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New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
A LONG HEADED STLTERfTE.

Good for Mr. A Erickson Perkins He is the
Rochester gentleman who is urging the farm
prs of the Gencsec Valley to sell their wheat and
potatoes for ffty-threecont silver dollars. and
demanding that they shall pay their notes to
him in one-hundrcd-ccnt gold dollars Mr.. A.
Erickson Perkins rises to explain that his bank
did not incorporate the gold clause in its note
forms because Of the cxigcncics Of the present
campaign. but adopted 1t in 1889
We hasten 10 apologize to Mr. A. Erickson
Perkins for the shadow Of an nsinuation that
his banking convictions are as easily changed
as his journalistic ones We congratulate him
upon a financial foresight which would have
done credit 10 the money lenders Of any DOgc Of
Venice 1t appears thar way back in 1889, be-
fore the Sherman law vas passed. while men
Of both parties still had confident hopes OF
making limited bimctalism a success. Mr. A.
Erickson Perkins discovered that this silver
business was going 10 cause us trouble Then.
though other men falercd. or went on blindly
taking silver in the faith that the Government
stamp could make it equal TO gold. ne stood mp
boldly and said: Il car' not what others NAV
take hut as for me. borrow nothing. or pay me
gold His contemporaries still went on care
less Of the crisis which seven years later was 10
come upon them. and some Of them even now
have not walked up. For instance there is Roch-
csters gold bug banker Congressman. Mr.
Brewster He is one of those money sharks who
have crept into office rs the Popocrais say TO
use the Government for the benefit Of the bank
crs and the oppression OF the poor. He is trying
TO persuade people that they want gold money.
vet he is inconsistent enough to take silver
money or grccnbackS at his bank just as if he
could make farmers think that silver is not good
enough for them when he is content to take ii.
Mr. A. Erickson Perkins j. Il good deal too
smart 10 be caught So. When in 1889 he fore
saw the cheapmoney craze he didn't rush 10
get ahead of his neghbO:S in taking this new and
improved dollar He modcstly stood back say
ing 10 himself: "WhO am that ! should alb
"sOrb the money of the people, will he con
tent with the gold which the people reject. !
will absorb il. and so make il easier for them
"to turn TO the silver they desire. ! will not with
high head rush forward before my betters into
"the Promised Land of cheap money, not if my
name is Aaron | will wait with the other
'prophcts Stewart and Algeld. on the noun
"rains of gold and see my people 60 on into the
land where silver howcih and dollars are
"scoop"d up with shovcls
We do not remember what attitude Mr. 4.
Erickson Perkins took in ST,. when the pur-
chase of silver was stopped. Probably he de-
nounccd the Sherman law as II wicked Rcput-
lcan measure. tending TO iinaEcial disaster We
do remember that he was one Of that old guard
/ dies but-nevcr surrcDders band which went 10
Chicago to rcpresen, The Democratic sound
money sentiment Of New York. That was part
OF the process by which he was Introducing the
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28

money of the people He perhaps saw mat
n banker shouting for free silver would hurt the
cause with some Western delegates. So he mod
cstly refraincd from making trouble. Now Nv
finds il safe to work openly for low-prlccd dol
lars. Some people may question his sincerity
in view of his own likirg for gold, but 1t Is to
he remembered that n II IN cannot pe eApec'e"
to sacrifice everything in n political camphigh'
We have confidence in Il mans poli'lcai jung
mcnt when he shows he knows how To carry
on his own private bnsin' -. But 1t IS PIT!
that the influence of Mr.. \. Erickson PERKINS ~
IN advocate OF free silver should b' dinn'Snr"
bv the fact that he is much more SUCCESSFUL ~
running n goll-bass bank than a sllv'r-baSlS
newspaper He has told about becoming goih
banker II would be interesting to learn ABOUT
his becoming silver editor.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
Good Money Never Made Hard Times.

