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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30

II Sne railroad manager or the manu-
facturer or large employer of labor in
general were in favor of the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of IS to 1, there
would be nothing very strange about it,;
for unquestionably all these people
would get a temporary advantage by
cheapening the dollar. For time at
least they would be able to make the
new dollar go as far in paying labor as
tine existing dearer dollar. That is to
say. they would indirectly, though no
less effectively. cut down wages by free
coinage In England the principal agita-
tors for free coinage are the manufao-
turers, and they make no secret of the
fact that they are Influenced by a desire
to cut down the wages of their employees.
The inexplicabie thing is that good
many workfngmen and wage-earners are
in the free silver ranks. and that these
people are the loudest shouters when
the Boy Orator explains to them how
free silver will put up flour and corn
necessaries of life-without giving
them any assurance whatever that they
will get more dollars under free silver
than they do now. The spectacle of
wage earners applauding a man who de-
liberate1y announces that be proposes
to reduce their wages by decreasing
their purchasing power is very common
in this campaign. The explanation per-
haps is that the free silver orator SO
clouds their minds with prejudice by in-
Weighing against their employers that
they become absolutely blind to their
own interests.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30


MI. Bryan's New England visit Is thaI
IL was made to express In person his
gratitude to the gentlemen who have con
spiouously identified themselves with hif
oause-such as Gsorge Fred Williams ant
Jerry O'Sullivan-and to give ostenta
tious recognition to the Hon. Arthur
Sewall. 1t is hardly posi- Bile that he could
have thought that he would be able to
make enough converts in this section e
pay for the wear and tear of the trip. A
the Hon. George Fred Williams had
stood on his head for his benefit, and as
the Hon. Arthur Sewall had been the
conspicuous target Of the abuse of the
middle-of -the-road Populists 1t was quit,
the proper thing for Mr.. Bryan to tell the
former that bis efforts were appreciated
and to assure the latter that he meant
to stand by him, no matter how much
Tom Watson ragged and how big dust
the middle-of-the-road people kicked up.
We feel quite certain, however, that Mr..
Bryan would have been better off today
if he had simply made personal visits tc
these gentlemen and foregone the pleasure
of putting himself upon public exhi bitior
in every town through which he passed.
There was very little chance of his car.
rying any New England state, but that
little chance has been diminished rather
than augmented by his visit. Mr.. Bry-
ans oratory fell far below the expeota.
tions of his enthusiastic admirers and th
matter of his speeches was distinct dis.
appointment to the believers in tree sill.
ver-that il to say he did not present the
silver case with anywhere near the force
and strength with which itican be pre-.
sented. Furthermore there was good
deal of Misrepresentation in his speeches
which very much weakened his case.
The construction which he PIT upon the
Republican platform was far from frank
and fair, as anyone will perceive by a
casual glance at it. 1t was perfectly easy
for person fairly well informed on the
currency question to pick out weak
points in his argument. An expert WAS
not needed to tear 1t to pieces BY
reason of his position 1t is expected that
the best possible exposition OF the silver
question will come from him-he is
counted on to say all that can be said for
it and in the best way-and hence defects,
which in other mems arguments might
be attributed to lack of thor 1ugh knowl-
edge of the subject or lack Of skill. in his
are certain TO be attributed to the inner
emit weakness of his case. Holes In
Bryan'a arguments, are regarded as holes
in his cause, and as there were many and
big enough to be easily seen, in those
be made in New England, the
effect of his tour has been to subtract
more strength from the free silver
cause than any personal magnetism or
oratorical power, which he may possess
has added to it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30
THE CRIPPLE CREEK MINES.
Portland Lady's Visit to Colorado's Great
Gold Producing Regional Million q
Month.
Writ en- for the PRESS. }

