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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-26
1.-THE OFFICIAL FIGURES
Tabnlatcd Returns of the Democratic
Day Primaries
SHOWING NOMINEES Of THE PARTY
To lie Brnshenr, sznbo, white, An
derson. stewart. Raiicy, Ruther-
ford and Kennedy.

The political gossip yesterday was con-
fined to a discussion of "how II all hap
pened' and every character OF reason and
excuse were assigned to account for the
very decided rebtike TO the administration,
every act of which was reviewed and
those with an analytical turn OF mind
would endeayor to find something in every
official act OF Mayor Rice and his admins
tra,ion upon which to pin an excuse for the
landslide, while the matter of fact politi-
ciun when asked the cause that led to
the result. would say the reason was simply
that the Brashear faction had the most
Votes. The victories in every case were
20 pronounced as TO leave no dount as to
the sentiment OF the democratic voters in
selecting their nominees.
There was some talk OF an independent
candidate but 1t was only talk. BY con-
sensus of gossip probably upon the theory
OF availability, the name of Hon. Waller
T. Burns was mentioned In this connection,
hui 10 emphatcally states that he will un-
der no circumstances be u candidate FIR
mayor
Ihe general impression seems to b. that
the vote Tor Mr.. Brashear evidences a
strength that would naturally dator any
one with any concern Tor his politicai fate
from entering the race against him AMI
that the election on April Mil he merely
a profunctory AFFAIR to raLify the result OF
the day primaries.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-26
Ml1AI MAN DOES NOT LOVE BRiyyr
Mrs. Pinkham Counsels Young Wives to Keep The.
Letter From Young Wifa A..

Seven-oighths ofthe men
in this world marry a woman
because She is beautiful
in their eyes. ~
What u disappoint- MN
ment then to see the -.
fair young wifc's beauty
fading away before q year I
passes over her head u
/ feel as if | would like
TO say toevery young woman
WHO'S about to be married
strengthen yourself in adj
vance, SO that You will not
broals down undcr the new
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-26

In the above tables names set in black
face type are the successful candidates,
there being two aldermen and two mem
bers of the executive committee elected
from each ward.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-26

strain on your powers" Keep your beauty,
it is precious possession! Your husband loves
Your beauty, he is proud to be seen in public
with YOU try to keep it for his sake, and your
own.
The pale Cheeks the dark shadows under
the eyes. the general dropping of the young
wfes form, what do they mean? They mean
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
wHY ALGER GOT HIS PLACE

Why did President Mckinley appoint
the political Alger, the father of Alger-
ism and the slayer of his thousands, as
Secretary of War? Let the New York
Evening Post and the Hartford Times,
ultra-conservative and eminently truth
full and respectable from the most regu-
lar gold-standard-McK point Of
view, answer this question. This, says
the Post, is why Mckinley appointed
Alger:
How did Alger ever get into the Cabinet?
This Is a question which was asked with
languld curiosity by everybody when he
was appointed Secretary Of War, and
which is pressed with much more ear
nestness now that he has involved the
administration in contumely. There was
nothing in Algers career as soldier
in the Civil war to entitle him to con-
sideration for he had been dismissed
from the army after making wretched
record There was nothing in his po-
litical relations to require his recogni-
ton, for he was utterly played out"
There was no reason Of personal friend
ship, for 1t Is well known that Mr.. McKin-
ley never liked him. What then, explains
the mystery Of his pulp? An editorial
article in the Hartford Times. written by
a man who seems to know what he is
talking about" thus tells story which, as
the article says, has been current 'on the
inside" and which is entirely credible:
There is a politician on the shelf in
Ohio named Charles Foster, who, as Sec
retary of the Treasury in Harrisons Cab
met, was regarded as about the weakest
man who ever held that place. He was re-
puted to be a millionaire banker, but after
retiring from the Cabinet his various en-
terprises went to smash and he entered the
lists Of the financially ruined his neigh
bors sharing his losses to very large ex-
tent In his efforts to pull through his
embarrassments Foster received certain
financial aid from his friend Russell A.
Alger, the Michigan lumberman. And how
was the debt paid? Foster, as an ex-Gov-
ernor OF Ohio, ex-member of Congress,
and ex-Secretary of the Treasury, still had
a few friends in the Ohio Legislature, and
by the control OF these votes he was able
to serve notice on Mckinley and Hanna
that In order to elect the latter Senator
it would be necessary to give Alger place
in McKinley's Cabinet"
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

