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THE OMAHA DAILY flflK ; PAT UUP AT , AtTfiUST 1 , 1800. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. n. nOSBtVATItn. K-litor. uvinv MORNING. TGIIUH OK BUUSCIlll'TION , Dully II * * ( Without Bundnyi Ono Vwr . IS 55 l > llr * * * iil Hundny , One YVnr . 10 M Bin Months . W Ititcn Month * . . * " 3 Hundny ! ) < < . One Vcftr . JW BaiurJay ll . One Ycnr . . . "J Weekly lie * . One Year . 01-TICKSI Omalm , The I1 o HulMliig. Booth Omnlm. Mincer Illk. . dr. V nnd 2llh SU. Council 111 lift * . 16 Norlti Main Kticnt. ChlcnRo Oincc , S17 ChnmUr of Commerce. New York. Koomit U H and I ! . 'nitiUiiG Hldg. Wnihlngtun , 1407 Ilrcl , N.V. . All rcmnumlcntlnni rolnlln * In new * nnd Mil- torUl nmttir should la n.ldnmcd : To the iMIur. I1UHINI-S3 : J.KTTKrm : All bunlntM Ictttia nml r inlttnnr should txi mldrcnged to The Ike rubllrhln * Company , Omnhn. Drafts , chcckn nnd txMtolllcc orders to IIB made nayablii to Ilie nnl r of the comimny. Tin : IIKK rufibisiiiNU COMPANY. 8TATKMKNT OF OIllCtlt.ATION. Elate of Nebraska | Douglni county. | a erse 11. Tmolniclt , nccttlnry of Th * ll n Pub lishing coniinny | , twin ? dti'j' ' nworn. Miyn lh.il the actual number of full nml completa cnnlc * of the Dally , Morning , I3vnlne nnd Hmulay lice printed during the month of June , ISM , vn n follow * ! ilfUic-tlorM for untold nnd returned copies 10,21 ! K'ct tolnl mien 53.170 Net dally nverag * 10.449 nnonon n. T/WCHUCK. Strom lo Iwforn me nnd mihccrlbed In my profpiico thin 4lh day of July. 1S90. ( Seal. ) N. P. FEU. , Xolnry Public. poliiff out of tlie city for Hie summer may linvc The Boo split to their address by leaving an order at the business olllce or the Bee. Tclniihonc 238. A NHW SKUIAIj S'I'OUY. Tim OMAHA SUNDAY BEE , H. lllilcr HnRitnrd' 9 now African Btory "Tho Wizard" In this story Sir. IIn.RKn.nl rein ton the terrible experiences of Rev. Thonvis Owen , who , persuaded tlmt Fnlth. If HtroiiR enough , could .ac complish nil tilings , even to the perform ing of miracles , pnvo up n. comfortable UvlnR In the Church of 1C UK I and lo prac tice his preaching nmonor the Children of Fire A serial th.it will bo continued through twelve weeks. 1 im OMAHA SUNDAY BEE It HAD TI1K FIHST CIIAPTKU. SpeaUor I i > i > el Is still by all odds , the man In Maine. A sheriff's Job Is not necessarily a perpetual bad of roses. Bryan Is undbcIiU'tl whotbor to trnvol like Ijlncoln , In n railroad car , or like Washington , on horseback. An honest dollar Is a dollar that does not defraud any one. A dollar that reduces the wngos of labor by half can hardly be called an honest dollar. Speaker Heed's analogy of money tc a hayrack will go down Into tin campaign ns oneof. Hie pertinent 11 lustrations of the .sound money nrgn If nient Bishop Newman denies that he said the populists were all anarchists , as recently reported. But the blshor. . discreetly refrains from Baying thai nearly every anarchist Is shouting foi Bryan. V Senator Dubols nor any other sllvei senator can be compelled lo support tin sound money candidates. But wher they openly announce their Intention tc work for Bryan and the Bryan partj they have no right to pose as re publicans. All tlie proclamations In the work won't stop the Cuban llllbusters fron : continuing to violate tlio neutrality lawf of the United States. The way to stor filibustering Is to stop It , Just as durliii : the war the way to enforce a blockade was to enforce It. It Is a good Idea to advertise the TrnnsinlsHlsslppI Exposition on en velopes and other stationery , but the design should be not only suggestive , but artistic nnd attractive at the same 'time. None of tlie designs that have sc far been used 1111 the bill. California fruit Is finding a markel In London. The fruit growers of Call fornhi ought to Impress upon the sllvci delnslonlsts of California the folly ol adopting a money system that menm iho destruction of our foreign markets nnd the Isolation of domestic producers , "Prohibition Is tlio Issue of the campaign , " says ( he candidate of the prohibition party. Perhaps It Is one ol the Issues In South Dakota , where the repeal of constitutional prohibition h 1o bo voted on In November , but In the other states prohibition will raise no ) even a rlpplo In the political waters. Judge Ambrose has Joined the silver procession anil there Is great rejoicing In the Bryanlto camp. This departure on the part of Judge Ambrose ) Is by ne means startling to old-timers. In 1ST7 Oeorgo W. Ambrose was elected to the Btate senate from Douglas county on thn ili'inoenitlu ticket , although ho hail previously brt'ii a republican. There is nothing now under the sun. Justice Brewer says that ho expects iho Venezuelan commission to bring In Its report nbout November 1. Justice Brewer Is a nuunber of the commission nml ought to know. It may bo NI > | down as certain , In any event , that the commissioner * will cling to tlu-Ir olllolal existence until that time , provided thai the congressional appropriation for Its expenses is not sooner exhausted. The newly organized silver clubs seem to bo In a ( juandary whether to havi themselves known as Bryan and Hewal ! clubs , or as Bryan nnd Watson clubs Komo of thorn will doubtless sea tholi only salvation In cutting thu Oordlan knot and proclaiming themselves as Bryan , Huwiill nnd Watson clubs , so at to cxcludo no one who can possibly be gathered Into the whlto metal tent ; jv 1x7.1 AXU msw. . OHKAT nUMD , Knn. , July JJ. To the IMItor of The lice : I read The Don dally nnd nnd It generally very clear In Its po- lltlcM vIcvrR , as well n on PTorythhiR It dlscum-n. IHit I am nt n. loss to reconcile some points touching Iho silver n t tlon , and as a MoICInloy republican , desire you to glvo mo &u nnsxver to thn following : "If , with free silver 1C to 1 prior