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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24
THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD IN.
vESIi0A1E.

Judge Waterman acted with grra,
good sense when he plunged directly
into the subject of bribery before the
grand jury. There was no reason why
he should have waited for some one
on the outside to take the Initiative.
ana there was n decided value In his
forcibie ana stimulating charge. which
was perhaps I'LL the more vigorous b..
cause 1t was not long l'remeditated.
That the question of legislative cor.
rupii0n should be given searching in
vestiga.ion by the incoming Legisla.
tur, next month. everyone will agree.
With the air full of accusations against
stale senators and Representatives.
neglect 10 investigate would lie neglect
OF the greatest duty of the hour. The
Importance of the subject cannot br
! uvrrcstmatcl. AS intelligent men,"
said Judge Waterman In his address.
''yuu must all see the bribery Of or the
| attempt to brhe public officials In this
community Is the putting OF knife ut
| the very throat of III" nation ils IT..
| This Is II government of thr people for
the people and by the people. t.ieoretir-
ally ut least, AMI no such government
can long or ought long to exist If the
bribery of public ana stare officials
elected by the people Is permitted To ~
unpublished"
The issue Is whether the people shall
govern or whether the ~ AMI the fo.
and the by of LincOln's famous sppec!
shah apply to hribr-glvcrs and bride
takers In their stead.
Bu, i, Is one thing to recognize III,
and another 10 get the evidence upon
which alone II can proceed. IIappll!
agencies are N work To procure AMI
| submit facts.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

under the act of 1871. 4 full decision
would have settled for all time the
questions involved
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24
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Thlrty-thlrd Ward Republicans are
surprised to learn that Cyrus II. How.
al has again bObbed up rs candidate
for Alderman. They say they sup
posed they were through with ICY"
Down with the gas tr,ist. railway con.
sOlidated -and warehouse legislative
candidates for Speaker. The people IRE
"Onto" them and they won't do.
Speaker Edward g. Curtis voted for
neither the Allen bill nor the ware.
house bill.
No stronger man could he given the
Democratic nomination for City AttOr-
ney than Hon. John &. King, the great
| criminal lawyer.
~G0
Hon. Charles Burmeis.er. who was
one of the best County Commissioners
| who ever served the taxpayers, will
he nominated by the Republicans next
spring for Alderman of the Twenty
| SECOND Ward.
Democrats may nominate James w.
Crawford for Alderman of The Twenty
fourth Ward.
@eSA
| Many Republicans In the Twelfth
Ward want Col. Geo. II. Davis to bc II
candidate for Mayor at the coming city
convention.
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| James &. Patterson. Captain ID. w.
Mills. l.. l.. FricStedt. ana George VIII
!ams are talked of by Republicans for
Alderman Of the Twelfth Ward.
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1t Is not believed that Twelfth Ward
Republicans will be foolish enough IL
insure the election of anCIher Demo
cratic Alderman IN The Twelfth Ward
by again ruIning .\lrck IIooloo bar,
row rs the Republican candidate.
Twelfth Ward Democrats are urging
Frank liehard. the great storage ware
house man, to run for Alderman of tn
Twelfth Ward.
%6A
II Sam Allerton decides to run foi
Mayor he will give any Democrat VIII,
may be nominated run for his life.
~SA
Tenth Ward Republicans are urgln.
Hon. Charles b. Pavllcek. the popuia,
West Park Commissioners, to run TO
Alderman next spring. Mr.. Pavilcsl
Is IN able lawyer ana most highly ~
spected citizen.
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The Tenth and Twenty-secOnd Wartl
will elect two Aldermen each mex
spring, ana in these bailiwicks III,
woods are already full of candidate,
who are willing 10 draw $1,000 Pc
year for doing nothing.
In an extract from a recent letter t,
n prominent gentleman of this city. re-
ferrlng to Scott Matthews. OF Kin
mundy. Ill.,, whose name has been men
toned as II possible candidate fO
chairman of the State Committee, tn,
gentleman says: "Our people are Op
posed to anything that Matthews IN
vors. being then satisfied that they ar,
on the right side. Matthew'S Is familiar
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24
sAGLETS.

