CHAPTER V.
HE installation of
the adopted stable
boy was thus hap
pily effected, and
the wheels of life
continued to run
smoothly In the
Doctor's house.
Jean-Marie did his
horse and carriage
duty In the morn
ing; sometimes
helped In the housework; sometimes
walked abroad with the Doctor, to drink
wisdom from the fountain-head; and
was Introduced at night to the sciences
and the dead tongues. He retained his
singular placidity of mind and man
ner; he was rarely In fault; but lie
made only a very partial progress in
his studies, and remained much of a
stranger In the family.
The Doctor was a pattern of regu
larity. All forenoon he worked on his
great book, the "Comparative Pharma
copoeia. or Historical Dictionary of ull
Medicines,” which as yet consisted
principally of slips of paper uid pins.
When (In I shed, It was to fill many
personable volumes and to combine an
tiquarian Interest with professional
utility. But the Doctor was studious
of literary graces and the picturesque; j
an anecdote, a touch of manners, a
moral qualification, or a sounding epi
thet was sure to be preferred before
a piece of science; a little more, and
he would have written the "Compara
tive Pharmacopoeia" In verse! The
article “Mummla,” for Instance, wai;
already complete, though the remain
der of the work had not progressed be
yond the letter A. It was exceedingly
copious and entertaining, written with
quaintness and color, exact, erudite, a
literary article; but It would hardly I
have afforded guidance to a practicing .
jMijuumu vi iuv icuuiiiiin
good sense of hla wife had led her to
point this out with uncompromising
sincerity; for the Dictionary was duly
read aloud to her, betwixt sleep and
waking, as it proceeded toward an In
finitely distant completion; and the
Doctor was a little sore on the subject
of mummies, and sometimes resented
an allusion with asperity. ,
After the midday meal and a proper
period of digestion, he walked, some
times alone, sometimes accompanied
by Jean-Marie; for madam would have
preferred any hardship rather than
walk.
She was, as I have said, a very busy
person, continually occupied about ma
terial comforts, and ready to drop
asleep over a novel the Instant she was
disengaged. This was the less objec
tionable, as »be never snored or grew
distempered in complexion when she
slept. On the contrary, she looked the
very picture of luxurious and appetiz
ing ease, and woke without a start to
the perfect possession of her faculties.
I am afraid she was greatly an animal,
but she was a very nice animal to have
about. In this way she had little to
do with Jean-Marie; but the sympathy
which had been established between
them on the first night remained un
broken; they held occasional conver
sations, mostly on household matters;
to the extreme disappointment of the
Doctor, they occasionally sallied off to
gether to that temple of debasing su
perstition, the village church; madam
and he, both in their Sunday's best,
drnve twlwi a month to I'\>niineihlea11
and returned laden with purchases;
and in short, although the Doctor still
continued to regard them as irrecon
cilably antipathetic, their relation was
as intimate, friendly, and confidential
as their natures suffered,
i fear, however, that In her heart of
hearts, madam kindly despised and
pitied the boy. She had no admiration
for his class of virtues; she liked a
smart, polite, forward, roguish sort of
hoy, cap in hand, light of foot, meeting
the eye; she liked volubility, charm, a
little vice- the promise of a second
Doctor Denprea. And it was her Inde
feusddr belief that Jean-Marie w.isduil.
