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J.-tate rriuter,
(■WIN HICKS, of Thurstou.
of Public luMrui tioii.
V J. BROWN, of King.
Treasurer,
C. W. YOl'Nii, of Whitman.
Coiiiuiifchiouer of Public I.uiolt,
ROBERT BRUGES, of King.
Goldbug Humor.
The Urcijuniuu can be funny at
times, as well as profoundly dogmatic.
Some evidence of this is afforded in a
late article on " National Independ
ence," in which an effort is made to
overwhelm the silver party with rid
icule for its opposition to the rule of
" British gold" in the monetary mat
ters of this country.
That journal maintains that to be
consistent we should discard our forms
of jurisprudence because they are
borrowed largely from English common
law; that we should reject the English
system ot weights and measures, and,
indeed, even the expressive mother
tongue, although its scope and power
of expression is so palpably essential
at times to curse goldbugs, for the
same reason—to be consistent.
And here comes in the Orrgonian's
gleam of humor. It suggests a sub
stitution of the classic Chinook jargon
for the English vocabulary by the Silver
party, to be entirely consistent with its
rejection of the English financial
standard. The incongruity of the
subjects does not seem to have oc
curred to our ponderous contemporary.
It affirms that the " racy patois" of the
aborigiual tongue would be an admir
able vehicle for expression of the ideas
of those who would free themselves
from British rule; and it rolls this
morsel of pleasantry about its tongue
through half a column of " biting sar
casm" (as A. Ward would call it) and
then bursts forth in a brilliant rodom
ontate over a suggestion that as China
is the most populous of silver coun
tries, the language of that empire
might " offer advantages in the strug
gle to rid ourselves of English domina
tion."
Well, well; it is indeed diverting to
a fat boy assume the role of a
gymnast, or a philosopher the part of
a clown. But apart from the gro
tesque wit of the big Republican organ,
the parallel is faulty in several partic
ulars, and the principal of these is that
our people have derived nothing but
benefit from a retention of certain
forms and customs of the Old Coun
try, and it must be borne in mind that
we have amended and improved such
as we have adopted. The English
code of laws may be a 9 perfect as
English experience and brains can
make it, but we find the necessity of
statutory provisions of our own to ex
tend and make it serve the purpose of
enlightened civilization. The weights
and measures of our forefathers may
suit a non-progressive nation, where
the " imperial bushel" still hold* regal
sway along with £, shillings and pence
sterling, but we have found a better
standard for grain measurement, and
the admirable decimal system for
money computations that is of ac
knowledged superiority for simplicity,
ease and accuracy in practical adapta
tion.
So there seems to be very little force
in the suggestion of our ponderous
Portland neighbor that we have done,
or that it is advisable to do, a 9 England
suggest* by example. The people have
bad enough of gold rule, inaugurated
by the principal creditor nation
through its moneyed syndicate on
Lombard and Wall streets, by instru
mentality of the Republican party,
when Secretary of the Treasury Foster
yielded his option of payment of
treasury notes in gold or silver to the
bond barons, a course that was sus
tained by the traitor to bis party ami
the people who followed him —Grover
Cleveland, through his Secretary, Mr.
Carlisle. They do not propose that
the exercise of such extraordinary dis
criminating power, which renders bond
issues necessary to maintain the gold
reserve, shall be perpetuated by Mark
llanna through the election of hi 9
man Friday. They have felt too much
of its baleful influence on business in
terests of the country to tolerate the
dictation of a monetary policy that
delivers the results of labor iuto the
grip of the goldbugs, that creates a
nation of serfs and places them under
control of the autocrats who count
their wealth by the tens and hundreds
of millions, while Labor sits idle at the
door of Luxury.
The Good Book says: "If thy
right eye offend thee, pluck it out and
cast it fuom tliee," and as if to empha
size the duty of rejecting evil iullu-
ences, repeats, " If thy right hand of
fend thee cut it oIF and east it from
tie I . 1 Ins divine injunction finds
-p< end application in the rejection of
a policy that, if we may judge of its
effects so far, will result in depriving
Industry of her springy step of joyous
independence and in dimming the
bright eye of l:..pe with the scalding
tears of tribulation and anguish.
