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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-08-13

In our list of ex-rebels who went
from the rebel ghost dance at Richmond
to take charge of the Popocratic Con-
vention at Chicago, we have given suffi-
Gent prominence to Senator John War
wick Daniel, of Virginia, who beat Sena-
tor Hill for Chairman of the Conven-
ton. Senator Daniel, who bears start
ling resemblance to the pictures of John
Wilkes Booth, limps badly from the
effects of Yankee bullet He was an
original Secessionist, entered the rebel
army at the very first, helped drag Vir-
ginia out of the Union against the wish
of the majority of her people, and rose
to be Adjutant- General of Jubal Early's
army. This is the general style Of " the
same old crowd"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-08-13
SILVER AND TENSIONS.

Let us look at this thing with a modl-
cum of common sense.
The Free Silver advocates mean that
the dollar shall be worth less-shall
have less purchasing power than at
present.
They cannot mean anything else.
They do not pretend to mean anything
else. The whole force of their crusade
would be lost if they meant anything
else.
They say in so many words, and say
it over and over again with endless
iteration, that silver has not depreci-
ated, that it is still worth 100 cents on
the dollar, while gsfa.-has appreciated
to 200 cents on the dollar. Therefore,
they will revolutionize everything by
making the dollar worth only half as
much as the present one. They also
voted down overwhelmingly in Conven-
ton the proposition to make this apply
only to future contracts and obligations,
and except present dues and obligations
from its operation. 8,
Now, if this does not mean that all
pensions are to be cut in two, what
under Heaven can it mean?
Juggle with words as much as they
please, how are they going to make it
appear that a SO month pension paid
in so cent dollars is going to buy as
much as it does now when paid i'll 100
cent dollars?
IF the folly of their assertions was not
apparent on their face it would still be
sufficient for thinking men to remember
the disaster which has always followed
these mems counsels.
If only pensioners were to suffer by a
change which would be of general bene-
fit to the country, there might be some
reason in an appeal to them to patriot
icaIly sacrifice themselves. But the
truth is that while they will be made to
suffer terribly, it will be only part of the
general suffering and ruin inflicted upon
the whole country, and every interest
and class in it.
Therefore, it is their patriotic duty as
well as personal interest to fight the
whole thing tooth and nail.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-08-13

DAVID III. MoFFATT, who is beyond
doubt the largest and wealthiest mine
owner in the United States, says that
the fall in the price of silver only tenn
porarily injured Colorado, for there are
to-day more mines and more miners at
work in the State than ever before. The
production of gold has increased enor-
mously. In 1889 Colorado produced
only 100000 worth Of gold. Last
year this had run up to S1S,000,000,
and this year he thinks the product of
the State will reach s25,000,0OO. I'm
provements in the processes of extraction
have helped along greatly. Formerly
it did not pay to mine ore that would pro-
duce less than SIG per ton. Now ore
that will produce So to the ton will
yield fair profit. There is no telling
how much of this can be found. Only
small part of the State has been pros
pected, and it is reasonable to suppose
that there is much more gold there than
anybody dreams of. At present 1OO,-
900 miners are at work, out of total
population of 100000, and as they con-
sumo an immense amount of food, agri-
culture pays better in Colorado than in
any other State.
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the Coinage Act of 1892 provided for a
dollar which would be of the same
weight and fneness Of the Spanish
milled dollar, it was in fact a little
lighter. 1t was found to be profitable
at one time to send United States dollars
to the West Indies to purchase goods.
They went for the same as the Spanish
dollars. The Spanish dollars that we
received in trade were, on the other
hand, Immediately sent to the minis to
be recoined at profit into the lighter
American dollars. Says Prof. Laugh
lin:
This process kept the Mint busy. without
the effect of filling the circulation with our
own coins The Mint, therefore, was use
less expense to the Nation, but source OF
profit TO the money brokers.
This induced President Jefferson to
stop the coinage Of silver dollars, ana
none were stamped for 80 years.
The fact is, that there had been so
much difficulty, annoyance and expense
connected with the effort to keep silver
on a parity with gold that the attempt
was really abandoned and silver de
monetized by the Coinage Act of 1888,
which was 30 years before the loudly
denounced Crime of 1873"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-08-13

