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GOOD WAGES THE BASIS OF
PROSPERITY.

High wages" says Professor Gun
That Is truth which we have demon
| strated in America What do the revo-
lutionists in their campaign Of hatred
envy, ill-wtll and passion propose?
Why. to unsettle and disturb the finan-
ciaI system, not In way to bring
about better conditions, but arbitrarily
and according to an unrelenting 16 to ]
demand. That and nothing else will
satisfy them.
To reduce wages, and the Bryanite
plan must have that effect as surely as
the sun rises and sets, means to break
UP the home market. A protective pol
icy, as Gunton puts it, makes this a
home market country. The Republi-
can party proposes to make it more
smphatically and benefictally so. He
who produces cannot sell except there ia
the ability On the part Of some one to
buy. Let US follow Professor Gunton
on that line Of thought, for he is con-
else, clear and strong.
Employers cannot make profits un-
less the workingmen consume their
products. The great market basis OF
all our industries is not the little that
consumption Of tho laboring Glasses
There Is not half q dozen Industries In
this country where machinery Is en-
ployed that could succeed If nobody but
the rich consumed their products. In
fact, the success Of all modern indus
tries finally dependsuponth the ability OF
the laboring classes to consume their
products. Destroy this and you destroy
the basis Of Industrial prosperity
"A reduction Of 40 per cent. in wages
would mean the destruction Of 40 pei
cent. of the consuming capacity Of the
American people. No rise in prices
however high, could give prosperity
with such destruction Of the market
Happily for mankind, it is impossible
in home market country permanently
to secure the prosperity Of any one
class al the expense Oh the OtnerS. ANY
attempt to establish such a policy is
sure to end in failure and disaster.
ITO ignore the Importance Of wages
and the welfare Of laborers to national
prosperity Is to ignore the very corner
stone Of craftsmanship and national
progress.
"Mr Bryan and his friends need to
take a few elementary lessons in eco
nomics before they are iRtrusted to
revolutionize our Industrial condition
backwards. They should be taught
first of ALL that farmers and manu-
facturers, merchants and all other pro-
ducers, are prosperous only when they
can sell their products. and they can
sell their products in large quantities
only when laborers can be generous
purchasers, and laborers can be pur-
chasers only when they are permanent
ly assured Of constant employment and
liberal wages"
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A PUZZLING QUESTION.
The Query Editor is Called Upon to
Solve Ii.

