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VOL. VI.
EDENTON, N. C., JHUfiS)AYv NOVEMBER 15, 1900.
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THE LIGHT ON THE WAYt
gorrow cod ing up the slope-
Coming right along;
Listen to the bells of Hope,
jvyil drown her with a song!
, Swinging,
' Kinging;
Listen to their singing!
Forrow's only for a day?
Hope is lighting up the wayl
Jfot in darkness do we gropei
When the storm strikes strong
Listen to the bells of Hope,
Drown it with a song!
Swinging,
Kinging; '
Listen to their singing! T
Sorrow's only for a day:
Hope is lighting up the way!
Hear tlif world's heart throb and bettl
As she rolls along!
Thorns but make the roses sweet,-
Prown 'cm with a eongl
Swinging,
Kinging; '
Listen to their singing!
Sorrow's only for a day:
Hope is lighting up the way!
Atlanta Constitution.
nSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOQO
ft o
g TWO HOMECOMINGS.
O By Annie Hamilton Donnell. O
coooccoocoooooooooocooooeo
TT was one of Scarecrow's poorest
days. They were all poor. There
I were seldom many errands to do,j
f and never, never enough to eat.
When a boy is only ten and lives all
liy himself In the dreariest attic in
the dreariest tenement in the very,
very dreariest alley in a great city,
and when the errands fail well, is it
any wonder a boy gets downhearted?
Scarecrow was downhearted. The
Invalid in the other attic across the bit
of a hallway had not heard him whis
tle for three days. She could hardly
have imagined beforehand how. she
Mould miss the shrill, cheery sound.
When Scarecrow whistled it seemed
to make it easier for her to draw the
needle through the stiff white cloth
with her thin, weak fingers.
'Toor little fellow, he's a-dreadin
bavin' her come home. No wonder he
ain't whistlin'!" the invalid mused.
Was that what Scarecrow was
dreading? Or was it something else?
There were so many things to dread.
He crept downstairs again and out
through the noisome alleyway to a
corner on one of the busy streets.
There he waited on listlessly. It was
almost night when his good luck came.
'Errand, mister? Gotter errand'fer
a feller? Kin I run? gimme a try!
On'y a fiver to go a mile dat's de bar-
gam price.
"Eh, eh, what's that?"
The looming figure half halted and
looked dowu absently into the anxious
face. Then it went on. Scarecrow
ran along beside it.
"Gotter errand, mister say?"
' "Oh, you want a job, eh? That's it."
"Yes, sir wot'll yer bet I does! De
doctor has prescribed a dose er vittles
fer me stummick. . Oh, say, mister,
mister! Gimme a job!"
The figure slackened its pace again.
"But I haven't any job well, well,
let's see. Come with me. I suppose
you might run on ahead with the lit
tle chap's greens."
At a florist's up the street he bought
a load of trailing green vines and
cheap bright flowers and put them
in the hoy's hands.
"Take them to Chandler street one
hundred and seven. Here's a quarter,
Kow run ! the sooner you get there
the better."
Scarecrow gazed through a screen
bf vines at the silver lying on his
grimy little palm. It took on enor
mous proportions and twinkled glori
ously, wealthily.
"I ain't got no change I runs 'em
Xer a fiver," he muttered
The man towering above him
laughed good-naturedly.
"Well, run this one 'fer a quarter.
It's worth it it isn't any common er
rand," he said. And his face as he
Etiode avraf was radiant with a sud
den joyful remembrance. No, no, this
was no common errand! This was
an errand out of a hundred a thou
fiand!
The man smiled joyously. In anoth
er minute Scarecrow felt his hand on
his shoulder again, and another sil
ver quarter dropped thrbugh $he vines
into the small brown hand
"It's worth it. Off with you!" The
tnan laughed.
It did not occur to him to distrust
the tattered little messenger. He was
not in a distrustful mood.
At Chandler street, 107, the lights
were all lighted. It seemed to be
regular illumination. Scarecrow could
see through the unshaded windows a
big, bright room, that seemed full and
running over with eager-faced little
boys. Tall boys short boys curly
boys straight boys and one little
kilted boy who danced wildly about
One, two, three Scarecrow counted
Doys. There were six of them! And
What was this they were doing?. The
little street boy stood watching them
outside.
