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WHITE EAESAH1SM
YTtla- TrMia Im 4 lilaa lb t"rl-
t Nm( ) tart. row
as: aw fl-rl
As ti f r .ii Ch'-ta logins to
&rHe by I-tt-r. ib Hor;-e told by
the -f.r2?'.d-r.f iti tf-.f ivt it the
I fit itu.in iTn!'! practical by tti
IT'
t ii!-i Hvi!lX-d cat IOCS.
'at rrr anytL'nc M-r re-
- W'ti't- it U kM tiat inot of ! the ronrluplon that they are not iso
m, k.j. i,r.jtr i, ior.e tv ldir in ' Isodes but the ordinary prac
tices of Russian methods of warfare,
i.- -vrr of fi .-.rs. that not Thp nUS3jan8 on the walls of Pekin
r . -. i,t?.f-r r r !ifv ihelr j would apparently shoot every China-
f . gss;t f th" in-
'
.:r.. .js ! i tL:r, t:.n tccy ,
hair t.' U;;-v n fh!r.a at all. If !
v '? lorm OI j
trtrurj than t! rr! l hs ever j
Mn :- ?!. n.-. .f hn U. Tar-j
tr l.r-k -! ''jn icto i!uri. ?
r.v',r:";2.:K rt:r
.uf i-rt.r-1--! to jtrnul that thy
iH :., fr-ri'l ;f itii. umatl .- a a T-tf to
t an
for L iii. Among
tL- tnEsy ltt-r I-i-iritUve of the J
ttir tb" f ?::ow ins is tut by any I nim Kive no Quarter, make no pris
twuT.f t! - n o-? tirro!ng. Jt sms j oners. Whoever falls in your hands be
to tt-n :th a d-.ire to tiiaply ; doome.1. Just as a thousand years ago
XHZXkH: SVpt. j the IIuns' UDder theIr Kla Etze1'
2 Tt CLir -t ii, ti.' Ho valley maJe for themselves a name which to
. jiji:.? ...'!.' f-r t!.- felly of their I this day is a miehtj' one in tradition,
fr. rziT?.-tit. TL- retribution they are 1 eo may your appearance make the
fr-ifrrjcs nif t!.- ordinary rnal- I came German to be feared for a thou
t4. a. A:a:. J. riv-r and the i sand years in China, so that never
rtMt'U tra-!!-l t.-y tt foresgu troops I again a Chinaman may dare look ask-U-twn
Tin Tin and IVkin aa orgie lance at any German." Emperor Will
tf IrwAinn and ! struct Jon continue j tam to his soldiers, Berlin, July 28.
lib TTiUrt. uM-!f laucht-r of un-
r.-i-,;;(: ir.La.itr.t. WLib the in- j "Washington, Aug. 12. 1900. To His
trcatsocal forr w. r- a ing. the j Imperial Majesty, Wilhelm II., Ham-
t-tiiir. 1tt. i.ot;i-,;v the Japanese, j burg Schloss, Germany:
Auri'a& u J 1!.;:.-. iforr-d a for- "I am gratified to receive your ma-
rr. .;r-- of ir't- i;on for property I jetty's message of good will in rela
tot tt-l-ii for ruHHary purps. tion to the selection of Count Walder-
At ti.it t r-.- 2; .1.-1 of tb Kpulation ! e. and, like you. I see in our com-
i -ft ft- Ssbnus m-n had fd. Rut t mon efforts to discharge a common.
rL- r '' r-tyrcin? to th"ir 'duty of humanity an additional recog-
"-!y o f;- i j o frfc'-Ster or rie j citioc of the kindly ties and mutual
f;r-.iion. !n t, overrrowdM ; interests that exist between this coun-
.'; -;.- tfcr--! .i-?nrts away from j try and Germany." William McKin-ri'.-r
?hir !:v- ar.d i-mall posws- ley.
