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New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

regarded. Nowhere does there seem to be any
serious effort made to extirrate 1t, or even 10
check It's growth, while In many places It's
growth Is actually encouraged Along the rural
roads connecting some Of our finest suburban.
towns and Villages the fences are covered with
it and 1t twines thickly about the shade trees.
The road commissioners make no effort to de-
stroy It, and the property Owners sometimes
protect and cultivate 1t. 1t keeps people from
climbing over the fences, they say! In one
neighbOrlng village the case has been noted or
prOperty-owner who deliberately cultlvates II
and trains 1t along the fence which divides his
place from the grounds Of the public school, ito
keep the children off,
Not only should such practices be impossible
In n civilized community, but there should be
such action, either voluntary or compulsory un-
der State law, as would In the course Of few
seasons sd every public place Of this detestable
pest. 1t Is an absolutely worthless plant, and
Is one of the least ornamental Of our wild
shrubs and vines, so that no regret could be
caused by its disappearance 1t Is, unfortu-
nately, hardy, and not easily destroyed But it
can be destroyed. and it should be- 1t is scarce
ly too much to say, as some who appreciate
the MAGNITUDE Of the evil have said that 1t
must be destroyed or it will drive half the peO-
pie ont Of the country It nfests. When main
highways, In the outskirts Of the city. and in
the Immediate suburbs, are for miles bOrdered
with n growth Of 1t so rank that 1t actually
encroaches upon the roadway and brushes
hganst the wheels Of every vehicle. and when
its presence there means menace of grave af-
Fiction to half the passersby. 1t Is high time
for campaign against It to be begun in ear
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

takes n disk of gold of standard fineness, weigh
ing 25 $40 grains, and simply puts on 1t the
stamp which certlles that 1t has been weigheu
and tested and does actually contain that
amount Of gold. That piece OF metal Is called
a dollar. 1t was worth just as much In the
markets Of the world before the stamping, ana
1t will be worth just as much when melted
down. The Mint does not make money IL
coins money. That Is, for the convenience OF
trade II certnes that piece OF metal measures
up to conventional standard
Suppose the same thing were done with Sill
yer. At the present time % $40 grains OF
standard gold bullion will exchange for about
71S 13 grains Of standard silver bullion in the
markets Of the world. Equal treatment OF Sill
yer would require that the Mint should take
IT'S 13 grains Of silver and stamp on 1t the
same certificate which it stamps oil gold. But
would the free-silver advocate De content with
this? By no means He asks that 412la grains
Of silver shall receive the Government certiii-
cate and be sent abroad bearing the statement
of the United States that its value Is 100 cents,
when as a matter OF fact its value Is only %
cents He asks his country to make affidavit
to fasehoOd
But somebody asks, How is 1t that 412l5
grains of silver worth 53 cents Is now made 10
pass for a dollar? Simply because of the gen
eral faith In the United States Government, Tor
the same reason that the check of a wcll-known
business man Will be received for thousand
dollars when the intrinsic value OF the paper
containing it Is not one cent. The silver coin
Is not worth dollar but it represents dol
lar. The Government says it will receive 1t
on equal terms with a gold dollar just as
merchant takes his neighbOr's check in place
of money Neither the silver dollar nor the
check is money. They are representative
tokens taking the place Of money. That is the
case with all coins. banknotes and certificates
that do not contain the actual value for which
they pass current Their worth depends on the
faith that they can be exchanged for the actual
value and that faith Is safely founded only
when the actual value Is in fact behind them.
\ silver dollar containing 100 cents worth OF
silver would be honest money. To make such
a coin would be to treat gold and silver exactly
alike But that is not the kind Of equal justice
asked for by those who howl about "discrim-
ination against silver"
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

sign the documentary that there are "ma,~
reasons why the Governor should act. but NJ.
content themselves with merely three. One /.
that McKane 10 deeply sorry" for what hs h..
done, and will. II released, lead an upright M.
This must be so. for doubtless the petitions.
have the mans own word for It, Another :.
that the ends Of Justice have been satisfied n.
keeping McKaEe In prison two years and fan,
months, which Is clinched by this staternen,.
"The prison physician says in his Judgment tbs,
John Y. McKane has suffered more in tw.
years than 90 per cent Of the other prisoner,
'"would have suffered In twelve years" II tia,
doesn't settle 1t. there will plainly be no furth.,
use In trying. 1t is singular how any one On,
imagine that such arguments will have weish,
with thinking people. The efforts put forth !,
McKane's behalf have purely sentiments,
basis. His friends must hope that by their us,.
sstency they will finally make an impressio.
on the Governors mind
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23
SC4LLNG DOWN SITINGS.

