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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-31

Philadelphia telegraph.
One Of the most gratifying OF all the
facts which the crisis has brought forth
Is the proof that the Washington depart
ments are SO wei organized as 20 be
depended on for any amount OF work a.
morent's notice. The manner IN
which an Infinitude OF important tasks
has been set about in the .ast few weeks
inspires the country with confidence. and
we may be sure has not been without lis
effect on Spain and all others concerned.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-31

TIE Canadian government has CONSENT
ed 10 the establishment OF rslsy stations
by the United States mail contractor SO
as 10 expedite mai service between Jn-
nsau and weare. on the Yukon river.
This Is ~ Il should be- /, infrirges in
70 way upon -anada's rights. but ID .
very convenient concession in The inter-
est Of international comfy.
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Ar efscer Who cap PASS through su,A
an or1eai as Capt, S,sseee did. ana coma
Oh, frou ar investigation ssieh as that
made by the naval board withcg. a sug-
gesslon q deeelletlon. aad even VITA every
evidence 81 having hesa most exact In
ne performances og rs dufy. should no:
~ loa< without an assignment or with
oe; a good c'snee 20 distinguish himself
81 active servl,s.
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paucity OF Docks.
Philadelphia Record.


The navy department wants dry docks
on the Atlantic coast. hut the naval conn
mittee is hampered by the fact that under
the house rules an appropriation for that
purpose would he likely to be objected to
"a "new legislation" With the govern
ment rushing commissioners to Europe to
buy other ships. II Is about time for some
new legislation on the dock question.
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Columns o. news have been published
by European newspapers predicting sss-
axtef 20 the English Nile expedition. but
England pursues her way. Every now
and again she strikes a bow at the der
wishes. and every blow tells. The cap
turs Of Shendy is = notable achievement.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-31

Tn tsavelee frogm iIsveshsg'. Mass. w,
sss ne -11aa'lass~ - sarnl, that me vicious
stories 5ela ahou; se&ssae are false is sn-
r.sss,i - the rooa ve3n n Seattle merchants
T, Is incredible shss aay nan VINO could
h&ve 70 seasos fog max ng fa1ae stale
eneai, sss'u'a hsys so grossly :nlsvegsrassr.-
~ coaai,iaas here Il = ue,o<15as thai
ths or&&ai.xaae fer The res es GA a-a a.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-31

The Cubans say they will never be con-
tent with anything short OF independence,
and Spain says she viii never consent TO
that. How can the United States devise
a compromise which shall be acceptable
to both under such circumstances?
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+" sSpert IL Grpxyed-

Philadelphia EIletIn.
The vital question IS not bow the szes
coos" row Ia the federal treasury came
10 be there. The fast that il ~ there,
giving tle country a margin OF Sl25 go ~,
for use abvoe tha traditional gold reserve.
is the important thing
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The office Ia Seattle established by the
Vancouver Board % Trade has folded It's
tent ard silently s.oien away. 1t Is now
firmly established In tha minds OF pros
pectors that Seattle IS the only safe and
economical place st which 10 outfit,
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New York Commercial Advertiser.
II the government had heeded The aa-
vice CT tire late Samuei ]. Til3eu In 1856,
in regard 20 coast defense. the present
administration would not be so pressed
TO make adequate preparations for meet
ing possible hosiilities with Spain
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The United States has no, forgotten the
yirginius.
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The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
MORE ANTITRUST MONEY NEEDED

All that the State officers have ac-
cOmplished in their big corporation
fights has come about, as Governor Leedy
frankly says, because the Lord has
been with U.S." The Governor has been
hampered by meager contingent fund,
and had some of the large cases con-
Quoted by Attorney General Boyle gone
against the State serious predicament
would have resulted. 1t would have
cost the State $4,000 to appeal the stock
yards case, to say nothing of the numer-
Gus other suits which have come UP or
are under way. If the State had lost in
the stock yards case alone a special ses-
sion of the Legislature would have been
necessary, and in the time preliminary
to the assembling of the legislators the
time allowed for preparing an appeal
would probably have elapsed. Inasmuch
as the Governors contingent fund, the
only source of revenue and from which
numerous regular expenses must be paid,
is about $4,000, the State stood to lose a
great deal.
The necessity Of a fund OF at least
$4,000 for this purpose is very apparent.
1t should not be attached to the Govern
Or's contingent fund or left in the hands
Of the Attorney General; it ought to be
at the disposal Of the Executive Council,
acting under written recommendations
from the Attorney General. The corpor-
ations who come into the State and set at
defiance ltR laws have money and men.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
A PRIMER ON soCIALIsM.

