Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

Politics makes queer mortnls Of NJ.
Discussing the tariff question the Demo.
cratic party contends that the United
States II not big enough TO- stand alone.
but when II comes 10 the silver question
the same party argues that We are not
only strong enough 10 stand alone. but
are able to bring mp TO n dignificd atti.
tulc all the silver countries Of the world.
Waterloo JOurnal.C Courier.
"Whcn the Creator made man. He did
not use any superior kind Of mud In
making fnancicrs." This II u sample Of
| the dignity nnd reverence which chnrnc-
terixc the campaign uttcrnnces Of vii.
liam Jennings Bryan. Can any intclli-
| gent citizen. even by the most persistent
| irritation II his mental processes, imagine
William Mckinley vOicing u thought ~
impious and vulgar Mail and Express.
II IL claimed that il Is no longer nppro.
pirate to call W: J. Bryan the boy orator
OF the Platte, because the Platte dries
up every sunimcr.---Atchison Globe.
| In Vermont the Republicans get more
thnn 10 to- I IN the Senate, and II the
campaign had lasted much longer they
popular vote. Bryan's star has set In
the Green Mountain state. - Lynn
| (Ninss.) Item.
A Missouri farmer has promised to let
his daughter marry the farm hand OF
her choice II the Democrats win. Tive
|
Ray County Aio) Republican.
Tho truth Is that when such men ns
Harrison, Mckinley. Sherman and Reed
get before tho. public. little fellows like
billy bryan become subjects for mi
ccroscoopicnl s'udy.-isay County Mo.)
MIR. Cleveland refused to allow the use
Of his name ut Indianapolis. lie can
| better serve the cause OF honest money
In the. campaign by shooting a few holes
into the tent Of the Chicago circus later
in the campaign. 1t il understood he
dircction.-Ohio State Journal.
1t must be q wise Democratic child
that knows Its own pOpulist and free
silver fnther.-Ncw Orleans Picayunc.
Specialists who have examined Mr.
Bryan's throat say that the epislotti,
IL capable of great endurance-whichi h
certainly very encouraging for the Re
p!blicans. for II there is anything thai
will bc of great service 10 the Mckinley
forces 1t Is to keep Mr.. Bryan's talking
apparatus In good condition. Such sen
fences as he uses at times are cnOIgf
to ruin the lid of any mans voice box
but. II the machine will only stand tn,
wear and tear until November, the Re
publicans can well afford to have II re
pared ut their representation
4 mckinley club has been formed n
the Soldiers Home ut Sandusky. o
the 1907 inmates of the Institution 80,
Joined the club.-Fremont Journal.
Discussing the assertion of the FIRE,
silvcritcs that the statute of the Unite,
States. single handed and alone, agains
of silver to u parity with gold ut III I,
when the commercial parity IL now 3
to !, Speaker Reed says: II was toll,
In 1880 by two of the most sincere q
well as the ablest silver men that tn
purchase of 4,50O,OOO ounces a mont
would raise silver 10 par. and when W
did buy It, silver went down like lead
Silver men have not been good prophet
in the past" Hence Mr.. Reed refuse
TO take any stock IN their new prOphec
as To the wonderful. not to say miracu
lous. effect of II free coinage law.-PeOri
Transcript.
Stewart of Nevada. owns a cross o
gold, to which he nails every man VIII
borrows money from him. Interest an,
principle payable in gold."-Globe-Demo
crat.
A Nebraskan objects to the position o
all the parties on gold and silver an
advocates the free coinage of aluminium
money. He says:
lit would make very pretty, ligh
and durable coin, and though it Ii rattle
cheap now, the unlimited coinage wOul
make II demand that would raise tn
price and keep 1t NJ. ] have already Ia
Lincoln man apply for the nOminatiO
for President by II party that will adyt
cate this. AS this would appeal to tn
patriotism and independence of our cit
zcns, especially the street corner pOlit
clan, would pull the British lions tn
and slap the goldbug in the face. n cor
vention held about October ] would
in time TO form the party nominate tn
candidates and sweep the country
Burlington Hawkeye.
Bryan says there Is such thing as
dollar being too good. \ dollar and
wife, says the Council Bluffs N0npa
rcil. ARE two things that can't be to
, good, and they are too hard to get I
be readily traded off for cheap dolla
or cheap wife, just because those ar
easier to get. Huntington Hawkeye.
They might gather up those free silve
, documents that were scattered around !
Vermont and send them to the scatterin
/ Popocrat party In Maine.-Detr0it JOul
paI.