Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 37, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 May 1899 — Page 3

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, i I winter. MT teacher llllltll

I . itur letter:

I Uli IKW" , . H, koo that 1 urn getting marked I .his ami I take my k-u in

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. . I. Vim U 11.11 9 "II Hi"

i.;-tl..l . v laut MulldaV. I

it was inj "i" J z . . . ..... old. 1 hadu t thought

ü..t, .bout it; but coming home that

, t.. f.. l ill used. ui sc.

! . ... i n i,art : all the boys and

1 i "liked best, erfta lots of goodies

. 11... Hut Lhil vear BOt u tiling

ii!.ii u '

W..S II11!!' . ... . ....... :, husv rising irgie

i , ,uv sister-tö go and ipmd the ; ,;ivllh,rfnMi,MaU:Unl,

,.! there she ami irgie vvoum

i..;.,., titch. dar after day.

t .i,r..v mmU back on the sofa

. , my hands in my pockets, and B j

i mit tu ixnit u U1 1 :

Mid when mother said: HW W ,,..r mv son'." I ashed lier if she

i...r...i what dar of tee month it

BIK t,.id her that she didn't Men

lue on'UF'

t :

I

, albtc the iinjKirtunce of

And she said she did, but couldn't

:,1 to celebrate the event BKMr USB

.. in two wars.

v.i tl.cn Virata put in. and said

hadn't quite made up their minds

ether it WM a matter lor eongr.tTiiia

.. mv liirtlidav: and Vim

in til iiv. -" . . p hat she monat by that. Virgo

17, and thinks she's smart; but she 0 anvthing for a fellow, all the

11.' 1.: V.

n mother told Virtue she Bright

the dress: and 1 could see no

.. f,.r nn.nth.-r word they had M

m aaa nhont the trimming, and

. .oinir. nnd the setting of It.

- I just pot up and thought I'd take . , , w skates and eil brate nil by

nl as 1 came out mother

after me that there was a peach rer for me on the dresser, just

1 , 1

was a nie turnover, and I felt better: but I didn't nsk leave to

, the river. And I started off

. - in hand. Lear sprang over the

I and said he would go. too.

I . i haps you don't know vho Lear You recollect the drvy that wai so 1 we didn't have but one session.

it a month ago. Well. I nas on the hut in no creat hurry.

-li it Kiioweil and blown! con

. rablv what thev call a blizzard. I

ippOBB. First I knew there was a Ug ick dee tmtting along behind me.

i -topped, and he canie in front of me

i looked ri'-ht up in mv taee. Jlow

wet. and ra treed, and gaunt he did look!

RnmcthiaS in his eves made nie think

of my lunch Ik.x; so I just tossed him

mil I bad left.

"How ha swallowed it nnd asked for more! 1 told him he didn't Mop leftf

b V' .. r

f.. i IVc.

IU u s it litt;.- hhavt-r onl thrr.

'What du you m au. tir'.' 1-V.ji.j tat me. 'Haveirt 1 told you you. . ia't have a doy? " 'H- laUBered me. ir, aid I. "1'olluwed you! Not w itln ut aal rttatiOB, I'll waver. You whistled him along;, of cuinv'.' ' 1 was k.nd of w hist liny, but not M him in o.-irticular.'

" "11 s a splendid fellow.' Mid e.

in tin i . .t.i- nee i .iw i..uiiu:anu

a n a bt t'gar.'

"She wa helpu.g fatLer off with hu

wet coat.

'We're no use for him. Wl.r. an an

imal like that trill eat as much as a

ox.

'Oli. fatler. I'll support him myself

. .lit of :.. i w n !;: :. . i v

let Iii in rtav . said I.

"'Let Neddy's dog May, said little

I'en. b:s lip a-quivcrine.

Virile had got fatle r int. his arm

chair bt the d.ainy-room and brought!

hiiu bis warm slij.rw-rs. And r Itj I " ; i - Im HM ut, and, don't you think.

be said I miclit make the d a bed of

raw in the woodshed, and we would

give him a square inialat dlaao r time.

And Ann tlie k pi growlinif a boat ;

givintr notice; but irgie!nli. t care.

