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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09
ItD,dn't Matter in the Least.

They were a party of four-all Demo-
Gratis, all dispirited, all charging up with
unhesitating generosity the party entire
embarrassment to the President. Sug-
pestions as to the Chicago platform were
going around. And so was the decanter.
One of them declared that if the Ma
tional Convention adopted a free silver
platf orm the party would divide ana go
to wreck. Another predicted the same
thing if the convention adopted a sound
money platform. The South, he asserted,
would never submit to that The thlrd
man, without indicating precisely where
he stood, pronounced against a straddIe'
which, he said, would butter no Demo-
cratic parsnips this year.
"And vet" the third insisted in chorus,
looking at the fourth man. who had not
vet spoken, eve must have some sort OF a
platform"
The fourth man, after acknowledging
the salute, and throwing off his liquor
sa1d:-
"Gentlenen, let me tell you a little
story A moor woman entered store
and called for wrappers. The salesman
spread out quite an assortment on the
counter and began his praises OF the stock
Here were wrappers plain aud wrappers
ornamental: wrappers with or without
pockets; all sorts and 'colors and cond1-
ton of wrappers. The woman examined
the display with great care and seemed
hard to please. This spurred the sales
man on, and down came from the shelves
fresh assortment. And upon the merits
and the beauties of these the salesman
held forth at length. The woman's lnde-
cision and some of ker. marks became
little irritating. The salesman, however,
looked on and continued attentive, Won
dering what the trouble might be. His
large experience uggested that 1t must
be unusual.
"These are all you have?" the woman
inquired.
"Those are all we haye, madam, the
salesman replied, and we think the stock
very full and fine"
"Well, she re marked, after another in
spection of the wrappers. 1 don't know
as it matters SO much. It's only for a
corpse. ."-Ex.
THE British people consume every
year SI5o, ,ooo, 900 worth more of grain
than they produce, and i'll view of posi-
BILE war complications it is proposed to
keep not less than one years supply OF
cereals on hand. When the Brlton can
sing that he has the men, the ships, the
money and the corn, he may be consider
al -, e,o,d e1,o,1a for all CONTINGENCIES
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09


the resolutions. There were 10 more
votes against the report than against the
original resolutions. The former vote
was 262 to II. BY its action the house
agreed to the senate resolutions and diS-
noses of the Cuban question for the pres
ent. The resolutions were as follows:
Resolved, That in the opinion OF CON
DRESS a condition of public war exists PC
tween the government of Spain and the
Government proclaimed and for sometime
maintained by force of arms by the peo-
nle of Cuba, and that the United States
of America should maintain a strict neu-
tralitv between the conteud1ng powers
according to each all the nights OF OelliS-
erents in the ports and territory OF inc
United States.
Resolved, further, That the friendly
offices of the United States should be OF
fered to the president of the Spanish gov
ernment for the recognition OF the lnde-
pendence of Cuba.
The action of the house on the confer
ence report on the Cuban resolutions
having been reported to the Senate, MI,
Sherman made report on the action Oh
the conferees. Mr.. Allison suggested tha'
the report of the conference was unnec'
essary in view of the action OF the house
as that body had receded.
The resolutions will be officially
brought to the attention of the preslden'
bv the secretary OF the Senate, who vii
, ,,,resent him with an enrolled copy OF tht
document. Ordinarily concurrent reso
1utions are not forwarded to the presl
dent, as they do not require his signature
but these resolutions will be LAID DeIor'
him. as the Armenian resolutions were
because they express the opinion that h'
should tender the kindly offices OF TIT
limited States to Spain for the recognl
ton of Cuban independence, and are
therefore, a direction to him for hi
guidance, in so far as Congress can direc
the president in such proceeding,
| The appropriations in the River AM
Harbor bill seem to insure the slack-wa
tering of the Allegheny as far as Taren
tum while the slackwater system on tn
Monongahe1a becomes free to navigation
The bill appropriates $4,000 for tn
Allegheny; also, $50 900 for completin
the lock at Herr's Island and building tw
additional locks and dams, and authorize
contracts for $4,000. Provisionis mad
for preliminary survey looking to tn
removal of the dam in the upper Alleghe
nv near Corydon, the dam at Russell an
the rapids in Conewango Creek.
HON. GALUsHA A. GROW continues l
make some of the ablest speeches mad
!. in the present Congress. He should D
kept there, and we are pleased to see tha
there will be no opposition to his renonl
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09
Their Last Hope.

