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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
NOTES AND COMMENT.
What tho People Arc Saying Thinking
and Doing.

What the People Arc Saying Thinking
and Doing.
Silver Dick Bland seems to have put
down a stake at the parting Of the
ways" and hung out the red lantern OF
danger. In other words Missouri has
gone free silverwards by a ratio of
about 100 to l. The delegation may
possibly allow Ex-Governor Dave Fran
els and Riley Hall to sit in the delega-
ton at Chicago for two reasons. First,
It would tend to keep them out Of mis-
chief, and second, they Could be ex-
hibited as relics of the expiring gold
standard element in that State.
Arkansas will also send solid free
silver delegation to Chicago. The
canvas between the candidates for
Governor in that State is developing
the sentiment there to be almost
unanimous for free silver. In one
county CYelD, in the Democratic prim-
aries, 2,208 votes were cast, and 2,201
were cast for free silver; only seven be-
ing cast against it. Not only is Arkan
sas Democracy espousing the cause Of
free silver, but its representatives OPP
pose banks Of issue, favor govern
ment issue of money and strict rail-
road control; the candidates for Gov
ernor taking this open stand.
.--~n
This being the case, and the trend of
many leading Populists being in the
direction Of adopting substantially the
same kind of platform, the Arkansas
Democrats don't understand why the
Populists can't join the Democratic
party. In a recent interview with Hon.
Dan w. Jones, one Of the candidates
for Governor, and the leading one, he
said the Democrats would nominate
man at Chicago whom the Populists
could support, and he thought that
they would do so.
E. Gerry Brown, prominent East
ern reformer, takes up the gauntlet and
says:
1.-THE Belmont interview has a mean
ing which is too plain. 1t is hint Of
either notification or secession. 1t is
threat to appeal from the decision at
the ballot box or with traitorous gold to
prevent an honest expression OF the
will of the people at the ballot box. Bel
mont voices the money power. Take
warning, men Of the South and West.
"Is the question Of the divorce Of
the government from the banks to in
volve the question Of the disunion Of
the States themselves as prophesied by
the nations statesmen in the Senate
chamber more than fifty years ago?
Will the five thousand millions
Of so-called vested rights" In the
East follow the example OF the
four hundred millions Of vested
rights" In the south N Sa9l Is
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
ABOUT SILVER.



Tom. Watson RlssI to Make q Few
Pertinent Remarks.
In 1873 the standard silver dollar was
dropped from our coinage laws. The
legal tender power of the silver dollars
which had already been coined was not
affected by the Act Of 1873. It was not
until 1874 that Congress took away the
full legal tender power Of silver and
limited 1t to payments Of five dollars.
Silver remained in this outlawed con-
dition until 1878, when the Bland-Alll-
son Act fully restored its legal tender
quality, and limited the coinage to $4S,-
100000 per year.
Between 1878 and 1892 the dear old
Democratic party never let up on the
wicked Republicans who would not
allow unlimited coinage Of silver, in
stead OF the limited coinage Of the
Bland Act and the Sherman Act Of 1890.
Kept on worrying over the matter, the
Democrats did, until the people finally
gave them a chance to reopen the
minis to the unlimited coinage Of sill
yer. Whereupon said Democrats con-
cluded that the best preparatory step
to unlimited coinage was the stoppage
Of the limited coinage we already had.
In other words, they thought it best,
before pulling the door wide open, to
shut it hard and fast. Having found
said door more than half open, they
entirely closed it, as a preliminary to
pulling 1t wide open. They got 1t shut
easy enough; and shut it stays. If it Is
never opened until one of the old par
ties opens it, free silver and Gabriel
horn-music will be contemporaneous
eYents.-Peoples Party Paper.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
What is the truth about it?


