WASHINGTON. Prom our Regular Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, ISQS. The suspicon is growing daily that one of the causes—the principal one —of delay in the peace negotiations, at Paris, is the inlluence of the hold ers ot he $500,000,000 in Spanish bonds that Spain calls Cuban bonds. These bondholders have satisfied themselves that public opinion in the United States would never consent to the payment of any portion of these bonds by this country, even if offic ials could be " persuaded " to agree to such payment. They are now working on another tack. They wish to secure a promise from this government, entirely outside of the treaty ot peace, of course, that it will use its influence with the Cuban Government that is soon<* or later to be set up to recognize fnese bonds. They know very well that no such promise can be made officially, but they believe that it can be secured in such a way that it can be made ef fective. A hint of the work in this line, that has been done at the Paris end of the line, was contained in a recent news paragraph cabled over, which stated that one of the Ameri crn Commissioners had said the Cu ban government, after its establish ment, and not use the U. S. peace commissioners, would be the proper party for Spain to negotiate with con cerning Cuban bonds. It the capi talists who are trying to make this ex change can get those bonds recog nized by Cuba, with a sort ot tacit consent by this government, they can pocket at least $200,000,000 in prof its. That may be considered as the stake in the game now being played. The semi-official statement sent out from Washington that Mr. Mc- Kinley had sent an ultimatum to Spain, threatening to withdraw the American Commissioners and declare the truce at an end if the Spanish Commissioners did not proceed more rapidly with the negotiations of the treaty of peace, is nothing more nor less than a bit of campaign buncomb, put out solely for effect upon the Congressional campaign. Members of the administration have been very careful not to lather this statement, or even to admit that it is true, but it originated from a source that the ad ministration constantly makes use of to get things before the public. It is absolutely certain that no ultimatum has been sent. The publication of the letter from Chairman Babcock, of the Congres sional Campaign Campaign Commit tee, to Senator Penrose, imploring him to show the ietter to prominent Republicans who are opposing the Quay ticket in Pennsylvania, in order to get them to try to save the party the loss of a number of Congressional districts, indicates how frightened the Republican managers are at the out look. This letter was not intended for publication, but was to be shown around to Republicans only. There are good reasons for saying that Mr. McKinley would not care a conti nental if Quay was defeated, if his defeat does not cause the loss of enough Representatives to give the House to the Democrats, and it is just the same with Roosevelt, in New York. If Mr. McKinley could be assured that the Republicans would retain control of the House, even by a largely reduced majority, he would be perfectly willing to see Quay and Roosevelt defeated. He has had it in for Quay a long time, and he fears the election of Roosevelt nay make him a dangerous rival for the Repub lican nomination in 1900. How much that had to do with his refusal to go from the Philadelphia Peace Jubilee to New York and make a speech, only himself knows. * * * It would be something entirely new for a Republican administration to make anything even resembling a fight against the trusts. Therefore, no one was surprised when Attorney General Griggs said in reply to a ques tion as to whether his office intended to take advantage of the Supreme Court decision that the railroad trust, known as the "Joint Traffic Associa tion," was illegal, to prosecute other trusts : "This office is not looking for jobs. It has all the work on hand that it can stagger under now." While the Department ot Justice probably has lots of work to do, there is little doubt that the right sort of an Attorney General could use that anti trust Supreme Court decision to make things very lively for the trusts, and if the present force of the department was insufficient to do the work, it could easily be increased, if it were made known why the increase was desired. * * * Secretary Kerr, of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, declines to make public a statement of all the Congressional districts he expects to go Democratic, becanse there are some of them that the Re publicans do not regard as in serious danger; but he expresses confidence that the Democrats will control the I next Douse by a good working ma jority, and his iooks express his confi dence plainer than his words do. Lack of monev confined the work of the Democratic t 0.