Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 December 1901 — Page 3

Weeklu Courier.

IMUM . 1'ul.h.brr. : : INDIANA. jamt.i;. MY TRUST. A ,or.ic ' ': in my he art or." rtav ; ; v itm -'id awe t on my Ufa thi rt lay A mouth, m dear, so dear, jcouM i "t wish It away; A i Hi' ui.k lost In the void ugaln. l ie nng thai had stirr d the kouU of men. Id Um i p "t tttclr dipalr. A tl.ouKht aa sweet ai the auininer rilr. It,-: lur ili" wi aryhcurl'a ease for pain. 1 i n i Jod a own hi art aought uui my own. A i would J share Its stain. But little bands clung to me all day Ions; i Ight, thoUKh its Mtflfni IhUI lliutP- me Mri.ng. Th" w I ne-winged dove h id fl"wn. A: t '' was the los, and what the gain? I ' ar iissa in a nomer Mruin Mi n: h as sun the listening world .! at Its glad refrain. Ai d a match;- . - word was wrought flu b in . 1 1! bd xslr.K of my lost thought H gov with its pli.lons furled. T! I it Jod l:r.nw th His owr. Ilm- beat: H.j '. i Jove 1. -ii the world's un rests H cbOOMtb arlKht-th seed t sown. At . If ! Its own piace pressed. I I, it matter? Kuli W' II I kr.ow, ji . bat - touch and the sweet Hps' glow . Kave to my trust alone. R berca Unlay Tripp, In Youth's Com(anion. In the Painted Woods fht. INI, bjr Authors Byadiea YOUNG MASON, who lay on the couch in the portico, ground hia teeth, t was about the only thing t b ii :i uo, anu curseu me roan. the borae, the accident that held him a pritotv r B this deu.-e wilderness m , priao; r bandaged and shorn of hia , A- : daji passed his evil star r.,- iwljr t.i the zenith. The perfume ol the vani-hed su turner was in ih -bed that grew knee-iieep bev ii : poreh; the maple branches i . n i'. n- rubies; the beech trees lütt nii d the woods, and from behind a fal j n -ar by a Bob White sent his clear, exultant call. He clinched his har.ris and groaned. To be free MM Td walk through the fc-.c .:.:, i! fern, gun cocked, eye t : c the time of the Pharaohs, Ii teemed, he had b?en chained to the Cot. r. that had reached the tnith, dropped suddenly below the h'T '. i ar ninspher was flood ed with li'ht of acel-atia!. rosy hue. She m, hN - r friend, she told him, ii she sfo,.,j ,.n the porch, a tall, üitingu!abed girl; she had heard of lit i nf. they were camped only a I i f-m away; she had come hopr.j . aWght, if ever so slightly, re1 m of h!s days. Hi had h ard of her social triumphs her beauty; he had heard that men W I i r hi r. although they said she had 1 1 i . .md in this sweet, friendIjr way the had come to him in Mtt hour of reed. tfternoon there was alk of omctanrv in vniine V '.us turned toward the brilI " ' it. He blessed the accident ' h n a will;ng prisoner. I i-?iions on which he wu ra hers, the looks were af She came each afternoon. She I v ;h bin. talked to him. read tang swret old-fashioned whIU the sun. blood red. dmppM ' mntain side, and his Mf 1 the camp bc!ow half a it en nsibly to inquire of h; bat in reality to accompany n . and it pleased him to see 'y and indifferent to them be was all tenderness, all nesi and womanly !?cn;! negg. . y. as Ig the privilege of a ' It . it pleased him to think her - who came through the sun- : A (ods, to him. an exile in j"1 ' Tin re were other fancies too eaai ' i fancies. 0 tfternoon he watched for her. Knotted with a puzzled He held an unopened letter frown, a Mr. i 10 her; lervant had found ' f o!d rubbiih. ' ' lib. rpil that Am t,,t 1.. Re one ' the pay nnrtv ttiat n.n.J t '1,p fi:m'.uM. two summers hewas there she had known hia an Hoyd had been of the party, n. - m 1 1 , ,i i - i ue se ii i or i or 3 t Mason, and he WRü irfi t i i u.ic ..mm . , v i 1 n I hw ihn nläläM Ji oaaawi mmwmm "u i 1 1 irnu Tv wa a letter in hia pocket that ! was coming-to share the OVERZEAL OF YOUTH Rebate "1 lord I inn In sir l .lnarri I ale for liu Haate In WrltltB a Draft. la. '-confidence nf a-nsstä in haii. 7 n uteri often receives necessary em , k. r I..W.1I1 Mn'ef -1... ;.. ; 'ting Scenes" an incident wherein W ry properly rebuked bv bis 'he diplomatic service. Lord "h w,. rf. .1 VsdJMl ' r " the head of tlx . ! i-i n M Q e a letU (1 J to w liich an aaawi t -f " "' ritten. ai.d told nie to draft V" 1 ' ofl what I thougl t wouid ining to make It aa uort as pos- :: d it went down for approval. , " ime the box came buck, the ' ' " h. chancery unlocked it. took ' "die of drafts, and pie ently angrily to my desk, holding my iTusion between In . linger hl ' My writing was stroked

