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CHAPTER III Continued
That night when they had returned
to the hut wherein they slept or tried
to sleep they found that some well
meannig stranger had been there in
their absence and nailed up on the
grimy walls above their beds a card
bearing the text Come unto Me all ye
that labor and are heavy laden and I
will give you rest And so ghastly
ceemed the irony of those words in that
place that Jason muttered an oath be
tween his teeth as he read them and
Sunlocks threw himself down being
unbound for the night with a peal of
noisy laughter and a soul full of
strange bitterness
The next day after that the sixth
of their life together rose darker -than
any day that had gone before it for
the wounded hand of Michael Sunlocks
was then purple and black and swollen
to the size of two hands and his bod
ily strength was so low that try a3
bravely as he might to stand erect
whenever he struggled to bis feet he
fell to the ground again Thinking
nothing of this the warders were for
strpping him up to Jason as before
but while they were in the act of
doing so he fainted in their hands
Then Jason swept them from him and
ypwed that the first man that touched
Sunlocks again should lie dead at his
feet
Send for the captain he cried and
if the man has any bowels of compas
sion let him come and see what you
have done
The warders took Jason at his word
and sent a message to the office saying
that one of their prisoners was mutin
ous and the other pretending to be ill
After a time the Captain despatched
two other warders to the help of the
first two and these words along with
them for his answer If one rebels
punish both
Nothing loth for such exercise the
four warders set themselves to decide
what the punishment should be and
while they laid their heads together
Jason was bending over Sunlocks who
was now recovered to consciousness
asking his pardon in advance for the
cruel penalty that his rash act was to
bring on both of them
Forgive me he said I couldnt
help it I didnt know what I was do
ing
There is nothing to forgive broth
er whispered Michael Sunlocks
And thus with stammering tongues
they comforted one another and with
hands clasped together they waited for
the pnnishment that had to come
At length the warders concluded that
for refusing to work for obstinate dis
obedience and for threatening notbrng
would serve but that their prisoners
should straightway do the most peril
ous work to be found that day at the
sulphur mines
Now this was the beginning of the
end for Red Jason and Michael Sun
locks and if the evil chance had not
befallen them God alone can say how
long they might have lived together at
Krisuvik or how soon or how late
they would have become known to one
another by their true names and char
acters But heaven itself had its pur
poses even in the barbarity of base
hearted men as a means towards the
great end that was near at hand And
this was the way of its coming
A strange change that no one could
rightly understand had lately come
upon the natural condition of the sul
phur mines The steam that rose from
the solfataras nad grown less and less
week by week and day by day until in
some place it had altogether subsided
This was a grave sign for in the steam
lay the essence of the sulphur and if
it ceased to rise from the pits the sul
phur would cease to grow
Other changes came with this such
as that deep subteranean noises arose
from parts of the plain where no fis
sures had yet been seen and that foot
steps on the earth around these places
produced a hollow sound
From these signs taken together
the Captain had concluded that the
life of the mines the great infernal
fire that raged beneath the surface
was changing ground leaving the val
ley where it had lived for ages for
the mountain heights where the low
grumblings were now heard to come
from beneath the earths crust of lava
and basaltic rock
So taking the counsel of his people
he decided to bore the ground in these
new places in the hope of lighting on
living solfataras that wouM stand to
him against the loss of the dead ones
And it chanced he was in the midst
of many busy preparations for this
work when the report of the warders
reached him and the boring was still
uppermost in his mind when he sent
back his answer as he came upon the
flogging and stopped it
Thus it happened that the first
thought that came to the warders was
to send their prisoners to one of the
spots that had been marked on the
hillside for the test of bore and spade
So in less than half-an-hour more
Jason and Sunlocks lashed together
arm to arm and leg to leg were being
driven up the mountain to the place
assigned to them They found it a
hideous and awesome spot Within a
circle of two yards across the ground
was white and yellow and scaly like
a scab on evil fish It was hot so that
the hand could not rest upon It and
hollow so that the foot made it shake
and from unseen depths beneath it a
dull thud came up at intervals like
nothing else but the knocking of a
man burled alive at the sealed door of
his tomb
Beneath this spot the heart of the
solfatara was expected to He and Ja
son and Sunlocks were commanded to
open it Obeying gloomily they took
the bore first and pierced tne scaly
surface and instantly a sizzling and