How "ioidbugs Worked tho Treasury.
I inlcr the Sherman aet of ISOO
aiithura.iiig the purchase of I,.'it 10,000
ounces of silver monthly hy the Sec
retary of the Treasury, a nice little
-theme was concocted hy which the
goldhngs could roh the treasury and at
the same time reduce the 100 million
reserve, making additional issues of
bonds necessary. The details of the
jib were these: Treasury notes were
issued in payment for the monthly
purchases of silver at bullion rates,
payable in gold or silver coin, at the
! discretion of the Secretary of the
treasury. Mr. Carlisle, the Secretary,
j strange as it may seem, from a bust
ness standpoint, followed the preee
j dent set by Secretary Foster, under
j President Harrison, and transferred
his option in the matter of the kind of
money to lie used jn redemption of j
the Treasury notes received for silver
bullion at market rates, to the holders
of the notes, and they very naturally j
choose the dearer metal. This course j
could have but one result, to rapidly j
deplete the Treasury of its gold, and
finally to attack the reserve of SIOO,-i
000,000 long ago set aside for the re
demption of other notes. Uy this
means $202,000,000 worth of bonds
were added to the public debt in times 1
of perfect peace.
The whole scheme was so simple as
well as so unjust, that it is a wonder
the people did not rise up in protest
long ago, and they doubtless would
have done 60 had the general public
been let into the flagrant scheme for
peculation. It was as simple as,
2+2 4, or the holding open of
Uncle Sam's wallet and letting the
money sharp put in his hand and
take just as much coin as he wanted
in exchange for his notes. He would
take his bullion to the Secretary, who
would boy it at the market price, hand
ing the seller Treasury notes in pay
ment. The seller would then preseut
his notes for redemption and demand
gold coin, and the obliging Secretary
pay out gold while possessing the
legal right supported by justice, to
have paid him in, if he chose, the
same silver for which the notes had j
been issued. This steady demand for
gold of course depleted the Treasury,
and the reserve fund had to be re
stored bv a resort to sale of bonds in
which the goldbugs again gorged
themselves. And thus the game went
on. The law, under the gold-bug
interpretation of Secretaries Foster
and Carlisle, became a chain-pump,
whereby the Treasury could be drained
of its gold reserve.
Is there any wonder that our public
debt, which was in a fair way to ex
tinguishment within the next gener
ation, began to climb towards its old
figures, by this unfair and dishonest
way of distributing the people's
money among the money-sharks?
Is it any surprise that that the people
should arise in their might to stop
such a nefarious proceeding? Can it
be expected that they will be satisfied
with anything lees than an extirpa
tion of the gang who have condoned
such frauds and brought the nation
to the verge of ruin by upholding cor
ruption at the fountain-head.
E. W. Ross, the candidate Attorney
General on thegoldbug State ticket
does not enjoy a very high reputation
as a lawyer at liis home in Cowlitz
county, and in support of that feeling
it is stated that some time ago lie bad
for a client the Postmaster at Kalams,
who resisted removal from office, and
the postal inspector had him taken
before the U. S. Court in Tacoma to
answer. Ross demanded a change of
venue to the Superior Court at Ka
lama, with the result of having his
client sent "over the road" under a
two years' sentence. The people of
Cowlitz seem to think that such a
damphool has no business to aspire to
any judicial position.
"ONLY SIXTY THOUSAND." —That is
the form used by the Republican press
in announcing the Democratic ma
jority rolled up by Arkansas, last
Monday, for the State ticket, a gain of
30,000 over the gubernatorial vote of
two years ago. Gen. Daniel \V. Jones,
of Little Rock, was elected Governor.
SHERIFF Van l)e Vanter will poll a
large vote because the people believe
in rewarding faithful servants. — W. H.
Journal.
Van de Vanter, Van de Vanter?—'
let's see; that's the man wlio bad to
elected by a Republican returning
board, isn't it?
IT is surprising what a sweet com
panionship has sprung up between the
bolting Democrats and the McKinley
ites. How blessed it is to see brethren
dwell together in unity! Politics does
indeed make strange bedfellows.
•SENATOR HILL lias been elected a
delegate from the Third Assembly
district of New York, to the Slate
Convention. A silver resolution was
adopted and instructions were passed
1 to support Bryan and Sewell.
