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The National tribune., 1896-09-03
MAI. McKINLEY'S LETTER.

Maj. McKinley's letter accepting the
Republican nomination for President OF
the United States is deservedly meeting
with the warmest praise from all sections.
1t is great, statesmanlike document.
Every issue now before the people is
fairly and squarely considered, in the
spirit of true Americanism, and with
the sincerest thought for the welfare of
the entire country. Every sentence of
the letter shows the matured states
Mantle man who has studied his
country's welfare all his life with the
deepest earnestness; who constantly
turns to the lessons of the past for
light to guide his decisions, who sees no
visions, dreams no dreams, and conjures
up no fantasies to delude the unthinking.
1t is the utterance of man to whom
the destinies this country have always
been matter of the deepest solicitude-
who has felt that her honor, welfare,
and prosperity are not matters for glib
phrases and mob-tickling demagoguery,
but objects Of the highest and most
serious thought and action. They are
things for which men should endure,
and sacrifice, and die for if necessary.
The part Of the letter referring to the
finances we have given entire, as it is of
special value. 1t states every phase of
the question with the utmost clearness
and force, and in way that cannot be
successfully answered. It is absolutely
accurate as to facts, and impregnably
logical as to deductions. 1t cannot help
raising Maj. Mckinley to high plane
in public estimation as a thinker and
reasoner. No state paper in our history
surpasses it for far-seeing wisdom and
logical presentation Of great controlling
truths.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
LIFE IN DEATH.
PERSONAL.

Col. 0. N. Backington, of Augusta, Me-, who
and was mustered out with the rank OF Major
and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel ON Nov. 3. 1869.
is credited with the belef-hat he served lon-
ger than any man in Maine.
Gen. J. P. S. Goblin is to stump PENNSYLVANIA
for Mckinley.
Prof M. E. Scheibner, of Reading. Pa, has
received War Department medal of honor for
distinguished gallantry in battle at Mine Run
Va, Nov. 81, 1863. He was with his COM
mand on that day. when an enemy's SHE'LL
with the fuse still burning, fell among his
party. In q moment it would have exploded,
and perhaps killed and MANNED all of them,
but Comrade Scheibner, with great presence of
mind, rushed to where it lay, took his can.
teen, partly filed with coffee, and emptied it
upon the rapidly burning fuse and extin.
guished it. For this cool and considerate act
he has been deservedly awarded the medal.
The late Mrs. Thomas o. selfridge ST., de-
serves special tribute. She enjoyed in her
later years the unique honor of being
both the wife and the mother of United
States Rear-Admiral. Her husband, further
more. is the oldest Rear-Admiral in the Navy.
and is now 81 years old. Not only is Mrs.
Selfridge's son Thomas Rear-Admiral, but
another son, James r., is . Lieutenant. Com.
D1ander. She might have been styled one of
the Mothers Of the Navy.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

CAN any man give good reason fol
following the lead of Isham G. Harris
J. c. S. Blackburn, Geo. G. Vest, Jas
K. Jones, John P. Altgeld, and all that
ilk? Have these men not always been
ON the wrong side of every public
question which has come up? Have
they not always advocated the most
vicious ideas and measures, which the
good sense of the country has overwhelm-
ingly condemned? Looking over their
past career. can it be possible that they
should now be urging anything that is
good and right?
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
AT Omaha Mr.. BRYAN said !:

For the welfare of our cause we have
found it necessary to hold the notification
in New York. For the good of this cause
we have concluded that it should be pre-
sened first in the enemy's country.
Enemy's country" is harsh for a
city which has been reliably Democratic
ever since there was Democratic party,
and which usually gives a Democratic
majority Of from 10000 to $4,000, or
more than that given by any States, ex-
cept Georgia or Texas.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

ALL who ordered the first six num-
bers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
LIBRARY certainly ought to have the
last six. These embrace very interest
ing matter, consisting of the following :
Nos. 7 and s, The Commanders of the
United States Army, containing half
tone portraits and sketch of each Gen
eral; No. 8, The Story of Cuba; No.
10, Life Of Gen. George II. Thomas
No. II, Life of Maj. William McKin-
ley, with the platform of the Republican
party; No. IL, Gen. Phil III. Sheridan,
the greatest cavalry leader of modern
timeA Twenty-Five cents for the cot.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

