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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

%f3"".:".! s"iI ani ""I -" CENT 81 81
600 IN gold and only 500" 600 in silver
They haN" been hur@in& tl" shore. while
oar miners AMI I'"pnli>ts have rilotci us
int" deep water.
How much silver Is there for each
person in the big natiousf'
W have 50 in silver for each person
in tins country. but the people only take
20 cents. They kick SIS back into the
treasury. England has $oSS per person.
Germany has $50 and France SD. hut
5? of II lies idle and all silver coinage is
stopped, and their red lantern hangs
out"
Some nations have free coinage" sug.
.gested the T"pulist.
"Ccriainly and look AT their condi-
t,on, They are bankrupt. Our silver
dollar is still worth 1UO cents i'm gold
anywhere on earth. Eut in the free coin
age nations. like Mexico. Japan. China
md India. where free coinage has bank
ruptcd those nations their dollars are
worth 80 cents. They have no gold.
Gold He'd with free coinage. IL will do
so again
China has no gold at all You say?'
None nj all. China has 500. 600 900
worth of a0c"nt silver. hut Ia gold;
India has Sl,O. UU. 600 in silver. and no
gold, Spain. wrecked 10y too FREE. coin
age of silver. has S1Gt;, 600. 900 i'm silver
and Sio.on.Wn III gold. and Mexico hns
Soo;NW,ooU III silver and $5.OUO.UOO in
gold"
"How much money To the person cir
culates III Those free coiuagc countries. 2"
asked the Iopulist.
China has Sic. while the United
States has So: Mexico has 81. Ind,,
you
"Who suffers ft0m free coinsao
there
"Erery"nc. Every man has last i.nIi
his wealth. \ man IN Japan. Mexico.
ChInn or India who was worth XltsHl
thirty years ago ~ worth $500 today
The pay of the iaf,"nnr has not L.,.u
changed. bat "A man wAhu gets Ia cent, n
day IN CHM. lapan ar India r,aIIy
.E'ts5
Mr.. Perkins. my letter of credit ,nlleI
Tor $500 III American dollars. When I
got there | ;,und Slo.5OO g. my crcd,t
IN Mexican a. .Iapan"." dollars. Now
who has ever lost anything by the Amer
lean dollar Not i mah. II IN M rnnJ
aH gold. our rood government has put
gold under il. l:ut free connie. w.uiL
brenk I'll" camel back. II wo,lJ b,,,.
III {" the level 81 NrNico aud InGiu"
What would -" ia" hFAt RESULT of
free 0oinnr, - "
"Au gold would hide away. Ih., v,.
are now exporting annually x10tssI n0
worth of commercial silver and ..lb,,
enough ~ mabr II l"Ilar Tor ~ u,ntr
That IA - to l. The fire.. -i,,,,.s
want their silver coined like nur ..i,..I
silver. /" q" !. and hn. led bach Sc then
With thu Government paying u anuld.
value tor silver cNportni"u would .,,sr
and tn" government W"u-l pay Ia, min
rrS i'r what they are
How selling t"r $lnW" UOO Then
IL" outppr would ln,t.a>r. W.,
II nod ~>N"rst'"Ti worth # silver
l. iN33. Ia 1880 v" void mlur
ALtE.. fuI tHMt A-.f Ar. I.
hltd We w.a.I a,, ., '.t. q, aud
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

