TIRED Jtf LIVING
THE CITY MARSHAL OF DAVID
CITY TAKES HIS LIFE.
SIERK'S SLAYER IS SENTENCED
The Two Men on Trial at Alliance for
Murder Put Out of Harm's Way for
a Good Many Years to Come Mis
cellaneous Nebraska Matters.
DAVID CITY, Nob., Juno 10. Quito
a sensation was caused In tho west
part of town by Joseph Calvin, tho
city marshal, shooting himself. Ills
wlfo and young boy were out In the
yard attending to tho chores.
After his wlfo left tho houso ho
aroBo from tho bod, did not stop to
dress, but closed nil tho doors In tho
house, then went back to his bed
room and knelt down between a chair
and the bed and shot himself through
tho head, causing instant death.
Ills wlfo heard tho shot, but think
Ing It was somo of tho neighbors
shooting flrecrnckors, did not go to tho
houso till tho chores wcro finished.
When she found htm she then called
help Immediately.
Mr. Calvin was a man about CO
years of ago and has been In tho em
ploy of tho city for tho past ton years,
either as night watch or city marshal.
His health had been poor.
SIERK8 SLAYERS SENTENCED.
Jahnke Gets Life Term and Olson
Twenty Years for Murder.
ALLIANCE, Neb., Juno 10. August
Jahnko and Oliver Olson, brothers-in-law,
who were convicted of tho mur
der of Mlko Sierk on April 18 lost,
wore sentonccd by Judgo Westover,
tho former having been on trial for tho
Jast three wooks and tho lattor hav
ing pleaded guilty to murder in tho
.second degree.
, Jahnko received a lifo sontonco at
liard labor and Olson for his confes
sion and stuto's ovldenco only twenty
years.
Tho murder for which thoy were
convicted wns tho killing by shooting
with a shotgun of Sierk, after having
."boon unsuccessful In threo other at
tempts nt his llfo at various times
prior to the tlmo of tho shooting.
, They tried dropping tho old man
Into a deep well onto a plpo protrud
Ing from tho bottom, poisoning him
.with deadly drugs, which they put
Into his victuals, and shooting him
'with a revolver.
Tho motive wns to get possession
of Stork's insurnnco nnd personal
property, which thoy had Induced him
to dovlso to August Jnhnko. Olson
wns to recelvo half of the spoils. Shcr
iff Reed left with tho prisoners for
tho penitentiary.
Military Equipment.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 10. Six
thousand dollars worth of military
equipment for tho Nebraska National
guard was received by Adjutant Gen
eral Barry. Full equipment for eighty
mnmbors of tho South Omaha cavalry
troop was pent direct from tho govern
ment arsenal to Captain Holland.
This shipment Includes eighty car
bines, eighty sabers, eighty saddles
and everything that goes to make up
tho same equipment furnished to gov
eminent cavalrymen. Cnptaln Hoi
land has asked for permission to hold
a week's encampment of his troop
within two miles of South Omaha.
Permission will undoubtedly bo grant
ed. Tho onenmpment will bo hold nt
tho troop's own expense.
Lincoln Man Shoots Himself.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 10. John C.
David, formerly president of tho First
National bnnk of Pawnee City, a prom
lnent business man of Lincoln, shot
himself at his home. Tho cnuso Is
not known.
Carbuncle Kills.
FREMONT, Neb., Juno 10. Prof. J.
F. Mueller of the Normnl fnculty died
of blood poisoning, resulting from n
cnrbunclo which formed on his head
and worked into tho brain.
Wheat Crop Will Be Heavy.
DRUNING, Nob., Juno 10. A boun
tlful wheat crop Is nearlng maturity
In this part of Nebraska, and It will
require fifty extra harvest hands to
caro for It.
Dob Blowctt, for threo yenrs ono
of tho pitchers of tho Georgetown
university base ball club, has signed
a contract to play with tho New
York National leaguo team.
Drowned Youth's Body Found.
NIOBRARA, Neb., Juno 10. Tho
body of young Leo Shier, who was
drowned by falling off tho steamer
Cascallla eight days ago, was found
floating in the Missouri rivor at the
mouth of the Niobrara river.
Farmer Commits Suicide.
WILDER, Nob.. Juno 10. Anton
'Soustacek, u Bohemian farmer, com
mltted sutcldo by hunging at his home
twelvo miles west of here.
