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1 1 1 N 1 i m ; the AflM t i urth to-lllfllt. Id i nrr. lag in v rfi i ferajetiaa BBltO. Iirmijcht ua mmli f K')J Which we rni.-l'M.k lor 111 iii i . i u mlcuix! IIo.mI I iod i purpose aril will. Bo with no unkind i Ik.uk Ii t We sic i In- old Year K" ( c it. nt with what It In w.iKht ( M Ih t tu r weal nri We could i. nt If w would Patals tlMM flyliiK v.urs, W, would not If w could BackaBS for jo.- id. ir teara. Qod knowcth all our rn ili Kar In tl. r ih.in w. tfo. Our tan nah ta, latent! anddeds l.lo o ii to Hi- vim The record of tat putt Hat ni.ttiy u Bio t ted pas, With aaarklnaa trtrcul Tti.it darker 11 pr. t-ngt. Tli record, cloned and sealed, A. lltl ui till that day Win I, It ohall he revial, . In all Its dread array. LOi d, hi lp um read arlh t Tli. lea SOBS of tin-years, T ie liKtit In Thy Unlit Through all Mir dosbta ar.d fmra. W 1! Il.im I Hueselbarth. ii. hri :lat Work. HlJNTERvT (ALLER. T W AS early moraing nf Um Saturday liefonNew Year's day and oret h y il ii ti t r was a- h i c t Ii f the y'i'.Ai in llic farwhonae kltclicn. erben bar mother aii' hurriedly in from the iittine i . witii a fltybed, aaxiotu raaa. "tu. Dorothy, dear,1 the laid, "Io you think joa eotld stay jilniie ami lake care of baby t-11 4ay and, tII KHK np. a.l n .hi? Deacon EHtraosa just '! '' ii us that Aunt Kate has f ' 1 hn k. n her arm. and eke a lo cooaa over as qtUckljf as .. te, " yea, of course i nan," Dot ' ' ) replied promptly. "'u hurry 1 -ng and Bi t ready; IU beat : '1 tone and help you g-et start- ' I ftf yoU're gone TU linish t be ha: to h ave you. daughter. It ,'l loll. ll.'IV f.ir U an, I a we sial try to COBM, of to 1 may lie jut possible that to ea nnot :,t home to-night; it is ' " . s to Dunbar, you know, und ' m afraid th.-ro ; .i,... .: ' fi"i ill ii'iiiiil: 1 a ar, Dornt h -ure you are BOl afraid, "AfrahJI Why, of course not. You j '"': . ( that I was 14 last month, and u ; 1 in t he world should I 1 e 11 fraiil anyway." and Dorothy lau -lied t the thoilrhf I a moments later she atood at ha window with two-j-ear-oll N.-llie. th. baby of the family, in her arms, jod watched her father and mother :iway down the snow drifted ant ami lea brightly as long ut. f Stained in sight, hut when a 1 1 ihe mad hid the sleigh she felt 1 hit lonely after all, ami it was Urpriaing that she did. There BO other houses within ' 1 nea real neighbor lived a ight. mile ,v Bad, standing ns it did upon a raveled road, the Hunter lead was a dreary place. M'Vl 1- I, ,,-.. I., .1,1 . . 11. ,11.1 not spend ""'ii 1 ,,, meditating. She paused t lone eiiiiM.rti nt ttiM 1..... Bote the fi-yv, big, slow . 'ailing flake. , avaane Bmsengari of tat coming lllft llli'.i . h, il,iil II... I.A. ' ...... , ., , ,. ... , , , .1 ... , 1. , ,,l,- I f 7 I

