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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20
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Roston Journal.


Tn ono of his Iowa speeches Mr.. Bryan SAID:
ssThe gold standard means that the dollar Will
buy more ana more all the time" Inls ne
urged as one of the most serious indictments
against the exis ting system.
But is I. really bad thing that the ooiiar
buys more now than it did ten, hiteeh, twenty
wears ago? That is a question Wnlch observes
the serious consideration of wage-earners anu
all people of limited means. Ine doliar
against which Mr.. Bryan brings THIS lnolct-
ment of buying more than IT ought Is tne LIZ uol.
lar in which wages are paid II IS the doiiar
which the pensioner receives; III is lne 40 iar
which is paid to the savings pank oepositsor
when he withdraws any part OF MS ueposst. p 81 :.
Mr. Bryan insists that it ought not 10 go SO lar
as 1t does in buying the necessaries and COM
forts OF life. is he r1ghtI
In making this statement, Mr.. Bryan un-
covers the real object OF MS cnam PlolsliiP } u
free silver That object is to introduce dol
lar which will buy less than the dollar now III
circulation. 1t is clear that this is What ne
has in mind, or otherwise his denunclstlon oI
the gold standard dollar tor buying TOO mucn
has no meaning at all.
1t has been charged by the defenders OF
sound money in this campaign that the result
of the triumph of free silver would be 10 cut
the purchasing power of the dollar in which
wages are paid in two. In the words Wnlch
we have quoted Mr.. Bryan virtually admits
this.
He does not, indeed, indicate whether the
purchasing capacity of the dollar should De
reduced by oDe-half or by some smaller frac-
ton, but that it ought to be reduced he clearly
affirms when he says that at present lis pur-
chasing capacity is greater than it should be.
Put in plain English, therefore, Mr.. Bryan's
programme for the wage-earners OF this coun-
try is that they should vote for voluntary
reduction of their wages by means of reduc-
ton of the purchasing power of the money in
which their wages are paid. To suppose that
any considerable number of them would ac-
cept such programme as that is 10 suppose
that they have gone clean daft.
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AN APPEAL FOR REVOLUTION.

The Bryanite orators and organs have
well nigh abandoned the argument for
free silver. they have raised the cry of
coercion and intimidation. They have
entered upon campaign directed to the
sole end of exciting labor against capital.
They have ceased to deal in vague gener-
alities and in not few cases have made
local application to their appeals by en-
deayoring to arouse the workingmen OF
their own cities against the employers who
give them work.
A recent example of this is to be found
in the attempt of the San Francisco Eran,-
isaer to excite the animosities OF the en-
ployes of the Union Iron Works against
the men who employ them. In this in
stance the appeal was harmless in San
Francisco, but it is sure to be copied far
a nd wide in the East and may affect the
minds of people there. Eastern organs
Will probably make similar attacks and
those will be copied here, and so this
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PER ONAL.

G. T. Jackson of Chico is here.
Judge R. R. Bigelow of Carson is in town.
E. c. Hughes of Seattle arrived here yester-
day.
c. birmingham, merchant of sonoma, is In
the City.
G. C. Warren of Nevada is among recent ar
rivals here.
V. Hudson of Honolulu arrived here on the
Peru yesterday.
Senator Frank MCGOWAN of Humboldt
County is in town.
P. Finnerty and wife OF Upton are at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel.
George Mainhardt mining man of Grass
Valley, is at the Grand.
Captain NJ. S. Ackley of the steamer State of
California is at the Lick.
I. D. McGovern, an extensive grocer of New
York, is at the California
I. l.. Fletcher of Porterville, fruitgrower, is
at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Z. Jacobs, the wealthy grain farmer OF Vi
salla, arrived here yesterday.
Il. and A. NJ. Wolfe business men OF Nelson,
b. C., are at the International.
N. T. lsaacs, a well-known business man OF
Malla Walla, is at the Occidental.
William E. Dougherty, Indian Agent at
Hoopa valley, arrived here yesterday.
N J. Finger, druggist of San Jose and mem
Der OF the State Board of Pharmacy, is at the
Lick
M. Russell and wife of Canada are visiting
the State and staying at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
81. B. Richards of juneau, Alaska, capitalist
on tour OF the world, is at the Cosmopolitan
Ho ell.
The Rev. II. P. Cochrane, missionary of
Rangoon, arrived here yesterday, accompa-
MED by his family.
Peter Codiga, a Swiss miner of Circle City,
has arrived here, accompanied by his wife, a
native OF Yukon. He is at the Commercial.
Robert b. Smith, a leading attorney of Mon
tana, who is candidate for Governor on the
Democratic fusion ticket, is among the ar
rivals here.
w. Robinson and A. Rodine of Iowa Hill,
who have Tor some time been mining in the
Cariboo district. British Columbia, returned
here yesterday and are at the Russ.
Rear Admiral R. A Beardslee OF the United
states cruiser Philadelphia came down from
Puget Sound yesterday ana is at the Occi-
dental. He Is accompanied by Mrs. Beardslee.
The Philadelphia preceded them and is now in
port. The admiral VIII remain about week,
going aboard the ship just before she leaves.
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NEWSPAPER rLEAoANTRY.

