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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-25

1t is SAID TO De not uncommon lOT
mortals to assume little more license
in their actions when away from home
but few of them turn Immediately from
respectable, law abiding citizens u
house breakers. One of the exceptions
appears to be William Hyde who was
recently captured in Deering after
making several breaks. The postmas
ter of his native town in New Bruins
wick, testifies to the mans good moral
character and so other citizens of the
place have sent testimonials of his
honesty and good reputation at home.
Nevertheless he was caught red
handed. His story that he had to raise
5000 to pay a note and this induced him
to undertake his mad performance
seems to be verified and may serve 10
tighten his sentence. But anyone who
thinks of raising the wind in that
manner would better wait until Hydes
case is disposed of.
The deer hunt in this State has
turned some mems minds from the gold
hunt in Alaska.
just tell tneIl tIldI you cHdW me,
is the placard Bangor spruce gum
dealer puts on his wares and a good
many passers by heed the advice.
| 1t is feared Young America is lack
ing in the proper amount of reverence
for his elders. This is bad enough but
it is worse when he loses consideration
for others feelings. The Bass Harbor
correspondent of one of our exchanges
writes: Having occasion to driver, n
writes: Having occasion recently to
drive through that metropolis of the
Maine coast, Southwest harbor, we
were much Disguised with the lack of
manners manifest in a swarm of school
children out on the avenue. Our dig
| nifty was offended at certain rude re-
marks and salutations. Our horse
may not be very fast, or very spruce
looking but he is fairly well fed, and
| he is paid for. We wish the city police
| over there would protect US from the
boots of these thoughtless young
scamps."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-25
Maine Gossip.

God makes the tender blades of grass,
The twigs and bits of clay
With which the busy robin builds
He makes the wisps of hay,
The slender hairs and soft that line
The well-constructed nest
God furnishes these things, but let
Us not sit idle and forget
The robin has to do the rest.
Cleveland Leader
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-25


period
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-25

regularly write to Mrs Pnham at Lynn Mass giving all the symp
telling mother what do for
Vegetable Compound will life much easier
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-25

The deer hunt in this State has
turned some mems minds from the gold
hunt in Alaska.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-25

+ Just tell them that you chaw me-"
is the placard a Bangor spruce gum
dealer puts on his wares and a good
many passers by heed the advice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25
..Nrrrer =, In /. Street s,r,,

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUs-Sir: An ordinance was
passed by our Board OF Aldermen on Tuesday, Sent.
II. which slipped through unnoticed. II bears on its
face the semblanco OF a "~nigger" OF the largest pro.
portions. In brief Its provisions are:
subdivision l provides for a plate on the doorpost
OF every building In this city with the street number
thereon. placed from four 20 six feet high: vivcs
dimensions OF plate and numbers. but says nothing OF
material tn he used,
Subdivision 2 permits the Commissioner OF Public
Works. In case Of the failure OF the owners OF build.
ings to affx sign as provided, TO place one where
dcsignated by this ordinance. The sign TO be of blur
or black porcelain, or similar materials, the numbers
to be OF white enamel or other materials.
subdivision 3 makes the penalty for failure 10 com.
ply $40, collectable by law.
subdivision I authorizes the Commissioner OF Pub.
lie Works to drtermine what the proper number OF
zach building is.
subdivision 8 says the ordinance shall take effect
Immediately.
What a Z" pretty picture this would make 10 see
numbers in all colors Of the rainbow, on signs OF
equally lridesccnt hues, placed on the right side OF
varying from four to six feet.
IL cannot 10 possible that any body OF men who
profess to be sane and fairly intelligent should, in all
soherness, pass such an ordinance.
Mayor strong should stamp this abortion out of eI.
isience And positively refuse TO recognize a document
so unnecessary In Its requirements and SO conflicting
Let the shine OF The SUN show up the "nI0ycr -
and discover the why's and wherefores OF this sense.
less ordinance. "
NEW York, Sept. 29.
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popular education IL advancing In all tho States.
"The country" says President DIAZ, "stoadily
grows richcr. and the public revenues aro con-
tipunlly increasing" He expresses his dissatis-
faction, however, with tho decline in tho price
Of silver. and with the recent disturbances in
the silver market, which, as ho says, have caused
his Government to adopt measures Of prudence
and Of greater economy. Tho President makes
no suggestion for the improvement OF the finan-
cial situation. believing that Mexico will DO able
to pass through this period of difficulty with
that serenity which she manifested once before
under similar circumstances" The financial
passages of tho message of tho distinguished
President Of Mexico are the weakest and tho
least satisfactory part of It. He makes no at
tempt to deal with the silver question, though
no 10 aware Of it's gravity, and Of the pressing
need for legislation in regard to it
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%Tammany's Awful Plight.