Sc III" SStn" "i<E'"d' t""r"'fnr.ir :rH"1 w"T~
themselves tu ia" r"v'tu"r had signed
tn" hin which rai~'d tn' iHtc" of Kansas
corn from l., cents t, ~ ccnts a hushcl.
Nil the people now t.it rich. They
bought many luNur!,~ and the most of
them Went in d'ht. Then the farmers
from orhcr states began hauling their
corn to Kansas. 1t seemed as if the coun-
try was all corn and Il was all headed
for Kansas. Tho people of Kansas took
their mclicin'-that j.. they took the
corn and gnV' W Their wheat.
The farmers from the other states
thought Kansas people We're queer. but
they kept bringing them their corn. Corn
came III and wheat went ont.
When the other states saw this vast
accumulation, ia" rI.,c # corn began 10
decline Till il could t." purchased any
where except IL Nau>as iur 10 cents Il
lnislicl. Ia Kansas the price was still
10 cents. which was The price of wheat,
but there were l." buyers. When the
autumn cam" the KaL>a> people did not
have any wheat Tor seed. Then they
sent to the nciThhor.ng states and i'm
plor~l farmers to exchange wheat al a
| parity with corn. l'ut the farmers said:
we will cNchang" ON" buslel of wheat
for four and on,-half bushels of corn
Our law replied the Kansas people.
puts corn and wheat at a parity. They
are equal. for our WISE men SAID they
| should he" And the farmers replied:
Your wise men are asses; let them eat
| your corn" 50 the kausans went back
! home and all their Io"rlc were in de-
spair.
Then the governor again assembled
the wise men and sand to them. Most
c~onsummatc. picturesque AMI glttcrlng
rnll darncl fools. There Is but one
bigger fool than yourselves. IL is he
who addresses yuu.
I'VE Thought we could bluff the ever
lasting law Of supply and demand with
nur statute. We Thought we could leg
islatc value mt" a thing and make our
people rich hy law. We thought
we were, patriotic. We were idiotic.
Let rs honestly acknowledge our as
sininiiy. repeal car tool law. get back
into line with The oih,r states and mag
inc no more that W axe wiser than the
whole world. ID Tins. .ud may We live
long enough e. nu"W that the other
states have ceased ta4Ihiu& at our folly
and that oar own stat, has ceased ours
lnr us for IT,
Then the WIS" n.'n repealed the law,
but it WAS MANY years before the Ico-
pie recovered ilom lie ~,l:r'tS "t the corn
.at
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10
BRYAN CHEAP DOLLAR
His Sole Aim is to Reduce the
Value Of the Monetary
Standard.
BASES HIS ARGUMENTS ON IT
Ciaptrap by Which the Orator Seeks
to Capture Foolish
Voters.

Mr.. Bryan's "informaI' speech accept
ing the nomination for the presidency
was carefully written beforehand. and it
took about two hours time to deliver it.
1t can hardly he necessary. therefore, TO
wait for his formal letter" in order to
learn his views on the issues of the cam
paign.
The most of his long and proSy speech
is devoted to what he calls the para
mount question of the campaigu-thc
mooney uuC~tiou.' And as this l. in fact
the real issue other parts If hI~ speech
may lac. d~i>r.gar,lr'i. nr at least comment
~ th.In LLnN be-. LMl-l Ln.L..l.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10
PERKINS ON SILVER
The Only Eli Tells the Hollow
Tale of Free
Silver.
HE SIZES UP THE SITUATION.
Good Reasons Advanced for Being
on the Side of
God.