' "W-e-l-c-o-m-e," he spelled slowly to
himself, jia one by one the big green
paper letters were tacked up over the
mantel in the big, bright room. The
Word, complete, meant nothing defi
nite to Scarecrow. He puzzled over
it curiously. Then he knocked loud
ly at the door beside the window. A
troop of boys answered the knock with
& headlong rush.
""Oh, oh! it's the flowers! Daddy's
tent 'em! A boy's brought 'em!"
"The flowers have come!"
"An' the smile-axel!"
"They're red an' pink an' yellow
an' they smell my!"
"Goody, goody hooray!"
In an instant little Scarecrow's arms
Jfw-e empty, and the rush back to the
Vnght-lighted room had begun. Seare
cifny plucked the sleeve 6f the rear
koy b6ldly and whispered:
' "Sav. wot's de game?," he asked
jageriy. Wot's dem letters In dere
Pell out?"
"- ' - A. .
-s- . . ZZI mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmj.-
Why, don't Ton know?" Wo hmi
fellow exclaimed In astonishment.
They spell 'Welcome,' because moth
er s coming home to-morrow. To-morrow
morning yes, sir-ree! They've
cured her at the hospital, and she's
coming home. We've got pieces to
speak, and singing, and we're going to
drape the picture with vines and flow
ers. I tell you there's times, when
your mother comes home!"
Little Scarecrow crept away in the
darkness. EJven the bright silver quar
ters clinked, unheard, in -his pocket.
He was thinking.
There are "times" I tell you!
when your mother comes home. That
Is what Scarecrow was thinking.
Scarecrow's mother was coming
home, too, to-morrow. Had they
"cured" her at that great, grim hos
pital for sick souls, over there? All
at once Scarecrow remembered some
thing. She was coming out weeks
earlier, because of "good behavior,"
they said. Some one had told him.
Scarecrow was, conscious suddenly of
being proud of his mother. He had
never been proud of her in his life
before.
"Dey're goin' to let her out sooner
along o' her behavin' good," he muv
mured, a little glow warming his thin,
brown cheeks. "Oh, I say, mebbe"
his voice quavered excitedly 'nebbe
dey'se cured her!"
But there would be no green and
flowers or "welcome" on the wall. Tho
utter contrast smote Scarecrow like
a dull blow. He stopped in the street
and sobbed in sudden compassion.
There would be no vines, no flowers,
no singing no anything when Scare
crow's mother came home. That oth
er mother would have them all.
Then the silver coins clinked remind
ingly. They bore inspiration straight
from the tattered pocket of despondent
Scarecrow to his brain under the tat
tered cap. Fifty cents will "carry"
a great way sometimes, and it was
Scarecrow's trade to carry things.
There were the odds and ends of
greens and the half wilted flowers that
the florist let him have cheap; there
were the buns and sausages and the
tea and the bit of sugar and milk.
He carried them all home to the attic
in the dreary alley. All the way up
stairs, flight after flight. Scarecrow
whistled. Across the dark hallway
the invalid woman took up her nee
dle again and smiled.
Maybe she ain't comin' home after
all then I don't wonder he feels like
whistlin'," she thought. "It's dread
ful good to hear him again!"
The little attic was swept and pol
ished and decorated with the treasures
from the florist's. Scarecrow got up
at the first ray of daylight to do it.
And he set out his little feast on the
tilting old table. Over the one little
window he nailed a ,-gigantic W that
he had fashioned patiently out or
shreds of green. It was crocked and
queer, but it was a W, and it began
the word welcome. He would explain
she wouldunderstand.
I wish I could remember de way
de other letters went," he thought.
standing off and eyeing the solitary
letter wistfully; "but I'll tell her wot it
Stan's fer, an' how she's welcome
home again, and when she comes in
de door I'll set up an whistle, loud.
Dat'll be de singin'."
It was midway in the dull.wet morn
ing when the mother of little Scare
crow came home. Sore-hearted and
hopeless, with the brand of shame on
her forehead, she dragged listlessly up
the stairs, flight after flight. She had
"been good" over on the Island, but
now
"I say!" '
It was Scarecrow on the upper land
inar. noddinc cheerfully. His little
brown, lean, hungry face was elate
with pride.
"Yer come along in an' look, will
yer!" he cried, exultantly, hurrying her
before him. "It stan's fer 'Welcome,'
see? it's de first letter. I couldn't
spell de rest. An' de flowers an' vines
an de vittles dey all stan's fer 'Wel
come.' "
Then the boy's lips pursed into a
whistle, and the whole decorated little
attic was filled with shrill music.
