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.If i ffl I : j : I is- - - j1 . t I Hi r rTfJ r in.- j , , -; -I'A . H 1 I m ' a i rJ i aft . . - r m .V r an 1 - 'm A- ft" K m - talk WOLCOTT FIASCO. b - WO SHOW FOR INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM. The cpubllran I'urty Wait Now Sleet DeiQrrcy ami Defend the Obnoxious UrllUh Gold Standard l'eople rooh-d - T , i . . j. ' i-onjr Enough. . The reply of Premier Salisbury of the ,Briiiah government to the proposals ef tho bimetallic commissioners sent abroad by the federal admin istration for the purpose of fooling the people, seems to bo very much in the nature of the ac tion of that little bird which once was in danger of being caught through the process of throwing salt on its tail. It is iiuite possible, at least so far as we ate able to judge, it is quite possi ble, that the salt has been thrown and the throwers have been in a position to watch results. But throwing salt on tails is not an approved manner of capturing birds in this day and age, and no it seems that the bimetallic commissioners and the federal admin istration they represent are in pretty much the nam position as a bird catcher who confined himself to the ie of Matt, and the upshot of the mat ter is that the proposal of the federal administration 'looking toward anoth r International conference hag left matters just where they were when the pre sent federal administration weut In to? power, The truth is that this Whole affair has been one stupendous sham. There has been a pretense of honest effort. Hut there la illttlo sense In running up against a stone wall, no matter how honest may bo tho Inten tions of the runner. Great Britain gave no promise of fayoring another conference, even if it were to be grant ed that another international confer once would amount to any more than the previous conferences have amount ed to. There has been no hope at any time that the commissioners could ac complish anything. All that they have been able to do at the most has been to ralEe a disturbance when the Bank of Kngland was mentioned aa giving a slight promise of doing tin der impossible circumstances what it la expected by authority ofjts charter iti do at H times, - the Tons drawn out negotiations may or may not have neen the result, of diplomats delays, The fBet Jst that defeat faced the eem mtesieners when they were appointed, and it has been facing them ever since, it defeat had taken its eyes off of them tor a moment -their Inch of authority and general uncertainty of object would immediately havo drawn tho oyes back. It is no wonder, there fore, that the matter has turned out ns it has, her only wonder in the matter being in tho patience of the American people-In the face of this wide-open llimrflam came.! Tho Kullihllltv of the American public la greats but it Is al most too much to bellevo that it has been misled Into the belief that tao present national administration means to do anything for the rehabilitation of silver. The present administration daro to do nothing in this line. The Mc JClnley following sold Itself body and soul to the Piatt faction, dominated by ;tho gold standard extremists at the St. f Anils convention last year, and It dare not now,call its soul its own. It In com? fnrting in all this to know tliat this rfmnnisiilon sham Is now a thing of tho past, and that the real poliey ofHhe ad ministration wilt now soon be brought to light in the proposition of Secretary Jage to retire tho Oreeahaeks, run the nation into the hand lot the banks : through hank currency andV hind the nation for generations yet to eeme by -r. u uoad issue ad uoitum, Id m lied it tr Whatever may be tho real opinion of to Itfitish press as to silver and prad ci! bimetallism, it is quite cer tain thr.t the very mention of the 6ttb jtct has the same effect as that of a ro4 rag upon a bull. The present course of the British ministry tn maintaining secrecy with respect to its course toward the representatives of the United States commission of isup plication for the granting of charitable relief from the present monetary ills is the object of most violent attacks from British newspapers, and the least mention of anything in the nature of a movement toward an international agreement seems to be as exasperating to them as a personal insult. This great show of indignation is quite use less in its way, for there is every rea son in tho world to believe that noth ing will come from this pretended movement on the part of the adminis .trritlon of government in these United States. At the same time it is perhaos only reasonable to believe that the coming of practical