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Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
IN OHIO SILVER CRINk.

The so-called national silver party
was unfortunate in its selection of Il
representative to notify Mr.. Bryan of
his nomination by the convention of
that party. The person who performed
| this service Is Il Cleveland, o., lawyer
Of not very high professional standing
named Groot and even Mr.. Bryan must
have felt that his cause received no
help from this individuals h%arangue.
In the course of his remarks this man
Groot, who manifestly has no idea of
propriety and decency, assailed the
veteran statesman, Senator Sherman,
brutally declaring that he should be
buried in the grave with Benedict Ar
mold, "only this would be Il disgrace to
Arnold" Every honorable and fair
minded American citizen will resent
his as an unwarranted and contempti-
BILE SANDER of one of the most eminent
and useful statesmen this country has
produced. 1t is to be presumed that
Groot was one of the greenback fanat-
les of Ohio who have never been able
to forgive John Sherman for the part
he took I'm defeating that craze and
bringing about the resumption of specie
payments. II work which placed him
prominently among the worlds great
financiers and will perpetuate his name
in American financial history beside
those of Hamilton and Gallatin. Sen
ator Sherman has always been found
battling for the credit and honor of the
country and for those principles and
policies which he earnestly believed to
he for the interest and welfare of the
people. 1t was largely through his
efforts and the wisdom OF his counsel
that the credit Of the government was
built up to the highest standard 1t ever
attained and was maintained there I'M
til impaired by democratic policy. John
sherman is today in the front rank of
the defenders of honest money and
no other man is so feared by the ad-
yocates of Il debased currency, because
he has the ability to lay bare theli
scheme as none other can ana he has
the confidence OF the intelligent body
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
WHY WHEAT is Low.
scnntor PeTcr Points 60 Worldwide
Competition.


Two years ago senator PETER made a re-
port 20 the senate on the cause Of the fall
IN agricultural prices. In that report he
declares that:
our home prices for wheat are largely
controlled by the foreign wheat market. and
that Is regulated by those who supply the
greater part OF the demand. The effect IN
our wheat market is to bring down prices.
Our strongest rival Is now india, whose
farmers during the last seven years fur
nished nearly one-half as much as we did
OF the wheat requirements of our best GUS
tomer- England. Wages OF India
farm hands run from 6 to 10 cents Of our
money per day, and wheat costs about 10
cents per bushol on the farm there"
Another strong rival referred to elsewhere
in the report Is Argentina, whose farmers
have cheaper and fresher lands and whose
labor expenses are much less than those
Of their American competitors.
Cheap land OF cheap labor. or both com
bined, are what the American wheat-raiser
has to contend against. and not the gold
standard. The Argentine farmer can get
fresh government land for a song, and hence
does not have to put as much capital into
his farm as the Minnesota or Dakota farmer
does. He pays less for farm labor, and his
transportation facilities are often better.
Hence he can sell his grain more cheaply.
The moment the Suez canal was opened
the wheat raisers of India, who already had
cheap labor, got quick and cheap transporta-
ton. and became formidable competitors.
Fill up the Suez canal and force them to
send their wheat around the Cape of Good
Hope and they will cease to be such dan
gerous rivals. Give the wheat raiser of the
northwest deep water transportation from
Duluth to Liverpool and he would get more
for his wheat than he does now.
The American wheat raiser has got to
deal with the fact stated by Senator PETER
that wheat costs about 13 cents a bushel on
the India farm. largely because labor is so
poorly paid there.
1t is estimated that it costs 65 cents to
raise a bushel in New York or Pennsylvania
and about so cents in Kansas.
How does the free silver farmer think
this difference in the cost of production be-
tween America and India will be done away
with by free coinage? Does he think the
cost OF labor will be increased in India and
not increased here? Or does he think the
cost of labor will be decreased here and
not increased in India? Does he expect to
see the American farm laborer injured or
the laborer in India benefited?
Free coinage will not increase the yield to
the acre. 1t will not add to the number of
wheat consumers. 1t will do nothing to aid
the farmer. BY creating a panic, by dis
organizing all branches of business, by re-
ducing the city consumption of wheat and
all other farm products free coinage will do
the farmer indescribable injury. 1t will
damage his home market, which is his main
Stay |
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
WHO THE "GOLDDUGs" ARE.
Striking illustration from Mortgage
Records in Chicago.

