Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY TUB TRIBUNE PRINTINS COMPANY, Limited OVYZCE: MAIN STIIEET ABOVE CENTIME. FREELAXD, PA. SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One Year $1.50 ; tlx Months 75 If our Months 50 Two Months .25 Tbo date which the subscription is paid to 1* on tno address label of each paner, the change of which to a subsequent date he roines a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Re port promptly to this office whenever paper Is not received. Arrearages must bo paid when subscription is discontinued. Maheall monty orders , checks, etc.,payable to the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. A Connecticut farmer proposes to reconstruct the Gar clou of Eden, but bo does not expect to have it ready before the fall. The adoption of a marriage license law iu Wisconsin reduced the number of marriages in Milwaukee from 42-06 in 1898 to 2810 in 1899. The city had formerly been the "Gretna Green" for couples from states adjacent to Wisconsin. Since 1853 the population of Ire land ha? diminished by one-half, while the taxation per head has doubled. In the same period of time the popu lation of England has largely increased, while the taxation per head has dimin ished by about one-half. Since the board of education in Boston has provided luncheons f. r its public school children at nomiual prices, it is said that marked improve ment in the health of pupils is notice able. The scheme has been in oper ation only about three years, aud was brought about after much agitation and predictions of failure. However, the experiment has prove 1 a success, and has beeu made to pay its way, the substitution of wholesome soups aud baked apples for sweets aud pas- i try being most beneficial. Tho Manila papers say that a for tune awaits the man who shall put up ice plauts in the larger cities and towns of the Philippine Islands. The only ice plant in the archipelago is that at Manila, which is owned by the government; and after the govern ment has taken all the ice it needs for hospital and other purp< ses, the re mainder is sold to the soldiers, shop keepers and natives. The supply is altogther inadequate to the demand, and the prices charged are said to be "outrageous," The Philadelphia Times speaking of j servants in its own city, says: "They are largely incompetent through ig norance, dishonesty, or the general perverseness against authority that i springs from those attributes, and ! these bad qualities are often sup plemented by equally disagreeable qualities iu employers. The woman who does not understand how her meals should be cooke 1, or how her house shall be kept in order will al ways be at the mercy of her help, and in many cases such incompetent house keepers attempt to hide their iguo rance by arbitrary and offensive au thority." "There is a time for work and a time for rest, aud where one seeks to work all the time to the discomfort of Lis neighbor and the deprivation of the natural rest to which the neigh bor is entitled, there is a material in terference with the neighbor's rights for which ho is entitled to a remedy." So say the judges of the general term of the superior court in granting an injunction restraining the Queen City forging company from conducting its business in a manner injurious to the health and property of the citizens of Columbia, Ohio. The citizens' com plaint was that the comj any had been engaged "for 20 years iu the noisy occupation of hammering iron and steel into divers shapes for useful me chanical purposes, using therefor very heavy trip hammers"; aud that tho noise and vibrations resulting from tbe continuous operation of the plaut day and night, Saturday night and Sunday excepted, constituted a nui sance. iVot Harrp?r*H Prsvh. The opnorcrc of K'-csia. generally c!o<c tlu' door of discuccjon by the state ment. "R"-<in has n'rerdy taken pos sesion of Manchuria." Facts however, do not sunpr rt this charge. Manchuria i *-till under Manrhru rule and the peo ple pav taxes to China not to Russia, There is oven lcs interference in inter nal affairs than China complains of in other parts of China from other coun tries. Nothing has been done to frus trate the work of either Protestant of Catholic missionaries. The port of Newchang is still an oocn port, and it is yet to be proved that foreign trade m Manchuria has been hampered by Floors of rubber, claimed to he as durable, as asphalt, and cheaper, are be ing tried in Germany. THE TWO TRUANTS. "I hate fcehool!" The speaker, a good looking, dark-haired boy, snap ped his book shut as he spoke and leaned pensively upon the desk. "So do I," came a pretty little voice, and, looking across the aisle, Roland Havens saw Mamie Gray, the pret tiest and sauciest girl in school, smil ing and nodding at him. "I heard what you said," said Mamie, "and I agree with you. School is a hateful old thing." "Let's play truant tomorrow." The words were out of Roland's mouth before