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Commoner Comment,
Extracts Prom W. J. Bryan's Paper.
INJUKCTIOxN MANIA.
METHODS
USED TO COERCE
UNIONS.
THE
The Organ of the American Federation
of Labor Refers to the Matter as Re
volting Usurplnsr the Functions of
the Legislatures.
j'oiurer on Anarrhr. I Senator Corkrell'a Position.
senator lwinver or Iowa made a Son a tor rwirnll ct Mimr5 i nno
speech at the Memorial Services held in I of the manr democrats whose nosition
Chicago on Sundaj-, September 220. In on public questions has been misrepre- There Is one phase of the govern-
the course of his remarks he took occas- sented by the republican and gold ment bv injunction mania that tne
iyu w ui.scuss two pnases or the ques- democratic papers which attempt so courts Dotn rederai ana state seem w
tion of anarchy, or rather two remedies. I oersistentl v to create the imnression De seized with that is very disquieting
Seme seem to think that anarchy can- I that the gold standard has been ae- to thoughtful people who love their
uoi oe suppressed witnout limiting the eepted by the American people. The country. The Injunction is always to
freedom of speech and the freedom of I senator takes occasion to correct cer- restrain the worklngmen and never to
the press. It is refreshing1 to find one tain statements that were attributed restrain the employers however high
so eminent in the republican party as I to him, and says: I handed their actions. This one-sided
I never said the silver question was I oerversion of the Individual powers or
dead. On the contrary. I said I believed I tne judges is breeding a contempt for
1D "imetauism as nrmiy as ever, out, n the courts and the law that Will have
was now impossihle.in a practical sense, I .. . . no
to mane 11 a vital or living' issue, as , , . . ...
long as we were having a constant in- worklngmen are forced to the coaclu-
crease in the volume or money, the p'on mat tne courts are iu""""-"
able. Hut these remedies, in order to I main object we had in advocating bi- the trusts and especially that Rll tne
become effective, must not evade the I metallism, and which increase had es- federal bidrres are anuointed in that
fonse of justice which is universal, nor taoii-sneoour principle, mutan increase interest and that a common man has
inetra.litionsof civil liberty, which we w.e oiume oi money wouiuieaaw ... .. . h t.ourt3 will re
and proved we were right. Xotwith- Pct. As long as the judges confined
standing the increased production of their orders to preventins disorder or
gold, still I do not believe that gold used their power with moderation
will prove sufficient in production and there was no complaint, but now they
voiume to meet tne uemanus or tne h-va -nrio,! if tho trema and
Mr. Dolli verchallengiug this dangerous
floctnne. He says:
4A government like ours is always
slow to move, and often awkward in its
motions, but it can be trusted to find
effective remedies for conditions like
these, at least after thev lecome intoler-
have inherited from our fathers. The
bill of rights written in the English
language, stands for too many centuries
of sacrifice, too many battlefields satis
bed bv blond, too manv hopes of man
kind reaching toward the agestocome,
to le mutilated in the least in order to
meet the case of a handful of miscreants
whose names noliody can pronounce.'
Anarchy can be overcome without im
pairing the liberties of the people or
trenching upon those rights which are
essential to the republic. His sugges
tions go further than temporary sup
pression of anarchy. lie deals with
some of the causes which lead up to and
develop the spirit of anarchy. He says:
"It ought not to be forgotten that
conspirators, working out their nefar
ious plans in secret, in the dens and
caves of the earth, enjoy an unconscious
co-operation and side partnership with
every lawless influence abroad in the
world. Legislatures who betray the
commonwealth, judges who poison the
fountains of justice, city governments
which come to terms with crime all
these are regular contributors to the
campaign fund of anarchy."
There is food for thought in what
Senator Pol liver says. Lawlessness in
high places breeds lawlessness among
less conspicuous individuals, and it will
le diffienlt to teach the humbler mem
bers of society respect for law and gov
ernment if there are men or corpora
tions so great that they can with im
punity defy the law and the authority
of the government.
The senator als j refers to the burn
ings which have taken place in several
sections of the union and declares that
they do not contribute to the safety of
society. Lynch law is either a reflec
tion upon the government orit isan in
dication of unrestrained passion upon
the part of the mob. If the government
is efficiently administered there is no
occasion to resort to lynch law, and if
it is not efficiently administered it is
better to reform the government than
to set aside its authority.