1t is mere pretence to attribute the hard times
the fact that all currency l. on gold
basis Good money never made times hard, nose
who assert that present industrial ana hnah.
cial depression Is the result OF the gold standard
have not read American history Alright or been
careful students Of the events OF recent years
We never had greater prosperity in this country
in every field of employ oHment and industry, man
in the busy years from lsS) TO 1882. during All OF
which time this country was on gold basis, ara
employed more gold money in its fiscal ana busl-
operations than ever before. We had. too a
protective tariff under which ample revenues were
collected for tt" Government. and an accumulai-
ing surplus. which constantly applied 10 the
payment of the public debt Let US hold fast 10
that which We know Is good II Is not more money
want what want is to put the money We
already have at work When money is employed
men are employed. Both have always been sicad-
lily and remuneratiV"ly engaged during all the
years of protectve-tarin legislation. When thos"
who have money lack confidence in the stability
of values and investments they Will not part
with their money. Business is stagnatcd- tho hf"-
blood Of trade is checked and cong-sted. We can
restore the public confidence 10y an act which
would revolutionzc al values. or an act which
entails "A deficiency in the public revenue Wa
cannot inspire confidence 10y advocating ropudia-
ton practising dishonesty We cannot restore
confidence either to the Treasury TO the people
without change I'm our present tarin legislation
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
Losing In nOth DirccIIOns.

We have either been sending too much money
ont of the country getting too lttl. in or both
We have lost steadily in both directions pur
foreign trade has been diminished and our d0m'sfl.
trade has suffered caculabie loss Docs NOT his
suggest the cause Of the present depression. fud n-
dicate its remedy? Confidence in home enterprises
has almost wholly disappeared. our shops are
closed or running on half-tme af reduced wages.
and small profit. If not actual loss our mon at
home dre idle. and while they are idle. men abroad
are occupied In supplying Us with goods. our uu-
rivaed home market for tho farmer has ALSO SUE
tered greatly because those who constitute if-fhe
great army of American wag"-carnti~ are without
the work and wages they formerly had IL they
cannot earn wages they cannot buy products lh'g
cannot earn If they have no employ Nm'nf ana
when they do not earn the farmers home market
Is lessened and impaired. ana th" loss D., i'If hy
both producer and consumer The loss Of earning
power alone in this country i'm the last three Years
Is sufficient to have produced our unfortunate hu.l
ness situation. II our labor was well rmpI1l'l
and employed at as renumcratiNe wages ts in l+-.
I'm few months every farmer IN the land would
feel the glad change in the increased demand for
his products and in better prices which be- would
receive.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
PERSON Al.

Robert Sipp the violin teacher Of Richard Wag
ner who Is now ninety years Of age. was present
at this summers performances at Bayreuth
The election OF William Draper Lewis dean Of
the Law School Of the University of Pennsylvania is
received with general satisfaction by friends OF
the university The Law School OF the University"
saws The Philadelphia Ledger has many claims
on the profession and the pubcit is the Oldest uni
versty law school in the country. and the recent re-
publication Of the lectures delivered over 100 years
ago by Mr.. Justice Wilson of the Supreme Court of
the United States shows that the Law School Of the
university has gained strength by the support OF some
of the strongest members of the judiciary. 1t was
revived by the lectures OF Charles Hare VINO in turn
was followed by Judge Sharswood. practically the
founder Of the Law School of our own day"
Ferdinand Herder for some time librarian OF the
St Petersburg Botanical Garden and the last male
descendant Of the poet Ilerder. died recently in
Bavaria.
Major McKlnley's decision to make no speeches in
the campaign outside of Canton is a serious disap-
pointment 4, citizens OF Canaiohare. y. Y \ year
or - ago he told Senator Arkel. of Canljoharie.
that II he should be nominated for President ne would
attend one Of Mr. Arke.rs famous tea parties dur
ing the campaign. and he would certainly have Kept
his promise II the exgencies of the campaign had not
prevented him.
The car has subscribed 1000 ruoles for statue
10 Lavosier the father Of scientific chemistry which
France proposes to erect after centurys delay The
French contributions already amount TO $1,000 All
the gas companies Of France have subscribed to the
fund.
In the days of his boyhood," says THE Boston
Transcript" Edwin Winter. who recently pur-
chased the entire line OF the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company its bonds stocks. leased and
branch lines for 100000 and has just been elected
It's president. under the reorganization. lived IN
Campton Nillags. y. IL, his father being native
of that town. When Edwin was in his teens the
family moved West. and there he worked as 2
clerk In "A Chicago grain house. ana later entered
the employ Of "A Western railroad contractor AZ
clerk
man named Pattson. who recently died In
queensland, Australia. began life as butcher.
struck gold. became very wealthy. went into poll
tics. became Postmaster General lost all his
mo- became n butcher again. and died In strait
end circumstances.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
will, Of course. steadily compare with the Eu-
ropean capitals he has just seen

