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; THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 11 : > Seaegeetnebeteateetegeetiafeeateeget SIS HTS W. C. Shaw & Co. Have pleasure | In announcing their : \ eae ear as OPE WHERE MARSHALL LIVED 's;,.,, Home of the Celebrated Ohief Justice of the | ods United States. A Picturesque Virginia Place, Which is Still Preserved, Although Not Owned by the Descendants. al Correspondence of ‘The Evening Star. WARRENTON, Va., September 16, 1896. Sterting at tris point a drive of about fifteen miles through a OCTOBER 1, 1896, At 1105 F ST. N.W. A complete line of eee es ee and Silverware Will be carried, Repair Work a Specialty. W. C. Shaw & Co., Jewelers and Silversmiths, 1105 F STREET NORTHWEST. NG LLL ELLE L LOLOL LAA AMAT AM MY A frieze ‘encircles one of the rooms is embellished with quaint designs that were cut with a penknife. There is an entire absence of nails throughout the horse, of the flooring betrays primitve meth- carpentry and the walls, the back h we perted from Europe, and across country from Fredericks- are stuccoed with mortise, which {s svch a common feature in the rural archi- tecture of those days. The place takes its name from a superb greve of oaks which cluster about the house with almost human affection. The views of the Blue Ridge from every point are magnificent, bringing under the eye a bold and rugged stretch of foothills, with the mountains a few miles beyond, undu- lating like so many blue billows. he present owner of “Oakville” is Mr. Webb Maddux, who is a large landowner, fine summer } ard one of the substantial men of Fauquier Contiguous to his res county. is a once bristled with bayonets with the artillery of hostile which teday !s marked by od Eusbandry, leads up to one country that and e armies, peace 2 hoed but of the mest beautiful pastoral regions of It was there, near the town ars his name, that Chief Justice all Fad his home. The house is a good type of colonial ar- chitecture, ted, as it is, on the simple ard c us lines of that pe- ried, with a v ‘a on all sides leading which extends lengthwise a spacious drawing room h big cheerful win- 1 ceilings. hallway ns into ‘A ds up to the second story, which consists of three bed cham- bers. The original structure, which was added to by Thomas Marshall, the son of the chief justice, !s finished in carved cher- tucky Mr. Maddux fs a picturesque figure and variety 5 lar character in this section of the He was a good fighter during the per sta war, and followed the plume of Mosby. He is a man of commanding presence, standing over six feet two inches, with a robust physique and massive About. fifty-five rame. years of age, he Is the teen children, and he him- f has an interesting family of three jaughters and two sons. Mr. Maddux employs there :s an atmosphere about the place that calls plantation life. There are types among his servants that have interested famous sketch artists, and the proprietor himself has a touch of the southern planter about his personality which betrays itself iu the hospitable reception accorded to those who have visited this lovely old Vir- ginia estate. negro labor, and ODD FELLOWS’ AFFAIRS. of Grand Sire Steb- bins. Grand Sire Stebbins, in his annual re- port to the Sovereign Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, sai The condition of the business interests and the prospective disturbances in this and other countries have had their effect upon the order. Yet, under the surround- ing conditions, our growth has not been seriously retarded. Our losses in member- ship through inability to meet their ob- jigations have been unusually large, though when the stringency of the times shall have passed many will return. The ad- ditions to the order have been fairly good, and in all branches prosperity has pre- vailed to an unlooked-for extent. In the subordinate lodges the net gain has been 90. In the subencampments there has been a net Toss of 1,636. In the Patriarch Militant branch there has been a large increase, the aggregate of which cannot be given with accuracy, owing to delays in making returns. De- partment commanders must see to it that these returns are early forwarded, if they would have their branch fully tabulated. So far as reported the increase Is most gratifying. In the Rebekah branch the growth has been phenomenal. there being a net in- crease In membership of 27,854. This is in no inconsiderable degree attributable and traceable to the opening of the door to all unmarried ladies of good moral character. The last branch is rapidly outstripping all of the others, and the prediction that not in the far future it will lead them all in membership, in labor and efficiency seems probable of realization. He recommends that the question re- garding the