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. 11 V The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. VOL. IX. LINCOLN, NEIiR., THUKSDAY, NOVUM BEH 25, 1897. N0 3? A IVI' MEASUHF Senator Marion Butlor'a Bill Tor Establishing Postal Saving Banks. POPS SHOULD SUPPORT HIM Some of It Advantages Over tho Cbiougo Itecord Bill. What la D.i With the lciniilt Tho question of postal savings banks i uttrurtltig wide atton Mori, but tlm people's party Is tho only una that Im ever (It-cJurf 1 for this great roforin In iU platform, and in cougroes no 0110 -but populists have ever made any serious effort to ninth such a measure. There Is u movement on foot among republicans to Introduce a pOHtnl Having bank bill of their own uext session and try to put it through and got th cnidit for the same. Not only thin, but their purpose Is to get up a - bill that will not bu objeo- tiouablo to the banks, and one which will therefore be f tlm least ossible nerrlce to the people. Senator Marlon Butler, populist sona tor from North Carolina, has a bill pond fug in congress that every populist in the United Htatea can support heartily. lie intends to push the bill vigorously, and he should have the support of the entire populist press of the country, In order that he may prevent Its being side tracked for an inferior bill. The populist party is the only one that has ever declared for postal saving banks In its platform, and populists are the only ones who have ever made any serious efforts In congress to push a bill establishing the same. A number of bills have been Introduced In congress, Most of those bills are drawn carelessly and evidence very little knowledge of tho subjct. Home of thorn seem to be drawn in the interest of the banks. These bill have nil, no doubt, been (ire pared by congressmen who lived iu dis tricts where there was a strong sentl' men t fr postal savings banks. They have simply introduced bills to be printed and distributed among their con stituents to holp them to be re-elected. It Is evident that there has been no otr 1011s or determined effort to pus any of these bills. It is noticeable that very few bills have been introduced by sen ators. Senator Itutler has given a great deal of thought and study to this question. Iu his Investigation of the subject lie has found that many of the reports which our consuls have sent in from foreign conn 1 rum 011 this subject have been sup pressed, or ut least the y have not been published iu the consular reports by the state department. lie introduced a reHolution iu the scn ute and passed it, calling upon the sccre tury of state to send all of the unpub lished (tonsillar reports on postal sav ings banks and postal telegraphs to the seuiite. In response to this resolution the slate department sent a few reports mill stilted I lint the others had either been misplaced or referred to the post office department, lie then introduced iilld Hissed through the senate a resolu tion directing the postmaster-general to neiidtothe senate all such unpublished reports. In response lie sent a few ami -.titled that the others Imd been mis placed. Senator Itutler collected this matter together mid liinl it. pulilished as it sen- Hie doctliiif lit (l.il Diith coli.), ell tititlcd "Postal .Savings Hunks in For. cigil count ries." t opics can be secured t v addressing congressmen, Nearly all ol the reports continued in 1 lie senate document referred to are Ironi Inniir three tonight or ten yearn old, or more, It seem that recently consuls li ne nut been sending in re I . . . 1 Is 111; postal saving lntlikt and pos inl telctrraphs, either le'. uuse they have ii..n.i'. ti.iil 1 Im slute department did hot print lliciii, nr Isi-ailse they Iiuvh l.ceii dircily instructed iml to s. ii l Hi. -hi Hi So in order to gel the latest mid billest iiifiiriiiuiioii poible concern ing t he nnt nre and uperalio't o' postal saving banks and pout at telrgraph in nil foreign countries, tr. Itutler mini' In cd uiid passed through ids 11 11 1 n a ...ollltioll ilistructlilg Hie ilit..rv ol tittle in wil l out a in iil ir in our dilo hiii1 ic pi ntilii nlriM I 1 1 i- 1 1 11 4 ItiDIII III el I III ill ullC ltl Hil l Ci'lr- id- rt'poit, imt unit i( id nature im I j.r ictiml . J r . 