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New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

Speakine of how q racing man feels on the
eve Of n great race a veteran expert In racing
saws that he had turned in early to get good
sleep so as 10 come to the post fit ana we'll
But I couldn't sleep. l felt at times was
going mad. The whole room seemed TO De
peopled with men lying round and round on
BICYCLES 1t wasn't dream, for l was wide
awake The only way l can account for 1t Is
that my nerves were Overstrung a bit with the
strain and at last in sheer desperation, had TO
get up and read. l read until daylight streaked
through my window blind then | turned on
the light and lay down again. never smut
my eyes, however, and went down to the track
the following day feeling horrible wreck Yet.
strange to say. l never sprinted so fast In my
life as ! did that day. and actually proKe
eaveral records Yes / always feel nervous
even vet on the OF any big race, but that
was really my worst experience"
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

The first all-American torpedo-boat Is to be begun
at the Seabury yards and her contract time Is be
thirty-two knots for threc consecutive hours. She
will be 2l0 feet long with little overhangs and
her beam will be twenty feet She will have triple
expansion engines and every part Of her except the
DYNAMO for lighting purposes VIII be made tho
premises. This is the reasonable boast of the com
pany. that they make everything a boat requires.
For yachts the bedding. upholstery, jOincrs work
and all the other ct ccteras are prepared within the
yards. The torpedo boat in question Is one of three
TO be constructed Harlan & IIollngswOrth OF
Wilmington have the second. while the third will
be built on the Pacific Coast.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

The Harlem Wheemen have secured the
Carnegie Lyceum. Fifty-seventh-st. and Sev-
cnth-ave.. for Saturday evening. March 10,
where they Will appear as black-faced comed-
ans Hermann ]. Eckhoff. who has charge Of
the music. promises that something particularly
ambitious in this line will be attempted The
success that has so far marked the rehearsals
makes It probable that glee club Will be
formed in the near future. The clubs billiard
and pool tournaments are rapidly drawing to a
close. and the final results will probably be an
nounced by the end OF this month Hartley
Ha!gh, who stands highest in the billiard tour
nament. has only one more game TO play, and IL
he loses that can only be tied for first place
DR.. Thomas r. Savage Is a close second In
the pool tournament William G. Huson is d sure
winner. with Captain Shaw and Maurice B.
Freldenrich tied for second place
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

The famous yacht Isolde is now preparing for the
racing in the Mediterranean after a rest Of three
years in the yards Of the Flies This forty-rater
has "A great record, seventy-siX first prizes and
twenty-one other prizes Of l&5 starts. The total
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23


club a carriage house is to be added. also n res
taurant aId grillroom
large steel yacht. 4S feet long is to be built at
Nxon's yards at Elizabeth. n. j.. to bc delivered
in four months II completed within this limited
time this craft viii bent the record for the building
Of large steel craft. This kind is not thrown to-
gether with a shovel. ana any one who has the
long and laborOus riveiing OF each plate In a big
vessel VIII wonder whether her completion in the
tended owner is withheld. but J. +. Tams supplied
the designs. She vii. be His feet beam. with a
draught OF feet.
one OF the officials OF the Sclwanhak ka Corlnthian
Yacht club said yesterday that for the coming sea-
son the club Will have ways constructed on the
shore near the Oyster Bay headquarters where
small bonts can haul out for cleaning before their
races come off In view OF the large fleet of twenty
one-fcoters ABOUT 10 cohgresute III the waters OF
this CLUB the new provision promises 10 De OF great
use
At the Lawey yards in Boston order has been
received 10 build a sixtyfve-foot schooner for John
NJ Richmond. OF Providence, r. l. Her water-line
length will be forty-fve feet.
At the town house No 10 East Twenty second
st. the seawanhaka -Corinthian Yacht Club Is to
have tea served every afternoon. OF those who
were expected 10 sign the contracts for the twenty
one-foot idem knockabouts. twenty-five have 80 far
done so. Tnirty-hvc orders We're hoped for. and
probably the number Will not be less than twenty
Six Those who have signed are as follows. X. &.
Wetmore. Leonard j Busby f.. Hope Norton, VIII
lam T. lseln. George Trotter, John Murray Mitch
ell. John r sherman. w II. Russell; Daniel Bacon.
T. y Hastings. Nelson f.. Burr. George Bullock.
Frederick O. Bourne. Henry g. Rouse, Frank W.
Boyer G. IL. J. Billings, r. c. Benedict John {.
Scott. Charles Osborne. Kenneth Otis ROusc, John
Sherman Iioyt ard w. X. Garrison.
In this ncighborhood only one boat Is being built
with the same dimensions as the above class. This
will be produced by Larry" Huntington. When
reminded that his craft could not compete with the
protected one-design boats Huntington Is said to
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

