Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 July 1896 — Page 3

\i'ONE OF THE BOYS."

•T.T. HONOR TO THE HERO WHO HAS j-ri RISEN O THE A N S

Amarica For the Fir»t Time Selects a Presidential Candidate From the Rauka K, Private William McKlnlejr*

"He was offe of 'the (boys." Yes, boys, (he -was one of us—one of the boys of '61, says a writer in ithe Chicago Tim es-Hera ld.

It is the first time 4a American history that a gveajt party has gone to the ranks of an army to select its candidate for th'e presidency. No good soldier ever 'thought any less of Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Harrison because they entered the army on horseback. Bhoukber strapped and were the three* •who are over there to join Benjamin Harrison they would, all say: "There Is greater honor for Private William McKlnley of 1861, being named for the highest office an the gift of any people in the world than that which came to us. We started with a start, he with a gun tand Icnapsack, a boy, and forged ahead, unaided, save by his merits and courage."

Every soldier of the rank and file— and all soldiers who entered the army in those capacities and received promotion and who belong to the party that William iMcKinley belongs to— feels a gladness in his heart over the nomination of that gallant soldier, that he did not feel when Grant, Hayes, Garfield and (Harrison were honored in like maniner. Maybe it will take me too long to qualify this statement, but I must try to do so. It is not alone that that struggling young man, quite a spell from the end of his teens, in 1861, enlisted as a private in a war an which they /were a part, that fills their hearts with gratitude to 'the people and genuine gladness. It is more the thought that they dive in a government which they helped to preserve, where even the most humble citizen may attain to the highest honor that can be conferred upon a human being—the presidency of that government. They may not be plain to all, but every man who shouldered a m/usket and strapped on a knapsack understands it. iAnd he wi'll t'hink of it today, and all through the campaign in fact, frequently, till he ceases to think and lies down to eternal rest. "He was one of us."

Only those who know of the unbreakable ties that bind soldiers together can comprehend what those five words, thus formed, mean.

There are no ties outside of the home circle that compare with those woven, knitted, yea welded in army iife, during active warfare. The ties of masonry, strong, beautiful, ennobling, are weak compared with ifchem and so are the ties of aill other fraternal societies. And there are grades of these ties fraternal dn tihe army. The highest grade exists among those who know all of the experiences of the .private soldier and the file closer. They stand closer together than a.ny other branch of the great army. I do not exclude from that branch the many thousands who entered the army as private soldiers and won their way to the command of companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions. The .men who were stripeless, strapless and starless—ithe boys of the rank who received orders and obeyed orders, 'but gave no orders, stood wonderfully close together through the war, and they have 'been bound wonderfully close together since the war they are crowding closer as the end of the march grows nearer and nearer.

Blessings upon the dear old gray heads! "He was one of us."

He started as a private. The boy MidKin'ley carried a muiSket, put on a knatpsatcik, luiglged his sixty rounds of ammunition, and sometimes more, and a harversaictk fuill of rations he "rrtanohed in the mud with the boys, eitood guard ait nfeht in the rain, the snow, the cold was on picket, on the eMnmush Line, tore cartridges in battle shoullder to shoulder with the boys in the ranks. MlaKinley cooked his own rations, washed his own dishes, cleansed a.nd mended Ms awn. clothes, was somebody's partner as the oiwner oif a dog tent sletpt in tihat tent wfcth Ms feat sitiidk'inig out, as his partner did took his turn in filllimg the' canteens otf hos moists unslung his kna.peadk, stacked Ms musket, laid off his cartridge box, Canteen and haversack, and with messmates gathered fueQ to tMld fires* he fed on salt pork and hardtaicik, drank blaicik coffee, and with the reuft o-f the boys called it good and ever since then he has devoutly t'h'anked God that he was oS'd enough and had the deposition tto participate in those trials .those privations, those mii©h)ty strufgigl-'es, the great dangers through which 2,000,000 of boys passed from '61 to '65. He is prouder otf the fa'ot that, as a 17-year-did boy, he entered the anmy as a private and had those exiperientees than he was on the evening of Jtine IStih, when the words were ticked, off tfhait told him oif his nomination for the presidency—.prouder than hi's triumphant election will make htai.

