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SEWS OF NEBRASKA
' taaUynh Pwbm County ,
. IVwTn'CrxT, Neb., Feb. 17 The
nnallpox plague in Pawnee oounty. bai
pot ret ben completely stamped oat.
jOne new C4se was reported from DuBois
cad two from Bookwalter. t
' . Crmnm Agnla DlMppwrn .
6iotrx Cmy Feb. 2a Frank CVane,
nrho quietly tamed up at hi home i at
"Wakefield, Neb., after an absence of 10
years, and during which time . his wife
and children supposed him murdered in
Omaha,- has once more left in x just at
mysterious a manner. He did not even
see his wife during the few hours he
was at Wakefield. Cr.r: :': .
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. ' ", CHmtfA With. ballot Fraad.
Txbnton, Neb.j Feb. " 21. At the
called session of . the ; county commis
sioners impeachment proceedings were
filed against W. A.- 8tewart, county
clerk, and J W. Ridenour, deputy, alec
John Brown, sheriff, charging them
with complicity in , the ballot stealing
crime for which Attorney JV W Cole La
sow under bonds, j: ."J.-
Robbera Mak s Dig- Btol. .
Hnxr, Neb.i Feb. 21. Lee Johnson
was robbed of nearly $7,000 last night,
the robbers entering the house and tak
lng his suit of clothes containing the
money. The clothes were later found
In the Carlson scale office with papers
and other articles scattered all over the
room. Johnson had recently sold his
. hardware business. " - . . '.. 4
Hbnuk tTnlvrlty Celebrates.
; Xixcolx, Feb. 1C The 31st annual
charter day exercises," commemorating
sue rounding or tne jNeDrasxa state nui-
Yersity, were held last evening in the
pher theater :, before . an ; audience of
nearly 2,000 people.. .The charter, day
oration was delivered by Rey. Alien R.
Benton of Indianapolis, the . "first.' chan
cellor of the Nebraska institution, j
" ' BbrUl of A PbUlppIne Hero. ! '
? Central CrrY, Neb., Feb. 19. The
ody of Maurice Beatiy arrived yester
day from the Philippines and was taken
in charge " by the Grand Army of the
Republic. The funeral was held today
from St. Michael's church. , Beatty for
merly lired in this county. He was a
member of - tne Thirteenth Minnesota
Tegiment and was killed April 10. . His
parents reside near this city, n
- Boydfls Proposed Railroad.' '
- f Btjttb, Neb., Feb., 20. The railroad
. gitation in Boyd county has at last ao
oomplished something and parties repre
senting eastern capitalists have been in
this oounty with' an expert engineer
driving over the proposed line of a rail
road. They have submitted a proposi
tion that the people of the oounty shall
invest an amount which is about $15 for
every voter at the last election, and is
to bo paid in installments of 10 per cent
' until the road is completed, by which
tetBC"ihy .will have paid in about 60
per cent of the amount of the subscrip
. tion, and the remaining 40 per cent is
to be paid when the first train runs over
the road. f y-
SIMMONS ADMIITS SHORTAGE
Feetmeeter at Seward. Is Shy Over S3.0O0.
' , ' Baia4tnMa Drops Dead.
Lrsoouf, Feb. 17. Frank Q. Sim-
xnons, postmaster at Seward, Neb., was
- arrested and brought . to Lincoln last
f ervening. charged with a shortage of
f3.830.S8. Simmons, who has long
been prominent in state politics, ad
mitted his shortage. Davis Figard. one
. of Simmons bondsmen, when informed
f the shortage and asked to take charge
f the office, dropped dead.
Simmons, was appointed postmaster
r Seward in February,' 1898. Previous
to that time he had for years been the
editor of the Seward Reporter. - It is
learned here that Simmons had been in
-financial trouble far some time. :
X -- IMIMIB,! ! I'll ' ,
BUTTER MAKERS IN SESSION
' JEls;nth AbbosI Conrcntfoa Begins Its La
- stars at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Feb. 2i. The initial session
fit the eighth annual convention 1 of the
National Buttermakers association was
" 1 called to order by ' President ' Boardman
of Iowa shortly after 2 o'clock. The at
tendance was gratifyingly large, despite
the fcuraber Jwho . remained . in . the ex
! hibit building animachinery hall. The
N svuditorinm was handsomely decorated.
President Boardman in his, address de
4 ekved that the" oleomargarine interest
r was a gigahtfo trust! which threatened
, ;the existence of the dairy industry. A
'.critical time, he said, was before the as
itociation, which must bury all differ
ences and - stand united and vigilant.
; An address of -welcome by. Governor
"Poynter was read by his private secre
tary.r Secretary Allen spoke briefly in
'lavor of, pure food.
x The evening session Was - given over
to a discussion of trade topios.
