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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-30
Market Gossip.

Furnished by the Topeka Grain &
Chicago INSPECTIONS. Wheat 81 grade
8; corn 268, grade 25; oats 1875, grade So.
Chicago: Estimated cars tomorrow:
Wheat 10: corn 290; oats 200.
Liverpool cable I'D higher.
Liverpool: Spot wheat Id higher; corn
corn quiet. CargOes on passage: Wheat
strong. corn firm, wheat to Sd higher
lin. December q mark higher; May mar
Second cable in sympathy with our
Paris: Wheat and flour. December IL
lower; May 1 FRANC higher Berlin Z
mark higher; May IA mark higher than
opening.
Antwerp cable: Wheat unchanged.
New York: st. Paul is rallying on bet
New York: The four ports cleared.
wheat 10OO 900 bushels; flour $4,000 pack
els; corn $4,000 bushels; oats 10000 bush
Northwestern receipts this year: Du-
luth IS cars: Minneapolis 179 carsc.
Ross Smythe Of Liverpool puts Argen-
tine surplus at $1,000 600 bushels.
Hogs for tomorrow estimated at 80, 600
Puts S0lze; calls Sc; good receipts for
New York: American Tobacco directors
are in session and it is the general i'm
preston that a per cent dividend viii
be declared on common stock.
St. Louis close: Wheat. May Gle; July,
22l5c: July, 24c; cash, 1880. Dec. 201sc;
oats, cash, lie bid; Dec, TIC; May, zoe
bid.
Directors of American Tobacco have de-
clared per cent dividend on the com
mon stock and per cent on preferred
Chicago: Puts next week 25c for May
corn; calls for next week Zoe for May
corn
puts May wheat 82lz@s2lhc: calls $3.50
0S32sc: calls May corn 255sc; puts May
corn 25Ssc. calls May pork $3.50. puts
May pork $50: curb, May wheat 83c.
Chicago. This board will close al noon
December 81 until $3.50 a. m. January 2
1897.
Todav,s RANGE of Prices.
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Miss Bernice Mcdonald arrived yes
terday from Kansas City to visit Miss
Libbie Hazhtt.
Miss Afadge Mckee of Leavenworth
Small.
MI Homer Low has returned from
Kansas City.
Miss Mabel Tarpey of Trenton, Mo.
Miss Eta LiVermOOre and Mr.. Harvey
LivermoOre of Olathe arrived today to
visit Miss Vera Low
Captain Hickman and Captain Allen
of the Wentworth academy will arrive
tomorrow to spend New Years with
Mr. and Mrs John Hodge have re-
turned from short trip to Chicago.
Mr. Charles Schneider of Garden
City, deputy clerk of Finney county,
is in Topeka today.
Misses Frances and Katherine Gil
LETT of EmpOrla are attending the
teachers convention and visiting Mrs
Frank MacLennan and Mrs. x. Mac
Lehman.
Miss Valentine and Miss Elise Val
entine have issued invitations for a
thimble party Wednesday afternoon,
January 49,
Mr. and Mrs Eugene #. Ware viii
give their reception at Library hall this
evening.
Mrs. F. C. Harris and son of Kansas
City are the guests of Mrs NJ. A. Low
The St Cecilia club viii meet Mon
day afternoon with Miss Katherine
Mills.
The Bunglers will dance Thursday
evening at HudsOns hall
Miss Helen Wells of Lansing. Mich.
arrived yesterday to spend the winter
with her cousin. Miss Florence Greer
Mr.. Floyd Mcdonald of Kansas City
viii spend New Years with Topeka
friends
Miss Bessie Owens of Des NIoines, Ia.
arrived Monday and is the guest Of
