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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-06-23
Wagons,
Buggies,
PloWs,
HarrOWSz

And everything in the Implement
line.
Our Hardware stock consists of
Shelf Goods, Heating Stoves, Cook
Stoves, Gasoline Stoves, Refrigera-
tors, Ice Chests, Ice Cream Freez-
ers, Lawn Mowers, Mantels, Crates,
etc. Also our stock of Queens
ware, Tinware, Woodenware, etc.
go bargain to any one desir-
ing to purchase the whole stock.
W. P. Oldham & Co.,
MT. STERLING, KY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
ZONE ETLTER SIZES,

Some Of the exceedingly curious ideas about
money and business which animate the leaders
Of the freecOinage movement. and by when
they befuddle the minds Of those who drink
In their words rs draughts Of wisdom. are well
exemplified In the utterances Of Senator Nor
gan, Of Alabama That statesman deals, 1t Is
true. only In glittering generalities; but gilt
tering generalities plausibly arranged, may be
effective as appeals to prejudice and supposed
self-intereat because the falacies concealed IN
them are less apparent to the unframed mind
than the falacies which may Turk in more
specific argument. Mr. Morgan, for instance
talks glibly about protection and the gold
standard as twin punderers Of the industrial
classes" He saws that the "harsh decree Of
the St Louis platform means 1.-The restoration
Of European fcudalism" and the "destructiOn
Of the independence of the industrial classes" v
and he distresscs the souls Of his hearers by
references to "feudatOries" "tyrannical systems
Of finance" "barons," control OF money
scarcity of gold" and an almost endless cata-
logue Of the stock phrases Of the demagogue
and professional agitator Through all this
maze Of words he seeks to convey the impress
sion that God must have created" silver for
the purpose Of having it coined free Mt the
When shOrn Of its verbiage. Senator Morgan's
discourse Is found to be based OH two or three
propositions which a person possessed Of even
the most elementary knowledge Of existing
conditions would find no trouble in refutin:s.
In the first place, the Senator thinks or says
ne thinks. that the recent increase In the public
debt was caused by the issue of bonds to bor-
ROW gold for the use Of favored business pur-
suits" Natural as II is for n member Of the
party responsible for the Increase In the public
debt to msrepresent the facts In the case. even
Senator Morgan ought to blush to put forward
such plea at this late day. When his party
cnmc into power three years ago-or. to be
exact four months after 1t came into power.
that is on June 80 1S03-thcre was cash bal
anca in the United States Treasury Of $122,-
100000 The party afterward tempered with
the revenue laws. and nowor on June 30.
1s08-after 1903, 100000 has been added to the
Treasury funds by the issue Of bonds. there IL
n cash balance on hand OF only $2GI ,U0O.rW.
Any scho0ll0y could tell Senator Morgan that
this means n deficit In the Government revenue.
IN three years Of Democratic mIsadmlnIstration.
OF &14s. 100000 Yet the Senator deliberately
asserts that 1t 0he ST. Louis platform) seeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
PERSONAL.