These are some oif the reasons w'hy, all over the country, ewer since Thursday, June lSth, three-quarters ctf a million of gray haiired men have either 6aid or thought, "He was one of us, boys."

When t'he 17-year-old Ohio boy b&de goodlby to his father and mother, took his lllfe in his hands and followed the fortunes oif the Union anmy for over TOUT years, Ms proisfi-veiot's for the presidency were no better than those oif a million other boys who teft their homes within a year and a haOf from the time the first gun was fired on Sumter. No one questions that he has won the presidency. He took a longetep in wanning it whiile a private, a non-commissioned offijcer, a iieutenant, a captain, a major, in those four years that made his oountry sure of liberty s.nd truly great. He took another step tvihen, as a mecnlber off congress, he made a record without a blot, standing eetoond to no man in that branch of congress the leader in one of the best measures that ever passed the house and as governor otf his great state for four yeans he jto&k still another step without astuar.!]Me,mafkdng a record that the sun may shine ugon and the whotfce world look u|on.

The great jWrty is glorying in the record ctf J^dKinley today. Mi!!!ions who have b4en working for hJs nominatfon are ebthusias'tic over the man, over the statesman, over the governor, over the candidate for president, tout none of these is gtorying more sincerely, more heartily, more feelingly, than the great pretoes-sion that would reach froan state to state otf the old /men who are says-ng: "He was one of us. hoys.**

Prevention of Sunstroke

In the hot weather which we are experiencing a popular knowledge of every ijvrecautwn which caun be adopted to

prevent an attack of iiefat appoplexy it of the highest value. A tim'eiy hint from our Australian colonies has now been opportunely reported. It appears that during January, when, 300 persons died of sunstroke, a colonial government asked the medical board to Issue appropriate instructions for the avoidance of this grave danger. The hoard -is stated to -have declared that of all predisposing causes undue indulgence in intoxicating liquor is the most common and the most dangerous. Further, that during the attack It is dangerous to employ intoxicants as a remedy. We cordially indorse this opinion. In maaiy cases sunstroke has practically been alcohol stroke, and in other cases an injudicious resort to alcohol therapeutically has endangered t'he sufferer's life. Even toy the abstinent, under extreme heat conditions, it 'is essential -that such common sense precautions as the wearing of appropriate clothing, of 'light, nonradiating headgear, and moderation of exertion (should 'be adopted. Undoubtedly caeteris paribus, #the strictly abstinent -have the least risk of heat ap­

oplexy.—British

Medical Journal

GIRL RUNS A LOCOMOTIVE.

Natalie McNeal Holds the Throttle and Her Millionaire Cavalier Fires. Now York, Ju/iy 30.—Society peopfie otf Burldngtton, N. J- are in no end of tongue wa©ging over the escapade otf Miss (Natalie MteNeal, who manned a locomotive of the Pennsylvania railroad and made her cavalier do the woVk oif a fireman while she presided over the throttle. Miss McNeal is the 19-year-Oid da/uighter of Andrew H. MicNe&l, the mi'l.lionaire, who cogduicits the largest foundry in the state. She is prolbaibly the most popular woman living on the New Jersey side of the Delaware river. She is the head of t!he exclusive set oif Burliington society and xjan ride a horse or propel a wheel with equal grace.

Airrtong the visitors at the MioNeal residence is Edward Burd Grulbb, Jr., son of Millionaire Harry B. Gru'blb, a retired broker and'ex-mom.ber of the New Y-ork Yacht Club. He is a nephetw of Edhvard B. Grufbto. Sr., of EdgewateT, N. J-, who was minister to Spain during GarfieHd'g admlintetration. Young Grufofo is albout 23 years old, good looking, and is said to be the possessor of a snug little fortune of $4,000,000. It was Monday afternoon that Miss McNeaft, whiile on her wheel, met young Grufblb near the postofflce. "I'lJ raice y»u to the foundry," said MSes MteNeal. "What shall we race for?" he asked. "Well, iff you lose, you. must do two hour©' work," she replied. The onesided wager was made.

M'JS® MldNeaa easily won the race." An hour later she mounted a yard engine chartered 'by Mr. MtaNeil to shunt cars in the foundry yard and ordered Griiblb to enter the cab of the engine. "Nloiw, youli'l Wave to do the firing," she said to Grutblbi, "and you must keeip on a good head Of steam, for we are going to make some quick runs."

