Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — Page 2

Ohlcago, Indianapolis and Louisville Ry. Rensselaer Tiine-Table, South Bound. 80.31— Fast Mail 4:49*. m o. s—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No. 33—lndianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46 p.m. No. 39— Milk aocomm., (daily) 6:15 p.m. No. 3—Loulsviließxpress, (daily).. 11:25 P. m. •No. 43—Local freight ~. 2:40 p.m. North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (daily) 4:30 a. m. No. 40—Milk accomm., (daily) 7:31a.m., N0. 32-Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m. •Nb. 30—Cin.to Chicago Ves.Mail.. 6:32 p.m. tNo. 33—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p.m. •No.46— Local freight 9:55 a.m. No. 74—Freight, (daily) 9:09 p. m. •Dally except Sunday. tSnnday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Monon and Lowell. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. , , , No. 32 and 33 noW’stop ut Cedar Lake. Fbahk J. Rked, G. P. A., W. H. McDozl, President and Gen. Mgr. Chas. H. Rockwell,, Traffic M g r, CHICAGO. W. H. Bbam. Agent, Rensselaer.

Board and lodging. Rates SI.OO Per Dav. FRANK COOPER, Indianapolis. Ind. aoa* HOVY STREET. jiff, TOWNSHIP no COUNTY dibectory. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. 1.. Grumble Fire Chief Eldon R. Hopkins COUNCII.MEN. Ist ward .Chas. Dean, H. J. Kannal 2d ward I. J. Porter, C. G. Spitler 3d ward J. F. McColly, J.C. Chilcote COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk .John F. Major Sheriff Abram G. Hardy Auditor W.C. Haltcock Treasurer R. A. Parkison. Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMIHSIONEKH. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd Distrio . Frederick Waymire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioner s court First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. THVSTkkH. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John Ryan Gillam Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox Newton S. L. Luce Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Stephen D. Clark... .Wheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T Smith Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis 11. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensseleer G. K. Hollingsworth Rensselaer J. D. Allman ... Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfield JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court. Second Monday in February, April, September and November. WHIP TRUSTEES’ CARDS. Milroy Township. Wm.T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in •aid township on the First and Third Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Wm. T. Smith, Trustee. Jordan Township. John Hill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that be will be at his residence in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts nr paying claimswill be done on such designated day. John Bill, Trustee.

11902 me siandord Bred Troinna siamon 5 DALLAH NO. 4645.: ■ high, weighs 1400 pounds; bred by R. Ky., owned by T. M. Hibler, Joliet, 111. 0) rd, the greatest living sire with 158 from 2:06 to 0) g sons that have sired 246 trotters and 280 pacers; ed’63 trotters and 28 pacers. t dam is Jeanette, sired bv Woodford Abdallah, he 0Y 1-2, he by Mambrino Chief; 2d dam, Japhet, sired , Doniphan, sired by Davy Crockett. ICE TO BREEDERS. •j) 1 make the season at my farm known as the old Township, at $lO to insure a colt to stand and suck. 01 the low figure of $lO we insist that mares be reyone parting with mare before foaling time will be Wilkes Abdallah is a licensed stallion under the B) nd colts will be held for service. Mareswill be h and have the same attention as our own, but all •r'a risk. 0) T. M. HIBLER, Ownsr. 9) lox 138. D. ART WHITNEY, Manager. 0X AGENTS WANTED one eac h town to ride and exhibit a sample 1902 model Jf JU bicycle of our manufacture. TOO OAK MAKE 910 TO * f| Vw 990 A WEEK besides having a wheel to ride for yourself. Ihft 1902 Models Guaranteed $9 to SIS >«■ iFll 1900 and 1901 Models $7 so $H ■/ 'll Ilf Al 500 Second Hanrf */ * 111 ,IB taken In t rado by our C'hhago retail stores, all TO uQ Ml i ■ MV Iff L | IM makes and models. g<xxl as new. T flh * sfiSßll Im i'.VAI We Bhl P un y bicycle JIRRWWIZ to anyK r onß a crnt deposit tn advance and allow I WKsRIIO DAYS FREE TRIAL. absolutely ■ \ ’f•■no risk In ordering from us, as you do not need ■ ///i A! lo P a y a cent the bicycle does not suit you. l/h/VV BMW BlftT DIIV • wheel until you have written for our ■ / W ' WO DO “OT BUY FACTORY PRICIS & I REE TRIAL OFFER. Ml Ul Tires, e<|iilpinent, sundries and s;>ort Ing goods of all kinds, st WKA half regular prices. In our big free aundry catalogue Con- * / V tains a world of useful Information. Write for It. I IW WAKT a reliable person In each town to distribute catalogues for us In I exchange for a bicycle. Write today for free catalogue and our apeohU offer. Wf J. L. MEAD CYCLE CO., Chicago, 111.