But when the mob. not satisfied with
taking the life of the victim, adds tor
ture, it lietrays a brutality :hat shames
our civilization. The assaults upon
women which have been the cause of
most of the burnings, are indescribably
wicked, but it is enough that the guilty
party should atone for the deed with
his life. The taking of a human life,
even in the enforcement of the laws of
soti.-ty, is a grave and serious thing.
To torture a human being to death
amid shouts of revenge is debasing and
cannot but result injuriously to society.
The assassination of the prosid.-nt
will bring aK.tit a discussion of law
lessness and lead to an investigation of
the influences which lead U lawless
ness. Senator Do'.liver has gone deeper into
the subject than many of the republi
can editors who have sought to hide
their own responsibilit j- K-hind col
umns of partisan abuse. lie is to K
congratulated upon the eour-ige which
he ha manifested and the breadth of
view he ha.- shown.
world's business. When that time comes
enjoin strikers from even persuading
issue, and I shall for it nt tn i non-union men rrom wornug, mcie
theonlv practical ratio.in niv iudgment. vigorous protest from organized
I shall oppose in the future, as I have I labor which must be heeded or before
in the past, all attempts to demonetize hong revolution against the Injustice
tne silver tioiiar, or to take away its win take the place of dissent.
A?l?rUT 10 iranl" Ve The American Federatlonist. the or-
banks, or to cancel the greenbacks." 5an of the Federation of Labor, says.
-' I ..... . , I. . . . m
we can Eive iiere uui
President Roosevelt on Trusts. ew specimens 01 tucac
In his speech at Minneapolison Labor nS Injunctions. but tney are
n:u- T,i,i..n Vn.w,.r,.it -epresentati ve or tne new bpiui-
More and more it is evident that the 1 sP,ri dangerous to American liberty.
state, and if necessary the nation, has American law, and constitutionally
got to possess the right of supervision I guaranteed rights. Picketing, which
and control as regards the great cor- no state prohibits by law. has been de-
A EOMAN EXAMPLE
ARE WE BECOMING A NATION
GAMBLERS ?
OF
Speculation by Guess Work at the Vrlce
People Will Pay In the Future for tb
Necessaries of Life Legalized (Gam
bling Shops Known as Stock Exchanges.
eagerness would be at once the evi
dence and the result of the elevation
of the electorate to a higher Intellec
tual and moral leveL"
This Is a sensible view to take of
the matter. At nearly every election
the great majority of voters have to
be urged to go to the polls, and on
such home questions as the issue of
bonds they are willing to leae the
matter to their more patriotic neigh
bors. They need educating to look
arter their own business. What a nation of gamblers thl
This is no new experience with those country is getting to be! We bet on
who have watched elections. It con- stocks, on wheat, on corn, on cotton.
stantly occurs when the most Import- pn horse taccs. on baseball, on yacht
ant amendments to the constitution of I races. Every town, even most of the
states are being voted upon and when .villages, has its gambling shop, its
referendum votes on other propoal- (btock ticker. It is even stated on high
tions have been called for. The elec- authority that many society women are
tion of a sheriff or some miner official desperate gamblers, not only buying
will interest the majority of voters and selling stock, but playing poker
more than the most important ques- and bridge whist for enormous sumi
tions and this Is usually the case be- This is a great evil and will resu'c in
cause the newspapers he reads have i.'ie destruction of all that Is greatcs
not taken the trouble to inform him of and best in the American character if
the public question, but are filled with allowed to continue without pretest
the praise or demerits of the candi
dates,
porations which are its creatures, par
ticularly as regards the great business
combinations which derive a portion of
their importance from the existence of
some monopolistic tendency.
Mr. Koosevelt was then vice-pres:
:lared a crime by sheer judicial legis-
.ation. Judge Wing of Cleveland, in
.-estraining striking molders from
jicketing (among a score of other
Lhings), declared to an objecting attor-
dent and as such had little influence in aey tha. 'persuasion itself, long con
shaping the poliey of his party. He is ;Iuued, aiay become a nuisance and
now president and in a position to give jnlawful. He therefore enjoined the
force and effect to his views on the molders union 'from picketing the
trust question. As the chief executive premises of a certain company, or 'in-
it is his duty to enforce the law as he terfering in any manner whatsoever
finds it. If the present attorney-gen- with its employes.' He defined pick-
eral is not willing to carry out his in- eting a3 'organized espionage.' and 'a
structions he can demand his resigna- nhvsical demonstration calculated to
tion and appoint a new attorney-gen- I intimidate '
eral. lie can give no excuse for a fail- ..xi,i n.-n onraich- but It at
ure to enforce the law. When he was nretended to distineuish between
exercising authority in New York City or(HnarVt normal, proper persuasion,
he took the position that a law '. : ...ii... ,i vvan
ought either to le enforced or repealed
It is to be hoped that he will take the
same position now.