No voter who works for his bread. gives n
hundred cents worth Of worl; for a dollar OF
money and, being thrifty, saves a small sum
each day and puts 1t away as provision for
old age should forget that this is the financial
plank of the Democratic PLATFORM with which
William j. Bryan says he Is In absolute ac-
cord:
I'VE demand the free and unlimited COIN
age Of both silver md gold at the present
legal ratio of 1G to 1. without waiting for
the mid or consent of any other nation. We
demand that the standard silver dollar shall
be a full legal tender. equally with gold. Tor
nII debts. public and private. and we favor
such legislation Will prevent for the
future the demon G izntiOnN OF any kind OF
legnl-tender money by private contract
We opposed to the policy and practice
of surrcndering TO the holders Of the obifEn-
tiOns of the United states the option re-
served by law to the Government of redeem
coin"
Let not the wage-e Garner delude himself into
the belief that 1t would be the great fortunes
which would lose most from a fifty-three-cent
dollar He himself would be the chief sufferer
He would buy less with his income, he would
get cheap money back for the good money he
put In the bank. his widow would get only fifty
three cents for every dollar he meant her to
have from his life insurance Perhaps his
wages ultimately would go up to some extent,
but his expenses would 90 up more, and the
dollar he had already laid by would go down.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23
A WAYSIDE PEST.

While righteous crusade. under Govern
ment aid and compusion, Is being waged
against the Russian thistle, the tumbling mus
tard and other vegetable pests. our ancient
enemy, the poison Ivy. poison oak. poison SUI
mac. or mercury vine, should not be over
looked 1t does not so imperil the products or
the fields as do the others mentioned. 1t Is a
far more serious menace to physical comfort,
health, and even life itself. In many places, In
the suburbs Of large cities, it has become an
evil Of such great magnitude as materially to
affect the movement Of population There are
public roads in and about this very city which
many people fear to walk or ride along. because
of the noxious shrubs and vines that line them.
There are suburban villages which some people
dare not visit, and from which some people
have actually moved away, because Of the
prevalence Of this dreaded pest
Nor are these fears idle. There are, 1t is true,
many people to whom Rhus toxicodendron is
as harmless as grapevine. There are, on the
other hand, many who cannot touch It, or even
so much rs 60 near it, without being poisoned.
And poisoning by 1t IS no trfing matter 1t glay
mean days. perhaps weeks, of Disagreement,
blindness, prOstratiOn and excruciatng pam.
1t sometimes means constitutional disturbances
Of health which, In the case of delicate per-
son, may be serious, even fatal. 1t Is, more
over, a particularly stubborn ailment to deal
with In some persons 1t yields to one treat
ment, In some to another, but In most to none
at all until 1t has run Its tedious and agonizing
course There Is as yet in the whole range or
therapy no certain and universal remedy for IT,.
Perhaps the most remarkable. and certainly
the most exasperating, thing about 1t Is the
Indifference with which the plant Is commonly
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SILVER"

We hear great deal in these days about
discrimination against silver" and favorite
device of the Bryan campalgner IS to make
frantic invectve against the way gold Is treated
mt the Mint, and to demand that the metal Of
which the Western mining States are so fond
shall have equal consideration at the hands Of
the Government.
This talk about discrimination" Is taking
with people who know nothing about the sub
ject, for 1t appeals to their natural sense OF
Justice, and they say: why, Of course silver
producers and gold producers should have
equal treatment. 1t isn't fair that the Gov
"ernment Of the whole people should help the
gold miner by taking his product for money
land refuse to give the silver miner the same
Assistance But. as matter Of fact, there is
no discrimination against silver and no favor
done to gold by the United States Mint, and
the people who by such arguments are brought
to favor free coinage Of silver are being made
the victims Of falsehood and delusion. The last
thing that the free silver advocate wants is
equal treatment Of gold and silver. Just ask
him TO agree to the coinage Of both metals each
at their market value and see the scorn with
which he will reject the proposal. He does not
want hundred cents worth OF gold stamped
n dollar and a hundred cents worth OF silver
stamped dollar. He wants hundred cents
worth Of gold stamped a dollar and ffty-three
cents worth Of silver stamped dollar. His
policy Is one Of discrimination against gold, and
his talk about equal justice to the metals is
the merest pretence.
1t should not be forgotten that the Govern
ment does absolutely nothing in the way Of
favors for gold If its action has any effect
on 1t, il is 10 keep it's price down by redeeming
notes In 1t instead Of making Its cost double
to those who need 1t by making payments In
silver A piece of gold is worth exactly the
sar1e whether It Is In q coin or bar The Mint
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

