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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
Late Financial News.

The stock market opened rather quie,
and shade lower. The dealings are now
more animated and prices are trendine
upward. Sugar advanced I per cent. to
loi and improvements OF about y pei
cent are general in the Granger, Louis.
vile a Nashville, Manhattan and To-
bacco. Foreign cables America are
dull and slightly lower.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
Arrested For Enlightenment.

Boston, Jan. II. -Ailison Mason, presi
dent OF the Globe Investment Company
was arrested today charged with EN-
bezzling $500 from Mrs. Wright OF Am
herst. Moss., in 1873.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
MRS. VANDERBILT MARRIED.
The Ceremony Performed by Mayor Strong
This Morning.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-An evening paper
ays: Mrs. Alya Vanderbilt, the di-
vorced wife OF William *. Vanderbilt,
was married 10 Oliver Hazard Perry Bel
mont, by Mayor Strong. this morning.
The ceremony was performed at "a East
Seventysecond street, the residence OF the
bride. The ceremony was performed at
10 o'clock and only Miss Smith, Mrs. Van
derbilt's sister, and very few personal
friends were present. Almost immed lately
after the couple bad been married, they
left the house and it is understood started
for Marble. House, at Newport, r. |.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Ten Thousand Abyssinians Came TO Grief
in the Battle.

LONDON, Jan. ia special dispatch
received here from Rome states that 10, 600
Atyssinians were killed or wounded in
the attack made upon MaSaleon, Jan. s.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
COTTON.

Cotton futures opened easy; sales 1000
bales. Jonuary, 7.a2 hid; Februsry, 7.9S;
March, sos; April, So7; May. S.tl; June,
SIC; July, Sis; August, SIS; October,
$50 bid; November, las.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
A BAD BREAK.

Major William Mckinley of Canton,
O.. who is in some quarters reputed to
be candidate for the presidency of the
United States, said in speech few
DAYS ago to a. squad of his old regiment:
"As for me, l believe that it is great
deal better to open up the mills of the
United States to the labor of America
than to open up the minis of the United
States to the silver of the world.
In view of the majors agency through
the operation of his prohibitory tariff law
In colsing down the mills Of the United
States to the labor Of America, one would
suppose that he, of all men, except pos
sibly his boss, Mark Hanna, would be
most avsrse to any reference to the mat
ter No man can less afford to nave eX-
posed his fundamentally in and respon-
sibility for the industrial depression and
consequent woes to American labor dur
ing and following the life of the tariff law
that bore his name than can the little
Napoleon of the Buckeye state.
> That law was properly characterized
by the democratic national convention OF
1892 as 1.-THE eliminating atrocity OF class
legislation" and was so offensive to good
morals and so destructive of the indus
trial, commercial and manufacturing in
terests of the country that it has been
twice repudiated by an Overwhelming
majority of the'American people. 1t was
such a. miserable failure as an economic
measure except for reducing revenue,
bankrupting the national treasury and
destroying the prosperity of the people,
that the leaders of McKinley's own party
recognize it as the chief cause of repub-
lican disaster in 1890 and 1892 and openly
acknowledge it as such. But that meas
ure is what Mckinley stands for and
would have reinstated as the law of the
land If possible.
McKinleyism, coupled with its twin re-
publican infamy, the single gold stand
ard, which he now upholds, has been the
direct cause of more labor strikes and
lockouts, the shutting down of more mills
and factories, the closing of more banks,
more commercial failures and financial
disasters the cause of more poverty, dis
tress and misery among the people than
any and all other agencies of oppression
that have cursed the nation during Its
existence.
To these two besoms of destruction
Mckinley and his party are committed
and welded by their record and platform
pledges. Their only promise to the people
is for revival of McKinleyism and
continuance of the British gold stand
ard. How many mills have been opened
up to the labor of America, what pros
perity has blessed the efforts of the
American people under their influence
and operation, is best told by the weekly
reports of the commercial agencies,
which, during the past four years, have
shown a record of business failures and
disasters without a parallel in the coun-
try's history.
The time has passed when Mckinley
and his managers can deceive the people
with meaningless and false platitudes.
They want relief from McKinleyism and
all that the republican party and its can
didates represent in this contest, and
they will have 1t. s
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
OSCAR HUNDLEY IN NEW NoRK

