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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
No. 81

shall obey them under silver standard.
The opponents OF free coinage Of silver are
appealing to the laborers. the creditors
and policy holders to rrr.ae:----A----i
personal interests. II should fail 10 look
out for my own interests who will do so
for met Is there any reason why should
not vote for the free and unlimited coin
age Of silvers Very respectfully,
]. w. BISGER.
The answer Is not far to seek
When this farmer borrowed the money
II was the equivalent of 81 900 in gold 1t
was the same as IL he had received IL all In
gold twenty dollar pieces. He could have
it in that way II he so desired Perhaps
he did, for many suoh loans have been
made. When he expended IL he got q. 900
in gold equivalent He probably improved
his farm to that extent or bought stock or
machinery. In whatever way he used IL.
unless he burned it up or squandered It.
he got value received. The borrowing and
lending was business transaction and
the borrower used the money to promote
his business interests At no time since
that mortgage was executed, for few mort
cages run over five years without oval,
would thousand bushels Of whe.t have
paid ii.
When Mr.. Binger In the above letter
says, "The burden Of paying a debt OF
81 900 has doubled since i borrowed the
money" he must remember, II he is stat
ing what Is true that the burden" is not
alone upon him, but upon every other
business man who has borrowed money.
Me rchants and manufacturers feel the
same stress of the hard times as the farm
e4s do. 1t is no: because they borrowed
gold and have 70 repay gold that the bur-
den is greater, but that their earnings and
assets have not turned ont as they hoped
and expected. Competition and overpro-
duction have affected the whole world,
butrepudiation is not the proper cure fori it.
Honesty 4 the best policy-as policy
merely, without refercnce to its moral
quality--for nations as well as for indi-
viduals. A man who has repudiated his
debts Is never trusted again and is re-
garded with contempt by all his neigh
bors And SO is a nation. A free coinage
law is repudiation, and that 1t Is under
stood In that sense Is indicated by such
letters rs the above. - Chicago Times
Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

THE prevailing impression is that the
number of debtors who have mortgaged
their farms and homes Is vastly In excess
of the number of persons who are inter
ested as creditors In maintaining the ex.
listing standard. According to the census
of 1890 the total number Of real estate
mortgages in the United States was 4,777,-
09s, of which {, 1903 061 were farm and acre
land mortgages, and 2,474,637 town lot
mortgages. 1t is safe to say that the
number Of farm mortgages at this date
does not exceed 1000, 900, and that town
lot mortgages will also fall below 2,00o,-
600, owing to the fact that few new loans
have been negotiated within tho post five
years. Manifestly the mortgage debtor
class is more than offset by the creditors
to savings banks, and constitutes only
one-third Of the policy holding creditors
Of life insurance companies, and one-half
Of the number of depositing creditors In
banks other than savings banks, and only
q fraction more than one-third OF the
bank note holders who are creditors to the
banks Of issue and tho United States Of
America.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
THE FARM MORTGAGE.
Showing why 1t Should he Paid In
Good Dollars.

Showing why 1t Should he Paid in
Good Dollars.
The following lcttor is one Of many that
are daily received by the Times Herald.
1t is supposed TO contain the strongest
free silver argument that can be addressed
TO the farmer. and It is used by the free
silver orators with immense assurance Of
its success
LINCOLN, Nob., Aug. 3-To tho Editor:
My land Is cncumbered by mortgage OF
t1 600 payable in lawful money Nov. !,
1897 / must pay this debt with tho pro-
ducts of my farm. Under ordinary cir
cumstances will be able to raise 900
bushels Of wheat next year. III there Is no
change in our financial system this wheat,
at fifty cents per bushel, will pay half tho
debt When the value of "A silver dollar Is
reduced to 80 cents by free coinage bushel
OF wheat, without any change in Its value,
will be worth IA 10 cent dollar. With free
coinage Of silver l shall, therefore. be able
to pay the entire debt with the 600 bush
els Of wheat. The burden Of paying debt
of o., 900 has doubled since borrowed tho
money / have obeyed the laws Of my
country under the gold standard, and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
People Won't Have 1t.

