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SEPTEMBER 6,
GALVESTON,
TEXAS,
VOL. XVI.
SUNDAY,
1896.
NO.
283.
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COOK’S.
COOK’S.
COOK’S.
COOK’
A SPEECH BY SCHURZ
WATTERSON PLEASED
&
DECLINE BEFORE THAT TIME.
LILY WHITES ARE DEFIANT.
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Butter.
Neckwear
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
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LOCAL POLITICS.
WEST END PROTECTION.
MOUNT OLIVE CHURCH.
Keep
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GALVESTON.
DOUBLE DAILY SLEEPER AND
TRAIN SERVICE.
We must close out our Shoes,
as we are crowded for room,
We need every inch of space
we can get for our incoming
Fall Stock of Gents’ Fur-
nishings.
Our Store on West Market
street is for rent.
Just received, a new line of
Neckwear in all the
latest styles.
Suits Math to Outer, $15 to $30,
Troussrs Mads to Qnhr, $4 to $10.
It matters not what your shape
is, or how big or how little you
are, our terms are the same to
all comers: No Fit, No Takee.
NO Payee; that’s business.
If Not Offered Good Terms Will Put
Out a Separate Electoral
Ticket.
be $2.00 per month.
BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POW-
ER COMPANY. Office 2422 Market St,
bet. 24th and 25th.
The Pocketbook
asd the Groceries
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ROBT. I. COHEN,
MEN’S OUTFITTER,
New Store, 2123 Market Street.
WHITE FROST CODFISH...
CAPE COD CLAMS
CLAM CHOWDER
MAINE BLUEBERRIES ....
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Chase & Sanborn’s
celebrated
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We also handle the very best Mochas and
Javas and an unexcelled line of TEAS.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
The largest and finest stock of Wines and Liquors in Galveston.
We defy competition in this line.
FOR SALE.
4 Show Cases.
1 Umbrella Case,
1 Looking Glass.
MAILABLE.
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that he cannot appreciate the
kind of clothing we make to or-
der, or does he not want to make
his dollars count?
Would, be cheap at $2.50. <o>
100 Pr. Men’s Shies, $2.501
Would be cheap at $3.50. ALL SIZES.
Bobbing Up and Down of Prices
Since ’79.
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OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.
On June 1, 1896, the meter rate for In-
candescent lights WILL BE REDUCED
FROM ONE AND THREE QUARTER
CENTS TO ONE CENT PER AMPERE
HOUR.
The minimum charge on aH meters will
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take care of your business.
tSF”We have this day been appointed agents
of the “Thing vai la Line” and solicit
the patronage of all Scandinavian and
Danish travel.
H. MOSLE & CO.
Inconsistencies of the Argument
That the Purchasing Power of
the Dollar Has Increased.
MACHO DEAD AGAIN.
Havana. Sep»t._ 5.—Tine ir ilitary gov-
ernor of Candd-l-aria has notified Weyler
'that hie has been assured ‘that Antonio
Maceo, the insurgent leader, died recent-
ly of wounds received by an attack made
upon -the military train in the vicinity- of
Taco Taco-.
Our Customers
Consist largely of that class of
discerning people who keep
both eyes open..
They know a thing or two. They are smart,
and the ‘ Aleck-” who are throwing out baits
to catch them are themselves being caught
It happens in this way: The fellow who
doesn t know how to run a business legiti-
mately is occasionally offering them goods
"at and below cost. Our customers are taking
in all “snaps” of this sort—leaving the sucker
the bare hook. This is agreeable to our rec-
ommendation under such circumstances. At
other times we get their patronage.
OUR BUSINESS GROWS LARGER,
our customers prosper, and we work to-
gether in the pleasant bonds of mutuality.
The day of the sucker’s success is a thing of
the past. He has blown his horn too often,
and the lambs he formerly led to the slaugh-
ter have “cut their eye teeth” and are up-to-
date business people.
Pursue the wise course: Buy your grocer-
ies from
. P. J. Willis & Bro,,
(The Oldest) Wholesa’e Grocers and Cotton
Factors, Galveston, Texas.
agree perfectly. The gro-
ceries will agree with you,
too. In the matter of qual-
ity and prices wetrail along
behind no one. We don’t
trail in the matter of cour-
' teous treatment, either. It
is to our interest to sell best
quality, to make the prices
low and to treat you cour-
teously. We realize this,
and we do---this.
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(SUNSET ROUTE.)
Th© Record Breaker*
ABETTED BY THE POLICE.