""Poor dear boy,” ah# had said unit
"how sad it ia that he should In- sc
stupid?” She had never repeated that
remark, for the Doctor had raged like
a wild bull, denouncing the brutal
hiuntneas of her mind, bemoaning hit
own fate to be ao unequally mated with
an mm. and, what touched Auostasii
more nearly, menacing the table ehltu
hy th« fury uf bU gesticulation* |lt|i
ahe adhered silently to her opinion
and when Jenn-Marie waa anting
alulid. blank, but not unhappy, ovw
hia unBniahrd task*, she wwuid »n«t.l
her opportunity tn the Umiiit h absence
go over tn him, put her arms about hi’
M«> k. lay her cheek to hia, and row
chump at* her aympnthy with but dt*
Irma lto nut mind ” ah# *uuU ear
“t taw, am nut nt all chtm. and
muc assure you that It makee m ti#*f
enee In Ufa. *
The Doctor • view wnn naturally 4*1
fvreel That gvntietuaa never »*»»,•■
of the nouad oI hu own vut- whM
wnp. to Ml the truth agreonhlw > Muogf
tu hen# He now had a Itatewer vk
WM not e> «*ni »H» indifferent u an
on hia nettle hp the waart celotaot eh
|pottone Wupdee naa he not edomt
fehff the hw*’ and -d went ton phiiuno
pherw new nffteed M the Si*net phuo"P»
hi) mi dot lee What enn h*» nse
feamvonly we yanM mankind than <m Wa»«
4Mk*H huhhy ftww into a duty to *i<
State? Then, indeed, do the ways of
life become ways of pleasantness. Nev
er had the Doctor seen reason to be
more content with his endowments.
Philosophy flowed smoothly from hls
lips. He was so agile a dialectician
that he could trace hls nonsense, when
challenged, back to some root in
sens*1, and prove It to be a sort of flower
upon hls system. He slipped out of an
timonies like a fish, and left his dissl
ple marveling at. the rabbi's depth.
Moreover, deep down in his heart the
Doctor was disappointed with the ill
success of hls more formal education.
A boy. chosen by so acute an olwerver
for hls aptitude, and guided along the
path of learning by so philosophic an
Instructor, was bound, by the nature
of the universe, to muke a more obvious
and lusting udvanee. "Now Jean-Marie
was slow in all things, impenetrable In
others; and hls power of forgetting
was fully on a level with hls power to
learn. Therefore the Doctor cherished
his peripatetic lectures, to which the
hoy attended, which lie generally ap
peared to enjoy, and by which lie often
profited.
Many and many were the talks they
had together; and health and modera
tion proved the subject of the Doctor’s
divagations. To these he lovingly re
turned.
"I lead you." he would say, "by the
green pastures. My syBtem, my bellrfs,
my medicines, are resumed in one
phrase—to avoid excess. Blessed na
ture, healthy, temperate nature, abhors
and exterminates excess. Human law,
in this matter, imitates at a great dis
tance her provisions; and we must
strive to supplement the efforts of the
law. Yes, hoy, we must be a law to
ourselves and for our neighbors lex
armata—armed, emphatic, tyrannous
law. If you see a crapulous human
ruin snuffing, dash him from hls box!
The Judge, though in a way an admis
sion of disease, is less offensive to me
than either the doctor or the priest.
Above all the doctor the doctor and
the purulent trash and garbage of his
pharmacopoeia! Pure air—from the
neofnDornoou oi a. yineium lur me
sake of the turpentine unadulterated
wine, and the reflections of an unso
phisticated spirit in the presence of
the works of nature these, my boy, aro
the best medical appliances and the
best religious comforts. Devote your
self to these. Hark! there are bells of
Bourron (the wind istiu the north, it
will be fair). How clear and airy Is the
sound! The nerves are harmonized
and quieted; the mind attuned to si
lence; and observe how easily and reg
ularly beats the heart! Your unen
lightened doctor would see nothing In
these sensations; and yet you yourself
perceive they are a part of health.—
Did you remember your cinchona.this
morning? Good. Cinchona also is a
work of nature; it is, after all, only
the bark of a tree which we might
gather for ourselves if we live in the
locality.—What a world is this!
