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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17
WHIDDEN GRAHAM.
Free Coinage an Responsibility.

The time has come, think, Mr..
Speaker, when the Republican party
should set its face firmly against the
free coinage OF silver except by inter
national agreement have been willing
to do all in my power to maintain as
large an amount of silver as possible in
circulation, and the figures have given
are proof conclusive that the Republican
party has done its full duty and reached
the limit so. far as the free coinage Of
silver is concerned, and in the coming
campaign it should be true to its past
record for honest money and give the
great financial enterprises and financial
institutions the stability that can only
be reached by firm declaration against
debased currency. Under present con-
ditions the opening of our minis to free
coinage is an impossibility. 1t means
ruin and bankruptcy to many millions
of people. From Speech of Hon. ]. w.
Babcock.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17
Has Had Experlence.

Free silver would not give the coun-
try more money--on the contrary, it
would reduce the volume of currency.
1t would not improve the condition Of
the poor man it would benefit the sill
yer mine owner and the speculator. The
south should be the last to join in the
crusade for cheap money. 1t knows
what cheap money means. 1t has tried
it.-Charleston News and Courier.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17
TIE VAIL OF
THE TELLERITES.
BOLTlNG REPUBLICANS APPEAL FOR,
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR SILVER.

Their Manifesto Disregar6s History and
Fncts-It Makes Good bad aud Bad
Good--Appoals to Prejudice and Makes
Glowing Promises,
The Republican national convention,
having by a vote of nearly 8 to 1, de-
clared in favor OF the gold standard and
against free silver, number of dele
gates from Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and
other silver mining states withdrew
from the convention and issued mani
festo calling ON the American people to
support Senator Teller of Colorado as
the free coinage candidate for president
In defense of their action in leaving
their party because the minority could
not rule the silver Republicans make
certain statements in regard to alleged
gold standard evils and their 16 to 1
nastrum, which can be best answered
by placing the facts opposite their as
sertiOns:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

Rip Van Wrinkle Stewart has been
asleep so long that be does not know
that his old 10 10 1 musket is very
much out Of date. Uncle Sans gold
rifle is "a modern weapon, which shoots
quick and straight, and he only laughs
at the idea that he should swap it for
Rips rusty shooting iron. When the
people go back to fintlock muslxets,
they will be ready to use the silver dol
lar of our daddies instead of the gold
standard.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

1--WE are q nation of
producers. Our cred
itors are nations of
consumers. Any sys-
tenn of finance which
tends to depreciate the
price of human pro-
auctions which wo
must sell abroad in so
far adds to the burden
of our debt and con-
veys a threat of per-
petual servitude of tho
producers of our debt
or nation to tho con-
sumers Of creditor ma
tions. +"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

"We have endeavored
in a plain way to set
the matter before the
eyes of our fellow citi-
Gems. We invoke the
union of all men and
all parties who believe
that the time has come
for the triumph of jus.
tice.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

"Our present system
of money submits to
the desire and the prof
it of creditor nations,
leaving us a prey to
the money gathering
and the deadly cheap
enin 6 of the old
world.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17
GOLD STANDARD

