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Evening star., 1898-10-31
stone work above second
A Rigid Investigation Needed.

And a large number &C small sums aggre-
eating several thousand dollars more. Add
to this the rents paid and contingent ex-
penses. as direct result of needless de-
lays of the work. and the grand total
reaches an amount that will not be consid-
cred with patience by the taxpayers, or
those in official positions who have a high
sense of honor, and recognize their respon-
sibility as guardians Of; the peoples inter-
eStS. IL
If these things occur in the capital city
Of the nation, what must be the conditions
on the many public buildings throughout
the country under8the same general mis-
planagement? 1t will not be possible to
snow all of the unpleasant facts without
having access to the office files. but
searching Investigation will reveal the need
of a new system.
Evening star., 1898-10-31

in the contracts for plumbing, gas piping,
etc, and for heating and ventilating appa-
ratus had been executed changes were made
by the department in some of the interior
arrangements that cost the government in
two extras over S43.0DO.
Evening star., 1898-10-31
Wants Quickly EfIicd.

At this season. when so many are seek
ing situations. and on the other hand, so
many seeking employees II is of interest
to know that advertisements ander the
classifcations Wanted Help and Wanted
Situations are inserted IN The Star at a
charge of Is cents for fifteen words
Evening star., 1898-10-31
r U GOING HOME
TO VOTE?

Yes: Well let us hope that your will be in
favor OF the successful candidate that we shall be sue
cessful in putting YOU in proper sape-supericialy-
meet your fellow sovereigns the polls. Clothes don't
make the and, rule don't Judge man bv the
that he wears but good clothes perfect fitting and in
touch with the prevailing modes, make wonderful differ
cnce in ones appearance and appearances much
in this particularly in politics. and particularly
at the polls where voting is i'll progress. You
millionaire, else YOU would be leaving Your case"
Your desk your workshop, Observation-Disclosures NAV
beo travel long and tedious distances privilege of
exercising your right OF suffrage only for the exercise
OF that privilege in Your individual but that you may
influence the less enlightened ffragans OF vcur immed-
acquaintance lay aside prejudice and vote for the
best interests of the whole people This plain PROPOSE
ton, simple one; needs amplicaon or expanaion
explains itself; needs justification, because an
absolute requirement OF a 'o the people, for
the people and by the people,
Evening star., 1898-10-31
Eastern market House Floors.

The following proposals were received by
the District Commissioners for faying
I ,112 square yards of cement floors I'm the
Ea stern market house: Crawford Paving
Company, 81, J01 20; Fred. Drew, 81 $50
Evening star., 1898-10-31

If the stone, brick, structural iron and
roof work and the floor arches had been
embraced in one contract, instead of seven,
a large amount of money would have been
saved to the government. Ordinary busi-
ness precaution would have suggested that
while the work above mentioned was in
progress the drawings and specifications
should have been prepared for heating
plumbing. electric lighting, telephone sys-
tenn. elevators and interior finish generally
In order that all of these branches of work
might be commenced promptly and in their
proper order. Instead of this rational
method of procedure, the whole course of
the supervising architects Office In connec-
ton with this building has been one con-
tina1al series of bIunders. emphasizing as
no words can do the utter ineompetency
Evening star., 1898-10-31

The Wisconsin Republican Association, al
a well-attended meetina held Saturday
night. passed resolutions warmly indorsing
DR.. George Henderson for$appointment as
city postmaster OF WashinESon.
Evening star., 1898-10-31
Cheap Publicity,
Inaer.ed for Citx Poxtma.ter.

For fifteen cents you can let every one in
Washington know by Star want ad. that
you want a situation or want cook.
Evening star., 1898-10-31
No SepofiSIn.