Northern Light Lodge, No. 1, referred to standing committee on the state of the order, that had the matter before them !ast year, to report what further ao- tion should be taken In the premises, to whom cards should be granted, upon what Annual Report evidence, what should be done with the re-- mainder of the membership, and what, if anything, toward the recovery of the funds unlawfully and dishonestly appropriated. Nothing can be more fmportant to the prosperity, harmony and unity of the rotherhood than to have well-defined and universally understood the powers, duties and limitations of the grand sire, who for almost twelve months of the year must be looked to for the proper guidance of its affairs. ‘At the last session this grand body made the gathering of valuable statistical infor- mation obligatory, so that now it is law. And it is to be presumed that the figures this year presented through the grand sec- Fetary’s report wil! more nearly approxi- mate the real wealth of the order. In thi department of homes for the aged, the widow and orphan—that grandest field of all our labore—reports were received of homes established or in process of estab- lishment in seventeen grand juriadictions as Fae pert 12, Cs (hae £00, ; present value, $682,727.01; in- éebtedness, $16,000; residents, males, 02; wives, 9; widows, 196. Having a deep and abiding interest in this most worthy branch of our work, I have gathered from unofficial sources the following, which, if not exact as may ap- pear in the official figures, will give some- thing of an idea of the progress of our order in this regard: Last year there were reported 17 grand jurisdictions; this year, 26: increase, 9; last year acreage, 14; this year acreage, increase, 173.86; last year value, $6s 1; this year value, $818,000; increase, $15,272.99. In addition to the foregoing, Washington, Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Georgia end North Dakota have the subject of homes under consideration, and will doubt- less soon be added to the Ist. This growth in this branch of our great benevolent work is most gratifying, fer a large part of which the order is indebted to the Rebekah branch, that has given it special attention. Condition of Patriarch Militants in 1895 and 181% compared: Cav.Ba s-Br.Dv.Memiers, F ) Wi 36 11 0 2 sarierr 146 46 15 1 15,428 © 24,473.62 Bu 41 2,723.85 And this does not embrace reports from Delaware, Denmark, Kansas, Louisiana, aritime provinces, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota and Virginia. With no re- ports from nine jurisdictions, the increase in membership is more than double that of the subordinate lodges, and nearly equal to bes poenyalans growth of the Rebekah branch. oe AMENDMENTS DEFEATED. Business Transncted by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. The afternoon session of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Dallas yesterday was largely taken up in the consideration of amendments to the constitution and re- ports of committees published in Wednes- day's journal. The constitutional amend- ments were all defeated. These included propositfons to lower the age of admission to eighteen years, to admit the sons of dd Fellows at eighteen years of age, to give grand bodies the right to permit their subordinate lodges to admit persons of one-eighth Indian blood, and to endow past grand sires with all the rights and privileges of grand representatives. The mest important legislation of the day was to give to state grand bodies the right, at their discretion, to create, maintain and dispense an aged Odd Fellows’ fund, under certain conditio1 for the relief of those brothers who have served twenty-five years in the order, and who have been deprived of the benefits of the order, through thefr lodges having become defunct and their having lost membership in the order. A grand ball and reception was tendered the delegates last night, after a visit to witness “Siege and Fall of the Alamo” at the fair grounds. THE “APENTA’ HUXGARIAN BITTER WATER, — the ee ; under the ater stitute (Ministry ef Agriculture), Duda-ieat, SIXTEEN 70 ONE, FREE AND UNLIMITED What is the Money of the Constitution?