Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1899 — Page 7

CHAPTER Vl.—(Continued.) * “1 have just left the scene of the trt,<edy, madam; but knowing the torture ?our minds must be under, I could not go ,to my home until I had seen you. Your, son stands not'ln the slightest danger. True, he may remain In custody for some weeks. The coroner’s jury will to-morrow doubtless hold him for trial, on certain circumstantial evidence that to the inexperienced juror will seem conclusive. Your son may even come to trial in criminal court, but, believe me, not a hair of his head shall be injured, and he shall return to you, his entire innocence of the crime charged against him fully established, the honored name he bears untarnished, and more, he shall one day present to you as his loving wife the fair girl who, even though she saw his bent form standing over the lifeless body of her father with the reeking weapon in his band that bereft him of life, yet has full confidence in his innocence, his honor and integrity, the daughter of the murdered man.” “Poor Hattie!” exclaimed the widow. ■“You innst go to her, Jennie, with the dawn of day. This is terrible for the poor girl. Why, Mr. Sellars, my son had two objects in visiting Mr. Deßosette’s home to-night. One, aa you doubtless know, was to take up his note. The other was to ask his sanction to the union of which you have referred.” “He had obtained that sanction,” said Sellars. “He had also taken up his note and had it in his possession.” “I know,” the widow said. “He had informed me. And then, the bag of gold. It seems incredible!” “Did your son return to the house, madam, after he had received the bag of coin, and before going to the banker’s!?” “He did not. He left us at half after nine, and when he returned he was in the custody of Sheriff Cobb. You know he expected to leave for Baltimore on the four o’clock train to attend to some business matters he has there with a commission house.” t**He so informed me,” said Sellars. “Mr. Sellars, I suppose we may visit my brother in the county jail?” “Certainly, Miss Jennie, and I will try and induce Sheriff Cobb to place him in the debtor’s room, which is more commomodious than an ordinary cell, if he is held for trial. ¥ou had best visit him between eight and nine o*clock this morning. Tell him, of course, that when the right time comes Lang Sellars will establish bis innocence and unlock his prison doors. But first, 1 have much to do, to fasten this crime where it belongs. There is double mystery here, at least. I have the key to one. I shall them all, only it will take time. And now, all that 1 have said was for your earft alone. A single word that my suspicion rests on other than Robert Campbell might doubly increase the difficulties of the work I have before me —might, in fact, cause guilty parties to take to flight ere I have the various links in a chain of evidence that will bring them to the gallows forged wel! together, and send me scouring . clear across the continent; therefore ” “Our lips shall remain sealed, Mr. Sellars, but our gratitude to you ” “Wait, madam, until I have deserved it. Now yon, Roger?” “I’s iak the grave, Mars Lang—jes’ lak the grave.” “Right, Roger. And your maid here?” “Oh, I will answer for Chloe,” said Jennie. “I dunno a ting, and never did,” said the sable Chloe. “Afil want is my young master back, so the bressed mistress and my Miss Jennie kin dry dar eyes.” "Why, don’t you see, Chloe, mother is smiling now, and I —l am another girl already.” “Well, good-night, ladies,” said the detective. “I an) glad to have been able to relieve your minds of much anxiety.” “Good-night, Mr. Sellars, and may God aid you in your endeavors to bring to the bar of justice th?guilty wretch who murdered my husband’s old friend. Oh, if Duncan was alive, what a ••shock this would be to him. And his son—his boy, held for the crime!” “Herbert Russell was held for the murder of Dr. Taylor, madam.” “True,” said the widow, as Sellars passed from the room. Jennie accompanied him to the door, bade him good-uight, and watched his form as it disappeared in the darkness that so often precedes the dawn of day. “What a reputation that man has as a deteeter of crime,” she thought, as she walked back through the hall. “Throughout the South, at least, he stands without a peer. Well, he deserves to.” "When she joined her mother she found her preparing to retire in a chamber adjoining the sitting room, tears coursing their way down her cheeks in profusion. “Why, mother, dear, you are weeping yet.” “But now, my child, the tears are happy ones compared to those of but a halt-hour ago. Come, join me in my room for a short repose. --At eight o’clock you must bear the glad tidings to your brother that he is under the watchful care of Lang Sellars, the great Southern detective, who has promised to restore him to us.” CHAPTER VII. - Sheriff Coßb, when he had taken Robert Campbell into custody, was thoroughly satisfied that the young man was the banker’s murderer. Of that there can be no doubt, but it is also certain that in his haste to do so hf was actuated by o fear that Sellars would rob him of the glory, as he considered it, by taking him into custody himself. Since the rescue of Herbert Russell from the very trap of the gallows a year previous, Sheriff Cobb had been very jealous of Carolina's great detective, and he had no desire that he should have the credit of having apprehended the Murderer of Banker Deßosette. Nit a suspicion of Herman Craven, the man who. In slippered feet, bareheaded from his slumbers at the dead hour of night by the ringing of his door bell and shouts of m order, had » m,