to 1S73 , silver wns at a premium anil out of circu lation , why will It , under sfirno conditions now , deprecliite and drive gold out ? I have asked this of another trading re publican pnpcr , and notno answer. Such question.1) are propounded dally , and as they must bo met , I am desirous ot all the light possible to meet them. Personally , I care hut little nbout this money Icsuc. Since 18D2 the people have realized the great mistake then made , nnd have , by Increased majorities In 1S93 , ISO I and 1SU3 , clearly demanded a return to pro tection. Seeing this , the democracy nban- donud their frco tradu ship and stole the popull.it platform to lead the people away from the disastrous record ot the party. Hut wo must meet their money fallacies. C. P. TOWNSLHY. The reason why the free and un limited coinage of sliver nt tlie ratio of 10 to 1 In 180(1 ( or 1807 would not restore the market value of silver dolhirs to a premium of S cents or oven to par Is because all the national legislatures and parliaments on earth are Impotent to restore the conditions of 1871 ! . They could no more make an ounce of silver worth ? 1.1 ; 'J now than they could make a sewing machine that Is selling now for $25 worth $1)0 ) , or the prlco for whle-li II. sold In 187.1 ! . The value of a thing Is gauged by what It can be duplicated for. Its price- Is the value expressed In money. In the tun years from 1851 to 18(51 ( all the silver mines of the United Slates pro duced only 2,407,000 ounces of silver. In the single year , 18711 , the production of silver In the United States was 27- 051,000 ounces. From 1870 to the pres ent year the production of stiver In the United States has ranged from , " > 0- 000,000 to 00,000,000 ounces annually. In 1S72 the whole world's production of silver was 01,100.000 ounces , while In 1S)5 ! ) It was 105,000,000 ounces. The conditions under which this vast volume of silver is now mined are al together different from those prevailing In 1S7II. The work of mining Is done principally by machinery and the price of tlio imu'lilncry has decreased enor mously. Chemical processes that wore unknown In 187't enable the mine own ers to extract the silver from ores that were formerly rejected as worth less or had to be transported for re duction to Swansea , Wales. Silver has been mined within tlie past fe'W years at a cost of 15 cents an ounce and the estimated average cost of silver produced - duced from mines now worked Is fil cents per ounce. Its market price has ranged from ( VI to OS cents per ounce during the past year , leaving a good margin of profit. Does It stand to reason that tl > e price of silver can be permanently restored to $1.1)2 an ounce by free coinage ? If such a thing were possible , then it is possible also to' restore the ratio of 11 to 1 which prevailed at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Obviously free coinage Is not the only condition that made silver sell at $1.32 an ounce prior to 187 ; > . As a matter of fact there was no free coinage of silver in the United States In 1873. The bulk of the silver coined from 185. , was limited to the actual demands for subsidiary coins and the government bought the silver tit market price and had It coined on Its own account. More than twice ns many silver dollars were coined In the six months ending June 30,1SUO , than were- coined from 1853 to 1873. SQUKIMH TillJAll , JUIt. Before they approve tlie contract for the new Jail job the mayor and council will do well to consult again the linan- cial condition of the city treasury. There is no good reason why the city should bind Itself to pay for live years nearly twice as much for police court and jail quarters as It Is now paying for ac- commodatloifc that for the present are ample and satisfactory. With a deficit in the treasury of over ? 100,000 upon which It Is paying Interest , with cramped if not exhausted I'nnds for every department of the ' gov ernment , and with a decreased assess ment roll upon which next year's taxes must bo levied , this piece of extrava gance conies at a time when the people are In no humor to submit to any un necessary increase in city expenditures. Aside from tills , it is notorious that the present Jail proposition is a job of gigantic dimensions. In violation of the city charter It Is being engineered by a councilman who has an Indirect if not a direct pecuniary Interest , in the scheme. It will ba folly for a repub lican council to become involved in a scandal of tills character , which cannot fall to react upon the party at the elec tions tills fall. Them Is yet time for the mayor and council to Rijuelch the jail job , and the > y should not hesitate toile ilo , their duly. A Tlio proclamation by President Cleveland - land In reference to the observance of tlio neutrality laws may have been ren dered necessary by Information In the possession of the government regarding plans and operations In violation of those laws of which the public has no knowledge , Not only has our own gov ernment olllclals who arc vigilantly watching the movements of the Cuban sympathizers , but the Spanish govern ment also has hero Its agents and spies , so ( hut the authorities at Washington have ample means for ascertaining what Is going on. Another presumption Is that the president deemed It 'ixpeitt- cut to lay before the coun'.ry ' In this way the dtilinltlon by the hlg'uost tribunal of what constitutes a military expedl. tlon. It Is also possible that his i bjcct In Issuing the proclamation was to re assure the Spanish government. But whatever the motive tlie proclamation must bo accepted as newly attesting the determination of the ndmlnlstrn > tlon to have the neutrality laws ob served and to permit nothing atvlihh Spain can fairly take offense. There may be some , however , who will Infer from this