Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 March 1897 — Page 3
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INDIANA.
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AT HOME
Hurl' tt- "Sinct bin went
1 1 1 mi ' t
Where ha she tone niiiK shadows lluKir cold and cray, ladt t winter chill the lumnier day. . (t eleaa springtime ' looms apaa UM way v ban she haili gunc Where she hath gone v,, aaiUag eote aw .ikt th alga r moan. 1 1,. ,1.1 lad sonps take up a ulu.ld.r tone, tauch taff sit far tliuri enj have. Known. li r- sbe hath Kone Where she hnth iron Her atntly presence blesses mnr fair, . ftaaaai abeul Um head s,i iear, a. LhT pour heart will tind Its MM "1 there. Where aba hath nc. Where she hnth Rone if - data not mark In days its gul'I' n n ht. - i -v : r I dimmed l.y Heaven's greater 1U ht. tlK ra an' n vr tears n"r lon ly night Where she hath gone.
TV At
Where she hath gone a, tea, some .lay. will go if "'1 Ml will, v. i,,!.- transcendent raptures thru' tin ! , rill. m Ola Shall meet. r-deemed, yet lovil y. -till. Where site hath pone. Hn T. Dews. In .MUnt Constitution.
'BR'ER BUZZARD.'
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tu nAMtn iim.i..
V ALL the l. ra
ti. at tly, "Brer Bussard" is the ii rHeet and tin? least i n g a g i n jr. Be might le called the skeleton in the
loset of the bird world. We don't
like to sav anv-
thliur more about
hin than ate cm help. lb- len't a pleas
tat subject. The poor fallow seem to
m' aware -f his own bumble spurn
m f,:.thirrd s.ciet. too. and Iiis innn-
i, - modest M)d deprecating. lb
make no noise in the world. His en mc n or. whenever he walk abroad, is of and and, as it he was -n-
an of his own eiuaaay movement
and t:.e dfanuji'eeeble ideaa but preeenei
üie-cst.. Hut he is not altogei.ici mi
at. ..recoiled, deliressi tic ;ls he
. . -, ,
is; Mill
nay be Mild, with truth, that li
t! - BO injury to any living creature. 71. Urea his harnt; - life and de his gt -w aaaaa cl ii t . V at more need he said of anybody ? V.r. Lind may not love or admire Ib'cr U-tzartl. bat' they are forced to accord bini resjiect and protection. The aaj Who hills him breaks the law and offtU h his fellow men. H it there are many interesting things a'oo-.it th s und.-rtaher in feathers that have never been described, probably baeauaa the general tendency has alvi.' - beea t let hi;n alone: and Of an the larger birda of tbtj country there Is not one which is less intimutely haewa than this. lb- . an he wen on almost nny day in t! pOUtheraj states. Ko;irinir hi'h Mat bim- aky or deahiag ahurtwiaa in wind ba i -r rni, a majestic and rta eful obJhjt, This is as near as most jMople tatr to ree him. in hia home life he is. it must be :ieImOWledged, mean and tlltpl as;nt ercatUie; and yet.ccn there, he is not aritboot interest to the lover f all thli wblehbanattewladoaabaapueed Opofl the earth. Two species ,,f this a I tare, improperly called bn.ird. inBAb ' the I'nited States e ist of the Uoci v mottnfnins. one of which ranees
from New Eaalaad to lha Oulf of Mex
ico, nnd js familiarly known as the tnr
Lev huzxard. His scientific ranie is
' . hartes Anrn. ami he is a very dif
f.t.-t uidnidtial front his hnmhler coit:n. wh se closer acquaintance are i'o-.v makin?. The t-irkey bii77ard is a somewhat larger Mid than the black Milrnre, nnd i BOt bbarh in eotor, but a mixture of I lack and reddlab bn.Mi. the latter being the ajreralllajg color in hli 7)b:n:are. Iiis l.e.ik. feet and head. Where the skin is bnrc are of a bright rel color, nnd he is much iess trrotesqtielv iepttUie in appenrance than the fcl.i. u vulture of the south. He also moves, when on thr cvonnd, eifh a vrt of dignified deliberation very differant from the cluma) boppiag and "teeteriag" stride of his black eoaaia. The latter Catbariata Atrata, the irr.tists call him is t he common scavenfrer of the far south, when- he becomes, as familitvr almost as the chickens in the small tCWBa, when old w-ather or scarcity of food drives him
from the woods and fields to the haunts if l ien. lie hns absolutely no redeemhlg feat'ire of personal apj enranoe. Y.x- . ' ; when sailine hip:h in air. he i n deJCCted. wretched, hopeless and revoltit, n ..I. Vet. His ctdor is sooty black, exthe t i of the wines, which are of a dingy, prnyish white, this color belag riaible only whin the wind's are ex(vanded. His beak, head nnd hare. Wrinkled neck tire dull black, and bis Whole aspect nnd demeanor is hidic-row-. appropriate to bk irht.stly cnllinr. !b- is a bird of the m ij ; -tropics, nnd ean but ill endure the degree of cold Which is often felt in the Qtttf Btalea in January. tucb tim. s be resorts to the town, ami . an often be wen on the housetops, rrouebed clone againat n mokinpr chimney, where sometimes a half d.vcn
Mtvustoined, und the hauebty rouatei
ur ipiarr.dsome old hen will not Im-m-late to kilts k hill: lie. l- BVCf III' t'1. if hi' tomes hrtwi" n the w uid a to I tie If nobility. llcisii '. ' ii;,. nmj I.iilniijf bird. lie do h not make aaj outcry. Ba aiaaptj
spieaU In- eieatwiugi ajba soar- (at
beyond tl"' reah ol bis petty enemies. He meets with the Ktine eeornfuJ tvrannv fr.gu 1 t urk- UuaaahL
It is an oilil siecht, tu see one of th
latter bWOOa down upon u flock of th
black ii 1 1 ii r -m as thev are path, red
uboiit a dead chicken or other animal.