Mr.. u. V. PuringtOn, the great brlcl;
manufactures. Is being pressed to be-
come candidate for Mayor by many Of
our most influential Republican lead.
prs.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24
PASS THIS RESOLUTION

The following resolution VII, be
presented by influential men 70
both the Republican and Demo-
cratic City Conventions
9es o we'd, That our Senators and
Representatives In the General A..
sevnbiy bo, and they are hereby,
requested to Insist upon and 70 vote
Tor tho repeal OF the Infamous gas
consolidation legislation, openly
purchased In the last Genera, ..
Sembly OF illinois, and which imam.
Gus measure subjects our people
70 perpetual robbery and forever
debars our city from owning light.
Ing plant Of lts own"
This resolution was passed by
both the Republican and Demo.
cratic County oonventlons In 1909.
There are materials now at hand In
the American and Spanish records OF
the recent war out of which historical
novel could be made that would rank
with "lvanhoe" or "Hypatia" In dra-
matte interest. Where Is the Scott or
Kingsley to put these materials into un-
dying fOrmy The oppression OF the
Spanish officials In Cuba. their venality.
AMI their brutallty-these might form
the dark background against which to
depict the devotion Of some high-m
ell Cuban patriot. Weyler aud Fitz-
hugh Lee In opposing roles. the secret
plotting ut Havana and New York. the
lobbying ut Washington, the deception
mt Madrid, all offer good materials.
BlancO might be cast In the role of arch
plOtter, and the dastardly destruction
Of the Maine might be shown with all
the secret workings Of the demOniac
forces that led to the crime. The curse
Of that crime should be made to follow
the Spanish cause throughout the war,
to lead BlancO into ordering Cervera
to his doom, to blight his own plottlngs
for a dictatorship. and to cause the
downfall OF Spanish sovereignty In the
new world fOrever-as 1t really did,
Such a novel, with the stamp Of genius
upon Its pages. would be the book OF
the decade. Who will write It?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

In this country has been to secure con-
troll of Havana ana the other coast
towns of Cuba, In order to destroy In
them the lurking-places of yellow fever
and SO to free our own shores from u
constant menace. That this can be-
done Is shown by the history of King
stOn, in Jamaica, which was once Il
pest hole. and Of New Orleans. which
intelligent sanitation has freed from
the domination of the disease. The re-
cent deplorable and tragic death of Col.
Warning from yellow fever, contracted
while making an official sanitary sur
vey of Havana, has revealed the inten-
ton Of our government to seize prompt
~ its opportunity to remove from our
Southern cities this ever-recurring dan.
ger. 1t Is fortunate that Col. Warnings
report was nearly completed before he
was seized with fatal illness. although
1t Is u poor compensation for the loss
which his untimely death infiicts. Al.
though scientists have yet many things
to learn In respect OF the natural his
tory of yellow fever. we know now that
1t Is pre-eminently Il filth disease. the
germ of which thrlves only In dank and
nOisolne corners and In u soil saturat.
cd with moisture ana animal eXcre.
tlOns. The problem Of stamping out
this plague Is therefore one purely of
sanitation. We cannot yet reach the
germ by any direct means. hut we can
destroy It Indirectly by depriving 1t of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

Hon. Geo. &. I.cnke will not run for
City Clerk. rs liz prefers to have the
sixteenth ward delegates lndorse his
friend. Morris DrOs,lOwItx. for City
Treasurer. Mr.. DrOstOwitz Il u likely
candidate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

AS an instance OF the thoroughness
with which the England OF to-day Is en-
tering upon Its gigantic colonial tasks
the proposed college ut Khartum Is an
excellent illustration. Another which
apeals less to the Imagination. but Ia
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

II the people of Chicago permit them
selves to be robbed by an Octopus
which has no legal right to exist. they
are not entitled to any sympathy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24
<&60

The Gas Trust had an awful nerve
to buy up the Legislature aud to Sc
cure the passage Of measure killing
all opposition to It when 1t had no fran
chise from Chicago to do business It.
self.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

So the Peoples Gas Light & Coke
Company has no right on the streets
of Chicago!
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09
Chicago's Celebration.

