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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

the Ohio County Silver Club" announc-
ing the accession of fifty more Republic
ans and saying, 9TH club now numbers
liz and is i'm a fiourishing condition" The
free-silver organ had already been notified
that all previous reports on the subject
were false. and ii published the Aberdeen
dispatch with full knowledge that it was
a fake. The total number of voters in
Ohio ounty by the State enumeration of
1895 was 1.2s6. so that according to the
latest bulletin about nine-tenths of all the
voters in the county belong to the club. If
there is such a place as Aberdeen in Ohio
county 1t must be a very small village. for
1T is not a postoffice. All things considered
the Ohio County Silver Club is the most
remarkable development of the campaign
Its vitality is unprecedented. and there
seems to be no limit to its growth. If the
liars succeed in breaking out of Ohio coun-
ty they may devastate the State as COM
pletely as they have it's smallest county.
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Is usually experienced by those remaining
behind, who picture all possible and impos-
sible mishaps as occurring to the wander
ers. Being at home they seem to them
selves and to those who leave thus to be in
perfect security. Yet in this case. as in so
many others. the one who remains in the
domestic haven is taken, while the others,
who risk the dangers of sea and land, re-
turn unframed. 1t is another illustration
OF the changes wrought during absence
One may observe and even lament the
monotony of the daily round of quiet hfe-a
life in which nothing seems to happen. but
which goes on year after year in unevent-
full sameness. Yet let an absence Of a
month occur, and all at once events hasten.
There is a fire or a failure. an elopement or
a divorce. a romance or a tragedy, a birth
or a death in ones immediate circle of
friends. More often than not it is a death.
and the world. which was before SO
changeless. is never quite the same again.
1t is death that marks the years absence
for Mark Twain, and henceforth he will
probably cherish unvarying monotony Of
existence and look upon the possible varia-
tons with dread.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21
INDIANA NEWSPAPER OPINION.

The silver panacea would not open mills.
What this country wants is greater en-
ployment for abor.-Greenfeld Republican.
The Republican party insists that there
be no poor mans dollar nor rich mans
dollar" but that every dollar be as good as
another.-Clay County Enterprise.
Those who expect most from free coin
age of silver. should it become an assured
fact, would be the last and the least to be
benefited by it.-Middletown News.
The gold dollar will not cause a debtor
to pay more nor a creditor to receive less
than was understood by the parties when
the bargain was made.-Noblesville Ledger.
Everybody knows what a gold dollar is
worth. and there is nothing to be gained
by swapping it for a dollar of deprecated
and uncertain value.-Shelbyville Repub-
lican.
The man whose income is fixed whether
as yearly salary or as daily wages is inter-
ested more than any one else in maintain
ing an Interchangeable value for our money.
Seymour Republican.
The wage Garner should study long and
hard before he votes for a measure that
will compel him to pay double for what he
buys while his wages remain the same
Vincennes Commercial.
One of the worst features of the pro-
posed Matchmaking of American coinage
is tina 1t cannot be done without at the
same time MeXlcaniZlng American work.
Observation-Disclosures Courier.
Many ~workingmen voted four years ago
for free trade, of the effects of which they
had no personal experience. The tariff les
son should teach them ii is not wise to
NEEDLE with the money standard.-Craw-
louisville Journal.
The cry of free silver" which means in
fation of the worst kind. is demoralizing
and paralyzing all business interests; a
general wreck is only prevented by the
hope hat the people will be wise enough
to head off the wild and visionary scheme
contemplated in MISUNDERSTANDING Sun Re-
corder.
The panic of 1893 and the hard times fol-
lowing it will pale into insignifcance in
comparison with the panic and distress
that will follow in the wake of the sense
less free-silver agitation long before the
blighting results of its doption descend
upon the country i'm the shape of legisla-
n.-Blufton Chronicle.
There is an abundance of money in the
country. The trouble lies in the fact that
there is no demand Cor labor i'm exchange
for the many millions which have been
driven into retirement by Democratic free
electing Mckinley and note how quickly
these idle millions viii come forth from
their dark corners and again gladden. the
hearts and homes of the industrial classes.
Wabash Tribune.
The city of Madison owes over 5000. 900 in
bonds and orders. These securities are now
held by people of all classes-the poor
washerwoman. the laborer and mechanic
owning them rs well as the business man
and the weli-to-do. With the free and un-
limited coinage OF sIiyer the holders of
these orders and bonds would get but 50
cents on the dollar for securities they
bought Will full i09-cents doliars.-Madison
Courier.
Mr.. Bryan looks upon the crowds that
have come out to see him ON his frjp
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STUPID CAMPAIGN LYING.