care YOU in favor of both silver and
gold:' asked a Populist of Eli Perkins.
Certainly said Eli. every civilized
nation uses the two metals-gOld and
silver-bnt the United States is the only
nation that has coined as much silver
as gold. We have been rank bimetal-
lists. We have stood by silver too long.
We have coined S623. :300.O 600 worth of
silver and S62G. 900. 600 worth of gold"
What nave the other great natiOns
coinei:" asked the Populist.
why. they have coined less than half
as much as we have. England tthe
United Kingdom) has coined and has on
hand $4,000 600 worth of silver and
S55O.0OO. 900 in gold; France has $493.-
O0.OO i'll silver and SS25.OOO.oOO in
gold: Germany has only S21J. 900, 900 in
silver and S625.O 900 in gold: Russia
has only S4S. 100000 in silver and $45J,-
10000 in gold"
Then we have coined about as much
Silver as all of them together?'
Not quite. These four great nations,
with a population Of 249.O0O,OO O people
have on hand $50. 100000 in silver,
while we. with 100000 people, have;
SG2j.O00. o in silver" !
where Is our silver now !" asked the
Populist. /;
why. sos. 100000 lies piled up in
the treasury. 1t is rusting in the vaults.
paying no interest. ana dropping III
value. Carlisle is begging the people to
take it. freight free. bat he can only get
$56.0O0.0oO in circulation. The people
won't have it. They sling it back TO
the banks. and then the free silver men
Jump up and cry. We want more silver"
They say. The poor people are dying
for silver. Coin more!'
And how much of our gold is in cir.
culation:'
Why. every. solitary dollar-SG2G. OOO.-
GOO worth Of it. The banks only hold
$12S. 600. 900
'Yon don't say the nation has no gold
at all:'
y gold of our own. We borrowed
S2oO.000.0OU from n few Americans at
3 per cent. and spcnt that running the
government-and we've got to pay it
back. Then Cleveland borrowed $780,
100000 more from the R%othschilds and
the English at 1 per cent. while our own
people We're crying FOR il NJ > per cent.
and that wcV" got 10 return il gold.
To tell Won the honest truth. This nation
has got Just S~."i.'f"h.O worth If hor-
roW"'i gold Ui IA" trctS1rv. l. isn't
owns l. Is borrowed To- prevent n ran
pa th" treasury. NTH S-luo.uswLnuO ia
.trtA slu,. fHs I.-lsls. lss~la.-%. s,l. # Nc
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

History teaches that IN all cases where
the cost of LIVING has >uddcnly increased
rs a result OF deprecated money wages
have invariably been the last Ia respond
tn such conditions. Docs anybody he
licyr that with - c,nt dollars as the
sole money of redemption ia" wage Of
The $4,000 railway 'mli"NtS world he
doubled? Would "a, salaries of the
7IoOOO school teachers he douhlrdt
Would TIA" wages at ih' ".WW,ooo WON
ON and children VIII, work in factories
b, doubled: Certainly not.-GalycstUu
NeyS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10
TALKED TO VETERANS.
Survivors of the Twenty-third
Chic Regiment Journey in a
Pody to Canton.
M'KINLEY AND HIS COMRADES.
The Major Makes a Speech Which
Rouses the Old Soldiers to
Enthusiasm.

Two hundred of Maj. McKinlcy's old
comrades in wal called at his home on
August II. They came from Cleveland
principally. hut many of them from dis
tlnt points. They were survivors OF the
Twcnty-third Ohio Volunteer infantry.
The regiment was famed for It's war
record. the number of its hard-fought
battles. including South Mountain, An
rictam and Gen. Shcridan's many bat
Ties in the Shenandoah valley in "a: for
the number of its killed and wounded.
and also for its great men noted in
war and civil life.
OF the field officers only two survive
Gen. William $. Rosccrans of San Fran
cisco and Gen. Russell Hastings OF the
Bermuda islands.
The scene today was a touching one.
Mrs. Mckinley sat in the hallway near
the porch. from which the major re-
sponded to the eloquent greeting gwen
him by Capt. Holm :. Ellen. mayor Of
WillOughby. The old soldiers cheered
and the old flag waved with every hurst
of applause. Capt. Ellen told of VIII
liam Mckinney as a private soldier, say
ing in part:
Comrade: We have assembled here
today from all parts of the union AMI
late You. our comraic in arms. OF yCur
nomination as Il candidate for the Presi-
dent Of the United States. | remember
that Co. f. had one member very youth
tut IN appearance, so much so that Capt.
Robinson of the Fifth infantry made
some inquiry as to age and consent Of
parents.
Eager for the Fray.
The answers Of the recruit were So
prompt and so decisive and his desire
so very modest. and asking 10 te en-
rolled as Il private, that the officer with
out further hesitation administered the
oath and William Mckinley. Jr.. at the
age of II. was made Il full-iedgca pri-
waite soldier in the Union army. OGreat
applause and three cheers for Mckin-
lcy.)
Then away to the hills and mountains
of West Virginia. where we fought and
SkirmIShcd the summer away. meeting
and defeating Confederate Gen. Floyd
at CarinfaX Ferry. September 10. 1861
In recognition of your bravery. eff
ticiency and fidelity to duty. you were,
in April. 1862. appointed to the commits
stoned staff cOmmissary sergeant. Those
ready 70 hear testimony to the very
marked improvement and regularity a.
service in this one branch of military
life. If from any cause the coming at
the supply trains were delayed and ra-
tioils were short. Mack did IKE NEXT
best thing and made "a roquISiiInu on tli'
country round about. Al 81 later day
your -Hlilutry and h"'i"iiJy secuted v".ir
III. general star. Itut Whatever tu.. d.
fiu.rinu or DISPARITY ia rank N"ff AWAY :
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10
To William =. BRYAN.