Though a professed atheist, I delight to
bear my testimony to the world, book
] at the gratuitous remedies and pleas
I ures that surround our path! The river
| runs by the garden end, our bath, our
I fishpond, our natural system of drain
j age. There is a well in the court which
J sends up sparkling water from the
earth's very heart, clean, cool, and,
| with a little wine, most wholesome,
i The district is notorious for salubrity;
1 rheumatism is the only prevalent com
plaint, and I myself have never had a
touch of it. I tell you—and my opinion
' is based upon the coldest, clearest proc
j esses of reason —if I. if you, desired to
! leave this home of pleasures, it would
tie the duty, it would he the privilege,
of our best friend to prevent us with a
pistol bullet."
CHAPTER VI.
N’E beautiful June
day they sat upon
the hill outside
the village The
river,blue an heav
en. ehOOe here and
there among
the ftdl tge. The
lnd< fftt'g.ltde bird*
turn'd and fllek
; eml atMHIt tir«*U
Obtinh tower A
health) wind blew from over the (or
eat. and the eound of inmttuentUle th<»u
) aande of t roe lope and Innumerable mil
lioha on ntlllluna of green lea tea wa»
; abroad In the air,and Ailed the ear with
Mtiueilung bet wee u w h 'aper si tpnvlt
and at aging It Moaned ** II every blade
I uf grw»a III"»t hide a tlgale. and the
helda rang merrily mm their m.i*u
i tingling far and near a. with tha
aleigh-heUa of the fairy ifueea, Krom
> | lh*tr Motutn un the atop* th. it rm
bra-ed a large *|vj.e of levered plain
I uptttt the ««• hand the eating hilltop*
' | of Him furou on the other, and ilretr
Itaalf In the middle n hnndfal of rou(»
I’nder tha heatrtd ng tnh of the hla«
I heaven* the ptnte aeentvl Jaia.ll.- i |«
I a toy It teemed in* redlMe tha; paopb
i dwell and amid And •«..* lo lorn ut
* nlr in hretlhe in m-ht <ern«r of tot
•**»td fho ihooght vantn home to th*
I h»y per he pa for the Are* time and h*
rate It Worda
Mom omali It lot»aa"' he ngited
Af“ rep.ted the U*» tor en.ai
enough *»• III It a a. *n* * a alia
1 «Hy. thriving Nil of Nr«*d hgggemgh
and meg >n *rmmr hamming ettn at
1 fair* «Mh mil tyim, Nr aaght th*
11
I know, and portly towers along the
battlements. A thousand chimneys
ceased smoking at the curfew-bell.
There were gibbets at the gate as
thick as scarecrows. In time of war.
the assault swarmed against it with
ladders, the arrows fell like leaves, the
defenders sallied hotly over the draw
bridge. each side uttered Its cry as they
piled their weapons. Do you know that
the walls extended as far as the Com
manderle? Tradition so reports. Alas,
what a long way off is all this confu
sion—nothing left of It but my quiet
words BpoHen In your ear—and the
town Itself shrunk to the hamlet un
derneath us? By-and-by came the
English wars—you shall hear more of
the English, a stupid people, who some
times blundered into good and Oretz
was taken, sacked, and burned. It Is
the history of many towns; hut Oretz
never rose again; it was never rebuilt;
Its ruins were a quarry to serve the
growth of rivals; and the stones of
Oretz are now erset along the streets
of Nemours. It gratifies me that our
old house was the first to rise after
the calamity; when the town had come
to an end. It Inaugurated the hamlet.”
“I, too, ant glad of that,” said Jean
Marie.
"It should be the temple of humhler
virtues,” responded the Doctor with a
savory gusto. “Perhaps one of the rea
sons why I love my little hamlet as
I do, is that we have a 'limilar history,
she and I. Have I told you that I was
once rich?”
"I do not think so." answered Jean
Marie. "I do not think I should have
forgotten. I am sorry you should have
lost your fortune."
“Sorry?” cried the Doctor. "Why, I
find I have scarce begun your educa
tion after all. Listen to 'no! Would
you rather live In the old Oretz or In
the new, frpe from the alarms of wan,
with the green country fit the door,
without noise, passports, the exactions
of the soldiery, or the jangle of the
curfew-boll to send us ofT to bed by
sundown?”
