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xos aI,ns- the muddy roads through
po..au bottom. through dense forests
Of ,..cs.n. walnut and oak NJ >euIiy
Vile we were joined by the lndiaf
sheriff. who is eN-o.iicio lord high eN-
ecutio.er-
IL Vas about zen o'clock In the mori'
ing Of our second day out when W.
visited The Indian courthouse ara JAN
n rude log structure built on the style
81 most OF the storehouses ana better
class Of Indian Territory dweliingS-
Levi James. the unfortunate man hcSc
death We were soon 10 witness, w;.s
seated on n l~pch in the building. with
his weeping wife and two little chiicren
Nv his side He was a fuli-oicodeu
Choc,a,y. about a5 wears of age- with a
fair education. He belonged 10 On" OF
the hest families OF the tribe lie had
killed another Indian while drui;H- ana
without cause or Proyocation- lis VIC
tim b@ion-,~. 10 an influential troctaw
family. who Lad prosecuted the cas-
against James very zsalousiy- Efforts
were made for "A communication ~ sen
.ence. hat without success Family ~
fnrns.r might have secured cNerrflf'
c!eln-ncy. bu: under Indian laws ne
rardohin- power Is vested "a tho ciiei
or governor % trite. tine courts aioIlf
having the power 10 impose : penalty
or grant a pardon
After = ntrncc of death had beer
PASSED upon him. &c indian confic'
was rc!csse,! 10 ,on H. own recorrtzanc'
until fc.s days before the time s.
for his death. when he was placed 4
iail 10 prepare himself TO isiret th'- GFea
Spirit. He had made no effort ruTin:
his liberty TO flee tine country or go o.
The scout g dodgin- The officers 81 III
law j. called i'm the Indian Territory
An indian missionary prayed r'Shii
in the jail yith I'll. condemned maj
and then went his way James WI
vas cripple. was assisted into the OPP
woods behind the jail. blanket wa
spread upon the ground. and he took NJ
seat ul,on it. His wife stood near ne
habv IN her arms. and a fonr-ycar-ol
boz nv her side. The cxccu'icner =
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TO WORK FOR HIGHER DUTIES
Prot~ctjonist Manufacturers Combine 70
Restore Mckinley Taxes

rrOt~cttonlst Manufacturers Combine 70
Restore Mckinley Taxes
The National Association OF Manu-
f,c,urerx an organization of protcc-
tIouists who are engaged in mannfac-
turing industries. held its second an
nual convention in Chicago recently.
The meeting was noticeable Tor the
franlxness with which the various
sneakers declared their intention TO
arita;e for higher duties; and for the
evident purpose of the ASSOCIATION 70
combine all the protected interests SO
as to use their influence in favor OF
more protection. Practically. no other
question was considered but that OF
securing legislation by congres . which
would increase the profits of manufac-
turcrs. and. as the members OF the as
ISOLATION are all NcKinleyitcs, their
convention was simply republican
side show. which mad no other purpose
than perfecting plans for raising cor
ruption funds
On the question as to the methods OF
advancing the interests OF the men
who want protection. there was nc
prcteu~ q Of concealment II was openly
advised that the association SHOULD a.
once undertake. to obtain as speedily
a possible such changes In the tarin
a will permit all domestic manufac
lures to earn reasonable profits To-
themselves" reasonable profits beinS
whatever amounts additional tarif
taxes would enable the projected man
ufacturer 10 wiring from the consumers
And the result Of the convention va
that arrangements were made for rails
ing a fund. rumored to be $500. 900
he used for political purposes durin
the coming campaign.
! In view OF this action OF represents
lives OF the interests which bought an
: Maid for the favors Of the McKinle
] bill. there can be no doubt but ths
(. the one great issue in the prcsidenti'
9 contest will be the restoration OF hig
protection. 1t Is evident that q
country Is to be plunged at once I'M
I an agitation for increased duties. an
: that all the power which the grc'
; protected trusts and monopolies ca
:. exert will he brought TO bear on beha
OF the republican candidates. Nor
|. II to he merely I'm educational car
4. paign. Wealthy manufacturers DO y
g contribute large sums merely 70 "
\, for high tariff literature and orator
u They may spend a little on those thin
r rs blind. but the men who are ~
. nishiny the fat for political surpo'
know that the great bulk Of n
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-13
peaplsxIrY or REPUBLICANS.
Mech Presidential Timber Bas - Poor
Quality.

