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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

who voted for Mckinley and protOc-
tion, what Is the portent Of this "open
door, for you2 Can you reconcile tho
gold standard and the open door"
with your interests and tollerbP Does
Mckinley, tho high priest Of prolec-
ton, propose TO subdue by force Of
arms ten million people ten thousa5d
mica away, taking his soldiers from
your ranks and imposing burdens OF
taxation upon you 10 give you In re-
turn q free hand with Asiatlc compe-
titIon through an "open door in the
PHILIPPINES?
The lustful, av9rlcious, sordld spirit
OF commerciAlism has dominated Eng
land for centuries, TO which the masS
OF British subjects everywhere have
been sacrificed. The Improvement In
the condition OF the Englishman work.
ingman has not kept pace with that OF
his brother In other Europeon coun-
tries during the past centure Eng
land, top-heavy, lettering TO It's fall,
has now within Its lnsldlous grasp tho
young republic Of America, cajoling its
statesmen TO deny the political faith
OF their fathers and assist her in the
nm riitinn ~ China NVhaN tha ,,,iata
clouds and deluslon that now befog
the American mind on the Philippine
question are cleared away this Is the
terrible reality that will be disclosed
Americans, hesitate and reflect
What does the partition OF China por.
tend TO the toilers Of America and
their kinsmep IN Europe2 VIII
the partition OF China eradicate tho
spirit OF commerciallsm from the hui
mnn breast2 II not, how long after
China Is intersected with railroads and
European armies garrison it's cities, be-
fore the loom and spindle In the hands
Of the Mongolian will close the mills
of America and EuropeP How long
before the lobor.saving devices Of the
world in the HANDS Of the teemlng
millions OF ASIA will, first, put out the
fires In American furnaces and factor
les, and afterwards, close the school
houses and churches that our fathers
reared
Commcrcialism In America, blindly
our charity compels us to believe Is
blinking It's glass against that Of com.
mercialism In England, the vibrations
Of which suggest an echo from the
Partisan clubs Of century ago repeat.
Ing the grim toast AFTER Us The Del
uge,",
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23


Since the death Of the Empress OF
Austria 1t has been discovered that
she--llte nearly all the thrifty poten-
tates OF Europe--had made provision
for the future by having part OF her
wealth on deposit in tho Bank Of Eng
land.
Her executors in proceeding to take
possession of her money are confronted
by Harcourts odious and populistic
inheritance tax, which tho Tax Com
missloners say must be paid before tho
deposit can be withdrawn.
10 the plea of the executors that
the Empress Of Austria as reignlng
sovereign was not subject to the tax
laws OF England, the Commissioners
answer that the laws Of England rec
ognize no distinction between the EN-
press Elizabeth and Susan Smith.
Which shows that "cffete despot
islns" are sometimes more democratic
in their tax levies than the most fa-
vored Of republics
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The ohIcnro aIrra FlIrtaLIon.