The Rev. James A. Weston does not regard the
article In THE Century" as a disproof Of the arr
guments In his book showing that Marshal Ney3
was not executed, but came to this country ana
lived many years under an assumed name In,
North Carolina. He says the article does not
touch the main points at issue at ALL and he TO-
now preparing answer to strengthen furth0
his view Of the case. He recently returned to
his home in Hickory. y. c., from Kentucky. near
Louisville. where he went to meet man who>
Ho s eS years Of and who
der an assumed name for certain reasons that
S ne eSes told I'D M weston things Witch II
opinion Of the latter prove that the Marshai
s Sscyy ~ ss0 e ON he
same point, which, however, ne GOES not WISE
to have published until after his death
The Rev. Dr. Crosby Wheeler. the founder ana
for many years the president OF Euphrate" Col
lege Harpoot a Congregational Mission College.
has returned to this country ard for the present
il live at A,,burpdaIe Mass HIS =, ;ncreas h fee:
beness compelled him to give ug MS e wSrf .nrse
naming years in his native land.
Philip Horton Bailey. who was elected captain
OF the Yale Crew for 1897 last Tuesday. is son
OF Ex-Collector E. 3. Bailey, Of Windsor Locks s
Conn. He Is a member OF the class OF w. fuy
six feet in height. and fine athlete.
When no can avoid doing So Senator Joe"
Blackburn. OF Kentucky. doesn't care to offend
his constituents Colonel Charles n. Jones tells
this story about him: One evening when the Ken
tuck.an was in ST. Louis he accepted an invita-
ton to attend a session OF a literary club. The
subject under discussion was. which Is the
Greater Character o. Shakespeare-Hamlet or Mac.
beth?' After the members had wrestled with
the question the President turned to the Ken.
lucky stategnan and asked Which do you re.
gard as the greater OF these characters, Senator
Blackburn" We'll" slowly replied the Senator.
"a large number Of my constituents regard Mac:
beth as the greater; at the same time great
many OF them favor Hamlet. Under such cir.
cumstances think had better reserve my opin-
ion."
Dr. Wittstein. a well-known botanist, OF Le!peo.
Germany has Just issued book on plants. IN
which he says that the White Mountains are IN
the state Of Utah.
Mrs. Ellis OF Sidney. Me-, who will be hundred
years old next January, is In the full possession Of
her faculties. Some asked her the other day u
she Intended TO celebrate her centenary with
Jubilee. "Jub.lce?" she retorted. 'Me have jub!-
lee? Why. bless you, have jubilee every day..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10

sissIppi; not in gold fields, nor wheat nelds,
nor silver mines. nor coal or iron Mines nor
In Wall Street, nor In the New-England hiVe
of industries and home Of prosperous LABOR.
Nor, above all, is the seat of empire In the wiid
imaginings Of prairie orators, who churn tne
mother tongue into froth and foam, ana LOAD
the free-dying winds with empty boasts ana
bowling invectives. No, no; the seat OF empire
between these two oceans Is in the instinct OF
patriotism, the broad love Of country, the COM
mon pride in n common history. and, above ai''
In that great general sense OF honesty-ohe-
Observation-Disclosures honesty-which rises
above temptations and spurns deceit, ana, wheh
all is said and done, Is the rcgnant principe
of the American people That's where the seat
Of empire Is. and where 1t must continue to DC
K the Nation would live.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
1.-THE SEAT OF EHPIRE."

Out of the raging flood Of words and cyclones
of elOQuence that have been devastating the
devoted city Of Chcago-and. for that matter
the whole cOuntry-during the present week. 1t
has been possible to catch here and there
phrase or a war cry or howl interpretative
Of the whole tempestuOus situation Perhaps
us good a keynote ms any to the bewilderng
babble was the eloquent outgiving OF the Kan
sas orator, that the seat OF empire henceforth
Is west Of the Mississippi. He was entirely SIN
cere about 1t. And the applause which greeted
the statement was evidence that the crowd
agreed with him. The great majority Of dele
gates to the Convention do think that what
they eloquently call "the seat Of empire Is to
be hencefOrth-indeed. now is-west Of the Mis-
sissippi. What they are there for is to proclaim
that fact and put it into the platform Of n great
party That is the Overmastering idea that
dominates the Convention. The West, they
say Is the producing section the enterprising
section. the section productive Of statesmen
with views as broad and comprehensive as her
boundless praries, as fresh and as fertile as her
unturned soil and original as original sin.
They are selfassertive and aggressive, imperial
and imperious Representing 1.-The seat OF
empire" and by consequence themselves im-
perial, they feel competent to say, authori-
tatively, that fifty cents shall hereafter pass
for a dollar In settlement Of debts and pay
ment Of wages
Similarly another section Of the country
thrty-six years ago sent men-and very great
men and statesmen they were In the judgment
of their cOntemporaries-to q National COnven-
ton of the same party, who said that Cotton
was King and by consequence the cOttonrais
ing section was entitled to lord 1t over the
whole country and establish in permanence and
everywhere the doctrine, not that the wages OF
labor should be merely cut down fifty cents I'm
the dollar but that 1t should be owned outright
by the capitalist class and be paid no wages
mt all They were just as sure Of the truth Of
what they said and just as hot about 1t as the
eloquent persons who have been making the
welkin ring all the week ut Chicago are about
the West being the seat Of empire, and its
representatives consequently being qualified by
natural endowment to scale down the wages
Of labor and the obligations Of debtors to fifty
cents on the dollar. They used the same sort
of language: they were just as uncOmpr0mising,
Just heroic and just ms eloquent. They de-
spised the North and the East just as heartily
and cOntemptuOUsly ms these Chicago orators
have been doing for several days. And the
North and the East went quietly about their
business then very much as they are doing
now. They didn't think Cotton was King. not
withdrawing the earnesncss and cloquence
with which 1t was asserted. And II wasn't.
And il isn't
They made mistake. The same sort Of
folks In the same party are now making Just
such another. Nothing Is king and nobody
Is king In this Republic. That has been de-
mOnstrated And the sent OF empire Ia NOT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
CHICAGO AND HARMONY.