.ARGUE STANDARD OIL CASE.
Celebrated CawM Conies Up Before Xe
-'ijtk8i Sepreme Court. '-. rfJ .".
"- Iciooln, Feb. 21.T-A , demurrer filed
.try the Standard Oil company to a pe-
;tition of the state of Nebraska, which
seeks I to deprive the company of its
franchise for operating in the state as a
.trust, in violation Of the Nebraska anti-
' trust law, was . argued .before the su
preme court yesterday. Attorney Oen
ral Smyth spoke on behalf of the state,
while the Standard OU company was
represented by its general attorney, Al
fred D. Fy of Chicago, and Senator'
John M Thurston, R" specially employed.
,The demurrer alleges that the suit it
criminal in its nature and .that the case
should have been filed in the district
"court instead of being filed as an orig
inal action in the supreme court. Sen-
' ator Tnurston said 11 tne company wa
' ousted from the state the people would
be injured instead of benefited, as the
; company had lowered;; the price of itt
products. ' Attorney - General Smyth
, contended that the . company . could
transact bsiainess in the, state by eosa-
plying with the law. The case was
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Cole Charged .With Felony.
. TKCTT03T. Neb., Feb. sa-T." W. Ocle
of Culbertson was arrested yesterday
upon complaint of J. M. Crews on the
charge of felony. 'Tho charge is in con
nection with the ballot stealing deal.
Cole gave bonds. ' ' ;
Tote on Major Fb 8. - -
v LnrcoLX, Feb, 16. AdfutanV General
Barry has fixed Feb. 28 as the date on
which will be canvassed the votes for
major of . the Second regiment, Ne
braska Natfraal , Guard, to fill the va
cancy caused by the election of ." Major'
W- H. Hayward as colonel. K'
7 : .; Iosaae Slan Shoots m Olrk ' . '
Axteli; Neb., Feb. 16. Q3car Nel
son, a farmhand, insane from an un
known cause, discharged the contents of
a shotgun at the daughter of his em
ployer, ran to his ' room . and shot and
killed himself last night. The girl is
painfully, though not seriously, wounded.
; Well Known Railroad Man Dies.
Lincoln, Feb. 15. Richard P. Miller,
general freight agent of the Missouri Pa
cific railroad at Lincoln, was taken sick
with apoplexy at the " Missouri Pacific
headquarters shortly after" noon and
died five minutes later. He was 60
years old and well known to all western
railroadmen. ' .
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Inquest Over Httre's Ilody.
'I Ltncoln, Feb. 16. An inquest was
held over the remains of Anderson C.
Howe, the ' young telegraph Operator
who committed suicide yesterday in
the office of the Western Union in this
city. Not a cent of money was ' found
on his person and it is supposed that his
act was induced by despondency, re
sulting from the loss of his situation in
Topeka.- .;:V ; . ;;: -
, Change of Venue Granted.
Kearney, Neb., Feb. . 15. Judge
nomer Sullivan refused application for
continuance, but granted a change of
venue for Frank L. Dinsmore, the al
leged murderer of Mrs. Dinsmore and
Fred Lane, from Buffalo to Dawson
county on tho grounds that the preju
dice against him in this county is of
such a nature that he could not - get a
fair trial. Court convenes in Dawson
county March 6.
Criminal Charges Brought, -
Omaha, Feb. 16. County Attorney
Shields has instituted criminal action
against officers of the Grain Growers'
Mutual Hail association. The defend
ants against whom information was
filed in police court are: O. M. Harris,
president; P. W. Miller, ex-president;
a (X White, treasurer, and F. H. Hilli
ker, secretary. These were officers prior
to the appointment of a receiver a few
days ago. ?
Larceny and embezzlement are the
specific allegations preferred by the
county attorney.
ANTI-FEE LAW IS FOU NDVOID
Judge Estelle Denies Writ of Mandamas
In the Albyn Frank Case. .
Omaha, Feb. 20, The anti-fee law
enacted by the last session of the, legis
lature, whereby the office of clerk of
she district court was placed on a salary
basis, has been declared void. : Judge
Estelle of the district bench so ruled
yesterday in a lengthy written opinion. '
This decision was called forth by man-'
damns action instituted by the, county
commissioners a few weeks ago to com
pel Albyn Frank, ex-clerk of the dis
trict court, to make an accounting of
the foes of his office for the last three
months of his term, which expired Jan.
4, tnisyear. v
CLARK IS BOUND OVER.
Preliminary Hearing at - Clay Center
- Draws a Large Crowd. '
Clay Center, Neb., Feb, 15. Theo
dore Clark of Harvard, who is charged
jointly with Viret Hawkins with an at
tempt to hold up and kill two men on
the road near Harvard the night of Feb.
