Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 May 1903 — Page 3

AFTER MANY DAYS A DECORATION DAY STORY

Tin- i-t n t was blocked by earryalli tiled with children, decked in rhlte, companies of soldiers, nana n horseback, ilia Grand Army veterans,

now out a remnant "f the mighty boat tiiut once mnrched away to Baaks history, and Bumeroan organlaatloni in i ubi- ranks. Jerk sir. mi- i.f the "Star Bpsagled Banna? mingled with Um sound of tbe tiff aad drum. Boated out mi tin- in. .ininjr uir. xIh- aotaa f "Marching Through Georgia" wen- i antritt, ecliocil nml answered i.v "('uluui

IT mi I I f l I '''''' " "", 1 I 1 a.J Vl I while tin- 8anish

"A Hot lime." Flags and banner-, hi n amed from all windows, J Of it was the 30th of May. Hob Munii.-i, young aoatbaraar, eajoytag Iiis first glimpse of life ju tin- northern states, threaded ins way through the crowded atreeta, wblab seemed to him to baar tin- air of a gate day. He turned Into a street where tall tws .ist a grateful aliada on tba pave neat. Than Iiis heart boat more quickly. At tin- end of the block be saw Jocelyn-Jocely n, .'vveet and 17 and but very recently his liaucee. "Jocelya P Bha tarnad a pretty, surprised fare to hi.

thrc.i.tu nit way .hroug-'i In crowded rtraat "Where nre von roinr, Jocelvn? 1

found it closed." am going to spend the day with my grandmother." ' And she is the only member of your family I have not met, so I will jo with on." "No, Rob; not to-day. This is slwayi a sail day for poor grandma." "Ob, your grandfather waa killed In the civil war, 1 presume," be added, feelingly. "Worse than that. Boh.4 He belonged to the "missing, and not missing in notion, either. Vou can walk to the house with HW uml 1 will tell you about ir. Early in the war my grandfather was taken sieh in qusrters. Before ha as well bis regiment receired ordara to move an sad comnei .--.I tln-ir march at night. Li rand pa, delirloUl with fever, was, placed in the ambulance, "The next morning, when some of his comrades, anxioua as to h's mndition, came to the ambulance, they found it empty and my grand' father waa miming. All Maren and inquiry proved aaa railing. Uli friends . . tn the conclusion that in bis delirium ha bad slipped unaeen from the imbulfl under eoter of the night aad that probably he had been hilled by bushwhackers. Of course, the mar Ii could not ba delayed, and bis regiment had to pursue their way, leaving him to Ida unknown fate. "He wai anew agate heard from, and they say the sad tidings would iave killed my grandmother, but she felt that she must live to have removed from the matter roll the cruel word 'deserter.' 'l'i - years she went continually to tin window to watch for him; the ioor!"'". never ran?, ft footstep never pSttaSd before the door but her

heart neat wjth expectancy, ana Knew mat, anawrei had been hhl fate, he did not merit the cruel charge of deaertl n. f(r he was u grand and brave man. "She worked unceasingly to get the charge removed, ami yeara after the war succeeded in doing to. That lifted her sorrow slightly, but this Decoration dav is a dreaded one to her. .She grieves so to think thai ah cannot care for his grave, ami she envies all tboe women beariag flowers to their dead in the cemetery." lö ti was atraagely silent after listening to the recital ( f this little tragedy. "It i very sail ami strange," he said, reflectively. "I re. alls a war ttOiy that tnv grandmother has often told me M "1 will have to hear it some oilier time, Rob, for this i, mv grandmother's house, and you must go back" "I am going in with you," he announced, in deter

