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The National tribune., 1896-10-01

We have only Mr.. Bryan's assertion
that Free Coinage will raise the price Of
silver to par. Against it are the facts
that Mr.. Bryan never made a true
prophecy IN his life, and that 10 law has
ever been framed that would compel
people to continue paying more for a
thing than it is actually worth.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

The really shrewd man will, instead
of betting on Bryan, invest his money
in silver at 65 cents an ounce. Proba-
bly, silver will not go any lower. If
Bryan is elected he will make money
by the advance on silver; if not, he can
sell his bullion at about what it cost
him,
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

BRYAN says that with Free Coinage
silver will certainly gA back to its old
price of $1.2929 anAoHnce. It is now
within five weeks of the election, and yet
silver hangs persistently around IS cents
an ounce. This means that either the
holders of silver have no hope of organs
election, or that his success will not raise
the price of silver.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

THE Mckinley Tariff developed al
once new enterprises, in which $4,000
900 of capital was invested and 1926
hands were employed. The Wilson mi
putty closed up 706 establishments, in
which 80, 131 hands were employed, with
loss to them Of 81 ,637 ,270 month in
wages. Bryan worked for the Wilson
Inieuity, and yet Bryan claims to be the
friend Of the common people.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01
THE UNITED STATES HoNDs.

iii iii :.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please tell
me If there we1e ever any United States
bonds payable in gold. What was the regu-
lar scon tract during the whr?-HENRY DON
AHUE, Killarney, Fla. -
All the bonds and notes issued by the
Government during; tI'e war wese pay
able Gin CON-" This, was generally
we might say universally -sccepted to
mean gold, for the reason that silver was
not then, nor had it for many years,
played any part in the large commercial
TRANSACTIONS of the world. We do not
recall that ever in its history did the
United States pay any considerable
amount Of its obligations in silver.
Possibly during the Revolutionary
period, and for some years thereafter,
the Government paid large sums in
silver, but a great many payments were
made in tobacco and other produce.
Prior to the discovery Of the Comstock
Lode and other immensely rich silver
mines in Nevada, this country produced
very little silver, but great deal OF
gold, and that metal was almost in
variably meant when the words specie
or "coin were used. 1t was not until
our domestic product Of silver had run
up from 10000 ounces year to nearly
that many million ounces that people
began to think seriously of the e Dollar
Of the Daddies as a part of our specie
system.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

BKxAx .gsts very PFomiscuous in his
claims as the campaign progresses. AT
first he assured everybody that he was
the natural and legitimate successor to
Abraham lincoln. But down in Nir-
ginia, where Lincoln isn't very popular
just yet, he told them that he was wear
ing around the mantle of Patrick Henry
and Henry Clay. He probably doesn't
know it, but neither of these men ever
got Virginia's vote for President.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01
BRYAN ON PENSIONS.
An Ufferance Of Four Years Ago

lfroTn The Omaha World Herald Mr.. B~yaas ,,ape,j
Not. u, 1892
The next session Of Congress will have to
EFestle with one deficiency of Ss6 OIt1 600
This is on account of pensions The appro-
prialion for pensions for the next year must
not be less than S150,0G0,eO0. 1t is there.
fore easy arithmetic to perceive that the ap-
preparation that Congress must make for
pensions next session must aggregate not
less Than Sls6.o0D. 900.
This tremendous SUN would I'm itself be
enough 10 run a reasonable Government
One gonlG not complain IL it were an honest
debt, bn: large proportion is not debt. he
cause it was never earned by any act @.
patriotism or heroic service The Govern.
Dent is held up and despoiled of no mean
portion OF this, and it seems helpless 10 dc.
fend itself One cannot help being curious
TO know lrow many more years il will take
10 exhaust tie generation which feels iisei
injured IVY the war. 1t is safe to say thai
never DID y generation display such remark
able longevity.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01


IT is very signifeanpof values in Free
Silver Japan, that in the recent terrible
calamity at Kobe, where fire destroyed
2,260 houses of wofkingmen, with all
their effects, 10 go-dowas, 10 residences
of the better class two police stations,
one fire station, fins. temples, and one
theater, the total loss is only appraised
at 100000 yen. As silver yen is
worth 40 cents in our money, this would
make the total loss about $4,000. II
we assume that the temples, theater, ETC..
had value which make the whole an
equivalent of 5000 houses, we find that
the average loss for each dwelling de-
stroyed-building, furniture, clothing,
etc.-is only $160. This represents the
lifetime accumulation Of a japanese
workingman, where it would not equal
three months wages of an average Ameri-
can mechanic under the Mckinley law.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

