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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

WILLIAM W. ERWIN. General Arthur
Erwin, and is 80 years of age. He stud
led law in the office Of Judge George
B. Bradley at Albany and was admit
ted to the bar in 1864. At the outbreak
Of the war he enlisted as first lieutenant
and took company to the front. After
serving through the peninsular cam
paign in the brigade of General Sickles
he left the service and in 1866 removed
to Nebraska, where he practiced law un-
til the time of his removal to St. Paul.
He was elected county attorney of
Ramsey county in 1878 and the next
year ran for state senator, but was de-.
feated. He then abandoned politics and
devoted himself SO assiduously to the law
that he soon had wide reputation in
the northwest. Many of his cases were
those OF poor persons against powerful
corporations, cases in which the plain
tiff had received injuries owing to the
alleged negligence of the corporation
sued. He was SO successful in this line
OF work that his fame rapidly increased,
and when the Homestead riots occurred
the labor organizations of Minnesota
sent him to Pittsburg to defend Critch-
low, O'Donnell and Clifford.
These cases attracted the attention Of
the whole country. There were 16 in.
dictmrnts for treason, 80 for murder and
PA for aggravated riot and conspiracy,
but the task confronting him did not in
the least daunt 'Big Bill' Erwin, as
he is called in St. Paul. He went to
work with a will, and after herculean
legal effort forced the state to abandon
the prosecution after three trials with
out conviction. His success was SO
pronounced that when Debs ct al. recent
~ ran afoal of the United States district
courts in Chicago Erwin was at once Sc
cured as counsel for the accused men.
He is tall, well built man Of COM
handing presence and is 50 eloquent
that he can talk the average jury into
doing almost anything. He is devotee
Of athletics and is ex-president of the
St Paul Cricket club and president Of
the Minnesota Athletic club and Missis-
sipri Rod and Gun club
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
ecneral Sheridan Explains What Is the
Matter With the Democratic Party.

General Sheridan Explains What Is tho
Matter With the Democratic Party.
Some years ago, while General George
y. Sheridan was addressing a great au-
Iience in Cleveland, man yelled out
70 him, "What is the matter with the
Democratic party anyhow?' Sheridan
dropped the line of argument he was
pursuing turned toward the man and
replied as follows: "What is the matter
with the Democratic party? I will tell
you, my friend The Democratic party
was born under planets that were in op-
position. 1t lives in the objective case
Like mule, it has n6pride of ancestry,
no hope OF posterity. It never originates
anything. 1t always shines by borrowed
light. Democracy has never been joined
in honest wedlock to a principle, but
lived for years in open adultery with a
harlot called slavery, lived with her till
she died Of corruption and was buried
amid the sobs and groans of her para
mOur
The atmosphere that surrounds De-
mocracy is full Of noxious vapors that
breed neral pestilence and death. The
sun never shines through it, vice seeks
its shadow, and corruption grows lusty
under it's unholy influence Springs of
purity are never found in Democracy.
Its waters are torpid, lifeless, covered
with the filth and scum With which
stagnant pools and waveless waters al
ways offend the eyes Of men. The soil
which Democracy has cultivated has
failed to yield harvests Of value to the
nation, but has given crops Of worthless
weeds and briers.
Democracy has no love Of country,
believes in states instead Of nation.
drives loyalty from its doors and well
comes treason to it's habitation, holds;
the deeds Of our soldiers and sailors as
naught, strives to blacken the names Of
our heroes, weeps over the lost cause,
hates the blue and loves the gray, stabs
loyalty IN the back, binds up the wounds
OF treason and speaks words Of hope and
comfort to it's devotees, appIauds when
helpless blacks are stricken down in tho
south and caresses the hands red with
their innocent blood, denies the right ~
American citizens to make homes fDr
themselves in the south, justifics the
man who shoots them down t,r drives
them out.
! Democracy is a curac to the land,
the source Of our bittcre4t w<<zs, the
haven where vice finds fri1rls and
! crime its apolcgigta and dfgtrMlry.
Democracy il original sin 1nt lrfAc ~
rend and dcstr|G1, j. thu .;5irit IT evil
filling thu 9virr; N tn: land, the jrcar-
nation II unhnlin'.a, IN: child II IN,
devil. IT. hru,e shruId IT. in TINT |>ufr
! darknes3 where thrrc aro w<aIi:;y and
val'ing and g7,z*king II ttz:fh, snc;;,
family pictureat, nly Trjtzr,d, il .s>;,ar il
the mafter with f;2e Dx:n1Iratlc yz4rfy."
/ Sneriflan IlckG7(. up tn; tEszfe4l II hi
=fa7ch II tn: pint w}D,zs, h. i;aI ira.
: interrupted H. va a<kld ~ mr.
question. during t5as eve,sing
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
QUEER JAMES kerr HkRCIE.
The Scotch y. p. Who Recently Made a,
Attack the English Royal Family.