A moment the mother gazed for a
moment she listened uncomprehend
ingly. Then, with understaading,
arose something s"weet and warm in
her calloused breast, and she caught j
little whistling Scarecrow in her arms, j
The music stopped when she kissed .j
him. He could never remerr''!.- to I
have been kissed before.and the'proph- j
esy of better things was in the strange,
warm touch on his lips. The faith ,of
a little child and the love of a mother
were born then, and the squalid lit
tle attic blossomed into a home. It
would be easier to "be good" after
that The Interior.
A Cat That Kills Snakes.
Miss Ruby Fleming, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George M. Fleming, of this
place, has a cat that is not only a fine
mouser, but has developed a penchant
to kill snakes. This cat is a very fine
one and wears ribbons and bells,
throueh the nettish scheme of Miss
Ruby. One day last week she heard
the bells ringing vigorously. She
went to the door and saw a fight in
the yard shrubbery going on between
the cat and a very large moccasin
snake. The snake would dart its head
at the cat and she with her foot would
knock the head of the snake to one
side every time. Finally the cat
grabbed the snake by the back of the
neck and shook it considerably. Mr.
Fleming then came to the rescue and
killed the snake with a stick. A few
days after, the bells on the cat began
to ring again in the front yard. Miss
Fleming went out and found that the
cat was In another combaf with a
huge snake. The cat put the snake to
rout, and as the snake attempted to
run in at the door Mr. Fleming killed
it also with a stick. This is a re
markable cat and one we would like
to own. Marietta (Ga.) Journal.
I AGRICDLTDRAl. j
Getting Alone Without Hay.
We believe it is possible with a good
crop of corn to get along with' but
very little hay, and to successfully car
ry all classes of stock through the win
ter in first-class condition. It is nec
essary, of course, to accomplish this
to have the corn product put up in
the very best condition; This means
that It be harvested at the proper time,
and after it is harvested to be pre
pared in such a way as to render it
palatable, easily fed and easily han
dled. With the many modern ma
chines now offered our, readers for
accomplishing this work, we do not
know of a single excuse that any farm
er or feeder can offer for permitting
his stock to go' into winter quarters
this year with a shortage of good feed.
Ensilage cutters, fodder shredders and
buskers and like lines of machines will
go a long way toward helping farm
ers to take care of their corn crop
in such a way as to save and utilize
nearly every part of it. This is a par
ticularly good year to look after thtse
things, and if it is done in the right
way we believe our .readers will be
more than pleased with the outcome.
We solicit the practical experience
of those of our readers' who have
worked along these ynes. and particu
larly in handling and feeding ensilage.
handling find feeding fodder, and what
machines have proven the best adapt
ed to this line of work. Prairie Farm
er. Washing Cnrdg.
Nearly all cheese makers are trou
bled at times with curds which have
an unpleasant flavor. Some have such
curds nearly all the time during hot
weather, while others have them but
occasionally. As a remedy for such
curds it has been suggested to wash
hem after milking with clean, pure
water at a temperature of ninety-five
to 100 degrees. The plan of washing
is also recommended for fastjsvorking
curds. ,
Some Canadian cheese makers go
so far as to- recommend washing all
curds, good, bad and indifferent. One
man expressed this view at the Cheese
and Butter Makers' Convention by say
ing: "Washing does a bad curd good
and a good curd no harm. The dairy
department of the Ontario Agricultu
ral College toolt up the study of this
question of washing curds last spring.
Experiments are not yet completed,
but so far as carried o(ut we would
appear to be justified in saying: Wash
ing curds of bad flavor improves them.
Washing fast working curds improves
them. Washing curds tends to de
crease the yield of cfieese. There is
danger in washing curds with impure
water. Indiscriminate washing of
curds is unnecessary, and is "hard on
the average" or, in other words, such
a practice makes unnecessary extra
labor, and requires more milk to make
a pound of cheese.- Curds should be
washed with brains as well 'as with
water. Frofessor H. H. Dean, in Farm
and Home.
Bean and Pea Holier.
