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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
mints-retain their present weight and
Parity OF the Metals.

dnoneSS.
Parity OF the Metals.
If there are two kinds of money the OPP
ton must rest either with the debtor or
with the creditor. Assuming that their
rights are equal, we must look at the in
terests of society in general in order to de-
terlnine to which side the option should
be given. Under the bimetallic system
gold and silver are linked together by law
at fixed ratio, and any person or persons
owning any quantity of either metal can
have the same converted into full legal
tender money. If the creditor has the
right to choose the metal in which pay-
ment shall be made, it is reasonable to
suppose that he will require the debtor to
pay in the dearer metal if there is any per-
ceptible difference between the bullion
values of the metals. This new demand
created for the dearer metal will make
that metal dearer still, while the decreased
demand for the cheaper metal will make
that metal cheaper still.
If, on the other hand, the debtor exercis-
es the option, if it is reasonable to suppose
that he will pay in the cheaper metal, it
one metal is perceptibly cheaper than the
other; but the demand thus created for
the cheaper metal will raise its price,
while the lessened demand for the dearer
metal will lower it's price. In other words,
when the creditor has the option, the met
ais are drawn apart, whereas, when the
debtor has the option the metals are held
together approximately at the ratio fixed
by law, provided the demand created Is
sufficient to absorb all of both metals pre-
sented at the mint. Society is, therefore,
interested in having the option exercised
by the debtor.
Would Be Real BIN. tallism.
Indeed, there can be no such thing as
real bimetallism unless the option is exer-
cised by the debtor. The exercise OF the
option by the debtor compels the creditor
classes, whether domestic Or foreign, to
exert themselves to maintain the parity
between gold and silver at the legal ratio,
whereas they might find profit in driv-
ing one of the metals to a premium IT they
could then demand the dearer metal. The
right of the debtor to choose the coin In
which payment shall be made extends to
obligations due from the government as
well as to contracts between individuals.
A government obligation is simply a debt
due from all the people to one OF the peo-
pie, and it is impossible to justify policy
which makes the interests of the one per-
son who holds the obligation superior to
the rights of the many who must be
taxed to pay it. When, prior to 1873, sill
yer was at premium, it was never con-
tended that national honor required the
payment of government obligations in
silver and the Matthews resolution,
adopted by congress in 1858, expressly as
serted thu. right of the United States to
redeem coin obligations in STANDARD silver
dollars as we'll as in gold coin.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
be utilized by the United States
The SunulY of Silver.

In discussing this question we must con-
slider the capacity of our people to use Sill
yer and the quantity of silver which can
come to our minis. 1t must be renlem-
bered that we live in a country only par
TALLY developed, and that our people far
eurpass any equal number OF people IN the
world in their power to consume ana pro-
duce Now, how much silver can come
here? Not the coined silver OF the world,
because almost all of it is more valuable
at this time in other lands than it will be
at our minis under free coinage. If our
minis are opened to free and unlimited
coinage at the present ratio merchandise
silver cannot come here because the labor
applied to it has made it worth more in
the form of merchandise than it will be
worth at our minis. We will be required
to coin only that which Is not needed else
where; but, if we stand ready to take and
utilize all of it, other nations will be COM
PEELED to buy at the price which we tx.
Many fear that the opening of our ln1nts
will be followed by the enormous increase
in the annual production of silver. This
is conjecture.
Due to Hostile Legls' alton.
Some of our opponents attribute the
gold, to the fact that during the last quar-
ter of a century the worlds supply OF sill
yer has increased more than the worlds
supply of gold. This argument Is an
swered by the fact that during the last
five years the annual production of gold
has increased more rapidly than the an
nual production of silver. Since the gold
price of silver has fallen more during the
last five years than it ever fell in any five
previous years in the the history of the
world, it is evident that the fall is not
due to increased production. Prices can
be lowered as effectually by decreasing
the demand for all article as by increasing
the supply of it, and it seems certain that
the fall in the gold price of silver is due to
hostile legislation and not to natural
laws.
Our opponents cannot deny the fact
that gold is now going abroad in spite of
all legislation intended to prevent it, and
no silveo is being coined to take it's place.
Regarding the fly Cent Dollar.
Perhaps the most persistent misrepre-
sentation that we have to meet is the
charge that we are advocating the pay.
ment of debts in 5O-cept dollars. At the
present time and under present laws
silver dollar when melted loses nearly half
it's value, but that will not be true when
we again establish q mint price for silver
and leave no surplus silver upon the mar
ket to drag down the price of bullion.
Under bimetallism silver bullion will be
worth as much as silver coin, just as gold
bullion is now worth as much as gold
coin, and we believe that silver dollar
will be worth as much as a gold dollar.
The charge of reputation comes with
poor grace from those who are seeking to
add to the weight of existing debts by
legislation which mixes money dearer,
and who conceal their designs against the
general welfare under the euphonious
pretense that they are upholding public
credit and national honor.
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THE MONEY QUESTION.
Declares 1t IL the Paramount Issue Of
the Campaign.