VICE PRESIDENT Stevenson was in
I Chicago this week, in conference with
[ Senator Jones at the national Demo
cratic headquarters. It is announced
that Mr. S. will stump the West for
j Bryan.
SECRETARY Herbert says the silver
craze is waning. That chestnut was
honey-combed by the goldbug many
mouths ago.
How Wealth Manifests Patriotism.
Mr. I'.rvaii in several <>i liis recent j
speeches lias luaile the remark that if we
had a big war eti hand. we could not rely
• m the men w hi i buy ITiitcd States hi mi Is
tu light our battles, but we must turn to
the common people. It may be a mat
ter •if news tu Mr. Urvan. but it is nut tu
any persim who was uhl enough to re-;
member the war of the rebellion,to learn
that at lhat time many of the wealthiest
men in the country served on the tiehl
as well as by lending of their wealth to
tin ami this on liotli sides.—
r.-r
As usual the argument of oitr Seat
tle neighbor is faulty inasmuch as the
exceptions '• notes prove the rule.
That there should not be some men of
means who served on the field of battle
in a war between the contending
forces of a great nation would bean
anomaly in human nature, but that
either army was conspicuous for this
manifestation of devotion to principle,
which is the inference conveyed, is as
j false as many other assumptions of
! that paper.
There are now said to be 1,000
!" millionaires," after a thirty vears of
financial harvest from the seed sown
by dire necessity, ami out of even that 1
number those whose patriotism went '
farther than the purchase of a substi- 1
tute, were doubtless about as scarce]
as the proverbial " hen's tooth," but
we w ill let that pass, ami allude to the
place where wealth did play a conspic
uous part in the great struggle—that
was in feathering of nests for the
hatching of the gulden eggs that the
national goose was compelled to lay.
This feathering took the form of spe
cial, or class legislation, which pro
vided that interest on bonds should be
paid in "coin," while the greenback
was made full pay for the soldier in
the field, or the farmer oti his ranch
who constituted the base of supply for
active operations at the scene of carn
age. The goldbugs, at a time when
the nation could not stop to cavil,
demanded class legislation before part
ing with the money necessary to sus
tain the life of the nation, still there
are men who maintain that it was pat
otism which prompted this act of a
Shylock, and who laud the attempt
to-day to " corner" one half the cur
rency of the nation to enable the same
class to fatten off of the proceeds of
labor, and call it " preservation of na
i tional honor." Out upon such hypoc
] risy and deceit'
CONSISTENCY, WHEKE AKT THOC? —J
The acrobatic editor of the /'. I, lias a ;
poor memory, and when he "skins a'
cat" with the ease and grace of a pro- I
fessor in his calling, he at once pro-;
ceeds to reverse the operation and do S
the act backwards, although prestige is
lost in showing how easy it is to flip j
either way when one gets the motion, j
In the issue of the 4th inst. is a long
article entitled " A Chance for Specu
lation," in which it is maintained that
free coinage of silver will enable spec-1
ulators to make a clear profit of 47 i
cents on a dollar by purchasing silver
bullion and having it coined into
standard dollars, but it forgets that in
many previous issues the laborer is
told that the reinstatement of silver
will make no difference to him; that
while he will receive twice as much in
wages, he will have to pay twice as
much for every commodity or necessity
iof life he purchases. Either one or
the other of the P.-I.'x assumptions is
true. If everything but gold rises in
value with the remonetizalion of silver,
where will the speculator come in for
: his profits? If they do not appreciate
;as it has claimed, where is its " argu
! ment" that the silver unit re-estab-
J fished, while it places the silver dollar
at par, will make everything else of
corresponding value? Itishoped that
i our ponderous friend will choose one
; horn of the dilemma and hook himself
|so firmly to it that he may ride with
comfort and not make such a shocking
exposure in changing from one to the
other.
DETAILS of the North Dakota fusion
plan are at band, and show that the
Populists have been accorded the elec
toral ticket, as they have in Oregon.
The Democrats seem to be holding the
sack this year, as usual. — Ortgonian.
