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Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

There is not Il great deal of encourage
mcnt for the free silver cause in the
United States in the statement of condi-
tons in Mexico obtained from President
Diaz by the correspondent of Il New
York paper. 1t is important to remem-
Der. in considering what the Mexican
president says, that his country has the
single silver standard and in order to
have like conditions here we must have
that standard. But the Bryan party pro-
fesseS that it's policy would giva the
United States bimetallism-the concur
rent use of both gold and silver ut n
parity-in which case there could not be
the same state of things as President
Diaz says exists in Mexico.
1t appears that the appreciation in the
price of gold and the increase in eX-
change between Mexico and the gold
standard countries operated to rcduce
im]portations and stimulate home manu-
features. the added price of exchange
being in effect an addition to the tariff.
Some of our free silver men have urged
their policy on the ground that it would
llIlN itHNiil b'l's " nv - lh'
t~cctionists. while MI. Bryan and most of
his followers are opposed to protection.
Besides. IL silver standard could not
operate in this respect here as in Mexico
so long rs wages in this country remain
as high as nOw. In order to realize what
our sister republic has it would be necesa
sary to largely reduce the price of labor
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down to the Mexican rate. President
Diaz Il V that the appreciation of gold
has stimulated exports, the explanation
Of which is that as the Mexican dollar
declines in value relatively to gold the
money of gold standard countries
will buy more of them. AS the New
York Journal of Commerce points out,
with Il given amount of his money
the resident of Il gold standard country
can buy more Mexican dollars and more
Mexican products if the price in Next
can dollars remain unchanged or rises
less than gold does. This is the same
rs to say that the Mexican price, I'M
changed. or rising little, has declined in
gold. If we will reduce our prices
WI also can export more But
that is not what III producers want.
They desire higher prices and there is
nothing in the experience of silver stand
ard Mexico to show that they would get
higher prices if the United States should
adopt that standard.
President Diaz states in regard to
wage and the condition of labOring men
that they compare favorably with those
in other countries. With all Difference
to this distinguished testimony, it is to
be said that it does not agree with much
other testimony that is worthy OF con
tidence. 1t is not questioned that foreign
capital is being invested in Mexico, the
low rate of wages affording Il good mar
gin for profit, but this is not an argu-
ment that will avail with American
labor. There is one very suggestive and
significant fact stated by President Diaz:
''The foreign debt of the country is pay
able in gold" The popocratic party pro-
poses to pay all debts, public and
private, in silver.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

talks. These millionaire mine owners
are looking out for their own interests
and are entirely Indifferent to the in
tercSts of others.
-Four years ago the wage arner made
the grave mistake of placing the demo
cratic party in control of the govern
mcnt. They have paid most dearly for
that error. Now they are asked to sup
port a policy of currency dcbascment-
to vote themselves dollars of less pur-
chasing power than they o receive,
with accompanying consequences disas-
trouS to their welfare. 1t is almost in
conceivable that they can be persuaded
to take 50 suicidal Il course.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
T9E RdTTLE Oy. wEBR4SEA.

For the first time since it's admission
Into the union. Nebraska has become one
Of the pivotal states in the national con-
test FOR the presidency. The fact that
the candidate who has received the en-
dorscmcnt Of I've great political parties
halls from Nebraska has ccntcrcd an
interest in the battle of Nebraska far
beyond the Importance Of its vote in the
electoral college and forced the fighting
almost exclusively upon national lines.
While public interest will continue to
revolvc about the contest for the pres
idency, the people of this state must
not lose sight Of the fact that Nebraska
has six congressman and a full state
ticket to elect in November. 1t is just
as important that men who favor pro-
lection. reciprocity and sound money he
elected to congress from Nebraska as it
is that NebraSka's electoral vote he cast
for Mckinley and Hobart. 1t is equally
important that republican supremacy
shall be maintained in our state govern
ment as that republican supremacy
shall be restored in the national govern
ment.
We do not eXaggerate when we assert
that the triumph CT the republican cause
in Nebraska us represented by national,
congressional and state tickets would do
more toward re-establishing confidence
in Nebraska's future and restoring pros
pcrity to Nebraska's industries than
anything that could possibly happen.
The eyes of the whole nation are upon
Nebraska this year and Nebraska never
had such Il chance to leap to the front
mt a single bound. Let it once be
known that Nebraska has repudiated
reputation and cast its lot with the
states that stand for stability and in
tegrity in national affairs and capital
and population will flow into this state,
infusing hope and new life into every
branch of productive industry.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
DOCTOREp NEWS,
Chairman Jones' Tender of "Freight'
Respectfully Declined.