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FARMS FOR SALE. BY Dalton Hinchman REAL ESTATE AGENT, Vernon, Ind. No. 289. Two hundred and forty-five acres, level, new two-story frame house, seven rooms, well and date rn, two tenant houses, two orchards, fair sized barn, 80 acres timber, good soil. Can be bought for $35 per acre. No. 200. Two hundred and eighty-two acres, two houses, one and one-half storle each, barn 50x60, cattle barn with crib 10x50 feet, horse and cattle barn combined 50x70, 8 corn cribs 8x24 feet with driveways, granary with capacity of 2,000 bushels, running water, three fine wells; two windmills; large orchard of all kinds of fruit at each house, 77 acres wheat, 135 acres timothy, three and onehalf miles over pike road to town of 7,500 population. Price SII,OOO. $4,000 cash, balance six per cent., five years. No. 201. Three hundred acres, 220 acres cultivated, 40 acres timber, 170 acres bottom, 80 acres tiled, on pike, four wells, cistern and live water, two large barns, corn cribs, granaries, sheds and wagon scales, medium house, level, yielded from 40 to 70 bushels corn last year per acre. Price SBO per acre. Correspondence Solicited. References: Judge Willard New, Ex-Judge T. C. Batchelor, First National Bank. Merchants: S. W. Storey. N. DeVersy. Jacob Foebel, Thomas & Son, Wagner Bros. & Co., Nelson & Son. J. 11. Maguire & Co., W. M. Naur, Herbert Goff and Wagner’s plow factory. Anyone that wlshea to look over the county, would be pleased to show them whether they wished to buy or not.

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The New Machinery at the Rensselaer Steam Laundry. It is the best and latest improved in the Uriited States. No more pockets in open front shirts. Our New drop board Shirt-Ironer matches every button hole perfectly and holds the neck band in perfect position while ironing. Do you realize you are working against your own city when you send to out of town Laundries and indirectly working against your own interests? We claim that with our present Equipment and Management our work is Equal to any Laundry in America. Our Motto: Perfect Satisfaction or no charges. We make a specialty of Lace Curtains. Send us your rag carpets, 5c a yard. Rates given on family washings. Office at G. W. Goff’s. Phone 66. Prompt work. Quick Delivery.

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SENATE WANTS FACTS

WOULD TURN SEARCHLIGHT ON PHILIPPINE WAR. Democrat* Declare Majority Party I* Seeking to Cover Up the Truth— Smith’* Infamous General Order *• to Damar Denounced by Sibley. The Democrats In the Senate Wednesday accused the Republicans of a desire to suppress the facts as to the situation in the Philippines. The charge was indignantly repelled by Senator Lodge, who declared that the Republicans desired the fullest information. The debate was heated and continued for two hours. It came over a resolution offered by Senator Patterson of Colorado directing the Secretary of War to order by cable Maj. Gardener, now in the Philippines, to come immediately to Washington to appear as a witness before the Philippine committee. It was whil<? speaking in support of this resolution that Senator I’atterson made the charge that an attempt was being made to suppress information. Senator Lodge, in denial, declared that •uch an attempt would be inconceivably stupid. All parties, he insisted, were anxious for the fullest information, but he and others contended that it would not be advisable to cable to the Philippines, for Maj. Gardener would be here in time to appear before tlie committee. Mr. Allison said he was satisfied that Maj. Gardener would reach Washington long before Congress adjourned and there would be ample time to get his testimony in the regular course of events without calling on the authorities to cable him to come at once. General MacArthur', Testimony. Maj. Gen. MacArthur before the Senate committee on Philippines explained his statements that chaos would result ■hould independence be given the Filipinos and the United States forces be withdrawn, by saying that the people of

the Philippines, being less prepared for self-government and administration than any of the Latin-American republics at the time of their emancipation from Spain, their own unaided efforts to accomplish self-regenera-tion would in all