bubbling sound came up from below
Then they followed with the spades
but scarcely had they lifted the top
crust when twenty great fisures
seemed to open under their feet and
they could see lurid flames -rushing in
wild confusion like rivers of fire in
the bowels of the earth
It was a sight at wjiich the stoutest
heart might have quailed and Jason
leapt back to the bank and dragged
SunlockF after him
This is not safe he said
In with you shouted the warders
from their own safe footing of four
yards away With a growl from be
tween his clenched teth Jason stepped
back into the hole and Sunlocks fol
lowed him But hardly had they got
down to the fearsome spot again when
a layer of clay fell in from it leaving
a deep wide gully and then scarcely
a yard of secure footing remained
Let us stop while we are safe Ja
son cried
Dig away shouted the warders
If we do we shall be digging our
own graves said jason
Begin shouted the warders
Listen to me said Jason If we
are to open this pit of fire and brim
stone at least let us be free of these
ropes Thats but fair that each man
may have a chance of his life
Go on shouted the warders
If we go on like this we shall be
burnt and boiled alive said Jason
Get along shouted the warders
with one voice and then an awful light
flashed in Jasons eyes for he saw that
out of revenge for their paltry fines
they had resolved to drive two living
men to their death
Now listen again said Jason and
mark my vords We will do as you
command us and work in this pit of
hell I will not die in it that I know
But this man beside me is weak and ill
heaven curse your humanity and if
anything happens to him and lam
alive to see it as sure as there is
strength left in my arms and blood
in my body I will tear you limb from
limb
So saying he plunged his spade into
the ground beneath him with an oath
to drive it and at the next instant
there was a flash of blue flame an av
alanche of smoke a hurricane of un
earthly noises a cry ifke that of a dy
ing man and then an awful silence
When the air was cleared Jason
stood uninjured but Michael Sunlocks
hung by his side inert and quiet and
blinded by a jet of stream
What happened to Jason thereafter
no tongue of man could tell All the
fire of his spirit and all the strength
of all his days seemed to flow back
upon him in that great moment He
parted the ropes that bound him as if
they had been green writhes that he
snapped asunder He took Sunlocks in
his arms and lifted him to his shoul
der and hung him across it as if he
had been a child that he placed there
Be steped out of the deadly pit and
strode along over the lava mountain
as if he were the sole creature of the
everlasting hills His glance was ter
riffic his voice was the voice of a
wounded beast The warders dropped
their muskets and fled before him like
affrighted sheep
CHAPTER IV
THROUGH THE CHASM OF ALL
MEN
It was still early in the morning
a soft gray mist lay over the moor
lands but the sun that had never set
in that northern land was rising
through clouds of pink and white over
the bald crown of a mountain to the
northeast And towards the rising sun
Jason made his way striding on with
the red glow on his own tanned and
blackened face and its ghastly mock
ery of the hues of life on the pallid
cheeks and whitened lips of Sunlocks
From his right ankle and right wrist
hung the rings of his broken fetters
and from the left ankle and left wrist
of Sunlocks trailed the ropes that had
bound them both Never a moment
did he pause to breathe or think or
question himself On and one he went
over lava rocks and lava dust basaltic
rock and heavy clay and hot blue
earth and scorched and withered moss
And still Sunlocks lay over his right
side and shouldermotionless and un
conscious hardly breathing but alive
with his waist encircled by Jasons
great right arm and his waist belt
grasped tight as with the grip of a
talon by Jasons hard right hand
Before long Sunlocks recovered some
partial consciousness and cried in a
faint voice for water Jason glanced
around on the arid plain as if- his
eyes would pierce the ground for a
spring but no water could he see on
any side of him and so without a word
of answer he strode along
Water water cried Sunlocks
again and just then Jason caught the
side long glint of a river that ran like
a pearl chain down the black breast
of a mountain
Water cried Sunlocks again and
yet again in a voice of pain and deep
pleading not rightly knowing yet
where he was or what bad chance had
befallen him
Yes yes one moment more only a
moment there there there whisp
ered Jason
And muttering such words of com
fort and cheer he quickened his pace
towards the river But when he got
near to it he stopped short with a cry
of dismay The river bubbled and
smoked
Hot It is hot cried Jason And
the land is accursed
At that word Sunlocks utered a low
groan and his head which had been
partly lifted fell heavily backwards
and his hair hung over Jasons shoul
der He was again unconscious
Then more than ever like a wild
beast ranging the hills with its prey
Jason strode along And presently he
saw a lake of blue far away He
knew it for cold water Ulessed ioe cold
water water to bathe the hot forehead
with water to drink With a cry of
joy which there was no human ear to
hear he turned and made towards it
but just as he did so softening as he
