Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 42, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 March 1900 — Page 7
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didn't. I don't sec why you would want to i - an f ' m ' it in Um' victOIM way If 1 tibi! .aid it. A u mutter of lud. it was id hell Jd mi, uini you .- ' d f.vvfil., .i i.il ill; I ' 'I vv i ll hill, if you took ii u u i r.-oiial insult I dou't o
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ff-.-.y bard to lauen along. pusbta' :o"m awsrl "Ti it its car.'t ke p a-gotn' wrong." go outaldera ivy. That' all right im them that's fixed so Jiit hy can iml.e, pu: it rre' somcthlrg ipolls auch tonga v.r little wbilt! gnaae the skies may clear ft bit, As tlxy did btfore; .; - VU tot k.v.' ovtr yit, ; . h 1! try some mon . ihftt, ma? What'n that you I ay? ,.i my porketbeok? , r. It s:f . - Mooray! ( on an coin' look! lo'gn rbetUBfttte. by nosh! I ain't lame ftt fbtto I eowt tili, let 'er gc :ox la mighty sstgUl fttl you what, when thtnga are dark. A . you Rot to do. j, to -itt.piy to.- th mark. t . pli Mu-! a s cftft'l be dark, you know you can : vr t.r.I ' :t ::..i:.' . t in for a f r: Ii J t . Kl tr. In Chicago Timc-Hra'.d.
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HER PINCHED V By Kcr.noM F. Harris.
I W AS a liiili.y nice little a.uii.. . ." :ail Mi". (irifb . a In- aim
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Mrs. lirigwbj' hasteneii iroin in- m-ii' o(thlftte r-elry. -Bgjrtlatayiftall i, ;., r piixl. Mrs. ilaki ll i an flefta)t tntiTtaiiiiT." 1 lianlly think that Vlepanf is tinui l ;.. um." oIim tvc1 Mrs. liripsbv. I miims- 1 ouirht tohnvesaiil that slu-'s a gracious hostess or Mimvthing of tliat kind." sail Mr. I .rit;.ly. "I ilim t M llat' the matter with Vle-l-aiif myself, tad 1 know when I urn bciii entertained. " "It is not my idea of entertainment Iftfeayvt the claret nineh made so st r(Nag tliat it affect jK-ople a.s it did Mrs. Drake." "Affect: What are you talking about'.' She wasn't affected. Just be-iau-c aaM has a naturally lively marrar." I hat's her natural manner, is it.'
. I!. 1 suppose you otii,'lit to know. V-.ii Ntgaj to notice her a pood deal. I'd i.. sorry if it was my natural manner, though, ewn if it ilo- please yo'i ao ry much." "I uuin't say it plensed me." It wasn't necessary, but then I J' t.'t know that we need talk about it r. If oit weren't pleased with her 1 ii can 'disguise your feelings prcttj eil. ' " If jo'i could manage to disgnjiae your a little MMN in aw Idle I think you would be even more populur than you re." "Thank you! I haven't any particular -irr to hae a lot of men erow.lh I i.ri.iiiid me all the time. 1 am conU B1 to h ave that sort of opularity to Mr. Drake. I'd like to hear what you t M hae to say if 1 carried M in the wmy -1. dues. 1 suppose her husband Ukea it." "I nrver heard l.nt he ibjeeted toil. ! ins t tl ink that she lias not yet fcrf. it. 1 ad claim to his rcscct and affe. 'ion. r.y the way. 1 never knew you ' p i a worse game of whist than jo.i d.d I . night." " I a pec ted you would say something of that kind. Hit's your idea that hj tavirtg tliat you defend your own shortcomings, it's very foolish of you. HJ d.ar." "I no tie.- that lately you never call at n i dear' until you begin to get luad."
