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ground and Far removed from the great
majority Of people he is frequently pic
tured In very unjust light. Indeed, one
Of our correspondents wrote in to advise
us to discontinue the scrip and screen
articles, saying, no doubt In a purely
commercial spirit: What with 10000 or
more poor voters In the State interested
in very cheap coal 1t will not pay to
bother very long with the 1000 who are
not always the best of citizens" II the
average voter were as good a citizen as
the average miner we should be little
surer Of some needed reforms that we do
not possess at present.
Another misrepresentation is that re-
garding the owners, superintendents and
other company men. They are not a
set Of rascals, as some persons are led
to believe 1t is the system which IS
vicious and dishonest, and which should
be attacked rather than the individual.
The mine owner who would treat his
men decently, operate his mine without
the company store and other ilIegitimate
adjUnCts must either possess an extra
ordinarily long pull with the railroads
or else run at loss financially. The
competitive system makes low prices;
and with the miner as with the producer
in everything else, the consumers gain
Is his loss and a tightening of the chains
around him. The owner Is simply the
victim Of the necessities Of a relentless
competition, and he does not intend to
take anything away from his own family
that can be squeezed out of the lives
Of some Of his employees.
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A DIRECT 1EG1sLATIoN CONTEST.

The Advocate and News will pay $40
for the best paper on direct legislation
submitted to the editor of this paper be-
fore June Is. The article must be writ
ten for publication, and should not ex-
ceed 1000 words in length. The only
other conditions attached are:
The writer of the article must be a
member Of some direct legislation league
and subscriber to this paper. Neither
Of these conditions is difficult. To be a
member Of direct legislation league 1t
Is only necessary to have belief in the
efficiency and need Of direct legislation
and willingness to work for its adop-
tion in this country. Fees or dues are
not as matter of course connected with
1t. II there is no league in your vicinity
and you are interested in the movement,
write TO us and get information regard
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Ing the organization OF one. But three
members are necessary for a start.
Amy subscriber can compete In this
contest, whether his subscription is for
three or six months or a year.
Typewriter manuscript is preferred,
but not required, and two or three copies
are desirable IL 1t can conveniently be
sent. Manuscript should be folded, not
rolled, and IL It's return is desired post
age should be inclosed.
Men whose knowledge of direct legis-
latiOn Is unquestiOned will act as judges,
and the award and publication Of the sue
cessful article will be made as speedily
as possible after the close Of the compe-
titiOn.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30
A good business administration -"good
business" for whom?
PhlladeIptla Corruptlon.

Philadelphia, March 25.--An investi
cation of charges Of bribery against the
city council Of this city is being con-
Quoted. AS result several members are
held under bonds. Peter Smith, Re-
publican committeeman, is charged with
Offering Councilman Stevenson $4,000 to
vote for the bill leasing the waterworks
owned by the city to private parties.
Councilman Walker confessed that he
had received $500 for voting in the com.
mittee for favorable recommendation of
the water bill above referred to. He
said that Councilman Edwin Smith re-
ceived the same amount and that Coun-
Gilman Egger paid 1t. The District At.
tOrney says that he knows OF $4,000 in
cash which was paid to push this favor
able report on the water ordinance
through and that he proposes to know
who got the money and who paid it.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30
JUSTICE MAY OvERrAKE THE COURTS.

JUSTICE MAY OVERTAKE THE COURTS.
1t is very plain that the verdict freeing
Sheriff Martin and his deputies from the
penalty for the murder of the Pennsyl-
vania miners was intended as lesson
to the servants of corporations. II is a
lesson which they will commit to mem
Ory. The workers Of the country have
had number of such lessons and they
will not need very many more to teach
their teachers thing or two. A judici-
ary that Is far from the people merits
and receives no respect. This tendency
to Construe laws technically so that they
will benefit those with money and power
Is rapidly setting aside the very purposes
for which laws are supposed to be en-
acted. 1t will go just so far, and then
the erring judiciary will be brought up
with sudden jerk.
Later we will present testimony on the
trial of one who Is exceedingly conserva-
tive. The main fault urged against Pres
ident Gompers is his conservatism, and
yet his carefully prepared report of the
outcome of the Lattimer massacre is
radical enough to suit almost anyone.
We are patient people in a great many
ways, but there Is limit to all patience,
and the decisions of some of our Judges
seem to be pretty much up to the limit.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

