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NEW HUDSON BRIDGE.
Contract for an Expenditure of
$25,OOO,OOO Let.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1-Secretary
Swan, of the New York & New Jersey
Bridge Co., said today: 1.-THE New York
& New Jersey Bridge construction
companies have today made contract
with the Union Bridge Co, of this city,
for the building of bridge over the
Hudson river, at a cost not to exceed
SEE, 0003000." Mr. Swan added that con-
struction bonds covering the cost or
the bridge, its approaches and stations,
will soon be offered to investors.
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est, S2Ac; lowest, size; closing today size:
closing yesterday, SEE.
On Track-No. l hard, S2a4c; No. Il north
ern, size; No. 2 northern, soc; flax seed, 73c.
Curb on May wheat S23sc. Puts on May
wheat, S1ssc. Calls on May wheat. S31h@SSssc.
CAMpr n GAZING
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PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.

Note-The quotations which follow are for
goods which change hands in lots in the open
market In filling orders in order to secure
best goods for shipping and to cover cost in
CURED an advance over jobbing prices has
to be charged.
Butter.Market firm on creameries; diaries
in good demand.
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LIVE STOCK.

Receipts-2,1OO hogs, 200 cattle, 5 calves, 27
sheep.
HOGS-The market opened brisk, with ZOO
head on sale and good demand. Eastern
markets were weak, but prices here held
steady. Later arrivals sold at 5910c lower, in
sympathy with 10@i5c decline at Chicago
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-02
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
Northern

Other Grains-No. 9 corn, 8 cars; No. 4 corn,
rs NO. - rs;oc t aap Oars
no grade fax, l car.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat, No. 1 northern,
% cars; No. 2 northern, cars; rejected, 2
cars; no grade, l car; No. oats, IS cars; re-
jected fax, cars.
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Cash quotations were as follows:' No.
spring wheat. SO34c; No. spring wheat, 1914
oslo; No. red, 9OA@91Ac; No. 2 corn, %
b.. 22G23Ac: No. 8 white, f. o. b., 18@21Ac;
No. 2 rye, Ale; No. 2 barley, none; No. g. f.
0. b.. 25@37c; No. 4, f. o. b., 24Q27c;, No /
fax seed, 751a@7Sc; prime timothy seed, $2.55;
lbs, $3SOQ3.S5; short ribs sides Qoose), So. Is
"a; dry sailed shoulders (boxed) 4Mq412c;
short clear sides (boxed), 4@41sc. Whisky
Sugars, cut loaf 1925; graduated, s4.63 Re-
ceipts-Flour, 5000 bbls; wheat, 1900 bu;
corn, $4,000 blu; oats, 10000 bu; rye, 5000
blu; barley $4,000 Blu. Shipments-Flour,
oats, 1,1S3,OOO blu; barley, 10000 bu. On the
produce exchange today the butter market
was creamery, 15@221Rc; diaries. 10Ql9c
Cheese steady, S12@S34c. Eggs, fresh, 22c.
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Following were the closing quotations of
Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-02

mand, but fat cattle, stockers and feeders
are especially badly wanted. Strong prices
were paid all around.
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E Ex-interest.
MINING Stokes.
TALK OF THE STREET.

1t will be a year this week that President
Cleveland came out with his celebrated VEN
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The Peoples Wants

Are advertised in the Sunday Clio e
Read them.
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AOldiS ~ ,0UJ,zJl 81 ,nc ,boJ
The following table gives the receipts of
wheat at the four principal winter wheat
markets from the beginning of the crop
movement July 1, 1896, to date, and for the
same time a year ago:
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
CROP MOVEMENT.