II the Popocrats do not carry this State
In November it will not be for lack of bold
living. Their plan of campaign seems 20
be to begin with the river counties and lie
their way from one end of the State to
the other. Accordingly. they have made
Ohio county their starting point. Perhaps
they thought as Ohio is much the smallest
county in the State they would try the
plan there first and then attack the larger
counties. Just now that is the storm GEN.
ter Of the lying cyclone.
A short time ago at a Democratic meet
ing in Greensburg a speaker stated that
he had just returned from a visit to his
old home in Ohio county and that a Re-
publican free-silver club had been formed
there which numbered fifty members. A
citizen Of Grensburg who doubted the
statement wrote to a friends in Rising SUI
and asked if 1t was true. In reply the
gentleman wrote:
The statement is absolutely and %unequiv-
ocally false. There is no free-silver Re-
publican club in this county. In fact. /
do not know of but one Republican in this
county who has said he would vote for
Bryan. You may deny the statement and
brand Ii as a lie.
A few days after this statement was
published in the Journal the local Bryan
organ published. with sensational head
lines. what purported to be a special from
Rising Sun giving alleged afidavits of six
teen persons that sthey personally knew
there was a Bryan club in Ohio county
with $50 members. One of these afiidavits
purported TO lave been executed before
a justice of the peace IN Ohio county. an
other before n justice in Madison. Ind. a
third in Louisville. KY. and a fourth in
Columbus. o. Now IL appears that the
signatures of the alleged afIidavits and
justices are all fictitious. The Rising Sun
Recorder says no such persons live in Ohio
county. The Madison Courier says the
persons named as the afiiant and justice OF
that city do not exist. and the city direc-
tories of Louisville and dc not
contain the names of the atlantis and JUS
tices given as residents of those cities. But
to cap the climax the local Bryan organ
yesterday published what purported to be
a special from Aberdeen reporting an al
legged meeting Of the Aberdeen branch OF
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ENGLISH MrsIxFoRMATIO

