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POP'S DEOLABA1 STARTLING TRUTHS T OHIO PAPER-MUST A Memlier of the Long AVhi Watson Belong:* on Bryan if Promises Are '"'tlppftdicti Awful Disaster Veiigeance. Mr. Bryan being a Populist is would 3 lie presumed that ' he is inade of the - "same kind of mud" as the others of that crowd, which from the tone of the following are evidently after something other than the emancipation of the "masses." They were promised some­ thing and evidently intend to have-it or Mr. Bryan's little scalploek. The letter of one of the mainstays of Ohio Populism, whose initials, P. J. E., were signed to the document, appeared in the Ohio Populist of. recent date. The lector in full follows: "Do you want to win this fight? Well, you can do it if you don't insist on acting the hog. "You can't win, and you know it, with­ out Populist help. You can't win unless you can carry, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo­ rado, (Oregon and Washington, in each of these state the Populist vote largely outnumbers the Democratic vote. You cannot carry- a single one of these states unless you get the Populist vote. You cannot carry California, Iowa, Indiana or Illinois to save your souls unless you get the Populist vote in those state®, and all of it at that. .Now, another thing. Don't, you be too dead certain -that you are going to carry the states of North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas utiles? you first satisfy the Populists' in - those states. "The facts are that without Populist help you are 'not in it;' not a little bif. "Now don't you for a moment hug yourselves over the Idea, 'Oh, well, the Populists are going to vote the Dem­ ocratic ticket anyhow.'. You never made a greater mistake in your lives. They may. and again they may not. It de­ pends entirely on how you behave your- "selves." i - '"Now, listen! Populists are willing to ipull off thfcir coats and help you elect Bryan. But they are not going'to help .you elect Sewall. And they are not go- !ing to help you on any double-dealing, thimblerigging arrangement that means either the election of Sewall or Hobart. "The assurance was made _by Allen, Weaver, Washburn and others at St. Louis that if the Populists would nomi­ nate Bryan. Sewall would be withdrawn.' Chairman Jones of the national Demo­ cratic committee was there and was in close and frequent consultation with Al- ' len, Weaver and others. It is presumed they spoke with authority. Under these statements hundreds of delegates voted for Bryan. Populists are still willing to stand by that agreement. But they will stand no cheating or false pretenses. You must carry out that agreement, and in good faiths If you don't, yon are go­ ing to get one of the worst skinniugs you have received in twenty years, and don't you forget it. "Why do you want to keep Sewall on that ticket? Do you expect to carry Maine? Do you expect him to carry a single Eastern state for you? You know you don't. Do you expect him to add a single vote for you anywhere? If so, where and how? But you know, or - ought to know that he will lose Bryan a million votes. Do you expect Sewall's •bar'l' to assist in the campaign? You won't get enough of that 'bar'l' to buy half as many votes as he will lose you in Ohio alone. "If you want to win this fight, you want to be doing something. The reac­ tion is setting in; Populists are leaving you every day, and will continue to leave you. (Jet Sewall off, aud that p. d. q. "If you want Populist help, you can have it. They are ready to help you land your man. But you must treat with them honorably. You must show your good faith and sincerity. "If you persists in acting the political fakir aud political hog, you are goiiig to get. your political necks broken, and then -your heads pulled clear out of their sock­ ets. And Populists will help to do it, too. f" Do1 your hear us?" Farmers Not Fools. T^e farmers of this nation are smart enotigh to know that a monetary sys­ tem that would be-'good for them'alone would not be good for all the people. Therefore, when the Democratic speak­ ers tell them that 50-cent dollars will raise the price of their wheat the farmer is intelligent (enough to know that the statement is intended to de­ ceive, for a currency that will raise the price of one thing will also raise the price of another. But while the farmer and merchant would be marking up their stocks, the laborer will plod along at the old wages. Experience teaches these statements to be facts. Then suppose they mark up their prod­ ucts and their wares. Who is it that supports the merchant and the farm­ er? Is it a privileged class, who live only to spend money--the earnings of someone else? No; not in this coun­ try.' f Our laboring masses support the great #ores and the farmers, and when they are at work at wages that Amer­ icans ought to receive, the merchant aud the farmer enjoy good times. Of what benefit would a raise in prices of goods and products be then to the farmer and merchants unless a full ra­ tio raise would come to the laboring man? The Courier might answer this by say­ ing, Let the laboring man strike for his righls and get them. But can the Couri­ er vouchsafe to the laboring man in gen­ eral any more success than it achieved in his strike for his rights against the Courier? Would it not result in each instance in a year of idleness, and a complete shut out so far as -securing work under old employers is concerned? Laboring men generally think so, wheth­ er the Courier does or not... They are thinking for themselves. They are com­ paring the times they enjoyed during 1892 with the present Wilson bill times, and will vote accordingly.