Miss Vera Low.
sF4afr
Duplicate whist club Thursday after
noon
Miss Josie Ray viii entertain in
honor Of her friend, Mr. ID. E. Hen
derson, on Wednesday. December 30,
at 1412 Van Buren, street
Miss Abbie Wilcox of Lawrence will
be the guest OF her cousin. Miss Mary
( Barley. 723 Buchanan street, this week
and viii receive calls New Years with
the young ladies at the physical culture
rooms.
MI and Mrs. Beecher of Colorado
Springs are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore d. Hammatt
Miss Menie Hambleton is entertain
ing a few young ladies informally this
afternoon complimentary to Miss Mary
Norris of Atchison and Miss Kate
Thatcher Of Lawrence.
Mr.. Houston Taylor of Wichita spent
yesterday in the city.
Ms. George M Crawford and son re
turned yesterday from a short visit in
Emporia.
Miss Kate Thatcher OF Lawrence IS
the guest Of Miss Margaret Dudley.
Mr. Leslie Broom of ST. Joseph and
sister. Mrs Eliot of Norman, 0. T..
are visiting their uncle, Mr.. W. R.
Smith Of East Tenth street.
Nj and Mrs. Theodore Wear Of
Pittsburg are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs Norman Wear
Mr.. Harry Hazlett Will return 10 81
Louis tomorrow.
Mr. Fred Gordon and Mr. Charles
Ioslin have returned from successful
hunting trip near Auburn.
Mr. Ed Small and Miss Nellie Small
win come over from Atchison tOmor-
row to spend New Years. Miss Small
vii receive with the Pansy club on New
years.
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Mr. Paul Palmer entertained his
friends last evening at his home on IAN
Buren, street
The house was decorated with Christ
mas greens and many cut flowers
The earlier part of the evening was
spent in playing high five. The first
prizes We're won by Miss Harriet Jones
who received an aquarium with nsA'
and MIR. David Sibley, who received
silver rnoustacha comb.
The consolation prizes were given to
Miss Lois Teft and Mr. Hugh McFar-
land Miss Tefft receiving a bottle OF
catsup. and Mr.. Mcfarland received
a case OF pencils. The floors of the
parlors We're canvased. and the young
people danced after the card game
During the evening Mrs G. F. Ashton
sang. Mrs. George Palmer was assist
ed by Mrs. Trapp and Mrs Ashton
The invited guests were Misses Jessie
Stultz Marguerite Bear, Henrietta
Jones. Lois Tefft. Bessie Hayden. En-
lily Elliott, jeanette Lord, Kate Flesh
man. Lucy Knowles, Josephine Joerger
of IseavenWOrth, Lillian Trap. Marjorie
Wheeler Sue Sharitt, Emily King,
Sadie Snattinger, Nellie Baker. Berniee
OFT Helen Wilson, Isabelle Thompson
Hazel Fassler, Elvie AIillspaugh, Mary
Sweet Lora Edison, Miss Mohr Of
MarvsvilIe, Miss Aide of Kansas City,
Miss Wheeler of Kansas City, Miss
Hartman of Warrensburg, Mo. Messrs.
George Noble, David Sibley, David Cos
sett. Terrence EWart. Hugh Mcfarland,
Seth Chase. Bert GarVin, Reuben SpI-
vey. Joe Wilson. Guilford Dudley, R0-
land Medlicott. Tom Frost Scott Lord,
Kurtz KeIlam, Gillie Updegraf, Albert
Patton. Harry SeabroOk, VIII Trapp,
Dan Hammatt. Jack Dillon, VIII Ed
wards, Paul Frey, George Bodley, Paul
Sweet, John Sebastian Of Chicago, Earl
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Chicago Livestock Market