The Manchester England News dis
courses at some length upon the political
situation in the United States. and shows
a clear understanding Of the financial issue
and of the evils threatened by the party of
reputation, but its comprehension OF cleo
ton methods in this country has a distinct
init. After expressing regret that the
once great Democratic party has fallen into
the hands Of the silverites and Populsts II
adds. with an appearance of profound Wis
dom: 1T by no means follows that Mr..
Bryan or his protectionist, but sound-mon-
ey opponent, Mckinley, will be elected.
National conventions" it says. 'are apt to
reject the nominees of either party, and in
the final ballot spring a surprise on the
country by electing a comparative outsider,
who has not expressed extreme views on
either side, and is, therefore, looked upon
as safe. This has happened on many occa-
sions. notably in the case of the late Pres
ident Garfield. The national convention for
the election of President will meet in No
vember. A good deal can happen in the
intervening -four months. Sober-minded
Americans will have ample opportunities
for weighing in their minds the wild doc
trines of Mr.. Bryan on the one hand, and
the MISREPRESENTATION of Mr.. Mckinley
on the other. and viii in all probability re-
ject both as being equally fraught with ruin
to the country
Evidently. the English editor confuses the
party nominating conventions with the
meeting of the Electoral College held after
election to officially announce it's result. He
has a hazy recollection of the exciting NOM
ination of Garfield, when the fight for the
honor was between two greater men, and,
as Garfield became President, it's conclusion
is that he was elected on that memorable
occasion. To the native-born American the
electoral system of this country seems rea-
sonably simple. but it is apparently an i'm
penetrable mystery to the average English
man. although he biindly assumes to have
a complete comprehension of it. The News
is hereby assured that no dark horse"
will be brought forward between now and
November; there will be no surprises at
that time, except. perhaps, as to the great
size of McKinley's majority, and nothing
will happen to prevent the election of one
or the other Of the two candidates named.
Meanwhile the Manchester editor might
engage in a stud of the United States
Constitution and of the election machinery
here. which will enable him to comment
with intelligence on the result. Such com
ments will be of value to English readers,
though far less amusing to Americans.
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a free-silver sentiment in that section II
a Texas cowboy who had earned a reputa-
ton for killing Indians. or a big South Sea
cannibal who could show. a record OF. hav-
ing eaten a score of missionaries. should
make the same tour hat Bryan has made.
they would draw bigger crowds than he
has drawn. And 1t would he no evidence,
either. that these crowds approved the kill
ing of Indians or the eating of mission
aries--Richmond Palladium
TIL sound-money element of the country
were taken somewhat by surprise at the
free-silver plank in the Chicago platform,
and were compelled for a time to labor I'M
der a disadvantage because the full mean
ing of the free-siiver issue was not clearly
understood by the people. Many jumped at
the 'free'-silver delusion. thinking that IL
meant something for nothing. or that IL
meant oollar easier to get h they are
at present. But the sound-money element
OF the country have turned on the search
light, and the fallacy OF the proposition IS
50 clear that no argument is required TO
convince the average voter that free silver
Is a delusion and a Union.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

The address on International law deliv-
ered yesterday by the Lord Chief Justice
OF England before the American Bar AS
ISOLATION at Saratoga was worthy of the
occasion and the theme. One OF the most
eminent lawyers Of England addressing an
assemblage OF eminent lawyers of the
United States could hardly ave had a
more appropriate theme than one relating
10 the preservation of the peace of nations.
The brief report OF Lord Russells address
sent by telegraph shows 1t TO nave been a
scholarly and able one. pitched in a lofty
tone and framed in pure and elegant En-
glish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21
THE FIAT FOLLY.

If there is anything in the claim that
the government can create money value by
mere fiat it must be an attribute of all gov
ernments. All governments are not equal,
but all are sovereign within their re-
spective claims. The government of the
United States is not more sovereign than
that of Mexico. and if the former can create
money value by its fiat the latter can also.
OF course, the fiat of no government is
good for anything, beyond its own t~erritor-
ial limits any more than other legislation.
Legal-tender laws have no operation out
side of the country in which they are en-
acted. Congress can declare what shall be
legal tender in this country, and the Con-
gress of Mexico can decide what shall be
legal tender in that country and both have
done so. In each country the silver dollar
Of each is full legal tender. yet, as people
are fast learning. the Mexican dollar, con-
tanning five and a half grains more of silver
than ours. is worth only half as much.
Now. remembering that the Mexican gov
ernmentNpossesses all the attributes of
sovereignty possessed by that of the United
oN0Ns go NCh Sht " tOAh a iuObcy
and as much power to make its fiat good,
why is it that the Mexican silver dollar
or the silver coin which the Mexican gov
eminent stamps and issues as a dollar,
passes for its bullion value and not a cent
more? If the fiat of the Mexican govern
ment is unable to add the fraction of a
cent to the bullion value of it's silver dol
lar even in Mexico. what reason is there
to believe or what ground is there to claim
that the fiat of the United States govern
ment could add anything to the bullion
value Of our silver dollar, under free and
coinage? 1t would not. Govern
ment fiat cannot accomplish any more on
this side of the Rio Grande than it can
on the other. The laws of trade and of
finance are as immutable in the United
States as they are in Mexico, and what has
happened there under unlimited silver COIN
age would happen here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

