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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-20
CORONET PARTY RETURNS.
Pleasant Trip to the Fiery Realm
of Madame PeIe.
May 10, 1896.

Pleasant Trip to the Fiery Realm
of Madame PeIe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
James, Mrs. ID. p. Todd, John
PembertOn, y. w. Francis, DR.. V.
Adriance, f. L. Slade and Miss
Slade, composing the yacht Cor
onet party, which left for the vol
cano on the last trip of the w. CT.
Hall, returned by that vessel yes
terday, after having spent Il very
enjoyable time. The party ar
rived at Punaluu Wednesday
night, May 18th, and started for
the volcano on the following
morning. After taking luncheon
and a short rest at Kapapala
ranch the journey was resumed.
Friday was spent at the crater Of
Kilauea and at Kilauea-iki. On
Saturday morning the party rode
to Mountain View House, on the
volcano road, spending quite a
little time in the inspection of the
coffee plantations near by. After
luncheon the return to the Vol
canO House was made. On Sun
day poi luncheon in honor of the
party was given at Kapapala
ranch. The Hall was caught at
Punaluu and the party returned
to Honolulu as stated above.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-20
MINISTER DAMON'S
BAD WINE BILL.
That is What Rev. Mr.. Peck
Thinks Of It.
40 TEMPERANCE ABOUT IT.

Wines Do'>,ot Take the PIacc.oGspirits.
:. Comparison of Amounts.Consumed
saki Not Effected byl New Exenlp-
tion-NIen Prefer stronger Drink
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
PLUTOCRACY ILLUSTRATED.

In answering a correspondent the
New York World quotes from the CEN
sus to show that 5000 families own over
$12 ,000, 900 OO0-over twelve thousand
million dollars-of the wealth Of the
United States.
At such a time as this the World is
not likely to be accused of assisting the
Democratic party. So, accepting it's fig
ures, let us see what they mean.
The total assessed value of all real
and personal property in Nebraska un-
der the census Of 1890 was $184,00O,OOO;
Missouri, 1887 100000; Illinois, $780,
100000; Kansas, $347 ,O00, 900; Kentucky,
$547 100000; Tennessee, 1882, 900, 900;
Colorado, 1920, ,O0O, 900; Texas, s78O,O0O,-
900; Alabama, $25S, 100000; Mississippi,
1880 900; Indiana, $3.50, 100000, and
California, 81, ,1O1 100000.
The combined assessed wealth, real
and personal, of these II great states Of
the West and South, as shown by the
census of 1890, foots up between $6,-
00o, ,O0O, 900 and 81 ,OOO, 900 900, while tho
combined wealth of 5000 plutocratic
families foots up over $4,000, 900, 900
nearly twice as much.
What more need be said?-St Louis
Post Dispatch.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
Junction City, Kas.
THE VOTE CAST.

