The advocate., 1897-09-15
Notes and Comment.

ard are being made.
President Mckinley wants a perma-
nent census bureau established.
Minnesota is contracting for the con-
struCtion OF a new State capitol at st.
Paul.
Seth Low has been nominated for
Mayor Of Greater New York by the Clti-
zens' League.
Potatoes, hay and grain are yielding
poorly in Ireland this year and serious
famine is promised.
Cuthbert & Co., bankers and brokers of
New York, failed last week with liabili-
ties exceeding half million.
Kansas City Star: Two Chicago preach
ers have struck for higher wages since
the passage Of the Dingley act
The gold Democrats have nominated
complete State ticket and indOrsed
candidate for United States Senator in
Ohio.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
will sit at Kansas City, September 20, to
hear a number Of cases in which COM
plants have been fled.
Cases Of yellow fever are reported in
New Orleans, but medical men agree
that the temperature is too low to permit
the disease to spread very much.
The Pennsylvania Democrat cOnven-
tion lndOrsed the Chicago platform and
Bryan. Harrity, the gold standard Ma
tional Committeeman, was deposed by
vote of 20 to 1874
1t is claimed by authorities which
ought to be good that the advent Of BIZ
cycles has caused a falling off of one
cities Of this country.
The corporation organs in Michigan
charge that Governor Pingree is a Popu-
list. The laboring men Of his State like
his style well enough to give him Al, 900
majority in excess OF what they gave
Mckinley.
Iowa Republicans will not open their
campaign until October. They have a
record for public corruption shown up
by legislative investigation which they
do not care to have to defend until as
late date as possible. They don't want
to discuss State affairs at all.
The American Mating Association is
a new trust intended to control the malt
and beer production Of this country 1t
is capitalized at 100000 and will con-
fine the brewing business to Chicago,
Milwaukee, st. Louis New York and
Philadelphia. All Of the smaller plants
will be closed.
In a recent statement President Nc
Kinley said that good times in the West
are due to foreign demand and famine
in Asiatic countries. He did not pretend
to make it appear that his administra-
tiOn had anything to do with 1t, but
lot Of irresponsible newspapers doing
business in his name continue to claim
the credit for high prices Of wheat.
In the Federal court at Sioux Falls,
s. D., the railroad companies are trying
to knock out the South Dakota rate law
passed by the last Legislature. The dis
patches giving these facts must be totally
unreliable, as 1t is solemnly asserted that
the Federal Judge before whom the case
is being tried appears to be preparing to
decide against the companies.
After election Republican papers were
greatly elated over the fact that McKin-
ley would have control of the taking Of
the next national census. Just why this
should afford 80 much satisfaction Is not
clear. Do Republicans mean that no
statistics showing the true condition Of
this country will be compiled, or that
they desire to give notice in advance that
the figures will be doctOred?
The records of Cook county, Illinois,
which includes Chicago, show that on
basis Of the 1890 population of 1,191, 1922
the moneys Of bankers, brokers, money