The advocate., 1896-12-16

outlaw after the 4th Of March.
The New York Herald has compiled the
Presidential vote with the following result:
Mckinley 7,122, ,724, Bryan 6,408, 1857, Palmer
1876, ,O37, lowering 125, ,4s3, Mstchett 16,O16,
Bentley 9,665. This makes McKinley's
popular plurality 6s3,S67, and his majority
S47, 1855.
The report Of Attorney General Harmon
shows that the change from the fee to the
salary system in the case of Federal court
employees will result In a saving Of about
81, 100000. A proportlonste saving would
be made II the change were made to apply
to all offices.
John Lind, who was the Populist csndi-
date for Governor Of Minnesota has sued
the St. Paul Evening Dispatch for $4,000
for libel. 1t was alleged that Mr.. Lind
was attending different church entertain
ments during the campaign and protesting
to believe in the doctrine Of each.
The report Of the Chief of the Life Saw
luk SGENlCG OnOWb budD AuALnB JuC yCGA
ending June 80 last 695 lives were saved by
that department. The cost Of maintaining
the service was 81, 400 900, and in addition
to the lives saved, property aggregating
$40, ,OOO,O 600 in value was also saved.
w. E. Kidd of the Dakota Ruralist was
sent to jail a year or two ago for libel, he
having exposed the corruption of the Re-
publican Governor of the State. He was
this year elected Representative. The in
dorsement thus given by his home people
indicates that he was in the right in his
trouble.
The Civil Service Reform League re-
Gently net at Philadelphia. 1t is supposed
to beanon-partisan organization, but strong
pressure was brought to bear to adopt
resolution setting forth that the defeat Of
the Democrat party was source Of graft
fcation. Better counsel prevailed and the
resolution was stricken out.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
charges individuals 81 to send message Of
ten words 1900 miles. 1t sends the same
message for the government for 20 cents
This company is not in the habit of giving
things away, so 1t is presumsble that it
makes money on the government business.
In that case it is no wonder it's dividends
are very large.
Ex-Governor Boies Of Iowa says that
l6 to / Is no longer the issue, but "the
broader question whether the nation is to
be tied to gold standard and receive its
paper currency through the instrumentality
and at the will Of private corporations, or
have for It's use National currency based
on gold and silver alike andIcOntrolled by
the government instead Of by syndloates
and corporations"
Jesse Sherwood Of the firm Of Greer,
Mills & Co., Chicago, is an ardent admirer
OF w. j. Bryan. He was delegate to the
Chicago convention and was one Of the
first of the Illinois delegation to discover
that Bryan would capture the nomination.
He listened attentively to that wonderful
address, and when 1t was completed, turned
to the forty-ave Illinois delegates and re-
marked, There's your candidate" Mr..
Sherwood is we'll and favorably known as
an old.fashioned Jeffersonisn Democrat
Missouri World. zone Of the most i'm
portant duties for the active Populists to
Perform just now is, in our opinion, to see
that every Populist takes a Populist
paper. The mixed condition Of af-
fairs during the recent campaign rem
ders this necessary. II they take Pop
ulist paper they viii see that the fight is to
go right on. We suggest that those who
have done such noble work in getting up