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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
THE BRYdNITE CLUES.
A woman Among the speakers-Endorse
Eryan and SewaIl-Other Business.


ST. LOUIS. MO. oct. "a meeting Of
tho sIyerlte clubs CT Tie country was
AeId IA inc Auditorium mere TINS al1er-
noon. Tho attendance was enormous ana
tho croW,is in attendance too large 10
be accommodated. Al night there was
almost a panic IN the mad rush 10 gam
admttance.
Tie convention transacted considerable
business and adopted resolutions endorsing
the sllyerite nOminees-liryan anu sc" ali.
Iuo following resolution Was adOpltd'
'Eosolyed. That IL Is the sense Oh the
convention that Indian Territory should
be accorded the Same representation III
Congress as other states.
The committee then TOOK recess tlll .
o'cOck Il. ~. .,.,...-
Al 7.3O l.. NJ The doors Ct the building
Were surrounded by "a crowd OF at least
JOOJ people. Ine pressure was 50 great
that the sergeant-st-arms Wdt toldered 10
open the doors OF the building 70 the
public and In less than ten minutes the
entire auditorium was crowded with an
audience which numbered al least l'OJO
people. The crowd was 50 great that the
police WAS inadequate TO the emergency,
and the people poured into tne auditorium
until at least 1900 people were cOngre-
gated in "A space provided Tor 1o'OOO peo-
PIE.
At $50 ?. NJ The crowd became so
dcmOnstrative that GovernOr-elect Jones.
Of Arkansas, responded TO clamors and
delivered an address ia favor Of the silver
standard.
Mrs Worth, president OF the Women's
National League Of Bryan and Sewall
Clubs. was introduced 10 the delegates.
and made a stirring address on behalf OF
her club. urging the delegates to use their
efforts toward their organization for wo-
men clubs throughout the United States.
Her address was frequently applaudcd.
Mr.. James ". Kelly representing the
coles boys of the United States as prcsi-
dent OF the College Clubs also made a
brief and well wordcd address to the as
sembled delegates. which was heartily ap-
r.1a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
n.nnilnl Il seoII,rII1r,
tim. Irvine Dunn WEEDS Miss Susie
Lamb Iliu.

t.,fnc Dunn Neds MISS 7"S''
Me'N''' ...nuII
eCoTTSNlLl-l N..-' "a o,rlock Miss
On MclDes4Ay ,'--.''7 & county was
S..l. amu i44iA '- r..,lls Irvine
',.It1 u marriage - '''' '-i.. ceremony
T.r OL-s>c4eOu count. .rIf.n 10,
-.. r.rIori-cl al lir A"f. rl.n mad
1. d. Daniel 4"t ,-'- fr golden
i. nluIIuI4y lt-'l a'-- . ,l.s
't .t.i.relus ald blo"l-1 a......r. of
..rlDuW4AB us t-r t.'i.I ,,r
rr. .a... couple ine t4"o-', 'erferel
s...I Robinson, bis beas mel mel o..f hen
t... ...r.l uu t4c l.lut i'.- '.'- .'''rl. l.n-
.....i l.e llAnerA t"e Di .-- ',,..,-
o. .. ..au.eI liuu tue POI -.'..'.i bv
t.r..I Iy ll4 i-turi e-1 i-0
t.. ....f. ,....... rre-
lu.s Na.u-e Lt'l.' ei i.--~r.1 ioien-
.uI .I.4Ir. .aauuu "No''r
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
HON. TOM TOM IS A BOTHER.
He Keeps the POpuliSt Brethren From a
More Perfect Union.
no Fusion OF ELECTORS IN VIRGINIA.
Two of the Watsouists, However, Agree TO
stump tho state for the Chicago Ticket
and There You Are-Mr. Wedder-
burns Part in the Conference.