I gel niftdl Well. I'd be luatifled if
I w. re. . man who would play th king as second player when the four l-d. and he hail the seven and nine
hi his hand besides, has s great right to
l . about bad play." "I WSJ (Oiaaj on the theory that shr
,v- - . ailing for the king with th- ace
fttid iueen behind. I couldn't tell that
J a didn't have nnvthinc but the
net1
So, I wasn't signaling in the shame-
' ss way she was." "Who was signaling?"
irs. Drake was signaling. J -up-f'ose you think it's a harmless nnd If
r". ' ii mark of an engaglnir nnd
Vivacious dispositioa torheat at whist
1 r BftJP part, I don't see where th itliful part of it comes in. but then I ! .I'.ti'l got a beautiful quickness o' ! " pUtM myself." "Did I say any t hing to you about her bsvlsg a bosstiful qwiolmoss of percept .on? "Didn't you?" Vow know perfectly w 1 thst 1
WmM JQV. dldn' rsiSB t'uin about right then." "I wish you woidd try not to hi coarse in your SJM rtlstoSI gOHll swearing at me next." "1 wouldn't wonder if I did my.A:, fur .. Mis. Drake cla at ii r'
signaling is conceruefl. you nre very much KÜStskeU. 'that's ull there is about that, If taN w as any t hing of that sort going on 1 think 1 should have notii-ed it." "1 didn't know y mi were Wiiti biiig her mi constantly as all that. Derhapa if you had paid a little less attention to her and a Uttlt more to the game we might have müde a better show ing." "I didn't tramp your trick, at all evcnls." "No. that was just the one tbiiigthat n didn't do. 1 think that's a urcut th al to boust of for I loan v bo prides himself 'ii big whist playing, as you
do. 1 us.d to think that yon liked to play with me for a partner. Init I don't UppOSt i.ny thing short of Mrs. Drake would satisfy you now. " "Mary, why in in the name of everything unreasonable and MMCISM are you liarpiii" on M rs. Dra kc in t h is vvnv? What has the woman ever done
to you. l'l like to know?" "Don't yon like to talk about berf I thought perhapt yon would." "I daa t like to bear anybody tsiked about in that way." "Very well; I'll try and do better. I think bJm is just charming. Bo qnlet and refined in her manner and so v itty. 1 think it is perfectly lovely to hestr I woman use slang in the way she does - and so few of us have the accomplish mi nt. And she's SO goKl-looking. loo! Such a eqmat. freekled eonplexlafi and a little rosel ud of n mouth. I think if I wa- atllieted with a mouth like her I would try not to osD so much attention o it. and if I ever saw bleached hair in my life tl i.t woman bleaches. N on needn't till me!" "1 didn't int ml to tell you. ( an't you think of anything else? Isaf MM nf her ears a in i -tit . and couldn't y ou
notice a east in licreye? I think you might have 0OM 10 if y ou had looked a little closer." "I siij pose you mean to he sarcastic, if an nasgd 1 hi you that M:s. Drake htulaii;. imiierD ctii.ns 1 don't suppose y ou would believe It." " n au'-i I would probably havesomething better to do than to go t rapes', mr
& around knocking a little woman who
never did him any harm. J here s one ihing about Mi s. Dr:w I will say. now voti brhaf the subject up. 1 ncv.r heard l:er say a wonl against any other woman r make sneering retnarks." "People who live in glass he. us. s "I see. Then when we see a 1: ly pram-intr als.u slit. gin g stones in ev e ry direction we are to take that as an indisputable evidince thitt she resides in an impregnable fortress of granite, with wire getting; era the windows. 1 thought Mrs. Drake seemed very pleasant to viti, and " '' rtainiy she was. She was most kind and gracious. I was quite ov er-
I The Currency Question.
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THE KOVIY TRUST.
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lowered. I haven't felt eo honored by
the notice of anyone for a long time.
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.IIUIU 1..MIH IIM.III ,,..11111 ,11111 in, W - ... . , , , organization among tbcinsolve1 er lotiia few ham , 1 iici.-ria I ro-
nie ii ts do likewise. A republic fuatcra !
