Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 July 1898 — Page 3

II Of COMBS

Ihe Session Just Closed One of the Most Notable in American History. WAR LEGISLATION THE MAIN FEATURE.

fi Mums Appropriated au. I Important M.-n.ures AUoteil fur I lit I'rosea lit lull .,f Ihr t'oiirll.t with Npalii Hawaiian Aiuirtntluii Accoui i.llalieil (MliirUl I iim li'il Mewurra thai t ailed. Wahiiinoton, July 8 'Th passing of tho MOOBd si-ssmn o( tli- r'ifty-tifth ,s marks tlio rlii-e of the tirst mi orafTCM in quarter f a century. MOClat)J With tin" tir-st hostile '"- with a nation uf another eovtlMBl I iNV 181'', the annexation of Hawaii Bad contemporaneous with a further ni ivement for territorial expansion, ;.; .ugh with few important changes in the donMwilo echatne, Um present - press outranks almost any other that Ikis ever assembled. It began witft u widespread ilamor fr svm5, a.-:. .11 fur suffering 'ura hut ther Mi apparently tli'-n no expe -tat mi of armed 10 . I Hut when th) trend of event culu .'.Mho emerifenev was iiuicUly met and

0 ..arv legislation en' lJd

The nr-t h

tut slinlfleant nvasures. suddenly needed, iti" framed and made law, hut with the

3..!-.-.ear tlMM) M a tlo.Hl of bills and res-I 0 it .nsttiut fairly sul'im-rtfed the two branches it merest. ll.iw.i Im annexation Spain and f'tiba. war tppropftetitM and war revenue legislation. or (animation of th vast volunteer army and p. .- on of Um navy, a new bankruptcy law mil e were features of the session Notable 1

tpe.-rlie and dramatic scenes over foreign Is IHM were comparatively fre.i'ient In both legIlIatlM chambers. Urgent deticiency bll s carry. n.; million of dollars were rushed through :ti far less delay than marked t lie course of ti ordinary measure of little importance. TB lota, appropnati -ns fouled almost WW.. Ouu.iWO, and upwards of lx).tJ.0ii of this was for purely war purposes It was the larir.st gfltVMc by any session since the clril war, and the general deticiency was the largest rrtaratc nv-asur sitieo the 7jü u 0,'W) bhikIs appropriation la l4A The naval upproprUtlon uill provided for three new battleships, f 1 if initors, 16 torpedo-boat destroyers. 12 torpedo boats and on 1 guntioat. The urgent äcür.ency hills all carried iirovisions f r agil SM lie work In the prosecution of the war. Tan general deficiency, enacted in the last J ,s mil lad m IWlirlttoa for refunding the liiIfbtedatMa of the Central and Westera Kaciac railroads to th n government. t 11I1.1 ml Hawaii. 1 and llawai were the i m p. r t u n ' matten of 1. hate and provoked the most widespread in:, rest. Hawaiian annexation, tlnallv passed it ti.- close, was agitated throughout the sesloii. t'.rst 111 treaty form, in executive session, a:; I 1m) .ti op. u IMI by rcsoultion ac-ept-BJ UM Hawaiian government 1 cession of the Islands. Thtm were a number of messages from Pi SB Meat aleKiakrj Iwarlaai on the Cuban situation, ratu-mg from the submission of a report up nth.' Maine disaster and the consular ropotta, U the call for a declaration of war. The tlrst real war legislation was when congress p.aced. without llmitatlo is. töo M '.' ist in la) president s hands as an em rgenoy fund tof ItllHMl defense. Party lines were swept asav. and BOth houses unanimously voted Its OWItlilSBSe tH the administration. Soon afterward a bill reimbursing the survivors af the KalM disaster for their losses, not to eiceed a yar'spaj. with a similar amount to those who perished, b. came law. On April 1 1, the presldent in a tie-s in left the Cuban Issue in the ., Is of congress. desolations were uwo enu 1 and b -am a law. April 1, derlarlng that the people of Cuba ought to be and M free and independent, and demanding that Spiin relinquish its authority and w.thdraw Its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban ml 1 s. an I direc t. ng the use of our land and luval force, :. aatama UM resolutions. The declaration of war was passed bv congress ari l approved on April "V Sub-e juen

