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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
THOUGHTS OF THE IdINkERS.
THE CRIME OF 's6.

Since''misery loves company" it may
be comforting to those patriots who Ia.
ment the degeneracy of the times and
talk tearfully of the money of the
faShers, and are righteously indignant
because of 'the crime of '73," to remem.
Der that many similar crimes of more
recent date still go unpunished.
Most of us remember that as late as
1885, we had the double standard in
this country,-I mean the double stan.
dard of transportation, the stage coach
aud the OK team-and that both were
"ruthlessly struck down by the red
hands of the assassins;" in consequence
of which the price of wheat materially
declined and farmers profits were al.
most destroyed.
And yet, strangely enough, no one is
attempting to arrest or punish the
criminals, nor to restore those beauti
full and beneficent old standards.
Even with our illuminated Hot
Springs iudgcst to encourage us, patriot.
ism seems, practically, dead. G?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
TO OLD SOLDIERS.

'.There are about 97o,o9o pensioners
living today and 74,OOO,OOO of people
have been plundered that IS per cent
of the wealth of the land might lie
n'.ssed in the hands of per cent Of
the families of this country
That statement appeared in last
weeks Herald in it's review of Judge
Gardner's speech. 1t can't be possible
that the Herald means that the old
soldiers have been "plundering'' this
country, but what else docs that state
ment say?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
The
Broad
Cuage
CHI HARACTER of the
Northern Pacific Rail
road and it's officials is
,l -: A. "a

about preparing it's literature. Each
year it issues new edition OF it's
"Wonderland" book, which is rewritten
and contains entirely fresh and orig.
inal matter. Mr.. Chas S. Fee. the gen
eral passenger agent, believes in let
ting people know what great country
they have out there. and Mr. Wheeler.
who writes these books, delights in
hunting out new places and going
through new experiences for the pub
lies benefit, even ut the risk of his
neck. For instance. in 1894 he climbed
Mt. Rainer, on tho Pacific coast be-
tween 14,O0O and $4,000 feet high and
related .he story of the ascent in
Sketches of Wonderland published in
1895. In 1895 he made terrific climb
in the Bitter Root Range in Montana,
to hunt wild goats so that the sports
men of the land might know where to
go for such game. That u railroad
road company is ready to bear the
heavy expense of snch trips and a man
is willing to make them for such pur-
poses, is evidence that the books will
he read as we we'll know these are.
Send six cents in stamps to Mr.. Chos.
s. Fee, st. Paul, Mimi, for Wonder
land '9G, and enjoy it as we have.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

JUDGE cLEvELAND's TARIFF WALL.
Judge Cleveland says that FREQ and
unlimited silver will erect tariff wall
around this country and, at the same
time, demolish the tariff walls of all
gold standard countries and let us in
free.
Evidently this new democratic party
which our old democratic friend, Judge
Dudley, pats SO approvinely, out-re-
publicans the rankest McKinleyite.
Haven't one of these great judges
wobbled little in some way? Or is
this new and beautiful democracy so
eclectic and universal that it has cozy
corner for every political pilgrim to
every conceivable Mecca. if only he
hates everything English, even to Eng
lish speech and Magma Charta, and exc
crates all Jews, including Moses aud
! the Savior of the world? C?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
Tourist Car to california.

An upholstered Pullman tourist car
is run every Wednesday by the North
ern Pacific. This car leaves st. Paul
2:45 p. M, Minneapolis 800 p. M,
reaching San Francisco the following
Monday morning. Double berth only
$500. For tickets and reservations
write to any ticket agent N. P. r. r.
Co., or Chas. s. Fee, General Passen-
ger agent, Paul, MINI.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
5000 REWARD

The Fall River County Stock Grow
ers Association will pay the above re-
ward for the arrest and conviction
constituting grand larceny-of any
person or persons unlawfully handling
any stock belonging to any of its mem
bers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

