Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 19 January 1900 — Page 2

Otis Cables a Report of Recent Operations to the Southward of Manila. SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL ENSA&HEiiTSTMke Kacnjr Driven, Scattered and DetiKiiled of Arms, Artillery nod Other, Public Property at Evor} Tarn—All of Cavite Proving Occupied l»y Wheaton.

Washington, Jan. 13.—Gen. Otis has ! made a report to the war department in regard'to the military operations in Luzon, south of Manila, slewing the capture of several totvps, and a large number of prisoners with arms and ammunition. The message is as follows: ^ Gen. Otis’ Distjiatch. ‘•.Manila, ..Ian. 12.—Continued operations of Hales* command south of Manila. The Thirty-seventh and Thirtyt.ir.Hi regiments are at C’alarnba, commanded by Bullard. On January 1, Bullard, with two battaljhns cf the Ihirty-ninth, attacked a force of insurgents in the vicinity, driving the enemy, capturing town of Cabayuo, the following day Biiian. Enemy's loss 30 killed, a large number wounded, and 20 prisoners and rides captured. Our casualties three men slightly wounded. “On January 3, Boyd,with three companies of the Thirty-seventh, captured Gen. lti/al, cfticinl jwipers and property, three miles cast of Los Banos. On January 4, Long with a detachment oi the Thirty-ninth, attacked the insur- j gents at Carmona, 25 killed. We had r.o casualties. On January “9, Bullard, •with portions of the Thirty-seventh and- Thirty-ninth regiments, attacked the enem>, south of Calamba, whom he drove beyond Santo Tomas, killing. 24, capturing their artillery. Our casualties were one private killed and Capt. Jlaker and Lieut. Pelita, of the Thirayninth, slightly wounded. On January 'll, Cheatham, of the Thirty-Seventh, with 100 men, supported by artillery, el tacked the insurgents two nxiles w$st Fanto Tomas, driving them from that Motion; no casualties. Schwan’s cpl* j tioxn, consisting of a squadron of the Fourth, and one of the Eleventh cav> blry, and detachments of the Thirtieth nud Thirty-sixth infantry, and six Nordenfeldt guns, under Capt. Van Dusen, seized foiuau Silung, Indangnaic. scattering the enemy, who were severely furnished. Wheaton’s column, tjiree troops of the Eleventh cavalry, Fourth, Twenty-eighth,. Thirty-eighth and For-ty-tifth regiments, Astor’s and Kenton’s battery have driven the enemy* from all important points north ot the Silang line; had heavy: fighting find captured considerable public prop ■erty, inflicting heavy loss upon and scattering the enemy. Sbhwan’s column is now moving in noidhcrn Katanga hi a southerly direction. All Cavitt province is occupied by Wheaton’s comsound. Heavy loss' has- been inflicted on the ehexny during the week in men. | ofdnance and ether property; all oper-v | ntkms..very successful. “OTIS.” ! WILL MAKEGOODTHE LOSSES | £r.sl«nd Seeking to Make Ucstltu- j don for Floor nu<l Provisions Seized, Washington, Jan, 13.—There were no j developments here Friday of interest | in regard to the seized American flour I and provisions, the two governments concerned devoting their efforts to the procurement of evidence touching the ; ownership of the different parcels of j feeds with-lhe view' on the part of the \ British government, it-is assumed here, j of making good the losses of the own- ! crs. In fact, with the decision announced by the Biitish government to j Mr. Choate, Thursday, touching the j freedom of foodstuffs from seizure uu- } dewordinary conditions the sensation- j »i features have passed from the ne- j foliations, and all that remains now is | to adjust certain small details. i liUST BE DONE OVER AGAIN. I - i »n*sU'i Great Siberian Itnilna> ; Mast be Practically Reconstructed Before Completion.