evislation gav fr.e admission to all military j an 1 naval supplies purchased al.r ad by this ' fivernment. aiiow-d te np .rary fortillcat Ions to be construct e I on the rdlen c nsetit of o ners of land so take.n. and proh luted 11a :-r eaeeutlve itoufalkia theexprtof coal or ot Mff r aaterial. Tiire davs lef .re the d lafVtlM -t war ir -si I nt Mivlne.hal appro, d tM I Te unit er act. L'nd r It all the soldiers m iss.sl 1 a-.nn t Spain ma. ere I hi the en". re v l.inie -r innv have bo.'n rais-d. ivnhrac . 1 IJuomen under the first and r: o un 1-r ih I M on I call. Ainorh pfVVfcMM I I I t ion had leen ena ted re .rL'an i..n: the lin 'f Hi" ar nr. ctTect.n the in si ru türe-bat tallion war f r nation. It designated the pea1 ' orjra il'.ation of the. fMiMWIla with two ba'tni'tis of four maip iaMl eacli or two s'..e e 1 is or unMnned companh-s, an I su-ipu si tho third aa taltaa in war tlm- by mann n.: the lke hi . ..up t il li ..r.-ini.-n.' two addi1 .1 on s. aid mal' other Important real amta An m nt law am -n l-d the present a I 11 nUtrai n of jusr ice in the arm v. aeMWpita un; reforuis in I eirt-martial methol Ketentle I .e g Mil t toll. One feature of th' session was the enactment of 1 'i war revenuo law. Its f ramers ei pect it topi 'luve fl.-i.oo' tW) per year. 0 1 r reronuc legislation included a bill en-Ur;-ng In favor of importers th" provisions as tn d -position of abandoned imported merchanAm and ext-nil.ng tho outage dloance on distilled spirits in bonds from four tosi years. MiatOC war legislation inclutletl t lie follnwinp: Allowing a maximum increase of 100 army haapitaia: toward providing for the uiamtenun, f volunteers tetwn their enrollment nd mustering Into Knited States service addlag t wo assistant adjutant generate; organising Volunteer army signal corps, nrgaming a

1 ' 1 ' "" r brigade of engineers ereat mg two 1 add llonal artillery regiments, adding l.olt) men aad It assistant surgeons to the annv pertnaoently and In emergencies as many contract surgeons as necessary, creating a tJaited Stales auxiliary naval force, not eiafft.tSB enlistei men uiel npfiropriatlng mn therefor; organising a naval hospital corps of 2n pharmacists and as many hospital , irds und apprentices as necessary; orfanll Rg a naval battalion of tho District af ' 1 labia l.-eping life-saving statiorrs on the1 At, . mi ic and gulf coasts open dm .ng June and July for patrol purposes, ratifying ail temporary lP ntuients cf naval ofn.ers on and afti-r ,

Aptll'Ji. authoning assistance to Cubans and :r 1 ling them with arms and supplies ; allowlag homesii'al si'ttlers who volunteer to count lat ir MV flea in homestead reguirements. resoiutlons of thanks to Dewe, and his men; the areaeatatlea of a sword to him and medal to tls .ftlfers. and providing for Increase In the tine .,f insp.viors-gencral, ordnance and other army departments t lv II Mmaanraa. "ther Important legialntiiin, aside from war, includes!: Prohibiting the killing of fur seals in the North i'a. itlc and imp oriacon of sealskins in1 his country; proiilhiting foreign freight frum carrying merchandise, directly or ladlrecUj, between t'nlted States porU; an A UM hom. -stead and right of war act. ea -ruraging rail way construction , appropriating y WJ for the relief of the Yukon mineri suff'r Bg from the lleroo winter there, creating

partisan industrial oomrn.ss.on to tigate immigration, laimr, aanufarand business appropriating Ic MM cay the liehrina aea awards;

