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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-28
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY MEMO"
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To VOTERS, III have no doubt
that in a general way you agree with
the statement that 1.-The people, can
betrusted;perhaps because the phrase
sounds familiar, as nearly every one
asserts it. But like our assent to a
great many scraps of proverbial wis
dom, we too often agreetO statements
without thinking of all that they i'm
ply. Please look with me a little
deeper; not that | would shake your
faith in the people, but rather that
you may have your faith in them in
creased.
The figures in picture gain largely
by the kind of background they have.
National great men gain by similar
condition, and then the background
is the people, Without a people to
lead and a people to voice, where
would our great men be? The people
are those ordinary, hard working ones
who continue their duties steadily
under this administration or under
that; always 1indable at the post Of
honest labor, but the people differ
largely from the people of almost any
other nation, since our political insti-
tutiOns are based upon their wills-Or
whims. The necessity of their having
right ideas is therefore paramount.
The necessity also of showing them
national dangers is also extreme, since
by their voices and their votes, they
are the arbiters of our national fate.
Are we agreed so far?
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Then nnpa mora who q ra Tho IlpO-
ple?o You and |, and others like u.s.
But as | am writing and you are read
ing; for the time being you-alone,
solitary, particularized-are 1.-The peo-
ple.n This | say, sacrificing even
grammar, in order to have close talk
with you. AS 1.-The people can you
be trusted; are your motives high;
are your political actions pure? Come
now, it is no use asserting to a gen
eral idea unless you are willing to
make genuine application OF it.
THE PEOPLES STRENGTH.
O, can it be this lordly fame,
The sacred guards OF hallow'd bones
Was once but rough uneven stones,
Quarried by common hands for gain"
Yet rude and worthless though each be,
With them is raised this temple fair,
A fault, a weakness anywhere
May mar the perfect symmetry.
O, can it be, this mighty force.
That nations makes or rends apart,
Is nothing but the peoples heart
Made up of units fine or coarse?
Yet, Iowly as may be their state,
This lesson doth the building teach
That nothing but true life from each
tan make a nation wholly great.
#.*
If our are so wrapped up in youl
own business, which you are able tC
quietly pursue under the protection
of quiet government,-that you dc
not make even time to register and tC
vote, you are not to be trusted, since
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-28

POLITICAL mud throwing is the onsa.
ly entertainment permitted by the
Democratic managers in Ohio this
year. Free silver and tariff have been
absolutely and fully tabooed.
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S 454, AS. 90
or an actual reduction of the State
debt of this amount, or nearly j mil
lion dollars in one year, reduction.
because every dollar purchased was
In the States own stock, to wit, De
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-28

DEMOCRATIC orators are disinter-
estedIy notified that the speeches de
lvered during the consideration OF
She Dingley tariff law, in which ii
was claimed that the adoption OF a
protective system would destroy oul
foreign markets, are not safe to use
in this campaign. The expectations
OF domestic merchandise in August
and September, 1897, under the pro-
tective Dingley law, amounted to
SlS3, 600, 900 in round numbers. while
those Of the corresponding months in
the last year under the Wilson free
5"ade law amounted to only $147, OO0,-
9CO, d gain of nearly 95 per cent. un-
der protection.
EREE-TRADE claimants expressed
the belief during the late tariff dis
cussion that the reenactment of pro-
tective tariff law would DESTROY our
foFeign trade in American manufac-
lures. They are quite surprised how
ever, TO find that the report of the
Bureau of Statistics, presided over by
free-trade Democrat, shows that
the expectations of American articles
III August, 1897, the first full month
under the Dingley law, was greater
than any August in the history of the
country. The expectations of Amer
lcan manufactures has grown because
of the aid which the protective system
mas given the manufactures of this
country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-28

COMPARISON OF FLEGISLATIVE EXPEN
SEs, SESSIONS 1894-'96.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL TAX.