Tho Republican party approaches the
campaign of next month united upon an
issue of supreme Importance. Its organi.
cation In this city was never before so
strong and so thoroughly disciplined as 1t
is now. The Low conspiracy has infused
into 1t greater determination rather than
impaired its solidity. Two weeks from
now, a week from now, that fungus growth
will have been extirpated.
How is 1t with Tammany HALF Who Is
leading Tammany and whittier is its course
directed7 Up to the present time 1t has
not decided where it is going or where it
is at" Is 1t Democratica 1t has not yet
made up its mind az to that matter. 1t
is puzzling over the awful problem how
to seem to be enough Democratic to catch
the Bryanite vote, yet to escape being so
much Democratic as to drive away the gold
bugs. The trick is to hide the Chicago
platform from the Manhattan Club, yet to
leave a corner of it sticking out so that the
Bryanitcs will believe that 1t is all there,
safe and sound. "Now you see 1t, and now
you don't"
Poor Tammany! How can IL convince the
goldbugs that it Is ashamed Of the Chicago
platform and at the same time produce the
impression upon the Organizes that it
swells with pride in the Chicago platform
and glories in it as its defiant standard
1t is a strange situation for the Demo
cratic party to fall into, even in New York,
the very stronghold Of Democracy since its
foundation. Even Tammany Hall afraid to
acknowledge that it is Democratic Can it
be a fact or Is it a dream Ono year after 1t
struggled for BRYAN it is ashamed even to
mention his name! "For heavens sake
keep away from New York" it cries out to
BRYAN, and shut up the mouths of your
friends here until the election is over. We
will see you later, but just now it would
not do for us to be caught in our COM
pany, for the goldbugs are watching u.s."
hat is the feeling of Tammany on the
eve of a convention Of momentous impor-
tance to it. What does it presage7 What
will be the fate of the Tammany "braves,"
who now turn pale at the prospect of en-
countering their ancient enemy, fearful
lest the secret place in which they have
hidden the Democratic standard may be
discovered by it3 How can they go forth
to fight when they must stand guard over
the cellar of Tammany Hall lest the enemy
should force an entrance and snatch up and
expose the filthy rag in the very eyes of
the goldbugs themselves2
And this is the Tammany of 1877
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25
The Whole Truth,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sfr: Mr.. Low in his
statement to the public. given out yesterday, calls
attention to the fact that Cleveland. Democratic
candidate for Governor in 1859, carried Kings county
by something like So 900 and the next year Mr.. Low
was elected Mayor, Notwithstanding the great al.
verse vote OF the previous year and that Blaine lost
Kings county the following year by 10, 600. The i'm.
preston sought to BIO made by these references IL
obvious; but. when facts omitted or suppressed by Mr..
Low are supplied. the intended impression is found
to be baseless.
True. Cleveland beat FolGer in Kings county by
some $4,000. but the Republican city ticket was not
beaten by any such majority. At that same election
Joseph Hacker. the Republican machine representa-.
i've on the ticket, who was nominated for Auditor,
was defeated by about 5000; whereas. Alexander For.
man. Mr.. Lows personal selection for Comptroiler.
went down under an adverse majority OF 10. 600. The
Low candidate.
Mr.. Low complacently alludes to Blaine's defeat in
Kings county by 10000. Those who can recall that
doleiul year probably Will be able to divine the cause
Tor MI. Lows compliment allusion To Blaine's defeat.
In 1889 Mr.. Low organized a Citizens Union on a
simon, pure. non.partisan platform and nominated a
candidate for Mayor against the Republican and
polled about $4,000 votes and the Democratic candi.
date about ~. 900.
The citizens Of Brooklyn were so enamored with
Mr.. Low and his non'partiaan platform and candi.
date that the latter received about 10, 900 votes, OF
which about 5000 were Republicans and 5000
Democrats. Mr.. Low removed to New York.
bhookLfS' sept w. 1877. STEPHEN d. JACOBS.
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Stopping the Congo Outrages.

