Tins Paper is 43 YearsOld CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1896. VOLUME XLIIt NUMBER 2230 i THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Tkhme ODe Dollar cash in advaLC3 o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class matter. DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DKSlllE TO INFO KM THE PUBLIC, That they havs this day entered into a copart nership for the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, AND SURGERY. Mareh 1, 1BS5 March 15. 1895. JOHN PARRIOR, i 1 SOCT I TRTON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. DEALER lf Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. J3f Special attention given to Fine Watch Repairing. Jan 25, 1895. BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys- At-Law, ROOMS NOS 5, 6, AND 13, LAW BUILDING, . CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan 4, 1895. DR. E. P. KEERANS, DENTIST, CHARLOTTE, N. C. 'Of-picK- West Trade Street Nov. 2, 1894 DR. GEORGE W. GRAHAM. OFFICE, .7 WEST TRADE ST. 'Practice limited to .Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. April 3, 1896 JOHNSON & POPE -:0:-43 South College St -:o:- Tbe largest stock of cotton gins, boilers, jtresses, Saw mills, mowing machines, Har vesters and putnps. Come in or write. All kinds of machinery. JOHNSON & POPE. April ; 1896 m. HUGH W, HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor it Law, Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law BuikliDg, CHARLOTTE, N. C. JulyC, 181)5: K. I OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. IV. KEERANS. OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. CIIARLOTT E, N. C. ZW Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. Vill practice in the State and Federal Courts Oct 20, 1895 DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tryon Street. .San 3,1890 . KKIOT CLARKSON. CI1A8. H. DULS CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business ln . justed. Will practice in all Courts of the (State. jaPOffice No. 12 Law Building. 'Oct. 7. 189G. fi.. N. PHARR, ATTOJXSy jCT !LAW. Office No. 14. Law JBuilding. .Prompt attention to all busiucaa intrusted. Jtycnial attention given to claim9. Practices in StHtt' and Federal Courts. Jan. 6, 1895. ACKNOWLEDGED Leading Seeds Are BUISTS! - TJUISTS!! We open ours todav, fresh tfom the grower. Plant only "Buiat's Prize Me1 Seeds," and you are sure of a crop. R. H. JORDA 3T&CO., Jan. 1. 1S95 Retail .druggists GO TO ALEXANDER DRUG STORE, NO. 216, NORTH TRYON STREET. Keeps a well assorted stock of all articles usual. v kept in a Drug House J. B- ALEXANDER. The Poor prescribed for free. April, 8, 1895. QUEEN CITY HOTEL. In visiiing Charlotte, 'Don't fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel, Corner East Fifth and College Sts, Everything first-class. RATES, flOO PER DAY. July 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r. E. NYE HUTCHISON, FIRE INSURANCE. Offices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon Street, up stairs. Feb. 19. 1895. American women, as a rule, have small, white bands and pretty arms. With theBe advantages it is ratber strange that she baa not adopted the Parisian fashion of wearing elbow sleeves on everything ex cept the severe morning, shopping or business gowns, and adding the long, comfortable mouFquetaire that fits so snugly over the elbows. Gloves are cheaper in Paris than thoy are in New York, and therefore the short-sleeved gown does not require so great an outlay for long gloves there as it would in Arner ica. Even if the prices were the same I think it would mtke little difference to the French woman, who looks upon a well stocked glove case as a necessity rather than a luxury. " Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator with the will annexed of Mary Jaue Giiffin, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present the same to me for payment, proptrly vertified, on or before the 13th day of March 1897, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said Estate will please nwke prompt payment. This March 12th 1896. M. W. GRIFFIN, Adminstrator, With will annexed of Mary Jane Griffin, de ceased. March 12th, 1896 6w Notice of Administration. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of the late J. G. Potts, dt ceased, all persons holding claims against said estate are hereby no tified to present the same to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of March, 1897. or this noiice will be pleaded in bar of recovery This March 18th, 1896. W. M. BARRINGER, Administrator, of Estate of J. G. Potts, dee'd. March 20, 1896 6w MELLON & SHELT0N ED. MELLON. TOM. SHELTON. NEW, STYLISH, SPRING CLOTHING. SUITS, BY TIIE TH OUSANDS. RA.TS, TJP TO DATE. New and Pretty. SHIRT Socks, Collars and Cuffs. BEAUTIFUL SUITS, The Best Goods and Low Prices. COME TO SEE US. NEXT DOOR TO H. BARUCH March 27, 1896. P. P. P. P. P. Pure, Porous, Permanent, Pretty Plastico- The best possible coating for walls, old and new Ready for use by mixing with cold water. 12 COLORS ! ' 12 COLORS ! For Sale By R. H. JORDAN fc CO., The Retail Druggists. July 12,1895. Harrison, Bro'b & Co. Philadelphia, Pa Gentlemen : About ten (10) years ago I used your Town and Country Paints, olive shades, on my hotel, "The Eager House," and am pleased to inform you that today the paint is in good condition and shows no signs of fading or giving away. Very Respectfully, B J Z Eager. HARRISON'S - TOWN - AND - COUNTRY Ready Mixed Paints, Are sold .exclusively by R. II. JORDAN & CO., Sept. 14, 1895. The Retail Druggist Dec. 6, 1895. WARM OVER SHOES. Ladies wool lined plain rubber oveiohoe, price 50 cents, less than you can buy than any where in America; Ladies plain overshoe "gold seal" brand every pair warranted, PRICE 50c. This overshoe will wear longer than two pairs of any other, ever made, comes high up all round, affording more protection from mud, ain; or snow, than any or tne lancy styles casi i. yS aB rnuch, and not near so good. LADIES RUBBER BOOTS, for vorkiog garden in early spring, every lad ehou 'O nave a pair n no ruuuer uuois juu wui not mnd the weather"so the wind dont blow.' PRICE $2 CO. Best stock of shoe in the State Jan. 24, 1896 GILREATH & CO. We Sell Buist's GARDEN SEED WARRANTED Fresh and Pure. RTT TORDAN & f-0 . IT. JORDAN & V-0., Prescriptionists. A Song of tbe World. This world of ours is not as drear As we would often take ij. Nor is it half as lonely here As many people make it. If skies are sometimes overcast And all seems dark before us, The sunshine always comes at last And throws its splendor o'er us ! A little while and we are gay. And then our hearts are saddened; And so it is, from day to day, Our lives are grieved and gladdened; We seek the joys that fortune brings. Though hardly worth the giving, But oft forget the little things That sweettn life and liviDg. There is beauty that adorns This changing life of ours. For if our pathway has its thorns It also has its flowers; And Hope is ever whispering nigh, If we would only hear it; The cross would never make us sigh If we would meekly bear it. F L. Stanton. Pitchfork B. Tillman. New York Sun. In certain elevated portions ot Colo-, rado the air, even under tbe most favor able conditions, is so highly rarefied that it is difficult for any other than the most athletic lungs to breathe it. For tbe next two weeks there will be no air at all in Colorado, highland or lowland. The Hon. Pitcbiork B. Tillman, the great South Carolina dispensation, is going out to Denver, where the Democrats are to bold their State and Congress convention. The motion generated by Mr. Tillman is so great as to exhauet all the atmos phere. Clouds consisting entirely ot a silver lining have been banging over Colorado for years, but the coming of Mr. Tillman will produce great changes, great convulsions, great conniptions, even there. Tbe silver in the banks beneath the earth begins to shoot up in spouts and columns. Gold bugs, making a mournful and fruitless strident sound with their anterfntu, are crawling out of the State aB fast as they can crawl. The mountains begin to gush fire; tbe canons are full, up to the brow of the steepest cliff, with the reddest fire; the corsets of nature begin to crack; a great and won drous lime is at hand. The Hon. Pitchs fork B. Tillman brings a message to the silver Democrats of Colorado and he brings it in a hundred express trains, rushed through space by a hundred loco motives, propelled by bis own steam and rolling on bis own wheels. LOOK AT THIS, TABLES AT $8 50 8 50 $8 50 $8 50 ! Would not be bad on a table, especially when you can get a $12 50 Table for on.y $8 50 1 That is just what you get at E. M. ANDREWS'. The grandest display of FUEN I TUBE! ever shown in our history. The prices, not withstanding the advance in many lines, are lower than ever before in our history. Buying in such large quantities enables us to get THE BEST PRICE ! We do not buy just one of a kind, but 10, 20, 40. 