General Harrison faced a splendid audience
in Carnegie Hall last night and gave them II
superb speech. The Republican campaign III
the metropolis of the country was never opcneo
under happier circumstances The people "ho
packed the hall were alert, intellectual ana Keen
~ Interested: they were in full sympathy Win
the speakers and missed no good point mao' ~
any of them. The man they went Ia near no"
ever, was the exPresident and he was al His
best To the surprise of some he gave the lore
most pac, in his address TO the Popocra'c aS
sault on the Supreme Court and the EXecn'N''
which he declared to he the most Important issue
raised by the Chicago platform. His 'rea'lheh'
of the tariff question was concise but iorclpe'
and then he passed 10 the silver question. point
ing out with the utmost ciearness the evils 'ha'
would flow from the adoption of the d"DaS'u
dollar In n campaign that has already broush'
forth speeches Ike those of Sherman ana R'eu
and n letter like ckney's General HARRISON
address must take a place in the front RANK
only a fraction OF those who wished 10 near IL
could gain admittance TO the hall. II cannot pe
TOO widely circulated and read.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
Not n Nation of Classes.

We are not a Nation of classes. but o. sturdy.
free. Independent and honorable people h'spsins
the demagogue and never capituating 20 dis
honor. This ever-recurring effort endang'rs pop
ular government and is "A menace 70 our liberties
IL Is not a new campaign device or party appeal
II is old government among men. hui was
never more untimey and unfortunate than nov"
Washington warned us against it. and Webster
said in the Senate. In words which ] feel are sih-
gularly appropriate at this time. 81 admOilrN me
people against the object OF Outcries Tx" those
admonish every industrious laborer OF ms 'oln,
try to be on his guard against such dclusipn. |
tell him the attempt Is 10 PLAY off his passion
against his interest. and TO prevail on him. IN
the name of liberty, % destroy all the fruits OF
liberty"
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
Inchnnging Money Indispensable.

II there is any thing that should be free
from speculation and huctuation, ~ IS the money
of "A country. II ought never TO be the subject Of
mere partisan contention When We part with our
labor. our products. or our property we should
receive In return money which Is a. stable and
unchanging in value the ingenuity Of honest
men can make it. Debasement Of the currency
means destruction OF values. NO one suffers
much from cheap money the farmers and
lahorers They are the first 10 feel its bad effects
and the last to recover from them. Ihls has been
the uniform experience OF all countries. and here.
az elsewhere. the poor. and not th" rich. are al
WAYS the greatest sufferers from every attempt
dehase our money. II would fall with alarming
severity upon investments already made. upon
Insurance companies and their policy holders upon
savings banks and their depositors; upon building
and loan associations and their members; upon
the savings OF thrift. upon pension"r, and their
families and ipon wage-earn"rs and tho purchas-
ing OF their wages.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN British warships bomharded the
palace Of the sultanate in Zanzibar; Said Kalid.
the usurper. fed TO the German Consulate
---- The Armchair revoutionists who capt
ured the Ottoman Bank in Constantinople sur
Iendercd the rio;nc seems to be at end
- The Car and Czarina arrived in Vienna
ana We're affectonately greeted by the Emperor
and Empress OF Austria
DOMESTIC Major Mckinley received many
kilograms Of congratuation on his letter Of ac-
ceptance. === w J Bryan addressed political
meetings in Buffalo and Erie. Penn. == The
cruiser Brooklyn made an average speed of
II 81 knots on her official trial trip. earning a
premium OF S}jOm0 for her builders. ====
Warner Miller was the principal speaker at a
big Republican mass-meeting at Sylvan Beach,
on Oneida Lake --- Senator Caffery. of
Louisiana. has been selected for permanent
chairman of the indianapolis Sound Money
Convention.
CITY AND SUBURBAN-An enthusiastic
mass meeting at which ex-President Benjamin
Carnegie Hall ----- Announcement was made
Of the suspension Of the firm of John Blood
good e. Co. brokers. -= Further arrange
ments were made for the reception and enter
tainment of Ii Hung Chang == Harry Hill.
the wel-known sporting man. died at Flushing,
Long Island. -=--- Winners at Sheepshead Bay:
Cleophus. Salvable. Sue Kittie, Sunny Slope. Sir
Francis. Deerslayer == New-York defeated
st. Louis at baseball by : to 8 and 10 to 6;
Brooklyn was beaten by Louisville by 10 to ..
but won later by TO q -=- Stocks were dull.
but strong
THE WEATHER. for to-day: Fair
and cool Temperature yesterday: Highest. so
degrees: lowest 66: average, AZ.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28

