Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 March 1901 — Page 3

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C. DO A NB. Publisher. JASPKR. t I I INDIANA. FROM DAY TO DAY. We don't get anything to cat at nur house uny more Thr' never any common JIh1i rumet through Um kitchen door; For ma ami all tlx- Irl la workln' Ilk till v w.is mac llllH'I 4 BlMl' "Painty IMshes" from tin- fashIon mug. nines They give u lab V thlH an" that, with name w can't pronounce, With pH a' htufr around then all. Just like a little loUBM A stalk or two o' splriage take the place ' "nic o' giitm" We're eathV "Dainty lilsbcs" frtim the fashion nuiRuzltici. The irroe'ry bill's a-hummtn'-now I tell yo it's a In; Wo got to buy tho dainty Muff an' things to cook It In. I'm blamed if I'll r;ln bcaa. soup nny "eonHimitna y do Ii. . m,- ' ' Hut It's In tlu "DfUoty DtatMkY in the fashion magazines I want a t. :ik I wan't It quick I'm hunry as a hos I want It with thick gravy-no newfangled kind o" sane; An' listen kr-rful an" you'll know fgSt what the ol' man nn-an I ward no "Painty Dishes" from the fashion magagtnei. Baltimore Amrii i n ! BILL'S LUCK. I Z A I Hi KATHLItiSfi BA IIS. 1 Tin: liacii yard "f eorner teneinenl oil I wetil v-siMli street was nlweya a surprise to then peaaersby Who ohailCOd to go that way OB tome unwonted errand, tod an unfailing pi wire to the whole population f tho neighborhood, a the center ol the small inclosure gras a large bed of flowers. petunias of vark'd line,, red and yellow marigoles and other blossoms of the hardy 'i', ill hemmed la by border of mingled sweet al.vsstiin and mignonette. Narrow paths, accurately defined by white shells, running on ach side of the Bower bed, separated the i esthetic part of the garden from the atrip of onions near the fem e on one side and of cabbages on the other. At the alley i ini of the ynrd stood so old stump of a tree to vtii'h hoards had been nailed in such n way a to cross each other at random; the whole framework WU covered by morning-glory vines, which reached out their tendrils to the fence behind the stump, and even graciously let siuiie off shoots drop over the garbage barrel out-id,-. .f the other end of the ynrd the pillars of the little loroh upon which the basement door opened were also twined with these luxuriant vines, and the two com fortable split-bottosBed rockers upon the porch, forced by eircumsti into a chatty proximity, were in the phade the greater part of the day. Aitoothcr it was a unique back jrsrd for this region Of the i t y . and its harms were made more evident by its being at least si feet below the level of the sidewalk, so that a loiterer could ban on the fence and look down sit the cheery scene without feeling that his act wag an Intrusive one. This yard, the ground floor of the tenement and the bit of grass in front, grass that was clipped 6SCÜ morning, formed the home of William Msibu. and a very happy home it WSS, in spite of tin- fact that half the men in the neighborhood had -aid feel i ugly . "POM Bill, pore Old ens-." when he and his mother und his small sister Dolly had united their fortunewith Maria Kennedy and her three sisters. "Six women folks is sonicthin' of a family." Hill had admitted, "but Lor', them girls will be mnrrv in' off in no time, and I reckon the two Miss Millers will pet along together. Anyhow, a man's potter pet married when the notion takes him, and what yer goin to do about it if he's pot folks and she's pot folks? Tnke 'cm all in, 1 say, and keep on a sain' to ycrsef and to everybody else 'tbc more the merrier.' " Durinp the ten years since his marriape he had faithfully kept tip his cheerful speech, and the old and the young Mrs. Miller had pot ten on fairly well together in Rpite of positive convictions cherished by eooh as to the running of a household, but the girls had not married off nt the rapid rate on which Bill had counted. There wsre still three Miss Kennedys, and even Polly, undeniable beauty that she hnd developed into, was still "on pore Bill's hands," as the same sympsthetlc friends often remarked. It w not for lack of suitors in her esse; aH the blame, if anyone had ever dreamed of blaming Dolly for anything, would have to be laid to her own capricious will; It was, however, a matter of pride rather than regret to the whole family when it was surmised that "our Doll's turned off another." As Bill had grown nccustomed to her light-hearted indifference to her lovers, It naturally surprised him one night when he had decided to go Into hlg own pretty back yard for a smoke, to have his sisters-in-law say hastily, in rapid succession, "better not. Bill." "Stay where you are, ltill," and "You ain't wanted out there, Bill." "Why not?" he asked. "Nobody out there hut that no-'count Tienery Bob- j bine. They can have the rockers I i don't want to set down; I'm jest gobs' out to snnter 'round s spell." Tho three looked at each other. Thg youngest, Adeline, who wns only j 30, pippled a little as she said, "Ye, ' it's only Henery, but you better do yore santerin' right here in the kitchen, Brother Billy."

