davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11
ANOTHER FREE SILVER FORGERY
\ BrynncSuue Fabrication Nailed on
the Grass of Truth.

Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin some time ago received
communication from a valued correspondent
at Shocton, asking how free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l could hurt the
United States when such an authority as
william Ldderdale, governor of the Bank
of England had expressed himself on the
subject follows
"If the American people had the courage
of conviction and would adopt the double
standard of gold and silver, no matter at
what ratio. they would inside OF a year
command the trade of the East Indies, the
Straits, China and Japan. Unless England
should follow suit and adopt a bimetallic
standard she would inside of eighteen
months to be a commercial factor in
the markets of the world"
Tho Wisconsin had means OF testing
the genuineness of the quotation, but eX-
planned why IL would not accept Mr. Lid
derdale's judgment in the matter If his
Judgment disagreed with its own. Now it
comes out that MIR Lidderdale denies the
responsibility for the sentiments thus put
into his mouth. The alleged expression,
which was said to have been uttered at
banquet at the Mansion house in London,
has been attributed to MIR. L!dderdale by
numerous free silver writers and orators
during the present campaign s. b. Zeigler.
"A citizen OF West Union, Ia, did not believe
the assertion that the ex-governor of the
Bank OF England had expressed such views,
and wrote direct to the Bank Of England,
endorsing the above extract He has re-
ccved the following response:
BANK or ENGLAND, LONDON, Sept.
49, 1S96-The President Fayctte County
National Bank, IOwa-Sir: beg to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
2ith uItimO with a cutting from the Eau
Claire (Wls) Daily Leader of the 18th OF
august last, which is returned herewith as
requested. | have shown your enclosure to
the Right Hon William Lidderdale mot
Lord Lidderdale). a former governor of the
Bank OF Pngland. 10 whom the remarks
ere attributed and | am authorized by him
to inform you that he entirely disclaims the
accuracy of the views he is supposed to
hnyo expressed, and that no such speech as
that referred 10 was ever delivered by him
| am. sir your obeGlent servant,
81 G. MARINE, Deputy Chief Cashier"
Thus the Lilderdale endorsement goes
with tho Grip OF Cola" falsely attributed
10 the London Financial News and with
the anarchist speech falsely attributed TO
Abraham Lincoln and with numerous other
/ piGCCs OF manufactured evidence introduced
/ y unsCrupuOus free slyerites into the
! present campaign with the object OF mis-
/ leading the people into voting against their
! own interests,
IL Is entirely Characteristic that men as
! honest enough to strive TO swindle their
! creditors by paying them 80 cents on the
dollar should prove dishonest enough TO com
! NIT forgery.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

An average of 100000 pounds Of snails are
eaten each week in Paris.
Mr.. whitney has in his home in New York
City bedstead which cost $4,000.
Ostriches are usually plucked once every
eight months The average yield is one
pound OF feathers each.
The 124 largest cities in the country show
a steady and almost uniform decrease In the
average size OF a family.
4 recent pamphlet on British railways
states that there are 39l depots and stations
within the limits of London.
Quito is the only city in the world that
is situated on the equator. There the sun
rises and sets at o'clock the year around
Kansas editors excel in the selection Of
eccentric names for their papers. The
Prairie Dog the Astonsher, the Paraly2cr
and the Thomas Cat are conspicuous among
others.
The smallest known species Of hog Is
the pigmy swine of Australia. They are
exactly like their larger brethren in every
particular except size being not larger
than a good sized house rat.
$. X Adams of Yoncalla, ore. is a fur
niture dealer and undertaken. He deals IN
books and stationery, sells -four and meat
produce and he is a telegraph operator
Then he is leader Of the Yoncalla band.
AS the result of an election wager man
in Ripley o., is going to shave his head,
gild 1t and walk mile without hat n
Mckinley is elected His opponent Will sill
yer his head II Bryan carries off the prize
In Rilroad building across sandy deserts
the French engineers are beginning to EN-
ploy iron ties. A late pattern consists OF
wrought iron bar. supported in the mid
die and at both ends by globular plates OF
cast iron,
The sufferings of Miss Hannah Jane Des-
mond of Brockton. Mass. whose peculiar af-
Fiction of hccOughing bailled the skill of
the physicians came to an end last week.
She died after seventeen weeks of suffering
with the trouble.
A gigantic pine tree recently cut in Penn
sylvania scaled S033 feet of lumber. II
made seventeen saw logs, none less than
twelve feet. and some twenty feet, In
length. The top end Of the butt log was
lfty-eight inches in diameter.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11

