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The advocate., 1896-04-08
A sTEP IN THE WRONG DETECTION,

n OAEA ANN AAE WNONu UAmGOAAONa
In 1890, when the Sherman law was
before the House on q resolution to
consider the proposition to purchase
4,500, 600 ounces of silver bullion every
month at the market price and pay it
in treasury notes redeemsble In coin,
Hon. William Mckinley, now a lead
ing candidate for the Presidential nom
instion, said that while the bill was
not what he would prefer, while it did
not provide for the free coinage of sill
Yer, it was step in the right direction,
for it would put into use as money
about all the silver mined in the United
States. In Kansas, the same year, Re-
publicans, in their State platform, sp-
proved Mr.. McKinley's theory and
resolved that the Sherman law was a
step In the right direction, adding
"We, the Republicans of Kansas,
favor the free coinage of silver"
Subsequent events have proven that
1t was step in the wrong direction,
John Sherman was Wiser-Wiser In the
sense of looking and seeing farther
into the future. His object then was
to defeat the free coinage of silver, to
defeat 1t not only then, but for all
time. He made this statement during
the long Senate debate In 1893, and has
repeated it frequently since in and
out of the Senate. Indeed, John Sher-
man introduced q biz to repeal the
Sherman law before the Cleveland sd.
ministrstiOn came into power.
Within less than three years after
the passage of that law an organized
movement was made for Its repeal, and
It succeeded.
Had Mr.. Mckinley and his party
associates stood their ground and
fought for silver on principle, they
would have secured q free coinage
bill, and IL 1t had met defeat at the
hands Of the President, we would at
least have been no worse off than we
were before. The compromise was a
surrender. 1t will be the same now
and ever until the matter in dispute is
fought co finish.
The Populist position Is the only
safe one. 1t is the only patriotic sOlu-
tion Of the problem. 1--WE demand
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer and gold at the legal ratio of IS to
l." Let US have that or nothing.
The advocate., 1896-04-08

THE present time, Of all times, is not
the proper one In which to permit the
ambitions Of any mar or set Of men to
interfere with party harmony and sue
cess. This statement Is not necessary
TO true Popnllsts.
The advocate., 1896-04-08

WHO ever saw a POpulist platform
that did not contain clear, COmpre-
hensiVe declaration for the free and un-
limited coinage Of silverP
The advocate., 1896-04-08

Suits will be filed soon by the AttOr-
ney General against Wallace, Greeley,
Logan, Wichita, Pratt and Kearny
counties to recover interest and princl-
pal on defaulted school fund bonds.
The advocate., 1896-04-08
THE AMERICAN PRoDUCT IDEA.

! 1u1tSA COAn@Bo VA 1AAVoA PuDS WV~AN
not follow the coinage Of the silver
product only.
If quantity Of metal coined is all
that Is desired, the difference would,
probably, not be worth talking about,
because, In our opinion We shall not be
troubled with foreign silver much in
any event. There is a great deal Of
silver used In all other countries for
coinage purposes, az well as for service
In art and manufacture. This we
think would consume about all the
silver mined outside the United
States.
So, too, If we regard only benefits
aCcruing to mine owners, the differ
ence to them between the coinage Of
their product only and the privilege of
unlimited coinage, would be praCti-
Cslly nothing.
But there Is q much larger view of
the subject than either Of these, and
that Is the view taken from the stand
point of the people at large. Public
interests are always paramount to
those of private persons. In this view
the subject Of coinage assumes large
proportions. To the people coinage
has the meaning which the constitu-
tion gives It. Congress is authorized
to ''COin MONEY" 1t is money that
the people are interested in, not silver,
nor silver mines, nor silver miners.
Unlimited coinage Of gold and silver
at the ratio fixed by law had the effect
TO maintain the double basis Of our
monetary system without friction from
the beginning Of the government until
1853, when free coinage of half dollars,
quarters, dimes and half dimes was
stopped. After that, the bullion for
theJe coins was purchased. AS to the
dollar, or unit, however, the law re-
NAMED unchanged Rs to that; and
until 1873, any debt that could be paid
In gold could be paid with silver dol
lars. There was no discrimination
against either metal. The treasury,
the bank and private persons paid out
the metal most convenient to them.
No arrangement of values or prices
occurred on account of the use of both
metals or of either Of them at any time.
The legal parity was maintained, and
all men regarded gold and silver coin
aB the bases of all values.
But the act of 1873 changed all this.
That act changed the base from two
metals to one. Although silver bul.
lion was then higher in the market by
3 per cent. than gold bullion, the law
stopped the coinage of silver dollars
and establlsed the gold standard. I'VE
use the word basis and standard" as
meaning the same thing.)
This limitation put on the coinage
Of Bllver-this throwing IL on the open
market to find Its price level with corn
and cotton and other commodities, at
once discredlted silver money, and that
metal began to fall in the market with
other articles. From that day to this
silver and wheat and cotton and mar
ketable commodities in general, have
kept company on the downward road
The purchasing of 100000 ounces q
month under the Sherman law, did
not and could not stop the deprecia-
tloD, because the gold basis was main
The advocate., 1896-04-08
ANYTHING SHORT OF UNLIMITED COIN
AGE is FATAL.


