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How . Colony Of the Bennmy TyDe Werksa.
To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-sfr: Certain
statements have been made of late by John F.
Rodgers. signing himself as Governor Of Wash.
ington, 10 tho effect that the Debs- Bethany col.
ony will find q Joyous welcome In Washington
State. He celebrates the resources of that lus,y
young giant of the Pacific Northwest, point.
ing with pride" to her dormant resources, her
unrivalled position for foreign commerce. as an
unusual field for tho enterprise of man. Thi,
may all be true. IL an ~unguarded moment the
people of Washington State, groanins under
tho yoke Of unusual times, made the fatal e1.
pertinent Of Populism. but now. from all re-
ports. the majority Of that people. with return.
ing prosperity. are admitting with chagrin and
'o Il tSis sf prstsn Mas GOVERNS M Monid ONLY stud,
the history OF his own State with some care DO
would remember an experiment of q BellseI
hard:times period. IN 1855 or 1885. that a lot Of
with their little all. some with nothing, and a
few with considerable. hoping to enrich them.
selves at the expense OF the many. 1t was a
pie reason that all would not cooperate. Some
Joined the colony with lofty ideals which the!
WE'RE Who'll Wholly A1 mePoenS s9 Pu an ,a l Rsassd5fs upon 9sh sSs
proceeded to work the feid for ali there was in
cracked and hare-brained scheme who had
failed to come. up to the moral and commercial
standard of his age, and had some brand new
plan for revolutioniZing old and tried methods
which he was certain would work, for the res
son that 1t had never been tried. and. moreover.
offered him as an individual q means OF living
without work. and very often of gratifying his
baser instincts. The place became so morally
rotten that the more ~self.respecting had 10 SET
out with their families. 1t is only a step from q
community Of industrial interests TO a commu-
nifty of wiyes. And when one restraint and safe
guard, which 10 the result Of human experience,
Is removed. 1t Is hard to keep the others from
following. FRED W. MORRIS.
NEW YoRK, June 10.
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The proposal hat the Yantio shall be
turned over to the use of the Michigan
naval militia acquires an additional interest
from the question that has arisen as to
whether this transfer would violate the
provisions of 1.-THE Rush Bagot treaty of 1917.
That treaty contains this stipulation re.
garding the building and maintenance of
war vessels upon the great lakes:
"The naval force to DO maintained upon the Amsrt
can lakes by his Majesty and the Government OF the
United States shall thenoeforth be confined TO the
following vessels on each side. that Is:
ION Lake Ontario. to ono vessel. not oxoeedinR 100
tons burden. and armed with ono eighteen. pound
cannon. On the upper lakes. to two vessels, not ex-
ceeding like burden each and armed with like force.
On the waters OF Lake Champlain. 10 one vessel, mot
exceeding like burden and armed with like fores.
IAN Other armed vessels on these iakes shall DO
forthwith dismAntled. and no other weasel of war
shall then be built or armed"
Our Government has been most scrupu.
lous In regard to this treaty, and while
Secretary TRACY had charge OF the Navy
Department 1t declined to accept the bid Of
f. W. WHEELER & Co. OF West Bay City,
in Michigan, for building the Bancroft,
they being the lowest bidders, although
the Bancroft was not to DO maintained on
the lakes and presumably not even to be
armed there, since she was to serve as a
practice ship for the cadets at Annapolis.
About five years later. under Secretary
HERBERT, the same ground was taken In
regard to the bid of the Detroit Dry Dock
Company to build one or more of the COM
posite gunboats. And now Michigan for
the third time furnishes the parties In In
terest a question regarding this treaty of
fourscore years ago
We have no warship on Lake Champlaln
and none on Lake Ontario; but on Lake
Erie we have the old Michigan, which GER
tainly does not conform closely to the
treaty requirements, for she is of D tons
Measurement and 8s5 tons displacement,
and carries, we believe, four small guns
instead Of one. However, with a single
naval vessel on the lakes, where we might
have a total of four. no objection has ever
been made officially. so far as we recall. to
the size or the battery OF the Michigan,
neither of which is alarming.
The Yantlc, however, would mako a
J second vessel on the upper lakes. and IL
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Last week the Providence First Light In
fantry attempted to conquer those unconquera-
bic trenchermen, tho member Of the Putnam
Phalanx of Hartford. On Thursday morning tho
Light Infantry men loaded the Phalanx upon q
steamer and took 1t down Narragansett Bay.
Light refreshments wero served on the trip,
and the Newport folks, hearing the corks shoot,
believed that the torpedo station had blown up.
At las the Phalanx charged upon "a genuine
clam dinner at Crescent Park, near Providence.
and took possession of the following stores:
"Clam chowder. salmon from the Penobscot. soup
from New port. cells from Narragansett Bay. bluensh
from Montauk. crabs from Chesapeake Bay. clam frit.
ters. baked clans, sausage. Little Neck CLANS. Indian
pudding with cream. watermelon, Ice cream. old Eng.
lish cheese and crackers"
The commanders of tho Ericsson and Cush.
ing are very grateful that it did not occur to
the phalangists to eat up all the torpedoes. They
could have done It without an effort
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It is only whom thero 10 a combination of can't
tai In the nature OF . conspiracy to prevent the work.
ing of tho law OF competition and hold up prices un.
naturally that such an aggregation OF capital becomes
inimical to public interests. -Le,Dtston Journal.
This appears to be common sense, and must
therefore DO rejected when the attempt to apply
It to trusts 10 made. Combinations to put prices
down are just as wicked and injurious from the
point of view of the trust smashers as combine
tions to put prices W. AS tho majority of tho
Supreme Court holds, tho power to put down
implies the power to put up. The essential
theory of the harpooners of the octopus Is that
trusts arc necessarily and inevitably deceitful
above all things and desperately wicked. In
fact. cheapening goods is supposed to be one Of
the worst of the trust crimes. What right have
the trusts to mako things cheapi
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why Cuba Can Prolone tho War.