action of the presi dent , for which there Is no apparent necessity , nn ulterior purpose. The opinion fdlll obtains , though less gen erally than n few months ago , that Mr. Cleveland contemplates some radical and sensational move In regard to Cuba for political effect , though there Is really no sulwtantlal reason for such a view. At any rale the president has nindo entirely plain what constitutes violations of the neutrality laws , so that no one can hereafter plead want of knowledge In this matter. TltK CASi : OF 3UI. IIMTSO.V. It Is entirely certain that Mr. Thomas E. Watson docs not Intend to relinquish his place on the populist ticket as candidate for vice president. He has so declared In the most dellulle nnd positive levins. Mr. Watson be lieves tlmt it Is necessary lo the pion- ervnlion of the populist party that he shall make the race and In his view the man who should withdraw In order to establish harmony between the demo- orntte' sllvevltes and the populists Is Mr. Sewall. lie Intimates Hint If the Maine candidate declines to retire1 and he has already done so there Is likely to be a largo defection of populists from Mr. Bryan. All this shows that Mr. Watson Is nt present very much In earnest and It Is to.bo presumed that he has a great deal of southern sup port. It makes n very Interesting dllemmn , partlcnlaily for Mr. Bryan , who is al ready In honor committed against ac cepting the populist nomination to the exclusion of Mr. Sewall. But it IK sug gested that a way out of the dllllculty may be > found , though It will require some audacity on the part of tlio popu list friends of Mr. Bryan. According to the Washington correspondent of tlie Philadelphia Ledger , an effort will be mode to persuade Watson to with draw and this fulling he will be forced off the ticket. It is said that this is the plan of Senator Allen , who holds that the authority given by the popu list convention to tlio executive com mittee to fill vacancies is ample for the purpose of retiring Watson nnd substituting Sewall. "This is the bold plan now in contemplation , " says the correspondent , "and which will , in all UUoJiliooil , be carried out. It is auda cious , but it is the conception of au audacious man. " Whether or not the populist committee has the authority Senator Allen Is , alleged to believe It is not Important to inquire , but it is an interesting question as to what effect Hie exercise of ouch authority would have upon the populist party. It Is said to bo the opinion of the Bryan managers that It would not endanger a single electoral vote , but it Is quite possible that they would find this to be a mistake. It Is a muddle that prom ises to prove very troublesome to Mr. Bryan. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M'KlXbKY 10 WORKIXUMEK. Every speech made by Major , McKInley - ley since his nomination to vMting workingmen has evidenced his great in- tercst'In tlic caiiSe of labornn interest he has manifested. 'throughout his pub lic career. Ills speeches in congress and in tlie political campaigns In which lie has engaged are replefo with ap peal and argument In behalf of the American worklngmnn , urging Iho ne cessity , for the general good , of Im proving his opportunities , Increasing his remuneration and reducing his hours of labor , encouraging his thrift and ele vating him in the social scale. This concern of Major McKinle.v for labor is Intuitive and has been strengthened by personal experience and association , as well as by a profound conviction that the prosperity and contentment of the working classes Is the very bulwark of 'American Institutions. Ills father was a workingnian and all that he him self lias achieved Is the reward of him ! nnd persistent 'work. Most of his life has been passed In close contact with those who labor and it Is not too much to say tlmt no man In the nation ( knows belter than he the needs of the laboring class , as there Is none more anxious than lie to have those needs supplied. Major MrlCJnley Is the sincere and zealous friend of tlio American work- Ingnmn and can be depended upon always to do everything possible within Ills power for the advancement of tlie men of labor. Itepresentatives of n number of indus tries have visited Major McKluley since his nomination and given expression to the esteem and confidence with which thoy"Yogard him. Ono such dele gation was received by him on Thurs day and It Is to be hoped that work- ingmcn everywhere * will read and re flect upon what wiy ? said on that occa sion. ' Those representatives of labor declared for honest money and protec tion. They are opposed to the free coinage of silver without international agreement because they know It would place this country on a silver basis , "thereby driving our gold out of clr- iuilatlon and out of the country. " There can be no doubt that these men have been earnestly studying this question and they have reached the only ra tional conclusion. They want their wages paid In money as good as gold and they know they could not have this with the single silver standard certain to result from the free coinage of silver by the United States alone. At the same tlmo they want a tariff policy that will yield an amide revenue to the gov ernment and restore prosperity. They know , what protection has dona for na tional development and prosperity and they Imvo faith In that policy. The response of Major McKlnley to the address of these workingnien was clear , straightforward and practical , lie told them tlmt our currency must bo maintained upon an equality with the best money of the most civilized nation of the earth , that a depreciated currency would bring disaster to all the people and to none moro than to workingnien and producers , that a disordered cur rency Is fatal to Industry , frugality and economy , while It fosters