HOGs-Offcial receipts yesterday ~
9OS- shipments 4.SS7.
CATTLE-OfhciaI receipts yesterday p
3S5; shipments 2.553.
SHEEP-OfhciaI receipts yesterday 9Ss;
shipments $50.
Estimated receipts of hogs tomorrow
80. 600.
Estimated receipts of hogs to-
day $1,000. left over 1900. Market quiet;
light shade higher, others steady. Lights,
S3.20uS3. 40; mixed. S3.20U$3.40; heavy 50. 90
Q$3-40 rough. s.. 90Q$3.05.
CATTLE-Receipts $500 Best grades
shade higher; others steady. Beeves,
$3-40N go; cows and heifers 81. SO91s4 10:
Texas steers. S2S7a$4-l5; stoclzers and
feeders. s.. 900$3.9O.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market quiet
and generally steady.
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a GLIMPSE OF SAHARA.
Billing Through Sand on the Deck Of a
dessert Ship"


Especial Correspondencs.1
TLEMsEN, North Africa, Dec. AT
last a glimpse of the desertl Not a spu-
rious article, but the genuine Sahara,
with its boundless ocean of sands, bill
lowy and undulating, on its bosom is
lands of verdure=the fertile GASES. You
may get a peep at the desert region
within 90 or 60 miles of Algiers, the
city. But for the vast sandy plain,
sweeping away and beyond the sight,
bounded only by the horizons rim, you
must leave behind all luxuries Of civil
lization and take to the primitive mode
of travel found in the camel and the
caravan.
could not get conveyance from the
oasis of Biskra, which is the favorite
starting point for most desert explorers.
but had to retraoe my steps and make
a new start from Tlemsen. This city.
to which I have now returned, Is one
of the last settlements, going south
wardly, from the north coast toward
the desert. It was once a hourishing seat
Of trade and learning, but is now chief
y famous for its tombs of holy men
Arabs, Of course-and its wonderful
ruins.
At Tlemsen first saw troops Of CAM
els, pastured out like cows and cattle
in fact, really at homeland those
fierce men of war and the chase, the
Bedouins. By frequenting the market
place I made the acquaintance of one of
the least ferocious of these desert sail
ors'' and arranged with him to charter
a Of how
camel-for flying trip into the region
of sand and salt.
He was about returning to his tenn
porary home in the oasis of Tuat, near
y 500 miles to the south, and might
accompany his small caravan all the
way or as far as I wished and then re-
turn with another. We soon struck
bargain, and one fine morning two
weeks ago I was on the deck of a ''des-
ert ship, - bound for the unknown re-
gion. need not detail my experiences
perhaps, because camel rides are now
no novelty in the United States since
the exposition and the Streets of Cal
TO- but let it suffice to say that was
as seasick the first day as was in cross
ing the Mediterranean, and this is maxi
ing out a strong case, for the AIediter-
ranean can kick up a dozen different
seas at once and exact from the unfor-
tunate voyager the last tribute he has
aboard. even to the uttermost sample.
It is no farfetched smile to compare
the desert to a sea or an ocean, since it
more resem bles a boundless body of wa
ter than anything else except itself.
Like the sea, it is continually enoroach-
ing upon the land and shifting its
boundaries. 1t has storms and hurri-
canes. squalls and tornadoes, and one
of its sand storms is far more to be
dreaded than thunderstorm or a gale
at sea.
The second day out from Tlemsen, as
we were climbing the foothills Of the
Atlas, we saw dense cloud of dust
arise from the plain below. a circum-
stance whic'' caused my Bedouin to
hasten his oamels to a shelter among
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Reached a daily average for first six
months 1890 Of 10, 6a5.

The new STATE JOURNAL home is
one of the neatest and most unique
buildings in the state model
newspaper structure. Its fast web
press and its Iinotypss are on the
the ground floor, behind plate glass,
affording a never ceasIng attraction
to the passerBy on the sidewalk.
The public can see and time the
printed papers and know that over
ten thousand are Issued daily.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal.

