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Eisht.Cent Articles.

Monkey wrenches. whisk I]roons. Wash Bowls
Tin Buckets. Long Handle Fire Shovels, Rules.
Hosiery. Largo lamp Burners. BOX Paper and
Envelopes. Spring Balances Scissors, Blani
Books, Patent Buttons. $500 -. ~,
Our customers know good thing when they
sec II Join tho procession TO our store,
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Fiyc.Cent Articles.

Ladies' Hose. Children's Hose. Rolling Pin,
lockwood Rules, Culr Buttons. Tin Bucket, Com.
bination Glass Cutters, Boys Knives, Pokers
Door Bolts, Neatsioot OIL Shoe Backing Wash
Packages. Spcctacles. Dino Cologne Hair Curl.
ems, School slntcs; Lamp Burners. Shoe Dressing,
Ladies' Pins. Table Knives. :. IN, =. H,0'''''
Man, l0,cont articles In our 5.cent list Come
nnH tOtR fhnD1 n,1fn ~ nt1r q
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E. b.
/ POT rs
Bargain
Bulletin
MAIN AND TENTH SITS.
WHEELING, VIVA.
MAIN AND TENTH SITS.
WHEELING, W. VA.
Ono Cent Articles.

Heavy Envelopes, good Pon Holders. 4 Steel
PenS. Memorandum Book. O Sheets Note Paper,
. hnnchSs iIair Pins iiSndE crchIei ThimbI.s'
paper Fins, l paper Needles. l spool silk Twlt,
!. dozen Hooks md Eyes. DnrnInG Noodles /
Nutmeg Crater, dozen rrass Pants Buttons, /
Hat Pin. ! box CARROT Taces ! dozen Clothes
Pins, l Tablet, set Knitting Needles ~ -
LOil Of hcnnt cnndN going nj cont
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-30

TIE persistent cough which usually
follows an attack Of the grip can DO per-
manontly cured by taking Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. WA. Mcclure,
of Mckay, Ohio, says: ga Grippe left
me with n severe cough. After using
several different medicines without re-
lief, Tried Chamberlain's Cough Rom.
'ody, which effected a permanent cure.
I have also found i. to DO withon. IN
equal for children, when troubled with
colds or Group"
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Tllree.Cent Articles.

Ladies' Ilandkcrchlcfs, Shaving Brushes, I
dozen Dress Buttons, Stamped Clippers, Match
Sales, Machine Oil Cans. Potato Washers dozen
Safety Plus. Pcrfumed Toilet SoRp pair scIs.
gon. Pint Tunnels. Jelly Plut0s, Curry Combs
dozen Shoe LuccS. School States. BaStIng Spoons,
h.cent Tablets. Cork Screws. IIurmonicas, CnEo
Turner'S, Mouse Traps, Windsor Ties. :"
Come horo for bargains, we will not dIsappoln,
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Nine.Cent Articles.

Ladies' Gloves, Shoe brushes, Stew Pans, PIE.
servo Kettles, Butcher Knives. worth Il cents,
Glass Dishes, Milk Straincrs. Coffee Pots, Fl0u,
Siftcrs. suspenders. Extract Vanilla. Dolls. Dish
.Plns, Hammers, Pound Grain or Ground Pen.
Baking Powder 2. " afls,.. .l-fI- o - :
The above a-c all genuine bargains and lower
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Four-Cent Articles.

oncsct Teaspoons, Paten. sleevc uodcss. Boyy
Dlbs. Rubber Dressing Combs. Comb and IIrr;h
Case. Pot Covers, Tooth Brushes, Fire Shovcls
Toweling, Charm Knives, MucIlngu. Sewing Ma.
chine Oh, Scrub Brushes, Linen Thread. Hand
Saw Files, suspendcrs, Pencil boxes Calico, Mus.
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Tw0.Cent Articles.

