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■ arr* artII %o*o lor fr##- trad#.
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at r <* # ; jiat yoats ar« bad
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M the . a* th* m«i
f«c t»» It ho* u*»-u fully triad and
tV fear* for H hat* prut*4
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• ■a* ?h*» K •• a failure and trill am
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a ««t, ;*la• urn *ahrt if at*
■.tanult thaw *ho a few tnaatha
*** aere the MU Mtfuitw advatmta*
mi ii«* law- are it* * kiartaai a* louc***
It i* Ua* *ho hot* wif«*d ohm!
fh* *»»«*» »t* laLlurr Tha iWiai nf
I th*«. at iaat fall* alartl— that
of »a» Urnmcli tha
f tutm ia« aad that aiMra
the ahataaa Is luta twa uaad at alnuoat
M*Tf l«:f» la farther • rtppl* them
The* hat* fad **m|I of It “
fiat 11*14 ou a
*4 la aUa to
,* the rattou iwh **tfc southern
Thr *ra**hl 4a*MMpMM of
there. ot a* .-outer of the
* •- ; tsrl" hi" * to a great!
iM 'i* fn ilities so
i i, :i I.:*• in* aov. able
- • ■; .h "'i»c;*rj c'ed«| to hta41e
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u' * i r- -at in* pro ve men t
!». »>it mil! be ex
, * : i ■ i» iiT-f# for ftr*- free sil
• -i . ? or an> other dose
* - <*' r!ie oottior ratio
tew »«t to voarort.
I.rf w«l)4lr« ImphiflHttat
r • ' it of the dem
>*•*• of Meteatfe county.
* r - .i • <i hi- posHitm.
. r' *.> < ' 4trtn:ui You tic of tin*
i.-rt ; :te roicatitt.ee be sa.jr»:
..-"slit t! it Ste uefMKTMtk* le&is
*. i*i r I- !.!•«• •. t determined to
s- :h*“ out-*-*- for governor and
.1. -«\*-rt!o:- in favor of pemom*
. ho m not **k*- and that said
* * :e >a majority of whom are
ra - > o..*- t-.u intention of re
.e t • *. e ti>ui law. and
.in j.» r id i, made up
•» ae i;i. : he : in hIN deni
■■ *. • i *a •<- the said law is
•■* i.* 'm . and while CJoe’.iel*
■a - iii t-oniro'r «f the partly. I hereby
■ rt » re n . it *ti *e <1,airman of
r..t’ mint;. commit
— >»• Me aife . o inti ato. ask that
» a ante te* ar* opted at oate."
IPii l»e|M**lt»r*.
:*> *!"* * it*- * .V» York- atone the
•* h it! *.j’. it»R.- I*, ••k deposit.- have
*■*] to fl*;'* •*<•: T»;i* since Mr
"i ue e are iti the
i. vt« *-o . over _• on.* 'Mw depositors.
«. tin" < e- <: * $ s\7.4 M* *> *o.
4n e» u >:i 4# rti.p*l«
man Joi *— «f the democratic
, i <•„>!«• rtitfa one of the
. • .’*• t *. i_>4* it '* country, the
* !i. « >i» hi t* u»t and has 1men
t >• „u.i mi;.»< i holder In the
•. * «■<* ton < u.. pauy for years.
lot 'Unrated 111 \* w
,<• .» • tu - e h 1 t i Bryan recently
* **; u* tli* rtriiber's roost.'*
In# e* »r«i 41 ••?«»■ % < t r «- It t :< \ i «*11
- *:• :il> .- uicuient of the romp
■ of toe . v for February
'!»« «. - tfe. t *1. total < in ulation of
i „ at the dose of
L> f >*t il • !>■;. was $1*45* 134.nIK,
’ It. • ful ' \ ea 41 ■ S«t.r>J?,r>] 1.
IS,
1 rt * » .i. ■ I *■■ r 1 ra4r t «>uiilr4.
" - . ..Til- - to the State
• t • . * V i.-n tirton that there
a hole n.eiu**r: in Austria
i.* >■ o; *• Trusts Some
it ouc.it-a*. m- trotett in the report
■ .431 *rc it.- h t nt.iue ~ paper fac
• .gar r. im v shoe factories,
g.ssi- and 3a.- plants,
V A i.- * r * j* . a !r**e tr.< le country.
• • the j»r* ’e t • tariff c ould not
t. jm -ii. .itj lie the ‘mother of
* * - -!.- Tl.e oni t iriff there is in
;■ tia'i :» of an internal revenue on
■ i a»*l#a fen other ar
l‘*< la- lit*- National t>**M
Te monthly statenieu: of the re
• ;>f- aim expenditures of the Fnited
. ..or * tha* the total receipts
tr the q, <i.tt of February were $4*,.