PUBLIC SCHOOL TAX.
Owing to the tardiness Of the new
assessment, the collections for the
Public School Tax up to the 18th Of
last June, the date of the close OF the
school year, were short, and the
amount distributed to the schools
while being every cent collected up to
that date. was consequently, accord
ing to receipts, and therefore below
the amout usually distributed. But
the promise was then made by the
Treasury officials, fully relying upon
the increased basis under the new
law and prompt collections thereof,
that the next distribution OF the Pub
lie School Tax, to wit, Oct. /. that
this shortage would be more than
made good. This promise has been
more than fully redeemed, for the
Comptroller apportioned on that day
/ the sum of $225, 900 to the Public
Schools of Maryland, being 500. 900
in excess of the amount heretofore
made. This was made possible by
prompt and larger collections under
new law.
SINKING FUND, FISCAL YEAR 1897.
Stocks purchased this year for sew
eral Sinking Funds, viz
Defence Redemption Loan $439, ,475. 90
GENERAL. .,......... 100000
PenltentirayLoan. ....... "a, ,OOO. 90
Exchange Loan of 1886 49,. $4,000 90
Insane Asylum Loan. ..... 10000 90
Exchange Loan of 1889. o.. 5000. 90
Total bought ...........$ 613,475. 90
Stocks sold during year, viz
Frederick City. y....$74, 100000
Baltimore City,. 100000
159,O00.O0
s 454 ,475. 90
or an actual reduction of the State
dept OF this amount, or nearly mil
lion dollars in one year, reduction.
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OYSTER FUND.

Gain over old law of.......$ 1851 SO
(This gain was mainly from Dredging
Licenses
This amount of $G4, 72098 is amply
sufficient to run economically the
entire oyster navy, and could have
done so this year save for the short
age OF legacy of $15, 900 made by the
former Administration and borrowed
from the Treasury, as per Chapter
34G-'06. This sum was to tide diff
culties in which the Navy found it.
self and by the provisions of the Act
became charge upon the revenues
of the Fund for this year.
This Legacy or 'makeshift' was
paid in full, and despite this heavy
burden, the Force and Fund is now
in better condition than for sometime
past.
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.
The State received Interests on its
daily baloncaA in Banks tbp follOyinor
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fence Redemption Loan Stock, ana
which must be redeemed in little over
a year.
The total amount now held by the
Sinking Fund is as follows:-
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s 1T7,947.37
1895

Legislature. .....S 128,3G2,12
Leg'tive Printing 15,903.3G
Leg tive lndexing $4,000
145, ,945. .4G
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NUMBER 81.

you take all you can of personal gain
from our national conditions ard do
not repay anything. You are selfish,
yet there is one worse than yOu-the
difference between negative selfish
ness and positive-the one who holds
office and administers it selfishly OF
him we will say something, because
he is made possible by lazy voters.
If you delude yourself into the be-
lief that every man has an equal voice
in the destinies of the country and
then give actual denial to it by sur
rendering your independence OF judg-
ment to boss who thinks for you,
nominates for you-because you will
not attend caucuses and primaries
and votes for you, then as q voter you
are not to be trusted. You are the
right, plastic material out of which
he shapes his selfish ENDS. Assuming
you to be a good man, he reckons a
good man indolent, as of less weight
than a fly on a chariot wheel; and so
you unit in our national life become
a mere cipher.
The\rreeiors staff cf lifata,a 49,. aticA
is tAtS vCu AGG ~ IKE Y>l oDId
have a choice of candidates, but only
a loaf of husks is given you when YOU
tll < OhCiNNi ti NIlOitt bGl NJ CtIl tGi1tl-
dates, after you have byyour absence
from your primary left others to think
for you.
If you get the idea of party so firmly
ground in your neutrality-suspicious. be-
cause you were born a this or a that
that you will vote for a bad man in
your party rather for a good man in
another, then as a voter YOU are not
IC A +yI
sense risen to comprehension Of the
fact that yOuEare first. last and all the
time, a custodian of national rather
than party health. In brief, the line
OF voting cleavage is well, if it be be
tween man and man; and often liable
to be wrong. if it be between party
and party whose actual differences
partisans would sometimes find it hard
to explain. ! would sooner trust an
honest man who differed from me than
the sly and snug politician who agrees
to anything to get office and then
recks not though the country "go
hang"
As a man you know that building
| covered with ornaments is not rem
| dered thereby one particle tirmer in it's
foundations; you know that tn color
! of sail in stormy weather is of less
importance than its qualities of
strength As a man therefore [ look
to you to believe that neither money
nor miles are the things to make us a
nation endure forever. If you are re-
| lying on the mere outer circumstances
of national life as your pride and your
confidence, you are a voter who can
To- +,,T,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-28

If our are so wrapped up in your
own business, which you are able to
quietly pursue under the protection
of a quiet government,-that you do
not make even time to register and to
vote. you are not to be trusted, since
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INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.

