NO CIRCUS PERFORMANCE IN CORTLAND

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, September 11, 1896.

NO CIRCUS PERFORMANCE.

The High Wind Loosened the Stakes and Barnum & Bailey gave no Show In Cortland Last Saturday.

   The Barnum & Bailey shows arrived in Cortland on time last Saturday and the tents were pitched on Owego-st., opposite the lot where they were torn loose twelve years ago. An immense crowd from the surrounding country was in town to witness the free street parade which was certainly better than ever before.

   At noon the carryalls began doing a land office business, taking people to the show grounds, and when the doors were opened at 1 o'clock several thousand people were soon inside. The tents were pitched on a field from which a crop of oats had recently been harvested and it was noticed by the managers soon after the doors were opened that the high wind was straining the guy ropes and the stakes were beginning to loosen. All the extra guys possible were put on but the ground would not hold the stakes solid so it was decided to take no risks and the entire day's performance was abandoned. Rain was also threatening and consequently the people inside were so informed, and as they passed out their money was refunded. Many who went in on complimentary tickets came out with half a dollar. The loss in this way and the day's expenses and advertising were estimated by the manager to have cost the owners over $4,000, but this was thought to be a better course than to have taken chances on life and limb and possibly entail many times that amount for damage suits.

   Many people insisted that the circus should have had an evening performance, but this would really have been inadvisable, for the stakes were so loose that all the canvass would have had to come down, the entire grounds be restaked and all put up a second time before it would have been safe. More than this, if the soft ground became thoroughly soaked with rain the heavy tent wagons would sink to the hubs and it would be impossible to move them.

   Rain began to fall about 2 o'clock and came in torrents till evening, and the wind continued all night. The circus left town about 11 o'clock in the evening, and while they were the only financial losers, probably the largest crowd that ever greeted Barnum in this county was left to return to their homes and guess at what they had missed.

   Those who were at the tents just as it began to rain witnessed what might have been a serious stampede of the 19 elephants but for the prompt action of a keeper in throwing the leader to the ground and holding him till his scare was over.

   Mr. Jas. A. Bailey was in Cortland in person on Saturday and he kept the telegraph wires busy sending orders to the Buffalo Bill show, of which he is the largest owner, which had five cars smashed in a railroad wreck in Wisconsin about 3 A. M. that morning. They also jumped their Saturday date.

COUNTY FAIR NEXT WEEK.

Large List of Competitors and Fast Horse Races Assure a Grand Success next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

   Space for exhibition in the hall has been engaged by the largest number of firms who have ever competed and there are only a few desirable locations left. There are a great many out of town exhibitors this year and nearly all our home merchants and manufacturers are to be represented either in display or competition.

   The general program is as follows:

   FIRST DAY—Entry and arrangement of articles for exhibition. Races called at 2 P. M., 4-year-old or under 4-vear-old class, trotting or pacing. Purse $100.

   SECOND DAY—General exhibition of live stock. Prize baby show in Floral hall at 2 P. M. Races also called at that hour. 2:40 class trotting and pacing, and 2:20 class trotting and pacing, a $100 purse in each class. Bicycle races called at 4 o'clock, half mile open and two mile handicap with three prizes in each.

   THIRD DAY—10 A. M. judging of horses in all classes, 11 A. M. judging of cattle in all classes, 1 P. M . grand parade of all premium stock on race track, 2 P. M. races called, 2:30 class trotting and pacing, free-for-all trotting and pacing with each a $100 purse, and a half-mile running race with a $50 dollar purse. At 4 o'clock will be the exhibition of ladies' horsemanship and pony driving.

   Entries close next Monday at 12 P. M. Already many speedy horses are entered and assurance has been had that there will be many more before entries close. Cortland will have the fair of fairs this year, so let every body be there and enjoy three day's rare sport.

Who Owns the Sidewalk?

   The following will be of interest to people generally, and should be to loafers, in particular, who think that so long as they are on the street they have a perfect right to occupy a person's sidewalk, doorstep or fence as often or as long as they like.

   Judge Clayton of Delaware county recently, in charging a jury in a case in which the rights of the sidewalk were the bone of contention, laid down the law in reference to pavements in such a manner as to clear up some of the points concerning which there has been much apprehension. He said:—"The owner of real estate also owns the sidewalk in front of his property subject to the right of pedestrians to use it for traveling back and forward, but outside of this he owns the sidewalk as much as any other part of his property. It cannot be used for roller skating or a play ground for children, or other purposes without his consent. If it is, he should first order them to leave, and if they refuse, he may lay hands gently upon them, and if they resist, he may use as much force as necessary to remove them, but no more."

