Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 September 1902 — Page 7

Weeklu Courier.!

O. DO A NU, Psshllshrr. JA8PEH. I i i I INDIANA. NO CASTE OVER THERE. Oh! ft who nol:e a lordly brad In hauKlity gold-created pride. Who walk the street with kingly treal And brush the honest poor aside. Who think the toller but the cum Of earth and alwaya In the way. Know y.m the time will surely coma Winn you will be in poor as they? That ilc..t h will lava king and slave? There'll lie no castu beyond the grave. Tou look with proud and cold dlsdala On those who toll for dally bread; The clanking of the labor chain You hem with careless toss of head. You never hake a poor man' hand Unleas you have an as to grind Borne new ambition to be fanned From coal to (lame, but keep In mind Death knowi no master, knows no slave There'll be no caste beyond the grava. Thts life I aa a quick -drawn breath Compared unto eternity. "Tis but a spun from birth fa death. Than out upon the shoreless lea We drift, atid there the man of prlda Who was a king upon the earth Must float as equal Bid by side With fellow man of humbler birth. He cannot ride a private wave There'll be no caste beyond the grava Till crack of doom wise men may preach Of universal brotln rhood, With tongues Inspired may strive to teach That principle so Krand and good. But just as long as Kold it good And Beirse-prtds swags the human heart A buttlement both hljrh and broad Will hasp the rich and poor apart; H it death will equal lord and slaveThere' II be no caste beyond the grava. Denver Tost. V THE ACT OF GOD. lllilW!J!)llll!i)Mli))l BY JOHN tlttUm WILSON. YEA US ago, before the jetty stretched Its lonely length across the shoals of Clktaop Spit, and before Lightship No. 50 swung its glare over the homing waves, a small, ill-found team-schooner was beating up into the nor" wester, preparatory to scudding inlo the Columbia river. Tlie afternoon darkened fast, and the kipper was taking n look at the bar In an attempt tu satisfy himself that ne could make harbor before the night. Ilia observations were not reussuring: from his low elevation he caught the gleam of huge combers racing from North Head to the low lands of the Spit; the bar was rough and consequently dangerous. He. closed the spyglass with a snap and walked forward to the door of the little engine room. "Jim," he Vited, "shut your dampers. We'll go"! outside to-night." "Mind your eye," said the skipper threateningly. "I can't do lvetter with a craft down by the head," retorted the sailor cross ly . "Clumsy!" roared his superior, and disappeared within the cal'in. Presently a grimy face followed by a lank body emerged from the engine room. The newcomer viewed the situation from under the pent of his greusy cap and turned to the wheelman, "I'm sick o' this, he said; "ain't you'.'" "You're right. I am sick of it. The old man i- the worst. I ever saw. He drives, drives, and be don't get anywhere with it all. Hut what in thunder can we do?" "I'm going to tell him right now." continued the engineer, "that I've no mind to stew he low decks all day fussing with his tin-pot machine, handling his dirty slab wood, and then be turned out to pull h . ill the whole night, li s going to be dirty weather, too." "The wind's bnchin'," growled the enter. "So l reckoned It's going to be a nasty nilit; and we could be inside the bar in two hours " "The old man was just now looking it the bar Reckon it's rough, or he'd go in." "Not much. He owns this tub and he isn't going to rik her eccpt in daylight, even if it does mean vou and me working double tides." The engineer frowned blackly and shook a dirty fist at the captain's closed door. The other member of the crew, small, scantily-clnd boy, came by with a pot of coffee. Its aavor mounted to the nostrils of both men and did not mollify their temper. "The boy there he treats like a dog worse thnn a dog." continued the engineer with fresh rancor, "and he's oot fit for stand-up work like this" "True enough," responded the tailor, "but I'm sorry for myself. ,Ive been at this bally wheel Hince un-np, and the old man's got her Jown by the head su's she steers (ike a keg of nails." Their sense of injury did not grow less by discussion, and it was not long till the engineer asserted that he wai going "to knock off." The Milor ruminated awhile, with his faze fixed upon his superior "I am folng to quit." said the latter peevishly. The nnilor passed a lashing around the wheel. When this wns fast he douched forward, saying simply: "I'm with yon." The engines, which had not been Itopped, were working lowly and more slowly ns the steam pressure went down. No sail was abroad ex.anl a tii.-i.l unit n tlrl mtw flint tin pc mm , . r ,, .a a . .. u , ...... ... l i .L.J . . 1 . : f.ii wncci vi aw it ii.i nnout-u, im- nunc leu off and lurched heavily against a ea. "Here, you!" shouted the captain. tumbling on leck, "mind your He ceased abrupt y when he saw . a sä a a i . sa