HtcoFhS III ,hteNpo.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Bryan is referring to the Conspiracy
of the goldbugs and plutocrats' with such
persistence, and the public mind is so
much in doubt as to the exact personality of
these modern types of Croesus, that the en-
lightenment furnished by a Chicago firm
which deals exclusively in local mortgages
as to the identity Of these local bugs" is
timely and instructive. The conscience
less syndicates OF Wall street and England"
and all other forms of "plutocratic Shy
locks" who, as Mr.. Bryan informs us, hold
the gold of the world and are cornering it
ruthlessly. appear under somewhat strange
forms in Chicago. Out of 1924 ,450 worth of
mortgages made during the hard times OF
this summer the most numerous investors
have been nineteen widows and twenty
other women" As Mr.. Bryan's chivalry
undoubtedly would forbid his applying any
Of his stock epithets to them, it would be
interesting to ascertain how he would class
them in his category of fanaticism.
Next come in the list thirteen estates"
eleven merchants, ten Clergymen, and
smaller numbers of merchants, clerks, doc
tors, small investors savings" educational
institutions, benevolent societies, hospitals,
farmers, a coachman. a lake captain, a
StenOgrapher and authors. That practically
COMPLETES the list.
Where are the Shylocks? Who are the
dangerous plutocrats? What OF the base
syndicates? OF course they do not exist
when the facts are produced. 1t Is the same
with all the arch-plutocrat's rawlings. He
says anything that can be expressed in
words or noise, trusting no doubt that the
corrections may not reach as far as his
misstatements.
The "goldbugs," Dangerous syndicates Of
England and Wall street. "Shylocks" and
all the others represented by his epithets
of this character are but Pigments of his
imagination, as is the prosperity he is paint
ing in rainbows of promise that would fol-
low in the wake of free silver.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
A STRAW HAT.

Washington Star.
The hour has come. The old, fond tie Ii
broken,
And / am left in gloom.
The hat of straw through which l oft haye
spoken,
AT last has met It's doom.
IT'S like a funeral rite when I deposit.
For an existence drear;
In a neglected corner of the closet,
This cherished souvenir.
What sentiments from divers moonlit
places
Lurk in each braided strand!
OF glittering hopes, what sad and furnished
traces
Linger beneath your band!
l shall not cast you forth. OFT in seclu-
sion
I'll pass an hour or two.
And hear the mutterings, in weird confu-
sion,
OF things 1 said through you.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

What has come ovcr the spirit Of
Omaha's dreams? For the second time
Candidate Bryan passed through the
pcatedly announced. there was little
or no fuss made over him by the people
of this city. The frost Mr.. Bryan ran
into called from his lips n mild re-
buke. He told the silent spectators at
the depot that when he started east he
felt that some of the western shouters
might be needed to manufacture cnthu-
siasm at his meetings. but now he is
convinced the boot is on the other leg.
A little later he will discover that Ne
braska is Il Mckinley state.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
THE GREAT CURE-ALL.
Free Silver Pills Warranted to Do
the job.

'HlCdsO IOSt.
Ho. all we that are sick, MANNED, halt,
blind! All we that are oppressed, desti-
tute and toTmented with debts! Step right
into the office of Drs, Bryan, Jones, Sewall,
Watson & Co. and take the silver cure.
Are you troubled with vapors? II will
cure you.
Have you shooting pains up the back?
One dose Will Danish the demon that affects
you.
Are you a martyr to rheumatism, dys-
pepsia, catarrh, kidney complaints, head
ache, toothache, nervous prostratien, hay
fever, general debility? Is your liver out
of order and your hair falling out? Are
your potatoes hlighted with the rust, and is
there weevil I'M your wheat? Are you out
OF a job or do you want a better one with
less to do and more pay? Is there any
thing wrong With your digestion, your
morals or Your business? Is your wife
troubled with cold feet or Is she discon-
tented with you? In short, have you any
i'll that mortal is heir to. mentally, morally
or physically? If so, step right up to the
cashiers office and subscribe for the Bryan
bolus, warrantsq<to kill or cure at 16 to /
PAGES, ~
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

