Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 August 1901 — Page 3

Weeklü Courier.

IM IM'.. l'MltlUlifr. I : : INDIANA. JASPEK. : The Safety of Numbers. : 0 My (.weuilolan Overton. 4. MBS. DENNISON had begua l f by eheoatng tin- wrong man. In the resulting misery, Um fact of having j.i. niy of company gave her im consolation. Hm had i - t winj suitors, Ii because ahe was t ! only girl within a rntliiiH of .' miles, tad beshe wui a very hut ami ni tty but only Leslie and Dennis. u I t r Stood u Ciaantl. and I. 11 ..11 hail won out no one could lUitc ti ll why, Maffia herself h-aat all, probably. Leslie would buve n the bitter inateli, viewed linan- . illy, ami looka were in bis favor ri decidedly. liul Maggie -!iose Dennison with 11 ami wisdom of lier kind; ami 1 ting no particular religious prefereu uiie way or Mother, went with ) ,111 tu th nearest aili.be town and I herself marrieil by n pailre, um belli, easiest aad quickest way out it. Ami thereafter for three years liennlsoa bail treated her ebominably, ii. made aothlag whatever of heating I rj he overworked her; lie lrank. His conduct ana the aeaadal of the rroundiag country. Knowing hfag(fie'i progaaltora and her own disposition, the wonder to every one was .11 she did not shoot Dennison ami ive doaa with It. Staat nothing of 1 he kind happened, the only possible innelusioa was that she loved him Which shi- did. If he had neglected l.i she might perhaps have had 1. -iiiUrH to a six-shooter; but it is at 1 h iving some notiee taken of ymj f ! Knocked down, und Maggie freut ly win 1 he treatment told on her mod after a while, the BOW BSpccIalUS they were of the sort that are youth alone. The plains mid hard age age n womun early. So when ' ..L'ie was If she looked ten year older than that. Then Dennison left her. lie found Kntebody he liked better, fine day . ,1 he went over to the 1 ail road Iowa ?l miles away, and took her iway with him. Maffia hud in. no 1 1 whore he bad gone, else she lid probably have followed him. Instead she stayed on the raneh and nped and pined. She carried on the ri neb alone, it being one of thos,-;i-ranches having no especial irii s, in. sspecis Böhla r crops, ' only a scrawny tnilch cow or two I foW chickens. There were a couple of hundred head oi stock, eatlli that ronnied the country and were, all intents, wild, and some broncos ' much the same sort. Thee rend no care, so Maggie spent most hot days sitting on the sill of the k door of the adobe and staring toward the mountain! ami think- ' about Dennison. The Mexican woman who lived with squatted on the ground in the de in summer, in the sun in winter with n, black tapalo over her id, smoking cigarettes until the ird soil in the neif hborhood wna ..I with straw paper stump-. hn had 14 children. Maffie had 1 1 tie. There had been a baby, but it 'I whitew ashed board fence lipon the top of a knoll that was to ' seea from the back door marked 'her the grave had been before the t.v had torn it up. llcsides the Woman and the 14 children there were IWQ "greaser" vaqueros. whose duties Here not burdensome, who ate jerked l' f and frijoles, anil helped Maggie .nt f . ir Dennison to come back. liul though she sat day after day vith her fading eyes looking toward the m.. unfa ins beyond which was the railway and from which came the road, no Dennison npjeared. Other 1" "pie came by at long intervals. I n ice Leslie had ridden up. There 1 1 I been a year's space Viet ween the ' Nta. And at the second one Maggie Hi seemed no nearer consolation or mmoa sense than at the first. Then I had let IS months elapse. vVhea he came down the road this I aie he saw Maggie, from nfar off, - fing on the door sill with her chin II her hands, the Mexican woman I ugging a narrow strip of shade, for II "as near noon, nnd sonic chickens und children variously disposed. Ha -mounted with a clanking of spurs Bd led his broncho to the water ' 'ugh. Maggie rose without haste and went over to him. She might have seen ' in five minutes before from nny sign -uprise or pleasure she made - waa the apathy of the woman of frontier raneho, to whom life is her outlook upon the world dead, 11 'Hess and dry. She took him into 1,1 house when the pony was turned ' r to a vaipiero. Had he heard "ewe of Dennison, she wanted to ' now. Leslie looked serious so eriI ' - that she leaned forward with her 'How hands clasped hard. What was he asked. Dennison was dead, it " 'hat he had come to tell her. Ho lid jst returned from the other ''a of the Colorado, nnd had had 'We of her husband there, quite b I I , a nee. "Teil im.," said Maggie, "tell me the wltohj thing. I want to know." Walle told her, tipping hock in his WT "ith his hands clasped behind 1, IS tine head, nnd Iii lmek 1. innoil 1. e crossed with a swim. Well," he started, "it was this way, $0 see. Jie lit out with a woman a 1 "1 egfj from over Central way." "it nil City wn the railwny town.) Hi

