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cLEvELANo's ERROR.
Executive Interference Wrongly Inter.
 posed.

Ex0cuLv0 AnteT6rcnco WrOnBy AneCE- posed.
 The river and harbor bill is destined to become law in spite of President Cleveland's veto. The house of rep. resentatives passed the measure over the veto by a vote of 22o ayes to GO nays, and the senate indorsed the action of the house by more than the required numkcr of votes. It appears that in this case the veto. of the executive wrongly has been interposed. The peo- pie of the country evidently are favor. able to the provisions of the river and harbor bill, as is evidenced by the vote of their representatives in congress. The wisdom of the constitutional pro- vision of the veto and also the passage of a bill over the executives objections, by two-thirds vote, is vindicated in the action taken on this measure.
 The president evidently has been careless in his review of this bill, as it came to him from congress. In fact, Mir. Cleveland's errors of reasoning and of fact are clearly pointed out by the report of the committee to which the veto message was referred.
 The report declares that of the AT items of appropriation contained in the measure, all except 27 are for projects contained in bills which have hereto fore become laws, and which have been for years in process of construction by the government. No new projects were added to the bill of 1894. Referring to the presidents criticism that the bill contemplated an immediate cash ex- penditure of nearly $17,0O0,000, includ- ing $3,0OO,O0O carried in the sundry civil appropriation bills for contract work, the committee asserts that the presi- dent is in error, and that only $12, GOO is to be expended during the two fiscal year ending June 30, 1898.
 AS to MT. Cleveland's accusation of extravaganza the committee shows that
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rcoPYRIGHr. lS96.l

The tale have to tell is so strange, so weird, and so unprovable, that must preface it by stating that what say herewith is absolutely all know about the subject. It will be noted by the reader that on several important points my descriptions are vague and uncertain but quite enough is known, and told, to refute the assertion that 'there is nothing new under the sum-"
 In the month of June, 1894, l walked the streets of New York without q cent of money in my possession, and without Q friend in the whole city. Like many another poor unfortunate, it seemed inn possible for noe to find a niche in the world of labor into which could fit. 4subsisted entirely by the charity of a few good Samaritans, and became more and more Respondent as the uneventful days dragged by.
 On a certain sunny afternoon I man. aged to elude the vigilance of the watch man at a steamship dock, and walking out to the and of the pier esconced my self among some bales of hemp, and
 
 I awoke, but ss there was no one to wait for my homecoming, nor indeed, any home for me to go to, it made no particular difference.
 Still, 1 was, as you may say, all slept out, and there were several hours to dispose of before could have an oppor- tunity of passing out of the gate unper- ceived. So, with noiseless footsteps, I wandered around among the piles of merchandise until my attention was at tracted by the cabin lights of steam ship that lay at one side of the pier
 With the exception of these lights, which were, of course, situated well aft, no sign of life was visible; and although stood alongside the gangway between the wharf and the spardeck, could dis tinguish no watch or bar to prevent me from going aboard. Inspired by feel ing of curiosity as the carelessness which left such splendid opening for the dock thieves. that l knew fairly swarIncd hereabouts, to make way with portable property, walked cautiously up the steep incline, and as started to swing off the end to the deck, almost walked over the recumbent figure of'a man. Before I could recover my startled faculties and retrace my foot steps, the sleeping sentinel gave groan, and I had barely time to drop down be- hind a water-butt before he arose to his feet and commenced pacing backwards
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was not maintained; for almost every evening was occupied in carousing, and l never heard the slightest protest from the captain or any of the officers of the deck. Finally the fragments of Q con versation which I overheard between two of the sailors impressed me as be ing remarkable, to say the least.
 Hast cruise, eh, Bill," said one.
 "And I'm glad of it, too,'' growled his comrade.
 "Well, so am I, to tell the truth. IL is wonderful that we've never been sus. pected in a whole year."
 That's the shippers skill-and I, for one, don't grudge him his half share, specially as he provided the vessel"
 "Wcll, you and I have near eight thousand apiece, an it'll be nearer ten when we quit. That's more than we'd make in a year at cattle-punching."
 "But it's in such mean stuff. Ear rings and watches are all right, but it won't be so easy to sell them."
 Melt down the solid and" here the speaker walked away, and left me wondering, but still unsuspecting.
 On the fifth day out was apprised by the hustle around me that some thing of unusual interest was tran spring. To my great surprise I mo- ticed that spars and ropes were scat. tered round the deck in seeming con- fusion, that the smokestack was partly taken down, that the boats were swung inboard and hidden under tarpaulins, and that the English flag was fastened to the main shrouds, union down. This, of course, knew was signal that the ship was in distress and required as- sistance; but when I noted that every man on board was equipped with two revolvers and murderous-looking bowie knife, felt sick at heart, and a mist came before my eyes.
 Overpowered by fear, I kept we'll hid den in my packing box, but I will briefly
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TIE RECORD OF CONGRESS-.
Hsmpsred by the Work of . Free Silver
 Senate.