The Scotch y. P. Who Recently Made an
Attack on the English Royal Family.
James Keir Hardie, the Scotch NJ P.
Who recently lad the courage to beard
the royal British lion in lis parliament
tary den and poke fun at one Of his cubs,
is che Of the oldest characters in Eng
Gsh public life He is a socialist, a
champion or labor cause and an ardent
hater Of royalty and hereditary rulers.
In the house Of commons recently, when
Sir William Vernon Harcourt moved
an address Of congatulation to the
queen upon the birth Of a son, the Earl
of Kent, to the Duke and Duchess of
York, Hardie got the floor and proceed
ed to handle royalty without gloves
He said he owed allegiance to no hered-
itary ruler and wanted to know what
blessings the royal family had conferred
upon the nation The queen had reigned
but not ruled for many years, and he
had enjoyed the great privilege of see
ing the Prince of Wales at race courses,
''but what special blessing he added,
chad the prince conferred on the ma
tion?'' The motion proposed to raise to
Importance an event of everyday occur
renee, and at present there was no means
of knowing the qualifications of the in.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

Average lOSSs ~ per cent.
The foregoing shows reports from ~
of the leading theaters of the United
States. For every 81, 700 received by
these theaters during the first three
months Of 1898 their receipts amounted
to only SO, 408 during the first three
months Of the present year, the loss be-
ing 81, 292, or ~ per cent for the whole
country. While the actor is not directly
protected by tariff, it is very evident
that the prosperity Of the country under
protective tariff affords larger receipts
to those engaged in the theatrical pro-
fession than the disturbed condition of
the country will permit under the mere
threat of free trade. When people arc
not earning money at all or are not
earning good wages, it is impossible for
them to spend money upon amusements.
Projection to American industries n4calls
prosperity to the theatrical business.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
ACTS ONE AND TWO.
The THEATRICAL PROFESSION NOW
STUDIES THE TARIFF.

Anxi0usly Wonder About the Closing Scene
Of Act Three-Protection Means Good
Houses-'eTariffR eform" Closes the Doors
Idle Actors Interested.
Attention has already been brought
to the condition of the theatrical pro-
fession in the United States this year as
compared with 1892 and 1898, showing
the large number Of unemployed actors
who have been the recipients Of charity
from fund especially collected for that
purpose. In order to investigate this
condition more fully, number Of the
leading theaters in different states in
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
The SENATE AND CHEAP LAoC9,
Free TRADERS are It'll fTdiass La ks;e Eyes
Gf tie @aSEya.