Constantinople, Sept. 5.—Great anxiety
-still prevails here, but no further disturb-
ances. The ambassadors have sent a
collective note to -the Turkish government
dwelling upon the organized -charactef-of
the massacre®. They-qsote the declara-
tion of two Mussulman*. who assert that
-they were called upon by -the police-, who
provided them with weapons -and sent
■them to kill ArmenHius.
E. H. Sieling, Jr.,
COAL
WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
2H3 o«d 2ii8 Phone 504
MECHANIC Street,
Opposite News Office.
BochIToteE
-^-NOW OPEN^-
REMODELED AND RENOVATED.
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS.
CONCERT every Tuesday, Thursday, Sat-
urday and Sunday evenings.
CLARENCE H. GUERINGER, PROPRIETOR.
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N. SALZMANN, Manufacturing
JEWELER,
A full line of 2217 Postoffice St.
DIAMONDS, WATCHES, CLOCKS, Etc.
Repairing done at moderate prices.
Something
New I
We offer you--«■
Seven Different Flavors of
..ICE CREAM..
Biscuit Glace, Sherbets,
Served or delivered promptly
KAHN’S CONFECTIONERY.
Phone 40.
’Phone 703.
When you want Rubber Stamps, Sten-
cils, Seals, Brass Checks, etc., go to Jos.
V. Love, 2225 Strand, cor. Trgmont.
DR. G. H. KOPPERL, Dentist, Gill
& League Building, 460 21st street.
Mount Olive Missionary'Baptist church,
36th and I. Prayer meeting at '5.30 a. m.;
Sabbath school at 9 a. in., J. A. D. Law-
son superintendent. Covenant meeting
at 3 p. m. Preaching at 8 *p. m. by the
Rev. Dr. G. W. Johnson of Arkansas.
Rev. E. M. Wright, D. D., pastor.
During the warm days of the season
we are serving our
SHELL OYSTERS ON ICE,
All Oysters served on the Half
Shell Will Be Ice Cold.
Don’t forget we put up the Best
Oyster Loaves in the city.
STAR RESTAURANT,
2211 Market Street.
forced to adopt s-alutary means to secure
relief.
■Chief Jones in ’his .ast annual report to
the city council, made -last January, ad-
vocated the establishment of a police sta-
tion in, the western part of -town. He
pointed out -the .fact that the factory dis-
tricts and railroad yards particularly re-
quired the attention of the police and
urged that provision be made in the
■budget to defray the necessary expense.
The financial condition of the city at that
time did not seem to warrant the expanse
which the -establishment of ainotJier police
station would have entailed and the mat-
ter was passed over without action. The
petition will come up for consideration at
-the next meeting of the council, when
some permanent action will be taken. In
■the meantime the chief will continue to
have the district covered by the petition
patrolled by the four roundsmen -now on
duty there.
As a partial explanation of the astonish-
ing number of graduates from the law
'schools in this country, it is stated -by the
commissioner of education that there are
eight law schools which confer the degree
of bachelor of laws, after only one year’s
study. Most of the schools, -however,
have a course extending over two years,
and a very few have a course of three
years.
AWNINGS,
SCREENS.
The best Awnings and Fly Screens in the
city at prices that defy competition.
Thos.H. Olson, Geo. E. Robinson.
2301 Avenue A. Phone 612,
PastestTimeEverMade
To MEMPHIS, Tenn.—26 hours.
To LOUISVILLE, Ky.-—39 hours.
To CINCINNATI, O.—43 hours.
To CHICAGO, Ill.—43 hours.
.To BUFFALO, N. Y.—55 hours.
To ATLANTA, Ga.—29 hours.
To RICHMOND, Va.—49 hours.
To BALTIMORE, Md —51 hours.
To PHILADELPHIA,Pa-.—53 hours
To NEW YORK CITY—56 hours.
To BOSTON, Mass. — Third after-
noon—3 p. m.
For tickets, sleeper reservation and all in-
formation call on
J. H. MILLER, P, and T. Agent,
403 Tremont St. Phone 87.
L. G. PARKS. A. G. P. A.. Houston, Tex.
'Residents Ask for Police and Chief Jones
Complies.
Yesterday morning a petition was pre-
sented to Chief Jones praying that he de-
tail a sufficient number of policemen to
what Is known as the factory district of
the West end, to -afford the residents of
that section proper protection for 'both
•life and property. The petition was
-signed by about 20-0 residents of that local-
ity and accomplished the desired results.
Last night Chief Jones detailed four
roundsmen to duty in the West end until
such time as other provision can be made
to police that section.
