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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
NUoAR BouNTY ALhoWED.

The supreme court Of the United
States Monday sustained the yalidi-
ty Of the appropriations TO carry out
the sugar bounty features OF the Nc
Kinley and Wilson tariff acts by q
unanimous opinion, affirming the de-
cision Of the circuit court for the
eastern district of Louisiana and re-
yersing the action OF Comp rtroller of
the Treasury Bowler, who refused to
permit the payments Of the bounties
on the ground that the act was un-
constitutional. The opinion Of the
court was delivered by Justice Peek
ham IN two test cases.
This decision means a great dea
for this part of the country as 1t will
have the effect TO make Immediately
available for payment the sus-
pended sugar bounty claims Of
So ,250, 900, of this amount $5, 900, 900
going TO Louisina planters. An early
payment TO them of these dues would
be OF incaloublc benefit, as it would
enable them to work on larger scale
than even with little or no inconven-
fences and secure whatever they
might wish TO promote their interests
The claims filed with and approved
by the commissioner of internal re-
venue amount 70 $G,l11, ,105. As
this Is greater than the amount OF ap-
preparations the claims will have to
be prorated If an additional appro-
priation is not made. Comptroller
Bowler has Withdrawn his directions
to the auditor, which have had the
effect OF holding up the bounty
claims.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

The Southern States Cotton expos
ton to have been held in. Chicago
this coming fall, has been postponed
indefinitely owing TO lack Of inter-
est taken in the project By the states
south. Most Of them have already
pledged their support to the Tennes-
see Centennial to be held in Nash
vile next year, and rdey do not feel
like attempting two exhibits IN so
short a space Of time.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
FREE SIL YER SHORT.

\ On what grounds the sIlyerites base
THE claim that they will carry the
Chicago convention is far beyond
our conception Of facts. Their cal
.culations must be based on other
foundations than facts.and probable
tiles in truth they are. ..the mere Gre
ations Of an exaggerated hope.
1t must be remembered that the
south, which has gone down in his
tory as being unanimous on political
questions, Is thus no longer II has
been rent assundcr by the deyiIlsh
Vaccinations Of free silver advocates,
who assume the ruinous policy Of win
OF wreck. The dIstinctively southern
states, with their electoral votes, are
as follows:
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Democratic conventions have been
held in eleven states with these re-
suits: In Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
land and Pennsylvania, the democra-
cy has declared itself squarely and
without qualification for gold,
In sNebraska, Colorado, Ala.
bama, Missouri and Missis.
sippi, democratic conventions have
adopted resolutions fayorlng indepen.
dent free silver coinage outright. In
Nebraska there was a split, and q
secono convention of the democrats
opposed wss TO free silverall around
In Michigan the intention TO put
through free silver resolution wos
defeated. The victory for gold was
not complete. There was no decig-
i've utterance concerning the currency
The subject was referred to the ma.
tional convention in Chicago. In the
great majority Of the remaining
states the conventions occur late this
year; in several Of them not until
after the date Of the republican ma
tional convention at st. Louis.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
sILyERrsM A PASSING CRAZE.

| Free silyerism is necessarily q
passing craze. Itcontains no vita
principle. 1t contains, in fact, nc
principles but twin principles OF
wrong. One of these principles is
that Of protection. It's the prin.
ciple of giving a man or class OF
men more for their product than it
is worth by process of law. The
other is the principle of legalized
reputation. Its is the principle
of enabling every man who owes a
debt to got quittance by paying
less than he owes and less than he
agreed to pay.
! Are these principles Of which
any man or any party should be
proud? Are they principles that
can survive when put to the test
in the crueible of morality? When
all the sophistical DISCUSSES are
stripped away from the PROPOSE
tions of wrong what honest man
will vote, first, to take the money
OF the toiler and use it to pay the
producerof a certain metal twice
what the metal is worth, and, sec
ond, to take from every creditor,
including every man who has an
insurance policy or a dollar in the
savings bank or a dollar coming to
him for wages, half what is due
him for the benefit of the man who
owes it?
This last--this licensing of
wholesale reputation and rascali-
ty by act of congress--was all there
was in greenbackism. Sllverism
is worse, because it adds the ras-
cality of taxing the people in or
der to pay one set of men twice as
much for their productas it worth.
Greenbackism did not win. 1t was
a losing ism for everybody except
the humbug who did the agitating
and collected the cash from his
deluded victims as he went along.
1t went out in darkness Just asseon
as resumption demonstrated that
honesty was indeed the best policy
Can any man be so infatuated
as to imagine silverism will fare,
any better? Silverism is. if pos
sible, worse and meaner than green
backism. The latter made no coin
pretense; the former is the leaden
thump on the counter of false
coin. Greenbackism did not offer
he papermaker an ounce of gold
for sixteen ounces of blank paper,
silverism offers the miner an ounce
of gold for sixteen ounces of sill
yer worth hardly half an ounce of
gold.
Can siIverism survive where
greenbackism perished? BY no
means. II is sure to go the way of
its scoundrelIy predecessor just as
soon as the honest American peo-
pie get good square view of it
and a good square crack at it. Sill
verism is an abominable hobby
that no party and no self-respect-
ing politician can afford to mount.
Chicago Chronicle.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