Missionary SIMS writes from Africa that
the Congo State is constantly furnishing
officials and traders found guilty of cruelty
to the natives. This is good news and it
was high time that it should arrive. Africa
has never seen a greater scandal than
that of which the Congo valley has been
the scene for several years. Many scores of
villages have been burned and hundreds of
natives have been killed by subordinate
white officials, who believed justice would
never overtake them in the depths of At
RIGA. The natives have been at the mercy
OF brutal white men, who have committed
murder on the slightest pretext. The sol.
diers of the State have been turned loose
against villages hat failed, by a few
pounds, to fill the monthly quota of rubber
required Of them, and rave returned with
smoked hands of their victims as proof
that they did their murderous work well.
The facts about these outragcs were slow
in coming to light. Even the missionaries,
fearing to offend the officials of the State.
to their shame, suppressed the truth.
But at last the revolving story was pub
lished far and wide, and the chorus of in
dignant protest that went up from several
countries of Europe impelled the authori-
ties Of the Congo State at Brussels to look
more closely into the doings of its young
men in Africa. 1t abolished the system of
prizes by which it had melted it's agents to
make extraordinary efforts to collect large
quantities of rubber, a vicious policy that
was the root of cruel injustice to the ma
tivcs and it took steps to enforce the laws
for protecting the blacks against oppres-
sion and crime.
No civilized Government, established in a
barbarous land, has better laws for safe
guarding the natives than the Congo State.
The trouble has been that these laws were
not enforced. The natives have been the
victims of irresponsible young fellows who
lorded it over them like despots. These
white men have been brought up with a
sharp turn, but it will be long before the
Congo State can live down the shameful
and bloody record of the past fow years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25
The AfShnns.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Permit an
interested reader of your instructive editorial
regarding the Troubles on the Northwest
Frontier Of India to add a few words.
While the Ameer Abdurrhaman claims to be
Of Durani stock, the purity Of the strain has
been considerably mixed. for every Ameer has
married women OF various tribes. The reigning
house is known rs Barikzais. or Barakzais.
1t is quite unjust to assume that Abdurrha-
man has instigated the present troubles on the
frontier. for the simple reason that Afghan.
istan is not, properly speaking. a nation. but a
rough confederation Of tribes. frequently an
tegonistic. and held together only by fear of a
central ruler. who never has them in complete
check. They claim to be descended from the
tbe cans ina 70 ap pe part of P OF iae i0 0siin tribes ;hs some Of
bashes being, in fact. OF the same race as the
and are trusted as the main body OF the cavalry
and md, a. aTt i'll a. Csbul; With them might be
themselves to agriculture and the mechanical
arts. The GhilZais are perhaps the most turbu.
whole country. even holding rule in Persia.
Their hostility to foreign influence has been
especially noticeable. though probably their
lends reason for this. They extend from the
SoTth and northeast OF Candahar away to the
Jews. mum
western valleys of the Hindu kush arc the
Haznras. who are almost pure Mongols. though
covers 80 900 square miles. and they pay taxes
only when levied upon by the Ameer's troops.
1t was the strongly fortified position of this
tribe, near Ghuzni. that the British stormed
nearly sixty years ago.
