Y
T
Tho Burlington Flyer Stops Just in Tirao
, to Avert a Wreck.
QUICK WORK OF THE ENGINEER
Iiitctuo Herat Tends to Kurly lllpenliiR of
Oraln A Hoy Drowned lu the KlUhorn
nt Stnnton Hustings Mnn Killed In
(iouth Dakota Mlsceltuuoous Notes.
LINCOLN, Nob;, July 2. Charges
that tho supremo court coiuiulcslon Is
unconstitutional nro mndo In a motion
tor a rehearing of the cnao of tho cs
tato of Henry Peters against tho Rock
Island Railroad company, In which an
opinion was recently delivered by
Commissioner Albert. Thr action Is
for damages and tho doclplon as ap
proved by tho court was against tho
company.
After complaining of several minor
errors In tho reasoning of Judgo Al
rallroad company attack tho validity
of tho commission act in the follow
btrt's opinion, tho attorneys for tho
ing language:
"Tho opinion filed heroin In tho opin
ion of Judco Albert, not one of the
Judges- of tho supremo court bit a
commissioner of tho court, nppolntcd
under and by vlrtuo of the provisions
o' a law passed at tho 1901 legislature
of Nobrnskn, which law Is unconstitu
tional and void."
Tho claim is mado that tho law Is
not constitutional becaiuo tho com
missioners aro appointed end not elec
ted, making more than tho three Judges
provided for by tho constitution; that
according to tho opinion i f a person
who Is not a Judgo of tho supreme
court tho company Is dcpilved of Its
property without duo process of law,
and that tho commission law Is un
constitutional becnuso It k: an ex post
facto act. Irregularities In the pass
ago of tho law aro also alleged by
tho attorneys.
Drown In KlUhorn Illvor.
STANTON, Neb., July 2. Homer
McFarland, second sou of W. T. Mc
Farlnnd, 10 years of age, wns drowned
In tho Elkhorn river wlni bathing.
A number of boys loft town r.bout 3
o'clock to go swimming in tho fair
grounds. They had not ocon In long
when McFarland was carried into tho
current and disappeared. The river
was so high and tho current so swift
that his companions woro powerless
to glvo him help, though ho called to
them.
Up for Cut lie Stealing
SPRINQV1EW, Nob., July 2. Joseph
Bingham, an old resident of Keyn
Paha county, had a preliminary hear
lug before County Judgo Estes, on a
chnrgo of cattle stealing, and was
bound ovor to tho district court in the
aura of $1,500. Tho defendant offered
no testimony in his own bohalf. It is
assumed by stockmen that thero Is a
strong organization of stock thieves
n!ong tho Keya Paha rivrr and that
Bingham and many other prominent
pcoplo aro connected with H.
Soon Sulla for 1'hlllpplnes.
MILFORD, Neb., July 2. Harry H
Culver loft on his Journey to tho Phil
ipnines. Ho will spend a week with
his mother, sister and brother at their
cottago at Long Beach, California, and
will sail about July 10, stopping at
Honolulu and Nagasaki, Japan. Mr,
Culver will engago In business in the
Islands and many friendr hero will
wish him a safo Journey and unbound
ed success In his now enterprise.
Woman Oets Fire Yours.
DAKOTA CITY, Neb., July 2. Mrs.
Bstella Wcstburger, who, on March 28
last, shot at and narrow '.y missed
County Clerk George C. Bollo, was
found guilty by tho Jury in District
Judgo Guy T. Graves' couit of assault
with intent to kill. Tho Jury wna out
all night. Judgo Graves sentenced
her to flvo years In tho penitentiary.
Whllo rocelving sonteneo Mrs. West
buruor did not seem to understand
tho seriousness of tho situation, and
kopt up a continuous giggle and titter
Cntehrs n Peeping Tom.
WYMORE, Neb., July 2. Thursday
evening Frank Archer discovered
norno ono prowling about hi premises
looking In at tho windows. Wntchtng
his opportunity Mr. Archer took tho
fellow unawares nnd Innded on him
with sufficient force to turn him over
n few times. Gathering himself up
Peeping Tom made tracks and In tho
confusion escaped. Ho Is said to have
beon recognized as a resident of Blue
Spring.!.
ltf.nl Prrm In Pmmlfllllir.
