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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

ial to Senator WellingUon's recent per-
formances, aud this is its conclusion:
The Maryland Senator fatally mis-
reads the drift of American politics
since 1881 if he imagines that the Sem
atorial prerogative which Roscoe COnk-
ling vainlv wrecked his political for
tunes to maintain and establish can be
successfully asserted now. If Mr.. Well
lingtOn seriously contemplates entorc-
ing the Senatorial veto power on fed
eral appointments which he contends
for, he is likely to discover very
promptly that he has begun his cru
SADIE for shattered Senatorial privilege
at least eighteen years too late.
The Philadelphia Record said: 'Sen-
ator Wellington seems to be losing his
head at the prospects of losing control
of the Republican party of Maryland
through the instruction against his
dictation.n
Never in the whole history of Mary
land has it been Inundated by such a
representative. II the personality of
the man were not so well known, the
charitable presumption would be that
he had met with some sudden mental
misfortune.
1t is not always best to say we told
you SO, but in this most distressing
case we cannot help reminding the
people of Maryland that the american
from the first opposed the election of
George l.. wellington, simply on the
ground that he was not fit for the place.
And the awful pity is that he is on our
hands for FIVE more years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

HAD the income tax clause of the
Democratic tariff bill been allowed to
stand by the Supreme Court, it would
have provided annually Over S4O,-
100000 in revenue and the government,
instead of being short in their accounts
each mouth with the decrease growing
rapidly, would be on the safe side of
the ledger with millions to spare. This
income tax would solve the difficulty
without the expense and delay of
making an entire new tariff. Even
after all the schedules ofthe Mckinley
Dingley tariff are completed there will
be an anticipated shortage of about
SIS, 600 900 in revenue, which the Re
publicans hope to make good by i'm
posing stamp tax on stock and bond
transfers. This will effect the rich
and well-to-do and was what the oppo-
nents of the income tax cried down in
that measure. They called it class leg
islation. What are they doing now
but piling up mass of class legislation
with this one exception, for the bene-
fit of the rich against the poorer
classes? People should not forget that
the income taxi revenue was included
in the Senate Tariff Bill which became
q law without Cleveland's signature
probably because of this same income
tax, and which in the aggregate
would have supplied all the revenue
which the government needed. The
expenses of this country are becoming
greater every year. and with huge APP
preparation bills, increased pension
claims and other large expenditures
for different purposes it becomes neces-
sary to have an elastic revenue-pro-
ducing measure to make ends meet.
We must wait and see how the Repub-
lican bill will answer the purpose, but
cannot see how increased taxation of
the home people will do it. All manu-
featuring and industrial enterprises are
now suffering and are waiting for pros
perity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
Let Every Democrat Fall in Line.

The Democratic primaries to select
delegates to a County Convention,
which convention will select delegates
to the State Convention and delegates
to the Judicial Convention, has been
called to take place in this county on
Saturday, July 18th. Every Democrat
in the county is, we understand, cordi-
ally invited to be present and take part
in the deliberations. There should be
a full turn out at the primaries, and
full delegations should be sent to the
County Convention. Every Democrat
participating in these primaries should
feel himself in honor bound to lend a
cheerful support to the State and Judi
cial nominees. 1t is about time for
Democrats to recognize the true obliga-
tons of party. Let an earnest fight be
made for friends all along the line, but
after the nominations are once fairly
and honorably made, no true Demo
crat should hesitate TO give his support.
Your so-called Independent voting has
been the means of placing Maryland in
the hands of the Republicans. 1t would
be far more honorable for men to join
the ranks of the Republicans than to
participate in Democratic primaries
and afterward vote against men fairly
and honorably nominated. We would
like to call the attention of set of in
dependents in this county, who, whilst
claiming to be Democrats, cut their
ticket when it suits them and delight
in denouncing all who do not agree
with their remarkable ideas of what
should constitute true Democrat. Do
these people intend to continue forever
this line of policy and expect the regu-
lar organization ever to lend them q
helping hand in their political aspira-
tions? Some say they will change
some day they may have favors to ask
of the party they helped to defeat and
almost destroy. Will it be natural fol
the party to forget the past and help to
place them in positions of honor and
profit? Next year we will want Con.
gresham from this district, for in the
great tidal wave which will certainly
come, Democrat will surely represent
this district Who will be the man:
Now is the time to make the record fol
the future. All are invited to come in
and join hands in the endeavor to carry
the county this fall, not for any one
man, but for every man fairly and hon.
orably nominated by the Democratic
convention. Fall in!
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