mined tones. "Ob. no. r.'olt'" she renlie.l. burriedlr. 'The fact i

I haven't told grandma of our engagement. You see you must expect het to be prejudiced at firs' because you nre a authemet and" "Bha would naturally feel that way, for I presume she imagines that your grandfather was hilled by confederates." "Yea, and to-tlay, of nil days, her feeling, anottld b more keen. So you must wait. Boh. and meet her under other conditions." "No. 1 am going in now:" be said, resolutely, as he ascended the steps, Joeelyn's grandmother met them in the ball. She looked like a picture rrandmother with her soft white curl- ai ä gown of silver gray. Joeelyn's heart relented when she saw how tenderly her young lover la m . the hand extended in acknowledgment of the introduction, says thfl t .... poet, she hastened to expiate that "Mr. Kandel was a friend f Brothi r Die k's and that ha had come the nigh; before to pay them a visit" ... ... "Where is your hOtne, Mr. Mandel?" asked the aid lady, politely. joeeh n gave him beaeeebing look, hut ha replied unflinchingly: "Atlinta. Georgia." Joeelyn's grandmother turned her face toward he window, and Jocelya grew rebellious. "Mr. Imvcc." snid Bob, earnestly. 'Jocclyn has been telling me tills nornii ig of vnur sad bereavement." Jocelya flushed erimaoa. Had he aot then one spark of delicacy ne grain of tact? r ,i,id eroaaed the nnm, seating himself beside ner. "What she told me daeidad me to come in and relate to you an in

cident of my prandmotner uti- imrme tu war. Waa the wife of a confederate officer and lived on thfl ontaldrtl of Atlanta. Karly one morning a servant ,.,,,. (ata the bonee and torn her that be bad found a sick Yankee fl the stable." Mrs. Royce atartedj and an enrrer look of interest brightened 'her wan face, Joealyn'a eyes grew expectant. "Oil. Rob!" she said, softly. .My grandmother," resumed the young man, "an eoaapanied the aervaat la the stable aad found the report to be correct. From the eiothiag and appcar-

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IL '-. -I' ii! I nnee of the lick man -lie saw. lying on tue noor sua M x v Vi I imtjar him t" ba more than a common soldier. IF , I u. .lnlirton nml anenared to be verv ill. She

nt once had him carried to the house and nursed him with t he care and tenderness she woald have giver to her BW. He lived but a week-" Rob paused.

"Oh. is that all?" Mrs. ltiyce gave an ngoni.ed cry.

Her urinamomw mml them in the hall. No." said Kob. gently !,,. f,,und i .. . . ii l.i.l lt:itl I e-e " 1 1 s s i . . . 1.1 1 r i

,n in Mrs Rovce, tremulously. nd JJJI , JjSf, UT, U name was -Royee-th. name

completely erased the state was UMO. SUS been my husband. If I COUM only be

' "7" . MW1ltlie state was Obi-

,f the town was "Oh. it must fried. ,

'"' tWT "U V t w-if, or mother or sweetheart, who would moan '-t,tZ ffnl -Idler as be lay .... A very accurate. refully draw n sketeh. how ha looked - she implored. -H, you seen t. ' an " i no.iccl the resemblance -llo- eviirosion. said bob. is .loeeiyn ,.. alptl'll "

is I I write to irtv vi.m - 1 . ..ii nnri

to write to yü, the full particular. :.m ,ketCh. She sent a statement of the . Til i.:.. n.,r. -,t the tune, but net

isk von her t.

eired B clew to the identity of the soldier. nd where was he buried. . .., nur ground, at first. Tter. the government remold his tody, sndjt now lies In the National cetn-

lr' foloed' a long conversation. In W

bad 10 repeat many times nil he Co grand mot iter's oft-rcltenteil Stor.

..1I()W rnn 1 ever thank you or rmpaj 'j

ma t t... .'ic.Tcst liappinrss n i my lit" laimed Joeelyn's graadmother. ..i . ,n ti l! von bow." he said rne

Jocelya. " , ,.v .,, ii my haart," he resided .tocelvn wn In the depths of contrition.

. a, , ni. he Will VOU forgivt C.rlTiVO till'. .11

if he arked, wonderingly.

!'. .rrrite vou, .loccivn "" B I r W hat ."' .j , Never mind rnr wnat. sue .', . U nt.,1 her lover in

v s b.celvn's grandmother in her love of long ago, though far ;nis. aillaw nsneaej the honored dead.