No. 4, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
LIBRARY, tells you of the total amount
paid for pensions from 1861 TO June so,
1895, and the amount paid to the bond
holders for the same period. 1t also
contains other valuable information
upon the subject Of pensions, and gives
figures and tables compiled from official
sources that you want to know. The
title of the booklet is Pension Sta
tistics," and sells for cents per copy.
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GOLD and silver have never really
been kept on parity in this country
by any ratio. We started in in 1872
by making the ratio 10 to /. That Is,
we gave one ounce of gold for 10 Of
silver. That made our gold too cheap,
and consequently all the other countries
sent their silver to us, and took away
our gold. Their standard was 15.5 to
1. This lasted until 1884, when we
tried to rectify our mistake, but went as
far to the other extreme, and gave 10 to
/. That is, we gave 16 ounces Of silver
for one of gold. AS other Nations
could make halfounce Of silver on
every such transaction, they promptly
took away all our silver, and gave us
gold, SO that we virtually had no Ameri-
can silver dollars in this country from
1884 till we began recoinlng them In
1873, when silver had fallen enormously
in price.
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ITALIAN and Hungarian immigrants,
who have not been in the country long
enough to pronounce their names recog-
nizeably to American ears, are raiding
negro laborers in Arkansas, driving
them from their work and killing many
of them. Are we to import this riff.raff
to kill off our own peoples
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ALL ABOUT MAI. MCKINLEY.

Everybody wants to know all about
Maj. Mckinley. The very best COM
pendulum of this knowledge is The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE LIBRARY's Life OF
Maj. Mckinley" by John McElroy. 1t
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ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

