Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 September 1893 — Page 6

HILL ON SILVER.

Tha Now York Sonator Presont3 His Viows. Tte Cur Leading l"p to the t'rrvnUlii? Mmn-tury OrUN ISmlewod anil the Permanent llemedr l'renrrlhed. Washington. Ajr. S3. At the closoof tho routiin' Mi irultiK business. Mr. Hill idem.. N". y.i addressed tha chair and was recognized, tiut viclded to Mr. Vest dem.. Mo,) who had tho clerk road a communication to him (Mr. Vcttti from tba director of tho mint, clvlng Ntatistlc of the purchaita. cost and coinage of jsPnr Mr Ve.M said th.th- assumed from the xrM mauifestrd by the advocator of theuneondltioi. ! ! i nl of fhe Sherman act that the jtreat t ii ; to W decided in the Interest of the A in'. . hu jkoi1 was a xvirttjr between tho two metal . ivr.d that tho commercial ratio should Txj.h far as pos-dble tho ntno a tho ratio e.v lahliihed by .statute. Tho commercial ratio ltad Won up to within a fow days is to I. whllo 1 ho l' tjal ratio was 10 PlCtol.and ho took It or granted that if there was to bo an attempt Senator Hill, of Vrr York. to brlns tho two tm tals to.jt-thT in order to redeem the uledcc of the tw ;rcru national jKirties and of the administration there should be coinageof cold and silver ou a par'ty. Nowlt .surmed. said Mr. Vest in a contemptuous tone, that the question of the expense- wai to Ik? injected into tho discussion. anl that leaving the creat and absolute necessity of parity, senators were led Into an examination of tho number of dollars that th" chance of ratio would cost. Ho had tnndo a short analytical tat'inent of tho account between silver and tho Kovernraent nt this time. It showed tho profit to the government under the IlI.md-AHI-on act of 1ST3 as !n round numlorst iT".(KO.4)C0, and tho profit of tho Sherman act -ol ISM as &O0i).O0O. tho total profit helm; f JSS.OOO.nji). The uacolncd silver tn tho treasury was lSl.OVj.or) ounces, and tho profit on that iW.OM.0). The number A)t oanccs necessary to recoln the silver dolla s now coined was SM),!'), nnd the number no. essary to rocoln tho subsidiary silver coins lU.tKHOuo. If this Quantity of silver bullion w ro taken from tho uncoined sliver In tho treasury on the 6th of August t hero would le Mttll Ictt of uncoined silver in tho treasury 33,f) iw) ounces, ins summing up of tho silver account was: Credit side ISS.ISUU JJe'torslde J 112.i65.3Jl Ilalanco in favor of silver t 15.207.&93 Jl the secretary of the treasury. Mr. Vest cont;nued. meant to put the question fairly to the American people, why had ho not told tho Hcnate what ho proposed to do with the vast aimount of silver now uncoined In tho treasury when the purchasing clause" of the Sherman act were repealed? Was that silver to bo there a menace to bimetallism for all time to come Or did tho secretary propose to coin Hand hold It m tho treasury as dollars. Mr. Hill then resumed the floor and addressed the senate. There wan' perfect quiet And stillness in the chamber whllo he spoke nnd the closest attention was paid to the speech )xth on tho tloor and in the callerics. Commencing his remarks by an allusion to lio president's "much commended and criticised special message to congress." Sonator Hill supplemented the president's quotation trom Daniel Webster by the oponlne entern. uf another famous speech of the same distinguished statesman In which ho urtd upon the Konnte "Before we float further on the waves iof this debate let us refer to tho point from "which we departed " Adopting Webster's prudent sutrcestlon, let ia lirst recall the peculiar circumstances unler which wo meet, and the important character of the duty which surely confronts us at this hour. The existing financial disturbance may be attributed to three causes: First It is a natural or Inevitable result or incident of many years of real or fictitious lrospcrity. The nation is not unlike an individual. Sickness is lactdent to humanity, and commercial panics arc Incident to trade. The student of history knoivs that financial panics occur about every twenty years, nnd our country has no, been an exception to tho reneral rule. The panics of 1SI3. 