OHIO STATE UNIVERSITI N55 PRICE 10 CENTS 4 JULY, 1896 EDITORIAL : Mr. McKinley's Attitude. 5 Democratic Conventions. 5 Lyman Trumbull..... 6 The Canadian Elections.. 6 The Venezuelan Situation. 7 Educational Matters... 7 Austria and Turkey. 8 The Great Debate... 9 George Adam Smith. 9 Quietness of Spirit.... 10 A Great Failure.. 10 CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES : The Key to Success in Interna tional Arbitration ..... 12 By Professor John B. Clark 13 14 By Lillian W. Betts The Use and Abuse of Vacations.. 15 By Mary T. Bissell, M.D. Athletic Vassar. 17 By S. Scoville, Jr. The Jacob Tome Institute.. By Helen M. North 20 THE RELIGIOUS WORLD : International Sunday-School Convention..... 24 Pan-Presbyterian Council. 24 Evangelical Alliance..... 24 Social Settlements in London...... 24 Presbyterians in Scotland, etc., etc. 25 BOOKS AND AUTHORS : Pilgrim Fathers in New England (Brown)...... 26 Social Rights and Duties (Stephen) 27 New Books.. 28 19 The Rev. George Adam Smith, D.D. 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He of the personal popularity of Mr. McKinley. In Illinois assured Mr. McKinley that his nomination had been the re- and Indiana the Conventions were no less enthusiastic sult of the spontaneous demand of the plain people of all sec- for the free coinage of silver, and were apparently far more tions, who recognized in him the champion of the principle hopeful of victory. In Indiana the anti-silver element was which meant adequate public revenue, full employment for practically obliterated by the unseating of gold delegates labor, and the restoration of the Nation's credit. The cur- from the city of Indianapolis. Three or four anti-silver men rency question was barely touched upon in a few words about were sent as delegates to Chicago, but these were bound “sound money" and " honest finance.” Mr. McKinley's by the unit rule to vote with the majority. They were speech of acceptance took up the four subjects of increased elected at the request of Governor Matthews, who wished protection, increased revenue, increased reciprocity, and them to support his candidacy for the Presidential nomiincreased confidence in the value of all our money. Like nation. In the Illinois Convention the anti-silver element Senator Thurston, Mr. McKinley attributed the universal made no demonstration of its strength or weakness. The fall in values and lessening of production to the changes Convention seemed to be entirely unanimous for the rein the tariff. He declared that the loss of revenue and the nomination of Governor Altgeld. consequent deficit had alone occasioned the embarrassment of the Treasury and forced the issue of bonds. “If In Wisconsin an explicit gold-standard platform was sufficient revenues,” he said, “are provided for the support adopted, and the delegates to Chicago were instructed to of the government, there will be no necessity for borrowing vote as a unit. There was, however, a sharp fight made money and increasing the public debt. During all the on behalf of silver, for the first time in the history of Wis. years of Republican control following resumption there was consin Democracy. Even some of the strongly German a steady reduction of public debt, while the gold reserve counties this year elected a few silver delegates. Senator was sacredly maintained, and our currency and credit pre- Vilas attributed the strength shown by the free-coinage served without depreciation, taint, or suspicion.” Mr. men to the disposition of delegates to ride with the current McKinley urged the increase of tariff duties in the inter of popular opinion. In New York State the platform ests of the home market, but he also urged a renewal of adopted indorsed bimetallism, but urged that the restorareciprocity treaties in order to provide a foreign market tion of silver to the currency of this country would not for our surplus products. Despite his belief that our high help, but would hinder, its restoration to the currency of wages make it impossible for our manufacturers to compete the world. This portion of the platform was evidently with those abroad in our own markets, he believes that prepared by Mr. Whitney, and will be urged as a basis for some of our producers can undersell foreigners in their compromise at Chicago. The attitude assumed toward the markets. On the question of the currency his words were greenbacks was more in accordance with previous declaraas follows: "The money of the United States, and every tions of the New York Democracy. Their complete retirekind and form of it, whether paper, silver, or gold, must be ment was demanded, and the issue of bonds in order to as good as the best in the world. It must not only be redeem them in gold was indorsed. The North Carolina current at its full face value at home, but it must be and Georgia Conventions were practically unanimous for counted at par in any and every commercial center of the the free coinage of silver. All the Democratic State Conglobe.” ventions have now been held, and the delegations elected stand as follows on the currency issue : Democratic State Conventions wer held last week in Gold. Silver, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, North Caro- New England. 72 6 lina, and Georgia. In all of these States except New Middle States. 161 1 Southern States.. 23 261 York and Wisconsin the Conventions declared for the Western States... 77 325 immediate renewal of the free coinage of gold and silver at the old ratio. In the Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio Conven Total.... 333 593 tions old party leaders were conspicuous by reason of Four of the silver delegates from New England are from their absence. In Ohio few of the delegates had ever before Maine and two from Massachusetts; the one silver delebeen present at a Democratic Convention. They were a gate from the Middle States is from Delaware ; sixteen of the much plainer set of men than usual; many of them from gold delegates from the South are from Maryland, two from the farms, and all of them enthusiastic for the free the District of Columbia, and five from Florida ; twentycoinage of silver. In Ohio the platform adopted con- eight of the gold delegates from the West are from Michitained but one plank. Ex-Governor Campbell tried to gan, twenty-four from Wisconsin, twelve from Minnesota, |