mated at st. Petersburg-that Is TO say, Dy s"cn
creatures as Bcnderen and Grucf VINO nave
played the part Of rebels and traitors. Inc ho'o
rious Zankoff will be nj the head OF the "oVerh-
ment. and the will of the Car viii nc SUPREME
Already lhe Russian press laws have pe'h pro-
claimed in Bulgaria. censorship ana all Ah-
other year may the way laid open from
Sophia To Siberia. and the Balkan frlhclpaity
marked on the maps and set down IN y'hi-booIs
and encyclopedias as province of European
Russia II Is that now. in almost cycrythin"
lilIf
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
WHY Not 4 SLOW FREIGHT TRAIN?


Mr. Bryan is again taking a slow train in or
der to multiply his opportunities for speech
making Perhaps it is none OF our business,
and it may seem ofticious to make n sugges-
tion. but we cannot help wondering why IL
didn't occur TO the Orator OF Everywhere and
Anywhere to take a slow freight train: for IL
would have given him many more chances TO
engage in the free and unlimited coinage of
words-a pastme that is only less dear to him
than the free and unlimited coinage of silver
Can il be, by the way. that Mr. Bryan's we'll
known aversion TO limited trains is due TO the
fact that the opportunities for oratory are lin
tied on them? Senator Tillman found that out
the other night. when, in one Of his earnest
Outburss Of Tillmanese. on a Pullman ear a
woman requested him To 'orate" in some other
car. ana let people go to sleep. 1t is thus that
the soulless corporations lend themselves to the
effort to trample out free speech and an ener-
vated people would rather 60 TO sleep than
hear the story Of the Crime of '73" Truly IL Is
a degenerate world.
But 10 resume our subject Mr. Bryan ought
10 have taken slow freight a pottering easy
going train that switches Off on every siding
it meets because II it made a run Of more than
five consecutive miles. even slow express nf-
teen miles behind would be sure to catch up
with il. ON such a train that Mr. Bryan
could make a speech on an average at least once
every three or four miles. For he could not
only utilize the numerous stops but If the train
was heavily loaded as such trains generally
are. he could address the people sitting on the
fence along the track, while the train was
snorting and puring UP the steep grades. lie
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
Projections Virtue tnimpaircd.

Protection has lost none of it~ virtue and IN
pOrtance. The first duty of the Republican parry,
If restored to power in the country Will he ne
enactment OF tariff law which will raise All me
money necessary to conduct the Government eco
nomically and honestly administered. and 50 al
iused as To give preference to home manua 'tirers
ana adequate protection TO home labor and th" nome
market We are not committed 20 any special
schedules or rates OF duty They are. and always
should be. subject 10 change 10 meet now conu-
tions but the principle upon which rates ~ dui.
ara imposed remains the same. our duties should
always be high enough 10 measure The difference
between the wages paid labor at home and I'm com
peting countries. and TO adequately protect Amer-
can Investments and American enterprises
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
RUSSIAN rule AT SOPHIA