he thought, but once having said them he was not going to take them back. "I'm afraid," said Mamie, looking at him out of the corner of her blue eyes. "Pshaw! you needn't be," said Ro land. We can say we went visiting. I will tell the teacher tomorrow that I went to see Sister Sue and you can tell her you went to spend the day with your grandmother." Mamie's eyes flashed. "We can go and gather violets," said Roland. "I know where there's a whole bank of them, blue as indigo and as big as—as —wild roses." "Is it far?" "No; only in Hatfield's woods, where we had our picnic last summer. We can start in the morning before 9 and get back by 4 o'clock. They won't say anything to us at home when we bring thfm all the violets." The next morning saw a guilty little pair scudding along the paths which led out of the village and trying to avoid observation by climbing the tall fences and walking the other side of the bare hedges. It seemed so good to be out in the lir once more. Roland enjoyed it thoroughly, and Mamie liked it as well is her guilty conscience would per mit. They were the leaders in all the pranks in school, these two children, ?nd when anything went wrong the question was always asked, "Did Ro land do it?" or "Was it Mamie Gray's fault?" Yet neither meant to be naughty, and you may be sure that neither would have gone out that day % had they known what trouble the day would bring forth. "I guess this is where we turned off last fall," said Roland, pointing to two large trees which formed the begin- ning of a dense woods. In the sum mer the woods hung thick with green leaves, and a carpet of green lay upon the ground, but now it was bare, and In spots there were muddy pools and bits of marsh. "Oh, Roland, look, look!" cried Mamie, bending down, anu pushing back the carpet of dried leaves. "Hero is a violet!" And sure enough, there It lay, half buried in the ground, yet peeping forth blue and lovely. "And here are others, oh, dear! oh, dear!" "Here." said Roland, "put them in my muffler; we will make a bag out of it, so. Then we will fill it with violets." Deeper and deeper into the woods they went, picking ever one more vio let and ever venturing a little deeper into the blackness. "What makes it so dark?" asked Roland once, stopping and looking up at the sky through the trees. "Oh, dear!" he exclaimed, "it is going to rain." "Well, I'm hungry," said Mamie, "and I'm going to stop and eat my lunch if it does rain." So with the drops falling gently around them, they sat upon the cold, wet earth, and ate their lunch. How good it tasted. There was some gin gerbread in Mamie's lunch box and four very fat little sandwiches. Ro land had a big apple pie, a cold sau sage, and two big slices of roast beef, besides ever so many slices of bread. "I thought we might get hungry," said he, laughing, as he pulled out the con tents of his tin pail, "so I helped my self this morning." "I think," said Mamie, "that, we had better go back now. I feel cold and it is getting late. It must be 2 o'clock." "All right," said Roland, "where are the violets?" "I thought you had them," said Ma mie. "I gave them to you," said Roland. They were gone, muffler and all, and, disappointed, the two children started back to find them. How it happened Roland never could tell, but they started in the wrong direction, and after they had walked a good hour they saw they had made a mistake. "I guess we'd better turn around," said Roland, "and go hack." "Oh, dear!" said Mamie, whimpering a little, "I'm so tired." Another hour's walking brought them no nearer the outskirts of the woods, and, in a dilemma, they sat down to think it over. "I'm afraid we are lost," said Ma mie, rubbing her eyes. "I don't know." said Roland bravely, "but if you don't feel too tired, Ma mie, I guess we'd better walk a little further on. It isn't much further." Meanwhile all was excitement in the village. When Mamie and Roland did not ap pear at school the teacher sent (home for them, and when it was found that they were gone search parties were sent out for them. Inquiry was mado at the home of ail their relatives, and then, not finding them, the parties searched further. They scarcely thought that the children could have been venturesome enough to go to the woods, but there was really no telling what they would do. Finally the searching party found a mitten dropped by Roland at the fence which led into the woods, and with this clew they started on their search in the cold, wet forest. It was 6 o'clock when Roland's fa ther found his muffler, filled with vio lets, and this cheered them on. At 9 they came across the children, nestled snugly against the roots of a big tree, both fast asleep. The next day Roland went back to school a changed boy. He realized how much trouble he had made his father and ail his friends and deter mined to do better. Mamie took her share of the blame, too, and for a while at least no one would have rec ognized the studious