One of our best Indiana county farmers
remarked the ather day that three years
ago, under the Mckinley tariff bill, he
sold his wool at the rate Of s2.23 for each
arrangement this year he only got rs cents
q head. That's the sort Of "a change" the
Democrats gave US four years ago. Thsy
now want US to try another experiments
In the shape of free coinage But the peo-
Pile won't have it-Inthana Messenger.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27


that cdmpT"
Indian as he glided back to the outlaw
camp. He also heard the clicking of
Henry Kyle's rife as he paced the hill
with a step as noiseless as the falling Of
q leaf
In this trying situation Captain Bran
don never lost his presence Of mind. He
reasoned that it would be fatal to bring
on conflict there and that if he could
strike the river at point higher up he
could swim down till he reached his
own camp He started to carry out this
plan, but in short time found his
course blocked by a precipitous mass Of
rocks that was the extension Of Il noun
tain spur abutting on the river He
turned with the intention Of finding
path to the water, when suddenly, on
rounding a bowlder. he found himself
face to face with Henry Kyle.
With the strength Of giant and the
quickncss of a tiger the captain threw
himself upon this man and bore him to
the ground The rifle fell from the
younger mans grasp as he was in .he
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

THE Chicago platform is without N re
deeming feature to commend 1t to patri-
etia q tizans qf aaEy -tly nolit4fal faith There
racy presented in 1t, with the single ex-
ception Of the perfunctory paragraph on
equality of tariff taxes. 1t is q proclana-
ton of organized repudiation, agrarian-
ism and anarchy. and 1t must summon
every intelligent and patriotic citizen, re-
gardless Of political affiliations, to most
heroic battle against the triumph of o
madness that is as deadly in its aim az
was the madness of secession In 1850, and
without even the poor excuse that seces-
sion had fer It's suicide
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
Keen IL Before tho People.

That the financial and business trouble
In the country has occurred since Cieve-
lands election. That 1t has been brought
about by the policy Of the Democratic ad-
ministration there can be no doubt 1t
gave the country such blow between the
eyes that 1t has not yet fully recovered
And now the Democrats propose to give IL
another blow harder than the first. The
first blow was by free trade, the next Is to
be by free silver. VIII the country stand
up and take it2 We believe not Yet It
goes before the people and asks that 1t may
be retained In power, admitting its pres
ent failure, but Offering n change Of medi-
cine for the sick patient.-Everett Prsss
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
WESTERN CREDIT INJURED.
The Effect OF the Silver Craze Keenly
Felt.

The Effect Of the Silver Craze Keenly
Felt.
Borrowers and would-be borrowers sn
the west are feeling keenly the effect of
the free silver agitation. Financiers say
that eastern capital is timid, and IL is al
most impossible to borrow money. None
can be had unless the contracts stipulate
for payment In gold, and even then IL 10
difficult to effect loan. The Jeffries estate
OF Boston was In negotiation with q view
to placing u large loan on one Of the larg-
est Office buildings In Chicago recently,
but withdrew, and tho owners Of the prop
erty have been unable to raise the money.
Western cities also are finding IL difficult
to float their bonds.
II Is doubtful II western municipal bonds
have had any sale at all during the past
two weeks. This is especially true IN this
states which are regarded as likely to be
carried by fusion. The investor fears not
only that he will be paid In a deprecated
currency, but also that when the Popu-
lists get into power they will pass laws
which will damage the credit Of their
states Investors seem to be afraid that
the Populist towns will carry their ideas
into practice In their own local COM
munities and repudia Go the debt after they
have obtained the money.
Tho Democrats, who have seen many
votes slip away from their party on this
account, have been endeavorlng to use It
TO their advantage by circulating the re-
port that the banks were refusing loans
only 20 those who favored free silver
Leading bankers say there Is no truth i'm
the story and that they make no discrim-
ination.
Editors OF country newspapers in the
west are also complaining that they are
already feeling the effects Of tho silver
agitation. Many Of their advertisers have
failed 10 renew their yearly contracts, and
some OF those who are making contracts
are insisting upon the insertion Of pro-
vision that, in the event Of the adoption
of a free-coinage policy by the government.
the contracts shall be- cancelled at the
option Of the advertiser.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

BRYAN Is one Of those bogus friends Of
the laboring man with whom we have be-
come familiar. He is perhaps the most per-
feet type of his class. He certainly did up
brown" the Chicago convention and the
other Populist convention also. He is
making some headway In the east among
men who, because he talks like a house
aflre, think he says something; among
men who always are eager listeners to
rant about underpaid labor and greedy
capitalists.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

WHEN business man offers to pay 90
cents on the dollar he is bankrupt. Tho
party which offers TO pay 80 cents on the
dollar is bankrupt party Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

ALTGELD says he wants no place in
Bryan's cabinet He Is not the sort Of man
to accept IA cabinet office He would want
to be the whole government rolled into
one Baltimore American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
[CoNTINUED.l
not dare Il

