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HOBART AND THE
COAL TRUST.
He Is the Founder and Pro-
mOter Of Il Grim nal Con-
spiracy.
COAL AT $40 A TON.
The People of the United States Com
PEELED to Annually Submit to
Systematic Robbery.
Garrett A. Hobart, the Personal Repre-
sentative and Paid Lobbyist Of j. Pier
Pont HorSan-HOw Would You Like
Such a Man as President?

You are going to pay ten dollars ton
for your winters supply of coal.
THIS VIII be a part OF your contribu-
ton 10 the republican campaign cor
ruption fund.
Carrot \. Hobart, the republican
nominee for vice president, is the
founder. promoter and one of the chief
beneficiarics of the anthracite coal
trust, the most criminal and hcartless
conspiracy against the American peo-
pie that was ever carried into merci-
less execution.
This is not 4 caxuPaign lie. 1t is an
absolute fact, and is part of the his
tory of the infamous Reading combine
with its colossal conspiracy, backed by
100000, OCO Of capital.
Mr.. Hobart says there is no coal trust.
What do yos think about it? Who 10
YOU suppose raises the price of coal
just in proportion as the season adj
vances; in proportion as the cold grows
more intense and the sufferings of the
poor increase? Do you suppose the rise
is occasioned by the law of supply and
demand? Do you suppose hard coal is
worth ten, or nine, or eight, or seven, or
six dollars a ton?
And are you thinking of voting for
ticket with Carrot 4. Hobart on it?
Carrot A. Hobart, the paid attorney
and legal representative of J. PicrpOnt
Morgan; Garrett A. Hobart, the re-
tanned lobbyist of the New York rail
road wreclers; Carrot A. Hobart, who
has promoted and engineered more
trusts and invented more legal tricks
with which to defeat justice and OPP
press the people than any man in the
United States.
The man who votes for Hobart for
any Office in the gift of the American
people deserves to be robbed by trusts
and compelled TO spend the remainder
of his days III abject slavery and pow
erty.
The man who declaims against trusts
three years and nine months and then
spends three months yelling and work
ing for the biggest trust robber in the
United States and winds up by voting
to make him the presiding officer of
the United States senate should take
out an insurance policy against the fool
killer.
Imagine the people of the United
States engaged in a struggle against
the trusts. with j. Pierpont Morgan's
man, Hobart. the presiding officer of
the United States senate! Any voter
who will indorse such a calamity will
cheerfully vote if he is given a chance
to disfranchise himself
Suppose in the possible course of
events that Mckinley should die while
in Office? We would then have Mr..
Garrett a. Hobart, founder and heavy
stakeholder in the coal trust item dol
lars tom, as president of the United
States of America. There is nothing in
the burlesque or comic opera more gro
tesque than this, and yet we are told
that several millions of American
workmen who use coal. and who are an
nually swiRdled out OF millions of dol
lars by Mr.. Hobart and his fellow-con-
spirators, now seriously propose TO
turn over TO Mr. Hobart the absolute
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debt paying capacity. The same argument
holds good of the silver peso of the Latin
American countries, and the price Of our
meats and live stock. 1t holds good. too, In
the silver ruble and the price of oil. 1t
holds good In many ways too numerous to
mention.
Instead of foreigners purchasing the
product of our silver mines at the rate of
20 cents per ounce, and with this silver
buying produce. some Of which comes in
direct competition with our productions,
from South America and the orient. they
would have TO pay at the rate of 81 % per
ounce.
LAS to reputation, why we have prac-
tically repudiated already, If bankruptcy
means failure to pay debts. Did you ever
think of what an awful debt America
owes to-day? Nineteen thousand millions
of mortgaged Indebtedness. All the gold
and silver in the world would not pay one
third of this single item of mortgage in
debtedness, and under our present ar
rangement of things the awful dIspro-
portion between the ability to produce and
the power of money to accumulate interest
makes the breach between this country
and solvency grow wider every year. Prices
20 down, money going up. Interest eating.
eating all the time. How can 1t ever be
paid? The free coinage of silver l do not
believe to be a panacea for as our evils,
but / do believe IT a step in the right d.
rection and for the best interest of the
American people"
[Signed.l JESSE GRANT"
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painful think wangling journey
through life! happy de)