ZEE VERMONT BRIGADE IN THE
WILDERNESS. By Brepa Mqj.-Gen.
L. A. Grant, commander Of he brigade,
and late Assistant Secretary of War.
TIE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, OR
SEVEN PINES By Eoj.-Gem II. NJ
Flaisted, formerly Lieutc,aant-C Colonel Of tie
I'LL Ne, and afterruard Aajor-GenerGt Of
Fo'tHtcers.
FIRING ON FORT SUMTER. A thrilling
stOsy OF young OHIO mechanic arho acaS
~ Charleston at the time, and acas compelled
20 join The rebels, but arhe afterwards escaped
and seTred three gears a Union regiment.
sBE BATTLE OF POISON SPRING. b,
Nifey B,Itton, tate OF the Var Department,
and author Of "Ihe Cipa War on the Bor-
der" rte
IN AND OUT OF CHARLESTON. b,
r. q. B.. young Coaaecficaa man, seht
tcds caught an Charleston at the opening o.
sestiiIfics
TIE GREAT MORGAN Raid A Tlx,
History Of The Capture of Gen. John H. Mor
san. Jy the Oaptor Himscif-Maj. Geo W
Rue, Oh Ky. CaU.
PRESIDENT LINCOLES VISIT tt
RICHMOND. Ey Lieut.. Geo. T. Dudley
50h n. T. Engineers.
COL. FORSY7HrS INDIAN FIGHT o.
THE -sETcKAREE By A. Bailey, Han
Eato, Kan.
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"MONEY OF THE CONSTITUTION"
Bryan continues to pirate glibly of " the
money of the Constitution" That shows
how little he has studied "the great
Charter of our Liberties" The only
mention or illusions to money " dollars "
or gold and silver in the Constitution are
as follows:
article L. Section g.
9. To borrow money on the credit of the
United States.
5. To coin Money, regulate the Value
thereof, and of :orign Coin, and fix the Stand
ard OF Weights and Measure.
6. 70 provide for the punishment of conn
terleiting the securities and current Coin of
| the United States.
IL. To raise and SUPP ort Armies, but no
Appropriation Of Money TO that Use shall
be Tor a longer term than two years.
Section g.
/. The Migration or importation of such
Persons as any of the States now Existing
shall think proper TO admit. shall not be
prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year
such Importation, not exceeding $40 for
each Person.
7. No Money shall he drawn from the
Treasury. but in consequence of Appropria-
tions made by Law and a regular State
ment and Account of the Receipts and Ex-
pendiiures of all public Money shall be
published from time to time.
Section 10
/. No State shall enter into any Treaty,
Alliance or Confederation grant Letters of
Marque and Reprisal coin Money emit
Bills OF Credit; make any Thing but gold
and silver Coin Tender in Payment of
Debts; pass any Bill Of Attainder; ca post
fdctO Law, or Law impairing the Obligation
of Contracts or Grant any Title of Nobility.
| Seventh Amendment-In suits at common
| law where the value in controversy shall
exceed $50 the right of trial shall by jury
be preserved, etc.
These are absolutely all the illusions.
What, therefore, was the money of the
Constitution y?
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THE Germans have proverb: " If a
dog bites me once it is his fault; if
twice, it is my fault" The people of
this country have been bitten once by
tie Popocratic dog.
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WE ask comrades and veterans who
have now read The NATIONAL IRIB-
UNE for more than Is years if they
have not found it sound and right every
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How can silver be said to have been
demonetized in 1873, when there have
been 81 times as many silver dollars
coined since then as there were before
that timer
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EVERY veteran and son Of a veteran
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Gen. George II. Thomas" the best BIZ
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THE report of the Treasury shows
rapid decrease in the number of silver
dollars in circulation. Aug. l, 1896,
there were only 51,999,797 outside of
the Treasury vaults, decrease Of
7,306,13O since Jan. l. IF people really
want silver why don't they take it out
and use it?
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If you want a perfect knowledge of
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One Of the grand heroes of the present
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

On the gently sloping hillside of the
height above North Park Is the fOundat tion
of the proposed new Home for the Friend
less. The foundation is in the center of
S-acre plot presented TO the Home by the
late John B. Smith, of Dunmore. A year
ago the foundation for two-thirds of the
building was completed and since then
1t has remained covered up BECAUSE the
money necessary to construct the super
structure was not az hand. As Will be
seen by the above cut the plans for the
new building provide for a central build
ing fianked on either side by wings. 1t
is not likely that at this time the entire
building will be erected. To do so would
entail an outlay of nearly $4,000 and the
managers of the Home will have to con-
tent themselves for the present with the
erection Of the central building and the
right wing, which will cost about $4,000
ON the foundation 81. 500 have been expend-
ed 1t would be well If sufficient money
could be raised 10 complete the building
AT once. for the left wing can be built
cheaper now and without the inconveni-
ence that Its construction will neeessaril.
entail later on when the building is cc-
cup'ed. e
The plans for the new building were pre-
pared by Architect Edward IL. Davis who
designed the building to furnish accom-
modations for sixteen old women and 1!O
children. The original plans have been
changed somewha; to admit Of what IS
known as slow burning construction ana
the fire probing OF all the staircases.
Throughout the building the feeling
that prevades the design IL that of the
French renaissance. The front is i'm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

