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bloxham against removal. IlM , h , THE CAPITOL AIIOI 1.1 l STAY i% TU.i.Aiun:n JVBIIH 1 * "■ ,d Mr Me,, * r * ill tkr Official* U*< in Marlilr patecre—at Tellebusa.r I. „ Hoot l Ose —He la Alao Opposed a the Eapenalve Pr)wt lor Itold lup a i oliafnational t oaveatlon v „„n to Hf Voted I pan. TaIUH-t'^ ,< ‘. Pl®- Oct- 25—Gov. BK>X ha a *ddr*a*< letter to Hr F. O. -q president of the Gulf pun i'ußi;amp. In which he deal* with the ), a l r< tiKtval question and the ronstt |tl na | convention quctlon. In regard u , (h- hist subject he say*, In part: [>uty demand* that 1 should at .least enter an • mphattc protest against the vio let i assumption that 1 favor the removal t j |i,e capital to Jacksonville or any other city. Na necessity exists for any such re* moral. There Is not In the state a belter or tr.oru durable brick building than the present capltol It was built for the pur of twin* the capltol of the atate. and u jn all reaped* suitable for such pur poa.v li* heavy hflck exterior and Inte rior walla of the very best masonry, show not the slightest evidence of wear or break, and render It practically fireproof II It fitted up with fireproof vaults with t r proof safes In each of the offices, thus famishing prole. I lon to all valuable public r-cords. It has ample accommodations for the rxe utlve. legislative and Judicial de par Inn its vt the state government. The peop.e could not be belter served If each uffieer in the rapltol lived sn-l worked In n marble palace I cannot believe that the thinking eon. eervaUve masses of the people will con sent to about double their state debt, and largely In tease fer a generation to come, their mate tax.simply to present some city with a handsome public building.for which there is not the slightest necessity." f onstltatlonal fasvestkin. The following Is a p>arl of what he raya cat the second subject: "The effort that Is being made to place upoo the people of the :aio the tnd f n sible and unneceeeary expenditure of seventy-five or a hundred thousand and I lars fora ronsfltuttbnal convention should also hr voted down. In that connection I would commend to your careful apentlon a letter from Hon. A. K Maxwell of Pen sacola. which has recently uppeated In the public press Judge Maxwell was a nv ni ter of our Supreme Court In Intellectual qualitiesttons, ripe Judgment. and all the element* of noble cltlsennhlp. he deserved ly stand* nmong the very first men of our state "My own views are so well expressed In this leitet fhat I will simply quote you an extract as containing suxgestkn* worthy of favorable consideration. " "The provision In our present Consti tution.' say* Judge Maxwell, Tor amend ing it. Uta safe and ample one. guaidli.g ■ gainst unr.tlk d-for action and ynr pi t-tte change* (notably *hown In the re moval proceedings of the last 1-eglslnture), yet vesting the lsegislature with xufficl-nt power to make needed amendm nt* to be approved by a m.tjorltly vote ot the people. Thl* methoil rendets a constitu tional convention an unnecessary resort, as every change the people want can be had. If the legislator* duly perform ihrlr duty. The very fact that, not content with thl*. two scheme* arc put forth to do what either car do without the oiher. and lhat the greatly enlnrg-d expense tn volvrd necessitating furthrr heavy tax ation. s-ema utterly disregutded by th* promt-t-rs, condemn* both a* or,analog in a spirit thoughtlrs* of the interest ot the tax t-oyers of the state. I hope enough voter* will be fothcomlng at the primaries to show their disapproval, and prevent un n • stutry taxation for unoece-aary pur pose#.' “ SAID GHEES WAS INNOt'ENT. (>n- Itrgrn's Confoalnn Saved the t.tfr of Another. Columbia. 8. C.. Oct. A few day* ago Gov MrSweeney refuscal to Interfere In the ease* of Warby Wine and Major Green, two negroes sentenced to hang nt Orangeburg to-morrow for murdering a while man That Information was con veyed to the prisoners. To-tlay Warby Wine made an affidavit which he address ed to the presiding Judge end the Gov ernor. In which he said: ••Satisfied I will hang next Ftlday for -hooting of Mr. Faulting. I desire to make i slnt-ment In regard to Major Grr> n He had no part at nil In the killing. He ts Innocent of connection with Mr. I'aitl llngdeath 1 am responsible for Ma or Green's having Mr. Paulllnf'* watch. 1 ask you to let him out of tills affair. Acting on this, several of the Juror* and the Judge recommended u cimmumtl it •nd the Governor commuted the sentence to life Imprisonment. l int lit; -TIM K HH% KIM.Kit. Disastrous Freight Wreck on the Illinois Central. Jackson. Mine. OdS-A freight wreck o- .'urred on the Illinois Central to-day. re silting tn the death of three person*. The McComb City . accommodation pas senger train had stopped on the main I ins and the hrakeman went back and 'lagged a freight. Another freight wa immediately following, hut on account of the heavy f-g the engineer of this train (Id not see the signals of the flumin and the train crashed Into th caboose. ktllkiK H a. I'dtry of gtarkvlllc; It. Kennedy of Vakh-n and C. H. Gunn of Bradley 1 , this atate. The men killed were sieckmen accompanying shipment* to N-w Orleans. None of the trainmen were injured. KILLED IA A t-OM.IMOX. engineer l.oal Ilia Idle nod the Fire man Will Ole. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 24.—A freight train on the Southern Rnllwny eolild-d with i switch engine In the yards of the nmtwny at Columbus. Miss., this morn *•* Johnson Card, engineer of the *w :ch engine, was killed Instantly; J F. v >r firematj. who reside* at Rlrmlna. ■ m- was injured and will probably die; Runner Holmes, colored hrakeman, Fv*r|y Injured; J. IV twrrlah. engines' ♦i lr,gnt trai n , severiy Injured, will re- IA THE M AlilKtt TRADE. * ,r *t of ■ Fleet of gen Steamer* Reaehr* A sty lork. Vork. Oot. 2S.~The steamer Wac • *hiaw > th flrat Q f a fleet of six steam *r" * ’ put m operation by the Atlantic tr.T ** *" m, * ,, P t'ornpany for the lumlter " °n the Atlantic coast, between I'litMotn, 8. „nd Northern ports *r ns IListon, ha* arrived here from ro “do. ft. J * Atlantic Coast H)eamshtp Compa hew organisation with a capital \ '\" n - ***ch will enxafle In earning v- r °lln ■ lumher from Georgetown northern seaboard cities. ktrlhrr* •" Retarn tn Work. Bt i-hy Mountain, Tenn, Oct H-Dlf .. **'* wthleh led to a strike of min *mpk>yed by the Crook-d Fork Coal 0,-a ’ '*• f ompany have been adjusted i*t map will return to work at once. -.sas-msm,-*---, READ The Only Sfory This Year by HALL CAINE ENTITLED Jan, The Icelander, IN THE NOVEMBER LEDGER MONTHLY. 70 AUTHORS of the day. and EIGHT LLADING ARTISTS contribute to 47 G*e Novambor I.EI) IKK MONTHLY and make It the Great Family Magazine, THE LEDGER MONTHLY It for sale by all Newsdealers. Price, 10 Cents a Copy. Subscription Price, SI.OO a Year, ROBERT BOSNtR’S SONS. Pnblishers, LEDGER BLDG , SEW YORK. The American News Company. New York. General Agents. BACON TO AID BRYAN. (Continued from Flrat Page.) he given the Commute* on Constitutional Amendments. The chairmanship ol the Committee on Labor and I-ahor gtatlstlcs will probably go to Kltburn of Hlbb although Houston of Fulton, another prominent labor leader, I* alao spoken of There k> considerable talk of Bleed of Taylor for the head of the Railroad Com mittee. NAVAL OK HA AAt K and ARMOR. Success of Doable Tnrret and the Armor Plate Qaeatloa. Washington. Oct. 34 —The annual report of Rear Admiral O'Neil contain* an In teresting summary of the Important de velopment* of the year In the matter of naval ordnance and armor and powder. The estimate* for the next year, which aggregate S7.4V7.*SJ, Include a ulngte Item of 34.000.(Pi under head of Increase of the navy, armor end armararnt The Admiral make* no recommendations on the armor question for the future. Admiral O'Neil praises the double tur ret system He says the turret* success fully stood their gun tire#, were unde perfect control and were strong, and in fact no unfavorable reports of the battery have been received The Admiral says the turrets are without doubt an unqualified sucres* The armor question 1* treated histori cally In the report, and only the most concise statement respecting the opera tion* of the year la made, unaccompanied by any recommendation for the future One of the reference* In the report 1* to the submarine boat Holland, and Ad miral O'Neil say* that while the trial tuns, probably made under favorable con ditions. have created a favorable Impres sion. It te too early a* yet to say much tn regard to the practical utility for war purposes of boats of this 'ype. Undoubt edly the moral effect of their known or suspected proximity will be considerable, but more Intimate knowledge of thetr qualities will be necessary before a cor rect estimate of their military value can be made. WORt F.KTKH ON TIIK WAR. Claims Democratic Victor Is Keeptag l'p the Flahttna. Detroit. Oot. 2S —A special to the Tribune from Ann Arbor says: Regent Dean of the University of Michigan hi* received a letter front I>ean C Worcester, a member of the United State* Commission tn the Philippine*, which ta tn part a* follow* "Conditions were Improving here very rapidly up to the time Bryan wa* nomi nated and began to taik In pubH". The result of the announcement of hi* policy In regard to the Philippines was to pul a stop to the Important surrender*, which weie steadily being made under the terms of the anno Jty and to bring about re newed hostilities through the worst die. trtets here tn I.uxon. "We know absolutely from raptured cor respondence that this desperate effort to keep up a show o fresist*nee Is being made only In the hope of Influencing lh<- election at home; and Important Insurgent leaders like Handlco say that, unless Bry an I* elected or the war In China draws troop* from these Islands, they will give up their useless efforts In November I therefore do not look for any general Im provement tn the situation until after the presidential election; hut. with that out cl the way. I "Xpert to see a apeedy • hangs for the better." OATBN BOUGHT TIIK ITO( K. acenred Control of the Kansas City Snathero. Chicago. Oct. 3. —'The Tribune to-mor row will say: "Report* are current hers that Instead of K. H Hartjraan securing John W Gates' stock tn the Kansas City South ern Railway. Mr Gate* bought the stock held by Mr, Harrlman. thereby securing absolute control of the road Mr. Gate*. I, 1* claimed, will