The question, sir, 4" said the Chairman
Of the delegation, is an important one.
| but more difficult to answe than you
would think when you first hear It. We
have wagered a matter Of three glasses
| or beer and two cigars on it, also. so
there is a double reason why you should
be very careful In answering it"
Fire away" said the query editor
shortly.
! We'll. you see it's this way" ex-
| planned the spokesman over In our
ward there We're two men named Jonn
Jones, and they were father and son
Is that clear?"
Perfectly. Go ahead"
We'll, last night they were both
burned to death in the same house. and
to-day, when we were making up q list
of those who lost their lives the boys
insisted on putting down John Jones,
Sr.. and John Jones, Jr.''
Quite right" asserted the query edi-
tor.
That's what we came to ask you
| about" returned the spokesman. "Ot
course. we all knew who was meant, but
Technically It was exactly right,
interrupted the query editor.
"Sure?"
VI course, l. III I1OW
else would you refer to them?'
"Oh, if you're so dead sure about "a
we're not going to dispute you, but you
ought to take all the technicaIities into
consideration
Il have" thundered the query editor.
IF you can advance any reason why
they should be referred to IN any other
way, fire ahead; If you can't, get out and
LET mo po on with nv work
"Well," said the spokesman slowly
and deferentially. ira figured n out a
little differently. You see, the old man
lived downstairs and the boy lived on
the floor above. and the fire started In
the basement. Consequently, 1t stands
to reason that the old man died first"
What OF it?" demanded the query ed
itor.
"Why, when the old man died the
young man ceased to be 'junior,' didn's
he?"
"Um-ah-"
And If he did he was not John Jones,
Jr,' when he died. Consequently no
John Jones, Jr..' died at ezl. This is the
way / figured It out, but, of course,
query editor is always right and If you
say that"
The Chairman of the delegation
lodged and a paperweight struck the
wall. Then the delegation retired, while
the query editor kicked himself around
the room and declared that the next
man who tried to play him for sucker
would not live to tell of it.-Chicago
Post
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the same process, its value changes not.
It is still worth the world over S1S 81
per ounce 900 fine, or $40. If 1t were
pure 1000 f1ne 1t would be worth $40 81
per ounce troy.
HOW TARIFF FOR REVENUE
WORKS.
visalia Delta: Under the Mckinley
tariff the average half-yearly exports
of worsted coatings from Bradford,
England, to this country. amounted to
81 SOC, ,04O, but under the present DEM
ocratic tariff the average has been S3,-
229, 565-more than double. Brad
ford's export Of woolen stuffs to us av
eraged $2.06O.2 200 every half-year under
the Mckinley tariff. and have Increased
under the German tariff to S3.914.225.
MEETING DISTURBBRS.
San Jose Mercury: No consideration
should be shown to any person who de-
1iberately interrupts a public meeting,
be he Democrat Republican, Populist
or Prohibitionist. II q police officer be
present, It Is his duty to arrest the
offender; and If mono be present, the
managers of the meeting should
promptly pitch the hoodlum out of the
QOoE VI IIAOuSA Tie HedEeSl WiuuOW
No matter how Intelligent or attentive
may be a political audience, there are
sure to be a few ignorant, ill-bred and
Inarrow-minded individuals present
who, If not summarily elected at the
first demonstration made by them, will
continue to interrupt the speaker and
to disturb the meeting. There is but
one effective way to deal with these dis
turbers of the peace-pick them UP and
throw them out Of the hall.
THEY ARD NOT FOOLS.
Corning Observer: In alluding to the
railroads running cheap fare trains to
Canton, the Mendocino Dispatch"
says: What prompts such a move by
these railway corporations Would they
do the same thing for Bryan2 Never!
But the railroads are running the
same excursion trains for Bryan We
receive the Canton "Expository," and
when Mr.. Bryan was at Cleveland the
"Expository' said cheap fare trains
ran from all sides. and that all politi-
cal parties In Canton took advantage of
the trip and went to Cleveland The
railroad people are not fools, and they
take advantage Of making an honest dol
lar, and even If 1t was Satan, that would
draw a crowd.
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elf-effacement which have been his
lot in the curiously complicated drama
Of Congressional legislation.
The moral we draw from all this,
which is unquestionably true recital,
is that the incumbent from the Second
District of California is an exception,
and that he ought to be returned be-
cause he will thereby be made greatly
more useful to this people. Mr.. john
son successfully def1ed the traditions.
He was at once placed upon two Of
the most important committees the
House raises, and several lesser ones.
He very early caught the Speakers S
eye" and he at once commanded atten-
ton. He got his measures to reference
and back to the House as is only rare
ly done by a new member. He mas
tered by reason Of his long legislative
experience the intricate Congressional
practice rapidly and successfully, and
to the ranks Of the leading parliamen-
tarians of the House. In the govern
mental departments he was recognized
as a forceful man, whose requests were
not to be put aside for distant future.
but We're to be taken up and responded
to. AS a debater he got the ear Of the
House early in the session, and never
spoke to empty seats or an inattentive
audience. His ability as a lawyer re-
ceived recognition whenever legal ia
depreciation was before the House, and
in committee work he was at once a
force and an authority.
This was what was expected Of Mr..
Johnson by his constituency, and 1t
was not disappointed. Now. then, to re-
elect him will be { say to Congress that
the people speak through him; it will
be to equip him doubly for effective
work In the National Legislature for
the promotion of the best interests OF
the district and the State which in the
hands Of a novice, no matter how hon
est and earnest his intention and reso-
luton, must suffer.
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delaying the train ON busy day ike
the Fourth Of July? When a passen~
ger has a trunk that he wishes to ha We
handled with special care. like q basket
Of eggs, he pays extra for the extra
service; let the bicyclist do the same" :"
During the first two weeks of July ID
was estimated that $4,000 bicycles wsro
carried out Of New York by eight roads
alone.-New York Express Gazette.
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The Organism Of the Chicago plat
form fatty. distinctly, and unequivo-
cally declares that the inviolability of
contracts is to be broken down if Bry-
anism wins. It Is to be crime to con-
tract except as may by legislation be
enacted by the Bryanites. They pro-
pose to make the attempt to accom-
plish the impossible, and they ask pa
triotic liberty-loving people to help
them
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Answered.

| Diggsby-I see you are very attentive
to Miss Burtonby; do you propose to
marry her?
| Griggsby frigidly)-When / propose,
sir. 1t will be to marry her.-Washing-
| ton Times
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Overrest.

