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they at once followed that glimpse for fur
ther. and wider Information. The deeper
they went, the more convinced they were
OF the cunningly designed plans laid to en-
snare then-to keep them hewers Of wood
and drawers of water while the wealthy
idler spent the fruits of i,l-paid labor. Un-
der such circumstances it can hardly be
wondered at that the wealthy men G all
parties, or those who represent such Wealta.
SHOULD get together for mutual defence.
With them party now cuts no figure. Their
cry is the preservation OF the nation, when
they mean their own pockets.
On the fourth of March next in all proba-
billy Bryan VIII be inaugurated as president
Of the United States
The. funny papers are running car
toon representing Mckinley in 1861 as
carrying a musket, while Bryan in the
same year sits In his cradle The infer
ence desired to be drawn is that McKin-
ley should receive the support Of the
people because he was in the
army while Bryan was not. In this
SUAnGSt-OA ~ SllUutu w q ply
that the Almighty did not see fit to cre-
ate Bryan twenty years sooner than he
did SO that he might stand On an equal
footing with the Major during this cam
paign as to their war records. But where
was Mckinley during the Revolutionary
war? Why was he not here to help those
struggling fellows under Washington :?
Or, to come down later, where was he in
our troubles of 1912, or when Jackson
was fighting the battle OF New Orleans,
or in our conflict with Mexico? In fact,
Mckinley was missing in great many
places and at q great many times, but he
never missed anything so much as when
he permitted Mark Hanna to wheedle
him into the belief that he was going to
be elected president
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AZ M other's Com SLANT.

Whensybu're gone, avourneen deelish. how
~, VIII L live here alone?
Oh! my heart will burst asunder when my!
b0ucGaleen is gone!
I nkedpWateh and wait no more for you, in
.t4t the evening at the stile, IA D
Fpr between us soon, Of sea and land,
there'n be many a thousand mile.
The grass will grow and gather O er the
path you used to come, 5s
When your hard days work was over and
/; ~, YOU turned your footsteps home;
And when Coley'' goes to meet you he
may sit and watch In vain, IA,
For the one he loved to welcome meter will
S ,.t.s.. come that way again Sstsss
An! the summers will be lonesome, and the
sunlight pale and dim, i.
And the winter nights be.twaca as long,
5.s,i,i and twice as cold and grim, I.
When. my bouchal will be wandering amid
Il. strangers far away, ybt 's86 z
And i. az Sit alone to rnouInsin my ca Hin ell
the day. 81 5ss. Il. 8# BIZ TTls{
Sure, avtc, you mightn,t leave me till you'd
put me In he ella Sb Il II 4
TWolld be time enoug this 1--WE years net
81 for you to go AWAY, .8 Hi
Then you'd have't to aay twas your own
is+S1 two hands my last low pillow ,rnaxikS
And you'd 60 far more scontented when
YOU know where Il was laid,
BUT But g know there q no epticement now foI
s{ ~ keep YOU here at home, Sj U;
And llttle hope o iilte
49,. yea;l y s.. s,ad ~ E ilnss
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BLoor1INdLiEs'.

or all the hypocritical cries that are
heard during every. political campaign
the cry Of the workingman's wages ID
the most shameful and barefaced. There
is not one employer In one hundred Or
i'll 1--WE. hundred who gives boot ia hades
about. the workingman'ssw wages except as
receiving sentiment when the y cam,
paign is in progress, and done 7thsn Tor for
the purpose Of catching ths 4 wcsking-
sn1an's vote. They want 81 Halter him q
I into the belief that they aTet spltcitous
about the pay he gels and were II mi
Tor the poor, helpless labprinis man I
spay hey would care It'll Nhat NM dsps
MIN the ,tar!,n or Il currency
nv INV i,vs n 1I. Can be hi
HUI iuting
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REDUCING THE INTEREST.