Not only is he in control of the ex
ccutive branch of the government, but
he has a senate, hou.-e and bupreme
court in political harmony with him.
If existing laws are not sufficient, he
has the power of recommendation and
can propose measures sufficiently se
vere to give the people the protection
thi3 was a concession far too generous
for the militant plutocratic spirit, and
Judge Gager, of the supreme court of
New Haven. Conn., bettered thesa in
structions. He enjoined loO strikers
from in any manner interfering
with anr person who may
desire to enter the employ of the plain
tiff by way of threats, persuasion, per
sonal violence, Intimidation or other
means.' This order prohibited moral
with
which he admits to lie needed. It will
be interesting to watch the new nresi- suasion, without ifs and buts,
dent and see whether the hostility to out Qualification of any kind.
trusts manifested b- bim when be w.Ti "But what r'ght has this judge to
laying his plans to capture the next usurp the function of the legislature
republican convention is increased or and prohibit the use of moral suasion
lessened bv the responsibilities of the by strikers? When men are enjoined
office to which he aspired.
from doing thinjs expressly forbidden
by law, the wrotg and injustice then
The London Dailv Mail savs that J. consists In depriving them or the guar-
Pierpont Morgan is rinding some difli- antees of Indictment by grand jury
eulty in getting the famous painting, and trial by petit jury. The man who
Duchess of Devonshire," into the '3 accused of disobeying an injunction
United States. As the reputed price man be punished by the court without
paid was one hundred and fifty thou- indictment and jury trial, and such
and dollars, the tariff on H would le punishment Is not a bar to Indict-
about thirty thousand. Mr. Morgan ment and trial upon the same offense.
ought not to lie afraid of a little tax like When an Injunction prohibits some-
that. He did what he could to elect
the republican ticket in 't0 and l'JOO,
and double that rate is collected on the
clothing and food used by the people.
There is much talk now about so
amending the immigration laws as to
exclude anarchists, and it is hoped
that this will be done. The law should
K striet on this io;:it and the immi
grant should be compelled to assert
bis I elief, not only in some form of
government, but his belief in our form
of government. And, while he is
swearing, it would not hurt him to de
clare that he accepts the Declaration
of Independence as his political creed.
Mr. Hearst's papers the New York
Journal, the Chicago American, and
the San Francisco Examiner have,
since the assassination Wen made ob
jects of attack by all the republican
papers. From the manner in which
Mr. Hearst is returning the fire it is
evident that he intends to continue his
crusade against monopolistic wealth
and entrenched privilege.
The men who advocated lynch law
in the case of Czolgoz should ponder
well on the outcome of the assassin's
trial. The assassin was given a fair trial
and the spectacle is one calculated to
increase respect for law and order. A
lynching would have l.-en an incentive
to anarchy.
"It seems utterly impossible for the
republican papers to tell the truth
about Mr. llryan. Fulton, (Mo.,)
Telegraph.
No, not impossible; only highly im
probable. The fact that Kitchener alwa3's
dwells at length on the lloer casualties
is no sign there are no itritish casualties.
The attention of one Philander Knox
is called to the Labor Day speech of
President Theodore Koosevelt.
Blind Persona in Germany.
Since 1S71 the number of blind per
sons in Germany has decreased from
eighty-five to sixty-seven per 100,000
inhabitants, and the famous Breslau
oculist. Dr. II. Cohn, is convinced that
with proper care that number can be
EtiU further reduced by 40 per cent.
Rainbow In Cloudless Sky.
In the coldest parts of Siberia a
rainbow may sometimes be seen all
day long in a cloudless sky. It is sup
posed to be due to fine particles of
enow In the air.
The Kansas City Journal says: "It is
nevertheless true that the kind of
speeches Mr. Hi-yan and many other
orators have lieen making about the
country for the last four or five years
have a tendency to promote anarchis
tic thought and sentiment." Accord
ing to the Journal it is all right for
the republicans to commit a wrong but
improper for the democrats to call at
tention to it.
The republican papers that were so
quick to spread reports misrepresent
ing Chancellor Andrews' views on ly
ing and anarchy are slow to publish
his denials. Instead of excusing or
defending either, he denounced both.
thing that is wholly legal, then, in ad
dition to the outrage named, we have
the further and. if possible, greater
outrage of judicial usurpation of leg
islative functions. Instead of the con
stitutionally provided division of the
erovernmental powers, a division es
sential to freedom and Individual
rights, wo have Judicial absolutism,
the worst form of absolutism imaginable."