1t is this, as all our leading author
tiles show:
That the quantity of money in circu-
lation and the quantity of commodity
in the market, decide prices.
If there is much money, other things
being equal, prices are good, be-
there is enough Ito go around" and to
give each portion of the commodity a
larger share of the money than 1t could
get were there less money.
If there should be much money, made
out of gold, linen, paper, or brass,
prices would be good-even though
there were not one dollar in circulation.
On the other hand, If the money con-
sisted wholly of silver. but there was an
insufficient volume Of 1t, prices would
be low.
1t is the amount of money which is
vitality important-not the kind Of
money.
All that there is in the silver ques-
ton is this:
Free coinage will give us an increase
Of the currency.
That's ali,
For our part, we had rather see this
increase come in the shape Of green
backs than In the shape of silver.
AS long as the Indian minis were
open to the free coinage Of silver, there
was natural connection between the
prices Of silver and the prices of any
product exported by India.
Her exports being chiefly cotton and
wheat, whose products were mostly af-
fected by the price of silver, and thus
our farmers were hurt by our anti-sil-
yer legislation, enormously hurt.
But India, under British orders,
closed her minis to silver in 1893, end
since that time we cannot see any
more connection between the price of
silver and the price of other things
than there is land must always be), be-
tween the price and all commodities
and the volume of money.
We do not wish to be misunderstood.
We state plainly that the silver
question is immensely important to the
people. but 1t is important for the sole
reason that free coinage would give us
more money.
While we want this increase of cur
Fency, we attach no superstitious i'm
portanee to the material 1t is made Of.
The money question should always
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

The gold lunacy, like hay fever, APP
pears to be a rich mans disease.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

There can DO half loaf, but there is
no such thing as half principle.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
THE BANK SYSTEM.
IT NEEDS A GREAT DEAL OF
RECONSTRUCTION.

The Integrity of the Banker" May
Be Good But When 1t Don't Pay
Debts The Public Has No Use for
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
DECLINE OF PRICES.
HON. TOM WATSON MAKES
SOME OBSERVATIONS.

Money Like All other Things, Subject
to tho Law of Supply and Demand
The Silver Issue.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

The ablest argument that we have
ever read against silver is that OF Hon.
]. 7. McLeary, of Minnesota, delivered
In the house February IL, 1896. 1t Is a
wonderful product of research and rea-
BOning; and yet his entire speech Is
based mainly upon three propositions:
LIST. That the decline in prices com
menced prior to 1873.
End. That in many articles there has
been no decline.
3rd. That there is no necessary con"
nection between the coinage OF silver
and the rise Of prices.
In each Of these propositions, 1t Is
altogether possible that Mr.. McLeary
is right.
We rather think he is. But after
conceding, for the sake Of the argu-
ment, that he Is correct in all three OF
his propositions, we assert that he has
not touched the main question at all.
Nobody but an extreme free-silVerlte
thinks 1t at all necessary to claim that
1.-THE fall In values commenced in 1913.
THE decline, as we greenbackers show,
commenced eight years before. AS
soon as the government quit making
money and commenced burning 1t up
prices began to fall. The last gun OF
the Civil War had hardly been fred be-
bore Wall street contractionists began
to lombard values by shrinking the
volume of money.
Nobody but an extremist can deny
or need deny, that there are always
some few articles which on account oil
special circumstances may escape the
operations of the general rule that
prices are declining. Articles whose
supply is necessarily limited (such as
coffee, tea, spices, etc., etc. will always
show tendency to vary from the gen.
eral rule which governs the price oil
wheat, cotton and labor. Just as
skilled labor belgian block stone cut
ters for instance, or locomotive engi
neers) can dictate wages where carpen'
ters and bricklayers and brakemen can
not.
Again, the claim made by rabid free
silyerites that there is mysterious ant
psychological connection between sill
yer and wheat, or between silver ant
cotton is mere moonshine and prepos
ferrous bosh.
Why should there be any more natu
raj sympathy between cotton AMI sill
yer, than there should be between cot
to and iron? Or between cotton an
brass?
When free-silverites put their cas-
upon untenable ground they may ex
pect to be endorsed. Upon each of tn
propositions alluded to by Mr.. Nc
Leary. candor forces us to say that tn
reply is crushing.
But the money question should not b
argued upon those grounds at all. N
fiat-money author ever does so-henc
he cannot be met and answered.
Those wild but well-meaning luna
tics whose brains and tongues hav
gone into one monotonous dlrge of sill
ser, silver, silver-they are the fellow
who build arguments upon the CLAIM
that the decline in values began Il
1873, and that there is sort Of mysti
union between silver on the one sid
and cotton and wheat on the other.
Neither of these assertions can b
maintained.
.
TKyhot 10 Tho truth q houf 40
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

Arrested for Teaching Blacks and whites.
Nine teachers in normal school at
Orange Park, Fla, have been arrested
for teaching white and black pupils in
the same school, against the provisions
Of the Sheat's law, passed about year
ago. B. -.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

