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ODDS AND ENDS OF POLITICS.
FREE SILVER TRIUMPHANT.
LITTLE DOUBT THAT IT WILL ovERwHELM THE
ONO DEMOCRACY.

LITTLE DOUBT THAT 1T WILL, oNERwHELN THs
ONO DEMOCRACY.
Columbus. Ohio. June Though the Democratic
Stat. Convention IS 20 be held here mex; tuesday
and Weines lay not name has been mentioned 'o'
any State ONCE for which nominations are 70 oe
made The whole interest Is centred IN the action
10 be taken on the money question. Four-afns OF
the delegates are already selected and large ma
Jority OF them are frce-silyer advocates lie eoa'
venton Will. no doubt stand FOR free silver ln'ass
butter counties IN declaring sor the god stanaafV
has created nucleus around ~h'ch an oPp''
Of respectable proportions may gather .,.,,.A
John a Mcmahon. of Dayton. VINO was $500 ~
FOR temporary chairman. has declined on acs' ~ ~, w.
the evident ;rea-slver tone IN The Conyeh,on; n.
Ing In favor OF maintaining NE god s'AhuaI .,so,
State Central Committee Will choose ano.n. wy
10 take his place when r meets he,e neN nom
Probably forty out Of the torly-sn ae.eks ran,Ion
this state 10 the National Democratic |O"'
will he for free silver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-21

member Nathan l.. Ely. y the stove mannfa''ur-
ing firm u Ely . Ramsey. drove 10 "asil" Win
his wife the day previous.
Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company so J. "
the Truck Boys." they arc generally known
here. and the "Cort,andts % I'ckskl!i' a. ;h"y
are Euov.u In the towns hat they have veItrl. IL
one If the oid,s, OF tAc five rcek-k.A FIRE CON"
panics.
on IT. rolls to-day there arc village. Gown, ''nn-
ty ana STATE officers ana oth.r men ~ moro th'h
local prominence Its active membership consists
Of eirhty Of Pcck~kllvr leading men. IN" ia" S'v-
erulng the Fire /. parimrni only allows eighty men
70 each company. hut there IS Arg" waiting llst
and every time ID member resigns moves from
town or takes hi. exempt certificate h"cauf" y"
has served the necessary I've years. there Is man
ready 20 take his place and the line moves up one
Then there Is an associate rlN, composed ~ '1u-
1ens OF Pcekskill m!ddlc-aC"l men who do not de-
sire 70 do ire duty. but who wish 20 hc Identified
with the Interests Of the company. lis parior@.
gvrnnasium etc. Then there Is the third list. The
honorary roll OF men who hnve served the.r time.
This contains the names ~ Pcekskls foremost
citizens Of the last twenty-five years
The original COriianlt Hook and Ladder Com
pany was organized IN 1871 There are no records
Of # except that contained In IN" memory OF the
oldest inhabitant." In rs carly days the member
shin seldom exceeded twenty or thirty men Some
OF the early nrc-nghiers on - roli oscar V.
Crane once president Of the rcekskill Savings
Bank now dead. Andrew IIanford. one Of Peeks-
kllvs early silvcrsniihs: George WalwOrth, man
ufacturer. Nathaniel BcdcIl. Jacob Dcnke and
George Fink now all four dead and Edwin Briggs.
one Of Peckskls pioneer merchants who H. still
/ living The organization met In an old dlap!dat ed
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IMPORTANCE OF THE vICE-PREs1DEycY