--Evausville Journal. ~ Chinese for Bryan. The Ventura (Cal.) correspondent of the Los Angeles Times furnishes the fol­ lowing: Ventura contains within its borders one smart almond-eyed Mongolian, who is far-seeking beyond the average of his by no means weak-minded brethren. In conversation with the Times correspond­ ent yesterday he intimated that Bryan's election would be in the nature of a blessing to Chinese merchants, -who keep a weather eye open for the main chance. In support of this theory (which, coming from a Chinaman, seemed strauge), the heathen outlined the following scheme which to him looks like ready money: "You see, Mexican dollars are for sale in Ventura banks for 54 cents. Sup­ pose I buy $2000 worth, hold them un­ til Bryan is elected, melt them down and send them to the mint in San Francisco I make $2000 clear. If Bryan Is defeat­ ed I can use them for China trade with jio loss. If Mexican silver don't go up in price after Bryan's election i can put my $4000 back into. Mexican dollars and double my money a&un. Bryan's election means money to me on the first deal in any event, and his defeat can only result in the loss of a fraction of a cent or so, as Mexican dollars fluctuate in value. We Chinese merchants buy them for China trade as they come cheaper than the American trade dollars. It. is a big scheme, and if the chances seem goody for Bryan's election I will P"ta couple of thousand dollars into it." ~ The foregoing is no .fancy sketch, but « well-considered scheme evolved from the fertile brain of a Chinese trader, who is always open for a chance to turn an honest penny. It may furnish food for thought for some of the advocates of unlimited coinage, and is given for what it is worth. ' , 0 Where is the Demand? Mr. Bryan, after weeks of cogitation, has at last answered the qu&tion, "Why will an act of Congress make *50 cents' worth of silver .bullion worth a dollar?" He says uproariously that the enormous demand for silver will make it dearer; but he fails to show any demand. The holder of silver bullion,. can take his. money to Washington, but the govern- inent will not buy it. The mint will stamp a dollar, but the moment the gov­ ernment efcases to redeem its o.bUgationsltwenty years ior tne payment or interest ntTrfct? silrBoto_.a quarter of a billion dollars, which in gold on demand that mi ver dollar will buy but 50 cents' worth of products; Nobody who lias gold will care to exchange it for silver, dollar "for dollar.^ Where, then, , will any fl^nmnd come in? Nowhere except on the^part of a man •who wants to pay a dollar of debt with 50 cents' worth of silver bul­ lion. Is it upon that demand Mr. Bryab relies for the success of the free silver movement? If so, his campaign is one for repudiation. There can be no oth­ er demand, so either Mr. Bryan's cam­ paign is founded upon repudiation or de­ lusion. In either case, does he think it worthy of the support of the American people?--Boston Advertiser. FACTS FOR WORKING HEN. How Protection and Free Trade Affect Toilers, •••... v,.;. V , P. B. Laird, tue labor leader, gives convincing reasons why the workingmen should vote for McKinley and Hobart. He says the pauper record under free Trade and protection tells the story. Of the protection period, ending 1831, he says: Many new factories, were built and all were running full time; pur working- men were all employed. Eiiglisii. fac­ tories were running half time. At the close of this period there was but one pauper to 131 persons in New York, while England had one pauper to thiHy- nine persons. / Under the Democratic party, from 1832 to 1843, we again had a free trade tariff. At the close of this period. Amer­ ican factories were practically all closed. In New York there was bhe pauper to every thirty inhabitants- The English factories were running full time and England had but one pauper to 250 'persons.' ' v'--" - : - ' ',,3?' Again, from 1S43 to ,1857, we were tinder Whig rule,and a protective tar- ififv Then many 'new factories .were built, all running on full time. At the close of this period there was but one pauper in New York to 1ST, persons. In England there were bread riots, fac­ tories were running less thau half time and One pauper to every fortv-three per­ sons. Andrew Jackson said of this period that we had the greatest pros­ perity this or any other country had ever seen. Prom 1847 until 1861 we again had free trade and Democratic rule. At the close of this period factories were idle, American labor unemployed, American credit at a great discount, the govern­ ment in debt and paying 12 per cent, for money to defray tin? running expenses of the government. President Buchanan, in his message of December, I860, prac­ tically admits that the government was bankrupt, that our factories and labor­ ing men were idle and demanded a pro­ tective tariff. President Buchanan signed the Morrill protective bill in Feb­ ruary, 1861. During this period, from 1847 to 1861, England saw her greatest prosperity, laboring men were mnch better off there than in America, her factories were all running, and s^e had full control of our markets. At the close of this period England had but one pauper to every 310 inhabitants. New York "had one pauper to every 13% inhabitants. From 1861 to 1893 the country was under Republican rule, with a protective tariff. From the signing of the Morrill tariff bill factories sprung up as by magic all over the United States. The work- ingmen's pay was more than doubled, laboring men in large numbers from all the free trajdf countries came here to get the benefits of our protective tariff and 'American wages. During this period we had become the largest manufacturers of auy nation on earth. Under reciproc­ ity and a protective tariff we were fast taking the markets of the world, and no nation on earth ever experienced such prosperity. Our greatest prosperity was under the McKinley bill, from 1891 until the elec­ tion of Grover Cleveland in 1892. Sta­ tistics show that under President Harrf- son_\ve had in New York but one pauper to 565 inhabitants. The English records of 1892 show one pauper to 30 inhab­ itants. My authority for these astound­ ing pauper records is the "Pocket En­ cyclopedia on Protection," pages 48, 49. During President Cleveland's first term the Mills bill--the worst tariff bill ever framed--passed the Democratic House, and was killed in the Republican Senate. As the tariff law was not changed, pros­ perity continued in spite of the fact that a Democratic President was in the white house. In 1892 the Democrats came into full power, controlling both houses of Con­ gress. and that free trade apostle, Grover Cleveland, was President. Within ten days after his inauguration orders for more than $1,000,000 for factory machin­ ery was countermanded. Factories be­ gan to close. Wages were cut down, until now there are from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 Americans who cannot get work at any price, and God only knows how great the pauper record is. But England is in a prosperous state. Her factories are running full time, and all lier workingmen are fully employed. The largest procession of workingmen that ever paraded in Sheffield. England, was on Wednesday night after the elec­ tion of Grover Cleveland. They seemed to understand what that election meant better