.CHAPTER V.
"Now , Btnlla a llttlo , Kilty , and
you'll look almost pretty I" '
Meg drew back n pace to survey mo
critically. I sat looking fixedly before
mo Into the llttlo cracked toilet glass ,
and tried to got used to the new beau
tified version of myself that I HU\V re
flected there.
My dark hair was all gathered up
high on my head , twlRtnd loosely by
Meg's deft fingers to Ho In soft , grace
ful colls. Beneath the mass of dark
Imlr my face looked smaller and paler
than I had been used to think it ; my
eyes hod never looked HO deeply set
they wcro too largo and too dark for
the smallncss and paleness of my face ,
and my lips wore too grave and too
wistful ; and yet , on the whole , I was
prettier than I had thought myself.
For the first tlmo In my life I realized
that my head was well set , that my
face was dollcatoly shaped , that my
chin nt least was pretty.
Aunt Juno was giving a party to
night and I was In festal attire In a
whlto dress of soft muslin that had
never been worn by cither Meg or
Dora n pretty dress that opened nt the
throat , that fitted mo trimly , and that
in some mysterious way mndo mo look
Bllm and tall and not ungraceful.
I put my elbows carelessly upon the
grimy llttlo dressing-table , bespattered
with London smuts , and gazed long
ingly Into the cracked glass with un
blushing cngcrncss.
"I wish I were pretty ! " and I
sighed. "I wonder If I am pretty ,
ruthor pretty am I , Meg ? Oh , Meg , I
think I would glvo anything to bo
beautiful llko you ! "
< ! I bollovo some people might think
you prettier , " she admitted , with an air
of genuine concession. "Not that I
can say that I ngrco with thorn ! " she
added at once with laughing candor.
"You are too thin and too whlto but
you'll do. Hero , put In this bit of rod
tentio voice , without turning my head.
"Never ! Oh , has ho repented ? Well ,
I thought ho would. "
I returned no answer.
"Suppose ho docs propose ? " persist
ed Dora , lazily. "What are you going
to Hay ? "
It wan the question I had been ask
ing myself again and again , morning ,
noon , and night , for the past fortnight ,
over since Hint afternoon when Aunt
Jnno had talked to me. I hud always
given myself the sumo answer given
It resolutely , emphatically I should
rofjj'po him , and refuse him unhesitat
ingly , in such a way that ho should not
doubt my firmness , should never think
of urging mo. And yet , In splto of my
decision , again and again the question
hud come buck to me , us though I had
never solved It.
"lio will not ask me , " I said. "If
ho docs "
"If ho docs ? "
"I shall not accept him , " I said ,
quietly.
Dora , tilted her chulr backward In a
perilous position , and sat and watched
mo.
mo."And
"And what will mnmma say ? " she
asked presently In a comical tone of
consternation.
"I don't euro I don't euro In the
very least ! " I said , and this tlmo ut all
events tliero wns a ring of sincerity In
my tone. My feur of Aunt Juno had
vanished murvolously In the past two
weeks. I scorned to have grown from
childhood to womanhood , and Aunt
Juno no longer overawed mo , no longer
hold my destiny subject to her frown.
My heart Brink whenever I told my
self anew that I must refuse John Mor
timer ; but it was not tlio fear of Aunt
Jam ) that so much oppressed me.
"She would never forgive you. " said
Dora with easy conviction.
"I know that ; I should never ask
her. Dora , " I continued , turning away
from the window and coming back to
HE CAME FORWA RD TO MEET ME.
geranium ! Yes you'll do. Now I'll
run away and got dressed myself. Are
you coming , Dora ? "
But Dora sat still.
"Kitty , you're getting vain ! " she
said with a laugh , us Meg wont trip
ping away.
"Vain ! " I echoed dismally. "I wish
I could bo vain ! I never used to care
about being pretty ; I suppose it comes
with growing up , I wish my hair
curled , Dora ! "
"Curl it , dear. "
"I wish I were llko Meg ! " and I
sighed ngnin.
"Meg's prettlncss won't wear , " said
Dora , in a judicial tone. "By the time
you'ro 40 , Kitty , you'll bo much better
looking than Meg. "
"But I'm not 40 , " I exclaimed , half-
laughing , half-petulant. "I don't cure
how I look at 40. I euro how I look
now ndt nt 40 or 80. but now ! ' "
Dora leant back in her chair , and ,
with a little smile , surveyed mo lazily.