ANY and all stateniants intimations
insinuations by from any person or com
b:natton of persons occupying government
positions or his or their allies on the out
side that [ have at any time been in col
lusion with any member OF my family. or
any other person or persons, TO defraud the
government. are absolutely and unquali-
fedIy false Nothing of the kind has ever
been attempted or even thought of for an
instant. The charge of discrimination or
favortism is only the hallucination of dis
e2sed and disordered brains, and never had
the least foundation in fact. Simply be-
cause instructions were given to. proceed
with different branches of work in their
regular order. some dsgruntlcd ones and
their advocates set up the howl of favor
itsm. expecting thereby to divert attention
from their own misdeeds.
Concerning the questions Of jncompe-
tency, ineficency ard lack of integrity
charged against me. have to say that if
the facts to which attention has been called
above do not prove conclusively that the
supervising architect is not good authority
on such matters then II viii be necessary
to have access to the official records of his
office and mine to supplement this evi-
dence Those who are in position to know
the facts will testify that in the discharge
of my duties as superintendent | have been
constant, faithful, just and fearless, al
though hampered and annoyed beyond
measure by those who were supposed to
be working in the interest of the govern
ment. There was no opportunity for rest
or relaxation. because. in addition to the
many and rapidly accumuating duties that
demanded my constant attention. there
was heaped upon me exacting and needless
burdens in the way of special reports. If
a sore-headed subcontractor or one of the
spies that constantly dogged my steps went
TO the department he sure to find a
cheerful greeting, and his statements, how
ever improbable unreasonable or false.
were eagerly accepted. and the superin-
tendent was called upon for a report in
writing and often for copies of all CORE
spondence relating to that particular thing
These demands. though childish and un-
pus:nesslike and evidently prompted by un-
worthy motives. were answered promptly
as possible and courteously, although a
severe tax upon my time and patience
Some of the Extras"
If the supervising architects Office had
displayed requisite intelligence and bus-
ness sagactty for planning and directing an
enterprise of this character the building
might have been completed and occupied
TWO years ago, at much less cost for con-
struction and with far satisfactory
results besides effecting a saving to the
government of many thousands of dollars
rent for city post office, and about $4,000
per year for maintenance of contingent
force at the new building. Some of the
PRINCIPAL extras that come to my mind are
follows:
ctopa work above second
Evening star., 1898-10-31

All Warrington nn Audience.
The Stars 'sWanfed Help and situatIens..
coiumns are carefully read by thousands
daily. Fifteen cents lays for fifteen WORDS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
What a Kansan Would Do.

We confess that we are a trit1e dis
appointed in Lieutenant Hobson.
He does not seem to size up as well
in peace as in war.
When that St. Louis girl rushed up
to him few nights since and asked if
she could kiss him, he did not seem to
have the movement that we had ex-
pected from an accomplished and gal
liant officer of the American navy.
AS near as we can learn. while he did
not actually back away, he banked his
fires, stopped his engines and simply
stood still to receive the attack.
What would we'll regulated young
Kansas fellow have done under the
same circumstances?
Would he have slowed down and
backed away?
Well, we should rise to calculate
that he would not.
On the contrary he would have or.
dered full speed ahead, pointed his noz.
zle toward the approaching craft and
met the attack at least half way.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
BULLETIN NO. I.

Wheat went thru the winter in good
condition and started well in the spring.
when March 2z a freeze cut it to the
ground. This delayed ripenIng two
weeks, making it SO late that it was
caught by the black rust after the usual
time of ripening The black rust ap-
Peared June II as most of our wheat
was in the dough, and in three days
wheat that had promised a yield of 80
to 40 bushels to the acre was hardly
worth cutting, the plants were dead,
shrunken to less than half size
We grew fifty-four varieties. but most
of them were so badly injured by the
rust that they were not cut. The high
est yield of the Turkey, our standard
hard wheat, was IS bushels per acre.
while the highest yield of the thinner
man, our standard soft wheat, was 2S
bushels per acre.
test was made to determine whether
it is best to pillow the ground in drouth
and harrow it into shape ready for
seeding at the usual time or wait un-
til rain comes and then pillow. The
early blowing was made July 80, the
ground turning up hard and lumpy
1t was worked with harrows and float
until in fair tilth. October 1917 a
inches, and the late blowing was made,
the land fitted and both early and late
plowed plats seeded. From the time
the wheat started until it was struck by
the rust that on the early plowed ground
appeared more thrifty and promised a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
By the Way.