"Washington, Jan. 13.—Before 85 the I completion qf the Siberian railroad it j Las become necessary to reconstruct ! the work already done, and this will j cost not less than $25,000,000. The in- ! formation is supplied to the state de- | fwrtment by Commercial Agent Green- j -Sr,' nt~Vladivostock. His report, compiled from Russian sources, shows a carious condition of affairs on the .road. In the haste of construction and the anxiety to get everything cheap the road was laid" with a 12fiound mil instead of a 24-pouud rail, j The bridges were built of wood, and j crossings were made far apart. Con- i eequently more than twenty miles' an | hour can not. be made on the level | with safety. Only one passenger and • two freight'trains are run. Another Trcaeiljr in Kentucky. Middlesboro, Ky., Jan. 13.—Rev. Wesley Hull, at Hindman, Knott county, j Is reported to have shot and killed i Miss Lucinda Isaacs, a sister of his j deud wife, and th£n to have shot him- j self in the abdomen. Physicians say lie will recover. The cause was Mrs. Isaacs refusal of his offer of marriage. ftlali^p Ratlemehcr Den a. Fort Wayne, lnd., Jan. 13.—lit. Rev. Joseph Rndeiracher, bishop of <! tmi Unman .Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne, died to-day, after an illness of a year’* duration. * H A

CHARGED TO SENATOR HOAR* His Aati-KipanaloB Speech Said to Hare Canted the flliplm lanrreetloa. Chicago. Jan. 13.—John Barrett,'.ex* United States minister to Siam, for the first time publicly named Senator Hoar, Saturday night, at Lake Forest university, as the United States senator whose anti-expansion speech was ca- j bled to Bong Kong and subsequently j put in the hands of the Filipino sol- , diers, causing, as Mr. Barrett believed, the open insurrection. Frequently this speech and its presumed effects have been mentioned, ! and the reading public has connected j the name of Senator Hoar with it, and it is probable that Mr. Barrett would j not have used the lawmaker’s »me on J this occasion had he not been facing i an audience known to be largely. #tos- ] tile to the, administratlto’s poliey in j the oriental islands. ™ It appears further, from the ex-min-ister’s speech, that the government has discovered privately the stages by ] which the anti-expansion address

reached L,azon. There was much interest in the reception Mr. Barrett’s speech would meet. Ap ^lie close of the meeting lie was cheered, and the audience of lev- i eral hundred people waited in line to shake ,hands with him. • . In ihe course|of his address, which j wa^on/rthe general subject of the | PhSUffpijnes, the speaker" said it had I been discovered in the government's j investigation that Senator Hoar’s speech Was cabled in cipher and in ' fragments to Paris, where it was put ! together aihLlorwarded to Hong Kong. The message included several thousand words, and the cost for transmission was said to have been $4,000. j It interested the government to know what friends the Filipinos had at .this time who were in a position to send the message! “I was in, Hong Kong at the time,** said Mr. Barrett, “and 1 remember flie incident distinctly.- I was coming down stairs in the hotel when I met the president of the Hbng Kong junta, and he had in Ins hand the long dispatch he had just received. It gavea large part of Senator ^Hoar's speech in full and a summary of the rest of it. I agked the president wffat he was going to do with it, apd he told me that he merit to .send it to the officers of the army in the Philippines. -iHe was urged not to do it, but he protested that it had been printed in the United States and was public property. , ;‘Four days after,that speech had been delivered it was in the hands pf those who saw an opportunity to moke political capital of it. The speech was published and distributed among the" soldiers, and 1 believe it was the culminating influence that brought about the Open insurrection. This speech, you must remember, was delivered before there was an open insurrection.” * Will Answer in the Senate. Washington, Jan. 13.—Senator Hoar last night declined to take any notice of. the statements attributed to Mr. Barrett, ex-minister to Siam, in an address on the Philippine question. The senhtor said that Gen. Otis’ reports give the fullest account of the events that led to hostilities,jand that he expects, as he has already given notice, to deal with the whole matter in the senate. , * FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION. Live Stock Dealers of Chicago and Kansas City Form an As- , social ion. Kansas City; Mo., Jan. 15.—In order to secure bet ter protection against cattle . swindlers and workers of frauds, several representatives of Chicago livestock commission firms en route to the Fort Worth cattle convention stopped off here long enough to form what will be known as the Live Stock Commission Merchants’ Protective association. For some time, and especially since the Gillett alleged swindle, many of the livestock men at the stock yards have been contemplating forming an association to work for mutual protection against , not only swindlers, but also against those customers who refuse to promptly meet their obligations. At first it\\vas thought to make It a Kansas City organization, but later it was considered for the best interests of all to act jointly with Chicago. After a large amount of details the association was formed, and these officers were elected: M. P, Buello, of Chicago; president; M. D. Scruggs, of Kansas City, vice-president; ,1. Hr. Waite, Kansas City, . secretary and treasurer. Twenty Chicago and Kansas City firms were represented at the meeting. Ran Through a HuiVlcane. Loudon, Jan. 15,—The British ship Durbridge, which arrived at Queenstown, Saturday, from Portland, Ore., ran through a hurricane on November 24. Capt. Mcl«iuehlan and five men of the crew were injured severely, two lifeboats and the main bridge were smashed, the skylight in the cabin stove in and the forecastle and cabin were flooded. She has other sundry damages.