(Market Record.)
The following table gives the receipts of
wheat at the four principal spring wheat
markets rom the beginning of the crop year,
Aug. l, 1896, to date, and for the same time
a year ago:
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MILWAUKEE,

MILWAUKEE. Wis. Dec. Flour firm
and higher. Wheat lower; No. spring, 81
QS5c; No. northern, S51zc; May, 831a Corn
very. dull; No. 8, 22@24c oats quiet and
steady; No. white, 2O@211kc; No. white,
lsq2OAc. Barley dull and weak; No. 2, 35c;
Provisions lower.
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WHEAT RANGE

The following the rance Of prices today:
Wheat-May--Opening, S3bc; highest, 1880;
lowest, 822sc; closing today, S2asc; closing yes
terday. SS1zc. December-opening, &c; high
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cash. 91Q92c; No. 2 hard, cash, soc bid
December, 915sc bid; May, 933s@9315c bid
Corn-No. cash. 21hc; December, 21ssc;
May, 24$sc bid. Oats-No. cash, 19c bid
Pork-Jobbing, $z15@7. 40. Lard-Steam
$50. Lead dull; 2.771A@2 .S21a. Spelter,
$4.05 asked.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02

tian guarantee that the changes be car
fi.d out.
Meanwhile there has been no cessation
In the work of exter,ninating Christuins
IN various parts OF the empire, not only
in remote regions, but in great cities
like Trezibond and Constantinople And
We are tod to believe the preposterous
tale that the Armen.nns themselves, even
in their enemies capital, dcsignedly pro-
voked their own humiliation to aid them
IN their schemes OF revolution.
The important foreign events of the
year, aside from wars and rumors Of
wars. have been the rejection of the
ant-revolution hill by the German rcichs.
tag; the overthrow of Lord Roscberry' s
liberal ministry In England md the re
turn to power of Lord Salisbury, the
tory leader; the resignation of President
Casimir-rerer of France aud the in
stnllation of his successor. Felix Faure.
and cabinet crisis In France Hungary,
Austria, Greece, Spain and Turkey.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02
DOMESTIC Politics.

The currency was the all.important
question with which the statesmen at
Washington were called upon to deal this
yenr. Secretary Carl'sle's bill met it's
death in the house on January o. A
second bill prepared by the administra-
ton. and republican measure formu-
lated by ex-Spcaker Reed, shared n sim
liar fate February 7. The presidents
proposition TO issue bonds in small de-
nominations for replenshing the gold re-
serve not being fayorabiy acted upon,
he determined to proceed upon his own
responsibility to meet the emergency
The result was the contract with Pier
pont Morgan gold syndicate. The tinan-
ciers performed their part of the bargain,
but the crippled gold reserve still exists,
to plague republican congress
The return of good times has wrought
one important political change: Populist
agitation has subsidized: the full strength
of the movement for the free coinage Of
silver has been measured and repeated
defeats in State conventions and cleo
tions proved it to be waning as politi.
ral force by holding the balance ii may
be still strong enough to prevent any
currency legislation this winter. cspc-
cialy if party lines are drawn in con-
gress on proposcN measures for relief,
but their prospects of carrying any bill
for the free coinage Of silver at the JIG
to | ratio seem to have vanished
Almost the only important thing nc
comrlished by congress this year was the
nppo ntmcnt Of commission which In.
spected the Nicaragua canal project, and
which submitted its report last month.
1t dorhled the estimate of the cost of
the work as made hv the canal comnanv
and asked for an approximation Of several
hundred thorsqnd dollars for n more
accurate survey before they are willing
to report that the scheme Is feasible.
One political evert Of the year too i'm
rortant to hc overlooked in this review
but which affects the INST rather than
the future was thc publication Of Sen.
ator John Sherman's "Recolnctions,"
csnociNllv Of ,hose charters which deal
with the writer's asnirptiors for the
nrcsilercv His reflections unon rcnuh-
licor lcadcrs 10Th living and dead pro
vored hca'oA controversy, the echoes Of
which we still hear
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02
CLERGYMEN's PERMITS.
Something About Rules Applicable
to the Man of God.
Fort Worth. Tex. Dec. 81