. . . .... M A &
'.t. arf ii ii.- ri'-rT ox ice nanas f
-f jmi:.5.t tra-!!;t.? about without j
r i
tVrjJtioti j.r. 4 jliiif; Irave little!
rr":!"1 f"- ' f,v-sib comparia j
f J :HZ ! affare With Chi&ese
tin
-j", ravishing and ;
.r u vir.ion that eYry re- f
"-- r r os rr; --.! cor.tri- j not the slightest sense in our
i..st. rtonU from p-rs-osal otsrva- JoD excursion of 12.Cn0 miles to the
von Tl- W5ii-i r-.ty c f Tung Chow 1 Philippine islands. There we have no
?? - okIj r. in ti pathway of acquaintances or affinities, or any-t.-
s-i'. rniti- r.aJ furt-s ho- jople thing which gfve3 promise of a happy
:-r.:.:r.l s: i ;!'r; i-i to continue ! solution of a most foolish undertak
U':;w. I ?ri: r its -rupatloa the ! lpP- Old as I am, I would be willing
:. :. - j tfoi 'i th- p!ari -f5cieatly. j take a stand against our eipedi
ti. ; - ar -f -,rwented I tions and sacrifice in those far away
!.t;r.r t c:.d th- arrrint invitable ! islands, which do not promise any-T-:h
a v Lrn . ;t:-r;l Laffee fta- ) thing material and moral to reimburse
e-ard iro'ind ti- historic j u. They are nearly half-way around
. .-;! tr - al!. fortii dding j the world from us. The climate is
tro'j. to t-r. Tb ronimanders 'deadly The natives show they do not
-T.''-ri.i-i t iRhabitarts to resume J want us by the courage with which
r."t. .rosaii2g j.rot-cTioa to all f they fight us. They are making a
" '-.A !-rf .-.h. i ftrong fiebt."
Wii, -a tb- rrr.:- &dvar;r-.f. 1 owever. 1 Those Philippine islands never were
,l olv a Fmall !
sn f Ar r.i-aa rarrion Wins i
-ft o ;t; jf- th- A corrt-spondent 1 attacked their fleet out there and de-
i- li.- .Uftr.at-d Pr-s returning from i fctroyel it we should have come away,
ivi, r fciiil Tiir.jr Cow FtrjjK-d like j "The Philippines have been no help
a r j-n fK sftr a pi-axue of gra?-i to Spain in developing her own coun-Z-tb.
i:t-ryihicg jrtal-le. of the; try and keeping out of foreign trou
nu!!rtt tsiu. ha i Un tak-n. roo!s j ble. The Philippine natives had about
fron cUrniua. t.ml and furni- i taken those islands from Spain when
ture Prti- .f tol ii-rs of -very na- , we went there, and we appeared to the
iz.-V.y vt r. .!';!:.; alKm unr- i natives in the light of a faithful ally.
trt-i ara j re3sr.ably were doing j Now we are fighting the natives as if
r h -riui tl"ft rut tion in .the spirit i we were the Spanish. The Chinese
-f d-i u si ing furniture and j trade we can have by arrangement
z.Uv-ir 4 trampiicg Uioks and ! with the Russians and the English,
j ir.J-rff. ;t. of the Chi- We are. in fact, right upon the Pacific
- t u '.n.-ti to this In ah- oc-an. and our natural base of trade
vf ;Ar. T; - 1' m v oir-d to pro-; with China is from California and
t--t tu-ir ifo; rty -r kirk-d about. Washington state. How can that trade
tfri.-a lay ia th strwts, ap- : be helped by forming another base
rarr.tly tl..:.. .f toa- ombatants. The i away from Ch.aa?
labatitaat-. it! o; :t fti or rlothicg. t "I fear that perseverance in this Im
wr bn4Cl:s iu br k yard In a pit- ! perial policy will ruin the republican
,sbi for..;t!.u. party. I was , willing, when in the
1 b- viilaii-. t. to ib- o'.thard are cabinet, to drive the Spanish out of
' 'crir d sib-l. r. mk after j Cuba. I had followed the president In
P lic taW-ii !'.- irei:r to Tin j attacking the Spanish. He changed
Tftn af l-irm mt of tieht of l.urn- j policy and did not consult me, and
Ice ti. Fir- z:- ifart-l daily. ! i resigned from the cabinet."
altho'-Kb tb h:t-r a ill I much
ZiVUlX:rxo LoM ltel Exports to Manila
1i f toli:'h are !.a vir.tr
f.ce sort
in uv-ng r.atie wto crep t ack to . , -0 000 American . soldiers and
tr..r or tt trr-t to work in , t , , ti.
tie fUs a t-rr-; The sinht of a civilian in the islands, and notwith
farrr :--.r hre he was shot with j standing that there is no disturbance
a to Vet cf ni;n r arnifuls cf other j outside the single island of Luzon, the
Hn ar" tb ch;-f at tor to this
ttjie of iu-4u t. tut the Fr zt I. are
cor. t (-.
considering
tb-ir ssaali. ccaVr. The Indian troops
rd t Jit -'Sir. -' ar- pjirticipacts only
t!i tjrjoad tb kn of their ofneers.