than we, the American working- men, did. for we elected Cleveland, and today they have got work and are much better off than we are. Eleven hundred factories were built during the Harrison administration. How many under Cleve­ land? None! A vote for McKinley and Hobart. with Republican congressmen and legislators to elect a senator instead of Free Trade Hill, means the repassage of the McKin­ ley bill, with the additional duties re­ quired to keep out the pauper-made gnods, of which we are now importing about twice as much as under the Mc­ Kinley bill. It also means the passage of the im­ migration restriction bill that was passed by about 200 majority in the House and killed <by the Democratic Senate, with David B. Hill as its leader. A Re­ publican vote means opening our fac­ tories. with steady work at American wages, payable in 100-cent dollars. A vote for Bryan means the worst bankruptcy and pauperism for American wage-earners that we or any other peo­ ple ever saw. Bryan is the strongest free trader ever nominated by the Demo­ crats. and four years more of their rule would practically make us all paupers. Let us not forget the promise made to us by Grover Cleveland and the Demo­ cratic press--a promise of steady work, increased wag<|s and the markets of the world. Instead of this the world has got our markets, and every dollar's worth of goods imported takes a dollar's worth of work from us. Vote to protect our wages and homes. Keep out pauper-made goods and the paupers that make them!--New York Commercial Advertiser. The Heal Issue. Mr. Bryan's latest device to get away from the tariff issue, which his audi­ tors persist in thrusting upon him, is to belittle it. Tha other day the boy orator told a crowd that, when compared with the currency question, the matter of high or low duties was "insignificant." The tariff was a subject to be waved aside, to be shelved, or to be thrown upon the rubbish heap of time-worn and immate­ rial politics. Mr. Bryan did not care which. But as an issue in-this canvass, faugh! The idea was revolting to every honest sentiment of the masses, and par­ ticularly to the candidate with the record of having predicted a rise in the price of wheat to $1.25 per bushel upon the pas­ sage of the Gorman-Wilson bill. Yet, "insignificant" as this question may seem to men wh«„ have made a record upon jvhich they want to have forgotten, the voting masses have some­ how "been misled into thinking that so long as the present tariff is running the country into debt at the rate of $1,000,- 000 a day it is a good thing to have re­ pealed. They do not believe that the treatment of a vast and growing deficit is outside the realm of practical and necessary politics. Mr. Bryan apparent­ ly does. To the. idle operative who wants nothing more than to have the mill or factory Which once employed him open its doors again so that he may support his family as he did in McKinley times the assurance that the tariff question is him it :» the political question «f •>„ questions. It concerns his bread and but-, ter. By the taxpayer who finds that the government has put a lien on him. for twenty years for the payment of interest would have been collected through the custom houses.of the importer of foreign, goods if the McKinley law had been kept instact, the Bryan sneer at the impor­ tance of tlie issue is poorly appreciated. Likewise the retailer, the tradesman, the° professional man - and the laborer--all these, after four years of reduced busi­ ness and incofaes and uncertain, work be­ cause of the hard times, know'of no more important issue than that of starting the wheels of "industry and business once more in motion. V It is useless to tell the thoughtful and discerning voter that the desired effect could be had from a mere change in the standard of the currency, leaving the general .economic conditions as they Were. No form of money produces pros­ perity unaided. As for free silver, noth­ ing would so well lubricate the machin­ ery of business after the machinery had begnn to work--but no one pretends that free silver would start the engine. It could not open a factory which had been closed by free trade competition. Pro­ tection would have to be used for that. There must first be some means found of putting more money., into circulation before an extra volume of either gold, silver or paper can reach the masses, and if there is any better way to do -this than by making it possible for American industries to put their old pay rolls into force again, experience does not suggest it. c : In a word, to have u return to pros­ perity we . must first repeal the tariff law which drove it away and the re­ store the law which produced it; There is no other recourse, and, in spite of all that Bryan may say about tlie "insig­ nificance" of thfe. tariff question, it looms up before' eveyy vdiscerning eye as the issue of rfeal nioment in this canvass.-' San FranHsep Chronicle. FINANCIAL DEPENDENCE. A Silver Standard Wonld Put Us-in the Hands of Kugland. One of the boldest mendacities of the silverites is that silver is American; gold, English; that silver stands for American independence of foreign financial rule; gold, for the subjugation of American finances to English bankers and their Wall street hirelings. Nothing could be more opposed to fact. Should the free coinag'e of silver become law, the first ef-, feet would be the disappearance of gold from circulation, for no one would pay out a gold dollar worth 100 cents, when a silver dollar worth but 53 cents sufficied for the bargain. As silver dollars in­ creased in number, gold would be sold and leave the country for other coun­ tries where it is recognized and used as coin. England, the richest of nations, would get the most of it. The addition of the gold of America to her own supply would fortify her position as mistress of the exchanges of the civilized world; for all exchanges are, and must continue to be, in gold, so long as the gold na­ tions have the controllirg wealth. The addition of the American gold would vir­ tually give England a "corner" in the metal. She would Ite enabled to fix the price to the United States, to Mexico and to the silver republics of South America, just as she lias already fixed tlie price to India, to Egypt and to her other dependencies. In adopting silver the United States surrenders its financial self into the hands of England. So long as the Unit­ ed States maintains the gold standard, so long it preserves financial independ­ ence and financial standing and power among the commercial powers of Chris­ tendom. Surrender gold, and the country forthwith becomes the slave of the gold countries: for gold will continue to rule in spite of the declarations of the silver howlistsi Free silver, therefore, does not mean financial independence, but. on the contrary, tlie surrender or financial inde­ pendence and the voluntary acceptance of the silver dollar would be controlled, and changed at will, by England, acting as the agent of the gold countries.