of all the terrible cyclones and
otherw Of destruction which have
swept over the land here lately, the
worst of all occurred Wednesday
when a great portion of the business
ana residential sections of St. Louis
were obilterated. The telegraphic
news, picturing in detail the horror
Of the disaster, were appalling. The
latest account places the dead at
400, with hundreds wounded.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Lord Burleigh said: Though
think no day amiss to undertake
any good enterprise or business
IN hand,yet have / observed three
days unlucky--the first Monday
IN April when Cain was born and
his brother Abel was gslain: the
second Monday in August, which
day Sodom and Gomorrah were
destroyed; ;the last Monday in De-
cember, which day Judas was born.
who betrayed Christ.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
MuST NOT RE SnIRKED.


The Echo hopes that the board OF
mayor and aldermen will, at its next
regular meeting, reconsider the small
pittance it some time ago allowed the
present street commissioner, Mr..
George II. Combel.
A very slight review Of the ques-
tion will demonstrate to the board,
that the officer In question is but
slightly compensated for his labor,
and to increase his salary will be but
doing what is just.
According to the new ordinance
denominating the duty Of the street
missioner, he is unable to devote
any of bis time to other pursuits,
without rendering himself liable TO o
fine, and therefore, in view of this
fact The Echo thinks, and so will the
board after giving the matter proper
consideration, that the present salary
allowed the street commissioner is
inconsequent and entirely made
equate to afford him a comfortable
living, and consequently should in
crease said salary to living figures.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
AMERICANS KNOW THEIR DUTY


AMERICANS KNOW THEIR DUTY.
The American people, taken in
the mass, generally make up
their own minds on any pending
question, and the observers who
are viewing with alarm the per-
formances of certain political
strategists would do we'll to re-
mem Der that it is the voters and
not the bosses who will say the f.
nal word. Brace primaries, pack
ed conventions, wrongfully seat
ed delegates and trick political
ideals may serve to secure the
nomination of candidates and the
announcement of certain princi-
pies, but the voting is to be done
by the people in the fall, and no
amount of bossism is going to
make them approve a given cur
rency policy unless they deliber-
ately conclude that it is the policy
they want.
If the average observer of the
situation would take these facts
into consideration he would be
disposed to have a much less pes
simistic view of the rather stormy
outlook. 1t is not to be forgot
ten that the great mass Of the peo-
ple--all of them, in fact, save
who are directly affected by local
interests--have no real prejudice
against either side of the contro-
versy All that they do care about
is that the currency in use in this
country shall be fri, stable and
adequate to their business needs
and conditions. The average cit
izen is out for a good business
currency, whatever it be called,
and he will form his own judg-
ment as to what policy is going to
give him the best
The only way is to let him study
the question in all its phases and
make up his own mind. The ver-
dict of next November will be the
result of this kind of Campaign
of education, and it will rspre.
sent the popular will. If the peo-
pie determine later that the poll
cy they adopted was not right
they will revise their opinion
But in a republican form of gov
ernment it is the intention that
the people shall rule with the the
ory that in the long run they will
infallibly select the best course
for their own interests. Chicago
Record.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

tinued deloy. The merits Of the con
test have been placed in the Cover
nor's hands, and the properties OF
the case are such that they can be
determined in an instant.
The appointment of the superin-
tendent must lot be mistaken; 1t
must not be made from q political
standpoint from which can be hoped
to win any political advantage. 1t
IS plain case of right and wrong,
and as such must be decided.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Total southern electoral votes. 159
But within the last two years, Of
these sixteen states, seven have been
lost to the democracy, including Del
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Thst s75,ooo,ooO River end Har-
Dor bill was prepared with the idea
that principles are to be shelved when
an appropriation can be had. Presi-
dent Cleveland viii hardly allow such
an excellent opportunity for the use
of veto to 60 by.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

The latest alleged multi.murderer
Is a clergyman Rev Francis Herman,
formerly Of England, who has been
preaching il Utah and Wisconsin for
five or six years.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

