Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 March 1896 — Page 3
WEEKLY COURIER. C. UOAXH, Publisher. nsn::. - - inmana.
IN SCHOOL.
Tiere la a school with a teacher ster, VVUfc lessons long and hanl to learn. (xhool that la found In every clime, nd that keeps In session all the tlrac. Its onn doors are free to all. The black and white, the great and srotlL And .-.11 must go. the !ad and Rood. Frrsiw could shirk It If they would. i An3 R rnust study with weary pa'". Old, old lessons over again. l.tons of sorrow, of loss and care. Of bapeless wailing and despair. . i r ....... ... mnnnl phnA! liUt lOOk
T1-.I v " ...... - Till death hall close life's ltn-.xL And wc se at last, with all made plain. That our weary task wie not ,n va,nruiitless we Rive some pttylnsr thousht. To thos who stand with th strife unfought. T thoe who lift with present pain Our old. old Crosse overasaln. V ?. strive as w strove, fer nM awl pelf, V, iio learn as we learned, each one for himselfFor the ehool shall le taucht In the long years hence. By the same old dame. Ksperlenee. -Detroit Free I're.s.
ook. Ac clasped her baby cloavr to her PERPLEXITY OF REPUBLICANS. 1 . i,.w 1,4- ltt?k fT Iii fttt YiarlfV 1 . . . . . . ... k. - A -
TWO 1XDIAX EXECUTIONS.
Both of the Men Kept Their "Word
to Como and Die.
KVKUAI.. years ago
I attended an exe
cution inthcChoc
tv Nation 30
ileji from Fort
Smith. Ark. A de
scription will give idea of how the
work is ordinarily
fifing. It was a
cold, dreary IX
comber day when
we left for FoU
Smith. Our wa"
-,t.,n the muddv roads through
l'oteau bottom, through dense forvsH
of iK?et.n, walnut and oak. At muj bv the India i
sJierilT. w ho is e.-oilicio "lord high ex
ecutioner. it vs about ten o'clock in the inori.
dav out when w.
visited the Indian courthouse ami jail. Inn- structure built on the style
of most of the storehous.es 3iid better class of Indian Teiritory dwelling. Levi .lames, the unfortunate man u hose death we were soon to witness, yt seated on a beuch in the building, with Iiis weeping wife ami two little children bv his side. He was a full-blooded Choctaw, alout 25 years of ape. with a fair education. He Ix-longed to one of the lest families of the trilie. He haul -i.-iii.wl nnnther Iinlir.il while drur.k. and
wihut cause or provocation. Iiis vic
tim l'louj;ed to an intlueiiuai t noetaw r.-imile. who had urosecutcd the cas?
ngniiit James very zealously. Efforts
were made for :i commutation oi sen t..ne. hut without -uccess. Family h:
iluen.f might have secure! executive
!i..ii V. but under Indian laws np;irdo.riiig jrower is vested in the chief or governor of a tribe, the courts alone bavin- the power to impose a penalty or grant n itardon. After s nteiice of death had been parsed "P"" him, t:,c 1,,',iin convict was rrScased upon hi- own recognizance until a few days before the time set for his death, when he was placed in 4 o nrrware himself to meet the Great
Spirit. He had made no effort during i.i lilwrt v to lice t'ne country or "gaoa
the scout." as dodging the officers of the law is called in the Indian Territory. :,li.-iti missionary prayed nwhilc-
in the jail with the condemned man. n.i fi..n went his wav. James, who
x-r. n crimile. w as assisted into the ojx-n
U-hind the iail. a blanket was
spread ujwn the ground.and he took his feat upon iL His wife stood near, her babv ui her arms, and a four-year-old boy by her side. The executioner tv
HIS AIM WAS TUCK.
ami hurried away through the woodn
to be out f hearing ot the latai snoi.
Thf sheriff unbuttoned the coat and
vest of the condemned man, bam np hia
left breast: then, feelinj for the heat
ing heart, he pressed his Unper for an
Instant on the spot to give the c.mcu-
t5nn..r a mark at which to nhoot. J ll'S
done, he held one of . lames' hands while
a depu'y sheriff held the other, i w old executioner sat on u stump 20 feet
nwiAx nnii n smin am iiinr uihi-l-
stretehetl out .lames aYms he raised his I
six-shooter with both hands and m.trintle tlnnl.