AUNT HANNAH'S SECRET.

Herman Craven had denounced thbanan whom he found bent over his uncle’s lifeless clay with the bloody knife in his hand, as his murderer. Herman Craven was the dead man's nephew; the cashier of his bank; the prospertive husband of hia daughter. At least, Herman had told him that it was his -uncle's wish that they be nnited. Herman had cashed thousands of checks for him, which checks he had accepted in payment of taxes. It was plain to Sheriff Cobb that Robert Campbell bad sought that night to gain the banker’s consent to his marriage to his daughter. The banker had utterly refused his sanction, and forbidden him to pay hia addresses to the girl. The girl loved, or fancied she loved, him, but would not become hia wife without her father's consent. Perhaps he had ordered Robert from the house. Anyway, the banker removed, the young man hoped to make Hattie his wife and obtain the fortune she would inherit. “Nothing could be plainer,” thought Sheriff Cobb. “He was prepared for such an emergency. He had the sheath knife with him. It may have been hi an unguarded moment and in a fit of passion that he thrust its biade to the banker’s heart, or the deed may have been coolly and deliberately executed. One thing sure, the blow fell quick and sudden, hot in bis anxiety to make certain that his victim was dead the young man tarried too long. The cries of the banker reached the ears of hia nephew and those of his daughter, who sped down the stairs and confronted him with the evidence of his damnable crime clatcbed in his hand. “A moment more and he would have been gone, the sheath knife with him. In the morning the banker’s body would have been found stiff and cold. Who murdered him? Robert Campbell would have undertaken to fasten suspicion on the young cashier, as he does now, and perhaps with a greater prospect of success. But the bag of coin? He did not have it with him when he entered the house. Bnt bow did he obtain that note? He may have had it and secreted it somewhere after be struck the blow, and before he withdrew the knife blade from the banker's breast.. It may be discovered in the house. Again, he may have had an accessory, who fled with the coin. At all events, 1 have the start of Lang Sellars on.this ease. I have the man who struck the fatal Wow. He belongs to one of the first families in the State, but there is no ‘wrong man’ this time. All I will require will be a little time to find the gold. Robert Campbell ia a candidate for the gallows!” Thus thought Sheriff Cobh as he made -his way home after seeing his prisoner incarcerated in jail. The cries of the widowed mother and sister of the prisoner yet rang in his ears; but there was only one path for him to follow—the path of duty. At eight o’clock on the morning of the nineteenth Jennie Campbell entered the office of the county jail and made known her desire to see her brother. . “Follow me. Miss Campbell,” said Jailer Filyas-, an undersised, corpulent little man. “There are no orders not to admit yon, and if there were you should see your brother, even if he is in jail on the charge of murder. lam sorry for you, miss, indeed I am. Who would have believed it?” “Don’t speak of it, Mr. Filyaw, if you please,” said Jennie. “We have every confidence that my brother will be able to establish his innocence.” “I hope he may,” said the jailer. “I hope he msy. But what have you there?” “Merely my brother's breakfast in this basket,” said Jennie. “He is not need to prison fare. My mother being somewhat prostrated, did not accompany me, and I did not bring my maid to-day.” “Bless you,” said Filyaw, “I should not feed-Robert Campbell on prison fare. The best my own table affords should be his.” “Oh, thank you, sir, bnt either my maid or I will come every day while my brother is here in jail.”