Two Men Killed by a Blast. Butte, Mont., Jan. 15.—Joe Melivich and Joseph Maxwell, working in the Colsua-Parrott; mine,, were instantly killed yesterday by the explosion of a blast that had hung fire. A round of holes had been fired, and the men -had returned to clean up the debris when a missed hole went off. * The Plaecc-in South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Jan. 15.— The “health authorities report two cases of bubonic plqgue here, one being fatal. The victim was a runaway sailor from the British bark Forma.

BOLDEST ROBBERY ON RECOILD. 4 L*«e Blckwarmui HoU* tp lh< Waiters aid Cuteurra fta Two RrataaraaU. i __ Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15.—In Irka western fashion a lone robber, masked and armed, cleaned out two restaurants ir. the center of the city at six o’clock yesterday morning under the glare of an'electric light. In Lewis' restaurant, at 1210 Walnut street, he pointed a pistol at Stanley Brushwood, the dishier, and tapped the register while he kept his revolver in plain view of two customers eating near by. The contents of the register had been transferred to the raft but a few minutes previous, j»nd thevrobber secured only a handful of change. Wien he had satisfied himself that there was nothing more in sight he gave the waiter and the two customers s parting word of warning and skipped across the street to the restaurant of ltobert MeClin.tock. Here the robber ^overed Cashier Joseph Drysdale, and commanded two waiters and three customers to hold up their hands. They compiled promptly, and the robber emptied the register i^ a twinkling. He pocketed the entire dbntents, $146 and, hacking Out of the door, encountered a grocery solictor. He poked his revolver into the solicitor's face with the comma ml not to make an alarm and forced him into the restaurant, wj&ere all the ethers still stood with arms upstretched. At thistherobberdarteddowna nearby alley, and disappeared. Hardly more than live minutes was consumed at both jobs, and the robber had plenty of time to get away be fore the scared •icliins had recovered their composure. THREE MEN ASPHYXIATED. Two ’ ore Dead and the Third Has Small Chance of Resuscitation— !> Blew Out the Gas.

New York, Jan. 15.—Two young men, John Woessner, and George Lehman, German farmers from Ackley, la., on their way back to their formerlhombs in Germany fi»r a visit, put up at the ‘True Blue,” a Second avenue hotel, on a Saturday uight. One of them blew out the gas. and Woessner’s dead body was found yesterday with Lehman in an I unconscious condition lying beside it. Lehman was taken to a hospital, where ii was said he had a very small chahet of recovering. In Woeasner's pockets were found several hundred dollars. Daniel Pearsall, the Brooklyn manager of a well-knoyn hat concern, was asphyxiated by gas in a hotel on Doy street Saturday night, where he was iu^tlie habit of stopping. The gas escaped from a gas stove. Pearsall died soon after he was taken, unconscious, from the room. * ' CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS. Sixty Thousand Dollar Fire Caused by Dropping: a Match In a File of Cotton Hatting;. Iowa City, la., Jan. 15.—Fire, that started in the store of Mrs. Hattie E. Horne. Saturday, inflicted * a loss of £6u,000. Lena Delschied/a saleswoman, in attempting to light the gafe, dropped a burning match in a pile of cotton batting, and the entire store was soon ablaze. The stock, valued at $35,000, was a total loss, and the building, owned by \V. ft. Coast, was damaged to the extent of $10,008. The Are spread to adjoining buildings. %ie other losses are: G, M. Lewis, grocer, $3,000; Suppel & Moore, clothing, $3,000; Trice, lleith & Cojewelry, $1,000; &. Suppel, building, $2,000; other stocks and buildings, damaged, by water and smoke, $C>,000, All carried partial insurance. James Wahnke, fireman, was badly burned. A DESPERATE CHARACTER. Wind* l‘p a Career of Crime by s« liiltroruked Murder—QuarT t reled Over Changre* Helen wood, Tenn., Jan. 15.—At Al* my, four miles from here, Andy Chitwood, a highly respected young man, was shot and instantly killed,Saturday night, by Elvin Philipps. The nun had quarreled" over soma change. Philipps was a member of the Fouth Tennessee volunteer infantry. While at Oneida, last Wednesday, he shot a drummer's valise to pieces, and the same day shot a man named Chambers. Saturday he shot at CliaTles Keelon, held up the Paint Rock engine that carries the mail from the mines to Oneida, and at 10 p. m. killed Chitwood, At a late hour last night Philipps had not been eapt\«?ed.“