change completely the management of the rnmpany and operate It on Independent lines. "It Is also said lhat Mr. Gates' Inientlon to buy bark the Kansas City. Omaha and Easters, which D now In the hands of receiver* and reunite It with the Kansas City Southern W C. Rrlmson. who 1* now general manager of the Omaha and Eastern will. It I* brlleved, be made pres ident of the Kansas City Southern ALABAMA AFTER TERRITORY. Flrat Ntep l the Plan to Anne* Weatrrn Florida. Montgomery. Ala . Oct. B. -Secretary ot mate MeDAVltl. ha* taken the first step toward annexing West Florida, to Ala baom. In hi* annual report to the governor the secretary of stale say# that Alabama run* a mile fureher south on the eastern boundary than the tract hook* have here tofore shown and that the state i* pos sessed of a wedge of lend which hi* of fice record* failtd to show, running one hundred mile* along the southern end >f the state. _ Liverpool lotion Ktofietles. Liverpool. Get. JA—The following are the weekly cotton statistic* Total sales of all kind*. 44.000 bales; total sales, Ameri can tl.mw hale*. F.ngHrh spinners tak ing*. *I.OOO. total export*. *.flof>: tmnort of all kind* lut.000: Irnimrl. American. M.om bales; stock of all kinds. bale*; •to. k. American. lHOtn. quantity nflni. all kind*, ttl.eo": quantity afloat. Ameri can J 4.0"; total sales on speculation, Mn balsa, total sales to exporters. 400 bales. THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2fi. 1000. NEW PUBLICATIONS. GEN. YINSHANG SENT FOR. Continued from Flrat Tags. operating unmolested against the Boxers to the southward of Tien Tsin. NAYS Ol R ATTITUDE IN WEAK. Iltshnp of Shanghai Praises the Em peror of Germany. Louisville. Oet. 35 -The flrat husinem of the third and last day's aepston of the missionary council of the Kptscopal Church wa# the adoption of a resolution striking out the word "foreign" from the title of the official missionary organisa tion. Bishop Partridge of Japan read a letter from the Kptscopal btnhop at Shanghai. In which the following occurred. "What we feel worst about ta the ut terly weak attitude of the United mate* If we had only our country to depend up on we should have been In a l*ad way, for I believe they would make peace at any price And think of accepting Id Hung Chang ns n peace negotiator, aft er he said to Consul Good now that eo long aa the minister* were *afe the live* of the missionaries were of no account " Tbe letter continued by charging Min ister IN u ut Washington hud done much harm and accusing him of plausible ml* repreecntation* "and the Americana." the letter added, "seem to delight lo believe him.'' Tbe letter ended by saying (hat at the present time "they were ail cheering for Emperor William, who se.-med to l.e the only man who had the courage to take a Arm stand for the right* of the Euro pean* in China." The council adopted a resolution request. ing the general convention to give the house of bishops perm:*.* on lo consecrate bishop* for the Island* that have come under the protection of the United State* KII.LRD 3.000 VILLAGER,. Rebels at Peagkok Attarked and Nlnuxhtered Them. Hong Kong. Oet. 36—The governor of Hong Kong has been Informed that 4 non villager* In the Harn'o-huok-Kwaishln dlftrlct were attacked by robel* nt Peng kok The villagers were defeated and 2.000 of them killed. The rebel* who 10-t 400 killed, burned two village* containing 3.000 houses. A foo-e of 2.000 troop* went to the asalstance of the villagers and en gaged the rebels on Oet 22 No detain of the result have been received. Gen. Ho. with 3.000 troop*, has rrturne I to Hong Kong having burned the village* of Hhan Chautln and Melantau. PRICK ON IIRADN OF RKHKL,. Knanic NUa Hlee Crop Ha* Fatted and Robber* Are at Work. Canton. China, Oct. 25 -The Chinese of ficial* have placarded the Sheton district, offering several hundred dollars reward for the head* of the four foreigner* who ure supposed to be leading the rebels The rice crop has failed In Kwang Bi province and robber* are pillaging Re bellton and famine there are certain. RETI RNINtt TO THKIH POST*. Slleslnna rlea Are Heoomlna Their W ork lo t hlaa. New York. Oct 25-Rev E H Rice, of the Protestant Eiileccp.il missionary socie ty, to-day receive*! a letter from BUhop Frederick R. Graves of flhanghal. Th* Bishop said that flt John's College, five mile* from the city,has been reopened and. to the surprise of all. with an Inerts* and number of student*. The Protestant Kpls rop.il missionaries were also. In many t ases reluming >o their post*, bone hid gone back io Wuhu, lo Nankin and to Hankow The Presbyterian board ha* been I■- formed that the Hal Nan nd.-slo i*r.t-s had left Hong Kong and returnej to their posts. Rescued the kbiitinsrle*. Pari*. Oet. 26.—The Hava* Agency to* received ihe following dispatch from Pekin: "The French detachment under Col Drude he* delivered the French and Eng lt*h missionaries and the French. Bel gian atwl Italian engineer* who were Im prisoned by the Ch'n *e at Ngan Kla Tchuang. I'ao Ting Fu. Ting Cbeou, and Trheng Ting Ku. and al the Kuiop an* beiwern I‘#o Ting Fu and Tchtng Ting Fu." German* Killed 3110 Homer*. Klarai. Chou, Oct. 35.