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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28

But little interest is manifested
among republicans in Ibis lection il,
state politics, the congressional contest
absorbing all interest, From outside
reports it appears that II very active
campaign is being carried on for both
the offices of secretary of state and for
supreme judge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
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Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16

At the Bf5her's inquest following
tile Logan wreck the fact was devel-
oped that IN @l probability two bodies
were stolcht from the wreck. The
coroner is Investigating this matter
and will mqkela report. Whether there
is ground Tor belief that any bodies
are missing 5dG course remains to be
proven, but NJ time should be lost in
clearing up doubt in the matter. SO
far as is known Omaha parties are not
represented at the inquest. Under the
circumstances the city and the Union
Pacific might have sent representatives
to watch proceedings before the coro-
ner's jury. Certainly Omaha people
are solely Interested in the verdict, and
their interests should be protected.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
THE TAIL OF THE TICKET.

Chicago Journal (rep): MIR. Bryan should
take Mr.. Sewall with him on his hot
weather trips. Sewall is the chilliest thing
hat ever travelled.
New York Tribune (rep): Arthur Sewall
persisted in building wooden ships when
everybody else was making them OF iron.
The ticket seems to be a mixture of boy and
old fogy,
Louisville Courier-Journa (dem): Well
and well again! Sewall. the vice presi-
dental nominee of the silverites at Chicago,
is not only a rich man, but, boot mon! lock
the chicken coop and bring the woodpile
into the ~parlor-Sewall, he is a bub-bub-
banker!
Philadelphia Times (dem.): AS we do not
look for his election, 1t is unnecessary to
discuss Mr.. Sewalls personal character or
opinions. Candidates count for little in this
campaign. They are but the representatives
of the cause they have espoused, and 1t Is
that that we are called on to oppose.
Philadelphia Record (dem): On a better
platform Mr.. Sewall would have contributed
stability to the ticket. As 1t is, 1t Is hardly
worth while to consider his capacities. He
had much better stick to his own ships, for
there is small likelihood that the American
people, freed from spellbinding influences,
will give him a commission as second officer
Of the Ship of State with such n reckless
sailing chart as has been provided at Chi
Cago.
Buffalo Express (rep); The vice presi-
dental nominee is a millionaire and is said
to he connected with most of the corpora
tions in Maine. This makes his selection
by the ~populist elements which ruled at
Chicago all the more astonishing. 1t is
fair to say of him, however, that in a bust
ness and political way he is up to the usual
vice presidential standard, differing in that
respect from the head of the ticket, who is
ridiculously below the usual presidential
standard
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Unity of the German Press Against
Democratic Reputation.

The bolt of leading German democratic
newspapers is one of the most significant
signs in the preliminaries of the campaign.
1t was foreshadowcd in the vigorous warning
issued by the German Sound Money league
in New York several days before the meet
ing Of the convention. The signers Of that
pronunciamento, including the most innuen-
tial German democrats in New York, notified
the leaders Of the convention that II it should
incorporate a 16 to / free coinage of silver
plank in the platform three-fourths of the
German democratic voters in the United
States would repudiate the platform and the
candidate nominated to stand upon it.
The convention did not heed the warning
and the boiling has already begun, led by the
eight strongest German newspapers in the
country-the New York Staats-Zeitung, Chi
cago Staats-Zeitung, Chicago Abendpost, st,
Louis An2eiger des Weston, Louisville An
zeiger, Milwaukee Seebote, Davenport Demo-
KRAFT and Wilkesbarre (Pa) Wachter, the
latter the mouthpiece for a generation of the
German democrats Of northeastern Pennsyl-
yania. The Davenport Demokrat is the lead
ing German organ west OF the Mississippi
river and it prefers Mckinley to Bryan. The
St~aats-Zeitung of this city reflects almost
universal German sentiment when it says:
by wild impetuosity and by all means of
troachery and instigation the new party
is trying to win the people of the west for
unlimited silver coinage and incite the west
against the east, and by so doing menace
business and employment all over the coun-
try. and even endanger the national unity,
regained through torrents of most precious
blood, With such a party and such a
candidate we have absolutely nothing TO do"
The German is not a joker, He never
speaks in parallels or double meanings,
Least of all is he a hypocrite. He does not
carry water on both shoulders. He is never
on both sides OF the fence, as republicans
have found out long before this. When he
stands for an idea he states 1t so distinctly
the wayfaring man, though a fool, under
stands what he means. When an issue is
presented to him in which he does not be-
lieve he rejects II and bolts. When he OBJ
jects to what his party is doing he kicks
like a stallion. and he keeps on kicking until
the cause Of his objection is removed He
Is a partisan only so far as 1t conseryes
his interest to be such. He Is always ready
to leave his party when he thinks 1t Is
fundamentally wrong, and he wastes no
useless tears or regrets when he goes. And
Of all things which the German deems neces-
sary and absolutely essential sound money
is the chief. The democratic convention
having proposed to give him rotten money.
he has no more use for its candidate than
he has for the money.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
POLITICAL

