platform will lakeland. unless INC
Democratic party plants itself also upon
the same proposition. or better yet
clearer declaration for the money ina.
viii buy everywhere it had just as we"
save itself the trouble Of making noni-
naticn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27

These sharp. raw capricious days o,
rcbr,,a,v are banned Tor mucn sieAueS7
that is simply the direct result Oh he'
yous Weakness. ..
Perfect health viii keep one a.q S.r any
denressine influence from the weal hef.
b. ,tcbor blood and better ted ncr.
yous tissues will make people Ieel We"
even in February.
During his many years 81 haga "is'
wonderful work. Professor Edward j.,
Phelps. Dartmouth's great professor , IN
in mind the thousands who were Weah
and RIM down His study of the many
cases of nervous prostration' neuralsia,
rbeunatism. dyspepsia. and deDihty ir1
him to that most marvellous discovery oi
the century. Paine's celery COMPOUND.
In every city. as well as the smaller
villages scattered through this country, ,
ore mon and women, who for years nave
relied upon Paines celery COMPOUND
whenever they found themselves Weak
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-27

To the Editor OF The Times:
Sir,-The Times reporter quotes Mr..
J'urpin as follows:
mir Turpin saw danger lurking in
commissions composed Of only three mem
bers. Two. he said. could control II.
They must be like Caesers wife. above
suspicion, or they might help themselves
10 The Pickings."
VIII any one who knows, please inform
the people what are the Pickiugs and
what. If anything. they are worth TO
the aldermen and councilmen. and satisfy
an cnquiring public?
ENQUIRER.
Richmond, Va. Feb. o., 'g6.