50 and 1,000, if the firm Las MADE AN INDUCEMENT ! -.o:- BEAUTIFUL -:o;- For the little folks Useful, Ornamental, Ap propriate ! The display is ready. See them Doll Carriages, Doll Sets, Doll, Bedsteads Velocipedes, Express Wagons, Childrend's Desks Rocker., Chairs, Music Racks and an endless variety that you mutt see OUR LEADER IS COUCHES 10, 12, 22.75, 15, 18, 22.50. 25 and $50 They are WHAT YOU WANT ! ' E. M. ANDREWS, Largest Furniture Dealer in the STATE. Feb. 7, 1896, SPECIAL. -:o:-S PRING HARDWAR E-:o:-We are selling the only RIVETED COTTON HOE on the market, and it would Pay you to examine our stock. THE GENUINE DOWLAN COTTON PLANTER always gives satisfaction and is the one for all farmers to buy. TURN PLOWS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Plow Shapes, Sweeps, Single-Trees, Back Bands, Trace Chains -:o:- and a complete stock -:o:-of HARDWARE. Call in and see us. J. H. WEDDINGTON & Co., Old Stand, 29 E. Trade St. March 13, 1896. NEW REMEDIES GREAT VALUE AT DR. J. B. ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE. Special Tonic Tablets, Postillers Woman's Frievd, The Great Renovator. En quire of the Doctor about these rtemedies May 18. 1895 816 N. TRYON ST- Wby tbe Government Pays Gold Only For Its Notes. Richmond Times. Tbe Times has received tbe following letter : To tbe Editor of The Times : Sir The United States baa out about five hundred millions of dollars of its promissory notes greenbacks and Sher man notes. Are there notes net payable on demaud in coin gold and silver? If they ate payable in either coin, why doth the Secretary of the Treasury pay them exclusively in gold? The above questions are frequently propounded to me by some of the free coiners. If you can furnish tbe desired information, you will greatly oblige one of your subscribers'. I. T. Wernxr, Buckner's, Va , March 16, 1896. We bave many times stated the facts of this matter, but it takes a long time for them to come to be understood by all the people, so that we lake pleasure in repeating them as often as asked for. The Government has outtebout $350,- 000,000 of its notes that are called green. backs. These are tbe notes that it issued during the war and forced upon tbe peo. pie. They are not payable on their face in anything in particular, nor do the acts of congress that provide for their issue direct that they shall be made payable in anything in particular. The acts of Con. gress providing tor their issue simply direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue tbe Government s notes, which shall be legal tender for all debts, according to a form to be prescribed by him, and tbe form prescribed by bim was a simple promise of the Government to pay dollars, but nothing was said of the kind of dol lars. At that time the silver dollar was a trifle more valuable than the gold dol lar We resumed specie payment Janus ary I, 1879, and up to that time there bad been coin -id but $8,000,000 of silver dollars, and all of tbem bad left tbe country, be cause their bullion value was greater than their face value. There were no silver dollars, therefore in which to pay these notes when we resumed specie payments, and we were compelled to adopt the policy of paying them in gold dollars. By the time we bad ooined enough silver dollars to be able to pay these notes in silver, the silver in a dollar had fallen so much in value that the holders of the notes were unwilling to receive payment I ot them in silver, and tbe Government saw no reason to abandon its fixed policy ot paying tbem in gold, because it would have seriouslv affected its Credit to do so. That is the case with the greenbacks. We have out some 9150,000,000 of the Sherman note?, There were issued under what is knowu as the Sherman aot, passed in 1890, which directed tbe .Government to buy 4,500,000 ounces of silver each month, and pay for it by an issue of the Government's notes. The notes were payable on demand, and the act provided that tbey might be paid in either gold or silver dollars as tbe Government pre ferred. But the act also declared that it was the settled policy of the Government to keep its silver dollars and its gold dollars circulating upon terms of equality. When these notes were brought to tbe Treasury, therefore and gold dollars were demanded for them, tbe Government said it it refused to pay gold dollars and offered silver dollars only, that would be a dis crimination between the two unfavors able to silver. It would be the same thing as for it to say it thought the gold dollars more valuable than the silver dollars; it would set this as an example, and would, therefore, be a violation ot tbe provisions of tbe act which declared that it was tbe intention of tbe Government to keep each