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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

upon the farmer mind, the truth.
the great truth. still remains that
the mind of the business man must origin
ate all the plans for the employment of
idle labor, and whether these industries
are little by little enlarged each year. en-
ploying more and more men, or whether
they are little by little narrowed each
year. employing less and less men. de-
pends. not upon the Judgment or the po-
litical views of the men employed, but
upon the Judgment of the men who en-
ploy. When the farmers in the country
and the laborers in the city suffer them
selves to be led into some great national
movement which the business mind be-
leves is dangerous, then this business
mind. in order to protect the interests over
which it presides, begins the process of
narrowing its operations to suit the new
conditions.
farmer may believe in free coinage
and a lahorlnS man may believe in free
coinage, but if the business mind of the
country on which both the farmer and
the laboring man is dependent is afraid of
free coinage. then the threat of free
coi1age. instead of breathing new life in
to industry, strikes it with the paralysis
of death.
Every earnest thinking man in this
country at this time. whether he be q
farmer or laborer. above all things,
above all party or personal preferences
desires TO see the industries of the nation
revived, because labor can find employ
ment and farm produce find market in
no other. way.
When all the arguments have been ex-
hausted on both sides, the whole ouas-
ton narrows into this proposition, that
activity in industry is dependent npon
the confidence the business men have in
the financial and tariff policy of the ma
flonal government. Farmers may have
confidence in some untried and catchy
proposition. and the laboring man may
have confidence and even be enthusias-
tic. but if the mind of the business man
hesitates then industry languishes. A
thousand laboring men may stand ready
to go to work in Il factory. And the
farmers may stand ready to provide
these laboring men with food, but if the
managers of the factory are afraid TO
start it, then it will not start. 1t may
appear to these thousand laborers and
to these farmers that the managers of
the factory are unreasonable. and ,hat
they have more power in the nation than
they ought to have. but the truth will
remain forever, that mind. and not ma
Jorlties. is the controlling force upon
which the industry of the nation depends
and that the judgment of one trained
business mini is worth more to a .,om-
munity than the Judgment of many men
who work with their muscles on the
1afm and IN the factory
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
JONES' SILVER NINE

The present interest in anything relat-
ing to silver recalls James Russell Low
ellis witty rhymes of twenty years ago:
A DIALOGUE
is Jones?
Don't vex my ears with horrors like Jone,
owns"
why. Jones is Senator and so he strives
To make us buy his ingotS all our lives
AT q sum premium on the market price,
A silver currency would be so niceI,
What is Jones' plan:''-"A coinage. to be
sure. ~
To rise and fall with Wall streets TEN.
peratuie
You wish to treat the crowd; your dollar
shrinkS
undreamed percentums while they mix the
Jones mines quicksilver. then ?"-"Your
wit won't pass:
his com S mercurfal. hut his mine is brass. ~
Jones wns-"AgainI your iteration $
worse
nan me slow torture of an echo-yerse
II ;eii you one thing Jones won't own
that is
mat the cat hid beneath the meal is his. ~
cleveland World.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Free Wool and Free Silver.

During the many weary months after
the wilson German tariff had given the
death blow to the wool industry frsa
trade journals assured their readers that
the blow would not be fatal. In time the
industry would revive. Considerable pru-
prediction was confident that in the
course OF time the industry would re-
cover from IS paralysis. The Philadel-
phia Record was one of the most san
guine of these free traders. That journal
simply knew that its theories could not
be wrong. Free wool must and would
enable our manufacturers to recover the
ually get a good hold on the markets
of the world. In a recent issue the Rec
ord threw up the sponge. 1t admits that
free wool is not strong enough to carry
free silver. The confidence with which
it attributes the failure of its free wool
theory to some other persons free silve2
theory would, If transferred to the money
market. revive business even in these free
trade times. Says the Record:
THE disrust engendered by the sil.
yer craze has checked sales of manu-
factured goods increased the percent
age of idle mills and SO narrowed ths
outlet and crippled the financial re-
sources Of Eastern distributors of WOO,
that the latter. have practically ceased
markets, and in many cases have re-
fused to make even reduced cash aI-
vances on consignments-
The silver craze did not materialise
until free wool had had nearly thrss
Years in which to show what it could
dustry went from bad to worse Now
the people are asked to believe thai
free silver did all the mischief--St Jo-
seph (Mn) Herald
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Remember This.

