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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

Richard Henry savage's Her Foreign
Conquest'' will be dramatized.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04

Camp Of the Young surveyor in Colonial
Times.

HILE hundreds OF pilgrims
daily crowd the shrine Of
Mount Vernon. one Of the
most interesting relies Of
Washington remains unknown
and unnoticcd and is rapid
The Progress., 1896-08-29

Lcwistown News: The Mexican DOL
lar containing q little more bullion
than our silver dollar is worth but fif-
ty-scven cents in the United States
money. Some shallow pated indiyid-
.uals deem this positive proof that the
free coinage of silver by the United
States would be disastrous. Measured
by our 200-cent gold dollar our silver
dollar is worth but So cents. The Mex
lean dollar is worth more than our sill
YER dollar. 1t Is not a. fiat dollar; it is
not dishonest dollar. 1t only passes
current with AS Cox what it Is actually
worth. 1t is not redeemable in gold.
but it is redeemable in itself. 1t Is not
by the greenback process convertible
into gold. It does not drain our treas.
ury of the reserve. It does not make
necessary the issuing Of bonds. It Is
an ideal silver dollar. The free coin.
age of such dollars would be a blessed
thing for this country. Thimble-
Drained demagogues will not scare
many people by threatening to "Mexi.
canize our currency"
The Progress., 1896-08-29
CLEVELAND ON PARTYFEALTY

before The Democratic conventional 1892
lively supported David g. Hills candidacy Democratic nominal
for The Presidency But Cleveland tereupon Clark How
ell managing editor Of the Constitution
Democratic National Committee
o wrote Mr. Cleveland giving the
pressed Will OF the majority of The him
W eon as Loyalty and Zeaouy opposed
o 10 TINS letter Mr. Cleveland replied
the principles of situation to-day
at reproduced from the Constitution with
OF service to the Democracy duty The let
follows:
GRAY GABLES BUzZARDS BAY, Mass
Esq: My Dear SiThe
ngy 1t has tone of true Democracy about it, and pcrvaded
the sort OF Democratic frankness which pleasing
think THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE PARTY ORGANIZATION
IS what you admirably
MENT OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Is fu
y thc duty one opposed to shut his mind
o resentment that might be allowed
fuencc OF the Constitution will be deeslrc
am not surprised though that from
this time the close the
uence the fight for Democratic c
1t honestly seems to me that Democrats who
TO THE CAUSE ARE RECREANT TO THEIR COUNTRY
Personal advancement OF Of
advocate is everything.
hoping ha we may congratulate each other glorious
vembe, am yours sincerely, GROVER CLEVELAND
The Progress., 1896-08-29

Henry VI. Teller, in coming out solid
ly for Bryan and Scwal!. has proved
himself the ideal boltNr OF this era OF
bolts Mr.. Teller takes With him a
choice bunch OF mavericks ready to
Offer their senatorial and congressional
tianks TO the branding irons OF dcmuc-
racy.
Senator Teller ana his ccnGrcrcs are
The only men SO far Developed i'll either
Of the three parties or innumcrable
suh-parties who have demonstrated
that they possess courage rs We'll as
conviction. SO far rs eau be observed
the other boilers nave talked. threaten
cd, Cajolcd, implored, demanded and de-
fed and then have calmly submitted
to their party collar with occasional
weak splntterings of disgust. Not so
with Senator Teller. He neither
threatened nor eApostUlated, after he
found the sentiment OF the st. Louis
convention against him. He shook
hands with the chairman. told the dele
gates he had been republican for
thirty-liyc years, but could not swallow
sold,' and then left the platform and
the hall.
Once outside Of his party he has not
sought to gain control OF it by forming
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Labor Man for Siiycr.

prrsidont Ionoc O'rcr,ou ~ tho W..
t,rp,tiona, hso,ci,,;o, os Mocb;ris,c
tbc otbcr dov modo tho following etoto-
mnut in w,jiirg In tho Accoo;,iol
Press.
"Tberc has hoen going tho rounas n,
the rold STANDARD nrooo os tho countrr
s,pposed interview with mo ecnt on,
from Now Yort, ir which + am ouotod
os having said thot vos i, favor -,
the single gold standard and that tho
international Associatjon Of Nachir.
list, OF which 7 an tbn ovccut;vo wos
strongly in favor nf tho como fo,r;,c
that the adoptiou Of FREQ silver would
mean the reduction of woqns tbrouoh
out the country
Il wish to say tn those who ar, inter-
e5tcd in knowing nv views on this i'm.
portant question thar have ncvcr had
the interview referred to have no+
been in New York citv for several
months; neither hava T discueeod tho
question with a newspancr renresonto-
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Republican Misruie in Chicago.

