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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

and in many scenes it reaches the level Of
legitimate light comedy. 1t is DEITY con-
structed; the lines are snappy and sharp;
the wit pointed. and the situations logical,
IL trifle extravagant.
Funniest scenes of all are the ones where
the uniform is worn for the sake of a
drink and where the general returns the
brick broadside of the rival band
About the only criticism to be made
upon the play is that Hoyt's pen was led
astray after the brilliant first act into the
rather doubtful intrieacies of the plot in
VoiVlng bogus corpse, an undertaken and
the fearful shamming or a dashine widow
People are not fond Of thinking of tho
end that overtakes all OF them, and they
are wont to have cold chilIs when a daring
dramatist plunges into 1.-THE dark and mar
row way
Nevertheless the Flag waved before a
large audience last night at the National
Theater, and every point went with az
much uproariOus laughter as it has upon
the other occasions Of the plays presenta-
ton ere
Pony Luce was artfully played by Clair
isse Agnew. She is not pretty as the little
Gilroy girl, who was last seen in it. and il
is moot question whether or not the sug-
geStiveness with which she invests it is less
agreeable than the frank coquetry employed
by her winsome predecessor. She com
pletely captivated her audieNce and was
dOubly encOred for her BABY song and
tn dance.
Belle Archer, the bea uty Of days gone By,
but still retaining charms above the ordi-
nary, was the widow to the life Her CO.
quetry was finely drawn, if a trifle ex-
aggerated by the necessities of the plot
and the audience never Iaarveled that all
the officers were Jealous of her.
Matt Snyder-nay his shadow never
grow less-was capital as the General, and
received hearty greeting in his home
town.
Marie Denbi was pleasing as 1.-THE par
ticuiar friend" Lloyd Wilson made a bold
Major. and Harry Gilfoil was comic as the
only 'sOGer boy" Favorable comment was
won alsobyC.R Burrows. E s Wentworth.
w H. Distin. W. a Fitzpatrick. John s
Marble and George A Schiller.
Everything went with snap, and the
audience thoroughly appreciated every bon |
mot.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

wise through the frequently deceptive agen-
cy OF circUmstantial evidence, might have
been brought TO the scaffoid, could with
equal readiness be made to instigate crime
and serve TO fasten the appearance of
guilt upon an innocent person Though it
may be impossible to avoid all danger in
this direction, any more than o preventphy-
sicians from committing crimina actsin the
practice of their profession, yet the he
cessity for taking legal cognizance OF the
fact and powers OF hypnotism must ne
recog nlzetl 1t is subject well worth The
attention of the medical and legal pro
fessions.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05
There Is a Way.

The District Commissioners are evidently
believers in the adage that there are more
ways of killing dog than pouring melted
butter down his throat. The dog in this
case is the street railway companies Of
the city that have been in arrears to the
District treasury for taxes long due and
unpaid Their debt, which is made up OF
the former tax on each horse car, has been
declared by the courts to be uncollectable
on account Of the statute oflimitauons. and
behind this decision the delinquent COM
panieS have hitherto shielded themselves.
The Commissioners, therefore, are fully
justified in rcSorting to the expedient Of
Withholding their consent tothe granting Of
favors TO any Of these roads. except upon
condition that their obligations 10 the Dis
trict treasury shall first be discharged
Franchises granted to street railways in
this city arc far more valuable than in
almost any other town in the country, for
the reason that the considerations exacted
from them are exceedingly moderate. Few
corporations are more favored by IegiSla-
ton than Washington railroad companies
There il all the more cause, therefore, for
expecting them to show some degree OF APP
probation in the way, a I least, Of paying
properly assessed taxes. As they have
shown nc disposition to recognize these
obligations, the Commissioners are doing
just right in attempting to get by indirec-
ton what they have been unable to obtain
ny the more regular methods
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05


to be: that in the United States changes
in laws are slower than In monarchial Eng
land; that for generation the majority
of the House may under our system Of gov
eminent be of one political opinion and the
majority Of the Senate of another; for the
Senate is the great constitutional barrier
againstpopular error and caprice
And tien-after praising as great Senate
virtues about every power of that body
which modern popular Judgment inclines to
question-the Massachusetts, Senator states
with gravity that, in the light of recent
declaration by the Bay States most exalted
citizen, Premier olney, is uproanously
funny: The Senate is a shield mpenetra
BILE against Tie usurpation Of executive
powerl'' sl
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05
National.

