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4 T3E POST - INTELLIGOCEB. TE L.EPH Off H: Editorial Rooms. Second floor.. .Male M City Ed;tortal Rao— MaS W ■ Mln 11 Offices Mala f TERM! OF SU—I.'HII'TTOW: Dally (By Mali or Mmr»a ta tbe City). One Tear, la Advaaee -#» • Dally. Six MOT the. la Advance J 2 Dally. One Month, ta Advance 1 " •■May. OM Tear, la Advance........ • m •or der and Weekly. Oae Tear, 1a AS- # IdS: SSS.*SS -ee** t?T «f Com*erce. sair "• w - PTBLniHINO TO.. »eattle. WaA. •■••Mask, Bsffy, fMMy mmS !«■<«», <sa»s mrntrnf sst«S«r —wspapsr r"*- flgSadt* *hm state sf Wms Cssalr aM C% OgUtmt P«Sf»ee. PRATTLE, EREDAT. AUG. Id. THE MONET POWER OWCE MORE. Ignathie Donnelly remarked sot long affo that Candidate Bryan talked too much. What will the redoubtable Ig say to the latest utMranees of Candidate Watson? The Honorable Torn now comes out aad says the nomination of Bewail was dictated by the money power and intimates that the Maine ahipbulider has therefore ao rights which white men are bound to respect. This Is a new phase of tbe situation. The boy orator haa stead fastly Insisted tbat not only did the money power not dictate at Chicago, but that It eras actually routed, horse, foot and dragoons. Caa it be tbat after ail. than, the "Piutes" did have some influence at the Popoeratlo oonventlon? This Is astounding. However, It ts not ao far out of keeping with Mr. Bryan's recently ex pressed Ideaa of evening things up and giving everybody a show. AWEUI.LT AWKWARD. flow vsry embarrass is* It must be for Ssnnler Squire at Cllensburg. How drsad faity Inconsiderate, while he was ao art fully postag as a disinterested patriot, for Oomrads Isaac Moors to spring the aen- W- April laHsr an a public which al ready had begun to grow suspicious If M bad been a Winston epistle, as one would have basn surprised, aad all would Save Joiaed bsarXty la aierry-making ever anether gmalnt eonoelt of the Bpo- Raae toaabler. Sat ta confront Senator Sjuke wis Ma own reseat words to the Mtoot that psaieetlsn Is above stiver and that the money question should be set- Had within the Republican party la the Caiatssosnce sf a capital joke. People arill have little sympathy for Comrade Moore, but a great deal tar Senator Squire, for the yatsai wnXTßiNni Ksrsgrr u mm v Beft late Which he eaa withdraw for the pur aasa af saßlng ths hale in after him. nUMS, MOT PRIRCIPUM. VMMan aaoaes hard. In last. It eometh Mt ad ah. iad pat, with three stalwart hands latent apon the alngle priaoiple of hvtnglag aalvatioa ta the ssantiy R would asaas that tbsrs might he a union of fesoss. With the ooantry ta dietxees, why U R Sat the different clans cannot aee Setr way el ear la a coalition formed for the purpoee sf putting down error T It Is a cent eat ef Issues not of man and why. therefore, should there be any hes taacy about rallying under a fusion banner? Well, the principal reeeon Is that the dif fsraat parties cannot agrse as to the cut ting af the pie. Placas, not pitnclples. ta ths all-Important matter at Eileruburg And individual great), not laauas, la what prevanta aay concentration of energy. in * word the Cllenaburg farce la merely a scramble for pluroa and there la hardly an aspirant there who wouldn't be will ing to throw platforms to the dogs pro vided ba ia allowed to get within eating Aiataaoe of the publio crib. THE aOI'XD MONEY CM H. Tha organlsati<v» of the Pwattls Purine** Man's Pound Money Club Is an event of no ordinary Importance. It gosa to show that on* portion of this community— and • substant'a. one. Is alive to tha necessity of strong, concerted action with s view af warding off the danger threatened by pheap currency agitation. Tha lasue now ta net one of party polities, but of finan cial honesty for nation and Individual. No oaa will suffer mors from th s frea ■liver movement than th* business man. It bring* all th* unrest, uncertainty and unsettling of trads which the business msn dreads and which invariably proves disastrous to him. An or*an'*«t! ->n formed with tha Idaa of show!-* and !m --praaslng upon peop's the nature of t • •vils whleh are certain to follow ths use of d»ha*ml money in this country ahould be heartily we)c< m#d Its w irk wia mean much, not only for bualaeew but for averytv»dy who wishes prosperity and a steady, eubstant'ai growth for the Pacific Northwest. TH* PMinr Brnrttrr *H»* vtatt of tb# wmben of th# Hnlted (Itat** f.«re*f <y eomml»!«i. which h*a N*«n *i«m<nln* tb* !