Ml the black t.nes scramble out of the
wav, bopping, nainii ami making
their hoars- biaaing .sound their only
note and ran:,'e tin mselves at a tale
dlatanee, where the wait patiently until their hip eou-in fhtUMl i to take
bis departure.
The two species are often found to
gether, but there is evidently a great oulf between them, and the blacks
never forget their humble and respect
ful demeanor in the presence of Ca-
bartea Aura. Alor.ir the lower Mississippi river, ir.
Miaaiaaippj and Loniaiana, all the anoall
towns are protected from Inundation
by hiirh earthworks or levees, ;m(l th.
ic' between the levee and the river
caiieu tue iiiiTTtire. is a sort or no-niaii t land. Here garbage and refus1 of all kinds is throw n. and the floating houses
of the fishermen are BOOred. Such places nr.- the chosen home of Hr'er Buseard. No one aver dreama oi
molest 2ng him. KooneeTercQjrei to com
near cnonrh to frighten ordlaturb him.
rind the life of plenty and ease makes hin I any and atupid. All day long he j sit; on botne tall eottonwood tree,
drawn up and dejected, if the weather
be cloudy or cold, or standing with wings wide extended, to eat eh t he sunlight if the day is fine. This BlttffUhU attitude, with wings spread to their utmost extent, is a favorite with both ura and Atrata. and they BeCBI to be able to maintain It for hour without fat iguc. When the lain i nam pome In with their loaded boats the vultures descend and crowd about the rafts where tht gab arc peaorted, waiting until the dead or worthless one-s are oast aside. A favorite morsel is the bead of th irreat river cattish, which is always cut off before the fish is offered for sale. The fishermen, like everybody ebja reeefBlaethe utility of the vultures, and encourage them until they become almost like pets; and it u ludicrous to sec four or five of them seize a fish head nd pull like boyi at the old-faahioaad
game f French and Eogiiah, flapping,
hissing und tumbling about the ground in their efforts to drag the coveted moracl away from each other. In the t of Mi" ignoble struggle lovvn sMx.ps Catbartea Aura into th.- melee
I he black fellow s fall over each
other in their eflorta to get out of rfis onlship's way. and he calmly sail of! with the l rie in his lieak. No dOttbl it wi!! surprise many read
ALTUELafS CUARGEH, Itislats That McKinley Was El ctod by i rnud.
former ijovernor claims otf- wen lnim.'i.t. illegal volem VMM iaiM.rtcd i.ud money used braenly. In ( lay eonnty, be av, prominent republicaiiB of . . red money to induce democrats to ata aw. iv from the jhjIU. Two of t',,e ringleaders were arrested. In Law n lice county, he savs, an effort v aa made to bay up the judgaa of eleetloe ami in the township of l.ukin arrangeno Uta had been made to pay them $.)00. Arreeta lollowed and tWO prominent republicans were h. Id to the grand jury. In Springfield, the formal governor -. Iftfl men were allowed to vote although they were not registered . He v s ot. s w. re counted in Bpeingfleld for ana man w ben they w. re oaat lor aa other. He explains that the men con-
AN UNFULFILLED
PROMISE.