'A substantial bean and pea huller
Which will do the work well can be
made at home at small expense. We
begin with a piece of heavy plank
eighteen inches wide and two feet
long, bevelling the end in sawing it
off. Cut another piece eighteen inches
long and join it to the hrst piece, cov
ering the joint with a piece of lath
dressed to make the inside of frame
as nearly round as possible. Now
drive nails .on the inner rounding sur
face of the frame, placing them in
rows two inches apart, setting the
nails one and one-quarter to one and
PLAN OP A SUBSTANTIAL BEAN BTCJIiLEIS
rmo-hnlf inches anart in the rows. Let
the nails extend six or seven inches
on either side, of the joint. Use ten
penny wire nails, drive them in solid
and let the heads project about one
and one-half inches. Nail the sides
on and the frame is complete.. Now
take a log of suitable size and make
a cylinder one foot in' diameter and
seventeen incbes long. Drive nails in
cylinder in rows as in frame, but they
must be so placed that when the cylln-
ger is in place, the cylinder nails will
nn aa hptween those in the frame. At
tach a crank to the cylinder and fit
it into frame, also attach legs to sup
port the machine. H. G, Marsch, in
Philadelphia Record.
Frnlt Ladders ot Various Kinds.
Many serious accidents occur each
year in the picking of apples, cherries
and similar fruits, by the ladder turn
ing or tipping over sufficiently for the
picker to lose his balance and fall
Nearly all of these accidents could be
avoided by the iise of a ladder with
a broad base, with the ends widely
Kena rated when re3ting . upon the
ground, which will in a measure pre
vent.sudden tipping,
All ladders should be made light and
strong, and for ordinary, trees a lad
der eighteen feet long should enable
one to reach the fruit conveniently.
For convenience, however, and to save
. heavy lifting, one ten or twelve feet
long should be at feaQdl &e gathetfngp
the fruit' from the! w . limbs: i
All the plans shawi ljc'the illustra
tion are for ladders, cer -?4urteen ee
long. Fig. 1 shows3Mae$ three and;
I one-half feet wide tfcf bottom am
tapering to a pomjw yie topr th
will prove convenid&fti rsk he top caij?
be readily pushed t3nr? dmong ? tlrf
branches andV godijbeamg secTire
It is safe and duraL'V tlj. only objeef
tion being the appttihSof the slide:)
as one goes upwarO, wfih gives bu
little room for the"ef.Fig. 2 is s
common ladder, qul?jjy jPrpvided witl
HOMEMADE SWJfTvtDDEB. ,
expanded base suppis jjy firmly nall--ing
to the under sijs ro -strip, si
feet long, in the mvana bhown. By
using four bolts of sxdta&e length; thfe
as desired, and wfc? b found jsafl
than nails. In Fig. a" nimon.laddr
is fitted with two 'nrif extension
slide pieces. The wopwer rounda
of the ladder, as sfciWTwi the figh?
hand side, extend K tlTe" pieced, thg?
upper ends being be sjec) and nailed fv
bolted to sides of 1 Ides ifs radicate?.
The arrangement ofthtleit-haiid sidp
is simply a modifiC'Stiogb-of the othe.
The sides of the ladMBTe not marred
or weakened by tft.fsie of palls
bolts.
In the good bora mse? step ladder
shown, the side pscej.&re five aid
one-half feet long. 'iCh&xsteps are two
and one-ouarter ff; t Jt'oiir. A cleet
should be nailed the side for sup
porting each end otliy steps asud te
steps are also naileMrtolthc sidef. Te
top is one foot wld- -a.4d projects ov;
one end about fout c-ejiMnches to hpjd
a' basket or pail v ieij harvesting tjie
fruit. The suppoP saire attached iko
side pieces by cot 8K!j strap hins.
If one has no chaATS.Suse No. O .Wgre
and make chains jr tWll'nks. five r Jix
incnes long. Use-&one . but well-s$a-soned,
light timlr. r.-4-S.' Georgia, .'-In
American Agricul? rlste '.
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Save Coint . cf Honeys
At the closing u Af vthe holey sea
son we usually . twre ' a number ,;o
frames of comb hi ue not yet ;extrasct-
ed, and it is a g. Iijdn to reserve
these combs for 'acting the; bees -in
good winter shapfj This pays .better
than feeding, and jwsis makes ithe
bees self-sustainic ?. f These, combs -of
honey, all well x?t&L 'and1: sealed up
during the' honey ftsdu, are the best
and most healthy:' Jgitr food, and-the
bees are more rt.i'3tp-?to get a more
liberal supply tht if? we 'buy siigar
and feed them. t
Not only shoulo tra have & goodf re
serve of the comfSvb) stare for winter
ing, but also for $Ji3"i&gInff the bees.