■Heretofore the western portion of the
city, which is growing in population more
rapidly than any other .part of -town, has
been without -any police protection ex-
cept that furnished through an occasional
visit from the mounted officers who pa-
trol -the residence portions of the city.
This ahsence of police protection has
given such encouragement to offenders
that they have become so annoying that
. the people resident there claim they were
“Breathss tJisra a Man
JUST IN—AN IMPORTATION OF FRESH
PEAS from the Leading Packers.
Petits Moyens, per can 15c
Petits Pois Fins, per can i 20c
Petits Pois Ex Fins, per can 25c
Petits Pois Sur Ex Fins, per can 35c
Champignons ler Choix, per can 25c
Austin Nichols & Co. ’s Oyster Bay Aspara-
gus, per can 40c
R. Hickmott’s Asparagus, per can 30c
A. Lusk & Co.’s Asparagus, per can 20c
Boston Baked Pork ana B^ans. 1-lb. cans. 5c
3-lb. cans, 15c, two for 25c
Sole agents for Chase & Sanborn’s cele-
brated Boston Coffees, in bulk and 2-pound
hermetically sealed tins.
B. G. TARTT, Staple and Fancy Grocer,
Phone 422. 702 Tremont Street.
Our Fancy Elgin Creamery is the
finest Bu'.ter nude Our customers
attest this statement.
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Telephone 746
FOR A CASE OF THAT
CELEBRATED
PALE MOERLEIN
THIS DELICIOUS BEER
has caught the connoisseurs, who pro-
. nounce it just the thing for this cli-
mate. Families supplied.
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N.Weekes. Ed. McCarthy, a. H. Pierce.
Weakes, McCarthy & Co.,
bankers,
Successors to American National Bank
of Galveston, Texas.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought
and sold. Cable and telegranhic trans-
fers made. Credits furnished.
Accounts Solicited.
‘‘SPAIN PLAYED GUT.”
Qu'anabaicca, Aug. 29.—Lc-ui® Penes.
Cuban Agent, Ga-lvesito-n, Tex: Dear
Friend and Countryman—The Spanish
troops are full of panic, as they think itlhiat
Spain wilt lose this island' and fthait they
wi'1‘1 lose their salaries. The government
has not paid ithem since Febmary. Even
the board of aldermen don’t pay’ the city
officials. The mayor has g-rtait 'iTOU-ble,
as -the -street eleaneins don’t want to woirk
if ith-ey don’t get their- money. The pub-
lic schools are played' out, a-s the teachiers
can’t get a .cent. The city taxes can not
be collected, as the people are not able 'to
pay.
Everybody here iteils me that'the war
will be over about next spring, -that Spain
is played out, and -can get nothing to -sell
or to pawn.
The great defeat of the ’Spanish army
has been the -crossing of the trocha by
Quintin Bandera. The 40,000 soldiers that
have coniufeniGhd to- come from Spain are
Ito take the places of those-that have b-etm
taken way by the yellow fever, small
pox, malaria, fever and the machete.
Spain can do nothing. She is- packing up
■to go. Imperial.
THE CZAR’S TOUR.
Breslau, Sept. 5.—The czar and czarina
have arrived. Their majesties were re-
ceived at, the railroad stiation by -the -em-
peror -and empress of Germany, the royal
pfinces and royal pr’inees'ses, Chancellor
Baron Marshall Von BiebeTst-ein, .and a
large number of- military and civil offi-
cial's. After cordial greetings had been
■exchanged the czar inspected the guard
of honor, and their majesties -drove to the
■Oasme, escorted by cavalry.
The czar and czarina are located at
Lpndeshjauis palace, which has been espe-
cially prepaired for them. The czarina,
has with lier her infant child, the grand
duchess Olga, w'hiO' was born last year.
After luncheon, the czar and czarina and
emperor and empress of Gern^ty drove
-to the parade ground.
PHILLIP! NEHNS UR-RECTION.
Madrid, Sept. 5.—An official dispatch
from the capital of the Pluilipine islands,
announces that the insurgents are- en-
trenched ait Novaletta, on the Cavite isth-
mus. They will be ■attacked by the Span-
ish gun boats, -and operations against the
'insurgents iu the provinces will begin next
week. A number of influential men have
been aiTested -ait Manilla, on the charge
of being concerned in the inisu rrection.
According to private dispatches the re-
ports that -Germans are implicated in the
insurrection is confirined. Four insurg-
ents have been condemned to- be shot at
Manilla,’and 200 have been transported to
tibe Caroline island.