gating a commission to allot land on the ueu ladt reservation la Uua. edJtutUtg

th ..id inn I dispute '...wn th tTntted 'ata and the state of Arkansas, the compromise railing for a payment fioin the latter of '.. ....I UisM-nslng with proof of ; ivaity duriBAf taa late war as a prerequisite In bounty land application v here pro f other w.se shows title . aUd Ishing the dls' ,n lion letween off.-rs and ua offered, the reclassitloat on of the patent sy U-m; creating a comm. Hsion to re in the atau uies relating to patent, anil trade-marks, removing tho disability imposed by section I of the fourteen: h amendment to the constitution h-re ofore incurred, allowing MM.tWO fof the relief of tho h its of the Met hod 11 Kpiseopal rhu rch south for damage during the war 33' CI for the heirs of John H a 'i the Phlladeiph.a ahipbullder. for work on the cruisers Cblca, , H .stun and Atlanta, fcr 1V1 likewise for the dispatch boat Üolphin (V.V4 to the Klehnioad Locomotive and Maxh ae works for d.iiimges and losses in the construction ..f the hatUeihl Thiaa . I -a to lethal session a general bankrupt ey law era ens.ted providing for voluntary an 1 .avoluntary baukn ptcy. Hills That rMTfff Mnny Imp rtaul measures were ai'.'at! Which never passed These lnc.ude 1 th inoveiuerit to either mollify or overthrow he ci vli servho system, which brought out Investigations, numinous conf-ren-es and committee aesslons. and acrlroonioua debate on the Moor of both houses, but anally was lost In the Wilr n -itement. The Loud bill

to create a basis of sorond ' i as. mall matter l was killed in the bouse in March. The person- ! uel of tho navy bill, reorganising the -nt.ro naval service, was reported to the house, bat went over until the next session. Hanking and I currency legislation proposing a general reform 1 in the existing scheme was reported from comI mltt'e, but never rea hed consideration in th I house. The Tidier resolution declaring for payment i of the national Ixiiids in silver a. well as gold , was passed by Hie sei.ate by a vote of 47 to K. i but was d'-featel ,u tue I........ Statehoml bill for New Mealco. Arizona an I Oklahoma were I killed in committee An .immlgratioa bill reI ijulring ability to read and write on the part of i those ;6 years old passM the senate, but did not reach a Vote in Utt house. The anti-scalping blil. ( prohibiting ticket brokerage, was reporw-d :a both huses, hut went over to the next s-ssion. ) The free home amendment M the MiM apI proprlat.on bill, glv ng over IM 'iuü.OOj acres ol public lands as free homes for settles, wa

UnaUy compromised on a two years' ext-:.-.oc of payment for such lands.

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1

ARGUMENT OF A GOLD MAN. ' DEMOCRATS AND WAR.

I The Monetary Problem.

arU III ul for India

( ..in. pnble 1.1. ..d. of HepubilrMM "'. Itossa Tatrlr Pwlltl ayj Oiipsaruli.

TYPICAL G0LDBUG LIAR.

A FINANCIAL ALLEGORY.

alae Mail-in. ui sladr k au Ittnorani llusu l-r shu d Ip la Ills Irur 1 .1 ll

COULDN'T CONFUSE HER. How a Deepl v-KosMiiorc.l, Hut llaekward. Suitor l'roMed. A rertuin JOUUff man. who. as reryone knew, was deeply enamored of a certain young lady, wlioiu he would glaJly have made his wife, but could not screw up his courage to the sticking point, resolved at last to take the first opportunity tvhicfa present l itself of learning Iii f'.. No sooner, however, had he forme. .Iiis reaolutiou thiin fortune seemed to desert hiin. He ofu n met the fair one. hut never could L'et the chance of speakinir to

.i her alone. Ilriven to desperation, he i succeeded in accomplishing hispurpose ft! a dinner party. Nothing is easier than to hold e. mverse with the person who aits next to you at a large dinn-r party, provided always that you lo not j look at that person, speak in an -v-d ! tone, and abstain from mentioning , names; but, in thia ense. Ute lady wai seated on the opposide side of tlietablc. He was. however, eiual to th , oceusiun. and tearing out a laftj froa j Ins pockfltbook, wrote on it under cover of t lie table: "Will you be my wife', i Write "Yes" or No' at the foot of this.' t ailing a footman, he whisfurcd to liira 0 take the note, w hich, of course, wa , folded up. to the "lady in blue oppoaite" The servant did as he was requested, i and our Romeo, in an agony of mis- i pensc. watched him give it to tli' lady. . and fixing his eyes upon her with bad- ; ly-disguised eagerness, tried to judg frOM her expression how the strange. y made offer was received. He had for gotten one thing namely, that ludie rarely carry pencils with tlieiu to a dinner party. Miss X., not to be baffled by ao trill- I ing an obstacle, nfter rea lingthe note j calmly turned to the inesscng-r an I

said: "T-;i the gent. em; n 'ics, N. O. Tiiues-Demoi rat.