girls play room being at the other end Of
the basement kavatories and outdoor en-
frances are provided for these rooms.
The kitchen Is at the rear, where are the
pantries, servants dining room and Laval
tory, laundry. rooms for fuel, bakery aud
mixing, also the store rooms and drying
rooms.
The second floor lower rooms are for
the ma atron and assistant. The boys dor
mitories are OH the right; the girls dormi-
tories on the left. Lockers are provided
for each child and separate dormitOries are
arranged for the smaller boys. Bath rooms
and caretaker's room will be connected
with each section. Separate stairways
lead to the play rooms below.
The third floor will be chiefly devoted
to servants bed chambers and to infi-
ry purposes. and as 1t occupies only the
main portion of the building which cX-
tends to some height above the third story,
the rooms will be we'll adapted to such
needs. contagious ward Is arranged
which can be completely isolated from the
other sick wards and which has its own
sanitary bath. Features of the building
worthy of note are the four great stair
cases at extreme points SO that perfect
safety in egress is assured. mb-wai,-
ers ascending to the third floor are also
provided. The building throughout Is "A
model of its kind and In the plans ap-
proved are incorporated many new ideas
besides the best features of leading insti-
tutions of a similar nature of the country
Scrantonian& should see to it that tn.
money is forthcoming to erect this build
Ing that the work on 1t may begin early
In the spring.
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posing and beautiful. the graceful towers
with the supporting wings presenting an
excellent architectural effect. The ma
terial used will be brick with white sand
stone trimmings. The building will have
a frontage of $50 feet and the main sec
tion will be 10 feet deep and u feet wide.
ON either side there are wings 15NIO feet.
In the interior of the building there Is
an admirable arrangement of the space.
At the entrance on the first floor Is Il
matron's sitting room and a large reccp-
tiOn room aGxij feet. back of these are
the dining rooms for matrons, old ladies
and children, and i'm the rear of these
the space Is occupied by the lavatories
and scullery. In the right wing are the
ola ladies' apartments. There are ten Of
(, them averaging In size 9Xl3 feet Each is
to be provided with spacious closet. In
the southeast corner there Is sitting
room lSX20 feet containing huge fire
place. The room as well as the bed chaln-
bers fronts on piazza ten fet wide. AT
the rear are the bath rooms for these
apartments, and across the hallway Is
the dining room. This arrangement
avoids the necessity of compelling the
aged inmates to climb stairs. This part
of the building will be sunny and cheerful
and from the windows a fine sweep of
landscape will greet the eye. At righ,
angles the building is crossed by wide
halls. but the wings are protected by hre
doors.
' There Is most careful arrangement Of
the space in the basement. Beneath the
towers I'm the coolest part are the vege-
table cellars. double walled. The boys
play room Is in the wing ut the right; the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.

OF all the dramas written depicting
life in the sunny South, none possesses
the charm and originality as does 1.-The
White Slave" and while there is an
occasional reminder of similar plays it
is that which smacks of the soil rather
than that any of the incidents have
been done before. The story is one of
heart interest. the sentiment is of the
purest tone. the humor both natural
and droll. The scenic beauty of the
lower Mississippi valley has been alb
sOrbed and the mechanical effects are
those which are made use of legiti-
mately. The intermingling of music
is very attractive feature. and as 1t
is part of the drama itself there is no
. introduction Of specialties to retard
the busy action of the play. The COM
pany includes none but artists Of ac-
knowledged ability. Helena Collier,
daughter of the well known tragic ac-
tor. Edmund X. Collier. will appear for
the first time as Lisa role made
famous by Georgia Cayvan and Julia
Stewart Louise Sydmeth will be seen
as Nance, the quadroon mother; Lizzie
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old officers were reelected. excepting
A. w, Dickson of this city. who de-
clined. The following are the general
officers for the year: President. ]. w.
HOllenback. of Wilkes Barre: vice
president. Charles II. Zehnder. of this
city; treasurer. ], Lawrence STEELE;
secretary. Rev. +. A. Dony. The fol-
lowing resolution concerning the
Wilkes-Barre work. now In progress,
was adopted unanimously:
Resolved, That We approve Of and COM
mend the careful and efficient work of
the Wilkes-Barre committees in the
movement for the better observance of
this society will sustain them in their ef-
forts to secure the enforcement of the
Sunday laws in this city against all who
violate them