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Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
Didn't Know Them.

From the Detroit Free Press,
Several ladies and gentlemen from Ala
bama who visited Boston last year during
the great Christian E.ndeavor convention
hired u conveyance and drove out to the
famous old town of Concord.
When they were within sight of the town,
but still a mile or Two from it, they met n
man p%loddiug along on foot. and one Of
the party asked:
ID you live around here?"
YES. ] do"
Can you tell us II this road into Concord
takes us by Emerson's old homer"
Emerson? Emerson" said the man. re-
nectvely. What's his bizness?'
II Is dead; We wanted TO sec his home"
Seems 10 me I've heard the name. hut
! don't know where he lived"
We'll, is Hawthorne old home on thi,
road?"
"Hawthorne? Hawthorne? There's
man with a name something like that that
keeps a bake shop In town, | b'lieye. Is IL
him you want?'
NC, indeed Hawthorne was a writer
and he lived at a place called The Way
side"
Never heard of it or of him either. an
I've lived round here over thirty wears.
Guess you're mistaken"
"Did you ever hear of Miss Alcott? r
"Alcott? Alcott? No such person round
here
did YOU ever hear of Thoreau?"
"Thorehu? oh. he's that crank that lived
IN a cabin over by Walden pond: lived on
beans an put in his time watchin' ant
Nights and spider fracascs. I've heard a.
him Dead, amt he?" and he walked avav
WIN a look OF contempt for any one taking
an interest In 'cranks' of that sort.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
coin'. nosu. Financial school.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
viii the truth ever overtake a lie? Not
often, for lies have wings while truth walks
on leadcn feet.
Particularly does this seem TO be the
case with the book widely known as
COINS Financial School, The influence
of that book Is not the result OF the argu-
ments 1t contains. but is due TO the pre-
tense that it Is an actual report OF lectures
or conversations supposed TO have taken
place in Chicago in which eminent and
well known bankers and ilnanCicrs p~artic!-
patcd. These gentlemen are made TO ask
questions and to admit themselves wrong
on each occasion and Coin triumphs over
them In the argument. This Is all very
speclOus, but 1t is a lie, and it has been
exposed over and over again. The Times
Herald would not give space to 1t further
were It not for the fact that letters are
still coming in asking whether such a
fnancia! school was ever held in Chicago
and II the book represents the facts as they
occurred.
There never was such a school, nor such
entitled Coins Financial Fraud" II is
thus called not because OF the fallacy OF its
arguments. which is apparent enough. but
because It imputes to well known iinanciers
and business men opinions and ideas they
do not hold. The scenes described are
purely imaginary and the book is a ro-
nance.
How indefenslble and unworthy must he
the cause that is propagated by such
means! u,
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

Why rail against the radiant summer sun
Because 1t beats too harshly on some
days,
Because it brings not JOY to every one.
Nor peace, nor comfort to all human
ways.
Because with sudden potencies 1t beats
Upon the city In bcath-burdened heats?
What season of the year has not its sting?..
Winter is glorious. yet may freeze the
heart:
There is subtle poison in the breath of
spring.
And autumn harbors an envenomed Dart:
Each has its charm, each feels its own de-
sire,
As every soul its own imperious fire.
These days of summer are SO rich with
bloom.
So sweet with perfumes of the flowers
and trees,
So wonderful with starlights hazed In
gloom.
So fun OF mystery on meiodious seas,
So tender, dreamfpl. with bird-haunted
And songs o, soft winds under yellow
moons.
That We who live them with love-lighted
souls
Gather their sweetness to ourselves and
Beyond the commonplace of common
goals,
Beyond the dull restraints that all men
know.
And We are thrilled with a divine sense
OF love and its supreme omnipotence:
Now earth seems like a garden where our
thought
blossoms anew in fresh and tender guise,
Where beauty has the power of life full
wrought,
And youth sees far with wide, enchanted
eyes.
And where the air IL scented as 1t flows
With fragrance of the jasmine and the rose.
GEORGE Edgar Montgomery, In Harper's
Weekly.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