Declares 1t Il the Paramount Issue Of
the Campaign.
Now let me ask you to consider the par
amount question of this campaign-the
money question. 1t is scarcely necessary
to defend the principle OF bimetallism.
No national party during the entire his
tory Of the United States has ever declared
against it, and no party in this campaign
has had the temerity to oppose it. Three
parties-the Democratic, Populist and Sill
yer parties-have not only declared for
bimetallisln, but have outlined the specific
legislation necessary to restore silver to
its ancient position by the side of gold.
The Republican platform expressly de-
clares that bimetallism Is desirable when
it pledges the Republican party to aid in
securing it as soon us the assistance of Ger
tain foreign nations can be obtained.
Those who repre- sented the minority
sentiment in the Chicago convention OPP
posed the free coinage Of silver by the
United States by independent action on
the ground that in their Judgment, it
"would retard or entirely prevent the
establishment of international bilnetal-
lism, to which the efforts of the govern
ment should be steadily directed" When
they asserted that the efforts Of the gov
eminent should be steadily directed
toward the establishment of international
bimetallism they condemned mOnonetal-
lism.
The gold standard has been weighed in
the balance and found wanting. Take
from it the powerful support of the
moncy-owning and money changing class
es, and it cannot stand for one day in any
nation in the world. It was fastened
upon the United States without any dis
cussion before the people. and its friends
have never yet been willing to risk YER
dict by the voters upon that Issue.
Impassable Gulf Between Them.
There can be no sympathy or co-opera-
ton between the advocates of universal
gold standard and the advocates of bimet-
allism. Between Observation-Disclosures
independent or international-and the
goldstandard there is an impossible gulf.
Is this quadriennial agitation in favor
of international bimetallism conducted
in good faith, or do our opponents really
desire to maintain the gold standard per-
mancntly? Are they willing to confess
the superiority Of a double standard when
Joined in by the leading nations of the
world, or do they insist that gold is the
only metal suitable for standard money
among civilized nationsg If they are In
fact DESTROYS of securing bimetallism, we
may expect them to point out the evils of
a gold standard and defend bimetallism
as system. If, on the other hand, they
are bending their energies toward the per-
manent establishment of gold standard
under cover Of declaration In favor of in
ternational bimetallism, am justified In
suggesting that honest money cannot be
expected at the hands Of those who deal
dishonesty with the American people.
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Nebraska Veterans Meet.

OMAHA, Aug. ia special to The
Bee from Superior, Neb., says: The
interstate G. A. r. enoampment of Me-
braskans opened with 5000 veterans
present. Hon. John J. Ingalls, is ex.
rocted to address the assembly.
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THE INCOME TAX LAW.

No Disloyalty In the Platform Reference
to the Supreme Court.
The Chicago platform has been con-
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OPPOSITION TO TRUSTS.