New York, N. Y., Sept. 5—Henry Wat-
terson wires- the Herald a-s follows from
Geneva:
A better -ticket than Palmer and Buck-
ner could not have been made. Among
'the -surviving heroes of the war, they
stand pre-eminent. One-was a gallant sol-
dier of the union, the other an equally,
gallant soldier of the- Confederacy. Thley
join-hands to fight the now sectionalism,
that menaces the integrity of the nation.
Thus they represent not merely honest
money, -orderly and responsible govern-
ment, but complete ''reconciliation be-
tween the north and the south. Each has
shown himself to be trust worthy and
capable in civil.affairs, one as governor of
Hilino-is and senator, -the other as gov-
ernor of Kentucky. They merit the en-
thusiastic support of patriotic vo-tcra
everywhere.
You will bear witness that I regarded
■the possibility of my own nomination with1
■a kind of terror. I was profoundly grate-
ful for the honor implied by the sugges-
tion, and I was not willing to present the
unmanly spectacle of refusing the irksome
ddity which has now been urged1 upon
others. I nevertheless felt, m Her the c-ir-
cumstance-s, that it involved sacrifices
which should not be required of me.
am both relieved and rejoiced at -the
suit, -which is both logical and wise.
Henry Watterson.
BRYAN’S TOUR.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 5.—Three five
minute speeches and 1000 hand clasps
with -great enthusiasm constituted inci-
dents attending the trip of W. J. Bryan
-from Chicago to this city today. There
were stops made at Waukegan, Kenosha
and Racine, and the nominee spoke to
large crowds at each place.
At Kenosha a reception committee of
25 from this city 'boarded the train. The
first -stop was made.-at Waukegan, where
700 people gathered about -the car and de-
manded a speech from the nominee. He
was introduced as the next president of
the United States, and said in part:-
“It is not for one man to say how an-
other shall think -or act or vote, but I be-
lieve we have the right to- urge upon you
the importance of -studying the question
for yourselves and not allowing anybody
to think for you. I do not 'believe .there
is any class -of people who can safely be
entrusted with the right to think and act
for another -cla-ss. The ha'llot is given
that each may make liis vote rey’^sent
what-he wants himself, il simply ask yon
to study the issues and vote us- you
please.”
There were loud cheers for the nominee
when he had finished.
Kenosha was tire next stop, and thou-
sands of people were waiting for the can-
didate. Mr. Bryan -spoke on the money
question and was loudly applauded.
The crowd at Racine to meet Bryan
'was 1800, and there was great cheering.'
Brvan said in part:
“I sometimes wonder whether you peo-
ple are deserving of the names applied"to
you. If I am an anarchist them you all
who want me elected must be anarchists.
When I look into your faces I wonder
whether you are all enemies of the gov-
ernment or enemies of -those who want
to use the government as a private snap.
Y’ou can not reform evil by talking.
You have to reform it by voting.”
Following his speech there was enthu-
siasm and cheers.
With Soul so Doad ”
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Fine Horseradish Root; also Dill Pickles.
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Fresh Imported Swiss, Limburger, Roquefort, Pineapple,
Brick, Muenster, Eclam, Sap Sago, Italian.
We have Fresh Sauerkraut, Spare Ribs, Pigs’ Feet, etc.
Also Codfish Middles, Fancy Show of Mackerel
aud Milchuer Holland Herring,
Hoky Poky Table Syrup, 1 lb. can a. New Caue Syrup justiu
COARSE POWDERSD SUGAR —unlike other powdered sugar.
It never cakes, and dissolves readily.
Just the lliiiig for Mixologists,,
We are Exclusive Agents for
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Direct Receiver of California Wines
Sss*7b b Ns. ■ and Brandies. Pennsylvania and
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2525-2527 Market Street, cor. 26th. Phones 465 and 723.
• Warehouse, 26th Betwaen Market and Mechanic.
Telephone
Over the Long Distance Lines of
the Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone Company to nearly 7500
subscribers in the principal cities
and towns of Texas,
TOLL STATIONS in the central office, hotels
and other convenient locations.
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NEW ARRIVALS.
HERRINGS, the first of the season, $1.00 akeg
.. 10c a pound
£0c a can
....40c a can
....15c a can
96 POUNDS TIDAL WAVE FLOUR $1.95
TONGUES AND SOUNDS $1.00 a kit
MACKEREL $1,15 a kit
HALIBUT FINS $1.00 a kit
Our delivery capacity has again been in-
creased, and we are better than ever able to
PERSONAL POINT'S.
P. C. Taylor of Denison is at the Grand.
D. R. Beatty has returned from the
north.
Mrs. M. C. Robinson of 'Marlin is here
on a visit.
