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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,

!. Tariff, not only to furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses OF the
government. but to protect American Ia
Dor from degradation to the wage leVei
of other lands. 2. Reciprocal agreements
for open markets and discriminating du-
ties in favor OF the American merchant
marine. 8. Maintenance of the existing
gold standard and opposition to free coin.
age of silver except by international
agreement with the leading commercial
nations Of the world. 4. Pensions and
preferences for veterans OF the Union
army. 8. A firm. vigorous and dignified
foreign policy. g. The Hawaiian Islands
to be controlled by the United States; the
Nicaraguan canal to be built; a naval sta
tion In the West Indies. Z. Protection OF
American citizens and property In Turkey.
3. Reassertion of the Monroe doctrine.
Eventual withdrawal Of European powers
from this hemisphere and union OF all
Engiish-speaking people on this continent.
g. The United States actively to use inilu-
ence to restore peace and give independ-
ence to Cuba. 10. Enlargement OF the
navy, defense of harbors and seacoasts.
ii. Exclusion Of illiterate and immoral I'm
migrants. Il. Reapproval of the civil SER
vice law. 13 A free ballot and an honest
count. "A. Condemnation Of lynching. 10.
Approval Of national arbitration. l6. Ap-
proval Of a free homestead law. II. Ad-
mission of the remaining territories. rep
resentation for Alaska and abolition OF
oarpet-bag federal officers. IS. sympathy
with legitimate efforts to lessen intemper-
ance. 10. Sympathetic reference to "the
rights and interests of woman."-Con-
densed by the Times-Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
Fair PLAY for Cameron,

On one point we must admit that we
are skeptical; and that is that Senator
Cameron contemplates making a cam
paign for reelection. 1t is true that
several influential persons have recently
in public manner put forward the as
sertion that his letter of withdrawal
was not genuine; that it was really part
of a studied plot to deceive and confuse
the people, divide the field with a num-
Der of decoy candidates and finally en-
able these spurious candidates to
throw their following to Cameron and
re-elect him. But in nearly every in
stance when this assertion has been
traced to Its original source, it has
been found to emanate from the mer-
cenary syndicate of professional poll
ticians which, with Frank Willing
Leach at their head, has recently been
employed by John Wanamaker to set
up the next legislature in his inter-
est.
In other words, the godly Philadel-
phian who on Sunday expounds morals
to Sunday school, does not scruple,
on week days. to impute to Senator
Cameron motives that would be grossly
dishonorable. in order to play upon q
popular prejudice against Mr.. Cameron
and trick the public intA Q false belief
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
The Election Of Bryan Would
Mean a Silver Standard
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
1t is a popular error that IL Mr.. Bryan
were elected president it would require
legislation to bring this country to the
silver standard of value; and many be-
lieve that when the issue has to be faced
by the senate and house, no such vicious
legislation could succeed. The plain truth
is that the election of Mr.. Bryan to the
presidency would bring the silver stand
ard with his Inauguration; and the fact
that the degradation Of our currency
would be inevitable on March next,
would precipitate a national CONFUSION
and would put high premium upon gold
after Mr.. Bryan's election was assured.
OF all the many government bonds,
notes. ETC.. which are to be redeemed in
money, only $iO6S7, 1S9 are redeemable in
gold. That IN the amount of gold GER
tificates outstanding on the first OF the
present month. All the other obligations
of the government, including bonds, sill
yer certificates, treasury notes and United
States notes, are redeemable in coin. and
as silver is today invested with all the
legal recognition as coin that Is accord
ed to gold, the president and secretary of
the treasury could pay any or all of these
obligations in silver. There are in round
numbers $3ii,OO0.OOO Of silver certificates.
$l2s, 100000 of treasury notes. and $685. 7O0.-
600 of United States notes now issued by
the government and In circ Ilation. There
are thus $S19. 900 of paper money issued
BY the United States that II redeemable
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
AN HONEST DOLLAR.
From the Times-Herald.