One side of militia life is cleverly satir-
lied by Charles Hoyt in "a Milk White
gram that he may have had some such
picturesque town as Oshkosh, Wis, in mind
when he wrote the farce, but it would
seem from the revelations recently con-
corning the New York National Guard that
the satire will apply very neatly TO tile
citizen soldiers Of the Empire State.
The play is undoubtedly one Of the best
farces concocted by the brilliant farceur,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

discuss in the most ridiculous manner. Bar.
ton and Eckhoof, the musical comedy duo,
were in keeping with the rest Of the show
and gained repeated applause Z
The performance concluded with an
amusing burlesque on Gay Coney Islands
with Rice and Barton as the chief fun
makers. Between the various turns sew
eral tableaux Of living pictures are
shown, which were exceptionally good.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05
NEWS OF LABOR'S PROGRESS.

Paper sails are now made.
Denmark has women sailors.
America has $500 diStileries.
Aluminium skates gain favor.
London is to have electric cabs.
A Detroit man has a $4,000 cane.
Mexico has women street cleaners.
Frisco has Chinese photographers.
In Mexico miners get so cents day.
Emperor William employs tweve vaIets-
Organization has increased wages in
Japan.
Japan has trolley read and beer 10
export.
Ohio music teachers held a State con-
ventiOn.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

According to the press reports from Can
ton, Maj. Mckinley practically completed
his inaugural address the first crack out Of
the box. He wrote it in two hours, and IL
viii only take him two months TO laborious-
~ correct tie mistakes that his friends will
find he has made in it.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

Now we have news OF a Spanish victory
At bull fight in Havana, one hundred sol
diers jumped into the ring, cut off the tail
of an unfortunate hull and hacked him in
pieces with their machetes. weyler Will
have them decorated, OF course. 1t was
Cuban bull.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

assurance that the sephulchre has been
continuously and closely guarded. Other
wise the people who have been receiving
presents for their Palmer and Buckner
votes, will ,ylut the gold cures, while the
price of the cheapest brand of suicides
graves will jump beyond reach of anybody
short of bank president.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

picked out Mr.. Malster for another one of
his great feats of not getting there in poll
tics. They have given him the light and
airy task of defeating Senator German this
fail.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

If Mr.. Francis could manage to pull
down his Vest. the Senate would do the
rest. This Vest pleasantly is made in cold
blood as horse chestnut Of the most fla
grant kind.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

The Kentucky man who was buried la a
sarcophagus full of whisky, is still with his
friends in spirit; but on that account his
prospects OF resurrection are SO fmmi-
nent that we coniure Mr.. Henry Waiter
son to give horror stricken country some
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05
DEATHS OF A DAY.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 5.-Rev. Father White,
of the Catholic diocese of North Caro-
lima. who was at one time chaplain of
Cardinal Wisenan, died at st. Vincent's
Hospital. in this city, last night, aged
Xty-siX years.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

The Navy Department viii Substitute civil
This is in the line of reform. Anything
with a steel in it the public wants a
whack at
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

With the fine outfit OF wind instruments
his good friend the Gar, the Negus should
be able to make great blow about his re-
cent victories.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

If the militia is really called out in little
Delaware there is danger that the row at
Dover will overflow into some OF the neigh
boring and larger States.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

in these days OF financial suspicion any
man less than six feet high who occupies
a fiducary position is liable to the charge
of being short.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

