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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
sense at the polls in November in the elec
tion OF the representative of protection.
General Botts on the situation.

From the New York Sun.
Many people have been waiting to hear
from the Hon. Dink Bolts. of Georgia, be-
fore deciding how to vote.
Sun reporter met Judge Bolts on the
Rialto yesterday, and asked his opinion on
the money question. With look OF sus-
pcion Colonel Bolts asked: What are you
for, sab. gold or silver?"
Neither. major" said the reporter. I'm
for Ice
THAT being the case, sab, don't miro
telling you all that I've been taking a
course in finance at Bloomingdale. Got
it all settled now. ! reckon"
For silver or gold, colonel?"
Silver. san. of course. Not ct is to J..
though. Two to ones enough. It's the
stamp of the government that counts. l
was at the notification meeting last night.
and President Bryan says to. me. says he.
'Gin'ral Bolts. this is the peoples fight
Well win sure, sah."
But, general. they say you can't make
IS cents worth of silver buy 100 cents
worth of gold any more than you can buy
siN-pound piece of a three-pound fish,
Its not true, sab. You all think the
government can't keep anything but gold
at par. Mint juleps are always at par In
Georgia, sah.'
has control of the Democratic party, and
| its own illiterates are running the South. u
Its a lie, sah. Where have these people
been at all their lives? Not in Georgia,
| reckon"
But they prove it, senator
That makes 1t all the more lte.'
That's a point well taken"
"a pint well taken. did you say? vii
1 take drink? l will
NO. no, judge. You misunderstood me
| You have had one or two already, haven
you?"
Nonsense. sab. 4 mans sober as lont
as he knows he's drunk
How about pensions. general? Som'
people doubt the intimation in your plat
| form that they will be continued"
| .All wrong, my young friend. Wen pa!
| 'em with the best money the world eve
saw. The anarchists that were wounded
| at Chicago will get pensions, too. VIII
not? Well have plenty of money. I tel
you. my boy. the American people are borl
| financiers. CoNey's army were all finan
ciers. Don't mind what experience shows
| Trust to our heaven-born ntuitions. That
the way to settle financial questions. TIL
American people are not subjects"
"Some of them are objects. though. gen
eral." suggested the reporter, but Judg
| Botts was 100 thoroughly ehtnuseu l
| notice the interruption.
II tell you," he continued. "these panic
are all the result of a dark plot, and no
| of silver agitation
How dark. senator? About Colorado
maduro?"
It's a plot, I say.''
"a wicked conspiracy of business men I
ruin themselves, isn't it?'
That's it; that's it, sah."
But do you think you are observing tn
golden rule?"
Golden rule be hanged, sab! We don
want no golden rule. 1t Is the silver rul
the people are crying for
With these words the Hon. Dink Bott
turned away and disappeared within tn
portals of AlcGinty's saloon. Not dro
had passed his parched lips for thirty-tw
minutes.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
A REFRESHING CONTRAST.

While Mr. Bryan is preparing again to
swing around the circle with the intention
of projecting his resonant voice into space
as much as possible before the election, it
is pleasant toi note the quiet and dignitied
repose of Mr. Mckinley The contrast be-
tween the two men marks the difference
between the parties they represent; on the
one side sound, on the other side sense.
Mr. Mckinley. fully conscious and appre-
ciative of the high position he occupies as
the candidate of great party for the most
exalted office in the gift of the people,
remains at home among his neighbors and
friends. Here he receives the many visit
| ors who call on him with modesty and
| good taste. He does not lie awake nights
| seeking new and pleasing metaphors"
! wherewith to tickle the ears of the
groundlings but for everyone he has a
plain, hearty welcome. not effusive nor in
any way pandersog for vote, but manly
| inspiriting and modest.
Whoever comes to that quiet, unpreten-
| tious home in Canton, whether statesman
manufacturer, merchant or haTi-handed
| iaborer. meets with welcome uuostenta-
tious but none the less cordial and honest
and generally goes away Mckinley man
If he wasn't one before. In his speeches or
these occasions Mr.. Mckinley is singularl,
apt and felicitous. They are models IL
their way, not too long. and are alway:
sure of conveying some terse or epi
grammatic saying that his auditors viii
remember long after the present cam
paign is thing of the past, Bryan's til
pan stage thunder in the gseat cities an,
wherever he can marshal handful o
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
ALL OVER MISSOURI.

