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How About
Your Heart
Feci your puke a few minutes.
Is it regular? Are you short of
breath, after slight exertion
as going up stairs, sweeping,
walking, etc? Do you have
pain in left breast, side . or
between shoulder blades, chok
ing sensations, fainting or
smothering spells, inability to
lie on left side? If you have
any of these symptoms you
certainly have a weak heart,
and should immediately take
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Mr. F. H. Oaks of Jamestown, N. Y,
whose genial face appears above, says:
Excessive use of tobacco seriously
affected my heart. I suffered severe
pains about the heart, and in the left
shoulder and side; while the palpitation
would awaken me from my sleep. I
began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
and soon found permanent relief."
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POPULIST PRINCIPLES
(Continued from Page One.)
dent that the money required to cir
culate those goods is $100,000. And,
conversely, if the money in circulation
is $100,000, and. each piece changes
" hands, by the purchase of goods, ten
times in a month, the sales of good3
for money which takes place every
month must amount, on the average,
to $1,000,000. The essential point to
' be considered is the average number of
purchases made by each piece in or
der to affect a given pecuniary amount
" of transactions.
"(There is no doubt that the rapid
ity of circulation varies very much
" between1 one country and another. A
" thrifty people with slight banking fa-
" cilities, like the French, Swiss, Bel
gians, and Dutch, hoard coin much
more than an improvident people like
the English, or even a careful people,
with a perfect banking system,1 like the
Scotch. Many circumstances, too, af
fect the rapidity of circulation. Rail
ways and rapid steamboats enable coin
'and bullion to be more swiftly re
mitted than of old; telegraphs pre
vent its needless removal, and the ac-
. celeration of the mails has a like ef-
Jfect.- SO different are the commercial
habits of different peoples, that there
evidently exists no proportion what
ever between the amount of currency
. in a country and the aggregate of the
exchanges which can be effected by it.)
"The proposition which we have lail
' down respecting " the dependence of
. general prices upon the quantity uf
money in circulation must be under
stood as applying only to a state of
things in which money that is, gold
or silver is the exclusive instrument
of exchange, and actually passes from
hand to hand at every purchase, credit
in any of its shapes being unknown.
When credit comes into play as a
i means of purchasing, distinct from
money in hand, we shall hereafter find
that the connection between prices
and the amount of the, circulating me
dium is much less direct and inti-
mate, and, that such connection as, does
exist no longer admits of so simple a
I mode of expression. That an increase
of the quantity of money raises prices,
and a diminution lowers them, is the
most elementary- proposition -in the
theory of currency, and without it we
should have no key to any of the oth
ers. In any state of things, however,
except the simple and primitive one
which we have supposed, the proposi
tion is only true, other things being
the same.
"It 13 habitually assumed that when
ever there is a greater amount of
money in the country, or in existence,
a rise of prices must necessarily fol-
. low. But this is by no means an in
evitable consequence. In no commod
ity is it the quantity in existence, but
the quantity offered for sale, that de-
1 , termines the value. Whatever may be
the quantity of money in the country,
only that part of it will affect prices
which goes into the market of com
modities, and is there actually ex
changed against goods. Whatever in-
. creases the amount of this portion of
money in the country tends to raiso
prices. . .
"It frequently happens that money
to a considerable amount is brought
into the country, is there actually in
vested as capital, and again flows out.
without having yer once; acted upoa
the markets of .commodities, .but only
upon the market of securities, or, as
it is commonly X thought improperly
called, the money market. i
"A foreigner landing In the country
with a treasure ' might very probably
prefer to invest his fortune at inter
est; which we shall suppose him to do
in the most obvious way by becoming
a competitor for a portion of the stock,
railway debentures, mercantile bill3,
mortgages, etc., which are at all times
in the hands of the public. By doing
this he would raise the prices of thoso
different securities, or, in other words,
would lower the rate of interest; an 1
since thU would disturb the relation
previously existing between the rate
of Interest-on capital In .the country
Itself and that in the foreign coun
tries, it would probably induce soma
of those who had floating capital seek
ing employment to send it abroad for
foreign investment, rather than buy
securities at home at the advanced
price. As much money-might thus, go
out as had previously come in, while
the prices of commodities would have
shown no trace of its temporary pres
ence. This is a case highly deserving
of attention; and it'; is a fact now be
ginning to be recognized that the
passage of the precious metals from
country to country is determined much
more than was formerly supposed by
the state of the loan market in diff3,r
ent countries .and much less by the
state of prices. .
