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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.