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that dolay was becoming dangorous and that ho
was in a fair way to lose his foot and perhaps
his life, tho infection extending rapidly as far as
the knoo, ho operated upon himself with the as
slstanco of his hospital nurses, in tho operating
room. Tho plucky surgeon cut from the instep to
the toes down to tho tendons and bone without
an anesthetic, scraping and gouging among iho
diseased tissues, suffering agony for nearly a halt
hour of this work, till ho foil back exhausted.
Ho is in a fair way to recovery."
A STRANGE story was sent from Now Orleans
to tho Cincinnati Enquirer, under date of
boptember 21. According to this story, Mrs. Sophia
Fabian of 237 North Anthony street, New Orlqans,
now sees tho light, after four jears of total dark
ness and nine years of darkening twilight. A
miracle of joy restored her sight. Her youngest,
son, Henry Fabian, whom she had not seen for
eighteen years, surprised her by returning homo
last week. Ho camo suddenly into the presence
of his mother, who was sitting alono in tho dark
ness, and spoko her name. At tho scund of tho
voice of her son, whom sho had never hoped to
see or whoso voice sho never expected to hear
again, tho scales of darkness fell from Mrs. Fa
bian's eyes. Mrs. Fabian is 76 years of ago. Not
the-least wonderful part of tho. story is that twen
ty minutes before her son appeared Mrs. Fabian
declared sho had seen him plainly, a presentiment,
of his coming forcing itself upon her mind. h6
elder brother, John Fabian, at whose nouse the
mother was at the time, while coming homo in
tho cars, was accosted by a number of his ac
quaintances asking for news of Henry, cf whom
no one had spoken to him for years back.
THE late S'onator George F. Hoar gave to young
mon this advico: "First Do not hurry. For
tnose that want to work well there Is time. Tho
wise disregard bustle and hustle and place thor
oughness above speed. S'econd Remember that
thore is something more to live for than money.
Turn from the race after the world s goods, the
mad light for greed, to tho love of the highei
things. You may devote yourself to the practical
arts, but remember that there is something nobler
to human life. Third I advise you to read som-;
author every day. Read him so well, soak your
self so thoroughly with him, bathe in his wisdom
so often that you will emerge from him as from
a sparkling fountain of purity. ' Some ono ashed
Senator Hoar what he would advise mei to read.
"Read the lives of Thomas Jefferson, Washington,
Lincoln, Wendell Phillips, John Bright, Henry
George and other men that have scood for some
thing and meant something,' ne said. Probably
the strongest plea ever made by Senator Hoar was
for tho Filipinos. His speeches in the senate at
tho time are among the greatest over delivered on
that subject.
THE supreme court for the state of Wisconsin,
on October 5, decided that tho LaFol lotto
ticket is tho regular republican ticket, three judges
decided for LaFollette while the chief justice dis
sented. After setting forth tho facts alleged in
tho complaint and in tho answer filed, the opinion
says: "First The controversy shown to exist by
tho foregoing sufficiently concerns the prerogatives
of the state and effects the liberties of tho people
to be within tho original jurisdiction of this court.
Second Such controversy is of such a grave char
acter, and of such public importance, as to war
rant its original jurisdiction to determine the right
of matter, so far as tho door is open for it to do so.
Third Since the question presontod merely in
volves the duty of the secretary of state in the
performance of an act expressly enjoined by law
it is a judicial one. Fourth For the present case'
tho time not having arrived when tho secietary of
state is required to make certification o nomina
tions, by the general rule there is no lemedy at
law by mandamus; hence action, if maintainable
at all, is properly brought in equity, if the legis
lature has not "furnished another and exclusive
remedy."'