FLAG DAY PROCLAMATION.
Governor Calls for Observance of
Anniversary on June 14.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 9. Governor
Savage Issued the following procla-
matlon, designating Juao 14 as Flag
day:
In accordance with n precedent sot
by mo ono year ago, and in pursu,-
nnco of a custom that Is becoming
established among the states of the
union, I, Ezra P. Savage, governor of
tho state of Nebraska, do hereby pro
claim Saturday, Juno 14, 1902, Flag
dny, nnd I do respectfully recommend
thnt tho dny bo observed by all patri
otic citizens In such manner as shall
In their Judgment best promote tho
object to bo attained.
The forccolng date is the 125th an
niversary of tho birth of our nation
al emblem. Let this and each suc
ceeding nnnlvcsary bo n natal dny, n
day for patriotic exercises and good
cheer on tho part of nil.
Well mny wo look upon our flag
with rospect nnd reverence. It is n
symbol of freedom, of ponce, of jus
tice. It reprosonts more power,
more charity, moro Christianity,
mora patriotism, moro chivalry and
moro of tho nobler Instincts of man
kind thnn tho ring of any other nn-
tlon. It Is stnlncd by no nntlonnl
dishonor; It bears no mark of broken
faith. Whether In tho smoko of bat
tlo or in tho sunshlno of pence,
whether nt homo or abroad, It Is on n
mission of mercy and enlightenment
nlways. It Is honored and respected
throughout tho world becauso It Is
tho embodiment of vlrtuo nnd because
It is n gunrnnty of good faith every
where and nt all times.
Patriotic oxerclses of tho charaqtor
contemplated aro Intended to bring
tho American people, particularly
those of tho rising generation, in
closer sympathy and to a clearer un
derstanding of tho real signification
of tho emblem of tho nation. It is
not so much that they shall rever
ence their muto symbol of sovereign
ty as that they shall havo a clear
understanding of what It represents.
To this end I earnestly request that
tho day bo observed in a proper man
ner by tho children of tho public
schools and by patriotic citizens gen
erally. Brought Back to Life.
TECUMSEII, Nob., Juno 9. Noah
Elliott's two sons, Harry and Ray,
aged 14 and 10 yenrs respectively,
went swimming in n pond on their
fnthor's farm near hero. Thoy Jump
ed into tho wnter hend foremost whero
it was beyond their depth nnd Rny
got securely stuck In tho mud nt tho
bottom nnd was unnblo to relievo him
self. His brother ran to n near-by
field and got his father and when tho
boy wns cxtrlcnted his body had been
under tho water fully fifteen minutes.
Work of resuscitation was Immediate
ly begun and a physician summoned.
Thero was apparently no llfo In tho
body, but at tho end of nn hour's work
somo Httlo ovldenco of llfo appeared
and at tho end of flvo hours tho boy
had so fnr recovered ns to bo nblo to
speak'. Ho Is doing well nnd will
probnbly fully recover.
Adjudged Insane.
WEST POINT, Nob., Juno 9. Ed
gar Allen, living about four miles
north of Wlsner, in this county, was
brought before tho board of insanity
commissioners today and adjudged In
sane. Mr. Allen Is a young man, 23
years of ago, and has a good educa
tion. He was a student at tho Stato
unlvorslty at tho tlmo of tho first
symptoms of Insanity and it Is bo
lloved that ovorstudy Is tho causo of It.
Nine Inches of Rain.
BEATRICE, Nob., Juno 9. A cloud
burst north of hero at 4 o'clock yes
terday resulted In a rnlnfiul of nine
Inches In threo hours and eleven
Inches by 10 o'clock last ovcnlng.
Tho precipitation Is tho record for this
stato for over twenty years. Clouds
blown up by a stirring south wind
centered in tho vicinity of Cortland,
twenty mlle3 north of hero, whero the
cloud burst at 4 o'clock.
Drowned In Irrigation Ditch.
BURWELL, Nob., Juno 9. Laren
Bon of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hahn, wna
drowned in tho Irrigation ditch here
Ho was wading In tho ditch and step
ped Into a deep holo and sank to tho
bottom.
Beatrice Chautauqua to Meet.
BEATRICE, Neb., Juno 9. Tho
fourteenth annual session of tho Bo
atrlco Chautauqua assembly opens In
this city Juno 20.