boy who stood at the head of his class as the careless Roland of a short time before. —Co- lumbus Dispatch. FUN FOR THE BOYS. I" rchtn■ Failed to Iteepect the Gorgcoat Dignity of Gliooli Chan. The department of state is informed that the Persian government has de cided to send another diplomatic rep resentative to Washington. It has had no minister in this country since 1888. when Hodij Hossein Gliooli Khan fled from the city in indignation and dis may because of the treatment he re ceived from the curious public. Mr. Ghooll Khan, says a Washington cor respondent, was a proud and haughty person; he dressed in Persian costume, and whenever he appeared upon the street was attended by his uragoman or chasseur, Mirza Mahmoud, who wore an even more gorgeous costume, and walked in front of his master, carrying a naked cimeter, such as you see in the comic operas. The specta cle very naturally attracted public at tention, and, much to his annoyance, Gliooli Khan was usually followed by a large crowd wherever he went. Most of his retinue Was composed of unruly and ragged negro urchins, who did nol consider his feelings in making com ments upon his i.ppearance. The cha? seur, who ostens.bly came out for protection of his gorgeous maste used to brandish his sword and makf desperate charges into tile ranks * his followers, but it only aggravat them, and the greater the demonstia tion the faster the crowd would grow. Prince Ghooll (for khan means prince) appealed to the department of state; the police were notified, and officers were sent to guard the legation, but that only attracted attention and made matters worse. Finally the poor man, driven to distraction by the attentions he received from the populace, re turned to his own country, and the Persian legation has been vacant since. The Persian government now proposes to try it again, but if the new man makes as much of a parade as his predecessor, he is likely to EUf fer from the same annoyances. Women Not Money Maker*. Iu Harper's Bazar, Hetty Green, the famous woman financier, tells why women are not money-makers. She says: "In tlie first place, woman is entirely too impulsive for business. She sails gayly into the world of commerce, believing in everything, and in herself most of all. A cer tain stock may be increased tempo rarily in value, owing to the enter prise of its owners, who are them selves advancing the market. The woman speculator, with her usual im petuosity, thinks: 'I must have some of that. If it is this high, I can sell it for more..' She does not stoo 'o look over the market; she lias not trained her Judgment, but, with both hands outstretched, offering her little all, she plunges headlong into the grasp of cunning speculato-s. The next day—or the next hour, perhaps the stock falls in value. She is just the prey the sharpers are looking for. More money is made in the end by an oversupply of caution than by indis criminate recklessness. I aru not ad vising timidity. Quite the contrary. Be sure that you are right first, then go ahead." Ilnrvarri'H Prenlctent IK G6. President Eliot of Harvard Univer sity recently celebrated his sixty-sixth birthday. "I can not acknowledge that as the years go by 1 am growing old," he says. "I have evidence to the contrary. When I was a proctor at Cambridge a few years after my grad uation, I learned that the students spoke of me habitually as 'Old Eliot.' A few nights ago, on the other hand, 1 met a group of students in the street, and when I had passed them I heard one say to the others: 'I wonder where Charlie has been so late.'" Emperor Must Nat Turn Corners. The Chinese emperor must nevei turn a corner when out for a drive, If he is seized with a fancy to driv out —which, fortunately, does not oc cur often, as it means enormous ex pense—all the streets must be made straight; if any houses Interfere, the* are promptly swept away, while evefi a dried-up watercourse mußt hi spanned with a bridge. fIOT WATER AS AWE.APON INSTANCES WHERE HOSE HAD MORE EFFECT THAN CLUBS. Chicago Police Believe Fire Engine* Would Be Valuable Auxiliaries Dur ing Time* of Blot—Potent With Men Who Would Laugh at Bayonets. SOME of the Western railroads which run tly ough territory infested by trii f n robbers have adopted a new and effective method of lighting these desperadoes. But it is new only in its application. There is more than suspicion that Mrs. Socrates not only knew of this method, but successfully used it in her endeavors to give her philosophic spouse a reputation for all times as the pioneer of henpecked husbands. For the scheme is nothing more nor less than a judicious distribution of hot water where it will do the most good. The idea as applied to locomotives is to so arrange a series of perforated pipes that the entire engine and ten der may be instantly surrounded by a wall of superheated steam and water thrown out with such a force that nothing human could stand before it or live in it for a second. When