Quality.
just now the republican party IL talk
Ing about the men whom IL Iray nomi-
rate for president. The democratic par
" IL not talking much about the men
whom il may nominate for president,
because il is ia no hurry. The rpuoii-
cans have violently thrust themselves
first into the field. Their convention -
TO meet before that of their opponents.
Nothing II not courteous. the democrats
POLITELY wait for the action OF their es-
tened adyersaries. When the repubii-
cans shall have named their candidates
and shallhaye issued their platform. the
democrats VIII readily discern what
they should do 10 equal or 10 surPass
their opponents. Meanwhile. there IS
not that unity Of choice. that note OF
decision. that iirmness of touch and
that confidence OF feeling among re-
publicaus that should be desirable 10
them
They are not entirely satisfied with
their material. They are saying thar
Speaker Reed. whose intellectual
stature is analogous TO his PHI; steal
altitude, is keeping silence on sil'es
and the currency. They are sas ine
that ex-Goy. Mckinley. who undcnb'ed-
Is possesses the republican heart more
corupietelv than that OF any OF his OPP
ponents. and who. being out OF Office !
embarrassed neither by patronage nor
bv commitments. knows caly one SUB
iec,- namely the tariff. with thorough
inaccuracv. knows that too much ana
knows other great subjects harciE "
all. To be sure. in 1855 Mr.. Mckinney
was willing to be a sister TO SILVER
though marriage was not within nj
;n,en; Rut at tina, time silver wa
everybody's friend and nobody roc
ahead. and it would not do To be To-
critical now OF any statesman on Ina
subject then. The republicans are ais
saving that. while Senator Allison J
eyerybody's third choice, the entir
absence Of YES and no from his politl
cal vocabulary and his ability TO wal
from Des Moines to Washington on TN
key-boaryis of n series OF pianos withou
raising a sound. somehow or other. o.
. fects his eligibility n: such time a
this. The grand old party is also d.
claring that Gov. Morton is too young
that he should serve at least two mol
terms in the governorship before q
{ hiring TO the presidency. and that I
should formally enter the field for lso
and not for 1896. We do not forget TN
Senator Cullo,n is n candidate upon
,. physical resemblance to Abraham IL
coin, and that Senator Davis. OF MI
) nesosa, is candidate on account OF u
2 close race that he is running WI
u Lon Livingstone. OF Atlanta. for Ven
u zuelan appreciation. These candidat.
however. are provisional. and Mr.. ~
Kirley and Gov. Morton. up TO date. o
really the only two men who can
relied on for provisions Gov Mchl
lev would obtain them from the bel
ficiaries Of cxpcctant protection, wh
Gov. Morton. IS the head OF the grt
London banking house OF Morton. ks
& Co. would run like prairie fire
Illinois. Wisconsin. Kansas. Nebras
Iowa. Minnesota California and OF
; places where English financiers arc
y tuaily. ii not correctly. appreciated
brooklyn Eagle
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iec.~d by the sh sriff was an aged In
dian ~ho nal .c,ed in that capacity
for a. wears and had grown gray IN ms
rory work. When he stepped out ia
from, of the man Ia BE- shot and drew
his pis,ol the hcarthroAen wife wcpt as
few Indians ever weep kneeiing D.
sid. h.r condemned husband. she Wa
sc,sn -Ias,rd in hiS arms Tor me 'aS'
time in life. The TWO little children.
without realizing the awful situation
.nl,i~sI and cried most bitterly because
their rsuthcr was weeping. and the nus
hand and father. hose impending tase
lad not moved him and who Indian.
Ike. Hall shown no emotion. was forced
a. rive wax 10 his feelings No long
alir 20 control hsrnscif. his tears min
rled with those ~ MS loved ones. Az
TIL gey spectators cf that scene tn
situation Was one never ~ he tnrgctt' y
ma sh,rifT ws.S finally forced TO tea
the urrpin. wife from the arms Of nc
husband: then. with one last. iingcTinl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-13
The OUTLOOK FOR ST. LOUIS.
Indications That the Republicans Wn
Have Trouble.