To the Editor OF The Tr!bune.
Sir: Many thanks Tor your editorial IN Fridays
Tribune on "Tae Nice-Pr,ri iency" It his been
clearly evident for some time that We have been
losing sigh, OF ,he importance OF choosing material
for tho Office % V,e-Pres,len, that shall BE- every
inch "a good as that selected for the Presidency.
The Ne o, President has In II 50 many elements
OF The Office taxing ,s strength. that the Vce'fTes
hIent stands much closer 70 the chair than We are
wiling 70 admit. II this was considered, me
nomination might BE- looked On from niger pane.
Tole-,o inns ~ 1893 r. POMEROy
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mems Association Wednesday In the lily o'
Kingston They marched In their handsome UNI
forms through the street. fOry-s"v"n Strong Hr"u-
ed by chief Engineer james H. Hlgh;. FIRST As
,lsiant Eng ncer John l.. Seck and second 'hi'l
Engineer Dudley Cook Nasbrock. which brought
the total number up 20 my. They were h'ad'l by
Flocktcn's Band OF twtntr-ioiE pieces y" ~"
they took part in the parade there were nearly
sovcn,v men in line Many boarded trains. and one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-21
PORT CHESTER.

The Children's Day exercises IN the Presbyterian
Church. postponed on account OF the Storm last
Sunday will be held this evening There viii be
musica and literary exercises and an address by
the pastor.
The Rev J. w. Bonham. Of New-York City. will
occupy the pulpit OF st. Peters Church to-day.
morning and evening.
In the Congregational Church this morning the
Ch.hren's Day exercises. postponed from last SUM-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-21
WHY THE TRIBUNE IS THE BEST PAPER

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have taken all the leading dailies OF yev.
York ST Louis. Cincinnati and Chicago. BwI1
not find ono that IS IN evo-y way so worthy Of In
supper; Of the ministry. and 50 helpful 10 them, u
The Tribune. Here are some Of the things IN,
about The Tribune:
First-A connected account Of the worlds history
from day 10 day: not a tremendous fash Of bead
lines one day and nothing again for a week probs.
bly,. The Tribune reads az continued story troa
day 20 day
Secpnd-Thc editorial aashlights appended to c.
patches These are most valuable feature.
Thrd-ShOWlng us the brighter side OF LIE; not
surfei, Of crimes. but clear ana extensive report
o. moral and religious movements.
Fourth-The variety. breadth and nobility Ct h
editorial matter and the literary excellence OF the
sane.
And las. but not least. tho almost absolute purity
OF rs news columns. ! have carefully noticed ard
have 10, found word that cOul9 not be read aloud
before children: or even an impure suggestion.
could nor refrain from giving expression TO theN
Views. May great prosperity attend The Tribune.
Decatur IL. June 3. 1895. D. T. H.
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THE BREACH IN THE INDIANA DH"O =.

,u,,.o,,. lima Al Governor Matthews eaI ''.
naHnmnp0S c, Jun" of the regular State Dem0Srss
Chairman doh chairman Clark OF the Free sss
s'ss e'%m scr; Sas about aa:r's:
between SSD a the F two wings Of the party The , HDs
SsH9F sS' 'a' @SaG tn: ;ss.s
Issue OF his candidacy. anu nc - - aa,agsiion n,.
gold-standard men should De %. live policy ~
best FOR both sides 10 adopt bat as as. State was
men were practically In con,toi O.. '"Wr Csrk e s
pressed desire for harmony. 9u i,,orsa b. the AZ,
free-sllver men had been 50 einn',orrsts that ~
trks or ,S oysrtures would &c considered
Ing definite WAS accomplished
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spRINGFIEID RATlFIES THE

Springfield. Ohio. June D-sll', ,or prcs.der,
ment OF the nomination OF McN'"'. ,, the citizens
nv the Republican National Conven'io" n excite.
S .a s' "nfs las. %'T ss% ass es sqs. sssss
ton Eight hnnirei men with n ys psi' streets Al
two drum corps paraded the " nriyate along tne
line Of syy GSssasta n"' M
Of rSworks was sns sCs' Xs a~s c.S
meeting 10 order and happy ,Pear,.n Xs!ios snA
Governor Bushnell. General j. "a'S"
many othera
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-21
HOW IT IMPRESSED ALTGELD'
HE THINKS TIE ST LOUIS CONVENTION We"
"MEDIOCKE' AND DOMINATED D'
..co.D AND GREED"