.....,.. f,...,-..,,,....t ~ tho con florence
..,,.... .tete
N.'"'.' VI ''- ..i.,..
Friday rl.bt. without reaching amy con-
,.,...,.... g., ,.... ,.,....r.tood th.t the mat
e..... or The p0pu-
''' ""' -' "'' .' ..,,.i i'm fhe
list Committee however ..,
,ur Yesterday. and when seen in Ics@iu
....... ttat thev were done
20 ,"o 'i'.' ..lt,s had occupied the
VIZ" 'i'o i...'',''' ,.t,-.rce for u whole
alteNuon OF '"o
cay .r r-, AGAIN
~ - ,''.ilrs Of the Chicago
Later some o' ''.. f, lie city with
parry sun ...--1 ,eere prevailed upon
O"'.'i ''''' I.. f,s,on question. and rep
10 i'' 20 I,1,b narties gathered at
.''' tr..,i "a ID o'clock Two com
Nuip". ,.'.re assigned 10 them and
m'tiee-r'vh,, 80 one and their
TIE free Ed. .e'.. (t,.o~
Iopuhsi uI, ''.' 81 4 Nyoddorburn. Of
Ihe N''.- ,,frginfa Committeeman of
alIlaN ''.-' &c.. ..srt, ulaved an im-
the N.'-''.'.' ~, i.rino'nr about Yesterdays
poriii' ia'' tfe ,.9s ve,-, desirons that
com ..,..- ,,,,,i3 fuse believing that
l.e WV ..ro,i5 be- left undone to bring
no'D.'s ''',.' ,..','-',b m the cause Of sill
"''"' ,r- yv,lderburn went before both
YER pr. NJ .,. Soc,, on5 5' Feminist leaders yes
terday and urseu 'na' envy
aereement, nt,-.o,.D,r ro,, TOM
IiiL m -. or'-1e'li.- Ieadcrs made certain
the ~ ....,r.,S,, INIT thev we're re-
iroposl,ions ,.s,..,rg hat tbeir propo-
fused. the lailer i,isiS,''- 80 '.,,,I
s.lion OF Friday should be accep'eu' shorld
W.. .,,-.o~s .but the point that
created so much aiieuly 1a, GIe these electors
was that whether or hos oe rot,nr for
should, nave ave 'to ,o- RVirc-President.
-rra representatives Of the Chicago party
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

ALBANY, s.. Y., oct. 3.-Ine srOte-t
Of Elliott Danl0rth. chairman OK The
DemosnaLlc state O'muf.ile. a-allsL
tAe Secretary Of state recognizing the
stae nominations oL the Demlcratic
party reform orglull4toA under the
newly-adoYted name Of tie National
Democratic par y. uas filed to-day with
the Secretary Of State. Secretary Pat
mer has already hell that such nemina-
ton was considered legal, and that those
nominations could Ds filed. Ii is not
expected that be will reconsider his de-
cision. 1t is expected that the mattev
will be brought into the courts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
IHE IOUA or GRE We.
tree-siiyer speeches-Bishop Randolph
Confirms Il ght Persons


Confirms Il ght Persons
CEEWE. VA. Oct. 3.-Special.-Hon 4
G.. Southall. OF Amelia county, and Judge
Asa Watkins, or tarmsiile, addressed .
large crowd at Manns hall last night
on the subject OF free SILVER and The Chit
caso platform
Bishop Randolph held confirmation SER
vices at Gibson Memorial Ep scopal
church this afternoon at 2:S0 ookHk
when four gentlemen s&ld fur ladies
wcra confirmed
Miss Mabel Jeremy. Of Burkevilie. .
waiting Mrs r. W Kidd
Sir Robert Harrison. OF Richmond. IL
visiting his sister, Mrs. Hatcher Moore.
Mrs. J. ]. Wilson returned to-day from
a visit 10 Richmond
The missicn services which have been
In progress at the Gibson Memorial Epis-
copal church since Tuesday and which
have been conducted by Rev. oscar S
Runtfne. rector OF 81. Pauis church. in
Petersburg, closed tonight.
Bishop Randolph will hold conhrma-
ticn services at the Episcopal church to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 O'clock.
Miss Nora Brown, OF Petersburg. ar
rived yesterday to visit her aunt. Mrs.
William Hardy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
BONDS FOR NEWPORr ALWs'
An Election Ordered to Take tue sense oil
in. CiiileDs on the Question