You shall net r.rod the sides of labor
with coads oi SILVER. You shall not inn
pale the labor,;s wife upon the pruugs
Of high cost and low Waterbury
american.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

%%i%"''ai".ifnn"2F' II III" pull" faith. I"nr
", stand shoulder to shoulder now a.
then. We rally about You and TIA" gl"ri
Gus banner You now carry with our oih
love and loyalty, and declare with you
that 'tlIc money of our country must tr
rs Sound as the Union and as unfair
uiShcd as it's flag" With an abiding
faith in the virtue. intelligence, honor
and discriminating Judgment of the
American people, "" again congratulate
You and bid you t~'ndspccd. Great APP
plauSc and chccring.b
Happy Reply of Mr.. Mckinley.
When a storm of applause had sub
sided Mai. Mckinley responded:
Can't. Ellen and My Comrades # the
Twenty-third Ohio: This call of the sur
viving members of the old regiment with
which | served for more than our years
at nv home i. Il most gracious act on
their part, and brings to me peculiar and
special qualification. As | look upon
this little body of men assembled about
me-. and remember that this is but the
remnant of the old Twcnty-third that,
thirty-tivc years ago, had 1910 sturdy
Young men Oh its roll ready for duty,
and tina il WAS twice recruited to The
total number of nearly ZOO, that here
is gathered possibly less than 100, and
that is one fourth of the surviving Wcm-
bcrs of our glorious old regiment, | am
wildly reminded how rapidly the Years
are passing, and with them are passing
our old associates of the war. The sur
! vivors are scattered through twenty
four states of the union. Some # our
members are in the territories. On" of
them restless on the other side # the
water. I;ut wherever they are. and IN
whatever vocation they may be engaged.
they all love the old rcEinI"ntal "r&anIza
tion which is the pr"udcst thing 10 them
on earth. lApplausc
/" H. -. .,.t -. ,,rAni -, -
field officers: great III ia" character of
the rank and file that constituted II.
Our hearts 20 out with tenderness and
love. | am sure. Ia TIA" FIRST colonel of our
regiment. cen. William =. IioSrcrins,
10 his distant home IN California. lGrcat
W. all remember his splendid diSci
plinc and gentle qualities, and We rem IN
her with what pride W" marched u"lcr
his command in West Virginia in 1861.
Tribute To >cann"m.
Ana we remember. too. that ether
REGULAR army officer. thar splendid Snl
dicr. cen. T.. l.. Scammun lchccrSl
not the most popular man IN the IrSi-
mrnt in it's earlier days, for we 'hought
his discipline very severe ana hlS lrIil
very hard, hut after the battle of South
Mountain. Gen. Scanlnon was the most
populnr man in the regiment. lCrcnt aIr
ul,usr.I We knew then for the FIRST
time what his discipline meant and what
strength il gave to Ms on the battlefield.
Nor can we assemble here rs we have.
tnd,y without recalling the third colonel
at the Twenty third Ohio. who WAS long
est with us. Rutherford H. Hayes. It,rrut
,hrrriug lie was believed 10y every man
of the regiment, and II" Drawer colonel
ever led his soldiers Ia battle. Nor Stan
lev Matthew's. the first licut~cuant-coluuci
of the regiment the great soldier AMI
L., \ntlnuS. \nr cam 49,. fnr..t
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