Senator Oscar r. Hundley of Madison
Is now In New York, and has succeeded
in having himself interviewed by the
New York Advertiser.
AS will be seen from the interview pub
lished below, the state senator not only
reiterates his allegiance to Mckinley and
Hobart, but promises to take the stump
IN Alabama in their interest and make
the woods ring with republican praise.
The democratic party loses little by the
withdrawal from its ranks of Mr.. Humid
ley. While his people have seen fit to
honor him more than once as democrat,
it has been from other causes rather than
ability or merit, and his work, when filled
with wind and water, has never made
the world wabble, and when robbed of
these particular elements could not be
located with an X ray under the most
favorable circumstances.
There is an ingredient, however, that Is
or should be connected with every per-
son calling himself a man, whatever cir
cuitous route his life may take, and that
ingredient should at least be Of an Adam
ic nature-honor. Hence, II Mr.. Hundley
possesses a small degree of this ancient
manly honor, now that he has quit the
party that has honored him his first act,
which is also his first duty, will be to
surrender the Office which he holds back
to the party that gave it to him.
Mr.. Hundley has the same right guar
anteed to every American ctizen-reli-
gious and political ffeedom-but he has
not the right to ask to retain the respect
of honest men should he pursue any 9TH
er course than the one above described.
Should he tender his resignation as state
senator and his constituents refuse to ac-
cept it by a reelection 1t would be mete
and proper that he go back to the senate,
but he most certainly owes it to his man.
hood and to the people who have honored
him. now that he has changed his politi-
cal principles. to give them the oppor-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
REDEMPTION OF CHAMBERS
A Brief Sketch of the Hon. A. ]. Driver, Jr.,
Chairman of the County Execu-
tive Committee.
Lafayette. Aug. IA. 1896.

Lafayette Aug. IA. 1896.
To the State Herald:
Chambers democrats "did themselves
proud" at the polls on August 3.F'rom the
populite column, by a majority of 424 in
1884, they redeemed Chambers and re-
established her in the democratic house
hold in 1896 by majority of 1856 for john
ston, thus making a change of 1859 votes.
Every one of the rank and file and ev-
cry candidate is entitled to his just need
of praise; but to Allen J, Driver. Jr., the
gallant chairman of the county execu-
tive committee. more than to any other
individual is due the thanks, gratitude
and praise of the people of Alabama for
the splendid victory won by the demo-
cratic party in Chambers county on Au-
gust 3.
Allen J. Driver, or AL" as ne is famil-
iarly called by his friends, was born Sep
TENDER IL. 1853, in Lafayette, Ala, of
democratic parentage. His father, Mr..
James NJ. Driver, now deceased, was an
ardent democrat and party worker. "AP'
began to fight democracy's battles be-
fore he attained his majority, and has
given his time, talents and means un-
stintingly to her cause ever since.
He is possessed of keen political fore
sight. He comprehended the situation in
Chambers this year as perhaps no other
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

splendid victory now perched upon the
banners of his party demonstrates the
wisdom of those directions and plans.
The great central pillar on which the
fabric of his political character is reared
is earnestness-honest, unyielding earn
estness He stands forth, too, an ag-
gressively honest man. AS a citizen and
politician he speaks what he believes to
be true. He never temporizes. He Is an
earnest partisan. There are no neutral
tints in his politics. He believes in the
democratic party as embodying the true
principles of republican government. He
stands by its organization in defeat and
victory. He is faithful to his friends and
generous in his conduct towards political
enemies.
We of Chambers expect great things of
and for our young Ajax of democracy.
He is brainy enough, wise enough and
faithful enough to fill satisfactorily to
his constituents and with great honor to
himself any position to which ne may in
the future aspire. DEMOCRAT.
August 6, 1896.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

tunlty to either accept or reject his res
ignation.
Following is the interview:
el"Ainong the callers upon General Osf
borne was Senator Oscar Hundley, a
Sound money democrat, who now repre-
sents the Fourth Alabama district in the
state senate and is chairman of the ju-
dietary committee of that body. Sena-
tor Hundley has two years longer to
serve Practically he had four years ex-
perience in the house. When Senator
Hundley was asked to state briefly the
reasons for his action in changing par
ties this fall he said: I am for Mckinley
because / am in favor of the protection
of the credit of the government, the pro-
lection of our courts, against the attack
as threatened in the democratic plat
form and the protection. of the public
mails and our interstate commerce by
this government. | am also in favor OF
the proper protection of American labor
/ am for Mckinley and Hobart on prin-
ciple, and shall speak and labor for the
success of the ticket In Alabama
I'm reply to queries as to what he con-
sidered the probable result of the cleo
tons in Alabama Senator Hundley stated
that the movement for a Sound money
ticket is gaining a great impetus. Ii the
ticket ~ nominated, and we nave a 1alr
election, as we would be more likely TO
have with a second democratic ticket in
the field, 1 am strongly of the belief that
Alabama's electoral vote will be given
to Mckinley. You must not judge of the
situation on national issues by Johns toms
recently acquired majority. He received
the support of his party generally but
when 1t comes to the question of sound
money there are at least 10000 sound
money democrats in nay state who VIII
not support Bryan. The popullstS VIII
very largely support the republican tick
ct because they believe that they were
counted out and unfairly treated by the
democratic organization. In brief, then.
! believe that with a second ticket Ala
bama will go for Mckinley
1T has been noted in the southern press
that the friends of Senator Hundley are
DESTROYS of having him run for congress,
with the support of the republicans. the
sound money democrats and the popu-
lists. The senator has gained an envia-
bic reputation in his state as a forensic
orator. and if he should make the race
there is strong probability of his sue
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
FAvoRs FREE COINAGE.