The recent Cabinet crisis in Bulgaria was not
Of the usual kind. 1t was no. caused by an ad
verse vote in the Legislature, nor by personal
disagreement between the Prince and his Min
istcrs but was conceived and peremptOrily or
dered from outside. 1t was. in brief. effected
by order of the Gar" The man directly aimed
at was Colonel Pcroff. the Secretary Of War
He is loyal Bulgarian, a capable officer. and
an honest man. But lie would not obey the
Cars commands. He would not relnstate In
the Bulgarian army those traitorous officers who
had plotted the assassination or. at any rate the
Kidnapping of Prince Alexander and had in
consequence taken refuge in Russia 10 avoid The
punishment due for their crimes SO word came
from -. Petersburg that he must be dismissed
from the Cabinet. The obseqnious Prince Fcrd-
nand unhesItatingly obeycd. Colonel Peiroff
was turned ont Of office. and other Ministers
went with him. He also resigned his place in
the Bulgarian army. and may Quit the country
altogether to avoid the fate which overlook
Siambulof
The places Of Colonel Pciron and his a>No-
ciates will henceforth be filled by men nom
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
Gold standard Mast he Upheld.

We have much more silver in than any other
country in tn. world. except India china SO
NNVD more than Great Britain. SJOVyl.G0 more tan
France: $h0V0.0O more than Germany. 80 900.
less than India and Sl2J V)JVD less than China The
Republican party has declared In favor Of inter
national agreement and, if elected President II will
The free coinage OF silver in this country would
defer II not defeat. international bim"talsm, and
untu an International agreement be- had every
interest requires to maintain our present stand
ard Indcpendent free coinage OF silver al a ratio
of l6 ounces Of silver to ounce OF gold would insure
the speedy contraction Of ,hv volume Of our cur
rencv It would drive AT least JDp,oorJ Of gold dol
lars which we now have permanently from the
trade. OF the country and greatly decrease per
raf, sfr
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
Disappearance of SectiOnniism.

The country l. TO be congratulated upon tne AZ
most total obliteration OF the sectional lines whSn
for so many years marked the division OF ~,
United States into slave and free territory, anu
finally threatened It's partition into TWO sepArss -
governments by the dread ordeal Of civi War -
era OF reconciliation. so long and earnestly, ur,
sired lay General Grant and many other great ieHu
ers North and South. has happily come. ana w
feeling OF distru-t and hostility between ihr 81.
lions IL everywhere vanishing. let us hope never ~"
return Nothing l. better calculated 10 gNe
strength 10 the Nation az home. increase our Dow.
and influence abroad ana add To the permah'ie
and security Of our free institutions than u'
restoration Of cordial relations between me proF,
OF al sections and parts OF our beloved country 49,,
called hy the suffrages Of the people 10 .sume ne
duties OF the high office of Prcsidsnt oi in' h',
States. | shall count IL privilege 20 aid e'rn
the slightest degree In the promotion or INC 'Ir,a
OF fratcrnai regard which should snima.s ...s
govern the citizens OF every section, Siasa ~ ss's
Of the Republic.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
THE SPEECH or GOVERNOR GRTGGS.

THE SPETfH or GOV ERNOR fhfhhS.
Even in thcs" crowded hours space must d"
found for words of mos hearty commentator
of Governor Grggs'S powerful speech rs chair-
man of the Republican Convention of NeW-jei-
scy. II is very high praise to say that in s'Il'-
plicity and clearneSs of statement II frequently
reminds one of Major Mciinlcy's letter GOV
rrnor Griggs notes the fact that four years ago
the Democratic party was appealing 10 the l'eo-
plr 10 vote for Il tariff policy that would brin:
prices down for the benefit OF the farmers ana
wagr-rarncrs Bnt now. If You ask how any
body but silver miners are 10 get more than
Gfty cents for fifty cents worth Of work or
product Bryanism says. oh prices will 90 mp.
again for the benefit Of the farmers and the
wage-rarners Let ii be clearly understood that
Bryan is 10 benefit the people of New.Iersry ny
raising the prices of the receS>ares of life.
SAYS Governor Griggs: tell the workingnlan
"ihat: tell II 10 the clerk the teacher the police
"man the fireman the salared officer; 10 the
widows and orphans that live on fixed Incomes
from investments made by dead husbands and
ARE drawing their small pittances TO help their
"cripplcd dependencies upon Il Government they
suffered 10 save" Elsewhere he happily char
acterizcd the frec-silvcr movement rs II coalition
rrS and the greenback infia atoriStS and said the
firm ought 10 bear the title Free Slvrr-'irecn-
back Initiation Company. nlimed.