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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

The silver mines Of the United States
produce only 500, 600, 600 a year, which
would give us only "a dollar head in
crease in circulation. We need much
more, but even that much would boom
business, increase opportunities for en-
ployment and give new life to bo1ue
building in the west -Exoianye.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Free silver will raise prices and wages
by bringing more money into circulation,
by doing away with fears of a money
panic and by bringing another form OF
real money into competition with foreign
Il
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Under IA single gold standard Rising in
value the home you buy today will be
worth less in 20 years than it is today In
gold dollars. London is growing faster
than any city in the world. and property
values are going down steadily every year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05
BISMARCK FOR SILVER.


He Believes In Independent Action by the
United States.
In recent speech at Dallas Governor
CulEerson read the following CORE
spondence between himself and Prince
Bismarck on the money question:
Prince Bismarck:
SlR-The great question of finance is now Of
supreme interest to the people of the United
States. 1t is presented in various forms, but
in a general way it may be said to be, first
whether the United States shall adopt the sin
gle gold standard, or, second, whether they
shall adopt bimetallism with both gold and sill
yer Us the standard or primary money.
The argument in favor of each is well known
to you, but it IL particularly insisted that we
should adopt the policy of bimC mCtallism because
the supply of gold in the world for coinage is
insufficient to meet the demands, and because
such standard will still further depress the
values of all property.
Which, in your judgment, is the best policy
to adopt, the gold standard or bimetallsm2
What effect, in your judgment, will the i'm
mediate adoption of bimetallism by the United
States have ON the cause of bimetallism in
Germany and other great commercial nationsP
G. A. CULBERsoN, Governor Of Texas.
In reply Prince Bismarck says:
FREDERICKSBURG Aug. a. 1895.
HoNoRED SIR-Your esteemed favor has been
duly received. l hold that this is the very
hour that would be advisable to bring about
between tho nations chiefly engaged In the
worlds commerce mutual agreement in fa-
vor of the establishment of bimetallism.
The United States are froer by far in their
movements than any nation of Europe and
hence if the people of the United States should
find it compatible with their interests to take
Independent action in the direction of bimetal-
li5m, cannot but believe that such action
would exert most salutary influence upon
the contamination of international agreement.
BISMARCK.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

1t is as sensible to say that money shall
be made only out of gold 1t would be
to say that the yard measure shall be
made only out of ebony.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05
FREELAND, PA. OCTOBER >, 1896
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, October >, 1896.
Mr.. Bryans supporters find nothing
discouraging in the situation. On the
contrary, they have excellent reasons
for believing that Mr.. Bryan's chances
for election are better than those of Mr..
Mckinley. These reasons are not entire
ly based upon reports made to the mana
gers of Mr.. Bryan's campaign, although
there is no doubt of the trustworthincss
of those reports as Il rule. Those Demo
Gratis who are careful not to allow their
wishes to become tangled up with their
Judgment have been making n study of
the figures put up by the more conserve
tive supporters of Mckinley and have
thereby strengthened their belief in
Bryan's success. The latest of these
tables appeared on the editorial page of
the Washington Post, which is strongly
for gold. 1t gives Bryan POS electoral
votes, Mckinley 1O4, and puts 102 in the
doubtful column. To accept this table
as correct is to be sure that Bryan will
be elected, as the 1O2 electoral votes
classed as doubtful, of which BRYAN
must get 10 to be elected and Mckinley
must get 81, are made up of the follow
ing states Illinois, Oregon, California,
Maryland, West Virginia, Minnesota,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. 1t is Il
conservative claim to say that Bryan
will certainly carry more than five out
of these ten states, which would elect
him with votes to spare, if the rest of
the table be all right, and there is no
doubt about that, as with only includes
states with are conceded to Bryan by
the Republicans.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