bimetallism Is now so near that even the" newspapers of , the United Kingdom can see its ap proarh. They already are commencing the fight they must make for the preservation of the gold -standard, if it is to .be preserved. Comnnrcd and Industry Dcparfment- Tho officers and members of the executive committee of the National Business league have sent a petition to President McKinley asking him to call attention in his forthcoming message to the 'matter of the creation of an executive department to be called the "department of commerce and indus try?' They suggest that the depart ment should include, among other things, "matters relative to the gath ering of information with a view to the .systematic extension of our commerce with the South and Central American States and other foreign countries and the collecting and tabulating or statis tics as to the various industries of this coui'try with reports and recotnmend--ations as to the same as a basis of in telligent action "Tn the interest of such tho employ! therein." That Is All) welt enough to far, pro vided agriculture lie Included as on of the Industries. Agriculture It as truly an lndustrylasthe production of Iron or woolen cloth. It la a vlcloua trick of the crafty protectionist to include manufacturing and acme few other pursuits among the industries and leave agriculture out aa though it was not an industry. It would be a still more vicious practice for congress to establish an executive department sep arate and apart from the department of agriculture, as though there was some radical difference between agri culture and. other branches of indus try. Such a proceeding Would tend to create and jfomput antagonism where there ought!; to fbe -harmony. Agricul ture io by fa th$ most important of the industries, and jit lies at the very foundation of most others. That fact may be accepted as a sufficieit reason for establishing an agricultural de partment first. I But there Is no good reason why another department should be created and ill other Industries as signed to It, as though there was a natural and -radical difference between tne onicr industry and every other. 111 I ft 1 t$ftiiei Itobhsrv. The Republican dmlniatratlen oaa nbt clear iurepttatlon by compromis ing with thg re iroad pooi and allow ing a steal of $ y.ouii.aoo to he perpe trated in the KfiMM Paeifte MaUeP, Thro appeafi id he little reason to ha llve thatthi grjuii robbery of 30,ooo,. 000 wtdikl avt been prevented had not thelDemfterafUe press of the United mates shown thje iniquity of the plot and in unmietal abie terms denounced tho pu tters froajj the head of the ad minif.tiatlon; dojwn to the smallest man in thoT robber syndicate. Tho New York jfeuriial charges tha ad-l ministration Ijwltp complicity in the proposed looiiingf of the treasury, and among others string statements cays: "Today the country "knows that a com-! cdy was plajfbd jop its deception, with Ir. McKinley asithe Etar and the syn dicate the supporting company. The bid for the frulait Pacific has been raised $8,000,000, lahtl the Bale will take place on Nov;! 2, According to the origi nal programi! Pfcstponement is asked for only in lie esse of the Kansas Pa eifle, which, ;;xclpt as a part of the union Pacific s of comparatively shmil value, WHen the fnlon Pacific h&ii heea taltlen bSRCsslon ef by the eyiisplrators, as t wilt be on Nov. 2, the Kansas lelffc will be in the niar- mi, owesll about $15,000,000 to the government, indlthe government will Be allowed to km it, unless It shall consent to so efc tke ring's terms,'' This is the situation as it stands to day, and imltjss j the administration heeds tho warinlnfcs of tho pemoeratln press, tho stigma of a gigantic steal will still be plaeei upon the Republic. au party. President McKinley cannot anon: to go dowp In history as tho first chief niatiiktrate of th TTnltod t ' r -t- ' x mm m w States who atlowbd the neonle to bo robbed of $12000p00, but ho may be forced into that (disgraceful position by the powerful Influence of the trusts. Gold Men and the Farmer. One of the j raapy Levldencea of tho perturbed state 0 mind of our gold friends is the eagerness with which thoy seise uppn he temporarily in- creased price ifor the farmers' wh 1 farmer must now be- to argue that the prospernufi atid hjappyi that he no longer look for- tae restoration of sil ver as a necessary! meatin of maintain ing the price pf ftifiit products, They hail the apparent Improvement of the farmers'; condition! as the foreruuuei of eoming prosperity far all. Howev er, we must grated them that this verities our eontentfioa !'tliat to the ex tent the agrletiltur ( prosper so may we