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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-01
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All Traina Daily except sunday.
Nos 20 and u mahs close connections n
Zanesville with the 6. b O. and Pan iiandl,
trains for Colunibus, Chicago and the West.
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The herald., 1896-07-19

IT am working man, and earn my
bread by the sweat of my brow. 1t does
not seem to me that it makes any dif-
ference whether this perspiration Is on
the outside or the inside of my head.
After the war John A. Logan won
much fame as political speaker, ana ne
talked as he fought. There was no pre-
tense of highly vanished rhetoric he
went at everything in slam bang style,
/ seeking to overwhelm the opposition
by the force and vigor of his argument.
The richest wordpainter OF them all.
Robert G. 1ngersoll. Is sun IN narhess
His nominating speech at the Clncin-
natl convention of 1876 in which he eu-
logized James G. Blaine as the "Plumed
Knight" will live forever in the histor-
les of political compaigns.
More than twenty years ago he deliv-
cred a speech at Cooper Union, New
York, to an immense audience, and what
he said there is closely allied to the great
issue of the present campaign. Here 1t
! II am in favor of honest money. am
in favor of gold and silver. and paper
with gold and silver behind It. 1 believe
in silver. because it is one of the greatest
of American products and am in favor
of anything that will add to the value
of an American product. But I want
silver dollar worth gold dollar. even
if YOU make II or have to make 1t four
feet in diameter No government can
afford to be clipper of coin. A great
republic cannot afford to stamp a lie
upon gold or silver. Honest money, an
honest people. an honest nation.
When our money is only worth eighty
cents on the dollar, we feel twenty per
cent below par. When our money is
good we feel good. When our money is
at par that is where we are. am pro-
found believer in the doctrine that for
wo1l hnnoStHy DC 20
best always. everywhere and forever.
What section of this country, what
party, will give us honest money-honor
bright-honor bright? l have been told
that during the war we had plenty Of
money. l never saw it. ! lived years
The herald., 1896-07-19
mobbed by pcturing the cause of sound

mobbed by picturing the cause of sound
money on the plantation and ranch. The
Populist will rip up things in manufac
turing cities, and his opponents will
shout statistics at farming communities.
None of the parties have has yet COM
pleted their lists of spellbinders. and
until they do so it is a matter of interest
to take glance backward and see who
the men were who painted oratorical
pictures in campaigns of the past.
One of the first presidential campaigns
in which great bitterness was shown was
that of 1908, in which James Madison Sc
cured the regular nomination. Out of
ninety-four votes Madison received
eighty-three, the remainder being di-
vided between James Monroe and George
Clinton. John Randolph of Roanoke
opposed Madison and championed the
nomination of Monroe, and later headed
party which worked TO secure Mon
roe's election.
Randolph was a great figure in Amer
ican politics in that time. His oratori-
cal ability was tremendous, but it was
mainly of pungent character. In con-
gress he was feared by every one. His
language was pointed and severe, full
of condensed fire and inhuman energy.
His oratory was Spartan breVity and
force; his words fell like vipers among
his hearers and stung them into fiery
excitement. He was morbid and mo-
rose to excess, but his gloom was volcan-
ic heat, ready to explode at any moment
and in any direction. Suddenly his sto-
ical nature would become irrepressible,
and his cold, sinister eye blazed with
splendid fires and radiated his hueless
face like Wintry Sky flashing with cleo
trio bolts.
A political opponent boasted on the
stump that if his mind was not nat
lJrallV as strong that of the orator
of Roanoke he mad done his best by an
arduous collegiate course, to improve
it. Not the first weak soil, gentlemen" :"
exclaimed Randolph, interrupting him.
that excessive cultivation has reduced
to barrenness."
HOW RANDOLPH LOOKED
A pen picture Of Randolph at the time
he was in congress describes him in this
way: "John Randolph is about six feet
high. He has elevated shoulders a small
head and physiognomy all parts of
which are entirely unintellectual except
his eye. His hair is dark, thin and lank,
and lies close to his head. His voice
is as shrill as fife, but its clear, Shrek
ing tones can be distinctly heard by a
large audience. The muscles and skin
about his face are shriveled and cadav-
erous, like wrinkled parchment. His
lips are thin, compressed and colorless.
Tall as he looks his weight is not more
than one hundred and thirty pounds"
Henry Clay will for all time be ranked
among the princes of American speakers
The herald., 1896-07-19