Men, like chickens, always want to
get on the highest roost.
The man who tends strictly to his
own business has good, steady job.
A man always puts his best foot
forward, mule puts his backwards.
The mission of the masher is to
show what man was before he became
a man.
A man smiles when you speak of
his level head but call it fat and he
gets mad.
Man is made of dust; along comes
the watering cart of fate and his name
is mud.
Nature has wisely arranged matters
so that man can neither pat his own
back or kick himself.
Clothes may not make the man but
it is useless to create a disturbance by
going around without them.
If you can't drive a bargain don't
interfere with somebody else's bargain.
The bargains of your neighbors bene-
fits you some.
A little boy, when shown the triplets
that had just made their advent in the
family, remarked: Mammals been
getting bargains again. '-Cimaron
TackSonian.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
WHEAT EXPERIMENTS.

The Kansas Experiment Station, at
Manhattan, issues a weekly bulletin
giving the result of the different expert
ments made Bulletin No. L, issued
last week. treats of wheat, and we pub
lish it in the hope that some of our far
mer readers may profit by what the
college people have learned
their experiments.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

better yield. The rust ruined all plats.
The early owed land yielded 4 bush
els per acre, the late 6.5 bushels.
A trial was made of ordinary and
thoro preparation of ground for wheat.
That given ordinary treatment was har
rowed and foated until in fair condi-
ton. but having many small clods on
the surface, condition liked by many
Kansas wheat growers. That given
thoro treatment was gone over with disc
harrow and float until fine dust mulch
four inches deep was made. The ordi
nary treatment yielded Io bushels per
acre. weighing So pounds per struck
bushel. The thoro treatment gave II. 4
bushels per acre. weighing 54 7 pounds
per struck b1shel, gain in yield of
nearly Is per cent. for thoro treatment.
Two trials were made of ordinary
treatment of ground for wheat, thoro
treatment nd of treating it with the
Campbell sub surface packer. In one
test the yields were, ordinary treatment
I5.5 bushels, thoro treatment II, 7 bush
els, and treated with the sub surface
packer 1874 bushels. In the other trial
the yields per acre were, ordinary treat
ment SO bushels. thoro treatment o.8
bushels. sub surface packer run over
the ground once o. 4 bushels, and packer
used three times Io.7 bushels
The Station has had an acre in wheat
continuously for the past eighteen years
without manure to test the fertility of
the land. This year just before the ap
pearance of the rust this acre promised
a yield of 80 bushels. The wheat was
nearly destroyed by the rust and the
yield was GIT bushels. The product of
eighteen years has been 342. 5 bushels,
an average of 10 bushels per year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

When you ask an editor to suppress
an item of news because it does not
suit you. then go ask grocery to ex-
clude pickles from his store because
you can't eat them. OF ask your butcher
not to keep bologna because it goes
against your stomach. There is just as
much fairness in the one as the other.
News is an editors stock in trade. So
are pickles to a grocery and bologna to
a butcher.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

The G. A. r. will meet in Cincinnati
September ITO, 1898. They will leave
here in special train via Santa Fe,
September s. The round.trip fare is
Ts21 so Santa Fe agent will give you
particulars.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Sept 1st will be kansas Day. at
the Omaha Exposition, and quite a
number of Barton county people are
arranging to be there on that day.
Sept. I'd will be "Peach Day." Sd
Editors Day. 5th Labor Day" 9Th
Druggist Day." 9th "Woodmen Day"
etc. From the 1st to the 9th will be a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

How many county teachers take the
local papers? We don't believe that
more than one-fourth of them fulfill
that self evident duty. All the papers
are supposed to publish all matters
pertaining TO the advancement of the
schools. and we would like to see the
county teachers show better appreca-
ton of their much needed assistants.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Lay Gage, an adopted daughter of
W. M. Gage, who has been making her
home with family by name of McCul-
Tough, in 4th ward, was shot in the
thigh last Wednesday with a small
rifle. Two women tell different stories
about how 1t occurred = and we there
fore don't know how it did happen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Wilson's short order restaurant has
moved up town, to the room next south
of Charlie Pressl's barber shop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
$2l. so to Cincinnati and Return.