ing else. You can see nothing else in it,
if you will clear away the mists of passion
and prejudice, and look at the matter
open-eyed.
-Four years ago many of you allowed
yourselves to be fooled by Tariff Re-
form to the infinite injury of your
selves, your comrades, and the country.
Now, are you going to allow yourselves
to be fooled by the same old gang into
the inconceivably worse delusion of Free
Coinage and a thousandfold worse dis
aster?
We think not. We are sure that the
lesson of the past four years has not been
lost on you. You are not the class
which some men can fool all the time.
The wisest men are fooled sometime,
and make mistakes. They are careful,
though, not to let the same men do it
over again, and we are confident that it
viii be so with you.
We want to welcome you all into our
ranks-solid rank of veterans in support
Of Comrade VIM. Mckinley.
Yours hopefully,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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EVERY home in the land ought to
have a copy of the double number, No.
rs, Of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE Ii
BRARY, which contains splendid half
tone portraits of the eminent soldiers
who commanded the United States Army
from the foundation of the Government
to Gen. Miles. A brief sketch of the
life of each appears in the booklet.
Price 10 cents.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
THE CRIME OF, ,7s."

In not one OF Lnelr lnnuIneFdule HIS
| statements and perversions Of fact are
the Free Silver advocates more persist
ent and vociferous than that silver was
demonetized in 1873 by "stealth." The
following are the absolute facts connect
ed with the dropping of the silver dollar,
which any man can ascertain by going
to the nearest public library which con-
tains files of the Congressional Globe,
and other Government publications, and
of the leading newspapers:
The bill was first brought before Con-
gress in 1870 by special communlca-
ton from the Secretary Of the Treasury.
A bill, in accordance with his recon-
mendation, was introduced In April,
1870.
The Secretary of the Treasury repeat
ed his recommendation that it be passed
in three consecutive annual reports {:
Those of 1871, 1872 and 1873.
The bill was before Congress for three
successive years, and was more or less
considered in five consecutive sessions.
1t was printed by order Is different
times.
The debates upon it in the Senate ELL
&c columns of the Congressional Globe,
and those in the House make rs col
umns.
Previous to its introduction into Con-
gress John Jay Knox, its author, and
who was then Deputy Comptroller Of the
Currency, had correspondent extensively
with officers Of chambers of commerce,
boards of trade, professors of political
economy in colleges, mint experts, and
others who were interested in monetary
science. He submitted the draft of the
bill to them, and laid the whole CORE
spondence before Congress, with COM
munication, which stated three different
times that it was proposed to discontinue
the coinage of the silver dollar.
The Senate first passed the bill in
1871. The House made certain amend
ments, and passed the bill in May, 1872,
and sent it back to the Senate. The
Senate passed it without division in
January, 1873, and it went back to
the House for concurrence in certain
During the debate in the House Hon.
W. d. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, spoke
at length of the impossibility of main
tanning the double standard, and re-
called our failures il doing so. He
said: ~
The values of gold and silver continually
fuctuate. You cannot determine this year
what will be the relative value Of gold and
silver next year. Hence all experience has
shown that you must have one standard
coin, which shall be legal tender for all
others, and then you may promote your do
nestle convenience by having subsidiary !
coinage Of silver which shall circulate as
legal tender for limited amount, and be |
redeemable at its face value by the Govern
ment.
The whole truth of the matter is that |
we cared very little about silver at that |
time. We were producing a great deal !
of gold, and but little silver. The pro-
1uction of silver did not attract any at
.ention for some time after, until the J
discovery of the Bonanza Mines" and !
other rich deposits turned everybody's
attention to silver as great American
product.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

No. II of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
LIBRARY is now ready. 1t contains a
sketch of the life of Gen. Phil III. Sheri-
dan, that greatest of cavalry leaders,
whose success during the war raised him
to the position of General, q. S. A. 1t
ought to be in the home of every ex-
soldier of the war of the rebellion. Price
5 cents per copy; for % cents.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

MEXICAN workingmen continue to get
the same number of silver dollars per
month as they did when the dollars
would buy twice as much as they will
to-day. They got from So to $15 a
month in 1870, when the silver dollars
were worth $1.10 in gold, and they get
precisely the same wages to-day, when the
dollar is worth but SO cents.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

No. 9, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
LIBRARY, is of absorbing interest, as it
contains the "Story of Cuba" You
ought to send for it, and read of the
struggle of the people of the island to
free themselves of the CALLING pressure of
the Spanish yoke. The causes that have
led to the present outbreak are graph
ically told. Send 5 cents for COPY.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

The silyer-mine owners want Us Il
"do something more for silver" We
have already spent fully s5o0,00O,00C
Tor the silver miners, and stand to lose q
great many million dollars in the depre.
citation of the silver bullion bought and
stored up in the Treasury. That is, we
could to-day buy the bullion for a great
many millions less than we paid for it
Have We not done our full duty by
silver?
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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The National tribune., 1896-09-03

SINGULAR how sensitive the Free
silyerites have suddenly become to
"abuse." For yearsai they have been
going ahead applying the most abusive
epithets that they could imagine or re-
member to everybody who favored
honest money. Now when somebody
loses his temper and replies to them in
the same way they wall desperately.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