A. j. Adams has purchased the steam yacht
Sirene for use in the yukon. She will be sent by
rail to Seattle and thence on the deck Of steamer
10 ST. Michaels The Sirene is a boat, bull, In
1885, at Nyack, for W. B. Higgins
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

George l.. Cooke. Chief Consul OF the Rhoue
Island Division of the L. A. w. writes tha' he
believes that the national assembly NJ o''
Louis next month will admit professionals "
the l.. A. w. Mr.. Cooke believes that RACING
Is minor detail with the League. ana con-
sders that professionals as members wou'u a'u
the League financially in the work ior Boou
roads Mr. Cooke further says that ne cannot
conceive why an organization of Intelligent men
should attempt to keep out Of the l.. A. W. men
who differ from the rest only in the fact 'ha'
they earn their living as athletes, ana " a.
tempt to govern these men without repiese"''
tion is not only unfair but unlawfui as Wea' Ven,
Tbn Dboda island Chief Consul believes tha'
, inv rood roads and the rights OF wheeI-
men should precede racing. and that the 'a''e'
should only be a side issue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04
Fierce Arrangement of the Criminal State of Affairs
That Exists at Springfield Every Ihdict-
ment Clearly Stated
Case After Case of Malfeasance in Office-How the
Good Work of the Democratic Administration
Has Been Undone for the Benefit of
Tanners Political Henchmen.

would nearly double the value of that
stock because Of the long time it would
raise the value of these securities. You
see these street railway people could
afford to give a million to get their
law passed.
The Gas Bills
The gas trust of Chicago. composed
OF eight gas companies, having practic-
ally got control of the gas business,
wanting to provide against having any
competitors in all the future and want
ing to get legal authority to CONSOLE
date their eight companies into one,
which they have not been able to do,
1t being against the policy of the law
for computing interests to combines,
they had some bills; one bill which
provided that no new gas company
should be permitted to lay its pipes in
the streets unless it got the signatures
Of the owners of a majority OF the
frontage in each block The gas trust
had Its pipes in the streets and ii knew
that It could easily prevent any new
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04
Creates a Huge Grain Monopoly.

These elevator people have a COM
bine. they stand together. they also
are tied up with tie railroads. These
elevator people can drive every grain
buyer in Chicago out OF the market,
they can and they soon will get an abb
solute control OF the grain business
in this state and in a majority of the
states. They will drive every indie
pendent grain buyer out of the mar
ket, for none can compete with them.
They VIII send clerk down here TO
your town to buy grain for then and
no other outside g ain buyer can COM
pete with these people Il Is going TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

