Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 June 1900 — Page 2

: $ht § ike ®ountg gmomt WL MeC. STOOPS* Editor ud Proprittod PETERSBURG. t INDIANA.

Prepartitions are being made at C* Yite, Luzon, to move :i majority of th* marines stationed there toChina in tht event that developments there require them. The supreme lodge Knights of Hon or, at its session in Buffalo, N. Y., on the 19th, rescinded r, resolution classtr.g Christian Scientists, or faith curls ts, ns hazardous risks. A special from Washington, on the 19th, said that persistent rumors were afloat that President McKinley had decided1 to call an extra session of congress to deal with the Chinese question. The summoning of Li Hung Chang to Pekin is regarded in Europe as a complete change of front on the part of the Manchus, who have abandoned the hope of opposing the powers of Europe. ' The effect of the bombardment oi ■the Taku forts, as described by the Shanghai correspondents, was gory in the extreme, nothing less than “rivers of blood” and “mutilated corpses piled up inside the forts.” The latest story sent out by the Shanghai gossips is that Prince Tuan, president of the tsung-li-yamen, had burned the imperial palace at Pekin and murdered the emperor and that 'the empress dowager had committed suicide. , > The plant of the National Steel Co., In Columbus, O., employing nearly five hundred men, was closed down on the COth. Local officers oi the company say they do not know ilie reasons for the suspension of operations or how long it will continue. They simply acted in accordance with instructions from the New York office. Daniel P. McKilligan, a mining man of note in the west; died at Helena, Mont.., on the 22d. He t>uilt the first quartz mill near Helena, at Unionville, in the early sixties, and put up a number of quartz and other mills in different parts of the state. He was a pioneer of Colorado, having squatted on property now in the heart of Denver, in 1839. Bloomington, HI., was visited by a disastrous conflagration soon after midnight, on the 19th, which left almost half the business portion of the town in ashes. The courthouse and many of the best business blocks were swept away, and b*g dry goods, jewelry, hardware and other stores were wiped out. The total loss is estimated at $2,000,000.

Herman Schumaeker, the St. Louis saloonkeeper charged with having ejected Miss Pauline Hesser from his place? pn Decoration day when she was being pursued by a mob of strike sym-pathize-rs, was found guilty of assault and battery by the jury, on the 21st, and his punishment fixed at a fine, of one dollar and costs—about one hundred dollars in all. The navy department issued a general order, .on the 21st, pnder the terms of the last appropriation act, increasing the pay of naval officers on shore In Porto Eieo, Cuba, the Philippine islands, Hawaii and Alaska by ten per cent., and for the enlisted men of the marine corps ashore at those places 2C per cent. Sancte increase to be computed from May 26 last. A sensation was caused in Berlin, on the 21st, by a declaration of Herr Mertel, a member of the reichstag and ed-itor-in-chief of the Deutsch Tages Zeitung, the agrarian organ, that: “Our next war will be naval, and against England. Of this we have b<^n quietly assured by the government, and it was because of this assurance that the agrarians voted for the naval bill.” Gen. MacArthur, on the 21st, formally announced President McKinley’s order of"~ainnesty to insurgent Filipinos. Buencamiuo. T aterno and omer prominent Filipino leaders were greatly pleased, as they believe that, under the amnesty, they can bring about the surrender of Aguinaldo, who, they declare, is ready and willing to consider the peace pratform adopted by the Filipino leaders with a few insignificant exceptions. A crop report prepared by Snow, thi crop expert, who had just completed £ two weeks* trip through the states oi Minnesota, North Dakota and Soutt Dakota, was made public on the 23d He declared the situation a national calamity, and the wheat failure the worst ever known. He estimates the Dakotas as promising only 20,000,000 bushels each and Minnesota 35,000,000 bushels, a total of 75,000,000 bushels, against 200,000,000 bushels last year, and 225,000,000 in 1S98. The view expressed by both the pres.. And politicians in St. Petersburg is that Eussia should make common cause with the other powers in meeting the common danger in China. It is pointed out, however, that when once the time arrives to settle the Chinese question Eussia must regulate hex true interests, which differ greatly froth those of the other powers, and prevent her more particularly from definitely embarking in hostilities against the vast Chinese empire, hex neighbor*. This is also understood tq be the government view of the situafttOB.

ALL OVER THE STATE, Events in Various Portions of Indiana Told by Wire.

