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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Would you vote for four years more
of Grover" Yet judging from what re-
n1ftN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

No notice whatever will be taken Of IN
tgned communications.
THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE for the preservation or
return Of rejected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and Advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers, Au-
gusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Perhaps Sewall will see ia regild
ing Bryan's cross when it reaches
Bath. 1t will need it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Portland Press: A mans first duty
IL 70 see that the Chinese are properly
cared for. After that he may see
whether his wife ana children have
anything in the house To eat. This
appears to be fair Inference from the
sunday performance at old orchard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Highest since 1873" but this refers
only to quicksilver-in the thermom-
eterS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

All the scientific observations of the
suns eclipse August ., We're successful.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
PRESS COMMENTS.
Why We Ran Behind.
(BOston .Journal.)

There is undeniable force in the
argument of the American Econo-
mist that the Industrial and financial
troubles under which the country
has been suffering were due TO no
other cause than to laundering legisla-
ton in Washington. In other words,
all the misfortunes for which the
hasty and minimizing blame Provi-
dcnce were really of our own creation.
The Economist shows that in our
foreign trade relations the balance
Of trade in our favor. which was s244.-
J4j.e31 during the first % months of
the Mckinley tariff. fell to $50 $50 17s
during She first % months Of the COR
man ilson tariif-a loss of more than
SJi.DO0, 900. During the same period
there was a decrease of more than
$lOc UOe, 900 in the receipts OF the ma
tional treasury. These are the Econo-
mist exact figures:
First % months of
German
M TdiIIg Y T,5i4
Foreign trade bal
ance in our favor S2ii 94j.s2l $3.50. G65, f79
Receipts of the
Treasury CO. i2o,35O 81, 1859
Nor is this all Besides the treas
urv loss of $102.2.5.191 during the
first y months of the Gorman-Wilson
tariff. there was a heavy loss in the
year preceding the passage of that
act. due directly to apprehension of
its consequences. Altogether the
Economist estimates the total treas
ury deficiency from July /. 1898. to
July !. 1896, which can properly be
charged 10 this unfortunate tariff leg
islation. 10 have been S147.463 OPS.
Adding this and the loss in our favor
able trade balances together, the
Economist produces this result:
Treasury loss under Demo-
cratic administration 1S93-1ssG sl47i6 OPS
Foreign trade balance loss in
- Gormdn-Wilson Tariff
months OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~, ~, 652
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s2il, ESQ
As the Economist points out. this
fetal approXimates very suggestively
to the amount (S262 1929. $500 by which
the national debt has been increased
since March /. 1898. And the Econo-
mist pertinently remarks in conclu- !.
sion:
Had the Mckinley protective tariff
been maintained there would have
been no loss of S147 900 900 in our ma
tional revenue. Had the Mckinley
tariff been maintained there would have
been no loss of 800 100000 of gold sent
out of the country to pay that extent
Of unfayorabIe trade balance brought
about by the German tariff. Had the
Mckinley tariff been maintained the
S9j 900 of gold would have been cir
culated among our own people at
home, the treasury would have re-
reiVed Sl41 ,000, 900 more money to meet
it's obligations. there would have been
no financial panic and no necessity for
increasing the national debt"
1t is well worth while to recall these
impressive facts. not in any partisan
or vindictive spirit. but in the inter-
est OF popular enlightenment. that the
which we all. Republicans and
Democrats. sincerely love-the coun-
try in whose prosperity we have an
equal stake may profit by the hard ex-
pcriences of the past and avoid such
disastrous errors OF Judgment in the
future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Strange the silver man should rely
on the gold brick game to win.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.
Where Held and the Speakers Who Will Ad
dress Them.