Frors the bj'iLrir-g the conduct of
the Pu :?.t.$ Ls t-f-a a t.'ot on the
forsjririi. Tt- r.ta! of t.otorious
fris sfaks tiiorf- forcibly than could
acy a.ierti-. Wfc-a entering Pekin
-trr-;iZ.d-:.ts of tL- Associated !ress
Ccs&ct fx.afrh do n Chlnse
worv-? with th- birrta of their guns
arid ijiTil thcr t -d until they were
d-ad. The CwSkarkg would pick tip
cbil'?ra bart-ly 11 enough to walk,
bol l tb-ra by the acklrs and beat out
tb-ir traits on the parernent. HuFsian
offir-n )caked oa without protest.
While Osrai Chaffee was watering
tr hort at a trem under the wall
cf Tur.g Chew, tb Russian found a
f o". J Has hi J ! n ia the taud, ex-
it his nce. aad dragged Mm out
!'T the ja-j. shouting gleefully.
They ire paled his) oa their bayonet.
Gscral Chaffe remarked: TThat is
tot war. It ! t-rctai taurder."
Arnrricsa effi rers at Taku. day af
ter the Sghtirg mis Snished, saw Rus-
sians bayonet children and throw old
men Into the river, clubbing them to
death when they tried to swim. The
Russians killed women who knelt be
fore them and begged for mercy.
Everybody was disposed to be friend
ly towards the Russians in the early
days of the fighting at Tien Tsin be-
at2s of their bravery, but such inci
dents as the foregoing have been so
prominent a feature of the campaign
that rif nnn mrhn i siitmnspd tr rr-
ttrt imnnrittn fvf.u wn'tnnro lhm
Thy are so numerous as to compel
man witnm range outside. A corre-
. .1 - . a 1 a . i. Jl i"
i rot discipline ! we .sociaiea rress
1 I found many new killed in the fields
trooj for the,outs!fIe of the Russian section of the
wan. home or the bodies were those
o wom?B and none seemed to be the
, .,, . ... . , ,
mi uue ironing aioug me roaus
With their loads and farmers when
trying to gather in their grain.
hock der kaiser
,
William th FIrt of America Sfndu Greet-
itK to William th Swotiil of Germany
lf you meet the enemy and defeat
Sherman on Imperialism
A reporter of the Chicago American
Intenriewed John Cherman the other
,tv arrt awnnv nthr thlno-o that ho
considered when we resolved to drive
the Spaniards out of Cuba. When we
Notwithstandlng the presence of
from the United States to the Philip
pines during the year ending June 30,
liX. as shown by 'the official report
of the bureau of statistics of the treas
ury department, was $2,640,449. The
war expenses during the same period
were forty times as great as the total
of the goods we sold in the Philip
pines. Is It necessary to use the Catling
gun a the advance agent of American
trade? We see above how much trade
ha been secured by two years of "im
perialism" and force. And we see
how much it cost. Xow let us see how
American trade has grown with coun
tries where our good3 are sold on
their merits through the agencies of
peace instead of through the agency of
war.
Federal Central
However wise, jus and carefully
drawn may be the water laws of a
state, they do not afford its residents
complete protection, , because rivers
are bound to flow across state lines
and ia such cases only federal control
will insure equity.
"THUNDER-MAKER" HARRISON
Some Interesting Figures Concerning the
Maintenance of State Institutions.
f About Deficiencies.
Early in the campaign of 1838 Can
didate Hayward, being desirous of
making an aggressive fight for the
republican state ticket which he head
ed, secured the services of one F. A.
Harrison, now commonly known as
"Thunder-Maker" Harrison, to pre
pare some figures and tables from'the
official records, so that Mr. Hayward
might go out on the stump and ever
lastingly iambast the fusion forces.
Now, Harrison knew that the records
show adversely for the republican par
ty and favorably for the fusion forces,
so he manufactured statements and
tables galore, each one containing a
tissue of truth and a vast amount of
falsehood and garbled figures. Mr.
Hayward studied these tables careful
ly for some time and then opened his
campaign right here in Lincoln. In
that speech he made so many bad
breaks that he was obliged to revise
his speech very much before delivering
it elsewhere. That year the fusionists
had prepared a folder which gave cor
rect figures on many items of interest
to the taxpayers, and Mr. Hayward
after the election admitted in private
conversation that the "Reform Rec
ord" (as the folder was called) had
done a great deal toward defeating him
for the office of governor.