WINKED AT THE UNDERTAKER. Narrator Escape of an East St. Loot* Woman from Being Burled - Alive. East St. Louis, 111., Jan. 15.—Mrs. Christina Hirth emerged from a trance yesterday morning to find herself under process of being embalmed and prepared for the grave. The discovery of life was the result of the merest accident, and astounded the undertaker. A movement of an eyelid saved the woman from death at the hands of the undertaker or from bunal alive Crispins Son a Convict. s Rome, Jan. 14.—Luigi Crispi, natural son of Sig. Francisco Crispi, the distinguished statesman and former premier, was ^sentenced, Friday, to four years’ imprisonment for the theft oi jewelry from the Countess Cellers in April; 189G. y Kendrick, Idaho, Indir Water. Spokane, Wash., Jan. 14.—-A telephone message has been received here saying the business portion of the town of Kendrick, Idahd, was under ■watf, the Potlatch river** bavins: overflowed its banks. *

BRYAN IS SANGUINE. Says Democrats Are United for the Coming Fight. The Prospective Candidate far President Warmly Received at Jarkson Bay Ban«*et la CkleaRa.

The Jackson day banquet at Chicago, Saturday, January 6, was, according to William J. Bryan, “a credit to the city’s democracy.” The Nebraska leader was principal speaker, and in his address 'said: “The years which have elapsed since ipss show hoar the voters of the party, when their conscience, their- Judgment and the:r de tormina ti^iare once aroused, can resist the foes within and the foes without and keep the party true to its high mission as the representative of the struggling masses in their never-ending contest with the privileged classes. The plutocratic influence which won the last national campaign and which have rioted in,;power ever since have not been able to force the surrender of « single plank or line or syllable of the Chicago platform. “After a three years' burial of the money question by our opponents they recently have accentuated its importance by pre-r senting a currency bill which would have condemned the republican party to overwhelming defeat if it had been proposed by the president In his letter of acceptance. The byi is so bad that it could not be forced through the congress chosen in 1S96, but in 1S98, when the people were engaged in a war, for humanity, the financiers captured congress while the republican leaders with perspiring patriotism were picketing to the people to uphold the' president while the treaty with Spain was being concluded. The people were intent upon the conclusion of the war, waged for" the political independence of the Cubans, .and the Wall street magnates were building for the financial subjugation cl/'the producers of, wealth in the United States. Decries the Currency Hill. “The currency billfastens us to the financial systems of the old world and subjects ustoall the disturbances which affect them, while it placesthe control of the volume of paper money in the hands of a bank trust, which will be as merciless to the people of this country as. Weyler was to the Teconcentrados. The fight for bimetallism at the ratio of sixteen to one has not been lost. The Increased production Of gold has shown the advantage of more money and has answered the argument so often made tjiat the parity could not be maintained ! because of the overproduction cK silver. “The fight against bank note Circulation ! will grow stronger as the big banka swaii low up the little ones and as t^e people ; learn that a permanent national bank note circulation secured as at presOnl necessitates a permanent and increasing national debt.* ■’ “I have discussed the trust question in ‘.his city so recently that it is only necessary for me to say that the democratic party will meet the issue with a plain and positive remedy. The republican party is un&hle to enact and enforce efficient antitrust laws. When new legislation is demanded republican leaders say that the present law is sufficient: when a new trust is pounded out republican officials say that the law does not cover the case. This adjustable view of the law reminds me of the little boy at the table. His father was helping a plate and the boy exclaimed: ‘What, ail that for grandma?* ‘No,’ replied the father, ‘this plate is for you, my son.' ‘Oh, what a little bit!* complained the boy. Imperialism a Strong Issue. “The question of imperialism will occupy a prominent place in the next campaign. It matters not whether the war in the Philippines ends in the near future or continues until election. The people must determine the policy to be pursued in regard to the Filipinos. That policy must contemplate the ultimate independence of the Filipinos or their permanent retention under American sovereignty. If the islands are tq be retained permanently the inhabitants ft&ist be given the hope of full citizenship or they must be condemned to the lot of subjects. Who uJesires to admit them to share and share alike with us in the destiny of this republic?

