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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-09

WE are in receipt of lester from W. j.
Hogan, offering to debate: SHOULD land
10 held as private property" Mr. Hogan
Will take the negative side. We give MIR.
Hogan's letter place in the REPUBLICAN
md our readers can peruse 1t and judge
pf its merits for themselves. We have
had several very pleasant chats with Mr.
Hogan on tho Single Tax theory, but thus
lar have not been sufficiently impressed
with his cause to debate 1t in the paper.
We think no Is honest In his belief that
from land equalization only can the pres
emit state of dull times be eralicated
The people Of thu United States and Della.
ware have not yet been educated up to tho
Single Tax beliefs and there is yot the
Ikeptic who refuses to follow any other
god but that taught by Republican or
Democratic leaders. 1t Is evident to all
bur readers, that the Single Tax party did
poll good sized vote at the last election,
:or new party, and tits hard to predict
what mischief they may DO able to do the
I Democratic party. Thus far tho most of
lhsir converts have come from the Demo
sfat party. They were shamefully treated
W the Dover authorities and for that req.
D0n received considerable sympathy from
The people.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-09
Mems Suits

In Fancy Cheviots. Plaid
checks, &c, made to sell for
Slo.oo..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

side Lights on English Society
among the books on the library shelves.
But most conspicuous in the mural dec
orations was fine engraving of George
Washington, and the portraits of other
American statesmen served to empha-
size Mr. Bayard's statement that his
roots were deep in the soil of Amer
lea"
If Mr.. Bayard is any less simple,
courteous American gentleman than
when he went TO England. If his Ameri-
canism has been tainted by contact
with the nobility OF England. there is
nothing in his manner to indicate 1t to
one who remembers him as secretary of
state in Cleveland's first administra-
ton.
And think 1t would be a sufficient
answer to at least some of his anglo
phobiac critics to have caught glimpse
of him. as did. in an old norfolk Jacket
and soft felt hat, helping to drag a
big gravel roller across his yard
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

tied down to domestic life and incl
dentally to the practice of his profess
sion. On the door OF an Office in the an
mex to the payard bullding-the old
Bayard homostoad--on Market street
in Wilmington Is modest. well worn
sign in black and gold, Thomas +.
Bayard." II is the ''shingle" that Mr..
Bayard hung out many years ago. Be
meath 1t is newer, brighter sign OF the
same size. "Thomes i. Bayard. IN"
The younger Bayard IT, the active mem
her of the firm Just now. His father
spends most Of his time at his home.
II Is an old looking house. covered with
stucco, which stands at the corner OF
two new looking streets on the out
skirts of the city. Wilmington has
and the improved part OF the city is far
away. The outlook from the old house
takes in baseball park and q populous
cemetery In the distance, with vacant
lots and few small brick dwellings
near at hand The outlook Is the least
attractive feature OF the Baynrd home.
but within the sunlight shines through
broad windows on the desls where Mr..
Bayard sits. surrounded by his books.
and carries on his correspondence. 1t
Is very volumlnous correspondence,
and 1t makes the ex-embnssador very
busy man.
In a remote corner of the library
hangs colored print of Lord Sails
bury. the British premier, and as sat
waiting for Mr. Bayard my eye fell on
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
Ferryboats
In the War,

ut Is curious" said a veteran SOL
der in New York recently, "how some
Incident or circumstance may impsrt to
long familiar object to which we have
never given any special thought a sig
niiicance that makes II always there
after an object Of particular interest
The ferryboats impress Inc In that way
now whenever / see one. And this was
brought about simply by seeing one OF
them out of its accustomed waters
amid strange scenes and put to strange
uses.
This was In the fall OF 1861, in Hamp-
ton Roads. The regiment that 1 served
in was aboard a transport there, wait
ing with other troops afloat to go far
Their south under convoy of n fleet OF
war vessels There was great num-
Der Of vessels there of all kinds. steam
ers and sailing vessels and warshlps.
And they made an impressive show.
but certainly the most striking of any
one of them. ON its first appearance,
was an East river ferryboat the Com
modore Perry, l can see her at this
minute as she looked then. Moving
across the waters OF the roads, she
looked so utterly strange and curious
there and amid such surroundings. But
she went here and there with the most
perfect confidence, constantly employed
In transporting stores and troops, and
making herself quite as much at home
as she ever had been among the cur
rents and eddies of the narrow East
river.
"other ferryboats We're taken down
there. ~ soldier friend Of mine tells me
that later, in the peninsular campaign.
there was New York ferryboat in
those waters that was used as n gun
boat. carrying two parrot guns. one at
each end. mounted In the gangways
where the teams drive In and out, My
own Impression is that one or two of
these boats went around Hatteras into
waters farther south, but however that
may be, | shall never forGct the first
time | saw the Commodore Perry at
Fortress Monroe, And TO this day
never 30 along South street without q
feeling Of the keenest personal interest
for every ferryboat see on the river"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
PEN PICTURES OF
NEW YORK LIFE,
Fun on the Bowery The Cheap Lodging
Houses and the Dime Museums At
a Broadway Restaurant ,..gs.