One Of the elements In the success Of the
Cuban patriots, which has become clearer
with the progress of the struggle, 10 tho
comparative ease with which they obtain
supplies of arms.
Cargo after cargo Of war munitions lands
on the island without hindrance, and finds
its way surely and swiftly to the insurgent
lines. Even small parties of men go to
fight in Cuba; and o case of capture like
that of the Competitor Is n very rare e1cep-
ton. Considering that the patriots do not
hold n single port, that Spain has lone her
utmost to patrol the island waters with her
cruisers and gunboats, and that the 70
sources of our own navy and revenue marine
have been no largely drawn upon to prevent
unlawful expeditions from our shores, tho
success achieved in blockade running has
been extraordinary. and must ave q great
effect Upon the Cuban cause.
From the first the insurgent leaders took
the ground that, while volunteers were
welcome to their ranks, the only real need
was that of military supplies, with which
to equip their troops in the field. BY the
plan of campaign adopted, It was believed
that there would be enough men to
wear down the Spanish columns by con-
tinually harassing them, provided there
was an abundance of arms and ammunition.
Now for two years we a become accus-
toned to the story of cargo after cargo Of
supplies finding its way to Cuba, and still
the work goes on.
This is an important fact to be kept in
mind in considering whether the Insured
tion against Spanish authority can possibly
be put down. The proximity of Cuba to us,
the fact that the shipment of arms and
ammunition is, in itself, lawful, and the
almost uniform success with which the risk
of being overhauled in Spanish waters
is run, go to show that the patriots can
keep up their struggle indefinitely, even
with no a~rsenals and foundries to rely
upon, and without o port Of their own.
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Tho Constitution and Non-Partisan-
shin.