1. . 11 i. i.mi,iI xtm,,; lirtiik In U UiVi'lllilUI IiimIih Ii I In iri' mi lt silted. I u I nio i. ..i.itl . .floll. HII'I p. t il ela4rii'li I lis li.ll l dill Mil I 11 I'll d II U . ultiiie I !, Ii I. 11 1 1 11 j 111 1. 11 . umlioii nt lli Ion 1 lit ..s m I'm t"l. 1 'i' I'lil o.ill I In- l .u.! I 1 ! 1.. I' llOl'l'llttll'ltl II ili-.,... ,,l I . W'e.l Ifoin h. .I U nut l "I" li I"" till I t ( l. I III. 'l:ll lit it t i iin t. lu l v ii.ti f (ior I'tali. r si I l iiw li 1 xl.i"-K. I .t h ..11 tu. .1... lim. Hi S-Mili l'4lr til as A t'l l-..lml. H I id lit l Ieli I y ltri, (III I t all I ll. tk. 4 ftt l.rlil( mmhI" ion ii.'u i.i 4 H .nt i.l hI inn tm ... ti , I in hi I i .i It piii.'al.t.l mmaniti !tll..Kl In la) t il I'iiikiiui.. kv ..t.li ItliiH . ti'l I ri-(s. hVlltulltl .'kl l;.l uf I nit i it .l H(H- H I.IIK i... soli K III D.i h s t4 I lulrti. . .... . M ! rnif imnr i me i;-. vrd ti I I lnill t m I naitim li.ry is p4t im tnt I ftnrihsi is republicans will not even favor a b II as (rood as that one." Comparing the two bins ne said: , 1st. The Chicago Itecord bill allows only an interest ol two per centum on deposits. hiiKlanii pays two and one half percent and Canada pays three, There is certainly no reason why our government should not pay ut least two and one-half percent, and this Is the moderate and very low rate which my tan nuns tor. ad. The Record bill requires at least one uouar to do deposited peiore an no- count can be opened, and then provide; that no subsequent deposits shall be re ceived that are less In amount than one dollar, This is clearly too IiIrIi. One of the chief purposes of establishing postal savings bunks is to make It easy nnd convenient for persons of small means to deposit, and further to enoournge them to deposit by offering to take very small deposits. It is the dimes that ko for drinks, eto , when left lu the pockets 111 the great masses ol the people that should ko into the savinurs banks to ac cumulate for the betiellt of their families Therefore, I have provided In my bill that only fifty cents shall be required to open an account, ami that alter that deposits of as low ns ten cents may be received. 1 also provide for "savlnirs stamps" of the denomination of one cent and up so that children will be en cournged to buy the one-cent savings stamps and paste them on cards until they reach ten cents in amount. ld. 'I he Itecord lull also limits tho amount of deposits which anyone can make in a year to three hundred dollars This Is lower than the average in other countries. Huroly there Is no reason why the total amount limit should not be at least five hundred dollars, if not more, l see no reason why It should not be put as high as one thousand dot lars, thotiKh following the average In other countries I have put the limit at Ave hundred dollars in my bill. Hut the principal difference between the two bills the disposition to be made of postal savings bank funds. Of course the bunks will be very anxious to cot hold of these funds at a very low rate of Interest so that they could make money by simply loaulng it out again at a high rate of interest; and, besides, it would discour age people from depositing In savings banks II they thought they were simply accumulating a fund to be speculated on by the bankers, The Itecord bill leave this matter almost entirely to tho die. cretlon of the secretary of the treasury, It, however, provides that be can Invest these luuds In government ootids II lie sees fit or in state and municipal bonds: tint It furtnur provides that II he should invest