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-FOBUSKBD AT- Wilmington, N. C, m 00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 8SSSS88SSSS8S88S8 28SS888888S8S8383 88888888888888888 :si)iooH CI niaoH.8 88888888888888888 83888888288888888 88888SS8828888888 SS88S882288888883 s8.888888888S8S88 S : Si : s : : SS5S58S8 i vnwrcd at the Post Office at linttr; T Second Clsu Ma ilmtgtoa, N. C, at i i SUBSCRIPTION P CE. i - -ly Btar U u . The wbscription price of the We I 1 mt. nbsuure oald i.tl 00 TV " 6 months " M ' : 3monthi " ' " 80 We are again sending bills lo oar subscribers. In the aggregaf; they amount to' a very large sum. t.any of our . subscribers are respon 3g promptly. Others pay noattenti. n to the bills.' i These latter do mt seem to understand that they are finder any legal or moral obligation to-pay for a newspaper. ' ; -; SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED. A correspondent asks for Informa tion on the following questions : 1. Was the coinage of silver impended atari time between 1806 and 1879? I w. wh,? . . . . i.-'' ' ' t 2. II S3, what circulated as a substl tnte fnr silver? 'v ' ' ' - S. What do Treasury Notes represent, and why were they issued? ' And when were they ijssued? . . - I 1 Woat touatrtes suspended the coin age of silver about the time the- U.' S. G3vernment demonetized it? ; p. To vhica countries are the pro dacts of America exported, principally, and what products are exported? j 6. From which countries jdo we re ceive our principal importations? . 7. What would be the effect of the free coinage o silver in America apon those countries; and what would be the effect upon American markets if such countries should refuse to return to .the silver standard? 1, No. -Betweea 1806 and 1834 the coinage of the silver dollar was suspended,, because silver was ata premium and the silver dollars were exported to meet the demand abroad for silver, but the coinage of the lesser coins went on. 2. Silver continued to circulate, but in addition to that there were the' bank notes ' Which formed, the " principal part of the currency. J n iptii ' . i i e t -n (o. lucre are two kiuus oi xreas xy notes, one commonly known as the "greenback" issued under acts of 18G2 and 18C3 to raise money to carry on the war. Of these $450, 000,000 wife issued, $346,000,000 of which are still outstanding. The others are the notes issued under the actoflSOO, known as the Sherman act, to pay for the silver bullion pur chased as provided for in that act. These amount to $155,931,000. ' 4. Germany followed the United States in going to the gold standard. France shortly afterwards ceased the coinage of silver, but retained the double standard. Since then Austria-Hungary, Russia, Sweden, Nor way, Denmark, Belgium, Switzer land, and others of the lesser powers have adopted the gold standard, as they were practically compelled to do when the greater powers adopted it, for the same reason that Ger- ' ,many gave for it, viz: to place her monetary, system in harmony with that of Great Britain: But they all " suver largely, and some more silver than gold. ... ; Our principal exports are to Eng land, Germany and France, and con ai!i ot . lood-stufls wheat, corn. meats, &g. We ship something to nearly every country in the world. uur exports during the past fiscal year amounted to $882,606,938, our imports to $779,710,024. j Our prin- Cpal imports are from England, Ger- many, France. Brazil. ! ! China . and apan. "From the first we Import manufactured cotton and woollen Wodsy steel rails tor railroads, cut Iery, &c; from France, silk and silk i . e 1 '"'inmactures, wines, and various other things; from Germany, princi pally beet sugar; from Brazil, coffee, and, from' that and other South and Antral American pountries, spices, ool; hides, &c. ; from China, tea and "ce, and silk goods; from Japan, silk 2oods, principally; from Cuba and the Sandwich1 Islands, sugar prlnci- Pai'y fruits from the West Indies wrar.i considerable, item. Of the total of $882,606,938 of exports, about four fifths) consist'of products 01 the .soil in the shape of bread and eat; Most of our manufactures go l silver countries. : i l he effect of free coinage by "is country would be to force Eu I0Pean countries to follow our ex ampl in remojietizing stiver as they V'a . Jh demonetizing it. ' The lead Jng commercial nations, of Europe hae a larger1 and more valuable "adejwith the silver using nations of J2e East and Vlth the silver asing gantries South pfjus than we have and the remonetization of silver, or "ee coinage, would give as such a Vantage ground with those nations .nat European nations would be compelled to adopt bimetallism in -sqiooH S qiaoM I sen defence. The other nations ould hardly wait for England to o it, if wc ica,i lne wayt Bat evcn '.Ml. EE WEEKLY STAB. ' jfP, VOL. XXVII. ... WILMINGTON, N.CFBID AY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1896. 'I: wn ' ' If they should not, that would not adversely affect our trade, for trade Detween nations is practically a bar tering of one commodity for an- Afl AW ' k a - . 