From the Times-Heralu.
There IL 100 cents worth of gold in the
gold dollar of the United States. II the
advocates of free silver dollars wish to
give the country free silver dollar why
do they not propose to put into 1t 100 cents
worth of silver? Then it also would be
an honest dollar.
There are two reasons why they Will
not do this. The rfist Is that they know
people would require handcarts and ex-
press-wagons to carry the big things
around. and therefore. would refuse to
carry the present silver dollar in any con-
siderable number at a time, on account
of its inconvenient weight and size.
The second reason Is that II 100 cents
worth of silver We're put into silver dol
lar the owners of uncoined silver would
not be accomplishing their real purpose.
That real purpose is not to make the sill
yer dollar still more obnoxious by increas-
ing it's size, but to compel the people of
the United States to accept 50 cents
worth of silver as dollar worth 100
cents.
The owners of uncoined silver have not
the slightest intention of giving the coun-
try an honest dollar and nobody knows
this better than they themselves.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
SOME OFFICIAL FIGURES.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
In his speech at Madison Square Gar
den, Mr.. Bryan said that while the golt
standard raises the purchasing power al
the dollar. it makes it more difficult tc
obtain possession of the dollar" If this
We're true 1t would not inevitably be gooC
argument against the gold dollar or g
strong plea for a cheaper dollar. The
value Of the latter, measured by its pur.
chasing power and the labor required tc
obtain it, as compared with the former
might make 1t bad bargain. But Mr.
Bryan's statement is not in harmony witt
accepted facts. 1t is his misfortune tc
have collided with the census tables, anC
either he or they must give way.
During the decade between 1850 and 1881
this country was, as 1t Is now, under the
gold standard. The census shows that
in that period, the average yearly wages
of workers in all kinds of factories in.
creased from 1924 to $iSS The number Ci
such employees increased In that time near
ly 100 per cent, rising from 2,732,595 tc
4,7l2,6a2 The total amount of their wages
more than doubled. In 1880 tho wage.
earners in our manufacturing industries
received $9l7, ,953,795. In 1890 they received
So 2SS, ,al6, 529. All these dollars were as
good as gold, and their purchasing power
was steadily increased by the decreased
cost of production. due to the progress OF
invention and the opening up of vast
areas of farming lands. Between 1851
and 1890, and for two years thereafter
the wage-earners got dollars, with less
difficulty, and got more for each dollar
than at any previous time in our nationa
history.
Mr.. Bryan on the same occasion sale
that railroad rates have not been re-
duced to keep pace with falling prices
The farmer had thus found 1t more anc
more difficult to live" The official sta
tistics, as published by the general gov
ernment, show that in 1872 to ship bush
ell of wheat from Chicago to the sea
board by rail cost 3? so cents. In 1873 /,
cost 12.17 cents. by lake and rail routes
it cost % cents In 1872, and 6.95 cents ir
1895. BY lake and canal routes 1t cos'
2447 cents in 1872, and All cents In 1888.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
BRIGHT POINTS.

Baltimore Herald: The definition of
cheap money is dear prices, any way you
twist 1t.
Chicago Tribune Any fool can make a
convincing argument If he doesn't feel
compelled TO pay any attention to the
facts.
Iowa State Register: If the United
States has sufficient power to establish a
ratio Of 16 to l. why not equal power to
establish a ratio of to 1?
Iowa Capitol: The free silverites are
promising the farmer a dollar a bushel
for wheat, the laboring man cheaper -four.
1t takes nerve to make these conflicting
promises.
Kansas City Journal: The trouble about
doubling the prices of living with free
silver. so far as the workingman is con-
cerned. is the fact that no guarantee Of
doubling wages goes with 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

beat the forces OF reputation and an
archy, to maintain the national credit,
to reject the gospel Of riot. The way
to do II is to vote for William McKin-
ley. 1t will not pay to take any
chances" Nothing can be added to this
advice. The man who is not for Nc
Kinley is necessarily against sound
money. That is how the situation has
shaped itself and it will do no good
to try to pretend otherwise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
The Paramount Issue.