--The Value of Gold and Sil- ver Dollars. “xX. Y. Z.,"" In an article in The Star yes- terday, maintained that the appeal of Mr. Bryan to the Constitution as authorizing and requiring free silver coinage was not justified by the language of the Constitu- tion. Continuing the discussion of the ques- tion, “X. Y. Z.”" writes to The Star as fol- lows: f What now In reality 1s the “coinage,” or “money of the Constitution?” for the phrases are not inapt or improper unless used to mislead. The determination of this question is not difficult. The best interpre- ters of the Constitution are probably the men who framed it and their associates. What they did in the execution of its sev- eral provisions affords the clearest evidence of its true construction, though it would seem that there cculd be no doubt what- ever ag to the meaning of its simple ut- terance regarding coinage. Wat, however, did Congress do in carry- irg out this provision? In the first place it directeG the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to submit a report as to the expediency of establishing a mint of the United States, which elicited his ta- mous and exhaustive paper covering the whole subject of coinage. This report be- came the basis and guide to all contempo- rary legislation. In order to determine the fundamental principles upon which the coinage of the United States should be e: tablished, a thorough and comprehensive Investigation was made into the laws and practice of other nations regarding this matter. One of the points to which special attention was given and which is argued at great length in the report is the ratio which should subsist between silver and gold, with the conclu- sicn that this should “be 15 to 1, that 1s, tRat for coinage purposes one ounce of gold should be accounted as equal in value to 15 ounces of silver. This fact is, how- ever, in this connection by no neans of as mech importance as is the principle upon wh the recommendation is based, and the reasoning by which it is justified. A tempting opportunity was presented for the suggestion of some novel scheme in con- nection with the currency of a new nation, ich, in theory at least, might have been defended by specious arguments. Hamil- ten, however, does not seem to have im- agined fcr a moment that any arbitrary ratio between the two metals could be es- tablished or wisely attempted. He there- fore set himself to ascertain by careful and ninute inquiry what the real and recog- rized ratio was among the nations in which gold and silver were current,in other words, to rn thelr comparative commercial value. He says: “In establishing a propor- tion between the metals there seems to be an option of one or twe things, to approach as nearly as can be ascertained the mean or average proportion in what may be called the commercial world, or to retai that which now exists in the United Stat “The existing proportion in this country is about as 1 to 15, being very nearly that which obtains in the market of Great Eritalg, while in Holland, the greatest meney market of Europe, itis 1 to 14 9-10.” “As the ratio of 1 to 15 is so nearly con- formable to the state of those markets and best agrees with that of our own, it will probably be found the most eligible.” One argument in favor of maintaining in coins the commercial ratio of the metals urged by Hamilton is that “the overvaluing of either in respect to the other {s the banish- ment of that which is underval with this result that there would be “a diminu- tion of the total quantity of specte,” and that the country receiving payments in the cverrited metal “gets a less actual quantity | than it ought to do, or than it would do if the ratio were a just one.” It is not neces- sary to quote further from his able and luminous report. The arguments presented were accepted as conclusive by the states- men of that day. In particular Jefferson, however much he disagreed with Hamilton cn other subjects, expressed his hearty con- currence in the views submitted in this re- port. Acting upon its suggestions, Con- gress, after due deliberation, passed “an act establishing a mint and regulating the coins ef the United States,” which was ap- proved by the President Apr Sec- tion 11 of this act provides “that the pro- portional value of gold to silver in all coins wheh by law shall be current as money within the United States shall be as 15 to 1, according to quantity in weight of pure gold or pure silver; that is to say, every fif.cen pounds weight of pure silver shail be of equal value in all payments with one pound weight of pure gold.” 15 to 1 was, there- fore, established as the original ratio of the two metals. This ratio was maintained for more than forty years, when by act of June 28, 1834, it was changed to 15.002 to 1, and by act of January 1S, 1837, to 15.088 to 1, not by naming these proportions in the law, but by a slight modification of the weight and fineness of the coin. These ratios so nearly approximate 16 to 1 that they are popularly so denominated. In the meantime, between 1792 and 1834, it had been demonstrated that in fixing the original ratio 15 to 1, Congress had undervalued gold. In conse- quence this was withdrawn from circulation and sent abroad, where in the markets of Europe it commanded a higher price. The conditions then existing brought into play and illustrated the operations of that eco- nomic law known as the “Gresham