Big Corn Shipment for Elkhorn.
ELKHORN, Nob., Juno 9. H. A.
Nolle, who owns an elevator hero,
shipped a tralnload of corn consisting
of twenty-three enrs, or 30,000 biiBhols
to St. Louis. This Is tho Inrgost ship
ment over mndo from this town.
Farmer's Eye Blown Out.
EUSTIS, Neb., Juno 9. Tho gun
with which Gustnvo Wedegartner wns
hunting cats exploded, blowing out
one of his eyes and mutilating his faco.
ORDERS FOR THE GRAND ARMY.
Old Commander Steps Out and New
One Issues His First Order.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Juno 7. The fol
lowing ordors havo boon Issued from
tho hoadqunrtera of tho Grand Army
of tho Republic:
1. Comrade Calvin L. Steele, hav
ing been olocted commander of tho
Department of Nobrnskn, Grnnd Army
of tho Republic, for tho ensuing yar,
and upon hla Installation my official
relations with that olTlco termlnnte,
I thoroforo most earnestly bospenk
for my succossor that snmo loynl nnd
cordlnl support thnt has boon accord
ed to mo during my term.
2. I doslro nt this tlmo to express
my npproclatlon to tho offlcors of this
dopartmont for their loyal aud excel
lent servlcos rondored me during the
Inst yonr. Whntovor success thnt
mny hnve nttondod my administration
Is loyally duo to tho faithful work of
my nblo nsslatnntH, for which I extend
my sincere thnnks.
3. My olllclnl nnd personnl stuff nro
hereby dlschnrged from further duty.
By commnnd of R. S. WILCOX,
Dopnrtmont Commnndor.
Offlcinl:
MART HOWE, A. A. G.
General Ordor No. 1 1. Having
been olocted commander of tho De
partment of Nobrnskn, Grand Army of
tho Ropubllc, nt tho twonty-slxth nn-
mini encampment held nt Omnhn on
tho 22d nnd 23d Inst., I horoby ns
sumo tho duties of this lmportnnt of
fice with n profound regnrd for Its re
sponsibility, nnd I hereby take this oc
casion to thank my comrades for tho
high honor conferred and earnestly
solicit their continuous loynl support
thnt has been given my predecessor
during the last year.
2. Headquarters nro horoby continu
ed nt Lincoln, Neb.
3. Tho following nppointmonts nro
mndo: Mnrt Howe, Lincoln, nsslstnnt
ndjutnnt general; I. N. Thompson,
Fnlrbury, nsslstnnt qunrtcrmnstcr
general; Jncob Fnwcott, Omnhn, judgo
ndvocnto general; W. D. Prultt, Amp
ahoo, Inspector general.
Senior nldo nnd chief of staff, Cap
tain Joseph Teeter, Lincoln.
Further nppointmonts will ho an
nounced In future ordors.
4. All matter pcrtnlnL.g to tho nd
jutnnt general's olllce will bo address
ed to Mart Howe, A. A. G., Lincoln,
Neb.
That of a personal charactor to tho
commnndor, Culvin F. Steele, Fnlr
bury, Neb. By commnnd of
CALVIN F. STEELE,
Department Commnndor.
FRANKLIN ALMOST BURNED UP.
Fire Sweeps Away Over Half the
Business Part of Town.
FRANKLIN, Nob., Juno 7. A most
disastrous lire occurred here. Two
entlro blocks, consisting of fourteon
business houses, with most of the
stocks of goods, nro a total loss.
Tho origin of tho fire was In tho
Petorson meat market, starting In tho
basement. When discovered, about
10:30 p. m., It was a very small blaze,
hut tho smoke was so dense It was
impossible to save tho building.
In less than thirty minutes flvo
buildings wcro n muss of flames. This
was on tho east side of Main street
at tho south end nnd n heavy wind
was blowing from tho south. Every
indication was that the entlro busi
ness portion would bo burned. Tho
wind changed to the east and soon
buildings on tho opposite side of tho
street wore on flro and tho only thing
now to bo dono wns to save tho north
half section of tho business portion.
Fully fiOO peoplo were on tho ground
and everybody was helping In every
wny possible. Tho Fnger furniture
building, which wns Iron-covered,
checked tho flames.
A Life Sentonce.