dictiOn Of Prof. FaVille, of the State Ag-
ricultural College. He is at the head of
the Horticultural department, and the
errors complained of are in a recent
bulletin. The criticisms were originally
made by disappointed applicant for
his place who still hopes to eventually
secure 1t. Prof. FaVille was accepted
by the new Board of Regents mainly
because Of very earnest and compliment
tary recommendations by Hon. James
Wilson, President McKinley's Secretary
Of Agriculture. Just prior to taking the
place Prof Faville had been in England
under the direction of Secretary Wilson
making Investigations with view to
extending the American market for fruit
in that country. He may be an incom-
petent, as the Capital and the disap-
pointed professor endeavor to make 1t
appear, but If he is, the Board of Re-
gents had no reason to suspect it, judg-
ing from the high esteem in which he
is held by the man President Mckinley
has placed in the highest agricultural
place in the land.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

though they were powerless to prevent
his succession That the young Czar
should proclaim himself a Socialist was
a surprise to many, but 1t is part OF the
inevitable tendency OF the worlds affairs
toward the light.
In his own empire the Gear obviously
has a divided household. The intricate
problem Of reducing Russia's expenses
brings to his support the minister of
finance, De Witte. The latter has been
partly successful in improving the
finances of the empire, and any project
that will aid him as much as will the
cutting off of the enormous drain Of mil
itarism is certain to enlist his aid and
influence. Count Muravieff, the minister
of foreign affairs, gave the Cars project
to the world, but he is the embodiment
of Russian opposition to it. BY the
precedent Of despotic violence and un-
relenting and soulless Russian ambition
Count MuravieR is better fitted than
Nicholas to wear the purple of the Ro-
manoffs for he stands thoroughly for
that idea of national greatness which we
are accustomed to regard as Russian
a greatness attained by the invasion and
maintenance Of armed hordes and the
slavedom of subject races. With Count
MuraVieff stands the commander-in-
chief Of the Russian army, General Kou-
rapatkine, the battle-sOaked militarists
to whose fighting spirit Russia is indebt-
ed for her Asiatic successes. Like Mura-
vieff, he holds in ideal Russian dOmi-
nance over Asia, and with the minister
Of foreign affairs he is the antagonist of
peace and the breaking up Of the armed
camp"
What Of the reception by the world
outside Of his empire of the proposal of
the Czar? Who can tell? It is certain
that France will raise the question of
Alsace-L Lorraine, that Englands empire
must receive consideration, that the ex-
istence of Turkey is involved, and that
other nations have grave questions
which make difficulties in the way Of
UNIVERSAL pSuCO' DuI GuOAC 10 uluCH "
favor disarmament, and the tide has
been setting strongly against war as this
century has grown old. Arbitration is
succeeding war That the Cars propo-
sal has been made is much in itself, and
though its working out may come di-
rectly or be delayed, still the signs Of
the times are not against it.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
THE CzAR,s PROPOSAL.

OF course the politicians pointed out
the selfish motives of the Czar Of Russia
in proposing the disarmament of the old
countries; of course our Christian civ
ilization received his plan with truly
un-Christian suspicion, Those who were
surprised at the source forgot that it
was the Muscovlte empire that first
broached the idea of armed neutrality,
that began the agitation for reform in
maritime lands and that initiated the
Brussels congress which framed milder
laws Of war. Nicholas himself, before
the crown was placed upon his head, had
been openly accused of sympathy with
the Nihllists, he had announced that
Russia's system of government should
keep pace with the age by an adoption
Of constitutional methods, and he had
shown his liberal tendencies in other
ways. He was not acceptable to the no
bles Of the imperial council, whose con-
servatism reVolted at his liberal thought,
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
TINE DEOAYING REPUBLlCAN PARTY.

