Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 157, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 1, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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H0LEA NEW rilASE TO THE
JmCARAGUAN TUOUBL3
f WASHINGTON April 30
Senator Morgan of Alabama In an
blmlew tn the NlciraKUan sltnatl m
car characterized tho Insult to C n
rJar Arent Hatch the lllmalcct kind o
ifrttxt on the part of Ureat Britain
laiuU If a private Individual woula
wa tor damages on such a cie lie
soala be laughed oul ot tourt
file had no criticism to on the
paBs
llmlnlstratlon be ause as he satii he
WMunied the admlnUtr ltnn had tik n
ym stops to prevent Great Britain
Inh obtaining a foothold on Nljara
IMn territory
fNM It It has not he adiii the
j t cnn reis will even It Great lint
ia must bo
driven olt at the point of
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Senator
Morsan added that ho did
Mains that the canal project would
Meaaaniered
by the present compllca
He said
iJh 5U0 na Eone far beyond the
i d < > far bejond the Clay
WIiU ir treaty It has a charocter
mi Its own and that
on hl nef grounds than any doc
2LorllJ at has ever been enun
SSL Th J n d mal onJ the gov
oraejt of Nicaragua and Custu Itlca
Sik il lnio a solemn compact
Seitch ° tcr ooklng to tho con
lon of thi great maritime hlgh
uJm Piny composed mostly
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ffii It of nggrisslon that lias
Srr S r COure throughout the his
KtS Sdern Imes and upon tho
5 e L of rtlM the most absurd
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StiroJ5 c Nwuia > at she does
affi complied with nnd all
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hint 1 Drn n absolute
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f TOtCK P0nt on 1 Am
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to tWs erl an Wfl to rut a
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K o s cSmii ° a Nicaragua Has
on condition that
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MAILABLE EDITION
THE FORT WORTH GAZETTE
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PORT VOIITn T13XAS WEDNESDAY MAY 11805
AII IF SPECIAL SALE
lltas SIiobs
SLIPPERS
Also Mens Shoo Oxfonls ami Princo AlbcrK
e havo about 100 pair Mons 1atont Leather Ox-
fords first class mako at BOo on tho 51 If jou
want a dress shoo you cant afford to miss theso
roods We nro selling first class goods for oss
minoy than thor hao over been sold in Fort Worth
e and See the Beautiful Framed Pictures Size
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We Are Giving Fret to Our Customers
COME AT ONCE
BIS Mainstreet
Weltmans Old Stand
lias sanctioned tho principle ot tho
right of a European nation to collect
on indemnity for a national Insult of-
fered to It by an American nation or
to secure redress for abuse or illtreat
ment of Its citizens and Infringements
on their property rights It can safety bo
predicted that It will not under any
circumstances permit any European
goernment to attempt by the display
of force to collect moneys owing by the
South or Central American states to
Indlcldualson account of moneys hmnd
ln 1881 Secretary Dlalno urote to Unit-
ed States Minister Nojes nt Parla nt fi
time when the French government was
about to undertake a demonstration
ngilnst Venezuela to forcp that coun
try to meet payments to French bond
holders on Recount of the national debt
that the government of tho United
Htates would regard with grave anxie-
ty an attempt on the part of France to
forte by hostile pressure the payment
by Venezuela of her debt to French
citizens and een before this tho doc-
trine had been well established notwith-
standing the pressure that was brought
to bear by the great financial centers
of Europe to hae their governments
undertake the collection ot debts owing
to them In the case above referred to
warning was quite sufficient to cause
the effort to fall Therefore there Is no
ground for apprehension of a forcible
attempt by the Tlrltlsh to collect debts
owing by Honduras to British bond-
holders on account of a government
loan nnd this same doctrine may be nt
this time of great comfort to many ot
the small republics of this hemisphere
that have been obliged by the stress of
hard times and revolutions to default