FREMONT, Neb., July 2. -Tho lat
est roports on tho condition of tho su
gar beet crop aro favorablo. Somo
Holds nro badly grown up with weeds,
but whero paliiB hnvo been taken to
kcop tho ground clean not much
irnnlilo is being encountered. Tho beet
foliago Is exceedingly thick. Tho only
clrcumstanco that Is now worrying
beet raisers Is tho appearance of a
disease known as "root rot" among
tho plants.
NEBRASKA SOLD WAR HORSES.
Tito riionsnnd of Them Gallop for Eng-
IUH Army Agnlust tlm lloorl.
LINCOLN, Nob., July 1 During
tho last two years Ncbraslui farmers
and stockmen havo sold to England
ovor 2,000 horses for scrvlco In tho war
In South Africa. Tho prico paid has
varied from $30 to $90, but tho gen
eral average has been $35 por head.
Most of theso horses camo from tho
western part of tho stato nod wcro
sold at South Omaha or Kansas City,
whero tho English purchrnlng ngeuU
maintained headquarters. Thero Is
still a good demand for tho tough an
imals known ns "war horses." Tho
dealing Just now Is inactive, but it Is
said that tho purchasing ser?on will
soon open and that thero will bo n
ready market for all hordes that can
bo supplied.
When England began purchasing
horses In America tho ngects demand
ed young, thoroughbred nnlmnls and
tho prico paid sometimes went ns high
as $100. but they took only animals
that wero selected with great care,
and wcro sound In every bono nnd
fiber. Tho cxtravanganco or. these op
erations was soon demonstrated and
tho English agents in Amorlca were In
structed to bo less pnrticuinr In select
ing tho animals. Horses aro extreme
ly sensitive to climatic changes nnd
conditions and It was found that even
tho best American horses could sur
vlvo only about six weeks of active
dervlco In tho South African war.
Tho agents began experiment with
common stock and It was found that
tho ordinary plains or rnnge horses
from Nebraska, Wyoming, Montnnn or
other western territory could do Just
as offectlvo work and live as long In
South Africa as tho high-priced thor
oughbred horse.
OSCAR SII0USC IS ACCUSED.
Arrested on Chnrgo of Complicity in
Divltl Cllr Tlokot llohuery.
HASTINGS, Neb., July 1 Sheriff
Simmering, with Suporlntrndcnt Blg
rell of thp Burlington lLnrt and ' a
couplo of detectives, took a special
train out of Hastings for Bluo Hill,
whero Sheriff Simmering arrested Os
car Shouso on tho chnrgo of having
been implicated in tho robbery of tho
railway tickets at tho Burlington depot
at David City, May 27.
Shousc !a a traveling mnu for an oil
house and it Is said ho has disposed
of considerable transportation during
tho last two weoks. Ono of tho per
sons to whom ho sold transportation
was loeaated at Denver and he was
brought to" Hastings and taken to Bluo
Hill and Identified Shouso Shouso
was a member of tho Hastings police
forco four years ago.
Deed for State Fair Grounds.
LINCOLN, Nob., July 1. The Board
of Public Lands and Buildings has
been given a deed by tho Lancaster
County Agricultural association for
ten acres of land situated within the
enclosure of tho state fair grounds
This Is a part of tho preliminary work
of transferring the fair grounds to
tho state.
Indians Voted "No."
PENDER, Neb., July 1. The prop
osition to bond Thurston county to
pay off tho floating Indebtedness did
not carry at tho special diction. Tho
voto was 316 to 208 against, the bonds,
Tho Indians voted solidly "no." This
county owes about $32,000, with only
cno township of land and all personal
property taxable '
New Ilank for Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. July 1. E.
D. Hamilton of Julcsburg. Colo., was
in Gl-aruf Jutland on buslonss con
ncctcd with the establishment cf n now
bank In this city. Mr. Hamilton stat
ed that tho new firm expected to open
tko mlddlo of July.