-nmittee to a few districts, as it wa- early in the cam paign decided that w.t.i tiie means at its disposal belter results could be obtained by concentrating its efforts in those districts that were carried by small majorities by the Republicans 111 y6. Tiie Republican committee has been run on the scale of a Presiden tial campaign, having at times more than one hundred persons engaged in sending out literature, and must have spent more money than was ever be fore spent in a Congressional election, but that has not prevented their Wind ing up on the anxious bench, fairly shivering in dread of defeat. A United D;m icatic Vuta Will Elect Jeaks- It has now become almost a posi tive certainty that if the members of the Democratic party in the State vote for Geo. A. Jenks he will be elected. The Republican vote that will fall away from the machine candida'e will be enough to make his vote less than the vote that will be polled for Jenks if all the Democrats will stick to him. T his would ensure his election by a plurality. That many Republicans will vote for the Democratic candidate is ab solutely sure, but this gain would be neutralized if any considerable num ber ol I temocrats should be misled •nto voting for Swallow by the mis taken notion that lie is a stronger candidate than Jenks and therefore more able to serve their purpose ot defeating the Quay machine. As ab surd as this notion must appear to every reflecting citizen, it is neveithe less being worked up by the machine leaders and stool pigeons for the pur pose of reducing the Democratic vote that rightfully belongs to the Demo cratic nominee. As Swallow must be regarded in this contest as of no other account than as a factor that may be ot ser vice to the machine, no sensible voter can believe that he stands any chance of being elected. When 'the claim that he is going to have a vote suffi cient to elect him is subjected to logi cal examination it is found to have no basis. A correct conception of the relative strength of Swallow and Jenks may be reached by supposing a case in which a candidate has thirty thousand voters back of h'm, and another is backed by five hundred thousand. In such a case which is like'.y to be the stronger at the polls ? The basis of Swallow's strength is the Prohibition vote amountinc at most to 30,000. The basis of Jenks strength is the 500,000 votes that constitute the Democratic organizations in the State. Phenomenal circumstances may run the Prohibition candidate's vote above the normal strength of his party, but is there a possibility of its having such m increase as to run it above the vote which a candidate with a 500,000 organization back of him is likely to get ? In this connection Swallow is of importance not on account of any chance lie has of being elected, but for the reason that the ballots of Dem ocrats that might mistakingly be cast for him would so reduce the bulk of the Democratic vote as to ensure the election of Quay's machine candidate, To secure an intelligent view of the pending Stale contest it must be borne in mind that Swallow's candi dacy is of consequence only in the effect it may have in assisting to elect the nominee of the machine.-/>'t tvccK was successful be yond its dreams of success. N'ot s nto the days of the centennial has any event of such magnitude, grandeur and importance ever been attempted by any city When the Jubilee was started, it was the opinion of its pro jectors that it would only be a city event, but as time went on, and its purpose became known to the public, it burst the confines of localism, and the affair was one of national import ance. President McKinley added to the splendor of the occasion by send ing thousands of Santiago heroes and Marines, who (ought on Guantanama's hill, and as a crowning courtesy sent Lieutenant Hobson and his gallant crew, who made themselves famous by sinking the (-'oilier Merrinac in the Harbor at Santiago, thus preventing the escape of the enemy. Every city and to.vn in Pennsylvania sent large numbers of proud citizens, and the crowded thoroughfares of the Quaker city presented a scene, which words cannot describe. The weather on Thursday was very unfavorable, a steady down pour of rain turned the streets into puddles, and gave the tens of thousands ot visitors who found it impossible to seek shelter a complete drenching. It was a storm similar to the one that partly rumed Chicago's Jubilee the week be fore. But Friday morning opened up crisp and bright, and everything was carried off as scheduled, and in an eminently successful manner. One of the most interesting feat ures of the celebration was the great naval display, in which the following fighting machines