"MEDIOCKir' AND DOMINATED d
GOLD AND GREED"
Springfield. ILL., June 2o.-When Governor 80 -
was asked to give his impressions OF me Ss'O" -
the 81. Louis Convention he said: Inc 80
ton was one OF the most mediocre IN c"" - ,-,,
held by that great party ana showed 'ha' '"e 49,,
is now at the opposite pole wha; II was ,nted
II nominated Lincoln. The Convenu.n ard was
for the scarcity % statrsmel ana tnown in
tnanipulatei I'm such way that II WI u ~, rbair.
history as Mark Hanna's trust po'" "
men were corporatoR-hred men. L. ,u,, cao.tal
The platform can be- summed Up ~ a r" and
Gs-Gold and Greei-and stands 10! gs., Of the
misery and considering the antecseu,nas nut be-
candidate and the manner In ~hlch ne ~ a servant
fo-s the pub, IL l. clear he Is 10 be ons Sovenber
who win carry out orders. Long oeioIss ne Amer.
the ticket viii have upon I, the curse viii be true
ican p.oDle and II the Democratic parH ,.siile nor
10 lts great mission ana Will neltheI. s.ns welfare
compromis, but stand for the interes, vases then
and the rights OF the great suNeri,s n,,ole,e an.
the ides OF November viii witness ,he which,
initiation OF that p.utocratc So The Repuo'
without right or authority, calls i'se'i '"'
lican party
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struck me- II Is The Tribune that teaches ma, &
dom and morals. and the elevation Of the ~, ~
town-trodden and oppressed. and that ia tSs voos
to have In the home and study. have read ~ ~
since. and intend TO as long read any,t ~
would sooner miss breakfast, dinner ana ,u'ns
than The Tribune. II Is machine shop a c SIiIp0
q mine everything that tends to the adyanconlsse
OF mankind eemeat
All this may seem fulsome fattery but thai.
know that 1t Is the truth. c. p UaTs ss4
Hartford. Conn, June g. 1896 ASn
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UNJUST ASSAULTS ON MR. Yop...

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Mendacous attacks upon the Renr,u.
candidates have already begun and az VIA, ;"
expected THE World" leads the van in th.. ~.
warfare. That newspaper attempts TO beIit.,s n "
ret A. Hobart by asserting that he has No 49,, ~"
whatever to be considered statesman" 49,.
winds up by repeating It's former declaration, :.
his nomination for VicePresldent was the r.,u.
a bargain by which Mr.. Hobart was 10 deliver w
Jerseys twenty votes for Mckinley. The ab.r,s.
Of this is apparent on the face OF IL. when On. :"
siders what a drop In the bucket New-Jersev,. -
was "a a Convention numbering over 900 deissss.sW
This theory OF q bargain Is suggested soisir -
story printed In THE World" on April H. To ;hyl
feet that such an arrangement was afoot W
Jerseys Republican State Convention was he,S y.
In THE Worlds yarn or It's sneer that Mr. nsa@
is New Jersey boss" 1t should have been .vucs
at that convention. Blu, there was NOTHING os
sort apparent. Mr.. Hobart told his ASSOCIATE ~
State Committee that he thought 1t would he
10 ndorse Mckinley in difference TO the 80
Will But General Sewe and all the other ryxHua
tal leaders opposed the suggestion and sysn a ~
HObart's warmeSt friends were arrayed aean- ~
on that particular point. ~n
AS 10 Mr. Hobarts ability or statesnanshh .
need only be said that he has already demors5y
more OF both than had William c. Whittier IA
entered Cleve.ands irst Cabinet or Ada r~.nN
son when he was nominated and elected syHTa'
dent And Il ~ not rlsking great deal TO nscssa
that before Mr. Hobarts term as VicePrssSysaas.y
over he will be as well known throughout fhs ~
try as he Is in New-Jersey for those oua,t,sAa..
head and heart which have won for him ira 80 v
and admiration OF his native State. spe8
Newark. n. j.. June 10. 1896. JERSEYMAv
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GOOD REASONS FOR READING THE rRrprvv
To the Editor Of The Tribune
SIR: have been reading Tho Daily Tribune ,.,
ways my own copy mostly delivered BY A ns,,
agent for the last thirty years. for the solov,,.
reasons: /. The Tribune Is a clean and car.,up,
edited paper. fitted 70 enter gen;eel homes and y
read by our sons and daughters q The Trpr,.
gives all the news in the freshest and sarest ma,
ner g. The Tribune l. patriotic and National n.
end 70 end. 4 The Tribune gives both sides q N
Important questions g. The editorials OF Thu M
unc are gems OF the first water, sharp. geuIsl
trenchant ]. Z CLARK
E9gewater Mich, May u, 1896
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GOV An1.rx PLEASED WITH THE w. "a