—A detachment of German marine* tn a battle near Kaumt with Boxer* killed >H of the taller The Germans al*o captured two walled vil lage*. There were not casualties among the Germans. I.speet HI t %**ent. London. Oct. 25 The foreign office offi cial* Inform* and u representative of inc A aocintid f'ree* to-dav that thus far only Italy unci Austria have accepted he Anglo-Getmsn agreement, but. It I* adds I, the assent of the United B'atrs. France a tat Russia was confidently expected. (■rranar Anree* WHI* Japan. Berlin. Oet. 21 - Germany has agreed to Japan's propotoil that the pear* nego tlatlcn* with t htiiu snail for the pre*ent be entrus ed lothe f deign representatives at Pekin. Final 4 watest nt Balttxiere. Pa I timer re, Oct 2A—The annual tourna ment of the Baltimore Shooting Associa tion closed to-day, the tlnal contest be ing a hand'eap at twenty llvo bird*. I2> ptrinee; '*> a*lle<! to high gun*. *lx m> neys. Imnlt. Martin and Poston# divid ed first three moneys, while th* other three went to Hellewell, Fanning and Welch. GAGE HEAD IN BROOKLYN. iKTHKTIHY r TRUAfVRY T.%LKBfI OinN INHO*. (eNiliprfl nt the Imdemy ol 4*—-m •**■'! IU to I—rhN* In the rnamaerrlnl Hullo nnd IH fOflrrt—U hv IN*llnr Are C'nlwe* nt thejlhtln ♦* l— ilon Applln lo \%tge lUmer u 4 Thnar on Nnnrlra. Nm York. <J t The Amhmy of ( Music tn Broo|.vti wa** cr>wh*i to the 1 doori io*night £y pro|*l# who came to hr Herrriary Liinati J lingr on the , I'ampoifn irauei The meeting nraa hr I*l un4n the of the tirooklyn Young Mn‘ Kepubllcfn Club, ami wji pretiJcl over by Prank jlarviy Plrll, praaidenl >f the c|gb Th 4 other rp**akrra bllf* Secretary Ongwjwrre fW!h 1%. prc4<lenl i of amt the Rev. Dr M W. WolreyStryker of Hamilton CVl legr. Secretary Onp * rrceptkm w®i moal Hearty. He aakltn part: It la my iui>oi (o apeak to you for twenty mlmMcH Mr auh)ec( may !><• ita;vd after thin ration What la tho Intereal of tha w.*io* . grnir aiul attpemlUrirn tf every da In ttc proposition to open ih%* mints fer the , m,.| unllmliett coinage of silver wt iwflo of 1* to 1? Ii Is th#- locare*! purpogs of the Democratic party ®o i'allel. to <|o (hat thing If done. It a 111 have an •>|urtiuut vflrci for weal or woe upon the welfare of every man. wo man and chil l In (he I'nlted Ht-itea. No 1 <|ueatlon Is of defprr moment than this question, and >ou an not art intelligently on It unless you undaratsnd it. t>o you really jrderstand It? I thought until lately tha* ty this ilm* h* me it* or (fcnierlui of thit pruposltkai nui*t h* iinderstod by everyone, hut I k .ow ted ter nw A gentlttiuan *i huslnr man of considerable irirlltgwnce—only a week since, called on i> member of <\igrcs* am) Mm thle qmwtlon "What does !A to 1 mewn ’ I am Itnorsnt and I want to know.*’ Now. P:t me ask that (pa**lon right here and now What Is to 1? What does the teim inun? 1 have a lit tle granddaughter eleven year* oil. Ph * visited me a 1• w wtvtk ago. and will* with me asked tn* ttuu very question I sold to her "T*l. m* wht you under* Stand It to m : "Weil.* site said. “I think It Is this da- <k>ld Is worth sh ut thirty-two tkaes e much as silver, but the hrmixmi* w ni to pas* a law o make ala teen ounces of silver worth th-* same as one ounce of gold I don't know If that is right though.*' "Well, my child," I Mild, you have It right down fine, and 1 wot t disturb yuur mind by further explanation." W hat la 1(1 to 1 f Hut we grown-up folks <an profitably enlarge the point a ll'tie here. What Is It to I? It la th* ratio which Congress fixed many years ago between goM and silver when cofrud at the mint—that Is to say. it Is a relation. In w* ight of metal, between silver dollar* and ir*kl dollars. Under ihe law a given quantity of gold was stamped a dollar, and sixteen Urn* * that weight tn silver was stamped a dol lar You perceive It ts n relation of weight not a relation of value. You will ask. then, why was the weight ratio fixed at l€ to 1? The answer ts ob vious and plain It was betWuwe that re lation of weight recognized In the >oins minted the then camgaar* I*l value of the two metals In the markets of the W4*nd Because the commercial value of gold was sixteen timet- or thereabout, greater than sliver. Congress recognised th fad and established *he coins In tha aum*‘ ratio of weight Make no mistake on this point The mint ratio never eatabli-hcd the value of either gold or sliver, nor did U establish tbe relative valu* of ow to the other. Th*> *ocnmcr ial exchanges* of the world Ox the value of all things. In cluding gold ami silver. The only way on earth to determine the value of gold, either as coin or a> bullion. 