The State received Interests on its
daily balances in Banks the following
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

Both the Senators '6nt- Dlrigos are prae-
ticing almost nightly for the Fifth of
July races, and some good runs have been
made.
There was a game of ball at Myman
park Saturday afternoon between the
"Mascots" of the vest side grammar
school and the nine from the east side
school. The east side added another to
its unbrolen string Of Victories
John f. Haynes, ii Great Pond, the
well-kuoWn up-river guide, has been
making his headquarters in the city for
the past week, visiting the various ponds
in the lower part OF the county, with two
sportsmen from Massachusetts,.
At the Congregational church Sunday,
Rev. George ). Mills of Belfast, preached
two very interesting sermons in exchange
with the pastor, Rev. d. l.. Yale, Owing to
the severe storm, tie attendance was not
large, but those wh) brayed the elements
We're well repaid.
A horse owned b, Harry Moseley ran
away Saturday afternoon, causing con
siderable excitemsnt and little dam
age. The horse started on High
street and ran down Main street to the
bridge, where his mad career was ended
abruptly by a pink placed across the
roadway.
Cfowell, Emery K Mason will occupy
Hancock hall nest week every evening,
and will give a Saturday matinee. The
company gives different play every
night, and specnlties between acts. 1t
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

comes well recommended. The openiI
play on Monday evening will be GO;
Belle Russo. Mr.. Emery and Miss Fl,
Crowell have made great hits wherev
they have appeared.
iss Bertha B. Brown and Frank
Heath, both of Ellsworth, were marri
Saturday evening by Rev. w. X. Hunt,
the home OF the brides parents, Mr.. a
Mrs. Henry Brown, on Fourth sire
Only the relatives and very few in
mate friends were present A weddi
supper was served.
Bids for repairs on the custom hot
and post-otiice were opened Mondl
There were four bdders-P. II. Stratto
Austin NJ. Foster, Carlton K. Mccoy
and Henry l.. Moor. Mr.. Stratton W
the lowest bidder. All the bids were Sc,
to Washington for approval before t
contract IS awarded.
James L. Parsons, cashier of the Burr
national bank, who devotes Il few OF h
spare moments to shooting with a Gamer
was exhibiting photograph taken I.
him last week of wi ich he is very prou.
The picture shows four generation,
represented by Mr.. Parsons wife and h
mother, his daughter, Mrs. f. A. Cooml
a.A,Seg r,t,. oman sSO80,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

The Unitarian Sunday school is making
| plans for its annual excursion.
DIR. Fred A. Davis, of Boston, spent Sun
day with his brother, Mayor Davis, in
| this city.
Mrs Harry W. Haynes and little son
have been spending few days with rela-
| tives in Oldtown.
Harold Clark is home from Worcester
Mass. Polytechnic institute for the sum
| mer vacat ion
Mrs. f. p. Morris. with her two chill
dren. is VISITING. aev ferue- @e'a-. =
yanced for the sudden disappearance ana
temperance of the fish.
Portiand's fire-bug has turned his at
tention to the public buildings. "eo-
p.sday fire was discovered in the closet
of the French church during the session
of the n. f. conference. 1t was extlh-
puished before it had spread far. ms
was the fifth attempt to start hfe III
f public buildings within week
One day last week while parlnga horSes
hout. previous to fitting the shoe TO H.
Ambrose Marden, a Brewer blacksmith,
VA, ,Kstonished to cut out worm ABOUT
an inch IN length and an eighth OF an
inch in diameter. The worm resemoiea
he common borer, and was working It's
way UP into the quick of the hool'
Hor.emen say that they never knew OF
such IL case before.
The Biddeford Record tells a story OF
a little girl in that city who combined
faith and work. She WAS greatly dis
turbed by the discovery that her pfothei
had set traps TO catch birds, ana thu'
, tell. how she prevented such cruelty
.I prayed that the traps might not catci
the birds. m Then prayed that GOO
u would prevent the birds from gettlhs
q into the traps, then | went and klcKe'
> the traps all to pieces" And her brothe
j. ought to thank her, too, for there
heavy penalty for killing little songster'
Considerable interest has developed i
the village of Hale over in Oxford count
>. in the recent discovery OF gold. An es
10 nerieuced miner, who was visiting ther
~ ~ thought the banks OF the principe
10 stream looked as II they contained u
;. precious metal. He washed out a pant'
20 of the soil and found five pieces OF goi'
10 He washed gold from other places besie
is the stream Small pieces OF gold hay
IA been previously found in the crops
chickens and turkeys that have bee
10 found in the village, but where the 10"
O5 ,onnd the bits OF gold has been myste
- till now.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24
YOU'LL Be TICKLED
A.sLSes r.s..

