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Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
KissinE Corners.

In the dark piazza corner
Swaps a hammock through the night;
And within Its tangling meshes
Lies n m~aiden-"out of sight"
Sheltered In the same snug corner.
Where the light Is mono too clear.
Gently swinging this fair maiden,
Sits n man in chair drawn near.
From the West the silvery crescent
Throws soft kisses to the trees:
And they murmur back n message.
Lightly stirring in the breeze.
flushed are all the worlds rude noises
In the stiffness of the night:
Nature sleeps, her beauties cleaning
In the moons carcssing light.
Not n sound her rest disturbing.
Save the maiden's soft II won't"'
Which Is followed in a moment,
BY the same voice murmurins: "Don't!"
Ever thus II Is In corners.
When the maiden says ~ won't!'
For he does. by some queer reasoning.
Every time she Don't
Truth.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
HUMIDITY.
The collar meits upon the neck,
The shirt front Is a sagsing wreck,
The cambria tie

The collar meits upon the neck,
The shirt front is a sagging wreck.
The cambria tie
Is all awry.
And lacks It's prim solidity;
The 'kerchief DER our brow we Flip
From every pore We oozc and drip.
And all our glee
To miser-cc
Is turned by old Humidity.
The airs a gulf of sluggish grease.
A surf OF oil, n murky fleece;
The agile fly.
Stuck on the pie.
Devours II with avidity:
There's not n breeze to stir the leaf
The long drinks respite Is but brief:
And out OF sorts
The dog cavoris
Froth- sculptured by Humidity.
That soon Il may. oh. let us hope,
Turn Into rain or toilet soap.
or anything
To make us sing
OF our restored lucidity;
Oh. may II vanish to the sky.
Nor grease tho pan the chop TO fry;
We've learned enough
About the tough
Grim demon Of Humidity.
r.. X. Munkit,rick. in New York journal.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
u IL ~ Crisis.

From the New YORK tribune
To underratc the extent or strength of
the silver movement would be u grave
mistake. To trife with the crisis by treat
ing It as an ordinary political contest
would be p%erilous. The spread OF the
silver craze has become a danger which
cannot he considered too seriously or OPP
posed too effectively. Its champions pre-
sent a united front and must be met by
IL united front. Its advance must be re-
sisted by vigorous action and patriotic de-
termination OH the part OF every political
leader and every citizen who would de-
fend the honor and welfare of the country
In such a crisis II is no time to think
OF party or talk of party issues. As In '6l.
there can be but one issue-the country;
and but two parties-that which is for the
country and that which Is against IL. II Is
a time for the Republican managers to pro-
claim a truce on the tarin and unfurl the
single banner of honest money. II Is a
time for all Democrats opposed to the
Chicago platform to rise above party con-
siderations and work to defeat the Popu-
listic silver ticket.
II that ticket Is to be defeated and the
disaster which 1t menaces averted Repub-
Leans and Democrats must resolve TO wage
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
Absurd Ideas Of Free cotnnse.

New York Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Ignorant men are not the only ones who
entertain absurd ideas of what ls to /
means. a business man who lives In n
neiehborins town, but whose business as
a banker IL in this city. is a member
Of q whist club OF which a man who is
the proprietor of quite a large store in that
town is also "a member.
This storekeeper is n man Of fair intelli-
r"nce, and has always been honorable I.
all his dealings. While playing a game Of
whist the other evening, he said between
deals:
We'll, have made up my mind how |
am going 10 vote. l have decided that It
Is to my interest to have free coinage Of
silver. and / am therefore going TO vote
for Bryan"
TIT banker, a little surprised. asked this
man what had caused him to become an
advocate OF free silver. and the reply was:
We'll, my wife has saved $50. and she
has got it all in gold. Now II we have free
coinage. she can turn that 500 into $500,
and OF course we cannot throw an OPP
rortunity TO make such a sun OF money
ms that"
The banker looked at this man in amaze
ment for a moment, and then said 10 him:
You're Joking. You arc trying to guy Us.
You surely can't be serious in that state
msnt."
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an a,,l,,,iinr dcsiripp 10 krou. ybe,ber
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,..r silysr ,IoIlars for ovsrv cold do,Iar
no US o,,ick when tho axnl.natIo, was
r,,,a IA rrao,s,,rd bfs or,or In, IA. sta
,not no kn,w ~ ssveraI nersnns Who rkn
,irs.i, yroro 81 no orIrto, ,b,t l.. 90 :,
$50, stx,,ar st,var dollars n, ono goId
Lila. ~
hrs,,oss ma, %, California cat,o, ,,o,
friord n, bts conr,inr bo,ss In ,hIs nn,,y
ara J,y tbis wank and af,ar the husiress
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