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Q ' hold tasks. So much was New 'e;ir'.s eve. as Dorothy ca no 1 -. here to be done thnt not until the I rosy nnd smiling from her mile nnd Id clock upon the Matt) twanged la hslf wkik from Bekooti she waa sa-

the hour of three, did ;r..tiM paus ,r laea 11m short rest n Ii ich she took while BStlag I,,.,. atmpI(. da. "ri the, arith Nelua In hei areas, ' '"' ""k fratefnlhj i to .1 id fa- I. '-""1 rot Iter bjp the aittl , , arü ow, Bd u sin- glaaeed out was sur-

ber rathe" had V fbe ehor i .. I,,,, . .... . ... iiiieniniii it : 1 1 1 1 inortiimr if he si, mil, I nut return that nijjlit. As she at and huinincil a drowsy little tune to th.- baby, Dorothy thought ,hc heard the Vte latch click, ami a moment later go-.i' m e knocked loadly at the door, sinliastil.y laid Nellie in her cri!, and went to opaa it, and th.r-, to lnr Ktiiris', itood i .'reatf bearded, rouoji lookino- straataTor, a tramp! thought the jrirl in dismay that va not h-sseued ly th.- man's leiju.-st, made in a fmarse vui.-e. to ! allowed to eoma ha and ol warm before foia farther In the stoeja. Dorothy bad hee tautrht that hospitnlity i- a most praeious virtue, so she assented to the itranirer'a plea, ami drew a chair for him clove to the roarifluJi tire. "Isn't tili-, the Hunter farm?" inquireil the uawelcOBM triiet. after a moment or two, la li- spread out his ae-own aanda to the grrateful blase, 'V. sir That is mv fath-r's name, replied Dorothy quietly, a Ii ber aeal by the window. reWhere is In all foaa away bare t bei V T The folks haven't and left you alone, For a aMBteat Dorothy hesitated, ai d tln n .she told him the story of ln r aunt's miafortaae and how her pare ate bad gone to render her whatever aaalatanee tiny could. For a long time then the silence was unbroken, and Dorothy lirjran to think it high time that her faeat was taking his departure, when he nddealv said: a a . - i on eotiKin t make up your mind to let me atOD for the niartii mhU , si s . I come a loag r oi i wu, wax s to-day ami am tired enough. I'd be rig-ht glad if you could let me stay." ", no, I couldn't do it! i am sure

.l - ma n, of w ham I h than half afraid. - was grow 1 in' more "Well, I suppose it is if I'm- got to go." ami rose wearilv ami butto time to atari the stranger ed his worn Coat tight up to his chin, to keep out the freezing blast of the storm, "lloxx far i.s it to Dutton?" be added, turning again to Dorothy. "Tyo miles. It's a good ways to walk when you arc so tired. I do wish father and mother were home so you could stay here," nnd then she nsketl softly, as though she were almost a.s ba med : "Have you anv nior.t-v pay for your lodging when you get Dutton?" "It's a shame to have to tell it. Miss but -" the stranger begun, ami u i. i. 1 j 111.0 li' , n l.n u i V . 'I ' . ill embarra ment, nd t he sj mpathel ie girl hastened to his rajief. "tlh. yes. I know! in a pining tone "You must have bad bad luck." Bad then she went to a drawer in the bureau and took OUl n shabby, lit tle pockt tbooh la which were two coins, a silver dime at id I half dollar. "Here, take this," she said, laying the larger piece into bis hand. "I have more and sh,,i , ,,t need it; it will pay for a bed d breakfast for you, poor man." The stranger took the money and a moment later w a swallowed up in the storm, and Dornt h; was left again alone. At nine ..'.Inch that night. when she had long sinn- givea them up nnd gone to bid, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter reached home, tired and chilled from their long ride. Dorothy thought it might frighten her mother to be told of her isitor, aid ao de elded to nay nothing about him for il,.i atvkl mi l..nt nn.l ...... t .. l.wt rse I f with telling thnt she and the lal - y had been very comfortable. j Tl... (1. .vi XI. ,11,! ,v nliilit II 1 1 i . 1 , .'nM t . . , , ... ' ,, , a,, '-., .,.,.a J

tatn.r ami mother would not wiah the soured and embittered, and the me to. You must go on, and don't world is full of the disappointed. "Jt on think it is time you started? It could not be happy, with all the misis pjettii g dark, you see," and Domtby cry and poverty in it." saya the peshalf rose fr..,,, her chair in her eager- simist. "it shall not be happy." says lies to urge the departure of this tho ontlm M...OI Ii I- ..-I