Accepts m Offer. Wabash, Ind., June 22. — Divine Healer Schlatter, clad in a velvet robe and wearing long curls down his back, has been making a tour of northern Indiana cities, seeking the afflicted, upon whom he claims to lay hands and drive away diabase. At Logansport, he encountered Mark B. Morris, a liveryman, who is afflicted with deafness and who made a proposition to Schlatter to pay him a fee of $1,000 if he effected a cure. Schlatter accepted the offer. Nancy Hanks Monument. Indianapolis, Ind., June 22.—James S. Culver, the contractor who some time ago agreed to build, gratuitously, a monument to the memory of Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln1, provided the Nancy Hanks Memorial association ’tvould accept of his services, has submitted plans to that association which are entirely satisfactory. nhd the work of building the monument will begin at once. Will Support Swallow. Indianapolis. Ind.. Jsune 22.—The Indiana delegation to the national prohibition convention at Chicago next week will support S. C. Swallow, of Pennsylvania, for president. It is argued that the nomination of Woolley or Johnson, of Illinois, would decrease the chances of the nomination of F. T. McWhirter. of this city, candidate for vice president. Three hundred will attend from this state. Company Must |*ay. Wabash, Ind., June 22.—In the Cass circuit court Miss Lily O'Brien was given a judgment of $4,000.for personal injuries against the Indiana Natural Gas and Oil company. Miss O'Brien last fall attempted to cross a temporary bridge erected by the company over a creek. It gave way under her buggy' and she wits thrown across the dashboard and sustained permanent injuries. CoinluK Home. Kokomo, Ind., June 22.—Tod Sloan, writing to his adopted father. 1>. G. Blouser, of this city, says he will leave England for this country in three weeks and has accepted mounts in several big racing events oil this side. He says out of 24 mounts this season he has been unplaced in but seven, has taken first money in eight events. This, he says, ]t>eats his record of two years ago. In Trouble. Warsaw, Ind.. June 22.—Joseph ATborn. a lieutenant in the "Salvation Army, was arraigned in the justice court here charged with illegally giving intoxicating liquor to Fay McKrill, a 15-year-old girl. Lester Carter, a young man, and Mrs. Alice Sterling were also arrested on the same charge.

Mrs. Beveridge's Funeral. Indianapolis, Ind., June 22.—The funeral of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge was held from the home of hef aunt, Mrs. Caroline M. Whitsit. 1609 North Meridian street. The services were conduced by Rev. W. A. Quayle, of the Meridian street M. E. church, of which Mrs. Beveridge was a member. Found Dead. Huntington, Irid., June 22.—Charles Stephenson, a log hauler, was found in the woods.'crushed under a log. dead. Other loggers missed him. and a search revealed the fate which had overtaken him. He was a resident of Huntington, 25 years of age. and unmarried. Died in His Yard. Peru. Ind., June 22.—A. R. Whistler, aged 74 years, a prominent resident and an old settler, died from apoplexy, while in his yard. He was superintendent of Oak Grove cemetery and for years has attended to the majority of burials in t he community. Terrllte Windstorm. Peru, Ind.. June^22.—A terrinc windstprm with four ^distinct cloudbursts did much damage in this section Thursday night. | An unprecedented rainfall of 4% inches, followed, flooding cellars and converting streets into miniature rivers.? Postal Receipts, Wabash. Ind., June 22.—The revenues of the Wabash post office for the year ending June 30 will be. by far, the largest in the history of the office. The total will not be less than $16,000, and may exceed that sum. < Yarned for Conjrreswu. Kokomo, Ind., June . 22.—The Eleventh district populists in convention here nominated Robert W. Todd, of Miami county, for congress. \y. W. Smith, of Cass county, was elected presidential elector. Fine Match Factory. Crawfordsville, Ind.. June 22.—The machinery for tthe big independent match factory to be operated in this city by home capitalists has arrived from Europe and is on the way to this city from New York. Killed by a Fall. Elkhart, Ind., June 22.—William Wambaugh. a prominent farmer, 60 years old, -who lived two miles south of Elkhart, fell from a load of hav, striking on the back of his head and breaking his neck. New Glass Factory. v Hartford City.fjnd., June 22. — A company is being^formed here for the erection of a 30-quart tank window glass factory, to be built at once and to be ready for operation October l. New York capitalists have secured a grant, from Spanish Honduras permitting the construction of a railway across the republic from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

One Thousand Five Hundred For* eigners Said to Have Been Slain by Boxers.

