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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
Circulation statement.
The Final Fizzie.

In connection with the much advertised
ending of the trust campaign in New
York, with monster parade, it is an OBJ
vious reflection that Providence this time
lis on the side of the heaviest battalions.
That was a favorite aphorism of Napol-
con. and it's trush doubtless will be exem-
pl1fied next Tuesday.
The great Republican event was ushered
in this morning by such cold, drilling,
penetrating, nerye-racking rain as few
places can compete with the national me-
tropoifs in producing, If the parade could
be postponed it would have been, but
preparations had gone too far. Accord
ingly, with Il start two hours late, it is
stopping and sIumping along its dreary
course according to the programme, ex-
cept as to numbers. From being rich
demonstrat calculated to impress pub
lie opinion in favor of Trust Mckinley"
ii has descended to the level Of an at
tempt to expose the Democratic en-
ployes of Republican firms and corpora
lions to the full fury OF the elements, in
the hope that they will be taken i'll and
unable to vote on election day.
In the language of Dickens, the occasion
is as cheerful as country dance in the
family vault" Those who are exhilarated
and inspirited by it viii probably show
their joy by voting for Mr.. Mckinley.
Those who are otherwise affected, and sur
vive, Will be likely to cast their ballots
for Mr.. Bryan. The good and pious Mr..
Mckinley, absent from the dronching on
account of public duty" greets the drip
ping walkers with this oleagenous senti-
ment:
.'May these marching freemen [half Of them
under compulsionl and their patriotic allies
throughout the country stamp out for all time IN
this Republic the evils OF reputation and dis
honor!!''
To paraphrase the celebrated words Of
Marcus a Hanna, not original with him:
Providence rains, and the Republican
party is in blasphemous doubt as 10 wheth-
er it still lives!
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

As the trusts have maItreated the peo-
pie of Porto Rico through the vacillation
CT a subservient President, who forgot
his plain duty" so the people of the Uui-
ted States may be expected to be used by
the mcnopolists in the event of their Sc
curing the unlimited power they eovet. A
gang of Industrial highwaymen that has
no respect for the Constitution or the
Declaration of Independence has no re-
spect for the rights and weIl-being of the
people These allies in the plot of trade
oppression and eonfiscation are on trial
for their lives in the court of public opin-
ion. Mr.. Bryan has promised them the
extreme penalty, they know that he will
inflict it if elected, and, II corruption ana
chieanery have not lost their magic, they
are determined that he shall be defeated
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
The superheated Hanna.

Perhaps there may be some men alive
who, while regarding the Constitution Of
the United States as dirt under their feet,
still maintain some slight respect for Eng
lish grammar. Hanna is not one of this
class, however. If he ever heard of the
late Lindley Murray he despises his men,
Org. n a suffering, angry harangue in
Chicago last night, this man who is stead
fly, if unconsciously, piIing up votes for
Mr.. Bryan, alluded to that Tribune of the
People in the following choice language:
ga man who ascribes the purposes OF our stand
ing army that have been ascribed in this cam
paign, knows that he lies when he says it
Probably the superheated Hanna did not
realize that. in trying to give the lie direct
10 Mr.. Bryan. he was also passing it in. a
most energetic and direct manner to Sena-
tor Hawley Chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs. That gentle
man also 1tascribes the purposes of our
standing army as they have been ascribed
in this campaign In our morning edition
of this date we ventUreG uHon a mod
est reference to his views expressed in
speech to the Connecticut Legislature. in
which Mr. Hawley said:
1T was wise thing for The merchants Of
Chicago to give a fine tract o. land TO the Ma
tional Government, who fortified II and il Is
called Fort Sheridan. We shall need
q large army 10 stand back OF municipal author
ity. Ii a single company OF Federal bluecoat IS
marches around the corner with their steady and
solemn steps, the mob THAT Is the peopleI
disperses, because it is known they are men who
shoot when ordered to- II is simply business
with them
We are certain that. in the whole course
of the campaign, Mr.. Bryan has not
charged his opponents with militarism
more rampant than the language of Sena-
tor Hawley would imply. Does the howl
ing denunciator, Hanna. consider that his
Senatorial associate and eoparcener in
the effort to turn the country over to the
trusts, knows that he lies when he says
tt?"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