oAhP
The Hon. WILLIAM BRooKB1ELD has Q
Republican organization or County Com
mittee of his own, doubtless an excellent
institution and comforting to its proprietor
and Its members. At It's meeting In Lyric
Hall last week, however, 1t passed o reso-
luton which does not chime with facts.
1t resolved:
"That the Republican party Of this State, by e1er
cising its control Of the recent Constitutional Conveu-
sion TO propose to the people o Constitutional amend.
ment expressly separating municipal from national
and State elections, and by securing for that amend.
ment formal confirmation by the people, has de-
clarod its highest Judgment that In municipal Affairs
non.partisanship Is for the public good and should be
an established rule"
This Is the view of that Constitutional
amendment hat is taken by the Citizens
Union, which Mr.. BRooKFIELp's committee
recommends and urges to nominate the
Hon. SETH Low for Mayor" The Citizens
Union does not need any such recommend.
ing and urging, but the Citizens Union,
Mi. BRooKFIELD's committee, and various
Mugwump spouters 10 need to be reminded
that they are not sticking to the ever
lasting truth when they try to read their
Scouto it4io VI hoh llouuSulp llUO
the Constitution. The object of separating
municipal from State and national cleo.
tions was to prevent the voter from being
overwhelmed by the multiplicity of tickets,
to allow him full time and opportunity to
study the situation, to give the municipal
canvasses their just Importance, and keep
them from being slurred over and obscured
by the State or national canvasses. To as
sert that tho people in voting for that
amendment voted that non.partisanship
should control in municipal affairs is con-
siderably further away from the truth thar
1t would be to assert that the people voted
that the world Is fiat and that the Goo
roc are wise.
In short and in long, there never has
been, is not now,a and never will be such q
thing as non-partisanship in municipal af-
fairs. 1t is a mere Mugwump abstraction,
a toy of the Mugwump mind, q outlet of
novices who have neglected to stay in
Jericho until their boards have grown, a
vision of political so~mnambulists. The
most breathless, perspiring, and crazy par
tisans in the world are the very persons
who arc exhibiting this constitutional
amendment as &C. U. badge and yowling
deliriously for non-partisanship. As for
erring Brother BRooKFIELD, he is unusually
handsome and he is pretty good; but he
would be as mum as a mausolcum In regard
to on.partisanship II he had won In the
Republican primaries Of which he has not
ceased to complain.
Non.partisanship In Its practical and
actual meaning sthe ~partisanship Of the
fellow who Is in the minority.
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How Long VIII tho Forest Las, ,

The assertion of Mr.. D. r. FRANCIS at
the National Convention of Nurssrymen, In
st. Louis, that "if the present rate of de-
struction continues for the next twenty
five years the United States will be
practically bereft of forests" may be
commended to the attention of Congress.
That body has been considering lately the
views, on the one hand, of eminent experts
in forestry, like Prof. CHARLES S. SARGENT,
and, on the other. those of lumbermen and
sheep herders who desire to work their
will on the public woodlands.
Perhaps to an earlier generation the
forests of this continent appeared abso-
lutely exhaustless. But after a time
h existence of the vast treelesa
plains became known, while the axes
of the pioneers made ravages far and
wide. For many years, therefore, the need
of protecting the public forests from
fire and the axe has been manifest. In the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific slope region
alone. fOrYhs census year 1850. the number
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-21

At q tremendous demonstration by thirty
Goo Coos at Good Government ClubB on satur-
day evening, q rapturously a~pplauded address
containing this paragraph was road:
"The immense power OF tho independent vote
within the limits Of the Greater New York was amply
demonstrated at the last election. To secure the
whole Of that vote. without which no snti-Tammany
combination oan DO successful. the candidate for
Mayor must be primarily not the candidate Of any Of
the old political organizations. but she nominee OF an
independent
How happened It, then. that "tho immense
power Of tho Independent vote" was demon
stratod last year at an election whom the candi-
date who brought out 1.-The whole of that vote"
was the candidate Of ono of "the old political
organizations r.
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while the Doctor Wont to He Married IN Of
ncer Paid His Fine.

COLORADO SPRINGS, June 15.-A prominent
physician. DIR. Gildea. was arrested this morn
Ing for leaving his horses on tho street without
hitching them. Whom taken to court the Judge
ordered ftho doctor to appear at 0 o'clock to-
morrow morning to plead TO the charge. Turn.
ing 70 the City Marshal the doctor said:
=" cam be hero tomorrow
why not q asked the Marshal.
because 1 am to be married tonight and Am
going away" was the reply.
for you and plead guilty tomorrow"
Very well" said the doctor; you do that
] will pay IL on my return"
The Marshal assented and tho doctor loft the
court room greatly relieved.
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Foil ON the wrong EAa.
From The MonToo ddvfrtia.r

