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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11
Thus Far. a Clean Campaign.

The observant journalist who contri-
butes to the Philadelphia Bulletin over
the pseudonym Penn" states patent
truth expressively when he says: "It
would be difficult to point TO any pres
idential campai ign in which there has
been, on the whole, go fair, reasonable
and intelligent discussion of principles
and issues as there has been this year.
The slime of the sewer rats has not thus
far been permitted to nauseate the pub
lie nose in any reputable Journal There
have been few yiIlanous ISLANDERS and
personal indecencies, and even the car
icaturists have for the most been good
natured rather than malicious. The
abuse has been more in the way Of
generalities than Of personalities. Both
Mckinley and Bryan have escaped the
deiuge of mean brutaiities that were
heaped upon Grant. Greeley. Garfield.
Cleveland and Harrison. and the fellows
that crawl on their bellies in unearthing
the private lives Of candidates. have
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11
CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.

AS the campaign progresses the volume
of economic and political literature grows
percept5ly. From Benjamin X. Tucker,
New York, comes pamphiet entitled
"Proudhon and His Bank of the People
being IA defence of the great french an
archst showing the evils of a specie cur
rency, and that interest on capital can
and ought to be abolished by system OF
free ana mutual banking" The author
is Hon. Charles y. Dana, and the compila-
,t.on consists Of newspaper articles WIT
tNn by him in his verdant days nearly
hIty years ago. Its publication now Is
effected by Mr.. Tucker with ghoulish g!ee
in the notion that It will embarrass the
now conservative editor Of the sun.
From the pen of William C. Cornwell,
Buffalo, comes another dime pamphlet
of value entitled "Greenbacks-ths Silver
Trouble and Its Causes" IT is a strong
argument for sound money reinforced by
several telling Illustrations. One of these
Illustrations. an original idea OF Ar. Corn
wells is striking in the extreme. The pic
ture is that of a beautiful girl pouring out
free silver to the people. Hold the picture
up to the light, and behold, the beautiful
girl fades away, leaving only a grim skeie
ton, entitled What Free Silver Really
Means" scroll. grasped by the skele-
ton fingers. bears this legend: 1--WE pay
our debts in fifty cents on the dollar anu
make 1t legal"
From Alden, New York, comes another
new solution of the money difficulty, in
the form of book by Moses Samelson en-
titled The Way Out Mr.. Samelson's
scheme is joint metalism, in which gold
and silver furnish the basis and security
for paper money to be issued by the gov
10 nj b.
Grafton Of this proposition Is careful and
ingenious and it will interest all serious
economists.
On the other side of the political bound
airy line we have silver. the Money of the
Common People" a dime pamphlet pub
lishcd by the i. II. Hayes Pub. Co., Postal
Telegraph building, New York. 1t com
rrses the Chicago platform, a sketch of
Bryan, gems from his speeches and re-
productions of silver editorials from the
New York Journal.
From Laird G. Lee Chicago. comes "Our
Country's Honor a handy little pamph-
let for u dime, that contains Major Me-
kinley's letter of acceptance, a sketch of
Hon. Garret a. Hobart. together with his
speech acknowledging the notification or
his nomination by the Republicans for vice
president, and several other documents
of value to Republican campaigners.
William Morse Cole, formerly instructor
in political economy at Harvard, has writ
ten in when Coinage of Silver Is Free"
(Boston: Mathews Pub. Co., IFS Devonshire
streeD, a powerful refutation of Bryan
sophistries which every voter should read.
Its price, likewise, is one dime.
| II
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11
SEPTE VI BER.

