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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
Decided by Jury.

1t is not uncommon for an English
judge to try to raise a lauph-and
strange to say he usually succeeds-by
affecting an infantile ignorance of all
things bnt purely judicial matters. Sir
Henry Hawkins not long ago asked in
court, What is hay?"
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Ledger says that in a recent libel suit a
strange afectation Of judicial Ignorance
was evinced by Lord Russell Sir Ed
ward Clarke read. from book of the
plaintiffs, a description of Chopin q
lumber shaded head.
what shade?" asked Lord Russell
Timber. replied Sir Edward.
Eyes. but what is that?'' persisted
the chief justice.
At this point the feelings Of the jury
were too much for them. With a unanim-
ity reminiscent Of the ..Pirases of
Penxance. they chanted in expostula-
tory chorus, .Brown, my lord, brown. -
and the trial went ON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
GRAND JURY RECALLED
Nay Body to Investigate Another Batch
Of Cases.

Nay Body to Investigate Another Batch
Of Cases.
Monday afternoon the grand jury
selected at the May term of the cir.
cult coart will resume operations on
the first floor of the court house
building. Circuit Clerk Gamble has
notified the jurors of their recall.
There are a number Of prisoners in
the county Jail who have been bound
over for various criminal offenses
since May. And the parties who
were indicted at that time have not
as vet been accorded chance for q
trial. Judge Bigelow adjourned the
May term. which has been crowded
with business, until next Monday,
when the criminal cases will be
taken up.
Court will be in session about two
weeks. While the indicted prisoners
in the Jail are being tried the grand
jury will be at work on the other
cases. So that by the time court ad-
journs the Jail building will be re-
lieved Of quite batch Of its occu-
pants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
ROCK isLANDERs~ RACE

Aoress the 1avse.
Several from this city took part n
the road race given BY the Young
Men's Christian association in Dav-
export yesterday afternoon. but they
failed to distinguish themselves to
any great extent, although Walter
Hynes came within few seconds OF
winning the second time prize.
Thousands Of people witnessed the
race and oeoasioned much discern
fort to the riders by blocking the
course. Arthur r. Ackerson, Of No:
line. finished first. with Andrew
johnson, Of the same town. second,
their time being 1886 and 32:4S re-
spectively. L. E. Weidleu. Of Gene
SEQ. won the time honors, with A. F.
Peterson, of Geneseo. second. The
formers time was Sl:O1. while Pet
erson's was 5000. Both were in the
one-minute handicap class. Acker-
son, the winner, had . 81 minute
handicap. while johnson had 4 min
utes.
Thirty riders finished, the Rock
Islanders coming in this order with
their time attached: NJ. A. Steele, 20,
S5:21; Walter Hynes. FL. S2:O7; w.
H. Hyde. Is. $500; John Hynes, ~.
S5:l2. Walter Hynes and Hyde were
scratch men, while the others had
handicaps. j. H. B ookman, Of
Aodalusia. with q 81 minute handi-
cap. finished in 14th place. his time
being S4:S2.
Says the Democrat: IL. E Brook
man, Of Rock Island, started with
the 5-minute group but made too
wide turn at Locust and Brady
streets and ran into the curb. His
handle-bar was twisted clear around,
but he Strengthened il and remounted.
At the fair grounds he again fell and
this time had to have recourse to Q
wrench for repairs. By the time he
was in shape to proceed the scratch
men had passed and no was out Of the
race
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24

William Donaldson. Norman
Woodin, Ralph Haverstick, Herman
Hansen and Harley Donaldson, com.
posing the basket ball team OF the
Rock Island Young Mems Christian
Association, together with Rollir
Sturgeon. John Bladel Andrew
Gross. Fred Pollard. j. p. Bailey, j.
C. Pentland and Mr.. Mattison, are il
Sterling today to take part in tn.
several contests arranged by the a.
sociation of that CITY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24

Thrives on good food and sunshine,
with plenty of exercise In the open
air. Her form glows with health
and her face blooms with its beauty.
II her system needs the cleansing
action of q laxative remedy, she
needs the gentle and pleasant Syrup
Of Figs. Made by the California Fig
Syrup company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
Killed in North.