Chicago Tribune: Bryan succeeded in
stampeding not only the Chicago convention
but almost the entire democratic press.
Chicago Post: If James R.. Sovereign's
mouth can be hitched to Bryan's, timid
people may be frightened into voting for
Reputation.
Cincinnati Commercial: Mr.. Bryan's
promise not to seek a reelection is the
safest pledge ever made by a politician.
He couldn't break it if he wanted to.
Kansas City Star: After the November
election General Grant will still enjoy the
distinction of being the youngest man ever
elected president of the United States.
Philadelphia Press: No such sweeping
and monstrous crusade against law, hon
esty, private security and public safety was
ever before embodied in a party platform.
Washington Post: Mr.. Bryan has made
himself the nominee in much the same
manner employed by Jim Corbett in making
himself a %pugilist. There are times when
Il good. strong talk does the business.
Philadelphia Record: Bryan wants a
compromise. He says he would not accept
a nomination for a second term if he shall
only be allowed to go to the white house
this once. This is like the lunatic who
wanted to touch off a powder magazine Just
Oncen
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16

AJAN DEFTING THE LIGHTNING.
Whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad.
This adage is again receiving strik-
ing confirmation in the reckless de-
nance which Bryan hurls ut the people
Of the Atlantic states who look upon his
nomination as a menace to the stability
of American Institutions. Like a
drunken bruiser who proclaims that
he is ready to whip any two men with
ono hand tied behind his back, Bryan
%arrogantly proclaims to the American
people, through his personal organ, that
IA president of the United States can
be elected this year without the aid or
consent of the eastern states which
have in the past dictated nominations
and swayed elections" He deliberately
insults the democrats of New York by
declaring that they and their news
papers are impotent to injurc his can
didacy, because their efforts to injure
silver in New York make votes for
silver in doubtful states. Let the
heather rage" is announced as Bryan's
motto.
From the heat of July to the GOODNESS
of November there is n long time for
reflection. Bryan's hOthcaded self-con-
tdcnce Is characteristic of the man and
the party which he represents. 1t is
just as natural and rational for him
to assert that he proposes to be elected
to the presidency without the aid or
consent of the eastern states as 1t is
for him to assert that the United States
can resume free coinage at the ratio
of 16 to | and restore silver to the price
of $1.29 an ounce without the aid or
consent of any other nation on earth.
Such sublime audacity only proves to
the country what n risk it would run In
making Bryan its chief executive.
But how does Bryan propose to
reconcile his defiance of the eastern
states with the position he took last
week in trying to placate the despised
east with the tender of the vice presi-
Dental nomination? How will he
reconcile it to his plan of campaign,
which is to be opened in Madison
HluNlt SdIbth III III titi VI ANtN lplh,
with a view of Carrying the war into
Africa" as he is credited with saying?
| What Il figure can a man expect to
cut in New York and New England
who has for his motto, LET the heather
rage" and wants it understood in ad-
vance that lie is going to be elected
without their aid or consent? Does he
propose to invade the east as the de-
Stroying Huns with Attila at their head
invaded Rome or Is he going, like ST.
Paul, preaching the gospel to the
heather? 1t is certainly in accord
with the eternal fitness of things that
the man, infatuated with himself and
intoxicated with prospective glory.
should throw down the gauntlet to the
dominant forces of the democratic
party and strike them squarely in the
face with the insulting %bravado, LET
the heather rage"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
SOUND Money In Congress.