If the gold dollar has really become
200-ceBt dollar, then it must buy twice
as much as formerly of all that the farmer
or wage-earner has to buy. As every
man spends practically his whole In
come, he is, therefore, getting twice as
much for his money as than he ever did
before. The Popocrats never will under
stand how their own reasoning constantly
goes back ON them.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01
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The National tribune., 1896-10-01

In 1892 there were 1902 depositors
in the savings banks of Nebraska alone,
with So, AT, 572.08 to their credit-an
average Of S202.7S per capita. On the
LIST of last July the number Of depositors
had shrunk to II, $40, and their savings
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The National tribune., 1896-10-01

To pay the bondholders and other
National creditors in 5O-cent dollars will
be rank dishonesty and National dis
grace. To pay the pensioners in 5O-cent
dollars will be to add shameless ingrati-
tnde..
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

WHEN Bryan was nominated the sil-
yer in dollar was worth about So cents.
1t is now worth less than 81 cents Can
any Popocrat explain thisi
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

Why has Bryan such an antipathy to
what he calls the British monetary sys-
tenn, while he has done his utmost to
make us slaves and dependents upon the
British manufacturing system?
The National tribune., 1896-10-01
LIFE OF ADMIRAL rARRAGUr.

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Library will be The Life of Admiral
Farragut," by John McElroy. Every
body wants it. Price 5 cenh
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

Is THIS great, rich. prosperous coun-
try ready for the humiliation of settling
with its creditors 1t so cents on the dol
larl
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

BRYAN refuses utterly to discuss the
Tariff. He has good reason to want his
connection with that entirely forgotten.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01
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The National tribune., 1896-10-01

LET it be remembered that never in
the history Of the world did poor money
make good timeA z,
The National tribune., 1896-10-01
RIBUN ELS.
BRYAN.

Chicago Tribnae.
lie secured The nomination
"A. the Silver convocntion
By The fervd agitation
o.. his chin.
He hns travelled through the Nation
Aud disturb bed the population
By the loud vocferaiiou
o. his lungs.
Since Vermonts late demonstration
He is mixing his migration
To his Western reservation
On his ear.
With the whole congIomeration,
Popncratic aggregation,
Ifowing flervish coiioeaiion,
Il ONWARD crank amalgamation,
he will view the situation.
At the -campaiS,i's termination,
On his back.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

Chicago Tribune: al really don't think that
Pm any cheaper than ] used to be-" argued the
horse. . I'm worth just as much rs ] ever was.
The bicycle has appreciated. That's all"
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

The bicycle has appreciated. That's ALL
as
SENATOR TELLER IN KENTUCKY
"The Popocra,s mrde a great mistake in
bringing Senator Teller into Kentucky" said a
weI-inferned Kentuckian to me the other
day I'm surprised at them. Our people are
very fond of soratory, aud the Popocrats are
terribly in need of mcn who can meet such
speakers AS Carlisle ard Lindsay on the stun p.
There's nobody in the State that can do it.
Blackburn is good, bright picnic or barbecue
talker, hut when it comes to anything serious
and convincing he simply isn't in it. nor is
there anybody in his following that is. He
ard they are all too light-waisted. Tire Pope
crafts realized this, and turned to Teller. But
whatever you may think of Teller, he is not a
popular orator, at least for onr section. His
appearance is not striking, his voice is poor,
and Ire is very prosy as talker. Besides, he
is in wretched health. To be success on the
stump in Kentucky requires a strong, vigorous
man, with full voice. a confident manner and
who can say things in telling way. Henry
Clay, the MarshaIls, Crittendens, and Breckin-
ridges raised the standard pretty high, and
AAcHiutNy stu1tcutcS tApcCt hOi0 run .
speaker than those of any other State"
x**
Indianapolis Journal: Look here" said the
Bryan man, you fellows have no right to call
yourselves the National Democracy"
"WeH" answered the Palmer man. "just to
oblige you SO far AZ i am concerned, won't
call it that any more. How would it do to call
ourselves the Rational Democracy"
But the other man, being a Bryan man, was
still Disseminated.
They are beginning to call the much talking
COrbett the " Boy Orator of the Prize Ring"
~
The American bicycle Is driving ont the
English wheel in Greece, although the English
sells for 700 drachmas (S7S65), while the
American cannot be bought for less than 1000
drachnaas.
I remember that there wasn't any mplaint
about 1.-The preacher in politics" while the
small-fry sensationaiists were proclaiming
Popocratic doctrines from their pulpits 1t
was only when the real. influential clergymen
began pleading for National honor and honesty
and lenouncing Anarchy that the yell went up
for the preachers to keep out of politics.
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

,1rrep ~ re WASHINGTON sosr oseE sse0.Dess .r1I
The National tribune., 1896-10-01

DON'T &c, ys'r r sssss ss,sss,
en the yellow addrcss-slip opposite your
name shows you how you stand.
Ii corresponds 10 the whole number of
this paper, and by reference to it you can
always tell how many papers are due you.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
WHAT AN EAsTERNER THINKS
OF A WESTERN FARMER.