the diflsttsion of both wealth and power among tag muny and is the orgui.i.ed foe of monopoly. An empire distribute:, tln honors, advantages and perquisite of officiftl tav tUin uiuong tin- law who stand near tin throne. Trusts seek to install Um ir friends and advocates in official
position and to close tiu avenues of l dt g net1 im ill g gains) all except their
knov.ii apologists. To all intents and
purposes an empire is a gov ernmrntavl Urust, sad a kindred titiuncial system glad all empires have inch i the nm t cflicient instniniaat in Da erpiijiBU -it of ty ranny. The philosophy of republics is expressed in the ntaalaa: "Kqual righM to ull, apeeigl privili-g-s to none." If our rofHlblie i to live it must have a money system not Copied from mpirta, but equal to the broad and KaorOUl cliaract r of its fundamental laws. Trusts concentrate into a few hands net alone the profits, of industry und trade, but si t icw s of war and political power fall Into their keeping sequent to heartless commercial cutujuest. It is the natural connection of consequent to
antecedent. . Having excluded the many from profitable employment they lad it sn easy task to advance and wrench political power from the excluded classes. In their origin and throughout their development trusts, jrreat and small. arc essentially lmperislistie. Their fruit, however, alluring and tempting, ripens only in the deadly shade of de-puti in. They ar.- simply intolerable in a country whose settled policy in that of freedom A republic whose industries arc dominated by trusts is already stricken with a fatal malady a deadly paralyeia and oaa only be r. cued by united and heroic action. Win re the leading industries are dominated by trusts Iba government n.ay
bo republican in form, but it Will be found to be monarch iftl in spirit and in administration. The trust, in Ds
last gnalysis and best definition, is dmpljl omanlged eriininal nggre.-tioii In business. Con oienee and Hie folden rule, these cUvtae restraints which shotdd qualify and tamper all human transactions, are eSaVclsdcs from its businaeseode. lim tow la fates, it holds no parley with its victims. It looks to a large military establishment and not to the affection and support of the people for safety. D deniand tarnt the plnadered classes shall be held in subjection. The trust is full brother to militarism. The twain are of one blood and both are black with the guilt of gain. Kach in its sphere destroys human life and lays desolate human habitations. The skull and
haul down its flag and come under one inanagi iiiciit with .ut struggle. It was not battle, but booly they wanted. Tbev sherisbed orderly surrender and deplored organized resistance above all things They had regular
each
flotilla its prescribed territory or sea
limits which were not t- be encroached npoa b other pirates, only a limited number of vessels were per
mitted to engage in the business and dividends were declared and booty distributed at the terminal ion of each cruise. Kings, courtiers and crown counselors often connived at these blood) v .turcs. Highly pious pooats frequently furnished tlx- means to equip piratical craft and shared in the division of spoils. Dut while they furnished the money to cipiip they always left the ugly work to professional cutthroats. Like many trust magnates of to-day they kept their eoascienea at home as unimpaired capital for use in benevolent and educai long ciiterpriHut let us examine briefly the outline of the great central money trusts which is just now in process of finnl development in congress. It is at thia time tugging at its tether, anxious to spring upon its victims. It would be
doing violence to philology to call it an octopus, as it lias more than eight teataeleg or legs. ICyrlapod would be a better classification. The niyriapod is described in oology as a many jointed, nocturnal, carni voroiis. and very active animal, with powerful biting jaws und a pair of feet for each segment of the body. The similitude seems perfect. I feel sure that both philologist and zoologist will readily agree that myrtapod is the correct grouping for this huge parent trust. Upon Which Itg myriad of tentacles, extending into every depart nictit of trade, mast depend for nourishment
and vitality. Myriapod seems right, and myriapod it shall be. The four controlling powers of government under our constitution arc: 1. The power to declare to war. 2. The iMwer to lay and collect taxes.
n. The power to regulate commerce niaWMlf the states and vi;h foreign nations. 4. The power to coin (issue) money and regulate the value thereof and of foreign coins. Can we not see that the power which controls the money output of a nation lias in its hands the controlling attribute of so ci eignty. and holds the whole body of the Jieople gad all lines of business nt its mercy? Then is no more pitiable spectacle in this world than a highly Organised
i state of society ri; ing in torment for
want of an independent system of finance. Once you aUow the banks to assume and ex.-rci-e litis sovereign
1 function of determining the money j supply, you have assisted them to
drive from the Held mcir ouiy possible competitor the government
1 and vnii have placed in their nanus
M'KINLEY BOSS RIDDEN. Tle I'rraldrnl IIb Morlglfrd Ilia Cftaaiera for o Second 'Itrui lu Ihr CuiublDf. Secretary Kick, right bower to the mighty jfttrf. has sent to the chairman ol the I'cxaa repi blicun state committee a hint that 'it is deemed advisable that, so far as practicable, g.laaytlnna to the coming national
convention ahoold be comoosed of j
those not hol. -.ig federal appointments." The hictigo Times-Herald is lb are npo n an tad la remark: Th.-re will bf SS I geeM for a repetition of th.- monumental lolly of ivc Tlunm- ( st ;it Muuicni lis w.i- a struvtle lietvv. eu the federal oftire holders und the deter
mined followers of a man who had been ft eoDiilar Idol for "0 years. No one denies
that the saminwiraues i imi-
rlson was alii- and patriouc, uuu in
omman le.l t In- onU.lenee ami naniir mon
Of the people. By common SCBnOWISSg-
irent of nil fair-minded peo te lie wac entitled to another term. It was -infortun ate, therefore, thuthi relations wl'b his r re
nrv i.f Kt lt H Hill i lave ljleeo.ll.ll.il .