Acut into California, uud they

eepinif o rest rmit at Meyert

no nr. lie gin iiml of h.i I,. ....1 1... ml too, He vuinoostd the raneho there and went down near 1.. 1 Angeles. He got into u tetap there Mai tl 1 h,r fellow was a better hot, I guess. Tkat'i all." "Who told you?" uBked Maggie. wo leiiowa that wma on the oner's jury.'' he answered her. "What ili. I he ftghl lorr "Woman." he told her, curt I v. was the other ni.in's wife." 11. I cor"Khe color iuggie t4e was so near th ai the alkali sand OUUldfl that it COttld not tum ,,.,1,.. ,M ,lt. ,,1 9m preasioa f which her eyas had ever heen capable was a dull So theje would have been no guessing how the aewseflaeted heraxoept thai l.er fingers strained until the joints of them were livid. "Where'i he planted?" she asked. He told her the nRine of the town. "If you'll marry nie nw, I'll take jou to see his frare." Maffia Ix'gun to cry then. liven when Dennison bad departed she had not shed u tear. So it was all the worse now. Teal held b.iek for four years from syea, heat-dried, com painfully, Leslie thought for a vhile that she was going to die. And that WOUjld lie his fault, it aeaurred to him that he had perhaps been abrupt. He bad never seen a woman cry, beel use women hail not cntcrri mm I, into his seh. me of things. For a while he Bkt and shifted on his chair and watched, ery Unhappy indeed. Then he rot up and went to her and put his hand 011 her boulder tentathely. She pushed it of and he felt that be had been unwise again. So he walked to the door and Stood there, his feet wide apart, corsid erinjf the glaring flat and looking hack at Maggie, over his shoulder, now and t hen. She cried for a pood half hour, and the whole experience frightened Lea lio So much that it was not until nearly SUnaet that he dared get up to the subject ngain. He meant to go at it tactfully this time, but it came St the end of a long, strained pause. "ay what about our getting joined in wedlock and all that anyway?" He held his bn at b for fear she would cry again. Bui .-In- took it quietly this time. '"I ain't sure he's dead," she answered. "I am," said Leslie. "Bui I'll go fetch the fellows that told me about it, nnd you can find"" out for yourself." He went out and saddled his nroiicno, ami neparretl ny the way he had come. "I'll 1h back." he said. lie had no idea where the fellows "ere to be found. They had been prospectors, and might be anywhere in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado or California by now. Hut though Iiis phrasing might bae been less polished, his sentiments were hsfentieel with those of ( alotine if it w ere but impossible, it Hould be done. If look him four months to do it. But a Vho end of that time he rod Up to the adobe again. There men With him, and tiny details that caused Magii were tWO w.nf into to be conInoed. AM right." she saM to Leslie that night, "I'll marry yon." it was not enthusiastic, hut Leslie made allowance?, and took what be could get. So, the in t morning 1 the ranen was left in charge of the two raoneroe, the Mexican woman, the II children and live mongrel doge. Aad Maggie and Leslie rode off, aide by side, with the two tn-ti bringing up tl'.e rear. The same padre who had made her Mr-. Dennison made her Mrs. Leslie now. anil gave her his hlfSSlng She took it stolidly. Then she nnd her husband tOOfe the the train for California, to see Denftlson'a grave. The head hoard to it had the surname in black letters on a plain board ground. Maggie did not like that, so I c site paid for a new one white, painted with the Chriettaa names as well. When it was duly put up, they I went on their way. The way wna toI ward the Mojave. Leslie had mining j interests tip there, and. being in the j genersl nelfhborhoed, be took the , opportunity of looking1 them up. At Mojave they left the train, hired ! a wagon and proceeded toward the I interior. AH day they drove along a road that wound between Softrolling hills, pale brown, shrubflecked. The sun scorched. Near the railway there were small cultivated bits, where green things grew. Cut they stopped after a while. By afternoon it was desolation. "Where'll we put up to-night?" Maggie asked the first time there had been a word in two hours or more. There wan a house ahead, he told her. He had Inquired as to that. It was Ml miles frOBB the railway more or less and il belonged to one Dennis it seemed. They came to it in due time, but Dennis himself was not around just then. His wife explained that he hod pone to drive in a heifer and her calf. She tisk charge of them herself, in the meanwhile. She was n pretty little thing;, tratrically young, considering the hardships and the loneliness of her life. Her eyes were innocent and big. and her countenance was of a sweetly-inspired cast, with 11 skin still of peaches and cream. She WSS glad to sec Maggie. Probably she would have been glad to see anyone, for the sake of human speech. However that was. she gave Maggie attentions of a kind she had nerer thought, of. And Maggie was feminine at heart, though she had had little enough chnri'e to realiir it. The gentle coddling of the little thing- melted her. Within half an hour she had learned to like her crhnps even more thsn that- to have lease affection for her. They were Band in hand, on the edge of a bunk, talki ig, w hen Denula came

