The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-07

Senator Thurston, Of Nebraska, who re-
presents Mr.. Bryan's own State in the
United States Senate, has repeatedly made
the uncontradicted charge that these Sill
ver-mine owners and silver-bullOn own
ers keep in their employment a Ioics
of well-trained and well-paid speakers
and lecturers TO advocate free coinage Of
silver by the Government, and that Mr.
Bryan himself is one OF these aid speak
ers and lecturers-Index Appeal.
The effort Of the silver experimenters
to have the money standard of the couh-
try measured by the value OF the SILVER
in the standard dollar viii, IT carried lh'o
execution, substitute for dollar worth
ono hundred cents dollar worth %
cents, to which are to be siVen iull
lecal-tonder properties, 50 that DEBTS
ccs,tr,cted I'm lOO-cent dollars ms bo
lawfully paid in 5O-cent dollars, and the
deprecated dollars win he available Tor
every purpose OF business in the place
of the lOO-cent cOins.-Courier Journal.
A dispatch from Lincoln. Neb.. an
nounces that Mr.. Bryan Will answer. ny
proxy. the charge that he has been the
paid representative OF the silver-minins
interests in his advocacy OF free coinage
il 10 l. 1t is 10 be hoped that THIS answer
will he explicit and not eyaslve.
Those familiar with Mr.. Bryan's poiiu-
cal career are aware that contributions
from the silver miners TO the expense oil
his lectures began before his general
stunning tour OF the country two years
ago. In 1892. when Mr.. Bryan was can
didate for reelection 10 Congress rom
the First Nebraska district, he was ma
tcrfally assisted in the expenses OF ms
campaign by donations from Denver, Col
These contributions 10 his campaign fund
were placed IN the hands or tho chairman
OF the Congressional Committee. Judge
Brady. They were currently reported 70
have amounted TO several thousand dol
lars. and were made by the large silver
interests Of Colorado solely 10 assist
IN securing the return 10 Congress or an
eloquent advocate Of the personal inter
ests Of the mine owners OF tho West AZ
a result. Mr.. Bryan was elected by
majority OF $40 votes. and more than re-
paid during the Bifty-third Congress the
money expended In his bchalf.-Philahel-
phia Public Ledger.
The Consul General in Mexico has
written a letter 20 friend In this coun-
try throwing light upon this subject
lie writes that pork s. 10 cents pound
in Tho market: that uncured ham sells
AT Is cents and cured ham az so cents Il
Mound: breakfast bacon costs 80 cents
n mound: choice beef from H. 10 ~ CENTS
and mutton 10 cents a pound. Flour is
s. FOR 100 pounds. and coffee 50 cents
mound. These prices are in Mexican conn.,
with exchange at $3.50 in American money.
In other words. the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver in Mexico has not ralS-
ed the prices OF commodities proporuoha,e
lv 10 the difference between gold and Sill
yer money
This is a hard nut FOR the advocates OF
free silver to crack. is It true or Is lt
NOT that the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver would raise the prices OF PORK.
beef mutton and bread anything like ~
per cent. ?-Baltimore Herald.
Mexico produced more silver than the
Tuited states last year by aOOOulO
ounces. and only 1000 900 ounces less than
ALI the other countries OF the world WIN
the exception of the United States ana
Australia.
The Mexican coinage ratio is II u 10
I and there is n charge OF Al per cent.
for coinage. With free coinage in the
United States and,with a ratio hero which
overvalueS silver in comparison to Mexi-
GO. who can doubt that the immense pro-
ducts of Mexican mines would be brought
across tho border and dumped by the
train load at the doors of our mintsF
-Courier-Journal.
Senator Palmer aptly charactcrizes the
Democrats who are back Of the third tick
ct movement as cold Democrats, not new
Democrats" Unless words nave loSt
their meaning. however the supporters
OF the Chicago ticket are not entitled
to even a qualified use OF the term Dem
ocrats." There is nothing in common
between Jefferson and Altgeld. There is
nothing in common between Jackson and
Tillman. There ia nothing in common
between Bryan and Tilden. Whatever
else may be said of tho Democracy it has
uniformly respected the rights OF prop
erty The Chicago platform proclams
deliberate warfare against such rights.
Nothing will aid so cfectualiy I'm re-
storing "old Democrats 60 supremacy
in their party as a crushing defeat for
Bryan and Sewall.-Commercial Adyer-
tiser.
The absurd msconcepticn. which leads
some OF the rural silverites TO imagine
that 16 to ! means that, on the election