Hampered by the Work of Free SaIvel Senate.
 When Speaker Reed was nominated he said that while the Fifty-first congress was notable for what it had done the Fifty-fourth congress, whose long ses. sion closes this week, might be notable for what it did not do.
 In some respects that has been the case. Owing to the fact that while the house is republican the senate is in the hands of free silverites, democrats aud populists, congress has left undone the most important things which it should have done.
 The two subjects which demanded att tention imperativcly were the increase of the revenue and the stability of the currency. The house passed a tariff bill which would have given the govern ment the money it needed. The senate refused to act on it unless it was amend ed so as to provide for free coinage.
 The house passed bill giving author. ity to issue bonds more desirable in their character than those sold under the old resumption acts, and also re- ducing the rate of interest. The secre. tary of the treasury was also empow- cred to issue interest bearing certifi- cates of indebtedness to meet deficien- cies of revenue. For this the senate substituted free coinage provision, which the house voted down.
 The senate has done all in its power, passively and actively, to injurc the credit of the currency and throw the government into bankruptcy. It has been actuated by a determination to bring the country to silver basis if pos sible. So all the good financial meas ures the house has proposed have been killed by the senate.
 While this congress will be nota- ble for its financial impotency, twill be notable also for the action taken by it regarding two other subjects. Both
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crawled inside the huge box through my improvised opening. To my great astonishment, I found nothing but a layer of stone ballast in the bottom; and reasoned*hat doubtless the other cases were similarly equipped, and that the weight was to keep the boxes from being shifted in heavy sea; although as they were closely wedged in between the bulwarks this' extra precaution seemed supurfluous
 Then in an instant had made the re. solve that was to cause me so much danger and anxiety in the next few weeks-but unfortunately no hint or suspicion came to me in time.
 Here, reasoned, was an opportunity especially sent by Providence for my benefit. Unless betrayed by some un- foreseen complication, could lie un- suspected in this snug hiding-placc un- til the vessel was far from land. The stewards stores would supply the nec- essary food; and, best of all. some dis. tant land would probably afford me op- portunities that my own country seemed to deny me. 1 would become a stow away. brave the captains wrath, and strive to win his sympathy by working industriously at any work that he might get me at. To will was to act; and with scarcely pang of conscience conveyed ten loaves of bread and few cans of beef and tongue to my hiding-place; :; nil Gn I,, T found myself in comfortable if not lux urious quarters. Perhaps might have changed my mind had time been given me, but as soon as morning broke the steamer was cast loose from the dock, and in few hours the increased mo- ton plainly told that we were out on the ocean.
 I determined to bide my time for a day or two, and. although the confine- ment was irksome, braved it out until the sun had risen and set four times. My reasons for this procrastination are not easily explained, but m indefnable feeling of dread made me hesitate, and as the sequel proved--saved my life. There were several things which I had noted from my hiding place that caused me to wonder. In the first place the Good Fortune Gas had ascertained the name of the steamship to be) carried a surprisingly large crew, although the majority of them were not visible until the second day out. And, for another thing, the strict discipline that I had always heretofore seen on shipboard
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Times Change and We with Them.