AGE is FATAL.
The argument In favor of the Sher-
man law when the bill was under dis
cussiOn in Congress in 1890, was that
it would utilize about all the silver that
our mines would produce. We quote
a few passages from remarks made
by Hon. William Mckinley, when the
bill was before the House. Referring
to the resolution to take up the bill,
Mr.. Mckinley said:
1t is, Mr. Speaker, to give to the House Of
Representatives an opportunity to pass bill
which shall take all of the silver bullion OF
the United States-all of the silver product of
the United States-.and utilize that silver
bullion for monetary purposes and put 1t in
circulation for the movement of the business
Of the country. 1t is to give the people OF the
country, not 100000 monthly, but to give
them four and one-half millions m m1nthly, or
two and half millions more than what is
now provided by existing law-fSee Congress.
SiORaL Record, dotted June 8, 1890, page 56izl
Again, on page 58l3, Record dated
June z, 1890, he said:
Mr.. Speaker, no man should hesitate be-
tween the two millions a month that we have
now and the four and half millions month
that we shall have under the proposed law.
Again, same page:
For one, Mr.. Speaker, win not vote against
the bill and thus deprive my people, and my
country, and the laborers, and the producers,
and the industries Of my country Of thirty
millions annually Of additional circulating
medium. [Great applause on the Republican
side
Ever since the great wrong of 1873,
the friends of silver have been COM
promising their rights away. Mr.. Nc
Kinley and his friends thought In 1890
that they had q reasonably good bill In
the proposed Sherman law because it
would utilize the silver of our mines.
They were doubtless sincere. Kansas
Republicans felt the same way. They
thought surely that bill would open the
way for free coinage and thus restore
the law of 1887. But they have learned
better. The object of that law was to
defeat what the great mass of Repub-
lIcsns wanted. They now see that while
the "Voice was Jacobs voice, the
hands were the hands of Esau."
Coinage under the Sherman law,
after July l, 1891, was not worth men
tioning. Over a hundred and forty
million dollars worth of uncoinsd
silver now lies in the treasury, and
eight-tenths Of the dollars coined
under the Bland Allison law Of 1873
lie boarded In the treasury, repre-
sented by non.legal tender certificates
IN circulation.
Anything short of unlimited coInsge
Is fatal.
The advocate., 1896-04-08

A REPORT from the law enforcement
committee Of fifty Is In order.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

In the vicinity of Boquet, Westmore-
land county, Pa, almost any one can
tell you how to cure lame back or stiff
neck They dampen a piece of flannel
with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bind
it to the affected parts and in one or two
days the trouble has disappeared. This
same treatment will probably cure n pain
in the side or chest. Mr.. +. NJ. Frye, n
prominent merchant of Boquet, speaks
very highly of Pain Balm, and his recon-
mendations have had much to do with
making it popular there. For sale by
| the Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
Try one gallon of ice cream and one
pound of cake for one dollar at Catogni's.