tea
all combined, and we will catch some
adequate idea of the cause of the pres
tsnt universal collapse and business
paralysis. Can we not all see that this
increase of population has increased
the demand for money enormously,
md can we not all see that this in
creased demand is sure to augment
from year to year? And can we not see
that it is this increased demand which
has caused money to advance in value
and hence in purchasing power? 1t
is too valuable for use, and hence hides
AWAY. AS it does so it takes on new
strength, and when 1t sallies forth it
1evours the world. Think of it'll An
increase in our population equal to the
population of ten great cities of a mil
lion souls each since 1886, accompanied
by contraction of our circulating
medium! Could anything be more
monstrousp The human mind is not
capable of fully comprehending the
enormity of such a transaction. These
people are bone of our bone and flesh
of our flesh, and yet we have not pro-
vided one dollar for their relief. This
is but glimpse of what has been 60
ing on since 1S65.-Gen. j. B. Weaver, in
Chautauquan.
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headquarters show that these claims
are entirely without foundation, and
are only manufactured for the purpose
of detracting the attention of the free
silver leaders to these states. As q
matter of fact the democratic and free
silver polls show that both Kansas and
Nebraska will give Bryan majorities of
not less than $4,000.
The democratic national managers
are greatly encouraged over the result
of the elections in Florida and Georgia.
Return, from Florida show that the
democrats have carried every county
in the state, and that the state has
Frre democratic by majority of not
less than 20,0oG, Notwithstanding that
there was no fusion of the democrats
with any other party. Georgia gives
@ democratic majority of not less than
$4,000, this in the face of the fact that
the populists and republicans in
Georgia are fused. With q democratic
majority to-day of 10000. it is safe to
say that Bryan's majority in November
will be from 60.GC0 to $4,000.
Chairman Tones and the national
democratic managers feel greatly en-
couraged over the outlook, and conf
IDENTIFY assert that Bryan will be elected
by an overwhelming majority of the
electoral vote in November.
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] JESSE GRANT"
THE LATE ELECTIONS.

State elections were held last week
in Georgia and Florida. There was no
fusion between the democrats and any
other party in either state, and the re-
publicans had the temerity to lay claim
to both. Each gives an overwhelming
democratic victory.
In certain counties of Florida, lately
devastated by the storm, very little At
tention was paid to the election; yet
the democratic majority in the state
will reach almost 10000, out of total
vote of less than $4,000.
In Georgia, despite combinations of
every possible kind formed against
them, the democrats have increased
their majority of $4,000 two years ago
to 10000. In both states the legislature
is Overwhelmingly democratic, and both
states will increase their majorities for
Bryan.
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THE PAST DECADE.
An Increase In Population and Decrease
In Currency Volume.


In Currency Volume
According to the treasury statement
of February, 1896, the amount of money
then in circulation among US was ST..
$4,000, 600. (See report and accompany
ing papers made to the Forty-ninth
congress. February, 1886, by Represen-
tatives Bland, Bynum and Lanham.)
We then had something over 100000
people. On the first day of this month
(August), ten years and a half later,
the secretary states officially that the
amount now in circulation is 81, 514, 0O0,-
600. So we now have less money by
$4,000, 900 than we had ten years ago,
and we have at present more than TO-,
100000 people. Will anyone claim
that this is humane, necessary, and
just? In whose interest was this cruel
thing done, If not in the interest of
those who own the gold? Is it not
enough to damn forever all who would
justify it? While our money was being
contracted ssO,OOO,O0 our population
has increased 10000, 900.
1t is hard to comprehend what an in
crease of 100000 in population sig
nifies. It is about three times as many
people as we had in the colonies at the
period of our revolution. Another illus
tAnd .slwill enable the readerrto grasp
t.ns elrO4 .4ous increase in population
during the decade specified. The ten
great cities which here name have APP
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The reader will see that the aggre-
gate population of these II great cities
is 7,650,0O0. In other words, they fall
more than 2,25O,OOOO short of equaling
our increase of population during the
last ten years. Now think for a mo.
ment of the vast sum of money neces-
sary to transact the daily business of
a single one of these cities, and then of
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Silver WIN Do If.

