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The advocate., 1895-07-03

others viii bIuster, bat sll, or nearly
all viii vote the ticket"
UnquesAionabIy. Party idolatOrs
and slaves after being ''muzzled"
and ''Orushed" will do as they always
have done--vote her straight. It is
SAID that FOOLS will learn in no school
but the school Of experience, but
there are fools who are such Internal
idiots that they will not even learn in
the school of experience.
The advocate., 1895-07-03

In his speech 10 Che g. A. R. ab Ottawa,
Attorney General Dawes gave q splendid
exhibition Of how q man whom the people
expect 10 be big can turn out small when
confronted with the sxigenOies Of great
oOCasion.-FoEt Scott Monitor, June 26.
The only big thing about Dawes
is his estimation Of hlmself, and no
one who ever saw him could seri-
Ously regard hum as competent to
meet the exigencies of any great oO-
cssion. He is the smallest man ever
elected attorney general of the state,
and several intellectual Lilliputians
have proceeded him.
The advocate., 1895-07-03
A PAIR OF THEM.

California dispatches announce that
two former federal ofice-holders are
in trouble on account OF neglect to
make proper returns to the govern.
ment of money received by them.
One of these sx-ofiCials was post
master under Olevsland's sdministra-
tion, and the other was internal
revenue collector under President
Harrison. II California can muster
enough of this KIND Of men, they
might redeem the state.
The advocate., 1895-07-03

Nh. ATTORNEY GHNHRAL DAVIS has con-
Oluded that he viii not prosecute DR..
Pitcher. Dawes has thus proved himself TO
be one Of the most suoOessful buffers Of the
state administration. Journal,
June 25.
And the whole Eedeemer outfit have
proved themselves q set Of consum-
mate asses. They don't dare prose-
cute DR.. Pitcher, and they and every
body alss know i.
The advocate., 1895-07-03

"AS 0VOpVO VI AOA00s NAOOPOA" @NN'
1858, SD Cong, 1st Sess.) Behind
these perfdious surveyor generals
there was, Of course, an "undue inau-
ence,', which, the law says, is bribery.
STEVE ELKINs.
Was Steve Elkins any better than
q surveyor general? When delegate
to congress from New Mexico, with
evidently the sole mission of popping
through to confirmation" Mexican
grants in the Texas cession as ''good
and valid grants" located in territory
ceded by the treaty, Steve Elkins had
this to say:
"In the administration of human
affairs you must employ human agents
and trust them. Your distrust must
stop somewhere. You cannot presume
fraud against officers in the discharge
of their duties and proceed to found
an argument on that presumption as
the gentleman from Texas Judge
Resgsnl does. The proposition I sub
NIT in this case is that you are bound
by the action of the surveyor general
unless it can be shown that he has
acted frsudulently or made a mistake.
Everyone of these grants [ffty-fourl
has been made in conformity to law
by Spain or Mexico" Congressional
Record, House, February 9, 1877, p.
l401.)
If, as Mr.. Elklns says, tour distrust
must stop somewhere" where, then,
shall it stop2 1t cannot stop, as we
have seen, with the surveyor generals
of New Mexico. Can our distrust stop
with Congressman ElkinsP Let us
see. Take, for illustration, one of the
ffty-fve grants that Elkins was en-
desvoring to have congress confirm
the "Uno de Cato grant, located in
the Texas cession, and set down in the
list as grant containing 1850" acres.
This "Uno de Cato grant was not
confirmed, but Elkins had the United
States survey it by its boundaries and
grant, which proved to bel bogus grant,
it then contained 600, 900 acres, and this
Elkins sold to Senator Dorsey for q
valuable consideration. Is congress
man to be trusted who joins with a
surveyor general in representing to
congress a 600,0O0-acre grant in the
Texas cession as grant of $3.50"
scresP Is congressman to be trusted
who was personally interested in hsV.
ing bogus grant confirmed by trick
and fraud that he might sell it in good
shape to Senator Dorsey? Is a con-
gresham to be trusted who endeaV-
Ored as a congressman, to pop through
to confirmation by the wholesale bogus
Spanish and Mexican grants in the
Texas cession as "good and valid
grants under the treaty of Guadalupe
HidslgoW o. MCMAINs.
StoneWall, Colo.
The advocate., 1895-07-03

