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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
FLOWER OF NEW YORK
Ex-Govern0f % . Loyal Democrat and ID
for Sound Money.


Among the distinguished people
who came to Rock Island on the fast
train last evening was Ex-Gov. Ros-
we'll P. Flower, of New York. The
distinguished New Yorker had evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed the journey and
WAS in jocular frame of
mind when a reporter saw him
in President Cables private car.
will the New York delegation come
to Chicago for sound money, and will
they sustain the platform if it be for
free silver at Chicago?" said the ex-
governor, repeating, y question put
to him. "New York will send sound
money delegation to Chicago. and the
delegation will be loyal to the con-
vention OF which it is part" But. "
the governor continued with q twin
kle Of the eye. IL do not know how
every other democrat in New York
will do. l will say. though. that in
New York we are most of us democrats
and we believe in democratic prin-
ciples, and I am no exception to my
party. l do not exactly understand
how New York democrats and Illinois
democrats would jibe at this par
ticular time. though"
Gov. Flower is one of the I 'remost
representative democrats Of tn En-
pire state and has frequently ben
mentioned in connection W, b the
presidential nomination. He filled
the executive chair of his state the
three years preceding Gov. Morton's
election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

Would give Us perfect heslth. Be-
cause men and women are not per-
fectly wise. they must take medi-
cines to keep themselves perfectly
healthy. Pure, rich blood is the
basis of good health. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla 10 the one true blood purifier.
1t gives good health because Il builds
upon the true foundation = pure
blood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

I'M Assus delivered every even.
ing ct your door at l0c week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
WHY NOT BUY
Furniture, Carpets a Drapezias|
AT WHOLESALE PRICESl
WE ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. COME
AND SEE THE GREAT BARGAINS WE HAVE.

Pretty bed room sets els each.
Very large sideboards quarter
sawed oak and polish finished,
large French-plate mirrors; great
bargains at t15.
Nice sideboards ~ low - $40.
Birch com bination bookcase and
writing desk SIS; oak ut SO.
Ladies' writing desk. very pref
ty, as low ~ Is.
Nice large bookcases at t5.25.
Fine hall racks, quarter-sawed,
polish finished oak, large French
mirror at t7a
Fine china closets ct % each.
Bird's-eye maple center tables at
ei.25 each.
Mating at l0c . yard and up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable.
perfectly harmless, always reliable
and beneficial.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
Gymnastics ON a Gable Car.

Edward Jesse is a turner. Long before
he saw the county of Cook his muscles
had been trained by many trials upon
the horizontal bar. Before he left Berlin
he was master of the giant swing. Such
trifing matters as ''skinning the cat" he
looked upon with scorn.
This ability stood Edward in good stead
yesterday. He attempted to board the
trailer of a south bound Milwaukee
avenue cable train, and in the effort
missed his footing and fell.
AS he did so his trustworthy right hand
encountered the guard rail behind. Ed
ward clutched it. Although the train was
going at the rate of II SIG miles an hour
which is the limit on Milwaukee avenue
trains-he chung fact Then he raised
himself by the sneer strength of his right
hand grip and caught hold with MS leIt
hand.
This was enough for Edward. He was
in his element The conductor says he
sang "Old Times, Come Back to Me
Then he performed a back somersault
upon the brass bar. His heels hit the
roof of the car.
How is that?" asked Edward,
Best that ever came down Milwaukee van
avenue replied the conductor mere
is no ring on the bell if you let go
Edward let go. He sank on the back
platform and smiled He didn't nave TO
nav a cent 1t was easy.
Mr.. Yerlles is looking for the conductor
and the nickel He says both OF them
ought to be put in the slot.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
FLOOD OF SILVER"