"My dear little Kitty , " she said ,
after a minute , "do you know what
any one who saw you and heard you
at this moment would Imagine ? "
"What ? "
"You to bo in love , my dear. You
have all the symptoms and moro.
Who is it , Kitty ? Break it to mo
gently. "
I took my elbow from the table and
rose hastily , with a sudden sense of
Irritation and impatience.
"Ono .needn't ho in love , " I de
clared , moving away from Dora to the
window , "Just because one wishes not
to bo a fright. I'm not in love ! "
"Well , it would bo difficult , " said
{ Dora , with a yawn "unless you foil in
"love " TvitU your poor llttlo herr at your
music lessons. Besides the herr , whom
.do you oee ? Nobody ! Poor child no-
'body ' at all ! Oh , I forgot there's John
[ Mortimer ; but John Mortimer doosn'
( count ! By the by , Kitty , when is John
going to propose to you ? "
! " I replied1 in a clear , steady ,
my seat before the table , "I have been
thinking about about things lately ,
and 1'vo decided what 1 want to do. ]
want to go away now , not away from
London perhaps , but awny from hero.
I want to be earning a living of my
own , not to bo dependent any longer
on Aunt Jane's bounty. Some one
might have mo ns a governess , as nurs-
sory governess. Do you think that
anybody would ? "
"And teach horrid llttlo boys and
girls their A B C , and see that their
sashes are tied stralght'and their faces
cleanly washed , and that theli toes are
tucked In ut night ! I would rather
marry John Mortimer If I were you. '
"Would you ? " I said , dryly.
"Well , no , " said Dora , laughing , "on
second thought I'm not sure that I
would. While one Is unmarried , life
oven as a snubbed governess in a stuffy
schoolroom , hns nt all events possibili
ties. John Mortimer is such a grim
unromuntle certainty. "
"Perhaps ho does seem grim to you , '
I said coldly. "Ho never seems grim
to mo. ' "
"He's so so middle-nged , " objected
Dora , with another llttlo yawn.
"He's 35 ! " I said , with a sudden feel
ing of irritation. "I liuto young men. '
"What odd taste ! And then , he's
so commonplace ! Not , by the widest
stretch of imagination , could I fancy
John Mortimer doing anything a llttlo
wicked. "
"Nor I. I'm glad ! "
"Oh , I llko a man to have a dash of
wickedness ! "
"Do you ? I prefer a man to bo trust
worthy , upright and true ! "
"My dear Kitty , why so snappish ? '
"I'm not snappish , " I said quickly
with a feellug pf penitence. "London's
so hot ! " I explained somewhat lllog
ically. "One's temper can't bo perfcc
in London in the first week of August
I shall bo glad when wo got away. ' "
But , even as I expressed the wish
HomethlnK seemed to tighten about my
icart ; 11 ached at the thought of how
Khort ii. tlmo wan loft before my wish
mist 1)L ) > accomplished. When the tlmo
cnino for us to go Cornwall , the tlmo
.voiild come , too , when John Mortimer
vould go to Brittany , to the sister who
bought ijllghtlngly of girls , and to her
rlond , that perfect woman , who was
ns .voutift at 30 as she had been nt 20 ,
vho Would never bo old at heart , of
vhom It wns Impossible that any ono
could have spoken In dispraise.
CJIAPTI3II VI.
Aunt Jnno passed along the passage
on her way to her room to dress. She
opened my door , which stood ajar , and
ookcd In with her normal air of dis-
ipprovul.
"Do you Intend to como downstairs
n that costume , Dora ? " she asked , se
verely , looking ut Dora's pretty but
nuch-erumplcd pink print. "My dear
Kate" with a still sourer glance at
me "will you try to recollect that
your dress will cost nt leust two
guineas and hns to bo puld for yet ? If
you hour thnt in mind , you will per-
Impo bo careful of It nil the evening.
If you tire ready , you can go down
stairs at once Into the drawing-room. "
1 went downstairs ns Aunt Jane hud
bidden me. The drawing-room door
stood open. I entered , and , busily engrossed -
grossed In arranging the llttlo nosegay
of red geraniums at my waist , I hulf-
crossed the room before I wus con
scious that any ono wns there. Then ,
us I raised my eyes , I met John Morti
mer's grave , frank smile , and I know
my face lighted up at onco.
Ho came forward to meet mo , his
steady gray eyes still constraining mete
to look at him.
