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The National tribune., 1896-08-20

One Of the absurdities of the Chicago
platform is the plank which demands
:" such legislation as will prevent for the
future the demonstration of any kind
of legal-tender money by private con-
tract" Now, a contract between private
individuals is a contract, and unless it
belongs to the very small class which are
against public policy, must be carried
out. The Constitution expressly for
bids Congress to make any law which
will impair the validity of contracts.
According to the Popocratic theory, a
man who had contracted to deliver 100
bushels of wheat might get out of it by
delivering 100 bushels Of corn or oats,
or anything else that would suit him
best.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

Corn is not worth 50 much as wheat
because more bushels of corn can be
raised to the acre with less labor than
wheat. But we raise about four times
as much corn as wheat, there is inn
mensely more ground suited to corn
than wheat, and corn is the poor mans
crop; " the poor mans food" Any
body can raise corn who has industry
enough to drop few grains in holes dug
along hillside. Why not, therefore,
pass a law decreeing that bushel of
corn shall be worth as much as bushel
of wheat? This would be just as SEN
sible as Free Silver legislation.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20
WHY, INDEED?

If pensions are not to be reduced one
half by being paid in deprecated silver,
why are the Free Silver men SO vocifer-
GUS about " reducing the expenses of the
Government by Free Coinage"
Why did they vote down by an over
whelming majority Senator Hills reso-
luton that the new financial system
should not apply to existing obligations
and contracts?
Why did they make no reservation or
expression in favor of the pensioners?
The only allusion to them in the
Chicago platform was alarmingly signi-
cant from its brevity and narrowness OF
range.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

If the Popocrats were only as ready
with genuine facts and figures as they
are with epithets and bad language, what
terrible opponents they would be. But
the less one of them really knows, the
more vigorous he is in calling nameA
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

II under Free Coinage the value of
the dollar depreciates only SO much as
10 per cent, the loss TO the wage earners
will be incalculable. The man who gets
50 week will get only $50, while
everything that he and his family buy
will go up in price. Will he not be
foolish to vote himself poorer than he
now is?
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

THE Free Silverites have much to say
concerning the hardness of heart of
bankers and money lenders. Do they
imagine that under Free Silver the
owners of silver mines and bullion are
going to be any softer-hearted than
bankers? Are they more liable to be
liberal in parting with their bullion or
the dollars into which it is coined ?
That is not human nature.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20
WHAT rnEY PROMISED.

These same men promised that it they
were allowed to reform the tariff that
wages would go Up, the prices of the
necessaries of life would cope down, our
exports would increase enormously, and
measureless prosperity would bless the
country. They were taken at their
word, and more than three years OF I'M
paraIleled misery and loss has been the
result.
These same men promised that if the
minis would renew the coinage OF the
silver dollar, that the price of silver
would go UP, that the people would
greedily take the dollars as fast as they
came from the minis, that silver would
become the money of the people, and be
used constantly and everywhere in daily
business.
They we're taken at their word. The
minis began coming from 24,0oo,0o0
to 3S,0O0,O00 silver dollars year, or
from three to five times rs many as had
been coined in the whole 81 years prior
to 1873. But the price of silver did
not go up. On the contrary, the value
of the amount contained i'll silver dol
lar sank from SO cents, which it was
when we began recoinage in 1878, to II
cents In 1889. Instead OF the people
being greedy for the silver dollars, no
efforts that the Government could make
could induce them to circulate. No
body seemed to want them. The
Treasury had to build enormous vaults
in which to store tile hundreds of mil
lions of silver dollars which the people
stubbornly refused to use in their daily
business.
Then these same men said that the
trouble was that we were not doing
enough for silver. Everything would
be all right if we would only increase
the dose given the patient. Again they
were taken at tbfira word. Congress
passed law directing the purchase of
al! the silver produced by American
mines, over and above what mi ht be
needed for use in the arts. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury was directed to buy
100000 ounces of Silver month, or
100000 ounces a. year. This was
more than twice as much silver as was
produced in the whole world in year
prior to 1873. He spent 139,0O0,000
in three years in carrying out this law.
In spite of this herculean and expen-
sive effort the pricelof silver continued
to fall rapidly until to-day the value of
the silver in dollar is about SO cents.
The repugnance of the people to the
silver dollar was as invincible as ever,
and to-day, after IS years of this strug-
gle to get people TO take silver. the num-
Der Of silver dollars in the hands Of the
people is much less than at any time since
the resumption of their coinage.
Nothing beats practical trial.
With such record as this what con-
fidence can we have in the promises OF
these men?
The National tribune., 1896-08-20
NATIONAL TRIBUNE PORTRAIT CARD

