The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1896, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AR EE R LR e e s e sl ST I el e el e e T e e e TR court which has given the question any eon sideration whatever has held against such & construction. It is placing & power so tremen- dous in the hands of the Registrar that such a construction should not be held if possible to avoid it. If the language needs construction 1t should be construed in some other direction. If the rejection of a certificate by a Registrar is final, if it is beyond all review by courts, he could refuse to file all certificates purporting 10 come from opposing political pariies and in effect bold the result of the election in the hollow of his hand. The Secretary of State, by refusmg to file a petition presented to him coming from one of the great political parties of this State, could absolutely prevent that party, through its electors, from voting for a candidate for Presi- dent of these United Stetes. Itisneedless to say that the court is bound to look further for the true construction of this act. The second construction suggested, inmy opinion, cannot be maintained. Itseems im- possible that it was ever intended for this court to enter into a trial of fact as to which set of claimants constituted the regular, true, genuine Democratic or Reublican party. Ttis admitted by counsel that such question of fact is not to be determined by the principle or principles represented by these respective claimarts; but it is insisted that such ques- tion of fact must be decided by an investiga- tion as to the regularity of the organization; that respective abstracis of title must be (up nished and that the legal title must prevail. Such an investigation would opeu up most in- teresting fields as to titles in real estate. I see no wey ot cutting off the investigation un- til it goes back to the orignal or paramount f title, whetnher that original title ated in the City, § Ido not what particular principles of law could be invoked in the investigation of action ol & commit- of the s validity would depend upon the dity of motions to adjourn, der, to lay on the table, to postpone, at constitutes & majority, & quorum, & ng, & lexal committee, and & er matters purely of parlimen- ¥ usage. In the trialof such a question Blackstone and Kent would be entirely displaced by Cushing and Phillips, and fuch a question had better come for consideration before & high-school debating society than & court of last resort. Again let us essume that the re Central Committee, Which guided the s of its party, all resign. The power to perpetnate the organization rested fn its s alone, and now the committee is no- a great party would be placed in s y plight. It would be placed in the posi of a trust without a trustle, and I pre- sume, vpon the happening of such a grave emergency, s court of equity would fill the breacn and appoint & new committee. Let us sssume a case where the committee would neither resign nor take any steps to nominate a ticket to be voted for by its party electors. We thus have a present, live organization; itis regular; there is no flaw in its title; it is beyond suspicion; it represents and stands for the Republican party, but it does nothing. Under such circumstances is it possible that no Republican ticket could be placed in the litical field for which Republicans might their votes? Time is too short for me to 1 other suggestions showing absurd It is not because they do not exist, are more and worse; and Iam of the fon that this construction must not ob- if there isany other road to travel, how- results, foxtha er long snd rough it may be. apo Itni he third construction contended for should be adopted, and that when a certifi cate is presented to the Registrar which is in the form required by the law he is bound to receive and file it. Penalties are provided sgainst forging certificates, and it is further provided that affidavits as to the truthfulness of the facts therein recited must be attached. In & limited way these provisions seem to afford the Registrar some protection; but, however that may be, if the protection against fraud is insufficient it is tne fault of the law. The statute provides that the Registrar must “then and there forthwith” act upon the cer- tificate presented either by accepting or re- jecting it. The very language itself clearly indi- cates that there shail be no hearing on the facts. The language, ex necessitate, preciudes such hearing. If the Registrar is not first to investigate the facts, then certaiuly the law does not contemplate that the court shall sub- sequently investigate them. The result of the construction which I think should be adopted is simply this: All ceriaficates valid upon their face shonld be received and filed, and if two or more cer- tificates are presented by persons claiming to represent the same party they should be filed and the nominees thereon have an equal chance upon a ballot. The only serious result to flow from such holding is that it tends to disorganize and dis- integrate party organizations. Of all the evils it is the least,and this being so, it will be assumed that the Legislature intended the statute to be so construed. The intention of the Legislature in this regard could be made plainer and probably the objections here sug- gested could be avoided by iuture legisiation. Possibly the whole law should be repealed by reason of its many crudities and contradic- tions. The writ should be granted. BUSIESSBLUCKSBURNED One-Third of the Mercantile Por- tion of Corning, Iowa, Re- duced to Ashes. Stories of Incendiarism Are Aflcat, out Sparks From a Locomotive Caused the Fire. CORNING, Iowa, Oct. 9.