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the unfavorable season he thought the
display OF fruit and vegetables very
creditable. Solon Wales, director, told
BEE reporter they had strong pressure
to bear to let the fakirs come in large
numbers, but they had steadily refused,
preferring to maintain Huntington's high
standard.
In the secretary's office, this year. is
Selectman Stephen T. Palmer and e. s.
Hawley, two experts at this work, for
Mr. Palmer has served nine years and Mr.
Hawley four or five, besides number of
years as assistant. It would be impossi-
BILE to pick out two more popular or at
fable men, and the directors appreciate
this fact.
Turning to the main building ones at
tention is first called to tho fruit and
vegetable exhibit, which is on the first
floor. 1t is not as large as last year, but
this is owing to the protracted drouth
and the hurricane last Wednesday, which
nearly ruined the fruit crop of 1900. The
exhibit of potatoes was especially good.
Huntington has the plan of sho wing full
half bushel measures of the different va
rieties of fruit and potatoes which must
be admitted has many advantages over
the plate system. The apple exhibit
vas creditable despite the hurricane Of
last week. The big squashes were not
numerous as year ago, owing to the
drouth.
Gray, however, exhibited a squash Of
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Wales, who said her department wal
fuller than year ago. Ethel "A. Boards.
ley showed creditable exhibit of kodak
views Of local scenes, including st
James church Of Derby. Miss Florence
A. Beers of Stratford had an exhibit Of
water colors and Miss Hattie B. Wheeler
Of Derby oil paintings and fine hand
drawing. There was quite a number of
handsome silk quilts, and sofa pillows
also in all sizes and shapes. Mrs R. c..
Toucey exhibited some choice specimens
of hand-painted china. A silk embroi.
dered lunch cloth, the work of Mrs N.
Wakelee, ELECTED much praise. The chill
dren were all crazy oyer Miss Lizzie
Palmer's collection Of dolls, which were
also offered for sale.
But the reporter could not 60 by the
flower tables, which contained some
handsome bouquets and plants.
Ga this q ,or, also, N. W. Hine Of Der
by had an exhibit Of sewing machines
and pianos. Bachum & ERan of Bridge
port exhibited the Singer machine.
OUT ON THE GROUNDS.
There were but . few outside stands.
Beach of Monroe sold the tenn
perance drinks and had q good patron
age. F. McGee had the frankforter
stand, and one tin type establishment
made a bid for business. The bicycle
;ent was in charge Of F. N. Potter Of
who also sold whips.
NOTES AND INCIDENTS.
The restaurant, this year, was In the
hands Of Christopher Horrissey Of
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A pair of fat cattle exhibited by W. j.
Sherwood OF Westport came in for gen.
eral admiration. T. B. Terrill of North
Woodbury. told BEE reporter they were
the handsomest pair of fat cattle that
ever stepped foot on that fair ground.
AS usual N. P. Beardsley Of Roxbury,
who always receives warm welcome in
Huntington, was on hand with 10 yoke
of cattle and seven loose head. Randolph
Bradley of Tashua was also on hand
with a nice string Of cattle. With the
handsomely painted Jokes, decorated
with ribbons, they presented striking
appearance. The parade OF the cattle
was started about IL a. m. Wheeler s.
Wilson's band headed the procession,
followed by barge drawn by four hand
some horses from the stables of Peck &
Lines Of Bridgeport. In the barge rode
President Wakelee and number Of the
directors and invited guests. After a
tour about the grounds, the cattle were
returned to their places to be judged,
while the crowd gathered about the cat.
tie to hear the veteran cattle men talk
over the good points of their favorite
teams.
A tour about the grounds shows the
fair to be as the directors claim, clean
one,
WITHOUT SINGLE OBJECTIONABLE
FEATURE.
Frederick Doollttle Of Cheshire, men,
Der of the State Board of Agriculture,
who was present on Tuesday, warmly
them on this point. Mr.
Doolittle also stated that considering
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the season 1899. In the rear of the main
building on the first floor Peck & Lines,
one of THE BEES popular advertisers,
had a good display of harnesses and
horse goods, which Interested the horse
men and farmers generally. Right near
them 81. C. Gregory of Bridgeport had q
confectionery and ice cream stand and
was we'll patronized.
B. II. Sherman, the agent of the De-
points of bis machine. He also exhibit
ed the. Moseley & Stoddard butter work.
or and churn. Other parties on this door
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etc.: N. Wakelee, Mise Ef1ie J. CT
Mrs George D. Nichols of Huntisakos
Mrs J. n. Burr, N. 8. Clark and Ms q.
B. Wales of Monroe, Mrs D. B. Psrmf .
lee, q. P. Nichols Of Nichols, Mrs Er.
nest Sherman Of T1umbull.