--D. C. Eaton in New Haven Journal. THE ILLINOIS FIELD. COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE ' ^ STATE CAMPAIGN. Illinois Will See Vermont and Maine and Go Them One Better-- Altgeld's Forces Demoralized--Forman. Gill and Hesing Worry Them. puerile comes with very little force. To THE EMPTY DINNER PAIL. As I sit here Idly dreaming. Of the happy time that's.^gone, Not -a dollar in my pocket' And the winter coining on: The thing that breaks me up the most. And makes me feel so small. Is the sight of that old dinner pall Hanging on the wall. I've carried that old dinner pail For fifteen years or more. And it never saw me out of work Or destitute before. For with shops and factories running. And the best of wages paid, A prosperous lot of fellows were The dinner pail brigade. But you see we wasn't satisfied. Though it seemed most mighty strange, And we said we thought the country Would be better for a change; And we railed about the tariff. And we blowed about free trade, And we voted Democratic, Did the dinner pail brigade. Well, a change was what we wanted. And we got It too. you bet; For the shops and factories all shut down, And left us in the wet; . The banks suspended payment, And I lost my little 811, And the dinner pail is empty now. That's hanging on the wall. I'm dependent now on charity For the roof above my head; And I've seen my wife and little ones Go hungry to their'bed; But I've plenty of time for thinking, And 1 see it, isn't it strange? For I voted Democratic, ' . . Just to have a little change. Yes, we voted Democratic, I And you see tlie change has mad© A lot of hungry beggars Of the dinner pall brigade; . The workingmen are idle But the ,worntwqed «nd the gall Is to see the empty dinner pail-1 Hanging on the wall . --Troy (Kansas) Chief, A Warning from Webster. He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread. He panders indeed to greedy capital which is keen-sighted and may shift for itself, but lie beggars labor which is honest, unsuspecting and too busy with the present to calculate for the future. The prosperity of the working classes lives, moves and has its being in established credit and a steady medium of payment. All sudden changes destroy it. Honest industry never comes in for any part of the spoils in that scramble which takes place when the currency of a couikry is disordered. Did wild schemes and projects ever benefit the in­ dustrious? Did violent fluctuations ever do good to him who depends on his daily labor for his daily bread? Certainly never. All these things may gratify greediness for sudden gain, or the rash­ ness of sudden speculation, but they can bring nothing but injury and distress to the homes of patient industry and hon­ est labor.--Daniel Webster, speech at New York. March 15, 1837. * CAMPAIGN NOTES. The Bedford Times-Republican offers to accept subscriptions |it $1 per year payable if McKinley is elected and free if he is not elected. Nothing risky in that--except for reluctant subscribers. Bryan says there is such a thing as a dollar being too good. A dollar and a wife, says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, "are two things that can't be too good, and they are too hard to get to be read­ ily traded off for a cheap dollar or cheap wife, just because those are easier to get. It is not necessary that anybody should follow up Bryan to answer and confute what he says. He does that himself. Bryan tells gaping crowds that after taking one bottle of his Free Silver Topic any man can lift himself over the fence by his bootstraps. And some men be­ lieve him. It is the universal report all through Western New York that if you want to meet those Republican farmers who are going to vote for, Bryan you must go to "the next town."I The nomination of a Southern map by the sound money Democracy will effectu­ ally eueher the effort made by Bryan, Altgeld, Tillman and company to make the national canvass a sectional one. " A Splendid Prospects As the campaign in the State progress­ es the interest widens' and deepens, Illi­ nois is now in the full swing of a grand march. Nevet since 1S72 has such a feeling existed. The demands from the various counties for speakers and litera­ ture from the Republican State Central Committee show how thoroughly aroused the rank aud file of the,party are. The reading features of the State cam­ paign during the past Jfcgpk are highly in­ structive. The silcnCe of Gov. Altgeld has been twice broken already. His friends not long ago talked very confident­ ly of "his "aggressive campaign," and spoke in a mysterious manner of some remarkable "exposures which might be expected." There have been exposures, but they did not come from the Governor. Scarcely had the hurrying and skurrying in the office of the State Executive at Springfield ceased over the letters of Con­ gressman W. S. Forman, and the demor­ alization which they had caused, been felt in every branch of the State Democracy, than Mr. Schurz's speech came. And again Gov. Altgeld felt called on to reply. He will have to reply early and ,often be­ fore he can reach Mr. Schurz's speech, and overtake the speech made the other day at Grand Rapids, Mich., by Postmas­ ter Washington Hesing, of Chicago. Mr. Hesing is not only postmaster Chi­ cago; he is also an ardent,- consistent civil service reformer, a warm personal friend of President Cleveland, by Whom he was appointed, aud the editor and proprietor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, the leading German newspaper in the State. Mr. Hesing is an aggressive, independent man of position. He is free to express himself, whether Gov. Altgeld likes it or not. The nomination of Mr. Forman by the sound money Democrats in place of Gen. John C. Black, declined, is gall and worm­ wood to the Altgeld-Hinrichsen wing of the Democracy. Forman has a bent for. "speaking out in meeting." When he was in the State Senate, ten years ago, he was a member of what was called "The Big Four," a quartette, two of whom