law,’” which asserts in effect that of two metals associated in coinage that which is under- valued will disappear from circulation, be- ing either hoarded or exported. The ex- perience of those forty years, as well as of later, shows that this law has the force of a law of nature. The fact that a change of ratio so small as that from 15 to 16 to 1 was sufficient to check the withdrawal of gold and to cause a withdrawal of silver, shows how extremely sensitive metallic coinage 1s to the Influence of this law. The Interesting and essential fact, how- ever, so far as the question under con- sideration {s concerned, is this—that in the discussions in 1834 of the proposition to change the ratio, the one point the deter- mination of which was deemed by Congress as of prime importance, was, as in 1792, the commercial ratio of the two metals. No suggestion that any other ratio would be just or wise was offered. There was a general, if not imanimous, agreement on the part of Congress, with the view of Mr. Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury in 1880, “that it is only from the market price of both metals without regard to thelr mint price the true relative value ts to be found,” and that in fixing the ratio ‘due regard must be paid to the relative value of bullion in the great marts of the world.” The great object to be attained was to “secure the circulation of both coins in the ccuntry.” If the law should over- value gold the country would have no stl- ver circulation, as by overvaluing silver it had before lost its gold. To ascertain the commercial ratio and to make that the mintage ratio was their chief alm and effort. They were guided, therefore, in their deliberations and conclusions by pre- cisely the same principles and convictions that controlled their fathers, the states- men of 1792. Nor was it alone in the dis- cussions of 1534 that these views find ex- pression. In numerous reports by com- mittees of Congress and Secretaries of the Treasury and others this question of the ratio of gold and silver was considered, but it does not seem toshave occurred to their authors to recommend or suggest any deviation from the policy already sdopted, viz: The conformity of the ratio of coinage to the ratio of commerce. What now, in view of these facts, is the “coinage” or “money of the Constitution?” To what conclusion do the facts irresistibly lead? What have the very men to whom the nation owes its Constitution, both by their words and deeds, declared? This— that it ts not free silver and gold at 15 to 1, nor 16 to 1, nor 20 to J, but gold and silver freely coined at a ratio conformable to the existing commercial ratio. The evi- dence of this is little, if anything, less than demonstrative. If the fathers of the Con- stitution were summoned to act upon this question today and they adhered to the principles enunciated in 1792 they would fix the ratio at not less than 30 to 1, and that would te in very truth the “money of the Constitution.” Mr. Bryan and his associates say in effect the Constitution authorizes Congress to “coin money. Therefore, free silver, 16 to 1, is the “money of the Constitution’—a singular conclusion to draw from the premise. The logic of this Pesgostion one would hardly expect to find in the pro- orator of our common jon, Adams, Jefferson, and their associates authorizes Congress herefors, gold and sil- and that they may sly serve as the cir- e country they shall mercial ratio. That a no other is “money cf the Con- stitution,” if an: ificance whatever is to be attaehed to the phrase. A It ts hardly pi le _to escape the can- viction that a certdin disingenuousness at- taches to all these £ppeals to the Constitu- tion in behalf of “free silver," from which every man ‘in this nation who aspires to the supreme office should be and should be known to be absolutely free. If there are good and valid reasons for the rehabilita- tion of silver let these be fairly and hon- estly presented to the people, but let not the sacred name of the Constitution be in- voked in support of a proposition which would have been unhesitatingly and unan- imovsly rejected by the very authors of the Constitution. The demand for “free silver” fs to be justified, if at all, not by any such misleading appeals, but by the clear, logical prescntation of arguments based upon existing economical conditions, arguments that take into view not the “masses” only, nor “debtors,” nor “farm- ers,” nor “wage earners” only, but the whole population, and are gathered frem a world-wide survey of facts and tenden- cles, as these relate to the material welfare of our own country. Surely with such a broad field from which to draw susges- tions it is not necessary for its supporters to depend upon or to employ an appeal to the Constitution, for which there is not the Tremotest warrant, either in the Constitu- tion itself or in eentemporaneous legisla- tion. X.Y. Z. to “coin money.” 