It does cot teem pofttlMc that ao aitich aainine igoorance of tbe tiit principle of monetary . ienee. or abameleaa mendacity, could be rruninu-d Into a brief new sr.nper article, aa that in the News of thia city entitled Dishonest Money." T.ither the writer of this article is pitiably ignorant of the subject ution which be etinays to write, or else he ia guilty of a cold -blooded and mendacious mi-r-;-reaentat ion of tlxe facts in tbe case The article in question complain that the new revenue law proposes to coin uu ounce of silver worth $1-5 into IfflftJ tender dollars, M hiie I he coins so printed ure worth, intrinsically, but 4ö cent each. An ounce of silver at the preaent coinage ratio ia worth $1."0, and not $l.-i, as stated by the writer of Ulia article; but suppose ihe metal in a silver dollar, us metal, is worth but 4i crnta, what on earth has that to do with the exchange valu- of a silver dollar'.' A coined silver biliar being legal tender, primary, debtpaying dollar, has an exchange value of luu cents in gold, and that is all anyone wants any dollar for. not to eil the metal in the dollar, whether of gold or silver, but to exchange th coined dollar for 100 eenta worth of debts or property or in i essaries of life, and it ia utterly immaterial to tin in, and no one ever thinks about it tn ar-s about it. what the nn-tnl in the gold or silver dollar ia worth aa metal. This shameless liar also has the braen assurance to .-ay that "nobody will take" these silver lollars when ruined under tbe new law, and that "no one wants silver dollars now.' Does this reckless falsifier of the plain everyday facts and experiences and observationa of every sane person expect to be believed when he say s that "n'body will take" these legal tender. l-lit-paying dollars? WW be not take them himself, and doe he not take them every lay in the onlinary busiucss transactions of his own newspaper otlicc. or siiT containing exactly the same amount of silver and metal.

uiitl having the same legal tender debt

Thi-slirrlurllnu 1 1 1 us t ra I - l l taa Vmm of Wli.ni and or ii I lie I a rase r aad Ills llrlila.

I nder stresa of extraordinary eir-aii.-Mncfs the farmers (jieoplei of a certain country became very largely indcbtCsi to the grain dealer of tbe world. Hht indebtedness was of varioua

kiiida and pa v able in different ways.

After a time, at the suggcatiou and for tin bett r Ma urity of the grain dealers, a law was enacted making all of the debt! payable in "grain " at. tixd prices for each kind. The t nn grain hud previously been legally defined to mean wheat and corn, each of specified measure, weight and qualify. The grain dealera were very intelligent. They had gn at wealth ami large experiei e, bence they had great influence with those literary, legislative and jther :.gen ies which mold public

opinion and control legislation.

The New York ( oxninttrcial Adver-

liaer will doubtless ral With wonder , und alarm the letftr recently contributed to tbe London Times by Kir ! Kobert liiffen, the enuneut statistician and economist, in opposition to UM establishment of the gold standard in India. Sir Robert, as our readers will remember, baa been a leading advocate of tbe gold standard during , the past quarter of a century, aud bis arguments in favor thereof have been tbe chief reliance of the financial ignoramuses in this country who bad no arguments of their own. In effect. Sir Robert tiiffen ays that a gold standard will not do for India. . lie calls a halt to tbe campaign, and practica'! admits that as the Dritish pound sterling baa conjuered tbe United States, in the midst of much ruin, misery and sacrifice, there is no I need for the advocates of gold to aeize j on India. He doesn't say that the gold standard will not be a god thing for , India, but be think that the gold , standard in India would have a dis- .

turbing effect on the bankers and bullionists of London; and he say a that, in this matter, he represents the beat opinion of London city, which is Lombard street. The Constitution has al-

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SWVJ untn'rstoou itiny mat nie uni

versal law of supply and demaml le- ready stated the reason, namely, that termines the mark-t value of nil com- gold ba-is in India would prove a n.oditi". hence if they could largely I disturbing factor by set ting up a drain

lessen the use and demand for one kind of grain, it would limini;-h its pri-e while the price of that which must supply its pla e ami use would be increased. They therefore used their gnat influence to procure the enactment in man countries of a law that corn should not be used as foxl for -nttle. rgs or hones. This-, of coutse. caused