And now it is said that ex-President
Harrison is the last hope of the combine
to defeat Mckinley in the st. Louis
convention. The managers are repre-
sented to have come to the unwilling
conclusion that unless they can turn the
convention to General Harrison, McK1n-
ley will be the nominee as surely as
the sun rises and sets.
1t would be all odd freak of desperate
politics if Mr.. Quay and Mr.. Platt and
Mr.. Clarkson were to try to nominate
General Harrison. They have been say
ing that Mckinley is a Harrison kind OF
man, which, being interpreted, means
that he would be his own President; the
head of his own administration.
1t was because Harrison was the kind
of President they fear Mckinley will be
that they devoted all their talent and all
their great energies to compass his de-
feat in the Minneapolis convention.
They looked about for club to beat Har-
rison with and thought they had found
it in Mr.. Blaine. They had no more
love for MIR. Blaine than they have for
General Harrison now.
They did not defeat General Harrison
with Mr.. Blaine. They will not defeat
Major Mckinley with General Harrison.
They will just be run over by the great
Rep. party, which never had less reason
than now to let two or three men to dc
its thinking for it. The Republican
masses have not the least doubt as to
what they want, and they know exactly
how to get it.-EX.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09

Ex-President Harrison and Mrs. Dim
mick were married in ST, Thomas church,
y. Y. Monday evening. Mrs Harrison
is a neice Of Mr.. Harrison's first wife.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09

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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09

Fos9 steamers arrived at New York
one day last week having on board 34S4
immigrants. The Masslllia, from Mar
seilles and Naples, brought IIo5, The Pa
tria, from Hamburg, COL; La Bretagne,
from Havre, ego, and the Bonn, from
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hurry up action on the Stone or some
other immigration bill.
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09

Hon. GALUsHA A. GROW continues to
make some of the ablest speeches MADE
in the present Congress. He should De
kept there, and we are pleased to see that
there will be no opposition to his renon-
ination at our coming State Convention
as one of the congressman at-Large.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-09
l-iverEIES

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Executors Notice,

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Administrators Notice.

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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-21

arrived, procaming that Cleveland had carried
the east The applause burst forth. AS ii
subsidized, saw my brother who lives in Cali
fornia, approaching us, mounted upon white
horse, waving something over his head and
shouting that Cleveland had carried California.
Then a mighty roar, as of one voice, rent the
air. l awoke only to realize that the election
had not yet been held. OF course, this dream
was not realized in its entirety l did not see
the messenger on the white horse, but did see
large crowds of people, who were making a
great deal of noise, and hurrahing over the re-
suit of the election"
Mr.. Duncan has.had another dream, relative
to the election of 1896 He says:
Gone night, about fifteen months ago, my
trip into the future. dreamed that the Dem
ocratic candidate for president would carry the
election in 1906. | awoke. Could believe
such dream? Was it possible for the Demo
cratic party to carry the election of '06? In
&c face of the outlook at the time, could any
one help but doub. such a dream? TO believe
in it seemed the height of folly. When men
toned this dream, was ridiculcd for suggest
ing that the Democrats would win 1t seemed
so improbable that l ceased to mention the
dream. Time has rolled on. The great polit-
ical parties have held their conventions, and
all admit that the political clouds indicate cy
clone. | have had another dream since the
nominees have been placed before the people,
and it harmonizes with that of fifteen months
ago, showing that William ]. Bryan will be
the successful candidate in the November cleo
ton "
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-21
The "RcpudinliOn" Nonsense.