Daily Reader: The interest-bearing pub
lie debt On Aug. i was $S47. 1854. $50. When
Harrison went out of office it was $5S5, OSi,-
2e0. ,. No bonds were issued during the
Harrison administration, nor is there any
reason to believe that there would have
been a bond issue had he been reelected.
The first issue Was in January, 1894. nearly
a year after he went out of office. 3.
The faith and credit of the government
are pledged TO pay it's bonds. principal and
interest, in gold or its equivalent. BY their
terms they are payable in coin. but the
government has always construed this to
mean gold. ~.
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demand Of ours for them sufficient to over
come the centripetal forces that are sup
piled by the cost of their production. and
without the action upon them of any nat
ural laws whatever. woul Immediately
double in value and purchasing power in
their own countries and in the markets Of
the world. Not only the wealth of our
own country. but the wealth of other coun-
tries. would be doubled by US. A simple
twist Of the wrist is all that is necessary
for the performance of this act of inanciar
necromancy which would put to shame all
the powers that have been ascribed to the
touch of Midas or the philosophers stone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

When Mr.. Bryan went out Of his way to
make a political speech at the home OF Nc
Kin.ey he showed that he was deficient in
fine sense Of propriety. In delivering a
free-silver harangue at the village of
Rhinebeck. NJ. Y. he gave a still more
striking exhibition OF the same quality.
He was received there as a somewhat dis
~tinguished stranger by an assemblage OF
citizens and a nonpartisan speech by a
Republican A little sense OF propriety
would have suggested to Mr.. Bryan thai
II he made any remarks at all they should
be OF a social and nonpolitical character.
Instead OF that he launched out In a long
1ree-siiver speech. told the Rhinebeckers
they had no right to impose upon the poor.
warned them that this question cannot be
viewed from the standpoint of any class Of
Doeple." and implored them to think well
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

Washington Special.

The center Of Democratic campaign ac-
tivity will shift to Chicago the last of this
week, when Jones and the members of the
executive committee will meet there TO do
some more planning. The Democrats have
at length awakened to a realization
of the important fact that they
have been frittering away time in prelim-
inaries and the Republicans have organ
lied and got down to business in a most
telling way. To put it plainly the Demo-
Gratis are in a state of Generalization. With
the election only seventy days distant they
are without a definite programme, without
organization and without commanding
leadership. Their situation is becoming
alarming.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

In 1850 the capital invested In manufacture
ing in the United States was 81, 2S2, Sss. s7s;
In 1890 it was 81 900. 7s5. ss4. In 1850 the num-
Der of employees was 1901 .1s4; in 1880 it was
3.zSl.1 1884, In 1880 the age earned were
sol. $50. rs; In 1889 they were s1,221. 17o, 454-
In 1850 the value Of manufactured products
was 3. III. 49, ss: in 1890 it was 81. $50. 2S6. ss7.
These giant strides were made under pro-
lection and the gold standard. Why change
for free trade and free silver?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21
While Anarchy Threatens.

The Indiana bicycle works. at Indianapo-
lis. employing 1.500 hands. have shut down
till after election as a matter of business
precaution. 1t will be folly to expect the
wheels TO turn at all so long as a possibil-
ity shall exist that anarchy may vault into
the saddle and grasp the handle bars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

a great deal of sympathy will be extend
ed 10 Mark Twain on account of the death
or his daughter, whom he left at home
when he started with the other member of
his family on his tour around the world
last year. Americans are SUCH constant
travellers, and the methods Of travel are SO
easy and expeditions, that they go on jour-
neys to the remotest corners of the earth
with but little or none of the feeling Of
hesitation or dread of possible calamity
that once affected every one who under
took such expeditions. With the exercise
or ordinary prudence the life OF the traveller
Is as safe everywhere as If he were in his
own nome. and yet whatever feeling OF APP
prehension is associated with such a tour
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