riiitKie ti'.ill main- u niuuu
nlly of the
oliiee holders at Minneapolis necessary 10
eure 1:1 renom I na oon.
I i, il- fur t he i.resenee nnd the strenuous
labora of office holders In the M 'nneapolls I tn(. .nierican constitution
coarsnttsa may bare eenmnutto towers the defeat of Mr Harrison nt the polls Is a quSStton upon which there vvil. always te wide diversity of opinion amoi? Sett tlclans. Dut ujkui the question of te advisability of fteotdiagj a renetltttes af the
llv of 92 th. re can ie no uiiutiih ui
opinion amour i-mcoik m i -uuo. ...... It was not I'residcnt Harrison's re Intions with Mr. lllaine, but his lack of relations with the political bosses In various states, that precipitated the struggle in the convention of ItM, The opposition seized upon Dlainc's
WHAT GOVERNS? Hrpu Jlulloo of br 4 on 1 1 1 u I g ibr Ulrtatluat or tbr i rasas. Congressman Met all. of Mussachn setls, si ruck the keynote of the Dort Kicuu twriif bill ilo.ii .m when he Hani i ti eo n i the other da " i he question g not 'does the constitution govern Porte MOO? bat 'does it govern
us. an congress, which is mr creatine of the soaatitatloa, do those things which the constitution prohibit sV The mrrican Bggplg nnist not blind themselves to this simple ami siiiiticant truth. It may seem a mutter of Knie eoasoqaaaee whether or not the t arilT riyndioates arc allowed to tax the Porto Rieans as tliey see lit. The Porto Ricaag will sutler and the tariff trusts will profit and there, acme might say, the matter ends. Why bother about it? Dut before this tax can bS inqiosed, before t SO protit of t he tat i fT t rust and the tribute-pay ing of the I'orto Ku ans begiaa an American congress must de
clare ita authority superior to that of
It inn-t do
a thing vv hieb the const it tit ion di- I inetlv prohibits. Having thus violated the constitution, its act of violence must receive the official approval of the president of the Halted States who wiU approve it despite the fact that in his m -aue to congress he took a stand against it. This repudiation of the eoustitutioM at t l. e did at ion of t be tariff trusts w ill be ominnts indeed to the future of this country. What has been compelled
LITTLE WILLIE DOESN'T DARE TO STOP.
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cross-hones, or eroiicinng I'""' )h, v,.rv citadel of sovereign power
sboti i be Ida. in. d as a trade-mars'
across the door of the council chamber whetU trust magnates and beneticiarii I meet tO p!t the plunder of mankind. "He takes my house who takes the pro that doth sustain my house. He takes my Ufa who takes the menus whereby 1 live." The Kast India oonipnny was the first great chartered monopoly known among Knglish speaking people. It wns organized solely for the criminal i-v Tiloi t :: t ions of the defenseless iii-
i Tor we all know there can be no war
without the purse; no adequate collection of taxes without a nimble circulation of money; no commerce worthy the name without an neVrq circulating medium to facilitate it. It is the purpose of the legislation now Deeding in congress to exalt the money trust to a position of supreme power, to dlgplaee constitutional authority nnd enthrone sclf-npM)inted money kings holding their positions for life and give them a carte blanche
to do as they please. All these grants
THE TRUSTS SHAKE YOUR FEET LIVELY NOW, BH.L
habitants of India. It has spaw ned 0 prm,.r ;i,e express and exclusive.