GEN. MACARTHUR.

probability prove abortive. The people of the Philippines, the General said, have rudimentary ideas and aspirations, and are therefore in an essentially plastic condition which, the tuitionary control of the United States, would, in his opinion, admit of a rapid molding of the body politic into consistent, self-supporting commonwealth. American withdrawal from the Islands would, in his opinion, result in the permanent failure of republican institutions In the East and a fratricidal war which would continue until suppressed by some exterior force. Gen. MacArthur denied that there has been any unusual destruction of life in the islands. “The destruction,” said he, “is simply incident to war •nd, of course, embraces a small percentage of the total population, which is dense.” By a strict party vote the committee refused to subpoena Maj. Cornelius Gardener, Aguinaldo, Slxto Lopez and Mablnl. The question of sending a subcommittee to the Philippines to continue the investigation was passed over. Smith I* Scored. Representative Sibley (Pa.) created something of a sensation in the House during the general debate on the agricultural appropriation by severely denouncing Gen. Jacob 11. Smith for the orders he issued in the Samar campaign. He declared that Gen. Smith was a disgrace to the uniform he wore and expressed the hope that the President would strip him of his uniform within forty-eight hours. Mr. Sibley’s speech was enthusiastically applauded by the Democrats and was received with some evidences of approval on the Republican side. The speech was considered the more remarkable in that it came from a Republican who left the Democratic party on the issues raised by the Spanish war, and who has since been an ardent expansionist. Mr. Williams (Dem., Misa.) indorsed what Sibley had •aid.

THE GROWTH OF TRUSTS.

In lODO There Were 183 Capitalized at $3,369,(115,808. On* of the most important phases of th* present industrial era is the operation* of the commercial and manufacturing combinations, which have coiue to b* commonly known as trusts. Up to th* tim* of th* census of 1900, there were 183 of these combinations in the United States, keeping iu operation over 2,000 manufacturing plants, Thsir total capitalization was $3,569,615,808, and on their pay rolls were the name* of about 4X2,000 employes. There is a prevailing but erroneous Impression that the operations of these monopolies restrict themselves largely to the iron, steel and oil industries. There la hardly an article of trade, whether It b* a necessity or a luxury, which is not contained in the output of aome one of our trurt.s. Among the more important pursuits of these different combinations is the manufacturing of articles of food, in which branch alone there are twenty-three combinations engaged. There are twentynine liquor and beverage trusts, nine textile combinations, eighteen lumber and gix leather combines, and nineteen companies engaged In the manufacture of chemicals and their accessories. There •re seventeen trusts manufacturing clay, glass, stone, cement and brick, fire tobacco combinations, and six companies making vehicles for transportation purposes. The money invested in these enterprises Is, of course, enormous, and the working and general management are conducted on a mammoth scale. Notwithstanding these facts the trust doe* not hold as great prestige In the life of commerce as Is generally supposed. The aggregate yield of the manufactures of these combinations I* but title more than one-tenth of the total Industrial output of th* United State*. Seventh Day Adventist* at To; eta have started a vegetarian raaGaurant a* •a axperiineat

MAY DAY STRIKES.