1j- to find out what ll will bring In flour, or clothng. or lal*or, or other things The value of gold Is measured by the u'lantity of thing* for which It will exchange The same 1m exactly true aa to sliver. Now. gold and silver ate no rmre reluted to each other In any Oxcd ratio limn are wheat and corn Wheat and corn are good for fu**). and there la a sort of relation between the two in value, but It Is a fluctuating, no# a fixed, relation. The wame Is true 4f gold and silver. They are l*oth metals used ns money but their relation to ea< h other In exchangeable vaiue has. a> his tory prove*, been a variable, not a fixed, relation. The Mint and the Heal Matin. Now. when our cxdnage law* were pass ed in 17W and amended in l©4. la, IM%. or Hi ounce* of silver had about the earn* power to ptirdiaw things in the world a* had 1 ounce of gold, and for that reason, and that reason soiely. the mint ratio. ratio of weight, was established in h way that was supposed lo correspond to th*ur commercial values lo their respective power* to buy things I cannot stop to recite History tfuffUnent to any that never In our history did both metals come to the mint for coinage In any uppre, table volume at the same period of time That metal cstne for coinage which had at h • time the least relative buying power ttl>rm). while the one whit h enjoyed the greater purchasing power aoroad did not come to the mint, but went abroad, where It cotikl make lettfr hsrgnlns for the owner of It Hut since the year* Y&t and 1*44 tne relative value between gold and silver has radically changed In the former penoda one ounce of goM would exchange for about nlxfeen ounces of sil ver For some tears past one ounce of gold has exchanged for thirty-two or thirty-four ounces of silver. It will now exchange in the same rado. nnd there is no reason to doubt that it wi)i so continue to exchange for an Indefinite time These are (get*. I shall not slop ?o discuss how this came about Whether It was the alleged "cr!m of or wheth r It whs because gjlvi r has become relatively more plentiful than gold, or because tha desires of men have changed—whatever theory you may adopt, the fact remains unchanged, vtx . on#* ounce of gold is equal In ex< hangeabb power to thirty-two ounces of :dlvr Yet it U Ire full view of these farts that a political party, or rather, o <om hi nation cf at least three i- lit cal p.irtl# ■ proj*>*i s If It gets control of th* gov*rnmtit. to re-open the mini, to the free coinage of silver at the old ratio of |*J t Whv? Why? If It war# desirable to ofM-rt the mints for th#- frc. coinage of sliver, why rot do as our fathets did. to wit, make the ratio as near as p -slble to th#* com merclal-value rat o.* They sry It was a crime to clpse the mints to fr#*e coiiwige of ►liver In lI7J I deny It; but if It were true, would It cute that crime to icmmlt an egregious folly In 19U0? Democrat It *npb I* t i-n t’on m. The DamocraU*. champion still avers that on thl* qu#s*k>n th party stand where It did *f UM He *ioes not talk about It so much but when h doe- talk about It. he used the same misleading phrases ns of old For instance, he has repeatedly said: ‘The lt pubi'ean Admin istration unde.* M Kjnb-y is coning sliver every day Ire the v>on>h and every month In the year at tbe ratio of Id to 1. If that Is not the correct ratio, why do they do It?" Mr Hryan know* why, hut he #onceal* the reason and alhwrs hit hearers <o draw erronsous oonrluson* The statement, so far ns It goes. Is ri- In IK7H a mensjre jessed f'ongr.ss limcfing th- Hecreatry of the Treaaury f< lty two million ounce* per month and ertn Into "standard dol lars." Hut mnk r h|s The colnag* w;a io be for the tjovetiknent atwl on Oovern ment m.counts, not on private ac counts for the btiufl of holders of bullion. In !<• be HherflWn law wax which directed thi ecret ary to buy not laaa Uiau fdJr and one half mi J ton ounce* of ail.er and to coin not less than two million ounces a month That act abo declared It to he the policy of the government to maintain the*e dol lars on a parity with gold. In 1m the purchasing clause of tha flherman law was repealed Btnee that time the minis have in truth been engaged In coining up the puTYhanert bullion Hut mark this. Through the law. and by the operation of the Treasury, the dollars Have be n | kept equal to gu*d They are pal#l out only by the government, and against the i receipi by the government of an equal amount In gold, or In aarvlee rwnd> r*d or Kord* bought. With the governmnt> ! guarantee of parity, and tha quuntity lira ; Ifed, It Is m mUestly an Ind'.fTareni clr i cum at a nee whether the ratio ware IX to ll.f® to 1 or &to 1 Anf yet Mr Bryan deftly insinuates that thl* praollce Juatl ties free coinage for a very body at that ratio without any guarantee of equality with gold from an/hudv 1s t it* tell you a atory It illustrata the matter ond makes It more char Four or five years ago I listened to a con versation Imm ween a certain judge and a banker The Judge waid "I constant y har that our silver dollar la worth only sixty cents, and ytt you iNinkers and ail •Irwlers are glad Ut lake them for u dol* Inr each How Is that? Are they rt illy worth a dollar, or do you all give Lilly I'ents more for each of them than thoy r* worth? My qurstton I# an honest one, j 1 want to know * The banker rep.led "Wall. ! will answer you by the k ndr j K irten nt# ihod “* ll#- held up a nlckle and I th- judge, "What Is that**' An*ewr: A nukle -flve cents.* "What is the j metal In tha coin worth?" Judxc "I don’t know ** Hwnkwr "I will tell you It Is worth about aix tentha of on# cant , Now. with so small value In Itself, how doe* It come lo be w*orth flve cent*?’ Judge "Why. the government, having Is ! rued It for five rents and having j received flve rents for It. will redeem It for five rente In geld, won’t ItY’ Hanker "Yes. you havi jit exactly You have described what is (erfertiy analogous to the truth J regarding the silver dollar The govern ] msnt buys the silver at the market prica. ; now about alxty cents, atamps a certain quantity of it a dollar, gets a dollar for It when it pays on#* out nnd redeems It whn presented for redemption ' Judge I km* the government redeem it wMh a *4l dollar?*' Hanker: "No. hut It does substantially the same thing It receives It an the equivalent of a gold dollar In the lavmenr of cuwlutna duos Being a* efficient as gold for that purpose. It Is rutw th# #*quat of gold for all purpose* At 'h* same time it does this. It pays gold to every one that wants It and has a claim or demand on (he treasury Thus th parity la maintained" I have been obliged to say so much by way of ex plaitntlon or prefers U> my main question ' llenl Interrat af Wsge-Ehniers. How wouk) the Intemsls of wng* art> ers and salary-paid people be affected If the Dense ratlr Hryan proposition should im* readixed? In the yrar IW6 1 hs#l n con versation with one of th* brightest and most top*lda business m**u of the West lla wos engaged In large affairs—an em ployer of lareor. a bank prnklml, and a man of reputed wealth, lie said to me I am pereuaded tha It Is (or the inter •at of the people of the United States to ••ln the mints for the free c<klnag* of sil ver at the ratio of ID to 1, nnd to get on io the sliver standard as soon as posai lle.” I said to him "It Is surprising to hear such a statement from you You mud have thought It well over, you can. ! know make your thought and reasoning i* rfartly *Xrar KSaplaln to me how it will be for tha Interest of our peopl** to go Into this thing, and If I can ear It as you do I will drop all objection* and • H|Mu*e the cause at <mn*" Thl* wusi his explanation "We have come to a time." he said, "when a protective tariff no longer prot#*eta. Under the Wilson bill, which, though a Demooratb measure, Is still protartlva. our factort#** are idle, labor I* out of employment, and general huslnea* languishes The truth la. we can not compete In manufacturing with 'he older countries, where labor te ch#a*> Wages and salaries ar# too high here The lobar coat of what we manu ufacture tm too gTeat. We must reduce the labor cost To undertake to reduce wages directly would simplv breed strikes lo# bouts, disorder, end riots; but cannot you see." he continue*) "that If we adopt *tlver as standard money for our dome all a ass we will, while nominally paving the same wage*, pay (hem In a kind of money which will be obtained at oast, meas ured In finished product*, of not more than ons-ha’f the present coat of gobl* ’ Ys," I replied. "1 see this clearly. It is strictly true, but you said It was for the Interest* of the p*opie Don't you recog nise the wage-worker and the salaried man as the people’ Your propaltton Is a proposition to blindfold their eyee whll*# you pick their pockets I can not agree to your plan. Metier strikes lockouts and riots than this kind af lugg.lt g and cheat ing through ihe medium of payment If protection will not protect (which time will show). If our lator coe| be too high if wages must, as you claim, be finally reduced, the gtlnd of ompetltlon will de termine when and h*r>w much. Agalt* such a result, reasonable and Just resist noe should he offered, while you would augend#r the whole question at once without a struggle" U ultra Rekseed One-Half. Was the gentleman right? Would the free coinage of silver and *b# #onaequen# • doptlon of the silver standard In uur do meat Ic aftairs nave ins effect he predict ed ? Wouid It deprive the wage-earner of one-half his present reward? I have no more doubt of the truth of it than I have 4i>ti‘g that grapes grow grapes or that thirties grow thistles You run see It * >r yourself If you will really try Give attention now If Is not difficult. I Is simple. You work far |av In wha are you paid* You will say, "In m#*m*y" That Is true, hut the money |n only an Intermediary to that In whl* you are really paid. v|g, fh'ngs that you use end consume The value of your work Is measured finally by what your work will procure You are pari $2 per day. ire cold or Its equivalent Two dollars will buy a snrk of flour, a pair of shoes or * thousands pounds of coal, and j so on. The value of your labor Is. there fore equal to the value of a sack of flour | a pair of shoes, a thousand pounds of coal, or what not. Now, among other things your labor pay will buy is silver With two dollars of the money In whleh you ara now paM you cun buy l.flnn nin* of sliver bullion That quantity of sliver bullion has Its •* changeable value a!l over the world In our market l.kdi grains of silver are equal It# value to n sack of fli>ur. a pair of shoes ! or i thousand |<oureds of coal. In other words, your labor pay and l.ROft grains of silver ore equivalent to each other In | •h**ir power to command those things (ha? • minister to th* comfort and haidrines* of I yourselves and your families l#et us now examine th# free-silver pro position It Is simply this: Open the mints 1 to everybody. Hermit the owners oflsilver ! to bring lr 371*4 grains of silver fltamp It 1 n* dollar and give It back to them , Uloitie that dollar with legal.tender quality, so that It may be lawfully used to pay debts That ts el). It Is slm pie enough, isn't