were Henry Seiter, of Lebanon, and Ste­ phenson, of Shelbyville. They never took any stock in the Hinrichsen branch Of the party, and the last three years with the "Hickory Hall" domination have not changed them in this regard. To have one of this "Big Four," and that one the particular friend aud companion of Col. William R. Morrison, formerly of Water­ loo, now of the interstate commerce com­ mission, Washington, chosen to run against Gov. Aletgeld, has been to make things fairly sizzle around Democratic free silver headquarters. Mr. Hinrichsen is said to construe this course of Mr. For­ man as a direct stab at. himself. Mr. Hinrichsen is the candidate of the free silver Democrats for Congress from the Jacksonville district, as against Geui Rin- alcer, and is credited with the suspicion that Finis Downing, of Virginia--who thought for a few months that he was a member of Congress, but isn't now in it-- is ready to see him beaten "without even the formality of a tear. It is charged that, to help the Democracy, the employes of State institutions are being assessed for funds to meet the campaign expenses. It is not wondered that the Chicago Dem­ ocratic platform declared against civil service reform The State Republican .League, under the chairmanship of Col. Ira J. Copley, of Aurora, is in line doing splendid ser vice. : The Chicago Business Men's Sound Money Club is arranging for > a grand demonstration on Chicago day (Oct. 9), the aniversary of the great fire of 1871. Ex-President Harrison will be invited to attend and deliver an address. The Chicago Commercial Travelers" Club hold daily noon meetings down­ town. These are held from 12 to 1 o'clock every week day. Leading speakers ad­ dress the meetings and the most encour­ aging results are reported. . One of the events of the past few days was the speech of Hon. Bourke Cockran. Of New York, who spoke Saturday night, Sept. 12, in the Auditorium, Chicago. There were 0,000 persons in the great hall. An overflow meetiiig in the vast building known as the Battery, was also held, at­ tended by as many mbre. The number of applications for tickets to hear Mr. Cock- ran exceeded 40,Q00. It was notable that on the same day Senator John M. Palmer and Gen. Buckuer were notified of their nomination by the sound money conven­ tion held at Indianapolis. It was also to be remarked that on the same day ex- Senator Edmunds spoke in Philadelphia to a very large audience on the crisis of the year, and pronounced this election one the epochs in the life and history of the con The Populists and Democratic free sil­ verites of Cook County have nominated separate county tickets, (fcnereiiave been numerous efforts to fuse'them, but they did not succeed. Two separate conven­ tions and two distinct sets of county nom­ inees gre the result. The split seems to be permanent. The indorsement pf the Democratic "sound" money nominations of the In­ dianapolis convention by Secretary of War Lamont and Attorney General Har­ mon has tended to further divide the Democracy. The wings of the party in Illinois are separated beyond union. Dem­ ocrats, like Mr. Rosette, of DeKalb, who were once very friendly personally and politically with Gov. Altgeld, are driven away from his ranks, and it is stated that the defection of these strong, respectable leaders of the Democracy of the State is having an utterly demoralizing effect upon the free silverites. The action a few days ago of the Rochelle fair free silver direc­ tors, in refusing ex-Gov. John M. Ham­ ilton an opportunity to speak, after he had been invited to deliver an address, is fur­ ther dividing the responsible, sound Dem­ ocrats from the Popocratic managers, and adding strength and votes to McKinley and.Tanner every day. The country at large is seeing for itself that the claims of Democrats flocking to McKinley's flag are true to the letter. Here is an inci­ dent: On Friday, Sept. 12, 700 members of the Chicago Democratic McKinley Club went to Canton, Ohio, to call on Gov. McKinley. They spent Saturday at Can­ ton, and returned to Chicago on Sunday. ^ Among the events that will interest many citizens of all classes who are con­ cerned as to the future sf^the' country may be mentioned the following: Speaker Tom Reed is to visit Illinois and will make several speeches in the State, Gen. Sickles, Gen. Siegel, Gen. Alger, Congressman Guenther of Wisconsin, and Capt. Tanner speak in the Battery, Chicago, on Monday, Sept. 21. Since the nomination of the Democratic free silver ticket of Cook County (Chi­ cago), the feeling among local Democrats has been very bitter toward Gov. Altgeld. It was openly charged that the Governor not merely interfered in the matter of nominations, "but actually dictated them, even to the humblest nominee on the tick­ et This feeling has greatly weakened an already weak ticket, and voters of the free silver Democracy give up thle battle #3 hopeless. They admit that the local fights in the Democracy h{ive immensely reduced their chances in the fifteen Sena­ torial districts of Cook County. When it was asserted the Democrats Would elect one-half pf the sixty Senators aiid Repre­ sentatives from Cook County it is now admitted that they cannot hope to gain more than one-third. This state of things is badly stampeding Gov. Altgeld's politic cal following, who never thought he would be elected Governor over John R. Tanner, but had hoped that,they might carry, the Legislature! in joint ballot, and thus Illinois; send Altgeld to the .United •States Senate to rejpforW: "Pitchfork" Tillman, Allen and iPfi&erfcrS'.HSi * The sweeping has added to their already thoroughly rattled condition. / They had reluctantly said Elaine would give. 20,000 majority, but were not prepared to see Tom Reed elect­ ed by nearly that majority. Chairman Hitch, fif the State Central Committee, is in receipt of gratifying ad­ vices from the Nineteenth Congressional District. The Republicans thejee are. thor- oughly aroused and full}- organized, and are doing enthusiastic Work in every coun­ ty and township. There was a great rally at Paris, Edgar County, last week, attend­ ed by delegations from the surrounding country in spite of heavy rains for two days. William E. Mason, of Chicago, and States Attorney I. R. Mills, of Edgar County, made the principal addresses of the occasion, and were repeatedly ap­ plauded. An effort has beeU made by the Popocrats to retire from the ticket J. J. Sewell> regular nominee^ for. Congress in the district; but lie refuses to be