Oataa,M (roan the sdjacent streets, - Amarkaa war aoldlera contributed

called at your house 'ust now, bill - sa m 8'' turned a pretty, surpnted face to hie. n bis pocket a inemor.inuum umo. t t . tl a name and address in pencil" sure: she She frrandmother was an nr-id . , ,Mi ars and send ase to never rehieb Boh uld recall of his giving war?" aaw

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said, frnnklr. "Bf giving

asked, wistfully. ..A aeating idn her. himielt their psrndie of love were nM SS new-found joy the Joy of knowing snray. slept peacefully benceth a

THE OLD SOLDIER'S DAY.

mastsl i i aiia'e uiiui PeM in 1 149 oeam wd ana ,,f tht m al Im preaalva and aanl alifilag nagaanta which I his con i try iHMtewaMa Oa .be 8ad and -Mth ol Muy, the urmie- ..f the aatoa paaaed ia grand review before tin president and the se ii tarj nf .tar, in Vushingt4in. On the f.rst day -o.oou im n i.f t ha Ann of the Potomai marched through the streeta al the aa tlonal capital, a mi on the foUawlag daj t be il'J.OOO ini iiibers of Sin i man'.-army r. ii lied their tattered laga oeaf thai same Una of march. In all there were 1 M, MM men in that bias tide which, for six bourn on one day and seven on the next, flowed past the capilol; ami M the great banner w bicfa at retched serosa the front of 1 he building the llred aad war worn veterans read a sentiment which must have touched their hearts. It wa their country's acknowledgmei I other sanaa of obligation t o t b em. The words were these: "The only national debt we can never pay is 1h- ib bt we owe the victorious anion soldiers." Today, say the Youth's Companion, a thousand little proce-sions made up of those same mefl Wrill mart h behind rnuflied drums, and with Sowers intbeir bands, to deCOrStS t lie grates of the comrades höbe marching cays are done. Those who passed before the president la be grand retlew f istv, wen- mostlj j oung man some of them mere boj s. 1 he little ompantes which make their way from post headquarters to the cemetery to tlay are made up of old men. l'ach year finds the bead.- whiter, the line thinner, the steps more feeble, Yet tbe loving memories remain unchanged, the obi comradeunforgotten, the service in their honor nnaogloctcd. The dignity and faithfulness with which the teteran of the civil war observe this annus ceremony has not been bist upon the country The pathetic spectacle of these feeble old men marching every year under the flag they onee defended has touched us all. It has helped us to rt ali.e that we bave indeed a "national lebt we car never pay," and has continued the beautiful custom of giving one day in the year to our dead, be they soldier oi civilian. THE NATION DOES NOT FORGET. MEMORIAL DAY IN THE SOUTH The Story of How lSe Cualoni of lreoralitiM Sold irr' t.rase Oriu i iiated. An aasodatioB knows a.- the Ladies Aid society, wa orgnnixad in isoi foi looking after soldiers who t.ied in Co tttm bUS hospitals. They were buried under the direction of these ladies, who thereafter took charge of thes grates, making it a practice to go in. body to care for ami beautify themwifr plants SUd Bowers. January , lsü6, Miss la.- ie ItUtherford, n member of the so cietv. made the suggestion that a spe rifled daj should be adopted upon whtel a meaeoriel service shoald be held fu the purpose of deeoratlag the coafedaratä graves saaually. The propoai tion met at unce W it h the greatest fa Vor, ami a letter was addressed tu each of the chapters in their cities am: towns soggestiag eimilar action os their part. Theste letters were written in March ttgtt am! fnun their publication result ed t he ob-1 rvance of April -0 a Memor ial day for the confederate tiead iosev eral southern states. The floral displays are always mag niflcent in the larger cities, and especially i this true of Blchmond. In historic old Bollywood Hes tbe gallsat tad beloved Stuart. 'I here. too. sleeps the old cavalier Pickett, and maty others scarcely less i : inub Led . There, al bo, rests the president of the confederate states, and by hi- side the "Daughter of the Confederacy.1 And on Memorial day flow ers f nun thahlHi of Vermont commingle over her grave with those from the plains of Tex a i and the land of the ettitur sun as a tribute o her worth and in Stteataioa of a re united count ry . WomSO'l Home Com panim Our CamSSkSleS I.lve. at'n taer i;ve. our gatlaat ,vxu'deB, s: ii: live for iv rmore. When UM a'-s Sf TlflM lent softly on eternity's hrlpht shore. Tho' our !tfu; mortal vision n-at i u rrce the veil tween. Still we feel tlilr peassass With is In tbtS peaceful summer W eas And our Aearts are tar!Us4, uplifted, as bj tleavin's .llvlner atr Whl wesest'i-r frau r..i ' ('... r- n't r 1 1 green craves everywh. re EVA RATTIKRINE OIBtON. Corer Them Over. forer thens aver, 1 1 iet h.u. Wreathed In tto urnt nn I rlnvrr. Utile lerl f the Karth. yet you Bymbn! the I -sv n's dst r- St blue, Cever tk nr. over and ever.