of its dollars circulating on a par with tbe other. Tne policy of pay ing these notes in gold dollars, therefore, if gold dollars were demanded, was adopted, and it seems impossible to doubt tbe force of the Government's position in resolving upon that policy. Intemperance Amone: Women. There is much said about tbe growing habit of intemperance among women; perhaps more than the facts would war rant. If this habit exists, it is owing to tbe fact that women are often enforced to perform domestic, and social duties under great physical suffering, and by partak ing of liquors for temporary relief or a little protraction of strength, the habit becomes a necessity. If all ladies who suffer with the complaints peculiar to their sex, would take Dr. Pierces' Favorite Prespription, they would find nature's restorative, and the evil results of pernicious drugs and liquors would be avoided. For all cases of nervous and general debility, sleeplessness, spasms, periodical pains, supressions and irre gularities, it is tbe only medicine sold by druggists that can be impicitly relied upon. No medicine for women sells so so largely Electric Bitters. Electric Bittero is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and tbe need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and per haps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters 50c. and $1.00 per bottle at Burwell & Dunn drug store. FRESH MEATS, GAME. FINE GROCERIES. SEE ME Eefore Selling Your Choice BEEF CATTLE. PORE, EGGS, CHICKENS, &c. Always in Market for bo. GEO- S. HALL. Feb 28, 1896 Surgical Instruments. A. fall line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac turer"s prices. Call and examine them iy Mail orders will be promptly attended to R. H. JORDAN & CO. Sept 20, 185 What's The Matter With Adlai ? Washington Special to Batimore Sun. Up to tho present time, more than one hundred years since the establishment of the existing form of our government, no senator bas succeeded in stepping from tne oooy ot wbicb be was a member into the White House Several of tbem have gone ao far towards the realization of their ambition as to secure a nominal tion, but there it has stopped; while scores who bavo struggled desperately for a nomination have failed to obtain it. It does not look in this presidential year as if this unbroken line of precedents is to be changed. There are three avowed presidential candidates on the Republican side of the Senate and twice as many more who bave fostered secret hopes. But there is not belioved to be tbe slight est possibility that tbe prize will fall to tbe lot of any one of them. Singular to say, and this is unprecedented, there are at this time no presidential aspirants on the Democratic side of the chamber. It is well they all recognize the conditions, for not one ot tbem could be considered ' as possessing any of tbe elements of avails ability. VICE PRESIDENTS HAD BETTER LUCK. The Vice Presidents of the United States bave had much better luck than the Senators. Not less than seven of them have gone straight from tbe chair of the presiding officer of the Senate into the Executive Mansion three by elect tion and four by the death of tbe Presi dents. Tbe three were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren. Tbe four were John Tyler, Millard Fill more, Andrew Johnston and Chester A. Arthur. It is possible that another Yice President may, and by election, succeed to tbe presidency. Stranger things, much stranger things, bave happened. The model Vice President is Adlai E. Stevenson. Not in the memory of any one living bas a more affable or a more popular man sat in the chair of the Sen ate. This is the unanimous testimony of Democrats, Populists and Republicans. Millard Fillmore, who nearly fifty years ago sat for a brief period as presiding officer ot tbe ben ate, was oourteous and dignified, but be was not the experienced and cool parliamentarian that Yice Presi dent Stevenson is. Hannibal Hamlin was pretty good, but Henry Wilson and Thom as A. Hendricks, both of whom had the benefit of a service in the Senate, were altogether out of their element in the chair, and required constant prompting by tbe clerks to enable tbem to perform even tbe routine duties. Governor Mors ton, when Yice President, although to tally unsuited for the position fared - pretty well because be was generally liked, and allowances were made for hra In consequence. CARLISLE AND STE VENSON. Mr Carlisle is the only man who ever sat in tbe Speakers chair to whose mis ings exception at one time or another has not been