"And Virgie said he looki-d like a de-

tluttaw d monarch wandering at the

inerev of the storm.

"Virgie reads in ;hakesteare. and she

lid that we would name him Lear.

lie's the one who says: Iikw. wind.

ami Brack vour checks.'

And that's the way Lear eame to be

my de.

W went down to the river, as I was

savintr. that twentieth ol December,

when I was ten years old. The skating

wasn't prime, tad there wasn't another

fellow out; but I tried toenjoy it pretty well.

And bear heran up and down and

around on the bank, seeing what he

could find interesting.

'lb. re wer-- iw men on tne otbes

side, cutting and loading ice. I thought

1 would skte over towanl tJieai.

I hadn't rol half way ov-r whei

there was a gnat cracking, and I wa

r.i i v so seal

In an instant I p!ung;el into coll

water, and w ent t:i r. I tr.0 t grai.

the ice. but it broke up. and wouldnt

hold; and I rememWred every bad

thin" I eir .M. and. oh, diar. I

thought of Bsetber. and didn't care foi

no binndav tiarty.

-s, ! : v s. med feb rabbiagrsnd

bumping me awful, and then, after an

ige. it seemed like, I opened my eyea,

and si mother's own face close tc

mine, and she kissed me quite consid

erable. I was on the old settee in the kitchen. There were flannels and hot

water Ix.ttles kU around rue. They fed me some gruel with asj-x-n. and I felt nice and warm and happy: and I heard

them sav that the ice m n had oiougni

me home, but it wasn't the ice men that got me out. They couldn't get to me, ail

they could do.

"It v.as Lear, my Lear. thr.t got me

out dr. w in; upon dry laniJ.

"The current was swift th re. saii

one of the BM n. 'ami he must have been

a goner if that tere dog hadn't jumped

iftcr him like a flash, and tugged lum

out in no ti;ue.'

"Then mother, all of a sudden, sh . , a.m.:

run to uar. and ene nugeti ni

around the aeek mmd tried.

"Virgil f. .lowed suit.

'l iie b.t.-sed baste! said Ann.

' Th. n Btl Ben rati up. and kissed

Lear on the forehead.

l doe!" s..id he. "Got .."id It

out of rtei r."

FREt SPEECH NOT TREASOH. A POLICY IS NEI DED. I MWtt

The Currency question, i

0

Tfci Amtllraa I'rnpl. 1 ul ro

uf MrUlal. ' .1. -.. !r I .ialla(lu

I ! i . in , I , . i rin.-rd toll

Ihr A jB.loUlr.it lou Hulls nil MaaHatTti

Pn-..'.ent MeKinby aaut.-d the 1111piaosst. .rdent ly that be paid ain $SO.u.jju for tbrm. Iiis purp was. a be himwcif eeaapei the world by proclamation, beuexolently to aäairnilate

i .i . . . . i . u. ........ uw ".""" r- ! ;)se, beeaasv there i a provision in the

i-ooMitut.on Ol tue i nniM r.iait-3 i gainst na.king them or any body else sCavr. Item vulent assimilation in etlf t takes the form of butchery. A dead i so is a benevolently osimiUted Filipino. There are fellow citizens of Wilbam

M. Kmb y v. bo do not like the situation. I have no hesitancy in making their opinion pehAe. an asund that the eebieel h':- leeii prrioiisly eonai lering what in obi Kunuo and i:aerial da was called lese BMsjeste. be are assured, further, that what the president will do w ith citizens who oppowe him is m ; ret dedded, but it wilt not be surprising if a warning iu the h&ie of a i . wiM r. n. led fw e f-r.'i ehatee

tCftoed as mischief-makers

that there IMMsj wh'li aar further

ftten.pt to tai.ier with the men at the front. Free tin eesjee of Wilbam Me Kir. b y's us- of American millions to purchase brown men of the unlipodcs ami murder them is desoriU-d a? "tarnITH with the n . n al tb- frtlt." We