expect tltej country generally to prosper," Up6 to his hour, however, it has not beon usuhl, in these partn ht least, to see farmers driving in coach and four, nor o tey, as a rule, wear silk hats or tanned shoes. They feel and look just las, ithey have felt jhnd looked for many ears past. It i3 the wheat crop in true the failure of other countries hasY for the time ba- ing, strengthened the wheat market, and just now dur fkrmers are getting a price for their whjeat just about suf ficient to pay the tion. R. P. Bland post of its produc- n North American Review. Only O tit side Market Needed. Knoxville (Tehn.) Tribune: Inform- ed Englishmen admi that this country excels England in the cheapness of iron ana steel manufacturing r,nd that the fiouth has superior advantages over all other sect ons. The south contains abont $Q pdr cent of the total coal area, of this cduntry and in less than two decades pas Increased its coal output from 141 to 24 nor e.-nt nf the total production i of American mines. The coal and iron industries of the south need n taffnt protection. De mand from outside markets will be worth more to them thaL can be levied. han U the tariffs llow lloae K iH In Power. Baltimore Sua: Tpe boss cannot af- ford to be scrupulous about means, ther purchasing Bribery, corruption of support and jf voces, w3th money or with office or the promise of office, are among the most in locent means to which he can resort. Violence, the in timidation of voters, election murders, pudding tickets,- repeating, ballot-box stuffing, the faialfyirig of election re turns, the burniug of ballots to prevent the discovery of fraud these are among the methods by which "boss- ism" has been perpetuated. ffondace IS an Innovation As far at least as our race is con cerned freedom is ejrery where older than bondage. It ii liberty that is ancient, tyranny that. is modern. E A. Freeman. i industries and SOLON CHASE TALKS. CURING HARD TIMES BY A BREAD FAMINE. Che Man Who Once Carried Maine for GreenbackUm DUeOUM Finance and Prices Give U SUver and All WU1 Urn WeU, The gold that is now coming here for our wheat will cause a rise in gold abroad, and the gold gamblers who are now operating in the wheat pit will find profit in starting the endless chain, but the vitalized silver dollar would choke the endless chain. If our mints were open to silver and gold frozen out of the business of the country as . our single gold standard friends contend, what would be the harm? If there was no demand for gold in the internal commerce of 'this country gold would be plentier in other coun tries; that Is, gold prices would rise the world over. The farmers would get more gold for a bushel of wheat in Liverpool if gold Is a commodity in this country, n nd on sale In terms of liver, the same as paper, hogs, and wheat, than if gold alone Is the stand ard of value. When you take from gold alone the power to redeem the inojiry of the fulled Hiu'.ea and pay the debts of the people you diminish the value of goid the wnrld qYt. The American cities and railroads that have issued gold bonds did not write In the contract that the United Btates should maintain the single gold standard, The United States govern ment paid coin bonds in gold when gold cut no figure as money In this country easier than when gold alone was the standard of value. Before values settled down to the level of the single gold standard the payment of the public debt stopped, and President Cleveland issued $2G),000,000 of bondd to maintain the single gold standard The gold standard is not maintained in this country to give the people "honest money, but to increase the value of gold, and likewise ipcreagQ the burden of all debts, If silver should drive gold to the earth or out of the country aa the greenback did we should consume less of foreign goods and four times ns much of heme made goods, and we would then have American money fov Americans and American markets for Americans. It was claimed until last year th--t Very few people in tho United States favored free coinage of silver, but tho vote for uryan was an eye-opener in two continents, The money kings know that without tho aid of the Unit ed Btates the single gohl standard will loose its grip. They hall with delight the bread famine that causes wldt spread distress in foreign lands, and gives a rise in food products in this country which they hope will throw our people off their guard, while they 'ilvet the chain that fastens the single gold standard to this country. Last year it was said dollar wheat would cut in halves the poor man's dollar. Now they say a bread famine abroad is the keystone of the arch of