Coal sells for cents a bushel In Han1ii-
ton during the month of August.
Columbia makes its city prisoners pay
for their board and lodging by WORKING On
the streets.
A club of 10-year-old girls has been or
ranized in Clinton in the interest OF the
"boy orator" .,t4-.
Gallatin boasts of having more substan-
tial business buildings than any other town
of its size in the state.
A movement is on foot in Trenton look
ing toward the establishment of hospitai
in that enterprising little city.
CAPTAIN B. E. Guthrie succeeds j. "A.
Hudson in the editorial and business man
agement of the Macon Times
Missouri weather sharps prophesy from
the early blossoming of the goldenrod that
an early autumn may be looked for.
c. f. Byers, '96 graduate of the state
university, has been appointed instructor IN
Greek in the Little Rock university
There were eighty-Hve original land en-
tries filed in the United States land office
at Springfield last month. aggregating $3.50
acres
A souvenir album, containing pictures OF
the principal buildings and most attractive
views in and about Carthage, has just been
published.
In the election forty years ago last week
Boone county gave its vote to the candi-
dates on the American ticket by an aver
age majority Of 15o
The Ozark Herald tells of stream IN
that vicinity wherein the fish are dying by
hundreds from some unknown cause. the
water having become so foul that stock
will not touch it.
The fair at Hamilton opens next Tues
day. A liberal premium list has been pro-
vided, with some specially attractive speed
purses, so that those who attend are likely
to be we'll entertained.
A venerable patriot. 81 years of age. is
Dan Donovan. of Carthage. and the dear
est wish of his heart is that he may live
to cast his vote for and hear of the ri-
| umph of Mckinley and prosperity.
Professor Paxton. who has been acting
| assistant professor in the state university.
| has recently been elected to the chair OF
| Greek and Latin in the University OF OKLA
| homa, at Norman. at a salary of si,oV.
The farmer who found the body of the
| petrified woman. near Lamar. sold IL ior
l s3Oo and the purchasers unloaded 1t on a
| dealer in second hand goods in Fort Scott,
| who runs Il little museum in connection
| herewith. for $1,000 worth of goods from
| his store.
| The case of the Brookfield Argus is a
| homeless one. 1t speaks of the selection OF
| Governor Stone for the notification of Bry-
| an as .the greatest honor ever conferred
| upon a Missourian." and prophesies the
! tender of the portfolio of the state depart.
| mon, To the Vernon county statesman.
The Bates county man who makes spe-
| c;altv of dreaming out the result of the
| nro,;5ar.;aI election about this stage of the
| camnaign has had his Quadrennial vision.
| and foretells the certain election of Bryan.
| still some of the enthusiastic Republicans
in that locality persist in keeping up their
| Mckinley racket. just as II the case wasn't
| hopeless.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
FIRES BANKED IN GLASS rAcroRrE
Business Paralysis Resulting From
Free Silver Agitation.


From the National Glass Budget.
The fires in all the factories of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass Company have been
banked and as will be seen by the fol-
lowing interview with a prominent official
of that company the silver craze is cred
tied with having made suspension OF
operations necessary. Speaking of the
matter a man of high standing in the
company said:
THE cause of the shut down at our
works was from prudential motives en-
tireiy. The prominence given to the SILVER
question has produced such panicky feel
ing in financial circles that it has virtu-
ally paralyzed business throughout the
country more especially in the West and
South. In the face of this condition of
things We did not feel justified in con
tinuins to pile up any larger stock OF piate
stock of plate glas~ at the present time
is between 100000 and 100000 feet. fuzzy
enough to supply the market demand, as
it exists to-day, for five months to come II
we did not make another foot. We regret
having been forced to take this step, be-
cause it will deprive of employment about
6oOO workmen. but it has been brought
about by the uncertainty occasioned by the
silver craze"
When the plants will resume again is an
uncertainty. AS stated in the introduction
of this article. with the exception of two
factories which are operated with coal rs
fuel, the plant at Charleroi. Pa. and the
one at Crystal City. Mo-. the fires in the
various factories of the company have
been banked and are in position to be
making glass again in short order after
the word to start is given. 1t is likely
that some of them will not be idle long,
but will be put in operation again on sill
vering quality on which the PittsburG
Plate Glass Company is having an excel
lent run. Every silverer of glass in the
United States of any significance Is sup
| piled with glass by this company and the
amount utilized for this purpose is enor'
nous. A resumption of work at the va
rious factories Will take place just as soor
as business picks up sufficiently to war
rant it.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
TWO PENSION DECLARATIONS.