Twenty-five Thousand Labor Men in All Branches Walk Ont. More than 25,000 workmen in 'various trades and in different sections of ths country laid down their tools on May 1 and walked out pending settlement of their grievances. In nearly every instance the strikes are the result of differences on the wage question, while some are to force the bosses to recognize the labor unions. The greatest strike in the West is in Illinois, where I\ooo miners quit work. Many miners in the Chicago and Alton and Springfield subdistricts of the Illinois mining. field are idle as a result of the failure of the unions and operators to reach an agreement on several questions left to the local unions for settlement by the State conference at Peoria. At Pittsburg May day was ushered in with strikes in most of the building trades for reduction in hours, more wages and adjustment of trade conditions. It is estimated that between 12,000 and 15,000 men are out, the trades involved being structural iron workers, carpenters, bricklayers, sheet-metal workers, slate and tile roofers, inside electric wire workers, portable and hoisting engineers" and wood and metal lathers. The' plumbers’ strike was averted by the master plumbers signing the advanced scale. Tha strikers will tie up work on all the large buildings in course of erection in the Pennsylvania city. It is estimated that more than 2,000 skilled laborers are on strike at Buffalo. Most of these are carpenters, a few structural iron workers and the rest plumbers. Machinists and bendmen to the number of 1,200 in a dozen large sawmills and molding mills in Hudson County, New Jersey, went on strike. The men demanded a uniform rate of $2.50 for an eight-hour day, which was refused. At Youngstown, Ohio, 2,000 men employed in the building trades went on strike for an eight-hour day and increase of wages, ail efforts to settle their differences with the contractors proving unavailing.

MOCDY NOW HEADS THE NAVY.

New Secretary Takes Oath of Office and Assumes His Duties. Promptly at 9:35 Thursday morning Congressman William Henry Moody of Massachusetts took the oath of office as

Secretary of the Navy. The oath was administered by E. P. Hanna, solicitor of the Navy Department. Those present were John I). Long, now ex-Secretary of the Navy, Representatives Roberts, McCall, Lawrence and Green of Massachusetts, and Assistant Secretary of

W. H. MOODY.

the Navy Darling, former Assistant Secretary Hackett, Cyrus Wells, private secretary and Wood W. Fishback, who ia Mr. Moody’s confidential clerk. The former Secretary, Mr. Long, was the first to congratulate Secretary Moody. The ceremony was followed by a reception to all of the bureau chiefs and assistants in the Navy Department, who came to meet the new Secretary. Few new things in the method of conducting affairs are looked for under Mr. Moody’s administration. Probably the most notable legislation enacted during Mr. Long's administration was the so-called naval personnel act passed by Congress in March, 1899. For many years prior to the passage of that act the navy made strenuous endeavor! to have Congress place its commissioned officers on the same footing as regard* rank and pay as that enjoyed by officers of the army.

TORNADO KILLS 400 IN INDIA.

Ancient and Famous City of Dacca la Storm-Swept. A tornado has devastated the city of Dacca (India) and adjoining towns. Four hundred and sixteen persons were killed. Crops were ruiued throughout the district. Dacca, a city in Bengal, has a famous place in the history of British India. It Is 150 miles northeast of Calcutta. In the seventeenth century it was the capital of Bengal. In 1800 it had a population of 200,000 aqd was noted for its fine tnuslins, which were known as ‘‘woven wind.” Growing imports of Manchester cottons ruined its Industrie*, however, and by 1891 the population had dwindled to 82,000.

SUGGESTS NEW GRAZING LAW.

lowa Representative Introduce* Bill Aimed at Cattle Trtfat. In the national House Wednesday a bill to grant grazing privileges to homestead settlers and holders of small farms in arid and semi-arid land regions was introduced by Representative Lacey of lowa. In Mr. Lacey's opinion the graaing bills now pending are altogether too much in the interest of the cattle trust. Th* purposes of his measure are to give homestead settlers and holders of small farms an opportunity to improve and protect the grass in the vicinity of their holdings, so as to prevent deterioration and the monopolization of ranges by owners of large herds of live stock.

CATHOLICS SHOWN IN THE LEAD.

Have Greatest Increase in Church Membership for Last Year. Speaking of the progress of the Catholic Church in the United States, Father Shcedy of New York said: "Taking the religious census for the past year, compiled by Dr. H. K. Carroll, a Protestant clergyman, it is found that of the 653,000 new members that were added to th* various denominations, 468,083 were added to the Catholic Church. The increase in population was 2.18 per cent, whil* the Catholic increase for the year was 5.4 per cent. Of the 20,000,000 church members of the United States Dr. Carrell seta down 9,000,000, or nearly onehalf, as Catholics.”

