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The evening times., 1895-08-19

gagged In taking q vote to determine the
relative popularity OF the various candi-
dates who may be suggested. A oii'booi
has been opened In our office here. and
every mail brings from half peck to Q
bushel OF letters containing ballots express
Ing Presidential preference.
Strength of the candidates varies all the
way from ex-Repfesentative sibIey, OF
Pennsylvania, to ex-Gov. Waite. Of Col
orado The ratio of preference places Mr..
Eibley first; Senator Allen, of Nebraska
second, and Senator Stewart, OF Nevada.
third. Ex-Congrcssman Tom Watson, OF
Georgia, is almost the unanimous ch0icu
of every voter for the Vice-PresideDtial
nomination.
''The Populists ore not cranks, fanatics,
or theorists, as many people seem to be-
lieve. Some of the great leaders Of the
Democratic party have been our associates
In other days, and advocated the faith that
they now seek to destroy. Populism is
an off-shoot of Greenbackisni-both con-
tending that the coinage of gold and silver
be supplemented by an issue of paper money
sufficient in volume to permit the trans-
action of legitimate business. Vice-Presi-
dent Stevenson was once In our ranks having
been elected as Grecnbacker to the Forty
sixth Congress.
MORTON ONCE A GREENBACKER.
why, the fact seems to have been for
gotten that j. Sterling Morton, at present
Secretary of Agriculture, and the most
ardent and irrepressible advocate of gold
mononietallism, was within the past two
decades the stauDchest of staunch Green
hackers.
Here" said Mr. Dunning. producing
a long, white slip OF paper, sis bona fide
original Greenback national ticket for
1875. AT the top you see: For President,
Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts.'
Then follows the list of electors for the
State of Nebraska. and below that the full
State ticket. Do YOU observe that it reads:
For Governor, j. Sterling Norton This
gold standartlist is the same man who nine
teen years ago was proud to have his name
appear upon the Greeuback ticket with
that of Ben Butler.
Even Secretary Carlisle used TO sub
scribe TO the dctrines which We now advo-
cate. Instead of being filled with i'm
practicable ideas, we have the best of
authority for our opinions. Both Jeffer
son a MI Jackson expOunded the same prin
ciples that We teach
What the Populists are fighting for is
cheaper dollar and dearer days work.
In 1866 this country had per capita
circulation of So 2, and there were no mort
cages and no tranips. Now il can be proven
by figures that there is an actual per capita
circulation of less than So among those
doing business. The reason for this is that
I'm S66 We had In ree Kinds of D,nney-Uoid
silver and paper. Now we have but one
kind-gOld.
II fully appreciate the fact that the
Populists must get the tradesmen and
business men to join their party or il must
go to pieces. There is no class of people
on earth that needs reformation more than
the business men. really believe that there
are not ten places in Washington, outside
OF eating houses and saloons that realize
enough profit to pay their rent"
The evening times., 1895-08-19
NINE HOUSES BURNED.
Big Blaze In Aiexa ndria Causes S2O,-
900 Loss.


900 Loss.
A disastrous fire in Alexandria yesterday
afternoon resulted in the destruction of
nine dwellings on Princess street, one on
West street, and the partial burning OF
several buildings on Payne street.
1t was nearly 10 O'Clock before the
flames were eXtinguished, and then the
loss aggregated about 100000.
The fire is supposed to have originated
in the saw mill of George Jones, on
Princess street. The rear of the mill was
abiaze before an alarm was turned in, aud,
though the firemen responded quickly,
the entire structure was in flames on their
arrival, and sparks had ignited the roofs
of the neighboring frame houses On Prin-
cess street.
In most Instances the occupants of tho
houses succeeded in saving their house
hold effects.
Harry Simpson, a member OF the Colum-
bia fire company, was slightly injured
by bureau falling on his back.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
VICTIMS OF THE WATER.
Three Persons Yesterday Added to
the List.