His 'aim was true. The bullet struck the exact iot indicated by the fliijror mark. There was a quick jerk, both hand were torn loose from the fjrip ot tl iltl-ers. and a stream of hlood
spurted from a irhtu-tly wound. A few spasr...Klie quivers and twitchirffs of
the muscles and Levi James was m.i The bullet had passed entirely throiij,
his bodv. and blood tneiue imm
wound iu his hack where tliebullethac" Itassed out. The old executioner blew
the smoke out of nis p:5toi nairrei; inen, ii1rt-in' the weapon in its scabbard.
walke) off as unroneernetV.y ais if he
had hct a iri-e.
A mi-sfiieer was dispatched to m-
Hie waitlmr wife that all wasoier.
She came back with her children and
i.r..w herself upon the prostrate body
of her husltand. weeping- most plaintively. Then, with an affectionate farewell
kiss to the dead, she departed from
the scene, her clothing soiled with the hlood of the man she had so faithfully loved. The dead man's relatives ooti came lo claim the lody. an.! took it
awav for buria..
TU ohl executioner was ofterwanl
sten sitting upon a rock smoking his
pipe, seemingly indifferent as to me sur
roundings.
"Do vou always shoot them tnroug.-
the heart?" I asked him.
o," he said, in very good Knglish If you shoot a man through the heart
he xnav life four, five or ten minutes-
lint shoot through the biir blood vessel
above the heart, and cut it in two, then
he w ill die in a minute.' Another Choctaw execution possessed of some very interesting features oc eurred a short time prior to the ont mentioned. Folsom. I think, wns the name of the victim. He died like a
hero, but there were no such scenes as
Nmekt
THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING. PHOStrEfUTV IN FALL RIVER.
attended the shooting of James.
Folsom was a youth of, altout 20, handsome, stalwart and brave. He halK'cn releasel upon parole immediately f t.rh.Mnfsfnteiiced to death. He gave
his word that he would be on hand at the tune set for his execution, then
1 d m kXW-
rretitlcBtUI TlwWf Rat -t Viter
Just now the republican party ! talking about the men whom it way nomirate for president. The democratic party I not talking much about the men whom it may nominate for president, because it is in no hurry. The republicans have violently thrust themselves first into the field. Their convention H lo meet U'fore that of their opponents.
Nothing if not courteous, the democrats
politely wait for the action oi uieir es i Win. the renubli
( l4,Vi.W UIIIVtMIIVM ........ 4 cans shall have yamcd their candidates ' . - ... 1 .t. . frtfi il.
ornl Slia lllUVC ISSUCU uicu i.uhuum,-.
ilemoerflt, will readily discern what
thev should do to equal or to surpass their opioncnts. Meanwhile, there is not that unity of choice, that note of
decision, that firmness of touch an
t,n .,nfliiMiw of fcelinc among re
publicans that should be desirabie to
them. Thev are not entirely satisfied with il.t.ir 'material. Thev are sayhig that
Kr..tr TN.ed. whose intellectual
sUiMiro is analogous to his physical
altitude, is keeping silence on fcim.