Million Dollar Hinder.
YORK, Neb., July 1. Ono million
dollars Is tho amount Thomas Owens,
a local Jeweler, is promised for his
patent binder, which ties bundles with
straw, If tho machlno proves a sue
cess.
Wanted for Wife Murder.
CLINTON, la., July 1. Tho negro
White, who is charged with drawning
his wlfo In Chicago, has been traced
to this placet and officers pro hunting
for him.
Farmer Dies by Hanging,
GENEVA, Nob., Juiy 1. Fred
Frlcke, n farmer near Ohlowa, com
mlttcd suicide last night by hanging,
Tho coronqr has gono to bold an In
quest.
Killed Under Wiigon Wliculs.
ST. EDWARD, Neb., July 1 Her
man Stenzel, a prosperous 'armor four
miles south of hero, was lnsnntly kill
cd "a few daya ago. lie J.ad started
for homo with a lnrgo load of lumber
Whon threo miles from town ho fell
off tho front end of tho wagon as It
was going down hill nnd It passed
over his faco and legs, breaking his
neck and right leg. Ho waB found
nhortly afterward and broueht to
town.
Oliver Bricker Slaughters 0. D. Guild anil
His Son Olaronco.
RESULT OF A FEUD OF FAMILIES
Many Stint Are Exchanged on Farm
Near Dayton, Iown Vlclor Twice Hit
Claims lie Did Not Fire Until II o Whs
Wounded.
DAYTON, In., Juno 29. As a result
of a bitter neighborhood feud. C. D.
Guild and his 19-ycar-old boh Clar-
enco llo dead, riddled with charges fired
from a shotgun. Tho man who did
tho fatal shooting Is believed to be
Oliver Brlckcr, ono of n family of
neighbors to tho Guilds. The Rhootlng
was committed at 1 o'clock this after
noon. Stories or how tho shooting occur
red vary. Brlckcr's story Is that ho
met Guild and son, Guild pulled a re
volver and began firing. Brlckcr was
hit threo times, on tho lip, on the
forehead and In tho arm. All his
wounds arc slight. Tho Inst shot,
Brlckor claims, was fired l.y tho boy,
Brlckor having knocked n revolver
from Guild 8 hand. When Bvlcker got
through tho fenco ho say? that his
brother Gcorgo met him and handed
him a shotgun. Ho fired ono barrel
at tho boy, who lajld the rcvolvor.
Tho boy fell dead and an tho father
sprang to pick up tho revolver
Brlckcr shot and killed him.
A different story is told by Chnrllo
Guild, 1G years old, son of tho dead
man, who claims ho was an oycwlt-
ncss of tho shooting. Thj boy says
Oliver Brlckcr oponed flro first with
a rovolyor nnd that Geoigo Brlcker
did tho fatal shooting with n Hhotgun.
Both BrlcJicrs woro arrested. Oliver
Brlckor was placed uuder $10,000
bonds and Gcorgo Brlckor under $5,000.
A Jury Impaneled by Coroner Youkcr
went to tho ground nnd took ovcldeuco,
but has not returned a verdict. Brlck
or openly udmlt3 tho shooting and
talks about It freely. "It wan bad,"
ho says, "but when a man's got to
ha has to."
Both'bodlcs lay In a lane only a few
hundred yards from Guild's home.
Mrs. Guild heard tho shooting nnd
rushed to tho spot, only to como upon
tho bodies of her son and husband.
Sho carefully took off tho apron which
Bho woro and wrapped It about hor
tlead husband's head. She was later
taken homo lu n dazen condition and
now lies In a sorlouo stato from nerv
ous shock.
Guild was a well-to-do farmer, CO
years of age, and leaves n wlfo and
eight children, tho oldest 1'. years nnd
tho youngest a baby in Its mother's
arms.