went and muttering from his own
parched throat words of hope and com
fort to the unconscious man he carried
a gunshot echoed through the moun
tains above his head
He knew what the shot was it was
tHe signal of his escape And looking
down the valley he saw that the
guards of the settlement were gather
ing on their ponies in the - 1
the plain that he must traverse to
reach the water for which Sunlocks
thirsted
Then Water water came again in
the same faint voice as Ueiotc aua
whether with his actual ear ne ueaiu
that cry or in the torment of his dis
traught sense it only rang out in his
empty heart no man shall say But
all the same he answered it from his J
choking throat Patience patience
And then with another look down
ward the look of a human stag at the
cool water which he might not reach
and live he turned himself back to
the mountains
What happened to him then and for
many weary hours thereafter it would
weary the spirit to tell what plains he
crossed what hills he climbed and in
what desolate wilderness he walked
alone with no one for company save
the unconscious man across his shoul
der and no eye to look upon him save
the eye of God
And first he crossed a wide sea of
lava dust black as the raven that flew
in the air above it and bounded by
hills as dark as the earth that were
themselves sand dirfts blown up into
strange and terrible shapes by mighty
tempests Then he came upon a plain
strewn over with cinders having a
grim crag frowning upon it like the
bank of a smelting house with its
screes of refuse rolling down By this
time the sun had risen high and grown
hot and the black ground under his
feet began to send up the reflection
of the suns rays into his face to
scorch it
And still the cry of water water
rang in his ears and his eyes ranged
the desolate land to find it but never
a sign of it could he see and his
strong heart sank Once when he
had mounted with great toil to the
top of a hill where all behind him
had been black and burnt and blister
ed he saw a wide valley stretching in
front of him that was as green as the
grass of spring And he thought that
where there was grass there would
surely be water streams of water
rivers of water pools of water sunny
stretches of sweet water lying clear
and quiet over amber pebbles and be
tween soft brown banks of turf
So at this sight his heart was lifted
up and bounding down the Ullside
over the lava blocks as fast as he
could go for his burden he began to
sing from his cracked throat in his
hoarse and quavery voice But when
he reached the valley his song
stopped and his heart sank afresh
for it was not grass but moss that
grew there and it lay only on big
blocks of lava with never a drop of
moisture or a handful of earth be
tween them
To be continued
ABOUT MEXICAN INDIANS
Under Natures Selection They Grow Up
to be Oar Superiors
There is great hope for the Indian
peoples of Mexico says a writer in
the Boston Herald They are for the
most part clean of blood with a ner
vous force which makes them on be
ing educated go far Many eminent
men there are of mixed blood and it
is worthy of note that the Indian
blood gives gravity mental poise and
great will power The Indian is loyal
a good friend a tremendous enemy
and sometimes none too enamored of
the ideas of the white race Down
deep in his heart Is something abor
iginal intense and sound We have
lost something in the United States
by holding the Indian at arms length
socially Indian blood is good blood
and renovates the white race You get
good brains in the Indian because
they are not vitiated and are not too
far removed from the strong old life
that nature prefers and in which she
eliminates weaklings Had the Ger
man philosopher Nietsche visited
Mexico he would have found some
types of his over man his natural
superior being among the Indians Na
ture is a rough nurse but she makes
men and women who delight in living
and who live long Our urban civili
zation and daintiness and comforts de
stroy real manhood and womanhood
and so do flourish dentists doctors
faddists and milk-and-water reform
ers Nothing but the sun and air the
free life of nature produces the best in
physique and in character The In
dians grow up without coddling and
their strength of body is equaled by
their vigor of mentality It is a great
thing not to be nervous to breathe
deep to have plenty of quick moving
blood One is amazed at the power
of application of Indians of culture
they get fathjued only after intense
work They have stamina It is a
goodly sight to see coming down into
warm country valleys from the Sier
ras the Indian women straight clear
eyed uncorseted Maidens with fine
and eloquent eyes walking as the
Greek goddesses did their every mo
tion graceful and if gowned in civil
ized manner fit to adorn a drawing
room Some of the tribes have many
handsome women you look at them
and all accepted civilized standards
fall away Contrast the erect and se
rene Indian maidens on the country
roads of Mexico with the parlor darl
ings of civilization under the care of
the specialists teeth yellow with gold
with a hundred arts of the toilet and
nerves easily tired and jangled
Uniform Price on Books
American publishers have decided
that after May 1 of the present year
they will settle upon a net price at
which books will be disposed of for
