LESSON IN IiEFOEM.
OW AMERICANS MAY PROFIT BY
STUDYING ENGLAND.
from the Mont Corrupt to Among; the
Purest We Have the Flrt Condi
tion Will We Be Able to I'rovrea
to the Second f
I once heard a profound student and
teacher of social and eoonoroic questions
ay during a coarse of lectures that the
whole subject could be summed up in
two words study England. Yes, Eng
land, once one of the most corrupt coun
tries on earth in its politics, is now one
of the purest. The most corrupt "ward
heeler" of one of our large cities would
hare been an angol in England previous
to 1882. The Intimidation by force of
negroes In the south and (lie none ''-o
less potent and reprehensible intimida
tion of factory and corporation em
ployees in the north by threats of shut
down lockouts and disohargo, are only
floating shadows compared with the
blackness of political injustice in Eng
land early in this century. Yes, study
England, fox there the progress toward
political purity has boon much more
rapid than bore.
In the seventeenth century, land then
being the chief itom of wealth, the rioh
agricultural sections in the southern
part of England were the most densely
populated. The parliamentary bums
(boroughs) were determined by the
crown, mid at that time the lurger num
ber of such boros were in this rich agri
cultural section. When the inventions
of the eighteenth century mude possible
those great industries for which Eng
land bus become famous, the population
diminished in the south and greatly
Increuscd In the north, but the parlia
mentary boros remained tlio sumo. Home
of tin in bticumo only tho estate of some
wealthy man, the only voters being
himself and Ills tenants, while the great
cities of Manchester, liirmiugham,
Leeds, etc, hud no representatives at
all. What an astonishing condition I
Yet it grew so gradually, as evils do,
tljit it became monstrous before it was
seriously attacked. Yet the lunded nris
tocrucy clung with great touacity to
this inherited privilege, this "vested
right." These "rotten boros," as they
were appropriately railed, were sold
openly to the highest bidder, some bring
ing ffiO, 000 per election when tbo par
ties in parliament were about evenly
divided. Buch gross bribery was defend
ed and contendod for by tho rich lauded
aristocracy that benefited by it, they be
ing indifferent to the rights of tho many
populous cities that were entirely with
out representation. As a rule, yon can
count upon the members of a privileged
class carrying their consciences in their
pockets. Also, as a rule, what are called
"vested rights" are vested wrongs.
Well, the reform bill of 1832 readjusted
parliamentary repreiontation. What
would have required a bloody revolu
tion on the continent was done in Eng
land by agitation, but the agitation was
vigorous and determined, and right pre
vailed. "A man who owned a boro
could usually command a peerage or an
embassy for himself, a pension for his
wife or an appointment for his son by
plaoing one of the seat at the disposal
of the ministry." Here is a glimpse of
"the good old times" good for the
few, but the groans of the many still
echo in space.
The audacity of "vested interests" is
shown by the 200 or 800 rich men who
owned the majority of the house of
commons, declaring that they did not
propose to give up "their property!"
Will we ever have to meet such a class
of holders of "vested interests?" Of
course the "interests" will be in seme
other form, but the injustice will be
just as real. Shall we wait for such a
privileged class to voluntarily step
aside? If we do, we will nover see jus
tice restored. They have to bo put aside,
either by the bayonet or (preferably) by
overwhelming publlu sentimont, follow
ed by irresistible legal means. Thus it
has always been. I would like to hope
to see the end of contention and strife,
but such a bops is vain. As long as
there are privileged classes they will
cling with tenacity to their special priv
ilege and claim it as their right Private
banking interests will oppose the estab
lishment of postal savings banks. What
are we going to do about it? Which are
right, we or they? Have we, the people,
a right to establish such an institution,
or have the bankers a right to tbo special
privilege of doing all the banking?
We are now paying the railroads
about ten times as much per pound for
hauling the mall as they charge the ex
press companies for hauling express
packages. Judging by a vote in the seu
ate lait May, a majority of the seuator
seem to think tbis Is right. Do you? I
suppose the railroads would consider
them wires grievously wronged if they
were cut down to a rrasuuable rate
they have been allowed this privilege
so loag, jutl like the boro holders.