■ ••• ■ - re* $87,718
ill "io .nr a surplus for the month
of f 7 7i*.:.
i. ’he ;asi eight Ti!ODtb« the receipts
.jo e\ . *ie11 the expenditures by
17 7,. ,H*. i« -presenting i. reduetiou of
■ national «i*:*t !•> about that same
amount
U hen the demo ratir party was in
, octroi the seven*ment failed to
iujeo* | although it was a time
.1 urofut a«i pear-, it makes a great
• ete * w ho i- runninc the machine
4 mrwililr tear* for I'urrl,, Kiri)
"he (jeiu<H rats of r,ingress bewailed
:? • tin’ that the l ut’ed States was
.i.g Puerto Rico b> the terlfT. But
* hen tb*- proposition t am* up to de
♦ u I ‘he collections from the tariff
at noth eii,ir of the line to the relief
<*i ’he |Mi,|>le of Puerto Rico, the demo
• :at- vote1 solidly against it. For the
a »e 41’ an additions! plank in their
platform they were willing to let the
UfcitMUfcro starve.
The ->stem of evolution obtains in
ti e polit)• - of Nebraska. A few years
ago the indep4-ndef!t> resoluted against
the lawyers tl* ided not to nominate
o vot* for them an.i blacklisted them
s*1 far a.- the organization was eon
< * n«i S.ui e then by a gradual pro
■*-»»*■ th* la wyers have gained full con
trol «•* th* whole organization, and
i! a* t**;t lawyers are elected to con
■ *— and to other important places.
% Siilltiirrn *.I|Mllailllli41.
Senator Mclaiuren of South Carolina
an out and -out expansionist, and he
*<>.- »-.J the sentiments of a large con
.*n in the south when he said
h ’iie course of a sjieet h a few days
us . jii congress
‘ <»ur southern mamifacttirers have
a.ready r* a* h**«j out to the markets of
Th* Orjenr and »ii: rovered their ad
tantages Th* southern farmer needs
- L markets for his raw cotton to
:: a; # its pi ml u<t ion remunerative. By
he a <t’i>:aon of the Philippines we
1 th* key of th* eastern situation,
yv*- need not te.> solely upon treaty
rig fits to secure the 4>|***n door.* but
;*i. <:• maud equal < on men ial oppor
Tui...> with other nations, and if neces
sary w ith the vantage ground we have
u - rt that demand Will the Failed
Stater throw away the golden oppor
t t . in-, giving uj* th*- Philippines?
1 i.m i. fa\or of holding them, and 1
!•*..*•*• Ti« southern farmers and man
..fii turcs will sustain me in my posi
f.•*!. I m*!*eye further that the pres
et. »* of tii* Fnited States and of its
t: g. th* emblem of human freedom.
l>t«»p -**s- and civilization, w ill carry to
’!,< millions in the Orient unnumbered
-sings which in the coming years,
w II m for their l*itterm«nt and amel
M.-aTitHi and will conduce to the per
•- ’• ,*y and glory of our free institu
tion* and the (omineriial supremacy
oi tfas nation **
A printed by Bradstreef'sshows
Thai 2.f»r»3 N>w York bii8in«K houses.
hud on their rolls 299.957 em
pire t-> ici 1 K9€. have increased the
nuaier to $58,271. while the increase
m trace* in 1 liiifi# as compared with
* '*t. tti over $20.W0o.(MMt.
During the first «even months of the
.rrent fiscal year the exports of
American manufactures show an in
crease of $52.<*M».0<»«* over the similar
period in the fiscal year 1*99. in spite
ot the fact that 1899 beat all previous
records.
The per capita circulation of the
l nited States has increased from $4.99
in IMki. and $13.82 in I860, to $25,098
in lttw.
During the past five years the agri
*uitural ex porta from this country
have amounted to $3,100,000,000. and
of this *3 per cent was sold to Euro
pama gold standard countries.
Tin- iJnltl <Kt»!nlHr<l ill Japan.