side- tracked. In a circular to voters he says: i "Yoii have no doubt heard how the great State committee traded she off after •%, was nominated for Congress by the Populists of this district and sold out the entire People's party of the district without consulting any of us. This circular is to advise you and your friends that I am not to be sold or bought off. In standing firm and solid for honesty in politics I simply fulfill the plain duty of every American citizen. I have worked for free coinage of silver at sixteen to one for over twenty years. I ask you to support mo in pref­ erence to a man of doubtful intent." Congressman Benson Wood, the Repub­ lican nominee, is making a vigorous can­ vass of the district, and because of his ex­ cellent record in Congress, there is no rea­ sonable doubt of his return to his seat. There has been a go<^d deal of demand for ex-Gov. Fifer in all parts of the State, and lie has made some effective speeches. But for several weeks he was so com­ pletely occupied with important law busi­ ness lie was not able to comply with many requests to fill appointments. Republi­ cans everywhere will be pleased to know he has now buckled on his armor and is in the harness to stay to the finish. He will successfully meet the arguments of Altgeld on all questions, and will take sat­ isfaction in having the opportunity. ' AN ESTIMATE OF TANNER. Words from One Who Served with Him in the Senate. Hon. George Torrance writes the Pon- tiae Sentinel a biographical sketch of Capt. John R. Tanner, in which he says: "In all positions John'R. Tanner has held he has reflected honor upon his party and State, and his ability and honesty have n'ot been questioned. He was chair­ man of«the State Central Committee, and organized and led the Republicans to the great victory of 1894, and to-day there' is no man as much feared by the anarchists, the believers in riots and the mobs, and the free silver shoUters, as John "R. Tan­ ner! In.temperament, character and re­ spect for law and order he is the direct opposite of John P. Altgeld." He has not the flow of language of Altgeld, but in honesty of purpose, judgment and decis­ ion is much his superior...„ "I served four years with him in the State Senate, and it was during those years I formed the respect for him which I have always entertained. I know his record (Was for the people; his votes al­ ways with them. He came from among tlieni; understood their wants and fought for them determinedly. Whenever an adjournment was had he went home, and with his plow in the field, his ax in the woods, and his strong1 arm at the saw mill, worked to create prosperity, instead of idling away his time. By a reference to the table of votes in his race for Sher­ iff, for County Clerk and for State Treas­ urer can be seen the esteeUi in which he is held by his neighbors. ' • "About two weeks ago. with a friend of his, 1 was seated with him in his room at Chicago. We were talking over the campaign, when I asked him what was being done in certain directions, aud I shall never forget his reply. After an- sweriig uiy question, he saidi 'I would rather be defeated for Governor than to make any promises to the enenlies of law, and order to secure their votes. I shall maintain my self-respect, though I lose. If I am elected Governor I shall see that every man. whatever his religion or his politics, his nationality or his position, shall be protected in his rights; and I should feel it my special duty to guard the rights so far as in my power, that no injustice is done the laborer, the producer or the business men, but I will not violate the law nor falter in my duty.' I do not suppose I give his exact words, but I do the substance, as I took no notes at the time. This was said without thought of publication, and in fact it had not oc­ curred to me to publish it until since com­ mencing to write this letter. It was, to his friends, an expression of the honest sentiment of his heart. , "He is a thorough believer in that finan­ cial policy which increased the per capita circulation of this country from $15.32 in 187S to $24.44 iu 1892. He is against that policy which has decreased it from $24.44 in 1S92 to $22.93 in 1895! He is against that policy, now threatened, which would stamp $20,300,000 in silver bullion $40,000,000 in legal tender free for the owners of . the bullion! He is against cutting the purchasing power of our present dollar in two by reducing it from a '200 cent dollar,' as Altgeld calls it, to a '100 cent dollar!' He is against closing our factories to open those of Eugland; against foreign manufacturers with foreign labor making what can be made by American manufacturers with American labor; against destroying our home markets to build up the markets of Europe; against forcing our workingmen to compete with the poorly paid working- men of the old world; against the free coinage of silver at sixteen to one with gold. „ "And tp-day, near Louisville, in the County of Clay, is the old home of John It. Tanner. There is seen the small frame house, built in colonial style, where he labored "from early manhood "- where he was married, his children were'born, atid his wife died. " It is now the residence of his only' daughter. A few miles distant he owns a farm of 440 acres, and another near by of sixty acres, composed of fine timber, pasture and tillable land, upon which there is an orchard of forty acres, unsurpassed in the State. Near by his old home, on the banks of the Little Wabash; stands the old saw mill where he labored for fourteen years, now' silent, -rusting and decaying as the result Of Democratic tariff tinkering with lumber a few years ago! From these surroundings came the man destined to be elected the next Gov­ ernor of the State of Illinois by the larg­ est majority ever given for that office, I believe." ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH- - FULLY RECORDED. Alarming Mortuary Reports in Chi­ cago--State Commissioners of PnbliC Charities Move for a Reform--Chi­ cago Man Shot Down. s Many Deaths in Chicauo. According to the monthly report of the Chicago Health Department for August, the total number pf deaths from all causes was 2.201. There were 757 deaths Of persons under 1 year of age and 1,087 under 5 years last month. Sixty-four deaths from typhoid fever wfere reported. There were fifty deaths from diphtheria. Infantile diarrhoea proved, fatal in 322 cases, while other acute intestinal dis­ eases caused 299 deaths. One thousand nine hundred aud thirteen persons were vaccinated during the month by the of­ ficers of the department. The report of the municipal laboratory is as follows: Diphtheria diagnoses........ .«. .. 112 Examinations of city waiter....... 126 Examinations of ice 144 Examinations of meat . <.. 3 Examinations of vaccine..... .. . 35 Analyses of. milk and cream...... .1,099 Of 1,699 samples of milk and cream an­ alyzed fifty-nine were below grade. Sixty suits were begun for violations of the milk ordinance. Yeterans Meet at Joliet. ' ; The annual reunion of the One Hun­ dredth Illinois Regiment was, held at Joliet, attended by nearly every surviving member. Action was taken in regard to the location of the monument that is to be erected at Chickamajiga in commemor­ ating the deeds and struggles of the One Hundredth Illinois. There has been some contention with' the head^nen in com­ mand. The Will Cotinty^Boys" want the monument situated on the scene of the Sunday fight.Some contend that it should be located on the spot of the battle of the previous Saturday. The vote taken was unanimous for having it erected on the site of the Sunday morning engage­ ment. Judge A. N. Waterman, of Chi­ cago, colonel of the regiment during the fight, has fought for placing the monu­ ment where Saturday's fighting was had. The next reunion will be held at Braid- wood. The new officers elected were: President, Capt. S. D. B. Lyons, Braid- wood; Secretary, Walter Griffith, Braid- wood; Treasurer, George Pickle, Plain- fieW. , . Hold Dp an Alderman. i Frank Gazzolo,. Alderman from the Eleventh Ward of Chicago, was the vic­ tim of a bold hold-up at 11 o'clock Sat­ urday night. „ Two highwaymen at­ tacked him within twenty feet of his residence. 520 West Congress'street, and after beating him with the butt end of a revolver and disfiguring his nose with blows from two pairs of stalwart fists took $25 in money and a number of valua­ ble papers from his pockets. The two men then ran down the street and dis­ appeared in the darkness. No arrests have been made, although Aid. Gazzolo Is able to give a fairly accurate descrip­ tion of the thugs. This robbery is the second within three weeks in which Mr. Gazzolo has figured. The first time he 'tuanaged to escape with no greater dam­ age to person and property than a bad fright. The second attempt proved more successful from the highwaymen's stand- poiiftt. -' On a Still Hunt for Bobbers. Henry F. Weltner, a deputy sheriff frpm Ceutraiia, was in HudsonvilU* Mich.,'in search or J. J. Roberts. It is alleged Rob­ erts conducted a patent right scheme, get­ ting the names of several prominent farm­ ers and then forging their signatures to notes of large amounts. After discount­ ing the notes at the bank, it is charged he went to Anamosa. Iowa, where he represented himself as a Congregational preacher on special missionary work, col­ lected about $350 fl'om the charitably iu: clincd and disappeared to turn up next in Centralia under another name, represent­ ing himself to be a special agent for a mu­ tual life insurance company. The pre­ miums that he collected there and in ad­ joining towns, it is said, exceeded $1,200. It is then charged that he ran away with the 15-year-old daughter of George Colli- tan, living in the ffmlthcrn part of Sanga­ mon County. Peacemaker Is Fatally Slioti Joseph Barten, of Chicago, was kissing his children good night Sunday night about 1 o'clock when he heard a wom­ an's scream in the rear flat, occupied by Dewitt Mason and his wife. Wishing to learn the cause of the disturbance he pushed open the door of Mason's flat, which was unlatched, and entered. It is said Mason was quarreling with his wife and was abont to strike her when Barten interfered. This enraged Mason and he ordered the intruder out. of the room. Barten refused to go and Mason shot him, the bullet entering his brain. After the shooting Mason fled from the house and the police were unable to find him. Barten was taken to the County Hospital. His recovery is doubtful. At Lacon a farmer is trying to cultivate a seedless Watermelon: If successful he will have it patented and then devise a process for having the date of the patent grown in the rind. •^C!rftW«jTIilf̂ ̂ef Macomb, was billed while quarreling. An unknown man took advantage of the opportunity, struck Hill^ yeret. the, head with' some blunt instru- -ment, and disappeared in the crowd. While handling her husband'^ ,reyolver Mrs. Hattie Logan, wife' of Policeman^ James Logan, of the Desplaipes street station, Chicago, accidentally shot herself! in the right breast. The accident oc­ curred at her home, 316 West Congres* street. Dr. Marcussion probed for the* bullet, but was unahle to remove'it. Mrs. Logan's condition is serious. The First Methodist Church of Galea- burg is stirred up over the farewell ser­ mon of Dr. C. W. Blodgett Sunday. The; Doctor has accepted a call to the Peo­ ple's Church at Detroit. In his sermon; he denounced bitterly those who had not! been in harmony with him. He accused! some in his congregation of writinc; anonymous letters aud of forwarding pa-! pers to Detroit to injure him. He repre-i sented that his wife had been persecuted! •and that she had often come home from-; the women's meetings of the church weep-! ing bitterly. The charges are denied. Gustav Mueller, of Chicago, shot him-- self in the left breast in Lincoln Park^ near Wrightwood avenue. He was re-i moved to Alexian Brothers' Hospital, an& will probably die.' According to a Ie found in his pocket,,addressed to Michael Fogle, No, 255 Blackhawk street, he been wandering about the park for ue twenty-four hours, trying to make UP mind to kill himself. The note said H was undecided whether to jump into the. water or use the revolver he had spent; his last money for, Mueller said in hiaj" note that he had been out of work so lonfit that he had^ grown despondent and tired' of living. . , ' . t ' . _. •* .'r/f The Evanston Electric. Railway Com-i pany filed a big mortgage in the Cooks County Recorder's office Tuesday. Thef amount is $1,000,000 and. the mortgage! is to the Royal Trust Company. The doe-! ument is dated Aug. 1. The mortgage is| on all the property of the company, real! and personal, and is payable in twenty] years at 0 per cent. It is to secure anj issue of bonds. The Grant Land Assoeia-f tion has secured a loan of $70,000, for! which it has given a mortgage to the Chicago Title and Trust Company. The? property mortgaged is in the Grant loco-; motive works subdivision. The document^ is dated Sept. 14, and