Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1901 — Page 6

POLITICS OF THE DAY

/>m VcKinley to McKinley. /.President recently Inaugurated ye same man who was Inaugurated /r years ago, but In all essential rejects the difference between the ceremony of March 4, 1897, and that of /(March 4, 1901, is as profound as the between the coronation of Queen Victoria and that of King Edward VII, The McKinley who took the oath to abide by the Constitution four years atgo was absorbed in the traditions or (domestic American politics. In his inWugural address he hardly looked beryoinl low-water mark. He spoke of the hard times In which the country was submerged, and urged financial legislation and a high protective tariff as the most promising remedies. He thought that our currency ought all to be kept At par with gold, but promised to do all tie could for international bimetallism, fee protested against lavish expenditures. He stood by the Constitution land the Declaration of Independence, fee pledged himself and his party to the (effective regulation of trusts. He affirmed his faith in “the policy of •noil-interference with foreign governments, wisely inaugurated by Washington, keeping ourselves free from entanglement, either as allies or foes, condteut to leave undisturbed with them the jfiettlement of their owu domestic conjeerns.” He laid down the principle: *“We want no wars, of coaq-Uest; we •mist avoid the temptation of territorial iaggression.” The McKinley of to-day is the chief jfigure in a transformation scene as startling ns ever liewiidered the atidi-

A GAME AT WHICH TWO CAN PLAY,

—Dos Moines , Leader.

♦•nee at a fairy pantomime. Instead of Ilia i'd times lie sees an overpowering %nc»sperity. terrifying even to ourselves «itd appalling to our foreign rivals. He fluids tlie tariff the chief danger to that {prosperity and longs for its reduction. Ule i» no longer disturbed by even the fgliost of bimetallism. When he appealed for more economy In the nation cil expenditures we were spending $23,278,493 on the army, $39,562,061 on the navy and $15,944,147 ou rivers and harIkii's. Now Mr. McKinley contemplates without winking an expenditure of .nearly $150,000,000 on the army. $78,'ooo.otkt on the navy and $50,000,000 on •rivers and harbors.

In his regard for “the principles upon rwhich the government was established” die has seen the fate of ten million peo.ple on opposite sides of the world setVtled by two riders on an army appio•pdation bill. He inis -een tlte organisation of a single trust that would 'swallow all the trusts that were in existence when he promised to take action «gainst them. He has plunged cheerfully into ail the entanglements of " '•‘•world polities." He is engaged in a Kvar of conquest in the Philippines and •1~ ready to prosecute another in Cuba. The change from Adams to Jefferson Vwas trivial compared with the change from McKinley to McKinley.—New York Journal. Trust Goverum ills. Since the recent session of Cougress began the people of this couutry have -been regaled by the following interest lßg events: The President of the United States lias been endowed with absolute, unlimited and wholly irresponsible power in the Philippines, power far more uutoerahic than any King or Emperor ever jltad. The Senate and House have •trampled upon the national pledge in Respect to Cuba. 'Qn* Speaker of the House of Representatives lias ’assumed, in utter detinnee of the law, the right to. edit the record of Congress and expunge remark* uncomplimentary to a friend of the President. r a rear admiral of the American navy has sought to establish in the service tMK'lal distinction ns a basis for promotion. ami Congress lias not been sufli cioutly interested to Interfere. U Men have gravely and earnestly artvn cated ill Congress and all but secured the enactment of the Infamous ship subsidy bill—at the command cf the Maadard Oil trust. * * B** A bHHon dollag steel trust and a bit '* lon do|lar railroad trust have been : f both In the boldest defiance of the law* of tlte L'Bite<L.iit;rtys. but uo Federal, othcial has lifted • huger 4*

enforce the law—at the command of Mr. Morgan’s trust. ' Russia has been insulted, injured and nagged into a destructive tariff war— at the command of the sugar trust. Good men have been denied the recognition won by courage and ability in the country’s battles—at the command of the armor trust. One bank in New York City has been presented with some millions from the public funds—at the command -of the Standard Oil trust. District attorneys and Judges have 'been, appointed at the direction of the trust interests. * Such are the fruits of a government by and for the trusts. If we think they are sour we should remember that the seed was of our own planting.—Chicago American. Sampson an 1 His Friend Lons. Secretary Dong is wasting time and energy in making an investigation into the means by which Admiral Sampson’s contemptible letter was made public. The American people had a right to know what sort of a man Sampson is and they will not thank Secretary Long for trying to withhold or suppress the truth. The more fuss he makes over the publication of the letter the stronger will be the presumption that he Intended to conceal it and shield Sampson from merited criticism.—Philadelphia North American. ' Vast Mill ary Expenditures. Our statesmen and publicists have long boasted, and with truth, of the moderate numbers and the great effl-