No. 5, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
LIBRARY, contains splendid sketch of
the History of Slavery in the United
States" This is most valuable assist
ant to the child studying the history of
this country, and valuable to those whose
school days are done. but who keep up
with the times by reading. Send 5 cents
for copy, and you will not regret it.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

HE wage-eaners of Mexico are get
ing exactly the same number of silre,
dollars per month to-day, when the dol.
lar is only worth 30 cents, that they got
70 years ago, when the dollar was worth
Sl.lO. This fact is never mentioned by
Bryan, but Teller had it in mind when
he urged manufacturers to adopt Free
Silver in order to meet the lower wages
paid by the manufacturers of Japan.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

THERE are limitless quantities of sill
Yer in sight in Mexico, and if the mines
were worked with American skill, thrift,
and improved methods, silver could be
produced at a profit at 80 cents an
ounce.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

No. 13 of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
LIBRARY, which will be shortly issued,
contains chronological list of 1924
battles, skirmishes, etc., which will be of
great value to comrades and to students
of history. Send in your orders now
Price 5 cents copy; 6 for % cents.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
THE PREMIUM on SILVER.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The fol-
lowing question has been asked by silver
crank: Why was it, with the minis of the
world open to free coinage Of silver prior TO
1873, that silver was at a premium? L
would ask what was said premium? Please
answer through THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
and oblige reader.-ARTHUR G.. BRooKINs,
Iona, Mich.
There were two reasons why silver
advanced in price. One was general,
and the other local. The general reason
was the astonishing discoveries of gold
in California and Australia without any
corresponding discoveries of silver.
Prior to 1915 the worlds production Of
the precious metals had averaged about
100000 ounces of gold and 25,000,000
ounces of silver year. Between 1851
and 1855 the production of gold rose to
6,410,000 ounces a year, OF more than
10 times as much, while the production
of silver only increased to 28,4S8,000
ounces, an increase of about II per cent.
1t looked as if the production of gold
was limitless, and silver began to rapidly
appreciate in comparison with gold.
But from 1876 the quantity of gold be-
gan to fall, from the exhaustion Of the
placers, while silver began to increase,
and from 1876 to 1880 the production
was three times what it had previously
been.
The local reason was that in 1884 we
made the mistake of making the ratio
16 to 1, where .other nations fixed it at
49, to 1. The result of these two In
fuences was that in 1857 the United
States silver dollar was worth S104.6,
which was the highest point it ever
reached. When it was dropped from
the list of authorized coins in 1873 it
was worth s1,004-that is, 1000 silver
dollars were worth 81, OO4 in gold.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
TRIBU N ETS.
THE DOLLAR.


Exchanges:
If dollar be a dollar homes. coin without deceit,
One may melt it. may smeit it, but its value
won't retreat.
Melt ten doars-sver dollars-in un biased melt
ing pot,
And the silver slug resulting only sells for five the
lot
Melt gold dollars, mel. an eagle In aforesaid melt
ing pot,
And the golden slug resulting quickly sells for ten
the lot.
equal are.
If little glowing furnace puts on only one the
scar?
And Pm thinking, sitting thinking that a poor
man has poor sense,
II he votes to have dollar that will melt for fifty
cents.
Philadelphia american: prisoner, the jury
has declared you guilty"
20, that's all right Judge. / know you're
too intelligent man to be Influenced by what
they say.
Indianapolis Journal: 81 thought Wibbles
was good rider, and yet he's gone and
smashed his wheel against brewery wagon"
That wasn't awkwardness. That was q
case of fascination"
LIFE IN DEATH.
Mrs. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, whose
writings always read with sincere pleasure,
has the following charming and spiritual little
poem in the Orphans Bouquet.
Arise my soul! The welkin rings
With pBons to the King of Kings
No longer droop thy folded wings
But soar aloft! Thou art set Free
Unbound the coils that girded thee,
Immortal is thy destiny.
Released from weary, prison thrall,
Haste, loving, to thy Ssviour's call,
Ad0ring meet thy God. thy ALI,
Arise my souli
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
LIFE OF Mckinley

The & Life of Maj. VIM. Mckinley
by John McElroy, contains, in addition
to the biography, sketch of the Repub
lican National Convention, the Platform
the votes for Mckinley and Hobart, etc
Ii has all the facts in the smallest posi-
bile compass. Sent to any address 70,
8 cents.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

The man who is quickest to yell about
somebody else who disagrees with him
being bought" is the one who is always
in the market to sell himself to any
purchaser.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

The Spanish people are beginning to
show unmistakable signs of anger and
WEAKNESS at the burdens Of the Cuban
war, and this will in time entirely par
alyze all further effort to conquer the
island.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