Shall we wall twill the railroads volun
tartly redure the rale to a reasonable
aruouEl) IXi yoa know tuw long that
woold t? The answer is oue word,
ever. Yl if we had reaU rates
treat the tatlmad we ooiiltl bow be
Jujlug twuoy pveiage on tellers and
tales ca 4 ksacs that the eiprtes rout
feu tee tf-ald ai t eoutpeta w Ua, Ik) wt
waal these flumes, oi ta we Waal to
euatlaee tJtoj rtval crptiWu an
Ititiafeou.lr alga late fur aaallng the
tl If f wset change, U. u't well
tuf the rt ilruadt lo make It. !. k fir
a scosiv-i wot teem to t
twetrvlltd ky lbs laitrued. ralve
yet tkeir tautts If y waal lhm If
ja will e the Mituutiixt li say
ssfpuee. ,
1 he trWm la l'(U4 b rfrd
la wal4 ae leka l uaa r
If tae tvaairy b4 a-1 U et 4 in
ijMetfa wait wbkll tlti,t4 IS
yle a eiieaiUM ( twK4te sueiute
II aa4 this Is Ike vsty aeagef
wlili whUa we ai aw t.frwil
Oat imet war wtta ifaia aa4 the
quisition of new and distant territory
will if we are not careful take our at
tention from important domestic mat
ters and bring a season similar to that
at the close of the civil war, when cor
porations gained such a tremendous
hold, when the currency was contracted
by the burning of the grecubaoks in the
Interest of creditors, and when our con
tract with tho bondholders was changed
more than ouue iu tho interest of tho
bondholders. "Government should be
gin at home." Yes, and it should stay
at home. Take care of home Interests
first. A contemporary very pointedly
says : "Go where you will to congress,
legislature, city councils, executive
cilices, the bench and the marts of busi
ness aud the rich few need more
watching tliun the many poor." No,
the poor do not buy legislatures, cor
rupt judges, congressmen, eto. They
patiently toil and uncomplainingly pay
tho bills, but I complain that they
should have inoro souso, more courage.
The designing few will exploit the
many as long as tho many permit it.
Another contemporary suys, "It will
cost not less thun 100 times more to
satisfy the bond thJovcs than it did to
whip tho Bpauiurds." And the con
gressmen thut voted for the bonds would
vote against postal savings bunks. Write
to them and see,
Then just think of this: If we bad
established postal savings banks to re
ceive deposits without interest, enough
money would have been depoiitud to
pay tho expenses of tho Spanish war.
The people who would deposit in postal
savings banks care more for sufcty and
convenience thun for interest, Iusteud
of this we huve interest bearing bonds
that must run for from 20 to 80 yours.
Oh, tho bonduge of bonds I Aluny oi
these bonds ore alreudy being deposited
to securo national bauk currency. The
bank deposits the bonds and receives 00
per cent of the face of tho bonds in na
tional bunk notes, which ho loans. Tho
bonds still continue to draw interest,
and his loans draw interest Unit is,
double interest. The interest ou tho
bonds ought to stop while so deposited,
or I should havo a right to deposit the
deed for my houso, or you the deed for
your farm and bo permitted to draw a
certain percentage of currency that is,
I would coin my houso while still con
tinuing to use tho same, and you coin
your farm, just us the national banker
is allowod to coin his bonds, and still
collect Interest on tho bonds. In colonial
days land could be thus coined iu Penn
sylvania, end it was very successful. I
am not ready to odvoeuto this system
at the present timo, but if it is granted
to the bondholder it should be granted
to the property holder.
While the basis of representation iu
England was radically reformed in 1832,
and thus indirectly much bribery and
Other forms of corruption were stopped,
yet much still existed. In 1854 the first
act aimed at this evil was passed. This
was aimed at bribery, treating and
"undue influence." The bribe takers
as well as bribe givers were to be pun
ished, but corrupt practices continued
to prevail, end in 1872 the ballot was
adopted to take the place of open vot
ing, but still corruption continued. The
means of detection wcie inefllcient, and
the Louse adjudicated tho cases, just
as our house does now, and, as we
knqw, the decision is a partisan one and
not according to the evidence. A change
of these canes of contosted elections and
charges of corruption to a purely ju
dicial tribunal materially aided the
ends of justice. A similar chango hero
transfer of contested election cases
from the house itself to a judioial court
would result in much good. Dot still
corruption in the elections in England
prevailed in spite of all these efforts.