n policy would bc utterly destructive Of
fail to give us such Il merchant marine
as this great commercial nation ought
to have. Having every facility for build
ing ships for ourselves there Is no sound
reason why American capital should be
taken abroad to buy ships, With iu-
dicious encouragement ON the part of
the government we could In the course
of ten years construct Il merchant ma
rinc that would be equal to every de-
maud and which would be Il most inn
portant supplement to our navy, as Is
the merchant marine of Great Britain
to the navy of that country.
As we have heretofore said in rcla-
ton To this natter it is one of the
greatest Importance to the commercial
progress of the country and no section
has a monopoly of interest in it, An
American merchant marine would be no
less beneficial to the producers of the
west and south than to the munufactur-
crS of the east and the middle states
our present dependence upon foreign
ship owners is extremely expensive. At
moderate estimate 1t costs our people
S1lO.OOOuOO year and nearly the whole
of that sum goes abroad only very
small part of it being expended in this
| country. 1t requires no great intclli-
! epncr to understand that if this large
sum were kept at home and expended
! for ship building material, labor and
! supplies. ii would be n material benefit
to numerous interests. But this is not
all for this dependence places us mt Il
! disadvantage in competition with com
merrial rivals that have II merchant
marine. 1t is unqucStiouable that n
country whose trade Is carried on under
its own flag has Il very decided ndvan-
tage. Om experience with South Amer
lea has demonstrated this.
If the republican party is restored to
control of the government it may safely
be expected to enact legislation for Civ
ing the country merchant marine. II
is absolutely certain that if its oppo.
ucntS are placed in power there will b.
no such legislation and our commerce
will become more dependent upon for
egn ship owners with an annually in
crcasing outgo to pay for the carrying
Of our exports and imports.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11

fupURTtNcE or .WG AMENDMENTS
The twelve constitutional amend
mcnts submitted to the voters OF Ne
braska for ratification at tho coming
election are designed to effect revision
Of the state constitution at those points
where revision has become Imperative.
The proposed amendments, with but
one or two exceptions, ought to en-
counter no opposition whatever because
they are strictly in line with coustitu-
tiuual development since 1878, when Ne
hraska's fundamental law was framed.
In fact It is not opposition to the pro-
posed amendments that threatens to de-
feat them. but rather the danger that
the Indifference of the voter may pre-
vent him altogether from expressing
himself on tue question of their
adoption.
The necessity of voting for the CON
stitutional amendments can not he too
strongly impressed upon the people. If
they will only reflect what the failure
of these amendments means they cannot
help apprcciating their Importance.
There are only two ways of revising the
couStitution-onc by amendments sub
mittcd by the legislature, the other
through a constitutional convention. II
The people neglect to effect revision by
the ratification of pending amendments
we will be forced to call constitutional
! convention.
| Calling constitutional convention
means tax upon the people of not less
! than $i5OO00. The expense may be
much greater. 1t means besides that
needless agitation of new issues and dis
traction from business at Il time when
the people of this state should be bend
ing all energies toward building up and
developing its resources. The agitation
could not but prove damaging to every
interest ana the delay in rcmrdying the
defects Of the present constitution would
be both costly and injurious to the pub
lie interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11
MERcnANr MARINn LEGISLATION.