The Westminster Gazette is prin ting
letters from holders of Western Amer
can mortgages, suggesting the general
consent OF such mortgage holders to vol
UNFAIRLY reduce their interest charges,
because the mortgagors are now unable
to pay. One of the Gazette's correspond
ents writes:
'"The Western farmer owns and culti-
Yates his own land. Starting out with
$1,000 he borrows $1,000 more and buys
farm. No more honest and Industrious
man lives than this. sturdy land pro-
prietor Father, mother and children
all work in the fields together, anxious
to clear off the mortgage and improve
their homestead.
'But falling prices have compelled this
unfortunate man to give twice as much
grain in payment of his taxes, interest
and fixed charges, and the result OF
years hard work is that loss, debt and
despair settle down on that humble
home and hope gives place to rage. The
farm is now not worth the amount of
the mortgage, and the farmer becomes
Populist, silver man or anything else
that politicians tell him will help. him.
The poor fellow cannot pay his interest
at present prices, and he curses the man
to whom the debt is due; he throws up
his farm and leaves it to the mortgage,
&c tho diroot0rs nf the Anp]O- A american
mortgage companies can testify, to their
sorrow.
.If a man on the farm cannot make it
pay. how will the English mortgage
holder fare? If, on. the other hand, the
rate of interest is temporarily reduced,
not carried forward as arrears, the
farmer could struggle along until better
times, for man loves his home and will
work for it and sometimes even fight for
it. Such a course would keep the land
in cultivation, secure principal and pay
some little interest on the mortgage,
even in these hard times. 1t would be
an easy way of doing a good action and
making lifelong friend, and if great
misfortune should oyertake this great
empire aud hostile fleets were cutting of.
supplies, cur grateful kinsrnan beyond
the seas would not forget those who had
saved his home, and the contents Of his
granaries would pour OUT on our shores,
even IL he had to shed his blood to bring
them"
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THE PEOPLES FRIEND.

We hear much about the bankers being
the best friends Of the people and of the
community but we can most of US recoEect
the famous Buell. letter watch was Issued in
1877 by the New York bankers to the ma
tional banks. 1t IS this:
Dear Sir:--It is advisable to do all In
your power to sustain such prominent daily
and weekly newspapers, especially the agri-
cultural and religious press, as VII oppose
the issuing OF greenback paper money, and
that you also withhold your patronage Or
favors from all applicants who are not will
ing to, oppose the government issue Of
money. Let the government issue the coin
ard the banks the paper money of the coun-
try, for then we can better protect each
other. To repeal the law creating national
bank notes, or to restore to circulation the
government issue of money will be to pro-
vide the people with money, and will there
fore seriously affect your individual pratt
as bankers and lenders. See your congress-
man at once, and engage him to support our
interests that we may control legislation.
Any one can see from the above how
friendly the bankers are to the people, But
here is another letter endeavoring to Gre
ate panic; which succeeded. It was is
sued March IL, 1893, by the Bankers Asso-
citation to all national banks:
Dear S.r:-The interests Of national
bankers require immediate financial leg
islation by congress. Silver, silver certifl-
Gates and treasury notes must be retired,
and the national bank notes, on a gold
basis, made the only money. This will re-
quire the authorization of from $500, 0O0.-
600 to 1000, 600, 900 Of new bonds as a basis
of circulation. You will at once retire one
third of your circulation and call in one half
of your loans. Be careful to make money
strfngency felt among your patrons, es-
pecially among the influential business
men. Advocate an extra session OF con-
gress for the repeal of the purchase clause
Of the Sherman law and act with the other
banks of your city N securing a large pc
tition to congress for it's unconditional re-
peal, per accompanying form. Use person
al influence with congressman, and par
ticularly let your wishes be known to your
senator. The future life Of national banks
as fixed and safe investments depends upon
immediate action, as there Is an increasing
sentiment in favor of government legal
tender notes and silver coinage.
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We are told that all this country needs is
confidence, but when man goes to a bank
nowadays to borrow money and offers. se-
curity, the banker won't give him the
money under one pretext or another, saying
he lacks confidence. Why doesn't the
banker SHOW his belief IN what he breaches
and exercise little confidence himself? 81
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WHY BRYAN SPEAKS.