In 1881 a bill was introduced that
struck two deadly blows at corruption.
First, it limited by moans of a fixed
scale tho amount that might be spent
in elections, requiring a strict and full
accounting immediately after an elec
tion ; second, it rendered detection cer
tain if corrupt practices weie indulged
in. This was effected chiefly by provid
ing that any election procured by fraud
or corrupt practicos would be void. No
man could sit in parliament if it could
be shown thut bribery, treating, undue
influenco or anything else prohibited by
the law had been indulged In in his
behalf, either by himself or by any of
bis ageuts. This provision makes ouch
side the watcher of the other side, and
each sldo must be pure in its own de
fense. This law went into effect in
1883, aud since that timo the elections
in England have been perhaps purer
than those of any other country on tho
globe, possibly excepting BwlUerluud,
where they have the initiative aud ref
erendum, Wlmt a glorious victory lor
law! A magical change from tho most
corrupt to tho incut pare. This was
done during Sir. Ulndntoue's premier
ship ami was one of bin greatest achieve
uieuls. Oh, for a UlmUtoiie on this side
of the Atlaiitiu! Dr. U. i Taylor iu
Medical World,
Drill) Telepfteee elleles.
The committee appointed May, 1uH,
by the 1'rtlMi boti of commons to lu
quire "wbuibcr the tilupltone writ loo
Is, or is rolrulalrd lo bniiiue, of suvlt
general tiiCl as lo juttlfy Its txlug
audsNitkru fcy iiuokll aud tthrr lis
eal autaoflUoa," aud, If an, l iwmi
Mtt4 the et'ttUitlofc, b made Its re
pot t.
TfcS ftimmlttM aitenimousl tin Ut
that the ilitly owned ituiu auw
In ae i i f gtiKtel Uuvtli la the
l'ul4 King Urn at Uw ir H iu
Jtuve limlUd in-n 1 1 U tixe tl'
thangs ssUt, huUI. the ion m I Hi
Cei4i It I aulllvlr bl the trtvU
will ttie a Mial liiat so Umi as
the f iht aiieig iats iouiiaae, su4
It r-'luU ml ibe uiwtitiiy itf Ue
tervk In IUe evuutiUf wbt etlU
tbipi.iuiut lbiiai aiiftr
la l.itUiil at-l the BtiuitMUit
if ea, Ibe keii eel bit ti4
I tr vM tllttlhle Diet ate tally I t
ret swat mi the a teehaelMal, tlx
r edited thiee muhUIelUft It el
lea altu4 It 4tiUiWUa the yil tela
Sjtll'l,
THE'WHEAT BAROMETER.
The Pron peril y Ilambnir end the
Former'! Condition.
During the past few mouths much
has been said about this year's wheat
crop. Laet summer certain speculators
loudly proclaimed that there would be
a sbortago, which served to stiffen
prices, and there is a strong impression
abroad thut tho government euoouraged
this view in order to bolster up tho
prosperity humbug among tho bankrupt
farmers. Certain it is that the Leiter
corner in Chicago, which sent, wheat
over the 3 mark, afforded liepublican
prosperity puffers a splendid opportuni
ty to boast, especially in the Oregon
contest.
But now all the well known statis
ticians agree that the wheat crop of this
year will break all previous records.
