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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28
. nan CASE OF sTRABIsMUs.

The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
saws that from Virginia reports come 10
hand that the Republican Campaign
Committee and the honest-money Demo-
Gratis are taking effective measures to Sc
cure a full vote and straight count next
November"
wen welll Well Truly McKin-
leyism is a malign influence. Here we
have a paper that easily held among our
northern contemporaries first place Tor
clearness and directness Of vision suffer
ing from a fearful attack Of strabismus.
The Republican Campaign Committee
and the honest money" Boiter) Demo
Gratis. taking effective measures to Sc
cure a full vote and a straight count"
That is the form into which the distorted
vision OF the Telegraph has twisted
the scheme Of the Boilers and their Re-
publican allies to coerce corporation en-
ployees into voting against their oonvic-
lions.
Full vote" forsooth. when the effec-
tive measures OF tho alliance have pre-
vented a number Of corporation en-
ployees from registering. these preferring
TO rellnquIsh for the time being the
right Of suffrage rather than subject
themselves to an inquisition, the result
Of which in case Of their having eXer-
cised that right as freemen, might be
TO take the bread out Of the mouths OF
their wives and little ones Truly It
would test the capacity and accuracy Of
the most complete strabismometer ever
constructed to measure the crookedness
with which the Telegraph views the III
tie game Of the Virginia alliance to de-
feat Bryan. and block an honest express
sion Of opinion at the polls on the 81 OF
November
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28
PRESERVATION OF ORDER AT THE
POLLS
ACTS OF 1Sss--g0 PAGE ia.
Chapter 229
N ACT IN RELATION TO THE PER-

ACTS OF 1889 20, PAGE IA.
Chapter 20.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE PER-
SERVATION OF ORDER AT
THE POLLS.
approved March 8, 1907
/ Be ii enacted by the General As
semby Of Virginia. That the judges OF
election. II IL shall appear that voters
are being intimidated or coerced from
any source in the exercise of their
suffrage by bystanders about the poll
ing-place, or that voters are being hin
dered or tempered with. In any way, so
as TO prevent the casting Of a secret bal
lot, may order such person or persons
60 engaged in intimidating, cOercing'
hindering or tampering with voters e
cease such action and II such person or
persons so engaged do not forthwith
desist. the judges of election or a ma
jority OF them. may order the arrest Of
such person or persons by constable,
or any other person authorized by law
TO make arrests. and confine him or them
I'm the county or city jail. as the case
may be, not exceeding twenty-four hours.
and such person or persons may be sum-
moned by due process of law before the
next term Of the county or corporation
court having jurisdiction-as the case may
be-and upon the production Of evidence
proving his or their guilt, shall be fined
in a sum not less than SEQ. nor more
than 500.
? This act shall be in force from its
passage
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The Haunting Dream.
By Victor Plarrl

(By Victor Plarr)
Last night "A melancholy dream
Pursued me down the CULTS OF sleep.
Like some great bird that fiits a-gleam
In a ships wake on the lone deep.
OF those dreams II was so sweet
And subtly sad, that when / woke,
And rose and went into the street,
/ dreamt, although | moved and spoke
! dreamt although my hands and brain
Were busy I'm the Earring noon;
| dreamt Till night came round again,
And now / dream. watching the moon.
oh. for the JOY that might have been,
Oh for the Joy that shall not be.
Ard that which thou hast never seen.
And that which thou mayst never seel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28
THE LOGAN PAMPHLET.

General r. NJ. Logan has Issued pam
INLET OF instructions TO mis- wing of the
Mckinley party for election-day. 1t pur-
ports to state the law and decisions as
to voting under the Australian ballot in
Virginia. but II may be well doubted II
the work has been done with great ac-
curacy.
For instance the llliterate voter has
nothing whatever 10 do with saying which
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28
CODE OF vIRGINIA-PAGE 1m.
CApproved March 3. 1900

Nttl4yu III.
PRESERVATION OF ORDER AT
ELECTIONS.
Any constable Of a district in which an
election is held, who may be designated
for the purpose by the judges Of cleo
ton, shall attend at the Place of cleo
ton, and preserve order at and about
the same. and If no constable be in at
tendance. the judges of election may. by
writing. appoint one or more persons
specially. who shall have all the powers
OF constable in the premises.
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THO Worst.