6, had his preliminary trial here yester
day before County Judge Palmer and
was bound over to appear in the district
court in the amount of 'f 800. Clark
failed to give bond and was committed
to the county jail. The courtroom was
crowded with farmers from all around.
Considerable excitement exists, espe
cially since Hawkins was killed in trv-
ing to escape from the sheriff. v
FORCED TO FIGHT BOERS.
Kehrmskaa Who Claims to Have Been Jin-
pressed Into British Service.
Lincoln, Feb. 17. Governor Poynter
has received a letter from - W. B. Rob
erts, county judge of Dawson county,
calling attention to the claims of Benja
min Gomme, late of Bddyville, ,Neb.,
who claims to have been impressed into
the British service and compelled to
fight the Boers against his will. Gomme
came to this country a number of years
ago and took out his naturalization
papers, so he says. Last" fall he re
turned to his native country for a visit.
While there. Judge Roberts says, he
was approached by British ofnoials, who
seiied him for the purpose of imprest
ment into the British service against
the Boers. Governor Poynter will refer
the matter to Congressman Neville . of
the Sixth Nebraska district.
' WAS MOURNED AS DEAD. "
Frank Crane" Reappears After Tea Years
' ? , Sfrsterlone Abeeace
: Sioux Cmr, Feb. Id. Frank Crane, a
weiklthy farmer at, Wakefield Neb., was
lira wn on the federal grand jury at
Omaha in November 1890. He went
there and - is known ' to have reached
Blair, Neb., on his homeward trip.
There he disappeared. His family and
friends believed him murdered. J. -
Saturday Crane appear hero aWth
Attorney Brown' W'WakeneM Mi-e-claim
his property and estate left him
by his mother two years after he dis
appeared. The lawyer acted as spokes
man and declined to say how Crane was
located. His version is that the latter
had been traveling in Central and South
Africa purely from love of adventure. -
I i Crane has told friends, , however, that
an unaccountable : disinclination 'to re
turning home came over him at Blair
.and that ha has been managing a big
furniture Xaatery at Pittsburg ever since.
Discussing the . Insular
Problem.
THE -PHILIPPINE DEBATE.
Four Reports From Ways and
.! .Means Committee."
DEriHIHG THE C0H3TITUTI0H,
Statesmen Give Their Views aa to
Uhst the Words 'the Cnlted
States'. Mean na Used In That Poo
vmeat Arierlesn Vlnfg In tb
Ilande of Polltleal Jobbers Impe-
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rlallsta Jeopardise the Republic
' . Special Washington Letter. y;; :'f
The Philippine problem has been, is
being and will be debated in the bouse
for some days to come that Is to say,
more , properly speaking, : the'C Insular
problem, for the definition of our re
lations to Porto Rico is now before
the house on four different reports
from the ways and means committee
one by the' majority," one by Mr. .New-
lands, Sllverlte; one by Mr. Richard
son for the Democratic minority and
still another by Mr. McCall, ( Massa-t
chusetts Republican, for himself de
fining what - the words , "the, United.
States" mean as used in the constitu
tion. Those eminent statesmen have
been engaged in studying lexicogra
phy. - ., ;".M7'
The PhXlppIne debate proper was
opened by Mr. .Dinsmore of Arkansas,
ranking Democrat on the house foreign
affairs committee, while the diplomatic
and consular appropriation biU was
pending. As he always does, Dins
more .made a magnificent argument.
He is one of the best Democrats and
most prominent members in the house.
He was 'followed by Mr. Adams of
Pennsylvania, who devoted himself to
reforms in the consular service. I fol
lowed f him and discussed the Philip
pine problem for two hours to the ex
clusion of all things else. As that
speech contained my best thought on
that widely bruited subject, ; I offer
apology for making up the rest of this
letter from excerpts from it Opening
the subject, 1 said:
In order that there may be no ques
tion whatever about what I think upon
this subject. I propose to begin with a
few plain propositions which I Intend
to discuss., A man does not have to be
an Idiot In order to be a patriot. A
man Is not a traitor because he is op
posed to doing those things which Jeop
ardize tbe existence of this republic -
An American Is not a pessimist be
cause he Is unwilling to see bis country
adopt as a settled policy the political
principles of Alexander, Cresar or Na
poleon. ; . :
In tbe hands of political jobbers tbe
American flag, like the mantle of char
ity, will be made to cover a multitude
of sins. I do not care a bawbee about
Aguinaldo or the Filipinos. My sym
pathy, my heart, my solicitude, goes 'to
the American people. I think more, far
more, of the liberties of my children
than of all the trade of all the earth.