The "Report on the Adoption of the
Gold Standard in Japan." by Count
Maysayoehi. minister of finance for
J. pan. has been received in a trans
lated foi 2! at Washington, and con
tains . oiiio interesting information on
.! s»;.;je**t which is receiving consider
able attention in this country. It
discusses in detail the history of the
ui-**nry in Japan, and closes with a
■ japter entitled: “Effect of Coinage
He c m ccon the Economic Condition
■ : Our Country.” The following is a
quotation from the report:
‘ Since the adoption of the gold
taudard «in lsaTiour currency has
• *ecn free:’, from constant tin- tuations
ui its exchange rate, to which it was
sobje : before. Owing to this latter
ft*' ; moreover, the relations between
the claims of the creditor and the lia
bilities of the debtor become less sub
ject to sudden and unexpected
changes: business transactions are
ma<c- safe: an improvement in credit
no v place in the community at large:
p:i<«* lw a me more constant: in a
word, tiie way was now opened for the
steady and orderly growth of our
commerce ana industry.”
he minister of finance refers to
the great expansion in the commerce
and industries, aud especially to the
larg* increase in number and amount
of cheeks and bills passing through
the clearing houses. He says that
■ iirc the adoption of the law capital
> - from the gold standard countries
hate been investing freely in the
country. and there is a growing ten
dency toward lower interest rates,
the investors being no longer afraid’
of the loss subsequent to the fluctua
tions m the price of silver. A great
n< reuse in the c ommerce with gold
standard countries is also noted. An
other quotation from the report is as
flllnws ;
"SMiice our coinage reform enabled ;
- to avoid ail the evil effects of fluc
tuations in the price of silver.*, we
- - <i now no longer, as was formerly
the case under the necessity of mak
ing plain for financial matters with
;; •* currency constantly changing in
vai ■ . and sometimes suffering unex
,. 1 io se> and evils in times when
»!.. evils are unusually violent. All
tbo.-* fears of miscalculation and
> h: ”e now be< ome a thing of the
past Most particularly in the last
few veais when national expenditures
< : tilings bought abroad, such as war
'l ips. et< .. have greatly increased in
arnot;:;;. we have doubtless been able
10 avoid, on account of our coinage
reform, great losses on the part of
the national treasuiy. Besides, since
cur adoption of the gold standard, our
government bonds have been sold in
; o small amount in the European
market, so that their names appear
egularly in the price list of the Lon
don Stock Exchange. This fact at
oru e converted our bonds into an inter
national commodity, and will no doubt
loan to a -loser relationship between
<mr home and the foreign money mar
kets.'*
This glow ing report of the improve
ment of conditions in Japan will be
cold com ort to the silver men of this
■ ountrv who have repeatedly declared
that the adoption of the gold standard
by any country could bring nothing
but distress and disaster.
.1 n«rifytntr the I*r. eiOent.
Senator Lodge: in the long process
of the patient years those who now
assail the president with epithet and
imputation will shrink down beyond
the ken of even the antiquarian s
microscope; but the name of the presi
-‘ent v.ho took the Philippines and
planted our flag at the portals of the
east will stand out bright and clear
upon the pages of history, where all
men may read it. and he will have a
monument better than any reared by
hands in fair and fertile lands bloom
ing after long neglect and in a race
i erieemed from tyranny and lifted up
to broadening freedom and to larger
hopes.
I am the only one of my friends
that I can rely on.—Apollodorus.
Seven shillings a day has been adopt
ed by the New South Wales govern
ment as a minimum wage to railway
laborers.
Thomas Darragh. of Granite Moun
tain. Texas, claims to he the oldest
republican voter living lie is 98
years old.
A woman suffrage amendment re
ceived '»4 votes, against 48. in the Ohio
house, but failed in not receiving a
constitutional majority of 6G.
Australia raises tarantulas for the
sake of their webs, the filaments of
which are made into thread for bal
loons. Thev are lighter than silk and.
when woven, lighter than canvas. Each
tarantula yields from twenty to forty
yards of filament, of which eight
twisted together form a single bread.
One of the features of the drawing
room at Gen. Baden-Powell’s home in
London is the apiary. Two large bee
hives with glass sides, stand on orna
mental pedestals close to a large organ
which occupies on*> wall of the large
room overlooking Hyae park. The bees
escape through a windpipe which leads
out of the window.
!n addition to having Ella Ewing,
the largest woman in the world. Mis
souri has the smallest married counle
in the world. They arc Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Ray. of Dunkin county, who
have l>een with the Sells Bros.’ show
last year. They are each three feet
tall and weigh ordinarily about thirty
eight pounds each.
Two New York gentlemen had a dis
pute over a pug dog, each claiming to
lie its owner. One seized the dog's
(ollar and the other its hind legs, and
for five minutes they contested in a
tug of war. the dog visibly lengthening
during the odd contest. A policeman
called ’t adraw. released the dog and
arrested the quarrelers.