General w. ]. st. Clair, of West Vir-
ginia, was in Baltimore with Mr. Bryan,
and who passed through Washington
this week, said: II found degree of
Bryan enthusiasm in the city of Balti-
more that was rather surprising, in view
of the tone Of its bolting Democratic
newspapers. The talk of McKinlcy's
great majority in the Maryland metro
polls is all nonsense" S.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Senator Faulkner has boen getting
some very cheering news this week from
all around, but that which pleased him
most has come from Michigan, Cali
fornia, Iowa and Kansas, which are
claimed by some Republicans and put in
the doubtful column by others. Accord
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Hon. w. e. Chiffon, secretary of stat
for West Virginia, was one of the party
which came to Washington to escort Dir.
Bryan to that state. While in Washing
ton Mr.. Chiffon said: Il am not afraid
of the result in West Virginia, and have
no hesitation in predicting that Bryan
will get its electoral vote. Our people
are STRONGLY for silver, and many con
verts have been made from the Republi-
can ranks The Palmer and Buckncr
ticket will not poll much of vote. The
Republicans are making the most
strenuous effort for Mckinley and the al
Legations Of coercion and intimidation of
railway employees are strictly true. But
there is always reaction against such
methods, and a feeling Of resentment
arises in the minds of the mon who are
thus coerced that will result in causing
hundreds of them to vote the other way. q"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Show me man who has made money
out of unjust laws, and he will deny
legislation can be of benefit to anybody.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Senator Germans Discrimination to
make ante-alection claims and promises
adds force to what he told to Mr.. Bryan
and the other gentlemen who participate
in tho conference held in New York city
this week. He promised that MIR. Bryan
should have the electoral vote Of Mary
land, and he said that he considered
that the Democrats still had an even
chance to win, Notwithstanding the in
nuences that were being used against
them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

A financial system that commends it.
self to the wealthy only is "a curse to the
land.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05
BRYAN IN NEW JERSEY.



Days Journey.
The gold standard means half time
in the factories and double time ON the
farms.
If you ask me what the campaign
song ought to be this year, 1 will tell
you there is no better than "Home,
Sweet Home"
We find against US those who will
contribute Eberally to the corruption
fund. We find those with us who have
no money to corrupt voters with.
We have opposed to us every man
who has attempted to destroy labor Or
ganizations. We have with us those
who have aided labor to better its con-
dition.
If presidents of railroads will manip-
ulate votes before election, they will
manipulate men after election.
What is the use of opening the mills
Unless you llfsU make the people able TO
buy what the mills produce?
Show me a man who makes money
out of legislation, and Twill show you d
man who abuses the people when they
want legislation for themselves
A financial system that commends it.
self to the wealthy only is curse to the
land.
Show me man who has made money
out of unjust laws, and he will deny
legislation can be of benefit to anybody.
Under single gold standard rising in
value the home you buy today will be
worth less in 20 years than it is today in
gold dollars. London is growing faster
than any city in the world, and Droperty
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Show me man who makes money
out of legislation, and will show you a
man who abuses tho people when they
want legislation for themselves.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

Fan styles in dry goods at Oswald's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

If you ask me what the campaign
song ought to be this year, 1 will tell
you there is no better than "Home,
Sweet Home
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

The Tribune
Gives Satisfaction
ON Every Job.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

The gold standard means half time
in the factories and double time on the
farms.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

We find against US those who will
contribute lberally to the corruption
fund We find those with us who have
no money to corrupt voters with.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-05

