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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

month, and silver keeps going down.
Senator Jones of Nevada, in 1873,
voted for the law of 1878. He said
from his speech in the Senate, that
God had made gold the standard.
He said that gold was the mother of
civilization. Whether he has heard
from God since or not l do not know.
But now he is on the other side. Sen
ator Stewart, of Nevada, was there at
the time, but voted for the act of
1878 and said that gold was the only
standard. He has changed his mind.
No government can afford to be a
clipper on coins.
A great republic cannot Oxford to
stamp lie on silver or gold or paper.
Honest money for an honest people.
issued by an honest nation. You can
not make a paper dollar without tax
ing dollars worth of paper. We
must have paper that represents
money. | want it issued by the gov
eminent, and | want behind every
one of these paper dollars either a
dollar in gold or a dollar worth 100
cents, so that every greenback under
the flag can lift up its hands and
swear, II know that my redeemer
liveth.n That is where | was 90 years
ago, and that is where l am tonight.
For nations and individuals, at all
times, everywhere and forever, hon
esty is the best policy. Better be an
honest bankrupt then Il rich thief.
Poverty can hold in its hand the jewel
! honOr-a jewel that Outshines all
other gems. a thousand times bet
| ter be poor and noble than rich and
| fraudulent. Nobody can be helped
by free coinage except the few peO-
pie who could pay their debts if they
were willing. Some say that it would
help the mine owners. 1t would not.
| Coming this bullion into dollars
would not increase its value, because
you would coin the bullion of the
whole world and the supply would be
| greater than the demand Have free
coinage tomorrow, and there is not a
silver mine owner that would make a
dollar-not one-by changing it into
American coin. 1t would only be
worth what the bullion is worth in
the open market.
We want good money-good, honest
money. And there was never any
real prosperity for a nation or an in
dividual without honesty, without in
tegrity, and it is our duty to preserve
the reputation of the great republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

HanbletOn's circular for October
II presents a business mans estimate
of the causes of the recent advance in
wheat-which is independent of silver
and the probable consequences of
the defeat of Mr.. Bryan's proposal to
debase the currency. 1t is the con
viction of every one in close touch
with affairs that the present stagna-
ton is due to the fear of free coinage
which would cause infinite loss. Says
the Circular:
We anticipate that the election of
Mr.. Mckinley will be followed by sew
eral years of great prosperity i'll
this country. We have for five years
been liquidating, econOmiZing and
getting out of debt. Our railroad svs-
TEN has passed through readjustment
and fictitious capitalization has been
eliminated. Our manufacturing in
terests have been curtailing and mer-
chants and consumers have been liv-
ing from hand to mouth and have
been buying only to supply immediate
wants. There is no Overtrading and
no general speculation either in
stocks or products. Free-silver agita-
ton has frightened capital and caused
boarding of gold and legal-tender
notes.
The election of Mr.. Mckinley will
set the wheels of trade in motion,
boarding money and withheld capital
will seek investment and employment,
a demand will spring up for goods and
products, labor will be fully employed
at good wages and the land and people
will laugh and sing.
But some of our people may say,
suppose Mr.. Mckinley is not elected?
Not elected! Why, there has never
has been a doubt that the party OF
reputation and revolution would be
ANONYMOUSLY and overwhelmingly
defeated, or that the party which rep
resents sound money and stands to
protect the honor and credit of the
nation would succeed.
Mr.. Mckinley will undoubtedly be
elected, and by such a majority as
will settle once for all time this mis-
cradle attempt to debase our currency
and dishOnOr our country. Improved
business will add largely to the reve-
nue. of the government, gold will flow
in countless millions from Europe to
this country, the government will be
taken out of the banding business and
our currency system will be read
justed on sound and scientific princi-
pies.
AS to the recent advance of wheat
the circular has this to say.
The advance or decline in silver is
no more responsible for the fluctua-
tions in products than the rise and
fall of the Roman empire. Wheat and
cotton have gone up because of a re-
duced supply and improved demand.
The report of the consul of the United
States at st. Petersburg estimates the
worlds crop of wheat in 1896 falls
short of the crop in 1895 by 1876, 900, 900
bushels. And the exporting countries
outside of Europe show a deficiency
of 1856, 100000 bushels. India and
Australia, instead of selling wheat are
buying from other countries, and,
there being large demand for our
surplus, we are exporting great guam
titles of grain and prices have ad-
vanced. The same cause-a dimin-
ished crop of cotton-has caused an
improved demand and better prices
for this product. The price of prod
ucts and commodities, including sill
yer, is determined by the law of sup
ply and demand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