Davenport Ua.) Democrat.
The Democrat is daily in receipt of let
tiers, circulars, speeches, and other forms of
fictitious literature from a so-called ma
tional democratic committee in Chicago.
The is given on the letter heads
that the chairman of the committee is James
X. Jones, and the treasurer William p. st.
John. The representative of Jones has fallen
into a very accommodating frame of mind.
He is not only willing, but anxious, to work
without pay, and to keep at it until Novem-
Der. He says, does this fellow who is run
ming the manufacturing end of the Jones
machine:
You cannot depend upon the Associated
or the United press for the daily current
news of the campaign. My plan is to wire
you every afternoon matters of general in
terest. State how much | shall telegraph
you"
The Democrat cannot be used that way.
1t does not altogether discredit either the
Associated or the United press, because those
news agercies have established regulations
Tor truth and fairness. 1t is their business
to report political matters just the same as
they handle other events, and that Is from
the standpoint of impartiality. If they at
tempt to doctor their accounts they can
be quickly be called upon for explanation.
or somebody's head falls into the basket.
How is it with the Jones Manufacturing
company? On the face of the proposition
made this partisan concern seeks to impose
upon the press. 1t deals in Just one article
and that is the booming Of Bryan. To that
end it is ready to crowd the wires with
verbal stun which has no news in it. 1t
proposes to color all the matter it can get
an INSCRIPTIONS press to print. Its only OBJ
Ject Is to misrepresent and in that way to
deceive the reader. The Jones Manufacture
ing company may be able to impose upon a
few papers, but it cannot fool their readers.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

New YORK sun,
Senator Allen of Nebraska, chairman of
the populist convention which nominated
another Nebraska populist for president, is
making free silver speeches of the broad
and general character which distinguishes
those of his candidate. AT Sioux Falls,
S. D., on Labor day, Mr.. Allen claimed that
all railroads were intimidating their EN-
ployes. and characterized the alleged in
timidators as dirty whelps.'" He was
very bitter in his denunciation Of the east
ern gold men" This sounds familiar, and
1t is hard to say whether Mr.. Allen got
it from Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Bryan borrows
from Mr.. Allen. What doesn't sound ia
miliar is the assertion in the dispatch
from Sioux Falls that Mr.. Allen made "a
three hours speech" 1t is difficult to
believe that he would submit to such com
preston. Probably "a three days speech"
is meant.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

A noteworthy feature of the demo
cratic primaries was h absence of
sound money men. The whole business
was turned over to he silver contin-
gent. Sound money democrats in this city
do not hesitate to say they would prefer
to be claSsed with republicans than to
be considered Il part of the free silver
party, which they hold is simply n pop
ulist organization. The fact that silver
men of all parties have fused on the
county ticket is only another evidence
of the new alignment that is going on.
These party organizations are sailing
under five different designations, but, as
a matter of fact, there are but two great
partieS-demo-pops and republicans.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

PartysePqventions are about to select
men for assessors in the wards and
precincts for Douglas county. What
The Bcdnas said in former campaigns
on this subject is applicable with in
creased FORGE today. Is there no way
in which property owners can be en-
listed in, concerted effort to prevent
orn.ou party hacks and irresponsible
moi from securing nominations TO these
important places? Is it true that good
men would, if elected, raise the total
valuation Of ward property and for
this reason are not wanted? The asses
sors' books of this county show Unequal
tiles and injustice of the rankest kind.
If the property owners of this city
could see examples of the work done
they would certainly take Il lively in
tcrcst in the subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
Shaving the Pensions.
Philadelphia Record Cdem.).