Names of Boer Leaders.

Recent discussion as to the proper pronunciation of certain Boer names has led a London newspaper to inquire how th* Boers themselves pronounce the names of Dewet, Delarey, Botha, Steyn and Leyda. If Boer usage is to prevail Dewet is Da Vet, for the Boers “put it down a ’wee,’ my lord." Delarey has the accent on tha last syllable, just as De la Rue. Botha la Bota, with the accent on th* first syllable. Steyn and Leyda are "Stain*’ and “Lalds” respectively. Patronize thos* who advertisa.

POLITICS OF THE DAY

How to Check the Beef Trust. Hit the beef trust through the tariff. Representative McDermott has made a beginning by introducing a resolution instructing the Ways and Means Committee of the House to report a bill to remove the duty on beef. But the resolution does not go far enough. The duties should be takeu off mutton and pork and everything eatable in which the beef trust deals. Inquiries Instituted by Attorney General Knox to ascertain whether or not the beef trust has gone outside the law in its operations will amount to nothing. The people can be robbed under the forms of law quite as effectually as when those forms are defied. Suppose it should be found that the beef trust has been proceeding illegally In some particulars, what will it do? Just follow the example of the Standard Oil and other trusts aud reorganize in conformity with the statutes. It is hard that monopolists should be able by any means to raise the prices of food at will, as the beef trust does. But it is intolerable that the government should help these exploiters of tlie people by protecting them against the one thing that is fatal to monopoly —competition. By levying duties ou foreign beef, mutton and pork the government employs the power of federal law In the Interest of the beef trust. That is, the government becomes a partner of the beef trust—not a partner in its profits, but a partner who stands aronnd with a tariff gun to keep off anybody who wants to undersell the trust. Will the people of the Unted States, all of whom must eat, and all of whom, therefore, are being robbed by the beef trust, continue to endure this partnership between the government and their despoilers? Off with the duties! The remedy for the thieving prices to which the necessaries of life have been forced up by the tariff-shielded monopolists lies with Congress. The Republican party is in full control of House and Senate and has the Presidency. Therefore the Republican party lias plenary and immediate power over the tariff, to alter it as it chooses. Monopoly which corners the necessaries of life deserves no favor at the hands of the government. Tariff favors to the beef trust are favors to coldblooded and systematic oppressors and plunderers of the poor. Let the people demand of Congress that it strip the' beef trust of tariff protection, and do it at once.—Chicago American. Secretary Root Should Resign. The damaging evidence of atrocities in the Philippines has been in Secretary Root’s hands—in the report of Major Gardner, civil Governor of the Tayabas—since early in February. This report was not dhly held from publication by the Secretary, but was concealed from the committee of the Senate investigating the very matter concerned. Had not General Miles forced the hand of the Secretary the very existence of this testimony would not have been suspected. Secretary Root’s usefulness is at an end. He has forfeited the confidence of the public. Will he retire gracefully or will he repeat the painful experience of his predecessor, Alger?—Boston Post. Trouble in Roosevelt** School. The President has ordered General Fred Funston to hold his tongue. What is the matter with the administration school? The boys are all out of order. The head master finds it necessary to box somebody’s ears every day or two, but discipline doesn't seem to improve. The boys simply would not keep still. Unless the head master succeeds better in keeping order a change will become necessary. No school can be run without some kind of discipline. The author of the Santiago round robin will have to suppress the spirit of mutiny and restore the old-fashioned respect for authority. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Wrong Once, Wrong at All Time*. It is announced that at a conference of the Republican leaders of both houses at Washington it was decided to shelve the ship subsidy bill passed by the Senate. It is not doubted that the bill could be put through if made a party measure, but it Is said to be the majority opinion that “it would l>e better to allow it to go over until after the Congressional elections.” Tills is probably a prudent decision, but it raises the question: If the subsidy bill is right and Just why not pass it now? If it is wrong and unjust why plan to pass It after getting a new lease of power?—New York World. The Issues for 1904. Unless we read the signs of the times altogether incorrectly all efforts to make antHrnperiallsm the paramount Issue will fall, although it will be an important issue. On the tariff reform proposition nil Democrats can get together, no matter how widely they split in 1896. And when they get together on a snne platform they will be re-enforced by thousands of Republicans who now see the error of their protection ways.—Toledo Bee. Would Improve the Senate. Depew follows the load of Senator Hoar In the groundless contention that to elect Serfntors by popular vote will unfavorably affect the character of the