LABoRERs in Mexico receive only about
half the average waRcs Of laborers In the
United States. The reason is that Mexico
pays her worknen In deprecated silver
New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

LADIES Tan, Lace and Button Shoes
s., $3.50, now $3.50; and $2.75 now
s.. SI.5o and q now SI.Io and SI.5o.
{I.75 and 81. IS now 81.
MEMS Russet Shoes, Razor and New
port toes were S, q and $3.50, clearance
$3.50, s2.5o and s2.I5; others were $I.5o
and i2, now SI.Io and $3.50.
FINE Buff Balls and Congress were
{I.25, now S5c.
YOUTHS Russet Shoes were $I.75
and = 50, all go at 9oc and 81 10.
WORKING Shoes 75c.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

DITTSBURG & WESTERN
= Railway. Allegheny Short
Line. Schedule in effect, July I9,
1896.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

NoTB.-Train No. L starts from Exposi-
tion Park at 5:45 a. m. Mondays only. No.
runs to Exposition Park Saturdays only.
Trains 10 and 16 will run Sunday only
between Butler and Exposition Park. max
ing all stops. Lv Butler at 7:3Oam. Re
turning leave Exposition Park 6 pm.
J. It. BLAIR. General Manager, Greenvile. Pa
W. q. SARGEANT, O. 2. A. MeadvIlle. Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

BOYS Russet Shoes, Razor and square
toes, the $3.50 and SI.35 grades, go at
CSC and sI.I5. Buff Balls were $500,
now 75c.
LADIES' Fine Oxfords were 7sc and
81, now soc. Opera Slippers were 75c,
now 4Oc. Grain Shoes were 81, now go
at 75c.
MISSES Tan Shoes with spring heels
81 and sI.2J. One lot of Black, all go
at 75c.
WOMENS Home Slippers at I9c, 75c,
4oc and soc.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
Much in Little

Is especially true OF Hoods Pills, for no medi-
cine ever contained so great curative power in
so small space. They are whole medicine
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

TIME PITTSBURG, SHENAN-
l. GO & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE-In effect Monday, June
%, 1896. Trains are run by STANDARD Cen
trail Time (90th Meridian).
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
Trains leave the b. & o. depot 1
for the East as fOIIOWsJ

For Washington D. c., Baltimore, Phlladel
phia, and New York, Z 30 and 9-20 y. II
Cumberland, $40. 80, am TO- 9:20 p. m. Con-
peiSvlle. $40 7:30, N. 110, 40, AS, 90 $50
y. IN. Uniontown, 40 a. m 10, 40, $50 D. m
Oniontown. Morga rtoEs and Falrmont. 7.3c, a,
m. and 5,30p. IN, Mt, Pleasant GO, Z. so d. H.
10 and 4.3s p IN. Washington, Pa, 7.40 and
80 a. m, 1904 4.45 and 300. II 50 p m. Wheel
Dg. 7.40. and $50 q. n. and 100, 600. II. .55 D.
&. Cincinnati, st, .4ouis Columbus and New
ark, 7.40 q. m, $40, II .55 p, In.
For Chicago, 24O and $50 p. IN.
Parlor and sleeping cars to Baltimore Wash
ingtoD. Cincinnati and Chicago.
II. o. DUNBLB, Gen. Supt. Allegheny, Pa
e. W. BAsssTT, A.G.PA A, Allegheny, Pa
K. P. REYNOLDS, Supt.. Fox burg, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

SUNDAY TRAINS.

Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars and drst-clasS
Day Coaches Tun through between Butler and
Chicago dailv.
For through tickets to points in the West
Northwest or Southwest apply to
A. b. CROUCH. Agent
Butler, Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27
A BLOW TO FARMERS
Bryan's Election Would Surely
Be Followed by a Panic.
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS.
Demand for Crops in the Home
Markets Would Fall Off.
FoREOLosING ON MORTGAGES.