This clipping from an exchange will
give you an idea of what the eastern
goldocrat thinks of the farmer who lives
west of the Alleghenies. The editor
speaks as follows:
"It has always been a source Of mys
terry to me why a bull-lead western
farmer, that does not read a newspaper
once in MONTH and does not have
enough executive ability or gumption to
raise anything but a mortgage on a
stretch of prairie that would support ten
intelligent men, can display such an
elegant nerve as to contend that he knows
more about the money question than a
man in New York, who has acquired a
fortune simply because,he does read and
by so doing has been enabled to assist in
the financial prosperity Of this country
Those bewhiskered oorn-huskers out West
are largely composed of men who could
not make living in the garden of Eden.
They tried 1t in the East on farms left
them by their ancestors. They spent
money for time then, and talked against
time. Now they are spending time and
talking against money"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
WHICH Is THE MOST SENSIBLE.

In a speech which he delivered at Tiyoli-
on-the- Hudson, last week, Mr.. Bryan, the
Democratic candidate, after pointing out
the many absurditles advanced by the
advocates of the single gold standard,
clearly defined the great issue of the pres
ent campaign, as follows:
"We say that the new demand will be
sufficient to consume all the silver pre-
sented at the mint, and being sufficient,
will raise the value of silver bullion to
81. 80 throughout the world. (Applause.
We have a reason for our belief. They
simply say 1t WON'T do it, and then 81,
back and propose absolutely nothing" p"
Here is the situation tersely summed
up The Chicago platform proposes 20
better the condition Of the country by In
creasing the volume of money. The Re
publican platform asks us to stick to tn,
ills which oppress us and to hope for th'
future. Which is the most sensible ant
practical?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Edwin H. Fitler, now dead and gone, but
at that time President OF the Cordage
Trust, gave his $4,000 check for cam
paign expenses In order that the teriG on
binding twine should not be disturbed.
The Saw Trust, the Cattle Trust and in
Vulnerable other trusts were all called
upon for contributions, so that Senator
Quay could get an honest elect In New
York, and when Harrison and q Repub-
lican Congress were elected, they de-
manded increased taxes because they paid
spot cash for 1t, and In every case except
that of the Cattle Trust, their claims were
paid.
Major Mckinley may be as favorable
to silver coinage as Coin" Harvey, yet
1t can in no way be brought about by his
election, for the reasons above stated To
those who expect free coinage In the event
Of McKinley's election, these remarks are
directed 1t would be equally as sensible
to suppose that you could bring about
protection by electing Henry George to
the Presidency. The issue is plain and
it must be apparent to every man of aver
age school boy intelligence, that Major
Mckinley, in this campaign, stands for
gold monometallism, dear money and low
prices.
There is one candidate, however, and
only one, who stands unequivocally for the
restoration of silver to the place 1t occu-
pied prior to 1878, aud that Is William j.
Bryan, and II Bryan is elected and in
augurated next March, the next day after
he takes the oath of office he will issue a
proclamation convening Congress In ex-
traordinary session for the purpose of dis
posing of this question at once. He be-
lieves that prosperity will not return until
we have bimetallism, plentiful supply
of money and higher prices, and only by
his election to the Presidency on the Sd
of November next, will free coinage Of
silver be obtained
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
WASTE NO TIME OR MONEY ON
THE EAST.