prosperity. Dollar wheat will lower the standsrd of living of the mnnen in the famine stricken nations, and dim inish the demand for all of our prod acta except food products, A rise in f the cost of living without a eompeti aatory rise in other products will make the times harder for many of our peo pie. Prosperity built on famine will be short lived and delusive, Prosperity built on plenty and large consumption of the luxuries and necessities of life is what the world needs, BOLON CHASK. Chase's Mills, Maine, Mclvlnley ud Silver. In discussing the actions of Cleve land, Maj. McKinley said: "During all his years at the head of the govern- Uient he was dishonoring one of our precious metals, one of our great prod- bets; discrediting silver and enhancing the price of gold. He was determined to contract ihe circulating medium. Demonetize one of the coins of com merce and limit the volume of money among the people. ; Make money scarce and thereby dear. He would have increased the value of money and diminished the value of everything olse; money the master and everything else the servant. "He was not thinking of the poor then: he had left their side; he was not standing forth in their defense. Cheap coats, cheap labor and dear money! The sponsor and promoter of those professing to stand guard over the poor and lowly! Was there ever moire glaring inconsistency or reckless assumption? He believes that poverty "is a blessing to be promoted and en couraged, and that a shrinkage In everything but money is a national bent diction." t'nfolflltvd tCrpubllcao l'leicc. Atlanta Constitution: During the campaign 4ast year, the most distinct pledges were given by everybody con nected with the Republican party that if the people would elect McKinley and plaice the Republican party in power confidence would be restored, prosper ity would return, and everything would go on swimmingly. How has this pledge been fulfilled? During the less than eight months of McKinley's ad ministration more foreign capital has beet withdrawn from investment in American securities than the whole of our immense wheat crop amounts to. i Too Much of a Private Affair. New York Evening Journal: Piatt, after visiting McKinley, said their con versation did not interest the public. In 0 fact, the whole administration seems to be a private affair. LABOR'S POWER. The Whole federated Trade of America I Are for tltmetftUUm. The affiliation of tile various organ ised bodies of railroad employes in a central federation Is a natural out come of conditions that have grown up within recent years. Within tho last decade railroad trainmen, conduc tors, switchmen and telegraphers havo succeeded in vastly strengthening their organizations. There have been occasions when these newer organiza tions and the older brotherhoods, com posed of engineers and firemen, have had interests so palpably in common that they have acted in unison. The birth of a new federation of railroad employes simply means that the affili ation of separate organizations al ready existing in practice at last be comes formal. But the supreme lesson which these railroad men have taught the general world of organized labor is that a dl- vided house lacks real power In timer of emergency. They have taken a leaf from the book of capital and have themselves learned that the power of a united force Is practically irresisti ble when its cause is Just. The victo ries of capital over organised labor, taking the history of the leading strikes of the last deeede as a crite rion, have been due td superior organ isation, and when to these vietoriei there hits been added crushing tyranny it ha been usual';' because labor has been demorall ! and disorganized, Victories 1 1 labor over oppressive organisations-of capital are rarer than the othtr kind, but when they do occur it Is not solely due to moral force or public sentiment. It s because labor has been equipped to enforce Its Just demands. When organized labor makes unreasonable demands It usu ally fails to enforce them and its lead ers havo learned equity from experi ence. Labor must be equitable to be successful, and 'thanks to the world's general progress tho standard of labor is higher than ever before. In the gen eral upward trend of social conditions it is only tho theorists who will claim that the day of brotherly lovo bctwear) capital and labor is alrrndy here. Mu tual understandings between the twe worlds aro becopiin more ensils reached, but it is folly to attempt tc djaguise the fact that, like tli tniiuar ridden nations of Europe, organises capital end ergenisrd labor win thdi greatest bloodless victories by a dlt play of reserve foree and power, Labor's -latent power U supreme tl tho wisdom and oonervfttbnn of lis in telllgent lenders do not falter wher needed most. In tho United tU;Ues re public, where tho ballot makes over) voter a sovereign, tho kings of laboi have within their grasp the natloua destiny. They buve also by wise or ganisation and federation f IntereSti a latent power that, tyrannous capita can nover overthrow. The great fed eration stands for free .coinage of sil ver. Thn Study of Mn.