After Czolgosz is condemned and ex
ecuted (the sooner the better) it might
be proper to ask the governor of Indi
ana to surrender the man who is under
indictment for aiding in the assassin
ation of Gov. Goebel.
Miss Anthony says Mrs. Nation
should have tried other and better
ways of putting down whiskey. Miss
Anthony, however, did not mean that
as it sounds.
Admiral Howison might have saved
himself a great deal of trouble by
learning before band the difference be
tween Hackett and public opinion.
If an effort is made to prevent the
criticisms of public officials Mr. Quay
would seem to be the proper person to
champion the measure in the senate.
Many rules for the pronunciation of
the name of the president's assassin
are going the rounds. The final pro
nunciation will be '"d-e-a-d."
In discussing ways and means for the
eradication of anarchy due attention
should be given the causes which tend
to promote anarchy.
Considering the state of the Shaw
presidential boom the chances are that
its owner thanks Senator Allison for
nothing.
Spaniards Proposed a Bullfight.
They tell a story to the effect that
tfhen the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals proposed to estab
lish a branch in a leading city of Spain
the municipal body courteously accept
ed the proposal and offered to hold a
crand bull fight at once to furnish the
funds. Troy Times.
VOTERS SKEU EMCATIXO.
The Republican organs are pointing
at what they term the failure of the
referendum experiment in Columbus,
Ohio, because out of a registered vote
of 33,000, but 6,000 voters took advan
tage of declaring themselves on the
questions involved. Two propositions
were submitted to the people. One
calling for an issue of 1200,000 for the
construction of a municipal electric
light plant. 5,838 votes were cast, 3,623
for and 2,215 against. The majority,
though a large one, was not suiacient
to carry the proposition, as It re
quired two-thirds of those voting. The
other vote taken was on the issue of
$2,250,000 for repair and construction
of sewers. It required a majority vote
only and was defeated by 4,13!) votes
against and 1.537 for the issue.
"Nothing is wrong with the refer
endum principle." says the Columbus
Press-Post, "but everything is wrong
with the people themselves. Instead
of discrediting the system, the paucity
of the vote at referendum elections
emphasizes the necessity for education
of the electorate. The latter has been
so long used to voting for men that it
would be surprising if it should at once
display equal Interest in voting for
measures. Time Is needed to adjust It to
the change. Special as well a3 the usu
al general means must fc employed to
enlighten it as to the merits of the
particular matters . to be voted upon,
and also as to what the initiative and
referendum in the broad sense involves
and signifies. Every election is to
some extent educational, and there can
be little doubt that if referendum elec
tions were more frequent, more Inter
est would be taken in them The In
terest would steadily grow, and in
time the vote upon measures would
be relatively as great as it now is upon
men. Under the initiative and refer
endum citizens must think for them
selves. The party system has so long
spared them this trouble that they can
not suddenly exercise the faculty. It
is hard for one to at once do for him
self what he has long permitted and
even relied upon others to do for him.
But the habit of thinking for one's
self comes and grows with practice,
and in time, under the initiative and
referendum, the eagerness to vote
would be greats than today. The
TARIFF AIDS THE TKISTS.
An important fact that has been
claimed by the Democrats and scouted
by the Republicans Is brought out in
the report of Prof. Jenks to the Indus
trial Commission, that while trusts ex
ist in free-trade countries as well as
In those which have adopted a protec
tive policy, still the tariff is an aid to
the trusts. This comes from the cir
cimstance that the tariff enables the
manufacturers to charge higher prices
in the home market to the extent of
the tariff, whatever it may be, thus
ensuring good profits on the home
trade, as a result of which they can
cut the price for the foreign trade. In
this connection it must be understood
that foreign tariffs are generally very
few, compared with those in the United
States. Hence no European manufac
turer can cut his prices sufficiently to
sell in this country, after paying the
duties, without suffering heavy. loss;
but our manufacturers, being en
trenched behind a forty or fifty or six
ty per cent tariff, can cut under the
German, or Austrian, or Russian home
prices, and still sell at a profit. If the
German home price Is lowered enough
to prevent this, the profit is lost upon
the basis of which the foreign prices
have been reduced. Therefore in such
a contest the trusts which stand be
hind the highest tariff wall will have
the advantage.