Both bodies showed wounds In the
chest. Tho fatal charges wcro heavy
loads of No. C shot and woro fired
from a twolve-gaugo, double-barreled
shotgun. Tho revolver used by Guild
was a thirty-eight callbui Smith &
Wesson. Four or flvo chambers aro
empty.
It Is bollovcd that tho shooting was
caused by a quarrel thin morning,
when Gcorgo Brlckor and Guild had
words over a broken fence which lot
Brlcker's cattlo In Gulld'o corn and
Brlckor claims Guild struck him with
a hammer.
EXTRA DAYS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Regiments at Han Francisco Cannot He
Mnstered Out 8(1011.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 29. Al
though four volunteer roglmcnts In
camp at tho Prosldlo aro working night
and day to bo within tho law by leav
lng tho scrvlco on Sundny, Juno 30,
thero aro threo others which will not
l.ot out before next weok.
According to tho present schedule,
tho Forty-seventh Infantry will be
mustored out on tho 2d nt July, tho
Forty-first on tho 3d, and tho Forty-
third on the Cth. Theso troops will
thus bo In tho sorvlco two, threo nnd
flvo days respectively longci than they
nro supposed to havo a military ox
istencc. A deficiency bill by congress
will havo to provide for their extra
pay.
County Fairs In Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Nob., Juno 29. Tho fol
lowing dates for county fnlm In No
brnska havo been announced by Sec
retnry Furnns: Jefferson county, Sop
toraber 17 to 20, at Falrbury: Fron
tier county, Soptomber 24 to 27, nt
Stockvlllo; Kcarnoy county Soptomber
IS to 21, at Mindcn; Madison county
Septembor 10 to 12, at Madlsrn; Co
dar county, September 17 to 20, at
Hartlngton.
iimtirl nnmpcrs INI 11 y Din.
WASHINGTON, Juno 29. Samuel
Gompors, president of tho American
Federation of Labor, 13 ly.'ng danger
cusly llf at his homo In thlti city, nut
fcrlng from concussion of tho brain
and a posslblo fracturo of tho skull
Whllo his condition la critical, his
physicians say ho probably will ro
covor. Ho was Injured Inst night as
ho alighted fjrom n car on which
lio'had boon taking his two children
for an outing.
WARM, WITH HEAVY SHOWERS.
Crop Conditions for the Week In H
liraskn.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
.INCOLN, Neb. Tho pant week has
been warm, with heavy showcra In
tho northorn counties. The dally
moan tcnipcrnturo has averaged ono
degreo nbovo normal lit eastern coun
ties and two derrccs In western. -
Tho rainfall of the wok wan heavy
In tho central nnd northciftorn coun
ties, generally ranging from ono to
threo Inches bu' In a fo.v Instances
caching nearly, six Inches. In tho
southern nnd southwestern counties
tho rainfall wns light, being generally
less than hnlf nn inch.
Winter wheat has ripened rapidly
nnd harvesting has commenced In
southern counties. A few repcrts in
dicate that tho heads nre rather short,
but well filled with plump berry.
Oats havo Improved In northern coun
ties, but continue to Indicate .1 small
crop In southern. Sprlnx wheat la
generally doing well. Corn has grown
well, but Is backwnrd and neds warm
weather, and In southern counties
mor rain. In tho northern counties
rnln bus delayed cultivation, -nd corn
Is generally getting weedy. Consldor-
nblo alfalfa hay was damaged in west
ern counties by rain wh'! curing. In
Bouthcm counties the dr weather has
damaged grass In pastures aud mend
dows, but in tho northern counties tho
prospect is for nn exceptionally heavy
hay crop, and tho pastures nnd range
nro unusually lino. Ponchos promise
n good crop.
WILL TAKE BACK THE STAMPS.
Internal ltevcnito Collector Itccelves n
Hilling,
OMAHA, Juno 29. J. E. Houtz, col
lector of lntornnl rovenuo, has re
ceived a ruling from Commissioner J.
Y. Yerkos in regard to tho redemption
of documentary stamps after July 1.