HON EIrC,ENE HALE Of Ellsworth. will
',, r' fniInxyei '''- % Ems '''
sPe"h a., ''i'
AT Waldoboro. MONDAY, Aug. a.
Unity, Wcdnesday, aug. 70 T. M
HarJand, Thursday, Aug q.
Skowhegan. Friday, Aug. y.
Richmond, Monday aug. u.
Hallowtll, tuesday, Sept. /.
Guilford, Wednesday,, Sept. q:
Princeton. saturday. r NJ. sept: ..
rtmbfokc r. Mohaay; r.. w sept e
hattil"H' iue9"dN, sept o.
n.y. W. ~ ~ 8p'N a. io'io""'
Al iVeIinoi' r3,,s, u's',Iy. H ~ H.
6anSeie1 w ,i r, ~ 1,"s ~ 70
Milo Monday, Aug. II.
Caribou, tuesday, Aug. IS
Limestone Wednesday. Aug. 10.
rrrsolle Isle Thursday. Aug. POI
sherman Friday, Aug 2l
Bath, Monday Aug. a.
Belfast Tuesday Aup %
Augusta. Wrdnes,l.iV' AUG 26
Wafervii,e ,rhursdav Aue -
Brunswick. Friday,satng. Is. s'A2Fs 9'S-
BridGton. Monday, Aug. 81. NSs1
BindtlofI; IueSuaY; SEPT; l.
NltteiN. lhurSdhN' sept. i.
TaIihlhStolI' fiiddN. sept T.
South Berwick. Thursday, Sept 10.
HON LLEWEII.YN POWERS OF
HOCLTON. will speak as follows:
Al Lincoln ,rbured,, A,e -
Smyrna Mills. Saturday. Aug Ia.
Pembroke Wednesday, Aug 49,
Maehiias: TnurSday. Aug: 20
MIDI idge. FRIDAY, Aug u.
Ilt.Sii,,i 2atuiuay' aus' -
W., nt ,i''t irSS ~ A., o.
Aupust:I Nndnnsdnv Anp DC
Leeds Centre. Thursday +. NJ. Aug. 81
Lvermore Falls. Thursday evening.
Aug. p.
Turner, Friday p. NJ. Aug. 2s
Lisbon Fails. Friday evening, Aug. 2s.
HON II y CrrAvEe Of par,1an1 will,
i' s,,a.. ~ o. ''-f'AN f-S oil Portland VIII
AT winthrop. Tuesday. Aug. %.
GENT n NJ CIrRTJS of New York will
speak as follows:
AT Oxford. Tuesday Ang o.
Fry.h,lr.r V'r1nasdav AUG oe
Yarmouth. Thursday, Aug. 81
Turner. Friday f. NJ. Aug. Is.
Lisbon Fails Friday evening Aug 28
Oakland. Saturday; Aug; %.
Atkinson. Tuesday. Sept ].
HON UApo,n A cE,v,II - na
Ne vii snnal, AZ folIow w A''i- Vi i'a'i''
A. ro,aroc, r,r;,a :,
Nnnron ThursdnTS Ana5 ~ -
Mt. Vernon Village, Friday. Aug % p
NJ
Hiram. Monday, Aug. 81.
South WATERFORD Tuesday. Sept l.
Danforth. Friday, Sept H.
Calais. Saturday, Sept. II.
HON. II. c. LODGE of Massachusetts.
will speak as follows:
AT Portland. Wednesday. Aug. 2s.
Relfast Friday Au~ os
nov ,rI, r,IpctI,I o,..,-
viii snaal as folloyys ~ Oh cal'iorh'a'
WIN spe"h dS ioiioWS'
AT Cumberland Centre. Monday. Aug q.
Old orchard. Tuesday. L. NJ. Aug. %
Gray Corner Wednesday. +. NJ, Aug &c
Lewiston. Thursday Aug. q.
Mechanic Falls. Friday. Aug. 2S.
Rockand. saturday. Aug. %.
Iitchiield. Wednesday =. NJ, Sept q
Bryant's Pond. Saturday, Sept. ).
",.tY, law
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12