And, as we were saying awhile ago,
now is the time to renew your subscrip-
ton to this paper.
Don't wait for the 5O:cent offer for it
amt going to come. You may rely
on this for We get it straight, from re-
liable source. Your affectionate uncle,
T. E. w.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

Call at the Model Cloth
ing store, north SIDE of the
square, and see their goods
and Investigate Meirprices
4. V. Bevill. travelling salesman
for the Graham Paper Co., St Louis,
spent Saturday in the city. He is
another travelling man that is enthu
siastic for free silver and Bryan for
president. Said Mr.. Bsvill: Il have
known Bryan from beyhood up, and
my wife was, his Sunday school
teacher in Salem, Ills, from child.
hood until he was almost grown.
He is grand man, and I shall sup.
port him for president as will also
nearly every employee of the Graham
Paper Co. 1 know this as 1 have
talked to the men in tho house and
they have told me that they intend
70 vote for Bryan and free silver
Mr.. Bsvill added, "you can put il
down that Bryan will carry St
Louis, He will carry the state by
10000 or 10000 and he will be the
next president"
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20
Am0ret Items.

Miss Ella Tyson, who has been Wis
iting her sister Mrs Crum, departed
for home Monday.
Rev Miller from Nebraska, was a
guest of DR. Crum Saturday; he began
a meeting at Virginia Sunday.
Mrs Henry Brayton and daughter
have gone TO Illinois on an extended
visit.
George Pun and wife Of Appleton
City, are visiting Joseph Plum's fam
lily.
&c Lyle came down from Sedalia
after his two boys that have been
visiting their grandpa Lyle.
Ray Hassig and wife have taken
rooms at tho hotel.
Eva and Berta Harmon entertain
ed their young friends at the hotel
Tuesday evening.
Miss Weir, sister OF Mrs Jas Cook,
left Saturday for Pleasant Hill.
Mrs kirkham of Kansas City, Kan,
has been visiting Mrs A Paige.
Geo Glendening of Louisburg,
Kan, visited his cousin, Rev Glen
dening, several days the past week.
The United Brethren have been
holding a protracted meeting here
the past week.
James Licklider and wife Of Rich
ards, No., have been visiting his
mother and sister for several days.
E Hosner and wife and Mys w j
/ Mcintosh left for Johnstown Satur-
day to be gone several days.
Misses Lizzie and Emma Graves
have cousin, Miss Lewis, Of Lafay-
I ette county, visiting them.
NELS' CLERK.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20
Hoods Pills assist digestion. %

The things that people see are in
side of them and not outside. No
two people see the same thing exact
ly alike. One woman may look out
at beautiful landscape and see all
the beauty and restfulness and grand
ness there is in it. Another one will
look out at the same scene and see
nothing. The man who is perfectly
well and vigorous enjoys life to the
full DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery makes people we'll. There
isn't anything miraculous about it
it is the most natural thing in the
world. 1t SIMPLY puts the digestive
organs, the stomach, the liver, the
bowels, in perfect order and thereby
makes the blood pure and rich. All
diseases live and thrive on impure
blood. Keep q stream Of pure, rich,
red blood fswing into a diseased
spot, and the disease will not stay.
A man lives on rich, pure blood, and
disease dies on it. DR. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery makes pure,
rich blood.
Send 81 cents in one cent. stamps
to Worlds Dispensary Medical As
sociation, Buffalo, n. Y, and receive
DR.. Pierce's zoos page Common
Sense Medical ADVISER" illustrated.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20
Robbed q Bank.

Pocatello, Idaho, Aug. 14,-Three
masked men rode into Montpelier
yesterday afternoon and drove six
men, who were outside, into the
Montpelier Bank Then while two
of them held the crowd at bay the
third smptied $4,000 into a sack
ard all mounted aud rode away. A
posse is in pursuit, with little hope
Of capturing the men.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