The Prohibition vote fell below 2OO,-
600; the largest vote for the ticket was
cast in Pennsylvania, and numbered 49,
274. Palmer and Buckner will find sat
isfaction in the fact that they carried
one township in this great land of ours,
and Kansas township at that. There
were six votes cast; Palmer and Buck
ner received three, Bryan two and Nc
Kinley one. Socialism did not receive
distinguished recognition, in some states
not single vote being cast for the can
didates of that school of economic
thought. The size of the vote the coun-
try over was phenomenal, the total ap-
proximate vote being 1855, $685. In 1892
the total vote was 10, 733, ,O26 of which
Cleveland received $3.50, ,918 1864 ,634 less
than Bryan) and Harrison 5,176;1O8;
Cleveland over Harrison, 380,S1O.-Ex-
change.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
AN ENORMOUS SUM.
William X. Vanderbilt Gave $15O,
600 to Republican Campaign
Fund.
He Gave 81. .o0o. 900 to the Duke of Marlborough
to Induce Him to Marry His Daughter.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE following is
a Washington dispatch to the World:
The Worlds publication of the money
spent by the National Committees in the
last presidential campaign was today the
talk of Washington, but the most inter-
estfng fact respecting this or any other
presidential campaign contributions re-
mains to be told.
scriber to the Republican National Com
mittee was William X. Vanderbilt, Of
New York, who sent his
PERSONAL CHECK FOR $15O,OOO
To the National Committee. This is not
only the largest sum contributed by any
one in the late campaign, but it is un-
doubtedly a larger; amount of money
than was ever before given by any in
dividual in any political campaign in the
world.
w. K. Vanderbilt's check was not sent
in answer to any appeal from Chairman
Hanna, but was deliberate and vOlun-
tary gift late in the campaign through
another member of the National Com
mittee. Cornelius N. Bliss, the treasur-
er, could, if he would, tell the circum-
stances.
One of the next largest subscriptions
to the Republican campaign fund was
made by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
President Roberts and First Vice Pres
4uent Thompson, Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad,
ARE BOTH DEMOCRATS,
But the free silver issue threatened such
disaster to all industry and credit that
the officers of the company and the COM
pany itself did what neither ever did be-
fore-gave money to a political Cam
paign Committee.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who it was ru-
mored, gave 100000, in fact contributed
only $4,000.
The largest bank subscription was
that of a purely savings and benevolent
association, the Philadelphia Savings
Fund, whose directors voted $4,000 "to
protect their $4,000 aepositors from loss
of their savings"
John Wanamaker save SIC, ,000-exact-
ly the same sum which he contributed in
1888 as chairman of the committee which
raised $400, 900 in Philadelphia alone.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
BIMETALLISM GOLD STAND
ARD.
Hon. John Davis Points to the Experience of
the Past as Our Guide for the Future.

Let us study the future by the light.of
the past. We cannot be too careful in
the study of this paramount money SUBJ
ject
During the decade from 1850 to 1860,
we were on bimetllic basis. Our
money consisted of gold and silver sup
plemented by miscellaneous paper. The
increase of wealth in this country dur
ing the bimetallic decade from 1850 to
1860, was 126 per cent. The wealth of
the country during that decade was far
more than doubled.
During the decade from 1860 to 1870,
we were on paper basis of valuation.
Half of the time it was a period of de-
struction, devastation and confiscation
rather than Of the creation of wealth.
Yet the result is carefully recorded in
the Census Report. The increase Of
wealth during the decade from 1850 to
1870, was SO per cent gold valuation, or
sc per cent paper valuation. .',..
During the decade from 1870 to 1880,
we had our first experience with the gold
standard. 1t was time of peace and
quiet. Industry should have flourished,
but it did not. With the gold standard
came the millionaire and the tramp in
large and dangerous numbers. Before
that we had scarcely heard of them. The
increase of wealth during the decade
from 1870 to 1880 was per cent. It was
81 per cent worse than the bimetallic de-
cade, and actually "a per cent worse than
the war period.
The decade from 1880 to 1890 was on
the gold standard. During most of the
time tramps and millionares were great
ly on the increase In fact they seemed
country. But there must be a showing
OF wealth. In order to make it as great
as possible the values of all the vacant
lands belonging to the nations and to
the states, and the values of all the In
dian reservations were added to the gen.
eral aggregate, and the increase of the
wealth of the country during the gold
standard decade from 1880. to 1890, was
49 per cent; II per cent worse than the
bimetallic decade, and 20 per cent worse
than the war! Verify, John G. Carlisle
was right when In the sanity of his earli-
er and better day, he pronounced the
curses of the single gold standard.
Mr.. Editor we cannot keep this sub
ject too prominently before the people.
The free coinage of gold and silver into
good lawful money at the ratio of 16 to
1, will bring us good times the moment
it begins. We will be relieved of tramps
and mortgage foreclosures; and then
with a good healthy tax on large in
comes we will pay our debts and live as
an Industrious people ought to live.
Very respectfully,
JOHN DAVIS.
Junction Citv Kas
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
GREENBACKS MUST GO
SUCH is CLEVELAND'S BELIEF.
He Will Recommend Their Retirement and
Urge Safert) Bank Note System-Call
for q Currency Convention.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 4.-The key
stone of President Cleveland's recon-
mendations for the form of monetary
system of government to appear in his
message to congress next week will be
the retirement of the greenbacks.
Mr.. Cleveland is firmly convinced that
as long as these prOmisary notes of the
government are constantly reissued as
fast as they are redeemed by the gov
ernment, there can be no permanent
settlement of the finances of the coun-
try upon stable basis.
For the reason all other recommended
tiOns which he may make will be subOr-
dinate to and dependent upon the propo-
sition that the greenbacks, when re-
deemed by the government, should be re-
tired and destroyed so as permanently to
eliminate them from the monetary sys-
tenn and prevent their being used as an
endless chain to deplete the gold reserve
in the treasury at the pleasure of specul-
atOrs.
The president is emphatically opposed
to the plan so strongly urged by many
Republicans that the revenue of the gov
ernment should be increased to such an
extent that the greenbacks and the Sher-
boarded in the treasury.
RAISES TWO OBJECTIONS.
He sees two objections to this. In the
first place this boarding of the green
backs and Sherman notes would severely
contract the currency and would give ba-
sis to the arguments of the Bryanites
that silver should be coined to increase
the currency of the country. In the Sec
ond place, it would gather in the vaults
of the treasury great surplus, which
would be constant temptation to con-
gress to extravaganza In appropriations
and all sorts of schemes would be
hatched for releasing this idle money
and getting it into circulation among
the people.
There would be currency sQueeZes in
the money centers during the crop NOV
ing season of the year and the secretary
Of the treasury would be urged, and
would probably consent, to buy govern
ment bonds at a premium in order to re-
lease currency. Then few months
later there might be foreign demand
for gold and the greenbacks would be
used to draw it from the treasury, the
reserve would be depleted and more
bonds would have to be sold.
Mr.. Cleveland does not belive that the
government ought to be in the note is
suing business at all, but that the banks
ought to perform this function and the
bank reform recommendations in his
message will be of the utmost import
ance
PLAN FOR SECURE CURRENCY,
He will recommend such system as
will enable the banks to issue notes to
replace the redeemed and destroyed
greenbacks, and will provide currency
which will be as secure as the present
national bank circulation, at the same
time being sufficiently elastic to avoid
the recurrence of current famines during
the crop moving period each year and
currency gluts at other periods The de-
tails of these proposed bank reforms will
be more fully worked out in the reports
of Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle and
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. WEDNESDAY DEG g. 1896