Tie followi1,g historical d1cnsaeot Is
Of particular interest 1T this .j,ztc>
- sE8AGE Or Gaz rss9Ea, erArg@,
JAn~ H. 49,
" hereas. TIE traffic IN lsS>c-ess 1ra.sDys17d
from China and other eastern oguntriee known
the cody trade, is oGioa1e 10 the people Of the
United States as 5nharnan and immoral: and
Whereas, II is abhofrent to tie spirit IF ,arG-
ern international law and policy. which haze
Substantially e1tjrpated the African slaTe
trade, to permit the establishment ia its place
of mode of enslaving men differing from the
former in little else than the employment of
fraud instead Of force to make its victims cai-
tive; therefore
Be it resolved, That it is the duty of this GOV
eminent to give effect to the moral sentiment
Of the nation through all its agencies for the
purpose Of preventing the further introd uction
of coolies into this hemisphere the ad jacent
islands.
Ordered, That the secretary lay the forego-
ing resolution before the president of the United
States.
Attest: j. ". FoRHgY, Secretary.
It is equally ''the moral sentiment Of
the nation today" that the work done
by cheap labor is ''as inhuman and i'm
moraP' as cheap labor itself. Those
members of congress who vote to reduce
our existing protective tariff and there
by permit the importation of foreign
goods made by cody and other cheap
labor to compete with goods made by
American labor-all members Of con-
gress voting for such "traffic" will be
tedious to the people Of the United
States' and will be "inhuman and inn
moral" according to a resolution passed
by the United States senate on Jan. 16,
1867
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

Lawyer William
W. Erwin, who
is counsel for
President Debs
and other indict-
ed officials of the
American Rail-
way union in
Chicago. He is a
native of Err.
wilma, N. Y, a
town named aft
err his ancestor
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
ACT TWO. 1894

the country have been asked to furnish
a comparative statement Of their receipts
during the first three months of 1893
and 1894 Taking 100 to represent their
receipts from January to March, 1898,
the figures in the second and third col
unlns represent the receipts during the
corresponding three months OF the two
years as follows:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
1.-THE DEFENDER OF L,BERTv"

That is What Workingmen Call William
w. Erwin, Counsel For Eugene Debs.
1.-The defender of liberty is what the
laboring people of the northwest call
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
LEGISLATION FOR TRUST AND DIRECT TAX
ALTON FOR THE PEOPLE.
Fling Out tho Banner.

The Democratic campaign banner of
the future will have representation Of
sugar certificate, with the words,
"Our trust" ornamentally displayed
thereon. Journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Just Note the Difference.

The difference is this: Cleveland
sends his orders to the house, while
Havemeyer sends his orders to the sem
ate.-Chicago Tribune:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

A Quarantine - IL . Quarantine.
The main point is this: If the De-
mocracy has never been Democratic, is it
not now too late for it to be Democra-
cized?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

south. and to &ipp T..
and northern working NJ ]l1r
when framed in the house 5ed out
to some extent the principles ehdhoiated
in the Democratic platform, but added
that attack upon the thrift and business
enterprise Of the north, tho income tax.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

The followis1g historical dGtc1caeoc j.
Of particular interest 1T this rjsztc:
- s1AcE Or ~ax Eosgx1 erATg6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-05

negroes do not relish the way they were
shut out of the meeting OF the committee
which put him up. 1t is understood that
ms candidacy will prevent many from vot-
ing at all. A report is in circulation that
Italian emigrants are being colonized In
Plaquemines in order to be used on cleo
ton day, but the planters deny this.
In the north the reelection of Boatner
and Robinson rs conceded, there being a
practical unanimity in both the districts
which have nominated those gentlemen on
the democratic ticket. Mr.. II. w. Ogden
has been nominated in the district formerly
represented by Senator Blanchard. The ro-
publicans also concede this district Their
efforts are concentrated in the first, second
and third districts, where the candidates
on the republican side are II. p. Ker-
nochan, Coleman and Beattie and on the
democratic side are Meyer, Buck and Price.
Buck Is new man, of German descent.
and very popular.
vigorous campaign has been made for
him. Governor Foster, Senators Blanchard
and Cafrey, ex-senator Jonas and other
distinguished people speaking for him. The
situation in these districts is very doubt
ful. REGISTRATION offices in New Orleans,
which lies partly in the first partly in
the second, were closed n week ago, the
white registration exceeding $500, the COL
ored being about loo. The latter element
nave made repeated charges against Regis
trar Iacharie Of unfairness of manipulating
dummies In the lines. as to keep the
negroes from getting their papers.
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ponent is a popular manufacturer Of the