II dozen buttons. Fluo Comb, ! bottle Ink.
Pint Tin Cups, handkerchief. Cake Cutters, Pen.
per Boxes. Langtry Hair Pins. Carpenter Pencils
CUT Buttons, Pic Pms. Pocket CombS. Napkins
Can Openers, Spool Cotton. Toilet SOnp. GlmlGN
TapeE Lines Rubber Tipped Pencils. Hair
CrimpeS t. EI. -
wCdCal only III Bargains aud sIvc big value
for the money T... 90 .IIt -
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SeYen.Cent Articles.

,colGate's Palm Soap. large Dressing Combs.
Harmonious. Counter Books, Dress Goods. Ia.
dies Handkcrchicfs. Mixed Bird Seed. White.
wash Brushes. large Tin Cups Wash Pms, Shears,
AZ this popular price We oler many articles
worth double the MONEY n $500 on
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-30
SiX.Cent Articles.

One SGT Table Spoons. Blank Books, Purses.
Shifting. Suspenders, Butcher KnlyeI lO-cent
lacGs. Sleeve Buttons, l0.cent Embroidered
Scrubblng Brushes. Gents Half Hose,
Merchants invited. We have bargains for you
and It will pay you 10 call, '0N~
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We hayo tho largest department store In tn,
s!ato, loO 70 1905 Main street. &c 10 81 Tenth
sWeet. ana 1901 TO l0J1 Market street. Eleven
department. = Q. =, 80
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THE WORK OF RELIEF.

Icctins OF tho Executive CommIttce-Fcw
Donations Yesterday.
Tho executive committee on relief of
tho poor held meeting at the store
house on Marke. street last evening, ut
which there was good attendance.
disappointment was expressed at the
small amount OF donations that have
come in during the week. 1t was also
stated that the committee has now
enough money to run the relief store
one week.
In the meantime tho committee hopes
TO BIO able TO provide funds to furnish
help as long MS there is occasion for 1t.
No mon wcre put to work BY the gas
board yesterday, and it is thought tho
gas board work will end to-day, which
will further cut OF the committees re.
sources.
The committee wishes TO correct
Misrepresentation regarding the giving
OF money. Tho committee has never in
any case given out money. its help be-
ing limited TO coal, food aud rament.
The prospects arc for M unusually
busy day at tho relief store to-day. Tho
next meeting of the committee will take
place Thursday evening at the relief
store.
Yesterday number OF orders were
filled by Manager Simpson. but they
wcro mainly work orders.
Tho only donations OF cash received
yesterday by Treasurer T. 3. Dobbins
were as follows: =
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wlNrEl, ASSERTS IlEnsELF.
a Ncnl Old Fashioned SNOW Brings Out
tho SIGlEllS.

LatoSr evc.
orybody had
given up tho
idea OF hav.
Ing any real
ly%intry
weather this
winter. Sat.
urdly's ut.
tempt Mt it
WIS merely u
bluIE on tho
part OF tho
weather clerk
and Sunday
tho sl;ywas as
iairusin May,
aud tho tom.
p o ru t u 70
would II o I
havo hccn n
disgrace to
April. i u t
yesterday,bc-
tween 8 and
10 o'clock. IL
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9. bnr ~ Clothing Store, n loot md Shoe
store, II lint Store, n Dry Gpcds store, n
millinery Store, n Notion Store, n Furnish.
inE Goods store. n Hardware and Tinwnro
Storc,n Tca md Grocery Store-nInc stores
~ ohe-ail complete under ono roof.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-30
FOR SALE.
A FINE FARM FOR SALE,

Located on tho g.. c. & r. Pike near Clinton.
ohio county W. Va. eleven miles northeast
Of wheeling. This firm contains 800 acrcs.
which will divide into tracts as follows ID
acres, with Stx-roomed frame house; 100 acres
with seycn'roomed brick house. stable, cronery'
2 me stone spring house, barn and Mi other out.
which thereHre no buildings "a This il nil drSt.
class land in good condition and repair: lies
In one bodyand will be sold In lnrgcr or smaller
Quantities, to suit purchaser. ]: well watered
nliu plenty OF good, timber OF nll kinds This
reasonable terms. For full description. price
and terms, call on or address 'SE'' f'' 80
T. L. HARVEY,
lH5i-TTnStWy = vs., H-f -ss Clinton " W.
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z. To prevent tho hardening OF the sub.
cutaneous tissues OF the scalp and tho
,oblitoration OF the hair follicles, which
cause badness, use Halls Hair Remover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-30