On Monday afternoon Mr.. II. T, Shaw. tba
efficient cashier of the Bank OF Madison, was
spinning along on his wheel when suddenly
with a small negro girl, knocking her down and
throwing himself from his wheel. In the good.
took hcr into a drug store, and called FOR DGr''
Trotter. The doctor was out. and Mr.. shaw
sent for DIR. Stone. AS the messenger started
on the warm-hearto cashier looked down Inc
street and saw that his victim had escaped and
was tripping along as clipper ns you please,
whose attentions were entirely unnecesaary ~
she had fallen ON her head.
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The annual report is made that certain
Americans who believe themselves TO DO do
scendants Of Sir FRANcIs DRAKE have formed
an association for tho purpose Of prosecuting q
claim TO some wholly mythical DRAKE millions
in England. It is queer that some thrifty persons
have not formed an association to raise funds
for tho purpose Of recovering tho value Of
ADAMS equity in the Garden Of Eden.
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The Democracy can reaflrm the principles Of
the Chicago Convention without laying special en-
phasis upon t~hem.-EI1IoT DANFoRTH.
Tho Democracy can affirm, reafirm. or straddle
as much as It likes. 1t can't prevent the voters
from laying special emphasis upon the rcvolu-
tionary platform I'D whacking with special
emphasis the pu. hat 10 responsible for 1t.
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Cheap excursion from all points Jersey oonsoli.
dated lines to the great Suburban Day and Coney Isl.
and race meeting oeginning Tuesday. Exc, tickets
from Jersey City. 20 vents by trolley; rs cents by III.
road from ali Annex boatsi both routes land at track
galoa. LaLders Band. Pains nreworks. Sousa's
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The aIost Regular Sunday School Pupr In
America.


Mrs. Emma COrbet of Carlisle, Pa, won for the
BiddIe Mission the credit of having the most
a handsome Bible worth $25. The prize was
given by the Christian Herald of New York.
attended Sunday school every Sunday Tor
twenty-four years. ~ W.
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A Vors..swo-rsHna Catfish caurA. m /. rraD.


MT. Henry Conwell last Saturday brought 10
Elberton q nsh of tho blue cat variety that
weighed Iorty.two pounds. He caught it In q
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04

ern farmer is one OF tho best OF citizens
nor ia@y, not shiitless. He has since he
OF ms father before him. cane back from
aiPoilat'nN beeh iaboring under load Of
deb, fastened about his neck by the limbs
OF nsury. What he needs Is opportunity.
wouldn't some system like this-a aystom
which would enable him to get on a cash
pasis OASIS tho much desired oppotu-
Ing, los oiu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04

1889. An American inventor suggests n
floating town a hlometer up in the air No
promises TO construct houses. streets ami
an aerial railroad, the whole TO be safnlv
supported by series OF gigantic balIoons
ana prevented FROM floating OF into snnee
ny being anchored TO the exposltion
grounds Access TO the streets OF the aerial
city Is 10 be obtained by means ~ 'ha
vators and the visitors can. areorJ,na -
the scheme Of this enterprlsing genius tato
clouds. - 'N'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
iroblem Of Loans at Reasonable
v Rates Solved.
IAlFFIESEN AND HIS GREAT WORK.
iRrmers banded Together for Mutu-
nj Aid--somc thing Like Buiid-
1ng and Loan Associations.

lelfkients on their property; the use OF money
); Dr the proper development OF their re-
ources; the use OF money, not In eStraya-
v. sant wastefulness, but 10 tho necessary.
r lensible working out OF the possibilities
" tho land which has come into their
NJ possession.
~ 1t Is so everywhere. Is It not particularly
20 In the South?
I, How are they 70 get Il? AS conditions
q bow exist, the land they own is discounted
y collateral from the unfriendly National
Banking laws The natural result is that
rs xhen the farmer 10 forced to become Dor
over he IS at the mercy OF the banker or
,-he merchant who charges MIN o2orbtant
6 ,sntcreat'-tho usurer. THIS IS particularly
7. true OF the small farmer. The big farmer
Z Is better OF Just as the big operator in
( lssy other line has u better chance for
4. credit though he may not be nearly as
8f good as thc smaller operator
a,E The small farmer Is utterly unable. nine
\ fines out OF ten. 20 borrow mDnpy except
= ut ruinons rates oil irterfst 1as Is 81
II news 10 the COustit1tlou'H rnadera 8, is
-faet which comes TO thr.r every day k1oWl-
L 'cdge but the fact referred 20 here ll way
4,or Introduction % fhs stu- OF plan lu
/, 'oparatlnn n another rart o. tlp world
fMhirh seens 70 answer .n the affirmative
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At'HAi NtltiAt IS itF'N' ll'llh MI lt.rin fHN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
4 To,vcr In Midair.