AS they study the question they come
over. President Andrews of the Brown
university, who not long ago was quite
firm in the conviction that free coinage
would not do, has evidently been
studying the question Recently a
friend of his propounded five questions
to him. Following are the questions and
the answers:
Question /. Do you favor the free COIN
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to by the
United States without waiting for aid
from other nations?
Answer 1. do.
Question 2. Could the United States,
having adopted such free coinage, main
tain the practical parity of the gold and
the silver dollar?
Answer Q. believe so.
Question 3, Would not free coinage by
the United States alone lead to q COM
plete displacement of our gold? Why
not?
Answer 3. do not think so. People
would not hoard or export gold in
face of a movement certain to cheaper
gold. 1t seems to me rather likely that
the rehabilitation of silver by us would
be the occasion of setting free vast
amounts of gold now boarded for mill
tary and other purposes,
Question 4. Would not the effect OF the
recent increased production of gold as
compared to silver be counterbaianced
in the event of free coinage by the slim
illus thus given to silver mining and by
the influx of foreign silver?
Answer 4. This is partly answered uu-
der the last. Further, there would bs
no influx of foreign silver. Undoubted-
ly free coinage by us would increase the
total amount OF silver produced. but the
new silver could not be mined at so low
a marginal cost as at present prevails
The marginal cost would be on the con-
trary increased with the output. so that
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

A prominent business man of this city,
who has just returned from protracted
tour through the central west and west
ern states, brings highly encouraging re-
ports of democratic prospects in those
sections. He is convinced from personal
observation and information from relia-
BILE sources that Illinois, Indiana and
Iowa are sure for Bryan and Sewall,
while the wild and woody west is afire
with enthusiasm for free silver and the
democratic candidates. AS an illustra-
ton of the inroads democracy is making
upon the republican party. he relates
that he saw on the show case of a small
cigar stand in Salt Lake City paper
signed by several hundred lifelong re-
publicans pledging themselves, as former
republicans, to vote and work for Bryan
and Sewall and free silver. The people
out there seem to be of but one mind and
moved by one determination, and this
for financial freedom and democratic
success
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
THE SAME FALSE PROPHETS CON.
TINUE TO PROPHE SY.

The advocates of the British single gold
standard continue to inform the public
that free coinage law would put this
country on level financially and other
wise with Mexico. They proclaim that It
Will drive all the gold from our country.
They offer no proofs whatever to sustain
their bold assertions.
The same men asserted that IL the
Rland Allison bill should ever become a
law that it would drive gold from the
United States. The bill was passed and
became a law in spite of them, and at
once gold ceased to flow from the United
States and began to come to us from oth-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

all tendency from this source to lower
the gold price of silver would be mega
tived. The very prolific silver mines
now are very few.
Question 5. Would not the advantages
of free coinage be more than negatived
by the injury to our credit, thus causing
withdrawal of foreign capital?
Answer 5. Quite the reverse. After a
possible first shock our credit would inn
prove after free coinage. 1t is our pres
ent course which must speedily lower our
credit. How long could a man or firm
continue to have credit who borrowed
running expenses? Yet on a gold basis
this course is inevitable, and that Is at
this moment the reason why foreign
lenders are shy Of our securities. There
must be a change If we would avoid
bankruptcy. With free coinage every
industry would look up, and even II we
lost our gold our prosperity would invite
in English capital, just as Japan's pros
perity now causes it to rush there. New
err since slavery days has the press in the
parts of the country familiar to me dis
played such disregard for truth and such
stubborn obtuseness to the most obvious
considerations as it does at present on
the silver question. This means that
with representatives in New York, Phil
adelphia and Chicago, is determined
to continue the appreciation of gold, and
determined therefore that the facts snail
not be known. The bankers and the
press are almost entirely under its intiu-
ence I think the money question at the
present time the greatest question OF
civilization. Yours, with kindest re-
CARDS, EBEN ]. ANDREWS.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

The Columbiana Chronicle, strong
Clarke paper and an able advocate of
the sound money" theory, but neverthe
less a loyal democratic paper, has the
following to say in its last issue of the
boilers:
1.-The Chronicle has no sort of patience
With the sound money Independents.
They are boilers, nothing more nor less,
and their attempt to deny 1t Is not only
amusing, but absolutely absurd. If they
are patriots as they claim, then Kolb
was q saint, Kolb is as good a democrat
today as any one of them. If these pa
triots are not given a back seat in flu
ture II Will be no fault of ours. We are
for. party above policy, and boilers and
trimmers will never receive aid nor COM
fort from us. The Advertiser and it's
crowd of boilers are sowing to the wind,
and If they don't reap cyclone we miss
cur guess or else we misjudge the tenn
per of the democrats of Alabama"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