When Bourke Cochran, in his recent
great speech in New York. uttered the
following sentence. he uttered sentence
which should be posted over the door of
every honest laboring man, whether Re-
publican or Democrat, in this country
81 can take $40 gold piece and defy ali
the power of all the governments of this
earth to take cents value from it.
l can go to the uttermost ends of the
earth, and wherever l present it, its
value will be unquestioned, unchallenged.
That gold dollar the honest masses Of
this country, without distinction of party
divisions, demand shall be paid the Ia
borer when he earns it, and no power
on earth shall cheat him out Of the
sweat Of his brow."-Galesburg Evening
Mail
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Give il to the Indiana.

ssI.et MS restore the conditions that e1-
isted prior to 1873 says Mr. Teller.
Very well; let US tear up all the rail-
roads that have been built since thsn5
let rs reduce the acreage of wheat and
corn and cotton to what it was Them lss
us send back to harba rism those parts Of
the world that have since been reclaimed
to civilization, let us plug up the R1as-
sian oil wells and destroy the wheat
fields of India and the Argentine: let us
smooth over the hills of I-eadville and
Cripple Greek. and fill up the mines and
reduce the production of silver from
O.OOO. 900 a year to. S6o. 900 600. lea
as kin off about 30,OOO.000 of our people.
so as to make the population what 1T was
in 1873; let us have paper basis for our
money. as we had then. and gold af .
premium of Is cents or more ON the dob
farm short let as try to turn back tho
hand ON times dial and make every body
az happy and wealthy as all the people
srp now alleged to have been befsza
lS13-Colorade Springs Gazette
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Silver Dollars Are Legal Tender.

Many of the .''plain people" of the
United States have wondered what is
meant, when it is said that Congress in
1878 struck down one-half the money
in the country. The figure is forcible
but somewhat obscure. The Denver
News comes to the rescue. 1t says: "By
the legislation of 1873 the mints were
not only closed to silver but the silver
money of the country was demonetized
it was deprived of it's legal tender quail
ty. Thus the silver money of the coun-
try was struck down."
The News is in error. Section 81 of
the act of 1873 contained a proviso that
s'this act shall not be construed to affect
any act done, right accrued, or penalty
incurred, under former acts, but eyery
such right is saved" This language
preserved the legal tender quality of the
silver dollar, since the right to pay ones
debts in silver dollars was one of the
rights accrued under former acts, which
nothing contained in the act was permit
ted to destroy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

In his speech at Springfield, O., on
Wednesday. Candidate Bryan spoke of
the nations peasantry" There are
DO peasants in this country. and the
man VINO attempts to make such class
ification is unworthy the sunnort of
the free American sovereigns, Every
man is prince and no man is peas
ant With the ballot in his hand, the
voter ranks with Vanderbilt The rich
man OF today may he the poor man to-
with wealth at this moment NAV he a
millionaire before the close of a dec
ade. This arrayins of the people of
the United States into classes is the
most pernicious thing that has ever been
attempted in this country, and the
demasoSues who are engaged in the un-
righteous attempt deserve the contempt
INTO which they are sure to fall.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

In all parts of the country women have
organized campaign committees, working
under the direction of the Woman's bu-
reau of the national Republican commit
tee. They distribute literature and use
their personal influence with husbands,
brothers and other relatives to secure
their votes for the good cause, paying
especial attention to first voters.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
,WoMAN'S WORK IN THE CAMPAIGN.

Never was there before a presidential
campaign in which the women of the
country have taken such an active part
as in the present struggle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

speech in front of the Hotel Lincoln,
someone asked. "What about Mr.. Sew
all" Donnelly replied, 81 know moth
ing of Mr.. Sewall and l don't want any
thing to do with him. If l had my way
he would come off of that ticket in
twenty-four hours" Mr.. Donnelly then
went into a bitter TRADE against all
bankers and business men in general.
and the laboring men who heard him
applauded his utterances. Now it must
have occurred TO the more thoughtful of
these laboring men that every days work
and every dollar paid TO labor must first
be thought out and planned by some
business mind. Before labor can begin
in any industry there must be some
thought force and some business judg-
ment which passes upon the plans of
that industry and believes that it will
succeed. There must be financiers.
bankers and capitalists to consent and
their consent must be based upon the
faith that the industry will succeed. If
Mr.: Donnelly and Mr.. Bryan were capi-
talists and business men, then they
themselves might promise employment
to labor. Or. if the plans proposed by
MI. Donnelly and Mr.. Bryan were re-
celylng the endorsement of the business
Judgment of others who have capital,
then it might seem reasonable that free
COINAGE might revive industry and bring
better times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

hired man cannot be employed upon
farm without the consent of the own.
er of the farm.
A carpenter cannot get employment
without the consent of the buiider( who
is engaged in building houses. and the
builder cannot get the house to build
without the consent of the men who
have the money to build houses, In
all lines of industry the man who works
with his hands is dependent uDon the
man who wor ks with his mind and in
all countries the mind workers are th.
controllers of industry. When the mind
workers and those who have the making
of the plans for industry have conf
dence that industry will be profita Bile
then there is employment.
William Jennings Bryan and his plat
form is menace to industry and Mr..
Bryan knows it. The conviction is fast
ened deep upon him and the leaders of
his cause. that the thing which thev are
trying to accomplish is against the busi-
ness Judgment of the American people.
They are condemned by the mind work
ers, of the nation. and because they
realize this. they constantly appeal to
class prejudice. hoping that there are
laborers and farmers who hate the busi-
ness men and the employers of Iabor.
that when all these haters are organized
into one great army there will be enough
of them to carry this election for Mr..
Bryan and for the mine owners of Colo
RADIO, in whose interest his candidacy ex.
lists
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