threatened to upset the very foundation OF
things Pennoyer up in Oregon was boiling
Waite In Colorado was talking blood to the
brdcs," Lewelng in Kansas was contributing
to the general disturbance to the extent OF his
limited ability. Stone. Of Missouri, was taih'he
repudiat!on to the Missouri Valley farmers;
Altged OF Illinois, had opened the prison-doors
to the m,irderous Anarchists; Tillman, OF South
Carolina, had called out the militia ana was
raising merry Hadcs Eugene V. Debs had
stopped most Of the railroads from running
and was issuing general orders as though he
were dictator; COxey was marching on wash
Ington. with continent renforcemenfs from
Texas and Colorado, and there was general
hullabaloo 1t seemed for the time quite alarm
Ing.
Then, presently, everybody began Laughing
at the ridiculous Pennoyer, the bloody-mlnded
Waite the silly Lewelling and the wild-eyed
Stone: Altgeld and Tillman were put down by
the United States Government with very little
fuss Debs went to Jail. and COxey and his
crowd were eliminated by the enforcement OF
a simple order 10 Keep off the grass SO II
all nzzled And now. these people. having
stolen the Democratic party, are considering lh
solemn and serious session at ST. Louis whether
they or the party they have stolen are really
atop. 1t IS an interesting, but not an alarm
ing. spectacle This country Is not yet given
over to demagogles, Anarchists, scatter Drained
theorists or harebraned fools COmmonsense
rules yet and will continue TO. In that fact
reside the safety. the honor, the credit ana the
perpetulty of the Republic.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23
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There Is a striking contrast between the two
political conventions that began their work
Yesterday in st. Louis In one all is uncer-
tanty and confusion, and the result is so prob
lematical that it can only be guessed at The
Silver Convention, Oh the other hand, Is a
happy-family gathering. In which everything Is
serene and peaceful The delegates are on the
best of terms with each other, there are no
contests, and everybody knows just what the
Convention Is going to do when the right mo-
ment arrlv As The silvcritcs will indorse Bry
an, as a matter OF course, and they want TO
time their approval Of his candidacy so as to do
him the most good. In the meanwhile they are
diverting themselves in various ways, the star
feature Of yesterdays proceedings being dra-
matte recital of the Declaration of Independence
by an elOcutiOnlst of local repute.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

The Debs boom Is one Of the most interesting
things on view at st. Louis these days. IT has
not assumed formidable dimensions as yet, but
Debs has friends and they mean to "whoop 1t
up" for him at the right time.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

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With the single exception of the Endorsement
he gets from Mrs Mary Ellen Lease. the most
encouraging sign Of the times to the Boy Orator
must be the attitude Of the truly great men or
the Smith family. First it was "Jim, the Jer-
sey Senator. who overcame his prejudice against
silver and swallowed the Chicago platform, and
row it is Hoke, the Georgia mystery, whom Mr..
Cleveland discovered and placed at the head OF
the Interior Department. 1t is Impossible 70
overestimate the Importance of arresting this
movement among the Smiths before the annual
reunion Of the family. which Will take place at
Peapacl, ~ j. in a short time. On that oc-
casion innumerable thousands Of this mighty
tribe will assemble in their ancestral grove, and
a successful effort to stampede them to Bryan
and Sewall might be determining factor in the
campaign. In that case, who knows but there
might be more plums on the tree for Hoke more
cakes in the bag for "Jim"?
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

One Of the pleasantest features Of the CEN
tennial celebration in Cleveland yesterday was
the presentation to the people Of the city OF a
tract of land for a public park by Mr. John d.
Rockefeller. The tract comprises 276 acres and
is valued at more than 100000. Rockefeller
Park will soon become one Of the most attrac-
tive spots in the beautiful city on Lake Erie.
Its giver's generosity furnishes one more illus.
tratiOn Of the wise uses to which a rich man
may put his wealth during his lifetime.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