NATIONAL TRIBUNE PORTRAIT CARDS.
Every veteran who is going to the
National Encampment, or who is going
to make trip anywhere this Summer
among his friends, wants a package
of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE Portrait
Cards. They are the best souvenirs OF
himself that he can leave among bis
friends, since they give not only bis pic.
ture, as good as photograph, but his
company, regiment, GAR Post, and
present residence. A package of loo
of these viii be printed and sent to any
address for 50, just the cost of the most
ordinary GAR. cards. The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE for one year and a package
Of the cards for $3.50. Send good
photograph with the order. The photo
graph will be returned, if desired.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

consequence IN our circulation chat it
had cost great deal to attempt to keep
up the double standard, without any re-
sulting success; that gold was in reality
the money of the people; that it was the
chief product Of our mines that our
business had always been conducted on
gold basis, and that the silver dollar
had proved itself useless and costly
superfuity.
Our correspondent demands a fair
trial for silver" We think that if ever
a financial idea was given fair trial, the
reconciliation of silver has had that.
Much was done between 1892 and 1878
to get the silver dollar into circulation
and keep it there; inconceivably more
has been done since 1878, and that by
men who are now denounced as the bit
terest enemies of silver
Prior to 1878 there had been but
S,031, 23S silver dollars coined. Be
tween March /, 1878, and June 30,
1896, there we're 430,79O,041 coined, or
nearly "a times as many. In addition
TO this the Treasury, in order to sustain
the price of silver, was ordered to buy
100000 ounces of silver per month,
or nearly the estimated product of our
mines. 1t continued this purchase from
July, 1890, until Nov. /, 1898. 1t ex-
pended in this way S137,771,2 $50. But
in spite of all these herculean efforts
the price of silver continued to fall.
At the rate of 16 to l an ounce OF
fine silver is worth S129 cents in gold
When the Government resumed the
coinage of the silver dollar in 1873 an
ounce of fine silver was worth S1.15.
This year, after the minis have coined
s430,790,041, and bought in addition
over S100,O00,O0 worth of bullion
the price is only 6S cents an ounce.
bof f,.r he, f.,n
could be given?
All this time the Government has
been making the most extraordinary
efforts to get the people to take the
silver dollars and use them In their daily
business. 1t has spent large sums in
sending the dollars out. 1t will to-day
send them, express free, to anybody who
will send other money for them.
But in spite Of this the big dollars
would stay in tie Treasury. When
sent out they would come back in the
shortest possible time. Aug. /, 1896,
there were only 51,999.797 silver dol
lars in the hands of the people, while
379.S52,244 were bullying out the walls
of the Treasury vaults In July alone
176, POI of these dollars were sent back
to the Treasury.
In the face of this overwhelming test
of actual experience, is it not absurd to
| talk of still farther efforts to "reinstate
silver as money
What our comrade says about the
silver mines being on the brink of ex.
haustion is not borne out by the mass OF
other evidence. While there may be
exhausted mines in his neighborhood,
the general testimony is that we have
not neared the maximum Of silver pro
duction. The really great mines show
no signs of exhaustion, and the proba.
bility is that the worlds enormous ont
put of 175,000,00O ounces in one year
could be readily doubled if the induce.
ment of Free Coinage were offered, and
silver become as plentiful as copper was
a half century ago.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