the use nl demand for corn to he much

on the gold reserves of the city

What. then, is to be done to mitigate the present crisis in India, which is a very serious matter? Sir Robert indicates what ia to be lone, though he doean't put it in plain am! direct terma. As the closing of the Indian mint to silver wr.s a political move intended to hasten the sacrifice of the interests of

the American people to the golden god

fi r al! were obliged to use w heat only, where both corn and wheat had leen used before. Thus, although the culture and production of wheat largely increased aa

j compared with that if corn, the price I of wheat went tip while that of corn

as measured in wheat went down, tintil the market price of corn as measured In wheat was about hnlf as much as before their "corn laws" were enacted, although a bushel of corn would still pay for nearly as much property other thnn wheat as it would before. Mantiine the grain leaters had quietly but successfully umm! their influence ti have men of their own number

or those who would favor paying all

Having power us gold dollars, as every . . t,..,,i in I Oi.trol of the

adlver dollar now in exist, nee has. and , farnierj. b,lsinesS.

every silver lollar to le coitieu untier this new law v ill hat'? Does the . v. s make a business of giv ing ÜWM legal ti nder, debt-paying silver dollars

away to those who want them without exacting for them HO cents worth . of labor and debts unl property and j necessaries of life? Not on your life, j This ignorant bungler, or worse, also tfftwft that we have iOO.OO.i.OOO of these alias iL. liars, and that we can only i

keep iO.OOO.Wiu of them In circulation, thus conveying the impression that 4iO80QgOOO of them nre piled up in tbe I'nited States treasury, while it is an fiicinl fact, and so shown by the books cf the treasury de

ft tu, lnsv tr te

Alrea.l Kewar.le.1. The last joke at the exp nse of the French Society for the I'rotcctum of Animals is to tbe following effect: A countryman, armed with an immense e.ul. presented himself before the prcsidentof tin- society unit clnituec the first pnze. He was asked to deserilie the act of buiuanitv on which lis founded bis claim. "1 have saved the life of a wolf," replied the countryman. "I might easily have killed him with this bludgeon.'' And he swung the weapon ia the air. to the iutciise discomfort f tin president . "But where was this wolf?"' inquired the latter. "What bad he loue to you?" He had just devounsl ray wife, " wa the r'pl.v. The president relle. ted an instant, nil.! then said: "Mv friend. I am of the opinin that you have been suflicientiy eewsrded."' i .1 ikiftft 1 a I a, The üsin and the Tike. The following accident was de Her i bed to ine by a frieml who beard it from the lips of the man who saw it. Mv friend's informant, a laboring man. passed on his wav to work every morn ing a lxMid on which were awana. 0n BaanaiataT he saw it awan with its heac

under water -no unusual thing, so hi thought nothing of it. The next morn iug it was in exactly the aame placr and position. Still, that was not re Mn.rkabia. and lie passed on. On tin

! third morning, seeing the swan in pre ciselv the same position, ne called UM i attention of the keeper to it. Tin keeper proceedd to examine, ant1 found that UM swan's head had been i swallowed by a large pike. Roth, ol

courae. were ueau - inciter in wjdiiod N tec t a tor. Kverylay riillophy. Every man t liinks of himself as a boy longer than he should. After a man is 30 in thinking o coasting he considers the walk beck. An al'tnony of f? a month is worth more to a woman than the average husband. A man wno is single at 45 is bc smarter than other men, but ha it luckier th .a most of them. You htr a good deal about the awakining of Leave. Well, eTerv time Love ia awakened Suapicion also turna over and ruba it eye opan. A Whleo Ulotea.

p..rtmet. that not more mau awv , m, W willing to k cn u and ...........i . . t l.,.., l..,-'.t f... ,l..r l.lf- i - - !

7'V,'JW I . Ill 3 . f.". s " - finvinir doliu'rs are actually in the

treasury, and that practically nil of J them are kept there to redeem silver j cTtilieates under the Rland law of 1 s, and the Sherman law of IsOn, and that practically every one of these; 5oo.oiMi.OtK) silver dollars are doing business as legal tender, debt-paying tflMWMJi either Lfl tbe form of silver, dollars or as silver certificate ami

Sherman notes, and bsid-s.