Sam J. Gorman of Portland, Ofe., is at
the 'Beach.
Wm. J. iRau of -St. -Louis is in the city
visiting -friends.
W. .A. Patrick of Marlin 'arrived at the
Grand last night.
W. T. D-eats of 'Dickinson will pass the
Sunday in this city.
Miss Freda Wainwright of Navasota is
here visiting friends.
'Gordon B. Woodson of Lynchburg is
registered -at the Beach.
O. W. Berger, -a commercial tourist of
New York, is at the Grand.
James R. Cheek -and wife are sojourn-
ing in the Rocky mountains.
B. 'Ganter, after a week’s stay at Sour
Lake, has returned to the city.
County Physician J. ‘E. Burk and family
have returned from western Texas.
Harry A. Griffin, manager of Brad-
street's agency, has gone -to New York.
J. D. Jacksofa -and wife -and Miss Ida
'McKenzie of Mexia are registered at the
Grand-.
Mrs. Charles F. iPrehn, Miss Prehn -and
Master Ted have returned from a visit to
Virginia.
Mrs. iMilton -Powell and little daughter
Marguerite left yesterday for Dickinson on
a visit to Mrs. Hart Settle.
Ben Bo-nart of the firm of Bonart Bros.,
proprietors of The Fair, at No. 2516 Mar-
ket street, returned home yesterday morn-
ing from the -east.
Jitrs. Alexander Kahn of Marshall, after
visiting Mr. -and- Mrs. Jake K-ahn at Hous-
ton, has arrived -here and is the guest of
Miss Jennie Mansberg.
'The Tribune one -day last week inadver-
tently stated that Mr. C. D. Georgiades,
who had returned to the city, was a cot-
ton buyer for Messrs. Rail! Bros., whereas
he is a freight broker on. his account.
S. H. -Cox, Miss Susie Cox, Master Tig
■Cox, Master -Sam Cox. F. M. -Bell, Miss
Laura ‘Bell, 'Mls-s Marie Bell and Miss
Florence Wiggins from Tyler hav-e apart-
ments at the 'Beach and will remain for a
few days.
■Chicago, ID., iSept. 6.—Mr. Carl -Schurz
in a speech here, after reviewing the Chi-
cago platform, s-aid: AH existing conse-
quences are ascribed to the -demonetiza-
tion of silver in the United States alone—
■not its demonetization anywhere else.
This is to justify the presentation, as a
sufficient remedy, of the -free coinage of
silver in the 'United States alone without
waiting for the aid or consent of any oth-
er nation.
This platfol’m is amp-liitled by free coin-
age orators, who tell us- that the act
■called the crime of 1873 has surreptitious-
ly wiped out one-half -of the people’s
money, namely, silver, that in conse-
quence the remaining half of our metallic
money, namely, gold,- as a basis of the
whole fiinancla-1 structure, has to do . the
same business that formerly was
gold -and silver together; that thereby
-gold has risen to about double its former
purchasing -power, the gold dollar being
virtually a 200 cent dollar; that the man
who produces things for -sale is -thus 'being
robbed of half the -price, -while debts pay-
able on a gold basis have become twice
as heavy and that this- fall in prices and
increase of burden is enriching the money
■changers and -depressing the people.
Was. the -fall in prices since 1873 caused
by the so called demonetization of silver?
Everybody knows that there was consid-
erable fall .in prices, not only as to agri-
cultural -products—cotton, for instance,
■decreased from $1 a pound in 1864 to 17
cents in, 18'72—-'but in many kinds of in-
dustrial products before 1873. 'What hap-
pened before 18173 can not be caused by
what happened in 1873. The shrinkage
after 187'3 may therefore have been caused
by something else. Whenever a change
..in prices of commodities is caused by a
change in supply or demand or both, then
it may affect different -articles differently.
Wheat may rise in price, the supply .being
proportionately short, wilq-le at the .same
time cotton may decline, the supply being
proportionately abundant. But when a
change of prices occurs in. consequence
of a great change in the purchasing po w-
er of money, especially when that change
is sudden,, then the -effect must be equal
or at least approximately, so as t-o allow
articles to be. bought or sold for that
money. If by the so'-called demonetiza-
tion of silver in .1878 the gold dollar, or the
-dollar -on the gold basis, 'became a 200
cent 'dollar at all, then it became a 200
cent dollar at once ..and for everything.
It could not possibly be at the same time
a 200 cent dollar, .for wheat at ,$1.20, for
. coal at -$'1.50, $1 for cotton and a 100 cent
■dollar for corn or shovels.
