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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
WHAT Ex.Gov. RUSSELL SAYS.

EN-Gov. Russell, of Massa chusetts
has recently written q letter to the New
ofk world relative 10 his being men,
toned las Presidential candidate. and
declares that he is surprised that the
action OF the Massachusetts Convention
IN proposing him as n candidate has at
tracted any special attention outside
me state and adds: II am not seeking
the nomination, nor am I DESTROYS OF
being the candidate. nor do | wish any
movement made in any State In my
interest"
The Governor says further that at
seems to me that our party should send
It's strongest men TO Chicago, and leave
II to their good judgment, in view of
the situation as 1t then appears. TO de-
termine what is best 10 be done. Ii will
be time enough to consider candidates
then.
The important thing now Is 10 make
every effort 20 have the Democratic
party take an absolutely sound position
on the money question, without eva
sion or compromise. ! believe this is of
vital consequence to the party for its
present and its future.
Il think It would be neither right nor
wise 10 attempt 10 avoid or st.addle
this question by any ambiguous or
meaningless declaration. The time has
passed for that
The issue must be made and fought
out trust to sound conclusion"
Gov. Russell speaks plainly. showing
no hesltency 10 make public his views
on the Vital questions of the hour. and
IT there were more such men in public
life the country would be the better
for IT, Gov. Russell is the hero of three
Democratic victories in Massachusetts
and greater one may still await him
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
PERSONALS.

Sir Dominic Colnaught. for man,
years British lConsul-General at Flor
ence. has been transferred TO Boston.
Thomas Haggerty, is years old. of
peekskill N. Y. swallowed u lump OF
chewing gum and is dying of appen-
dicitis.
Rumor has it that the Prohibition
ISIS are thinking of Henry b. Metcalf
or Pawtucket, r. l., for Presidential
candidate.
Lord Russell. of Killowen, Lord Chief
Justice of England. intends to take part
In the conference of jurists to be held
at Saratoga.
Countess Hartenau. the morganatic
widow of the late Prince Alexander
of Battenberg, Is about to marry all
Austrian officer of high rank.
1t Is said that President Kruger. OF
the Transvaal Republic. has been Offer
ed largo sum to come to America to
lecture on South Africa affairs
The new bonnet which Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth has designed for the fair
American Volunteers" make the girls
look much prettier than did the poke
bonnets of the Salvation Army.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Montana sheared 100000 sheep in
1891 100000 in 1892, and this year the
number will be much larger
The wages of worlSingwomen in Colo
RADIO are said to have increased since
suffrage was granted them. But they
do not yea receive equal salaries with
men.
The town OF Marblehead, In AIassa-
chusetts, gained its name because the
white quartz which is SO plentiful on
the headlands. looks like marble from
distance.
A North Missouri paper has adopted
the plan of running the names of delin-
quent subscribers upside down in the
paper whenever it has occasion to refe,
TO them.
The first discovery of roal is unknown.
The ancient Br!tons seem to have dug
for II. but the first official record we
have is an alleged license of Henry IL
to dig at Newcastleon in 1924
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
YEsrERDAY,s PRIMARY.

The second days primary passed ;off
quietly yesterday. although the contest
between the various candidates was the
most earnestly contested in the history Of
primary elections i'm the city.
The total vote cast was 1891. the
largest of any second days primary
ever known In Norfolk, and larger than
the vote cast I'm the primary of two years
ago.
The result is exceedingly gratifying
and puts beyond all question victory for
the general ticket IN the regular election,
which takes place on the 2Sth of the
present month The Democratic party
have put forth good ticket both as to
the Councils and salried officers. and 1t
only remains for the voters to get to-
gether for a sweeping victory.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
WHO WOULD SUFFER. Mosrs