taken. Vice President Steven son is perhaps the one presiding officer of the senate with a similiar experience. lie is what may be called a partisan. He certainly is a Democrat from top to toe and from blood to skin. In the three years be has presided over the Senate, party lines bave oftentimes been strictly drawn, excitement bas run high, difficult questions bave been thrust upon him, and moments have come when a cool head, a fine judgment and a resolute will were very necessary. He has always been equal to the occasion and at more than one period has shown a tact and a diplomacy almost marvelous. He has convictions, plenty of them, and is not afraid to utter tbem when it is proper and suitable to do so, bat the rare combinations of his nature are shown in the fact that he has no personal enemies. Goon theRepubli can side of the senate and you will hear "We would sooner have btevenson for President than any other Democrat." Cross over to tbe Democratic side and the cry will be, "Who would object to Adlai?" MR. STEVENSON A BOCIAL LION. The Yice Presidents of the United States have, with the rarest exceptions, been poor men, too poor to keep bouse, and bave generally dwelt in lodgings. They have no vote ia the senate, and, as has been frequently said they have no influence with the president. It is al most an axiom that all those who resign dislike the heir apparent. It may be tor this reason that ltiss" difficult tor a Vice President to command any influence at the. White House. Neither bave tbe Yioe Presidents been of much aocount socially. Tbey are just a kind of left alone. Vice President Morton, with bis millions of money and bis fine mansion in Washington, commodious as the White House, rivalled the President in social distinction and elegance. But his was an entirely exceptional case, and it was money that made tbe mare go. Vice President Stevenson i& a man of modest means. He lives in apartments in a hotel and does not undertake to go into entertaining. Yet there is no greater social lion in the capital. He is a wel. come and a favored guest everywhere, and undoubtedly receives more invita tions than any other man in Washington. Without tbe money of Morton, without the presence of John C. Breckinridge or Chester A. Arthur, without tbe long and notable public career of various of bis predecessors, he has ivested the office of Vice President with a dignity in legis lation and a charm, an elegenoe and an influence in sooial life which never at tached to it before. HELD ALOOF FROM POLITICAL TRAFFIC He bas made no begging appeals for patronage at tbe White House ; be has kept aloof from political traffic of any character, and yet it is quite sure if he had to choose between Democrats and Republicans for office bis heart would incline to the former. Mr. Stevenson has been frequently mentioned in con nection with the Democratic nomination for tbe presidency, but be bas said noth ing on the subject himself. He has started no boom, nor have his friends. His record is as clear as the snn, and the only question that is raised is as to bis position on financial issues. It is true he did dlly with the green back theory, just as did Thurman and Hendricks and many other trusted Democratic leaders, and Morton of Indiana, and Logan, and numerous other high prieBts of Republi canism. But that is all over many yeaia ago. Persona whether through friendly motives or otherwise, have undertaken to announce views on the silver question both for Mr Stevenson and bis upright and courageous fellow citizen of Illinois, Col. William R. Morrison, but no one need fear that either one of tbem will fail to declare his own position in his own good time on all issues which inter est the people. If the national Demo cracy was confined to the State of Illi nois in its choice of a standard bearer; which is very, very far from being the case, it could with pride and confidence put up either Stevenson or Morrison againBt any candidate to be named on tbe other side. Senator Brlce Talks Sense. Exchange. Senator Calvin 8. Brice of Ohio, was on his way to Washington in a parlor car. A state-room opened off one end of the car, and in this richly carpeted apart ment, with latticework and carved woods over his head, and soft cushions at his feet, he looked at tbe picture of plutocracy, aristocracy, opulence and comfort ! The picture of wealth and tbe enjoyment of it. A waiter with menu card entered and vanish with an order for dinner. "1 am glad to talk about getting rich and the young man's chances of the same," said Mr Brice, 'because it is