One of the grand heroes of the present
century is Gen. George FL. Thomas
" Pap Thomas as he was Familiarity
known to the brave boys who served
under him. A splendid sketch of bis
life appears in No. 10 of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE-IIBRARY. You who served
under him want and should have copy,
not alone for your information, but to
hand to your children to read, so that
they may take lasting inspirations of
patriotism from reading of the life of this
grand patriot. Forward 5 cents for a
copy.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03

McKINLEY-McxINL
We will send 100 copies to any adj
dress, postage prepaid, for So. Ought
to sell 100 in short time in almost any
community.
The National tribune., 1896-09-03
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Rock Island Argus., 1896-07-03
Obituary Mstssre.

Franciska, the 6-mouths-old daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Reimers
27OS Seventh avenue. died at II
o'clock last night of pneumonia.
The funeral occurs from the house
at o'clock Sunday morning with in.
rerrment at the city cemetery, Dav'
export.
The remains of Mrs. C. W. Gustaf.
son were laid to rest yesterday after.
noon at Chippiannock cemetery.
Funeral services were conducted .,
Trinity church by Rev. Riley, ol
Grace Cathedral, Davenport. The
pallbearers were: G.. MOhl, George
Bennett. Robert Hudson, A. Lund
strom. F. Larson and A. Claypool.
The funeral of Thorton Toiiver oc
CURED from the late home on Fiftf
avenue at 10 O'Clock this morning
Rev. c. E. Taylor. of the First Bap.
tist church, officiated. Interment
was made at Chippiaunock cemetery
the pallbearers being: Cassius Lam
beth, w. b. Hill. Henry Burris, Johr
Cooper, James Burris and MIR. Brad.
lev.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-07-03
TONIGH HTS SPECIAL,
At Young q McCombs'-FireW Works. Spec
ial Cut Prices In This Department.

At Young q McCOmbs'-Fir Works. Spec
ial Cut Prices In This Department.
All fireworks must be sold out by
this evening. We undersell every
body today. Do not buy any fire.
works until you have visited and seen
our stock and prices. The most com
plete line in the city. Red, white
and blue ribbon tonigh: Sc per yard.
Umbrella sale continues until 9
O'Clock this evening. Note yester-
days Erices.
Jelly glasses. tin cover. worth
cents. today's price l cent each.
None to children or dealers.
The best wrapper you have ever
seen worth el.25. today 60 cents.
Ladies' silk mitts full IL inches
long. all silk melange, glove point
backs. Should be rs cents, TODAY IA
cents.
Agents for the celebrated Kabo
hipless corset for bicycle riders. ster :
ographers, etc.
YOUNG & MCCOMBs.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-07-03
A Child EDIOva

The pleasant flavor. gentle action
and soothing effect of Syrup of Figs.
when in need of laxative. and il
the father or mother be costive or
bilious. the most gratifying results
follow its use; SO that it is the best
family remedy known and every fam
lily should have bottle.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-07-03
Some Now sheet Music.

The well known music house OF
Lyon & Healy. of Chicago. has sent
out some new sheet music, a batch
OF which has been received by THE
ARGUS with the compliments Of the
firm and which includes: "Orpheus
March," two step by H. H. Thiele;
Csmbia's song from the Chicago
Records great $4,000 prize story,
Sons and Fathers;" "'Tis Better
So," ballad by A. Mack Key; 1.-The
Dance We Sat Out on the Stair" by
Harry Castleton Wade; "A Lovers
Lullaby" Light" and "White
Roses" by Edison Keith, Jr.; "Old
School Days" words by s. Marks,
music by Grant Carver; "Daphne
Waltz" by A. Van Der Tuyl Bur-
nett; "O'er Rippling Waves "by the
Sisters OF Mercy; "Cheiro Waltzes,"
by Frederick Knight Logan.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-07-03

Mrs. A. Sandstedt, Sixth and Mar.
tha streets. Omaha. Nebraska, writes
II have had sick headaches for years
and was very sick to my stomch and
had a terrible pain in my head.
Since taking DR.. Kay's Renovator
have not had An attack" Sold by
druggists ab rs cents and 81. See
ad. T. H. Thomas. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-07-03

The stage of water at the Rock
Island bridge this morning was $50
and stationary; the Temperature 7s.
Boats up were the Verne Swain,
Lumberboy, City of Winona, 10
Long. Bart E. Linehan and Abner
Gle.
The river is falling at all points be-
tween st. Paul and st. Louis. The
forecast il that unless heavy rains
occur, the river will continue falling
. The fate Of o. TO O.3 foot per day
|.fom $tfhA % Rock Island untfl