I the
In a t eller in JiiiIki' Orin X. (rrl--ine aa Uinraw or Illinois ttlaaa Some MuiiIIU ;lil I'Mels noil I luuri'ii, .lohn P, Altgcid has w ritten a teply to Jttdga Orrifl N. alter, who ijucstioned the truth of the former governor's state
ment and uliegationa of fraud in the KI, -w m,. wer,. allowed to vote al- I
.oveinber election. When the delnoerata gave reception to Mr. Altgcid at the lie mon t bouse after his retirement Iron the gubernatorial chair the
forme i goveri oi made a speech In wnicn earned in tbeae frauds w.re notproae liv charged that employes had beaa j c.jtad becaaaa all the ofUcials were reeoereed and that franda had been per- publica na. Hi sayi thai In some pre1 1 träte I to v ell the lift of oti ra ne , ,ets iM the state the "andleaa chain the republican party. method" of fraud was practiced by the J edge tarter replied to this raoeob republicans, and showed errors in the former gov- "Yon ask whether I menn to in si an ernoi's coinp'itat ion of the votes in ibf- bte there was frnud committed in Chi (in nt states, nai ticiilarlv in Illinois, mm" continues the trovcrnor. who
The judge ashed Mr. Altgcid for lads to support the charges of fraud. In response to the open letter of Judge ( arte Mr. Altgcid has written an open letter giving detalla in support of hia apeaeh at the Tremoal bouaas The former governor beginn his letter by acknowledging the receipt of .lodge
adds: "f aaawer I fto not enre to rnnV tntnnntons. 1 say posfttvely that I am satisfied there were frnuds aOMMlttad In ChtcagO. We have nlready seen there was a reBorted Increase of los.onn votes tn Chlraco betwaaa 1v,,l! and l.", durlne which tlmn tfi. re w. re no miiterl.il additions nde to the city We have also seen that, acCOPd"
liiK to th sr-honl census of fhlcaeo and o
C arter s letter, arritbra January 28. He other data baarbuj utwn this question, the
w rites to the judge: "You take exception to some n marks I recently made :.t UM Trem nit house in reference to the late election, specially do you object to the charge of fraud and you ask for facts. ' In order to have a dear umlerstandbttg d the subject the former governor reelles the points raised in his speech. I Ii iiru cm unlii summe! I .
natural and normal Increase of voters In
Chicago ourlr.f: these four years could hardly have reach d v.,(n Deducting this M.QM from the f'i.." it leave . 7'J.K vuti a returned In i leagu last fail which cannot be asplataed. eei:s:il:o m Snmniril I . Tn concluding his long letter Mr Altgeld aays: "Taklns the entire Ftate tofjether. several I thini's Staad out prominent:
where tno
"1 That in those i.reelnets
He .--ays he eharged that the repub- ar-at.-st republlenn calnn .-r m.i.ie nno .. ' . , ,, ,..,',.,, tn those precincts where tht re was an aslican convent., n at h.. I.-iuis was ton- .ni, i.r..as.. , thevote.ther. pul.il.t rolled bv tr .ists a;. J n-ofc-sional lob- ,,, , a ,).,,, v , oriti otl.-d the whole niabvists; that the republican party hud la 1 chiaery at only the election Biachtaerr, uaarly all it prior pl.tforma insisted ZTL,. been a on the restoration of silver; that the system in the method of pernetritt in ian.na:i.'n was the most stupendous e.X- frauds, as there were at least five distinct . 1 .i 1 .. - ,-. - t . :,r a .if
bibitioti of pli-iriseei.-m ever witnessed;
that during the campaign there was a j erfed combination between the money power, the trusts and the eorporatiouei thai these controlled the press; that
methods practiced la different sections of
the state. '3. That out of 217. "00 Increased vote in , .11 r state in .: ..ver that of lv.j. only about .e.'j er- legitimate a ml legal, and tl at on r 154.080 have not bean explained, and hi n. ittii p lie nYolln.-d nor located As
they practiced varied tonus of deeep- tnis letter is alrendi noch tea long, t adU
tion corruption and terrorism lor the orilv urncc at a lew oi tno oiner sia u I ..n "f -rrymg the election and JJOj jj JPtSSfiS St 2 Sad M did it in the name ol patriotism; that a .. jn ll, ,Jtlr,s an men-ase in the populaCOnfldcnCe game had la-en practiced on tion of about beaO.OOQ people In four year; .... ..I i i ... ... I. ku.l tuLf..r
tl... Vo.eiieao l.coo e. and that the maem. pi mi io in um.
pe..