Mr. Erooiuull, tho editor of the Liv
erpool Corn Trade News, recognized as
an authority the world over, finds that
the grand total of the world's crop for
1808 is 2,007,000,000 bushels, com pu rod
with 2,270,000,000 lust year, or an in
crease of 030,000,000 bushels. Adding
to this enormous crop tho reserve left
over from lust seuson, which on Aug, 1
amounted to 112,000,000 bushels at tbo
lowott calculation, the world today
possesses 2, 7 10,00, 000 bushels of
wheat. Mr. Broom. 11 shows that tho
inoteaso was general in America, Eu
rope, Australia and Africa, and there
was a slight fulling off only in Asia,
amounting to 20,000,000 bushels,
These flguros will bo a sovero blow
to the demugogucs who promiso tho
agriculturists higher prices and conse
quently prosperity, for it is one of tho
ironies of tho capitalistic competitive
system that tho more of a product is
placed on the market the greuter is tho
price full. Of course if tbo farmers
could bo organized and conld deviso
some plan to hold their wheat until
prices hud reached a top notch figuro
some of them would bo benefited, But
the farmers thut is, tho small farmers
at least cannot hold their crops. Iu
thousands of instances their product is
sold before it is reaped or immediately
thereafter, as they have pressing obliga
tions to meet. The large farmers, tho
bonanza kings of the west who can lay
wheat down in Chicago at 00 cents por
bushel at a profit, are not ulurmod be
cause of an "overproduction" In the
wheat supply. While tbo low prices
areforolug tboir rmull competitors to
the wall the bonanza kings are prosper
ing and gobbling up the choicest acreage
and adding to thoir holdings. As In
other industrial pursnits, tho big fish
are swallowing the littlo ones, aud no
doubt the census of 1000 will show
some startling facts relative to the in
crease of tenantry and the concentra
tion of land and capital in the agricul
tural districts. Cleveland Citizen.
Poufnl Seringa Dnnke.
Postal, savings bunks are something
that we bave been advocating for many
years. We boliove in them. We ore glad
to see the government making arrange
ments to take care of the savings of the
1 people. Wo do not take much stock in
savings banks, even though they pay a
I little Interest, The average citizen is
safer in placing bis money with the
! government at no interest, and he will
make more money in the long ran, be
' causo the goverrmcnt is good. We have
two or three pinky doodle savings banks
in Denver that ought to be shut op, in
stitutions that wonld not boar investi
gations, institutions whose investments
are of such a "baructer that if they were
pressed today to pay could not pay their
depositors 20 conts on the dollar. Den
ver has bad much experience in this
line, and It seems as if it wonld be hard
ly necessary to call tbo attention of our
readers to the importance of patroniz
ing Uncle Sam's posloifice when they
bave any money to put away in the way
of savings. Denver Road.
V. S. Government Telrg-reph Llnee.
Thero are 470 miles of telegraph
lines in Porto liico, and these are the
property pf the government. With the
acquisition of the Island by the United
States they pass into the hands of the
American nation, and, for a time at
least, government ownership of tele
graphs will be a fact in a part of United
States territory. Those lines now held
by the United States troops are in
charge of the telegraphers in the signal
service of the United States army. The
future of these government lines Is not
known, but it is probable that tht
United States will sell them. It is to
be remembered that the United States
sold its own linns In the Infancy of
telegraphy to tbo company which has
slnoa become known as the Western
Union Telegraph company. W. M.
Handy iu New Time.
Wlii (Iwm A merle f
The railroad companies own IIS,
TI8.000 acres of laud in the United
States, which amounts nearly to the
emubined arresge of land Iu the states
of Ohio, Iudiaua, Illinois, Iowa, Mis
souri aud Kaueas, that foots op to 110,
11,800 eoree, foreigners that do not
live la this country own 03,000,000,
Murphy of California , 100,000, Van
Serllll I.0OO.0O0, Uiltenn of 1'biladel.
ftila 4,Coo,oui, the titaudard Oil corn-
Knv 1,000.000 nearly all of which
u4 Laa U-eu erqalrett siuoa tba civil
war, Thlily otie thousand people awn
tume then uue half i f all the wealth, of
the l ullml Met, Wllb a CoogliM aud
ir.id. ul wufkiui fur Ibe luietesucf
tlitee fw, li.iw lung- do tba feeder
think II will lke Itnee f.w U owa Ibe
telebre if Aueilce Kaases (Jota
aohr.
the Ttee Amevleoa.
the I; ' leal A Met Ivan l atr,aawk)
!rivlU oiuie iilltr Hi A ei luanlp
le wtol l i li ty t b la l;ii
AH"MotllSiit l llnf lttoUlld ljpt0
Au-iruei. Ibel Ibis i-ne Mian bevMUt
Ibe t if Mlli iff iMUl
tsbuh l htf etii4 and la ahWh e
l Wnl ibiuU I. lite Ijjiliil AittetUan
el Itt edwIUU'H l IUU feel and
lgfdl WUh tettn ai dii4Uf.
trvttla 1'ilittti A lums,
WHAT ONE VOTE DID.
