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to a critical examination when men are not excited by a political canvass, he grows smaller rather than bigger, and instead of being a man of lofty and simple and utterly sincere mind, appears to be revealing himself merely as a superior specimen of the smart lawyer-politician of the cornfed Middle West, a class with which those who know Congress are familiar.'

Editor Hearst, having been forced into a declaration that his paper would support Bryan in 1900 "if he is nominated," is evidently doing everything in his power to prevent such a contingency. It is hardly a manly form of journalistic warfare, but the chief tenet in the creed of yellow journalism is, "The end justifies the means," and the New York Journal believes in that principle.-Chicago Times-Herald.

BRYAN OPPOSED TO AN EFFECTIVE NAVY.

"I believe in a sufficient navy. We have this now, either in existence or in construction. We do not need more."-Speech in the House of Representatives, July 9, 1892.

VOTES AGAINST THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NEW MEXICO.

[From the Congr. ssional Record of Thursday, June 27, 1894.]

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report title of the bill.
The Clerk read as follows:

"A bill (H. R. 353) to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government.".

Mr. SMITH of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I move to amend by inserting on page 5, in line 52, after the word "control," the following: "And in all of which public schools the English language shall be taught." We certainly should have in every public school in that State the English language taught. Many of the citizens of the present Territory do not speak English, and in a large percentage of their schools the English language is not taught. I am satisfied that the German, the French, the Spanish, or any other language may be taught, but I am especially anxious, and I believe the people of this country are, that in this and in all of the States the English language shall be taught in all the public schools. Where is the American citizen who will object to this reasonable provision? (To Mr. Antonio Joseph.) Do you decline to accept the amendment?

Mr. JOSEPH. I decline to accept it.

Mr. HOPKINS of Illinois. Does the gentleman, upon reflection, still insist upon his objection?

Mr. JOSEPH. I do, most emphatically.

Mr. HOPKINS of Illinois. Well, I trust there is patriotism enough

in this House to decline to admit New Mexico into the Union as a State unless so just and proper an amendment as this be adopted. Mr. GEAR. It is well-known fact that 70 per cent of the population of New Mexico are either Spanish or of Indian descent. It is only a proper precaution when these people come here and ask Statehood in the American Union to require that their children shall be taught the language of the United States.

Mr. SMITH of Illinois. If we admit New Mexico I hope it shall be with the understanding that although you may now teach the English language, hereafter you must teach it—the language of the American people and of all our country. (Applause on the floor and in the galleries.)

Mr. BURROWS. I call for the yeas and nays.

The amendment was again read. The question was taken; and there were—yeas, 84; nays, 117; not voting, 148.

Mr. WILSON of Ohio. I offer the amendment which I send to the desk.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman from Ohio.

The Clerk read as follows: "After line 52, insert 'And for teaching the English language as a branch of study in all public schools, but not to the exclusion of other languages.'"

The question was taken, and there were:

Yeas, 81--Adams (Ky.), Aitken, Aldrich, Baker (Kans.), Baker (N. H.), Bartholdt, Bingham, Boen, Boutelle, Bowers (Cal.), Broderick, Brosius, Bundy, Burrows, Cannon (Ill.), Chickering, Cooper (Wis.), Cousins, Curtis (Kans.), Dalzell, Daniels, Davis, Dolliver, Fletcher, Funk, Gear, Hager, Hainer, Harmer, Hartman, Haugen, Heard, Heiner, Henderson (Ill.), Hepburn, Hermann, Hitt, Hopkins (Ill.), Hudson, Hull, Johnson (Ind.), Johnson (N. Dak.), Kem, Keifer, Lacey, Lapham, Lester, Linton, Loudenslager, Lucas, Mahon, Marsh, McCall, McKeighan, McNagny, Meiklejohn, Mercer, Milliken, Payne, Perkins, Pickler, Randall, Ray, Reed, Reyburn, Russell (Conn.), Smith, Sperry, Stephenson, Charles W. Stone, William A. Stone, Strong, Tawney, Updegraff, Van Voorhis (N. Y.), Van Voorhis (Ohio), Wanger, Wever, Wilson (Ohio), Woomer, Wright (Mass.). Nays, 115-Alderson, Alexander, Allen, Arnold, Bailey, Bankhead, Bell (Colo.), Bell (Tex.), Berry, Black (Ga.), Boatner, Bower (N. C.), Branch, Brookshire, Brown, BRYAN (Nebr.), Bunn, Bynum, Cabaness, Cadmus, Caminetti, Capehart, Caruth, Catchings, Clancy, Clark (Mo.), Clarke (Ala.), Cobb (Ala.), Cobb (Mo.), Cockrell, Cooper (Fla.), Cooper (Ind.), Covert, Cox, Crain, Crawford, Cummings, De Armond, De Forrest, Dinsmore, Dockery, Enloe, Epes, Erdman, Fyan, Geissenhainer, Grady, Graham, Hall (Mo.), Hare, Hayes, Henderson (N. C.), Holman, Hooker (Miss.), Hunter, Izlar, Jones, Kyle, Latimer, Lawson, Layton, Livingston, Lynch, Maddox, Maguire, McAleer, McCreary (Ky.), McCulloch, McDannold, McDearmon, McEttrick, McGann, McLaurin, McMillin, McRea, Meyer, Money, Montgomery, Morgan, Moses, Ogden, O'Neil (Mass.), Page,