sale by the retail stores English pub
lishers announce that a similar step
to enforce a uniform price on the mid
dlemen in that country will be at
temptedT
Jerusalems Stamp
Jerusalem has its own Hebrew can
cancellation stamp says the Jewish
World Hitherto all manner of stamp3
have been current in payment of out
ward bound mails Now however the
Turkish stamp is the of the day
and Jerusalem in Hebrew neat
square characters forms part of the
postmark which cancels the stamp
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ABOUT EATING MUCH MEAT
Devouring Unnecessary Quantities of Food
Brings Us Suffering
It is a frequently discussed fact
that Americans as a rule eat too
much meat la European countries
even in England the land of four
meals a day there is not so much
meat consumed as in the average
American household whoso Inhabi
tants belong to the elastic class of
well-to-do Taking the naturally
nervous constitution of most Ameri
cans the national lack of systematic
exercise the general preponderance of
sedentary occupations all of which
operate against the digestion and as
similation of such quantities of meat
it is not difficult to trace many of the
ills whiph flesh is heir to back to the
quantity of meat consumed per aiem
There are many scientists in the
world who allege that all of us overeat
regularly and systematically consum
ing vast quantities of food over and
above what the body demands and
suffering consequently Physicians
and dietists are constantly endeavor
ing to win the world over to simpler
and more abstemious living and it is
almost common now for a physician
who has had the advantage of the
most modern teaching to advocate ab
solute fasting during illness
It is unquestionable that if we
could all follow Pope Leos methods
of eating a little fruit for breakfast
a little soup and vegetable for dinner
and fruit again with crusty bread
for supper we might live to be as old
as he is but such a reformation in
our ways is scarcely possible in a
single generation Particularly in
summer weather when every extra
ounce put Into the stomach robs us of
just so much energy should we make
stringent reforms in the butchers
bill Once a day from June to Octo
ber for meat is more than sufficient
and is the first step toward reform
Three times a week is better once
a week still better and if we could
force ourselves to do without flesh en
tirely for that period we should be
triply the better for it Vegetables
fresh and crisp uncooked or simply
prepared with a little butter and sea
soning fruit plenty of it ripe and
sweet salads at all times and of all
varieties and whole wheat or crusty
brown loaves these would work di
rect reformation in the summer
health for most of us
BROWN HAIR IS POPULAR
Auburn and Blonde Tresses Have Gone
Out of Fashion
The woman of today who desires to
be fashionable must wear brown tress
es whether she seeks to shine upon
the stage or in society The change is
not due to the initiative of the stage
however The mania for blonde hair
some years ago was most evident
among the footlight favorites Then
came the more recent rage for all
shades and grades of auburrn hair
of which Zaza was the spectacular ex
ample The quiet domesticated
brown hair of so many player women
today reflects the vogue for it in all
classes of society Miss Mannering
Miss Marlowe Miss Anglin Miss
Eleanor Robson Miss Tyree Miss
Bates and many more have won suc
cess in spite of what would once have
been considered a tremendous handi
cap brown hair It is the blonde ac
tress whether actually or artificially
so who is handicapped today She
not only suggests the socially fast
and furious but she is old fashioned
which is even worse Most light
haired actresses such as Miss Adams
are light haired and nothing more
They are careful not to hint at the
word blonde It is noticeable that the
brown haired actresses are as a rule
recent recruits to the profession
They represent the new order of
jthings Among women In private life
that one meets on the streets at the
shops and in cafes brown hair is
much more common than it has been
Jfor years It is the fashion and a
good one it stands for the real rather
than the false Chicago Chronicle
Is a Jack at All Trades
Few people can successfully con
duct more than one business enter
prise yet Mrs John Bucher of Gib
raltar Pa has for several years pre
sided over the destinies of a black
smith shop a saw mill and a farm
and has besides taken care of her five
children and nursed her sick husband
She has thus established the repu
tion of being the most remarkable wo
man of her kind in Pennsylvania
When Mr Bucher was taken ill his
wife assumed all of his duties as well
as her own Last fall Mrs Bucher
cradled and harvested an entire field
of rye and cut all corn raised on the
farm She also assisted in the run
ning of the big cider press During
the winter she helped filLthe icehouse
Japans First lady and England
There is no more ardent admirer
among foreign royalties of England
and all things English than the em
press of Japan who with her hus
band has done so much to develop
her country on western lines The
empress who has been married thirty
years and has a family of five chil
dren is still as essentially young and
vigorous as any of them Every day
she spends an hour in her private