Tno uhlcnRo uirrB flrthlOn'
Two Chicago girls went to a matinee
a few days ago, having seats about
half way down the aisle In the orches-
ira, says the Journal.
The theater was quite dark and OBJ
jects could not be plainly distin-
guiabed.
The girls were both feeling quite
illrtatious that afternoon, particularly
Miss Lucy Brown, who presently no.
tlced an elderly man smiling at her o
short distance away.
She smiled In return.
At short intervals she caught the
elderly mans eyes. He smiled and she
smiled.
II think I've seen him before whis-'
pered Lucy to her companion. Lets
watch when we 60 out"
As they drew close to each other in
the lobby Lucy prepared to smile
again. The elderly man turned 80 that
he was looking her squarely in the
face, and said:
well, Lucy"
"Papa" exclaimed Lucy in conster-
nation.
He had shaved off his beard that aft
ernoon Just before going to the the
ater.
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There is merry war between the
newspapers and the paper trust, The
latter controls the paper mills and
their rnw material Is protected by u
high tariff, so they can squeeze the
publishers according to their own will
and they are doing II, too, The pub
fishers don't like to be squeezed and
are kicking vigorously They shy tho
tariff must come off Of print paper and
wood pulp, because IL isn't needed and
they prove this by showing that the
trust can sell paper abroad In compe-
tition with foreign manufacturers
The same argument will npply to iron
and steel goods, wooden ware, agri-
cultural machinery, wagons, carriages
and most all goods mat ufactured In
this country. II the tariff Is abolished
on wood pulp and paper it ought also
to be taken Off Of n thousand other
thugs. The tariff complained Of by
the newspaper men robs the publishers
and the tariff on other articles robs
everybody, II one is killed all OF them
should be killed. The whole thing Is
II system Of highway robbery which
Inns been advocated and fastened on
us by the same fellows that are now
squealing the loudest, They were flrst
paid for their treachery In money and
now they are being paid again In ruin,
They deserve what they are getting
now because IL Is right that their own
invention should come home to them.
They combined for hire to rob the poo
Pile and now they have been caught
in the gearing Of their own robbing
machine, We are glad OF II. We hopo
there will be no change in the tariff.
Another twist Of the screw will banlt-
rupt some Of the biggest papers in tho
country, and that would be the very
best thing for humanity that could
possibly happen. We little fellows
suffer also, but we are willing to suffer
n little II we can see the men that rob
bed us suffer good deal. No trust
could ever hurt any of us II 1t were
not protected by the robber tariff
Nonconformist.
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ARE GREATER EVILS.
ISSUES MORE IMPORTANT THAN
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
aEx-Governor sc. John Says That IL Is
More Important That tho Millions
Have Bread Than That tho Drunk
ard be Reformed.

My convictions against the liquor
traffic have not changed in the least,
but my convictions in relation to other
great questions, as / have from year
to year gained new light, have chang
ed, until today regarait of more i'm
portance to humanity that the millions
of half-starved, sober men, women and
children should have bread than that
the self-made drunkard should not
have beer. For quarter Of century
1 have labored almost necessarily to
protect mankind from the evils of the
drink traffic. During all these years,
our government, by giving its legal
sanction to this awful business, stoned
Steven, and nine-tenths Of the voting
church members stood quietly by, and
consented with their ballots. Mean
time, little band Of prohibitionists,
myself among the number) were to
such extent absorbed by their fight
against th saloon, and It's many evil
effects, on society that we were oblivi-
GUS Of the fact that the government
was administered 80 as TO enable ia
vored few to gather to themselves 81
per cent of the nations wealth, leav-
ing only per cent for the mainten-
ance Of 90 per cent Of our population.
This cruel robbery has been accom-
plished mainly through organized
trusts
In fact, enc government is controll-
ed largely by trusts, just think Of it!
The lumber trust, nail trust, wire
trust sugar trust, coffee trust, milk
trust, oil trust, coal trust, tea trust,
flour trust, meat trust, whisky trust,
coffin trust,
In fact, the price Of everything that
the common people are compelled to
have, from the cradle to the grave, is
controlled by trusts So grasping and
merciless are these trusts that they
shut out all individual effort The
small dealer OF today becomes a clerk
in the department store tomorrow
The small manufactures soon becomes
somebody's hired mnn. Aided by the
single gold standard, IA infamous in
vention Of the money power, to plum
der the people, farms and farm pro-
ducts have shrunk 80 in value that
they are not worth more than one-half
what they were twenty years ago. But
the mortgage on the farm has not
shrunk one penny. The Shylock smiles
as he sees the interest piled up from
year to year, and ut last, under the
sheriff's hammer, the labor of life
timo is swept away, and the furm-own-
er OF today becomes tenant Of to-
morrow. III couatry like this, un-
e0ualed as 1t is in its natural re-
sources, with its hundreds Of millions
of acres OF rich soil yet untouched by
.sthe plow, every family, under reason
ably fair conditions, could. Within a
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