ciency of our regular army, and have triumphantly compared It with that of the enormous standing armies of the old world, which have laid upon the people such heavy, crushing loads of taxes. But now. says Senator Hale, who knows whereof hg speaks, the military expenses of the United States are nearly double that of any couutry ou the face of the earth. As we extend our territorial boundaries by force of arms the expense must, necessarily, inevitably increase.—Philadelphia Leader. Speaker Henderson bs Censor. The break made l)j v Speaker Henderson, when he referred the speech of one member to the censorship of another, from which lie was forced to retreat without apology, deserves the most severe censure. The right of free and unlimited debate in Congress stands high above every other right. It is the one forum in which they have the right 'o speak their sentiments. There is only one censorship to which the floor of the House and the pages of the Record should l>c subject—public opinion. That agency has equal power to punish or to reward, land as long as it is left free It will have no need of the superserviceable assistance of Speaker Henderson. --Atlanta Constitution. Arb't -ary and Fool lull Polio.MNH The principle of arbitrary tariff protection is not worthy a great nation. It is the policy of Isolated neighborhoods. We have surplus goods to sell and need a market, which we proceed to make by use of a bludgeon. The surprised nation may be caught at a disadvantage for a brief season, during which time we will enjoy uu inflated trade, but soon the other nation gets Its bludgeon ready and then where do we stand? - Atlanta Constitution. The Dollar* and Cents of It. Suppose the Cubans should druw their machetes, dig up their rifles and take to the hills again rather than accept the terms insisted upon by tlie United States, wouldn’t the blood shed and the money expended In conquering them be rather a high price to pay for the privilege of breaking a sacred pledge? Rutting It Upon the lowest possible ground, it is good business policy to preserve the national honor,—Philadelphia North American. Terrorise! by n Ohnit, The Republican papers seem to get a great deal of satisfaction out of remarking from time to time that the Democratic parly has been dead for thirty years at least, but the ghastly nightmares It gives them at every election time make one wonder what might happen If It should actually get alive again. ~*C PanltJlobo.

REJECTED BY BRITAIN.

Reaate Amendments to the Canal Treaty Turned Down. Great Britain flatly refuses to accept the Hay-Pauncefote treaty as amended by the Senate. Ambassador Pauncefote Monday received the answer of his Government and at once communicated it to Secretary of Stnte Hfy. The* British answer is a dignified but complete rejection §( the Senate amendments, and it leaves upon the United States Government the responsibility for any further action that, may be deemed expedient. Lord Pauncefote came to the State Department at noo* by appointment, •ays a Washington correspondent. He brought the answer with him and read it to Secretary Hay. It was, in form, an instruction from Lord Lansdowne, the British Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Lord Pauncefote, and of this instruction he left a copy with Secretary Hay. The Secretary and the Ambassador were closeted for half an hour. At the conclusion of the conference It was stated that the instruction of Lord Pauncefote was to notify the Government of the United States that the British Government did not see its way clear to the acceptance of the Senate amendments. The amendments were treated in detail at some length, In argumentative fashion, the purpose of the British Government being to show that it had sound reason for declining to'Weept them. After disposing of the details, the note concluded with an expression of regret that auch a course was forced upon the British Government. There was nothing in the nature of a counter proposition, nor was any opening left for further action by the British Government. It was stated that if there is to be a further attempt to amend the Clayton-Bulwer treaty so as to authorize the United States to construct a water way across the isthmus, then It is for the United States to make the overture; the British Government simply drops the matter at this point.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