There Is n code of honor among the
denizens Of the cheap lodging houses Of
the Boweiy In New Yorl, city that Is
observed as strictly as the ethics of any
OF the liberal professions. No matter
what man may do outside In the way
of business. he would be regarded us a
scoundrel indeed II he robbed by force
any of his fellow dodgers
1T is this way" observed an old
habitue OF one OF the best known Of the
IL cent hotels" as he sat IN the com.
mon room and smoked ''snipe'' he had
picked UP on Fourth avenue. you see
that fellow over there. He Ia a profess
sional panhandler and dope man What
is dope MANI Why, mug that gets
hold of drunken men and puts knock
out drops into their liquor He sleeps
all day and goes out TO business in the
evening regularly. He operates about
Park row and the BoNery. As soon as
he secs man pretty we'll loaded. he
takes him in tow and drinks with him.
If he can get his money without drug
cling him. all right, If not. why, It is easy
to put little choral into the other fell
lows beer. Then he geta him into n
corner of the saloon, or Into q back
room. and goes through him. But that
young man would no more think OF
working his game on any one that lives
in this place regularly than he would
OF taking knock out drops himself. II
he did. he would be licked, and no one
would speak to him afterward. No, sir
you may come into this place and be
sure that no one will touch you. no mat
ter how much money you may have
about you. Mind you, the crowd win go
IN,
get at it, but they will not drug or soak
YOU They save that for strangers out
side"
The old habitue led the way into a
large dormitory where the beds were ali
double deckers'-that Is. one bed above
another throughout. This. he said, was
what they called the alcoholic ward"
Into these beds men who came in drunk
were always bestowed, and there was
always n special Waterman to guard
them from robbery,
"Oh, things are run pretty straight in
these lodging houses on the whole" re-
marked the old habitue. In conclusion,
as he thankfully accepted dime from
the inquiring stranger.
tall man. with a sunburned face
struggling whiskers and grocery store
clothes, stood at the ticket window of a
Bowery museum and concert hall about
o'clock In the evening and let every
body around him know that he had
been "hlmnammed."
Say, you Teller in there. I give you n
So note, and want my changed"
"Ah. wot's de matter wild yer? 1 guy
yer de change!"
mo, you didn't. 1t wuz 81 short. an.
by cheesewax, I'll have my money or
git the perice ter arrest the hull shoot
ing match"
How was it," asked n sympathetic
bystander.
IN never tell you" replied the VIC
tim. only that I didn't git my money.
1t is only 10 cents ter go in, an all the
change got was $780, Here 1t is in my
hand"
Let me count it again" put In the
ticket seller.
He took the money and carefully
counted the bills. showing the other
that there We're $500.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
MRBA YARD SPEAKS REEL Y

commerce of England in the extension
of the British empire which has not
been as freely open TO the trade of the
United States. There has not been n
place where an American could not so
and engage In business without being
asked what his nationality was. Amer
lean trade has had every advantage Of
the extension of British trade around
the world"
! suggested that CANADA was giving
British trade preference over American
THAT" said Mr.. Bayard, lis devel-
opment of the last thrFe months. Such
proposals were made. but what was
done about them i don't know.
"The Englishman Goes not ask II
goods are American when he buys
When was on British man-of-war
recently, noted the fact that the three
things which made her formidable were
made under American patents They
were the harveyized steel for her Sides
the hotchlklss guns ON her torpedo
catchers and the maxim rapid FIRE guns
in the tops. The British government
pays y royalty on those three patents
to Americans
"rhe general attitude of ,he English
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

Third brigade of Johnson when the bat
tie opened. Colonel w. W. Barry makes
this report:
There was perfect quiet for an hour
and half. and then burst upon us one
of the most furious assaults of this or
any other battle. Just here the regi-
ment on the right of the First Ohio
broke, and in moment the enemy was
on the flank of that regiment, which fell
back and formed on the right of the
Sixth Indiana, which had some time be-
fore been ordered to the rear to sup
port the battery. Simonson coolly ex-
tricated his pieces, with the exception
of one which in the crowded state of af-
fairs became entangled in the top of
fallen tree and was abandoned. About
this time Colonel Baldwin was shot, and
at this critical juncture We were with
out commander. The Fifth Kentucky
was completely cut off, the enemy's line
of battle between 1t and the reserve. but
it was SO dark that friend could not be
distinguished from foe, except by the
direction of the fire. While the First
Ohio and the Sixth Indiana were en-
gaging the enemy the Fifth Kentucky
and Nlnety-third Ohio silently passed
the enemy on the double quick. connected
with the reserve and faced about, and
here occurred the most terrific fighting
ever known by this brigade. The two
lines We're but few yards apart, and
at some points 1t was u hand to hand
fight, but the enemy was repulsed after
30 minutes of this work. and there stood
the brigade like a wall Of iron, its COM
mander gone, its connections broken.
Up to this time ] did not know of Colonel
Baldwin's fate, but here his staff, conn
ing up, reported him missing and asked
me for orders. Soon General Baird rode
up and informed me that his division
was then ready to form on my left. but
General Which had fallen back to a
new line, thus exposing my right. 1t
was impossible to remain thus detach-
ed, so we concluded to fail back. which
was done with tho utmost quiet and
order"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