The Democratic managers resent the
participation OF Mrs. Bryan in their official
consultations. and yet she is being credited
by close observers as having more common
sense than her husband. Come TO think of
It, however. common sense is a commodity
the free-silverites are not dealing in extern
sively. and naturally they object to
Mrs r
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

Can be found at the following places:
NEW -YORk-Windsor Hotel and Astor House
CH1CAGo-Palmer House and p. o. News Co..
81 Adams street
CINcINNATI-J. r. Hawley x Co.. l4 vine
street.
IOUISvHLE-C. 7. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co. $50 Fourth avenue.
ET- LOUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot
WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House. Willard's Hotel and the Washington
News Exchange. Fourteenth street, between
Penn. avenue and r street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21
Time for Intervention.

C~itizen-Say, those two fellows are going
to fight in a minute.
Officer McGobb-Naw, they're not.
They're only talkin' silver.
Don't you believe they are. They are
disputing about their bicycles"
lis thot so? / will stop thin at vance,"
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nomenon of Massachusetts, politics. says
he found nothing worthy Of criticism" in
Bourke Cockran's speech. This means. of
course, that the speech was all right
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21
The SOund-MOney Call.
Detroit Free Press.

The powerful appeal is the most notable
contribution to the literature of the cam
paign. breathing as it does the spirit of
true patriotism in the presence of a crisis
that calls for the exercise of the highest
virtues of citizenship. Assurances received
by the executive committee warrant the
statement that all but three States will be
represented al the convention at Indlanap-
oils two weeks from to-day. The spirit
OF the call has already taken possession Of
a million and more Democratic hearts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

The curfew law being enacted in various
Western towns and cities, which forbids
children under sixteen to be on the streets
after 9 O'Clock at night, is likely to inter-
fere with the bicycle pastime. At least it
will do what it can to check the ardor of
juvenile wheelmen, parents having failed
in the effort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

A noted author contributed to the En-
glish language the word Munchausenism to
describe an ~extravagant piece of fiction.
Hereafter all feats in that line should be
measured by the stories concerning the
Ohio County Free-silver Club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

before they cast their votes against free
silver. Then. because the astonished Rhine
beckers were polite enough not to hiss him.
he probably thought he had made a whole
lot of free-silver converts. Mr.. Bryan has
yet to learn that there are times when a
gentleman should not talk shop nor an
office seeker ~noIitfcs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

The Brooklyn girl who has sued a mar
ried man for breach of promise says she
wants to be 'vindicated." Precisely what
the courts can do to vindicate a girl for be-
coming engaged to a married man is not
clear to the ordinary comprehension. The
man in the case seems to need vindication
also
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

Ii Hung Chang is going to have an
itinerary. too. when he comes to this coun-
try. but it will differ from the Bryan va
riety. There will be no back-platform fea-
lures in LIS programme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

TIL American public. which never cared
two straws about the merits of the ques-
tion, anyway, and hardly knew What it
was all about except hat it was everlast-
ingly in the newspapers, will be duly
grateful that the Manitoba school question
is at last settled.
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got down to work. and there is no organ
ization of the silverite forces. Mr.. Bryan
may believe that he is to be elected by the
irrepressible uprising Of the people and
that no organization is necessary. but
Jones knows better.
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Candid Club Reports.

To meet a constant demand for the re-
ports of the Candid Club they have been
printed on a two-page sheet and will be
furnished in any quantities at so cents a
THE JOURNAL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

The gold Democrats talk of nominating
Secretary j. Sterling Morton for President.
If they do wouldn't it be better to stop
parting his name in the middle and write
it Julius S." Morton? Sterling is too
suggestive of silver.