—Corning was visited this morning with a terrible con- flagration, involving the loss of a third ot its business houses with a total value of $150,000. At 3 o’clock the fire alarm awakened the sleeping inhabitants to the fact that the large Reynolds grain eleva- tor at the depot was ablaze. The water works became out of order and nothing could be done to stop the fire. Three box- cars caught fire from the ‘elevator, and when the sides of one of them had caved in the charred body of a man was discov- ered. Identification is impossible, but it is supposed that he was a tramp. Hardly had the people returned to their beds when they were called out again to a fire in Beymer’s store. Telegrams for as- sistance were sent to Creston, Clarinda and Red Oak, but before aid could arrive two whole blocks had been swept away. The fire in the elevator was caused by sparks from a locomotive, the elevator sparks setting fire to the Beymer build- ing. Btories of incendiarism, however, are afloat. The heaviest losses were suf- fered by A. B. Turner, $75,000, uninsured; H. H. parue, $9000, vartly insured, and the National Bank of Corning, $12,000, in- sured for $5000. The insurance oi $30,000 is distributed pretty equally among the leading insurance companies. Pt ity Conflagration at Livermore. LIVERMORE, CaL., Oct. 9.—The Farm- ers’ Warehouse Company’s hay ware- houses were destroyed by fire at 4 o’clock this afternoon, together with over 4000 tons of baled hay, stored and owned by various farmers. The loss is estimated at $30,000, with insarance of about $25,000. he origin of the fire is unknown. 0 e Gathering of Spiritualists. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9.—What promises to be the largest international gathering of spiritnalists ever seen in this country will be held in this city during the closing week of the present month. It will be the fourth annual convention of the National Spiritualists Association of the United States of America and of Canada, and the local committee is busily engaged in preparations for the event BRYAN JOURNEYS IN SOUTH DAKOTA Drawn Through Sioux Falls’ Streets by Men and Women. Girls Take a Hand and Carry a Banner Saying “No Gold- bugs Need Apply.” REPEATS FORMER SPEECHES, And Incifentally the Bcy Orator Says Pleasant Things to Pecple Who Greet Him. SIOUX FALLS, S. D, Oct. 9. — Over 100 men and women drew William J. Bryan through the muddy streets of Sioux Falls to-day and thousands of people from tbat place and from near-by points in South . Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota turned out in the cold rain to do him honor. Mr. Bryan never had a reception more heartily enthusiastic. When he reached Sioux Falls at 2o’clock he was placed in an open carriage and the wildly cheering residents grasped the at- tached ropes and drew him along to the house of C. E. Jewett, where he had luncheoun, an elaborate procession accom- panying him. Eignty veterans of the war acted as a personal escort. A feature of the parade was a big wagon filled with girls dressed in white frocks, who are do- ing missionary work for the Democratic candidate by *'tabooing’ men who believe in the gold standard. They bore a banner inscribed, “No goldbug need apply.” There was a cavalcade of mounted men in the procession escorting Mr. Bryan. The schools of the city were closed and near Mr. Jewett's residence the pupils were drawn up in two lines, through which the candidate passed. The giris had small flags and waved them vigorously. The rain had become a steady downpour when Mr. Bryan reached the point where the speech-making took place. Despite the drenching they received, the crowd of 10,000, including 2000 Nebraskans, who came en the excursion train, showed the heartiest enthusiasm and were ever ready to shout their approval of Mr. Bryan’s re- marks. Mr. Bryan was presented by John A. Bowler, cbairman of the State Central Committee. The candidate spoke only eighteen minutes, dev_ot'mg his remarks principally to defending Senator Peiti- egrew, who sat on the platform, from the charge of disloyalty in leaving the Repub- lican party with Senator Teller at St. Louis. He said: All things considered, this is one of the most remarkabie meetings which it has peen my pleasure to address during this campaign. The interest which has been manifested, the zeal which you have shown, evidence a desire on the part of those who have turned out under these unfavorable conditions to testify their determination to do their duty in this cam- paign, 1 lpgraclu!e the interest which you are taking. 1 appreciate the attendance of the battle-scarred veterans of this country |cheers], and I can assure them that their in- terest, the interest of the old soldler, will be safe in the hands of those who believe that this Nation is great suongh o aitend to its own business. [Cheers.] The soldier will not find it necessary to put his interest in the hands of those who believe that we must pro- cure the consent of foreign nations before we can act our lines on the financisl policy. [Cheers.] Iam glad to come to this city, because in coming it gives me a chance to say & word in defense of Senator Pettigrew among his own people. [Tremendous cheering,] My friends, there are times, there are occasions which try men’s souls. To leave one’s party associates isnot an easy matter, and far more difficult 10 do is that duty when the person who leaves is one who has received honors at the hands of his party, but, my friends, I believe that Sena- tor Pettigrew did the maoly thing and the courageous thing when he determined to pro- tect the interests of the people in this State in- stead of bowing under the yoke of the gold standard. [Great cheering.] Iam glad to have the bond syndicate against me, because when I am elected they wiil not come down and try to get me to sell bonds to them at $1 04} when they are worth §1 19. [Great applause.] But Inotice this, my friends, that the people who have leit the Democratic party do not give their real reason for leaving; in faect, lmnxy be wrong to say they have leit the party. They have been dragged out of the party by the great corporation interests that run them. [Cheers.] HURON, 8. D, Oct. 9.