=
the List.
Robey e. Priddy, was drowned near the
Three Sisters yesterday. In company with
five companions Of about his own age, he
went In bathing, the other young men ac-
ceding to Priddy's request to teach him to
swim. He was borne upon the shoulders of
two OF the swimmers, but was accidentally
strangied, and, letting go his hold, was
drowned, despite the efforts of his friends
to rescue him. The companions of the uD-
fortunate young man were F. s. Howell.
G. w. Cook, G. T. Mahon, C. o. Payton
and c. s. Howell. Priddy was a son Of
w. T. Priddy, clerk in the Pension Of
flee, and was sixteen years Of age.
The body of a colorcd man. named
George Brown, an employe Of the canal
boat Muskingum, was found yesterday
in the canal at the foot of Thirty-fourth
street. Acting Coroner Glazebrook viewed
the body after it had been conveyed 10 the
morgue, and decided that the death was
due to accident.
Arthur Morris, a colored youth, about
nineteen years of age, was drowned yes
terday at the bathing beach. While in
bathing Morris was seized with craInp and
sank Immediately, Notwithstanding the ef-
forts OF several companions to save him.
He resided at No. 456 Maine avenue south
west.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
STORY ETTES.

Dean Hole tells of an old-fashioned ca
thedraI verger, lord OF the aisles," who,
one noon found pious visitor on his knees
In the sacred building The verger has
tened up to him ard said in a tone of indig-
nant excitement: The services in this ca
thedral are at 10 in the morning and at 4
in the afternoon and We don't have no
fancy prayers"
Suzanne Lazier was a good actress, but
extremely stout. She was one night en-
acting a part in a melodrama with Tail
iade, the original Pierre OF the Two Or
pans," and this actor had at one moment
to carry her fainting off the stage. He
tried with all his might to lift the ..neshy"
heroine, but although she helped her little
comrade by standing on tip-toe in the usual
manner, he was unable to move her an inch
At this juncture one of the deities cried
from the gallery: Take what you can and
come back for the rest"
At one time the Duke of WeIlington's
extreme popularity was rather embarrass-
ing. For instance, on leaving home each
day he was always intercepted by an affec-
tionate mob. who insisted upon hosting
him on their shoulders and as king VIII ere they
should carry him. 1t was not always con-
veneint for hlm to say where he was going,
SO he used osay:" Garry ME home; carry me
home," and SO he used to be brought home
haifa dozen times a day few minutes after
leaving his own door.
The lectures Of q certain Oxford tutor
were once reported to be ..cut and dried"
YES" said Prof. H. ]. s. Smith, the
witty mathematician, ''dried by the tutor
and cut by the men,"
A dispute arose at an Oxford dinner table
as to the compa rative prestige of bishops
and judges. The argument, as might be
expected at a party Of laymen, went in
favor of the latter.
NO." said Henry Smith, "for q Judge
can only say Hang you , but bishop can
say 'D--n you"
Speaking of an eminent scientific man,
to whom he gave considerable praise, he
said:
"Yet he sometimes forgets that he is
only the editor and not the author Of
Nature"
The evening times., 1895-08-19
Averted an Explosion

An unsuccessful attempt to cause an
explosion of the boiler used at the site of
the new union depot ON Tnirty-fifth street
was made last evening. Some unknown
person opened the cock at the bottom of
the boiler and permitted the escape of al
most all the water. Watchma n C. W. Thomp-
son started a fire under the boiler before he
discoyeredthc condition OF affairs. He
pluckily pulled the burning brands from
under the great tank, however, and thus
averted what would surely have proved a
disas trous explosion.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
Caught by the Shilling.

Early in the present century there was a
public house in Bridge street, KirkwalI,
which was favorite resort of the press
gang, especially ON market da Us, and not a
Few young men got into trouble there. The
method adopted for trapping unsuspecting
youth was somewhat as follows: One of
the press gang would take up position at
a window upstairs. while two of his COM
panions were secreted near the front of
the building on the ground floor
If a likely looking young man was seen
passing along the street a shilling was
dropped over the upper window. The
youth would stop and pick it up. and while
he was SO engaged the press gang pounced
upon him. The baton was then laid on
his shoulder, and he was blandIy told that,
having accepted the shilling, he would
now have to go and serve his majesty.
Many a young man was captured in this
way, and these helped considerably to
rouse the feelings of the people against the
press gang.-Chambers' Journal.
The evening times., 1895-08-19

A daily paper publishes the following
correction of an article which had ap-
pearcd in its columns fhe previous day:
Yesterday we gave the particulars OF
fire which had oecurred in the n wn of
Barrie, mentioning the names and surnames
OF the victims Having obtained further
information, We hasten to recufy certain
inaccuracies In the fepqrt of the sad dcvent
There were no viceYs, siuce the fire in
Question never tool pace. We may add
that the town of 9arrie docs not exist .
III Motto per Ridere.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
Germans Enjoying Themselves.