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,1 fMrou. little ftrt who , i im-" iuii.c i rii in ii. 1 Til 111 I And tln-u Inte ned straight t"!ii Ina lie had iiasI" Ii 'er's home. il"n his arrival from the far north, and tadiaf Iter away, am! Iiei n olilifred to fata a Iowa at walle distant, apoa a IniMiies-. matter, had decided to keep the secret until bU return. "And I'll always lie glad that I did," he said, holding out his hand to Dorothy, Mbeeaaae, bj tbla meanii, I found out what a dear, kiin.'-hearti d little k'irl I have for a niece." Dorothy has grown nrv well acqaalated with Uncle Harry since that stormy Saturday, ami many delightful tklagfl have come to ber through his kiadaeta and she wonders now how she could ever have thought his voice I noagb and harsh. ,,r ever have taken her splendid, liiir nea rt.ol on..!.. f..r iraaap, Detroit Free Press. THE NEW YEAR'S GREETING. We Look at the Fol ore lliroiiKb a It -tleel lo 11 of Our Own Baata. "Happy New Year," "Happy New War!" rings from merry rotflea and chiming bells everywhere, startling the echoes in response, "Happy .New Year! " Whoever k: evv of a note of gladness, says the 1'nion EMgaal, thai did not fro reverberating through all space, and repeating itself on tli harp strings of every human life it touched ? "Mut who knows it will be a happy new ear'.'" asks the WOUld-be-WisO. 1 quizzically k. "W ho expects it V" grow !n , UV v i nit . Who hopes for it V" sneer the man whom life baa defeated. "It cannot be happy." say the sorrov ful, and the world is full of the sotrowfal. "It will not be hannv." sav ..... K.iiii M i m i i sin and se'lm..s. " "tlnnin... says the philosopher, "is not the object of life, but Usefulness" "Such a happy new year!" says the young mother, clasping her winsome, dimpled darling to ln r heart; and "It shall be a happy in-w year," says the Chris, ian optimist, standing with bared head in the halo of light that conies atreambsg down the vistas of the future, seeing far into the circles, "When light shall spread and man be llktr man, Through all the seasons of the golden e..r." Would yon i a cynic or a philosopher? The sorrowing and di-np-pointed who an- without hope, or the ' sorrow i 11 lt who feels that "tears are 1 for the night, and joy cometh in the morning'.''' Would you be a pes-imist, teeing only the mists, or an optimist, I looking beyond the narrowed horizon of to-.l.iy? Would you .see fate in the world, blind, inexorable and hard, or Mind in the world working out the (destiny of human souls? The new ea r is a new out look. You look at ti through the reflection of your own j soul. If you have made it broad, and deep, and shining in the light of (lod'a face, it will shi: - on. If it i.s troubled and turbid it will only give a flash her.- and there on its surface. e a a a e e WO know that sorrow and disappointment must conn-. The travail of pain is the birth f rigbtt saeaa always. We know that temptation will assail virtue, that We must struggle with intemperance to the bitter end; we know that the strong will oppress I the weak as long M they can and dare, but we know also that the process of education is. if slow, absolutely sure, and that in great crises, public opinion sometimes turns with the force of a whirlwind and wapaaj away every barrier, The most potent forces of the universe are the silent ones; the Voice of ti ,( is the still small voice: truth is universal, nnd we IN teaching men and WO m till, and , better yet. children to sec it. We know not how the better time I ia coming, nor when, but we know why. and so we echo "Happy New Year!" and look forward joyously to 1 the day when au men's gona Be each man's ruh-, and universal prace M like .1 shaft nf IlKht across the land Ar.d lik. a 1 it:, o! h. atr.s athwart th. sea, Throush alt the circle of the x.dtlen vear. And feeling sure . That ut:t.i him who works works Tha MB) - -m v. r it th Mr. tint. din ai t Are you going to make anj good resolutions? hfr. lleai -i good .Dim one, and jou ma) gamble that I'll K" p it. Ooodrhearl Oh, that's what they all anv . llcai tgoo.1 Y' s; but mlai ia thut I'll never make another one