The Delaware legislature meets today
and the Cooper Guards, OF Duver, have been
ordered under arms. The obvious inference
is that they viii surround Addicks barrel
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

The news that Money, lost in Havana,
has turned up again, fills us with joy tenn
pered by doubt. 1t never works that way
here.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

The black bass lately in the canal viii
now appreciate the miseries Of being in
seine.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

The latest view of the Three Friends is
that she is not piratical This information
is for the public's privateer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

Honest John Wanamaker-''B ossism is
one of the most menacing evils Of
Joseph H. Choate-''Me toor'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-05

A recent bankrupt at about the same time
offered to settle at the rate of one twenty
seventh of penny in the pound, or seven
tenths OF a cent to a dollar.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
BOURkE COCHRAN.

There was immense rejoicing, a year
ago. that Bourke Cochran was brought
into the West to fight W. J. Bryan. He
had great reputation as an orator and
man of genius, and the people flocked in
great multitudes to hear him. But now
the st. Paul Globe, which was on
Bourke's side then, says:
When man once cuts loose from his
mornings, political or religious there is no
telling where he will bring up. Burke
Cochran, having renowned Democracy is
now advocating the cause Of Boss Platt, as
represented by Gen. Tracy for mayor of
Greater New York.-Mankato Review.
You take Bourke altogether too serious
ly. He never had any mornings except
Bourke. He took no part in this cam
paign until he was paid $3.50 for single
speech. He is lawyer in politics, and
Takes the latest retainer he can get.
When will the people learn that the
speeches of such men as Bourke Cochran
simply represent, like the daily papers,
the money that is behind them
If a banker stood forth on the steps
of his bank, on market day, made a
speech and told the people how to vote,
ne would be hOOted back into his Office.
The people would say: "Why that old
cuss has always worked for himself
He has not single philanthropic or
patriotic impulse. He is after more
money now-Our money-and if we fol-
low his advice we shall simply make
ourselves poorer
But if the banker sticks to his omce.
and lends money to editors and hires
distinguished lawyers to preach his
doctrines, the fool people accept their
utterances:
LAS combinations strong,
AS proofs of holy writ"
Stand firm, brethren. Get your eyes
open. Remember that you can depend
on nothing that money can buy. Do
your own thinking. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
DOCTOR FAY ON FUSION.

In another column will be found an
earnest and thoughtful communication
from Doctor Fay on the question of
fusion or the proper future policy of
the Peoples party. We commend this
letter to the careful consideration of all
our readers. 1t is temperate in lam
guage and tolerant in spirit
His premises are in the main historical
facts and it would be difficult to i'm
aglne any firmer basis upon which tn
rest his conclusions 1t is proper also
to consider that this letter comes from
man who is in no sense a politician
or aspirant for Office, which facts should
add materially to the weight of his
opinions. However honest a Ponulist
candidate for office may be if his success
is in any measure dependent upon old
party support such fact should go to
the value of his opinions on the oues-
ton OF fusion or wise party action. II
is probable that such candidates or as
pirants for office are frequently them
selves unconscious of any bias and are
therefore honestly mistaken. Certainly
such men are not the safest counsel
We sometimes hear men say chat
man is a Populist leader, he has been
favored and popular candidate for p
high Office and his opinions should
therefore carry great influence" In
courts of justice juries are instructed to
give the least weight, often amounting
to little or no weight, to the testimony
OF Interested witnesses. Why not apply
the same sensible rule to the opinions
of interested aspirants or candidates for
office? 1t is significant that while so
many Of these men in our party stand
for fusion the ablest Peoples papers
in the nation are almost a unit for fu
ture Independent action. Doctor Fav.s
letter contains no personalities, It
charges no man with dishonest motives
1t constructs an argument upon histori-
cal facts and takes human nature as We
find it. Incidentally it unveils the fus-
ion politician, and reveals his naked
ness. Eat
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
AN EXPLANATION.