He was prominent in many campaigns.
beginning with his struggle in 1903 for
election to the Kentucky legislature, and
lasting until his death fifty years later
on March 81. 1852. When he resigned his
seat in the United States senate there
was O great crowd on hand to listen 10
his farewell address. That part of it
which affected his hearers most was his
tribute to his adopted state, Kentucky:
But" he said, scarce had set my foot
upon her generous soil when I was en-
braced with parental fondness, caressed
as though 1 had been a favorite child.
and patronized with liberal and un-
bounded munificence. From that period
the highest honors of the state have
been freely bestowed upon me; and
when in the darkest hour of calumny
and detraction l seemed to be assailed
by all the rest OF the world, she inter-
posed her broad and impenetrable shield.
repelled the poisonous shafts that were
aimed for my destruction, and vindica-
ted my good name from every malig-
nant and unfounded aspersion. return
with indescribable pleasure to linger
while longer and mingle with the warm
hearted and whole-souled people of that
state; and when the last scene shall for
ever close upon me, I hope my earthly
remains will be laid under her green sod
with those of her gallant and PATRIOTS
sons"
John c. Calhoun was prominent fig
ure in the political arena from 1905 until
1850. Several times he came within an
ace of securing the nomination for the
presidency. AS a speaker he ranked
with the best, his diction being remark
able for the absence of ornament and
for its clear. terse, logical compactness.
Daniel Webster, a contemporary OF
Calhoun, like the latter, was always
within an inch or two of the presidency.
From 1872 until 1850 he figured in all the
campaigns. He belonged to the Federal
party. and at the convention of the
Wings at Baltimore in the spring of 1852
he was narrowly defeated for the presi-
Dental nomination by General Scott.
The herald., 1896-07-19
CAMPAIGNS LUSTY LUNGS
The SpeIIbinders Will Soon Be
Heard
STUMP KNIGHTS OF OLD
Who They Were and How They
Talked
The Oratorical Giants Who Deluged the
Country With Eloquence When the
Nation Was Young

In very little while the campaign
spouter will be on his way deluging the
country with his fiery eloquence, wip-
ing the ground with his opponent, pre-
dieting dire catastrophes if the other
side be permitted to get on top, throwing
fragrant bouquets at his own candi-
dates, calling upon heaven to witness the
triumphs of his beautiful party in the
past, hurting maledictions upon the op-
position and generally tearing every
thing wide open.
The spouter or spellbinder is a pecu-
liar thing. He only blooms forth in his
full magnificence once in four years.
This is fourth year and it promises to
be hummer. The silver shouters of the
south and west will beard the lion in his
den by making free silver speeches
perched upon the Washington statue in
Wall street. The pompous gold bug
spellbinder will run the risk of being
The herald., 1896-07-19
CAMPAIGN ORATORS OF OLD

Stephen Douglas, the rival and friend
of Lincoln, was a speaker of unusual
Vigor He supported the compromise
measures of 1850. and on returning to
his home in Illinois he found his course
vehemently assailed. On October 24th
he made great speech at Chicago in
his own defense. In it he laid down the
principle which, then and thereafter,
guided him in the slavery agitation
that every people ought to possess the
/ right of framing and regulating their
own internal concerns and domestic in
stitutions in their own way. These
things are all confided by the constitu
ton to each state to decide for itself, and
, l know of no reason why the same prin-
ciple should not be extended to the ter
| ritOries."
| His joint debates with Lincoln in 1858
are too we'll known to require particular
izing.
THE EMERGENCY MAN
Daniel Dougherty of Philadelphia,
who nominated Gen. Hancock for the
| presidency, was one of the most ready of
| all the great political speakers No emer-
| gency was too sudden for him to meet
! and overcome. His mental alertness
added greatly to his success as an ora
/ tor He was a great Democrat until the
! war broke out, and after it was over he
! was a greater Democrat than ever.
William Maxwell EVarts. who was the
| friend and companion of the great
! statesmen of nearly half a century ago.
J is about the only one of the old guard
, left. But politics have little interest
| for him now. Many men at seventy
| eight are still vigorous but he is very
| feeble. He lives in big fine house at
| the corner of Fourteenth street and Sec
ond avenue, New York, and occasionally
/ can be seen walking up and down the
| street; but he is practically forgotten
by the present generation of politicians
As public speaker he was grave, dig
| nified and deliberate. He endeavored
to carry conviction by an unanswera BILE
| argument. When interested in q sub
| ject he would use sentences of three and
| four hundred words, which were so in
volved that it was difficult for the or
| dinary listener to make head or tail of
! them His style of expression was wide
| ly criticised, and his only reply was:
mo one but criminals should object to
! long sentences.
CONKLING'S RETORT
1t will be a long time before q worthy
! successor to Roscoe Conlling IS found
AS an orator he ranked head and shoul-
| ders above the best. He was always at
the service of the Republican campaign
managers. and was the hottest kind of a
| of the famous BOG which stood for Grant
in the Republican convention of 1880
Nothing could faze him. At a political
meeting. where one of the audience
called him an aristocrat, he answered.;
The herald., 1896-07-19
Rejoicing In San Diego

The news of the nomination of Will
liam Jennings Bryan by the Democratic
convention was received here by 130
(Friday) and was the occasion for
much rejoicing among a large majority
of Democrats who favor the free coinage
of silver. In the way of local gossip con-
cerning the candidate it is learned that
Judge Solon Bryan is fourth cousin of
the Democratic nominee for president
Those who are personally acquainted
with the presidential candidate speak of
him as man of exceptional ability, and
his domestic and public life in the city
of Lincoln, Neb., has been one of spot
less purity.-San Diego Sun.
The herald., 1896-07-19

without seeing dollar. I saw promises
for dollars, but not dollars. And the
greenbacks, unless you have the gold
behind it, is no more dollar than bill
of fare is a dinner.
You cannot make paper dollar with
out taking dollars worth of paper We
must have the paper that represents
money. | want it issued by the govern
ment, and | want behind everyone of
those dollars either gold or silver
dollar SO that every greenback, under
the flag, can lift up it's hand and swear,
I know my redeemer liVeth.'
The herald., 1896-07-19
France firing of Protection

The statement of the French premier
NJ. Meline, that, owing to the disturbance
of the worlds markets by the monetary
crisis, measures would shortly be taken
for the admission of corn into France
free of duty is one which possesses pc
culiar interest for this country. 1t is
evidence of the fact that the French re-
public has at last begun to realize the
folly of the protective policy which 1t
has been pursuing so long.-St. Louis
Republic.
The herald., 1896-07-19

A New York Letter says: when the
old original Black Crook was put on az
Niblo's in 1856 by Jarrett and Palmer
the spectacular was supposed to be car
ried to the highest stage of perfection.
Talking with Mr.. e. G.. Gilmore on this
subject. / elected the fact that the play
could now be and has been better
brought out for half the money. About
$50, 900 was the figure of twenty years
ago. while today $4,000 would do the
business. The cost of the Academy of
Music production three years ago came
within $4,000 This, according to Mr.
Gilmore, is because all that enters into
the production of a purely spectacular
play is now cheaper-scenery, costumes
calcium lights and persons.
The herald., 1896-07-19

A war party composed of twenty Sioux,
Apaches and Navajo Indians have been
engaged by Davis and Keogh for their
new western play. The firm proposes to
haye them parade in full war paint and
feathers on bicycles.
The herald., 1896-07-19

Wine, wine. ye power and praise
Have ever beene sunge in We minstrel Layes;
But We Puritas Sparkiinge hattie ye greater elaine
On ye g00de 0lde man and his goode old dame.
The herald., 1896-05-09
M'KINLEY ON FINANCE

The San Francisco Examiner, with
characteristic. enterprise, has been delv-
ing into the depths of McKinley's reti-
cence on the money question with the
laudable purpose of fishing out his ideas,
if he has any, on the subject. On May
it directed to the boom candidate a dis
patch requesting an "unequivocal dec
laration" of his attitude on the finan-
cial question" Are you for the main
tenance of the gold standard or for free
coinage of silver?" was asked The col
umns of the Examiner We're rendered
him for the publication of such a reply
as he might see fit to make. BY May 5
the major had failed to respond to the
query, SO the inquistive Monarch"
published a fac-simile of its telegram
and under the latter fac-simile of an
other telegraph BLANK of the blankest
kind as the answer that never came"
Ill commenting on its extraordinary sue
cess in getting at the innermost financial
thoughts of the statuesque statesman.
the Examiner says: s-
inc Examiner felicitates itself upon
Its success in obtaining the solution Of a
deeper mystery than the $1,000 denoua-
ment OF The Mill of Silence''-the tinan-
Ae@i NtSNS VI tlle ltNl republican CdlQi-
cate Tor the presidency. There is evil
dehtly serious misapprehension some
Nhere on this point. Republicans from
California to Vermont cheer Mckinley
as one of themselves. In Nevada his
lame tlnkles with the melodious ring of
a STANDARD silver dollar In New Eng-
lahd IL chlnks with the ponderous plunk
OF golden double eagle. Nevada ra-
members that Mckinley voted Tor free
coinage in 1SlI-New England nurses
ms remark in 1895, that our currency
should be as sound as the countrv's flag
ana as stainless as it's honor Which sid.
is being buncoed?
Inc Examiner has disposed of that
question. AS is its habit when uthentiC
information is wanted, it has proceeded
straight to headquarters. 1t has in
dulged in no platitudes or equivocations
but mas gone squarely to the point If
asked Mr. Mckinley this plain categor-
lcai question: Are you for the mainte-
nance of the gold standard or for the
1tee coinage of silver"
The Majors answer sets all doubt
about his position or his courage entirely
at rest. 1t may be divided for conven-
lence into two parts. With reference to
the gold standard MIR. Mckinley candid
ly remarks:
The herald., 1896-05-09
PRESIDENT RIPLEY
neaninR Of the Santa Fe Officials Visit to
Los Angels

President Ripley of the Santa Fe sys-
tenn was in FL PaSo yesterday, and ne
may be expected to arrive in the city to-
morrow. The general opinion IS tnar his
coming has much to do with the Attain
tic and Pacific railroad. or the stretch of
country covered by that line. The stock
holders of that road some time ago offer
ed the property to the Santa Fe for the
sum of S16, ,000, 900. The offer was reject
ed on the score of excessive cost, railway
construction being much less today than
few years ago.
Should satisfactory arrangements be-
tween the Santa Fe and the Atlantic and
Pacific fail to materialize, then it Will
be necessary for the former road to build.
Engineer Vaughn and a surveying party
left Victor on April 14th. and proceeded
by the most direct route to Parker on
the Colorado river, which is fifty-four
miles from the nearest point on the At
lantic and Pacific. Mr. Vaughn states
that a survey will be extended on di-
rect line through to Silver City, n. NJ,
which by the shortest route is 400 miles
from Victor.
He is not secret on the line Of the sur
vey, but positively refuses to say who
his employers are
If satisfactory deal between the two
roads cannot be effected, then the Santa
Fe must build connecting line. 1t is
supposed that the surveys are being
made for the Santa Fe, and it is further
supposed that President Ripley is COM
ing here to meet Engineer Vaughn.
The building of line of road from
victor to Silver City would be of inesti-
maple value to Southern California.
The herald., 1896-05-09
An Expert Opinion

"A word here as to the silvsrites de-
mand for cheap money'-that is, for
unlimited silver as compared with
British gold Here is Great Britain up
on on an infiexible gold basis. and yet in
London is an enormous amount of the
cheapest money in the world. Why
Because British money means gold. Foe
every five-pound note of the Bank of
England, five golden sovereignS can al
ways be had for the asking. Put the
United States absolutely and irrevocab-
ly upon gold basis, and British gold
will be at our service in such amounts
as to give support to all of our legitimat te
business enterprises. The stock of loan
able capital at our financial centers will
be so increased that the whole country
Will share in the profits resulting from
its use. Even the silver mines them
selves may be developed and exploited
through the employment of British gold.
If 1t is to produce silver as a merchant
able commodity, for sale at commodity
prices, like copper. iron, and coal But
II we declare by law that silver which is
worth S12 80 as a commodity shall dis
charge the indebtedness of a five pound
note. there will be no more five-p pound
notes to be had. and the promoter VIII
either get no money at all or he will pay
such rates as to destroy his chances of
profit. Cheap money is a misnomer.
delusion and a snare. What we want is
an abundance of good mouey-money
that bears the guinea stamp of worth.
and good for its face throughout the
world-but not an arbitrary number OF
ounces of white metal. or pounds of
iron, or cords of wood. or yards of cloth.
or square inches of paper which the leg
islatures at Denver or Topeka. or the
congress a Washington. may declare to
be as good as gold. No other single factor
will do SO much to make money scarce
and dear as such legislative lie. Cir
cular of John H. Davis &, Co.
The herald., 1896-05-09

adoption probably did so in the belief
that the best way of quieting the critics
| of the bond sales would be to give them
the investigation demanded. But all the
information that can be secured by the
finance committee under the resolutions
has been placed before the public and
like everything else of public record is
easily accessible to the members of the
senate. The president and the secretary
Of the treasury, the one in his messages
and the other in his official reports, have
from time to time explained the reasons
for, and all the details appertaining to.
the bond issues There has been no Sec
recy about the transactions-everyb
who cares to know can find out without
the assistance Of a committee the
amount of bonds sold, the dates Of sale,
the prices obtained and the names and
addresses Of the purchasers. Not sin
gle new fact Of Importance can be devel-
oped by an investigation at this day.
Consequently the task imposed on the
finance committee is an entirely super
f1uous one and involves waste of time
and labor. As the wasteful expendi-
ture of time and labor seems to have
tion In the matter of the PETER bond res
olution is not altogether surprising.
The resolution found it's inspiration in
demagogic desire to annoy and embar-
rass the administration and at the same
time afford chance for deluge of sill
yer mine oratory. 1t is best described in
the language of Senator Palmer of Illi-
nois as IAN illegitimate means of pro-
curing material to affect and inflame the
public mind" Senator PETER belongs to
a class of men who pose as reformers,
but who are really cheap demagogues
and inferior political adventures. They
hope to hold place in public life by
rursing the ignorance of some people
and catering to the prejudices of others.
Senator PETER and his ilk know that
bond issues are unpopular, they also
know that under the circumstances they
were necessary, but this latter of course
they do not admit. 1t is part of their
program to utilize the unpopularity of
bond issues in their assaults on the ad-
ministration. The fact that the admins
tration itself was opposed to is
suing bonds and resorted to
such an expedient only as
dernier resort. that the president
and the secretary of the treasury had
fully and forcibly set forth the need of
change in our currency system if end
less issues of bonds to maintain the gold
reserve were to be avoided. has been
perfectly clear to them. but they have
not been honest enough to publicly rec
ognize it. Instead of patriotically as
cic ~ l,-a
such legislation as would relieve him of
the necessity of maintaining a gold re-
serve by bond issues, they have made
him the subject of lying criticism and
brutal insult for performing his duty of
upholding the public credit with the un-
desirable but only means at hand.
The herald., 1896-05-09
huntlnQtor's RaXenPe

A Washington dispatch published in a
contemporary puts a new light upon the
reasons for Mr.. Huntington anxiety to
kill the project OF free harbor at San
Pedro. 1t has been noted with surprise
that he has seemed to have his little
S3,000,000 Santa Monica job more TO
heart than the $4,000 003 funding steal
According to Richard p. Kerens this
peculiar solicitude is due to the fact that
the Improvement of San Pedro was one
of the pet schemes of the late Senator
Stanford. To Huntingtons malignant
nature revenge is even sWeeter than
piunder. He still nurses d bitter en-
nifty against Mrs. Stanford, and the
fact that she desires, as a matter of
sentiment, to have her dead husband s
wishes carried out is enough to start
Hunuington's s Apache-like rancor on the
trail to prevent it.
We are glad that on one point the peo-
pie of California can fight Mr.. Hunting
ton without iniuring a lady whom they
esteem 50 highly as they do Mrs. Stan
ford. When the government undertook
to recover soma of the millions it had
lent to the builders of the Central Pa
ciftc it found Huntington and his asso-
ciateS shielded behind the Stanford ben
efactio0s; and. by the way, Mrs. Stan
ford had to bear the entire cost of the
DEFENSE in that contest. Now that a
place has been found in which the Jekyll
and Hyde interests in the Southern Pa
cllc are not only distinct but antagon-
lStlc, 1t Will give the public extreme fe-
licity to smash Mr. Hyde while preserv-
ing the highest cOnSidera ton for DR.
Jekyll.-San Francisco Faminer
The herald., 1896-05-09
Abused His Horse

On South Broadway yesterday morn
ing a gentleman named E. Kelly saw
George A. Phillips numerically beat
ing his horse with a whip. Kelly inter
fered and took the whip from Phillips
hands, using the lash upon the brutal
teamster with telling effect. Phillips
took the thrashing and was then COM
PEELED to accompany Kelly to the police
station, where he was turned over to
Humane officer Clark. Phillips admit
ted that he had been hasty and had al
lowed his temper to get the better OF
him, and expressed himself as sincere
ly ashamed of his actions. Captain
Clark was impressed with his statement
and, after severe lecture on kindness
to all dumb animals. allowed him to de-
part. The pair drove off together, ap-
parently in the best of humor despite
the thrashing administered by the irate
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