SEND for No. II, of the NATIONAL
TRIBUNE LIBRARY, which contains an
authoritative life Of Maj. VIM. Mckinley,
of Ohio, who has just been nominated
for the Presidency by the Republican
party. Price 5 cents copy; six for 70
cents; 30 for 81; SO per 100. 1t will
readily sell in every community i'll the
country.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

IT IS pleasant to hear that Bryan has
decided to make speeches in Philade[
phia, Baltimore, and other leading cities.
We sincerely hope that his voice will
not give out, or Gorman interfere again
to pull him off.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

If under Free Coinage the silver dollar
is to be worth just as much as dollar is
to-day, it will be just as hard to get as a
dollar is to-day. Where, then, will be
the gain? If it will not be worth as
much as the dollar is to-day, then all
those who are working for fixed wages
will be defrauded and injured by just
as much as the dollar is deprecated.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20
LIFE OF MCKINLEY.

The Life of Maj. VIM. Mckinley"
by John McElroy, contains, in addition
to the biography, sketch of the Repub-
lican National Convention, the Platform,
the votes for Mckinley and Hobart, etc.
It has all the facts in the smallest posi-
BILE compass. Sent to any address for
5 cents
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

GERMANY was a Free Silver country
until 1870, when she demonetized silver
and adopted the gold standard. Ger
many has lad more prosperity since 1870
than all ker previous history.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

We will again furnish irst-class re-
turn-trip tickets to the National En-
campment for clubs of subscribers 10 THE
NATION TRIBUNE or THE AMERICAN
FARMER. Go to work at once soliciting
subscribers for both these. Send to US
for all the sample copies you may need,
and notify US that such subscribers as you
send in are to be applied on your ticket.
Write US as to how many subscribers
YOU must secure. You can easily pro.
vide yourself with a ticket 10 this way
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

If silver will have such beneficial
effect on prices, why has the injection of
nearly half a billion of it into our cur
rency not produced better results?
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

Those having The NATIONAL TRIB-
uNE LIBRARY, sets l to 6, certainly
want the next, 81 to II. Sent 25
cents !or the set.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

There is just one plank of the Popu-
list platform which ave approve. 1t reads !:
ave demand that Postal Savings
Banks be established by the Govern
ment for the safe deposit of the savings
of the people and to facilitate exchange"
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has for
wears been an earnest advocate of the
Postal Savings Bank system, and we
believe that few things would be OF
more benefit to the common people.
We shall urge the matter on Presi-
dent Mckinley and the next Congress.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

THE Popocrats are in a dilemma.
They have already discovered their own
incompetency to manage the campaign,
and their need of a master-hand like
Germans, but they fear if he once gets
that hand ON the Unbelievable it will
be a decisive good-by to all who have
been running things up to date.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20
THE FIRST RIMErALL1sr.

THE
The Scriptures would Indicate that Solomon
was bimetaIlist. and that he succeeded in keep
ing both metals on u parity. Chronicles. i:
Is, reads:
And the King made silver and gold at Jeru-
The National tribune., 1896-08-20
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE

WASHINGTON, ID. c, AUGUST &c. 1896.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

.z,5-sD a. -s ..sTOs rOsr orfst As rsrrss
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

Truth: Mr.. Youngly-There is saying that
there's no fool like an old fool
Miss Newiy-But that saying originated be-
fore you were born.
The National tribune., 1896-08-20

Candidate sewall boasts that his ships hav
sailed on every sea. Now he has booked him
self for forlorn trip on the mournful water
of Salt River.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
The Wall From Butler.