4 ver shall -be coli together simultai culating medium be coined at thei Difference in Values. To the Fdltor of ‘The Evening Star: Before tha demouetization of silver the metal in the silver dollar was worth 100 cents—100 cents in silver or in gold. A sil- ver dollar mangled out of recognition by a steam engine or melted into a lump in a furnace was still worth 100 cents; it did not require any magic In the stamp of the government to make it worth a dollar. This was the dollar of free coinage. Under the existing gold standard the gold in the gold dollar costs 100 cents in gold; the silver in the silver dollar costs 53 cents;- the remaining 47 cents is artificial money. These are the doliars of the gold standard. Was there ever a time in our history when there was a monetary sys- tem with such a wide difference between the values of its coined dollars? Gold ad- vocates tell us that these are honest dol- lars—dollars that need no apology. Is the present condition satisfactory? Is confi- dence which is to revive prosperity likely to be restored while the present experi- ment is persisted in? If human agents produced the present condition as an experiment in finances. was it not unwise? If they produced it for ad- vantage to themselves, was it not a crime? F. R. 3. A Review by Mr. Leech. An interesting and exhaustive review of the money question ts that which appeared recently In the New York Commercial Bul- letin. The contribution was by Mr. E. O. Leech, a well-kngwn Washingtonian, who Was director of the mint for several years. In the article in question Mr. Leech deals with the free and unlimited coinage of sil- ver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Commencing with the constitutional provisions as to the coining of money, Mr. Leech presents, briefly, the history of financial legislation in the United States, touches upon the metallic parity of gold and silver, which is compelled by the law, as it now is, and then engages in a discussion of free coin- uder free coinage,” says Mr. Leech, “any ‘oné depositing silver at a govern: ment mint or assay office, would, as soon as its value was determined by assay, re- ceive m payment a check on the United States y for the exact amount of money whip, the silver would afterward coln in siivér dollars. This is the prac@ice under existing law in regard to gold. There is no practical difference, therefore, be- tween free coinage and unlimited purchase of silver. An ounce of silver, now worth sixty-five cents, will coin $1.20 in silver dollars; hence, under free coinage, the treasury of the United States would be called upon to pay $1.20 an ounce for all the silver offered, just as {t now pays $20.67 an ounce for all the gold offered. The pro- cess of silver saturation would, therefore, not be limited to the coinage capacity of the mint, but would be immediate, limited only by the general balance of the treas- ury. How long could the treasury of the United States redeem its checks in gold if the mints were thrown open to the un- limited purchase of silver at the rate of $1.20 an ounce? “Mr. Bryan said at Madison Square Gar- den: “Any purchaser who stands ready to take the entire supply of any given article at a certain price can prevent that article from falling below that price. So the gov- ernment can fix a price for gold and silver by creating a demand greater than the sup- ply.’ What is the ‘entire supply’ of silver which we would be called upon to take to maintain the price at $1.20 an ounce in gold? “The annual product of the mines is 175,- | 000,000 ounces, worth at the present mar- ket price $113,750,000, for which our gov- ernment is to pay 000,000 in gold—a snug little profit to the owners of silver mines of ${12,250,000 on the present annual product only. If a price of 65 cents an ounce brings forth an annual product of 175,000,000 ounces it is safe to say that with silver at $1.29 an ounce the output would be enormously increased. This continent is ribbed with deposits of lead and copper ores in which silver is the metal of chief value, many of which ores cannot be profit- ably desilverized at the present commer- cial value of silver. “The estimated stock of silver in the world is $4,070,000,000. With the exception of our own silver and the European stocks, which are kept at par by the gold standard, all of this silver—the silver of Asia, Mexico, Japan and South America—has in settling exchanges only the value of silver bullion, 65 cents an ounce. The idea that it has an enhanced value through coinage is errone- ous. Mexican dollars and the silver coins of South America and other silver countries are bought and sold every