TWENTY-FOUR HISSING NISSIOMRIES. CliInrHe Regilan Said to We Boa* bardlag Tien Tala—Admiral Seymour's Column and the Hnaalaa Force Entered Pekin Slmnltaae* onaly—The Legation a Intact. Kevr York, .luue 23.—ltev. Dr. Leon* crd, secretary of the Methodist Foreign Missionary society, in this city, received the. following cablegram today: Ch* Foo, June 15.—Tien Tsin bombarded. Pekin very serious. Hopkins, Frown and King saved. Gunboat. [Signed.] BROWX. The three men mentioned are missionaries. Dr. Leonard infers from the f<.ct that only those who were saved are cabled, the remaining 24 missionpries at Tien Tsin have been murdered by the Tioxeis. Among them are many women, including f.ve in the Woman's Foreign Missionary society, and members of the Hay nor, Pike, Hopkins and Brawn families. BOM IIA ROME Vi' OF HEX TSIX. The Foreign Concessions Have Been Nearly All Burned. Che Foo, June 23.—It is officially reported that the bombardment of Tien Tsin with large guns cominues incessantly. The foreign concessions have nearly all been burned, and the American consulate has been razed to the ground. The Russians are occupying the railroad station, but tre hard pressed. Reinforcement are urgently needed. The casualties are heavy. , The railroad is open from Tong Tu to Ching Long, Chun, half way to Taku. s’ Regulars Doing the Bombardinir. Berlin, June 23.—According to a dispatch from Shanghai, received here, Tien Tsin is being bombarded by Chinese regulars, and not by the Boxers. Reported Massacre at Tien Tsin. London, June 23.—A special from Shanghai, says that it is reported from Japanese sources that 1,500 foreigners have been massacred at Tien Tsin. Reached Pekin Simultaneously. Brussels, June 23.—The Petit Bleu states that a telegram was received, Thursday, by an important Brussels firm from, China, saying that Admiral Seymour’s relieving force and the Russian froce entered Pekin silmultaneously. The legations were reported intact, and all the Belgian residents are said to be safe.

Carrying American Refugees. Shanghai, June 23.—The American consul at Che Foo writes that the Kashville, from Taku, is bringing 33 Americans from Pei-Tai-Ho. _ « Reported in Good Health. _ Wesel, Prussia, June 23.—The relatives of Capt. Lettes, commander of the German gunboat litis, reported in the United States to have succumbed to wounds received during the bombardment of the Taku forts, announce that they had a dispatch dafed Che Foo, Thursday, June 21, saying the captain was in good health. LI HUNG CHANG TALKS. He VTata Remedy for the Suppression ol the Boxer Uprising. Hong Kong, June 23.—Li »iung Chang, who was interviewed in Canton yesterday, said he would, leave for Pekin on June 27, in obedience to the order from the empress, to suppress the Boxers, and- to make peace with the- powers. p He indorsed the opinion that he was the only man in China capable of coping with the situation. He said he believed the Boxers to be a “rabble led away by fanaticism and anti-Christian feeling;” but, he also declared, that the native Christian leaders were much to blame, inasmuch as they engendered litigation in the native courts. He asserted that he did not regard the Boxers as a political society, and that in his opinion the empress had been misled and misinformed. Prince Li said he had beeh officially informed that the Taku forts fired upon the allied fleet because the admirals sent, axi ultimatum calling for the removal of the soldiers. He does not interpret that action as a declaration of war, and he has not received any instructions to the effect that war has been declared. His ren\edy for the situation is to decapitate the leaders of the Boxers, to send their ignorant followers home, and to make peace with the powers. WITH FEVKIUSH ANXIETY. The Situation In China. Being Closely Watched in Washington. Washington, June 22.—During the afternoon M. Cambo.i, the French ambassador, and Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador, visited the state department. These frequent visits to Secretary Hay of the ambassadors of nations interested in the Chinese situation fairly illustrate the feverish anxiety with which every development in the situation is being watched.

BROOKLYN ORDERED TO TAKU Rear-Admiral Keinpff. with till* Bl| Craiser. Ordered Poet Haste is Chinese Waters.