"If there be, at any time, an In
crease in the number of money trans
actions, a thing continually liable to
happen from differences in the- activ
ity of speculation, and even in the time
of year (since certain kinds of busi
ness are transacted only at particular
seasons), an increase of the currenjy
which is only proportional to this in
crease of transactions, and is of no
longer duration, has no tendency to
raise prices, ' 1
"(For example, bankers in eastern
cities each year send In the autumn
to the west, as the crops are gatherer.,
very large sums of money, to settle
transactions in the buying and selling
of grain, wool, etc., but it again flows
back to the great centers of business
in a short time, in payment of pur
chasing from eastern merchants.)"
The above exposition of the pop
ulist position on money is the chapter
on "The Value of Money" in the work
of John Stuart f ill, as annotated by
Prof. J. Laurence Laughlin and puo
lished by D: Appleton & Co. Upon
those principles the party has stood
since its organization and stands there
now.' In regard to the issue of paper
money, which is not discussed In this
chapter except incidentally, The Inde
pendent will have something to say in
its next issue. The party has always
held that all "money whether gold,
silver or paper, should be Issued and
Its volume controlled by the govern
ment and not by banks or the vicisi
tudes of mining.
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the Meeting of congress
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States and by a word end it all." It ?s
very evident that the president did
not want to hear a sermon of that cal
ibre. Truly, it would have been em
barrassing. It Is understood that on Wednesday
the president will send to the senate
the names of all of his present cabinet
officers to have them confirmed. But
there will be a fight perhaps on two
of them and certainly on one. There
seems to be some faint report that
when Secretary Long is nominated that
thene will be considerable doing, and
it is certain that as soon as the name
of Philander C. Knox is presented for
confirmation as attorney general that
there will also be "something doing."
The American anti-trust league and
the Knights of Labor of Washington,
arogoing to oppose the confirmation
of Knoi with all the vigor possible.
They are greatly incensed, at the fact
that he has paid no attention to their
fight on the steel trust and last night
they adopted resolutions which will be
sent to the senate.
The president has just returned from
a trip to Philadelphia where he jour
neyed together with his family on a
special train to see the Annapolis-West
Point football game. The president
was an interested spectator and cheer
ed for each of the two teams. During
one half he was with the. army boys
and during the other he wore the
orange and black, the naval academy
colors. Preferring not to ta"ke a stand
on either side of the fence when a bar
tie of such magnitude was being fought
he wisely "rooted" for both teams. The
army finally overcame their brethren
from the naval academy, and the war
was over. While in Philadelphia, a
man named Miller " was arrested for
making threats on the president's life.
He was placed in the police patrol and
was driven ' to the station wher6 a
search was made of him without find
ing anything - that would tend to in
criminate him. He will be arraigned
in court on Monday, but the belief 13
that the man said nothing of the sort
and his 'arrest is treated as a joke.
William W. Bride.
' ' Two Kinds of Anarchy
Which do you think Is the most de
spicable; anarchy from principle, or
anarchy for pelf? Which Is the most
dangerous? Do you want neither?
How shall we get rid of both? - ?"
If corrupt , public officials are "an
archists" in reality and in effect, what
shall we also say of voters who, be
cause of party spirit, for some little
personal advantage. : or from equally
non-patriotic motive, vote for "the
machine" election after election? It
would be sad to think of so many vot
ers as "anarchists." , " ;
We need more patriotism among all
classes in this country. Because of a
country of unequaled fertility and nat
ural resources of all kinds, material
prosperity has been too easy for our
own good. We are too apt to attribute
our greatness, our glory and prosper
ity to the excellence of our govern
ment .tacitly assuming that the only
difference between our' country and
other countries - is In government.
While' our form of government is, we
believe vastly superior to that of
monarchies, yet because of indifference,
partisanism, corruption, etc., our act
ual government (particularly in cities)
is far worse than in England and Ger
many. Medical World.
WASHINGTON DESPOTS ,
(Continued from Page- One.)