Our friend, F. M. Dodge, of Herbert,
Wis, writes us a letter published last
week., in which he complains that we
devote too much space to advertising
MIR. Bryan's book-"The First Battle
and suggests that we fill up the space
with news items.
We are opposed to Mr.. Bryan leading
off and splitting up the Populists, and
drawing them into membership in the
Democratic party; and, at the same
time, we entertain the klndest feelings
toward that distinguished gentleman;
and the highest admiration for his UNI
questioned ability. We are not in that or
any other matter influenced by personal
considerations. "The First Battle" is
Mr. Bryap's individual venture; and the
profits go into his own pocket; and
therefore we would be glad to help
along its sale. He has as interesting
family as can be found in the United
States; and we would like to see them
prosperous and happy.
At the same time we are forced. by
sense of public duty, to resist the
political influence of Mr.. Bryan, which,
like a great magnet, is detaching honest
Populists from the Peoples party, and
breaking up and annihilating it,
1t was the Peoples party which made
Mr.. Bryan an advocate of free silver. If
we had not met and organized at Omaha
in 1892, Mr.. Bryan would still be harp
ing on free trade, as panacea for all
the ills of life. And if the Peoples
party was destroyed how long would it
be before Dick Croker and David B.
Hill and Tammany would be once more
In control of the Democratic party, and
running it in the interest of plutocracy :?
Friend Dodge is right. We should not
permit our generosity to an honored
friend to make us forgetful of what we
owe to great public interests. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17

cure the rates it can get of a government
which is expected to run the roads, make
rates and collect them. But what is this
government about which men prate so
glibly? Does it now manage the limited
matters entrusted to it so Well as to war
rant giving it so complex a matter as the
railways Of the land to administer? Are
all so contented with it's operation
now? Is there no just cause for complaint?
Who makes up the actual governors of the
proposed system? The senator's and rep
resentatives. Is there not pretty general
agreement as to the incapacity of the SEN
ate to deal with ordinary matters? Has
not the house of representatives Teen con-
densed practically into three men? If it
were not. II each repre- sentative were a
potential force in the house, would any
one. from his personal knowledge Of the
kind Of material out OF which these repre-
sentatlves are selected, entrust them with
the management of even one sab rail-
way? In short, is there not lot Of work
yet to be done in getting good government
to transact its present work before We put
upon it the stupendous task of operating
the $4,000 miles of railway in the United
States.
The effect of all this argument is that
men are incapable of self government.
If the people are unfit to control a
few thousand miles of railroad how can
they possibly be fit to run a government
for seventy millions of people with forty
billions of property? And therefore
must they not select a king and an
aristocracy to rule them? AND WILL
NOT THOSE WHO RULE NEWT
ABLY PLUMBER THOSE THAT DO
NOT RULE? And does not his mean a
few thousand rich who roll in useless
luxury, and many millions of poor who
cannot procure the necessaries of life?
And why is representative govern
ment failure?
Because the corporations, to protect
their plumber from the efforts of re-
formers to abolish abuses, must go in,
with their ill-gotten gains, and corrupt
elections, and legislatures and courts
and jurors and newspapers and litera-
ture and everything else; until free in
situations are brought to the very brink
of the pit of ruin. And then comes a
cry for standing armies, and armories
and gattling guns to extinguish the
resulting discomfort in the blood of the
! citizens of the so-called republic
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
A SHREWD SUGGESTION

