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The times., 1897-09-14
Irmnn j. Gaze Also

The Secretary of the Treasury also
essays to answer Mr.. Bryan, paying par
tioular attention to the latter's remark
concerning "a mint price for silver"
On this point Mr.. Gage says:
In the first place, there is, properly
speaking, no mint price Tor either e9ld or
silver.
An that the mint does with the man
" no brings To the mint certain num-
Der of grains OF unCOined gold IS 10 give
him III return the same nun Der OF grains
In coined gold less enough to pay Tor
the metal alloy used by theruint III coming
All that IL could do FOR silver at v hat
ever s0-taiiea rate WOuld be to give 10
the man bringing unCoined SILVER 20 the
mint an equal amount IN ounces ana
grains or coined silver less the cost OF
the alloy used by the mint In COiBInE 1t.
In neither case is there any demand"
thus set up
returned TO nim in gold collars. In the
other case he has his silver returned To
him in silver dollars.
TD 10 this uuint nothing In the shape
OF a demand, - suCn as Bryan talks ABOUT
has appeared. Why, then, does he sophis-
tiCate bout the demand thus created by
law" when there is 10 demand thus ere
If there i $ a demand" for either gold
or silver dollars II must lie outside OF
the mint, In the commercial WORD.
Liko every other nonrmetalIist, Mr. Gage
dodges the question. In demanding the
free coinage of silver, ard making it the
equal Of gold in the runcJion of discharg
ing all detts. public and private, bimetal
lists are entirely safe in assuming a de
nsand'' for ii fully up TO its coinage value.
ANY uoney. made d fun legal tender,
tbat VIII Pay all debts and taxes ina coun-
try ike the United States, inevitably viii
be worta its face. unless the volume o +
ooiued units OF all absolute money should
he considerably in excess OF the needs 0 (
business. unthe basis OF a liberal per capita
circulation, equal, say. to the actual per
capita Of 1865.
Il cannot Be Shown that the coinage
Of an lhe silver in SIGHT, or estilnable as
likely TO be produced from year 10 year
for the next generation, added 10 the
present and prospective stock Of gold
would more than accomplish this Free
coinage assuredly would depress The value
OF gold in exchange, because ii las been
unjustly aud progressively northumberland
IN value. measured b other things, in
consequence OF silver characterization.
Gold ,nonopolsts have had the benefit OF
this condition for as long as they ought.
1t would be good idea to let the people
at large enjoy little Of their prosperity
for a while; but that only Gun COME
through reconciliation, as sIr Bryan
has shown cunclusiyely and convincingly.
Neither Nj Gage nor anyone else VIII
be aide to make the contrary appear
Their feyerish anxiety TO answer and to
dispe, the effect Of the billetalllst lead
er's latest argument is sufficient proof OF
tie danger they recognize in such clear
AID logical exposition Of the truth
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care. This part of his speech was re-
ceived With vociferous applause, not un-
mixed with good-hunored lluglItcr. The
laboring men Of Cleveland and OF the state
do not altogether agree with Marcus, the
tribune of the people. There are rumors
about "pluck-me" company stores and
broad-gauge tipples at the Hanna coal
mines, and many little things like that.
No, the friend-of-labor claim is not ex-
actly "a cat that viii fight in Mr. Hanna's
case. lie VIII have to oil the machinery
of that story most generously before It
can be backed 70 run smoothly.
Tho thirdly" Of tile great mans dis
course was neither nice nor Wise, and
we are sorry that Mr. Hanna should have
allowed himself to affTont the religious
sen timeI.ts of his hearers and OF the
country by presenting it. He said, with
a degree of niprancy that surprises us,
that he was very much inclined to agree
with "A Polish priest" ia Cleveland, who
bad said To him few days before that
he had come 10 believe that God was n
Republican - This observa ton seems
to have been intended az jocuaT. 1t
wlll strike most common, every day Anicri
caHs simply as blaspheInous We do not
believe that any priest or preacher, jew
OF Gentle, ever dared TO clown it with
The sa ored name and idea Of the Father OF
us all In the manner alleged by Mr..
Hanna. II one did, still il was for a
man as representative as Mr.. Hanna 10
resent and reprove the offonse, and not
to adopt and repeat 1t with every appear
ance OF appreciation.
Finally, Mr. Hanna assured those who
were assembled 10 hear hinl-one hundred
and sixty-five Ia all, as the dispatch
reads--that tie is "a better looking man
than his cartoons" This Is Ii matter OF
opinion and taste. We are not familiar
with any of the cartoons specially the
property Of the gentleman We are well
advised, however. that, during the extra
session, thousands of people, previously
strangers to his appearance, instantly
recognized him in the Senate ana on the
streets of Washington from the faith
ful cartoon H6cnesSes Of his peculiar racs
and form published in this journal
1t is our desire to be just, generous and
fraternal to Mr. Hanna. On that account
and in those spirits We suggest to him
that his first speech also should be his
last. and that, hike good oobbler, he
ought TO stick 10 it..
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ciety carry the petition about until it
gets five hundred. or a thousand. or
million names on ii, and sleep each night
in the sweet aud serene belief that they
are doing something for the good Of the
country. There is an opening for this
citizen 'tght here and now, and he, or
she, should make haste TO get into it.
There will never be grievance which
needs Tedressing any worse than this IN
seas0natAe wave OF heat. 1t has been
claimed that the new trinity of Fates-
Mr.. Hanna, the Trusts. and Providence
have entered into coalition TO carry the
country on with one grand everlasting
sweep toward prosperity, ard that the
Dingley bill in the hands of this oonfbfna-
tion is responsible for the big wheat crop
and tie discovery OF gold in Klondike.
II thiS is a, a petition addressed 70 them
SHOULD at once have its effect IN the
weather This atmosphere is not con
duefve to prosperity. II makes people
feel limp ana discouraged and forlorn,
and they cannot make money when they
feel thus
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A Fail oprning.