-uu-i-. The October Forum brings an able article by Edward Tuck in which he says: "It is undoubtedly true that th great .majority of men, not having carefully studied the monetary ques tion, Incline at first to the side oi geld monometallism, This 'has been the oaaevlth nearly all the great ad vecates of bimetallism in Europe to day, They have bedome oonveried to the btmetalile faith from .observation of the coneequncea of the gold stamb ard, and by careful, unbiased search for the cause, U is only after study and reflection that the trite bearings ot thi sliver question can be understood, The opinion of the great, mass of the agricultural classes of both Europe and America, supported by distinguished economists nnd statesmen in every country, deserves a respectful hearing. Those who wear the shoe know best where it pinches. The agricultural classes have In the past suffered most from the shrinkage in pric?s brought about by the witless error of sundering silver from and subordinating it to gold. Even those who scoff at silver and hug their gold are short-sighted indeed, if they believe that they can permanently prosper while the great producing classes are being impov erished." Tariff Tax Fienda. We have in America a school of poli ticians who assert that all tariff taes are paid by foreign manufacturers, not by American consumers, yet we pay but $30,000 a year to our president, whereas if the effete monarchies of Eu rope are supporting the republican court why should we not lay it on pret ty thick? It is true, as repeatedly jasserted.that the president of the United States is compensated less than the executive of any first-class republic or the sov ereign of any state of consequence, but the salary of $50,000 Is ample compen sation, especially -as it i coupled with allowances for conservatories, house hold employes and other perquisites, the whole amounting to nearly $100. 000. A thousuud dollars a week is salary enough for any man under the aim in whatever position he is placed. All presidents of tho . United States antedating Grant received but $25,000. and were amply compensated. It is not improbable that if no compensation at all were attached to tile office it would be struggled for as eagerly as at any time in the lstory of the re public. Much Cry and Little Wool. With all the talk about $1 wheat, that cereal is, with the aid of the great est shortage of fifty years, but 12 cents higher than it was on this date a year ago, when there was an abund ant crop and a big surplus. Comment is unnecessary. Great Palis, News, i ! ASIA'S CROSS 01 GOLD. BSINQ CRUCIFIED BY THE BANKERS OP LONDON. The Commerce and Indni trios Whole Continent Gradually Pout loto the Bands of the Money Lender Ruin and Desolation Everywhere. The government of India has under taken the negotiation of a loan of three crores of rupees at 3per cent, and it was declared at the outset that the money should be raised in India, and without the interference of Lon don capital. Now a crore of rupees consists of 100 lacs, and a lac is 100, 000 rupees, so that the loan calls for 30,000,000 rupees, or nominally some thing less than half that sum in Ameri can dollars. It does not appear what success attended the effort to thus fur- ther Mortgage the resources of the cou&try, but that part of it need not be in doubt a moment, for there 4i abundant capital seeking investment on such security, despite the starving of hundreds M thousands of impover ished natives, But the volumi r tali loan la a mere bagatelle to what ia eoming aa a result of the exleting troubles en the northern frontier of that rich and productive hut unhappy land. There will he fines, heavy en ough in all conscience, imposed upon ihe rebellious tribesmen just. ft soon as they are properly subdued, and their territory occupied by British spldlery. The bulk of tho expenses of the cam paign, however, will have to be paid by tho people of India, and Inasmuch as the revenue of the government Is already Inadequate the urc salty of ad ditional taxation will furnish the next pretext needed for disguising tho ex tortion by the imposition oi a gold standard coinage. Taxation has readi ed such a pass in India