S " in;;y fe-l reasonably sure that the president, sworn as he is to support the nmst it u: ion and hoping, a he does, that he may be reelected ehief magistrate a vear hence, wid not be unmindful of certain provisions in the faniamenal be . I MM that congresa shall pass no law abridging the right of fre- speech; i mother is a lucid definition of treason. ' which shall consist only of levying war against the Fnited States or adhering j to their enemies, giving- them aid and ! rmfort. Incidents 1 1 v. there are other

' provisions which the president must . reganl. He cannot clap citizens of the ; United States who do not agree with ' hi:a in Fort Ifayi tte or any other stronghold of the l'nitel States, but g i must proceel. unless he shall sn nil tls.- writ of haWas eor. in due accordance with law. Xo conviction for treason can be had unless on the tcstiBHMfef of two wirnesse of the same j overt aet. and it wij hard'y lie eon1 1 .)..! inlinn that it was a

i t,.,.. 14 , . . - I monstrous mistake to pay gaguOQOjOOft for 10.' "d.o0 of people ar.d us- them for target is a treasonable act. Criticism of President McKinley is ! not treason. It is not even a Statut. r. : offense, for while at common law it i an offense to hml the jrovernruent cor stitutiotial systems have ignored thU provision as ineonistent with the genius of free institutions. Mr. McKinlev is shrewder than John Adams, who rved but a single term in the . '

1 lagistracy. The initial triumph of dei moeracv in the reatohtt CTew out of the

tvrannous absurdity of the federal of J hn Adams time, who insisted upon the pas -ape and the lieereK nforeement of drastic alien and sedition laws, since when it has n-t Ix-n popular to talk as President M Kir.iey's bitlMll are now talking. If the administration ; should eeeente that the dttaea of the I nlUNl States who will not dumbly ss1 sent to all that is BehhW forw arl in the ! llislippiaes shall le subj. 1 1 to hr.r-h 1 treatment there will be such benevolent assimilation of the McKinley j ministration next year as will destroy it. McKinler will lie s-r.re-l further

It is rejiortcd tl at n. tis is very mueli .Its. srnf4 la Und u nSglreoii the part f the M.i.i.teer sot.iiersWfceerrnei tendouT .i-l nt home. Ih. wai with Spain, for which the ..! uuteers enlisted. If ing over, they know that the further retention of them in cr Ice to tight in a different war is a violation of their rights, it is reeerted thet not five per icnt. of the volunteers are now in the Pbtliitnii . . ! . ,-t ' be

r , . . home in transjH.rts. tb n. titisasks that I it. tnleeUi re he leftetei hf Myl H regulars, thus indicating the increasing I inlen. We hail if constantly nenv ing more and 1 ore men. and the more 1 we.-; read :'! --la i-h'er. t l.e grea -CT the ijuantit v of triM.ps will ! ueces- j v;. r to hold the ..Hiiitrv ve have sub- ' .... If wed. net hoftdH with u strong

force the rial - v:llsvarui back over it, and the siu. ition vx.ll hae been iu ain. The ut:ha; . - -rv that comes to us rai'li day r.i ih- details of the tight, which result in fatalities, wounded men and vietimn of snnatrofce. centers at

tention upon the ipiestion, what is it all for? With great los we accomplish the result of ilrn iuir t!ie aettfte fromun entrcachir.i iit about a rice held, and force t am to retreat one mile to another entreni hra -nt. If we have any tleiinite

puriiotse in doing this vork it is time to state it. If the administration had any policy toaiuioiii.. . that would appeal to the patriot!. 11 1 of the volunteers, there wouid be no clamor on their part to come home. N".' would there be any

difficulty in securing plenty of other ,

volunteers to he;, tt.em .f there wasa

i.'.t eral sentiment that the honor of the r was . in any danger. The work in 1 and docs not se. ni so much like fighting for one's country as slaughtering av;i-es without I '.-p e. If the eresident hesitates to intrude

on the prerogatives f congress iu dealing with the Philippine situation, wLy rot force eontr-e- to take up at one the task and take some measures toend the siekeiiittL' si;. '..I.t. r in the deaiTly tropics? ur men are -weltering ia a deadly climate, t'-'ht irir a wild ami igrant f ( rmlueing aee and order only by producing desolation. t)ur Ineaaa have len severe, and still the