few years, own home, free from In
cumbrsnce. But, strange as II may
seem, 1t is none the less true that, un-
der our present unjust and oppressive
| system, we have more tenants In pro-
portion to population, with possibly
one OF two exceptions, than any other
nation on earth.
Yet, in the face Of these facts, par
tisan commercial agencies tell us, from
week to week, that our country Is en-
joying wonderful "wave Of prosper
ity."
Look at the closed wooden and cot
ton mills OF New England, and ask
the idle operatives there If this 'wave
Of prosperity" has reached them. Turn
to the shut down cotton mills at Au.
gusta, Georgia, and hear what the un-
employed operatives there say about
it. Ask the comrades of the poor
coal miners who were murdered in
cold blood at Hazleton, Pa, what
prosperity or happiness has come to
them, Go TO Ohio, the home Of the
advance agent Of prosperity" and
ask the thousands Of hungry miners
there, who have had to depend largely
during the past year on contributions
Of the people to keep them from starry
ing, whether their condition has inn
proved under the present administra-
tion. Then pass over into Illinois,
where poor half.fed negroes were inn
ported from Southern coal fields to
take the places OF resident white min
ers who were engaged in strike, in
volvlng II struggle for sufficient food
to keep soul and body together Ask
the comrades Of the fifteen or twenty
who were killed in that conflict what
prosperity has come to them under
present conditions,
Old issues have passed and gone.
Even the tariff-always fraud and a
sham-has reached a point when it can
no longer successfully deceive and
mislead the people. And now that
the president OF the United States can
wear u confederate badge and not offend
his party, and the lynching Of negro
causes but little more comment than
the shooting OF dog, sectional differ
enceS and the race problem may be
considered settled.
I. The great issue Of the present hour
involves a desperate struggle for HUI
nun liberty, the right Of every man to
be free to own himself and enjoy the
fruits OF his own labor.
To accomplish this, trusts must be
crushed. thieves driven from high
places, public utilities must be owned
by, and operated in the interest OF, all
the people; free and unlimited coinage
of both gold and silver; the money of
the constitution must be restored to
the people, and all money issued di-
rect by the general government, and
banking corporations made to under
stand that the do not own the coun-
try or any Of its citizens,
No party stands for all that you and
l want in politics, but my judgment is
that at the present time, the Bryan
democracy comes nearer to 1t than
any other party. But no one can tell
what changes 1900 may bring about;
therefore, shall wait patiently. and
when the time comes to decide dean-
itely, my voice and vote shall be used
y az think will best serve humtnity.
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'rhe world owes every man living
If the man can get it. But II he hap
pens to seek livelihood in vocation
controlled by some great captain Of
industry who needs money with which
10 advance the cause OF higher educa-
ton the man is very likely to meet
with some difficulty. Such appears tG
have been the experience Of August
Branding, oil dealer, Of Carnegie, Pa.
Branding foolisbly conceived the idea
of making his living by selling oil in
competition with the Standard COM
PAW. lie is dead now. Committed
suicide because the competition OF
$500, 100000 against perhaps $500 was
too unequal to sustain. Branding,
however, was a poor shiftless devil.
II he had had financial astutenesa
combined with exemplary piety he
might have been alive today, driving
other people to suicide, while his pic
ture would hang behind the altar IL
the chapel Of great university, iu
spring the youth OF the country Il
emulate his achievements. Brandiaa
will be happier over there on the ever
green shore unless he bumps III
against IL trust in hTrpS and halos :
Chicago Chronicle
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

N'A' NNAhpb AANh ~ AAs'es
a soap bubble scared In the air one noon,
A bright and beauteous bubble;
II scared and SCARED, like gay ball
loon,
Until II spied It's double.
They met, they kissed-alasl oh, deari
Too soon they tasted trouble;
They lost their cheer and dropped o tear.
And neither was a bubblel
But what should n gay bubble do,
Its beauteous double spyng2
Did tho double sue for kiss or two.
Is the trouble worth denying?
For It's heart must break, a bubble
knows,
A-kissing or assigning;
30 l suppose those bubbles chose
The sweetest way Of dying.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