CHICAGO, Nov. 4-Senator ]. NJ Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, arrived in the CITY last
night from his recent campaigning tour
throughout his state. He said the result
tnere was no disappointment to him il
view of the handicap which the papub-
licans labored under because of their de-
1aultlnS state treasurer and audi or AS well
as the prejudice aroused against the ticket
as representing the state capital crowd.
lie was Of the opinion that the general
result, especially i'll New York, instead CT
,reshadowing Bryans domination IN 100
and a free silver platform. pointed in n,Ii,e
a different direction
thlnk the result in New York" he said
points to that state as likely to name the
presidential candidate FOR the Democrats in
1900 as well as to the probability that silver
VIII not be an issue. Certainly the Demo-
Gratis cannot hope to succeed without New
York. and on the silv,: issue I am firmly
OF the opinion that the state would prac-
tlcally repeat the vartli It of 1886 against it I"
If the Populists rush into the arms
OF the Democracy, they will be digested
and assimilated long before 1900. Then
it they, the Democrats, conclude to dron
reform, free silver, ETC., where will the
Populists be? How can they restrain
them? Where will be the fulcrum on
which to rest the lever that will prv
them back onto the free silver platform ,
Stand by the Peoples party!
1t is club and torch.
A club to beat the heads off traitors
ana fools-a torch to light the tortuous
way to the regeneration of humanity.
l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
WINTER READING.

Some one has said that the best fer
tilizer for the soil was brains, and the
deep meaning of these words should i'm
press itself upon the mind of every
voter as he approaches the long win
ter evenings. Few of our readers have
yet found time and money to read up
on all the subjects covered by the
Omaha platform. The Representative
can supply all the best and most read
able reform books and now is the time
to get working library, a library that
shall in 1900 work defeat to the powers
that be- Read, think, circulate and
prepare for that future that reason will
lead you to expect 1t may not have
the rose tint, possibly a deeper red
e. A. L.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
ON A WAR BASIS.

Our General Miles, egged on by the
plutocrats, has been for years past de.
handing large increase in the stand
Ing army of the United States. Con-
gress moves too slowly for him and aow
he insists that the banks, which act as
sub-treasuries for the United States
should be protected, in every city, with
gatling guns and troops.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 4-Gen. Nell
son A. Miles was asked last night to give
ms reason for recommending the forfitica-
ton OF the new federal building in Chicago
with gatling guns. He said:
There nine places in this co,1ntrx-
where the treasury chests Of Uncle Sam
are located. and for the past twenty wears
l nave argued the necessity of protecting
these repositories with the most approved
pattern of fire arms. When the subject of
a new public building at Chicago was
preached one Of my first thoughts was for
protective measures in case these should
be an attempt directed against the sub
treasury holdings. which will be put in the
building. While 1 was in Constantinonie
tho details Of the attack on the Turkish
bank in that city were related to me and
brought back to me the necessity of some
means of defense Of the public institutions
of the United States. Calling guns could
be placed where they would be available at
moments notice and too much publicity
could not be given concerning their pre-
sence in the most commanding spots
Gen. Miles did not believe there is any
necessity for fortifying postoffice bufn-
ings or any other federal structures except
those in which large sums of government
money are kept. He thinks that in each
city where there are sub-treasuries a de-
tail Of regular troops should be maintai
n in
vOlve some additional expense to the gov
eminent. Supervising Architect Taylor, of
the treasury department, calls attention to
the fact that the mint at Philadelphia was
constructed to permit of it's occupancy by
light artillerymen in case of an emer-
gency."
General Nelson A. Miles is what Ar
temus Ward called "a ass
Under this system every national bank
in which the ring at Washington saw
fit to deposit any money, even if it was
but $1,000, would have to have on hand
a troop of soldiers, in its back room.
and a gatling gun on the front steps.
And every street car that has a tin box
at the end, marked gu. S. MAIL" will be
part of the national government to he
also protected by soldiers with rifles
and gatling guns.
The constitution of the United States
provides that the national troops shall
never enter a state unless the legisla-
ture of the state asks them to come in
and protect them; but the way things
| are now drifting state lines are disan-
pearing; and a centralized, concentrated
| national government, with large stand
| ing army, is to take possession of every
thing
The township is the unit of liberty:
and the nearer the people can keep the