We are glad to notice that in his ripe
and well-phrased speeches to the dele
cations which from time to time visit
him at Canton, Major Mckinley Is TAX
ing nothing back He still asserts, up
on appropriate occasions, that the fun
damental difficulty before the Ameri-
can people is wrong adjustment of
the tariff, and that until that wrong
adjustment is righted the country will
not experience that measure of we'll
diffused prosperity to which by every
natural advantage 1t is clearly entitled.
The Republican press has met the
enemy on the money question, point by
point. Because this question Is COM
paratively new to the majority OF read
ers 1t has responded with alacrity to
the popular demand for information.
From this circumstance 1t may have
been inferred that the Republican line
of battle was to be shifted from the
tariff question to the currency issue.
But the well-cOnsidered addresses of
the Republican standard-bearer con-
clusively demonstrate that such an in
ference Is erroneous. Identified as
William Mckinley is with the doctrine
Of Protection to American labor and
American industries, it would be a
piece Of incredible self-stultfication
were he now to consent to a shelving
of the tariff as topic Of economic de-
bate. Four years ago he predicted
what has come to pass and foretold
the disaster which has resulted from an
attempted obliteration of Protection
Today he owes his presidential nomi-
nation to the fulfillment of his prophe.
cy and to the popular consciousness
that his style Of tariff is the kind that
keeps labor at work. The mistake OF
1892 is being repented in 1896, and II
would be folly thousand fold multi.
piled for Major Mckinley to keep 81.
lent on this vital aspect of the situa.
tion.
1t is true that the Democratic nomi.
nee favors free silver. which is a policy
fraught with enormous. although as ye
problematical hazards, But 1t is alsc
true that he ID just as radical an ad.
vocate Of free trade, a policy whose
dangers have within the past three
years been seen and felt. He strives
to keep this. fact in the background
but he cannot remove 1t from view
He has said that he would not stop un.
til "the last vestige Of Protection shall
be eradicated." He is an extremist
among free traders; revolutions
as well on the tariff as on the money
issue. The Republican party owes Il
to a country which partial adoption
Of Bryan's free trade views has al
but bankrupted; to the workingmer
whose work it has sacrificed and whost
wages 1t has reduced; to the bushes,
interests generally upon which it hal
inflicted wanton loss to bring this fac
out clearly before the people and lie
them make up their ballots with 1t Il
mind.
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as to the necessity of his own election

as to the necessity of his own election
to Cameron's place
There Is a commandment in Holy
Writ which says: Thou shalt not bear
false witness" But to all appearances
this has been eliminated from the Wan
amaker decalogue. or else has been
ground to pieces in the ex-postmaster
generals boasted mixing of politics and
religion. Instead we have an unblushlng
display Of the ethics OF the bargain
counter. in which cheating is apparent
ly placed at the top of the list of vir-
tues, and "every thing goes"
For our own part. while we have moth
ing in common with Senator Cameron,
yet we have every reason to suspect
that his written word is as much to be
relied upon as Is the defamatory whis-
per of the ambitious merchant who
aches to fill Cameron's shoes. The
party, at all events. proposes to act
upon the supposition that Cameron in
his letter to Senator McCarrell told the
truth and meant to retire. But 1t does
not necessarily follow that because
Cameron will not be elected next WIN
ter. his defamer will. There are better
senatorial possibilities within view
than John Wanamaker and at the
proper time they will doubtless be made
known.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

We wonder why the editor Of The Trib-
une thinks 1t necessary to keep writing
on the currency question, which he has
conclusively settled so often in his four or
six line editorial notes.-ScrantOn Times.
For one reason. because the Times
Is q daily demonstration that there Is
still much misinformation to dispel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
NEITHER FACT NOR FANCY.

