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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-09

Increased Revenue for Italy.
Rome, July 3.-The Italian public rev.
enue for the first half of the fiscal year
just expired was 5000. 900 lire more
than the revenue for tho corresponding
period of 1895.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-09
Ahead of Time.

: Dubuque. Ia, July 3.-Lee Palmer
left Waterloo at seven p. m. Monday, to
walk to Dubuque in As hours on a wager
of 500. The distance is 100 miles. He
reached Dubuque in 40 hours, and came
in in fair condition, having lost Is
pounds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-09
Weyler Closes Three Port

Havana, July 3.-The export Of ba-
nanas from Gibra, Neuvitas and Obeyes
has been prohibited on the ground that
the steamers engaged in the trade bring
supplies to the insurgents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-09

The following congressional no.uina-
tions were made: Iowa, Ninth district
A. L. Hager (rep.) renominated; Ten.
nessee, Sixth district, J. w. Gaines
(free silver democrat); West Virginia,
Fourth district, Walter Pendleton
(dem.).
At meeting in Topeka, Kan, of tho
Republican State league Edward Madi-
son, of Dodge City, was elected presi-
dent. The resolutions indorse the plat
form adopted at st. Louis unequivocally.
Tho prohibitionists Of Minnesota in
convention at Minneapolis nominated q
state ticket headed by William J. Dean,
of that city, for governor. A broad
gauge platform was adopted.
Michigan republicans will hold their
state, convention at Grand Rapids ON
August s. %%
The funeral Of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe was held at her late homo In
Hartford, Conn.,, and the remains ~vere
taken to Andover, Mass, for burial.
The republicans of the Fourth dis
t.ict of Arkansas nominated Judge C.
C. Waters. of Little Rock, for congress.
]. C.. McKibben, q California forty.
miner and former member Of congress
from that state. died in Washington.
The Wisconsin silverites win hold Q
state silver convention in Milwaukee on
July Is to elect delegates to the national
silver convention to be held In st. Louis
ON July 20.
The national executive committee Of
the new national party announces that
its platform favors absolute suppress.
sion Of the traffic in liquor az bev.
erage, equal suffrage regardless of sex,
bimetallism at sixteen to one, an in
come tax, teaching in American public
schools in the English language, cleo
ton Of president, vice president and
senator's by direct vote, liberal pensions
for ex-soldiers and sailors, their widows
and minor children, exclusion Of pauper
and criminal immigrants and proven
ton Of voting by naturalized citizens
until one year after naturalization.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-09
Observed tho Day.

Chicago, July 6.-Dispatches from
all sections of the country tell of the
observance of Independence day in the
usual manner.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

There is one noticeable thing in this
compaign. The strongest advocates of
silver always kick if a speaker discusses
the tariff, but it is subject of COM
ment that if republican discusses
the money question and pours facts of
record into the ears of some of those
same fellows who want to hear the
money question and not the tariff, they
are quite likely to get uneasy in their
seats and finally get up and go out.
They can't stand the facts. You will
notice this at every meeting and they
are invariably the same fellows who
also object to hearing the tariff dis
cussed.
The whole trouble with the demopops
is that the republicans talk from facts
of record, history, upon both the tariff
and money question, and that hurts
the opposition, while the other side is
all theory-guess work. They don't
point out any facts of discrepancies
it may be reference to Mexico and
Japan-.they don't say anything about
our own country prior to '73, don't dis
cuss history, but simply theorize and
guess at the results take a leap into
the darkness as it were.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

capita, in 1895 it was 22.96. The in
crease in the total amount in the coun
try was muchgreater. Since 1873 rates
of interest have fallen 80 per cent.
III. That the larger the volume of
currency the higher are prices.
France has s35.7777 per capita. Switz-
erlaud has 1897. Prices are the same
in both countries.
10. That primary money only is a
measure of values.
Gold is the primary money of both
France and Greece. France has S22. 10
gold per capita. Greece has only %
cents. Prices are the same in both
countries.
Ii. That the silver men demand bi-
metallism.
In his Centralia speech, w. j. Bryan
said: "The democratic party has de-
clared for single standard of silver"
That means monometallism.
IA. That free silver will raise wages.
From 1860 to 1865 491s cent paper
dollar raised prices 1l6 per cent, and
only raised wages 43 per cent, while
the purchasing power of the money re-
ceived for wages was reduced 66 per
cent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
TO JUDGE G. S. PALMER.