CHICAGO, DEC 30
WHEAT-After the sharp advance in
wheat yesterday the majority of operat-
ors anticipated reaction this morning
and the action of the market for the first
hour fulheIled their ectatiOns. May
opened steady at S5s4 Ns4c. substantially
Yesterdays closing figures and immedi-
ately went down to $3.50 The Liverpool
market was somewhat disappointing in
as much as il showed only a sd advance
Northwestern receipts were very light.
amounting TO but E27 cars as compared
with 373 last week Bad crop reports from
the winter wheat producing districts con-
tinue to come in and are becoming an i'm
portant feature in the market. After a
enced by later cables. which showed a de-
cline.
ed frmness. but had little effect on pric-
IS, as usual following the course OF
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Miss Addie Bigley celebrated her
fifteenth birthday Saturday evening by
entertaining a number of her friends
The evening was spent in playing
games and listening to music The in
vited guests were Ethel A1cBee, Hulda
Dickens, Mabel Mills, Maggie Asbury,
Grace Cunningham Cora Hopkins, ElVa.
Cunningham. Mamie Dansey, Winnie
Adams. May Henry, Ollie Adams, Jessie
Adams. Mary Barker, Master Frank
Brooks. Rola Cunningham, Kent
Chesney, Francis Raimey, Harry
Henry, Fred Dyal. George Mills, Harry
Reed, John Richie, John Griffin. Ralph
Babcock. Frank Barteu, Clyde Brubak-
er, James G. Chumos.
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IN THE SOCIETY WORLD.
General Notes Of Society and
Personal Items.
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
Items of Interest About Topeka PEG
pie and Vicinity.

Mrs. NJ c. Hammatt gave a reception
last evening to Mr.. and Mrs Theodore
Dudley Hammatt. who were married
December To-
The decorations Of holly and cut flow
ers were placed with exquisite taste in
the different rooms of the beautiful
home.
The hostess was assisted in receiving
by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore ID. Ham
matt. M and Mrs. Beecher of Colorado
Springs and Mrs. Daniel Crosby.
a number of ladies assisted through
the rooms They We're Mrs. Geo. NJ.
Noble. Mrs. Walter T. Noble, Mrs.
Guilford Dudley. Mrs. Jonathan Thomas.
Mrs. W \. West, Mrs. c. b. Merriam,
Miss Crosby, Miss Sallie Crosby, Miss
Hambleton Miss Sadie Hambleton,
Miss Emily Tewksbury. Miss Margaret
Dudley and Miss Nellie McClintock.
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sac Kansas Avenue.
Trades Placed in Grain. Stocks
and Provisions.

On a limited amount, until further
notice, we viii accept a margin of $50
per 1000 bushels on purchases of Chi
cagO May corn and May oats, fur
nishing a written guarantee with
every trade that the above named mar
gins will hold the trade good to May
1st 1897.
Should the market decline so that the
above named margins are not sufficient
we agree to hold your trade good and
protect for you while market is in such
condition, without calling you for adj
ditional margins Write for Darticu-
lars.
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- stadman CIub

The Stedman club held another well
attended and excellent meeting Monday
night. Original poems We're presented
by dessrs. n. p. Garretson, A. Down
ing and DR. H. w. ROby. MIS-. J. g.
Wood re-read a war story written by
the late r. IT. Riley, and Mrs J. r.
Hague contributed a sketch Reviews
of previously read original work were
made by Mr.. w TT. Bradbury and 9th
ers. The secretary gave notice Of the
annual election of officers at the next
meeting. also of certain proposed am
endments to their club constitution, to
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Mrs. Ed Small entertained the ID. ID.
whist club Monday afternoon AT the
two guest tables were Mrs. Walter It'll
Noble Mrs. G.. B. Merriam, Mrs. w.
n West. Mrs Wallace Rynerson Mrs.
Arthur Capper. Mis- Margaret Weiss.
Miss Mary Thompson, Miss Daisy
Iakin. Miss Ollie O'Brien. Mrs s. B.
Smith substituted for Mrs. VIII Trump.
Miss Grace Weiss for Mrs. Walter H0r-
ner. Miss Nellie AIcClintock for Miss
Grace Weaver. Mrs Arthur Capper
is a new member in the club and Will
take the place of Mrs Ed Small, who
leaves next week for Atchison-
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Kansas City Llvestock Market.