The act of 18'73 'became a law’ Feb. 12.
Wheat, rye. oats and corn rose above the
price of 1872, while cotton, declined. In
1874 wheat 'dropped, corn jumped up, cot-
ton -declined, oats and rye rose. In 1875
there -was a general decline. In 1876
there was a rise in wheat and a -decline
in corn, oats, rye and cotton. In 1877
there was another rise in wheat, carrying
the price above that of 1S70 and up to that
of 1871, years preceding the act of 1'873.
Evidently so- far the 200 cent dollar had
not made its mark at all.
But I will admit the possible plea that,’
a-s they say, the act of 1873 having been
■passed -in -secret people did not know any-
thing about it and prices remained meas-
urably -steady. If so, then it would ap-
pear that if the knowing ones had only
kept still about it the gold dollar would
have modestly remained a 100 -cent dollar
and nobody would have been hurt. But
it may be said that in 1873 we were using
-exclusively paper money, that neither
gold nor silver was- in circulation, and
that therefore the demonetization would
not be felt, but in 187'9 metallic money
circulated again and the cry about the
“crime of 1873” sounded -in -congress and
in the country. The prices could no long-
er plead ignorance and the 20-0 cent gold
dollar had its opportunity. -‘But in 1880
wheat, corn, oats and cotton rose above
the price of 18'79. Again in 1881 wheat,
corn, oats and cotton rose. In 1882 wheat
and cotton declined while- corn and oats
rose.
These facts prove -conclusively to every
sane man that -for nine years after the
act of A.8'73—six years before and three
years after the resumption of specie pay-
ments—the prices of the agricultural
staples mentioned show no trace of any
such effect 'as would have been produced
upon them had a great and sudden change,
in the purchasing power of the money of
the country taken place. Therefore, all
this talk about the -gold dollar having be-
come a 206 cent dollar is—pardon the ex-
pression—a rank nonsense. How did it
happen that the -act of 18'73 did not attract
more popular attention- at the time? Sim-
ply because the dropping of the obsolete
silver from the coinage 'was regarded by
everybody taking an interest in such mas-
ters as- the mere recording of an accom-
plished fat-t, just as would have 'been a
law discontinuing the flint lock musket
from the army.' In 1873 the silver dollar
was worth a -dollar -and 2 cents. (The
silver mine owner was enthusiastic for
gold. A few years later when the -silver
miner might have taken 90 cents worth of
silver to the mint and gotten for it $-1, he
was enthusiastic for .silver and grew
more enthusiastic -the. more silver de-
clined -and the more free coinage would
have given'him. He found the act of 1873
a heinous •rime, not against the mining
millionaires, but 'against -the common
people. 'Congress, cowed 'by the uproar,
passed the laws of 1878 and 1890, by 'which
429,000,000 of silver dollars were added to
our currency, and yet the price of silver
continued to decline.
Assigning causes for the- general de-
cline of prices, the speaker referred to the
vast increiaisie in the- productiveness of la-
bor, brought about by the intrO'd uction of
machinery. He also referred to -the- .per-
plexity ca used in the minds of many well
meaning people by the new economic con-
ditions, created in recent years by vast
improvement's in the means- or methods of
production and transportation, and the
difficulty of adjusting themselves to- the
new order of things. Honest people in
that state of mind fell au easy prey to the
equally honest financial quack, as well as
to the dishonest manufacturer. Thus they
were easily persuaded that the so-called
demonetization of silver was the true
cause of their trouble, and that the free
coinage of silver was the 'time remedy,
while thorough inquiry and calm reason-
ing would have- convinced them that the
tru'e cause was the progress of civiliza-
tion in production and transportation, and
that the itrue remedy can be- found only
in the adaptation of husbandry and busi-
ness methods to' that progress. This is
proved by actual experience.
The speaker said -the' Bryan remedy de-
ft 11
A
SOUND MONEY’ COMMITTEE1.
In the Ballinger building yesterday eve-
ning -at 5 o’clock the following gentlemen
organized a sound money committee to
assist in the campaign of Mr. R. B. -Haw-
ley for congress: T. J. Groce, chairman;
Marc McLemore, secretary; Messrs. Can- J
non, Ketchum, Niland, J. II. Hawley,
Frank Lee, Ricker, Alvey, Lasker; Male-
vins-ki and- Ousley. The -committe'e will
hereafter be -increased to 25. Organiza-
tion will be completed at a -meeting to 'be
held Tuesday evening at 8.o’clock, when
'sub-committees will be app-ffiit-ed' on lit-
erature, finances, etc.