1t Is stated that the commissioner Of
navigation will in his annual report
crticse the plank in the republican ma
tional platform which favors discrim-
Mating duties ON goods imported in for
eign vessels. He will advocate the
policy of free ships ana will probably
20 extensively into the discussion of that
policy. which is distinctly on free trade
lines. Mr.. Chamberlain, the commits
sioner has heretofore expressed his
views on this subject, so that probably
he will present nothing new. He Is
simply an exponent of free trade aS ap-
Piled to the merchant marine and what
ever he may say h not likely to change
the sentiment of n majority of the Amer
lean people against free ships.
Many republicans do not believe that
1t would be good policy to impose dis
eliminating duties on imports in for
eign vessels They apprehend that such
a policy would provoke retaliation on
the part of foreign governments and
they also question whether it would not
cOnllnNeup our cOlHlltICIal lifl'l'N
They recognize the fact that the pres
ent conditions rs to international radc
are very different from the conditions
at the beginning of the government and
that these must be taken into cOnSld-
Grafton. 1t is not disputed that the leg
islatiou of 1880 was highly beneficial
20 the American shipping interest. In
that year only ~ per cent of our eX-
ports and imports was carried in our
vessels. Six years later we were carry
ing ~ per cent of our commerce. BY
1910 80 per cent Of our exports and i'm
ports was carried in American vessels
These facts conclusively show the good
effects of that early legislation, bnt il
does not follow tlat a renewal sf such
Il policy at this time would produce like
results. II must therefore he regarded
rs very doubtful whether the repub-
lican party, II restored To control of the
governments would re-enact the legisln-
ton of 1883. ON the other hand II Is
perfectly safe 10 say that it will con
tinue to be firmly opposed to free ships,
for the all-suiiieient reason that such
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11

HYPOCRISY OUTSIDE or THE CHURCH,
"Who are hypocritcS?" asks The Indc-
pendent i'm It's leading editorial in its
current issue. at is generally as
Sumed," it goes on to say, that there are
no hypocritcs outside of the pale of the
those who are believed to he such are
detested 1t is one of the most serious
charges brought against the church that
it contains hypocritcs, men who are not
what they seem to be, but are as the
word means. actors. Not few persons
have been heard to say that the reason
why they do not join II church is because
they hate hypocritcs so much and so
long rs the church harborS them they
will keep out of it,"
A hypOcrite, according to accepted
definition. is one who fcigns to be what
he is not one who pretends to virtue
that he does not possess. The lnde-
pendent in the article quoted goes on
to brand as Il hypocrite the man who
asserts that he believes in God and likes
the church. but who never goes to
church and refuses to participate in its
work beyond occasional or even regular
contributions. The hypocrite of the
church. it says. is worse than he seems,
while the hypocrite of the world seems
worse than he is.
But are there not hypocrites both in
side and outside the church whose
hypocrisy consists III pretending to
other things than religion? Does not
the merchant who makes false repre-
Sentations to his patrons exhibit traits
of hypocrisy? Does not the pretcnder
in social circles possess all the qualities
of the hypocrite? DO not the politician
and the political orator who profess To
he what they are not. who preach one
thing before election and practice an
entirely different thing after election.
resort to the same willy arts as the most
accomplished church hypocritc? II
| hypocrisy consists in seeming to be
what one is not, why should not the
| term hypocrite be applied to every one
who sails under false pretcnses whether
in the religious. social, business or politi.
| cal world? UnqueStionably there are
| hypocrites outside of the church, in
every walk of life, aud the hypocrite out
side of the church deserves to be de
tested just as much as the hypocrite
| within its pale.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11
rnnsoNAL AM OTHERWISE.