lire .uujaatty rcauiuuua, .wmuu the senate last March by republican votes, announces that the Philippine islands were never to become an integral part of the. United States. If we retain possession permanently, then, we must be prepared to support by force a war which will never cease to be obnoxious to the native population. Colonial Policy Is Opposed. “England has been in control of India for a cettyiry and a half, and yet, according to Mr. AJig-rison, an Englishman, in a book recently published, there is not in India a native paper of influence which defends the English government. He also complains of the*. ferocity of the educated classes. No one who understands history or human nature ean expect an alien government to be satisfactory. We cannot adopt a colonial policy without ignoring the doctrine oUselfgovernment, so tong cherished in this country, and we cannot ignore that doctrine in dealing with the Filipinos without endangering its exis.er.ce in the United States. “Upon what ground can forcible annexation be defended? Is it on the theory that the Filipinos are incapable of self-govern-rafent? Clay, in discussing the revolutions which led to the establishment of the South American republics, declared that self-gov-ernment is the natural government and asserted that those who deny the capacity of any people for self-government impeach , •he wisdom of the Creator. Clay was right. The doctrine -that it is the duty of a powerful nation to cross an oceap and force an alien government upon another race which happens to inhabU^valuable lands is a doctrine conceived in. avarice, born fh iniquity and defended always by hypocrisy. “When we enter upon a policy of empire we cease to be a mural factor in the world's progress. Heretofore we have sympathized with all people struggling for the right to govern themselves, but now when the Boers are willing to die in defense of their republic the advocates of an imperial policy are unable to express sympathy because we are ourselves engaged in a war of conquest. The opponents of imperialism sympathize with the Boers not because England is the aggressor, but because of the American belief in the Declaration of Independence. The Gold Standard. * 8“Do you know what the gold standard means?” he asked. “Why, when the English armies lost three battlesTn South Africa and there was disturbance in London it manifested itself in New York and it Was necessary for the great financiers to rush tax with $10,000,COO of gold to bring interest down from 1S6 per cent, and necessary for the treasury to step in and help Wall street out. If a few reverses in a war with a handful of Boers shakes New York with the gold standard, where will your gold standard be if England ever reaches a nation of her size? “They talk about prosperity. Yes, there hah been some prosperity, but the larger portion of prosperity has gone not To* the masses of the .people, hut to the few who have been favored simply by republican legislation. Nearly half of the people of this country work w*'** the farm, and there is not a republican policy that can bring anything of good to the farmer. The good the farmer enjoys must come from one of two sources—either from an increased crop or from increased prices. Can the republican party bring an Increased crop? You would suppose from the way republicans brag about large crops that the republican party held in its hand the showers and gave abundant rains when the people were good

sad republican, and drought and ha* j winds when (her voted against the repub- j llcan party. Why. my friends, if a man will j stop .:o think for a moment he will know that %he republican party does cot control ! the rains, because if It did there would be a monopoly of water and you would have to buy every shower. It does rot give you larger crops. It cannot give you a better price for a fanner's crop.