prom Usee of proaperity under a gold Standard were utterly illogical and inipoaathde al parfornianee. Regarding the votes cast Mr. Altgcid Maintained that the election ret itt us showed the negroes, purchaaeable votes, the veiy ignorant foreign-born voters, the repeating fraudulent and illegal voters hail supported Maj. Mo.KinItyj that the jnajority of Anier.canborn white roten supported William J. Bryan; that, even on the face of the returns, Mr. Bryaa was so nearly elect co that about :;i .um) more v.,:c.s. properly diatribnted, would have made bin president; that after the election there
i he state three-ouarters of a century to
tain 4,i,''. Manifestly there Is something wrons here. Several things at oncf baaaoM apparent on anamination: Claim oncernlna Ublo. 'T That In th.- agrloultural sections ot the state and in.thoso cities where there la not a lame Ignorant vote the increase Ifl population was only the normal Increase, and the democrats made great gains "2. That the republican gains and abnormal Increase tn vote was reported from thus precincts and counties In which the ' republicans had the entire BMObinerj M their hands. I "3. That the great republican gains and abnormal locreaai la the ote w . re along t'e- Ohio river and tn those manufacturing and ether eeaten arhara thare area a larrca ' colore'l and bmoraal foreign population.
Bxamlnatton of the facts forces theconclu-
Hvvt the IVoi.le Were "old
tlclvliil.') t rovvil. The general piniiio has benaajM bfae what uccual med ba the great disappolatmeat it h. gan la eapai i nee abortiv after the November elect 00 OO" cause of the failure Of the , rma, I prosperity to m.itritUiws und, as a consiMpueiice, we don't hear so much about it now aa we did a couple of months ago. It having Wen settled that the promise of prosperity was nothing more than a bunco game, the people have philosophically set them
selves to the tn.sk of bearing tne na times iukI the growing st rintrvnoy as begl they can. satis'i d, at b ast, that they were euoeaaafully "worhed." Qeenawaally, bowerer, we still find expressions of distal isfaet :on ; aarcas- ? oommenta on the gullibility of the pnblla, and caustic references to thgrasd republican rainbow ol pr mlae, in contemplation of which the Aiaet -ean people were s. easily "cold." Ree. .T. r. Hoann. of Poreal Cltit Pan
i..f t rliircvman. who IS well
known in th - civ. recently wrote a
letter to the Cnrbondale Leader, bearing on the republican promlae of proaperity, and the pith of hia eomtnuaica-
tlon Is found in the following eyi-erpt :
"T n-n lookln--' for the 'Advance Apent of
Prosperity." Evidently he Is loft, stolen ot
.r-rnvert. nrd 1 v. nit to send word to tne
nubile thmurh your valuable p.-i-wr.
"V fen- mi.iit! . ve v.. r t Id to vote
a, 'xrcTv-iT.iev er ! Prosnerlt. The under
' ferted tlri eta led thai the people could
p, t McKinley by voting for him. but dout.iif im. wcoid hrtna r.rooperlty. To-day
i renorts from he Innre eitles ltlatlte to the number of unemployed show that there ar over t,S0O,OO0 m-n out of wrrk. Then' are con.oon in Ken York. HaAMI In T'hllad. !- phla r.' ff'O In S r. Francisco. 8f'."X) In Petrolt. 19,001 jn CUreelaad, I&.608 in rinclnnatl, T'.f 'iln Ho ten. and soon. Purlt ctbe ' paat few weeks widespread destitution has teen reporKsl by the papers. "Whero ts the proapertty that wan to follow? ; i - n will hanlly satisfy us to say thai McKinley 1 '" have not y.-t gone Into ' bu-iness. Why? P- auso they told us all that wan maded to nahet la a paradise of prosperity was 'sound money' ar.d Vonfldence." Dv iBOURd BI ' 7' was meant the
'existing gold Standard' that we now hare, and Immediately aft r the et lion ignorant partisans tu.d pulpit . rat rs 'pointed with prl.b ' to the 'gT at Loom tn business' as a proof that the announcement of republican .icccM had brouKbt us an overproduction of 'confldenc'."nut Etnco the late lamented alectmn manv nrivate hanks, misralb d rational.
hcTi, e-oTie reroihltcan. too. Ov r 3"of thee
banks u the wwt failed during the month of December. "Here In Forest City, rrccodtr.K the elec
tion, many 'patriots' w.re especially anxlnn to nave the 'honor' of the nation. They
held a meeting In the opera house, at which a certain ancient 'statesman' discoursed on the, beauties of sound money and confi
dence). The boys orjrnr.lz.d and sat up
nights to s'rg for 'lb Kinley and Prob
Hon. and they are now gctr.ng
rate of seven days per monin. tramped In parades with the
eon mand In carriages.
STICK TO THEIR UL
Kepnlillenns A.lbrre to rnrir
dine of tuliiliouu.