iu municipal 01 county bonds that the state must guarantee tho principal and interest of the bonds, and If the state does not or defaults in the pay ment of the Interest on such municipal bonds that the postmaster-general shall no longer allow deoimila to be received in said state, and that those who make deposits shall not draw interest on their deposits until the state pays such inter est. While this is bungling and untie- cessary, yet ut the same time it would be a gross injustice to an Individual to make him suffer as an individual for what his state might or might not do. In the place of this Senator Butler's bill provides that any individual who litis had one hundred dollars or more to his credit for six months may instruct the postmaster-general to purchase for him limited Cnited States bonds ut their market value and deliver to him iu lieu ol such deposits. It is now difficult for an individual to buy a government bond. This would make the government the agent of each individual to purchase ihemfor lii us without any commission. Mr. Iliitler's bill further provides (and this is very important) that an imlivid- it'll having to his credit, ten dollars or more for three months may call upon the postmaster-general to have a gov ernment bond, to be known ns a postal savings bunk bond, bearing the rate of interest, two and four-tenths per cent, to tie issued to him in lieu ol his deposit. The purpose for making the rate of in terest two and four-tenths pr cent was to make the interest on a ten dollar bond easily computed by the month. It would make the interest two cents er month, which the most ignorant individual could compute for himself without pencil or pii r. It also pruv ides that the secre tary of Hie treasury can Invest any of the funds not used us liidicited above in stiit bonds ami government bond pro vided they i' n a he purchased o as to mitkii a prollt for the postal savings lunik s,vleiii, and nUo itiloiv linn In ,n posit any snrplni ith bunks provided llii'V Miil pity us much a three uiid one hall It'llts interest, tthlch leu, if inn banks, Mill do. is ttitl-.lt' possible, IniAeV'-r, thut th secretary uf the Ir-usury would pi cr have an upp.irt unity to ne these, opt mil'., tor Vi r v Individual would ill Iter buy a guveriiiu "lit bond or lime a mciiiI postal sav hiks bank bond imltd til 1. 1 ! 1 1 HO t n III ll pll.lt III' I l II II I il led sllltii ielitly, provided ti" W.l utile lii liv u il lion! draAiiiK "'il lo1 III'II'V. I otvll we Hi n vImii tie' I'll'pilS'j sud f ir -rein liliiu r-"nit ul I lo pioviiu Il somd lliem t t ten itM tl.e II ilt' I ill Ills W li.il" li itlol, ll d' I t Into the hiUI'l- i Mix u ti.li. In.ioid of a few l-ir' ii.!hII liol'liiiif Iim kjin I line ut bund l!tr nouiil l' lli.iua.iii'U nil I I ut, hums ul I it.., ring ,'neii uud unlit nla lit llltl li,. it ttol llllg t ) W" 'l 'li Hi, 111 u r 1 1 ii I Ii I is it lio'l I It tin I It.e i..i I lam ..( it.tn In I r in . io li t III tl Ill'l Mil l llllke III.' I i ltd I't 111 till dill III"' Il M.. I" I let ttl,. Ha, Hil l ft IU III lull Ivlli' , l. bim I l.o d f tr.ou IriU'd In imiipI mil Kttt (ixiii ut, I' ll II nil I li. .ml, , i itiaftK It litipibuitU w f ir h 'nl'i.e i iv. ,. t'l.H I I't l IllH.le t ) ! I"h but III llm i..1 t in, t , ut . "iiii i ", IS U' I, lin e lu i ! "I i H t"rt' HI. Mt llll M itt i t III !'