crv is for r.;re men to goon with the

. rk of devastation and desolation, .he ndminist ration hesitates to make the call for reirulars to tak- the place or volunteers who nius bt returned. The

lack of enthusiasm i:i the operations there makes the president hesitate to call even for j. men. Is his own faith in the righteousness ard glory of ;l.is war v.avcrimr '.' If so. why not let coarress confront the problem at once and settle it? Ther-are : . .1 natives nnd thou sands of square miles of territory in the Philippines. We have only succeeded ih kiliinir about CjMM r -. ' bus far. and stiWuing a strip anttnl -' miles lr. :;i Mani.a. Are we to beep on with t ha

I i ,a lt. thi wav. or .hali it iie done in

another way. Are we to impress the rild and IgSOteal Of the beiirvoi. nee of American freedom in thisblomly inan-n-r. or is there : ::ic other wav t'nat the -viiite man's burden can be performed? I t.i a til - r.. r.

V I

HONEST MONEY."

t bat lln the (.oldllr to sn lti PlInST lle lleeeut Actions ul Juin and ItuMlat

THE EQUITY INVOLVED.

DUuoncat of llrinoP4Uiua a !!

und ll.iii.ii illiiatlorr V ul itiioo.

The "objection" to free coinage ill t: aoVBtrj has been, and b. that it is "dishonest." '1 he "market price" of lilv.-r is less than CO cents an ounce, and the coinage rate at sixteen lOOM is f I.C'.'. It is claimed that the dishonesty of coining j cents' worth of silver into twice as much money is too clear to requlrs any argument. The same connection has been made right aanfi whether silver wus worth 60, 70, SJ, W or Km cents per ounce. It has alw.iys been rtlahoneati nccording to gold standard reasimers. to coin it at any hirher rate than the market price.

This, of course, excludes the coinage us of the metal as nn element in its

value, and assumes that silver will Im'

srorth no more with the Am riean mint

idosed and the silver deprived of that

demand. Laying aside this palpable absurdity, there are a few simide QtMaV

tioiis v.e wo :ld like to propound, l'irst. If to h.vver the value of mom v below

the gold level, or to coin silver at n rate above the market valu I in gold, is dishonest iu America, is it not equally dishonest everywhere? What. then, has the goldlte to say of the action of Japan in reducing the weight of the froi.l ven one-half and establishing the

r - -- . gold standard on the basis of what has

been called in tins country a ju-cenv ailvei dollar? Have we heard any outcry from that source nlxiut the "dishonesty" of Japan? BuBSst has acted in a similar way. She has reduced the weight of her gold coins so that the quantity of gold which formerly made n euhle w ill now make IS. Have the

gold men indulged in any denunciation of the "dishonesty" of such action on the part of Ku-sia? Poth Hussia and Japan refesed U reegnize gold as a tr ie measure of value The one cut doven the pold coin so as to bring it CO the level of the paper currency of the country, the other reduced it to the Issel of silver. Is it not quite ns dishonest to r"!uce the- weight of gold J coins and at the same time compel thcreditor to take them at their former

I vulue as it is to coin n cheaper metal?

MAINTAINING PARITY.

,-ffeet of the I SO f Tt Vletalm In the Corrrnrj I to Steady the ul -.line of Naney

There Is a gn at question of equity

involved in the maintenance of the

present lcg:l coinage ratio between cold and silv r. That was the ratio

which existed from ls.it to 187J, and it

eits now. To Brat demonetize the metal, destroy a large part of the demand for It, thus lowering its value compan d with gold, nnd then rcmouttls it at a lower valuation is a dishonest transaction on its face. The mai k t price of Miver bullion cuts very little figure in the question, because the bullion on the market constitutes but a small fraction of the total stock. Whether that bullion be rated at 57 cents an etHM or !.'-". makes 0 practical different. It is simply aqiiestioii of whether era can nbrorb and use the s.irplus the quantity left aft'-r the want of other nations have been supp If we can do this, every other nation and individual wanting fiber must na as much fr it as it is worth