in. Dennis was men ly Denni on a . aa. .

w 1 r n a last y iiaiilc t he U u and l he. -4 I lie more, Maggie knew him at one-. And as knew h. r Uta j fall. "This is my buabend " said the girt The tone of edoratloa aad pooeni sion made Maggie sick but only for a shoi t lastaat si,.- stood up sad put out her hand. Dennis hesitated; then he came forward ami took it. His terror waa making bin quake. uPleaeed to meet jroa Mr. Deaada," aid Maggie, with stress on the name, and looking him straight ,,, tlt. eyes. His own fell. "Sure!" he agreed, lamentably. He tried to amile. "I got to go to the corral," he said. Leslie wa there. Mnt'L'ie thought of that, and of what mifhl possibly follow. "My husbands out there Mr. Leslie's out there; you'll find him," she called. It was a warning -with intent to save bloodehed. II might take it or not, as he choose. He took it. Iii-tend of to the .ornil, he went to his room nnd locked himeell la ami examined his revolver, against an emergency. Hut Maggie went out to the stable She found her busband rubbing down the stock. "Say," she said, standing beside him with her unmix on her hips, "say he ain't Dennis at all. lle' Dennison, lie's my husband." It was Leslie's tum 'o have his jaw drop. "Did you know it?" she demanded. He faced her. "I did not, Mag. 1 wouldn't bare played gou saj such dirty trick." "All right," she said. She knew thi truth when she heard it. "It's dOSM and there ain't any seBUM making the girl pay for it. i.. t ,n he's Dennia as long as w e're here." Leslie nodded and went on with the rubbing dow n Maggie returned to the house. Mrs Dennis was getting supper in that ons of the three rooms of the shack which served for kitchen ami dining room. Meggle aeeertalaed that, then went around to the window- of the room where Dennis was, and tapped on it. He appeared at it, ready to Jump back, she motioned to him to open it. lie did so. "Hut up that gun," she sd vised; "nobody's going to hurt yon." He put it up, within j easy arms reach. "Now you listen, she said. "I thought vnu were dead. Two fellows told Leslie am) nie that you was. 1 waited for you to eOBM buck for four years, and you didn't come or send word. They said as how you got into a shooting scrape down south and was killed. So I mairicl Leslie and he took me to see your rave. We had a new board put on it, too." She haiied her arm on tin window sill and spoke at leisure. "Now," she said, "you Fee here. I got married on the suaigbt. There can't anybody bother me nor him Hut. it ain't that way with yoO. Vou didn't. You'll be in all kinds of a mesa if I want to talk. Hut I won't." He knew the value of her word se Well that an epressinn of relief came over his face. "I!ut I WOn't," she repeated, "sc long as you treat that little thing in there square. Khe's a lot too good for you, but she don't know it, pom little fool. Yon mighl have had the decency to take an older one, anyway. She she cares about you." Her voice caught, but sin? went on: "And you ain't going to break her heart if I can stop it. I'm on to jroa ami Leslie is. too. And we mean to keep on to you. We'll know what you are doinf, and you won't gel away from us again. We'll be on y out trail from now till your lust round up. So. if you want to keep out ol Jell, you make things easy for her -a darn sight easier than ou did f"i me. S.ibe?" She withtlwrew her arm from the sill. "That's all but don't you forget nny of it," she ooaaacled and walked away. The ereninf was not a pleasent one for any but Mrs. Dermis. It was not Maggie's fault, however. She helped get the supper, and made as much son emotion as she could. She smiled upon the Just ami the unjOOl alike. She heard Without the pliver of a lush the detailed story of Dennis courting his wife. Dennis heard It, too, and did tint enjoy it much more. She helped with the breakfast the next morning, too. and then, just before the wagon was ready, ?he had speech with Dennis sguin. Leslie wa with her this time. He lent a moral support, which very little would havs. sufficed to make physicsl, "Don't you forget what I told you, she advised, dispassionately. "Your wife -she's got my address and she's promised to let me know if ever she's in trouble r-f any kind. So you'd better not be the one to get Into It. And, as for you he." she jerked bet thumb at Leslie Over her shoulder "he'll keep a well-peeled eye on .11 for the rest of your natural life. And we'll make it interesting for von if yon don't talk Spanish. Sabe?" Dennis wir mined to gratitude. Hi Voice shook when he thank. 1 her, ami j so did his hand when he held it out. I She looked at it, and her lips curled. Jvery nearly hSUghtilv. Then sin lifted her eyes with one withering I glance, nnd turned on her heel. They drove off toward the lunrim I between the eternal, rolling hills ! Presently Leslie turned to her. "Do you care nbout that bad egg still?" lie asked. She did not reply. Uli face was not as red as it was usually "Do yon?" be asked again She shut her lips and looked hard at the white road ahead San 1'rnncisco Argonaut. Took Her nt Her Word. Mrs. Smith Hen't y on hear me ask you for a dollar? Mr. Smith I do. "Then why do J9M only give me fifty cents?" "lleeenea vou loM me yesterday to believe only half that I hear." Judge.