"What an idiot love makes of man. Here
| Timmins has been writing poetry to his sweet
| hearts gentle eyes
| "Well, what OF it?"
| "What of it? How can she be gentle-eyed
when she is cross-eyed ?''-Indianapolis Jour-
| nal
| mdon't understand how it is" said the mild
young man, "that football players so popu-
| lar with the ladies'"
"Were you ever at social function where
refreshments were seryed?" asked Miss Cay.
enne.
"Of course"
ssThen you don't observe closely or you
would have learned the reason. It's the
voung lady who has football player for an
escort who has the most croquettes and ice
cream when the scramble is oYer"-Washing-
| on Star.
aDid YOU know that Miss Bilkins is quite
popular as amateur singer y
$50 understand. How do you account for
her success with such voice as she has ?"
"She gets into her friends good graces by re-
fusing to sing when they ask her."-Roxbury
Gazette.
Edith-Is it true that one has to kiss the
Bible when one takes an oath in court?
Amt Marvin some States, believe.
Edith-Then that's what Harry Prince must
have meant when he said he knew me like q
book. He wanted to kiss me.-Boston Tran
script.
Eyes" said the Nihilist; Eve consider our
work humane"
"Humane?"
"Certainly. Uneasy rests the head that
wears crown We propose to enable the
Car to rest easy for all time. e."-Philadelph1a
North American.
"Whose immense funeral procession is that?'
"He was one of the richest hotel men in the
country
"Ofwhat hotel was he proprietorp
s'He wasn't any proprietor. He was the
head wa1ter."-Cleyeland Plaindealer.
"Guilty."
Upon this word the counterfeiter's head fell
upon his breast and hot tears coursed rapidly
down his face.
"That" he walled, ais what get for trying
to be an artist rather than mere copyist.'
Detroit Tribune.
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Bismarck, in 1871, demonetized silver
in Germany and established the gold
standard. 1t left Germany with 3OO,-
600, 200 of silver in the treas ury, which,
on account of the fall in the price OF the
metal, she has been unable to dispose of.
So Bismarck says, as experience has
often said to credulity before, to this
calIow youth of the Platte: "Of course,
your great country can try the free COIN
age of silver, and tho world Will look on
with eagerness for the result of your
experiment" And then the grand old
statesman quietly sends word to the Ger
man Treasurer: "Be sure you get our
silver into the United States mints first"
-Chauncey Depew.
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PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.


Lord Rosebery has the finest collection OF
modern books in England.
]. D. Wood OF Beaver Canyon, Idaho, has
focks aggregating 78, 600 sheep.
Nine. Enlatile de Vllleroi, who died In Phila-
delphia last week at the age of 81, was niece
of Stephen Girard.
Colonel Albert B. Hllton's famous bulldog.
King Orry, was sold at auction the other day
for $16O. 1t is said that tile dog cost $3.50.
Judge Walter s. Cox OF the District Supreme
Court at Washington will be 20 years of age on
November 25, and will then be eligible for re-
tirement.
Hon. Richard T. Browning recently discoy-
cred in the bottom of Deep Creek, Garrett
County, Maryland, a canoe that belonged to
his grandfather sixty years ago.
Simeon Collins of Clay County, No., left
sixth of his estate to his granddaughter,
Mamie Collins. on condition that "she shall in
good faith renounce Christian science"
"Uncle vint" Abbott OF Rumford, Me-, was
recently seen in driving rainstorm two miles
from home. contentediy fishing for pickerel.
And "Uncle Vint' will be 81 his nexr birth.
day.
General Baratieri, who, more any one else
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ELECTION RULES IN BILLVILLE.
Atlanta Constitution.