YES, he Is in e. terrible fix. Cans
sleep at night, nervous and generally
all broke up.p
'I wonder what caused N?'
"Overrest t''-Washington Times.
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Such Republicans as are sincerely free
silver 16-to-1 men-there are such and
we have no challenge to make to the sin
cere man should reflect that because
the national party disagrees with them
is no reason for deserting 1t. When the
factions of Altgeld and Debs and Bryan
threaten with teeth set against tho ex-
ercise Of the rightful powers Of the Gov
ernment In the effort to preserve It's ex-
istence In time of trial, it is no time to
bubble over financial policies that after
all cannot be settled at the polls, but
must be left to wise statemAnship and
the laws Of finance and trade. The thing
for the Republican to do, no matter
what his, side opinions, is to take Nc
Kinley and Hobart straight. Take pro-
lection without dilution, reject free
trade and lawlessness, and take a stand
for prosperity under the party that
never yet has failed freedom or liberty,
or human rights, and promise Of the
success Of which never yet created a
panic, or threatened the wheels of In
oustry with stoppage.
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trinsically worth what it calls for on its
face.
We would have all the surplus silver
On hand in the vaults Of the Govern
mept sent to coinage in silver dollars.
This would at once swell the volume
OF our silver currency to between $lOO,-
C0O.OOO and $S00,OO0, 900. This coinage
would all be to Government and not to
individual account, and all silver coin
age of all denominations, subsidiary as
well as dollars, should be legal tender
to the maximum sum Of $50.
Thus we would have ample volume OF
silver currency for all needed domestic
uses, and not drive gold out of the
country. The process of the Govern
ment coming it's surplus silver would
not stop, of course, with the use Of the
present surplus, but would be continued
as needed. That there might be con-
vertence in handling, there should be is
sued a silver note Of 500.
Mr.. Bryan in his letter to San Fran
cisco paper, dated September 11th, says
tAdl Ills opponents nave pTOpOScd 1o
method Of enlarging the volume Of the
currency to meet the demand Of in
creasing population and industry, with
out waiting upon the pleasure Of other
nations. But here is a plan that does
precisely that thing; more than that,
it is coupled with another thing which
will enlarge industry now practically
paralyzed by Democratic tinkering, and
which has 50 frightened the party that
II has wholly abandoned the tariff Ques-
tion, denounced its high priest who
| carried out its orders, and has fallen
upon a new idea and taken up a new
leader in the vain hope that the people
will forget its blundering of 1S92-that
other thing which goes with the plan
we have outlined, itself plan In per-
feet harmony with the bimetallism OF
the Republican platform, is protection
to American industry, without which it
will be neither revived nor enlarged.
The record-union., 1896-09-28

Over in Yolo County the attempt was
made this week to effect fusion between
the Democrats and the Populists. Both
county conventions met on the same
day In the same town. Each appointed
a conference committee. But when
these came to lay their heads together
they could not agree. The Democrats
outnumber the Populists three to one In
Yolo, yet the latter demanded the leg
islative nominee, and would have moth
ing else. hear Of nothing else. They
would give any or all Of the offices fos
the lone Assemblyman.
at this bold stand, and after getting
their wind and rejecting that the Pop
ulists are pledged to Gator for United
States Senator gave them as good as
hotter, and the conference broke UP in
an adjournment sine die.
So 1t goes, in their imagined predom-
nance, in the vain fancy that they are
corning OH 10 DC we, luc pcOple, Aho
everybody else shut out, these Popuhsts
are getting too large for their raiment,
and the Democrats are just beginning
to find it out after the job Of selling their
birthright for mess Of potage has been
consummated, and the pottage cold at
that
Yolo Is one Of the few countie. In
which the Democracy has not traded
the shirt to its back and stands shiv-
ering In the osld. YoIo Democrats are
to be congratulated on standing of the
schemers. Republicans must now see
how essential it is that they should
stand fast by their nominees for the
Legislature, as we'll as by their nom
inees for Congress.
The Republican who deserts his ticket
in the present situation Of affairs vir-
tually says that he wants Populistio
Legislature and the unspeakable Gator
as United States Senator. to be a STUN
bling block in the path Of protection,
prosperity and Mckinley, who Is 60
ing to be elected as certainly as that
the sun rises on the Sd day Of Novem-
ber. 1896.
The record-union., 1896-09-28