"I cumo curly , Kitty , to see you , " ho
told me , speaking In a very quiet , se
rious way. "I asked Mrs. Corfiold to
let mo see you for a llttlo while alone. "
So Aunt Juno had sent mo down to
meet him ! Why had she not warned
mo thnt ho was hero ? Why hud she
let him surprise mo Into that swift ,
tell-tnlo glance of greeting ?
IIo drew forward the only easy-chair
the room contained a chair sacred to
the service of Aunt Juno and seated
himself near mo on the green red sofa
by the window. IIo eyed mo with a
somewhat puzzled glance.
"Aro you wondering what has hap
pened to me ? " I asked.
"You are looking very grown up , "
ho answered , smiling. "And very
pretty , " he added , after a moment , in
a quiet tone.
In splto of myself my eyes smiled
Into his. I drew a deep , contented
breath. IIo thought mo pretty all the
rest of the world might think mo plain ,
and I should not euro ! I should never
bemoan again my paleness , my dark
eyes , which would not sparkle us Meg's
blue eyes sparkled when they smiled.
"I have a new dress , " I explained ,
shyly "a new'drcss which Is quite my
own. Do you llko it ? "
"Very much. I always like your
dresses , Kitty ! "
I looked at him wonderlngly.
"What always ! " I echoed. "Not al
ways ! " I echoed. "Not always ? "
"Always ! "
"Tho old linsey-woolsey I was wear
ing last winter , with the sleeves half
way up my arms , and the skirt above
my ankles , and the black braid all
turned green and the elbows thread
bare ! You didn't llko that dress ? "
"Yes , I did. "
"It was hideous ! Meg and Dora wcro
always bantering mo about that dress.
It was the ugliest dress that was ever
seen. "
"Was it ? "
"And how it were ! " I said , sighing.
"It wouldn't wear out. I thought it
would last till doomsday. Do you
know , I don't think much of your taste
in dresses. "
IIo smiled at mo in his grave way ;
and lot my slighting opinion pass un
challenged. Ills eyes , oven while they
smiled , were looking at mo with a
strange earnestness. Ho bent forward
a little , fuclng mo.
( To bo continued. )
A ( juuun Who DoeH Washing.
A correspondent of the Indianapolis
News says that when tlio town of
Bocrne , near San Antonio , Tex. , was
settled in 1845 , by a colony of Germans ,
the settlers wcro told they could llvo
ns they wished , provided they were
good , Industrious citizens. They se
lected from tholr number "a man and
his wife of mental as well ns physical
weight" as their king and queen ,
whoso edicts and commands they
agreed to obey to the letter. They wcro
much astonished several months later
to learn that this state of things would
not do in this country , and the king
and queen were deposed. The king is
dead , but the cx-qucen still lives. She
Is worth $100,000 , and owns one-third
of the town , but takes in laundry work
and bonds over her tub six days in the
week. Her word is still law with the
older people , and some of the younger
ones. 'New York Tribune.
A Cow for Sulo.
The late Bill Nye once advertised n
cow for sale us follows : "Owing to ill-
health , I will sell at my residence , in j
township 19 , rang'o according to gov
ernment survey , ono plush , raspberry
colored cow , aged eight years. She is
a good milker , and is not afraid of the
cars or anything else. She is of un-
dantcd courage , and gives milk fre
quently. To a man who does not fear
death In any form , she would be n
great boon. She is very much attach
ed to her homo at present , but she will
bo sold to any one who will use her
right. She is one-fourth shorthorn
and three-fourths hyena. I will also 1
throw In a double-barreled shotgun ,
which goes with her. In May she gen
erally goes away for a week or two and
returns with a tall red calf with wuh-
bly legs. Her name is HOBO. I would
rather sell her to a non-resident. "
FIGHT1NGPEOTECTION
DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE THE
TARIFF AN ISSUE.
Itx Iloiiciil cir .Moillllratlon Dnnmiiilixl
on tlio rrotvxt Tlntt In Thin Wny
Alone Can the Trust 1'iolilciu liu
Kuccossftilly Solved.
Will the tariff bo nmde n conspic
uous Issue ntnong tlio questions to be
submitted to public adjudication In tlio
presidential campaign of 10007 Opin
ion varies widely on this point. By
many the belief Is expressed that In
the light of the splendid prosperity
that hns followed the restoration of
thy protective policy , and.In vlow of
the enormous extension of our for
eign trade that has taken , place con
currently with the unrestricted opera
tion of that policy , the Democratic par
ty In its next national platform will
not have the hardihood to reopen the
tariff question , but will discreetly re
frain from any agitation thereof.