This portion of the report should be
considered with the closest care be
cause of its bearing upon the much
mooted question whether the tariff ac
tually raises prices. Prof. Jenks shows
that it does, and says that "the man
aging director of one of the great iron
combinations in France has stated that
if you wish to get his course of prices
over a series of years, the simplest
way Is to take the English trade pa
pers, get the London price of iron of
similar grade throughout the period,
and add to that the freight from Eng
land and the French tariff." Nothing
could be clearer than that.
The Aast sums of money locked ui in
thesc gamblin..; transactions aro be
yond computation, the amount t'czz is
peid annually to Chicago and N.v
York by the country is probably
enough to pay the national debt. It is
a constant drain, for on the average
the country gambler has a large per
centage against him, the commission
charged on every transaction in the
end eating up any profits. The banks
encourage this gambling, for they
make most of their money by loaning
on the stocks or produce rambled In
Of this evil the Nebraska Independ
ent says: This gambling is a loss I
the state of such magnitude tha: no
nan can compute it. Hundreds o
thousands of men are withdrawn from
productive Industry and legitimat
business who spend their lives in gam
bling. Many hundreds of millions of
money are employed in gambling
which if put to work into legitimate
Industries -.vculd give employment tj
thousands md appreciably raise the
price of farm commodities. That Is
not the wor?t of it If it continues to
increase it will result in a race of ef
feminate degenerates and the destruc
tion of modem society. Every think
ing man knows this to be true, yet
we hear no general outcry against it
and the groan churches are silent. They
admit to their communions the most
notorious gamblers not those who bet
small sums, tut those who put large
fortunes at stake every day of their
lives, sometimes losing all and some
times making immense fortunes.
man who yots on the board of trade
and bets on the rise and fall of prices.
who has no goods to sell and never ex
pects any to be delivered to him when
he buys. Is simply a gambler.
A similar condition of affairs existed
in Rome before the fall of that repub
lic, and President Roosevelt, who in
his speech at St. Paul so strongly
hoped W3 thould emulate the example
of the Roman, should warn his coun
trymen against trying to vie with that
degenerate people instead of holding
them up as glorious examples.
An Insidious Heresy.
The popular demand that the prod
ucts cf the trusts be placed
upon the free list i3 giving
considerable trouble to the Re
publican brethren. They cannot de
feat any revision of the tariff In the
next congress, but if the popular feel
ing against the protection of the
trusts is not appeased they fear the
effect on the elections next year. This
is shown by what the New York World
say3: Congressman Grosvenor, view
ing home politics from the judicial
distance of a London hotel, find3 peril
to the Republican party and its
"matchless policy of protection" in the
insidious heresy that tariff schedules
cn trust-made articles snouia be re
pealed. Of cours?, says he, the sched
ules are of no benefit to the trusts, be
cause they can manufacture more
cheaply than the foreigner. To repeal
them would be to destroy the inde
pendent American manufacturer as he
cannot produce so cheaply as the for
eigner. But he fears that many voters,
in the excitement of political discus
sion, will overlook these obvious
truths.
There is grave reason for thinking
Mr. Grosvenor's fears well founded
Misguided voters may say: Then the
trust can manufacture more cheaply
than the independent American manu
facturer. That means that the trust
will wipe him out anyhow, will give
foreign markets the exclusive benefit
of cheap production, will use the tar
Iff to rob us.
One of the principle spellbinders for
the Republicans in Ohio thi3 fall Is to
be Senator Mason. Of course he has
promised to go back on all he has
heretofore said on Imperialism, Fill
pines, the Boers, striking down repub
lies, and so forth, or Hanna would not
have him there. A few of his former
speeches scattered through the crowd
that hears him would open their eyes
to the inconsistency of the leaders they
worship.
" Congress appropriated a large sum
for the erection of a new Department
of Justice, but the Attorney General
decided to await a much larger appro
priation before beginning the work.
These officials, who have been used to
the enormous expenditures of the"
trusts, think the people are able to pay
any amount of taxes. But what is the
use of an enlarged Department of Jus
tice when a little matter like Neely
and Rathbone is more than can be
managed and as for the trusts not eve
a move is made. As far as the Neely
and Rathbone matter i3 concerned the
department would seem to be most in
dustrious in preparing evidence to pre
vent their prosecution.
The ship building trust Is closing in
on Uncle Sam, the purchase of the
Bethlehem Steel Company by Morgan
& Company will place the manufacture
of armor plate for our warships In the
hands of one set of men and competi
tion will be eliminated. The United
States will now have to pay the price
demanded by the trust or manufacture
Its own armor plate.