It was only a few days ago that
goldbug newspapers weie urging the
Populists to reject all propositions for
fusion, as it would lead to " absorption"
of their party by the "skilled political
tricksters of the Democratic parly and
the bolting Republicans." They were
then engaged in a righteous endeavor
to " save" a party that no words of
contumely had been too strong to con
demn. Now it seems the boot is 011
the other foot, and it is the poor Dem
ocrats that have been taken out " snip
ing." If the old saying in politics
that " A lie well stuck to is good as
the truth," is based upon anything
like a solid foundation, Republican
liars should bear in mind that the
first clause of the sentence is the pre
mise upon which it is based, and for
the sake of consistency, at least, keep
from wobbling about so.
IT is said that a candidate for Rep
resentative on the Republican ticket
is in the habit of paying frequent
visits to the Bryan-Rogers Club head
quarters, to make himself solid with
the people, and on three occasions be
has been heard to athrm. " Boys,
I'm with you in sentiment, but my
i party won't let me say so." The
' " boys" have sized the matter up and
about concluded that it is not safe to
trust any animal that lias to wear a
muzzle when it appears in public.
DOOIJTTLE notwithstanding his "or
. ange blossom" free-silver speech, now
declares " I am a Republican and
stand upon the Republican platform."
Notwithstanding his name, he seems
to have a" stand" for every occasion.
GI'EUILLA Mosny supports McKin"
Kinley, and is enlisted under the
same banner as Most the anarchist,
and Breckinridge, the—slo states
man.
Again Notified.
In front of the State Capitol at
Lincoln, Neb., last Tuesday, William
Jennings llryan was officially notified
by Chairman Groot, of the Silver
party, of his nomination hy that or
ganization for the odice of President
of the United States. In concluding
his speech, Mr. G. said :
'"The Hon. William Jennings Brvan:
The National Silver Convention, with an
unanimity unexampled in the history of i
national conventions of this country,
nominated you as its candidate fur the.
distinguished otlice of President of the!
United States. Von are now the eandi-1
date for the great office of President of
three great political parties, of which j
the Silver party is not the least. The
convention selected a committee to
formally notify you of its action, and
we are met, therefore, at this time and
place for the purpose of performing the
pleasant duty imposed upon us by the
convention- I therefore, in obedience
; to the wishes of the committee and the
convention, hereby formally notify you
that you have been nominated by "the
i National Silver Party as its candidate
for President, and request you to accept
j that nomination in the same spirit in
j which it has been tendered you. You
are chosen commander of a grand army
composed of three grand divisions,
j which is now mobilizing for the purpose
j of lighting in behalf of humanity 011 No
vember o, ls'.si, the most important |MI liti
| eal battle of this or any other age, a bat-
I tie which is to determine whether this
nation shall he a province of Great Brit
ain and be governed and controlled as
that nation is, hv money barons of Eur
ope, or whether it shall he as our fathers
intended it to he a free, independent
and sovereign nation.
THE EKFOUT TO COEKCE THE MASSES.
—The llireat of the goldoeracy that
they would make times still " harder"
as an object lesson to the masses, who
in their obduracy persist in having a
voice in public matters, is being car
ried out with literal exactness. Al
ready the command has given out to
the moneyed tentacles not to make
any loans or extend credit, not to pur
chase .State, county or municipal war
rants, and as part of the programme
of coercion, we now note the closing
of manufacturing establishments to
starve labor into a realization of what
stupendous folly it is to " buck"
against the goldbugs. In the P.-1.
of Friday is a column, under the
glaring head of " Paralysis of Trade,"
in which it is noted that capitalists
have closed up many manufactories
to impress the lesson that labor should
not assume to express its opinion
upon financial questions. They have
: not considered the danger, however
of carrying this object lesson too far.
Capital needs protection as much as
j life, and the man goaded to despera
! tion by the sight of a starving family
Sis not in a reasoning mood, when he
asks for bread to be given a stone,
j Self-preservation is the first law of na
| ture as will be amply shown in the
I contest now on.