Headquarters were selected in the
building adjoining Harmony club on
P-ostoffice.
This -committee will act independently
of the IRepubli-can committees and will
conduct -a purely non-partisan campaign
in the interest of Mr. Hawley as the
sound money -candidate -of the tenth con-
gressional district.
Mr. Hawley yesterday received -several
letters from sound money D-cimocrats over
the district pledging their support.
REPUBLICAN CLUB.
The Republican reform club of Galves-
ton county 'was organized last night at
35'tJh and N. Will-iain Bearden was e-leeted
chairman and S. R. Shelton secretary.
Forty members were enrolled. The ob-
ject of the -club is to enlighten the voters
on the political questions of tile day. Lit-
erature pertaining to such questions will
be secured, and headquarters will be an-
nounced la'ter. Negro- jurors will be one
of its principal campaign topics. Me-
Kinley* and Hobart ‘were indorsed for
president and vice president, likewise R.
B. Hawley for congress.
Applauds the Nomination of
Palmer and Buckner,
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IsmoeI
SALE
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all other instruments at cut prices.
Our stock is too large and must be re-
duced. and the way to reduce is to offer
bargains.
We mean business. If you want any-
thing in the music line come and examine
goods and prices.
All sheet music at half price-.
Thos. Goggan & Bro.,
Cor. 22d and Market Sts.
Our trade in clipped oats increases
daily, and those who have used them will
feed no others. Let. us fill y air orders-.
Ha-nn-a & Leonard.
LILY WHITES. .
Dallas, Tex., Sept.. 5.—The lily whites
today elected 43 delegates to -tiieiir state
convention at Fort Worth on the 9-th
inst. Mr. Norton, edi’lcr of Nor'tpn’s In-
teil'igencer, who is one of the- delegates',
, says unless the black and tans -agree to
fair terms, the lily whites will put out oi
full state -ticket.
Houston, Tex., Sept. 5.—The county
convention of lily white Republicans was
held tonight. After 'the meeting, H. F.
McGregor, state- chairman, informed The
Tribune reporter 'that in his opinion the
reform Republicans would not fuse with
the b-la-ck and 'tans headed by Cuney,
Grant and E. II. R. Green, but won'kl
put. out a full s'tete ticket landiMoKinley ,
electors. He thinks the. bl-i-clt and tan
wing will fuse with the P‘ pulist-s and
| support Kcarby for governor. The Pop-
■ ulists are willing to- give the Republicans
I eight out of the 15 electors, while the Re-
I publicans will demand -al! the elector's in
exchange for K ear by votes.
MeKINLEY’S VISITORS.
Canton. O.. Sept. 5.—The Beaver coun-
ty, Pa., delegation reached McKinley’s
home, 2500 strong. They came on special
trains. After a. march through the-streets
i to'the McKinley residence, the number
doubled by acquisitions along the route.
When order was ■$.■ curat I, Edward A.
Breather, of Beaver Falls, Pa-., was in-
troduced, and prcsente'd th-e -congratula-
t'ions. and assirrances of hearty and con-
tinued to support McKinley and the
Republican cause by the people of Quay’s
home. Miaj. McKinley made an appropri-
ate response a‘t some length on the issues
of the campaign.
A HOT CAMPAIGN.
Jackson. Miss... Sept. S.^The eonJtesIfc
for ‘the congressional nomination in- ‘the
Seventh Mississippi district between Maj.
Pat Henry of Rankin county and Col,
Charles E. Hooker is becoming very
■warm. Congressman Spencer has with-
drawn siipedhe adjournment of the dead-
locked cbnvenitioii. The second primary,
Sept. 26, will -decide. Henry has the sup-
port of the -state administration, but
Hooker’s friends are sanguine.
DR. T. A. POPEFOR CONGRESS.
Waco, Tex.. Sept. 5.—The Republicans
of ‘the Seven1 th district unaninioTvsJy nottnl-
naled Dr. T. A. Pope for congress. Reso-
lutions indorse -the St. Louis platform
and favor N. W. Cuney, colored, for tem.-
poraay chairman of the state convention
and E. II. R. Green, son of Het-tie Green,
(Continued on Second Page.)