Mr. G.. C. Clemens has prepared a
primer on socialism. He does not at
tempt to define things; he has Issued a
primer, and he simply explains The
primer is a small pamphlet which can be
read In twenty minutes, and 1t Is so ar
ranged that the busy man can CLEAN from
1t satisfactory answer to the question,
What Is socialism," Mr. Clemens says
that socialism proposes that every hui
man being, able and willing to do his
share Of the work society needs to have
done, shall be absolutely assured the
means Of keeping alive and Of enjoying
to the full his physical existence"
There" he continues, Its mission ends
What he shall do with his life, how he
shall live 1t, are matters with which So
clalism has nothing to do. It's domain
is economic. 1t invades not the domain
of mind or soul. 1t crosses the thresh-
old of no mans house to peer, to spy, or
to regulate. Socialism itself is only the
contention that production, distribution,
exchange and public conveniences-the
means Of providing for the maintenance
and enjoyment of physical life and rem
derlng it enjoyable be managed
by the people themselves for the sole
purpose Of providing themselves with the
things required for the maintenance and
enjoyment of physical existence. In
other words, socialism is the PROPOSE
tion that all such means Of providing
for the maintenance or enjoyment of life
should be managed comparatively; and
what is it, after all, but the proposition
that such things as / have mentioned
shall be used for their natural and leglti-
mate purposes?"
Mr.. Clemens is certainly as able as
any one in Kansas to set forth the merits
Of socialism. Professor Ely has esti-
mated that there are million socialists
in the United States, but this number is
now less than the truth. There has been
an extremely rapid growth in this State.
An example of its spread Is seen in
the jumps the Appeal to Reason, of
Girard, is making in cirCulatiOn-forty
thousand papers is no small number for
Kansas weekly. The one thing neces-
sary for the socialist is to convince his
ill-lnfomed opponent that socialism and
anarchy are radically opposite; that
accomplished he is in fair way toward
making a convert. The little primer of
Mr.. Clemens will do a great deal in that
direction.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

They can send anywhere for a bit Of
necessary testimony; they are prepared
to maintain attorneys before any court
Yet the State, when forced to defend her
citizens, has practically no funds to make
a fight with. Two or three men are com
PEELED to meet some Of the best legal
talent in the country in dozen or more
cases, and they have financial backing
that would not be considered Over-strOng
in police court circles. 1t is shame that
former State officers idled away State
time and money, but now that the Off
cials in power are accomplishing what
they were elected to do, the people
should aid them in every way. A fund
for the purpose Of enabling the Attorney
General to keep the trusts down by en-
forcing the proper laws should be pro-
vided for at the next regular session Of
the Legislature, and 1t should be ample.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

finds that the freight, say from st. Louis,
to use an actual case, is nearly as much
as the goods are worth, he will do some
more hard thinking. When he sees tn
the present State officers are carrying ou;
their pledges and doing their work we'll
In protecting the people from the greed
and oppression OF the corporations the
citizen who has run up against a trust
must obviously do some hard thinking.
He will remember that previous State
administrations have been pledged to do
the same things that this administration
Is doing, and he will not forget what
they didn't do. The cross-marks on his
ballot at the next State election will be
cast with the aid Of the light of exper-
ience.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

Up to date none Of the Capitals esteemed
PopOcratic exchanges has endeavOred to ex-
pain the relation OF the famine in India to the
Increase In wages Of 100000 American coal min
ers within the last few weeks, nor do these
papers appear to have heard OF the fact The
opposition press should wake up and print the
news-Topeka Capital.
The Capital is careful not to make
the direct statement that the Dingley bill
is responsible for the miners advance
in wages. The advance of 10 cents a ton
and the eight-hOur work day which will
go into effect in the competitive district
In April are made possible through the
miners organization the United Mine
Workers of America, and form an un-
answerable argument in favor Of trade
unionism. Without the strength of their
organization the miners would now be
going backward instead of steadily COM
ing to the front in the ranks of the
skilled laborer. President Ratchford of
the Mine Workers Union, says: 81 re-
gard the Chicago agreement as the great
est achievement ever gained by organ
lied labor on this continent. Wages were
uniformly increased, trade conditions
were improved and equalized, mutual
friendly relations were established be-
tween employers and employees, and
above all the hours of labor were re-
duced to eight hours per day without
the expense of human suffering. The
miners have gained a great victory and
the credit for it belongs alone to their
patience and perseverance and unset
fishness. 1t is their victory, not that OF
any party policy"
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