To the Editor of the Lordon Times.
Sir lis it just, even polite, that the
English press should describe the prospective
change of the standard in America as Gre
pudation?" We are fastening a charge of dis
honesty upon the entire states, and after March
next it is quite probable that our diplomatic re-
lations may require to be conducted with the
very statesmen who are being denounced here
as rogues and socialists And is there any
clear justification for such language What
Mr.. Bryan contemplates is at most change of
standard from gold to silver. Were the Wing
governments denounced in similar terms when
in the early years of this century they replaced
"honest money" in England by inconvertible
paper? In our own time, France also suspended
specie payments. Germany substituted for silver
a gold currency which ipso facto appreciated-a
spoliation not of the creditor but of the debtor
class. In India we ourselves altered the stand
ard in 1898, when we demonetized silver.
And with what justice can the Republican
party, which i'll the COS suspended specie pay
nents, i'll order to initiate the currency up to the
hilt with greenbacks, now pretended to de-
nounce the Democratic platform of 1902 1t
will probably be replied that when England re-
pudiated and when the Northern states repudi-
ated they had no alternative. But the only
possible alternatives to-day in the United States
are either silver or paper. The country is Wis
IDLY bleeding to death ffty-6ve millions
sterling of debt have been contracted in two
years, during time of profound peace, in or
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-21
NO. a..

of the silver exchanges. Is it any wonder,
then, that the West and South to-day read this
as the lesson of our currency experiment in
India, and that they have come to recognize in
the carefully-prepared failure of the Brussels
monetary conference the profound policy of the
"great creditor nation ?" remain yours faith
fully,
MORETON FREwEN
London, July I3.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-21
DREAMER DREAMS DREAMS.

J. w. Duncan, of Thayer, Mo-, enjoys the
distinction of having had the results of the
presidential elections of 1884, 1888 and 1892
foretold in dreams. He describes his dream of
1902, which occurred some time before Novem-
Der, as follows in the St. Lonis Republic of
Sunday, the 10TH
81 was in the Mississippi valley, and saw
multitude of people Suddenly messenger
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-21
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN FOR BRYAN.

friend hands us private letter from
prominent Oklahoma, Republican, from which
we are allowed to publish the following extract
provided we withhold the name of the writer:
"Well, if had a vote for president this year,
l would surely vote for Bryan. He is all right
on the money question. His private life is
clean. We have had, for over twenty-five
years Though the great mass of voters knew it
not), single gold standard, and THAT is the
cause of the peoples distress at this time,
coupled with the fact that they will persist in
sending corporation lawyers to congress who
never did and never will draw one breath of
sympathy with their oppressed constituents.
The voter, it seems, is hypnotized by the name
of the ticket, whether it is Republican or Dem
cratic. c.. never again support the Repub-
lican party until they return to the principles OF
that party as | have known and understood
them | have come to the parting of the way
1t is simply amazing how the Republican pa
pers lie OH this money question. One of their
favorite lies is to the effect that if IS gold
coin is defaced, the value of the gold therein is
still FIVE dollars; whereas, if five silver dollars
are defaced they only have bullion value OF
about s. cents each. And they say the reason
of this is that the IS goldpiece takes its value
from the 1870 grains of gold out of which it is
made, while the silver dollar is only token
dollar etc. Now, this is true only in limit
ed sense. The real reason why the IS gold
piece is worth just much after being defaced
as before ESQ long as it weighs I29 grains) is
because the LAW FINES THE VALUE of uncoined
gold at given figure, depending on whether
or not the gold bullion is standard bullio
fine bullion In the one case, it is $500, and
i'll the other, $2o.07 per ounce; and this price
is the same as that fixed by England by act of
parliament The price of silver is not
fixed by law; hence, the silver dollar, when de-
faced or melted down. is only bullion, depend
ant wholly for it's valne on the market price
the supply and demand-just the same as does
a bushel of wheat or corn. The general public
don't seem to be onto this fact and seem to
be unable-many of them--to tell just why
they are for free coinage of silver. Well they
don't really have to be able to state WHY they
favor free silver The very fact that ]. Pier
pont Morgan, Depew, Whitney, Brice and that
gang of Wall and Lombard street agents
for single gold standard ought to cause the
average voter-if he has sense enough to know
that he is alive-to vote for Bryan. The only
standard of value that the people of this coun-
try need placed on their dollar is an act of con-
grcss making that dollar receivable i'll payment
of debts, public and private, whether that dol
lar is represented by gold, silver or paper"
A DREAMER DREAMS DREAMS.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-25
Los MIs1'ERIos DE PARIS