runs for three years-1 The nineteenth anniversary of the Au-> rora Baptist Association was held in Jol4 iet. The attendance was large and great interest was taken in the session. Tues-i day's exercises were opened by a devo-i tional service conducted by Rev. Henry T.' Cope, of Piano. In the forenoon a busK ness session was held, and Rev. H. Jj Powell, of Joliet, was elected president^ and Rev. George C. Moore, of Downer's} Grove, treasurer and, secretary of thei pastor's conference. A discussion follow-] ed on "The Attitude of the Church toj Sunday Bicycling." Bicycling for pieas-f ure alone on Sunday was generally con-j demned, but it was conceded that it was' better to ride a wheel to church by one's! own effort than to cause railroad or street­ car employes to work to carry the per-* sou there. r The Miohle Printing Press and Manu-| facturing Company, of Chicago, is Inj financial trouble. Tuesday night the Sheriff took possession of the company's! plant on judgments aggregating $50,000* Better Care for the Insane. The Boardi of State Commissioners of Public Charities has issued a circular calling attention to the fact that instances have lately come to the knowledge of the board in which insane patients have been seriously neglected and injured while con­ fined in jails, or have been conveyed from their respective .counties to the State hospitals in irons and otherwise ex­ cessively or improperly restrained. The board seeks to remedy this abuse and urg­ es that patients should not be confined in jails; that they should be taken to the asylum at once after examination, and in no case are irons to be used. State News in Brief. Philip L. Houy, a resident of Galena since 1845, died Friday, aged 74 years. His wife's death took place titelve hours before. They were to have celebrated their golden wedding next month. | Carl RieCk, for twenty-five years\fore- tnan in various plants of the United Spates Distilling and Cattle Feeding Compri^y, Chicago, fell from the roof of his house and died two hours later from his in­ juries. At Rockford rain fell steadily for forty- eight hours, and cedar block paving was washed out for long distances. Rock River rose nearly fonr feet, sweeping out the dam at the city's electric lighting works, nearly crippling the plant. A number of bridges were washed away, and farmers have lost much live stock in the flooding of lowlands. h ; * The Rockford Council declined to pass over the Mayor's veto the motion grant­ ing a franchise to the Rockford Traction Company on 7th street. It was lost by a vote of 9 to 5. y The canning factories around Blooming- ton are completing their season's packing. The corn has been found to be of the finest quality, though below the average in quantity. The tomato crop has Wen un- precedentedly large. Some of the facto­ ries will continue packing tomatoes until froBt. The tomato crop at $6 per ton, the contract price, has proved remunerative. The yield has averaged $35 per. »cre, and some acres have yielded $G0 and $70 worth. wliich were confessed in the Superior* Court. The plant of the company is atj Fulton and Clinton streets. The judg-> ments are all in favor of the Home Na-j tionai Bank on notes for money adracced.L They are against the company and Sam-> uei K. White, president. The amounts ̂ of the notes are $12,089.35, $23,009 andj $12,529.74. The company began ' nego-i tiations for the settlement of the claims,' and Wednesday it was stated by attorneya{ for the bank that negotiations were-ife progress, and the whole matter wouldj probably be settled quickly. It is Eftid the^ liabilities of the Miehle compdny outside; the indebtedness to the bank are small,, and if those claims are met the company will be able to continue business. Thei company was permitted Wednesday tq contiuue business, and its workmen were^ performing their duties as nsual. The company is one of the largest concern^ of the kind in the city. At the office oft- the company no information could be ofr-j tained regarding its affairs, but it was stated that the judgment* would be Following is a statement of the condf-; tion of Illinois State banks before the commencement of business on Sept. 1,; 1890, made from reports to the Auditor of Public Accounts: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 83,250,291 Overdrafts, secured and un­ secured 239,824 United States boUds on hand. 572,796 Other bonds and stocks .... 10,248,13a Cash on hand . . . » 1 4 , 7 8 2 , 6 2 9 Due from other banks 13,816,524 Banking house 489,89© Other real estate 810,9481 Furniture and fixtures ..... 278,175 Current expenses, including taxes 185,212 Checks and other cash items. 2,475,455 Collections .. 136,1021 Total $127,291,996 LIABILITIES, Capital stock paid in ....... $18,919,500 Surplus fund 7,547,135; Undivided profits .......... 3,467,037] Dividends unpaid .......... 6,275 Savings deposits subject to notice 37,665,0121 Individual deposits subject to check . . . 3 9 , 7 2 0 , 4 1 4 Demand certificates of de­ posit 8,749,641! Tirtie certificates of deposit . t 8,507,921; Certified checks 691,947 Cashier's checks outstanding. 532.57W Due to other banks 6,353,70S Notes rediscounted ........ 25,300 Bills payable 104,940*' Total .$127,291,90« A rate war on canned goods broke out the Other day on the Western roads, and! it is liable to spread. The Missouri Pa* cific was the aggressor, reducing ̂ e rates, on the goods named from St. Louis to allj points on the Missouri River and beyond: from fifth class to 5 cents below fifth, class. This cut was immediately met by tlie St. Paul Road from Chicago, aikt the indications are. that the other roadsi will put in similar tariffs.. Canned goods comprise a large percentage of freight: shipments, and a serious disturbance of rates in the West may result from the Missouri Pacific's cut. The dry goods store of Cook & Bolt, at Harrisburg, was closed by the Sheriff on an attachment issued in favor of the Har- gadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Company* of St. Louis. The regular convention of the Women's Relief Corps of the Ninth Congressional District met at Rockford Wednesday^ with 100 delegates, Mrs. Julia G. Sihe. of Chicago, presiding, The address of welcome was given by Mrs; Mary E. Vsnr Alstyne, of Rockford, the response being made by Mrs. Emma R. Wallace* of Chi­ cago. Routine work was transacted and matters pertainbis to the ritual discussed. A bia camp fire was held in the ercnia®! jg which Neviua Post, No. l« jolned. * u'nouiftra a if* ?C'<<3 \ . . .