THF SUNDAY SCHOOL. Ltiiim In Ihr International SarSta for .tugsal 4. IIMM-iu.alikM and Lot.

IPrt uared by H. '. I.ei.lt.tos.l TUB 1. 1. .s. 1 N TEXT. lt-re'. 13 1-10 I 1. At 1 Abrum vsal up sul ot Kxypt, h. and his wife, and all that lie bad. und Lot with hin., Into the noutn. i Ai 1 He- 1 w i not ahlt to bear 1 1 11. that thai aught dwell tog. Uu i . fee their substance was great, ao that they coulii sol dwell tOftthef 7. Anil UMTS VM trlfe b'tween the herdBMa of Alr.ip' cattle at.i! I. rd m.-n of Lot 'I rattle and the Cauaai.lte and las FsrUttit.- Uwt then In th. l.ir.d k. Ai.il Al.r.irn iald unto Let, Let there be no at rir.'. 1 pray thee, between ma and the, and li. tw. i n mv In r.inieii ai.d thy herdMsn; for we t- brethren. . 1 BOt the whole land before thee? Sfc'jirat.- thynelf, 1 pray th-e, from me; If thou wilt take the left hand. lh-n I will 0 to the right; or If thou depart to lha right hinil. th.-n I will go t . ths 1' ft. 1. Anil Hot lifted up his syss. and beheld all the plain of Jordsn. that It wni well waWfil everywhere before the Lord isetreyed 8.dom and (Somorrah, iven a the garden of the Lord, like th land of. Egypt, a thou cmist uateSeer. 11. Then bot chS him an the plain of Jordan; and Lot Journeyed seat, xnd they separated them. 1 i the out: from the ot her. 12 Abram dwelled In th- lar.d of i'anaan. tnd Lot dereltod In the eitle of the plain, and pitched his lent toward Sodom. 13. Hut ths BMB of Bodom wer.- wicked and Inner before ihe Lord exceedingly. 14. And the Lord IS Id unto Abrain, aft. r that Lot was separated fr.m him. Lift up Dow thine eye, and look from the place wh re thou art northward, and outhw ai ii, and eastward, and westward: 15. For all the Und which thou erat, to thee will I (five It, and to thy seed forev. r 16. And I will mak- thy seed a the dust Of the earth; to that It a man car. number the dust of the arth, thtn shall thy a. ed also be 1 umb. r d 17. ArtSSi walk through the land In the length of It and In the breadth of It; for I w ill give It unto thee. 18. Then Abram removed hit tent, and came and dwelt In the plain of Mamre, which is In Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. SOUHSM TK XT. Whatsoever r would that men should do to ou. do even ao to them. Mai . 7ilSI. NOTKS AND ( OMMKNT8. In the chapter-. (GeaeslS 13 and 14) whichshould be read in connection w ith t be verses assigned for the present Itsson, we have an opportunity for a further study of the character of Abraham, which is made to appear the stronger by it s contrast tot hat of Lot. The character study of both men may well be perused in the ..n' r of the ariotis incidents relat -d: A Famllv Quarrel 13:M3 Tl..- I. arid Gives to Abraham 13:14-11 Lot Taken Prisoner 14.1-1: Abraham Kescuea His Ntpht-w 14.13 .1 A Family Quarrel. Speaking literal ly and by t he i. ok, thli eai il rlcl ly not a family quarrel, but might easily have. been but for the peat'i aloe disposition evinced by Abraham. It was really a 'quarrel between the sereeBti of lha two men. It was a esse if two much prosperity. Both senarere enesedlng- , ly prosperous. Ii!b had grc herds of cattle snd jrreat flocks of sheep. So great were these Bucha and herds that : there was not place for all to graze in the place selected. The shepherd.