"Stay In doors on a nipht like this Mat mnen," said Bill To hlaianif hs added, "Doll's like saongli t ri of Deaerj iy bow ami awbhs be and me can pet a few words on this here la.: caper of the mayor's. No use tryin to make the pirls understand it, hut Henery is a good talker, if he is so lav." Us started Bgahl for the yard, hilt during his moment's delay his wife and mother had joined iu the discussion. "He ain't worthy of her noticin him." the older woman suid, earnestly. "You gg) right atCBg out there, Bill. I don't know what's come over Doll t. take tSCh I shine to Henery, after all the pood offers she's had!" Bill looked at them t bought f all) ; to Dolly's bard heart was really touched .it last, ami by shiftless Henery Dobbun, if ail people In the world! "I reckon I jest as leave sinok.right here," he said, with his usual good nature. His sisters-in-law beamed at him. "I think Henery is a ripht pleasant young man," Jane ventured. Old and younp Mrs. Miller both turned on her. "You do, do yer?" said her si- er, "Weil, leein as yon are lech Judge" but she was interrupted by her motber-in-law, who said with ponder' oils sarcasm, "may 1 be allowed tO ask, .lane Kennedy, how many timeyou've been married, ma'am V" The Spinsters were subdued, and Bill, yielding io the force of familj opinion, joined the couple in Ute yard, but he tender-heartedly -pent a large part of the time over by the morning-glories near the alley fence. "I like the way them glories smell," he explained, politely, when be was invited to sit down on the porch. "Bill's a lamb." Dolly said to herself, tenderly, "and I wish them glories did have some smell to kill out the one from the alley for him." Henery'i wooing progressed rapidly in the next few weeks. Dolly, amiable as Bill'- si-tcr must necessarily be. was, nevertheless, a younp woman of decided convictions, and when she announced to her family iu pleasant, but ti I III tone-, that her affairs were ber own affairs, sot even her mother rebelled openly. "It will jest mean Bill's havin' to look out for them," said Iiis mother. "Henerj won't work steady, and Bill will have to take 'em in." "Yes." greed Maria, "that's what it will come to. Bill's pot pood pay. but 1 don't see how he will stretch ir any further." Both women sighed at ihe prospect before them, hut avoided looking at each other as they did so; theirs were kindly natures in spite of the frequent Jarring, and while Maria WSJ SOXioUl that the old woman should not think she was heprudping Bill's care of his mother and sister, tin- mother was hoping Maria ilid not -u-pect that she felt her boy had a bard time supporting three sisters-in-law all these years. Bill himself said little to his family, except when he deemed it judicious to throw in a few remarks derogatory to Henery when the hitter's lack of thrift was an especial source of annoyance, or a little praise of him when Dolly seemed depressed in spirit. To one person, however, be cave a dear view of the real slate i( his mind, and this was .lim Kupples, who Worked iu the shop with him. He lived near the Millers, so Bill had the chance to Walk home with him each day, n privilepe he prized liiirh'v. for .lim was a man, although there were people, notably in his wife's family, wlio asserted that be was not much of a one. Bill himself had not a high opinion of .lim's mental abllit but he hail grown Attached to the gsunl young fellow, with bis mildly apologetic air. dim took n great interest in Dolly's love affair. "She ain't pettin' much in takin' Henery," lie said to Bill one nicht. The words had a familiar rinp to him; he had heard his wife's mother say something of the sort in another connection and it was pleasant to pass on tin- criticism, "No. she ain't," said Bill; "but look a here, Jim. I'll tell you how I feel 'bout it, if you'll hole yore tonpue 'bout my views. Doll likes him, so she'll be happy and the other pirls and ma like him well 'nouph if only lie want an unprosperin' kind. Now, it's SBC that that will come on, and I don't mine the takin' care of 'em so lonp ns they will be content to live ripht