Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 July 1897 — Page 3

W EEKLY COURIER. 0, i vm PiMMtM JASPER : : INDIANA.

EARTHQUAKES THIS YEAR. Uli' Nil CM llHIll Oll II I Hcm, 1 1 t l Nif! Murin Hone. iii i ntwi I'liifM toon India thai n.iriy my bulldten ia Calcutta, baa bten injured by tin-rrcc it earthquake ln-re. 11 od that Ktill mtty damage Ii. is lieen done ill tfie village Of tlie interior. 'I'll i is lint lllieieete(; that i -. while we ilit not know of an earthquake in India, mill hail no special reason toexI t line, it wn rtain. from all precedents, that am would sooner or liiler heir of n serious earthquake somewhere. Schmie disturbances nlv.is oetVf at nearly the sninc time at widely di tVerent point of the earth. We of the United States are apparently less Slllijeet to them. When, therefore, an earthquake occurs here wr in.iy !. Quit ture of hearing in the next few days of a far more serious one in sonic of the great seismic centers of the world the (Jreeian archipelago. South America. India or Malaysia. While, therefore, no one 00O.M predict just where the had n w - would coiiie from, scientists have lor the past few weeks been expecting to hear of serious enrt Inpiakes somewhere. This will go on record as an earthquake yt'in not that there has been o far any serioim loss of life from these disturbance, but that they haw been exceptionally frequent and widely distributed. They have been severe, too, nut, fortunately, frei' from loss of life, more by accident, it would seem, than from any special cause, for there is no way of providing npninst loss und damage by these convulsions of the earth. So far in the last few weeks they hu e OfieUlTed in Canada. M ico. Italy. .Tnpnn. in the central part of the United Slates, and last of all. in India, and. it is believed, generally through' out Ihe I'.ast Indies. Our own earthquake, extending along the line of the Allegheniei, with its central point in out h western Virginia, was a more rious one than any we have had since the alttklng Bp and down of Charleston. There was n great deal of damage, done, but fortunately the worst shocks were in a wild, mountainous country, sparsely settled, where there were no large towns to suffer damage. .News from India is tili inciter, and It may prove when we pet the returns from the far-away districts, that the disaster has bOtfl even greater than at Calcutta, ami accompanied by some loss of life. At Calcutta walls were cracked and some of them fell. The ear t ho, uakc was nooompanied be thoae phenomena peculiar to them. It was. followed by an amazingly red and brilliant sunset. Raid by the seismohv q-its to 1m- due to Ihe dirt stirred up by the fall of houses, and by the disturbances of the gfOUad over a spare of many miles. The air w as tilled w itfa sewer pas and sulphurous fume, the former natural enough when it is considered that the drains were broken, and the sewers elogged and choked by the falling walls and building. Nor is there any reason to believe that the seismic disturbances are yet over, for they penerdly wind up in some severe shock before the earth rearrange! itself. Againet such dieturbanees, however, we are reasonably wife, for the I nited States sehhun sutTers more than a slipht seismic shake, and New Orleans and the country around scarcely feel it. N. O. Times- democrat,

MURING THE END. Tho TurifT Bdl Mmlo Ornat Stridsa Monday.

I.-.l Mix Confcrf lies oiionlM by i iririijr i'.in ,,i .-, Muri tfm Birel mum' Msealee la Mm Hanaai I'akKxl l.y a l.itr(f Vl.ijoriiy.

PEARLS AND PEARL SHELLS.