4 ... - "'""i , wmparauvety little money changing hands. The "balance" of trade is simply the" difference in iuc or pnce. ot the. com modities bought or sold. If they preferred to continue the present system, they would still have to buy from us as they do now, and pay us as they do now, for they do not buy anything from us that they do not need, nor anything that they can buy from other, countries with more, ad vantage to themselves. If they can buy wheat, corn, meat, &c., on better terms in other countries than they can In this, they wlll buy there, whether we have the single gold or the bimetallic standard. But if they should remonetize silver, the Increase In the volume' of carrencv Which would, result from that would so stimulate industry and so improve the condition of the people of Europe and of the world that . they j conld afford to live better) to eat more, and buy more, and our exports of food stuffs and other things would be Im mensely Increased, But whether they adhere to the gold standard or not, we cannot see where the free coinage of silver could adversely affect our trade with anyl other nation. ' I SDIOS HEBTION. Hon. Tom Watson is not honest. In his speeches in Texas he devoted much of his time to denouncing the Democratic party and practically ig. norlng the existence of the Republi can paity. But this was. oerhaos. because there was then a fusion be ing hatched up between ; the Popu- lists of that State and the Repulicans with which the Hon. Tom doubtless had a good deal to do. He is now moving around In Kansas. In his speech at Iola, Thursday, be justi fied .the present existence of the Pop ulist party by the statement that "the Republicans had betrayed the people by the crime of '73 and the Democrats by the crime of '93." As a. matter of fact, while the j Republi can party did betray the people by the crime of '73, the statement as it applies to the existence of the Popu list party has ' no truth in iL The Populist party was organized before the "crime of '93" and the silver question made no figure in it. " While it formally declares for the free coin age of silver, the Government own ership of railroads, telegrapns, &&, the sub treasuryr and the issuing of notes directly by the Government without the intermediate agency of banks were regarded and contended for as the looming issues. In the Presidential campaign four years ago its stumpers in the South pooh- poohed free coinage as a very small matter, over which it wasn't worth while to waste time discussing. But while the Democratic national plat form of 1892 denounced the Sher man act as a "cowardly; make shift" and declared J that" it ought to be repealed, the; Hon. Tom Watson knows that a majority of the Democrats in Congress were opposed to the repeal without making some provision for the coinage of silver as a substitute, and he knows, too, that it was only after a hard and pro tracted fight that these Democrats were defeated, and that the defeat was accomplished with Republican votes which were cast i for the un conditional repeal and thus made the "crime of '93" possible. With out the support of the Republican party that repeal could never have been effected without providing for a satisfactory substitute, won. xom Watson knows all this while he is trumping up hypocritical excuses for his present action. - r . ( t There were some portions of Sena tor Teller'sf speech at Morrison, 111., last'Monday which the i Republican papers that made a pretence of pub lishtng the speech found it expedient to omit. The following, in reference to the tariff, is one of them, j as we find him since quoted in the Cleve land, O., Plaindealer, which published the speech in full T want to aav to vou - to-dav that I am a protectionist. 1 nave not cnangeo my views noon that Question. But let me tell van that tne Wlison larin oui now a in. trad bill. It ts a better i bill for tbe manufacturers of this country I do not speak of the farmers than tne Ke nuhlican bill of 1888. The great bag- bear is free traae. . xou cannot nave uco trade and everybody knows it. . You will j . ii t have the band issue under the-next ad ministration if Mr. McKinlev is elected. The following defence of and trlb ute to William Jennings Bryan they also found it expedient to omit I sav to you 1 here now, after aa ac auaintance of more than seven years witn Mr. urvan, ana a prcy ciose c- anaintaace with aim. too, that in tbe whole ranxs oi tne uemocracy mem not a man better equipped and more wnrthv of nomination than he. He who calls him ah Anarchist Is a slanderer of the vilest character. There .Is no man in tbe State of Illinois who has , a better moral character than Mr. Bryan. There is no man in the State of Illinois who has cot more intellect, more moral conrage. He mav not be an -Abraham Lincoln. bnt he has cot all the elements that made Abraham Lincoln great.I( . he is elected President he will see to it that there is lair dealing. There will be no bonds sold at a discount to syndicate friends. I was delighted with his nomi nation and I shall be delighted with his success, :cess. - J iney found it expedient to orlnt that lie about Mr. Bryan's beln In the pay of - the silver mine owners until Mr. Bryan published his une quivocal and emphatic denial, and then they had to cease circulates it. although some of them tried to jus tify the publicity they had given it: The gold Countries tf Europe do not want the' United States to enter upon the free coinage i of silver, neither do the silver using countries, and both practically for the same reason, that they both have an ad- vanuge over the United States with its present monetary system. With the gold standard, the gold countries have no fear of the United States seriously interfering with their trade in the silver using countries, while the silver countries fear that if the United States adopt bimetallism they would lose somje of the advantages which they now have by virtue of their silyer, standard. The Mexican Herald expresses the view of the Mexicans on that subject, and doubt less the views of other silver counr tries, such as China and " Japan, in the following: . . Many American papers nowauotine this journal do. not comprehend our po- iit . i v m anion, we are ior goia in xne unuea States and for silver in Mexico. This is not inconsistent, f or we - naturally de sire the continuance of the gold stand ard in the great republic, our best custo mer, and we selfishly desire for Mexico the exclusive juse and proht of the silver standard for at least twenty-five years more. Silver is making -us prosperous and we are not Inclined to share its ad vantages with our big neighbor from whom we hope to continue to extract tbe gold premium on everything we sell to it. "Early to bed and early to rise" may do all the old adage says it does, but