There is in north Missouri at least
one man who no longer cares to t*e
"shown"—if it costs anything. He for
warded $1 recently to an eastern
sharper who had advertised a willing
ness to explain, for the consideration
specified, how to prevent a shotgun
from scattering. The reply which
came back was. “I'se no shot."
The Rev. J. M. Jordan, of Raleigh.
X. C.. talks rather plainly of the way
ward in his following: "Oh. God." he
sad. “Thou knowest the majority of
v uristians are like wasps—larger at
birth than at any other time. And
they grow smaller and meaner as time
goes on. Thou knowest. also, that a
great many members high up in the
church drink beer and whiskey and go
to dances. Oh Lord, they call them
germaus. but that’s just to fool the
people. They are regular old dances
—nothing in the world but fiddling
and dancing. We read the paper this
morning and there they had printed
the names of all the gals and their
partners. Oh. Lord, have mercy on
these miserable rascals. "
O'FLAHERTY'S MEWS
WISE COMMENT ON A QUES
TION OF THE HOUR.
Hlheniiwn Version of the True Inward
ness uf Vs«n WycU'i Affiliation
With nn Organization f ormed for llie
Kxlcrmiuation of Trusts.
* 0i fee be th' papers." remarked
O'Flaherty to his friend Doolan. "thot
a man he th' name av Hoge 'a.- writ
ten a letthei *o th' newspapers in th*
name av th' Commershall Thravelers'
an’ Hotel Min's Aunty-thrust Imagin',
advocatin' th' nominashon av Judge
Van Wyck fur prisidint be th' Dimy
rats bekase th' judge as no other oc
cupashon than thravelin’ aroun' th'
counthry in parlor cars teliin* funny
yarns to th' commershall thravelers.
which, av eoorse, saves th' drummers
lots ax money they wud otherwise 'av -
spent on th' thevaters fur amusemint.
“There's just wan inconsishtancy in
th' argymint made in he’s favor ba
Mist her Hoge. who cays he's agin th'
thrusts, an' thot is. th' judge appears
to 'ave a monopoly av th' funny stori?.-,
-u' gives thim away gratis.
This bein’ th’ case, how do he ex
pect the playacthor byes, or th' funny
byes av th’ newspapers to make a liv
in' be sellin' their wit to th' thevaters
or th' noospapers. as th' case may be?”
“It’s very onsinsible.” interjected
Doolau. and inquired, "do yer Cncle
Tim. th' commarshall thraveier, know
any av these laddy bucks?”
“Me uncle.” rejoined OFiaherty.
“knows thim be heart, an' he says th'
league exists only benathe th' hats av
th' prisidint an" secretary, who start
ed out wid a skarne to git th’ 500.0' <>
commarshall min av the counthry to
jine their league, at an expense av wan
dollar a year each.
“This wud make a half a million
dollars a year to divart towards th'
pockets av this git-rich-quick league,
do ye moind?
“Av eoorse. th' commarshall min.
who are havin' all k.nds of silly affers
made to thim be people who wad want
to buy th' earth wid a discount av two
foives aff ar.' sixty days datin', didn't
see th- needsisity av payin’ a half a
million dollars a year fur daeayed
goose eggs, an' declined wid thanks.
“Thin th' prisidint gits mad bekase
he cudn't make a thrust av th* dhrum
mers. fur he's own binifit. ami wrote a
'either to Misther Croker. av th’ Tam
many Hall thrust, teliin him he had
raysined from th' Republican party,
an’ wud throw th' inflooence av th'
Commarshall Thravelers' Xashina!
league on th' side av th' Tammaany
thrust, or any owld thing wid money
in it.
“As Misther Croker knows more
about polyticks, an gittin’ th' biggist
O'FLAHERTY AND DOOLAN.
share av th' spoils than he do about
commarshall min. he bit loike a hun
gry fish at dead bate, thinkin' thot th'
high-soundin' name av th' Commar
shall Thravelers’ Nasninal league wud
catch famished gudgeons; an' thin, to
make it more takin' loike. he annaxe.l
th’ Raines law hotels to it. an' they
now call it “th' Commarshall Thravel
ers an’ Hotel Min’s Aunty-Thrust
league.’ lavin' out th' Raines law part
of it bekase av its onsavory eharac
ther.
“Me uncle towld me there's nary a
commarshall nor hotel mon on he's
route from Boston to Shaykago thot
knows anythin' about th’ concarn, thot
th' hotels they name musht be loike
McFadden’s father's Irish castle, where
ye cud put yer arum down th' chimb
lev an' staale everythin' in th' house.
