Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-31

various professions and methods. Mr..
Bryan has quite changed his habits
since last fall It will be remembered
that he went about the country short
ly after the nomination assiduously
assisting the baggage-master in put
ting his trunk abroad the trains, APP
pearing upon the car platforms in his
shirt sleeves, and during his speech
making tours in S. alpaca coat. All
these things have changed, however,
since Mr.. Bryan has come to the front
as moneyed man, reclining in the
lap Of luxury and favoring silk and
ruffled night.shirt.
An international bimetallic con-
ference held in the United States and
attended by representatives Of Great
Britain as well as other leading ma
tons is now looked upon as probable
if not indeed an assured fact. The
latest advices from Europe indicate
that President McKinley's commits
sioners have received assurances from
the British Government that it will
cooperate in conference, and that
the assurance by England and France
renders it certain that other leading
nations will generally follow, while
the probability that it will be held in
the United States adds very much to
the interest in the announcement
since it will thus give to the people of
the United States the detailed infor-
nation thus brought to the surface
upon a subject in which they are
deeply concerned.
Everything comes to him who
knows how to wait. Secretary Sher-
man gave no evidence Of annoyance
over the malicious publications about
his mental capabilities, which have
been going the rounds since his
selection as Secretary of State, but
has, in a single blow, with his splen-
did and forceiul letter to Ambassador
Hay on the fur-seal question, put an
end to the miserable attacks upon
him which, OF course have been
prompted by hostility to the Mckin-
ley administration and its Secretary
of State. No more vigorous docu-
ment had emanated from the State
Department in many years and it is
a qualification to every American citi-
zen both because of its ringing Ameri-
can tone and also because it disposes
of these malicious statements affect
ing the personality of the chief official
of the Mckinley administration.
The croakers who complained Of
Secretary's Stewards course because
he paid seven millions for Alaska
showed about as little wisdom as the
croakers today who have been insist
ing that nothing but the free and un-
limited coinage of silver would bring
back prosperity to 1.-THE United States.
Alaska has already brought to the
United States many dollars more than
it cost us. IN its fur-seal industry, and
now it has developed the richest gold
mine in the world. This enormous
gold find within our own territory.
coupled with the fact that the gold
mines of the world are producing this
year more than ever in history and
that we are going to draw great
quantities OF gold from abroad in pay
ment of our splendid crops, for which
high prices are predicted, promises a
good supply OF money and prosperity
in the United States during the COM
ing year, and indeed indefinitely.
The tree traders areI seeking 10
evade the fact that the reduction OF
the tariff duties by the Wilson law
caused the reduction in coal miners
wages, by asserting that there was no
increase in the importatious Of coal
under the Wilson law and hence it
could not have reduced prices. They
assume apparently that the public
does not understand that the reduc-
ton in tariff enabled the low-priced
Nova Scotia coal to come into COM
petition with that dug by the miners
Of the United States. and by reason Ct
its low prices drove the West Virginia
coal out Of the eastern markets. This
is the fact and no belonging of the
situation will prevent anybody under
standing that it was the reduction in
the price at which Nova Scotia Goals
were laid down in eastern ports that
drove eastern Goals out OF the East
and into the West, producing the war
which resulted in the reduction OF