according to a German doctor it is not the way to make one's days long In the land. He says he , finds that eight persons out of ten who lived to the age of 80 years or more, were in the habit of going to bed very late. As that has been our habit we welcome the Ger man doctor to our side,, and if he comes over here we'll set up with him. - ;-',; ' : .:', The : Philadelphia; Ledger para graph artist wants Mrs. Lease to tell a waiting world whether her . middle name is Ellen or Elizabeth. Why, a long time ago Mary got as hot as Ellen blazes because the editors per sisted in calling her Ellen and offici ally announced that while she was a Middle of tbe Road Pop, her middle name was Kiizabetb. - A Rockford, 111., woman, who was waked from her slumbers by the tread of a burglar man, asked him if he ever had a mother. And then the reminiscences ot the youthful spank ings be got came upon him with such a suddenness that he left and forgot what he came for. The New Orleans Times-Democrat announces that it nas Deen decioeo that the Japanese cotton mills will buy their supplies of cotton in that city. The consumption, which Is annually Increasing, now amounts to between 75,000 and 100,000 bales. . , The New York World quotes Dan: iel Webster as saying; "He who tampers with the currency robs labor of Its bread." True. The biggest tampering ever done with It in this country was In 1873. when the gold men demonetized silver. Mr. McKinley makes it a point to tell the editors who visit him how they ought to run their papers. There are lots of people in this country who couldn't edit a poster who can tell the editors all about editing their papers. The New Y oik Advertiser rises to remark that "Bryan knows his elec tion is impossible." If the esteemed Advertise believes this it is wasting much valuable space in jumping on a man who is already done for I The esteemed New York Sun, which now shines for Hanna and Mc Kinley, entertains a glimmering hope that "patriotism, assisted by Brother Hanna and Brother Bynum," may pull Brother McKinley through., Officious partisanship applies in Washington now only to Govern ment employes, who think that silver makes pretty respectable money and have the audacity to say so to their fellow-citizens. M A Very Important Matter. An entirely new registration' Is re quired for the coming election in all cases where there has been a division of any Ward or Township. Where tthere has been no such division, a revision of the registration books only is required. It should be noted especially that only four days are allowed for registration, viz : Saturday, September 26th; Satur day, October 8d; Saturday' October lOtbVand Saturday. October 17thJ Re member the dates.- Wllmlncton Hallway Bridge do. A meetine of the stockholders of tbe Wilmington Railway-Bridge Company was held here yesterday for the purpose of electing a President to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. George Davis. Mr. J. F. McNair was called to the Chair, and Capt. John H. Sharp was appointed Secretary. Mr. Junius Davis was unanimously elected President. XUaotton cl Haalatratet. ' ' : On referring to the Public Laws of North Carolina, we find that the Star was mistaken as to the number of Jus tices of the Peace, and how elected, un der the new law. The following is the law: . " "Sec. 4. That at the next general elec tion, and eyery two years thereafter, there shall be elected in each Township in the State three Justices of tbe Peace, and for each Township in which any city or incorporated town is situated, one Justice of the Peace for every one thou sand - inhabitants in such town or city. who shall hold their office for two years." It would appear front the above that, based on the last census, the city (town ship) of Wilmington will elect twenty three Justices oi tbe Peace, to be voted for on the ticket with other county of ficers. In other words, these Justices of the Peace wilrbe elected by tbe whole vote of this township, just as Constables are now elected, - " - :v - Gov. Juris' Canvass. : XKt- ; Governor' Jarvis arrived here at 12.15 p. m. yesterday" from Whiteville where he addressed a large crowd Wednesday. He has also, spoken this week at Eliza- bethtown and Lhmberton. At Eliza bethtowa ; the attendar.ee was nearly 400; and at . Lumberton, notwithstand ing the fact-that the Democratic pri . maries were held throughout Robeson county on the same-: day, the Court House was packed.'"' - ' , Governor Jarvls says the Democratic campaign is progressing splendidly. Not Only Democrats,but popalisti are turning out to hear Democratic speeches, and at all points he sees the most encouraging signs of a great victory for tbe North Carolina Democracy. He speaks at Bargaw to-day, and at Scott's Hill .to morrow afternoon oa arrival of the W N. and N. trains , FopuIliU BetoraioK to the Oamooratlo i-oia;.: . , ' - . Mr. S. E. Wroten, a prosperoai farmer who resides near Rocky Point, was a welcome visitor at the Star office yes terday, and gave the interesting state-, ment that everybody'in his section was for free silver, and that the Populists were finding out how their leaders were trading away and" bartering their votes and many were returning to the old Democratic party, knowing that only through that they can win over Mckinley and Russellism. A gentleman from Iredell county and another from Wallace, Daplin county, both said the Populists were losing faith in the leaders and are rapidly returning to the Democratic party in their sec tions. ; v - Big Day lor laumberton. A citizen of Lumberton, writing yes terday to his brother-in Wilmington sayi: : "M' - "Yesterday wal a big day for Lumber ton. There were two hundred, bales cotton sold on the street, thirty-three head of horses sold for i pot cash, and to wind up on, there came in seven thou sand p aunds of tobacco some of it from way over in South Carolina. Marion, Dillon and Mullins all have warehouses too. So von see Lumberton is getting there, and now we are to have an arte sian well to cost one thousand dollars. The county pays one-third. The man is to get a good stream of water or no pay.