Tn-noiiri TmhI Arc In Wen (nun llnliiillnn 0HI mill Per In ii l.nlf. PUael shells are valuable, and tine spec i 1 1 1 ens are hard to obtain. They are found in the Trcamotee. (bnnbier and Trfhual groups of islands. The choicest come from Macassar, these .re the white-edged shells, worth 00 a ton. and from these the finest pearl buttniiH are manufactured. The most celebrated pearl Bauer lea lie near the eUUBl of Cey Ion. the Persian galt, and in the waters of .lava ami Sumatra. The Australian coast in the neighborhood of Shank's bay and nt Hoc bock hay furnishes some very targe shells, some of them weighing from two or three pounds each. The fisheries of Raja, Cull of California, arc wry rich, France font rolliup the penis procured there. The meat of the pearl oyster is readily bOOgfal by the! hinamen, who dry the leathery little bivalve or seal them up in cans and ahip them to their country men in Sail Francisco. The pearl shells readily sell upon the spot at from $M to live dollan per pound. Peart and tears have for BgCi been associated, and the mapic virtues of the jiearl w ere held in high esteem in pari times, a they are to day with the Last Indians. It is said that Queen Marparet Tudor, consort of Jamaa IN', of Scotland, pre vious to the battle of Floddcn Field, had many presentiments of the disastrous issue of that contlict, owinptou dream she had th rce uiphts in succesaion that jewrls and sparklinp coronets were suddenly lurned into pearls w Ii ich the superstition believed were a sipn of coming widow hood and of tears. Pearia are of various colore, and in India the red pearls were highly prim d by the Buddhiata, who need them in adorning their temples. Pearls are formed b. protael the hnlllah The) arc due to n secretion of shelly sub stiince around sonic Irrttatiog particle, and their composition is the same nt that of mot her of pearl. - ( apt II 1). Smith, it. st. Nichohij,.

PeeemtMNfa Carry He doesn't seem to have any friends now. Has he lost his money? Harry Oh, no; be hua 8toppd land lug it. liroolrdjn Life.

Washington, July 2ü. The tariff bill was pushed throuirh the confer

ence stapc yesterday after two hours' discussion before the full conference couimittce, aaaanarata and republican!, held in the senate finance committee room yesterday uioriiinp. At the tiutset the democratic conferees asked until tin morninp to go over the report, saving this course was preferable to poinp over it with the republicans, lotest this ipiestioii Mr. Vest (dem., Mo. j moved an adjournment, which was defeated by a strict party rote. The democratic conferees then offered amendments to the report, but were met with the statement that it would merely consume time to urge amendments, as they would be rejected. itepresentative Wheeler (dem., Ala.) offered amendments placing cot too bagging aud cottou ties on the free list; also a Substitute proposition for rebates on these articles. These and Other amendments were withdrawn, however, as there was no prospects of favorable action on them. Shortly before BOOB Mr. Dingley moved that the report be submitted to the two hou-.es. This prevailed by a party vote and the meetinp adjourned. There was little clash durinp the disenssiou, and the democratic members of the conferenc e contented themselves with a protest against the report aud the man not of ng rating to it. Actlou f Ihe lloue. Wasiiino i on, July 'JO. Yesterday the Boor of the house promoted an animated appearance lonp before the speaker rapped that body to order. Members stood about in proups and discussed, sometimes in excited tones, the result of the conference apreemcut on the tariff bill. The final eonfarenoa report on the general deficiency appropriation bill was adopted. Ibis out of fie way Mr. Dingle arose. Uoldiup aloft the report and a pre at mass of papers he said in calm tones: "Mr. SpeakeiV I desire to present the Conference report on the tariff bill." Sal vos of applause from the republican side prcetcd this announcement. An effort was made to secure an agreement for a vote. Mr. bailey said the minority desired three days, but, knowing they could n.it obtain them, would be satisfied with two. Mr. Dlegley refused to aprce to thia. saving: "Talk at this time is very expensive. IteOBta the treasury 9104,000 a day." "Not so expensive as the ten day s you spent in arranging r lie sugar schedule with tue Supar trust," retorted Mr. Kailcy.aund eouutcr-round of applause by his followers. Mr. Diupley, in reply, pointed out that never before in leplslative history had a tariff bill been in conference si brief a tunc. The McKinley bill ha I been iu conference two weeiis. "Ami our friends on the other side,'' said he, addressing the democrats, " er, ,n Con fere live six weeks without reaching ail aprectneu t. "The trouble in 1004," retorted Mr. Ilailey, "was that we were trying U run the democratic party with a lot of BMgWttmpa in command." (Loogbtej aud applause on the democratic side.) Mr. Diupley cull tin ued bis efforts lu fix a time fur a TOte, the republicaua duriup the diaceasioa erging "Vote, vote, vote." 'T auggeat em wad until Supar stock goes up a little higher," saiilMr. bailey, sarcastically. "it has poue up six dollars a share since the apreemcut w as reported." All efforts to reach a a apreemcut hnvinp failed, Mr. Diupley opened h,s apOOOh on the confereuce report, lie took up each sehe dule, explaining in detail the chanpes made end following closely the formal statement given out by the committee. Concerning the supar schedule Mr. Diupley read from the official statement, addinp brief comments. y the Uevv arranpciuent about 8J. 0(10, 000 inrease of revenue would le realized, as the increase bad been placed on raw Biipar at the po nt where revenue Would be received und at the same time the beet supar industry will receive substantial benefit. Wheti Mr. Diupl ;y referred to the elimination of the siainp tax. Mr. Todd (dem., Mich. I asked him if he then "Von fesscti ' that they had uhandoned the idea of taxiup the stock gambler of Wall street." "Not at all," replied Mr. Dinpley. "We discovered that the aales on Wall Street could not Iks followed. No n cont is kept. The machinery of collection would be tOU complex." Mr. Cooper (rep., Wia. ) wanted an explanation of the net result of the change in the sugar schedule. Mr. Dinpley explained it along tho lines of the statement submitted by the c m ferees. The differential to the reliner. he said, was exact);- the same as t he house bill. This started a volley of questions about the sugar schedule. Mr. Johnson (rep., Ind.) wanted to know if the i u rcase iu the rat.-, on re

