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Rh regard selfish personal interest, as paramount to love of country and the interests of the whole people.

"A few of us have stood out against this gold standard system, and are in favor of immediate free coinage, 16 to 1 or 15½ to 1, independent of England. [Applause.]

"I now propose three cheers for ."

They were given with a will. The ''hip! hip! hurrahs!'' were heard through the open windows for two squares away.

Thus ended the "school." Chicago has had its lesson on bimetallism.

How will this contest end?

No one can tell. In the struggle of might against right, the former has generally triumphed.

Will it win in the United States?