with us." "What yer want him there for? Ain't yer sorter crowded already?" asked dim. "Yes. sorter." said MB, He was a little ashamed of his own attitude, and continued with rather a hnnp-dop sir: "But you see, Jim, without runnin' down women folks any, it would be sorter pleasant seein' a man now and then. Why, I ain't enjoyed election day and the week before and after it for ten years the way I have this Inst one jest passed. To come home and have a feller there that knowed what was what has jest been prime, I can tell yer. Fact is, I don't mind tellin' yer. jest between you and me, that the extry bother of supportIn' Henery wouldn't be nothin' compared to the satisfaction of havin' another man In the fambly to chin with. I know he'a dreadful lazy, and would be out of a job a pood part of the time, but he's a good talker, and he ain't a woman. I'd re'ly like 1o hurry up the Weddln, If there's poin' to le one, fur my sake as well ns Doll's, but I can't tell me or any of the girls the reason why." "Why can't yer?" asked Jim. "Of course you couldn't well say to Dolly that you was willin' to put tip with his pood-for-nothin'ness fur the Rake of his toturue, hut I don't see why you can't say it to the rest of 'em, at least to JOTS wife." They were crossing 'he street and Bill paused iu the center, regardless

of the viporous swesrlng from th driver of u beer wnpon. "At least to my wife!M he ejaeu sited hcoriifully. When they had rcuclied the sidewalk in safety lie put his hand on his friend's arm. "Look a-here, man," he said, "ain't you been nn rricd most a year'.'" "Yep. but what's that pot to do with it?" "Oh, you plum fool! Well, I nint been merried ten years fur nothin. Do you s'pose I'd resk the bappim-s of our home by act in' as if 1 w ant satisfied with my womenfolk's talk? No, sir! I always ac t as if I liked mithin' better than bearin' the sort of truck they tell me didn't earo mithin' 'tall 'bout talkin' to a man -fact is, a man would j.-t 'bout turn my stomach! Say, does your wife act happv V" Jim hunp his head. "To tell the truth,'' he said, hwmbly "I ain't made much of an out at bein' a merried man. I ain't a drinkin' feller, as you know, but my wife's talkin some of geht' baoh to her own folks." "Shouldn't wonder," said Bill calmly. "Well, you ain't so mach to blame, fur you are younp and you didn't have) a fambly of I mother and a sister and marry another of sister- in-law to learn yon sense pretty quick. But you take my advice po home and as't yore wife 'bout how much that baby cried and if the stove has kept oil smokin' and if that wan't percal Mi! sf isenborg had on hurt Bundaj and if those new folks jest moved in don't act mighty oncer and you listen to all she answers yer, and you wont hear no more talk 'bout her goin bach to her folks. And say, don't y u try to tell ber h,w the elections went or what the boys "as savin' down to the shop, unless it was 'bout ante body she known. G'night, ami don't you for.-et that talk 'bout Henery was jest Ik 'ween you and me." They parted at the corner and Bill, whistling gsyly, vvci down the steps to his heery home. Maria opened th,1 door for bun, whispering ns she did It, "Henery is here again for supper." "You don't say," grumbled Bill, suppressing his pleasure, "Well, we do have hard luck." "We've jest pot to put up with it. SO don't sav woid. Bill; I'll he in. d if you do," Maria turned ipiiekly. her vexation vanishing under bis gym pat by. For some reason Henery'i usual fund of topics for conversation seemed exhausted this evening. He ate bis supper in a silence that seemed uncomfortable, and maile Dolly look at him time and again wooderlngly. When the meal was der be said bee itatingly that be would like to see Dolly In the front room for a moment, "(iot her a riny." surmised Adeline, "And wants her to -et the day, mabbe." chimed in Jane. Bill listened with a pca-ed smile. He sat down by the- kitchen StOVC and smoked, staking plana in peaceful con. tentment, but his dreams were loon interrupted by Dolly who came hastU ly into the kitchen, banging the door behind her. "Thank