In tho payment of the Interest nnd
principal or their national debts The
position taken by the state department
Ii that there la no rulo of International
law authorizing tho erclsa of force
to collect Individual debts nnd that
persons who tako bonds Issued on ac-
count of the national debt of an Ameri-
can republic must take chancpn of their
collection in the ordinary way putting
themselves on a footing with the Inhab-
itants of the country borrowing the
money
At the state depirtment tho news
that Nicaragua would pay the J75000
Indemnity within fifteen dajs after the
departure of the British troops was
seemingly expected though no direct
advices had been received by the de
partment In fact Minister Ilaker Is
now In Costa llica and there Is ery
little communication between the gov-
ernment nnd tho legation at Managua
It was lrirned at the department that
the acceptance by Nicaragua of the
terms which havo been proposed does
not mean that the affair Is settled It
Is understood that Ambassador Ha > aid
throughout tho controversy has had to
encounter the dllllculty which Is still
presented
The British government wants tho
money piid in tho prenence of tho
British fleet at Corlnto or while the
fleet Is till there and the troops are in
possession of the town The British
government according to the state de-
partment officials wants the payment
made as though under duress It Is
hoped however that the oTTer made at
the suggestion of the United Htates
and which Mam sua advices say has
been satisfactory to the Nlcaraguan
governmwi will be agreed to by Great
Britain though no assurance to this
effect has bfen received It appears in
this connection that the threat of revo-
lution In Nicaragua has given tho
United States an opportunity > to urgo
with more force n placable settlement
of the present difficulty as such a result
ot the British occupation might serious
ly threiten the lives nnd the property
ot United States citizens As to the
possible arbltiatton of the remaining
questions in the dispute between Great
Britain and Nicaragua it Is understood
thnt the United States expects to bo
represented and that a request by Nic-
aragua that the United States be repre-
sented will probably not be refused
by Great Britain This It Is said will
not be allowed to Interfeje with the set-
tlement of the 15S00 pounds cltimed
bv pn > ment within two weeks as pro-
posed
ABAPAirOE ODD TELLOWH
Arapahoe Ok April 30 Arapahoe
Lodge No 55 I O O F of this place
celebrated the anniversary of their or-
der today In an appropriate manner
forming In procession at the lodge
room they marched to the building of
the First Congregational church
where there was delivered a public ad-
dress by Bev B Ober of the order
with other exercls after which they
ogaln repaired to their own hall and
spread one of the finest dinners of
Which It has ever b en the pleasure of
3owr scribe to partake The address of
Bev Qber was nstructtv e and elo-
quent and was a treat to all who
heard him and altogether the affair
was a grand success
rnESBYTErilAN CONVENTION
Mexla Tex April 30 The state con-
vention of the Texas sjnod Cumber-
land Tresbyterlan church convened
this ortcrnoon Jlev J M Ilalsom
Houston was elected chairman T N
Williams Bonhatn secretary and Bev
J R Groves Mexla assistant secre-
tary Special prayer was offered for
the recovery of Deputy United States
Marshal Ixjve of Dallas who accident
ia shot himself Sunday
THEWAGES OF SIN IS DEATH
DEATH TO THE BOOT TO REPU
TION AND TO CHAItACTEU
KENTUCKY CONVULSED BT A
DOUBLE TRAGEDY INVOLVING
THE UPPER TEN
FULTON GORDON FINDS HIS WIFE
IN FLAGRANT DELICTO WITH
THE fcON OF GOVERNOR BROWN
HE SLAYS THE MAN FIRST
AND THEN THE QUILTY WIFE
LOUISVILLE Aprit U
At separate undertaking establish-
ments In this city lie tho odles of
two of perhaps the most prom nent peo-
ple In tho state of Ken tuck One Is
of Arch D Brown son and private
secretary of Kentuckjs chle execu-
tive the other that of Mrs Fulton
Gordon prominent because of Ser re-
markable beauty and excellent fam-
ily conecllons
The story Is a sad one and has caus-
ed ono of the greatest eensatlons this
city or state has ever been called upon
to chronicle
The following telegram found In Mr
Browns pocket no doubt Is the direct
cause of the double murder