It? Hut we know that ! one dollar of our present kind of money— , the money n which you arc paid your j salaries and your wages-Is worth, not •?7IVt grains, but more than MS) grains Would yon not rather have the equlvsb n* of ROD grains for your | ay than the equiv alent of 971>4 gr.ilnu. And yet, If you constnt to the free silver ptogramme. if Hryan and his Demo ci a tic-Populistic-SI I verlstlc *ui#pnr t* r* come Into I'ower. that programme will bo adopted, and you Inevitably get your pay In the new dollars containing 17114 grains of fine stiver. Before yon vote for this sort ft business he wise enough to get a stlp u'nfion from your employer* that you shall then he net#!, as you are now | atd tn something equivalent to Fit grain* of silver If you do not do so. you will get i the equivalent of only grains for i every dollar paid you Can you afford II? j Always in Season WHAT? BARGAINS.UNUSUAL VALUES And to-day, Bargain Day, shall long be remembered by those who will attend this sale. The end of the week shall bring noth ing but good luck to the wide-awake and alert buyer. TODAY l4Fllr.’ Ralny-daY flklrts. vsrv hravy Rolf cloth, nine row* ilt<htnß. spatial $5.00 loatles* Tailor-made Bulls, all woo) Vrnetam. Rntilt, Herge, Hnrd costa new flare skirts, bitwise or com effect, $12.50 Misses' Heavy Plaid Oolf Capes, bright patterns, $8.50 Ladlra’ Hssvy TstTsts Bilk tV.lila. hsm*ttti4>c<i srul itu-k-rt all Idlest shafle*. In bhis*. cartas, hslto, wills, ate., $5.00 Notahls l* ot Black Taffsl**— Black Tnflfcta all-allk. a *oc*l ironic cir i.l* wish u luatrou# tlnl.h. It tnchsa wide, wortn The: 4,*-day oc. The Leader of Low Prices. j But they will tell you that thews new dollars. romalnlnß IT!i* Rraln*. will be an cxlualiie then *a NR Rrnlna are now They ' will tell you that a .tollnr t* a dollat nnd ! dial free cotn*a<‘ will t.eln# the value of j the bullion up to li* catnxtte value H. that then STlt* Rraln* will ha worth a dot lar Thai la true In on* sense hut It In not true In e.nsnce or tn fort. Itir-e hun dred nnd newenty-one and one fourth Rr>.ln in silver bullion will be indeed worth <n ! of Ihe new ellver dollsr* bsauiune with lhat number of Rraln* you enn Ret one of the new dollnr* and on* of the new dol lar* will be worth JTUq Rraln* of ellver he enuee there ore Ju*t 271 H Rralne In It; but the que.tloiv the question tn whleh you are Interested-In thl* What will be the value of that dollnr when paid 4n me in | w, Re*, com(uired with the dollar tn which I am now pntdl You know the value <# j your present dollnr* Are you pfipirsd ! Ruaixintee to your*elve* and to your : famtlfe* that these new proponed dollar* tSN he of equal or even of approximate j value? No, *vn l l-m-tt you can not aft (red !i*do so Take the risk of *uch an empty r han< If you xartl!. hut when tho hour of f your *rt*f and dteappolnlmenl shall come, 1 ae mm. It .ursly will, then blanw your- I *olve* but aheolve the Republlran parly from any reaponelbilty for ths adv*r.ttea you will suffer. l-.Rrrt of Ureeent ll*er atf.evk | There la another point, not yet noticed, of the wadßhttset ronelderalton When the silver bullion now owned by the *v. ernmsnl shall he fully coined there will be ouutandlna In ths form of atlvsr dol lar. or stiver .Vrtlflcate* ths sum of near ly toonanuou With th* fr-e coin**" of | -liver on private account tl will he **n | ixraatble for th* treasury t tnalmaln the partly now exletlnß between all foem of .mr money The stiver dollars we now have will Inewltohly sink to a level with .he new dollar#- 4h*t I* to ***y Flit sink to thetr bullion valu*. or to Su rente on the dollnr This in. arm lhat the pres ent or future holders of our silver money are to be defrauded of not less than WK* ■ (01,000 In value And who are the#* hold ers -not th* bank*, not th# eaplMll#!* The stiver money I* scattered far and wide—ln Ihr hand* of hundreds of thous and* of our people, moet of whom live west of the Alleßhante* CONFLICT AT V ALI.KV FIRJt.D. I'.lßbl Poldler* and Fifteen atrlkew# Were Injared. Montreal. Qurbec. Grl. 25 —Advlre* from Valley Field received to-nlßhi etate that a conflict ha* occurred there between striker* and Ihe mltltle. Ktßhl anlrller* end fifteen striker* were Injured, two sol dier* end one striker probably fatally About it hundred militiamen were called out to-day to preserve order at the Valley Field cotton mill*, where there has been an Intermittent strike due to various niiie, all the year. When to-nlßht'* new. wa. received an other detachment of 200 militia left Mon treal for Valley Field lllf.4.#*.*'! Nt ntiRT OF 460LD. Welsh. Over TIKI Uened* aad le Val ued at • 1.14,1NK). New York. Get li.