fined sugar would uot increase the

profits of the trust on the anticipatory

Importations of raw sugars. Mr. Dinpley explained the impossibility of preventing thes.- profits. Mr. Dinpley after a calculation affirmed that the refiner of sugar under the present Wilson law, had a differential of Mhj cents per 100 pounds as against IShJ cents in the pending bill aa agreed to by the conferees.

As to the question of re venue to be ru.se.l Ley th b,l Mr. Dudley pointed

nut the ditbcully resulting from the large anticipatory importations. The bih next year, lie calculated, would raise fj.-j.") oou.inio, 075,000.000 more than

! the present law. Over Stu.UOO.OOO had

Been lost in thia year'a rerenuea by the laanmrtamomi of wool and supar uu ! other thiiips, the duty on which was raised iu the bill so that he calculated that the bill this year would raiao Ols.M oo.ouo. Mr. Diupley d. -ftljUPed that there was uu doubt that the revenue produced by the hill would not only be umple to meet the expenditures of the government, hut allow- a republican udmiiiistration to Itcgiu apain to pay off the principal of the public debt which bud been increased by the laU-administration. In conclusion Mr. ll.npley received round after round of applause from his republican collcapucs by predicting as a result of the enactment of this bill a ris. of prices aud a restoration of prosperity. Mr. Wheeler idem., Ala.) opened the debate for the democrats, critiei.iug the bill as the most vicious ami burdensome ever imposed on the American jH-ople. In particular he discussed the serious effect of the measure on the laborinp aud agricultural classes. Mr. Winder referred to the advance iu Sugar atock in the New York market yesterday and said this was tlie clearest evidence of the benefits conferred ou the Supar trust. J.Mr. Sw anson (dem., Va.). a member of the ways ami means committee to whom Mr. Wheeler yielded a portion of his time, devoted Iiis tune to assailIttg the sugar schedule agreed upon by the conferees. He asserted that the proposed schedule gave augar double the protection rcccivel uuder the present law. It had beta loudly proclaimcd, Mr f,vanson said, that the BOUaa conferees had wou a brilliant victory over the senate on sugar, aud he bud seen in the morning paper pictures of the apeaker of the house- with the upar trust crushed aud bleeding under his feet. "We might be mistaken here," continued Mr. Swaaaoati "We mipht not be able to figure out this couipl ieattd schedule, hut there arc those who make no mistake. They are the holders of the trust's stock. They know the effect of the intricacies 0f this schedule. When this bill was reported to congress Sugar stock was worth Slos a share. To-day it is worth 8144. The stock has pone up "' a share since it ltc auie evident that this house und this conpress intended to give this gratuity to the trust." Democratic apph' use. And since the newspaper pictures have appeared protraviiig the seaker with his heel on the throat of the trust, the stock has pone up 011a share. Ke-ue-.ved democratic applause. One more such victory over the trust as this, pentlcineu, und the stock will go uptogJOO. Laughter. Mr. La my (rep., Ia. tasked Mr. Swansou whether the trust hail not made great profits in 104 by enticipjtory importations, just as the trust i rohably would make prent profits now. Their profits were estimated a' 81.1.000000. Might not tins account for the increased value of the stoc'i? be asked. If the trtml wer.- to make 015.000,000 nut of anticipatory importation ,. Mr. Swanson replied, it was not entitled to a differential. "We can uot prevent nntieipstory importations." said Mr. fa TD J "You could do what Secretary tinge rv niuends." replied Mr. Swnnson. "You could place an internal rctenue tax on this BUget which has been imported. If you want to strike a blow at the trust why dou't you follow the advice of your secretary of the treasury?" Mr. Swanson and Mr. North WU (rep., O.; then had a brief Controversy over the sudden boom iu the price of Supar stocks, in which the latter contended that Supar stock had gone up in sympathy with the whole market. One of the great demonstrations al the debates eoearred when Mr. I. annum idem., Tex.) who followed, paid a tribute B0 William I. Dryan. The democrats cheered for several minutes and many of tiie spectators joined in the demonstration. Mr. Hall (dem.. Tex.), who secured a few minutes' time, declared that it was not BUdeaaoeratls t advocate the raising of revenue by duties ou wool, sugar, lumber, etc . but he deiioune. , democrats who sought protection for the industries of their sect i. ms. The discussion continued throughout the afternoon and a mig night session, the vote ou the hill, which was taken at l.':15 a. m., resultinp: Yeas. Is.,, nays, IK

