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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
AMBASSADOR BAYARD BOLTS
BRYAN.

Hon. Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware L.
S., ambassador to England has Just written
letter to Samuel Bancraft, Jr., of Will
mington, Del, regarding the present poll
teal crises, in which he declines to support
Mr.. Bryan, and declares for Palmer and
Buckner. In his letter Mr.. Bayard says:
That when citizen protesting himself to
be Democrat, is called upon by many, or
by few, toyield his convictions and assent
to the doctrine that Congress has the power
or can rightfully exercise it by its legisla-
tive fiat to create values, and, regardless of
their intrinsic or commercial value, to in
vest one or the other of the earth metals
with an arbitrary power as money, and
override and alter, at legislative will or
caprice, the ratio of the exchangeability OF
such metals, regardless of the impairment
ri the obligation of contracts his answer
should be that such claim Of power is not
consistent with a government of limited
powers, as defined by our constitution, but
confirms the quntessence of tyranny. dis
honesty and absolutism. and is destructive
of that morality which is essential to the
peace and stability of civilized society. 1t
is, in plain words, a proposition to destroy
the institution of property and breaks down
every legal defence for its protection.
This one question and its answers suf-
ficiently justify the prompt and absolute
refusal OF a constitutional Democrat to sup
port in any degree the nominees of the
Chicago convention (Messrs Bryan and
SewalD and the preposterous claim of leg
islative power contained in their platform,
under which the credit of the nation and
the peace and order of society would inevi-
table perish.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
BRYAN ADVOCATES REPUDIA-
TON.

How even the possibility of Bryan's cleo
ton to the Presidency is delaying the full
resumption Ct business prosperity is thus
shown in the last weekly letter of Uamble-
ton & Co of Baltimore:
Although it is generally conceded that
Mr.. Bryan will be badly beaten, the bare
possibility of his election is fraught with
the suggestion OF such a dire calamity that
every one hesitates to enter into any finan-
cial and business engagen ents until after
the result of the election is positively
known.
The Propocrats are claiming about every
State i'll the Union, including Maryland. If
their claims for other States are not base |
upon any better calculations than the eX-
pcctation of carrying this State they will
have but ii hcgGarIy array of nlect raj
votes. We shall be greatly 81. p;se,. if
Mary land gives less than $4,000 plurality
for Mr.. Mex inley and we will not be sur
prised il he gets as much as 80, 600 plurality.
1t is not conceivable that any party that
advocates the reputation of our national
debt, to say nothing OF the many other ini-
qultous provisions Of the Chicago platinum,
can besuccesslul. The Intelligence, wealth
and business interests Of the country are
solidly arrayed against Mr.. Brya1 and, in
our opinion, We will, on the morning OF
the 18th Of November, wonder how we could
ever had any doubt Of die oyerM helmng
defeat of the party OF reputation and revc-
luton.
No oae can possibly say that Mr. Bryan
does not advocate population. He has
never utte' ed word so far as we have
seen or heard, and we follow his remarks
closely, which would indicate that he has
the slightest regard for the honor and
credit of the nation On the contrary he
says plainly and boAstiully that if elected
he will pay the interests Oh ON government
bonds in silver and will not redeem, the
legal-tender notes in gold. II this is not
reputation what is it?
we all recognize that If Mr.. Bryan
should he elected it would he impossible
for the government! TO maintain after the
4th of November, it, currency at par with
gold and that we would sink to silver
basis. This would mean that all values
now measured by gold would then be
measured by silver and that the purchasing
power OF our money would be equal only
to the bullion value of the silver in our sil-
yer dollar. This would mean almost uni
versal bankruptcy and great distress. The
people Of the United States we feel sure,
recognize the threatened danger and will
annihilate Mr.. Bryan and his followers
when they have an opportunity of express
ing themselves at the polls.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

metals to the person dealing with the Gov
ernment whether as debtor or creditor. If
the Governments should discriminate against
silver by.refusing to receive it for dues or
by insisting on paying it instead of gold,
that moment the parity would be gone and
the silver in every mans pocket would be
at discount. Its coinage being under the
control of the Government, the Government
makes it good at its counter, and this
makes it good at every counter in the
world. If there is anything in the double
misunderstanding idea we ought to work
for it for all it is worth If two metals
will fix value better than one, then three
metals will beat two and four beat three
and by having eight or ten metals in the
standard we can anchor it so that it will
not crawl an inch in a thousand years"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
Good Advice.