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1 let the International MrlM fur Orcein l-r Kl, ItMII luarlerl Htirn. OOI.UKN n: l -ir l.oU be for a kii an lie at u f Mom HUH Dead PaalM nr. l-'uüuwiiijf is a brief sbroaobag of iti nrioc coftre : iu t h past quar rr'a t uüivt: U. C. 1T.-J H.r.h of J ich .. ,r. 11. i j. in i . t BethleaeM.... Death ol Raoaal, at U' tliieh . in . j,,., , , ,.r, ut1,. ,,( Hebron ....Joseph olii lato Kiopt. at Dothaa. C I7M JoMph a tlava vi Potipkar, ta Ksypt, and tiiiowi. ii. to prlaoa Un ara la o r. U. C. 171 Death of Isaac, at Hebron.... In Kspt: Joseph li.t rpn-ts fliai.tiih' dreaii... u ii,, :. ru.cr over Kcrpt, the b eara of plenty t-KH:. .n.d Ephraim and MdaaSMt are born. B. c. I Tai Tb tavea un 01 faaUa tm.u iti Kgypl B. C. WW- Jo-, made bftOWB arethn 1 B. C. Vint -Jacob as ret ta Knypt. ai:d (aaall) ettt! In J whea. B' C, 1V.I J.e ,, , . I. ... ... 10 hu . Jacob u V' J ""'I''' tfl In Kcypt. , : o : , 'K("ther. ' utii.n 1 1,,' , ui ir, i (Mil i t JU . B. c 15: Katla oi .m - n. AraMa (eUi ra than L'aohtr make this date lio. B. C 1! or IklO The exodus. 1 he less,, j, subjects for quarter and the passages the past tidied we give below : Lee eon I Joseph sold Int Espt 0n. Gen. 37:l:-2. Leaeun II. -Joseph In a:3w-:l&. prison. !:.- Ill J..s. Id. . x ! tn i 41 Ls-ei IV -Jos. pi. a:..; h.s .r -lit.. (Jen. I U u D V - Death Ol J pk Ort H aVM. l-:x'i - 1 ' " J ,:!:': :' MS SOU VII-TI; Kx :':l-lo. . I. 1 ,d of M - '' : x' 1 1 1 - WTei U'a ti BBp rar.ee ;. sun. Isa. 5:s-.'X'. !' M : lx Call I M - Ks 3:I-1X LesaonX M tad Pharaoh. Kx. :i-ia I..ssor. XI. -The .at,v. r Kx. 12. UK. L. - on Xll Th- p..ssae of the U. d sea. fcx. Jt;i3-27. tor CaHstmaa la as. n. isa, H;l-" Tin- go den texts were aafati s: . . - - - . . I. , , bo.u -Act 7 9 Bpt' but od waa with him. II But thi Lard waa wi;h Jo-enh ard hewed him mercy. -Qci sa-st ' III T . I . ' i. ii." latrir. .1. n-..v. .' nti..w .iü I. As' g-a! ,-oi.or Aic 1 win i.or.or. IV Bi itni .... , ., . - r. ,n,. r vi Iii;; ,ivircon..- ivt) with h od Rom l: :i V. S (.-.ich in tn , nr.,!. .. . ..." , ... ... . I I I TI . ,1 .... 1 . . pt er- lf our hclirts ur.to w.sdom.VI ,; ,. hasrd their r taahUJ, ar.d God r nr.. mi., t. d Hi- . Kx . .,, VII L Tr.i.i! up a .luid in the way he Mould so. and when he is old hef)ill rot dp ut fr.im It.-Prov 8 aJia1' ' B.",a. that art mighty ta , , u i . . .... . . Ir.e.- Is. S; IX Certalai) l w 3 12 x. The aag -Is. B I .i ie with tin . - Kx. hi rrrstnee savtd them. XI 'hr!st our j ,-..,vr is sacrificed fat 1 t or. o:,. XII I will slrtr nt tK t i . . ... I,.,, . ... ..'.iu .or j i .i r, tr,fm-' -"- Kx ii i. and a, . raa Iv, "For unto ,ou Is born th.s a iu the city ot David a S-tVir '-Kuk VOLCANOES AND VIOLETS. Laeoea or the artarki newer Paausi Meeealaa on eaartaM' iivat SI ereil Mdr. oim- yean Ig i after an ascent of Vuanssj th SUggestloa was made by some dare-devil member of our lit- - . .. n . viuan "n.ss the crater?" Jt s.. happened that at the time the mouth of the volcano was bridged by irregular masses of sco.-i.ie that had falb :. upon .ach other, form! nf a broken cap through Which the sulphurous smoke rose in I Stifling Clouds. N,; BOoaer sa d than done. Wrapping heavj shawls about I our facta, so .-is to raelad the suffof.i:ir gases, we w. re s,( toiling imld the ragged rocks that almost , bill n ! ..or fet, k. aping within j touch of each other meanwhile in or 1 der to render any needed a d. Rut when one we had reached the farther s'de ..f the . rater in safety, and Mimbed out of that "month of hell,' no one was found to BUggett s return by tin same route. It is not to he wondered at that on the 's-( n; an ouesus s-r:oiisnc8 prevailed. W'c had heal realized ouI danger when it was too Int to reI treat; but flip thought of ,!t stayed with us all the long aprlng dny. Riding o wn the w!i d!og trail as if then x'st, ,. one's Ihoughta naturally wen: j hack to that fateful hour. 0 many centur;.s ago. when th's mighty mono- ; 'aln nblea off" all its opaer third, nnd "wr'ei! the cit lea nl its base in widespread overthrow Tos: Iben a violet lies'de the road swi !.- 1 nea train of thought; for looking up we saw noon nW s'dis o us one of the most beautiful nntttr.xl par: errra thai we had vr gated "pon. tarn d Ihtekly w'th bU the early biosonisv of Ajt:i! and Bprading n broider. il earpej down to where th- fratrratit vineyards of "l.a.h ty m.ae-t hriall grnpr met and ei ntinued them. And si we said: "W Jure sin aboundrd, grace did much more Bhonad." For one brief hour, c. n : url. s ago, des t ruction w-onght tnpreau 1 bait for 1 centttrlcs. nature, (ici's handmaiden. hn rSrpeted all these vast slopes xxith ' Rowera The n irld has its roleanota, win purpose and nu Bl 'ng form part ' of the problem of the World but ev- ' i.e uar.v: iv not m .. .1...1. err volcano has its blooming mend which cover nvtr Iti fiery core with a eil of beauty and prolong thmugh untold aires th- evidences of the presence, protect lOB and love of Cod. Chiearn Interior. It n m' Horn mt. ft hi better to let (iod hold Us fhntl to try t hold on to Him. nova ll more than characteristic of find; H is Iiis character. The tortttOttt path tO power in the Beere! Of it - appreciation. Lovelesa Uvea mast ba Oodleta, m nutttl r how religious they may seem to be. Friend hip is one of the fair Rowera of Pared N blooming in our world ol pain. It tikes much grace to give aII doei not reetivt a reproof in the vlgb1 astriti