The declarations of the st. Louis and
Chicago platforms on the subject OF PEN
sious are worthy the attention of all Union
veterans. and must not be overlooked amid
the noisy discussion of the currency ques-
ton. The Democratic plank relating to
the subject was prepared, it is said, by
Senator Vest, and.is as follows: "Recog-
nizing the just claims of deserving Union
soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule OF
the present commissioner of pensions that
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from
the pension roll and the fact of enlistment
and service should be deemed conclusive
evidence against disease and disability be-
fore enlistment" This is all the Demo-
Gratis have to say in behalf of the old SOL
der. and beyond the virtual admission that
names have heretofore been arbitrarily
dropped from the roll under Democratic ad-
ministration 1t might as well have remained
unsaid. AS matter of fact. the Demo-
cratic party is opposed to pensions for
Union veterans, and whatever declarations
it has made on the question have been
forced by public sentiment.
On the other hand, the Republican dec
laration is as it has always been. straight
forward and explicit in recognizing the
claims of the country's defenders. "The
veterans of the Union armies deserve and
should have fair treatment and generous
recognition. Whenever practicable, they
should be given the preference in the mat
ter of employment, and they are entitled
to the enactment OF such laws as are best
! calculated to secure the fulfllment of the
| pledges made to them in the dark days of
| the country's peril. We denounce the prac-
| tice in the pension bureau, so recklessly
| and unjustly carried on by the present ad-
ministration, of reducing pensions and ar
| bitrarily dropping names from the rolls as
| deserving the severest condemnation of the
American people,
Here are the two declarations contrasted
| One is niggardly, without word to say
| in behalf of the men who saved the nation
The other demands generous recognition
! favors giving them the preference in the
matter of employment and believes in keep
| ing the pledges made to them during the
dark days of the country's peril. And wher
the fact is taken into consideration thai
| the Democratic party's free silver policy
would cut the soldiers not too rnunitcen
pension in half, it is very ditficult to see
how any soldier can do otherwise than vot,
| for his comrade in arms, William McKin
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
A Forgery Exposed.
From the indianapolis Journal.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Every Bryan paper in the country mas
printed and commented on an alleged edi-
torial of the London Financial News which
declared that the free coinage of silver by
the United States would put Great Britain
out of the markets of the world. The ar
ticle first appeared in Mr.. Bryan's
Omaha paper. During the past week II
has not only been printed in the Bryan
organs in this state. but silverites have
been quoting it as if it were clincher
Several correspondents have written the
Journal. asking if it were authentic. The
fact that it used the silverite phrase "pr1.
mary money" caused it to be suspected.
1t now turns out that the so-called edi-
torial is forgery, and is so pronounced
by the London Financial News in an edi
torial in its issue of August 13. The fol,
lowing is the explicit denial of that paper
No such article was ever printed by US
and its whole tenor is directly opposed
to the view we have taken of the effect
of free silver in the United States So fal
from advocating free silver coinage, VIC
have persistently pointed out that it spells
reputation and the withdrawing of al
European capital.
The Journal never gave the article the
Importance which the insistence of the
Bryanites caused many sound money mer
" .-t.iipute u H. but now Indt IL is 0e
clared by the London paper to be a for
gerry, the silverites must admit that they
have lost valuable argument.
The Journal has already called the at
tention of its readers to the attempts t.
put the late Mr.. Blaine on record as al
advocate of light value silver dollars ant
to make use of the wretched forgery called
the Lincoln letter. This bare faced for
gerry is in line with the others. There viii
be more of them as the season advances
On the part of the siIverites it is cam
paign of forgery and deceit. because 1t i
conspiracy OF the silver mine owners t.
force the country to enhance the value O
their silver properties.
Nor will this expose stop the use OF tn
forgery. The Bryanites will use it on tn
stump and in their organs just as if th
paper to which it has been attributed ha,
not denied its authenticity.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
The Arguments Are Consistent.