nd the. currency. They are taring
hnt ov-flov. McKinley, who undoubted
the renublican h?art more
completely than that of any of his op-
jtonents, and who. Ue:::g out, oi omee, embarrassed neither by patronage nor by commitments, knows only one subject, namelv the tariff, with thorough inaccuracy.' knows that too much and knows other great subjects hardly at all. To be sure, in 1SSS Mr. McKinley was willing to be a sister to silver, though marriage was not within his intent. But at that time silver was body's friend and nobody's rock
ahead, aiui it would not do to be too ttJn-il now- of any statesman on that
subject then. The" republicans are also that.'While Senator Allison is
.trvi,lv' thin! choice, the entire
absence of yes and no from his politi
cal vocabulary nnd h: auiuty to want f rATri IV. Moines to Washington on the
key-boards of a series of pianos without nkinc a sound, somehow or other, af-
f.nt Ms dltribiltv at such a time as
this. The grand old party is also declaring that Gov. Morton is too young: i,ot h nhould serve at least two more
terms in the governorship before aspirin" to the presidency, and that he should formally enter the field for 1900. .i nnt. for isoc. We do notforgctthat
Senator Culloro is a candidate upon his
physical resemblance toAuranam i.m inln nnrl til lit. Senator Davis, of Min
ncsota, is a candidate on account of tho ..it .. that be is runnincr with
Lon" Livingstone, of Atlanta, for Vene
zuelan approbation, incsc canuiuai.a.
t,.viT-. are nrovisional. and Mr. Mc
i.-:,w nrnl fiov. Morton, up to date, are
: really the only two men who can be ! nn for nrovisions. Gov. McKin-
hi obtain them from the bene
fi;!.c of cvnectant nrotcction, while
ov Morton. Ks the head of the great
Ixtndon banking house of Morton. Rose
Thm Repabllran Ma FalleU te .
tiesd TlicW WNW. I With treat flourish of trumpets the I
republicans, who held vast majority ia the house of representatives aod or-, . 1 . It. 'i.1 CtuiAa
gauizeU the senate oi lucomnuowiv,
told the people of the country wuui
they proposed to do.
Well, what have they uoncv in session since the first day of December
liit, what have they done? May we not have some specification? They professed themselves to 1 wonderfully
gifted in the matter of creating puiuic confidence, Increasing public revenues, making cerybody, wlatever his busi-
r.ess and however conuueteu, ricn anu
happy. Iht what have they done : Jct us try if wo can to get down to a specification. If they are competent, surc'.y three mouths ought to demonstrate that bv their fruits they are justified in thc'ir claim. Will they tell us ol anvthing tbey have done? The house passed a tariff measure. The senate now gives practically pub he notice that the tariff measure shan't
thrtitirrh. The house, instead oi
IHMala ta the Cotton !H4utry th Uri-
ItlKXer TroHt. , The New York Tribune published on December 30 the annual statement of dividends paid in by the cotton mills of Fall Uiver, Mass., the center of the cotton industry in the eastern states, Tho report shows that the average dividend paid by tho various mills was 8.00 per cenL, a larger amount than was paid for many years ..,... tn im tht voar of which the
McKInleyitcs always boast as the most prosperous period under a high tariff, the average was ?.M per cenL, but this i.... j.incii.rnliK' exceeded Iu
VVCU "u'"1"-..." um T.i Ti.MitSon to the unusually
til.li lt,ii1tin nnld lare sums have
been nut bv as reserves, or &urju-.
taeaey will go Into the oorrvpUMft funds for use la doubtful state. A 4 It is for that purpose that the Nation!
Manufacturers Bssociauou is hu !- parine to put up Its share of the publi
plunder which came inrougu pnitlon, and will be rcild a thousand fold if the McKinley law is restored.
Against this threat of the organize forces of high tariff robbery the democrats must be prepared to llghL They cannot meet corruption with money, but they can show the masses that such movements as this of the Manufacturers' association are not in the interests of the people. All tho facta and logic are on tho side of the democratic policy, and no amount of protectionist "education" can make sensible t,it..v. that the McKinley doc-
trine, which was condemned .n l. J
vvvii put. j 7 . , , if ib.. fr onds of tar-
Ä t.a"fwn"s s3 . n 5 ! rrefonn 111 but .lo U,oir wh d.V lor last years ousun..-. '3 , ...to,. fuds will be power-
tl l l V I S W . . If li . ...1. a i-lnmia
less to defeat Uie canumaiu w uu
iiu' rceommendr.t'on of tbeex
etutive. who understood the situation and who did not usk for a tariff bill, hut did ask for sound legislation on the money question, passed ai ridicu
lous bill of its own. uuat tue repuu-
liean senate sent back with a tree cornage measure.
