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VERY DANGEROUS PLATFORM
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND OF ST.
paul opposes the CHI
CAGO PLATFORM.
I SILVER I 8EG0NDRRY ISSUE.
AVImt Especially Displeases the Prolate
Is tin- Attack n Supreme Court
ami Other Socialistic Principles
Contained in tin- Platform.
Si. Paul. 1 L Archbishop 1"-
lainl. in ivnkii' to the written lequost
of twenty-seven business iia'ii of ,,lis
state, who lire of all politics, gave the
.follow ing stiiteinent (iuldress.il to them)
.o the Associated Press:
I inn not unwilling, in the en
which llie country is now pa
in.' to snenk for the integrity
of the
nation for social order, for the prosperity
,.f the M-..ple. for the honor of America
mid the permanency ,,f free institutions.
, ;l citizen of this country, concerned
in all the interests of the nation, subject
to all the responsibilities of citizenship.
To U silent whin words of mine may
be of some profit to the 1 pie would he
cowardly, would he crime.
I am not unmindful of the objection
,,..,.1. .n-Tiiiist churchmen speaking at any
.! noiitors which have entered
the
nrcna of iolitics, lest his intluolicc
as a
., ......I,...- ..1 roliiMull M'CIII to l
used to
promote the interest
1 might reply that
of a political party.
there nre occasions
when a political platform means uiait r
to die country, when politics are closely
connected with morals or religion, and
that on these occasions the churchman
must he the put riot, without allowing a
moment's thought to considerations of
expediency, and must take in hand the
moral or religion issue, even if it he
vested in the garment of politics. Hut
in ttie present instance 1 seek no excuse
of this kind; I speak entirely as the oiti
xcii, without warrant from my ecclesi
astical iHisition. Deep as my convic
tions are, 1 hold in nil duo respect my
fellow citizens who hold convictions at
variance with mine. 1 impeach neither
their good faith nor their honor. 1 am
dealing, not with men. hut with prin
ciple and movements. This justice
which 1 render to those whose ideas 1
nut ready to combat. 1 am sure they
will muter iii nie. 1 stand by the plat
form and the presidential candidate of
the republican convention of St. J-oiiis.
1 nm opposed to the platform and the
presidential candidate of t lit demo
cratic eouventioti at Chicago. The days
of the civil war excepted, at no time did
so treat n peril threaten the country as
that which is involved in the political
campaign of today.
"The question of free and unlimited
coinage of silver is put in the fore
ground. This (iiestioii has its impor
tance, hut it is of a minor importance in
the presence of other questions which
are brought into the issue. The move
ment which had its expression in the
Chicago convention and w hich l ow seeks
by menus of popular suffrage to en
throne itself in the eapitol of the nation
is. in its logical effect, against the United
States; it is seivssion, the secession of
IMil. which our soldiers believed they
had consigned to eternal death at Appc
mattox. but which socks recognition from
the American people. The declaration
in the Chicago platform has and can have
no other meaning.
"We denounce the arbitrary interfer
ence by federal authorities in local af;
fairs sis a violation of the constitution of
the I'nited States, as a crime against
institutions.'
"The words point to the act of G rover
'Cleveland in sending 1'uited States
troops to protect national provrty and
. enforce national laws during the Chi-
cage riots in lM. In those words
tlK-W is the old secession doctrine that
vdales are independent of the national
government at Washington: there is the
annullnicnt of the I'nion; there is notice
served noon the flag of Auicrii-.i that
outside the District of Columbia it is
without power of self-assertion or self
defense. The president of the I'nited
States is told to enforce national laws
ami protect national prop rty. but he
van not march his troops into any state
witln nt the authorization of the governor
of that state. Sivakcrs at the conven
tion at Chicago undcrstod the signiti
eaiuv of the declaration and voiced its
spirit, "l come from a state which was
the heme of sci vsioii.' said Sen. it or Till
nian of South Ca'oliua. '1 say." he con
tinued, "it is a sectional issue, and it will
prevail.'
"And fitting was it that the speaker
voicing this spirit of the Chicago conven
tion should N the representative of South
Carvlina. Thrice has South Carolina
skcn for secession when it passed, in
IN'12. the nullification eniinancx . when in
ISt'il it fire'el on Fort Sumter, when, in
1VK.S, it cries out:
ami it wiil prevail.'
"The platform of tin
V sivlloiia! issue.
Chicago
ivlivi :i-
tion threatens t!ie evui.try wim destr:'..-
tiou et SvHial order, with law!
anarchy. The persor.ihcati :
social ordi r in America.
u s and
law. of
io;irts.