E. r. Gunby, who is the Republican
candidate for governor of Florida, came to
the city recently to see Chairman Hanna
He told the following new story:
"A colorod man, sab, was working on
the wharf IN S"yr0Nah the cthor dav and
was paid off III silver. He put half dol
lar in his mouth to bite it and see if it was
lead, and it Slipped down his throat ana
stuck about Half way down. In great
alarm he ran toa surgeon and asked him
to cuTit out. Can't cut that out, sand
tho surgeon. It's got to stay there. Say.
boy, are you rcgistered?'
No, sah, L isn't registered, replied
the colOred man.
Well you go and get registered right
away, said the surgeon, and vote for Nc
Ninley, because if Bryan is elected that
half dollar will be dollar, and then you'll
choke to death sure. "
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
WHEN WHEAT GOES UP.

When wheat goes down, says cotem-
pory, we know what causes it. There can
be no other cause except the demonetiZa-
ton of silver. There is not crack Drained
Populist agitator in the country who is not
prepared to demonstrate this as clearly as q
proposition in geometry.
But how is it when wheat goes up? Or
dinarily this irregular proceeding, taking
place at time when silver is still demon
etized, would reduce the crank to silence.
Bat sane men do not know the resources of
his alleged mind.
We are now told that the decline in
wheat was caused only in part by "the
crime OF 49, That nefarious act only
sent wheat down to dollar bushel. The
subsequent decline was caused by the Bar
ing failure and the consequent depreciation
of the Argentine greenback. When the
Argentine greenback went down to -
cents on the dollor wheat went down to
IS cents bushel. Wheat has recently
gone up 10 cents from the lowest point
Why? On account of the recent advance
in the gold value of the Argentine green
back. 1t is clear as day.
1t is idle to expect to find the free-silver
crank unprepared for any emergency. His
financial theory is constructed on the plan
of the trap which caught the coon "a-com-
in and goin'." 1t works equally well
when wheat goes down and when wheat
goes up.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

least seven Republicans, and possibly full
Republican delegation as in the present
House. There are only two Democrats in
the present House from Pennsylvania and
the Republican Committee expects to keep
the Democratic representation from the
Keystone State down to four at the out
side. The outlook from Ohio is good, and
the committee expects at least eighteen of
the twenty-one Representatives from this
State counted in the Republican column.
1t is estimated that other States will do as
we'll in proportion, and that there are not
less than ll3 Republican Representatives
whose election can be regarded as assured,
while there are upwards of forty more who
have hard fight on hand, but who are
confidently counted on
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

Hon. CHARLES A. DANA, Editor of the
New York SUM- is one of those loyal
Democrats and patriotic Americans who
believe that the man who serves his country
best serves his party best With regard to
tie duty OF supporting regular" nomina-
tIons for no other reason than that they are
REGULAR" even though they be represented
by such cohspicuously unfit and forbid
ding Presidential candidate as Mr.. Bryan,
the venerable Editor of the "Sun" says:
" The only way to be regular in the long
run is to be right Any other sort of regu-
larity is political phantom; and the pur-
suit Of this phantom may lead many for
mer Democrat to his political grave"
The accuracy of this proposition will not
be questioned by men of average intelli-
gence and freedom from partisan bigotry.
lhc Editor of the Sun proves his consist
ency and public spirit by advising Demo-
Gratis to vote directly for Mckinley and
Hobart Oh the National ticket. In Phila-
delphia all Republicans, as well us Demo-
Gratis, should vote for Mckinley and Ho-
but and Crow, who are all on the same
ticket, and who are all staunch supporters
of sound money and genuinely protective
tariif-phia. Ledger.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

MR.. BRYAN says: "The gold standard
makes dearer dollar; a dearer dollar
means falling prices, and falling pric, S
means hard times These catchwords are
design as usual to influence the farmer,
and so they perhaps would have done five
or six months ago, when grain prices were
falling under the promise of especially
large crops the world over. But they must
ring curously in the ears of Il Kansas or
Nebraska farmer, when the wheat market
Is bidding him, for immediate delivery, 12
ago, with nearly us great rise in the price
OF contracts for later months Mr.. BRYAN
may not have heard of this advance in
wheat. We venture, however, our predic-
ton that many a Bryanite orator, repeat
ing Bryan's words on the Western stump
this fall, will hear from his audience the
ominous interpretations: what about wheat
and corn?' The orator will not say the
truth by answering that the chief cause of
the rise is shortage in the foreign crops,
because if he answers thus, he is well aware
that the ''dearer dollar" sophistry must
cease. In short, since the advance in grain
the Iree-coinage orator, even on the farms,
must devote his energies to explanations
and apolo2ics-prccisely tie kind of argu-
ment which now mades up the substance of
his spcechts elsewhere. The rise in grain
is undoubtedly a final blow at the frail
structure Of the Bryan canvass.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
AN ABLE ARCUMEN !!