GOV. BRADLEY PLEASED WITH i"N 49, and
Frankfort. Ky. June 2o.-Goverho' ,,rn,d from
others OF the state House contingent rss Goyernor
the ST. Louis Convention yesterday =. ~ the Con.
saws he is we'll pleased with the result he o. has been
venon and since his wit Adoption the srSni
most mos nssres,ed N se; think Mckinley HOBART
gold viii sweep the country this ran"
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CONGRESSMAN LESTER RENoMi''" "a
savannah. Ca. June so-Rutus F. L<, ~. srA
unanmously renominated yesterday for s Georgia sts
term IN Congress from the Isl b's"
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The present roll o. the company a "a follows:
Robert T. Allan. Charles Aprar Coroner. James
H. Agar. Henry l. Armstrong. George n. Baglcy.
The record-union., 1896-09-18
A WAY OUT.

Il Is not necessary to put the country
TO the terrible test Of adopting free
coinage of silver at 16 to /. It is not
necessary to wait until we can secure
international agreement to settle the
silver question. We believe that there
Is q way out between these two. name
ly. to send all our surplus silver held by
ths Government to coinage at once; to
make all cur silver coinage legal tender
Coz $50; to order that there be no coin
age ed gold or issue Of paper based on
enld n denominations less than $40;
20 S1der that for convenience q 500 sill
ve1 note issue BY this means we Will
augment the volume Of our silver money
10 our full need and make it the money
for domestic use: drive no gold out of
the country. but have 1t In plenty for
foreign purchases and exchanges; affect
no contracts, threaten no line of trade,
create no stress in the treasury, not
disturb business nor shake confidence.
II Will. In fact, settle the silver question.
There is nothing in the Republican
platform to prevent or antagonize car
ryins out such plan There is nothing
In reason that oaa be advanced against
IL that has O stable foundation
The record-union., 1896-09-18
MET WITH SUCCESS.
Organization of the Army and Navy
Republican League.

Messrs. Woodward and McElroy OF
Oakland, ex-soldiers Of the civil war
who have been in this city organizing a
Republican Army and Navy League, re-
port that they have met with great sue
cess. Nearly all the ex-soldiers and
sailors whom they have met have
signed the roll. and the club Is now
ready for organization.
All who have signed and every ex-
soldier. sailor and marine, with their
sons who are Of voting age, and veter-
ans Of the Mexican war, regardless of
former party affiliations, will meet this
Friday) evening, September 18th, at
o'clock. at S15 ] street, for the purpose
of organizing the league and electing
officers.
A charter has already been obtained
from the headquarters In San Fran
cisco, and at to-nisht's meeting the OBJ
jects and aims Of the league will be fully
explained by Colonel McElroy and Ma
jor Woodward. 1t 10 to be a permanent
organization, and at the present
The record-union., 1896-09-18
THE wA0E-EARNERs WILL SUFFER