As We all know, the republicans car
Tied Chicago in 1895 and the city is now
run by the machine As IA result there
is not a worse governed city on the
American continent The Chicago
journal. Il representative republican
paper. calls attention to the inequality
OF personal property assessments in
the follow.as article
1t will surprise some OF Chicago's
citizens who are IN moderate circum
stances TO learn how little personal
propert ia owned by some re-
puted millionalres. Assessor Hepburns
books, just turned over to the county
clerk, are a revelation in this respect.
Some CT the weaithiest residents of
the south side, men who keep carriages,
coachmeD and brown-stone houses, are
living In almost Spartan simplicity.
While residing in palatal edifices, cost.
ing all the way from 100000 to 81, ,0O0,-
800 to build. they have economized in
the way of furniture so that not more
than 81 600 worth OF goods are inside
tho walls. 1t so stands on the assessors
books, and the assessor is supposed to
ksow.
The residence OF J. Ogden Armour.
on Michigan avenue, is sometimes sup
posed by people who are outside the
sacred purlieus of plutocraey to contain
good carpets substantial leather-cushi-
0ned chair. hardwood tables, and pos
.sibly an engraving Or two. Some Wild
" imaginative persons have even re-
ported that there were oil paintings
worth as much as $500 apiece, bronzes,
EAarble Statues. Administer carpets,
books Of rare editions, worth their
weight tn gold. oandelabra, Turkish
Enga. divans. and other accessories to
SlhaF Tie pleasure. According to these
ssosiea. tAe furnisnanss Of The big pe..
The Progress., 1896-08-29
CONVICTS.
Good Campalgn Story,

William ]. Bryan, who was nomi-
mated by the democrats for President Of
the United States. is the son of Silas
l.. Bryan, who was. for six years. cir
cult judge Of the second circuit in this
state. Judge Bryan was in the habit
of opening his court with prayer. He
claimed that the Lord directed him
In making his decisions. He would
sometimes, when in doubt In the midst
OF trial. kneel down upon the bench
and ask divine direction. A noted
Peoria lawyer. meeting the judge one
day in the street, after the supreme
court had reversed six of his cases
said: Il see, judge, that the supreme
court has reversed the Lord in six
eases, What hare you got to say sSont
it? ] thought you decided your cases
under divine direction Whereupon
the judge replied: "The supreme court
is wrong. Chicago Legal News.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Ex-GOv. Peck for Silver.

Secretary Noel Of the democratic
state central committee, of Milwaukee
announces that ex-Gov. Peck ia now
for silver and will do all in his power
to secure the election of the BRYAN
electors in that state. Mr.. Noel says
hat the ex-governor. who is now away
on q short trip, told him to tell eyery-
one who asked where he stood that he
was "a!l right" and would respect the
will of the majority. The secretary Is
quito enthusiastic, and says that Chair
man Peck is now for silver, having
looked into the matter and found the
fallacies of the gold men. He declares
that after a careful inquiry through
the state he is certain that the silyer
sentiment Ia strong III Wisconsin. and
that It is growing ste3dily. Associated
Press.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
IlnCOln's Prophetic Words.

Springfield Monitor: No man ever
predicted the present state of things so
clearly, nor prophetically call attention
to a great wrong, than did Abraham
Lincoln at the close Of the war Said
he: "As a result Of the war CORPORA
tlons have been enthrOned and an era
of corruption will follow. The money
power of the country will endeavor to
pro,ong its reign BY playing on the pre-
judices of the people until all wealth IL
concentrated in few hands and the
republic destroyed. Before God 7
fear more for the safety of my country
now than when it was in the midst of
war" Were ever words pictured BY
mortal man that pictured the present
condition Of the country better than
these words from Mr.. Lincoln? Will
you not heed the man who could see
in what danger this country is in fr,m
the condition of things he warned us
against?
The Progress., 1896-08-29