What is the use Of opening the mills
unless you first make the people able to
buy what the mills produce?
The record-union., 1896-03-13

pleased to make note of the fact and
congratulate the journal on approach
ing its majority.
Queer ideas of law and humanity they
have down near Modesto. Mccarthy had
a band of horses which fell into the
hands of another party for care and
keeping. Mccarthy was unable to pay
the man and take the horses, and they
are held for the debt Besides this there
are several mortgages or liens upon the
animals. The party retaining the
horses refused to feed them, on the
ground that it is the duty of Mccarthy,
and he being in San Francisco, and
without means to recover his animals.
can do nothing. In the meantime the
brutes starve, slowly dying in horrible
torture, eating the gravel of the earth
and in their anguish tearing each other.
All witnesses agree that the sight is
one to move the stoutest heart to pity.
1t is now reported the Sheriff of the
county has arrested Mccarthy for
cruelty to animals and taken him to
Modesto for trial. What is the matter
with arresting the man responsible for
the care of the pledge he has in hand?
1t is his duty to see that the security
he has does not depreciate. What is the
matter in that section that the COM
munity will stand by and see these poor
brutes die of starvation, and no hand
be stretched forth to help them?
The record-union., 1896-03-13

compel the nations to submit their
differences to it, or to compel them to
abide by its decisions. All that would
still depend. as it does to-day, upon the
will of the individual nations. Con-
gress and Parliament must decide
whether the case is to be submitted to
the court, and they must decide whether
to accept the verdict And if one of
them decides either question in the
negative, the court will be helpless and
its purpose defeated.
This is precisely as the Record
Union" has viewed the proposition from
the outset in considering the ultimate
OF the scheme of the new school We
have held that while it may be that
every case arising would be submitted
10 arbitration in preference of war, it is
the wise course to allow each case to be
passed upon as it arises, for to provide
in advance is to divest ourselves of di-
plomatic independence. There are some
cases, and there always will be, that
are better settled by diplomacy than by
arbitration, some issues that in no case
could be submitted to an alien board
without loss of national honor and ma
tional independence. But if all such
mission to a permanent tribunal, COM
posed in part of those whose interests
are not ours, we would practically an
lex ourselves to new system of gov
ernment not contemplated by the faith
ers, not provided by the Constitution,
and not demanded by new conditions
The Tribune" thus learnedly concludes
it's calm consideration of the subject:
Certainly each nation must be its own
judge of the fitness of each case for ar
bitration, unless, indeed, we abdicate
our national sovereignty. To establish
an international court to which We
should be bound to in all cases to sub
nit would be to establish an alien or
semi -alien power above our own Gov
ernment and Constitution. 1T would be
tC abrogate our independence, and to
make us, in league with Great Britain,
subject to the authority of new Gov
ernment 1t would not be to establish
international arbitration, for the two
Powers woud no longer be independent
nations, but merely arbitration between
two members of one great confederacy.
1t would be to effect an organic govern
mental fusion between the United
States and the British Empire, and to
make this Union a part of that empire,
Or that empire a part of this Union.
For such step, we doubt if either coun-
try is ready. So long as we stop short
of such federation of the world the
issues of peace and war must depend,
as now, upon the will of the people and
their representatives. The practical
duty Of the time is to educate that will
in favor arbitration rather than fight
| ing. The good news proclamation was:
Peace on earth, to men of good will"
There will be peace to men and to ma
tions of good will, and to them alone.
The record-union., 1896-03-13
THE JEWEL OF FAIR PLAY.

We have not the slightest disposition
to discuss the Parson Brown case. or
pass upon his guilt or innocence in adj
vance of the close of his trial But the
Record Union" does enter a plea in ia
Yor of fair play. namely. that the news
paper press shall not continue as it has
in the Brown and other cases to deliber-
ately mislead the public
We are justified in believing that this
has been done in the parsons case by
irrefragable testimony. Over and over
again, day after day, we have noticed in
the local reports in the San Francisco
press and in some of our interior con-
temporaries' statements in headlines and
IN commentary, notably in Introductory
remarks to the full testimony. gross
misstatement as to what was proven at
the session reported
1t is known that not more than one
person in a hundred Of readers under
takes to read through the testimony ad-
duced in such cases. Indeed. headline
and introduction reading is the chief of
all newspaper reading in these days of
bloated sheets. and the gorge of twenty
and thirty-page papers with all manner
of stuff" Presuming upon this fact,
it is perfectly clear that certain news
papers have undertaken to create in
the public mind beliefs which facts do
not justify.
Assuming the guilt of Parson Brown
as to all with which he il charged.
The record-union., 1896-03-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