- - . . Cold Comfort. . . . The Maxton Blade (col. Rep.) says : "Rev. Chas. Martin has probably found out by this time that be will not cut any figure in the Congressional race. - We would advise him to retire from the field and try his hand as an evangelist.' ":. MURDERER ARRESTED. Jtmea Haynea. Charcd With the Auaaiit : Da don of John Ie, at Whlterille. Special Star Correspondence , Whitevilli, N. C, Sept. 11. James Haynes, colored, who stands charged with the murder of young John Lee, at this nlace, on the night of August 6th, was arrested early tbts morning abont six miles north of here by Jabel Reg ister and Fentress Toon and placed in jail at this place. M The Governor had offered a reward of $100 for his capture, and the Board of County Commissioners, at their meet ine held last Monday, offered an addi tional reward of $100, to be paid upon bis conviction.- w, Haynes refuses to talk now, but says that he will tell all that be knows when he goes on the stand. 'He will be given a preliminary hearing at as early a date as tbe witnesses can be gotten together. Cct:on Beoelpta and Stocks.' ' The receipts of cotton at Wilmington yesterday .were 1.760 bales; the corres ponding day last year 163.': Receipts for the week enaea , sept, u, y,oi oaies; same week last year, 709. Receipts since September 1st, 1896. 10.107 bales; against receipts the same time last year 834. ; ; The stock at this port is 14.697 bales; against 1,022 at same date last year. :. CU M B ERLAN D COU NTY. j Homlnatlona Made by tbe Bepablieaa Con- vention at Fayetteville. Special Star Telegram ; Fayetteville. N. C, Sept 12. Cumberland County Republican Con vention, in session here to-day, nomi nated for the . lower House, Col. T.M. Sutton and W. PlWeymss; for Register elf Deeds,' A. L. McCaskill; for County ' Commissioner, S. H. Cotton. The re ma'ning county offices, which are State Senator, County Treasurer, two County Commissioners and Coroner, were iett open for the Populists. Judge Buxton was chairman. The convention was ad dressed by Warren Carver and Col. Thos. Sutton. M ' ' ROBESON COUNTY Damooratlo Convention A Strong Ticket ' So ruinated. :- Special Star Telegram, . J Lumberton, N. C, September 12 The County Democratic Convention met here to-day and nominated a sflaong ticket, Geo, B. McLeod tor anerm, i A. Andrews for Register of Deeds, Wel lington Wishart for Treasurer, Dr. R. F. Tewli for Cdroner. G. B. Patterson ana D. D. 'Carlisle for the House. E. K. Proc tor. Jr., tor the Senate, , The Democrats ot Robeson scent en thusiastic and expecc to win in No vember. - , And Tommle Sutton, of fay etteville, has turned Republican .again.' It's too late now to' sing the old song "Tommie don't go. JNEWS FROM RALEIGH. I BRYAN iN MISSOnRT , I found an audience of between 15;000 and ST" RAILWAY COMMISSION HXAR ARGUMENT OF RAILROAD COMPANIES - .. BeMrdlna Bednstion of Ziooal Bates Proml nent Bailrcad l&an Freaent Political ; : G"ttlp CoBceralng Fopolitts and - -. - BepubUcant-Trinity CoUese. T Special Star Correspondence. - ..' . Raleigh, N. C, Sept iaC t-' To-day at noon the Railway Commis sion will hear the argument of railroad companies involved regarding .the' re duction in local.Where there are discrimi nating with the through rates. -; - K ' : Amosg the Southern Railway officials who have arrived are W. H. Baldwin. first vice president; Col. W. AjHender- son, assistant general counsel; CoL W. C Turk, general passenger agent; J. H. Drake, assiswnt general freight agent; N. J. Q'Brien, superintendent first di vision. M.MMVM.Tt iri't The "Popistsare making i deter mined effort all over the country to make Democrats accept their terms. 1 It is believed by many that they are trying to defeat Bryan because of Sewall's re fusal to withdraw in favor of Watson. A prominent Populist . remarked to-day that tbere would be another general re organization of voters within the next thirty days which would be as radical as the changes up ta date; ;l t ; ; : Secretary Patterson of the Republican Campaign Committee said this morning that "he thought Butler, was. acting in good faith. We expect a few Populists to bolt, but they'll vote as the party tells them; no mm can kick against his party. We expect to vote for Bryan men and the Populists will in return vote for McKinley men. I don't think f usion has gone as far as it should. AH State officers should havebeen included. There is no understanding, - as has been intimated, of further fusion on the State ticket. Senator Prttchard is op posed to taking Russell down in order to get the Ssnatorship." ; Trinity College has opened with 110 students.' -'-.'v: :-'. 'v i' , The gold Democrats, at their Execu tive Committee meeting in Durham, agreed to use all their efforts to elect the Democratic State ticket. : : - SILVER IS GAINING. I "" ' ' - !asaBiaaaBM 1 .""' Sieonraglos Neva From Mmneaota, tne I Dafcctaa, Nebraaka, Colorado. TJtab, ' j EDtaa and Mioblgan. Tbe brag and bluster of the Republi cans and their ' Democratic'! assistants in this campaign are exciting no alarm among Democrats. . All the talk about a reaction against silver is mere twaddle. The plain jttuth is that silver, is gaining ground every day. The information re ceived by tbe Star from various sources corresponds with that contained in the annexed telegram : - '. .; V;.' : I Chicago. Sept. 10 J. G. Johnson, member of tbe Democratic National Executive Committee from Kansas, re turned to headquarters to-day from a two weeks' trip tbrongh Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado. U tah , Kaoeas -end other States." Mr. Johnson reports that Bryan movement is at fever heat in sir these States and that the tree silver ticket will carry every one of them. j i: Advices from ' Michigan received to day by. Chairman Campaujof the