*•>-!«? re**rv* t* rr>t |?k*'y to at thi* fim* th* attention tt d*a*rro* A good work baa h**n aorom fdtehad. l»<yw»**r, aiil *♦?»« th* «g>-.s>rtu * ttm* arrtv.*. aur «n con (re** ahould •** to It that th*?r report ta iA>t p*rmltt*d to r*m*tn an«*.!#turb*4 «r» *r offletal ptg*on-h<4* Cir*Mm*la»o*a which n*«d not b* mar* pwrtV- larty ro frrrod t* bar* <•>«*?• rod to pr»vert a grand national tmrk b« ne xl • - f*et!y wtth what rh!* ;>ar*v. aa well as aU ot>#c* w*ie ba** ***n It. tn Se th* gran<l >-*t park '*• th* I'nt'ed • •<* with the fl-,e*t g'a 1«r» o :•*! ** ,>f A **ka. K***rth*'»*a. tn tfrre It# *ro«»der* **tl b*- ocnt* known !n w h .»•»*» «» t#IW otP.rtally th* PskMSc! r«»*r»* a,~.vl « will «fi-*rt ■(♦•lter# not aJon* f- m thta eeimtrr but fr.xn Eun^p* Th* «r*«i mowntatn ran*»«* of th* wMch ar* *o«-***?N* to to«rt»fa hav* *h*?r baauti**. but m*y fear* ioat a»»>>»t a't th# daets«3W of thetr foneVa With very Mt*la .'ar* thor* m'gbt b* pr*we-\e*i is t; * v'elnlty of ktount Hainlrr #c«s* of th»«* antma # which ar# faat *""1 m S #Tt«noi uat«aa mom awS atepa ar* tAk*n. Th* fcttPTaJo l* not to b* fm:n4 »». k y f-.d*n th* but th«rx ar* atan) »aiuu«a dii{ arJUdk #ua aa rir« that only irtflirtai raears ard strict laws can »i*il<e their But of evan asoae*P*ne« to the ded ication to the pabHe •• a fl»d of *r. "r --m«nt of The exceptional te ftorm and fauna wh»<-+i arouse naturalists ta the keenest delight. The grandeur of tha srenery etnnot be equaled anywhere IB the world and with very ltwle aapsnsa even the summit of the stupendous moun tain might be made easily aeeeaiible. It mmsi like sacrilege, perhaps. to speak of pecuniary considerations in oonnection with st*rb aubllme natural beauty, but It doea not detract from the merit of the plan to feel assured that the outlay woud be In part reimbursed by regulations which would tend to leesen the expense of preservation without being sufficiently onerous to deter tourists from making Mount Rainier the chief object of a trip to the far off West. Apart from this pride should stimulate our people to take sn Interest In preserving- to posterity full enjoyment of one of nitur* a wonders, and In time the government will, no doubt, lend Its powerful aid In further measures to make it a popular resort. hrya >f*s po«i no*. The speech delivered by W. J. Bryan in reply to the addrees announcing hi* notn inarwm <*ontalns vary llt{le that Is new. Nevertheless, it msy be said to be the de fense of the platform on which he stands, and bla position gives a new Interest even to old arguments. It ta his presentation of the free stiver aide of the question, and fonrw a suitable source from which to se lect texts for a reply. It will be observed that although tt waa a lon* the pertinent arguments were limited, moet of the addreas consist ing of appeals on behalf of those who "earn their living by the swsat of their brows." Mr. Bryan does not agree with some of ths other free ellverltea It Is only a few days ago tbat ths leader of the Goats In King county denounced ths Post-lntelli- Kencer ss either wilfully decelvlnc ths neopls or as an ignoramus for statina. In aimoat precisely the seme !anguage ss >fr. Bryan used, the effect of the mint stamp. Doing so, ha merely admitted a propo sition which no student of money can fall to accept as almost self-evident. But Mr. Bryan then draws s fsise con clusion from a true basis, and the whole of ths rsmainder of h!a theory la, of course, tainted with the fallacy of Its oris'ln. He quotes from two Republican leaders In order to mske it sppear that they agree with him The Isolated cita tions might almost make one bellevs that )>oth ftherman and Blaine really argued that frse sliver ia the only salvation of the country. Tat the remainder of his speech Is no more mlslsading than thsss trlcka of ths stump spesksr. Neither of his quotations goes very desply Into ths subject: he dared not ven ture very far. or the deception—for such in a measure tt wsa—would have been ap parent. The reference to Bherman repre sents him as saying in I**® that "contrac tion of the c Jtrency is a far mors distress ing operation than the senators suppose." Of course. It is true that contraction of ths currenoy causes commercial diaturb ancs and sven distress. But It is equally trus thst inflation does the same. No body Is threatening or proposing contrac tion of the currency. The silver currency haa been increased eighteen times as much In ten yesrs, sines 1173. as In ths eighty years preceding that time. Mr. Brvan Is shocked at ths Idea of de stroying silver. Nobody wants to destroy It; nobody seeks to depreclats 1t; the en tire poiUy snd purpose of ths bi-metallist is that it shall !