Chicago News: Never an unfortunate
young man who wandered into a
church socklble and found two young
ladies that he'd been making love to
was In 50 trying 4 prcdlcamcnt as now
haraSscs clouuent Mr.. Bryan OF Ne
braska.
Does Mr.. Bryan send his photograph
to Mr.. Sewall? Instantly Il score OF
reporters are down upon him 10 de-
mand whS.ther he has also sent his
photograph TO Mr.. Watson, and, II he
hasn't, whether he Is gong to right
away and II It will be as large as the
photograph sent AIR. Sewall and will
have an inscription couched in equally
and admiring terms. If Mr.. Watson's
picture Is on the right-hand side OF AIR.
Bryan's desk and Mr.. Sewall's on the
left there comes a Democratic dele
CATION. with stern faces and accusing
eyes, TO find out whether the Implica-
ton OF preference is designed or acct
dental. II It Is rumored In Lincoln
that Mr.. Bryan has said that Mr.. Sew
all Is 4 good man and the editor OF the
Tecumseh Palladium PopulisO hears
of II he at once writes q double leaded
leader calling upon Mr. Bryan TO de-
clare himself uneQu!vOcally as to
whether or not he thinks that Mr..
Watson Is also n good man. II Mr..
Bryan APPEARS in public with his upper
lip indIfferently shavcn word goes out
that he Is raising u mustache like Mr..
Sewall's and friends OF the smooth
shaver Mr.. Watson become palpItant
with suspicious.
Between these vexations Mr.. Bryan
is said 10 be getting into such n state
that, each vice president declining TO
resign as II matter OF principle, he will
suggest suicide TO one or both as n
course that will save party honor and
give the head OF the ticket n chance
to think. e.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

L|#" H'##|rL Art L.L .NN"|. I#I
oliver. now worth only IL to 4, ut par
ny with gold, would have 10. do 50 for an
UNLIMITED amount at a ratio or 10 to 1.
By thia the United States would undcr-
take to double tho vnluC OF every ounce
or silver, coined or uncolncd, IN the
world, hnh extend nsinvitation TO MI
the nations to send their surplus silver
hero to he coined Into silver dollars at II
ratio ofiG To Il
"Thcsb silver dollars, II coined In MI
unlimited quantity. would not bu worth
as much az gold dollars, because II In
the credit or tho government which
nukes those we now have equal IN pur-
chasing power to- gold dollar, and the
credit OF the government Ia not without
limit Unlimited coinage OF silver
would exhaust Its credit by ~exhnustlng
us power to redeem liz pledges to main
tain silver Mt n parity with gold ut a
ratio OF IL TO |. Tho consequence would
be tint the silver dollar would aoon de-
cline IN purchasing power to tho COM
mercial vhlltc OF the bullion Il contains,
anu would DO worth little, II my more,
than hair Il dollar IN gold.
g"AS all private md public lcbts not
explicitly payable In g0ld would then hc
payable. IN these half ratio dollars, our
gold would disappear from circulation
nnd would quickly be drawn out OF the
country In paying u obligations and
purchases from 'gold.u3lng countries
where oyr silver coins would not be nc-
cGptcd. Aa,n consequence we should IN
n few months lose all our SGi., 900, 900 OF
gold. leaving us with Il much contracted
anu greatly deprecated currency.
IA disastrous panic would cns,te, fol-
lowed by the suspension OF thousands OF
factories and business houses, n general
business collapse, and the loss of en-
ploStnent by hundreds OF thousands OF
wige-earnprs and lahnrers, Under our
present monetary system, and until the
n~Sltatlon for the frGc coinage OF silver
became n dangerous menace to business
ana labor, wa Ind the most prosperous
years ever known IN American history"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01
FIVE POINTS ON MONEY.

Flrst-Thnt there is not a free coinage
,onntry In the world to-day that Is not on
q silver basis.
s~eeond-That there Is not u Sold-stnnd-
ard country ia the world to-day that does
not use silver ns money along with gold.
rhird-Thnt there Is not n siiver-staiid-
ard country inth- world To-day that uses
any gold ms money along with silver.
Fourth-That thcr. Is not silrer.stnnd
Erd country In tho world to-day that Inns
moro than one.third as much money In
circulation per capita as the United States
have, and
Ftfth-Tiat there Is not n silrerstnnd.
a rd eountry In the world to-day where the
s1abortng man receives fair pay for his
days ~work-John C. Carlisle, Secretary Of
he Treasury.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01
Two Notable Prophecies.