"I suppose ( should prefer I he new,”
replied the boy.
“Precisely,” returned the Doctor; "so
UU 1. Ally, III llic an-iur a
my present moderate fortune to my
former wealth. Golden mediocrity!
cried the adorable ancients; und I sub
scribe to their enthusiasm. Have I not
good wine, good food, good air, the
fields and the forest for my walk, a
house, an admirable wife, a boy whom
I protest I cherish like a son? Now,
If I were still rich, I should indubi
tably make my residence in Paris—you
know Paris—Paris and Paradise are
not convertible terms. This pleasant
noise of the wind streaming among
leaves changed Into the grinding Babel
of the street, the stupid glare of plaster
substituted for this quiet pattern o<
greens and grays, the nerves shattered,
the digestion falsified—picture the fall!
Already you perceive the consequences;
the mind Is stimulated, the heart steps
to a different measure, and the man
is himself no longer. I have passion
ately studied myself—the true business
of philosophy. I know my character
as the musician knows the ventages of
his flute. Should I return to Paris, I
should ruin myself gambling; nay, I
go further—1 should break the heart of
my Anastasie with infidelities."
This was too much for Jean-Marie.
That a place should so transform the
most excellent of men transcended his
belief. Paris, he protested, '.vas even
an agreeable place of residence. "Nor
when 1 lived in that city did I feel
much difference,” he pleaded.
“What!" cried the Doctor. “Did you
not steal when you were there?”
(TO BSCOSrtMOSU.I
DUTCH JOHN’S QUEER REPORT
His Description of the Accident Was
€ erininlv t.'nlijue.
After having his trunk smashed and
some of his men killed by a collision
with a wild train, says the Railroad
Telegrapher, a German section fore
man sent !n the following unique report
to the division superintendent;
"Ve bemukin run mit der thruck
und sunt spikes down to Fair veil cross
In und we ask dot mau vat make der
nise tnit der little clicker tin in tier
'oum vere tier \h<■« run In vat times
tier drain cum*, untl he nays she cuius
party soon. John, but you huve time to
get der thruck down to der crossln und
as we t'inks dat he bees talklu iter
druth ve makes der thruck gone puny
quick, but up tier thrack cumss der
big puffer like der deffull, untl vile ve
talked about vat ve do der thruck g»es
up over tier head of tier puffer und der
spikes unit men go plunk In der ditch.
Voile of der Tallinn men lose his two
legs und he be not *tlining enough ter
valk ve put tm In mlt der luggage In
der car vere he die# suite. Mike Uoob
go up mlt tl* air und comes not down
yet, und ve not And him easy, hut der*
bees nod lug for him to hit up d»r« v*
dinks he rums down party suae all
tight, tier grow bars uud alae shovel*
cum down *» *• cans gars ltd Mik*
I bade i alas down loo Yours, John
I rti diirlder “
--
« set* « Mas.
Women »Hu rule the htcyele la Kna
land sally forth In the eommet time up
“•* thetr longer •»> a ret one equipped fut
j the fray with the eua They do a*
carry parasols Out l*»i carry wiwylrti
| toilet caoe. In which tests is a verier j
j of powders sad other things that *r*
! call uUted |a preserve the coaipte* ten
i V Hay hruah. a «-•*wh that as.aheu wh#v
U vsiteee*. a p I g looth hrueh <
•multure set. a. little mirror, la lo> t
early every f»m>« ><• gpphatM#. t*a <
dlmlhutlve scale has Its place
V IkaOtcl I » SOUS
lit I ling! Well* | aa*e fused I
1 hair la my We * reset Walter fat
. puisaihts. sir. the* n* . >oa »„» a»«4<
1 with the h*» «hs*«4 We New tori
1 World
GOODS POURING IN.
^ •
THE WILSON TARIFF LAST
DAYS OF SERVICE.