>e preserved, its value up held and Us present purchasing power be maintained. If al! that Mr. Bryan uy* would result from tha free coinage of sllvsr sr H to 1 were certain to follow, free coinage would not have to wait for Mr Bryan * election. Even President Cleveland would be willing —stubborn as he Is said to be—to call an extra aessou of congress and win eternal fame by urging the p:u»*age of a free ooin tgs law. If what Bryan says la true, and Cleveland were to believe It and act upon It. all the nominating conventions of the year couldn't prevent Cleveland being re elected by declamation. It La be- a use all tha experience of tha P*at teachea ua the contrary, because the practice of mankind does not conform to the lovely theories laid down by Mr. Bryan, because the conviction of the great bulk of the people Is that, whether Mr. Bryan Is only ambitious or la wally honest, or both, he Is mistaken— mistaken Juat as stupendously as * hen he appealed to tha people to trust themselves to the virtues of free trade, and prosperity would light up every darkened home and bring com fort to every cheerless hearth. Mr. Bryan want* to know what It shall profit ua to have a do ar "whl'h grow* mora valuable every day. If *u*h a dollar lowers the standard of civilisation and brings distress to the people?" We want to know, too. what It ahall profit us to have a dollar which grows mire valuable every da> aa price* no up ha aaj a they will—and ita purchasing power declines? What * 111 it profit us to have a silver dollar which bring* our people to the level of tha masses of evejy country where free ooltMge extsta? hich kind of a dollar would any salt respecting man choose—that wh h mad* men rich or that which 1a thought good eno igh for the poor? The welfira of the nation, Mr. Bryan any*, d*i 1* i, n the prosperity of tha masee* as I upon this truth proceeds to argue in '** or of a m >r*y aystam *h!:h one civilised nation after another has abandoned Sound money men are not seeking to drive silver out of circulation; they are simply desirous of avoiding auch •;< ■-* a* e k a", mike :t I■ s* valiab.s comraet w y th*# g .-id It Is not tha e*l'.ta! of gold* or tha ratio would be 1 to L Its relative value to gold has n<*t be«a -ielermin* i, and n»*rr *::! determined, fc-y the pra;»orUone of each put into tha aarth bv it.vj -as some of Bryinl fol lowers believe—but by t>.e proportions in which they are taken out by man for j*e by man This has *:** m been the en ter ton of values sines those days cent uries ago when stiver was aa 1 to Ift of gold, caul tha present day. when increased production has .'hanged their rala'ion and aaade It J3 of stiver to 1 of » "d. No theory of S-a« e. no »■ stem or row. errment, no ingenuity of law. na f»rve»- v o? patriotism can crenta a va;»* wfc\?h <ioe* not exts' a *-1 *er, heary pur v »«# -f silver might ra»sa price. tot watgr <£.-** not t»MV?a surely find tts «»s lergi than Aa vaU ea. Mr Bryan i* fia*h>\ V t.i -« «a& sul r*-*e ;£te # ...a *£ si've- by declaiming oa Its tlt tuea Ha makes a good auctioneer, bat be is not a statesman. PA»T PRESIDENTS. The annr- .ncemeat la mad* tbat ex- President Benjamin Harrison desires to re-enter the United States senate. There Is, of oourae. no reason why b* should not. and indeed, bla experience would make bias an exceptionally va!-;abla member. It seema i!mo«t a waste of good material to permit a man who has occupied for four years the office of chief execu tive to retire Into private life Just when the measure of Ms experience Is full. The American peop.e are not such sticklers for dlgaity that they would discounte- nance the continuance In public life of a valued public servant, but that rather hard task master, Custom, baa taught the people not to look with favor upon the spectacle of an ex-president enter ing Into a contest for Jess exalted honors. VS hat should be done with our ex-presi dents. Is a question which has occupied public attention on more than one occa s:hbl It has bee«n suggested that they be entitled to life seats in the United States senste either with or without a vote, but preferably the latter. In this way one who has been through all the irradea and reached the highest rank would be spared the