WiJh the advent Of the oyster, the pass
InE Of the Il less months and the tearing
or a new leaf from tie calendar, comes
q taclt expectation OF cool weather The
oouuaued prevalence of the present i'm
proper temperature suggests that, revers-
Inz the old proverb, simmer has calmly
advanced with a nerve unparalleled IN
more conservative days and sat down IL
the lap OF winter.
This is not seemIy. It causes unopping
Of brows. and unhappy citizens, and melt
ed collars. and bad language. 1t inspires
the indignant and sorrowfuI state OF mind
Induced by bad practical joke. We had
not finished congratulating each other
upon the fact that Washington was really
developing into a summer resort. when
the mercury began to arise and arch it
self Ike dromedary, until it reached
the record-breaking figure OF 81 degrees.
Il is time something was done about this.
When certain type of American citizen
wishes 20 remedy an evn be, or Size, first
organizes a Society and calls a meeting
Cut If this meeting committees are ap-
PORTED, and these committees draft a
pstitl0n. Then other members Of the So
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Hnnnn. the Orator.

Among the many gifts which a kind
Providence has been pleased to bestow
upon the eminent coal operator ntonopollst
and professor OF sound business methods
IN politics, Marcus Aurelius Hanna, that
Of orstory Is omitted. The business
manager does not believe that this was
Intentional and has started on campaign
Of education -selr-education-to show that
on the stump as wei as in the box Of
flee he is .facle priuceps." MFR. Hanne's
first speech was appropriately delivered at
an obscure Ohio village, remote from rail
ways and the teIegraphs. With some eff
fort, he was able to take a small but
appreciative audience with him from Cleve-
land. Senator Foraker went along TO give
lis colleague countenaDce and nerve for
this maiden effort.
Considered as a political grafton, Mr..
Hanna's eddress was not a nots bic sue
cess; but viewed as tie official express
sions OF the real chief OF tie Government
aud the dictator OF its policies, what he
said, ia his own curt and dogged manner,
is worth noting.
We take it to be illustrative of Mr..
Hanna's native cunning that he should
begin his remarks by stating an incon
trovertbIe truth; because with one truth
on lis score, other things not so veritable
arterward might be passed over a all
eveBts, as reported, he opened fire with
the claim that he was the original dis
cozerer and patentee-and, he might have
added, the present owner-of william Nc
Tinley. He appealed to his audience,
such a. it was, 10 give him all due honor
for this noble and self-sacrificing tndi
cation of patriotism. He did not say
aaytEiag about that $4,000 in notes,
probably because. in that case, he would
have been compelled TO divide the honor
with others-especiaIly with the distin-
guished pIufocrat and pieman Of Chicago,
AIr koilIS,st. Mr.. Hanna made the
most out Of his Mckinley discovery, and
he i~ entitled to all the credit anybody
can find in the fact. There is not word
Of repToaeh in our vocabulary sor him
OF that score
But when il comes to his secondly" we
are not So sure that he was as veraclous
or ~ convincing, even to his personally
coaduot.d audience. as enc might wish.
he boldly declared that he had ever been
the hale and hearty friend and brother
OF the laboring man. Admitting that be
had also been a large employer Of labor,
he lad his horny hand upon his pachyder.
matoCs heart and averred that the wei
fare and happiness of labor always had
been his dream, his Eopc and his primal
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TO DODGE THE PLATFORM.
HiIi-Sheehan Program to BE Carried
Out in New York.