From the New York Press
Some good people and others not so good
are worrying themselves over the apparent
TO them-discrepancy in the sound money
arguments of mine owners exorbitant
profits and the depreciation of the dollars
in which the profits are made.
This is because they cannot set their
ratiocinators at work on silver as they do
on potatoes. If the government should
promise to take all the potatoes that pota-
to planters can raise-paying for them with
the stamp legal tender" on their jackets
it would probably be plain to these think
ers that the profits inuring to the potato
planters would be exorbitant, even if the
potatoes were valued in their legal tender
capacity at their present low market price.
That is precisely the situation of the Sill
yer trust under free coinage. While, after
the first speculative rise. their silver would
be worth no more than at present per
ounce, they would be putting out over
twice and probably three times their pres
ent product of about $1,000 600 ounces at 20
cents an ounce. And the Republican ma
tional committee is perfectly sound and
consistent in saying that the government
would -be paying them sl.29 an ounce for
their silver. 1t would be paying in the
best kind of money it had-a silver certifi-
cate. OF ITO one StLppoStS tndt tHeSe luA-
urious gentlemen are going to lug away
their stuff after it is coined. 1t would be
only when they came to stock their cellars
with their favorite Hungarian vintages and
buy their tickets for their customary Euro
pean tours, or when they sought to invest
their profits in something like land or cat
| tie, or gold or iron or coal mines, of which
| the price was not constantly sinking under
pressure of an arbitrary. an artificial. stim-
| ulus to production, that they would find by
| the way things were marked up on them
| that they were getting the old 10 cents.
| Their actual advantage would be that they
| would get two or three times as many 70
| centses as at present. and their apparent
| advantage that it would be called sl.29.
There is nothing inconsistent in the use
| of the two arguments of the depreciation
of the currency and mine owners profits
| Sensible sound money men will continue to
use them till the end of the campaign.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

The nights are getting so one likes to tuck
the covers in,
The katydids are gossiping about poor
Katherine,
A man can wear a collar now for much
more than minute,
Without its losing all the starch the laun-
dryman put in 1t,
And If things keep on progressing in the
way they've started out
The time will be upon us soon, without a
shade of doubt
When the frost shall shrink the mercury
down to a low degree.
And the skeeters cease from troubling and
the festive fly shall flee.
indianapolis Journal.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
M Ni,tnkinr Him.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
well. thar's his mule" said the farmer.
"but whar's the candidate?"
How do you know it's candidates
muie?'
Because" replied the farmer, hes done
chawed up two fence rails, swallered the
gate, an is lookin' mighty hungry at the
barn door,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

and there is no reason why the metaphors
in his speeches should not correspond. a
"slmy, poisonous serpent" with foul,
corroding hands, is not such monster as
a party of cheap money and reputation
sailing under the name of Jeffersonian
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

The speeches of acceptance delivered by
Lewis and Lon Stephens. printed side by
side. are being distributed in circular form.
II is an excellent Republican campaign
document. although the headlines show
that 1t is sent out by the Democratic COM
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

If the Democratic organs can get any
satisfaction ont of fancying that the Re
publicans of Missouri are not working har-
moniousiy in this campaign they are well
come to 1t. This is year in which the
Democratic organs need all the crumbs OF
satisfaction they can find.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

Mckinley gave the workipgmen some
good advice in 1892, which they failed to
heed They have been sorry ever since.
and have a very high regard for the Ohio
statesman and his counsel these days
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

If Mrs. Bryan is really the sensible
woman she is said to be, and has the in
fuence over her husband she is said to
have. then there are several things which
will require explaining.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

It is charged that Tom Watson is fool
lshly imperiiing Bryan's prospects of cleo
iion. Bryan has shown no regard or re-
spect for Watson. Why should the Geor-
gia candidate care for Bryan?
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
THE WEATHER.