gymnasium in the palace at Tokio and
she is said to be one of the most skill
ful horsewomen in Japan
The past remains with us to remind
us of our perils and our constant need
of help but it ought not haunt and
oppress us The real life of an aspir
ing soul is always ahead We are not
fleeing from the devil but seeking God
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Commoner Comment
Extracts From W J Bryans Paper
7
3X HHHHHMK
What About 2cxt Week
When President McKinley was ad
dressing the laboring men at San
Francisco and congratulating them
upon their prosperity and content
ment one brawny wage earner arose
and asked What about next week
Of course he was guilty of some dis
courtesy in thus interrupting a meet
ing made notable by the presence of
the chief executive and bis companions
beckoned to him to be silent But he
could not have asked a more embar
rassing question at a republican meet
ing The administration is living in
the present with no thought or plan
or the future It might be well for
the president to consider the simple
question propounded by the California
toiler
The railroads are consolidating shut
ting out competition issuing watered
stock and making worthless securities
dividend paying by the exercise of ar
bitrary power in the fixing of rates
They are having things all their own
way now but What about next
week
The trusts are swallowing the indus
tries building up enormous fortunes
and levying tribute upon the entire
country They may be willing to con
tribute largely to the republican cam
paign fund today but what will be
the effect upon industry What
about next week
The money changers are in control
of our finances they can expand or
contract the currency at will they
can make more out of the fluctuations
of the money market than they can in
legitimate business they rule with a
rod of iron but what is the end
What about next week
Imperialism is rampant speculators
are planning forays against distant
lands carpet baggers are growing fat
and respect for political principles and
moral precepts is being lost sight of
some people are making money out of
it but What about next week
If the republicans are not too busy
to think if prosperity leaves them
time for reflection they will find it
worth while to answer to their own
satisfaction if they can that pertinent
and perplexing questio n What about
next week
Consulting Destiny
It seems to be destiny that the
United States should acquire the Danish
West Indies A treaty of sale is now
being arranged between Denmark and
the United States for the sale to this
country of the islands the considera
tion being S4000000
One consideration of the proposed
treaty is that Denmark must have in
these islands equal trade privileges
with the United States In other
words if the United States have free
trade wiih the Danish West Indies
Denmark must also have free trade
A similar concession for a period of
ten years was made to Spain so far as
the Philippines was concerned The
republican leaders have told us that a
mighty principle was involved in the
tariff question and yet in the differ
ent arrangement the republican ad
ministration has made concerning our
various posessions in the matter of
tariff it would seem that no principle
whatever is involved in this question
and that as one distinguished Ameri
can said the tariff is purely a local
question
If the United States acquires the
Danish West Indies it will be interest
ing to observe the position the new
territory and its people occupy with
relation to this country Will they be
citizens of the Danish Islands and
will they be denied constitutional trade
privileges with this country No one
may safely make prediction on this
subject The clairvoyant of the ad
ministration must first ascertain the
decree of destiny on this matter and
by the decree the rights privileges and
immunities of the people of the Danish
Islands will be arranged Destiny
has usurped the place of the constitu
tion
Save the Echoes
It is proposed to put a ne w roof on
Statuary Hall in the capitol at Wash
ington and the guides in that famous
old structure express the fear that the
result will be a loss of the echoes that
have long been an attractive feature
to visitors at the national building
The New York World says that the
appeal of the guides is Save the
Echoes and the World adds
Now this is an appeal that the people
might well take up in a broader sense
There have been many sentiments ring
ing in the legislative halls of the
capitol that we should desire to have
preserved Let us save the echoes
Of Bayards voice when he pro
claimed
The oath I have taken is to support
the constitution of my countrys
government not the fiat of any poli
tical organization
Of Websters voice saying
I mean to stand upon the constitu
tion I needno other platform
Of Summers voice declaring that
The true grandeur of a nation is to
be found only in deeds of justice and
the happiness of its people
Aman signing his name A Jenkins
shot himself at a Philadelphia hotel
Before doing so he wrote a note to his
brother-in-law saying This is the
ultimate result of gambling and a
dissipated life and is a warning to
young men But will it be a warding
Or must each person learn for himself
by bitter experience the penalty of sin
The Earl of Cadogan announces that
