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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-19
PURBLIND DEMOCRACY.

The solid vote cast by the Democrats in
the House of Representatives last Wednes-
day, against the passage of the apportion-
ment bill, is characteristic of the party 1t
proyes-f proof were necessary-the re-
liability of that party to hang itself if
there is anything bearing the faintest re-
semblance to rope lying around loose
and within its reach.
The bill under consideration was mod
elled after the Frank bill, heretofore noted
in these columns, which is confessedly
and beyond dispute the farest and least
partisan of any that has been presented or
proposed, and as much so as any it is pos
sible to frame on the basis of the late CEN
sus. So much has been conceded by lead
ing Democratic newspapers throughout
the country, and the Mugwump journals
which have sympathized with that party
have strenuously protested against Demo-
cratic opposition to this measure.
There were good grounds for hesitating
about increasing the membership of the
House beyond present numbers. The
same conditions have weighed in every
apportionment for fifty years. The body
is becoming too huge and unwieldy. The
individuality of members and all sense of
individual responsibility is becoming OBJ
scured. Little by little, as result, re-
sponsibility and power have been conferred
in the Speaker and in the heads of COM
mittees. The country and its more con-
sentative statesmen would approve and
applaud a material reduction in total
membership.
But it has been found to be practically
impossible to induce any considerable
number of Representatives to consent to
the cutting down of the membership from
their respective states. And so the thought
of reduction was Of necessity given up.
At the present number-532-and at any
number between that and the number
fixed in the pending bill-556-one or more
states would have lost in total representa-
ton, which presented the same difficulty.
though in less degree than would result
from a reduction of the total.
The fixing of the number at $50 is more
favorable to the Democrats than would be
any number that would avoid cutting
down any state. and at the same time
avoid preposterous increase of the total.
There is far more reason for Republican
than for Democratic objection 10 the
basis chosen. Several numbers, either
above or below $50, would have been more
favorable TO the Republicans. If they are
likely TO lose, or the Democrats to win on
any basis, the latter could not improve
their chances by any change from the one
selected.
But a failure TO "oppose and denounce"
would put an end to Democracy. They
voted almost solidly against the apportion-
ment bill from sheer force of habit. The
memory of the public had become some
| What dim about their bourbonism. They
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THE RAGGEDY MAN.

Oh, the Raggedy Man. He works for pa;
An he's the coolest man you ever saw,
He comes to our house every day,
An waters the horses an feeds EN- hay;
An he opens the shed-an' We all list laugh
When he drives out our little old wobble-ly calf!
An men, ii our hired girl says he can,
He milks the cow fer Lizabuth Ann.
Amt he a awful good Raggedy Man?
Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!
Wy, the Raggedy Man--he's list so good
He splits the kindlin' an chops the wood;
An men he spades in our garden, too,
An does most things at boys can't do.
He clumbed clean up in our big tree
An shook apple down fer me,
An mother n, too, fer 'LZaDuth Ami
An mother N, too. fer the Raggedy Man!
Amt he a awful kind Raggedy Man?
Raggedy! Raggedyl Raggedy Man!
An the Raggedy Man he knows most rhymes
An tells EN-, ef be good, sometimes
Knows bout CUNTS, an GriffuDs, an elves,
An the squidgicum- squees at swallers their
selves
An wife by the pump in our pasture-lot,
He showed me the hole at the wunks is got
at lives way down deep in the ground, an can
Turn into me-er Lizabuth Ann!
Amt he funny old Raggedy Mani
Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Mani
The Raggedy Man-one time, when he
Was maxim "a little bow n airy fer me,
Says, ''Wh hen you're big like your pa is,
Air you go to keep fine store like his,
An be rich merchunt, an wear fine clothes?
Er what al you go to he goodness knows."
An nen heieughed at 'Lzabuth Ann,
An / says" GO to be Raggedy Man
I'm ist go to be nice Raggedy Mani"
Raggedy Raggedyl Raggedy Mani
james Wltitc0mb RLGy.
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Seven ministers-six who have charges
in Pennsylvania and one In Ohio-are on
trial before the Reformed Presbyterian
church at Pittsburg for heresy, as is also a
deaf mute member of the Coyenanter
church in Pittsburg. Their heresy consists
in having exercised the right of suffrage in
the recent elections, and in claiming the
right for the future, though it is contrary
to the law of their church, which forbids
the taking part in elections for the reason
that ssthere is no God in the constitution
of the United States" And yet they keep
on teaching the truth that "God is every
where" The young ministers declare that
they will not leave the church unless ex-
PEELED. 1t is considered quite certain that
they will be expelled. How much less
fanatical is this than the ghost dancer"
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GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED.