GOVERNMENT MONET LOANED TO
THE TKISTS.
Why should the dastardly attempt
on the life of the President have made
Wall street quail and call for help
from the United States treasury? In
no event would financial affairs be
changed from the present program, the
succession to the head of the govern
ment was assured to those who would
carry out the policy of the present ad
ministration. A new Congress with a
large Republican majority is but wait
ing to be called together. Wall street
says business never was better and the
large fortunes that have and are being
amassed by the favored few is an in
dication that prosperity is in full blast
in that favored region. And yet there
is an undercurrent of trouble that any
untoward event will bring to the sur
face and prick the beautiful bubble
that has -been blown with so much
care and patience. The banks there
have but little cash beyond the reserve
they are required by law to keep, and
the issue of clearing house certificate
is talked of. There must be something
radically wrong with a system that has
so little stability. One of the causes
is over capitalization of the trusts
whose stocks the banks have taken
as security for loans, and Morgan
Rockefeller and others are also loaded
up with them awaiting the time that
the least desirable can be unloaded
on the investing public. A vast amount
of these stocks and bonds have been
paid out in lieu of cash for the plants
of the manufacturing concerns when
the trusts were organized and a good
many of these stocks and bonds are
constantly being thrown on the mar
ket by their owners, either because
they would sooner have ready money
or they fear they will decrease in price.
The underwriting syndicate who or
ganized the trusts are obliged to buy
these stocks and bonds or the price
would decline and more would be
thrown on the market and the bears
would take a hand and sell for a de
cline and a panic would soon be in
evitable.
This is the reason that the trusts
magnate and their allies, the banking
Interests, call for aid for the United
States treasury, and it may. be fairly
said that every dollar that is advanced
or loaned to them Is used to bolster
up the trust securities. So it comes to
this that the people are being taxed
beyond the necessities of the govern
ment to create a fund to be loaned to
the trusts and the gamblers of Wall
street.
the senate." It then goes on and ear
that "the free trade newspapers are
favoring this French reciprocity." In
reading these fulminations of the
league one has to make allowances for
its misstatements, such as calling the
tariff-reform newspapers free-trade
and so forth, for the league is In dire
distress just about now. Its scientific
tariff is under fire not only by the ever
wicked Democrats, but by those of its
own household. Even President Mc
Kinley in his speech at Buffalo said
"that reciprocity treaties are in har
mony with the spirit of Ce times,
measures of retaliation are not." But
let these tariff doctors fight out who is
best capable of making a diagnosis of
the disorder that is troubling the over
protected patient and inquire if either
of them are likely to strike at the root
of the disease. It Is not the question
of a five or ten per cent reduction of
the tariff on a few articles, as the
French treaty provides, even allowing
that the constitution will allow reve
nue to be lowered or raised by the ac
tion of the executive and the senate
out shall the protection given the
trusts in the present tariff be taken
off or continued. The French reci
procity treaty, nor any of the eight
others now awaiting ratification, does
not touch the monopoly granted the
trusts and this is the main question
of the tariff reform that the people
want settled. The reduction cf the
tariff to a revenue basl3 will follow
when the present extravagant and
wasteful Republican party i3 replaced
by one pledged to an honest adminis
tration who will be free from lavish
ness or waste.
What a help it will be to th farmer,
the storekeeper and the workingman
when Hanna gets his ship-subsdd bill
through Congress. It is true they
will have to pay the 1180,000,000 the
bill calls for, but that will all be re
turned to them with large interests by
the lower freight rate the shipowners
will be able to charge. At least that
is what the clique who are forcing the
bill say, but these Republican leaders
may be mistaken and the steamship
trust may keep the money and not
make any dividend to the people. Of
course they will have to pay a percent
age to Hanna as chairman of the Re
publican national committee, but this
will go to the strikers and healers who
the people would be ashamed to own
as of themselves.
There is great gloom at the head
quarters of the Protective Tariff
League and the Home Market Club.
They fear the tariff Is about to be
meddled with and that even some
treasonable Republican hands may be
helping to break open the shrine at
which they worship. They are still
firing blank cartridges at the Demo
crats, but it is only in a half-hearted
way. They should reserve theii- am
munition and pour some hot shot into
these recreant Republicans, and they
may keep up the Chinese wall a while
longer. Their allies, the trusts, should
be called upon to give more material
aid.
Don't Enow Their Valoe.