GoodnCSS," she said with vim, "I'm rid of him." "Bid of Henery '.'" gasped Bill. "Ain't yer poin' to lake him?" "That I ain't." said Dolly, her cheeks fiatninp and her eves flllinp with tears. " The BO'Couol Impudent feiler! ' "I thought you liked him." said Bill. "Well. I didn't. Oh. yes, I did sorter, Brother Bill." The pirl dropped down by him and too!, his hand with a sudden touch of tenderness, "I was -orter taken with him." sllS admitted, "but I knew all the time he was im count and that it WSS dreadful hard on von." "You ain't turnin' him off fur my sake'.'" a-ked Bill eaperly. "Oh, yOH ain't no i d to do thai. Doll, lb r , I'll run call him back. Why. 1 should like to have him come riecht in berg and live w it h us." "You are the un-ellishe-t man I ever saw," cried Dolly, "but it ain't for you I'm dotn' it. The sassy feller wanted to tell nie de didn't want m.' to set loo mach By his Mentions for he's pot another pirl! Said that to me, Bill, that's turned off half ihe men 'round here! There, don't be so mad: It was nil a mistake, anyhow, and it's jest pure luck for you that it'l turned out so. Say, will you tell thu rest I've sent htm off?" "f course 1 will." said Bill, sadly, When Dolly was retired be went at his task. The pirls were distressed hut his mother and wife conpratulated him warmly. 'It's a flue piece of luck for you, Bill." they said, "and you deserve it. Bill. You'd borne well the thouphf of havin' him to hmk out for. too." "Had I?" said Bill, n kly. He TM a modest man in his estimnte of Iii' own deserts and be added with a sigh, "Well, mebbe I did deserve this luck." "We've certainly pot a pood nOttgh sized family now," mused Maria. "Oh, yes," said Bill. "si women is quite a fambly. We couldn't have (jut long with a man, too p'raps." Warn Tongue ami Kar fall to Connect. Misunderstandinps of familiar forms of words, especially of religious formularies, are universal iu nurseries. How common such confusions ars even amonp adults of limited education is crha less realised. So says a clerical correspondent, who sends ug the following instances cominp under his own notice: "With all my worldly poods. I, thee, and thou," ia the popular renderinp of "I thee en dow." "My awful Wedded wife" supplies an instance of a dropped "I." as disastrous as any dropped "h." Ono villager's version and mental vision of of the angel Debriefs, sniutation, "Blessed it thou iiinonc-st women" wns found to be "Bles-ed art thou, g monk sinimniing!" Other perish loneit have been particularly devout 1 "Klessed John the Blacksmith" and to "Holy Michael, the Durkancjcl."--London (. h ronic 1.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Lss-t la Ike International Series for Marek SI. IOOI Joans Cr. IBrd and Hurled. (Prepared Uy U c. I., i ii n'og J TDK id sson TKXT. l.uke 3 M ) ffj. And the .. i!r h ..! tx holding. Ar.g the ruler SUM with Iks Hi osrldoS Hun, raying: He BSVtd otht-ra: let Him ssTS Hlltmeir, .t lit- be Ctirut. lb .lesen Of (Jvtl. il. Arid tho soldiers also mocked Hiss, coBiii.g to Him. gad ssTerlna Him vinmur, 17. And auylrig: Jt thou bs ÜM King ot the ji srs, save Myself, 31 AnJ a sup. r.-cripti'.n also was ritten ov r t in. In l.-tir ol (Jreeh, and 1. din, and h. : i. rnJa Is tee King of the j. . m And MM of I So n, factor wbitb wer bunged railed on Him. SgftngJ. H thou be Ckrlst, save Th)u and ua. ). Hut the other a' i g rl.ukd hlnk haying: Doat not thou fear tlod. aeeJll thou att In tl.e aame condemnation? 41. And we Indeed Ju-tly. for we receive the due reward of our derda. but tbla uuu bath done nothing atni. 4.'. And h' aid unto Jeaua: Lord. rena label mo when thou seenest into thy ktas esse. 4J And J.Mi .-aid iu. to aim: Verily 1 Savy Ufito thee: To-day halt thou bo wdtb ne iu target 44. And It ii about the sixth hour, and there waa a darkneaa ever all the earth uutll the ninth aeSU H. And the mn was darkened. Süd the veil oi the teasolt sreg real la tbs miuat. 