This year the "thunder-maker" is
at his old tricks. One of his recent
productions is worthy of reproduction.
It was sent out in "boiler-plates" to
every republican country newspaper
that would use it on the home-print
side. The article is as follows:
Omaha, Aug. 27. It is a low esti
mate to say that at the close of the
fiscal year the state of Nebraska will
be facing a deficit in the funds for the
maintenance of the various state in
stitutions of not less than $100,000. If
anything, the amount will be larger.
Neither is this mere conjecture. Al
ready the records in the auditor's of
fice at Lincoln reveal a large short
age, and, assuming that there will be
no increase in the rate of expenditures,
the deduction leads up to these figures.
At best the shortage cannot fall below
the $100,000 mark.
This is certainly a bad showing for
the Poynter administration, consider
ing the fact that the last legislature
appropriated for general purposes
more than $2,000,000.
More than $500,000 was appropriated
for salaries and wages alone and yet,
generally speaking, there will be a
large shortage in these funds.
The records in the auditor's office
at this very time, with six months' ex
penses unprovided for, show a short
age in the funds appropriated for the
Normal school at Peru, the Institute
for the Blind at Nebraska City, the
Fish Hatchery at South .Bend, the
Soldiers' and Sailor' Home at Mil
ford, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home
at Grand Island, the Institute for Fee
ble Minded Youth at Beatrice, the
Asylum for Insane at Norfolk, the
Industrial School at Kearney, the Asy
lum for the Insane at Lincoln in
short, they show a shortage in the
funds of every state institution.
These facts are taken from the offi
cial records and they cannot be suc
cessfully refuted. The records also
show an utter disregard for law in
the matter of diverting funds. While
the law contemplates that specific ap
propriations shall be used only to meet
obligations against such funds, the
practice in general is to use many
specific funds as general funds. The
custom is where a fund is exhausted,
to draw on some other fund specific
ally appropriated for other purposes,
an act clearly in violation of law.
That the present fusion administra
tion has been an expensive luxury to
the people of Nebraska can no longer
be denied. It is a fact, which the of
ficial figures will substantiate, that at
the end of Governor Poynter's present
term the state of Nebraska will have
paid out more money and incurred
more indebtedness in the way of def
icits and unpaid bills for the main
tenance of the public institutions than
for any other two years since the
state was admitted to the union.
Neither is there any excuse for this
large deficiency. The last legislature
was liberal in its appropriations, and,
while it did not appropriate the large
amount demanded by the heads of the
various state institutions, for the sim
ple reason that it would have imposed
a hardship on taxpayers, it appropri
ated an amount which, had the insti
tutions been honestly and economical
ly managed, would have been abun
dantly sufficient.
It may be stated right here that
the deficiency claims incurred in the
maintenance of the various state in
stitutions will not reach one-fourth of
$100,000. So the first statement can
safely be branded as a lie. It may not
be amiss to say that different legisla
tures adopt different methods of mak
ing appropriations to cover deficien
cies, and it was always a favorite trick
of republican legislatures to put de
ficiency claims in with the miscellan
eous claims bill to hide them. Defic
iency claims which appear on the face
of the records are as follows:
Allowed by legislature, 1891..$ 9,000.00
Allowed by legislature, 1893.. 4,901.09
Allowed by legislature, 1895.. 11,177.37
Allowed by legislature, 1897.. 15,798.17
Allowed by legislature, 1899.. 13,723.03
The principal item of deficiency in
1897 was $12,548.17 incurred by Com
mandant Culver at the Soldiers' Home
at Milford..
Now, it should be understood that
legislatures have a trick of dividing
up the appropriation for a given insti
tution into - as many as twenty or
twenty-five little funds, each one for
a specific purpose. If the fund for
fuel and lights becomes exhausted.
coal, etc., cannot be paid for out of
the fund for board and clothing, even
though that fund may have -ten thou
sand dollars more in it than will, ba
needed, - and the result is a deficiency
against the fuel and lights fund to be
met by the next legislature, while a
portion of the board and clothing fund j
lapses into the state treasury. Under 1
fusion government the unused bal
ances have always more than covered
the amount of deficiency claims.
Referring to the auditor's books, the
following is a true statement regard- j
ing the institutions mentioned in the i
"boiler-plate" article:
Normal school at Peru Here the
fuel and lights appropriation is ex
hausted. ' It was only $3,000, although
the legislature of 1897 gave $4,000 for
that purpose. A small deficiency will
be the result of republican parsimony
towrd this educational institution. The
lectures fund ($200) and that for ad
vertising and supplies ($250) are also
exhausted, but there will probably be
no further indebtedness incurred in
those lines.