I would -like to leave them both rich
and free, but of the two I would In
finitely prefer to leave them free free
to labor, free to work . out their own
career, rree to sympatmze wun . anu
help all people everywhere struggling
for liberty. I would not give; the life
of one healthy, honest, moral,' patriotl?,
ambitious American white boy in ex
change for all the Filipinos now In the
archipelsgo or who will be there until
the great judgment day.
.,X Ruinous Policy. -V?- .-
Believing firmly that the annexation
of the Philippines, either forcibly or
with the consent of the people of those
Sslands, will in the end prove danger
ous, if not ruinous, to our "government
of the people, by the people and for the
people," Ham dead against 4 It now,
henceforth and forever. I would be
against annexing them If every, man,
woman and child in the Philippine Is
lands were , beseeching us to annex
them. -;;';.''.' ,'
i No more important question was ever
before the American congress than the
one which now confronts us of deter
mining our relations to the Philippine
Islands. , Upon its solution depend our
own prosperity and happiness no lesi
than the happiness and prosperity of
the Filipinos. For its consideration
and determination 1 invoke the patient
study, careful investigation, deliberate
judgment and purest patriotism of ev
ery man upotf this floor. . ; i ,
.What has been done and said Is not
of as much consequence as what 'will
hereafter be done and said. Thus far
propositions offered and theories, au
Yanced w have been . tentative In their
character. . In" military parlance, divers
and sundry gentlemen, from the presi
dent down to the' junior senator from
Indiana, have been "feeling the -position."
listening for .the vox popull and
trying, let us hope," 'all of them, to
learn what Is right and what Is best
for us to do In the position of Indubi
table difficulty in which we flncl our
selves. " " ;?-V. .''"'.'.: '.vV
,' Section 10 of the treaty of Paris pro
vides: ; -.-.-v
"That the civil rights and political
status of the native inhabitants of the
territories hereby ceded to the United
States shall be determined by the con
gress." ;' . v'-v '
Stntna off the Phlltpplnea.
Nearly ,14 months have gone to join
the. years before the flood since that
treaty svas signed tomorrow will . be
the anniversary of Its ' ratification by
the senate 'yet congress has done noth
Ins, absolutely nothing, has not even
attempted to do anything, toward car-,
rylag out that provision of the treaty
to; "determine the political status , of
the inhabitants of those .faraway and
unhappy islands."
The status of the Philippines and the
rights of Americans are left, like Mo
hammed's coffin, suspended ' between
heaven arid earth. '
: After that treaty was ratified by the
senate; "imitating the example of the
man who locked the barn after the
horse was gone, that body .passed a
resolution by way . of construing the
treaty, in which it declares that "by
the ratification of the, treaty of peace
with Spain it Is hot Intended to incor
porate the Inhabitants' of the Philip
pine Islands into citizenship of the
Uhlted ; States, nor . is ,lt- intended to
permapently annex said islands as an
integral part of the territory of the
United States." A
That Is what the senate said, but the
senate is not the congress, and as at
least one-half of the senate have ex
pressed opinions diametrically opposed
to that resolution, and as the president
of the wUnlted States in his stumping
tour through the west last fall, which
changed what would have been a Dem
ocratic majority into a Republican ma
jorityas on that tour the president- re
jected that theory, it must be taken for
granted that the congress does not in
dorse it , i-i'.t':' . ' ';
Npw the primary question Is and I
wish you to listen to It Does congress
intend to abdicate Its functions or not?
That is what we have done so far. In
the last congress we frequently inquir
ed what wps the policy of the White
House, what the policy of the Repub
lican party was. No man' on that side
of the chamber ever undertook to say
what It was. He would say wat his
own theory was. But I wish to repeat
that question. Does congress intend to
legislate under the tenth section of the
treaty of Paris, as it is In duty bound
to do, or does it Intend to abdicate Us
constitutional function and permit the
president t run things ad libitum in
the Philippines by means of a military
satrapy? Judging the future by the
past, ail that congress Is expected to do
In this matter of such farreachlng con
sequence to the American people Is to
furnish the money to carry on the gov
ernment by satraps and to keep up a
war which congress never' authorized
and which congress, and congress
alone, had , the constitutional "power to
authorize. How long Is this extrao'r
dinary state of affairs to continue? Is
it to be continued only till after the
election in order to glyp Republicans a
Chance to repudiate any particular pol
icy and to advocate the one which ap
pears to be most popular-or Is it, like
Tennyson's brook, to go on forever?
. Fallen "to tsrw testate. : :
These questlehs ' are; not asked for
amusement or " aggravation; bt be
cause the people of America have a
right to the Information.