“Th' hotel min towld me uncle thot
they 'ave no consumin' daysire to com
pate wid free soup houses, an’ prefer
open mills to thim. and thot clowns,
fur commarshall min, are not in as
much demand as they appear to be fur
Dimycrat prisidinshall candydates."
FACTS THAT SHOULD TALK.
Difference In Pun-liaslog Power of the
Wage-Earner** Dollar.
That was a very clever cartoon of
Dalrymple's. in the issue of “Puck”
of Jan. 10. It was entitled "The Evo
lution of the Doilar.”
It showed the difference between the
purchasing power of the wage earner’s
dollar in 1875 and 1900. as well as the
difference between the earning pow*er
of the capitalist's doilar in 1875 and
1900.
In 1875 the wage earner holds up a
very small dollar to niateh the capital
ist's big dollar. Then the interest on
money was from 7 to 10 per cent, while
coal cost $9 a ton. flour $12 a barrel.
cofTee 50 cents a pound, sugar 16 cents
a pound, shoes $5 a pair, kerosene oil
50 cents a gallon, gas $2 a 1.000 feet,
cotton cloth 20 cents a yard, clothes
$20 a suit, and other things in propor
tion.
in i»uo the capitalist holds up a
very 6mall dollar to match the wage
earner’s very big dollar. Now the rate
of Interest on money ranges from 2'£
to per cent, •while coal costs 35 a
ton. flour 35.25 a barrel, furniture Is
50 per cent cheaper, coffee is 30 cents
a pound, sugar is 4Va cents a pound,
shoes are $2.50 a pair, kerosene oil is
12 cents a gallon, gas is $1 a 1,000 feet,
cotton cloth is 5 cents a yard, clothes
are $10 a suit, and so on.
What an object lesson this is! How
It answers the cry of the demagogue
that the poor are getting poorer and
the rich richer al! the time!
And while making the comparison,
let. us not forget that wages are from
10 to 25. and even 30 per cent higher
than they were in 1875, while the ten
hour day has given way to the nine
hour day, and, in some industries, to
the eight-hour day.
Facts like these talk. At least, they
should talk, and they should do some
thing to convince us that the world is
reall/ progressing, and that the strug
gle cf the average man for a living is
getting easier and not harder ail the
time.—John C. Freund, New York
Music Trades.
NOW THEY KNOW.
People Who Were r roe- Bitten Don't
Want to Kepeat tlie Experience.
Ex-Congressman Hcgg. of Texa..
: professes to think that “everything
, I oks as though this would be a Bryan
i yea:." He says that thousands of men
who did not vote for Bryan in 1896 will
tote for him in 19u0. Bight years ago
the voters of the country sacrificed the
prosperity which they were enjoying
under the McKinley tariff law and
elected the “stuffed prophet" of free
trade to the presidency. Perhaps it is
this fact which leads ex-Governor
Iiogg to think that they will go and do
likewise in 1900. There certainly is
no other sign anywhere which would
: lead a man in the possession of his
senses to think that there was even a
! remote possibility of this being a
j “Bryan year." But, Governor Hogg.
! tlie fact that the people have done a
thing once is no sure sign that they
| will do it again. In fact it is often the
surest sign that they won’t repeat It.
i And that is the way it is in this case.
| In 1892 the majority of the people of
; the country did not know from actual
! experience what free-trade meant, nor
what Democratic tariff reform would
mean, either. Now they do. They felt
Lnppy and prosperous and were willing
*o experiment a little with free-trade—
just to see what would happen. But
“p burnt child dreads the fire," and th^*
people of this country got pretty badly
burned by playing with free-trade in
1.VI2- Or. perhaps it would be more
appropriate to say that they got badly
frozen through it. because of the lack
| of having sufficient warmth in their
1 nuses and for want of comfortable
clothes to wear. In any case they an
not likely to repeat the experiment of
;S92. One period of idleness, poverty
and discomfort is enough for a Iifo
j time. That is what tree-trade would
mean, and the election of Bryan and of
a congress in sympathy with him
would mean free-trade. The people
j want no more of either.
Win Not Kin Trusts.
j Free-Trade will kill the trusts.—
Carmi Democrat.