"Da-a-arling," she said, and her head snuggled closer to his manly shoulder George da-a-arling, do you love p,e ?''
 Helen" he cried, fervently, q love you more than words can tell. Life seems all too short to spend in kissing you"
 The weary cycle of the years rolled on. Spring came and went. Clark street was repaved and fell into decay, Aldermen went to Europe, and were re- placed by others who in turn grew rich and went away. Again George and Helen stood together, this time in the grand hall of their suburban villa.
 George" she said, "don't you love me?'
 "Of course I do, old girl,' he said. "But it seems to me that life is too short to spend it kissing you."-Chicapo Times,
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POURED IN WRONG.
That Placed the Other Half of the Liquor
 on Top.

Ihat flaced the Other Half of the Liquor on Top. A preacher with views on the tem. perance question was walking soberly along dusty road. X farmer with an empty wagon, save that it contained 8 gallon jug. overlook him and asked if he did not wish to ride. The preacher, as. senting, climbed into the wagon, and as they jogged along toward the next village the two fell into conversation.
 Now, the preacher had his suspicious concerning the jug and led the talk around to the subject of temperance, eNpounding his views at great length and with appropriate emphasis. Much to his surprise, his companion quite agreed with him. Nevertheless the preacher still continued to suspect the jug.
 My friend" he said presently, would you mind telling me what you have m the jug here?"
 "Rum," said the farmer.
 ''I feared so," continued the preacher. "Now, my dear friend, you have quite agreed with all have said on this great question of temperance"
 "Yes."
 'Can you not give proof that you mean what you say and pour out this accursed liquor?'
 "No."
 But I cannot understand"
 "Wall," said the farmer, "ye see l" do it for ye, only half the liquor in that jug belongs to my brother"
 Then empty your half, my friend.
 But I cant do that, nuther. le see' his half's on top."-Boston Budget
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Horrible.

Harry (noticing white disk O, Dicks face)--What's that on you, cheek?
 Dick-They're putting up new cell ings at our house, and as I was poins through one of the rooms big piece came down and I suppose I caught some of the spatters.
 "Oh, I see; caught plaster. Quite proper to wear it en ones ace."-Rostou Transcript. - Y
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Our Ailments.

There is something humiliatng in the fact that we all-unless we are uh- usual persons, as some of us doup'ies' are-love to talk about our ailments. An invalid often seems to find her ehisi joy in retailing to sympathizing friends all her symptoms. The truth IS 'ha' our ill health is of no interest to any one besides those who love us, and "e may weary even them by talking owe, our ailments. While mental anguisn tften eased by talking it out, oooh. pain is never banished by moaning o'ei it. To fret over pain that mus, . ps borne is childish. To suffer ana p' strong--and therefore silent-lS su' lime.-Harper's Bazar.
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--Rubens had finished a numoe' s ". greatly admired portraits before A' was 1G.
, 1896-09-18
LOGICAL. MIR.