CHICAGO, July 4.--The people OF Chit
cago took unique and patriotic man
ner of celebrating Independence Day.
A week ago everything was well adj
vsnced for one OF the largest pyrotech-
mic displays In the history OF this city
Everything had been arranged on an
elaborate scale. Speeches were to have
been made by ex-president Benjamin
Harrison, United States Senator Mason
and numerous other prominent men,
All the preparations came to a sudden
stop several days ago, when the army
and navy league sent their Missionaries
among the people and urged that the
money expended for fireworks and 9TH
err accessories could be put to better use
by donating the money to the support
of the families Of the soldiers fighting
before Santiago. AS aresult the treas
ury Of the army and navy league hal
been enriched by some thousands OF dol
lars. No organized celebration wa
therefore held Ia Chicago today,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09

We notice with feeling of patriotic
pride that the fair sex has taken to
red white and blue hose. The other
day when a San Francisco girl dis
played her patriotism while climbing
upon the top seat of the Glenbrook
stage. the crowd on the walk was so
impressed that nothing but regular Ne
vada politeness restrained them from
bursting into cheer for the red. white
and blue.-Carson Appeal.
Why pay a0c for lib can OF pine
apple, when you can get 2-ib can of
Batavia, the best, at Jno. G. Browns
for 25c2
Persons troubled with Diarrhaa will
he interested In the experience of Mr..
w. NJ. Bush, clerk of Hotel Dorrance,
Providence, r. |. He says: "For sew
eral years have been almost constant
sufferer from diarrhpa, the frequent
attacts completely Frustrating me and
rendering me unfit for my duties at this
| hotel. About two years ago travelling
salesman kindly gave me small bottle
of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera, and
Diarrhea Remedy. Such to my sur.
prise and delight its effects were i'm
mediate. Whenever felt symptoms
OF the disease l would fortify myself
| AGAINST fht. utkact with n few doses 81
this valuable remedy. The result has
been very satisfactory and almost com
plete relief from the affection" Fol
sale by Hull & Greene, Druggists.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09
An Enterprising Druggist.

There are few men more wide awake
and en,erprising than Hullaud Greene,
who spare no pains to secure the best OF
everything in their line for their many
customers. They now have the valua-
BILE agency for DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
This is the wonderful remedy that is
producing such Juror all over the
country by its many startling cures. II
absolutely cures Asthma, Bronchitis.
Hoarsness and all affections OF the
Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call at the
above drug store and get trial bottle
free or regular size for so cents and
sl.00, Guaranteed to cure or price re.
funded,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09
Big Telephone System.

The Idaho Iutermountain Fair is to
be opened by speeches delivered over
the telephone by the governors oil Ore
gou, Washington and perhaps Califor-
mia. Before the opening OF the fair it
Is expected Boise Will be connected
with the great northwestern long-dis-
lance telegraphic system. 1t will be
one of the most extensive systems OF
the kind in the world, and will connect
Boise directly with Portland and inter-
mediate points, San Francisco, Los An
reles, San Diego, Seattle and other
Puget Sound points, Spokane, the
Cnur d'Alene country, Rossland and
other places In British Columbia, Butte
and Helena.
The system for the most part is CON-
pleted and 1t only remains now TO con-
meet up at a few points and build the
line from Boise to Huntington. Gangs
of men are now engaged In stretching
the wire between Baker City and Hunt
ington working from each end.
MIR. Murray, general superintendent
OF the Bell Telephone Company, with
headquarters in Salt Lake. was in the
city Friday making arrangements In
connection with this work. He held a
consultation with Director General
johnson OF the fair and an understands
| ing was reached with respect to the
gubernatorial messages to be trans
mitted on the occasion OF the opening
OF the fair. Mr.. Murray said he fell
certain the line would be completed
and in running order by October LIST.
The copper wire that is being stretch
ed is nearly RS large AS lead pencil
weighing 470 pounds to the mil,
or 9l0 pounds per mile for thu
two wires. The longest distauc'
from this point reached by the sys
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09

TEN Is San Diego, which is approx
imatelv 1000 miles from Boise, and Mr..
Murray was confident conversations
could be carried on without difficulty
between this place and the city in the
extreme southern part of California.
AS for talking To Portland. North
Idaho, Spokane. British Columbia or
Montana points, Mr.. Murray said there
would be no more difficulty about it
than is experienced in speaking over a
local line. Statesman.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09
Her Papa.