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a xupia "
iiiNtitutioim is the prompt oliedienee of
the neonlo to these courts. And now the
courts are to be nhorn of their powc
ami Hhorn of it in favor of mobs U-nt on
rintinir and tlio destruction of nronerty
"'W especially object.' says the Chi
cnirn nlatforni. 'to covernnient by in
junction as n new nml highly dnngeroii"
form of oiinressiou.
"Here reference is made to the action
of the courts during the Chicago riots
without which action there is no enleii
hitiiiL' how much ruin would have mini
to the city. The palladium of American
li borties is the supreme court at vvasii
ington. the counterpart of which in power
to eiiton-e aliso lite justice does not exi
among the nations of Christianity. Put
as far ns it is possible by human in
geiimtv outside of partisan politics, in
dependent of nil Hilitieal influence,
through their tenure of ollice. the judges
of this court rule congresses and presi
dents, states nml nations, ami cxpouiul
tin- law in all its iiitlexihility. no matter
who or what must yield to it. Ami
nw a convention speaks of the su
preme court "as it may hereafter consti
tute.' intimating unmistakably the in
teiition ot the party represented in that
convention.
Worse, to my iniiul. than all this is
the spirit of socialism that permeates the
whole movement which has issued from
the convention at Chicago, it is the 'in
ternational' of Furopc, now taking body
in America. M' this one can not but he
convinced when the movement is closely
observed, the shibboleths of its adher
ents listened to. the discourses of it
orators are carefully examined. The
war of class against class is upon us. the
war ol the proletariat against the prop
erty holder. No other meaning than this
can be given to the appeals to 'the com
mon people." to the laborer, 'to the poor
and down-trodden' and to denunciations
against 'plutocrats' and 'corporations' and
'nioiiey-graiibcrs' ami 'hankers.' Many
adherents ot the movement elo not T-
ccive Its full meaning, but let them be
ware: they are lighting torches, which,
borne in the hands of reckless men. may
light up in the country the lurid tires of
a 'commune.' America heretofore has
been free from socialistic hat nil and war
fare: it has been a country of opportunity
for all men. and it has given to the la
borer a livelihood higher and better than
is afforded him in any other country of
the world. Is this to be changed'.' Is
social chaos gloating over ruins to be the
method of social elevation of the mass
es? There may be room in some things
for peaceful amelioration through a
well-informed public opinion and orderly
legislation, but class hatred and angry
passion never led to aught but general
misery and suffering. The people of
America must today hmk guardedly
around, guard against catch-words and
misleading war cries, avoid countenanc
ing socialistic or anarchistic tendencies
and know that the first condition of pros
perity to any and all classes of the people
is a peaceful commonwealth and assured
social order.
ine monetary question is itiiicut a
secondary issue in this campaign. 1
have, however, my convictions in this
matter. The free and unlimited coinage
ot silver dollars at the ratio ot li to I. bv
the I'nited States independently of the
other commercial nations, into dollar
which shall lo made legal tender will dis
turb the whole business of the country
and bring upon it a financial depression
far lieyond anything which we are now
experiencing.
"I am oonfrontnl with a pamphlet of
Archbishop Walsh of liiiblin on bimetal
lism as n reply to my objection to the sil
ver resolution of the Chicago convention.
The pamphlet of Archbishop Walsh has
no learing whatever on the situation in
America. The archbishop discusses bi
metallism versus monometallism, and
(hat only from a ioint of view foreign
to America, the effect of monometallism
iilHin farmers' contracts for lands pur
chased in Ireland: he expresses no opin
ion as to the ratio in which silver is to
K- coined, and he manifestly prosnposes
that bimetallism would Iv brought alout
under an international agreement. He
explains that India was unable to knp
up a silver currency independently of F.u
ropean nations.
"'It was impossible for India to oi
tain the loans that are absolutely neces
sary fur the devolopmoh of the country."
and the reason was "the fluctuation in
the value of the rupiH'. It is the s:!vr
cum my of China." he adds, "tha: stops
the making of railways in that country."
"Walsh's pamphlet is thoroughly
against the Chicago platform. To what
he says we might add that France and
all countries of the 1-itin union were
compelled to give up bimetallism so long
as other countries of F.nrope would not
co-eipera;e with them. The question K
fore the people of Ann rka is the coinage
of silver by this country independent of
the great commercial natior.s of the world
at the ratio of 1'! to 1. This rather is the
doubt of the (.resent commercial value of
silver. The consequences of unlimited
coinage are easily jierwivtsl. The one
hope ef the silver party is that under free
coinage they w ill raise the value of silver
to Sl.'". an ounce, measured in gold.