In early spring -E5e3r .unsweir a good
purpose also, ar Q-'ejsb much more
convenient, and t -cjr time? through
the winter wheHpsfe find a. colony
short of stores V caa! give them a
frame of honey,. ShCn Jn?no other Way
can we supply t iu We will always
have our bees iivvfcc shapes andjthe
results from thi fli:n;of feeding will
be a better 4n6StcBtf' iri tthe long
run, than if wTs0l: tbe htoey ;Ja.nd
feed sugar instvsdVS , . r
These combs jjthoJ; becomplfeted
and all sealed i bt but may onljr be
partially filled ,3;b t oney, i but S are
all right for thi Ispy&pose in this ay,
and by placing ihUn emrjty yes
and covering 'th ichrely from mice,
they can bet sffyl kept fof a long
time. The best wiy' to st&re.uch
combs is to plac i.Jl e,m' Id empty hives,
using the saiaiewuiiiberJof frames as
we do when ith isieefc occupy ther, so
that the cofflbs uay ;no.t touch -ach
other, and hu(ijstfck $hemr updone
hive on the top'- "Jtf" another, nsin'j an'
ordinary lid Calt&e bottom; iind i&lso
one 'on top,;wlih: Swill inclose tiem
safely. All un&ged, i sections,-, or
those partly filled! ti&f- be kept f or, the
same purpose) a'irj ven the bees)dur
ing early sprang, vfen they 'will clean
them out in1 motasea before hey
draw on thdr Lriy In the bood
chamber. Solne, 0rfttice;open-iair peed
ing with thease fjfi.ishecl section by
stacking IhgniJ-p "and: laying but
a small entrgnce ya- Shear. A. 'H. jjuff,
in Farm, Flsld, mL Firesides ':
London spends $140 : a year orir the
education o ej shhd? in ithe bard
schools. .. f ; t " 'J f i
In China it fee varies -rom
eight cents to u quarter I?
All signs ikoiat' t.g. Vancouver a the
great centre, hj; -Mining capita, of
British Coluinlio. St 5 ' f
The only EtnSuaqpuntry wJiich
has a lower d&ghratf ;than5 Enjand
is Norway. . T? JL I g .
The yellow 63 XedSpanish flafg is
the oldest of Jjt&ysecl byJurdgean
Powers, aa it wfcsrftf flown, in 5785.
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BROAD BOTTOM i FjsE IAIBEES.
EEMEMBER P0KT0 HICO-I
REPUBLICANS WOULD WANTONLY
ENSLAVE THAT UNHAPPY ISLE.
yill Those Who Perpetrate So Foul a Deed
4 Spare the American Working-man, the
American Farmer, When They Have
Gained the Power They Aspire to Hold?
Let the American voters remember
our broken promises to Porto Rico
and by his ballot erase the stain from
the folds of our national emblem."
President Schurman, of the Philip
pine Commission, who, as "a gentle
man and a scholar," has endeavored
to throw the robe of rhetoric and the
pious apology over the crimes of Presi
dent McKJnley and his abettors in the
Philippines, could not stand the Porto
Rian tariff act. In a letter to a
friend, quoted in Senator Proctor's
speech, President Schurman said:
"We are bound to this course by
solemn promises. The supreme and
irresistible reason for removing all
customs barriers between me United
States and Porto Rico is the promise
made by General Miles, when first
landing American forces on the isl-
and. that the Porto Ricans should
-enjoy the same rights, privileges and
immunities as the people of the United
States. On this" understanding the
Porto Ricans accepted American
sovereignty, not only withoit oppo-
sition, but with joyful trust and con-
fidence,
"The present issue is simply this:
Shall we repudiate or shall we fulfill
the national engagements? Shall this
great republic break faith with the
little island of orto Rico? Having
secured the fruits of General Miles s
promise, shall we now renounce the
nromise?
"The American people will not tol-
erate any faltering with solemn obli-
gations. Recognizing the national
good faith as the nation's ch'efest
good, they will condemn any violation
of it as the blackest crime. All over
the country this Porto Rican question
has stirred to the deepest the national
heart and conscience; legislation, in
spired by a breach of good faith, will
bring a terrible nemesis.