mortification, in a sense. of being retired to private Ufa One who haa spent sufficient time In the administration of affairs to have become president, might be auppoaed to have not only a taste for. but a capacity for, state craft and at the age when moet men leave the White house, they are too old to begin a career In ordinary business pursuits. The assurance, too, that at the clooe of a presidential term an office of dignity was ope® might prayent the uae of th« higher office as a means to subsequent advantage. In recent years retirement from the Whrtte House has usually been followed by retirement to private life. Chester A. Arthur, Rutherford B. Hayes and U. S. Orant are the most notable examples of recent times, calamitous circumstances having operated In the caaes of Lincoln and Oarfleid to removs them from any of the disadvantages of poet-presidential troubles. John Qulncy Adams became a member of the house of representatives after he had retired from the presidency, and Andrew Jackson was returned to the senate. The only conspicuous example of an ex-president holding executive office was that of James Monroe, who became postmaster of New York city. Nearly all the other presidents were practically re tired when they left the White Houss. The only living ex-president is Benjamia Harrison, and he will be Joined In March by Grover Cleveland. The country would undoubtedly be the gainer by having the servlcee of these two men in a position where they could with propriety partici pate in such discussions as form so im portant a part of the proceedings of the United States senate. If they had no vote there could be no possible objection to their taking part in debates or being de ferred to on matters of national policy, ai.d the number of sx-presidents living at one time would never be large enough to admit of th«4r having an undue influence. The British sy stem includes the office of privy councillor, to which retired minis ters of distinction are appointed, and they serve as an sdvlsory body. Their func tions are resrrioted, but at ttmea it Is found desirable to Invoke their experience, and, limited though their area of useful ness may be, ths position Itself 1s one of honor and Is much sought after. No of fice in the British government Is equal in rank with that of president of ths United States, snd the reason seems to be greater for paying such a compliment to one who has b«en so highly distinguished by his fellow-countrymen as to have been elected chief magistrate of this nation. Cardinal Gibbon has aet an example which many may approve, but it la hard ly one which can be recommended If this la to be a campaign of education and every voter is expected to get at the root of the matter The cardinal, being asked recently for his opinion on tba currency question, replied, through his aecretary, that In view of the diversity of opinion held on the aubject of the currency by experta-men who had mada it a lifa study—he would not venture to expresa an opinion. Each of tha large cities In the East takes Its turn at combatting a hot spell. Fortunately Seattle need hsve no feara of being obliged to endura the suffering now being undergone by the people In tha middle West and on the AttanU: coast It ia Indeed an honor to be nominated for the presidency, but Norton may have some doubts as to whether he has been honored by balng named as the man who oh all recelvs Populist votes in case Bryan doesn't stand by Watson. However h\gh political excitement may run. the work of prospecting and develop ing mln«a gob* steadily forward all through the mining districts of the gtata t W*«tUrgton. J n as though nothing was about to happen. Th* Goat# at Ell*n#burg #e*m to b* <-jtt!ng litt>* or no flgjr* !n th* lrg* b>t ar* an*!<H» and *ager, in :ha word# of the baker, for *ltfcar, neither, both. r,«r« brick, family twlr. ro!!i or mufftna. _____________ Bryan dafen i» th* inoama tax, or,* re»- icn be*rg th*' : » employed In aome of th* m*t *ro; :' \r.: nation* of Earcpa. That la rich* (3 ahead and rive us th# #y»!e»n# of ? r» *r. power* and p©f*nta*ea. Th# wor d on* of lt» *to*• *# : mod «m art tat a tn S r J»hn E MUlaia. "»n# *hfM taian: ha* b»*n r#->ojrnl*ed. how. *v*r and who l*ed with th* h!gh*#t hon or* that cou'd t># . nferr*.l whUa h* lived S"an*en w->u!J >oa* no rr*dlt. bat ft might d*tr* ! from th* a?i*ndor of hta Aretl? a •.