CHEERING news from Western
Maryland reached the Republican
headquarters yesterday. Mr.. Thomas
S. Kean, a Democrat, of Allegany
county, who was in Baltimore, said
that the miners of Allegany county
would vote for Mckinley. The dem
ocratic leaders of the sixth congress
sional district have stated that the
miners were for Bryan. If the miners
vote for Mckinley, the district, it is
said, will go Republican and Capt.
John Mcdonald will defeat his Demo
cratic competitor, Blair Lee, for Con-
gress. The Republican leaders are
now claiming five of the six congress
sional districts of the state and assert
that the fight in the first district, or
on the Eastern Shore, will be close
and the result uncertain. Baltimore
Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

THE morning after McKinley's cleo
ton confidence will spring up with a
bound and everybody will go to work,
heart and soul, to make good times.
They are only waiting to be sure that
the country will be ruled for the next
four years by sound, patriotic, sensible
men instead of the dangerous dema-
gogues and wicked charlatans that
came into power four years ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

must be paid in gold. If more goods |
be bought in Europe than are sent |
there from the United States the bal !
ance must be paid in money; and gold |
is the only money in international
transactions. The greater the de
mand for bills of exchange the higher
the price-that is to say, more money
must be paid for a pound sterling.
When the price reaches certain fig
ure it becomes cheaper to ship the
gold to Europe than buy a bill of eX
change that is payable there in gold.
In the opposite case, when Europe
owes a balance in the United States
and bills of exchange cannot be OBJ
tanned to cover it the gold must be
shipped to this country for the pur-
pose In the first eight months of the
year 1895 goods to the value of upward
of SAG, 100000 were imported into the
United States in excess of the value
of the goods exported during that
time. 1t was necessary then to ship
a considerable sum in gold for want
of bills of exchange. lin the first
eight months of this year, on the
other hand, the exports of merchan
disc to Europe exceeded in value the
imports by nearly $96,000,000. AS a
consequence, there was a check to
heavy sales of American securities i'll
Europe; and it was no longer neces-
sary to send abroad money to redeem
these securities. The tables were
turned, and Europe was obliged to
pay in part with gold the debt due to
this country, as has very clearly been
demonstrated by the great influx of
gold during the last two months.
How natural is the movement has
been shown by the course of rates of
exchange. In the last spring and
summer, when debts were due to Eu-
rope, the American merchant who
wanted a sight draft on London was
obliged to pay $4.SS! or $3.50 for the
pound of sterling; but since the oppo-
site movement has set in the pound
sterling has cost from S4.S34 to S4.S54.
1t is thus seen that the recent gold
importation is a perfectly natural
phenomenon; and those who seek to
pervert it's causes are themselves ig
norant, orare DESTROYS of leading
others astray for the sake of
promoting party ends.
There is not the least inconsistency
with this explanation in the action of
the banks last summer in agreeing to
| furnish bills of exchanges at rates
under the point that make it profit
able to export gold, and thereby pre-
vent its shipment. The bankers were
willing to take the risk of pOcketing
loss in order to avert the consequent
midst of an exciting political cam
paign. Fortunately, the natural cur
rent of trade made it wholly unnec-
essary for the bankers to carry out
their agreement to prevent a drain of
the Treasury gold at whatever cost to
themselves. But by this very act
they have manifested degree of pub
lie spirit and patriotism in the exist
ing crisis which is in strong contrast
with the Popocratic assaults upon
the integrity of the Government.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

NOT only the markets of the world
but the stars in their courses are
fighting in this campaign against
the Sisera of adulterated money and
reputation. All the Popocratic cal
culations based upon industrial de-
preston, bad harvests, popular dis
trusts, scarcity of money, outflow of
gold and more bond issues have been
turned to naught. There never was
such a run of bad luck!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22
Colonel InrerSOlI on Money,

Following is an extract from the
speech of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll at
Chicago on Oct 8:
Money that is money needs no guar
antee, needs no hacker; it is always
good. No matter how many nations
go down to dust, good money remains
ever the same. We have a man run
ming for the presidency on three plat
forms, with two vice presidents, that
say money is the creature of law. If
the government can make money by
law, why should the government col
lect taxes? According to Mr.. Bryan,
our fathers were the friends of silver,
and yet our dear old fathers in all
their lives only minted 100000 of
these sacred dollars Now see what
the enemies of silver have done.
Since 1873 the enemies of silver have
coined over 430, 900, 600 of these dollars
and yet silver kept going down. We
are coming now over 100000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

A FEW months ago the name Of
Grover Cleveland would be cheered
at a Democratic meeting, but now
since the Populists knocked the Dem
ocratic persimmoR and Mr.. Cleveland
declines to follow the procession
headed by such men as Bryan and
other repudiationists he is read out
of the party by such obscure sheets
as the MOMntain POpOcr0t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