Louisville Ky April 2S Archie D
Brow n governors priv ate secretary
Frankfort KyDont write nny more
Come Tuesday Meet mc at S 10 a in
P M
Upon receipt of the above telegram
Mr Brown ame to Louisville and pro-
ceeded to the nppolnted place which Is
an evil resort at 1025 Madison streer
where at 12 35 oelock today the trag-
edy occurred
At noon Brown with Gordons wife
knocked at the front door of Lucv B
Smiths Madison street house They
were admitted by Mattle Mattlngly a
colored woman and Immediately repair-
ed to tho upstalrs fiont room which
had been previously engaged Thirty
minutes imr a rather tall darkhaired
man knocked at the door of the Iioubo
and was admitted This wa Fulion
Gordon nnd ho engaged the front lower
loom Seeing that a woman would
Join him there The man closed nil the
doors and a few minutes later a com-
motion was heard above followed by
a succession of pistol shots
Then there was n hurried movement
down stairs as Mrs Gordoit fled from
the scene A few more shots rang out
and sho fell dead on the porch In tho
rear lard Gordon left the house Im-
mediately but a few minutes later
Browns corpse was found in the up-
stairs room
Police Officers Rellly and Lapallle
were standing at Tenth and Walnut at
12 25 when some negro 1k > > s came along
and told them there had been a murder
at Lucy Smiths house The policemen
rushed down Walnut street and saw
a man running for a buggy tied to a
nost at the corner of West street
The man was bloodj said Officer
Reillr and I Immediately Jumped at
the conclusion that he was tho murder-
er I ran and grabbed him Just an he
as in the act of Jumping Into the buggy
Ho had already untied tho horso when
I arrived
Gordon for such he turned out to
be saJd to tne I shot both of them
I caught them In the act They are
both dead I nm shot too Come with
me and Ill show you where they are
Gcrdon was as pale as a ghost Lat
pa I He mslf and Gordon walked to
Lucy Smiths house Just as we got
Inside the front door Gordjn staggered
and was about to fall when I caught
Mm He was In a fainting condition
and rdashed some water In his face
I summoned the ambulance and
as soon as that arrived we sent Gor-
don to JalL
LipaUle said he had known Mrs Gor-
don by reputation for some tlm She
had been going by the name of Reese
Neer was there a more sanguinary
battle than tho one fought In the
front room of tho second floor of Lucy
Smlthsf house Gordon had little
difficulty in Betting Into the room as
the fact that there are no broken locks
Indicates that tho entry way was left
unlatched As eoon as Gordon gained
egress a desperate duel was evidently
begun Brown had a 38 caliber revol-
ver which was found empty after the
tragedy
Gordon must have had two pistols
as six bullets pierced Browns body
and three that of Mrs Gordon The
bed on which Brown and Mrs Gordon
lay was covered with blood showing
that one or both had been ahot while
In that position or In the struggle one
or more of the wounded had fallen
there
Cordon Wmself was covered with
blood must of which was doubtleiss
aWkl
caused by contact with his wounded
antagonist Just what part If any
Mrs Gordon took ln the desperate en-
counter only her husband Is a position
to say Two bullets nro Imbedded in
the door several went through a win
dow which faced the orth three were
burh > d in the walls and two In tho
celling The walls all around the room
are smeared with blood The dingy
carpet Is saturated with gore and the
furniture was badly broken In the
fray
Browns body presented a horrible
appearauhce being covered with blood
from head to foot here were no
clothes on tho body except a pair of
knit drawers nnd a pair of black
socks The undershlt had been re
moved and th rrcunds are plainly
islble There were three wounds In
the breast one of them being over tho
region of tho heart there were two
wounds in the head one being In the
center of the forehead am there was
another In the center of the stomach
and another in the right arm Clotted
blood or = ed from these wounds pre
senting a sickening sight The fea
tures were distorted
Mrs Gordons body was fouml On the
collar door face downward clothed
only In a chemise and a skirt and
as in stocking feet Her hair was
oose and was hinging about her head
la a tangled mass Her face was calm
and gae no sign ot a struggle Her