The gold standard men are blaming
Bryan for making speeches throughout
the country. They say, Look at Nc
Kinley-how digniied he is. He stays at
home and the people go to him and hear
him" E
In the first place the fault-inders seem
to forget that the great ideal of the Re-
publican party, James G. Blaine, made
campaign speeches for himself, going
from place to place all over the country
to do SO. And why should he not? Blaine
had something to say and was not afraid
to say it. And SO it is with Bryan. He
has something to say--a great deal to
say that his opponents cannot answer.
Neither is he afraid to talk, fearing that
he might be caught In some expression
that would be twisted into meaning
advantageous to his opponents. Occa-
sionaly they do that now but it doesn't
matter. 1t does not prevent an audience
Of 10000 people coming to hear him,
nor does it prevent 10000 throats cheer
ing him to the echo o, how the cold SHY
ers must chase each other down McKin-
leys back as he reads the account Of that
Boston meeting, held too. on the old his
toric, if not almost sacred, Boston Com
mon. Does he say to himself that hts
fate is hard when through his keepers
orders he must be kept pent up in Cam
ton, with his feet resting on the railing
of his veranda, waiting for handfuls Of
men, comparatively, who are brought
down to see him against their will So
as to make a show. The trains they
ride on are paid for by Hanna out Of the
ample campaign fund. The men are
given a day off by Their employers and
sometimes charged for it, because they
are having picnic-a free ride, free
fare, band music and chin music
and a chance to see the coun-
try. And they are Instructed to yell
and cheer at everything wise or other
wise that they hear from the major while
they are in Canton This is a great
country. We are all free now. nay, more,
we are all soyereigns. But never mind.
The boys who wear the Mckinley buttons
because ordered to do SO and yell for
Mckinley because instructed to do so
will 60 to the polls with mental dagger
concealed somewhere and Hanna and his
henchmen will then find out the reason
that Bryan was speechmaking.
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IT'S THE PEOPLE NOW.

One month from today the campaign Will
be oyer and If indications count for any
thing Bryan will be elected. AS fierce az
the struggle has been thus far it will pc
much more strenuous in the four weeks
to come. The gold standard men are des-
perate. Money is being raised N all direc-
lions and although ten millions OF dollars
has been subscribed In this country as a
campaign fund, still that vast amount IS
considered as not enough and other coun-
tries have been appealed to. From this
AIRY one can readily see that the election
on the part Of the gold standard men Is not
to be left to the unrestricted voice Of the
people. It Is one that the goldites must
win at all hazards and at whatever cost.
Voters must be debauched whenever ne
cessary and this is the reason why such an
extraordinary campaign fund is required.
And yet the Mckinley men say the battle
Is already won-for them. II SO, why put
forth such tremendous efforts; why make
appeals for more money; why engage the
most seductive orators to m.s,ead the peo-
pie; why purchase the leading newspapers
Of the country; why compel workfngmen to
wear buttons and badges Of the candidate
they do not believe in; why hire men to
march in parades: why send paid excursions
to Canton, the home Of Mckinley; and why
generally make such frantic appeals for help
else the country will 80 to irretrievable de-
struction? The truth is they have found
that the great masses have already aWak-
eped 10 the perilous condi tion IN which they
ind themselves and that they are deter
mined to right the wrong that has been
imposed upon them for 60 many years.
What means these vast aBemblages that
are gresting Bryan wherever he goes?
What significance can be placed upon the
immense throngs that cheer him to the
echo and struggle with each other Tor q
chance to shake Ills hand This Is moi Idle
curiosity. It ID not the foolish fancy to
gaze upon . hero. II - the deep-seated b.
Eefs that the day ot their deliYerance has
come and they rejoice accord dinghy. ss5s
Did my people is a year st,ldy = 20
littt4 rfnihis ss IL s,,aye the rnsss
thss curIs( ~; 4 q ~ d,ll
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Marriages in Ireland last year were far
above the average, the number being a.
$50, and the average Of the last ten years
$4,000. OF those married S3A per cent
were able to sign their names on the regis
ter. There were ten marriages be.weeen
Quakers, and only five between Jews.
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The good Doctor DANA in his Sun, which
shines for all, says the college students Of
Yale did right in hooting at Bryan and pre-
venting him from speaking. He thinks
that as long as they did not rotten egg him
or use personal violence toward him that
it was all right 1t is feared that the old
mans mind is leading him to believe thathe
IS boy again. II SO he should quit writing
upon moral conduct and amuse himself by
playing with the Office cat. s.. 5ss.s
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In Tipperary recently at a meeting in
favor Of amnesty to the Irish prisoners
John Dillon and John Redmond were on the
platform together. Now il they would only
get together on other platforms in relation
to Ireland's interests the past might be for
gotten. ~
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The gold men say that Minnesota Ia not
q doubtful state, and that it IS sure to vote
for the single standard, and yet prepare
tons are being made to have ex-President
Harrison, Tom Reed and Senator Frye,
of Maine, yisit this city and jolly up the
faithful
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Gold is moving to this country
from England. A little while ago the gold
bugs shouted: "See what you are doing by
this silver agitation. You are driving gold
out of the country. All VIII be lost unless
the. agitation ceases" Now these same
chaps talk like an oyster.
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Talmage thinks the Almighty will settle
the controversy between the metals. The
ex-diyine OF Brooklyn or the ex-Brooklyn
divine, seems to forget that the Lord helps
those who help themselves. Taimage gen
orally found it that way himself.
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Poor Mckinley. It's cruelty to animals
or protect:onists-to be hedged in the
way the major is. Yes, he can make
a little speech occasionally from the steps
of his house, but as the printers say, he
must follow copy Protection to the
poor fellow must be nauseous by, this
time. Has he not had a surfeit of it.?
Were he in. the White honse tomorrow
would he not feel like running away
from it, he has had so much Of ii, these
weeks and months in Canton? s- 5-s = -
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William j. Bryan will address the people
Of this city before another week passes.
Tho date has not been fixed. When he
Genes it will not be necessary to hire men
TO fill the hall and yell at so much yell.
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whisky Bill' Traynor's organ, the Pa
triotic American, published at Detroit. has
gone the way of all A. P. A. papers and
A. P. A. arguments--up the spout Re-
Quiscat in hades.
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Was the man who invented the Idea
Of talking about the worktngman' S
wages a political genius or an everyday,
ordinary campaign liar?
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Senator Allen of Nebraska will speak in
the Exposition building in this city tonight.
That he will have an immense audience
goes without saying. ~
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Rudyard Kipiing sis 4 relative 81 Me-
Kinley. Can this ethe reason why the
major is gwen 70 80 much remanofns
about the currency? S.s7 81