THE great miners strike is going on
in deadly earnest. Most all the miners
in the Pittsburg district are effected
and it is probable that many more will
cease work. President Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor, is with
the strikers heart and soul and wishes
them success. Mark Hanna's mines
were also closed down. Some newspa-
pers try to make light of this revolt of
labor against the thumb-screws of cap
ital and trust power, but the truth will
come out despite them. And just to
think of it, McKinley's greatest over
lures were made to the workmen, thou
sands of whom gathered about his
porch at Canton, in anti-election days
and hurrahed and shouted at his
empty words and promises. Now they
feel the keen edge of depressed times
and the growing pangs of hunger. If
this happens now, what will it be I'M
der protection? The Dingley bill has
passed the Senate by majority of ten
votes and will soon become law. Let
us hope that prosperity will come with
its advent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
NATIONAL TOPICS.
Brief Paragraphs of Important
National Affairs.
Saturday and Sunday.

The feeling aroused over the fight
between Senator Wellington and B. HI.
Warner over the selection of the lat
ter's son for the Leipsic consulate, has
not abated. Mr.. Warner has made a
statement contradicling some Senator
ial stories and Mr.. Wellington says it
is simply preposterous to talk of send
ing young Warner to Leipsic.
The national capital will soon be
adequately prepared for coast defence.
1t is probable the sentence of dis
missal from the navy upon COM
mander Mullan by court-martial will
be contested.
Republican Senators concede a blum
der was committed in presenting an
amendment to the tariff bill allowing
bounty on beet sugar.
Secretary of War Alger has issued
an order placing additional safeguards
around the issue of medals of honor.
Several witnesses testified before the
Senate Committee on Civil Service to
the effect that they had been displaced
by the last administration for political
reasons.
Major R. D. S. Tyler, chief of the
mail and equipment division of the
Postoffic Department, has been re-
moved.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
WRITES OF JOURNALISM.
The Inventive Small Boy Holds Forth
on Newspaper Work.

The Inventive Small Boy Holds Forth
on Newspaper Work.
A bright little boy who attends one of
the city public schools was told by his
teacher few days ago to write an essay
on Journalism" says the Atlanta
Constitution, and the next day he
handed in the following: Journalism
is the science of all sorts of journals.
There is heap of kinds of Journals.
Journals is good thing 'cept when
they is not journals and then they is
just awful. My ma, she takes a fashion
journal what is always full of pictures
OF horrid old maids with the ugliest
dresses on I ever saw. The fashion
journal is heap gooder than the hot
journal, cause the hot journal stops
the train and the fashion journal starts
it. The fashion Journal don't stop moth
in but the broken window light and
pas bank account.
There is sheep journals and hog
journals and brass journals, too, and
pa has got a journal downtown at the
store and writes things in it about folks
he don't want to forget. Then we had
q woman t cooked for us named Sally
Journal. She was the funniest journal
l ever saw. She was a baldheaded
Journal. -
''They amt no more journals that II
know of.
Up. ST. forgot to say that man
what puts grease on the car wheels Is
called journalist"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1897.
PRIMARY MEETINGS.