North OF the Hindu Kush, in Afghan Turkes.
tan, the people arc mainly Talks and Czbeks.
nomadic Tartars, with a few Afghans and de.
scendants OF Arabs, who. with the Jews, appear
luTkS or lartarS descended upon the wpst 0f
Asia.
1t is, n singular circumstance that the name
""Cabul" occurs twice in the Bible: first in
Joshua, In, the. delimitation OF the tribe OF the
children of Asher. and secondly in I. Kings.
The marginal reading, gives tho Interpretation
OF the word as "displeasing or dirty" but the
truer meaning would seem to be insignificant"
Unfortunately for the Anglo Indian Govern.
niicant. WALTER LIE FoRY
SO LEE AVENUE, BRooKLYN, n. y Sent !.
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outer space Of politics by an explosion OF
political dynamite that ho did not know
whether he was afoot or on horseback, or
where he was.
The conspirators relied upon Republican
pressure from up the State to help them
force Low on PLAT. The Republican
State Committee unanimously denounced
them as insidious foes Of the party. The
Citizens Union boosted and believed that
it had the majority Of Republicans with 1t.
The recent primaries by an unprecedented
vote elected delegates unanimously and
unalterably opposed to the nomination of
Low. All Of the four professedly Republi-
can newspapers In town, two morning and
two evening journals, with a single excep-
tion, were and in glove with the anti-Platt
conspirators. and worked like beavers in
their behalf from the very beginning. The
treachery against the Republican party was
of wide notifications Where is the Low
conspiracy now2 Where Is Mr.. PLATT;
is he down or is he up1
Mr.. PLATT is the leader Of the Republican
party, and consequently Of all the forces Of
civilization in the State of New York, be-
cause Of his undertaking and un%conquerable
loyalty to it, and because his qualifications
for the leadership are incontestable by ri
valry and envy. He is where he is because
he belongs there of right, and he holds the
place because no competitor with a n equal
right to its possession has appeared. He
is ollowed because he really leads.
These are plain facts, within the knowl-
edge and comprehension Of everybody.
There is no mystery about "Plattism." 1t
is as old as human society, and it is in
evitable. 1t is also of great advantage to
society. The most useful man in New
York to-day is THOMAS c. PLAT, and the
public, Republicans and the enemies of the
Republican party, are more and more
convinced of the salutary power Of his
leadership and the obligations all po-
litical organization, 80 essential to the
conservation Of social order, owes to him.
He is brave, he is resourceful, and he can
be trusted. The senseless chatter about
"Plattism," the making of it a bogy to
brighten imbeciles, has lost all its force.
Senator PLATT has been assaulted with every
weapon envy and malice could devise, but
none Of them has pierced the armor of his
character, and he stands forth the most
prominent and most closely observed and
vigilantly watched man in New York.
This is a tribute to Mr.. PLAT which
is demanded in sheer honesty. Instead
of wheedling the professedly Republican
newspapers to get their support, he has
left them alone to abuse him as they may.
He has made no attempt to buy their favor
by concessions. and with one exception, as
we have said, they are bitterly against him
for one or another netty reason of spite.
jealousy, or disappointment.
1t is a remarkable career, and only now
the public are beginning to give to Mr..
PLATT with substantial unanimity the high
honor and complete respect which are due
toaman Of consummatc ability and the most
valuable public service and influence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25