Governor Leedy has been overwhelmed
with requests for copies of his opinion
Of the Supreme court, and they have
come from all parts Of the country from
persons who think as he does 1t is still
very noticeable that none OF the adverse
criticisms Of his stand has got down
to real argument; they have one and all
evaded the real points.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

at the same time give him better protec-
tiOn than he is now getting and al much
lower rates, is thoroughly practical. 1t
will be plank Of the next State plat
form of the POpuIist party.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30
TRuHTs AND OOMRINEe.

1 AArbDAD @ANFD OOAAARANAos
Organized capital is being rapidly
formed into trusts and combines for the
purpose OF destroying competition and
increasing the profits in the business.
The trust or combine arbitrarily dictates
and fixes the prices which the consumers
must pay. The great sugar trust arbi-
trarily Axes the prices at which sugars
must be sold, and determines the prices
which the consumers must pay. II the
trust needs few more millions OF dollars
1t puts up the price and very soon has
the desired money. The great Standard
Oil Company arbitrarily determines and
fixes the prices which consumers must
pay for its products. If it's President
wants another million dollars to give
some great school he simply puts up the
price Of oil a fraction of cent gallon
and the money drops into his Golfers. He
gets the credit for the donation to the
college and is called a great philan-
thropist, but the consumers, many
of them poor people who have to pinch
their scanty earnings in order to live at
all, pay the money in the added price on
the oil which they must use and cannot
do without. The magnitude Of these
trusts and combines is amazing, and they
cover nearly every branch Of industry,
especially those which supply the neces-
stiles Of life. During the year 1897 or
ganizatlons of this kind on business
industries aggregated nearly half a bill
lion dollars. These included the United
States Biscuit Company, with a capital
Of S55, ,OOO, 900, to control the making and
selling Of crackers. The Consolidated
Steel and Wire Company capital $87,-
100000, to control wire and nails In
ternational Paper Company, capital $45,-
100000. World Pool Of Powder Manufac-
turers, capital $1OO,OOO,OOO. Western
Union Beef Company, capital $14,OOOO 200.
Rubber Covered Wire Combine, capital
$2O,OOO,0OO. Carpet Trust, capital $1O,-
100000. American Spirits Manufactur-
ing Company, capital $5O,OOO,OOO. Stove
trust. capital $1OOOO,0O0. American Hay
Company, capital $5,OOO,0OO Glucose Su-
gar Refining Company, capital $4,000 |
OOO Brass and machine combination,
capital $6,O0O,OOO. American mating
combine, capital $3O,0OO,OOO. Interna-
tlOnal American Bank, capital $25,OOO,-
BOO. HOstetter gas consolidation, capital
S5, 100000. Edison Illuminating Com
pany and Missouri Electric Light and
Power Company capital $4,000, 900. These
alone aggregate nearly half billion dol
ars, and with other trusts and combines
previously formed, the aggregated capi-
tal would reach far into the billions.
Suppose that all of these trusts should
be formed into one great combine to be
managed by single board OF dictators
md high salarled officers, for the pur-
pose Of controlling the labor and prices
n this country, what would become of
he rights Of the people and what would
he privileges of the ordinary citizen be
worth? Such q combine would not only
dictate the prices for labor and all prod
let's, but would also control the govern
nent Of the country, with money power
which nothing short OF a revolution could
overthrow.
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COMMERC1ALIsM VS.. HUMANITY AGAIN.