—It was 8:30 o’clock when Mr. Bryan arrived here on his special train, two™ hours behina time, accompanied by Senator Peutigrew, John Tomlinson of Alabama, member of the National Advisory Committee, and others. On the run up from Sioux Falls stops were made at Montrose, Salem, Canova, Vilas and other places. Crowds were at ail of these places, and Mr. Bryan spoke several times. At Salem a brakeman named Desmond, from Omaha, was badly crushed between Mr. Bryan’s car ana an- other which he was coupling to it. A big audience greeted the ‘candidate here. In his speech Mr. Bryan said: Huron is dependent upon agriculture direcily and indirectly. Mr. McKinley said in 90, in the report which accompanied his tariff bill, that agriculture was depressed and that there could be no general prosperity in this country, so long as the farmer was not prosperous. The only remedy which the Re- publicans now propose to better the condition of the farmer is rariff. If tariff fails for thirty years to prevent depression, what reason have farmers to hope that it will be more successful now? [Cheers.] There is a cause which lies deeper than any system of taxation. Solong as the gold standard pre- vails there must be a general fall in the prices of agricultural products whether we have a high tariff ora low tariff, and so long as the farm products are falling in value tnere must be hard times among the farmers, and the farmers cannot suffer without bringing in suf- fering to the other classes, which are de- pendent indirectly upon the farmer for pros- perity. [Cheers.] § g L MASS-MEETING OF DEMOCRATS. They Are Anwmious to Hear Teller, but He Refuses to Talk. CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 9.—A mass-meet- ing of Democrats was held this afternoon at Tattersall’s. On account of the Chicago parade down town the attendsnce was slim. About 4000 people in all were pres- ent. Senator Henry M. Teller was an- nounced to speak at the meeting and the crowd evinced great disappointment when informed that the Benator would be un- able to speak. When Mr, Teller arrivea cheer after cheer went up, hats were thrown 1n the air and the up:oar was tremendous. The gentleman called for showed himself, but not a word would he utter. Three times it was necessary to as- sure the audience that Mr. Teller could not speak above a whisper before quiet could be restored and Senator Frank J. Cannon of Utah wes introduced. Senator Cannon made an appealing speech, which met with loud applause from his hearers. He took for his text words from Major McKinley, in which the Republican candidate called upon the men to obliterate party lines and ;vote for the good of the people. Cannon reiterated these sentinients and then referred to hav- ing to leave the Republican party. “I never thought,” he said, ‘‘that I would ever vote & Democratic ticket, but in this “standard. He referred in scathing terms campaign I will be forced to,as the Repub- lican party for the first time has gone dack on the principles they have always before advocated.’” The speaker then referred to the mag- njficent parade he had just witnessed downtown and in sarcastic terms expressed his belief that many of the marchers were in the procession not from choice but be- cause they are slaves to their employers. Senator Cannon in speakiniol the Chi- cago convention said he thanked God that the Democratic party had the honesty to stand by its conviction, and that a man had been nominated by them who was too poor to buy even a delegate, and one who could win more votes with his voice than Mark Hanna can with _his money. Mr. Cannon’s efforts were directed mainly at the sympathies of his hearers and aimed at his “rich opponent.”” He closed by pledging his vote to William J. Bryan. As soon as the speaker had finished eries of “Teller” were again heard and once more Mr. Teller came to the frong of the platform, but did not say a word. H. F. Bartine, editor of the Bimetallist, was next introduced and spoke as follows: I am opposed to the candidates of the Re- publican party because upon the greatest— practically the only—issue before us that party has ceased to be Republican as [ understapd the term. Contrary to all its past history and tradition, for the first time since it was born the Republican party has openly declared in favor of the gold standard and has laid down in the awiul shadow of the monéy power of Europe and America. By history and tradi- tion it was always a bimetallic party, pledged 10 maintain the fbm and silver money of the constitution until its independence and its Americanism were strangled to death in St. Louis on the 6th day of last June. The power that hoids the purse-strings of the world has turned at i1s mercy. The power to-day is Lon- don, and Loudon’ will continue to be that pa_we;so long as the gold standard is main- tained. The financiers of England understand this perfectly well. Running all through the testi- mony of the gold-standard advocates who made the statements before the international commission of 1886-87 was the idea that the restoration of silver would injure Rogland as & creditor nation and deprive London of its present position as the world’s financial cen- ter. Mr. Gladstone also understands it well. In the most explicit ‘terms he has declared that England is a creditor to the extent of $10,000,- 000,000, and that the restoration of bimetals lism would reduce the value of the money which she controls. What did he mean by that? Was hie alraid of England being puid in silver? Notatall. He knew that undérinter- national bimetallism gold and silver would be of equal value at the ratio agreed upon, but he aiso knew that the restoration of silver would make the gold itself cheaper. If that be irue, then the demonetization of silver made gold dearer and gave England an advantage that does not belong to her by any principle of justice and fair-dealing. And this is not the worst of it. The declaration is made with a full knowledge that the restora- tiou of bimetallism would be for the best in- terests of the country. As Mr. Bryan has said, the promise to promote an international agreement is itself an admission that there is something wrong with the gold standard. So the Koxdlinn