Chairman-Brother Skinner submits his resig-
nation as a member of this society. What action
shall be taken upon it? Parliamentarian-l
move you, sir, that the resignation be accepted
and that a vote OF thanks be given to Brother
Skinner.-L0ueH Citizen
"Senator Hoar is the greatest leader ever seen
in this body said Mr.. Plumb, OF Kansas, today
to Mr.. Paddock. s'What makes you think SOP
"Why, Hoar admits it himself. &C Correspondent
Chicago Herald.
Wife-What on earth are you pinching the
baby for, you brute? Husband tuning his
fiddle)-Keep STILL can't you? He was just up
to higd when you put in your oar!--Ne'0 YORK.
San.
Sign Painter-Now, Missus Johnsing, what
does you want put on dis yer sign? Missus John
sing latter moment of deep thought guess
"Goin out serubbin done in here" will do
Life
Horsey--Do look like a gentlemen, Patrick,
in these clothes? Patrick-No, sorr ye look
like an Englishman. -Munsey's Weekiy.
When it comes to the scratch woman can fight
like thunder.-Ddlas Nelrs
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MUTUALLY HELPFUL.

The city of Seattle is full of monu-
mental witnesses to the mutually helpful
relation that exists between capital and
labor, which also and unanswerabiy tes-
tify to the fallacy of the popular notion
that labor is always put off with an in
equitable share of the joint product of
these two agencies Of improvement.
As one traverses any of the principal
streets of this city he sees massive blocks
in course of construction, which have
been many months under way, and which
1t must of necessity require many more
months TO complete. In many of these
structures, for material and labor. sums
varying from $4,000 20 $4,000, 100000 or
more have already been invested. and in
many instances equal or greater sums will
he required for their completion. At
stated Internationally in most cases
during the course of construction labor
has received its compenSations, and the
same VIII be the case henceforth until
completion.
Labor has not waited nor taken risks.
The laborer'S share has ministered to the
wants anu comfort OF himself and family,
and IN many instances the surplus has
been invested in lots or other properties
that have doubled, quadrupled or even in
a far heavier ratio have increased in value.
But the millions Of capital that have thus
conduoed 20 the employment OF labor, and
to its hetterment and that of the material
men, and through them to all branches of
business, is for the time being dead, has
been dead to the capitalists for months
and must remain so until the structures
are completed and occupied.
In this city, happily, it is not problemat-
teal that ultimately these investments will
prove profitable. In most cases all Of their
available space IS engaged at renumerative
rates months in advance Of completion.
This IS not the case in all localities. In
many the enterprising investors lose all or
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EVERY MAN TO HIS TASTE.
Portland People Like the Chinaman
More Than They Dislike Him.
riding in Springfield Republican