that to im pose more o? it directly on the people would be as dangerous to Ibitlsh su premacy there as were the greased car tridges at the ononinz of the Sepoy tebellion forty years ago. Tho expedi ent requfrcd Is one that will add to Ihe revenues of the horde of' English t ffice holders In India, nnd nt the same lime bllild the eyes of tho Hindus to I ho real cause of the hard times, which Inust rnntie when the producer hat to 1,1 ve more nnd ever more of hh pro duetione for the aame number of ru iees, Many able Rngllsh economist fear the efftqi of tha gold standard tn India, bat inasmuch as it has been worked, off on a much more Intelligent people commercially, the people uf the I'Oitrd Htatea, the men In ehajrge of ffahs governntentally pro confident that with caution the samo gold brick fan be palmed off on tho Hindus with out Inciting a rebellion. To be sure ivhen Lord Herschell's commission was ftiSTUBSing this matter in lM4ak veur or two ago one member of the commission remarked that he washed his hands of the iniquitous proposal hecause, as he put the case, "it look too much like getting fire to your neighbor's house to roast your, own Bucking pig." Hut conscientious vera-ples-of this kind arc In tt minority, and (ihe new India loan, tuny therefore be icnaonably regarded an part and par- el of the scheme which is to maKn a ItirKfr Ireland out of the fairest section jf nil India. Uy systematically deprn lng the .price In gold of sliver the London bulllontst have nlrnady driven tftilna into the market for another than to enable her tn pay her war In lemnity, nnd keep her governmental liead above water, Thl hi foil the be ginning of the end there, too, Already ihe Kngltsh Htraiis Battlements' dollar is finding its way into the innmmos! provinces of North China, and the lat est consular reports from-the interior are to the effect that ninety per eeujt of the trading junks on the rivers now tiy tho flag of British ownership, All this in going on, the economic enslave ment of Asia for the benefit of the luxurious few in London and one or two minor financial centers Is belns visibly accomplished, while an army of political party hacks in the. Ignited States are trying to barter honor and intellect for a few paltry offices by do ing to their native land what England Is doing to her conquered provinces. Usury caused the downfall of ancient Rome, but the modern form of usury is more subtle and difficult to detect, for while nominally reducing the rate of interest it bleeds the debtor of more and ever more of his productions. Just how long it will take the great majority to fully appreciate the enor mity of the swindle is the same ques tion as is asked by those who inquire how long government by bribery and corruption can stand. It is the one hasdc problem upon which the stability of modern civilization as exemplified :n the policy of the English speaking .n;l no one living can tell the on' eofi'C. Aim-rUan Cotton CooU AIro:il. Hostcn (Jlobe: The cotton manu facturers who have been -holding . -rUv.i in Philadelphia ought to po to :hci: homes with a keen appreciation of the loreign market opportunities which Americans have in the pto so, strangely neglected. Great Britain, the chief rival of this republic in trade, has not neglected her chanced.' Great Britain, without a pound cf na tive raw rotten, spins and weaves over 77 per cent of the cotton good3 that aro purchased by other nations, whil this country, producing over one-half of nil the cotton grown in the world, supplies lesrt than 1 per cent. Formers ProOts. This has been a marvelous month 7" the farmers. Farmer Charles PHls- fo buiy has made $500,000. Farmer D. R. Francis has made $300,000. Farmer J. I'ierpcnt Morton has made $1,000,000. There ' will be great doings at the county fairs this fall. Chicago Jour- nal. J D BEACON SPI ELD. KnslUh Statesman OB tho Stogie standard. A specoch of Lord Beaoonsfield's on the subject is very noticeable. Speak ing in the House of Iords on March 2S. 1879, in a discussion on tho Jlepressed state of agriculture and trade, lordship said: his "Notwithstanding Increase of population- which alone always- re quires s large Increase of gold cur ifency to carry on Its transactions the amount every year has diminished, and hi diminishing, until a state of af fairs has been brought about by the gold discoveries exactly the reverse of, what they produced at first. Gold is every day appreciating In value, and as it appreciates in value the lower becobie prices. This, I think, is one caiISP nf iho rlonroaslnnl and may lead to consequences which may be of a very serious character it is not impossible that as