Hut where is the amnnauve icgis-
lion? Where is anything nccom-
,.t;ci.o,l What has Mr. Heed done at
sitcakcr und what have all the great re
publican statesmen ot mc semucuu.i.
Thev have been sitting m congress, iui nine'ty days and where are tho result
of their capacity .'
Not a measure oi puunc concern
Vl J'" " T - . tVfi -iTinri !?"'lirc?S WOltlll ÖllOW.
II ti i - m . rrtw nnviw mil!?,, for instance, nam a
profit sharing div.dend to its employes :
of seven per cent, in amuwu stcckholders dividend of 13 per cent , a total profit for t'ne year of 20 per cenL Other mills were only a dejrrce less prosperous, a number of them making extensive additions and repairs out of last year's earnings, after !.... tho average dividend on
their -Ctoek. It is further reported that four new mills will be erected this year, which will give employment to several thousand operatives. The republican readers of the Tribune, who have been accepting as gos..i timi nnner's statements that under
tho Wilson'tariff the country was beitf ruined, industry goinir to the dogs and business standing still, must have .I,..!- jvf on readinc this of-
ruuuvu u.V.. .7 . ficial record of the most successful year in the history of the American !.... :,i,Kirr. Had thev not seen
for low taxes, high
times.
A Low Takii'i
ivages ami gooa WOKKINOMAiJ.
ANOTHER ABSURDITY.
.L.v. ..,.. . - .
. . , n.l : .wlitivinU ami COOKCU WUllo
utility has been periecieu. iiiifr- uaiiy iu - uu" '.. y,n th rountrv was still in
ngTf despondency into which SÄten Snl statesmen cVLdSriAf?j n.h Ungthmt congress should prompt, stituency whom thej 1 rcslorc the hiirh tariff law repealed ,cpeated assertions of their sagacity jy deinooratH, as the only and their prowess means of starting up our closed mills The republican majority In conyc factories? Did not that paper
is an uiitj ...
... .
boasted much, it has accomplisacc
nothing. Chicago Chronicle.
REED HAS CHANGED.
ThB Fco.r Cr ! Now PlottU for .
rr.lleBcy. its cmploves' wages so high? As comrml with a year ago. Thorn- T P ;wer is simple. -The little
as U. JJeco isaeiiiiuB1" """' . , boV lied." The organ oi pruteevcu
. ..-raincill HIS LK.XMJ J . . , 1 U-
remarKaDie iiiciuuiu.i"""
solemnly assert that "free trade" had brought low prices, idleness and stagnation? How then could it be possible that one of of our great industries .t.M h-ivnabecn so prosperous, its
dividends so large, its output so great, t
Why Should HP rowrr eil it Trl llmlr 1'riMluel? , There were exported to Kngland
i from San Francisco on one snip reccntl v r.0,000 pou nds of hops. In a dis.i. that citv this is called a
novel shipment," and it is explained that more hops are crown in California than can be used there. Hut for soma years past considerable quantities of hops have been exported from San Francisco.
The exports of hops from tue racin coast are, however, but a small part of the quautitv exported from tho entire country. There were shipped abroad 17,172,975 pounds In 1S04 and 17,523,33 iD t About nearly all of
injuuua this great quantity was shipped from the port of New York, and nine-tenth of the cargoes wers sold In England. Almost one-hal. of the Americam crop of hops has been exported and sold abroad for some years pasL th greater part of the sales having beem ,i t fnfflaml. in onen competitioa
UV, IU ...-(,- , , with tho hops of Germany aad tn other hop growing couutries of th world. Still, there is a demand here, stimulated by republican demagogues, for a hif her tariff duty on European hops. Many farmers in the east and on th
Pacific coast, wno appear w nothing about this great export trada
and the meaning ot it, nave, uecu -
There was a time wncu
the very embodiment oi aw v"" -typical "of good comradeship. He was cordial in his witty comments, he was willing to disport himself in any com-
panv in. which he mignt nnu ww-
he was, in met, a cieit, b1""-
With the scores of newspaper correspondents he was affable, ready to give them his views and judgments, some-
... ..i.ntn. lint, more irti ucuir
lime, i Ä- -i""' . , - , W not to be. All this has changed.