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EXODUS FROM JUNEAU. Kvrrr Ablr-Iloillnl Sinn Lenvliig for the w bj mateee Poht Tovv.NsKM), Wash., July . The excursion steamer QbMMB has arrived from Alaska with 170 paasengcra, principally tourists. The officers of the QUOea state that the merchants aud tradesmen in both Juneau and Sitka are closing their stores ami shops ami basteninp to t be new HI lo.-ado. Fifty businessmen left Juneau for Dawson City on July 1 and 150 would leave on the Utty two days after the (Jueen sailed. The office re say that hjf the time the (Jueen returns to .luneau on her return trip, nine days heuce. there will uot w an able Inxlied man left iu town. Many men are leaving Juneau for the pold fields without provision! or means to buy them. The ateamer Al Ki sailed for Alaska at midniplit. she carries 40 horses and 1,000 aheep for Uvea, wham they w ill belauded ami driven ucross the suiumit to the Yukon valley. Mock men say the sheep are the finest baud ever coilceVed olT eastern Washington raupen. They will be taken to I MUM City and Klond yke and slaughtered. Any kind of fresh meat there sei Is al .jU cents per p. und. A party of senate employes, inehid ing Senator Koraker's son. will gi W Alaaka wbeu cougreaa adjourn.

Intern fldiiii I l.eaoon for tt l,l7 I'm ii la Minlalr) In I r I i I k teea lUrt-l t. lArr.viiBfU from I'eloubet's Not-.J Q0tfGM i'l XT. Other fooeOaliea esn in man lay Ulna that U la: i whlcli U J u jurist. 1 Cor. I ML tiii: am TlON laeinaei Act i rorlnthlana, TIM I-.. A ytar ur.J six months, be 2 In -nii.it A. L. aii'i extendlaa n ar or itite K EXPLAMATORT. 1. i'aul's Miaalon Field at CorintB V. 1. After a stay of I lew weeks at Athens, fan departed, and. journey ing wwtward about mllta, eamatnCaes tut li, the city of bmtiness men, us Athen wa the seal of baruinp. Cofinth ana the objective point of uil this journey of i'uul's. BamMBM of Its iituat ion as u si rategie center of operations for the apread of the GoapeL Ik'muee its ruried opulution gave tiunatial freedom of thought and action. IL i'aul's Method of Work. Va. 1-4. First. naMaat Unohtruadira Wajr. l. "And came to( oiinth:" They entered a town as quic'ly und as unnoticed a.. Bay two Itmngi m may walk iiito one uf our towns any morning. Their first am was to get a lodging. And then they had to eaek ir employ ment, for tht arorked al tleir trade wherever they went. Nothing could be more imiiii aphiisa Second. He Had Made Friends of Liood l'eople Tln re. "And found a certain Jew:" lie ulvvays worked llrst among the Jews. "Aipiilla l'riscilla:" l'riseilla was a woman ef marked ability, being not only mentioned aa haring the hospitality of the family, but ahm in the theological instruction of AjkjIIos. Third. Pan Supported Himself byDaily Labor. 3. "The same craft," or trade. Kvery Jew was required by rabbinical laws to teach his son a trade, that he might be independent of the varying circumstances of their changing life, and it w a.s especially necessary for the learned (lass, the seniles und rabbis, because they had no state pay or annuity. 