The 35,ooo,0oo people on the farms
are off salary, that is, they are getting
no profits from their labor. Whatever
will put the operatives of the food
factories of the world" to earning wages,
will make demand for manufactured
products that will start every factory in
the country.-St. Louis Journal.
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SILVER OR GOLD.

Better than either is a healthy
liver. If the liver is o. K. the
man is o. K. His blood is kept
pure, his digestion perfect, and he
can enjoy life and act intelhgently
and patiently upon the questions
Of the day. You all know what to
take. You have known it for years.
1t is Simmons Liver Regulator
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MONEY AND WAGES.
Free Coinage of Silver Would Set Idle
Capital to Work.

AaSO SoiA%AoO Va NOui0 oet A0lo
Capital to Work.
A dollar that buys 200 cents worth
of goods will also buy 200 cents worth
of labor. Cheapness is only good for
the masses when it results from nat
ural causes. Commodities are the prod
uct of labor, and when prices fall the
workman's labor becomes proportion
ately less valuable. A money system
that checks enterprise and industry by
reducing profits is as bad for the en-
ploye as it is for the employer. Rising
markets are good for everybody en-
gagged in production. Falling prices
mean falling wages. Trades unions are
able to arrest in some degree the down
ward tendency, but the more prices fall
the stronger the tendency which the
trades unions have to resist.
Dear money implies cheap goods and
low wages, and the gold standard gives
us money which grows dearer and
,dearer.
Honest money-doflars based on both
the precious metals and worth 100
cents-is not the sort of money that ii
would pay to hoard. Such dollars in
order to be profitable to their possessor
would have TO be put to work. And
the more money that capital. in search
of profit, actively employs the greater
the demand for labor. 1t is this de-
mand which fixes wages. When two
men seek one job wages fall; when
two jobs seek one man wages go UP,
That is the law of supply and demand.
The free coinage of silver would force
capital 10 come out of the banks and
safe deposits and usefully employ it
self. That would give us good times,
and good times are what the wage
Garner, the manufacturer and the mer.
chant are aching for.
Nobody who profits by hard times
is the kind of person who benefits the
country. Everybody who profits by
hard times is for the gold Standard
n. Y. Journal.
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The republican national committee
has thus far expended s4,SOO,OOO in the
campaign. They have a reserve fund
of S3.000,000, and in case of emergency
are authorized TO draw on New York,
Philadelphia and Chicago capitalists
for $4,000, 900 more. If money can buy
an election. Mr.. Mckinley will win.
Against these enormous amounts the
silver forces have raised by popular
subscription less than 100000, all of
which has been used in the printing and
distribution of literature.
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The Silver Product.

In 1851 the silver product of the United
States was 10000 ounces and the price
was slightly over s1.29 an ounce. In
1872 the product was %, 237 900 ounces
and the price was still slightly over
S1.29.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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Amerscar Tndere,d.n..

A country big enough and bright
enough to build and own the fastest
armored cruiser in the world is big
enough and bright enough to build and
own its own currency.-N. Y. Journal.
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Yes, Conddcnce-and More Money.

The farmers around Buffalo Center,
Ia. can get but ten cents a bushel for
their corn ard haze decided TO use 1t
for fuel this winter. What they need
Is confdence.-Buffalo Times.
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supporters Of the cold standard.