Atkinson, the distinguished political
economist and staustician. wei says:
The whole case of the silver miners
party rests upon the assumption that
such a use OF demand for silver coin
can be forced by acts of legal tender
az TO raise the market value Of silver
bullion from it's present price Of 66
to 6S cents an ounce to 81 29A an
ounce, or from a ratio by weight of
thirty or thirty-two pounds OF sill
yer. which can be bought with a bar
OF gold Weighing one pound, to such
a ratio that the same bar Of gold will
buy only sixteen pounds.
And then Mr.. Atkinson wants some
one to point to him how 1t Is possible
to accomplish this by law. Where and
when was 1t or anything likeit ever done ?
Further on he charges. and logically,
that Bryan goes back on his record as a
FREQ trader by advocating the most
obnoxious method known to men to
increase prices, namely, by legislative
ir aation. thus benefiting a few pro-
duoers of a commodity by charging the
cost to the whole vast body Of con-
sumers. and this without regard to the
efract az such action upon the rate of
wages
The record-union., 1896-09-18
hat you will come out like a man and

that you will come out like man and
answer them squarely
My first question is: II we have free
and unlimited coinage Of silver, will
not that same Mexican dollar be worth
more than our silver dollar?
My second question is: While for our
products, etc., we to-day charge our
Mexican neighbors twice as much in
Mexican silver as in our own silver
coins, with free and unlimited coinage
Of silver will we reduce the price of our
goods one-half, to our Mexican neigh
Dor, or will we apply the same policy
to our own citizens, and charge them
twice as much in silver?
Or, to make it palmer, SO that you
cannot fail to understand 1t, will
state it in this way:
F'irst-DOeS free and unlimited COIN
age Of silver mean that this country
will coin all silver presented to it?
Second-If it does, and as the Mexi-
can dollar is larger than ours and can
readily be recoined into our money, will
it not be worth more than our free
coinage dollar, or rather, will not our
Collar be worth less than it?
Third-As we now charge our Mex
lean neighbor 81 for certain quantity
OF goods and our own people only 81
for the same goods, because the Mex
leans dollar is worth only half as much
as our dollar, with free and unlimited
coinage Of silver, which policy will we
adopt, charge our own people 50 in sill
YER for these goods or let the Mexican
have them for 81 in Mexican silver?
Think this over. By free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver will we double
the purchasing power of all the silver
coin In Mexico. China, Central and
South America and India and some
other countries. as well as double the
purchasing power Of all the silver
bullion the entire world can produce
from this day forth; or will we simply
say to our own people. Your silver
dollar Is now no better than the Mex
lean dollar, SO we will have to charge
you as much as we do him.
And now, "Parson w." let me say
a word in conclusion: Don't get ex-
IAN tgnoramus.' Don't resort to ridi-
cule, to vituperations and abuse, as
your predecessors who have taken up
the "silver question" have in every in
stance found themselves compelled to
do, but come out like an honest man,
answer the questions propounded to
you, and give us one single reason why
we should have free and unlimited
coinage of silver. A. e. MILLER.
The record-union., 1896-09-18
The Silver Question.