Institute'for Blind at Nebraska City
Not one of the funds for current ex
penses or salaries is exhausted. The
"thunder-maker" simply lied, that's
all.
Fish Hatchery at South Bend The
necessary labor fund here is exhausted.
It was only $1,000 in 1899 as against
$2,000 in 1897. Another case of nig
gardliness by the republican legis
lature. Soldiers and Sailors Home at Mil
ford The employes wages fund of
$1,500 is exhausted, but none of- the
other current expense funds are. There
will be a small deficiency in the main
tenance and clothing fund; it was
only $8,000 as against $7,500 in 1897,
yet the population there is 25 per cent
greater.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Grand
Island Here again republican par
simony struck a blow at astate in
stitution. Withal their great profes
sions of lovefor the old soldier, when
it comes to acting the republicans give
him the worst end of it every time.
On May 31, 1900, there were 298 in
mates of this home, yet during the bi
ennium of 1S97-8 the average popula
tion was only 202. Notwithstanding
it was well known that the population
at this home would increase consider
ably, the legislature of 1898 appro
priated only $8,000 for fuel and lights,
$1,500 for drugs and instruments, $500
for stock and implements exactly the
same as the legislature of 1S97 had
appropriated. These -funds are ex
hausted and ; deficiencies will be in
curred, for the fusion administration
has no notion of allowing the old sol
diers to freeze-fhis winter simply be
cause a republican legislature was too
stingy to give them sufficient money to
buy fuel.
Institute for Feeble Minded Youth
at Beatrice Three little funds, aggre
gating $900, are exhausted. All the
other funds have ample balances, part
of which will probably lapse the first
of next April.
Hospital for Insane at Norfolk
Here again the republicans got in "their
work on the fuel and lights fund. In
1897 $12,000 was appropriated for that
purpose, and it proved to be hardly
enough. An additional wing was com
pleted in 1898 and the population has
increased nearly sixty, yet the repub
lican legislature of 1S99 gave only
$12,000 for fuel and lights. The fund
is not yet exhausted, but it will be inT
adequate to provide fuel and lights
until March 31, 1901.
Hospital for Insane at Lincoln
Only the paints and oil fund ($500) ex
hausted. Probably not a cent of de
ficiency will be incurred, yet the
"thunder-maker" includes it in his
list.
Industrial School for Boys at Kear
ney: Not a fund exhausted. Score
another lie for the poiler-plate.
Now, what do you think of that? Do
you care to know the real reason why
there will be any deficiencies what
ever? It need not take long to con
vince you. During the campaign bt
1898 the fusionists showed by incon
trovertible proof that they had suc
ceeded in maintaining the unfortunate
wards of the state at a greatly
reduced cost to' the taxpayers,
vet they had rendered bet
ter service than ever before. And tkis
so incensed the republican legislators
that they made a determined effort to
give the fusion administration a "black
eye if possiDie oy maKing jnaaequaie
appropriations Tor tne state institu
tions. At nearly every place & new
building or two had been erected,
thereby necessitating more fuel and
light. By copying the appropriations
of 1897, the legislature of 1899 could
cripple every state institution by mak
ing a shortage in the fuel and lights
fund, because the necessity for more
fuel and lights was present in nearly
every institution. It will be noted that
probable deficiencies nearly all come
under this head.
The following table shows the ag
gregate amount appropriated for all
state institutions (penal and charit
able), excluding the amount for new
buildings nd permanent improve
ments, made by different legislatures,
together with the average number of
inmates during each biennial period,
and the amount per capita allowed for
the maintenance of eacii inmate:
No. inm. Approp. Per cap.