"Common I.aborer'' in New York World.
Under free coinage of silver, before the
"crimc of ls73.' a common laborer got
ST.. To-day he gets 81 u day.
Then II barrel of Hour cost eight days
work.
Now l can get a barrel OF Hour for four
and 0ne-half days work.
Then one and one-fourth bushels of corn
cost one days work.
Now / can get two bushels of corn for
one days work,
Then six pounds OF pork cost one days
work,
Now ! can get ten pounds of pork for
one days work.
Then ten pounds of sugar cost one days
work,
Now | can get eighteen pounds Of sugar
for one days work.
Then a suit of ready-made clothes cost
eighteen days work.
Now can get a suit OF same for ten
days work.
Then six yards of calico cost one days
work.
Now l can get sixteen yards of same
for one days work.
= Then six yards of cotton sheeting cost
one days work.
Now | can get sixteen yards of same for
one days work.
] prefer the gold standard.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
silver Inv. of the ncc.r, rn.,.

From the Springfield (lnssD Republican.
Tho act OF 1873, as We have frequently
pointed out. was an act revising the laws
relative to tho mints and the coinage. II
simply mllo1 TO ~cnufncratc the old silver
dollar az one Of the coins OF the United
states. The Bland-Allison act. as It missed
the house, provided for the full restoration
OF the old silver dollar and Its free and I'M
limited Coinngc. As amended In the senate
1t provided instead for the purchase by
the government OF not less than %t2,cc,Oo
nor more than 100000 worth Of silver each
month, and its coinage on government ac-
count into lleie-grain dollars. This impor-
tant amendment was accepted by the
Rouse. and free coinage was thus set aside.
President Hayes vetoed the bin, because
the silver In the proposed dollar had a mar
ke' value Of only % cents. The hill was
passed over the vc,o-in the house by n
vote of 1876 to a.. the yea vote being made
u. OF us Democrats and rs Republicans:
the nay vote OF g Democrats and 81 Rcpub-
licans. In the senate the vote wns i6 yeas
to 10 nays--2i Democrats, - Republicans
and 1 Independent making up the yeas.
and Q Democrats and 10 Republicans the
nays.
From 1875 to 1900 silver was accordingly
purchased and coined as provided. the Sec
rctarics OF the treasury uniformly buying
the minimum amount. The price of silver
continued downward throughout this pc
rloa. Tho demand for a free coinage law
had meantime become so strong in the
United States senat that in 1890. both
houses being Republican. a free coinage
bill was sent to tho house, as
in 1s77-s n free coinage bill had
been sent Ivy the house to the sem
ate. The compromise this time took the
form Of increased purchases of silver $780,
ounces each MONTH. This bullion was
to bc coined into silver dollars only as
needed to redeem the notes issued against
IT,. And instead OF silver certificates or
coined dollars being issued as under the
act of 1873, treasury notes" were issued,
redcemablc In COIN at the option Of tho
secretary of the treasury as to which coin
should be used. As the act declared the
policy of the government to he the main
tcnancc of the parity of the two metals,
redemption Of the treasury notes has been
made in gold when requested. 1T being
feared hat If silver redemption in whole
or part We're insisted on by the government
gold might he quoted at u premium. This
act of 1870. as is well known. was repealed
in 1875.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
4 Friendly Feeling.

From the Washington Star.
NO, sun said Colonel Carter to the
man with small. angry looking spots on his
forehead, 81 shall not puhmit you to abuse
the mosquito In my presence. ] used to
dislike them. but now ! I'M one OF the
stanchest friends that a mosquito has
SIN, they annoy one replied the man
with the spots.
"Of cohse. But they must live. WHY
complain because the mosquito stays up all
night and has his collations, his songs and
his Hftuh dinner speeches."
'You seem to feel very kindly toward the
brute
II have reason to. Let me tell you, sub,
that n mosquito once saved the life of n
friend of mine. My friend told me the
story himself. We We're speaking OF large
mosquitoes and he said that once he found
himself in Il prohibition town, whore the
mosquitoes were larger than any he had
ever seen. The party he was with had u
bottle, but no corkscrew. and they would
have persisted with thirst If they had not
taken one OF these mosquitoes, extracted
his bill and used it To get the cork out.
That mosquito was a martyr, sub. and ever
since that time, sub, | have respected him
and all his relations
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
TmE SPANISH coLo>,lL roLlc,,