day by bullion dealers exactly as silver bars, at the com- mercial price of the pure silver contained in them. For all practical purposes the entire stock of Asiatic and South American ailver—aggregating the enormous sum of $2,000,000,000—is just the same as a stock of silver bars on the market. For this gov- ernment to maintain the gold price of silver at $1.29 an ounce it would be necessary therefore, under Mr. Bryan’s own state- ment, not only to take the current product of the mines, but to double the present commercial valueof the great mass of sil- ver in the worldVor}* ‘or stand ready to take it at that price.” The Worlds §urplus Stock. “If our mints were open to the unlimited coinage of silver into legal dollars the world’s surplus s!#ver—the current product, coins old and nejf, ‘plate, jewelry, ete.— would move to this country solely because {t could be converted here, at the highest market price, into.our legal tender money; but when our currency reached a silver basis, when our legal tender paper money could be exchanged’ ohly for silver dollars, the profit to foreign silver owners for the interchange of their‘silver for our gold would cease and silvet would be imported only as an exchangestransaction, just as gcld is now. One of two things would. cer- tainly ocdur, either gold would go to a Premium and be hoarded or it would go abroad to pay for silver shipped here for sale. Mr. Bryan says in the same speech: ‘In answer to the charge that gold will go abroad, it must be remembered that no gold can leave this country until the owner of the gold receives something in return for it which he would rather have.’ The silver shipped here ‘would be paid for in gold or gold exchange, just as all other importa- tions, regardless of the wishes of the ‘owner of the gold.” Now we ship abroad annually some 30,000,000 ounces of silver of our own product, for which we are pald in gold. Unaer free coinage we would re- verse the process and lose the benefit of this large gold ‘c in addition to fur- nishing an open market for the silver pro- duct of foreign countrie: Mr. Leech disputes the statement that the general decline in prices is due to the de- monetization of silver, claiming that such decline is due to other and natural causes. He shows that interest charges have de- creased during the past six years; proof, he claims, that money is not as scarce as the silver advocates say it is, and that gold has depreciated and not appreciated in value. Wages of Workingmen. An important phase of the question is that which deals with the wages of the workingman, and as to this Mr. Leech says: “If the decline in the price of staple commodities was due to the appreciation of gold through the alleged disuse of silver as money, it is fair to assume that wages—the remuneration of labor—which is more for sale than any other conimodity, would show @ corresponding reduction. The fact is just the contrary. The wages of labor, both in this country and abroad, have been steadily increasing and are higher in recent years than at any time in the past. * * * The rate of wages increased in this country from 1860 to 1864 over 25 per cent, and from 1864 to 1890 over 60 per cent. The monthly earnings of laborers in manufac- tories in 1860 (the period of bimetallism) Wes $24.06; in 1864 (in inflated paper money) $30,24, and in 1890 (in gold) $38.49.” “It might be possible,” says Mr. Leech,” by making a dollar worth 50 cents to bring about a condition of currency affairs in this country when it would take two dollars to pay for what one will now purchase, and in that v.ay increase the price of pro- éucts measured in domestic currency; but if prices are to be increased through the depreciation of the money standard, cer- tainly it would not be an unmixed biecssing. Uniess wages increased in the same pro- portion as other commodities it would be the greatest calamity which could possibly happen to the wage earner.” Quality, Not Quantity. After comparing wages in the United States with the remuneration given various tradesmen in Mexico and Japan (both free- silver countries), Mr. Leech concludes his article by declaring that “the quality of money is of far greater importance than the quantity, for metallic money is not only a measure of value and a medium of exchange, but It is in and of itself an equivalent of value. The people that un- dertake to conduct their business with money of uncertain value are necessarily at a great disadvantage. In order to merit the confidence of the world and maintain our credit and reputation as a country of the first class. as well as to afford a stable basis for the enormous business of this country, it is of the first importance that we maintain our monetary system above all question, with all our currency redeem- able on demand