By Jane Marsh Parker, in the outlook.
Purple astors here at last!
And thistle-seed a-blowing!
And what is this in the blackbird's song?
The locust's pipe Is shrill and long,
over and over: "Past-past-past-
The summer days are going!'
Stop, chattcring squirrel! Why this fret
For hoard you're sure to gather?
And, cunning spinner, why so soon
a shroud to weave-a last cocoon?
The bitter frost is far off yet,
Though summer days are going.
Perhaps (who knows0 to grass and fern
Comes bitter pang in turning
From youth to age. Perhaps the wood.
Rebels against Il faded hood,
And would escape it If it could;
And that with wrath the sumachs burn,
When summer days are going!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

had little or no encouragement from
the press"
To what extent we are indebted for
this freedom from offensive PERSONAL
Gus candidates it would be difficult to
determine Even the Tillmans and the
AItgelds have been shamed by Mr..
Bryan into n semblance of respecta-
bility in their discussion of men and
measures. while as for the Republican
nominee, he became celebrated years
| ago for the equipoise of his temper and
the quiet manliness of his methods of
public debate. Examples thus eminent
have forced their lessons of decency
and personal amiability upon the subor
dinate disnutants. until, as Major Nc
Kinley himself happily remarked the
other day. this has become "a year
of political contention without bitter
ness; year for press and pen, the
only force needed being the force Of
reason"
Not less gratifying In it's way has
been the fairness with which the party
press on both sides has given the po-
l!tical news of the day. 1t used to be
thought the duty of n partisan editor
to edit the news just as he would edit
I, ,i-n tint bn
ago Of a Republican paper printing
a Democratic speech or vice versa would
have given the Greeleys and the Ray
monds of that generation an appopletic
fit. But in the interval public intelli-
gence and, more than all. the public's
sense Of fair play, have been lifted up,
until today that paper would quicKly
lCse the confidence of its readers which
should attempt TO palm off on them
garbled or distorted news relative to
the public activities of a political Op-
ponent. The question is: VIII the pres
ent high standard of controversial
ethics last? We sincerely hope so.
Advices from Washington are to the
effect that Mr.. Cleveland is beginning
at last to appreciate the magnitude of
the political chaos in which Democracy
has become involved during the period
of his leadership. No doubt the retro
Snect Is somewhat disturbing to the
presidents vanity: but it will not be
long until he will have plenty of COM
pany In his misery There is no pos
sible outcome Of the present campaign
which will not have the effect to swell
the sad chorus Of what might have
been"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

The Republican party is the friend of the
silver dollar, since it desires to maintain
1t at parity with gold. The advocates CT
unlimited coinage are not its friends, be-
cause the effect of their policy, If adopted,
would be to reduce its purchasing power
tn,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

watering to fine art. This conjecture
is supported by many well-known par
ticular instances. In fact. one doesn't
have to go far from Scranton to find
an example in point.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

C;arret A. Hobarts mastery letter
accept,n;; the Republican Vice-presl-
Dental nomination will appear In full
In tomorrcw's Tribune. 1t is held FOR
that issue In order that it may be stud
led at leisure br every subscriber.
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COUNTY.

Congressman at Large-GAl.USHA -.
GROW, SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT.
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Congress WILLIAM CONNELL.
Commissloners-S. W. ROBERTS, GiA'ES
ROBERTS.
Auditors-A. L. KIETER. FRED L.
WARD.
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LEGISLATIVE.

Senate, 2lst Distr!ct-COL. w. J. SCOTT.
Representative. Cd District-A. i. CON"
NELL: 81 District-DR n. K
MACKEY.
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Hill is taking his time, but will swal-
low the dose.
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TIE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
STATE

President-WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Vice President-GARRET a. HOBART.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

81 do not know what you think
about il, but l believe that it is u
good deal better to open the
mills cfthe United states to the
tabor of America than to open up
the miuts Of the United states
to the silver OF the worid."
WILLIAM M'KiNLEY.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

The Spanish press censor at Havana
seems to have encountered a pacific
mood these days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

The trouble with the Scranton ball
clubs rally is that it comes too late.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

The proposition of residents of North
Abingdon township to the city of Scran-
ton relative to the construction OF
new road through the Notch. which
was laid before the municipal authori-
ties yesterday. is liberal enough to de-
serve consideration. The new outlet
would easily be worth $500 to the city.
1t would remove the objections arising
from the fact that the only road con-
Meeting Scranton with the fertile coun-
try directly north is n toll road. lnde-
pendent of the merits of the city's COM
plicated controversy with the present
turnpike company, the fact is evident
that there would be ample business for
n new road and that new road which
would also be free road would be
generally popular.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

The difference between the coming
result in Maine and the past result in
Arkansas will be that in Maine the ma
jority to be counted will first have been
legally cast.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

If Dan Lamont wants 20 make sure
Of Il victory for sound money. why
doesn't he advise ali sound money
Democrats to turn in foy Mckinley?
The candidacy Of Uncle Palmer is only
am irIdescent Gr.am.
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LAWYERS.