suits of q Free Silver yictory-CouId
the Farmers Fairly Blame the Lenders
for Desiring to Recover Their Loaned
Money In One Hundred Cent Dollars
Before Impending Legislation Would
Change the Order of Thingse
The herald., 1896-05-07
THE F|FIy-FOURIH CONGRESS
The Bond Resolution Comes to a
Vote Today
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
Strikes a Snag and Stops at Santa
Monica
The House Serves Notice on the Senate That
1t Is Ready to Adjourn on
Monday Week
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. May 6. - The final
vote on the resolution for an investiga-
ton of recent bond issues will be taken
in the senate at p. m. tomorrow An
agreemnt to this effect was reached late
today, after several test votes had been
taken, which clearly disclosed the senti-
ment of the senate on the resolutions.
The first vote taken was on the molten
of Sherman to refer the resolutions to
the finance committee. This was de-
feated, yeas II and nays 35 An amend
ment by Lodge was then adopted pro-
viding that the investigation should he
conducted by the regular finance COM
mittee instead of a special committee.
as at first proposed. Another amend
ment by Villas, providing for nnodiaca-
tions in the resolution, was voted down,
the affirmative vote being only seven.
After these tests, the agreement was
reached for a final vote, when the reso-
luton undoubtedly will pass. The vot-
ing came after Mr.. Hill had added an
other lively installment to his speech, in
cluding sharp criticism of MIR. Petit
grew and a personal exchange with Mr.
| Wolcott, when the latter tried 10 call
Mr. Hill to order.
| An intimation of a revival Of the
| Cuban question was presented when Mr.
Morgan, Democrat of Alabama. raoved d
| to refer to the committee on foreign re-
| lations resolution he introduced some
time since for the recognition of the
belligerency of the Cuban insurgents.
New developments had occurred in
Cuba. he said, since congress passed the
! Cuban resolutions, and he now desired
| to take the sense of the committee on
| foreign relations on the basis of facts
developed since the resolution passed.
The resolution was referred in accord
ance with Mr.. Morgan's request.
The river and harbor bill was then
taken up. All amendments were agreed
to. until the clause for a deep water
harbor in Santa Monica bay. California,
was reached. which went over on the re-
quest of Mr.. White, in view Of a sharp
contest which is expected.
At o'clock the bill was laid aside and
| the bond resolution was taken up, Hill
taking the floor to continue his speech.
Mr.. Harris Dem.. Tenn.) proposed
| that Mr.. Hill have an hour tomorrow
| with a final vote at o'clock. There
| was unanimous agreement to this, and
at pm. after a short executive session
the senate adjourned.
The herald., 1896-05-07

from the Fourth congressional district
were unpledged and are avowedly ALI
son supporters. The Fifth district dele
gates will probably be of the same po-
litical complexion, but the other four
teen are bound to Mckinley by the
strongest pledges that could be framed
After eulogizin1 the American pro-
tective tariff system as advocated b.
James G. Blaine and William Mckinley =
the platform committee submitted the
following:
delegation to the national conven-
ton Is charged with a public trust, with
the execution Of a public mandate. Will
lam Mckinley of Ohio is the choice of
the people Of the State OF California for
the nomination for president of the
United States. Therefore we endorse
him for such nomination. and our dele
gates are hereby instructed 70 vote for
him and to use their best efforts to pro-
cure his nomination.
George A. Knight ot SAN Francisco
charged that the Mckinley plank in the
platform was not strong enough, and Of
Tered the following substitute, which
was adopted amid enthusiastic cheer
ing:
Resolved, That the Republicans of Cal
ifornia, while recognizing the earnest
worth and fitness Of each OF the distin-
guished statesmen Of their party whose
names have been mentioned as aspi-
rants for the presidential nomination at
st. Louis, and, while pledging in ad
vance the electoral vote of the golden
state to the Republican nominee who
ever he may be, hereby declare that the
emphatic sentiment of California Is for
the nomination of that wise and able
statesman, that pure and unsullied pa
triot, that true and loyal American. that
peerless champion of protection, Will
lam Mckinley of America, and the del
egates from this state are hereby direct
ed and instructed to work and vote for
the success of the said William McFein-
ley, as long as there is reasonable pros
pect of his nomination.
The herald., 1896-05-07
IN THE HOUSE
Business Il Completed and Final Adjourn-
ment Desired

WASHINGTON. May 6. = The house
today served notice on the senate and
the country that it had transacted its
business, and was ready for final ad-
journment, by the passage, without di-
vision, of a resolution for final adjourn.
ment on Monday, May 18th.
The report on the contested election
case of Thompson VS.. Shaw, from the
third North Carolina district, which was
unanimously in favor of the sitting MEM
ber, was adopted.
The house then proceeded. under the
special order adopted yesterday, to con-
slider private pension bills, and acted
on them at the rate of about one every
five minutes. In five and one half hours
today seventy-two bills were favorably
acted upon. Among them were bills
granting the widow of the late Secrc-
tary Walter @. Gresham a pension Of
s100 per month; to Elizabeth Walls Kear-
ney, daughter of General Phil. Kear-
ney, $25 per month, to the widow Of the
late Senator George Z. Spencer OF Ala
bama, $50 per month: TO General James
c. Parrott. $50 per month, TO the widow
of General James II. Blunt of Kansas,
SIS per month, and to General Nathan
Kimball, $100 per month.
The herald., 1896-05-07

