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The advocate., 1897-10-06

officers under the charter for the new
government Of the consolidated cities.
It will be seen from that letter that
Mr.. Bryan Is a partisan Of the strictest
sect. He does not believe in mixing peO-
pie in politics; he opposes citizens
unions" and other bodies outside Of reg
ular party organizations He says "the
issue is the life of the party" that ito
alter or deduct from the declarations Of
the assembled party is mortal injury"
And he concludes his communication
by saying-"Nor have battalions which
have fought, now on one side, and now
on another, now shoulder to shoulder
as friends, now bayOnet to bayOnet as
enemies, a place in honorable war"
The Advocate commends this letter to
it's readers as good medicine for the
back. Mr.. Bryan will accept aid, but he
husbands his own resources with the
skill of a great commander. He is
builder--on Democrat foundations
The advocate., 1897-10-06

none, they would avail themselves Of the
opportunity.
There are many Democrats who, when
IL comes to choosing permanently be-
tween Populism and Republicanism, will
accept the latter. On the other hand,
there are many that would make the op-
poslte choice.
Then there are the Socialists, Single
Takers, NatiOnalists and others, who are
in full sympathy with much Of the
POpulist creed.
The idea Of public ownership and con-
troll of public franchises Is new to all
the great parties except that of the Pop
ulists. They have been preaching and
writing on that line ever since the party
was formed. And that question will
be the central one in all the discussions
in this New York campaign.
Putting all these things together, the
harvest is ripe for Populism IL our head
men would but start the reapers in.
The United Democrats are proposing to
do in this campaign just what the Ad-
vocate advises the Populists to do on
national scale-gather in all opponents
to the present regime and organize them
in one new body with a new name and
a creed which all could adopt and de-
fend.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
CONFIDENCE NOT RESTORED.

Two weeks ago the Advocate called
attention to the fact that business was
being conducted cautiously in some lines
through fear that prices would not be
well maintained. Last weeks reviews
plainly indicate a continuance of this
nervousness. Orders are accompanied
with the condition that the goods must
be delivered promptly, because of the
risk Of delay. On the other hand, stocks
are not filling up much beyond the prob
able immediate demand. The markets
are all more or less feverish and un-
steady. Confidence is not restored.
Dun's report says:
New York makes settlement for
large part of the country, and daily aver
age, including this city, was in Sep
tember $2O6,S6 900, against $134,859,O 900
last year, S13S, 100000 in 1894, $122,733,-
900 in 1898, and $176,327 900 in 1892, so
that the gain over the same month in
the best of past years is II per cent.
These evidences Of reviving prosperity
are the more important because prices
for most manufactured products have
The advocate., 1897-10-06
MIXED POLITICS IN GREATER NEW
YORK.

The political situation in Greater New
York is growing intensely interesting. A
very large proportion of the voters want
non-partisan election, but Republicans
have put out straight party ticket,
and the Democratic alliance has named
a ticket on the Bryan platform Of 1896.
The Citizens Union is a voluntary
body made up of voters belonging to
both Republican and Democrat parties,
and they assert desire to establish a
precedent for conducting the city cleo
tlons on purely local issues They say
the people of New York City know better
what they want than do the people in
other parts of the country and therefore
they ought to be permitted to look after
their own affairs in their own way with
out being hampered by prejudices of
party politics.
1t is asserted in opposition to this
with vigor and with evident seriousness,
that the Citizens Union, while non-par-
tisan, is actuated by sinister motives,
that its members are personally inter
ested in all or most Of the franchises of
the city, present and prospective, and
that their conduct now foreshadows the
course their candidates, if elected, would
pursue on matters where the people
should be on one side and great class
interests on the other.
Leading Democrats are afraid of Bry-
anism, and Tammany has control of the
Democrat organization Of the city. They
refuse to say anything on national pol
itics, and that forces a bolt Of their
old party associates under the name of
United Democrats.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
ERRORS AND MISTAKES IN LEGISLA-
TI0N,

Those papers that are magnifying the
Importance of a few errors and mistakes
in the work Of the last Legislature would
do we'll to remember that that is moth
ing new in the history Of Kansas. An
investigation would show that bills have
been fraudulently altered, that votes
have been fraudulently reported, that
there are important omissions in the
Journals, and that bills and resolutions
have disappeared from the files. ALI
this, too, before the plague Of Populism
appeared.
But mistakes and errors do sometimes
innocently occur, and nobody knows
how. This is true more especially to-
ward the close of a session after the
hour Of adjournment has been agreed
upon, when members are in a hurry,
clerks are Overworked and conference
committees are crowded with details.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
MIR. BRYAN AS A PARTISAN.