in the money which the civilized world has decided to do business with—gold.” —_—— -___ REGRET THE OCCURRENCE. Richmond People Indignant Over the Treatment of Gen, Buckner. Special Correspondence of ‘The ‘Evening § RICHMOND, Va., September 25, 1896. The sound money rally at the Academy Wednesday night, when Gov. O'Ferrall and Gen. Buckner, candidate for Vice President on the Indianapolis ticket, made addresses, is all the talk here in political circles. The general impression is that Gen. Buck- ner made a very strong speech from an argumentative standpoint, and that the ad- dress, in which the currency question was ably discussed from a gold standard stand- point, will bring a number of free silver people into the ranks of the gold bugs. Already some wellknown free silverites have been converted by the address, and among them is no less a personage than Rev. Dr. Judkins, a distinguished Metho- dist divine. It has been stated here today, not only by sound money democrats and by republicans, but by free silverites and populists, that the treatment Gen. Buck- ner received at the hands of the free sil- verltes who collected in one part of the Academy and tried to break up the meet- ing by whooping and yelling was a dis- grace to the good name of Richmond, which {s known far and wide for its hos- pitality. The majority of the audience were sound money people, and these were deep- ly humillated that the distinguished Ken- tuckian should have been so badly treated. Some free silverltes have published in the papers here cards expressing their regret that the rowdy element of their party here acted so badly. Gov. O’Ferrall himself was repeatedly hissed and interrupted in his speech. The governor had gone to the Academy to take a firm stand on the currency question and against the Chicago platform and nominees. There had been expressed a good deal of curtosity as to what Governor O'Ferrall would say. It was understood that he would declare himself against the Chicago platform, but there was some doubt expressed as to whether he would attack the free silver democrats as he did. His stand was firm, and enraged the bad clement of free silverites present. They hissed him a dozen times. It was the first time Governor O'Ferrall_ had ever been hissed and insulted in Richmond. The Star correspondent has information from a re- liable source that there was a movement on foot by a rowdy delegation of free silver- ites to throw old eggs at the governor when he attacked the Chicago platform. This movement was discouraged by some -abiding citizens, who persuaded the rowdies not to carry out their schemes. All this goes to show how high political feel- ing is running here now. It was stated today that the Old Domin- fon Democratic Club, which {s rampant for free silver, has expelled Governor O'Ferrall from the list of honorary members on ac- count of the position he has taken in the political campaign. This club meets over a bar room in the tough part of the city, and it 1s not known that the governor ever attended one of its meeting The republicans in this district have een through a rough storm of late. Af- ter the row and bolt in the city convention, which met Wednesday night to elect dele- gates to the Hanover convention Thursday to nominate a Congressman from this dis- trict, in which convention two sets of dele- gates were chosen, there were lively scenes at Hanover yesterday, when the Lamb and Waddill fight again came to the sur- faee, and though both factions agreed upon Judge L. L. Lewis for republican candi- date for Congress from this district, each faction chose its own members of the state committee. The report here that Governor O’Ferrall, though out and out for Palmer and Buck- ner, will support Captain John Lamb, free silver candidate for Congress from this disfrict, is not credited here, and it is not believed that such will be the case on November 3. Tre free silverites here are making strenuous efforts in this district. Speches are being made every night, and there is no lack of circulating literature. They claim that they will carry Virginia by 30,000 majority. ee CONFIDENCE IN McKINLEY. ar, Republicans Think He Will Carry the State of Virginia. Correspondence of The Evening Star. WOODSTOCK, Shenandoah County, Va., i September 24, 1886. Here in Shenandoah county the free sil- ver democrats are doing little boasting, for the reason that there are plenty of gold democrats as well as republicans who will support the McKinley ticket. There are aiso many of the old-line demé€rats who will follow the example set by Governor O’Ferrall and get in line for Buckner and Palmer. Under ordinary conditions the county vote is close between the republi- cans and democrats, and among the rank and file of the democracy there are few who will even