- and herdsmen came to words and blows ! M ith each other over securing the best ' pastures. With the retinue of servant Uj on t ach si.le (numbering in Abraham' case ai im a capable of bearing areas), ere can readily see hw serloue ; the quarTcl eould hsve shortly becoans, Abraham ;.('.' .;. i- t h. oeacetn-k- r. insuggested Lot that inasmuch ;ts there was not room in that place for, both, that they should Separate, one coing to ihe east the other to the west. The way Lot settled this question i. considering all the elfOUmstances, qui:.- indicative of the ehatna ter of the man. The plains on eiihrr Kide were rich and fertile Put to the west the land was still new and nn occupied.. To the east was S -dorn ("id other cit is. We remember that Abraham mm- srestward to get assay from the idotetrons city of t r of the Chsldses. Lot. choosing to pitch his tents nesr Sodom, inevitably suggests that he still had in h.-. hear Some of the old lore for worldly pleasures. Ths Land ;iven t. Abraham. On the westward side of the Jordan was ihe land of Canaan. Tt was here that Abraham's cattle arere to grase. And here Abraham had another of his visions of 'od, aad Ooil revealed to Abr-ham that his descendants were o oe as the dust for number. The hnihliiig of an altar to the Lord in the pla.n of Mamre is another of the many indications given of Abrshsm':. religious v 1 1 ore. Lot Taken Prisoner and His Rescue by Ahraham. -This Incident is a further Illustration of the noble character of Abraham. The kings of the plain of Jofdaa made war upi.n each Other. The kings of Sodom and ('..- BtOrrsh met defeat, aid in their precipitous flight fell into the slime pit thi it ities fell into the hands of the enemy, nnd Lot and his family and servants nnd all his possessions also were tnken. Abraham gathered together his men and went la pursuit. By a night attack he scattered the enemy and rescued all the goods that were taken and Lot. his nephew. When Abraham returned, he gave thanks to Qod for his victory, gave tithes to Melchiredek. the high priest, and returned not only the prisoners he had taken but also all the goods, snd this, in the light of the sneient customs of victorious leade.-. hows S character far in advance of .the then current standard. Spear Point. the force that mokes raoFai'h is fives. You cannot claim a monopoly of ths Consequences of y.uir sins. The di i. lend s of in eome back in the same coia as the investments. There can be a cheerful face only where there is a Faithful heart. Qod docs not count the cash put in so much as that kept, out of thecolleot.oti. The trouble with sonic people II that they are talking of Christian perfection before lh v have begun to praetiom ft Ram Liu in.

FORMER PLAIN DUTY. tr Three leara of 4ulhhlla; pablleaaa Make ...od Ihrir lloaat.