You are a lawyer, and are accounted
good one. If a witness should testify
on the stand that man found dead on
the street had died as the result of poi
son administered twenty years ago,
wouldn't you cross-examine him pretty
sharp? And if he admitted that for
nineteen anda half of the twenty years
the man had improved in health and
strength, ,wouldn'tyou think the witness
was either a periurer or crank? But
don't you do a similar thing, if you at.
tribute the panic of 1893 to the discon.
tinuance of the silver dollar in 1873
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

The STAR respects the opinion of it's
friends who may differ with it. We do
not think that everybody who does not
agree with us is dishonest, nor do we
dislike Il person because he differs with
us. We believe some of our warmest
personal friends are adherents to the
silver cause are i'll fact demopops.
We have just as much admiration for
a man, personally, who differs from our
political opinion us for one who may
agr ee with us and more, if he disagrees
in manly, honest manner, and still
remains friendly. There's no sense in
displaying hatred and engendering ami
mosities in every political campaign
and the STAR seeks to be fair to all.
Occasion may sometimes present itself
when we feel called upon to contradict
statements that have been made, but
we shall try to do so in gentlemanly
manner.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

1t turns out that our own Senator
Pettigrew is being largely accused of
being one of the responsible parties
who induced William Noble to drop
100000 in the New York Mercury upon
a promise that the silver kings would
take the paper off his hands. He says
"Pcttigrew was enthusiastic about the
thing at first, and based his promises
of support on the statement that the
value of silver would be at least doubled
in case of the success of silver"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

The republican state central com.
mittee has completed poll of the state
and they are now confident that the
republican ticket will receive at least
eight Thousand majority. This is not
mere guess at the outcome, but con-
servative estimate after careful poll
ing of every county in the state. The
chairman and secretary of the commit
tee-Messrs. Elliott and Person-have
been doing some effective work, aided
by the state committeeman of each
county, and their persistent, intelli-
gent work has had it's effect. In speak
OF the result of the poll of the state the
Sioux City Journal closes lengthy
editorial upon the gratifying condition
as follows: 1.-The republicans of South
Dakota deserve we'll of their country
and of their party. They have made a
good fight. They will win, and win
grandly. They have saved their state
from great calamity and disgrace.
They have only to finish the fight to
hold the situation where they have
broughtit. They will thus far do more
than merely contribute to the election
of Mckinley. They will fix the char
acter of South Dakota as great, set
tied, safe and conservative common
wealth, whose peopleare too Intelligent
and too independent to be misled by
any demagogue, no matter how daring
and INSCRIPTIONS, or by any fallacious
scheme, no matter how plausible. 1t
will strengthen the creditof South Da-
kota beyond all calculation. 1t will
bring it in full recognition and in line
with the great body of the American
people"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

When the republicans of Lawrence
county nominated Hon. w. G. Rice for
reelection to the state senate they did
wise thing indeed. He was one of
the leaders of that body two years ago
and made record as worker and as
a careful, conservative law-maker, who
zealously looked after the interests of
the people he represented. From the
fact that he was fair, and about always
right. his aid was nearly always sought
by members who had important meas
ures to be considered. With Rice in
the senate Lawrence county is a heayv-
weight in that law making body.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
"MoRE MONEY" FooL1sHNEss.