, . . - i . is ni; in'" hsiiisi i r.ii mi; i.."-. t ihe peoti e consist of silver dol- - . 1 '. . . ... .... corn, thus resturirr it to its normal

ver certliieates, .-m i inuii i oi s ... . , i-lno n r tin in rii! s.S. 1 1 Ii w It erat. r.. W

tional si!vr currency eilnl. . . . , ... . x f . ' ;n si'i-fr K' .-I '-vv ntcrTr.an.

that t'i.-re was a man in :

that

ftOfJMthing like $8U,U0O.Oi.sj in fractional silver currency are als loing business as legal temler debt-paying money in this country. Does not thia srriter know tl at fuiiy seven-tenths of

nil the tnonev actually in circulation

lurs,

und fra

not think

Springiiebl. and lapftCsftllf anc.litorof a newspajicr, who would le guilty of J making such a mendacious statement I ua thi. If he believes it himself he i in a fit subject for a lunatic asylum.! :ind i' he knows better, but still fels lalft readers with such stuff, he falls, far short of Ix-ing nn honest man. ' This writer als., s :iks of lin-tit iti-.-tbe mine owners by coining ounces of silver into legal tender nmney. thus increasing the pun-hasing price of, their product. W.-1I. what of it? It was the lemor.etiation of silver in ItTKj and constantly discriminating ' against it since then. that has reluced Ute bullion vnlne of the metal in a ail- ' vcr dollar from $1 .13 in gld. as it was In 1813, to 45 cents, nnd if the govern- j

ment has thus legislat.-d the value out of the product of the silver miner, to hia absolute ruin. In most cases, won.. I there Ik' an thing unjust, or morally wrong, in the government reestablishing tbe efjuilibrium between tbe silver producer and the debt owner ami money manipulatir by reestablishing the price of silver bullion, nnd especially so. when it can be done to the great advantage of 99 out of every 1'" eople In this country, including the mine owner. Rut we do not want to

argue the money question here. We Biuijdy started nut to show up a little of the asinine ignorance or reckless mendacity of the article. In the language of the Spanish proverb, it may he I waste of lather toshnve nn ass. but the good of Um benst and es peeially when he takes to braying such nonsense of this News article, ninkes It necessary, aeeing the ftftMlfl good, to do ao. Illinois Sta'e Register. Piaincrat. Hrmemher Twls. TV war ttll ' Spain wi" not repeal tlther the decalogue or the !ec!aratlon of IncVperiderce. Let imperia'is! ar.d void -bug's remember that.

b ss, and that for wheat mtndi greater. Qf greed, so now they are to be re

opene! to silver again, thusgiv:ng India and the people of that empire the Inestimable commercial and agricultural advantages which will follow the renewal of free coinage. What is the argument in favor of it? Sir Robert presents it very clearly nnd concisely in the following paragraph: The depression of exchange In the debtor country, which is the result of the competition for bills of the creditor country, lowers the valuation of the money compared with the creditors' money, and therv by the value of all aroods in the debtor country compared with tha creditor's money. Hence there la a stimulus to the export of those goods which are suitable for the crtdltor tu-ntry. and the money of the debtor country ;s cot act i upon at all. although It Is one of the first things to be acted on, as we have seen, when the dtb:or country has the unit money aa Us creditor " It will be seen here that the gold monometa'.lists are prompt to adopt the arguments of the bimetallists when octai on serves. In tbe paragraph we have piotcd ia to bc found a condensation of the main contention of those who voted for Mr. F.ryan. The only difference ia that Sir Kobert ia here cot.tertling for the much dreaded "silver basis." w hich wa said to be too fearful to contemplate too outrageous even to be eonsilered. Inder a gohl standard, a debtor country can keep ita gold reserve only wben pricca of commodities are forced Joan to a level with, or lower than, prices in a crclitor country, l'nder o silver Btundard. the money of Inilia will not be acted on at all. but the exiiorts of goods nnd commodities will be stimulated. In tine, we may say. that Sir Lobert's argument is the truth in a nutshell, and every word of it applied in this country from 1M3 to 1S'.7. and will apply again, with more force than ever, when lnlia is again placel on a silver basis with open mints to the white metal, and the food crops of the world are not cut hört. Th' depression which is now central over India will then lie transferrel to the I'nited State, and the work of spoliation to the profit of our dear mother coun'ry will go merrily on. stlanta Coturtitatkm.