Na tional Campaign Committee, indicate that the free silver tide is rising in that State at a tremendous rate, pointing to an overwhelming majority for Bryan in November.: A poll, has just been com pleted of Gratoit county, one of the big gest Republican strongholds in the State. Tbe normal Republican majority is 2.00Q, but tbe poll just taken reveals the fact that Bryan will carry the county by 1.200 majority. ! A letter from John S. Brook, chairman of the Democratic county committee, Rochester, N.Y.says that the silver sen timent among farmers and working men in that section of tbe State is simply amazing. ' M. M ' CUBANS GET MORE ARMS. -8taamer Three Friends Xiiada a Biff Cargo ' of B'flei and Ammunition for General MM" , y Antonio Maoeo. ;M New York Journal At the Cuban Junta yesterday news was received of the landing of a cargo of arms and ammunition from, the steamer Three j Friends. This vessel had pre viously made five trips to the island, all successful. ; : i "Lr' ; " The Thru Friends, according to ad vices received, set out from Key West in' the early part of the present month and put in at a port in the Province of Pinar del Rio. The expedition-was command ed by General Juan Rius Rivera, a hero in the Cuban rebellion that lasted from 1868 to 1878. -: ' . i- Ia company of- Rivera were upward of 100 patriots from this city -and the South. The landing was made at such a point in the province that Gen. An tonio Maceo, who is in command of the Cuban troops in the western section of the island, was enabled to get posses sion of the war munitions a short time alter they were unloaded. Besides tbe men and commander the Three Friends put ashore 1,017 rifles, 460,000 rounds of cartridges, one dyna mite cannon, 2.000 pounds of dynamite and a big supply of machetes and medicines-. SOLID FOR BRYAN. Bepablicans Sty Bryan Haa Captnreo' tbe Lrtbor Orgaoizatioot. : Special to the, World.; Chicago Sept 10. A fright has seized Hanna's lieutenants since the Knights of Labor, the American Feder stion of Labor and the American Rail way Union-and the Coal Miners of the West; declared for Bryan.; A Repub lican national leader authorized to-day the statement that he had discovered a conspiracy- to deliver the .solid vote of organized labor to Bryan, on an assur ance by Mr. Bryan that if elected "Gov ernment by inj unction" and "Federal interference" shall be stopped. "I think that the time has ome to state that the labor organizitions are against us to a man,"; said a member of the ReDublican National Committee to day. ' We have tried to teach them, but : it is impossible. Lbor Day in this city gave a fair idea of tbe situation For the first time the secret labor organiza tions refused to hear our arguments." There is no doubt that the labor vote Is for Bryan; but the; statement that he has made any promises or given any "assurances" is a Republican fiction. Editor Star - , -. v: -M;-: The Hon. W. C Pollard Breck enridge opposed the free coinage of sil ver.; He says it is "immoral." Blessed Tony! , ' : SPEECHES - AT KANSAS . r.rrv .. sr. I alter rouna oi appiause. ana alter an V'Ik assassas-- ( - V I introduction h H. J. Rrnrfv. rhsirm.n I Ail V nTf! H' M LOUIS AND OTHER PLACES ' . t Tens er Thonaanda of People Who Gather to Hear tbe Demooratio Candi date Talk "on Free BUvet and k Other Iiaaea of tbe Oampalgn. . C .. . 'ByTdecTaphtetheMorniaaStar. ' Kansas City, Sept 12. William Jennings Bryan made two speeches in Kansas City this morning one to the workingmen ef the two Kansas c ties, in tbe packing house district,: the-other to a vast crowd of people; at the corner of tieventh street and Cirand avenue, up town. The Armour : people gave all their employes an hour to see and ' hear Mr, Bryan. 1 Mr. Bryan was met at Leavenworth by a special committee to escort him to tbis . city, where he .. arrived at 6 80 o'clock. At . 7 o'clock the addressed a crowd of ten thousand workingmen in tbe bottoms. He spoke as follows: :, Feixow-Citizkns : This is a little earner tnan i usually commence my morning s work, uaugnter.j l am very glad to be able to speak to you even for a moment. Some of our opponents tell us that tbe thing to do is to open tbe mills instead of the mints. That re-' minds me oi the man who said that his horte would go all right if he could just get hfs wagon started. Laughter and applause; It is putting the cart before the horse.: What use are the mills un less the people can buy what the mills produce, and how can you start them as long as those who produce the wealth of this country, particularly the farmers, are not able to get enough out of what they raise to pay their taxes and inter est r -1 Applause. j x here is no more effective way of destroying the markets for what the mills produce than to lower the prices of the products the farmer has raised, so that they will not bring him enough to pay him for raising them. There was a report once filed by Mr. . McKinley in 1890, along with the McKinley bill,: and that report declared that there was great in dustrial depression, and that while there was depression fin agricul ture there could be l no prosperity anywhere. It was. true then and it is true to-day, that while there is depres sion in agricultural products, there can be no prosperity anywhere. You must commence at the bottom and work up through the other classes You cannot commence your prosperity at the top and expect it to work down through all the classes of society. LApplause J You gentlemen who live in this city, sur rounded by an agricultural country, know that tbere is no way of bringing prosperity to Kansas City until you first bring prosperity to the tollers upon whose success Kansas City rests. (Ap plause . - - . ; It does not require financiers, it does not require a railroad attorney to tell you where your prosperity lies. Great applause. Nor can these men prevent you from exercising the right ot sover eignty as you please. Applause. A voice! "They are