'imago Deity Nijwb.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Leaaoa la the I ernallonal Barle far Mar 31, llMKi Tke Uteb.tiag Sulrll. Tin: i Ks- 'S tk XT. 1 1 ' ueans t.1-14 l. There la, tl rsl . i adsmaattan ta th. in which nrs In i hrUt Jesu, who

a.k no: ait.r ti. i -i. but .'u the Si..rtt - K.rt. ,.i i .'" t ! . .-; rit o.' He :n i hrlst Jesu aath matte BBS lie truni ih a ot am ar t death t 'or t:at the law BSald not do. in hat It .ts m. :ik throtiai; the tt üh. Iod s- m!.n Ills umii Son in :h Ithsasaa uf sinful lli-sb, j ani tor in, saadssansd Ma m the nesh: 4. That tbe rlRiiit-ousiiesi of th law tclflht oe fuUUied in us ho ulk not attr the n- st iiut aXttr ba spirit. fi. For they that are alter the flesh do mind tl.'; thlngu at thu gash; but they that ate after the 5iru t). thlnna of the SJplrlt. j i. For to be carnal. y attwdsd U death; but to be ap.rituaily mlnJ- 1 U ute snJ peace. 7 Lir-eauee the cart a, n.inJ 1 nmüy ssa.nst Uoii, for Jt Is net ubjct to the law of Qod, neither InJeed can be. i. Bo then tbsj that are in the m sh cannot please (JoU. Fut '- are not In the fesh, but lr. the Spirit, If'so be that the spirit of iod dll ! In you. Now if any man have not the fil. i It of ('brisk, he is none of Hit. 10. And If Christ bt tn you, ir.e body Is I dead, because of sin; but tha Spirit 1 Ufa becaim of rlghl-ousness. U. Hut If th Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from tbe dead dwell In ou. He that ral. .1 up Christ from the dead shall also quicken jour mortal bodies by Ilia Spirit that dwelleth la you I! Therefore, l.r uh.ren, we are deb'ora. not to the flesh, to live after the Seeh. 11. For If ye live after the fleh. ye shall die: but If ye through the Spirit do morilty the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For at many as are led if the Spirit of Oed, they are the sons of tlod. UOI.DK.N Tl:T Kur an ninny aa ife led by the Spirit of 000 bey wee the una of OOSI mliem ""Sil I. OUTUNB OFSi'ltll'Tl KK SKX'TIOK. Free from the law Rom. I:l4 In the fli-sh or Spirit Horn s:..-M fhll.ir. n cf i j i Rem s:;:-n. The Spirit of ..ur Helper Horn 4:1. -3'J. T1MK Sj r.r.c A D IS. PLACE Corinth KOT BS AND COM al f'.N'TS. Paul was now uixiut to start for Home. anl in our lessou ve fee whmt rloctrii e he had vritten to the Homuns while he was in Corinth. Note also how well it sets forth the difference between himself und those hefore whom he bad been brought, W related in the last lesson. The eighth chapter of Romans is one of the prent chatneisof tin- New Testa ment, ant! while to us it perhaps seems technical, and full of unfamiliar terms, it was not so at all to the people tc whom it was written, and to us Paul'i thought is perfectly plain and firm pie. He is spenking of the inflttenee in th" livs of nil true Christian 1 the Holy Spirit through what we cal' the "higher nature." MNo condemnation:'1 Bneh asweoi course deserved before the beginning of the Christian life. " Them that nre in Christ .Testis:" Who have accepted Khl ns their