. t',tI % 81 - -}4'fa' 'fAaGA NlltH
living in York about four years. and was
married soon after he settled there. Two on
sisters, Mrs. \. w. Ellis, of this city, and ,,.
Mrs. T, w, Spencer, of Boston, accom-
panied by Mr.. Spencer, went on to be
present at the funeral.
John f. Howard of Boston, will give
two Shakespeare recitaIs in the Unitarian v.
ve,try June - and 50 when "llamlet'
and "A Midsummer Sights Dream" VIII
be rendered MIR. Howard comes en-
dorsed by many eminent critics as a re-
otter and impersonator Of marked ability
In these recitals lovers OF Shakespeare ar,
offered an opportunity to listen to
pleasing and scholarly Interpretation o'oTth
the plays. Judge L. \. Emery says
last May | heard Mr.. Howard read seNS'
ections from "A Midsummer Night -
Dream. His Interpretation was enter
tanning and interesting. | enjoyed tn
reading"
The summer timetable went into effe'
on the Maine Central Sunday. ri
timetable elsewhere in this issue h,
been corrected. There are five trairtenera
each way on week days, and three eac
way on Sundays The special Sun
day paper train, reaching Ellswort,
at u. 80, will begin running July II an
until Sept II. The train west
which appears on the posters as leavinl ina
Ellsworth Sundays only at 200 p. m. will
not begin running until July II. The no,
The ~, maj, from tbe Vest srrives at da,
sos and is distributed before 700 O'Clock. | All
There are two mails from the west in the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24
till now.

Jakey Isaacs: IVY don'd you gtd
YOUR life insured, fadder?" MIR. lsaacs :;
"S' hellup me chracious, i'd would worry
me T. death, t t'ink l vas livin'!'
Hope never hurt any one, never yet in
terfered with duty; nay, always
strength hens to the performance OF DUTY
gives courage, and clears the judg gment'-
Macdonald
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

You cannot afford to do Shopping in
Ellsworth without comparing our prices.
C. L. MORANG.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

Uncle-"Bobby, / suppose you've beena
good little boy" Bobby-"No,I haven't"
Cncle-"Why, hope you haven't been
very bad" Bobby-"Oh, no; just com
Portable"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

People are surprised to
enormous assortment Of goods
mon saying that if you want tf
90 to NJ. Gallert's, or if you "
bic and first class in every resp
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

DID You Tell Your Neighbor How
Good Our SCHOOL SHOES Wear?
WALSH'S SHOE STORE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24
DRAPERIES.

We are the only ones in #
line Of Draperles. Our PIE
country, which is stating d
nous line Of lace Curtains
Draperies from $3.50 to s
Nets and Spotted Mulls
Holland and Opaque Shay
A full line of Curtain and :
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noon this week from to S, except Satur-
day; and on Saturday from 9 to II a. m.
All the teachers are requested to return
their registers before II o'clock Saturday.
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Our Unequaled Assort'e
Ladies' Ready-to-Wear

Justly entities this depaftmeh
ING CLOAK HOUSE ~
made Suits, Capes, Jackets,
Underwear. Call and exam
&c, Nightdresses and okl.t
have just received a magn
Belts, SHIRT Waists, Ladies .
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24

All the latest and choicest n
your picking and choosing HI
ting as the goods themselves.
items just to get you to come.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24
Prices IN Low aS P0SSib!