Chicago Platform Does Not Believe In
Government Favorltisln.
We are not surprised to find arrayed
against US those who are the beneflciaries
Of government favoritism-they have read
our platform. Nor are we surprised to
learn that we must in this campaign face
the hostility Of those who find pecuniary
advantage in the doctrine of non-interfer-
ence when great aggregations Of wealth
are trespassing upon the rights of individ-
uals
We welcome such opposition. It Is the
highest endorsement which could be be-
slowed upon US.
It Is not the wish Of the general public
that trusts should spring into existence
and override the weaker members of So
ciety; 1t Is not the wish of the general
public that these trusts should destroy
competition and then collect such tax as
they will from those who are at their
mercy, nor is 1t the fault Of the general
public that the instrumentalities of gov
eminent have been SO often prostituted
to purposes OF private gain. Those who
stand upon the Chicago platform believe
that the government should not only
avoid wrong doing, but that itshould also
prevent wrong doing; and they believe
that the law should be enforced alike
against all enemies of public veal. They
do not excuse petit larceny, but they de-
clare grand larceny to be equally a crime;
they do not defend the occupation of the
highwayman who robs the unsuspectinR
traveller, but they include among the
transgressors those who through the more
polite and less hazardous means of legisla-
/ ton appropriate to their own use the pro-
ceeds of the toll of Others
THE INCOME TAX LAW.
No Dlsloyalty In the Platform Reference
iii. to the Supreme Court.
The Chicago platform has been con-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12

land, the home of German, which has
been a reliable Democratic state for more
than 20 years, has gone for Mckinley by
10000. New Jersey, as Democratic
as Maryland, rebukes her senator by
electing set of state senators all of
whom are Republicans, and all of whom
will be hold-overs when Senator Smith
comes up for reelection. And to cap the
climax Senator Hills state of New York
rebukes him by giving Republican
majority of over quarter of million
and electing legislature in which the
Democratic members can be numbered
on the fingers of the right hand. Thus
one by one they have all been retired to
private life. Such is the fate of all Dem.
ocrats who refuse to obey their con-
stituents and who betray their party in
order to accomplish selfish ends.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12
BRYAN TO M'KINLEY.

William ]. Bryan has telegraphed his
congratulations to President-elect Will
liam Mckinley in the following language:
To Hon VIM. NJ. M.Kinley, Canton Ohio:
"Senator Jones has just informed me
that the returns indicate your election,
and l hasten to extend my congratula-
tions. We have submitted the issue to
the American people and their will is
law" WIN. j BRYAN.
Contrast Bryan's dispatch with Ed
ward Lauterbach's speech before Re.
publican meeting in New York shortly
before the election which is as follows:
"If majority Of the votes at the
approaching election should be cast for
Bryan and the Chicago platform, we will
not abide by that result"
We are inclined to think that the Re-
publicans will soon discover that William
]. Bryan is not so much of an anarchist
after all,
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ton, final dividend of 33 7.1O per cent.
ordered paid.
. Guardianship of Frances Morganthaler,
Massillon, inventory filed.
Assignment of James W. Evans, of
Pierce, final dividend of SO per cent.
Estate of Peter Phillippl, Sandy town
ship, will admitted to probate and widow
elects to take under will
Estate of Isiah j. Johnson, Nimishillen
township, petition to sell land filed.
Estate of Daniel J. Younkman, Bethle-
hem township, william Becker appointed
Illustrator de bonis non with will an
nexed.
Assignment OIL Daniel H. McFarren,
Sugar Creek township, schedule of debts
filed.
Assignment of Homer H. Ward, ALI
ance, private sale of stock and fixtures
ordered.
Estate of r. Bauhof, Canton, Henry
R. Bauhof and Emma Bauhof, appointed
executors.
Estate of Mary Sohlott, Plain town
ship, publication of tendency and prayer
Of petition for sale of land, approved
Estate of John B. Wernet, Canton, in
ventory and appraisement filed. Private
sale Of chattel property ordered.
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BRYAN NOT POLITICALLY DEAD.