Ny papa's all dressed up to-day
He never looked so fine:
thought when first looked at him
Ny papa wasn't mine.
He's got a beautiful new suit
The old one was SO old.
Its blue. with buttons. oh, so bright
guess they must be gold.
And papa's sort % glad and sort
o. sad-1 wonder why;
And ev'ry time she looks at him
Il makes my mamma cry.
who's Uncle sams My papa says
That be belongs to him;
But papa's joking, cause he knows
Ny ancle's name Is Jim.
My papa Just belongs to me
Aud mamma. And guess
The folks are blind who cannot see
His buttons marked U. s.
L. s. spells Us. He's ours-and yet
My mamma can't help cry.
And papa tries to smile at me
And can't-Lwond whyf
From Boston Glob
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09
Demand for actual Moner.

MIR. Thomas G. Shearman, in pub
lisbed statement, expresses the fear
that the two-cent stamp tax on bank
checks will result in demand for ac-
tual money in all transactions of less
than $40 in amount, and he estimates
that the increase in demand for actual
money on this account will amount to
at least $50, 900, 900 day.-New York
World.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09
THSTDHWT WITH YOUR
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JOHN MONTGOMERY.
Fire Insurance Agency
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09

0F Mccormick Mowers and Binders will arr
days. having been sold and part the second far this
this vicinity appreciate the valuable features Of Mccormick Harry
Washington sentinel., 1898-08-13
schIey's Good German start
New York Journal

Commodore Schley comes Of good
stock and he is proud of it. Hudson
County Section No I OF the Bavarian
National Society notified him that he
had been elected an honorary member,
and he has sent hearty acknowledgment
from his flagship, the immortal Brook.
lYn. "My ancestors" he writes, Game
to this country from Pialsburg in the
year 1887, and the Schley family has
lived since that time in Maryland and in
Georgia"
Ancestry counts for less socially in the
United States than elsewhere, but il
counts for a good deal in a mans physi
cal, mental and moral ma keup. In that
sense blood will tell The original
Schleys were no broken down arisio-
Gratis with nothing in themselves to be
proud OF, but sound, healthy. hard
working Germans, good represe natives
of one of the most vigorous races in the
world, then as now. 1t Is I6I years since
the Schleys came over and that is long
enough to transform several generations
OF Germans into Americans Of as pure
strain as the descendants Of the earlier
immigrants OF the Mayflower. But the
transformation has cost the Commodore
none of the hardy and manly character
istics OF the ancestors who have been
made famous by the gifted and heroic
descendants.
That is the true American idea as to
family trees--instead Of being content,
after the European fashion, with the
honor Of having ancestors who did
something; the citizen Of this free repub-
lic gets in and makes name for himself
that his iorbears would be proud OF we're
they alive. Thus the humsn race pro-
crosses here faster than anywhere else.
Schley. the typical American. is glad
that he comes OF German stock, and
every German throughout the globe
feels taller because Of Schley.
Washington sentinel., 1898-08-13
Let Us Have Peace.

The acceptance by the Spanish
Government of the conditions of
peace imposed by the United
States, if unreserved and final on
the main points in our terms,
should be the signal for a suspen-
sion Of hosrilities, even though we
may expect traditional Spanish
dilatoriness to protract the negoti-
alton Of the final treaty.
AT the close OF the Revolution
ary war nearly a year elapsed be-
tween the signing Of the prelimi-
nary articles of peace-Nov. so,
I78a-and the final treaty of Sept.
4, 1888. But it took time to cross
the Atlantic in those days. Thirty
years later we fought the battle OF
New Orleans two weeks after the
treaty Of Client had been signed,
and we did not know OF the treaty
for more than month after the
battle was fought.
But nowadays, with SO many
Atlantic cables in good working
order, there is no excuse for con-
tinuing hostilities after the prelim-
inaries Of peace are accepted, or
for dragging out the negotiations
for the final treaty. the present
week ought to see the end Of all
military operations. Spain can
make no further effective resist
ance, and has so admitted. And
there is no danger that our COM
missioners will be outwitted in the
framing of treaty to secure the
just and Legitimate results Of our
work.
Washington sentinel., 1898-08-13