Indeed on several fcasions. when, Int
the other end of the tapltol. gentlemen
have offered resolutions of Inquiry, the
resolutions have been tabled and the
patriotism of the authors Impugned.
In the days 'of Veconstruction con
gress usurped .executive functions, un
til the -office of the' tresident of the
United States was reduced almost to a
nullity. Now the president of the Unit
ed States usurps congressional and
legislative function until congress has
fallejrto the low estate of being mere
ly an animated cash r register for the
executive department of this govern
ment.'". :,.'. - y. ! r'- . - - i -
The Spanish war. which congress de
clared, really ended in July, 1898: tech
nically It ended with the ratification of
the treaty of Paris. ( ; ;
The Philippine war, which congress
never declared, began ; about the time
the Spanish war. closed, is still raging,
and the end thereof is not even in
sight.
' , A Costly Game. , .
'This game of military hide and -seek
has been played for about a year at a
cost to the people of thousands of val
uable American lives and of over $100,
000,000 In hird cash. K . ; ;
The mothers and fathers of the coun
try who are called upon to sacrifice
their sons, the overburdened taxpayers
who foot th bills, are beginning to ex
claim. "How long, O Lord, how long?"
The Spanish war the , war author
ized by congress added to our renown
by, the splendid victories of-our forces
by land and sea and jraye us. at least
two new naval .heroes of the first rank
George ; Dewey and v, Wlnfleid Scott
Schley y , . t -ua ":
i But no man who has any. reputation
for veracity to lose will assert that the
Philippine war has added to either our
glory as a people'or to the strength of
the republic, -f I?.', K''-'
When . the Spanish war closed, t we
could, have occupied the most enviable
position ever held by . any nation since
creation's dawn, and all we had to do
was to do that which ' we owed it to
ourselves to do, and that was to say to
both the Cubans and the - Filipinos:
"The Spaniards , are , beaten. Your
f bains are broken. Ypu helped u? to
ilo this thing. Now set. up any sort of i
government . you want, and we, will
make the . other nations of tbe earth
keep their hands off you, or we will
Shoot them off." 'i.ivi' - - y.;.-& '
i We would never, have been compel
led to fire a gun to make, that promise
good, for there Is not a nation on earth
that has any desire to see the. fleets of
Dewey and of Schley , riding; trlum-;
phantly in their harbors and shelling
their seaport cities, -d; c.:' ".paVs---"
Had we done that, unstinted praises
of our disinterestedness and philan
thropy world have rung : round the ,
world, coupled with the amazing story '
of American valor and the prowess of
Americans In atms. yz Wherever Old .
Glory floated It would have been hail
ed by millions of loving hearts in every
quarter of the globe as the emblem of
a people; who are f ree? themselves and
who are willing and - anxious that all
men everywhere shall be free. - ;
Now, on tbe principle that ft fellow,
feeling makes the, whole world kin, the
crowned And sceptered despots of Eu
rope say to us: "All hall! We welcome
you to membership in the ancient and
sordid society of ; land grabbers. ) Aa
you are the youngest and the strongest
we will give you the largest,, choicest
and juiciest : slice in . partitpning the
face of cthe globe I amoag 1 ourselves.
We are in high good humor with you
because you have eschewed the pes
tiferous principles of the Declaration
of - Independence, the cobweb restric
tions -of ! the- constitution,1 the prepoa
terous sentiments 'Z of vrjnrashington'a
farewell address, the decisions of the
supreme court : for a century, the pre
sumptuous doctrine of , James Monroe
and the solemn ad vice of Abraham
Lincohi. Those men and those princi
ples were well enough' In a crude age
and among' a back wood people, but
this is the last year of the nineteenth
century if . not the first Aof the twen
tieth and we will go land hunting,
gold hunting, diamond hunting- and
man hunting together, r As a special
favor we will give you all the entan
gling, alliances you want for the rest
of your lives, beginning with the Anglo-American
alliance.' ; . .- x- ".
. ... Sapyeroe Covrt Ralliift-a,
" But to return to our mutton. What
are we going to do about the Philip
pines? What Is it our duty to do?
What have we a right to do? "'
It is with the greatest diffidence that
I quote the supreme court of f the Unit
ed States or any judge thereof. ; My
observation is that every one admires
the supreme court and adores it-when
it. has decided his way, and when it
decides ' against him he reserves to
himself the right to go and "cuss" It.
Very much depends oh whose ox is
gored. .'V- '";-'' '' ": , V Z-kZ' '
The other day my distinguished
friend ; from Maine Mr. LittlefieldJ ,
who sits in front of me and who hon
ors me by his attention, put in a great
deal of his timejapotheoslzing Judge
Story of tbe 'suprvne court of the Unit-
ed States. ; I do not object to that.