Tho circular sots forth that banks or
stationers cannot net as agonts for
tho presentation of claims for tholr
customers, but may purchase Imprint
ed stamps which thoy had previously
secured, aud sold. As tho bona fide
ownora thereof thoy may present
claims In their own names for tho re
demption of Biich stamps without re
gard to tho number purchased from
each customor.
In presenting claims for tho redemp
tion of stamps n numbor of formalltto'i
will havo to bo gono through with by
tho applicant. In all cases whero
claims aro mado by banks or station
ers for tho redemption of stamps thus
purchased It will bo nccessnry, In addi
tion to evidence now required In sup
port of claims, for each claim to bo
accompanied by a ccrtlflcato duly sign
ed by tho party from whom tho Btampa
wero purchased, sotting forth tho ah
soluto salo and transfer of said stamp.?
tc tho claimant.
I'rlsoner Jumps From Train.
PLATTSMOUTH, Nob., Juno 29. A
telegram from Sheriff Whoolcr nt Al
bla, la., states that Charles Elmer
Holmes, who wns arrested In Chicago
nnd being brought to thin city to be
tried on tho chargo of perjury in con
nection with tho caao of stealing
brass from tho Burlington phops hero,
had cscapod by Jumping hrough a car
window of train No. 5. Ho was
handcuffed at tho timo.
Lives With Dislocated Neck.
FRANKLIN, Neb., June 29. Porcy
Reams, tho young man whoso nock
was dislocated by boing thrown from
a horso n weok ago, is living, but Is
in a semi-conscious condition. Ho
can swallow food and mudlclno, but
cannot speak and can only compre
hend complcto sentences.
Itooelver for State Hank.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 29. Jumes
W. Quckcnbush has applied to tho dis
trict court for tho appointment of a
rccolvor for tho Stato Bar.k of Green
wood. Ho alleges that tho directors
of tho Institution aro Booking to do
prlvo him of his Interests nnd to re
duco tho stock from $50,003 to $25,000.
Ilarlnn to Htnrt for Alaska.
YORK, Nob., Juno 29. Hon. N. V.
Harlan nnd wlfo and Edward Harlan,
his Bon will leavo York for Alaska
Monday, whero Mr. Harlan takes up
his work as United iHatei district at
torney. For twenty-nlno yeare Sen
ator Hrnhin has lived In York
Hoy Drowns Near Clindron.
CIIADRON, Nob., Juno 29. Frank
Carroll, about 15 years old, waB drown
ed ono mllo east of town. Ho nnd a
boy 8 years old wcro In bathing near
tho railroad and ho stepped Into a hole
whero tho wnter wns ovor his head.
Admission Feu to the I'm.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 20. Governor
Savago bns announced thnt after July
1 nn admission foo of 10 cents will bo
charged for visiting tho ponltcntlnry.
On visitors' day, which Is tho first
Tuesday of each month, no admission
will bo charged. Tho samo courtesy
will bo oxtended to visitors to tho Sun
dny services. This admission fund
will bo used to holp defray tho ox
penso of putting In a prison library,
tho former one having bom destroyed.
CASE OF BABCOCK,
TRUSTED DY ONE PARTY WHILE
SEnVINQ ANOTHER.
Author of n Plan Wlimo 1'roTlnloni Are
In Conlltct with lluiliirM Judgment,
Kconouilo Sanity nnd (lie Principles of
tho Itcpuullc.iu riatfnrm,
Mr. Bnbcock of Wisconsin enjoys
tho unlquo distinction of being a con
spicuous member of one political party
whllo at tho aatne tlmo nctlvcly en
gaged in promoting tho prospects nnd
furthering tho fortunes of another po
litical party. This gentleman Is tho rep
resentative In Congress of a district
composed largely of Republican vot
ers, ho Is a member of tho House Com
mlttco on Ways and Means and ho Is
also tho chairman of tho National Re
publican Congressional Commlttco.