Mr.. Gibson, Washington correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Press, went up
into the West Virginia mountains
and communed with Stephen B. Elkins
in his magnificent mountain residence.
Mr.. Elkins, who is a United States
senator-elect, predicts that the nat
ionsl republican convention of 1896
will adopt currency resolution similar
to the republican declaration of 1892.
This is quite probable. 1t is also quite
probable the national democratic con-
Vention of 1896 will renew the cur
rency declaration put forth by the
Chicago convention of 1892. There is
no reason to doubt that the currency
plsnks of the platform of the two
leading parties next year will differ
materially. = Buffalo Express, June
%, 1895.
The advocate., 1895-07-03
TEE TEXAS SESSION.
The Best Part Of 81 Million Acres Of the Pub
llC Domain Stolen from Uncle Sam Under
the GuiSe Of Bogus Spanish and
Mexican GPRMtg.

the Guise Of Bogus Spanish and
Mexican Grants.
EDITOR ADVOCATE I'm Consldera-
tion Of the sum Of 10 million dollars
the state Of Texas, on September
10, 1850, ceded to the United
States about 81 million acres Of
land east of the Rio Grande;
and the land so ceded was made a part
Of the territory Of New Mexico west of
the Rio Grsnde, ceded to this country
by the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidslgo, Of
February 2, 1848.
PUBLIC LAND THIEVES,
There have been in the territory of
New Mexico, since its acquisition,
smart men-coming statesmen-who
had keen perception of the shortcut
to wealth; men who would not hesitate
to steal, if they could, the Texas ces-
sion. Finding they could, they stole it.
The plan was this: "The Texas cession
must be stolen under the guise of
Spanish and Mexican grants. It must
not leak out, however, that these
grants are located in the Texas cession.
That would never do. 1t would be
easy to show that, as Texas grants,
they were frauds. The said cessiOn,
then, must necessarily be stolen under
the guise Of Spanish and Mexican
grants located in the territory of New
Mexico ceded by the treaty of Guads-
lupe HidslgO and therefore good and
valid grants under that treaty"
CONGRESS FORGETs.
In order to accomplish the steal 1t
was absolutely necessary that congress
should forget. Four years after the
Texas cession of 1850 that honorable
body created the Office of surveyor
general of New Mexico; and four years
subsequent to this event, the first list
of alleged Mexican grants located in
the Texas cessions, of which the Max
well grant was one, was sent by the
surveyor general to congress for con-
frmstion, with the bold, bald false
hood that the said alleged grants were
located in the territory of New Mexico
ceded by the treaty, Several years
having thus elapsed, congress, sure
enough, forgot that it had purchased
from Texas, for 10 million dollars, that
portion Of the territory Of New Mexico
east Of the Rio Grande. Ahl if con.
gress had not forgotten; if that honor
able body, calling to mind the Texas
cession, had made due investigation,
and had ascertained the fact that the
said alleged grants were located in the
said cession, how much better it would
have been for the United States and
for the pioneer seekers of, and settlers
upon, its public dOmainP
CORRUPT SURVEYOR GENERALS.
The first surveyor general of New
Mexico did not forget. His name was
William Pelham. He was Texan.
Pelham well knew that he was con.
tributing his official might to defrsud
the United States Of its public domain
when he represented to congress that
alleged Mexican grants In the Texas
cession were "good and valid grants"
located in the territory Of New Mex
leo ceded by the treaty. But Pelham
is not alone in making the public Office
of surveyor general Of New Mexico a
The advocate., 1895-07-03

Get up q club Tor the ADVOCATE and
gst copy frs@
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
He Denied the Call.