Judge Story deserves well at the hands
of posterity. But I am going to quote
you another judge of the supreme
court of the United States John Mar
shall for nearly 35 years chief justice
of ,the United States. I am pot enam-r
ored of Marshall's politics; he. was the
rankest Federalist that ever lived, but
this tribute is due to him that be was
the greatest jurist that ever sdt on that
bench, and Judge Story compared with
Marshall "Is as moonlight unto sun
light or as water unto wine. ' Here Is
what Chief Justice Marshall says In
one case:' z ; : y '-v. ' r:c-:-:l
' "The government of . the United
States , can claim ho powers which are
not granted to It by the constitution,
and the powers actually granted must
be such as are expressly given pr given
by necessary Implication
Now, please bear in mind who John
Marshall was. He was not only chief
justice, but he waa the chief of -Federalists.-
..He resolved every doubt ' In
favor of the general government.
. Again the supreme court says:
"A power in the general government
to obtain and hold colonies as depend
ent territories oyer which they the con-r
gress) might legislate without restric
tion would be inconsistent with its own
existence In Its present form.'
Those be nertlnent words. t
, Then In another case: , .
"The power of congress over the ter
ritories is limited by the obvious par
poses for which It was conferred, and
those purposes are satisfied . by meas
ures which prepare the people of the
territories to become states of, the
Union." , .
I want to read that to you again, be
cause upon that proposition turns this
whole question. The serious question
to us and our posterity is. 'What are we
going to do with the Philippines If we
get them? I have no doubt about our
getting them if we want them, though
we have not got them yet ; but. as 1
stated once before upon the floor of
this house, in fighting the annexation
of' the Sandwich Islands, this govern
ment is strong enough to do what It
pleases with the' nations of the earth,
and if ; we want" to wel can take the
Islands,' Never' fear about that.
But I want to read you that proposi
tion again. This is a decision of tbe
supreme court of tbe United States.
Now, no Republican or "goldbug" ' can
afford to say 'that he Is not going to be
governed by the decision of tbe su
preme, court of the United States, be
cause In 1890 you denounced us all
over this land as aoarchlsta because
we proposed to do the very same thlng(
that the; Republican party has done
with the supreme court of tbe United
States; thst was to reorganise It so
that we could get the kind of decision
out of It that we wanted.' ' And as for
myself, I unhesitatingly say that If I
had the power I would reorganize It
Now, 1 want to submit this to you
while you are cool, while this has not
yet become' a party question. It -Is
becoming one, but It has not become
one yet. Is any man on' this floor will
ing to say that the Philippine Islands
shall ever become states of . the Ameri
can Union? I challenge the array on
the other side of tbe house Individually
for any mah there to get up and state
that be Is In favor of; making Ameri
can Btatesout ' of the Philippine ; Is
lands, either now ot hereafter.
Now; 'I will tell you What; 1 think
about the Filipinos. One -of two tblngs
Is true about them either they are fit
for self government or they are not
If they are. In God's name let them
govern themselves. If they are not,
we do not want them as fellow citi
zens. But. whether they are lit to govern
themselves, one thing is dead sure
they are not fit to govern us, ,
JUST A WOMAN' S WAY.
"What do you say to a little walk' up
through the park and back?"
"No, I guess not I'm comfortable
here." And the speaker looked it as he
sank lower in an easy chair and lasily
blew' smoke toward a statuette on the
manteL ' ' ' ' ' ;'" .
"Ideal October day outside, and there's
nothing in the way of weather finer than
that. Sunday afternoon, too, and hun
dreds of people out for an airing." -VI
don't care for' anything finer than
this, aad : the miscellaneous crowd has
ceased to Interest me. - Go on and enjoy
yourself. If you care to. I'll stay here
and look" after the den."
. ."Dick, you've got 'em. What If she did
rcfus4ryoa?' You act as though the' world
had come to an end for you." ,
"But she didn't refuse me; just said to
wait for. a time and see. Hung me over
the precipice, as it were, on a slender
hope.'' And Dick laughed a mirthless
laugh.
"What's the matter with the girl, any
how? Is she afraid that you have not at
tained sufficient greatness to gratify her
ambition?" ; - ; ,
It's all because -I'm not np to her
standard. - She thinks that I write just
to show What little brilliancyi; I have, to
make money tand attract praise.- There's
something in it too. Her; Idea is, don't
you pee. that all literature should have a
high moral "purpose and accomplish good
among those who read it. ' That's all
right enough. She has 40 Ideals and is
going to live up to them. You can't help
admiring a woman with the courage of
her convictions, can you?" : t
; "My candid, opinion is that phe comes
mighty near being a bluestocking. Now
don't get huffy, for she has dropped you.