>mr'i»bt»*n!. !f p*r-hano* Prof. An Ire* aho'.v.l «y over th* r*glen of th* pot* in a few hour*. The R«rubl!an Hne* ar* r"o#!rg up and th* cr*ar aafl>n o? e üb* every siv. Ja. »:-a'«* fat ♦** *- and money m«s ar* ♦i d* awake and only a*a "tag th* to root th* *n*qiy. |>-yaa haa evidently com* to th* c«m --« an tbat p«b»c 5*.-eney haa r*va?t#d a«a:r«t further pci!r«eaJ u«* of ayvboia #>• -u;*d with th* d*ath of th* f,- of Chrlat unity. Th* V»w York Journal r***nUy aa:! •.hat Sia**a rvj**tt# *inM go for Bryan »-♦. !*»w#:'i, but throiah arkrt>* rr.U:ak* th* :»ai t in't g*? tß*« th* Joka column. T i* tiro* It «wM that Nanwn d> i*d to annoan-<* m return b'.nac'f r-.-ar UMA b£ iruxjp. THE SEATTLE FOST-INTELLIGENCF.F, FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. 1896. * FOR EFADf EEFIRESCg. A Somber of Intei*«t!nf tant Fart» About <f!v«r. Ttoe Oh*.~ago Tlmee-H»ra.i print* the following, with the suggestion that It b* cut out and put in the pocket for ready reference: rißir. L Stiver has always been mea.*ored by gold. 2. That by which something else la a— ursd Is th« standard of value. The Dum ber of ounce# of silver an ounce of fold w«u!d bay has always been the ratio. 3. Like all other values, the ratio of sil ver to gold baa been controlled by supply and demand. 4. When this government was founded ths commercial or true ratio waa believed to be 15 to L 1. At that ratio silver was admitted free and unlimited to the mint. Gold dollar, 34*4 grain? fine gold: M*«xtt equals 571*4 grains fine silver, the "silver do»lar of the daddies.** 8. The Intent and belief of the "daddlee" waa that tTH4 grains of pure silver would buy as much of anything as S4\ grain* of gold would buy. 7. Or tha: 13 ounces ef fine sliver would pay as much debt as one ounce of gold. SECOND. L The ratio of 15 to 1, fixed by law, re mained actually correct but a very short time. 2. Owing to admission of foreign coins whieh were inferior, no American gold jt silver coins circulated. Coinage of silver dollars was suspended in lit(, and was not resumed until leCO. Then l.Ouu were coined. 8. In 1534 the "dollar Qf the daddies'* ceased to exist. The weight of the silvie dollar was changed to 412 1 * grains. This altered the ratio to It to L A Silver then became more profitable t* export than to coin. 5. Thus we went Jo the single gold stan dard, on which we have been down to tiie present time. t. Dropping the silver dollar legally from coinage In 1X73 was only making a mere record of what had been actually true from 1534. Silver declined to be coined during that entire period except in small Quantities. 7. The -whole amount of silver coined from the foundation of the government to 1873 was about $5.000,000, althoug-h its coin age was free and unlimited. THIRD. I. From 1871 to July l, IKK under limited silver coinage, we coined, in full legal ten der silver dollars, s4V,2tt,9ls, at the vatlo of 1« to 1. 1 In the eighty-five years prior to IST* the whole amount of silver coined by the United States under free *ilver coinage was $222.5*5.921. 3. In the eighteen yesrs from 1878 to 1596 the whole amount of silver coined under limited coinage was $471827,728. A More than $27,000,000 more of silver wva coined in eighteen years of limited coinage than during the eighty-five year* of fre* silver coinage. S. All the silver dollars in our currency are full legal tender at 100« cent* each (ex cept for redemption of gold certificates, which are not legal tender). 1 Subsidiary silver (half-dollars, quar ter-dollars and dimes) are legal tender to the amount of $lO in any one transaction. 7. The total limited legal tender silver coined I* $178,666,315. 60. $. Total allver coined by the United States down to July 1. 18$6, $69*.4*4.843.10. FOURTH. L The reason a new demand for free eolnage of silver by the United State* ha* arisen Is, that owing to Increased produc tion. caused chisfly by lmprovsd methods of mining snd better fscfilties for trans portation. the output of silver became so large as to diminish its valu* in relation to gold. 2. Down to 1873 allver was more profitable to export than to coin, and that year only $293,600 was offered for coinage In the Unit ed States. 3. In 1856 the world's production of silver was $1,400,000 ounce*; real ratio to gold, 16 38 to L 4. In 187« the world's production of silvsr was 87,753,000 ounces, or more than double. Ratio to geld, 17.85. i. In 188$ the world's production of silver wss 93.275.000 ounces, trebling that of 18»t Real ratio to gold. 20.78. 