till clutching the coffee cup. When he came around the comer of the deck-house, he run upon the two mutineers leaning over the lower half of tae pulley dour, munching cruckcre and drinking eogee. "What do you mean by this?" ha bawled with a curse. The bailor turned half around and aid slowly: "We've knocked off." "Knocked off? (limb aft there.

you mutiuoiiH rascal! Run!" ISoUi engineer did seaman ground bout on their heels. " We've knocked off. we tell you," they said together, The captain glared murderously. Raising bis arm he motioned aft. Neither Stirred. The coffee cup caught the engineer full in the face. An instant later the captain was on his back upon the deck und the sailor was ting his limbs tightly together. When he was strapped to their satisfaction, the whole crew, engineer, seaman and boy, dragged him struggling and cursing to the aftergrating by the wheel. There they dropped him. "Don't come any of your tricks cm t s," panted the engineer. "You're lucky to get off so easily. You would throw things at an engineer. would vou?" "I didn't go to hit you, Jim. growled the prisoner. I intended to hit that fellow there." "Lucky for you that you didn't, put in the sailor, sullenly. "Am way," said the engineer, "you're settled for a while." Ths three gathered in the little galley and ate a substantial supper. Then the men lit their pipes and simmered out on the leck. 'The night was deepening fast; the eastern sky was already black above the coast line, and in the west heavy clouds were scudding across the last reflections of the sun. The wind came in puffs from the south, fretting the nor'west swells into an angry tumble. From the grating on which he lay the captain looked from the flapping sail and the rusty funnel forward to the leaden seas that brimmed to the low rail. His thoughts were not clear. The indifference of the two men stirred him to rage; the sight of his helpless schooner staggering unguided through the perilous sea tilled him with misery; the thought of the fate that was swiftly coming upon them all gleaned in his eyea. The sailor was the tirst of the rebels to notice the position of the ship. Far in shone a light which marked Point Adams. The bar. North Head and every other land mark was obliterated by the driving send. "It's f resbenin'," he remarked uneasily. "Coining on a blow," responded the engineer. "Wish we weren't off the Columbia. Had place." "Some water is comin' aboard. That ni'-ans we've got to get sail on her while we can. There's only two of ns and the boy. and I reckon it will wind us to set even the forest ay IsT" "I don't see how we bettered ourselves by getting in a fuss with the skipper," grumbled the . -ngineer. "We just set ourselves extra wi.rk." "Heave her to," answ. n d the sailor. "Heave her to, and then mhi and I can sit in the cabin and keep warm and Jeep.'" It was pitch dark when they had set a couple of staysails forward and Inshcd the wheel again. The ill-trimmed Katie made heavy wcaihcr of it, and thev had thoughts of releasing the captain ami returning to duly. With a half articulate understanding they made their way aft ! the grating on which they had left Hie captain. A dollop of water came vr the rail and flooded the nfterdeck so that they were compelled to bang on to escape being washed overboard. "Where are J on. sir?" called the snihu- in a low tone. There was no reply. The engineer stooped and peered around the deck. No human form was to be seen and the grating, crushed into shapeless bits, floated In the scupper . Neither uttered word. They went forward and threw themselves panting down the scuttle into the forepcak. When they turned and faced each other, a heavy sea thundered upon the deck above them. "The old man is lost," said the engineer. "He'll ttfl no tales." rcpoiidc-. his companion. "We might as well 'a' thrown him over the side ns left him on that grating. Yon and I killed him." "I say." said the sailor, "that he'll tell no tales." "Hut the boy?" They stared idiotically at each other and clutched the sides of the bunks to secure their footing. The spasm of resentment was past, and they were face to face with an unpromediated crime. The engineer broke the pause. "It's gone far enough." he said hoarsely. "We've blood on our hands. The boy's not In this." "Why not? Do you want to hang?" "I say the boy is not in this mess; he's naught to do with it." "If the old mnn were here, he'd put the boy in it with us. He's got to take his chances." "I say he's clear," cried the engineer. "We've done It We're men ami we con take the pay that comes to us. Is it n bargain?" The sailor's face was ghastly, but a manlier chord was touched by the plea. He reached out a hand calloused and misshapen by many a year of servile toil, and the two men aealed their compact. In the meantime the captain lay helpless on the grating and counted the minutes which Intervened between the sea that roared over the rail to boa! him into brcathleaa agony. Time and again he was carried against the low bulwarks in instant expectation of death. Hi struggles for mere life became feebler; he waited for the sea that to wash him clean overboard to

destruction. Suddenly through the murky smother he discerned a slender form crawling aft by the weather aide of the cabin. "Tommy! Tommy! he culled fiercely. The lad watched his chance and ran to the wheel. Stooping over he sum cd the captain's bonds upart with his knife und dragged him into the lee of the deck limine in time to escape the hing flood that swept

the deck und smashed the grating into sirups: thut later met the ee of the mutineers. It was not long till the captain's blood was once more circulating and the tingle roused him into activity. "Where are they?" he asked. "111 go and sec." When Tommy came back he uniioiineed that they were in the forepcak. "tio and close the scuttle and bolt it," commanded the captain, "and I'll fin the door below. Jump!" The boy obeyed, and when he returned to the cabin the skipper nodded. "You're faithful Tommy, and you shan't be sorry. Now, we must save the ship if we can." A glance forward filled him with rage. "Lubbers! he roared They've tried to heave her to under the stays'ls. Lotten canvas, rotten tackle, rotten inn-t. She'll br-ab and founder. Toiamy, we've got to get up some steam and get out to sea " "Where are we, sir'.'" asked the boy. "Somewhere off the North Head. I reckon." said the skipper grimly, i hat a oeatb, wo snow for young bones under that cliff." "I can tire up, sir." "We'll both do it, Tommv Itl only an odd chance. She may go down any minute now, and we'll keep each other company." They found the fires low and no steam. 'The two plied the furnace full of evertliirig they could lav hands to. and when the gauge crawled up to 35 pounds, the captain started the engines. "I!ust tlie boiler and stand by." was tlie lao iu. or der as he BWUlsg BlmnoM up the ladder. Tommy was lieginning to enjoy the warmth and stead v noise of th engine-room when a hail from lhei det-k came to his ears. "Tumble up. lively! Stop her. and tip with jre! "What Is it. nw?M panted Tommy, when he reached the deck. "Ve'i ashore!" cried the skipper in his ear. "We're driving against a dead wall of rock. Qe1 up aloft, Main-top, mv lad."

"Tbc men in the peak!" said tho I tno Ueuteronomlo law toon place durboy with a gesture. The captain at in tl,e feast of lobar nan las once in first seemed linrdly to catch h MOn years (v. 10), and women and meaning of bis cry; then he threw j children, aa well as the men who up one hand in answer and plunged MWlly assembled for feasts, were forward. The boy M almost up tho I gathered to hear it. The consecrawenther rigging when the captain. I tion of Joshua ns Moses' successor followed ly two men broke out of the took place privately within the taberforepeak and crossed the lurching naOMl (v. 14). but was supplemented deck to the fore rigging. They j by a public charge (v. Z.i). The reguhalted, obeyed n motion of the skip- ; latioiis for preserving ihe copy of the per. ran aft to the main and joined law are very definite (r, 26), and the Tommy in the little top. Here the , song of Mosel was to be taught to four clung vpceehless while with the whole congregation. a swift lures, the foremast disappear- i Moses' Sung. -This soug is ooo of the ed. The engineer and the seaman finest poems in the Hebrew language.

strained against the piMcring main mast in agony.

Suddenly Out of the hlindintr spray and promises rescue at the last morose up a sheer wall of blackness ment from threatening judgment.

and silence seemed to StttOthOf every thing. A huge sea picked the Katie up gently, ami bore her smoothly out of the hideous tumble on toward the cliff. The skipper let go his grasp with one band and reached up to the boy above him. "(ioolbye. Tommy!" he cried. The lad looked down and caught the one fatberly glance that had evei warmed his heart. He felt bhneeM falling and culled nut. A wet branch brushed ncrOM his face and be clutched at it in hew ildermcnt. A second later he svviin atrain-t nnu-t earth ami dug his tinger inlo strong sea grass and turnet! his face down away from the wind. tvhea he came to himself the cap tain, engineer and sailor wen' painfully dragging him tip the steep elitTside. It was very dark and the hot odor of fern choked him. "Are you hurt?" asked the captain, stooping over Una. "No. sir. How did we get here " "We were tossed against the cliff where some trees happened to bo framing. We nuuuignd it Joai n you dii." "Are we nil here?" "All safe." was the reply. The morning broke in gloriotia freshness before thev m:ide the top of the cliff. There they drop, .1 breathlessly on the gras and rested. Below them tossed the broakors, a dainty fringe of white on the fast deepening blue of the sea. Present ly the captain rose and started off. "I'm going to the lighthouse to report." he said in answer to Tommy! qnery "Won't you let these men go tirt?" asked the boy, timidly. "What'" screamed the captain, turning short round. Tommy hung his hend nnd wept bitterly. "Thev've been good to tin', sir." he Bobbed. The skipper of the Katie thrust his hands into his pockets nnd whistled. The two mutineers stood before him shamefaced and in silence. The captain felt much injured that he ahoutd be expected to forego his righteous revenge, and be felt, beside, the pinch of the morning air. Without warning he burt into laughter. "Ye don't deserve anything at my hnnds. Yoti've lost me my ship. That ye're nlive now ye may set dow n to tho set of God. Co off. I'm mum. Nobodv will brlieve me or yon snywar." ' The men shambled nway through the high ferric and Tommy sat beside the skipper nnd wept because bis stomtch waa unfilled. Overland Monthly.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

tUsssen la he ls.irrsstia.aaJ Mnn far September SI. IMOS-Tha Death of Muse. Till; hfc.tft.nN TEXT. (Ueut., 34.1-12.) LAr0M s peal ua trout iheplalaaot Uuati 111 '. the in. "li lain of Nil'U, tu th tup ot Plsgah, in n b ov-r agatnM Jerhku. and lav Lot i..ai u u.c .....u tt Weed, uota Dea. if. Atiü all Ndpiitall. and the 1st. vi ut Upfcraim, ai.c Mui.j-'-h si.u all ths Una el Judsh, ui.iu the utmost ss. . Aba th tuutli, s i.i the plain of tn va.. oi Jerit.au, lbs city o' i,D u. 1 to .oar 1 AnO i Le Lird .aid ur.to him. This li tnt 1 .Mi hieb l affsr unto Abraham, unto Isaac, äi una Jacob asjrlnA 1 illgtv t ui.to thy n-td. 1 havscuustu thee to t wük thine syes, but ttiuu shah uoi iw war ihttntr. it. bo Moses the servant of the Lord dltd .here li. the lai.il ut Muub, according to lb srord oi ihi l.uioi t, A i .. i.e burled him Id a valley In tne i iskd ot Muub. over uaaii.st lictliptur; but i.u uai. ki.o. lb oi i.A.- ktpuicbit oi. ;o tu" Uy. . And Mose us an hundred and twenty Sean al4 i he due: his eye wan not mm, i. or hit natural lorce abated. . Ai.ii the chilcrer. of Urael wept for Mum ii in the platat ot Moab thirty day: .-u Lbs dsn ot wseptag ai.d sourolneT to Mösts were ended. . Ai.u Joshua lbs son of Nun frei full ut ti e siirit ot w jidoas; for Moses had laid his hai.de upon him: ut.d the cnildlV ol Israel luarkaasd ante him, and -id an toe l.uru commanded Moses. 10. ABS Ibers arose not a proplut since in laVtM like unto Mose, whom the l.oru sjicw lacs to face. 11. Italiihi i-lKtsand the wonders which lAe l.oio si i t aUb to do In tli- land of kYL1 to rtiutaoli. and toai. 1...- ectvanti. lud to all his land .. Ai.u la all thai mistily Bind, and in ail the great urrur which M ,-l.cwediB the ishi of all Israel, QOUMta IIA I. The Lord pake um Vlitars faee tu fi. . Ki. ilitlll. UI TI.INK I IJT sii Kll'Tl KK MEl TION. Death In view Dtttl . xxst. Moses eons; I NlUl . SJUtiL si lei blessing Deut., axxlll. M.-. s. ciatl Ueut., ill 1-7. Mutes mouinedt Ueut., M :6-12. TIME -11. C. IÜ1. I'UAt 'K -lai.d of Moab. NUTE8 AMi tiMMKNTS A Bantenee ITulfllted. fteeawaa ot "ls at Menbali, Mose WM Ol to peiinit ed to bring tlie .bildren 'f lsiad int.. the promised land I (Kuno. M:7-lt). He besought the Lod to revoke the Judgment, but ' without avail (Ueut 3:S3-M); for it would not be just, to punish the paopie for their sins and overlook tlie : ransgressious of their leader . It seems pathetic that Moses should Iiuvc been denied this great privilege, but those who carefully stud tins h u will see that in reality be lost nothing and ga t ed a front ileal. Death in View. Muses Knew that his work was dune. The reading of It dwells on Jehovah's faithfulness and the Ingratitude of His people, Driver says of it: "The song shows treat originality f form, being a presentation of prophetical thoughts in a poetical dies--, ol a scale that is without a parallel in the Old Testatnent. As the opening verses show, it is a didactic poem. . . . The poet develops his theme with eon tpicUOUl litersry and artistic skill; the images are diversified and expreesire; and the parallelism (the Hebrew substitute for rhyme) is remarkably regular and forcible. A spirit of impassioned earnestness stisI and suffuses the w hole." Moaes Dontn The top pf Plsgah k a sheer rocky mountain standing just e-ist of the northern end of the Dend sen, from which one can see the mountains of Gilead, Hormon, Tabor, Bbnli Oerhdmi Qonrnatai In, Ike Mount of Olives. Mount Zi'n and the slopes entendttJg to the Dear! sea. 4.000 feet ibi.ve the summit. The Mediterra nean is not visible from Mount Piagnh. I i . re are few things harder to hear tliRn such a disappointment aa this of Moses. His wns one of the great griefs of history. Moses hnd spent his life to bring his people into the promised land, but here, in sight of that land of his lifelong dream, hut not in it, he died. Hut Heaven is f ill 1 af those who have known their BMP 111 10 of Moses' grief -who have labored and striven and prayed toward some one great hope, nnd have died with OOt reaching it. May not the rxnmple of Moses help us to see (1) that though its dearest hope be not realized, life is by no means a failure; i ') that (iod is to be trusted ai d His decision fsced in quietness and peace; (t) that tkt dev eh .ptnent of character is more important than the carrying out of any earthly plnn; (4) that to die the friend of (iod Is subline even though the promined land of our dreams is never reached? Moses Mourned. The grief of the people for M,,SM was fiueere, though not prolonged beyond the usual time. Pn.MTU'AL SI'c.CKSTION. Not even Homo was n perfect matt. All hut .Testis have fallen short of fully and always doing Hod's will. It was not Moses the sinner, but Hoifj the servant of the Lord," who died upon the mount. Moses had a beatific view of the rnrthly Canann. and then entered Into the Cnniinn of the blest. Even a Moses can be spared from fiod's work. 'o man is necessary tq its continunnce. The loss of money has often mesa! the finding of manhood Ham's Honk

sssaasssssssannussssssssaaassssa HUNTING THE TRUSTS.