- f..-Ts.Tf..I n g.fffnE tb'ir I's,N ~ t'i
lars worth nrNwIt'r. FROM IL I" ~ i"r
cent. los than The dollars They are ttpW
r|ottiu... or tn" dollars they deposited, IN
vested or raid in premiums.
There j. ground remaining to b" coy
cred in that formal letter though tn"
.informaI" speech WAS two hours long
Chicago Chronicle Ibcm.b.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

don * one nr T.r"ju'ii." rather th"n on"
ri,ra~r. "SiIr"r iS ia" poor mans mon
| .y =" W.. I"uht very much II ia" man
who carried that Transparency could
have given an intelligent answer. Under
present conditions II silver dollar of III"
United States will buy just rs much at
home or abroad rs Il gold dollar. III
mskcs 10 difference to the workingman
whether he receives his weekly wages
in gold or silver coin. The amount oi
goods he can purchase is the same. IN
ill the agitation of the silvcrit"s drove
the gold of the country into hiding places
workmcn were often paid IN gold ana
when this silver craze is squclclcd they
will again receive gold as Il part OF their
wages.
There is one way. however, i'll which
silver can hr said to he the poor mans
money. In those countries where the
cuiuac. of silver il unrestricted the wage
carncrs are cmphatically poor. y list
of those countries is printed III another
column this morning and the wages pald
10 skilled and unskilled lah"rcrs given. AS
Mas shown by the we'll authenticated let
tcrs from Mexico published III tn" lN"-
puhltcan Oh Friday and Saturday the
price of the ncccSSarics OF HE III these
countries is double the price paid in the
United Stutes. Is this 'thc poor mans
money" TINT the wagc-cnrnrrs of the
United States ara. Ia vote for! Are they
willing 10 sink Ia the level oi the MrNi-
| can poem or the cD"lie of lndiai II 50
the way to .fu il IL to vote for the fire."
| and unlimited coinage of silver. II n
free coinage law such as TX contemplated
by the silvrritcs L.. passed. one of two
things must happen. Either th" SILVER
of the entire. w,ILI must b" lifted l." II
parity with gold or the silver dollar "i
The United States must sink To- Tia" level
of Mexico and other silver countrica.
In that cape the wages Of the working
man will lr' eat IN tw" and he viii III
decd have oauh4' to talk of poor innnn
money"
Why should not ia" inh"r'T continue
To- L. pnid IA good money Cedar Rap
ils Republican.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-12-24
Grant ~ y Young Debater.

Apparently Grant entered the Philo-
mathean Debating club, Maysvillo, Ky,
for the first time at Its thirty third meot-
ing, Jan. 8, 1887 Ho took prominent
part at once by IL curious coincidence tho
question for this first evening was Re
solved, That tho Texans were not Justified
in giving Santa Anna his liberty In
the names of the dcbaters this night there
appears OH tho record II. U. Grant. Ho
was Oh the affirmative side. He was on
tho affirmative side ut the thirty fourth
meeting, with this question, Resolved,
That females WELD greater influence In
society than males. The affirmative
side won in this case as well as tho other
At the thirty fifth meeting his namo APP
pears on the affirmative of the question--a
very vital one at that time" Resolved,
That 1t would not DO just and polite to
liberate the slaves ut this timo' Again
he WAS on the winning side. AT the thirty
sixth meeting the name appears U.
Grant on the affirmative side OF the reso-
luton that "intcmperance Is a greater
evil than war.
At the thirty seventh meeting he was
elected, together with his friond A. II.
MARYLAND and w. Richcson, as member
Of committee. He also took part in the
debate ON the question, Resolved, That
Socrates was right in not escaping when
the prison doors were opened to him. He
took the affirmative, and 1t was again the
successful side. And in all the succeeding
meetings down to March ~, 1887, the rec
ord shows him to have been active, but
after that date his name does not appear
Tho probabilities are that he returned
home to help put in the crop.-Halnlin
Harland in McClure's.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-12-24
They Never Sleep.

