Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 47, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 April 1898 — Page 2

Message from the President Transmitting the Resort of the Maine Court of Inquiry. A CALM AND DISPASSIONATE RECITAL. Tke Court Find* That the Mala* Wm Deitrojed bjr the Explosion of a Submarine V Mine, Aided by Subsequent Explosions of Magazine*, But Doejs Not Fix the Beaponslblllty for the Ex ploalon. The President". Message. Washington, Mar<jh 28.—The president sent the following message to congress: To the Congress or tAe United States— For sonte tim% prior to thci visit of the Maine to Havana harbor our eontfular representatives pointed out the advantages to flow from the visit of national ship* to the Cuban waters, in accustoming the people to I the presence of our flag as the symbol of good pill, and of our ships in the fulfillment of the tjjiission of protection to American interests, even though no immedi; ate need therefor might exist. Accordingly, on the 21th of January last, after conference with the Spaniih minister, in which the renewal of visits «|f our warships to Spanish waters was discussed and accepted, the Peninsular authorities at Madrid and Havana were advised of the purpose of this government tjo resume friendly naval visits, at Cuban ports, and that in that view the Maine would forthwith call at the port

«nt t lie it t a i PRESIDE XV Wild >1 Havana. This aanou by the Span'sh governn the friendly character of and with notification of courtesy by semi ins Span cipai port* of \he I’nito; the Maine entered »hr ih »sh of January her arriv bo apeclal tncident besk customary salutes and a The Maine continued is Tana d tiring the three « rival. Xo appreciable beratay . ou the >ntr..rv •Bil confuiene- fol tof intrmipTr i f tlreable nt this imm*sii:l that the consul general s; jtfCWBoc of our ship'In Cu kept up by retaining it erect of her .recall, by m-;.- [ j-feswg to take her place iti the evening of the Maine was destroyed by the entire forward utterly wrecked In tl Officer* and !M of her crev were not killed outright b pennedbetwe ode k- by nee and d<owned by the the hull Prompt assists the neighboring vessel* a aid bring especially gives Spauish cruiser Alph.tn* line steamer City of \Vash i far distant. Th*' woun carvl for by the autboritids pltals being freely op"'ie« curliest recovered bodie terml by the muaicipalUj In the city. Tributes of were offered from all oflV Ian ! The appalling cat ax With crushing force, and tense excitement preva ns unity less just and >-HWlghl have led to hasty (Dent This spirit, bow calmer processes of rew vest gate the facts end as before forming a judgrn the responsibility and. if the remedy, due This ecu Bien.bsl Itself from t he ou| fur only in the light of r. takned certainty could It •ad measure of its full dut Usual procedure was folio casualty or disaster t » n. mart: .rue state;. A naval at once organlied, cour/j< nuniilirsl by rank iwrience to dischat iitr . a UM M K1XLEY npement was received' by appreciation of visit of the Maine ration to return the sh ships to the prin- ^ States. Meanwhile rt of Havana on the d l> tig marked with • s th exchange of r+moni.U visit* • the harbor of |la<!>kt following her m Excitement attended a fe-linc of relief e resumption of the ntereours". So DOS' effect of her visit upglv urged that the >an wafers should be : Havana or. ia the ling another vessel it forty minute* past loth of February, the explosion by which of the ship was is catastrophe two perished, those who her explosion being the tangle of w reckmmediate sinking of nco was rendered by. i ichored in the har»>or. by the bouts of the XII. and the W.rd cgton. which lay not were generously of Havana the hosto them while the of the dead were inin a public oemetery g.rir.f and sympathy aT quarters of the isJtsl I or £ teal fell on our i>eople a brief time an inwhich. In a coin* oatroUed than our*, acts of Mind rcsentaoon gave way to and the resolve to innit the material proof nl as to the cause, the facts warranted, sc necessarily recotn—t to the executive. passionately ascerdetermme the nature y in the matter. The red.*** in all cases of »aal vessels of any curt of Inquiry was ised of officers well and practical exthe onerous