que tiene ofrecida, y no me metere con Ger
mau-dijo Barbillon.
-Esa una acondici6n-repuso ell esoafno-
teador;-pero hay otra, sin las dos no
oireis mi cuento.
-lY cual es la otrap
Que los sefiores capitalists de que Sc
compone esta sociedad me hagan ell honor de
sefIores, por OR al famoso "Pioaninagre", que
ha tenido ell honor de trabajar delante de
los asesinos ladrones mas insignes de Fran
cia Navarro, que es esperado CON impacien-
cia en- Brest Tolon, para donde va d salir
inmediatamente por orden del gobiernol. -.
iVeinte sueldos caballeFo, veinte sueldosl
-Bneno, Sc te daran veinte sueldos
cuando hayas scabado ell cuento.
u Despu6s 2.... No, antes-contest6
"Picavinagre".
-lCrees que somos capaces de negarte
los veinte sueldos2--dijo Ell "Esqueleto".
de ninguna manera; mi desconfanza
honra mucho los | drones, por considera-
ci6n bolsillo pido los veinte sueldos
adelantados
---5De veras?
Sin duds, caballeros porque despu6s
de contado Ell cuento quedarfa el respectable
p6blico tan contento satisfecho, que me
obhgarfa tomar, no va veinte sueldos, slno
veinte frances, aun ciento. como conoz-
90 mi genio encogido, acaso tendrfa Ia de-
bilidad de aceptar. va veis que por econo-
mia sera meior que me deis veinte suicides
adelantados.
-iOhl & labia nadie te CANA.
Como no tengo mas bienes que mi
lengua, no es extralo que me sirva de ella;
sobre todo, mi hermana y mis- sobrinos no
Sc hallan estado de altar los perros CON
longanlza, veinte suedos nunca estan de-
mas en- Ia casa de IN pobre.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-25
f1s
B1BL1oTEcA DE aLA DEMoCRACIA

presos Sc hallaban enterados lie la TRACTION
que Sc atribuia 6 German y del feroz castigo
que SO le iba 8 imponer; pero este prOyecto,
divulgado al momento por la carcei, tuyo
desde luego tantos partidarios como presos,
considerable aquellos miserables ell horrible
asesinato como una venganza legftima, no
viendo en- el mas que una garantia segura
contra las futuras denuncias de los s0psones.
German, ell celador "Picavinagre" eran los
finicos que ignoraban 10 que iba suceder.
La atenci6n general sc habfa ijado en- ell
verdugo, en- la vfctima y en- "Picavinagre",
el cual iba privar inocentemeDte German
del dnico recurso que podfa prestarle; pues era
sepuro que al celador, viendo los presos dis
traidos con ell cuento de "Picavinagre", Gree
ria in6tll an vigilancia y aproveeharia aquel
momento para descansar un POGO.
En- efecto, luego que hubleron entrado
todos los presos, Ell Esqueleto dijo al ce-
lador:
-iHola, padre guardi6nl "Picavinagre'
nos va dar un-b buen ratio CON cuento de
"Gringalete Tajavivos." Hace nm tempo
de todos los diabloe, vamos aguardar tran
ouilamente la hora en- que cada moohuelo SO
retira 4 su olive.
-Lo cierto es que cuando toma Ia pala-
bra no haceis de las vuestras.
No hay duda-contest6 ell ssEsquele-
to''s-pero "Picavinagre' pide muy caro- por
su cuento; quiere NADIA menos que veinte
sueldos
-Es verdad; la friolera de veinte suei-
| dos. que es como regalado-dijo s'Picavina-
gren.-Sf, sefiores, regalado; solo Ell que ten
| ga la faltriquera en- ayunas puede privarse
| de DIR las ayenturas del pobre aGringalete' >
/ del terrible ssrTaiaviyos' " del malvado "Ca-
| rachatao; historic que parto ei corazon eri-
1 "a los pelos de Ia cabeza 5quien, seflores,
oui6n por la friolera de IN aueldo, Q, 81 %
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-25