GOLD STANDARD
FACTS.
The production of
gold, both in the Unit
ed States and the
world at large, is
steadily increasing.
The total value of the
worlds yield of gold
last year was over
$500, 600, COO. a far
greater amount than
ever before in history.
Our present money
system is that of all
the great commercial
nations and gives no
favors to lenders as
against borrowers.
The money gatherers
of the old world can
only get our money by
giving us goods in eX-
change. If we use tho
goods, we have no
cause for complaint
because we part with
our money.
Lower prices mean
cheapened production
that is, goods pro-
duced by less toll OF
the workers. Instead
of being u national
curse this is q bless
ing, for it enables the
masses to get the nee
essaries of life easier
than If prices were
high.
The price OF cotton,
one of our great sta.
pies, advanced last
year over 80 per cent
under the gold stand
ard. This proves that
it is not tho measure
of values which fixes
prices.
The adoption of free
coinage at 10 to l,
which is what tho
Tellerites declare to
be "b IN g t a l lism,
would put this coun-
try at once on the sill
yer standard and cut
down the basis of our
money one-half by
driving out of circula-
tion 1925, 900, 600 in
gold.
The United States is
the greatest consum-
ing nation in the
world in proportion to
its population. We inn
port every year con-
sumable merchandise
of the average value
of $500, 900, 900. all of
which is used by tho
people of this country.
The talk of one set of
people as consumers
only and another set
as merely producers is
nonsense. All men
and all nations both
produce and consume
goods.
"The price of human
production" means
the wages of labor
whether the laborer
works for himself as
n farmer or for an
employer as q work
man. 1t is not true
that the returns to la.
Dor have "decreased
with appalling rapid
ity," for every official
investigation of tho
subject shows that
while the price of farm
products has fallen
the price OF goods the
farmer buys has fallen
in still greater proper
ton. Labor gets high
CIR wages now than 20
years ago, and these
wages buy far more
manufactured goods.
Not more toll, but less,
Is now required TO
meet a given demand.
The eyes OF the
American people are
not so blind that they
cannot SEQ through
the sophistries and
Misrepresentation of
the silver mining
camps. The men who
believe in Justice are
not likely to unto
with agitators who are
striving for the unjust
robbery of creditors
of one-half of their
property. Pretenses
of fairness como with
bad grace from men
who seek Reputation
and national dishonor.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

GAS the debt to cred
itors abroad increases
the price of human
production ON the farm
and in the workshop is
decreased with appall-
ing rapidity, exacting
more toll from our cit
liens to meet the given
demand"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

"The only remedy is
to stop falling prices,
the deadliest curse Of
national life. !"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

"Prices will never
cease falling under tho
gold standard"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

"The restoration of
bimetallism by this
country will double
the basis of our money
system"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

nR. ANNIS 8. III. COOLING, Homnopath,c
~ Residence and office, Williams St., (Com
stock Block), Owosso Mich. ONCE hours-2 10
4P. m and 10 D. m. Calls promptly respond
ed TO- Special attention given to Obstetrics
and Diseases Of Women and Children
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17
Money In Circulation.
Epilepsy 20 Years.
Cured by DR.. Miles Nervine.

A few years ago, Mr.. J.. w. Gallaher was
an extensive, successful expert manu-
facturer OF lumber products. Attacked with
epilepsy, he was obliged to give up his bust
ness. The attacks came upon him most in
Dpportunely. Ono time falling from q carrl-
age, at another down stairs, and often in the
street. Once he fell down shaft in the
mill, his injuries nearly proving fatal. Mr.
Gallaher writes from Milwaukee, Feb. 16, s5
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

TILLERITE DELU-
sIoNs.
"The basis of our
money is relatively
contracting"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17
PRETTY
AND ATTRACTIVE WOMEN.
Their Good Looks Not a Secret.

ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERsl
No matter to what country she belongs,
or whether she be black or white, as a.
woman she desires to look well.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-17

"There are none more miserable than cpl
leptics. For 20 years / suffered with epilcp-
tic fits, having as high as five in one night.
tried any number of physicians, paying to
one alone, fee of $4,000 and have done
little for years but search for something to
help me, and have taken all the leading
remedies, but received no benefit. A year ago
my son, Cbas. S. Gallaher, druggist at 191
Reed St., Milwaukee, gave me DIR. Miles,
Restorative Nervine, and tried it with
gratifying results. Have had but two fits
since began taking 1t. am better now In
every way than have been in 20 years."
DIR. Miles, Remedies are sold by druggists
on a positive guarantee that the first bottle
will benefit or price refunded. Book on the
Heart and Nerves, free. Address,
DIR. Miles Medical Co.. Elzhart, Ind.
DR.. Miles, Remedies Restore Health.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
THE TRUTH ABOUT FAILURES.