Präsident mm ata Hsvva Ksaltla Tlsseu. Bat Ik Ussse Housls I. Ink tss Sals. Since the advent of our MetnoBtal administration, what are know n as 1 hr "high officials" of the government at Washington are having a atrenuous time. It has somehow been found necessary for them to be sbsent most of the time during the siimMier season taking extended trips, on public business of course. The first to abandon hi post of duty was the president, by retiring to Oyster Bay and removing tue executive branch of the government with him Not that he is idling away bis time by any means, hut seeing that the larget game in sight w as a drove of trusts, he has put in the summer hunting them. The newspaper uccount of the expedition into New England, where it is to be presumed the principal trusts were ensconced or the president would not be there hunting them, have so fsr not disclosed that the unerring fire of otircliief magist rate has bagged any of the game he is after. The coal trust anil the beef trust are still browsing on the granite hill- of New Hampshire and large herd ore reported in Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode Island nnd Connecticut, am! even tip in Maine, especially armnl liar n.irlmr and the const resorts they are reported to bt plentiful. Lot 'is hope that the president wiT have better luck when he strikes the western and southern states nnd that the hide uf at least one trust may he nailed on the door of the white house barn before congress assembles, just to show that he is really in earnest and as an example to our law gtreri of what he expects of them in their hunt for the same game. The premier of the cabinet i-. like bk ehlei.abaonl from Washington, hut he had become fo tired in his hunt with the English ambassador after Bors that be is doubtless recuperating for the reciprocity treaties lmnt that nreepe ted t0 be bagged after a gnitid routii! op this winter. Secretary Shaw was unfortunate In the game that he had evidently been instructed to hunt for, although he has faithfully tramped, sailed OH government honts or on express trains with free passes to find his quarry, he has so far not brought down a bird or rumpled the feathers of s trust-protected, magnate. The I'nited States ireasiirv has had to run itself. as far as he is concerned, for he has been intent in hunting out the connection bttWOOa: the tariff and the beef trust, hut the result of his three months' work U so MsMtll factory that he has returned from the field in s riaed condition. The secretnry of war has become so exhausted in hunting Filipinos that he is enjoying a well earned holiday, by expres orders from his chief, so I that lie can lie t norougmy rccnprnuru for the Mora hunt in the fall. His trip to Europe is expected to give him frch ideas how to govern colonies on the European plan. The secretary of the navy, after months of hard work preparing fot the great war game, has now returned to Haverhill, being unable, from danger of seasickness, to comtnnnd the I'nited States ship Pinafore. Hut Ad miral Higginson and the duchess of Marlborough had possession of tlie quarter deck nt the last accounts and the great war fame wns proceeding. The booming of champagne enrks was distinctly heard in that direction nnu it is hoped that the gallant admiral has captured a prize. In the meantime the enptnitta ind the fleet are anxious ly awaiting the signal for close ar tion. The latest orders from the presid cnt. by wireless telegraph, w ere. It reported, to stna-h the enemy and take no prisoners. The balance of the cabinet and other "high officials" have not been heard from for over two months. No one believes they are idling away their time, but not being experienced triM hunters, like their chief, the hope of their bagging any game Is a forlorn one. A report has for some time been In circulation at Washington that PoatBtaater ticnern! Pay re has been treed by a trnst in the wild of Wlecontitt, hut even if true, which is doubtful, it is expected Senator Spooner. who is influential with trusts, will release him from hla predicament . n lows Tariff f'hlrp. The much abused editor of the re publican campaign book evidently had a straight t lp when he threw cold water on tariff revision, for the leaders of that party, from president down to noth otise politicians, are ignoring Ihe question. Occasionally a chirp is heard from western states that indicates they believe the trusts can baej be downed in that way. For instance, here is the !os Moines Register dec laring: "Tl ere Is not so very much dlfTcrenr betsmoa republlenns on tariff les's'o'lin About nil It amourts to Is that some want the tariff revised, but In such a way ns rot S Itstnrbanr Industrial pro?p rltv, others sre wlllirs: to have it revised, providing it will rot füstur our Industrial prosperity. There Is no occasion to musnlf y differences. It Is much more Important to mnsr.lfy the common purpose an to so about necompllshlns It In a harmonious sr.d effective manner." The charge is freely made that his peicbaa abont restraining trusts re only declamation; thnt he knows nothing can be done: that his constitutional amendment will Inks years tc get. if it is ever secured at all. Hut in cutting awav the tariff nrtc tion of trusts there is something definite that can be done immediately. The republicans of the west are demanding thnt it he done. 1'nless the president is willing to rest under the suspicion that he is talking clap-trap for political purposes he will soon take occasion to say that he agrees with those ardent supporters of hla in the west. N. Y. Post.