An English army officer tells an amusing story Of an incident that oc- cured at Maidstone many years ago, i'll the time of the old cavalry depot. On certain very foggy night there was a complete silence, broken only by the voices of tho sentries who, at regular intervals, passed the usual word down the line. The officer woke up just as tho usual watch was passing, and this was what he heard: First sentry, "No. 1, and all's- well" Then there was silence for moment, and a voice called into the darkness, "No. 8, and all's well, and No. 2's asleep!' Before No. could take up tho thread of the pro- cecdin|' :: voice in which more than a suspici,.! u% slumbor remained cried hurried, ">,''o. ?, and all's well, and Mo- 3'a :, - p
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24

Mike Williams lived ill frontier set clement and knew very little about law, but his neighbors, having confidence in his sense of justice, elected him justice of the peace. Several horses had disap- peared from that neighborhood, for the stealing of which no one had been pun ished, and Judge Williams, as he was proud to be called, was heard to remark, shortly after entering upon the duties of his office, "Now let thim thaves be caught, and Oi'n see that they gets their deserts."
 Some months later man, accused of having stolen two horses, was taken before Justice Mike for preliminary hearing. After listening to the evidence and argument the justice was convinced of the mans guilt and sentenced him offhand to the penitentiary for two years.
 "But, your honor," began the attor- ney for the defendant, "this is only the preliminary trial, and you cannot''-
 "Oi cannot, ye say? We'll, Oi does, |" said the judge, not giving the lawyer time to finish his objection. "Oi find the defendant guiley and sintince him IO IIlS pluIteu1IdIS TUT t"o ySdIS'
 "You must at least allow my client the privilege of an appeal"
 "Oi allow no appale. What am Oi judge for if Oi can't punish thafe whin Oi foind him? No, sor; no aD- pale in this court!''
 It is impossible to tell what the re- suit might have been had not the prose- cutting attorney come to the rescue and convinced Mike that it would be better to remand the prisoner for trial before the district court.
 After remaining in jail eight months the accused was duly convicted and sen- fenced to the penitentiary for three years.
 Mike thought he was certainly vim dicated when he heard the news.
 "Just think, ' said he. That idiot might have gone up for two years and had third of his time served now I''- Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24

THE appellate court of Indiana held, in the recent case of the Chicago & Erie Rail way company vs Zimmerman, that a gen. sral allegation that the appellant negligent ly ran its engines over the right of way near appellees farm, and that it had carelessly and negligently suffered sparks of fire to escape from it's engines, which were not provided with proper spark arresters, was not in such corfllct with the answers to the interrogatories and the verdict as canuot be reconcilable; that in the absence of the interrogatories and answers thereto, the general verdict including finding that the engines were not provided with suitable spark arresters, the finding that there was no evidence that such engines were so equipped, and no reliable evidence that the arresters were in good condition, was not in conflict with the implied finding of the general verdict. but strongly supported it, and that in an action for damages on sc- count of fire alleged to have been caused by negligence, it was not necessary that the facts found should be limited to a single act of negligence.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
TRAINED CATS.
3Tae Feats a Snowman In England Nal
 Taught Them to Do.

3TAe Feats Q Snowman In England Mas Taught Them to Do. A snowman ill England, Clarke by
 name, has succeeded ill training large
 number of cats to perform remarkable tricks. Ono of these is to walk over a
 long line of living rats, mice and ca
 naries, stepping very carefully between the fluttcring little bodies of birds and
 mice and harming none of them. An
 other cat climbs by rope to the roof,
 seizes the handle of a parachute and de- scends by it to the ground from a con-
 siderable height
 MT. Clarke repeats what is we'll
 known-that the cat is the most difficult | of animals to train to the performance
 of tricks. He has trained bears, lions, leOpardS, tigers and other wild animals
 and finds thcm teachable and submissive
 when compared with cats. The cat in- dced can never be so far conquered that
 her performances may be depended on
 Mr. Clarke'S entertainment includes | only 80 trained cats, but he has to take with him 60, in order that he may have substitutes for those that will not per form
 He calls the cat ''hopeless bundle
 of scnsibilitics. Strike her once, though
 only by accident, and she will never
 perform again. Kindness is not only
 polite, but absolutely necessary. Some
 of his cats it took him four years of ceaseless effort to train.
 Mir. Clarke's cats are extremely fond of him. When he enters his "cat sta | ble, " the moving is prodigous, and he
 is instantly buried ill moving mantle
 of cats
 The difficulty in the cats training
 does not lio ill the animals intelligence, but ill her disposition. She is as clever | ill her tricks, if she likes to do them, as a dog, but she does not wish to subor- dinate her will to that of any living creature. She does what she wants to
 do only and will perform, if she perform
 at all, only to please herself Those that have seen cats engaged in
 hoxing matches will not be surprised to l. learn that Mir. Clarke has succeeded in training two cats to box very scien- tifically.
 Tho animals that walk over tho chains
 of rats, mice and canaries without l touching them are only six in number. | Any of the others would help themselves | to thcSc appetizinG creatures without Compuncti0ns. These six were brought
 up from their earliest infancy ill cages
 with rats, mice and birds and live with them constantly. y.-YOuth's Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
THE CASE oF WALLER. R
It Is Believed That France VIII Make .
 Response Soon.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Officials of the state department were gratified to learn that Ambassador Eustis had made move in the matter of ex- Consul Waller and had carried out a portion of the instructions which have been sent him. The depart ment has felt that it's efforts in this case have not been as ably seconded at Paris as they might have been and Ambassador Eustis explains in his dispatch that the delay has been due to the absence of the minister of foreign affairs.
 The department believes that within a few days the French government will make some response to the requests made for the papers in the case of Mir. Waller. It is recognized at the department that the French government is not only slow, but that the French people are inclined to be nettled at the course pursued by the Americans, as shown in the resentment felt because the commander of the Castine had failed to salute the French at Tama- tave.
 It is thought that much may be mado of this incident by the French in order to still further delay the settlement of the Waller case, but it is probable that the United States authorities will not allow the two things to be coupled, but will in- sist that the Waller case must be consid- cred solely on its own merits
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24

