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The herald., 1896-10-22
A QUESTION ANSWERED

A subscriber wants to know what
would be the value in gold of Mexican
silver dollar of 420 grains if United
States free coinage silver dollar of 4121a
grains were the equivalent of and floated
equally with the gold dollar The value
of the Mexican dollar would be, as 1t is
now, its value as bullion. In fact, 1t could
never have any other value in the United
States because it could not have con-
ferred upon it the legal tender function
for use in this country which our sill
yer dollars would enjoy. 1t is the edict
of the people of the United States as
expressed by and through an act y
their congress that makes a specific
quantity and quality of gold or silver a
legal tender dollar, and not the CONNER
cial value of the raw material in the met
al markets, as the gold standard advo-
Gates claim; hence foreign silver coin,
not bearing legal tender is not money
at all, but a merchantable commodity.
The advocates of the gold standard
deny this, but the fact remains that we
have coined gold and silver when their
commercial value was above and also
when it was below their coinage value
The coins themselves, however, never
participate in the value fluctuations OF
the material of which they are made.
Two hundred and fifty-eight grains of
standard gold when properly stamped
as coin is a legal tender, but 257 grains
nor 259 would not be legal tender, the
"ten dollar" stamp of the government
notwithstanding nor would the price of
25S grains of standard gold as bullion
have any influence upon the legal tender
function of a coin weighing 25S grains,
for it is the fiat of the government that
makes exactly 25S grains of gold legal
tender for $40. Were it not so the legal
tender function of dollar would fuctu-
ate from day to day. as to it's debt paying
and purchasing power, in harmony with
the varying prices of the raw material
in the metal market.
Money is a creation of law and not
of accident or the caprices of manipulat-
ors Of commodity values. If the COM
mercial value of a Mexican silver dollar
of APO grains were the same as the coin
value of an American silver dollar of
412h grains the Mexican dollar might
pass current in this country because its
purchasing power as commodity would
be the equivalent of the purchasing pow
er of our coin dollar, but it would be
subject to fluctuations in the metal
market, while our dollar would not.
There is no such thing as international
money, nor could there be.
The herald., 1896-10-22

American consumers on the basis of 81
for an imported article than for 81, and
Mckinley says the foreigner pays the
difference.
1t is good of the Call to admit so
much. We are disposed to believe as
the old hymn says that while the lamp
holds out to burn" even the Call may
return to the realm Of common business
sense. However, in the same article it
laments the shrinkage in goods imported
because it is destructive "to American
industry" which would seem to indi-
cate a frame of mind commonly called
ratified" but no doubt the idea it wants
to convey is that the only thing high
protection does for our people is to
make them pay two prices for their sup
plies of wares and goods. Anyway, it is
a good deal for Mckinley organ to ad
NIT that importers can sell more for
eign-made goods and wares in America
under high protection, which advances
prices, than under a Democratic tariff,
which reduces prices.
The herald., 1896-10-22
FLAG VS.. STAR SPAN.
GLED BANNER

In the days of rugged war and
strife in America the yellow flag has
always been the Hospital color. 1t
has also been used in the Sunny
aouth as the symbol of yellow fever.
Certain partisans have adopted 1t as
the color emblematic of their po.
litical faith.
All true Americans who hold to
the traditions OF their country as a
eacred bIood-bought treasure, will
wear in their button holes the flag
of their country-the star spangled
manner.
The herald., 1896-10-22
COMPLIMENTARY

Mr.. Smith, manager Of the business
department of The Los Angeles Herald
starts east today to purchase new
perfecting press for that paper to cost
$30,000 During The Herald's campaign
for Bryan and bimetallism that paper
has made prodigious strides in circula-
tion, until it is now completely beyond
the capacity of the present press to take
care of. The new press is also expected
to remedy certain mechanical defects in
this otherwise handsome and complete
daily newspaper.
1t is not out of place to compliment the
Creighton brothers for the splendid sue
they have achieved on The Herald dur.
ing their brief management. Los An
geleS Journal.
The herald., 1896-10-22

The following extract is from speech
delivered by Mr.. William Mckinley of
Ohio in the house May Z, 1890. 1t will
be found on page 4255 in volume 21, Con-
gressional Record, first session, Fifty
first congress:
when merchandise is the cheapest,
men are the poorest, and the most dis
tressing experiences in the history Of
our country-aye, in all human history
have been when everything was the
lowest and cheapest measured by gold,
for everything was the highest and the
dearest measured by labor"
The herald., 1896-10-22