Iofiilsn. euilesuay; sep; - CO.. .
Llhlhsloh corner IhursuaS, sept d
HON. WARNER MILLER will speak as
follows.
AT Pncksnort ,rnoela,- Sent
Bangor. Wednes,lav Sent ,
Old Town. Thursday. sept. 3
Iishon NiIl,~,a Erj,jav sent
Wacthrook Snturjav Sent
,,C>- 9 ,,l,l,,,, ,,.,,,,,,,.....
hon .. W. M' a IL. Oh MASSACHUSETTS,
WIN SPEAK "s io'io"S'
At Hampden. Monday. Sept. /.
Lincoln Tuesday. Sept. \.
Calais, Wednesday, Sept. =
r.,tStpoit' l hursuaN' sept ~
Rnr Harhor Srfurtlav SEM -
,
HON "a w. " itUMAo' IT, Oh ro'tiaiid'
VIII SPEAK as loilo"S'
At Daniorth. Monday, Avg. a;
i.oppinStoh' lueSoaN, Aus' -. IA
ii.,rrin,rton ;rh,redav 40 -'
| Inn.snort tritav An% 9S
ctn,lhan Satrrd9v Auo ~
,, ,r,,-,,> IN,
llcN. = l" -hil-i.lNE-N VIII speak as
ioiio"S:
At clinton. tuesday evening: Aug. II.
my. lhlilSulN eNeillIls' Aus. -;
Albidn Soinrity e\cmin, Az, -
i,an,,.,, NI,niay. ,,,, 2
| pri.ht,,n Inac,i.,v !, N Au., Is
il1rn,nu, ,rnacd1y Am.. *
| North Arson. Wednesday. Aug. -
| Madison. Thursday Aug. %
| Smlthileid. Friday T. NJ. Aug. II
Mercer fiuay' aug l..
Bfooks, saturday Aug
d., 10 ,r,'nSi.,,. - n ,,,, ~
irari,f",t .ri.sS,I 49, .,,i,, AZ, -,
" interport. Wednesday. Aug. rs.
Prospect Thursday. Aug. ~
Searsmont, Friday. Aug. y.
North Nassalboro, Monday. Sept. 4.
NJ; Neti Wpli iiiase, ueSadS' sept. y
NI iiil,"' =" trif''si ~ - "a
H'I,i'i'a ;t ~
,ro.r 70, .ot,rr,f -.
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AZ Mild l..st; , MoiinaS SEPT, =
IN, ,ie7I,,.s oep'
i1ihec NJ rhnrSGov SIN ~ sept
iuoec' ihuiSuiH' sept. ~
HON. q. l.. WELLINGTON of Maryland,
VIII speak as follows:
At Norway. Monday. Aug. "a.
Rethcl Tuesday Ana. d
Ereenort WednesdaV Ang DC
Wisr.sept Thursdav AnS ~
,Thomaston Eridav anp 3e
f,am,len Saturday Ana 90
49, >~ ,,r,
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:" - 'i''''N %
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/ Krnduskeap EriI3v St,nt ~ J.,
N,iforI S7ur,l,,t g., 20 H.
nov toti% n,Iy,,I -. 1,,...
HON. JOHN l)Al-ZELL OF Pennsylvania,
Will speak as follows:
At Old Orchard, Tuesday. Aug. %.
farmln&ton: Wednesday. Aug. e.
Le" 'sron nu'Su"S. aug. -,
HON. THOMAS Il. REED of Portland,
VIII Hpe"A as ioiio"9'
At Old Orchard. Tuesday F. NJ, Aug. %.
1orhlsii' luesday sept ),
Hon. ). }. FASSE.FT of New York, will
speak as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The terrible heat seems conducive t,
strikes as well as to suicides.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The sage of Monticello" Saturday
evening was the Hon. Llewellyn
Powers. That town is solid for Powers
and protection.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

This is no joke Mr.. Weatherman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The Camp Benson vets were glad 10
be living in tents yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
OF OHIO.
FOR WCE-PRESIDENT,
GARRETT A. HOBART
OF NEW JERSEY.
FOR GOVERNOR,
LLEWELLYN POWERS
OF HOULTON.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
For Electors at Large:
JOHN F. HILL, of Augusta.
TOLrT W.T. .RITR of Avon