Tho experts in tho different branches OF
the sciences are now pretty we'll agreed
that there are several species of fish, rep
tiles and insects which never sleep during
thor stay in this world. Among the fish
it Is now positively known that the pike,
tho salmon and the goldfish never sleep at
all; also that there arc several others OF
tho fish family that never sleep more than
few minutes during month and which
take no rest whatever during the breeding
season. There arc dozens of species of flies,
mostly tropical, which never indulge in
slumber, and from three to five species OF
serpent on each Of tho continents which
the naturalists have never yet been ablo to
catch mapping,
Some years ago theory founded on the
observations OF I.eeuwcnhoek, Sir John
Lubbock and others was to the effect that
the ant is another of the insects that are
never caught asleep. At that time, 1874. the
result Of these observations excited consid-
cradle comment and 1t was declared to DO
"the only exception known In the animal
world to the general rule that sleep Is
necessary consequent Of labor" More OK
tended observations, however, have proved
that there are several exceptions to the
general rule Of periodical slumbcr in the
animal creation. st Louis Republic.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-12-24
NOTED FAMILY or SOLDIERS.
Fourteen Of the McCooks Have Held Po
a1tiona In the Army.

Fourteen Of the McCooks Have Held Po-
sjtions In the Army.
At New York tho great Chinaman
Chang was introduced to Colonel McCook
as general McCook."
GLOW did you all come to be generalsP'
inquired Chang.
The Chinaman asked good many hard
questions In England and came near max
Ing himself unpopular by SO doing. But II
he chooses to ask questions In the United
States about tho McCooks he can be an
swered without difficulty.
1, Daniel McCook was killed near the
BEGINNING of the war between the states
by General John Morgan's raiders. He
was Go years old and held commission as
major.
2. John MoCook, brother of Daniel, died
IN 1865, soon after the war. He was u sur
ueon In the war Daniels ten sons and
Johns five sons all served in the war.
g. Brgadier General George Waythe
McCook, son Of Daniel, served in the Mex
lean war and in the civil war He was at
torney general of Ohio and died In 1877.
4. Brigadier General Robert Latiner
MoCook was killed in 1869.
8. Alexander Mcdowell McCook fought
his way to brigadier generalship and Is
now q retired major general, residing at
Paris
g. Brigadier General Daniel McCook
was killed on Kenesaw mountain In 1904.
z. Major General Edwin Stanton Mo-
Cook survived the war and was killed in
Dakota, of which he was acting governor.
g. Charles Morris McCook was killed at
Bull Run.
o. Colonel John James McCook sur
yiyed the war and became lawyer In
New York.
TO- Major General Edward Moody Nc.
Cook survived the war and was twice gov
ernor Of Colorado territory.
II. Brigadier General Anson George
McCook survived the war and has been
secretary Of the United States senate
H. Rev. Henry christopher McCook,
D. d., was u first lieutenant and chaplain.
IL. Commodore Roderick Sheldon Nc
Cook, u. S. N, was retired from active
service in 1889.
a. Rev, John james McCook was q
lieutenant in tho First Virginia regiment,
u. S. A., and afterwnrd q university pro-
fessor.
Certainly tho fighting McCooks' do
serve their title. II Chang asked Colonel
McCook the question, he probably did not
mean to he uncivil but was really curious
to know how SO many Of tho family camo
to DO generals. Tho answer Is easy--they
fought their way. -New Orleans Times
Dem0crat.