From James Vick's Sons, Rochester.
n. Y, we have "Vicks Floral Guide
for 1896" 1t is handsome volume.
with an Illuminated cover in gold and
colors, and with inside colored plates
and a wealth of other illustrations.
These seedsmen call attention in this
handsome annual to many novelties,
three Of which especially seem to have
won great favor where known. They
are the double sweet pea, the only one
in the world true to name, Bride of
Niagara" the Early Leader Tomato, -
the earliest of all the early tomato fam
lily and sure to become a great favor
ite, and the already famous blackberry,
the "Rathbun." From the praise and
The record-union., 1896-03-13
Eastern Business Offfces.
Weather Forecast.
Northern California-Fair, with fog on
coast; westerly winds.
A BAD MOVEMENT.

The Board of Trustees, in permitting
the erection of a gasoline and oil-stor-
age structure in a residence section of
the city against the all but unanimous
protest of the citizens living in that
section and against the protest of the
Fire Warden, was an act that must
meet with condemnation.
For fear that the Chief Engineer, as
Fire Warden, would interpose objection
to the grant of a license for the storage,
the board, by a provision in the ordi-
nance granting the right to erect the
warehouse, withdrew from the Chief
the right to interpose the objection.
Having thus cleared the way, the board,
by vote of to 4. despite the declara-
of the Chief Engineer that the ordi-
nance ought to be defeated, and that he
never would order his men into a build
ing where he knew even twenty-five
gallons of gasoline to be stored, passed
the ordinance and the building is to go
up in the face Of the protest of the peo-
pie of the district, and their belief that
it will depreciate property values and
render residence in that region most
undesirable.
There was a hot interposition of OBJ
lection to the action Of the board, dur
ing which it was once more shouted
that whenever a new industry is pro-
posed for Sacramento there are silurian
l.asrv ,
away. The changes were rung upon
this cry until the hired attorney who
roared it disgusted thoughtful people
present. The Record Union" is heart
lily sick of this shout. Under its cover
it has been attempted to foist number
of nuisances and undesirable conditions
upon the people. We have no sympa-
thy with silurianism, and no patience
with senseless objections to progressive
movements. But we have more respect
for them than for the eternal cry silu-
rianism every time citizen exercises
his privilege to raise a reasonable OBJ
lection to invasion of his rights.
Progress is one thing and protest
anOInef. But progress never QOeS rlue
rough shod over the rights of men, and
protest never should stand unless
backed by reason. There is as much
danger in closing the mouth of honest
protest and fair objection as there is
in rejecting the advances of a pro-
gressive spirit.
We repeat that the pleading for an
oiI-storage warehouse IN a residence
section under the cowardly cover of
the sneer "silurianism' was sickening
1t ought to cause righteous Indignation
to manifest itself and demand the legal
throttling of the ordinance. That the
Executive of the city will do so is the
justified anticipation of the people. If
the section is sparsely settled now,
such a storage warehouse will not pro-
mote its growth. But the sparsely pop
ulated section, we take 1t, is entitled to
just as much of fostering care on the
part of the Trustees as any other-in-
deed, it would seem that its very weak
ness ought to prove the chief armor of
its protection.
The record-union., 1896-03-13