"On what authority is this said":
that of the mere word of the men who
make the assertion"; The purchasing of
mono buV.U1" ieT 'c:;r "".icr t!.c
Sherman act was te t able to prevent the
fail in the value of silver from ever a
dollar an ounce to its present low value.
The exivrietice of Fr.u.ce contradicts the
assertion: France, with ail the countries
of the l.atm union, had to give np the
coinage of silver 1om. overloaded with the
silver of the world, it should lose all its
gold. Common sense is against i':ie as
sertion. Silver is now produced in such
quantities at such small exr- r.se of pro
duction that it value cau n. t be kept u;
to its former standard. Aral ;s the whole
business of America to V ity.jveri'.e-l by a
leap into an exiH riiuent which ihos. wry
in u who a4vi.x-.ite it cor.tess to i-o r.'.y
au ixi-r:tiiviu and w hich x; or.e:i.v a-j '.
This
is the
very best
Smoking
Tobacco
made.
b nad two cospcas iatki i eao
rw rocr Hurt of fX,A la rro3.
rJODDEK
common Hense condemn ? The boast that
the I'nited States is alone able to whip
Kiiglimd and the rest of the world into
the free coinage of silver at .he ratio of
Iti to 1 or to force the value of silver
up to Jl.liSl an ounce is mere nonsense.
"Those nliove nil others who should be
on their guard against free silver coinage
is the latMirer. Hut will not the farmer
be benefited? Will not they receive a
higher price for their products? May lie
a higher price but not a higher value.
And will the farmer receive even nominal
ly a much higher price than they do now .'
The best market of the fanner is hi own
country avd if his own country is im
poverished, if factories are closed, if
laborers in cities nre penniless, the farmer
will receive but little for his harvest.
Men of salaries will scarcely hope to have
their salaries doubled, even nominally,
and then their salaries, such ns they may
le, will have only half the purchasing
power they have today. Those who owe
debts payable principal or interest in
gold, will receive the same snlaries as to
day and their snlaries will have but half
the debt -paying power which they have
today. Hut those who owe debts not
payable in gold, if the country is nincd.
where will they find even silver t pay
their debts with? The only men bene
fited and they are few today, nnd it is
scarcely worth while to bring nromid a
revolution in the country to benefit tlum
are the debtors who have today gold on
hand and who hy tree silver coinage will
have their store doubled in nominal value
nnd will be enabled to reduce their debts
by one-half. And for those the question
remains: Is it honest? It is a delusion
to imagine that silver will circulate so
plentifully that it can le had easily by all.
and that the quantity will make rp for
the lack of value. If silver bullion does
not increase in commercial value silver
will not be produced in quantities and as
owners of silver will not part with it ex
cept in exchange for commodities or labor.
which they deem useful nnd valuaMo. if
the business of the country is not pros
perous, the people will get very little sil
ver and obtain no profit from free mint
age. Hut and here is the popular argu-
nn nt in favor of free silver coinage w e
have had hard times under the gold stand-
ird. That is true and what is also true is
that under the silver standard we shall
have harder times. It is the great fallacy
of the day to 1 attributing our hard
tunes to the gold standard. I he craze tor
free silver as a cure for hard times is ex
plicable on the same theory that a man
who has lien a long tune sick, di spite
careful attention, will call for a quack
who advertises to cure all the ills of Im
munity. Hard tunes have come through
the sevtreand resistless working of econo
mic laws, which go their way in spite of
legal enactments of parliaments and con
gresses, (iood times may be expected to
otne back surely, even if only gradually,
l'he overproduction that glutted our mar
kets has Nvn used up. capital is anxious
to do something with its money if it can
be in vest til safely: our wondrous natural
resources invite investments to di velop
them, and confidence once restored, the
outlook is bright. Hut the essential thing
confidence.
'There are a hundred aspects of this
ittestion which 1 do not touch upon. I
merely throw out some few thoughts
which show reasons for my own present
political faith and which may be of Wno
tit to others in forming their judgment.
"I may. of course. W mistaken. Hut I
have come to look upon the present agita
tion as the greatest of universal suffrage
md popular sovereignty. Can the peo
ple defend public honor and the institu
tions of the country at the polls as thy
have done on the field of battle? Can
they do so calm and delilierate' in their
judgment, so careful to weigh all things
in the scale of reason and to avoid all
ish expitiments that they can be trusted
with the settlement of grave, social and
political problems? Thar is the qu- stiou
hat is before us at tins moment. .
HAPT1ST CONVENTION.
The llayden Case Disposed eif by Resolu-;.-..!.-
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Houston. Tex.. Oct. 12. iSoceial.i
l'he state Baptist convention opeuod
this morning with the startling sugges-
n from Uev. S. A. llayden that the
rt sonee of .t lHdiceuian K requested.