letT'-m if iiia couvah so, ,.r would be ther- 1 t. it eiy n jn fact, and the bold, firm handwriting waa the same as that on - ; i letter hea the p . ,..,,,. up the tep young m ,.)!. ,,-it the i, ttr umttrkU pillow, and a sudden sense -if pending calamity i.i.- .I him For little while he would listen to her voice, have her a mi la on him. am watch the seatures of her haul - with their - dd. for eign-looking ring. The night wid bring Iloyd. An, afterwards? Hi mind didn't go any further. They touched on many subjects and he brought the conversation around to the mountain-party that had met under the shadow of the great hills two sumiiiers before. 'Have you keen Iloyd since hi return from the west ?" he askc . r. rujitly. "No, said the princess. "H,. has found other interests sincr he went

I anu ,ias cropped the old frleadl but 1 can scarcely claim so much." Th.n was au odd little chill in her voice. "Oh." with a breath of relief, "I thought I thought The princess threw hack her head defiantly and looked at him through half-closed lids. "One's friends are so pood." .she said. "They think for them and thus simplify life." She laughed a laugh that held no heart, or much. "I was right, then." EUa 1 p, trembled in a way that would have ibm I . I . . . U 1 II i i ... .yj wmt uran ,i sue naa IOVtd Ulf), He drew the letter from under the : pillow and handed it to her silently. ( He seemed not to see the color, a warm, joyous wave, that swept her face and !eft it still and white. When she had read the letter she looked not at him. but at the mountain in front of them purple with the sunset mists. "Corrinne," he said, softly. She turned, a iImim lla-ht iwrlnni the reflection of the dying day, on her face. "Princess." he said, brokenly. She stooped and kissed his brow. "Jack, you dear boy." she said. "I thank yon," She had not qui stioned his possession of the letter. "Foolish boy," Iber voice was low and tender, "he tru-ted our happiness to a letter. He loved :ne! It can't help things now but to know!" She bent and looked into the boy's eyei with ryes that held no thought of him "Jack, dear." she said. "I've cot to speak! I've stifled it so long I've so skillfully got up my smile to meet the world! .Tack. dear, when your time comes, it isn't the woman that you will be happy with, rememlnr, it is the woman without whom you will he unhappy. In alt the world there's only one for each of us only MM iv.3 ALL TBNDKRKBU one who understands. You'll know her." A sudden radiance, as of a happy memory, lit her eyes. "You may realise with a shock, after your firM meet in? with her. that you have outraged the conventions and bared your .-mil to a woman that you never h?ard of before, but there's a splend ! shame!c.-st:c.s about it." In her sm le there was the swcetnes that had been h Waterloo. Her hand closed over his. There was a siuid-n wist fulness in her face, as she said: "And if you never lind her. Jack, life must go on and on without her." In a fin h she w is gone. Tiling Mason lay fttlta still. Big eyes wer - fixed on the wood for, down its pa nted aisle lighted by ieeeh trn s like gigantic lanterns, with sweet, wet eyes downcast, and lips a-quiver. his pr hatte sa, ill unconscious of the h;ippi-ne-s that was so soon to overtake her. walked slowly. The hush of twilight fell on the world. The threat spaces ahnte were filled with colorless clouds that Ittddeniv, wave on wave, b!uhetl pink ;. i L. J ....l.h X . ii r ilea i i o i .1 vu nr 1 . 1 1111111; M a Mm , v :t 1 f 1 (T n mil n ft f!plivtl rrr.-.it if,,f choked back the sob in his throat he was only a boy. remember, and with brave eyes smiled down into the um', now enchanted. neath was written: "I'revity i the ,..,l it till I f li'ffl f n .vi. nonsense. I. " I was deeply hurl, but the '. sson sank I . I . ... . V . . in. inn i neicr a train (la-n-n i.ii a draft. At another time the cock-ur lies uf youth came under Lord Lyon's diapieasure. Allusion was made one da v to t he assault on Marshal Haitian, the Antrian gein ra! who wa ii putci to ),., flogged women c!uiinur the Hungarian rebellion. He wits In u!a iy attack. . n, IS.'iO in London by brewers' dray n.i i. and cruelly beaten. The subject was lathed atMit at din ner. bid one of the voting sccrrtnrii s took the part of the diavmen on the pica of "served hitn rlpht." Lord Lyons struck in quietly. "Di not attempt." he said, "to find an excuse for an act which was a national ittfraet " Over aVBMytWt miners arc reqiiirrd to produce the worid'a aupply ol