The amecr Of Afghanstan is having a gold
coin struck to commemorate his assumption
OF his new title, THE Light OF the World
Barney Lloyd Of Charlcstowu, w. Va Is
the last surviving member OF the grand jury
which, in 1859. indicted John Brown for IN
yasion and incttng insurrccticu,
ON the birth Of hts eighth daughter last
week Conner Davis, the editor OF a Kansas
paper announced the event in a paragraph
beginning: Everything appears to be COM
ing our way"
kiusman OF John C. Calhoun has dis
covered in the cid home OF the statesman
great mass Of letters hitherto unnouced.
There are some 3 600 OF them, and 1t is sug.
gestcd that the state of South Carolina have
thcm siftcd over, edited and published
Anna Held put the object lesson idea to
good use on the stage OF a New York thvater
Monday night She placed a big hat on the
stage. which concealed her entirely, while
shc sang one OF her songs. and the ladies
the audience saw how Vt was themselves
Pierre Lott went to a bun fight at Fucn-
tearahia recertly and was made the guest
Of honor. The chief cspada dedicated the
death of the bull TO him, aud after the fight
the novelist was Obliged to throw his hat and
poCketbook into the ring to live up to Span
ish etiquette.
when Lord Russell passed through Balti-
more his chief interest in the city was
neither in its university nor its oysters but
in the fact that II was named after the little
fishing village In South Munster, Ireland,
which was sacked by the Algerinc pirates
In 1881 lie called the attention Of the re
porters to Thomas Davis celebrated poem,
The Sack Of Baltimore" which led to a
general scurrying to the Libraries for in
formation.
The wife OF Booker T. Washington of the
| Tuskegcc lAla) institute is doing much to
| elevate the women of her race. In 1892 she
| began her labors in a shabby upper room.
| where she and six other women discussed
| ways and means. Today there is a weekly
| conference of over 400 women. some of them
| walking sixteen miles to be present. There
are talks on useful subjects, there are classes
| and library for the children and the
whole neighborhood has been elevated md
| oil
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11
THE GIFT or HEALING.

Written fnr The Bee
when that blow falls" I said, my hcort
Aud. afterwards I seemed to see myself
Grown strong and stern and cold, impcr-
To griefs of those about me; what saw
OF sorrow in the lives that touched with
mine
should pass me by as II saw 1t not.
No other soul had promise such as minc
And It so wrecked by what had made it
And then prayed, "oh, God, in mercy,
The blow; for if it fan shall grow hard"
Inc stroke was not delayed; my warm
In vain; then gave it's human blood to
stain
Relentless steel And, now, all gricfs assail
My soul as shadows that are cast against
Dense darkness; all their power to force
the light
From out my life is gone, because my
Dwclls i'm the gloom where no sun shines;
"A tomb
Shuts out the day and hides the flowers;
yet, stunned
In this retreat. my soul responds to woes
That come to others; gricfs that. once. I
passed
In silent scorn because they seemed so
Beside my own, know do blight and
scar.
dened hearts
To me to n sure relief; whcn now,
l see the pure who writhe in anguish, |
Can see how sorrow strengthens them:
and, when
/ look on sin. | see the suffering that
Is sure to follow it; and SO my soul
Has found the way to pity all the world
That doathblow To my selfish hopes broke
down
What bars us from anOther'S woe; tho
power
To help comes when our lives have lost
their glory.
BELLE WILEY CUE.
Winsde Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11
SEEKING GOOD COMPANY.
How Andy Jackson Rcscnts Bryan
esuuc Affection.

Detroit Free Press 0em)
At Nashville, Tenn, Mr.. Bryan talked him
self into distinguished company according
to his usual wont, in these words:
81 can understand why the people OF this
state, and especially OF this portion OF the
state, should feel so deep an interest in the
cause which Is being represented by the
Chicago platform, because. my friends, we
are fighting today the battle that Andrew
Jackson fought when he was in Office"
II has already been revealed that the CHI
cago nominee is anything but scrupulOusy
exact in ascrihing certain sentiments to the
distinguished dead. But his reference to
Old Hickory Is another Offense of the same
character. In his message of December 2
1894, President Jackson declared
"The progress OF our gold coinage Is cred
itablo to the officers OF the mint, and prom
ises in n short period to furnish the country
with sound and portable currency
This does not read as If Andrew Jackson
was such an implacable Zoe OF Ita, HlNI'y
as the Boy Orator announces hlmSolr 10 De.
Neither did he give any evidence OF sym
pathy with the cheap money dcluslon, as
the following extract from his last message
conclusively shows;
Engaged from day to day IN thelr useiul
toll. they Cwcrkingmcnl do not perceive
that although their wages are nomlnally
thc same or even somewhat higher they
are greatly reduced In fact by the rapid Ia
crease OF a spurious currency, when as II
appears to make money abound they are
al first inclined to consider a blessing. .
n is not until ,he prices OF the necessaries
Of lie become so dear that the laboring
classes cannot supply their wants out OF
their wages that their wages rise
Yet Mr. Bryan is continually procalming
the glorious benefits Of a redundant cur
rency and cheaper dollar He was NO
more successful In his use OF Jackson'a
name at Nashville than In his reference Il
Boecher at Brooklyn. Both would be against
his population policy II they were stlll here
in the flesh. even as all OF the really great
men and ministers OF the present time arr
Oppoaed To IL,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11