New York, Sept. 13.-The Hill-Sheehan
program to dodge the Chicago platform
will he carried out at the meeting OF the
DeGlocretic State Committee next Wednes-
day. ChairInau Elliot Danforth said today
that II had been decided finally not to
adopt a platform OF to issue an address.
The committee he added, ''Ngill Bomi-
nate candidate for chief Judge Of the
court OF appeals and transact such other
business within the province Of the Com
mittee as may come before it."
Senator Murphy VIII be at the meet
ing, and possibly Richard Croker win be
there. Ex-senator Hill has decided dis
oreetly 70 absent himself. he VIII leave
the management Of affairs to his former
trusted friend, Senator Murphy, with
whom he is reconciled for this occasion.
Senator Murphy tits said, at first favored
the re-affirmation OF the Chicago plat.
form, bnt yielded finally, - ii is reported,
TO tile represeBt atoms OF his son in la ", ex
Mayor Grant, John c Sheehan and Richard
Croker who are quoted as having told
him that TammanY cannot win with the
silver question as its platform. Some -up-
State leaders also insisted on an EN-
Phatie decla ration in favor OF the Chicago
platform After senator Murphy was won
over, Chairman DaHfor h W as consulted, and
he was dispatched IN haste through the
State, according To one who knows 10
call tbe Bryanites off"
Chairman Danforth succeeded in effect
ing coaipre reInise with the ultra -Bryanites,
the Information adds, by which the various
county Conventions which so desire are
70 indorse tho Chicago platform and the
State platform is left free.
Mr.. Danforth admitted this today and
confirmed the announcement that neither
al address nor n platform would be pro
INDICATED by the State committee oIi We'd
uesdsr. He said that an address, which
VIII he confined exclusively to State
issues, VIII be issaed by the State commit
tee later on.
E1traTagance is charged against the
last legislature, the veto Of the graduated
Inheritance taA bill is denounced; anti
trust legislation is declared 10 be bogus
and the Raines law pronounced failure,
except as a direrter Of money from the
treasures of Democratic cities into the
state treasury
The times., 1897-09-14
HOT WEATHER ro coNTlNUE.
No Relief Expected for at Least
Two Days.

Two Days.
IL was rather generally remarked yes
terday and last night that the weather
was quite warm. The heat was great
and the humidity Was greater. At a. III
the humidity was 80 per cent, which, In
the words OF the Weather Sage, was al.
n ost saturation " Tne moisture was very
great during the middle of the day and
the afternoon, and it was this condition
which rendered the weather SO unp!eas
ant.
The maximum temperature yesterday ut
Washington was So, and this mark was
touched by the mercury at 2:30 in the
afternoon.
Tins weather will probably continue
two days. There is no cool weather
closer than Oregon and Nevada, and oct
there things are said to be quite pleasant.
The storm which was noted in the
western part Of the Gulf OF Mexico has
moved into Texas and there, because OF
the increase in friction, was dissfpated,
so the Weather Bureau holds out no hope
in that quarter There may he northerty
breeze this afternoon, but this is By no
means certain. It would help a little,
said the weather sage last night, but as
soon as IL WAS passed the weather would
ogain turn hot.
L he warmest places in the L nited
States yesterday were PittSburg and
davenport, Iowa, where The mercury ran
up to 96. he coolest place ia the
oountTY WAS Baker City. Ore, herc the
temperature was only 4S.
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Tuesday. SEPTEMBER "A, 1897.
I.oua. n'- BimetaIIie sensation.