of the Republican party is simply this: It admits that bimetallism will be for the best interests of the country, but_at the same time makes the humiliating plea that we can do nothing for our own good without the permission and aid of a country whose interests are directly opposed toour own. Buteven this does not teil the whole story. When the St. Louis Republican convention met not more than one-fourth of its melabers werc actually and avowedly for the gold stand. ard. More inan three-fourths were strongly for bimetaliism—or, at least, they claimed to be. And yet three-fourths lay meekiy down and allowed the one-fourth representing the English idea in American polities to bind them hand and foot with the chains of gold. After another prolonged call for Teller, | and more excuses for his not speaking, Chairman Hariman of Montana took the stand. He, too, opened with his reasons for de- serting the Republican lines, and said the St. Lowis platform was in direct opposi- tion to the one adopted at Minneapolis. He denounced the St. Louis platform as un-American, unpatriotic and disgusting in the exireme. He then referred to the “'gold” parade, and stated as his belief that a large number of men were march- ing under implied threat that if they did not march on the 9th they would® have o march on the 10th, Mr. Hartman said he was for protection, but that protection ‘would not protect with a gold standard, He referred to a recent speech of Joseph Dobson in support of bis claim that manu- jacturers in favor of a gold standard could not compete with those under a silver to the sale of Government bonds at 104 which héfclaimed were worth 119 at the time, and intimated that there must have been something crooked in the transaction. Announcement was made that speakers had been employed to startin during the coming week to make speeches in favor of tree silver. A mass-meeting of silver forces was held at Tattersall’s this evening which in point of attendance and enthusiasm com- pared favorably with any held during this campaign in Chicago. Congressman Towne reviewed the de- mone.ization of silver, saying that the effect was to take away from silver the large demand that had existed for it from the beginning of the world, for money purposes, and to place the entire burden on gold. Whether you take from silver or gold a portion of the power of either it increases the purchasing power of the other metal; in other words it takes more goods or morejproperty to get possession of a dollar. When you? trade two commodities each buys the other. When, therefore, a dollar increases the purchasing power it is equivalent to saying it takes more product to buy that dollar. He declared that great as was the con- test of 1860 he beileved the present struggle was far greater; where that affected a few million blacks this affected the destinies o1 70,000,000 people, botn white and black. A periect siorm of applause marked the close of Mr. Towne’s speech, and three vigorous cheers were given him, 5 Sx-Governor Hardin of Kentucky was next introduced. Reference being made as to Mr. Carlisle being from the same Btate was greeted with hisses. Mr. Hardin complimented Mr. Towne on his elo- quence, and he then gave numerous illus- trations of the law of suppiy and demand and declared that the country was suffer- ing rrom the under production of money. He referred sarcastically to the cry of *lack of confidence” and said that prop- erty is not as low as it will go. References to Cieveland and Carlisle brought out vigorous hisses, Colonel Edady of Colo- rado also made a sticring address, as did several other prominent speakers. ™ ok S5 A Democorats Carry Watson’s Distriot. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 9.—Official returns show that the Democratic majority for the State ticket will run over 50,000, At- kinson's majority falls below this by sev- eral thousand, but this fact is due-te the local fight on the head of the ticket. One notable feature is the fact that Democrats have carried the Tenth District—Watson'’s district—which is the closest in the State, Reed’s Liules Adopted. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9.—The final session of the annual convention of the National Association of Life Under- writers was held to-day. Mr. Dyon of Nebraska presentea a copy of ‘‘Reed’s Rules” to the president, and on his mo- tion they were made {he rules of the as- sociation. Mr. Reed has been chosen as arbitrator by the leading companies of the country, succeeding the late ex-Gov- ernor W. E. Russell ot‘M-uuehunul. James W. Ganney, general agent of the Proyident Life Insurance Company at Chicago, addressed the convention on the “Loan Association.” Mr. Ganney’s ad- dress was well received and a vote of thanks tendered for what was asserted to be *‘the ablest er ev aton papi er read before the AR Dr. Patterson’s Shortage. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9.—It is an- nounced that a shortage of between $15,000 and $16,000 has been found in the accounts of Dr. A. . Patterson, assistant physician_in charge of St. Klizabeth’s Asylum. The deficit does not come out the Government funds, but out of the sums paid by ;"fl"" patients. Dr. Pat- terson and his friends will make good the deficiency. For three months past Dr. hP::lt:;?on has been in Uanada for his | to Missouri for Benton and to Auburn for . untamed colt from Georgia, trying not to pull OCTOBER 10, 1896. THOUSANDS CHEER CHAUNCEY DEPEW Great Crowds at the Big Coliseum to Hear the Orator. Lays the Lash on Bryan for His Peculiar Theories as to Silyer. THAT GREAT “CRIME CF '73. To Punish the “Criminals” the Ne- braska Candidate Must Unearth Some Noted Men. CHICAGO, Iri., Oct. 9.