Class 6, Ladies' Domestic: Mrs C. n.
Wales and Miss L. d. Wales of Bridoe.
port, Miss j. U. Wheeler, Miss Lillian n
Wheeler, Mrs F. ". Wheeler, Mrs e. n
Beardsley, Mrs L. B. Beardsley, Elfx. :.
beth A. Beardsley and Mrs 8. "A. Ed.
wards Of Monroe, Mrs h. P. Nichols +
Nichols, Mrs George ". Shelton, Mrs N
Wakelee, Ethel Beardsley. Mrs Henrv
Bolles, Mrs g. n. Brinsmade, Mrs Georpa
Knight, Mrs L. B. Gray, Miss Carrie n
French, Mrs Charles Warner of Huntine.
ton. Hattie B. Wheeler of Derby, Mrs J
J. Mack of Trumbull, Florence A. Beers
Of stratford, Mrs h. P. Nichols Of
Nichols.
Glass 7, Embroidery and fancy woff
Mrs c. n. Wales, Mrs L. J. Wales ~
Bridgeport. Florence A. Beers of Str.,.
ford. Mrs h. P. Nichols of Nichols, Mn.
Jennie Edwards Of Shelton, Mrs Geor,.
W. Shelton, Mrs N. Wakelee, Ethel n
Beardsley, Mrs G. W. knight, Miss Car.
RE N. French, Mrs David Pormelee a,
Newtown, Mrs r. C. Toucey, Mrs -
Brinsmade Of Trumbull, Miss Jessie n
Miss Lillian Wheeler, NM
". Wheeler, Mrs Sarah J. Wales, Nm
Fannie d. Beers, Ars s. B. Walss, Mi.
Elizabeth A. Beardsley, Miss Ethel J.
looaTMUED on PAGE FOUR -
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were Bridgeport agent Of optical goods,
an agent with campaign buttons and
other attractions.
TIE LADIES' INDUSTRIAL DRPARTMENT
was on the second floor and here was one
place where the hurricane or drouth did
not get in its work. This department
was under the superintendence Of the
energetic and talented Mrs Scion B.
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Beardsley of Monroe, L. J. Wheeler
George D. Nichols, C. J. Wakelee, o. W
Rowley, L. J. Shelton, L. B. Gray, W.
W. Wheeler, D. J. Wheeler Of Hunting.
ton.
Class 4, Flowers: Mrs N. WD1na4
Mrs D. 8. Clark, Ethel II. Beardsley,
Miss Carrie n. French of Huntington.
Class -Miecellaneoue- CAKE,
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away that forlorn and desolate look
which the Imprinted buildings presented.
1t is quite q notable improvement and
the directors are to be congratulated on
the result.
There was quite
GOOD EXHIBIT OF WORKING CATTLE,
about 40 yoke, handsome OF. the hand
soonest pairs the writer has ever seen.
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necessity. Early a. 8 O'Clock teams be-
gan vending their way to the fair
grounds, and ian hour later there
was an increasing number of peo-
pie passing through the gates. The
rain of Saturday and Sunday made
driving positive pleasure, while people
who attended the New Milford fair, last
week, had their eyes, ears and mouths
filed and covered with dust and sand.
There Is = decided Improvement in the
looks of the Fair ground buildings over
a year. All the buildings have been COW
cred with dress Of white,: which takes
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Bridgeport.
b.. Atwood of Woodbury. was among
the cattle men present on Tueaday.
3. G. Lockwood OF Wiltor, one OF Con-
necticut's best known cattle men, was on
hand, Tuesday. On Monday night he
started for Newtown but missed the
train. He returned home and started for
Newtown by team at 2 .. M, arriving
early at George Winton's in z ,ar. They
then drove to Huntington, IL miles.
Newtown's representatives at the fair
on Tuesday included Postmaster Dun.
connie, George Wintt n, Waller and
CHARLES Bradley, Horace NORTH rop and
Allison P. Smith.
The veteran, Gideon Wakelee, grace
fully did the honors as marshal, m ounted
on handsome black horse.
The police department at the fair was
In charge of Ex-Chief Gideon Tomlin-
son of Sheltt and Samuel and Ephraim
Wakelee of Stratford.
The Derby News wss represented at
the fair by Charles Hanson.
A young and handsome looking woman
with An elderly man, attracted some At
tentiop, one day at the fair. Driving up
her horse to . sheltered spot che said
with force, "Now you can 60 where you
please, I am going to stay with this
horse. want you to understand that -
He looked a. If be understood.
The judges for the trotting on Tuesday
were Richard Mabbett OF Washington
Hollow, N. Y, James Lewis Of Bridge
port and Irwin Coan Of Shelton. F. W.