Fort Worth. Tex. Dec. 81.
The Rock Island has issued the fol-
lowing instructions to conductors and
agents
This company will not issue the Gus
tomary form OF clergy permits for
1896. but viii adopt the credential is-
sued by Mr.. Ii. ID. Caldwell chairman
estern Passenger association. WHEN
credentials In proper form are present.
ed, properly filled out. stamped and
signed. you may honor half tickets In
connection Herewith for passage of
adults under same restrictions as here
tofore, noting that in addition TO tick
cts to local points such permits Will
also be good In connection With
through tickets on the b. C. T. &
& N, NJ. st. L.. r. I. Il p. anG G.
r. /. & T. railways. Care should
be taken that number written on lex
ct corresponds with that on credertial.
II in any doubt as to holder require
Identification as per eighth claus. on
back OF credential.
From stations where no tickets are
on sale you viii collect halt rates rom
the holders OF such credentials. teing
particular In all cases to note IN your
report the number of the permit heid
by the person for whom cash fare was
collected.
You must be particular In all Eases
where parties call for clergy tickets to
require them to show their credentials,
Observe that same In properly file out.
stamped and signed before issuing
tickets.
The same regulations in regard to
handling clergy business viii remain
IN force viz; That on presentation
OF proper credentials. clergymer VIII
be sold half tickets to points Oh our
own line or points on the Il. c. Z. d
N. NJ. a. st. L., II. |. e. j. ard q.
r. /. g. It. railways, such tickes TO
be marked CLERGY" with the number
of the credential.
The joint form of credential docs not
authorize you to sell clergy tickds 10
points on any lines. other than those
named above. except that through tiak-
cts may be sold to Utah and Hcihc
coast points; but in such case' you
should sell whole tickets. markinf con-
tract ard each coupon CLERGY" limit
ing them to thirty days, and using
half the regular thirty-day rae, as
per circulars 2552 and 1924. Exception:
Clergy credentials will not be IGNORED
locally between Chicago and Bhe Is
land or intermediate points. md IN
no case should clergy tickets ff sold
for less thin 5 certs.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02
lie Revival of Patriotic National Spirit Charac-
teristic of the Past Twelvemonth in
This Country.

a settlement. The Japanese claimed the
right to search American ships ON the
l.gn seas--a right always deuied 10y this
government and which was the direct
cause of the war of lSl2.
This government itself might have
been defendant In two International
affairs growing out of two separate riots
In the United States ON March IL, had
the nggrieved powers chosen to take
up the matters. Perhaps they were de-
tered by the poor success of Italy in a
previous and similar misunderstanding
with this country in obtain ng satisfac.
ton. On the date Intentional a mob of
killing several negro laborers, fired upon
British ship. On the same day n
wagon filed with Italian prisoners at
Wolsonburg, Colo, fell into an ambus.
cade in which the driver and four of
the foreign subjects were killed
All Of these sources of irritation COM
bined, however, have not caused so much
trouble ms has the Cuban rebellion Both
the United States and Spain have their
own grevnnces-the former being inter
ference with American shipping in
Cuban waters aud the latter complaining
of our alleged lnXity in the enforcement
of neutrality laws. Over and above all
is the undeniable sympathy of the Ameri-
can people with the insurgent cause, en-
lhcSS'u II iDurc HlettiHES, III ntlbNSttTllp
expeditions and in the almost universal
desire that some sort of recognition be
accorded by our government to the rebel
cause Then. the cd controversy over
the Mora claim, which had its birth in
the last Cuban war. served to increase
the tension until the vigorous demands
Of Secretary Gresham finally compelled
Spain to complete settlement of the claim
on August 20.
The first actual friction resulting from
the present war WAS the firing upon the
American ship Allianca by Spanish
gnnboat 1t required very strong repre-
sentations on the part of our government
to induce Spain to apologize for this
outrage About the same time the Span
ish authorities demanded the recall of
Consul General Williams. stationed Mt
Havana for too zealorsly looking after
American interests in the island.
The feeling between the two nations
he's grown more and more bitter until
the Cuban question now constitutes the
greatest source of danger to our peace
with the outside world.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02
CURE FOR HEADACHE

AS a remedy for all forms Of Hadacne
Electric Bittcrs has proved to be H. very
best. IL effects permanent care anu
the most dreaded habitual sick headaches
Yield TO It's influence. We urge all who
are afflicted 10 procure bottle. lad give
this remedy fair trial. In cases n habit
ual constipation Electric Bitters ,ures by
giving the need tone TO the bowels. ana
few cases long resist the use OF this
medicine. Try 1t once. Large bottles ony
60 cents at A. e. Kcishng's drug store.
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rIKEa.