admire him ON account, NJ his intellect, ana
his %eloqucnce. There are multitudcs of
people IN Kansas TODAY who believe tho
state could not give itself u bettcr advcr-
tisouicnt than to send lnrollr back to the
senate. Whether he viii succeed In his
ambition to resume his old place 10 . Yet
prohicmatical. but 1t Is certain that the
campaien which he intends to mako for the
Republican ticket will strengthen the party
Kansas orator can draw q larger or more
cnthusiactic audience In his own sta'e than
John j. Ingalls,.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

than 10000 each. and ten arc reported as
costing over 5000 each.
Notwithstanding the fact that 1895 was
the worst year for milling In a long time.
owing to the poor crop. adverse freight
rates and other causes, still the business
shows a steady gain In output and the
value OF products, aud the prospects are
that 1t Will continue for many years on its
present sound and substantial basis.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

Prom Inc BostoN IfefHIH.
Bishop Newman Is substantially correct.
Politics should have no place in the pulpit.
but there is no reason why the doctrine of
an honest currency should not be preached
from the pulpits as well as from the plat
forms. The commandments of Moses are
not more a part of the foundation of NOR
ality and religion than are the principles
involved in the campaign for the malnten-
ance of the honor and good faith of the
nation In the conduct Of Its fiscal affairs.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
Tom VIII Do the Hog Act.

From the Washington Post.
Those gentlemen who are trying to coax
Tom Watson off that ticket will be every
bit as successful as the man who employed
moral suasion to induce tho porker to re-
linpuish his position at the swill trough.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

From the Washington Post.
We are afraid that "A great many of tho
political organs have forgotten what Lin
coin said about fooling the people.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

conditions necessary for the maintenance
Of sound financial systems and for the
restoration of business prosperity would pe
assured. Mckinley represents financial ana
commercial prosperity. whereas Bryan. rs
the representative of the Chicago platform,
stands for the exact contrary.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

II Candidate Bryan doesn't want to a.
copt the ropul.st nomination be- might a.
feet Il satisfactory compromise by letting
his WHISPERS grow.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

cuban correspondents say Cleveland is as
unpopular in cuba as in the United states.
But the Cuban correspondents do some
pretty tall romnnoinE.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

the most effective campaign possible for
the safety Of the country. II p~artisanship
IL thus sunk In patriotism the result Of the
contest is not to be feared.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

From the Boston Herald Qnd. Dem.).
Here is II point which. it seems to us,
should especially Impress the American
people in this presidential campaign.
All agree that our financial condition is n
difficult one: that to settle 1t rightly will
test the capacity Of our ablest and most ex-
perienccd statesmen: that a mistake made in
regard TO it may occasion untold calamity In
the business and industrial features of the
nations life. Under whose lead are we
asked by these revolutlonists to undertake
this work? Under that of a young man of
%. whom 1t is proposed to put into the
presidency with no experience In business
affairs, and governed by theories of the
currency which are in direct opposition to
the knowledge gained OF finance through
practical experience by nearly the entire
business men of the nation. And with
whom Is no identified as his advisers?
Those Democrats who a discarded from
influence in their councils the great bulk
OF the practical men OF their party. And
who have taken the places of these lat
ter? The horde OF Populists who gathered
at 81. Louis last week.
We beg the sober and rejecting citizens
OF all parties to ponder this state of facts,
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
DO You Really wnnt to Cheuts