There are Borne things which eeem
household necessities in the United
States for which there is no market
whatever in France or southern Eu
rope. One of these is the range with
a hot water back, another is the re
frigerator, and a third is the rocking
chair. Americans living abroad often
want these articles bo badly that they
even send home for them, but among
the French there is no demand for
them whatever and American manu
facturers only waste energy in trying
to create a market for them.
Tbls Doff Has a Street Car Pass.
In Detroit there is a remarkably af
fable and intelligent Boston terrier
whose owner carries a photograph of
the dog. On the back of the photo
graph is an order signed by the su
perintendent eff the lines directing the
conductors of all street cars in the city
to permit the dog Ben Bolt is his
uame to board their cars. As lien
Is known to most of the conductors it
is rarely necessary for his owner to
show the order
In His Fathfr-in-Lani Pclplt.
Rev. Samuel Scoville, Henry Ward
Beecber's son-in-law, has become asso
ciate pastor with Rev. Dr. Hillis over
Plymouth church. Brooklyn. Mr. Sco
ville has held several Congregational
pastorates in Connecticut and else
where and recently resigned as pastor
at Vineland, N. J., to take this place.
Ibsen Getting VTf I.
Ibsen has almost comp.e cly recov
ered from his illness, but u.s physl-
clans do not yet allow him to do any
brain work, so that "When the Dead
Awake' remains his last effort. Every
day he takes a ride in the park near
his home in Cbristiania, as well as a
short walk, though his gait is still
Infirm.
STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.
Bryant, Mo., Oct. 7th The case of
Mrs. M. A. Goss, continues to be the
chief topic of convernation in this
neighborhood. Mrs. Goss was a crip
ple for a long time with Sc.atica; she
was so bad she couldn't turn over in
bed and for four months she lay on
one side.
She had tried everythlnar without
getting any relief, till at last he
heard of Dodd's Kidney pills. She is
strong and well today, and has not a
single ache or pain.
Mrs. Goss says: "I don't know it
Dodd's Kidney Pill3 will cure any
thing else cr not, but i do know they
will cure : viatica, for they cured me,
and there couldn't bo a worse case
than mine."
If Secretary Long desires to show
his fairness to Admiral Schley, he
should issue an order assuring naval
officers that they can testify freely be
fore the court of inquiry without fear
of getting themselves on the depart
ment blacklist If their testimony does
not suit the Sampson-Crowninshield
clique now running the department. If
Secretary Long will not do this the
president should take the matter into
his own hands, he is commander-in-
chief of the navy.
The Rreatest UtapeTine.
Lord Breadalbane Is said to be the
owner of the finest vine in Europe. It
was planted at Auchmore house, in
Scotland, more than fifty years ago,
and is double the size of It3 rival at
Hampton court. It produced 4,000
bunches of grapes in one season a few
years ago.
Nebraska Business and Shorthand College.
ISoru liuttdiUK, Oniaha l.
The most thoroughly equipped lnstitu
Hon In the west. Send for free ctalorue.k
A. C. OXG, A. M.. LL.B., I'rest. v
Women are always better than men
in morals.
Brooklyn, N. T.. Sept. 6th. Th( peeret
of the remarkable success of the Garflelil
Headache Powders, manufactured here
1V the Garfield Tea Co., lies in the fact
that they are harmless as well as effec
tive; people have confidence In them.
In every locomotive there are about
6,400 different pieces.
The Sampson-Crowninshield clique
who are running the navy department
have refused the request of Admiral
Schley that Admiral Howison be asked
if he stands by an Interview In which
he was reported to have lauded Samp
son and denounced Schley, which
true would make him unfit to act as
one of the members of the court of
inquiry. Can the administration afford
to allow this unfairness?
if
Risen saints ought not to wear their
grave clothes. Ram's Horn.
Civil government at Manila has so
far resulted in calling in more troops
to keep the peace.
REAL TARIFF REFORMS
It now appears there are two kinds
of reciprocity, the James G. Blaine
brand of 1891-2, which was forced by
him on the McKInley tariff bill after
his historic and exciting personal in
terview with the Republican members
of the ways and means committee. The
other kind is the new brand, samples
of which are seen in the reciprocity
treaties now before the United States
senate. The new Kasson brand is vio
lently opposed by the Protective Tariff
League, and in the matter it is fur
nishing to the Republican newspapers
it said:
"Very many of the reductions strike
directly at some established and im
portant Industry. The textile manu
facturers and the Jewelry manufactur
ers of Massachusetts have opposed
with especial earnestness the ratifica
tion of this (the French) treaty by
The administration is fixing up an
other little real estate deal for us, the
Danish government having agreed to
sell their three West India islands for
J3.7n0.000. The reason Denmark
wants to sell is that the Islands cost
a great deal more to administer than
they produce. What we want to buy
them for Ls probably to find places for
some more of the Hanna strikers who
are yet unprovided for.