II was, Of course, very natural that the
Topeka Capital should ridicule the Pro-
hibitlon party's acknowledgment Of al
legiance to God; OF course, the Capital
does not want religion to have any place
in politics. The Republican party stands
as opposed to that. In its politics morals
and ethics find place only as masks to
catch votes BY this we do not mean
that the party is made up entirely Of
scoundrels and boOdlers, but that the
party itself, as judged by its records
and leaders, is avowedly opposed to de-
cency and cleanliness in government and
to an application of the Golden Rule to
politics, to business or to anything else
In this life.
This Is so in New York. T. G. Platt
controls the Republican party in that
State, and his record of administration
is black and corrupt enough to satisfy
the most vile politician. It is so bad
that 1t will defeat the Republican party
at the New York election unless Platt
does what his actions indicate, allows
the nomination of Roosevelt for Gov
ernor in order to carry through his
candidates for the other offices and for
the Legislature
It is so in Pennsylvania. Quay, the
unspeakably corrupt, has dragged the
party so deeply through the mire that
It's stencil is beyond endurance DR..
Swallow, who is making a campaign
against Republican rottenness with the
appropriate Waterford, Thou shalt not
steal" is making phenomenal can
vass. His prospect for election is very
good, thanks to the over-reaching cor
Euption Of the Republican party of Penn
sylvania.
II is true in Connecticut To quote
Harper's Weekly, "The Republican par
" Of the State of Connecticut is under
the control Of as miserable set of crea-
lures as ever disgraced modern politics. "
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.
THIRD PAPER.-RELATIONS TO
THE REFERENDUM.

THE REFERENDUM.
A few people are led to think the ini-
tiative and referendum is to some extent
a substitute for the preferential ballot,
or, at least, that it Is an equally valuable
and important measure. This is mis-
taken view. While no one has advo-
Gated the initiative and referendum
longer nor more persistently than the
writer, nor sets a higher value upon
these means within the limit of their
usefulness, yet he has never thought
them Of equal value with the preferen-
tial ballot, nor does any writer within
our knowledge who is considered high
authority upon this class of questions.
However, there Is no conflict whatever
between them for each has its separate
sphere and value, and is supplementary
to the other.
In nearly all the Swiss cantons and
municipalities the referendum long pre-
ceded proportional representation, but
only since the adoption Of the latter has
Switzerland made those wonderful
strides in the science of government
which makes her the wonder and the
model for other republics 1t is the tes-
timony of Swiss public men and Of OBJ
servant visitors that proportional rep
resentation has purified her public SER
vice and enlightened her legislation far
more thoroughly and rapidly than the
referendum had ever done. 1t is not
possible that the initiative and referen-
dunn can ever exercise that direct and
powerful influence on public affairs that
the preferential ballot or other good
system OF proportional representation
will do The latter applies to all legis-
lation and public service, the former
only to the limited class of questions
which can be submitted to popular vote,
and these questions must be framed for
submission by representatives who are
either competent or incompetent, honest
or dishonest, representative or misrep-
.resentative. of the people. One can i'm
agine the utter worthlessness Of the
privilege of voting directly on measures
framed and submitted by minions OF
special privilege. Either they would be
so framed as to defeat the ostensible OBJ
ject Of their purpose; would contrOvene
the constitution or sound legal princi-
pies, or there would be fatal informality
in the passage and submission which
would render nugatory the wishes Of
the people.
1t is unquestionably true that the peo-
pie have the right to initiate legislation
by petition, and to vote directly upon
fundamental questions Of government
and economies but the number Of such
questions which can be submitted and
intelligently voted upon by the people
as a whole is comparatively small. Laws
governing civil and criminal procedure,
rules of practice in courts, and many
similar questions require an expert
knowledge not possessed by the mass Of
voters, nor even by the mass OF legisla-
tors as now chosen. To submit such
questions would be useless and expen-
sive formality, for the few who voted
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

The Topeka Capitals recent reference
to the Country Gentleman, "of Chicago"
as a leading Western" agricultural
journal is about equal to the veracity
of most Of its attacks upon Populism.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

The Capital is just now exploiting
some inaccuracies in the grammar and
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
THE ADVOCATE
rt fas so.s AND NEWS ~s SI9s Sa.
OFRTOIAL PAPER OF THE STATE
OF KANSAS.
Published Every Wednesday, at Topeka, Kansas.
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORs
GEO. B. HARRISON & CO.,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORs.