VEST ON THE DOÜ.

MlaasMsH tonalor'a CloPHK Trlbule to ihr rwllhlui layigagti. I Or.e of toe most eloquent tributes ever pa d to the dog w.i delivared by Senator Vent, of Misaouri, some years ago, ku.vs the KaahvIUa American. Ha wag attoading rt in a oonatrj town, and wrhila arg f,,r ,h(. tl.ul of a ease in wlm h gl was (Bit rested he was urged by the attorneys in a dog eaat t. help them. 11. pgjd a fee of UM ,y the plaint itf. Voluminous evidence was introduced to show that the defendunt had shol the dof in malice, vhile other evidence great to show that the dog bad attached th- defendaat, Vest took bo iart in the trial, and was not diap ed to apeak. The attoraej g, how aver, arged h in to naaki a -i" aeh, elae their client woiibi not think he ha.i earned his fee. Being thus urged, he arose seaaned the face of each juryman tot a moment an i said: "lb in leinen of the jury, ihe best frieml a man has in the world may turn against him and become hia niamy. Bis eoa or daughter that he has reared with lining car- may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and ibar.st to u, those whom v e trust with our happiness and our good name, may b. ggg traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may loa. It fliea away from him, perhapa, when ha aeeda it moat, a man's reputation limy be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success in 1 with us may be the tirst to throw the atOBe of malice when failure settles 1 its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselflfh friend that a man ean have la thiaMlaah world, the oac j that aaver daaerta him, the one that never proves ungrateful or troaehoraoa, is hi- dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds bl ow and the snow drivec fiercely, if only he may be near Iiis master's side. He Will ki-s the hand that has no food to off,.r. He vviil lick the WOUnda and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if ha were a prince. When all other fri nda desert he remains. vThea riches take aiaga and reputation falls t po s he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeya through the heavena. If fortune drives the master forth an outcaat in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks gO higher privilege than that of accompany ing him. to guard agaiaal ilanger. to fight agalaat hi eacmlea. And whin tat lat scene of all comes, and death takes the maater m its embrace, ami his body is laid away in the cold ground, ho matter if all other friends pursue their way. there by the gravealde will the noble dog be found, his head between h:s paws, his , gd, but open iu alert watcbfulnesa, faithful and true even in death." Thea Veal -at down. Me had spoken in a low voice, without g sreature. He made no reference to the evidence Of the merit I of the ease. When he finished judge and jury were wiping their eyea. The jury filed out, but soon raturned with a verdicl In f;.Mr of the plaintiff for 1900. lie bad seed for ItMWl It is even said that some of the jurors waati d to hang the defendant W ater In the Pool of lln:u. Por over ten years the Pool of Siloam has been only a name. Vieitora to Palestine- who have aeea this liistoric spot of late years have found that il s healing waters have vanished, list recently the waters of RHoatH hare been made to Sow one. again. ar.d there has been great rejoicing in the Holy Laad, it appearathat Jerusalem ba been especially short of water of late, ami it occurred to aoate of the lahabitanti of Biloam to try to find out whether the spring which used to supply the pool was really dry. Tons of accumulated rubbish were cleared away, and after about a month's work the spring waa found. The excavators diacOVcred behind ome fallen rock- an old aqueduct running into the valley of the ( hr.drOB, and Into thK aqueduct the beautiful, cool, clear water bad run and lieen wast'ng for ears. London Mail.

PUT IT DELICATELY.