If a compilation. Is ever made of the
contradictions Of the gold men it will
constitute an instructive feature Of the
literature Of this contest. In fact, they
can scarcely take any position that
is not Iii conflict with some other one
that they have occupied. Not the least
interesting development of the contro-
versv Is the manner in which the talk
about a Mood Of for eign silver has
been modified. Formerly ii was the
chief bugaiooo CT the contest The gold
papers drew pictures of q silver mum
dation to come AZ q result of free
coinage. and public speakers predicted
thar the country would simply be over
Wheimed IN a silver tide pouring in
from other lands. But somehow the
idea seems to nave worked its way
into the dense recesses of the goldite
brain that it was incorgruous TO assert
liz one breath that free coinage would
not advance the price OF silver and in
the next that the silver of foreign coun-
tries would come here because of the
market afforded. That foreign silver
is mostly in circulation at a value
higher than our coming price, but the
Prophets Of evil found they were pre-
dieting that it would be rushed over
here for sale at something like sixty
cents an ounce.
But there are some of the monomet-
sllists who have not yet been over
taken III the wilderness by any init
NATION of the ahsurdity Of these con-
trasted predictions. and we conse-
qlently still hear some doIeful wailng
over the danger of food" This
being the case, 1t is pertinent to ask,
For what is the silver to be exchanged?
One theory of the gold men is that
their favorire metal would all be ex-
! hausted IN paying for securities that
the rest of the world would send back
to US. Ii that is true. there would be
no gold TO be paid out for Silver and
il would be necessary for those dsspos-
ing of the latter metal to either give
1T to US or take something else in ex-
change for il. il they insisted on
making an exchange they would be
Obliged to take products-a transaction
that would not be very serious for US.
Outside of the comparatively small
amount of silver held in bullion form,
there would be none to market that
is not now circulating at a smaller
ratio 20 gold than ours AS no one
would make a sacrifice for the sake of
eheoGng an exchange it follows thai
there would be practically none sent
here unless silver were at par in the
United States and it was desirable to
make payment in silver. Under those
conditions no one would care a rap
whether one or the other metal were
sent over in settling balances. There
would be nothing to gain on either
side of the ocean by boarding either
metal. and the entire subject would
adjust itself in harmony with the
varying needs Of trade.
But if foreign nations should desire
to part with the silver they hold, our
people would gladly do business with
them TO the full extent Of their re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
CANNOT STAND OUT.

The news coming from all quarters
respecting the progress of the cam
paign is most encouraging to the sup
porters of Bryan. Last week there was
a most pronounced growth OF con-
fdence among the Democrats with a
corresponding decline of the same ele-
ment in the Republican camp. Where
ever facts bearing upon the situation
were fully unearthed it was found that
Bryan was growing rather than losing
in strength, and there is every reason
to hope for sweeping triumph.
Now, what does this mean? II
means that the people are giving their
support enthusiastically to the rejuve-
mated Democracy and are determined
to place it in control of the government
And what is the rejuvenated Democ-
racy? It is the old Democratic party
of jefferson and Jackson emaneipated
from the letters which it was sought
to rivet upon it. 1t has gone forth
under the leadership of Bryan to give
form and effect to the wishes of the
people; il has found place close to
the hearts of the people, and repre-
sents at once the public conscience and
the popular will.
In a word, the Democracy, as we
know is now under the leadership of
Bryan, is the embodiment of the
thoughts and aspirations of the people
Just as it was under the personal di-
rection of Jefferson and Jackson. This
is the great vital, moving fact of the
situation, the leaven that is causing
the upheaval and giving rise to the
assuring reports that reach us from
nearly every state. The people make
parties and carry them to success, and
they cannot long be prevented from
conquering when they are once
aroused.
But, while this great popular IN
heavai is in progress, we are com-
fronted with peculiar political condi-
tons here in Utah. With very general
uuanimity our citizens recognize the
fact that Bryan is a leader of the
peoples cause, that every speech he
delivers is an evangel, and that his
election is absolutely necessary to the
pest interests VI Tic COuIll l1CS
are going to vote for Mr.. Bryan, and
none more earnestly than they de-
sire his success. But notwithstanding
this fact, a considerable proportion of
them propose to maintain a party in
opposition to Mr.. Bryan and to this
rejuvenated Democracy which was
come upon the stage bearing the ban
ner OF the people aloft and solemnly
consecrated to it's defense.
And why do they take this stand ?
Partly because they hesitate about
forming new party ties and partly be-
cause they object to views heretofore
entertained by Mr.. Bryan about the
rates of duty which shall be collected
at our custom houSeSi 1t is a strange
situation. but The Herald feels con-
fident that, as the evidences of
popular approval of Bryan and his
party multiply, these hesitating sup
porters of the Democratic candidate
will catch more clearly the inspira-
ton of the hour and, throwing
prejudice and excuse to the winds,
squarely array themselves by Bryan's
side under that banner that so dis
tinctively represents the rights of the
common people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
CAMPAIGN WHEAT PRICES.