at our mint, and thus help sustain our

rati. The idea that we must lane ail

the silvr in the world is absurd. Lvery nation uses large quantitiea of silver, nr.d wi'l continue to do so. The only difTerer.ce is that now there ia not a anflkdettl coinage ism sad te take the surplus at the ratio of 1'.. or 14. Consequently there is a steady scramble on the part of the owners to sell. As silver is an imperishable commodity, which can be and is carried over indefinitely, the tendency of even a small surplus is to force the price lower nnd lower. While, as before stated, with

our mint open, and m.i; ';,'"'" American peopbj putting forth nn unceasing and increasing demand for it, there is scarcely a doubt that the market price will follow our coinage ratio. It is somctimea ashed whv did not OUT ratio control the market prior to la7r.? The answer is that thsrs were then other Important nations, with Trance in the U ad, coining the silver nt a higher value than we gnvi it. But those mints being now closed, that disturbing inllueiicc is removed, and our ratio would in

all probability control the market. It

is also said that the opening 01 our

mints to sixteen at one wouiu ..eep

France and other countries from open-

im- F'.mtivmr. inn ar.d iriit-cri.il

aaj run. 1 - v- -. .i t 1.- -S..C lirsrwiit fVi. rrsif-l icm We him the rain V M.S. n v. il L

.vim i.i ji jui.i '--l'l - e j - -'- -- Yirffie gave him. and stretched out he- jn r.l'ha vengeance, ami instead of hn a : k .a . Baitu ..-K s mirroii

. lie

DEMOCRATIC ISSOBS lit ;ul1iran Vre M.iklry tr rit.l fr 'I to io lv I') Da.

Vic-

10 BLACK Ivor, trottkd gUUUNO

ME.

.-hi between bites to have m tak

ai'.v licet.

ell, 1 went on. and the dog fol

: 1 ause 1 was whistling. 1 s..p

' . I whistle a good deal.

' I Ml aneaajr, for I knew our folks

In t want a dog. and juct would 11 t

oi.e. So I saw that there was

t. nie ahead.

He went clear home with me. sure I '.1. and right up to the door. And

v .1 I went in he stood 1 lu re outside.

of rsancetfnl ami oleadinff.

" f all things:' said mother, as she

silvv him. ii h, the dirty beast!' said Ann.

"oh, mother, can't I have lum for 1 "wn? Only sec, he's so hungry and 1. and wants a place where he can live . oiiifortably. ' Mother shook her head, and looked atfrn. ' lie's a valuable dog. mother; I knott he is. He's been lost ever so long, ."'t gaunt and rough.' " 'Yes; I sec he's in reduced circum-';iv-es. I am very sorry for him. N Idyj but I can't be bot hen d with a We have no earthly use for such ti animal.' " I ben Virgie came out and says: "'What's to pay new. Ned?' "And mother told her what was to ty. " 'Poof fellow !' snid Viririe.

"I saw she didn't mean me, but the

which made me gladder.

' ' I -her, .1. ar. ph ise let him come in

v ml ntlte. says she. nd irirle whittt lei! him in

' hen I heard a stamping outl .i h. r had eomc, nnd 1 knew it

an up.

WnnVl here? aava he, atamping

f..re the tire, and shut h.s eyes, as it he

hadn't done anything SW rth speaking of.

l-.v and bv. when they had stopped

niakin? such a fuss, he got up. Lear did. j

and came and put his paws on the ei.ge

f the settee, an.l looked me right in

the face. I tried to lift nay hand to pat

Ml nose, but couldn't. I was so weak.se

I just nid: "It's all rrht.oid fellowall right.' and settled hack.

Then mother hugged him again. and

Virgie cried, and Ann she said: The

blessid haste! again, and wripeu net

re walth her apron: and uar ana nine

Pen kissed each other, like Iaviü ana

Jonathan

"I am .-11 riirht again. I notice they

lnn't call hint Ned's dogsomueh. They

sny our dg' now. and father has lioupht him a collcr with T-ar' on it.

.n.l the tlate of mv last h.rth!ay : and

Ir-ie savs that whoever ke ps a oy

must keep a dog. too. to get him out cf sem pea.