Four years ago. In 1892, in a letter to
Justice Lamar, President Cleveland,
then the candidate of his party for the
Presidency, made use Of these words.
which In the light OF the history which
has been, made so rapidly recently, have
q peculiar interest at present:
Forces are at work which certainly
Nmean the complete turning back OF the
hands on the dial Of Democracy and tho
destruction OF party hopes. Our
K southern friends. II they persist. Will be
y left alone with their free coinage heresy.
tThe:danger Is that another southern idea
Eand n charge OF heedlCSsncsS for the pub
Blic5 safetyfon the financial question will do
y service in the place of the memories OF the
civil war.
THE danger Mr.. Cleveland then pre-
dicted so accurately has come. The free
silver sentiment which has taken such
hold In the south is largely due 10 a
sectional hostility u the north and, as a
campaign issue Is doing service In the
place OF the memories OF the civil war"
It was the bold announcement OF this
line by Tillman that found a ready re-
sponse from a great body Of the south
ernI delegates In the Chicago convention.
Another warning uttered n number of
years before by one OF the greatest
leaders of the Democracy, Samuel J.
Titden, and reproduced n few days since
in the New York Times, seems In this
daySlike an inspired prophecy. Refer
ring to a general belief at that time that
the Democracy Seemcd to be disabled,
Mr.. Tilden said:
$%J}It seems to be broken down Mt present,
and 1t Is broken down: but 1t VIII come up
x ngin, and will once more Enin control OF
tho government. But this situation Will,
s4notl DO permanent In order TO come into.
sgpower. the Democracy must nave the sup
port and assistance OF thclsouthcrn statcsb
and TINT support and assistance inay very
3foonEproyc@ TO be It's ruin. The southern
states will insist upon ruling the Demo.
icracy utterly, and. being poor, they VIII
Try to foiSt into the Democratic pro.
q all Democratic principles. AGninat this
the whole country will protest. The De-
4 n,ocrncy will he voted down. and then It's
last situation Will be worse than tho first.
Theae are. not the words OF a northern
Republican who might be open to the
charge of partisan cnnlty toward the
southern Democracy, but they arc the
words Of n man whose memory Is rover
ed by every Democrat In the country.
Styhat Mr.. ridden predicted has come 10
pass. The Populistlc craze which took
Possession OF the Democracy or the south
and vest has swept the party from It's
moor!ngs and new IDEAS and measures,
contrary 10 all Democratic p%rintlples'-
ideas and measures frought with dan
ger, not only to the Democratic party,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01
FREE SILVER EXPLAINED.


'Sirtcen to One and lis Effects Plainly
Set Forth Gu II Out and rreserv. II
For Reference.
"Lcaflet No. l." entitled sixteen to
One; What 1t Means" was issued by
the Republican committee this week.
1t will be found most interesting ut
this time, when everybody wants to
know what l6 TO ! really does mean.
Tho lcaflet has the following extract
from the Democratic platform adopted
~ Chicago at the head of the first page:
Chicago platform Of 1896: The free
and unlimited coinage OF both|E and
silver, at the present legal ratio OF l5
TO !. The standard silver dollars shall
he, n full legal tender equally With
gold for all debts. public and private"
Then following this I'M the cNpla-
nation:
sixteen to one, what 1t means: a
silver dollar weighs sixteen times as
much as u gold dollar. This Is what Is
meant by the coinage OF silver Mt the
ratio OF l6 to /. Free coinage OF silver:
When brought to the mint silver shall
be coined Into dollars at the expense
OF the United States government with
out cost to the owner. BY the unlIm-
tied coinage OF silver Is meant that
all the silver, American or foreign,
brought 10 any of our minis shall be
coined at the owners demand. This
~ What Is meant by the free and un-
limited Coinage OF silver.
when the ratio of iG to ! was cStab-
iished by the government, sixteen
ounces of silver bullion were worth In
the market just as much as one ounce
or gold bullion. y silver dollar and n
gold dollar were then worth precisely
the same, before they were coined.
wien they were coined, or after they
We're melted; the face value OF a silver
dollar was It's actual value. But OF late
years pure silver has declined In val
ne, 50 that now the commercial IA
Ito. instead of being 1G to !. Is about
d 70 l.. That Is TO say, nn ounce OF
gold bullion Is cXchungeablc Tor thirty
one ounces of silver bullion, Instead Of
being ~c%chaugcahlc for only sixteen
ounces OF silver bullion, MS 1t formerly
was. Silver bullion Is thus worth In
golI Gnly about half ~ much MS 1t
was when the coinage ratio was made
1G to /.
- silver dollar with the stamp OF
the government upon It passes FOR
more than It Ia worth. just as II paper
dollar passes for more than the paper
upon which II Is printed IL worth. The
credit OF the government IL behind thu
paper dollar, md the credit OF the gov
crhmcnt Is behind tho sllvc: dollar.
The UNITED States government lends
It's crediat to every man with mn Amcrl-
gan silver dollar IN his pocket. 10 that.
hecan, pay 100 cents OF debt with 80 cents
worth, OF silver. But tho credit OF the.
government Is not behind the uncninod
silver, IN the fprin OF bullion, therefore
the bullion IL exchanged for other cOnl-
Inod9tlea only to the amount OF It's actull
or Intrinsic value.
THE free and unlimited coinage OF
silver at the ratio OF 1G to l means, there
fore. that the government OF the United
States, Instead of pledglng It's credit for
the maintenance OF Il limited amount OF
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