John Strand. an emp,oye Of the
Rock Island Lumber company, left
last night for Ishpeming, Mich, in
response to a telegram announcing
that his brother had been killed.
The message gave no particulars,
but Mr.. Strand said the unfortunate
man was employed in . mine. and
this is where he is supposed to have
met his fate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24

Are You Going Anywhsrs This Summer.
If SO. it will be to your advantage
to call at the c., r. I. & z. ticket
office in this city end get full infor-
nation as TO the various low rate ex.
cursions now offered by this popular
line. Remarkably low rates to many
delightful summer resorts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24

The Verne Swain was in and ont.
The Ten Brock brought down
eight strings of logs and the E. Z.
Rutiedge Is.
Boats up were the 10 Long. Pres.
colt, Seawipg. Cyclone. Rutledge,
Ten Brock, Pilot and Climax.
The stage of water at the Rock
Island bridge this morning was GAS
and falling; the temperature 50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. II
soothes the child, soitens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-Five cents Q bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
INSANE MAN DROWNED.
Body OF Charles Christophersun Found In
Rock River.

BODY OF ChnrIes ChristophefsOn Found In
Rock River.
The body of Charles Christopher
son. who escaped from the county
poor farm last aoaday. was found
floating in the Rock river near the
Moline bridge today.
Christopherson was insane and had
been at the farm for about seven
years. He was 81 years old. Whether
his death was the result of accident
or suicide is not known. Deputy
Coroner Eckhart held an inquest.
The remains were ordered buried at
the poor farm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
Blue Calico.

ose cass. 10 yasds. new iu3iso yrinta. 20 su
tefns wtn 90 1sst
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
MCCABE. BROS.

1870. 172a. 1924. 1928. and 1928 Second Avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
It's Practical
Economy

TO TRADE WITH THIS
1 store. Qualities are
not sacrificed to price, and
yet prices are never high.
Buying of rs brings many .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-24
Price Saving to You.

wsget the best things and
sell them rs close to cost a.
we can. We do not claim to
be PhilanthroPists. OF any
thing Of the kind. but We
claim. 70 sell goods at fair
prices. and good goods It
that. We can furnish any
thing that II to be had in the
market. Call and 80 our
store and stock.
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27
Gold Il tho True Basic.

Ex-President Harrison in Ladies'
Home Journal: If the holder of Unit
ed States ote cannot get gold at par
for it he will pay premium for the
gold he must have to meet gold obi
cation. A premium on gold would at
once drive gold out of circulation, for
a coin that is at premium cannot be
used in trade. No one is bound to pay
gold to the government for any tax or
other debt due to it. So that practically
the situation is this: The treasury holds
itself bound to give gold to every one
presenting a United States note, and
has no way of compelling any one to
pay gold to 1t. Such gold as it gets
comes from persons who choose to take
paper money for gold deposited in the
minis or assay officers, or to pay in gold
coins some government tax. Formerly
all duties upon imports were payable
only in gold. Now, when the gold re-
serve gets low, it can only be restored
by the sale of bonds, under the powers
given to the secretary in the legislation
relating to the resumption Of specie
payments.
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27

cally by bringing into one camp all tho
discomfort. the jealousy, and hatred
which the unwise, unthrifty, improvi-
dent, idle and self-indulgent are sup
posed to harbor toward the self-re-
strained, Industrious, careful. saving.
thrifty and wisely provident.
Silverites pretend to doubt that the
result Of is to free coinage law
would be to bring on panic. Is there
one advocate of silver who has money
loaned out who would not want to call
in his loans If he knew that after a
certain day he would be paid In dol
lars worth half Of those which he had
loaned? Would not all other owners Of
capital be equally alarmed by the threat
of payment in 50-cent dollars and would
not their natural desire to protect them
selves against loss result in financial
panic?
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27
Tn. Bes. Money for wage.