When Mr.. CortheIl stated that if he
wcr" to propose free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the ratio
of Gl to / he would he justly regarded
rs an uncompromisinG gold mono
m"taliSt. because the actual value is as
- to |, he opened up a field Of thought
which can be pursued with profit by
honest democrats and people of all po-
htical parties. There is just as much
r"asun IN a proposition to coin eagles
into double eagles as there is to coin
silver free at the ratio of lG to |. In
this connection. although The Repub-
li"an has referred to it before. the re-
marks of the World-lIcrald lMr. Bry-
ans personal organ) in 1893 are peril
rent. 1t said:
The coming issue is not whether sill
Yer shall be coined as money with gold,
hut at what ratio shall silver and gold
be coined in the United States.
~ majority of congress and a ma
juri'y of the people unquestionably
favor the free coinage of both metals.
Tn" principl" of himetallism is tri-
umphant in this country. The gold
bugs are far in the minority.
But when SILVER GRUBS' under,
take to compel the United States to
grant free coinage on the ratio of IL to
! they pERVERT THE PRINCIPLE
OF BIMETALLISM TO THEIR OWN
SELFISH ENDS. They are attempt
ing to make the people accept silver at
30 per cent more than it is worth. They
take advantage of a great principle and
ENDEANOR to have it so applied as to
ENRICH THEMSELVES AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE REST OF THE
PEOPLE.
There is NO VIRTUE IN BIMETL-
LISM AT l TO l6 which does o also
belong to bimetallism upon the stand
ard of the market values of the two
metals. That is to say, the free and
unlimited coinage of l0O-cent silv,.
dollars has ever advantage that the
free coinage of 55-ccnt dollars has,
without any of the dangers. THE
ONLY DIFFERENCE is THAT THE
SILVER NINE OWNERS DO NOT
GET AN ENORMOUS PREMIUM FOR
THEIR PRODUCT.
THE silver champions like to arro-
gate to themselves the sole champion
ing of bimetalliSm. They have no lc-
Ultimate monopoly of the principle,
however. The real issue is not for and
against bimetallism-nor for and
against silver. 1t is a question of val
ues. SHALL OUR SILVER COINAGE
BE BASED UPON THE EXPERT
ENCE OF THE WORLD as received in
the markets of the world. OR SHALL
WE UNDERTAKE TO PUT A FICTI-
TIOUS AND ENHORBITANT VALUE
ON SILVER simply because it former
" had tha yalue?"
, 1896-09-18
THE BURNING QUESTION.

ALWAYS TALKS THE LOUDEST.
Cleveland Leader: A free coinage
advocate was ha%rranguing a crowd on
the public square in a noisy way the
other evening when a young man push
ed his way to the front.
May | ask you a question:" he ask
ed.
"Certainly." said the free coinage
shouter.
How old are you?' asked the young
"SiXty-three years was the reply.
How much are you WORTH"
Not a dollar"
Just as | expected" Then, turning
to the crowd. the young man said:
Here is a man who admits he is G3
years old, and that he has never ac-
cumulated a dollar. and yet he is try
ing to outline to o a financial policy
which he thinks the United States gov
eminent should follow"
Turning on his heel he walked rap
idly away, leaving the crowd to pom
der on the object lesson he had given
, 1896-09-18

The most complete tariff text book
ever published is the new edition of
Tariff Facts for Speakers and Stud
ents," Defender Document No. $50
pages, just out. Publishers. the Amer
lean Protective Tariff league. Cam
paign text books issued just before the
election are Of little value. The Tar
in league is to be congratulated on its
foresight in getting out its hand book
so early in the year.. Order by number
only. Sent to any address for % cents.
Address W. F. Wakeman, general sec
rotary, 1876 West 23d street. New York.
Poison, ivy, insect bites. bruises,
scalds, burns, are quickly cured by De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. the great
pile cure. Chas. N. Settle.
, 1896-09-18
FOREIGN AND HOME MARKETS.

George Il. Curtis in hi, look. Pro-
lection and Prosperity" gives The tar
if history of every nation on earth.
His object is to see just how much
here is in the cry for foreign markets,
He concludes that part OF his work as
follows:
Over 300. 000. 900 people in Europe are
not only preserving and maintaining
their home markets, but are Cutting
every market on the face OF the globe
with every conceivable commodity
made by the handicraft of man. Every
port in the world every warehouse is
filled with articles from their factories
offered for sale at prices which furnish
small reward for capital. and but a
scanty return for labor. These are the
conditions under which the United
States is asked to ontes for foreign
markets. Never in the history of the
world has it been so difficult for the
United States to maintain its wage rate
and the comfort and opulenCe of their
people under free competition as today.
The very fact that European countries
are undermining the industrial life OF
Great Britain and that her industrial
centres are filled with alarm and her
manufacturers and artisans crying out
with distress. makes the proof doubly
strong that if the United States should
let down or remove her protective bar
riers every industry would be closed.
every wheel silenced and every laboreT
thrown out of employment. There is
scraccly an article made in the United
States but that can be made cheaper in
some other part of the world. AS long
as this situation remains. the only
hope of our Industrial prosperity lies
in the perpetuatiOn of the policy of
protection.
, 1896-09-18
SILVER MEN WANTED GOLD.