Since he has become an avowed cauui- " iL TL:
I'hc little . rcnubl-,can and high tari
boy lied." The organ ot protecteu n5zationB lo call for a higher duty trusts had deliberately suppressed the com laSn about the duty novr news of busy mills, wage advances, foK The trcasurr reporU show, r.nnr;.,c started, and trencral . .i.. i.:i. Mr-Kinl
ijv . . i j I nowever, mav m ,r ,vliili had been recoruea . . . or, n wrcsnL
UlUJJlVi.VI ... , .
ilch had been recorded . lenttQ g.13 per cenL
by the democratic and indepenuent q f present dutJ. was cqaal to
Hiirin" li'.t". NotOnH
U.. .. .. . - M A :. .turioil thn reverse oi tnc
truth, and bv false representations had led its readers to believe that the con- ..:.! i k. ..nnntrv was worse than
11 1 HUH t.'v. v. when the McKinley law was in force. Each business failure, no matter vrhat the cause, was ascribed to the Wilson ,..;w ami magnified beyond its im-
,:
UJ v. A
M'KINLEY'S
ANor?icr.P that hi: w as peady.
lected by the sliiff was an ageil Indian who had acted in that capacity 4 An H,n and had arrown gray in his
corv work. When he stepped out in
ri.t of tln man to be shot ami drew
his pistol the heartbroken wife wept as ftw Indians ever weep. Kneeling be:.t.. ,...- .iiih-mned husband, she wa-s
-1., mm . roon "lasmd in his arms for the last 1 . . .1. '1,1.....
time in life. The two nine nm', without realizing the awful situation, n,Ued and cried most bitterly because their mother was weeping, nnd üiehtw band and father, whose imiemHngfaie had not moved him and who, Ir.dianHke. !ad shown no emotion, was forced to give way to his feelings. No longer i Z ?.i -ottlrnl himself, h's tesirs tuiti-
nleil with those of his locd ones. To the few sp-etators df that scene the . ..v um. ti.'ver to be forcotbin
cnimiixii - - 1 1. ci.r.trr was finally forced to tear
the weeping wife from the arms of her
went about his business as if nothing
unusual had h:ipiened. and as it unmindful of the fact that death for him was not far distant.
The morning of the daydor lolsom s
shooting arrived. A large numlx-r or
men had gathered at the sftot to see tn?
tragedv enacted. It was near a thorn thicket tn the wilds of the Choc-t-.-nntion. and fullv 50 hoi.scs 'ere .
hitched to the bushes around the place i . . .
where the shooting was to takepmce.
The hour set for the exception was ten o'clock. It was near that time, but i Folsom had not y et put in an appearance. The man who was to play th-leadinc-part in the tragedy was not there. An incredulous white man. who Aul nit believe that a man's won! could
Ik; .Millieientlv binding to came him to come forth voluntarily to Ik tilled, e.x-
press.d som; doubt as to tne con demned man's coming at all. His remarks were overheard by a near rela-
i five of young Folsom, who, with eyes
Hashing, answered:
;Vhen a Folsom gives Iiih word iu
keeps it. You can count on that. He I. lie here on time."
As if to prove the truMi of the asser
tion, some one said: "He has come.
.Inst then vounsr Folsom rode up. Dis
mounting, he hitched his horse to a hawthorn bush, and .hen, walking up
to the sheriff, announce" mat ne
1!.. was nermitted to select hi-
. . , .. .f..
ow n executioner, anü namcu niswu.Mii,
who was present. j Everything lcing in readiness. Folsom took a "letter from his pocket, tore
off a small piece of the envelope, ami " . . , 1 it.!.
then, buttoning up niscoat.pmneu im paper on the outside of his coat Immediately over his heart. Thh was thd
target at which his cousin was to nre.
With hands clasped Delimit Mis dsck.
he stood facing the man he had chosen
to kill him. A sharp report rang out.
