Show HON RICHARD PARKS BLAND Hon Richard Parks Bland the probable prob-able Presidential candidate ot the Free Sliver party has been for a generation one of the most conspicuous figures In 1r Y Hon Richard Parks d BJj 77i American public life He w r hf I Kentucky GO years ago was Bhaned at an early ago and had to wBcfin the summer that he might attendVAool In the winter By pluck and pert tJclty he succeeded In studying law if L4 being admitted to the bar From 1 1to 1865 he lived successively In Miss ui California Cali-fornia and Nevada applyln ilmself to law and mining operation n 1865 ho permanently took up hltsUiome in Missouri and in 1873 entered Congress He has been regularly retu ned ever since In 1877 he Introduce the bill with which his name will always be associated as-sociated in monetary hlstolr the bill which became the Bland actlof 1878 It provided for unlimited coil LSO of silver sil-ver but was so amended bi the Senate that the coinage was II Iited Mr Bland Is honest and sincere his convictions con-victions and thoroughly re resents bin constituents f |