—Filteen thou- sand people crowded tle Coliseum to- night and heard Chauncey M. Depew de- liver an address. Two or three thousand, unable to gain admission, were turned away. The dovior was escorted from the Auditorium to the Coliseum, a distance of eight miles, by the McKinley and Hobart Bicycle Club and the employes 6f several raiiroads. Mr. Depew was late in arriving, and it was 9 o'clock before he appeared on the platform. He was greeted with cheer- iug which could not be checked for ten minutes. The famous speaker was intro- duced by Elden C. DeWitt of the Mar- quette Club, under whose auspices the meeting wus heid. Jnopening his address Mr. Depew said: 2 This is the largest political gathering I have ever seen. 1 wonder if any of you gotaway. 1 witnessed to-day two processions—ove of them representing the business men, intelli- gent laborers — American citizenshfp — ?1 marching for McKinley and sound monef; the other one, which we passed on the way down, looked like Coxey’s army after they had reached Washington. [Cheers.] Mr. Depew then continued in part as follows: Some years sgo when I was working with might and mein tor the success of your un- equaled World's Fair, Chicago adopted me. Asan adopted-son it is a pleasure to be present in your city on Chicago day. Chicago isan epitome of the Unn,eg Btates. Itisthe con- centrated expression of the life, the energy and the development of the country. Chicago was burned to the ground in 1871, It took two years to readjust relations to the business and credit of the country. Then came the crime of 1873, by which silver was demonetized and the United States went upon a goid siandard. Twenty-three years have passed and Chicago presents the most remark- able object lesson in finance in the history of gold as & standard by which to measure all other kinds of currency and all the product or the farm and factory. of brains and labor. Mr. Depew then expressed his gratifica- tion at having had the bicyclists asan escort, who, he said, are almost unnani- mously in favor of McKinley, sound money and prosperity. On all other ques- tions they may differ, but they cannot dif- fer on questions which affect the life or honor ot the Nation. Continuing he said: The three last elections were carried by small majorities, but when the lunaties and the cranks and experimentalists got possession ot the convention at Chicago and drove out nine-tentbs of the expericnced brains of the orgenization, and when they made their alli= ance with the id:ot asylum at St. Louis the satety of the country demanded that sane men, without regard to previous party affiliations, should combine and save the honor and busi- ness of the Nation. . Referring to the “crime of 1878 he said the criminals were Senator Stewart and Senator Jones of Nevada. First, Bryan must hang them; he must suspend upon the same gallows every living member of the Congress of 1873, both in the Senate and in the House, because they all voted for this bill. He must go to Monticello and take out the bones of Jefferson from their tomb and hang them as ‘an exuibit for his or- der of demonetization in 1806, to the Her- mitage for General Jackson’s skeleton, to Marshfield for Webster and to Ashiand for Clay, to South Carolina for Calhoun, William A. Stewart; for they, either in 34 or 53 or '73, spoke for or advised the demonetization of silver. Continuing Dr. Depew said: The criminals are all the Presidents, from Jetferson to Garfield; all the Cabinet officers, from Hamilton to John A. Bates; all the mlghly men of debate, from Madison, Webster and Clay to Lincoln and Blaine. And who are their judges and executioners? This famous splke team which is careering and Cavoriing about the eountry; the wiid broncho of Ne- braska in the lead; the staid, slow-eaited, church-going, broken-winded Puri nag ‘ from Maine at the wheel, and his mate, the the wagon, but to kick the stuffing out of the Puritan. We have absolute liberty in this country of political freedom and religious toleration, and 80 we must view with toleration the followers of this new religion. When Columbus discov- ered America ten ounces of silver were equal to one ounce of gold. When the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Ply- mouth Rock thirteen ounces of silver were equal to one of gold; when our forefathers had driven the British Government and created a iree and 1nde£endam republic they declared that the standard of value was fifteen ounces of silver to one of gold. When we ask Mr. Bryan why he repudiated Columbus and the Pilgrim Fathers and the foundersof the Re- publie, why he proclaims that the Government must say that sixteen ounces of silver are equal in value and must be taken by the peo- ple as equal to one ounce of gold for the prod- ucts of their farms, the output of their fac- tories and their labor, when we know that by doing o he is only getting half valueanda fraudulent return to the farmer, the manufac- turer and the wage-earner, his answer is: “Times have changed since the Revolutionary War, and I'm not George Washington.” Mr. Depew laid the hard timesand panic to the iree-trade tariff and tampering with the currency. The remedies he proposed was to fiet out of the woods and into the roads that led to employment and mar- ket. The panic had thrown 80,000 railroad men off the payroll. This in turn had cut off the demand for other workers in fac- tories and shops. To restore the old con- ditions of prosperity Mr. Depew asserted the necersity of restoring confidence and assuring stability by the election of Mec- Kinley and Hobart. bt PRSI C MOKTON FOR 5OUND MONEZ. And Bo Is Cleveland, but He Will Not Participate in the Campaign, CHICAGO, irn, Oct. 9.