Kaoagh lino.I* la Happljr the Trade for
• Tear- -American*. However. Need
Nat Purchase Foreign Made tiood* —
Uood for F'armer*.
If anybody la In doubt as to the ac
curacy of the recent statement of
Chairman Dingley that a year's supply
of foreign goods will probably be in
the warehouses of the country by the
time the new tariff bill can get upon
the statute books, let him examine the
following figures showing the customs
receipts since the election of McKin
ley and a protective congress. They
are as follows: November, 1896, $9.
930,385; December. $10,779,412; Janu
ary, 1897, 811,276,874; February, $11.
.".87,260: March. *22,833,856: April, *24.
454,351. When It Is remembered that
these figures relate only to the duti
able goods and that there has been an
especial rushing In of non-dutiablc
goods likely to be transferred to the
dutiable list, It will lie seen that the
flood of Importations now passing
through the customs house of the
country Is something enormous. For
eign manufacturers und importers con
tinue to rush their goods Into the coun
try In the face of the retrospective
clause of the Dingley bill. The cus
toms receipts in April were *24,454,351,
or two and a half times as much as
those In the month In which McKin
ley and the protective congress were
elected. This gives something of an
Idea of the enormous quantity of for
eign goods being brought into the
country. When it Is remembered
that these figures relate only to the
dutiable goods and thut ail non-dutl
I u lilo l/n/trl u llbol v 4/> eves /in t li.. /1 11 4 i • i It I / ■
list under the new tariff are also be
ing rushed In and In still greater num
bers, the disadvantages under whlrh
the manufacturers of the country are
now attempting to operate and must
operate for many months, will be real
ized. Importations of foreign wools
continue at every port of entry and
from every wool producing country.
In April Philadelphia received over
eight million pounds in four weeks.
New York over twenty-four million
and Boston apparently over sixty-five
million. People who criticize the pro
position to place a duty on hides
brought Into the country will perhaps
be interested in the fact that the value
of hides Imported since 1890 is In ex
cess of the importations of wool upon
which the vast majority of the
people of this country agree
that there should be a duty.
The importation of hides front 1830 to
189fi inclusive, amounted in value to
$176,723,107 while the value of the wool
imported In that time was $138,362,
Hii.
The Tariff Hill.
The tariff bill has been completed so
far as relates to the senate financa
committee and is now ready for con
sideration by the senate. How long
it will be before that body cannot of
course be foretold, hut the outlook for
a reasonable degree of speed in its
consideration appears to be good, and
there is good reason to believe that
it will be upon the statute books by the
end of the fiscal year. Members of
both parties are recognizing (he fact
that nothing so disturbs the business
conditions of the country, both among
the manufacturers and others as the
pendency of a tariff measure of any
sort, because of the fact that business
contracts and undertakings cannot be
entered upon without definite knowl
edge as to what the prices of import
ed articles or the rates of duty will be.
These facts are leading men irrespec
tive of party to a desire for prompt
action since they know that a busi
ness revival cannot be expected by
anybody until the tariff can he put
Into operation and the immense stock
of foreign goods now coming into the
country disposed of and the market
opened to our own manufacturers.
The tariurr and the Senate.
The farmer is likely "to he well taken
rare of by that dignified body, the I'nlt
ed States senate. The tariff bill, re
ported front the finance committee of
that body, has added a duty of 1'4
cents tier umind tilt hides, increased the
rale on wool of the third Has*, and
rut out thr clause In the house hill
Which exempted Hawaiian sugur from
duties, thus reducing that competition
with luiet sugar. The duty put on
hide*, ten aud other articles which
were formerly on Ihe free list will Im
prove the opportunities for advanta
geous reciprocity trestles for which
the senate will provide, and which will
greatly benefit the farmer It la be
lieved the house rates on wmda of lh*
first and second class wilt he restore*!
by the senate or roafsrene » c nominee
I HMflMg ht«« fur I «■
The iwparimeut of Agrb ulihre la r»
rrlvtag very gratifying reports from
the farming community The conun
nation of higher prices ltd wheal, lb.
unusual foreign demand tor corn an*
lbs activity among farmer* in tregar
mg to make an earnest experiment i»
Iks production <»l eugar h»»t*. combi*.
i pi at aka the eondltb.ne saong th.