the spirit of tipccnhitlon and extravagance , "It Is the most effectual of Inventions , " said Major McKlnh-y , "to fertilize the rich man's Held with thn sweat of the poor man's brow , " and he added : ' "i'lml which wo call money , and by which values Tfre'nipasunvl nnd settlements nro made'J'ijfust ' ' be ns true as the bushel which ipjjtisjires the grain of the farmer nnd nsi'lwnest H the hours of labor which Uj'Tpnn who tolls Is required to give. " wlip that Is an honest man , wlmtcvornHto condition In life whether farmer ITr lnborer , creditor or debtor- will not npprorc this sentiment ? And who thufj approves It can support the party whel | stnnds for n policy of cur rency debasement and repudiation ? ( J r . . . The Bne\ prints in today's Issue n com pilation "fit , , "the laws of the United States reljitlng to coins nnd coinage which contains In brief compass all the legislation be'ai'lng directly upon the money qiKMtlon. This compilation should 1) ' not only carefully read ami studied. ' ) " laid aside and kept for oustani ii'ferewv. It will answer hundreds of questions that are dally propounded by people who are unac quainted with the precise provisions of our monetary legislation. The Bee Is In receipt of numbers of letters asking Information which these laws convey. With this compilation In their hands these Inquirers can easily find the an swers to their own questions. As Is well known , Omaha and Doug las county have more business with the supreme court than has any other com munity In the slate. Litigants are well aware of fho vexatious delays Incident to appeals In tlmt august body. Some roller was afford oil by the supreme court commission , for which , however , there is no constitutional provision. One of the amendments to the state con stitution upon which electors will vote this fall is enio to Increase the num ber of supreme court Justices. The Is sue thus raised Is not In any sense par tisan , but is in aid of better public service. There should not bo a single negative vole on the proposition. The Young Men's Republican club has endorsed the Crawford county sys tem of selecting candidates , which , In brief , does away with nominating con ventions. Tlie club has appointed com mittees to wall upon tlio city and county republican central committees and present Its recommendations. Hvery citizen who believes tlio new sys tem will make possible the selection of bettor men for public olllce will endorse the action of tlie club nnd urge the central eoinmlttoos to put the new sys tem Into j'ft'ect. ' That done , there would be some htjp'e of getting good men for the logislht'mi' , to say nothing of. city and county' tickets. Men Wjho , § 110w Howard Kennedy personally Will attach considerable Im portance 'to'the statement he makes coiicerningtlie attitude of business men In wesloriii states on the money ques tion. They n'e for McKiuloy and sound money and arp demanding tlie Insertion of the gold cJanso In contracts made. The Idea : that'every ' man-in the Ilocky mountain ? sitafjes Is In favor of a do- basescnr ! ! * > u. < H js erroneous. Many will not--o > qiVs f flipmsellves' , ' 'but''after Jla campaign of e.iiu.CatiQn there is no ques tion they will vote right and not in favor of legislating to double the wealth oC every mine owner. Nebraska members of the League of American Wheelmen are working with vim In efforts lo secure Ihe national meet in Omaha in 181)8. ) A strong dele gation will go to the Louisville meet fortllled with irresistible arguments in favor of Omaha and backed by the Commercial club , whose Invitation they will convey to the boys at Louisville. Hvery wheelman in Nebraska will wel come the announcement of success on the part of the delegation , as will the people of Omaha generally. When will the city council sec the necessity of placing arc lights upon streets where there Is much travel and tralllc and take down the many lamps upon remote streets where ox-council- men reside ? These arc lights are de signed to be of service to the peoplo. A redistribution ought to be made anel no body knows this better than members of the city council. r of ( li < - Kansas City Journal , Millions of nrasshoppers flew over Lin coln , Neb. , last Sunday. This Is a goo'l omen for Ilryan. Grasshoppers make dis aster , and disaster makes populists. The more grasshoppers , therefore , Iho more votes for Uryan and calamity. Sllvor AVilKPN In Mrvlco. AUiuaiicraue ( N , 51. ) Citizen. The railroad employes ot this territory have a pretty Rood Idea of what wages ore in Mexico , whcro the railroad ; nen nre paid In silver. They get tlio same wages In Mexico as In this country , but iho jnonsy Is worth only about half as much. If 'ho free coinage proposition carries the United 111(03 ( will be placed on exactly the a-jino mone tary basis as Mexico , and , with a debased money , laboring men will be the first and the principal .qufferors. Tlio r'ch men ot Mexico have grown richer by the free coinage - ago of silver , , . Sllvrr'n rmiriTMoii of llliit < . < ulIlHin. 