Saviour, and nre honestly trying to do as Be would have them do. "Law of the Spirit of life . . law of sin:" Say control instead o1 law; "The control of the Spirit of brist (or a many ai d rstaad it. the Christ-spirit I. which is the source ol all that is worthy the name of life released me from the control of the lower, sinful nature, which had ruled hefore the Christian life hrrnn." "Whst the law tof Moses) could not do:" That is. to save men from sin. this Gad did do through Jesus prist. "The law . . . Weah through the flesh:" Law the knowledge or n statement of what we aught to do i powerless 1o make OS do it. It Is inefficient, "weak." because we are wen It "Condemned sins "Deposed it." Vincent. "That ihe ordinance ( requirement. 1!. V. marginl of the law might be fulfilled:" The aim of tbe law was right, bat it was ineffectual to accomplish it. It Wai unable tc make men's lives right without touching th'-ir heart, while ( hrist makes men's lives right by first making their hearts nml wills right. When that I done the right life follow naturally "I"!' -h:" The lower nature. "Spirit:" Tne higher and better nature Inspired snd strengthened by the Spirit o1 Christ. "They that nre after the flesh:1 The kint! of people In Whom 'he lower nntnre eon: rols. "The msvd of the flesh : The low. sinful life Paul has been nseahiagof. "isdcath:" That eas be '.he only end Of such a Ii fe. life Hint Is constantly going down hill, morally nnd spiritually, ns w ell as physical ly. must sonnt im.-1 reach the bottom That is death. "If tny man hath not the Spirit of ( hrist . he is none of His : " T; in not membership in say church or belief In Sny creed i.or the performing of any particular meritorious net thnt decides whether or not one is Christ hut simply whether he is so filled with the ( hrist -spirit that he is bccomlnc really like ( hrist. ' The body is dead : " "Tin hotly IsstiUdeeth-smitten because of sins. Bosworth. It w ns Paul s belief that nil physical death wan thedi rect result of tne sin of tbe ancestors of the haaren race. "Spirit I life:" Righteousness and the vigor nnd life sf the soul go together. "We are debtors:" Rather we nre nrder obligation. "Put to death the deeds of the body:" That is, "stop doing the selfish things the flesh Inclines to." -BoSWOrth. Paul shows In verses 1T-17 that the Christian is not whipped nto line by Cad, like n slave, but that he Is Cod's child, Sttd t bat his service is love serv ice. m A' "TIi 'AT. arr,.;KSTinxs. Titers i- no condemnntioi ta them that nre in I hrist .bsux bnaose they have the filial. Obedient spirit. There Is so condemnattas to them thnt are in ( hrfsl Jesus beeaaae they are try ing to live up to the law. T here is no cont'i ini a' ion to them that arc in (Christ Jesus because they are led by the Spirit of Qod, There is j,o condemnation to thcr. that Are In ( heist Jesus because they are the children of Qod, Cur prayer ma fall hut the GoU of ji.i;.u will not, Kam Horn-

FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.