When the question was raised last
year--"Will Mr.. Bryan accept the Popu-
list nomination." the Advocate said he
would not and expressed the opinion
that he ought not TO do so, because he
was not of our party, that he was a
Democrat--the candidate Of a great
party, a party not in sympathy with
POpulism, and that to accept the Pop
ullst nomination or to show any special
leaning toward that party, would cost
him thousands of votes in his own party,
Mr.. Bryan, with honor to himself and
to all concerned, has uniformly and per-
sistently kept within his party lines.
His counsel is always on the side Of his
party, and when he adjusts quarrel, as
he did at the late triple convention in
his own State, he always does 1t in the
interest Of the Democrat party. Among
the many sterling qualities of this brave
young leader, Is his sincere partlsanship.
While his Populist admirers have often
said Bryan is good enough POpulist
for them, and while the writer of this
has said many times that Bryan is at
least with us in the spirit and ought to
be with us in the flesh," yet all who
know him and are familiar with his
views and plans and purposes, feel sure
that he has no desire to abandon his
party for any other; that he is not only
satisfied with his party affiliations, but
that his ambition is to get the Democrat
party into power again, and his sim
cerity nobody questions.
AS showing his zeal for his party, and
as evidence that he believes in parties
and party government, we give in an
other place copy Of his letter to a
friend in New York City in relation to
the pending campaign there for first
The advocate., 1897-10-06

who will not act out this principle is
afraid TO look his official responsibilities
in the face, and should not have ven
tured on his commission. The people
who will not support a conservative Off
Ger in this principle are not manly
enough for self-gOvernment and should
abandon, as they invariably must lose,
that noble right. In fact, timely severity
Is actual humanity"
The advocate., 1897-10-06
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS UNDER MCKINLEY
AND WILSON LAWS.

1t is fraud and deception in a public
speaker or writer to conceal or with
hold the truth when attempting to an
swer a question asked in good faith.
There Is a general desire among people
of all classes to know the truth about
the amount of revenues derived from
customs (tariff) duties under the Oper-
alton of the Mckinley and Wilson laws,
but we have never yet seen a fair and
completely truthful statement Of the
facts in any Republican paper, nor have
we heard such from any Republican
speaker.
The fiscal year begins July and ends
June 30. Our government reports are
all made according to fiscal years ex-
cept when otherwise stated. The an
nual Treasury reports Of the United
States are always made by fiscal years,
The Mckinley law took effect October
1, 1890. July, August and September Of
the fiscal year 1891 had passed before
this law was in force. Nine months only
of that year are covered by the Mckinley
act. That law continued in force till
August q, 1894, and the Wilson bill
took effect the next day-August %.
The Mckinley law was in effect three
full fiscal years-those Of 1892, 1898 and
1894, besides nine months of 1891, and
from July to August q, 1894.
The Wilson law lacked nearly two
months (JuIy J. to August ~ of the full
fiscal year 1895. 1t was in force the full
fiscal years 1896, 1897, and from July 1
to rs of the fiscal year 1898, on which
latter day the Dingley bill took effect.
The following figures, taken from the
Statistical Abstract Of the United States
for 1895, show the amount of revenue re-
ceived from customs for the fiscal years
1890 to 1895 exclusive; the figures for
1896 and 1897 are taken from the Treas
,,,,y rnpOrt fO, limo 1907.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
report for June, 1897:
THE LAW AND THE LAW-BREAKER

Many of our older readers remember
the philadelphia riots in 1874. The fol-
lowing is an exatract from the charge
of Judge Jones to jury on the trial
of persons engaged in them:
THE law knows nothing of false
humanity so tender of the lives of bad
men that it spares them at the expense
of the blood of the good The men who
array themselves forcibly against the
laws forfeit all rights but those of rebels
and enemies, and may be killed as legit-
imately as the foreign invader, and
ought to be killed as duty If they can
not be otherwise overcome. The Sheriff
The advocate., 1897-10-06
P0PULIsM AND THE NEW YORK
ELECTION.