our bonds now out are payable in coin
OF the standard value of 1870 when the
silver dollar was the unit Of value and
was full legal tender.
But PODulists do not believe that with
free and unlimited coinage Of both silver
and gold there would then be enough
money for the easy transaction of the
legitimate business Of the people and to
put up and keep up the general Of prices
at fair and just standard; and hence
POpulists favor a government paper cur
rency to make up the difference.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
THEY ARE MAKING POPULrsTs.

The trusts are aiding Governor Leedy's
administration nightly in one respect.
They are making Populists night and
day. A man who loves his rights as a
citizen, If taken by the back of the neck
and slammed hard against the ground
by some unlawful combination against
trade is not going to get up to kiss the
hand that smOte him. He is going
to take some time for thought. He fully
realizes his inability to accomplish any
thing in individual fight against the Oc-
tOpus, but he knows that proper en-
fOrcement of existing laws would pulver-
ize the trust. When the retail dealer
finds, as is the case with the Topeka
dealers in a certain line, that in order to
purchase any stock at all he must sign
an irOnclad agreement to take goods to
the value OF $3.50, $500, $500, $1,000 or
some higher stipulated sum, ne 10 very
prone TO be human about it. Then he
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
DIRECT LEGISLATION WILL DO 1T.


We are in receipt Of numerous COM
municatiOns from farmers in which the
writer's declare their distrust In present
methods Of elections, saying that 1t is
as we'll to stay away from the polls as
to vote at general elections in so far as
the farmer is benefited. That this feel
ing exists to a certain extent among the
farmers Of the country must be admitted,
and that, from the farmers standpoint,
1t Ia not without reason is plain enough.
AS the New York Evening Post has said,
"The legislatures are passing, and in
many cases have already passed, out of
the hands Of the people, and are now
regularly bought up by money furnished
by the corporations to a boss who un-
dertakes to procure or prevent such leg
islatiOn as they desire" The farmer,
of all citizens, feels this keenest. He is
further away from the legislative halls,
lObbies and bribe givers and takers than
those who are more commercial and less
honest. He Is less able to defend his
interests than his fellow producer Of the
city, and he Is hit harder by discrimi-
nation and robbery. 1t is no wonder
that he is discouraged.
He should not, however, falter in the
conflict. There is a remedy which will
check this sapping- of the nations
strength simply by restoring to the peo-
pie their right to control legislation.
1t lies in the system of direct legislation
which comprehends the initiative and
referendum and the imperative mandate.
Under this system, unless the people are
Of one mind for corruption and anarchy,
there could be none Of the moral de-
bauchery which is now so common part
of our law making. Under direct legis-
lation the people--the people, not the
capitalists-have the right to present
law to the legislative body for enactment,
and In case the legislators ignore the
request the voters themselves have the
right to make the law desired. Under
the imperative mandate a recreant or
subsidized official may be dismissed at
his own expense. 1t Is less understood
than the initiative and referendum, but
the need Of it's adoption is undoubtedly
more urgent. 1t means simply that
when public official refuses to act,
or acts in such manner as a fixed per-
centage Of voters deems wrongful, such
official shall stand for approval or dis
approval; and If disapproved he shall
resign and pay all expenses of election"
Direct legislation Is government by and
for the people. 1t would give the weak
est citizen the assurance that his rights
would not be usurped and trampled upon
by other citizens who are more favorably
situated; he would cast his vote with
confidence that he possessed power to
protect it from notification. No one who
believes in free form of government
can present tangible argument against
a system which will absolutely insure
free government; and can any one be
found who will deny that direct legisla>
tion is such a system?
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
WHY POPUL1sTs FAVOR FREE SILVER.