! m Mor ll'tH'l, (of In. r , I lll'le vllt 1'iw'nl Miii'di bii Inn I to in -t nil Hir. ii -h m tw'Ht.!ti'4a JerlliMl .l (. b.ii (iu ttivy " it st I pMai but they will make a dessrute effort to pass u bill with as few advantages In it to the tsiople and as many advantages to tne banks as possible. There are two reasons why the repub I leans have suddenly become loud ndvo cates of postal savings banks. First, they see that their tariff and gold stand ard will not restore prosperity and that It will be absolutely necessary for them to take up and pass some reform mens ure which our party has been advocat lug iu order to hold their voters In litis and prevent the populists from making big Inroads into their ranks, and this Is about the enly measure that we advo cate that they dare take up. necond they were to a certain e ten tit successful lu the last nampnlgii In gel ting deposit ors In savings banks lu certain localities to vote with them for the gold standard on the plea that If we bad the free coin age of silver that every depositor iu say lugs banks would be paid back In fifty cent dollars. They think that If they could get the people all over tho country to deposit lu savings banks that they could make this false plea still more cf fectively In the future. Therefore, they want to have n chance to say to the voter that we, the republican party, have fixed a way for you to deposit your money for safe keeping so that tf nation al bunks break you will not lose your money, They will also use this same argument to break the force of the popu list argument against national bunks, They will also claim that they have not only fixed a safe way for the deposits, but that they are determined that the silver cranks shall not reduce the value of the savings by debasing the currency, 1'opullst papers should keep this before the people; 11 the republican parly In congress passes a postal savings bunk bill It will be because the populist party naa compelled thein to do so. HAWAII WILL BE ANNEXED. Bankets and Bondholders Oppose lb Annexation of Cuba. When asked us to probable action in regard to the annexation of Hawaii, Congressman Hell, populist from Colora do, said "Tho Hawaiian islands will be annexed as the industries In that country have secured sufficient power to insure a rati fkatfon of a treaty. This will permit all of the products of the fsluuds to come fa free of duty. It also has all of the Influ ences of the nary, all the shipbuilders and men engaged iu furnishing supplies to the ship yards and for forr.illiuttions,' persistently urging annexation. The United States government occupies the ridiculous position of having 5,000 of its inhabitants voters iu the United States, claiming protection of the United States as American citizens, now doing the vot ing, holding the offices and governing Hawaii, with u population of 100.000 people, 00 per cent of whom are strenu ously opposed to annexation and to the Dole government. It cant be that Ha waii is desired on account of her ptox- imit.V to our shores, as it, is 2.200 miles from our border line, or further awuv than Ireland. It cunt be that we want it on uccoutit of the hoiuoenity of the the people of the two countries, us It Is peopled with about 80,000 natives mid half custes, 25,001) JupuueHc. 15.000 'ortuguese, a great number of Chinese oii l li geuerul line of Kuroncun. It cant be that wu want the islands to civ ilian mid bene lit the natives, as thev lire already civilized and educated, having a manner tor every t wenty-sevi-n sc hoo hildrcn on tlm islands, have a constitu tion and code of laws formulated bv a great Amricuu lawyer, modeled niter our own, with the exception thut thev provide for u monarch with limited powers. The object of those seeking to annex Hawaii is simply to obtain what the natives have and to give place and patronage to the adventurers from Hue country in Hawaii, to give opportunity to naval olllcers ami nuvnl supply and fortillcalioii companies in milking enor mous Im mirations and ship ) ipiipiiient.s for die protection ol the islands, It open th dour for a diversion of Hie great river and harbor expenditures (rum our immediate shores to these inl ands. It would be iiiMinlcly cheaper to organize a lle,t In take tlm l-lniidi should they be ni'iesarv ill tunes ill mir Hum it woii.il require to loi til) and gil ird the sum. i in tones (d ,.1'u.'.., Il s-i'lll- In mi. that Hie people Mould 1 1... .. ... i. .. I ' , II m.