Then she putded the t'hrotle wide open and the locomotive siprang forward. Th,e youmig mMlionaiire took off hits tfoalt and started to heave in coal. He was cflulmisy .alt first and handled the larger pieces with his hands. Then he wiped his hands on hiis white handkerchief and a moment or two lated mopped his brow with it.

Tfhe traicSos run through the maiin street oil .t'he town, and the'racket of the 'belli and whi'gJble attracted widespread attention. There Were roars of laughter at the picture ytoung Gruibfb presented. His white duck trousers were just sufficiently white to show t-halt he was nolt a reguflar stoker. Th'e perspiration poured doiwn his face, tout he kept manffulCy at ^work. It was afll great fun for the millionaire's daughter, but Gnulblb didn't enjoy it a bit. Grulfclb was keipt at work exactly an. hour and a half. Mis® McNeal then re'lented and ran the locomio'tiive back to the foundry yiard.

WOMAN HERMIT IN CALIFORNIA

Slie Has Lived in Seclusion for Twenty Years and Will Not Talk.

Hermits are plentiful enough in all parts of 'California, but all of them are men. For some reason the gentle sex seldom shows a desire to forsake the world and live in a leaky cabin on a desolate .spot of the earth's surface with nothing but wild beasts for companions and a scant' bill of fare. But here is one woman, at least, who prefers such a life. She is a Portuguese and her name is Mme. Miinler. Her home is in the sand hills on the Pacific coast, about fifteen miles beiow iPescadero.

Mme. 'Munier in a way .leads a perfect hermit's 'life. More so than a great many of the masculine hermits at present camping out in different parts of the state. Her home is far off the road and close to th*? waters of the Pacific. It is only a box-like shanty, built under it-he side of a sand hill so as to be protected from the ever blowing wind. The surroundings are wild in the extreme, and nature shows herself in her most uncongenial mood. The house has only one room, in which the woman eats, drinks fnd sleeps.

As recorded in the San Francisco Examiner it is over twenty years since Mme. Munier came" to live in the vicinity of her present -home. Her husband, a Frenchman, was with her then and they occupied a comfortable home with a small piece of land around it. After about three years M. Munier disappeared. He went -away one morning saying he was going to San Francisco, a'nd has -never come back. At least it. is n-ct known to the neighbors that he has.

After a few months of solitude in the little h-ouse Mme. Munier went out fb the sand hills and built herseilf the shanty that she still occupies.

The only people that has spoken to her in all the years since her husband's departure are the storekeepers at different point along the road, and she simply tells them what she wants, and refuses to engage in conversation. For weeks she will keep inside her cabin. Her sc-1e occupation is knitting. If anybody calls on her she never stops. To ask her a question is like talking to & deaf person, as she never seems to hear.

Mme. Munier is strong and healthy, and in good weather walks all the way to Santa Oruz for -her provisions. She carries a large basket on her back, and when filled it will contain enough to laat her for months. All the water she uses has to be carried a long distance, but she always takes it in large quantities and don't make many trips for the purpose.

People who know Mme. Munier look upon iher- as a mystery. Most of thm incline to the belief that her -husband has some reasons for keeping her out of sigiht, but visits -her occasionally and brings "her money. But none of them take enough interest to investigate and are content -to let her dive as she pleases in her little shanty in t'he sand hill.

The Express is ihe only seven day paper In Te^e Haute, l»c a week.v".

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STORY OF A POEM.

TOLD BY THE AUTHOR OF "AIX QUIKT ON TBS POTOMAC.

Wrote It While Keeping Watch—HU *ye Caught the Heading of the Telegraphic Column—Registered a Vow

No wra.n to ftiie Southern confederacy Had more ittortDSng eaepetfiembes during itihe tftxur yekrs* lumplea/santoeds than "LAimar FVjnitialne, oif !Lytn* Miss. 'As a Etoout, tihe Bftori-eB off IbJs exploits would fiM a novels and, •indeed, some of his advenittunes -hJave (been uised *as maJtenial by none other Milan- John E&ton Oook.