II the Presidents delay in coming to
the rescue Of Cuba has been simply to
provide adequate backing for the de-
mands he Is under his duty to the people
Of the United States bound to make, 1t Is
well enough. II he has allowed matters
to drag on In accordance with the wishes
Of the financial interests 1t will not take
very much longer until he shall hear
something from the other side--from the
people. No fuller testimony as to the
condition of Cuba could be required than
has been presented to this country. It
has come from our own representatives
who have spoken with authority from
their personal investigation. They have
with one accord told appalling stories of
starvation and brutality inflicted upon
people struggling for their liberty. The
truth of the horrors that exist In Cubt is
almost beyond belief, yet 1t Is known to
almost every intelligent citizen of this
country. We have allowed half a mil
lion persons to be driven to a most bar
barous death by starvation and we have
watched their resistance to a tyranny
more grossly evil than that which our
fathers rebelled against in 1776. Yet we
have done nothing to stop 1t. Our pas
siveness would indicate that we have
grown too large to feel the reslstless en-
ergy Of freedom which gave the nation
its birth.
The plain truth is that we have grown
too commercial Had 1t not been for our
financial sel6shness Cuba would have
had her rights long ago. Under the com
petitlve system of existence selflshness
is necessarily given great advantages and
there Is nothing strange in our neglect OF
attention to our nelghbor's cry for lib
erty. We do the same thing at home
every day. We let persons starve in
our large cities, send them to asylums,
wrecked from not enough work or too
much Of 1t, allow those who have power
and are using 1t to rob us to intensity
the conditions against which we do moth
Ing but complain. Our financial interests
must be prOtected--and they are pro-
tected at the expense Of our humaneness
AS far as monled interests are con-
cerned, Cubans can starve, and Ameri-
cans can do likewise when the oppor-
tunity offers.
But there is a power greater than all
that the money power can summon to
Its aid. It is that of the people, and It
is being aroused. The people are be-
ginning to move for justice. They can
not be stopped from saying that this
murder in Cuba shall be stopped and
ahey will not be stopped from asserting
and enforcing this demand. The Maine !
Incident has been the means of bringing |
them to a greater realization OF the facts, |
and they will couple their demands for !
just reparation for our own injury with |
inRistence Of the establishment OF liberty |
and independence in Cuba. Money has
killed something OF the spirit OF '76 |
among those who form certain classes of !
our population, but 1t Is still as strong
In the breasts Of our citizens.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

The insurance companies take out Of
Kansas every year a million dollars
which does not come back and spend
here another million Of Kansan's money
In commissions, etc. A system OF State
or county insurance which will save this
S2,0OO,OO0 annually to the taxpayer and
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

Twenty-Five years ago the cattleman
shipping from Abilene was not Obliged
to pay as much for car as he is now
charged. OF course there has been prog
ress, but the railroads do not seem to
have let go of any of the benefits there
from.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

The opposition press refer to the ex-
pose of Morrill, corruption by the Ad-
VoCate and News as the opening of a
"mud-slinging campaign" They don't
deny, however, that the midland plenty
Of twas left behind by their last State
administration.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

No one can successfully dispute the
statement that Governor Leedy has done
more for prohibition than any other Gov
ernor. Under his administration every
violator of the law who has been con-
victed has gone to Jail.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

The Indiana Supreme court has sus-
tained a law which prohibits the waste
Of natural gas. A heavy fine Is imposed
for violations and the Standard Oil Com
pany is already liable for about $4,000.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30
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The evening times., 1898-04-04
ELECTRoCUTIoN OF HORSE.
Ii steps on n Contact Plate of the
Capital Railway.

The eI5ctrocution of John w. Middle
tons horse which stepped on a contact
plate of the Capital Railway at Tenth
ond NJ Street southeast. is being inves-
tiSated with a view to reporting the af-
fair to the District Commissioners. Mid
dleton was driving down Tenth Street
and was crossing NJ, when the horse
stepped on the plate and rail of the cleo
tric line. Instantly the animal fell back
in the shafts, stunned by the shock, the
horse remained fast 10 the electric box
and was removed from the track by
force. Its knees gave way and it sank
to the ground. Ii was carried to Otter
backs stables at Eleventh and Virginia
Avenue and treated by veterinaries. DR..
G. Barnwell Robinson, the District vet
erinarian, ordered the animal shot. Then
the horses legs were cut off and the ef
feet of the current was seen. The ten
dons had been torn from the hoof and
the muscles burned far above the knees
An inspector of the Capital Railway
Company tested the boxes soon after the
accident and announced that there was
no current noticeable.
The evening times., 1898-04-04
THE DEATH OF MRS. BREWER.
She Passed Away at Her Home Last
Night.