Mrs. G. L. johnson, of Warrens.
burg, who has been in the city visit
ing relatives and friends, has return.
cd home.
A cyclone in Alabama Monday
killed fifteen persons and did great
amount of damage to property in
its path.
BY appo intment of Judge Lay,
Walter Crabtrss, takes charge of the
Racket store on the west side of the
square, as receiver.
At Ft Scott Monday night the
Pacific depot, three residences, a
grocery store and carpenter shop
were robbed by thieves.
The headquarters of the demo-
cratic national committee has been
established at Chicago. This means
a vigorous western campaign.
Herbert Walton, of Lone Oak
township, was in the city Saturday.
He said the Bryan free silverites of
Lone Oak are making preparations
to organize big club.
1t is reported that Clardy & Bruner
have effected a trade of 4S5 acre
farm in St. Clair county, adjoining
the Bates line, for large hotel at
Carroll, Iowa.
The populist farmers, or a large
majority OF them, will vote for De.
Armond this year. They know him,
they have tried him and they are
satisfied with him.
Miss Myrtle Bennett, of Clinton,
the handsome and accomplished
daughter Of Sheriff Bennett, of Hen
ry county, is visiting her friend Miss
Lizzie Harris.
This section of the country hai
been visited by a much needed rain
Had this rain fallen q week or ter
days earlier 1t would have materially
benefited the late corn.
A hail storm in Iowa Saturday
badly damaged the corn crop, Some
of the hail stones which fell measur
cd 4 inches. Hundreds of birds
were killed and win dows broken.
Bryan will carry Bates county by
1000 to $500 majority. Well post
ed farmers tell US there are severa
townships in this county that viii
not give Mckinley vote.
Miss Belle Robb, the accomplished
and handsome daughter Of Rev
Robb, former pastor of the III. E
church south, of this city. now 10
Gated at Morrisville, Mo, is in tn,
city visiting her many friends.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20
BUTI,ER WEEKLY TIMES
LOCAL ITEMS

Good 80 acre farm for sale or ex.
hange. j. A. SILvERs. 35-tf.
Rich Hill fair this week.
Wonder if U. s. Hall has heard
tom the sixth district yet!
Bryan will speak At Topeka, Kan
II Oct. Sd, carnival week.
Miss Mary Smith is visiting
ksnds in Elkhart township.
The work Of organizing Bryan
|dubs should be begun in this county.
4 free silver club of 459 members
y been organized at Clinton, Mo.
9. Ellinger, our north side dry
gods merchant, has decided to
rove back to Kansas.
The populist and democratic vote
4 Bates county will give Bryan
afss thousand majority.
The state and county ticket ought
|s have majority of 500 or 1000 in
W county in November.
The democratic convention at JEFF
ssson City, it is said, was made up
snost entirely Of now .faces.
Bryan club of 275 members was
etganized at Smithville the other
~ and half the members were
lssuerly republicans.
The colored democrats of Jeffer'
% City have organized a democrat
scIub. They have named it the
Stephens club"
Company B. left Sunday morning
g Lamar for the regimsntal en-
anpment. The TINES wishes the
eoys pleasant time.
In the town of Liberal, it is claim
= there are only fourteen Mckinley
nesrs. The town has a voting pop
eAtion of about 13O.
!ark Hanna says Mckinley viii
1. ake no speechs in this campaign
sHn Marks intention to buy his way
- the White house.
a gold standard democratic ticke
von't get half dozen votes in Bate
ee0nty and it is doubtful if the tick
= would get single vote.
Vernon county is alive with free
lssr clubs Every township in tn
0nty is being organized by tn
1ecutive committee.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

Why suffer with Coughs. Colds
and LaGrippe when Laxative Bromo
Quinine will cure you in one day.
Does not produce the ringing in the
head like Sulphate of Quinine. Put
up in tablets convenient for taking.
Guaranteed to cure, or money re-
funded. Price, 25 Cents. For sale
by w. II. McClement. 33 6m
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20
Think 1t Over.

Have you ever heard Of medicine
with such a record of cures as
Hoods SarsapariIla' Don't you
know that Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
One True Blood Purifier, has proved
over and over again, that it has pow
or to cure. even after all other rene.
dies fail! If you have impure blood
you may take Hoods Sarsaparilla
with the utmost confidence that it
will do you good,
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