ONLY DELAYING REFORM.

Ike aharwtaafj Urmia for Tariff H. daelton Will tiiuurr ar Lstrr I'm all. Those rei)u!,!i.','i:.s that hate bt Hi droeatbag tai.tr rtfornt, either through Nfltioa or reolproaity, with a I',, ii deal of aaraeataaaa are not da lighted with the situation in the tariff leid as they Sad it. Taej an codHaead, tpaarantly, that fraa trade, or aaytldag Uka n, is ajaltt as obnoxious to those who shape republic- : policies as it ever was, and that there is K"ino- to be no abaadoBawal of the Bfateetlre policy yet awhile. It ha beOOBM eh ar that any abatement of tariff taxation through revision or reciprocity can be had onlv 1... ..... " u acnncing- ine protected interests, ii. I aaasasa ..I f a ... oo .,ul' in wiese inieresis is willing to be sacrificed. Each of the benI eßcirtea of the protective policy la entirely willlag that any or all of the Diners snouiii make a sacrificial offerJnp of tbaaaaelrea, bat he wants none of it on his plate, thank you, taj the Biughamton (N. Y.) Leader. This is, of course, general! ipeak intf. There are a few individual cases of men who arc prepared to forego the protection on their industries for

me aaae ,,f the Wider markets such J he ratified, and when Mr. Roosevelt sacrifice would bring; them, but a BM rely recommends that those trealarge majority of the representatives e "onden d," the peopli ara of those industries refuse to see the , wondering on what theory it is that matter in the same tight. Mr A. B. the steel trust, the ingar trust, the rarouhar, of Trov. 1'a.. a mannfae- tinnlate trust, and other tr.iM.01dr.11