Detroit Tribune)
The person who habitually distrusted
evolution sneered.
You are In "A sphere that is too large
for you he cOidly remarked.
'Merciful heavensr exclaimed the adj
vanced woman. does IL wrinkle across
the back? Tell me tho worstr'
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An Easy Living.

Cincinnati Enqurer)
Where are you working now, Nary
Amt wOrkin' nOwhercs. | am IN bust
ness for myself. l got a couple dozen
ladies that pays me quarter a week 10
come around and ask 'em for a place, and
IL makes the hired girl they got mad and
she won't leave"
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VIII BE Fortunate.
Hvnchbnrg News.O

0Lynchburg NeWS.)
The law Of Virginia says any man who
undertakes to prevent a secret ballot"
may be clapped in jail. And 1t is our
opinion that the Pinkerton crowd will be
lucky TO get in jail II they attempt TO car
~ out their lawless scheme In this State.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28

(BOONman.)
Columbus-like. I sailed into the night,
The sunset gold 10 ind;
Alas! twas but the phantom OF the light
JOHN d. TABB.
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We have been looking out for some
publication in the Times showing voters
how to prepare a ballot for Palmer and
Buckner but as yet we have seen none.
We wonder why Doesn't the Times
wish 10 see its candidates elected?
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The Richmond Times saws:

"Mathematicians long ago found out
that IT was impossible TO square a cir
Gle II remains to be seen whether the
laws Of Virginia can make Syrcle
SQUARE"
And it would seem that despite the
misma;ed legs Of the Republican and
Bolter dividers. they have rot been able
to draw a Syrcle upon crooked political
lines. and thereby compass as many ne
groes in their embrace as they intended
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General Joseph b. Doe, Assistant Sec
rotary OF War. "A gold advocate. has
written the following letter. coming out
for Bryan:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
asPer CAPITA"

1t is more money the Bryanites want.
Now, which nations have the most
money-those with the gold standard
or those with the silver standard?
The silverites are fond of talking
about per capita circulation.
Under free coinage of both gold and
silver the United States had per cap.
tia circulation in 1900 of 81. 90, in
1888 of $50 in 1852 of $14.63, in
1872 Of $lS19. In 1894 we had per
capita of $24. 80; in 1896 we have one
of $21.10.
The per capita circulation of the
world is about So. 10.
The per capita of the gold standard
countries is els.
The per capita of the silver standard
countries is nearly $3.50
The gold standard countries have a
per capita Of silver alone of $5. 40.
The silver standard countries have q
per capita of silver Of so. 80, the rest of
their small circulation being mainly de.
preciated paper.
The gold standard countries, with
less than one-third of the worlds popu-
lation, have very nearly two-thirds of
the worlds currency circulation.
And yet Mr.. Bryan would take the
United States from the gold standard
ard place it upon the silver standard. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
Why Capital Is Timid Today.

There is capital enough for every
legitimate business enterprise, and by
the processes of credit it can be multi.
piled indefinitely, but it cannot be set
at its work so long as men fear that it
will be suddenly cheapened in the using.
Capital brings no return to the owner
unless he somehow puts it at the service
of the community, but the tempting
lure the lenders follow is profit, and
when the risks are great the profits
must also be great. Remove the thought
of risk, and boarded capital will be set
free, mills will start up, railroads I'M
dertake extensions and improvements
and hopeful enterprises commend them.
selves to investors. AS it is, pending
the decision of the value of the dollar.
no one is spending, everybody is hoard.
ing. We live from hand to mouth, with
the machinery of prosperity idle at our
doors. Boston CongregGtionalist.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
where Are tho Benefits9

