The farmers of New York are jnsu now dee...

The farmers of New York are jnsu now deeply engaged íd sfcudying the silver question and ruany of thero, bitherto republicans, have declared for free silver. They are jnst beginning to read "Coin'a Financial School" east. "If a governruent contjacted a debt with a certain arnount of money in circnlation and thén contracted the volume of the money before the debt was paid, it is the rnost heinous crime that government could commit agaiust a people. " - Abraham Lincoln. "I believe gold and silver coin to be money of the constitntión. No power was conferred on congress to declare either metal shonld not be money. Congress has, in my judgrnent, no power to dernonetize silver any more than to demonetize gold." - James G. Blaine. "I ara clearly of the opinión that gold and silver, at rates fixed by congress, constituís the legal standard of valué in this country, and that neither cougress nor any state has any anthority to establish any other standard or to displace this standard." - Daniel Webster. That was a triumphal jonrney made by Bryan from his home in Nebraska, to New York City. Everywhere he was greeted by throngs of enthusiastic supporters and his short but telling speeches awakened the greatest enthusiasm. Eighteen speeches in one day and all of them gems and thousands of haDds shaken is probably a record never equalled in this country. There is no disputiug the fact that Bryan is a great orator. Bryan's nomination was a spontaneons expression of the people's representativos ,in convention assembled. No ! Hanna had any hand in his nominaticn. No bose or political manager ' certed his nomination. His pure life, j his pure character, his ability and his freedom from entangling alliances ' point to him as the man to be elected president. No boss can demand political patronage on the ground of having made him president,for he is pre-eminently the people's candidate. Bryan made a great speech accepting the presidential nominatiou in New York, Wednesday evening and took up moft of the argumenta against free ver coinage. No synopsis of the speech can do it justice aud it shünld be read by every voter no matter wbat bis political belief. It is a clear and lucid presentatiou of tbe free silver side of the controversy without appeals to pi'ejndice or passiou, aud as suca should ha read by every voter who wishes to uuderstaud the question befoie the American voters this fall. Upon the prosperity of the farmer depends the prosperity of the business man. As Mr. Bryan well Baid in his Chicago speech : "Yon come to tjs and teil ns that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. I teil yon that the great oities rest opon these broad and fertile prairies. Bom down your cities and leave onr farms, and your cities will spring np again as if by rnagic. Bnt destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in this conntry. My friends, we shall declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question without waiting for the aid or consent of auy other nation on earth." The president of the New York, Ontario & Western R. R. , which runs from New York City to Oswego, has issued a circular to the employés of the road advising them to vote for McKinley In this circular, which was offieially endorsèd by the manager of the road and sent to all employés, he tells the employés that the road will be obliged to reduce their wages and their number if Bryan is elected, and appeals to them to stand together. This is a shameful circular aud a shameless effort to get votes for the candidates of the rich moguls. It is equivalent to a personal threat to each employé, that if he does not vote for McKinley, he will be discharged. The ciroular practically states as much when it says that it is for the interest of the road to elect McKinley. Who will be among the men who wear no man's collar, to take tiie place of the votes thus coerced for McKinley? The democratie prospeots are bright in Ohio. Jndge Dittler, a gold rnan, poars out his tale of woe to a Washington paper and in desoribing the prospects amongother things he says: "There is hardly anything but silver talked through the state. The men arouud the threshiug machines at lunch time, the gronps around the country stores and about tfie village hotels, republicans and democrats head to head, are talking about tbe money question. Men ■vho never before could talk together or politics without punching each other's heads, aLe hand in haud or ar talking the matter over froru different standpoints in a syrnpathetic spirit. If any one says gold there -will at once be a half dozen men juinp on him. It ruakes little difference how much fallacy there is in their arguments, these country folks tbink the" have mastered the question, and they can put in ten to one of the man who tries to show them that they are wrong. I had a gold bug on my coat. A farmer carne up to me and took hold of rny coat collar and held the gold-bug button up to view. 