.e* naval (orf on the transmuted to the the congress to-day timony t*k-»n before g !n brief, as follows at Havana sh-' was government pilot to I «luty imposed up>.'S them. Aided I by a strong force of wrecker* and direr* the I court proceeded to make i thorough invotitra- * tkiti oa the v-m:. cmnlorinc every available for the impartial tad exact determina[tlon of the cause of the c (plosion Us operat:<m*HS(i)«5 been conduct* with the utmost deI liberation awl judgment and. while iruk-pen-Idently pursued no sourer of Information *wa* [neglected. and the fullest opportunity .was. aihourd tor a simultaneous investigation bp the [S; an. -b authorities. The finding of the cur: of In quiry was after twenty-thr re days of continuous ibor. on the "1st of March instant, and having I been approved > n theSSdpy the comma uder-tn-I duet of the United St IXorth Atlantic station. KOCUtSve. U herewith laid bef rllh the voluminous t UtM court. Its purport t When the Maine amv looted by the retfuia No. 4 to which *b<| was m-sored In from > and one-half to six fi thorns of water The >ot discipline on bos r4 and the condition her magazines. boil* rs. eoai bunkers and age compartments are passed in review, i the conclusion tha excellent order prettied. ami that no indict U<>n of any cause for ; internal explosion ex l ted In any quarter At eight o'clock in the erenlng of FVbruary i everything had been i eported secure and all s quiet. it forty minutes past nine o’clock the ressal t suddenly destroyed were two distil ict explosions, with a Interval .between t vem. The first lifted part of the thip very perceptibly:, »second, which was |oor# prolonged, is allied by the court to the partial explosion of > or more of the forwi rd magazines. "be evidence of the < tvers establishes that \ after part of the ahi| i was practically intact I sank In that conditii n a Ivery few minutes the exploaion Tfhe forward part was _ upletely demolished | Upon evidence of concurrent external cause i finding of the court i»as follows: it frame t? the outer shell of the ship from »t eleven and ooe-1 alf feet from the mldi line of the ship and six feet above the keek i in its normal position, has been forced up »as to be now about tour feet above the sur- • of the water: there fora, about thirty-four l above where it would be had the ship sunk The outside bottom plating is bent into a i fifteen feet broad -V shape. th« after wing of which. and thirty-two feet in

length (from frame 17 to frame 25). is doubled back upon itself against the continuation of the same plating extending forward. At frame 18 the vertical keei is broken in two and the keej bent into an angle simailr to the angle formed for the outside plates. This break is about six feet below the surface of the water and about thirty feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the court this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at about frame 18. and somewhat on the port aide of the shipL The conclusions of the court are: That the loss of the Maine was not in any respect due to fault or negligence on the part of any of the officers or members of her crew. That the ship was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines ; and.

That no evidence b as been obtainable fix ms the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or persons. I have directed that the finding of the court of inquiry and the yiews of this government thereon be communicated to the government of her majesty, the queen, and I do not permit myself to doubt that the sense of justice of the Spanish nation will dictate a course of action suggested by honor and the friendly relations of the two governments. - It was the duty of the executive to advise the congress of the result, and in the meantime deliberate consideration is invoked. [Signed.] William McKinley. Executive Mansion. March 28, 1888. Report of the Court of Inquiry. The following is the full text of the report of the court of inquiry: U. S. S. Iowa. First Ratk, i Key West. Fla.. - Mojsdat. March 21. less. 1 After full and mature consideration of all the testimony before it. the court iluds as follows: 1. That the United States b;ctleship Maine arrived, in the harbor of Havana. Cuba, on the tweoty-tlfth day of January, 1888, and was taken to buoy No. 4. in from Are and a half to six fathoms of water, by the regular government pilot « . * The United States consul general at Havuna had notified the authorities at that place, the previous evening, of the intended arrivaiof the Maine. 2. The state of discipline on board the Maine was excellent; and all orders and reguiati >u»tin regard to the care and safety of the ship were strictly carried oul All ammunition was stowed away in accordance with instructions, and proper care was taken whenever ammunition was handled. Nothing was stowed in any one of the magaxlnes or shell rooms which was not i emitted to be stowed there. The magazine* and shell-rooms were always' locked after having been opened: and after the destruction of the Maine the keys were found in their proper place in the captain's cabin, everything having been reported secure that evening at 8 p. m. The temperatures of the magazines and shellrooms were taken daily and reported. The only* magazine which had an undue amount of heat was the after ten-inch maguzine. and that did not explode at the time the Maine was destroyed f The torpedo warheads were ali stowed in the after part of the ship, under the ward room, and neither caused nor participated in the destruction of the Maine. The dry gun cotton primers and detonators were stowed in the cabin aft, and reiaoTe from the scene of the explosion. The waste was carefully looked after on board the Maine U> obviate danger. Special orders in regard to this had been given by the commanding officer. Varnishes, dryers, alcohol and other combustibles of this nature were stowed on or above the main deck', and could not have had ! anything to do with the destruction of the Maine. The medical stores ■H-ere stowed aft under the ward room, and remote from the scene Of the rxpowion. No dangerous stores of any kind were stow ed below in any of the other store rooms. The coal bunkers were inspected. Of those bunkers adjoining the forward magazines an shed rooms four wire empty, namely. 113. B4, Be. 11*. A IS had N«en in use that day. and A ill was full of New River coat This coal had been carefully inspected before receiving it onboard. The bunker In which it was stowed was accessible on three sides at ai times, and the fourth side at this time, on account of bunkers B4 and UO being emplv. This bunker A18. had been inspected that day by U»e engineer officer or. duty. The fire alarms in'the bunkers w->re In working order, and there had never been a case of spontaneous combustion of coal on board the Maine. The two after boilers of the ship were in use at the time of the disaster, but for auxiliary purposes onlv. with a comparatively low pressure of steam, and being tended by a reliable watch.