the rubbers invite the engineer and fire man to hold up their hands they will promptly comply, but the foot of the engineer will touch a valve aud every thing living within a radius of fifty feet will be done to a turn, scalded to death, quicker than one might make the historic remark "Jack Robinson." Water—either hot or cold—as a weapon is no new thiug, but the won der is that it has not been more gen erally employed. Seldom have mon, no matter what their temper or num bers, been able to withstand a stream of water thrown with vigor from the nozzle of a hose. When the firemen at a fire wish to drive the spectators back from a point of danger, or to se cure more working room, they turn the hose on them and there is a panic created in their effort to get out of the range of that powerful, dispiriting, soaking stream. Let a hose burst, no matter if one of the most thrilling of rescues is absorbing the attention of thousands, and everything else is for gotten save the fact that a deluge must be escaped. Recently this matter was under dis cussiou in a desultory way at Police Headquarters. Tho question was asked whether the Chicago police had ever made specific use of the hose in combating a mob or quelling a riot. Sergeant De Long was referred to as being more saturated with statistics of the department than any other man present, and after wrinkling his brow a few minutes he said: "I can't recall any instance where we have tried the effect of water on a rebellious or bad-tempered crowd, but I have no doubt it woul j prove a most effective weapon, and besides it would be in no sense cruel. Ido not believe any mob could stand long before well directed streams from a powerful fire engine. I have noticed tho effect of water on the crowds which attend fires. A falling wall will not make them break for cover quicker than a doso of water from one of the lines of hose. I have never given the matter thought before, but now that you mention it I believe it would be a good thing to have a tire engine with a trained crew as part of the police equipmeut of the city." MOB EASILY DISPERSED. Then some one mentioned a case in point. "Some years ago," said he, "I was in Montreal. There had been considerable-trouble with the dock la borers, aud it was suspected that tho wharf rats, men of the very lowest character, were at the bottom of it. One day a mob of about 2000 of these turbulent fellows took possession of one of tho large docks aud prepared to withstand a siege. The police could not or would not didodge them, work was at a standstill, and ships waiting to unload were losing valuable time. "So the captain of a big ocean freighter took the matter into his own hands. He ordered the powerful fire pumps of the vessel to be put in readi ness, aud then attached to them all the available hose on the boat. At the word of command three streams of water, each au inch and a quarter in size, struck the gang of riotous men *nd tho trick was done. In less time than it takes to tell it there was not a rat or rioter on that dock. Some of them had jumped into the river toes cape such au unusual weapon. There after until the troubles were over every vessel kept nozzles trained on the docks ready for an emergency, and the work of unloading weut ou with out interruption." "They did the same thing out in Denver a few years ago," said a news paper man. "A number of Chinese had gone on the warpath aud were giv ing the police no end of trouble, piubs seemed to have little effect, and the police were loath to resort to more deadly weapons. Then some one thought of the fire department. En gines were called out, nozzles were pointed at the Celestials, but they laughed them to scorn. Then the water was turned on aud the laughter ceased. In five minutes there was no sign of a mob, and after that the bare sight of a fire hose was enough to put a Chinaman all a-tremble. I also re call that in 1891, during the city hall riots in the same city, the firemen de feuded tho city hall with their hose, and I believe tho fear of water had more to do with protecting the build ing thau all the clubs and revolvers of tho police department." STREAM ROUTS BURGLARS. "You've all been dealing with mobs," spoke up a grizzled patrol man, "but I have known a stream of water to bo more effective than a pistol in fighting burglars in a private • house. One night a man living in tho suburbs of a larg rity was awak ened by hearing unusual sounds downstairs. Slipping out of bed he found his way cautiously to the library, guided by the noise, and there through the partly open door, he saw two cracksmen busily at work drilling into the safe set in the wall. Their backß wore toward him, but they evidently were prepared for sur prises, as two ugly-lookiug revolvers lay close at hand. "The mail hastened back to his bedroom to secure his owu weapon, but could not find it. Then he spied a Baboock extinguished iu tho corner of the hall. Strapping thi3 on his back he started