the general depression in business, the
people could not again be appealed to to
maintain the Republicans in power for
the application of remedies which had
proven useless.
We do not advocate any surrender of
principle by those who opposed the elec-
tion of Major Mckinley. We hope that
in the consideration of any Republican
tariff measure there will be free and full
debate for reasonble length Of time,
and that, after that, vote will be taken
In each house without obstructive tao
tics.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
S1.OO A Year, in Advance.
A GENERAL COLLAPSE,
NO BUSINESS REVIVAL THIS
YEAR.
An Increase Of Sixty-Three Failures This Week
Over the Preceding Week-Bryan
Couldn't Have Done Worse
Than That,

New York, Dec. 5-Bradstreet's for
this week says: General trade con-
tinues In moderate volume; jobbers
and wholesalers being agreed there
Will De no business revival this year.
There Is some activity in holiday
goods. Rains and stormy weather
South, and cold and severe weather
West and Northwest have checked
traffic on interior country roads and
otherwise interfered with the distri-
button of merchandise except at some
Northwestern centers where more
seasonable weather has stimulated
the demand for heavy textiles, cloth
Ing, hats and shoes. Throughout the
central Mississippi valley there has
been no increase IN demand in whole
sale lines and at the South trade is
characterized as dull.
Jobbers Of dry goods report that
sales for future delivery hare fallen off.
Transactions in wool haze also fallen off,
manufacturers buving only as they re-
ceive orders. The situation In iron
and steel is unsatisfactory, with un-
settling rumors as to the success of
the steel pool, com mparatively few sales
of staple grades and no likelihood of re-
uiual IN demand prior to February. No
material change is reported in prices
for pork. print cloths and lumber,
while those for turpentine, tobacco.
cotton, sugar. wheat and flour are all
higher.
There were $50 business failures re-
ported throughout the United States, ,chich
Is On, increase of 6S as compared ,rith last
,ceek, "A as compared with the cores
ponding week one year ago, 81 as con-
trasted with the like week in 1894, but
falling off Of "a as compared with
the number of business failures in the
first week of December, 1893. The in.
crease as compared with the like
period in 1892 is 94 A large proper
tion of the increased number Of fail
ures is reported from the Middle and
New England states. There are Al
failures reported from the Dominion
of Canada this week, II more than last
reek, eight more than in the week
year ago, ii more than in the cores
ponding week two years ago and 10
more than in the like week of 1893.
And all this Notwithstanding Nc
Kinley's election! Where is the pros
perity the liars promised us.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