A correspondent, writing from Pierce
Vile, asks the Advocate and News why
Populists "can accept free silver?" etc.
Populists demand that silver be re-
stored to its old place az money metal
because It would add that much to- the
mCney az tho country, and because all
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

The militia commanders who warned
the authorities at Washington of their
readiness to go to war are either foolish
or incompetent. They are supposed to be
in readiness for service, else their forces
are not properly trained, and in any case,
is it the business of an officer to insin-
uate bad faith on the part of foreign
nation until he has received an inti-
nation of that nature from his superior?
That is why Minister De LONE was re-
called.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

Frank Elliott and Deacon G. e. Hath
away Of the Troy Times have been Civ,
ing an example of the best way to fight
the boss up in DOniphan county. Le-
land controlled the town when the Times
man first went after advertising, and the
latter was therefore obliged to get his
patronage from st. Joseph. He made so
successful a paper THAT the local adver-
ttsers were compelled to come in, and
now there is no better appearing country
weekly in all Kansas than the Troy
Times. It's proprietor has been success
full for two reasOns-he has push, and
he is in the right.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

1t is to be hoped that Kansas will real
ize the opportunity offered by the Omaha
exposition. Kansas will be greatly in
terested in an exposition at Kansas City
in 1903 to commemorate the Louisiana
purchase, and Nebraska's good will may
prove beneficial There is much more
than this at stake, however Kansas
ought to have the leading displays at
Omaha, and the citizens of the State
should take hold of the matter vigor-
OuSly,
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

Senor De Lome's letter was an insult to
the entire American people. If the Pres
ident's course is censurable the country
will find it out soon enough without the
assistance of the representative OF any
foreign government.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

The Maine disaster has given the
cowardly jingoes who occupy public po-
sitions or run small dailies an oppor-
tunity to add to their assininity. The
war scarer is in it to line his pocket, and
his policy sells more papers than that of
honesty and pure patriotism.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

Reference was made last week to Prof.
Edwin Taylor as the author of the Model
School History. 1t should have read
Prof. Edward Taylor.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
THE MINER ON PENlTENT1ARY COAL.

This communication comes to the Advocate
and News from one Of the oldest, best posted
and best known among his fellow workers
of the miners OF the State. 1t Is in answer
to the statement OF the Topeka Capital that
the miners of Kansas are fully aware that
the "actiOn" of Warden Lands In placing
cOnVlct-mined coal ON the open market is
the cause OF the miners condition to-day.
The miners of Kansas know that the peni
tentiary coal is not Interfering with their
market (they have had the hgures), and they
understand the measure OF assistance the
Kansas City journal and the Topeka Capital
are rendering to better their condition.
This letter voices the opinion OF the miners
of the State as fully as II IL had been adopted
by them In mass meeting.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
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Editor Advocate and News:-It ap-
pears by the Republican papers, led by
the Topeka Capital and the Kansas City
Journal, are not satisfied with the way
they have been answered regarding the
output of coal at the States mine at
Lansing, but are trying to show that the
output Of that mine has been put on the
open market, and thus caused the pres
ent conditions.
There is not miner in the State but
knows that his condition had been get
ting worse for years before the present
law regarding the State mine ever came
into effect. Every year since the strike
Of 1898 the condition of the miner has
been getting worse. In the State Mine
Inspectors report for 1895, on page 6,
we find that after comparing the outputs
Of "a and '95 Mr.. Brown goes on to
say: "The value of the product, how
ever, continues to fall, until now the
wages of the operatives are down below
the comfortable, self-respecting, living
point, and profits are largely matter of
anticipation" Surely they cannot say
that the present law had anything to
do with that year, because, you know,
Kansas had business administration"
and E. N. Morrill, was Governor.
1t is well-established fact that the
facilities for producing coal have ex-
ceeded the facilities for consuming it,
and the operators have gone into the
market with their cut-throat competi-
tion, reducing the price of coal and MAX
ing encroachments on the price of la
Dor until there is poor living for the
laborer and small return for capital.
While the present law could be amended,
yet the miners know it is better law
than any Republican Legislature ever
gave us; and the miners also know that
they have truer friends in John w.
Leedy, l.. G. Boyle and H. S. Lands than
they ever had in any Republican who
ever filled those offices A MINER.
Pittsburg, Kas.