1KJ7 and 1857 hould have led us to anticipate ono Ik al-o 33. In addition to thce causes, which, for the purpose of this argument. I denominate "natural causes, against which It is probablo that no prudenco could guard or prevent, thero was much reason to apprehend financial troubles nt this time owing to tho violation of correct business principles on the part of our business men In their haste to become suddenly rich. Our financial centers have boon Hooded with watered stocks of every description. In which Innocent people have been Induced to Invest their means by the glittering promises of enormous dividends which aro not forthcoming. C iindor compels me to say that these transnci'or.s have usually orkrlntel with that class of financiers who Infest our marts of trado and uro to-day ostentatiously attracting public attention by their iwrrot-llke clamor for an honest dollar and against tho continued use of nllver money. liestdes wo are suffering from tlio evils of over-production. The balance of trado has unfortunately lK?en nj'alnst us. Wo have sold our mil road and other securities abroad Instead of at home nnd tho Interest as well as portions of the principal have been coming due nnd must bo paid In gold, becauso It was so "nominated in the bond," and hence our gold has naturally Jiecn leaving us for foreign shores. Unquestionably somo of the present difficulty may b attributed to tho uneasiness of ,'jr protected Industries which have been accustomed to rely to a certain extent upon governmental favoritism to .support them. They Jo not disguise tho fact that such uneasiness .'xLsts nnd that It contributes Its share to tho general existing disturbance of financial affairs. Hut there Is no relief for this situation unJess the dominant jmrty abandons Its prlnclplea and surrenders In advance to the Interests which wero defeated at tho last election. The democratic party Is pledged to tariff re form, and It must redeem Its pledge como whnt may Of course It must c expected thero will l;eomo friction. U Is unavoidable. It Is In cident to the anticipated withdrawal of publlo aid from private enterprises; and It enn not le 'prevented, but must bo endurod. Tho people Hsrfcctly understood tho question last rail, nnd they voted with their eyes wide ocn. Our course Is onward, nnd we shall not retrftat. Mceond Some portion of the present panic may be traced to a concerted effort on the put of numerous monometnlllsts to produeo It, In order to further discredit silver as a port of the standard money of tho country. With SthoutMi glee they welcomed every bnntt failure especially In the slher states. Ilttlo dreaming that such failures would soon occi rnt their own doors. They cucourn-zeil the hoarding of monuy; they Inaugurated tho policy of refusing loans to tho people oven nion tho best of security; they Irfulatod false petitions, passed absurd nnd alnrmlng resolutions, predicted dire disaster, attacked tho credit of tho government, ouht to exact a premium on currency, and attempted In every wny to spread distrust ."terMdcMt tbrotutttaut the lud.

TBf tx'st nuanciai nystem in tho world couw not stand ttuch an organized and vicious attack upon it. i'heso disturbers.-these promoters of publlo peril -represent largely the creditor class: tho men who desire to approclato the gold dollar In order to subscrva their own HcltUh interests; men who revel in bard times: men who drive harsh bargains with their fellow men In times of financial distress, und men wholly unfamiliar with tho true principles of monetary scl'-nco. Third -The Sherman silver purchase law has V'on nt least in :iart and possibly tho most largely m-tjxwcntil in producing the existing tompllv-atlons. Xo ono now defends It. Few apologize for It Tho polltlcil party that enactol it ocvms now tho most anxious for Its ropoaL It was a violation of every correct prluvlplo of monetary science. It was not oven an houorahlo compromise. It was a :nak'hlft. n subterfuge, a mere temporary expedient. The president, in his message, not desiring at this Urne, for obvious reasons, to othmd the (icnsliillltlos of those who had voted for it. politely called It a "truce " It has bem assertoJ that the president himself. In his hostility to Independent coinage was d..sDoo I nt ono time to re? ird with favor or acquit see In tho provisions of the Sherman law. which had be mi the Instrument or means by whkh such free oolnigo had been defeated. Whether this be so or not, tho fact remains, nnd has not escaped obscrvntlon. that while tho democratic national platform denounced tho Sherman law and demanded Its repealdenounced It, not as the result of a "truce." but as a cowardly makeshift yet Mr. Cleveland, neither In his speech delivered at Madison . Square garden. New York. In answer to the notification of his nomination, nor In his subsequent letter of acceptance, nor In his inaugural address in March last, criticised the Sherman taw, nor mado any allusion to it whatever, although it was then already threatening the prosperity of the country with tho dangerous results of its operation, which were