. . "'.'if
sume the function of congress which
has so greatly aroused the publishers
of the whole country. A publisher c
three different newspapers situated In
different cities, pertaining to one of
the great industries of the country, ad
dressing the writer as an officer of the
national publishers' bureau, used these
words: "I believe, as you do, that
many of the rulings of the department
are purely arbitrary and without sanc
tion of any statutes now in existence,
but, on the other hand, contrary to
the publisher's rights as therein prescribed."
There is a wider and deeper interest
in this controversy than would arise
from the fact that the new rulings of
the department will interfere with the
legitimate business of publishers. The
question is forced upon us: Is there
not here a dangerous tendency on the
part of the executive to usurp legisla
tive powers? Whatever be the motive
and whatever the results, whether af
fecting the interests of only one class
of citizens or of all classes, is of far
less importance than that the very
principles of our government and a
safeguard of our liberties should be
set aside.
It is to be noted that the new rul
ings, when published July 17, 1901,
by no means realized the sweeping
suggestions of the circular letter. They
seriously affected, however, most pub
lishers who use premiums; they op
ened the door to more of the abrupt
detentions of whole editions of period
icals referred to in the first part ,of
this paper, and have already resulted
in cutting off from second-class priv
ileges many publications which have
had them for nearly a score of years
under the express sanction of the de
partment. One of the New York pub
lishers whose business has lately been
thus rudely interfered with uses this
strong language: 1 A mere postomca
ruling, under these circumstances, ex
cluding this and similar publications
from the mails, would, therefore, be
as distinct 'nullification' as that which
was attempted in the times of Andrew
Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, It is a.
good ' law, which has had vast and
healthful influence In disseminating
knowledge and increasing happiness
in millions of the best American
homes, and It would not be right nor
wise to nullify it, even if it would be
safe to do so."
It is proper that, in this discussion.
we should inquire what was the real
intent of the law. It is evident that
the act was passed, not for the benefit
of publishers, but for the dissemination
of newspapers and periodicals among
all the people. The purpose was edu
cational and was for the greatest good
of the greatest number. Even should
it be shown conclusively that the low
rate on second-class mail matter re
sulted in a great financial burden, is it
quite clear that for that reason alone
the people would desire it abolished?
If by means of it the great body of the
people get the reading matter. -they
want, and to an extent otherwise im
possible, Is it at all certain that con
gress (representing the people), would
consent to repeal the law?
The "premium" has come in a pro
cess of evolution in the publishers'
business. Until something better is
invented, the publishers must depend,
as they have for the last twenty years
and more, on premiums and . sample
copies as a means of enlarging their
list of subscribers. They would doubt
less like to know of something more
effective. Even the postoffice depart
ment does not suggest anything better.
Until it is prepared to do so the con
clusion is forced upon us that the pro
hibition of premiums and the restric
tion of sample copies would be injur
ious to the business and a hardship." - ,
Let us now inquire whether there
would be any good results that would
bring an adequate compensation for
this loss to publishers and a resultant
loss to the people. The circular let
ter suggested that "legitimate publica
tions" would be benefited; that Is,
other periodicals, which use no prem
iums, would get the subscribers which
these other papers lose and would se
cure the advertising and go enjoy a
prosperity they do not now have. How
would they get the subscribers? Would
the people who now begin their sub
scriptions because of a premium sud
denly change in their tastes and remit,
their money for what the circular let
ter calls "higher class periodicals?"
But the principal reason for the de
partment to cut off the premiums, as
presented by the letter, seems to be to
save the expense of carrying seeond
class matter. Waiving, for the pres
ent, the question whether the whole
people desire to reduce the circulation
of reading matter on account of the
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We invite you to look over our stock and prices and you will cer
tainly agree with us. You will find when we say "cut prices" we
mean what we say. .SEE US FOR REAL BARGAINS. If you
can't come send in a mail order, they get bottom prices, too.
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Dress Goods
20c Bros ched goods; per yard ...... l7c
25c Brocaded goods, 42 inches wide 21c
45c Flannel, 50 inches wide. . '. . -36c
65c Venetian and Suiting cloth. . . 49c
75c, Melrose Cloth, 42 inches wide,
all leading shades ............. 63c
85c Granite Cloth, 46 inches wide,
all shades. .... i ..... . . . .......