Don't shoot the ballot box man until he has
fully decided that the election is against you
Voters are expected to repair to the polls
early A prize of one barrel of pure Georgia
moonshine is offered to the voter who polls
the most votes before breakfast
Do not obstruct the polls When you think
that you have voted sufficiently give some
other American citizen chaLce while you are
resting our elf.
There are only 600 different tickets in the
field, SO you ought not to have any great diff
Guilty in finding the party you belong to,
The votes will be counted according to tho
Billvilse arithmetic. specially prepared for the
occasion. This arithmetic, under fayorable
circumstances, declares that one and one is
ten. Each MAJ disputing 1t is ia yored with q
deed to a cemetery lot.
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The platform of the Chicago conven-
tion threatens to end with destruction
OF social order, with lawlessness and
anarchy. The personification Of law
and of social order in America is in our
courts, and the promise of safety to
our free institutions is the prompt
obedience to those courts, and now the
cour ts are to be shorn of their power,
and shorn of it in favor of mobs bent on
rioting and the destruction of prop
erty.-Archbishop Ireland.
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THE MINTS AND THE MILLS.
New York Press,

New York Press.
The mills of this country cannot open until
we restore to the American people their own
market. We cannot restore to them THIS mar
ket by opening our mints:o silver, to gold or
to anything else. When we restrict the i'm
portations of foreign goods with tariff that
will permit Americans to manufacture prod
ucts that can be sold in this country, Ameri-
they found it in 1892 and will again receive
the wages which they received In that year,
but If we had q mint for every mill in the
United States and still allowed foreign goods
TO come unobstructed into our market. the
American wage-earner would still seek for
work in vain and would still find that there
were nc dollars for him, no matter now many
OF them were coined and no matter what the
value Of them.
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: 9 alleged to be respons BILE for the defeat OF
Italv in Abyssinia, has written to friend IN
Rome to say that he will leave Trieste in oc..
tober and return to Italy with the intention OF
entering the Chamber of Deputies he VIII
live in Rome.
citizen of Big Rapids, Mich, loaned Ezra
Smith IS when the war broke out in 1901.
He received letter from sedalia, MO-, tne
other day with So bill inclosed- This was " as
the first he hao heard of Ezra IN tnirly-nfe
wears, and he had supposed that his Debtor was
killed during the war.
During the polar exploring cruise OF tne
po1sris nnder the command of Captain Hail.
the wife of an Eskimo named Hendrix gave
birth to son when the ship was iying ~
Thank God Harbor on the e2d paraiiel OF nor.h r.t
latitude. There is no record OF human DILL
taking pIace farther north than this.
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A PUZZLE IN POLITICS.

In the fusion States alone can the Populists
nope 10 secure any Watson electors; and if
they carried every one OF these States tbair
candidate for Vice-President would have about
quarter OF the number of votes to elect
And how does Mr.. Sewall stand in the fusion
arrangements II the fusion ticket wins in al
tne twenty-six States he will still lack fortv
Two woes IN the electoral college, and il is
beyond the range of proba bility that he shall
Garry ali these States. ii the fusion ticset
were 10 be de Gated in Illinois. for instance
seWal would Il d himself slxty-two votes to
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THE CANDIDATE.

When Jimson run for office,
Why. 'twou. done you good to hear
The wy he cussed monopolies,
In ringin' words an lear;
The papers he'd his pictprs,
An his fambly's, every one
They lowed as William Jimson
Was "Ihe deestric's fav'rite son,n
When Jimson run for Office.
Why. he run both morn and nj hit:
He seized each farmers horny hand
An shook 'em left an right.
He kissed at least Ii thousand babes;
Sich words as poets quotes
He whispered into mothers ears
To rivet fathers votes.
He ran both late an early,
On the stump he'd oft crate,
How as "riUgs" were crushin' labor
Jes' as sure as any fate.
BUTT came along November,
An he cussed he more, they say,
When Jfmson run for office
And the office got away. Truth
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CALIFORNiANs In NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 19.-At the West
minister-C. P. Page, E. G. Fleming. Astor-J.
E. Curnly, G. Martin and wife. Albemare-
A. Corrigan. Gilsey-P. w. Watson. Holland
II. M. Hecht. Metropole-D. Mccullough.
Imperial-O. o. Howard Jr. Everett-Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Lawrence, f. and Miss Lawrence.
Manhattan-H. r. Pfuhl
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Through Sleeping Cars to cbic.ro