4t And when Jesu hod cried with a loud voice. He raid: Kather. into thy hand 1 commend in) sptHt: ui.d having tid thu. He gave up the gh' -i 47. Now when the centurion law what wu uoi.c. ho glordbd Uod. saying: Certainly tills was a righttous man. 4s. At.o ull UM people that CSSat together to that sight, b holding the thing which were done, smote tlnir breast, and returned. 4. And all Hi acquaintance, ana tb women hat follow, d Htm irom Ualllet. tood afar ofT. Uholdtng tlua thing. 50. Ami. behold, tlu-re wa a man iiam-c .' --ob. a counselor; and he was a good Oian, and g Just: 51. (The same had not consented to tbs counsel and deed of them), lue waa of Arlmaih.ica. g city of the J BJSi whoulao hims.lt walttd for the kingdom of Uod. it. This man want unto i'ilale. and bejed the body of J..-U-W. And he took it cown, and wrapped it in linen, and laid It la a aenulcher that wai Sewn la stone, win nil. BSTtf mat. before was lali). CrOLDBN TKT- hrUl died for our aln according lo Hie Scriptures. 1 4 or. Uta. Ni i i;s AM) COMMENTS The culmination of the life work of Jesus earns an the cross, what a thing- it is to contemplate Jesu-, the Sn of God and Bat perfect SOsOng the son of men. tiding" the death of a mean, degraded criminal. I icero, jvcakinK t,f death on Ihe cross, sav: "It was the most cruel and shameful of all punishments. Let it never come near the body of n Koman citizen; nay. not even near hi thoughts, or eyes, or ears." Too low few a Roman to even think upon, yet the greatest Benefactor of the race of man there found His end. No, not end. It was only the beginning. "For I. if I he lifted up, shall draw all men unto myself." The cross itself became transfigured by the death of Christ upon it. .Now it is as longer the instrument of a degrade' death, hut the emblem of service, ,.f i . tion i duty, of sublime self Saerll The priests, scribes and phsrigevl thought the? rera getting rid of Christ; instcsd, the gave Christ to the world. To get SB appreciative view of the events connected with the lesson, read the various accounts of the crucifixion ami burial, as follows: Ma M hew :T:SI-j6. Mark 16:21:47. Luke 23 -M. John tt:M-t A careful compilation from the four records gives the various events in the following order: Hie superscription pieced on the cross in Ore eh, Latin and Hebrew: "THIS is THE KING Of I HE JEW - M This was a subtle sarcasm, for I'ilate himself did not believe it. The Jews had not accepted Him ns kinir. In fact. He wns lx-ing crucified for elaitninc to be a king. It was not in mockery of Jefis' claim. For this I'ilate eared not at all. Bed it w-as a sort of public proclamation of Pilate's notion that a malefactor dying mi the eross was a fit claimant for the title of "King of the Jews." Naturally the Jews objected. They wanted the gnperseriptloS to he that He said: "I am King of the Jews." Put I'ilate left it as it eras The first word from ihe cros wss: "Father, forgive then; for thej know not what they do." The next event is the casting of lots by the soldiers for the garments of Jesus It Is now the Jews begin to mock Jesus, saying: "He saved othere, let Him ante Himself." The second word from th cross Is sjMiken to the penitent thief: "Today shad thou be with me in para dise." The third word is to Ills own mother, Mary: "Woman, behold thy son." This He ssid of John, the beloved disciple whom He saw standing near. And to John He added: "Ihhold they mother." At the height of Jesus suffering at lllldday darkness suddenly settled oeer ihe earth. It was at this time R uttered the cry of distress: "Mv Hod. my C!od. why hast Thou fornken me?" This was the fourth word from the cross. The fifth word uttered was: "1 thirst." The sixth word showed the now fast npprooching end: "It ) finished." The last words of Jesus on the cross were: "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." Terae nnd Teste. Kxertion earns .ce.iencf. Look out for the man who looks nt for himself. There is a great difference between g stiff will and a hard henrt. A truly t hristian life has greater power than all ( hristian literature. You will not make Heaven !cs vour home by making home heavenly. The sense of sin committed must come lie fore the assurance of tcis remitted. The only way to hnve the very present help is to have the eer present Hilper.- Haina Horn.