SOME of the gold hug papers are he
rating Mr. Harvey, author of " Coin's
Financial School," for demanding gold,
when be drew a deposit from bank, in
Chicago, a few days ago. As the
amount was paid in gold, it is alto
gether likely that the deposit had
been made in that kind of coin, for
hank officials are not in the habit of
substituting big gold dollars for those
that have had the stuffing knocked
out of them by the heavy club of the
law. Harvey had the same right to
collect his deposit in gold as the hank
had to insert its gold-coiu contract in
every note made in its favor. Nobody
will say that (he man who has done
the work of Mr. Harvey is responsible
for the conditions that create the dis
parity between the unit of value aiul
j the money that is deprived of the coin
! age privileges and legal tender qualify
accorded to gold, or blame him for in
sisting upon the full rights claimed by
goldbug financiers when the boot is on
the other leg ami he is dealing with
them.
Now will come returns from the
Prohibition State which don't pro
hibit, the Pine Tree State that has no
timber, the State which furnishes the
world with " French sardines," all
neatly stamped in gold and paries
reus Franc (lis, and they will doubtless
1)0 favoiahle to the gold standard
which, until Wall street issued its
command through Mark Hanna, was
condemned by the g. o. p. and of
course the gold-bug party will stand
up and wag its tail in glee. Next
Monday is the day of election—so
prepare for a Republican bowl.
TIIE G. A. K. of this city show a mark
of fealty to their comrade, Win. McKin
ley by placing one of bis portraits in the
most conspicuous part of their ball-
Olympian,
Yes; and notwithstanding a large
proportion of the veterans are Demo
crats and supporters of Wm. J. Bryan,
a recent order was given for a " rally
to the support of our comrade," the
Republican tin-god. The G. A. R. is
"supposed" to be non-partisan, but
alas! for human sincerity—
" You may shatter the vase at the fouut if you
will.
But the eeeut of the rose will cling to it still."
IT does not require any twisting or
distorting of the name of the Republi
can party to make it odious to the peo
ple. Its record' does that, and if its
"orators" and organs find any satisfac
tion in straining their jaws on such
nuts as " popocrat" or " demo-pop,"
they are welcome to the privilege al
though it must be rather hard on the
teeth.
IT sliowe what a jack even a man
in high position can make of himself,
when he declares the " si lver craze"
waning and his words are echoed back
with the refrain, " Sixty-five thousand
Democratic majority in Arkansas!"
Bit VAN ladies in the East have
adopted a costume which has a skirt
of sixteen white and red alripes, and
a blue waist. It is said to be natty
and exceedingly becoming.
GEN. JOHN C. BLACK has declined
the nomination for Governor of Illi
nois on the goldlug ticket.
A Bold Presumption.
I! the purchasing power of g"hi | )as
doubled, as the free silver people elaiin.
it is rather odd that wanes. which are
payable in gold or its equivalent, have
not been cut down one half. Hut they
haven't. Wnrkiugmcii are getting more
in these doiihle dollars than they did
when they were paid in depreciated
greenbacks. If they are paid in some
thing the purchasing power of which is
doubled, why should they wish to be
paid in something worth onlv half as
much?—
Where, O where, are workingmen
" getting more in these double dollars
than they did when they were paid in
depreciated greenbacks?" Where has
wages " not been cut down one-half,''
though payable 111 gold or its equiv-
alent? Not in the graiufields where
harvesterers are working for $1 per
week ; not in the vineyards or orange
groves of California whee laborers are
glad to work for 75 cents per day and
"find" themselves; not in the logging
camps of our own tsiate where good
men are working at $1) per week, witli
110 hope of a restoration of the s»>o to
$l2O per month, which was paid before
the goldbtigs had got in their deadly
work on the wages of labor.
Nor has the skilled labor of trades
men fared any better. We have in
our own town a first-class plasterer
who is glad to get $1 per day at odd
jobs; bricklayers who will work at
any price, who have sought labor in
vain in larger cities, and master car
penters who would gladly tackle any
jobs at one-half the wage-rate of " auld
laug svne." Printers, bakers, shoe
makers, foundry men, engineers, and
all classes of workmen are in the same
category, and are ready to work for
what is offered in a majority of cases,
and the trades unions which formerly
aided in holding up wages are no more
from the simple cause that its mem
bers are reduced to such straits that
they bid for work rather than com
mand its recompense.