Prof. Sparks of the Chicago Uni
versity told the history class the other
day that periods of prosperity, such as
we are now having, are always follow
ed by one of depression. He advised
the students to save their money in
view of the coming hard times. There
must be some mistake about this, pro
fessor, for the republicans tell us that
President McKinley has just started
his prosperity and good crops under
way.
Another protege of Perry Heath's is
in trouble, one William M. Hoey, cus
toms collector of Nogales; he la
charged with implication in the
scheme for smuggling Chinese from
Mexico into the United States. He
came from about the same locality In
Indiana as Neely and Rathbone. What
an enterprising set of office holders
the republicans have produced from
that state.
Ladle Can Wear Shoes.
One sire smaller after usingAllen's Foot
Ease, a Dowder. It makes tight or new
Khneseasv. Cures swollen, hot.sweatinjr.
aching feet, infrrowing' nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores,
25c Trial package FREE by mail. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Some titled individuals are like
worn-out brooms all handle.
$3.00 PER DAY AND EXPENSES
To man with rlt; to Introduce rur stock and
poultry foods. Advar cemi-nt when ability
is shown. Address, with stamp, for juir
tioulars, BoyJer Food Co., 9 ilonon Blk.,
Cbicaso, 111.
Lucky is the man who makes moro
money than his wife can spend.
Si-ate or Ohio, Citt or Toledo, i
L,rc.As cocsjtt, t
Fran J. Cheney makes onth that ho Is th
rnior partner of the nrm of P. J. Cheney 4: Co..
lointr business In the City of Toledo. County
nd State aforesaid, nnd that said, firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
ach and every case of Catarrh that cannot oe
surcd by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
ir KA.NU. J. l llt.EI.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 134
lKAlj Votary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken Internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
it the system. Send for testimonials, free.
P. J. CHENEY ti. CO., Toledo, a
hold DT Dru(T(flstS. 7SC.
Hall Family Pills are the best.
The loafer is a drone in the indus
trial hive.
Piso't Cure ls the best medicine we ever tised
for all affections of the throat and lunps. Wu
O. Endslkt, Vanbureo, I no., Feb. 10. 1U00.
A dog speaks the deaf and
language with his tail.
dumb
TEL. LOW CLOTHES A RE UNSIGHTLY.
Keen them white with Red Cro Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large 'J oz. package, 5 cents.
It now appears that Hoey, who has
been admitting Chinese by the back
door for a consideration, is another
friend of Perry Heath, who was also
sponsor for Neely and Rathbone.
Heath's Republican friends seem to be
on the make, wherever you find them.
The jingoes in Congress and out of
it have at last a President after their
own heart. They were never satisfied
with Mr. McKinley. His foreign policy
was too tame for them, but perhaps
Mr. Roosevelt will not be so strenuous
now he is president.
"Mother" Eddy received more at
tention at the State Fair at Concord,
N. IL. than the governor of that State
did. New Hampshire has been getting
more cranky since the Republicans
have been running it.
High tides of grief carry us over the
bidden bar.
Told of Bandow.
There is a new story cf Sandow. At
tacked in an Italian cafe by a gang of
scoundrels he swung one man in the
Ur by the feet and brought hint
down so hard as to split a table in
two.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods, per package, than any other.
Sold by druggists, 10c. per package.
An unbecoming costume Is not a
bad habit that grows upon one.
Sirs. Winflow t (toothing- styrnp.
for children tett'n(. soften the guvr. a, reduces Is
tln.mtlon. allay pain.cares wind colic 33cbotuw
Said the cobbler: "My work ls
Itself a walking advertisement."
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Rheumatism, neuralgia, soreness,
pain, sore throat and all bodily suffer
ing relieved at once by Wizard OIL In
ternally and externally.
The crazy person who goes to Eu
rope is what they call "gone abroad
TTomrn Rarely Fall.
To take advantage of a cheap article
of household value. But wise women
want to know If the low-priced article
has merits. Defiance starch costs far
les3 than any other starch and gives
far better satisfaction in the laundry.
Makes linen look like new. Order at
your grocers. Mad ay Magnetic Starch
Co., Omaha, Nek
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