The National tribune., 1896-09-24

bogus or clipt Spanish dollars on the young
Virginia country boy. and it made him so
angry that he threw it as far as he could send
it.
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RIDICULOUS STUFF.
A fine specimen of the dangerous stuff with
which the Popocrats are deuging the country
is a yellow-backed novel, entitled "The Modern
Banker" written by James r. Goode, and
bearing the imprint Of Chas II. Kerr Il Co,
Chicago. Who Mr. Goode is know NOT, but
he seems to be quite voluminous chap, for the
title page claims that he is the author OF " The
Belle OF Wyandoetc," 1.-The Story of Life"
1.-THE Union of Love,""A Trip Through Ar
kansas" "A Farmers Daughter" May Bios
son." His Hearts Best Love-" Madge,"
"Oia," etc I have read voraciously for more
years than care to confess to, and in that time
have Como through an immense amount OF poor
| stuff but don't recall single one of the books
of which he represents himself the author, nor
| do recall one in which there was worse Eng
lish or more ignorance of the art of story-tei-
| ing. Bnt it is not of this that am constrained
| TO speak. 1t is rather Of the plot of the story.
It is comically bungling in workmanship The
| story opens in happy farm home In Missonri.
Tho farmer has two sons, good one and bad
| one. They marry two daughters Of a neigh
/ boring farmer. The good son is open-hearted.
| generous and high. minded. Consequently at
the beginning of the war. he promptly enlists
in the rebel army, aud finally rises to be Colo
mel of his regiment His father and father-in-
| law join him later and proudly serve under
| his command, while he does p-odigies of vaior
L ~ L., lad
his State" The bad son goes of to New York,
where he becomes Republican and banker,
and grows immensely rich.
| While the good son was valiantly fighting
| the battles of his State, 'sthe bad one was get
| ting mortgages on the farms Of his father, his
| fatber-in.Iaw. and other relatives, and living
in the greatest luxury in New York. while he
| turned on: his own mother and his wife's
| mother to starve by foreclosing the mortgages.
| After the surrender at Appomattox Col.
Hunt, for that was the good sons name,
| walked clear back home. with his father and
father-in-Iaw. barefoot, in tatters AID subsist-
ing OH charity by the way. They fonnd
+" Reconstruction Sheriff." acting the agent
Of the bad son. just in the act Of dspossessing
their families of all they had in the world.
/
Col. Hunt-but to go into politics, and be
elected to Congress to Reform" the country.
| which he proceeded at once to do, his services
in the rebel army being sufficient evidence OF
| his talents as Reformer." His brother
spent 100000 to defeat him, because he felt
sure that he would be instrumental in passing
laws which would be injurious TO banks. But
the Missourians could not be swayed by money.
They defeated the Republican candidate by an
ovcrw helming majority for the "Reformer,"
who had graduated at Appomattox. Col. Hunt
at once discovered gigantic plot in Congress
to destroy the greenbacks. in favor of National
bank notes. The seats Of q majority of the
members of the House had been purchased for
them by the bankers. aud they formed secret
society, with "couutersign aHd password"
Col Hunt was offered 100000 to become one
of them, and feigning consent became possessed
of the countersign. Two days later lie frus-
trated the plot, and produced the "greatest
sensation since the days of Patrick Henry {" by
rising in his place and denouncing the plot
and the traitors to the rights Of the people.
At the head of the bankers who were thus
plotting the overthrow Of the people. and who
corrupted the congressman, was the irrepress-
ible bad son-Col Hunts own brother. He
was now worth more millions than he could
count, and his income was greater than a
Kings.
At this point the author seems to get tired
of his characters, aud leaves them, to haste
Grover Cleveland, John Sherman and the Jews
through the remaining pages.
The story would be iaughabie from it's
clumsinsss and its absurdities were it not for
the fact that it is just suited to catch many who
have votes. However. anyone who would be
caught by it would be caught by something
else, equally foolish. so there is no use worry
ing about it.
Wheeling Intelligencer: The Bryanite hope oil
victory rests on the mistaken idea t,st the
voting people don't think and the thinking
people don't vote.
|. One of the many efforts in rhyme that are
going the rounds of the Maine press is the fol
lowing which appeared originally in Mr.. Reed:
: District:
From Kittery Point to Quoddy Head is inn
mense rejoicing.
One universal grin of joy-one thought that all are
voicng.
it mighty plain, sir?
You cam, pass off no silver bricks upon the men
Maine sir"
Philadelphia Inquirer: Mr.. Bryan Gays tha
tho present dollar has too great purchasing
power. Did he ever work and sweat for II
hours through sunshine and storm to earn one
Everybody is laughing at the ignorance o
9 the very fresh young men whom the New York
World has sent cut West to get accurate re
!, ports of the political situation" They could
, | not know less of the workings Of the Govern
t ment if they were Popocratic stumpers On
! of them criticized Vice President Stevenson fo
= packing the Senate Committees in the interes
. of Free Silver. Now, every well-informed mar
' knows that the ce-President has no more t.
), do with the formation of the Senate Commit
4 tees than he has with the gliding of the dome
of the new library Senatorial caucuses decid,
. upon the committees. and the Vice-Presiden
v first learns of their composition when the Read
f ing Clerk announces the list.
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