Reaching entirely across the top Of
its front page, the Atchison Globe, &
Mckinley organ. in a recent issue
printed this line: IF we don't look
out, we will have good times in spite
of ourselves; wheat advanced again
today"
And that suggests several thoughts
1t would seem, then. that it is a good
thing, after all, to have advancing
prices Bourlle Cochran, in his Mad
ison Square speech, distinctly an
nounced the doctrine that low prices
were desirable. He said it was good
for the workingmen for products to b.
cheap. All know that the interests of
the farmer and the worllingman are so
closely allied that the prosperity of
both classes Gibbs and flows together
this financial discussion, it having
been a dogma of the gold men that,
even if prices are low, they are pro-
portionate, and that the net result Of
the decline is advantageous.
But in spite of this contention of the
gold men, an advance in the price of
wheat is hailed by the goldites as a
sign of returning prosperity. It is al
ways so. There never is an advancing
market that does not call forth enthu-
siastic promises of prosperity from the
same people who, in their general dis
cussions of the question of prices, seek
to make us believe that low plane
1-ol,,oc &c ~ no dac;rad
Again, it is interesting to note the
jubilation of the gold press over the
present bulge in the wheat market, be-
cause it was quietly given out before
it set in that such an advance was to
be engineered for the purpose of in
fuencing the farmer vote.
But what hope is there for the far
mer even in the fancy CD price put on
wheat by the political manipulators =?
1t is quoted in Chicago under 20 cents
bushel, whereas it should be worth
81 on the western farm. The farmers
know well enough What the average
of prices has been for many years;
they know that it has not been more
than half what it should, and no ad-
vance now, from whatever cause it
may arise, is going to divert their
minds from the fact that a great
wrong has been done them which they
now have an opportunity to remedy al
the ballot box.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
NoCrrURNE sYLyAINE.


When leaf-sweet silence held the moonlit
vale,
The nightingale
Suddenly spoke
Out of the heart of its accustomed oak.
The garrulous bird chorus of the day
Had sunk away;
None chirped or cooed
Or carroled to his brown wide-throated
brood.
Alone the ringdove on her scanty nest,
Taking no rest,
And little thrills of life move under her.
Also the long grass, drinking deep of dew,
Slept not, but grew
Clean, tall and straight,
Ready to topple with its own lush weight.
These three were wake, none other waking
nigh,
When down the sky,
A golden boat,
The moon dropped anchor into deeps re-
mote.
These three, the singer and the listeners,
felt
The shadows melt,
The darkness turn
Tow rds the rim dawning; when the great
kingferm
That rules the shadows by the brown
wood pond
Lifts every frond
To its full height,
To gain the first faint glimpse of new
made light.
Pail Mall Gazette
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD. MONDAY. OCTOBER u, 1895:

sources. 1t has sometimes been said
by gold authorities that the amount of
silver seeking a market reaches the
enormous sum of $4,000, 100000 The
United States would gladly sell that
amount of produce. and goods and take
the silver. It would be a pretty large
transaction and would require some
years for its completion; and not the
least interesting point connected with
it is that it would establish us in a
monopoly of the worlds commerce.
The mad desire of Europe to rush the
silver in here and carry away f1ee-
loads of our products in exchange for
1t would oolige the rest of the earth
TO practically shut up shop.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

At Detroit Henry George learned of
peculiar case. A manufacturing firm
determined to organize a Sound
money" club among its employees. To
the great surprise of the members,
they found the names of all their men
on the roll. They knew that something
was wrong and set about an investi-
cation. The result was that they
found the men were really unanimous
but it was the other way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

The Germans are very jealous over
the reception given the car in France
and there is much newspaper talk of
boycotting things Partisan. When the
Russian ruler was in Germany the
Germans thought they had captured
him; and the French thought they cor
rallied him when he visited them. The
truth probably is that neither nation
knows where it stands in his good
graces; and they will consequently
hate each other more vigorously than
before
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

Tom Watson's paper is loudly pro-
claiming mo Watson; No Bryan" The
Georgia patriot seems to have become
inbued with the idea that this cam
paign was inaugurated. not to relieve
the people, but to make him vice-presi-
dent Fortunately, the man who pro-
claimed the doctrine mo crown of
thorns; no cross of gold,'' seems to be
equally determined not to do anything
that would inflict Watson nightmare
upon the country
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

It would result in pronounced benefit
to the silver cause if the goldites
should keep Secretary Morton on the
stump until the close of the campaign
He has never opened his mouth on any
subject since he entered Cleveland's
cabinet without displaying a well
rounded measure of ignorance His
blunders have been so numerous that
he. has become a standing joke. When
the congressional batteries were turned
upon him last winter there was not a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

THE HERALD il n franchise mens-
be- of The United Prexs, and re-
ceives the complete leased wire
Overland and Pacific Coast news re-
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es, embracing accurate intelligence
of all current events in the whole
world. With it's special wire and
operator in it's own Office THE HER
AID is daily in immediate possess
Hfon OF the latest news mp till the
hour of going TO press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
LITERARY MATTERS.