To Tie Editor Of The World: One of
The old stock arguments against the
free coinage OF silver Wns that tho
country would be flooded with free sill
yer and so-callod cheap money. Now |
notice that Tho World claims that the
free coinage OF silver would drive all
the gold out Of the cuuntry-that is, all
OF the six hundred millions of gold
and that 1t would th3n take at least ten
years to fill up the gap with silver. the
result being contraction Of the cur
rency. 1t seems TO me that there is q
Boomerang somewhere about this state
mont. AS there Ia no gold in circula-
ton, how can 1t be driven out? SO far
as circulation per capita is concerned.
all the gold in the United States treas
ury and the reserves held by the ma
tlonal banks aH Ossc the country might
AS we'll be in the middle of the deep,
deep sea for all practical business pur-
poses. The per capita circulation
claimed by the gold iiends is q preten-
tious humbug. There is not 81 Der
capita In the pockets Of 80 per cent. Of
<hc American people to-day.
w. II. RENERIDGE.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Murphy WIN Vote for Hrxnn.

i shall vote for Bryan and Sewall," ,"
said Senator Edward Murphy, Jr.
Senator Murphy made this statement
at Long Branch recently to gentle
man who recently held a hieh official
position and whose intimate relations
with Richard Croker are wesl-known.
This gentleman visited Senator Murphy
purposely to obtain his views upon the
political situation in order that he
might shape his own accordingly. He
told the senator that, knowing that
Croker would vote as he (Murphy)
would, he himself wished to cast his
ballot for the same candidates. Then
1t was that Senator Murphy said he
would support the ticket. To consider
the present democratic sitNation more
comprehensively it may be told that
cx-Mayor Hugh j. Grant, Senator
Murphy's son-in-law, is nov in favor of
a third ticket. All tn. democratic
leaders Of the city and state, including
Mr.. Whitney, are simply playing the
game of politics. "All are agreed in
their desire" said gentleman who at
tended the Whitney conferences, ito
repudiate the national platform, but
they are divided as to supporting the
ticket"
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Song of Silver.
by James Il. GOOde

Tell It's not in mOurnful numbers
NE Is but IN idle dream; for VIC see
that wealth controls us and we arc
not what We seem. Rights. that
once our statutes gave US. now no
longer can we claim: for the Shylock
buys conventions and tho candidates
doth name. What are we that we
should grumble, DER the platform that
no writes; It's the task of common peo
pie. to believe what he indltes. Cringe
ye slaves. for Wall street Shylocks have
the &. o. p. In hand; you must vote for
Bill Mckinley and for gold. alone,
must stand.
An. but listen to the murmur. OF the
thunder DER the plains: as tho people
rise IN anger. to protest against such
claims. Down with tyrant gold,'
they're shouting, "Out upon those blat-
ant knaves: we are freemen and. by
thunder. none can sell us out as slaves
We're for silver and for freedom ana
our clans are brave and true: we can
beat that Bill Mckinley and his Wall
street masters, too." Silver! Silver,
shouts the chorus. from the hi,,-tons
far away. whi!o the milliona In the
valleys, sing it's praises every day.
Silver Will increase our wages n
VIII give us work each day: for twill
thwart the mighty Shylock and will
take his power away. Rising prices
for our products. business for our idle
men; all VIII come to bless the nation,
when silver's money once again
Plenty will return to millions and pros
perity will reign. In the home of every
workman, when silyer's money once
again. When the ides of next Noyem
Der, give to us the chance tn win vnu
can bet your bottom dollar, silver will
be mon4y then. VAL
The Progress., 1896-08-29

sion would cost many time: the pr!co
Of an ordinary house.
But Assessor Icpburn's agent has
been around and found out about
these things. He reports that all Mr..
ArmOur's personal belongings. includ-
Ing jewels, clothing. and articles OF
virtI, are worth but $1,000.
And on this basis they are taxed.
Others supposed to live in a com
Portable way and some who have been
even suspected of luxury are shown by
the tax book to be quite poor, among
them. sam Allcr,on, a member of Mark
hlnuaS 100000 600 Campaign trust.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Tells q Joke on HlmselP

\ characteristic Of Mr.. Bryan is his
capacity for telling q joke On himself
and enjoying it. He recounted the
other day with good humor the critical
remark Of friend at the conclusion Of
one of his speeches. "Oh, we'll, Bryan.
anybody could be an orator who had
a rnoutD as big as yours. Why, your
month is so large you can whisper il
-c,ir own ear
The Progress., 1896-08-29
statement from Vice. President No,,,

statement from vICo-Prcsident No,n,
Shortly after his nomination Artbur
sewall dictated the following sto,e.
ment to reporter:
Il am more surprised than anv .-.
else at my nomination. A few Of nv
friends intended to give me q vote Of
!: lew states as compliment and vos
satisfied with that. l hear.ilr indo,.e
the candidate for president. but Tho
great issue Is that OF free silver. !tio.
relief that the country demands. Tho
democratic party is the one to Give ~
to the people. I am heartily In accord
with the platform. Ny whole life and
soul are in the ilee silver movement
! am an intense silver man and I want
to see the legtslAticn ot 1879 rcpea,ed :
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Secs Immediate Help Tor Two M;,,i,,.
w. Il. REVERIDGE