4 PROFLIGATE CONGRESS. etarfllMK Klgrsirea ttraroaoallnaj tke gsnssnanaajaSsM lnBrrllIstic I'rogreaa. Thanks to the rules of the United Ststea sengte, two much discussed appropristiun measures, the ship snbsi dy and the river and harbor bills, failed to become laws. In this case, reversing the old saying, sjieech (not sil:nce) was golden from the taxpayer's standpoint. Hut despite this relief, the volume of appropriations Is scandalously high, as will be seen from the following comparison: Flfty-slgth congress: Flrat session fno.lSO.sti Second seasioa 729.911.aa Total I1.44O0C.546 Flfty-ttfth congress, total 1,&S.21:7 Fifty-fourth congress, total 1.044.o20.m The Fifty-fifth congress appropristed large sums for the prosecution )t the war with Spain, so that, properly, any comparison must revert to the Fifty-fourth congress, the last congress making appropriations prior to that war. It thu appears that the Fifty-sixth congress has apjiropriated f :'.'.. 4s:yj,2 in excess of the total for the Fifty-fourth congress, although that body waa more than a "billion-dollar congress." And this enormous total of nearly a billion and a half has been reached, as Mr. Living-ton points out, in the face of the fact that there is no river and harbor hill and BO Nicaragua canal; that democratic districts have been persistently denied appropriations for new public buildintrs. ami that "the payment of ju-t claims of honest people against the government have not been provided for." Some of the Ignrea presented by Mr. I.iv in."-ton in his analysis of the increase of appropriations will startle eeen those reasonably familiar with present tendencies. He shows that the army, fur ach of the two years prior to the Spanish war, cost a little over $''3,00O.O(K. and bat little more than b'. ooo.ooo for the two yean covered by the Fifty-fourth congress, while for each of the two years since the war. IfgJ and IMS, it cost nearly $lir.,ooo.noo, or $23n,nx)O.0OO for the two years, exclusive of deficiencies that have been provided for in large sums out of appropriations made for expenses of the Spanish war during the Fifty-fifth congresa. The cost of the navy in 1V.i7-9S waa $6.1.5ß2.00O; for llfll-00 the naval appropriat ion is nearly $144.000.000. For the payment of pensions, more than 3. years after the close of the last great war. the appropriations show an increase of nearly $s.00O.0O0. These figures show that we are eatehin;: the step rapidly. Mr. McKinley nnd his advisers will soon outstrip the effete European monarchies in militaristic and imperialistic progress, for. as Mr. Livingston suggests. the half that is contemplated has not yet been put in operation." Albs ny Argus. THE EXECUTIVE POWER. Alarming OS'S) Wife f the Sella at II f r.er,de,l Iit the rise lets at,

One of the curious and startling developments of modern government is the rapid and almost incredible concentration of power in the hand, of the executive. The hard-fought battles and the strong opinions of a century are being practically forgotten in the new legis,. it ion which conirrcss is considering or granting. If the idea of givin? to the president of the United States the authority to legislate had been proposed to our forefathers there would have been tuet hing akin to riot, and the papers or the land would have lieen filled with dire prophecies of the fall of republican institutions. And yet that is exactly what is asked in a report to congress in regard to the Philippines, and what would be granted in a bill which Senator Spooner introduced, which delegates to the president the authority to legislate in the Philippines when, in his discretion, it shall bseoSM necessary. Our publicists have held for generations that congress has no authority to delegate the power of legislation to the president or any other branch of the government, but it seems to be certain that this will be done in spite of all precedents and all the Mess which mark our past history. Take another illustration: Culg'g new constitution, which has more or less leen formed