tribe A trust does not reyolutionize;
revolutions are expensive. 1t works along
the line OF least resistance.
1t is also true that century ago the
workingman's children did work side by
side with him. That was due to the same
primary causes as have put children in
the New York sweatshops, only the cause
worked in little different way. In the
old times travel was slow; each employer
was more or less despot in his own dis
trict, and could put the wages of his men
down to so low a point that the children
must work to gain the family living. Now
adays travel is swift and the trust con-
solidates all districts into one and rules
them all; and II can put the wages of the
workingman as low as it Lies. The re-
suit of the two systems is practically the
same, except that it viii take any kind of
plutocracy some time to destroy the sys-
TENS built up for the good OF the people
in the days when the independence of the
individual was the rule. History is full of
parallels. Old problems are continually
cropping up in new forms. The inhabi
tants of the town of Pullman may BE as
truly serfs of the soil as the vassals Of
a feudal lord of the Middle Ages. When
a politician says to an officeholder, 'Tn
make it all right with you if you do as
say, and if you don't, look out for your
place." ne talks a different language
from the brigand of the London highway
in Dick Turpin's time, bat he says very
much the same thing
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

out and !riddled with bullets by hilarious
and intoxicated vigilance committee.
However, the protesting letters from the
worthless Quakers became so plentiful that
Roosevelt was compelled to do something
So he dictated the following:
THE sentence of mine which is complained of
written some time ago, intended to
express my disagreement both with the who
acts inadequate provoeation and of the man
who, adequate prevoeation, fails to act. It
would be untrue to say that ] have altered my
convictions in the matter. but were re-
write the sentence should certainly so phrase it
that it could not be construed as offensive TO
the Society of Frien1s."
The indignant Quakers may be Modified
by Roosevelt's announcement that he has
not altered his convictions in the matter,
and the inference that, If he were Lot a
candidate for their SURFACES, he would re-
gard their protests impudent; but
there is a fair prospect that these pro-
tests will go into the ballot box next
Tuesday, along with those of the honest
toilers who have been informed by the
candidate who seems to have intermittent
rabies that the drunken cowboy is the
model type of an American and that they
are mere milksops.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
The Labor of Children.

In reply to Mr. BTyan's reference to
workingmen sending their children to toll
in the mills, Republican organ remarks
that a century ago, before trusts were ever
heard of, it was the universal rule for
workingmen's children to labor in the mills,
but that at the present time laws restrict
ing child labor and insisting upon a GER
tain amount of schooling have been enact
ed, even under the trust regime.
This is all quite true, but it is not the
whole truth. The compulsory education
laws are not the work of the trusts, to
begin with. They are the result of philan-
thropic and economic movement which be-
gan almost with the beginning of this coun-
try. The heartfelt desire of the American
workingman, ever since the establishment
of the Republic, has been to give his chill
dren a better chance than he had and he
has invariably striven to secure for them,
among other things, facilities for educa-
ton. The country being new, and the peo-
pie having things in their own hands, it
was possible to establish schools and col
leges without let or hindrance as fast as
there was money to support them, and by
the time the new Republic was fairly
launched the school system had grown to
considerable proportions. Then, when i'm
migrants began to pour into the land the
native Americans realized that education
was needed TO make these people worthy
and desirable members of the body polite,
and they increased the school funds This
happened before such d thing as trust
was contemplated.
The trusts have not destroyed the
schools, of course: they have only made
money off them. The School Book Trust is
IS hoarysa. monster as there IS in the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
Votes That Count for Naught.

