Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1901 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

It’s dollars to doughnuts that Morgan wins in the big strike. Sampson, of course, can prove an alibi, but unfortunately Schley can’t. Possibly J. Pierpont Morgan may eventually join the Amalgamated Association and turn it into a trust,. Mark Hanna’s friends are beginning to hint that while it was all very well to pray for rain, it was Mark who really caused it to fall eventually. The plan for the United States to get control of affairs in Cuba by having its citizens emigrate there, seems to be impeded by the provision of the Cuban laws prescribing eight years residence us a pre-requisite to naturalization. A very large proportion of the great strikes of the country have been begun in July, notably the Pennsylvania and the Chicago Railway and the Homestead strikes. Usually the men cannot afford to strike in the winter time. The vote in Ohio this fall will prove just how popular the platform nnd the gold bug democratic leaders who promulgated the now famous Ohio platform are with the rank and file of the voters of the Buckeye state. We look for a large stay-at-home “vote” among Ohio democrats this fall. Watch the result. What will probably be the greatest fight between organized labor and organized capital ever witnessed in this country, is now on in the great steel mills strike. Labor is fighting to preserve its organization; capital is endeavoring to crush it. The strike will end but one way—the big trust will win. Organized labor has had two opportunities to better its condition and the condition of all the common people at the polls; it refused to accept the aid offered. It will probably be some time ere the angel of mercy knocks at their door again; the chains which they forged for themselves are nowbeing placed upon them. Organized labor has seen its day in America, while organized capital is only beginning to show its power.

Secretary Freeman of the state boar'fof forestry is at work on a Jaw that will be presented to the legislature at its next meeting The law contemplates the protec-tion-of the shade trees in cities in the state that are not governed under separate charter. For the latter Mr. Freeman expects to pro.sent the law in such a way that the city councils w ill take action in the matter and order its adoption and enforcement. The law -will make it obligatory for a prop-erty-owner to plant and maintain shade trees in front of his real estate. If the property-owner fails to conform to the provisions of the law the statute will provide the •city officials with power of enforcement by declaring that the city or town shall plant and maintain the trees and charge the property-owner as the corporation government would charge him •with street or sewer improvements. Unless the Hon. S. E. Morse is afflicted with the disease known in medical parlance, as elephantiasis (elephant skin) it would seem that the storm of protest that has gone up over the state against his -‘dead and buried issue” editorial would have got far enough under the hide to convince him that the democrats of lndiann are not ready to fall down and worship (the golden calf nt his bidding. 'The platform of the national contention of ItKMJ stands until representatives of the party, chosen by 4he whole party, meet and promulgate a now declaration of principles, which cenditions may change in great measure from those of 1900. The plaudits of the enemy 4and those “democrats” who affiliated with him are not soullintrnncing to the loyal democrats who voted the ticket in ’96 because they knew they were right, .-and again in 1900 for the same reason,