1t is only necessary to note the increas-
ing number of failures in order to know
that gold standard is ruinous to mer-
chants and manufacturers These bust
ness men do not make their profits from
the people from whom they borrow
money, but from the people to whom
they sell their goods II the people can
not buy, retailers cannot sell, and if re-
tailers cannot sell, wholesale merchants
and manufacturers must go into bank
ruptcy. Those who hold, as n perma-
nent investment, the stock of railroads
and of other enter prises are injured by a
gold standard. The rising dollar destroys
the earning power of these enterprises
without reducing their liabilities, and, as
dividends cannot be paid until salaries
and fixed charges have been satisfied, the
stockholders must bear the burden of
hard times. Salaries in business occu-
pations depend upon business conditions.
and the gold standard both lessons the
amount and threatens the perlnanency of
such salaries. The professional classes
the main-deriye their support from the
producing classes, and can only enjoy
prosperity when there is prosperity
among those who create wealth Hence,
it will he seen that large portion of
those who may find some pccuniary adj
vantage in n gold standard will discover
that their losses exceed their gains
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
LIS ESTIMATE OF WASHINGTON

Ii Hung Chang left Washington for
Niagara Saturday evening and is now Ell
route to Vancouver, where he will take a
steamer for his home in the far east Be-
fore leaving he expressed his thanks for
the kind treatment accorded him by the
Americans, whom he pronounced great,
prosperous and hospitablc people. He
said the three foremost men in history
were Napoleon, the Chinese Emperor Yao
and George Washington. Napoleon, he
said, created an empire which was speed
lily destroyed; Yao created an empire and
then proceeded to rule over it and Wash
ington built up great nation and then
stepped aside, leaving others to govern.
OF the three men, Lii no doubt approves
the career Of his own countryman the
most, as he got something for his trouble
and held on to it; whereas General Wash
was in shape to enjoy it, which Il gentle
man of Earl Li's education and antece-
dents could not be expected to do. After
all, however, even from the Chinese am
bassador's estimate, the career of Napoleon
-HonappaIte was far less satisfactory than
that of the other two, for after all his
scheming and planning, after all the tire
mendous loss of life and property and the
great amount of suffering that attended
upon his career, Napoleon grasped at the
shadow and missed the substance His
course rather resembled the evanescing
meteor that flashes across the sky and
disappears. Yao was more like some
sturdy planet that runs its allotted course
in the heavens. Westinghouse fame, how.
ever, like some great sun, will shine for
ages after meteors and planets in finite
number have come and gone.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
DOLLARS MUST BE EASIER TO
GET.

The farmers are opposed to the gold
standard because they have felt it's effect
Since they sell at Wholesale and buy at
retail they have lost more than they have
gained by falling prices, and, besides this,
they have found that certain fixed charges
have not fallen at ali. Taxes have not
been perceptibly decreased, although it
requires more of farm products now
than formerly to secure the money with
which to pay taxes. Debts have not
fallen. The farmer who owed 81 900 is
still compelled to pay 1000, although it
may be twice as difficult as formerly to
obtain the dollars with which to pay the
debt. Railroad rates have not been re-
duced to keep pace with fallen prices,
and besides these items there are many
more. The farmer has thus found it
more and more difficult to live Has he
not just complaint against the gold
standard?
The wage-earners have been injured by
gold standard, and have expressed
themselves upon the subject with great
ohi Pi"oto' III eDfuury, 1910, petition
asking for the immediate restoration of
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at 16 to 1 was signed by the
representatives of all, or nearly all, the
leading organizations and presented to
Congress. Wage-earners know that
while gold standard raises the purchas-
ing power of the dollar, it also makes it
more difficult to obtain possession of the
dollar; they know that employment is
less permanent loss of work more proba-
bic, and unemployment less certain. A
gold standard encourages the boarding of
money, because money is rising: it also
discourages enterprises and paralyzes in
dustry. On the other hand, the restora-
ton of bimetalism will discourage
boarding, because, when prices are steady
or rising, money cannot afford to lie idle
in the bank vaults The farmers and
wage-earners together constitute n con-
siderable majority of the people of the
country. Why should their interests be
ignored in considering financial legisla-
ton? a monetary system which Is
pecuniarily advantageous to few syndi-
Gates has far less to commend it than a
system which would give hope and en-
couragement to those who create the M
tions wealth.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
IMPORTANT MEETING.