Many friends of the farmer maintained that it wouM le just and legal 1o pay their debts in corn or wheat. Put the grain lealrs nnil those w hom trey had placed in control exclaim: -Oh! mo, tiot so, inj allow, for we cannot deny, that pavment In .rn would lie legal, but it would not he near so well for us aa the payment of wheat. You farmers are too proi.fl. too patrlotie nnd too 1 onest to wish to pay us in nnythirg but that which Is liest for us. We trust thnt you can l- made to believe it would le almost like repudiation to pav us in corn. We know yon wou'd sorn to even Bftttn to repudiate nnv part of your debts. We

lour friends in control of your business I so thnt we enn be sure to get our nay j wholly in wheat." Whnt upM th I farmers to 1o? What w ill they do? Suppose it is siigi? steil to the frain denlers that the farmers are pmtnL pa

triotic and honeyf. thnt. leirgso. their would scorn to repudiate any honest debt that they wish to. nnd will pay their debts honestly nnd In full, but in . r.'er that they may he Able to do so it may lie well to allow them to place disintereste! men in control of their business, nnd that if they shall de ide to pay debts partly in whent nnd partly in com. the grain dealers enn save themselves frm loss on orn by re-

MUST BE SIXTEEN TO 0VX.

MONEY OR MEN

The War Ilond faane 'tabes It ft Bf else Thnt I'rrr Miser should V. In.

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If tnonev is the im'iisiir'- of manhood William K. Vnnderbilt is the pr.-ateat MM M ihe tjftltftsl Sta1-s. JSy a, shrewd manipulation of stocks. Ih ing ; inside and immensely rich to Legin ' with. Vnnderbilt is reporter! to lime lea red a proflt of $',:i,OO0.WK) within u few months. This is a great ; achievement. it has Ih-iii figured out by the ("hi- '

cago Dispatch that this sum represents the lalmr of imp Haleton cial miner for s2.KK) years. It represent the labor of Admiral Dewey for 5.00C years. It r-presnts the lalior of President McKinley for.". ' yeara. Is William K. Vanderbilf. therefor, a greater man than Admiral IVwey or the nresident of the I'nited

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Rich men are try ing lo gt control if this government. The money power struck the first blow against the supremacy of the people in 1M. when it secured by secret nnd dishonorable methods th lemonet iation of silver. I'.ut the exigencies of the present have eallel u IVwey into action. He has mnle the tiatmn respectr! and fenrel by all the p wers if the earth. What has Vamlerl ilt done? He has mnle a rof1t of $23.(sKi.OO0 In less than a ..car. Do the people desire to honor such men an Vanderbiit higher than such men ns Iewev? Ia It money or ia It men that le.ervc honor from thia nation? Illinois Stnte Hrgiavtar. The InnnrUal Point.

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The $i'fi.oi.no.T in bonds and interest bearing certificates wrested from congress are nt neede! for the war against Spain. Not a dollar need to l ave bfttft added to the war debt for war ; urose8. nr are these louds really intended for war purposes. Their real purpose is to prevent corporation currency from leing retired, and it place taken by cash issued by the government. The bond issue was forced by desperate and unscrupulous dirip!cs of Jdin Law, who wish to keep cash out of circulation ao that they can innate the currency w ith corporation notes, circulated at the highest pos:bIe interest rate through n forc l lonn of the credit of the people. The men svho did this are anarchists nnd desperadoes. Sitting In the parlors of their London banks, they plot to begin war and overthrow the gov ernment that they may increaae their profit. Their hands are reeking w ith bloodshed. They care for no law human or IMvine. which threatens to top them. If they can. they will enslave the people of America aa they

have already enslaved those of Irelaiul and India in nor way and of South American in another. They will never u-ceed in subjugating America. When the Chicago platform was adopted. If meant unsurrendering resistance to them an! it .-veans it atilL St. Loui

Journal of Agriculture. It la coming to be better understood with each year that Americana are more in danger of losing foreign markets by a restricted tariff policy than thy are of saving their own fromcompetition. Instaneeaare thick ening ail the time In proof that the w'irll is moving Juat in thN way Boaton Herald.