ALLIANCE, Neb., Juno 7. Tho
Jury In tho murder caso ngnlnst Au
gust Jahnko, chnrged with the mur
der of Mlko Sierk on April 18, nftnr
being out ono week, brought In u ver
dict of guilty of murder in tho first
degreo nnd Imposed n life sentence.
Hand Crushed In Feed Grinder.
NORTH LOUP, Nob., Juno 7. A
young woman named Palo, living
south of horo, while nsnlstlng nt n
feed grinder, got her hand caught In
tho machine nnd crushed bo badly It
had to 1)0 amputated.
Court House Bonds Defeated.
COLUMBUS, Neb., Juno 7. Ro
turns from all but two townships on
tho Hpeclnl election to vote bonds for
a ?f)C,000 court houso give C20 for
and 1,547 ngulnst.
He Smoked as He Died.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 7. Hugo
llrcgloln, Gorman, a butcher by occu
pation, wan found dead In his bed
at his homo n mllo west of Lincoln.
Tho body lay upon Its back, tho wholo
top of tho head having been blown
off by a gunshot. An empty rlllo was
tightly grasped In his right hand;
from his mouth protruded a pipe.
Tho walls and celling of his room
were bespattered with blood and parti
cles of shredded flesh.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omsha
nnd Knnsas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLK -There' wn not a bevy run of
cattle, at thl point, hut there wna a law
supply In Chicago. Packers hero1 idnrtod
in from tlio beginning to pound the mar
ket nnd nn a result It wns late bfora tho
bulk of the offerings was dltorid of.
lleef steora ngnln mndo up tho 1Ik end
of the receipts nnd the market vh very
slow and weak. Puckers emed t lmvo
tho Ittoa thnt they hnve lieon paying too
much for their enttlo here ns compared
with Chicago, nnd they mndo nn attempt
to got this mnrkot down tn lino. Tho
cow market did not show so much
chntiKe. Tho good dry lot enws sold with
out much trouble nt whnt looked to tin
stently prices, but on the grnsny stuff,
tho market wns slow nnd wenk. Packers
did not seem to want thnt kind of enttlo
nnd will only buy It nt their own prices,
flood fnt bulls did not show much
change. Feeder bulls. hoVever, were very
slow nnd such kinds nro considerably
lower thnn they wero n week ngo. Venl
calves nnd Mngs were about sternly.
There were very few stockt nnd feeders
on sale nnd nnythlnK desirable seemed
to commnnd steady prices. Common
kinds, though, were nugleotod, the snmo
us URiml.
HOflS Thero wns another tlbernl sup
ply of hops. The market opened nctlvo
nnd strong to 6c higher thnn yesterday's
average-. Seller cut loose ns rapidly ns
possible and the bulk of tho hogn worn
sold In (rood senson. Along toward tho
last end. however, the market weakened
nnd tho close wns very slow and wenk.
Tho bulk of the Rood weight hoes sold
from J7.23 to J7.JS nnd ns high ns $7.10
was paid, whloh mnken n new ton to tho
market for the yenr. The medium weight
hogH sold mostly from $7.15 to J7. nnd
the lighter lands went from $?.1S down.
SHK1CP Thero were only lust n few
cars of sheep on the market, tho bulk
of tho offering being consigned direct
to loent packers. The few bunches tlmt
did sell brought Just about stondv prices
ns compared with yesterday, A bunch of
native wool oil lambs sold nt J'l.flfi and
somo clipped lambs sold nt Jfi.2.". Thero
wero hardly nny good sheep offered to
mako a test of tho market. It was evi
dent from tho wny buyers acted, though,
that good stuff would havo sold without
much troublo.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLR Market steady to weak: a
bunch of cholco oxport and dressed
steers sold for J7.C0 which Is tho highest
price by 20c over jmld on this market;
cholco export nnd dressed beof steers,
J7.25C7.CO: fair to good. JI.75fJ7.2o; Block
ers nnd feeders, J3.J5ftG.33: western fed
steers, Jl.50ftTi.95; Texan nnd Indian
steers, J2.90fffl.15; Texas cows, J2.9Of?4.0O;
nntlvo cows, J2.35fT5.O0: native heifers,
J3.003.20; eminent, J2.0Ofi3.00; bulls, J2.75
4.85; calves, J2.75fl.OO.