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MICHIGAN'S UNIQUE TOWN. "r r llouir and !. lb Same hlud r Meat at Colanllnr. C ataatiao, Mich, la one of the queerest towns in the country. It has a population of J.OOO. A rented haaaa Ut so rare as to be coii-pietioiu. Nearly everybody owns bib home. At noon the merchants lock their doors and go to dinner. The u folk on their way to hualaeaa in the morning Mop at the market and leave aa order for ngaat for the noon uaeal. Ihev do not BaV how much, for lha nutctier lias e to know amount each customer wants. Ihe onbr is simply for meat, butcher seldom in- more than the The one ..Mi ..i ,,,r. inu it nnppena that on WBK Saya the WhOlO town rata barn, .... other, mutton steak, Few ean-e.l .. JLi i i

mwu hi i i c uuiiiik nie long ui.scussion ul last town and everybody has a rarden. winter. The men behind the uuderBeveral years ggro. when a f t,,r takii kM in trnm .,..,...

Was , - !; oh -he.l there, it t i:i an electric plant. Ihe town board arranged for lighting the street, from tWa power, and there ia one incandeaccnl light in the midille of each block. This is the only public ha provement the town has had for years. The people barg money am area contented lot When they' want anything extra for their table they I send to Detroit for it, or go thcra and stay a few days. SonactiBiea tiny i go to Chicago. The people a w hole are Intelligent and hoapitahle. When a traveling man goes to Constant ine I . . . - for ordere he is usnafl the i,,,,.., .. a merchant. One of this elgaa was there for a vve. k not long ago, and it Is from him that the foregoing In formation was obtained, All things i consider! d. he prefers Constant ine to j some of the larger towns on his route, and he i. authority for the j statement that there isn't another f I im tin k t:i. fsa . l" i " -iiiMi t lihl1 V OUST it Ii 1 1 it A NEW BID FOR VOTES. CarlouM Form of Klvalrr That iirnug I p II. IM.-.-I, T,,o liwnIMHll, t UlltlllllltC-H. "Talk about bids for votes." an old-time ward politic laa at publican headquartera wne dav said relate. ly. relates the New York Tribune, "i hose two Taminany men who baVf been fighting for the district leadership in a downtown district rang in a new kind of bid. These two heelers, whom I will call Riley and Kaflefty, though thooo are not theif names, were turning every stone to beat each Other They hated the sound of each other's name, and tha fight was to the death from bl start. "4ne day word cam.- to Itiley that the father of two young men in tha district named Grannua had jut died. Straightway he wrote them a note of sympathy explaining gov badly ha felt at the demise of the elder (.rannan. und lie hoped thev HouM allow him to Ih' represented at the funeral by five carriages. The Qraaaan Inns were much pleased, and proudly told their fr ienda. In some urgt Kaffcrty heard of the affair, and he lost no time in w-iting to mention gia poignant sorrow at the taking eff of Uran nan aere. and would his aaaaa - permit him . carriages to to send eight elegant the funeral as a light espreaaion of hi- sympaffgr? "The news of KatTrr'y - deed f hiadaeaa waa in tum Uirne t( tJi cars of Riley, and he dec, led to sc;-d more carriages, gad added U to Litg original number, MRafferty ra'acd Riley again, and I don't know "low lo; g t'iev kept t up. but Graanan had a tnd funeMl It was the vvnder of '.he di-fi rt, Tl - m . lucre were carriages in th. eesaioa, ard Ktley and Ratferti t5 of t! em." I" a One lv e i. "Papa, you are a playwright, ar-n't you'.'" gshetl the small boy. "Vcs, my son." replied the drnpint ist, who was even tiu n ;iavin;' noma trouble over the pet duct ion of one of Iiis pieces. "Well, is there BBCh a thing ng a play wrong?" persisted the hoy. "I here i. my son." wil the (ir:iipt reply. "He is the acicn." I afcagg Post.

IT SHOULD BE DROPPED. Tb ftklg SaL.ldy M-kfwr should Not Ha 1'rrnillleü to OSfit AtaaJa, While no position to positively

aaaen mat nie -inp .-uOsiUy aclu-iue leading republican senators are now will not bg urged upon the next con- -,l4, ,,t,.., that President Rooaavelt i gress we sta id by the poaition t akeo prcxee.l, ,vi,h a clear and cobever s.Lce the attempt at 1 galiaad aartad purpoae, to tear down the robbery was aatarad apOfl and uisi.l Hanna macbine, and to build up his that its abandonment is the only hon- ,IWI1 fortunes by the use of Hie fed orable course open to its promoter. ! vra offices. 1 1 . . : ....... .. .. . . . I 1 i ai I I