Eulduld Ilihco.
A wall comes up from Butler county
Four years ago old Butler gave KolE
about 1900 majority. What was left OF
the pops had a primary last Saturday
and the returns (unoficiaD places the
complete vote at 592. Now, people, what
do you think of that for slump? From
1900 majority to 592 total vote? Again
we inquire, what do you think of that
Here is Colonel Whitehead's own private
preserves slumping with an awful slump.
In fact, the returns seem TO indicate that
the pop party is dead in Butler, where
populism ought to live if it ought to live
anywhere on EARTH We had set aside
Butler for the paradise of the pops, and
here we have it going democratic again.
IF we are not to have any political fight
anywhere in the state we might as Wei
go to the seashore and enjoy ourselves.
1t does not appear as If Goodwin VIII be
able to interest Johnston in any county.
What pity, what pity.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
alabama Christian Advocate,

alabama Christian Advocate,
The Southern Medical Dispensary Ia
the leading institution of its kind in Biz.
mngham and has been instrumental in
erecting the cure OF many serious cases.
and thus carrying healing and happiness
to many homes. DR.. o. II. Dozier, head
of the Southern Medical Dlspensary-
gives his entire time and personal super.
vision to the work. and brings to bear q
careful medical training in the best COL
leges Of the land and long and valua-
BILE experience in the treatment of speciaI
diseases. His professional standing fs
unimpeachable and his character as a
gentleman and citizen is above reproa CHI.
CWinona, Miss. Times.)
DR.. Dozier is q specialist of great repu-
tation and has been unusually successful
in his practice. He never undertakes a
case unless reasonably sure of q cure He
Is high,toned gentleman and can be con-
suited with the utmost confidence.
ATLANTA Constitution
DR.. o. I. Dozier, the head of the South
ern Medical Dispensary of Birmingham.
Ala, Is a specialist of nearly twenty
years experience in the treatment of
his uniform success has given him lead
ing position In the medical profession In
that CITY.
Sunday Morning Starr
DR.. DoZier's success has been simply
marvellous and has elected the most en-
thusiastc words of praise and gratitude
from the dispensary's many patrons from
all over the state.
Sumter County SUM-
DR.. DoZiers reputation as specialist
| has overstepped the bounds of Alabama
and he is known all over the south.
(Anniston Hot Blast.)
Among the most noted and successful
specialists in this country are DIR. Dozier
C Co. They have extended their business
| from year to year and the patronage
| given to them in the several surroundings
| states is most gratifying. DR.. Dozier
| is a heightened, polished. Christian gem
| tleman and has many warm personal
| friends In Admission who knew him years
ago when practicing in Rome. Ga.
Peoples Weekly Tribune)
AS a specialist DIR. Dozier is unexcelled
by any living physician. His reputation
at home and abroad Is such that physi-
clans in this city and from distance
frequently send him patients that they
are unable to cure, and he never fails to
effect a cure. All Birmingham Is proud
and honored to have such distinguished
man as a citizen.
| DR.. Dozier is a Georgian by birth, q
| heightened, cultured Christian gentle
man. strictly honest In all his dealings
and financially responsible for all his
| contracts.
| Address
r. DIR. DOzier & Co.,
p. o. Box 112. BIRMINGHAM. Ala:
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
DON'T MAKE A WRY FACE
CONTINUED From Ninth Page.)

a. We are opposed to a constitutional
state convention, under any pretext, as
the main object will be to disfranchise the
uliteate and poor, as set forth in the
Joseph F. Johnston thirteenth plank in
the state platform in 1892, and attempted
fourteenth plank.
Is. We pledge our hearty and undivided
support to the nominees of the state ticket
whoever they may be, they pledging
themselves to support the foregoing prln-
ciples.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
Pop Tactics in Butler.

The populists in Butler county are
showing the public how they will run the
state if they get control of the admins
tration of affairs They have had two
primary elections for county officers. AS
the first did not go the way the managers
wanted it to go they declared the election
void and burned the returns, although
several of the candidates were nominated
without opposition. Now they have held
the second primary, and, so great is the
disgust of the rank and file and so num-
erous have been the relapses to democrat
cy, that the poll is ridiculously small, too
small for utterance; and the managers
are hiding it. The registered whlte vote
of the county is 237S; it is or has been a
populist county. There were not 400 votes
cast in this last primary of the populist
nartV
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
Castoria.