OF all arguments yet presented to the
people in this campaign of education on
the currency question, we have read none,
that more concisely states the issue, adj
deessed in plain language to the easy COM
prehension of the man of average intelli-
gent, than that Judge Aldrege of Texas.
He shows that the principal nations, after
testing gold and silver for hundreds Of Yeas,
voluntarily adopted the gold standard.
Those nations that have the silver standard
do not maintain it as matter of choice,
but because they are weak and helpless to
remedy the evil. Taking up the PROPOSE
ton that the United States, after having
adjusted its enormous business for twenty
years to gold standard shall suddenly re-
adjust all business and values to double
Judge Aldredee condenses the
arguments used by advocates of free coinage
for this change into five propositions as
follows:
First. A double standard resting upon
gold and silver would give more correct
measure of value and one less liable to
huctuation than gold standard.
Second. Gold has appreciated in value
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
WHEAT UP, SILVER DOWN.

Through Gods great inevitable law of
supply and demand-which the Populists
propose to repeal, wheat has advanced II
cents since September LIST, 1885, price
above that of October, 1892.
On Tuesday May wheat touched 794 cents
bushel while silver went down to 64&
cents an ounce
To counteract the terrible effect of this
rise in wheat and fall in silver upon the
free silver campaign, the Populists cry,
that this rise is gold bug trick, a Wall
Street speculation.
Oh, no, gentlemen; you may take the
duty off of wool, and punish every sheep
grower in the country, but the growers
themselves are not sheep, and /you can't
pull the free silver heresy wool over their
eyes.
The rise in the price of wheat is the
result of an increased demand, for Ameri-
can bread stuf1s consequent upon the short
age of crops in India, Russia and Argen-
tina.
1t is new verification Of the old law of
supply and demand which the Populsts
DANGEROUSLY deny, has had anything to do
with past declines in the price of wheat.
But, for all that denial, along comes a
national disaster, and knocks the wind out
of the Populistic theorist.
This marked advance in the price of
wheat and corresponding fall in the price
of silver, has cost Mr.. Bryan more votes
than all his windy oratory has won him on
the stump.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
WHAT POPULISM HAS DONE FOR
KANSAS.

Kansas, as our readers know, has been
She hot bed of Populism. 1t has produced
more financial quacks and currency doctors
to the square inch than any State of the
Union. 1t has displaced men of brains as
its political representatives in the National
Councils, and put il their places the tooth
pick and linen duster type of currency and
tariff thinkers. What the result has been,
upon the wealth, prosperity and popula-
ton of that State is lorcibly told in an
article from the Emperia Gazette, " which
we publish in this issue,
Read the truth about Kansas, as an
object lesson on the beauties and benefits
OF Populsm.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

The Darlington, Wis, Journal says editor
tally of IA popular patent medicine: I'VE
know from experience that Chamberain's
Collie, g5Glela and DiarEoea Remedy is all
that is claimed for it, as on two occasions it
stopped oXcruciatiLg pains and possibly
saved us from an untmely grave. We would
not rest easy over night without it in the
house. This remedy undoubtedly saves
more pain aud suffering than any other
medicine in the world. Every family should
keep it in the house, for it is sure to be needed
sooner or later. For sale by Il. b. Frazer.
Druggist ElldOn, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

A POLL of the employees of the Henry
McShane Manufacturing Company of Balti-
more she US that they are for Mckinley by
large majority. The company has on its
pay-rolls sos persons, some of whom are
women and children. The poll was taken
on Saturday and 53S votes were cast. OF
these 20 votes were detective and were
thrown out. OF the remaining 5l3 McKn-
ley received 80 and Bryan 1913. The
votes were counted by Francis NJ Mackn,
a silverte, and Charles w. Nagle, a gold
Democrat. The latter said: "The vote
was surprise to me. had thought that
the majority of the wor<ingmen for the
company were for free silver"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

THE first dirty errand a dirty dollar
docs is TO cheat the nottingham. says
EX-president Harrison. If Bryan is elected
OH tie Sd of November, Oh the very next
day every workingman in the United
States will make the uncomfortable dis
covery that every dollar in bis possession,
unless it be gold, will he worth less than
on the previous day, and that it will pur-
chase less of whatever he wishes to buy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

CHAuNCEY NJ. DEPEW has returned from
his stamping tour in the West convinced
that the maiorities for Mckinley will be so
large that people will be astonished at the
figures He was particularly impressed
with the great parade in Chicago, which he
watched for four hours. He says New
intends to beat that demonstration.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
TIE NEXT CONGRESS.