InITdVeITIIIu IktCOTU IUcTHJ,
In his letter Of acceptance Mr.. Bryan says:
mo nation can afford to be unjust to it's
defenders" Why, then. does he propose to
cut down the purchasing power of soldiers
pensions one-half by paying them a 53-cent
dollar? In his speech in st. Louis on Satur-
day Mr.. Bryan said; when you raise the
price OF gold in a gold standard country you
lower the prices of all the products which
are measured by money" He therefore pro-
poses to raise the prices of all products by
lowering the standard of money. He would
thus cut down the purchasing power of the
soldiers pension one-half according to his
own doctrine; and this he calls justice to the
nations defenders.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
POLITICAL MARyELS,
Unprecedented Condition of the DEM
Ocratic Party.
Detroit Free Press (dcm.)

Detroit Free Press mcm)
Never in the days of party concord and
consistency did the nominee of a demo-
cratic national convention have to defend
the genuineness and regularity of the gath
ering that placed him on the ticket as VIII
liam J. Bryan did at Louisville on Monday.
Never before did a democratic nominee
for president feel compelled to defend a
democratic platform against the charge
that it approved of anarchy.
Never before was a democratic nominee
rebuked by an attorney general of his own
political faith for p%roclaimlng a doctrine
more dangerous than the doctrine of seces-
sion.
Never before were a democratic presi-
dent and cabinet impelled to repudiate the
candidate and pronounce against the plat
form presented by a convention assembled
in the name OF democracy.
Never before were strong leaders of the
democratic party forced to assist in chast-
ening their own political organization, to
lift up their voices against it or keep
silence in sorrow ard humiliation.
Never before was a democratic candidate
for president declared 10 be a good enough
populist for the populists to proclaim as
their leader, as an ideal exponent of their
mlschievous conception of government.
Never before was a democratic candidate
for vice president pursued through a cam
paign by a puffed-up and garrulous popu-
list, trying to tongue-lash him OFF the
ticket.
Never before did a million democratic
voters and two hundred influential demo-
cratic papers derive satisfaction from the
report OF a great republican plurality in
Maine.
But once before did a large portion OF the
democratic party feel that their country's
honor made a parting of the ways for the
time being a regretful alternative. even as
now honest money democrats believe that
devotion to their country's integrity and
their party's good name calls upon them to
defeat free silver and the threat against
the judiciary, civil service and federal au-
thority.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
SCHURZ WAS THEIR Il,
Views of n senator Who Participated
In the Alleged Crime.

carl Schurz in Chicago.
But / hear myself asked, If this is SO. why
was this act of 1873 passed secretly, sur
reptitiOusly, stealthily? For silver orators
have been perslstently dining into the pop
ular ear for many years, until millions be
lieyed 1T, the story that the silver dollar
was "asSassinated" through the law of 1873
by some dark. corrupt plot. This fable has
been so often and so authoritatiyely dis
proved that | am unwilling to take 1t up
again in detail. Senator Sherman did that
recently in a most conclusive manner. !
will only add that | was a member of the
senate at the time and know whereof |
affirm; and | emphatically pronounce all the
stories about the act of 1873 being passed
surreptitiously; about senators and mem
bers being somehow hypnotized, so that
they did not know what they were doing;
about some Englishman being on the
ground with much money to promote the
decentralization of silver, and so on, as
wholly and unqualitiedly false. ] wish to be
scrupulously courteous to my opponents.
But as a conscientious student Of cOntem-
poraneOus history | am bound to say that
in the forty years during which | have been
an attentive observer of public affairs
have never Witnessed nor heard OF such
INSCRIPTIONS shameless, persistent. auda-
Cious, cumulative, gigantic lying as has
been and is now done with regard to the
act of 1873, its origin, its nature, and its
consequences.
! uHh ~ happen 'hHH ~ "N' Va %" NN
not attract more popular attention at the
time? Simply because the dropping Of the
obsolete silver dollar from the coinage was
regarded by everybody taking an interest
in such matters as the mere recording of
an accomplished fact, as a matter of course,
just as much so as a law would have been
providing that the old fintlock 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 mar
ket value Of silver. although already yield
ing, was still high. The silver in the silver
dollar was worth S1.O2. The silver mine
owners did not care to take $1.02 TO the mint
and get only 81 back for it. He was then
enthusiastic for gold. But a few years later
silver had declined In market value consid-
erably, and when the silver miner might
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