Tickets on sale September 2. 8. 4.
and 5. limited to October 2, 1898. W.
Torrey agent Santa Fe Route will res
serve berths in sleeper and check
bag gage through.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

c. 81. Mayer, the OImitz miller. pass
ed through the city Sunday on his
return from the east.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
Dates to Remember;

August q, %, and 18th the dates
that DR.. W. A. Phillips is at Hotel
Greene, Great BeLd. Do not forget
the dates. and call early to make
appointments. Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, August 9th to 29th inclusive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Ladies, have it at cost-the genu-
inc, pure baking Powder named Per
every ounce.-Theo.
Griffith.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Nobody should try to live without
fruit during this hot weather. The
place to buy it is at the Star Grocery
of a. R. Moss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Homer Pelter has been up from
Oklahoma for a few weeks, visiting
his parents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

It pleases everybody to know thai
they can buy the pure baking powder
named Perfect" so reasonably.-The0
Griffith.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

The base ball boys requested US not
to say anything about thier having gone
up to Larned last week to play ball.
NUNS the word.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

There are several night schools of
profanity conducted on street corners
in this town, which ought to be dismiss
ed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Arch Caraway was up to visis friends
here Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

VIM. Gage. who has been laid up for
few weeks is able to be around on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

AS quiet as you may keep it. Great
Bend is recognized as one of the best
towns, surrounded by the best farming
lands, in central Kansas. Call at this
office and get copies of the Irrigation
Era and send to your friends in the east.
That pubuliction has some excellent
illustrations and statistics pertaining
to Great Bend and Barton county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

He would have loaded his rapid fire
battery of OSCILLATION and spatted that
St. Louis girl twice in the mouth and
once on each cheek before she could
have got her mouth puckered and
ready to shoot.
He would have swung alongside fas-
tened his graphing hooks and captu1 ed
the St. Louis cruiser quicker than a
Kansas toad can wink its left optic.
Hobson is all right on the sea, but as
compared with a Kansas man he is
mighty slow on land--Mail & Breeze.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-22

There is no ,questio that Croker has
done his gubernatorial ticket great deal
of harm by turning down on purely
personal grounds Judge DAILY of the New
York Supreme court vino has been on the
bench for thirty years, and is jurist of
acknowledged probity and learning.
Judge Van Wyck was heavily handicapped
at the start by the suspicion that he
would prove as obedient to Croker as
governor as his brother had as mayor.
And now that handicap is greatly in
creased by Cookers action in the DAILY
matter. A boss powerful enough and
arbitrary enough to prevent the renomi-
nation of judge of Days standing
because he had refused to appoint an in.
competent man as clerk in his court
whom the boss had recommended, the
people plainly see must have been power
full enough and arbitrary enough to pre-
vent the selection for governor of any
man who would not do his bidding, and
hence they are forced to conclude that
before he allowed Van WICK to be nomi-
uat,d he made sure that he would prove
his facile tool in the governors chair.
That conclusion must do Van Wyck q
good deal of harm on election day, for
there are thousands of loyal Dem ocrats
who detest Croker and will never
knowingly consent to put a mere puppet
of his in the executive chair.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-22
Philippines. He would wash the hands

Philippines. He would wash the hands
of UnoIe Sam clean of all the chea D com
peting labor and tropical territories which
are in his opinion but the consequential
have been waged and into which only the
explosion of battlsship hurried the coun-
try. under the inspiration of the yellow
covered newspapers. He is said to believe
American labor and of it's high standard
Of life, is imperiIled by the introduction
of the free competition Of the coolie and
oolored labor Of the Antilles and of the
Philippines. He Is every decidedly OF the
Of expansion are on the wrong track.
If Congressman Reed opens up cam
paign along the lines here stated ne surely
will not stand alone. 1t is the common
sense position occupied by hosts or tn u
ing men throughout the country-tne loea
of statesman rather than that OF mere
politician,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-22
(Letter to Ellsworth American.)