Almost the first thing done by Mrs.
Foster after opening her headquarters,
was to issue an appeal to the patriotic
women of the country, urging them to
organize committees or clubs for study
of the issues of. the campaign, and to
help promote the cause of national unity
and protection. The responses have been
most gratifying. coming as they have
from Oregon to New Jersey. Thess
women are directed in their work Of or
ganizing and advised how to make theaP
efforts effective. The weapons of the
women are personal appeal and iitera-
ture. These are used to convince the
women that their own personal welfare,
including the interests of children and Of
the home. are on the side OF the Kepub.
little doubt remains as to how the vote
Influenced by these women will be cast
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

In the Chica go headquarters Mrs. Foe
ter's chief assistant and secretary is Mira.
Alice Rosseter Willard. who has wide
experience in general business and news
paper work in this country and in Eng
land Next to her comes Miss Anna
Brophy Of Dubuque. Ia. Miss Brophy
is not only valuable for her educatio1
and wide general knowledge: bnt because
every piece of work which passes
through her hands receives her critical
attention as to its correctness, its nc.
curacy. Miss Brophy is chief stenoy-
raDher.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

In three states of the Union, Wyo-
ming. Colorado and Utah, women have
the same voting privileges as men, but
feminine interests in the campaign are
by no means limited to those states.
Intelligent women all over the country
seem to feel that the contest has an i'm.
portant bearing upon the welfare of theif
households. They think that the cause
Of protection and sound money is bound
up with the prosperity of the family,
and they feel great interest in the Re
publican presidential candidate because
of the nobility of his character and his
devotion to his home life.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

The Woman's bureau is under the d.
rection of Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. the we'll
known orator and political writer of Des
Moines. Ia. for several years president
of the Woman's National Republican as
socation. The bureau is esta blished In
commodions quarters in the Auditorium
Annex. Chicago. quite away from the
noise and activities of the national com.
mittee, where Mrs. Foster is provided
with every convenience, and assisted by
capable aids
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

Mrs. Fosters immediate associates
and assistants in the work are women
of capabilities in various lines. Mrs
Thomas w. Chace, the general secre-
tary, resides in East Greenwich, r. l.,
and from there exercises watchful
care for the work in the New England
states. Mrs. Chace has an extensive &C.
quaintance and is identified with many
great charities. philanthropies and soct
pties, aside from her political duties.
The national treasurer. Miss Helen Var
wick Boswell of New York city, has su'
pervision o.er the headquarters of her
state located at 1473 Broadway. Misc
Boswell has inaugurated the plan of per.
sonal visits among the women in the
tenement districts of New York, for the
purpose of showing the women the mean.
ing of the free coinage of silver and how
it will affect the purchasing power OF
their dollars. She finds these women
with well.defned views on the currency
question and ready to defend them. a.
they do in insisting that the voters IN
their families shall maintain them at
the polls. Miss Boswell has enlisted
large number of young business womel
to help spread the doctrines of SOUND
money and protection and to help secure
votes for the Republican. candidates.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

Whether 800 or 5000 men are employed
at the Burlington machines shops at Lin
coin. Nebraska, during the next four
years, depends not upon the political
Judgment of the men who are employed
in these machine shops. but upon the
business judgment of those who must fur
nlsh money TO pay for this labor. And
this business Judgment. looking always to
the financial policy of the government for
signs of business safety or of business
danger. is inspired with confidence or is
inspired with fear as it interprets the
business prosperity of the future by the
political conditions of the future. If this
business mind sees. in the election of
Bryan and cheap money signs of future
stagnation and depression, then it is but
natural that it should keep the number of
men employed to the very least possible
limit. People who ride in the Burlington
trains along by the town of Havelock
near Lincoln where these machine shops
are located, can see the signs of business
depression and can interpret the doubt
that Is in the mind of the directors of the
road, when they see the side tracks lined
with broken engines which the small
force of men employed are not able to
repair. If the laboring people of the East
were at work today there would be
market IN these great centers of industry
in the East for Nebraskas s food product.
and then these great railroad systems
Wonld require every engine and every car
which they own to be in repair and all
the wheels would be kept rolling night
and day carrying the great crops of Kan
sas. Nebraska and Iowa to the food-con-
Stunning East. This condition would en-
ploy labor and give value to farm prod-
ucts. The whole theory of Western sue
cess depends upon the activity of Eastern
industry and the activity of Eastern in
dustry depends upon the faith and conf.
dence OF the Eastern business mind.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