AT meeting of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee of Frederick County,
held in Frederick City. on Saturday,
July 3rd, it was resolved that the Dem
ocratic voters of said county be, and
they are hereby requested to assemble
in primary meetings, on
SATURDAY., JULY 18th, 1897,
at the following places and hour, for
the purpose of selecting delegates to
attend a County Convention to be
held in Frederick City, on Sat
urday, July oath, 1897, at IL
O'Clock a. M, for the purpose of
selecting delegates to attend the State
Convention, to be neld in Baltimore,
on Wednesday, July 2Sth, and also to
attend the Judicial Convention in
Rockville, on September 18th:
Buckeystown NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
8 p. IN.
Frederick-Court House, 2 p. m.
-Middletown, 8 p. m.
Creagerstown, Hotel, p. IN.
EmmItsburg - Western Maryland
Hotel, $50 p. m.
CatOctin-Wolf's Hall, s p. III.
Observation-Disclosures Store. 6 p.
m.
Liberty-Smith's Cigar Store, 7.SO
p. M.
New Market-New Market, p. IN.
Hauver's-Deerfeld 430 p. m.
Woodsboro-Smith's Hotel, 7.30 p.
m.
Petersville-H offman's Hail. 4 p. M.
Mt. Pleasant-Riddlemo Store, 6
p. m.
Jefferson-Jefferson p. nj.
Observation-Disclosures, s p. III.
IW9ackson-Myersville, Shank's Hall,
a. p. m.
JohnsviIle-PhilIips Hall, 7.3O p. m.
Woodville-Woodvllle, Up m.
Linganore-Unionville, 7.30 p. M.
Lewistown-Weller'sH Hall, s p. m.
Tuscarora-Yellow Springs Hall, 7.3O
p. m.
Burkittsviile-Bur p. IN.
CHARLES N. HARGETT,
Chairman.
J. RodSsR MCSIgERRv,
Secretary.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

WE cannot understand why any res
olutions touching upon the finances of
the country should be discussed or
passed by meeting of the members of
County Central Committee. This
seems to us as unwise and altogether
unnecessary. The Central Committee
of the county are, as we understand
them, to take charge of party manage
ment, fixing dates of primary meet
ings and county conventions, and
other such matters. We think the ma
tional questions have nothing to do
with our county or State affairs and
should be dealt with by national con-
ventions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
OLD DIRECTORS RETAINER
Lively Contest at the Annual MeA.
ing of the Frederick and Mid.
dletown Electric Railway
Company, but the Old
Board Held the Bal
ance of Power.

Some little contention was exbih
tied at the annual meeting of tbo
Frederick and Middletown Railway
Company for the election of nine al
rectors on Wednesday last, from 10 to
II o'clock.
1t appears that amongst a certain
class some dissatisfaction as To tho
methods and management of the road
had arisen, and was being turned to
advantage by others for their personal
benefit. A scheme was on foot to
spring surprise on the directors at the
annual meeting by collecting the
proxies representing the majority Of
the stock of the company, electing di.
rectors suitable to themselves and in
general operate the road to suit them.
selves. Cyrus F. Flock, it is said, was
the man the opposition had united on
for director, but at the last moment
when the plot was made public and
published, he drew out and put for.
ward e. w. Johnson, who in the bal.
loting received 204 votes to 564 aver.
aged for the old board. The attemnt
to change the directorship came 10
naught, but had the matter not been
given publicity it is almost certain
that they would have carried their
point. The old board were elected nv
good majority, except Herman Rout.
zahn, who got 1866 votes, nearly 200 be.
hind the others. A determined effort
was made TO defeat him but to no pu.
pose. 1t is said that persons were EN-.
ployed to go around the county and
interview each and every owner Of
stock to give their proxy.
The members of the old board who
were elected for the ensuing wear
are; Geo. w. Smith, d. E. Kefauver,
John &. Motter, Chas. H. CobIentz,
Peter w. Shafer, Thomas H. Haller,
Herman l.. Routzahn. Peter Fl. Bus
sard, U. A. Sharretts. Others who
were supported for the dictatorship
and the number of votes they received
are as follows: T.. w. johnson, 2O4;
H. Leatherman, 5; H. Stone, 5; NJ. G.
Coblentz, Is; ]. HI. Ramsburg, 12l; L.
F. Kefauver, 20 Nothing will be
done for the present with the power
house question and the efforts of the
board will be directed towards main-
tanning the good work of the road in
freight and passenger traffic during the
next twelve months.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
UNBECOMING AND DrSGRACEFUL.
From tho Evarx, Soturday pay,a,y