They passed front the office through the hall into the corridor of the prison. Fi!yaw blew a sharp note on his whistle and a turnkey came forward and unlocked and swung open the heavy iron door of the structure, handing the jailer a bunch of keys as he did so. They passed within and the heavy door closed with a clang tNat grated on poor Jennie'B nerves. Two rows of cells confronted Hemone to the right, the other opposite—with a passage between them and an Iron stairway at the further end of the passage. “Hey, you jailer! Does my case came off at September court?” was the first greeting that reached their cars as they advanced. “I think not. Wortell,” was the reply; “but don’t worry about it. It will come off soon enough.” “Got any ’bnccer, Man Jailer?” were the words that greeted them from another cell. “Here, Pompy !” and Filyaw passed half of a ping through the Iron ban of his cell. “Tank you, Massa,” and the negro grinned as though he was happy. “Why do you keep negroes here, Mr. Filyaw?” “All, Miss Campbell, who violate the law, free born or slave, white or biaok, are liable to imprisonment in jail. Pompy now is a free negro. His offense is not very grave. He merely stole a hog, If his accusers tell the truth.” “Da lies, Man Jailer; da lies. I rubber stold dat hog. He coined to my tater patch, an’ was rootin’ dem up. You reckon I gwiae let someone etoe’s hog waller on my taters, an’ den ’low him to go tree? Cides dat, I only got seben dollars for de hog, an’ I offer de owner half of it.” worry, Pompy; I have engaged nonwi occupied cm-