The income tax decision declaring that
law unconstitutional may be aptly de-
fined as nature always dictates that
those who are most able shall bear the
burden thus scant majority of the su-
preme court overrides the will of con-
gress and the president, ignores the de-
mands of the people and assumes to
force dame nature into the channels of
pettifog opinions. Yet, to demonstrate
or denounce such an august body Is an
archy, barbarity and cannibalism.--St.
Louis Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
NEW SCHEME OF SILVERITES.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. Al. H. Leh-
man, a retired merchant Of Usage City,
has evolved scheme to keep the free
silver movement booming in Kansas
that has met with hearty response from
scores of Populists who are not hunting
offices. Lehman proposes that the gov
ernor-elect confine his appointments to
men who are able to donate their sal
aries to the cause of free silver in the
establishment of public readingrooms
in all the towns of the state, the dis
semination of Populist literature and in
paying the expenses of free silver lee
tures
AS eager as are the Populists for Of
flee, many of them favor this scheme,
not only because it would keep the issue
prominently before the people, but for
the reason that it would bring to the SER
vice Of the state better class Of men
and shelve the great crowd of Office
hunters that is now making life burden
to the new governor.
Lehman says there are enough men Of
wealth and leisure in the new party to
fill most of the appointive offices without
pay, and that fund Of 100000 annu-
ally could be thus raised to push the free
silver agitation in the state and other
reforms advocated by the Populist party.
It is stated that this scheme was laid
before William J. Bryan and that he
gave it his hearty endorsement. Cover
nor-elect Leedy declines to discuss it.
NEBRASKA PLUMS PARCELED OUT.
Lincoln, Neb, Dec 4.-After the fruit
less effort of the Populist state officers
elect Wednesday last to apportion the
spoils which fall to them, the appoint
ing powers managed to harmonic the
conflicting interests at a recOnvened
meeting which was called last night,
and the offices were parcelled out along
the lines suggested by Governor Hol-
comb and Senator Allen.
The conference began at and. con-
tinued until this morning. All the Of
ficers-elect were present. The main fight
was over the secretaryships of the state
board of transportation. There were
three to appoint and eighty-fivo appli-
cants. After three hours of balloting
the choice fell upon J. w. Edgerton, Pop
ulist; ]. C. Dahlman, friee silver DEM
ocrat, and G. l.. Laws, Free Silver Re-
publican.
Governor Holcomb announced that he
would retain the present heads Of tho
state institutions over which he had con-
troll, and this left but few Of the big
places to fill. B. r. Weber, Populist,
was chosen for superintendent of the
girls industrial home at Geneva, and DR..
G.. P. Fall, Populist, as head of the insti-
tute of feeble-minded at Beatrice. An
other conference was held this afternoon
hut action on remaining offices was de.
ferred.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
TT STRUCK THEM.

The wave Of prosperity struck the en-
ployes of the Southern railway shops of
this city last Monday. They now work
seven hours for five days, which formerly
it took 81 hours to constitute a weeks
work. Are you not glad of the pros
perity you voted or?-Labor Advocate,
Birmingham Ala
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

The Democratic machine is trying to
arrange it SO there will be no national
Populist ticket in 1900. Populists
will be compelled, under such an ar
rangement, to vote either Democratic
or Republican ticket. This situation
will drive more than half the Populists
to the Republican ranks or to stay at
home.-ShOals Referendum.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

Albert Lea Enterprise-Ignatius Dom
nelly was chosen a member Of the legis-
lature by tho people Of Dakota county,
and it is safe to predict the sessions of
The lower house of the state legislature
will not be very prcsy this winter. Mr..
Donneljy always has schemes and themes
for great many speeches. He is again
elected to office. while his nemesis, DR..
Fish. is forgotten. and his arch-enemy.
Owen, is annihilated in defeat by his
Minneapolis neighbor. Time evens up
all things If one but waits.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

The railroad question is bound to be
an issue in the next campaign. 1t can't
be sidetracked again as it was this time.
Chicago Sentinel.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
NOT MUCH.