CaStO1,1a.
"Castoria is so well adaptedto children that
/ recommend 1t as superiort oany prescription
known to me.'
H. A.. ARCHER, M D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. z.
tour physicians in the chidren's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon It,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DrspENsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN @. SnrTH, Pres.
urray Street, New York City.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
THE CENTENNIAL AT
NASHVILLE, TENN.

Hermitage and assistants
are working on a painting OF
Birmingham to be on exhibit.
Subject, Birmingham 1871
and 1896" Site, the old Smith
shop, 21st street, looking south
and north, and Goth street.
Size of painting, 16xl2 feet.
Space applied for.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
Home-Seekers' Excursion.

On the 21st of July the Kansas City,
Memphis and Birmingham railroad will
sell round trip tickets to all points in
Texas, Arkansas, Indian territory and
Oklahoma at one fare plus $500 for the
round trip, tickets good to return within
fwenty-one days from date of sale.
For further information write to
CHAS. JONES,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
1914 Morris Avenue.
~ ti101
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05

Music at East Lake for
dances five nights a week by
Montano's string band. 5-s-t
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
Castoria.

"Castoriais an excellent medicine for chill
aren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
Dir. G. G. Osaoop,
= Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of thevariousquaclS nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
Dr.. j. T. KINcuEIoE,
Conway, Ark.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-05
What is

Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine
Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrupss and Castor OIL
It is Pleasant guarantee is thirty years. by
Castora destroys Worms and alays
feverishness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd.
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie Castoria relieves
teetng troubles, constipation and fatulency.
assmilates tho food, regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Case
toria is Chi1ren's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
The advocate., 1896-03-18
Topeka, KANSAS, MARCH Is, 1895.

incarntiOn Of that spirit, the defender
Of the American home, the protector
Of American industries and labor, the
embodiment Of the RepubllCanlsm Of
Washington the father, Lincoln the
savior, and Grant the defender Of che
republic.
Representing the people Of Kansas,
we voice q public demand in hereby
lnstructing the delegates TO the Repub.
lican national convention, chosen by
US, and in appeal to che delegations TO
the respective Congressional districts to
vote and use all just means for his nom.
ination to the Presidency of the United
States.
"RecogOi2ing his long continued
service aS a member of the Republican
committee and his admitted influence
in that body for his State, we hereby
instruct the delegation chosen by this
convention to continue the Hon. Cyrus
Leland as q member from Kansas Of
that committee"
The advocate., 1896-03-18
LEGISLATIVE RIOTS.
Kentucky Senatorial situation Aggravated
by the UnSeating Of Members.

Kentucky Senatorial situation Aggravated
by the UnSeating Of Members.
The Senatorial election In the Ken.
tucky Legislature still remains ia an
unsettled condition. Last Wednesday
the long promised scheme Of unsesting
members began. In the House the
Republicans unseated Kaufman Dem. }
and Immediately the Democratic Sen.
ate unsested Senators James and Wal.
ton, both Republicans. The Republicans
attempted to prevent action In the
Senate by leaving In q body, but the
Democrats continued their work.
Shortly afterwsrd the most exciting
scenes took place IN the joint session.
An attempt was made to prevent the
neWly.seated members from psrtICi.
pating. One of the Democratic Sena-
tors and the Republican member of
the House got In, however, and voted.
This prevented either party from Secur.
ing an advantage over the other. No
one received q majority of the votes
cast. The members were greatly OK.
cited and firearms, principally FevOlV-
ers, were in evidence ready for use II
necessary. The Legislature acted more
like q mob than q deliberatiVe body.
1t seems probable that there can be no
election at this session.
The advocate., 1896-03-18

Holton Signal (Dem.J: "The Re.
publican State convention at Wichita
adopted a platform which in effect iS
as follows; we, the Republicans Of
Kansas, being in an uncertain state Of
mind, will refrain from expressing any
opinion or principle until we learn from
the national convention ct st. Louis
what the principles of RepublIcanISm
now are.