Paschal, Patterson, Pearson, Pendleton (Tex.), Pendleton (W. Va.), Pigott, Richardson (Tenn.), Robbins, Russell (Ga.), Ryan, Sayers, Shell, Snodgrass, Somers, Sorg, Stallings, Swanson, Talbert (S. C.), Tarsney, Tate, Taylor (Ind.), Tracey, Tucker, Turner (Ga.), Tyler, Warner, Washington, Wells, Wheeler (Ala.), Williams (Miss.), Wise, Woodard.

Not voting-152.

IS HE A POPULIST?

The Washington Post of February 13, 1896, contained the following article:

"William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, he who would lay down his life in the cause of free silver, but looks remarkably healthy for a would-be martyr, was conversing yesterday in the Senate lobby with Mr. Tillman of South Carolina. Along came Allen of Nebraska, who may be nominated for the Presidency by the Populists. 'How would Allen and Tillman do for a ticket?' Mr. Allen inquired laughingly.

"It would suit me,' said Bryan.

"But Mr. Bryan did not spend all his time at the Capitol yesterday telling stories. He had some missionary work to do. He saw two score of the silver Senators and Representatives to urge them, and especially the former, to allow no compromise of the bond bill on any lines whatever, on the ground that any deviation from free coinage would be hurtful to the interests of silver and of the new silver party. Several of the Senators promised that the outcome should be free silver or nothing, but when Mr. Bryan asked some of the Southern Democrats in the House to go still further and bolt the Democratic party if free coinage was not incorporated in the Democratic platform he did not succeed in making many converts. Some of the South Carolina men are willing to take the step, but in Georgia the feeling is different. ExSpeaker Crisp told Mr. Bryan very plainly that the Georgia delegation would go out to Chicago, as he hoped, determined to do what could be done in the way of recognition of silver, but it would go back to Georgia to support the nominees of the party. Representative Livingston made the same sort of an answer, and altogether Mr. Bryan ran his plow into somewhat sterile ground."

See under "Currency."

BUCHANAN.

CHEAP MONEY.

This is one of the catch-phrases of the demagogues who are plotting the overthrow of our financial system, in order to secure

Paper currency of each denomination outstanding May 31, 1898:

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347 681,016 101,931,280 227,696,369 37,486,149 397,732,504 1,112,577,318 1,000,000 1,000,000 Net................. 346,681,016 101,981,280 227,696,369 37,486,149 397,722,504 1,111,577,318

PER CAPITA CIRCULATION.

The per capita circulation of the United States in June, 1896, the date of Bryan's nomination, was $21.15. In March, 1897, the date of President McKinley's inauguration, it was $23.01, and on July 1, 1898, it was $24.74.

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Fire engines...

Fruits preserved in brandy.

Fruits in airtight cans..

Glass, common, window.

Glass, plate.

Glass, silvered......

Ground mustard.

Grapes...

Guns, rifles, etc....

Hay

Honey.

Hops...

India rubber clothing..

Indian corn....

Iron and steel, scrap, wrought, waste. Iron in pigs,..

.3c. per doz.
35 per cent.

25 per cent.
.3c. per fb.
.20 per cent.

.35 per cent.

.$2 per gal.
.214c. per fb.
.20 per cent.

.25 per cent.
.35 per cent.

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.2c. per fb. 30 per cent.

.$2 per ton.

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.35 per cent. 72c. per bu.

. $1 per ton. .$2.50 per ton.

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