—J. Sterling Morton, Becretary of Agriculture, ad- dressed an audience of 3000 in the audi- torium to-night, upon invitation of the American Honest Money League. The meeting was opened by E, B, Smith, who read a letter which hat been sent by the league inviting President Cleveland to make a gold speech in Chicago, and the reply thereto. The President responded by saying that, inasmuch as he was anxious to do all in his power to aid the league 1 its work, he regretted thathe would not be able to accept the invitation, as his official duties would prevent, and, in any case, he wonld hardly deem it con- sistent witfi strict propriety .to mingle actively in the pending campaign. “While it is impossible,” he writes, ‘“that any of my fellow-citizens have the least doubt us to my sentiments on the vital question which at this date absorbs la g:ly the attention of the people, the work ot advancing sound fln:ncm‘{dul and the labor of enforcing lessons of public and private honesty and morality I feel must be prosecuted without much ici- pation on my t as you suggest.” As soon as Mr. Smith had read the letter he introduced David B. Jones, who acted as chairman of the meeting, Mr. Jones, after a few words as to the importanceof the money guestion, turned to Mr. Morton to proceed at once with his speech. He said in part: Money is mereiy a measure of value and & mediator of exchanges. The farmer demands money for his uu{fles because real, honest money has a general purchasing power in all the markels of the civilized globe. And that money is real and honest and that money is best which has the least fluctuating purchas- ing power at all times and in all countries. A dollar with too much purchasing power is as impossible as a square meal with too much nuiitrive power, an acre of land with 00 much produetive capacity or an advocate of Populistic schemes of finance with too much logical ability. When humauity becomes too g00d for heaven money may become too good for the industrious and capable farmers aad wage-earners of America, but not before. Unequal desire and demand for silver make silver the inferior of sold in the arts and in the currencies. Strip gold of the legal-tender quality, and who wouid not then take for his dues demonetized gold when the chance oi- {ered, instead of legal-tender silver? But if the power exists in legislation to make two metais equal as money, then the same power can make silver and gold equal in the arts and for jewelry. If the United Statescan double the price 0f the world’s silver by enactment, why can it not also double the price of gar- neis or wheat or pork or any other exchang- able thing by the same necromancy? And how can an international conference fix iu gold the price of silver? And, if agreement be- tween nations can maintain stable prices for silver, why not for other commodities? The question to-day is, Which shall farmers and all good citizens of the United States maintain and circulate, honest money or dis- honest money, good money or bad money ? Farmers and all other sensible folk should de- mand when they buy money with their prod- ucts or services the nighest standard and quality of money. Andif gola and silver are 10 be coined freely and in unlimited quanti- ties by the United States, then equity and bonesty must insist that “any quantity of either metal in the form of bullion must be of exactly the sume vaiue as the same quantily of the same metal in vhe form of coin.” But if the unlimited and iree coinage of silver at the iliogical and false ratio of 16 to 1 is to be instituted and silver thus made a legal tender at u mintand coin valne which 1s twice its bullion value this basic principle of rightful coinage will have been abrogated and dened. Under the operation of the Gresham law gold will disappear from the channels of American commerce and silver will take its place. All that we sell foreigners will be paid for in silver, and all that we buy from them will be paid tor in gold, and we also will pay the premium on that gold. In short we will be monetarily Mexicanized, and no class will saffer so great a proportion of the calamitous loss which this will cause as American farmers. TRAGEDY AT A FARMHOUSE All the Members of the Family of Albert Bray Found With Their Throats Cut, Indications Are That It Ts a Case -of Wanton Murder and Suicide. g NOBLESVILLE, Ixp., Oct. 9. — The citizens of this town and the people of the gurronnding country are greatly excited over the new® of an awful tragedy which took place three miles from here. The bodies of Albert Bray, a prominent farmer, his wife and two children, were found dead this morning in their home. Their throats-had been cut, and all were dead except Bray, who died soon after he was found. The neighbors are undecided whether they were murdered” by strangers or whether Bray did the awful deed himself. For some time past the family had been living very quietly at their home. They seemed happy and Bray was apparently devoted to his wife, He always went out with her and seemed to do all he could for her. On several occasions, however, he acted very gqueerly, and it began to be whispered around that he was not quite right in his head. Frequently he would meet neighbors on the public highway and would pass them withouta word of salutation. He never said or did any- thing, however, which gave the least indi- cation that he contemplated the horrible butchery which came to light to-day. Early this morning a neighbor who wished to borrow a plow called at the Bray house. He knocked, but received no an- swer. Going around to the pack door he found that it was shut, and there were no signs of life in the house. He was greatly surprised at this, as he knew that the Brays were early risers, and their usual time for getting up had long since passed. He tinally decided something was wrong in the house, and putting his shoulder to the back door he forced his way in. He saw no indications of anyvthing being wrong until he reached the bedroom. There an awful sight met his eyes. Lyring on the floor were the bodies of Mrs. Bray and the two children, aged 3 and 6re- spectively. Their throats had been cut. Near by was the prostrate form of Bray, whose throat had also been cut. He was still alive, but unconscious. At his side was a blooay razor. The neighbors tried to revive Bray, but in vain. Bray died shortly aiter he was found. b The officers were notified of the tragedy and are working hard to fina possible clews to the murderer, though it is gener- ally believed that Bray himself committed the deed in an insane moment. ————— TRAMSFERS BIS PROPERTY. Oscar Hammerstein Prepares to Avoid Paying Heavy Damages. NEW YORK, N.Y,, Oct. 9.