-Th* blßßeat nu**#t of Rold over received at th* assay office In Wall strr4 accordlnß tn Nuperlntsiwl ena Mason, arrived to-day from a mlnln* company in Brtilah Colombia. It wa* aa etßned to the New Vrk Rnt* of a Mon treal bank The nusßet cont.lined a fraction over TM pounds of the *olld yellow m-tal and la valued nt 1164 taw It cam* tn a solid eano and atood two feet ntsh FIXED run MILLING rifTl RK. Friar* I hist IRaet l*ay 411 He He re! vefl for the >6pek of Art. Rome, Oet. -Prince Chtßl. who was prosecuted hy the Dalian Rovemmrnt for eellln* a palntlDß hy Botticelli, whlcn Is now in haa been ordered to pay as a flne for viototlns the law asalnat eelilns valued works of art for exports lion, the sum of J!6.ow> lire, which wo* th* price paid for the picture Th* purchaser, who wae summoned to appear before the tribunal but wa* |n de fault. was condemned conjointly wMh Prince Uhlgl. kwsas Ilea Ha, Hrtura. Rome. Ort. 26,--The Pekin correspon dent of the Tribune eays that It Is said Emperor Kwsiir Hsu will return to tha Chinese capital about ths and of Novem ber. American Get* Contract. Tien Tain. Oct. 34 —lt la report*.! here that an Amarlran haa a.cured the w tract for th* rsbullulai ol Um JUa Ku bridßS*. | TODAY M Inch Heavy H.lf Blsaehsfl Tabla Uamack. 7Bc \alias. Mk . Rlraahsct I hinH.sk Jr lurk*. Ke*l Dnnmak 30e 3-4 III* Blsarhsrf L>atm.*k Unsn N*p kina. atln-flnlah. par <lo*sn |1 so 7\4c. I rats Ulsa' tied Canton Plannsl, tw.u*h| to ssll #o. at , #V#<- Dark IVroalss te, JlMin>.l Coal Itoda. arorth Me, go a* !> sach Japannsil Extra Heavy Coal arorth 6c, ro at te. German China Ftoril and GoM Decora te., lee cream an.l Oaimsal Nauesns. Bread and Rutter Rlatsa, and Cup* and (tau< er*. worth 26. ro at 10c orytal Gl** TaW" GoMst*. worth So each, at Sr Cryatal and Green Glaaa Oil worth the. RO at c rarA German China Onkt Band Ptatrs and Cup# and Sauerra in flve atuiprx, won a lOr -n.li ro a; 10e each. COAL STRIKE ENDED. (Continued (mm Ktrst Page.) BakJs. Hy this mean* the whole makes hmtrd (he nows in a very abort time The Polled Mire Workers' officials (Irm ly hellevr I hat all the operator* spams* whom the etrlke hae not been declared off will concede (he minora’ demands hy Monday. In rant It wae raid by one of the higher official* of the union (had Iha statement wee not drawn up until posi tlv# aeauroncaa had bean received that the other companlea would comply wt*b (he damn rule LAST TmBUTETcTSHERMAN. Frealdenf MeKtaley aad Other (M. dale Attended the ratend Service* at NeaeOeM. O. Mane (laid O. (lei -John Hhrrman waa laid In hta final matin* place ham thl* Afternoon net ween the hour* of U a m and Ip m , while the oaakot lay In Cl race Kplsropal Church, whore Sherman worshipped ae a youth, thousand* of per •one par red be fora the catafalque, pay inn lheir laat tribute to their fellow townsman Kvary buetneea houae wae draped m moumtnir, . hurrhee were all optai. the atreeta were thronged with thouaarxte. when at 10:10 o'cloch the special train ar rived from Washington hearing the body o( the former he ret ary of Mate KOe ty-two member* of Rherman'a brigade, eurvlvore of that farnoua body armed and accoutred for aervlce In the Civil War hy John Hherman. atood with bared beada heelde the funeral oar. Mayor Brown aratatrd President Mc- Kinley to alight Meeretury of War RlUiu Root, decretory Oortalyou. Judge Day. formerly Be retary of State, and others followad the President All uncovered and fell hack a* the raeket waa removed to a hearse Then President McKinley, Seo retary Root, decretory Correlyou and Congressman Kerr of this city entered a c err teen, which, followed by the hestrsa, l'l the proceaelon to Orece rhuafh. Pres McKinley did not enter tne church btM drove at once to the home of Oon (reeeman Kerr, where the PreeMenttol party had luncheon Renat or Hanna ar rived an hour lalar and spent the time before the funeral In ronaultatton with the President. The eervlcee, which bey an at $ o'clock, were short and atmpla There waa no sermon, only the sendee of the Kplaeopdl Church "l.ead. Kindly f.lght," was sun* hy tha surplleed choir Klght policemen hors the raeket to the hearse, followed by the how. orary pallbearers To the Manefleld cemetery, a mile dis tance, the procession moved led by the rarrisffe containing Pres. McKinley and party. It passed beneath a massive arch of black across Main street near the sol diers and sailors monument, and bet are en lines of paople extending the entire dis tance. Pres. McKinley and party departed for Canton soon aftrr the conclusion of tha services at the cemetery TRYING TO HAI2E NONWT. Cast < hlaeae Rallrtsad la After Rome af War fash. Berlin. Oet 26.-The East ChkieM Rail road Company. accordlnß to a dtapalrh from Ht Psteraburß to the Frankfurt** Zetiunß. la trylna to effet a loan In tha Untied Rtates and Fr*nr# throuph tho Ruaeo-Chineee bank The Frankfurter 7>ltun** correepawd ent who Rive, 26A.000.0M a* th* amount, say. that Director Roth.fln I* about to atari for New York In Ihe Intareat of tha loan. Wheeler to Hake apeewhes. Decatur. Ala.. Oct. 15.—H. A. SkSßfb. chairman of the Elirhth District Demo cratic Commute*, to-day racstvsd a latter from G*n Joseph Wheeler In which tha latter make* appointments to spaak at Gurley. M.dleon county; Hart**!) Mor gan county; Colbert county, and Huntsville. Madison county, for the Dem ocratic nomine* for (‘on *•, Judge Wil liam Richardson Gen. Wlterlsr at ths same tlm* enclosed a contribution to th* district cumtakin fund. i ■- - m m • tlss) Mrraa. Urrriawtaß. Bristol, Tenn , Oet. 36.—1n Upper East Tennesaea many streams are out af their banka A steel bridge atwl several tall toad trsatlsa over the v Hul*ton and chusksy rivers have been washed sway. At Houth Wat itiß a boom broke end thousand* of Mrs wars carried sway. Tho Tennessee rtvr ta ten fast acov* Was *1 src her*. 5