From the Topeka Capital.
If the legislature OF Kansas should en-
act that hereafter thirty bushels of wheat
shall be a bushel, would there be any more
wheat In tho state than there was before.
and would 1t be worth any more? Would
II be honest to return to a neighhor a
thirty pound bushel OF wheat in return for
II sixty pound bushel? Senator Hin evil
IDENTIFY thinks not; but the so-called Dem
ocratic convention which nominated Bry-
an seemed to think such "A scheme all
right. II voted down senator Hills amend
ment TO the platform declaring in sub
stance that debts contracted in honest dol
lars should, not he paid in half dollars. a
Republican who feels inclined toward the
free silver craze should seriously ask him
self II he is really in favor of debasing the
currency for the purpose OF enabling men
to cheat each other by paying in depre-
c!ated money that which was borrowed in
gold or its equivalent. What per cent of
the debts now outstanding in Kansas are
twenty-three years old. or even ten years
ollp
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
4 pnnIc Womb Rcsult.

President ingalls,, of the big Four r. r.
1.-THE free coinage OF silver will produce,
temporarily, the worst panic ever known,
as II will take from circulation more than
$500, 900, co Of gold. which now is used ms a
basis of credit, and which under free coin
age will become merchandise, and VIII be
boarded or exported, It will take from us
all foreign capital, Will prevent the de-
velopment of our industries. and It will be
years before we can recover from such a
shock. 1t Is a piece Of dishonesty, and the
American people are not n nation Of
knaves. II Is not Democracy, and no true
Democrat who believes In the principles of
his party, or who loves his country. can
support the ticket.
I'VE need two things; First, sufficient
revenue to take care Of all the eNpendi-
lures of the government; second, an honest
dollar worth 100 cents under the stamp OF
the government or in the refining pot. and
current at that rate in the markets of the
world. with these two conditions firmly es-
tablished, ! can see an era of great prosper
ity for this country. cannot see any hope
OF accomplishing this result by supporting
either the platform or the candidates of
the Chicago mob. Much as ! regret It. I
shall support Mckinley, for I believe in his
election lies the only hope of the future OF
our country"
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
Confidence WIN Restore Prosperity.

PROM me los NNEtE0s THINE
ut Is probable" says the Springfield,
Mass, Union, that as the election OF Nc
Kinley becomes more probable, business
conditions will improve The opinian ex-
pressed by the Union Is also that OF hun
dreds OF other leading newspapers In the
country, and 1t is that belief that will
largely help to elect Mckinley. The result
desired Will find ways and means to ac-
compllsh the result. And II. In addition to
this. the people will bring themselves to the
belief that the election OF Mr.. Bryan
would q a disastrous ensst, the tive
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
REPUBLICAN FIGURES.
Claim of McKinley's Election Issued b,
PAYNE, Representing Hanna.