trying to doit" My friends, I met a railroad man yesterday who told, me that while he did not agree nib, moostlbc eilver qaaatioo, aa bad been raised greater than the silver question, and tbat was whether be lived in a republic where a man had the right to vote as he pleased, or whether he Is the property of somebody else, to be used as- somebody else pleased. A voice:- "Missouri gives you one bun dred thousand majority. "You bet' Another voice: "Put Kansas down for sixtv thousand." Another voice: "And Arkansas is all right"! . Mr. Bryan That sounds very much like one of those meetings where they take up a collection. When you talk about the results of an election the peo- Dle from , the various States vie with each other to see who can make it tbe nearest to unanimity. My friends, there is one characteristic about this campaign, i and tbat is the intense earnestness of the people; Sometimes in a campaign you find men lukewarm, neoole who do not know whether they are going to tbe polls or not and some times you find it necessary to get car riages to take the people to the polls. Unless all sizns fail, there wilt be no use for carriages this yean Unless all signs fail, the people are going trbe at the polling places .before the booths are open and stay there until the close, and there won't be a man who can get to the noils but who will be sure to be there. What does it mean f "it means that the Deoole are taking the interest in this election that the people ought always to take. They are beginning to understand the value of the ballot as the means bv which they can redress their wronsrs. Sometimes Deoole have complained that the laws were bad and have allowed them to remain bad. They have com plained that they ought to be better and have done nothing to mase mem ucucr, If the laws are bad. tbey themselves are ,to blame and if they wish good laws they must secure them themselves. And this interest means.-something. It means that the Goverement is going to be made more nearly what the Government omrht to be. and that Is a Government which will protect the humblest citizens m the land in bis right to work, to enpy the frmts of his toil. After the address in the bottoms he was escorted to tne ioaics nuu tor a - - . f . T T I breakfast where he met the reception committee trout St. Louis, after which a parade was formed and he was taken to the corner of Eleventh street and Grand avenue, where he spoke , from his car riage to an audience of 25,000 people. This address was enthusiastically re ceived and be was then driven to the Union station, where he took a special Wabash train in waiting for his journey across the State to St Louis, the tram leaving Kansas City at 9.45 o clock. Mr. Bryan has made a change in his costume. He has abandoned tbe white hat and coat, and . now wears a brown slouch hat, dark overcoat and dark suit. ST. Louis, September 12 Three big audiences were addressed by William J. Bryan to-night and each gave him an ovation f which any. man might be proud. During tbe bard day of travel line Mr. Bryan bad spoken as little as oossible m order to preserve his voice lor tbe trio of speeches here and his vo cal Organs were consequently in . pretty good condition, rteacning at. i-ouie from' Kansas iity at o.io witn uov. Stone. Lon V. Stephens, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Missouri, and other prominent politicians. Mr. Bryan was greeted at the Union station by a crowd of several thousand people, who made the spacious train-shed ring with their shouts. Alter supper at the Planters' Hotel, Mr. Bryan at 8 o'clock started out on bis round of speech-making, doing the jumping from place to. place in a special trolley car. -, - .Concordia Park, tbe Auditorium and Sportsman's Park were the places where be spoke. Concordia Park has a great open amphitheatre,' its terraced sides, forming the seats for the multitudes that have gathered there.: To-night every bit of space on floor and on ter race was taken by spectators, and when the Democratic candidate arrived he found an audience of between 15,000 and 20.000 people. Mr. Bryan was received with round after round of applause, and after an introduction by H. J.Brady, chairman of the State Central Committee, made an address half an hour long. Ihe great Auditorium where- Maior McKinley was nominated by tbe Repub- licanCoavention . is more than three miles away, and wben Mr. Bryan arrived there ' at 8.45 he found the interior packed from floor to ceiling with people anxious to bear him talk. - , -.. It is stated that 15.000 chairs had been-. placed in the hall, , and to-night not only did every chair, have an occu pant, but at least 5,000 people crowded the stage, its aisles and the spaces back Of the galleries. The heat was enervat ing and several women fainted. : : :. Private John: Allen,, Congressman irom . Mississippi, entertained the vast audience until Mr. Bryan arrived. It was intended that Mr. Bryan should be' introduced by Mr. Virgil Rule, but Mr. Kaie could not still the tumult of en thusiasm that raged when the Demo cratic candidate appeared. Men and women stood on chairs and waved hats. handkerchief, and fans: The applause lasted ten : minutes, and ceased only when Mr. Bryan, taking matters into his own bands, waived the introduction and began his address. ' - -'r It was the same story over again at Sportman's park, which Mr.r Bryan reached at 10.15. The crowd there was equal to that at the Auditorium, and was quite as enthusiastic -J . Mr. Bryan's most- important speech was that at Concordia Park, while that at the Auditorium had a local signifi cance in Mr. Bryan's remarks about a statement of St. Louis banks published in the afternoon papers, as to why they do not pay outgolL Mr. Bryan said that in order for his hearers to understand the question ot money he desired to submit a few argu ments in bebau of the restoration otfree coinage of silver, "I want to submit for your consideration, ' he