WAL b. ;iInminy. thet's queeri Let
me see"
He counted his money. and while he
was doing 30 he found himself hustled
away from the window without know
Ing how II was done, although he no.
ticed that the voluble gentleman who
had been begging every one to go in and
see the greatest collection of curiosities
in the world had been rather active in
pushing him away.
Say. there's only $500 here nowl" he
beloved as he forced his way to the
window in spite of the interpretation Of
the voluble man.
The man at the ticket window looked
indignant, but voice inside grunted
audibly, give the mug his dough-"
The ticket man counted the money
once more, and this time there was 81 90
when the stranger looked it over. He
put his money into his pocket and went
into the show. casually observing tc the
volublc man:
II was a circus CRATER myself once.
and l just wanted to see whether you
guys in New York knew any more about
the game than we fellers up the state.
You are lot of stiffs, that's all you
are. See?'
And the voluble man was so taken
aback that he almost lost his voice for
the next five minutes.
why how is this?" asked a clubman
in a Broadway restaurant as the waiter
gave him his change all in 81 bills.
THE cashier has it in for me-" was
the brief reply.
I'm for your
yes. We had some words this morn
ing. and this is the way he gets even'
Gives You dollar bills for change so
that the customer may neglect to give
you tip because he has no silver, Ell?
Is that a common trick?"
Very. II a walter is on bad terms
with the cashier. 1t makes a difference
of anywhere from $40 to $40 q week in
his tips"
The waiter spoke sadly and hopeless.
ly. He knew his business too well to
hesitate in his explanation. He had
suffered.
We'll. here Is quarter" said the
clubman. fishing the coin from his
pocket 81 do not see why a guest
should not find silver piece for the
waiter, even II there is none In his
change"
Perhaps so, sir. but walters know
that tips are gagged by the convenience
of the guest to a large extent. II a
gentleman finds several quarters among
his change. II is n natural thing for
him to leave one of them on the salver
for the waiter. But if there are no
coins there, he thinks that II is the
walters own fault, and nine times in
ten he will miss the tip altogether"
well. l should advise you to patch
up your quarrel with the cashier with
out delay" remarked the clubman as
the waiter helped him into his overcoat
Yes, sir. What with the cashier and
the cook. who can give us anything he
likes and cause the guest to complain,
and the head waiter. who, in many
places takes part of the tips, and the
manager and the bartender. who wants
his divvy, walters have a pretty hard
time. 1t Is not the greatest business
in the world, sir. ] assure you"
Evidently" agreed the clubman.
passing out into the night.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

Il don't know that any one said any
thing of the kind" he said. 'or whether
he had been drinking"
What 8 the attitude of the English
people toward us?" asked.
There are n great many kinds of
English people" said Mr. Bayard. ut
would be difficult to say just what is the
attitude of all of them"
Say, the commercial attitude"
There is undoubtedly a great deal Of
feeling among the business men of
England because of the restrictions
which our laws have put on their trade.
England is our best customer. yet the
Dingley law seems to seek to put the
greatest obstacles in the way of Eng
lands paying us for our goods In the
things she produces. Then the disa-
| greement about the time when that law
went into effect, which believe In still
in the courts. may make considerable
difference in the duty to be paid by
Englishmen on large quantities of goods
| which had passed out of their owners
hands before the law was passed. How
great the feeling over that may be
do not know"
Mr. Bayard picked up little PAM
phlet which lay on his desk.
Here" he said "is something was
reading today 1t is by the Hon. Red
field Proctor, senator In the congress
OF the United states and a man of great
Intelligence. This is what he says about
the development of the British empire"
Mr.. Bayard read aloud n paragraph
giving briefly the statistics OF Great
Britain's growth.
Now l want to say to you." he said.
as he put down the pamphlet that
there has not been a port opened to the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
A Convention
OF CatfIen1en