That's plain enough," ,
"I tell you she hasn't. We're to remain
friends, just the same, and I'm not the
fellow to go back on my friends," '
"You're 4 hopeless, Dick. -'y Don't you
know that a clever girl always lets a fel
low down that way? . Come on out and
give up this fool idea of stagnating just
because you've met with a disappoint
ment. Chances are that we'll see her,"
It was this last possibility that induced
Dick to make a" hurried toilet and then
start up the avenue with his friend. In
fact, they were chums, one a doctor, the
other a, writer, and both bachelors occu
pying tbe. quarters in which the above
conversation occurred. :
, Though the mathematical probabilities
were all against it. they did meet her
sauntering about the park ( with her fa
ther. All four stood near the fountain
talking for some time, and then the fa
ther Indicated that they must part by
asking Dick to be sure to call at the
house the next evening, as he had an im
portant matter to talk over with ;. him.
Dick slept only an hour and a half that
night, devoting all the remainder of the
time and the next day to wondering and
guessing at what her father might want.
His most plausible conclusion was that
she bad told the old gentleman of the
proposal, and he wanted to discuss some
phase of the matter, probably to caution
him not to repeat the offense,
. ' But DJck.was on ; time and,, was shown
into tbfe pretentious library for a. private
conference. ;".;, "y ' y'y':-:
'My young man." began the, father at
once, "I have consented, at the solicita
tion of my friends," to run for cougress,
I' am assured of the nomination; ; and,
notwithstanding we have a cose district,
am confident of election. ;, I can afford to
spend some, money and propose to do' so.
You are a writer - ,
"Not on political economy' or the great
issues uow before the people."
"Of course hot. but you know how to
put ideas Into forcible and effective lan
guage.! I want 'some one who can do
tbe smooth and the plausible, convincing
those that . are not - settled ' and firm in
their opinions. 111 supply the cartridges
and only want you to fire them."
"But I'm not of your party, ond not in
aceorij with Its tenets. ' I .do. not believe
that it should be intrusted with tke ad
ministration of our national affairs, and
I cannot ; lend . myself to bringing about
such a result."
: "I'm not asking you to sacrifice your
convictions. , sir." - replied the old gentle
man stifily, "I'm responsible for my po
sition and the arguments with which I
fortify it. You simply supply the lan
guage to be utilized as campaisrn litera
ture. I hire your talent as a writer."
"I do not write from dictation, either
as to words or thoughts. Pardon the
suggestion, sir, but what you want fs a
Btenographer snd typewriter." . With that
Dick arose and, nothing more was , said
until the door was reached, when the
father curtly informed Dick that be
could not reasonably expect to be a caller
at the house in future. .f.-y " "'."M
"Well, you have put your foot In It,
laughed the doctor 'when he heard par
ticulars of the calL
"Foot? I'm In up to my ears: But I've
established a standard, haven't I ? I'm
an advocate of wbat I believe to be high
moral principals, am I not? I'll, do some
writing now In which I will seek neither
money nor praise; and that's what she
wants.-Isn't it?"- ;-f-i
"pshawl, , My dear boy, she wouldn't
look at you If she'd meet you on the
street. Her abstract, theories won't ' In
dorse an action that hurts her father.
You're burned your ships behind ypuj
Dick, but don't show the white. feather,"
And Dick didn't. He wrote campaign
literature for bis own party and wrote
as never hefore. - Once stirred, h was an
uncompromising champion of his cause.
He took to the stump, not as a special
at specious pleader, but as an honest and
conscientious patriot, ju His utterances
went thrilling home as the truth, and
those who heard him had a more exalted
Idea of the duties of citizenship. During
tbe entire-, campaign he never heard a
word from her. and when the old gentle
man was handsomely defeated Dick hor
lied to his boyhood home in the east for
t Tfest and to forget. He reached : there
at noon and left again at 4;30. Such eud
d an reversal of plans was sufficiently ac-!
counted for by the.1 receipt of this tele
gram while be was telling his anxious
mother how run down be felt:
"It was glorious. Too proud for words.
You have my whole heart."
And she bad sent it. Detroit Free
Press.
Wot Altos-ether Dad. ,
"From the way you talk." sneered the
British sympathizer, who bad been dis
cussing the war with O'Rafferty, 'I don't'
suppose you'll admit there's a . decent
person In England at all."
; No. . faith. -I. wouldn't sax that.
re
plied O'Rafferty. bekase I know there
some Irishmen livin there,". Philadel
phia Press, " " -v ; t -' ; ; J . f
H. c. Youxo REAL ESTATE &
Do you want to BUY a CAQH I DAHQ
Farml Do you want to lAIlM LUHHOiiim
SELL your Fsrmt Do you want a farm -LOaN
at 5 per cent) If you do, see me.