Mr. JFbnitlaine iwa's wounded a number of 'times, and fWas once Oeifit on "the field, fchb-ulgfat Ito toe detald. He ran (the gan'tleit moire Uhfeum onloe du-rtng Ithe &$ege oif •VLbksflbftiTfg, da-rTy^Ixig percuisision aa-pe to the EOldiers.

As a poet Mr. Fon'Saine is one of the •most graceful Writer's nloiw living, but on one poem htis dfeume chiefly exi^t-s, and some, to'dieed, hlajve ait'temip^ted to rob !him cuf 'tihe credit due 'the aulthor oif this ootmipoBiifeiion. The poem- is Quiet Along1 the Pbt'oanaiC.1*

Mr. 'Fontaine's 'hisitory otf the poem, ais rellaited .by t'he Memphis CommieroJa 1, is as follotwfs: ©oon alft e«r the Hrst battle of Mamassa's I was it'ranteif'e'rred' ifrotm Company of jhe Eii-ghlteenth. Mfesistfilpfpi Infanltry to Comipany I of 'the Second Virginia, oav'alry, and we did p^cke't duty laliong •th'e uipper Po't'omUc, -toward Leeidburg, 5n Lloud'oun counlty. This was in the etar'ly pant otf» August, 1861. I was a. stranger to every m!an in. my compiany, and rwias transferred to keep from toeing discharged fnom -OUT army, ias I 'had toeen wounded in t'he 'battle of Manassas, and .t'he suirigetonB it hough't ft Wat I "would Ibe u-nifitted ifior 'itafantty service.

Among the m'emlbers of imy comptany was a you nig man abtoult my own lage named MboTe, wlho Uvea under Mhe peaks of Otiten, in the Blue Bl'dige mountains, in OamiptbelH/ county, VifglinHa. He had a lovely wife and two ibeauWfiul Wt'tle balbe's, and Ms le»'Jtep from hue Wife that he would often read 'to me proved Ittha't sihe, ub -weltl as h'.lifaself, was imbued With an undyintg loive of country, and- her letters breathed'sentiment's otf Ithe purest patriotism,

Both Loved Foe try.

Mlooire, like myiselif, loved poetry, andwe bough't i'ittie han'dlb'ooks of ByrOlft, Burn's, eh'c., and togeitfoer would sit wider 'the oood ishiade of overhianging jpocfcs Or itreels 'on 'the Potomac and ireid tlo ea dh other p'assaigee from OUT favtoir.it authors. A'nd ithey served to while awiay the tedlltuim and) monotony of our picket life wlh'il-e on gulard duty. Through this oommiuning of ithough't a friendsh ip like •/nla't of brothers sprang uip (between us and we bedame 'inseparable companiiCTi's, whiclh made his loss harder fior'me to

!1lAlt'»tihe time of wh-.Vrh I write th'e federal pickets occupied the north s'hore of •the Potom'ac and we the south. Our pos': -\\las netar t'h-e uppetr end of (Seneaa i"=tond, and as we 'sat partly concealed iby the flotoge that ovei'lxung the river bank, -we were htailed 'by one o-f •tih-euT plckelts and askad if we rw(ould exchanige piape-rfs. W-e an'i'wefred in the afflnnait'ive. and, eniter'i-ng the water, I made tor the head Mf t'he ilis'lands and met 1 he

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TERRE TTATTTFJ EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 31,1896.

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picket and- 'together reached the mnvlh shore, and, aftar partaking of a .repast, wilth the YanikiSj .my p.ck'et fmemd caime fc'ack iwiitto me to the VLrgln'ia Shore. We exchanged piapens and I gave hiim some old V'iirgln'Ja chewing and smokitoibaacio. While at their post I made

a'ffrm aigireemen't witlh the memlbers of the post 'that we .would not shoot at one another ^Vhiie on vdedutt. and after my visitor returned to the north shore w£ relaed uipon line promises made and Moore .and I came out of

conce'atment

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vigMan'oe to a cextaun-

degree and brcaltihed freer. That might I went on guiard at 6 o^lodk and came off at 12.—The nights were coo-l, and as I tramped from an old pine log to the llittfle spring that ran dawn into the P-otomac I could see across the river and up and down it, and occasionally get a glimpse otf tihe Yankee ptakete on the opposite side. I would oifiten sit on the old pine log and rest for a few moments and then again I would stop and -bathe my fate in the fountain When the dreary monotony of the still night han a tendency tb lull me to sHeep.