1 i class >4 populartoa wauaurll* bmalthfu
I is4 encouraging thdtar wheat," lu
I wbnh farmers had wand) Ui«4 i<
hope- was «coom4> a* with Iks I a* out
tag of Mi kiakiy. wails Ike sd'.’aordl
i I aart demand lor their torn aids t<
| ifcstr general sn*<mrtgsm» w (‘uupgn
: with this ..ansa Iks nativity and later
csl g t o. Iks r»psrim*at» wbt.lt st
, to he iM-h in *tt parts of the
m tks prods. Han st oar own tsgu
, set t* Its *ep*.«s« Ih » lh» *ara*lwi
! comm watt r la wot salt »*«owa >h* re
twin «f pecispsrlty, hat la m* spring It
mind with cheerful thoughts and pros
pects rather than the gloomy ones
which were a constant feature of the
four years of the Cleveland administra
tion.
•laimrTa Monetary Action.
The Japanese commission which has
studied the ronditions in Japan for the
past eighteen months as affected by
the silver standard has found that the
average cost of eleven leading articles
necessary to life In Japan has Increased
in the period between 1873 and 1894 no
less than 62 per cent, while the wages
In the country have increased but 33
per cent. In view of these conditions
the commission recommended the
abandonment of the silver standard,
which recommendation was promptly
and favorably actell upon by the gov
ernment. ''Mlso" Is the name of an ar
ticle of food lurgolf used In Japan. It
Is entirely of native production and
therefore not subject to the Increased
cost through depredation of silver cur
rency which foreign articles of food
would suffer, yet the Japanese commis
sion which has been studying the sil
ver question In Japan for eighteen
months past, found that mlso had in
creased 89 per cent In cost from 1873 to
1893, while the wages of the laboring
people who use it had increased only
33 per cent, thus showing that they
were the greatest, sufferers under the
depreciated currency.
O. II. WILLIAMS.
Mo I’lnlgr* Were Maile.
In his stirring uddress before lie
Harlem Republican (dub lust night
Senator Koraker sharply reminded the
gold Democrats that the Republicans
made no pledge in the last eampaign
to surrender their principles, and that
these principles would be resolutely
maintained by the McKinley udminls
■ tratlon. Not only was no such pledge,
! either expressed or implied, made At
J that, time, but everywhere the doctrine
, of protection was zealously preached by
; Republicans, and nowhere more era
| phatlcally and repeatedly than from the
I porch of the McKinley homestead in
Canton.
Cold numerals understand this fully.
I Mlirlnu Inal aum I I At.....
ho fully aware of it that their organs
loudly complained that Major McKin
ley "talked tariff too much,” although
those organs were advocating General
Palmer for the Presidency. The truth
Is that hundreds of thousands of I)em
erats cast their ballots for Major Mc
Kinley, not only in spite of his well
known protection principles, but on
account of them. They stood in as
much fear of a continuation of a free
trade tariff as In that of an inaugura
tion of free silver coinage. It was In
order to escape both evils that they
voted for the Canton statesman.—Com
mercial Advertiser.
How Can Wr Kipc-ct Prosperity Vet?
The pledges of a speedy return to
good times to glibly made by the spell
binders were repeatedly deprecated by
the conservative, sober-minded element
In the Republican party. It was well
knowji that many of these promises
were ridiculously extravagant. They
never had any warrant in any of the
utterances of Major McKinley in his
"front porch” campaign.