To the Editor OF The World: The
free and unlimited coinage of silver
viii help the labor,ng man by giving
employment so 100000 men in the
mines. IL each onc has family of
three it would thus benefit 1000 600
persons. Also thousands of others
would be benefited by making clothing
provisions. etc, for these cmployed
men.
Now, what does the present gold
policy offer? Nothing. only that times
already as bad as can be. shall not get
worse. CYRUS SNYDER.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Loyal to the British System,

Detroit Free Press B0ltacratic): We
cannot support the democratic ticket
llhe Free Press has an edition printed
IN England. It's staff and owners are
pro British in their ideas as wei! as
their conyictions.)
The Progress., 1896-08-29
Tho journal OF CIviiixnt,o,

harper's Weekly (always anti-Ameri
can: We can swallow Mckinley and
protection rather than accept fnan-
c.at system that would reduce the our
chas'ng power of the money due the
creditor class (meaning England
The Progress., 1896-08-29
How tho Mark Hanna 100000. 900
TruS. IL Fighting Free SILVER


Wall Street Organ: II tho labor shys-
tcrs think they can force Payne OF the
ticket iusS because he opposed the
street car anarchists OF Milwaukee in
their strike. they are sadly mistaken.
This is business mans campaign. The
shysters' men soon find out where they
are at.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
THE EAST is ABLAZE.
LABOR WACIMG A VIGOROUS
WAR
III, Debates Now Got"- on Through til"
Columns of ttc Wort, >i,o. the way
the Wind u Flown. -.- tabor huows
What Jt Wants

The New York Wocln, rth It's 80
NO0 circulation every Gay. is doing
splendid service for Bryan and Shwatl.
Its debate on the al,Ver question is
turning out rather di-astyOusiy for the
Soidbuga. 1t was stated so that labor
might protest against the prospect OF
being paid in so cent dollars. But labor
hasn't protested worth ! cent. Labor
knows chat dollar. TIC matter what il
by doubling the moncy OF the country
by free silver COinagr labor will get
two dollars where Il got on" before.
Indeed, Mr.. Pulitzer this whole free
silver movement Is pat OF labOr'5 plan
to get its due aud to break the hack Of
corporate wealth a. HUslaincd ~ the
hationa! banks, Long h,forc The pres
cnt campaign started long before the
act OK '92 the hundreds OF assemblies
OF tho Knights Of Labor of East. West
North and South Wc.e preaching irc"
silver. And their Icttcra to thN World
show that they know MI about th1 sub
JGct- Here arc a0mr ut them:
Lack of Money Iw,it, Consumption.
To The Editor " IN. WuG'i. am for
free silver. but 4, not believe The
Worlds assumption tint it viii b.
cheap money, nnnu.a.tG,,ys o. staple
The Progress., 1896-08-29

New York Times: w. p. st. John is
the only banker of the east who has
seen tit to join in the cry for rrte sill
YER coinage.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
new branch or by holding another
convention. He has simply accepted

convention. He has simply accepted
the logic Of the situation, and, being in
earnest, has adopted the surest method
of defeating that which he could not
support. Right or wrong on the in
trlnsic merits Of the case Senator
Teller has demonstrated the way in
which boilers from either side of the
question should go. He believes free
silver is right, and is doing all in bis
power to defeat gold. The st. Louis
boilers are not stradhling or attempt
ing TO beg the question. and their
course cannU, but commend itself to
fair-mindcd men for honesty of pur
pose. sincerity and courage. Chicago
Dispatch.
The Progress., 1896-08-29

She (new to the game)-What is the
umpire for? Flo "a rooter)-To show
that there is no pleasure without its
alloy p Philadflphia North American.
The Progress., 1896-08-29

New York Wcrld: This state is alive
with the silver ''hcresy" Labor IS al
most unanimous for cheaper dollars
Clearer labor}.
The Progress., 1896-08-29
THE LINE OF BATTLE.
SIGNIFICANT THINGS FROM THE
CHICAGO ES-HERALD.