JOEL. WILBUR. of Avon.
First District EDWIN PARSONS of
Kennebunk. -
Second District-A. r. MCPHERSON of
Third District-FRED ATWOOD Of
Winterport.
of Calais.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Every town should have a Mckinley
and Hobart club.
The Brunswick Telegraph hopes that
electric road will be built but is more
anxious to know whether the trolley
poles are to be pointed. the rails laid
flush with the street and a fair division
of expense for clearing the track from
snow is to be had
There's one Democratic shipbuilder
in Bath who isn't for free silver and
who doesn't propose to get squeamish
over trifles when it comes to voting
this fall. His name is Capt John r.
Kelley. one of the solid men of the
shipping city. and when a reporter
remarked to him:
Il suppose you'll go with the gold
Democrats, captain?" the captain re-
piled:
"Poh, no. oh no | go straight when
l go. There are only two parties this
year It's simple. l shall vote a
straight ticket for Mckinley and
Hobart and advise all my friends to
do the same. It's poor business. this
splitting up. Stand up where you can
be counted. this year. Vote for ma
tional honor and sound money or get
over on the other side among the fell
lows who want Scent dollar. We've
a Dig country, rich country, and for
Heavens sake can't we afford to be
honest with our creditors?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Every town should have n Mckinley
and Hobart club.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-10
PROFITS of THE SILVER TRUST.

Sioux City Tribui e: After Merrill had
issued his circular to the mine owners there
was no longer any doubt as to who was
paying the freight for Mr.. Bryan.
New York World In brief, this great sill
yer trust is a conspiracy among a hundred
or so multi-millionaire mine owners to rob
creditors of their dues and to levy tribute
upon the wages OF every one who works.
Is there any conceivable reason why any
workingmen, any savings bank depositor, any
holder of life insurance policy, or any
other honest man, should vote for this rings
program?
Louisville Commercial: Mr.. Merrill states
that by the election of Bryan the mine
owners would clear profit of Ga cents per
ounce on their ore, and that an assessment
OF one months profit at this rate would
furnish money enough to elect Bryan. AL
though this secretary is mistaken in the
amount OF money 1t would require to so
debauch the American people that they
would elect Bryan, yet his admission prac-
tcally that it costs only sc cents an ounce
to produce silver bullion is interesting
and calculated to convince mankind gener-
ally that, at the present market price Of 67
cents an ounce, the mine owners ought to
be satisfied with their profits, and not in
sst upon the American people doubling the
present market rate for their benefit.
New York Tribune: At present silver
mine owner can pay only 65 cents of debt
with one ounce Of silver. Under free coin
age he could pay S129 of debt with an ounce
of silver At present an ounce of silver
will pay only 65 cents in wages. Under
free coinage an ounce of silver would
pay S129 in wages. The difference
GA cents an ounce, would be clear gain
to the mine owner; in the first instance
at the expense OF his creditors in the sec
ond instance, at the expense OF the men who
do the actual work Of mining his product
1t is not asserted by the most hopeful free
silverite that wages would rise as rapidly
as the cost Of living. All history proves
to the contrary, that wages, in periods of in
fation or depreciation, rise slowly, If at all,
while the cost of the necessaries of life
would rise with bound. Under free coin
age history would only repeat itself. Prices
would rise at once and wages would be in
creased only by the same slow and tedious
process by which they have been raised in
the past All the battles for higher wages by
which workingmen have benefited in the
last forty years would have to be fought
over again.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-10
SILVER AND WHEAT.