- n. i iih n inn r v iii vi iive-l in I til aiiiievatioii. Il U is lor im 1 1 um I .cciinly that desire aun. x.iluiu, ,v no JJdil linhs liuiii our shore lor tlm nod isvan island, n hern I Im null,,.. ,ir b lt'iiin II fu .iir. tho Inn -and leave I iitui, Ulliely llilie. Iroui our ,ue, Hiretllcli llig the . r V III' ni t h ol Hie M,.,i.io,, Sllll her IlilllVe liifUlg II III Hie ll'llle Id liUiliillUII In pl.dv Hi. in i,ii, I. r II,,. il.'iin ul our I in imd i o 1 1 1 1 1. hi !,u j He y may . . ,(, u ,,,,,, ,,,, ,,i ,, . Ic Hill iimti un til Hi.ni,ii t id m i.'sl I o ii l ul. H ni, I Iroin our lmr . Him ( .. I int. i,.,i. ,, ili ,..rr im .,i,g I 1 1... t"i. i u lie Ml nre I , i,, Mle I by uiilr i j ' l"4 II." loffliill 11 lioU rin v Hie 111 i "' III III- I. , f r I. , ii. I. , I i, l,u i ,,t i 1 1 i nii rttr: immnuack Mi II. n Hi I eu t h '.i,ei Cut it. ll jt Ion. In t,, n Ii al M, I ..ii, im,, , i i ,M I I. r- III. He h l. Hiw iMell I. it lf. ll I HH . il " im i..,..i d to th t' l iveienl ut IN" 1,1. .1,1. l' Ik, Hil l tl ttt i ,'.l It wsr spp'.t Mit tlU ...lioH HV .iii,. ij.j i.l i ,l,lf I tl,ir l.i Wsu i II Ihul wants lb n'welm- k c llred lt tie festion! W,l.V VUy flees use it is the national bank that wants the mouey that ths people now save by using the greenback. Why op posed to retiring the greenback? He, cause we nre opposed to farming out to individuals the functions of government. we are opposed to picking out the bank, ers as ths favorite sous and giving them a coat of many color to the detriment of the peopls. "I wonder If you have all examined this question until lou understand the real secret of this demand? The presi dent of a New York national bank gave testimottey before a committee of con gress; tbut testlnioney Is a matter of record, lie declared himself in favor of retiring the greenback and treusiir py notes with a "i per cent gold bond, lie thought the bond would float at par. and thenhe said If the government would allow the national bank to Issue up to par all the bonds and taU the tax off circulation, he thought the issue of bunk notes would be etiflloioiitly large so that the national banks would issue their notes to take the place of the greenback and treasury notes retired. ' i9 that Is the calm and deliberate statement of a president uf a national bauki 1 want to analyse it and see what It means, The retirement of 1500,000,- 000 df greenbacks uud treasury notes, with an Issue of it per cent, gold bonds would mean that the imople would tax themselves 115,000,000 A year to pay the Interest on the bonds before they can' due, and then tax themselves 5i),000,000 to pay the bonds when the) became due. Then t he bank would take those bonds, deposit thsm, issue notes ut par and be relieved of any tax oa circulation. What does It mean? If the bonds float at pur it mean that a bank can organize with $100,000 capital, buy f loo.ooo worth ol bond,isiis f loo.uou worth of notes on them, and then have back lu notes the exact amount paid for the bonds: so that the bank would have nothing Invested, but would draw inter esr at l.'I.OOO a year, ami that beat any investment In any enterprise I know of, even with confidence restored. EXfRAVAOANCE IN THE SENATE Congressman Bill of Colorado will Ds- ' - mind an Itvsstigatloa, The deficit in the revenue of ths na. tlon Is causing considerable alarm, It bos occurred to Congressman Hell, pop ulist from, Colorado, that ono way to relieve the treasury would be to speud lsitjjfnoy. He expects to investigate the extravagance being practiced in every department of the government. One of his lines of Investigation will bs the unbounded expenditures of the United States senate. Tho financial re ports of the senate are so juggled that common, every day citizens would not dream of the lavish waste of public funds smothered in a beautiful row of statistical tables. "The senate," said Mr. bell, "is a body for which 1 have a great deal of regard and it is not con sidered proper form for a member of one branch ol the law-making power to crit ic the other. 