Republican partiaaa newspapers esn awgllow quite s dinner of crow ahaa they have to for the good of the psrty. They make a few wry faces-, but ahraye aaal ag l; advising their readers to utaml by whoever may lie (he candidate or however unpalatable UM platform. In SOauaentlag ÜB this peculiarity, the vVaahiagtoa Foal asys: "Among the most inrltienti.il of the great mnsa of republican papers that stood for 'our plain duty' ami aguinst the rspublieuu majority in congress was the Ihicago Times-Herald, now the Kec-ord-Herald. lb ferring to the action of the l'orto Ilieo assembly by which free H ade with the United States is now uehered la, that saner says: 'it brings the situation around to what Porto liieo ought to have had as a matter of right by the circuitous route of a lü . i cent, concession to expediency.' "The Inter Ocean, a republican oriran of spproved ftdelityi treste this abject at some length. It says that 'thus, after three y cars of quibbling and evasion, does the "plain duty" of the United States to l'orto llico promise to leCOUM a fact.' (ioing into the history of t he great feud, ths Inter Ocean speaks its mind w ith charming frankness. It recalls the fact that Gen. Miles promised the l'orto Kicans American rights; that the president said that to grant to them free trade was our plain duty,' and tlRit in response all the people said 'Amen. Then, it says, the beat sugar lobby came to Washington with the Oxnard and My rick in charge, and there was a panic. And the Inter Ocean continues :ti this ref reshing manner : 'The ways and means committee rallied around the lobby ami demanded a l'orto Kn au tsriffas a "warning precedent"against Philippine sugar. They declared the l'orto Kicans too poor to support their local government in the usual way. How men too poor to pay taxes on their luxuries could pay the Oxnard tariff on their necessaries they could not explain, but tin y insisted on the tariff. " "Then the Port o Kicans proceeded to ?ie the lie to the Oxnard lobby and its congressional helpers. With the nid of American experts they reor ganized their finances and spent great I sums on schools and public works, i 1 hey will spend this year nearly 12,000,000. And they have done and are doing all this withonl touching one lollar of the Oxnard duties collected at our custom houses. That money nearly $r,iin,iMiTi lies "untouched in the treasury nt Weahingtoni " Thus hae the Porto Kicans themselves proved tTie folly as well as the had faith involved in congress1 di v ow al of "our plain duty." Thus have they demonstrated to all future son !:-, - . th" futility of a course that would iirnore national dutv and honor at the behest of a few greedy later j ests.' "All this is worth recording, be- ; ranee of Its bearing on an extremely j interest inir chapter of history. Audit has other values, for the Oxnard lobby,' or its equivalent, is still in busi ness. The seme inflnenece thai brought about th abandouniant of 'our jilain duty' toward l'orto ,,ico are to give Cube a kick when she asks the L'uited States for annexation. Meanwhile, tin y meant to do .inpleasant thing in various directions, especially to ward tin- Philippinen." CRYING FOR REFORM. Repwlilicnna llrsliuilns to Keallsa the eeeaalt of lli.lnu Sometuliin; for the People. The republican are in great fesr of a coming st orm ; they feci they are loeitlg the confidence of the hoOSSt people. Banna and the men who have control of the party machine are great bluffers and ruthlessly override any that raise even a faint cry for reformation. The enormous patronage at their bestowal has so far been able to stay revolts in all lUertere, but the stopping of the mouth of a politician does not sstisfy the people who are paying the fiddler, but who are not allowed to name the tune to which the dance is set. I!epublican editors all over the country are urging reform. Thev are in touch with the people and know their unrest. Independent newspapers are more outspoken and see the coming storm. The Indianapolis News, for instance, says: "Kepu blienns themselves are beginning to see the necessity of doing something to set things to rights. So we have republican protests against the ship subsidy, re publican demands for the lowering of our tariff duties, republican denunciation of the corruption in Pennsylvania nnd Maryland and republican argumenta ia favor of still further strengthening the gold standard. A member of the president's cabinet has declared himself against the robbers in Pennsy lvania. It will be well for the men in authority if they read the danger signals." This cry will not be heeded hy Ilatina and the machine that controls congress. They are intent on shipsubsidy steals rtnd legislation of similar atrocity. The small honest element of the republican party in congress will be put down with a high hand an.! their efforts to legislate against the trusts will be laughed at. This is the democratic opportunity Slid thev will show their hands hv tricing the few honest republicans aid to reform the corruption thai rules the party in poarur. There will not he enough of them to legislate in the coming congress, but the demoerste will give them a chance to stand up nnd be counted and then appeal to the country for a new deal in l'.02.