The Democratic Club OF New York
gave dinner a few days since at which
the Hon. Perry Belmont was one OF
the principal speakers, and during his
remarks. touching them onetary question
he said that the sum paid for salaries
and wages In this country the last CEN
sus year was two billion. two hundred
and eighty-three and n quarter million
dollars distributed as follows: Salaries
to officers firm members, and clerks,
1891 ,9SS. 20S; wages of skilled and unskill-
ed operators. s159O. SIC, 9s7; wages to
piece workers, S300.7l1, 374. He took the
position that of all the people of the
country those receiving wages would
suffer most by n depreciatemd IITAOIII
suffer. most by departure from the
standard gold unit of value and the re-
sultinE fluctuations in our currency. He
Is unable to understand how any possible
Mckinley tariff can pretend to give re-
Enumeration to salary earners and wage
earnerS for the loss to be inflicted on
them by an inferior Mckinley dollar;
and when one comes TO think on the
question it'd oes appear strange doesn't
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
GEN. LEE on AMERICANIsM.

General Fitzhugh Lee. recently ap-
pointed Consul General to Cuba nd
dressed the graduating class OF the
University college of Medicine IN Rich
mond on Wednesday evening last. The
speaker devoted much of his admirable
address to showing hou much the world
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

Maceo wants 10000 rifles and 4,OQO,-
300 cartridges with which to bring the
war in Cuba to a speedy termination.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

Speaking of Ex-Governor Russell at
Chicago. the Biddeford Times remarks
that under certain conditions which
possibly may exist this boom might
prove disastrous to Republican hopes
an three If not four New England States
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

1t is said that the largest expedition
ever sent to Cuba since the revolution
broke out Is now being organized in New
York. 1t will be composed of several
ships. and its chief object is 10 provide
the army of Gomez with artillery.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

Stephen A. Douglass was only 80
when he became u candidate for the
Presidency, and George B. Mcclellan
was but So, and yet it IL urged that
Gov. Russell is too young to become u
candidate.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

q The Madrid Impartial says: The fact
that the island of Cuba is more or less
tempting to the United States does not
Justify Its intervention We cannot per-
init. under any circumstances, that for
seigners should interfere in matters relat-
Ing TO the Cuban war"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

Chicago gives notice at this early
date that in twenty-five years she will
be threading on the heels of London. .
And the Mall and Express thinks if she
ever does anything of the kind it will
be painful for the English METROPOLIS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

Ex-Consul Waller Is going to lecture
in this country. But this country didn't
do anything to him. The Wilmington
IN. CO. Star asks why doesn't he wrealS
his vengeance on France and lecture
there
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

Mr.. W. w. Archer, for many years
connected with the editorial department
OF the Richmond State. has severed his
relation with that paper, and will en-
gage in magazine work.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

The Denver Chamber of Commerce has
called public meeting to devise means
FOR the relief OF the suffering at Cripple
Creek.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

h The Nashua Telegraph thinks it time
for Congress to adjourn because two
congressman INDUCED in throwing ink
stands.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

The Chicago Inter Ocean says: THE
civilization that can photograph the
invisible should not despair of finding
out what Is the real cause and practical
cure or crime
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

Senator Teller has made the import
ant discovery that what this country
needs is system of finance, not reve-
nue."
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

The latest thing with the young man
of fashion in New York is to go out
for spin on his tandem, n footman &C.
Fcupying the back seat.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

AT the present ratio OF increase in
! che population of New York, within ten
years, 500, 100000 gallons of water daily
will be required.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
EIGHT PAGES.

Sound money won a victory in the
Michigan Democratic State Convention
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

- Kentucky Judge granted convict
/ a new trial because the jury by which
ne was found guilty drank six quarts
I OF moonshine whiskey and two bottles
Eof beer. and the Galveston News says
she court holds that no Kentuckian
sssho comes down to beer Is qualified for
t1r5 service
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