\WEittc Gil lOF us EnES0.
Surely everyone is interested in that
beautiful yellow metal, the desire for
which has ever been the incentive of
discovery, and blazed the way to human
progress. Twill tell you little of VIII at
/ saw and heard while on recent visit
to the most famous gold mines In this
country, where i've years ago was ouly
cattle ranch.
Travelling south from Denver by way
of Colorado Springs, at distance of
about $50 miles, we were landed at Grip
pie Creek. The town Is wonder. 1t is
less than five years old; contains at
least. IL, 600 inhabitants; and the people
have evidently come to stay. There are
10000 men. am told. living and work
ing within radius of six miles of the
town, and the mines are worked by day
and by night What cosmopolitan
crowd one sees therel There Is some
pushing and jostling, but you would
be surprised at the good order, and it's
police organization is such that lady
might walk along the business streets, at
any timeknf the night with perfect safe
ty.
There are many nice families and some
of the neighb0rhoods are as good az you
would find in any part of the country
and there are fine buildings going up in
all parts Of the town.
The town is situated in little valley
among the hills. and the air is so pure
and exhilarating that one can 20 on
climbing hour after hour and feel bracsd
by the stimulating atmosphere with eve-
ry step one takes.
The whole region surrounding the
town contains gold. The output of gold
from the Cripple Greek district has been
steadily increasing since 1891, and il now
averaging about $I,O00 600 o month.
Just think of that, a million q month
And yet it is a fact.
Who oan predict the future OF this
great gold camp? Who can say what
may be extracted from these golden hills
before another year rolls rcund2
AS my eyes rested upon a piece Of ore
rich with gold, was seized with sud
den desire to take of my gloves and
share the hardships of the rudy miner,
for the Inheritance of that precious
metal, but oonsoled myself with the
thought that a small investment would
he sure to reap richer harvest than my
tender hands.
That Cripple Creek is a valuable and
permanent gold producer is beyond
doubt, in the minds of well informed
people in the East and In the West.
KATHERINE RUE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30

When the laws are so, under the free
coinage OF silver, that the holder of silver
bdllion can convert this silver into dol
las at the mint that will fix mint
price for silver, then, as we have a mint
price for gold now, and our silver dol
lars will be worth as much abroad as
our gold dollars.-Mr. Bryan at New
Haven.
Under the process of free coinage the
holder of silver bullion will take it to
the mint. where it will be fashioned
into disk and stamped one dollar. It
will then be returned to him. That is
all that free coinage does to silver bull
lion. Ia silver is not bought by the
government, nothing is paid for it and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30

A man by the name of Porter has been
prevailed upon to take John Boyd
Thscher's place on the New York Popo-
cratic ticket. Who Porter Is nobody
seems to know, nor is it Of any conse-
quenoe. He will never be heard of after
November, and not much before.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30
CURRENT COMMENT.
ABOUT THIS.
(Boston Herald)

A dispatch from Que1etaro, Mexico,
states that the Hercules cotton mills OF
that city, which include three of the
largest cotton factories In Mexico, shut
down Saturday morning for an indefinite
period, throwing 1000 operatives out OF
employ ment. An overproduction OF
manufactured goods is given as the cause
of the shutdown. What? How is thisi
Do they have business stagnation and
industrial distress in Mexico, that happy
land of free silver, which George Fred
Williams ia SO fond of painting as sort
of earthly paradise for the laboring
MANI
Mexican mills shutting down because
they cannot find o marx ct for their goods
Oh, there must be some mistake on this
point. Why. Mr.. Williams has told Ut
that new mills were rising on all sides
under the blessed stimulus of fifty cent
dollars. The Queretaro dispatch talks
about an overproduction of manufac
tured goods. But how can that be, wher
the silverite orators have assured us that
the only difficulty the Mexican mills have
experienced was that they could moi
turn out goods fast enough; the demand
far outran the SUPPLY
A FRIGHTENING OUTLOOK.
New York Post.)
Inc new ork Life insurance Com
pany' canvass of the political situation
in the several states, by means of 10, 00(
letters from its own agents and CORES
pondents, is but the latest of many such
extra political attempts to read the signs
of the times. Like all the others, il
points to the undouEted and emphatic
triumph OF the honest money forceH. The
reason for this unusual interest of bust
ness men in the campaign is on the sur.
face. Not even the presidential election
of 1860 was felt to be so momentous fol
the business Of the country as is that Of
this year. II business mon, bankers
employers, investors, captains of indus
try-alI men with stake in the stability
of the country IN the shape of piece OF
property-have bean stirred into extraor.
binary activity in this political contest,
it is only what the nature of the cam.
paign has compelled Hthem to. Iheil
eagerness to forecast the result ia ONLY
the eaRerness of men who have to plar
their business operations, their manufac
ture of goods, their purchase of raw ma
terials, their loans. months ahead. The
general picking up of business and In
dusrry since the Maine election. together
with tho acounulatinR evidence of the
utter decentralization of the Democrat,
canvass, prophesy eloquently of the pros
perity the country may hope to enjoy il
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30

