Conservative.
. old-fashioned Methodist revivalist. His
denunciation of British greed and op
pression was keen and cutting. His
eulogy of Boer patriotism was tearfully
touching. In pleading the cause of Oora
Paul , he excelled all in frenzied fervor.
His entrancing oratory completely cap
tured his patient and attentive listeners.
It was the kind that not only reached
the heart but , what is more to the pur
pose of Sulzer , "touched" the pocket-
book. His emotional hearers shelled
out generously. $1,800 was raised and
placed in the hands of the solicitous
Sulzer'to be forwarded to the needy
widows and starving orphans.
Several weeks passed. It was whispered
about that the money had not been used
in a way to effec-
Tammany , . . , , . ,
Extravagance. tlVOly alleviate
South African dis
tress. It was inhumanly hinted that it
was expended more to quench Tammany
thirst than to feed South African babes.
To silence this talk and exonerate the
"disinterested" Tammany brave , an in
quiry was instituted by an ardent pro-
Boer and prominent Bryanarohist leader ,
Dr. Groffutt. It developed that the
stories of dissipation , at the expense of
charitably inclined Boer sympathizers ,
were not unfounded. Of the $1,800 col
lected , $1,782 were used to pay expenses
and $18 remained for Kruger's people.
The chief item of the expense account
was for wines. Those who know the
almost insatiable thirst of Tammany
chieftains will not think the bacchau
alian expense unreasonable. Probably
the greater portion of the wine was con
sumed prior to the meeting to work up
the proper degree of enthusiasm. The
conduct of Sulzer illustrates the depth
of Bryauarchio interest in and sympathy
for the band of patriots who have been
so bravely and courageously , against
fearful odds , fighting to maintain the
independence of the South African re
publics.
The Chicago
A PAID AGENT. . . . . , f
Chronicle , the
leading democratic paper of Chicago ,
on July llth , 1890 , said :
"The proprietors of the big bonanzas
have found it profitable to keep a large
number of orators , lecturers and other
spokesmen on the road. Among the
men who have been thus employed and
carried on the pay-roll of the big bonan
zas for a number of years is Wm. J.
Bryan of Nebraska. A paid agent of
and spokesman for the silver combine ,
he has not since his retirement from
congress had any other visible means of
support. The richest men in the world ,
the proprietors of the big bonanzas , hire
orators like Bryan exactly as other
wealthy men hire fiddlers , and value
them about as highly. Silver orators ,
like fiddlers , come in at the back doors
of the big bonanzas and eat at the ser
vants' table. Since he holds no relation
ship to the big bonanzas , Win. J. Bryan's
nomination by their order , and as a re-
\
suit of the free use of their money , be
comes an insult to the American people
of no small proportions. "
Can it be that the Chronicle has
been seen by the proprietors of the
big bonanzas , that it is now support
ing the man whoso nomination in 1896
"was brought about as a result of the
free use of their money" and was "an
insult to the American people of no
small proportions ? "
* > 1898 , Juat tWO
WATTERSON
AND HRYAN.
Watterson , of
the Louisville Courier Journal , thus ex
pressed himself about the populist pres
idential nominee :
"Mr. William J. Bryan has come to
Kentucky and Kentuckiaus have taken
his measure. He is a boy orator. He is
a dishonest dodger. He is a daring
adventurer. He is a political faker. He
is not of the material of which people of
the United States have ever made a
president , nor has he even the material
of which any party has ever before
made a candidate. "
If two years ago Mr. Bryan was a
dishonest " " adven
dodger" , a "daring
turer" , a "political faker" , the oharao
terization must be true today. Could
words better describe Mr. Bryan's
apparent abandonment of the sweet
delusion of 16 to 1 and his seeming
devotion to anti-imperialism. Mr.
Bryan's exploitation of his new para
mount confirms the correctness of Mr.
Watterson's characterization of two
years ago.
According to the
MINERAL . .
TONNAGE.reP ° rt nP ° n ral1'
way statistics for
last year , the mining interests of the
country contributed the largest per
centage of tonnage , aggregating 51 per
cent , of the total. Manufacturing was
next with 18 per cent. ; agriculture 11
per cent. ; and forests ten per cent. The
percentage of freight from the mines
was about the same for all sections of
the country , showing that our mineral
resources are fairly well distributed.
Should the proposed strike in the coal
mines materialize and assume anything
like the proportions predicted it will
seriously affect the transportation in
terests of the country.
In a speech at
SOLICITUDE FOR _ . _ . ,
YOUNG MEN. StLom8' On Sat'
urday , September
16 , Mr. Bryan became hysterical and
paroxysmal as to the safety of the young
men of the United States in the pres
ence of trusts. He was especially anx
ious as to the young man in his relations
to and danger from his suppression by
the "money trust , " and referring to this
said :
"Is he safe when national banks con
trol the volume of money with which ho
does business ? "
Why did not Colonel Bryan inquire :
Is he safe when shoemakers control foot
wear ; tailors , clothing ; and bakers ,
bread ?
In the same exhortation Bryan says :
"Is the young man safe when foreigner
or domestic financiers are allowed to
determine the money system under
which he lives ? "
Whom would Colonel Bryan have to
control monetary systems , except
domestic and foreign financiers ? Would
he have "Coin" Harvey and Altgeld
and himself determine safe systems of
finance for the young men ?
Of all the fiapdoodleisin and flabbergast -
gast which Mr. Bryan has recently
evolved , this seems to bs altogethar the
most diaphanous.
BENEFIT OF TREES.
From an exchange : Wo print Dr.
Ohapin's words with but little conden
sation , in the hope that they may help
on a movement which promises to lessen
what Morris calls the sad contrast be
tween the fields where the boasts live
and the cities where men live. :
"As trees maintain an average tem
perature of 54 degrees F. in all seasons ,
it is easy to see what a constant cooling
influence they possess in an atmosphere
of 90 degrees. Add to this the constant
exhalation from the leaves of watery
vapor that has been absorbed from the
moisture in the soil and from the sur
rounding air , and the cooling effect is
much enhanced. This takes place most
actively during the heated portion of the
day , when it is most needed. A general
purification of the air is not the least
benefit to be derived from vegetation , as
carbolic acid is absorbed and oxygen
given out , just the reverse of what
takes place in the animal economy. The
purifying and cooling atmosphere of
trees placed uniformly through the city
would have a marked influence on the
public health in summer. "
CORN AND CANDY.
During the fiscal year ended July 81 ,
1899 , the consumption of corn for glu
cose and its by-products amounted to
over 27,000,000 bushels , which is equiv
alent to the whole yield from one million
acres , based on an average of 27 bushels
of corn to the acre. From one-third to
one-fourth of the glucose product of this
same year went directly into the manu
facture of candy , according to a state
ment which is made by one of the
leading authorities in the glucose trade.
The prosperity in the candy trade which
is directly responsible for such a big
part of last year's great consumption of
glucose , and the absorption at good
prices of a large portion of the 1899 crop
of the corn growers of the West , was
directly duo to the general prosperity.
When the mills are closed , and the
workman cannot fill his dinner pail with
the necessaries of life , candy is a luxury
for which there is little demand. That
candy can now be eaten in the families
of workmen is one of the best evidences
of prosperity that there is.