"It is said that a tariff js needed be
tween Porto Rico and the United
States to pjovide a case for the courts
to determine the extent of our juris-
diction over the new dependencies,
especially the Philippine-. I answer
uiat no convenience, no expeuiency,
no other obligation, ever lustinea a
breach' of tlie national good iaitn.
L,et me aaa, too, mac tnis -orto xucan
legislation Is testing us before tne
eyes or tne u uipinos, wno Keep wen
informed of all our doings. They will
judge by this legislation of the value
or American promises, n nen tne
ablest and most statesmanlike of
Aguinaldo's emissaries to the Philip-
pine commission once expressed tne
fear that the American Government
might not keep the promise it was
making 'for Spain,' sid he, 'made
promises and broke thdm' I silenced
him with the reply: 'Signor, the Uni
ted States is not Spain.f
J'ls he now to learn are all the
Filipinos now to learri that in the
first legislation for our new depend
encies' we prove faithless to our
pledges and recreant to our obliga-
tions? Such an exhibition of. our-
selves will strengthen the hands of
Aguinaldo and the insurgents, be
cause, unhappily, ij can be used to
support their persistent statement
that the Americans are no more trust-
worthy than the Spaniards.
"At the very moment when we need
to inspire confidence in the minds of
the conquered Filipinos, shall we com
mit an. act which will confirm their
distrust of us, quicken their suspic
ions and breed new and perhaps in
eradicable antipathies? God forbid.
' A Thunderbolt From Bryan.
"The Republican party is not pre
pared to defend itself on the trust
question, therefore they try to get it
out of the camnaisrn. The Renuhlican
party is not prepared to defend itself
on the army question. They say there
la ne. mieatlon nf militnrism nnrl vet
-an armv four timPs as m-ent ns the
standing army of 1S96 is demanded by
the President's message of December,
isns TTnw mnh n wp anpnd fnr Pd-
iiP.ntioT, in thP TTnitPd stntPfi? t.pss
than $200,000,000 a year. -How much
An the RennhiiPnna wnnr'tn aneTiri mv
n milltnrv Afitnhl1sl.nr.ent? One tmmlveri
million dollars a year. They want toJ
Rnenrl rnnre Ihnn half na mvph fnr n
milltnrv estaWishmPnt na we Bnpnfl
L for the education of all the children in
" L
the. United States.. .Is not that a step
toward militarism? (Applause.) What
reason can they give for it? They
only give one. But I will give the one
they do not give. There are two rea
Knns whlph lend men In thia mimtrv
to want a large standing army. One
is a domestic one; the other is connect
ed with our foreign affairs. What do
mestic reason is there for a large
army? To protect us from the In-
dians? No, the less Indians we have
the more army the Republican party
wants. That is not the cause.
"Why do they want it? So that they
can build a fort near every large city
and use the army to suppress by force
the discontent that ought to be cured
by remedial legislation." W. J. Bryan.
The Democratic Policy.
"The forcible anexation of territory
to be governed by arbitrary power,
differs, as much from the acquisition of
territory to be built, up into States as
a monarchy differs from a democracy.
The Democratic party does ndt oppose
expansion, when expansion enlarges
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tue urea ol iiik lepumit iiuu jucorpor
ates land which can be settled by
American citizens, or adds to our pop-
ulation people who are willing to be-
come citizens and are capable of dis-
charging their duties as such." W. J.
Bryan. ' -
M'KINLEY MILITARISM.
A Pretty Penny to Pay For His Im
perialism. It 4s announced from Washington
that the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy will call upon
Congress for more than $200,000,000
for the support of the army and navy
for the next fiscal year. The appro
priations for the army are being
figured on a basis of 100,000 men.
It is pertinent in this connection to
note the increased, cost of the army
and navy under the administration of
William McKinley. For the year 1S07
the army and navy, In round numbers,
cost $83,400,000. The estimate of
$200,000,000 for. the next fiscal year is
not to meet some emergency, but It is
proposed as an permanent charge. The
increase of over $115,000,000 a 'year
represents the fixed charge that Orien
tal empire will place upon the repub
lie.
This is a pretty penny to pay for the
imperial enterprises for which McKin-
ley stands. If it could be shown that
the money jvas spent in a righteous
cause; that it was for the spread of
free institutions and the uplifting and
betterment of mankind, it might be
excusable. But it is for none of these
things. It is being squandered to build
up an Oriental empire, or which Great
Britain's Indian empire is a model, for
the enrichment of a favored few and
for exploitation by syndicates. It is
being spent to crush the aspiratlbns of
a people to attain freedom and inde-
pendence that they may take their
place among the nations of the earth.
And the American people are called
upon to approve such a policy, to make
permanent expenditures for the army
and navy more than double the expen
ditures made for our military estab-
lishment prior to tne war with Spain,
that Mr. Mckinley and Hanna and
the' trusts- may have four years more
of a "full dinner pail!"
Wliat Bryan Would Do
The Republican party says we are
prosperous, wnos we
The man who can get private conces
sions from the Republican Administra
tion is prosperous, of course. Is lie
the only one worth talking about? ,
The world has no example of the op
portunities afforded tp those who can
pay for legislation as is now on view
He (Roosevelt) spends more time in
denouncing those who denounce the
t t th h d es in den0uncing the
trugtg themselves.
wirilp Mr. Hnnna. savs thpr are no
trustSj tnere is one trust-that is an Ice
rrv, T,lt tllprp ,. nti,P,.a trusts.
We ,jraw the line between honest
and predatory '.wealth.
The iai?oriug man wants more than
protection from blackmail or a govern
ment by injuncti0n.
It cant e tuat tue Ice Trust is any
worse than any other form of. trust, or
olu. KepubUcan Governor would not
be out yest making speeches instead
of heinsr here curbing the trusts.
The laboring man will have to pray
in the future "Give us our daily bread"
to the trust magnate instead of to the
Almighty.
A government for the people will be
impossible under the regime of the
trusts.
I don't believe God ever made a man
good enough to stand at the head of a
private monopoly and fix the price of
that commoditv.
A wise man gets , an idea into-his
head. A foolish man gets it in the
neck..
My first act as President will be to
call Congress together to do what
should have been done a year and a
half ago for the Filipinos. W. J. Bry
an.
The "Good" Trusts
Chairman Hanna says there are no
trusts and the Republican Nationa
Committee confirms his declaration by
issuing a campaign folder by millions
in defense of trusts. This folder, on
the strength of Carroll D. Wright'
"statistics," shows that trusts are the
workingman's only true friend.
However, it is to be noted that most
of the Republican organs and orator
admit that there are trusts and that
y are OI IWO KUlUS-gOOU ana U3U.
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The good trusts are those that fill
vy" yAU c
uau oues Lue liaut- U"1UU8- uu
cording to the campaign folders which
the Republicans are spreading broad
cast ,the truss Lave, bee,a au.mixe
blessing to labor. They have increased
employment, they hav
ages' Jl ba lowered prices.
lueieiure me Ulwiimg UK
neficence of McKInleyism
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plied by Col. Carroll D. Wright. It
is understood that the figures used by
the trusts themselves are dreamed by
him. Their reliability is therefore not
to be Questioned by any Republican
organ or orator.
Yet it is an interesting fact that Col.
P8 a Jho?1 credited
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f , "r "
m, a fcUL BU ulLe1 "ialu
what he says must always be regarded
with suspicion. He understands that
his job depends upon properly "cooked"
prosperity figures; and with an ex
pert knowledge of what is wanted he
is always ready to meet the demands
upon him
However, the really significant thing
about this folder is, that it commits
the Republicans to an open defense of
the trusts.
The Heal Calamity Howlers.
Men who shut down the mill "till
they see how the election goes" are
the real calamity howlers. Men who
say the industries of the country will
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- i ue puraiyzeu ji, niyau. i eieuieu ure
the calamity howlers. Men who
threaten a panic unless McKinley is
chosen they are the true and genuine
calamity howlers, and they are more
harmful to the nation than an army of
1 rebels would be. - -
REPUBLICAN COERCION;
WORKINCMEN .DRAGOONED t.1HT(0y
VOTING FOR M'KINLEYi .!,,:-;-
Forclns Americans to Give Up the Deaf ' -
eat and Proudest Frivilege . of Their v
Citizenship It 18 Imperialism atHon K&ff
A Form of Political Slavery - t -: t ) U
One of the most sinister features of ;Jf
tho Presidential contest this year is.
the policy of coercion and intimidation ,
alleged to have been adopted by te
McKinleyite employers of labor hi till"!, , :
parts of the country. Persuasion and,, ,j
argument having failed to - converts
workingmen into supporters -off Mo.fw
Kinleyism, more drastic measuiree?4t 1a- t
charged, . have been resorted to -in H3V-,-4
dev to assure the continued suprem
acy of the Republican- party in nation.- s
al affairs. The workingman, the enK "
ploye of the trust and corporatldnrth6!
toilers in factories, mills and mines-, "j
are to be driven, it is said, into voting
for Mr. McKinley against their con-..
victions by methods which are as cp? ,y,
ercive as if the victims were dragged, jj
to the polls by a corporal's squads
This is the despotism to which we
have come under the rule of the trusts; . ''
the moneved interests and our "Na'-'
poleon" of "practical politics" and sh-V
ster finance.