The members of the three German singing
societies of Washington, the Arion, Saenger-
bund, and Maennercbor, together with
hosts of friends, mum bering in all over 900.
enjoyed their second annual excursion to
River View yesterday afternoon. The
steamer Pentz was chartered for the occa-
sion. and made two trips during the aft
ernoou. Music and anusements made the
event one long to be remembered.
The evening times., 1895-08-19

One Supply Cut Off.
The government has Just issued an
elaborate report to show that the natural
gas industry is on the decline. Since the
Horr-Harvey debate Chicago does not need
any otthie ekind.-Chicago
Times-Hefaid.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
Vigorous Exercise.

Nora" said Mrs. KnerTz, when the
maid answered the ring OF her mistress,
Mora, will feed the canary myself after
this. The doctor says l must take mo-e
exercise. e."-Bostor Home Journal.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
Anti.Saloon League.

The Anti-Saloon League held q MA IS
meeting at the Emery NJ. E. Church, in
Brightwood, Saturday evening, during
which several speeches We're made by
noted temperance orators, and the Bright
wood saloon and those responsible for
its presence were severely condemned
The evening times., 1895-08-19
Death of Mrs. Mary McGinn.

Mrs. Mary McGinn, widow Of ]. Cooper
McGinn. died yesterday morning at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. David Nc
Kenzie, No S13 North Carolina avenue.
The funeral will take place ut O'Clock
this afternoon.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
The Coming Pom.

Winebiddle-Thereis is one reform the eman-
cipated woman will insist upon when she
gets into power.
Callowhill-Name 1t.
Winebiddle--she will make every year .
leap year.-Judge.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
No 0ffense Mea nt

ANO OTItI1B6 NI6HuC.
1t is hoped thai Great Britain will take
no offence at Chicago for pulling lions
tooth at Lincoln Park. 1t will be OBJ
served that Chicago did not pull the lions
ail.-Chic ago Times Herald
The evening times., 1895-08-19

a success OH it's merits, The Even
ing Times-the great One-cent paper.
The evening times., 1895-08-19

A success ON it's merits! The Even.
ing Times-the great one-cent paper.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
One Supply Cut Off.

A success OH its merits! The Even
Ing Tines-the great One-cent paper.
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A Radical. Correction.

A success on Its, merits. The Even
ing Times-the great One-cent paper.
The evening times., 1895-08-19
He Knew Hts Ngother

a success OH it's merits, The Even
ing Times-tbe great one-cent paper.
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A success ON III hieritx. The Even
ing Times-the great one-cent paper.
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Have you subscribed yet for the
Morning, Evenasg and Sunday Times
at so cents q month?
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LOST AN EAR.

4 success OH Its merits! The Even
Ing Times-the great One-cent paper.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-05
eE0Re1| 9Pu11srs
THEY ND FIRM.
They Will Not Be Absorbed By the
Silver Democrats.
HOW THE PARTY IS GROWING.

(We clip the following extracts
from recent very interesting letter
from Georgia, In the Nonconformist.
ED. REP
Neither Mr.. Crisp nor any member
of Congress from this state dare meet
the average Populist Of Georgia on
the stump on the money question. l
want to say there is no Populist craze
in Georgia, but we'll organized par
ty, steady, strong and with vigorous
growth. For years before we planted
the tree of Populism in this state the
soil was dug deep, fertilized with the
love of country, pulverized with equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none; and she is bringing forth good
fruit. In 1892, four month after ou r
organization, we numbered 10000 by
the count Of the old party. We polled
then $4,000 fair and square. In 1894,
we numbered above 10000 by the
count of the old party. We polled
over 125, 900. Yet with all the intiml-
dations, methods and strategies of
the dying old parties and office hold
ers. il Georgia had her rights under
fair count the Populists would be
holding the reins Of the state today.
Say to the Populists OF the West
that they can count on Georgia doing
her duty, for in this fight for indus
trial freedom we know no East, no
West, no North, no South, but one
common country.
was born and reared in this state.
In 1892 l made speeches in eighty
counties, and in 1894 in thirty cOun-
ties. l have canvassed the state from
the sea-board to the mountain top.
have mixed and mingled with, and
know her people. No truer Populists
live in America. They are broad
gagged, liberal and full of patriotism.
The rank and file of the old parties
are honest, but tired and worn out on
broken promises. No power can chain
them to their seducers. They will
find home with us.
Please assure your readers that the
southern Populists will never flicker
We are the only national party who
are solid on the question Of money,
Neither ex Speaker Crisp, nor all the
combined leaders of Democracy can
induce the Populists of Georgia to re.
turn to it's wallow. We have passed
over, and like the soul that has
winged its way to heaven, we cannot
return to them, but they may come te
us. VIM. l.. PEEK.
Convers. Ga.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-05

SIGNIFICANT
ADMISSIONS OF A REPUBLICAN
PAPER OF LIBERAL TEN
DENCIES
AS to Our American AristOcracy
and Their Designs Against Our
Government.
(From the st. Paul Dispatch.)