II England We're to treat Canada as Spain
treats cuba, Canada would shake on En-
glund's hard hand in about sixteen min
utts.
II England hold the allegiance Of Aus
tralia by the same tenure that Spain holds
Cuba the hold would not last over night.
II any man in Kansas city were to see
his nclghbo treating his child us Spain
treats Cuba he would go over into that
neighbor's yard with a shotgun and put a
stop to the proceedings.
II the state Of Kansas were TO deny wy
andotte county the benefits Of her own tax
money wyandotte county would jump the
river AMI join Missouri.
II the state OF Missouri were TO refuse
TO let Jackson county spend any money for
the making of ordinary roads every man in
the county would have to be killed before
the states authority would be recognized
and submitted TO.
in all the history Of Spain she has dem
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

From the Sow York world.
The more one studies the ilgufes INC
more appalling the Iopulist demand tla'
the government shull "own ana operate
the railroads" appears
As We showed yesteriay, thtlr meI.
purchase would cost $li,5nhUlO'Ole'
This ls eleven times the total national
debt.
II Is more than thirty-thrcc times the
total grccnh4ck currency of the country
1t amounts To as much ms the total corn
crops Of the nation for twenty years, or
the wheat crops for MY years, or the
cotton crops FOR about the same period,
where is an this money to come from?
And after the railroads ARE acquired,
where are We 10 get the money to operate
them with? Managed as they now are by
the most expert and deeply Interested
skill, with am eye single TO the making of
money, their total dividends in the best
recent year were only s55,00n,Ool, OF S2J,000,-
on less than ! per cent on what they would
cost the government, Their total so-called
met earnings out of which they had to
pay their enoTmous interest charges. were
In 1884 only SE2, 539. go, or greatly less than
5 per cent. l. Il not absolutely certain that
under a loosor government management
they would show IA deficit OF many hundred
millions annually. every dollar of which
the people must pay In taxes?
All this has reference only TO existing
railroads, But II the government is going
Of miles OF new and Improbable lines. II
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
The "GcncrnI" DispIcuscd.

From Coxey's Sound Money"
The means used by those in charge Of
Bryan's candidacy, Weaver, Allen & CO.,
should be questioned here. We wish 10 i'm
press upon the attention OF the workers In
the Popullst ranks the fact that Senator
Allen by his arbitrary ruling has driven the
hope out of the minds of many earnest
Populists and given them IA conviction that
there is not much more chance of getting
genuine reform from the leaders that are
running the machine in the Populist party
than there Is in the Republican or Demo-
cratic parties. He made his rulings simply
to suit what he personally desired, caring
nothing for parliamentary usages or Che
rights of others. Hanna himself would
have done as well as that for us.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
mo ODDS oN M'i>I>LEy.


From the New York World
There was much chatting Yesterday
among the customers In the Office Of II. l..
Horton 81 Co., brokers', No. 60 Broadway,
over the report that Professor Louis I.om-
bard. one OF the nrm's most wealthy
customers, had offered to bet $1,000 in gold
against 5000 worth Of the yellow metal
that Bryan and free silver would be de-
feHted this fall. But there were no takers.
MIR. Lombdri's oTCr was made in the
following letter TO tho World:
Lombarialc, North hay. July 81, 1896.
To the Editor of the World.
I have so much faith in the wisdom and
honesty Of the majority OF voters that l
will he; ton thousand gold dollars against
live thousand gold dollars that the cloct-
ZIONIST, Mr.. Bryan. Will not be elected presi-
dent OF the United States.
] know betting IS "a FOOLS argument. but
foolish reasons may convince fools. There
fore the wager. My aukers are II, l..
Horton 4 CO.. New York city. and Utica
u. ~ city National bank. Respectfully.
LOUIS LOMBARD.
Louis Lombard is we'll known TO the
patrons of Horton & Co.'S office. Two or
three times u year he comes In. buys a few
thousand dollars worth Of stock, spends u
week or two "a tho Waldorf while the
stock goes steady up, ANA then goes back
to Ctl.a or his summer home on North
Bay, n. V. with his winnings.
y few years ago Lombard arrived in
Utica with nothing but a violin, on which
he could play with wonderful skill. He
saved what little he could earn and started
a conservatory, which was u money-maker
from the start. He wrote two books, ''Ob-
serrations Of a Traveller and "Obsorva-
tons Of a Bachelor" the latter of which
was favorahly commented upon by Dr. Max
Noriau, and the money he made he in
vested shrewdly I'm stocks.
He has long made a study Of the money
question, aul as a result has %renounccl
the Democratic party and has come out
Nat for Mckinley and gold.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