participated: Texas, New Orleans, Dolphin, Gloucester, Columbia, D.xie, Stdletto, Marble head, Topeka, Winslow, and May flower. But the crowning event was the grand civic parade. It was a fitting climax to a great demonstration. Nothing better or more appropriate could have been devised. It con sisted of mile after mile ol floats al legorical, floats historical, floats indus trial, and floats comical, until hardly a subject appeitainir.g to peace, to lib erty, to progress, to invincible might among the nations of the world, but what was illustrated, as perhaps, it had never been pictured before. It was one grand scene of splendor and magnificence, and greatness in all. It is not generally known that the law presumes a husband or wife dead if either is absent from home for a period of seven years and nothing has been heard from them. This fact is recalled by a case at Scranton of Kate Mulherin against Kdward J. Melloney, in which the prosecutrix based her action as a married woman. District Attorney Jones, however, contended that her husband had not been heard from in seven years, and under the law's status she occupied the same posi tion as an unmarried woman. Judge Gunster sustained this view of the case. Gassidy—"l see McSwiggin has dropped politics and has taken to liter ary work." Murphy—"Yes. He's engaged on a History of Ireland. He finds that the only way he can write his country's wrongs." OPEN LETTERS FROM Jonnio E. Groen and Mrs. Harry Hardy. Jen'xib E. Grkk.y, Denmark, lowa, writes to Sirs. I'inkhum: " I had been sick at my monthly periods for seven years, and tried almost everything I ever heard of, but without any benefit. Was troubled with backache, headache, pains in the shoulders and dizziness. Through my mother I was induced to try Lydia E. rinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it has done nte so much good. lam now sound and well." Mrs. llakp.v llaw>y, Riverside, lowa, writes to Mrs. I'inkham the story of her struggle with serious ovarian trou ble, and the benefit she received from the use of Lydia E. Rinkham's Vege table Compound. This is her letter: " How thankful 1 am that I took your medicine. I was troubled for two years with inflammation of the womb and ovaries, womb was also very low. I was in constant misery. I had heart trouble, was short of breath and could not walk five blocks to save my life. Suffered very much with my back, had headache all the time, was nervous, menstruations were irregular and painful, had a bad discharge and was troubled with bloating. I was a perfect wreck. Had doctored and taken local treatments, butstill wasno better. I was advised by one of my neighbors to write to you. I have now finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, and am better in every way. lam able to do all my own work and can walk nearly a mile without fatigue; something I had not been able to do for over two years. Your medicine has doue mo more good than all the doctors." Lithographed bonds, stock certifi cates, and checks are furnished at The Cei-UMiiiAN office. tf. DEPARTMENT EXPENSES How Thc.v llnvo Swelled In Kll'leru Years ami Since tin* Democrats Were 1,:M In nt Least Part In I * oo trol—A *-leaiiyitnd Constant Increase In Every Item Kxtra\nusin e ami Spoliation at Republican .'ine'.ttiio Dictation, as Gathered From the Of ficial Records, The enormous Increase in the cost of running the executive depa: tments of the state government has turn the sub ject of much comment in the news papers and otherwise. The extent of the increase is not yet however, un derstood. It i.s not gninlly com prehended hr uncasing has been the upward trend f the figures. It Is not realized that *ach legislature under the sway -I Republican Rosses has not only s • n its predecessor, to use the langu g of the card playing fra ternity. hut mat.aged to "go" consider ably beiicr." The protests of the peopl. and such of the newspapers as wet not under the control of the ma chin.- 11.iv gone unheeded. Governor Fatti?- i. v t-M-s in 1891 -*J3 fell in for no tfivate*- < risideration. And even the warnings of Governor Hastings, their own in .n, that the time had come to go sL'W. were ignored. The appe tite of the cormorants grew with what it fed upon' like all other appetites, and may be regarded today as in a state of utter unappeasability. All this, be it borne in mind, Is in addition to the steals in the way of legislative junkets, contested election charges, fraudulent investigations, etc. What is here considered fell in for no executive vetoes or injunctions either In 1895 or in 1597, during which years, as will further appear, the greatest enormities were perpetrated. As probably presenting the case most comprehensively and so as to enable the seeker after the facts to gather them in at a glance, so to speak, the following table is presented. The fig ures In the first column, headed ISS3, represent the outlay for the flrst year of Governor Pattison's administration, when there was .a Democratic house and a strong reform element in the senate to help keep the looters In cheek. Those in the other column, headed ISB9, 1893 and 1897. respectively, repre sent the appropriations for the last year, that is the last legislative year of the Beaver, Pattlson (second) and Hastings administrations. The figures are taken from the appropriation bills, RS finally parsed and signed, are ex clusive of the vetoes am! are in each case for two years: GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. 