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Oct. 5.-Spe,
cisiIine city council last nlSht passeu
an ordinance providing tor an eiee.io" ,, So-
venh.r 3d. 10 take the sense OF the peo~
~, n tn- question OF lsSulnS A<,OyO IA
honds Tor three public school buildings.
Union Of Virginia viii mold its state Con-
ycntion here, beginning next wednesday.
The total exports from this port Tor
SanTember amounted To SoSp.3'o. VI this
amount S44Y. 1913 was bread-stuns ana
so:gusIg for cattle and meat products.
During the month nine vessels entered
lo.l 4O4d.sn itJieS ana twenty -S'sns
cleared fer foreign ports.
Mr.. Il. L. Duncan. weil-known busi-
ne nan OF this city, left this evening
70. AZ ,mao county. where ne VIII Do
marriet N Tuesday next TO Miss Juha
l.ue. al accomplished lacy OF that
county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

Dl-RIIN. oct. 3.-Twelve thousand per-
so,s ,,sser,pled en- the grounds OF the
ROYAL Dublin Plain at balsDride to-day
10 witness the lnree-mile running con,
fsst OF the intern tlonal professional
championship between Thomas Connsu
the irish American sprinter, ana rreueriss irs \
~ recon champion OF England. Ihe
weather was fair. but the turf was heavy,
oyinr 10 recent rains. The men starst d
at a slow pace. unfinished the nile In
5:l3. II was evident long before the mile
was finished that Connef was gong very
hsdtv and after running 800 yards be-
vond the mile he was dead beat. and
coliapsed completely As he sank TO the
grorad the attendants ran tc him and
carried him from the field. Bacon Kept
on. and finished the three miles In the
very 20. time OF 1929 3-5.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

War A. tD0,a 10y NtAt AlaS.
JACKSONVILLE. Oct S-samuel
lolon. whoae arrest anu detention lD
Havana prison cal1e4 A..,l worus Detw,eA
Consult el-eIAi l.eo aAu General Weyler.
PASSED through Gaze c.ly t4s morning en-
route 10 haeAins,ou where he viii nie
cltm nil t.ls Government Tor s,00y
damages against Spain.
.ir. Iclya is al American citizen. who
has extensive sugar interests near Matan-
zas. H8 was arrested on board an Amer
icln vessel by the spanlards. Who sus-
pcctca him OF aiding tine insurgents Mr.
Ipiou was Boz jail during the battle on
tne r.oHa. hll plainly heard the heavy
ir.nE u tic West a. aas at night. and
the llre aul clash could Dee plainly seen
There WAS great excitement ln Havana,
be learned afterwards and he people
feared an Invasion. especially when cour-
iers from the front brought dispatches
telling Weyicr his troops were being scat
tered nrd broken before tlo onsiaushfs OF
the columns of Mnrco
Iuion fats General Arolcs has in-
formed Ncyler that in Maceo's attack
on tho trocha. so Spanish troops were
Killed. General Arolas has also Informed
Wcyier that Spain cannot conquer the
Insurgents with lc41 than 5000 more
troops not boys. but men-"and OF
these" De- fags. fully 5000 must bite
tho dust"
Mr.. Tolon IS bitter against Spain for
her treatment OF him. lie is warm
sdrnirer OF Consul. General Lee and says
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
Scientist. Rernrn From Jaran.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. oct. 3.-Ar-
thur Curtis James. the yacht Coronet and
the party Of scientists carried to japan
10 observe the Ausust eclipse Of the
sun. have returned here. Though clouds
interfered greatly with the plans Of Pro-
fessor Todd the results obtained viii be
Of much interest and profit to science
The party took up its station at Esashi.
on the northern coast Of Yesso. on Au-
gust 9Th. the corona was seen and great
number OF photographs made in the two
minutes and thirty seconds OF the totally
of eclinse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
LATER REPORTs FROM FLORIDA.
Many Appeals for Aid From Destitute
Sufferers.