1'lillaUolpliln ] .C < ] ; ; CT. Thanks are dao to the silver republicans for thn coiul : ff\and narrow definition of bimetallism .contained In their Manltou manifesto. " 'According to this authority , bimetallism mean simply "the equal treat ment of both /Jrtm and silver at the mints of the natlon.,7l' , Nowhere else. And that seems to bo njpr tty safe limitation for it. The nation caa.iy ' act of congress , glvo both metals eqtiVlj treatment at the mints- provided tha/c4pa lty of the mints la equal to the task at/coining consignments of both metals as fut < s they como In but the nation cannot ) l < iAp them at a parity or a nxod ratio oforajfuo aftey leave the mints. That Is goveryM"by the law of supply and demand , whl/hjfhas / always shown lUelf superior to ajfcit ( of congress. Tli < > fouiilry ami lli I'enplc , Ihllailelihla ) Nurtli American , Suppose yon are ' a poor man , with a de pendent family. Suppose you hold a lifts Insurance pollcr of $2,500. You are able to pay the premiums regularly. Suppose you die. The policy Is Immediately paid In full your family cannot starve with $2,500 , Hut suppose Mr. Ilryan It elected , and the frco silver platform of repudiation goes Into effect. Then , suppose you die , Your life Insurance policy ot $2,500 Is paid In silver worth about. $1,250 , la that what you want ? Can you convince yourself that a dollar which Is worth only 53 cents In the financial markets of the world Is sound currency ? Don't you want the money you have , no matter bow little you may have , to be as good as the money possessed by the queen of England , the president of France , the emperor of Germany , or the czar of all the Hussias ? TOM WATSON AJVI1 HIS MATR. Iloflcetlom of ttir Tall nn thn Hrnil of thr Vnimllat Ticket. New York Sim ( clem , ) Tom Watson of Georgia was nominated tor vlco president Just after midnight be tween Friday nnd Saturday last. On Friday Tom Watson got out. na usual , At Atlanta his People's Tarty Paper , The opinions of this newspaper , particularly those signed by Torn himself , dcrlro from the circumstances a peculiar Interest. Two columns of Tom's paper nro occupied by a letter from Omaha , representing Bryan as the enemy of populists nnd genuine popu lism. It Is full ot hidden sneers In such passages ns this : "On the train from Chicago on Sunday night were a number of delegates to the Chicago convention who wcro warm friends and close political associates ot Mr. Drynn. In the usual open conversation ot the smok ing room they nil agreed that tlio candidate's prlvnto life was beyond reproach , but oven his ( rlcnds declared that he would have duUculty In explaining to the old-line demo crats all over the country the peculiar meth ods ho has adopted regarding fusion with the populists or any ono else who could subserve his Interests. "One of the delegates , speaking from his Intimate knowledge of Mr. Ilryan , both as a politician and editor , said frankly : 'Tho hardest thing 1)111 ) Bryan will havn to con tend with will bo the necessity of keeping his mouth shut. ' " The whole object of this communication scorns to bo to represent Mr. Ilryan to the populist mind as a selfish % chcmcr , n wind bag. and n turncoat. Klsewhero In the same number of Tom Watson's paper the attack on Hryan by I-Mltor Hosewater of The Omaha Dee Is re produced In full. Mr. llosewater's state ment Is that Ilryan Is regarded In Omaha by the best business men , regardless of party , ns "a man of Immature Judgment , who would constitute nn extra hazardous risk as head of the national government. " Tom Watson's headlines confirm this opin ion In 1 utters half nn Inch long. He says that Ilryan "Lacks Depth and llreadth. " When we conic to the editorial page wo find Tom letting himself loojc on his asso ciate Hilly In almost every column. Quot ing some of Uryan's profoundest utter ances on the currency , Watson asks : "What meaning docs such a statement convey to the average mind ? What does Mr. Ilryan really mean to say ? Wo doubt If ho himself knew. " Then Wntsou proceeds to charge that Hryan Is the mere creature of a movement engineered by ex-Speaker Crisp : "Don't you suppose that the rank nnd file can see the way In which the Urynn managers nro now dickering with Tam many hall. David U. Hill , and the Wall street Influences ? "What is being offered those goldbugs of Now York ? "What price do they ask ? At what figure are they to sell nnd you to buy ? "Upon what terms are these colossal gold- bug Influences going to throw their support to a free silver candidate ? "Mr. Crisp knows. Ho knows how ho made the deal with them for the speaker- ship , and ho can arrange accordingly for the presidency. Ho knows how In 1S92 there was nn open pledge to the peoplo-nnd a secret pledge to Wall street , and he knows who got the goods. "And the populist rank and Hie know It , too. too."Tho "Tho rank nnd ( lie In tlio people's party are its bosses and they mean to remain so. "They can see that Instead of free silver being stronger In the democratic party than before , It la weaker. They can see that the goldbug democrats arc on the constant Increase. "Therefore the populist rank nnd flic In tend to do all In their power to foil and repudiate those leaders who may have lis tened to the tempter. The rank and fllo will take the bit In their own teeth and travel right straight along In the middle of the road. " This statement ot the views of the states man nominated for vice president on the ticket with lillly. as he somewhat patron izingly terms him at every opportunity , Is worth pondering. Watson's estimate of Bryan Is not nattering to the latter's solidity of character or sincerity ot utter ance. Tom dcclar.es that oven It Billy la elected ho will be helpless to advance the cause of frco silver : "As wo said last week , Hryan will find lila hands tied , If elected , aud can no more se cure the passage of a free coinage law than Cleveland secured tariff reform. " Again , hero are Tom's views ot Bryan's probable role In the campaign : "The democratic plan of campaign seems to be that Bryan 13 to run the windmill while Sewall runs the pay train. If Sewall rattleo out his cash as fast as Bryan rattles ofl speeches times are going to become lively. Even the negro democrat will rouse himself , shako his cars and begin to flnd life worth living. " How much Tom Watson would now give to recoil and destroy the entire edition of this number of his paper we can't imagine. We regard It as valuable material for the future historian. It exhibits the Imper fectly disguised Jealousy or rivalry existing between these two vociferous young