assert that the county will do anything other than vote for McKinley. When the county ccurt convened a few days ago, there was an outpouring of sup- porters of McKinley and Hobart to listen to the debate between representatives of the white and yellow metals. In the audience was a voter who favored sound money, and the questions he asked the sil- ver advocate were such as would have puz- zled the leader of the free silverites. The result was that there was trouble, and of- ficers of the law were called upon to settle the dispute, which to the audience seemed a victory for the gold cause. There is a docided gold sentiment throughout the county, and some of the en- thvsiastic politicians are claiming that Mo- Kinley will carry the state. That he will get a large vote in southwest Virginia and in the larger cities and towns of the state they have no doubt. In fact, many of them think the vote will be large enough to give him the state.. Palmer and Buckner have some admirers in the ranks of the democ- racy,,and these men would not desert their party fer Bryan, so that by casting their votes for the candidates of the Indianapo- lis convention the republicans hope to pull out ahead when the votes are counted. In the Edinburg, New Market and Mount Jackson districts of the county there is also a strong gold sentiment, and the educa- tional campaign has resulted in making a number of converts. Tonight Col. James Hay, democratic candidate for Congress from this district, addressed a gathering at Mount Jackson, Has for a Fifth of a Century Cured all forms of ... KIDNEY and LIVER DISEASES, THE DREAD BRIGHT’S DISEASE is but advanced Kidney Disease. Either is Dangerous. Both can be Cured if treated in time with Warner's Safe Cure, Large bottle or new style smaller one at your druggist’s. Ask for either and accept no substitute. Port STS IN OHIO. A Fusion W the Democrats 1m Hamilton County. of The Evening Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 24, 1896. ‘The democrats and populists of this county have effected a fusion on county ticket. The evening before the democratic county convention this week the executivt committee of the populists met and nomi- nated half a ticket. and then sent a com- munication to the democratic convention, advising {t offictally of the action and in- viting it to indorse the nominations and fill the vacancies. ‘The convention did so. and the next night the populists reassembled and indorsed the democratic nominees. The division goes to the extent of Congress- men and presidential electors. This is the first time in the history of any of the independent political organizations that recognition has been given them by either of the great political parties. It was a matter for rejoicing at the populist meet- ing, and not without good cause. They had secured one Congressman, the sheriff, board of control and one judge, the latter Theo- dore Horstman, who some yeas ago bolted the republican party and became an inde- perdent candidate for mayor, indorsed by the democracy, running in opposition to ex-Congressman Caldwell. Since then Horstman has been a populist in sentiment, and was selected by their committee to represent them on the judicial ticket. Up to this time the populists have not polled much over a thousand votes in the Corresponte county, thelr highest vote being 1,256. There is much dissa ction among the friends of democratic candidates for the oMices given the populists, who were at the last moment turned down in their aspira- tions. They argue that the populists have not shown enough strength in the past to eniltle them to fusion, especially in a year when, us they claim, there Is reasonable expectation of the ticket being elect that is, they expect Bryan to carry thi county and to carry the throuzh with him. The fusion amounts to this, that the democrats will gain, possi- bly, two thousand populist votes, granting mocratic ticke the latter some increase of strength, and will lose fully six thousand votes, a ma- jority of which will go t and the rest to Palmer. How th an hope to elect their ticket on thes pubii- cans cannot see. Of course, they claim the support of many republicans who believe in free silver. But it is a vain hope, for there are not, according to the claim of the repu n committee, five hundred repub- licans in the whole county who will vote for silver. It is said the proposition for fu submitted ‘ion was » John R. McLean for approval before it laid before the democratic convention. The action of the populists Was reported to the office of the Cincinnati Enquirer and communicated to Mr. M Lean over the private wire the night before the democratic convention, and it received his approval before being put before the convention. 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