At nearly every street corner will be
found paid McKinleyite discoursing on
the never ending beauty of patriotism,
protection and prosperity" which, be-
ing interpreted, means protection to
money-lenders, prosperity to the al
ready prosperous. and the kind of. .patri-
otism that restricts the governments
volume of money to the ability of Wall
street to corner it. Pass them by on
the other side.
The herald., 1896-10-22

Gus relation with sympathetic proper
ties Of earth. air and water that the
silence and the darkness Of the under
ground may be encouraged to inspire
the life principle of the peanut to null
tiply itself into merchantable fruit.
The herald., 1896-10-22
sTUMPING IN SPIRIT

The Philadelphia Ledger thinks II it
were not for the contract labor laws the
"Bryanites might hire Bismarck to
come over and stump Texas" He Is
stumping Texas now and impressing
the German Americans with the con-
viction that bimetallism is good thing
and that America Is able to force the
world to it.-Houston (Texas) Post.
The herald., 1896-10-22

A slush fund of $1O,OOO,000 is large
one, but you see the money syndicates
and industrial barons need Mckinley
in the White House very much; besides,
when they get hold Of the machinery
they can get it all back with interest by
squeezing the pocketbooks of the dear
people. and so the whole thing is spec
ulative venture. The syndicate paid
$3.50, 900 for McKinley's nomination.
The herald., 1896-10-22

II Reed would tell the truth about
HE coming to California at this time
the people would know for sure what
they surmise to be the reason, that he is
here to put the proper machinery in
notion to capture the presidential NOM
1natiOn Of his party in 1900.
The herald., 1896-10-22
A HEINOUS OFFENSE

The New York courts have fined a
man $40 for interrupting Mayor Strong
who was making q Mckinley speech
there. 1t is not often that the disturb
ers of political meetings are SO promptly
punished, but the New York authori-
ties appear to think that interrupting
the mayor is a particularly heinous Of
fenSe-BOstOn Herald.
The herald., 1896-10-22

A fitting crown to Gladstone's long
and brilliant craftsmanship is the rec
ognition of the liberal party in asking
him once more, when eighty-seven years
of age, to resume the leadership. While
Mr.. Gladstone is not at all likely to &C.
cept the honor, he cannot fail to be graf
flied at such an unprecedented compli-
ment to a man of his age.
The herald., 1896-10-22

If he thinks of it and it comes handy,
Speaker Reed might explain while in
Los Angeles how 1t happened that un-
der high protection Carnegie managed
to accumulate a fortune Of $50,000,000
in a quarter Of century, while none
of the thousands of operatives who
worked for him all these years are a
farthing better off than they were at the
beginning,
The herald., 1896-10-22

A little while ago the San Francisc;
Call was advocating free silver so vehe-
mently that strangers mistook its va
porings for earthquakes. Now it is sc
welded to the gold standard that il
froths at the mouth at the sight of q
silver "50-cent dollar" 1t has got Tho
yellow hydrophobia.
The herald., 1896-10-22

The Morning Hoodoo (hypothecated)
seized with avidity upon the silly fake
that Mr.. Bryan had applied for the post
of advertising agent for a New York
theatrical manager. The lie was
made out of whole cloth, as letter
from the theatrical manager denies the
story in toto; but the Hoodoo will never
make the correction.
The herald., 1896-10-22

A Covina inquirer encloses Republic
can campaign circular attributing to
Mr.. Bryan an editorial in the Omaha
World Herald, relating to pensions and
criticising appropriations therefor.
This editorial was not written by M.
Bryan. as he has stated = hundred
The herald., 1896-10-22
THE HERALD'S CAMPAIGN FUND
Help The Herald Will Duplicate Every
Dollar Subscribed

conceded
tion OF
the Old World the New With the Of which they have robbed the
whose business
threat
Stat
THERE'S s M
Silver?
semi ating mport
until uher notice
Bring send your subscription
buryb block Third street.
The herald., 1896-10-22

TOM Reed is said to be in poor health
3nd 3 trip to Southern California is a
Ikkppy accident for him. If only his
r1ews on the funding bill and other
1fterN of vital moment to the Pacific
66ast improve as much as his health
loIld during his sojourn here, he need
4 - 1oneer be regarded as broken Reed.
The herald., 1896-10-22

How the McKinleyites howl because
they are charged with coercing indus
trial operatives. If the charge were not
true there would be no occasion for
frothing at the mouth with rage. But
it is having been caught in the act, and
not the act itself, that makes them
swear
The herald., 1896-10-22
M'K1NLEY's VIEWS ON TRUSTS