popu lists and political adventurers , so much alike In some particulars. Ot the two , Tom Watson seems to bo the more energetic character. It is clear that he despises Billy ; does Billy love and ndmlro Tom ? All this explains In a measure Hon. William Jennings Bryan's present hesita tion to cheese frankly between Sawall and Watson. Personal comfort certainly In clines him toward Sewall ; but Watson , the Idol of the violent ward , is worth thou sands of votes In Indispensable states where Sowall Is a vote reoellcr. SII.VIOK IX THAICIIICM3S. : . Effort of Krt' - ColniiK < - oil the .Tewi'I- IT'H Triiilt * . In the Jewelers' Circular of July 22 nre cards from eleven places giving replies to the question : "What effect would the elec tion of a free sliver president have upon the rilverwnre business ? " Answers came from widely separated places from New Hamp shire to Denver. The general vlow Is ex pressed In these quotations from a Wall Ing- ford ( Conn. ) letter : "No doubt some advance would occur , but long before the parity point was reached the silver of other countries would bo attracted to this market and this , together with the Immensely Increased 'output of our own mines , would overload us with cheap dollars to aij extent hitherto undreamed of , produc ing , we believe , financial disaster the magnitude of which no man can foretell. "Wo cannot , even with unlimited frco coinage , absorb the available silver product of the world , and even a free silver congress would finally see Its folly and repeal Its frco coinage laws. Then would como the drop , lower than over before , and silver smiths and merchants would face extremely low prices with a Htock ot goods made from bullion at a high price. Stability In prices Is always desirable , but wo cannot see how the entrance Into power of the silver party can fall of producing the most violent fluctuations In prices of all commodities and dlro disaster to the business interests of the country , " The only letter which takes strong ground on tlio other slilo is one from a Denver firm. On the other hand , an Omnha firm writes : writesVo look upon the election of a free silver president at the present time as a national calamity , and not only a continuation of the present depressed condition must follow , but greater distress amongst all our In dustries will be the Inevitable result. " Ho TV to Sell Ciood * Aliroiul , San Kraticlfco Kxamlner , United States consuls at various German cities have been sending some good advice to American manufacturers and merchants through reports made to the State depart ment. It appears from thrso documents that Americans have been Bonding cata logues to the American consuls In Ger many with requests that the attention ot Gorman buyers be called to American prod ucts. The consuls are unanimous In ad vising that this Is no way to extend Ameri can trade In Clermnny , and that In order to do so wo must do In Germany as the Germans do In America send out agents thoroughly familiar vlth tha language and customs o * the people and build up trade by personal effort. The HolM-r Trutli. Globe-Democrat. The sober truth Is that under free coin age the poor man would have to work Ju t as hard for a silver dollar as he now works for a gold dollar , and the tllver dollar would bo worth only half as much as Iho ono that he DOW receive * . AMI SII.VP.H. St. l/ouls Qlobo-Dcmocrat : In the Notional Building association convention nt 1'hlU- dolphla last wrok 2,000,000 members and as sets of $300,000,000 were if presented. The change of this vast amount from a gold to n silver basis by a vote of the niptuborx would bo an extraordinary freak , but It Is what the Bryan party nsks. Chicago Tlme.i-Her.iM ! There are nearly C.OOO building ami loan associations In the United Stntrs. The vnhto of their shares Is moro than $430,000,000. Is It unnatural that they should object lo continuation of halt ot It ? Uvery dollar ot It represents actual labor. Out of loans borrowed from tliono funds tbo policy lioldors luvo ac quired 311,753 homos. Why should they Klvo owners of sliver n virtual mortgage on them for half their value nnd let the mortgage bo foreclosed In iho free and un limited coinage of silver ? I'hllatiolphla Times' : The fact that the representatives of the building nnd loan as sociations nre already keenly alive to the ultimate effect of free and unlimited coinage Is I'licournglng to every frltnd of honest money , What the chosen representatives ot these associations In convention assem bled think on this subject will soon become the thought of the great majority of the shareholders , nnd the savings banks de positors will , because they must , Join hands with the building nnd loan associations to defeat the Chlcngo scheme of spoliation. Philadelphia llccnrd : Not /or many n month bus there been n mnrc wholesome , moro emphatic or more slgnlflcant deliver- mice on the currency question than that adopted In this illy by the Unltn.l Status Ieaguo of Building nml l.onn Associations , which unanimously declared that the pres ent standard ot vnlua should bo kept In violate ; that the Interests ofvngo earners especially demand that nil dollars shall have equal purchasing power nnd that pa triotism demands that the dollar of the United States shall bo the equal of that of the most advanced nations. Philadelphia Ledger : The building RO- eletlcs ot the country are to nil Intents nnd purposes co-operative savings banks. Al though they have accumulated $500,000- 000 dollars , thcso assets represent the small savings of 2,000,000 people. The money Is Invested In mortgages nnd every dollar was worth 100 cents nt the tlmo It wns lent. It would bo manifestlyunjust to the thrifty depositors to return to them dollars worth only 511 cents or thereabouts , nnd yet that would bo ono of the effects of frco silver coinage. The building society representa tives understand the situation , and , on be half of the thrifty people of the United States , declare for sound money. 