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Proceedings relating to the pending
election campaign in the city Of New
York have much more than a local con-
Germ. The people at large are studying
the situation there, and to Populists the
matter has special interest, in the eco
nomic features appearing, and in their
possible effect on Populism there and
throughout the country. The effort on
the one hand, to keep national politics
out of the campaign is of itself full Of
meaning, and the intention, on the
other hand, to make national politics the
leading issue, Is Of equal moment. And
the fact that each of the two parties on
both sides has a different reason for
favoring its policy adds to the signif-
canoe of the contest. The Citizens Union
faVors the local idea because it wants
the great property interests Of the rich
men of the city to control the city's
government, while the Democrat party
wants to keep national politics out Of
the campaign because it wants to put
the Democrat party In charge Of the
city's civil machinery, and to indorse
Organism Is to divide the Democrat vote.
So, too, the Republican party favors
the national idea because it wants the
affairs Of the great city administered
by Republicans, and the only way to Sc
cure a solid Republican vote is to put
the party itself in issue. And the silver
Democrats, in order to keep their own
people together, are forced to put Bryan
and the Chicago platform sQuarely before
the voters.
The way is opening for Populism, and
If we fail to avail ourselves Of the oppor
tunities presented it will be only because
we are blind-because, having eyes, we
see not. The Democrat party Is perma-
nently divided The issue dividing the
membership Is vital. Gold mOnometal-
lism on the one side, gold and silver
bimetallism on the other. But the
friends of bimetallism in the Democrat
party are not agreed on the matter Of
ratio. A majority of them do not care
enough about that part Of the subject
to quarrel over it. They are willing to
let the market reports regulate the ratio.
There are, however, some Democrats
who think there is something in the
16 to / argument, and they incline to
Populism.
There are, also, many silver Republi-
cans who are disposed to stand for the
Populist idea on the silver question.
Tammany, last year, declared for
Bryan and Sewall and the party plat
form, but men like ex-senator Hill, who
are bimetallists, though not of the 16
to / class, could vote with Tammany as
Democrats, if the Chicago platform is
not put in issue.
The Advocate looks at the develop
ments in New York City as in some de-
gree representing conditions in the cOun-
try at large. There is very large num-
ber Of Republicans and Democrats alike
who see that the POpullst idea of gov
erment is an improvement, and If the
way is made easy for them to enter
new political body built on the basis Of
equal rights to all, special privileges to
The advocate., 1897-10-06

1t would be impractlble to carry on
business now as 1t was done half CEN
tuTy ago, and this is true especially in
the grain and provision markets; but If
a return to the old methods of buying
and selling grain were to be effected,
the fluctuations in price would be much
less frequent and not nearly so sudden
or extreme.
The advocate., 1897-10-06

Sheriff Kepley and County Attorney
JetmOre, with their assistants, dis
charged their official duties promptly
and well in the interest Of good order
during the Fall Festival week at To-
peka The Sheriff had taken the pre-
caution to call about him few trusted
men, and they were at any hour ready
for any emergency Friends Of law and
order generally commend the foresight
and prudence of the State, county and
city executive officers for their efficiency
in protecting property and preserving
order
The advocate., 1897-10-06

Governor Leedy's ruling influence was
recognized in the excellent police dis
cipline during the progress of the Fall
Festival. 1t Is the unanimous judg-
ment of the people, we believe, that
there has never before been as good
order generally maintained at any very
large gathering in this city as we had
last week. The Governor and the city
police performed their whole duty In the
matter and did Ii we'll Never had there
been SO many people in Topeka, and
there was surplus Of rough characters
but the great crowds were handled easily
and orderly, day and night.
The advocate., 1897-10-06

The farmers engaged in the business
of sugar beet growing in the vicinity Of
the Chino factory in California have
formed union for their mutual in
terests. If beet farmers find union use
full, why would it not be good thing
for farmers in general?
The advocate., 1897-10-06
heAdVOCate.
By w. A. PETER.
Published Every Wednesday at Topeka, Kas.
Ohhce-116 West Sixth Avenue.
BY w. A. PETER.