After spirited contest of several
days duration, Samuel Douglas Nc
Eacry has been chosen to succeed
blanchard as United States senator.
Mr.. McEnery has already served the
state in the capacity Of governor,
and is one Of Louisiana's brainest
men.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Appropriations by this congress ex-
coed BY $4,000, 900 those Of any sim
gle session in the history Of the
country.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

II the delegates to the PIttsburg
convention were as strong in votes as
they are in wind the prohibitionists
would be a factor in the presidential
campaign.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Eugene Debs is q demagogue, but
not fool he has refused to become
IA labor candidate for president,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
OPPOSITION BAKERY,

Landrieu Bros, proprietors. The only
malt yeast bread on the coast made by us,
corner Goodchildrcr and Hancock SITS.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
TOTAL trans.M isslssippi electoral

vote.... ,....l.....S4
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, the Da-
kotas, Oregon, Washington and wy
oming, with total Of fifty electoral
votes, cannot be counted in The cate
CORY Of states that will be controlled
by the silver democratic combination.
And now arises notable contingency
the silveriis claim fifty votes from
the south which they will not get,
and the same amount west Of the
Mississippi whicn are -as equally re-
moved from them, consequently ere :
ating deficit Of 100 votes.
The combined total electoral vote
Of the south and trans-Mlssssippi is
2d3, the total number or electors is
44S, Of which 244 is q majority, and
admitting that the siIverites will car
ay the southern states and ali the
states between the Mississippi and
Pacific ocean, they would still lack a
majority.
As for carrying northern states
east Of the Mississippi, an intelligent
journal has this to say, No eomblna
tion Of false democracy, q 1lism
and silyerism can carry any u these
states. Let them twist and wiggle
as they may, the silverites are DOOM
ed to meet with defeat at the hands
of the American people.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Agent for Peerless, Eldridge. Craw for,
bicycles, Next Combel's hardware store
See advertisement in another column.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
BAY ST. LOUIS
Business DIRECTORY.

Business men who permanently advcr-
Use create an impression of strength and
OF soundness. People at least feel that
those who keep the names before tho pub
tic are solid ard substantial.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

HENDERSON s. HENDERSON,
Law firm, practice in all courts on the
sea coast. Front near Main streets.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
ARLINGTON DATRy

HENRY NORTHRoP,
Carriage and wagon to rent at reason able
rates. Leave orders at Bird Cage COTTAGE
or Culloms, Leonhard avenue.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

BUTLER IL MAJOR,
Photographers. instantaneous views .
speciality, Front street, near convent. See
advertisement III another column. 4
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
j. +. JOYC

Drugs and chemicals carefully com
pounded; prescriptions speciality. Front
street. opposite Joyce a. Osoinach.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

I. B. TURNER,
The grocer. Fancy and staple grocerie,
at living prices. Union near Second sts
Soc advertisement in another column,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
GAsTUN q. GARDEBLFD

Builder and contractor. Special atten-
tion to particular orders. 0ffice: Corn or
Main and Toulme streets. Sec advertise,
ment in another column.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Cleveland has vetoed the appro-
priation bill.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
JOHN RnCH0N
/. NJ. .GEX. AGT.

L. NJ. GEx, AGT.,
General merchandise. fancy and staple
groceries, country produce, corner Han
cock and Washington streets. y
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

aware, Kentucky, MARYLAND, MissoG-
Il, North Carolina and West Virginia,
with total electoral vote Of fifty.
The siIverites presume some Of these
states can be rcgained by them, but
we see do not why they should expect
This, as it easier to believe that other
states will be lost to the cause than
the lost states will be regained.
Now west Of the Mississippi fol-
lows fifteen states, with the following
electoral vote:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-12-17

Zone Of the pleasures of camping at
Mountain Home, Cal, says the Tulare
Register, lis an occasional visit to the
lumber mill and pleasant chat with
the engineer, Mrs Cherbborne of Por-
terville, wife of the proprietor of the
mill. " This lady learned her profession
many years ago from her father, who
was a mill owner. An emergency aris-
ing, he wisely concluded that the acci-
dent OF sex need not deprive him of the
assistance Of his capable daughter. He
therefore instructed her in the mysteries
of steam propulsion. She has since add
ed to her practical knowledge the the
oretical part taught in books and expects
soon to receive diploma showing her
competency to run locomotive
Mrs. Cherbbo is found amid the
whirling machinery and flying sawdust
arrayed. not in bloomers, but iii neat
pink gingham dress. straw hat and
strong buekskin gloves
The work in which Mrs Cherbborne
Is engaged has proved financial bene-
fit to herself and family. as she can EN-
ploy a woman in the kitchen for much
less than would pay an engineer, and
she also enjoys her work. She says
"Of course it is easier than housekeep
ing. 1t is mans work. and there is
only one thing to attend to, while III
housekeeping ore must think of hun
dred things at once. F"
The subject of this sketch is woman
Of ideas and an enthusiastic equal suf-
fragist, and those who have listened to
her public utterances say that she makes
an able and convincing argument for
woman's advancement.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-12-17
a BIussuInan's Ideas.