Wheeler did the honors as starter.
stepney's representatives, at the fair
on Tuesday included A. B. Curtis, John
Benedict, ST., Miss Sylvia Banke, Bert
Wildman, Selectman Stephen Hayes and
Turney Northrop.
AMONG THE EXHIBITORS WERE TIE
FOLLOWING:
Glass l, Grain: Ernest Sherman of
8. B. Wales, J. NJ. Burr
and George 8. Hawley Of Monroe, D. 8.
Clark, c. J. Wakelee, Huntington, Allen
". Plumb Of Nichole, A. W. Sherwood
Of Westport.
Glass 2, Fruit: s. B. Wales, II. B.
Burr, j. n. Burr. George s. Hawley,
Marshall Beach, John Henrietta, n. 8.
Clark, Edwards $. Beardsley Of Monroe,
9. J. Wakelee and William Twist of Hun.
;ington, Robert Sinclair Of Monroe, Mrs
r. W. Wheeler, Il. P. Nichols of Nichole,
Ernest Sherman, Allen W. Plumb and
John Henrietta of Trumbull, John L.
W. W. Wheeler, Hobart E.
D. P. Loverin of Huntington,
Francis Seeley of Easton, r. 8. Shelton
# Long Hill.
Class 3, Potatoes: Ernest Sherman,
z. N. French Of Trumbull, 8. B. Wales,
stiles n. Clark, F. W. Wheeler, s. B. |
Clark, Hyron 8. Clark, n. W. johnson,
Robert Sinclair, e. 8. Beardsley, George
J. Hswley, 8. B. Beasdsley, Hobart f.:
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mers. It is estimated that the corn crop
will be nearly two billion two hundred
| and fifty million bushels, which is two
hundred million bushels more than last
year. The winter wheat crop is also e.
timated as being IS million bushels larger
than in 1899. The money gain over last
year from tho crops is reckoned to be
somewhere near one hundred million
dollars. 1t remains to be seen whether
this prosperity among the farmers will
have any Influence in the results Of cleo.
ton or not.
THE The National party have
NATIONAL chosen a. their nominees for
PARTY. president and vice-president,
Senator Donelson Caffery Of Louisiana
and Archibald NJ. Howe of Cambridge,
Mass. Senator Gallery is spoken Of Is q
man Of ability, honesty and courage, who
leaves the democratic ranks because Of
his opposition to free silver. The Brook
Ign Eagle sums up the minor parties that
are in the presidential race: "We have
now the Pie Biters and the Octopustus,
the Drys and the Swallows, the Nation
alists or Twenty-Seveners. three brands
of Socialists and the Silver Republicans
entered in the Presidential race. Pride
in ones own opinion and genius for ad-
vertising are the controlling motives Of
all these side show parties. These are
made Of men fated to be eleventh Jurors,
wiser than the whole panel. Their mem
bers were born kicking and they have
kept up the exercise 80 long that It IL
doubtful If they can stop even after the
lights are turned out and the reporters
have gone home"
CENSUS The reports Of the censue
REPORTS. are beginning to show US
some Of the trend Of population in these
days. There are thirty cities with pop
ulation of 100, 900 or more and the cities
are gaining very fast. Just about one
third Of the people of the nation are liv-
ing to-day, in cities. Manufactures in
stead Of agriculture is the leading indus
~ Of the United States, although there
are more persons employed in agricul-
ture than in manufactures. The center
of population has moved northeastward
from Decatur toward Chicago. The
cities on the lakes have as a class made
the largest increase in population.
E. C. Fowler Of Bridgeport, the new
general agent of the Connecticut General
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The OUTLOOK.

ra1Ir It ID evident that the war in
4 South Africa Is about at An
WAR. end. Lord Roberts has issued
. proclamation annexing the Transvaal,
which according to the laws Of nations
puts those who are bearing arms in the
pos,tiou of traitors. It seems that it will
be useless to continue the war on the part
Of the Beers, and that the only thing un.
der the circumstances to do is to accept
the inevitable and lay down their arms.
It il announced that Lord Roberts ex-
poets to return to England about Novem-
Der l. England will however be COM
PEELED to keep quite standing army do
ing garrison duty in the Transvaal for
some time to come. Many have wished
for another outcome to the struggle and
have hoped that the sturdy little Dutch
republic might have gained It's indepen-
deuce. But in fighting with England 1t
WAS warning against overwhelming odds
and has lost the fight.
{ STATE The Republicans of Con-
POLITICS. uecticut have chosen George
p. Mclean as their candidate for COVER
nor. after q very exciting contest, bis
onnoueut being Donald T. Warner OF
Salisbury. Mr. Mclean represents the
machine element of the party and has
heen identified with the lobby work at
CAPITOL in such way as to cause some to
d,strust him. Mr. Warmers campaign
was handicapped from the fact that our
last state officer Of note was from thai
.ection of the state. simsbury the home
of Mr. Mclean gave him an enthusiastic
racept,on recently, and the state contest
between Republicans and Democrats will
anon 20 nerrily forward. May the best
man win.