The story is current in Chicago that
Altgeld and Bryan have had falling
out owing to Bryan's refusal to promise
Altgeld cabinet position. If Bryan g
friends continue to desert at the present
rate, by November he will have none left
except possibly the Hon. George Fred
Williams.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30

no guarantee is given that the resulting
coin shall purchase a hundred cents
worth OF products or fifty cents worth.
Ihls being the case what does Mr.. Bryan
mean by mint price for silver ?
Inc mint fixes no price, though it adopts
ratio which demands a price Of 81. 80
per ounce. The price which the holder
OF the silver bullion gets for it is OF de-
termlned by the minis but by the
quantity of products which the coined
dollar will exchange for. how much
6nat Will be nobody knows. OF ccuIse If
Tree coinage be supplemented by legal
5ender act then the silver dollar will he
equal to the gold dollar in the payment
OF debt. simply by force of law, but law
cannot make it equal to the gold dollar
for any other purpose. When Mr.. Bryan
asserts that the silver dollar coined at
the 10 to one ratio will he worth as much
abroad as our gold do liar he is making
an assertion that he cannot MAKE good.
II he asserts that the silver dollar will
De Just as good to pay preexistiDg debts
with as the gold dollar then he is assert
Ing what will no doubt be true, for his
platform calls for law which shall COM
pei the creditor to take these dollars at
their face value or 60 without anything.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30

According to n story in the Bath Times
Bryan has given up all hope of being
elected this fall and is now training for
1900. He had better train more motler-
ately or hs will bs wreck long before
that time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Williamrckinley
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Carrot A. Hobart
OF NEW JERSEY.
OF NEW JERSEY.

The Populistic managers openly con-
TESS that they have abandoned all hope of
carrying anything this side OF Ohio.
When they began they thought they had
a fighting chance in Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30

AUCTION SALES.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07

over the result of the National campaign,
and rehashed some of the stock theories
about the causes OF McKinley's victory.
''The press here don't like me very WE'LL
l guess" said the Senator at the Palace
last night; cit seems that it doesn't any
way, from what l have heard. But it is
the most patriotic press I ever saw.
''About the campaign? Doodle and
coercion won. That's all there was of it.
The country has gone to the devil. The
gold standard and the Republic can't
exist together. Morgan is President of
the United States. 1t isn't Cleveland.
The schoobooks don't tell who is Presi-
dent and half the people don't know.
There will be the same financial policy.
The Republican party and Mckinley are
pledged to it.
''Tho issuance of bonds for gold will
continue. How can it be helped? About
the tariff making up the amount neces-
sary for the expenses of the Government
1t is the most absurd thing to talk of!
An enormous sum OF money has been
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07