Yesterdays work at Chicago settles the cleo
ton in q great many States. and notably In TINS
one New-York will vote for Mckinley ana
Hobart by a majority Of 10000. 1t may DC
900 600 It may be almost anything.
There has been for three years past, an
enormous tendency toward the Republican
party from wage-earners Of all sorts, as well
as from their employers-the men who elected
Cleveland and n Congress Democratic IN DotD
branches in 1892, and have ever since been de-
plOrng the results of their experiment. That
tendency gave us New-York last year, by a
majority of 10000, and it seems stronger this
year than ever
Now comes a similar rush Of honest-money
Democrats. and OF men Of substance but with
out partisan ties appalled, at the ruin and finan-
cial chaos threatened in the absolute capture
of the Democratic party by the free-silver
lunacy at Chicago.
Against these cOnverging streams OF fresh
support for the Republican National ticket the
defeated and demoralized Democracy Of this
State is powerless 1t will simply be sub
merged.
Men with sinister motives Of their own to
serve have been busy Of late whispering OF
danger In this State from discomfort with the
nominations ana ITOHl TIE SioNth VI
silver sentiment; and have been telling what
sacrifices ought to be made for harmony IN
this critical emergency in order to placate the
discomfort 1t is as well to kick this poor scare
crow into the ditch at once. Yesterdays work
at Chicago insures an overwhelming Repub-
lican triumph. 1t Is not in the power OF any
treacherous leader or of any combination OF
such leaders to throw this State away
Let us have harmony, Of cOurse;-harmony in
the support of Mckinley and Hobart. whose
election has now become not only patriotic
duty. but question of National honor and
safety. Harmony in giving the most generous
welcome to the fresh recruits pouring into our
ranks from other parties in 10 partisan spirit,
but from an instinct Of imminent danger. Ilar-
mony in State affairs on the Republican ground
of free ballot and fair count. In the pri-
maries as well as at the polls-at the State
Convention as we'll as at the State elections.
Harmony in securing to every Republican the
right to participate in choosing his candidates
as we'll as in electlng them. Who Is opposed
to such harmony? If any. he Is our enemy
because the enemy of the Republican party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
DEMOCRACY UNVEILED.

