Requiescat In Pace

"Ooin" is dead. "Talked to death" will be engraven on his tombstone. and the vast aruount of wind that is now restored to its proper place will uo doubt remove the enervation of the storm centers and copious showers wet the parehing soil, and with its relief in the atmosphere and the farmers' hops there will come peaoe and rest and prosperity. That a daily paper could be built np in all its mauifold relations on the single question of silver in an intelligent and thinking republic, is not possible. Wheu "Coin" had garbled and galvanized facts and figures into his flrst book, he had covered the ground and all since has been an attenipt to put back his poorly built fences and keep his voter friends in silver pasture. But it wouldn't do. They couldn't live on sueh a slimsy diet, neither could they stand the confines of so smull a pasture. Then carue the brilliant idea - a daily paper. "Coin" was to feed them in daily pastures and thus in crease their appetite for the food so that they might forget their narrow confines. Still at fault ! A few sickly issues and then - crape at ' the door. The great "Dido" (Coin) is dead. What next? At the present Mite óf progress and with its own weaknesses becoming more apparent the "Silver Movement" will need to pray for deJiverance from its friends- at least from the fnnerals of its friends until after it wins a battle aiid sells its present hoarded bullion. Senator Quay, of Permsylvauia, is not lïaving a downy bed of ease in bis contest for re-election to the Uuited States senate. He tmdoubtedly has the flght of his life on his hands. His pat-v ron Don Cameron will probably help him. Neither of these men have any of the elements of statesmanship about them.but they have money and that together with the machine they have bnilt up has enabled them to hold the keystoue state in snbjection and keep a seat in the senate. Quay represents all that is worst in American politics. The Illinois legislatura after a respite of something like ten days is again grinding. The statesmen are nof. in the best of humor over the summons to come back, and perforan those duties which were before neglected. The governor's message is, however, oouched in language indicating the greatest good nature. It is thought that the special session will be short and that probably not inuch will be done asi de from increasing the appropriations sufficiently to cover authorized expenditures. A convention was oalled in Grand Rapids on Jnne 25 for the purpose of forming an independent sil ver party hut it was a grand flzzle. A number of populists had the courage to go to Grand Rapids, but it all oozed out before they got to the convention hall and it was impossible to get them together. The leaders being unable to get them together finally gave up in disgust and went home. It is just as well that the new party died "a bornin'." The treasury receipts are once more in excess of the expenditures, Jane being the first month that this has been true for more than a year. The gold reserve is also mounting up,now reaching $107,447,855. At last the democratie tariff is beginning to get in its work and while the pople are relieved from a large burden of taxation the revenue receipts are more than enongh to meet current expenses. The silver men of the deniocraitc state central oommittee of Obio were defeated in the organizaton of the committee on the 25th instant. This leaves Senator Brice and the sound money men in control. That means a late convention and the probable defeat of free silver in the buckeye state. General Hardin, the democratie candidate for governor in Kentucky, is an advocate of free silver, but he will be forced to run on a sound money platform. He is personally very popular and was consequeutly much stronger than free siiver in the convention.