We do not wonder that the editor of
the Democrat thinks Free Trade
would kill trusts, for he knows it has
a very killing effect. In fact, he knows
it killed nearly everything when we
had it before, but if he will remember
the trusts are the only thing it did
not phase. He knows, or ought to
know, that the Standard Oil trust,
sugar trust, anti numerous other trusts
lived all through the Free Trade pe
riod of Democratic misrule and pros
pered on it by the aid of the Demo
cratic party. The great depression in
i business and stringency in the money
market during this Free Trade, soup
house era made it impossible for the
smaller firms to exist, and the trusts
squeezed them out of existence. Dur
ing the Free Trade, soup-house ad
ministration there were almost as
many failures in one year as there
■ are in two now. Many of the trusts
the Democratic party are now pre
tending to fight were organized during
Democratic rule, and others were as
sisted in various ways. The most dis
graceful of all. perhaps, was the as
sistance Havemeyer of the sugar trust,
received at the hands of the Demo
cratic senators, headed by Senator
Vest of Missouri. In Free Trade Eng
land trusts are being formed at a rapid
rate. No. Brother Charles. Free Trade
will not kill trusts, but it will kill
everything else, free soup-houses ex
cepted.—Benton (111.) Republican.
How l< It Now?
While millions of dollars are being
added to wages distributed generally
throughout the country the Boston
Herald selects two industries for a
special and very interesting compari
son:
“The two great industries that lead
the procession of prosperity are the
cotton and the woolen, and in both of
these the advances carry the wages
of the employes beyond the boom rates
of 1893.'’
The boom rates of 1893. it will be
j remembered, were slaughtered in cold
blood by the wage earners themselves.
I under various slogans of infuriated rot
aimed at capital.
That was done by the campaign of
1892. \v ill the campaign of 1900 see
that foi.y repeated? We don't think.—
New i ork Sun.
_
1Vh»t Would satisfy Them.
The Populist opposition to Secretary
: Gag- arises from di. satisfaction be
i cause he did not. by refraining from
! giving any aid. allow the adverse eon
! ditions in the money market to resu.t
in a wider panic. The Populists aio
hard pushed for calamities with whi h
to point their arguments.—Providence
Journal.
Nothing less than a panic thaT will
rot) 2.000.000 bread-winners of their
jobs and compel 1.000.000 half-starved
wage-earners to tramp our streets in
vain for work will ever half satisfy the
50-cent dollar Populists and Bryano
crats.
Way They Struck.
The strike of 4u0 laborers in the
j emplo- of the American Steel & Wire
i tympany is another one of those pros
perity strikes that do not involve any
reflection upon the conditions existing
in the industry affected. These em
ployes were granted an increase in
wages of T^i per cent, and struck be
cause their demand for a 10 per cent
increase was not granted—Sioux City
(la.) Journal.
The Colonel end the Coon.
Col. Willie Jenkins Bryan is still
gunning for an issue which will stick
in the coming campaign. The coon
which once remarked to Davy Crock
ett. “Don't shoot; I’ll come down.” has
not yet put in an appearance.—Phoe
nix (Ariz.) Republican.
Cold Fact.
Dun & Co.’s statement that business
is 40 per cent better than it was a
year ago is not a campaign lie. but a
statement of cold fact.—Indianapolis
(Ind.) Journal.
DRER- RABBIT
Mr. C'amlWhite Itryan He "Ljty Low” on
Qu*stio»s of Free-Trade and Tariff.
The Philadelphia Record scolds Mr.
Bryan because of his discreet sliem-e
| or; the subject of protective tariff, and
I accuses him of trying to engineer an
: amalgamation of "anti-impenaiis: ’
Republicans and free-silver supporters
as a set-off for the loss of sound m
ey Democrats. The "Record" objects
strenuously to the glittering geuereh
ties in which Mr. Bryan deals wlrn
discussing the trust question, finds
fault with his failure to advocate the
repeal of the tariff as the swiftest and
i surest way of annihilating all capital
istic combinations, and bewails bitterly
i the fact that "tariff reform, under the
banner of which the Democratic party
has triumphed in presidential and con
gn ssional elections, enters no longer
l into Mr. Bryan's program.”
Continuing it.- lament over the de
sertion of great principles, the Recoiu
sa y.:
"A great change has come over Mr.
Bryan since he was one of the enthu
siasts Democrats in congress who
carried Representative Wilson of West
Virginia around on their shoulders
after the latter had concluded a great
speech on the tariff bill. The enthu
siasm of the free-silcer presidential
claimant for tariff reform, like the
courage of Bob Acres has oozed out at
his finger ends: and the same phenom
enon is to be observed of most of hi
followers in and out of congress.
What is mo-t remarkable about this
desertion is the fact that never before
in the history of the country was there
so much reed of maintaining and en
forcing the Democratic tariff policy as
there is now, when the land is covered
with protected monopolies in every
field of industry and enterprise. If the
'Democratic party has been right in its
long continued opposition to the pro
tective system, how much greater is
the justification for relentless warfare
upon the iniquities and spoliation of
, the Dingiey tariff?”