The Omaha Bryan organ revamps the
exploded chestnut that the fall OF silver
Is tie cause Of the decline Of wheat
and the decline Of wheat proves the APP
probation Of gold. The absurdity of
this theory has been established so often
that 1t is almost incredible that any ra-
tlonal person should repeat 1t.
If the price Of perishable commodities
were guaged by the fluctuations in value
of the money metals the price of wheat
corn, tobacco. cotton and cattle would
not have varied materially during the
period between 1920 and 1860, when the
difference between the market and coin
age price of silver was never more than
from I to cents an ounce. AS mat
ter of fact. these commodities went up
and down from 80 to POO per cent
during that period. In 1926 cotton was
16lb to 20 cents n pound; in 1870 1t was
0 to II cents n pound, n fall of over 40
per cent, but silver had not varied 2
cents an ounce In 1892 cotton was
down to 8 cents pound and by 1910
to 51a cents n pound. That very year
wheat was 81 bushel and silven SID
an ounce In 1917 wheat had gone up
to S1.31 a bushel, while silver was only
81. 80 an ounce. The next year wheat
dropped to SLIP. but silver remained
unchanged. In 1853 wheat was S1.3I n
bushel, cotton 1917 cents n pound and
silver S1.34 an ounce. In 1851 wheat
was SIT in gold n bushel, cotton
cents II pound and silver still S1.34 an
ounce. In 1855 wheat was S2.41 a
bushel, cotton 9A cents n pound and
silver S1.34 an ounce. In 1856 wheat
was S16S bushel cotton 10A cents n
pound and silver S1.3i an ounce. In
1857 wheat was S153 bushel, cotton
II cents a pound and silver S1.35 an
ounce. Wheat had fallen in one year
over 81 n bushel, cotton had gone up
the same year 33 per cent while silver
had risen only 1 cent an ounce.
With these figures before us who dares
assert that silver regulates the price of
| cotton and wheat? Or who would con-
| tend that gold appreciates and depre-
clHIpS according 10 Ine rise anu l;ill Ol
| wheat and cotton? What made wheat
go up so high in the sos? The same
thing that made it go up during the
| war of the rebellion. The same thing
| that made it go up in 1889 and 1891
| The same thing that has caused its rise
| recently while silver was falling. The
| true cause was an extraordinary demand
or decreased supply. In 1854 the
| Crimean war broke out and American
wheat doubled in price and remained
very high for several years. In 1885
there was a famine in India In 1891
there was a great crop failure in Russia
American wheat had the market prac.
| tically to itself. The recent rise is ex.
planned by the decreased surplus of
wheat in sight. India is importing wheat
| instead of exporting it.
| But the political mountebanks will
persist in linking wheat, cotton and sill
yer together in spite of all contradictory
experience which disproves their asser
| tiOns.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-10

ored themselves and their country In
civic and military service. They are
men who have taken high rank in states
manshlp and diplomacy and proved their
gallantry in wmuo They are men OF un-
sullied publicnaad private characters,
whose names will live in American his
tory when Mr.. Bryan's is forgotten.
They have the respect of their fellow
countrymen as good citizens who are
solicitous for the welfare and honor of
their country. Si"a
Mr.. Bryan rhasps grave mistake in
assailing thesd men in the manner he
does. He processes to desire that every
man shall act in this contest according
to his conscientious convictions,
but his manifestations of vim
dictive resentment toward those
lifelong democrats who reject the pOpo-
ulistic doctrines of the Chicago plat
form and refuse to regard him as dem
ocrat bellies his profession and proclaims
him man of intolernnt IL not malicious
disposition. He may rest assured that
he can do his cause no good by such
Il course. Thousands who have always
needed the counsel of the democrats
who are opposing Mr.. Bryan will re-
sent their unwalranted and contempt
BILE denunciation by the popocratic can
didate, who proclaimed Il few months
before his nomination that he was not
n democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-10

campaign he denounced the proposition
Of his opponents TO substitute short
dollar for full one and said
am in favor Of the double standard, but
am not in favor or the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver in the United states until
the nations OF the world shall join In
guaranteeing to silver a status which their
laws now accord to gold The double stand
ard implies equality at a ratio, and that
equality can only be established by the
concurrent law OF nations. II was the con-
current law OF nations that has made the
double standard; It will require the con-
current law OF nations to reinGtate and sus-
tain It. Until then, for us to decree the free
and unlimited coinage of the worlds silver
would be to ordan that our silver dollars
must surely depreclate, and gold inevitably
go to a premium. No man knows what
the future may be, but in our present
condition and with our present light every
consideration Of safety requires us to hold
to our present status until the other great
nations shall agree to an international
ratio
That is the position of Major Mckinley
today, so that the charge of incon-
sisteucy is groundlcss and unwarranted
lie does not propose that silver shall
be abandoned as money, nor does the
republican party. All the silver now
in use would be continued in use under
republican administration, side by side
With gold. But Major Mckinley is op-
posed to the unlimited coinage of silver
by the United States because he knows,
as every man of common sense must
know, that such policy means the
single silver standard. which could not
fail to produce panic and disaster.
The attempt of the free silver candi-
date and organs to mislead the people
by asserting that Blaine, Garfield, Me
Knley and other distinguished repub-
lican leaders ever favored their policy
is the most disreputable kind of politics
and shows the desperation of their
cause
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-10
The Hurrah Candidate.
WASHINGTON star