'That's the bug that goi into our wheat, ' he sc.'d, 'and ïedneed it 50 per cent.' The rest all toe': it up and thonght it a good thing. There was no sort of arI gument I could put up to outweigb ithis rustic wit. That sort of thing goes for argument. It is silver, silver, silver all through the country districts. " A cali for a second democratie national convention for the purpose of putting another ticket in the field has beeu issued, the convention to be held September 2. As no one believos for a moment that a ticket thns named would stand the reinotest chance of election, and the projectors of it themselves speak of it only as a meaus to aid in McKinley's election, it eau be seen that it will poll only a very small vote at the coming election. In fact it is extremely doubtful if it could carry a single county in the country. The truth is that tbe only democratie natioual convention has been held. And wbile, as in the case of the unseating of tbe four Michigan delegates, it took some wrong steps, this did not alter the real results of the convention. The convention was fairly represeutative of the party. The people demanded free coinage of silver and the people spoke at the caucuses and in the conventions and in spite of the fact that the most adroit politioians were opposiug the movement, free silver triumphed, siinp" ly because the people willed itso. The democratie party is the party of the plain comnion people. It hasregistered in national conventioa their will. Those, who stray away from the nominees there named, leave the democratie party and any other organizatiou appiopriating a democratie name, simply steals it. The fight this year will be between Bryan and JMcKinley, between the common people on one side and the millionaires on the other, between the farmers on the one side and the Wall street mognls on the other. This being the contest, there is ro room for third parties. ferhnps the greatest speech ever delivered by Gen. Johu A. Logan, was in the United States Senate, in opposition to the retirement of the greeubacks and The dernonetization of silver in 1873. Senator Logan said: "I, for one, uan see uo benefit only to the money-ho!der aud tbose who reaive interest aud have fixed inoornes. I oan see as result of this a mer pittauce. I eau see the beautiful prairies of wy own state aud of the great west, wbish are blooming as gardeus, with eheerfnl homes risiüg Hke white towers along the patbway of improvement, again sinking back into idleness. I eau sse the mortgage fiends at the:r hellish work. I eau see the hopes of toe indnstrious farmers blasted as they bnru corn for fuel, becanse its price will not pay the cost of transportaron and dividends on millions of dollars of fictitious stocks and bouds to pay debts of state, connties and cities, incurred wben money was more abundant and bright hopes for the future were held out to lead thern on. I can see the people of onr western states, who are predaeers, reduced to the condition of serfs, to pay interest ou public and pri vate debts to the money sharks of Wall street and of Threadneedle Street in Loudon, England." The democrats will have to face during the coming carnpaign an alrnost nnlimited atnount of republican money. The fat frying has already commenced. In the large cities big committees have been appointed to raise funds and a glance at the composition of the committees shows what the democrats have to fight. The milliouaires were put on the committees to head the big subscription lists. In New York City for instance the names of the wealthy men given below are put on the committee to raise raoney. From their own rauks they can raise as much money as a presidential canvass has hitherto cost. A. glanoe at the list will teil more than any amounfc of editorial comment. Name. Occupation. Wealth. John D. Rockefeller, Manufactu'r, Ï125,OJO,000 Cornelius Vanderbilt, Kailroads, 10O.O00.0u0 0. P. Huntington, Raih-oad8, (0,000,000 J. Plerponl Morgan, Banker, 25,1)00,000 Joseph Milbank, Banker, 20,000,000 Andrew Carnegie, Manufaeturer 20,000,000 Williarn D. sluane, Carpets, 15,600,000 John Sloane, Carpets, Jö.oOO.unu David Doits, Banker, 12,1X0,000 Herman O. Arrnoud, Provislons, 12,U0u,uuu Braytonlves, Banker, ln.ai0,u00 John H. Starin, Transportation, lO.OOU.oOn George Bliss, Banker, .OJO.UOO Samuel Thomas, Contraetor, ï,50U.0u0 Charles L. Tiffany, Jeweler, ÏOOO.oOO LeGrand B.Caunon, Eaüroads, 6,500,000 Hi'iny H. Cook, Financier, 6,500, (Co Seth m. MiHiken, Manufaeturer, 8,000,000 James A. Burelen, Capatilst, 5,OüO,000 John G. Jloore, Banker, 5,0 O.nfiO Edward D. Atlams, Banker, 5,000,000 George F. Baker, Banker, l,50U,00u CorneliusN. Bliss, Dry Goods, 4,500,000 M . C. D. Borden, Manufaeturer, 4,0uö,0.i0 William Bookfleld, Mauufacturer, 3,Tö0,00ii William C. Browning, Clothier, 3,5UÓ,UQ0 Charles T. Cook, Jeweler, 3.500,010 JohnH. Davis, Broker, 3,250,00o Jauaes H. Harper, Publisher, 3,250,060 Charles B. Foscliok, Banker. 3,250 000 Mareellus Hartley, Jeweler, 3,250.001) Augustus D. Jouillard, Dry Goods, 3,000,0W Charles Lanier, Banker, 3,uOO,000 Edward H. Perkins.Jr., Bankgr, 3,000,ouO l'reileriek D. Tappen. Banker. 3,000,000 William H. Webb, Shipbuilder, 3,000,0ui Alired Van Santvoord, Steamboats, 3,u0o,000 Charles A. Peabody, Bailroads, 2,50ü.0o0 James A. Garland, Banker, 2,250. 0J0 Woodbury Lang-don, Dry Goods, 2,250,000 Thomas L. James, Banker, 2,OOW,OÖ0 Joseph H. Choate. Lawyer, 2,000. 000 William L. Hawk. Hotels, 2,0uü,0flfl Whitelaw Eeid," Editor, 3,000,000 Washington E. Conner, Banker, 2,000,000 Total, )52,25C,000