Middletown transcript., 1898-02-12
CURRENT EVENTS.

/ United States Senator Lindsay, of Ken
lucky, is asked by the Free Silver Demo
cratic Legislature of his State to resign, be-
cause of his late vote against free silver.
He refuses; and he does right. He was
elected in 1894 to represent the people of
Kentucky. They knew his views on the
subject, for he had in his previous term
voted consistently against free silver, and
his views were at the time of his elections
the views of an overwhelming majority of
both the parties in his State. Since then
| the Democrats of Kentucky have turned
about face, while he stands where he did.
A United States Senator is elected for his
supposed intelligence. He cannot be die
tated to by the Legislature of his State, else
one would have to ask Senators to resign
with every change in State politics. The
term was made six years, just to prevent
such sudden changes as may take place in
the Lower House.
The House of Representatives has passed
bill to allow the Publishing House of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, $685.
| 600 for injuries sustained during the Civil
War. Messrs. Barbee and Smith, the
agents, announce in the Nashville Christian
Advocate their belief that the Senate will
cheerfully confirm the action of the House
and that the President will sign the bill.
The claim has been pending thirty years.
A few years ago. say the agents, I'VE en-
ployed wise and expert attorney to take
charge of the case, who has managed it
with great skill and prudence, and he is
now upon the eve of final and successful
result" They state that bishops and other
of the Methodist Episcopal Church have
cordially aided in supporting the claim
They thank Congress for the substantial
unanimity with which the bill was passed
| Here is story of a man who was con-
verted to POpulism by hearing Mr.. Bryan
speak, Every detail is youched for to me
by men of the highest standing. A Repub-
lican who has always been true to the party
faith was in the crowd when Mr.. Bryan
spoke in the 1896 campaign in his own
State. He heard Mr.. Bryan say: "Ah, my
friends, let me call your attention to one
fact that stands out clearly beyond contra
diction. 1t is that wheat and silver stand
inseparably yoked together. If one falls
the other falls, and then we fall. Look at
at their price to-day lit was something over
go cents.1 They are within one cent of each
other. I tell you they are together now,
inseparably yoked." That Republican was
converted right there. That was something
he had never thought Of He had and an
s0-acre piece of land, and he reasoned that
if Bryan was elected silver would go up 10
$I.25, and wheat would go with it. He
owed nearly $4,000 on the land, and if wheat
should go to $1.25, he figured, how easy il
would be to pay off that mortgage, Well
Bryan was not elected, but the man went
on with his winter wheat sowing because
he had made all preparations for it, but his
heart wss heavy. He did not see how he
was going to pay off that mortgage at half
rates. He raised 1900 bushels of wheat, land
got 5000 for it. He sold justbelo 70 cents
and then he went to look at the price of sill.
yer. 1t was something like At cents, and
that man saw great light. He lost on Mr.
Bryan's prophecy and election, but he won
on the wheat. He made enough to pay of
his mortgage, and has now gone back to
the Republican party. as have thousands OF
others, which accounts for the fact that in
stead of having only about one-third of the
voters of the State as was ther case three
years ago, the Republicans came within
600 of winning last-year against fusion
of Democrats and opulists. Franklin Mat
thews in Harper's Weekly.