The white paper, with a imiiet noie
in the center, was stained with blood, and Folsom lav dying. In two minutes life was extinct. He was a murderer.
but his high sense of honor and nratery almost caused that fact to le forgoiten.
His relatives had a coffin renoy. ami the remains of the young Choctaw were hauled away for burial. The admiring su-etators mounted their horses and rule awav. Thev had witnessed one of the coolest rad most bu-.inessUko shootings that t ver occurred nnyw here.
fawn ut Vvrtnr Accompany the Napo-
Imb of Vrotrrtion.
T1!... ?c nni t ndencv among the
ä ily. m s- - followers of that cathode ray of protection and high Liriff William McKini hini. 5 not calculated to assist
lnmnn into the srcod graces
n " ., ti of those jtcople who arc not wildly cnn,na5rKt'o over methods by which for
eigner are induced to pay our taxes. i,r.t i .-v tendency to vawp.
At every jKtssible occasion the chubMai. McKinley b paraded
before the public and everyone is ex
pected to go wiiu anu inn to hjh.hiu of Napoleon. McKinley was brought to Chicago. He came ostensibly to
...t... cn.eeh on Abraham Lincoln
Instead, however, of being treated as
one iroming on such a mission orumari-I.-.Iii iif. his friends accorded him
much the same attention as an advance the S10.0CO beauty.
, .. v t - . , His advent was heralded and bis ar-
i rival was the signal for a scries oi pairadcs and a continued uproar of vawptng. There i-s something in the
v into which Mr. Mc
u-inlevV followers lash themselves as
i.u f rrk coat.drnpcd a la Henry
' tnn tnnmt nn the scene that can on ly
' l comiarcd to the excitement of a band-of howling dervishes on the ap-
' The barking, braying nnd blatting of the IJIainc lunatic of some years ago
was bad enough, but the case ot tae aic--.-.'.. mnm:ii- !r even worse, for svith
him there is in addition a tendency to
froth at the mouth. Chicago cwn
(Ind.).
.i . Ii, lins nlreadv even with only
tjviii . . -
the shadow of the v.ime nouse ,tis eves mantled himself in llamsoniaii exclusiveness. He cracks no more jokes, and he deliberately chokes
back the kerji, sarcastic comments
which are constantly surging to nia
lis because he seems to be afraid that I'" - . tl -,1,1
if they are uttcrctl tirey win uu. a . t.;L. 'llct nf rnnmlos. From the speak-
l7 111.1 - t r's chair the old aggressive, partisan.
minoritv-trampling Heed naus gone. an a smooth-faced, smooth-talking poll-
liolnn who is looking for votes ha
taken the place of the absentee.
There was a time, too, uui 1.1. would go down to the capitol with n
crowd of his cronies, laugaimj j. talkinir. with not a burden upon lila
hronil shoulders. But now he stalks
adorn.' the avenue, nil by
.it AAn t toKt war.
' I""1 . .... .1U
Hut why should tnere ub auj about a duty on imported hops in a country where a great crop is growa and from which nearly one-half of the crop is exported to Europa and sold there? If the hop growers of tha tT;,.rf matf can sell 17.000.000 pounds
iu Europe, meeting foreign hop growers there on even terras, without aay protection whatever, it is nonsense to pretend that they cannot more easily undersell these foreign hop growers here at home, cither with or without the tariff protection of the present law. X. Y. Times. NO BEER TAX Help the Kick Itrjweni hat Ta tho Toar t urmfir. In the brief debate which was permitted before the republican tariff bill was rushed through the house of repn.:nc ir Turner, of Gcoriria.
mcnt ot tnese laci cimu''-- "- --- niwiiw"-". - . , V ä .. it 1 ..-.... 1 1, liliistor I ...,.-,.,1 ,1 L-noiU-down when he asKctl
lainitv waner.i. am. ii" - --- - .
nboMt the injury ot lower lases, -.u me giiwain -
tioti of prosperity, the Tribune merely
records the facts, iiui uiau .-uuuK... With better business than ever before, no argument is needed to convince the Fall Hi ver manufacturers and workers that thev have been helped, not ruined, by the Wilson tariff. The mere state- ... ,,r ii.c. funis condemns the ca-
- i,.,nnntnn fiml fnlsehoods.