JACKSONVILLE. FLA. oct. 3.-Re-
ports from the remoter sections where the
storm visited Increases The number OF
dead.
tsom Cedar Keys. on the gulf. almost
10 the doors OF jacksonville. como the
heart-renuing stories OF ruin.
The storm not only laid The forest low
but swept away residences and out
buildings, and left hundreds II not thou
sands Of people without food or shelter
The condition Is one Of actual suffering
that has never before been experienced
in this State. From all parts Of the
stricken district come appeals for aid that
cannot but touch the hearts Of all who
read them.
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that Spain would never dare insult the
United States Il this Government had
the backbone OF the Virginian.
Mr.. Tolon is accompanied by Senor
Nunez. a merchant Of Cardenas. VINO
fell under Weyler's disPeasue and
was expelled from Cuba. senor NuneS
has seen letter from Madrid to Wey-
Ter urging him TO crush the revolution
q, once. III you do not conquer the
rcbels by May ist." It says. Spain VIII
srroiv lose the island OF Cuba
The letter IS now common tak N
UQVgua.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
A, r,r, Fire m Manchester.

About i:3o O'Clock this morning a fire
broEe ont i'm a double frame building,
corner Twelfth and Mcpcnough streets
In Manchester. The buildings were oc-
crpind hv colored people and were In
rather dilapidatel condition. one OF the
houses burned down entirely, while the
other was only partly damaged. The
loss caused by the IRE was trililng.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

VIII Preach at st. Marks To-Day but Has
Not Accepted the Call.

Rishon c. c. Penick, OF baltimore, who
has heen rendered a call 10 become the
r.oto ~ St Marks Protestant Epis-
copal church. arrived in this city yes
terday. and during his stay VIII De tne
guest OF lfr. william c. Bentley at ,vs
east Franklin street. The Bishop VIII
occupy the pulpit ot st. Marks church
FOR the Rev. George @. Abbittt today
at both serviccs-1l A. VI. and +. NJ
p,sbon penicl, rae not yet rendered his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

speak a. Alexandfil and Are Interrupted
%, uoodfuns.


b, uoodiums.
ALEXANDRIA,. VA, oct. Especial
Ex-Go1ellsr Mm. l.. Cameron and MI.
Morgan Il. Beach spoke acre tonight.
Tue meeting WAS neld al the opera House
ana nearly every seat Was Ailed, While me
LOBBY was packed ana tie gallery was
ruler than any Democratic meeting, so
lar, has nAed II tAls year.
III was very representative gathering
yet, OF course, there Was an element oent
on making a disturbance, and II was gone
about H. the new Richmond way
MI. Beach, young AleAandran, born
and bred, and son or the late ;. Ferguson
Beach. one VI the strongest men Ol the
Alexandra bar, from early IN the wa IN
I'll lew years ago. was so frequently IN
terrupted by the people that II looked as
though the meeting would at one time
or another be brought to sudden close.
He probably never spoke before al a
political meeting. certainly never TOOK such
a part IN one as he did last nishl, and ev-
ldently IL was purposed TO simply rattle
Beach and mix UP the Colonel Oy either
interruptlng them with questions OF hur-
rahing al tho name OF any si.verlte men
toned.
sA5-UEL G.. BRENT.
The meeting was called 10 order by Mr..
Samuel o. Brent about clock lie
said they Were assembled as Democrats
TO endorse the principles Of Democracy
taught boy the fathers OF the past aud The
platform on which they stood was 70 wide
that every American citizen could ma
room on IL.
lie then introduced Mr. Georse K. Hill
a prominent cracker manufactures and
recently member OF the Anderson Con
gressional delegation, by Will OF the peo-
Die OF his ne shn9ihOod. lie has hereto
fore been an uneompromislng Democrat.
MR.. HILLS SPEECH.
Mr.. Hill said
MY Friends and Fellow-Citizens We
are here In the interests OF sound money.
stable government. and common pros
perity for al the people.
80 new and so portentous are some or
the economic and governmental questions
introduced into the present campaign
that business nTn are being forced into
the arena OF politics. feeling, doubtless,
that they should come to the front and
openly stand for those principles which
seem TO them to be best for all the people.
regardless or the party whips.
''lt Is an open <ecret that some OF our
friends, who are merciiessly lashing the
sound-money Democrats for openly oppos-
Ing the Chicago nominee. are themselves
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