The American people are a sober,
law-abiding people, who abhor anaj-r.,
chy.. The men who are promoting an-..."
archy in this country are not the ri
diculous creatures like Herr Most ' and if
his absurd followers. The most dan
gerous anarchists are those, who lire-., (d
vent a fair expression of the people's'
will at tne polls, xney noia 'to tne
un-American theory that when they
buy a man's . labor his vote" goes
with it, and that vote must be cast for" .
policies which will make the employer; t
prosperous even if at the expense of ;
the employe. Such men assume pre
rogatives more fitting an absolute des
potism than a ' free republic. They .
are destroying the foundations upon,',,,
which this Government was built! ,
They are establishing a system of po- ,
litical serfdom against which there'".' J
will one day be a mighty and irresisti-
ble revolt. They are the anarchists
who are undermining our free institu
tions as effectively as if they em- ,
ployed the bayonet to assert 11161 ,
mastery. They are forcing the Amer- :
ican workingman to give up the dear
est and proudest privilege of his citl- .
zenship in order that they may have a
government which will bestow extra-
ordinary favors upon them. ; They are
sowing the wind and they WEI be for- .
tunate if they do not reap the. whirl
wind. Imperialism abroad is bad
enough. Imperialism at home, as em
bodied in the coercion and intimida
tion of employes, involves the degra-.
dation of the citizen. It is a form of
political slavery which will make the
American people a nation of serfs
wearing the collars of their masters,
the trusts, financial institutions and
favored interests which are endeavor
ing to control' the Government. Balti
more Sun.
Iryan' Kennedies For Trusts. 4
"We have a remedy and our remedy
is, first, to put every trust-made article
on the free-list; second, we propose
that Congress shall provide that ber
fore any corporation does business
outside of the State of ' its origin - it
shall take out a license from the Fed
eral Government, and this licensee
shall only be given when the corpo-
ration shows that it has no water in,"
its stock and that it is not attempting,
to monopolize any branch of business.
I believe that would be a great remedy
for the trusts. I believe that no pil-!
vate monopoly could exist."' W. J. 4
Bryan.
"Destiny is not a matter o.chance,:
it is a. matter of choice; it is not a.
thing to be waited for, it is a thing to
oe acmevear w. j. iiryan.
"The fruits of imperialism, be they
bitter or sweet, must be left to they,
subjects of monarchy. This is tho
one tree of which the citizens of aM
republic may not partake. It is thdj
voice of the serpent, not the voice of
God, that-oids' us eat." W. J. Bryan. '
"Wars of conquest have their origiit
in covetousness, and the history of J
the human race has been written in?
characters of blood, because ruler
have looked with longing eyes upon:
the land of others." W. J. Bryan. I
Pulling Down the Flag. "
Dorl't you Republican gentlemen getj
serious about the pulling down of thej
flag. You are the only people who!
have nauled down the Starsantj
Stripes. When John Hay gave up the
gold lands of Alaska to England, and
pulled down the starry banner which
has floated over that region since
Grant bought it of Russia and paid
for it, he closed the mouths of his par
tisans to the one wild cry they love.
And here is a result of it. This is a
dispatch from Vancouver, B. C, trader
date of September 29:
"Dispatches from Porcupine City,
Alaska, ray that the British 'flag' was
raised over the Porcupine mining dis
trict September IT. The flag was
raised by Archer Martin, head of tire
British oomniission and Justice of the
Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Martin issued a declaration that Amer
ican owners of mines must have their
titles confirmed by the commission.
The American miners arc hotly indig
nant over the matter and threaten
trouble:" ' y w $f
American 'owners of AmerieanijjVis
mast nave tne tmes or vueir own
property confirmed by British officials,
paying American money in fees to
British appointees. And the "flag of
the free" is trailed across the mud and
ice td a naw frontier which England
designates. - - r-