Fr0m the Springfield, Mass, KepubIlcan)
Governor Roosevelt in one of his speeches con-
trasted voting conditions in North Carolina with
those imposed Porto Rico by the freedom
loving imperialists. lone in eight of the inhabi-
tants of that island is registered and can vote =
But vote for whGt2 For members of lower leg
islative branch which is cipher in the
government of the standard for nothing above
that. The whole control Of the island is in the
hands of appointees of President McKinley--most
of them Aliens who constitute the upper chamber
of the legislature and block the doings of the
lower branch and who exercise the executive
power with further veto privileges, and control
absolutely the disposition of franchises and cor
poration privileges throughout Porto Rico. The
men who vote in North Carolina control the gov
eminent of the State. The men who vote in Porto
Rico go through mere empty form.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

McKinley's Collector Of the Port CT
New York is in a state of mind and has
written a letter to metropolitan news
pa per OF the Hanna persuasion, calling
attention to the fact that many golf en-
thusiasts, through a desire TO reach The
links at the earliest possible moment,
VIII neglect on November TO cast their
ballots before leaving the city. This is
really distressing. Naturally, the prob
lem for Mir. BidweH TO solve is how to
keep the Mckinley golfers in the city
long enough to inforT them that an
election is in progress and prevail upon
them to attend the humble festivities at
the polling places. 1t might be advisa-
bic TO industriously circulate the rumor
that Roosevelt, in full regalia aud arm
ed to the teeth, has taken possession Of
the links in order to have plenty CT room
to indulge in few early rehearsals Of
his part as Presiding Officer CT the
United States Senate.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
Another Coal Strike Evil.
(From the Philadelphia Ledger.)

(From the Philadelphia Ledger.)
Now that the mines are resumng work it is
labor leaders estimated a few days ago that sew
eral thousand men had gone from the anthracite
region to seek employment in the soft coal mines
of the West, and as soon as the strike began it
noted that foreign-born miners, with their
families, were crowding the railroad trains on
their way back to their old homes The with
drawal of these two classes must make serious
detection IN the ranks OF the workers. Their
places will be filed. doubt, but their must be
some temporary embarrassment in getting out
the full supply of coal for want of a sufficient
BODY of workers
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

It appears that Burchard Scott has
eluded the vigilance of his keepers,
broken loose, and shueked his muzzle.
We hear of him today as admitting that
the business mems parade of four years
ago was considerably composed of Bryan
men who were bullied into participation
by their employers He says, however,
that nothing CT that kind will be done
this year Men like Petroleum Burchard
Scott, Lobbyist Gdell, and Lemuel Ely
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
RooseyeIt and the auakers

AS an apoIogist Roosevelt is not a bril-
liant success. He is not a success for the
reason that when he has been guilty OF
fragrant injustice, he substitutes artful
lodging for frank acknowledgment. Not
only that but he usually aggravates the
offence and the offended, by inferring that
those whom he has abused are victims OF
their own neutrality-suspicious.
The case in point is a statement made
by the Republican Don Quixote in his
Life of Thomas H. Benton" branding the
Quaker as AN undesirable citizen But
he wrote that before he went on the stump
to give an eager public the opportunity
TO view the individual who fought the
Spanish war without assistance.
The Rough Riders attention has been
called to his libel by several bushels of
letters from indignant Quakers which have
been dumped into the executive office at
Albany and, presumably, forwarded to the
Vice Presidential aspirant's private train.
These demands for an explanation have
emanated from good citizens in PennsyI-
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, and New
York. Nest of them quote the acrobatic
Governors offensive statement, whSh fell
lows.
"A class of professional non-combatants IS as
hurtful 10 the real healthy growth of nation
as, is class OF fireeaters Tor weakness OF folly
IS nationally as bad as vice, or worse. and in
the Wong run Quaker may be quite as unde-
siraDle citizen duelHst. No who is
not willing To bear AIMS and fight for his rights
can give good reason Why lie should be en-
titled 10 the privilege of living in a free COM
munity.''
That statement IS enthusiastically
Rooseveltian. According to the Roosevelt
code, the man who cannot give good
reason why he should be entitled to the
privilege Of living in a free community, pre-
sumabiy BY means Of fierce caths and a
six-shooter. shoEid Immediately be taken
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
That Apotheosis to Trusts