And that show 1 happen tooeouioi

the river, and so can sny ! Vou will see

ine in my seat next Monday, and I m poing to f an aw ful god Is.y now.

r.ut didn t I get well pai iw

loan of a dried-tip sandwich? a. . - . . a si tv.

Your's trulv. M.H. uosnsaa aasjai

ingviith comfort open such a miracu

lous draft of tistaes a roll to mm :n lt's he will lie dore .. 1 loa liet of that tnbalmed leef which he permitted to le fed to the soldiery, who no longer relish the task McKinley sets for them in ar. archipelago of the distant seas. VeKinlev's aililsiilB nur n.ike nn

their minds that the American citizen hi bound to avail himstlf in mighty volume of his fundamental privilege of free speech In-fore the major's work of "benevolent as.imil;at:on" of the KragJorgenson riSe kind is fully consummated in the rhiiippincs Chicago Chronicle. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Mr. i;-y w-s n t convictei. hut he was dost- enough to some i.gly matters to get pitch on his lingers.-, incinnati to:: menial Tribune iKep ). It is thought if Alger" desk and chair Mire rt nn end be SMMSU take th.hint. b.it l.c wcu!dn't. lb-would th ::k I it was a joke. Kansas I iiy Tribune. Juay es ajies the penitentiary by sjsjntlng the statute of limitations. . Jhat is the sort of vindication the ! IVn:isvlvanLi thimhle-riggi r au best

cn'.reciate. Louisville Couner-Jour-

!

"tmeticei 1 It is prclieted that the wheat

. . . 7Z n.-t:eron will be MVj . ' t'ush Is short

trnineit to Tire or. psa. 3 . - . n,ri has been too 1 - i...t it ibis vear. an. liani..i nas oeen ioo

m-rfiirm oTIiiT lllluiiin i..i. .-u. - - ... jnriorm I""" 1. 1 I.,,.;).- enenoed in ioki:i for a ruil-

not often that a wild mm ia 111. " . , .k ...hi.ri

shoots n man with his own pur.asrei..i in "Siru ill American Sketches" by

.1 .. -

ring mate for

to L i.' nee

1 ..a ton ihorougiinrcu

ut in te his prosper-

Kobert Crawfonl. Apavodel monte. s Uf tid.l wave.-IK:. 1. r o-t.

1 ' I ' 1 I v I 1', u .I'lu. a a-w - v - - ------ . . . ans. . trL-r Your L nele Matt Quay is n man

as - - - I feaes loiMtor It f. 11 U. lira llMalcA iheat . As the Kicnmon 1

Iial wn ine.-! ... u ........ .. . to the gmund. but was at once on its J Time remark: "Yuar seems lo b one f the contesting

;ecT nnei r.in mw uinifi has tilv aide. tin hunter start ed in pur-

suit, and a game of hiile-aml-seek en

sued. In and out of the brushwot!

the pavo ran. and the man followed. In one of its doubling and turni. gs the bird jmsseil over the gun. which w as hing on the ground, and its foot chat: rl to strike against the trigger of the undischarged barrel, the hamm-r of which, in the hurry of the moment, had leen left at full cock. Thre was n loud rcj rt. f llowed by an exclamation of pain from the man. The bird MHnyld, ami the luckless hunter bad an ugly wound in the fleshy par nt hit Iff 1,1 ri-Tnind hia for weeks aftwwar4 of the adventure. Detroit tree I'reea.

Democracy stand f- r the rights of the people. "and the demixratie party need not worry about an issue for the camp.ogn of

There will be plenty ol issues 10 i duscusseil and the republicans are making material very d.i . While IhJhard I n ker is not a safe i puide and cannot be depended on to - c-ireful'v over the intensts of ;

the masses, he is a shrewd politician j

and he sees plair.lv that one 01 me

-reat issues which will lie in evidence . 1

uuring lSi i is that concerning mc ,

trusts.