In pronouncing the Chicago Convention the
worst ever held in this country, critic has the
strong approval Of substantially all Democrats
in Eastern States. and of nearly all Democratic
business men throughout the West and South
Democrats do not readily appreciate the wrong
done by their support Of slavery, but for the
crisis Of that day an Inherited institution with
all its prejudices end dangers was largely re-
sponsible. The rebellion against civilization
and honesty which the Democratic party now
undertakes would be more destructive and
more bloody than the Civil War itself, If the
Anarchistic demands Of Chicago were pushed
to their natural result; but the world knows
that they will not be. The Democratic party
lends itself to the basest and most dangerous
ends only because 1t has been beaten out OF
all hope of continued existence except as an
agent Of the enemies Of honesty, prosperity
and social order
Everybody has watched with deep interest
the tireless tread around his cage of a wild
beast, restrained only by thick bars from de-
vourIng any tender and helpless creature with
I'm reach The ravenOus beast has not sense
enough to remember that the bars were there
the last time he went snarling around the cage,
and yesterday also, and other yesterdays in
hunger, not much brain md no power to hurt.
The Chicago Convention was walking It's cage
and snarllng all day Wednesday. TO pass reso-
lutions would have been easy. TO pitch out
gold delegates enough to gain a clear twO-thirds
majority for silver men was easy. But the
object of a convention, some Of It's members
lust begin to see. Is to elect somebody. and the
barriers In the way of clecting any candidate,
or reaching agreement on any candidate whom
there Is decent chance Of elccting are just
where they were and just as strong ms they
were yesterday and the day before. Accord
ingy the beast snarls. But the country Is not
alarmed The anxiety and distress Of mind Is
for those who have set ort to destroy the Ma
tons honor and prosperity and can find no
opcning through the bars Of tho cage
TO the many thousand Democrats who are
shocked and maddcned by the performance at
Chicago The Tribune has one timely. suggestion.
They may now see exactly what 1t is that The
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ITO impose additional burdens Of taxation 70
..pay unlimited issues Of bonds"

ITO impose additional burdens OF taxation 10
pay unlimited issues Of bonds"
Next, the Alabama statesman laments the
alleged fact that "the supply Of money. redeem
liable In CON- Is limited by this decree again
1.-THE ST. Louis platform) to the amount OF COLO
"coin In the country, and that Is not equal to
1.-THE expenditures of the Government Tor
"sIngle year" As q matter Of fact, the supply
Of money in the country today in actual circu-
latlon u.s. in round numbers, $1,000, 100000.
There are two horns to Senator MOrgan's d.
lemma. Either the amount Of gold coin In the
country must be 81, 100 900, or his assevera-
ton that the supply Of money is limited to the
amount of gold coin Is untrue. Every one
knows that the amount Of gold coin in the cour-
try IL not $780, o0, 900, and every one knows
equally well the falsIty Of the statement that
the supply Of money Is limited by the amount
Of gold coin. Since 1884 the only actual stand
ard of value in this country has been that ap-
proved and upheld by the st. Louis PLATFORM
and never at any time has the supply been
limited, as he says 1t will be II existing condi
tions are not changed. Yet all this money Is as
good as gold and Is redeemahe In gold.
The second part of the sentence Just quoted,
the statement that the supply Of gold lis not
.eoual to the expenditures Of the Government
"fOr single year." Of course has no real Sig
nifcance, but 1t Is used by Senator Morgan, as
arc most of his general statements, to deceive
and mystlfy the voter The purpose which he
has i'm view is made more clear by another
quotation. He says speaking Of the demands
ON the Government funds: THE remnant OF
gold left for business purposes, after supply
ling these exactions, will not enable the peo-
'ple to buy food and clothing and to pay their
local taxes" 1t Is incOnceivable that Senator
Morgan makes use Of such arguments sincerely
and honestly. He knows better He knows,
and all intelligent people know, that 1t Is purely
and simply an appeal to ignorance and preju-
dice He knows that money is not consumed,
like wheat or coal, when It is paid into the
Government Golfers in the form Of taxes, or
when II Is passed out again, whether for cur
rent expenses. the payment OF interest or the
cancellation Of debt. He knows that at the end
Of the Civil War. Of which he was one OF the
instIgators, this Government was struggling
under debt Of nearly $4,000, 100000. and that
the amount Of money then in circulation was
only about one-thrd what 1t Is now. He knows
that in the thirty years which have elapsed
since then $2OOO,O0O,O0O of the National debt
has been wiped out and all the current ex.
penses have been paid. and yet the supply Of
money has constantly increased, and been suffi-
Gent to permit business Of some magnitude to
be carried on. When n Senator Of the United
States descends to such pitful word-juggling
and distortion Of facts, what can be expected
from the ordinary PopuistIc orator and cheap
money demagogue?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10