Washington, June 24.—.Admiral KenoplFs dispatch giving the first definite news of the shedding of American Liord on Chinese soil came early yesterday morning, and was turned over to Secretary Long as soon :.s lie arrived at the department. With Admiral Crowi inshield, the secretary carried the dispatch to the White House, where, on the president's return from church, it was laid before him. The determination ■‘hereupon was reached to order Admiral Renter, in command of the Asiatic squadron, from Manila to Taku, on hoard of the armored cruiser Brooklyn.. * ~- The secretary and Admiral Crownlnshield return to the navy department, where the necessary orders were dis> patched to Admiral Remey. The effect of this transfer is to make Taku the headquarters of the Asiatic squadron. The Brooklyn is expected to sail ,s»t cnee, to-day if possible, us the orders sent contemplate getting the admiral on the scene at the earliest molt ent. The ml vantage of this, it was officially stated, is not so much in adding the strength of the Brooklyn to the fleet already there, as the fleet is considered by Secretary Long to be quite adequate, as it is in allowing the authorities here to -leal directly with the situation in China instead of through the circuitous communication by way of Manila. If the Brooklyn starts to-day, as expected, it will take her fully a week to reach Taku, as the trip is 2,000 miles, and typh<xms are raging. The determination to carry some of Gen. Mac A rthur’s troops on a flagship shows the emergency of the situation. The troops are supposed to be ready to move, but some delay may be cat sed in getting on board sufficient supplies for a large body of men-for a week. Admiral KempfFs report thqt four Americans were killed and seven wounded in the ambuscade of Waller’s force, caused the gravest concern among officials, out the chief fear was as to the outcome of the second attack, which the admiral reported would begin to-day. This js little short of the dimensions of a battle, and its results may be decisive, not only as to the immediate force employed, but in determining the fate of the legations and for t'ign settlements at Tien Psin and also whether the^ssue is, or is not, to be war with/Oiina. Word Reached the navy department to-day th^f^hc battleship Oregon got away from Hong Kong last night, bound forTaku. This is two days ahead of her expeeted start. She took on 164 saih rs and marines brought to Hong Kong by the Zafiro. The big ship may have a chance to repeat her jierformf.nee “around the horn,’’ as she is being crowded for a fast run to the scene cf action. The distance is about fifteen hundred miles, and, if she makes

ner record time, sne will be at Taku in six days? about the same time that the Brooklyn arrives from Manila. These ships and the Monadnoek are the only ones going to China. Admiral Crowninshield pronounces as untrue the reports that the gunboats Marietta, Princeton and several other ships at Manila have been ordered to Taku. There is uo need for them, and, moreover, with the ships now under orders to sail. Admiral Kemey will have a force which is considered abundantly able to meet every possible requirement. The Monadnoek lias a large complement of nun, who can be used as a landing party, and it is this rather than her armament which makes her available at this time. The Avar branch of the government is preparing for any eventuality that may arise out of the Chinese situation, as sti^rd by one of the highest officers of tiny army, on a scale the magnitude which would interest and surprise the public. But, he added, the inlorm■81 ion would be of even greater interest and service to any foreign foe which t he United States may be called upon to face Avithin the next few Aveeks oi months, asti, for that reason there i^ jho purpose to make public 1he complete preparations making to aieel AVliatever issue arises. All that the officials Avill say is that both the army and the navy,if the occasion arises,will give a good account of themselves. Adjt.-Gen. Corbin avus at his desk during the morning, and after going over the dispatches, Avent to the White House. The president was about to start for church, so that there Avas time for only a brief c%l saltation. Gen. Corbin said nothing had been received up to that hour from Gen. MacArthur, as to the Philippines oi Chinese situation. "While the Berlin reports as to the safety of Baron Ketteler and the legations at Pekin appear to dispose of one of the most alarming stories of the crisis. Minister Conger, at Pekin, is still cut off from communication here, and there is no direct and official assurance of the safety of the ministers and legations, nor is there a Avord of the relief force, including the American, Avhich sought to break through tc Pekin. AMBUSHED BY CHINESE. _____ * Pour .Americans of Waller's Command Killed and Seven Wounded. Washington, June 24.—-The navy department this afternoon issued the following bulletin: “A telegram from Admiral Kempff, dnled Che Foo, June 24, says: “‘In ambuscade near Tien Tsin, on the 21st, four pi Waller's comipand were killed.and seven Avounded. Names will be furnished as soon as received. A force of 51,000 going to relief cf TieD Tsin to-day. KEMPFF.”