Senator Stewart proposes Don Cam
eron for the silver mems presidential
candidate in 0.-Times-Statesman
Oswega, Kas.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

In writing to n0veFtiaers In this
paper our patrons will confer q favor
by saying that they saw the a0veP.
tisement In the Representative.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
A CHANGE OF RAT1

We wanted sixteen to one, but what
we are likely to get is nothing to ate
Los Angeles Civic Review.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09
sPPROPRTATTON

APPROPRIATION.
In Iowa, whsre Mckinley had a ma
jority of $4,000, TIE Salvation army is
opening soup houses for the relief of
starving working peopie:-Port Huron
Mich News
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

Gold and Silver are the money of the Constr
Of value is established and can not be ovefturs
whole system. Gold and Silver at rates fixed "
ard OF value in this country and neither Con&f
establish any other standard or dispose Of thI3.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

Qti0n. The constitutional standard
~. To Overturn 1t would shake the
Congress constitute the legal stand.
'--Daniel Webster, 2Ith Congress, 1s31
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

Catalogue making no charge for
postage, which the amounti
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

- we have doubled force and do not iptend
- bound to make them and thus pleas 9 you
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

nT0ucC For Wood in
NfUvEO At prices that will you and money
vi regret it. New heating stoves, $l; New Cook Stoves
la76 Steel Ranges S10.75. 'o'
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-09

e Razors. Scissors, Knives, ,Carvers, Skates.
y Gloves, F9rs. Revolvers. Albums. .Cioa ks.
Musical Instruments, Silverware, UIs-
-, Lamps, kintoshes and hundreds OF
g presents we offer you at bottom prices.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-19

man No. /, has been loading the gun !;
he puts In it a projectile to which is
fastened a strong braided line, 900 yards
long, and so ooiled in box that it may
follow the shot without getting en-
tangled. II their aim Is well taken,
the shot will pass over the wreck and
the short-line will fall across some part
of the vessel.
The crew on the wreck haul in this
line, to which the life-savers have at
tached a pulley with a heavier rope
through it; both ends of this rope are
kept on shore
Fastened to this pulley, or tail block,
Is a tauy-board with directions in
French and English, instructing the
wrecked men how and where to make
il fast.
When it is fast on board the vessel
the life-savers fasten hawser to one
side of the whip-line and haul oh the
other, and the hawser Is pulled out to
the wreck; this hawser also bears a
tally-board, directing that 1t be made
fast two feet above the whip-line
Now there is one endless small rope,
and q large one three and half inches
in circumference, connecting the wreck
with the shore.
To this large rope is fastened the
breeches-buoy (whose form + well
KNOWN by a snatch-block; this block
can be opened at one side and closed
securely after it has been slipped over
the hawser.
Meantime, the surfmen have buried
the sand-anchor deep in the sand, and
tackles are hooked to this anchor and
the hawser, which has been made taut.
Then crotch is set under it upon the
beach, which raises it over eight feet
from the ground. The breeches-buoy
now hangs from the hawser by the
snatch block; to the sings by which
the buoy is attached to the block one
side of the whip-line has been made
fast, and the buoy is hauled of to the
wreck; man gets In, putting leg into
each opening, and is hauled tn shore
through surf that often covers him !;
he is taken out, and the breechcs-buoy
travels to and fro over this aerial rail
way till all are rescued.
Then the apparatus is recovered as
far as possible, the beach-cart is drawn
back to the station, the boat and gear
are put in order, and the rescued ones
are attended to-"The Story o. Life
Saving Station" by Teresa A. Brown, in
st. Nicholas.