apparent to everyone who had given the subject any careful attention. Mr. Hill then gnre his personal record on the stiver question, and then discussed England s opposition to a single standard, and continues as follows: I would myself accept the Idea that tho Anglo-Indian ukase Is merely moaumeutal IJrltlsh stupidity. If It wero the first act In the mone tary drama instead of fourth. (Jreat liritaln defeated tho renewal of th parity of gold and hllver at tho monetary conference of 1 TS. Ureat Urltaln defeated the renewal of the parity of gold and sliver at tho monetary con ference of 11. Ureal Hrltain defeated the renewal of th' parity of gold and silver at the llruss ils monetary conference of IrOi. Great Hrltnln now. In tKX Is combining her Asian with European power to prevent renewal of the parity of gold and silver by the United States nnd France or other foreign powers at any futur& time. To create the hugest mass of Inconvertible money ever known whllo posing as money purists may look like pious Imbecility, worthy of a Pharisee In Uedlam. Hut on rovlew of the successive acts of the monetary drama, a statesman of sense will "doubt not through th j stages an Increasing purpose runs." I admit, for I affirm, that the Hrltlsh new-fangled theory of gold monometallism Is an Ignorant. Insular, weak-minded theory, like their theory of taxation without representation lefore 1770; llko their theory of Impressments for the Hrltlsh navy from American ships l.eforo lM2i like their theory of Irresponsible naval Intervention to assist tho disunion of these states efore the Alabama arbitration of U71. It will Ih observed from what has already been stated that tho permanent remedy for our financial difficulties is a return to bimetallism which existed prior to 1S73. It has been stated over nnd over again during the present debate, especially In the other house that the country has tried tho experiment of silver coinage and that It has proved a failure, and that therefore we should now return to a gold standard. Why not try tho only remedy that has not been nppllcd! This great and growing country of ours ne wis a much larger circulation per capita than anv other country in the world. It will not answer to compare the needs of our nation In this regard with the old unprogressive, finished nations of Europe, where the wealth Is largely controled by a few families. Tho Insufficiency of our present volume of currency seems to te everywhere conceded, and yet there Is an unaccountable reluctance to es tablish n permanent silver system under which the deficiency can bo easily supplied. The proposition now before congress to allow the national banks to Increase their circulation 10 per cent. and which proposition- j earnestly favor is the outcome of a general desire for an Increase of the currency, tho la sufficiency of which was made plainly rnanl fest during tho present crisis. To that proposl- ( Hon Itself there is llttlo objection, yet there Is a spectacle presented when wo witness that those who are tho most clamorous for such Increase nt tho present Juncture aro usually holding up their hands In holy horror and solemnly protesting against any other Increase of the currency especially an increase of silver money as "lnllatlon" when In truth both silver and gold aro money metals absolutely incapable of inflation. I do not propose to discuss to any extent the matter of ratios, because I do not believe that the time has arrived for its serious consideration. If the existing ratio is to be changed at all, the feasibility of which at the present lime is of great doubt. It should not be enlarged, hut diminished, and put at 15 to 1. so as to correspond with the ratio under which the sliver pieces of tho countries composing tho Latin union are coined. The enlargement of tho ratio by this country Involves tho recolnage of nearly all our silver at a tremendous loss, or else Its absolute re tirement, which would 1)0 disastrous; while a reduction of tho ratio to 1514 would enable us to recoln at a profit, and thus place our sliver pieces on the samo plane as