j. w. Harding in Springfield Republican.
Has John Chinaman come to stay? In Ia
coma No. In Portland, Yes. My conversations
about him with several representative citizens
left this impression, that they liked him more
than they disiked him. Desirable-they said
i'll reasonable numbers. AS with the Indian and
the negro general justice involves concrete diff
feulties. We cannot do without him, and we
are not sure what is best to do with him. Said
an eminent lawyer: GAS a house servant he is
Indispensable. He is neat, clean, respectful,
capable, reliable. AS to his keeping down wages
by cheap labor, he knows well as anybody
what he is worth, and gets SO, $50, and even $40
a month and board. He lives well when able,
but means at any rate to save. He has built
the railroads, cleared the forests, does the gar
dening. He has his vices, and so have othe;
foreigners, and some Americans. Chinese quar-.
tiers no worse than New York tenements
The cheap labor howl comes from lazy sore
heads, the sand-lot crowd, who cannot be
depended on for steady work, and demagogreS
who want their votes. If the Chinaman had
vote it would alter the case. In
San Francisco, the Irish hold large political con-
troll. and are Chinese haters." Said one of the
wealthiest business men OF Portland 1--WE
labored at one time under stress of great anxiety
when the mob element were on the point of driy.
ing out the Chinese. We had a happy deliver
ance from impending and very serious trouble
The firm resolve of the solid aud conservative
class to defend the Chinese in case OF extremity
took shape in secret military organization and
thorough drill. We only waited for precon-
certed signal from the city hall bell to show our
strength. Our advice to the Cinnamon was,
in the face OF mob keep perfectly quiet. Go
into your houses and stay there. Do not re-
taliate by word or sign. Be patient and calm
Ii you lose your heads your blood viii be shed
and your houses pillaged.' The Chinese showed
their confidence in that strait by bringing their
valuableS 10 US for safe keeping in the banks "
The good effect of such humane and wise treat
ment is seen in tile toning OF character, among
the Chinese "highbinders,' and the security of
their leadership for the general good order and
respectable behavior OF the ORIGINALS as whole
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Rismarck the Brewer.

Bismarck, who started long while ago
ON his Varzin estate spirits distiliery, has
arranged things with financial society OF
Hamburg for the establishment In the
same domain of large brewery capable OF
producing $4,000 kegs of beer annually.
According to the prospectus published by
the company, the shareholders could ex-
pect to realize a dividend of Ill per cent.
every year. The Freisinnigc ZeituRg ironic-
ally recalls, apropos of the undertaking, a
paragraph in a speech delivered on March
%, 1881, in the reichstag by the Iron
Chancellor, who said then that Beer.
rendering the drinker drowsy, instead Of
exciting his nervous system, should be
considered as a bad beverage from an eco
nomical and national Standpoint"
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AMONG THE nr-~-
Some of the Queer Custom. a..

some OF the Queer Customs ok
a Stranger In Hoi,.ps
Mary Mapes Dodge in ST. Sies.
All things are reversed in Hol,.
main entrance to the finest nnh,s'!
in the country, The Palace !. I
hall, of Amsterdam, is 4. y
Bashful maidens hire beaux u W
to the kermis, or fair. on 900
Timid citizens are scared IN
the night by their own wates,
every quarter of the hour rsa
noise with their wooden eIsss
would suppose the town 10 Ia Pm plSr
will see sleds used in sumnss a. y, ~ IL
go humping over the bare .s ssN u
while the driver holds a dr; ,sSas
IN advance of the runners f X Y
You VIII see streets of wats~.
country roads paved as MET, n
way. You will see vessels NJ \ 4
horses, to their owners daa
whole rows of square-peaked 80 lE
ing over the street, as II thew W..
ready 10 tumble. Instead ~ 80 s,sSll
ing clocks, you will hear cbrssa
playing snatches of operat;r I.
quarter of an hour. by wav ~ , ~ 4
time. You will see lookin, . Is.aislil|
ing outside of the dysII;ss
plncushions displayed n
street doors. The Inst are callaS 1
Tor Spsonnetjen), and are ga arrss \
side of the windows that re,s Icy =
inside can, without being saa s'' ~ q
Election of all that is going an |, II M "! 4
Ihey can learn, too, what yisitar u
coming, and watch him rubh;rms y "
to a polish before entering y
The pincushion means that =
has appeared in the householS Nv
or blue the newcomer is a girl. Y 2
little Dutchman. Some 81 ,hs.
are very snowy affairs. soms
cushions at all, but merely q Il
trimmed with ribbon or lace. M u
the poorest class it is not unsn. 49,
see merely a white or red string s', ~ !,
door-latch--a mt token of the m - q
the poor little stranger is destinesr 4 I
Sometimes, instead of either n;r'.. I
or single, you will see a large nlara ,.,1 y
outside of the front door. Then , ~ ! !
know that somebody in the bos:sss - I
and his or her present conait;e. 4
scribed on the placard for the hen ,s !
quiring friends; and Sometime !,
such placard has been taken dor.
may meet a grim-lookine man :
street, dressed in black ,ioS..
short cloak, and high hat from - 4
long, black streamer is flying II "
the A0psprckcr, going from house Il y
to tell certain persons that their fr;,s'
dead. He attends to funerals. and 1
invitations to all friends whose NM
may be desired. A strange, weinIlsi
hgure he is; and he wears peculiar
fessional cast of countenance thai /
thing but comforting.
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1t Was Indeed q Beauty.
Evening Times.