When I found that midntiiglht was fct hand I went to the fire and threiw an anmifu'l otf brush and pine knots and made a brMant light and then roused Moore from his slumbers to tjike any place. He roise slowly, picked uip MS gun and eteipiped uip to the fire, and as he yawned and streltiohed hiimse-ltf as a sleepy soldier would, there was a flash across the river, the roar otf a rifle, and a ball wh&fced past and Strutok him fairly in the forehead, juist above the leiflt eye, and scattered hiis blood' and brains around. He sank wiithoult a word or groan. I sprang to his side, but h'is sipirit was on 'tihe echoless shore.

ALL Was Qaiet There.

Clibse by 'hitm, igpi-ead upon the ground, was one otf the exchange newlspjupers, covered with brains and blood, and my eye ciatagiht the heading of the telegraphic column, "All Quiet Along the Potomac," and those words -were burned into my brain. For certainly all was quiet there vnith me and with him whom I loved as a brother, and as I gazed upon him and watched tihe crimson tide of Me eblb aiway visions of his wlife and Wtt'le ones rose before me, and I felt as few mortals ever feel in t-his dark worM.

The treachery otf those whose guests I had been that day claused a dream of vengeance to rise in my heart, and as tihe tears welled up I registered*! voiw to high heaven that I would avenge his death a thousand fold, and that vow was flaiith/flu-Hly kept, until the White darwn Of peace spread her snows' wings over my native land and the bbsr.ibshell roMed across the sward the plaything of a child.

The morning after litis death I gathered his thing® together—Ms sword, pistols, hat and paipers, and expressed theim to his wlife, with an account otf lh-is death. Noiw, as I gazed upon his cold fonm, palle Dace &nd glazed eyes and that column headed "All Quaet Afiong the PoComajc!" spattered wLth, his brains and dyed with his bJood( they were "burned into my brain, and they danced before my eyes, no matter where I turned them. And it was while I ketpt my lone watch beside htm that the poem in queeitfi-on was penned.

Among those to wihom I first read it and gtave copies were W. W. Williamson, orderly sergeant ctf Company I, Second "Vlrgttniia cavalry Lieutenants Grahaan and DetPriest of the same company John M. Orr, mayor of L#eesIburg, and his sister-in-law, Miss Eva Lee, and a Miss Hettn?pistone, the Rev. Mr. Notrrse of Lee^bnirg and others whose names I have forgotten.

It wtas not long before "nearly every memfber of the regiment, brigade and army had a oojpy, and t'he tadnes otf Sjeestaurg' set the words to music and

ftto aang it am eaally as Seiptemiber 16, 186^ several months toetfJore it ever was ia piint.

The first published dopy I ever daw 'had a note atrt&ohed, saying: 'The (following- Knes were found on a dead docket on tihe Po'tomac," whtich S (thought was the trotith, as some otf our boys were k®led with oopies in their pockets, and I paid no attention- to It ait the time, as I did not dream that •anyone would attempt to rob. me of the authoishJlp.

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THE CHEAP DOLLAR.

How It Would Affect the Rmllwftv Employes. The vast anmy ctf railway toil ems would suffer more hardahS-ps tican Perhaips any other class by unlimited coinage of 63-©ent dollars, observes the tNew York HeraCd. A-Il wage earners, otf ctoturse, would be distressed because all the n-etoessities otf Jife would iimmediJately nearly doufble in priice, while iwa®es Woufld be slnw to rise, and (would prolbaibly never go Mgh enouigh to make uip for the increased cost otf divtimig. But the raUlway worker wouldi (find it ^arttouflarly hard to secure an advanlce otf wajges, beWause his employer, t'he railway oorporation, would itself be so h*urit by the change in currency t'Wat it miight be uinalble to comply iwith the reasonaMe demand of its employes. ''But why?" aeks the -brakesman "why would the raffliway botmpany not (be in. as good a pfoeiifclon to adivaniceiwagee as any employer?" For a 'Wfr siinnple reason. The menohant and' the •manulfaictturer can instantly mark-up (th'e prices of gtoodls to offset the lowered value otf the dolllar, but you, aa & brakeman, hlave no goods to sell. •What you sell is your service, your lalbor, and you know from experience that t'his cannot be marked up as a merchant can re ticket a piece of cloth. INOIW, your eimjployer, the railway comipany, is: like yiourseEf, a person—an artiifildlal person, created by law—and, 1'i'ke yoursefflf, it has nothing to sell but its servHces in transiportfing passengers &nd goods.