Thgre is a gleam of hope for England in the news from South Africa. The number of fighting Boers under Botha is unknown. Neither is it known whether he has authority to accept terms for ail the Boer forces in the field. It is not believed that he can speak for such leaders as De Wet and Delarey. Louis Botha was appointed commander-in-chief of the Boer forces upon the death of General Joubert a year ago. He is only 30 years old, and, like most of the Boer leaders, is not a professional soldier, although he had had no little military experience before the beginning of the present war. And yet, in spite of the reckless daring of De Wet ns a leader, Botha is perhaps the greatest soldier the war has produced on the Boer side. In Dec. 15, 1899, Genernl Buffer, with 40,000 men, the fiower of the British regular army, attempted to cross the Tugela River. He was defeated by superior tactics but by a smaller force led by Louis Botha. This was the battle of Colenso, in which Buller's army was shattered and driven back with a loss of guns and men unprecedented in the history of the British aripy for more than three-quarters of a century. Again, when Buffer finally crossed the Tugela in Februnry, 1900, and cap tured Spion lvop, it was Botha who personally led the Boer advance, drove Warren’s forces from Spion Kou, and, after administering a disastrous defeat, compelled Buffer's army to recross the river. Botha defeated Buffer in every battle the latter fought in his efforts to cross the Tugela River and relieve Ladysmith, and he only retired when Buffer's invasion of the Orange Free State threatened to split the Boer armies in twain. Then it was that he gradually withdrew his forces, saved every gun, every camp kettle, and permitted Buffer's troops to enter Ladysmith unopposed.

The new Italian ministry seems to have started right. In the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday Premier Zanardelli announced that the government did not intend to add to the public debt by raising a new loatb He further asserted that the ministry had decided to reduce taxation the present year by the sum of 30,000,000 lire ($0,000,000). In round numbers the public debt of Italy is $2,388,000,000. The figures are stupendous when Contrasted with the ability of 31,000,000 impoverished, tax-burdened inhabitants to pay. Again, contrast the enormous debt with the debt of other nations. The United States, with a population of 76,000,000, owes in round numbers $1,050,000,000, less than half of the Italian debt Germany, with a population of 52,000,000, owes $2,573,000,000, with an Immense army to support, an extravagant naval program, and an elaborate system of canals and Internal improvements under construction. Gratifying progress seems to have been made In the pacification of the Philippines. Chairman Taft of the Philippine commission has assured President MiKinely that the revolt was practically gt on end. Civil rule has been welcomed wherever it has been established, and new provinces will lie brought under tha new order na rapidly os the commission can visit them. Dispatches from Washington state that Chairman Taft will be appointed Civil Governor of the islands under the provisions of the Spooner resolution. So little dissatisfaction exists in Manila over some of the provisions of the Spooner law, especially the clause prohibiting the issuing of licenses for cutting timber on public lands. Russia has given on official assurance to the British government that the Czar has made no treaty looking to the eontlifted .occupation of Manchuria. Connt Lamsdhrff, the Russian Minister pf Foreign Affairs, has made to the British Foreign office the categorical statement that all Russian forces would be withdrawn from Manchuria as soon ns cirj cuiustancea would permit. Mrs. Mary Kjuisky, New York, weqt to a hall, against the advice of her physician. ' She's dead.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCAIL

Judging from the expresHew York. B ' on<l representative meu iu in nil lines of business, the business outlook is ail that could be reasonably desired. Nothing is more encouraging than tho earnings of the railroads coming to hand, or of the steadily increasing foreign demand for American products. The feeling in regard to the present situation and the prospects for the ensuing year continues to be reflected in a remarkably strong market. Not# withstanding the extraordinary advance In prices that already lisa taken place, sentiment appears to be quite as bullish as it was a few months ago. Traders are tindiug it rather a difficult matter to reconcile a bearish position on the stock market with the fact that practically every railroad in the country is being offered more business than it can handle. To a certain extent the same thing is true of the great industrial corporations, many of which are several weeks behind on their orders, indicating that the point of overproduction has by no means yet teen reached. Money lias worked a tritie harder this week, but in the opinion of leading bankers there is no danger of a tight market this spring. CtoO provisions was never more _ closely confined to the regular’ practitioners than it was last week and for a month previous. Those markets as vehicles for speculative ventures have been abandoned by the floating multitude that follows wherever excitement most abounds and which for a long time past lias had its center in Waff street. Deprived of that large class of patrons the Board of Trade markets are necessarily narrow and duff. Price changes since a week ago have been small iu grain but in provisions more material. The lethargic character of the wheat trade is to be seen in the fact that the price for May delivery Friday afternoon was only t/i cent a bushel below that prevailing at tile end of the preceding week and the same fractional reduction from the current price in the middle of the previous month. Lack of speculative interest in the market is one reason for its steadiness, allowing, the present well;, adjusted balance between supply and demand to waft it forward on a fairly even keel, instead of subjecting it to the violenLxist illations caused by a host of speculators running alternately front side to side. Corn lias changed even less than wheat during the week, Friday's closing price for the May option being only 1 cent less than it was at the end of the week previous. The balance of speculative opinion leans rather in favor of higher prices, even those who for ten days hack have been the heaviest sellers for short account avowing themselves believers in ultimately higher prices. Oats were depressed at times and lost Vi cent a bushel of their previous week's value. There are many outspoken disbelievers iu higher prices for this cereal, but the market has many friends with sufficient means and stamina to make their influence felt whenever short-sellers overstep a certain circumscribed limit. Provisions broke into activity as the week was ending and the increase in business was to the accompaniment of a smart rise iu prices.