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Objectionable advertising. The readers Of this
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pedFS herein G8 representing firm tChOsG TCttdbtl-
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T'he Advocate ICds estdbliSllGd tn 1889, and iCGs
consolidated Nth The Kansas NeDs Gn 1881. The
Advocate and NeDs Il the official State paper, and
has larger circulation than any other Kansas
tCeelcLl tOltCh TCcetUes advertisements.
For Attenuation regarding subscriptions and
advertising rates, address
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The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

PubllShed Every Wednesday, at Topeka, Kansas,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-31
THE BIRrH OF raE Law.
John Albert Macy.


Read here the tale of how the Law grew up
Ages agone in primeval wood
Two primitive child-men fought meath the
shade.
From dawn TO eve they struggled and then
sank
Exhausted on theturf. They lay there prone.
And when night fell, a third strobe through
the glade.
Singing Of her for whom the twain had
fought;
Whereat the twain rose up and murdered
him,
And shook each others hand. II swear, -
cried each.
THAT since fear to die, whom thou wouidst
And thou whom my soul hates wouldst also
live,
swear TO harm thee not, but to defend thee
Against common foe; and she for whom
We match our arms shall choose between
us, fair.
Then If | win. thou guard our bridal hut,
And if thou art the man. thee 4 II protect y
So did the rivals clasp their hostile hands.
And from the treaty grew the laws of muir.
der,
Not because Right is Right, but men thus
found
That two are stronger against Death than
one
Read here the tale of how the Law grew IN.
Green Bag.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-31
IROSICIL IFS.

Chicago News
If the youth is too fresh it is apt to
spoil the man,
Ii blood will tell, perhaps that ia why
murder will out.
If a man is down with the smallpox
he is to be pitted.
II wishes we're horses beggRrs would
want to ride bicycles,
If in doubt about what atop to take
consult dancing master.
If you would successfully argue with
woman Just keep silent.
If a young man ia bright you can't
keep him long in the dark.
Ii man falls in love only the woman
in the casu can rescue him.
II man isn't soher no should never
attempt to walk a tight rope.
IL in doubt about an experiment get
some other fellow to try it first.
If woman is pretty she can safely
insist On her own imperfectionE,
| If we didn't try 10 uphold our blum
ders We would have fewer ronbles.
If you ask debtor when he's going
to settle he'll probably go without say
ing.
If fish ia good brain food it seems n
pity in some cases to waste so much
fish.
II you have learned to "know thysslf''
then you are not spt to give thYaelf
away.
II widow is in the habit of smoking
cigarettes she has an excuse for giving
up her weeds.
Ii II man doesn't laugh when he sees
a girl trying to sharpen pencil he 10
10 love with her.
If all thieves were compalled to wear
prison garb stripes would always be the
prevailing fashion.
Il una half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives, the other half
is just as ignorant.
II man III too proud to beg and too
honest to steal thu only thing left for
him is to get trusted
If man goea out between the acts
he usually comes in with smile-but
you don't always ace it.
II the hay trust will only put hay
fever beyond the reach of mankind il
will not have been in vain.
If a man saves a cent each day be
Nili uul ueeu W ribk ING lUb5 VI u lrleuu
at the end of the year by trying to hor-
row dollar.
If q. Washington was never asked b.
fond mother what he thought of hel
cute baby, then it may be true that he
never TOLD a lie.
II every man could believs everything
he hears about everybody else how
much better he would think himself
than his peighbors.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-31

In the Century there ia an article on
1.-THE River Trip TO the Klondike, :"
written by John Sidney Webb, and IL
lustrRten from photographs. Mr.. Webb
says: a laska ia a country OF more square
miles than square miles, and the
legendary Governor of North Carolina
would have found little else but muddy
Yukon water, usssying 50 per cent
solids to the liquid ton, IN which to
quench his celebrated thirst. 'tDo as
you rlease'' is the motto. in ciyiliaa
tion coats are warn for various reasons /:
ION the Yukon" because it blows UP
cold, or rains. Napkins, table cloths,
sheets and pillows do not go" on the
Yukon, or have not heretofore Even
the KlondilSe millionaire packs his
blankets. and takes what be can get.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-31
ErKNiNG ECHOES.