something upon which I bave strong opinions. It is an unusual topio for a publio man to discuss wealth. And I am well aware that in public life a man seeks more often to disguise his money than acknowledge it, and to ignore the advantages of possessing wealth. To mv mind there is a virtue, as well as a value in money. "To the young man who wanU to get rich, I say, 'Riches will be yours.' I agree with timer son tbat you can get anything you want in this world. If you work for it hope for it, and believe you will get it, it is yours in timet Emerson says tbat if you want a rock in mid-ocean it will come floating to your feet. This is my own belief. "To give advice tbat will be good for i something, I will be specific in my state ments. If a young man wants to get rich let him get an interest in a business and work at it. This does not mean to put capital in it at the start. Let him select a business and learn all about it. "Young men who study law, or the ministry, devote four years to the study of the law or the ministry exclusively, after they bave completed an ordinary oducation. Young men thinking of busi ness Bhould study their business just as long a time before going into it. "Take the comaussion business, a , richly repaying line of work. Let the ambitious commission merchant prepare himself beforehand for his work. Let him learn about tbe making ot his goods, the transporting of the same, the profits possible and tbe profits desirable. Let him learn to discriminate goods at a glance for himself. This will take time. When he knows it. let him handle goods on an ordinary commission. "My first remark about getting an interest in a business comes in play here. That young commission merchant now owns part of that business. He may be working to sell a capitalist s goods. xSut for every $10 be makes for tbat capitalist he makes one for himself. Tbe capita list's business is his business. "The same with the importer. These lines of work are semi-professional, and are excellent examples of a combination of manual labor and brain. Let the would-be importer learn all about the tariff. Let him learn tbe oost of carry ing goods. Let bim aot as oarrier until he learns tbe ups anp downs of carrier life. "If I were asked to name the businesses at which a man can get rich 1 would say, at railroads, mining, forwarding agents, commission, importing and manufactur ing and at any of the (other under-current industries that are tbe bone, sinew and vitals of a great country's industry. Being bidden, tbey do not tempt as other fields do, and tnere is an immense re source of wealth here. The professions are all mines of wealth. "The rules I would lay down are to know all about it beforehand. Second, never speculate. Or speculate only with your time. If you see a good thing neglected.oner tbe capitalist who owns it nine-tenths of it, if he will let you keep the other tenth for developing it. Take his railroads through impossible parts of the country.. Find flaws in his present way of doing, things do them better for him, and finally, work all tbe time, taking little recreation and pausing only for health's sake. Eat and sleep, but never take time to idle. It is your time tbat counts in a young business. "This great country is rich enough to allow every man to be a millionaire. Yon can be one. And even should you not have the good health or firmness, and self-denial to aspire to riches, this advice, if followed, will place you in tbat state of comfort desired by King Solomon of neither too much nor too little." Of "Pierce's Pellets" we wish to rehearse The wonderful virtues, in prose and in verse. Dyspeptics bleareyed, sonr-visaged and cranky May be cured by a pill, tbe device of a Yankee. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cost only 25 cents, and cure dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness and all derangements of tbe liver, stomach and bowels. Highest of all in Leavening ia w cy I Bimetallism in England. I There Is in this country some tnieap- of the House of Commons on March 17 in adopting unanimously a resolution moved by Mr. Whiteley to the effect that tbe British Government should do all in its power to secure by international agree ment a stable, monetary par of exchange between gold and silver. This has been termed a victory for tbe bimetallists; but a verbatim report of the debate shows that it was described more accurately by Sir William Yernon Harcourt as tbe eu thanasia of bimetallism on the English scene. That the unanimous vote simply signified a disposition to give the bime tallio