Mrs. Louise L. Brewer wife of Asso-
ciate Justice David ]. Brewer, of the
United States Supreme Court, died at
her residence, ln2 Massachusetts Ave
nue., at 1880 last night
Mrs. Brewer had not been in good
health for several years. About two
weeks ago Drs krogstad and Mcdonald
performed an operation, which was sue
cessful and the patient was thought to
be on the way to recovery, but last Fri
day she had a relapse and her death was
momentarily expected. Her daughters,
Mrs. j. l.. karrick, of Denver, and Miss
Elizabeth Brewer, with their father and
a cousin. Mr.. Lyman Landon. were with
her when the end came. Mrs. Jadmore.
another daughter. was unable to be at
her mothers bedside on account Of i'll
ness in her own family.
Mrs. Brewer was sixty years Of age
She was barn in Burlington. Vt. and
while on a visit to her sister in Illinois.
met and afterwards married Justice
Brewer. They removed TO Leavenworth.
Kan, whore they resided, when Justice
Brewer was appointed TO the Supreme
bench. Prior TO the death Of her daught-
CT, Mrs. Brewer was prominent in So
ciety circles She was vice president o.
the board OF lady managers Of the Gar
field Memorial Hospital. No arrange
ments have yet been made for the fu-
neral
The evening times., 1898-04-04
4 Janitor Captures Burglars.

New York, April 4.-John Lindsay, the
ianitor Of the new flats recently acquired
by May Irwin, at No. 1ii West Twenty
eighth Street found two men skulking
about the Railways early Sunday morn
ing. covered them with a revolver and
marched them into the street. where he
held them until a policeman arrived,
drawn by Lindsay's vociferous bellows of
robbers. murder, fire." and several 9TH
er calamities. The men were taken to the
station and searched. Two jimmies an
assortment Of screwdrivers, two punches
Of skeleton keys and other burglars tools
were found in their possession. They gave
the names Of Joseph Miller and Michael
Murphy in the Jefferson Market police
court yesterday, and were remanded 10
headquarters. Commencing with the 18th
Of the month Miss Irwin will raise the
rent of her new apartments, because of
the valor of her janitor, of course. il the
tenants Will stand it, for Miss Irwin does
nothing with the house or concerning it
until she calls a mass meeting of the ten
ants.
The evening times., 1898-04-04
PATTON PRAISES M,KINLEY.
Says That the President Bears Him
self With Quiet Dignity.

Princeton N. J., April 4.-Presiden:
Patton conducted the preliminary devo-
tional exercises in the university chapel
service yesterday morning, and before
reading the forty-siXth Psalm as the
Scripture lesson, he addressed the stu
dent body present as follows:
Eve must all feel that this is a day OF
unspeakable solemnity and as We meet
in the calm and quiet of this beautiful
Sabbath morning. we cannot help think
ing that il is, perhaps the calm before
the storm. There Is possibility, in
deed. a probability, that our nation will
be involved in war. and | wish to say to
you that war is not thing to treat
lightly or in jest. War is horrible. At
may be that the cause of humanity will
prove a sufficient justification in the
present instance. but a war undertaken
by this Christian nation at this period
of the worlds history for any but the
best of reasons would be a blot upon our
civilization.
There are wars, of course which are
waged in obedience to the highest be-
hests of humanity, and there is no doubt
that there are a great many who favor
war today under the influence of these
high motives. But, on the other hand
there are great many who believe that
the resources of diplomacy have not yet
parent that it is necessary to draw the
sword to secure all that can be reason
ably asked.
Il am sure that 7 am speaking for you
when / say that the President of the
United States deserves the gratitude of
the nation for his manly course in these
negotiations. He has borne himself with
quiet dignity, and his patience, calm
judgment ard answering desire for
peace are worthy OF the highest praise,
and have won for him the confidence of
all calm. peace-loving and sober minded
men. May God lay His hand upon the
feverish pulse of the nation. May the
governments of these two nations not
be driven to undertake a war that must
not only threaten bankruptcy and revo-
luton, and, possibly, worse calamity, to
Spain. but be costly beyond expression
in the sacrifice Of blood and treasure to
the American people"
The evening times., 1898-04-04
NEW nEDICAL DISCOVERY.