Base Ball.

   While we have had some great games of ball lately, Cortland has not won many. Last Friday we were defeated by the Cuban Giants after a fine game by 14 to 9. Tuesday was one of the best games of the season, being tied at 2 scores at the end of the 7th inning, but a fatal error in the 9th gave the game to the visitors, 5 to 4. Wednesday we were again defeated by the same team, but there was very loose playing on both sides.

All Dance Next Saturday Night.

   "Happy Bill" Daniels and his orchestra will be on hand at the Armory next Saturday night for dancing. The same orchestra, which so pleased the people week before last, will be there with the addition of Prof. Patsey Conway of Ithaca. "Patsey" has a new cornet solo which has captivated many large audiences and he will render it in the concert which precedes the dance at 7:45 o'clock. He will play with the orchestra all the evening.

William McKinley.

Wants No Democratic Votes.

   Mr. McKinley wishes it to be clearly understood that, whatever his party managers and their would-be allies may plan, he is opposed to "entangling alliances" with Democrats of any stripe and wants no gold standard free trade Democratic votes. In his Saturday speech to the visiting delegation from Pennsylvania he asserted that "the wing of the Democratic party which controlled the Chicago convention is just as much in favor of free trade as the wing of the Democratic party in control of the national administration."

   According to his statement of the case the national administration

Democrats oppose free silver and favor free trade and the Chicago convention Democrats favor free silver and free trade, while he is "opposed—unalterably opposed—to both of them."

   After that stinging blow in the face any Democrat who believes in the English free trade and gold standard policy and therefore opposes Bryan's election can sit down and figure out what inducement he has to aid, by positive or indirect action, the election of McKinley.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

   The proprietors of the Standard leave a copy of the daily issue at police headquarters every day, and now they complain that somebody steals it. The thief deserves to be and doubtless is, severely punished.

   The republican managers in this state are badly alarmed over the outlook and they are calling on the millionaires and bond holders for more money. A party that hopes to buy success must be suffering from a plethora of morality.

   McKinley keeps harping on the tariff. There can be no change in the tariff for at least two years and he ought to know it. The financial question is the only question at issue in this campaign and the farmers and mechanics propose to settle that question at the next election.

   The N. Y. Journal offers to take charge of subscriptions to the Bryan and Sewall campaign fund and to put up a dollar of its own against every dollar contributed until further notice. The subscriptions are coming in rapidly. The individual amounts are not large but they represent honest people.

   "Not content with urging the free coinage of silver," said Mr. McKinley, in his library of acceptance, "Its strongest champions demand that our paper money shall be issued directly by the Government of the United States." Shocking! By the way who issues the bulk of our paper money now?—New York Journal.

   At the Populist convention held in Syracuse last week, Lansing J. Lincoln of Buffalo was nominated for Governor. John Avarett Webster of New York was nominated for Lieutenant Governor and Lawrence J. McParian of Lockport was nominated for Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals. William Petrie of Cuyler, this county, was nominated for presidential elector for the 19th district, and Adam Petrie of the same place was nominated for presidential elector for the 21st district.

That Cuyler Picnic.

   CUYLER, Sept. 10, 1896.

   B. B. Jones:

   I attended the farmers' picnic at Petrie's grove yesterday. It had been arranged to have a joint debate but at a late hour it was decided by the town committee not to allow any silver man to talk.

   Hon. L. D. Kern of DeRuyter was chairman of the day, Thos. B. White of Syracuse and W. C. Crombie of Cortland, speakers. At the close of the speaking Ezra Albro, a lifelong Republican, said:

   "In-as-much as they had not been allowed a silver speaker, they had decided to hold another picnic one week from Sept 8th, and promised the gold men plenty of their own medicine."

   The silver people here wished you would speak of the fact that they were barred out on the debate yesterday, and the only excuse which they offered to me was "It was not good politics to hive two speakers different in opinion."

   Yours truly,

   F. J.

Removed to DeRuyter.

   Dr. J. H. Schaffer, who for several months has been associated with Dr. L.