The remarkable growth of the live
stock industry in the west in the last
year or two and the great influx of cat
tie buyers and sellers to Denver with
In the last few months led some time
ago to the calling of national conven-
ton of stock growers in Denver for Jan.
20, 20 and q. Invitations were sent.
through the governors of the various
states and territories to live stock or
CARNATIONS everywhere, and the re-
sponses received indicate one OF the
larges. conventions of the character
ever held in the west. There doubtless
will be 5000 cattle and sheep men in at
tendance. and the results are expected
to be farreaching.
Denver has assumed within the last
year an Importance in live stock affairs
as surprising as unexpected. At one
time Denver was famous because of her
cattle kings and queens. but there was
slump in the cattle business, then a big
rush to get out OF it, which resulted in
the industry being considered poor in
vestment. The great ranges of the
west, where hundreds of thousands OF
cattle had been grazed for the markets
Of the east were surrendered to strug-
Cling farmers, who sought to make n
living from soil which made good grass
but poor corn. Ten or Il years ago the
crash came and up to 1895 little interest
was taken in the business. Since that
time the cattle business has been i'm
proving and is again one of the great
industries of the west. But new condl-
lions have arisen. new problems face the
cattlemen which must be solved and
the business must he conducted upon an
entirely different basis from what 1t
was 10 or IL years ago.
Among the most important of the new
changes that have come about and now
confront the cGttleman is the necessity
OF having point where the breeder and
feeder can meet and transact business.
This cattle exchange must he some,
where near the breeding and the feeding
districts. and Denver is peculiarly fitted
10 carry on that trade This is because
Of the fact that the best breeding sec
tlon of the country Is in Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona. and the hest feed
Ing section is In the grazing states OF
Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska and
farther east in the corn states of Iowa.
Missouri and Kansas. Between these
extremes the cattlvmen must find some
place to meet and transact business.
The result has been that Denver. being
the geographical and railroad center of
the west, has found her live stock bust
ness increasing by leaps and bounds.
The business of the local yards has been
growing rapidly for three years, and
this year win show double the number
of cattle handled in any preyinus ypar
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
The Ex>En7bassador on
Government Salaries,

find an American with feeling of ami
mostly toward the English people. And
on what 10 this feeling OF animosity said
to be based? ] have vet to hear a spe-
ciflc reply to my statement that the dis
position of the American people toward
the English people is friendly. What
ever contradictions have been made
have been of the vaguest character.
can understand men who might be in.
terested in possible war contracts want
ing 10 see us involved In trouble with
some other nation Such contracts are
often very profitable. But l can say
positively that there Is no cause of UNI
bragg between the two peoples-that
there has been no difference between
them which could not be adjusted on
the basis of common reason and com
mon fairness. II there was any such
difference, / should know it, for 1 was
for four years at the head of all the
foreign affairs of this government and
for four years represented IL in Lon
dom
Mr.. Bayard refused to consider seri-
ously the proposition attributed to an
unnamed senator some time ago. that
we really need war to arouse the dor
mant patriotism of the American peo-
ple
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

Another thing. one which I recon-
mended while 1 was in London, is the
need that the government should pro-
vide house in London for our embas-
sador. The American ambassador when
he arrives in London. has no place to
go. My successor did not take the
house which l had occupied in London.
nor did I take that of my predecessor.
In fact, 1t was year before l found a
place where could be comfortable. and
through that year 1 was spending n
great deal of time house hunting. Lon
don is Il great city-a city of 100000
people. 1t is difficult to change the
course of things in London. Once while
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

| I was there I moved, and, do what /
codld to change 1t. for two years the
stream of letters and parcels kept on
going to my old address.
when "a man asked IL he might call
upon me and I said l should be very
pleased to have him. he would say: Let
me see: you're in'-naming the place
where Mr. Phelps had lived or Mr.. Low
ell. There should be permanent resi-
dence for the American ambassador in
London, and the government should
provide it."
/ asked Mr.. Bayard II there was any
truth in the stories that he would rep
resent some English interests in this
country.
"None at ALL" he said. II don't know
who Invented that story, but there is
no truth In it, do not represent any
English interests here, and | am not
going to. / am busy now getting set
tod In my old home. l have been so
very busy that did not get time to go
to WASHINGTON and settle my accounts
with the state department until ten
days ago"
ITS probably not worth while to ask
you seriously If you ever intended to
return to ENGLAND to llve?" ! ventured.
Mr.. Bayard looked annoyed. THAT
story was not only untrue" he said
but | think 1t was not good natured.
No. 1t was not good natured. ! have
displeased q good many people," he
added with a rather grim smile. "and
don't know that I regret it. but at
least have never deceived any one
and l have never had the reputation of
concealing my opinions on public ques-
tions.'
quoted to Mr.. Bayard the remark Of
well known public man. published last
spring. which was in effect that the peo-
pie of the United States were spelling
for a fight" with England.
II don't know who his associates
could be to give him such an impress
SION" said Mr.. Bayard. II have yet to