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Santa Fs
route Will continue to oaIly through from
Oakland to Chicago Pullman palace drawing-room,
also upholstered tourist sleeping-cars leaving
every afternoon. Lowest through rates to all
points in the United States, Canada, Mexico or
Europe. Excursions through to Boston leava
every week. San Francisco ticket office. 644 Mar.
ket street, Chronicle building. Telephone main,
1881: Oakland Ills Broadway
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FRATERNAL ORGANIzATIoNs-A. S., CITY. The
twelve strongest fraternal organizations in
the United States rank as follows: Odd Fell
lows, Freemasons Knights of Py thias, Ancient
Order United Workmen, Knights of the Mac
ca bees, Royal Arcanum, Improved Order of
les, Modern Woodmen OF the World, Knights
of Honor and Ancient Order of Foresters of
America. The six strongest in California rank
in about the same relative degree as given.
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the bad if he loses in illinois, Iowa ana Ken
tucky he viii have seventy-three votes TO make
m AS fusion stands to-day. the arrangement
seems TO count out Watson before the ballots
are cast, and to make it practically lmpossi.ole
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"The platform of the Chicago conven-
tion threatens 10 end with the destruction
of the social order, with lawlessness and
anarchy" says Archbishop Ireland; and
no one who has given heed to the ha-
ranrues OF the Bryanite organs and
orators can doubt the truth of these words
of solemn warning addressed TO the
people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

The TARIFF-H. ]. B., Berkeley, Col. ''Under
the Mckinley bill the average rate of duty was
1888 per cent, while in the Wilson-Gorman
bill it is about 36 per cent. In the Chicago
Daily News Almanac and Political Register
for 1898 you Will find a full comparative table
of the two tariffs. This shows the rate for each
article under the old and under the new one.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

NoTE-Subscriber, Albright If q person
owing you money on promissory note fails to
paw it when due and has money in bank you
should consult competent lawyer. This de-
pariment does not state conclusions of law or
give legal advice.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

CoNGREssMEN, ELECTORS, ETC.-A. w. P, Oak
land Cal Yon evidently nave not been a
careful reader of Answers to Correspondents.
Your question was answered in detail in the
issue OF THE CALL, Sunday, August %.
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Phillips, Rock Island Excur.,on.

Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio
Grande and Rock Island Railways. Through
tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man
ager and porters accompany these excursions
Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations
and further information address Clinton Jones
General Agent Rock Island Railway 80 Mont-
gomery street, San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

American people associate the American
flag with the Republican party, and would
display the one gladly and proudly as
conclusive evidence that they intend to
support the other.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

Bryan once declared himself in favor OF
having the people taught VoIapuk, but on
another occasion he voted against having
the English language taught in the pub
lie schools of New Mexico. That is the
kind of erratic genius he is.
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Henry George has proited by the cam
paign to prove that he is greater come
dian as political prophet than he was as
political economist, and that is some
thing in the way OF getting a reputation
for versatility.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

THE SILVER STANDARD-B. NJ, City. num-
Der OF test votes taken in the Senate of the
United States, as it is at present constituted, 4,
show that the majority of that body was not in
favor of the free coinage of silver.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

PRoTEcTIoN-H. ]. B., Berkeley, Cal. Pro-
lection, as advocated by the Republican party,
would and does. in the language of William
Mckinley, benefit the American farmer by the
increased consumption of home production.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

BUDD AS CoNGREssMAN-J. P. L andEA. s.,
City James H. Budd, at present Governor of
the State of California, was in the lower house
of Congress, representing California from 1885
to 1887, having been elected November 4,
1884.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

From this time on every citizen should
work for protection and prosperity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

Some of the Popocrat organs are object
ing to the use of The National flag in Re-
publican professions; but really what
other symbol is there for National unity,
National prosperity and National honorf
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