I'his brought out a round of disapproval.
uid the adoption of resolutions demand-
it n apology from Mr. llayden. which
was given, saying he meant no offense
and thought it would meet with the ap
proval ot the convention.
Kiv. . 1. iardv later declared the
lawyer momliors vf the meeting were us
ing this trial to make a state reputation.
storm ot protests toUowcil. and he also
poiogizcd.
A resolution to continue the tcuialo de
partment at Baylor university and lo
tting the executive Kard at Waco was
lopied. The Friday l f..re the svond
Sunday in October. lS'T. and Weather
ford, were adopted as the time and place
the next convention.
The following resedution .idopto
i the llayden case :
Resolved. That the motion r.ow t-eud-
ing. which is a motion to adopt a reeom
iii -ndation of the tvard of dire-et rs 'that
. llayden no longer li- allowed a seat
i this t-dy." l amended by s-nking out
the words "that S. A. llayden U' r.o long-
aliowe'd a seat in this body, and by
e-nii'g the words "that the Baptists
e: .le-xas. ia oimi itu.in :issem;.:.si :n
H c.:s:on. do. upon the evidence heard by
the tvnvo'.ui.'ii. express their u ,.:ig dis
approval and condemnation of the course
o: said Hay.Kn as editor and ..blishet
of a Baptist paper in persistently attack
ing, through the columns of said paper,
editorially and otherwise, the i-ird ol
dirvctors of this convention. as in
dividuals and the servants of this con
vention, in reference to the ur.'.:;er en
trusted to them by the convent; and
further, that this Nx!y in its ev.vention
i-ipaeity. and as a body entitled t eoui
vmwA ar.d ree-eivo the r f-.-t ir. 1 eon
:dvr.itiou of every individr.a! B.U'Tist of
Texas, and for the sake of the :ins. of
"i:r lt'l and Master, shall ard does
hereby rv.!vt ar.d deuia::l said
Harden that he refrain and dv: in fu
ture from attacks uy:u sail 5-a-', of di
reet'.irs. cr v.i-n its mvuiU-r as such,
ar.d t'r.a; e-iit' ri.-lly ar.d oth. -rwiso he re
frain and de:t from the v.e of the 01
uuu.s of his said !;r,r ia maki-.-.g such
attacks as t;f..ro r-:errl to. A:: I fur
ther. :h:-.i in th. future we ..I an J as
the authors and creator- cf th- 1-oard
that auy comphiiu-s or ch irge-s p- rsonal
to the Kir-.i of dirvvt'-rs or a .y e-ith-T
V-ari create-l by this i.-ly tv il:ade in
this cnv. ntion at. 1 to the .-Lve-jtion as
the ouly pr:; r j ':-.-' and authe.ri-y w here
an-1 ;o whom -i. h . r.) !aii:t a- 1 charge1
siiov.M lv nude."
A re-s-.-luti-'n of i r-.w aga::: -ho ao
tiori of the lx?ri -gainst s. A. H.iyden
w;i rvonIeel. ar.d a e- tuiv.irt.o a; ;. inte-d
t vrvpare a pati r n er.rit'Jti aai right
of evLvectioa in r'-.- 'r-l to no sit. . rship.
a ballot s.r p.bi.v: sKrriED.
S,.rir.gdeld. 111. -, . li-Tho state
t- arl ef review- t--i.-r hear ! ;ho objec
tions thed I y Th.'-il Ne'sott. s.etary
of the de tu.-.ratie -a-e -,; ,-. . mmit
te to j "..-tci-.'.g the t; ket ,. r: .- gold
standard deme-erais ;.:! the h-l Ml-i-
t under the aaai- t:t "i::-:-;- ndent
i!its.x;ray." The I.-ar-l of rev-,v dexid
xl to piaev the ticket i 'he e.rhe:a! Ki!-!-t
under the title "!:-'. eixs.l-r.t Oold
Standard D'Kv.'raey."
A SCHl LENBURi; FAIL! UK.
S. ht'.er.bnrg. Tex.. . ' li Sr.vial.'i
O. P. Johnson. deaUr i'i s--r.er.ii mer
chandise. ie-e'Ut.sl a d--i of tr to
Chark- Secletras. trtist-t-. evrri: his
s:o- of nifrvhadise. fixt'irv. r- t-s and
.eiur-ts. to s-x'tire claims of kva! creditors.
BRYAN IN 1 NORTHJVEST
THE DOOMED CANDIDATE AR
RIVED AT ST. PAUL, MINN.,
LAST EVENING.