The Republican nominee declared
that we could not hope for u return of
the prosperity of 1892 until we had en
acted legislation that would provide
adequate encouragement to American
Industry, and that would yield enough
revenue to prevent the recurrence of
the treasury deficits. He repeated over
and over again the admonition that
we must not expect good times until
the goveinment was put upon a paying
basis. He emphasied this as a prerequi
site to the restoration of that business
confidence which was destroyed by fall
ing revenues and the constant raid on
the gold reserve.
The government has not yet been
placed upon a paying basis. Prosperity
will not come until the new tariff meas
ure has been upon the federal statute
books long enough to inaugurate a re
vival of languishing industries and long
enough to turn a bountiful tide of rev
I »»T1I1»* into t PfiVPlTinihlit lio&euru_
Akron Journal.
mine tile tCeupcmidltllityr.
It ia announced that the Democrats
' atul some of the Populists in the Sen
ate propose to delay the enactment of
a tariff hill an long uh possible. Doubt
less they will do ao because they think
that such a proceeding Is good politic*.
They are laboring to create the iniprcs
1 slon that business is not improving un
der the present administration. In mi
! doing they assume that the people are
so ignorant thut they will attribute
what they may regard as a^ contlnua
| tlon of business depression'to the Re
1 publican administration without any
! change in the tariff and other revenue
| laws. Th* Republican victory pul au
' end to the uncertainly it warding the
money question As th. result nioii
■ »» has been cheap for those who tan
: furnish good security, and thousands
of Industrie* have started % Hiving
larger employment to labor This Is
| true uf the Iron industry in all its
i branches. Hut the iun« tariff sgist*
I auw that caused the Mtctneas deprea
sbiw uuder the list adat mist ration la
i | dustrlew employ tag thousand* of pen
, ! pie prior to th« election ii| |c:».* . snntti
I bn started up beenuse it hi ImpuaatbD
I | fur tb> t»« to rvssin and hold the tmsri
> tan market Dumb* he past few weeks
i j the bundsd warehouse* have been
crowded With foreign ntide goods.
: which tog*e into usatMrtSiiai with
i ! those mad* m thta twcaatry fi tong
I j an this KSuhlkw rtwi the full return
, | of pruapertty vanntM be et petted
It th« Mepuhlowas t» the Mcnat* tan
i ! have tb*I. way a tang MU wilt Mum
. j * law wady tn lulv who s will agn*d
I ; saspts isvcnue *n4 a i* •■ *».»M# pro
- ! ittiluM tn American Indus ♦<ma giving
I many thnwaam* P»“P« th* Muptostliy
to earn wages who are now idle. If,
by obstructive tactics in the Senate,
the Demo-ruts and their allies prevent
the passage of such a bill they will >e
responsible for a continuation of t e
industrial depression which began
when It became certain that the pro
tective policy would be overthrown,
which h is continued with more or less
severity since, and will continue until
a better law shall take its place.—In
dianapolis Journal.
Should Cone with !«■
From the Chicago Tlmes-ilernld:
There is much talk at the present mo
ment about the future of the gold de
mocracy and what action should here
after lie taken by those who last year
rejected the Chicago platform because
of Its falseness to the principles of Jef
ferson. The question in the air Is,
what are right-thinking and patriotic
democrats to do who last November
Joined with their lifelong political but
honorable foes in saving the nation
from national bankruptcy and dishon
or? Undoubtedly many democrats are
perplexed and hesitating, but reflection
must show that but one course is open
to them. As long as the Chicago plat
form exists as a menace to the good
order of society and to the national
Integrity, und as long as the framers
of that platform defiantly stand u|miii
it and Insist on carrying out its princi
ples, so long must every patriot ra<ig»
himself to withstand and overthrow It.
In other words, while the conditions
of lSUti continue the duties of 1SSG con
tinue.