ponent. is popular manufactures of the
natural gas belt.
The vote at Senator Voorhees, home.
Terre Haute, will determine the outcome In
Brookshire's district, the eighth. Republi-
cans claim the district will go 800 for Faris,
republican.
Even money is wagered at Fort Wayne
that j. b. Leighty defeats McNagny, demo
crat, but such bets are not good ones. Nc
Nagny may save himself, as the district is
strongly democratic, although the party
is badly split up on account of sensational
local exposes at Fort Wayne. Congress-
man Conn. by refusing a denomination.
spit the democratic organization in the
thirteenth district, and Royce republican,
has almost sure thing.
George w. Steele will succeed Martin in
the eleventh.
The ninth and sixth districts will be re-
publican by majorities from 5000 upward.
Democracy carried the tenth In 1892 by AZ
votes, out Hatch, republican, will have a
handsome plurality this year.
Cooper is having a struggle to return
from the fifth, with the chances somewhat
in favor of Overstreet republican.
Stockslager, who defeated Jason Brown
for the third district nomination, will prob
ably be successful by a reduced plurality.
The second is reliably democratic and the
first will give Henri gway, republican prob
ably 1000 margin.
The republican state committee claims the
state by 10000 The democrats practically
concede 1t, but not by more than 5000. Ten
thousand will be in the neighborhood of
the republican majority, which depends for
its size on the energy of the republicans
IN strong congressional districts, sixth and
ninth. Republicans claim they will have
hfty-fve members in the lower house of the
legislature. with chance Of carrying the
senate. If the legislature is republican, the
state will be redistricted.
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KENTUCKY.
Democrats Pretty Sure of SiI Con.
gressmen and May Elect More.