ouce more for the library. The burglars were * v ill at work. Getting all ready for tho—'large he flung open the door and turned tho small stream right down the necks of tho cracksmen. And would you believe it, those hardened crimiuals, who would not have run from a shower of bullets, made a break for the near est window aud went through it, tak ing the sash with them. They couldn't staud water, even when the force with which it was thrown was comparatively slight." Several other instances were men tioned where water had proved a most effective weapoD, some of the police men recalling that during the great strike of 1891 many of the larger buildings in this city were ready to turn streams of water ou any mob that should chance to come near them. There is a story that a certain uni versity president had the hose turned on him once by a festive student in a dark hall. The president was game and tried for a few seconds to follow up the stream aud capture the daring youth. Miud, however, would not long control matters in such ciicum stances, aud tho doughty professor was forced to retreat. But such nerve is rare. The rule is that a man, be he tramp or millionaire, desperado or mild-mannered dominie, riotous for eigner or curious spectator, will turn from an active and well-traiued nozzle when he would laugh at a row of bayonets or scorn tho policeman's billy. —Chicago Post. The Scarlet Lancer*. Lord Roberts's successful applica tion to tho War Office for the Sixteenth (Queen's) Lancers to bo allowed to leave India for the seat of war in South Africa recalls to a correspond ent of the Pall Mall Gazetto a story of this famous cavalry regiment. Tho Sixteenth Lancers is the only regiment of British cavalry that has ever penetrated and broken a square of infantry, aud it made this unique record by a fine feat per formed at the Battle of Aiiwal, in the Punjab, in January, 1846: The gallant Sikhs had thrown them selves into squares, aud in this forma tion they for a long time resisted the desperato charges of the Euglish cav alry just as stubbornly as the British infantry had resisted tho French cuirassiers at Waterloo. Again aud again did the Sixteenth Laucers strive to break through the sulleu masses of the Sikhs; again aud agaiu scores of saddles were emptied, and the British were beaten back with slaughter. As the lancers got close enough to deliver their thrusts, their weapons would splinter like matchwood upon the stout shields of their swarthy foes. Suddenly au in spiration came to the troopers. Without receiving any orders to that effect, but as if controlled by a unanimous impulse, they suddenly shifted their lances to the bridle hand and charged in ouce more. The Sikhs, entirely unprepared for this sudden and masterly manoeuvre, re ceived iu the bodies instead of on their targets the deadly spear-points of the horsemon. Into aud through the equares swept tho Sixteenth, with lauces as crimsou as their tunics. Even so, it is rec orded that the resistance was so des perate and sustained that the Sikh square had to be ridden through again and yet again ero they were tiually destroyed aud dispersed. Value nf Color to Flower*. Tho colors of flowers are devices by which insects are enabled to find and fertilize them. Without these insect visits many plauts would be unable to form seed, aud would cease to exist. The common red clover, for example, if protected from insects by nets, will set uo seed. Many gaps would thus bo formed, and the surviving species, striving to occupy the vacant space, would widely alter the present distri bution cf plants, aud stimulate the production of new forms. Further, without colored flowers, the inserts that live on plant nectar could liud no food, and many species of bees, but terflies and moths would die out. Tho result of this extinction would be far reaching both for gain and loss. Wo might cease to obtain honey, but, ou the other hand, the depredations of hosts of ravenous grabs, tho larvre of mollis and butterflies, would come to an end, while such birds as are now dependent for their food upon these insects would perish. Far reaching, indeed, would be the effects produced in the complex system of nature by the loss of color in flowers. The tame aud ueutral aspect of our forests and gardens would be among the least important of resulting changes. Fresh Ejm* From Austral In. "Fresh" eggs from Australia are a prominent feature in the London mar ket. They come in crates, and are packed iu oat hulls, sometimes acquir ing an oaten taste thereby. They are good competitors iu London with Ilus- Hian, Austrian, Italian and other con tinental eggs. Why Men I.nui-li nf Lovo. Men laugh at love for the sam rea son that when they were little thoy used to whistle when tliev went through a, dark alley.