1891-2 ...1980 $1,059,461 $535 08
1893-4 ...2246 869.160 ' 386 98
1893-6 ...2544 868,220 341 28
1897-8 ...2501 852,840 340 99
1899-0 , ...2824 867.9S5 307 36
Does' that look as though "the last
legislature was liberal in Its appro
priations?" Only $15,000 greater than
in 1897 to maintain 320 additional In
mates. The fusionists have accom
plished wonders in reducing the cost
of managing state institutions, but
there is a limit to all things. Bed-rock
was reached in 189S, when the average
per capita cost of maintaining an in
mate of a state institution was only
i $155. It cost $155.62 in 1897, and $148.18
f for eleven months in 1896, In which
year the fiscal period was made to
end November 30 instead of December
31, as had been the practice thereto
fore. But why, not give it in tabular
form: ,
1892 $249 80
1893 221 51
1894 184 87
1893 200 02
1896 (11 months) 148 13
1897 ....i... 155 62
1898 155 00
1899 160 27
Now,, he appropriations of 1S99
would allow only $153.68 for the main
tenance of each inmate, if all the funds
were so nicely graduated that every
cent could be used. Under no admin
istration has so small a per capita
cost been reached, and it is extremely
doubtful whether it ever can be reach
ed. In 1899 appropriations were- nig
gardly and that's about all that can
be said for them so far as concerns
the maintenance of state institutions;
but the republican legislature had no
qualms about appropriating money to
pay some hoary-headed claims of
doubtful merit. That there should be
some deficiency claims to be paid by
the legislature of 1901, is not to be
wondered at, in view of the figures
above; in fact, the republican legisla
ture intended that there should be
such. But it is a monstrous falsehood
to say they will reach $100,000.
ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN
Alschuler Replies to some of Mark llanna's
Boiler Plate Campaign Literature
Messrs. Alschuler and Todd were ac
companied from Paris to Marshall this
morning by Judge Hunter, Doctor Wil
son, Tom Garner and brother and Sec
retary Tibbs of the Clark county com
mittee. -They were met at the depot
at Marshall by a band and the entire
population of Marshall and vicinity,
even republicans paying homage to
the stalwart democratic candidates.
There was a reception, in which Hen
ry C. Bell presented the candidates for
several hours, until time for the speak
ing to begin. William M. Ullery, a
farmer, sang a song of his own compo
sition, and H. C. Bell introduced Mr.
Todd, who entertained the crowd for
an hour and a half with a splendid ad
dress on the issues of the day, his
powerful voice penetrating to almost
every house in town.
He read a paragraph from the re
publican state press bureau, which is
sent weekly to country dailies all over
Illinois, as follqws:
"Congressman Reeves says there are
a large number of Germans in his dis
trict, and they are in no manner dis
affected. They are educated, thinking
men, said he. They know Germany is
for expansion, and if expansion is a
good thing for Germany it's good for
the United States. On the Boer ques
tion Germany refused to intervene,
and if Germany did not intervene
there's no reason why this government
should Intervene. Instead of being
disaffected the Germans are more than
ever disposed to support the admin
istration." "The idea," declared. Mr. Alschuler,
that America must take its rule of
guidance in statecraft from Germany;
that we must pattern after Germany
land-grabbing, immense-standing-
army, eriormous-public-debt Germany.
If the German policy Is so good, I
wonder why my father and the fath
ers of thousands of other young men
left that country to come to America.
Is our government under any. obliga
tions to Germany? And because Ger
many does a thing, should we do it?
And because German opposes a pol
icy, should we oppose it?
"No. The Germans came to Ameri
ca because there is present in Ger
many a something which contracts the
powers, of man and subtracts from him
a part of his existence takes from
his manhood. There is present there
that imperial domination of the mus
ket, the sword and the soldier, and at
every turn the American heart rebels.
There is that feeling over there for
an American as though some fellow
with a glittering uniform was about to
kick you out of his way. It's that con
dition of thing, and the enormous load
of taxation, that frighten Germans to
America. And then the conscription
of the young men into the army; that's
another thing the Germans don't like.
"The Germans didnt like those
things and they came here and as
sumed their places as free men, as
leading industrious and substantial
citizens of a free nation. But Congress
man Reeves expresses the sentiment
of his party. Of course, Germany of
fered no expressions of sympathy with
the Boers. It is a monarchy itself and
a land-grabbing one at that. It would
have been very Inconsistent in Ger
many. It couldn't afford to take sides
against its grandmother, England. And
because Germany couldn't do it, free
America couldn't do it, according to
Mr. Reeves and the republican party.
Isn't that a pretty conclusion for an
American statesman to reach?"
Fall River Hit Again
Fall River, Mass., Aug. 30. An
agreement is being circulated among
manufacturers In this city calling for
a reduction in wages of 11 1-9 per cent
to take effect September 17, affecting
all Fall River operatives.
The signatures of mill agents, rep
resenting about 1,000,000 spindles, or
one-third, of the corporations of the
city, have already been obtained.
Anderson, Ind., Aug. 30. The Am
erican Rod and Nail mills have shut
down. Nine hundred, and eighty men
are thrown out of employment,
MORE WORK LESS PAY
Steel Works Increase the Hours From
Eight ' to Twelve and Decrease the
the Pay from $3.50 to $3.50 ; f
Cleveland, O., Sept. 7. Mark Han
na's note of warning to the republi
can party at large to rally and get
out a vote was no idle call of "wolf."