Thrasher. The former had taken twenty
whales since leaving San Francisco in
March, 1894. and the Thrasher two since
March, 1896.
The British tramp steamer Glenesk
drifted down on the cable yesterday and
caused some damage. The little tug Annie
went to the assistance of the big tramp
and Captain Fitch worth succeeded In tow
ing her away and freeing the cable.
The brand-new sister ships-General
Mellinet and Lamoriciere, are both in
trouble. Some of the latter's riveting
gave way auo she had TO be overhauled by
the Risdon Iron Works. Now it is dis
covered that The Mellinet's forepeak is
damaged and she Is to be put on Hunters
Point drydock for repairs. Both vessels
are French barks and are on their maiden
voyage.
Captain Finch, r. n R., has been sent
out from Liverpool 10 HongKong to take
command OF the steamer Gaelic, vice Cap
tain Pearne, who died in the hospital in
Hongkong last Thursday. Captain Finch
was formerly third officer OF the Gaelic
and latterly has been chief officer of the
Teutonic.
The news of Captain Pearne's illness
had been telegrephed 10 his wife and she
is now OH her way TO Hongkong. She
will not hear of his death until she arrives
there.
Captain Blair, the popular master of the
big ship California, is now chief officer of
the steamer Tauric, plying between Liver
pool and New York. Both vessels belong
to the White Star line, put when the CON-
pany failed to get purchaser for the
California she was laid up and Blair was
transferred to the Tauric. Now that busi-
ness has picked up the California may be
brought out of retirement and once more
headed for San Francisco.
The following changes were made by
Chief Whar6nger Root yesterday: Collec-
tor John +. Newford has been transferred
from district A (sections L and OF the
seawall) to district G Jackson and Wash
ington streets); Collector George II.
White, from district G to district l (How-
ard-street piers); Collector A. Raten bury,
from district to district G, and Collector
Tom +. Casey from district g to district a.
The seawail is so crowded with wheat
that Chief Wharfnger Root has been COM
PEELED to order it all moved. The various
lois that have lain there over fifteen DAYS
must be moved Immediately. Other lots
will be allowed margin. 1t is expected
that within the next thirty days, over
$4,000 sacks OF wheat viii arrive here for
transhipment to Europe.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07
Hearst Cartooned.

The Wasp this week prints cartoon on tn g
publisher of the Examiner which will be
keenly enjoyed by the merchants and bus mess
men generally whom he has been vilitying for
months by false stories of the coercion OF en-
ployes. The Wasp reproduces two of the Ex-
aminer's anti-election cartoons. One of these
represents Mckinley and Hanna in holes in
the ground. The other cartoon shows a work
ingrnan winking knowingly and rem arking
Just watch me on Tuesday" In contrast to
these pictures the Wasp gives cartoon of its
own marked "Just watch me on Wednesday,"
It shows the young publisher of the BryanIte
organ the day after election in deeper hole
tnan anybody. He looks very sad but by no
means lonely, for a mass-meeting of his fellow.
offering them in the for m OF q shower of eggs,
bricks and dead cats. 1t is just such cartoon
as Mr. Hearst might expect. and presents his
case to the public both graphically and truth
fuliv
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07
TRIUMPH
or
SOUND MONEY!
Attend Republican Ratification
Meeting. Saturday Night at
the Auditorium.