New York Herald, (Dcm.): When
one reads the twaddle In which Bryan
Is INDUCING 1t appears Impossible that
he Will wear" until election day. even
With the least enlightened element in
theE population.
Whit could be sillIcr than his dis
patch to st. Louis demanding free coin
age without the consent OF any other
nation" and suggesting that "our
right to lcsIslntc tor our people" was
being disputed"
II Il right TO lcgiSiata ourselves in
to panic and bankruptcy Is disputed
nobody but the boy Orator has
learned Of II. We might l"yIslate for
our people declaring that the parallels
Of latitude across this continent should
be shifted without the consent OF any
other nation" Nobody would dispute
our right 10 make donkeys OF ourselves.
Russia wants gold to make It's cur
rcnCy solid; Austria has been reaching
out for enough 0t the precious metal to
put her circulation on q gold basis,
ana other nations would be glad to In
crease their store of It,, II we were such
IDIOTS ns 70 legislate all our gold ont Of
the country and into the ycurnlng
hands OF these Europonn nations by
passing n free silver coinage act, our
"riEht" 10 do 50 would not M very ac-
rlmonlously disputed"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01
NATIONAL GUARD
or West virginia tomiug Encampn,tnt
ut Huntington.

al huntingdon.
Huntington Herald: Major J. G.
Gluck. brigade Quartcrmnstcr OF tho
West Virginia national Eunrd, nccompn .
Med by Captain Sprigg Camden, OF Par
wtrsburs, arrived In the city last night
and have ben an busy ms nnllcrs all day
preparing for tho encnmpment. They
have been up about the camp ground n
good part OF the day, md by this evening
they have tho ground stnltcd Off and tho
preliminary details FOR the coming event
are well In hand.
The camp VIII be known ns Camp lIol-
~, having been dcnomlnntrd such In
honor OF QuartcrmaStcr General james
A. Holly, whose term OF enlistment will
expire before the meeting OF 1897. Tho
grounds nrc now marked Off showing tho
locations to he occupied by tho respec-
tive regiments, The water company Is
putting IN n water pipe, and some OF tho
boys Insist that there IL to be n pipe Gx-
tended from Central City from the leo
plant or ncnr nh0ut there.
Ezra Mathew IL having a phone put In
which hG sny3 will be numbered 1895.
The electric light wires will he strung by
the Consolidated Light Il Railway Com
pany, md everything win hG In ship
shape IN Il day or two awaiting the nrri-
r0l OF the boys In blue. in the mean
time things nrc not ut n stand still
among the civilians In the city. but pre-
paratl0ns are going forward for the en-
tortainmcnt OF the officials of the Guard
after n name that Will make them all
feel like holding all subsequent ,cncamp-
mrnts In this CITY.
The grounds FOR The cncampmsnt are
now In splendid condition, having been
well rolled nnd levclcd down nS nice us u
floor. with the promise OF II raInless
week a good time among the boys 10 con-
ldGntly looked for.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01
Mr.. Eilins nn,l Mr.. Hanna,

New York Evening Post: Senator Ell
ktna told Mr.. Hanna and Mr.. Hobar.
that they could count N West Virginia
for Mckinley. II have made a thor
ouSf anvnSs of the state" he said TO
IN Evening Post reporter, "and | am
satisfied that II Will 20 Republican this
year. Tho free silver craze has not afs
lected the Republican farmers ut ali.
On the other hand, many sound money
democrats have b6ltcd the Bryan tick
ct and VIII either vote direct for Nc.
Iiinley or for n sound money Demo-
cratic ticket. The protection Issue Will
be important In West Virginia. next In
Importance to the currency Issue. But
the people want n moderate protection
mot protection run wild. Our convcn-
ton last week declared for ouch protcc-
HIM ;, - ----- n - -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

Is anybody foolish enough TO ask
where Major Mckinley stands on the
money question? II sc let him read
what the Republican nominee guid yes
terday to the Guernsey county men who
called on him. He says that every dol
lar that this country owes must be paid
in the best coin Of the world. There has
never been any reason TO question Major
Mckln!ey's position on the money Qucs-
ton. 1tnever was questioned except for
a bad purpose.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

The scheme to rush Mr.. Watts through
In the Democratic state convention is
not so promising NJ II. was. although It's
failure is by No means assured. The
friends of Colonel Smith and Judge Ben
nett are out In the bush themselves and
1t looks as though their efforts will bring
In soine returns about convention time.
Meanwhile the 1%ntclliEencer continues to
print the news about 1t all.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01
BRYAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BoLrER.