IIkEUs ~ 9fN
som 5sn d.7 sso %:s ssss. q; sss wa.s'ssu
Mar Eat ,Armourdaie. Kan. Reed
Bros packing houses. ooo.0eo.
Mar N ~ A.. Milwaukee. aobuainsss build
Mar. aS-,xi st. Augustine. Fla. % build
APT. i+-At Elkhorn. Neb.. 10 business
mana sicoc g. Pasadena CAL H0'e' Kay
May AT Ia Porte, Mich, 90 buildinss.
May ls--At Pratt. city, Ala. hotel. city
hall church and Il dwellings.
May IS, AZ Stevens Point. Wis. paper and
May S-Xt Pa,tonsburs. Mo-. 20 build
Jun. EAT Kalamazoo. Mich, Dewins =
sons i nS Hr ys,rds planning nun and SASH
Der and 'ennery district; Tseoco
Der companies; si;gSo sos;,, u,.,,.. -
tensive field and forest Ares.
Sep. i5-Near Atlantic City. N. j.. forest
Sep. is-zAt Indianapolis, Ind. several
business blocks: $4,000.
Sep. 25--At Belle Fourchc. 3. D.. 20 build
'ngs.
warehouses and other property tI,o5oooo.
Oct: H-At Gaiesburg. o.. 70 business
OCT, se-At Plano, Tcy. 10 buildings
building and other property: s2Gp0.o0o.
N SSlc q al r assSys s n Il suSSss
sale Embellishments: sSooc6o. 80
Dec S--nnsiness portion q ch ny VIA
Dec. le-Buainess portion Of Carlock. III.
Dec, l3--Almost entire Wholesale district
Of Council obiuffs, la; 100000 AZ Titus7
Dee li--At Bethel, N. c., principal husl-
ness portion.
Mo-, Half the business section OF Vienna.
Following towns and cities entirely or
%est snre ,Ssssrown MISC ~ S% ni
NY u y w ws''"h .a M pia,tssbaffs s.
Ma Ma d nqaSsins0GMIS o ns fMsI sS
yellow Springs. o.: oakville. N. "
Sc; Adams, "; GeneyySS, Ipa ,,, nr ,,y,,
Fails o.; Tower Iiiii, Ill; Tiosa, fnd,;
V Oh hSsa9 g. a,5c es s9s a q NV
erstde, Mich; osgood, o.; waloot MINI,
and i.umorn. Neb.
Following town and villages burned out
entirely or nearly 40 IN their business sec
tiona; llnmlin, w va, Warrenton, N. g.;
Fillmore, o. Leipzig, Q. Jamaica, la;
H Han bs1us fsa Fsa % lam S Msn
more more /. Z; c6eaicr, NcS.. MinncwauRan.
n II Lorimer la. Elmo No. Cereaco.
Ncb Galien. Mich. Kslamo, Mich; Green
villc. O. Dover, Me; Odell. Neb: Man
chester, n, Y. n9rkers. \, 4: Williama,
I.ockpurt. III; Pikevilie. Tenn; Bingham.
y. r.. Camden, Mich stete Center Ia;
Llbertyville' N; CONWAY, spr!ngs. Kan;
hridge, o.; Tairchild. WIS, Alta. Ia;
Cercs. ia. Henderson. Mich. Anchor. I'll,
Luwnd9,e, Ill. Madisonvile. Ky, ana
Mount Pleasant Tenn.
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ON THE SAME LINE.
Ennis Democrat.

Ennis Democrat.
'Sin Killer Griffin Is now waghs war
with Satan at Houston. "Sin Killer
don't use as good English as nlinage,
but he draws just as big crovus ana
breaches the same II. spell.
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Dec. 1s--M6se Goodrich fatally sho& Nj
wife At Philadeiphia. then killed htmoel(.
casn y cor,:sd TsDp ,S ss sbs Gs S
self ~ 4 y -
Dec. le--Mrs, Mary. oroasman q Ann
Arbor. Mich, drowned her child and SELF
shot his wife, and killed Mrs. william rat
tlcdge and himnclf. 7,r
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LYNCHIN0s.