continued, " two or three propositions and 1 believe that they are so clear and so plain every one of you here can recognize the force of them. In the first place, the Republican party in its platform and through its pub lic men is making an.effort to supply the people of tbe United States with a suffi cient amount of money to do business If I were to tell you that a grown person could wear the clothes of a child,9 you would think me foolish.' if I told yon that a grown person could live on food necessary to sustain lile in a child, you would call me foolish. A nd yet they call these men financieis who assume that a people growing in population can survive on a money decrease in its mint. Cheers I want you to remember now the figures which I am going to read to you; These figures are taken from a Government publication issued on the lstof July, 1896. Now, give me your attention, my friends. In this Government publication issued by the Treasury Department on the first of Inly. 1896, 1 find a statement of the amount of money of all kinds in circulation among the people for the va rious years. Let me call your attention to tbe amount here for the years 1894, '95 and '96. In 1894 the amount of money in circulation, according to this report, was $1,660,000,000. , In 1895 the amount of money in . circulation had fallen to $1,601,000,000, a decrease in one -yee-l $6v.OOO,O0O.tii f uncr 150;"l8Brj, the amount in circulation bad fallen; to $1,606,000,000. It means that in two years time, according to the Treasury reports, the amounts of money in circu lation . among-- the people had fallen about $155,000,000 in amount In other words,, in this time tbere has been a decrease ot nearly ten per cent in the amount ot money in circulation among the people. This, my friends, according to the Treasury re port, and this report shows tbat while the per capita circulation in 1894 was $24.28 per capita, in 1898 it had fallen to $21.10, a fall of more than $8.00 per capita. TCheers. ' -.' .. Now, I have called your attention to this decrease shown by the Treasury report, let me show you, my friends, that instead ot being a decrease tnere should have been an increase each year. Senator John Sherman made a speech on the 1st of July, 1890, and in the course of that speech he used these words: "If our present circulation is estimated at $1,400,000,000 and our population is in creasing at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, it would require $62,000,000 in creased circulation eacn year to keep pace with the increase of population, but as the increase of population is ac companied by an increase of wealth and business it was thought that an imme diate increase ot circulation might oe obtained by a larger purchase of Silver bullion to an amount sufficient to make a new issue of bank notes to keep pace with .the increase of population. As suming that 54.000,000 a year addi tional circulation is needed upon this basis, that amount is provided for in the bill by the SuB -Treasury." There is Senator Sherman saying that we need an increase in the currency of something like $50,000,000 f every year, and yet instead of having ah increase of $50,000,000 per annum tor the last two years we have a decrease of $155,000,- 000, making a deficit of about $S55.uou, 000 in the currency of tbe country. Now if Senator! Sherman was right in 1890 in saying that the people needed new money ever? yeaf, then I want to ask you wby it is that tne Republican party, in the' face of 1 decrease in the circulation ot money, has made no provision to supply the needs of an in creasing, population. When we speak about these matters our opponents tell us that we do hot understand mathe matics. A man does not have to under stand much about mathematics to know that a nation that requires an increased circulation must know that it demands an increase of purchase of silver bullion. Not only does-the Republican party make no provision for tbe increase of tbe currency to meet the necessities of the people, but the Republican party has been silent with regard to the manner in Which this circulation had contracted. If the ' Republican party succeeds, we have every reason to believe that the Republican Administration. will follow the example set by tbe previous Admin istration and go on contracting tbe cir culation instead of increasing it Ap plause '-Mr. Bryan reached tbe Audi torium at 9.15 p. m.. and following an interesting address by ex-Lieut Gov. Johnson, said : v " : ' r . ; If the Republican party had "declared in favor of a gold standard jits orators might have gone before -the people and advocated the gold standard as a good thing. To have done so, however, they would have bad to close -their ear to the cry of . distress which comes op everywhere." But had tbey declared for a gold standard they would at least have bad something to advocate. -Bat they did not see it The advocates of a gold standard did not declare for a gold stand ard. Why ? Because those who favored a gold standard never fought an open fight in their lives. Gold is a coward. It will not meet its enemies in an open 'fight and those .who advocate a gold standard bave never been willing to face tbeir enemies before i the American people. Let me give you an evidence of the fact tbat our opponents are not will ing to take the American people into their confidence and declare before tbe Absolutely Pure. : A cream of tartar baking powder. ' Highest of all in leavening strength.: v Latest United States Government Food Report. ; i - ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., ,.: . ! New York. American people the policy which they ' desire. -W 1 - - This night recalls my last visit to this hall a little less than three . months ago. I attended a National Convention held -in this ball, I saw here adopted the first platform, ever adopted by a Na tional Convention in all the history ot the United States which declared that tbe United States