UDUINTIIt 'VUTItT-JOuTnaI I1emD.
If, as Bryan claims, the silver senti-
ment is growing every day, why is it that
bar silver went down to 60 cents an ounce
Saturday? This, we believe, Is the lowest
point touched for several months, and is in
striking contrast to the 7OA cents demanded
at the time the Boy Orator gave his cele-
brated reading in Madison Square Garden.
Mexican dollars, of which silverites pretend
to be so f9ad that Senator Butler wanted to
make themAlegal tenders here, are quoted
at sos cents and the bullion value of our
own doilars- is exactly 50.3 cents. On the
other hand governments" were high and
steady all the week. closing firm In spite
OF the recent mathematical feats in Ar
kansas. Z "
The further we get from free silver the
better we all fell, and this is clearly re
Elected in the commercial as we'll as the
financial World
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
THE THREE GU1RDSMEN.

The councilmanic combine which seeks
to dominate not only our city, but also
our county affairs. strikingly recalls that
famous play, ''The Three GuardSmen."
The motto of the Royal Guard in that
piece is, Zone for all and all for one"
This also seems to be the motto of the
council combine.
Nc matter what any one of the com
bine sets his heart on he is sure of the
support of every man in the ring. Coun-
Gilman Wheeler wants to be state SEN
ator, as well as retain his place in the
council-therefore all the frogs in the
puddle have joined in n chorus for the
eX-watchdog.
Councilman Allan also wants Il double
salary with the privilege of rendering
himself useful to his political makers,
and the combine shouts for Allan and
works for Allan. 1t is as perfectly nat
ural for Councilman Cadet Taylor to be
for Wheeler rs 1t is for water to run
down hill. The two watchdogs are
barking the same bark and pulling in
the same traces. When we come to
nominating cOuncilmen, the Fourth ward
watchdog will be for the Eighth ward
watchdog, and both will be for Hascall
and Kennard, just as Kennard and
Hascall are for Wheeler and Allan for
the Legislature.
zone for all and all for one" The
Notable feature of this combination is
the dragooning of city hall employees
lnto the legislative contest, in which
which they have no direct concern. Such
Il course is bound to demoralize the
municipal service, which is already suf-
fering from political manipulation, But
the play of 'The Three Guardsmen,"
with zone for all and all for one" will
be kept up until the curtain is rung
,lnVun
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

have taken 90 cents worth OF silver to the
mint and got for it 81 he was enthusiastic for
silver, and he grew more and more enthu-
siasttc the more silver declined in the mar
ket, and the more profit free coinage would
nave given him. The silver mine owner Is
no doubt a great and good man. but he is
not the most disinterested OF philanthro-
pists. He knows on which side his bread
Is buttered. Finding the act of 1873 in his
way, he discovered that act to have been a
heinous crime, not against the mining mil
lionatres, but against the common people,
Another class of persons Joined in the cry,
namely-those who had worked for an intia-
ton of our irredeemable paper money, who
had opposed the resumption Of specie pay
ments. and now favored the silver dollS%
because the silver In 1t was worth In the
market less than a gold dollar. and its coin
age would therefore furnish what they
called cheap money And then began
that campaign Of falsehood which in shame
lessness Of imposture has. within my knowl-
edge, never had it's equal.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

Southwestern Iowa is the fruit or
chard of the central west. This fact is
well established i'll trade circles, but
it is not Il matter of general informal
ton. 1t is the purpose of the managers
of the Glenwood apple carnival now
being held to advertise the fruit prod
ucts of that section to the world and
there is no doubt they will succeed.
The Glenwood carnival will attract
widespread interest in the apple or
chards of Mills county. BY means of
this exhibit the outside world will
be appriSpd of the great extent to which
fruit culture has progressed in that
favored spot. No better advertisement
could have been devised. 1t pays to
advertise Il good thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

When stock shippers take their ship
ments to Kansas City in hope of Sc
curing better prices than can be had at
the South Omaha market they inyaria-
bly, get left. Once in a while this
fact is exempIihed to the satisfaction
of the South Omaha people and to the
shipper, who as Il rule pays dearly for
his experience. 1t stands to eason
that this is the superior market for
the vast herds of cattle fed in this
state and in the vast grazing region
to the northwest. Otherwise the great
live stock interest could not have been
built up here.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
BRYAN IN KENTUCKY.
His Measure Taken and His Asser-
tfDns Ventilated.
L%ouIs1Be Courler.JouTnal (dem.(.