In one Of Mr.. Bryan's recent speeches
he made q very glib remark on the sub
ject of good money. He said that poor
people" were not in favor of a dollar
increasing in value" Are poor peo-
pie" in favor of a dollar decreasing In
value?
Mr.. Bryan says when they Sound
money mem tell you that they want
good money you tell them that money
may be too good; it may be SO good
that you many pray for it and wish for
it, but you can't get hold of it"
The candidate talks as If he believed
that if we had silver money it could be
procured in abundance by simply pray
ing for it and wishing for it," Under
no system of money can you get hold
of it" honestly except by working for
it with brains or muscle.
No money is too good for men who
labor and no money, good, Indifferent
or bad, can be procured through any
means but labor. No question OF good
money or bad money should be con-
best dollar coined in the world belongs
to the man who earns it By the toll of
his hand or by toll in business and in
dustrial enterprises from which wages
are derived.
It is pernicious and malignant fer
Candidate Bryan to place in his har-
argues statements or differences that
there are or can be two kinds of money.
one for the poor and the other for the
rich. That is impossible under the
present system. The day laborer is
paid in the same kind of money that is
paid to redeem a coupon clipped from a
United States bond.
Under a silver system the wages CT
labor would be paid in dollars Of half
value. Then there would be money too
good" for wages. The too good" money
would be absorbed by the rich.
But it would require as much and as
hard work to get cheap dollars as it
now requires to get good dollars. No
man by wishing for it or praying for 1t
could get silver money. He would have
to work for it as he works for gold
money and would get no more for his
work in actual value.
If there is any kind of a dollar to
which labor is entitled in payment OF
wages it is the dollar increasing In
value" If there could be any added
curse for labo it would be dollar de-
creasing in value paid as wages.
The laborer paid in currency as good
as gold gets the benefit of the increase.
Paid in silver he would suffer the con-
slant increasing loss of its depreciation
while in his pocket.
No dollar is too good for an American
workingman. -ChicagO Chronicle
DEM.
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27
Tho Volume Of Representative Money HAS
Trebled Since tho DEMONSTRATION OF
Silver In 1873 - Overproduceion Re
sponsible for Low Prices.

A coinage catechism, published by
The Nation, gets so directly at the
meat Of the whole financial controversy
that 1t is worth the while of every voter
to study it closely and preserve The
facts and figures here given:
@. What is the fundamental conten-
ton of the free coinage advocates?
A. That the amount of money in circu-
lation has been decreasing since the de-
monetization Of silver, and that this de-
crease has caused general fall in
prices.
@. Is it true that the money supply
has been decreasing? A. It is not.
Q. What are the facts? A. So far as
the United States is concerned, there
has been an enormous increase. In
1860 the money in circulation in this
country was $442, 102, Az; in 1872 it was
$738. 307, $40; by the treasury bulletin,
at the beginning of the present month
OF July, it was 81 800, 725, 200.
@. What does this show? A. It
shows that our money supply has in
creased 240 per cent as compared with
1860, and 1O4 per cent as compared
with 1872.
@. Has the money supply increased
faster than the population? A. Very
much faster.
@. How do you prove this? A. By di-
viding the total money in circulation at
each date by the total population of
the country at the same date, and thus
finding the circulation per capita.
@. What does such process show ?
A. The per capita circulation of the
United States July 1, 1860, was $14.0s;
July 1. 1872, it was $3.50; at the be-
ginning of July, in 1896, it was Spills.
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27

Colonel Greene, president Of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company, has addressed letter to the
100000 policy holders of the company,
in which he says:
We never supposed it necessary to
provide that you should pay your pre-
miums or that we should promise to
pay your policies in any particular
kind or quantity of dollars; both-with
the exception Of certain Canadian in
surances made during the civil war and
while gold was at premium-are pay
able in lawful money" only in the
confident assumption that the Amerf-
can people are sufficiently honest 20
keep its dollars meaning what they
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27

New York Tribune: There are $780,
600 regular" life insurance policy
holders in the United States. How are
they going to vote on this question?
They are paying their premiums in 100
cent dollars. Do they want their prin-
cipal paid in 100-cent or in Scent dol
lars? Do they want their heirs to re-
ceive the full amounts of their policies,
or only IS cents on the dollar: They
have, themselves, votes enough to de-
eide the question. II they vote for Nc
Kinley and honest money they vote for
the payment Of their policies ON the
same basis as that ON which they are
paying their premiums-100 cents ON
the dollar. II they vote for Bryan and
nat money they vote for payment Of
their policies-if ut all-on the basis Of
$ cents ON the dollar. e It conceivable
that they will vote for this, for the re-
padiation Of dsots honestly due =
Themselves, and for the impovesiGh.
uent e their wives and chfldrea?
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27