Mr.. Bryan is another hurrah candidate.
He is on tour, showing himself to the peo-
pie and trying to stir them up in his be-
half He is talking about "aristocrats,"
and "tyrants," and money kings and try
ing to inaugurate a sort of revolution. This
sort of thing always deserves defeat and
nearly always meets it. The candidate who
in any stress of fortunes raises the class
cry is no fit man for great responsibility.
The chief executive particularly of this gov
ernment can know no class without violat
ing his oath of office. He is sworn to sup
port and defend the constitution which is
the protection of every citizen, rich or poor,
westerner or easterner, merchant or farmer.
The debtor and the creditor alike have
claims upon his impartial consideration. and
he could not deny that consideration to
either without ceasing to be, as he engages
to be, the representative of all the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-10

Brynn's Compensation ns Editor OF
Free silver Organ,

Minneapolis Tribune.
Henry D. Estabrook. the great Chicago
orator who halls from Nebraska. In his
recent speech in Chicago took up the
charges and intlmations that William J.
Bryan was paid in some way by the silver
bonanza kings for his work in behalf OF free
silver coinage, and made rather a better
case Of II than Senator Thurston was able
TO do. Mr. Estabrock said: "Mr. Bryan
denies that he was In the pay Of the silver
mine owners. directly or indirectly, although
II you study the phraseology Of that denial
you will discover large-sized loop-hole."
Mr.. Estabrook then proceeded to relate
the facts in the case, which are as follows:
When Mr.. Bryan retired from congress
about two years ago, a certain newspaper
In Omaha was lauguishing. Salaries were
paid very irreEularly. or not at all. The
policy OF this paper was then and had been
for long time opposed to the coinage Of
silver at 16 to l. Suddenly its policy changed
without warning or premonition, without
waiting for the aid or consent Of any other
nation" it declared for 16 to /. The paper
at once took on a new lease OF life Bills
were paid, improvements made, and there
was every indication of a new influx OF
capital But most remarkable of all was the
announcement that William ]. Bryan had
been employed as editor-in. chief and, rumor
had 1t, at handsome salary. "Did Mr..
Bryan ever edit?" asks Mr.. Estabrook.
Mary an edit II he ever spent two con-
secutivc days in Omaha during the last two
years nobody ever heard OF It, He was
talking, talking. talking usually in the
south, occasionally in the west, and the
burden of his talk was free silver and the
crime of '73."
The orator then pertinently inquiries:
Whose money 1t that procured MIR.
Bryar- his position as editor? And whose
money paid him for that sort OF editing?
1t was the money of the silver ring, and
everybody in Nebraska knows It, Not only
do | assert that Mr.. Bryan was thus in
directly in the employ of the silver mine
owners, but l believe that a part of his
compensation, contingent on success. OF
course, was the nomination of the Chicago
convention, and that the outcome of that
convention which took the country by sur
prise. was in reality foregone conclusion"
Mr.. Estabrook then traced the steps of
the secret conspiracy which resulted in
Bryans nomination. tracing the influences
which brought about that result to the
bonanza silver kings, and showing by con-
elusive inference that Bryan Is in reality
the hired man of the mine owners
Mr.. Estabrook for years occupied prom
inent position as a lawyer in Nebraska, and
Is well known to the people of the state.
Last spring he removed to Chicago, and at
once took rank in that metropolis as one
of its foremost orators. His charges cannot
be ignored or lightly passed over as coming
from an obscure source They demand Mr..
Bryan's immediate attention.