* FARMERS AND TRUSTS. How the Creation* of Have Inerented At.vlcnltarlata* Barden a,

In-» speech delivered in the house of representatives on me id inst. Congressman Clayton, of Alabama, proved by facts and figures that w hile trusts have been the beneficiaries of McKinley “prosperity,” farmers have been its victims. The Year Book of the department of agriculture for 1899, w:u;h has just been issued,shows that tu* farm protk ucte and farm animals in 1899, although vastly increased in quantity since 1S99, .had* fallen of: n value to the extent of $706,969,971. This only counts as farm products Mm, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwieat, potatoes* hay and cotton. the farm products of 1899 had brought the same prices a9 did the- same3 ] roducts in 1890 they would have brought more than they did by the si.a of $2,609,437.584. The farmers raised 1,01:.,100,000more bushels of produce in ISOlt than they did in 1890, and yet thii jf reduce was worth $205,000,000 less tar n was the smaller crop of 1S9Q. lata only calculates the cereals. The farmers of the V rated States are paying more for all : hey consume thnn they were when tit ‘ present administration went inti power on March 4, 1897. and have k st duringthe present administration \ early $2,000.000.000by the decline in paces of farm products. In this calcul.it Im the statistics of 1S97, the first rear of the present administration, a:re used. The wheat in the farmers’ haiyls in 1897 was valued at $428. "47,121. The wheat in the farmers* duds in 1899 was valued at $319,545.25!). 4 The farmers lost $109,000,000 in t|ie value of wheat alone, and yet ihe yield of wheat was increased. The value of the cotton crop in 1897vwas $319,000,000, and ,t had fallen dff $14,000,000 the nex: year, while the crop of 1S99 is not yet calculated. The average price of wheat in 1897 was 80.8 cents a bushel, while in 1S99 it was only 58.4 cents a bushel. These are the figures given hy the republican secretary of agriculture, and it cannot be said that they were concocted for a democratic campaign argument. By the decline in the price of their products the farmers lost $2,000,000|.000 since McKinley’s inauguration, while in 1S99 alone the prices of trustpurchased fabrics advar vd 33 1 -‘y per cent. Simultaneously wrtli a cheapening off the things he raises to sell, the things the farmer mus* buy become dearer. In control of both branches df congress and; of the executive department. it w ^within he power of the republican party t > lessen the price of trust-made gc ( .5 by repealing, or authorizing the president to suspend', the duties on similar imported go<*ls. But this power the party did not exercise. It efrainedt because it wanted! the pecuniary support of the trusts-in ; he ensuing campaign, and if it crippled the trusts by withdrawing the protection that

sustains them it would' : lot have received! it. Bather this;;, injure the trusts, .it preferred tc inflict injustice upon the farmers, to continue the conditions which while forcing down the things the farmer sells fctrces up the things he must buy. Nevertheless, after thus discriminating against mm and ir. favor of the combinations that are dii honestly appropriating the fruits of iis labor, the party will have the effrontery to ask the farmer for his vote. The trusts would' rtot support the party* if it had legislated' in the ihterests of the soil tillers and against them. Why should the farmer support the party wh£n it has legislated) for the trusts and against him? The trusts are prosperous because they act concertcdly in rewarding their frier; 3s and punishing their enemies. Farmers and others, who, unprotected, must sell their labor or the products of their labor in open com petit bn, can- experience prosperity only by emulating the trust example.. If they support those who are despoiling them they will be robbed perennially, and deserve to be'robbed. They are a tremendous power at the alls. If they vote right the trusts will disappear and* the robbery cease. --Many republicans of note, and many more not so distinguished!, have been compelled*to condemn the president’s policy' of imperial ism' and to warn their party: of the perilous path upon which it has now e ntered”. The great mass of the Ame rican people, there is now good reason to believe, are unmistakably terrified by Mr. McKinley's repycMaton of American principles. To no Americkr mind is the belief possible that a protest against the policy of imperialism may be voiced with any hope of good1 results within j,the ranks of the republican organisation. That party must now be fought as the party of empire. The salvation of the republic depends upon the successful issue of this fight.1—St. Louis Eepublic. -The democrats will find all the campaign ammunition }hey need) in the action and nonactic i of the late session of congress in its> assertion of unconstitutional powers, its extravagance and waste, its green goods antitrust amendment and) :its refusal to reduce oppressive and needless,taxation—needless for any other purpose than to create a treasury surplus for jobbing purposes.—Pittsburgh Post. -The report that the Boer envoys have concluded to put their trust in the election of Bryan in November seems to be of the same piece of goods as is the frequently reiterated narrative that the Filipinos are pinning their hopes to the same occurrence. About this time look out for campaign bugaboos.—Boston Herald

PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE; What the Party In Power Hm Pallet to Do Since Aaaantac the Rein* of Control.