It at th
They ev I n
bosses' In
Atid lo' even the
hopse' have now- beau piaceo on nun time A thing which has never been known before the advent of the 'Advanee Agent of Prosperity-' That "Confidence game was a success In one way, but fat's to work the other "I notice that many of the preach.rrs who so reailously rpnke and voted In fav r of alutocrarvc.ro now asking their pew rent, ri
tn. fAnlr III fl 1(10(1 ailll Cl !-. I". '"
bad : eu developed evidenoo of aantlc i ,., that Bryan earrhnl onio by ovcrm.ouo i Burport 0f poverty, it is good to feed the an,! wholesale frauds to carry elections, vote poor, but It Is Utter to work for conditions , . I ..A-.i,-.i.j "A similar state of affairs exists In In- . wnch none need tobe poor A Just and that in a number of st-i.e, the e i!1( K,.Mll. kj ... , , rabfurnla-ui fact, j A Vn.luatrlal syatem would make been many mom votes returned i.ian , ,.s,ry state that Mr. Manna mad- a ,h.B poasiide," there Were male inhabttUUta OVer tl strong effort to carry. Wherever you llnd j .,,,. ives stronc and craphic
The reiiublii'au party, m re pre
by Senator l'latt und hia o i Rann, ap-
s ..r.s to U eonvmcetl ot liiceunroiaw ol iha old proverb: "A lie well stuektan
Is as gsiod u-s the truth." lRUonng;tba
well known fact that, a S-nator tn non says, the ballot counted for MoKinley were ostensibly r really for that promotion, of an international agreement tooenare bimetallism, which the nia.i'ir s i latfonn pledged him to cum if XKsible, the nen a tor -elect in hin Daaiden tpaecb laid dOWS Uiese propoaltaMM 1. The flr.ancial queotiOO can be indV'finitely ostpotied. 2. The WUaon law "ahnt down ihm mills and reduced th. opport unitiea od lal-r and the earnings of invest meni." H. The deficit was oaus-od by the Wilson law, atil the wav to wipe it out and to lncreaee the revenues is to pasa a hlfllMU tariff law. 4. The t.irifT law must lie "baaed la every m he.lulc" upcm the principle of protecting the American manufacturer galnai foreign competition. 5. The jieople an- clamorinR for the new protective end revenue-raising; tat iff. Every one. of ahead propoaitlona ia fllee, as all intellifrent men are nvvara. All pirsona who know anything nlvout the situation of affairs know that (1) the financial question mtist le acttledj Immediately, and thai every month! dnInv In sattllnff it will make .settlcmenh
more difficult and eoatly; that () what
Mahu1 down the mills." etc., waa the ap
preciating stattdand of values w hich ha clmoef deatrnyed the lume. market
that (3) the revenues produced by t.ha
Vil m bill have bMn larger than tna
revenuea under the McKinley bill, tba
rllfferenee in favor of 18M as compareel
with 1894 being t36,67t,910; that thede-
fu it wast cause! by the Mckinley lia
whioh waa avowedly oonatmcted bn
or.'.-r to destroy the surplus, and that
ns a general rule. It is true that thn
higher the duty the smaller the revenuo obtained from it: that (4) if tlbn
new law, auuaeq neatly, la to be based upon th" principle of protection it wrlB not yield revenue, and if designed to raise revenue it cannot Ik- baaed on thn protection principle, nnd that (5) tha bnainaaa mteeeam of the country, omittir.c a few manufacf urors and the unlawful combinations in restraint o fende, would do nlmost nnythinpr te avert the continuance of uncertainty; w hich the threat of tariff tinkering baa produced. Douhrtleaa Phitt knows them thinga, too. for Piatt is no fool. But the Cane ton cliipie i detemiinei to pay no at ten tion to them, and to tro ahead diaa-
chnrging its debts to Aha trusta ana
manufacturers, and Piatt flunks it whan
just now to "stand in" w ith that cliques
is far ns he can in order to pet the fed
eral patrouncre In this fdate. So he ham
adopted the clique's tactics nnd i a yell intr at the top of his voice for more rev
enue ami protection, in the hope t.haat
ihe noise will daze the people and pre
vent them from recollectinir the facta and seeinR how preposterous nnd dU honest the programme Is. N. Y. Jour
nai.
years old in those stales; that if the election returns were ripht then Illinois must have gained nearly 1,100,000 population in four years. llllmtin' ln-renel te. "YOU ask Uie to be specific," writes Mr. Altgetd. In being apeetn ihe former rovcrnor tells of the grovrth ol the republican machine in Cook county. aal tells how it began to gat la its own inen in the primaries, con entions nnd offieea. Mr. Altgeld says he docs not
a atale. norm or coutn, wn. re mere is an . normous :i , r. as,. n the vote, you w .11 Hod that Mr. Manna's airents were operatinK there. In all of the remainder of the states of this union the lefittBMh) tn ipj." in the vote of that state went to Mr. Hryan. "Mr. dev. far d carried Indiana by :. ". Dir. llryan received 43. 'mi more v otes that. Mr. Cleveland did. In Kentucky Mr. Cleveland received a plurality of 4..iu. Mr.