1 inn convinced, how ever, that tho senate need a Hiking over. How many people in the ('tilled States know that members of the senate have their shoes blacked at public ex pense? flow many outside of the charm ed circle, know that senators are at tend ed by barbers paid out of the ( tilted .States treasury and are furnished with costly refreshing drinks all the year round at public expense. The exorbi tant expense of burial committees when a brother senator is laid to his rest is butter known. Koine of the bills ureas louuding. Senatorial com mil tins go out on a junketing tour, iu special cars stocked to the ceiling with the rarest liiiiors .ill to be paid for by the suffer ing American ciil.eii. Isn't it about tunc somebody was making a kick?" Mr. Hell says that one of the feature of senatorial extravagance which struck him with sK t'ial lore., im the license given the hordes of empli yeN to help theiii aclvcs to the palatable relreshmeiits.1' "It is enough to inake a snint swear," remarked the farmer politician of the tiiiiiinsoti valley a he resumed his labors at hH desk. TKN iNT.NCKU I O DtiA.ni. Anuyu's Muiiltfsi Uivcii the Humus 1'onsby. I lenient trial of Vrrovo's murderer in Hie City ol Mexico I uvi r, terminat ing v 1 1 1 1 Hie sentence of death pro lionintd oil ten of Hie police iillirlnU Mid policemen i one. rued lu the bub hi ry ol Hie le liles to! i ll Hll'Me Oli lll'llll4 . I. im.I oil the (lie uf tint pr.idelil cttued .,, t . i . . , 1 1 i . 1 n Beitiit inn tu t li t connirv. I'll" 'ir il out over seven liiinr. tth m Hie i,f,le I ,i ! turned the i ris luit l . lo,i. Il i ii nd ths gendarme pr siiied arm. ibiriiM the d' luer ,ini I I., court loom irude. to th iilni 'l t'pai il), for III I'liKlng ,vi. in Hi,, ii eil . r iiiu! ilrmmilic itl.i i . . , . i iu I I ulin if u t'i.,1, Iim tvrttt. t ut t.i t itid nil I he 'i i"ii, i . i I,. i h lib le d till let. Il lii'llitii i.l,,'. i i ol- III tind t i. St. r, ntiii b,'iijii . tie , f -m i, i tin ... r ii ii 'm n..i.'f , I lie j I II. ,.t.ir II. I.f ll el lt H, , HI. I j i'i I r in- iiiiv tu nit ltd ii i.l t li.v ( I it, , oi,, I oile d in, ii l. lu.i I w 1 1 ; I i le il 1J llieif f.loi imli.tii It.mr I I !. i'Hte, HU isal lit lt tl liiwi j fu!'l i'( OOtill (ll.iun lt tl I 4 H'- li s I ilnl tslti ilioii uf l r.! us. .t. , il iH'. r'r li H' 1'ity id Uailit, ttvtn. ut t "ililnl. t"li r l. tl, : i f i i ii "1,1mm. H i Hos VHlniiti.i l the tat lei t I it th ter mi is I r te ul) eii.iend tnt Ivbuisif will im i!o III "' IIO.I- TP SESSION mi Ion groat Will Be Askod to I'uss Upon Many Interesting Problem. GOVERNMENT TELEOEAPHS, Other Populist Meaiuroa thai Will Receive Much Dlsousilon, The OtiveruiMeiit Trliitlng onice. Jherii will be msuy Interesting bill Introduced and dismissed at the coming session of congm which convenes one week from Monday. I'robably the Href una ineoue wnicn may lie expected lo receive the most favorable consideration will b iiiu r.osi..i .....;.,.. i.im This measure Is important and it pas- ... - - i'""nn ft uiaT if Pt, MOlIU US.tlM It . M..uf.l..M..t.u l...,.iti A I i.--,. ....i i i ii . urn viiiiivh n.iiin. iv im a oiiiiisi meoMureand has been advocated by the ywyuimy .rijr siuen in urKUHiKuiion, 1 here will be many , other measures of ........... I ... 