HOODS PILLS cure Liver IIIs, Btl1Ousnessp Indlgestions Headache. A reSasant IaxatSve. All DruGRfsta.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
Weather Forecaa,

Generally fair, south to southwest winds
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
JUST WAIT UNTIL 1896!
Then Spain Is Going to Crush Out the Gu
 ban Rebellion.

Then Spain 1s Going to Crush Out the Cue
 ban Rebellion.
 MADRID, Aug. 24.-The semiofflcial Fl Nacional says that the government has decided to dispatch 100, 900 men and all the ships necessary to blockade the island of Cuba and crush the rebellion during the first months of 1896. az
 General Salcedo has arrived at Corunna. He states that it is only question of time and weather when Captain Martinez Campos will "sweep the rebels into the sea-"
 In regard to the news that Estrada and other Cuban insurgent leaders are allowed to hold meeting in a Forester hall, with the flag of the Cuban republic flying alongside the stars and stripes, caluminat- ing Spain, her army and Cuba, collecting money and recruiting men for rebellion, <" as announced in a dispatch received here, The Imparcial says:
 ''1f the government of the United States continues to authorize such meetings, in which Spain and her army are insulted and funds collected for expeditions against us, our course is clear, and Europe shall be made acquainted with how the United States understand their international ob legations. Deeds and not words, acts and not promises are what we want Let us sacrifice everything rather than the honor
 
 extreme disasters, if such is our lot, but let us not either be deceived or degraded by any weakness"
 HAVANA, Aug. 24.-Maximo Gomez, the insurgent leader, it is stated, has is- sued a proclamation sentencing a number of well known persons to death.
 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.-News has been received in this city that a complete government has been formed by the Gu ban insurgents at Najasa by conference of the delegates from all five of the prov inces on the island. The conference was presided over by General Macco. A con stitution was adopted, which provides for five states in Cuba, each to have charge of its local affairs under local governor. The general government of the island will be vested in a president and cabinet and two houses similar to those of this coun- try. Najasa will be the capital.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
BOSTON STRIKERS WIN.
They Are Consequently JubiIant Over Their
 Signal Victory.

They Are Consequently Jubflant Over Their
 Signal Victory.
 BOSTON, Aug. 24.-The backbone of the garment workers strike seems broken, all but eight of the contractors having signed the agreement and given real estate bonds to keep 1t. At a meeting of the Clothing Trades council last night it was decided that all the remaining contractors who had not signed the schedule by to- night would have to pay full wages to their employees that remained idle after next Monday.
 The council also decided that the appli- cations of the union contractors for more help would be filled by the employees from the factories of those contractors who had not signed the schedule.
 The strikers are jubilant over the out come of the strike and are now proposing to increase the weekly dues to establish such strike fund that the contractors will hesitate before again causing a con flict between the union and themselves A meeting of the contractors was sched- uled for last night but owing to such a large number of the members signing the contract and agreeing to the unions de- mands the meeting fell through.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
The Duke of Works Baby.