i 0nl v a8 c wa vrith blood and
niM afcespatttrcd with tho
tr
t er J > ands were tightly
SplotchiVaMtl her mercU ttl
Gordon Is in Jail arid no one Is al
lunSiit BS ° nu 3 ° unmm bit it
suTferloff fIDm nervous prostration
Gordon states that he tried to kill
8eI lK h0 < n and his
wife but tho
cartridge failed to ex
plode and his hand was nervous On
Hn Z V cordon 8tatetl l
oillcer he had
suspected the couplo for
tome time nnd about a week a to H
suspicions were confirmed Evor
since he had kept waUh on his wire
nnd todny learning that she and
Brown were at the house on Madison
folfo wod e UPnt th0r ° hnd the lra a
At S oclock
tonight the coioners
homicide a vetUct of liable
Gordons caso w M be tried tomor
row Governor Brown accompanied by
Seeretarj of State Headlej arrived In
the city from Frankfort at if 30 oclock
and Is stopping at tho Gait house Tho
governor Is completely prostrated by
th sad affair
When seen by n reporter of the As
soclated Press tonight he stated tlmt
he did not care to discuss the matter
oung Browns body will be taken
to Henderson tomorrow for burial
The remains of Mrs Omdon are nt
W atts undertaking establishment on
eventl street
j and jung Browns
body Is nt KIiub undertaking istab
Ilshment on Jefferson street
Mrs Gordon was Miss Nellie Bush
of this olt and her family Is one of
the best known and most prominent
In this state Her mother was once
state librarian at Frankrort and her
grandfather was Judge Zichurta
Wheat chief Justice of the court of
appeals of Kentucky and one of the
most learned and distinguished of Ken
tucky Jurists Gordon was at one time
assistant manager of the Palmer house
In Chicago
ADDRESS OF SILVEfj DEMOCRATS
OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS
A CALL rOR A STATE CONVEN-
TION TO BE HELD IN FORT
WORTH AUGUST C AND THE
REASONS THEREFOR MISSOURI
DEMOCRATS GET IN LINE
AUSTIN April 30
The following resolutions and address
were given out today
RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESS
Adopted by the Democratic members
of the Twentyfouith legislature of
Texas who favor the free coinage of
silver at a met ting held In Austin on
tho 2Sth day ot April lS 5t
To Hon J JC Bumpass Chairman
We tho committee selected by this
meeting April 23 W5 to preparo res-
olutions wnd nn abJress expressive of
what we believe to be the right posi-
tion of tho Democratic parly on tho
great and Important silver Issue now
before our country respectfully sub-
mit tho following icbolutlons
Bo It resolved by this meeting that
we are In favor of tho free and un-
limited coinage of ullvtr at the ratio
of Iff ot silver to 1 one of gold and
the restoration of the sliver dollar to
the position It occupied tor nearly one
hundred jears in cur government as
the monetary unit and we recommend
that this be done by the United States
without reference to any concurrent
action by any other government
ResoUed 2 That In order to glvo
effect to these Mews we recommend
and urge upon the Democrats of Texas
who believe accordingly to hold prtcnet
meetings on Saturda the 20th day of
July 1S35 and send representatives to
county mass meetings to be held at
their respective county seats on Thurs-
day July 25 1893 for tho purpose of
selecting representatives to a general
state mass meeting to be held In Fort
ANorth on Tuesday the 6th day of Au-
gust 1885 for the purpose of more per-
fectly organizing the Democrats of thta
stato who believe ln these views and
insuring a full and fair expression from
them on the sliver question In the next
Democratic state and national conven-
tions
Resolved 3 That the address to the
Democracy of Texas prepared by this
committee and herewith submitted bo
adopted by this meeting and be sent
out for the earnest consideration cf
the free sliver Democrats of this state
Resolved 4 That all papers in Tex-
as are hereby respectfully requested
to publish these resolutions with the
accompany address
Respectfully submitted
L D LILLARD
J D RUDD
J S PHERRILL
TRAVIS HENDERSON
A C OWSLEY
J K BUMPASS
CULtEN F THOMAS
J M PRESSLER
a b McrmiDE
M a JACKSON
TV P SEBASTIAN
ADDRESS
To the Democracy of Texas We lay
before you the preamble and resolu-
tions adopted by a conference of Dem-
ocratic members of the house ot repre-
sentatives and Democratic state sena-
tors and a number of Democratic cltl