HOas Mnrket steady to strong; top,
J7.45; bulk of snles, J7.00ft7.40; heavy, J7.30
6T7.45: mixed packers, J7.15517.40; light, 10.
75W7.20: porkers, JC.75fi7.20: pigs, J0.25f?fi.C3.
8HUKI' AND LAMHS-Miirkot steady;
nntlvo lambs, J3.OOfl7.20; western lambs,
J3.30Gfl.70: nntlvo wethers, J3.201ifi.00; west
ern wethers, Jl.00tfi5.li:); fed owes JI.C3IP
C.75; Texns clipped yearlings. J3.15tff5.C3;
Texas clipped sheep, J1.25ft5.50; Blockers
mid feeder, J2.WQ1.23.
ERUPTION IS NOT DANGEROUS.
Stream of Hot Air Issues from Cracks
In the Mountains.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Juno 7.
Dr. C. L. Horrlck, from tho Now Mex
ico university and ono of tho most
eminent geologists In tho west, after
curofully examining tho supposed vol
cano crater, fifteen miles from Gal
lup, gives a description of tho local
ity and says:
"Horo thero Is a fold and fault,
which Is interesting becauso of tho
mctumorphlsm which is going on.
From tho cracks in tho sandstone
ovorlylng tho llgnlto thero Issues a
constnnt stream of heated air, sul
phurous oxide and vapor. Tho solfa
tarlc action may bo attributed to tho
slow oxidation of shales in tho pres
ence of water. From this point oast
ward Is a sor!c3 of cracks thnt havo
been tilled with iron nnd Unto, Borv
ing still moro to show thnt along this
fold nnd break wntor nt ono time ns
cendod." CRONJE 18 VERY RETICENT.
He and Other Officers Will Be Glad to
Get Back Home.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Juno 7.
Tho Boor ofllcers who havo been liv
ing in tho prison camps on tho Islnnds
near horo havo been nllowod their
liberty on parole. Sovoral of them
camo ashoro hero today nnd woro In
terviewed. Gonornls Cronjo, WcbboIh, Botha
nnd others wero vory reticent, but
thoy snld thoy wcro glnd tho war
wan ovor nnd would be delighted to
get bnck to their homes.
It Is understood thnt tho rank nnd
(He of tho Boors will bo allowed
ashoro In batches of ton. The ofllcers
havo boen Invited to an "at homo"
at Government Iioubo tomorrow.
Purchase Valuable Coal Mine.
DES MOINES, Ia Juno 7. Gcorgo
W. Hoovers, general solicitor for tho
Iowa Contral Railroad company ut
OBknloosn, has purchased tho valuublo
Hocking coal mine in Monroe county.
Tho prlco paid was ?Gli0,000.
War Office Congratulates Kitchener.
LONDON, Juno 7. Tho war office
hns cabled congratulations to Lord
Kltchonor on tho onorgy, chill nnd pa
tlenco with which ho conducted tho
long campaign in South Africa, nnd
hns asked him to communicate to tho
troops tho government's profound
houbo of their spirit of onduranco,
bravery and discipline, and also of
their humanity, shown throughout tho
trying period. Ixjrd Kltchonor re
plied with thanks,
AHE WE TOO RICH?
THE FOLLY OF TAKING LIBERTIES
WITH PR03PERITV.
Meddling with tho Tariff Snemi to Ito
n 1'rtMlnn nllli Socio r(iii, lint It
Ilni AlTmjra Itratdtud In Alternating
Htronks of Plenty nnd Fnmltio.
It would bo nn excellent thins It tho
good senso of n country noted tho
world over for Its practical turn of
mind could bo concentrated for a tlmo
upon tho question of "taking liberties
with prosperity." Thoro should bo
more of tho sort of discussion that la
to bo noted In tho current columns of
such newspapers ns tho San Francisco
Chronicle, tho SL Louis Globo-Dcmo-crnt
nnd tho Columbus (O.) Jounul,
Betting forth tho Inano folly of estab
lishing nltornnto porlods of prosperity
nnd stringency by mentis of tnrlff
changOB. Commenting upon tho tend
ency of our peoplo to "get tired of
their riches" and to rovort to lean
periods through tho oporatlon of "i'o
formlng" tho tnrlff, tho Columbus
Journal says:
"Wo leave it to tho common wmso of
the American peoplo If this alterna
tion between plethora nnd fnmlno Is
not ridiculous. If thero is n law of na
tttro which makes It Imporatlve tint
prosperous tnrlff years should bo fol
lowed by lonn free-trade years, as li
old Egypt, tho seven fnt years of rogu
lur Inundation nnd rich crops wero fol
lowed by 8oven years of drought and
famine, thon tho country should know
IL Meanwhile, It Is renHonablo to
think that If tho voters of tho nation
would tnko n llttlo though: for the
morrow thero would ho no occasion
for theso nlternntlng atrenks of plenty
nnd fnmlno.