Unerr uie Peel act Of 1914 the Bank
o. Eu=IanG .~ entitled g keep one-fifth
OF its Gin reserve in silver. Ia 184
England was as mach on a gold oasis as
at present The obvious object Of the
law was t. place the bank in a position
lg Necessary. to prevent undue specula-
bi1G in silver bullion OF in exchange with
silver countries, -either Of which things
uigl1 lappen in times OF sudden emer-
Eellcy. Tie IauE Of England is not
given 10 wild financial experiments. nor
70 sensational adventures OF any kind
II ii> governor and directors had decided
T. do tia; which the London Times and
stock eschange reports have credited
t4rIn with for several days there would
not bp che least occasion for monometsI-
Est indignation. such as hasarisen- because
tile bank authorities strictly would be
within their rights and, from their own
poln, - ,iew, their duties
Yesterday The London Chronicle eediUoriaIIy
said. 1--WE are enabled to state that there
Is "a, ground for tie suggestion that the
Bank u ENGLAND oontemplates holding one
nrh Of ITS reserve in silver" other Lon
don dailics speak in a similar strain, but
more glardedly. Nearly al criticise the
Times for originating the report. There
fore. II IS doubtful if the bank has reached
the decision asTibed TO it. Whether II
haz " not is small matter. Tie fact
OF a 20 per cent silver reserve in the
Bank u England would not have affected
tie b,.lE,u price Of silver enhancingly to
any ~ .u1rtaut extent; nor would promote
tHecause0r lInetaIiIsm practically. Senri-
mentally. il might exert some appredable
,ffe4 as tending 70 show the growth OF
Sentiment IA tie United Kingdom in favor
Of reopening the Indian mints. and the
restoration OF silver 70 the place in In
trrnatiun economy that it held under
the Latin union.
s;.ch action on the part OF the Bank
wolid seem TO be evidence Of such a
l,rolglA II opinion, tut il might not be d
true indication Of anything Of the kind
Undcr ezis.ing circumstances and oondI
tioas we SHOULD be more inclined TO regard
II merely as a shrewd business measure to
arrest the further decline OF silver. and
provide basis for the arrangement Of
Indian hauge upon some ratio that wouId
prevent violent fluctuations at a time
wSon t. Is rather plain that the Indian
government VIII have 10 count with silver
extensively in the settlement of internal
osIiauions and in providing for military
operations on a large scale.
Considering the FOREGOING, we neither
are inclined 10 Join In the ante-facto jubila
tiua Of our l,imetallist friends in this
country. nor in tie fears OF fnonoTaetaIIlsts,
that England is going out Of her way to
even Partially abandon system which Is
q cu"d hing for her, as the chief creditor
nation OF the world and which she has
spcnt years. all The resources Of her in
nuence and diplomacy and millions Of money
In she corruption of public men, to fasten
upon Tie United States. We wish such
fearz were wen grounded, but have not
uls slightest idea that they are. Not 81
easily docs The leopard change his spots
nOr the Ethiopian has skin
The times., 1897-09-14
LovE-MAD YOUTH TRIES TO DIE.
Selected the Hanging Route, But
the Cord Broke.

West Point, n. Y, Sept. 13- John F. E.
Petrey, d msrnh,r of the cadet drum corps,
Stationed here, tied drum cord about his
neck last night. fastened the cord u q
beam in his room and, getting on chair,
jumped eff in an effort to hang himself.
The cord broke and Petrey was found un-
conscious He Will recover.
The yoang man, who is nineteen years
Did, is desperately in love with the aaueh-
ter of ex-Sheriff McCaffcry, the prertiest
girl in Putnam county. Recently she re
cciyed with favor the attentions Of
yodng engineer officer at the post, dud
Petrey became immediately tliscous0laJe.
and wrote 70 Miss McCaffery4 "a ying that
unless she discouraged his rivals atten-
tlons, she would soon be planting lilies
on his grave"
The young woman paid no attention To
this LETTER, and last night Petrey went
to Cold Spring. where his sweetheart re
sides, and, meetia her on the street,
asked her il she intended 10 answer has
letter. She replied that she would answe
it In the morning 2etrey then returned
here apd made the attempt on his life.
When lie recovers he viii be tried by
court-lnartiaI. He is from New York city.
The times., 1897-09-14
a Young Bridegroom.
lFrom the PhIIadeIpha ReeoEdl

From the Philadelphia RecordJ
A few da IS age middle aged coIored
woman applied at the office Of the mar
rage license clerk OF this city. She "a id
she wanted to take out a license. For
yourself - asked Mr. Sheehan. 'Yas,
sab, ;" said she. ''Fo' me an Mistah Da Wis
Mr.. Sheehan found out that Mr.. Da avis was
cook in a Chestnut street restaurant,
ard, Yyhile he was anxious to MARY Mrs.
johnson, W ho acknowledged herself to be
q widow OF ten years standing, ne was
too Busy 10 make application FOR the Ii
cense in person. so l cum along said
Mrs. Johnson, 'an NiStah Davis sent dis
hyar note" The note read as follows:
''.FO tie otoratul LicenS Master. Ny bUSi
ness was to a range so i could not come
my SELF II is my desire To obtain lteeRs to
marie Mrs. Elizieha eth johnson. My name
is james Davis age = years old. Hoping
you VIII compeat with my desires washing
to marie Sunday night hope You ma cor
rect all mists kes / send with her a young
man to witness the same. Very TrIeley
james wis They got the license.
The times., 1897-09-14
FINED FOR DaU NKENNEss.
Lient. Clark, of the Detroit, Pays
So for His Debauch.