Wherever this call to loyal Republicans
was displayed there were frequent and
numerous inquiries as to where instruc-
tions could be got with regard to the pa
rade and the subsequent meeting. Repub-
licans who marched in the monster parade
last Saturday afternoon were eager to
know how they could arrange TO march
again. One and all evinced strong de-
sire to show their unbounded joy over the
election by once more demonstrating to
the people that they were as enthusiastic
after the victory as before for protection
and prosperity.
The ratification will consist of street
parade and mass-meeting with all the Re-
publican orators who worked in the cam
palgn on the platform.
The spirit of the occasion has been
caught by 81. r. Hurbut, the poet of Tu-
olumne County, whose patriotic verses on
many great events have stirred the hearts
of the people. For this event he has been
inspired to pen glowing poem, from
which the following verses are selected:
FALL IN LINE.
You are wanted in procession,
Wher the band begins to play,
To ratify the victory
We won election day;
And there's no use going bout It
If we don't do things up fine:
YOU are wanted in procession;
Fall in line.
You are wanted in procession,
At the beating of the drum,
To do honor to the party
That will make our factories hum:
And we il be remiss in duty
Ii we don't do things up fine;
YOU are wanted in procession;
Fall in line.
A meeting of the Republican clubs OF
the City was held last night at the Re-
publican County Committee rooms $50
Market street. for the purpose of making
arrangements for the parade. Charles
Curry was elected grand marshal of the
procession.
The positions OF uniform clubs prior to
starting were placed at Union Square. in
the vicinity OF Post and Powell streets.
| When these clubs fall into line and march
citizens with flags will drop in and follow
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07
NEW TO-DAY.
POINTED LETTER.

A Peep Into Some Business Corre-
spondence.
In reply to letter from a minister in
New Jersey who had inquired regarding
some nourishing and healthful drink that
would take the place of coffee for those
who had been injured by coffee drinking,
the following statements were made:
"Our Postum coffee is a food drink which
looks like the finest Mocha coffee and has
the fragrant aroma. 1t creams up with
the golden brown color of old Java, and
really seems to the coffee drinker verit-
able cup of the much loved beverage, but
it is made wholly and entirely of grains,
and is decidedly fattening and nourish-
ing. The stomach troubles and bowel and
liver complaints disappear under its
use, for the reason that the real coffee,
which contains the same poisonous aka
loids as strychnine, tobacco, whisky and
morphine, has been dismissed, and pure
food in liquid form taken in it's place.
Postum is shipped to physicians. and by
order of physicians to various parts of the
country. A package containing enough
for fifty cups is sent for 25 cents, post
paid; twelve packages by express prepaid,
50 80.
1t is used by the children and their
parents freely with good results. 1t is
highly recommended by the medical pro-
fession and others, but we take the posi-
tion that preparation that IS made OF
natures pure grains alone needs no
human Endorsement. It has its health
certificate from a higher source. Very
respectfully, Postum Cereal Co. Uim. J,
Battle Creek, Mich"
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07

spent to elect Mckinley. More has been
used than in all the campaigns for twenty
years. How much has been used? Tens
of millions.
There can be no prosperity under the
gold standard. There may be little i'm
provement, like that affecting wheat by
the famine in India, but it cannot last.
"As TO Mr.. Bryan and his campaign, it
was the most marvellous ever seen.
"But l wouldn't have sent that letter
to Mckinley if 1 had been him. It's
little weak, think. It's the worst thing
he has done. l wouldn't have congratu-
lated Mckinley, because he was not rightly
elected.
The last letter of Mr.. Bryan, which he
addresses to the bimetallsts of the United
States. is all right. 1t is good and l in
dorse it all"
The Senator will be here for several
days. He met a number of old friends
last night, and with all of them the cam
paign was one of the subjects of discus
sion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07
O. DR|EN IS A CARVER,
The Composer of "Man Angeline"
Uses a Knife on James
McAndrews.
He Resented Being Called a Black
Man and Some Few Other
Aggravating Names.

Charles O'Brien, colored gentleman, who
claims to have composed the song of 'Mah
Angeline," Is in the tolls. Early yeste rday
morning he and white man named James
McAndrews disagreed about politics in a
waterfront restaurant.
0'Brien would brook no insult, and when
McAndrews told him that he should not be en-
titled to vote he drew his penknife, having
forgotten to take his razor from his dressinp-
case at home, and he attempted to carve the
obnoxious person.
He failed in his endeavor excepting to the
extent OF a paltry cash six inches long, across
the abdomen and deep cash in the left
wrist.
O'Brien is now charged with assault to mur-
der and McAndrews is all stitched up at the
Receiving Hospital, sorry he had any HOSTILE
ties with q composer and q carver.