This may read as though we were put
ting il a little strong because ii is gem
orally thought by the majority of people
that Dyspepsia in it's chronic form is in
curable or practically so. But we have
long since shown that Dyspepsia is cura-
BILE nor is II such a difficult matter as
il first appears.
The trouble with Dyspeptics is that they
are continually dieting. starving them
selves. or going to opposite extremes or
else deluging the already over-burdened
stomach with 'bitters,'' after dinner
pills. etc. which invariably increase the
difficulty even if in some cases they do
give a slight temporary relief. Such
treatment of the stomach simply make
matters worse. What the stomach wants
is a rest Now how can the stomach
become rested, recuperated and at the
same time the body nourished and sus-
tained2
This is the great secret and this is also
the secret of the uniform success Of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. This is a
comparatively new remedy. but its sue
cuss and popularity leaves 10 doubt as
to its merits
The tablets will digest the food any
way. regardless of condition of stomach.
The sufferer from dyspepsia according
to directions is to eat an abundance of
good. wholesome food and use the tab
lets before and after each meal and the
result will Tee that the food will be di-
gested no matter how bad your dys-
pepsia may be. because as before stated,
the tablets will digest the food even if
the stomach is wholly inactive. To IL
lGstrate our meaning plainly, If you take
500 grains of meat, eggs or ordinary
food and place il in n temperature of 9S
degrees. and put with it one of Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets il will digest the meat
or eggs almost as perfectly as tx the
meat was inclosed within the stomach.
The stomach may be ever so weak yet
these tablets will perform the work of
digestion and the body and brain will
be properly nourished and at the same
time q radical, lasting cure of dyspepsia
will be made because the much abused
stomach win be given. TO some extent,
a much needed rest Your druggist will
tell you that of the many remedies ad-
vertised to cure dyspepsia none of them
has given so complete and general satis-
faction as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
not least in Importance in these hard
times is the fact that they are also the
cheapest and give the most good for
the least money.
4 little book on cause and cure OF
stomach trouble sent free by addressing
Stuart Co, Marshall Mich:
The evening times., 1898-04-04
FLOODS IN HONOLULU.
Heavy LOSSES of Property i'm the Chi
nese Quarter

Victoria, b. c, April 4-The steamer
Miowera. from Australia and Honolulu,
brings news of the most disastrous food
that has visited Honolulu in many years.
A heavy rain caused a torrent to pour
down the Nuanu stream on March 24th
Instead Of following the source OF the
stream TO the ocean, it swept over 200
acres in the vicinity of the Chinese quar-
ter. Hundreds lost all their possessions
and their homes were ruined. Only one
life was lost-a Japanese who was swept
away by the torrent. Much sickness is
feared as a result of the flood. A fund
has been started for the relief of the suf-
fpTCTS
The evening times., 1898-04-04
Late Local Happeniuvs

Joe Mason. eolored, was convicted be-
fore Judge Kimball in the police court
this morning Of assaulting Frances En-
mis- nearly TWO years ago. When Frances
took the stand to testify against the
accused she was minus four teeth
William Brown was fined $50 by Judge
Kimball today for an aggravated assault
on William Bolen, the janitor of the flats
at the corner Of l and Seventh Streets.
The assault was the result of an alleged
insult offered to woman who called
on Mr.. Brown yesterday.
Palm leaves were waving in all parts
of the city yesterday, because il was
Palm Sunday. Palms were in the
churches. palms in the hands of children,
and palms were carried by men and wo-
men, either in coat lappels or on bosoms
Ii was cold but a clear day, one fa-
vorable for those who wished to prone
made.