CHICAGO. Nov. 5.-Mr. Henry @.
Payne of the Republican National COM
mittee, in charge of the headquarters
in the absence of Chairman Hanna,
issued the following this evening:
considering the wild rumors which
are being circulated throughout the
country, we deem it proper and advisa-
BILE to state the result of the election, as
indicated by the returns reported to the
Associated Press and confirmed by tele-
grams to this Office from the chairman
of the several state committees and the
members of the national committee in
the several states. Mckinley has car
ried beyond q doubt O sufficient number
of states, so that his vote in the electo-
raj college will be not less than 1854.
"These states are the following, with
the electoral vote of each state
California, 8; Connecticut. 6 Della
ware, 3; Illinois, "a; Indiana, 10 /;
Iowa, 49, Maine, 6; Maryland, 8; Mas
sachusetts, l5; Michigan. IA; Mime
sofa, O.; New Hampshire, 4 New Jer-
sey, 10; New York, SO; North Dakota,
3; Ohio, 80; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania,
82 Rhode Island, 4 South Dakota, 4 {:
Vermont, 4 West Virginia, 9 Wiscon.
SIN, IL. IOtal, 2b4.
sin addition to these, the states of
Kentucky, North Carolina and Wyom-
ing are in doubt, with the chances
about even in the three states, although
the Republicans OF Kentucky claim that
the state will give It's electoral vote to
Mckinley by majority of not less
than 5000.
ut is proper to give the basis Of the
claims in the disputed states. Advices
late this evening from California from
the member of the national committee
in San Francisco place the majority in
that state at 5000. This is confirmed
by reports to The Associated Press.
kilograms from Indiana, from the
chairman of the state Republican CEN
tral committee and the member of the
national committee, show that the state
has given not less than $4,000 and prob.
ably over 10000 for Mckinley, and that
the Republicans have elected all the
members of congress and carried the
legislature by majority of 40 ON joint
ballot.
"Telegrams from North and South
Dakota, which have been confirmed by
the reports received by the Associated
press, place the majority in these states
at little more than 5000 in North
Dakota and about $500 in South Da-
kota. In North Dakota we have elected
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

parts or the state. Botn parties claim
the state, but the few scattering returns
that are in so far are of so indefinite
nature as to make any claim, no matter
by whom made, of very uncertain
character
Wisconsin is sure of the Republican
column by an enormous plurality.
Minnesota which was regarded as
doubtful by both parties, has surprised
everybody by the size of its Republican
plurality, and Mckinley will have APP
proximately $4,000 to 10000 more
votes IN the state than Bryan. Gov
ernor Clough, whose election was con-
sidered doubtful, is certainly elected.
The latest information from the two
Dakotas shows that North Dakota is
very sure for Mckinley and the proba-
bility that South Dakota will be found
in the same column although the result
is close.
The Republicans claim Wyoming and
Washington, but the probabilities seem
against them in both states. Oregon
has gone for Mckinley, and Colorado,
as was expected, has given Bryan a
heavy plurality, and Adams has with
out doubt been elected governor. The
interest in the election in the state CEN
| tered in the state tickets, of which
there were several, representing great
variety of interests.
Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada
have all gone for Bryan by heavy ma
jorities.
California has, on the strength of the
returns at hand, undoubtedly gone for
Mckinley, the city of San Francisco
giving him plurality of 6,947. One
half of she outside precincts show a
Democratic gain of Al votes, showing
that the Democratic reliance upon the
heavy support of the rural districts was
not entirely warranted.
Delaware, where the Republican
party has been rent in twain because of
the AddiclSs- Higgins fight, has kept in
the Republican column. The vote for
the Republican electors in this state
has been usually large, showing that
the factional dispute did not extend IN
any great measure to the national
ticket.
The vote of Maryland has shown an
interesting reversal from that of the
last presidential election. Cleveland
carried the state by plurality of 81,
1870, and this year Mckinley has 6
plurality of slightly over $1,000 in the
city of Baltimore alone.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05

conversation WITH fii6n7s-Ie -reGIy dis
cussed the probabilities, re y ring to
the closeness of the votos in several of
the states and comparing notes with
them on the chances of Kentucky, West
Virginia and other states of apparently
narrow margins. He read all bulletins
with interest, but in reply to questions
said he was not allowing the uncer-
tainty to cause the least degree of
worry.
He was especially gratified at the re-
suit in Nebraska, and took occasion to
earnestly congratulate the chairmen of
the various county and state committees
located in Lincoln on their work in
this city and throughout the state
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Bryan at
tended the funeral of an old friend and
he spent the evening with his callers.
HWhat purported to be kilograms re-
ceived by Mr. Bryan, which MIR. Bryan
afterwards said he had not authorized,
were read in the hotel lobbies claiming
the entire south, the states west of the
Missouri and also Indiana and Mime.
sofa, and a demonstration was arranged.
Mr.. Bryan quietly advised that it be
suspended until the results should be
more definite. Upon this hint the pa.
rade was abandoned before the Bryan
residence was reached.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
SPANISH TAXATION.
JAUss OF THE REVOLT IN THE PHIL
IPPiNE ISLANDS.