Ho thinking and believing, the gold -
democrats last fall rallied to the sup
port of the republican party, as the
iioerai unionists In England rallied at
an equally momentous time to the atip
port of the conservative party. That
alliance in England still continues and
will continue until the question In
which It originated is finally Milled.
80 with us. The alliance between the
gold democracy and the republican par
ty should he maintained until the con
junct forces of populism and sllverlsrn
arc utterly overthrown. It is needless
to say that the leaders of Hryanbun
and Altgeldism have not yet lost their
courage, still look upon their defeat
as transient, and exultantly proclaim
their expectation of winning in the
contest of 1898 or 1901). While this at
titude Is maintained there can he but
one choice for sound money men. It Is
not too early to speak of these things,
for the elections of 1898 will soon he
here and upon their result the future
may depend. In the event of the presi
dential election of 1900 being thrown
into the house of representatives, as
were those of 1800 and 1824, the con
gress elected in 1898 will elect the pres
ident, and a majority of states decides
the election.
Here, then, is where the next great
battle will he fought, in the ejections
for congress next year. The import
ance, therefore, of carrying a major
ity of the states for sound money can
not weil he exaggerated.
Mr. Cleveland's Ml«tak<*.
It was in 1893 that Mr. Cleveland,
then President, called a special session
of Congress to repeal the Sherman sil
ver act, after he had won his nomina
tion and election upon the tarifT ques
tion. He then asserted that the Sher
man silver act was the cause of the
financial ills that had then overtaken
the country. The Republicans in Con
gress, while not agreeing with that di
agnosis of the case, assisted in the re
peal, in fact made it possible. Yet the
repeal of the Sherman silver act did
not restore confidence or put the busi
ness of the country on a prosperity
footing. The sword of free trade still
hung over the country, and though the
sword when It finally fell was found lo
he badly nicked with party perfidy and
dishonor, still the fear of several
months that-a keen-edged sword was
to drop upon the industries of Ameri
ca had served its purpose. The pro
phecy that the repeal of the Sherman
silver act would restore prosperity
done at the dictation of Grover Cleve
land and by means of patronage shame
lessly wielded by him—did not conic
true. This fact gave the free silver
cause a tremendous boost all over the
country, and made it even possible iu
189C lo obtain votes for a free silver
candidate in every one of the Eastern
state*.
Cletelaml ami ihe Demorrala.
"The ex-President remains firm tu
j the conviction that the currency ques
j tlon Is one «>f overshadowing interest
I and Importance, and he pro (Kama to r«i 1
ly his friends in the support of sound
> lltlllll'V nrllll'lhli-u ' k .ua it., taa.it * .
; iill la t*d«cr In dim o«nitiK Cleveland a
' addraaa to the Itu.-am- burn.ra in ib.
It. furru flub.
Hut Cleveland did nut tell „a nbat le
the matter with lb. .urren.y Nor < at.
we Ket any dear Idea of ,,„ullW
from any of the other nuacha <*,m
men Ul Adiert Im-i
It all the rraafca In the unlvtrwe w*r*
I.* Hite their undivided at tout ion i,
th« '«nrreney .|u.*etnur' fl)r
month they tonld not hr ly either iba
workingmen or in. IMatl«n 1h«rw ran
be no |>r.u»|a t M» uaill we bar* * new
tan Iff That la the nmi M.l o.. .-an |
uwiaa duration Juet non
Were T.lllWt.
Mb* ireadlaa lb. new,^^,, , .
Ibt* terrible' k*lvt hundred ,«niion
birds were ala t*Me<«d hiet rmi u
furalab Halhera for worn^a a bata
II Yea Yea mail of the*, w„„ ^ «
ff.mt «< m« at lb*- tbealnt i*a| m-ai
New Vorb World
be* kaiwdr * ami»»i
|b>attat lad >«»., give ibat n
Unabma I*.' t MU'4k| yM , ^
Uat llow loan did iba ektam matt Aa
ilslaal | aill be tanked a* Iba bttk r
Tyva faflaw