The Fredericksburg Free Lance saws
that Col. ]. Hampton Hoge informed
delegates to the Republican convention
that he 10 a full-fedged candidate for
the gubernatcrial nomination, and that
he Will seek a joint debate with Con-
Eresgman Jones in the fall campaipn
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

for Congress to adjourn because two
congressman INDUCED in throwing ink
stands.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce has
called public meeting to devise means
FOR the relief OF the suffering at Cripple
Creek.
Senator Teller has made the import
4 ant discovery that what this country
needs is SYSTEM of finance, not reve-
nue.
Al the present ratio OF increase in
The population of New York, within ten
Bsyears, 50O,OOO,0o0 gallons of water daily
will be required.
The latest thing with the young man
of fashion in New York is to go out
for spin on his tandem, footman &C.
cupying the back seat.
q The Chicago Inter-Ocean says: THE
civilization that can photograph the
& invisible should not despair of finding
out what Is the real cause and practical
cure or crime"
NIL w. W. sAiSHtI, lOi many years
connected with the editorial department
OF the Richmond State has severed his
relation with that paper, and will en-
gage in magazine work.
Ex-Consul Waller Is going to lecture
I an this country. But this country didn't
do anything to him. The Wilmington
s IN. CD Star asks why doesn't he wrealS
his vengeance on France and lecture
there
Stephen A. Douglass was only 80
4 when he became u candidate for the
Presidency, and George B. Mcclellan
/ was but SO, and yet it IL urged that
Gov. Russell is too young to become a
candidate.
1t is said that the largest expedition
ever sent to Cuba since the revolution
broke out is now being organized in New
1 York. 1t will be composed Of several
ships. and its chief object is TO provide
the army of Gomez with artillery.
Speaking of Ex-Governor Russell at
q Chicago. the Biddeford Times remarks
I that under certain conditions which
possibly may exist, this boom might
prove disastrous to Republican hopes
an three If not four New England States
chicago gives notice at this early
q date that in twenty-five years she will
be threading on the heels of London
And the Mall and Express thinks if she
s. ever does anything of the kind it will
pc painful for the English metropolis.
The Madrid Impartial says: THE fac,
that the island of Cuba is more or less
1 tempting to the United States does no,
y Justity Its intervention. We cannot per.
init, under any circumstances, that for.
eigners should interfere in matters relat.
i Ing to the Cuban war"
The Fredericksburg Free Lance saw:
that Col. J. Hampton Hoge informed
delegates to, the Republican convention
{ that he 10 a full-fedged candidate fol
the gubernatCrial nomination, and thai
he viii seek joint debate with Con
4 gresham Jones in the fall campaign.
3f75
a Kentucky Judge granted a convict
& q new trial because the jury by which
\ ne was found guilty drank six quarts
OF moonshine Whiskey and two bottle.
ssscf beer. and the Galveston News says
ss hs court holds that no Kentuckiar
sshos comes down to beer is qualified for
tary service.
ll \ la i +
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

MEMS BROWN, TAN AND BLACK
STIFF HATS, ALL THE NEWEST
BLOCKS. INSTEAD OF $3.50.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02
WATT RETTEW & CLAY.

MEMS BLACK. BROWN AND TAN
STIFF HATS. NEWEST SHAPES, IN
STEAD OF s225.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
ELECTION ESTIMATES.

For some time past various political
experts have been furnishing the country
with forecasts as to the probable outcome
of the election in November. Estimates
coming from persons of more or less emil
nence have appeared frequently and for the
remainder of the campaign they will
appear with greater frequency still.
The well-posted citizen, whose expert
ence with politics covers more than one
Presidential campaign, will not pay much
attention to these estimates. He is aware
that they are usual at this season in elec-
ton years and that they signify, even
when they are sincere, the wish rather
than the real thought of those from whom
they come. The leaders of all the parties
will insist their candidates are to be elect
ed, and he is poor leader indeed who has
not sufficient ingenuity to furnish figures
which at least seem to justify his conf
dent predictions.
The safest basis on which to estimate
the outcome of the election is the align
ment of the people as revealed among
those elements of society which are sui-
fciently prominent to be clearly seen.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
PERSONAL.