"If, now that the country has filled
up with wealth ngnln since tho poverty
nnd beggary nnd hnnd-to-mouth borrow
ing of tho last Democratic administra
tion, there should como tho snmo old
nlternntlon to n so-cnlled tariff for rov
enuo only, thon thero will bo tho usual
falluro of business, tendency to panic,
PRACTICE ALWAYS
... 1 1 1 . .1 1 - , ...
wiiiniiiiwui in capital nnu nil moso j
uiuur ByiiiiHoiiiu ui a uiscaso mni re
quires n violent remedy. If It is un
wlso to pay too much attention to tho
vnrlous Interests of tho country which
nsk for high tariffs, it is certainly not
less uhwlso to listen to nobody except
tho Now York Importers and tho news
papers which these Importers control.
"Tho usual New York clamor hns a1
ready begun. It Invariably In tho past
has controlled tho action of ono ot tho
great political parties ot tho country.
Now Ih tho tlmo to stop that, onco for
all, Tho nation Is too big to bo
starved for four years and thon ovor
fed for eight, ago without end. Let us
havo n llttlo moro cotnmon-HoiiBO nnd
n llttlo less epigram and fine writing
and oral oloquenco In this matter of
tho tariff."
Wo wouhl remind tho Journal thnt
tho clnmor for tnrlff tinkering Is by
no moans confined to Now York news
papers that nro under tho lnfluonco of
lmportors. It Ib best to look tho situ
ation squarely In tho faco and to ac
knowledge that tho passion for "tak
ing liberties with prosperity" Inflnmas
tho brains of many men and many
nowtpapora located far In tho Interior.
Tho country Is full of thoorlsts who
cannot control their dcslro to tackle
tho tariff. Thoy nro to bo found In
Congress nnd out of It, nnd thoy nro
not nil Domocrnts and free traders
either. Far from it. But it Is time
thnt lovol heads and "horso uenso"
should como to the front and Bit down
hard on tho policy of alternation bo
twoen fat periods and lean periods.
Tho country has, to bo Biire, groftn
vory rich slnco tho Inst fnt period was
installed with McKlnloy nnd .protec
tion; but hna It grown so rich thnt It
Is tired of prosperity? If It hns, wo
shall boo tho tariff rippers In tho sad
dlo onco moro, and thnt vory f.oon; If
it hns not, wo Bhnll keep- our hands
off tho tariff for somo uno to como
nnd tnko no liberties wlu prosperity.
RESULT OF THE ENTERING WEDGE
It Wilt Interrupt Home Production and
Crlpplo Incliintr)'.
Tho Intolllgoncor somo dnyn ngo
clulmod that tho worst ifenturo of tho
"Cuban rollef policy" was that It
would act as an entering wodgo to bo
drlvon still harder into tho protoctlvo
tnrlff policy ns maintained by tho Ro
publlcnn pnrty. Wo do not know whnt
tho fnto of tho Payno-lbley compro
mlBO measure will bo In tho sonato,
but wo aro assured 'hat it will bo op-
Hps
posed by both Senators Elklns and
Scott, who stnnd firmly for tho Integ
rity of tho tnrlff. Thnt tho pnasnge
of tho mensuro by tho sonnto will bo
used ns nn entering wedgo la protty
clearly dollnod by tho halt chuckling
remnrks of tho ultra frco trado Phlln
dolphin Rocord, which loses no oppor
tunity to thrust n knife into tho vltnls
of protection. In n recent issuo it
pointed out thnt tho Cuban mensuro
wns n splendid tnctlcal opportunity
for tho Domocrnts, nnd ndded :
"It would bo miserably poor policy
to opposo n rightful mensuro to which
tho faith of tho nntlon hns been com
mitted In ordor thoroby to secure n
merely pnrtlsan ndvantngc. No oppor
tunity should bo lost to mako a breach
In tho protection wall. Small nnd nig
gardly ns Is tho proposed 20 per con,
reduction of tho U7 per cent duty on
Cuban sugar, It should not bo rofusod
by tho aid of Democratic votes. It Is
nn entering wedgo which mny bo driv
en homo when further opportunity
ohnll offer."