Last summer one of our grandchildren
was sick with Il severe bowel trouble.
Our Doctors remedies had failed; then we
tried Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very
speedy relief. We regard it as the best
medicine ever put on the market for
bowel complaints. Mrs. E. G. Gregory,
Frederickstown, Mo. This certainly is
the best medicine ever put on the market
for dysentery, summer complaint, collie
and cholera infantum in children. 1t
never fails to give prompt relief when
used in reasonable time and the plain
printed directions are followed. Many
mothers have expressed their sincere
gratitude for the cures it has effected.
For sale by the Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
BIG LUMBER FIRE.

to the Wisconsin from Sheboygan, Mich.
says: Fire was discovered con the exten.
sive docks of the Whitehall Lumber Com
pany at 1920 to-day. Thousands -.of feet
of high grade lumber have already been
consumed. Unless it is soon under con-
troll it will wipe out millions of feet
stored on that dock and docks in the near
vicinity. Water seems to have no effect.
There is a bad wind and the loss to lum
Der thus far is estimated ut $175, 900. The
lumber is owned by Mosher, Ward, Hines
and others. Fire not yet under control.
Hines Lumber Company, of Chicago,
is the heaviest loser.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

Ice cream soda 5 cents glass at Catog-
mis-.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
DID YOU EVER

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for your
troubles? If not get bottle now and
get relief This medicine has been found
to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and
cure of all..Female Complaints, exerting a
wonderful direct influence in giving
strength and tone to the organs. If you
have Loss of Appetite, Constipation,
Headache, Painting Spells, or are Ner-
troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bit
tiers is the medicine you need Health
and Strength are guaranteed ty its use.
Fifty cents and $1.00 at Masse's Pharm-
acy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
ON The DIAMONDS YESTERDAY
THE GAME.
The Leaders Had to Dip Their Colors to
Roanoke.

Though somewhat crippled by the ill
ness of players the Mountaneers had no
difficulty in vanquishing the leaders in
the championship race yesterday after
noon. HILL who has been sick for several
days, could not play and Williams covered
the right garden in II manner that made
the hearts of the rooters leap for JOY.
Lynch, who caught, was really in no con-
dition to play, and throughout the game
was allowed a base runner. While Meade
was the only man who did not get a hit
he did nice work ut third, accepting his
six chances without an error.
The battle was fought out with sticks
and in this respect the work of the Noun
taineers was more effective and more OPP
perfume Roanoke's McGann was the
star performer, his long drive for two
bases scoring Il runner and the beauty
which Smith and Pickering gaZed at
so longingly as it gracefully curved down
toward the river was made with two
bases occupied.
Lynchburg started out vigorously and
hits by Leahy McGann and Dolan in the
first inning assisted by wild pitch scored
two runs In the third double by
Ieahy, tumble by McGann, and Dolan's
single piled up two more. After that
Bruner kept the hits well scattered until
the eighth and then mutf of Smiths fly
by Fleming and bad throw to first by
the same player, greatly assisted two hits
in yielding bwo more runs. In the ninth
Bruner let down and when four hits had
been lined out i'll rapid succession the
crowd began to long for the thing to stop.
These four hits, one of them Il double,
scored only two runs, and the side was
retired without further increase of the
score
Roanoke did not begin the fun until the
fourth, when McGann opened up with a
safe hit. Williams walked to first. Tate
hit safely, filling the bases, and died on
second, Wrigley reaching first on field
ers' choice, McGann scoring. Lynch fol-
lowed with a hit sand Williams crossed
the plate. In the fifth the rout of the
visitors was complete, and Stultz was
chiefly responsible for the disaster He
hit Meade, permitted Tate to walk, let
the ball get away from him when tossed
to him by Fear, and flowed four hits, one
of them for two bases In the meantime
six men chased each other around the
bases. StultZ was ably assisted by Do
lan's failure to capture an easy one from
Wrigley's bat, which spoiled chance for
a double play. In the seventh Wrgley
hit the ball ont of the lot. In the eighth
Sherer led with hit. Bruner struck
out. Meade reached first on McGann's
error, hut was thrown at second, Fleming
reaching first on the play. McGann
cleared the bases with It long drive over
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
iii MALARKEY WAS TOO MUCH.
STATE LEAGUE STANDING.
AT ST. LOUIS.

st. LOUISE runs, hits, 3 errors; Balti-
more, , runs, 5 hits, D errors. Batteries
Hart and Murphy; Esper and Clarke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26