lamenting the degeneracy OF these
latter dayss
1t ought to be that a servant OF
this mightiest of nations would be
so invested with honor and dignity
by his very office that the highest
OF earth would esteem il privil-
ege to visit him in surroundings of
democratic poverty and feast with
delight upon his humble Layout"
OF crackers and cheese and beer or
milk or lemonade or any other
democratic what not.
1t ought to be that a man hon
ored by the people with high office
would live in severe simplicity in
order that the dazzling splendor OF
his official position might not be
made tawdry by the 6neries and
trapperies which go very well with
the pretensions Of aristocracY.
But suppose that the oueht-to-
be refuses to be1 What thenP
We merely propose this matter
for reflection and discussion. A
conclusion must not be reached in
haste. But certain it is that il this
Republic is to endure, wealth must
never be one Of the tests in choos-
ing important officials.
Washington sentinel., 1898-08-13
Sublime but not Sensible.

The cry is raised that in destroy
ing Montojo's fleet the United
States Assumed responsibility" for
the mole Philippine group Of 400
islands, with their 1000, 900 inhab-
itants, mostly savages. 1t is said
that even if we do not annex them
we must set up protectOrate, Mr..
Depew has seen with the eye Of
faith a message from on nigh, ''as
clearly as if written IN letters Of
fire strung in the clouds, that "we
must teach our civilization" to this
enormous Malay aggregation.
This all sounds very sublime,
but is it senslble2 Is it true2 Did
the smashing of Montojo's fleet
our sole errand to Manila Bay
impose any obligation whatever
upon this country as to the Philip
pines? Are the United States
grand philanthropic and mission
ary association, organized to re-
generate the world2 II we are to
take the barbarian hordes of
Oceanica under our protection and
tutelage, in addition to regenerat-
ing Hawaii, redeeming Cuba and
reconstructing Porto Rico, where
shall we stop2 Why not take the
Zulus under our wing and deliver
the Greeks and the Armenians
from their yoke.
No doubt it might prove q good
thing for the Fiiipinos to be
taught our civilization" though
this process has put the Sandwich
Islanders in the way of extinction
but what about us7 Where
does our gain come in9 Haven't
we troubles enough OF our own7
Are our 10000, 900 people all so
intelligent, so prosperous, so happy
that we can afford to 60 10000
miles away to set up a paternal
despotism over 1000. 900 half
naked barbarians, who, as an
American resident there has said,
Speak a score OF different tongues
and live on anything from rice to
stewed grasshoPpers-"
To the average and controlling
common sense of the American
people President Mckinley has
not shown greater wisdom and
firmness in anything connected
with the war and its settlements
than in his decision to demand
only the bay, harbor and city OF
Manila, with the surrounding ter
ritory needed for their protection.
A coaling and naval station and a
commercial port, such as England
has at Hougkong, are all of the
Philippines that this country has
Washington sentinel., 1898-08-13
% and Poverty.

son assigned for the
.---.....4~.., Ie,Irement OF the Secre-
tary Of State, Mr.. Day, is that he
is not rich enough to meet the
social obligations which have be-
come imperative upon a Secretary
OF State. Every year this excuse
is more frequently heard from men
of the very highest ability in refus-
ing or resigning high Offices in the
Administration-Cabinet places,
Ambassadorships, &c,
This matter is therefore one call.
ing for serious thought. Will the
time presently come when only
rich men will be offered these i'm
portant places in the public service
because social custom, more pow
erful than statute law, will make
it impossible Tor a poor man to
serve his country without subject
ing himself and his family to gall
ing social humiliations1 Shall we
raise the public salaries so that
poor men will get from the Treas
ury money enough to meet these
private but also in a sense official
expenses1 Or shall we content
ourselves with pointing to the ser
wants Of the Roman Republic IN
the DAYS Of its glory who were
proud OF their poverty and with
Washington sentinel., 1898-08-13

GOVERNMENT MAP WRoNo.-The
official maps Of the Government are by
the authority OF the Government de-
clared to be incorrect. and as now
printed perpetuate mistake which is
being taught in many OF the schools OF
this country.
The map in question is faulty in that
1t shows the Louisiana cession to extend
beyond the Rocky Mountains and to
include what are now known as Oregon.
Washington and parts OF Montana,
Idaho and Wyoming. Commissioner OF
the General Land Office Bineer Her
mana. after an exhaustive examination
Of the authorities, has recommended
that the new maps make the Louisiana
cession end at the Rocky Mountains,
and his suggestion has been adopted by
Secretary of the Interior Bliss.