Kansas CITY, Dec 30
CATTLE-Receipts 400; shipments =
700 Market opened strong and closed 1Qc
higher. Texas steers. S2-4O0$3.75; Texas
cows. 81. 65GIS2.70. native steers S3.0501s4 s.;
native cows and heifers. ST. $50 s.. So; stock
ers and feeders, s.. z5dS3.95; bulls, 81. 100
$3.50.
HOGS-Receipts 1900: shipments none.
Market opened weak 5d10c lower. closed
strong. Bulk of sales, S3.100s32o; heavies.
s.. 95NS3.2215 packers S3-000S3.22 l5; mixed,
s3.10QS3.25: lights, S3.15dS3.25; pigs. $3.50
S3.05.
SHEEP Receipts 900; shipments none.
Market strong and active. Lambs, 1850
s. 10. rl1ltto1as 81 n5lL22 40
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Awarded 8eeO.OO Against VenezueIa

Berne. Dec. 90 Frenchman named
Fabian lodged a claim for 100000
francs some time ago against Venezu-
Ella on account of a denial of justice by
the Venezuelan courts. The matter
was eventually submitted to the arbi-
trati0n of the president of the Swiss re-
public, who has awarded Fabian 4,300s-
600 francs $3.50 OOnl.
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a New York Hotel Closed.

New York, Dec 3O.-Everett's hotel,
Veazey and Barclay streets. one of the
oldest and best known establishments
Of its kind in this city. was closed to-
day Its proprietor, Samuel S. Ever
EFT has been in financial trouble for
some time
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wheat. Local receipts amounted to 2es
cars. May opened unchanged at 257sc,
sold at 26c and reacted to 2524c
OATS-Market quiet and easy in sym
pathy with wheat and corn. May opened
unchanged at 201sc and declined to 1870
PROVISIONS-DIark very duh and in
ciined to weakness. Packers We're sellers.
May pork opened a shade lower at S7-S2ls.
declined to SI7715 and reacted to $50.
May lard unchanged at s3.571k. May ribs
shade
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There are no secrets about

There are no secrets about
the STATE JOURNALS
circulation. A detailed
statement, signed and
sworn to. is issued annu-
ally, showing the circu-
Iation for each day in
the year. The statement
is sent todirectOries and
furnished advertisers.
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A Tammanv Quarrel j. On.

New York. Dec. 30--The Press says:
Henry ID. Purroy county clerk and
Tammany boss Of the annexed district,
has withdrawn from the wigwam, with
ali his personal following. John c.
Sheehan's decapitation as proxy leader
for Richard Croker is the price demand
ed by PurrOy and his anti-Sheehan all
lies before they viii return to the fold.
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Miss Lillian Valentine Miss Marie
Brooks. Miss Pearl Mcfarland. Miss
Ida Bergen, Miss Emily Elliott, Miss
Ida Stagg, Miss Emma Dennis, Miss
Fe Waters, Miss Olive Lewis. Miss May
Iange, Miss Eleanor Work, Miss Santa
Waters, Miss Lillian Vincent Of Clay
Center, viii receive with Mrs. A A.
GODDARD, 616 Taylor street, from ? IN
I'll &
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The American Newspaper Directory
each year gives the TOPEKA DAILY
STATE JOURNAL q guaranteed cir
euIation. The directory for 1890
guarantees that the circulation
was larger than that Of any other
Topeka daily.
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Kansas OityProduoe Market.

Kansas City. Dec. 80.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard. 7915dS1c latter for
fancy: No. 2 red, 93Q937sc; No. spring,
nOminally. 96c.
CORN-Steady: No. mixed, 17lz Q171ke.
OATS-No. white. 1Sc.
RYE=NO. 2 nOminally, &c.
HAY-Steady.
BUTTER-Lower on accommodations;
creamery, 1Sd19c; dairy, 1OQ13c.
EGGS 2Firmer, 141sc.
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Entertained W. s. n. G.