First game-Cleveland, 8 runs, 8 hits,
. errors; Philadelphia, 10'runs, II hits,
error. Batteries: Wilson, Cuppy and
thinner; Taylor and Clements.
Second game-Cleveland, 3 runs, Is
hits, errors; Philadelphia, 10 runs, -
hits, errors. Batteries: Cuppy and
O'Meara; Gumbert and Grady.
AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, z runs, II hits, S errors;
Washington, 6 runs, 6 hits, , errors
Batteries: Frazer, Hill and Dexter: Ger
man and Mcclure and McAuley.
AT PITTSBURG.
First game-Pittsburg, runs, 8 hits, 3
errors; New York 10 runs, IA hits, err
rors Batteries; Hastings, Hawley and
Merritt; Clark andWilson.
Second game-Pittsburg runs, 8 hits,
0 errors; New York runs, 6 hits, err
rors. Batteries: Killen and Merritt; Sui
Ivan, Clark and Wilson.
AT CINCINNATI.
First game-Cincinnati, 10 runs, Il
hits, 0 errors; Boston, runs, 10 hits, j
errors. Batteries: Fisher, Ehret and
PETIT; Stivetts and CANCEL
Second game-Cincinnati, 3 runs, 5
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
SILVER COINAGE IN CHINA.

New York, July 25.---A dispatch to the
World from ..London -.says: Ii Hung
Chang, being seen at Paris said: ''You
know that we have no coinage in China
Well, am goingto introduce it immedi.
ately 1t will be all silver. We shall be
silver monometallists
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
WAS AN EASY MARK.

Portsmouth, July 25.-Kitson was an
easy mark for the locals this afternoon;
they batted him mt will. The visitors
were very ragged in the field and were
credited with ten errors. Portsmouth
only earned three of their Is runs.
Portsmouth, Is runs, II hits, , errors;
Petersburg, 6 runs, Z hits. 10 errors. Bat
teries: Lampe and Rollins: kitson and
Handiboe.
III MALARKEY WAS TOO MUCH.
Richmond, July 25.-Richmond batted
out a victory again to-day. The visitors
were unable to do anything with Malar-
keys delivery.
Richmon, Z runs, T hits, error; Nor
folk, runs, hits, / error. Batteries:
Malarkey and Boland; Gilroy and Fields.
STATLS TEyACJTE STANnTNC
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Macon, Ga, July 25.-The Republican
State central committee met here to-day
and for the first time III its history put
out ticket of Presidential electors COM
posed entirely of white men. j. F. Han
son and j. III. Longstreet were selected to
represent the State at large
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

the left field fence. In the ninth Tate hit
safely but was caught at second on Wrig
ley's hot one to the pitcher, the latter
reaching first and going to second ON a
bad throw by Fear, advancing to third
ON Lynch's single and going home on a
double steal. Score: :.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
CURES KIDNEY AND BLADDER
TROUBLES.

Thousands of such cases have been
cured by the use of Botanic Blood Balm
C'B. b. BID If you doubt it, call or send
to the company whose advertisement
appears in this paper, and they will, for
Il one-cent stamp, send you a book of
wonderful cures, not only of the above
diseases, but of all manner of ailments
arising from impure blood. 1t is the
standard remedy of the age for the cure
of all blood and skin diseases. $1.00 per
large bottle. For sale by Druggists.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

pieces fancy black dress goods, have
been anywhere from Toe to $1.25, to go
at 80 cents. y great chance for skirt
hunters.
pieces colored dress goods-the best
thing we have had this season, have been
SOC, to go at 80 cents
Five pieces Black Brocade Ducks, have
been $l.35, to go at SO cents.
pieces of colored wooden dress stuffs,
have been from 60c to Zoe, to go at 49c.
a few more of the gentlemen's finest
silk umbrellas made--just two lots UNI
brellas. worth 81 at $3.50. Umbrellas
worth SO, 81 and IS at $500.
Ladies' finest gloria silk umbrellas,
worth $l.25, at 80 cents.
100 dozen ladies' fast black seamless
hosiery, worth IL 12c, at 10 cents
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

hits, 0 errors; Boston, runs, hit, err
rors. Batteries: Dwyer and PETIT; Mich
OILS, Sullivan and Bergen.
AT CHICAGO.
Chicago, 6 runs, 10 hits, . erro rs; Brook
Ign, runs, 8 hits, = errors. Batteries:
Terry and Donohue: Payne and Grim.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