1t now appears that Dr. H. s Grant, ex-health
officer of this city, didn't make enough out OF
the city to pay for the West Seattle property he
purchased OF the chairman OF the finance CON-
mittee of a late couneiI-who audited his illegal
and astounding bills against the eity-but also
applied TO the same purpose trust funds of an es-
state for which he was administrator He told
one of his bondSmen-A. d. Stewart-that when
he bought the property-of Mr.. L. +. Niesz
he had "a fine practice and to secure his
bondsman turned it over to him, saying it cost
$3.50 Dr. Grants practice was indeed sine y
1t was worth from $500 TO 5000 per month from
the city treasury alone, besides what he re-
ceived from city patients who happened to have
money or other valuahes. The .'oId system"
was ''beauty," wasn't it?
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Bill Nye Sues Poet Riley.
New York Special.

NtW GIItNIuI
Bill Nye, the humorist, has sued
James Whitcomb Wiley, the well-known
poet, for $4,000 damages. Nye and Riley
for several years travelled together, giving
readings, and made considerable money.
Mr.. Nye says that he was always ready
to attend to business, but that Riley
was not He alleges that early in the
present year while they were in Louisville,
Riley drank too much liquor, and that the
result was that when the hour arrived at
which the combination should appear to
amuse the public, Mr.. Riley presented a
very willowy form to the audience. Hence
Mr. Nye's action. The case will be tried
at Indianapolis.
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Tobacco Chewing on the Decline.

"For a long time" says Mr.. Michael
Kelly, tobacconist, ''the old American
habit of tobacco chewing, has been ON the
decline. Nearly half the men used to
chew years ago, but very few of them do 1T
now. The calls for a plug of chewing
tobacco lasted all day long, but you VIII
wait an hour now before you hear such
call. 1t was not only the workingmen
who indulged i'm the habit, but also the
swells and the business people. The South
erners were nearly ali chewers, and SO
were the Westerners, but the quid has
gone out of fashion here. At the same
time the practice of smoking has spread
faster than the other practice has been
given up, and there are even boys who
now use cigarettes
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the rug, where he had been lying, and
came up in that friendly way which only
dogs know how to affect with perfect SIN
cerity. and, seeing suspense and pain IN
the agitated features of the poor woman.
he put his paws gently upon her knees and
began to lick her hands The governor
finished the papers, and the petitioner was
about to speak when the grim old soldier
dog has spoken for you,5 and straight
away signed the document which was to
release dying man from prison and en-
able him to go to his grave from his own
homo
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a large mart of their Investment. with none
TO share the loss. Even IN the most Ia
vored localities. where delays and risks are
Mt the lowest minimum, as in Seattle, the
laborers and material men, as rule, could
not if they would and would not if they
could share these delays and risks for
larger proportion of the possible profits.
And even if it were otherwise. If they could
and would do so, how calamitous would be
the effect on the many branches of busi-
ness that depend upon their patronage.
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MRS. sALMoN's PARTY.

Mrs. Salmon gave party,
Every kind OF fish was there,
For they all had invitations
And they came from everywhere.
Messrs. Shad, Tomeod and Rluefish
To the dance together came;
Mr.. Perch and Mr.. Pick rel,
And the Sturgeon did the same.
Mr.. Catfish, with his whiskers,
Came along with Mr.. Eel:
Mr. Skate and Mr.. Founder
Came to dance a merry reel.
Then there came among the ladies
Mrs. Goldfish, Carp and Trout;
Mrs. Blowfish came in also,
Just to see what twas about.
Misses Goldfish, Bass and Herring,
All so fully known to fame,
And q mighty host of others
To the Salmon banquet came.
Some were gay and some were gaudy,
Some were dark and others fair;
But they all agreed in one thing,
That it was fine affair.
IT E. Hood
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A Brave Young Woman.