Truth and justice impel a plea of ex
tenuation in behalf of Mr. Bryan. He
has not deserted the sacred cause o[
tariff reform. He is only suppressing
for the time being his undiminished
zcal. “Brer* Rabbit he lay low." Mr.
Bryan wants to be president mat b
more than he wants to wear the man
! tie of William Leftover Wilson. As
between a four-years' lien on the ex
ecutive chair and a brief precarious
! ride on the shoulders of a few free
1 ttade Democrats, he chooses the chair
every time. Let the Philadelphia Re -
ord remember these things and be rea
sonable. Mr. Bryan is all right on the
! tariff. Le^s than a month ago he pub
! lielv announced, in contradiction of a
j current report, that his views on the
: subject of removing all duties on im
ports of foreign wool had undergone
no change. This ought to console and
reasssure the Record. Any man who
is capable of favoring free wool am
ail that that implies to the farmers of
the United States is a good enough
free-trader.
____
Tariff!*. Trusts and Trice*.
j Attention is called to the fact that
; while the American price level is 17
j per cent higher than a year ago. that
of England is 12 per cent higher, if
The advances in prices is due to trusts.
: solely or primarily, it must be that
; they have trusts in England. But if
! England, with no tarifT except for rev
• enue. has trusts, what becomes of the
plea that the tariff is the mother of
1 trusts? The fact is that free trade Eng
land. as well as protected America.has
trusts: that America has trusts in ar
ticles that are not protected as well as
in those that are; that part of the ad
, vance in some of the articles controlled
! by trusts is due to their manipulation.
and that a few of the trusts which
! have thus abused their power have
been enabled, by the existence of a
high tariff on those articles to push
prices a bit higher than would have
been possible if competition with the
| old world product had been free. Not
1 the tariff, but the commercial advan
tages and the attractions of stock job
bing have been the parents of these
new corporations, whose real power
lor good and for ill. even to the wisest
and most careful of observers, is still
a problem.—St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Th* South** Opportunities.
All that is needed to insure still
more rapid progress and bewildering
development in the Southern states is
the construction of the Nicaragua
canal, and the stimulation of trade,
not only with Asia, via Nicaragua, but
! also with the South and Central Am
erican republics. The building of the
j canal seems assured. The stimulation
of sea going trade will come in time
- if the policy of the present administra
tion in reference to the merchant ma
rine is put into effect. The South is
beginning to realize her opportunities.
It is too much, however, to expect her
: yet to act upon her own changed pol
| itical convictions. But even this action
will come when the value of Republi
| can policies have been demonstrated
| upon every farm and in every hamlet
' and city of the South in spite of South
ern politicians and prejudices.—Kansas
City (Mo.) Journal.
A Coltdenltt Phonograph.
The whole system is pernicious and
unnatural. When seen in its extreme
view it is as irrational as the attempt
to force water up hill or to cultivate
oranges in Canada.—St. Joseph (Mo.)
News.
What would you suppose this man
was writing about? You wouldn’t for
a moment imagine that he alluded to
an economic system which has made
ours the greatest among the nations
of the earth, and made our people the
most happy, prosperous and envied
among all the peoples of the earth. But
you would be wrong. This Cobdenite
phonograph w’as actually talking about
the protective tariff.
For All or None.
These attacks on the part of the op
ponents of the question are not to be
ignored, for there is an element of
sound reason in them. If any break
occur in the Protective system by
means of reciprocity, then there will
be danger of the whole system giving
way. There should be Protection for
all or Protection for none.- San Fran
cisco CalL
FILIPINO
mothers are
kind.
Tbeir Killing Fallon I, T,„.ir .
inr,r Lore for
Th'- r blty B*i>Uw.
P.ie is like no one < so in -a . .... *
!£!lViluJ° write* the Manila
correspondent cf the St. Louis Glob^
nemo, rot. Food, tho wh,
standpoint she is least mv > „
nf 1,Ke a woman
of any feminine creature. She will
work for von sell v, •
,_•, MU >o» things, and
tirat you poiueiy bm Leyond that the
attitude of her t,
■ ...t, it presented
rtnnrOU'vIS? ^ ‘1!?'TmaW«‘ «« » bolted
nn ♦ -°U- uan m "<'!1 enough ac
quainted with her husl*nd t0 dKwt
him cordially, bm th« nature of the
woman is as hard to tathom as a
sheet of Chinese correspondence It is
never a common sight to see a mother
who believes she is alom>. playing with
her baby, a young native woman was
making iove to her first man child.