II does not require the aid Of the cath
od. RAYS 10 penetrate the wooden wai-s
OF the republican wigwam OF nextJune
at ST. Louis and TO anticipate the events
that will take place in the forthcoming
convention.
Tn, i.urudcnt assurance Of Eoodler
QUAY that he will allow his name -
30 before the convention is a challenge
TO al, the other favorite sons TO compete
for the empty honor Of having their
names presented :.
The Lincoln Gay enthusiasm for NC
Einley indicates that the masses o:
~he republican party look on the Ohio
representative of protection - the log
ical candidate of the party.
The oppressive silence maintained ov
ambitious aspirants on the financial
question gives US assurance that tn
grand old party IL prepared now. a.
formerly. to maintain judicious nm
partiality between the opposing and
jrreconcilnblc antagonism OF finance
In other words. the indications at th''
present date are that the republican
party will refuse TO declare itself o.
TIE financial question. on which eva
sion Is futile, while on the tariff cues
tion II viii cling to the rcpudiatcd an'
t.iscredi.cd protection Of McKinleyisn
II will I've hard for the democrau
parry TO do worse.--N. y. World
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-13
- Low TARIFF woEkrxeMAS.
ANOTHER ABSURDiTY.
Vhv should Hop Growers Need Isrsn o.
Their Products:


Their Products:
There were exported to Engiano
from san Francisco on one snip re-
Gently 80. 900 pounds of hops In dis
match from that city this Is called
novel shipment" and IL is explained
that more hops are grown in Caiifornie
than can be used there But for some
Years past considerable quantities OK
hons have been exported from San
Francisco. -.
The exports OF hops from the fac'ne
coast are. however. but small part %
the quantity exported from the entire
country. There were shipped abroad
II. o.5 pounds in 1894 and l',5.5,sss
mounds in 1896. About nearly all OF
this great quantity was shipped from
the port Of New York. and nine-tenths
OF the cargoes wers sold in England.
Almost one-hal. of the American
crop of hops has been exported ana
sold abroad for some years past, the
greater part OF the sales having been
made in England, in open competition
with the hops Of Germany and the
! other hop growing countries OF the
world.
Still. there is a demand here. stimu-
lated by republican demagogues. for .
hisher tariff duty on European hop&
Manv farmers in the east and on the
Pacific coast, who appear to know
: nothing about this great export trade
and the meaning OF it, have been IN.
: duced by republican and high tarin
: organizations to call for higher duty
Z and to complain about the duty now
:, in force. The treasury reports show
however, that while the Mckinley
!. duty was equivalent TO &c. ID per cent
:. in 1894, the present duty was equal u
!. A. 81 per cent. last year :.
:. But why should there be any tall
~ about duty on imported hops In
country where a great crop is grow
- and from which nearly one-half OF tn
= crop is exported to Europe and sol
- there? II the hop growers OF IN
Z" United States can sell Il, 900, 600 porns
N in Europe, meeting foreign hop grow
ers there on even terms. without an
protection whatever. il is nonsense
a. pretend that they cannot more easi
undersell these foreign hop growe'
- here at home, either with or witho'
a; the tariff protection Of the presei
=. lawn y. Times
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m.KINLEY's FOLLOWERS.
gawp and Cproar Accompany the Napo-
leon 81 Protection.


There is one tendency among the
followers OF that cathode ray Of pro
tection and high tariff William Nchin-
Icy which, is not calculated 10 assis-
that gentlemen into the good fraccs
OF those people who are not wildly en-
over methods by which for
r,-acrs are induced TO pay cur taxes
and that is tendency To yawp.
At every possible occasion the chuo-
bv figure of Mai. Mckinley Is paraded
before the public and everyone is sS-
p.c,ed to 90 wild and fall to thinking
Of Napoleon. Mckinley was brought
To Chicago. He came ostensibly 10
make a speech on Abraham Lincoln
Instead. however. Of being treated as
one coming on such mission ordinari-
IL would be. his friends accorded him
,auch the same attention as an advance
cent bcstows upon the $1,000 beauty.
Ills advent was hcraidcd and his ar
rival was the signal for a series q
,,arades and continued uproar o.
yawping. There is something IN the
energetic frenzy mo which Mr. Nc
kinley's followers lasn themselves ns
.o,n as his frock coat. s!rapcd Ia Herr,
CLAY. looms On the scene that can ONLY
be compared To the excitement OF
band of bowling dcrvishcs on the up
proach of their pet god
The barking. braying and batting Q
the Blaine lunatic Of some years az
was bad enough. but the case OF the Nc
KinIev maniac is even worse. Tor WIT
him there is in addition a tendency =
fro,h az the mouth--Chicago New
.
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Arguing in favor Of the cnactmens
into law Of the Dinyley tariff bill the
Ne,. York Tribune says: with atarin
passed which would add e LARGE FER
ccntare to duties on nearly ail im-
r5rted goods and especially wool.
woolcns and lumber. better prices ana
LARGER transactions would he cncour'
arcd." Bv "beticr prices the Tribune
means higher prices. for in the sans
editorial IL complains that prices ~
Foods are now 40 low
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TWO INDIAN EXECUTIONS.
Both Of the Men Kept Their Word
TO Como and Die