The columns of the partisan repulx. lican press are just now glowing with* accounts of the achievements of the* first session of the Fifty-sixth coa-~ gress. The cfaims made by enthnslastic reviewer^ are not comparative, but positive, ana to the incautious asaii sympathetic mind they may give theimpression that the 150 public bills,., more or less, bear some sort of faithful relation to the promises of the republicans^* made in- tne national v convention of 1896. In that conven-. tion the republicans in stirring lan-. guage appealed “for the popular andt historical justification Ot their claimed to the matchless achievements of 30-» years of republican rule,'” and “earnestly and confidently address them- . selves to the awakened intelligence,, experience and conscience of theig - countrymen,” in communicating certain facts and principles. Mated briefly, but strictly accord- - ing to the programme set forth by the* republicans four years ago, the party proposed to do the following things, described as “the principles and policies of the republican party.” At tha%time, according* to the platform ut-. terances, “by these principles we will* abide, and these policies we will put.; into execution:” 1. Promote protection. 2. Renew and. extend reciprocal relations. , 3. Protect domestic sugar production. 4. Build ud merchant marine by dis- ‘ criminating duties. .? 5. Maintain sound money and secure free silver by international agreement. 6. Take care of veterans and scold the pension bureau. 7. Consturct an American canal a crossNicaragua and protect American interests . in Turkey. ; 4 8. Restore peace and order to Cuba. 9. Extend fh'e navy. 10. Exclude immigrants who cannot reac .< and write. 11. Extend the -civil service. 12. Free ballot to'every citizen. 13. Stop lynchings: . 14. Establish national board of laboiarbitration. , 15. Pass a free homesteads, bill. 16. Admit territories at early day. 17. Promote temperance and rights ofwomen. ' « Following this categorical list Of' promises it is found that the promises that have been made good' are • these: - . 5. Gold standard has been established: „ free coinage of silver abandoned. 15. A free homesteads bill has been, passed. - - ' ' ' • “By these principles we will abide, and these policies we will put into . execution.” It has taken nearly four years to put into execution, two out of 17 “principles and policies” set forth, as distinctly republican in 1896,. A pretense has been made of carrying out the professions Of su^ort for reciprocity. Another pretense has . been made of upbuilding the merchant marine,-‘which the party in congress could not be depended upon to sanction. and which was not the policy proposed by the platform. A bill toauthorize the construction of a Nicaragua canal has been ‘passed in the house against the advice of the administratioii. and has been arrested in,, the senate through the influence ol that administration. American inV . terests in Turkey have been asserted, but not satisfied: The navy has been extended, partly following the plans of the preceding democratic administration and partly under t he compulsion of unexpected war. Immigrants come much as they did in 18%. Th< civil service system has been impaired rather than extended, and the respect for it has visibly diminished here.. There has been no extension of a “frea a ballot.” Lynehings have not biTen stopped. No territories have been admitted. The promise was extensive*. The performances almost as bare as.possible.—Schenectady Star.

OPINIONS AND POINTERS. -‘As it slangs to-day Mr. McKinley 15 by act of congress autocrat of Porto~ Rico and by the-inaction of congress absolute despot of the Philippines.— Boston Post. --lVe haven't- heard about the frauds in the Philippines. The censor - still takes care to “let nothing1 go through that will hurt the administra— = t-ion.”—Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat. -President McKinley's hand is to « be the one to return the rebel flags that were captured in battle during the civil ;, war. Where is Foraker? Where are - the other pot-valiant patriots who denounced Cleveland as a traitor for presuming to suggest such a thing?—Milwaukee Journal. -Only six months ago Senator Hanna declared that Matt Quay would get no help frorp the administration. . Before the campaign is over Quay may be telling a supplicating administration that it will get no help from him, _ The republican party will need all the - bosses it can get this y»ar.—Los Angeles Herald. --The American people will hold *•. Mr. McKinley responsible for the fact that the trusts nre now the dominant factor in this government. They are • resolved to overcome the trust evil 3 and to punish the part}' of the trusts. . They know- that this is imperative - if true Americanism is to surrvive._ They know that to control and) regulate the trusts they must retire Mr. McKinley from the presidency of the» United States.—St. Louis Republic, -The price of wheat and corn and;. cotton and other products which the.-. United States exports in large quanti— ties is fixed in the markets of Europe, _ where McKinley does not rule. American markets are based on Liverpool* markets, arid! the latter are independ>ent of the action of republipart legislation. McKinley has no more to dev . with the high or low price of farha,prodiucts than he has with the floo<>or drought or the coming of frosfr early or late —Helena Indeoendent