IN A TARIFF TANGLE. pablleaaa Are liavl. , Troahlo gsaaa Their Trad Poller with r'orelanera.

The president fills an.: backs like s derelict ship as the tariff contro-Ner.-y assumes more snd more promnun. -. .t long sgo he was reported as atrongly favoring reciprocity, but now he doea not think that unconstitutional and round-about way of fixing the tsriff can ba accomplished, according to the Chicago Chronicle, which says: "An administration correspondent reports that Mr. McKinley said to a member of his cabinet before leaving for ( anton that he was not inclined to believe there would be either a revision of the tariff or an extension of reciprocity agreement during ths next session of congress. "The correspondent further declares it to be the prevailing opinion at the capital that the protectees have 'read the? riot act to the president to good purpose and that he has already made up his mind once more to wander from the path of plain duty. It is understood apparently by those who are in a position to know that Mr. McKinley will mako BO attempt to mitigate our belligerent tariff in any way, except, perhaps, so far as to make one mors effort to have the pending reciprocity treaty with France ratified. "That he will fail in that may be predicted with entire confidence. With such powerful republicans ae Mr. Aldrieh arrayed against tho French treaty in the interest of tho protectees und with most democrats opposed to such treaties on principle, it will hardly be possible to secure a two-thirds majority for tho French treaty or any other of tho kind. "It may bo predicted with equal confidence that the same influences which will defeat the treaties will also strangle any measure like that proposed by Mr. Pabcock to deprivs of tariff protection trusts which are abundantly able to sell their products anywhere in the world not only without protection but in spite of hostile tsriffs. "This, however, will not end the trouble. The tariff war nlready begun with Kussia, Italy and Germany will spread all over continental Europe and wax more furious. A group of the protected interests, constsntly growing in power and numbers, already beard in angry protest against the war on Russiaa sugar, will insist more and more upon a less hostile tariff all nround. and vast numbers of republicans who do not relish having to pay tu ice ns much for American goods as foreigners pay for them w ill join it It the angry protectees who are looking for foreign markets. "Thus a hot time is brewing in tho very entrails of the republican party nnd of the protected interests which supply the party with sinews of war. The rogues are falling out and honest men are coming to their innings. Hie latter can encourage both Betsy and the bear with strict impartiality.Lahor mid tlie Trnata. Tiarper's Weekly, which is still called a journal of civilization, but is new owned by republicans who are trust magnates, pictures labor being blindfolded by walking delegates with the inscription: "He doesn't need eyes with ns to guide him.' This is done to prejudice the laborers against the officers they havo elected to look after their interests. The organization of labor is n product of civilization, that Harper's Weekly pretends 0 represent. There could le no orgar. 'ztition without ofI ficers placed in authority to carry out the objects for which the organization is created. It shows the ! strength and intelligence of workj Inf mea that they have accomplished i this union and held up the hands of their representatives. That is a great advance in civilization, nnd if j persisted in will accomplish the ob1 ject they have in view, the better ment of their condition. The efforte of all good citizens should aid then in this, that the trusts may not become their masters ns well ns theif employ crs. - The prosecution of the government thiees in Manila has suddenly stopped. It was probably never intended to Probe the matter to the bottom; it would hurt the administration. But we may look for a good deal more of it, for, as the Des Moines Lender says: "No matter what the igilance of the central authority, n carpet-bag government is not likely to be n pure one. nnd such a government ns we have instituted is necessarily a carpet-bag one. The history of colonialism is one long record of peculation and abuse. We cannot hope to escape the common curse, if anything is ingrained in American public opinion, it is the necessity of constantly watching public officers. But despite popular vigilance, the amount of stealing ie discouragingl v large." lows Is a rok-rihbed republican stste and is governed by the railroads. They dictate who shall hohl office and furnish the money to elect them. They control the legislature and evade their fair share of taxation. This is not all democratic talk for election purposes, for the Washington Post publishes an interview with James McCabe, of Council Bluffe, an influential republican, who, speaking of the factional quarrels over the campaign for governor, says: "It la no secret throughout our state that the Burlington and North w estera railroads have been a great power In our politics, hut up till this year the Bock Island has abstained from tak ing n hand,"