Uryan received I3.UUD nu r. votee than Mr
Clev. land did
the täte. T
tned the mor- ab rliiK the fraials appear
TREAT HIM WITH INDHTEUEKCK. era, and probobl; create a diversion of sentiment in favor of this bird of ill . inen, to learn that he loves to lie clean, nnd will even brave immrrsion in the coal water of ti:e Mississippi liver in onlcr to effect .t n a warm and runny lay a UtTge Inch of the black vultures w ill assemble on a abelving, sandy bank or a heap of driftwood, apparently for the expreaa
I am Inform, l bv people Itvlim tn the south
I A " . . . -. I ., t,. . a , B I, 1. ,. - - - - .l......l.....l Waat '.II'-..
ni'CtlSl i'tlVOIie, lllll Injuns LIU Ol .I HUC OHM ll mum imaill uririujiiru ' ""' i.iiii.ij .iter ti al there was plentv of optH.r- ' the campaign thousands of nearncs were ""lT , 18 M, taken from differ, nt places of the south Innity to commltt fraud if Ii ss: ry for j,sn.o,ut ln Kentucky, West Vir rictory. Then be delvee Into flgnree re 1 ginia. oiuo. Indiana and niinoia
.Mr. Uoiran pives strong anJ prapn
rucpremloa to his eetimate of the situation, but bis view of the case H not. In other respects, a whit different from the view cnti'Hained by the people, who r.re not aayinR much, of course, but who are perfectly satisfied thai they were "roped in." For it is hmdl to be doubted that the promise of proaperity wi the mnior und his tart last No-
d. and v.-t it is claimed t,e lost b -Hinghamton (X. Y.) leader, 'he more the matter Is exam- i vemucr. ; '
POINTS AND OPINIONS.
garding tha Inereaaa f the vote in Illinois. Continuing, Mr. AltgeM says: "I hive pointed out thnt If the averaee rate of Increase In populr.Mon In the state from lv'- t M had b"n the same as In some former vears when ft area large, then the total increase for the state would hav 1 ,. i f-r the four years, and the I, . ig in id.. vote would have leen about at,än In vl.-w Of what the school census shows for Chicago, this is clearly too law , rnber, However, in onlcr to be mere thun safe, we will take this sum. Put the
vote returr. 1 In Illinois in is, aceorainn
purpose of doinir vv hat the nejrroeswho , t.. latest t'.Kvires. ts i'17.: greater than It ' 1 ...... ,'.. iu ufta.r T. I Ii tr nn e-
1 . I . - 1 ' 1 1 s, a, i. i ......... -w
live ahyng the batture call waanlng their clot hen. t)ne by one they drop down out of the sky at the meetiup-plnce. each new arrival taking uji a position, and keeping it in deeomen and dejected eileaee, I'hcv usually seiei t a spot at which there is a partially sunken log, and after a barge number are naeemMad, one of the Cumpnny will march gravely out on the half-subinerge.l log. while the others sit motionless in their places. When the bather reaches the water, it is funny to watch him. As his feet touch it he raises himself on tiptoe, and steps gingerly, shuddering at the cold contact; but he wades bravely in. and a he goes deejier and deeper his feathers rise on end. ami he looks a picture of comic distrese. He means business, however, and keejis resolutely on, until he in completely subnieiged except his head. Then he waahes himself, precisely aa a .'in k does. Hnpping his w ings, rubbing and milling himself, and dancing up nnd down in the water until bis feathers arc thoroughly eatuiated. ihiaac-i-ompiiahed, be inarches andly out a raoeh more distressful object than ever, ahahea himself like a dog. and "hnngs himself up to dry" bv sju.ading his great wings In the sunlight and ttand tf like I st.itue for perhaps nil hour.