' PK'jI'LE win i.iVi.
trv to feel humble about it. und I tell
myself that after all I sm the son u woman that 1 was before she dist in-g-uished me. but I can't help feeling just a tiny hit elated. Just think: She spoke to me as much as four times in the evening."' "If you fcl that way about her I suppose there is hardly any use ask in? you to call on her. Drake is nn old friend of mine, and I would have liked to have it so that we could have theui here to dbjBCf before they go." "llefi.rc they go where'.'" "To Portland. Ore. They are goinjr to leave ( hicago in n limit three weeks. Dut then 1 knew better than toask you to do nnythlagakg toawusaaayoaiti once tak.-n a dfsHl to." "Ilow absurd you are! I haven't taken anv dislike to t he woran n. I w ould just ns lief call on her as not. No. I think she is a little flippant in her manner, but I might get to like her very much after I got acquainted with her. And. lb nry ." "Wen r "You mustn't think I meon everything I say because- my shoe- have been pinching me 'erribly all the evening- a ross the instep - they're really baa large lor me everywhere else. I've simpiy been In ngoniesl" "l'oor girl!1' ThJoUffO Daily Record.
Would lle rtern Better. The Imago Times-Herald thinks there are probalily a good many 1 Englishmen wh are wondering why "Dobs'" wasn't sent down to hob upon alt sides of the Doers in the beginning. Stesses from llrewe-rlea The brewers rf Johannesburg were the first to be conunnndeered fei noises fur the Uoar artillery.
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its voracious progeny over an cunstendom. Kdmund Tairke says the eoaapaay "was statte nhujalsad ns i nicrelu.nt." It gmdnally absorbed nnd exercised all attributes of sovereignty belonging to the Dritish empire. Although a mere oornoration, yet byact of parliament it was clothed with authority to levy war nnd conclude peace. fhir trusts exercise, similar power. They use the government as their policeman. From the days of UM Baal India coin pa: y to the Dirth of its Inst lineal doseeadait in New 1mm in this vi-iir of Our Lord, the
arowth of the abase trust family has been one unbroken evolution in crime. It is simply a highly developed species of amphibicua piracy made perfect by methodical select-on and stimadsted to a deteleponeal whloh enables It to act with like cflieiency upon sea or lat.rl. Plraey was regarded ns legitimate industry for centuries, jjst ns trust and trust depredations ore now regarded in the opinion of many. The pirate and the ptOBM tcr of trusts are related in blood and blood will tell. Their mission is the same Blander, The bloody rover Of the sea cleared from no port. He represented no state or i-ov oreign His sword and cutlass OOgltltOted his commission Finally all nations rose and drove these freebootere from the seas Thev were forced to do SO or Stirrender the common highway of no
tions to eut-throgta and the dominion of the bin- , Be - Hut Iho trust pirate of to-day c.irries letters of marque It Fued by states which are members of the federal union, and in some Instances by the federal government Itself w herevtf I htj aaiot thaw sre nlvvays managed by the conservntive classes of society" who constantly dote on "law nnd order " They de licht bo hare people sccepl without murmur "the lUtlog to which provi
dence has seelgned them.' It ever ao with their prototype".
nig so delighted the pirate ni to see the merchantman he was pursuing
wis Noth-
l hey are all found in section . article 1, of the constitution. Congjiesg has as much right to farm eat the war making power to gunsmiths and powder manufacturers as it has to farm out to batiks its power over the currency. In the case pf ordinary commercial
trusts OOS I ii sftt ions strangle and crush competition. Hut the money trust cannot reach its end in this way. The government, with all its plenary power over the whole question, etaodl squarely across its pathway. How to gel rid of this supreme ond omnipotent rioil in i he motiev industry is
, . I., ...... ... ... -- . . the great question which the associated banks ndW have in hand. In fact, with this Claas of men. it has been the uppermost question in this nation for more than DJO years since Thomas Jefferson crossed swords with Alexander Hamilton n; n this very question In the cabinet councils of President Washington. The contest has nlways been the banks against the mint, the corporations against the people, from thai day to this. The bank won the first round and leaped into the liehl nearly 12 monlhs ahead of the mint. But it lost caste under Presidents Jefferson, Madison and JacksOU, and there hns been a protracted struggle ever since. If they can. as now proposed, sfike down nil classes of money recognized in the constitution except gold, which is already within their control nnd will
there remain, held simply as a re
demption fund, and largely IB the shape of gold bars, ready for export to Europe, then they will have it clear field with all rivalry eliminated. This will create a vast artificial vacuum a ItW made vacuum, which the trusts will be authorize,, to (ill with its own product its Watered dollars when it mltg their Importal purpose. The money ttaal is law- made trust, nnd it is the foster parent .ind life giver to the whole brood of vampire that are now sucking the good, red blood of legitimate trade, (ien. J. B TVeav.