The people can see for themselves who
the men are that are interested in the
maintenanceS f the single gold stand
ard. They are sIl very close. in one
way or another. I'd the fountain Of gold,
4ipghamton Leader.
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In Case Of Too Much MONEY.

Of course. if free silver makes too
much money, the Woodworking me-
chanic will positively refuse to accept
it.-Philadelphia Item.
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Eve are all Americans" shouted
Senator Palmer at Chicago. And yet
he wants us to go to England for our
financial policy.-Illinois State Reg
lister.
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Gold Democrats "Few and Far Between"
The Palmer and Buckner ticket seems
TO have almost enough supporters to
form a baseball nine, with one or two
subs in the outfield.-Philadelp
Item.
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With 50, 422, 100000 of mortgages to
pay in ten western states, it is not sur
prising that people out this way do not
yearn for 2Oo-cent dollar.
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WINCHESTER, KY, May Is, 90.
Mr.. j. W. NELSON:
Dear Sir The Hawaiian Hair
Elixir is worthy of every statement
you make for it. Send us six bot
ties more by express. Very truly,
BIEIIN &c DONOVAN.
The above men bought it only
for use in their own families.
1" For sale by
W. G.. WHITE.
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GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT.

Would Support Bryan and Free Silver II
He Were Alivo To-Day.
"If my father could vote to-day be
would vote for Bryan for president of
the United States"
The above words are from the lips of
Jesse Grant, fsvorite son of Gen. U.
IS, Grant. The. son has left the re-
Publican party just as his father be-
foF9 him left the democratic party
whAp it made compromise With the
Slave power In as faEsT /, >ia4sssis lthe
II believe honestly in the great advan-
tage to this country of the free coinage
OF silver. 1t does not mean reputation CT
our debts at home or abroad. These debts
will have to be paid in products, and any
thing that Will raise the value of them
will. believe. benefit all classes. If we
can double the price of silver rupee we
have doubled the price OF the wheat that
comes into competition with our wheat.
and therefore double our wheat as to its
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If the ministers are going to take the
stump, perhaps Wen have to assign
the politicians to fill the pulpits.
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The Voice
Of the People.
Mr.. James McAllister,
Of 1852 East Main Street,

OF 1872 East Main Street,
Lexington, KY, says:
Ny hair had fallen out until l
had come to the conclusion that 1
was soon to have a bald head.
Hearing so much tal.I about
Nelson's Hawaiian Hair Elixir, -
decided to give it trial. l pur-
chased two bottles, have used a
bottle and a half. My hair has
thickened up until l have as good
a suit as | desire. 1t will certainly
do the work. Besides it is an ele-
CANT hair dressing; gives life to
the hair and invigorates the scalp.
Those similarly affected can't
make mistake in trying it.
JAMES MCALLISTER.
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Personal.

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leading physicians and surgeons Of the United
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Chicago.
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Trains between Cincinnati and Nicholzss'H
daily.
Al trains connect with Southern Railway to
and from Louisville, and with the C n O. = =
p 70 and from Cincinnati.
Yor can spend Eve hours in Louisville. atoot SIX
hours in Cincinnati "a hours 10 Lexington aud
return % Richncsd e 23op ?. n =
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Bismarck's opinion ought TO be quite
as good as Carl Schurz's
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16

We admire Governor Hogg personally
more than ever. He is by nature as
chivalric as any knight of crusade MEM
DRY. Not even the Saladin or Cour de
Leon excelled Governor Hogg in that
genuine, manly courtesy that comes
from noble heart. When an old Dem
ocrat, scanned with scars received in a
hundred battles in defense of this coun-
try, wanted position to make an eX-
PLANTATION in the Chicago convention,
stopped in the aisle and got up into the
chair of an Ohio delegate to speak, the
rude and cowardly wretch said to him:
go on, we don't want any Republicans
among us Governor HOgg, who was
sitting opposite, among the Texas dele
gates, sprang to his feet in an instant
and said: Gen. Bragg, speak from my
chair and as he said it scorn and con-
tempt sprang from his eye upon the con-
temptible Ohioan. 1t does not matter
how deep Governor Hogg is imbued with
free silver, we will be proud to take off
our hat when such a chivalrous gentle
man passes. .
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16
MARBLE FALLS MENTION.
A Fine Rain Reported-Epworth League
Meeting.