In 1892 the per capita stockof money
in this country was S36, now it is only
s32. During that period the popula-
tion of this land increased five million.
The money supply does not keep pace
with the increase in population. Her
aid.
Doesn't the Herald know that about
everything has decreased during Presi-
dent Cleveland's administration, en-
cepting the public debt? 1t is not sur
prising therefore that the per capita
has decreased also. You can't COM
pare 1892 with the present time and
charge your deductions to the republi-
can party. Put the discrepancy where
it belongs-to the party you helped to
place in power four years ago, and the
one you are again trying to foist upon
the people under new guise.
"'Fhe needs of a growing country
from the expansion of trade and in-
crease in population, require the addi-
tion of at least s5OOOO,O0O each wear to
the volume of our y.'-Herald.
Previous to 1873, when this country
had Stree silver" there were about
t27.OoO,OOo on an average added to the
''volume of our money! each year;
since 1913 there have been added to the
''volume of our money" over s6S,OOO,OOO
on an average for each year; and the
Herald wants that system which we
had prior to 1873 does it? The Her
AIDS desires have more than been com
piled with under the system which this
country has had since 1873
There is now no law calling for the
coinage of any more silver and should
Mckinley, Hanna, Rothcbild. ct. al.
succeed in fooling the people this fall
no more recognition of silver will ever
occur. Herald.
Silver is being coined every day,
every month. at the present time, and
the republican party is pledged to keep
the silver dollar just as good as the
gold dollar, and to coin all the silver
that possibly. can be coined aud keep
the silver dollar equal in value to gold.
The republican party has record in
doing all that can be done in this, and
increased the per capita circulation
from slS.u4 i'll 1873 to S244 LA in 1892, 1t
has thus far proven itself the only
true friend to silver coinage.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

Messrs. Porter and McClung, candi-
dates for state senator and representa-
tive, respectively, made an effective
campaign in this county last week,
speaking every night at various pre-
cincts. Excellent reports are received
concerning theil work. They made
some telling speeches which set many
people to thinking seriously before
they support the demopop ticket.
These gentlemen are making very
able speeches, presenting the issues in
a manner that is exceedingly crafty.
ing to republicans, for they are making
an educational campaign, showing
themselves to be thoroughly qualified
to fill the responsible positions to
which they have been nominated.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
It is more than surprising how some

1t is more than surprising how some
of the demopop nominees for county
offices can ask for support because they
are 'tsilverites" when the fact is that
they participated in republican state
and county conventions long after
the 1-a''onal platforms were before the
people, and some of these demopop
nominees had declared themselves in
favor of Mckinley. They seem to have
changed when nominations to county
Office were offered them, and now they
are asking support from all believers
in Stree silver" for the sake of "princi-
pie" They know this is so, and they
wont deny it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
FALLAC1Es AND FACTS.

Tho stock in trade of the free silver
advocates is assertion. They make
statements without attempting to bring
forward proof of their accuracy and in
most cases for the reason that proof is
impossible. Unless answered, however,
these assertions frequently mislead
those who hear them.
Here are some of the most frequent
assertions OF the friends of free coin
age and the facts which answer them.
1. That the free coinage of silver
will make money plenty.
1t will drive more than s6oO,OOOOOo
of gold out of the country, and it will
require years to replace this amount
with silver.
2. That silver was demonetized in
To ''demonetize" means to abandon
the use of as money. Up to 1873 we
had coined only 100000 of silver dol
lars, since that time we have coined
423,OoOOOO silver dollars, and they are
all in use and all full legal tender.
B. That the present hard times re-
suit from the gold standard.
One cause of hard times is the con.
tinual agitation for cheap money. The
other is suspension of manufacturing,
due to increased importation of manu-.
factures under the Wilson law.
4. That the gold standard has ruined
the country.
The wealth of the country more than
doubled from 1870 to 1890.
5. That the gold standard has cut
wages in half.
From 1870 to 1890 wages increased 2s
per cent and their purchasing power
81 per cent.
6. That silver is not legal tender
Silver dollars are legal tender to any
amount; subsidiary coins are legal ten.
der to the amount of $1,000.
I. That free coinage will make 371L
grains of pure silver sell for sl.O0.
Three -fourths of the earth's popula
tion have free coinage of silver, bu,
37lll grains of silver sell for 53 cents
8. That this country is big enough
to adopt free coinage and restore sill
ver's value independently of the rest
of the world.
If three -fourths of the people in tn,
world have failed how can 100000;
succeed?
9. That the "money power has cor
nered gold and made money scarce.
There is s6.7sG, ,437. 600 of gold in the
world, and no combination could posi-
bly, corner it.
10. That we are being driven int "a
bankruptcy by scarce money and high
interest.
In 1873 our circulation was slsoi pc,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
One Of the leaders of free silver in

