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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
What alstn 1nn,enns.

A Philadelphia writer has prepared
the following explanation of the mean
ing of the now prevalent, if not popu-
lar, term--16 to l. ....... ..g.
A silver dollar weighs about 16 times
as much as gold dollar. When the
ratio was established for the coinage of
gold and silver dollars 1t approximately
represented the market value of.the
two metals. An ounce of gold was
worth, about sixteen times a6 much as
an ounce Of silver. Now an ounce OF
gold is worth more than thirty times
as much as an ounce OF silver.
Under our law whoever owns gold
bullion can take it to the Mint and
have it made in to coins without any
cost to him. That is froe coinage oil
gold. The gold thus coined is worth a
dollar. irrespective of the stamp, all
over the world.
The silver men demand that we shall
do the same thing for silver without
any change Of ratio-that is to say,
that every owner OF silver shall be per
mitted to take il to the Mint, and have
every 30 cents worth of il stamped as O
dollar, though it would be worth only
its bullion value oustide the United
States
e That is what free coinage at 16 to
means. y-
This is clear and explicit. thought tc
prove convincing to all who read il.
1t leaves the free silver coinage advo
Gates without the shadow Of an argu
ment.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
The Nomination for Goxernnr.

Interest in the Democratic nomina-
tion for Governor is not confined ex-
clusively to New Castle county. as the
following, from the editorial columns
of the Sussex journal, printed at
Georgetown, will Indicate;
1t is a great mistake for New Castle
county to assume that according to the
rotary plan, the Democratic nominee
for Governor should come from that
county. The political hand pegs stand
in the same holes they did two years
ago. The situation is not changed in
the least. 1t was then acknowledged
that to Sussex belonged the privilege
of naming the gubernatorial candi-
date. She did it, and the State noni-
neGs failed Of election. Sussex will
send ii solid delegation TO Dover to
demand what belongs 10 her. We have
| the men eminently fitted for the high
position. We shall not be handicapped
| by the fact that New Castle has better
men than Sussex 10 offer for the posi-
tion. The situation is plain enough
| for any reasonable man to see, and Id
is hardly probable that New Castle
will make any serious contentious for
first place when Sussex comes out
| sbllil1 anu ItIlduub IlbT lIRnlH. llcrb
is no use getting into political squab-
ble when everything is as plain as day
light.
This declaration adds interest to the
situation. Should New Castle and
Sussex both dnmand Of the convention
the nomination for Governor, upon
Kent will devolye the duty of deter
mining the right of the rival claims.
And Kent, it should be borne in mind,
is the home of Governor Watson,
whose denomination Is favored by q
large number of Democrats.
But although the contest bids fair
to be interesting, it is not bitter Oh
acrimonious. The Delaware Democrats
are working together on State issues
this year, and whoever may be nomi-
mated for Governor will receive theil
united support.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
meKlnlcy I, Las. say. .aold.v