There is another way to get at Mr..
McKinleys views on trusts. How many
did he crush when he was governor OF
Ohio? How many of the concerns in
which Mark Hanna is interested We're
made to feel the sting Of Mckinley e
anti trust lash?-New York Journal.
The herald., 1896-10-22

If the wage-earners who are rushing
away to Canton to shake hands with
Major Mckinley are flush enough to
stnand the expenditure, they not only
have plenty of work, but at good wages.
If that is their condition. thanks are
due to the Wilson German act, for no
previous tariff law ever permitted such
cash balances in the hands of working
The herald., 1896-10-22

Y IN this connection the information is
eheerfully given that miniature Star
spangled Banners may be had free at
+ The Herald Office and at the Democratic
4 ar Populist headquarters.
The herald., 1896-10-22
THE GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE

The latest development Of the Euro
pean complications is that the children
decline to study geography on the plea
that the maps are likely to be changed
SO soon that 1t isn't worth while.-st
Paul Pioneer Press.
The herald., 1896-10-22

times, but appeared in the Omaha pa
per two years before Mr.. Bryan had any
connection with that journal.
The herald., 1896-10-22

Mary Ellen Lease has been interview
ing Major Mckinley for the New York
World. She thus sums up her estimate
of the Republican presidential candi-
date: HE impressed me as being a
milestone having engraved upon it the
distance, more or less, from the national
capitol" Thank Heaven, mile-stones
are, as a rule, immovable.
The herald., 1896-10-22
CONGRESSIONAL
COUNTY

COUNTY
ror Senator, Thirty-seventh Dlstr1c''
TOMBSTONE JONES.
For Assemblyman Seventieth District'
A. R;Sr rRAGUE.
For Acknowledgements Seventy first Dlstrlct
F. A. CATTERN.
For Assemblyman, Seventy-secono
District.
w. II. STEELE.
For Assemblyman, Seventy-thlrc
District
WIN. MEAD.
For Assembfyman. Seventy-fourth
District,
w L. PRICE.
For Assemblyman, Seventy-hfth
District,
S. S.A.WALDRON.
For Superior Court Judges.
HENRY T. HAZARD,
Nj. E. C. MUNDAY,
GEORGE H. SMITH,
A. J. UTLEY.
For Supervisors.
GEORGE d. PEssELI., Second District
w. A. MORGAN, Fourth District.
JAMES HANLEY, Fifth District.
The herald., 1896-10-22

e61led s'sound Money club" As q
~ ~ members know no more about
Hcience Of money than the average
NJ vender knows about how the
6o of Nature combine their produce
- enerG1es end aeencies in harmoni-
The herald., 1896-10-22

National Democratic Ticket
For President, ..,-.-...-.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF Nebraska.
For vice-President. ~.
ARTHUR SEWALh i-ul~
- OF Maine. .-l-
CONGRESSIONAL
Eor Member of Congress. sixth Dls'Fic''
c. A. BARLOW.
The herald., 1896-10-22
For Supervisors
For City Justices.

e. o. MiJRtjAN.
G. s. BARTHOLEMEW.
The herald., 1896-10-22

~. ruh,;shers have arranged to have
The Herald on sale at all news STANDS ana
on ali railroad trains in Southern SaHaor, nv
MIA. II the paper cannot be secureo a. u,iE aii,
Deem it q special favor If patrons shouio
report the same to the business once.
The herald., 1896-10-22

OCTOBER ~. 1896.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
Hnnna's Pineapple Patch.

According to correspondent Of the
Washington Star. Marcus A. Hanna
owns little pineapple patch in Dade
county, Fla, which he loves to visit,
"Mr. Hanna" he says. was boarding
Mt Palm Beach, where the hotels charge
30 day during three months CT tho
year and 81 week during the other
nine. Well, Mr.. Hanna was boarding
there during the SO day season. The
germ of the pineapple contagion entered
his blood, and he bought an acre Of pine
land from Representative Linton of
Michigan, who owns big tract of muck
and pine lands along the Bicayne Bay
canal. Mr.. Hanna's acre lies between
the Atlantic and the Everglades, 800
miles south Of Jacksonville. Uncle Nose
Hawkins tends it and sends monthly
crop report to Mr.. Hanna. Uncle Nose
told the writer that he would rather
grub an acre Of hummock land with the
sun at meridian and the mosquitoes in
full bloom than to write out dat port
ter Marse Hammer"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
The Blacksmith's Note.