—The Herald says this morning: Oscar Hammerstein yesterday afternoon transferred a private house belonging to him in Harlem to his wife. Earlier in the week he leased the Harlem Opera-house and the Columbia Theater to two of his sons. When Ham- merstein was asked last night about the significance of these transactions he smiled. ““Well,”” said he, ‘“damage suits against me growing out of the boiler explosion that occurred at the Olympia the day after it opened last autumn, when two persons were killed and others injured, for nearly $150,000 will soon come up for trial. I have made the transfer of real estate you refer to and have leased my theaters to my sons. You may draw ,onr own inference. *As far as these transactions signifying that I am preparing for any big financial crash, let me tell you that my total float- ing indebtedness to-day at all my the- aters—Olympia, Harlem Opera-House and Columbus—will not amount to much more than $50.000. That covers all un- paid bills and 1 have pr&p-fl.y enough to cover that three or four times over. That does not look very much like a failure, does it?” § The Olympia opened on November 26 last. The next morning a feed-pipe in the lunm-hnfinf apparatns burst and two men were killed and eight men were se- verely injured. PR a—. RIFFI PIRATES GROW BULD. They Board a Frenoh Ship, Pinion the Crew and Plunder the Fessel. MADRID, Sramv.,, Oct. 9.—News has been received by the Government that the Riffi pirates are again committing depre- dations upon passing vessels and have become bolder than ever. A strong band of Riffi boardea the Frencn ship Corinte off Anthucema, and aiter pinioning the crew plundered the ship’s cargo. The Spanish steamer Sevilla, conveying Cuban exiles to Ceuta appeared on the scene and fired on the pirates. The fire was returned and a fight begun which lasted some time. Four men on board the Sevilla were killed, including a Cuban prisoner named Oscar. The pirates finally retired, but carried off the cfium of the Corinte. A Spanish war ship bas gone in search of the pirates. DESPERADD SAIR KILLS HIMSELF During His Flight He Slays an Officer and Is Wounded. Overtaken by the Pursuers He Puts a Bullet in His Own Head. BLOODY SEQUEL TO A ROBBERY Many Bicyclists Held for Identification anl the Sscond Desp>rado Is Probably in Custody. WELLS, Mixx., Oct. 9.—John D. Sair, who no doubt engineered the robbery at Sherburne Wednesday, 1s dead, as is also Marshal Gallien of Bancroft, Iowa. This tragic sequel to the Martin County tragedy and bank robbery came a few minutes after 9 o’clock this morning in a bloody battle on the State line road near Elonare, Minn. A posse of 100 men in command cf Deputy Sheriff Ward of Mar- tin County got on the trail of Sair shortly after daylight and tracked him to a farm house. Deputy Ward knocked at the door and was answered by a woman, but be- fore she had spoken three words Sair rushed up behind her and beean firing over her shoulder at the officers. He fired seven times in quick succession. One of the bullets struck Marshai Gallien in the forebead and killed him instantly. The desperado then ran out of the house by way of the back door, mounted his bi- cycle and dashed off toward the east. The posse caught sight of him and followed close behind. This chase was kept up for four miles, when Sair broke a pedal on his wheel and took to the fields on foot. As heran across a cornfield toward a clump of trees Deputy Sheriff Ward dashed up, dismounted and resting his gun upon a tree fired, the shot from his Winchester taking effect in the robber’s shoulder. The latter fell, it was supposed from the shot from Ward’s gun, but when the posse gathered around him it was found he had shot himself in the head, the shoulder wound enly being a slight one. Upon examining the body the offi- cers found a portion of the money stolen at Sherburne in an inside pocket of his shirt, the amount being about $600. Fas- tened to a belt around his body were two revolvers and a dirk knife. The body was taken to Elonore at noon and thence west to Sherburne later. The Coroner’s inquest has adjourned until Monday without finding a verdict. The body of the dead Marshal was taken to bancroft, Iowa, to-night. Bicyclists are being held for identification at Preston, Blooming Prairie and Estherville, Iowa. The man captured at the last named place best answers the descrintion of the other robber, Fred Pratt, and he will be held until officers can reach Estherville from Wilder, Minn., Pratt’s home. BLUE AND G MEET 4T CANTON [Continued from First Page.] Union Veterans’ Patriotic League of Cleveland, and were escorted to the Taber- nacle, where an elaborate dinner was served by the women of the city, After dinner they marched to Major McKinley’s house. Scores of the ex-Confederate soldiers walked arm-in-arm with the Union veterans—gray uniforms and bige were mingled in the parade. Along the line of march the vatemn‘l were cheered at every step, and they made a brave spectacle as ihey swung up the broad street and passed under the white arch at the foot of the hill leading to the McKinley residence, just at sunset. The last rays of the sun gleamed in the faces of the men who had faced each other as Toesin deady battle, and those same rays fell upon and glorified forty American flags, which waved above them as they marched and to which they are equally loyal and devoted. It wasan impressive sight. At Major McKinley’s house the reception given the visitors was most cor- dial. Flags and handkerchiefs fluttered from every window, and Mrs. McKinley, ieaning out on the sill from a second-story window, waved a small silken banner. The 2000 spectators on the streets lifted their voices in a chorus of cheers, and then from the great delegation of South- erners rose a storm of hurrahs—the old rebel yell transformed into a patriotic cheer. The cheering when Major McKinley ap- peared on the stand was prolonged and vehement. The speakers in behalf of the delegation of Confederates were A. P. Funkhousar, editor of a paper at Harris- tonburg, Va., and General G. E. Roller. Major McKinley said: My fellow-citizens: I welcome to my home the representatives of a State of proud ances- tral memories [great cheering), the State of Washington [applause], the President of the country which framed the Federal constitu. tion, and the first and foremost President of the United States; the State of Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence [great applause and ‘“Hurrah for McKinley"], and which lighted the torch of liberty that has girdled the globe; the State of Madison, the expounder of the Federal constitution, and the State of Monroe, who promulgated the great doctrine that prevents European inter- ference in this hemisphere; the State was generous in the concessions of territory that gave Ohio to the Federal Union. [Loud cheer- ing.] Thrice welcome, men of Virginia; men Care of your physical health. Build your system, tone your stomach, enricl our b{oo?.