Senator J. H. Shine OF Sonora is in the City.
N Jaeurchikoff of Moscow, Russia, is at the
Palace.
DR.. A. n. Bailey of Santa Cruz is here for q
few days.
F. NJ. Jenkins fruit-packer of Sam Jose, Is
at the Grand.
Ex-Judge W. E. Cullen OF Montana is re-
cent arrival here.
A. H Boggs, mine-owner OF Rossland, B.
c., is at the Palace.
NJ. Nissen, a carriage manufacturer OF San
Diego, is In the City.
L. W. Morgan, business man of Los An
geles, is here for few days.
G. Lombard who is engaged In mining In
Mexico, is a late arrival here.
S. W. Stevens, a capitalist of London, Is
among the arrivals at the Palace.
r. r. Ingersoll OF the United States ship
Philadelphia is at the Occidental.
D. Mcdonald, a prominent resident OF New
ark is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
H. Lindston of, Lemoore, wheat-raiser, is
stopping at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
George Allen, who is engaged in the insur-
ance business at Stockton, is in town.
J. and T. Kagawa. Japanese merchants OF
Portland, Or, are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
F. J. Clark. prosperous business man OF
stockton, is at the Grand, accompanied by his
wife.
J. Langtry and wife of Gilroy are visiting the
City and are stopping at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
Richard N. Goode of the United States Geo.
logical Survey, Washington, D. c., is at the
Occidental.
Louis Holloway. well-to.do resident OF
Cloverdale. brother OF State Senator Holloway,
is at the Russ.
Among the arrivals at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel is w. M. Clunie, the well-known politi-
clan of Dubuque, Iowa.
Taylor Gearhart, pioneer and leading
mine-owner of Silver City, Idaho, is among
the arrivals here.
E. A. Pearchele who Is connected with q
railway enterprise at Visalia and who Is q
landowner there, is in town.
Among the arrivals here yesterday were
John Brockman and r. o. F. Penrose, of Ari-
zona. They are at the Palace.
John Markeley, secretary Of the Board oi
Examiners, is in the City attending meetings
of the Democratic State Committee.
d. E. Knight, the old time resident oil
Marysville, who for a long time was inter-
ested in steamboats, on the Sacramento River,
is in the City.
a. ctIlckrotn OF EnSenaua, Lower CalllOrnla,
arrived here yesterday with large sack OF
gold dust and nuggets, obtained from mine
owner by him in the mountains east of En-
senada.
Captain J. E. Lombard of the United States
army, retired, who was for some years at the
head of a large division of the Chinese army.
is at the Occidental. He has large property
| interests at Portland.
Superintendent Thomas Burke of the IA
nous Minas Pretas mines in Sonora, arrived
here yesterday, after hard experience in the
| mines, due 10 an explosion. Mr.. Burke was
badly hurt His right arm was broken and
one eye was put out, while the other sustained
greater or less injury. Mr.. Burke was accom-
panied by Elgen Beley, who is connected with
the mines. The Minas Pretas employ over
5000 men. Mr.. Burke has long been con-
| nected with them. He went at once to one OF
! the hospitals.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
THE PATRIOTIC CAMPAIGN.
New YORK Sun.

New York Sun.
The true character of this campaign and the
appeal which it makes to patriotic Democrats
were well set forth in the letter of the Hon.
Levi Parsons Morton to the Republican
League. ain this campaign" wrote Governor
Morton, "party lines are largely obliterated.
Partisanship is forgotten in the higher pur-
pose of maintaining the honor of the Nation
Not since the second nomination of Mr.. Lin
coin has there been such q merging of party
lines in a spirit of general patrio tism. Demo-
Gratis, whether they have decided to vote for
Mckinley and Hobart or whether they intend
to vote for Palmer and Buckner. already de-
sire the triumph of the Republican ticket, not
because it is nominally Republican ticket,
but because it is the sole defense against dis.
honor and the ruin which would result from
carrying into effectthe Chicago platform.
And since the Republican ticket is the sole
defense of the United States against the
calamities of Organism and Altgeldism and
Debsism, it is the duty of every Democrat 10
vote for that ticket. 1t is no year for dress
parades. Patriotism demands that Bryan and
sewall be not merely beaten. but beaten mon
umentally and beyond all precedst.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
BRYAN THEN AND NOW
Wichita Eagle.