What Hanna magnifcently began when he
declared there is not trust in the entire
United States" has been generously finished by
Scott in his postprandial praise of trusts and in his
apotheosis to the monster and master trust OF ALL
people of the United States as the most criminal
anG dangerous monopoly in the whole round
world.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
EOTehDGfnuS

From the Chicago Tribune)
Brother said Florence Dombey, ''why are
you so pensive this morling?''
Il am thinking" responded little Paul Dom
hey, gazing drearnily Get upon the boundless
ocean whose waves waSi Cd he shores at their feet
'sef the far-off time in the future when Mr.. How
els Will be writing articles about US for the
magazines and saying how stacy, and unreal, and
improbable we are!'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
CURRENT HUMoR.
a Disturbing Element.

lFrom the Chicago News-)
Lawyer-ATe You acquainted with the defend
ant in this casef
Witness-Yes; I've know him for years.
Lawyer-Have you known him to be a dis
tuTber of the public peace?
WitRess-Well-er-he personally conducted
number Of trolley parties last summer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
Confess the True Issues.

The Democratic national platform presented
three great issues imperialism trusts mitalisn
with imperialism paramount The campaign ends
with these three issues still uppermost in the
popular mind. Out CT the mouths of the Admins
tration Spokesman has abundant Justification
anG confession that the Democratic platform
speaks the truth.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
How Could She.

(From the Philadelphia Times)
Miss Yellowlcaf {eoyiy)-I never saw anyone act
so foolish MIR. Sophie when he's alone with
girl.
Miss Peppery-AIone with girl! How could
you ever see him under such circumstances?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
More Information.

from the indianapolis Press.)
Tomny-Paw what really is a craekerjaeI?
Mr. Figg-A crackerjack my son. is something
that lifts the biscuit
Even the most rudmentary knowledge of the
British language and of the elements of mechanics
will make the point plain
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

With his unanswerable logic, Mr.. Bryan
has punched the trust ship so full of holes
that there is imminent danger of a disas-
ter, and the only sail in sight is that of
Hanna. The panic-stricken monopolies
are making wild signals to the proprietor
of the Republican party to open the en-
chanted barrel, and there is every reason
to believe that it will be tapped in earnest
either today or Monday
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
Pointing the Way Out.

(From Puek.)
''What do you think Miss Popkins did when I
stayed late last night?'
.Mhat?''
sshe got up and hung an Exit pIaeard on the
DGrlOr door
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

The question as to how ex-President
Cleveland would vote on election day ap-
pears to be solved. He has started for
Maryland on enc of his periodical duck
shooting excursions with his friend Beue-
dict AS he cannot exercise the right Of
suffrage on that sacred Shore" and ex-
poets to be gone a week, the presumption
is that he will not appear at the polls in
Princeton. His course in this matter is
perhaps intended to confirm his oft-re-
peated declaration that he has retired
from politics. 1t would seem so.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
Anether ON women,

(Fro<s the Indianapolis SUM-
Jaekson-TTea bahy's getting more like its
mother every day
Johnson-That 50?
Jackson-Yes; it's learning to talk
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

The Coal Trusts abortive effort to
batter the suffering miners OF the Penr-
syIvania anthracite regions into state
CT submission cost great deal of mon
ey, but the monopolists do not intend to
foot the bill. They have done just VIVA.
they intended to do, assessed the long
suffering public in order to raise the
amount necessary TO make up for the
losses during The strike. The annoGnce-
ment was made in New York yes erday
that all of the great producing comDa-
MES had increased the price of the Hart-
Gus grades OF coal nifty cents ton. The
trust doesn't have 20 knock a nan aown
and lake his pCcketbook when it needs
the money 1t has an easier way
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

{From Tit-Bits.)