1888. 1 *"-'9. 1X93. 1897. s42,son. ?r.o, too. $56,058. ss7.sno. SECRETARY OF COMMONWEALTH. $50.G00. $02,000. $09,000. $79,000. AUDITOR GENERAL'S DEPART MENT. S4BOOO. sr,o.ono. soo.soo. $94,300. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. $29 050. $10,300. $41,400. $49,200. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPART MENT. $15,400. $23,200. $30,900. $29,100. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AF FAIRS. $07,200. $81,400. SIOO,OOO. $129,800. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPART MENT. $34,400. $50,700. $44,400. $47,400. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN STRUCTION. $33,400. $33,400. $33,100. $42,400. STATE LIBRARY. $15,400. $31,000. $33,900. $40,100. PUBLIC PRINTER. $4,000. $5,400. $5,800. $7,100. STATE REPORTER. $6,000. $12,000. $12,000. $16,000. BOARD OF PARDONS. $7,000. $9,450. SB,BOO. $0,600. HARBOR OFFICE. PHILADELPHIA. SIO,OOO. $22,000. $84,500. $102,200. INSPECTORS OF MINES. $66,000. SIIO,OOO. SIOB,OOO. $132,000. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. $7,800. $21,600. $33,000. $177,520. BOARD OF PI'RLIC CHARITIES. $13,800. $24,600. $30,000. $29,400. SUPERINTENDENT SOLDIERS' OR PHANS' SCHOOLS. $21,500. $20,200. $30,000. $29,200. BOARD OF HEALTH. None. SIO,OOO. $12,000. $12,000. FIPII COMMISSIONERS. None. $31,000. $45,000. FACTORY INSPECTORS. None. None. $54,800. SBO,OOO. IIA N KING DEPARTM ENT. None. None. $26,000. $124,000. MEDICAL COUNCIL. None. None. None. $3,000. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, SAL ARIES. SII,BOO. $13,850. $13,900. $22,000. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, EX PENSE. $23,900. $40,203. SOI,OOO. $08,400. The foregoing may without scruple be accepted as reliable, having, as stated, been taken direct from the sev eral appropriation acts as they ap pear In the ulficially published laws of the state. A few explanations will not, however, be out of place. For instance, in the cost of the "governor's office" is included only the actual office cost, and not that of the expensive gubernatorial mansion, or anything connected with it. The "attorney general's depart ment" does not cover the large sums he receives as fees. "Superintendent of public instruction" means the expense for salaries, etc., of his office, and does not cover any of the cost of the schools. The same thing is true of "superintend ent of soldiers' orphan schools." "State library" is independent of the appro priations for bonks and the "public printer" of those for printing. "Public buildings and grounds" excepts the ex tra expense (1897) put upon-the state by the capital fire and the occupancy by the legislature of Grace Church. The agricultural department was not or ganized until 1895, but. In order to be wholly fair, we have, for the preceding years given the appropriations to the board of agriculture, which item is for 1597 included in the costs of the depart ment. No appropriation was made for the flsh commissioner in 1897. A large one was in prospect, but the people ap peared to be somewhat aroused as to what was going on. the legislators were made In some degree afraid and the scheme was abandoned. With these explanations in mind the figures here inabove may be looked upon as indi cating with accuracy how each suc ceeding legislature may be expected. If machine control in the legislature Is to continue, to perpetrate fresh out rages, pile up more expenditure in the name of the better execution of the laws, but solely to make places for party heelers and secure boodle to make machine campaigns successful. pdMMMMMedMHHH John c ßult. — Let's form an alliance. /tl Uncle S.irn. —All right, John have a chew of my Battle Ax. Sfc The most solid and enduring alliance is one that is founded on the qualities of sincerity and worth, together with mutual respect. I A is allied, in the minds of millions of men who chew $ it, with these qualities and it is respected by all. §Will you join this alliance? 10 cents at nearest store will do it. 1 pemember the name I ' * when you buy again. ♦aasaeeeeeee———— mm 3