It is true that Croker and his i.rgani- ;

7:it:..n are not auth.riel t apsnh for

the democratic party, but t roker 111-

sists that his o"-..ions raaaaasuaai

ioues of net year are shared at least bv the democrats of New York. Con

necticut and New .l.-r--v. and they rep

resent a vote which, in his opinion, the

democracy mm t s -cure il tney are g--ing to win tne next campaign. And in ti.. -e ta ints wherein Ooker's opinions

agree with those- of democrats general

is his advice may be taken - that ot an expert in political manipulation. p. f .re hetlnf New York for Kurope, Croker deelareel that the anti-trust issue, if if ha tell "P by the da seeratic jrty. will in all probability Iw

f ,t: r . I a - :e.-i s- ful ciimpalgtl issue. 11 mi he is essrtinced that '( Vol. Bryan Insists that the democratic party epr. s i'- . If a -nin st e ansinn. he will j receive the support of lest than 2 per cent, of the v. h I of the I'nited States. As to the anti-trust Matter, Crok.-r is undoubtedly correct, but it is too early j in the day to talk intelligently alxmt j expan-ion. I'ndoubtedlv a ma ioritv o.' the people

in this country are in favor of main-

Tlie wnj the bitpe-tallic jirinciple brings the money metals together and maintains their parity with each other can easily be understood. It is made plain by the following familiar illustration of Jerone: "When two receptacles for ll'ieis are separated from each other, the height to which the

fluid will rise in each depends upon the I ilMie fttj poured into it. but when there is a connect 111L' i ii'e between

them the fluid will rise to the saint' level in both, whichever receives the

supply." And this exactly illustrates the movement of the meials in west

ern Barone, ander the bimetallic law

of Franco of 1- which provided for

the unrestricted coinane of both met

als. and gave to the coins struck from each the oihcc of unlimited legal tender. The legal tender function, allow

ing the coins struck off from MM of the

in. tals to freelv take the place of tin

coins struck from the Other metal, for

monct.-rv nurio;-es. w as the connect ing

Ipe, and as the tl ti Ul discharged from

the common tittlow was a single rum

though in the inllow tho color of MM of them may h:r 0 beta white and that of the other yellow, so where the Standard is binv tal.lc money, and in its relation to commodities as expressive of value as is a single stamhird. though it is called bimetallic or double standard bans e the tWO metals arc selected for f ill monetary use. The effect of the use of tho two metals in the currency is to steady the volume of noaey nnd consequent price of coiumodit ics, and prevent that great depn s.sion of prices caused by n shrinkage of the volume of nrimarv money and credits

resting upon it, which inevitably takes pl.ice when only DM tm tal is used. Illinois state Begiater,

ti.:.-w nt t.'.t . This is not a si

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rious objection. If those countries really want to resume coinage, nn

egreeteent epon the ratio would 1 an easv matter. We could change to

y and the difference would more

than repay for the rccoinage of the entire mass of our silver dollars. Or the country which formerly coined at U could resume at lf. gradually replacing the old coin with new. The former would be the bettet and tote probable action.- II. 1'. l'artine. PARITY OF SILVER AND GOLD.

p polares1 bi 01 the

rjnngrasa la MIM " Present Prewieg Dtsparttjr.

WHY DON'T THEY KEEP STILL? OntdttSS llsve n Itennon for I .ntlnnu:i ninl lt-rntrll liilllnu" the MtSWe Iaar.

the onlr one f the contesting

senators that was thoughtful enough

to provide himself witn a gu I amen in i . ngha niton ) N . J bead.

I,et us have an end to this twaddle about "benevolent assimilation" an 4 I :l

the rest A that rot. It deceives n-

We are simply conquering? S.OOO.uOO. more or less, of mirhtily nuxetl orientals, for what wchink can be made off of them and their country. We may . after we get done killing, looting, burning n l laving waste in general, tryto brinjr the Tagalsandthe others up in the way th".v ouirht to go. but thst wiP he done to gratify . ar own pride and in the hope that it will help toward lining sar own yockets. thattanoosa Time.