More than this, it is under control elf the state thtat created it, and cannot, like yourself, quit work if it doesn't like the pay it is compelled' to keep on working or forfeit its very existence. With a 53-icent legal tender •dollar in circulation t'he railway would maturalfiy have to aooetpt, its ^pay in (those dollars, and its income Would ^tberetoy be out down nearly one-ha'Uf. (Bvt when -it attemp'ted to double its charges in order to "even up" the dollar you know what a tempest of opposition would arise, particularly in agniicuOfuraJl oommuniities, and the legislaiture w-OiuHid make the com,pany paintfultly aware that it is under control of the state it traverses. The railway, •like yourself, would find the cost of all its supplies nearly doubled, but it would 'have to flight for every fraction of a cent In advance of its rates tfor transtporttaMon. When you and •your fellow workers find thiat the cost of living has doufbled, you will naturally demand doubled wages but how nvill you get them? You can't get blood oiult otf a- turniip.

A vote for Bryan would be a vote to cut your own wages in half, and •ajs you are nota fool, we are sure thajt you and all the rest otf the 1,000,000 iflaMway employes will vote for &u honest dofirt'ar.

.WANTED TO BUY BONDS.

Snperlntendeat Peddle Thought Hia Visitor Insane. But Justice fotta Thought Not. Superintendent Will aim H. Peddle of the iNew Jersey Central Railroad was sitting dn Ibis private office in the big •passonig-er depot at Commonlpaw on Monday afternoon looking over some papers when he heard a light footfall, and looking up saw a queer looking mam, in a well worn suit of clothes, standing at 'the railing with his mat in his hand. "Well, sir what can I do for you?" asked Superintendent Peddle. "I would like to submit a scheme to you," answered the man, "if you can spare a little of your time."

Then he unfolded his scheme, says tjne 'New York 'Sun. He said he took a great interest in the New Jersey Central and the .Baltimore & Ohio roads, and he was desirous of seeing them consolidated. In order to accomplish this lie .was willing to -purchase $1,000,000 worth of the bonds of each road. *Mr. Peddle s-aid the scheme was an excellent one. iH-e told the man to go over to the power house and tell it to Superinteindent Thompson. Mr. Peddle had -two special policemen lead the' stranger from'the works. He was found later toy (Detective iL/aige wandering about the yard, and was locked up in the 'Gregory .street station. He deScribed 'himself as D-emiis M. Mine-hem, 30 years 'tffd, of 107 IMadison street, this city. A short Iron bolt with a nut on one end was found in his .pocket. He probably, picked it up in the rail-road' yard.

Miiiiehem was arraigned before Police Justice Potts yesterday morning as a disorderly person'. Justice Potts said: "I think I will send you to the county jail to be examined by ithe county physician." "What do you want to send me to jail for?"*a.sked the prisoner. "Can't you have me examined here? I'm all right."

After Minehem said that he went to tihe superintendent's office to ask him for a pass, and he thought that if he talked about buying two million dollars' worth of bonds he could get it •more readily. This convinced Judge Potts that the man was not insane enough to be locked up, and he was discharged.

Revolt Against the French.

San Francisco, July 30.—Jacob Lamb Doty, American consul at Tahiti, arrived in this city yesterday. In speaking of -the condition, of affairs on the island, he said: "Quiet prevails on all the islands except CFtaitea. There -the natives are in revolt against the French and have been for some time. It looks as,if peace would be restored without loss of life, though the French have shown great toleration and forbearance. They are trying to subdue the revolution without slaughter. The natives have retreated to the mountains and are holding their position there. The French, instead of attacking, are merely waiting for -the islanders to come down and establish peace. This they are now about on the point of doing, I understand.'* Consul Doty will leave for Washington in a few days.