In the Auditorium, and Addressed Two
Other Meetings Made One of His
Stereotyped Sieechos at
Fargo to a Hig Crowd.
St. Paul. Minn., Oct. 10. The Bryau
party reached this city a few minutes be
fore 7 p. in. and were taken at once to
the Re'ed hotel for dinner. Old soldiers
were included in the escort that greeted
them and n crowd gathered about the
hotel and depot to get a view of the can
didate. The main meet ins. of the even
ing was that at the big Auditorium, the
seating capacity of which is 0000, but
which contained not less lhan '.2000
others, who were crowded into all
Available standing room. Before the
speech by Mr. Bryan. Louis Nash, for
the local labor organization, presented
him with a silver pen and an address on
silver, expressing the hope that this pen
might bo use'd in signing the free coin
age bill that they hopea to pass.
Besides the meeting at the Audi
torium, either meetings were held in Mar
ket hall and at St. Martins' oora house'.
At tne Auditorium the candidate was
introduced by S. L. Pierce of this city
and was greeted with a roar of applause.
llis speech was well received, and at
the close the crowd followed the nominee
rather than stay and hear a siee'eh by
Ignatius L'onnelly. who tollowcd.
BRYAN AT FAIUIO.
Inconveniences Experienced on Account
of Lack of Railway Facilities.
Fargo. N. D. Oct. 10.-W. J. Bryan
eui'ountereM a few of the vicissitudes and
inconveniences incident to the making of
a campaign in the northwest, where rail
way facilities are not what they nre
"down east." He arriveel in Aberdeen
late last night aboard the special car
'"Idler." and left there late in the morn
ing, leaving the commodious and com-feu-table
Wagner for the common, ordi
nary every day. or rather every night,
sleeper, which went over a road bed not
conducive to rest or comfort, even of a
candidate tif Mr. Bryan's sleeping
ipiatitics.
There was a bad mix-tip at Aberdeen,
owing to sotneliody's mismanagement.
The train was over two hours late
when it reached there, and then it was
found tha' there was no switch or
tracks allowing the transfer of the
sivcial from the tracks of the Chicago
and Northwestern, over which the party
arrived, to those of the Great North
western, which road had to be taken in
order to allow the party to get to Fargo.
There was telegraphing and hurried
consultations, and the result of it all was
that at l o'clock a special train was
taken from AK-rdeen to this city. On
the train were Senator Roach and nietii
liers iif the local reception committee',
who came to escort Mr. Brvan. The lat
ter took the ear of the Fargo committee.
while his own private ear went on to
St. Paul under charge of John W. Totn
linson of Alabama, Mr. Bryan's pro
tector from crowds and over-zoal nis su-
porters. it w as only o clock when
Mr. Bryan was up again to address a
number of early rising enthusiasts in
liear skin overcoats. Then he went
back to lied and slept until S o'ehck,
when Fargo was reached. Mr. Bryan
had breakfast here with Senator Roach
and the reception committee at the Hoted
Metrocele.
At in o'clock he went to the baseball
park and delivered a speech. At the
baseball grounds a large creovd had
gained admission to the enclosure. On
the platform, placed in a conspicuous
plaov. was the somewhat historic eagle
belonging to the historic Bud Reeves,
who. it will lie remembered, made a can
vass for congress mounted on a white
horse. w rapiH'd in the American flag, and
with a stuftYd eagle perched on his
shoulders.
Mr. Bryan wa nveived vith as much
enthusiasm as could l-e expected on a
day so chilly. He was intrixlueeil by
Mr. 11. F. Miller, president of rhe City
Bank. Mr. Bryan said in part:
"Ladies and Uentlcinen I want to
talk to yon a little while alum e'tie ques
tion which in this campaign risers above
and overshadows all either ouostioiis.
Some nuestions can W settled nt an
other time, but when a great party puts
in its platform a plank which docUm-s
that a financial policy which the Ameri
can people do not like shall lx submitted
m just so long as foreign nations insist
ui-.'ii it. it raises au issue which must
In- settled at oncv. iApplanse.1 1 cail
your attention to the fact that the re
publican platform, for the first time
in the history of that party, in the his
tory of any party in this country, pro
poses m surreiidt r the right to deter
mine their financial jyiiicy and place
legislative control over it ;n the hands
of the Enr.'jiean ievp!e. tApplause.i If
the republican platform had declared that
the gold standard was a desirable thing
the r pubiie'ans might go fi-nh and pr-
::t the merits of the gold standard.