A respectable and honest Mussulman
and of course there are millions Of
Mussulmans entitled to that description
will not swallow alcohol if he knows
it, even for the good of his health; will
not lift "the harem veil, even if lift
ing it is essential TO the life of his wife
or daughter; will not take out an insur-
ance, even when failure to do 50 il ruin
ous to him in a business competition,
and will not in a country ruled by Mus
sulmans from any motive whatever
short Of a necessity such as destroys
freedom Of will accord equality TO men
Of any other faith. In these respects be
Is a "fanatic" that is, he will act
upon the precepts Of his creed, as inter-
preted by its doctors, without reference
to any other consideration, and espe-
cially without reference to convenience
or to the opinions, moral or otherwise,
of men of any other faith.
A Mussulman's q creed is for him the
operative law, as custom is for China
man, or a caste rule for Hindoo, or duty
for good Englishman, or that which j.
convenant for respectable Frenchman,
and though there are points upon which
be will break the law, especially for
gain, there are also points, especially
those we have mentioned, upon which
be will not-rather will be chopped IN
pieces or chop you and take all conse-
uuences serencly. London Spectator
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-12-17
NUMBER 19
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
The Great Chain Of Letters That Binds
the Two Nations.

The Great Chain Of Letters That Binds
the Two Nations.
"A most interesting summary Of The
business of the postoffiee Of the United
Kingdom has been compiled by MIR. y.
Holt Schooling, a member Of the Royal
Statistical society Of London. It il Of
peculiar value % Americans, not only
as affording means Of comparison with
our own postofice work, but because it
shows anew the close bonds Of business
and friendship between the two great
nations. Mr.. Schooling illustrates bis
statistics with graphic diagrams
The first thing that strikes the eye in
the report u the cost Of the British post
al service and the profit, for Great Brit
ain makes profit in this department.
The wages Of employees alone amount
to $32, 500, 600 year, while the total
cost Of the department for the same De-
riod is $53, 75O, 900.
The receipts amount to $68, 75O, 900,
leaving balance of $l5 900, 900 profit
year This would make very star
tling comparison with large yearly de-
hcit Of our own pOstOffice were il not re-
membered that Great Britain owns the
telegraph too. Doubtless large tele-
graphic profits offset deficit in the
strictly postal business On this point
Mr.. Schooling is unfortunately silent.
While Great Britain exchanges 98,-
O00,0 900 letters with Europe, she ex-
changes 81, 900, 900 with America. This
shows the bond between Europe and
America, for the next continent on the
list is Asia, with whom she makes only
22. 900, 900 exchanges.
In the comparison Of nations the
United States stands far ahead Of any
other, for Al, 600. 900 letters are ex-
changed annually between Us and Great
Britain The next on the list il France,
with an exchange Of 25, $50, 600 letters,
and Germany is third, with an exchange
Of %, 300. 900. No other nation ap-
proaches nearer than Italy's g, 500, 900.
The increase in letter writing in the
last so years, due to increased education
and the enlargement Of friendship, bus
mess and common interests in general, is
very interestingly shown id the com
pliers tables IL l846, for instance, the
British postofice delivered 10 letters for
every head Of population, while in 1894
AS letters for each head Of population
were delivered.
With similar intent Mr.. Schooling
says:
Twenty years ago the activity Of
tiny spot in the tiny spot marked Lon
don annually delivered 70 letters in the
United Kingdom for every 100 persons
living on the area Of the whole world,
a sufficiently remarkable performance
even then. But now this wonderful
postofice machine delivers in these lit
tie islands only number of letters that
sufices to provide each unit Of the
worlds population with nearly u let
ters annually, and this without includ-
ing any Of the other considerable items
Of postal matter, such as book packets,
post cards, newspapers, circulars, tele-
grams. etc. "
The comparative diagrams indicate
the amount Of postal matter exchanged
by the United Kingdom with the other
continents. They show how closely we
are bound to the queens realm through
the ties Of the post. New York Herald.