these papers use their headlines and
synoptical statements of the evidence
to carry like conviction to the readers
minds. In one paper we find a headline
statement that Brown testified that on
the trip to Tacoma there occurred
something in sleeping car compromis-
ing to him and his company. But the
testimony reported in the same paper
fatty and emphatically gives the lie to
the headline. In answer to categorical
questions he denied it as fully as it was
asked if something did not occur that
compromised someone he replied in the
affirmative and refused to go into de-
tails because he SAID it reflected on a
party or parties not concerned in the
case.
over and over again we have read in
the synoptical introductions, and in dis
patches purporting to be correct, that
the testimony of a given day developed
nothing new or important beyond cer-
tain things, when examination of the
stenographic reports would disclose
matters of the gravest Importance and
having the most direct bearing upon
the search for the truth. Over and
over again we have found the head
lines to reports of the Brown case to
be point blank contradicted by the
text, and a score of times have noted
that the introduction" put upon the
case a color wholly different from that
given by the testimony.
The only excuse offered for even this
much of concern being given to the
matter is that it serves to call attention
to the danger of trusting TO headline or
Introductory interpretations of reports
Ia sensational newspapers. 1t has
value also in awakening the press to the
rank injury that is done to journalism
by the practice, which is not at all con-
fined to the Brown case, but character
ICES nearly all important reports in
metropolitan journals. 1t is steadily
and inevitably educating the people into
distrust of what they read in newspa-
pers generally. 1t is building UP a
strong sentiment against journalism,
especially "as it is prosecuted" by those
who assume to be its high priests. 1t is
in short breaking down what little re-
naming confidence and trust the people
repose in journals of the metropolitan
type.
1t would seem that the chief Office of
metropolitan newspaper in these days
is to PREJUDICE all things, fix upon the
color to be given all things, and then
diligently and industriously so conduct
the paper in it's reports as to sustain the
prejudgment and maintain the color
utterly regardless of the facts and
wholly careless of the truth.
If our metropolitan contemporaries
entertain any doubt about this being
the estimate of them that is rapidly OBJ
tanning among the people, they should
set on a foot a plan to take the census
of thought upon the subject. They will
discover that metropolitan journalism
is undermining it's own house, and as
rapidly and effectively as its bitterest
enemy could desire.
The record-union., 1896-03-13
RIVER FRUIT COMPANY
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, IN PUR-
suance to the call of the Board of Di-
rectors, made on Tuesday. the 2d day of
April, 1895, that special meeting of the
stockholders of the sacramento River Fruit
Company will be held at the office of said
corporation at Walnut Grove, Sacramento
County California, in the building where the
DAY, the 7th day of April, 1896, at 10
o'clock a. M. for the purpose of considering
and acting upon the proposition of increasing
the capital stock OF this corporation from ten
thousand dollars $4,000, divided into one
thousand Il ,000) shares OF ten dollars $40
each the presen5 capital stock of the COM
pany to two hundred thousand dollars
1$2O0.OOO), to be divided into forty thou
sand 100000 shares of five dollars (S5) each.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
w. L. JONES, Secretary.
Walnut Grove, Cal, January 20, 1896.
fa24-11tF
The record-union., 1896-03-13
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Healdsburg Enterprise" has en-
tered upon it's twenty-frst volume. 1t
some years ago consolidated with the
Russian River Flag" established in
1868, and the combination has since
given the Healdsburg community re-
liable, thorough going newspaper, well
edited and inspired by commedable
energy and ambition. Twenty-year old
country newspapers are not common in
California, and when one comes for
ward at the close of a volume with that
age upon it's shoulders, and of undi-
minished vigor, we are more than
The record-union., 1896-03-13
American Investment Company Of. California.
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in PUR-
suance TO the call of the Board of Directors,
made on Friday, the goth day of September,
1895. that a special meeting of the stock
holders of the American Investment Com
pany of California will be held at the Office
of said corporation, at Walnut Grove, Sac
Ing where the Board of Dir ctors usually
meet on TUESDAY, the 9TH day of
April, 1896, at 5 o'clock a. m for the pur-
pose of considering and acting upon the
proposition of creating q bonded indebted
ness of this corporation to the amount of one
million dollars 81, ,000,0OO), and also for the
transacting of any other business that may
be brought before the meeting.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors.
w. L. JONES, Secretary.
Walnut Grove, California, January 20,
1896, Ja24-11tF