Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-10

Political Notes.


not in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
One of the best points made in this
campaign was that of General Wood
ruff, when he said: THE fiat money
Populists trust Mr.. Bryan, and there
fore dare not"
The Mckinley and Hobart club at
Spokane has 1900 members The North
ern Pacific Railroad Mems Non-parti-
san Sound Money club of that place has
256 members, and the Great Northern
Railroad Mems partisan Sound
Money club of the same place, has
been organized with a charter men,
bership of Is.
The decision of Secretary of State
Palmer of Albany, N. Y, on the right
OF the Democratic party reform organ
lZation to the party column on the Off
cial ballot under its new name of Ma
tional Democratic party. WILL it is ex-
pected, be announced, Saturday. He
Will undoubtedly decide against the
protest of the regular Democratic or
ganiZation and in favor of the gold
Democrats
Sam Randall, son of the famous
of the old block. He made a speech
in New York recently rebuking Mr..
Bryan for his endless twaddle about the
common people. Il say to you" said
Mr. Randall. that the American peo-
pie are not common people. l say that
the Anglo Saxon race is the most en-
lightened, progressive, intelligent and
civilized people in the world, and if
Mr. Bryan wants to find the common
people he must go to the Sandwich Is
lands, China, or the other free silver
Countries
One of the best stories of the cam
paign is the following related in
communication to the Boston Herald:
A long bearded Populist was lately
speaking at a meeting in Cleveland, O.,
holding up the theory that what the
government stamped and made legal
tender money was good money and
would serve every purpose. One in the
audience, interrupted him, asked him
If he would reply to question, "Of
course I WILL" said the speaker.
Then" said the inquirer IF the gov
eminent stamped your beard hay,
would you feed it to your horse?
Whereat the Populist subsidized.
The Council Bluffs Globe estimates
that there are ,695, 900 skilled working
men in the United States. Those
100000 skilled workingmen having
been losing at least 1895, 600 per day
during the past four years. in conse-
quence of free trade agitation and leg
islation and free silver coinage agita-
ton. and they are still suffering that
daily loss from the same causes. All
least an equal aggregate has been and
is being lost by day laborers, which
makes the total loss by the laborins
men of the United States So, 300 900 per
day, $20340, 900 per week. 81 ,057. $50. 00o
per year and $4,230, 900 for four
years!
Ex-Governor Bullock of Georgia. re-
Gently called upon General Powell
Clayton at national headquarters New
York. In the course of a brief inter-
view the governor said: When ] SUI
rendered with General Lee at Apo
mattox in April, 1865, General Grant al
lowed us to take our personal belono-
ings and our horses and return to Our
homes with the understanding that we
would recognize the supreme authori Y
of the United States and obey the laws
in force where we resided. This parole
l have kept, and would consider my
self as now violating it if | supportc 4
at the ballot-box the Bryan party,
whose declared purpose is to strike
down the honor of the government to
which | surrendered This party is
pledged to destroy the credit of the ma
ton, remodel its judiciary on partisan
lines and to maintain state authority
as superior to the national executive in
the performance of his official duty in
enforcing the Federal laws and pre-
tecting Federal property"
John Hyde, the statistics expert of
the national agricultural department.
says Il have seen a statement pu"-
porting to give the production of wheat
and the average prices of that COM
modify and cotton and silver during
each of the last % years, said to have
been compiled from the records of the
department of agriculture. They are
not taken from any publication of this
department. An accurate statement of
the wheat and cotton crops of the
world shows that the prices of both
rise and fall with the supply and de
mand. and are not directly influenced
by the price of silver. For instance
from 1873 to 1877 the average price OF
an ounce of silver was $1236, while
bushel of wheat averaged $1.055 Dur
ing the following four years the aver
age price of silver was only 81 139 per
ounce, a fall of 81 cents an ounce
while wheat advanced 1873 cents
bushel and realized an average of
N.1SS. Again, in 1S45, when silver was
worth $129S an ounce, middling cotton
was worth only five cents pound in
New York and SIS cents in New Or
leans. Yesterday silver was down to
65A cents an ounce, and yet middling
cotton was worth S3s cents a pound in
New York.
Church and Pastor.