Mrs Gadabout-That Mrs. Hardhead next door
doesn't seem to have many friends.
Hostess (wearilyl-No; wonder how she man.
ages il.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

IN referring to the recent dramatic
episode in the campaign engineered by
Assistant Secretary MeiklejQha in Ne
braska, wherein that official used his
nightgown and bottle of eosmoline as
a torch wherewtth TO save his life, the
Omaha World Herald" accuses MIR.
Meiklejohn OF possessing ccsnoline
frank from the Standard Oil Company.
since the preparation is manufactured ~
that trust
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

Reports received at Democratic head
quarters this morning say that Maryland
,.an no longer De called doubtful; that the
State will go for Bryan by not less than
10. Geo votes. George Sullivan Johnson, OF
Baltimore, said at the Metropolitan Ho-
tel at noon that he had recently made
tour of the State and On every side he
found the most intense enthusiasm fer
Bryan. 1t will be not in the city of Bal
timore that Bryan will surprise the Re-
publicans by his strength with the
masses" said Mr.. Johnson, but he viii
get a pronounced vote in the country dis
tricts which doubly ensure the State for
the Democrats.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

You will not need any effort to find Heurich's
beers Maerzen. Senate, Gno Lager can be found
at all leading hotels and restaurants dra1ghf
or in bottles. For case Of Heurieifs fer yoiir
Sunday dinner, phone 63f. Arlington Bottling Co.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03

The campaign is now practically at an
end" said a gentleman who returned to
Washington only two days ago from New
York. THAT Bryan will win" he said,
seems absolutely sure I met some of
the leading Democrats in the State during
a brief trip, including Mr.. Croker, Mr..
Murphy, and Boss Mclaughlin, OF Brook
lyn, with all OF whom l have a pleasant
personal acquaintance, and if their cpin-
ions are of any value Bryan will win in
New York State hands down. as the horse
jockeys say. Tuesday next" he said,
will in my estimation change the des-
tiny of the country
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standing ana pTactice OF the church. ana
has never been called in question, the Su-
preme Court of Errors of Connecticut, in
the case of Trustees of Trinity NJ E.
Church VS.. Harris, holds that it is binding
on the courts.
n prosecutions for violation of the Il
quor law in Kansas. jurors cannot have
the pleasure Of smelling bottle alleged
to have contained whisky. In the ease of
State vs. Coggins t62 Pac. Rep. 240 the
lower court was held by the Court of APP
peals to have erred in permitting the ju-
rors to examine and smell of the contents
of two bottles which witnesses testified
had contained whisky; but the error in
this case was held not to be reversible,
as the court had instructed the jury that
they should wholly disregard the infor-
nation and knowledge thus received.
a horseshoe calk is held by Judge Town
send of the United States Circuit Court,
in the case of Rowe VS.. Blodgett & 20.
Qe3 Fed Rep, ST3), not to be a proper
subject for design patent, as design pat
ents refer 20 appearance, not utility.
Their object said the court, us to en-
courage works CT art and decoration
which appeal to the eye, to the esthetic
emotions, to the beautiful. A horseshoe
ca1k is g mere bit of iron or steel, not
intended for display. but for an obscure
use, and adapted TO De applied 10 the ShCe
of a horse for use in snow, ice, and mud. "
Where in a case it is the evident inten-
ton of counsel on cross examination 10
show that witness is swearing under
hope of reward, the Supreme Court Of Ten
nessee, in the case of Nashville, etc, Rail-
way Company VS.. Lawson (5S S. W. Rep,
4S0), holds that it is entirely competent for
the witness to show that Immediately after
the event. and when itz5was not charged
that she was offered any inducement, she
had made statements consistent with those
made on the trial.
A corporation cannot maintain an action
for Islander upon words spoken solely Of
and concerning an individual who is
averred to be a stakeholder and officer Of
the corporation, holds the Supreme Court
of Ohio in the case of Brayton VS. Cleye-
land Especial Police Co., 81, n. e. Rep,
1.0S5). In such case the court holds that
the corporation cannot maintain an action
to recover damages for consequential in
juries resulting from the SANDER, without
aveTring and proving that the SANDER was
spoken of the individual in direct relation
to the trade or business Of the corpora
ton