One of the leaders of free silver in
this county took occasion to say to the
STAR folks that he wanted it under
stood that he did not approve of such
personal abuse as the Herald engaged
in last week in reviewing Judge Gard
ner's speech. The gentleman said that
personal slander of Judge Gardner was
uncalled for, unkind, unbecoming a
newspaper and was not endorsed by
the silver party.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
pRoPosED AMENDMENT TO THE CON.
r; y stitution of the state of South Dakota

OkopOSED AMENDMENT TO THE con-
r. ~, stitation Of the state of South Dakota.
~, mn. ,le people Of the state of South Dakota:
. ine fnnrth legislature of the said state of
%som, % Dakota, ut the session thereof begun and
heid at Pierre, the capital. on January &. 1sg5,
ana aM,",, concluded March = 1885, proposed the fol
state, wiz: va '"o
sos.,9 "A JOINT resolution proposing an amendment to
seo OF article l3 OF the constitution "f the
mitting IT, the same to the [al vote of the people.
Be it Resolved BY the senate, the house of rep
rescntatlves cnncurring:
~ i. Amendment That section 4. of article
o., To-" me constitution OF the state of South Da
ti"n ha' ne amended :" az to read as follows: "sec
sroo ds,rct tsay civil o. Sny county city, t9wn
vision, shall never exceed five (5) pcr centum
tI"ra " e assessed rs value of the taxable property
ness wi IN es,,mating The amount Of indchted-
,'smr ,r; me amount of Indebtedness contracted
prior to the adoption of this constitution shall be
Provided, That any county. municipsl corpor.
ata;i,, ,ts;, civil township. district or other snbdi
cxcen, may cnr an additional Indebtedness not
value Of the t,rsb,s isI eem.nm upon the assessed
purpose of providing water Tor Irritation ana
son%. domestic % nsss PToydsd f"r,he4, thu. a no
snail @ he included within any such district or l.
avslon az without majority vote in favor thei Of
atom a 'me or % of the county, municipal corpor
II r. proposed to he incluled therein. and mo- such
debt shall ever be incurred for any of the mr.
m nses IN this section piovidetl unless authorized
eeetors o.e Of IN s isT"r thereof of majority Of tho
the same. ''Sio" An'"i'A"s
nn re al above owe PROPOSED amendment will he voted
hpnh ny the people Mt the general election TO he
d.. 1876. "as VI >oVethoeF' a.
eah rh1 npI,np1 nIT,"pose amendment will be printed upon
and rsmaa,,n tn the ecOnstitntion he approved
shn1i , IaIned: m lmnetiately to the left OF which
each % ,,..pan nc printed the words "Yes' and NO.,
ear; can place cross to indicate his vote. Electors
hsr,ng ths :" vote yes will place cross before
viii MJsc mac. es, and those desiring to vote NO
Dated ut Pierre. the capital of so,,tl Dakota
'ais ard day of August, 1S96
THOMAS TnoRs0N.
First publication j Julysl, 1896. 'e'A's VI S'' 25
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

The republicans are going to carry
Fall River and Custer counties on Nov.
3rd. Just rember this now, and watch
these columns on Nov. 6 for confirma-
ton of this prophcsy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
PERTINENT EXPRESSIONS.