II will he as ahsufd for our Democratic
brothers 10 vote for Bryan as 1t WIS for
them to vote for Lcwcllinv In Kansas.
Ask r. reasoning Democrat why he is n
Democrat. aud he will answer that he is II
pemocra, because he believes in the rolitl-
cal doctrines rrorounded by Thomas Jeror-
son and the other founders of the rarity.
He will go on TO explain that those doe
tflnos are tho essence OF conservatism that
they lead 10 tho aimrlihcation Of Eovctn-
mcnt. the limitations OF governmental
functions. and tho reliance on tho freedom
Of individual action and on natural laws.
rhe!' will go on TO explain that they, like
jefferson. arc opposed TO radical changes
In political theories and practices, aud to
ncw-forglcd experiments In public matters.
Naturally. therefore. It was astounding
TO sec the Kansas Democracy voting for
Lewclling, who stood on one OF the wilies,
platforms OF impossibIities that over a
radical mob prepared. It will he equally
astounding to see the Democracy voting
for Rtyan and scwall-Watson,
The Chicago platform violates every pre-
cedent and every tradition Of the Demo-
cratic party. Thomas Jefferson would have
subscribed to the beliefs OF the cannlhals
of Borneo before he would have given a
word or a vote in support Of the chicago
product. There is not a Jencrsonian line
in It.
To vote for Bryan and tho platform on
which he stands Will he to abandon every
feature of loyalty TO principle and 30 party
ever known to the true Democrats breast.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

II Is going to provide tho people with rail-
road as II does with the postal service. II
must serve NIL alike. 1, must build n road
TO every town that now has none, precisely
as It establishes a postofice and maintains
u mail carrier. whether the business pays
the cost OF tho service or not. The star
route principle applied TO railroad service
would bankrupt any nation on earth. Yet
It's application would be irreslstibiy de-
manded should our democratic government
once adopt the theory that II is Its func-
ton TO own and operate the railroads"
In the interest OF the people.
The folly of the scheme Is s~tupcndous.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
lmow Ahou, III. Hog Train,

From the Chicago Tribune.
That prince of Popocratic humbugs. Jerry
Simpson. is reported TO have emphasized
his indignant protest against the action of
a fellow Populist riding In a Pullman car
by taking the smoking car himself. 1t Is
said that he even went so far as to refuse
the free luxury of u chair car. While he Is
in the protesting humor Jerry might make
1t more emphatic by riding on the trucks
in regular tramp fashion.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

From the Columbus Dispatch.
fhere are i'os1 papers printed in the Ger
man language in the United states. on an
these powers OF influence only forty-seyen 1
are NOT advocating the maintenance of tbe I
s"un' MONEY standard. The average Ger
side OF his slice OF bread contain ~
butter. ~ ~
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

From the Philadelphia Press.
Hoax Myths Atlanta organ saws r,,d
Democrats should stick by the party, vote
for Bryan and free silver and then carry
on the tight for gold within the regular or.
ganization. There is something 80 child.
like about this that one might think The
great and only gold Hoax didn't know that
tne gold hSht within the party resulted in
Chicago and Its crew OF fanatics
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

and vasarIcs which arc utterly %repusnant
TO them. II Is gratifying 10 note thai;
Democrats he arc Intelligent enough to
recognize the dark abyss which is yawnlng
before their party are also courageous
enough to rise up and condemn the lead.
ers and methods that are dragging 81
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02
\ Distinction Win u p@im.rcncr.