Richmond, Sept. Especial. 1.-The
State central committee of the People,
party met here Saturday. Much business
OF Importance was transacted. Some cor
respondence passed between the commit
tee and Democratic headquarters, through
their respective chairmen, regarding a
plan of coalition on the State electoral
ticket; nothing definite matured however.
The following resolution offered by Sena-
tor Hale was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of five be
elected to confer with the State executive
committee, or other proper authority
of the Democratic party, for the purpose
of etfecting cooperation on the State
electoral ticket, to the end that the Peo-
pies party mny receive its just and equi-
table division of electors for President
and Vice President, said committee to
have same power that is now vested in
the State central committee of the Peo-
p!e's party
The following gentlemen were chosen:
Hon. w. III. Hale, State Chairman j.
Haskins Hobson, Capt. Edward r. Cooke,
Judge j. w. Gregory and j. V. McGavoc
The committee has asked for confer
ence with like committee from the
Democratic party. 1t is believed that the
Populists will demand two electors out
of the twelve and should this demand be
refused, full set of Bryan and Watson
electors will be Immediately placed in the
field
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
OSTRICH FEATHERS AGAIN.

Ostrich feathers are coming to the front
again in the millinery world, and You see
them not only in single, double and treble
mounts, but also rosette shape, with n jet
ornament as n finish. Again, you see
them in tip form tripping the crown,
with the aid of a band of roses set very
closely together.
A very pretty Panama hat is made with
full putting of yellow piece silk, cut ON
the cross, round the upper part of the
crown, with black roses beneath, and on
either side a loop and end of the silk with
the addition of n white co9ue mounted on
the left side.
Poppy and geranium red are the newest
colors, and black hats trimmed with
white or black velvet and gauze poppies are
the latest Partisan importations. Not
withstanding this fact, roses are by no
means unpopular, nor are they likely to
be, except for short space. PICKLE rs
Dame Fashion is, she always returns to
her old loves.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08

others without reluctance ~
The relative merits and efficiency of
Paine's celery compound in making peo-
pie well is clearly shown in the character
of the people who to-day rely on it to
cure insomnia, nervous debility, persist
ent headaches and n rundown condition.
1t is the power of rapid repair of the
tissues that makes Paine's celery COM
pound the great saver of life that it is.
1t brings just the needed nutriment TO
the distracted nerve tissues all over the
body and increases the volume of healthy
blood so that n breaking down of some
vital part is everted. While taking
Paine's celery compound there is gen
eral building up of the deep-lying tissues
all over the body, and a throwing off of
unsound elements that clog and interfere
with it's healthy activity.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
This Date In History-Sep 8.

16oo-Amy Robsart, wife of tho Earl of Leioes-
tor, murdered by his order.
1G50-Princess Elizabeth died i'll Car!sbrooko
castle; born 1885; daughter to Charles 1.
lezS-General George Crook born at Dayton
o.. died 1891.
1sS5-End of tho siege of Sevastopol and retreat
of tho Russians
lS8O-Thc Lady Elgin, mail steamer, lost in
Lake Michigan with 300 passengers; Mr.
Herbert Ingraham, member of parliament
and proprietor OF The Illustrated London
News, was among the lost.
1s9i-Thc Count of Paris, head of the French
roynl family and grandson of Louis
Philippe made heir apparent by the death
of his father, the Duke of Orleans, died in
London, where he had long resided as an
exile; born 1888. The Count of Paris was
ono of the Orleans princes who served on
the staff of General Mcclellan on tho pom
insula i'll 1862. His rank was that of captain
With his brother, Duke of Charities, and
bis uncle, the Prince de Joinville, he was
engaged in several battles. among them
Williamsburg and Gaines Mill. At that
timo the princes We're members Of tho
French nobility and for political reasons
were recalled to Europe. The count wrote
several volumes of history of tho civil
war, but did not complete the work. He
visited this country in 1890 to make study
OF the battlefelds.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
MUST BE LOOSENED.

Jefferson has stated that one of the
main duties of the Government is to pre-
vent men from injuring one another, and
never was that duty more important
than it is to-day. 1t is not strange that
those who have made n profit by furnish
ing gold to the Government in the hour
of its extremity favor financial policy
which will keep the Government de-
pendent upon them. A wise financial
policy administered in behalf of all the
people would make our Government in
dependent of any combination of flnan-
ciers, foreign or domestic
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
BOGUS APPREHENSIONS.