FRANK Z. BOYLE, ATTORNEY AND
Gsounseilor-at-law. Burr building, rooms
IL and II. Washington avenue.
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The question is, Did Washington
know what he was talking about when
he said: 1T Gnflation) will not benefit
.he farmer or the mechanic. as It will
only enable the debtor to pay his debt
with shadow instead of substance?"
The Republican party thinks he did.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

'"The Gold and Silver Question at a
Glance" being pronouncing and defining
vocabulary and catechism of pertinent
questions, comes from the Excelsior Pub
fishing house, &c City Hall place, New
York. 1t defends sound money and costs
ten cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

DIR. ANNA LAW, SOS WYOMING AVE.
Office hours, Gil n. m. l-3 p. M. rs p. m
DIR. G. L. FREY, PRACTICE LIMITED.
diseases of the Eye. Ear, Nose and
Throat: office 122 Wyoming ave. Resi-
dence. 529 Vine street
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DIR. COMEGYs-OFFICE NO. 3a N.
Washington ave. Hours 12 m. to 3 D. m.
Diseases Of women a specially. Tele-
phone No. 3232
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DIR. w. E. ALLEN. 512 NORTH WASH
irgton avenue
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FRANK T. OKELL. ATToRNEY-Ar.
Law. Room & Coal Exchange. scran-
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G. X. CLARK & CO.. sEEDsMEN AND
Nurserymen; store 1i6 Washington ave.
nue.: green house. 1850 North Main ave.
nue.: store telephone 1872.
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EDWARD W. THAYER, ATTY AT LAW.
2ll Wyoming avenue.
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Miscellaneous.

BAUER'S ORCHEsTRA-MUsIC FOR
balls. picnics. parties. receptions, wed.
terms address r. ]. Bauer. conductor.
III Wyoming avenue. over Hulbert'S
music store.
MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS
supplies. envelopes. paper bags. twina.
Warehouse. 80 Warrington ave-. Scran.
ton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11

From this statement of the distinction
between true and false bmetallism. it is
evident that the friends of free and un-
limited coinage OF silver at the present
legal ratio, 1G to I, are not genuine bmetal-
lists. The Republican party, in common
with genuine 5imetallists everywhere, is
opposed to the free coinage of silver at
any other ratio to gold than the CONNER
cial ratio. The Republican party, there
fore, is the party Of genuine bimetallisn.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Physicians and Surgeons.

DR.. A. TRAPOLD. SPECIALIST IN
Diseases of Women, corner Wyoming
avenue and Spruce street, Scranton. Of
fee hours Thursdays and Saturdays.
q. m. to p. m.
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DIR. L. NJ. GATES. 1875 WASHINGTON
avenue. Office hours, 8 to 8 a. M, 1.30
to 3 and to p. IN. Residence 300 Madi-
son avenue.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

gentleman of exceptionable ability and
of high character. A member of con-
gress for four years, he commanded the
admiration and respect of all his asso-
ciates in that body as a scholarly
statesman and a profound thinker. No
man has ever assaulted his character or
in any way questioned his integrity or
moral worth. His character is a fit ex-
ample for the young men of this coun-
try. He has shown in all his public ut
terances that he loves his country and
his cO%untrymen and that he sympa-
thizes with them in their distress. He
has also shown that he believed the f.
~nancial system which makes gold the
standard of value was in a great degree
the cause of depression and financial
distress prevalent throughout the land:
that the condition now existing will
continue while the present monetary
system lasts and that he would fain
turn to the use of both gold and silver
as they were used prior to 1873. and he
has proposed such a change of finan-
cial system by the usual constitutional
methods. Such was the character and
such was the political opinions of the
candidate known to his countrymen.
who by their representatives in con-
gress, selected from every state in the
union, put him in nomination for the
highest Office within the gift of the
American people. This is a critical
period in our national history. Our in
dustrial and financial independence OF
other nations and people is involved in
this campaign and we firmly believe
there will be no return to prosperity
until We shall have changed our finan-
cial system established by the fathers
of the rebublic, and 80 believing urge
all friends of gold as standard money
and the opponents of a single gold
standard to give to MIR. Bryan and Mr.
Sewall their hearty support. In advis
ing this course we do not consider i,
necessary that they shall abandon OF
surrender their political views on 9th
err questions.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