"a Knight of the Nets''-This is a
new story by Amelia E. Barr The
scene opens in a quiet and remote
Fifeshire hamlet. It deals with the
lives, hopes and ambitions of simple
and honest people. Although far from
the madding crowd" there is tragedy
here as we'll as elsewhere. 1t is a
love story, with plot and action that
sustain the interest throughout. 1t is
not in any sense "a modern novel;
which has come to mean a novel that
seeks success not through merit of
plot or development of the characters
or literary style, but through a
dangerously near approach to the for
bidder in morals and everything else.
Mrs. Barr does not write for those who
want such novels. This new story by
her will be welcomed by her admirers,
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"Old Country Idylls''-This is a series
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camp, where he learns of it through
the dying confession of a letter carrier
who had been a party to it. All the
stories are more or less suffused with
and air of tragedy, but the most tragic
of them all is the story of 'Sandro,"
whose deep love for Monica causes
him to kill her English artist hus-
band Each story has a deep interest
of its own, while all are told with
literary grace that is noteworthy.
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Price,
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This is a very interesting story by Ed
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"16 to 1. What Does it Mean?" BY
Uncle Ben.-A little pamphlet, of is
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With it's many underscorings, sentences
in full face black-type, and words in
heavy black caps, it really looks like
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Facts About Silver" BY A. j.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

While the east. that portion of the
United States east of the Alleghanies.
regards itself as the United States and
that all west of it is but wild lara
filed with barbarous people, still the
fact is being forced upon it that it is
the despised west that holds the bal
ance of political power and will decide
the presidential election.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

Mr.. Bryan is the first presidential
candidate who was ever in Utah be-
fore he was nominated to the office of
president He came among us when
neither he nor any one else ever
thought he would be a presidential
candidate. All this should make him
dear to the people of Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

The personal organ of Messrs Geddes
and Christopherson thinks the people
should not elect Mr.. Armstrong a
county commissioner. In the past Mr..
Armstrong has been a selectman in this
county and the taxpayers realized that
he administered their affairs honestly
and economically. And they propose
to elect him county commissioner
that he may do so again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

voice raised in his defense. He has
shown himself to be oblivious to the
interests of the farmers, and the latter
will scarcely want any better reason
for supporting silver than is found in
the mere fact of his appearance on the
stump in the interest of gold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

A New Jersey constable attached
hippopotamus for bill of $50 owing
by the circus to which the animal be-
longed. The creature soon ate 800
worth of hay, and the constable, in
despair over the prospect of boarding
it all winter, resigned his position.
That is the way Mckinley will feel,
if he is elected, when it comes to TAX
ing care of Mark Hanna.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

Grover Cleveland is still showing his
devotion to civil service reform by pun
ishing everyone in Office who differs from
him and takes an interest in politics for
offensive partisanship, but he permits Of
ficials who hold the same views as he
does to abandon their desks and go
swinging around the country making
speeches without ever calling them down.
san Francisco Chronicle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

Bynum says Palmer and Buckner
viii remain in the field, as they were
nominated "to save the Democratic
party" Nevertheless. they will. before
long. either be trailing back into the
camp of the triumphant true Democ-
racy or be openly affiliated with the
Republican party; it is very doubtfgl
If they can keep the farce alive in .se
public mind until the election occurs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

Tom Watson is at his home in
Georgia, suffering from throat and lung
trouble. 1t has been evident for a
long time that it would come to this
Those whom he has addressed have
suffered from auricular trouble,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

competent to form an intelligent opinion
on the issues of the day as any banker or
manufacturer. 1t is his duty as a citi-
zen to vote on his own best Judgment and
months have elapsed his employer may
thank him for disregarding his ante-elec-
ton advice.-Detroit Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

An exchange says that Bourke Cock
ran has been delivering some hard
blows at the Chicago platform. For a
good stiff blow it would be hard to
find anyone who can surpass Cochran.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

Don M. Dickinson says that he re-
pudiates every plank in the Chicago
platform. And the platform is just as
sound and solid as before he repudiated
every plank in it. Poor Doni
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
HuspoR OF TUE HOUR.

De pussoms what sets on de ags OBJ
borrered trouble viii at las succeed in
hatchin' de generwine chickens-Texas
Sitter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

Vermont and Maine have been an
swered by Arkansas and Georgia, and the
town elections in Connecticut Offset the
Democratic victory in Florida The real
test Of strength is yet TO be made.-Kan-
sas City Star
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

When the car arrives in st. Peters
burg he win feel less at home than
when he was away from home.