Tribune and the Republican party have peen
resisting for many years, and often Win u'ii'.
Guilty, because the worst elements III the i"n"
have been fostercd md aided by Democrats
Of intelligence and business capacity 10 spenH
plain truth, such Democrats Of the better CLASS
are more responsible than the crazy crown
which now turns and rends them. because i'll
anxiety to gain votes platforms have couhte-
nanccd and leaders have encouraged ana aided
the most dangerous and revolutionary IDEAS.
1t Is not to ccnsure harsly men who are al
ready Inundated by the consequences OF their
own acts that this Is said 1t Is to help theih
to n full appreciation Of the fact that the only
great force upon which the Nation can rely TOT
defence against organized robbery and Anarchy
Is the Republican party.
That party has stood without yielding when
Democrats. led by Mr. PendletOn. sought to
pay Off bonds with grecnbacks In 1868 IL
stood without yielding when Democrats under
the lead of Mr. Tilden denounced the Kes'lmp-
ton act as n hindrancc to specie resumption IN
1876 1t has furnished great part Of the votes
in both houses of Congress by which President
Cleveland has been able to hold In check the
repudiators and the Anarchists OF his party
even though he had not the patriotism to rise
above party ties and veto the bill OF "perfidy
and dshonor," which, by causing great dencit
and n prostratIon Of Industries, has given the
revoutionists and Anarchists their best oppor-
tunity. 1t Is the one and only capable power
in the country which stands for the Nations
honor for the rights Of property the savings
Of the people, the wages of labor and the
maintenance Of law against all mObs. 1t Is not
without faults, and the critics OF the fyspeck
variety can find errors in Its record. But 1t ID
and will be the only force by which the safety
Of business can be maintained, the prosperity
of industries, or the supremacy OF law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896.
SIXTEEN PAGES
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The Ancient and Honoraoie AT
t,lery Company Of Boston entertained the or'-
,sh hosts at a banquet among INC epeaheiS
were the prince of Wales and MI. Depew'
x,-us-aa aurter will be sworn In as Prime MIN
tster OF Canada to-day. - The correspond
ence between Lord Salisbury and secretary Vi
nev relative to the proposed treaty Oh aroi'i"
tion will soon be made public = IL ~ re-
ported in Athens that Russia Is urging FRANCE
20 OCCUPY Crete against Great Britain 'e"u'e
Of Cyprus and Egypt
DOMESTIC.-The Democratic Natiohai Con-
rsntion bekan the work of nominating candi-
aate for the Presidency; at late hour last nisht
tho names OF r. p Bland. w J. Bryan. Governor
Croudo Matthews and Ex-Governor Horace Boies
had been presented the platform was adopted az
the afternoon session. the proceedings at oo'n
sessions were marked by great excitement anu
disorder. - The annual convention OF the
General Society of Christian Endeavor began IN
1Uosh;rcton - The South Dakota Republi-
con convention Endorsed Mckinley and the ST.
Jouis platform and nominated candidates Tor
congress and State ticket. - The state IN
vostigation into the Pittston mine disaster began
in that place.
cry AND SUBURBAN.-The State Tax AS
.e,,ors conferred with the New-York City Tax
BOARD about the citys share Of State taxes -
The Socialists Convention nominated Charles Il.
Natcbett. of Brooklyn, for President and Alder
man Matthew Mcguire for Vce-President. -
Colonel and Mrs. Richard Lathers celebrated
their golden wedding. - Winners at sheeps-
head Bay: Break O. Day, Cromwell, Winged
Foot Lucania, Gotham. Decapoo. - Inc
stock market dull and weak.
THE WEATHER-Forecast for to-day: FAR
and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 81 degrees; lowest 6S; average. II.