mands a radical change of the-basis of our
monetary system. He -then dit cussed 'that
system, somewhat elaborately maintain-
ing that under the pledge of the govern-
ment to- keep the silver dollar to all in-
tents and purposes on a parity with the
gold dollar tine silver dollar is virtuially
an evidence of -indebtedness on the part
of the United States to an an ount equal
to the difference' between the mercantile
value of the met'al in the silver dollar and
the gold dollar, that is -to say, to the
amount of 50 cents, if the metal in -the sil-
ver dollar can be bought at 50 cents. To
fulfill this pledge it is necessary to so- lim-
it the circulation of silver dollars, and of
paper representing silver, as the govern-
ment is 'responsible, and to keep also- a
large supply of gold on hand, so- ary to
leave no reasonable doubt as to- fh-e abili-
ty of the government to- meet its obliga-
tions. More t-Iian three-fourths of the ad-
dress from 'this- point -to- its conclusion was
devoted to -the -Ais-eussion of what the
speaker calls the Bryan Demc-cracy. On
this point he s.jid:
Consider what 'the immediate conse-
quences would be if hlr. Bryan were
■elected president with a congress to
match. Even with an extra -session of
congress, it would be four menths after
the election before this policy could be
made effective. Meantime, on 'the 4th of
November everybody 'would know that
the D'a.ri'ty of gold and silver would not
be malnitiained. Nobody would buy bonds
for gold, expecting them to be paid back
in silver. There would be a rush upon
the -treasury for gold by persons holding
greenbacks, and the gold reserve would
be exhausted in -a twinkling. The sudden
disappea rance of gold from circulation
would produce the most stringent contrac-
tion of the currency on record.
No class of -society would be spared the
■destru-citive consequences. The prompt
settlement of every account would be per-
emptorily 'demanded. Thus it would turn
out that Mr. Brya-n’s election, having
driven the gold to Europe, world give the
European countries more gold than con-
sistent -with -their maintaining 'their pres-
ent system of bimetall'ism, and would
send their silver to the United State?, and
make bimetallism impossible in Europe,
as well as in the United -Stales.
Mr. Bryan, in his New York speech,
said: “Any man-, who s'iands ready
to -take the entire- supply of t ny article- at
a certain price can prevent that article
from falling below that. pricA So- -the-
government can fix a price for gold and
silver, by -creating a demand greater than
the supply.” Is this to- moan 'tM-t under
free coinage -the gold will purchase silver
alt a certain price, and pay a fixed price
for it? If so, Mr. Bryan, the great free
coinage apostle, does not know what free
coinage is. Let ns inform him. It means
'that the owner of -silver bullion, may take
it to the mint and have it coined -anil re-
turned him so many dollars for so much
weight of pure-silver. It does'not mean
that the government “stands ready to
purchase the entire supply of silver at -a
certain price.” The government does not
purchase a single ounce o>f it. It merely
receives -the bullion, stamps it and re-
turns it.
As to fixing a price, a-s soon as the gov-
ernment ceases holding up 'the silver -dol-
lar to 'the gold standard, the -silver dollar
will be worth not a cent more- than the
market value of the silver contained in
it.. The theory that, free silver coinage
will make and keep the- silver dollar equal
in value t'o the gold dollar rests np-o-u ab-
solutely nothing but Mr. Bryan’s often
expressed - personal belief.
After -dis-cu’sising the creditor and deb-
tor -clais-ses, with- a view t-o- show that
wage -earners a 1'0 'to-boto a very g'it:at
extent a creditor cla-s-s, amDlHi’inks, e-s-pe-
cial'ly savings bank-s, a debtor class, .he
asks: “How do- the silver orat'oris- -take
care of -these toiling masses? By cutting
down their 'dollar of 100 cents to one of
50 cents. Who would, profit by this but
-the banks and corpoi-atious, who would be
able to pay back their investors of 100
cent dollars in 50 -cent dollars?
Following up this idea he saidsevery
man in active business is both a debtor
and a creditor. In Mr. Bryan’s theory,
according to the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, great numbers of these men, sol-
vent under -ord-inar'y circumstance's, will
break, because they cannot pay what they
owe, being unable to collect what is due
them.
The coiii'cluding part of the speech, was
devoted to a somewhat extensive- criti-
cism of Mr. Bryan’s New York, speech.
The speaker’s last words were:
Mr. Bryan has a 'taste for sciiptural il-
lustrations. He will remember how
Ohrist was taken, upon a high mountain
and offered the glories of 'the world if
he would fall down -and worship the devil.
So -the tempter now takes -the -amen pew
in 'the mountains and -say-s: “I will take
from you half your debts if you will wor-
ship me!” But brave Uncle Sam "rises
up in -all his -dignity, mighty pride, and
his wrath, and speaks in -thui-der tones,
“Get thee behind me, Satan. For it is
written that thou -sha.l-t worship- -only -the
God of truth, honor and righteousness,
and him alone .shal-t thou serve.”
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