Among those who hold to this belief
wo find the New York Sun very posi
tive and emphatic. After pointing to
the splendid showing made in the sta
tistics of our exports of domestic man
ufactures whercfrom It appears that ,
after deducting the exports of mineral
oil and copper from the unexampled to
tal of $338,067,701 for the last fiscal
year , the net exports of products in
which labor cost foims a higher per
centage than In these relatively crude
articles reached In 1899 the sum of
$252,000,000 , a gain of $1G5100,000 In
ten years the Sun announces this con
clusion :
"Tho prosperity of our manufac
tures , Indicated by these statistics , re
moves the tiresome and mischievous
tariff controversy from the field of
politics , for the time being at least ,
and relegates It to the purely academic
discussion whore only It has always
belonged In this country. It did not
appear In the campaign of 189G , and
it will not appear in the campaign of
1900. The ridiculous and disastrous re
sult of It after the campaign of 1892
has warned the Democratic party to
lot it alone. "
Almost at the Identical moment
when the Sun writer was engaged In
recording the conviction that the facts
of trade and commerce and the disas
ters which resulted from the cam
paign of 1892 would compel the re
moval of "the tiresome and mischiev
ous tariff controversy from the field
of politics , for the time being at Iqast , "
and would "relegate It to the purely
academic discussion where only it has
always belonged In this country , " a
body of orthodox Democrats were holdIng -
Ing their state convention In Iowa. In
the platform adopted by this body of
orthodox Democrats , without a dis
senting vote or voice , we find the fol
lowing :
"Wo vlow with alarm the multipli
cation of those combinations of capi
tal commonly known as trusts , that
are concentrating and monopolizing
Industry , crushing out Independent
producers of limited means , destroy
ing competition , restricting opportuni
ties for labor , artificially limiting pro
duction and raising prices , and creat
ing an Industrial condition different
from state socialism only in the re
spect that under socialism the benefits
of production would go to all , while
under the trust system they go to In
crease the fortune of these Institu
tions. These trusts and combinations
am the direct outgrowth of the policy
of the Republican party , which has not
only favored these Institutions , but
has accepted their support and sofic-
Hed their contributions to aid that par
ty in retaining power which has placed
a burden of taxation upon those who
labor and produce in time of peace
and who flgnt our battles In time of
war , while the wealth of the country
Is exempted from these burdens.
"Wo condemn this policy , and it is
our solemn conviction that the trusts
must bo destroyed or they will destroy
free government , and we demand that
they bo suppressed by the repeal of
tile protective tariff and other privi
lege-conferring legislation responsible
for them and by the enactment of such
legislation , state and national , as will
aid in their destruction. "
Docs this look as though the tariff
controversy was going to be lifted out
of politics and relegated to academic
discussion ? The Iowa Democratic
state convention did not think so. We
would gladly share the confidence of
the New York Sun as to the disappear
ance of the tariff from among the llvo
Issues of the campaign of next year ,
but the facts and probabilities wholly
fail to justify that agreeable anticipa
tion. On the contrary , the facts and
probabilities point unerringly toward
a savage and determined attack on the
tariff all along the Democratic line. At
the present writing nothing appears
more certain than that from this time
on every Democratic state convention
will present the Iowa declaration in
some form or other , and that the re
peal or modification of the Dlngloy
tariff will bo demanded In the national
Democratic platform.
I Hi nl Tlnu > * for Ono CliiHH.
The effects of a protective tariff are
probably felt nowhere In the country
more than In Plttsburg. Consequently
the following statistics , compiled by
the Now York World , are of more than
passing Interest : Area of Pittsburgh
industrial Klondike , 180 square miles ;
number of Industries being operated on
full time , 118 ; number of men em
ployed in these , embracing all classes ,
270,000 ; average wages per day , $2.15 ;
range of wages , $1,75 to $7 per day ;
number of idle men , none , except from
sickness ; number of mills and facto
ries unable to run full time by reason
of scarcity of labor , 60 ; railroads un
able to move freight promptly because
the traffic is 30 per cent larger .than
all the freight curs In service ; gross
dally value of trade in industrial Klon
dike , $0.000,000.
