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STRIP SETTLERS.
Fees Raised for Taking Testimony in Con.
test Cases.

Fees Raised for Taking Testimony in Con.
test Cases.
GUTHRIE, Ok. Aug. 31.-Settlers all
over the territory are exercised at the
order just promulgated from the in
terror department raising the fee to be
paid in taking the testimony in all con
tests from 7 to l. cents per 100 words.
Fifteen cents was the old price,
but owing to the poverty of
the strip settlers, in response
to monster petition last fall, the price
was reduced to : cents. Now comes
the order restoring the old price and
compelling every settler whose contest
was tried at the reduced rate to pay
the full rate before his case will re-
,cive anV attention.
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Baseball Games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Wqshington-Washin 8: Cincinnatl,1
At Broo6lyn-Brooklyn IL; Pittsburgh, T.
At Batimore-BaltimOre 8: Louisville, g.
At phia-Chicago, 13; Philadelphla,o
At Boston Boston IA; St. Louis, 4. .
At New York-New York, 6: Cleveland, II.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
At Kansas City-kansas City, IL; TolefS, ..
At Milwaukee-Grand Rapids, II: Milwau-
zee I.
At Minneapolis-Min Minneapolis, II; Indianapo-
is, II.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
At Jacksonville e-Jaclsonvile. 10; Quincy, 10
At Rock Island-ROck Island, :: Peoria, 1.
At Lincoln-Lincoln, ); Oma ha. 3.
At st JOSeuh-St. Joseph. 10: DeS MOineS, >.
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pPOVISIONS OF THE SALT TARIFF.
NEW PYrHIAN OFFICERS.
w. Ii. Richie, of Ohio, Elected Suprem
Chancellor.

w. IL. Richie, of Ohio, Elected Supreme
Chancellor.
WASHINGTON, Aug 31.-The supreme
lodge of Knights of Pythias elected
officers to-day to serve until the next
biennial conclave. They are: Supreme
chancellor, Walter b. Richie, of Ohio,
supreme vice chancellor, Philip L. Col
grove, of Michigan; supreme pre-
late. Albert Steinhart, of Green,
Vile, Ala; master of eXchequer,
Thomas G. Sample, of Allegheny City,
Pa; supreme keeper of records and
seal, r. L. C. White, of Nashville.
Tenn. supreme master-at-arms, A. Il
Gardiner, of New York; supreme inner
guard, James Moulton, of New Bruins
wick: supreme outer guard, John w.
Thompson. Of Washington; president
of the board of control, John A. Hinzey.
of ChiaacrO
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Farmers and Laborers' Union.

PERTLE SPRINGS, Mo-, Aug. 31.-The
state meeting of the Farmers and La
borers' Union of Missouri adjourned
yesterday, after being in session two
days. The following officers were
elected for the incoming year: Presi
dent. Pierce Hackett, of Bates county;
vice president, R. P. Clarkson, of Chari'
ton county; secretary, ]. Weller Long.
of Adair county: treasurer, VIM. A
Mcqueen, of Lafayette county. The
office of lecturer was dispensed with.
The People's friend., 1894-08-31
Jerry Simpson in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Congressman Jer
rv Simpson, of Kansas, reached Chicago
last night on his way from Washing
ton to his home at Medicine Lodge.
While here he will consult a specialist
on rheumatism. Mr.. Simpson expects
to be reelected to congress and regards
his chances in that direction as now
better than ever before. He fears his
health. however, will not permit him
TO make much of a canvass.
The People's friend., 1894-08-31
Leaving the Coke Region.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Aug. 31.-Yesterday
was a stirring day among the Huns
and Poles of this vicinity. Satisfied at
last that the coke strike is lost and
that they are not wanted back by the
companies. even at the old wages, hun
ireds Of them have decided to leave
the region. Some of them will return
to the old country, while others have
formed colony to go west
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Assassinated from Ambush.