1)11,1 ) , AM ) TOM. Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : We regard Watson as the best party-smasher In the field today. He has smashed himself twlco before the people of his congressional district In Georgia ; he has smashed the party ho has been leading In every conflict with the old line democracy , and ho will "row be the most disturbing lly In the demo cratic ointment In all the southern states , and do more to defeat Hryan than nny other dozen of southern revolutionists. Wo wel come Watson to the race as the Ideal party- smasher of the conflict. Detroit Frco Press ( dem. ) : The wordy Nebruskan simply perpetrated a magnificent bluff upon the populists In convention as sembled. Saying he would ne'er consent without Sewall , he consented , Had ho been hi earnest In putting by the- crown proffered by his late allies at St. Louis , ho could easily have made his wishes felt and heeded by employing the forcible If not elegant style of that 10 to 1 pioneer , Hon. Richard P. Bland , who. In n telegram declining a L'omlnaticn for governor , made his meaning plain with the following torso expression : "I am not In the habit of lying about au Important m.itter like thla. " New York Sun ( dem. ) : Tom Watson of the crackers Is coming from the south and the sky begins to redden with his flre- cmltttng mouth. The flrm earth quails beneath him as ho Jumps right up and down , seizes plutocrats and spits "cm and cooks 'em crackling brown. Tom Watson of the crackers Is only two score old , but no Hying man can boat -him In excoriating gold ; and when bo's banged and biffed It and ripped It up the back , he grips the gold , bug minions where their pantaloons are black. Tom Watson of the crackers la a leader born to lead ; ho saw the wrongs ot millions and they made his heartlet bleed ; ho saw the wrongs of millions , and they made him wall and sob , and swear he'd save the people It he only got the Job. Tom Watson of the crackers , at last he's got a chance , nnd I'll bet a great white dollar that ho'll make old Wall street dance. Ho is loaded to the muzzle ; ho can howl and ho can hop ; when he once Is fairly started you can never make him stop ; O , he's a holy terror , Is Cracker Tom , the pop ! CUTTING 1'HXSIOXS IX TWO. Coiitciuiilulcn Itolilii-ry of tliu A'et- t'riuiH of tlu > AVnr. New York Sun ( Jem. ) . The St. Louis populist platform throws this sop to federal pensioners and appli cants for pensions : "Wo favor Just pensions for our disabled union soldiers. " For "just pensions" read "pensions pay able In a 50-cent dollar. " The men who nominated Bryan at St. Louts , llko the men who nominated Bryan at Chicago , want to cheat every pensioner out of half the amount of the pension. Wo say "want to cheat , " because unless the makers of the Bryan platform at Chicago and St. Louis are to bo regarded as Irresponsible and lu natic , they must bo regarded as Intending the palpable and Inevitable consequence of their own words translated Into acts ; and the scaling down of every pension by 50 per cent would be an Inevitable consequence of the frco coinage of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1. How do the old soldiers , how do the widows and orphans who are dependent upon pensions , how do the old men nnd women who are now In receipt of pensions for thn loss of soldier sons who were their support , llko the prospect ? It would bo a brave- and economical thing to rob the pen sioners , wouldn't It ? Every man who votes for Bryan will vote , willy nllly. for exactly that robbery. Frco silver In the concrete Is somewhat moro unpleasant than frco silver In the abstract. LKS.SOX or K.\i'iitii\cj ; . AVhy Geriniiii . .AiiirlciiiiN OPJIOHO iho CIiPiui .Mom'y Tlrket. DCS Molncs Capital , The principal otDcer of the Amana colony In Iowa , county was formerly a democrat , having been made so by prohibition. A few days ago ho had a well known travel- lug man in his nice , cool cellar and while they were drinking a bottle of wlno at the oxpcnso ot the president of the Amana society and free ot expense to the travel ing man , the president of the Amana society saidVe : used to all bo re publicans , but the republicans destroyed our brewery ; then wo nil became democrats and the democrats destroyed our woolen mill. Now , some of our people like the brewery pretty well , but they llko the woolen mill bettor. Wo can do without the brewery better than wo can do without the woolen mill , so wo will vote the republican ticket this year. The democrats , too , are trying to destroy our money. Wo Germans llko good money , A good many years ago when Germany was cut up Into provinces , before ' the unification of the empire , tlio father land had sad experience with clipped coins and all lilirJs of bad money , so we Germans are llko the child that dreads the fire , wo have been burnt onco. We do not want bad money In America. Wo will have to vote for McKlnley to start up the woolen mill once moro and continue the good money wo have today , " Then the traveling man reached for ( he wlno again. Altogether It was a pleasant visit. TilUDtXG SPKCIAL PKATUKKS TlIE OMAlLrs'uNDAY Blj ! H. 1UDKII HAOCIAllU'S NB\V AFttlCAN STOUY , "TUB Wr/.AnD. " In this story Mr. Hncgnrd relates th terrlblo expoiloticcR of Ilov. Thom.i Owen , who , persuaded that Fnlth , I nlronir cnoiiKh , could nccompllsh m things oven to the petformnnco of mlrn cles , pnve up n comfortnlilo living II the Church of KiiRland to prnrtlco hi ! prenchlng among the Children of Flro- A thrilling serial tlmt commence : ) Sun day nnd continues for twelve weeks. NHWSl'Al'F.n COUHK3PONDUNTS I , TIIH WAH : Newspaper enterprise during the