Intelligence comes from London,
with some show OF probability. that
Ambassador Bayard intends at the
end of his term to throw off his allegi-
ance as an American and become a
naturalized subject of Great Britain.
It has long been known that a certain
coterie of so-called aristocratic Demo
Gratis, among whom was the late
G Gorge H. Pendleton, were some years
ago in favor Of creating in this coun-
try limited legalized aristocracy
based on wealth and blood, but the
scheme failed because it was discover
ed that the American people. no mat
ter how much demoralized in certain
respects by the great fortunes ac-
cumulated during the Civil War, and
by the enormous speculations in the
years that followed, were still sound
at the core. They are still sound in
that respect and they are as hearty
and sound in real Americanism as at
the foundation OF the government.
There need be no surprise at any re-
ported apparent relapse to aristo-
cratic ideas by any of the Bayard
family. It is matter of history that
the original James A. Hayard, of
Delaware, and the ancestors of Thos.
f. Bayard, the American ambassador
to England, who took an active inter-
est In the formation of the federal
constitution. and was one Of the first
senators in Congress from that state,
though trained to the mercantile
business in Philadelphia before he be-
came statesman. Was noted for his
aristocrat tendencies and the effort he
made to confine American democracy
within every possible limit. He was a
Federal of the Federalists in DO olitics
and concurred with Alexander Hamil-
ton in the opinion that the soundest
and most durable form Of government
for the people of the United States
would be an exact copy of the British
cons titution under which both were
born. If Thomas f. Bayard has any
| aris istocratic proclivities he comes hon
estly by them, through his ancest tors.
If, unlike Lowell, Phelps. Adams and
others of his predecessors, he has i'm
| bibed an un-American feeling and
prediction let the queens govern
ment by all means DECORATE him with
the bite ribbodI and let him stay
I abroad, where real aristOcracy Of
Great Britain wihAstimate him at his
true value as >snob, as they always
| do Americans who cast off the feeling
and impulses of the true American.
Let any others who in this country
cherish the same disposition for snob-
ism take the same course, and our at
mosphere will be clarified by their
| voluntary absence.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-05
HOT SHOT.

We have tried railroad ownership of
the government for long time, The
outcome is not very satisfactory.
Suppose we try government ownership
OF the railroads. s.-Boise (Idaho) Sen
tinel.
Rockefeller declares that before he
dies he wants to be worth $500, ,OOO, ,O0O
How many suicides, murders, and how
much anguish and woe is represented
in that sum?-MankatO, (Minn., Jour-
nal.
The goldites say that free silver
coinage would be imitation Of the cur
rency. But the adoption of the gold
ness of the people by reducing the
is not gold imitation quite as bad as
silver imitation? = Evansville, Und., }
Courier (Dem.)
The Louisville Post says that Sena-
tor Blackburn in that state is running
on one-plank platform, Damn
Cleveland;" and the Kentucky Popu-
list says that more people in Ken
lucky can unite on that platform
than on any other.-Brocton, Mass. }
Diamond.
The Wall street gamblers are or
ganizing Sound Money League" to
educate the people in the beauties of
a single gold standard, but the people
just now are experiencing an object
lesson that teaches volumes about a
single gold standard.-Mt. Pleasant
Mich Times.
The prison and the poorhouse are
the only sorts of paternaliSm the old
parties believe in They drive all the
people to want or crime and then
build prisons and poorhouses where
they may be incarcerated. The
POpulist idea is to make such places
unnecessary, but the Populists are
cranks, you know.-Spokane, (Wash., }
Tribune.
The great Brooklyn bridge forms a
splendid example Of the public owner
ship of public enterprises. We learn
from the New York Voice that the
ifoot-path has been made free: passen-
ger car fare has been reduced to one
half the usual street car rate: the
work hours have been reduced to
eight; better wares are paid than by
private owners who work ten hours,
and still the business is yielding a
good revenue to the cties-Mt. Yer
non, (lll. y progressive farmer.
One Of the reasons why the supreme
court did not sustain the income tax
may be found in the fact that under
it William Waldorf Astor would have
to pay tax OF $17s,OOO; John D.
Rockefeller, $152, 900: Russell Sage
about 500, 900; Jay Gould's estate, $780,
600; Cornelius Vanderbilt, $4,000; w.
H. Vanderbilt, $4,000; Henry w.
Flagler. $6 200; VIM. Rockefeller, $780,
900: John Jacob Astor, $50,UOO; Moses
Taylor, $50, 600; Hettie Green, $50, O,OoO
A total of $905, 600 taxes from eleven
| individuals in one state. Now you
can see why the court reversed the
former decision.-Tom Watson's Pa.
per.
The sale Of alcoholic beverages is
| controlled by the Swiss government
Last year it made over 81 ,0OO, 900 by
this monopoly Saturday Spectator.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-05
PRETTY ROUGH
A Stirring Appeal to the Wage
Farmers of America.