4. "Aud be reasoned:" Showed from the Scriptures aud from facts that Jema was the Messiah and the (iospel true. He showed the reasonableness of their becoming Christians. The (iospel always appeals to reason ami good sense. f ourth. All this was done while he was w eak ami si k und dejected in spirit. See 1 Corinthians 2:3, w here "weak Iiess" relets to bodily sickness. Hi tough experience at I'hilippi, his small BBeoana at Athens, his f.n-inp driven from plan- to place, his loneliness without his accustomed helpers, the intense worhlliness of Corinth and the slow Baumen there at first, and the bitterness of the laws upainst him, all tended to depress and weaken him. I II. llcinforcetuetits from Macedonia. Vs. a. First. He joined by His Friends and llclcrs. 5. "Silas und Timothy were conic from Macedonia:" They had lieen left at I5erea, when Haul was compelled to leave ( Acts 1 7 : 13-15. 1 Timothy had been sent to Thcssaloniea (I Tins. 3:0), and from Phi 1 ippians 4:1.", we judge that he had visited I'hilippi also. Second, fiood News from the Churches w here he had labored. Timothy "bronirht us plad tidinps of your faith and love." and their "lonpinp to see us." So thut he "was comforted over vim in all our distress and affliction, through your faith." The Philip plana aim sent him aid (Phil. 0:10)f which proved their love and piety. The result was that "I'aul was pressed iu the spirit : " The better reading is civen iu the II. V., wae constrained by the word. The same word is used in H orinthinnsS: I t: "The love of Chrlal coenrUaineth eat holds completely, impels, urges on. IV. A Change of Work. Vs. f.-S. 6. "And when they opposed themselves:" The word implies very stronp opposition, ns of a force drawn up in bat t le array. The intensity and success of I'aul's lalsirs kindled an intensity of opposition. '"Shock his raiment:" Hiakinp off the dust as a testimony .V'aioM th. m i Matt. 1 ' : 1 t . A sit'ii that he w.-.s relieved of all responsibility for their failure to be saved, and iio share iu their character und conduct. Your blood, in the senile of death and destruction, be BBUBJ your own heads. This is not n threat, but a v ami up, a new effort to stop them in their mad career. "Henceforth," so long as he remained in Corinth, "1 will go unto the Gentiles." -. Imi I'aul had gained something from the Jews, for "Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue," became a Christine. "And many of thetorinthians hearing believed:" That is. m..ny of the idolatrous inhabitants of Corinth, in distinction to the Jews and proselytes before alluded to. "Ami werp baptied:" Here, as everywhere, those who became) Christians publicly jirofemed their faith in the appointed way. '-Then spake the Lord to Faul In the night by a vision:" A form most probably appeared to the apostle when he heard the voice, bidding him be of good courage. "He not afraid: " For fears were around him, not only for himself, but for the cause. 10. "For I nm with thee:" Therefore, "no man shnll set on thee to hurt thee:" Faul could not bo harmed till hla work was done. SV a great man once said: "I am immortal till my work is finished." A large and intluentin! i hund was formed iu Corinth. PRACTICAL Ft "'IGEBTIOIv'B. I'aul by his tent-making was preaching n practical sermon day by day. business was a means by ertlich they came in contact with BUM und were thus nnhied to preach the UoapuL it was the conducting wire between the electric plant and the Blactrlc llgfag. Paul showed that niPti could serve God in honewf daily lufoor. The high motive inspired and transfigured the toil. Business is n school In which men are learning Mod's lessons of truth, honesty, fidelity, patience, or Satan' lessone of dishonesty, deceit, selfish neaa.

