The record-union., 1896-10-04

verbal silver lining to the cloud that
enfolds us. If the cloud with the silver
lining must roll away, may the land be
baptized in sea of gold, so we can send
the Old World all she wants and have
enough left for home consumption.
IN CASE OF.
Tulare Register: 1t is not infrequent-
ly that men in private conversation or
private correspondence speak Of some
enterprise they propose to undertake
.if Mckinley is elected" and it comes
in such way that it cannot be for p0-
litical effect. Up to date we have heard
OF nobody who proposes to invest new
money in legitimate business If Bryan is
elected. Why is this?
SILVER AND WAGES.
Redding Free Press: Free coinage of
silver will not increase wages, as is
claimed by the Popocrats This is an
assertion that can be proven. in the
first place wages are the lowest in all
countries where free coinage is prac-
ticed. Again, wages are to-day higher
| in the United States than they were
Irior to 1873 In 1910 the laborer re-
ceived 81 cents day; in lSoO he re-
oeved 81 Oh: in 1860 he received 80
cents; in 1890, seventeen years after
| the so-called demonstration of silver,
| the laborer received 81 10. These fig
ures are from the Senate reports. Me-
| chanics of all kinds also received more
| wages per day in 1890 than prior to the
decentralization of silver. This would
appear as proof positive that demoneti-
zation has not lowered wages.
| THAT IF"
| Ctoolyfoc Tn1apaoIopf. Mr. Pryo ~
| says if a man can have all his silver
coined into dollars he will not sell any
| of it at 53 cents an ounce. That ''if''
(, is where Mr.. Bryan goes lame. The
bullion can be coined into the SEM
| blance Of dollars; the coin can be
stamped as dollars, but when it will
| only buy as much as the metal is
worth it will still be of the same value
| per ounce as it was before it was
stamped. Mr.. Bryan is not so simple
as to say full DOLLARS" as some Of his
| needless supporters do, for the dollars
| would be only half full. To quote from
one of these needless imitators: There
| is but one way to restore silver and
that is to raise the bullion value to the
coinage value,' but this was uttered
| two years before Bryan was nomi-
] mated.
| IN OLD KENTUCKY.
Marysville Appeal: Kentucky is one
Of the States in which the Palmer and
Buckner ticket is sure to get a large
vote. The demonstrations in favor OF
| the ticket thus far have been more
| numerous and enthusiastic there than
they have been in any other State. In
the country at large Mckinley is sure
to get more honest money Democratic
| votes than Palmer. This will be true
Cf the doubtful States especially. Blu,
in one or two of the normally Demo
cratic States the Indianapolis ticket is
going to poll a heavy vote The predic-
ton that Palmer will run ahead of Bry-
an in Kentucky seems extravagant
yet he will undoubtedly get enough
votes to make McKinley's plurality q
good deal larger than Bradley's of 1895
THE CANTON GATHERINGS.
San Diego Union: One Of the mos
childish of the campaign canards thai
are going the rounds, is the story, per-
sistently circulated, that the popular
demonstrations at Canton are arranged
and ordered by the chiefs of great cor.
porations or the heads of large bust
AS a matter Of fact. the vast number
| Of men comprising these delegation.
is a complete refutation of this silly
falsehood The power does not exis
that could force myriadS Of free borr