affairs de velop the country may require that some formal Investigation may ba made by the causes which are affect ing the prices of the precious metal and the effect whioh tin change tn the value of the precious metals has upon tha Industry of the country and upon tht continual fall of prlcee. These are very striking words when read in the light of rwent event, The iu i ointment of the gold and silver commission in issii, and tb holding of several international monetary eon ferenes, aa well as thn holding of sev eral inquiries into trade depression and into agricultural depression, all tailed for by the fall In prices, is a significant commentary on Lord Doa consfleld's sagacity in foreseeing the far-reaching effecttrof tho enormous monetary changes which were then be- jrinn-ng. WritSi of n tlrltNh Orpnn. SI? William Henry HonldsVoFtk Conservative member cf parliament for tho northwest division cf Ma4 chester, who was the "delegate of Great Britain at the monetary conference at Hrtipacls in 1892, presided at a meet ijigJiold in Sdanchesierrecenjly which adopted b. resolution calling upon tbe government "la view of the injurious effects of the dislocation between rrolrt and silver, to take, advantage of the overtures of France and the United States and redeem the government's nrotuiee in regard to securing a stabile parity wltlp gold and sllveT." Th London Chronicle la montionfng the rumor, stated that the goverkmetu 'intends to do something for silver not involving the opening of the Indian mints, but Involving a conference which the Englhh delegates would at tend with a freo bund," asks editorial ly: "Aro wo to be plunged into, an acute and 'dangerous controversy dvt-r the currency problem? Is this a tlnu tn tho foremost nn fractal v,5te? o? rhristendcmj to revert to tho stnRc from which other states nre fcccking to rise?" We protest against any such aetoin. merely to oblige tho United States, who do nothing to oblige us." Cm ul nut Full of Nil,;BMtl'n. New York Journal: The New York and Philadelphia Traction Company Invaded the township of Hrtdgowntcr, p w Jersey, with un army of l.oaa (then, prepared for battle. Without a franchise, and In defiance of a Judicial injunction, II tore up a road, built a trolley line and ran n ear. It defied tlie ulieriff otf the county, and drove away lil deputies by force of arms, its representatives pocketed the writ f tlie court with a laugh, and ordered the work to proceed. Hern wn every": feature of a, lawlessness that was lack ing at llasleton. There was not mere ly tho four that a md) might eommt iunio Illegal act; thero was the actual violation of law in flagrant progress There was not merely a fear that the sheriff's posse might be overpowered; thero was an actual attack "and rin actual rout of tho forces of- order. But when we look for an account of the volleys from the Winchesters of the outraged guardians otl ihe law, with a list of dead and wounded rail way magnates, we do not find It.? We do not even find that the militia was called out. On the contrary, the sher iff meekly surrendered, and the law breakers finished their work with im punity. McKltilry IpIomary Modern diplomacy Is continually bid- . ing its head in the sand. We see the state department at Washington mak ing a ridiculous affectation of secrecy' respecting matters of which the whole country is Informed. All the "notes" and "representations" and 'Tiltima tums" and "replies" which have be?n exchanged between err own govern ment: and that of Great Britain con eerning the sear fisheries or the Vene zuelan euestloti have been printed in substance several days before the for eign office of either country admitted their existence. The Fame is true at- i the diplomatic correspondence respect ing Cuba. Newspaper enterprise, the ieakiness" of diplomats and the eag ernes : of cabinet ministers to forestall public opinion have combined to ren der dijrtoniatle secrecy a mere histor ical tradition. A Few Thieve. These United States Sena tors are all owners of railroad shares, valued all the way from $100,000 to $o,000,000: Hanna and Fonaker, Ohio; Piatt, New York; Wetmore, Rhode Island; Fair Banks. Indiana; Hawley, Connecticut: Morrill, Vermont; Hoar, Massachus etts; Quay aad Penrose, Pennsylvania. We presume that some members of the other branch of congress are in a similar situation. No wonder bills to virtually give away to a syndicate $30. 000,000 or more of United States inter ests in the Union Pacific can pass. Each of those thieves will of course fcv. t c oi.. pras m (Uiviovv oifti, M LOR The Groat 1 1I Y ; .i r- - . Mi - . A .-IK-
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