The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-14
DAVID HILL IS
VERY DRAMATIC
Tie Wants TO Be the S0ubrette on the
Political Stage.
Ii Hung CHANG on COINAGE
American Silver Dollars Worth Less
Than Mexican, Because They Con.
tain More Silver-- Missionary Work
Up in Nainc..The Present stock OF
Silver Bullion.
Bureau of The Tribune.
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Senator Hin is dramatic if anything.
lie is sort ot soubrettc III politics in
that he always hogs" the stage. His
one aim and paramount desire is To ne
the most talked about man of his time.
lie loves to keep every one guessing.
lie delights to be known as an un-
known quantity, ana so tar in this cam
paisn hu has certainly succeeded. Ihe
timS has come. however. that he must
either smoke up or throw away ms ci-
gdIet;e As an instructed delegate of
TammaHy to the Euifal" convention
he can't hog the stage much longer.
The Tiger organization has turned the
calcium upon him. II shows bumps on
his legs, other physical eHcreCanc"s
here and there. but there is nothing TO
SHOW what his brain matter would de-
velols, il the N-rays could be ett"ctual-
~ ua"d to his head.
TamInany's notion shows clearly that
i's leaders diStiuet Hill and fear him
HkcWiSa If he IS allowed to go to Buff
talo uuinStruCtrd. Prodit tiOnS as to
what h. viii do az" altogether at var
lance at the different headquarters
h,lc. As quick as one report Is put
out thai h. will diSUbry instructions
another IT, given out that he will aid in
an Endorsement of Bryan. Chairman
Faulkner il afraid Hin is going to give
Eryan what is known in politics as the
duuhi, Cru@s-- that he Will 30 to Buf-
ialU ana play the state Democracy
aga!r:'t TammanN lie VIII hardly
show his hand before the convention
meets He will be the most talked of
man In New York until then. There is
10 use of airy one predicting just what
h. viii do until he feels the pulse of the
convention " he finds the sound
In0u-y sentiment predominant he Will
knife Bryan Wha, he wants to do is
to ienore the Chicago platform and
Bryan with it. declare for bimetallism
;uG run tn. state ticket OF purely local
is-G"y This Is uppermost in Hills
mind at present and from good author
ity there comes the report that he has
O number Of the delegates already
pledged 10 him 10 carry out this plan.
lIills idea of politics is to he regular.
That vas his shibOlrth in Chicago. lie
also knows that there is no future for
Il leader in New York who at this time
endorses flse silver. lie Is bent on b"-
inu regular and at the same time Keep
the New York Democratic organi2a-
i'ou sound on finance In other words
Hill thinks the best policy is to play
both ends against the middl" with the
hope that in the end Hill vii! be him
self again.
THEY CLAIM IOWA.
nh, n.,nor,otic oooouars are now
claiming Iowa. They assert and bring
out proof apparently that there are 10
Uur Eapuhhrans who have pledged
themselves to vote for Bryan. Sena-
tor Faulkner says that the silver sem
;irent mas spread in the Badger state
more rapidln than III any section of the
northwest. The Republicans admit
that Hryun's speeches have had some
effect, bur both Senator Allison and Re-
pieseniative Dolliver have written here
that the dlaffection in the Democratic
inuks will more than counter-baiahce
any diafrctinn from the Republicans.
American silver dollars in China are
worth legs than Mexican dollars because
they contain less silver. When Ameri-
can dollars are brought to China an
ASSAY is made to determine the amount
Of pule silver they contain, and the
Percentage Of alloy. Their value is
nased upon the market price of the sill
v5r IN them Their STAMPED value Is
wholly disragHrd"d. There was one
uuestion which was particularly inn
pressed unOn III Hung Chang during
Ills visit last week. 1t was that relat-
ine to the effect of the adoption by the
Tinted states of the free coinage Of
silver at the ratio Of 10 to |. This was
his reply:
'''rhs United states will never au-
thuriae the free coinage of silver
The same question was put the vice.
roy Is different forms. To each he made
th. same reply. He was absolutely
convinced that tree silver cannot pre-
vail III this country He could not he
induced 10 make any other reply, or
explain VIII, h" had arrived at this posi-
tive. conclusion. 1t would appear from
Ii Hung Chang's interview that China
!. really not ON a silver basis at ALL but
on gold basis. with an exclusive sill
y"t currency. The American and Eng
o.h members Of Lis suite hone That
;he Tinted states will adopt free sill
YER
Secretary Lannon's open endorsement
Of the indianapolis ticket is taken TO
mean that President Cleveland VIII
shortly come out in "A letter addressed
to yhe sound money Democrats of the
country advising them to vote for Pal
nier and Buckuer
MISSIONARY WORK IN MAINE.
Both the Republican and Democratic
congressional committees are making
one last effort to convince the voters Of
Maine In spite of the fact that Arthur
Sewall, the Democratic vice-presiden-
tial nominee. is a ''Son of Maine Sem
ator Faulkner has no idea of carrying
a single congressional district in that
state. Efforts. however, to keep the
Republican majority down to the low
est possible figure will be made until
the last moment. "Only once in twenty