question a decent and honorable burial is clear from the declarations of SirMicbid Hicks-Beach, speaking for the Government, and of Sir W. Harcourt, speaking for the Opposition. They con curred in saying that while England would be willing to see other countries establish a par of exchange between the white and yellow metals, the United Kingdom, for its own part, would now and forever inflexibly adhere to the gold standard. There is no possibility of dislodging England from a position which has the joint approval of the Govern ment and of the Opposition, and there fore we say that the debate on tbe White ley resolution dealt a deathblow to the bimetallic programme, which neither Germany nor the countries composing the Latin Union will ever adopt, as long as England repudiates it for herself. It is true that Mr. A. J. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury is a bimetallist, and that with reference to many questions he is the spokesman of tbe Ministry in the House of Commons. On this occasion, however, he did not speak for tbe Gov ernment, tbat function being discharged by Sir Michael Hicks-Beacb, who is the Chanoellorof the Exchequer. In a speech, which a political opponent eulogized as one that had never been surpassed in ability, in closeness of reasoning and in downrightness of statement, Sir Michael Hicks Beach declared : "Nothing can be done, nothing should be attempted, which is against the views and the wishes of the great practical financiers and bankers of this country. It would be folly and mad ness in any Government to go in advance of the educated commercial opinion of the country in this matter. We cannot therefore, alter the gold standard of the Unitdd Kingdom." With tbat reserva tion, which practically reserved every thing, Sir Micbtel was willing to give a sterile assent to the resolution tbat tbe British Government should do "all in its power" to secure by international agree ment a stable, monetary par of exchange between gold and ilver. We say that the reservation reserved everything, be cause all tbat the spokesmen of the Gov ernment and of tbe Opposition admitted to be within England's power was the reopening of the Indian mints to the free coinage of silver, in case all other nations except the British nation should adopt tho bimetallic programme. Such an offer corns mits England to nothing, for, as we have said, England's acceptance of the double standard is a condition precedent to the adoption by other countries of the bime tallic system. This is clear from what took place in the conference of 1893, when a bimetallic resolution was proposed by tbe United States. It was opposed by Germany, by the Scandinavian nations, Switzerland, and by Austria, all of whom declared themselves gold monometallists. Even France and the Latin Union were only prepared to accept it if Great Bris tain, Germany, Austria and Ruesia would join the union, so that the resolution fell to the ground, and the question of what the ratio between tbe metals should be in the event of an international agreement was never even touched. In the face of this debate, it is obvious that the prospect of an agreement. on tbe part of an international monetary con. ference is even more hopeless in 1896 than it was in 1893. In the year last men tioned Sir W. Harcourt, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was merely suspected of having in some secret manner .in structed one of the delegates to the Brus. sels conference to declare tbat England did not mean to depart from tbe gold standard, and it has been said that -this was tbe cause of the failure of the cons ference. What possible rtbult, then, can be expected from a conference this year or next, when Sir Michael Hicks-Beacb, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, bas not secretly, but publicly-and officially, and with the utmost emphasis, averred tbat England bas no intention of departs ing from her present monetary system. No well-inBtructed and reasonable American bimetallist believes tbat it would be possible for tbe United Slates, in the absence of an international agrees ment, to establish, for itself alone, a stable, monetary par of exchange between gold and silver. Such an international agree ment must now be recognized as a dream, for no European country would be a party to it without the concurrence of England; and that concurrence by both of the great political parties now bas been refused explicitly and finally. Marvelous Res alts. From a letter written by Rev. J. 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