What assurance is manifested in
such statements as the above, when
the intelligent reader has only to look
about him in city, hamlet or the coun
try to see the prostrate industries and
idle men, ready and anxious to work for
a pittance of the wages paid up to five
years ago, when the goldbtigs had per
fected their plans for taking advantage
of the scheme laid when silver was de
monetized and a corner rendered pos
sible on the currency that has been
stipulated as redemption money in
payment of secured debts.
Ob yes; " wages have not been cut
down one-half," but have been actually
quartered, and the quartets hid away
where labor cannot find them.
A Trick on Passengers.
It is surprising how apt people are
to take advantage of circumstances to
grab a little more than is fair or hon
est. Cenlralia is now a " jumping-ofT
place" for northbound passengers of
the N. P. for Olympia or Gray's Har
bor. Hours before tlie train arrives at
that station a speiler passes around
among those decorated with a Cen
lralia label, announcing •' Twenty
minutes for dinner at Centralis. Want
dinner gentlemen?" and after an af
firmative nod, an implied contract ex
ists to dine at the speiler's enterpris
ing " hashery." As the train slows up
the vigorous ringing of a dinner bell
reminds you of the promise, and you
wend your way to a small, poorly fur
nished " hotel," where the proposed
meal is in waiting. The first impros
sion after the secoud course is served
is that you have struck one of those
hard-times restaurants met with in
the larger cities, where you get a
square meal for ten cents, and the im
pression is not dispelled by the entrees
and desert, nor indeed till you settle
the bill, when the words " lifty cents"
knock all thought of plebian food and
poor service from your mind, and for a
time only profane thoughts and dire
maledictions flush from the brain like
sparks from a swift-revolving dynamo.
A much better meal can be bought in
this city for 15 cents. It may be that
the man running the Centralia hash
ery has to " divy up" to the speiler
who steers deluded passengers to the
joint, but even then the margin is two
or three times as large as it should be,
and the passengers had better patron
ize the dining car service where he will
get something for his money, than to
have the confidence game played upon
him at a way-station.
JAMKS HAMILTON LEWIS the People's
nominee for Congressman and Robt.
Bridges, for Commissioner of Public
Lands, spoke at Aberdeen Monday
night to the largest audience that
had been ever drawn together in that
little city. The theater building's
seating capacity is 800, and that was
filled and several hundred occupied
" standing room" in the aisles and on
the stage. The meeting was as en
thusiastic as it was large, and the
Colonel's reception, as usual, was an
ovation. These facts were related to
us by Mr. Finger, the ice manufacturer
of Tumwater, who was there, and
everybody knows that he is in a posi
tion to give a square, weighty, solid,
cool opinion.
" I am neither Bryanized, Turner
ized, S<iuirized or demoralized," were
the opening remarks made by Sena
tor Wilson at the Tacoma Convention
when called upon for a speech. He
evidently intended that memorable
sentence to be an oxidized comparison
of his own stalwart health with the
paralyzed condition of the g. o. p. in
its present terrorized condition. It
is well for a " statesman" to keep an
itemized estimate of his mentality to
keep him in line with a party that
Hops so suddenly.
BKYAN delivered a splendid non
partisan Labor Lay address, before
the labor organizations of Chicago,
Monday, in Sharpshooters' Park.
CHEERING NEWS.
THE VERMONT ELECTION NOT
AT ALL DEPRESSING
ll Will Jully 1 lie South-Mottling
win Himc For Silver in Tli;it stale
>»r llai All) thing Itccn Hour 111
Maine— Alabama til ICiglit Good
Itr ports trom I lie '• W est'*— II an
null'* Hulling lli'iinur atv Scored
I*nod Itecord for Hoke.
From Our Itcgtilar Corn-spoii'lcnt
WASHINGTON, Sept. Ith, lS'Jfi.
The McKinleyites haven't had much
to enthuse over before so they are mak
ing most of the Vermont election by
yelling themselves hoarse over what an
intelligent man knows to have been a
foregone conclusion. This isn't worry
ing the Democrats even a little bit.
; Senator Faulkner, chairman of the
Democratic Congressional Committee,
says of it: "We made 110 attempt to
carry the State, while the Republicans
have spent lots of money and have
exerted every energy to win. I am
told that a house-to-house canvass was
made by prominent Republicans."