If 80 cent silver dollars should double
the prices of farm products, it is quite
as certain that the prices of all the
products which the farmer consumes
would double in the same way. In that
case it is not easy to see how the farmer
would gain anything by the free coinage
Of silver. Even the wages of labor, the
last to rise i'll an epoch of deprecated
currency and inflated prices, would
finally. after much distress of the work
ingmen straggle up to the common
level.
But whether the farmer should re-
ceive 800 for 100 bushels of wheat and
pay out 500 for the necessaries of living
or should receive $500 for the same
wheat and pay out $3.50. in both cases
the balance on hand would have just
the same purchasing power. But in &C.
complishing the degradation of the
monetary standard, which could do
neither the farmer nor the wage Garner
any good, an enormous depreciation Of
values and confscation of accumulated
earnings. involving public and private
credit in maelstrom of destruction,
would inevitably ensue Are the farm.
ers and workingmen of the country will
ing to invoke such catastrophe?-
Philadelphia Record.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
Which? which,

In communities where wageworkers
predominant Mr.. Bryan continues to
deny any intention Of cheapening the
dollar. He knows and they know that
this would mean diminishing by one
half the purchasing power Of wages and
reducing by one-half the value of all
savings, assurances and loans. And so
he pretends that free coinage will in
crease by nearly one-half the price Of
silver and make silver dollar worth
truly as much as q gold one.
But in the west and in farming COM
munities Mr. Bryan wakes eloquent on
the need of a cheaper dollar to increase
the price Of farm products and enable
the farmer to pay 500 of debt with $51
in silver. Leading silver advocates at
the west have repudiated Mr.. Bryan's
idea for eastern hearers only that free
coinage will increase the price Of silver
to $1.29. They say fatty that such dol
lars would be as bad as gold. What
they want is dollar worth only 81
cents.
Which dollar does Mr.. Bryan really
want? He cannot have both. Which is
to be bunkoed-the workingman or the
farmer, the mine owner or the debtorr
Which?-New York World.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
Cuba's Discouragine Experiment.

Cuba is furnishing a nearby example
Of the beauties of government regulation
Of the value of money on the Bryan
plan. Captain General Weyler had 6
deficient supply of cash, and so he hat
the Banco Espanol put out lot of pa
per money and issued stringent edic'
that everybody should take it at pal
with gold. AS the island is practically
under martial law, here was govern
ment control of the currency at its best.
If you didn't take the bank bills at par,
you were liable to be shot. Even Bryan
couldn't do more for silver than that
But did the edict keep the bank notes al
par? Not for a day. Almost instantly
they were at discount. which soon
amounted to 20 per cent Even with
guns and bayonets you cannot make &c
cents equal a dollar. Weyler has had to
give up trying. He has finally allowed
the Havana Stock Exchange to quote the
value Of the bank bills in gold. We
were going to say that this proves the
powerlessness of law to establish the
value of money, but we. remember in
time that Cuba has less than 2. 900, 00C
population to our 10000. 600; that she
never put down the greatest rebellion OF
modern times; that her inhabitants are
not the richest, proudest, most intelli.
gent people on earth, and SO we are not
90 sure. Her case is only part Of uni
versal experience, but we have changed
all that. New York Post.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
COLONEL INeERsoLL ON MONEY.
He States Some Plain Truths In His own
Unique Way.