4l . I - ( 11, , I(i"""'r iiiiporiaii: iiinn in oiii tor pos tal savings bank that will not receive favorable consideration. Their nassaire wlll be opposed by a stronger aud better organlxsd lobby. On o! these measures I the one that provide for the government ownership aud operatlou ol a telegraph ytem in connection iwlth the post ofne deoarttiieot. Tin tele- graph ytom of the country Jcon trolled by the (iould at the present time. They have spent thousands f dollar fighting thl measur In tliiTpeTt and it will come no to bother them again. They maintain a powerful lobby at Washington to keep Lrw:k1Ttbegov. ernmont ownershlo movement It . estimated that tbey sjiend not less than half a million dollar every rear through thl lobby, The telegraph business ha been very profitable and thl Is why th owner ol the system guard Itspresorva- tion o carefully. ' pi.Tiu. ... . - SUnces WlilCB tu , AdVOOate Of' th measure win nav is providential, but It is rood to know that the imvrn .,. r ownershlo bill is to be fouirht for vl. (autlf by the populists lu both houses. It will not Pass but ths talk about It will attract the atiiiiH,in ni iha .u,ou tothesubjectaudiu this way be nro. ductive of a great deal of good. The republican party will content itself with the passage of some compromise meas ure establishing postal savings banks. It will not go far in the reform business. It will aim to go far enough to enable it to elect the next congress, and no fur ther. There will be another measure for the establishment of a government armor plate factory. Its establishment does not concern any great number of peopln, but it is in linu with the highest pro gress to have the government make for itself all it can make, and let private en terprise get along the best way it can. That is the way they do things 'in Eng land and in other countries where there is still some pretense ol sense in the ad ministration of public affairs. The gov- eminent armor plate bill lllltf lllllf.tf M.I voeutes, aud while its fate is not one of great importance, it may be hoped that the advocates ol ths bill will take ml vatituge of this opportunity to let a little truth regarding Andrew nr iienics corruption leak out. Wheu thegoviirn ment printing olllce is contempbited.the wonder is that government ownership or operutiou Is not Insisieil upon in all things, The government printing olden at Washington is the finest iu the world. I is work I of the very bust, and the re sults it attains are without an eiptal hi any dcinrtuiei't of the art preset t ut i vs. There is something just u trilhi amusing iu the clamor of the civil sen ni' rel irm. I r on the subject of eXallllUntlollrt fur positions iu this printing officii, Thev talk about iiiiniagiiig the establishment as though it it ire a pmstM business, but fiery printer knows that no civil e i tee eiitmiuations are necessary to get it position In it private printing .illhw. Every printer i.i ksow that piMitlou la it I'liniiiig olfl.'.i nre, n a rule, Hlit.thilig but s rmaiiriil, and the man lu a "b lo-d.iv is likely s nut In be nut id it lo iiiorru. Tne Unaliuiii toiinlll v, all things i onsnb r. d, I imieli te Id r luaiiiige. ti, in i llm Ins private I'lllitt in llm ciiiiilrv, and, whde lliers me tliuil'tli s ii I, ii.. Hi,., abii. Hru no i;ie,ii, r I li in in inu pMiililn Irtiiu h printing I lulu Mi'iieritlly. lite M'l I .H'alllKl 111 iol t yillellt tii r- loi n llm iHiiruti4 r ,oit iroi.', In! Hint Is Mil He v hi.' Hb'e tor-port I he .ill,). . I i, n"l . ii in. ut i.uirlil I ii i. 'ii mors I linn "ii" mi .i.i,, , ii, , jlUeil llMIII lit j.tm..' hi H'l I Ulllll, Hill, I llflt i "l.4. s I Ul (,' I III i n mind I j to I- n I ji I ui'j'i r t Into Hi" . i,i i. I tie I'm lti f si! stjr il T'o I III ' I ir n will I tw hi., i, i u,t m ii,.. .Ion II. ill ul 1". n,t."itl r oiroil " iter ini'iiii, li rmlsst foiiili i. h n tit got fitment It Ht Ihio il. hj.ir iliv I. n'i'1 I ifiaPt, an I w lim.l kt inUI, p. Hon .. lo .i I Iwfv In lie (.ill Ul 'l.l H.iltl III j In m . u t I I IU tl Is fof tl-HlllMit l tl. I'll'lt' M (til' Hi t Hiinb i If lllMOI.I, out the i.ntutr) lhi enrinlioii ' o l.llt Sol I.l I sIKisol til I'M I Mil bridti' end issa i sun lirt-t .i r.i Hu tu. "I U Itritokli brids toilil la Ii4i tm a bii'll lit H ilw hi K ii i'IHiukIiI l Hi IWt Liin Tnr would have been no danger of ft ab sorption by the corporations. Now the great