-VEEAL years ago
i attended an exc
cu,ion inthcChoe
tav Nation ~
miles from Fort
smith. Ark \ de-
scription VII give
an idea of how the
work is ordinarily
done. Ii was a
cold. dreary De-
cenber day when
we left for For .
smith Our wa
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Mckinley. in his Marquette ciu'
s,ecch. said he could not tell what the
schedules and rates Of the next repuL-
lean tariff will be. but declared
shcy will he adequate to protect
the country from the invasion OF It's
markets BY oriental products Great
heavens. Do the vpublicans intend %
build q "Chinese walF arouno sne
country? Are they going to nx 'arih
rates SO that the people viii have to
continue 70 pay si00 for high grade
h;cxcles that can be made at profit
for SEQ. and that can be imported from
Japau and sold nt that price? Are
they roin. to pile up tariff taAes until
none but the rich can indulge In the
comforts OF life? That is Mckinley.
,sm rs illustrated BY his rohber 'ariii
law and as reiterated in his Marquette
rlub sreech.-l.linois State Register.
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The ai republican members OF

congress from rcnnsyl, mia VINO nav
formally assured senator Quay ~ Their
sunport OF his presidential cand.ia'uFr
comprise the entire republican rois.rss-
s;ona, deleration froin that state iney
ray be said 10 have unanimously W.T..
,h.r,yr;,es down as Senator Quay .
,;,,ls bubs.--Eos;on Herald.
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The impotence Oi TINS rcpuoiSaI
congress Is clearly demonstrated D.
fore Il has been three months in ses'
sion II entered upon its term OF serv
ice with matters Of serious public I'M
yort ceruaraing attention. These mat
tcrs were presented for is considera'
ton by tie president Tfcn congress
took cognizancc OF them in its own way,
and the result TO date Is no action Of
any kind. but n middle and antngonisIr
which promise nothing for tho future
Boston Post
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NO BEER TAX
uclp the Rich Brewers hut Tax tsse Poos
Fnrmers.


In the brief debate which was per-
mit,cd before the republican tariff Dill
was rushed through the house OF rep
resentatives. Mr.. Turner. OF Georgia.
scored a knock down when he asked
the advocates OF the measure why u
hey wanted to increase the revenue.
they did not simply increase the tax ON
beer one dollar barrel instead OF IN.
creasing the tax on several thousand
articles Of necessity. There was no re-
plv to this. for there could bc none.
An additional tax of one dollar a bar
rel on beer would raise fully $50. oOO.'
600 and there could lie mo tax easier %
bear. Instead Of raising $50. COO. 90 On
beer the republican party proposes 10
levy n tax on wool and to increase tho
cost OF clothing and other necessaries
~ life. What makes MIR. Turner point
all the stronger is the fact that tho
brewers doing business in Chicago. nos
only those located in the city but like
wise all having agencies located there.
have combined to raise the price OF
beer one dollar a barrel. The shrewd
brewers have concluded to appropri-
ate the money which could have oeen
raised by internal revenue tax tnas
would have been felt by nobody
When it comes to- an additional tax
on beer or on wool there Is no doubt
which the people Of the United States
will prefer. Mr.. Turner exposed the
outrageousness Of the republican tar'n
bill in a way which did not fail 10 Inn
...s t,,. countrv.-Atlanta Journal
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What reason is there for supposir&
that the country wants more protccs
tiou? The defeat of democratic con.
Uress,nen in 1894 was mainly = con-
demnation Of their party for not car y
out more quickly and completely the
platform on which they were elected
Have the republicans forgotten the
sole reason why they were swept out
OF congress in 1890. and again over
whelmingly defeated in lsy2? was u
not because they had enacted tnss
tariff Of denominations. the Nc kinney
law? There was nc other national i.
she hut tina. between free trade and
lower taxes, and trade prohibition and
high taxation The popular verdict
was everywhere in favor OF tariff 70
form. II the protectionisss have for
gotten these things, the people have
not Exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-04

