| Show A WORD UP WARNING judge william lawrence 0 ohio the recognized champion of the wool interests of the united states has a letter in the last issue of the american and cotton reporter that contains a word of caution to the incoming administration after reciting that the ohio state grange had petitioned congress in favor of a bill imposing a duly of 8 to 12 cents a pound on unwashed wools and double duty on and treble duty on scoured wools he says the majority riven mckinley in the six etalea requiring a change of only votes to elect bryan came largely from free silver republicans alo were held in their party by the in the platform of the most ample to wool lie then quotes statements lending to demonstrate that silver rc would be in itself n high protection and reproduces the following dispatch from the city of mexico december 2 1896 the will stick to the silver standard being in the opinion of the administration the one best adapted to this country and as affording it at the present rate of exchange 50 per cent an protection to home industry while at the same time securing for its exports a fold premium which operate as a bounty to tropical planters and to more strongly fortify his position reproduces this paragraph from the philadelphia bulletin ol 01 the iron ag a republican journal there is a sentiment bacate of the green backs and back of silver also which mu be respected f judge lawrence ie not a believer in free silver but he takes cognizance ot the widespread wide spread sentiment within the republican party even it ie constituted today in favor of silver and which will become manifest the platform of protection is not fully lived up to and especially tho plank providing for the most ample protection to wool the letter would indicate a fear that the wool manufacturers of the east will ie a high schedule oa aw acola and together with ahe democratic gold 1 ment now a potent influence in the councils of the party will succeed in preventing the fulfillment of party obligations made to the wool raiders raie ers in conclusion judge lawrence baye I 1 am distinctly emphatically opposed to free silver present conditions and believe in ibe republican policy of international bimetallism anci as I 1 would regret to see wol rowers go to free silver yet it will be a proof of prudence to do toe justice and save the dane erot kubb a condition SOME OF the preachers in los ankeles have peculiar notion ot how to acorn reforms rev dr mclean and rev J W gall took in the slums of that city and stayed at a house one night until morning to obtain a practical idea of the immorality of the women who kept tho place the pious knaves had one of the women arrested and tins is a portion of rev mcleans testimony criven on the witness stand as taken from the los angeles times dr mclean admitted that some of his party made bets as to which of the two eiria present would kick the and clyder beina the tallest held ap a hat for them to kick it two dollars was deposited with dr mclean as stakeholder stake holder and after the contest was over dollie the winner contributed that to the beer fund one of me girls also danced the hula hula dance the second night much the same performance acro gone through except the high kicking when it came to the hula hula dance some one proposed that the girl strip hut said she strip for 50 kev mr maloan could not remember which member of the pious party indecent proposal when asked if any of the eirls made advances to any of bla party dr mclean reluctantly luct antly admitted that one had thrown her legs across bis lap and another had sat in kev mr balls lap their attitude was rather affectionate alch more testimony ans given which was toa indecent to print had the officers of the law arrested the preachers the cause of morality would have been better promoted than by the imprisonment of the woman SENATOR ALLENS resolution calling for an investigation of the aliened cor bupt rupt use of money in the last election docs not meet with the hearty approval of abe press of the east they attempt to dismiss the subject with a stroke of the pen or detate that if the truth could be got at it would probably be found that more money was spent by both sides than was necessary although no attempt at organized debauchery bau chery on either side would be discovered just before abe election in up the chances of the candi eastern press found much con sol atlon in abe financial strength of the national republican committee and bad many a laugh so to speak over the poverty which compelled the to partly close their washington headquarters but now hat the deed baa been commuted there is a desire to the insinuations that spent a lare sum ol 01 money or that the republican had more money to ekander eu ander than did the democrats the dilver men every reason to believe money was usail for other than legitimate purposes uanna said a few days alter the election that thare were timea during the campaign then many ot the leaders felt but gadded a added they did of the inside work there were none so blind or so loat to partisan bias that they dij not realize buring the campaign that hanna was spendina ep endina money in every direction with a band the the election the republican national committee everything in texada tennessee alabama idaho and this now appears to bave been part of dee baid plot to hind th matses while a fine italian band waa at horii io the etalee the N w york world a ha presented a belble of aedenia irom the states and which includes tho rotes 1892 and ie na follows brjan harian ley ohio illinois minn iowa in these five states there n 1 increase of votes or 3 in li abitante in four in only one of alie five states did bryan fail to have more votes than were ever before cast for a candidate yet bryan did not carry a aate cast more votes than in 1892 wilh these figurea the republicans public ans and a knowledge of the use of money made before election and the gross misstatements misstate menta sent out the night of election no wonder there is complaint in bold quarters against senator aliens resolution |