— Xiy Turk Press. NATIONALBANK NOTES ARE REDEEMABLE IN NEITHER COLD, SILVER NOR PAPER. Why Cannot the Government liisue Notes on the Slime Itasls? —Answer: Because It Would Break the Nutlonal Bankers' Trust. Under the financial legislation en acted at the present session of con gress, the bank-note currency will be expanded several hundred millions of dollars, fhis bank-note currency is redeemable. It is based upon United States bonds, a holder of a bank note could not secure a bond by pre senting the note at the treasury. The bond basis is to protect the govern ment, which guarantees the notes of the bankers. In case a bank should fail, the secretary of the treasury is authorized to dispose of the bonds and to cover into the treasury a sufficient amount of the proceeds to redeem the bank's note circulation. The bonds, it will be seen, are mere ly to insure the redemption of the notes in case of failure of the issuing banks. These notes are not money; they are merely promises to pay money. What are they redeemable in? It would naturally appear that, hav ing been authorized by a Republican congress and executive, they would be redeemable in "the best money in the world—gold." But they are not. The banks are permitted to redeem these notes in greenbacks, silver or gorti, at their own discretion. It does not take any extensive knowledge of the financial question to see the absurdity of the claim that a bank-note currency is superior to the government's paper currency, for, as a matter of fact, the bank-note currency is redeemable in the paper and silver currency of the government. Why not, then, dispense with the interven tion of the banks? There is but one reason and that is the function of issuing notes is a profitable one to the bankers; it's worth millions to them. And it is also obvious that they are willing to pay for the privilege, just as the protected interests and the trusts are willing to pay for special legislation in contributions to the of ficial fat-fryer.—Milwaukee News. CONGRESS WITHOUT AU THORITY. In compliance with a recent resolu tion of the house, the war department produced the mislaid opinion of Judge Magoon, law officer of the insular di vision, relative to the extension of the constitution over Puerto Rico. The opinion was given in May, 1899. After referring to Spain's cession of the island, the opinion says: "Thereupon the territory conveyed became a part of the United States, and as such subject to the constitution. No further action by congress was nec essary or possible. The constitution does not depend upon congress for au thority in any part of the United States. The reverse of the proposition is the fact. From this time on con gress must look to the constitution for authority to legislate for Puerto Rico." It was upon this opinion that the president based his "plain duty" mes sage, but in deference to the trusts, Judge Magoon was ordered to write a contrary opinion, which enabled the president and the Republican mana gers to alter their plain duty to the Puerto Ricans for a plain violation of the constitution. PROCLAIM INDEPENDENCE ONCE AGAIN. On the coming Fourth of July, or on the preceding day, let every true American newspaper in the United States, publish in full the Declaration of Independence. It is the charter of our liberties, and it is being sneered at and treated with contumely as effete, by those who aspire to destroy its undying princi ples of human freedom by a return to imperialism and the destruction of a people's government. Thousands are familiar with its spirit, but have never read it, and by proclaiming it once again on the com ing Fourth of July, it will surely bring about a revival of patriotism similar to that experienced by our forefathers on July 4, 1770, when they repudiated imperialism and tyranny. There is all the more need of its proclamation becausj we shall then enter a political campaign which means life or death to the republic. . A HANNA-M'KINLEY PLATFORM It is said that the Republican na tional platform will bear the impress of Mr. McKinley's master hand. Of course this means Hanna and the others, for if McKinley is permitted to shape the thing without being proof-read and revised and edited, it will prevent the appearance of Rufus Choate's signature, which his friend said "looked like a gridiron struck by lightning." Says a Washington poli tician: "The Ohio Republican convention will be interestting chiefly for what it will say in the resolutions or platform adopted. The Ohio platform in 1896 was not satisfactory to the convention and created not a little criticism. Sen ators Foraker and Hanna, Gen. Gros venor and other Ohio Republicans here are considering various planks for their platform. They are desirous that no mistakes like that of 1896 shall be made, this year. They will have a platform which says as little on doubt ful or contested questions as possible, but they feel that they must indorse the Puerto Rican bill. They, as well as the president, realize that there is danger in saying too much as well as too little on this question, and there will be much care taken in wording the resolution. Tb"y will consult tha leading Republicans of other states, as they are naturally c?sirous of having the Ohio platform accepted as a model for other states, and it will be natur ally looked upon as President McKin ley's platform. The resolutions of the Ohio convention will bo considered with care at Washington before they are submitted to the delegates.