civil war The bruvo representatives of the press who risked their lives to supply their linpers with Iho Unit nnwH of Iwt- ties-Men who wrote history In the hnit nnd smokn of battle and nmld tha whittling of bullets. KI.KCTUICITY FIIOM COK13 ! An Interview with the Ilo.iton clec- trlclnn who bus solved the problem ot the illrei't conversion of coal Into eleeV trlclty What wo miiy axpcot from thin new discovery Will prolmbly equal til vultio thn Invention of the slenm en- Klne It Is Interesting to note that Dr. Jnmics IIUM succeeded on the very llne.i which Mr , Kdlson hud demonstrated Imprnctlcnblo. IJS13 OF TllM PUHSI3 POLITIC : Wlmt It costs to run presidential cnnipnlgns nnd the objects to which the party funds nro devoted Interesting ; recollections or the method * followed by famous political money getters of the pnst nnd the prcsont Legitimate ex penses of the national campaign iiuiiui- gcrs. IIOMF Ilcvlew of the proceedings of the nn- \ mini convention of the United Stntes I I.cnmio of I.ocul lUtlldltiR and l.onn ' Ansnrlntlnim recently held In Phila delphia 1'olnU of pertinent Interest brought out by Its discussions-Pros pects lu building nnd loan association circles. IN WOMA"NS"OMAIN : French fashion fancies for young nnd > old that nro relgnltiR In Paris Amuse ments for restless convalescents Work ot Afro-American women In behalf of their race Women as bank depositors- Household novelties of the neason Latest fashion notes dossil ) about well known women. TII13' COMING GENERATION : "A Forest Mystery" A story about a volco In the wilderness tlmt wns fath omed by n child Prnttlo of the young sters nnd other bright bits for youth- fill renders on a summer Sunday. IN TIIH WHEELING WOULD : Moro talk nbout ISO ? models nnd about IS'.vr prices The blcyclo In n cyclone Hloyclers' paradise In the valley of Iho I ? 1,1 , 1 Seine Is the wheel n. craze ? Nuws of K f m i the blcyclo nnd Its riders at homo \ \ ' I M i and abroad Gossip of the local wheel I'J .1 clubs. TIIT3 WORLD OV SPOUT : Midsummer sports of till kinds tit their very hclpht Uevlew of ihu leading events of the week nnd outlook tor the near future WIUi the devotees of the rod and gun Homo runs for the lm o ball fans Review of sporting events of every variety Latest news of thq local sports. TIIR WI3EK IN SOCIETY : Midsummer reaction visible Younger crowd of college boys and girls monopo lize social activity A few weddings on i the list Out of town visitors Move ments of the Omaha society folk. , UNEXCELLED NEWS SERVICE : Full Associated press foreign cnblo and domestic telegraph service The New YorkWorld's special foreign cor respondence Unrivaled special nnwa , ' service from Nebraska , Iowa and the western states Well written and accurate - ' curate local news reports. THE OMAHA SITND\Y BEE , THE BEST NEWSPAPER. IN 11IIYMI3. Puck. She clings to Inst year's bathing suit , Kor It she does prefer ; The reason for her doing so I Is that It clings to her. 1 , . A. W. Dullclln. ' t , Oh , the new woman's sure to bo foremost In art. In science nnd politics may be : But what will she do heaven bless her liravo heart ! With the old-fashioned , back-number baby Chicago Jtccord. Mary bought n llttln wheel ; It wabbled so at random She gave It up and coaxed n man ' To haul her on a tandem. Washington Star. Ho drank , chewed , an1 smoked , an' wur ] I likewise profane ; 4 1 lie got nngry on small provocation ; 1(1 ( So ho give up the job of reformln' hlsself , ml An * went In fur reformln' the nation. \J JUllRO. Boldly she walked on the seabcat shore , A.S long as Hhono the HUH ; But when the rain came her colors were struck. And what could she do but run ? Clilcngo N'cwn. Ono bitter drop spoils rapture's cup ; When Ice soils by the splinter WR cannot can the hot waves up To use them In the winter. I * . A. W. Hullctlp. Stan vlowoth the stnra , und ' with wondet ,1 , ' unspcnkiiblo Ho dwells on their cause , which ho Itnowa is unscekablo ; Ho wonders who made nil the planets so beautiful ; But no onei has ever unscrewed the un- scrutnble. * WashliiRton fitnr. Dali'n lots o' folks inits In dah time ( I hahdly kin endure' 'em ) A-trtlkln' 'bout dab troubles 'slid O' hustlln * 'roun' ter cure 'cm. A DI3SKUTIO.V. WnnblnBton Stnr. Under the trees where the branches aquiver - quiver Murmur n melody tender nnd low. Where the butterflies sport with the sun beams that shiver And shift o'er the waters that babble and llow- Ah , licro nro delights that our words can not mciiHUru ; Tls trantiull from morn till the sot of the For fiero crowning bliss In a region of pleasure There conies not a murmur of " 1C to 1. The phrase haunts the throng like n , men acing under . To cast o'er the oul n deep shadow of Insidious'it lurkH , llko a patient collector , To claim of your ( line und attention a share. So hero's for the wood , whcro In leafy .seclusion Wo miss the reproaches of duty undone. And ungallantly hide from the doubt nnd confusion Which rugu In this battle o'er " 10 to I , " Tin * ClinrKtt of Amircliy. I'lillndclphla Times ( dcin. ) The charge of anarchy against the Chicago cage platform la entirely Just , nnd It la equally ] u t to nay that while an over whelming majority of tlioso who support the Chicago ticket are not anarchist * at heart , every anarchist of the land would shout himself hoarse over the triumph of the Chicago candidates. Let un look the Issue Bijuarely In the face and call thlnga by their proper names. The Chicago plat form Is the platform of anarchy , und those who would have the people of thla frco laud overwhelm anarchy by tlio majesty of law , should set their faces resolutely against the uuccess of the triple ulllanco of rcpudlationlsts tlmt tur/'ort / Wllllatu , J. Ilryau for Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. 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