Edward VII is ready to aid Ireland
Edward must be preparing the ground
for another call for Irish troops to
serve in South Africa
Before and Af tor
During the campaign of 1900 the re
publican papers gave great prominence
to those democrats who declared their
intention of voting the republicon tick
et On the morning of October 18 the
LaCrosse Chronicle printed an inter
view with Mr Albert flirshheimer in
which that gentleman gave his reasons
for voting for the re election of McKin
ley
A few days ago Mr Hirshheimers
company sold out to a trust and tho
LaCrosse Republican and Leader of
May 8 contained an interview with
Mr Hirshheimer in which he gave tho
reasons for selling He began business
in 1S65 seven years before silver was
demonetized and the agitation of the
money question never drove him out
of business but the trusts have forced
him to sell Below will be found ex
tracts from his two interviews
October 18 1900 Said Mr Hirsh
heimer I voted once for Abraham
Lincoln and for William McKinley
four years ago and these are the only
exceptions to my voting for the nomi
nees of the democratic party on na
tional candidates I shall vote for the
re election of President McKinley My
reasons you ask I dont court news
paper notoriety but I will give my
reasons for voting for President Mc
Kinley They are purely business rea
sons We want stability in our finan
cial affairs as well as stability in our
tariff laws I do not consider that a
high tariff or a low tariff makes much
difference The trouble comes from
anticipating changes every two or four
years I submit that the commercial
interests of the country should not be
made the football in tho game of the1
politicians
May 8 1801 Said President
heimer The Packers Package Com
pany was forced to sell out to the1
trust They control the tin output1
and they have been hindering us so
during the past month that we have
not been able to run our factory only
one half its capacity They have re-
fused to deliver us the tin ordered
shipping only one or two cars a week
Thus we either had to sell out to them
or fight them We could not do the
latter thing for we could not get the
tin with which to make our product
and carry on the fight Therefore we
simply had to sell out to the trust It
was either that or lose our money rt
Tillman and 3IcLaurln j
The most important item of political
news last week came from South Caro
lina Senators Tillman and McLaurin
have agreed to leave their political dif
ferences to a democratic primary and
to that end have placed their resigna
tions in the hands of the governor to1
take effect in November after the priJ
mary has determined the wishes of the
voters It is an honorable course for
the senators to pursue and beneficial
to the state At present South Caro
lina virtually has no voice in the set
tlement of public questions as the vote
of one senator kills that of the other
Senator Tillman has just been re
elected and thus risks the loss of a
longer term but Senator McLaurin
really sacrifices more because he has
less chance to win at the primary
The readers of The Commoner will
be kept informed as to the progress of
the contest It is needless to say that
the editor of this paper hopes and
to see Senator Tillman win a
sweeping victory because he repre
sents the man while Senator McLaurint
represents the dollar The vote will1
show whether the plutocratic idea is
making any headway in the south
Should Apologize to Editor Rice
The investigation of fraud in the
government service atManila has de
veloped that certain officers have been
guilty of the most flagrant wrongs
Representatives of business concerns
have testified to the payment of com
missions to commissary officers in re
turn for the purchase of their goods
It also developed that complaints of
shortages in deliveries of goods have
been silenced by the payment of liber 1
al sums of money and that a shortage
was covered by placing a number of
fictitious laborers on the pay roll I
Evidence accumulates each day that
the administration owes to Editor Rice
a large apology even though it does
not return him to Manila from which
place he was deported because he
charged the existence of fraud
The machinists throughout the conn
try are striking for a nine hour day
witli ten hours pay No one can give
an intelligent decision upon the subject
of -ages without knowing the condi
tions existing in the various sections
where the demand is made although it
is only fair to assume that the demand
is reasonable unless the republican re
ports of prosperity are subject to heavy
discount As to the number of hours
however that should constitute a days
work it is easier to form an opinion A1
nine hour day is long enough any
where The Commoner is an advocate
of an eight hour day and observes this
limit among its employes It hopes to
see the rule adopted everywhere
The Hereford Republicans the white
faced variety are doing a little pre
mature rejoicing in the south When
a democrat becomes a republican for
office he is not apt to take many withJ
him A mans political influence is ac
quired by the advocacy of principles
and is lost when he abandons hisi
principles j
General Chaffee has issued a fare
well address in China which is more
like Washington than any action on
the pare of this government for two or
three years