We were told in 1898 that the repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act would restore confidence and bring
back prosperity. The same men who
made this false prediction are now pre-
dieting untold disasters should we return
to free coinage. We cannot be deceived
acknowledgements Johnston in New
York Journal
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

"The Advertiser is advocating the
same principles 1t has always DONE"
The Mckinley organ makes the above
statement in its issue of Saturday. How
a paper can have so little regard for the
record it has made is hard to under
stand. Only three years ago the Adver-
tiser was the avowed advocate of free
coinage, and said editorially that 1t re-
GREETED that Mr.. Cleveland was not in
line with his party on that question.
Ever since it has been a paper until its
recent bolt the Advertiser maintained
that the minority should submit to the
majority. What respect can a newspa-
per that shows such utter disregard for
the truth of history. and of its own his
tory, If you please, as the Advertiser
does expect to command among honest,
honorable people?
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

If the Hon. Grover Cleveland will take
today off from his pscatorial sports, di-
vest himself of his insane egotism and
industriously study Mr.. Bryan's great
Madison Square garden speech he will
acquire more substantial, practical
knowledge of the financial question be-
fore shutdown than he has ever hereto
fore possessed.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
shades of Greatness!

Decatur News.
Our local express employees ought to
feel highly complimented. Some one said
the other day that John Ham bore a
striking resemblance to Candidate Sew
all; another man said since John Booker
turned out his burnsides he mistook him
for Chauncey Depew, and still another
one has likened John Long to Tom Wat
son, and Jonas, the sable truck shower,
is said to be the picture of Tillman OF
South Carolina
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

We want money that will command
this year and next and for years to come
the same amount of labor and property.
There is not gold standard country in
the world where the great producing
classes have enjoyed any substantial
prosperity for the last twenty years;
not one where the agricultural or manu-
featuring or laboring classes are not
-c!amoring for ief.-Governor-elect
Johnston in New York Journal.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

Every department of our government
is the creature of the people, subject to
their criticism and existing only by their
sufferance and no clamor from the ben
eficiaries of unwise laws or unfair decis-
ions will divert honest men from correct
ing existing evils. We ask no favors
from our own creatures, but are deter
mined that they shall conform to the
great doctrines established by our ia
.thers.-Governor- elect Johnston in New
York Journal
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
ATJAcKsoN's HALL-AT LAKEvIEw

ATJACKSON'S HAIL-AT I,AKEVIEW.
In the Age-Herald of Saturday, June
8, 1892, at meeting of the democrats OF
Birmingham, called together for the pur-
pose of organizing a democratic CLUB,
appears the following:
about 200 of the unterrified democracy
assembled in Jacksons hall, South
Twentieth street.
"The object of the meeting, as stated
there and in call previously made, was
for the purpose of effecting and perfect
ing the organization of a democratic
club for holding the democracy of the
county together and to defeat any move
of a BOLTING tendency. This is tersely
what they met for.
1.-THE committee on organization retir-
ed and submitted the following names
as permanent officers of the club: COL.
FRED S. FERGUSON, president" etc.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

A syndicate of millionaires, headed by
Mark Hanna, are preparing to expend
hundreds of thousands OF dollars In the
approaching campaign for what pur-
pose? To help the laboring men and
keep the farmers from bankrupting.
Patriotic are they, indeed.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

The solcitude that the employers of
labor are now showing for fear that they
can buy it for less money commands our
profound on.-Governor-elect
Johnston in New York Journal.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

We want to preserve the parity be-
tween labor on the one hand and money
on the other; between property and
money; between toll and sacrifice and
surrender and money.-Governor-e elect
Johnston in New York Journal
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
To Be Deplored.

Roanoke Leader.
1t is unfortunate that Parson Adams
was so badly hurt by the democratic cy-
clone last week as to be unable to offici-
ate at the funeral of the third party In
Ribb
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

Ex-Governor Jones revised his Lake
view speech and published it in the Nc
Kinley organ yesterday.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

The supporters of Mr.. Bryan were de-
lighted with his acceptance speech. No
.:ne suspected that he would please his
opponents.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

If you want to get an idea about how
the people are in Alabama read the clip
pings from the Alabama press in this is
sue of the State Herald.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

The Alabama state press, with only a
very few Insignificant exceptions is solid
for Bryan and Sewall.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

The Mckinley organ at Montgomery is
respectfully requested to publish list
of the old guard in Alabama about now.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

Republican Aid societies are not
springing up very rapidly IN Alabama.