fL(LS UCOC6CL 20 me north ,SZ(fP /
of the square. |
Gen. Shelby stands with, by, and |
for Mckinley and Lewis.
The TINES good friend, Jesse Lu-
kenbill, holding position at the
penitentiary, renews for '97.
Mrs. Ellen Bracken, residing west
OF the city, called and renewed for
81, for which she has our thanks.
Fresh bulk
Iurnip seed-all kinds
at Deacon Bros Il Co.
L. Warren, one of the TIMES good
farmer friends and punctual sub
saribers. living near Cortland, re.
news for '97.
Mr.. G. F. Sisson of Odessa, spent
several days last week visiting MISS
Annie Pickering at the home of G.
w. Mitchell.
Lon V. Stephens, democratic nom.
inee for governor, accompanied by
his wife, has gone to Minnesota to
spend few days on the lakes.
Ben Bartlett, assistant prose cutting
attorney of Jackson county, visiting
friends at Unity, Maine, was acci-
dentally shst and killed one day last
week.
Samuel A. Kingman, associate
Justice OF the Kansas supreme court
from 1851 to 1876. and life long re-
publican, announces that he will
vote for Bryan and Sswall.
Miss Jestine White, who has been
spending the past ten days at Edo
RADIO Springs, returned home Mon
day and will resume her duties in
the abstract Office of Duvall & Per
cival.
Mrs. J. F. Billings has changed
her residence from Lowery CITY to
Kenona, Mo where she takes charge
of railroad Office Mrs. Billings
is daughter of W. B. Tyler, OF
Summit township. The TINES will
follow her to her new home.
A match game of base ball be
tween the Summit and Pleasant GAY
ball teams will take place the 22d, a
the residence of G. B Parker, in
Summit township. At night of th'
same day the Lone Oak band boy
will give an ice cream supper at th
residence of B. Fisher. A nice time
is anticipated, sweet music. All art
invited.
A fatal quarrel took place bstweel
Fred White, aged Is, and his broth
er Lum, aged Is, near Clinton Sal
urday evening. Fred tried to max
his brother help about some worl
when Lum drew q knife and stabbe
him three times IN the side. Th
boys are sons of Frank White,
prominent farmer.
Prof. Richardson is getting thing
in shape at the Academy for pros
porous school year. He has assur
ances of full school and the TINE
is glad to know that Bates count
will furnish her full quote of pupil:
Why send yeur boys and girls off t.
school when you have an Academ
right at your door, which under it
present management is recognize
to be one of the best schools i
the state. Send to Prof. Richardson
Butler, Mo-. for catalogue.
The republican executive conxi
. tee of this county met in this cit
Saturday, when the name of L. Haf
enauer, candidate for Representative
was taken of the ticket and that {
". B. S. Gault, OF Rich Hill, subst
tuted. The committee also filed OF
! the ticket by placing the name OF
Smith, of Adrian, on for prosecute
1 attorney. Mr.. Hagenausr was NJ
eligible was the reason for takir
his name off the ticket.
The entire force of the TINES offit
wishes to return thanks to j.
Trimble, Buffers popular and liber
druggist, two doors north of tt
postofice, for treat Of several be
. ties of ice cold Hires Root bee
/ which he manufactures and kee]
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20
Andrew JohnsOn's spree.
From the Chicago Chronicle.


Andrew Johnson's spree on the occasion
Of his inauguration, says the Chicago
Chronicle. was about the most in
opportune Publication man ever in
dulged in. On the morning Of the event
he reached the capitol some time in ad-
vance of the time for the ceremony, enter
ing Unexpectedly the room of the secre-
tary OF the Senate, Col John w. For
ney. He looked pale and sick, and was
accompanied by his physician. The lat
ter asked Forney If he had any whisky.
There was a black bottle always kept in
the secretary's room, and Col, Forney
went and got it. He placed ii on the
mantelpiece and set a tumbler beside it.
Then Mr.. Johnson walked over and pour
ed out half tumblerful of the spirits.
which he swallowed at a gulp.
J. Il. McCullagh, now editor of the st,
Louis Globe-Democrat, CHANGED to be in
the room of the secretary of the Senate
at the time, and so was an eyewitness.
In telling the story to a newspaper man
some time ago, he said:
MIR. johnson soon became cheerful and
grew very laxative. After a time he took
another drink, though the doctor tried TO
dissuade him, filling the tumbler almost
full Of raw whisky. moment later II
was plain TO US that he was intoxicated.
Meanwhile the hour of the Inauguration
had arrived 1t was but a few steps from
Mr.. Forney's Office to the Senate chamber.
where Mr.. Johnson took the oath. Evil
IDENTIFY he did not think that the ceremony
should conclude without him saying some
thing. He turned to the cabinet and adj
dressed each member OF that body by
name In turn, making a series of brief
speeches, and ending In every case with
words something like this: And am here
TO tell you, Mr.. Seward, Secretary OF
State, that am a plebeian, a man Of the
people, and / am proud OF IT, His talk
was so incoherent as to make IL evident
to all that the new President was drunk. -
johnson seldom drank to excess, and
stories have exaggerated his weakness in
this regard.