If there are any Republicans who
assume that William ]. Bryan is polite.
ally dead, they forget that in these days
of swift mutations in politics most any
thing is likely to occur. Four years ago,
Immediately after the defeat of the Re-
publican party on the tariff question, if
any one had prophecied that Major Nc.
Kinley would now be President elect, he
would have been considered wild and
visionary. The bill which bore his name
was spat upon by the people and the
Republican party in 1890 and 1892 suff-
cred two of the most crushing defeats
that it ever experienced since its forma-
ton. Mckinley was condemned by the
politicians from the Atlantic to the
Pacific for thrusting war tariff upon us
in times of peace, and that it was the
direct cause of Republican overthrow is
acknowledged by friend and foe alike.
Mr.. Bryan was defeated for the Presi-
dency on Tuesday last. So was William
Henry Harrison in 1886, but in 1910 he
triumphed carrying every state in the
Union but seven. 1t is not only posi-
BILE but probable that Bryan may be the
nominee in 1900. Already his name has
been hoisted at the head of the editorial
columns of many Democratic newspa-
pers. If silver coinage is to be the issue
in 1900, he is the logical nominee and
pretty sure to be nominated. Defeat
does not kill man by any means in
politics. If it did Thomas Jefferson,
Andrew Jackson and William Henry
Harrison would never have been Presi-
dents of the United States, for all of
them we're defeated in their first race.
When William j. Bryan was nomina-
ted on July 10 last, the general impress
ion was that the convention lost its
senses and was carried away by his
speech in defense Of the plat
form which will 60 laundering down the
ages as one of the grestest oratorical
addresses that ever fell from human
lips. A great majority of the Democrats
in the country sincerely believed that
the convention had made serious mis-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12
wHERE ARE THE ETARIFF REFORM
SMASHERS?

Now that the battle is over and the
Democratic party is defeated, it might
be we'll to ask, what has become of the
tariff reform smashersP When the De-
mocratic party was recalled to power in
1892 by the election of Grover Cleveland
as President, a Democratic house and
a Democratic senate, the people had
reason to hope and had right to ex-
pect that the tariff would be revised in
such manner as to assure the greatest
good to the greatest number. The party
was successful on the distinct issue of
tariff reform. But no sooner had the
Democratic party been installed into
office than a cotorie of Democratic sena.
tors who were influenced by selfish in
terests began to thwart the aims and
purposes of the Democratic party. They
were not only opposed to free raw
materials, but they opposed the income
tax and several other features of the
Wilson bill. The senators who opposed
the Wilson bill and made 1t impossible
for it to pass the senate as it had origin
ally passed the house, were Mcpherson
and Smith of New Jersey; Gibson and
German of Maryland; Camden of West
Virginia; Brice of Ohio and Hill of New
York.
The Democratic purity has dealt all
of these men terrific blow for sell
ing out their constituents on the tariff
question. Mcpherson was one Of the
first to suffer, His state rebuked him in
1894 by giving Republican majority of
so, 900 and he was retired to private life.
Senator Camden now lies buried in
senatorial graveyard in West Virginia.
Senator Gibson was buried in the
political marshes Of Maryland without
even the formality Of a funeral. Sena-
tor Brice of Ohio, was candidate for re.
election last year but his state went
against him by $4,000 majority and
elected a legislature that was three.
fourths Republican. And now German,
smith and Hill are getting their just
dues for betraying their party. Mary
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
MANNER OF CASTING VOTES EX
planned IN DETAIL.
Where the Electors Meet and How
They Go About It-Major Mckinley
to be Kept In Suspense Until
February.