MEXICO is in need of wheat, and
the government has suspended the
import duty for several months. This
is greatly to the advantage of the
Kansas farmers, who are selling grain
to the MeXicans. OF course it was
Mark Hanna who produced the
drought in Mexico, which made it
necessary to buy wheat in the United
States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

THE st. Paul Globe has finished a
poll of Minnesota, which shows that
Mckinley will carry the State by 49,
00G- The Globe cannot have heard of
Henry Georges calm and conserva-
tive estimate, which makes Mime
sofa solid for the Boy Orator of Salt
Crook
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

THE letter of Archbishop Ireland of
Minnesota, written in answer to the
questions of a number of business
men who desired to know his views
of the political situation, is one of
the most remarkable documents of
this remarkable campaign. The
prelate departs from his usual custom
of abstaining from policital discussion
only.because of the momentous i'm
portance of this campaign. He re-
CARDS the free silver proposition,
though containing the essence of re-
pudiation, as mild in its bearings
compared to other infamous doc
trines of the Chicago platform, in
Guiding those of class hatred and a
sectional prejudice that amounts to
undisguised secession. In no campaign
since war times has the pulpit every
where been SO outspoken as it is now,
because the preachers regard the
issues as so inwrought with public
morals and national honesty that
they far transcend the bounds of
ordinary political questions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

THAT Mr. William J. Bryan sought
a position as press agent" for an
itinerant theatrical show is nothing
against the man. That he did not
get the place was unfortunate. He
evidently had a better conception of
the eternal fitness of things than was
manifested by the Chicago Conven-
tiOu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

mot open minis but open mills are
the needs of the times. You don't
get customers through the mints;
you get them through the factories"
Mckinley to the Farmers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

two the value of the wages still left
to him. Confronted by such a pros
pect is it any wonder that railroad
men should take lively interest in
the campaign.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

THE old silver washed sheet up town
devoted many lines to us last week,
all of which was read with interest,
but the arguments (0 put up by it are
unworthy of mention"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

ACCORDING to Chairman Jones
there are just five doubtful States
and it is curious that not one of them
is being stumped by Candidate
RryaO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

ARE the voters of the United States
going to swallow a ticket, labeled
Democratic, which has turned the
stomach of even David b. Hill?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

WHATEVER may prove to be Can
didate Bryan's fate in the sweet by
and by, his chances are certainly
dwindling in this wheat buy and
buy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

CANDIDATE Bryan is still on the
jump; but he can't beat the price of
wheat at jumping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22

BROTHER Mckinley is beyond
doubt encouraging the production
of 'rah material this fall
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22
Why We Oppose Bryan.

Ratio: Is too.
/. Because he was put in nomina-
ton by the very worst element in his
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12
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CHICAGO's CONVENTION.
The suB-C6mTniftee on Arrange
ments AdiOurns TIL Nny.