under American auspices, ignores entirely the sovereignty of the states, which was for so many years a bitter question in the broader joliti-s of this country. Think of the contests that have leen fought over that issue, of th-- brilliant debates in the press and on the forum, of the marvelous amount of brain, energy and skilled thought that have been expended upon it pro and con! And yet to-day states' rights seems to be a dead as slavery itself. We have entered upon a n"w era; hnve cut loose from the old channels and are making boldly for the open sens. It is hard to say when see shall land, but certain it is thnt the ship of state is now trolntr fell ?pe;d tinder new navigation laws! Saturday I'vening Post. One of the really amaing state ments of Mr. McKinley's inaugural is that "the greater part of the inhabitants" of the Philippine islands "recognize American sovereignty ami wclcomc it." Emphasizing this astonishing assertion, Mr. McKinley speaks of "the loyal millions in the islands" and "the disloyal thousands " If the Filipino millions are "loyal"' and onljr a few thousands "disloyal." why ha Mr. McKinley need, l to keep I American soldiers in the islands for these two years past and why does he still keen them there. . Y World.

WHERE MONEY WAS USED. Tfc Meal Kruas of lrnratl Dew tmmt tm Ik Last l residential nnaoetssa. Col. J. K. Itickey, of Missouri, hss written the following Utter to Chair man Jones, declaring that the corrupt use of in MSey during the last campaign caused democratic defeat, and be proposes a plan to eliminate ita use iu campaigns: "H n J. K. Jones. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. "My Dear Sir: I see all kind of reasons being sulg-ned by the different wise men of the country tor the- defeat of the democratic party. Some ray It waa 'free silver, others ssy it was the attack on tho supreme court, and still others, that our populistlc assimilation was an objectionable thing. To my mind, there was but one reason money! "The wealth of this country was massed to be used against us. and It was useal against ua almost without limit. When the two great parties of this country are ao equally divided upon the economic and other questions before us, and one party haa millions at Its disposal, and In tko bands of unscrupulous and desperate leaders who sro without any conception ot government, except that of a means to sell-enrlt hmer.t and the other party la almost wholly without money and eschews and denounces the debauchery of the bsllot by the use of It; In other words, when this party faces the other only with light and Justice on Its aide such conditions make the result of the Ust election an Inevitable consequence. It Is absolutely useless for our party to engsge la another national struggle. In my opinion, unless the use of money, as it has been used In the last two campaigns, csn be eliminated. The one and the only question to be considered. In my mind, la how can this be accomplished? "In answer to this juestion there seems to b- one way and only one, vis: Where the democratic party has possession eC the state government, let bills be introduced in the legislature making It a penitentiary offense to contribute or receive one dollar for campaign purposes, the states passing auch laws also to offer a : irue r-w ir i tar n t at.d every conviction. When you have done this in democratic states, then let the democrats la states under republican control Introduce similar bills, and If the legislatures under republican rule refuse to pass them, the republicans will then stand committed to the unlawful use of money in the control of elections. They will then be com(.tiled to bear the overwhelming burden of an accusation that they are seeking to remove the cornerstone of free institutions. It may be said that some money Is absolutely essential to the machinery of elections. I deny emphatically that on dollsr In any campaign need be used In order to nnd out the will of the people. Money beyond what is provided by the stste becomes necessary only when tt. Is desired to manufacture a will of Use people.