The two were in the shack next to
mine, but the windows were together
She had the little fellow iu a (.oriK...
and was kneeling before him in a per
fect ecstasy of motherhood. The baby
could not have l»eon more than several
months old. and the mother was per
haps Iti. She would bend her body far
back, with hands outstretched; and
then gradually sway closer, cioser.
while the baby, very noisy and happy
in his diminutive way. shrank liack
into the corner and showed his hare
ted gums. And then the mother swav
ed at last very near, she would snub li
her naked bundle of brown babyhood
cud toss him into the air. Ami there
would be great crowings and strangled
laughter from the infant and low nuir
ruurings of passionate worship from
the woman. Then she placed her face
close to the head of her son and whis
pered wonderful secrets in a voice
strangely soft and tender, such as you
would not think could come from this
smileless creature of the rive: hanks.
I watched, and the greatness of the
mother heart was laid bare before me.
and now better impressions came
where false ones had been—and I re*
membered she was a woman, apt and
ardently interested. I war* he leaning
witlessly out of the window. 1’fce v.to
man saw me. The sullen, u placable
stare came back. She snatch' ! up tho
child and disappeared. She athog in
the river, unconscious of th passing
white man, but he must u* see the
woman’s love for her first-b.-rn.
HARDY FILIPINO EUFF ALOES.
Have Immense Strength. acil Wild Ones
Are Constant!* Cnuglit.
The wild buffaloes of the Philippines
come from the iuterior, vtc.e many
natives spend their time iu capturing
and taming them, it take 'a long time
to tame the wild creatures and break
! Them into service. Some old bulls ab
solutely refuse to be tamed, anti they
show their resentment for capture up
to the time of their death. Most ot
those in service are born and bred in
j captivity, and the young calves are
very easily trained for use. Still
j enough of the wild caraboas are caught
! every year to keep the stork from de
generating. They take to civilized life
much more readily than our American
; bison, resembling in this respect the
1 true water buffalo of India. Tho
strength of these animals is marvelous.
In respect to size, strength and pon
i derousness they resemble the elephant
more than any oth'-r creature. They
simply haul anything that is hitched
j behind them, and it is the shaft or
| traces that break if the load cannot be
moved. Across all sorts of rough and
miry country they pull the load, al
though they have uot the sure footing
i of the mule in climbing steep and
I rough mountains and hills, they are
better in the soft, miry lowlands which
! compose so large a part of the Pbilip
! pines. When angered and running
1 away, they dash across the country
j with their heavy load, as if it were
so much light, flimsy cotton. Not
only are they then regardless of what
j is behind them, but also of what may
! rear itself in front. Be it a river, a
I fence, a ditch or jungle, or another
i cart, the maddened animal plunges
blindly through or across it. and never
halts until disabled or its anger has
evaporated. In the latter case it then
suddenly becomes as meek and docile
as before. If whipped for its misdeeds,
its meek eyes seem to ask why it is
punished, and they look as innocent as
those of a child or a deer.—Scientific
American.
Chanced the TUce.
It is said that Jared Sparks, chosen
president of Harvard college iu 1849,
yielded promptly and courteously to
the opinions and wishes of the faculty
where no important interest was at is
sue. but wherever the welfare of honor
of the college or of its individual mem
bers was concerned, be adhered im
movably to his oven judgment. A ease
in point, says Doctor Peabody, in his
“Harvard Graduates Whom I Have
Known,” occurred when Kossuth was
making his progress through the coun
try. Mr. Sparks was one of the few
who were disinclined to pay homage.
The then usual spring exhibition, nor
mally held in the college chapel, was
at hand, and it was understood that
Kossuth would be present. The faculty
voted unanimously, or nearly so, to
hold this exhibition where the com
mencements were held, in the I irst
Parish church. Mr. Sparks declared
the vote, but added: "It is for you,
gentlemen, to hold the exhibition
where you please. I shall go to tht
::bapel in my cap and gown at thfr
usual hour.” The vote, of course, was
reconsidered.
Why We Forget Name#.
Many persons are especially forget
ful with regard to names—as of ac
quaintances or some familiar object.
Dr. Bastian, in discussing effects
cently, quoted with approval this ex
planation: “The more concrete the
idea the more readily is the word used
to designate it forgotten when the
memory fails. We easily represent
persons and things to ourselves with
out their names. More abstract con
ceptions. on the contrary, are attained
only with the aid of words, which akme
give them their exact shape in our
minds.” Hence verbs, adjectives, pro
nouns, adverbs, prepositions and con
junctions are more intimately related
to thought than nouns are, and can be
remembered when nouns, or names,
slip from the mind.