The Hon. Lorraine d. LEwELLING of
Kansas has mufiied his ears and his face. He
is resolved not to hear or see the war of OK
termination which he predicts between tho
United States and Kansas. Mufied. he broods,
hearing with his mental ears the sound Of Gov
ernor LEEDY calling the Populists to arms, seeing
with inward eyes the Federal myrmidons chas.
ing with b~ayonets the Hon. WEB McNALL, Super
intcndent Of Insurance., and other Kansas of.
hcialS OF high degree. Still, there may not be any
war. Mr.. LEwELLING has a gifted melodra-
matte temperament, and Governor LEEpy is so
anxious to have an interstate railroad built from
Nebraska to Galveston that he has no time to
intimidato tho United States. Two or three
years ago there was a Colorado chap who swore
that he would secedc. but his State would not
follow his example, and. as he couldn't find any
place In the country to secede into. and didn't
want to leave tho country. he had to stay; and
Mr.. LEEDY and his friends will have to stay, too.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25
In League with Anybody.

Mr.. Lows complete divorce from the &C.
onstrated by the next to the last paragraph
Of his last letter:
"Ishall be glad to accept any other nomination,
Republican or Democratic, or from whatever source
It may come. on any platform satisfactory to those
who make It, provided such platform allows me to
stand unequivocally on the basis of my letter of 90.
~ceptance, already published"
Mr.. Low would gladly accept the nomi-
nation of Tammany Hall, which, like all
other parties, would Of course insist that
Its candidate should respect rigidly the
Mayors oath, as Mr.. Low says he would.
"Come one, come all come Bryanite, Pop
ulist. Socialist, or Anarchist, with any plat
form you like, but elect me Mayor. All l
insist OIL is that my oath to respect the
Mayors oath when Mayor shall be re-
spected."
Tammany Hall could nominate Mr.. Low,
openly proclaiming the Chicago platform,
and Mr.. Low would do what he could to
give them victory. II he won, the country
would ring with the triumph of Organism
in the greatest city of the country. But
Mr.. SETH Low would nave gotten into the
Mayors Office.
This is the sort of thing which Mr.. Low
contemplates "in the fear Of GOD" All of
which goes to show that Mr.. Low is SUI
premely indifferent to anything but him
self. No man in his senses thinking of
anything but himself could with one breath
speak of a Tammany victory as a "sting.
ing shame" and offer to accept a Tammany
nomination.
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The Hon. JERRY SIMPSON continues to
view the "usurpations' OF the Hon. THOMAS
BRACKET REED with fear and trembling. and
at last he has induced the Hon. WILLIAM JEN.
NINGs BRYAN. the Hon. HARLEs ALEXANDER
TowNE, and other hard-working intcllccts to
look at Mr.. REED with stern, unwinking eyes.
They fully agree with me-" says the
Medicine Lodge philosopher; and SO they
are right and happy. Mr.. SIMPSON has
suggested to Mr.. BRYAN that a protest against
Mr.. REED and his usurpations should be dig
nihcd with n place in our next national platform,
and Mr.. BRYAN fully agrees with me-" Thus
quietly but with unrelenting purpose does Mr..
SIMPSON prepare new issues for 1900. What n
committee on resolutions no would make!
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The adhoronts of tho better government caus,
are forming an infantry sQuaro.-Erenfn0 Post.
with the infants Of tho Post nursery in com
mand.

The always delightful Indianapolis Sen.
tinel declares that by the FREQ and unlimited
coinage Of silver ut n fixed ratio Govern
mcnt can control the lawso of supply and demand
as to the money metals and make them stable
measures of value" Which shows tho remark.
able power Of the Government. 1t must
DO remembered. however, that tho Gov
ernment does not stop the operation Of
the laws Of supply and demand, but
keeps them at their maximum force con-
stantly, and thereby insures regularity of press.
ure." Regularity Of pressure is excellent good,
but It is q little hard to understand how tho
Government, working tho minis at their maxi
mum force, can insure regularity OF pressure in
the demand for silver money. Does the maxi
mum supply produce a maximum demandi It
must BIO so. The moro you have the moro you
want, II your pressure is regular.
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The farewell speech delivered by the Hon.

The farewell speech delivered by the Hon.
ROBERT FITzsIMMoNs at Greenwich shows that
his style of oratory has been strongly influenced
by that Of the Hon. JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN.
The great Bostonian has long built his speeches
after the epistolary order. Yours truly, JOHN
L. SULLIVAN, has been his ~favorite peroration.
In his Greenwich address Mr.. FITzsIMMoNs took
the pen in his lips. 30 to speak. wishing
you all prosperity and happiness" he said. II
am your friend, RoBERT FITzsIMMoNs." There
is a direct. an intimate and n friendly tone about
this epistolary method which makes it very
effective, and should 1t to public
men. DR.. Low could subscribe himself as
Yours for on.unifying unifcat.o L." and the
Hon. PATRICK JEROME GLEASON as Yours for
kumyss and the battieaxe." The Sullivan style
Of oratory may have its uses as we'll as its
beauties.
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The Man and the Issue.

The Hon. BENJAMIN F. TRACY, the loom.
ing Republican candidate for Mayor Of the
Greater New York, is not only a man
Of great public experience, high character,
and genuine intellectual weight, but he is n
statesman whom any Republican partisan
may be secure in recognizing rs a colleague
and whom any city in the United States
might be happy to elect Mayor.
Gen. TRACY, however, will not be the
central feature Of the Republican canvass.
The aim of that is to uphold, through the
election of the Republican candidates, the
St. Louis platform of financial honor and
social order against the dangers to them
both immovably imbedded in the Demo-
cratic organization Of Tammany Hall.
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They have taken the cupola away from

They have taken the cupola away from
the Gilded Dome temporarily. but all was well
last night under the Bulhnch front and all over
Boston. 1t was a night Of glory for Boston. For
a few hours anyway her men of credit and re-
nown In the baseball line are the lords
paramount Of the diamond and general
gods OF this frame Of things. The Sa-
cred Goldfish In tho State House was
the size OF an apoplectic whale early this morn.
Ing and still swelling. Fortune may scatter
tacks in the way of the triumphant wheels of
Boston, but this morning her smile is wide and
sweet. Tho Subway and the championship O.
Boston. monopolist of great achievements,