T. White, has removed from Cortland and is now permanently located in DeRuyter where he will continue his practice. By this departure Cortland has lost from its dental ranks a young man who is in every respect a peer in his profession, whose skill and successful workmanship render him at all times and in the most difficult cases worthy to be employed.

   COM.

HERE AND THERE.

   An exchange says corn shucks are thick and a cold winter may be expected.

   Messrs. G. J. Mager & Co. have a new advertisement on the opposite page.

   No money should be paid for the benefit of the A. M. E. Zion church except to Rev. D. Edwards.

   An account of the Metzgar family reunion at Freetown last week will be found in our letter from that place.

   Landlord Bosworth of the night café has a fine new wagon which is even better appointed than his last one.

   Ella Wood is again serving time in Onondaga penitentiary. Same old trouble, intoxication, and she got six months.

   There was an unusually large grist of drunks in police court Monday morning as a result of circus day and no circus.

   Ex-Police Justice Bull has moved his large collection of curiosities and antiquities from police headquarters to his residence.

   Mrs. Jas. Summers found and returned to its owner, Mr. W. M. Harter, a pocketbook which he lost Saturday afternoon containing nearly $80.

   The Barnum & Bailey circus had to omit their evening performance in Norwich on the Thursday before coming to Cortland on account of a high wind.

   The Misses Keyes Concert Company, assisted by Darby's festival orchestra, will give a concert at Brockway's Hall, Homer, on Thursday evening, Sept. 17th, under the auspices of the G. A. R. post.

   The Cortland ball team played two fine games in Auburn Monday. The first they lost 9 to 3, but the second was won by a score of 4 to 3. The City band and a large number of friends met them at the depot on their return, Monday evening.

   A number of people from Cortland would not miss seeing Barnum this year and went either to Syracuse Monday or to Ithaca Wednesday to witness the performance. Lieut. R. H. Miller attended in both places and reports a splendid entertainment this year.

   Just as Thomas Byrnes of Cortland crossed the tape in the finish of the novice race at Ithaca Tuesday he ran over a dog and was sent high in the air. He landed on his head and shoulders, fracturing the right collar bone. He was taken care of at the hospital and returned home the same evening.

   Not many moons since the Cortland Standard Printing Co. swallowed the

Cortland County Sentinel and now the Sentinel has cobbled the McGrawville News. Mr. Huntington, who published the latter, will continue his job office in McGrawville, but the Cortland Standard Printing Co. will print McGrawville's papers.

 

POWDERLY AND MILLER ADDRESS WORKINGMEN AT COOPER UNION

Terrence V. Powderly.

Warner Miller.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, September 11, 1896.

THE DAY IN POLITICS.

Terrence V. Powderly and Warner Miller Address a Republican Massmeeting In New York.

   NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—The massmeeting in Cooper Union under the auspices of the campaign committee of the McKinley league, which was addressed by Terrence V. Powderly, the former leader of the Knights of Labor, attracted a great crowd. There was a large contingent of Bryan supporters among the workingmen who composed the audience, and they disturbed the program by repeated cheers for Bryan, so that the police were kept busy putting out the leaders of the cheering.

   Senator Frank D. Pavey presided, and when he spoke of McKinley as the friend of the laboring man there were cheers for Bryan answered by hisses.

   Resolutions were adopted commending George E. Matthews, president, and John Milholland, secretary of the executive committee of the league, for their work.

   When Mr. Powderly was introduced he was cheered and hissed by the two factions. Mr. Powderly said:

   "Mr. President and Friends—Did I believe an apology for my presence on this platform necessary, I would say that I am here because I believe the right of the American wage earner to receive the highest rate of compensation for service rendered and the right to claim and receive the best kind of money in exchange for his labor should not be interfered with."

   Mr. Powderly then took up the Chicago platform and compared it with previous platforms of the Democratic party saying:

   "The platform of four years ago pledged the party entering into power [Democratic Party] to the overthrow of the American system of protection and with all his and their power, with all the force and influence at his and their command, the man [Grover Cleveland] and party upon whom the power was conferred labored to place the foreign workmen on a higher plane than his American competitor and that platform was anything but meaningless. Four years ago the pivotal point around which the Democratic platform swung was free trade.

   "When that congress assembled there was no deficit; the revenue was amply sufficient for the needs of government and there was no income tax law upon the statutes of this nation. The income tax law was an after consideration; it was no part of the Democratic platform of 1892, and was only thought of when it became manifest to its originators that they had sawed off the revenue limb on which they had been sitting in their mad attempt to undo what their Republican predecessors had so well planned and so faithfully executed.

   "To make amends for a blunder they would perpetrate a crime, and the income tax law was no less than a crime. I may be charged with opposing one of the cardinal principles of the Knights of Labor which demanded that a graduated income tax be levied. That section was adopted by the Knights of Labor in opposition to my earnest and emphatic protest. I never believed in it and have always opposed it.

   "When congress assembled in 1893 there was no income tax law upon our books. Under the provisions of such a law no revenue accrued to the government and it is unfair, as well as dishonest, to charge a falling revenue to something which has no existence when the agitation for a change in our economic laws began. Does it not appear inconsistent to the defenders of the Chicago platform to assert that they are opposed to English rule in America on the finance question after they have opened our ports to the product of the English factory and mill?

   "They tell us that the manufacturers are robber barons and that the tariff which protects them and those who work for them is a robber tariff. Well, what of it? If workingmen will not organize, as the window glass trade and railroad workmen are organized, to unite with employers in protecting their trades and callings, they have themselves to blame for not securing all the advantages of protection.

   "The farmer is told that the cause of his ills is because he has not been blessed with free silver. But whoever tells him that deceives him to his injury. Those who advocate free silver tell the farmer that 'the crime of 1873' is responsible for the ills he bears.

   "Since 1873 farming in the United States has undergone radical and almost total change and causes other than the demonetization of silver have combined to cheapen his product."

   Mr. Powderly then compared the work possible to be done with modern agricultural implements with that under the old methods and said:

   "Is it any wonder then that the prices of wheat, corn and other grain have fallen and does it not seem plain to the observing man that the agencies which I have pointed out have been far more potent in levelling prices than the demonetization of silver?"

   He then entered into a lengthy analysis of free coinage of silver, declaring it would drive gold from the country and enhance the value of silver at the expense of the people. Closing he said:

   "What about labor with the nation on a silver basis instead of a gold basis? One silver dollar then will buy but half what it will now, and the man working for a dollar a day will then have to work two days in order to purchase as much for two silver dollars as he now obtains for one of gold or of silver, or of paper based on gold. The proposition that the silver dollar is the poor man's dollar is pure gush. The dollar of the poor man is the dollar which he earns, whether it be gold or silver.

   "The workingman is entitled to the best in the market; the gold dollar is as much his dollar as it is the dollar of the millionaire, and instead of joining in the shout for a cheap dollar, for free and unlimited coinage, he should inscribe on his banner:

   "The best is none too good for me."

   Mr. Powderly was followed by Hon. Warner Miller, who said: "Today there is a great lack of employment in the country. Tens of thousands of stalwart workers are without demand for their skill. Mills are closed or running upon short time. Great transportation companies are doing a slack business and are compelled to lay off very many of their employes. In my judgment the cause of the difficulty is twofold. The first is the reduction of the tariff by the so-called 'Wilson bill.' Secondly, an agitation of the money question."

   Mr. Miller stated that under the protective tariff system from 1860 to 1890 the country had quadrupled its wealth, becoming the foremost manufacturing nation and raising enough farm produce for its 70,000,000 people. The Wilson bill destroyed confidence and decreased the consuming power of the people 25 per cent.

   Then he said: "Twenty-two years of this condition and when we had partially adjusted our business to the new tariff, there came another trouble which has been no less disastrous than was the agitation of the tariff and the reduction made by the Wilson bill. This was what is called 'The Silver Question' or the demand for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio or at a valuation as money twice that of its value as a commodity.

   "The demand for the free coinage of silver was based upon two grounds: First, that the depression of business was due to a lack of money and that the money, or currency of the country, should be largely increased; secondly, that gold, the basis of our currency, had appreciated in value and thereby caused low prices. If either of these propositions had been true there would have been some show of reason in the demand for the free coinage of silver; but neither is true, and therefore the arguments based upon them must fall.

   "Secondly, it is claimed that gold has appreciated and that it is not a broad basis enough upon which to transact the business of the country. The only proof offered that gold has appreciated is the low prices of products, but it is impossible to judge whether gold has appreciated or depreciated by comparing it with the prices of products.

   "During the past 20 years a wonderful advance has been made in every manufacturing industry. Labor saving machinery, improved processes, the inventive power of man, have enormously reduced the cost price of every product made and the present low prices are chiefly due to that fact. Of course they are abnormally low because of the depressed condition of affairs, but they are not low because gold has appreciated."

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Should Prove Their Faith With Their Acts.

   The silver fanatics say that when Bryan is elected silver will go to $1.29 an ounce. Why don't they turn in, then, and buy silver at about half the price to which they say it will advance? They can't lack money—for many of them are wealthy mine owners. They do lack confidence in their own prophecies. They would like to have the other fellows put the price up. They have enough to supply them all. What a market they would have if only the public would bite at the hook which has been baited for gudgeons. If any of them really believe what they say, they would buy all the silver offered.—Cincinnati Commercial.

  

Abdul Hamid II.

    ◘ On the last day of August, 20 years ago, Abdul Hamid II, "Abdul the

Damned," as a British poet calls him, was proclaimed sultan of Turkey. Dispatches announce that the twentieth anniversary of his accession to the throne has been ceremoniously observed. A jolly anniversary it must have been, truly, with the Cretan rebellion not yet settled, Turkish soldiers still butchering Armenians on sight, houses and temples in Constantinople stained with the blood of the sultan's subjects and the streets full of mobs, murder and rioting, the empire bankrupt, foreign soldiers and marines crowding the city and the powers of Europe looking on with lowering brows. Would it be really kind to wish Abdul Hamid II many returns of the day?

WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

The Ithaca Journal Speaks of Circuses, Fairs, Street Cars and Bicycles.

   The Ithaca Journal of Thursday says:

   The times are called hard. It is notorious that many factories are closed, many mechanics unemployed, farm products bring low prices, collections are difficult. It is the closing of the fourth year full of conditions depressing and discouraging, compared with the long period of prosperity and flushness preceding. For the United States the times are not propitious yet the resiliency here is remarkable compared with that of other lands.

   There was a circus here yesterday. After the afternoon performance its treasurer conveyed from the ticket wagon to the postoffice $2,900 in cash, $1,300 of the same being in silver coin. With this postal money orders were bought, payable at different postoffices in this country. At any rate none of this large sum remains to the circulating medium of this city and county.

   The gate receipts of the county fair must have been considerable; and the fares rung up by the trolley car conductors exceptionally large for the same day; but these sums remain to local circulation.

   At a recent meet and run of the cycle club of this city property to the value of $4,000 revolved.

   A hard working woman here, paying rental for a small tenement house, recently remarked to a merchant that the wheels [bicycles] in use by members of her small household aggregated nearly $250. That it cost, probably, $30 to $40 a year for repairs for these wheels; and that they would last only about two years.

   Since the circus claims to operate under a daily expense of $6,000 it is not unfair to assume that its treasurer had in charge a sum of receipts equal to that first named as avails of the evening performance.

   The contributions to the side-shows may be included in the $6,000 or $7,000 of cash credited to the Ithaca stop and date.

   In another place the Journal says:

   Yesterday was pay day for the employees of the Barnum & Bailey aggregation. Quite a number of the people sent their money away through the medium of postal orders. Shortly after 5 P. M. a man brought in one lot money orders to the amount of $1,288.55, all of which he paid for in silver. The orders were for various attaches of the show who had requested him to transact the business for them. Among the orders were some payable in Great Britain, Austria, India and Italy, besides many for points in the United States, showing the cosmopolitan nature of the organization.

Dr. Daniel Jay Mosher.

   Cortland friends of Dr. Daniel Jay Mosher of Norwich, N. Y., will learn with regret of his death in that place Monday evening, Sept. 7, after an illness of six weeks, at the age of 57 years.

   Dr. Mosher was born in Laurens, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1839, and was a nephew of the late Dr. H. K. Bellows of Norwich. During the earlier years of his professional life he was an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy. Later he removed to Norwich and for many years practiced his profession in this place.

   Some years ago failing health caused him to retire from active practice, since which time he has resided with his family at their present residence.

   June 11, 1872, he married Miss Harriet Randall of Cortland. N. Y., daughter of the late Hon. Henry S. Randall, who survives him, together with his father, William Mosher, and his sister, Mrs. Edward Conklin, both of Binghamton, N. Y.

   The funeral took place from his late residence, Thursday, at 2 P. M., Rev. Henry D. Stebbins officiating. Burial was made in Mt. Hope cemetery, Norwich.

Cortland Park.

Band Concert, Dance and Fireworks.

   There will be a triple attraction at the park Saturday evening, to say nothing of the natural attraction of the place itself. The Cortland City band will give one of its popular concerts. There will be a dance in the pavilion, and McDermott's well-known orchestra will furnish the music. There will also be an exhibition of fireworks in the north grove near the band stand. Before the fireworks were displayed in the open space south of the grove, but this time rockets will be dispensed with, and only set pieces will be used that can be seen to advantage in the grove where the spectators can retain their seats.

C. A. A. FAIR.

One Solid Week of Festivity at the C. A. A. Clubhouse.

   Beginning on Monday evening, Oct. 12, and continuing each evening during the week, the Cortland Athletic association will hold a fair and entertainment in their large clubhouse [historic Randall House] on Tompkins-st. The doors will be thrown wide open and the public invited to all parts of the building in which entertainment will be provided to please the most fastidious.

   The first floor will be devoted to the museum and exhibition of curios, booths and restaurant. The second floor will be given up to booths, and on the third floor of the building there will be free dancing.

   A feature will be the brilliant electrical illumination of the building, but that which will probably interest the greatest number will be the exhibition of the X-rays produced by a machine of Edison's invention and manufacture and manipulated by an operator from his laboratory. Valuable door prizes for the week will be given away. Concerts will be given each evening.

BREVITIES.

   —New advertisements to-day are—Bacon, Chappell & Co., autumn season '96, page 5.

   —The Congregational church and Sunday-school of Summerhill will hold their picnic at Elysium park to-morrow.

   —The members of Emerald Hose left at 1 o'clock this afternoon for Homer where they have a place in the firemen's parade this afternoon. Their beautiful parade cart was taken to Homer this morning.

   —Some persons still persist in bicycle riding on the path between the walk and the Randall place on Main-st. The police have been notified to carry out the regulations and those who violate them will be subject to arrest.

   —Owing to the fact that court will be in session at the courthouse on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the drafted men of Cortland county will meet at Fireman's hall that morning at 10 o'clock instead of at the courthouse as previously noted.

   —A well is being put down for the junior republic at Freeville, which has reached the depth of 273 feet; with the exception of the Johnson mineral well of Ithaca, the Freeville well is said to be the deepest in that county.—Moravia Republican.

   —The managers of the Old Ladies' Home in Homer will serve ice cream in the park during the concert by the Cortland City band in the band stand up there this evening. Cortland people are invited to attend, listen to the music and give the Home a lift.

   —The funeral of Mr. Thomas Kernan, who was found dead in bed yesterday morning, will be held from his late residence on Homer-ave., opposite the furniture store of O'Leary & McEvoy at 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning and from St. Mary's church 11 o'clock.

    —The town hoard met this morning and voted to settle the claim of Miss Mary McCarthy against the town at $500. Miss McCarthy claimed damages for injuries received in being thrown from a cutter between Cortland and McGrawville, alleging that the road was defective. The case has been tried once when the jury disagreed.

 

LAMONT FOR PALMER AND HUTCHINGS FAMILY REUNION

Daniel S. Lamont.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, September 10, 1896.

LAMONT FOR PALMER.

The Secretary of War States His Position.

COMMENT IS CAUSED THEREBY.

Many Politicians Believe It Foreshadows the Action of the President—The Secretary's Note.

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Secretary of War Lamont has sent the following telegram to W. D. Bynum, chairman of the executive committee of the gold Democrats, in response to an invitation to be present at the notification of Palmer and Buckner at Louisville, Sept. 12:

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.

   Hon. William D. Bynum, Chairman, Etc.:

   I regret that I am unable to accept the invitation of your committee to be present at the notification to Senator John M. Palmer and Governor Simon B. Buckner of their nomination by the National Democratic party for president and vice president of the United States.

   The outcome of the Indianapolis convention in candidates and platform is inspiring to every Democrat who refuses to abandon principles established by the fathers and steadfastly maintained with pride and honor, and who declines to adopt the new and strange creed proclaimed in a moment of delirium at Chicago and promptly recognized and ratified as its own by the Populist party at St. Louis. I prefer to keep the old faith and remain a Democrat and shall cast my vote for Palmer and Buckner.

   D. S. LAMONT.

  

Comment of Lamont's Letter.

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Secretary Lamont's telegram excited considerable comment in political circles when it became known. It was the first declaration of the secretary concerning his attitude in the present campaign, and was thought here to foreshadow the position which the president will probably take in regard to the Indianapolis nominations.

   The attitude of Secretaries Morton, Francis and Herbert toward the Chicago ticket is already known, and Secretary Carlisle has expressed his favorable opinion of the Indianapolis nomination. Secretary Lamont's declaration was hailed with satisfaction at the Republican headquarters.

   At Democratic congressional headquarters the officials declared that the position taken by Mr. Lamont had already been discounted.

   Senator Faulkner, the chairman of the committee, was asked his opinion of the telegram, but he declined to be interviewed on the subject.

   Secretary Lamont declined to make any further statement concerning the occasion for his action, merely saying that the telegram to Mr. Bynum "covered the case."

   Senator Carter of Montana, who has recently declared himself in favor of McKinley, was of the opinion that Mr. Lamont's letter would have a very pronounced effect.

   "The secretary" he said, is a very strong man, esteemed by the people of this country. He is regarded as a safe and level headed man who has acquitted himself with credit in the discharge of his public duties."

   Colonel John R. Fellows of New York, who was an active participant in the Indianapolis convention, and who is in the city on his way West, said: "The secretary's position is no surprise to me, as I never had any doubt of his attitude. I am glad of it. The telegram will have its effect. A man occupying Secretary Lamont's position cannot fail to have a large influence among Democrats. Such men as he do not separate from what is recognized as regular in form and method unless there is some vital principle at stake, or unless the party they belong to has been very notably betrayed."

DEMAND FOR SILVER DOLLARS.

This Year's Coinage Being Ordered at a Lively Rate.

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The treasury officials are in daily receipt of a large number of requests asking for silver dollars of this year's coinage for silver certificates or other lawful money.

   Many of these requests come from persons who seem to doubt the truth of the monthly coinage statement, while others ask for shipments of 1896 dollar with a view of refuting statements that no silver dollars are now being coined.

   These requests have been complied with as fast as received and the treasury officials desire to call public attention to the fact that when silver dollars are ordered in sums or multiples of $500 they are shipped at the expense of the government, but when smaller sums are ordered the shipments are made at the expense of the person ordering.

   There is now in the treasury $10,506,389 in free silver, that is, silver which may be obtained in exchange for any lawful money, but the demand just now is so keen for 1896 dollars that it seems probable that by the beginning of October the department will be compelled to decline to pay out silver dollars except in exchange for silver certificates or treasury notes of 1890.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Some Home Testimony.

   The following is from a letter from a former Democrat of the deepest dye, who has been for years a valued salesman of the McGraw Corset Co., and expresses the opinion in plain terms of many who, like him, will vote the Republican ticket this year for the first time. To those who know him this will be a genuine surprise:

   FORT WAYNE, Ind., Sept. 5, 1896.

   The McGraw Corset Co.:

   GENTLEMEN—If this free silver business keeps up I will surely forget how to sell goods. I never in all my life saw the West in such a condition as now. There is no confidence or willingness anywhere and everybody seems to be simply waiting. For what I don't know. Up to date I have taken more orders than last year, but they amount to nothing. I am sick, disgusted and disheartened, and was never so near to saying "die" as right now. Under the scourge of the repuditators and free silver fanatics, the country is going to pieces with a rapidity calculated to please the most enthusiastic of Bryan's socialistic mob. But, thanks to the plain good sense of a plain people, their career of wreck and ruin is near its end. There is less probability of Bryan's being elected than there is that the Lord will endorse the action of Anarchist Altgeld during the Chicago riots.

   Yours very truly,

   E. H. MILLER.

   ◘ A writer laments the decline of legislative bodies the world over. The decline is in manners, morals and statesmanship. So true is this of our state legislatures that he declares few measures passed by them originate among the members themselves. They are simply the tools or servants whose vote passes the laws concocted by individuals on the outside, sometimes in the public interest, but too often in their own interest and to the detriment of the public. Well, if this is true the remedy is easy enough. Legislative bodies reflect exactly the morality, the manners and the brain power of the people who elect them. There are plenty of honest men and brainy men even in these times. If the people wanted them as legislators, all the people would have to do would be to elect them. But voters apparently do not want legislators who are better than they themselves are.

W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.

Unions from All Over the County Meet at Preble.

   The eleventh annual convention of the Cortland county W. C. T. U. was held in the Presbyterian church at Preble, Sept. 2 and 3. The attendance was not as large as usual, owing to the many other attractions of the week, yet on all sides was heard the remark that it was one of the most profitable conventions we had held.

   The faithful workers of Preble union had made the church look very attractive with quantities of beautiful flowers, while the portrait of Miss Willard, adorned with great bows of white satin ribbon, occupied a prominent place.

   The convention was called to order by the president, Mrs. E. L. Tanner of Blodgett Mills. After the devotionals, which were conducted by Mrs. A. C. Smith of Preble, the regular routine business was taken up. The reports of the superintendents of various lines of work were extremely interesting, and nearly all showed an increase of work over the previous year.

   Mrs. Nellie Hutchinson, state recording secretary of W. C. T. U., was with us the first day and was very helpful and entertaining, in her own bright and winsome way. She was also the evening speaker, taking for her subject "Pitfalls," which was treated in a logical manner and held the close attention of the audience.

   During the afternoon session a tender memorial service was held in memory of those who had passed from "labor to reward" during the year. There are six in all, five from Cortland, and one from Taylor.

   Immediately after this the election of officers took place, the time of election being changed by motion from the second day to the first day. The officers were all unanimously re-elected with the exception of first vice-president.

   Rev. W. D. Fox of Preble had charge of the music which was a pleasant feature of the convention. Especially gratifying was the presence of and welcome extended by both pastors of Preble, Rev. Mr. McDonald of the Presbyterian church and Rev. A. C. Smith of the M. E. church. Both these gentlemen did everything possible to assist us.

   At the conclusion of the evening speech, Miss L. Robertson of Cortland led in the discussion of the silver question, and the result shows that Preble does not believe in free silver.

   Thursday morning a temperance love-feast was conducted by Miss Robertson, after which the remaining business of the convention was transacted and final reports of superintendent given. Immediately after adjournment at noon the executive board held a meeting to appoint superintendents for the seventeen lines of work carried on by the county union. Nearly all the superintendents were reappointed to their old lines of work. Thus we "made our peaceful war" against the greatest legalized evil in the world to-day.

   MARY A. BENJAMIN, Press Supt.

MEAGER-SEEBER.

Pretty Home Wedding on Church-st. Last Evening.

   There was a pretty home wedding at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seeber on Church-st. last night, when at 8 o'clock the marriage of Mr. James Meager and their daughter, Miss May L. Seeber, was solemnized. The ceremony, which was performed in the front parlor, was witnessed by about fifty friends and relatives of the contracting parties. The bride was becomingly attired in a gown of white Persian lawn with trimmings of white ribbon and lace, and carried a bouquet of bride roses. The groom wore the customary black.

   Rev. E. A. Baldwin, pastor of the M. E. church at Groton, was the officiating clergyman and the wedding march was played softly on the piano by Mr. Harry Jennison of Cortland. The decorations were palms, ferns and cut flowers.

   The guests from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. John Meager and Mr. Alfred Meager of Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Delevan, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Delevan of Cincinnatus, and Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Stoner of Binghamton.

   After the ceremony very nice refreshments were served under the supervision of Mrs. C. H. Hulbert and Mrs. H. K. Stoner and the newly wedded couple left on the night train south for a short wedding tour, after their return from which they will take up their residence at 36 East Court-st.

   Both Mr. and Mrs. Meager are well known and are very popular in Cortland and receive the best wishes of a large number of friends. They received many beautiful and costly presents of a large variety.

FOUND DEAD IN BED.

Thomas Kernan of Homer-ave. Expired Last Night from Heart Failure.

   Mr. Thomas Kernan, who for five years has been the flagman at the D., L. & W. crossing between Cortland and Homer, was found dead in bed at his home near the crossing this morning. He occupied a bed by himself and when he retired last night was feeling as well as usual, but this morning when the family arose it was noticed that he was not up as usual. On going to his room Mrs. Kernan was startled to find that he had died. There were no evidences of a struggle. Coroner Moore was at once notified and on examination found that he came to his death from heart failure and that no inquest was necessary. Besides a wife he leaves one daughter, Miss Mary Kernan, and five sons, John, Daniel, Thomas, Jr., Michael and William. The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Mr. Kernan was 63 years of age.

HUTCHINGS REUNION.

The One Hundredth Anniversary—Over Two Hundred Guests Present.