X U U JN VT Block,I.lolii
118 NORTH ELEVENTH STREET.
'From present indications . both gold
and silver will pass out of use as money
and will be supplemented by a - philo
sophic or rational circulating medium
and measure of value. The absurdity of
making the world's industry, prosperity
and happiness depend upon the acci
dent of mining is already attracting the
attention of all thinking men,, and ths
still greater absurdity of having a large
portion of the energies of the human
race spent in digging something . out of
the ground that shall be a mere measure
of value and be in itself of no earthly
ernment under proper regulations and
limitations could furnish the country a
circulating medjium and measure of val
ues that would cost practically nothing,?
r JOHN P. ALTGELD.,
If the. governor would just discard
that phrase "measure of value" we could
say "amen" to the whole paragraph.
Value cannot be measured. Moner is
SrimariJy a debt-paying thing, and mci
entally a medium of exchange, but
never a "measure of value."
: Who has ever heard of the secretary
of the treasury goiDg out to the people
and talking with them on this subject?
Has he called together the representa
tive organizations, of .this nation, the
great laboring organization, the Grange,
The FarmersY Alliance, the great organi
zations 'of agriculturists, and' said any
thing to them? No; they are beneath
his notice; they are not of his - make;
they are, not of his class, They, Mr.
President; are mere I ta xpayers in his
opinion, and upworthy of notice. When
this gentleman wants to talk about
financial matters he puts on his drees
suit and goes to New York or Philadel
phia and sits down to a "little dinner"
given by his friends, the bankers. There,
without letting the people know any
thing about it, they parcel out the money
of the taxpayers to the . advantage of
. themselves, their - friends, and s their
party. Toi tua he willingly assents.-
Toi "his he willingly
Win V. Allen.
Senator
Once a month the bureau of statistics
at Washington gives out a statement of
incoming and' outgoing trade. These
statements should be given careful con
sideration; The statement for January,
1900, may be summarized as follows:.
' Exports. Imports.
Merchandise $117,620,920 $75,820,925
Gold 5,691.200 , 1.988,272
Silver 4,599,199 " 2,130,335
' - Totals $127,911,409 $79,945,532
Isn't that a grand showing for the
United States, you say? v Well, consider
ing the January statement without ref
erence to former months or ; months to
come, on the face of the returns the
following facts appear; ; 1. The people
of the United States "swapped mer
chandise, gold and silver of the value of
$127,911,409 with people of foreign coun
tries for merchandisse, gold and silver of
the value of $79,945,532. . In other words
a bonus of $47,965,877 was paid to the
foreigners for the privilege of trading
with them. 2. The statement shows
that the clr-ulating medium of this
country was reduced or contracted to
the amount of $3,703,018, that being the
net gold exports over imports during the
month of January. t ,
The "balance of trade," which our re
publican friends prate about so much,
was in our favor, International bal
ances are settled in gold and silver by
weight at the current market price
Now, we sold the foreigners $41.793,99T
worth more merchandise than we bought
of them; accordingly we should have re
ceived (net) $41,793,995 worth of gold
and silver (taken by weight at the cur
rent market price) to balance the account
Instead of receiving that amount of gold
and silver, however, we actually paid to
the foreigners $3,703,018 in gold and $2
468,864 in silver, when the account for
merchandise shows they owed ua a bal
ance of $41,793,995 for goods, wares and
merchandise furnished them. Here is
prosperity with a vengeance! , Who will
explain what we really did get for the
$47,965,877? Was it paid out for trans
portation, as . the Slate Journal once
naively explained? -.
"Coin" Harvey is a prophet. Jlis
writings seem inspired. In his new
book, "Money, Trusts and Imperialism,"
at page 142, speaking of the downfall of
republics, he says: '
"The first step is a standing army.
They (the imperialists) want as little
bloodshed as possible. They want sol
diers to encircle the capital. They want
soldiers quartered near all the cities.
When the time to strike has come, the
army is used to overawe the peoplecon
gress is driven from the halls of the
capital that is to way it has been done
in other republics, and it is the way they
are plotting to do it in this republic."
These sentences were written last year,
but what a graphic picture of the Ken
tucky situation they portray, if the
words "the legislature" ' be substituted
for "congress.". ,
"Cover Europe and the United States
with the same financial, blanket the
gold standard),; and all that Europe has
to do is to turn over to pull the blanket
off of us.""Coin" Harvey.
"The issuing of money is a govern
ment function. It guarantees a, common
medium of exchange throughout the na
tion. And it is as important to PRO
TECT the money as to MAKE it"
"Coin" Harvey.
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