w ill pnah and atruggti together let I be j a bile his brethren each go through 1 be
; mm perfonw nice, one oy one. unui
t n whole company are standing with out- t'te d ringt in the hot sun. This singular spivfaele is a familiar one ha the hnnatanftha black rt4tnra, and. next to his great utility in rmov ing noxious aabetanees from the earth, is the itraaagnal iu,;.ment lean find to
revommead bin ba 'he aotveuji
' eat place. When hut grr presse
be a 111 descend into the backyard and nnlh ..bout in his dejected, clumsy wny, t.k Bttag with th." chickens for whatOVi scraps may be thrown out. When ba drops down from on high am c " these chickens, there ia a Mighty flutter and consternation; but tli. v loan learn to treat him with the
co..'..inytuoaa indifference to which b , hind, (.olden Davi
i j
ceaatve allowaace for increase or population and admitting an Incraam af -, there are still l".r3 votes left w hlch do not MCM to betone t0 Illinois. If they do helenit here, then Illinois increased her population CtMLlU In four yeare. "Vou practically admit that this Is preBOetarana, but you attempt to eiplaln this HtsrtltnK phenomenon by clalmlna that ow'nir to the excitement In the last r-im-Mbrn r.anv men voted who had falb 1 to v,te at prior elections. In other WOfda, that In UK there were over ir,T, 22.! legal votrs In this state who did not vote that year, bet who did vote In 1M This would make an average of JV2 mal for every precinct In the state The Voter ot 1M02. "I.ct us examine this point a moment: For a number of years prior to ISS each great political party durlnu a campaign Hanta Bet only ore, hut two o-three polling beta, Ktvlna the name and address of every male inhabitant over 21 years of age In tn rv precinct In the state, and kIvIiik full Information In regard to him. In this way Vary man was looked after caret ully hy ana OT the other of the political parties. nd sometimes hy both. This was especially the aso. In K'2 at the presidential election, nhee aotb s-arties were reaaaaabi well' supplied with money with which to hm men to look after these tnaturs. Bo
Iborougtl was this work that In many pre-
"Corruption and vulgar pomp go together, and the I irbartt dlaplay to take place March 4 will I.e .'itung tlnale to this vvhett business. "I know y'r M.-Klnley will be seattd. and so gr.-at Is the sutlering of our people anal so strom; the cry for relief that 1 not only hope that his admin let ration w ill be a SUC- , s. hut 1 most fervently hope t hat lie may 1... aide to d. liver the good times nnd the PTOeperlty that were promised. No matter how 1 might otherwise feel ahout It, w baa a r. at nation is In distress and crying for relief no political Jealousy can be tolerated for a moment. On the other hand, U our Institutions are to endure, then s'.eps must be taken to make It impossible to i pea: the work of last fall. If corruption and crime can control the elections of .America, then the flag has been robbed af Its Rlory, the doom of the toller Is sealed and the future generations will simply be bv.rn Into sorrow."
MeKiuley's cabinet may be truthfully christened "The Millionaire Cabinet." Qary, of Murylund, who baa bten selected for ost master -general, is president of the llaltimore Consolidated Cas company and a millionaire bnakcrj John Sherman, secretary of state, ia a millionaire politician; Lyre an J. uage, secretary of the treaaury, is a millionaire banker; Husaell G. Alger, secretary of war. ia e millionaire lumber king: Tama James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, la the poorest man thus far selected and he is well o- to n millionaire, if his fortune ia not counted with seven figures; Judge .McKcnna, seeretnry of interior, ia a California reputed millionaire. And so it goes. The plutocrats are In the saddle. Illinois State Ileglster. Our fanners sold over $r.00.or)0.000
CtflCta over the state evet y tegs a o e , ft pf fh(ljr prfM,r. n,.on(1 (,uri nst Taking the state as a whole It Is ' ' .. , m vtber them were, oa an aver- I tea, and the repnWIcen party aowproaae, Ave hHjal voter ha a perofacl who did ! pqnee in the name of the fanner to be-
aoi v..1" "A-v there are nearly 3.) preen eta In the state this would make less than l.'.OiO x , .... ar.d in arly all of tie se Wer ' ases In irhf the voter vyas either : v or aeeeaMrj ,p en I fr fi home And v, u must ba ir' In mmd thai Hie number ..f si. k or ,. . .jiy absent would be realer in p ., thin tn Ik cause the population Ü assume I to hav e been greater. "A car. ful consideration of all the facts Paves It doubtful whether there were, In the whole state. :.,' I' Kal voters w ho w re aet stek and not ne, essarlly absent, wno In sinte of all the solicitation of their ne(ghl ts ami frfenda rofuaed to vote m ts-c, and d, i v tie to is.; " ajata ehe Poll fet irth. In explaining taUJM ItTtttl votes the
commercial wanare on the people who pnrehaaed that produce. It is proposed to shut the foreigners out of our markets in the name of the farmer -with the inevitable result of reducing the snles of American produce abroad. -SiotiN City Tribune. Problem: If a republican eon rvcs appropriate $ 1 .HäO.'JOOyOM tinder tgg Wilson tariff bill, how much will be appropriated under the projMvued tnriff bill, which ia to tux the people $100.000,000 harder? Wheeling Rcg-iater.