A nice line..of fly nets and summer lap
robes. Yost-ForIer<<Co limited, next to
postof1ice.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

5000 yards of full bleached twilled
crash-sells everywhere at 3 cents per
yard to go Monday at 10 cents per
yard
\ lot of mems percaie front shirts, size
10 to is 1-2 balance of lot sold ut 50
cents to 90 Monday at ID cents each.
Balance of our stock of mems percale
shirts, which have been 81, are going at
90 cents.
800 yards of fancy silks, in the bright
est most desirable styles of the season,
have been from IS cents to 81 per yard.
We strain another point and give you a
choice at 80 cents for Monday only.
pieces black camels hair. serge 46
inches wide, have been 81, to go at SOC.
piece plain black satin duchess, has
been 19c, TO &c at SOC.
Big lot of fancy silks, worth from Toe
to $i.25, to go at 40 cents.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-29

could do as good team work as they play
vocal ball. the game would have been theirs
in canter. It was case of argue from
the start, and the game was drawn out to
more than three hours duration by long in
tervals of ag-chewing.-i,ansas City Times
Fortunately the MINNEAPOLIS and Milwaukee
teams had an open date today. ard the
Brewers will probably play their full series
here. Today's game will te the ono post
poned from yesterday. The players OF beth
teams are a little disappointed at the pest
ponement, as they had planned to attend the
opening in st. Paul this aftern oon.- Mime
apolis Tribune.
Irwin was applauded every time he came to
the bat. He is very popular with the Cincin-
natl base ball public.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Big Fred Carroll, Of Grand Rapids, '94 and
95, has quit the game.
''McGraw, of Baltimore, will not be physi-
cally fit to play ball this season." says Dave
Foutz. "For two years past he has COM
planned Of ill-health, and the gradual wane
of his physical condition is climaxed by ty-
phoid fever, so that he is the victim of an
accumulation of ills that have threatened him
for many months.
Breitenstein and Nichols are the only stars
of last season who are at present pitching
with their accustomed effectiveness.
Capt Latham, of the Browns, has been in
definitely suspended by President Won der
Abe for his poor work in Thursdays game
with the Ch1eagos. Meyers has been assigned
to cover "Arlie's" position at third base.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-29
CONDEMNED TO DIE.
Capital Sentence Pronounced on the
Pretoria Reformers.

Capital Sentence Pronounced on the
Pretoria Reformers.
LONDON, April 28.-The secretary of state
for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, an
nounced in the house of commons today
that five of the leaders of the reform COM
mittee of johannesburg q. H. Hammond
Francis Rhodes, George Farrar, Lionel Phil
lips and Charles Leonard) had been con-
demned to death. Mr.. Chamberlain added
that upon hearing the news he cabled to the
governor Of Cape colony, Sir Hercules Rob-
inson, to communicate the following to Presi-
dent Kruger:
''The government has just learned that the
sentence of death has been pronounced upon
the five leaders Of the reform committee
They can feel no doubt that your honor will
commute their sentence and have assured
parliament Of their conviction that this is
your honors intention"
While Mr.. Chamberlain's announcement Of
the sentencing of the reformers caused q sem
sation both inside and outside Of parliament
and was earnestly discussed in the lobbies
where 1t is thought to have increased the
gravity in affairs in South Africa there is an
inner ring of politicians who are
inclined to think the whole thing
Is the result of a deal between the
prisoners and the Boer authorities, and that
the former obtained the assurance that their
sentences WOulQ De CCminuCeQ before Lu0y
pleaded guilty to the charge Of high treason.
1t is thought probable that the sentence Of
death will be commuted to a short term Of
imprisonment and big fine, unless Mr..
Chamberlain's dispatch to President Kruger
read in the house of commons should ir-
ritate the chief magistrate of the Transvaal
into greater severity than he would otherwise
exercise. Mr.. Chamberlains telegram Is re-
garded here as being precipitate and as leav-
ing President Kruger no time to act on his
own account and as having, moreover, the
ring of dictation.