CAssvILLE, Mo-, Aug. 31.-Last night.
about miles from Purdy, DR.. Samuel
Robertson was waylaid and shot from
the brush from the effects of which
he died this morning. There had been
some differences over land transac-
ton and the assassin, Meyers, took this
method to get even. Meyers has given
L
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Auo 70 Opened Highs Low st Closing
st, Louis Grain.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 3O.-Receipts, wheat. $3.50
bu: last year, 74,eOO bu; corn, l2,6Oo bu; last
wear. 29 9l5 bu: oats $1,000 bu last year, 81
400 bu; rye, 100 bu; -four, 4640 bbls; ship
ments, wheat, 1870 bu: corn, 5000 bu; oa|cs,
1851 bu: rye, none; flour, 8994 Dds Wheat-
Cash. soc; August 50l4c: September, 509ac; De-
cember. 53ac; May 599sc. Corn-Cash, SIC;
August. SIC: September, 521ac: December,
4s1@c: May, soc. Oats-Cash' 29zac; Au-
rnst. 30Ilc; September. 3Ol4c; May. 35hc.
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Not Ghosts After All.

HoLroN. Kan, Aug. 31.-For the past
week timid and superstitious people Of
this place have been alarmed at night
by apparent ghosts. Last night the
'spirits'' made the mistake of trying to
frighten the marshal, and 'Cheek'
Wilson, Frank Weaver and "Kinky"
Weber were captured. They will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
The People's friend., 1894-08-31
A Woman ScaIped.

TIPToN. Ind, Aug. 31.-Mrs. George
League, an employe of the Martz can
ming factory, at this place, was com
pletely scalped yesterday morning.
Her hair caught on the line shaft, and
the entire scalp was instantly jerked
ST.. The physicians say she will die.
The People's friend., 1894-08-31
Prisoners Freed by a Mob.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Aug. 31.-The
authorities of Lincoln county last even
ing arrested John Poyton, his son Elisha
and Milton Gross on the charge Of as
sassinating Albert Keyser on Saturday
night. While the prisoners were under
guard at the house of Constable Adkins
q mob appeared and freed them.
The People's friend., 1894-08-31
Stage-Coach Accident.

MEEKER. Col, Aug. 31,-A stage-coach
roing down Four-mile Hill. where the
road was badly washed, rolled over
twice. Five passengers, all from Den
yer. who were going to Craig on hunt
ING expedition, were injured and had
narrow escapes from death.
The People's friend., 1894-08-31

ST. CHARLES. Mo, Aug. 3L-William
Treloar. of Mexico, was nominated for
congress by the republicans Of the
Ninth Missouri district in convention
here yesterday. His democratic op-
ponent is Champ Clark.
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Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Aug. 0.-Hogs-Receipts, 1900);
official yesterday, 21 741: shipments yesterday
1856 left over, about $500 Quality.not so good,
market fairly active, best heavy lots sc higher;
other grades &c lower Sales ranged at $3.50
sos for light; S51005.35 for rough packing;
S515015. .95 for mixed: $4,000 Is for heavy pack
ing and shipping lots; pigs So 500130.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000; official yesterday, A.
1856: shipments yesterday, 5,672; market fairly
active; best grades 50110c higher.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; official Yesterday 49,
5rients yesterday, ,067; rlsee-s@@adv-
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Gar Works to Resume.

ST. Louis, Aug. 31.-It is stated that,
owing to the receipt of orders of con-
siderable magnitude and the prospect
of better business, the Madison Car Co..
at Madison, Ill, which assigned on
July l. 1898, will resume operations on
or about September l with about 600
hands,
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MARKET REPORTS.
Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY, Aug 0.-Cattle-Receipts,
9,229; calves, 1,l59; shipped yesterday, 1890;
calves 1872. The market fairly active;
choice cattle strong and others steady through
out The following are representative sales:
DRESSED REEF AND EXPORT STEERS
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Not Melbourne After All.

DENVER, Col. Aug. 31.-The identifi
cation of the Hotel Hope suicide as
Frank Melbourne proves to have been
erroneous Melbourne is believed to
he in Australia
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4 Rank Wrecker Pleads Guilty.

HARLAN, Ia, Aug. 31.-At the trial
of A. w. Dickerson, cashier of the
broken Cass county bank of Atlantic,
the prisoner pleaded guilty on the
charge of fraudulent banking.
The People's friend., 1894-08-31

SAN MARrNo, Aug. 31.-Pietro Ton
nino, president of the republic of San
Marino, is dead. The republic is the
smallest in the world, being only
twenty-five square miles in extent and
having but 5000 population 1t is in
Northeast Italy and has been independ-
ent since the fourth century, when it
was founded by Marinus, a hermit.
The annual revenue is only about S14,-
600. Farming and stock raising are the
nrincinal industries
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st, Louis Live Stool

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 0.-Cattle-Recefpts. $500;
market steady to 10c lower. Hogs-Receipts,
5000: market SC lower; heavy, S. 8O06OO; good
mixed S.. 450t5. .85; light, $5.6O05.75. Sheep-Re-
ceptS, 900; market steady.
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.,253 The market was about steady with yes
erday mornings strong prices. The top was
D.92% and the bulk of sales S55O65.9O. against
$3.50 for top and s. 601l5 s. for bulk yeSter-
In he following. are renreSentatiNe sales:
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DUEL OVER BRECKENRIDGE.
Kentucky Partisans Meet on the Highwa.
and Use Knives with Fatal Effect.