-T.-oeX*) - ----- ■ ..; v ' •49k p’-e.w*. IsssrtdiMi a. imJk "ifwir waruer w >» w w—ff worn,” saifi SailerFlfcawc. “T Jbfi statlUte HsHto «ff,«wkflniiift tore to in Ha bedstead, sprang «e to tout, and lurnih. **** Filyaw bad tom MUitammjtmP* iJuter for twenty ps»; tot tons sttmfl fin to tered. '“lLaag (Srilhnrs sfooriM flic oaflhff toto this case. I'osn'tttolitwwsissmaffllnmcan ’Campbell guilty rtf murder.'” Little Aid Filya w know tow (top* to great detective was attmtetty ifaftmantofi to the-case. Twas in sad despair diiuigito, ton-aba-ter,” said Rdbert. gwrfbgps few uritauttea after Filyaw tod Xhium to topmtnsm. “Iffy reliance was mi Shilton. ami 1 thought to tod aftamdsmid ana. Tanagood pews reassures one. 0 anti 'tvnomfi tn> lie to jail until such (time n* to its aftfte to place tome to any stead tto mimdtowtt of m.v doarr old friend. BrowlM tote film, but to will do lit, isud wfafij m torsWirik around Ihim from wtoirih to nmnun hwsq». Now lot 'its talk mo injure atom Hite master. Ton know fho ifaiqmtat totes (flan* at ten o’clock, iflomm wtohomfllhortmto there. If necessary, (promise mm toft yon yourself will remain tonne amd Hcsg> her from attending, At worild tomoanodh for one of tor years and ronstste nattnre 1 shall surety beheld to'court, and I wconfiA spare her the pain of seeing am iconwjadl to jail again.” “She thought yon woPlfi toil so, Bbtentt, and will remain art tome. rSwtmdl Aston will he with tor. 1-ttolltoafttoAaomaft, my brother, and though yon iurc twtonarf to jail, knowing wtot the tfutnre will Ante* forth, I am content, and ttfiwn A unttat to with Hattie, your future wufte.” “Bless yon, my stater!!” The brother and stator sat side ttgr side on the iron cot odhon flPifcyirw toga hi ogwued the door, and 'toe (intake: <tff «cdftitss And been very mtnih dophoefl. “Ready. Iffiss iCampbell?-” to- atabsfl. “Yes, Mr. Filyaw, tuifl very Hunted! to yon!” “Entirely welcome. A jjitat twwiswfl a message from Attorniy Ah dirt*, mud ana exited ing him at toe .jail winy onomnft. He may tty tto warm ;n icanfesnion from yon, Robert. A woiild amt *w> Aiim.”’ “Thank yon, Filyaw, Amt A am gnlfey of no crime. Flense admit him.” “A don’t (believe .yon uwo. Amt tome I lawyers are dangerous sotnotfanes. Madid yon not like to see ILsng SWlfans?; Torn remember how to sowed toe ilfte off Bnrbert Russell *t toe Host union nm. Four to occupied to is wnry mourn far some time!” ‘t faawo so message for SWltars!” suit Robert. ‘W 'course., iff to tolls virtnatarity and wishes tto see one, aiftmfc Atfaag hot be stated tost night total to tonqptft Sheriff 'Cobb tod upprObmilled tto mgjbt man!" “He did! He <did!!” *e»riluunefl FDyww, moving nervousfy ?ow.arfl tote ‘door. '“Atom ( would sot give iniudh for your llito. <&ad help you. sir!” Retort and his stafatr 'iwdlamged assures. He kissed her -gooftlfay imfi At fOUmrod The jailer took Aits tifitee. “Neither The A mother mer staasr aw heartbroken!” t hough: «s to watched A»or Hrite form ipsss from waw, “but if A.aug ■Sellars amide touft stuxnmmfi the son of ©imcon 'Oantritoll will 'die *t felon's deirth on The gaßows!” (To to cansiniwflrt

RAIL WAYS OF ONE ENGINE.

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POLITICS OF THE DAY

—Wim„, TYRANNY. Hue stout year ago President McKinfeqt gcowlfaifauci tx» tto civilized world Hag ttos gontmy woukl stand on the pßnganiMum Haft '‘extension of territory Hnimaft oominest is criminal aggressdHb:’ Hiutw the fall of Manila this ft————ft off our policy has not In oetmetodt Am practice the policy «ff tto adtuinitaratioa has been such as to gjlwe rise to He general opinion that tone HeongempAnbul the carrying out «as nutaauaes that constitute what Pres ARmt ABu&inlhy dearly and truly de"ifrihiinal aggression.” ItonnttHr mass' meetings have been heill AOs- tto purpose of protesting nqgwtiHt suuhi a policy and demanding Hot He President respect the promises auulb by himself on behalf of .this nattom These- meetings have had the cordtail support off men of national—yea, htocnaftionad—repufation for learning antfi teachers and counselors in the intHffltccunf and! moral world. They came thooii (flyers sects and political parties, gfaii&cd sortsCy J>y their sense of rightesusnems. liberty and patriotism. LargeAy atontod i*ounter demonstrations have been herd and the demand there um*iP Haft President McKinley shall eonnihue to ignore the solemn pledges hgthttm nunto, and urging him to relenttessly wage a war of “criminal aggresstom'' The-supporters of these meetings find Heir enthusiasm fed by the sordid cry off “tt’&mmeeee follows the flag.” Imiactantli onlookers assert that the attomihufts aft these meetings are largely Off He- Admfi who follow the flag at a auffrt dftamnee. Hon form, of government, our traditfbns, our widespread innate love of lib•Bftjt. onir offbonpressed belief in the intomufi righto of man are all opposed to “imperialism." When President McHDfaiby publicly disavowed for this uatDbm any intention of pursuing an “impeinajJ’ policy it was supposed by all puftmoiiic Americans that such disavowal was solely tor the enlightenment of Rtoeigni nations. It is humiliating to every right-minded American to find Hut a faint suggestion of possible commenviufi benefits has secured a following; toe- imperialism, and that these folbmets ace willing to see the standard off imperialism planted on the ruins of Amerioam honor.