Bryan would have BEEN boiler Ind the
Chicago convention declared for honest
money. lie himself said so nj IiIrming-
ham, Ala June, 1898, In these words:
"Sothing In lrnven above, OF on tho
earth below, or In hell beneath could
make me support n gold standard candi-
date ON n gold standard PLATFORM"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

Tho crtempd lntclliNcncCr WIN admit
limit at the present lngnl ratio OF COINAGE.
lVo silver to | OF INDEPENDENTLY In thls
country. there IL MI. amount OF silver that
could DC. coined into dollars. had that
inotst not been d~cmonUtiEwl IN 1874, to
produce not only nE much moro full LEGAL
tender coin money than We have now, but
probably twice us much morc.-Whccllns
Register.
There is also nn amount Of copper IN
this country. aud m amount OF iron.
We could dive Into either amounts and
make moro thnn twice M much coin
money" M wG have now, The only 0ucs-
ton Is what that kind of "coIn money"
would bc worth and to what extent II
would benefit tho country.
There would be no more trouble about
the ratIo than there Is now.{ II Con-
grcss can fix u ratio between gold aud
silver which Is not the true commercial
ratio, It can fix the same sort OF ratio
between gold and copper or between
gold aud Iron. Tho ratio could be made
l6 to or l toll, II the ratio Is L be
arbitrary the figures have nothing 10 do
with It.
Our iron men would be very glad to
have q pound OF Iron made equal to II
pound OF gold. They might W. scare
up q smile OF satisfaction IL sixteen
pounds OF Iron were made equal In value
to Il pound OF gold.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

but to the institutions OF this country
have been forced to the front,
Mr., Tllden forcsaw what would hap
per, aud tho last part OF his prophecy Is
no leas true than tho first part, namely,
that the whole eountry will protest.
against the new lsn,s, aud the men In the
saddle Will DO voted down.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

II WAS II over by Il lumber wagon.
Did not expect TO live. Was terribly
bloated. Ny friends bathcd me with Dr..
Thomas Electric Oil, and I was cured.
We have great faith In Thomas Eclec-
trio OIL" Mrs. VIM. +. Babcock. Norvell,
Jackson Co. Michigan,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

IT ALWAYS recommend DR.. Fow-
lcr's Ext. Of Wild Strawberry In cases Of
summer complaints and have never
known It 10 fail. You may use my
name" c. \. West, Druggist, Rains
borough, Ohio, Q
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

IT doesn't matter much whether sick
headache. hiltousncss, indigestion and
constipation nrG caused by neglect or
by unavoidable circumstances: De-
Wits Little Early Riscrs will speedily
cure them NIL. Charles r. Goethe. corner
Twelfth and Market streets; Bowie &
Co, Bridgeport; Peabody & Son. Ben
wOOl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

To tho Editor Of tho ln]tcllIrencer.

!" WV I'ultoF VI wv lnlclllkencCr,
SlR:-Thls mornings Register editor
Tally speaks OF General Bragg. of Wis
consln. ns n leading Republican who
Will this year support the Democratic
ticket. II this paper Is us reliable IN
everything else as It Is In this one
thinS, then l pity the poor mIslcd read
1rs OF that sheet, for II not General
bragg one Of the leading Democrats
OF the northwest. who with Mr.. Villas,
led tlr antI.silvcr forces In the late
convention In Chicago? Great goodness,
does not the Register, Il great ca Dem
ocrat!c paper, know that General
Bragg nominated Grover Cleveland In
lSSS and In his memorable speech on
that occasion said that they Uhc Dem
ocrats) loved him FOR the enemies he
had made? ! think the leading Dgno-
cratic organ OF West Virginia had bet
ter soak its head a while and post up
on current history, before making such
silly mistakes cdltorIally.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01

Several months ago we sold a fine
Cabinet Grand Upright Plano to a sum
mcr hotel. which has recently made an
assignment. In order to sell the piano
quick, We offer 1t for nearly onc-half OF
It's original cost. This Is n rare oppor-
tunity for an immediate purchaser.
+. W. BANNER co.