From the New York Sun.
1t was once said o., Disraeli that his
politics was a romance, while he himself
was a fiction founded on fact. The epi-
gram is not an unfair definition of the pop
ocrat candidate who came out of the west
and now wishes that he had stayed there.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

By what special right does Mr.. Bryan
assume to speak for the common peo-
ple?" Before he usurps this preroga-
tive let him show his credentials.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

And now the Bryanites charge
Bourke Cochran with getting paid to
argue for sound money. The charge
is authoritatively denied, but 1t
wouldn't make any difference II 1t were
true. Bryan, too, gets paid when he
speaks; and he doesn't say much,
either.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
WARMING UP.

From the Dos Moines Lea der.
The English language grows richer ir
its epithet department as the campaign
progressesI
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

When the local free silver organs en-
counter an argument they cannot an
swer, they at once begin to becloud
the atmosphere by calling names. A
case in point is the Times abuse of
Edward Atkinson. who is known the
world over as one of the greatest of
living statisticians.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
LEGISLATIVE

Senate, 2lst Distrct-COL. w. j. SCOTT.
Representative, 20 Distr!ct-A. 7. CON-
NELL: Sd District-DR N. Z.
MACkEY.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

II would say to a voter, You are
either In favor Of a silver dollar pos
sessing the same purchasing and debt
paying power as the gold dollar. or you
must be In favor Of a dollar which will
buy less and pay less than a gold dol
lar. II you favor the latter you must
advocate a law compelling the Ameri-
can farmer and the American laborer
to accept for their products and toll
dollars which will pay less debts and
buy less of those things which they
need than the dollar which now circu-
lates in this country. If you propose
to compel our farmers and mechanics
to accept dollars with one-half the pur-
chasing and debt-paying powers of our
present dollars. they will both be rob-
bed of one-half the just fruits Of their
toll; or you must be prepared to guar
antee them double price and a double
wage in the new silver dollar Your
promise to this effect Is based upon
nothing but the vaguest kind Of theor-
izing. You could not borrow a dollar
no! not Mexican dollar on a written
promise of that kind without collateral
security; and yet you ask the toiler
of this country to accept your word
as their only guarantee. ."-Senator
Thurston in the Rochester Post-Ex-
press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

81 do not know what You think
about Ii, but believe that it is q
good deal better to open the
mills Of the United States to the
labor Of America than to open up
the mints Of the United States
to the silver of the world"
WILLIAM M'kINLEY.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

Senator Thurston puts 1t in these
words: "If Rothschild were to sail into
New York harbor with a great ship
loaded with foreign silver bullion which
had cost him one hundred millions of
dollars, and should ask this government
to pass law compelling our people to
accept that silver bullion in exchange
for their products and their labor at
Just twice the price paid for it by Roths-
child, the members of congress who
would vote for such a measure would
be hung to the nearest lamp-post; and
yet that is what the free and unlimited
coinage Of the worlds product Of sill
yer means"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

"The thing to do." says the Sun; in
speaking Of the approaching Indian.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

MIR. Bryan calls this thinking cam.
paign." That is what it is and that is
why Mr.. Bryan will sustain defeat The
thinking voters will have none Of him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

Congress-WlLIIAM CONEEiIL4.
Cpmmissioners-S. w. ROBERTS, GILES
ROBERTS.
Auditors-A. e. KIEFER. FRED L.
WARD.
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1t doesn't take 16 of William McKin
ley's sentences to coin one idea.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

An interesting object-lesson may be
seen in the window Of The Tribune's
business office. On a card are two sill
yer dollars. One-a Mexican dollar-is
larger and finer than the other and con-
tains more silver, yet Is worth only
fraction more than 81 cents; while the
other-a gold-backed American silver
dollar--is good the world over Cor was
until the free silver movement cast
doubt upon our maintenance of the gold
standardO for 100 cents. The Mexican
dollar Is free coinage dollar; the
American, q gold-standard dollar.
Which one would the American work.
ingman prefer to receive In payment OF
his wages?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24

Loan Association will loan you money
on easier terms and pay you better on
Investment than any other association.
Call on 8. N. Calender. Dime Bank
building.
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Miscellaneous.