The Mao Who NenlecU to Vote U the
Kteu of Modern Society.
IIartinuton, Neb., Oct. 17, 1898.
Cditor Independent:
If we are dufcatJil in this campaign, it
will be the com fields that doit. Lot
every populist vote. In paraphrase of
the itnmortol Nulnon, Nebraska cx ects
every man to do liU duty. Consider, my
friend, the poHHibilltloa of a single vote,
At the council of war b for tho buttle
of Marathon, eleven gnneruls were to de
cide, by a majority vote, whether or not
the Albanian should glvn battlo with
out waiting for the urrival of the Hpar
tiiiis. Five voted to tlulit, Ave voted
not to tight. ' Culllmachtitf had the cast
ing vote, and at tho curliest solicitation
ol Miltladi's, voted for bi'.tln. I'Jvery
'ollegi-bred man will recollect how
graphically the Greek historian Hera
dotos di'hcrilies that council of war. Tho
character of modern civilization mul
dimtiny of the world was decided by that
vote
Aaron Burr, Benjamin F. Wudo nnd
Ramut l J, Tllden euch lacked one vote of
being president of the United Htates,
One vote would have made Toombs
president of the southern confederacy,
liiNtead of Jeff irson Davis, At the gen
eral sleetlon In the state of Muesnehii
sett for tint year 18.'lli held on the 1 1th
of November of that yeitr, Hdward Kvor
el t received for the olllce of governor
C0.725, Marcus Morton Sl.o.'M, all
others 2107 voles, It then required a ma
jority to elect and as the total vote was
102,000 the number neceseiiry for a
choice was 51,0.11, which Morton re
ceived, And so Marcus Morton was
elected governor of Massachusetts by
one vote.
IiiJHOt Andrew Jackson was made
major general of the militia of Tenneaeee
by the casting vote of Governor Itoane,
That vote made Jackson.
One of the most prominent members
of our hint legialuture was selected by a
single vote.
The most remarkable case I ever knew
occurred In my own county, It was In
18UI, the first time we elected nur com
mission) rs by districts. The vote was
uotas heavy In that d is trie t us It Is now,
and stood as follows:
Luelen II, liruner , 107
Charles F. Clurk 1IW
John Lorung; ,. ...100
Total 498
Considering what possibilities lie In a
single ballot, he who would sacrifice the
sucred prerogative of casting that bal
lot to harvest 60 buehelw of corn iii
hours earlier is a modern ftsua Nulling
his birthright for a mens of pottngo-
VVikWJU K BimHT.
OENCE
CONQUERS
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Pc-ru-na Med hint Co,
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' l)KiK8ms:
"About twelve
veara aao I was
alllictvd with
femalo trouble.
J I doctored with
Ml skillful doctors
rt.L but kept iret-
tingworseunt;!
I becamo bed
fast. I remained In this condition
almost two years. In Dr. Ilartman's
fcmalo lHxdt I found a case just like
mine and wrote to him for advice.
" My friends nnd neighbors never ex-pccti-d
to wo mo well again; out thank
God and Dr. Ilurtmun for my recovery.
I am ablo to bo up and BHslt in my
houHchold duties. I did not improve
as rapidly uhhouio I have read of; but
my cumo was of such long standing,
and, us tho doctors said, very much
complicated, I could not expect a
rapiil recovery. I think my recovery
U a aurpriHO to every ono that knew
me. I can cat anything without pain."
Mary F. Bartholomew, St. Francis
ville, 111.
Dr. Hartman, Columbus, ()., will pre
scribe for fifty thousand women this
year free of charge. All women suffer
ing from female troubles or any dlm:aio
of the mucous membrane, may have Dr.
Ilartman's private counsel without cost
Send for special question blank for
women.
Ask any druggist for a freeU'e-ru-Da
Almauuo for the year 1890.
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of Hufhlo, in the tttate
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