IN-T-VT N-TTT- =
NEW YORK. Oct 3.-EX-Mayor Thorn
as =. Gnroy was a passenger on the
steamship Paris, which arrived to-day
from southampton.
In an Interview with reporter OF the
United Press. he said he was an out and
out gold nun and declared he would vote
for Palmer and Buckuer. lie denounced
the Chicago platform as anarchy pure
and simple
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

ST. LOUIS oct. 3.-Cutting prices on
tobacco has been renewed after ccssa-
tion OF hostilites for several months The
renewal Of the combat was due 70 = cut
of plug tobacco made by the American
Tobacco Company information OF which
reached here yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

John $. johnson Gocs Mile in i;8O e-5 at
the New AnicAro Irack.

CHICAGO, oct. 3.-Ihe splendid new
track which the West Side Park Com
mission built ln Garfield Park, was dedl-
Gated this afternoon. the occasion being
marked by the smashing Of two records.
Paced 10y trplet. John s. Johnson went
twice around the haH-miie track IN
40 25. breaking the worlds record
James Michael. the welsh midget. rode
FIVE miles in 9.3s. breaking tine American
record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
Nnrfnlk NrM,naner CHANGES.

News recentiy purchased by r. IA. Hart,
fcrmer owner Of the Chattanooga Times.
suspended publication to-day. and Mr..
Hart becomes the managing editor Of
the new Daily Pilot, OF this city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
seaboard Not Sold to Southern.

NORFOLK. VA, Oct. 3.--Vice-Presl-
dent II. 81 John, Of the Seahoard Air Line.
d,uies cmphatlcaly the rumOr Cat the
SeaDoard has about been scld 10 the
Southern. lie did not say that the latter
had not made propositions looking to the
purchase.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
WEATHER. FORECAST.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Oct. 3.-Weather
forecast Tor Sunday:
virT1nt.-rar. POSSIBLY preceded by
ly winds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
RANGE or THERMOMETER

The range Of the thermometer at The
Times Office yesterday was as follows:
A. NJ. 62; u A.. 10; L. M., 81;
p. NJ, a.; 0 p. NJ. 90; II ~. 81. Aver
age, g. -.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
nsrocrot, 70 Canvass North Carolina

RALEIGH, n. c., Oct. 3.-The state Ex-
ecutiye Committee OF the National Demo-
cratic Committee has arranged TO thcr-
will begin in Raleigh next Monday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
Csutrx's Race Postponeh.

READyILLE, MASS. Oct. 3.-John X.
Gentry effort TO beat his own worlds :
record OF 200 IL was again postponed.
the track and weather conditions not be-
ing considered favQrabls BY the owners.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

GALSDEN. ALA, Sept. 6.-The
engineer of Alabama Great southern pas
senser train No. 2. tnat leit Atlanta at
Az A. NJ. to-day found that be had
a,ranle passenger which be had been ca'-
T. llE for twenty-five miles.
ar Douustlle che engine struck
CAll. and when the train had been stop
pea Ae tOuAd "a animal lodged in the
lap OF young woman who was riding
upon TIE cOWcatcher and holding In her
arms young child. When the cOwcatch-
en- struck the calf IL threw Il upon the
woman lap weighing her down so tnat
she could not move. When found she
was unconscious and the babe asleep.
Hh7 N~s Its. -ti from her pclhOgs plal-
uon BY tee engineer and fireman ana put
OIL 4t COllinsvlile. The woman was about
twenty-five years OF age well dressed. and
good looking She refused to give her
name, where she came from, or where
she was going Atlanta Constitution.
A spectator at New York show the
other night fen dead
Lillian Kennedy viii star In the "Dea-
cons Daughter"
Irving will act Napoleon in MADAME
Sans Gene"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
THE POPULIST CANDIDATE.
Bryan'S Letter Accepting the Nomination
Given Out.
IGNORES EVERYTHING BUT SILVER
Praise for the Populists I'm Their w orkin
Favor of Free Coinage-He 10 Sure
Plan of Electoral Fusion by Sill
verites " i'll be Adopted.