The aged attorney looked keenly at
the young lawyer.
do you love my daughter" he
asked.
The youngster hesitated.
Before l give you direct answer.
Judge" he said, with much earnest
ness. II want you to pledge me your
word, unprofessionally, that the infor-
nation will not be used against mel
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

james +. Carey, the new Socialist
member OF the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture, has already scored point 10 hls
favor.
He introduced resolution calling
for an investigation Of the Marlboro
strike, and succeeded In getting rs
votes out OF 2l9,
Over 1000 shoe workers are resisting
a cut'down in Marlboro; and Carey
made an earnest plea on their behalf.
He said;
When the forces Of industry are
rent in twain, 1t is the duty Of the leg
islature to investigate, to find out the
causes, and to remove them,
There is lessening OF the product.
i've energies Of the state, and II tho
legislature is willing to send body of
police and soldiers to keep the peace,
why should it not also send body OF
legislators to discover the causes OF
the suffering and disorder?
When thousands Of our taxpayers
are starving on the street, and locked
out from work, it is time for the legis-
lature to act A crime against hu-
manity is committed whenever such q
lockout occurs.
Whether the legislature could rene
dy the matter Or not it should at least
be sufficiently interested to make in
terested to make inquiries, and pass
any reasonable law that would save
the lockout workers from destruction
and injustice.
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$50 you've given up bloomers?"
eyes; I'm now an ex-pant-sionist. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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NoB eSol5qbMl%
Ela2EIl q Es5yI11w

HOodN PILLS cure liver llls thu nonlrrltatlng and
the only eatharto to take with Hood. sar.aparlla
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

With Trusts and Monopoes being formed every hand
provemen the demand for labor begins TO look for the Gold
Standard and its uphoders There is prosperity but ase dby
Gold the Trusts gathering all TO Observation-Disclosures Times
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

Emmanuel Kent, in his treatise, pub.
lished more than a century ago, illus.
trates the danger OF standing armies
by the following little story: A Ger.
tain Bulgarian prince and one of the
Greek emperors had quarrel. The
emperor proposed they should settle II
by duel between themselves, instead
of by spilling the blood Of their sub
jects Whereupon the Bulgarian
prince replied "a smith who has
pair Of tongs is not likely to take the
hot iron out of the fire with his
hands"
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"Eva Dispositions
Are Early .Shoqvn. I"

Z Just so eVil In the blood
comes out IN shape of Scrof
ala, pinpIes, etc., In children
and young people. Taken In
time II can be cradicated by
using Hoods Sarsapanlla.
In older people, the aftermath
of irregular HVing ShoGuS It.
self IN bilious conditions, a
heaVy head, a foul mouth,
disordercd kidneys, yellow eyes and
skin, with general bad feeling,
1t Is the blood, the impure blood,
friends, which Is the real cause, Purify
. that with Hoods sarsapar!lla and
happiness " Il reign in your family.
Blood Polson-"I lived In bed OF fire
for years owing to blood poisoning that fol-
lowed small poX. IL broke out oil over my
body, itching intensely, Tried doctors and
hospitals In vain, tried Hoods Sarsapa-
rllla. II helped. kept at II and was en-
tlrey cured ! could 30 on the housetops
and shout about IT, MRS. J, H. WILLIAMS,
Carbondale, Pa.
Scrofula 6oTea My baby At two
months had scroiula sores on cheek and
arm, Local applications and physicians
medicine did little or no good. Hoods Sar-
saparllla cured him permanently Ho 10
now four, with smooth fair skin" MRS.
s. s. WRoTEN, Pennington, Del,
No0 SaIabM
Ela2IGa 2 yyU1D
IloodN plla cure liver Ills, tho nonlrrltatlng and
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23

Small Hocks Of poultry well cared
Tor will give the best results,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-23
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

a Variety Of Jokos-GlbeS ana IronieS
Original and solected--Flotaam and
JetSam from the Tide of HumoE--
witty Sayings
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-03-14
TIE LATE FASHIONS.