They might say that gold is 'he money
f civilization: that we had outgrown
silver: that you could not have two yard
sticks: that free toiuage was in the
int rvt : the mine owners and that
the iciiiagogue was appealing to the
selfish int. rests of the pe-op!e. w ho want
ed to pay their debt in cheap dollars:
I say. if the republicans had declared
for sold, they might have used the argu
ment which the "advocates of the gold
standard usually use. But the rcpttb-lie-an
platform vbvs not declare that gold
is a desirable standard. The republi
can isrty pledges the party to get rid
of the g. '.d standard and to substitute
the double standard just as soon a other
nations w ill let us. Applause'.) We in
sist that if the gold standard is a
gc-od thing we ought to maintain it.
iK.t temporarily, but permanently. If the
ged.l standard is desirable the American
pop ';ght to le allowed to have it.
not for a year or four years, but forever,
and i: the gold standard is so bad that
v? e-t:ght to ask other nations to h-4p us
to s-t r.d of it. th-n it is so bad that we
ought to got rid of it whether the other
iutc will Lett us or not. iApp!ause.i
S-. n.y friends. submit tbosp two propev.
sltietis. which I h.-ive repeated time and
time again, that if th gvld standard is
a coo.', thing, then we ought to hav it.
but if it is a bad thing-, as the rvrmMieaa
platform declare in premising to substi
tute soTTo-thlng- Utter for it. then, my
frier.-!, we ought to abandon it as oncv.
whether other nations like it or Eet.
w h-ther they hel; ns to abandon it or cot.
A;-f j"v.i 1 want you to r-niml
that we advocate frye coinage at It! to 1
ar.d are the n!y peopJe who tisve a Saan
eial system that they are willing to pre-s-nt
hefi-rir the AtiKrkaa pe'-W"1- "-:r
ft
i7 the
your washing
out oi it
opiHinents propose nothing: they oppose
everything. (Applause.) We want free
coinage of silver as we have of gold, tin
limitcd coinage of silver as we have of
gold; coinage at the ratio which now ex
ists, both of gold and silver coin, and
that independently of the action of any
foreign nation. I Applause. I What do
our opponents say? Io they elaborate
a system' Not at all. They are simply
opposed to our plans. Do they know
what is good for the American pmpleV
If so. why don't the,v tell? Will you say
that their refusal to speak and olalionite
a plan is due to ignorance? If you do
you say that men who do not know what
ought to be done ought to lead in the do
ing of that w hich they do not know any
thing about. lApplausc.l If. on the other
hand, you say they know and won't tell.
1 tell you. my fellow citizens, you ought
to have no confidence in those who have
no confidence in you. (Applause'.! We
not only know what we want, but we
know why we want it. and we are going
to have it. We want bimetallism, and
wlnm we say bimetallism we tell you that
we mean bimetallism. We don't nmaii
that the government will buy whatever
metal it wishes: that is not what we mean
by bimetallism. I Applause.) When we
talk of bimetallism we mean two metals.
We mean the use of not only one metal,
but of two metals as equal standard
money metals, entering the mints on
equal terms and coming from the mint
with full legal tender qualities. The two
metals, linked together at a fixed ratio
and given equal rights. That is bimetal
lism. Why do we want it? Because,
my friends, there is not enough of gold
to furnish the standard money upon
which other money is to be based. Our
opponents say that they have a sound
financial policy. I deny that you can
build a sound financial policy on a gold
basis. Ask them wnere tne gold is.
They tell you how much there is in the
federal treasury, how much in the na
tional bank vaults. Then tliey guess at
the amount in other banks and they have
about half of it unaccounted for. Ask
them how much gold there is in the coun
try and they say about SiW.i.hauiimi.
Ask them to point it out and they may le
able to point out half .SiUMnuhki. Ask
them where the rest is and they tell you
that is what is called The invisible sup
ply of gold in the country. HJreat ap
plause ami cheers.) lo you lielieve you
can get a suPstamtal structure on an in
visible base? (Applause.) You can not
do it. The gold .standard means, in its
final analysis, that gold will be the only
legal tender money in this country lo
calise, my friends, you can not have two
kinds of money in this country and have
one kind good enough for the landhold
ers and another kind good enough to pay
all our debts with, or it will soon cease
to lie good enough to pay any debts with.
The gold standard, carried to its logical
conclusion, means that all legal teiider
money- except gold is to lie abandoned and
that whenever you have a d-bt to pay
you must go around and find gold, no
matter how hard it is for you to find it."
i Applause.)
DKCREASK IN POSTAL. RECEIPTS.