Carl Schurz in Chicago: How did it
happen that the act of 1873 did not at
tract more popular attention at the
time? Simply because the dropping of
the obsolete silver dollar from the
coinage was regarded by everybody
taking al interest in such matters as
the mere recording of an accomplished
fact, as a matter of course.j just as much
so as law would have been providing
that the old flintlock should no longer
be used in the army. And how did it
happen that a few years afterward
such an uproar arose about it? The
reason for that. too. was very simple.
In 1873 the market value of silver, al
though already yielding. was still high.
The silver in the silver dollar was
worth s1.02. The silver mine owner
did not care to take s1.02 to the mint
and get only 81 back for it. He was
then enthusiastic for gold. But a few
ket value considerably. and when the
silver miner might have taken 80 cents
worth of silver to the mint and got for
it 81 he vas enthusiastic for silver, and
grew more and more enthusiastic
the more silver declined in the market.
md the more profit free coinage would
given him. The silver mine own
,r is no doubt a great and good man,
, 1896-09-18
FIVE CLASSES AFFECTED

Toledo Blade: There are five very
large classes of the American people
to whom the adoption of free silver
coinage at lG to | would direct
and open robbery. They are:
/. Every person Who has shares in
any building and loan association.
>. Every depositor in a savings
bank.
3. Every person who has his life in
sured to provide for his family.
e. Every person who has his prop
prty insured against fire.
). Every old soldier or soldiers
widow who receives a pension.
, 1896-09-18

The entire circulation of Mexico is
S4.95 per capita, while the United States
has a per capita circulation of $3.50 in
silver alone. MeXico's circulation is
divided as follows: Silver s4.5i; gold
Il cents, When it is taken into con-
Alteration that MeXico's silver is only
worth 80 cents on the dollar when
by gold, it will be seen that
, 1896-09-18

initiation of our irrcdeemable paper
money. who had opposed the resump-
lion Of specie payments. and o ia
vored the silver dollar. because the sill
Yer in it was worth in the market less
than a gold dollar, and its coinage
would therefore furnish what they
called cheap money" And then be-
gan that campaign of falsehood which
in shamelessness of imposture has.
within my knowledge. never had its
equal.
, 1896-09-18
HE "ANED" A QUESTION,

Cleveland Leader: An Irishman,
name not given. e to hear Bryan
rccite his speech. Bryan in 1892 prom
Used w~Orkingmen high wages and cheap
rents. clothing and food If they would
vote for free trade. What he is prom
Using this veal is made clear by the
story of the Irishman.
When the speech was concluded the
freshman walked to the platform.
seized Bryan by the hand, and spoke
as follows:
Sure. Mr.. O'Brien. that was an ILL
CANT speech, but | want to AK we a
question: Will We bring the money
to us or must we 90 after it,"
Bryan doesn't answer questions. For
that reason we wish to inform the
Irishman hat in all human probability
he will be compelled ito go after it."
, 1896-09-18

In 1860 it took 10 hours of labor to
buy one dollar in gold. In 1891 it tool
only So hours to buy one dollar in
gold. That's how gold appreciated
under the pernicious rule of the repub-
lfcap party.
, 1896-09-18

In 1892 a Wyoming sheepman could
buy three pounds of sugar with one
pound of wool. In 1896 the Wyoming
sheepman can buy one pound of sugar
with one pound of wool.
, 1896-09-18

We hear a good many democrats ask
ing what good a protective tariff would
do Wyoming. Wouldn't the addition
of a million dollars per annum in the
price OF wool alone be of any benefit to
the people of the state?
, 1896-09-18

The truth about the financial prppo-
sition is that just as long as it takes
ms much labor to produce one ounce
OF gold as it does to produce 80 ounces
OF silver, on al average. the price will
b" about - to /. And the United States
cannot fore" a different price. pass as
many laws as she may.