Tho stage OF water at tho public land
lug last evening was s feet 6 inches and
falling. Heavy snow and prospects for
rain and n rising river.
Tho Hudson, from Cincinnati, is COM
Ing up with fine trip, passengers and
freight. To.day's Cincinnati packet is
the keystone State. scheduled to leave
at S q. IN.
Morgantown-Rivcr foot and sta
tionary. cloudy and showing after rain
ing all tho morning. a,lt3s 49, s.
Greensboro-River Z feet 0 inches and
stationary; rain aud snow fall and still
showing.
Oil City-Rivcr!S feet inchoa and
stationary; weather mild and showing.
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NOW1S TEE TIME TO SECURE 4
~ HOME 100 FINE LOTS FOR SALE N
These lots nrc situated near Tiltony,lIo Ohm
iiye miles from the city of Wheeling, adjacent to
sou: and within five minutes walk OF tho fcnn,e
OF the z. & ?; md tho W. & L. F. rlIlroads The
grounds nre beautifully located. being between
zen anu fifteen feet above the food Of lSS l. and
nosScSses natural adynnAScs second to none In
inc vicinity OF Wheeling. There ha, lust been
completed one of tho finest Potteries In tho WI.
Icy, employing 100 mon, and with other build.
lngs under construction. proves this 10 In tho
coming place. These lots will be sold on ten UO1
Sea.s unie. WIN small cash payment and viii
DC freo from Interest and taxes until nnjd i,r
For further information apply to Il. Il, How.
ELL. AEent, bridgeport. Ohio 7IIl5 do,5
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READ the INrELtldrScER's Special Art
Portfolio oder on page three to-day. ~
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ROOM
w md board In private family for young
married couple; centrally located. Address III,
J..n caro- lntelllgencGr Office -. inlI ]
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q READ the ISTgLLIGEScER'sS Special Art
Portfolio offer on page three to-day.
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MISUNDERSTANDING SALES
w MEN or hNyc fine Side line BOUQUET
CIGAR CO., Lynchburg Va SsiElE ? iata :.
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r AIDES. YOU CAN EARN FROM 81,
~ 10 sl2 per week doing strictly homo work
for us; no cnnvaSsing. Send envelope with
ton, Mass --l 5E;',E ~ innGa
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Yesterday number OF orders were
filed by Manager Simpson. but they
wcro mainly work orders.
Tho only donations Of cash received
Yesterday by rrn,surnr p II Dohhi,e
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TO LOAN.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WANTED.

WANTED-SIN GOOD CANVASS
Wy Frs and collectors. Apply ut room 9,
Aellly Euildlng. CITY. jazz"
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MOVIES on NAVIGATION.
stnse OF Water aud Movements OF r,oa
..r.f ..r tftf,. 4

rhe River Interests.
YESTERDAYS ARRIVALS.
Liberty, ClarinSton. 10 n. nj.
& Ben llur. plttShnrSh, 4p.m. All
e. Phillips, MatamorAS, 7 p. m. gG1s
Yesterdays DErAntuEES
Liberty, ClarinGton. 800 p. N.
Bon Hur. ParSessDnFg, . pm.
Is. HoATs LEAVING TODAY.
Hudson, Pittsburgh. 5 a. m. II ~
u. K. Bedford, Pittsburgh. $ n. m. u
Keystone State. Cincinnati, S Il IN
X. L. Ph!llIps. MntanorHs, 1850 Il. N.
Courier. PGrGerSbug, II q. N. g
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21
tary conferences hitherto has been to