Mr. Hanna is on the Inside, and he
knows that the trust people feel se
cure against hostile legislation for at
least four years, because of a republi
can senate, and hence they see no
especial reason why they should be
fried out this year. Indeed, it seems
as if these money barons feel so se
cure that they are willing for the elec
tion this year to go any old way, be
lieving in the power of money to car
ry matters their own way when their
"industries" are menaced.
This fact is fully emphasized by the
action of the American Steel and Wire
company (trust) in opening its mills
here. Three have been idle since May
1. Last January wages were advanced
15 per cent, and then the mills were
shut down for fourteen weeks, and
pay reduced to the old figure. Now
these mills have started again, but
there is an average reduction of about
23 per cent on the old wages.
Under the old system the men
worked under an eight-hour shift.
Now they work twelve hours, and men
who formerly received $3.50 for eight
hours' work now get $2.50 for twelve
hours. This is the McKinley prosper
ity the republican newspapers- talk
about.
Again, in the Bessemer Steel works,
at Newburg, for instance, one of the
three mills referred to, where six men
formerly worked in a gang for eight
hours at the better wages, four men
now work twelve hours at the pres
ent small wages, and they are expected
to turn out the same amount of work.
The company has also discharged a
lot of mill bosses because, it, is al
leged, they were popular with the men.
Whether this reason holds or not the
fact is they were discharged, and the
men find the reason in this. Under
the American Steel 'and Wire trust
system if a workingman desires to
leave his job for any reason he cannot"
o to work in another mill belonging
to the company unless he has the in
dorsement of his former mill 'boss,
which is dictated by the company; If
he does quit and finds work in another
mill of the trust he 'is at once dis
charged. . In other words the trust ha
instituted a system of slavery against
which the men are beginning to rebel.
The mill bosses are expected to en
force this system of slavery or hunt
other jobs.
In these three mills , at Newburg
there are between 500 and COO men,
most of whom voted for McKinley four
years ago, either by preference or
through coercion. This year the com
pany evidently does not care how they
vote, unless they are waiting till the
last minute to put the screws on. In
any event, however, Bryan will get
those mill votes almost to a man. Said
one of the mill workers to the En
quirer correspondent:
"This is a good way to get votes for
McKinley, isn't it? Well, we are not
talking very much, because we can't
afford it, but there is hardly a man
in the Newburg mills who will vote
the republican ticket this fall."
CUBA TO BE HELD
McKinley Papers are Now Boldly Advo
cating: the Breaking: of Our Solemn
Promises to the Cuban Patriots.
The Independent has always had
serious doubts of the intention of Mc
Kinley ever losing his hold upon Cu
ba. Two many things indicating an In
tention to annex that island are all
the time coming to the notice of the
people. Just as certain as McKinley
is elected, will we have another war
on our hands, for the Cuban patriots
who have fought for thirty years for
independence will not submit to an
nexation, except at the end of an
other -war. Many republican papers
are now boldly advocating the re
pudiation of our promises to the Cu
ban patriots, among them the United
States Investor, which says:
"We will admit that the statement
first quoted does sound brutal. But
the mistake which we made as a na
tion was in promising to do more for
Cuba than it was reasonable to sup
pose we ever should do. This paper
has contended for the past two years
that this country would never relin
quish its hold upon Cuba. -When we
went .to war with Spain we were
open in our avowals that we had no
selfish motive, and that it was our
purpose to give the Cubans self-government.
No doubt we were, quite
honest in our protestations, but the
trouble is, we did not know what we
were talking about. Americans are
not a discreet people. They say what
is in their mind at the .moment, and
they promise anything that may be
asked of them, so long as they do not
nerceive the difficulty that is bound to
beset them when It comes to fulfilling
their promise. Up to 1898 we had not
Lhad sufficient experience in interfer
ing in the affairs of other people to
know what must be the inevitable con
sequences of such a line of action, and
it did not occur to us that our feelings
regarding Cuba would be very differ
ent after we had driven the Spanish
away from the island from what they
had been before. We are now begin
ning to see what Cuba really means
to this country, and it is probably only
an occasional person who now really
believes - that the United States will
ever relinquish their hold upon .the
island.