those of European countries. Mr. Hill then pays his respects to the president's message: If I believed for one inotrent that the repeal of the Sherman law would injure tho caa-o ol bimetallism and Iks tho means of placing or tending to place tho country upon a single gold standard, 1 should never vot" for It. but would as earnestly opiwse It as I.ra now favoring It. It Is to 1k regretted that the president was not more explicit in his last utterances. He expressly advised the repeal of the Sherman law and then urged other legislation as desirable, but he left the exact nature thereof In doubt. It was hojcd that tho president. In view of the provisions of the democratic national platform In favor of a double standard and in view of tho well known opinions of a large majority of his party in congress would havo at least spoken a kind or encouraging word in behalf of a return to bimetallism. It would certainly havo made the path of repeal an easier one ami prevented much misconstruction nnd bitterness. Hut whllo I regard such omissions as unfortunate, and whllo conceding that It Is not easy to reconcile the closing words of his message with a duslro for the establishment of n double standard, yet I am not disposed to accept such a construction of them until further evidence of his adverse Intentions has been manifested. If ha really Intended as to understand that ho proposed hereafter to favor the poltcy of a single gold standard, then 1 must absolutely decline to follow him in his new departure. I shall refuse to follow in the footstep ol nny administration tnnt seeks to place tho democratic party In a f also position, that seeks to lead It away from the path of safety, away from detnocratlo principles and platforms, and Into tho very ramp of tho enemy. Klglitn-n l.lvi Lost rilll.ADKl.VliIA, Aug.; . Assistant Engineer Albert Smith of tho Heading Hailroad I'o.'.s steam colliery l'anther, which, with the barge Likens Valley, was lost oir tho Long island coast about 8 o'clock Thursday morning, arrived hero yesterday. Of the twenty persons on tho two vessels only two were savedEngineer Albert Smith and a ilreinan employed on tho Panther. Mr. Smith is not pxitiv us to the name of the latter.

THE SILVER DEDATE.

The Orarrmt Drift of AnruturHt oa tUr Silver Question In Congrr Cattterrd from the Dally SpecchuiaklBg aa the SUbjc-rt. feEXATC ASHiXGTO.t, Aug. 51. Among the numer ous petltloes p reseated ia tho senate this moralac was ose remarkable specimen a to ertfcOi'raphy, writing and Ideas which was pre cnted by Mr. Helfer tpop. Kan.). It gives the viws ol some ol the agriculturist aad bor tag classes of a neighborhood ia Illinois oe the hubject of tinanccv It was referred, as aro all tho others oa the sama subject, to the committee on tlnuncc Mr. I'eSer also offered a substitute for the bill to Increase the natloaal bank circulation. The flaanco committee bill (reported last Friday), discontinuing the purchase of sliver bullion, was then taken up so as to afford Mr. Morrill (rep., VC) an opportunity of address ing the senate oa tha till. He ßr.st. however. asked and obtained indefinit! leave of ubenca, remarking that ho was in ths seaalt cnambcr to-day agnin-t the advice of his imy slclaa. Ho then proceeded to read from Up his speech bearing tho motto: "Sound Moaey Cheats Nobody." HOUSE. After the reading of the Journal Mr Towers (rep.. VC) took the floor In support of the repeal of tho purchasing clause of tho Sherman ace He referred to the Chicago platform aad to the Interpretation placed upon it ry var'eus democrats. The gentleman from Pennsyl vania. Mr. Sibley, had referred tho to Saviour of mankind as the first democrat and had taken tiie utterances of the Saviour as his platform. The gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Kverett. had taken Grover Cleveland as his glatform and had gone around his district staging at the top of his voice, "Oh, Isn't He a Dandy!" Mr. Powers went on to argue that the pur chasing clause of tho Sherman bill was vicious in principle and dangerous in application. Mr. Cooper dem., Ind.) spoke in opposition to the free coinage of silver. He would rather favor a policy which would give the country a safe, recognized stable currency than enter upon experiments at this time. If congress repealed the purchasing clause it would not strike down nor kill silver. In his opinion it would lift up silver and make it the equal ofgold, It would strike