SUNCOINQ THE PEOPLE. Th Slippery Methods ef MeKlnl-y ii U Hann. The McKinley organs are at their old tricks again. Tbey are trying to fool the people into the belief that McKinley baa a well-matured policy for revolutionizing the currency ayetem and bringing order out of the linancial chaos for which their party is alone responsible. Thk time it ia a commission into hose huuds McKinley will place the task of "revising the currency." A few weeks ago he acut a "commission" to Europe to eound European governments on the question of international bimetallism. This is the policy to which his party is committed, in a half-hearted way. by its St. Lou its platform. That ame instrument also hinda the party to maintain the single gold standard until Europe consents for ua to go back to the financial system under which the United States grew rich and powerful snd threatened soon to lead the procession of nations. The congresa of the United States lone has the power and authority to revise or in any way amend the nations currency system. This power nd authority McKinley would take from congress and invest in n commission of his own choosing. The purpose Is two-fold. First, the McKinley plan la to obscure the currency Issue in a fog of personal obligation in which he would not be directly involved, and, second, to save himself from the embarrassing situation in which he issure to be placed by the next congress, that w ill be democratic and that will send to him, or to the senate, a bill for the remonetization of silver. There Is excellent ground for the suspicion, however, that the president's purpose Is not as broad os either of these plans suggests. Behind his proposal to lay before congress, now just on the point of adjourning, a plan for the betterment of the country's fiscal system is n desire to help his friend Ilanna. The boss of the republican party has a tremendous fight on his hands. He is running for election to the senate on a platform reaffirming tb principles enunciated nt St. Louis and commending the administration of President McKinley. The Ohio voters are asking Hanna not only about that epmruised prosperity, but aNo what McKinley is going to do for bimetallism. Six months of his administration have lipped fcv. No boom has made its appearance and the president has been

llent the tomb on the currency quer-

tion. A "terse" message to congress now on that question, though it be clothed In terms whose ambiguitywon Id bring hope and solace to the weak minded of both sides, would give ITanna some campaign material. Thu he BBflff needs. The McKinley nrr are to help in this game. Already they

1 are Indulging in surmises ns to the strength of the message on the side of bimetallism. It is n pettv niece of poli

tics in keeping with McKinley's and Hanna.? methods. Itecause they fooled the country once with those methods they will try the game. again. St. Louis !!r public. REFORMING THE CURRENCY.

rnfnlfllled PromlKcn of Pri-nlitrnt MeK InterThe presidential horn-tootcr who innounced several days ago that n currency reform plan was to spring inatanter from the head of .love la -.-plaining now why the spring has i o; been made. The president, it seems, docs not lack courage, he is going to ahow this abundantly some time or other, but he doubts. "The whole problem of the present moment is one at expediency, looking to the future." To enforce the doctrine of expediency there are protesta from tho republicans in congresa, one-half of whom are opposed to the issuance of a currency message. It appears, moreover, that "the problem of the present moment" is "looking to the future" with such an intent gaze that the st rain on the eye is terrific. It discemO that something ia to he done, but is inclined to think that it will be nothing startling. Next winter the administration bill will be presented, but, saith the footer: "Mr. McKinley may not be radical enough on this question to please the extremists, and tho administration bill will not be a radical or violent measure, nut It will ho souftd anJ adequate, and will have the better chance for success If It la framed on conservative lines," Translated out of the language of cant and hypocrisy, nil this sccma to mean that Ohl Hcsolutc, the abundant ly courageous, is pursuing the same palicy now that he pursued before his nomination. It will be remenilicred that he was a silver man when silver was dominant. He was a follower of IHand and an advocate of the Sherman law. Durinp the delwiteover the repeal of that law he attacks! Fresident Clrvelnnd, the pre-eminent champion of repeal, because he wns an enemy of the white metal, nnd because the .- bite metal was supposed to be pood politics. Later still, w ben the Ohio convention met in tho spring of ls'.u;, Mr McKinley continued to speculate on the political vnlue of silver. The convention adapted the worst currency plank of the year, an ambiguous fiddl -f, oldie that was intended to "catch 'em a-coming and a-going." Hut severe pressure from the cast prevented a compromise at St. Ixiuis. (iold was in the ascendant and Old Keeolttta became a gold man. Since Cm election there has been a reaction, and the president respomls, quick us mercury, to the new ntn pherie conditions. Ha la thinl ing of the elections next fell and the year aftvr. He withhold hla message now because) he ia sparring for time. Next winter he will do his level best to pre mote some sort of a compromise. He will not "please the extremists." Docs this mean that he will revert to the position of the Ohio platform? Does It mean ti nt tha republican party is to get beck to the plan of half-meaa-erea and vngue, promise under hin hnM lead arahip ? Chicago Journal.