The Cnteaga Tribnse and other goldlte yajers k right on killing the r.ib ver issue and prini. editorials to the effect that it is dead this time sure. "All the northwestern state:-," savs tie: Tr i Ifta;. . for in-tanee. "are dropping out of the Bryan and .V-eiii to one procession, if the democrats stick to it November, 1900, will sec nothing of the party left." The Tri mine nnd its associate goktitS sheets -bouhl bt interested in the success of the republican party Cnoagh to keep still nnd allow the dciu-oer.-.ts to go OB their way. The truth r f l.n m-.tt.-e is tint these tinners arc

ill riu ,,i., ii. , .... - - - ........ , , , ... ... - - - 11 .tat, m 1 . atMntta nt ttia lnltrit fllalaa 1 nr.l imtv rciml 1! ic!i ti t.aners. but thcV

loinn .... Inn',' . " ' - - 1 mv- . - - 1 -- - r S - - In the PI li-ioines. Th-re :i re few nco- , nre the siecial instruments of the

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id who advocate a surrender to Aguin

1 ahU. nnd as to the final disposition of the inlands, there is room f r futuredevelopment. Chicago Democrat. Puhlicsentiment ngainst the Philippine wnr has of late notably increased in tntaant and emphasis. This w;is due to the faet that the people began to realize to its fullest extent the MMN of the situation. It was felt that the war was erne of compiest, utterly at variance r. ith American fra..ns ami principles nnd demanding the acrifiee gl Ami rites blood forpurp. .e radie.-.lly nn-Ameri an in their tet ilcnci . Ha Louis Ucuublic

monev iiower as well. If the ilemo

cmts in national cori ntion nssembled next year adopt the Chicago platform (and thnt is a foregone conclusion ) the money power will be forced to put Up f I . . 0 o fight the success of the demoeiaev. and will surely fall In-sides. It is. therefore. Incumbent Often the Tribune and other journalist h) hu kevs of bombard street to warn the demoerntic party against sixteen to on'. Let the Tribnte keep It tip. The renl ntOtllog tl f hat kind of nd. ice fs so ppnrent thnt it nids In the solidiflention of the opposition to ihr gold stnndanl. Illinois State Kegfatcr.

In the net of 1610, providing for on increase in the pun base of silver bullion bv the government, it wus declared' to be "the established policy of the United States f. nttiOtofal tlie two metals, gold and silver, on parity with each other upon the present leal ratio, or such ratio as may le provided by law." The fact that the method adopted by the act to maintain the parity of theoi two metals with each other was not successful, does not render this declaration nugatorv. or in the slightest degree weaken its force. It is s. l the established policy Of the United States to maintain their parity with each other upon a legal ratio. The value of gold and silver is depended ttpon, and ia governed by iheir use ns money upon that ratio without discriminating ngninst either metal. In other WOrda, the law must place both metals upon the same plane as money metals, and provide

f.r their unrest ncted coinage upon tne ratio it prescribes, and equally endow the coins struck ErOtB IntOI with the m.ncy fundion. We have lciTticd from experience that their parity cannot be maintained by pun basing a portion of one .f them as merchandise tot monetary mc. and continuing the other in the condition of I money metal. While the coins truck from the metal so purcharcd v. ill be on a parity with the coins struck from the other metal, for the reason that they are equally endowed with the money fuiutr u, there will he n gr It dl p arity between the tola and bullion value of the metal su treated. Illinois State Kcgiater. Mssetnlllent fr pwrsaetoi The only COSflitrlei when- farmers have done well us a class during the long period of depression, have been countries on a silver basis, using silver, not gold, SI their standard of vnlue like Mexico, t bine, Argentina, find India and Japan uni the gold ttandard

was Introduced info the two lauer, when their ..gri.iiltural nd laboring classes Immediately came under the same evil pell t hat haunts rill the gold standard countries. In India, prevlous to 1893, when the nnn-eoinnt'c net was enforced, the aeieagc of wheat had enormously iner-nsed: and In Argentina the acreage which fn 1- oral W '.- WO, had Itierensed to t,f 00)00 In I-'.hi, nnd to r,,(.a.o.iii in !-'''. Land U thOtt so'adilv rising !n value, while In b'nglund it Is declining: yet there, farmers ateeapeetd tothssttacki ofloi Dttaandl to petiode of droafht, and have not 'i h excellent systems of roads and railways

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