turer of agT'cultural implements, long "U" took advanced ground on tin- tarlit oucstion. and he is there et but his views have not won suftieiently wide acceptance to make them impressive. There is, of course, no doubt that the tariff will be reformed sooner or later. The demand for reform is froWiagfaad it will yet be too strong to be resisted. The movement toward freer trade is checked some- ; what, especially ia republicanism, by apprebaaalan that tariff changes will disturb our present pros- , , . ,, . - I !.. FT,. . . . . peruy. ints argument tails readily from tne HP ,,f those who have att . 1 .... , ways insisted, for political purp.: that th tnrieT t in- 1 tto'l l.r. ,,,..!, - - . . . ... w ii , v . . . . on the panic. Republican prosperity hi sensitive and timid, and it is SOS to frighten it awav. Hut the tiinla coming, and soon, at that, when this and other arguments against the abandonment of robber protection will not serve. The national democracy, united on this question, will be ablr to make it uncomfortably hot for the advocates of pickpocket tar iff. OPPOSE THE SHIP SUBSIDY. Pafialas Opinion In Stronitl) Aaalnat i he -fn r Ioiik Itepulil lean stsasai In the recent action of the Illinois State Grange, renewing that body's Opposition to the passage of the shipsuhsidv hill, there is found continued proof of the fact that public sentiment is unalterably against the messtire in question and that strong pressure xill again be brought to bear ill Wushii gt. to defeat the new bill, says the St. Louis Republic. 'i'tc basis of this unchanging opposition to the ship-subsidy bill was correctly stated in that sentence of tnc resolution adopted by the Illinois State (.range which declared that the defeat of the bill was sought because the grange believed "it to lie unwise ar.d unjust and special legislation, designed to favor a few moneyed corporation- at the tapei IC of the general public." All the kpeoial pleading possible to the republican group backing the ship-subsidy bill will not remove fiom the popular mind this just convict im that the measure is a syndicate measure, placing a tax of many millions upon the people in order that tinshipping corporations which inspired the proposed legislation may be further enriched by subsidy. This truth Was made so plain in the 1". f:-sixth coagn bs Unat the people are 1 nl likely to forget the teaching. athat the ahip-subaidy bill will ba ena s , a 'I' 1 . hVfjl a '1'1, iiri.u.ml 11111I1W1I.- I . , , la ncteu into law. m repumirnn party i i a a a 1 . a ia Vinnum p. c.tire,, ,0 ,e passage or the Mil. rreaioeni ttooteveii aas, with more or less directness, indorsed the measure in his message to congress. The spectacle likely to he preeented In Washington at nn early date is that of the passage of the shlp-snbaldy bill la the face of a popular opposition which, under proper conditions, should make defeat certain. At the merchants' banquet in Boatoa Senator llanna said: "W- arc building n mngnlfleenl navy and shall continue until we ate secon.l to no nat'on. We alkOUkl also build sometktag for that navy to defend." Extending the reasoning, why should hi' not sa, : "We have a small but efficient army. Let us get up some wars to keep it employed act rely," . or "We havi a fine penstot office j lei us tind some pensioners for the office to pay." A ostein that must be sustained ny siieii taliacioiis arguments will BOl commend itself to the American people Hertford Tim. a. Tbc ship aabaldy Mil is a steal pure and simple. It proposes to take the people's mouej and preeett it la industries already established and profitable. It is In the inteict of a class, it is vicious in principle, Healthy industries arc t ot developed in such manner. The bill rests upon falle! d a d misrepresentation and It ought never to become a law. Roch) iter Herald. s between Senators Manse and orsker la 'h Ohio flgh, vvhat reason has Pre aide a I Rons veil ta favor Manna ?t. I.ouia Republ.!.

THE TRUSTS AND THE PEOPLB.