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Confessed to the Robbery.

Driver, July 30.—It has been learned that one of the robbers of the stage coach near Cripple Creek, July 23, has been arrested, and is now in jail at Colorado Springs, under the name of Edward Bur bank. It is said that Bur•bank, who is 20 years old, has confessed. Some of t'he toboty wtas "ouad in the back yard of a house where Burbank told tbe officers It had -been*busf/L

EDUCATING YOTEBS.

HOW CAMPAIGN AMMUNlTlOfl PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED.

Tons of Speeches and Otfcer Documents to Be Bent Out From Washington During the Summer For the Enlightenment of the Intelligent Voter.

The''intelligent voter," whose name Is legion and who la numbered by the millions, may he prepared to receive a great quantity of mail matter within the next month or two, for the campaign committees are at work. This is to be another campaign of education.

Tona#on tons of printed arguments are being prepared, and this material will soon be finding its way to the voter, i^etly at the expenso of Uncle Sam. This enormous work of educating several millions of men on the issues of the day is so minutely di-

CHAIRMAN BABCOCK.

vided tap that it is done without any confusion. It is the wonderful organization of the campaign workers that makes this possible.

At the head of the campaigners in each party are two great committees. One of these is the national executive committee, and the other is the congressional committee. On the first devolves the duty of furthering the election of the presidential ticket, of raising the crj£upaign funds and of distributing them wfttere the money will do the most good.

The congressional committee works in a slightly different field, but the two are in perfect harmony. In the hands of the congressional committee rests the political fate of every candidate for congress. The three principal objects for which it exists are to furnish money, speakers and literature.

Just at present the Republican campaign work is further advanced than that of the Democrats because the former hold their oonvention earlier. But this gives them small advantage, for little could be done until they knew what sort of a platform their opponents would adopt. The national committee of the Republicans is located at New York, but the congressional committees of both parties will be in Washington.

The Republicans have already engaged their quarters and are preparing to go into the work on a more extensive scale and in a more thorough manner than ever before. Their opponents will not be a whit less active, go some lively times are ahead. Representative Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin is the chairman of the Republican congressional committee, and all through the hot summer he is doomed to stay in Washington and work as none of his lumbermen at home could be^hired to work. He knows what is before him, though, for he. acted in the same capacity during the last campaign. Mr. Babcock is a wealthy lumberman, and his home is in Necedah, Wis. He has served two terms in congress and is highly popular with the members of his party.

As chairman of the congressional committee he will be an important personage in the campaign. Every candidate will in a certain measure owe his election or defeat to the executive ability, discretion, tact and industry of Mr. Babcock. He must know the fine points of the situation in each district, the strength of his own,candidate, the weakness and power of the opposition and all the elements of uncertainty which will come into play during the struggle. He cannot always rely on the oversanguine or overdespondent views of the local campaign managers! He must have that rare political judgment which will enable him'to decido these matters for himself.

The work cut out for Chairman Babcock and his assistants is to secure a''sound money" Republican majority in the house. In order to do this it is proposed to send out as many as 10,000,000 speeches and documents. To handle this great mass of literature will keep mauy hands busy from now until November. Scores of young women will bo employed in folding, wrapping and addressing documents. The greater part of the distribution is through the mails, although the local committees do a good deal of the work directly.

As it is the financial issue which is uppermost, most of the literature deals with this question. The favorite documents which the Republicans are distributing are the speeches of Mr. Dingley on bonds

PREPARING CAMPAIGN AMMUNITION, and finances, Senator Sherman's famous financial utterances and Mr. Babcock's

History of Money." Tho reply of Representative McCleary of Minnesota to Mr. Towhe's free silver masterpiece will also be widely distributed.

Chairman Babcock has as an assistant Mr. Fred Schrader, a newspaper man, who will do editorial work and handle news bulletins. Mr. W. B. Thompson will bo treasurer of the committee! A suit of rooms has been hired in the Hotel Normandie, and just across the way a Tfour story brick house has been rented, and in this will be installed a score of typewriters and the mailing force. When the two congressional committees are in full swing, campaign ammunition will be sent out every day by the drayload.

MARK NOBBI*.

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