The Indiana democratic platform speaks in no uueeitain tone in those planks which ilea' with the war with Spain. The Iloosier democracy declares that the war is just and righteous; recalls with prper pride the eraistent support of the country's cause by democratic senators and representatives, ar.d congratulates the nation od the universal patriotic uprising which has swept away the last vestiges of sectionalism; rejoices in the heroic deed d IV wet, Hagley and ilobson. and dimsnds such a permanent strengthening of the navy of the United Statt and coast defenses as shall assure adequate pronction against foreign aggression. LiWral pensions are advocated for the survivors of the civil and the present war. Ali which is unobjectionable, and n.ost of which ia highly commendable. There is, in all this, mighty cold comfort frr that new generation of bloody-shirt wavers who. in their infinite littlcnessand contemptible partisanship, have hoped to utilize the war as a stepping r.tone to party aggrandisement. The Indiana democrats have put a stop to all that, as no doubt thelf brethren in other states will do. No sane man can he l.ceiveI by the alleged "war issue" in politics, in view of the earnest, spontaneous loyalty of this Indiana platform. The idea of attempting to carry t lections on the strength of a war cordially and heartily supported by every party, nnd whose heroe come from democratic, populist and prohibitionist firesides to quite as great a degree as from the family circles of republicans! Such an attempt, of course, argues

the lesperation of Ihe nnrrow-guage politicians who make it. In this state, the "war i?sne" has been resorte! to simply aa a drowning man clutches a rtraw. The republican machine, reduced to desperate straits by the astonishing disclosures made of canal frauds as w-e!l as by other circumstances which neel not be recounted, was in no position to quarrel with any issue which might setn to offer. .lames C. Blaine, long before he died, warned his party that there was "net another presidency in the bloody rhirt:" but the New York republican maehint" with Piatt, of peace-at any-price fame, at its head, and with T.lack. who voted against Cuban belligreney. as its prospective candidate, figure! that there might be another governor In the "war issue. Ibnce the constant nssaulta upondemocratieloyalty and patriotism. Hence the persistent misrepresentation of democrats in congress. Iiecause. forsooth, they did not tumble over one another to vote, at the drop of the hat. for republi an financial measures which, in a time of peace, couhl not le adopted even by a republican caucus! These selfish demagogues are themselves the only traitors in sight. They are traitors to the union, which now knows no sections; they are traitors to the common good, which lemands that partisanship lie. so fir a practicable, eliminated from all war discussions. In

the common enterprise in which the nation isem.arked. the party to which belong Ceorge Dewey and Richmond P. Ilobson. and Fithngh Lee. and "Firhting Joe" Wheelrr. is not likely to lie found recreant. The carpet bagger nr.d re-onstructionists of the era now past hardly did more mischief to the cuntrv than these latter-day marplots v,oti!d !o. could they array republican ani:-st lemoerat on the "wnr e. and I ring Into question the 'o-nlty of cither of ihe great parties between wh:ch American citizenship pnttv eveulv Hvide Itself. Snch at-terr-ts 'esrrve the imlieTint and em-phat'r-re-u ntion f all loyal Americans. Albnny Argvts. I oiriTS ai:d opinions. Th re w.-re M "Hilly" Masone .. . t' ..e who fell at Santiago Clevc'anl lender (Rep.). R- ("iblican editor were made .;.rr- ' to Wüttle their own party .! r'--r Ihe wnr by engaging in parti- ?. t l'sciission. I.et them go on with ihe good work. Atlanta Constitution. V.i Hant a effect! harmony by elimi:- afion in the Ohio republican convention, all the anti-Ilanna deiegatea being fi-i-d bodily. The nntls will no doubt spare Hanna the trouble of frcIbly presenting them from veting his ticket. Albany Argus. No better form of political eoaslsteney has hern displayed during the life of thia generation of Americana than ia contained in the Ohio republican platform, which indorses territorial conquest and Mark Hann a in adjoining paragraphs. St. Louis Republic. Ilnnna has withdrawn from the public gare, but you may go into court nnd take oath that he ia not idle. A elwe Inspeetion of the conduit pipe contracts that are depleting I'ncle Sam's war pocket would show signs of hi fine Italian hand. Chattanooga New. Every dollar of the f?nn.noo.noo in gold held cornered in the treasury is at work up to ita full f?.ec vnlue to put tip the price of gold ami put down the price of all Industrial product. Watch '-heat next year, as it geB where e.tton is now. Mississippi Valley Democrat. John Sherman Is quoted as re mark in;: As to my relations with President McKinley. I care to say ii'.thing My friends in Ohio think I was lallv tYrated " Mr. Sherman's friends are right. The history of polities contains f.-w chapters more shameful than the story of the way the aged statesman was e'.Lowed out of the senate, where he was nn honored member, into a place unsulted lo his taates and abilities. In order to make room for ITanna. Albany Arne.