When It Is remembered that the fore
going statements arc published by a
Journal that has lost no opportunity
for denouncing and ridiculing the
Dlngley tariff hill , they form pretty
good evidence that there Is moro com
fort in the present , situation for indus
trial tellers than for
free-trade theo
rists. And It should also bo remem
bered that most Industries throughout
the country arc nearly If not quite as
active as those of Plttsburg. These
are hard times only for those who arc
hunting anti-tariff arguments. Pltts
burg Commercial Gazette.
The IHcKlnley Policy.
It Is American first , last and all the
time. It never halts , never hesitates ,
whether the question bo the defense of
American industries or the defense of
American dignity. McKlnleylsm and
Americanism are synonymous terms.
The one Involves the other. Listen to
what the president of the United
States said in his address before the
Catholic summer school at Plattsburg ,
N. Y. , Aug. 13 , 1899 :
"The flag symbolizes our purposes
and our aspirations ; it represents what
we believe and what we mean to main
tain , and wherever It floats It Is the flag
of the free , the hope of the oppressed ;
and wherever it is assailed , at any sac
rifice it will be carried to a triumphant
peace. "
This utterance was greeted with
ringing cheers all the reports agree
in saying. Its lofty purport appealed
Instantly to the intelligent minds to
which it was addresed. It appeals to
every true American throughout the
country consecrated to freedom and
progress. It ought to make the small
coterie of "fire-In-the-rear" anti-Amer
icans feel smaller and smaller.
They Will Uo Itcculatod.
The family of trusts doubtless needs
regulation. Provision has already
been made to control pools and com
binations in restriction of trade and
the like , but the problem still to be
solved Is : What interference can the
government interpose against largo
capitalizations against the outright
purchase of many small concerns for
the purpose of concentrating and sim
plifying management , cheapening pro
duction and enlarging trade ? Mean
while the parentage of trusts Is still in
doubt , oven though the protective tar
iff has been cleared of responsibility
for the progeny , but there is reason
to believe that trusts are simply the
outgrowth of business enterprise.
Kansas City ( Kan. ) Journal.
Ciuiso for Clinstonocl .Satisfaction.
John Bull We don't worry about
merchandise balances so long as our
deficit is made good by returns on for
eign investments and profits on our
ocean carrying trade.
Undo Sam Well , If you're satisfied
we are ; but what Is to become of
British industries if your American
debtors keep on increasing their pay
ments to you in the shape of manu
factured goods , In place of raw mate
rials ?
lieyoml tlio AreummitiUlvo Stacro.
Mr. Havomeyer's emphatic assertion
that a high protective tariff Is the
mother of trusts will bo seized upon
by the Democratic free traders as a
choice morsel of wisdom and the other
features of his rather noteworthy tes
timony ignored by thorn. His view of
protection is distinctively Democratic
and might have been written by the
author of the famous Wilson bill. The
value and effectiveness of a protective
tariff to the country has got beyond
the argumentative stage with the people
ple , who look to results moro than to
theories , and what Mr. Havemeyer
thinks or says upon the subject will
have little or no weight with them.
Seattle ( Wash. ) Post-Intelligencer.
Ilciiiilltg tlio WnrJdiiRiniui.
It would bo as foolish to blame par
ents who have reared a child in the
best possible manner for his turning
to evil ways after he has grown to
manhood , as to blame the tariff for
building up n splendid American indus
try , giving employment to 30,000 Amer
ican workingmen , because avaricious
men secure control of it and enter into
a wicked combination. Combination or
not , the tin plate trust can make no
money without employing the work
ingmen and paying them for their
labor. Tacoma ( Wash. ) Ledger.
The Deep , Full Urolith.
The year 1899 may be considered as
the time of our "second wind. " Last
year we took a deep breath of protec
tion prosperity and eclipsed all pre
vious records. This year there was
nothing to do but to eclipse 1898 , and
wo proceeded to do it. We have taken
in the full , deep breath which always
carries the runner in a race to vic
tory. Our commercial rivals may aa
well drop out , for the close of 1899
will see the United States the winner
by a good margin in the industrial con
test.
The Mother of Indmlry. s
If Mr. Hnvemeyer hud called the
protective tariff the "mother of Indus-
try" Instead of the "mother of trusts , "
ho would have been stating a truth instead -
stead of putting forth n lie. The nu.ni-
her of factories which have been reopened -
opened after years of idleness , the
number of plants which have been extended -
tended , the number of mills which
have been enlarged In the brlof tlmo
during which the Dlngley law has been Ii
in operation are beyond computation. (
The number of new mills opened , of
new business enterprises started and
of new Industries established can only
ho estimated. The full number will
never be accurately counted. Anil the
showing of this short tlmo has been
but a brilliant repetition of the his- Fj ,
tory of the two short years during
which the McKlnley law was In full
force and effect.
