San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-06

Pennsylvania Republicans are un.
animously of the opinion that the
size of the majority for Mckinley
will break the record, and some of
them express the opinion that the
Indianapolis ticket will poll more
votes in the state than Bryan will.
According to Hon. r. @. Kerens,
who knows thing or two about
Missouri politics, that state is 60.
ing Republican to dead certainty.
Mr.. Kerens-"Dick" is what every
body around Republican head
quarters call him-made q flying
trip to Washington to consult with
Chairman Babcock of the congress
sional committee, and while in the
city he said:
s'The Republican party is united
and determined to win. The Dem
ocrats are hopelessly split, and
we are going to succeed, and we
ought to succeed. The Democrats
have held the administration Of
Missouri for thirty years, nearly a
third Of a century, and 1t is time
for change.
While the Democrats have been
making their eastern bluffs
the Republicans have been send.
ing convincing literature. broad.
cast through the west. The result
is now becoming apparent even to
the most raDid Bryanite. Reports
from nearly ali the western states
show thst the silver wave which
followed the Chicago convention is
rapidly receding, and II things
continue to go as they are now GO
ing, well informed Republicans
will not be surprised IL Mckinley
and Hobart carry not only all the
great agricultural states of the
middle west, but also some of the
silver states. Mckinley and Ho-
bart are also rapidly gaining
ground in the south. West Vir-
ginia, Maryland and Kentucky are
put into the Mckinley column by
some very conservative men.
From official informatiun at the
Treasury department from twenty
one countries the coinage Of silver
during the calender year 1895
amounted in the aggregate to
$113,672, 200. OF this sum $l3,6W,-
200 was recoinage. Deducting this
sum from the total coinage gives
the coinage from silver from new
bullion in 1895 as $100,069,000.
The country coming the largest
amount of silver in 1895 was Mex
leo, with coinage of $24,S32, $50,
followed closely by Japan with a
coinage of $23,SS3, 500; next comes
China with $S,253, $40; Spain, ST.
969, 500; Great Britain, $5,S2l, 15I
United States, 81, 698, 900; Austria
Hungary, S., 299, 600; Peru, $4,O73,-
600; Russia, $3.50, 900; Ecuador,
So, SOC, 600; Germany, ST, $4,000.
The silver coinage executed by
Great Britain during the year for
her colonies was: For Canada,
81, los, $50; for Hong Kong, $4,000
600; for Straits settlements, $780,
500, total Of $3,S0S, 100.
| France coined for Indo.China,
$6, 092,000 in silver, and for Mo-
rocco, $354,600
/ During the year 1895 the United
States rScoined the largest amount
Of silysr, viz: $4,S50, 900, followed
by A1stria-Hungary with recon.
age of $3,3lS, 800; England, So, l60,.
900; Germany, $1,S26, 900; Russia
$642, 800; India, $4S4,500.
From January l to August
1895, the coinage of silver dollars
by the minis of the United States
was $500, Alp, while the coinage
Of silver dollars from 1892 to 1877:
aggregated $S,031, 23S only.
The worlds product OF silver
during the calendar year 1895 IL
} estimated to have been 1926, 100000
, The amount of new bullion used il
the coinage so far as known wa
, 800, 069, 900, and from reports re
. ceived from twelve countries tn
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