tteputellCM Leatlere baa aged la fro. pariuM a Ulli lo I'ruB la lellerlug siruotwr. The asnublicss i-ity ba.. been the sole architect ol the iaaaclai poUay of the Uaitod btui und atli i ytar of tinkeraijf BOW ScknOWledgOS that the m bob- fobrk i a failure The ISSdars arc now preparing more laflslatlas in pi'"p up the toticriug structure which uugm u WSminsj, by vanoua crack:, und Haws, that il is BBSSfO. Il aliould be noted that the flsmand for flnsnttsl iegiiuuon does B0t ciJine from ths public, or even from thi eouuiry hanks, but from Wa.. treat. There i a senataat wuii of ii tie.-.., from tlie kings of Jinauce why rule the Inanrill world and SMtOtS to the 1 1 publican leuders, that more Stem J must be provided or they will B0I be able "to mm-the crops." llivniff aeeared from complacent SSCretaries of the treasury jiretty much all tbe looas catb in the treasury, to the tune of over liu,00,ox, these Wall street financiers are constantly calling for more. The republican leaders Of the senate are preparug to aid them, to the extent the Rockefeller element think most profitable to their interests. Tbe chief demand of their bankers is to he allowed to withdraw the United States bonds that have been de pouted to secure the loans from the treasury and replace them With municipal or ruilrt;ad bonds. This would release $lM.O(K).0tX) of United States bonds that could then be used as a basis for further bank circulation. These Wsil street bnnkers are also the chief owners of the railroads and control or can borrow railroad bonds to substitute ns aforesaid. The further demand is made by Wall street that the receipts from customs may be deposited with the hanks as the receipts from internal revenue taxes bow are. The Aldrich bill provided for this and as a aop to public opinion further provided that one and one-bnlf per cent, lateres: should be paid on such deposits. As BO interest has been paid on the vns; amount now loaned the banks and they are in constant dread of the recttireni ntt of the treasury being such thai some or nn of the stMQtkOOO ihey now hold might be demanded, it wsi tnti nded by t be interest provision of the AMtich bill to give the banks a more complete and legal control of that money. It is probable thut the hanks will never repay that vast sum if the Aldrich hill or a similar one is enteted, as it would resttlt in a panic if they should be called upon to do so. The m Bey having been loaned out by the banks on Wall street securities.it WOUld he necessary to call those loans and that would result in most iniancest in th re WiBg the stocks held as collateral on the market, and down would Tn the price and a full fledged panic would surely result. There are other advantages the links want, hut they are BOteBtin ly igree I on details, s me are demand" ii t ! BtSf let currency be issued hy the hnnk- to gradually replace the present baah notes now necuretl bj f'nited States bonds. Some of the rep ibli. an leaders in the house of representative favor that plan, but the senate lenders do not seem tn agree with them. Tl i public, whoac Interests do not ppear to be much considered, do not care what the bank currency ia so that it a safe and on a par with greenbacks and treasury notes and always receivable for debts and parehasea Greenbacks have been an ideal money for t he pet i pie. but lh are BOW ra rely seen in circulation, the new plan being t . retire them, probably because the banks make no profit on their circulation. The treasury note, silver certificate- nnd the rational bank currency is ihe present money in the ham:- of the people and ths cold nnd gold certificates in the batik reserves. .t:'t a - 1 hi re are different kind f money the banks will always keep tin be-t in their own vaults- and p.iv out what they consider the most imdt-'r-nhte. If ntet currency--bank note without bonds at security is provided for in the new law. It will be the least desirable monev. as it svill hove only the nsets of the hark back of it. nnd will rapidly supplant even the silver eertiflc.iTcs in the ordrnsry transactions of the rreat tnn-t of tWe people, This constant tinkering with the currency nrd atarsys for the benefit of the hanks ihotold be enough to defeat tTie republican party nnd will do so when the n"t that of stre cnme around, and nnleas nil I isms fall the perfodicnl panic Is not far off. PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS. Tb-form in New York I 'raveling n hard road hut. then, bow can it be expected to prosper under S publican BUnSpices? The whole history nf thnt pnrty since the war has been n never-censing fight against reform. -Prom the roasting that Gov. Pennvpacker and the Quay muchine is getting from republican nnd democratic newspapei-s alike, the Pennsylraala bos ana have discovered that it Is impossible to muzzle the Independent press by sny übel law their ineenolty can invent or tin ir pnrtiwin ninlice execute. It i the tnrifT which sllrrWl the trust I to make these high prices for thalf products. Had there been no neti overoanRaHsed combinations-, the Competition between the separat.establishments would give to the p-n-ph I he i enefli .f prti os regulsted bv the cost of production, and would siske ths prospt i Itj more v neral sad pore eadnrlng- Philadelphia Record. . .. The "inw-i idea" refnsas to down. By Iowa idcr i- meant the democratic idea of tariff reform. which vvns taken up by the b a n publiesns last fail and embodied In their täte platform. hniTalo Times.