down the silver industry but not the stiver money. He then argued tn support of the proposition to repeal the tax az. state banks. SEX ATE. Washington, Aug, Mr. Allen (pop-. Keh. gave notice of an amendment which he would offer to the bill reported by Mr. Voorhees, discontinuing the purchase of silver bullion. Mr. Voorhees fdem., Ind.). chairman of the finance committee, then at 12:15 p. in., took the floor and addressed the senate in advocacy of the bill reported by him discontinuing the purchase of silver bullion. In the coarse of his remarks Senator Voorhees said that while the calm cnliased public opinion of a great majority of the American people, irrespective of parties, had Justltled the action of tho president in convening the extra session, the causes for the action were widely and dangerously misunderstood, and by certain classes purposely misrepresented. Therefore, he deemed Utting a few words in explanation spoken ia no spirit of strife or controversy. For five months had pone up the voice of the prophet of financial evil; Trom tho great money centers had emanated cruel edicts contracting currency and resulting in panic. No one believed there was want of confidence In the government credit or in the stability of its currency. Notwithstanding the empty treasury left by the last administration and the record of a billion dollar congress, the credit of the government was to-day better than that of any country oa the face of theglobc. and even cowardly capitalists seized upon our bonds with swift greed. There were many reasons why our credit should be stronger now than ever before. It rested upon the absolute unity of purpose of the American people that it should 1 upheld. No one but a political madman could deem a political contest ever again possible on lines of sectional animosity. The public credit of every European government was unceasingly threatened by shadows of coming war: financial resources there were constantly weakening by vast standing armies and permanent navies, bat throughout the wide earth there were none to molest us or make us afraid of war or rumors of war. Mr. Voorhees said that ho spoke in no partisan vein, but yet it was with great satisfaction that he quoted from the Kecord that not a single vote on his side of the chamber was cast for the act which here the name of the senator from Ohio to such n peculiar eminence. Mr. Palmer dem, ULI argued in support of the bill. He expressed the opinion that the great majority of the American people would not only approve but would rapturously applaud legislation that would establish and maintain the bimetallism of the Chicago convention. He lellcved, however, that in tho present state of the market it would be beyond the power of any finite mind to tlx the ratio of silver to gold, because the market value of silver was In a state of chronic fluctuation. The present ratio should bo adhered to, the Sherman law repealed, and the nss of silver coin encouraged by Judicious laws. Mr. Stewart trop., Ncv.i was the first senator to take the floor, and he set out to antagonize some of the positions taken in Mr. Voorhees' speech. He compared the position of the Indiana senator to that f a Missouri Jury. which, in adecislon in a fugitive slave case before the war. was said to have given tho law to the north and the negro to the south. nocsE The silver debate was resumed and Mr. Urlckner idem.. Wis.) addressed the house In favor of the repeal of the purchasing claufe. Mr- I.ano tdem.. 111.) spoke in support of free colnazc. contending that a silver dollar was the equal of the gold dollar. A silver dollar was worth ono hundred cents In any bank, or In any store In this country. He was praying for free coinage and might Ood forget him If he forgot his duty. Applause. Mr. Hynum (dem., Ind.), In advocating the Wilson bill, said that unquestionably the vast majority of people lcllcrcd that the Sherman law was responsible for tho evils of the pros ent time. Hy this fall the government was losing more than 10,000.