Mr.. Bryan and his corps of free silver
orators constantly denounce idle capital
Mr. Bryan knows that idle capital is al
ways the result of lack of confidence,
he also knows that idle capital makes
idle men. If one set of men have the
capital and another set of men who
are workers stand ready to be employed
by this capital. then there must be
condition of harmony between the people
who own the capital and the men who
stand ready to go to work or there will
be no work. If plan is proposed which
makes capital afraid, and if the workers
stand ready by their votes and their ma
Jorities to carry out this plan, then it is
but natural that the men who control
the capital, being afraid of his new plan,
will hoard their capital and keep it idle
rather than risk it under conditions
which they believe will be disastrous.
Does it then avail anything to the labor
ing man that this capital is denounced
as the enemy of the country? Edison was
once laboring man. but is now a cap
ltalist. When he was a laboring man his
opinions and his plans were in a certain
degree dependent upon the plans and the
opinions of some one else. When Edi-
son was a laborer. employed in con-
structing machines, whether he was en-
ployed or not depended upon his en-
ployer. If the employer found by expert
ence that the work in which he was en-
gagged was Improbable to him. then Mr..
Edison lost his job. Now. Mr.. Edison,
having evolved by his own exertions out
of condition where he was a worker
with his hands only, into a condition
where he has become a great mind force
which controls industry is vastly more
important to labor than he was before.
Then he could consent to the employment
of only one man, himself. Now he can
consent to the employment of thousands
of men. and whether they are employed
or not depends more upon his judgment
than upon their own. The Industries of
the world. no matter who is employed in
them. have always been and always will
be under the control and direction of
mind. Majorities have nothing to do
with it except as the ma iorities are in
harmony with this mind force and have
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

The Woman's Republican association
is composed of thinking. active women
women intensely alive to the best inter.
ests of their countr- and homes. The
Woman's association is not a suffrage
associat ton. Many of it's members do
not believe in suffrage at all. 1t is NOT
moral reform association, although
many of it's members are engaged in the
philanthropies and reforms which illu'
mine this decade of our national history.
They do not seek to utilize the Repub.
lican association to advance any of thesq
""forms. Its members are simply, ane
FL the time. Republicans. laboring fes
the support of the principles of that
party and for the election of its candS
dates.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-02-26
A Favorite.

Rcmenyi, the famous violist, who is to
appear at Turner Hall i'll this city on the
18th of April with an excellent concert
company, is also to appear in Minneapo-
lis and the Times of that city says: The
Flour City is being favored the present
season with an unusual number of star
,, events of a musical nature, including the
appe arance of some of the most famous
violinists of the day. Among others
that will come is Remenyi, a violinist
who is not a stranger to local lovers of
music.
Edouard Remenyi was born at Mos
koli, in Hungary, land which has con-
trlbuted more than one genius to the
realm of music. From earliest infancy
he gave evidence of musical talent, and at
the age of 10 years was placed under the
charge of the celebrated violin instructor,
Joseph Dohm, who also taught Joseph
Joachim. During the Hungarian upris-
ing, Remenyi, at the age of 49, enlisted
as a soldier. His bravery was rewarded
with the position Of aid de-camp on the
staff of the COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
here army, Gyorgey, with the title of
lieutenant. After the defeat of the in
surgents he went to England. Enroute
he became acquainted with his country
man, Franz List, who recognized his
talent and became his fast friend and
adviser.
Soon after the young artists arrival
in London he was appointed solo violin
ist to the queen. Having made himself
famous, he was called to the court of the
emperor of Austria, as chief musician.
His first tour in America was made in
1S78-79. Since then liz las made an other
tour, and for time was supposed to be
drowned, but had the pleasure Of reading
his own obituary i'll various languages.
a double interest attaches itself to this
visit of the famous virtuoso, as it is an
snounced as his farewell tour of this coun-
try.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-02-26
Threw Away His Canes.

Mr.. D. Wiley, ex-postmaster, Back
Creek, N. Y, was SO badly afflicted with
rheumatism that he was only able to
hobble around withcaEes, and even then it
caused him grea: pain. After using
Chamhcrlain's Pain Balm he was so much
improved that he threw away his canes.
He says this liniment did him more good
than all other medicines and treatment
put together. For sale at SO cents per
bottle hy o. NJ. Olsen. r.