1 In 1A95 the world's production of allver was 165,'W.000 ounces, or more than five times what it was in 1866. Real ratio to gold, 31.54. 7. That is to say, an ounce of gold it worth today nearly 32 ounces of silver. I. Yet owners of uncoined silver want us to accept it for free and unlimited coinage at the proportion of ounces of silver to L ounoe of gold. FIFTH. L The effect would be to flood t>he coun try with silver dollars worth 62 to 53 cents. 2 When the government wss founded th* "daddies" believed snd Intended that fif teen ounces of silver would purchase a* much as one ounce of gold, or that fifteen ounces of silver wottTl a debt which of gold would discharge. 3. Today one ounce of gold will purchase as much ss thirty-two ounces of silver. If we coined sliver at 1# to t. therefore, we would be forcing on ourselves s dollar of a purchasing power or debt-paying power of only one-half the present dollar of our currency, all Its dollars being up to a value of 100 cents each by the existing gold standard. 4. Free colnt*# of stiver would put u» on the silver standard with China, Japan and other countries. In which labor la in prac tical serfaje. and civilisation Is acarceiy begun. R. There is not in the world today a flrst class nation that opens its mints to ths free and unlimited coinage of silver. Candidate Bryan evidently thinks an open confession is rood for the soul. The aecor ! edition of his famous speech, male in the Chicago convention, is now ready for distribution by the Democratic com mittee here. The speech, as delivered, dil not pWse Mr. Bryan, and he wired Senator Faulkner a request to srithhold the document from further cimilation tiH he could revise ar.d correct !t. Mr. Bryan has "dressed up" ha speech in many p a-<mi. htit the most noticeable change In it is the appearance of the fam-ma phrase about the crown of thorns ar.l cross of It 1 in q iota'son marks This is a con fession that the words which perhaps did more than anything else to secure the younf orator's nomination were not orig inal with him The extracts taken from an o!1 speech of Secretary Carlisle. In which he sail "his wss a struggle between the "Ills hollers of idle capital" an? "the a;ruggSlng mas*ea who produce the wealth ani pay the tax»s of ths country," are also placed in quotation marks Ore char.** which Mr Bryan has male in ths test of his sr»ech doet h m credit. The reference mate to Mr McKlnlev as "that man who used to boaat that he looked Ilka Nap eor.." has heers mod.fled into "whv. the mar. who w*« occe pleased to think thai "be looked like Napoleon." WniM-f iri h»» e*;wrienee<i for many 1 ear* the •'lwhirh tt ha# ItrlvM from Kaa*ern capita! whieh r>a« sought in - .v, ,» atr Eae'ern men hare ts#r»'rif-»r» had svmiMervc# tn the hon<*ft Infer v of It* people *nd *a*er!y so-tjrht to a:d them hy e*ndlnr their cap? ml tor the aw of our rttlaena who <fej> red to »v*!l th*frs*>e« of the opportunity of fered T?ie orator:t«i haranirie of Bryan at Ch:-a<r\ and his nwtuti**, and the threatening attitude waioh * Jarjre rurrtwr of the Wwtim P»op e and the pr?*a have »«*.»<#«• a#a.'r.«t -he mor»y Sntrreat. is ?wr.| aat a:: f>ret*» capita: from thi* s*a*e, ft* well »* other* in the West. This •tat* ha# t JftrMl the *'**<» In its *rcw:-, never w.:s. when !t an afford ' le<*ry r*apt?ai arsi repel St front tha rate. It ia well known that capita" la tin Id. and !» 'ike the Mir d <!»•* qv*rk to taka a a*x «!s ,r ? • rea**-*.-* wt-.h afa-k: and It is not »tr*-g» tha* the w h-inwal of Eea'ern ar'tal has of morey bare here-■>?•*•» heen for the parposa o? r --has:-* state eoan'y, marsicipai and other efff-U". warrants, mh -h ha« h**n of feat e*Jrj- to -he peo p* nf ♦ his a-s-e TT; « if-e of money convenience wtil probafeljr he aJto (tUttf, \ } 111 le» I opfnrinf. China go Times-Herald. t ef»tti»i i» rtmtd. Walla WsHs Union. THE STATE PRESS. Taklma Argus: W. P. C. Adams sayc h* Is * candidate for no office: that he ran twice before the people and hi* dough .s sad. New*-I>tter: It Is now a battle te the death between MaJ. McKinley's hicky buckeye and Mr. Bryan's rabbi:'* foot. Th* Fairfield Observer print* !■ lsrg* type under its first page headline: "Re publicans! Turn neither to the right nor t* the left.