(XO a year Gold was being exported la largo sums. He hUbly eulogized the action of Secretary Carllslo for his refusal to Issue lands. The time had come when subterfuges should be driven from these halls and confidence restored. It was said that stiver had appreciably fallen in value during the past twenty years because during that time It had been under Arc There might be some truth In that "assertion. The United States could not open Its mint to free coinage at any ratio, with the mints of all the other civilized nations closed against It S KS' ATE. Washington, Aug. 2XMr. Pascoe (dem.. Fla.) gave notice of his substitute to Mr. Vest's minority bill for silver coinage at tho rate of S3 tol. Mr. Hoar (rep.. Mass ) made an argument against Mr Hutlcr"s amendment to the national tank circulation act, repealing the 10 per cenc tax on state lnk circulation. He snld he was opposed to allowing the suite banks Issuing and furnishing turrency. The people were entitled to have a currency, everydollar of which should be equal to every other, and which should lie unchanging In value so far as tho wit of man could ring that to pass. Tho currency huld be national. It was the function of the national government to sou that It was provided. It never had been and never would lie provided bv tho states He desired to relieve the distress of the people by authorizing the use of national bank notes, which were secure and safely guarded, and cverv dollar of which would 1 as good as a uold dollar In the jackets of the people, and, In view of the probable repeat of the purchasing clauses of tho Sherman act, he was also willing to take measures In concert with other commercial countries for restoring llver to Its protier and permanent place in the service of mankind. iiocsk. The debats was opened by C, W. Slone, of Pennsylvania, In faror of the repeal, and hU remarks were ably seconded by hts cotlearues Dalxell. Ityan, Fitch aad Covert, who also poke against tree-coinage. Mr, iUUk (tU.) rewet abist the WUmb Uli

Messrs, Coffeea tVyo.) and Taylor iTetm.) both upheld the cause ef stiver, und were relaforctM by Messrs. Met? ruder iCaD and Hell tTex.). Mr. Hicks (Pa.l closed the day's debate la favor of the repeal bill. SENATr. Washington. Aug. 21. A rather amusteg sceno took place tu the senate chamber today on the question as t whether Mr- lVlTer ipop., lias, i or Mr. Stewart (rep.. Neb.) should have the privilege of addressing tha oaate. I'.uh had given uottce of his Intention to speak yes-t-rda) . and Loth had been crowded out by the discussion on Mr IVffer' resolution as to tho national I auks. The Kansas senator claimed precedence lecau.se he had len the first to give the notice, while the Nevadi j-cnator lnslst'-d that that had nothing to do with tha qu"tioa. and that as he had already I cea recoguized by the chair he was entitled to tho door. The vice-president took thit view of the situation, and rcogn'! Mr. Stewart's rlhc As the latt-T thca offered to yield to Mr. PetTer. the vl.v-prvsident treated that offer as an at andonment of the floor and Immediately recognize t Mr IVffer who thereupon began a tbrfe-hour' upeoch on the silver question. He was followed by Mr. Allen (pop.. Neb.) who spoke for over an hour and a half In support of hts araendmcBt proposing to add to the Voorhees bill a proviso for the free and unlimited coinage of itver at the ratio of lt to 1. Horse. This was a field day In tho house. Mr. Pence the populist memxr from Colorado, spokcand s.rengtheutsl his position as one of the rising men of the house. A speech by Mr. Hlngley was the feature of the day, but his poor delivery detracted materially from the able presentation of hts sub-

Jecc Mr. Kemp (pon.t Xeb.) was In favor of re colnage and contended that If tho president and secretary of tho treasury had performed taeir duty therv would have been no encroach ing on tho reserve. Then the floor was taken bv Geowre Wathington Murray, of South Carolina, the repte sentatlve of the colored race In congress. He said there wero three distinct and somewhat antagonistic elements. There was a class com posed of bankers and commercial men, who controled the currency. The second class was composed of tho owners of sliver mines and and all the uncoined bullion not In the possev slon of the government. The third class was oni posed of tolling and producing mlil.ons who were neither gold bugs nor .silver hugs. .Applause. t o th last class nearly all of his constitu ents and his whole race r Jo ag,l. ( Applause. J In many inspects he represented a larger con stituency than any other man oa this tloor. He repreented a constituency of and he represented a race of S.on.OM. He did not believe that the great troubles now existing were attributable to the Sherman law. Hts race had felt the mailed band long N'frre 1-Pi He attributed the distress to the contraction