Several inquiries have come with
reference TO the manner of casting votes
in the electoral college, Here is the
manner of procedure, which is printed for
the benefit of inquiring frien Is:
On the first Wednesday in December the
presidential electors chosen in each state
will meet at the state capital and will cast
their ballots for president and vice-presi-
dent. The result will be certified in "Trip
licate, One of these will be sent by mail
to the president Of the United States
senate at Washington; another will be
taken to Washington in person by one of
the electors chosen for that duty and by
him delivered to the president OF the
senate; the third must he placed in the
hands of the United States judge of the
district in which the meeting Is held.
The sending Of two certificates to Wash
ington-one by messenger and one by
malls to provide against accident to
one or the other.
1t is understood by some that the presi-
Dental electors of all the states meet in a
body and cast their votes. This Is not the
case, The electoral college will meet in
forty-fve sections, so to speak, the elec
tors of each state going through the
formula above described. Forty five
certificates will be mailed to Washington
and forty-fve others will be carried by
special messengers.
On the second Wednesday in February
both houses of congress will meet in
joint session In the hall of the lower house
the e-presideht-who is president of
the senate-ocoupying the chair. Score
taries and tellers being appointed from
the members of the two houses, the Ger
tiflcates from all the states will be opened
and the vote Of the electors of each state
made known. The footing will be made
and the vice president will declare the
result The Inauguration will be on the
4th of March.
So Major Mckinley will be in suspense
until the second Wednesday In February,
for not until then will he know officially
whether he is elected or not.
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-FOUR YEARS FROM TODAY.

Four years from today the Presidential
election for the year 1900 will take place.
II is quite possible that the nominees In
that contest will be the same as in the
contest Just closed, and It Is equally pos
sible that the issues will be the same It
will be no child's play to preside over the
nation during the next four years, as
Major Mckinley will surely find out in
less than year from now. The Silver
question will cause fully as much
trouble with the Republicans as It did
with the Democrats. Major Mckinley
Is in a bad predicament. II he shall be
friendly to silver, as many people think
he Is, he Is sure to ALLEVIATE the Republl-
cans Of the East. II he will closely follow
out the Republican platform to maintain
the present existing gold standard, he
will more than ALLEVIATE the Republicans
Of the West. He will drive them to revo.
luton. It is notable fact that he
would not have carried a single state
west of the Allegheny mountains on
Tuesday last, had It not been for the as
sistance Of the gold Democrats. The
silver men have no reason at. all to feel
discouraged over the recent defeat. 1t Is
not defeat, but considering the odds
that were against US, 1t is a victory.
The silver men do not propose to give
up the fight. If any goldite thinks SO for
moment, let him read the magnificent
address Of william Jennings Bryan tc
the bimetallists OF the United states,
which will be found on the fifth page OF
this issue. II the Republicans shall carry
out their platform, by maintaining the
gold standard four years from this day
the people will witness the greatest pc
litical revolution Of modern times. Tht
Republicans will be more ingloriously
beaten than In 1899. We have only tc
wait four short years until we will agair
be returned to power in all the branches
of government.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12

Every one who loves his home and
respects humanity will rejoice at the de-
feat of Breckenridge, of Kentucky, in his
race for congress. As soon as his want
of character became known TO his Demo
cratic constituents, they reIudiated him
The Republicans then took him up and
endeavored to elect him and they have
met deserved defeat. Decent Republi-
cans, as we'll as all other citizens who re
spect their own wives and daughters, are
Glad
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12
Chased by a Mad Steer.

Lester Wernet, boy about twelve
years of age, who resides on farm five
miles west of Canton, met with painful
accident Sunday evening. He was bring
ing the COWS from the field. He was
chased by mad steer, and in crawling
over fence fell and broke his left arm
at the elbow. Dr. PortmaDn reduced tho
fraotura
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12

Any one who suffers from that terrible
plague, Itching Piles, will appreciate the
Immediate relief and permanent cure that
comes through the use of Doan's Oint-
msnt. 1t never fails.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12

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instantly. There Is no other cough medi-
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