tary conferences hitherto has been to
postpone action.
1t is in the power of the United
States to work out its own salvation
in this matter without the help of
other nations. Perhaps it would not
be safe to declare for free coinage at
the old ratio of 16 to l. At the present
time the market value of silver is
seventy-three cents an ounce, while its
coinage value is si.29. A free coinage
law at the old ratio would be equal to
an attempt on the part of the United
States to raise unaided the price of ell
the silver in the world from seventy
three cents TO si.29 an ounce in gold.
We are great people but hardly equal
TO such an undertaking as this 1t is
quite safe to say that we would get
lp0rc silver than we wanted and that
.ve could not maintain it on a parity
with gold.
But the power and influence of the
United States is great enough to raise
md maintain the price of silver at n
gint far above its present abnormally
,ow price This point should be dis
covered and our mints opened to its
would be. ! believe that free coin
age law in the United States at the
ratio of 90 TO would be an entirely
safe measure and that it would abso-
lately fix the price of silver the world
over Mt not less than sl.03 an ounce in
gold.
The failure of the Bland-Allison law
md the Sherman law to fix the price
II silver is no criterion of the effect q
free coinage law would have, for
neither of these laws was intended to
accomplish this result On the con-
trary they have both treated silver as
commodity, to be measured, like
other commodities, by gold standard
They have created Z certain demand
Tor silver and TO this extent have bene-
fitted the owners of silver mines; but
they have done nothing 10 stop that
steady appreciation of gold that has
brought disaster to all kinds of values
Nothing short of law that involves
the principle of free coinage and makes
silver full legal tender will accomplish
this
1t is safe to say that when the people
fully understand the question and ex-
press their will the day OF the rsesent
gold monopoly will be over. After the
next popular election the congressman
who return to Washington viii be in
the condition of those who have seen Is
great light.-Edward Il. Howell, in
Review of gcviews
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21
PRAIRIE CfILNcRS.
The Birds Have Dance Very Much on
the Indian Order.

The Birds Have "A Dance Very Much on
the Indian Order.
At this season of the year North
American birds IRE busily engaged ct
love making. preparatory to mating
and nest building. In an article on
the Lives and Loves of North Amer
lean Birds in the Nineteenth Century,
John Worth gives the following de-
scri,,tion OF the preliminary courtship
of the "prairic chickens" After the
disappearance of the snow" he says,
'.nnd the coming of warmer weather,
the prairie chickens (sharp-tailed
grousc1 meet every morning at gray
dawn, in companies from six to tvFar.~
ty, on some selected hilloclS or knoll,
and indulge in ric dance. Al firs/
the birds stand about in ordinarx
tudos, resembling people at n
fore the music begins. when q
orc of the cocks lowers hi
spreads ont his wings nearly hoS
ly and his tail pcrpendicularly dfs
his air sacs and crccts his feaS
then rushes across the floor, tal
the shortest of steps, but stamping
feet so hard and so rapidly that
sound Is like that of the kettle d
n the same time he uttcrs SO
bubbling crow. which seems to G
from his air sacs, beats the air with
wings, and vihratcs his ;...i so that
produces 4 loud, rastiing noise,
thus becomes n really aStonishs
spectacle. Soon after one comm cI,ces
all the cocks join in. rattling, stahp-
ing, drumming, Growing ard dancing
together furiously; louder and louder
the noise. fustcr aad faster the dance
becomes, until Mt last they rladiy wllirl
nhont, leaping over each other in cx-
element. After brief spell The en-
cry of the dancers begins to abatc,
and s,c-tly aftcrward they cease. and
stand or move about very quietly, until
they are again started by orc OF their
number lending off, as human danccrs
IRE observed to do during the intervals
of rest between their performances.
The whole operation reminds the
loolser-on so strongly OF Cree dance
MS 10 suggest the possibility of its being
the prototype of the Indian exercise,
The space occupied by the dancers
is from City to one hundred feet
across, and rs it is returned to yearafter
year the grass is usually worn oil, and
the ground tramplcd down hard and
smooth. Dancing is indulgcd in ut
any time of the morning or evening in
May, but is usually at its height before
sunrise
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21
NOTICE OF vRUsTEE's' SALE.