Senate and is therefore an obnoxious innovation. There is no more danger in electing Senators by popular vote in States with limited franchise than there is in electing representatives. Whatever change the amendment would make in the character of the Senate would be for the better.—Portland Oregonian. Pleas Upset by the Facts. It is urged that the United States must pay a sufficient subsidy to encourage the trust to build its vessels at home, otherwise it will buy foreign shipyards and build them abroad. The plea is made that it costs more to build a vessel here, and much more to operate it under American laws. If it costs so much more to build vessels here why do Russia and Japan place orders in American yards? As to the difference in cost of operation it has not been noticed that there has been an influx of foreign seamen upon American steamers in consequence.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Destruction the Only Treatment. The solution of the trust problem will be provided once the intelligence of the American people is thoroughly aroused to the necessity of grappling with this great evil. It is not to be “controlled,” because give the selfish few an ell and they will take a mile. Give them the power to organize in “communities of interest” led by “captains of industry” and when the-people become thoroughly aroused they will loosen the screws a bit only to tighten them up again when the people once more slumber. Destruction, not regulation, is the remedy for the trusts.—Omaha World-Her-ald. The People Will Be Aroused. So long as the trusts confined their operations to such commodities as steel and iron, glass, oil, manufactured articles of various kinds and other products that affected but a limited Dumber of people or the majority but sightly, tlie people have been patient, but I let these combines continue their encroachments on staples of food required by all tlie people, dictating the supply and arbitrarily fixing prices, and the government will flud itself face to face with a situation that has not been paralleled in gravity in tiie history of the republic.—Rochester Herald. One-third of Them in Revolt. The Republican party has been so anxious to have an effective opposition that it lias developed one within its own ranks. With more than one-third of the Republican membership of the House deliberately voting to defeat the wishes of the organization and of the President himself what is left of the far-famed “Republican discipline?” After four months of unremitting effort to devise a measure of Cuban legislation consistent with party harmony, we see the party torn in two and the legislation further off from enactment than ever.—New Y’ork Evening Post. British and American Food Taxes. The beef trust and the dairy trust equid not keep the retail prices of meat and butter at thejr present extortionate height if it were not for the fencing in of the home market for them by the Import duties. So that in fact the daily food of the American people is taxed much more heavily than that of the British. The chief difference Is that the British food taxes will yield revenue that is needed to the government; our food taxes yield next to nothing to the government and simply bleed the people to fatten the trusts.—St. Louis PostDispatch. New Official I* Handicapped. The auspices under which the young Kansas poet enters upon the duties of pension commissioner are all unfavorable. He Is selected to fill the place of a capable and honest official, who is removed because be was honest and capable enough to make his honesty of some value in the service of the people. He is backed by an. element whose very antagonism has been a decoration of honor to the objects of their enmity, and he comes from a State in which that element has obtained an ascendancy in the affairs of his party.—Rochester Herald. Where the Poor Man Can Protest. Every time there is an advance in the price of foodstuffs n nail is added to the coffin prepared for future Republican political hopes. It is not necessary to argue whether or not as to the justice of this course. The Republicans have been in power for years; the trusts have grown up under their rule; they make the tariff laws that have fostered the trusts; the polls are the only remedy for a poor man who can no longer afford meat and the party In power must take the responsibility. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Beginning of a Reform. Tariff revision is declared to be in the air In Congressional circles nt Washington and undoubtedly got a great send-off In the vote of the House on the Cuban bill, on which sixty-two Republicans put themselves on record In favor of removing the Dlnglcy tariff on refined sugar. It ia believed to be the beginning of nn effort within the Republican party to make a general revision of the Dingley schedules.—Pittsburg Post