the profit So the elevator men went
into the grain business
a Profitable Game
They went to buying and selling
grain and they mixed their own grain
with that of their customers, and they
were in this position, that if an outside
grain buyer-and the board Of trade is
made up of grain buyers. who create
competition in the grain business-if
an outside grain buyer offers seventy
cents bushel. inasmuch as he has to
take it through the warehouse, it costs
him seTenty-two cents. as the ware
house man gets two cents bushel the
moment the grain goes in there. Con-
sequently the warehouse man. by Civ
ing up a little of his storage charge,
can offer seventy-one cents bushel,
just enough to drive the outside buyer
clear out of the market. When that is
kept up a little while it drives the
outside buyers out of the market and
gives the warehouse man absolute
control of the wheat market, corn
market, or oats market in that city.
Just like it is the Standard Oil Com
pahy, which goes into a town deter
mined to drive any other company out,
and sells oil at a cent a gallon. or
when Armour & Company, the great
beef trust people, are determined to
drive a butcher out of town and sell
beef at a cent a pound. OF course
people know that can't last and that
the object is to destroy competition.
Robbery Made Legal
hn hoT
course. a suit was brought in Chi
cago to enjoin them from doing this on
the ground that it was against public
policy to permit those men who are
authorized by law to store grain-to
permit them to mix their own grain
with that of their customers. and on
the. further ground that it was against
goh morals that this should be done.
That suit was sustained and 1t went to
the Supreme Court, and the Supreme
Court in that case laid down the rule
that 1t was against public morals end
against public policy to permit ware
house men created by law to deal in
grain and mix it with that of their Gus
toners. But what did the warehouse
men do? They went before this last
turel to pass law specifically authoriz-
ing them to deal in grain. The gov
ernor assisted and advocated the pas
sage of it. When it came out he signed
tia law specifically authorizing
these elevators to do these things that
the courts had said were against pub
lie policy and against public morals.
What effect will that law have. my
friends?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

No 2 wheat that is almost as poor as
No 3. and then again there will be
No. wheat that grades up quite close
TO No. l. Now when they come to sell
the wheat for milling purposes. sell 1t
by sample. why the finer grade. cay
the best No. ?. viii sometimes bring
two or more cents a bushel in the
market more than the poorest No. 2
Well, the warehouse men soon saw
they could sell their fine No 2 that
was brought to them by their custom
ers. get a few cents above the market
for It and they buy q poor quality OF
No. and put tn It's place and pocket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

company from getting the signature OF
the owners OF a majority Of the front
age In each block. and therefore they
could for all time keep any competitor
out and for all time hold the mighty
city of Chicago right in grip OF their
own. and although the cost OF manufae-
tured gas is less than It was and has
come down Git Is sold TO cities in other
places, in Europe. for less than half OF
what we have TO pay for III. yet
we are paying the old price In Chicago.
There Is no escape from 1t While the
gas company wanted this bin passed
IL also wanted a law passed 70 permit
lawful consolidation II got them both
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

whom voted for it, and some who voted
against It, smile very significantly
when the warehouse bill Is mentioned.
These men, who went TO the legisIa-
ture on purpose to make fortunes. they
did not fail to tel the warehousemen
that the courts had decided this
against them. and it would be rather
severe on a mans conscience to vote
fo- such a bill. and that It would take
some large plasters Of big denomina-
tions TO satisfy a mans conscience in
order TO vote for such a BIN. zap
p.aEee.)
Raising tire Tax OF the Farmers
They passed the revenue law. A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

passed. These bills created monopo-
lies and tied the city of Chicago up to
these monopolies. These bills were
vetoed. They did not become laws.
Tanner to the Rescue
did not consider that they were in
harmony with Democratic principles
(applause) and they were vetoed, but
at the last session of the legislature
these identical bills were again pre-
scented TO the legislature for passage
and the corruption fund. so far as
am advised. was doubled in order to
secure their passage. and they were
passed. Let me 90 back now and say
that in 1895, when these bills were
pending before the Republican legis-
lature. the gentleman who is today
governor of Illinois, was at Spring
field, chairman of the Republican state
committee. and he went before that
legislature and he lobbied for the
passage of these monopoly bills. It
was through his assistance at that
time that they were passed. During
this last session of the legislature he
was governor and he again used his in
fuence to secure the passage OF these
bills. and when they had passed he
promptly approved them-helped to
get them through the legislature, and
then when they came to him for sig
nature he promptly approved them and
made them the law of the state That
shows to you, my friends, the drift OF
Hannaism. But this last legislature
did not stop there.
The Warehouse Bills
1t left no field untouched where
there was chance to create a monop-
oily You have heard something OF
the warehouse bill. In our state we
have a law authorizing and licensing
certain men to do a warehouse BUSH
ness. They act as custodians under
the law. They take charge of other
peoples grain. They are trustees, they
are custodians of other peoples prop
erty. We have in Chicago a great
grain Inspection department run by
the state. Grain is inspected and
marked No. 1, No. and No. 3. and
generally it is sold with reference to
grade and not so much with reference
to its sample, except for milling pur-
poses. The method of operation is
THIS. Train is inSpeCleuS say NJ. -
and it is poured into bins marked No.
2, and grain OF various grades is put
together there and they hold their
certificates, and when a certificate is
finally presented for the grain, the
warehouseman runs out the given
number OF bushels from bin No. 2. but
does not attempt to give the identical
wheat. Now 1t was soon found that
grain, when inspected. does not run
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