sens from different parts of the state
held In the state capllel on the even
ing of Thursday April 25 1S95
We ofTer sou a brief statement of
tho reasons for taking this action
The demonetization ot sliver as tho
unit of monetary alue and stnndatd
rcdecmiikj money by the action of
congrest and the degrading of silver
money to the condition ot credit money
to be alucd as a commodity at gold
prices and to bo redeemed with gold
tho same as paper and other credit
money has proaueod a complete revo
lution In the financial pullc of the
United States has reduced tho alucs
of property real nnd personal and the
products of labor about onehalf has
arrested enterprise has paralyzed In
dustrie has brought us to the verge
of general bankruptcy and has doub
led the burden of fi debts national
atate municipal corporate and private
and rendered their payment in a large
measure impossible
In Mew of this condition of things
u active campaign has been begun
having for Its object the forcing of the
Democracy of the Union Into the adop
tion of the Republican policy on this
question
In the fortmer action of the govern-
ment on this question President CIee
land was represented as the friend ot
silver and the gold standard men
In the two houses ot congies made the
promise that If the friends of sllvr
money would old ln repealing the pur
ehujlng clause of what was known
as the Sherman law they should havo
friendly legislation In favor of silver
inone litis promise was never re
deemed but was Molated and neither
the president nor any of tho gold
standard men have evpr offired any
plan looking to tho restoration of sli-
ver as standard monej and do not
now and it Is safe to say will not
specify any plan for that purpow
And set their advocatoa keep beforo
tho country a sort of general indeilnlta
statement that the aro friendly to
silver as money but none of them
say they favor silver as standard le
dempllon money
And now It lias been ostentatiously
announced through the public prise
that President Cleveland ond his cab
inet are to luaugmate u campaign
against the iibo of silver as a part of
the standard money of the country
and for the adoption of ihp single
gold standaid The piesldcnt has given
to the public his letter for the opening
of this campaign and It has been an-
nounced tl at the members or his cabi-
net are to mako public speeches In
advocacy ot the same policy Tho
fold standird men have called a meet
ug to be held nt Memphis In the
state of Tennessee for the same pur-
pose and citizens of Texas have been
appointed as delegate to that meet
ing lu addition the enemies of free
silver havo called a state meeting for
organization to be held at Waco May
9 1835
This action forces the friends ot sll
er coinage and of a financial > g
tem which will meet tho ne ds of tho
people to adopt such a course ai
wilt bring about a restoration of tho
value of property and labor and Its
fruits nnd restore to us onco more n
condition of prospcrlt and content-
ment The quellon ns to whether thty
will stand by Inactively as witnesses of
tho consummation of the bankruptcy
and desolation which ore fruits of this
policy or manfully and vlgotgusly
make tho fight for tho icstoratlon of a
Just and necessary financial mystcm
and for the preservation of the life of
a Bsssafr pBu
In the name of nn outrage people
and to preserve the good name the
character nd the usefullnes of tho
Democratic part wo put forth tho
plan this day presented to the I > < nn
erats of Tgxah u tin organization of
Democrats to secure the enforcement
ln tl Democratic party jt tho i olloy
of the free and unlimited colutge of
silver the same as of gold and tu mako
the silver dollar again the unit > f taluo
and a lawful tender for all dehtu pub-
lic and private An 1 wo apnea tu the
friends of this pulley o assemble In
primary mass me tliga n their es t-
hc voting pnclnctH on Saturday July
20 ISO j nnd send Instructed repi > s > na
tlvea to county mass meetings to be
Itld at their respective county snts
on 1 hursday the 25th day ot July hen
and thore to select representative lo-
a Htate must meeting to be held In
Fort Worth nn Tuesda the Cth ay
of August 1895 for tho purpose of more
thoroughly oigaulzlng the fro sliver
Democrats of I etas and securing their
Just representation In tho next state