Whllo occupying this relation to his
constituents nnd to tho llopubllcan
party as a wholo Mr. Babcock has suc
ceeded in gaining the fcrvoni regard
of tho enemies of IiIb party. Ab a
matter of fact ho disputes with tho
Now England Frco-Trndo Loaguo tho
priority of Invention In connection
with tho formation of a plan whoso
success Involves tho overthrow of tho
Ropubllcnn party. It often happens
that ono man Is ablo to obtain a patent
on nnothcr man's invention. Bo that
as It may, Mr. Bnbcock seems to hnvo
tho best of tho situation, for oven
though tho Now England Frco-Trado
Leaguo may havo originated tho Idea,
tho Wisconsin Congressman was clear
ly tho first to get a patent on it.
Wo rofor to tho bill which Mr. Bnb
cock, a Republican congressman, n Re
publican member of tho ways nnd
moans committee, nnd tho chairman
of trio National Republican Congres
sional commlttco, has Introduced and
propones to urga for passngo propos
ing to ropcnl nil protoctlvo dutlos on
torolgn mndo articles entering Into
competition with trust mado articles
In tho United States. With loud ac
claim tho Domocrats and Free-Traders
havo hailed Mr. Babcock as a states
man after tTnilr own hearts. Why
should thoy not? HnB ho not earned
their, gratltudo and their admiration?
What moro could ho do to entitle him
sorf to honorary membership in tho
Cobdcu club? Ho Btnnds sponsor for
a lcglslntlvo mensuro which embodies
tho Cobdonlto contention thnt "Pro
tection Is robbory" nnd thnt "tho tariff
la tho mother of trusts." Ho has adopt
ed this vlow as his own, nnd with all
tho zeal of a now convert ho nvowa his
intention to press for tho repeal of
all duties that afford protection to ar
ticles produced by domestic trusts.
Considering that such n revision of tho
tnrfff would toko away protection from
nearly ovory Industry in tho country,
nnd that whllo it would not smash a
atnglo trust It would wreck thousands
of Independent Industrial 'establish
ments not Identified with nny trust,
Congressman Babcock Is clearly en
titled to all tho frco-trado adulation
that Is now being poured out upon
him.
Mr. Babcock has leaped Into famo at
ono bound. So dtd Benedict Arnold,
among others. There la famo and
fame. But what about Mr. Babcock's
relations with tho Republican party?
Ho Is tho representative elect of his
district in tho Flfty-soventh congross
and cannot bo unseated prior to Mnrch
4, 1903. Ho can, however, bo omitted
from tho hotiso commlttco on ways and
moans whon tho commltteo assign
ments nro mndo noxt Dccombor, nnd
ho can fall of ro-electlon as chairman
of tho National Ropubllcan Congres
sional commltteo. Ab tho rosponslblo
author of a bill whoso provisions nro
in direct conflict with tho platform of
tno Republican party, ns nn avowed
enomy to tho policy of protection to
Amorlcnn labor and industry, is ho on
titled to remain, ought ho to bo per
mitted to remain a psoudo-Republlcan
mombor of tho houso ways and moans
commltteo? Should ho bo again hon
orofl and trusted with chairmanship
of tho National Ropubllcan Congres
sional commltteo? Tho obvious an
swer Is No. To retain Mr. Babcock In
elthor position would bo to bestow a
roward upon troachory nnd disloyalty.
Babcock muBt gol
STOP AND THINK.
Illlnd Adharanoa to a Program Fraught
with MWohtef and Disaster.
Llko somo othor Ropubllcan news
papers which aro carrlod off tholr fcot
by tho proposition that tho tariff
should be removed from all artlclos
which can bo produqed so cheaply as
to onablo Amorlcan manufacturers to
FAITHFUL, WATCHFUL, ALERT
successfully compcto for tho control ot
foreign markets, tho St. Paul "Plon-cor-Pross"
give unqualified support to
tho Bnbcock programmo ot so revising
tho DIngloy tariff law as to abolish
protective duties on foreign products
composing with tho products of tho
iron nnd stool trust. Out-Horodlug
Herod, tho "Pioneer-Press" Is prepared
to go much farther than tho Babcock
bill In tho direction ot tariff reform,
for It urges that
"Every consideration of party policy
domands that tho Ropubllcan party
shall promptly doprlvo its enemies ot
a wenpon which may easily becomo
powerful nnd offectlvo In their hands
thnt It shall completely dlssoclato tho
protoctlvo tariff from tho trusts by tho
speedy abolishment of nil duties on
trtiBt-mndo articles."