We hope to continue the business
tioas with all who have patro
the old stand in the past, "itha7
more new ones as see fit tQr e. giv
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24
DRESS GOODS.

All colors, in 3-S allwool Inn
checked and mixed sultlng
from 50 to 75c., at 800; 4e ,e
cloths at ST. bought to IN
dress goods from 25c. to She
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-03

the Waikiki bridge. The Govern
ment has disposed Of tho whole
waterfront at Waikiki thereby de
prving the general public from the
use of the beach. 1t was an out
rageous policy, and we were pleased
to see that the A. U. party's plat
form contained a plank providing
for the restoring OF the beach to the
public. Some Of our sensitive fellow
citizsns-we are sure they belong to
the masculine sex-have evidently
taken umbrage OF the Hawaiians
bathing from the Waikiki premises
Of Queen Liiuokalani, the Queen
Dowsger aud the Princess Kaiulani.
These ladies have thrown their pre-
misses open to the poor Hawaians,
and it ia the only place in Honolulu
where the amphibious sborigiDes
can enjoy swim which is neces,
sity not luxury to them. The Ha.
waiians are not immodest as a rule,
aud we cannot believe hat any Of
their actions while bathing could
have shocked even the most prudish
missionary lady driving along the
Waikiki road. The bathing suits Of
the Hawaiian women are far more
modest than those in which our
fashionable summer girls sport
themselves al the leading resorts iu
the civilized world, and even our
virtuous Marshal can hardly have
been so shocked as to issue an order
against "promiscuous bathing at
Waikiki" If the intention is to
stop the Hawaians from using the
premises Of their Aliis we hope that
the agents of the royal ladies will
cause seven fest board fences to be
erected between tue lots and the
road and thereby protect the super
virtuous delicacy of our goody-
goodies and at the same time mar
the appearance of the finest read in
Honolulu.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-03
Timely Topics.
Honolulu. oct. 99, 1927
SUGAR AND RICE

and all that's nice require
cultivation, This being the
season to prepare to cultivate,
we are prepared to cultivate
closer relations with our cul-
tivating friends. TO this end
we reintroduce to them last
seasons favorite, the most
beautiful and perfect plow
ever brought here, the Avery
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-03

be permitted to land here out Of re-
gard to the United States and as
"sop" to the labor organization op
posed to annexation. AT the same
time permits for the Introduction
of japanese coolies are being issued
in y most promiscuous manner. 1t
is a very nice policy for tho Govern
ment to oppose Assiatic immigra-
lion Theoretically and at the same
time allow hordes OF Japanese to
land here under three years con-
tracts The American people will
probably not be as easily duped by
the "fuuny" tricks Of Mr.. Dole's
missionary government as was Ad-
miral Miller when be, the other day,
was told that Japanese steamer
with Immigrants and freight simply
called here with her human cargo
in transit to Puget Sound. The
immigrants on board her we're land
cd and are now distributed on differ
ent plantations and the Admiral's
opinion OF the veracity OF the Ha-
waiian officials with whom he comes
in contact cannot be very flattering
to them, AS long as the planters
aud the holders Of sugar stocks smell
large dividends the question of an
nexation and the good will of the
American people are of small mo-
ment. Big dividends and cheap la
Dor are the sole issue with our good
Americans" who ara daily impor-
tuning the United States to take
them in and perpetually secure to
them the advantages gained by the
reciprocity.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-03
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 1897
TOPICS on THE DAY.

Perhaps somebody will buy and
take away that parrot, swinging and
sc7eeching "anti-aunexation, anti
annex ation," with strong British
accent, in its cage, hanging'in in Fort
street. If it had the Yankee twang,
we would have recognized a pretty
honest sort of bird.--P. C. advertiser.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-03

The Advertiser wisely follows THE
INDEPENDENTS lead in sounding a
note Of warning in regard to invest
ments in highly inflated sugar stock.
There may come pin to prick the
pubic. Can we see the reward Of
volunteer services for annexation
acknowledged in the current boom2
Strange things happen in politics
when high stakes are played for
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-03

The well-known tontorial estab
lishment OF Pacheco Il Fernandes
will be removed next month from it's
present location next to the Criterion
Saloon to tho Arlington Block on
Hotel street. Five busy BARRIERS will
then attend to the hirsute ornaments
of mankind