ST. LOUIS, oct. 3.-William ]. Bryan
to-day gave out his letter accepting the
Popu!lst nomination. il reads as fol-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
Bimeta1lism Not Bi-Materialism.

Blmetallisnl is not a question OF how
many ma+EIials shall be used in max
ing ne nations money.
Tor this purpose the United States
employs several materials, such as
copper nickels, paper, silver and gold,
but whatever the form or denomina-
ton of money the value of all is meas
ured by gold and gold alone. Hence
gold is the single standard of value.
Under bimetallism both gold and silver
are standards of value.
John Sherman, in a speech delivered
in the senate on August 80, 1898, de-
clared that he was a bimetallist, for
he said he believed in freely coming
the more valuable metal and coming
the cheaper metal at the legal ratio,
and the maintaining by the fat of the
government coins of the two metals
at parity with each other
Mr. Sherman outlines what has
been actually done under the
Bland and Sherman laws. The United
States has freely coined gold (when-
ever it could, and has purchased sill
yer as a commodity and coined it in
restricted quantities, and maintained
the parity of these coins with gold by
the fiat of the government" This
may be characterization" but it is not
bimetallism. and it is difficult to see
how Senator Sherman can honestly
call it so. Furthermore, silver coin
maintained at fictitious value by the
fiat of the government" is fiat money,
and differs from paper fiat money only
in degrees.
When silver is freely coined the coins
have the same value that silver bullion
has in the markets of the world. In
that case the fiat of the government
has no more to do with maintaining
the value of silver coin than it has Of
gold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
FREE COINAGE TALK. 5
&

ropean binetallism, since the continued
use of silver in Europe kept gold from
approaching in America. After the
F'ranco-Prussian war Germany @aaw fit
to stop the free coinage of silver and
adopt the single gold standard. This
action depressed the value of silver,
and the commercial ratio in that year
was 1892 to l. This was almost 16 to /,
at which point, if reached, silver would
begin to come to the minis of tine
United States. The burden which the
United States sihirked in 1884, IT now
made haste to throw off altogether by
wholly demonetizing silver. The dis
astrouS effects of this legislation are
now only too Well known.
The United States was a compare
lively small nation in 1884, 1t is now
the most wealthy and powerful nation
on earth. In 1884 1T shirked and in 1873
wholly refused to perform its duty in
maintaining the peoples money, but
for its own self-preservatiOn it is now
compelled to take the lead in re-esltab-
fishing silver as a money Of COM
merCe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
What Is Free coinages

Free coinage" is the term applied
10 a governmental policy whereby the
owner of any money metal can take the
same TO the government mint and have
1T converted into coin without charge.
A farmer takes grist Of wheat to
mill. and, after paying a certain charge
or toll for milling, brings away -four. In
the same way the owner of a bar of
gold bullion can take the same to any
mink Of the United States, and bring
away gold coin. Formerly the govern
ment made a small charge for convert
ing the bullion INTO coin, called seign-
forage. This seigniorage was one-hfeh
of one per cent, which amounted TO one
dollar for every five hundred coined
AS it is the policy of the government To
encourage the owners of gold to con-
vert the same into coin, Congress pass
ed a law in 1875 providing that gold
bullion might be converted into coin an
the government minis without charge.
This is the free coinage of gold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
Year.

The worlds production of silver, as
compared with gold since 1873, has not
been excessive. Part of the time the
latio of production has been below Is
to 1 and part of the time above. AT no
time did the relative production OF ST.
Yer rise as high as during the first 40
years of this century, yet during those
two score years the relative value of
silver with gold was stable, while that
stability was lost Immediately after
1873. The reason why the commercial
ratio of silver with gold declined from
1873 to ! in 1873 to 1926 to l in 1894, was
not any alleged ''oveTpr0duction" of sill
Yer, but its characterization. The state
ment of venal goldEbug papers that the
RECOMMENDATION and free coinage of sill
YER will do nothing toward re-establish-
ing its parity with gold at the ratio
is glaringly and ridfculously false.