,u"c a w. n.
TO WORK FOR HIGHER DUTIES.
.. ....1 t. unnrptnrirti Comblae te
1 ruircii. i..mr. AlrKlnli-r Taxe.
Tim Xntional Association of Manu
facttirers. an organization of protec
tionists who are engagcu in maiiuim; i.ir,., iniliiHtrics. held its second an
, IUI lUf, '-- - Cliieatro recently.
I llliU. T. ------- - -
1.1 i I ,...t trio- was noticeable for the
aiong the avenue. u "Uh whJch thc varioll5
thoughtful, unouscrvisg. ..1M.W " ,.. . 1At, intention to
solemn grrandeur and his own great- -' p and fop the
1 j osU I s.wit ntirnnsg of the association to
THE OUTLCCK FOR ST. LOUIS. ! combine all thc protected interests so
1 a . . timir 1 r 1 11 I'll im? 111 iatiii v &
lad.cat.on That the Rrpnblleaas Will i Practically, no other
Have Tronbir. noestion was considered but that of It does notrcnuirctheaidof thecath- , 1u-sl"u, .. ... vhleh
, vk to nenetratc the wooilen wall cur mg .s- 7 n.
of the'republican wigwam of next June J - - of thc as.
atSLUuisandtoanucipaictiiecic i, - M(.Kmicvitcs. their
convention was simply a republican
t,,i -liieh nad no otnor purpi
than iwrfecting plans for raising cor
ruption funds.
-r.ir far the Rich.
McKinley, in his Marquette club et.cech. said he could rot tell what the the ncxtrepul-
ii tnriff will be. but declared
1.-.. tu h. silenuate to "protect
thc country from the invasion of it-
tliat will take place in the forthcoming
convention. The impudent assurance of Boodlcr Quay that he will allow his name to
go before the convention is a cnaucngc to all the other favorite sons to comietc
for the empty honor or having vncir names presented.
The Lincoln day enthusiasm ior.11-t.-;ii- imlir.it-s that the masses of
he republican party look on the Ohio
representative or protection as wie 11,- . . t A
.1...,. anted tn increase the revenue.
1 they did not simply increase the tax oa I 1 ,ir.llfiT- n linrrel instead of in-
creasing the tax on several thousand
articles of necessity. J here was no re-
1.. tr. tlti for there couui oc non&
An additional tax of one dollar a bar-
.1 n Kr.i.r would raise fully .'.0,000,.
000 and there could be no tax caster ta
bear. Instead of raising S30.COO.oou 1.0. tit rnnnblican Dartv proposes ta
uv... -1 . - - - lew a tax on wool and to increase tna
r.i f olothinf and other necessaries
of life. What makes Mr. Turner' point .a A A 1 1..
all the stronger is tue met tnav business in Chicago, not
oalv those located in thc city but like-
wise all having agencies locasou lucre, i.tnoil to raise the price of
llJh Ki ... w m
i....nnn l.illur- a barrel. 1 he slircwa
wit.- .........
t.., ham concluded to appronrl-
4.. th mnm.v which could have bccH
IlirV - v J -
raised by internal revenue tax vu
would have been 10 it uy noooay. w'lmn it initios to an additional tai
i n- nn wool there is no doubt
which the people of the United fctatea
.tu nrfr Mr. Turner exposed tna
On tlu question as to the methods of ,,f the republican tari
1. tHA-.ctu nf Inn motl I . . a
niit'fi nintr 1 nr 11111:11:1, v -
...1.. ..-m. nmti.etion. there was no
1, t. .- j . . ... , .-.f r.nrir n1inenL It wasopenly
advised that the association "should at ...u-t-ihn to obtain as speedily
as possible such changes In the tari is will permit all domestic manufactures to earn reasonable profits for
! bill in a way which did not fail to i
press the country. Atlanta uourcai
Have Hot Farsattra. What reason is there for supposie
that the country wants more protection? The defeat of democratic co . a.nrt , I nl aa rrftta
icAl candidate of the party res tor earn reasonable profits 'or ltllrrln. The oppressive silence maintain by thcraf.clrcs. reasonable profits being fm" Completely tl ambitious aspirants on the financial whatcTcr araonts additional tari l?tfilee elected, question ghes us aurance that the taxC5W0Uid enable the protected man- J'"0'" 0 a" ' blcan)f forgottea tha
grand old party prcparca now. ufacturer to wring irom uicn- sole reason whv they were swept oat formerly, to maintain a judicious iin- j And Uie resut of the convention was jo-e rcawn ' ny , ..... t . anI .t - . ...am MHn frti rilfia 1 LVIlii i 'C 1 ... . .