—Sam Hyde." CosmopoMs Enterprise: To Hon. Watsom C. Squire: Why did !t take you so long to make up your mind that the policy pro posed by the Republican national conven tion would prove ruinous to thta country? Chelan Leader: Last Sunday** Post- Intel: igencer contained a write-up, by L. K. Hodge*. of Meadow creek mining camp and of Lake Chelan that Is worth reading. That camp must undoubtedly come to th* front when its merit* are known. WHY NOT A GRASSHOPPER» To th* Editor: I notice on the lapels of our Repopocratio friends" coat* an Imita tion stiver bug. Why don't they wear something appropriate and make it a grasshopper, because there is no law or knowledge where the grasshopper will light whan he Jumps or how long he will stay? DR. W. A EGBERT. DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE. To th* Editor: The silverites *ay that free and unlimited coinage of silver will Increase our per capita and make time* good. Will they tell us why Mexico, with free and unlimited coinage of silver, ha* low wages ar.d less than $5 par capita? Don't all speak at once. REES P. DANIELS. INFANT HEALTH SENT FREE A Ifttle book that should be In every home. Issued by the manufacturers of th* Gail Borden Eagle Brand CtadtoMd MBk N. Y. Condensed Milk Co. 71 Hudson Street, ' Hew Tork FTVTTT7I lllJj HUB 615-617 First Ay. Special For Today. 60c will buy on*of those fin* percale bosom shirts. 50c will buy one of those fine percale shirts, collars and cuffs attached. 50c will buy a laundered white shirt, double front and back. 50c will buy a soft percale shirt, fast color. SI.OO will buy one of our fine Fedora hats, in black or brown. SI.OO will buy one of our lln* still hats, the lstest styls. $5.00 will buy a cheviot suit, all wool, blue or black. # 17 50 will buy a fancy clay worsted suit. $7.50 will buy an all-wool cassimer* suit. SIO.OO will buy one of our finest all wool clay worsted suits. SIO.OO will buy one of our finest black or brown cheviot suits. 25c will buy four pairs of lisle thread socks, fast colors, in brown, taa or black. If you want a McKlnley hat call on ua. We have the genuine regulation bat. v THE HUB, Ctf and <l7 First Avenue. Headquarters for low prlc**. BSMARCHE Soi 2619. 2621, 2623 First Are, corttr C«dir . v t Grand Removal Sale OF — S IT 0 E S BARGAINS THAT CAN NEVER B E EXPLICATED AT THESE PRI CES. TO AVOID MOVING OTR LAR GE STOCK OF SHOES WE CUT PRI CES TO THE BOTTOM NOTCH. Ir.far.tt' kid button shoes, removal Ladies' tan Oxford ties, valus tl 00. price »- pair. removal price ®c pair. BoytT ani xlris* xraln button shoes, Ladles' tan O*forl Ilea, valua fl 28. fixes 5 to I. S9c pair; »_to 11. <frc removal price IV pair. Misses' Jcid and cloth top button s*-oe« value fl 50 removal price, s.ae ladles' tan Oxforl ties, value 11.80. 11 Ml Ittc pair. { removal pries »c pair. Misses" kid button shoes with pat- Children's tsn colored button shoes, er.t tip. si** 11 to 2. vslus H. 25. removal p t»a s to I. value St. , removal pries price *■" pair. %.~ The celebrated IJUIe Oiaat school , . , . shoes. WS offer tetai removal aale at »,!" ro,o rl (V ~ cttes to 11. vaiua II ». only »c pair. H!*h grade Infants' misses" and chfl- Misses" tsn colored button shoes, dren's dress shoe* reduced to cost. We sites II 1 * to 2, value tl ®, removal show the best assortment to Pa found price >1 S to ladles' h*h *rada. cho<v , 80, ■" > T •*£*£? elate oolor. button and lace atioes. 0 je te. rsm» al pn..s every pair srarranted. to close thera pair. before removal 12-SW pair. Men's ere rar.nr jos l*~e shoes, lulled' fine b'ark donm'* kid burton va*-:*?! S* removal prt-e f! m pair, shoes new style toe, y* $3 *>. re- Men's Goodyear we!' ~aif shoes, vaio* moval prl?e CM- .. r*m>yvtu price $3 Ladles' fugtt grade ehneolsts color Oxford ties, flexible soles, very dressy, Mer."s ?'* * ■ - r **J vaija value CSO. removal pnee *!.» pair. -r removal price *2 SYRUP OF FIGS r« ♦*» rfvrt*. »«y fAe Mmmmf*•- tnr*4 tp FIG' SYuCP CO TIME AXD TIDE ARE SURE THINGS. Tou can also depend as surely on the -STERLING-- BICYCLE "BUILT LIKE A WATCH." FOREHAND BROS. GENERAL AGENTS. NO. 1018 SECOND AVENUE, SEATTLE. Our Entire Line, $30,000 Worth of Books and Stationery, WILL BE Closed Out at Cost. Dealers and others desiring to buy In quantity lots can secure bargains. THE CALVERT COMPANY NO. 71# FIRST AV. GREAT REDUCTION In Price* •* FISHING TACKLE, BICYCLE SUITS. SHOES AND SUNDRIES, TENNIS GOODS, Gymnasium and Athletic Supplt** cheaper than ever. Call and b* convinced. HARDY - HALL ARMS CO. No- 80b Pint Avenue. Japan Bazaar. 