TIH3 court further held that the legislature in
tended to provide for settlement out of court
or all questions between tha faction of the party
concerning tho right to place the party named upon
the official ballot in these words: "Fifth The leg
. islature Intended to provide for settlement out of
. court of all questions between factions of a party
concerning the right to placa the party name upon
the official ballot, by section 35, Wisconsin stat
utes, in. these words: (A) In case of a division
In any political party and a claim-by two or moi"
The Commoner.
factions thereof to tho same party name, tho officor
with whom the certificates of nomination are re
quired to bo filed shall, in certifying such nomi
nation or proparing such ballots, give preference
of name to tho convention or caucus thereof hela
pursuant to tho call of tho regularly constituted
party authorities, and if tho committee represent
ing tho other faction presents no other pany
name, such officer may designate the same in sucii
manner as will best distinguish the nominatiojiU
thereof. (B) When two or more conventions or
caucuses shall bo held and the names thereof cer
tified, each claiming to bo tho regular convention
or caucus of the same political party, preferencf3
in designating shall be given to the nominations
of the One certified by the committee which had
been officially certified to bo authorized to repre
sent tho party."
DISCUSSING these clauses tho court explains:
"The first clause provides for a case where
omy one of two or more conventions is claimed
to have been- held upon the call of the regula:
party committee, and the identity of that ono is,
therefore, not in doubt The second clause pro
vides for a caso where all of the conventions are
claimed to have been held pursuant to the call of
such, and the same committee) by creating a
tribunal to decide for guidance for the secretary
of state which set of nominees is regular and
therefore entitled to use of the party name, such a
tribunal possessing, by familiar rules, exclusive
and final jurisdiction, save as hereafter stated. The
first clause of section 35, statutes of 1838, can not
apply to tills case, because the dominant feature
thereof is the existence of a multifarious "claim
to the same party name," determinable, as before
indicated, by the certifying officer from his own
records, showing the necessary source of regular
ity." It is reported that Mr. Cook, one of the
republican nominees for governor, will withdraw
from the contest.
AN INTERESTING decision was delivered' at
Philadelphia, October 3, by Judge Schwartz.
In the caso under discussion the court refused to
affirm a point in law submitted by an attorney
that when a railroad employe falls asleep from
physical weakness, from illness, or from weariness
from long hours of steady employment and an
accident happens, the employe should be acquitted.
The Associated Press report says: "The case wa3
that Of John F. Fleischutt of Pottsville, Pa., an
engineer on a Pennsylvania railroad freight tram.
Tho freight train and a passenger collided near
Pottstown last April, two persons were killed and
a dozen injured. Tho crew of the freight train wore
held by the coroner for criminal negligence. It
was testified by tho fireman that the freight train
had been ordered to wait on a siding until four
trains had passed. Ho said the crew had been on
duty for twenty-two hours, and that while waiting
for the trains to pass had fallen asleep. Before
the fourth train had passed the men awoke and
thinking that the fourth had gone by, tho freight
trainwas taken from the siding. Before the case
went to the jury. Fleischutt's attorney made the
point above stated. In refusing to affirm It, Judge
Swartz held that no man had a right to work on
a railroad unless in fine physical condition, and if
he fell asleep, no matter from what cause, he
should discontinue work, even though he should
lose his position, rather than jeopardize human
life by continuing on duty. Fleischutt was con
victed." THE democratic campaign book presents some
interesting statistics with respect to the Phil
ippines. It is shown that the Philippines have cost
the United States to June 30, 1903: Purchase price
(quit claim deed from dispossessed owner) ,$20,000,
000; purchase price Friars lands, $7,239,000; in
creased army expenditure for five years over aver
age expenditure prevous thereto, 1893, 1900, 1901
1902 and 1903, $500,000,000; boats for patrolling is'
land waters and increase in naval expenses due
solely to Philippine acquisition during said pe
riod (estimated), $25,U00,000; appropriation for first
Philippine commission, $250,000; spont by com
mission, $179,009; transport service and cost of
vessels (estimated) $50,000,000; total, $602,418,000.