FREEDOM PROM TRUSTS.

a St 1 1 ras freslelest or Caareaa Has I a tu the Presest Hros(kl It Altaal. For six long years the republican iiave had control of u II branches of the government, executive, legislative and judicial. During this period tho organiat ion and growth of the trusts has bee! most prolific and their extortions from the public have been enlarged and extended to most of the necessities of life. The coal combine and the beef trust are examples of the growth of combinations during this period of republican ad miuit ration. The opening of this era of republican rule was emphasized by the enactment of the Dingley law, many schedules of wb'eh were not only intended to protect the combines, but were actually prepared by attorneys of tfco trusts and therefore were entirely in their interests. The tmsl magnate-, finding themselves securely intrenched and protected then began a -eric- of great eOmbinatloni that staggered the commercial world and hav.- srracNially ra i-eil prices of most necessi Ilea to the higlie-t notch ever before known. Naturally lha voters begin to kielt at these exactions and e-..-, pts were made by the democrats ir. congress to reduce them. The present executive in his first message to the congress recommended publicity n tin antidote, but no nut ice was t a k n of t h N reeonrtmendation by the republicans in congress. It remained fur a democratic senator to propose an amendment to the census bill oa the lines of President Boose eclt's recommend a tion. A vote was taken and all the republicans present voted against it and all the democrats for it. hut it was defeated, for the republicans were in command of the sit nation. The political situation became more acute and upon the close of the first session of the Fifty-seventh congress the president determined to take the stump and try and stay the tide that was flowing in favor of controlling these vast corporations. It appears from his speeches that he bus no remedy to offer other thnn publicity of trusts' transactions, unless an amendment to the constitution can be had. but this would only he available to a future generation and the voters are clamoring for immediate relief. To Change the constitution requires two-thirds of eongreos to vote to propose it. and three-fourths of all the states to ratify such change. ( learly this is an impossible achievement if the present temper of congress is run tinned, besides the further obstacle of all but one-fourth of the states agreeing to the same. The corporations control over one-third of the senate v,i- stated by Senator Morgan, and it is doubtful if they do not control a greater pereenge of the present kosmi of representatives. Under these circumstances can the republican party be relied oa to control the ttrnatef it would seem to be nnlikclv and improbable liranting that Prealdcnl RooMVOtt HI sincere in his trust baiting, will he be able to bring his party to the same form of mind'.' Put unfortunately, there are strong Indication! that the president himself N but lukewarm in his nnti-trust fight. If he were sincere, would he be silent on the principal remedy for stopping the extortions of the principal combines, by saying not WOSfd about revising; the tariff nnd thus cut off the protection that tlie-e combines now en joy, and which allows them to lleece the people to the tune of from 30 to loo per cent.? Nor lines be say n word about the eoal strike or lift a finger to stop it. yet there would seem to be a way open I be law of Pennsylvania forbids railroads to operate mine or manufactories of any kind, and ths federal anti-tru't law provides that combines COO be pnnished bv fine nnd Imprison ment and the judicial arm of the gorernment could enforce It. The miners of Pennsylvania have behaved with wonderful moderation, hut no word ef praise or encoura"e ment has been vouchsafed them by the president, though he enlightens the public on much less important matters at great length and minute ns" It Is. therefore, uselesis to look for relief from trust exactions from a republican prealdont or n re publican eongre..; thev are hound to their idols. OPINIONS AND POINTERS. Hefore Tom .Tohn-on is through with him Mark Hannn will probably be calling for an arbitration board. Chicago Daily News (Ind.) If the president continues to brace up the Monroe doctrine some of our foreign friends may think it really needs doctoring.- Chicago Post (R-P) Mr Hannn professes sublime confidence In republican victory in Ohio, but there is some roaSOB to believe that he is just as well satisfied that his term does not expire this tear. t hicago Chronicle. When gigantic corporation! have scquircd control of everything, and the entire community is at their mercy, what will follow? htlll It be nstional control of the trusts, or nstionsl ownership of their property ? Cleveland Plain Dealer. Congressman I eushsO, trf bwa, republican, says of the town republican platform: "This platform is a dirty, lousy lie. fabricated by a ht of truckling, temporhtlBg hypocrites and I'll be preaching the doctrines of true republicanism when t he pansy is growing over their graves. I'll support the ticket and make some peechs, but I want everyone toknow where I stand." than? Arrns.

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