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, one of
the old Democratic war horses, said:
" If the Republicans can fine any com
fort in the Vermont election they are
welcome to it. They will need a great
deal of comfort before this campaign
is over." Secretary Difl'enderfer.of the
silver committee, said : " The effect
of the election w ill he to unify the
south and west and middle west. The
eleetiou shows that the east is making a
sectional fight, and I do not know any
thing which could have happened that
would have made more silver votes.
We had no idea of carrying Vermont,
and we haven't any idea of carrying
Maine. We have not done any tiling
in either State."
The Democratic National Commit
tee has decided to accede to the re
quest of the Pennsylvania miners, and
will send Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina upon a ten days' stumping
tour of the coal section. The Demo
crats do not expect to carry Pennsyl
vania for llryan, but they have ex
cellent reasons for expecting to give
the Republicans some very unpleasant
surprises in a number of the Con
gressional districts of the State.
Senator Gorman was at Democratic
headquarters this week, and it is ex
pected from now on he will take an
active part in the management of the
campaign. He believes that Bryan
and Sewellcan be elected.
Every Alabama Democrat in Wash- |
ington regards Dr. Moseley's recent in
terview about the rosy chances of the
Republicans to carry that State as
nothing more nor less than an at
tempt to get a part of Mark Hanna's '
big campaign fund, and one Alabaniian i
says of it: "In view of the stringency
of the money market down our way,
the true blue Democracy would be
pleased to see Dr. Moseley pull any
amount from Mr. Hanna's plethoric
political purse. We rather enjoy the
fun, and the money goes into circu
lation." As to how ttie State will go,
Mr. Percy Clark, who took an active
part in the late State Campaign and
who is now in Washington conferring
with members of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, says: "I say it
with a knowledge of the conditions j
existing that (lie straight Bryan and 1
Sewall ticket unfused, will carry ;
Alabama by 100,000 majority."
Rev. Sam Small, who has just re
turned from a stumping tour of the
States named, said to Chairman
Faulkner: " Nebraska is safe for
Bryan beyond the shadow of a doubt,
Missouri is safe. Illinois looked so when
I was there a few days ago, and Ohio
is doubtful." Mr. Small was also very
emphatic in saying that " Nobody out
west wants Watson." He has gone
back to Illinois to take the stump.
The number of application from
clubs for membership in the National
Association of Democratic Clubs has
been steadily increasing, but the record
was this week broken when fifty-three
applications were received in a single
dav.
Mark Hanna'sconvention of bolting
Democrats, which met at Indianapolis
this week, excited scarcely a ripple of
interest at Democratic headquarters,
and it is not expected that its ticket
will excite any more interest among
the Democratic voters of the country.
It was a fake convention from start to
finish, and it is doubtful whether a
dozen of the inen who participated in
it will vote for the ticket they helped
to nominate. They intend voting for
McKinley, but have put up a counter
feit Democratic ticket in the hope that
it may catch the votes of some Demo
crats who cannot stomach McKinley
and who might have voted for Bryan,
thus adding to McKinley's chances to
win. It would really have been more
manly for the convention to have en
dorsed McKinley instead of putting
up a dummy ticket, and the result
would have been precisely the same on
the 3rd of November.
Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith left Wash
ington this week. He made a record
as Secretary of the Interior which has
never been surpassed, and left the
work of that great department in
better condition than it has been for
years, lie also left many warm friends
who wish him success in all his under
takings. DEM.
UNLESS matters are rushed, Mr.
Bryan may fail to get notice of his full
assortment of nominations prior to elec
tion.—Olympian.
These evidences of the landslide
to the people's nominee must be ex
ceedingly mortifying to the g ddbugs,
but it is as nothing to what is in store
when the votes are counted in No
vember. Then indeed there will be
" Weeping and wailing and gnashing
of teeth."
Miss Wheeler, of the La Mode, has
received a Urge line of Sailor and
Walking hats from New York, of the
latest importation, for early fall and
winter, also Caps, Tains and Sailors
for children.
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THE Olympian intimates that Gov.
McGraw ridea on a free railroad pass.
Is that the pay for services rendered
in defeating railroad legislation?
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