Sedgwick, Oct. II, 1898.
Anent the remarks that are going the
rounds of the State press touching the
Australian ballot and its working in this
state, / am agreed as to its improvement
over the old way; in my opinion the
trainers of the law did not go far enough.
AS has been remarked by some, a
spotter can tell to a nicely If a man votes
a split ticket, especially in small
country town like this, where everJ mans
politics are known. the way tine voting
booths are arranged, il man wishes to
put Oh "sticker" or "scratch" his ticket
any one in the hall can see him moisten
the sticker before he affixes it, or writes
the other fellows name. l had occasion
to do the same once, and it was immedi.
ately SO reported; not that cared. but if
we are going to have secret ballot, let
us have it. I would suggest to our solons
who shall assemble at Augusta next win
ter, that they amend the present law SO
that tia booths shall be SO erected that a
man can go behind them, and out of sight
of the crowd. The cost to arrange the
booths as I suggest would be trifing.
Let US hear from the rest Of the voters.
o. p. Carter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-22
THE BALLOT LAW.
portland Advertiser.)

In no other way can we account for the
30, 00O voters of Maine failing to exercise
their right Of suffrage IN 1895. when. as
the Portland Advertiser declares, "a full
vote was thrown" The cause OF this
apathy, in a campaign fraught with sucn
tremendous results as that Of '96. is to be
found largely in the claim already made.
Maine Farmer.
Z The claim, that is, that many were de-
TERED from voting or were DISTINGUISHED
by the alleged hardships and intricacies OF
the secret ballot law. Exaggerating.. as
usual By the expression "a full vote" Is
meant OF course large vote, not neces-
sarlly the largest possible, but larger than
common. The total vote in 1896 was, in
l07, 900. In 1899, the last preceding Presi.
Dental year, it was 10000. How the
Farmer gets it's tale of &c, 600 failing to
exercise their right of suffrage Is not ap-
parent. Perhaps 1t goes back eighteen
years to 1850 the year Of fusion exotic
ment, when the largest vote in the his
tory Of Maine was polled-147, 900. But
even that as compared with 1896 gives a
falling of of only $4,000, or 1000 less
than the Farmers figures. If the COM
parison Is with 1883, the total sum then
was lac, 900 and the difference 20 900. The
Farmer is disingenuous. 1t conceals the
real cause of the decline of 1896, which
was Gno GENERALIZATION OF the UemocfkBlc
party over the silver issue. This fact Is
notorious II 10 hardly necessary to re-
call the circumstances of two Demo-
cratic State conventions held that year,
the one before the Chicago convention
pronouncing for sound money and the
one after that recanting and accepting
the Chicago sdoctripes-this action mean
while causing split and the nomination
of an independent Democratic ticket on
the Indianapolis platform. The result
was that the party was badly broken up
and that many of its members either staid
away from the polls in disgust or voted
the Republican ticket. The figures tell
the story. The Republican party pollei
the heaviest vote on record, $4,000, which
exceeded the next heaviest by 5000: while
the straight Democratic vote declined
from 81, 900 in 1892 to 81, 900 in 1896. Both
elections were held under the secret ballot
law, and it is absurd to blame the law for
the diminished vote. While the Farmer is
about it, why doesn't it go outside of the
State and examine the election figures
in other parts of the country? Massachu-
setts has: had the real Australian ballot
for ten years. The total vote in that state
has increased heavily. In 1896 it was 40l,-
600 for President, against SS6, COO IN 1otS.
1t Is poor rule that fails to apply all
around. If the method of voting de-
creases the vote in Maine, as claimed,
why doesn't it in forty other statess