Mr. Jean Bailey entertained the W
s T. C-'s last evening at cards Mr.
Eugene Ware and Miss Lulu Ewart
Won the prizes. The other guests We're
Misses Olive Gundry Estelle Leon
Efhe Hazen. Berenice Fuller, Nettie
Ware, Roberta Akers; Messrs- Roy
Benner, Hugh Benner, Carl Walwork
Clarence POindeNter
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The STATE JOURNAL has forty
three regular route carriers in To-
peka and suburbs. These carriers
alone are paid over $4,000 a year
for circulating the paper in this
community.
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Chicago. Dec 3O.-Acording to Wong
Chin Foo editor of the Chinese News
Chicago Is to become the headquarters
for the Chinese revolutionary junta-
This body plans the overthrow Of the
present Chinese dynasty.
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New Building - double front, three
floors. prominent corner - erected
for the exclusive use of the publica-
ton and business of the STATE
JOURNAL newspaper-Ho job office
or side issues.
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HOW WE GREW.

In 1855 the circulation was. 500
January Z, 1901, we're printed s.125
Daily average for year 1891. A,3so
Daily average for year Isoa. 5000
Daily average for year 1898. .-s Gs213
Daily average-for year 1904. s,4Is
Daily average for year 1905. s,217
Daily averageast 9 mans. 90. Ia e25
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In the fifteen months last past
these are some of the results that
have been reached:
Made a showing II sworn detailed
statement circulation exceeding
that Of any other Topeka daiIys
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Hearings on the Sugar Schedule.

Washington, Dec. 8O.-The third day
of the tariff hearings given by the
ways and means committee was de-
voted to the sugar schedule.
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Absolutely pure. perfectly harmless
and invariably reliable ere the qualities
of One Minute Cough Cure Tt never
fails III colds, Group and lung troubles.
Children like it because it is pleasant to
take md it helps them. Geo. w. STAINS
feId. go kansas avenue
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Paper enlarged from six coIum quartO
to seven column quart0-
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be submitted at the same time. A num-
Der of visitors We're in attendance.
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-Four Linotype machines installed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-06-11
A DEMOCRATIC IDEA.

Leading Democrats are beginning to
prepare for the inevitable. 1t is quite
evident that the free silver men will
control the Chicago convention. The
best that the gold standard men can
hope is that they will be let down as
easy as possible.
Ex-Governor Campbell Of Ohio has
been for some time a receptive candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
the presidency. In the past he has
been an avowed advocate Of free sill
yer. When he ran for reelection as
goyernor against Mckinley he made
his campaign on free silver platform.
But since he has been talked of as a
candidate for the presidency he has
been trying TO stand in with the gold
men as We'll as the silver men. He
writes a communication to the New
York Journal in which, while admit
ting that the free silver men viii con-
troll the Chicago convention, he sug-
geSts that the main purpose of all
Democrats should be 10 avoid a split
and Keep the party peace. Then he
prOpOundS his plan of procedure as fol-
lows:
Stated crudely, my own idea of a free
silver plank would be this: Declare for
free silver demand that the government
al Washington, through the president and
congress, issue q call to the commercial
nations of both hemispheres 10 meet in
conference with Us at Washington for the
ing method OF putting silver on a par
with gold as money OF the world. The
conference occurring we would agree
with such nations as We could. II Eng
land or some other nation turned her back
on the conference let her go her way. To
such as agreed with US on finance we
could offer special tariff favors on prin-
ciple OF reciprocity. To such as did not,
England for sample, we could turn a tarir
cold shoulders We are every nations
best customer. and all would a. last be
made 10 agree through the trade losses
which flowed daily from nonagreement
Should none agree with US, would have
this nation declare for free silver on its
sole responsibility, and FIX a date, as. for
srstance. January l. ISee. when silver and
gold would meet at our minis for coinage
CT equal terms. This would leave an open
time OF two years in which trade woaid
ADJUST itself 20 conditions about TO
change. just as was the case when specie
payments were resumed after the var.
The trouble with Ex-Governor Camp
bells idea is he proposes 10 offer free
trade 10 every nation that VIII join
the United States for free trade. That
viii not work The people Of the
United States are as firmly resolved on
protection as they are for free silver.
The scheme does not want for bril-
bancy but il might prove the death OF
protection. Still thar has been przc-
tically the attitude OF the United States
SsnaTl