One of Senator Wellington's alleged
reasons for opposing the appointment
of Mr.. B. H. Warner, Jr., as United
States consul at Leipsic is that he is
young man. Mr.. Wellington is him.
self scarcely free from the charge of ad-
olescence, but it is a crime which
everyone outgrows if he lives long
enough. But Mr.. Wellington evident
ly has more cogent reasons for oppos-
ing Mr.. Warner than the youth of the
latter: and, according to the newspaper
reports, he has been expressing himself
in languague unbecoming gentleman
and disgraceful as Senator. In fact,
the actions of the Duke of late have
been of such a nature as to cause him
the forfeiture of the respect of decent
people, and he should mend his man
ners if only to sustain the dignity of
the position he occupies. Imagine Sen
ator German so losing control of his
temper as to apply opprobrious epithets
to man such as Mr.. Wellington is
said to have made to newspaper cor
respondent concerning Mr.. Warner.
1t is belittling, to say the least, and
his friends should caution him to
prune down his voluble billingsgate
and assume virtue if he has it not.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
Tax Rate for 1897.

The Board of County Commission
ers have just finished their compution
after looking over the returns of the
reassessment. The county tax for this
year will be 50 cents on the 500. The
basis has been decreased $4,000,O0O on
real and personal property. The voters
of Frederick County can see their
folly, aud the wisdom of the Demo-
cratic party in refusing to advocate
reassessment in these times of depres-
sion and falling values in property.
The expenses of the reassessment were
$4,000
The corporation tax will be known in
about months lime; it is now being
computed, but there are appeals and re-
adjustments, and the new law on
bonds and bank stocks require long
and tedious overhauling of the lists.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

THE visitors to the bicycle meet,
with but few exceptions, behaved
themselves with commendable decency
and respect. Rather regretfully we
have to say, that some Of our own peo-
pie created more disturbances and pre-
cipitated more brawls and rows than
all the strangers put together. This is
not the reputation that our city should
crave; rather that no word of censure
could be heard to her discredit and
that a maximum amount of jollity and
fun should be tempered with mimi
mum amount of recklessness and
deviltry. Our young men who are
prone to become abusive to strangers
should remember that, as our guests,
they are entitled to a certain amount
of courtesy whilst here, and that any
indignity offered them is an insult
to the city and its people and operates
against our good name. Politenesss is
little thing, but it certainly becomes
those who possess it and make them
rich indeed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

If the present coal, stone and iron
workers strike, covering a territory of
six States, continues until September
1st. it will entail a loss of S45, 900, 900,
conservative estimate, on all concerned,
Including the public, who will have to
pay increased prices for their supplies.
This is one of the signs of prosperity
that the present administration boasts
about. What are they going to do
aboutit?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

OWING to Republican legislation the
tax payers of Frederick will be able to
contemplate at their leisure whether
it is advisable during such hard times
to have their taxes raised as they have
been in this county through the Re-
publican assessment law. The citizens
of Frederick will now pay city, coun-
ty and State tax, 81. 14} on the 500, an
increase of 394 cents over the old rate.
The county taxes will be 80 cents, an
increase of Is cents on the old basis.
The State Nx is 175 cents. This is an
evidence of Republican reform. Let
the taxpayers say how they like it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
Married Again.

Tuesday afternoon it was announced
that Frank Hillyon, residing a short
distance south of Middletown, whose
wife died under distressing circum-
stances exactly two weeks ago, had
been married at Frederick to Mrs. Re
becca Whip, widow residing along
the mountain near Burkittsville. Hill
yon moved here from Virginia six or
eight years ago.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
STATE HAPPENINGS.
Maryland News Matters Tersely
Told for the Benefit of Busy
Readers.
Saturday and Sunday.