Democrats Pretty Sure OF Six Con-
gressmen and May Elect More.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
LOUISVILLE KY. November 5.-Ken-
lucky will tomorrow elect eleven Congress-
men, four judges of the court OF appeals
and local officers in each county. The reg
istration has been very heavy. especially in
the large towns and cities. The campaign
has been sharp, more so than ever before
in this state. The republicans have made
IN aggressive fight and the result Of the
election in several districts is In doubt. The
democrats will in all probability elect their
congressional candidates in the first, second,
fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth districts,
though If any of these are doubtful II Is
the seventh. Breckinridge's friends are not
warming up to Owens in an encouraging
way, and It is difficult to size up this dis
affection. The ballot is secret and many
knives will be pushed into Owens by demo-
Gratis.
All reports from the third district are IA
vorable to the election of Hunter republi-
can. In this, the fifth, Evans, republican,
will receive a majority Of the votes but the
machine viii make a desperate effort to
count him out. McDermott, the democratic
candidate, is a Catholic and the A z. A
order Is helping Evans.
There has been a change in the situation
in the eleventh within the past few DAYS
and ii now looks If Adams, republican,
would be reelected, though he has an in
dependent republican against him to divide
the party vote. The chances are favorable
for the election OF Pugh, republican, in tho
ninth. He is a good speaker and has made
a thorough canvass, while his opponent
Rolla Hart, an old farmer. has made a
still hunt because of his inability to speak
in public. Judge Buckner democrat will
doubtless be chosen for the uneXpired term
in the tenth, while Hopkins, republican,
seems a winner for the full term.
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LOUISIANA.
Republicans Have a Fighting Chance
in the Third District
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Noveber 5.-The
planters claim a fair majority of 5000 In
this district. The democrats have made a
spirited campaign in behalf of Gen. Meyer,
and Mayor Fitzpatrick, a shrewd politician
and chairman Of the state central demo-
cratic committee says he has no doubt
of democratic success. Gen. Meyer himself
feels confident of reelection.
In the second district Coleman's candi-
dacy has been hurt by the nomina ton of
Buck, as the latter has a strong hold on
the German element, which is large 1t is
feared that trouble will occur In the coun-
try wards of this district as the planters
there are resolved that contingent meth
DDS shall not prevail and there are fears
that this will be resorted to.
The third district is about the safest of
the districts in which the republicans have
a lighting chance. Judge Beattie is per-
sonally very popular, ana Mr.. Brice does
not profess hope of carrying the dis
trlcL save by comparatively small ma
joTity.
There is little likelihood that there will
be trouble during the election in New Or
leans as the policing is admirably arranged
The greatest fear of the leaders is for the
country precincts, where the people are
not easily subject TO law and order.
News Is received already of the attempted
murder of ]. X. LeCabe, sheriff of Iberia
parish, who was shot at several times by
concealed parties. LeCabe Is a democrat
and a man of great prominence in politics
Gen. Behan, leader OF the planters, says
that the party is resolved that no fraud
shall be perpetrated in the election, and
they will resist any attempt to deprive
them of their rights.
The last mass meeting of the campaign was
held on Saturday night on Canal street at
the base of Clay statue, and was attended
by 5000 people. The candidacy of Gen.
Mercer and Mr.. Buck was enthusiastically
Endorsed.
/ talked with several of the leading gem
tlemen then present and they expressed
great confidence of the ability of the dem
ocrats to carry all three Of the threatened
districts.
The planters have interested themselves
in the prosecution instituted by Zacharie
against two negroes for attempted false
registration, succeeding in getting one case
discharged.
The labor troubles, which have been of
late a more absorbing topic locally than
the subject of politics, do not bear any
political construction whatever. 1t is true
that the trouble is mainly difference be-
tween the races, but 1t will not figure in
the voting at all. The planters have used
them merely as campaign material to point
out the deficiencies of democratic govern
ment The causes which have led up to
1t are entirely local, being chiefly the fail
ure of the negroes to limit the number of
their employees to $50. The negroes have
put over go to work, and the whites re-
fused to allow them to work any longer.
In the first district the methods by which
Mr. Kernochan had himself nominated
have hurt his candidacy materially, as the
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Norwood Institute

1435 X. AND 12i2-14 1iTH NV.
The boarding department and residence have
been transferred to 1+35 X st. NV. All recita-
lions and class work will be conducted as hereto
fore in the two school buildings, 1872 and l2l4
l4th 81. NV. MIS-. WA. D. CABELL, Principal.
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MICHIGAN.
Republicans Likely 10 Have an I'm
usually Overwhelming Victory.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, November g.
If signs count for anything. the repubI-
cans tomorrow will have such a victory as
has not fallen to their lot for many years
Gov. Rich will be elected by a plurality
anywhere from $4,000 TO $4,000. The legis-
lature will be overwhelmingly republican,
and the democratic congressional claims
have been reduced to hope In the second
and tenth districts, but even these are not
certain. The democratic campaign has been
carried on practically without funds and
torn by the referee discord They have
made little Roadway against the republican
campaign, and have been absolutely I'M
able to make any use of the scandals in the
present state administration or the incom-
potency and extravaganza of the last legis-
lature. The northern part Of the state has
been allowed to go almost by default, and
some Of the counties will be practically
unanimous for the republicans.
In the cities some work has been done,
but in every town the anti-referee element,
comprising the active party managers, In
former campaigns, whom Dickinson refused
to consult in distributing the offices, have
been holding back, neither contributing
financially nor helping. Dickinson has
taken no active part In the campaign, ex-
cept to furnish funds and bring speakers
into the state, and Will not even come homo
to vote from Washington. The campaign
will close tonight, with Assistant Secretary
OF State Edwin +. Uhl and Senator John
Patton, jr., addressing rival meetings in
this city; Spencer o. Fisher at home, In
Bay City; Gov. Rich at Lapeer. Julius Q.
Burrows at Kalamazoo, Consul Allen y.
Morse at Adrain and Minister VIM. Il.
Quinby in Detroit.