Miss Jennie TIE Sell. of Bozeman. is
visiting friends in the city.
w. J. Ennis is completing a COM
mOdiOus dwelling house in the town of
Ennis.
for several months past. has returned
to Virginia.
The recent cold spell will discourage
the flies and equally encourage fisher
men campers.
Eugeue Giles, representing the Mu-
tnal Life Insurance Company of New
York. is in the city.
T. F. Pollard and bride returned
from Salt Lake City last Monday.
They report a most enjoyable trip.
Chas. Hill. of Leiterville, has re-
Gently purchased the Mrs. Richard
Foreman ranch situated near Sheri-
dan.
Mortimer Miller has disposed of his
business interests at Twin Bridges and
will make his home in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Matthew Nelson. the popular young
basso profundO. who served his appren-
ticeship in the MADISONIAN office. has
a posi- on the Butte Weekly Trib-
une.
John Wilhart, one of the prominent
men of Twin Bridges, and who has been
the guest of Senator Metzel at Fuller
Springs for the past week, was in the
city yesterday.
Efficient work is being theoretically
pushed by Mr.. Farnsworth at the Cook
mines. Over 200 feet has been attain
ed in sinking and two pumps are con-
stantly employed in clearing the water.
Mrs. Anna p. Hall has returned from
the east for the summer, with her fam
lily. She spent the winter in Des
Moines, where her sons attended school,
but for the past month has been visit
ing in Medford, Mass.
Miss Wight, of Boston, Mass, a
neice of A. c. Hall, who has been visit
ing with relatives in Sheridan, will be
the guest of Mrs. Hall in Virginia City
next week. Miss Wight may conclude
to spend the summer in southern Mon
tana.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
APPEAL TO SILVER REPUBLICANS
Teller. Mantle, Hartman. ct al. Define theI
Position Without Euuivocation

Teller. Mantle. Hartman. ct al. Define their
Position Without Equivocation.
An address signed by Henry NJ. Tel
Ter, senator from Colorado: Fred T..
Dubois, senator from Idaho: Lee Man
tie, senator from Montana: Chas. S.
Hartman, representative in congress
from Montana; Edgar Wilson. repre-
sentative in congress from Idaho: John
F. Shafroth, representative in congress
from Colorado. and A. NJ. Stevenson of
Denver, all Republicans, succinctly
and frankly makes manifest their posi-
ton so far as the national political sit
uation is concerned. The address is
quite lengthy and reviews the ''St.
Louis fraud the cause of the present
distress, and why E%ngland's consent
could not be gained and is inconsistent
in the policy of shaping American f.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

u inability to do a man of such sterl-
ing worth full justice. In every posi-
ton in life. whether as a public officer.
a citizen. a neighbOr Or a friend. he
was all that one could wish-a man
among ter thousand.
We are speaking with undue moder-
alton when we say that in all respects
he has been a model officer. We are
also chronicling a fact of which every
citizen in Madison county is cognizant.
ANY official business which passed
through his hands was sure to be
promptly and correctly attended to, and
in his intercourse with the patrons of
his office the poorest and most obscure
were treated with the same courtesy
and urbanity as the rich and i~nfluen-
tial. He conscientiOusly considered
himself the servant of the public. and
had he been less obliging and more con-
siderate of self he would have been
alive to-day.
In politics he was a Republican, and
while adhering to his principles was
liberal minded enough to appreciate
worth and sterling qualities in his op-
ponents. His friends were not con
fined to any political party. but all
loved him alike. The societies will
miss an earnest c~o-worker, the party
and adviser whose cool judgment could
always be relied upon, the county an Of
| fetal most conscientious, the cOmmun'
ity a citizen above %reproach, the wife
and children an atfectionate husband
and kind father. To these the MADISON
IAN directs it's condolences and sympa
thies that come directly from the hear
of the writer, and assures them tina
their grief is the grief, not of a com
munity, but of a people. The memory
Of Barclay Jones will long be revere(
in Madison county.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
BARCLAY JONES S.