The sound old proverb about the shoe.
maker sticking to his last receives new
confirmation in story from The Green
Bag.
An honest old blacksmith down in
Texas. despairing Of ever getting cash
out OF delinquent debtor, agreed to
take his note for the amount The debt.
or wished to go to n lawyer and have
the document drawn up. but the knight
OF the anvil. who had been sheriff in
days gone by, felt fully competent to
draw it up himself. This he proceeded
to do, with the following result:
"On the first day of June l promise
to pay Jeems Mite the sum Of eleyinp
dollars. and if said note be not paid on
the date aforesaid, then this instrument
is to DO null and void and of no effect.
Witness my hand, etc"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
Telegraphing Through Space.

The possibility Of telegraphing
through space is put to account in q
most effective way for maintaining COM
munication between the mainland and
Fastnet lighthouse, ON the southwest
coast of Ireland. Formerly the Difficult.
ties of carrying a telegraph cable up an
exposed rock. where it was subject to
constant chatting. were almost insupera.
BILE. The noncontinuous system is now
used and is said to work admirably.
The cable terminates in the water 60
yards off, and the electric currents sent
from the shore find their way through
this distance to two bare wires that dip
into the sea from the rock.-Boston
Journal of Commerce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24

ton. The end logically following the
speculations and ''kiting" charged to
Hammond is the result of years of sys-
tematic diverting of bank funds to
channels contributing to his private spec
ulations. by a cleverly arranged plan,
which was nothing less than allowing
Weiss and Berger. the sons-in-law of
President Schneider, to establish ac-
counts passing all bounds the lips OF
the president were sealed, it is said, and
he was compelled to sit mutely by
while the finances he had been asso-
ciated with during nearly all his life
were being betrayed by the vice pres
ident.
1t is also stated that the arrest OF
Hammond on the charge of violat-
ing the banking laws is a
certainty. Hammond entered the
employ OF the bank as a clerk when
it was organized, fifteen years ago. By
investing his savings in bank stock.
and by his shrewdness and his appli-
cation. he rose by rapid steps to be
second vice president. AS President
Schneider aged the vice presi-
dent became in reality the ac-
tive head of the bank Holding
this position. with the splendid reputa-
ton of the bank behind him, he was
able to enter into many speculations.
He made money by a deal in Streets
Streets Western Stable Car company
out of the Alley Il" bonds, and carette
stock. But his connection with the re-
organization of the stock yards conn
pany and other deals was not so sue
cessful. Other officials are also believed
to have had at least a guilty knowledge
Of these same transactions.
Captain Schneider. the president OF
the bank, lives in a rather snowy brick
residence at 1000 Michigan avenue. He
is IS years OF age. and in rather feeble
health. When called upon by a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press he
said he should have no statement what
ever to make. and he seemed broken
by the calamity which has befallen.
He was alone. and denied himself to
most callers. although he had been most
Of the morning talking over the tele-
phone with the bank people. There is
no prospect of the banks resuming.
ard it is hy no means certain that il
Will pay its depostors in full as at first
promised.
Referring to the collapse The Post
says this Of Hammond: Three years
ago L. s. Dreyer owed the banl. 81 .OOO.-
Coo. and for three years Hammond has
been trying to reduce that. 1t was re-
duced one-half when the doors Of the
hank closed. and il was due to Vice
President Hammond that this was ac-
complished. If the securities for loans
to the two men-Dreyer and Weiss
have disappeared they disappeared
Saturday That point may come out
later. One director in the bank who has
been talking a great deal since the
condition Of the concern became public
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
ABBREVIATED relecRAHa


Burglars broke into the Standard
theatre at New York ana stole re.
volver once used by that eminent citi-
zen OF MiSouri. Jesse James
FIRE IN the fashionabie residence part
OF aiontreai destroyed slec.oco worth OF
property
The gunboat Annapolis. destined for
service as the practice cruiser for the
United states naval ACADEMY nj An
napons. was iaunched al Elizabeth. y.
d, yesterday.
James ID. Allen was given ten years
imprisonment AT hard labor In the peni-
tentiary by Judge Grosscup at Chicago
Iof .ne kiiins OF ms comraae. paniei
81 ILL., Vi the Fifteenth infantry. lhe
' 'nu'eI was ,no.. eo"afu's one' ou'
'isas was p'eaau'
Inc Parsons ehetier Dryeooos COM
pahy. one OF the largest houses OF the
KING IN sioux CITY, Ia. mas faiied-
Mrs. Maceo has not yet heard OF her
husbands death. and there are further
stories that the Cuban chief 10 yet
alive.
The Bank OF West Superior. Wis.
capital s5o,ooo. and $4,000 surplus. has
suspended as direct result OF the
failures Of the Bank OF Minnesota and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
RACE WITH ABULL,.
Two Chicago Packers Have a Per.
iIous Adventure.
NELSON NORRIS IN GOOD FORM.