Jan. t-Three horscthievca near CAnto0i
ment, !. T...,John u. Bergeron at hAliai
Mar. zs--Negro, who insisted upon rtdma
IN wagon with white women. 1t JAonS
Ar, so--F,ve coiored persons near orssnl
May iS--Jerlde Shivers tcolorSdl. n4nR
Montgomery. Ala; assault, :. ,Three. ne
eroes near Ellaville, Fla; murder Of Aunn
May g1.lJacob S Henson, under sentences 10
hnng for murder. at Ellicott city. Nd.
May 2a-Thrco negroes In Polk county
Jun. s-John Frye twhite,. a 0rstna
jul Two strangers near Guthrie. o. ~
horse stealing.
Jul ls-Ira Johnron (colorcd). At Qrssn-
VILE. s c., murder. Bob Huxgard (rnu-
lntto) at Winchester, Ky; suspected Of ~.
nanlt, but af,erwsrds proved innoccn t..
inerllle, Ark; murder. Three cattle
thieves near Chamberlain, 8, D.
Jul. s0--ln a race war at Prookside coal
and Charles Jenkins (colored) lynched.
Aug, lG--Cnttle thieves known as the
Dedderly brothers, by vigilance eommittsA
Aug. 2g--isawrenoe Johnson, William
Null. Louis Moreno and Garland Stemler,
Mt yrelta, Cal; murder; latter aaftcrwards
proved Innocent. Harrison Lewis lncgro)s
al Springfield, Ky, murder,
Oct i7-willlam Blake (scntenced to lifs
imprlsonmcnt). at Hampton, 8. c.; murder.
Nov. 21--Chares Hurd negro, at WArt-
burg, Tenn; murder. !, An innocent negro
(at the time suspected OF seriously inlur.
ing little white girl BY riding horse over
her) near bryan. Tex.
Nov, 22-Prof. Perdue (whits), at Aiiey,
Ga; charged with assault John Rich. &
ards and Thomas Watts (negroes), ncsR
Greenwood. 8. c.: robbery and murdcr.,..
Jack marlborough tscntenced 10. peniten.
tlary for life) at Crystal Springs. Miss
Dec b--Isom Kearsc negro and aged
mother. near Broxton Ford, 8. CT Kcareo
was suspected OF stealing Bible from .
church.
Dec. l7-Sduire Jones tnegro) at Mouleons
Ala, charged with incendiarism.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02
INDUSTRIAL.