It will hardly be denied that the Bryan who
was untiring in his efforts for free trade and
the Wilson bill and who was later the Popu-
attitude as the nominee of the Chicago con-
vention for President. He now pretends
above everything else to be the friend of the
workingman. To go back little to his rec
ord: Six years ago, in a public address, Will
liam Jennings Bryan said that the wages of
men who worked in shops were too high, and
he declared that the affairs of this Govern
ment had been controlled too long by such
worklngmen.
Then William Jennings Bryan was advocat-
ing free trade in the interest of foreign manu-
facturers, and he wanted to subject the work
ingmen of this country to ruinous compe IT,
tion with underpaid foreign workingmeb
Two years ago, when William Jennings
Bryan was member of the Democratic House
of Representatives, delegation of glass
workers appeared before the committee on
ways and means, of which Mr.. Bryan was
member, to protest against some of the
schedules of the Democratic free trade tariff
bill. William Jennings Bryan then denounced
those glassworkers, who were all workingmen,
as "pubic beggars."
William Jennings Bryan voted for that in
famous Democratic tariff bill and it became q
law. The result has proved most disastrous to
workingmen. Through loss of employment
and wages they have been reduced to condi-
ton bordering upon starvation. The wages of
men who worked in shops, which Mr.. Bryan
thought were too high six years ago, have
been reduced and Mr.. BRYAN helped to reduce
them by voting for the Democratic tariff law
This is the short but pointed record OF
William Jennings Bryan, who pretends to be
friend of the workingmen.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
LAW AND ORDER.

VIII lie the great majority of men have
looked upon the issues of this campaign as
involving merely economic questions the
wiser and more far-seeing leaders OF the
community have beheld in it threat made
by the Bryanites against law and order
itself, and they have not hesitated to
point out thatiu their judgment the issue
of social order and peace against anarchy
and lawlessness is really the most essen
tial point to be considered by the voter in
casting his ballot on election-day.
The men who have been foremost in
presenting this phase of the question to
the people are ex-President Harrison,
ex-Minister Phelps, lifelong Democrat,
and Archbishop Ireland. the words of
these men cannot fail to have weight with
every rejecting citizen. Mr.. Bryan, him.
self hasty and inconsiderate talker, may
not mean all that he says, and many of
the people who support him mag be
equally iBconslderate in their words and
actions. Nevertheless, it cannot be ques-
toned that the whole trend and tendency
OF Organism is to excite the feelings of
the discontented against their more pros
porous neighbors and to arouse in this
country those passions which tend to dis
turb all indus tries ana the entire social
structure of the pc ople.
Over and over again in his speeches Mr.
Bryan has appealed to the prejudiees that
are supposed to exist among the more
ignorant people. He has-if not lnten-
tionaIly, certainly by his carelessness of
speech-said much to lead the poor to
believe that those who are richer than
themselves are engaged in a conspiracy to
rob, plunder and defraud. In his speeches
in favor of free trade he did not hesitate
TO declare protection to be a system of
plunder and robbery, and now as a candi-
date for the Presidency he is equally We
hement in declaring the bankers of the
country are seeking to deprive industry of
its profits and labor of its wages.
Ii these words do not tend to excite civil
disturbances, to what end do they tend I?
What can be the purpose except to enrage
labor against capital and the poor against
the rich. There can be no question that
Mr.. Bryan exerts an evil influence upon
the country, that his party has started
upon a wrong course and must continue
10 go from bad to worse SO long as the
people permit it to have any power or
prestige among them.
The peace of the country depends upon
the contentment of the people. Where
widespread discomfort exists the law itself
is powerless. This issue which Bryan is
forcing upon the people is, beyond ques-
rion. the gravest in our politics. and while
in California we might overlook 1t, in the
more thickly settled East it has become
the chief topic of the campaign, and many
men who might otherwise have voted for
free silver and even for free trade will re-
fuse to vote for man who stands for riot,
lawlessness and all that tends to anarchy.