"I propose further that this Issue bo made the sole Issue by the democrstlo party until it Is settled. It Is needles for me to say to you that this Is the loglcat ar.d only course. If wy conception ot tho situation be conceded as correct. The wealth of this country Is now io closely compacted and knit t igeth. r that It can move at a moment's notice; and. like a thoroughly trained army, ready for battle. In the face of It. no sentimental Issue, and no Issue however fundamental, such i linii.-rtallsm. or constitutional question, or even the Independence of the republic, will have any Influence or any show ot fair determination. These men propose to control everything and make all legislation an expression simply of their own will. Thy propose to control the volume and kind of m-iney. They propose to control the taxing power of the government. They want protection for their combinations and trusts, w i r I. the p. -pie. Evry four years they are willing to spend enough of the money taken from the people by these combinations to - arry the doubtful state and assure an election beyond question. They don't care whether the party used is republican or democrstlo. In fact, tht y would prefer to elect a demorat next campaign and to alternste from party to party from time to time, provided only that their policies sre duly subscribed. "I have talktd with many cf our leaders since the election, ar.d they fully agree with me with what I have said to you. There was more money used In this election than ever before. The country is bei ming accustomed to It. Many In tho so-called doubtful states are thriving on this new industry. I'nless it is stamped ut we will nev er enjoy another fslr election, and the party now In power will never be turnel out until revolution sure enough, bloody revolution, dots it. Yours most sincerely, "J. K RICKBT, Hoffman House. New York, Feb. 1 " OPINIONS AND POINTERS. We rememher when the promise of freedom to Cuba was claimed as a republican virtue, but, as events have shown, it seems to be another phase of republican perfidy, hypocrisy and shame : Tammany Times. The new publication that is to he started "to uphold the principles of the republican party" would confer a favor on the country by tirst stating just what are republican principles at the present time. Indiapapolis New s l Ind.). In supporting Mckinley, Senator Hoar probably had an idea that the senate could keep the president in line. Now the senator says that the relation of the chief executive toward ihe Philippines is "pure, simple, undiluted, unchecked despotism." Detroit Free Press. Imperialism comes high. The llritish army estimates for the ensuing year are H8.000,000. say $440,000,oon, ,f which $?J0,00O,00O comes under the head Off "war services." In other words, this sum is to carry on the war which was supposed to be finished when Lord Roberts came home from South Africa. - Philadelphia Timea. Militarism and imperialism haro had hundreds of millions poured out of the public treasury to strengthen and extend their establishment, vvhils the domestic concerns and interests of the ieople have received scarcely a dollar's worth of eld from that source. Such is the story written in the vast expenditure made by the last congress. Kansas s.ity Times. From the early years of the last century down beyond its middle protection for infant .ndti-t t ics was demanded, with the pledge Ol withdrawal when they nccninc large nnd strong enough to go alone. They have not yet resetted that point even, when, as in the eise of the .dlliondollar steel trust, they are seeking other world- besides the home market to conquer. Thej still need the protective tariff in their hti mess, IS SStraS. Hton Transcript