plOue tlenl.D.
The platform adopted at Chicago does not
meet with the approval of the Globe. es-
pecially the financial plank. From a polit-
zeal standpoint the declaration for the free
coinage of silver was a mistake, and in the
public interest we believe it should be con
dcmned. =
TO change the financial policy will re-
quire legislative action, ard il Is, there
fore. OF the utmost Importance to secure
a congress which shall act unitedly for
sound money. By standing together on the
state and congressional tickets, the demo.
Gratis can hold their organization, retain
the confidence of the public, and whatever
the fate of the national ticket in this cam
paign, they will be in good condition for
the future.
We do not agree with those who be-
lteye that this campaign is to injure per
mainly the democratic organization. A
party which Is as old as the government
itself. and which has successfully weathered
a much greater crisis in the past, will
again be reunited and stronger for the les
sons learned from these troubulous polit-
iCal times.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
SEWALL AS A SIIyERJTE.
Inside History of His conversion I
the White MninI

thc "h1te Metal.
me Washington correspondent of the
Sprihgfeld tMass) Republican gives the fol-
lowing account of the motive which
prompted the democratic candidate for vice
president to espouse the free silver cause;
Ihe nomination of Arthur Sewall OF
Maine Tor wee president is part of the con-
slstent policy at Chicago of administering
oyory possible affront to Mr.. Cleveland. The
history OF SewalIs conversion to free silver
reads like that of southern and western poll
ticians who have been working for silver
because they had been turned down" nv
the president.
Harold Sewall, the son of the nominee for
vice president, was % democratic consul in
Samoa during the first Cleveland administra-
tion. He conducted himself there in a
manner not entirely satisfactory to Secre-
tary Bayard, and was given leave of alb
scnce, which did not expire until after the
beginning Of the Harrison administration
He was a good deal petted by Harrison and
Blaine, but he did not abandon the demo-
cratic creed until after the beginning of
the present administration. He was then
an applicant for assistant secretary of state
and half "A doDuh diplomatic or consular posi-
lions. promptly filing a new application
when one Of the. places was filled on which
he had set his heart.
His father was a favored visitor tn the
white house during the first Cleveland ad-
ministration and went there frequently
carly in thei present administration. A
Kindly word FOR MS son often dropped from
his lips, but somehow these words failed
to impress Mr. Cleveland. The president
at last wearied of the versatility of Young
Harold as ans applicant for office and said
fatty to Arthur ISewall, on the occasion of
one OF his calls s"'"Mr. Sewall, | shall ap-
point your son 10 no Office
1t was not long after that that a burst
Of patriotic resentment against the foreign
policy OF the, administration led young
Harold into tia republican camp. His
father did not, apparently, think it wise to
trust all the family eggs in the republican
basket, He took his revenge in another
form. A certain newspaper sent out in
quiries to members of the democratic ma
tional committee a year or two ago asking
their position on the free coinage of silver.
New England democrats were astounded
when they read among the replies to these
inquiries one from Arthur Sewall, declaring
that he was in favor of the free coinage OF
silver. Sewall has voted with the silver
men on all occasions since then. His son
made such rapid progress In the protection
list school that he was sent as delegate-at-
large to the St. Louis convention. He is
now supporting Mckinley and the gold
standard, while his father is running as the
mate of Bryan and free silver, but II is
sac to say that the family interests will
not suffer whether Maine casts her vote for
Bryan and Sewall or for the candidate OF
the young man OF whom President Cleye-
land said TO the father, Il shall appoint
your son to no Office"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16

struggle with n disordered currency
mot only have we studded the country
cast of the Mississippi all over with
mills and workshops, factories and
furnaces . but beyond the
Mississippi, that mighty country which
some day will astonish the world with
its exceeding riches, we have built
four great transcontinental lines across
the Rocky mountains and have driven
the great American desert off the maps
and off the face of the earth" MIR.
Bayard Is wrong. 1t is not protection
that is responsible for existing con-
ditions, but the democratic assault on
protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
CONDITION or THE RESERVE.