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Will American workmen, hard as are
the times (but not half SO hard as the
alarmists make out'), with all the
opportunities this country affords him,
with reasonable belief in ability to have
food, shelter and clothing. and the ad-
vantages of free schools, free speech,
free press, the tolerant spirit Of the
land, the free institutions of the re-
public, risk all and take the chances
of an experiment as to financial revo-
luton to satisfy the fancy of theorists
The wage-earner knows what protec-
ton will do and has done for him and
his country. He does not know what
will be the result OF debasement Of the
silver coinage Of his country. Is 1t not
the part Of wisdom for him to cling to
that he has knowledge Of through ex-
perience, rather than risk all upon an
experimental matter that even it's pro-
moters admit will bring on a panic ''for
time?"
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Northern California-Cloudy Monday in
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fresh southwestsrly winds; fog on the coast.
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VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions Of Coast Newspapers In
Brief,
On All Shades Of Political Belief and
Upon Leading Topics Of
the Day.

Nevada City Transcript: If you have
gold mine and it don't pay you close
1t down. II you have any other busi
ness that don't pay you shut it down.
But If you have a silver mine and it
don't pay you howl for the Government
to buy your product or give it a ficti-
tiOuS value.
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Oakland Enquirer: Destroy or mutilate
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-25
OUR ENGLISH COUSINS
G. N. Depew Declares Them Our
Warmest Friends.
OUR AMBASSADORS POPULARITY.

BIr. DepeF Declares That Mr.. Bayard Has
Done More TO Produce Friendly Feelings
Than Any Diplomat who Has Ever Rep
resented Us at the Court of st. James.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Hon Chauncey NJ.
Depew arrived on the Lucania yesterday
afternoon from Europe, having been called
home by the illness of Mr.. Cornelius Van
derbilt. He was taken from the boat at
quarantine and brought to the city on a
New York Central tug, and went direct to
Mr.. V~anderbilt's residence, Later he dis
cussed his brief trip.
He reached England the day after the
big Henley race, and Notwithstanding the
disappointment at Yale's defeat he found
great pleasure in the later races He was
much delighted at the way the Yale boys
were received at Henley. and also referred
gratefully TO the demonstration in his
honor at the banquet given to the Yale
boys by the Sporting and Athletic club.
1.-THE Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston scored o wonderful
welcome" said Mr.. Depew. "Thelr move
ments were sure Of a column In the Lon
don newspapers daily, and royalty and the
papers were alike hospitable- There Is an
intense feeling In Great Britain for the
existence and maintenance Of friendship
with the United States 1t was this which
caused all the demonstration
"There is nothing which surprises En-
glishmen so much, and they cannot I'M
derstand it, as the unfriendly, almost hos
tile feeling which prevails to such an ex-
tent in America against Great Britain.
Bayard's speeches have made him the
most popular Of our ministers to St
James, because Of his earnest and en-
phatic iteration and reiteration of our
common blood, language and literature,
and the common mission in friendly
rivalry of these English speaking nations
IN the service of humanity and civilization
"There is an honest and hearty cordial
ity towards us among the people of Great
Britain. The march of the empire and
gigantic evolutions and revolutions of the
century have obliterated from their mem
DRY all recollection or knowledge of the
revolutionary war, 1919, the Trent affair,
the attitude Of their government during
our civil wal and the other things which
form so large a part of the literature that
stirs the patriotism and moulds the minds
of our boys and girls. They are practic-
ally unanimous for a permanent interna-
tional tribunal Of arbitration, which will
render a wal between the United States
and England impossible.
"To them the Venezuelan question is a
controversy over a worthless swamp to
which they have a good title, inhabited by
1000 or 5000 people who want to be under
British law and liberty, and protest
against being handed over to the military
dictatorship and frequent c~onflscations of
Venezuelan revolutions, and they think
their duties 60 these British subjects and
their national honor alike demand a reso-
e. lutte stand against Venezuela. They can
not understand what our interest In the
matter is, unless we intend assuming, un-
der q protectorate, the quarrels of all the
republics of South America"
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BERLIN, July 25-Dr. Markuse, whose
'fnterior" has been photographed thirty
times within the past twenty days by the
Roentgen process, has lost all of his hair
as a result, and his face has assumed a
brownish color. The akin has peeled off
his breast where the Hitorf instrument
nearly touched it, and on his back what
was first a sore finally developed into a
bleeding wound, surrounded by burnt
looking cuticle. The victim Is exhausted.