Marble Falls. Tex, July 11.-(Special.)
We are having Il splendid rain today,
fall slow and steady. The cotton crop
will be immensely benefited.
The rain interrupted the Methodist
camp meeting which was to begin today.
following the Epworth League rally
which opened Thursday night The
Leaguers of Llano, Burnet and Bertram
had been invited to join. Each place
sent delegates who were welcomed in an
address by w. ID. Stuart. which was
responded to by Mr.. George Gray of
Llano. Several interesting meetings
were held yesterday. The program con-
sisting of music, essays and the discus
sion or religious topics by the various
members. Last night an essay on "Ob-
jects of the Epworth League" was read
by Miss Smith of Burnet. A lecture.
The Hope of the Future" by Rev. j.
A. Beardslcy. ID. D., of Kentucky. was
listened to with rapt attention by large
audience.
Our military company. the Marble
Falls Guard under command of Capt Ed
l.. Richards, leave this morning for the
state encampment at Tyler.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16

The platform of the Democratic con-
vention of 1896 at Chicago contains not
one word or one pledge to sustain the
honor and credit of the government of
the United States. Is not that a singu-
larry significant omission considering the
fact that it has required all the consti-
tutional and legal powers of Demo-
cratic administration to maintain that
credit and vindicate that honor against
the attacks of greenbacks and treasury
notes legiSatcd into existence by the Re-
publican party? Enterprise is crippled
because investors. native and foreign
have become alarmed that this great ma
ton was about to surrender its credit
and tarnish its honor by substituting n
30 cent dollar to pay its just obligations
of 100 cents in the dollar, and the greot
Democratic party convcnes its leaders
from every section of this Union and
fails to attempt to restore confidence and
enterprise by Il single pledge to sustain
the credit of the government and hold
inviolatc its honor. 1t could not have
been forgotten. for the sound money
Democrats in the convention rung all the
changes upon it. 1t must have meant
something, and that something must
have been that the great Democratic
party heretofore so sensitive to this conn
try's credit and honor do not care n con-
tinental for either the credit or honor of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16
FROM CHICAGO TO SALEM
VIM. j. BRYAN VISITS HIS OLD
HOME-DEAONST
EN- ROUTE.
MADE SHORT SPEECHES At STOPS
Dwelling Upon the Money Question and
UNFOLDING Chicago Platform-The
Scene at Salem Was Affecting.
Mrs. Bryan Shared Honors.

Salem, ILL.,, July 13.-Never before in
the history of this little town of POO been
SO ablaze in its glory as it was tonight.
Ordinarily the citizens retire at o'clock;
at 10 it is as quiet as a country church.
yard; at midnight there is nothing to
compare with the stiffness that prevails.
But tonight it was different. VIM. ].
Bryan, presidential nominee, native
of this place, returned home and the
whole town turned out to greet him.
There were fireworks and bonfires burn
ing along the route by which Mr.. Bryan
was conducted to the home of his sister.
Here he will remain for the next two
days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16

ties of the state university and mould
them into such shape as to meet the wants
of rich and rapidly growing people, fall
low, but ready for the hand of the skilled
cultivator, and which, under his control,
give promise Of great usefulness not only
to the state Of Texas but to many other
southern states.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16

this government. Can any party hope to
be endorsed by the people of this country
which ignores and repudiates the honor
and credit of the government? We
should hate to think that the government
of the United States stood so low in the
estimation of its people.
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