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dings and concert work furnished. Far
terms address r. ]. Bauer conductor.
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music etore
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supplies, envelopes. paper bags, twine.
Warehouse. 100 Warrington ave. Scran.
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COUNTY.

Congressmen ef -Large-<fALUSHA a.
GROW. SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-01
CAPT. BOuRKE.

In our army are many officers
who, if they chose to put away
the sword and take up the pen,
would achieve high standing in
the world of letters. One of
i these officers, excellent in his
military record and admirable
as man of letters, was Capt.
John G. Bourke, Of the Third
Cavalry, who died at hospital
in Philadelphia yesterday. He
was the favorite aided de camp
of the late Gen. Crook, and
campaigning for years in The
Southwest, was a shrewd and
scholarly observer of the GUS
toms OF the aborigines of that
section, The result of these ob-
servations he en- bodied in very
interesting monographs on the
Moqnis and other people, who
have either begun Il civilization
or retained the memories of one
that has gone by. He was one
of the most profound of stu
dents Of America folklore and
one Of the most interesting of
writer's on that subjrct.-Bos-
ton Transcript
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-01

1st. 300 acres Of land, two miles
from city hall of Brownsyil e, stu
ated on Resaca la Guerra, and a
horseshoe ailiuent of such resaca,
on mail road, suitable for fruit or
chards, 30 acres now in irrigation,
with pecan, walnut, chestnnts,
plum, peach, pear, apricot, cherry,
japanese persimmon, Zig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-divided
INTO 5 or 10 acre lots, giving each
abundant water supply, there being
depth of 5 to Is feet of water all
seasons of the year Price SO TO
S25 per acre. according to location
Will sell in body at special rates.
81. 80 pieces adjoining, one of
zoo and the other of 100 acres, situ-
ated on Resaca Rancho Viejo, five
miles from city hall on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded by
water of 10 to 10 feet in depth, 40
acTes under irrigation. his land
is equal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands, and can
he made "a paying investment for a
fruit orchard or truck gardening
Can be sub divided into 5 to 10
acre lots Price SO to si25 per
acre; whole tract on special terms.
81. 100 acre tract two miles
from the city of brownsville, on
resaca, with good water supply.
Ebony, Mesquite, Ash, Hack berry
and other timbers. AIluvial soil.
TO one who desires to sub divide in
small tracts, this is paying in
yestment. Sold in bulk only. Price
$40 per acre.
4th. $4,000 acres in one body,
having a frontage of about six
miles on the Rio Grande Railroaj
pm the south, and the ArroyJ Col
oraGo on the north. Well timber
ed along the streams and lakes; ba>
lance prairie. Includes within its
limits The famous battle fields of
PaIo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
Arabic and pasture. Price s., per
acre.
5th. A tract adjoining No. 4,
which together with that tract will
include 100000 acres in one body
very desirable. Special terms to
colpnizisE.
9th. 10000 acre tract about
three miles, from the Arroyo Post
Office. This land is well timbered
and watered, soil alluvlal. adapted
to fruits, cotton, corn, cane, etc.
Special terms to any one buying
tract, oblioating TO colonize.
Ut. 1900 acre trsct, fronting On
the Rin Grande. ubont twenty miles
from Brownsville aud miles from
Santa Maria, 800 acoes under culti-
vat on on lew lands on river front
AL good arabic land. Price SO per
acre.
Sth. 725 ceres. triangular form.
fronting on Rio Craode, l6 miles
above Brow, sviile good land. Well
waiered. Price $4,000.
9Th. Numerous tracts OF pasture
lands from 1900 to 5000 acres eact
in different parts of the county.
1Oth. This il "a very 4, sirahlc
place FIR small frnit or truck farm
containing l0I acres, with new
hrirk dwelling Of rnoms, frame sta
ble end other out'honses. aud large
undergone cistern: three mills from
Brownsville on Resaca de Ia Palma
on the county road.