Washington. Oct. 11'. The effect of
the political situation upon business is
indicated by the falling off in iostal re
ceipts for the quarter ending September
.".el. There is a falling off of Sl.otn.iNiu
as compared with the quarter ending
.Tune i!i. and SiieUnxi as compared with
the quarter ending Septomlier III) last
year. While the loss is not large for the
last year as compared with the corres
ponding quarter of iJSfO. it has taken
place in the face of the fact that the
IMstal revenue increases more rapidly
than population iu presi-rous years and
that there should have Uvn an increase
of nearly Sl.OUUMli under normal con
ditions. SUPREME t'Ol lii CONVENES.
Washington. Oct. 12. The I'nited
States supreme court convened prompt ly
at noon today for the October term, re
maining in sessioti only three minutes.
This time suffice-d for the admission of
four attorneys to the bar and for nii
notineviuent by the chief justice that the
hearing of all motions' decked for the
day would ! peistivmcil until tomorrow
in order to permit the court to call upon
President Cleveland in a Iwdy in ac
cordance with immemorial usage. All the
jnstievs were in their seats. No decisions
will be rendered this week.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED .
Muldoon. Fayette County. Tex.. Oct.
12. (Special.) Yesterday evening Mr.
Henry Hale was driving along wh- n his
gun tired and shot him just aK.ve the
heart, killing him instantly. He was
aKmt thro miles south of Muidoe'ii.
ENCOUNTERED HURRICANES.
Yclaseo. Tex.. Oct. V2 .S;v, ial.i The
schooner Laura. thirty days ov. rdne
from New- York. arriviM yesterday morn
ing after being given up as lost. A
U'at could not roach the Iiura. but the
rejivrter hailed the captain and from hiui
learned that he had tn-en in four or rive
hurricane and as many calms. He says
he spoke to a Spanish steamer and the
pilot at Turks Island, but neither r-
loriod him. He was f..rced around the
Cuban coast and. strange to say. ho
never lost any part of his rigging r.or
any canvass, althomgh he was twenty-f.-ur
li'Mirs in one hurrioatu The tug
Seminole of (Galveston has arrived and
will tow the I-aura up tonight.
GROCERY STOCK BURNED.
Fort Worth. Tex.. Oct. L- iSpcvial.i
Fire early this morning destroyeM the
grocery store of J. K. Rv.cker: building
partially destroyed. Loss on the st- k
is K twevn ,! ar.d $T"i. No iusr.rai-ev-.
THE DEADLY SHOTGUN.
Canton. Tex.. Oct. VJ. iSpeelal.i Ew
ir.g Smith, al-evit "Jt years eld. wa shot
with a donble-harreled shotgun, receiv
ing the content of Ivth ham-. killing
him ir.stantly. near the Kantn an ov.r.nty
line. A iMiiplaint was filed charging
David Meadors with the orhre. He ap
peared before Justice Newbask. w.iiv.l
examination and was r!,:-o.l , S7.v
l-.nd.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Colorado Springs. C1. t. 12 One
hundred and ninety delegate from all
parts of the United Stated and Canada
were present when the forty-third session
of the Ir.terr.atiotr.il Typographical union
was called to order today by President AY.
How weak
soap and water seems when you begin
! You don't get any strength
tin tne worK is aoout don
Plenty of hard work and rubbing
and wear and tear, even then but
more of it at the beginning; when
the water is weakest.
Now with Pearline, the water is just as
strong" at the beginning as at the end.
This is one of the reasons (only one) why
Pearline acts so much better than soap, in all
washing and cleaning. Use no soap with it
M. Prescott. E. E. Carringtou of Pueblo
delivered an address which aroused great
enthusiasm.
In his bi-Piinial address President rro.
cott said that in spite of adverse condi
tions during the past live years the union
was stronger today numerically and fiuan.
chilly than ever before in its history.
Committees were appointed to arrange
the work in convention, and delegates
speut the afternoon in visiting points of
interest in the vicinity.
The principal matter of business today
was administering to the delegates an iron
clad oath, binding tht-m to do all in their
power to put down certain secret socie
ties, known ns the Brotherhood in St.
Louis, the Carter league and the Juanito
iu New York. It is claimed these secret
societies exist iu the unions in the above
cities. UMil that they are formed to con
trol the election of officers and the legis
lation of the international uuion in favor
of certain subordinate unions throughout
the country. The matter created consid.
erable excitement, but finally every dele
gate present and some fifty ex-delegates
rose and took the oath.
A COLLEGIATE PRODIGY.
Boston. Mass., Oct. 1.1. Helen Kellar,
blind, deaf, scentless and tasteless lias
passed the Harvard examination with
credit, and will enter the university at
a younger age than most froshmeu.
RACKET STORE FAILED.
Hillsboro. Tex., Oct. 12. (.Special. I
O. II. Young iV: Co.. dealers iu racket
goods, tiled a deed of trust with H. X.
Spooner, trustee. Preferred creditor
total. S.107.