1t is said that the manner in which
the gold reserve is holding it's own, in
spite of unfavOrnble events in the DO
litical world. is causing much gratitiCa-
ton in administration circles. 1t has
fallen below the 100000. 900. but in
view of the fact that for six weeks
the net loss has been scarcely more than
Sl,IOO,OOO per week, which is II much
better showing thar was made while
the payments for the last bonds were
going on, 1t is reasonably assumed that
there is no immediate danger of the re-
serve being rapidly depleted. What
may happen a month or two hence will
largely depend upon the political indi-
cations. Should these seem to point to
the probable election of the free silver
candidate for president there undoubt-
cdly would be II vigorous call for the
gold in the treasury. Legal tender notes
in large volume would be sent in for
redemption and part of the gold
boarded, while the return of American
securities from Europe would neceSsi-
tate heavy exports of the yellow metal.
There is little reason. however, to APP
prehend II situation of this kind. On
the contrary, the probability is that w
months hence the free silver movement
will be less formidable than it is now
and consequently that financial conf
dcnce will be stronger.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
Emotion is Deceiying,

1t is worry easy to be deceived by conven-
tion plaudits. Two men in the ante-bellum
Gays aroused lar more enthusiasm in con
v%entions than ever Mr.. Bryan evoked or
ever can. These were Henry Clay and Ste
phen A. Douglas. Another man, one of a
later day, James G. Blaine, set
Wlld. Yet all of them failed of election. All
OF these were superior to Bryan in eloauence.
All were UNNECESSARILY his superior in
ABILITY. political experience and prestige. But
each was beaten at the polls by a man totally
d~efcient in the snowy qualities which the
democrats suppose Bryan possesses and
Mhlcn lhey reiy on to give him victory.
The men who sway conventions and CON
crosses are often weak in elections.
Emotion as a factor in political campaigns
Is apt to be deceiVing. Shouts are not al
ways transmitted into votes.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
pccllncs the Medicine.

st. Paul Globe DENY.
The Globe Is not, however. prepared at this
time to support Candidate Bryan. 1t does
lieves that In a calm and thorough discuss
sion of the financial question all classes Of
people will see that the greatest good 81
the greatest number Will best be promoted
by the gold standard until such time az
the status OF silver may be changed by iu-
ternational agreement.
II may prove the wiscst course for the
democratic party to hold its organization
In the different states. especially In the
east. and conduct its state and congressional
campaigns upon sound money platforms.
By this method congress can be constituted
In a way which shall be for the best inter-
ests Of the country. Democrats can hold
their organizations locally, and not hamper
individual action ON the national ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
Duty of Democrats,

1t VIII be impossible to bolt the demo-
cratic national ticket next November. for
there is no democratic national ticket TO
bolt. There are populist-anarchist candi-
oates nominated on a populist-anarchist
platform. Such a ticket and such a plat
form bind no democrat who does not CON
fuse names with principles. The name of
the democratic party is assumed by a lct of
persons who have foisted into the platform
principles utterly repugnant to democratic
principles, strange and dangerous doctrines,
threatening alike the honor and the pros
perity of the United States. Rotten money,
class legislation, restr ictions upon the free
dom of contract, freedom of riot, and the
dependence of the supreme court are not
democratic principles, and never can be
made to be such.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
Addicks becomes a Gold Miner.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 15.-J. Edward Adj
dicks, the gas king of Delaware. is to head
a corporation to work for gold In the gravel
beds of the Cariboo. The company. which
has been incorporated under the name of the
British Northwest Gold Mining company,
limited. has a capital stock Of Sc, 900, 900
and will operate on the Fishback property
on the Quesnelle, we'll known as the most
important gold bearing districts of the
Fraser river region. In this tract are 700
acres. with an average depth to bed rock
of 275 feet, all of which. it Is estimated,
will pay at least 1914 cents per cubic yard.
The water system Of the property drains
more than forty-hve square miles of mining
urp,,pl
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
A Sweeping Revolt.