Ingenious Methods of Squeezing Money
out of the Thrifty Islanders Charac-
teristios of the Natives-American In
terests In the Islands.
The people who are trying to throw of
The Spanish rule in the Philippine islands
make up race whose counterpart Is found
In no other corner of the world; mestizos,
the Spanish COLL them. The name was at
first scornfully applied and indicates their
half breed descent.
When Magellan discovered the islands in
1921, he found that the aboriginal island
ers, now called Negritos, had been con-
quered by the Malays, who had captured
and enslaved many of them and driven the
rest back into the interior of the islands.
After their conquest the Malays began an
active trade with China, and many Chi
nese came to live among them.
Then came the Spaniards, who within
90 years took possession of one island after
the other At that time Spain was queen
Of the seas and her armed adventurous were
carrying everything before them. They
had not much difficulty in wrestling the
islands away from the Malays, although
the latter gave them not little trouble to
hold them. AS for the Negritos the Span
iards completely ignored them. In fact,
they could not do otherwise, for the ma
tives had firmly established themselves in
their forest stronghold, and then, as today,
1t was death for any white man or stranger
to penetrate into the interior beyond n few
miles. Armed with poisoned arrows then,
as now, the aborigincs defed the intruders
TO come in and get them, at the same time
prudently declining to come out and be
slaughtered.
Soon after the Spanish settlement Of the
islands they found that n new race Of peo-
| pie had developed there. These were the
half breeds, sons of Chinese fathers and
Malay mothers. At first the Spanish
looked down on them with great contempt,
but the class grew TO one of large num-
bers, and, by and by, the name mestizos
was one not TO he ashamed of in the Phil
| ippines. Even the Spaniards, falling into
oriental ways, found themselves the par
ents of mestizos, and today the half
breed element is the best in all the Phil
| ippines.
Physically and mentally the mestizos
are the superiors Of the Spaniards, the
Chinese or the Malays. In them the best
characteristics of each of the three races
seem to have been blended. This is no
new or strange occurrence, as the same
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-05
Chairman Jones VIII Not Admit Nc
Kinley's Election.

Kinley's Election.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Senator Jones has
issued the following statement:
81 have counted from the beginning
as tho states upon which we relied for
Mr.. BryGG's election the southern
states, win 1876 votes, and the states
west of the Missouri, with 81 votes,
making total of 217. / have hoped
that we would carry Indiana, Michigan
and Minnesota.
II believe that we have carried every
southern state except Maryland, and
that we have carried all the western
states heretofore counted on, which
leaves us, not counting Delaware
which, think, we have carried, and
which l have not heretofore calculated
on, 2O9 votes. One vote we certainly
have in Delaware and probably three.
But counting only one vote, which we
have beyond doubt, it leaves neces-
sary to a choice IA votes.
Either Michigan or Indiana would
give us those IA votes. The reports re-
ceived by us from both these states
made encouragement and lead us to be-
ieve that while both states are close
that we have the better chance to win
each and that we may probably carry
both.
"There can be scarcely doubt of our
getting Indiana. Under these clrcum.
stances, it seems to me that we are en-
tirely justified in claiming the election
of Mr. Bryan, which do, and believe
that the temper OF the people is such
that they will not allow their choice to
be defeated by tricks and fraud.
"The statements made in the city
papers today that have given up the
contest and admitted that Mr.. Bryan is
defeated, indicate deliberate purpose
on the part of the papers as well as the
Republican managers to create false inn
pressions in the minds of the people and
to lead them to believe that Mckinley s
election is accomplished and acquiesced
in.
~ have not for moment acquiesced
in Mr., McIiinley's election and will
not until there is material change
from existing conditions. ,--,sa- ,sss.
"As | believe, Indiana and probably
Michigan have voted for Mr.. Bryan
and if either has he is elected"