Gets Over the Fence just in Time, bit J. c.
honart Not So Lucky-Thrown into the
Air, He Falls into = Feeding Trough and
IS Severely Hurt-Prospect for Arrests i'm
the Collapsed Bank Case-Burgiars Ar.
Observation-Disclosures Mistake.
Chicago, Dec. 24-Nelson Morris the
millionaire packer, had a narrow es-
cape from being gored by a fractions
Texas steer yesterday. but ]. c. Bohart.
OF the Bohart Commission COM
pany. did not fare as fortunately. and
was badly hurt. Morris and Bohart
went into the cattle pen at the stock
yards to inspect a consignment OF cat
ue' ana things were agreeable all
around until Morris prodded with his
cane a steer with abnorrnally wide
horns that was lying down in a cor
her. The steer jumped up with a snort
ana made a charge at the men. There
was wild rush for the fence, Morris
leading. Bohart a close second. the
steer third and gaining rapidly.
Bohart Caught On the Steers Horns
MOTIFS managed to get on the correct
side OF the fence, but he had not more
than three inches to spare Bohart was
caught by the steer and tossed high in
the air. When he descended he fell in
a feed trough. and to this fact he owed
MS life. The steer made frantic efforts
to gore him, but it's horns were so wide
that 1t could not get them down into
the trough were Bohart lay uncon-
scious. The steer was finally driven
on. Bohart's shoulder was dislocated
and he was badly cut on the head and
neck. and terribly bruised His inju-
ries are not fatal, however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
SOME BUSY BURGLARS At CHICAGO.
In Four Days They Robbed Eight Houses
and Got Much Loot.

In Four Day. They Robbed Eight Houses
and Got Much Loot.
Chicago. Dec. 2f.-Tha Halsted street
police have located a clever band of
thieves who have for four days freGuented
the north side. In that brief space Of
time they committed eight burglaries
obtaining nearly $3.50 worth of goods
IN every case the work showed the
hand OF experienced crooks. Four per-
sons. one Of them a woman. COMPRISE
the gang; two committing the bur
Siaries and two receiving the stolen
property. Three are now under arrest.
and tie fourth will be captured inside
OF twenty-four hours. At the Halstcd
street station Is confined William
Reutande. II years old. alias Wheeler.
alias Weafer: Phillip McGraw and wife,
OF 5l5 Halsted street. who. IL Is said.
Kept the fence" Reutande's accom-
piice. who stood guard while the rob
berries were bling committed, Is still at
large All the prisoners have confessed.
the police claim.
Mrs. McGraw has n a-ycar-oid child
IN the cell with her and cries continu-
ally. Neither she nor her husband has
a police record as far as Is known.
Reutande has a bad record A year
ana half ago he was held to the GRIM
mai court on seven charges of burglary,
but for some reason escaped with but a
short Jail sentence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24

dearest, he said as no swung to and
fro upon the gate, II wish I might lin.
ger here forever"
She was about to say something en-
couraging when he got his finger caught
in the hinge and began yelling SO hard
that the entire neighborhood turned out
to help him loose.
Then all was over between them
Pick Me Up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
500 Reward SlOO.

ina readers Of this paper will be pleased 10
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disease, ana giving the patient etren II by build
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doing its work. The pro2rietors have 20 mu.h
faith in lie curative povsrs. that they o1er One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II fail. to cure
Send for list Of teetimonials.
ADDRESS. r ]. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold By druggists, &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
NO Excitement at st. Paul.

st. Paul. Dec. 24.-There is no excite.
ment in business circles. the assurance
that depositors in the Bank of Mime
sofa would be paid in full being suffi-
Gent to allay all fears, as it was made
by different stockholders of the bank,
who individually could more than pay
the depositors. The other banks are all
transacting business as usual with no
sign of trouble anywhere
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24

''Did you come out we'll on Your ex.
aminations?''
Didn't I, though! All the professors
wanted me for q law right
awayr'-Fliegende Blatter.