The Vermont election was held yester-
day, and the returns thus far received
indicate an increased Republican
majority If the figures received are cor
rect, the "Green Mountain State" has
elected her whole State Republican ticket
by a majority of 3a, 900, with the chances
that when the returns are complete it will
exceed 81, 1000.
The majority does not suit us by any
means. 1t Is too large. But it demon
strates that the position taken by this
paper in saying that this fight for free
coinage Of silver must be fought out in
the West and not in the East is correct.
One month ago, in sizing up the Presi-
Dental situation, as 1t appeared to us
then, we said: "All sorts of wild claims
are now being made by the enthusiasts of
both sides, but they are the veriest rot,
and not worth the paper they are WI itten
on. The clai...: .hat Texas and Georgia
will go Republican Is as ridiculously as
burd as the claim that New York and
Massachusetts, will go Democratic.
The East is decidedly in favor of gold
standard. Why should we blind ourselves
to that fact? If anything ever indicated
1t, the Vermont election of Tuesday does.
But as the Democratic platform
was also gold standard platform,
we are not much surp rised at the
result. 1t is the people of the West who
are injured and Impoverished by the
blighting curse of single gold Standard,
and it is the people Of the East who are
trying to fasten it upon us for four years
longer.
Let us then pay no more attention to
ths East 1t is only wasting our ammu-
milton. Every state west of here is de-
batable and the majority of them can be
captured for Bryan by the concentration
of our forces. BY not concentrating our
forces we may lose all. These are facts
that must not be overlooked. There is a
much better chance to carry Ohio, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin than
any state east of here, and from this time
forward the battle must be waged in those
states,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
LINcoLN's PROPHECY.
In a letter written in 1854 Presider

In letter written in 1854 President
Lincoln said:
81 see in the near future crisis ap'
preaching that unnerves me and causes
me 10 BILE for the safety of my ooun-
try. As result Of the war; corporations
have been enthroned, and an era Of cor.
ruptlon
in high places will follow, and the
money power of the country will en-
deavor to prolong Its reign by working
upon the prejudice of the people until
ali the wealth is aggregated in few
hands, and the republic is destroyed.
feel at this moment more anxiety for the
safety of my country than ever before,
even In the midst Of war. God grant that
my suspicion may prove groundless
Is President Linooln's prophecy about
fulfilled, or are we yet to see something
moreY
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Congressman Mo- ire, OF the seven
teenth DISTRICTS in box. He was elected
two years ago as a free coinage man and
a Republican. He wants reelection
this year, and he has issued an address
that II he is elected, he will vote for any
free coinage measure that comes up. His
district being overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic and almost unanimously for free
coinage he resorted to these means to cap
ture Democratic votes. But the Republi-
can county convention at New Philade.-
phia, on Saturday, took the wind out Of
his sails, by introducing resolution in
dorsing the state and national tickets and
calling on Mcclure to either get on the
platform or get off the ticket. Which
will he dog
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
Cause of Nose Bleed.

In weak persons bleeding at the nose
is frequently hurtful and should be
stopped without delay, as continued
hemorrhage may prove fatal il neglected
Those who suffer from poorness of
blood, or an@mia, and are sometimes
seized with violent nose bleeding,
should avoid, as far as possible any
thing which may tend to bring it on.
Gentle exercise only should be taken, as
violent bodily movements may provoke
a repetition Of the hemorrhage. Even
running down stairs hastily should be
avoided
Bleeding at the nose is usually sign
that something is wrong with the sys-
tenn. The cause should. II possible. be
discovered and steps taken to remove Ii.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
HARRISON TRIES TO SHIFT THE
RESPONSIBILITY.

In 1898 we had the most prosperous
times, The most general diffusion of pros
perity, the most universal participation
in prosperity, and the highest mark of
prosperity we had ever attained before
Now, what has happened SINGER Then
our business prosperity was like the
strong current Of the mighty river now
It Is like fading spring in an August
drought. A panic In 1898 of most ex-
traordinary character has been succeeded
by gradual drying Up, less and less ana
less, until universal business distraction
and anxiety prevails all over our COM
munity. Harrison's address in New YORK:
And the very policy that Mr.. Har'
rison and his secretary of the treasury,
Mr.. Foster, inaugurated-that of re.
deeming coin notes in gold which was
followed up by Mr.. Cleveland and his
secretary Of the treasury, Mr. Carlisle,
has brought about this condition Of
things. If Mr.. Harrison and Mr.. Foster
had not established the precedent oil
paying off coin notes in gold, 1t probably
would not have been followed up by Mr.
Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle ana there
would not now be debt Of S262, 900, OOC
to pay. 1t is all very we'll for Mr.. Har'
rison to talk about the panic Of 1898, but
it was him that sowed the seeds of paDit
and depression in the last days Of his ad
ministration that matured after Mr.
Cleveland became President. And 1t l.
the aim of the Republican party If sue
cessful, to follow up the course outlined
by Grover Cleveland. The election Of
Bryan means that coin notes when pre-
sented, will be paid in gold if the govern
ment has it, and If not, then in silver,
There will be no such thing as selling
bonds to benefit gold raiders If William
]. Bryan becomes President of the United
States.