The advocate., 1896-10-21
NOTES AND COMMENT,

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Thomas Garfield, a brother Of the OK
President, has declared for silver.
A combination on Electors has been ef
fected In Arkansas. The PopuliSts gel
three.
Speaker Reed has been compelled to
abandon his campaign work on account OF
his voice giving out.
President Cleveland has bought farm
on Long Island. He has given up his idea
Of making q tour around the world next
year.
Editor Tom Patterson Of the Rocky
Mountain News, who has been campaign,
ing there, thinks Michigan will elect Bryan
| Electors.
Professor Selikovitsch Is making speeches
at various Western points, including Kan
sas City, under the auspices OF the Repub'
lican National committee.
While at church Sunday, the 11th inst. :,
the Archbishop Of Canterbury (Rev. Ed
ward Benson) was stricken with ap0pleXy
while on his knees praying.
A large majority Of the delegates to the
International Typographical Union which
recently met In convention at Colorado
Springs were for Bryan and silver.
The bankers oppose the ratio Of 16 to In
coinage, but not In all things. The New
York World says that their business Is
done at q ratio Of $3.50 Of credit to 81 OF
gold.
Twentieth Century: "'Well,' exclaimed
the gold dollar, that Bryan Is Q disgrace.
Wants me to 90 among the common people !
I'll let him know prefer the Four Hun
dredp"
Indiana authorities have declined to put
the gold Democrat ticket on the ballot, on
the ground that the name National Demo
crat Is misleading and its use Is usurpa-
tion of authority.
The pastor Of St. Paups Universallst
church at Chicago will advertise his church
meetings on the bill-b0ards Of the city as
public entertainments and political meet
ings are advertised.
Baysrd, the gentleman who, by the grace
Of Grover Cleveland, is hObnobing with the
gentlemen who constitute Queen Victorias
court, thinks that 1t would be terrible ca
lamity to this country for majority OF the
voters to declare for Bryan.
The Illinois Election Board declined TO
put the "Middle-of- -the.road" ticket on the
ballot unless 1t was named by petition and
some other name than that Of Popullst or
Peoples party was used, as there was al
ready regular nominated ticket OF that
name on the ballot.
Ignatius DOnnelly has accepted the nomi-
nation of the Populists and Democrats Of
his county In Minnesota for RepI esentatiVe.
Mr.. Donnelly's abilities entitle him to q
much higher place, but he prefers private
life and will make no effort IN his own be-
half. Such men should be pushed to the
front.
Secretary Of Agriculture ]. Sterling Nor
ton says that he will not 90 home to vote,
but that If he did he would vote for Palmer
and Buckner, and states that he personally
hopes for the election Of Mckinley In pref-
erence to Bryan. He thinks the race will
be close and that the Republicans overesti-
mate the silver strength.
The New York Sun Is one Of the very
few papers in the land that iustifies the
infamous insult given Mr.. Bryan by Yale
students. The editor Of that paper iS like
the ordinary Kansas Republican editor, In
that he supports and defends everything
that may be done In the name ana In the
interest Of his candidates for office.
Immigration into this country for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1896, was S4S, ,267
as compared with 258, ,5S6 the previous year.
or this years immigrants SO, i06 were illit-
crates; SO per cent. had no occupation; only
IL per cent. went to the South and West,
And 70 per cent. went to Illinois, MasSa'
chusetts, New York and Pennsylvania.
Dugald Crawford, st. Louis dry goods
man, discharged twelve Of his clerks be-
cause they were going to vote for Bryan.
A movement to prosecute him under the
act prohibiting intimidation Of voters was
begun, and Crawford Immediately took the
men back. He then said that his men
might vote as they pleased, but that he
thought they should vote for Mckinley.
A New York newspaper makes an attack
on the commercial integrity Of the State OF
Montana because Of the failure 10 pay
promptly warrant on the State Capitol