•CAPT SAMPSON. OF THE IOWA. President of the Court of Inquiry. - These boilers could sot have causal the explosion of the ship- The four forward boilers iuve s a.T been found bv the divers. unJ are in a lair condition. . » m the night of thedestruet m of the Maine everything ha 1 been reported s< curt- for the aight at * p. m.. by reliable persons, through the proper authorities to the commanding officer. At the time the Maine was destroyed the whip was quiet and. therefore, least liable to accident caused by movements from those on board. xxruvsiox*. X The destruction of the Maine occurred at 9 -W ft m. on the fifteenth day of February. It***, in th<‘ harbor of Havana. ('uba. being ut the time moored at the same buoy to which she had been taken upon her arrival There were two explosions of a distinctly different character, with a very short but distinct interval between them, and the forward part of the ship was lifted to a marked degree at the time of tV- drat explosion The first explosion was,more in the nature of a report like that of a gua; while the second explosion was more open, prolonged, and of greater volume. This second explosion was. in the opinion of the court, caused by the partial explsion of two or more of the forward magaunes of the MaineooNpriios or th* wanes. t The evidence bearing on this, being principally obtained from divers. did not enable the court to form a definite conclusion m to the condition of the wreck, although It was established that the after part of the ship was practically intact, and sank in that condition a very tew minutes after the destruction of the forward part. The following facts in regard to the forward part of the ship are. however, established by th# testimony: The portion of the port slde<of the protective deck, which extends from about frame 90 to about frame 41. was blown up aft, and over to port The main deck from about frame 90 to about frame 41. was blowa up aft and slightly over to starboard, folding the forward part of the middle superstructure over aad on top of the alter part This was. in the opinion of the court caused by the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of the Maine. &. At frame 17 the outer shell of the ship, from n point eleven and one-half feet from the line a* tho shin, aad six feet above the

keel, when In its normal position, has teem forced up so as to be now about four feet abovg the surface of the water; therefore about thir-ty-four feet abase where it would be ha-; the ship sunk' uninjured. The outside bottom plating is bent into a reversed V shape, the after wing of which, about fifteen feet broad and thirty-two feet in length (from frame 17 to frame St), Is doubled back upou itself against the continuation of the same plating extending forward. • At frame 18 the-vertical keel is broken in two and the flat keel bent into an angle similar to the angle formed by the outside bottom plating. The break is now'about six feet below the surface of the water and about thirty feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the court, this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at about frame 18. and somewhat on the port side of the ship. «. The court finds that the loss of the Maine, on tbe occasion named, waa not in any respect due to fault or negligence on the part of any of the officers or members of the crew of said vessel. 7. In the opinion of the court the Maine was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines. *| 8. The court has been unable to obtain evidence fixing the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or persona. * W. t. Sampson. Captain U; S. N.. President. A. Makix. Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. N.. Judge;-Advo-cate. The court, baring finished the inquiry it was ordered to make, adjourned at 11 a. in. to await the action of the convening authority. \V. T. Sampson. Captain. U. S- N. President. A. Makix. Lieutenant-Commander. U. S. N.. Judge-Advo-cate. United States Flagship New York. March 2d. tssfi Off Key West. Fla. The proceedings and findings of the court of inquiry in the above ease ore approved. M. sh ard. Rear-Admiral. Commander-in-Chief of the United States Naval Force on the North Atlantic Station.