I er, In National Water -nan.
name, believing that it had power to charm the convention away from the
cold and unmagnetie Harrison Many of the leaders of that opposition were Dlainc's lifelong enemies, not his "followers." nnd some of his truest friends held aloof and protested sgainst the use of his name. President Harrison -to his infinite credit be it said had declined to become a mere registering clerk to record the will of the state bosses like Piatt, of New York, and Quay, of Pennsylvania. They tried to prevent his nomination, and. failing in that, in the opinion of many, sold him out at the polls. There is no chance of a repitition of (he conditions that prevailed in ls'.2. There is no need for a rally Of federal office holdere to save McKinley from a combine of managing politicians. He has given to every one of them more Ihaa his- pound of flesh. His hopedfor second term is mortgaged to 1 he eyes with pledges to the bosses. McKinley can well afford to nssinne a
virtue, thought he have It not. by keeping the federal office holders nt home. His 1 1 nomination, is bought and paid for. at the sacrifice of whatever backbone he once had. Albany Argus.
A Cewertly feitest As if t lie IS pet cent, nnd two years' limit in the Porto Rico tariff measure were not snmcicntly apologetic, the president came fttoog yeaterUUy with a recommendation to congress that the $2 .imo.OOn collected on importations from the island since the Spanish evacuation i- applied to the relief of the Porto Rieans by the 1'nited Stat. I N.-xt to the performance of a "plain duty." the p-.- ident seemed to 'hink the two millions would serve. The republican majority, stimulated by sharp home BMUBg gel Of disapproval of Wednesday's work, lost no time In joining Mr. McKinley in his eonscience fund. The Porto Thenns asked for a loaf; they get a stone. Instead of admitting this territory to its constitutionnl rights under the flag, nnd giving Its pappig the opportunity of working out their own industrial salvation through fair and rational trade privileges, thi president and his party In congress prefer to procra tinnte end temporize and patch up provisional laws. It Is a cruel and cowardly policy from first to Inst. Detroit Free Press. Mr. McKinley enn truthfully vy that It is no fault of his If the demo-r-nts 80 not clest the next president. Albn-iv Armis.
once may lie compelled again. A w rong done to one element of the American people furnishs a precedent for Wrongs to other elements of the same people. And the Cargantuaa greed of the tariff sy mlicates, sure of their grip on the American government ami people, is not likely to be satisfied with th Porto Bieea tribute as the full profit accruing from such passet. Does the American constitution or the trust system govern the American people these days? This is the question to be answered by the action of congress on the Porto Rice tariff bill. St. Louis Republic. POINTS AND OPINIONS.
. Whenevei in future President McKinley makes a recommendation he should carefully Specify whether it is to bt honored in t he breach or the observance. St. Louis Republic. The republicans are about to discover that there is about as much ftfflnity between expansion and "protccl ion" us t here is bet vv ecu water and oil.- Indianapolis News tlnd.). President McKinley started off ht the right direction, but, his backbone is weaker than gelatlae where opposit ion to the trtl 's is concerned, and helms
placed himself in a position of subserviency that is humiliating even to his friends. N. Y. Journal. When the republicans during the campaign this fall, in convent ions a id mi the stump, declare their support of the ndminist ration's policy w ill they mean the policy mapped out in the message concerning I'orto i.ico or the backdown from thai massage by the
president? Nashville American. I.eav tig out of eorsiderat ion all question as to the extent to which the constitution should prevail over American pos . ssions. Porto Rico is cut it led tobettertreatment than the imposition of n duty upon her products, under whatever hair-splitting theory it Is seaffhf to justify the net Uoston Globs. The president's message recommending the appropriation of MlfoV t.VVOs the amount of tariff duties collected under the Dingb v act on Imports from Potto Rico since October 1-, ,r,s mni of future duties on such imports to the expenses, of the Porto Kicnn government is in the nature of a public nek now 1 dgtnent of theenofmityof beekoningn helpless people Int' the Hatted States with one ban! nnd shutting the door against, them with the other. The president 's henrt seems to be all right; but he has lent hi heed to the trusts. Philadelphia Record.