Trust* Postered l»y the forty. “While the republicans hare not raised the price of what the fanner has to sell, they have permitted the orgaMxaiton of monopolies that raise the price of what the farmer has to buy. And if the republican pacut- cannot bring down rain from the clouds It can charge the fanner mo& for pipe when he goes down into the ground after water. “No man.** he said, in elaborating the imperialism issue, “who has studied history 01* knows human nature believes that tha Filipinos would ever be glad to have us govern them. What exduse can be given for it? I have heard three. The first Is the money argument—that'it will payrthat there is money in it. The second is the religious argument—that God is in it. And the third is the political/ argument—that we are in it and cannot get out. 1 need not dwell upon the money argument. Dr. Taylor has already commented' upon that It is the iow est argument ever made. The man who will justify a war of conquest on the basis of dollars and cents applies to that subject the same principle that the burglar or the highwayman applies. You cannot very well go to a mourn g moth ;r and tell her that it pays to have her boy die. The mothers of this country will send their ■sons to fight for liberty, and if the sons fail the mothers rejoice that God gave them strength to bear sons for such noble service. But where i3 the mother who will rear sons for dollars and cents to be exchanged for oriental trade? C Decries War for Gala. “And yet the man who says it will pay baa got to put a pecuniary estimate upon the Uvea of1 American soldiers, life has got to teirj^-ou how much we a re going to spend in money and how much in men, and then how much each manj3 worth. I believe in the extension of trader 1 want this nation to extend it3 trade. I want’this nation to have communication with all th^pecples of the world. 1 want this nation to send forth the products of its soU and supply the needy everywhere. But I would,net put ccc Air.erican soldkr on tE: auction block ar.4 trade him off for the coffers pi the orientals. •"There is a more potent argument than that of money. It is the religious argument. Very few men will attempt to defend imperialism on the basis of dollars and eents, but many have attempted to defend it on the basis of religious grounds. Convince a man that it is his feligious duty to do a thing ar.d he will do it. Convince him that it is his religious duty to take^his mcr.fjP /and give it to someone else, and he will do it. Convince him thatit is his religious duty rto give his life and he will give 1:. But —more unfortunate still—man it 30 consti-^ tuted that if you will convince him that it is his religious duty to tajte somebody else's money he will do it. Convince him that it is his religious duty to take someone else’s life and he will do it. 'And how much money has been gikc-n, and how many lives have been taken by men who have deluded themselves with the idea that God told them to kill somebody or rob somebcjdy! “One republican senator said the other day that it was God's work, that God had opened the door of the Philippine iflanos ar.d pushed us in and shut the docr.# Ther$ we were. The question 1 ask is: WhotoKi; him so? Did God tell him? If so. when artd where? And if Cod did not tell him, thea to whom did God reveal it ? I have seen tepublicans going up and down this land telling about plod’s plan, when I have known that if Gcd knew them as well as I~ did He never would have revealed anything to them. You will find that this religious argument is a potent one. Ah. my friends, there is no one who has a right to tell us that God commands us either to %ake another man’s property or another‘man's life. There is no One who can present ere- 4 dentials that would justifyshim^n commanding us in the name oi^fi^ to do wrong. Parallel to Roer War. “When the Cubans were struggling fur the right to govern themselves both the great national conventions pat in their platforms -declarations of sympathy with the struggling Cubans. But over in South Africa the Boers are fighting for a republic, and this nation, the gfeaiest republic in the world, a nation that heretofore has announced with boldness its sympathy; with all who seek to govern themselves, this nation stands with its hands tied and its mouth gagged, fearing to say & word as a nation for fear the answer will come back: ‘What's the matter With the Filipineil& Our sympathy for the Boers, the sympathy cf the opponents of imperialir tn here, does, not rest upon the fact that Eng- / land is the aggressor; it rests upon the fact that it is an American principle that is at stake, and, no matter who is the aggressor, we believe in the. doctrine of ; self® government.. What mockery to appeal to a Divine Providence to aid in the overthrow i of the principles of our government! “It may be that the time has come when this nation, conceived in liberty, shall be turned over to the doctrines of the past./* It may be—no man can tell what the future has in store. But if it is true that the time has coipe when these fundamental principles,will be changed; if it is true that upon the", ruins of a homogeneous republic is to be built a heioregeneous empire, I pray to God that the party of Jefferson and Jackson may die with the republic rather than live with the mbnarehy.”

The Mother of Trnsta. One of the stock arguments in favor of protection is knocked into smithereens by Commissioner Chamberlain,, of the government navigation bureau; iir “his pamphlet favoring subsidies.-",]it shows conclusively that there is 11c r good reason why a protective tariji should now be maintained in this country. In treating of the niarked increase of interest in the establishment of ar American merchant marine* Mr. Cham . berlain attests to the mjp^ssity for suol, marine service by stating that it k demanded for the carrying of Amerieai goods abroad. “Our manufacture; have developed so rapidly.” he says-', “that the place the home market fill in the political discussions of 15 or 2; i years ago is now filled by the foreigi markets.” This reduces protection down to what we all know it has del scended. It has beeome a factor if strengthening and fostering the trrs system. “Protection is the1 mother o trusts.”—Pittsburgh Post. ^ -That Maj. McKinley does no |j iegard his reelection as an assure < thing may be judged from the that he has already partially mad s J arrangements for an across the co*t ■ nent stumping tour, similar to th ? one he made last fall. He will mak rear platform speeches wherever th 1 party managers may consider that f necessary. Similar trips are to t * made to the New England states, a i of which shows that the inoble and in • perial major isn’t expecting the wall j over that less shrewtj members of h party are predicting. —-Johnston . (Pa.) Democrat. New Orleans represents more th* the total valuation of the rest of Loni iana and pays more than half the taxe . f ■ *. . . ■ > ■

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