If the District Commissioners make a
favorable report upon Senate bill 2940 there
does not appear to be any reason why that
or some similar measure should not be
some law. The bill aims to secure uni
fCTnity in the names of streets and roads
III the District. AS things now are the
system of nomenclature is weak, with
mary conspicuous breakdowns as evidence
of necessity for reform. This matter has
been discussed in times past and now
makes temperance through the activity
of the Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton. the territory in which that associa-
ton is most interested being afflicted with
a most confusing state of affairs as to
street omenclature. Columbia Heights
however, has TO monopoly of single high
ways bearing two three names, nor is
the evil of duplicate titles confined TO any
one section of the city. Then there is
room for amendment in the naming of
alleys; alley-titles are rarely euphonious,
are frequently vulgar or ridiculous and
Eeyer indicate the quarter of the city in
which the alleys are. The passage of this
bill ought to be easy; the measure does not
call for any appropriation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-04

The advertising record of The Star was
broken on Saturday, when it printed sew
enty-seven and half columns of fresh
live business advertisements. There have
of course been times when greater amount
than this has been carried in a single issue
or series of issues-for example when tax
list or something like that may be in course
OF publication: but never in the history of
the paper has the ordinary every day busi-
ness advertising patronage exceeded the
space covered on Saturday. To merely say
that such a showing is creditable as it
Is gratifying to the paper does not ade-
quately express the situation. 1t marks an
Improvement in the general business stua-
ton in as significant manner as it testlfies
to the esteem in which The Star is held as
newspaper and advertising medium by
the business interests of the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-04

of population is moving towards the west
and declaring that the national capital
should be moved westward in order to be
Eearer that center. There might have
been some ground for the demand for the
removal of the national capital when the
city of Washington was a struggling viii
lage with unpaved streets, disease breed
ing swamps and none OF the attributes of a
modern community, but these grounds dis
appeared when Gov. Shepherd came to
the surface of affairs here and started the
capital upon the career of progressive de-
velopment which has metamorphosed it
into city excelled by none and equalled
by few of the capitals of the world. The
city thus transformed has become the pride
Of every intelligent American outside Of
one st. Louis newspaper sanctum. Its
perpetuity as the seat of national govern
ment is as much assured as the movement
of the planets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-04
Science I'm Washington.
From the Alexandria Gazette.

FROM the Alcxanurla GaZette.
Scientific work Is great thing, to be
sure. but 1t does not compare with that of
common sense, for practical purposes. The
object of the expense of the new ter
race of the Capitol at Washington was
to improve the proportion between the i'm
mense dome ana the squatty building, but
he accomplishment of that object was
prevented by making the steps, constitut-
ing nearly the whole of it's 'front.' Of dark
colored slate, and. stranger still. by plant
ing trees on the top of it, the absurdity of
the latter being apparent that they
were removed at once. When the improve
ment of the Potomac flats, in front of
Washington, was commenced, practical en-
-gineers said the ground to be reclaimed
should be surrounded by row Of piles,
driven close together, and rip raped on
the inside. But scientific engineers did the
rip rap work without piles, the conse-
Quence being that the bottom of the new
ground, being made of silt, Is constantly
forcing its way back into the channel I'M
der the rocks, and has to be dredged out
every year or two. An enormous sum of
money has been expended In the cree ton
of new ''fire-proof'' post office building
in Washington. but when the walls. com.
posed solely of stone and iron, were COM
pleted, the scientific architects put an i'm
mense roof on 1t composed of pine wood
Science Is great. and it's abiding place is
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-04
The Campaign Button.

Though gay Is the blossom that sways on
the bough.
AS the wind coyly sweeps DER the plain,
More brilliant by far are the buttons Just
now
That shine in the summer campaign.
And they come by the bushel, the peck or
the quart,
Each bran being shown as the best;
The candidates glad to supply the best
sort
And the voter will please do the rest.
But. just as the bud which once promised so
well
Fades away ere Its season is past,
Some of these must be torn from the public
lapel
And into oblivion be cast,
And the crowds may be gay. and the brass
band may play.
But a sadness will stir in your breast
AS you think of the pathos at some future
day
OF the button that never was pressed.