"The republican party stands for
honest money and the chance to earn
it by honest toil.'-Wm Mckinley.
"If / had my way would demonetize
gold. would refuse it the power of
of legal tender. * IS * But you say
the gold would all leave the country.
1 hope it would. That is just what 1
want" ."-R. F. Pettigrew in his speech
at Sioux Falls, February 10, 1886.
"Free silver is not and will not be a
panacea for all our ills. 1t is only a
step in the right direction. The popu-
lists willnever stopat free silver. That
will not help us much, and we want
other things, and 1 favor free silver
only because it is one step towards the
paper money."LH. L. Loucks.
"Dressing Billy Bryan up in populist
raiment makes Billy an attractive fig
ure to our admiring gaze; but as long
as he remains mixed in with the scrub
sheep of the democratic flock, we are
much inclined to say to him in the
language of the ancient anecdote, "We
love you Billy, but d-nyourc company"
If they could not give US free silverwhen
the party was united on it, how can
they give it to us now when the party
is divided on it?"--Tom Watson.
"kyle and every other popullst sena-
tor but PETER voted against continuing
the reciprocity provisions of the Nc
Kinley law, under which the duty on
flour was reduced by Cuba from s5.35
to 81 per barrel. Kyleandall the popu-
lists but PETER voted voted against
proposed amendments to the Wilson
bill placing duty on hay of SO per
ton; 6 cents pound on butter; sG per
ton on broom corn; 3 cents dozen on
eggs; 20 bushel on buckwheat; 15 cts.
on oats; Is cents on rye; Is cents on
corn; 3-5 of a cent a pound on flour,
and cent on oatmeal. The same sen.
ators voted against duty of 40 cents
bushel on beans but in favor of 20
cents on rice. These proposed amend
ments would have restored the McKin.
ley rate on these articles, under which
the market for s6,OOO,OOO worth of farm
produce was taken away from Canadian
farmers and given to the farmers of
the United States. Kyle lodged vote
to place duty of Is cents pound on
hops to increase the duty on ale, por-
ter and beer, and to increase the duty
on brandy. He also voted against a
duty on sheep and hogs and $50 on
horses. On directvote to place sugar
on the free list, Kyle aud all the popu-
list senator's, except PETER, voted no.
Senator Pettigrew on Kyle's record in
the senate.
"That some may be rich shows that
others may become rich and hence is
just encouragement to industry and
enterprise. Let not him who is home.
less pull down the house of another.
but labor diligently and build one for
himself, so thus, by example, assuring
that his own shall be safe from violence
when built. Abraham Lincoln.
SIT is true that if you take the labor
ing man of today or any individual who
is working for salary, that, so far as
his personal or selfish interests are
concerned it is for his interest to main
tain the single gold standard. con-
cede that as a proposition applying to
an individnal."-Judge Palmer at Madi-
son, August 7th.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
JAMES G. BLAINE

"Onr creed embraces an honest dol
lar, an Mntaniished national credit
adequate revenues for the uses of the
government, protection to labor and
industry, preservation of the home
market, and reciprocity which will ex-
tend our foreign markets. Upon this
platform we stand, and submit it's dec
larations to the sober and considerate
judgment of the American people"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

Charity the independent
American laborer scorns to
ask, but he has right to de-
,nand that Justice should be-
gin ut home. In his name,
and i'll the name of common
sense and honesty, l ask that
the American Congress will
not force upon the American
laborer All inferior dollar,
which tho naked and famished
lnborers of India and China re-
fuse to accept.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

The republicans have got the demo-
pops on the run and should make it n
point to see that they continue retreat
ing Don't relax any efforts but make
the majority emphatic. Let every re-
publican be active and do his share to.
ward making the victory telling one