In the heat of the argument over the
money question some of the minor
planks of the Chicago platform nearly
as vicious are apt to be overlooked.
While the silver question ranks the
others, the Chicago candidate ought to
be defeated on almost every one of the
propositions for which he stands. No
presidential candidate ever represented
a worse combination of doctrines than
the present popocratic nominee.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

An invitation has been extended to
the Western Editorial federation to
meet in this city in 1898. Here is an
association of men that ought to be
induced to attend the exposition. We
cannot get too many editorial associa-
tons to select Omaha for their 1898
meetings, for they can reach Il greater
number of people to tell them of the
exposition than can any other class.
There are several editorial associations
in Nebraska whose members should be
enlisted in the work of inducing associ-
ations of western states to come to the
TranSmiSSiSSippi Exposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

The county commissioners have
given notice that drunkenness on the
part of justices Of the peace will be
neither tolerated nor condoned. No one
can serve AS Justice of the peace in
Douglas county who does not attend
properly 10 the duties of his office. There
are too many good men ready to ill
these places to permit the position to
be abused or misuse2. The efforts of
the commissioners to give the people
a set of justices of the peace which
will reflect credit On the county will re,
ceive general popular approval.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Louisville Courler-JOurnal.
Bryan is still at it. In his Milwaukee
speech Saturday he said:
when we stopped buying silver in 1873
silver fell
We did not stop buying silver in 1873.
We suspended the free coinage of the
standard silver dollar, but we never bought
silver under free coinage. The only silver
we bought was for the coinage of the sub
sidiary halves, quarters. etc, and we con
tinued buying silver for these in and after
1873, Just as we had done before. If Bryan
keeps on with his speeches he may yet learn
something about the silver question.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
DIR TOGETHER.
Bryan's sttpESle to harmonic His
IaTheories.

'NN w . lpittI iTthS.
There couldSbe no better campaign docu-
ments for the republican cause than Bryan's
speeches. Theit general distribution in
pamphlet fors7- With Intelligent commenta-
ries on the text in parallel columns, would
demonstrate that this man. who poses as a
teacher of a new science of money, is abso-
lutely ignorant OF the elementary principles
of finance: that his attempts at argument
are a tumble OF mis~statements, economic
absurdities, observation-disclosures and dema-
gogic attempts to excite class prejudice.
But the main thing about them is that he
never truthfully states either his own posi-
ton or that OF his opponents. He calls free
coinage of silver at the ratio OF l6 to /
bimetallism, when he well knows that II is
naked silver monometallism. To give II an
appearance of bimetalllsm he boldly states
In one breath that free coinage would per-
form the miracle OF raising the 81 cents
worth Of silver in a silver dollar to par with
100 cents in gold, and in the next breath that
the whole purpOrt OF free coinage is to di-
minish the purchasing power OF the dol
lar, thus admitting that its effect will be to
give us a deprecated silver currency. which
will necessarily drive out gold and thus
bring US to a monometallic silver basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

For yainglorlous self fattery no one
can excel the spokesman OF the so
called national silver party of the
United States. In notifying Bryan that
he had been chosen rs its standard
bearer the chairman of the committee
Informed him that he is now the eandi-
date for president of three great polit-
zeal parties, "of which the silver party
is not the least" The silver party
what Is IL? How long has ii been In
existence? How many presidential
electors did II ever elect? Since when
does 1t assume TO rank the democratic
and populist parties? But. then, what
ever electors Bryan does carry will be
due alone to the great" silver party.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10


The organization of the Railway and
Express Employees Sound Money club is
u very Significant move. 1t means that
the employees i'm these two great classes
of business without reference to prcvi-
Gus party utilization, see the necessity of
active cooperation in the work for the
maintenance of the 1OO-Ccnt dollar. 1t
means that the w%orkingmcn in two Of
the most important divisions of COM
merce see hat they would be losers
instead Of gamers from the adoption of
II deprecated silver money standard.
With this good example before them the
men employed in other large branclr.
of industry should be spurrcd OF to
align themselves openly with the sound
money men. A thorough sound money
organization will contribute much to the
defeat of the free silver fallacy.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
An effort is now being made Inv ,