bridge ha been turned ovi.r to the street railway combine with the probable outcome that the structure will become a publto nuisance. The great tunnel under the Hudson ought to be pushed to completion by the govern ment at Washington and not by tt capitalist combination at London. The tunnel Is a very Important strategetlc work and in a country Jike Germany the ruler would never be such a fool as to allow It to puss under the control at n foreigner. Hut over here we let A larg party of Kngllshmen owo aud operaU the most important artificial mean of communication and transportation In the bind, if the national government would take over this enterurise It could easily complete It lu n year' time, and men it could charge a small fare or toll that would re imburse It before long for Its whole outlay. Hut the iroreruiiienl Is not in that kind of business. It I too , much engaged iu turning the people's money over to the bankers end In ll. ing the monopolist to have anytime for a work of public benefit, lint all t,l, " change some day. Tk pros- "or genuine reiorm when congress i ... . . . . r ""m fater I much brighter. "vihiiu man uk ru am aok jury uv an BX'faiirosa Conductor a tud,msBt a,.i.. .h. d.h..4 I 0 W I - . ,..,wv very Important cose far railroad- 'f'loy nd railroad corporation La mn awided in Chicago, I V ,l' Ketcham, a blacklisted feight tr,i,n conductor, a friend of Kugen V Mm member of the Atner V,ian Hallway Union, wo awarded a rer- diet for 31,00,33 damages againet the tbleaga and Northwestern railway. He vrwd b wa put on the blacklist of v,r railroad In th country. A scorollmllaruiU, It I said, will ,w lKun by former mployees, who a that every mean of gaining ajlvoli- nooa were taken iroin mem After th trik, through th powerful Vanderbilt mllusnco. When th American Hallway Union men were called out to support th pull man strik in July, 18i4, Ketcham gar on ni ireignt train, irnmo on the woruiwwiMirn wa iieii op tor a ween. All the striker were dismissed, and utmn thev m,i.ll..H n nil,.. ...uAith. round inmr names on a biackiiet. I After struggling two year to obtain "teady employment, Ketcham ntered ''' tha railway company for V"" daaiage. in trial lasted lor three weeks, and was closely watched by railway employee and official all over urn ui.mii.rj. I he main question before the lurv wa whether the corporation bod entered In to a conspiracy with other and similar corporations to prevent Ketcham from earning a living. Many witnesses for both sides were beard during the trial Ketcham testified he found employ ment with other roads, only to be in a short time discharged. So reason was given. Not long ago Ketcham obtained em ployment with the Michigan Central L'l " vator Company, at Kensington, and moved his family to that subrub. He worked a short tune there and was dis charged. 1 he case is a decisive one, and the final outcome will tm watched bv railroad em ployee and corporations. The decision ' the Jury established an Important pre- cedent, a it gives to laboring men the right to declare themselves in times of strike and other labor difference. The verdict is in line with the recent dii'ision of Judges Sanborn and Thayer, of the United States Court of Appeal. in St, Louis; that a boycott placed up on a c-rtain firm by union labor Is illegal. In that case labor plm-ed the boycott, In this cae It hai been the vic tim. THK tOYCOTr UNLAWFUL. Decision from th Unittd fitStS Court of Appisll, t he I mini Slate circuit court of Misals handed down a decision at Ht, Loin lust Saturday ilia lariug the boy. cutt il.iifi by t'oopir' I nioii No. 1H and cii'lor id by th Irs hs assembly, againt the tuhy State Coiiipsiiy, Ille gnl ami permatitly eiijoming them from pushing thn wiiiih, Ths tlicislott was rendered Ju Irfe Ttiat er Htld ta. born, .lil'Ue t'nl li II ili'iillng I lis lion-, ill mi d' dure. 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