IIIGGS RESIGNS.
Chicago. Oct. 12. Isaac V. Higgs.
nominee for governor on the national
prohibition ticket, has tendered his resig
nation to State Chairman J. W. Wells.
He gives as his reason, that owing to the
ruling of the secretary of state it would
lie impossible to get the ticket on the bal
lot. In his letter he. says he will give
his active support to the democratic
ticket and advises all the nationalists in.
the state to do the same.
BICYCLES GO AS BAGGAGE.
St. Louis, Oct. 12. Circuit Judge Rus
sell decided today that the Missouri Pa
cific company must carry J. R. Bottis'
bicycle from Webster Grove to St. Louis
and return without charge above the
cost of Mr. Bottis' transMirtation ticket.
The case was instituted last April as
a test case. The railway '.ompany tiled
a motion to quash the alternative writ of
mandamus secured, ami Judge Randall
overruled the motion. The decision ap
plies to all railways in Missouri.
AN ESTIMABLE LADY DEAD.
San Marcos, Tex., Oct. 12. (Special.)
Mrs. Green, wife of Ed J. L. Green,
president of the National bank of this
city, died .suddenly this morning from
heart failure'. It was a terrible shock to
her relatives and to the people of this
city, as she was apparently well and
hearty up to the time of her death. The
funeral will take place from the family
residence tomorrow.
A BURGLARY AT TAYL R.
Taylor. Tex., Oct 1".'. Max David's
clothing store was burglarized last night,
and clothing to the amount of -T"" or
more taken away. City Marshal J. B.
Wiliis and Constable J. F. Zimmerman
this morning arrested three negro men.
who are charged with the robbery. Near
ly, if not all. of the goods were recov
ered. Entrance to the stoiv was effeete-d
by cutting out a panel of the rear door.
The goods were found secreted iu a ne
gro cabin in the eastern portion of the
city.
RESIDENCE BURNED.
Tyler. Tex.. Oct. 12. i Special.) Fire
destroyed the residence of 1 1. I- Low ry
this morning. Insurer! in the Comni-r-cial
Uuion for $d.H'.
A DISTRESSED CIRCUS.
Kansas City. Mo.. Oct. 11. Fiar.k
Leiunion and C. E. McKee, owners of
I.euinion Brothers' circus, have riled a bill
of sale here transferring to the Uuitid
States Printing company of Cincinnati all
the pro;ierty connected with th circus
and menagerie to secure a claim for -12.-."ii
fiir paper use'd during the last seaon.
It is stated here that the circus will go
out next season under the manag m-nt
of the printing company.
AT PARN ELL'S GRAVE.
Dublin. Oct. 11. There was a demon
stration .'.l the grave of the late Charles
Stewart P.iriull at Glas;ivvin today, the
occasion N-it.g the anniversary o: tiw
funeral ceremony attending the burial. A
very h ng pre i"ii was a f-ature of fb
d'.ino'.!-r.!Vo:;. th- mayor of Dublin, tii'
meml'ts of th- crjv.ratton of Dublin a:al
all of the Parn. Hire in. :;;!-rs of the v
of commons tl:::g ;arT. Hundreds of
wrvarhs w, re laid the grave. P.ir-
nel!"s ni'ithi r. Mr. D- lla Stewart Pan:-, li
with h. r da tight, r. Mrs. Dickine-n. arid
h'-r grandson. Mr. McD- rniott. joitu-1 iu
the pro.- s;o;,.
MAY RECALL GLADSTONE.
Loudon. Oct. 12. The Times ex
presses the U lief that the rival claims
of Sir William Harcourt and Mr. As
qulth f r the sueH-ession to the leader
ship of the liberal party will compel the
r- e-aii of Mr. Gladstone to try n unite
the party.
Lord Ros. ' ry has eatuv'dod all of h!
Political engagements, but he dins ti 't
inter.! : withdraw permanently from
public life.
GOES INTO THE COURTS.
New York. Oct. 11. When unofficial
-.uformation was received from demo
cratic state headquarters today that See
rvtary of State Palmer decided against
the protest of the eiomeoratie state com
mittee sgaiust the use of the name "the
national democrat ie party" by the gold
democrat, it was immediately' decided to
carry the case into the courts.
KILLED ON A TRESTLE.
I na-.hr. Tex.. Oct. 11 .Spevial.l-J-R.
Ruus was run over and ki'Kxl by a
wst bound freight train on the Cotton
Kelt railroad this morning between
and 10 iVAKk. Mr. Burns was 73 years
i!" ws on ms W;,v ,0 fhitrx'li
when overtaken em the trestle a short
o.istauce from Lis home.