Madison, s. 81. sDnny, II eln il1,l
with Mr.. Cleland, lost his arm iri I q
.thrsshing nnarlline. belt while thfgShini
on the farm 81 Il, rile nix
ssgas sctliall torn tie bod Ees
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-10-03

In the October number Of the Review
of Reviews Murat Halstead has a sketch
of Mark Hanna, and one Of the most full
some character, of course. One state
ment he makes is this: "He holds the
respect of work:ngmen because he treats
them with respect and he gains their
good will because he is fair, and in
nothing does he show them greater con-
sideration than in never trying the
Establishments of dema gogues with
Them Was more munstrous lie ever
written? And think of Halstead writing
such falsehoods as that. Hanna that IS
the despised Of every workingman in
the land because he has crushed them
whenever he has had the opportunity,
and when the opportunity did not pre-
sent itself he created it. Hanna. OF all
men in this nation, is daily cursed by
every laDoring man that knows him or
knows of him. If he never played the
part of demagogue, Halstead is doing
It for him now. But, them as one reads
such stuff he can almost fancy he sees
Hanna's good sized check sticking out of
Halstead's inside pocket. ~
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And 50 Mark Hanna has trap all
ready to spring upon Bryan, but he won't
s1.r:ng it unit. just before the election.
He will have paper showing that Bryan
was admitted as member of the A! p. A.
in Nebraska and the president of the
Nebraska council of Apes will make the
proper showing. Now, that's business.
Ii had generally been thought that Ham
mas REIMBURSEMENT his nloney--had
all been exhausted, but this move
shows that the Cleveland labor cut
throat is man of expedients. F
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WILL VOTE FOR BRYANT

Fl. X. Thurber, OF New York, the largest
wholesale grocery dealer in America, life
long Republican, is out for Bryan and
advises all his friends to do likewise. He.
says: - q
Mckinley cannot carry New York state
if the masses of the party vote the ticket,
and I think they will. The labor unions
are with U.S. and where there Ia one god
Democrat we lose, there are, as ! believe;
three silver Republicans to take his place.
The fight between Miller and Piatt will
he.p US In a, small degree. II the New.
York, Kings and Queens Democrats can 60
to the Harlem river with 10000 majority,
instead, as formerly, with 10000 to 10000,
I believe that state will be ours. The ex-
element is so great and feeling so strong It,
covers very many employees from talking
and many debtors also, but their ballots will
go for Bryan. know this to certainty to
be the fact. I have not In years at this
period before election seen the signs point
So unlnistakably as they do now for the
election Of Bryan. .,s..
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The disgraceful manner in which Mr..
Bryan was treated by the students of
Yale university is blot upon the insti.
tuition. The young men were supposed
to. be gentlemen. That is a mistake.
They were blackguards. Gold bug pa
pers have tried to excuse them on the
ground of the usual university antics,
but in this case it was nothing of the
kind. The insult was a studied one and
preparations were made for carrying it
out. No gold bug orator has been in
suited in the west. The east had better
come to the wild and woolly west and
learn decency and decorum.
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