mustdepend upon' foreign nations for. permission to do what our people desired to do. '' I saw adopted in this ball a platform which pledged the Republican party to get rid of a gold standard and substitute bimetallism as soon as the leading na tions of Europe, would help us to do so. Before an audience that- did not eqaal this, I saw this platform made, and I am delighted that an audience greater in size gathered, not irom all the Union, but from a single city, has met in this same hall to pronounce condemnation upon that platform. . it j Politics, my friends, is at times seri ous business, and politics this year is more serious business than in any . year in which we assembled here have ever passed.' Whenever . a great party solemnly declares tbat the control of our financial policy shall be transferred ' from the American people over into the hands of foreign nations, ..it raises a serions issue which must be settled by the people. Applause. Why, my friends, in a country like ours, agitation is . the only means by which people can secure relief. - And it those men had their way about it they would make it a penal offense for a man to raise his voice against the . financial system which they, would fasten upon the American people. Applause. They lay it to agitation, and what do they tell you? Why, in their judgment if there caWe a correct, settlement of the financial difficulties, then gold will be free again, in their jadgment. " I repeat that these men who tell yon that everything would be all right if you would just have a correct settlement of the money question, and then don't tell you what that jcorrect settlement is, either don't know what that correct set tlement is or, if they know, they are not willing to tell. Applause You will find some of these Danking institutions I do not say all of 1 them, because there are in tbe banking business men who will respect the Constitution and the laws of the United State but I say some of these banking instil tions tell a man they will not lend money V to him or extend his notes unless be votes as they ask him. to. Yes, and why do they do it ? It is because there are banking Sim ia-New York city who. -tell them that if they do not ; do if " as they tell them to do, they will not ex tend credit to them; and then there are banking establishments in London who : - ' tell the New York 'banking firms that If -tbey do not run tbe United States on the European plan they will not extend credit to them. TremendooppUua r Show me the . man in this city who tells his employes that they must vote as he wants them to or they will be dis charged. (A voice, "John Scullin.") (Loud cheering.) . . . Then, my friends, we have entered into a contest, the primary object of. which, is to make free men out of . slaves. " . " i -. I- I wonder if those who are assembled here understand what is going on under the financial policy which has cursed this country for tbe last, twenty years? Let me tell you something. Tbey have presented greenbacks and Treasury notes for redemption, and, instead of tbe Gov ernment exercising the right to redeem those greenbacks or" Treasury notes in either gold or silver, the;Admlnistration the present Administration and the Administrations for: several years past has surrendered that right to the hands of -the holder of the note and under that right the Treasury of ; the United States has proved help- less in the hands of those who, pre-' tending to uphold the nation's credit, have plundered the nation to fill their own pockets with the peo- ' pie's money. ' THE RAILWAY COM MISSION , ... . -; : ' !.: Begoliting Bates on Boada in Noi th Care- ' r ' . ' una. V By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. - Raleigh, N C, Sept. 12. The Rail way Commission to-day gave a hearing ' to the leading railways, with a view, to ascertaining whether their present -through rates discriminate against any local rates in North Carolina. The South ern Railway was represented by V,ce -Presidents Baldwin and Andrews and ' general counsel Henderson. The ques tion was asked by the Commission whether the cut rates have so far in creased business as to matte it profitable in comparison with the former rates, and t whether the -rates are ' based upon the. long .haul section or only, in effect to competitive points. The Cerrftnission to day reduced the rates a quarter of a cent, making them three cents per mile first class and two and one half cents second class. .The Commission found that tbe long and short haul clause was violated by at least one I road, and ordered that the local freight tariffs be so reduced as to be proportionate to tbe cut through rates. A bearing as to the reasonable- . ness of reduced rates will be bad Sep tember 22nd. ' - ! A BITTER DltCUSilON Between Menatcr Tillman tf South Caroline ' ' and CoDgreaaman j Frnmm of . " ! 1 1 . -. .v . - PenotylvanU. , ! ' Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. t Poitsville, Pa , September 12. Representative C N. tBiummr of tbis district, and Senator Ben R.. Tillman, of South Carolina; met upon the same stage . ia a public hall at Mine'tsville, tbe home " of the Congressman, last evening, and - tbe greatest excitement prevailed during . tbe discusMon. Personalities were . in dulged in between the two speakers and ' upon several occasions a riot was feared.' The discussion was impromptu. Mr. ; Tillman had gone tbere to hear a silver orator named Thorpe deliver a speecn. Upon the conclusion 61 Thorpe's speech , the Senator was Invited to speak, but be : declined. He would yield, he said, if Mr. Rrnmm would repeat what be. had said of the Senator In a speech at Potts- -vllle a couple of weeks ago in a speech . in reply to one maoe oy ur, iuimaniuo( week previous..: ': ;f, '' : - -: : Mr. Brumm last evening assumed .the . stage and a bitter discussion Detween him and the Senator ensued., , . - 1 ii.V 4 VWShB.alaaM'1'
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