Our opponents have made special ap
peal to those who hold fire and life insur.
ance policies, but those policy-holders
know that, since the total premiums re-
ccived exceed the total losses paid, ris-
ing standard must be of more benefit to
the companies than to the policy holders.
Much solicitude has been expressed by
our opponents for the depositors of saw
lngs banks. Savings bank depositors
know that under gold standard there is
increasing danger that they will lose
their deposits because of the inability of
the banks TO collect their assets; and they
still further know that, if the gold stand
ard is to continue Indefinitely, they must
be compelled to withdraw their deposits
In order to pay living expenses.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08
SALEM NEWS

DR. b. w. Arnold is in Salem the guest
OF his sister, Mrs. r. c. Stearnes.
l.. NJ. Clymer has severed his connec-
ton with the Salem machine works.
Judge Altizer leay es Salem to-day for
business trip to Richmond and Baltimore.
John N. Luce returned to Salem We ster-
day after short stay at Virginia Beach.
Judge J. J. Allen and two other prom
inent attorneys of Botetourt, were in Sa-
lem yesterday.
Prof. w: B. Atwood, of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, at Blacksburg, was
in Salem for short stay yesterday.
Mrs. Lurah Fisher has returned to her
home in Harrisburg, Pa, after a visit in
Salem to her mother, Mrs Minichan.
Riner G. Altizer leaves Salem to-day
for visit to his grandfather, Col. David
Riner, Mt Riner, Montgomery county.
Miss Annie Bondurante returned to
Salem yesterday after a visit to friends in
Roanoke and will leave to. day for her
home in Bristol.
Constable Carter arrested yesterday and
brought before Justice Camper, Abe
Woods, charged with stealing peaches
from Nj. NJ. Graham's orchard on Fort
Lewis mountain. The case was dismissed,
the defendant paying the costs.
| from the clerks Office to Alexander Var
| 5rough, of Augusta county, and Miss
Annie Jane Haley, of this county. The
marriage will take place to-day at the
| home of the bride about four miles from
| Salem.
Several times recently The Times has
| urged the county officials to repair n
| bridge on one of the roads between Salem
| and Roanoke. The road, which is known
| in Salem rs the boulevard road, is not
owned or kept up by the county, but was
opened and controlled by private indivd-
uals entirely.
A large and enthusiastic crowd of pic
nickers from the East Roanoke Baptist
| Church spent the day in Salem yesterday.
They visited the Baptist Orphanage and
then went to Lake Spring for rest and
their lunch, returning to Roanoke about
5:3O. The. children looked tired out, but
all declared they had splendid time.
The school board of Roanoke county
held their regular annual meeting yester.
day IN the Office of the secretary. Eleven
| OF the fifteen members were present and
| the usual routine business was transacted.
The accounts of the year were approved,
and the difficulty over the settlement
| with Capt. Brand was left in the hands
| of Col. II. II. Logan rs attorney for the
| board.
| A Demorest gold medal contest will be
held in the Town Hall tonight (Tuestlay)
under the auspices of the Salem w. G. II.
U. The following six contestants, each
of whom have won silrer medal, will
participate in the contest: Gates Monitt,
Lizzie Painter, Bessie Frantz, Eona Ma.
hone, Carrie Preston and Frank Hardy.
The meeting will be presided over by Rev.
DIR. Taylor, and the music will be fur
| niShed by the Salem Orcherstra who will
make use of Il piano kindly furnished for
the occasion by j. f. Rogers & Co., of
Roanoke. Five cents admission will be
charged in order to pay the expenses of
1 the contest. and 400 tickets have allreatify
| been sold
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-08

Among the testimonials received this
year by the proprietors of that greatest
OF all remedies, Paine's celery compound,
are found many, as usual, from families
of national reputation.
One of these is the following sincere
statement that bears the signature of
Agnes B.Quay, the wife of Hon. Matthew
S. Quay, United States Senator, whom
Pennsylvania so urgently named for the
Presidency at st. Louis:
washington, May Is, 1896.
"Mess. Wells g. Richardson, Burling-
ton, VT.
"Dear Sirs:-My daughter and 1 have
been using your Paine's celery compound
this spring with most beneficial results
"Those in an over-fatigued condition
will find it gentle stimulant and an ex-
cellent tonic, and l add my testimony to