Chicago, ILL., April 1.-THE sub-commit-
tee Of arrangements on convention of the
national democratic committee adjourned
this afternoon TO meet again in this city
on May !, At this meeting sub-commit-
tees on tickets. press, telegraph, decora-
tons and hall. viii be appointed. 1t is
probable that permanent headquarters
VIII be opened at the Palmer House about
the first week in June.
The most important action of the COM
mlttee to-day was the selection of John
l. Martin of ST. Louis, eX-speaker of the
Missouri House of Representatives for the
position of sergeant-at-arms The appoin-
tee has had large experience in arranging
details of large gatherings and parades
and is regarded as eninently fitted for the
position. He has been prominent in the
democratic politics of Missouri and as a
presidential elector on the Cleveland and
Gov. Marmaduke. Professionally he came
under national notice some years ago, as
the chief counsel for Maxwell in the cele-
brated MAXWELL reller murder trial.
The committee Inspected the unfinished
coliseum this morning and afterwards
was closeted for a long time with the two
architects, several changes in the ar
rangements for seating the delegates be-
ing suggested ana assented to by the local
delegation.
At the luncheon given the visitors at the
Iroquois club this afternoon, the local
finance committee handed over a check
for $iG,C3o, or one-fourth Of the guarantee,
with assurance that the remainder had
been subscribed and would be collected
and paid over in such instaMments as
might be called for by Chairman Harrity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12
TO MEND MS SPINAL CORD.
Remarkable Experiment to BE Made
IN PIttsburg Hospital.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Plttsburg, April 3.-An experiment is to
be tried next week at the South Side Hos
pital which will be radical departure
from established presidents. An attempt
will be made to reunite the severed spinal
cord Of David James. who had his back
broken yesterday In fall from a scaffold.
Since his removal to the hospital the stan
physicians have made o close examira-
ton. and now claim that by the use OF
the X-raye they can determine the exact
position of the two ends OF the cord,
which was ruptured by the broken Verte-
brae, and by pressure II Is thought they
may be brought together and reunited.
Should this be accomplished the injured
man will again have the use OF his legs,
which are now paralyzed, and by con-
stant attention he may be able, after
certain period, to walk, with the support
James is 10 years Of age, and of strong
constitution. IL is feared by some of the
physicians that are interested in the ex-
pertinent that he Will be unable to re-
cover from the terrible shock his nervous
system sustained by the fall, but the time
intervening between this and the arrival
of the necessary apparatus viii DO used
in efforts to build up the shattered nervous
system.
The rays will be used to show the exact
position of the fractured cord, and by
repeated photographs and steady pressure
they will be enabled to ascertain when the
ends are in direct opposition. A jacket
will then be placed around the patient $
body, and it Is thought the fluids will al
low the cords to reunte.
Instead of keeping the patient in bed
a harness will be fitted to pulles placed
in the ceiling, and he will be permitted to
attain an upright position without the
weight resting upon his fractured spinal
column. Is
Another experiment with the X-rays will
be tried at the South Side Hospital next
week. The physicians will endeavor to
remove tunlor from the brain OF Mrs.
August Kriel. A shadowgraph OF the tum-
| or was taken yesterday by using X-rays
1t is entirely satisfactory, showing the
extent and position of the growth accu-
rately.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12
DYNAMITE UNDER A BUILDING.
AN ATTEMPT MADE TO BLOW UP
NoN-UNION QUARRYMEN.

Members of the Union Whose Places
Have Been Taken by the Nom
Union Men Suspected of the Crime.
None of the Men in the Building
Injured, Bat the Structure Itself
Badly Shattered.
Atlanta, Ca, April 1.-THE little town
of Lithonia, twenty miles from this city,
ON the Georgia railway, was thrown inco
a fever of excitement last night about 10
O'Clock by the explosion of a dynamite
bomb underneath a building occupied by a
lot of negro quarrymen. All were badly
shaken up, but no one was seriously IN
jured, although the building was com
pletey wrecked.
The bomb was exploded beneath an
unoccupied room, which accounts for the
lack of fatality. The thrower of the
bomb is supposed to be one of the union
quarry workmen, and is the sequel of a
conspiracy on the part of the union men
to kill the non-union men, who made their
habitation exclusively in the wrecked
building.
For several months there has been trou-
BILE brewing between these two factions
of labor. The union men received S1.15
and 81 80 per day for their labor by union
regulations and were forced to demand
those prices. The non-union men worked
cheaper, and several attempts have been
made to clear the field of non-union COM
petition. On several occasions personal
differences have arisen between the lead
ers of the two factions, and the dynamite
explosion last night is charged to the
union men as an effort to Kill their labor
rivals.
Several days ago the union men struck.
and since that time the quarries have
been working the non-unon men almost
exclusively The bitter feeling was thus
intensified.
The marshal, ]. A. Norton, arrested sew
eral of the strikers this morning, and
will hold them on suspicion until the af-
Iair can be thOroughly investigated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12
NETWORKS SPRING MEETING.
The Track in Perfect Condition and
the Crowd Large.

Newport, KY, April n.-Six thousand
people, about one-fourth of them ladies',
attended the opening of the first spring
meeting of the Queen City Jockey Club
to-day. The weather was perfect and the
track in splendid condition. 1t was a good
betting crowd and the ten books in line
could not handle the business. The horses
ran well to form. and the talent quit a
winner on the day. Five of the Brown
starting machines will be in operation
Monday. A summary follows:
First Race-Six furlongs. Prince Impe-
rial, 124, Overton, to ,, won with Sidkel
second and zanone third. Time / :15A.
Second Race-Half mile. The Blossom
no. Walker, 5 to 2, won, with Tempesta sec
ond and Lady Eon third. Time :5115
Third Race-One mile. Kirk. ia, Snedek-
err to s. won, with Muskalonge second and
The Banker third. Time 1:45.
Fourth Race-Half mile. Side Partner
49, Walker, 2 to l, won. with Gew Cav
second and Snag third. Time 5l%
Fifth Race-Seven furlongs. Font d'Or
1l2 Vankuren, to l, won, with Tremor
second and Springtime third. Time 1904
Sixth Race-Seven furlongs. Pekin, 1i0
Ham, 10 to l. won with Tough Timber
second and Text third. Time $50