Q. But has not the money supply OF
the world at large been decreasing? A.
On the contrary, it has been increasing
rapidly.
@. How is this proved? A. BY the
statistics of new gold production.
Q. How large has this production
been? A. The reports of the director
of the mint. which are acknowledged
authority. show that from 1873 to 1894
inclusive the worlds total new gold
production has been s., SIG, S34, 800.
@. Is this new product Of gold in
creasing or decreasing? A. It is in
creasing with enormous rapidity.
@. Give the figures. A. In 1S7: the
worlds gold production was $96, zoo, 900;
in 1850 it was 500. 43S. 800. In the year
1890 it was $11S,S49. 900. In 1894 it was
1SO,626. 100. For 1895 the exact total is
not yet compiled. but it is closely es-
timated at $1S9 ,500, 900.
Q. What does this mean: A. It means
that the amount Of gold annually added
to the worlds money supply has more
than doubled in the last twenty-three
years.
@. Is not this annual rate Of produc-
ton liable to decrease? A. On the con-
trary, all experts in the American, Aus
tralian and South African gold fields
look for q further and very heavy in
crease over the present rate Of pro-
duction.
O. But has not the disuse Of silver
with full coinage privileges cut down
the total annual addition to the worlds
metallic money supply? A. It has not
@. Why? A. In 1873 the worlds
gold production was 81, 100. 900; its sfl-
yer production. 81. 500. 900: total, $17Ss-
O0O. O00. Last year the production Ct
gold alone was $1ss. s00. 900.
q. Was not the combined annual pro.
duction Of gold and silver larger tAan
this in the s'bonanza days? Alt was
aat
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27
THE s,LvER,rE cArEcH,sss.


In Which Srss Collage Thsossss Are
Pl.inly stated
What is money? Something made
ont of nothing by government.
Is there any limit to the amount OF
money which government can make?
Only the capacity Of the printing pres
ses Of the country.
What kind Of money is the best:
That which has the least value.
What does "cheap money" mean?
Money that will buy very little
wealth.
Why are some people poor? Because
the money they get in exchange for
their products or their labor will buy
q large amount of goods.
How can the poor all be made rich?
BY stamping 50 cents worth Of silver
"one dollar" and thus decreasing the
purchasing power Of money.
What Is q capitalist? A wicked sin
ner who has worked hard and saved up
a little property.
What Is a patriot? A man who
covets his neighbor's property and
wants to get hold of 1t by law.
What does Reputation" mean? 1t
is a simple scheme for readjusting the
| inequalities between the men who
worked and the men who have not.
What is the golden rule OF the silver
ties? Do others as they would not dc
you.
What are We to understand by hon
esty" and good faith between menu"
That creditors are to be cheated out Of
| one-half of their property whenever
the debtors control congress.
Why not benefit debtors still more
| by repudiating all the claims of cred
itOrs? That will come later. The pub
! lie must be educated into silverism by
| degrees.
What is a creditor? A fiend in hui
man shape who loaned 100 cent dollars
and doesn't want to paid in dollars
worth so cents.
How will free silver help the farm
ers? By causing the withdrawal Of all
loans, paralysis of industry. stagnation
| OF commerce and idleness of millions
of workers who now buy farm products.
How will the 16 to scheme benefit
| the working classes? BY making them
pay twice as much for everything they
buy, while giving them little or no in
crease in wages. 1t will also confiscate
half of their savings bank deposits.
What is a silver mine owner? A
good, kind, unselfiSh citizen, who
doesn't want higher prices of silver so
that he will get rich, but simply be-
cause he loves his fellow man.
Does his love for the workers lead
him to pay more than market rates for
his labor? Not much. Business and
sentiment are two different things. Be-
sides he doesn't have to.
What is a sound currency? Dollars
with so cents worth Of silver and so
cents worth of fiat or paper dollars all
fiat
What is the chief duty of good citi-
zen? To hate everybody who is indus
trious and thrifty. and to meekly swal-
low all the nostrums Of the cheap
money office-seekers.
How can the people be made prosper
Gus? By setting class against class:
discouraging the investment of capital
contracting the currency by running
employees, driving out gold and over
throwing our sound financial system
Whidden Graham.
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27