IT Is SPANIsH-R. S. R., Watsonville, Cal
"Oro en- Paz; Fierro en- Guerra" is Spanish,
and means gold in peace, iron in war. The
words are on the seal OF San Francisco.
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RENT-C. D., City. This department does not
know of any way by which a landlord can
compel a tenant to pay arrearage of rent If he
owns only personal property that is exempt
from execution.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

eff Dobs pays me what he owes me shall go
on the Continent this autumn"
'And if Dobs doesn't pay you what he owes
your"
'well, it will probably be Dobs who win go
there "-Tid-Bits
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made to understand that the campaign
means business.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

OLD-TIME ExPLosIoN-E. B., City. The explo-
sion of the boiler on the ste amer Secretary,
while that vessel was midway between San
Francisco and Petaluma, with about sixty pas
sengers on board, was on the 18th of April,
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HAYES VALLEY-M. B., City. The buildings
that for age are among the most prominent in
Hayes Valley are the Mowry Opera-hall, Stand
ard Shirt Factory and the Eiustein Shoe Fac
or
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

Now that money is coming into the
country for wheat, who is in favor of SELL
ing the wheat for so cent dollars?
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

Bryan had better seek the center of the
country on election day or the tidal wave
will sweep him off the map.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

A postal-card ballot taken by the Chi
cago Record shows that in Chicago Nc
Kinley will get over so per cent of the vote,
while in Illinois. outside of Chicago, he
will get II per cent. The vote has been
fairly taken, and is sure indication of
how the election will 90.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

The prosperity now coming to the coun-
try can be made permanent by the estab-
lishment of a protective system that will
keep the gold we are now i'm mporting in use
in American industries and the employ
ment of American LABOR.
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Don't be in any doubt of the result. The
way to be in at the victory is to follow the
Republican procession.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

"say, father, why have all the pictures got
frames ?"
''Why, you little fool, so that the artist may
know when to stop painting, of course
Fligende Blaetter.
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If the rise in prices knocks the founda-
tion from under the Popocrat campaign
Mr.. Bryan can at least say it was not his
fault. He has done all he could to dis.
turb business and keep prices down.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

1t was but little while ago that the
Eastern people were complaining of hot
weather, and now the snowstorms have
begun. Life in that section seems to be
full of variety.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

The Popocrats started out with hurrah
campaign, but are ending it with shrieks.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

CONSTIPATION and ali Irregularities Of the
bowels are best remedied by the use of Ayers
Cathartic Pills.
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The campaign of the Bryanites is not
so much an argument for free silver as an
appeal for revolution.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

WHEN Ill with pains and exhaustion PARKER's
GINGER Tonic is your surest relief.
PARKER's HAIR BALsAM aids the hair growth.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

IF you suffer from looseness OF the bowels, Dr..
Slegert's Angostura Bitters will surely cure you.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

In Mexico, under the silver standard,
labor is about the cheapest thing in the
country. We do not wish that condition
here, do WEI
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No man in Congress has been an abler
or worthier champion of sound money
and protection than Mr.. Boutelle of Maine
and no citizen should lose the opportunity
to hear him this evening.
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An instructive obje ct lesson for voters
is found in the fact that during the twenty
four months the German tariff has been
in operation the loss to the Government
has been $115 92O 353.
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SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers,
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery.
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Let US show the man from Maine that
California is with him.
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The American people will not submit to
the cry of coercion any more than they
would submit to the thing itself. There
are some things that cannot be worked off
in this country, even in politics.
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pound of Organism III any American in
dustry.
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However well Bryan's speeches may
sound they certainly do not read well and
there is a growing conviction that he is
good deal more of an elocutionist than an
orator
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20

Uncle Dick Bland tired himself out so COM
pletely in chasing the nomination that he
doesn't seem to have any strength left to help
Bryan.-New York Press.
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What workingman will vote for free
trade and diminish his chance to earn
wages2 What workingman will vote for
free silver and cut down the purchasing
power of the wages he earns?
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Now is the time for Republicans to
rally!
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

NAVAL REsERvE-C. W., Berkeley, Cal. To
join the naval reserves the applicant must be
lS wears of age.
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No PAYS, San Mateo, Cal. Neither the
members of the House of Lords nor of the
House Of Commons receive any pay for their
services as Legislators.