Twenty Eight EtHt"mPnts from That
Paper All OF Which ArH Contradictory
Little Truths Which strike No,ns-
Center Shots.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The Christian has 10 more right u
spend IN hour in = house bull: ON the
sand than he has to live in one.-Ram'a
Horn.
"A marble statue Of Dr.. James MAJ
tineau is to be placed In Massachusetts,
college, Oxford, upon the complet1oh
Of the doctors Both year.
Prof. h. G. SedTwiek has been 90
cured by Simpson college. Indianola.
Ia, to organize and conduct an In.
daseriAl and mechanical school
The annual repert Of President
ANGEL, of the University of Michigan,
shows that the attendance of women
has fallen of during the last two yearA
How near must q person live to be
my neighbor? Every person Is near to
you whom you can bless. He is near.
est whom you can bless the most
William Ellery Claiming.
"A queer way of securing religious
equality is that devised by the Stepney
Board of Guardians, who propose to
baptize every fourth founding coming
under their care as q Roman Catholic.
One secret ect of self-denial, one
sacrifice Of inclination to duty, Is
worth all the mere goed thoughts,
warm feelings. passionate prayers, in
which idle people indulge themselves
Cardinal Newman.
ported for twcnty-seven Presbyterian
churches. The largest is the Fifth Az.
enue, New York, church, Of which
Rev. DR.. John Hall is pastor, which
has membership of 2.a4A
I'VE all do fade as leaf" Some
fading leaves are crisp and crumpled,
others are soft, velvety, beautiful The
fading face of Christian is oftentimes
more beautiful than q glowing cheek.
The light of Heaven is upon it-United
Presbyterian
1t is reported that the domestic or
ganization of the vatican is such that
if the pope were to be taken fatally i'll
it would be kept a secret for several
days Lately it has been arranged
that not even the body servants OF the
pope could penetrate the secret But
the health Of the pope At present does
not at all justify such proceedings.
In June last DIR. Peter NcVicar
rendered his resignation as President
of Washburn college, Topeka, Kan. on
account of failing health. The trus-
tees declined to accept, and proposed
an extended vacation. DR.. McVicar's
physician, however, insists that he
must have complete relief from care,
Is the condition of full recovery. At
the last meeting, therefore, the trus-
tees reluctantly accepted the ,esigna-
ton, and Dr.. McVicar will probably go
abroad for year or two. He has been
president of Washburn college ever
sinco 1871
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
BOTH SIDES.

Peculiar Complaining OF m irritable HUI.
band-his Wifs's Patienee.
MFE Sa<aga-was q woman greatly
liked and respected in the neighborhood
in which she lived, and her even dis
position was often praised by her neigh
bors, who were apt to be rather plain
spoken in regard to her husbands irri-
table temper. Il don't see how it Is,
so quiet when Uncle Ichabod begins to
fret about useless things You, never
say . word" remarked her niece, who
had been staying 1t the farmhouse for
several weeks and had heard Ichabod's
frequent complainingS
Mrs Savage smiled plAcidly - abe
answered:
I'm most afeerd, Miranda, that you
haven't paid strict attention to what
your uncle was saying at the times
you mention, because. j. If you had.
you'd . seen that he don't need any
body to reply to him; he reasons with
himself, SO to speak, and presents my
views . sight better than could. You
just give attention the next time you
hear him a-disputing and you'll see
that I've no occasion to disturb my
self" -
The opportunity for listening to Mr..
Savage was soon given.
"'Taint no place to put q chair ont
on that back stoop," began Uncle
Ichabod
''But it's kind of = pleasant place to
sit" he went on, in Z milder tone; and
then, raising his voice:
II don't care If it's: the chair'll be
spoiled: it'll be left out in all kinds of
weather, and I won't have it here"
Then. with just . suggestion Of =
pause. his voice fell again and he con-
tinaed:
"A wooden chair don't spoil very
easy, md that's one of the kitchen
chairs that never was painted"
Never was paintedr' he repeated in
. louder tone. There tits! Just be-
cause anything amt fixed up to kill
faint any use" and he lifted the
chair and moved it to the other side Of
the ttoop
perhaps if it's over this side it will
be moro sheltered" came his milder
tones, and then:
"All the talking I do don't do aspeck
of good-not = speck. Knight just -
we'll never say . word" and, sitting
dokn in the offending chair, Uncle
Ichsbod began tanning himself with
his big straw hat while Miranda and
her aunt exchanged glances of under.
standing. Companion.