There is TO Perceptibie difference in
the shapes of sleeves. They fit the arm
closely from wrists to shoulders. and
have puffs, RIFLES, caps, epaulettes ard
what not, according to fancy.
There are many waists with little
basque skirts. These are scalloped, cut
in ba:tlemcrt points or left open at the
seams ard bound. Itwould appear that
every style Of finish had been employed
upon these little frills.
a stylish hat is OF dark blue velvet.
The brim is edged with a narrow band
CT very fine Persian lamb. The crown
has trimming of velvet coiled round
and round until it resembles huge
nest, from the middle of which rise ian
oy feathers and aigrettes.
The noticeable thing in the largest
stock OF newly-imported dress mate
rials IS the somberness and subdued eff
fects CT tie colors. They are exquisite
II Blended and are in striking contrast
70 the somewhat glaring shades with
which we have of late been familiar.
1t is 4 rovel experience of the woman
who does her shopping abroad to find
that she makes nothing whatever by
purchasing her furs on The other side
Ali the choicest furs como in deity free,
and 50 skillfnl are American workmen
in preparing ard dressing them that
many European houses send their furs
to this country to be finished for max
inr IN.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-03-14
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

''He is accused of initiating Booth
in his acting" HE acquits himself
well. Detroit Journal.
A Point Ecored.-"Men have more
sense than women" SIN what re-
sPect?v "You never hear grown man
call his father papa Detroit Free
Press.
A Blessed Relief.-'How is It that
your baby drops asleep at such regu-
lar time? What do you give her?'
Nothing. Her father just stops sing
ing to her. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Met His Match.-Papa-"Well, did
the photographers succeed in making the
baby lock pleasant?' Mamma-"No;
the baby succeeded IN making the pho
tograPher look unpleasant. Puck.
Glad News from Home.-sI wrote a
back from the Ilordike" "What did
you write?" 81 told him that there
were mines in all our harbors."- Chi
cago Record.
His soliloquy.-Bennie (zyhose wee
baby sister has lately arrived. detected
ly)-'Mamma always said, before baby
came. Use the apple of her eye, but now
I s'pose I'm only just TIE CORE
Judge.
Il have heard BIN say" observed the
other girl, that his country is first in
his love" "Oh, be is only flirting with
her." replied his fancee, confidently.
After that they spoke Of the weather,
the destruction OF the Maine, and what
would remove sunburn.-Detroit Jour-
nal.
Il am tired of these constant suspi-
cions," exclaimed the politician. "I'm
going to demand an investigation. =
But" replied the confidential friend.
ARE you sure an investigation would
really vindicate YOUR 81 don't know
about that; but it viii show these PEG
pie, once for all, that they can't prove
anything. Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-03-14
a LESSON IN HISTORY.

The execution OF the constitution of
the United States was due to James
Madison, to whom was given the title
of Father OF the Constitution
Connecticut had in circulation pri-
vate or unauthorized coinage. issued by
John Higley, of CRANKY, in 1737. This
coinage was made Of copper, mined in
the town. and known as the CRANKY or
Higley Tokens.
The name Point Comfort, Va" was
given to the locality in 1907 by the first
cclonists on their voyage of exploration
up the James river, "Poynt Comfort on
accounte Of the goode channel and safe
anchorage is offered"
Massachusetts,, on May &c, 1862, es-
tablished the first mint at Boston, of
which John Hull was mint master, at
which were issued coins of the value of
twelve pence, six pence and three
pence pieces" and ''every shilling
weighing the three-penny troj weight
and lesser peeces proportionably.
In 1864, in time CT peace, four Eng
lish ships appeared in the harbor of
Kew Amsterdam ard demanded its sur
render. Stout old Peter Stuyvesant, the
lame governor who had ruled in the
Dutch colonies for many years, resolved
70 fight. But the city was weak and
without Notifications, and the people,
seeing the useiessness of contending
against The SHIPS. persuaded Stuyvesant
to surrender. The name New AInster-
dam was Immediately changed to New
York, Tie whole province having been
granted to the duke of York. At the
tine Of the surrender New York city
had but 1,5c0 people, most of them
speaking the Dutch language.