910 first itmsa We have a full lln* of CHINEBB and JAPANESE FANCY GOODS at low**t pricea We ar* direct Importer*. EDUCATIONAL. Bishop Scott FOIXOED ltlO. A boarding and day school for boy*. Military discipline under a regularly de tailed officer of the United States army. Primary, preparatory and academic de partments. Classical, scientific, English and commercial courses. Thorough prepa ration for any college or scientific school. 1 he academy has graduates in Yale, West Point, Massachusetts InsUtute of Tech nology, University of California and Stan ford. Manual training will be introduced In 189«-7. Boys received at sny age. Good heme influence*; careful -supervision of boarding pupils. Healthful location. For catalogues address J. W. Hill, M, D., Drawer 17. Portland, Or. PORTLAND ACADEMY Orgmnia'* tH*O. Strl rear ff<« Op*« S+pt. 14, t»9«. The school Is prepared to do th* work of the whole course of primary and second ary Instruction. Boys and girls received at the ear.lest school age and fitted for college. Advanced work In Mathematics. English Literature and Chemistry. A new building, modern aDd oomplet* In all its appointments with well equipped laboratories, and ample ground*. For address, PORTLAND ACADEMY. Portland, Or. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Unl»ersltf of California. The regular COTRSE OF LEC TURES will begin Tuesday, September Ist, at 9 a. m., at the college building, Stockton street, near Chestnut, San Francisco. R. A. McLEAN. M. D., Dean. 105 Kearny St., oor. Bush, San Fran cisco. NEW YORK. New York. MISS iEr.BLb ANu THOMPSON'S Boarding and day school for girls, 30, 33 and 34 E. 67th at. Special students admitted. $9&9395989&95m9& 9^99^99^ & Or¥l/~XT) Where Yon Art and Tali Willi ! e) k5 JL v/ X Just Atoil j Miaott (• A \ KO. NOT POLITICS. NOW TO'* TTAVENT TTM'-L AT THIQ TT_ I 9) HORA OP THE SEASON TO M\K!; A W VRM WEATHER Waii» £ I (m 81 IT. AND THEN TOV OOrt*DN T MAKE THH* FOR -ISJSS 1 2 PRICES ANT WAT. SEE WWAT WE OFFER YOU; | (• X ; S New Waists. ! Suits Cheap.! ®/ Received Thursday. A larjre $ All of the summer *tUt» M I in pretty colors, *rirh Ofie-haif price. JIM sutta, ttom large «I«VH anl separable eol- a sl.2i KfteJl. ( la*. of rood per,.!,, well sew- J m ;„ ht ml I ed. will flt correctly. 9 or whit* d irk. all of tl* |2 I ®J 45c and 65c Each. { ,u,u „ ' r W.H | All of the regular llne havt \ , n tHJ , I<H 2aUo been reduced io price. linen sulta Also w-feii« f duck suits. H-* svita now I The SIOO grade are t1.26 \ The «.» grade ara 1.90 r "Ji I (• The *I.W grade are « 4 A fine etrtped shew itata q\ * gandia. ecru celer. m in thi. last line we have now f Ch ildreß -. . Ulu only dark red percale or white § „ 0) natte cloth. The stripes, eto.. k ' ,> c are all gone. x A rood, washable duck. •) —, m V® "MODES AND FABRICS." OI*R MONTHLY MAGAZINE, FOR AT3O. §) rST IS NOW HERE AND YOURS FV»R THE ASKING. IT IS RE. /-J PURI WITH rOILJST AN • KMSTtONd AND COX VP TANS OL'HER INTKREBTIXO READING. | J. A. BAILLARGEON & CO. ft Cor. Second Av#nu« and Jamra Mre«L - | Remember-*- ! THE NORTHERN PACIFIC GIVES ITS ANNUAL EXCURSION PRIM SEATTLE Ocean Westport Beach ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, $3 ROUND TRIP FARE $3 Train will leave Seattle at C:3O a. no., returning at llfll p. m., la timfNta •treet cars. Bicycles carried free. Fine coaches. Fast time. This special train will run to South Aberdeen, where excursionist* vfllls transferred to the boats for Westport, thus avoiding any delay, as tbe wlaif Is close to the depot. Take your lunch and bathing suit. Purchaae your ticket at onoe at Northern Paciflo City or VMM Office* I. A. NADEAU, General Aarent, Setttk I jJG IVOVGD. - Home Mil; SM Healthy location is the Country. iin listfidjoo. For Ib formation Address D. 8. PULFORI), Lake View, WaßkltftO- I ' L^UMI FJ.V < TI I l.' ITB Four round trip# «tai!y, a«c*pt San lay Tim« <j»r<l Baattla T'jfc J~ | •m,IU• LI p. m. Ui«t Tacoma • :»«. m.. IM, 4 •#. lip. « 81 fi > 7tf M cant«; round trip. 75 casta. Tabi* aa rvica unaurpaaaad. Bundar>—"g* Btata of Washington laava Beattls 7: Ma.rr,lloom .IGO p. m.: ma »J» a m.. t». 7*> p m. U. ttM.l7, it, Afant. Baattlt talaplMßt 17V. Ta'-oma t»l»phona SI. j! THE SEATTLE TRANSFER CO- Mm in Ofln*. C*rn«r •/ Ditr< ai«4 HT«ii«r *lr»»«a. Jgg| Harka. Cab* ana H>rri«* '>(!).-», Taiapnona Ma'n tl. 214 Chant Btl fJJJP* a*4 Ltraya. TaUpfcana llaia tf. Waranouaa; Coal Taiapfcooa # •" HTOKAOB and INMUKANCK at tha LOWWX' HAt* M I VVV rn 111 FIRST A?K!ft I SOfltf a X -A ML J \ X vC V-Ja l#*-r *-/>#»»»* HuUdtm^ InpoHcn u4 Jobbari of tItIPIUKII CIGARS AND TOBACCO. SMOKERS' ARTICLES,