and national Dunocialtc conventions
In this state and elsewhere where
the majority of the people favor sliver
as standard money some of tho gold
standard men pretend to bo In favor
of silver ns standard money This Js a
pretense put forth to deceive tho peo-
ple Such men know as all who are
Informed on this question do that the
real purpose ot the enemies of silvcf
Is to secure the adoption of the single
gold standard In the Eastern states
and In Europe and wherever they
suppose themselves In the majority
they Indulge no such Insincerity but
boldly proclaim themselves In favor of
the single gold standard We ask our
fellovvclttaeus to he not deceived by
the enemies of allv er money w ho
while pretending to favor it never get
to tho point of knowing when or how
tho country Is to get the benefit of It
We can notice only a fow of tho ar-
guments used by thegdd standard
men against silver
One of them Is that this country can-
not adopt and maintain a bimetallic
standard of gold and silver at the ratio
of 1G of silver to 1 ot gold without the
ronenrrence of other nations When
congress demonetized silver It did jiot
nsk tho help of European or other
countries to give effect ta Its action
The United Mats has nearly 70000000
population Produces n greater amount
of agricultural products for export
than any other country Produces more
manufactured goods than any other
funtry Mines more silver than any
other country Has the most Intelli-
gent and enterprising people In the
world and Is fully able to adopt and
maintain such a financial system as Is
demanded by the nteds of the country
Independently ot the policies of other
countries Our exports of commodities
and merchandise far exceed our Im-
ports and this excess of exports sup
piles the place of gold In meeting pe-
cuniary liabilities In other countries
BesldPif this It Is estimated that not
exceeding i p r cent of the commerce
of the United Ftates is foreign com-
merce and a part of this Is with sliver
standard countries The other 96 per-
cent Is domestic commerce We ned
a currency to meet the necessities of
the 8ft per cent of our commerce much
more than a currency to meet the wants
of the 4 per cent The gold standard
people Insist on an International cur-
rency which will strengthen our credit
Abroad There Is not now and never
has been an International currency
Oold and silver like cotton and wheat
when used In foreign trude are tnkn
for what they are worth by weight
and fineness in the country to which
they are sent and not upon a standard
of value fixed by any on or by any
number of countries Instead of deslr
Inr to provide the means of Increasing
Mi t E SiS
our Indebtedness to foreign countries
we should purnue n policy which wtutd
pay M our present Indebtedness and
mako other countries our debtors In
rtend of allowing them to be our cred-
itors
Another of the scare crows which Is
used to frighten the friends of the silver
coinage Is the statement that If we
adopt free nnd unlimited coinage all
the silver ot other countries will be
brouBht here and dumped on us the
gold driven out ot the country nnd our
country made a slngto silver standard
country bueh an argument Is not now
used except nmong those too lgirMit
to know what they re talking about
If all the gold and silver In tho world
could bo utilized ab mahcy there Is
not enough or it to meet the needs
of the worlds commerce which Is an-
nually Increasing while the produc-
tion of the gold and alUcr of tho world
Is decreasing Where Is this silver to
rome from What country can spare
It And how Is It to get here There
Is nt this time more than one billion
dollars In silver In circulation In Eu-
rope nnd every dollar of It is at p r
with gold nt the ratio ot 15 12 to 1
The dollar there lo use our denomina-
tion Is worth about three tents less
than our dollar whl < Ii Is as 16 to 1 be-
cause of this dlffiitiue lu ratio If
therefore the owners of silver thrro
should bring their silver here ta ex-
change It for fold the > would lose 3
cents on tho dollar Then thcie would
be the expense of getting the silver
together In tlmt countiy the cost ot
freight and lnmirnnco to this country
the tost Df exchange here the cost of
freight ond Insurance hack to that
country and the cost ut rorolnlng
Able tinanciera estimate thnt these ex-