The Ohio republieana call the Znnceville meet ing a "love feast." The emblem of love in Ohio is a knife up the Blecve. St. Louis He public. As far as can be ascertained at
the piunill juncture, tlic now tarifT roheme nio.t favored by ioi:gircs8 us con
structed on the old-fashioned, crazy-
quilt pattern. Chicago llecord (Ind.).
In 1B96 wo imjKvrted more rawwool by $2O,343,S04 than in 1S91. And we exportcil more manufacture! wool
by $705.274 in 1.S9C than in 1004. That'a how the Wilson law blighted, the woolen
industry ln this city. Utiea Observer
Thone who are in n position to get
in on the ground floor of republican protection are now eagerly looking for
ward to the 15th of March, when an extra aeasion of congress will begin to
rip up and tear up along tariff lines
rroaneritv must take a back seat for
the present. Binghamtoa OK Y.)
licader.
In addition to a cabinet position the lumber truat ia to be rewarded for
Ita "campaign contribution" with
heavy duty on nil the mnteriala that
are used in building the housea of farm
era and artisans. To an old-faahioned
moral iat this seems a strange sort of
compensation for tho wasted foreata
the denuded headwaters, the corrupted
legislatures and the Impudent purchasi of public righta by bribery. N. a World.
One Mr. Mamua Ilanna hns bpen
confiding to the benighted public just
what aort of a new tarifT we are to have.
Now will thia Mr. Hanno confide to that public what district he represents In the house of representatives, or what
sbite he represents in the United States
Ornate? There ia a vague sort of im
pression that congress makes our tariff
b.wa. Wbonelre ITanrra, nnyhow .
Louisville Courier-Jourrol. Tho beauty of p.t.ieetive tariffs ta being strikingly shown just now. when the price of American steel rails Is five to aix dollars n ton below the English minimum nnd yet we have n duty of $7. SO n ton to protect our infant industry from the terrible foreigner. In a few weeks the foteigae will be complaining thnt w. nie taklag his own markets from him. but UUUgreal will continue the duty for the benefit of the trust when it reorganizes to mulct the borne conaumera. Kansas City Time.
GENEROSITY THAT PAYS.
The Deal Hetween McKinley aster
Algee, Wh . the history of the McKinley
campaign ia written one of the moaab
interesting chapters will contain tna story of how Alger obtained the ofleK
of a place in the cabinet.
No one familiar witn the career or Michigan's great political plunger wear
satisfied with the explanation that hat
w na asked to take a seat in the cabmen
in order to reconeilo Foraker to IJan-
na's ambition to go to the senate. Tha i-tory lacked the essential ingredient of an Alger deal; there was no boodle lac the bargain. Far more convincing than the Hann explanation ia tho information senb from Chicago that Alge.-'s name occupies a conspicuous place in the list ot the wealthy and generous friends of thn president-elect who lifted hlra out oC live financial bog into which he wem plunged by the Foster failure. It ia af fair presumption, also, that Alger" name ia in the contribution book of the liunna syndicate. Gratitude la a good thing, but ia no Maj. McKinley's gratitude for Gen. Alger'a generosity too much of a good! thing? A glance at the lumber eeheduln of the Dingley tarifT bill shows tbnfb the lumber interests, in which the Alge fortune was made, arc favored w ithrioln plums, Gratitude alops over when thev generous contributor is rew nrded with) both political honors and the gift of nj great deal more money than he peieV out. Generosity paya usurious interest when the bread cost on the political waters returns in the form of pie ana) cake. Maj. McKinley ia said to have all the men who dropped eomething into hia contribution box alntwl for good thing. Ilia gratitude is creditable, but we muab protest against his manner of showing; it. If he pays all of them as he propoaea to pay Gen. Alger, the American peopln will be bankrupt in honor and pocket, St. Louis K ublic. We look forward to a time, and that not many yean in the future, when tne people, restored to political sanity bv stern necessity, will place the real democratic party in power, und thua, under the operations of a tariff which will yield Ufficieut revenue to pay thn
expenses of the government, nnd an expr.ndim, volume of currency, the country w,ii be restored to proaperity, nadl the republkj to its former glory and I ower.--Atlanta Con rtJtUtloa. Good times hove i t yet coma back. The republican p-my is doing, its best to defer their coming by entering Upon a general revision of tba tariff, the most upsett Inc :ind biilneeedeetroylriff occupation In Inch it could hnve engaged. The. fnl! election will
give the people an opportun Mf Judgment upou th's policy.-N.
Y.