The morning times., 1896-08-27

| Have you any chickens? Got any ducks?
| Got any eggs-chickeu or duck eggs? Got
an ancient rooster, turkey gobbler, or
| any other old thing that eau be converted
| into cash to save this country from the
onslaught of the sound money party?
These be strange times, aud these be
strange questions in politics, but they are
| questions which are to be, In the Iear
| future, propounded to the country fC.ks
| in this campaign. There Is n howl for
\ money at all the headquarters In this
| city. and 1t Is to be raised to carry the
election one way or the other; but 1t will
he admitted that the plan TO raise the
dust and make the feathers fly Which
has been suggested from Natioual Silver
| party headquarters takes the lead of
anything that has yet emauated from the
mintage of political minds in this year of
grace
The plan was talked of yesterday and
! will doubtless go abroad all over the United
| States this morning. II was stated that
there was a necessity for funds to meet
| the dead loads that would be raised by
| the Republicans. This Republican fund,
| Mr.. Diffenderfcr, the secretary OF the
| National Silver party, said. would not te
| as large as was expected. The manu-
| facturers had already learned that the Re-
publican bosses could lot promise a high
| tariff from the next Congress. which fact
was determined at the last session.
ANYTHING FOR FUNDS.
Ali the Republicans had now to go on
was The bankers, and it was not likely
that they would go on Contributing if the
Mckinley letter of acceptance did not suit
them. Mr.. Diffenderfer said that it was
a mistake to suppose that the Western
silver miners could put up the money.
They were not rich men and their business
had been practically destroyed by adverse
legislation. 1t would lie necessary. there
fore 20 get funds in ssrne ether way.
ME, .Diffendcrfer is not the author Of the
Chicken and Pumpkn'' plan Of raising
campaign funds. but il may work like a
charm because principally of it's extraor-
binary CT arac;er. 1t Is rot l,aDy original.
for the fdrtIitous watcrme lon. and maj yhap
the alvfntitious razor back hog has often
been converted into cash by the editor OF
the rural paper. and the same things, but
more especially chickens. Lave Ieen prof
fercd in payment Of tie ebdomada services
of'thc itiDcrant minister of the gospel Of
st. Luke, whether that gospel has been
twisted ard turned for tie exploitation of
Democrat. Ecpubli can. Popuiist o. the
Samari aus in the Middle of the Road to
Damascus.
'H~''''' HOW IT WILL WORK.
The scheme is to De pat into action in
this way: IL the farmers are not able TO
pay anything in cash, they will be eX-
pectci to make pilgrimage to the county
seat on any given da y and hold what might
be called i political fair. Each man or
maid, or widow, will bring, say chicken,
duck, a turkey, drake, or other frizzlcd
fowl Dominicas preferred, lamb, a hog,
pumkin, bushel OF potatoes, vans or
Irish. a dozen OF eggs, or a half dozen, If so
much IS full dozen ''be not available"
a Secretary Carlisle ays at the Treasury
wool socks, hucklcberry jam, etc. to this
Donnybrook fair. These articles are to
be disposed OF at the highest cash prices
then prevailing at the comfy seat and the
proceeds covered into the treasury OF the
whole peoples party. Democrat, Silver, Re-
publican, Populist and the NJ. r. men.
There may be a surplus; but re ;,Geruty
of the plan gets around this seeming diff
Guilty. All of the m era-cr.e that is left over
is to be put up at auction and sold to the
no waste of material, because it is under
stood that every patriot VIII have sworn
before he or size leaves home that they |
shall not return Eone alive unless they |
have disposed of tie animals which are |
branded for party purposes"
GOLp WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Thus, in Sparta. the old lady gave to |
her young Greek war; or a shield and said |
to him: son, go forth, but return with |
this shield or on it, The new rea1ing Will |
be: ''Bll Jennings, take this turk to tie |
forks of the road and sell him, even if you |
have To take gold money for him.
1t is said that this plan has already |
been put into execution in one of the |
counties of West Virginia, but the credit |
for 1t there has not been claimed by Senator |
Faulkner. Aud furthermore, it is said !
that it has proved n success. 1t has I'M |
proved the circulation of poultry to au |
enormous extent. The per capita pcs
session of ducks and geese in that county |
has risen from 1S to So. and the production
by legislation of common eggs has risen
from Z per week per hen to 3 per week |
per the same hen. Goose eggs have in-
creased from per week to per week, |
but the price has decreased, owing to
The overw working OF the mints, from 1S cents
per dozen TO cents per Gozen. The !
circulation, however, as noted, is very,
extraordinarily, large. The argument that
production could not be increased by com-
mon consent in West Virginia is Con-
sidered TO have been thoroughly exploded.
This scheme appears to be a direct answer
to Chairman Jones, who prayed that the
money for the campaign might be raised
under the direction of an allwise provi.
dence. Who would lave thought that tie
fam tiy rooster and the fatted calf wouldhave