The freshman is always first class
fellow. Chicago News
The biggest fish are caught with hook
and lynn. News.
Tho suffer the road the barrier il ia
10 travel. Chicago News.
The well man often forgets the aicis
mans promises. Chicago Nows
The silence OF the gas meter is golden
to the stockholders in the company.
Chicago News.
I'm getting rich now. " Making
more monsy?'' Incorporating lass. +"
Chicago Record.
Even il a man isn't we'll up in the
social scale he dislikes being cut by his
barber. Chicago News.
4 man never realizes how insignia
cant he is until be attends his own
wedding. = Chicago News.
When it comes to stepping into
| fortune no man objects TO putting his
foot in it. --Chicago NewB.
The up to date bartender ia an artist
when it comes to designing interior
decorations. Chicago News.
Moses was not Spanish torsador,
but he seems to have been the original
bull rusber. Chicago News.
What the very young man don't know
he thinks be knows and it answers tine
same purpose. Chicago News.
II hate msn that quote poetry"
why" They Just 60 on and on and
never propose. Chicago Record
An old bachelor says that woman'a
change Of mind is an example of an
effect withouta cause. Chicago News.
| A man seldom forgives an injury
until after he bias availed himself of an
opportunity to get even. - Chicago
News.
No matter how high man may fly
he's got to come down to earth occa-
sionally for board and lodging Chi
cago News
Hamlet is an easy part for tina TRACE
dian to play, hut he has to hump him
self whenever be tackles Richard III. -
Chicago News.
Some husbands never think Of telling
their wives anything until after they
have found it out for themselves. =
Chicago News.
The board of trade member doesn I
mind being called a bull or a bear, but
call him a calf or cub and he gets
Chicago News
When a man and woman argue the
woman invariably gets the last word;
but when two women argus it's awaya
a draw. Chicago News
mir. and Mrs. Dadsley, next door.
are 80 cougenial. "Ah?" Eyes: he
let's her have her own way about every.
thing. "-Chicago Record.
doctors say that weepins IS hene-
fetal for women" "Yes: when [ cry
real hard my husband generally gives
me $40. Chicago Record.
The man who moupolizes the atten-
tions of tbs prettest girl at party is
both envied and hated by all this other
men present. Chicago News.
| Belle-I had an awful scare the other
day while out for walk with Will.
l'etsy How? Belle-Why, We met the
minister, and Will asked him 10 ioin
lib. -fonkers Statesman.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-31
PHILApELPHrA CONFERENCE.


The Appointments Were Made Yesterday
week-some OF interest TO Deiawaroans.
The closing sessions OF the Philadel-
phia Annual Conference Of the Method
list Episcopal Church were held at Ches-
tor yesterday week. A resolution was
adopted requesting that no transfer be
made into the conference without an
equivalent tranafsr from it. The APP
pointments were announced, among
them being the following of interest Ia
Delawareaua:
Philadelphia, st. Stephens, W. W.
Goodman; Manayunk, Ebenezsr, Will
liam Powick; West York Street, j. II.
Crouch; East Allegheny Avenue, w.
b. Chalfant; Frankford Central. A.
g. Kynett; Port Carbon, Oliver Il.
Stogden; Fletcher, A. Rittenhouse, d.
ID. Green Street, Jacob Todd, D. d.
South district, Boshms, Delaplaine
Collie, supply; Siloain, !. ". Tiudall.
At his request, the Rev. T., Snowder
Thomas, ID. D., was granted super
| numBrary relation,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-31

Mrs. M. NJ. Brown, widow of Thomas
II. Brown, died last night week at the
residence OF her daughter, Mrs. L. E.
Baldwin, No. COL Van Buren, street.
She had been i'll with the grip for
about two weeks Mrs. Brown was in
her S0th year. She was horn in Chester
county, near Landenberg. Her hus-
band, who was miller in New Castle
county, died about ID years ago. Mrs.
Brown was familiar figure at the
Brandywine Summit camp grounds.
where she usually had tent on st.
Paul's avenue. She leaves four chill
dren Mrs. Baldwin, DIR. ]. X. Brown,
Thomas ID. Brown and Arthur @.
Brown, the last named residing in San
Francisco.