coinage at is to l. They do not ask
equal but unequal treatment Of gold
and silver ~ the mlnts. All that the
mint does with gold is to stamp upon it
the certificate of its value. 1t stamps 25
$40 grains of gold of standard finepess
as dollar; the metal is worth dollar
before it is stamped. 1t is worth COL
lar if melted in the pot. 1t will bring a
dollars worth of value in either shape
anywhere in the world.
What the free coinage men ask is
that the government shall stamp 412fs
grains of silver of standard fineness as
a dollar under the arbitrary and obso-
lete ratio of 16 to 1. But this silver is
worth only SO cents. 1t will sell fer
only So cents If melted. 1t will not
pass for dollar in the markets Of the
world, except to be sent back here,
where it's legal tender quality and the
policy of the government to make 1t
exchangeable for gold keep it current
at its face value.
In asking this unfair and dishonest
advantage for silver Mr. Teller there
fore demands unequal treatment for
the metals. And as free coinage Of
either metal at false ratio has every
where and always driven the more val
liable coin out of circulation, it would
inevitably precipitate this country to
a silver basis, making silver the only
money of redemption and silver or sill
yer notes the only money in use.
Tho froo coina0 90 mon aro therefore
not bimetallists, but silver monometal-
lists. They are contractionists. They
would make money scarcer instead OF
more plentiful, poorer instead of better.
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27

Whore We're the Silver Patriots In 1873:
The advocates of the cheap silver
standard pretend that the white metal
is patriotic" while gold is disloyal
One-half of the arguments for 50-cent
dollars consists of appeals to patriotism
for votes in favor of the American
money" and against the traitor gold"
of England.
In the happy days before 1878 the
bullion. value of the metal in a silver
dollar was worth on an average about
$1.03. Did the noble-hearted, patriotic
silver miners rush to pour their pro-
ducts into our minis. so that the coun-
try would have plenty Of money? Not
by q great deal. They were the kind
Of patriots who shipped their silver of
to France as fast as they could send it
in order to get little higher price for
1t. They knew that at that time metal
lie money was scarce in the United
States, but they didn't care for that.
They wanted the highest price for sill
yer bullion. and they therefore sold it
in the dearest market. Nobody blames
them for doing SO. But now that the
price abroad has gone down, and they
want Uncle Sam to give them more
for their bullion than its market value.
they talk Of patriotism" and pretend
that they wish to get their silver made
into dollars In order to benefit the
country. Nice kind of patriots they are
men who will send their silver away
when It Is badly needed and try to I'M
load 1t on the government when 1t IS
cheap and plentiful!
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27

Have They Csr.srsd Copper Cents:
A majority Of the letters from the
workingmen in your columns claim
that gold has appreciated In value since
1873, and that this appreciation has
been caused by the wicked bankers who
have cornered all the gold. Has any
one suggested that these wicked bank
ers have cornered all the cents? In
1873 it required 129 cents to purchase
only one ounce Of silver. Today it
requires only IS cents to purchase this
same one ounce Of silver. In 1879 u
required 125 cents to purchase one
bushel Of wheat To-day 6 cents will
purchase one bushel Of wheat. And yet
100 cents will purchase the same
amount Of gold to-day as 1t could In
1873. Clearly, then, 1t is this bad little
copper cent that has caused all our
hard times and not the gold. Lot rs
compel all of our creditors to accept
i've mills instead Of ten for I cant
Common Sense. In New York World.
The Globe-republican., 1896-08-27
What 16 to I Means.


1t means that 16 ounces Of silver for
debt paying purposes shall be made, BY.
law, worth as much as ounce of gold.
One ounce Of gold will now coin
$3.50. Sixteen ounces of silver shall
be made to coin $3.50.
You can buy in any market today Is
ounces Of silver for 1894. The profit Is
81 per cent, or $500.
In other words. If a man borrows OF
you today $3.50 he can pay you, II
free silver at 1S to I" becomes a law,
with 1924.
Look out that it doesn't!
Silver is merely a commodity, like
tin, iron or wood.
If the government should say 1894
worth OF wood shall cost $3.50. would
you buy it? Certainly not.
The. silver dollar today Is worth 90
cents. Its present ratio to gold is about
81 to /. All the governments In the
world cannot change the commercial
value Of silver any more than that OF
coal, iron, tin or copper!
The more silver produced the cheaper
it will get;
Would England, France or Germany
take in payment Of debt from US for
1850, 1894, simply because our gov
eminent said that 1914 worth Of silver
is worth 1850 of gold?
Certainly not! No more than you
would accept such a settlement of a
personal debt.
A standard OF exchange must be CO.
extensive with the commercial world
and acceptable to all concerned.