DIFFICULTIES OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY.

This is the season of the year when the new rural free delivery system of the I’ostofflce Department is put to its most

severe test. In many parts of the country the roads are blocked by huge drifts of snow and the carrier who starts out on a ride of thirty or forty miles through a thinly settled section must make elaborate preparations for his personal comfort and safety. In spite of blizzards and extremely cold weather, to say nothing of the snow drifts which greatly impede progress, the department has so to keep

up with the service with no serious delays or stoppages. The picture is from a photograph of a rural carrier who makes his headquarters at Bowling Green, O. For several days the mercury there marked ten and fifteen degrees below aero, but he never failed to make his regular trips.

EIGHTEEN IN JAIL.

Cbitto Ilarjo, or Crazy Snake, the leader of tho warring Creek Indiana, and seventeen -of the minor leaders have beet

landed in the federal jail at Muskogee, I. T„ where they will be held pending trial for treason. The Indians were brought In from Henrietta under escort of Troop A. Kighth cavalry, and United States Mar-

CRAZY SNAKE.

shal Bennett and his posse. It is stated that certain attorneys who misled the Indians niay be prosecuted.

Notes of Current Events.

Oil struck eighty foot down in New Mexico. Rumor* of war between Huyti and San Domingo. Tho government has completed the publication of the documents of the Civil \Vsr in 127 volumes at a cost of $2,730,oOa • . Tho Board of Health of Hartford, Conn., has come to the conclusion that, cat* arc the menus of carrying diphtheria. It took n force of auditors a week to locate a discrepancy of 12c between the accounts of the City Comptroller and the City Treasurer of Philadelphia, in a sum total of $60,000,000. Australian Indies are accomplished horsewomen, and It Is proposed to organize a thousand of them an a bodyguard of the Duchess of Cornwall and York at the openlwg of the Commonwealth Parliament.

Well-Grounded Doubts.

Tradesman—What has become of that neighbor of yoora you lutroduced here some time ago? Patrpn—You mean Slickman? Oh, he's moved away; he’s settled out iu Missouri, I believe. Tradesman—Excuse me, but I doubt it, I know it’s something be never did while he waa here.—Richmond Dispatch.

Loyalty to His Employer.

That young man Who consented to have a portion of his blood let out to anye his employer, set a remarkable example of heroism. The incident shows what power there la la good blood. There ta only one natural way to get good blood, and that in from the stomach, it the atomaeh needa assistance, try Hostetter’a Stomach Bitters. This wonderful medteine curea dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipation and mokes rich red

Baby ’s Picture.

The trials that beset the amateur photographer are many, but the pure joy of obtaining a good picture now and then compensates him for frequent ures.“I’ve got the baby’s photograph. I took it all myself, and it came out splendidly," said a ten-year-old enthusiast, presenting for his grandmother’s Inspection a picture of a bed on which lay a small bundle covered with moe-qulto-nettlng. "Yes, dear, that’s the baby on her mother’s bed, sure enough,” said grandmother, after a careful study of this “still-life’’ subject through her spectacles. , “Yea'm,” said the young photographer with pardonable pride. “Mother said I’d never be able to take her when she’s, awake ’cause she squirms so, but getting her asleep that way, and under the mosquito-netting, It was just as easy! And aren’t the legs of the bed splendid and clear?"