1t is regarded by the Republican man
ayers that 1t is almost as important to Sc
cure the control of the next House of
Representatives as it is the election of a
President. The campaign thus far on both
sides has hecn devoted to the contest for
the Presidency. From this time on, how
ever, 1t is the purpose of the Republican
National Campaign Committee to devote
their efforts to the Congressional contests in
the several States.
In the present House there are 2i0 Re-
publcans, o Democrats, g Populsts and
Silverites, with one seat vacant The Re-
publican majority is li2 over the combined
opposition, and they could lose seventy
seats i'll the November elections and still
have a majority Of one. In the event of
the success of the Popoclats in the Presi-
dental election, the only thing that would
prevent the adoption of the free coinage
scheme would he the House of Representa-
tives, as the silver men already have a
good working majority in the Senate.
The Porocratic Committee, therefore, are
bending all their energies in that direction,
and are recommending general fusion be-
tween the Popocrats and Populists every
where.
The Republicans are counting confidently
on electing a solid delegation of twenty.
They expect to secure in New York nearly
the same number as in the present House.
1t is expected that New Jersey will send at
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

Pre-emincntly valuable for its Local as well as
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Anonymous communications will receive no
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To maintain its high standard as n family
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

AE J. +. CARSON, Of the Philadelphia
Ledger, who is universally acknowledged
to be one Of the ketnest observers of
political conditions, and is at the same
time the most conservative of political
prophets, HIS been in Kentucky several
days, and reports to the Ledger that it is
no longer doubtful, but that it's - electoral
votes viii be gwen to Mckinley aud
Hobart.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

With two little children subject to oro,,,,
we do not rest easy without bottle OF Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the house. for the
most severe attacks quickly succumb to n
few doses of it.-Morrison, Colo, Bud. For
ale at % and so cents per bottle by r.
Frazer, Druggist, Elkton, Md. -
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

LOCAL MATTER TEN CENTS SINGLE INSERTION
TRANSIENT RATes-eeHT CENTS LINE FOR ONE AND FOUR
cEsTe LINE FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL INSERTION. INCH
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THE CIRCULATION OF THE wHe MOST
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

"7hc future is tie sdcred trust Of as all
South as ,ceH as North. Honesty, like patriot-
ism, can neither be boundcd by state nor see
tionM lines. Financial diShonor is tie threat
emed ddnger nor, and good men mW obIHoraic
old lines Of paHy in a unHcd C0ort 10 nphoH
american h0nor "-William Mckinley
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

THREE women lawyers were on Tuesday
appointed lcceivers tor as many embar-
rlssed business firms, by Justice Mclean,
Of the Supreme Court, Of New York.
Step up to the front ladies.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17

WHEN Bryan says the newspapers are
against him, he says that the majority of
the American people are against him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
National Republican Ticket.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORS.
LIST District-DR. WASHINGTON A. SMITH,
Dorchcster county
Cd District-MONITOR WATERMAN, Balti-
more city.
Sd District-ROBERT NJ. WEIGH, Baltimore
city.
4th District-ALENANDER FRANK, Balti-
more city.
9Th District WESLEY NJ. OLER, Baltimore
county.
9th District-MERRITT WILSON, Garrett
county.
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-26
PENINSULA POINTERS.

John Edgerton and family, Of
Jacobsville, will go to Detroit tc
spend the holidays with Mr.. Edger.
ton s parents. ..... ..
A gentleman residing at Jacobs
vile states that the bridge across
Portage river is finished, which will
be safe for travel during the winter.
The coal in the Tamarack mine at
Dollar Bay took fire from spontane-
Gus combustion Monday. Fifty-six
thousand tons are stored there.
How much coal will be DESTROYED
cannot be estimated, but the amount
will be large.
The Lake Superior Iron company,
of lshpcming, will begin work next
Monday on "a new shaft at the Lake
Hemhtite mine. Preparations for
sinking this shaft have been under
way for some time past. 1t will be
located in the lake bottom some
distance southeast of the old lake
shaft. Two gangs of men will be
put to work on the job, one raising
and the other sinking The depth
OF the new shaft will be about three
hundred feet. 1t will take three
months or more to complete it.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-26
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