The temporary union Of minority par
ties in local elections is one way Of Sc
curing proportional representation in
the conduct Of local affairs.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-01-09

Knoxville he asked TO- directions
how to get to Maryville. In response
TO several questions, he said his name
was James Blount; that his home was
near Carthage, in Smith county, this
state, and that he was going to Wash
ington county, North Carolina, to
visit relatives. He said he had
walked $50 miles this week and was
going to walk the remainder Of the
distance. From Carthage to Wash
ington county, which is on the eastern
coast Of North Carolina, is nearly one
thousand miles, and as Blount is
depending on the charity of the
people along the road for food and
lodging, he will have an abundance
of time to see the country aid get
acquainted with the inhabitants.
Tribune
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-01-09
MISER.

We are having some cold winter
weather for the last four or five
days.
Mrs. N. j. Miser has very
severe case of lagrippe.
F. P. Dyer and wife visited rela-
tives in Knox County Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. M. r. Richmond and wife of
Roane County are visiting friends
and relatives at at this place.
Miss Annie Mcconnell closed her
school at this place the eighteenth.
Miss Mcconnell has had the best of
success.
Richard Smith and his sister
Miss Alice who has been attending
school at Athens for the past term
are visiting home folks.
Mr.. G. l.. Miser one of Ewing and
Jefferson's best students spent
Christmas with home folks.
The Ladies at this place gave 4
box supper Dec. II which was large.
ly attended; after the supper all
went to the school house and were
entertained by Eddison's Graphone
Concert.
Rev. d. M. Kerr preached an eX-
cellent sermon last Sabbath.
DIR. Brickell spent Sunday with
home folks.
Nj. NJ. Anderson has rented his
farm to James Herd.
| Miss Maud Mcconnell has light
case of grippe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-01-09
SEATON.

Jan. 4, 1897.
James Millsaps is very ill, and
not expected to live.
Several of our young people will
enter school at Porter Academy
and several at Maryville College
this week.
Rev. D. +. Manly preached a
very interesting sermon at Pleasant
Grove last Sunday, from Eph. Bird
Is, and 10. May be able to Compre-
bend with all Saints what is the
breadth, and length and depth and
height: And to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge
that We might be filed with all the
fullneos of God.
] The S. School at Pleasant Grove
elected w, l.. James, Supt. with w.
d. Williams, Asst. and w. M. Much
OILS Sec.
The Centennial and Pleasant
Grove S. School has joint Christ
mas tree on Christmas Eve which
certainly gaad success.
There was box supper at Walk
er'S Chapel last Monday night.
The receipts of which amounted to
$500.
Carson Caldwell closed a very
successful singing school at the
Centennial + aurch las .h;s .n,natdi,cJay.
| j. N. Williams anweeks in the san
IISnider, are on the sic tDec. 1885.
| There will be a DO! w. cna% mn
Plney Level next Satu,
lint the boys all come d
! ~ with thd. best girl.tg and The
ifds4iunr hsoIDUouTter had a horsetd
1 die last week which had reached
the ripe old age of 32.
A. M. Coulter has erected new
dwelling house.
1 Miss Maggie Riddle who has
been afflicted with that much
dreaded disease consumption for
some time is not expected to live
Messrs j. S. and A. H. Hitch sold
a fine lot of fat.Cattle last week.
w l.. Kinnamon presented his
family with a fine large wild tur.
key Christmas day.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-01-09