-' .vv v .uwi w j,.aecu upou hsv dropping it would inflict a gn at wrong ujiou the people, says the Detroit Free I'r. Ms. Tiny apprehended the moral status of their case as clearly when they inItiated it as they do now. It was neeived in seltLshr.e.ss and pushed with the single idea of benenting certain preferred latere sts that were exposed ... , J; ' , . that tbey were merely planning a great financial COUp that, if executed sucessf ullv. would mulct the country in the sum of at least lao.ooo.ooM, that it would receive bterally nothir by; way of compensation and that the aole beneficiaries would be those working the colossal confidence game. Yet. while conscience has worked' no change of heart on the part of the nun who started out to enrich themaelvea by the method which has grown as familiar a it is obnoxious 1 to the people, popular opinion has checked, if it lias not halted them. It will be Barprfatnf if their shrew,!' has not detected the handwriting! Opoa the wall. The ir.as-es who provide the revenue of the government are in no mood to make an enforced contribution at such dictation or for! any such purpose as it has bei n Bought to corn eal under the cloak of building up our merchant, marine, keeping pace with our expanding commerce, "getting into the gam " lift m .... wnii our lorcign competitor- " it r - ing to the dignity of a world ; Thea are winning slogans in the lie straet and liable to Ignite InftjbU ble patriotism, hut the promoters are now in the position of a mar: who has shown his hand when nothing a "blufT" could have made it a negotiable possession. The country, through the dehnten In eongn- ai d . n native discuss, on in the revvpaperi, knows the true mwardoeaa of the subsidy scheme and realizes that it is without a material feature deserving eonuaendation or support. In addition to 1 : u exposed as a ring that is out for the money when we now have a gn at er tonnage in foreign trade than can find employ no :.f, when privat.- eapital is giving the shipyards all that they can do and stands ready to meet every demand that commerce makes, there is g grave political consideration. The schemers are republicans and include auch party luminaries a- Hanna. the head and front of the party inn I BgO rnent; Senators Pryc, Aldrich, Lodge and many other repubUean leaders in their respective sections of the COBB try. They have beea forced to HBder atari that their subsidy plan is unpopular and that to give it the force of congressional sanction would imperil the future of the party. The preaktent himself, although he has been quoted as nn original supporter of the movement, teea how IBpolitic it would lie to ur-e the h"tw ! in his message and will probably pass It over. The rural cor rressinen have been hearinc thiiurs nt home and we are inclined to believe that the measure will not figure in the records of th" rn xt aeaaion. Political policy, it impresses us, blocks the grahhers. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. An unjust tariff mnkes an ovrrflowir- 'reasury. Washington Pout. The :! mand that the tariff shall he re viae 6 by the friends of th. lyateaa rc. ms to me.m that, while aohod rial is to have BBything to do with its revision, its friends are too good frienda to touch it.- Milwaukee Free P The surplus in the treasury since July is over $;:O.DOO.ono, t he greatest that hat ever accumulated in that space of time. Such a condition is a gn at encourager f xtravapar.ee and n jKisitive aid in promoting schemes like the subsidy bill. Indianapolis News find.). A B urgen t qties; ion in politics now ha, how long aril leader of Mr. Hmna's ability nnd dominant qualitfel "irrin and heir i:" order PrealdeBt Roosevelt's management of tin- appointments? Them na tor haa already ROlped violently several t imes Cincinnati Enquirer. If there is no tariff revision at the coming leaaion of congress, no recognition of reciprocity, and no reduction in the revenues such ns will prevent a surplus, the elect ioBa of 1-s'o and ISM will be duplicated in M and 1004 and the republican par- : y he swept from power. The deluge -will come - Chicago .Toirrnat (Rep.), At a recent meci ing of the Indiana fttemocratie eommitteg the member agreed in the belief that the money queatl m w. aid hnve to plana In the s:.i:e anipa'irn, and rliat the fleht ihoaM be made along the lin of tariff reform and opposition to trusts. In the congressional districts this is to rr the only issue, and free silver will hnv( no plana in the campaign.- y. p.. It. Proteeti,nists are nf' nid that any trade concessions to IN ha will mnke breach in the walls. Perhaps it would, as the tupportera of the "infant industries" gdvemely affected would be disposed to throw the arelghl of their influence toward the reduction of other duties. It would be a Meeelag if the new relation ahfn of Hlva could be used to force lower duties all around. iBdia&apoHg Ncwa (Ind.J.

f WHO HOLDS THE WHIP?