It this wholcsalo schema of tariff
rovlslon woro to bo carrlod out tho re
sult would bo to practically placo tho
country on n frco-trado basis, for ihcro
aro very fow Industries which nre not
to somo oxtcnt In tho hands ot trusts.
Thorofore, to repeal protoctlvo duties
on nil foreign articles competing with
American trust-mmlo articles would
virtually lnvolvo tho roscal of all pro
tective duties. What, then, bocomos ot
tho concerns operating outsldo nnd In
dependent of tho trusts? Tlioro aro
somo thousands of such concerns
which nro engaged In supplying tho
homo demand nnd do llttlo or nothing
lu tho wny of export business. For
example, tho woolen trust. Only ft
smnll proportion ot tho manufacturers
of woolen toxtllea nro Incorporated in
to tho American Woolon Company.
Shall all thc.10 mills bo deprived ot
protoctlvo dutlos merely for tho sako
of punishing n combination with which
thoy aro In no way connected? Shall
tho Iron nnd stool producers outsldo ot
th big trust bo forced to closo down
tholr mills nnd dlschnrgo tholr work
men in order that trco-tradcra and
tnrlrf tinkers mny mako tho gnllory
play of taking awny from tho billion
dollar trust tho protection which It
frankly stmtod It doos not ncod nnd
docs not want? Thpt Bort of claptrap
would not disturb tho bllllon-doUai
trust a particle. As a matter of fact
it would play Into tho hands ot tho
big tniBt by driving a lnrgo munbor
of non-trust concerns out of business.
But how about tho non-trust concerns
in all tho different lines of industrial
production concerns which employ a
greater number of wngo-oarncis than
do tho trusts? Ropubllcan nowBpapors
of tho "Ploncor-Prcsa" strlpo should
think of theso things beforo plunging
hcols-ovor-hcnd Into tho anti-trust
tariff reform puddlo.
Fever Did and Novor Wilt.
Rotnovo tho customs duties from
Iron nnd stool products nnd tho battle
field ot trndo Is nt onco broadened to
Include this country. It may bo It
probably Is truo that tho bllllon-dol-lar
stool corporation would still bo
ablo to manufacturo and soil its pro
ducts at a reduced prico, but It would
bo forcod to turn on tho smaller cor
porations. Transfer tho scono of prico
cutttng to this country and tho hun
dreds of Iron and stool manufacturers
who nro now doing n prolltablo busi
ness would bo forcod to tho wall, ns
thoy aro not In a position to moot tho
cut. Thoy might try to roduco wages,
but workmen would object to that
course. Strikes nnd lockouts would
follow, capital would becomo timid
again, tho distrust would dlsplaco con
fidence In all financial and business
circles.
By all moans, bring out your "tnrllt
roform" theory for another airing.
Columns may bo written in its sup
portbooks may bo written to provo
its soundness. But It novor did work
satisfactorily in this country and
nover will. Mllwaukoo "Sontlnel."
An Inspiration.
It's not a campaign year, but novor
tholcss, take off your hat nnd glvo a
long, loud "Hurrah for McKlnloy and
his policy at homo and abroad" and
watch tho oyos glisten and tho cheoka
fliiBh. Tho wonderful success ot tho
greatest living Ropubllcan and tho
magnificent manner In which ho 1b
conducting tho affairs ot tho nation,
is nn inspiration and a sourco ot con
tinual gratification to tho ontlro coun-i
try. Clinton (Mo.) "Republican.'
Otherwise Kmployed.
It Is oarly yot for tho Domocracy,
to begin "paramountlng" an issue.
Just now thnt party has about all It)
can do to koop tho moro onllghtonod
and progresslvo olomont thereof from
breaking into tho Ropubllcnn party.
Mowoaqua (111.) "Ropubllcan."