Republican primaries were held in
Caroline County, and it is believed that
the anti-Wellington ring of the party
was successful.
Fourth-of-July celebrations were held
in many Maryland towns on Saturday
and the Others will celebrate to-day.
On Sunday the celebrations took the
form of patriotic religious services in
churches and groves.
The cornerstone of st. Paul's Metho-
dist Episcopal Church was laid at New
Windsor.
The Frederick County Democratic
Committee fixed July 18th for the
State and judiciary primaries and
July oath for the county convention.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

THE Baltimore NeWS seems to be in
censed that President Mckinley has
consented to visit Frederick during the
coming Agricultural Fair The Ne,0s
seems to think that it is privileged to
pose as the "great objector" and that
its word is law. The NeaOs is constantly
making a hit at Frederick, but its
shafts are like flies on pump handle.
The Ne,OS ought to have enough to do
to attend to its own city and its own
business.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
Advertised Letters.

The following is list of the adver-
tised letters remaining in the Fred
erick city post-office. To obtain any of
these letters, the applicants must call
for advertised letters. If not called for
within two weeks they will be sent
to the dead letter office:
GENTLEMEN's LIST. G. Haring,
Rev. r. A. Lemon, c. Il. Poole.
LADIES LIsT.-Miss Minnie Fuller,
Miss Ira Miner, (3): Mrs. Mary Martin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

THE great coal and steel workers
strike is now on and the number OF
workmen involved in the combine is
roughly estimated at 100000. Six
States are the battle grounds and the
contest for living wages promises to be
a fierce and bitter one
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

MANY prominent Republicans of
Hagerstown have forwarded petition
to Senator Wellington asking for the
appointment of Newton Cooke as Col
lector of the Port of Baltimore. These
appointments will have some little
time to wait.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

WITH all this bounty business in the
new tariff, where does the farmer come
in? Surely his interests are as much
entitled to protection and assistance
from the government as those of sugar,
tin-plate and Others. We infer that
in the press of important matters he
has been forgotten.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
A Conductor Killed.

Mr. H. H. Gochenour, conductor
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
was found dead at Keseler's Curve, w.
Va. Monday morning. He was COM
ing East on duty, and it is supposed
that he was stauck when passing Paw
Paw tunnel He resided at Brunswick
and his remains were taken there for
burial He leaves wife and four
children. He formerly resided at
Woodstock, Va, where he was we'll
known.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
WORK OF CONGRESS.
What Our Legislators Have Been
Doing the Past Week.

A vote on the tariff bill was not
reached Saturday, the 3rd inst, the
Democrats having announced their
purpose to resist an amendment report
ed from the Finance Committee giving
bounty of one-quarter of cent
pound on beet sugar made from beets
raised in the United States. The Sen
ate will be in session to-day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

THE District Commissioners under
the influence of Republican demands
have asked for the resignation of Gen.
Frank Bond as Weigher of Weights
and Measures, and this too, in face of
the good record made by General
Bond. This is Republican civil SER
vice with a vengeance.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

THE weather is too hot even to take
an interest in base ball. For health
full, pleasant recreation during the
heated term, we would recommend a
perusal of the cratic tariff schedule, es-
pecially the sugar bounty portion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

THE tin plate mills are having some
trouble with their employees. Recent
ly the latter secured higher wages and
other valuable concessions from the
owners.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

THE BEST SALvE i'm the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by A. L. Pearre Drug
gist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

The tariff committee has refused to
place bibles on the free list. An ex-
change says this was because the good
book advocates reciprocity and justice
to all. 1t is trifie hard on the Repub-
lican tariff.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

You will DO us a great favor by sending us
the names OF parties who are not taking the
1CITIzEN," and whom you think would APP
pIeciate a sample copy.