NOTICE OE HaSk b EH. - sS1 s>H.'
Whereas by their trust deed dated May first,
1850 and duly recorded in Book IS Of the records
OF Delta County, Colorado, at page 2s. OF sGld
hook, Robert +. Dillon and May c. Dillon did
sell and convey unto W. L. Grlhith as trustee,
the land. premises and water rights hereinafter
described, 10 secure the payment Of one certain
note and interest therein as stated Ia SAID iust
deed, and
Wherens said trust deed provides that in case OF
default in uayrieni OF the said note or any part
thereof or Interest thereon or failure 10 pay taxes
on .sid lands then il shall be lawful for the said
trustee to sell the said laad as prOVidea in tAia
trtlSt deed and
WheraaS default has been made in payment Of
the Interest due said note, and IN the pay Eueit
Of taxes assessed against the said land, the
legal holder of the said note has nppied 10 the
said trustee for sale OF the said lana ana Pre-
miseS;
Now Therefore public notice is hereby giTen
that the untie-Eigned trustee as Aforesaid, VIII by
virtue Of said deed OF trust and under us PoNtrs
and authority and for the purposes stated
sell al public auction, at the frunt door oil the
Ciour, House in the City OF Denver. in the county
of ArapshOc state of Colorado TO the highest ana
hest btidcr for cash on Saturday the 2.th day Of
April 1854 at the hour of 10 o'clock, A NJ 9i said
day the following described PrcIerty IN said De
Of trr.st conveyed, situate in the County oi Delt
and State Of Colorado. to-ysii. The last nan oi
the North West Quarter and the West nan si tne
North East Quarter of seCncn lNchtE-hNe M
township ft.en south Of IanSe nihsIy az ~ W. @ %
the SIKH principal meridian containing To- scrcs
more or less tigether with all water rights TO
which such Land may be entitled.
Dated NJ Denver; Colorado, TINS iSlh ahY oi
G. W. Il. GRIFFITH. Trustee.
fFtrSt Pub March 2i, 1891.
la5i Pub. April =, ls9i
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21
Notice for Publication.
LAM OFFICE IT NoNrEosr, Colo,
l.h-t.nrN 10 1891

'NtsLs.iA A. A0Ea-
notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has MED notice Of his Intention to
make ftsl proof in support OF his claini aud that
said prooi VIII be made before WIN Il hobe rtsol'
County fudge aud Es s-Offlcio Clerk of the county
court of Delta county. Colorado at Delta, Coiora-
do, on March -, 1884, viz:
JAMES J. WINToN,
Who made HIS u. 3. No. 20 Ute Series, for The
VIZ swI. sec. u and Elz sE,& See. i6 Twp. Is 3.
Il s. W. r. nj.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous reFiGences upon, and cult satlon OF,
said land viz: ishn NaIidry, Thomas II. Mower,
George Fosg, and Waller Scott, all of Delta, Colo
A. 4. AMsDARY, Register.
lFirs, insertion Feb. Il : last March IS
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21

Stetson-I should like to know what
woman Il was that wrote this anony-
mons letter.
.Judson-That letter was never writ
ten by woman,
v Stetsou--Ilow do you know?
Judson-Therc is no postscript
Y. Herald.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21

Mrs. lInshousc--Talscn the bed from
your roomp Oh, no, sir! That desk is
your bcd--thc very one you slept in
last night. But, really, yon would
never suspect II was bed, would you?
New Lodger-No-o-o; not after sleep
ing in it.-Puels,
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21

iesN.7
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has fled notice ofhis intention to make
hnal proof in support Of his claim. and that said
proof will be made be fore Register and Receiver,
at Mon;rose. Colorado, on April II, 1891, via:
WILLIAM J. JACKSON.
Who made Presumption n. s No. i2s. Ute Series
for the Nwt. SCI. Sec. 4, Twp. 10 8. OF r. aS w.
9th Z. NJ.
Iio names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF,
tsid land viz Sylvester Mays. Theodore Baker,
John q. Adams, Thomas A. Griffith, all of Delta,
Colorado.
A f. AMsBARY, Register.
ff!rH pub Mar. :; las. Apr. II, 1891
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21

MORE CONTACT THAN COMFORT
ABLE.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-12-28
Korean Traits.