Mr.. Bryan is very indignant because he
is charged with the authorship of an insult
ing attack on pensioners in the Omaha paper
Of which he has been the alleged editor, de-
claring that everybody knew he was not the
editor at that time, But newspaper insult
is of no consequence compared with Bryan's
proposition to pay the pensioners in cheap
silver dollars In order to enrich the silver
mine trust, for which he is now travelling
solicitor. Pensioners are now paid in what
Mr.. Bryan and Governor Altgeld would call
"200-cent dollars" They propose to pay
them in 1OO-cent dollars; or, to be strictly
sioners in 50-cent dollars instead of 100-cent
dollars, thus transferring $7O,O00,00O of the
money now paid pensioners to the mine
owning millionaires who are paying his cam
pGign expenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11

The flower mission, organized in ten
der memory of the pure life of one who
went Familiarity in and out among the
homes of Omaha, is just closing its
SUMMER season. Supported entirely by
personal contributions of flowers, money
and the gladly y-bpstowed time of young
women who delight in charitable deeds,
it's gentle influence has been felt mt
many IL chrerlcSs hearth and hospital
bedside and the sweet fragrance of its
charity is like that of the flowers which
il Scatters abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11
WHY WHEAT Is RISING.
Shortage in the Crop of Foreign
Countries.

Countries.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Kuhlows German Trade Review gives
some interesting facts concerning the
worlds demand for and supply of wheat
during 1896 The countries that import
wheat are Great Britain. France, Ger
many, Austria, Italy, Netherlands Bel
GUM, Switzerland, Denmark, Scandi-
navia, Spain. Portugal and Greece. The
home product of these countries for 1896
is stated to be 45O. .S79. 900 bushels less than
the yearly average of their consumption
The exporting countries are: Russia Hun
Servia, Turkey. East Indies United States.
Canada Argentine Chilli Australia the
Cape Colony. Egypt, Tunis and Algiers
These will have 32O. .2l2 900 bushels available
for export after their home demands are
supplied. Thus there is an apparent de-
ficiency of l30 G67 900 bushels between the
average demand and this years supply.
Were it not there are some considerable re-
serves of last years production serious in
convenience might result from this shortage.
But as things really stand no further results
than an increase of price to a degree that
will give profit tu the producer may be eX-
pected
Among the exporting countries Russia
produced 10000, O0G bushels less in 1896 than
in 1896; the East Indian crop Is less by &c.
GOO, 900 bushels; that of Argentina by H.
0O0, 600 bushels; Australia shows a falling
OFF OF 5000 600 bushels These conditions
account for the rise in wheat values. Sin
gularly enough this increase of wheat prices
is accompanied by a fall in the price OF sill
yer. But Mr. Bryan will continue to preach
that wheat cannot rise until silver rises.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11

IhdlhnhpOIls JournaI Unu. deml
The truth is that MIR. Bryan's campaign is
an insult TO the intelligence of the Amer-
can people. He deliberately asks the work
ingmen to vote for a policy the adoption of
which would greatly reduce the purchasing
power of their wages. and he asks them to
do this for tho very reason that 1t would
have that effect. His whole burden is that
a cheap dollar will bring high prices. But
he has not proved, and he cannot prove,
that such a dollar will bring proportonately
higher wages On the contrary. he has ad-
mtted that his scheme will make wages less
valuable. But he insists that under lower
wages men would have better chance tc
get work and would be more likely to hold
their jobs That is his answer, and his
only answer to the charge that his plan will
cut in two the purchasing power of the
wOrkingman's dollar. II is too much TO
expect that intelligent newspapers should
support such policy.