fvaitcirv iitiaan Aeiacta TrVf 5 am Teddy's Sleepy Cat No Trusts Will Catch." ADMISSIONS OF REPUBLICANS. Throw Mile I. Übte ob l'oat Offle scandal and ( aase 1'atrluta to Hauke. The post cflice scandals have warmed Ui so in tbe rear of that republican patriot and statesman secretary of the republican national commit te and erstwhile assistant postmaster general Perry fl. Heath, that he has fallen to explaining about his share in them. He freely admits that there were irregularities daring the war with Spain, but claims that even the postmaster general and the cabinet sanctioned what was done. He confesses that large amounts of money were used for purposes for which they were not appropriated, but says that the idea that funds were used for pritate OSS is "utterly silly." The war with Spa n being in progress the soldiers had to be supplied with mail, and, to put it in the language of the patriot Heath, "there was no time to dally. It w as up to us to get busy nnd to get busy quick. From the charges and rumors of the finings of the department during the busy reign of Perry and the other patriots who hovered around him and aamea high up on the republican scroll of fame nre mentioned. there is no doubt that but little time wa wnted in getting dow n to business The redoubtable Perry does not mention the irrcgulart ics in tbe appointmen t s and promotions but ha does soy that Mr. Tuiloeh. who has made soma of the i ha i g. i, "was relieved hy Postmes'er to i.i : al .smith, w hieb he had a perfect right to do." and makes further uncomplimentary remarks about that gentleman w hich indicates that he eras SB "obstacle" to Perry and the department. It was not long after this that Perry w as fitting out the expedition to Cuba which looted the post office department in that country, in which Bsnna'i friend, Bethbone, aad Perry 'a friend, Keely met their Waterloo at the hands of the ungrateful Cubans and were convicted of embes zletnent and reposed in a Cuban hasti'e until pardoned. Many republican patriots were in dee 1 very busy in those days making hay while the sun shone and laid tho groundwork for most of the scandal and disorder that is now partially coming to light. If some of the other departments hnd tbe X-rays turned on them, not in the subdued way in which the poet ofcfie department is being eaamiaed, bin In the full glare of the public Scrutiny SSd all had their just deserts, there might be hardly enough republican leaden left unamlrched to hold the national convention. Always After OfUee. Iir. Wood row Wilson, president of Princeton university, in nn address nt i I ago on "Patriotism." said that "Pi', sich i;t h'oosi'Xt lt owes hi hih position to the fact that h. w as a no! it ici it, ! who did not care to hold office." Presl1 dent Wilson should look up tho facts before he attempt s to teach people. Mr. , Roosevelt hns been one of the most persistent office seekers and Is now enraged in a stumping tour for the nom ination for the highest oflbee, The Hi at th beheld, in th legisluture of New Tork. he diligently sought, directly he had concluded hi education nt Harar! adversity, Be then wassppoiat etl on the Cnited States civil service eomm ission. Then he a 1 1 New York police commissioner, nfter that assists! t secretary of the SBVy, resigned that office nnd asked for the appointment as colonel nf the Rough Kitler. At the conclusion of the war with Spain, was elected governor of New York and sought the office most strenuously. It is true he protested for some days against Iteinir nominated for vice president, but while saying niiy. consented, and thOB by accident became president, of the Cnited Rtates, If there Is n more persistent office seeker and officeholder than Theodore Ttoosevelt. the record has been most successfully concealed. The "bh-u-k-nnd-tans" have de featcd the "lilly whites" In Alabama, and the same kind of purchntabln delegation will be on hand at the ncTt. republican national convention, that have sohl onf to the highSWt bidder in times past. It seems Impossible for the republican party to reform, even when it i to its manifest advantage. Buying delegates has become a rule, whenever there Is n eontest, nnd the candidates have the price in their p ti kcts. President ktOOseVelt is giving nh his cabinet a chance to show their ability on the stump: the last one to be ordered to the front i- S tary Wilson. So far he has not, invited Postmaster Cencrnl Payne; probably becoaee it would be uncomfortable for him to tell the people about the aeandau tn his depart nu n t . Mr. Roosevelt will never get a currency sufScientlj clastic to treteh as rapidly as ths eapetaflsas lion of a modern corporation Detroit Free PfSSS

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