New York. Sept. l3 THE man who was
arrested by Patrolman Fannon, of Brook
lyn, early yesterday morning, charged
with intoxication, and was registered
as Louis Gaines, mariner, was fined
SO by Justice BriStow today Gaines
was released or 500 cash bail, given by
DR.. Victor C. E. Means, Of the Navy, who,
on entering the station asked FOR Lieut..
Clark, or the warShip Detroit. He was
Informed that there was no Lieut.. Clark
under arrest, but he picked out Gaines
and after. saluting him and addressing
him as lieutenant. went on his bond. At
the navy yard t0day Lieut.. Clark OF the
Detroit, could not be seen by reporters
and the Officers OF the yard were reticeIt
regarding the arrest.
Lieut. Lewis J Clark is one OF the watch
officers Of the cruiser Detroit. He was
promoted from the grade Of junior lieu
tenant ON June 4, 1897, and four days
later was assigned to his present duty.
The times., 1897-09-14
TROUBLE WITH INDIANS.
Alaskan Natives VINO Resent the
Encroachments OF Miners.

Alaskan Natives VINO Resent the
Encroachments OF Miners.
Victoria. Z c., Sept. 13. United States
Commissioner Khlen, OF Portland, who has
been investigating the agricultural inter
ests OF Alaska, brings word that serious
trouble has developed between the white
pTospectors and the Copper River Indians,
at present the only unclvilized natives on
Americas soil. Three miners have so far
lost their lives, and when the steamer
Topeka, ON which Mr.. Killen sailed, left
juneau, al arm I'd bodyoftwenty -four W hite
men was advancing into the mineral re-
gion, " hose invasion the Indians 50 deeply
resent
1t is said there are ledges of solid cop
per there, and hence the whites Sre de-
lerln.nsi 20 gain possession of the country
at any hazard. The natives make all Of
their household utensils out OF pure cop
per, shaped only with knife and hammer.
The times., 1897-09-14
SPANISH saIACKs FIRED UPON.
Violation Of the QUA rantIne Laws
Causes the Trouble.


Violation Of the QUA rantlne Laws
Causes the Trouble.
Tampa, Fla, seps. 1s.-The Spanish con
s0I here, SeuoC Pedro soils, IS wrathy be-
cause tn state patrol steamer Germ fired on
several Spanish sIuacks the other day.
The Germ is a large launch belonging 10
The State health board, and is armed with
= saIall cannon. The Spanish smacks
hover around The coast ana sell Spanish
liquors, etc, 10 the crews Of the spOneins
and fishing vessels that come her-, thus
infringing quarantine laws. This prac-
ice s 10 be broken up, ana the State health
authorities have determined u adopt
Stringent measures.
Last week two vessels were captured,
aud the American and Spanish vessels
clught together we;e sent To Quarantine
THIS cid not suit tile cons While the
Germ was On her last trip she sighted
TWO Spanish ssGacks and they put TO sed.
Finding that she could net overhaul them
the captain OF the vessel sent a solid shot
after them. The second shot brought then.
to and they We're sent To Quarantine
The Spanish consul wired d Complain.
to Washington and the matter was brought
To the attention Of DR.. J. Y Porter, State
health officer He and SenOr Soils hal
a conference today and the consul as
suued higE aIrs, bat the health Officer
W no is a retired naval physician, plainly
told him that the vessels violating the
law world be fired upon ana hit, ton,
if they did lot stop when signaled.
Finding that he c-.tild not frighren the
doctor the consul came down from aigh
horse, and said he would Try TO stop
it. There was much feeling over the
firing as the Cubans have made much
ado over the matter OF an American vessel
firing on the Spanish fla 2, and have jeered
the Spanlards here about it.
The times., 1897-09-14
The Slot Bicrele.

tFrom the sonerviIle, Tenn., Reporter.)
1t is told that the latest slot device is u
bicycle which you can ride five miles Tor
. cents. You can't cheat the machine, for
xhen The five miles are covered you must
drop another nickel in the slot. If you
don't the bike bucks Like bronco and
throws the rider over the fence