DOUBLE-DEALING HANNA. A Caaspaie Msasgrr and Employ rr of Help. Senator Marcus Antonius Baal B, 1 Ohio, ia an altogether different ladt vidual from Marcua Antoniua Hunna, coal miner. As chairman of the r publican national committee thia Ilanna eondtteV ed tpnoeeafnllj a munptigu w hich resulted In hia creation as aenntor. In that aaaapaign at promised unlimited prosperity. It was to come immediately upon bis success in November. It was postponed conveniently until the inauguration of the successful candidate in March. And we have been aaurcd by Mr. Ilanna, who has attained the aenatorahip and has certainly secured prosperity for himself, that it la here with boh bands and every foot. But the coal miner Ilanna, meeting demands for an inc-cased wage from coal operatives, ai.tic .nices that nothing can be done toward the granting of the request at this time bacaUM buainess conditiona that is. general prosperity does not authorize the granting of the petition. Therefore, the Ilanna who waa the prophet of prosperity and its beneficiary ia not the Ilanna who ia digging coal from the bowela of the earth and refuses an increase of wupea to operatives. Under the existing tariff bituminous coal is protected by a duty of 40 cents a ton. Benator Ilanna, tha necromancer of Ohio, the great medicine of the country, the rainmaker who compels fructifying clouds In the bending heavens, has succeeded in increasing thut protective duty on bituminous coal from 40 centa per on to 07 centa a ton. The bill in which this increase of tariff tax has been made has passed both houses and ia now under consideration by committees of conference. They will speedily agree and the great tariff enactment, called by its friends a revenue producer, will go into operation. What will be its effect? We are told time and again by republican tariff makers that the tariff is levied in the interest of labor alone. It, is designed to dignify, enrich and ennoble American labor. If the labor cost was not a factor republicans tell us they erould not clamor for c protective tariff. Then the 27 cents a ton additional is not for icvenue. but is for wage, designed to save American labor that is, labor employed In America and admitted freely from F.uropean countries from the competition of pauper labor of .Nova Scotia, where alone the bituminous coal entering into com pet it ion with American-mined bituminous coal ia found. Why is it, then. that, the bill being practically perfected. American miners do not instantly reo ivc tie additional 27 cents per ton? Beeenat, according to Coal Miner Ilanna, business conditions are sueh as not to authorize it. An appeal ought to lie from Philip drunk to Philip

r. from the coal-mining 1'nnna to th necromancer Ilanna. from the capitalist who digs in the bowels of tha earth to the senatorial tnrilf maker. If a tariff is laid primarily for the benclit of labor why is not the 27 cents a ton placed immediately at the disposal of coal miners? We do not want an answer front Coal Miner Hanna; we do want an answer from Tariff Maker Ilanna. hicago Chronicle. OPINIONS AND POINTERS. Itnss Ilanna ia counting on placing several checks in the way of the democratic tidal w-ove in Ohio. St. Louis Republic. The laboring men would prefer that Mr. McKinley should give them hot buns instead of platitudes. At lanta Constitution. The fall of the great is mighty. Ilanna used to be the Warwick of the administration; nov. he ia the scapegoat. Chicago Journal. The McKinley bill was-passed to reduce revenue by so increasing the taxes aa to prohibit import trade. The existing deficit began with the McKinley bill, ami the Dingley bill as amended by the senate is six per cent, w orse. N. V. World. It is significant that while the wages of miners have gone steadily downward for the past 15 years the cost of COB to the consumer is ns high or higher than it was then. W ho geta the difference in the cost of production? Toledo Wade. The hidebound partisan, the Iowa State Register, sayB "the senate hua done much to redeem itself." W hen one recalls w hat it haa done for trusts it would lie surprising if the honorable body of hns-tbeens were still in pawn. Chicago News (Ind.). While Secretary (Jage still insiats that prosperity is advancing nnd the parrot press over the country echoes the cry, manufacturers ere closing down or reducing wnges, ami the number of unemployed increases. Secretary dope may be n great seer, but BO has evidently been using a magnifying glass. Peoria Journal. - Si :i!or Ilanna has closed hia Pittsburgh mine because he doee not "wish to hurt the miners' cuiwc by operating it." The manager saya that although the mine bus been paying the men more than its eompet itora it waa not the company's intention "to thwart the miners." ilanna's mine recently cut the wapea of ita men from 6u to 64 cents. J I i si solicitude for the men comes a trifle late. hicago Chronicle. The whole tariff question haa now seemingly degenerated to n highhanded game of "grub" between various interest, each striving to get an much ns possible from the. other and each seeking to shift the reasonebla burden of taxation that belong to It, The chief purpose of the bill appear to have been lost sight of In thia scramble, and the question of filling tha deficiency gap baa really become ta secondary one. Boa ton Traveler.