very pretty young schoolmarm in a
public school not thousand miles from
Long Branch, saw mouse run across the
classroom floor one day last week. 'Schol-
ars,n said she, "a mouse is in the room.
Do not be frightened" The little girls all
frightened their skirts around their legs
and the eyes of the little boys glistened
with suppressed excitement. Don't any
marin, but-heavens Just then the mouse
dashed across the floor and she made a
frantic leap to the top of a bench. The
mouse shot out of the door, and in time
the tremling teacher descended and taught
school again.
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were beginning to be suspected of slight
infusion of progressiveness. The time
had come for them to reassert and yindi-
cate their time-honored title to mossback-
edness and hardshelliness.
They have spoken. Dig never so deep,
nothing but bourbonism will be found in
that soil. All that the Republican party
needs in order to regain lost ground is to
give the Democrats plenty of opportunity
to express their sentiments.
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In the case of 4. D. Triplett, Jr, against
Louis Sullback, w. II. Stapp and d. p. White,
Judge Bennett, of the Kentucky. Court of APP
peals, decided the other day in favor of the
plaintiff and to the effect that money lost at the
game OF draw poker may be recovered.
The case has been several years
on its way through the chancery court, the SUI
perior court and the court of appeals. Should
the Kentucky decision be recognized through
out the country, there will need to be at least
one new court in each county of the United
States. "There's millions in it."
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The Mastifr Pleaded for Her.

EIUUTIt1-JUUTfdI-
That was fine passage between the
executive of Kentucky and the wife of the
condemned man, who went to Frankfort
last Friday to ask for pardon. She had
presented her papers, and sat breathless
while the arbiter of her fate perused them,
and, as she waited, a mastiff, the playmate
of the governors little soma beast not
given to strangers-uncoiled himself from
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CaIkins Might Try Oregon.

Tacoma newspapers lose no opportunity to
throw mud at Senator Squire. The Morning
Globe is now accusing him of remaining at home
in order to fix up his fences for the coming con-
test We would like to inform our deluded Ia
coma friends that Mr.. Squire's fences are and
always have been in the very best repair. The
good people of this state are too solicitous of
their own welfare and interests to let the sena-
tors fences get down while such ADVANTAGEOUS
old bulls as Judge Calkins are roaming at large.
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Unlike her late lamented liege lord, Queen
Regent Emma seems disposed to apply business
principles to the government of Holland. Hay-
ing discovered that the Acheen war has been in
progress q years at a cost of sixty thousand
lives and one hundred and fifty million dollars,
with nothing to show on the profit side, she has
ordered a cessation of hostilities.
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The New York Court of Appeals has decided
that the city and not the property-owners, are
liable for injuries resulting from defective side
walks. This on the ground that the city has
the right to compel the lot-owners to lay down
and maintain proper walks, and with the power
is connected the duty and the responsibility.
All of which sounds reasonable.
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Panther Asleep on the Rails.

Victoria COIOnISt.
The o'clock car to Esquimalt yesterday morn
ing disturbed sleeping panther in the neigh
borhood of Mr.. C. E. Pooleys residence, lying
across one of the rails. The animal did not wait
for electrocution, but as the car approached, de-
parted over the fence. The motorneer described
the brute as "a great big beauty"
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NO FACTORY IN THE WEST.

SEATTLE, Dec TO- $780,
To THE EDITOR: Please inform me if there is
glass factory on the SOUND or anywhere i'll the
Western states. A SUBSCRIBER.
ITO the best of our information there is no
glass factory in the West, although all the raw
materials for glass-making are found on Puget
sound1
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a 91OO, 900 Joke.
Chicago Tribune.

"No, | don't see any fun in playu
words" said the man in the big ma,
tosh gloomily. "a pun once cost
100000.
How was it ?n
"You needn't gather around me. hi
much of story. A fat old aunt had
to visit us. They told Inc to 20 in the
Tor and pay my respects. | was i
smart young man. | went in and toII
in CHEEKY, off-hand way that had .
in to make my obeisance to my beses
That's all there is TO it.n
But how about the Sl00,O00?u
"She left it to her other nephew