iSoulSNipNA b1h ltI-JOuIHdl tueln.Ds
1t is perfectly evident that Mr.. Bryan
is shrewd Enough TO recognize that the
free silver theory on which he seeks the
presidency cannot be intelligently and
successfully argued. and that he has,
therefore, undertaken to win the election
by infaming the disconnected and the un-
fortunate, the shiftiess and the reckless into
rebellion against the established order, hop
ing to arouse them to vote for a change
because their condition today is not as good
as 1t ought to be and will be when free
silyerism Is beaten, even though he knows
that the change which he urges them to
make would make the condition OF all the
people infinitely worse than it is or even
has been.
The spectacle is a humiliating and dis
graceful one, and, il the American people
were not an intelligent, honest and patriotic
people. II would be a dangerous one. AS
1t is we are eonident-and we believe most
OF our readers. since they have heard this
man face to face are confdent-that no such
adyenturer can be elected president Of the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

With the reeent experience with in
competent and d|isreputable Justices of
the peace which the people OF this
county had had il would seem that party
conventions ought to exercise some care
in the selection of men for these really
important places. Otherwise these poor
mems tribunals will earn and merit
the contempt of all honest citizens. The
county ticket is not large this fall and
1t Is certainly within the power of con
yentions to pick good men for these
places. Turn down the ward politicians.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
son DE BIG MAIN TRACK"
WritIen for Thn Bee

Written for The Bee.
o, election time am comm
An de leabs am turnin' brown,
An de co'n' begin to ripen
An de worl' am turnin' 'roun'
Jes as if yo'd creased de axle,
An had stahted 1t to spin:
Fo' my hawt am runnin' easy
Cawse Mckinlcy's gwine to win.
Q, dcy haint no use oh talkin'
Fo' Use tellin' yo' n fac
Dat Mckinley is a-runnin'
On de big main track.
When a niegah stahts to tell yo'
OBJ sumthin' lat he know,
Go' may bet yo' dollah on it
Dat he's tellin' what is so.
Dey cain talk oh deyr free silver
An de crime oh sempty-three,
But Mckinley am a fellah
Dat am good enuf TO me.
An | want yo' all to know it
Dat I'm tellin' yo' n fac
Fo' he's gwine straight to glory
on de big main track.
HENRY BYRON ALLEN
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18
POINTED REMARKS y.

Boston Globe: ~ say, do YOU think that
Virgins Is a man to be trustcd,y,
wfiirbHsi m1 uG Yes; rather, wv My viz rS l dnytb d,m
of value, l mean!'
Detroit Free Press: what do you re-
gard as the most reliable weather report,
profcssor?" y
Thunder
Philadelphia Record: The secdless grapes
announced in Oregon will be popular with
appendicitizcns.
Chicago Record: That young widow
next door has bought a bicycle"
isn't that n trihe odd?'
mo; she says she had to have 1T so she
could carry flowers to the cemetery"
Somervillc Journal: A true gentleman Is
a man who has not been Invited to Il lawn
party given by his ncighbor across the
way, and who. nevertheless, doesn't hope
that 1t will rain.
Chicago Tribune: walter" sharply
spoke the guest, II ordered Roquefort and
you have brought me Swiss. You. ought to
N "Yss ."p Sir" moi rc iSiIS '"f the e"' imperturbable
waiter. making the desired change and
S,apping down, a larger check, that alters
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The master OF
the house-You see it's simple enough TO
build a fire in this range If you know how.
! suppose it's all strange. to you, however:
in that way. "And how were you raised?".
l used too much coal oil, sir"
Washington Star: Il wonder why so ,
many telephone operators are womcn?"
said the nan who cultivates an idle Gu
riosity.
q don't know replied the misanthrope,
unless It's because the occupation puts
them in a position to have the last word
every time
INDIANAPOLIS Journal: Watts-You seem
to be under a sort of nervous strain here
of late. It is beginning to tell on you.
P~otts-That is just it-ncrvous strain. I
am trying to taper off ON talking politics.
l have got it down to about an hour a day
now. but it is mighty hard work, mighty
hard.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

MacColl. the republican candidate for
governor. is campaigning up in the
Sixth district, and it is safe to make
a mark on the wall that he is winning
votes for the state ticket wherever he
puts in an appearance among the
DeoDlp.