Kentucky Partisans Meet on the Highway
and Use Knives with Fatal Effect.
LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 31.-In Clark
county yesterday, John King, a Brecl1-
inridge man, Of Fayette county, met
on the highway his old friend, George
Cook, of Clark county. Cook said that
any woman who went to hear Breckin-
ridge speak was no better than a cour-
tesan. King dismounted from his
horse, saying his wife and daughters
had heard Breckenridge. Cook in
sisted that it was shame and also dis
mounted Both drew knives and blood
flowed freely until Cook dropped dead.
King escaped.
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Sheep-Recepts, 624 shipments yesterday,
:,07O. The market was in good condition and
about steady with yesterday, The following
are representative sales:
Il lambs. so S375 131 NUT. 81 &.
26 NUT .. "a 21o 4 bucks .... II 1.50
Horses-Receipts, 11S; shipments yesterday,
IO3. Receipts and supplies are much larger
than usual of late. The quality is common to
fair. Southern buyers are plentiful and the
Volume of business is greater. The market is
active and satisfactory at quite strong though
not higher quotations. The following is the
canpe of nriceS for sound. we'll broken horses:
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What Vice President Howard Advised.


CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Vice President
Howard of the American Railway
union, before the commission to-day
denied that he had advised violence
and declared that he had always cOun-
seled moderation and denounced law
lessness. His only remark of an in
cendiary' character, he said, was the
advice he had given to the men to use
coupling pins on A. P. A. representa-
tives or any other similar class
of people who might endeavor
to stir up trouble in the Union on
a basis of differences in religion. He
denounced the A. P. A. and explained
how mercenaries of the corporation
had frequently endeavored to foment
dissensions in labor organizations on
account of religion
Then the commission adjourned to
meet in Washington September 26.
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WESTERN STEERS.
COWS AND HEIFERS.

Al Col. ...1 300 S425 IS w. I /, ,294 S.. &C
96 w. n. MI .123 2.90 40 w. n. MI ,l40 2.85
300 ph6 0I3 115
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undertaking important new enter
prises.-N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
NEWS AND NOTES.

The Court denies Col. Breckinrldge's
motion for new trial; it now remains
for his constituents to deny his motion
for re- election.
Col. Breckenridge writes to Ken
lucky friend that he sis calmly waiting
for the storm to blow over" There is
no present likelihood that it win sudside
before November.
"A Berlin tailor named Bowe has in
vented bullet proof coat and it has
stood very successful test. Cleveland
should get an entire suit of the material.
1t is remarked that Coxey's Com
monwealers are much given to music.
They had lots of practice singing for
''FOur Years More of Grover" in 1893.
Gov. Mckinley will probably lose
the tramp vote in 1896. but we are in
clined to think that that fact doesn't
seriously detract from his Presidential
availability.
The order of Mgr. Satolli, directing
the use of the English language in all
Cathedral churches in America is a blow
to the Cahenslyites, and will have dis
tinctly unifying effect.
Queer was it not? But Chicago was
about the only city that celebrated the
birthday of Shakespeare, and Chicago is
the greatest bacon city on earth, too.
According to the New York World, it
is mot only indecent but useless to rep
resent Mr.. Cleveland as opposed to the
income tax. The World, it may be re-
membered, aspires to be known as the
leading Democratic newspaper in the
country.
Rebel war claims, as the New York
Tribune aptly puts it, are ''as flies in
molasses jug'' these days at Wash
ington. But the gigantic Intellect which
few years ago prompted wholesale We
toes of Union Pension bills is too much
absorbed in other things to notice the
Brigadiers' raid on the Treasury.
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pNotoriety.