* WE HAVE REACHED A CRISIS. We are at a crisis in the history of the race. Shall the hand of toil be emancipat ed, or shall it have new shackles riv eted on it? Shall the American millions be free men or serfs? Shall government protect the weak or b a mere convenience for the strong? Shall justice uphold the right or smile on iniquity? Shall liberty illumine the earth or be slain in her own temple? For many decades this republic has been the greatest world power on the globe; not through her armies or her navies or her wealth, but through her moral force; through her ideals, through the divinity of human rights. Shall she go on in this course, lift ing the hopes of all people and bright ening the skies of all nations, or shall she abdicate her high position, get on the low plane of brute force, and move along the barbaric road of tin sel, oppression, misery and death? These are some of the questions that confront our people. Let them but clearly understand and there will be no doubt about the is sue. My friends, look up; this republic has not yet performed its mission. It is not going to fail—Liberty will not die—the human race is about to move forward.—Hon. J. P. Altgeld. No Wn*te of Itffrctn. A prominent Gold Democrat whose name is not given is reported as sajr ing: "We were all willing until recently that Mr. Bryan should be renominated, for we supposed that there was no chance of electing a Democrat. Now that the Republican party has commit ted 'harrikarri' it seems that we ought not to waste the nomination on Mr. Bryan, who cannot be elected no mat ter how weak the Republicans may ap pear." Too bad! Can this or any other man name a Democrat who can carry a state that Mr. Bryan cannot carry? Just run over t|ae list and see if you can pick out one such state. Then run over the list and count the states that no Dem ocrat but Bryan can carry. You will find a dozen such. So there need be no sorrow over the political waste com mitted in renominating Bryan. Trunin Now Control Congrew. There has not been any very enthu siastic reception for the constitutional amendment proposed by Congressman Jenkins of Wisconsin, of the commit tee on trusts, giving congress control of "all private corporations, copart nerships and joint stock companies in the United States" as well as "power to define, regulate, control, prohibit, repress and dissolve all trusts, monop olies, combinations or conspiracies to monopolize any 0 part of trade or com merce." Everybody sees that this would put it in the power of congress to let trusts do as they like, and no body has any faith at present in any desire of congress to interfere with the trusts in any way. If congress has any desire to suppress trusts it has ample power now to destroy the great er part of them.—lndianapolis Sen tinel. An Armor Plato Scandal. Andrew Carnegie is one of those rock-ribbed, uncompromising, high tnriff-protection Republicans, who insists upon high tariff protection for the sole benefit of infant industries and the poor labormen. During the past two years the Carnegie combine' has sold to the United States armor plate at SSOO per ton and to the Rus sian government the same kind and quality of armor plate at S2OO per ton, and now this combine boasts of having made a net profit during these two years of $62,000,000, and estimates that its profits this year will pass the eighty-million mark. "But," says Mr. Blockhead Republican,"who cares how many millions the Carnegie combine amasses so long as the foreigner pays the tax?" Tb© Plunder In Suhnldy. On examining the list of companies * that are pushing the subsidy bill, it is found that one of them now has eight vessels of over 10,000 tons under con struction, of which number four are being built abroad, and on these the bill will give it a subsidy. Another company that expects subsidies is hav ing four ships built abroad. One of the firms that are pushing the bill has seven ships under construction abroad, and another has two. In other words, the bill seems to be designed not to encourage the building in this country of ships that would otherwise not be built, but to line the pockets of cer tain persons who are urging its pas sage.—Albany Argus. A Quid pro Quo. It is evidently the purpose of the administration to use the Island of Puerto Rico as a reward to the million aires and monopolists who will put up the sinews of war for the coming pres idential campaign. There will be mil lions put up to re-elect Mr. McKinley, and the men who put it up will get their money back tenfold.—Louisville (Ky.) Dispatch.
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