ON VERGE OF INSANITY.

hire. E. A. Deacon Telia of ai Okao Where n Lady Was in This Serious Condition, bnt Was Saved. East Randolph, N. Y., March 11,1901. —(Special.)—Mrs. E. A. Deacon of this town Is Vice-President of the local Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She is a lady of splendid capabilities, and these she has always directed towards the uplifting of humanity. What Mrs. Deacon says is accepted in East Randolph without question. No one lias, ever doubted her truthfulness or honesty of purpose. Mrs. Deacon says:— “My attention was first called to the remarkable curative value of Dodd’s Kidney Pills, through the cure of a literary lady who was a friend of mine, and who from mental overwork was on the verge of insanity. After the failure of her physician to help her, her husband was advised to have her try Dodd’s Kidney Pills, which she did with gratifying results. She used five boxes before she was completely cured, but at the end of two months’ treatment, she was her own happy, brilliant self once more. “Feeling languid and worn out myself, I thought ttfey would perhaps be a help to me, and I am very glad to say that two boxes made a new woman of me. I feel ten years younger, am in* the very best of health, and appreciate that it was entirely through the use of Dodd’s Ivfaney Pills. I give them highest endorsement.” These cases are becoming very cotn,son in Cattaraugus County, and ladies have had experiences similar to those of Mrs. Deacon and her friend. What Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for these suffering women they will do for anyone who gives them a fair trial. They are 50c a box. six boxes for $2.50. Buy them from your local druggist: If you can. If he cannot supply you, send to the Dodds Medicine Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Uninvited Guests.

Persons who want to save hotel bills are extremely likely to drop In at the parsonage—preferably one where the occupant has a limited salary and an unlimited family. The merest shadow of an excuse suffices for an Introduction, as in two cases which a clergy-' man reports la the Chicago - TimesHerald. “Once,” he said, “the last of our company had gone and no new arrival was expected. I felt that I could renew acquaintance with my family; and that we might sit down to a meal without strungers being present. Just then the door-bell rang. I opened the door myself, aud a young lady whom I had never seen before stood on the doorstep with a satchel in her hand. “ ‘Are you the Reverend Doctor Blank?’ she asked; “I told her that I was, and she Introduced herself as coming from Akron, Ohio. “ ‘I heard you preach In Akron when I was a little girl, and now I have come to spend a few days with your family and hear you preach again.’ “I handed her over to my wife and daughters, and she stayed a week, and treated us with the assurance oj an old friend." Another guest he liked to tell altout was a fussy woman from his native town, who had been waited on by every member of his family in turn, and who exacted constant attention. When she was leaving after a month’s visit, he went to the door to see her off, aud politely ventured to hope that her stay with them had been pleasant “I don’t know as I have anything to complain of,” was the depresslug answer.

A Useless Reminder.

"Have yyu ever stopped to think that If you stopped smoking you would save enough money to buy a house and lot In the course of ten years or ao?” “Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton, "but tlie only object I’d have In buying another house would be to have a place where I could smoke without spoiling the rugs and lace curtains.’’—Washington Star. * It cannot be too often repeated that it Is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.— W. Mathews.

It Hangs On We are talking about your cough. One cold no sooner passes off before another comes. But it’s the same old cough all the time. And it’s the same old story, too. There » first the cold, then the cough, then pneumonia or consumption, with the |ong sickness and life trembling in the balance. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral loosens the grasp of your cough. The congestion of the throat and lungs is removed; all inflammation is subdued; the parts are put perfectly at rest, and the cough drops away. Three sizes: 25c., 50c., si.oo. All druggists. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.

The Second Need.

Stockman You remember that “pointer” you gav* me on the street yesterday? Bonds—Yes; what about it? Stockman—Why," I tried It, and as a consequence I’ve come around to see if you couldn’t let me have & retriever.— Richmond Dispatch.

Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts- directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cura is Dot a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and Is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results In curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, a Sold by Druggists, price 75c.

Cu[?]ture.

“She’s from Boston.” T” “I thought you told me you never saw her before this minute?*’ “True, bus I just now heard her call thosey mountains iu Asia the He-mol yows.”—Judge.

If Coffee Poisons You.

ruins your digestion, makes you nervous and sallow complexioned, keeps you awake nights and acts against your system generally, try Grain-O, the new food drink. It is made of pure selected grain and is healthful, nourishing and appetising. It has Done of the bad effects of coffee, yet it is just as pleasaut to the taste, nn<| when properly prepared can’t 1 e told from the finest coffees. Costa abopt V* as much. It is a healthful tabla drink for the children and adults. Aak your grocer for Grain-O. 15 and 25c. Dignity consist not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve tßem.—Aristotle.

Final There it an end to acute suffering when St Jacobs Oil promptly cures Sciatica •fc. ” v «* . -

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