Strengthened out, and 1t would require
two solid hours to do the job properly.
Huddleston and his lieutenants ex~
pected during the interval to repair
their broken lines Of battle. The mo-
ton to adjourn was of course carried.
but Barnes dose of choral had done its
deadly work and the effects of the pol
son could not be worked off in the very
short time allotted for the purpose.
OF the total number of votes in the
high water line with 564, George A.
Knight ran second with 400, u. S. Grant
received 4S1 and L. A. Sheldon was the
lowest in the quartet with 1893. The
number needed to elect was 318. Ir-
wing M. Scott, the builder of battleships,
whose friends thought that he was in the
running, could have been elected an al
ternate by acclamation had he so de-
sired, but old Shasta Dibble of San
Francisco spurned the honor on his be-
half with something like contempt.
IF free and independent speech and
loyal words spoken for the country
make a man an A. p. A." said Knight to
President Huddleston today, then
am willing to be designated as such.
But am not an A. p. A. who believes
in the offensive tactics employed by
that organization to win it's points"
Nowhere but in California would even
Republican state convention have
Will Ouc DTedIH denounced the railroad
refunding bill, while in the next sneeze
1t named Fred c. Crocker as presiden-
tial elector at large; nor would any
other body of Republicans except the
one which is gradually thinning out here
tonight, have instructed in manner
almost oathbound, while at the same
time declaring itself to be in favor Of
silver as money at a ratio of 16 to /.
No one can quite fathom the railroad
cards which have been played here dur
Ing the past twenty-four hours. Either
the Sphinx-like wand of Stephen Gage
has lost its old-time magical cunning,
or Frank Shorts Fresno funding reso-
luton was adopted as a bit OF Cage
Huntingdon political burlesque. The
unanimous nomination of Fred c. Crock
er as an elector- or-at-large would confirm
the latter opinion. Gage, Hervey Lind
ley and Senator Carpenter may have
at the eleventh hour been caught nap
ping. but as the sentiment in congress
is and probably always will be against
government ownership of any railroad,
the resolution today adopted without
any protest is probably meant to be in
tended as being Of no particular harm
The herald., 1896-05-07
ON THE DIAMOND
Results Of Games Played by National League
Clubs

CLEVELAND, O., May 6.-Anderson
proved an easy mark for the home team
and base hits We're excitingly plentiful.
Young was hit hard, but not with sue
cess. The fielding on both sides was
loose. Attendance 1000. Score:
Cleveland 10, hits 20 ,errors ..
Washington s, hits Is, errors 5.
Batteries-Young and thinner: An
derSon and Mcclure.
PITTSBURG, Pa. May 6.-Pittsburg
is not in Baltimores class, as evidenced
by the series ended today, in which the
visitors took three straights. Attend
ance 2S00. Score:
Pittsburg 2, hits 7, errors 4.
Baltimore II, hits 16, errors 3.
Batteries-Foreman, Goar and Mack:
Hoffer and Clark.
CHICAGO, May 6.-The Colts out
winning the last game Of the series hands
down. Attendance, $500. Score:
Chicago IL, hits IL, errors ?.
Brooklyn 8, hits 4, errors s.
Batteries-Terry apd Donohue; Har-
per. Kennedy and Grim;
made two hits off Rhines today and was
shut out. Attendance, 2400. Score:
Cincinnati G. hits Z, errors 0.
Boston O. hits 2, errors 2.
Observation-Disclosures andPeitz; Mains and
Camel
LOUISVILLE, May s.-Doheny was
puzzle to the Louisville battcrs To-Day.
while Frazier's wildness, coupled with
the Colonels errors, gave the Giants the
game. Attendance, 1900. Score:
Louisville 8, hits 4, errors 7.
New York 9. hits 8, erors q
Batteries-FraZer and Warner; Doheny
and Farrell.
ST. LOUIS. May 6.--The Phillies won
another closely contested game from the
Browns, making three straights. Brett
enstein was batted freely, but kept the
hits well scattered and received good
support Attendance, 5000. Score:
ST. Louis 5, hits II, errors g.
Philadelphia 6, hits II, erors 2.
Batteries-Breitenste and McFar-
land; Taylor and Clements.