The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-10

Great Changes Wrought ia Tho business
and Financial SITUATION.
Tho Now N.rl- Tf.r..II

and Financial SITUATION.
The New York Herald OF yesterday
says.
n looking back ON the change that
"H' hern wrought BOO tnc business and
hhdh'ial situation iy Tue ,lc,lOu-iu.
~of- col 30 uu,ed people performed DO
one aI}-the iIuutc paid 10 the memory
"i Alexander Hamilton by Daniel Ncu-
aier at once su.-csis Itself. IlC suiOtc
tlle 4oDA cod natIui.-iI ic-Oultt- aud auulu-
Ie touched thc dead corpse OK PUZZLE
~Iedit ana 30 apiAus upon I4- ltct.
Mofc instant tAau followed tue rcvivi-
cation oi trade lu Hamilton ume has
uDru the response ui business 10 the
people VIII aullns tle last week.. pub
nc credit VAS assaulted. threatened Win
determination, business lansulancd. tne
resources or commerce We're detected
rom tAcIr natural channels ana sea- ut~-
tered. The tlILeua awaited with uuN-
Icty. fearful that the MASSES mIsnt ao-
cane Tor Iepudiatlou ana national ols-
honor.
low speedily came the change One
day altered the complcNion OF everything.
Tho clicks OF the telegraph lnsii uncuis
that gave To the world the news ol the
sound-mouey victory sct in motion Tie
wheels OF many au idle mlli. summoned
10 the workshop the unemployed, called
tine merchant. tuc banker. tnD clerk. and
the salesman % Office and counting house.
released millions OF hoaldcd capital ana
Save the signal Tor the return OK pros
ucrity.
tuesday. November go. as % now app
pears. marks an epoch ln commercial
history. An epoch. moreover. not con-
fined 10 the Iutcfcs ts-lu,lnt-s ANA iudu-
cIal-of this country alone nut or aI
civilized communities with Wnich lhe
citizens Of the Federal Government Hoid
intercourse. The English ana aii Euro
pcan Continental markets. the f1r last
and the republics OF the Southern Oonu-
uent of the Americas awuittu WIN I"-
tercst not unwiXed with fear the oe'isinn
OF the American people conc'ihlhE l'e
system OF finance. The re~polrs 10 iu".
decision has been unmisidNAult. 'It
a has been reelected nrst ~ the specu-
laflve market rs not a matter "l "oN"''
for as the barometer gives tlmel3 W|ln-
mo of f.i.r weather o. toni. so the most
,rcrcurial OF an markets AFFORDS the
first indication Of what must l"hoW H
no more stable. At present the indcN
points 10 prosperity. ana al 3l-ua arc
favorable 10 the condition lh"l''''"'
Great political economists VINO nave
viewed America from the DAYS or AlrNls
de Tocqucvillo 20 those OF james Bryce,
lave rotnnarod orr presidential elections
90 Quadrennial revolutions Inc accu-
racy of the comparison. Whcn no great
ireffos wore involved has been questioned
or disnuted but IN the present instance
a.. .i-ni. IS ant For nearly or quite
twenty years both leading poutitil parties
have sought 10 trim ana ntut' on hlt
TORS financial. nor would mo issue nave
been brought TO the culminaunS pom.
daring thc present campaign n'ull...l Tot
10, doeparafc straits OF tht iop". ail'
element The decisive victory OF me
united people is indeed radical ana ret N
,i,,tionarr and the change wrought ln
he business situation as soon as IN smf
verdict was announced ana 'aD D,.,o,,,,,e
va" Az tbcorv an Guadrennial revolutions.
FROM all parts OF tne ,2u DUN me ~
reports OF business feNiNVsdi' IN TIE Herald
'enssiNe l No. fIe sentiment thnt pIeH5,,,,s
daily ," tbe merchants Of ne city gil VIEW
S ,@ Tie return Of prosper''t1gs vaii street
, W the situation heiP,rree psnK statement
,',ricf 10 cver.oo" '-o
80 lbs, Saturday.