Jan. it-Brooisiyn IN. " trolley lines
uJ jan " IsysAt Brooklyn. First brigade q
militia (Aboo men) called out - Qush ssfess
car riots.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Feb. e--At white River Vt. thef1nom.
cter at CT below, Lake ChamplAin frosn
FEB. cs--At Portland. Ore. and Tacoma.
earthquake. Al st. Louis. earthquake
Mar T-At Jefferson. Ia. thsrmomstef
:. Apr p s,-Iewisburs. KY. nearly wiped sss
May deadly cyclone at Sioux csntss
May al Harrington. Kan, sIsus-
Nav 1s-seyere frosts injure crops n
Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsir Mlcnsgsss
no i 1rsni. o on W Ssr y Tsfa Penn
Jun. l5--Part Of GrayBon county, Tex-a
jun Y-At Keysviiis. Ga. every hosss
w 5sn ss * sss'ITs saoir city. r.nn ssu
Jul. s--w.non.. MO, wiped out y eieu1.
!" sdS Sorta Dakota ss cnn.om ~
oy yu sAt sspr wnssr S *
Jul. s-Ice forms In Iowa. South paHese
sI Jul. W nTposr Creek. MINI, DESTROYED -
jul. a-At nrecon, g. cleydburst 49,, !
Jul. 2S--At Central City. Col. ana
hj jUi' Sat Weston. O.. clovdburst.
Jul. ai--Near socorrc. n ~. cioudesss
80. At Adelaide. Col, SioudnursL -. -
lowed by snow in many states: C9lc9ee
thermometers registered drop o. = -
st Get Y 7-eNsaI a w.nona. ILL.,, sarthsuAAs
iran. Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, 49,
souri, Kansas. Nebraska ana centrsa souSnr
IN Nov as-Heavy snowstorm throusheu1
tho west; telegraph and telephone sefxlee
crippled In chicag3 and yic aisy |, i, No..
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: Il 3 5. y!
WV. Y? ~; =; s =. n I
::s is I a a M -: u q. q;
s! s;s "a 49, : ~: .ss. !; M
m 4, d:sias 3 sl;aEs 4 s. IN a
ss "a; - ss s's:;sss s.sss L
As Aps. z iitrif FIsS{ Y PoS ~,
Is go miners ineurura}e VtffksI 3 " Y M A
oog suspend work Until wsSS. sosiiS a. + q
'l May ye. cal Y IT, ni Ecu fd a. Nm, d
o., soccunt q od-catvsSF5 md IN GSSS
w ass + sSS ss:p Z ss &. "a 9
return 70 work AZ Decent laiH | gs
rs Jun; IA a x1 r,tsspqssh Tnise nss
ned: object. to sstabiisS 6.kesf Nv ~
Jun ono coal msnsy' socsys sp<ssty
Jun. ls.-IowA operators decide upSa ~ =
out Of Nine Workers union man and ~.
wh no, h1ye snsaEcd IN n strisss -.
higher wages ana shorter ho hour N
Jul ea-.Tailors' srike extends to Btos1Ds
lyn and Newark q ;.
strike stopped BY agreement 70 rSine SSsSS
OF 10000 miners In rennsyivanls O6A6
Indiana and Illinois, a 4 q;
SEP i S.. n; "a r !. district -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-09
THE IMpoLIcY OF sTRApD1rNG.

We're there no question of principle
involved and the matter were one of
policy purely it would seem to be great
mistake for the Republican national con-
vention to take any other than a defluite.
clear-cut. and explicit stand upon the cur
rency question. The silver lead ers have
over and over again announced that thew
are Ldone with compromises, and that
they are no longer to be conciliated BY
concessions short of their full demand,
They want free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l.; this ia their ultimatum.
and anything short Of this they will not
accept. 1t is as certain as anything can
be in the future that the Democratic con-
vention will meet their full demand.
It will make an explicit declaration
in favor Of free coinage OF silver at the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-09

16 TO l ratio and will place upon ahis
to carry out this policy. 1t will offe r
the silver men full loaf. At the most
the Republicans can offer them but half
q loaf. 1t is as certain of course
that the silver men will accent
the full loaf in preference to the part Of a
one. and SO the Republicans will have
wobbled for nathing SO far as the con.
citation of the silver vote is concerned.
But while the effect of a straddling
platform will be negative as far as tho
silver vote is concerned, it will be posi-
tive and disastrous as regards the gold
straddle of the Republicans will be SO
much better than the outright declaration
of the Democrats for freq silver that the
gold vote will have to take the former
as choice Of evils, and that mar lie
true. But it will make tremendous diff
ference whether the god vote, by which
we mean the opposition to free silver
coinage or any further concession TO sill
yer, supports the platform enthusiastically
because it meets its approval or deprecat-
ingly or alphabetically because it is not SO
bad as the Democratic programme. A tick
ct supported in the latter spirit will be at
a tremendous disadvantage rs compared!
with a ticket supported as the Democratic
ticket will be by the silver men, heartily
and enthusiastically. With straddling
platform on tho currency tho Republican
campaign will run like cold molasses.
There viii be nc life in it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-09

Mark Hanna admits that the letter of
Mr.. MCKINLEY to the Ohio Farmers
Alliance which has recently been pub
lished is genuine. but he doesn't think it
commits Mr.. Mckinley to free silver.
But it commits him to the coinage Of
sll the American silver product, and
that would produce all the disastrous
effects Of free silver coinage. If the
Democratic convention should commit
the Democratic party to free coinage and
the Republican convention should adyo-
cate the purchase and coinage of all the
American silver product there would be
little to choose, and sound money men of
the Eastern variety would have to take
to the woods