90c and $1.00 Broadcloth, 52 inches
wide:.;.......... ?.V....78o
$1.50 Covert Cloth, 52 inches wide,
per yard...... ...... 29
Outing Flannel and
Flannelettes
6c Outing Flannel, dark, sale price 4e
" 7c Outing Flannel, lights sale price 5c
8ic Outing Flannel, dark . . ........... 75
10c Outing Flannel, light and dark SC
8c Flannelette remnants. .......... 5c
10c best Flannelettes ............ J . SC
Great Bargains in Underwear
40c Men's Camel hair Fleeced
; Shirts and Drawers, each. . . . . -29c
50c Men's Fleeced Shirts and Draw
ers, some worth 60c, in one lot
' to clos oilt, each 39o
.$L25 Men's Sanitary Wool Shirts .
and Drawers, each. . ..... .$1 13
50c Ladies' Fine Jersey Bibbed '
Vests and Pants, each . . . 30 c
75c Natural Wool' Vests and
Pants, each .' ... . 67c
Special Prices on Ladies' Union Suits,
- 43c, 67c, 89c, $1.26, $1.57, and $1.80.
Collarettes
The unusually warm weather : has
dulled our Fur trade. We offer
sonW prices to stimulate it. , :
$1,50 values for. ... .! $J 25
$2.75 values for . . . 777. . .7. $2 25
$5.00 values for. ..... . . . . .. $4 25
$6.50 values for ........... . $5 QQ
$10.00 values for . .$g 4Q
$16.00 values for. . '.. $14 OO
$20.00 values for. .... .....'.$17 50
Special prices on
, all others.
Cape Comfort
$4.50 Crushed and Plain Plush
Capes, Angora trimmed.. '.$3 95
$5.50 Plush.Capes for. . . yrt
$ 7.00 Crushed Plush Capes, Marten trimmed. .... . ;..$ 15
$ 8.50 Plush Capes for ............... .$7 59
$10.00 Astrakhan Cloth Capes, Marten edged, .... ....$8 59
$23.00 Astrakhan Capes . : $19 59
All others marked down to correspond.
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Jackets in 5 Lots
Lot 1 Worth $3.00, for. $1 95
Lot 2 Worth up to $5.50, for . . ... ................... $2 75
Lot 3--Worth up to $6.50, for.... ...... ........ ......$3 49
Lot 4 Worth up to $11.00, for. $6 75
Lot 5 Worth up to $16.50, for. ......... ,1 . . $8 25
Special prices on all 32, 42, ond 46 inch Coats.
Horse
Blankets :
.$1.50 Blankets, special.......
$1.75 Blankets, special. .... .. .. ..
$2.25 Blankets, special. . . . ,
I$3.50 Blankets, special.
$1 35
$1 58
$1 98
$3 15
Wool Blankets
$3.50 quality Blankets, 10-4.,...:$3 15
$4.50 Standard Blankets, 10-4 . . . . $3 98
$5.00 Sanitary Blankets, 11-4 .... $4 59
$6.00 Standard Blankets, 11-4... $5 49
$8.50, Extra Fine Wool, white
. . with pink edge, 11-4 ........$7 59
All other Wool Blanket at
special prices. '
Men's Jersey Overshirts and
Cardigan Jackets
60c Men's Jersey Overshirts, ,
Sale -Price.... ...... .49c
90c Men's Jersey Overshirts,
"Sale Price .....78c
$1.00 Men's Cardigan Jackets ...... 80 O
$1.50 Men's Cardigan Jackets. .. . $1 35
$2.00 Men's Cardigan Jackets .... $1 79
Special Values at $2.25 and. .,.. $2 70
Cut on $3.00 Shoes
Stock No. lOlMen's Box Calf Goodyear
Welt, leather lined, extension sole
made on latest style last a splendid
Shoe for wear. All sizes.
Special price for this week. . . .$2 49
Stock No. 102 Men's Vici Goodyear
" Welt, leather lined, extension sole.
Stylish and durable. - All sizes.
Special $2 49
Stock No. 16 Ladiea' Valour Calf bals,
welt sole, B to E widths, all
sizes. Special this week...... $2 68
Stock No. W Ladies' Vici Kid Bals,
welt soles, B to E widths, all sizes
a splendid Shoe for looks and
wean Special jo qq
Special on Misses' and Children's warm '
lined Shoes, sizes 2 to 5, 69c; sizes 5 to
8, 77c; 81 to 11, $1.22; lli to 2, $1.35.