C.ea.raf Are of Hr.t I ortau villi llrpubllcana l.eitlalalora. The defend, i s of our present tariff ijsteaa, from the ptealdent down need not think that they can satis,, fy the popular deaaand for tariff revision simply by ibattiag th. ir eyea and aar ta its existence. There ia many a man who believes in reasonable protection a bo is entirely a nable to sc.- why the United States Steel corporation should hac at y discrimination in its favor and at the expense of the people of the United States. President Booeevelt is a student of our biatory, and be kaowa that the otigfaal theory of protec- . Don was that it should be triven to . r iniant iBdUStrieS, and continued only as Ion as those industries continued to be infants. It wai admitted by all ! that protection should be withdrawn f just as soon as the industries to Which it had been gtvea w.-ie able to get along without it. The people, tOO, Widerstand this. Therefore, ays the independent Indianapolis News, when it is said that there shall be 1.0 BUKÜflcation of the tariff, and that the reciorOClt treaties should tint : aggregations of capital are to be at lowed to continue to tax tin 111 eXorbitantly for the sake of adding to pronta that are already enoratoan The situation is indeed serious, and it may become critical for the republican party. The gentlemen of the ways and means committee may refuae to grant relief to the peopie. am' the president and congress may s'''n them, but theirs is not tha word. AH over the country, and I amonir republicans ns well as dcniorats. the people are growing restive 'under existing conditions. There is 1 A . not a western congressman who doea not know this. W all know in this eetlo that the i, plate and steel dustriea arc not "infants." To sugp Ibal they are, and to urge proteetion in that or any other ground, :s only to arouse contemptuous bsdlg iti,,: on the part of the people. The wan I , s as plain as can be. Rut there are no indications that it will be regarded. On the contrary, the republican leaders, instead of moving to modify or to repeal these needless, and so unjust taxes, are striving to secure the imposition of others for the benefit of the great shipping combine. There i nothing that the democrats would like so well as to have the tariff laws left slOBO and the ship subsidy grab go through. So great is their eagerness to have the republicans fall into these blunders that there is reason to fear that they may not do their full duty a- the oppo sition party in congress. Indeed, the 'pn-stion is getting far beyond one j f Btere taxation. It will soon be, ' if it is not now, one of whether this country is to be ruled by the people or by the trusts and corporations. We hear much of "influence" in the present congress. The subsidy hill is sa.d to be supported by powerful influence, the isthmian canal ia threatened by other influences, fair treatment of Cuba depends on the result of the fight between two great influences and the relation of our statesmen to them, nnd so on. One wonders where the people come in. OPINIONS AND POINTERS. Trusts have no more right tt have their own sweet will becatls they can summon a multitude of do lars. than feudal chiefs had a righi to lord it over others because they had a large number of retainers at their backs. Indianapolis News. I'resid. nt Roosevelt is said to be much offended at the delay of the aenate in confirtalng the nomination of Attorney (ietn-ral Knox. The in:.i .. . . ... 11 1. - , en 111 mil 1 sein- o cull ine jiirident's attention to the fact that there is such n wh.ich he 1 body as the senate -- of was incidentally informed hy a deputation of senators, to whom I ar ar as lavi ,, ,,. ,aw sIIie time ago. Albany Argus. The ststcsmen who tried to shelve Roosevelt by making him vice president are not faring half bail after all. Here is the bossship of Piatt reeognined It New York. Quay still doing- business nt the old stand in blag out national offices and llanna as self-complacent as usual with the Ohio and national machines completely in his grip. No wonder the civil service reformers are down ia the mouth. St. Pntil Globe. Reciprocity, the handmaiden of protection, as high-tariff republicans aw delight to term that vagM and evasive policy, will doubtless he found to have earned the title beyond all dispute before the fifty-fifth congress shnll have reached the day of final adjournment. What still remains to lx- seen, however, is whether the genera! public will be fooled into believing that such a handmaiden aervet any but monopoly interests. St. I, Ulis Republic. Next year's campaign will lie for COBgreaa. Chairman Dick, no dbubt, wonders if the "produi-cra" Will still net in IMt, when he hopes to gain his reward in the governor's office. iVith President Roosevelt in Charge Of tha civil service of the United States there is danger of the entire destruction of republican prla ciples in Ohio. Cincinnati Knquirer. The United States may produce B millionaire some who will he Philanthropie enough fo sell his truat ,,r,,,li., is lit home for the same r.rioee ... . charged t the foreign coosMwer. Detroit Free i'lesa.