The Testimony Sent In, Too. Washing ton. March 28.—'The determination was rca»-h»xl early in the day to semi in tin* testimony taken before the Maine board of inquiry to accompany the report. Members of the foreign relations committee of the senate made vigorous protest against the former programme, saying that it would be a great deal of a farce to refer to that committee the findings of the court and withholdthe testimony. Fhecommittee desired the testimony at the earliest possible moment. It was also pointed out that the withholding of the testimony would be construed by some persons to mean that an attempt was being made to keep from congress and the- people testimony which was regarded as sensational. The first plan adopted, if carried out. of having the testimony printed'before being sent to congress, would not have delayed to any great extent its consideration, as all the documents wijll have to be printed before taken up in the committee. An Krronouus Impression Corrected. Washington. March :.vs.— One of the main points brought out by the testimony in the Maine case, which will go to -congress to-day with the report of the board of inquiry, will correct an important impression which has prevailed all over the Country. The testimony will prove that the battleship's position was not changed after she entered the harbor. She was moored to a buoy and remained there until blown up. The statement has been made repeatedly in the press that her position was changed the night before the explosion by the direction of the harbor master of Havana. Madrid Newspaper* Optimistic. Madrid. March 2$.—The official newspapers are somewhat optimistic in their references to the “solution of the Cuban difficulty.” although they emphasize the opinion that the recrudescence of the far eastern question is unfavorable to Spain, “as diverting the attention of the European powers.” Tatter Serious Charge*. (IRKEXCASTI.E. Iud.. March 28.—Clarence Snyder, aged 28 years, a son of exCouucilman Lewis Snyder, an old and well-known citizen of this city, is in jail, charged with the larceny of a mail sack from the Rig Four depot and the burglary of Fiercy’s drug store and Allen Bros.' dry goods store. Tapt. Slsjsbce Starts Northward. ' Tampa. Fla., March •>. The steam er Olivette brought from Havana, Sunday. the remaining officers of the battleship Maine, including Copt. C. D. S. sigsbee. his clerk. .1. H. S. llolden; Lieut. W. Tyler Chcvcrius. executive officer; Lieut. Ray. paymaster, and Surgeon L. II. Hcnncberg.

llnUamt Submarine Hnstt T?*t. New York, March -*S.—The official test of the Holland submarine boat was given in the Staten Island sound Sunday. The test was thorough, and was a success iu every particular. It was made under the inspection of Lieut. Sargent, of the naval auxiliary board. Ordered to Commaud the Mo«qulto Fleet. Washington. March 29.—Commander Horace Kliners has been detached from command of the navy yard and ordered to command the Mosquito tieet. to be formed of all small craft that can carry a gun. The Cincinnati and Cast i no have arrived at Key West. Fruit Jar Factory Burned. MrxciK. Ind.. March 29.—Tank No. !> and factory No. 2 of Ball Bros.'fruit jar works burst. Sdhday, and the 300 tons of molten glass fired the factory, which was practically destroyed. The loss will amount to from $10,000 to $60,000, with $22,000 insurance. Fatal Fall Downstairs. Terre Haute. Ind.. March29.—Prof. M. Seiler, who, until two years ago, was a member of the faculty of the Indiana state normal school, fell downstairs at his home in this city, Sunday, and died soon afterward from the shock. Would Denounce It as FtrsajrLondon, March 28. —It Is reported from Madrid, on apparently offeial authority. that the government of Spain, in case the United States stops the flotilla fleet now en route to Cuba, will denounce it aa an act of piracy.

JONAH OF THE REPUBLICANS Secretary of the Trea*«ry Uage la the Great J#w»mlth of His Party. lion. Lyman J. Cage is the bete noir of the republican party. Be is the old man of the sea upon the necks of the McUannaites. He is a great provoker of profanity apiong them. Be is defeating them for reelection, and they know it. Hence the curses both loud and deep. They would like to kidnap him and throw him to the sharks. "Be is the worst hated man in Washington —which is saying a great deal. This hatred is confined exclusively to republicans, for they regard him as a tyro, a neophite, an interloper, an upstart. They would forgive him for this, if he’d only keep his mouth shut; but there's the rub. That’s precisely what he will not do. As a jawsmith he ranks with Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. Like Tennyson’s brook, his tongue goes on forever. Lyman thinks he has a message to deliver, and .is delivering it every time he gets a chance; if he i can’t get an opportunity naturally, he makes one. Every time he opens his j mouth he speaks the doom crfethe north- j western republican congressman or two—sometimes three or four. With his own jawbone he is doing nearly as much execution among the Phillistines as Jsamson did with the jawbone of an ass. Indeed there is a wonderful similarity between the two deadly weapons. More power to Lyman's inferior rnaxillarv!