of circulating mediums; and In his opinion it could be relieved only by the enlarremen: of the volume of money. His con stituency combined patriotism with self-interest Applause. His race believed that there was not enough money .In the world to act as currency. He was ia favor of making up the deficiency with silver and to that extent he was la favor of free coinage aad bi metallism. jApplause.) SENATE. Washington. Aug. 25 Mr. Vest (dem.. Mo. i sent to tho clerk's desk and had read a communication from the director of the mint, sent in response to an inquiry, giving statistics as to the quantly of silver bullion purchased since ISS the data of tho Hland-Alllson act. Its cost and the amount coined. He Intimated pretty broadly that Mr. Carlisle, in his letter to Senator Voorhees on the same mibject, had not treated the question fairly. Mr. Hill idem.. N. V. then took the floor and began his speech, the opening paragraphs of which attracted much attention. At the conclusion of Senator Hill's speech he was heartily congratulated by many senators. Senator Stewart iNev.) followed with a free-silver "speech, denouncing the pendln bill as a measure destructive of stiver. HOCSE. The second day of the flve-ralnnte debate oa the silver bill began in the house at 10 a.m., and will probably not cad until midnight Mr. Pendleton idem., Tex.) and Mr. I lowers (rep.. Cab) were In favor of free coinage, and Mr Dockery idem.. Mo.) spoke In favor of bi metallism. Mr. Moon (rep., Mich.) spoke for bi-metal-llsm. Mr. Cobb (dem.. Ala.) opposed unconditional repeal. Mr. Hurrows (rep.. Mlch.l called especial at tention to the fact that within a period of less than four months from the time the democratic party assumed full control of the executive aad legislative branches of the national government the president had publicly announced to the country and to the world that there was general distrust end apprehension concerning the financial situation of the country. He quoted from the message of Prescient Harrison last December, the then outgoing executive, giving a picture of the condition of the country then in striking contrast to that presented to-day, and suggested that those citizens who nine months ago were deluded with the idea of the necessity for a change, had by this time the full "measure of their deMrcs gratified, unless they bad an appetite for misfortunes which no calamity could appease and no disaster satisfy. Mr. Durburrow (dem., lib) was la favor of repeal and urged upon his colleagues the necessity of restoring confidence among the people. Mr. Springer (dem.. 111.) favored the unconditional repca 1 of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law. Mr. Springer predicted that If tho government should pass from tne present standard to the silver basis there would result at the same time a financial crisis In this country, in comparison with which the present financial depression would be as an c-enlng zephyr to a western cyclone. Ho did not believe thetatement that some of the democratic representatives and senators, and even the president, would doubt the friends of the repeal measure unless a provision were made for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. If it 1 that the chief executive will so prove false to his trust 'twere better for him that a mlllstoae were tied about his neck and that ho were cast In the sea. He did not believe that any gentleman upon this floor contemplated such treasons he did not talleve for a moment that Grover Cleveland would In the slightest respect prove false to the pledges ho had made The Color to Match. The man went into a dry goods store on Woodward avenue and was waited on by a very pretty young woman. "I want two yards of ribbon an inch wide," lie said. "What color? she inquired. "I don't know." "What is it for?" 'I don't know that, cither." "Well, who S3 it for?" "My wife." "Why didn't you nsk her what color she wanted?" "I didn't think of it." "What are yor going todonbout it?" "Haven't you sonic idea what color I ought to get?" he asked, helplessly. "Yes, you'd 1-etter get a whole lxlt of green," sho united, nnd he went and telephoned to his wifeDetroit Fre Ire.Vv A Match. Site (to heraelf) I like him, he's so intellectual. He (to himtself) I like her; she is m charming little fool. N. V. Weekly. Tb mt Kind. First Disputant Yoa're a liar that's flat! Second Disputant (knocking hta dwa) So am ten.-Trutk

STORM SWEPT.