Whether the rights Of the city are superior
to the rights of company that has built large
and costly vaults under a street Is question
that will soon have to be decided In laying
the big water-mains In Ffth-ave. an obstacle
has been met at Forty y-second-st In the form OF
safe deposit vaults, which, 1t Is claimed, were
erected under a permit granted by Hubert ..
Thompson, Commissioner Of Public Works, IN
1882 1t is contended by present city officials
that Thompson had no right to issue such
permit. Here seems to be all the material for
a stubborn contest In the courts. with the regu-
lar series Of appeals. pending which more than
one important public Improvement Will be
stayed since the avenue cannot have its fine
new pavement until tho watermnns are COM
pleted.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

The nomination Of Charles II. Matchett for
the Presidency by the Socialist Labor party has
not attracted much attention, albeit Mr.. Mat
chett Is a resident of Brooklyn, where he earns
an honest living in connection with the electric
lighting business. Mr.. Matchett thinks the
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

great question now agltating the country Is
pretty small potatoes, and in fact, remarked
yesterday that his party didn't care two pins
about free silver. On secord thought, however,
he said that he would be glad to meet MI
Bryan In q Joint debate to determine which of
them is entitled to the votes Of the working
men of the country. Such debate would be
of interest but It is not likely that Mr.. Bryan
will think he can afford to devote much time
to Mr.. Matchett who Is the representative OF
party that cast only 21,534 votes at the last
Presidential election.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

New-York is just now suffering from spell
of weather" Of the most distressing sort 1t Is
not heat, but humidity that Is the cause of the
trouble and for humidity no antidote has yet
been devised Yesterday for the third time
this month the percentage Of moisture in the
mir reached the maximum. 100 per cent. and 1t
is not surprising that people sweltered and
groaned although the temperature was not ex-
cessively high. Despite predictions OF fair
weather yesterday morning, there were several
showers In the course Of the day, but these,
even with plentiful thunder and lightning
failed to "clear the air. to any extent Stats
ticians may say that this experience Is COM
mon one, but other people know better
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That the sense Of humor was wholly lacking
in the late Chicago Convention is demonstrated
by the fact that 1t nominated the president of a
National bank for the second place on the ticket,
on a platform denounclng National banks as
'in derogation Of the Constitution"
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

Numerous complaints are made nowadays
about the cinders set in circulation by the en-
gines OF the elevated roads in this city. Every
body who has occasion to travel any distance
In the elevated cars is aware of the resulting
annoyance as the cinders are sifted over the
clothing Of passengers, into their eyes and down
their necks This is preventable nuisance;
and 1t ought to be prevented. Some time ago
the company required to provide cinder-
arresters for its engines and for while they
we're used successfully. Why have they been
given up? Is It because OF the extra work OF
cleaning the engines which they involved? II
the elevated roads will not use them from SELF
interest, they should be compelled to do so.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

rn,nrvu TERMS TO NAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

Chairman Hlnkley says 1t isn't fair to ask
Senator Hill to step into the breach every time
the party's prospects seem darkest. The point
Is we'll taken. Think how the Senator stepped
into the breach when the Convention was stam-
peded for him two years ago, and think how
the breach closed on him to the tune Of more
than $1,000 plurality.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

The Populists want the Democrats TO swap
one horse amidstream. This Is a proverbially
crazy operation. but 1t is just what might be
expected from them.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

The latest effort to secure the interference OF
the Governor In behalf of John y. McKane Is
the silliest OF the lot II consists In the clrcula-
ton OF petitions In his former bailiwick setting
forth reasons why his Imprisonment should not
be continued. The signers-for a few persons
have been found In Gravesend silly enough to
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

I'VE are opposed" said the Chicago Convcn-
ton, ito life tenure In the public service. That
Is to say, ITO the vctors belong the spoils.
Friends Of Civil Service reform Will please take
notice.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

Never was there greater need Of a campaign
Of educ alton than at present. We have had
campaigns bearing that name in the past; but
this Is TO be an educational campaign in reality.
At any rate 1t will be If the press and the
campaign speakers do their duty. There is
amazing ignorance on the money question. and
the light needs to be turned into every corner.