IN effort is now being made by Ne.
braska delegates to the national con,
vention of letter carriers to induce
the convention to meet in Omaha in
s There is said to be fair prospect
of success In this direction. Omaha's
fame as II convention city is now wide
spread and the attractions afforded by
the Transmississippi Exposition will
operate ms n great inducement to ma
tional gatherings to hit upon Omaha as
their meeting place in 1898.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
Nebraska populists are kicking thel

NcDrHSkn pOpuIlStS are klCklng them-
selves just now. They think that if
the democrats are so well satisfied with
two places on the state ticket they
might have been satisfied with only
half of the presidential electors. 1T
really looks as If the populists were
buncoed out of nominations for two
state offices which they might have had
just as well as not.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Horace Greeley. Whitclaw Reid. Thur
low Weed, Charles A. Dana and the
two James Gordon BENEFITS the names
Such lamcntable oversight is incXcus-
nlln
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

The populist end of the two-tailed
ticket does not hesitate to say that the
silver fight is n fight Of south and west
against east. And yet the head of the
ticket continues to deny that he is try
ing to wage n sectional warfare.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
Lincoln on Bryan.

Mr.. Bryap's windy oratory calls to mind
a sally attributed to President Lincoln. He
had been listening to a young man whose
power of lung and flow of words were more
in evidence than were ideas. When he had
finished Lincoln turned TO a friend and OBJ
served: THAT young chap reminds me of a
steamer / once saw on the Ohio river. 1t
had an eight-foot boiler and a twelve-foot
whistle, and every time the whistle blew
the boat stopped"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
ANOTHER HOuBLY OBJECT LESSON.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Sept. S.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Being a democrat, and
after reading Coin on money, 1 desired to
find out the value of silver dollars before
voting for Bryan. So not being entirely
satisfied with Coins theory | proceeded in
my own way and theory. took a standard
silver dollar made at the United States
mints that had several years ago had a hole
punched in it for the purpose of wearing it
as a charm. 1 proceeded to exchange, but
could find no free silver man who would
make the exchange. l then found a gold
standard man who made me an offer of ex-
change. Il will give you,' he said, '54
cents for it." why not a dollar?" /
asked. at is not a dollar" he replied.
why not?' | asked. Because there Is only
"a cents value of silver in it, and the other
46 cents is the government credit, and the
one that made that hole spoiled that credit"
l went away knowing more about money
than Coin had ever taught me. So no
Genung can pull the wool over my eyes.
C. WESLEY.
A Lifetime Democrat.
Here we have another homely object
lesson and one that scarcely requires
comment. Under unlimited coinage the
silver dollar can not be worth more
than the bullion which it contains. Mr..
Bryan says that 16 to 1 free coinage
will raise the price of silver to $1.20 an
ounce, but no rational person believes it
and it is doubtful whether Mr.. Bryan
believes it himself. No country has |
been able to prevent he fall of silver
and there is no reason to believe that
an American dollar under free coinage
would be permanently worth any more
thar the present Mexican dollar which
exchanges in the United States for only |
50 cents.
On the other hand, the American sill
yer dollar is now kept on Il parity with
gold because its issue is limited md the
faith of the United States is pledged to
maintain its value. An American dol
lar passes for 100 cents so long rs it
is entitled to the benefit of that pledge. |
Punch ii hole in it or reduce it to bullion
in the melting pot and the difference
between its face value and bullion value
is lost. |
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

-Four years of Wilson bill clover is
nll the people of the United States care
to enjoy of that kind of tariff legisla-
ton. Four years of Mckinley are now
needed to enable us to recover the
ground already lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Adlai. he says, that he has about
concluded to fall in line with Bryan
and the machine. But then it really
does not matter very much what Adlai
does. When he goes out of office he
will disappear more quickly than did
HOke Smith.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
Borrowing Foreign Ideas.
Globe-D Democrat.

- IHIOUV- DtITIOVTHE'
The income tax and free trade are estab-
lished English institutions and Bryan is
warmly in favor of transplanting them 70
this country. 1t seems that the exceptions
in his declaration of independence of
ideas Aare more numerous than
the other ithms.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
wherein History Fails.