f.B. of a llreaeh Uetweea Ho..evi and Haaaa Are Waatlsi. vYaahingtoa advices tell us that in no other way can they no other way can they inter pret his policy, as reeentfv dcveloped, National committeeman after national committeeman has been ignored a M overriden, in direct, contravention of the policy of President McKinley. Two well-known . ,," ., ., , . . " 'alled his rttenl senators, personal friends of I'resiare said to have ntion to the fact that he has ignored National Committermen Addicka, of Delaware; Yerkes, of Kentucky; Havvlev, of Texas; Qlbbs, of New York; Kerens, of Mis- : Houri. and in addition has allowed Secretary Hitchcock go over the head of that old republican war horse, Thomas II. Carter, in Montana, ami has refused to make an ap- ! polatmeal desired by Senator Fos I ter. of Washington. These men. ggyg the Albany Argus, : are furthermore said to have told the president that the national committeemen are in a condition of panic, and that the senators generally believe that Mr. Rooaavelt has t up in business for himself. These two friends are reported to have a i bled : "If you are brr.t on teirtrg iowr. tha present organisation.. what are you bulUiina; tn Its place? Where Is tha Hoosevelt orsrar.lzat Ion comlr.s; from? I Do you thir.k you can be president aril run the republican party from tha white house at actual leader? "It Is easy trough to destroy, but It !a hard to build up. This manrlflcent machire. c.vptalred by Senator Hanr.a, Is rapI Idly becoming demoralised under thesa ' -i! attack on your part. We want i ip vm: rom-rated In 1904. and you want ii it : Now. if you are going :;r bnck on the old men. you I MB new or.es or you will never the rest convention." In other words, who is to be the ma of the Rooaevelt udmlniatru C in? Who is to manage the Hoosei !t machine, which the president ia building up? A man capable of takhag Mr. Hanna's place as a practical man of affaire, in the detail work of running campaigns, conventions and committees, is not always to bo found at i moment's notice. Whom has the president in mia)!'.' Who ia to take Mr. Hanna's place? DELAY NOT RECIPROCITY. 1 be I'rouramme of the Itepahlirana Will Favor the Protected Intereata. Representatives of the Cleveland chamber of commerce ar.d of the commercial organizations of New York, BootOB, Pittsburg, Rafale, Cincinnati and Indianapolis galled upon President RooteveH few day ago tO urge the mportanot of reciprocity with Canada. The president was non-committal OB the immidiate matter presented to his attention, but said the whole subel of reciprocity was, being canv 1 and he hoped anmet hinir would be done at the approaching session of congress. The managers of the political party in control of both bra n cht of consrese. weo; into conference with the preside"! t and indicated the policy tn be prrsued. There is to be no reciprocity at d no tariff revision. The programme is- to "let ami enough alone," states He Cleveland Plain Dealer, If the commercial and manufacturers organizations think present conditions are not "well enough," nnd that unless something is done to better thrm they Will assuredly become worse, they must be fooled with promises to "do something when it is discovered what is the rii.rht thing to do." A commissi a to make a thorOBgh investigation of the entire subject of reciprocity and tariff revlaioa is to be proposed and conercss will then d'smiss the matter 'ram its attention until the report of the commission, is made at some distant day. A commission is a convenient way nf diapoeing i f an embarrassing subject. It takes its own time to investigate reports at the Inst minute, and either presents conflicting reports and therefore accomplishes nothing, or its rec immeadatloBa are Bttt rly disregarded bv congress. The industrial commission authorized by the last congress in order to evade lep slative action on a burning question, is hopeleaaly divided on its conclusiona and nothing practical ia therefore expect, ed as a result of its prolonged investigation. The tariff commission appointed under the Arthur administration, nearly a score of years ago, mnd' I voluminous report, including a com plete tariff, and congress proceeded at once to enact n tariff utterly at variance with the commission's report. The reciprocity popcy marked out for this session of congress is proerr sf inat ion. I nder the conditions now developed, the action of congress In the matter of Philippine legislation la the near future will be studied with intelligent interest by the American people. There is n strong tru-t opposition to "free trade" with the Philippines. Yet, if the Philippine! are held lis nt present there agfj be no moral rijrht to tax Philippine ex ports to this country. ,'uM BOW the vviil of the trusts is to be carried out in tin's matter the Philippines retained as domestic territory and vet taxed as foreign territory is diflieall to comprehend. The I'iftyaeveath congress, however, will doubtless do its beat to solve the problem to the satisfaction of tha truata. St. Louis Kepublio.