To go further back than that , prac-
tlcally every Industry in the country
owes its existence to the policy of pro
tection. When the colonies separated
from Grout Britain there was not a !
single Industry of any consequence on
this side of the ocean , thanks to the
policy pursued by the ruling country.
There never would have been any in
dustries established if early American
statesmen had been of the stripe of
Bryan , or Cleveland , or other free J .
traders. American enterprise would
have had no show at all against the
well-established and powerful Indus
tries of England. But through the
adoption of the policy of a protective
tariff American industries were estab
lished ; through that same policy they
have been developed to their present
unrivaled proportions ; and through it
American industries are today being
extended and increased , and the United
States is fast increasing the lead which
it already has in commercial affairs
over all the other nations of the world.
Northwestern Harvest Ilnnds.
The farmers of the Northwest are
kicking again , but it is a different kind
of a kick from that of three years ago.
In those days of ' 96 , when lamenta
tions for the crime of ' 73 filled the air
of the Northwest , the burden of complaint -
plaint was scarcity of work , scarcity of
dollars and the too largo purchasing
capacity of the dollar when acquired
because of the cheapness of everything.
This year the times arc out of joint for
the farmers because of the scarcity of
men to work in the harvest fields.
Wages are offered ranging from $2.50
a day and board for common harvest
hands to $0 a day for threshing ma
chine engineers , and even at these
figures it is well nigh impossible to
get men enough to do the work. Every
body able to work seems to be having
something else to do that is more con
genial or more profitable than harvest
field work. If Brother Bryan would
make a tour of the Northwest at this
tme he could expound 16 to 1 16 jobs
looking for every Idle man , and his ex-
planutlon of the phenomenon would be
interesting in view of the doctrines ho
preached in the last campaign year.
Grand Rapids ( Mich. ) Herald.
A Transient Commercial Crnzo.
If wo believed that the creation of
trusts would be a permanent feature
of our economic system , we might
share In the alarm expressed by some
timid persons. We do not ; we regard -
gard them as a merely transient com
mercial craze , which will die of ex
haustion. The commerce of this coun
try is altogether too great to be kept
under control b'y any one sot of men
acting upon a single Industry. The
t5de of the United States has passed
that stage just as it has passed the
stage when the wheat product of this
country can be cornered. Seattle
( Wash. ) Post-Intelligencer. .
Work SonlCH tlio IMan.
The following advertisement appears
conspicuously in a leading northwest
ern newspaper of recent date :
"Wanted Laborers are needed in
the harvest fields of Minnesota and es
pecially in the Dakotas. Harvest will
soon begin , to be followed by thresh
ing. Good wages are offered and low
rates of transportation are offered by
the railroads. Here Is an opportunity
for all that are unemployed. St. Paul
( Minn. ) Pioneer-Press. "
This is a time when work seeks the
man , and no man need search for
work. It is a time of McKinlcy and
prosperity.
Two of n Kind.
The devil rebuking sin and Mi.
Havemeyer , the president of the sugar
trust , rebuking trusts , are two of a
kind. When the devil is recognized as
authority In ethics Mr. Havemeyer mny
bo recognized ns authority on trusts.
Not until then will Intelligent Ameri
can voters be influenced against a pro
tective tariff by the railing against
trusts by the president of ono of the
greatest trusts on the American con
tinent. Freeport (111. ( ) Journal.
Well Ilonol
The Iowa Republicans took no back
ward step when they Indorsed in de
cided fashion the administration of
President McKlnley and the colonial
policy. Sound money was placed in
the foreground , the Dlngley tariff ap
proved , and the trusts denounced.
When the roll of all the states has
been called , it will bo a unanimous
"well done" which he will have re
ceived. Grand Rapids ( Mich. ) Her <
aid.
A Typical Contortionist.
The free trader is a nimble Insect.
Ho formerly told us that "If you have
a protective tariff you can't sell to
foreign countries. " lie now says : "The
fact that wo are selling so many manu- I
fucturod goods abroad proves that we * \ ! K
do not need a protective tariff. " Some
circus ought to have this contortion
ist. Benton (111. ( ) Republican.