The other day the New York Daily
Press appeared with four column cut
of the genial o. NJ. Tinkham of Pomfret
and the information that the farmers
were Uumbling over each other in their
desire for that gentleman as the next
lieutenant governor. The article further
informed a long suffering public that
Brother Tinkham had been troubled
with dizziness which was cured by celery
compound. Other statesmen troubled
with dizziness-caused by sun stroke or
political aspirations-will please note
the above case and remember that Celery
Compound cures all sorts of diseases
Mortified News.
The fact that Tinkham allowed him
self to be paraded over lot of cheap
stuff about patent medicine ought to
disqualify him for any kind of public of
fee. The man that consents to be
placed in position where he is laugh
ing stock of everybody, must be mighty
hard up for few dollars, if money puts
him there or, if it's an attempt at fame
it indicates a weakness that would war
rant commission in Coxey's army. 1t
was all we'll enough for that dear old
soul, Lydia Pinkham, to smile at the
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n, VT, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1894.

Shall women vote, or shall the word
"male" be stricken out of the Empire
state constitution (? This question is ag-
itating our neighbors in New York, the
moving cause being the assembling and
proposed sittings of the Constitutional
convention, commencing this week. Wo-
men are organized both for and against
suffrage. The Sunday Budget interview
ed the Troy clergy on this topic, and in
its last issue printed half page on the
subject. Very few of these are in favor
of extending the suffrage to women; all
lean towards a restricted suffrage for
men. Probably DR.. Ford of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church, voices the views
of Father John Walsh, Rev. T. P. Sawin,
the Rectors of st. Johns, Christ Church,
ETC., when he says ''It is claimed that
woman has an inherent right to vote, that
the word male in our State constitution
is arbitrary. SO is the age qualification
among men arbitrary. No one would
claim that the twenty-frst birthday
brought the young man special fitness
to vote, or an inherent right to the bal
lot Probably it will be found that there
is no inherent right to the ballot, and
bhUO OObll JllC dSO anu bO4
are matters of expediency." Father
Walsh says: ~ have always been OPP
posed to woman suffl age. l have seen
the evil effects of political life on men
and l can't see where it would be helped
by extending the right to vote to women.
Next to liquor think there is nothing
that so degrades men as politics. OF
course there are men who can dabble in
politics and with liquor and when they
get so far stop, but there are hundreds of
others who cannot, and when once they
enter the field of politics they are lost.
If politics has so demoralizing
an influence on men, why will it not be
the same with women if they are allowed
to enter the political field on the same
level? have always been opposed to
woman suffrage, and L can't see how any
one who has any sense can wish to drag
our mothers and sisters into the degre-
dation of political life. Rum and poll
tics are the two demoralizing influences
of our country. No, 1 say let the
women take care of their homes and let
the men do the voting and run the politi-
cal feature of the country" This is a
new idea. On the other hand the Platts-
burgh Republican says: "Do YOU want
the ballot? Dear Sisters and Cousins
and Aunts, ct dl., the time is probably
drawing near when this question will be
asked of you, in sober earnest. And If a
majority of you say you really and truly
want the ballot, with all it implies, the
men will see to it that you haYe it. For
you have always managed to have about
your own way, from the beginning, and
this time will be no exception"
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Thursday Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire, made an appeal for post
ponement of at least six months before
the tariff bill shall take effect after its
passage, fit does pass. If radical
change in business and social conditions
is to be made of.the magnitude proposed
by the Wilson bill, business needs time
to prepare for the altered conditions un-
der which it must exist. The wage scale
must seek new standard based upon the
low wages of Europe, and our manufac-
turers mustprepare for competition with
the cheap underpaid and pauper labor of
Europe and Asiatic countries; in other
words, it must prepare for violent up
heaVal OF the system. Business men are
now powerless to prepare for a change
for change may not come, but should
1t come and come suddenly the evil will
be many times magnified.
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DOWN
QUALITY UP!