Extravaganza and mismanagement
vie with each other at the State Insti-
tuition for the Education OF the Deaf
and Dumb at Jacksonville. The salary
of the superintendent under Demo-
cratic management was never more
than $4,000 per year, but as soon as j.
c. Gordon was appointed to the posi-
ton by Governor Tanner the salary
of the superintendent was raised to
s., 0OG Gordon was totally inexperi-
enced, never having managed any kind
of an institution in his life. He was
simply a politician from Washington,
D. c.
The president of the board. George
W. Harper, put his daughter on the
payroll as librarian at $50 per month
and board; he also put on his son-1n-
law as storekeeper at 5000 per year,
which is the highest salary ever paid,
even for an experienced man. For
some time after he began to work as
storekeeper he also drew salary from
the secretary of states ONCE as jan
itor Shortly afterward his salary was
raised to $3.50 per year. President
Harper also placed his own SON on the
pay-TOll as supervisor dI d SdidAy Va
$500 per year, with board and laundry.
The son was found to be incompetent
for that position and was promoted"
to the position of dishwasher, which
job he now holds at the same salary.
President Harper also has a step-son
as hostler at salary of $35 per month
and board. A year ago new job was
created called Mother OF Little Girl
Cottage" and was given to Mrs. Oh
win, daughter OF President Harper.
with an additional salary. she Is also
drawing a salary as librarian. Three
generations of the Harper family are
now in the institution living of the
state. The institution formerly had
result in a great Grain Trust, just as
we have a great Beef Trust and other
trusts of various kinds. It ia going to
result in driving every Independent
grain buyer you have in this section
of the state out of business. and
saIaried man from Chicago will take
his place I do not know how much
doodle was used to pass 1t. The legis-
Iators who were there then. some of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

revenue law which is going to raise tia
taxes OF the farmers because your
property cannot be concealed. They
can md your houses and your farms
and your horses and your property. n
law which makes no effort and no pre-
tense at compelling the wealthy man
OF Chicago to schedule his personal
property. In Chicago a man may have
nve million dollars locked up In hin
vaults in bonds and securities of W.
rious kinds and does not make any 20
turn of 1t. OF course the law saya In
shall make a return. but there ID no
penalty appended. 1t is one OF thosa
smooth arrangements whereby thoaa
that are very wealthy can have their
way-can escape paying their share az
the burdens of government. Il IN n
law which will have to be repealed. q
law which works hard upon the poce-
er and practically releases the wealth
Ter men from their share Of the bur
dens of government When you coma
to look at the acts of that legislature.
my friends, you find a spirit of Han
naism running through everythfns
they did. and If you look outside of thu
state-look at other states-you dis
cover the same condition Of afrafra
there. Somehow the touch OF corrup-
ton runs through everything and
leavens the whole block We are eet-
ting used to these things and we do no4
fully comprehend the seriousness Of
them. We do not fully comprehend
what 1t means and where It leads to.
We are disposed to treat IT as a mere
question of giving some men an adj
vantage by which they get rich at the
expense Of others. but that Is far from
being the case.
Legislation Sold at sprfneneid.
The passage of these bills and tha
signing of these bills by the governor
of the state amounted to the selling oe
legislation-amounted to the selling
of the privilege of robbing the peepie
of this state. My friends, when cou-
ditions become such that legislation. IN
sold, that corruption Is to determine
whether bill shall pass or whether II
shall be defeated, when good measures
are defeated by corruption and bad
measures are passed by corruption.
then the state is going to pieces. You
cannot keep up free institutions thai
way. Republics require strict honesty
In the administration of public affairu.
and IL this corruption is to go on, IL
this Hannaism is to spread among our
people and be the rule in the futura.
the people OF this country are to gee
poorer and poorer all of the Tina.
while a few schemers win get richer
all the time, because they will control
the making Of the laws and win al
ways make the laws so as to be In
their interest. and that is not afI-shex
viii finally control the construction Of
the laws, which is stilI more fmpor-
tant. The step from the selling of leg
islation to the selling of decisions OF
courts. my friends, Is a short ona-
Our judiciary in this state has been
above reproach, we have maintained
Its integrity, but other nations hazs
Travelled this road before. II Is not .
new question, and the experience Of
all men has been. who have travelled
this road. that the step from the selling
Of legislation to the selling OF court de-
cisions IS very short one. Universal
corruption win get into the pores Of
the community, and win rot II down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04
TWO ADMINISTRATIONS.