Washington. Aug. 19-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Fair; southwest winds.
For Missouri: Partly clouGy weather.
probably local storms; slightly warmer
east TO south winds.
For Kansas: Local thunder storms part
Iy cloudy weather; southeast WINDS warni-
er in eastern portion.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

Bourke Cockran's speech was mastery
one. but. il will not hurt the Bryan ticket
as much as one recently delivered at the
same place by a young orator from Ne
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

The country has suffered severely this
year frem tornadoes. from excessive heat
and from calsmitous accidents. If the
free silver ticket should be elected this
fall the year would go into history as one
OF the most disastrous ever experienced.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

President Cleveland has not contributed
anything to the Democratic campaign fund
this year. and it is not necessary that he
should The silver kings are plenty able to
take care of their own fight.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

From the Chicago Tribune.
1t would crafty Il natural feeling OF
curiosity if some Kansas paper would
print picture of ''old Jerry Botkin.'
whose name appears so frequently in print.
Is he a man.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
Through His HATTIE.

From the New York Tribune.
There was young man from the Platte.
Who came here to talk through his hattie.
But when he got talking
The people went walking,
And he wondered Just where he was attA
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

Notwithstanding the damage to the corn
croc from hot weather. the Populists are
steadily losing ground in Kansas.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

Mrs. Bryan's remark that she trembles
at the thought of her husbands succeed
ing indicates that the little woman has
some genuine patriotism in her makeup.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

1t is even doubtful if Kentucky would go
for Bryan now If that story about pouring
whisky into the sewer were exploded.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20
Held UP His Finger ana He~itntcd.

From the Cleveland Leader.
William Jennings Bryan has hesitated.
He hesitated yesterday. His hesitation oc-
Cured during the delivery of short
speech at Poughkeepsie. n. Y. Somebody
in his audience asked him: "How are you
for the workingmen?'
Mr.. Bryan could not reply at once. The
boy orator was forced to pause and collect
his thoughts. The dispatches tell us that
his index finger was poised in the air
while he waited but he did not answer the
question. will you" he asked. ''take
what l have said and what l have done.
consider it very carefully, and then judge
as between our cause and that of our OPP
porents?" That. we must confess. was
not very satisfactory answer to plain
and proper question. But we do not Won
der that William Jennings Bryan was at
a loss for better answer. How is he for
the workinsman? About as bad as can
be imagined. William Jennings Bryan him
self has probably never done anything for
or against the workingman as private
citizen but as n member of the last DEM
ocratic house of representatives he spoke
and voted for the Democratic tariff bill
which has taken millions out OF the pock-
cts of the workingmen of the United
States. He stood in that house pledged
to free trade, to the opening or American
markets to the products OF foreign cheap
labor, to the worst form of competition
the workingmer of America have ever
been subjected to. That is how William
Jennings Bryan is for the workingmen.
But as the candidate of the Popocracy
he is even worse than as a member of the
Democratic house of representatives. He
| stands for the free coinage Of silver which
would reduce by half the wages of the
workingmen already impoverished by DEM
ocratic tariff reform. and would at the
same time double the living expenses OF
those workingmen.
Nohodv can blame Mr.. Bryan for hesi-
.st;nr when asked such a question. and
| under the circumstances nobody can blame
| him for declining to answer it, even though
| he sauirmed out Of an awkward position in
| a very ungraceful way.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

The patriotic character of Bourke Cock
rams meeting was emphasized by the sing
ing of "The Star Spansled Banner" and by
three rousing cheers for Mckinley.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

The Hon. Henry NJ Teller is keeping so
quiet these days as to excite the suspicion
that he is not feeling well.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

The statement that the silver campaign
in Maine is tagging for want of campaign
funds is an insinuation that Banker Sewall
Isn't living up to his contract.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

After all. Mr. Bryan's denial was hardly
necessary. The public knows the silver
kings are not in the habit Of paying 5000
salaries to $500 men.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

Intelligent workingmen are going to vote
for their own interests and the good of the
country this year. Silver mine owners will
have to shift for themselves.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-20

The Washington Post is being justly pun
ished. The Populist papers in the West
are copying its editorial paragraphs as
campaign matter.