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cost of carrying the mails, let us in
quire carefully whether the carrying
of second-class matter is really a cause
of the deficit. From a careful examin
ation of the figures in our own office
and judging from them alone, the de
ficit does not appear to be so caused.
For example, we have the cost of second-class
pound-rate postage each
month and the postage for letters and
circulars growing out of the former
(since we have no other business),
and the two are about equal. We are
prepared to give the exact figures if
wanted by the department. This
proves that from this one source alone
two cents a tound is received, and not
one cent, as appears to be assumed
by the department. Besides, the post
age on letters written to us and to our
advertisers and that paid on their an
swers and circulars, catalogues, etc.,
amount (we estimate on carefully se
cured data) to an additional two cents
a pound; so that four cents per pound
is received by the postoffice depart
ment instead of one cent a pound. This,
if. the proportion holds good with oth
ers using second-class mail privileges,
would show that this fund should be
credited four times what it has hither
to been credited, and the supposed de
ficit on the second-class matter would
be reduced to just that extent. A more
exact accounting, as indicated by the
figures of our own business, would
thus, to k large extent, relieve the second-class
matter of the charge of be
ing a burden upon the department. '
But, taking up this question from
the "figures supplied by the postmaster
general's reports, it appears that the
increase of second-class matter each
year results in , a corresponding ' de
crease in the "deficit. Let us examine
the figures: . ,
1897 Amount of second-class matter
carried, 310,000,000 lbs.
1897 Deficit, $11,000,000.
1898 Amount of second-class matter
carried, 336,000,000 lbs.
1898 Deficit, $9,000,000.
1899 Amount of second-class matter
carried, 352,000,000 . lbs.
1899 Deficit, $6,000,000.
WOO-AApproximate amount of .second
class "matter carried, 370,000,'000 lbs.
1900 Deficit, $4,500,000.
This last deficit (1900) includes the
extra cost of the rural delivery, and Is
therefore not exact.
It will" be seen that these general
figures for four years apparently sus
tain the conclusion derived from those
of our own office to the effect that the
business s growing out of the second
class matter, i. e., the postage paid on
first, third and fourth class matter di
rectly traceable to that of the second
class matter, , is so much increased as
in reality to diminish the deficit. In
other words, the second-class matter,
in view of all receipts caused -.by it,
is not the source of the . deficit, but
helps out the deficit of the department.
If this is correct the causes of the
deficit must be sought elsewhere, such
as the carrying of franked mail mat
ter, the exorbitant cost of carrying the
mails in many instances, and other like
expenses. But it is no part of our pur
pose to criticise the department or to
accpunt for the deficit. . r
Our conclusion is unqualified, viz.,
that in view of the wants of the people
and the law congress has made in their
behalf, and in view of the character
and Interests of . the publishers who
use second-class mail matter rates,
and in view of the apparent mistake as
to the cause of the deficit, there is ao
sufficient ground for cutting off the
privilege of offering premiums, .which
is quite generally used by a large pro
portion of certain classes of legitimate
publications. If there are abuses, cf
course, they ought to be corrected. The
law Is plain prohibiting free circula
tion and "circulation at nominal
rates." No one can complain of the
proper enforcement of these provi
sions; but for the department to enact
a law that congress deliberately re
fused to enact would certainly not be
sanctioned by the people and is clearly
against public policy.
This latest letter from the postmas
ter general makes it clear from a new
source that this whole subject should
be fully discussed before the people.
It is certain to be so discussed in the
next congress, whether brought there
by another attempt of the postoffice de
partment to have its rulings enacted
into law or to have the law which has
stood so .many years materially chang
ed, or whether the subject be brought
forward by the representatives of, the
people with the purpose of preventing
these, arbitrary rulings.
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How H Wlpd up h Earth with Mark
Hanna In ClTlnd While the Rest
off Ohio Went Republican
Intense interest in the whirlwind of
political events during the past two
weeks seems to have obscured the sig
nificance of a remarkable political oc
currence in Ohio. ; ' ,
Politics, or at least democratic poli
tics has worn av- new aso ?t there
John R. McLean, in the southern pait
of the state, was carried away In
the tie of republicanism 1 that re
elected Nash' to the governorship with
an increased vote, while Tom L. John
sen, in the northern part of tli3 state,
cut, down Nasbs vote tremendously.