From the Chicago Tribune
tWhcn one reads IN ths same column Of
the marble image given Major Mckinley by
the University of Chicago men aud tho
prophecy that William j, Bryan cannot
carry his own city, county, or state, one
realizes what widely different things
''bust" has come to mean.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

Washington. AuE For Missonri: Gen
orally lpir. north. shifting TO south. winds,
sii-htl5 Wagner in northern portion.
For kansas: Generally fair; warmer
w.nl., shifting to south,
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

From the Chicago Times-Herld.
Ii Hung Chang has been invited to come
To Boston, but IL is understood that his
would-he hosts insist that during the visit
the Chinese statesman let his name be
Prcyarication Suspended Chang.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

onstrated her inability to govern colonies.
She has never departed from the policy Of
treating her colonies rs lemons-to be
squeezed for all there is In them.
Cuba ought TO be free or deceutly indie
pendent, and the Christian nations are all
heather nations In their non-interferencc
with the butehery now in progress on the
Island.
The spectacle OF William i. Bryan Jour
ncyinr to New York to receive notification
Of his nomination VIII not he an edifylng
ono. iilppodromins does not comport with
the dignity which the American people en-
poet to find In the presidential Office and in
the conduct Of those who are seeking that
office. The purpose Of having the %notiica-
ZION take place at New York instead of qui-
city at Mr.. Bryan's Nebraska home is APP
parent. The Eastern Democrats arc not In
sympathy with tho party ticket or PLAT
form. and it Is hoped to create some en-
ihusilsm among them by bringing the can
dilatc lnio their midst and giving him
Il chance to exhibit his oratcry. Tho
trick is such u cheap and vulgar one.
however, that It is likely to DO more harm
than good, More people will be disguised
than attracted, Democrats who arc intel
ligcnt enough to sec the unwisdom and
danger Of tho Rrynn nomination and plat
form vii, be too Intelligent TO be caught
by such shallow dcmasoEy.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

on another PAGE tn to-day's Journal Mr..
~. T.. Rucknsr gives some very substantial
reasons why he and other self-respcctins
Democrats caunot follow a portion Of their
marty into the Fopulist camp. Allegiance
10 the time-Worn principles OF Democracy
does not REQUIRE any such sacrifice. and if
It id. as sir. Buckncr hcroically declares
It would better be violated than honored,
The Democratic party has never been a
model organization. Many OF It's princi-
niles hayo been radically wrong, and their
wronsness has been abundantly demon
strateI. but 1t is due that party to say
that it has never been n party of utterly
Impractical and crazy ideas. IL has never,
untl the present year. been dominated by
socialists, anarchists and cranks. Many In
t~cllisent and patriotic cltizens-like Mr..
Buckner-haye been identified with 1t not
withstandinE It's faults, and there is no
reason why such men should permit them
selves to be led. through a false sense of
bsyY fealty. into the support Of RsliGss
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

our Popocratic friends are greatly dis
appointed in Thomas b. Reed. They ex-
pected Tom 10 do some ornamental frost
work on the Mckinley candidacy.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

Tom Watson is sticking to his csndi-
daey. and tho probability is that he is also
sticking to his underwear. unless Georgia
Is cooler than Missouri.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

Mark Hanna's declaration that NC
lNinlay is the issue is not quite correct.
Mckinley is the candidate who represents
the patriotic side OF the issue.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

From the Chicago Times-IIeraid
II is a plain case OF trying TO sell the
people u silver brick.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

II .s -lra to say that the head viii not
b. kroek,J out OF tht sewall barrel while
the TopuIist tall remains on the Democratic
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

YOUNG Vanderbilt would not like TO rush
tn a'd gentleman of to an untimely grave.
hat ho les going to marry the girl of his