penses would nmount to 12 or 15 per-
cent What man of sense would make
such a sacrifice And whi should it bo
nisdo Money only goes wheie It Is
to bo used lu buMng other things If It
should come to this countr It would be
brought here to buy our products
wold luiprove our murkets nnd benefit
out people But why discuss the impos-
sible The governments of EurojMj
control but a small amount of their
coin money It Is In tho hands ot the
people and It It weto possible to take
this money from them it would pro-
duce a general panic cause strikes
evcrwheie and In nit probabllll it
revolution Thh view is loo absurd to
be talked about
That wo may tho more fully leallzo
what Is the effect ot doing away with
silver as n pait of the standard money
vvhkh meaeurtN nil values It nhoiiU
be remembeted that It constitutes about
onolulf of the metal money uf the
world Tho principal part ot the
worlds present Indibieduess was In-
curred when thu gold nnd sliver of the
world measured the value ot property
That It 1t now piuposod to pay that
lwlebtediiiHM when gold uloiio measures
the alue of nil propert and when
propert Is only worth ItIt ns much
ns when the debts were denied Tho
census of the United Htates for 1890
shows that the national debts of the
pllnrlpiil nation not municipal cor-
porate or prlvuto debts amounted lo
jsWWOOOOOO It would now require as
much properly or as much of the pro-
ducts oi In bur to pay thnt debt as
wmild have been icqulred to p JCfl
00 KHooo when both gold and sliver
measured alucs Less than two < nr
ago It washliawn by Poors Manual thnt
the debts of the corporations of thu
United Ktnlen amounted tu 115000000
Oho This did not cover tho vast volume
of private Indebtedness and It would
tmw require nn much piopcrly and
labor to pay It us would have paid
IJ0000 000 ooo of debt In ms when sil-
ver was tlemoneUzt d 1 he bonded In-
debtedness of the railroads of the Unit-
ed States on the 31st of Dflcenlir JH S
ns shown by Poors Manual of Rail-
roads for 194 was tSt1022362ft tho
most of which Is owned In But ope R
would now nt gold prices requlro as
much property to pny this sum as
would havo paid a debt ot HIOOOOOOOOO
In 1873
The gold standard policy now require
that nil these debts and all other In-
debted man publla nnd private shall be
paid In gold thnt Is that gold shall be
the only lawful tender mono This
makes tho payment ot the Indebtedness
of the world un Impossibility nnd must
of necessity cause general bankrurtcy
And If this slngto gold stnndard policy
shall bu jierslnted in besides parnljx
Ing nil Industries mid bringing finan-
cial ruin on tho productive classes of
tho people It must end In the bank-
ruptcy of tho banks ralliond capital-
ists nnd other capitalists not favor-
ing that policy and cause the oxtln
gulshment of the enormous bonded
Indebtedness of thin country through
the agency ot tho bankrupt courts
It Is estimated that the Interest on
the gold bearing bonded Indebtedness
of the government corporations und
people of tho United Htates which Is
now held In Europe most of It lu Eng
land exceeds two hundred million dol-
lars annually and this Is lo bo paid
out tho surplus products of tho coun-
try and by the labor and capital of
our people by those who by their In-
dustry nnd enterprise create property
and wealth And this Is now to be paid
when cotton Is less than six tents a
pound nnd when wheat Is less than M
cents per bushel and other products tu
like proportion
Fitin these facts It can be seen that
It is tho policy ot the holders of public
securities and the owners ot money to
reduce the volume ofhioney and t hereby
Increase Its value while reducing the
value of products of labori thus n
citaping their fortunes nt the expense
of the great body ot the people
Thpy first bought government bonds
which cost them only about fifty cents
fSB
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AMERICAN TICKET EEOKEESiESli
Bole retirB ntntlrft Id V Worlto
rnMfnKrr 1tckete4 to nil pnluU at
Iti Unlteil tat nt reeluretl rnttn
Me l u > mill r 11 rullrontl tickets
check inanae nnd tfcute Miteptuu
cnr berth
if i imisnritMi a co
Worth Hotel
Reference Jlitttk l > o lnr houiri
nnd onr nMoiner
1KIOE mVJi CENTS
Today the new battle ship Texas goea
into commission and Joins the North
Atlantic squadron Captain Mahana