TTFFFT"5' TT"TTVT
Mr.. Bryan says: History in all ages can
be sought in vain to prove that the common
people-the struggling masses-of any land
had ever declared for a gold standard" His
tory in all ages can be sought in vain to
prove that the struggling masses of any
land ever declared for a rotten 50-cent dol
lar as the standard for the payment for
wages. II 81
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Mckinley does not have to assure the
w"orkingmcn that he is their friend.
He has proved his friendship for labor
over and we again by his works and
his votes
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Bryan does not stay IL Nebraska. He
has heard that Tom Watson is headed
for this state. That explains Rryan's
haste to get away without tarrying II
moment longer thar necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

In his enumerating the great editors
produced by the United States in his
address TO Major Mckinley at Canton
Hon. Charles Emory Smith committed
n grand, objectionable blunder. He
forgot 10 include in the list along with
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

nancial News forgery begins to decant
on forgery it is discussing one of the
few subjects on which it can speak
with authority.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Maine tells its story at its election
next week. When the returns are in
the Maine ~appendage of the two-tailed
ticket may be willing to reconsider his
fold
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

notification committee of failing to do
its duty. 1t is plain that Watson didn't
bargain to be only half of the tail of the
ticket
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
Zee Wnnt AZ DID IL.

nicola, Ia, Sept, bee Publishing Com.
pany, Omaha: Gentlemen-You may take
out my want ad ordered for three days. as
| am already buried" with letters Of APP
pllcation, Your truly. H.. W. HANCOCK.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Of the peoph. Such n man cannot be
hurt in the esteem OF his fair-mlnded
countrymeh ~ the puny shafts of NAL
ice thrown 10y such nondescripts as
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Detroit Free Press: Don't YOU find chill
dren troublesome, Mrs. Tugby ?" ,
"No-our dear babes are all right, but the
neip hbors' youngsters worry ne nearly 10
death"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Somervillc Journal: The newspaper writ
ers who draw the pictures of the girls at
the bathing beaches seem to have made
up their minds to do them bare justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
A MERE


Is not the only thing a man
thinks of at this time o
changing seasons. There are
plenty of clothes to be had
such as they are.
But what about sty'e? Does
MT that count2 And a proper
fit? Isn't that worth having
for nothing? And then there
is the fashionable pattern to
be thought of and honest
workmanship.
Some men consider the
price first, but that is not al
ways a wise economy. How
ever, when you can get all the
other desirable qualities in a
fall suit, as you car of US, at
a price that is right, as we
promise you our prices are,
why should you look further?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Chicago Tribune: "If the decentralization
of silver increases the value of gold said
Farmer Haycraft. why is it, by ginger,
that the determination of common cattle
doesn't raise the price of Texas stcers?"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Philadelphia Records: Sillicus-"One must
make allowance for the follies of YOUTH
Cynicus-"1f it wasn't for the allowances
that young men get there wouldn't be SO
much folly."
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Cincinnati Enquirer: Mrs. Rocks-Where
is the count, Gladys? Gladys-In papa's
study. l think they are discussing the
money question.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
LINES TO a LAUGH.

Chicago Tribune ~ don't think I am
really any cheaper than l used to be-" ar
gued the horse. 81 ann worth just as much
as | ever was. The bicycle has appreciated.
That's ALL"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Detroit Tribune: Yes answered the
savage woman, sadly. civilization has in
deed brought us woes. Rum? Yes, there's
rum. and then | never. until l became civ
ilized, knew what 1t was to keep a SKIRT
and shirt waist together behind" Her lips
trembled. Yet destiny was writ. and 1T
was vain to rcpine.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska,
Douglas County.

IWUgT T8 VWWWTV.
George II. Tzschuck. secretary Of The Zee Pub
lshing company. being duly sworn, saws that the
actual number ~ run and complete copies of the
Daily, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
1mLLnm lI. Lm..LL ~ Au-L.L l.IG. Mn. Is L.l-mM..
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10

Cincinnati Enquirer: You know Demos
themes used to fill his mouth with pebbles
to improve his oratory?"
"Of course. We have improved on that.
When. a man wants to improve his voice
nowadays he doesn't stop at the pebbles.
He uses both rock and rye"
New York Advertiser: Frcddy-Is betting
on horse races gambling. papa?
Fapa-No, my son; gambling is stalking
money on chance.
F~reddy-Isn't there any chance in horse
racing. papa?
Papa-No. Freddy: you either know or
don't know the understands all.