énnnt’colds, Dmflllll;flll and g vers by Hood's Sarsaparilla ‘The Best—In fact The One True Blgod Purifier. Hood’s Pills 350 i secitie of the Shenandoah Valley; thrice welcome, the descendants of such noble sires, to my heart and home. [Loud cheering.] Patriotism is not bounded by State or class or sectional lines. We are a reunited coun- try. [Cries of “Yes, yes; that's what we are, and tremendous applsuse.] We have but one flag, the glorious old stars and stripes [tre- mendous yelling], which all of us love so weil, and that we mean to transmit in honor snd glory to our children, North and South. Sec- tionalism was surrendered at AppomatioX [applause], and the years that have followed have removed whatever lingering resistance that remained. Indeed, if anything wasneeded to utterly and effectually destroy it, it has been furnished in the events of the contest now upon us for the honor of the American name and that permanent peace which was the dying prayer of the great captain of our armies, Ulysses 8. Grant. [Vociferous cheer- ing,) The spirit of the fervent Americanism is abroad in the land, and not more earnest is the sentiment in the North than the sentl- | ment in the South. This year the words of your veterans' le- glon borneon your breasts to-day, “No Nortb, no South, no East, no West, the Union For- ever,” sounds forth like a bugle note calling patriots together, and is an expression of the purpose of the American people both North and South [tremendous applause] pro- claiming liberty, union and honor as the high aim of every survivor of that great war on either side and of every patriot in the country. The Inspiring and unconquerable sentiment of this campaign is—Country first, country last and country with stainless honor all the time. [Cries of “Good! Good!'’ and great cheering.] The voice of the misguided partisan is not heeded; the voice of patriotism strikes a re- sponsive chord this year. The voice of preju- aice and hate is lost in the grand chorus of peace and good will, National unity and National integrity. [Great applanse.] No stronger evidence, no higher testimony is re quired to prove that sectional lines are oblii~ erated and that the war haslong been over than the presence in Canton to-day of this large assemblage of ex-Cohiederate soldiers, traveling from the Valley of the Shenandosh in Virginia, which marked the bloody path- way of the war, to testify their devotion to the unbroken and never to be broken Union [rtemendous applaunse] and their purpose to hold its credit and honor forever. Their presence here betokens a new depart~ ure. Itisan inspiring and upliiting scene. It 1ifts us above the plane of mere partisanship. The soldiers who fought against you are also here to give you hearty and hospitable wel- come, marching side by side with you under the same flag. [Long and continued applause.] No longer have they arms in their hands, but love and respect for each other in their hearts. [Cries of “Good, good.”] Itisa glorious exam- ple of patriotic devotion which might well be emulated by some people both 1in the North and in the South, few of them happily there are, who would benefit by fanning the flames of passion and prejudice by arraying one por- tion of our eountry against the other. [Cries of “That’s right,” and great applause.] It is peculiarly a matter of gratification to me also thatin my home city and from the neighboring city of Cleveland, my old com- rades of the war, with whom I fought, on the other side from you in that great conflict have given you warm welcome and will tender you hospitality while here and give you their love and benediction to carry away with you when you go. [Continued cheering.] Men of the South, the only force now needed in this free Government is that of conscience, justice, reason and intelligence. [Great ap- plause.] Thisis the irresistible power upon which rests our strength, security, perma- nency and glory. We have entered upona new and blessed era—we have crossed the do- minjon of force into the kingdom of peace and Iaw and mutual good will. [Applause.] 1 thank your orators for their generous words of assurance in your behslf. Let us remember now and in all the future that we are Americans, and that what 1s good Zor Ohio is good for Virginia. [Continuous ap- plause and three cheers for McKinley and Ho- bart.] Major McKinley was given the most earnest aitention and was cheered vocifer- ously by his auditors. The ex-Confederate Veterans leit Canton at midnight and were escorted to Pittsburg by a committee from the Americus Club of that city. Major McKinley will receive twenty-five delegations Saturday. He will be assisted in speechmaking by Charles L. Boutelle of Maine. ” NEW TO-DAY. Cure ONSUMPTION and lung troubles NEW YORK, May 16, 1896. To EDITOR CALL:—I have an absolute remedy for CONSUMPTION and all Bronchial, Throat and Lung Diseases, Catarrhal Affec- tions, General Weakness, Loss of Flesh, Thin Children, and all Conditions of Wasting Away. By its timely use thousands of ap- ggenfly hopeless cases have been greatly efited or PERMANENTLY CURED. 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