Korean boys and men are good look
ing, even handsome, but the women and
girls are hideous But 1t must be remem-
bered that "a traveller only sees the lower
classes of the latter who have to labor
from early morning till late night in the
fields the gardens, the house and the sta
bles, while, except during the four months
of seedtime and harvest the male peasant
does nothing but gossip and smoke. A
mans chief sources of expense lie in his
clothes and his pipe. The former, being
white, are soon worn out by washing, and
their hats are very dear. A Korean
though he has a distaste for personal alb
htion, will have his clothes scrupulously
clean and beautifully glazed.
The mandarins nre remarkable for scru-
pulously clean, carefully tended, well
shaped, soft white hands, without the
long nails affected by the Chinese. They
lay great stress upon small hands and feet
as points of beauty and showing high
breeding, and Koreans are said to be great
pedestrians and lovers of scenery, the men
often making pilgrlmagos to places whence
fine view may be had.-Spectator
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-24

to it by the Democratic ad-
ministratiOn, . S
In all of money provided
or turned over by the
last Democratic admin
"oU O1VCK UVIC uUtIIIU-
iStratiOn


iSITdtlOu. SSS2, OSS 60
This leaves only $40. 49S. So of the total
amount OF the betterment of the city
finances for which the present admins
tration is entitled to credit, as against
$3S2.0O0 in round numbers for which
credit must be given to the last Demo-
cratic administration.
3. Now as to the Republican claim
that the reduction In the city's debt
and the Increase of its cash balance
have been due to Repu blican economy.
Ihere is no economy, of course, in max
ing tax levies. In all truth, the levy of
taxes of any kind upon population SO
hard driven as has been that of this city
Tor eighteen months past would seem to
the ordinary mind to be subject for
apology rather than self-congratulation.
But the Bell charter required tax levles
during the years prior to and includ ing
1884 for the purpose of paying certain
portion OF the city debt, and for the
levies of this kind that have been made
neither the Democratic administration
nor the Republican administration is
entitled to any credit or subject to any
censure. Now 1t seems literally true
that substantially every dollar which
has been paid or has accumulated to
better the financial condition of the
city. as above related Except the $4,000
stolen from the school fund.-, has been
derived from taxes levied and collected
for the purpose.
In what way have our Republican
friends practiced economy? There is
but one way in which any municipal
administration can practice it, and that
is in cutting down the expenses of oper-
atIng the different departments of the
city government and in curtailing the
miscellaneous items of expense which,
In one form and another. are each year
incurred by it. The plain fact is that,
so far from any new economy being
practiced in these matters, 1t is costing
the Republican administration more to
carry OH the city government for year
under the Bell charter than it cost the
last Democratic administration to carry
1t on under the same charter for the
same length of time.
Let us look at the figures. The
Democratic party was in pc wer for
a tritie over a year after the Bell charter
went into effect. going out of power
June 6. 1892. The Republican party has
been in power for one entire fiscal year,
1898. We will compare the expense OF
carrying on the municipal government
for the year from June 6, 1891, to June
6, 1892. the last year of Democratic con-
troll, and the only year of such control
under the provisions OF the Bell charter,
with the expense of carrying on the
same government under Republican
control for the fiscal year 1898; and in
observing the results of this comparison
it should be remembered that during
the year 1898. labor and materials were
cheaper and municipal activity at a
lower ebb than during the year 1S91-92
Here then is the comparison: