Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-07-30
Political GOSSIP.

terfered with hy the fact that crops
are light abroad and heavy in the
United States. and that the ia mers
are therefore more prosperous in
1897 than for many years
Having assured the country of a
sufficient revenue and of business
activity through the new tariff, the
admin istration wants to assure it of
the stability and safety Of its ourren.
~ by legislation at as early date
as practicable on this subject
No tariff law passed in the mem
ory Of this generation has been as
thoroughly acceptable to the people
as the one TO which President Nc
Kinley attached his signature
more promptly after Inauguration
than any President ever had done
since Washington
The fact that the farmers Of the
West are paying off their mortgaged
indebtedness has put such quaint
ties of money into the markets that
the loan agencies are Offering loans
on farm property at reduced rates
and on terms more favorable than
those of last year
The gold Democracy is finding its
ranks greatly strengthened now
that it has entered upon active cam
paigns in all the States where there
are to be elections this fall Large
numbers Of men who unwillingly
supported the Bryan ticket and plat
form last year are now falling in
line with the gold Democrats in an
attempt to secure true Democracy
and control of the body bearing that
name.
Mr. Bryans contribution to the
Populist campaign fund still proves
a subject of discussion among the
Populists, Committeeman Bateman
still insisting, in a publication in
the Washington Star on this sub
ject, that the contribution was made
with the distinct understanding
that it would result in the omission
by the convention TO determine the
attitude Of the party ON the subject
of fusion prior the opening Of the
campaign Of 1900
Ex-candidate Bryan : lamentation
that general prosperity has not yet
appeared" does not seem to apply to
himself since the ne wspapers of the
country are busying themselves
with the announcement that he has
grown 80 prosperous and luxurious
in his habits that he wears silk and
rufied night shirts, habit which
they seem to assume is rather out Of
the proprioties with gentleman
who has so recently posed as the
real and only genuine friend of
labor
Those prophets of evil who have
been croaking in lugubrious tones
about the mental failings of Score
tary sherman are finding in his let
ter to Ambassador Hay on the fur
seal question so vigorous Il refuta-
tion of their absurd and indecent
charges that they sho uld not under
any circumstances renew the false
hood which they have been circula
ting about him. Whether even such
convincing proof of the falsity of
their assertions will be sufficient to
silence them is doubtful since their
attacks We're, of course, for a politi-
cal purpose and with view Of dis
orediting and annoying the McIEin.
ley administration and its Secretary
of State
Everything is going against the
silverites. They have been insisting
that the world could not set along
without large additions of the whi te
metal to the currency of the world,
and now here come the gold mines
Of the world this year with their
largest production in history, while
on top of that comes the nows Of the
discovery of the richest gold mines
in existence in our own Alaska.
Add to this the fact that the whole
world is likely to send US gold in
exchange for our splendid crops this
year, especially because Of the short
age of the crops in other countries,
and it is apparent that there is to be
no scarcity of gold and no lack Of
prosperity in the United States dur
ing the coming year.
The hard times which the farmers
of the country have had under the
Wilson tariff law have shown them
the Importance Of reducing their in
debtedness as rapidly as possible.
Dispatches 10 the New York Sun
(Democratic) indicates that the
farmers are making prompt use Of
the advance in the prices OF wheat,
wool and other products. and in de-
voting tho money thus received to
the clearing of their Indebtedness.