, rin-it paruaiiiy utiu i'ir . iimv arrauciuuuu-i - l-k,,;.,,, defeated in brz: i markets by oriental prouue'a. O I al)e ntagonism of finance. ' inr a fnml, rUmorcd to be 5200,000 to relLDAY- I-S enacted thfit
!,Can nSl ncter SnTnd the In other words, the indications ait thH , U5ed for political purposes during lflom,n-;tIon!, tbe McKinley build a "Chinese wall WMnt. ,ia,.. are that Uie republican the comlnir campaign. K"? V,. mi,., national is-
sj w
. . aa i a ma anFmnr' 111 iijv ioaiis a . . . 1 . ar . m a am a&n . a a
country .- , T.. . o 1 partv w 1 refuse to declare ltscii ou i view or tnis action 01 repre..- between free trade ae rates so that the people will have to P.v nllpRtJon whJch Cvn- tiresof the interests which bought and D l 1.?- l,i,io nA
continue to W Siofor high graue ; - . on tarHT qUcs. ; w for thc favors of the McKinley jr Jj Tne pöar verdict bicycles that can tlon it will cling to the repudiated and bill, there can be no doubt but that high Ujjjj. taJot Urlfl for S0. and that can be linportrd from vrnCcCMo of McKinleylsm. , the one great issue in the presiden .a. JJJJ-w, when for. -t nn.t criltl nt tliat price. ..... , . ., . . t . . . . ...:n iv, Ii raal.tnlinn nl hiirll 'i i- . , ,
It will tie nam lor 111c ucmwi. uua ..-"- - thi. things, the people nava
ion. It Is evilent mat tne - - -
i i i lentrn
'thev going to pile up tariff taxes until .. i.. it, rieh can indulge In the
r. lif? That is McKinley-
ism as illustrated by his robber tariff
law and as reiteratcti in 111s .Marque ...
club s
. -i 1 X- V UVrl.l hmltfi.
J ! . . s 1... .Oi.m.n.l tit ntteo into
The imnotence of this rcpublicat I ailfi t ion for Increased duties, and
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congress Is clearly demonstrate" w 1 that all thc power which tnc gre.ii-
formally '' Tben congrcst i contribute large sums merely to pay-
support 01 11 ,..1. - f tii-m in tsowu wav. for hl.fh tar ff literature ami orauir.
comprbe the entire rep";- "7 ' . - tnlt fn .te te Rciion ol Thv
Gionai delegation irom tna; sia.-. '
ami tbe result to dato I no ac'fon ol
iav , . cinnnt delcalion irom Uli. I .. . . ... . fhootings that i ver occurred nityw here, l ucjua 1 unanimously writ any kind, but a muddle and antngonuiix whether prompted by the n.atttk.es of ; ?n L Senator Quay' hich promte nothing for the future.
law or by tne anger oi man. - 1 .. 1 i
little bubs. Hostoa Herald.
s. . .
They may spend a little on thoie tilings
as a blind, but the men who arc inraishhig the fat for political urpos know thfet the rcat bulk of thir
Arguing in favor of tho enactment m Ta 1 J I a 1
ported goods nnd especially wooi.
woolens and lumber, neuer prices . larger transactions would be encottr ncd." ltv "bttcr prices" the Tribun means higher prices, for In the sain editorial it complains that Driees ot goods arc no" "to low.
Jausband: then, witn one iai.
ccoru.