Sr. don |. F., Caguas. s.-Han llegado,
V Sc estan encuadernando, los tomos
que indica, menos ell de don t. u.
Sr. don A. D., Vega-baia.-El Ell to-
mo del fo1letfn Sc recibio y esta aquf;
pero lie faltan tantas paginas que Sc
hace impossible completarlo. Olga 81
Sc lie devuelve.
Sr. don G. r., Utuado. o.-Sentlmos
m ucho no poder complacerle porque no
tenemos para la venta la novela.
Sr. don p NJ r., Fajardo.-Reci-
bida su grata, lie hemos abonado veinte
pesos de su remesa. Gracias. Olga los
nombres de los nuevos suscritores para
remitirles ell primer tomo de la novela.
Sc remite G. ell numero 1922.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-25
114

"Esqueleto" Nicolas, en- tanto que "Pica-
vinsgre" hablaba con Barbillon.
No importa--a6adi6 en- VOC alta Nj
colas fngiendo responder d una observation
del "Esqueleto"; ;-German tiene trazss de
desprecarnos.
Al contrario, camaradas-contest6" "Pi-
cavinagre'; teneis asombrado al pobre mu-
chacho, v respecto vosotros se considera la
Ultima palabra del credo. SQuer6is saber 10
que me decia hace ratio
ST; ver....
Me decIa: lQu6 dichoso sois, ''Picavina-
gre", en- hablar con ell famoso "Esqueleto" de
compafiero compafiero los llam6 famoso)l
Tengo unas ganas de hablarle que me niue
ro; pero me parece tan respectable, tan res
petable, que aunque viese al senior prefecto
de policia en- cuerpo alma y de uniforme
complete, no me quedarfa mas cortado.
-SConque ts dijo eso?-replic6 ell "Es-
queleto fngiendo Greer en- la admiration que
causaba German.
Tan cierto como que eres ell bandido
mas temible del mundo
-Entonces es otra cosa. va le miro
con otros ojos; Barbillon, que tenia ganas
de disputar con 81, sera mejor que 10 deje
por ahora.
ST, mejor sera-contsst6 "Picavinagre"
persuadldo de que habfa conjurado Ell peiigro
que amenazaba German.-Mejor sera, por-
que Ell pobre muchacho es como yo: lncapaz
de disputar con nadie, Y con menos valor que
una gallina.
-Lo siento-replic6 ell " Esqueleto !;
contaoamos con esa iarana para divertirnos
uesPues oe conner, y nos va pareoef largo
Rs verdad; squ6 vamos & hacer esta
tarde2-dijo Nicolas.
-Que cuente "Picavinagre" la historia
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-25
DONDE ESTA DIOS /?

TIE he buscado en- la nube dorado
que vaga en- ell cielo
y en- aquella que encierra sombrfa,
la chispa de fuego;
TIE he buscado ell rafaga loca
del airado viento;
cuando troncha, cual debiles canas,
la encina y ell cedro;
TIE he buscado Ell La llama furiosa
de voraz incendio,
y ell ell mar cuando ataca Ell escollo
activo soberbio;
en- ell fondo del lugubre abismo,
en- todos los temples,
donde suben plegarias y preces
en- nubes de incienso:
en- la for, en- ell rio, en- la fuente,
en- ell pico enhiesto
de la mas elevada montana
Que broto del suelo:
/ D6nde tie hallas, oh Dios poderoso,
que Ell ell Universe
voy buscando tn sombra sagrada
y nunca la encuentro?
En- tn propia conciencia me tienes,
buscador eterno,
Soy la paz de tus buenas acciones,
ell remordimiento.
JAIME MARTf- MIGUEL.