'''''H'il'hlh iIHt iutlllsDs
Never in the history of American poll
ties has there been such a sweeping revolt
of the most influential leaders and four
nalists of any political party as is now
exhibited by democratic leaders and Jour
nails in the eastern states. When half
a dozen republican journals of national
fame bolted against Grant in 1872, it was
regarded as a marvellous exhibition OF the
independence of the American newspaper,
but today there is not a single prominent
independent or democratic journal east of
P%ittsburg that supports either the candi-
dates or the platform of the so-called
democratic national convention.
Think OF New York City. the Gibraltar
Of democracy, the center OF democratic
journalism and democratic leadership,
with not a single public journal that is
known outside OF the city supporting the
s~o-called democratic nomination for pres
ident and vice president. All the New
York journals which democrats of all fac
tiOns have followed for years past, repu-
date both the Chicago candidates and
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
Row silver Would Strike Home.

"iNuS' iiliitS-IitTdll.
II free coinage of silver should become a
law OF the United States prices of commodi-
Ties would be doubled. &c.,
The first articles On which doubling the
price would appear are those We import.
or the articles we import tea and coffee
are the most important to the common peo-
pie.
Every housekeeper knows what these two
articles cost per pound today. By doubling
the price per pound the first effect of the
tree coinage OF silver can be understood.
But. it will be asked. is there no balanc-
ing advantage to be gained? The answer is
simple. Absolutely none. All the advantage
of the free coinage of silver will 90 to the
owners of silver mine property and to the
classes indirectly interested in that class of
property,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
A PRESIDENT.

Whatever the real motive was of
the man who fired at President Faurc.
the discharge of his revolver gave op.
p~ortunity for Il popular demonstration
which showed that the chief magistrate
Of France is strong in the esteem of
the people. The way in which Faure
conducted himself, too, was calculated
to arous enthusiasm He manifested
10 sign of alarm or t%ripidation and
was rs cool and calm while the firing
vas going on and after rs if no such
sensational incident had happened. No
people have Il higher appreciation Of
Such evidence of nerve than the French
people and the president has undoubt-
cdly increased his popularity by his
exhibition of it.
When President Faure was elected
there was some doubt as to whether he
possessed the qualifications for the per.
picking duties and responsibilities of u
French president. He had not had very
great experience in public affairs and
had really done nothing by which his
ability for executive duties could be
fairly judged. He was a successful
business man, but had achieved no dis
tinction in politics. The wisdom of his
selection has, however, been justified
by his course, which has been conServa-
tive, judicious and patriotic. He has
shown himself to be just the kind Of
man which the emergency called for
and if he has not bcen able to do the
almost impossible thing of commenting
himself to all parties, he has given good
satisfaction to the country and is per
hapS one of the most popular presidents
France has had since the. present re-
publican form of government was
established. One suggestion of this in
cident is that the people are loyal to
the republic and that those who would
~antagonize it are an insignificant mi.
nority. All signs point to the perma-
nence of republican institutions in
France, the only danger being in an
unsuccessful wal that would place
france at the mercy of n European
monarchy. OF that there does not now
appear to be any reason for apprehen-
sion.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-16
POpuIistic Madness.

New York Amer (dem).
After four days devoted to tramping on
the most cherished traditions of the great
democratic party the mob of silver lunatics
and populist cranks who usurped the func-
lions of the national convention at Chicago
have set up a platform and a candidate. The
platform advocates the mad experiment of
Tree and unlimited coinage of silver, tricked
out with demagogue appeals to class and
sectional hatred and sops to anarchy and
the rankest socialism. The candidate is
fully in accord with all this. He thoroughly
represents all that is reprehensible and to
be condemned In the pleas for national dis
honor, financial disaster and party disgrace
that built up the Chicago platform.