He States Some Plain Truths In His Own
Unique Way.
Following is an extract from the
speech Of Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll
at Chicago on Oct. 8:
Money that is money needs no guar.
antee, needs no hacker; it is always
good. No matter how many nations go
down to dust, good money remains for
ever the same. We have man running
for the presidency on three platforms.
with two vice presidents. that says
money is the creature of law. If the
government can make money by law,
why should the government collect
taxes? According to Mr.. Bryan, our
fathers were the friends of silver, and
yet our dear old fathers in all their
lives only minted 5000, 900 Of these ga.
cred dollars. Now see what the enc.
mics of silver have done. Since 1878
the enemies Of silver have coined over
430, 900, 900 of these dollars, and yet
silver kept going down. We are coin
ing now over 81, 000,0 900 a month. and
silver keeps going down.
Senator Jones Of Nevada, in 1878,
voted for the law of 1878. He said,
from his speech in the senate. that God
had made gold the standard. He said
that gold was the mother Of civiliza.
tion. Whether he has heard from God
since or not do not know. But now he
is on the other side. Senator Stewart Of
Nevada was there at the time, but voted
for the act Of 1878 and said that gold
was the only standard He has changed
his mind. No government can afford to
be clipper on coins
A great republic cannot afford to
stamp lie on silver or gold or paper.
Honest money for an honest people, is
sued by an honest nation. You cannot
make paper dollar without taking a
dollars worth Of paper. We must have
paper that represents money. want it
issued by the government, and want
behind every one Of these paper dollars
either a dollar in gold or a silver
dollar worth 100 cents, so that every
greenback under the flag can lift up its
hands and swear, II know that my re.
deemer liveth." That was where was
90 years ago. and that is where am
tonight.
For nations and individuals, at all
times, everywhere and forever, honesty
is the best policy. Better be an bonest
bankrupt than rich thief. Poverty can
hold in its hand the jewel honor-a
jewel that outshines all other gems. A
thousand times better be poor and noble
than rich and fraudulent. Nobody can
be helped by free coinage except the few
people who could pay their debts if they
were willing. Some say that it would
help the mine owners. 1t would not.
Coming this bullion into dollars would
not increase its value, because You could
coin the bullion of the whole world and
the supply would be greater than the
demand. Have freecoinage tomorrow,
and there is not silver mine owner
that would make dollar-not one-by
changing it into American coin. 1t
would only be worth what the bullion
is worth in the open market.
We want good money-good, honest
money. And there was never any real
prosperity for nation or an individual
without honesty, without integrity, and
it is our duty to preserve the reputation
Of the great republic.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
sThe Crime of '73."

The following explanations why the
silver dollar should no longer be coined
were made in the house of representa-
tives April 0, 1879:
1t has become impossible to retain ar
American dollar in this country except
in collections Of curiosities. Judge
Kelley.
The silver dollar "has long since
ceased to be coin Of circulation. 80
The gold dollar should be declared the
money unit. Mr.. Hooper.
The principal change proposed by th'
bill was in more clearly specifying th'
gold dollar as the unit of value.
The time has come in this country wher
the gold dollar should be distinctly de
clared to be the coin representative o.
the money unit. MIR. Stoughton.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23

In 1878 farm products were lower
than ever before since the civil war, and
the "greenbackcrs" were arguing that
the preparation for resumption on Jan.
1, 1879, had produced the hard times,
and their advocates tried to postpone
the date for resumption. But resump.
tion came Jan. 1, 1879, and No. Q cash
wheat sold at 815S; by May it was up
to $1.01A, and by December. 1870, it
was up to s1331s. Corn was 2936 in
January, 1879, but in December, 1879,
it was 4314.
Such facts need to be borne in mind
,at this time, when so many false the
cries are afioat.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
nrvan.s .R,meta,,,sm.-

Mr.. Bryan still calls himself obi.
metallist, though he has never even
attempted to answer the question: "In
the history Of this country has there
ever been time when gold and silver
circulated upon equal terms as full legal
tender money, with the minis open to
the free and unlimited coinage of both2''
There never was such o time. Free
and unlimited coinage at 16 to I has
never, in any country. at any time,
given bimetallic currency. Mr.. Bryan
Is silver monometallist in fact. what
ever he may think himself to be in the
Ory
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
How Bryan viii .Do" the Trusts.

Mr.. Bryan to the Trusts-You fel.
lows are not in IL with me. You think
you're doing great things when you put
up the price Of one thing at q time
and you get cussed for it besides. But
my little silver trust scheme puts up
prices on everything at once, and I
make 'em think we're doing 'em a
favor You fellows are too slow.