1t is with keen, personal regret that
this newspaper announces the death of
Barclay Jones. which occurred at Salt
Lake last Tuesday and which is chron-
icled in detail in our local columns.
No mar in Madison county or in
Montana ever made or held more
friends than Barclay Jones. His ac-
quaintance was wide spread and all
who knew him we're his friends. There
was a nameless something about the
man, probably his simple nobility, that
attracted and held all within the wide
circle of his acquaintance. We confess
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
WILL w. CHIEFLY, PROPRIETOR.
FOR BRYAN AND SILVER.

There j. no middle road for the silver
republicans in this presidential cam
paign. Readers of this newspaper
know that while it is a republican pa
per. it is a silver paper.
We therefore deem it our conscien-
tious duty, to support by every honor
able method of journalism, the candi-
dacy of Bryan and Sewall.
We propose to face the issue square-
~ and honorably. With us there will
be no lodging. We take the present
opportunity of standing up to be
counted.
We take this stand on the single is
sue of free silver. and for the sake Of
the bright jewel of consistency, and for
the sake of Montana. and for the sake
of our peace of mind.
At the same time we do not en-
dorse a single plank in the Demo-
cratic platform. save the currency
plank: we repudiate it as absolutely as
we repudiate Mckinley, and his gold
fa~llacies. Aside from the currency
plank we endorse the St. Louis plat
form, as representing the cardinal
principles of Il grand and glorious par
ty. destined to be with the people in
she future, but whose surrender to the
gold bugs we cannot endorse or con
done. In other words we refuse to
swallow the bitter pill Of gold. sugar
coated though it may be with the
sweet principle of protection.
At the same time we shall give the
Republican state and county organiza-
tion vigorous and conscientious sup
port. as we believe the maintenance o.
a stiff protective tariff to be absolutely
necessary for the prosperity Of thi:
great country.
Never since the organization of the
republic have the people had the op
D%ortunitv Of casting their ballot for o.
against silver. In presidential cam
nalrnc az n % OF : n ,.n,,yh &ln .rliaa~
cry of controlling politicians the issu,
has been kept away from the people
This year, however, the voters, viii
have the opportunity of saying simpl,
aye Dr. nay. Such an opportunity ma,
not come again and every friend of tn
white metal should take advantag
of it..
We have unlimited faith in the re
publicans Of Montana and of Madiso
county. They have always been silve
men. At their last county %conventio
they defined in vigorous language thei
position, as a party on this issu'
There will be no tagging. there will
no de1ging. In the transposed la1
guage OF the hero of Trafalgar Mo
tana expects every nan to do h
duty" And done it will be wei
Silver will not be cruciied in Il
house of its friends.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

Henry NJ. Teller for secretary of the
treasury under President Bryan would
suit us first rate.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

It would be a handsome thing and a
consistent action for the Democracy Of
Madison county to instruct it's dele
gates to the state convention to work
for the endorsement of Charlie Hart
mar for congress. The Democrats of
Beaverhead and Gallatin are talking
strongly of so doing. This will be a
campaign where all loyal Montanans
can meet on neutral ground and fight
f%raternally for a common cause.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

Three months ago the Republicans
of Madison county defined their posi-
ton on silver. They pledged them
selves by resolution against any presi-
Dental candidate who was against sill
YER. Like the war horses of Israel
they smelled the battle affair off and
months in advance sounded the key
note Of the coming campaign.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

The question which is now puzzling
the mind of the average Virginian is
whether our friend. the Hon. Solomon
Wiles. is on the sidewalk or in the
middle Of the road