~
That strange royal pair, Ferdi-
nand and Isabelle, combined in
themselves an intense greed for
gold and fierce religious intoler-
ance. When their country could
produce such devoted servants of
God as Loyola and Saint Theresa,
we must indeed believe there was
depth to their religious feeling. But
also when we consider the servant
of Ferdinand and Isabella, the
fierce Torqucmada, we are COM
PEELED TO realize that with religion
was tremendous admiXture of
greed. After the Inquisition be-
came thoroughly established, it was
found so easy to secretly dispose of
men and women of wealth that to
Ferdinand, eager for money, the
temptation was too ovcrpoWering.
So, while Isabella's fantical soul
was satisfied with the works of the
Holy Office, Ferdinand found solice
to himself in replenishlng his treas
ury. The work of the Inquisltion
became, in short, little else but rob
berry and murder in the name of
God. If the walls of the Escurial
could speak, cry for vengeance,
long inaudiabls to human ears,
would stir the human heart. With
the s; me spirit of lust for wealth,
the colonies were always regarded
as fair prey to be etcilessIy strip
ped Of everything valuable that
was compact and transportable.
Precious metals became common
in Spain, wealth was on every side,
luxury was all perverse. Yet in
midst of its greatest material pros
perity, the demon of self-destruc-
ton was unobtrusively at work, for
any nation that puts its trust in
material wealth for permanency,
also builds its structure upon the
sands.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-01-09
FROM TEXAS,
Dent, Texas Dec. %, 1896.
Editor MaryviIle Times:


Editor MaryviIle Times:
AS / am an East Tennesseean
and have spent all of my life I'M
Blount and Knox Counties untik
the last year; this beautiful Xmas
morning like I would love TO talk
to all my old friends, acquaintences
and relatives back there and 4.
know no better way.aan. to talk ~
them through the columns of your
paper, as it is more widely circu-
lated among them than any other
paper that know of. / thought
before / came out here that l would
be almost alone in my political
views but find great many as
warm hearted republicans AS |
have ever met any where and l bel
lieve that if we had few such
men as Henry r. Gibson, III. Clay
Evans and many Others that |
could name to stump this State in
behalf of republicanism, and xpose
Democracy as it should be the day
would not be far distant that the
State of Texas would roll up a
handsome republican majority. AS
to Texas as farming country it is
hard to beat. The principal part
of the soil in Hunt Co. is Black
waxy very rich and is adapted to
corn, oats and cotton, the latter
being the principal crop Wheat
does well here some seasons yield
ing as high as twenty-five and
thirty bushels to the acre. Oats
often yields from seventy-five to
one hundred and ten bushel to the
acre. Cotton yields from one hall
to one bale to the acre. Corn yields
from thirty.five to sixty bushel tc
the acre. This has been an unusu.
ally pretty fall, farmers are well
up with their work, many of them
have their land all prepared fol
the next crop. Health is generally
good, there has been very little
fatal sickness this season, and very
few chills. l see nothing to make
this country unhealthy, it is high
rolling Prairie well drained, M
swamps or stagnent pools.
We have no running water ir
this pant of the state, we have wells
cisterns and pools or ponds as we
Tennesseeans call them. 1t is q
fine fruit country, especially fol
peaches, apples grow well on the
sandy land. We have no black
berries except those that have beer
bought from the nurserys and sci
out, therefore the farmer gets Iit
of q good deal of hard work by no
having berry patches to rid up.
AS this is my first ATTEMPTED tt
write piece for publication haC
better stop for fear worry yol
and If this don't fall into the vast,
basket may come again.
J. S. Orr.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-01-09

The demon Of Spain, burning
with the lust of conquest, drunk
with the hioGd of it's best children,
, personified by Pizarro in Peru, and
Cortez in Mexico, by treachery and
by superiority of army, by ambush
Wmd by outrage, destroyed the civ
ilizatiou of the Incas and ravished
the possessions of M0ntezuma
Everywhere the thought was sup
Veae 10 win a greater realm for the
Catholic faith. But as always with
religion lacking the true religions
$leMents of ,unselfiShness and
mercy, became mere cloak Of
greed andwickedness indescribable.
Some one has we'll said:" 1t is safe
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-01-09

Last week man, perhaps fifty years
old,land resembling Rip Van Wrinkle,
as describe in the old story, reached
the city. He was foot-sore and hun
cry, but was not begging. When
met by Sentinel reporter in South