'HUB' Biscpocritfoal: cant which frames oawinsf* for "criminal aggression" deoaiisos. no one. The general issue canned Aa evanfiet. It is clear-cut ami well dhtfineii. B 6 Presiileut McKinley moans 1 aan?Hing. Msft than imperialism it is (tfifite easy him to make his mean- ! fine known, ffie may rest assured that ; a (Atainct; avowal of a just policy, folAinwdl ftgt such active measures as whiRA eviface hta sincerity of purpose, wtod at once sitence adverse criticism amA afttmact enthusiastic support. He maty nest equally well assured that day Ay «toy amt step by step the noblest mam and! purest patriots of this country mifll resolutely oppose the tendency toward) imperial tyranny.—Chicago Dem■otnae..

VvLtialfc Gold. Qa every Presidential election up to toft off Republican platforms, organs and stump shouters charge(£ Hat He opposition was backadluipAf British gold. To-day the term "BfailShhi gold! ’ is never seen in the colimms off any Lu-publiciiu organ, and a suftvedltec who should be so foolish or toFintmafte as to insert in a Republican pager am editorial similar to those that watre fir Cushion in would lose his jtrib ifastonriy. Everybody now knows Haft British: gold (which is the property off British usurpers, the common people off Haft country never seeing any yelIbsr money) is to-day a firm supporter off tto Republican party. Hun any Republican deny 'it? Can anybody name any British banker, fitawvfcfl or moneyed man who would resHi«t‘t»>sae RTiHiam J. Bryan elected? €ta tto contrary, are not the hoarders off British: gold interested, pecuniarily, ill) Ha continuance of “the existing gold sfcamtomfi.” aoi£ would they not, therefore. Am willing to contribute to a fund dhrignadl to* pay the cost of defeating tto ffiwo- silver party in America? British) golds will! unquestionably be spent fnr tto Sfeffuftflcaa, ticket next year. Aaßiffwaaffiaiw our elections to be thus Aoagftft wo- shall bo selling ourselves ifits* shivery to Lombard street. Bbtw many American citizens are wady- to stand up and avow that they vote- tto tfoftafc dictated and supported Ay British, gold?

lb swputed thirty-five years of conshwft summer and winter campaigning to “pmdffjr tribes numbering 300,000 ami capable- off putting, at the most, mnnedi braves into He field. If At urns* job*a Hted of a century to to «aft wfiß tto T&gatos, Visayans and labuiib tto- problem bo the expansion-

not have been foreseen or guarded against. So that In point of fact nobody at all Is to blame for the maladministration of the War Department. The Hon. Hazen S. Pingree, for instance, who is a bosom friend of Gen. Alger, demands to know why tlie Secretary of War should be blamed for McKinley’s bad administration, and Mr. Groevenor asks whether the President could have attended to the details pf the War Department personally. It is only fair to say, however, that these recriminations come not from Messrs. Alger and McKinley, but from the partisans of those statesmen. Between the Major and his Secretary of War there subsists a deep affection, founded along In 18&4, which will continue so long as Alger is in a position to aid in extricating great men from temporary financial embarrassment.—Chicago Chronicle.