inventive geniuses are now busy trying
TO devise something that will prove as
urea, an attraction at the great Paris ex-
hibision OF 1900 as did tho Eifel tower IN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04

Whom you feel general iAsslhldo ana
breaking down OF the system, Ansostura
Bittors viii work wonderful change Dr
J. G. b. Slegert 4 Sons, Manufacturers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
JUST IN CONCLUSION.

How much OF this is of interest to the
general reader have no means OF Judging,
Perhaps | have gone too much into de-
tails concerning tho routine workings Of
the assoolatloni perhaps the subject is not
of interest at all 10 some people. But me
study Of II has interested me very much
for believe this German association sug-
sests general plan which might be util
ICED TO good advantage by the farmers OF
the South.
inc men who mako the cartoons for H.
lnstrated papers I'm the East are In The
habit OF porlraying your Southern and
Western farmer as lazy and shiftlass, and
Try TO mako the rest OF tho world believe
that the farmers lack OF money is his own
fault.
My experience has been that your South
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14
Haskell Happenings.

The fatmers are commencing 10 cultivate
their corn. They complain OF not having
good stand
The late showers were quite refreshing to
the GRASS and other vegetaton, but we need
more.
We notice that the farmers have listed more
of their corn this year than ever before IN TINS
locality.
Amos Decker says that he can sell you more
Of the quality, and give better weight or meas
ure, than you can get in Garrett. Try him.
Our township oratorical contest, to choose
contestant to 90 to Garrett and contest tor the
aoo held on Saturday evening, May 9Th,
was q Grand success, with perfect order and
GOOD deal OF intesest manifest. County Super
;rtendent Stillwel was with us, and, among
o,her GOOD things of which he spoke, one was
The value of an education. His talk was con-
v;ncinq. Miss Katie Plunmer was chosen as
The one TO represent our township in the county
contest through whose efforts we hope to con-
tinue the flag in our township.
Miss Hattie Brown, missionary to Japan, and
who is visiting with her father, o. b. Bro~n'
gave MS on the nth, lecture on her work IN
that country. She told us many things OF in
terest. One feature, amusing in the extreme:
che dressed one of our young ladies in the dress
and fixtures of a japanese lady. She also
showed us many articles which these and the
people of other countries use: or course ae-
scription would be impossible here. MISS
Brown is a very pleasant lady and can tel
what she knows.
Tuesday evening, the town of Bush City had
a 1;ttle excitement to waken the people from
the drowsy channels of monote ny Nan King,
While driving young horse in single harness
to cart had runaway, the horse running
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14
KANSAS AGfTATOR. GARRETT. KANSAS.
PROSPERITY POINTERS.

VIM. White, an opera-house man of Marion,
Ind, has made an assignment for the benefit
of his creditors.
Creditors have sold the Jay Piper Manufac-
turing Company's big paper mill at Jay Bridge,
near Livermore Falls, Mass. This is one of
the finest mills in the country. 1t has been
idle since December on account of lack of
orders Mckinley coincidence" failed to res
urrect it.
Williams, Brown & Co., wholesale shipping
have failed for 5000, 900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14

through wire fences and jumping completely
over one fence, dragging the cart after him.
We understand there was no serious damage
done.
Bush City school house seems to lie kind of
camping ground for tramps. One of them
made us present of his clothes. Now we
we think this clear case of "your board for
your clothes;" that is, if he got anything to eat
here.
Our school will be out in little over three
weeks. We have had good school this win
ter. Mr.. MEDDLER.