More than this,; while the . rest tf
Ohio cln last Tuesday's election, with
the exception of Columbus, which was
torn by dissension, was going headlong
to the republicans, Cuyahoga county,
which includes Cleveland, lh-3 home of
United States Senator Hanna, and
which is normally republican by 7,000
majority, was carried by the demo
cratic county and legislative ticket by
majorities ranging from 3,000 to 6,000
This political revolution may very
properly be ascribed to Tom ,L. John
son us, by request of his party, he
named the legislative 'ticket and was
consulted about the make-up of .the
county ticket, and both county and leg
islative candidates ran on the issue
he made taxation. ?
Moreover, he was the central figure
in the canvass, giving the hardest
blows to the opposition and receiving
most attention from them. He got
out his big circus tent, which had
done such good service in former cam
paigns, and made his usual huricane
campaign. The tent seats 1,600 per
sons, and every seat was filled every
night from the beginning to the end of
the campaign, for whore Mayor John
son is there "something is doing."
There were many set speeches, but
the answering of questions : was the
chief feature, and the mayor himself
was the chief answerer, doing it with
a quickness and frankness that made
his audience cheer with delight, and
caused too-venturesome critics who
had risen to put "posers" to sit down
with very mixed feelings.
The republicans endeavored to make'
national questions the Issues of the
fight, and, to use an Ohio characteriza
tion, Vkept firing from behind McKJn
ley's tombstone." '
But Mayor Johnson, who was elected
last spring to the Cleveland mayoralty
on the issues of public ownership of
public franchises and taxation, had at
tracted so much attention to these
questions all over the state that he,
through his lieutenants, was able to
write the franchise and taxation Is
sues into the democratic platform for
the gubernatprial fight. Practically al!
the literature sent out by the demo
cratic state committee during the
campaign was the franchise and taxa
tion literature supplied by the Cleve
land mayor.
A peculiarity of the Ohio law is that
in the counties containing the largest
cities the party candidates for the leg
islature are elected, not separately by
districts, but as a unit, by counties;
and as the- republicans had a normal
majority of 7,000 in Cuyahoga county,
the delegation of fourteen men four
senators and ten representatives ap
peared to be secure for that party.
Mayor Johnson has, since his Inaug
uration as mayor at the beginning of
the. year, been making a great fight on
the taxation question. A board of as
sessors that he appointed raised the
appraisement -of the public service cor
porations in Cleveland $20,000,000, and
he has begun proceedings to raise the
assessment of the large land owners
about $60,000,000. This . has brought
down the tax rate of course and has
proved to be extremely popular. .
In addition to this Mayor Johnson
got after the steam railroads of th a
state and started a fight to compel the
state board of railroad tax apportion
ment to raise the assessments of th
railroads so that they shall equal the
assessments borne by the farmers and
other taxpayers."
This equalization of assessment
would take $3,783,784 a year from th
railroads for public revenue and re
lieve general taxpayers to that ex
tent. The equalization board, whkh
is composed wholly of republicans, re
fused to' comply with Mayor John
son's request, saying that it had no
power to go behind the assessments
made by the county assessors. Major
Johnson will now begin mandamus
proceedings to compel the board to act
as he asks, which, he declares, is ac
cording to the letter and the spirit of
the law of Ohio.
But not content with a fight in th
courts, Mayor Johnson set himself to
carry the fight into every county of
Ohio by taking the subject into the
legislature.
He therefore set about electing
solid delegation from his county of
Cuyahoga to handle his fight at Co
lumbus, and he has elected his candi
dates with majorities that are as much
a matter of astonishment to him as of
disgust and alarm to Mark Hanna'a
party.
Tom L. Johnson said when he wai pr
elected mayor of Cleveland that le
would devote himself to the people in 4
a body, and not to any special inter
ests; and he has been keeping hia
word.
The consequence is that he hts
turned a republican city and county of 4
northern Ohio into a democratic city
and county, and has introduced an Is
sue into Ohio politics which, in tl.e
absence of any other real issue, seems
certain before long to put not only the
democratic party of that state beblad
him, but to carry a large number ot
Independent republicans to hl3 stand
ard, as has been the case In Cleveland.
This will make him master of Ohio
and one of the great democratic foin-s
in the country at large.
HENRY GEORGE. JR.
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