Tho Atlnntle Cwt th Krrtiriifn KeKulaf Cyclonic Morm which Wr'ousM linse Aniiing Light shipping on lh Water nnil Motabl Thine on Ijnd-l'Ut llis. Window In r York City Sf-f-ri-d-TluTfi wan Snuie Loss of Life. Xi:w Yoisk, Aug. ti.. V cyclonic storm struck tills city Wednesday night lust before midnight. The wind blew a gale and the rain fell in torrents. The storm was by far the most severe that lias been experienced in this city this summer. Then! was no thunder, no lightning and ther was not the brief heavy fall of ruin characteristic of August Äjonns in this region. Instead of this, after a day of threat, manifested in nn overcast sky, an occasional light shower and an atmos phere sultry to a painful degree, there came an outbreak that startled tho.se who were on the streets. A gentle breeze Itegan to relieve tho sultriness just before 11 o'clock. Within ten minutes it had increased to a violence that was calculated to frighten the timid. It whistled around every corner. It caught every liirht object, a hat, an umbrella' or a stray newspaper, and whisked it off. The rain came soon after the wind, and it was not a shower, but a deluge. The high wind carried the water through the air, so that its volume was apparently greatly in excess of the actual fall. It was driven in sheets over the pavements, and pedestrians had a hard time of it Xo serious accidents are reported. The damage appears to have been conlined to plate-glass windows, trees, fences and chimney tops. The rainfall was the heaviest in the history of the weather bureau, according to Weather Ob.M-rver Dunn. There were nearly four inches of rainfall on the record for September '-''2 and 23. löS2, but last night's rainfall exceeded that, being over four inches. All the cellars along East river were flooded. The cellars and basements along North river were also Hooded, and great damage to property will result The effects of the storm in the city parks is quite noticeable. At .Madison square a force of men were put to work clearing up the wreckage of the numerous trees that had been stripped of their branches and clipping others that showed signs of breaking. At Central park numerous trees were blown down and the shrubberies and vine plants wore considerably damaged. The effects of the storm at the various yacht club anchorages along the sound were tremendous. The sx-cessively-heavy winds on the shore drove the small boats together, and in many instances great damage was done among the frail craft by collision. At Larchmont harbor a big schooner went ashore during the height of the storm on the rocks at Sheppard's Point Her crew of seven men remained on her at work on the pumps, but at the falling of the tide she was left high and dry and will inevitably go to pieces. All along the sound shore from Indian harbor at Greenwich to Port Morris, the devastation of the storm Is apparent in the destroyed piers, the Hooded meadow lands and the shore houses, whose first floors were in most instances on a level with the water. The bay. when morning broke, presented an unusual appearance. The Rtrong southwest wind prevailing produced a sea that small crafts were unable to weather. Along the shores of the bay great clouds of spray dashed high in the air, and at vantage points of view crowds of spectators congregated to watch the magnificent spectacle. Reports by incoming steamboats from the surrounding localities a .d resorts show that the storm has played havoc with small sailing craft, and that the shores arc strewn with wrecks of schooners, yachts and tugs. The tugboat George M. Prey, in the service of the government, and engaged in surveying, is ashore on tho South Atlantic Highlands. The fate of her crew is unknown. The schooner yacht Telfer, owned by W. A. Parry, of Philadelphia, is ashore near the railroad lock at Atlantic Highlandsand is full of water and breaking up. The yacht Ilrendat is ashore at the same place, and seven or eight other yachts, the names of which can not be ascertained, are badly damaged, spars gone and full of water. The schooner W. W. Story was picked up in the lower bay by a tug, completely dismantled. Along the shore at Tompkinsvillo a number of yachts and schooners arc ashore. The bark Advance, lying off Liberty island, dragged her anchors and went ashore on the island. The Sturm on f-ong Island. Nkw York, Aug. 2.V Last night's Btorm on Long Island was very severe and caused a great deal of damage from llrooklyn to the eastern end of the island. Thousands of trees fell before the fury of the gale, forty houses antl small building were destroyed and fences were leveled in all directions. Crops, in many sections of the island are ruined. The storm was particularly severe on the south side. At Freeport several yachts and n number of small boats were washed ashore. The tide wis so high that the streets were Hooded to the depth of a foot. Oyster floats were ruined by being cast from their anchorage, and several persons are missing. Vessels anil Their Crew Lost. Ni;v Yohk, Aug. 2.". The fishing tchooncr Empire State, with a crew of ten men, and the Ella M. Johnson, with a crctv of eight men, went down Wednesday night off the Jersey coast and all on board were lost These two vessels were in company with the Chocorua last Wednesday at midnight, when the storm struck them, and after beating around ail night in some of the worst weather ever known off tho coast, and with a loss of her captain and first mate, the Chocorua tied up at 4:30 to-day the only survivor of Um three.

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