The democrats are decidedly cheerfully regarding Lyman. They are inclined to regard him as a blessing in disguise. At first they’abused h.m for rating and treated him with contumely; but, now that he i% avenging them upon his enemies, they are disposed to laugh at his antics and to bid him Godspeed in his self-appointed and laudable task of exterminating the republican party. What is the matter with Lyman! Why do western republican congressmen revile and despitefully use ,nim, a;rd continually consign him j to Pluto's black realms?- What sin has the secretary of the treasury committed? He has committed the sia ijnpardonable in republican eyes—he has told the truth—a habit he formed while a democrat. Lyman cast aside nil subterfuges about international bimetallism jfnd declares that this bill has for its purpose “to more thoroughly establish the gold standard in the United States.” Thus he wrote the epitaph of republicanism on this continent. lie tore the masks off the ashen faces of the trimmers, the double-deal-ers, thq good Lord, good devil republican statesman and dragged them out into the light of day, exhibiting them to a heartless and cruel, jeering world as goldbugs of the yellowest kind. They can play double no longer. Gage has rendered that utterly impossible. The moment he declared in the room of the committee on banking and currency tnat the paramount object of his bill is “to more thoroughly establish The gold standard in,the United States” hfc irrevocably fixed the issue for campaigns of ISftS and 1900. It’s the money question—the free and unlimited coin- ■ age of gold and silver at. the ratio of sixteen to one without waiting for anybody’s consent. No other question will be considered. All others will be held in abeyance. The truth is that the American mind is so rigged up that if can wrestle with only one great prob- „ lem at one time—and until it is settled right, which means settled our way, finance will be the resounding theme of every tongue, the mediation of every brain. We thank Lyman for thus playing into our hands. He bullied more wisely than he knew. He so nailed the republican Artful Dodgers up in the market place that they are like Othello, for their occupation is gone. They can dodge-no more. They were elected under false preteuses as bimetallists—not one in ten of them could have won in any other name. Now the world knows them for what they really are—goldbugs—and the halls of congress will know them no more forever. Verily, verily, God moves in a mysterious way IT is wonders to perform. In the GO odd years which Lyman trained with «s he did us little good. In the one year in which he has been in the enemy’s camp he has been to us a tower of strength. If it had not been for Lyman’s brutal performances the republicans would have gone on telling the same old lie—-being alt things to all men on the financial question, in the hope of winning some say. I say brutal deliberately, for it is a thing impossible to teach old dogs new tricks; and it will be tough on the o!d stagers who in. 1896 swore they were better bimetallists than we were, to be forced now to bunt for some new lie that wilTtide them over. Why did Lyman do this wonderful thing for Syrianlsm? Why did he

narasinng ms onu party.' ror tnis reason: He is a multimillionaire banker; by using his opportunities as a secretary of the treasury for all they are tvorth he is making money hautl over fist; he becomes thoroughly intoxicated with his own success, and in his exuberance of feeling he let the cat out of the bag. exposed the rats in the meal tub and uncovered the nigger in the wood 1 pile. Cussing will do the republicans no good. What’s writ is writ; what’s done is done, and it can’t be undone. By reason of Lyman’s linguistic performances the republican party lies sprawling' In the dust. "AH the king's horses and all the king's men Can't set Iluznpty Dumpty up again.” Thank God for that. On its tombstone will be written: “Talked to death by Lyman J. Gage, a renegade free trader, who was hired to join the republican party by being made secretary of the reasury. Bequiescat.” p HON. CHAMP CLARK. -“Tbedecline, of interest in the silver question,” continues to be most vehemently manifested wherever Mr. Bryan goes. This “decline** is a bother to the “burial of the silver question.”— Atlanta Constitution

A DAY TO CELEBRATE. Honor to (be Great Champion mi Democracy and Unman Liberty.