The following article is from the
pen of Helen Williams, and appeared
some years ago-6rst in the Irish
World; then in the Chicago Express,
when she was engaged in writing up
on labor reform:
know the slave-driver, and I know
the slave; and I mean to say that the
slave-driver, selfish as he is, is a gen.
tleman in comparison with the slave.
There is nothing in all the world so
ignoble as the slave.
He is in his true position as slave
so long as he Willingly bears his servi-
tude. He is fit for nothing else.
Why should care that his back is
bent under the burdens of another?
Why should l be distressed at his
wrongs? His wrongs are his just due
so long as he bears them in tame and
cowardly submission.
What would be the wrongs of free
man are for him just deserts.
l mean to speak the truth from this
time on.
/ have coddled the slave, and have
called him man, when l knew there
was no manhood in him. I will do so
no longer.
On the contrary: Hereafter mean
to assert everywhere, and on all prop
er occasions, that he who wears a fet-
ter needs it; tn at he who bears a kick
deserves it!
l wash my hands of spirits that are
so mean and slavish as to take part
in the injustice that is crushing them
down!
Moreover, l say that the bent back
of the toiler-the horny hands, the
coarse distorted features, and the gen.
eral uglinesS that marks him,-are a
confession of his own sins in abetting
the sins Of his master!
desife to speak face to face with
you,-the slave of the nineteenth GEN.
tury; to tell you how l have seen
every effort made by philanthropists
for your benefit fall fruitless to the
ground, because your own base infiu-
ence was against it!
There are labor papers working for
you for whose suppOat you have never
contributed the cost OF a plug of to-
bacco or a drink of whisky!
| have seen more and worse than
this; that you have no respect for any
man but the one that kicks you; and
no regard for any power but that
which tramples you down!
You are the obstacle-the only OBJ
stacle-in the way OF race emancipa-
tion.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-05
NEW WOMAN IDEA SPREADS

''You can't tell where you will find the
new woman next" said the surbanite as
he reached his office and began preparing
for his day of work.
whats the matter now?" asked the
cashier.
advertised for a cook" explained the
suburbanite. you wouldn't expect a
cook to be a new woman would your"
We'll hardly"
"Of course not. Well, the night after
I had advertised the door bell rang and
1 went to the door myself. There stood
rather neatly dressed woman and
Did she want to KIN your politics?"
mo, nothing Of that Sort
did she demand the right to attend
all suffrage conventions?"
Certainly not"
"Well then, what was there remark
able about her?
That's what I'm trying to tell you.
She wanted to know if we'd advertised
for a cooh and told her we had Well,
else on my wheel, SO l thought I'd take
run out here and apply for the posi-
ton"
Did she wear bloomers?" asked the
cashier.
Look here" demanded the suburban
ite do you think I'd have an imita-
ton Turk in my kitchen?"
mot now" admitted the cashier, but
guess we'll have to come to 1t. Think
Of a cook or waitress in boomers"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-05
PROTECTION TO SLAVE owNERH

The stars and stripes as protecting en-
blems for slave owners seems an impos-
sbility, but according to good evidence
1t is SO employed in Morocco. Charles
Fl. Allen, secretary of the British and
have lately received. from trustworthy
source, an intimation that In some Of the
towns in Morocco slave trading is car
ried on by Jewish proteges Of England
and other powers. By the Moorish laws
ing nominally purchased by a Moor fc
his Jewish friend. I have before me-
rather long list of the names Of Z
who are the possessors of slavesp
chased in this manner, and they arao
proteges of one of the powers. not a'w1ae
being under British protection" Id
we'll known that a good many OF the
lawbreakers are under the protection
the United States.