Mckinley has at last given utterance
TO the word gold" No doubt he said
it in fear aud trembling, and looked
.furtiyeiy for some disastrous result,
but the trying ordeal was successfully
encountered, and ne lie still alive. The
momentous occasion was a visit paid
to him at his home by campaign
club Of Pennsylvania, on Thursday,
when. in response to the greeting OF
the visitors, he said:
"Our currency to-day is good-all of
it as good as eold7-and it is the un-
faltering determination OF the Repub-
liean party to SO keep and maintain IT
forever. ~ 8
This is encouraging. True, the SEN
tence is rather ambiguous. and can be
! construed into various meanings, but
it contains the word "goid. and that
is a mountain Of hope to many sound
money Republicans who were becoming
fearful that IT. had been dropped en-.
tirely from the Mckinley vocabulary.
Encouraged by visual evidence that
the world kept jogging on as usual,
despite the fact that he had at last
discovered that "gold" was not such a
bard word TO pronounce. after all, Nc
| Kinley became holder, aud Friday
spoke as follows 80 some war veterans
who called upon him
Maryland Democrats Thursday after
noon held meeting In Baltimore and
organized THE Honest Money Demo
Garlic League of Maryland. A com
mittee of seventy was appointed tc
manage its affairs during the cam
paign, and declaration of principles
was adopted in which the following
was included in citing the situation now
confronting tho honest Democrats oI
Maryland:
| a national convention of our part,
not organized in.accortlance with party
custom
A platform which in demanding the
free coinage of silver at the rate Of II
to ], the open repudiation of United
States bond byltbeir payment in sllvel
and the issue OF paper money by tn,
treasury couples these demands witt
declarations which give character t
them and show the purposes of thos
who formulated them. For the frs
tlme in. our political history lawiess
ness is indorsed and the suppression o
ii by the courts disapproved for tn
first time in hour political histor,
demand is made that the citizens
freedom of contract shall be restricted
! by the State: for the first time a
attack is made upon the suprem
court, the highest tribunal in th
land, the safeguard of our write
Constitution. Such platform is no
only violation OF all the principles G
the Democratic party, the party of tn
Constitution, but is distinctly ur
. American and Populistic
d Here are solid truths, forcefull
Q presented. These Maryland Democrat
i have set an example that should b
followed throughout the country.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Mr.. W. Bourke Cochran, the eloquent
Democratic orator of New York City,
who has just returned from trip to
Europe, fatty repudiates the platform
and ticket of the Democratic National
Convention. Mr. Cochran, however,
does not favor the nomination OF a
sound money Democratic ticket. Ho
believes in supporting Mckinley cleo
tors, although he suggests the adop
tion, by sound. money DemoYat, of a
platform declaring for sound money |;
against extravagant appropriations I;
in favor of economical administration
in every department. of government
in favor of a tariff for revenue only.
and ample for that purpose; against the
paternaism of the Rapublican and the
PopulistiG Socialism of both the Chi
cago and st. Louis Conventions; in
favor of that American liberty which
can be maintained only by so limiting
tho power of the government that il
can never interfere with the daily con-
Germs of law abiding citizens. This
is very good platform, but equally
good candidates to stand upon it is the
demand of the sound money Democrats
OF the country.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

The uprising Of the press against the
work of the recent Chicago convention
is truly wonderful. Abiding to the
fact that nearly two hundred Demo
cratic newspapers have bolted the Chi
cago ticket and platform the Boston
Herald (lnd. }, says: "We doubt if tho
public fully realize the Significance of
this demonstration. Nothing like it.
we think, has .eNeF been. known before
in American poIitics-certainly nothing
like it in the previous history of the
proverhially faithful Democratic party.
Hero are the elements of disintegra-
tion, if it is possible to produce them.,' =
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
wANAMAKER'S. 8.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Aug. 8, 1886.
SOME STATEMENTS
. REMARKABLE
BUT REASONABLE

Everyannouncementint these
columns rings with the stories
of price reductions. Some Of
the statements appear extrav-
agant-would be elsewhere
But theya are all carefully made,
are perfectly reasonable and
the natural outcome Of our
methods.
We are constantly handling
over Four Millions of Dollars
in merchandise. 1t comes and
goes. AT this period, when
Summer is passing and Au-;
tunn is coming, all the bal,
ances ofstrictly Summer stocks
must. go. To accomplish this
we cannot afford to stop long
enough to consider losses.
Apparently absurd cheapness
appears. in scores of places.
Also manufacturers, import
ers and dealers in all sorts of
things must liquidate Summer
merchandise. The big outlet
commands them. And so we
are buying and passing on
goods at figures that are a
satire on values.
Therefore our remarkable
store news is not sensational
or extravagant. Just plain,
simple, downright truth.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
OUTING SPORT

Tennis. No play, no win
ming without a. good racket.
And there's no need of vast
ing moneyon rackets at fancy
prices while Wanamaker's
quote the following.
Boys, Soc Youth, 81
Junior, 75c, Germantown, So
Wissahickon, cork handle, $3.50.
Belmont. cork handle, S3
Germantown, cork handle, e35o.
Nets, Poles, Ropes, Pegs,
Tapes, Balls, etc.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
Secretary Morton made an admirable

Secretary Morton made an admirable
point in an address delivered in Ne
braska City on Saturday. He said:
Let us then 60. back to the alleged
crime Of 1873. Was there conspiracyP
Ii 30, who were the conspirators? They
were the genius of trade, the enterprise
of the American people and the intelli.
gence of an advanced civilization, The
fiat boat in which crossed the Mis-
souri, river in the autumn of 1854 was
by conspiracy between capital and
human ingenuity deferryized, and the
steamboat took its place. This change
took place becauss immigration and
the development of the stsrf itory be-
came too big for fatboats.. Later on a
conspiracy again transpired wherein
capital and civilization have COM
bined to deferryize the steamboat and
the result is tho magnificent steel
bridge upon which our trains cross
every day. Y- s..= 5,.5
OF course the rabid silverites will
not admit it, but there would be just
as much sense in denouncipg the ''de-
ferryization of the tiatboat'' as there
is in denouncing the decentralization OF
silver in 1878.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

With over $4,000, 1000 of deposits in
the Wilmington Savings Fund, belong
ing to about 1G,0O depositors, the
average is about 5000 for each deposi-
tor. In the Africans Savings Bank,
deposits of over $500, 600, belonging to
about $500 depositors, shows an aver
age of about $3.50 each. These sums
are small, but they arc large to the
owners. In many instances. they rep
resent the savings of years of hard
work. To cut the purchasing value of
these savings down fully one-half, as
would be the case under free silver
coinage, would be to deprive these
nearly 1871 depositors, most of whom
are poor people, Of one-half of the
money they have saved. All their in
fuence should be directed against such
an outrageous injustice to themselves
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

We call attention to the admirable
addresses by Ambassador Bayard at
the recent celebration of the American
Society of London, which are printed
on another page Of to-day's paper.
Both are good, particularly the closing
one which, though brief, is of tronch-
ant import in the United States at this
time, when the financial honor of the
country is being subjected to such
Vicious and persistent assaults.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Here is a fair sample of the manner
in which the advocates of free silver
coinage "argue" their cause. 1t is
from an editorial in the Delawarean:
The gold standard is for the advantage
of Wall street and the money sharks
and shylocks of the land, while the sill
yer advocates demand even handed JUS
tice between man and man.
This is simply vapid use of words,
stringing of catchy phrases. What
information is there here for the earn
est thoughtful citizen who sincerely
desires light upon the absorbing ques
tion now before the people? But still,
it is good free silver coinage argument,
and so sit goes. +" .......
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

A bank in Bryan's own State Of Ne.
braska has issued notice to its Gus.
toners that lowing to the constant
agitation Of the financial policy of the
United States and the aocialistic feel
ing emanating from the Chicago con-
ventiop there has been a doubt thrown
over. tho. minds Of the people, L and
therefore it proposes to call in all it's
outstanding paper this fall. Here is a
text for Mr.. Bryan, compared with
which his "crown of thorns" and
"cross o.. .gold'' becomes stale and fat
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Aside from all other considerations,
there is no doubt that the deadly grade
crossing was mainly responsible for the
terrible disaster near Atlantic City.
Grade crossings should not be permit.
ted to remain. At this day there is
no real necessity for one Of those doath'
traps in thie country,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
Praise for Chairman Harrity.

The following, which appeared edi-
torially in the Philadelphia Ledger,
Saturday morning, is a graceful, but de
served, compliment to an honest, con-
sIstent Democrat Of national reputation
and commanding ability:
Mr.. William +. Harrity announces
his retirement from active politics.
His rise in politics has been rapid, but
it has been through his own merits
and ability. He is yet a young man
and it is unlikely that his party will
consent that his retirement shall be
permanent. He deserves the sincere
thanks not only of Democrats but OF all
citizens for the determined fight he
made for honest money at the Chicago
convention. Ii his party has left tho
| high road of consistent principle and
| taken TO the mire of reputation and
| dishonor, it has not been because of
any remi5sness on his part. Mr.
| Harrity has been clean handed in all
his dealings He has made mistakes,
it is true, by not clearly perceiving the
sycophancy of some of his profesaed
friends, and by undue severity to those
who could not or would not follow his
leadership, hut there never was time
when he did not act for what he be
lieved to be the best interests of hi,
party. With a sound money candidate
for President and sound money plat
form, no marshal could have com
manded the National Democracy to it
greater advantage than William f
Harrity.
MIR. Harrity is worthy son of Dola
ware. He was born in Wilmington
spent his boyhood days here, and re
ceived his early education in tho pub
lie schools of our city. Ills man
friends here win cordially endorse th
compliments expressed in the Ledge
editorial.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Boss Hanna and the Delaware Factions.
A dispatch sent from Washington
Wednesday contains the following in
teresting formations:
Congressman Willis OF Delaware,
who, while not taking part in the Ad-
dicks Higgins contest in that State,
was nominated by the Addicks conyen-
tion held recently at Dover, was among
the callers at Republican Congressional
with Vice chairman Apsley in regard
to the factional fight and the political
conditions in Delaware. After tele-
graphic communications with Chair
man Hanna of the National Republi-
can Committee, the Congressional com
nittee placed all the campaign material
for Delaware in the hands of Mr..
Willis, which practically recognizes
him as the Republican nominee for
| Congress in that State.
This is new move upon the politi-
cal chessboard in Delaware. It pleased
Mr.. Mark Hanna, owner of William
Mckinley and boss of the Republican
party, to repudiate Addicks at st.
/
pledged to Mckinley and the other,
were. Now it appears that he is en-
4 deavoring to counteract the effect o
this repudiation and TO bring Addick
back into the fold by recognizing hin
as the leader Of the Republican part.
in Delaware. The first step is to prac
tically admit that Congressman Willis
the nominee of the Addicks State Con
vention for Congress, is the regula
nominee of the Republican party, de
spite the decision of the legal authori
ties in this State to the contrary.
1t is not hard to conceive why Bos
Hanna should follow this course. Ad
dicks has reputation for spendin
money-his own money, as Beniah Wal
son said at Dover--very freely for th
purpose of carrying elections. Th
other fellows have more of reputatio
for spending money gathered froi
sources outside of the State. Mi
Hanna evidently reasons that wit
Addicks in the saddle it will not |
necessary for the Republican Nation
Committee TO go down into its treasuI
for money to be expended in the effo
to secure the three electoral votes
Delaware for Mckinley. Therefor
Addicks is the man he wants and |
has started his reconciliation policy |
recognizing Addicks' Congression
nominee.
1t would be an interesting polite
y event should the new Republican N
tional Committee reverse the judgme
. of the old committee as to the respe
u tive standing of the Republican ia
IS tions in Delaware. ',
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

On fence constructed around lot
on Broadway, New York, upon which
a new building is being erected, the
following is inscribed, in large letters:
when six inches make one foot, eight
ounces make one pound, sixteen quarts
make one bushel, so cents will make
ST." Hero is wisdom in three lines.
The inscription ought TO be placaIded
all over the country.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

"The old soldiers waited for their
pensions until this great debt of the
government was we'll out of the way
They waited patiently until the govern.
meut of the United States had reduced
nearly two thirds of that great money
debt. Applause. They wanted every
dollar OF the debt paid in the best coin
known to thu commercial world, lgreat
applause and every dollar of that debt
up 10 this hour has been paid in gold
or its equivalent. tho best recognized
money of the world, and every dollar oi
that debt, my comrades, yet to he
paid will! be paid in the same unques.
toned coin. Tremendous cheering.
Most of that debt is out of thesway. -
Better and better If he keeps on,
Mckinley will soon be side by side
with his companion on the nationa
ticket, Mr.. Hobart, who, few day,
after his nomination boldly declared
Gold is tho one standard of yalut
among all enlightened eommefcia
nations. }@
All financial transactions of what
ever character, all business enterprise,
all individual or corporate investments
are adjusted to it. An honest dollar
worth 100 cents everywhere, cannot bt
coined out of 53 cents worth of silve
plus a legislative fiat.
Such debasement of our curfenc,
would inevitably produce incalcuIabl
loss, appalling disaster and nationa
dishonor. -1
Mckinley has crossed the Rubicon
He is gradually approaching an homes
and unequivocal declaration in favo
of the gold standard. He may ye
bring himself TO the point of saying
"An honest dollar is "A gold dollar q
the present standard OF weight an
fineness. "
We hope the Morning News will no
fail TO note these evidences of on
couraging improvement in its party
candidate for President. -
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

The Wilmington Savings Fund of
this city has deposits of over So, 0oO, 600,
belonging to about 10000 depositors.
The Artisans Savings Bank has de-
posits of over $500, 600, belonging to
about $500 depoaitors. The people
who have saved this money. amounting
to nearly $4,000, 900, are deeply in
terested in the question of free silver
coinage. Free coinage would mean the
cutting in half Of the present value OF
every dollar they have on deposit. Are
they prepared to make such sacrifice
of the money that most of them toiled
hard to save? -
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

The Sussex Republican is not meay-
mouthed in expressing its opposition
to Addicis 1t says;
Mr.. Addicks is not a wise or safe
leader. He talks too much, and has
adopted the no compromise rule or
ruin policy, His Czar-like course in
tho Dover convention in refusing to
listen to the counsel and advice Of a
number of hia best friends, ignoring
all past precedents of the party, and
treating the minority as though they
had no rights that no was bound to
respect, showed very clearly what he
would do il onca installed in power
The Republicans s namo indicates it's
political complexion, but it's Republi-
canism is not of tho Addicks stripe,
That this is SO is greatly to the credit
of our Georgetown contemporary.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Although Bryan and Watson are run
ming mates on the same ticket for prosi-
dent and Vice President, their per-
sonal relations are not lovely and mar
monious. Watson does not like Bryan.
In a paper, which he publishes, he
last week alluded TO him az ''Biil"
Bryan, and INDUCED in such comments
as these: "Bryan is to run the wind
mill while Sewall runs the pay train I"
iii Sewall rattles out his cash as fast
as Bryan rattles OF speeches, times are
going to be lively" 1.-THE hardest
thing Bill Bryan will-hare to contend
with will be tho necessity of keeping
his mouth shut" But short time
after the publication of these choica
extracts, Bryan and Watson were made
companion candidates on the same
ticket. To what a degrading position
the Democratic party has benn brought
by its present populist leaders.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Senator Blackburn, for one of the
frantic free silverites, cannot consist
emily howl about the demonstration
of silver In the course of some re-
matks made in the Senate on Septem.
ber Goth, 1899, he said: "Aud up to
this hour, thank God, silver is coin
in this county, whatever it may be a
week hence. . This is a distinct de-
nial that silver was demonetized by act
of Congress. AS a matter of fact, it
was simply dropped from the list of
coins to be minted by the government.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
BLACK DRESS GOODS

Challis--good for genera
tions, but this generation gets
it at 2Sc = all this season
S7Ac; all last season 45c.
Five sorts, new weavings.
Won,t t last long-too cheap to
stay here.
French Crepon skirt lengths
at $2.5o. just the stuff for the
fastidious and just half price
"a selling combination. Some
body suffers for the price
but that's no concern of yours.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Send postal for the new day, 50
lew night circular of Goidey College.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
OUTING EASE

The siesta is Spanish. The,
Hammock is Spanish-Ameri-
can. The siesta demands the
Hammock. The outing is in
complete without the Ham
mock. Prices soc to $40.
Mesh Hammocks baby, SOC.
Mesh Hamnocks, ST.. .2H
Mexican Hammocks, soc and 81.
Fine Mexican Hammocks, $40 SIS, $50.
Woven Hammocks, with pillow and
spreader 81.
Woven Hammocks, finely colored,
with pillow, spreader and valance,
$3 30 and $4.25.
Ropes, hooks, spreaders, etc.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Tho enthusiastic endorsement of
Bryan and free silver coinage by the
Single Tax contingent here ought to
prove significant pointer to the
Democrats of Delaware when they
assemble in State convention at Dover
on the 18th.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

tions laid down by our Dover contem.
porsry, with the utmost fairness We
hope it will accept them and reply, if
it replies at all, in the same spirit.
The question is one for calm argument
and quiet consideration. and cannot
be determined by ranting oratory or
reckless, untenable assertions. The
people are deeply interested, and it is
the duty Of every public journal to ap-
peal to their reason and conscience,
and not to their political prejudice. in
laying this great financial problem be-
fore them.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06
ANGOLA FLANNEL,

Woven like serge, looks like
cashmere, feels like lambs
wool. Chosen by many for
house and outing dresses. Pop
ularity is due to washing with
out shrinking. Price for many
years 2oc and 25c now II nc
too cheap for prosperity /;
not too cheap for economy.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-04-23

We call the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of the Mer-
chants and Rosmore Hotel, Chattan-
ooga. Everybody who appreciates
GOOD and courteous treatment will
fad it at either of the above.
Our comra e4 who were delegates to
the G. a. X. Encampment last week,
came away highly pleased with Mr..
Ross and his able assistants.