The National Association of Demo* era tic Clubs has issued the following address: "The National Association of Demo* cratic Clubs will celebrate the one hundred and fifty-fifth birthday anniversary of Thomas Jefferson at Washington, D. C.,Wed nesday, April 23, by a subscription dinner under the auspices of the exeAtive committee of this association. The reverential service of Jefferson day has become a significant usage of the democratic clubs and of the democratic party. It furnishes a fitting occasion for renewed declarations of devotion to the fundamental principles of human liberty, for which the party was originally formed to upheld and defend; for the revision of our party doctrines as applied to the conflicts of the hour, and for a timely review of the centralizing. corrupting and oppressive measures of qpr federalist opponents, who, under one name or another, have from the foundation of the republic sought to revolutionize the constitution by false construction and false administration. It is believed that never since the issues between the contending forces— class, privilege and wealth on one side and the people on the other—wWe first clearly joined in 1776 or 1SS0,, vwien the first great triumph of the people was achieved, has there t>een an hour when the bold reassertion of the sound traditional principles of the democratic party was more imperatively required than at this time. We therefore earnestly advise the democratic associates of the Ignited States. Whether large or small1, to join with the National Association of Democratic Clubs on the 23rd of April at such hour and in such manner as may best serve the wishes of each separate organization, in a common homage to the memory of the great apostle of American liberty, the author of the declaration of independence and the founder of the democratic party, in a fresh expression of our unalterable determination to preserve the heritage of freedom as it came to us from our forefathers and to resist by every lawful means in our power the encroachments of organized wealth and monopoly upon the constitutional rights ot the people. We need not particularize here in what practical forms these encroachments appear to-day. They are seen and known of all men. If they are not met- and defeated before the dawn of the twentieth century we must be content to see the republic of Washington and Jefferson replaced by the oligarchy of wealth, trusts and sordid conspiracies in many disguises, taxing for private purposes, s:? reguarding monopolies, devouring the. profits of nil j our industries, ‘taking from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned’ and •shutting the door of opportunity to all but the favored classes.” CHAUNCEY F. BLACK. President. LAWRENCE GARDNER. Secretary. Republican Frauds. “Protection and Prosperity,” “open the mills and not the mints,” were emblazoned on the banners of the republican party in the campaign of 1S‘J6. The democrats claimed that this country owed its prosperity to the farmers and not to the mill owners, and recent events prove this. There was a special session of congress called to pass the Dingley bill, and whah was the result? Xlills all over New England have closed down for the first time in the history of milling in that section, and only for the scarcity of food products in foreign countries, providential to this country, innumerable other mills and manufactories would be closed. True, the steel interests are flourishing.'but that is the result of a trust formation j with $S7,000,000 capital aud the foreign 1 demand for their goods. Wherein does \ protection help any western man, farm- j er or not? In no way does it affect him \ except to make the price of tfiv goods | he has to purchase a little higher. A j foreign demand puts up the price of j wheat and benefits us. but .increasing | the wealth of millionaires islof no ben- j efit to the toilers. The syndicates es- I cape taxation in every possible man- j ner and leave the farmer and toiler, j whose property is all visible, to bear j the burdens of government. Is there j a republican; who can truthfullv deny ; this? s

People** Victory Xot Wanted. It grows plainer each day that a large part of the metropolitan pressure railroad and monopoly organs. They are very much alarmed at the advice given by Senator Jones, the national chairman of the democratic party, and by Mr. Bryan, that all the opponents of the gold and monopoly syndicate should cooperate to restore good government. They are alarmed because they know that the suggestions made by Mr. Bryan and Mr. Jones, if carried out, would win a victory for the people, "fhat is what the monopoly organs do not want. They are serving their masters; their masters are the overseers of J. Pierpont Morgan and the foreign gold syndicate. They want railroad legislation. Therefore they will exert every effort to divide thtf people, so that the old, corrupt Hansom machine may aghin get into power 'to betray the state into the hands of the Southern railroad and the other monopolies. -The announcement by a fnneral director that he did twice as much business last month as daring the corresponding month of last year indicates that the Dingley prosperity breeder is at last getting in its work. —Indianapolis Sentinel. -Speaking of white crows and ken’a teeth, why not change the similp and make it republican victories in the spring elections?—Albany Argus. -There’s one comfort, the government won’t baTe to buy any new revenue chtters as long as the Dingley bill is in force.—Chicago Dispatch.

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