Let US follow this matter q Httls
further II win be necessary TO nnAks
a few comparisons and to refer to tina
prior administration A subject vntch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04
A GOOD THING" FOR TANNER
The Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb Proves
Excellent Field for Graft.

one engineer and one assistant a. eAk-
aries of $1,000 and $500 per year re-
spectively One Martin, q political n
vorite OF Gov. Tanner. was made eAise
engineer at salary OF $1.Soo ana
board, with three assistants at tn
creased salaries. Gov. Tanner alsa
dictated the appointment OF the Ma
tron, who was found to be inconDe-
tent, and the board sent to New Yo<&
to get another. She keeps anothw
there at the expense of the state. The
assistant matron also keeps her daugh-
ter there
The payroll for help In the insei-
tuition was increased So 67 wttho1e
any increase in the number OF teach
ers. The report of the Institutes
shows less attendance than the prevt-
Gus year in spite of the increase IN
the salary list. In fact all the salaries
were raised so that political asssss-
ments could be met.
Superintendent Gordon. It Is claimed.
is not personally acquainted with al
his teachers. He visits the scheo&
room very rarely, indeed, cannot ana
the rooms of several grades withouA
asking the janitor where they ara
This is the kind of management
which succeeded the Democratic ad-
ministration of the institution under
superintendent Walker, who gave hia
personal attention to all the dstafis
pertaining to the welfare OF the school
DR.. Walker kept in close touch with
the parents of the pupils, and the affec-
ton which sprang up in the breasts
of these parents for DR.. Walker. w18
due to his untiring devotion to tho
best interests of their children while
under his care.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-23
HARD WORDS FOR OLD FOLKS.
Posers which VIII Bring Down Even
the Masters of Liternture.

When young people want TO turn the
tables on the elders who are always
asking them questions they can't an
swer little study of the dictionary
will arm them with number Of posers
capable of bringing down college presi-
dents.
\ literary man of fame and n master
Of the English tongue was asked the
other day by merry girl to spell and
define "giffen." he gave IL up on both
counts, yet "gitfep" is n proper Eng
lish word, neither obsolete nor archaic,
nor provincial. nor technical. The
young girl and her mates had been max
ing a game among themselves by giving
ont TO each other for spelling and def
milton short words that, like "giffen, y
could be considered part OF the living
literary English tongue; to allow any
others was 10 make the game too hope
lessly difficult; rs II was, when anyone
was able to show acquaintance with n
word on some one else's list she had
greatly distinguished herself
These are some OF the words they In
troduced 10 each other: Taggle. ergal
anile. vanitied. avn, balinal, bandog,
bezoar. cd. mourwee. dollap, mazer
dipodc, cofman al q uncial.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-23

Governor Pingree probably got a load
off his mind at St Louis last week when
he opened up Oh Senator Burrows, but
before Burrows got through with him
he realized he had increased his load
and convinced the people that he was a
lightweight in an argument and that
he had taken in more territory than he
could handle, costing him many votes in
Gratiot county. 1t was a very unwise
attack at gathering like that and
showed very poor judgment in so in
dulging in criticisms he should have
known were untrue.