The Humorous Griggs. It is the opinion of lawyers of standing that Edward Atkinson of Boston has most excellent grounds for action for slander against McKinley's Attorney General. Griggs has gone out of his way to hold a reputable citizen up to public contempt as a “traitor.” The offender cannot plead official privilege, because the offensive terms were applied in newspaper interviews under conditions which would warrant legal action and were applied to a man who was eminent long years before Griggs was dragged from New Jersey to ornament the President’s Cabinet. Should Atkinson see tit to prosecute Griggs, the Jersey imperialist would find himself on the horns of a dilemma. If he should plead justification and endeavor to prove Atkinson a “traitor,” the country will want to know by what right he allowed the “traitor” to go unprosecuted. It is the duty of Griggs to punish„tfeason ami sedition. That is one of the things he is in office for. Why, then, does he not prosecute Atkinson, whom he has publicly branded as a traitor? The answer is very simple. He dare not because the country has received the suggestion of his so doing with a loud guffaw.—New York News.

Commerce and Imperialism. All this talk to the effect that the possession of the Philippines will “introduce us to the Orient” is pure rubbish. No Imperialist has yet undertaken to tell us how the possession of those islands will enable us to sell a dollar's worth more to “the Orient” than we could sell without them. Even Mr. Frye Is constrained to admit that we need nothing more than coaling and naval stations for the purpose of protecting our commerce. We can sell to the people of “the Orient” if we offer them the things they want on terms as satisfactory to them as they can make with other venders; otherwise we cannot. It is not a matter of owning territory or making a great display of military or naval force. It is simply a matter of supplying things wanted on satisfactory terms. We have abundant proof of this in the fact that Europe takes more than three-fourths of all we sell, although we do not own an acre of ground In Europe or “fronting” Europe.—Chicago Chronicle.

Impudence of the Lumber Lords, Late advices from Washington indicate that the lumber lords are entreating the administration to retaliatory action by exercising the option conferred In the Dlngley act and doubling the tariff on lumber. This is positively the most Impudent protectionist proposal which has ever been seriously urged. Not content with doing all in their power to frustrate the effort of the joint high commission to settle all matters In controversy between the United States and Canada, these voracious monopolists now seek to add to the difficulties of the situation and to foment new causes of disagreement when every consideration of the public welfare demands an amicable adjustment.—Philadelphia Record. Poorest W»y to Get a Market. The customs receipts at Havana during April amounted to $660,000; and for the fiscal year they will close to $lO,000,000. This reflects a very promising activity in trade thereabouts. It would be interesting to contrast these figures with the Manila customs collections. Facts us to the latter are wanting, but the internal revenue collections at Manila since the American occupation began amount to hardly $175,000. The otter demoralization of trade and Industry there is strikingly shown by such figures. Our war of subjugation to get a market is destroying whatever market there was for us.—Springfield Republican. Imperial Brawl* to Be Avoided. It will be an evil day for the republic when we come to regard ourselves as so much of a “world power” that we are ready to join the brawls aud wars of the old world nations. England is quite ready to see us become just that sort of a “power,” available for use In the extraction of her embroiled chestnuts. We must beware lest Uncle Sam lose that sagacity which has been regarded as his distinguishing characteristic.—Springfield, Mass., Republican. Lotting Alger Down Kaay. Secretary Alger has at last admitted the truth of the report that he Is an active candidate for United States Senatorial honors to succeed Senator McMillan, who declines renontination. We are not In the Major’s confidence, hut It

seems as If a sufficient explanation for the chief executive’s noticeable elation of spirits has been furnished. In looking about for a soft cushion on wbidA to fall the War Secretary has selected one of billowy luxuriance and the oats remaining problem to be solved Is the pliability of the Michigan Legifdattfte to be elected a year hence.—Chicago Chronicle. “Censoring” the Mail*. The Atkinson incident is only one fiff> the many incongruities arising ont of the anomalous position of the United States in the Philippines. The Government, in this case, finds that It cannot admit copies of its own documents into the country which it has subdued. It Is a matter of regret that the Government should be forced to such measure* to sustain the President's policy, and it is apparent that some of President McKinley’s earlier utterances regarding “criminal aggression” would be excluded from the Manila mail under this order of the Postmaster General.—Booton Post. If We Are Lying. The lawyers are forcing a very nlco question to the front in Cuba. American lawyers insist that they have the right to practice there because the island is a part of the United States. The Cuban lawyers insist that they have not unless they are admitted to the bar under Cuban rules. If we are merely standing guard over Cuba until she is “pacified’’ it Is evident that Cuba is not a part of the United States. But if wo arc lying, and mean to hang on to Cuba and use our troops to secure a vote for annexation, which is quite probable, the lawyers might as well go to practicing.—lndianapolis Sentinel.

AH on/c:oaßtof Jouet. This is the problem by the side of which all others confrenting the Buckeye Republicans pale into insignificance. To Jones, or not to Jones; Aa compared with Jones, Sherman’s return to Ohio polities Is of no Importance; the Hanna-Bushneli-Foraker feuds are mere sideshows; even Ooxie Old Boy, the Cincinnati boss, and the turned-down McKisson, of Cleveland, are mere ciphers. There are all sorts of trouble at baud for the Ohio Republicans, and all on account of Jones.— Atlanta C’onstituitou. Why Hanna Favors Quay. “Of course I am for Quay. Why shouldn’t I be?” remarked Senator Hanna to an interviewer. Hanna’e point Is well taken. In the things birds of a feather will flock together. Quay, as chairman of the National Republican Committee, raised a tremendous corruption fund and elected a President. Hanna, occupying a similar position, squeezed millions from the trusts, debauched the voters it) a dozen States aud put McKinley in tha White House.—New York Journal.

Democrats Do Their Own Iklnkiac. Republican organs have great sport ' pointing to the diversity of opinion tat Democratic circles, forgetful of thn fact that diversity of opinion among Democrats is an indication that Deaio- 4 crats do their own thinking. Them would be no diversity of opinion among Democrats if Democrats followed the example of Republicans by allowing one or two leaders to do all their thinking for them.—Omaha World-Herald. Administration Talk of Treason. The weakness of the administration is made very clear by the silly Cabinet talk of “treason.” With the best minds in the Republican party enlisted against “criminal aggression” disguised as “benevolent asslmiHaUon,’* ;j this Cabinet jabber is highly absurd. The most active “traitors” are distinguished members of the President’s own party.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ; Danger in Cpnltioe a Precedent. : We much doubt whether Mr. Quag will succeed in overthrowing the precedent long established by the Senate. It is a dangerous matter for the Republican party to drift from well-estaWlsb-ed principles, no matter who the person is in whose behalf the matter Is urged. In years to come these things return to plague the inventors.—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.

Merely a Move for Effect. I If there were really any expectatlohß that Mr. Quay would get a seat Id thels Senate, contrary to the provisions of|9 the Constitution of the United Statefffl and of all precedent, there would havafl been no such haste to make the ap~M| pointment. The appointment was not If made w ith any such expectation, hov> fl ever. It is only intended for poiitkaflH effect.— Philadelphia Press. I The Two Republican Faction*. I There are two elemeuts in the BelH publican party. Just as there are in thffiH country at large. One rcpreseßtgHf Hanna, Alger, Eagan, Carter and rion meat and the other represents partisans who are for expansion, the*l honor of the flag and the of the poisoners of soldiers. The jattajfH class is rather out of place in the BmH publican party, but it exists.— ington Times. fl And There Are More Coating, % 1 When the prediction was made thdll nothing short of an earthquake wsniflß prevent McKinley’s re-election year, it was not thought there wouldl2l| such a prompt response. Indiana MMII Kentucky had earthquakes the next day.—Butte Miner. “ JH He Is Getting Used to It. Ilf Funny that President McSWH should consider it necessary tof||B i jg| Hot Springs, Virginia, after hot water so long at WaaftlnghMfl Manchester Union. #1 Understand One Another, The trusts will not care, an toqfyH§ the g. o. p. confines itself to ptafmM denunciation of trusts. - Omaha WmNjm* Herald. flg