This is a story in four words.
II can't be beaten for brevity or
truth, if brevity is the sole Of wit
a wittier story has never yet been
told, it will bear just a little addi-
tiOn, the prices are not only down
but they are down lower than ever
they were before, the quality is
above gold value, it is hard to make
these extremes meet but they must
to meet my wants and the present
times. A story without a moral
isn't worth reading; here is the
moral Of this One--There never
was a better chance to purchase
Clothing, Hats, Caps and Furnish
ings than at
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We have failed to notice that any of
the Democratic papers have had much to
say about the recent elections in Indiana.
The Republicans gains there, have been
remarkable and indicate majority for
of the cities elected the entire Republi-
The Hoosier State, the home of Benja-
min Harrison, gave, we believe, plural
ity for that colossal humbug Grover
Cleveland. In the light of these facts,
the Growing over one Democratic con-
gresham in Ohio, by a reduction of more
than one-half the usual majority, seems
about as much of humbug as the Presi-
dental head of the party.
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This is certaialy an iconclastic age.
Not content with demolishing William
Tell and a score of other WORTHLESS, be-
lieved in by former generation, along
comes the Yale Re lew, with an article
by the Rev. A. d. Barber, to show that
the accepted history of Puritan intoler-
ance in New England has little basis of
fact to support it. This he shows to his
own satisfaction, and he, with more or
less success, controverts the accepted idea
of religious persecution of those times,
and contends that the acts of early New
England authorities complained of in
this respect were only such as became
necessary for the preservation of their
government, and the enforcement of good
order.
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The President has appointed Seneca
Haselton, late mayer of Burlington,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the United States to Ven
ezuela. Mr.. Haselton is leading law
yer of the Queen City and bosom friend
of B. B. Smalley. The latter aecouts for
his appointment, and the fact will as
suage his defeat of last spring. He is
the second Democrat to be chosen from
Vermont to represent his country at a
foreign court, and, curiously enough,
President Cleveland has selected them
both. The other one was Hon. E. j.
Phelps, who served four years at the
Court of st. James. He succeeds Col. F.
G. Partridge of Proctor, resigned.
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Gov Altgeld, of Illinois, says that no.
toriety is the only thing that sustains the
Coxey armies. OF the power of notoriety
the Governor speaks from personal ex-
perlence, as he had plenty of opportuni
ty of observing its effects after his pardon
of the Chicago anarchists. The press
wouldn't consider him worth quoting
were 1t not for this notoriety.
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world through the papers, over the story
of her own compound. It is different
thing for the noble bald head, our only
Douglass to tell of his So shoe, but when
a person, who pretends to be anything,
goes clowning around with patent
medicine, its enough to make-a horse
laugh. Say, Tink, your kidneys, liver,
stomach and bowels are liable to be in
such a bad way that it would be unwise
to allow you to run for even fence viewer.
-SWanton Courier
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The news this morning from Washing

The news this morning from Washing
ton is to the effect that compromise has
been reached in a new tariff bill, which
the Democracy will support The amend
ments number over 400 and many of the
changes are important and consist of a
restoration of the House duties which
the Senate Finance Committee had de-
creased. The sugar schedule is the same
as heretofore agreed upon. The abroga-
tion of the Hawaiian treaty is not contem-
plated. Tobacco is to be protected, and
the chemical schedule is to be specific in
stead of ad Yalorem duties. The wooden
and cotton schedules are amended in tho
interest of higher protective duties. 1t
is patchwork at the best, and the slaugh-
ter of the wool industry has been fixed
for Aug. 81, 1894, the time when the pro-
posed free wool schedule is to take effect.
1t is the duty of the Senate to kill the bill.
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The Hon. John Jay, the distinguished
representative of one of New York's
most eminent families, died Saturday, at
a ripe old age. The son of Judge Will
liam Jay and the grandson of the first
Chief Justice of the United States, Mr..
Jay proved himself worthy of his honor
able ancestry.
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Now that the Colorado Populists have
begun to talk seriously of sending Gov
ernor Waite to the United States Senate,
they should be taken aside and told that
there is such thing as carrying joke
too far.
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There is activity in one branch of in
dustry for which the Democratic party
can claim the credit. There is an unu-
sually brisk demand for firearms in the
coke regions of Pennsylvania.
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The Anti-Lottery bill came up in the
Senate Wednesday, but was laid over on
account of the opposition of Senators
German and Vest, who based their OBJ
jections to the measure on the ground
that it might possibly interfere with the
means of support of church and charita-
BILE organizations. With so many of our
public men backward in open support of
the church tits encouraging to find among
them two so Jealous church supporters,
who are willing to sacrifice to its interests
a measure tending to crush an evil of
such magnitude as the lottery interests.
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In the Democratic caucus Thursday
Senator Hill again attacked the Wilson
bill. He said the Democratic patty had
terial by placing coal, iron and sugar on
He again denounced the income tax and
declared that in the bill the Committee
had preserved all it's undemoeratic feat
ures and knocked out those things which
the party organization had endorsed.
With the certainty of losing caste in his
own party and with no hope of refuge in
the opposing party, Hill shows the pos
session of courage whether his actions
are prompted by patriotism or spite.