COMMENTING upon this statement the At
lanta Constitution says: "In order to be en
tirely fair tho year 1899 Is entirely omitted from
the foregoing estimate, since that year covers the
period of active hostilities against the Philippines
Strict y speaking, prettymuch the whole period of
hostilities should be Included, for the war .against
the Filipinos themselves, led by Aquinaldo - re
sulted from the failure of the United States to
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make known to the natives whether or not nor
manent colonial exploitation was intended. Acuin"
aldo and his followers took up arms against UncTn
Sam because they had been rid of the Spaniards
merely to exchange masters, Had we made knowri
in advance our intention not to hold the islands
in indefinite subjection on the Spanish plan likely
there would have,, been no native insurrection
against bur authority. Hence the whole Filipino
war is chargeable to the colonial intentions of th"
republican administration, which fact, bringiu-'
Philippine expenditures down to date, would make
the whole miserable business to have cost tho
United States treasury approximately a billion dol
lars. Think of that! Can the mind of the aver
age plain citizen grasp such gigantic figures un
staggered?" ANALYZING these stupendous figures, another
newspaper, the Dallas News, says: "But this
does not measure the cost to tho taxpayers of tim
United States. Tho initial $000,000,000, the prob
able $50,000,000 annually, stupendous as these fig
ures are, yet fail to indicate the loss to our peopie.
Consider tho average productivity of $600,000,000
employed in agriculture, manufacturing, or any
activity of life, tho yearly interest of which at
the legal rate would be $30,000,000. In other words,
a capital sufficient at 6 per cent to earn $36,000,000
has been subtracted from the wealth of the in
dividual citizens of this country. In addition 1.0
the foregoing is increased cost of navy depart-
- ment due to colonial expansion and principally
chargeable against the retention of the Philippines.
For the five years preceding 1898, the year of the
Spanish war, which is omitted, although the chiet
operations of the navy in the Philippines occurred
during that year, the expenses of the navy de
partment were: In 1893, $30,136,084; 1894, $31,710,
294; 1895, $28,797,796; 1896, $27,147, 32; 1S97, $34,
561,546, making a total of $152,553,452, or an an.
nual average of $30,470,690."
ALTHOUGH supporting the republican national
ticket, the. Wall Street Journal boldly de
clares that tho republican state ticket In New York
is doomed to defeat. Tho Journal says: "For ten
years the state of New York has been in control
of the republican party. It came into power in
1894 as the result of a popular revolt against Hill
and Maynardism. It will go out of power in 1904
as the result of a popular revolt against Odell and
Odellism. No man, however able and personally
worthy, can this year be elected who carries tho
brand of Odell. The nomination of Frank W. Hig
gins is fatal to the republican party so far as its
state ticket is concerned. Even the popularity of
Roosevelt can not, we believe, carry Higgins to
victory. It remains to be seen whether it may not
even cost Roosevelt the electoral vote of Npw
York. Fortunately he can be elected without u.
Benjamin B. Odell in order to preserve his ma
chine has been willing to run the risk of party
defeat in the state, and so far as his attitude is
concerned it is that of selfish indifference to the
fate of the national ticket But what will become
of Odell if Roosevelt is elected president and a
democrat is elected governor? In saying this we
do not wish to be understood as reflecting ujicu
the character of Mr. Higgins. Under different
conditions he might, indeed, have made an exco
lenfcandidate. But we remember that Judge Fol
ger was a good man, and yet under some such cir
cumstances as now exist he was beaten by nearly
200,000 votes."
Fruits of Imperialism
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a republican
paper, recently printed tho statement that ac
cording to a private letter received in Washing
ton 250 Moros were killed by United States troop3
in tho Lake Lanas country at Mindanao. Tho
battle took pi ace August 1. The following is an
excerpt of the letter reproduced in the Globe-Democrat:
"Yesterday we had another battle with the
Moros. Wo killed about 250 men. women and
children. Those who were present say it was a
most terrible sight. Our troops cornered the Moros
and killed every Moro in sight and then burned
everything they had. If the officials will only
let our men do this about twice more there will
be no more trouble Tho Moros hav? been sneak
ing in and cutting up our sentineis. We are all
getting hardened to the killing of the Moros the
more we see our own men cut up."
Commenting upon this letter tho St. Louis
- Post-Dispatch very -aptly says: ''These are the
fruits of imperialism; the- end for which our
' fathers fought and bled on Freedom's battlefield.
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