There iS u report that the Duke of York $ baby is deaf and dumb, but ev- srybndy will hope that it is not true, and that the royal suckling will talk and hear as well as anybody when the time comes. If not, the disability will not be without its allcviations Only few of his line hay" said anything good or heard anything good of themselves in six generations. One of his succession earned this cpitaph, which he may de- serve whether he talks or not:
 Here lies Prince Fred,
 Who was alive and is dead.
 Had it been his father
 1 had much rather
 Had it been his brother
 Sooner than the other.
 Had it been his sister
 There's no one would have missed her. Had it been his whole generation
 All the better for the nation.
 But as it's only Fred,
 Who was alive and is dead
 There is nothing to be said.
 New York Tribune
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
The NIethodIsts In Politics,

CLEvELAND, Aug. 24.-An important circular, signed by every presiding elder of the Methodist church in Ohio, has been sent to the members of that denomination throughout the state. It calls for united po- litical action on the part of all Methodists in an effort to elect to the next legislature as many members as possible who will fight the saloons. The circular states that special services" will be called for by the elders in this connection in every Methodist church in Ohio.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
Hall Preparing His Defense.

ALBANY, Aug. a4.-The investigation into the affairs of the state board of re- gents will probably go over for few weeks longer. Professor Hall of the state geological department is preparing a de- nial of the charges made against him by Professor Dewey of the regents. and the directors of the Museum of Natural His tory, New York, and tho national history department of the University of Pennsyl- vania will be summoned as witnesses to deny the charges that Professor Hall sold state collections to them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
Boston Ready to Nab Crooks.

BOSTON, Aug. 24.-Every possible pre- caution to protect visitors and citizens during the coming conclave week of the Knights Templar is being taken by the authorities here. The detective force has been augmented by pressing into the serv- ice the liquor squad and state police and by the presence of detectives from the principal cities of the United States. Every avenue of ingress is being carefully watched, and orders have been given that all suspicious characters be arrested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
A Trick of the Huntsman

During q visit to Montana a promi- nent Chicago gentleman went with a party just starting for grand "hunt for big game ill the Yellowstone re- zion. He remarked to the leader, "You cannot hunt in Yellowstone park. " "Oh, no, said the leader. "We go outside the limits of the park, aud if the game won't come to use we know how to manage to make it come. " Such excursions are not uncommon, and it will not be strange if hungry Indians should occasionally initiate their white brethren. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
Hue 9eeo1ncrat,
O. and M. n. MALONEY. Pup11sHnns.

THERE appears to be an excess of almost everything edible this year. The corn crop is enormous beyond ali precedent. In New Orleans they have more molasses than they know what to do with; in San Francisco fruit is in such plenty that people cannot be found to take it as a gift. Oantaloupe melons are in such profusion that the fin est quality goes a-begging at ten cents a bushel basket, and they are disposed of by throwing them into the water. In Georgia grapes are in excess of all demand for them and rot on the growers hands. In Florida fruit of every kind is going to waste, so tremendous is the yield. In the meantime Waterbury plys as much as ever for fruit
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
Those Philadelphia Delegates.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.-Forty-two of the 70 delegates recently elected to the Republican state convention have signed Q pledge to support the administration. Of the remainder the Hastings branch of the party claims 13. On the other hand, the Quayites declare that theso figures arc incorrect, and that of the absentees tho opposing faction can depend absolutely on only five or six, the others being pledged to the support of Quay.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
Treacle.

Tho word tre&clo has undergone an odd modification. At first it was applied to such decoctions of roots or other sub stances as were deemed beneficial in medical practice. Then, as these were frequently sWcctCned, it came to mean any sweet cOncOctiOn or cOnfection, and lastly, as molasses was the sweetest of all, this name was exclusively. applied tO SiruD
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-24
The Small Brother Asain.

MT. Courtney (flatteringly)-I had tho blues when I came here tonight, Miss Fisher, but they arc all gone now. You are as good as medicine.
 Miss Fishers Little Brothcr-Yes 1; father himself says she I'll be a drug in the market if she doeSh't catch on to some fellow soon. n.-Philadelphia Times.