Thoro hns boon no convincing proof
brought forward thnt distress cxiatn
In Cuba of tho chnrnctor thnt would
wnrrnnt any rollef from thl9 country
nt n dotlnlln cost nnd Injury to nomo
of our own people. In n lottor to a
mombor of tho Rcpubllcnn club of
Now York city, n mombor of tho houso
of representatives) who fought tho
Payno-Slbloy compromise states thnt
of Republicans throughout tho coun
try thoroughly understood tho situa
tion thoro would bo such nn over
whelming Hontiment nsnlnst this new
proposed tm-Amorlcnn policy ns would
uweop It out of existence nnd lonvo It
without a single Ropubllcnn supporter.
Referring to tho reports ns to tho
provnlllng distress on tho island tho
congressman quoted says that "It 1b
conceded by thoso who nro advocating
this policy thnt thero Ib no distress
In Cuba; thnt tho demand for lnbor
thoro Is grcntor thnn tho supply; thnt
wnges nro higher thnn over boforo;
thnt nt lenst two-thirds of tho sugar
crap Is produced by non-rostdont cor
porations nnd wealthy Individual
planters whoso domlctlo is olthor tho
Unltod Stntcs or Spain. Two-thirds,
thoroforv, of tho reduction of duty
BEATS THEORY.
would go to thoBo non-resldont plant
ors, if it did not all go to tho sugar
trust, and thoro la abundant ovldonco
thnt It would."
A grcnt donl hns nlso boon snld nbout
tho Into President McKlniny'a position
with regnrd to reciprocity ns onunclnt
od In his Buffalo spcoch, but wo do
not boo how It enn bo twlstod to ap
ply to Cuba. His ndvoency of reci
procity wr.s qunllflod by this phrnso:
iiy sotiBlblo trndo nrrnngomonts
which will not interrupt our homo
production wo nhnll extend tho outlots
for our Increasing surplus." Tho "ro
llef of Culm" would not only interrupt
homo production, hut will crlpplo, If
not pnralyzo, two lmportnnt Industries
tho boot nnd enno augnr lntorosts.
Wheeling Intolllgoncor.
Hon nd Benntorlnlly nnd IMItorlully.
Tho domnnd for tnrlff rovislon nnd
for tho lncronsed admission of foreign
goods to compoto with nnd displace
domestic production docs not exist in
tho wost to tho cxtont claimed by ro
vlslonnrles nnd roclprocntors. Whero
It exists nt nil it is chiefly to bo found
In edltorlnl Bnnctums. Among tho peo
plo thoro Is llttlo or nono of 1L Sena
tor Hnusbrough of North Dakota is nn
editor, but not of tho rovislonury and
rnclprocntory typo. In his nowBpnpor,
tho Dovll's Lnko Intor-Occnn, ho anys:
"Tnrlff rovlBlon should not bo at
tempted through reciprocity treaties.
Reciprocity Is not ns yet nn oxnet
economic (science. It hns boon nnd
will contlnuo to bo cmployod ns nn
adjunct of protection, which hns boon
nnd will contlnuo to bo tho sheet
anchor of our Industry. Wo will ontor
Into reciprocal trndo relations with
foreign nations when by so doing wo
may dorlvo mutual bene (Its without
destroying nny domostle industry.
"Tno froo trader will bo obligod tc
abandon his attempt to mako 'the
tnll wng tho dog.' This in our Judg
ment Is tho vlow tho prosont adminis
tration must tnko of tho subject."
This lu sound Ropubllcnn nnd pro
toetlonlst doctrlno, likowlso Bound
common sonBo. Cortnln nearby odl
torlal neighbors of Senator Hans
brough's, with lnrgor pretensions nnd
smnllor grasp of economic questions
would do well to paste it In their hats
Sir Honry M. Stanloy la now dovot
Ing hlmnolt almost exclusively to coun
try llfo, and developing Into a gontlo
man farmer.
Groat boaster, llttlo doer.