"The wrong, if there be any &rong
n the matter, consists not in our, pur
pose to hang on to the island, but in
our thoughtless promise at the start
to do more than we ever really in
tended to do. We shall be tod, of
course, that having given our promise
it is our duty to abide by it regardless
of consequences. Let us ask those
who talk thus if they believe this
would be a safe rule to apply to In
dividual conduct. No moralist, will
contend that a bad promise should be
lived up to. An honorable man will
hesitate to make promises for fear he
may afterwards discover that he is
obliged to ignore them. That is what
this country should have done when
t went to war with Snain over Cuba.
But it did not do so, and it is disin
genuous in any one to claim that it
should live up to its assertions at that
time for no other purpose than to
make good its word. To retire from
Cuba would be a crime on the part of
this country, which could not. be justi
fied by, any promise made in ignor
ance to the Cubans. Such a policy
could not be advocated except by per
sons who, for the sake of a foolisb con
sistency, were prepared to sacrifice the
peace and prosperity of 77,000,000 peo
ple.
"It ought not to be necessary to ar
gue the question of the crime involved
n our retiring from Cuba. The longer
we live the more we are forced to be
lieve that the past and future alike
are a elbsed book to most persons. It
must be so, otherwise history would
not be forever repeating itself. Hu
man experience is continually describ
ing a circle, which may be accounted
for by the general ignorance which
each generation has of the meaning of
all that has gone before. Failing to
understand the motives which have
been back of the events of history,
and being apparently incapable of con
necting ercect witn cause m their stu
dy of te past, the generations, have
gone on repeating the mistakes of
those that have preceded them. His
tory, instead of being a well ordered
science, is, we fear, to most persons.
a maelstrom, a vortex into which all
the' occurrences of the past have been
whirled in a hopeless jumble. The
trouble, we suspect, lies partly in the
fact that it is only an exceptional per
son who does not have some "ax to
grind" in his interpretation of his
tory. We study the past in order to
know what to expect from the future.
But most persons have plans for the
future, based upon selfish considera
tions, or upon temperament. Thus,
for instance, the world is ever and
anon rushing into wild speculation (to
gratify a longing for sudden wealth),
even tiiough at the time fundament'
conditions may Indicate the approach
or a calamity, rather than of a period
of prosperity. On the other hand,
there are many who are not conscious
of any purpose' to interpret the past
in accordance with a desire to deceive
themselves and others regarding the
future, to such an extent as to admit
of their embarking upon material ven
tures of a kind not to be approved by
sound judgment; but who, neverthe
less, are temperamentally inclined to
hold by the , conditions of the past.
Changes of magnitude in the existing
order of things are distressing to such
persons. They shrink from them, and
any argument (however specious) that
win colorably show the folly of a
change Is emploj'ed by them with the
greatest recklessness."
The Wbeat Crop
At the Kansas experiment station
one year land plowed August 1 pro
duced two and one-half bushels more
per acre than land plowed September
l. Another year land nlowed .Tulv 2u
produced twenty-three and one-half
bushels and that plowed September .1
produced nineteen and three-fourths
Dusneis. 'lhe sowings were both on
September 18. In eight years at the
Indiana station tests were made by
sowing from two to ' eight pecks per
acre in which there was an increased
yield with Increased . seediner un to
six pecks. The increase from seeding
more than six pecks was relatively
small, and the experiments show that
trom six to eight pecks broueht the
best returns, The Illinois station on
a different soil got best results from
sowing five .to six pecks more per
acre. The difference in yield from
seeding from one to three inches deen
was very slight. For six years best
averages were obtained at the Indiana
station when the seeding was done
September 20. This latter is a very
important point, as s many neids of
wheat are entirely lost from damages
by the Hessian fly when the secdinr 13
done early.
WANTS A MONARCHY
One After Another of the Leading Repab
lican Papers are Announcing: Their
Preference For a King:
The Chicago Journal is an ardent
supporter of McKinley. . In Its issue of
August 31 the Chicago Journal, com
menting on Senator Davis .speech,
has this to say:
"What, after all, is the Declaration
of Independence or the constitution?
Who created them? The people of the
United States. Who has the right to
throw them overboard? The people of
the United States. Men invoke tho
past to dictate to .the' present. Absurd.
Any tyro in political science will tell
you that government is a fluid, not a
solid. 1
For a hundred years or more wo
have been living under a certain form 1
of government. It has pleased us to
have that sort of government. But is
it instrinsically any better than an
other existing form of government?
Certainly not. And if tomorrow we
should elect to change to a limited
monarchy, . it - would mean no more
than that a limited monarchy was bet
ter suited to our twentieth century
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