Eds. Record Union: I was very
much surprised to see In Saturdays
Bee" in an article by "Parson W."
letter from the Assistant Treasurer
at San Francisco stating that silver
dollars are exchangeable for silver GER
tificates only.
Knowing, as I did, that 1t had been
the invaribale custom Of that office to
redeem silver with gold, Immediately
wrote to G. p. Berry, the Assistant
Treasurer of the United States at San
Francisco, asking him If that had not
been the policy of his office, and, if
discontinued. when. His reply was
that 1t had been the custom OF his
office from it's organization, SO far as
he knew, to give any person any kind
Of United States money he desired for
any kind of United states money he
presented; that this custom led to
the redemption Of silver, silver certifi-
Gates and national bank notes in gold
when so requested. But that in Au-
gust Of this year he had discontinued
this custom.
He also stated that while the people
Of this coast preferred gold and silver,
that In the East 1t was the reverse;
medium of exchange among the people,
| they preferring paper money or cur
rency.
Hence my statement that the Gov
ernment redeems silver with gold was
not absolutely false" as 'Parson W."
was pleased to term it. And, as a
matter of fact, while Mr.. Berry claims
| that he discontinued this policy in
~
ing that he exchanged gold for some
| $1,000 in silver during the fore part
of this month.
| And I will also say that if he has
discontinued this policy 1t will be but
| short time before my friend, 'Parson
w." will realize that l was right when
/ said that that policy was what made
the silver dollar worth 100 cents. Let
that policy be discontinued for the pc
riod of sixty days, and unless we have
prompt assurance of a speedy return
| to that policy you will find that our
silver dollar will not be worth 100
cents; that it will not be worth two
Mexican dollars, and that it will not
| be exchangeable everywhere the same
as gold.
| Let 1t but be known that the Govern
ment refuses to freely exchange gold
| for silver, and the people will imme-
diately lose confidence In our silver
coins; and then add to this free and
| unlimited coinage of silver. and we
will find to our cost that the Mexican
dollar will be worth more than our
dollar, instead of our dollar being
worth two Mexican dollars. as 1t has
| been In the past.
| And now, Mr.. Parson w." let me
ask you q question or two, and trust
The record-union., 1896-09-18
WHAT IT ALL MEANS.

The election Of William Mckinley to
tho Chief Nagistracy means, as he has
himself put IT, to preserve the national
honor, maintain the rule Of law and
secure the rights Of the people and the
people themselves from the infamy of
classification
1t means, as has well been said, to
save tho republic from the grip of the
nest Of communists lying behind the
unhappy group that is pushing Mr.. Bry-
an TO the fore. He may be uncon-
sskous Of the danger residing in his own
propositions and the platform upon
whioh he stands. If SO. he is to be writ
ten down deluded or ignorant. But he
Is neither. for he has gone so far as to
say that II elected every thought in
every plank of the Chicago platform
shall be made effective.
That means to make the Federal arm
draw back before State Executive in
competency or viciousness; to substt-
tuke State failure for the right of the
msnt from one State to another; to pack
and stuff the Supreme Court for pur-
pose, and that purpose to force a con-
struction of the Constitution that is for
eign to 1t: 1t means to paralyze the
courts and prevent them from staying
the arm Of him who is about to do his
neighbor an irreparable injury.
It means to substitute the rule Of pas
sion and envy for the orderly measures
Of the law; it means. as the platform in
SO many words says. to set aside the
guarantee of the sacredness Of con-
tract, 1t proposes to attempt to do what
France tried and failed to accomplish,
to lift values by the boot-straps Of leg
isaation. and to punish whoever will not
accept the valuation for his property
that an Act Of the Legislature Of ths
country puts upon it.
1t means that values are to be in
fated for one year to go tumbling the
next, never to be refnstated; 1t means,
az Mr Mckinley well put it, untold
financial loss. destroyed confidence, i'm
paired obligations, impov erishment OF
producer and worker alike, and to in
fict a deadly blow upon trade.
Because decent Americans oppose
such things and stand forward against
the vain theoriZing Of the new school OF
economists they are forsooth plutocrats,
money hogs, aristocrats, shylocks, and
the slaves of the money power. In this
class then, are the 100000 depositors
in savings banks, the millions Of invest
ers In building and loan societies;
every man who has something put by;
monthly to swell her deposit that Is
loaned out TO her gain, or invested In
promotion Of industry.
L means every citizen who holds a
United States bond, who has put his
rnooey into railways. the great modern
aFtezdes and stimulants Of civilization
aud comm eroe. It means the men who
have something as the result OF their
tool and provfdent habits; 1t means
those who have the coura ge TO cling to
the teachings Of the fathers, and who
believe that 1t Is better to open the mills
than the mints.
It means every man who believes that
law, order and prosperity are INSOFAR
able. It means every old and young
man who has the effrontery to be
Black Republican" and has faith in
the ability of his party to meet and con-
quer any exigency that may confront
the Nation-but there is mighty host
ea such people, thank Heaven.