proposed sea cude will be tested In the
manoeuvring ot this ship The sea
dogs of all countries await the result
with eagerness
Theres also great eagerness to secure
our bargains In
PARASOLS
Got a Duck Parasol
V > can brat th world on prlii > In
this department Wo opened jestertlay
our second shipment nnd havo marked
them at prices thnt will make them sell
ns tho llrst lot did Now Is the tlmo
Tor u parasol let ono cheap while ion
can
P
DRY GOODS CO
In coin on th dollar and which were
then redeemable In gold nnd sliver tain
alike nnd in tho legal tender notes of
tho government Congress was Indui
ed by what means may never be fully
known by the net of 1800 to strength-
en tho public credit tu eltny to tho
American people the right to redeem
theso bonds n legnl tender notes and
they were then required to Imj re > cm
ed In gold nnd silver coin This srtmd
or our ablest statesmen estimated to
cist the people about five hundrrd mil-
lion dollars Tho next step was In
the natno of honest mono to pat
tho net of 1873 dcmotiftMng silver nn I
making these bond rtnd other indebt-
edness payable In gei alone And lu
thl way Ihe money shftrlin rrat under
pretense of strengthening the publla
credit and next lit the nnmo of honest
inone have robbed the American p o
ple of billions of dollars by the reduc-
tion of atuc And now in tho name
of sound money they propose to per-
petuate this sstem of robbery for the
benefit of the Rothchllds or England
tho horde of money klttim of this e lun
lr Shall we remain quiet and sub-
missive permitting the fraud nnd de-
ception tn continue or shall we by uni-
ted efforts organize for such action a
will remove from the nock of the
masses tho yoke of financial oppression
which they have been mndo to I ear
for so many years Let patrlotla
Democrats answer
MISSOURI LEGISLATORS
Declare for Silver and u Stato Con-
tention May bo Called
Jeffermn City April W Thlrlyflve
of the fiftyeight Democrutlo members
of the ftate house of representatives
have nd pltd the following resolution
Resolved thnt we the Dumocratlo
member of the house of representa-
tives llilrt eighth geneint assembly
favor V o free coinage of silver at a
ratio nf J6 to 1
The v do on the resolution stood ayes
22 nay i fi not voting 4
An ef ort wns made to have Ihe body
ndjouri na a caucus und vote as an
nsscmlly of Individual democrats but
those Aho had caused the caucus to
nssenil le voted the proposition down
nnd ht und the members tn the caucus
action The whnlo trend of tho caucus
was to precipitate n discussion which
will i rob ably result In a state con
contention
Mr Julian of Kansas City presided
over tho meeting and stated nt the be-
ginning the purpose of the call
Sulllngerof Gentry county sprang the
resolution forthwith and tho fUht was
onBuckncr of llko county declared that
the net purpose of the lesolutlon wun
to forco n state convention and that
It must Inevitably result in splitting1
the party The fight ngulnst the reso-
lution was taken up by Rcthvvcll ot
Randolph Prltchett of Howard Arm
stiong nf Henry and Drelhle of St
Louis As a final result Pollack of
Duncan county offered ti supplementary
resolution Inviting tho senators ami
state officers to be present at a second
caucus to be held Wednesday mnit
and unlto In a call on tho state Dem
ocrat I o central commlltco to call a
convention nt a date to be fixed by
the stato committee for agreeing upon
a financial policy for the Democrats
of Misourl This resolution created the
wildest uproar and In order to prevent
a general break n was wlthdruwn and
the other adopted
TEXAS POSTMASTERS
Washington April SO PostofTlces
were established today at Ales In
Collin county Lemuel C Smith post-
master At Nat In Nacogdoches coun-
ty Nathaniel A Jarrell postmaster
C D Owen was today appointed
postmanter nt Baralno in Ellin county
vice J P Joyce resigned and Isalahr
Davis at 8 tub tie field lu Johnson coun-
ty vice AlQX J Seal resigned
First of May
Wnrm wcatbor goods nnTnow in order Wo Imvo
many Ilnis of light fabrics to show but you nro advised
of a Hpcoiul bargain in Light Sboon Organdios on salo at
lOo per yard
50 Dozen Corsets
Contil and Ventilated
A grand corset at doublo tbe price
for tbla wuuk any sizo from 18 to 80 our
caclL
Wo will poll Jt
price SOO
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