CROP The: government reports
REPORTS, on the crops of the year are
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E. C. Fowler Of Bridgeport, the new
general agent of the Connecticut General
Life insurance Co., was q caller at THE
BEE Office on Wednesday.
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HUNTINGTON FAIR
Stiff Northwestern Blows
on Tuesday, Reduc-
ing Attendance
to 500.
FINE WEATHER ON WE'D
NESDAY AND A
GOOD CROWD.
Some Good Racing.
PARTICULARLY FINE EXHIBIT IN La
DIES INDUSTRIAL DE-
PARTMENT.
PARTICULARLY FINE EXHIBIT IN La
DIES INDUSTRIAL DE-
PARTMENT.

The Huntington fair opened on Tues
day under fair skies but with the handi-
cap of a stiff Northwestern blowing which
made overcoats and wraps decided
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CROP The: government. reports
prpoRrs. on the crops of the year are
mt and are very encouraging for the far
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TO SUPPRESS BUCKET SHOPS.
steps Taken by Delegates Represent.
ing Boards Of Trade.

CHICAGO, Feb. A.-Resolutions calling
for a federal law to suppress bucket shops
and pledging themselves to aid each other
in various reforms were adopted at to-
days meeting of the Board of Trade dele
gates. representing thirteen cities. Reason
able commissions on transactions in grain
were fixed as follows: One-eighth per cent.
per bushel to be charged nonmembers of
the exchanges; 1-16 per cent. for transac-
tons carried on between members OF diff
ferent exchanges, with the proper COM
mission for transactions between members
of the same exchange left to the judgment
of the exchange affected.
A standing committee, composed OF the
presidents of the New York Produce Ex-
change, Toledo Produce Exchange, St.
Louis Merchants Exchange, Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce and the Chicago
Board of Trade, was appointed to take up
the matter of securing federal legislation
to stamp out bucket shops. h delegates
agreed to do all in their power TO discour-
age privilege trading and voted their moral
support to st. Louis and Chicago in main
tanning their recent acts suppressing privi-
lege trading. Deliveries Of wheat, IL was
resolved, should be made not later than
ninety lays after purchase The commit
tee appointed on railroads and discrimina-
ton i'm freight rates did not report. After
the adoption of the resolutions the meeting
adjourned sine die.
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been forced by trusts to pay heavy prices
for material. He favored war at the polls
against combinations and concluded:
when the trust once feels the power OF
popular verdict. of popular disgust with
their methods. of the popular vote, for
humiliation, then the country will be left
free to go its way again and to work out
its own salvation"
Charles L. Stewart, of Kentucky. said:
Withdraw from all corporations the
special privileges which they enjoy at the
hands OF the government, IL through
natural processes monopoly is inevitable
and desirable. let the control OF such
monopoly be recognized as a proper func-
ton OF the sovereign power"
Mortimer Whitehead. Of New Jersey.
past lecturer of the National Grange. Pa
irons of Husbandry, said in part: The
law We already have must be enforced.
All goods manufactured or controlled by
a trust should be placed on the free list.
II they have destroyed home competition,
petition on them for a time The taxing
power possessed by both the Nation and
the state should be used. No more fran
William J.. Strong, Of Chicago. de-
nounced the black art. He said: 1T
denies the toiler the right to work even
when he can find an opportunity. The
system has become thoroughly established
among steam railroads of the country. and
its efficacy as a means to s~ubjugate labor
and to destroy the power of labor unions,
has been so thoroughly demonstrated by
the railroads that II is now being adopted
by many other branches Of corporate in
dustry. such as street railroads, which
have formed a national organization; the
great pasking establishments, clothing
manufacturers, telegraph companies. coal
mines, iron and steal mills and even the
retail dry goods and department stores;
and IT now threatens the liberties and the
independence of ali classes of labor; yea,
II threatens the very existence OF repub-
lican institutions"
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A CONGRESS OF CRANKs.

The so-called antitrust conference at Chi
cago proves to have been a congress of
cranks and implacables. The call for the
conference. issued some time ago by an
organization or committee calling itself
the National Antitrust League. stated that
it would be entirely nonpartisan in charac-
ter. and otherwise minated that the trust
sionate and instructive manner by persons
qualified to do so. The Importance of the
subject and the misleading nature of the
call drew a large attendance, nearly 1000
delegates coming from all parts of the
country, and representing various reform
ana social organizations. Among these
delegates there were. OF course. many who
expected the conference to be conducted
in the spirit indicated in the call. but they
must be grievously disappointed at the out
come. Instead of being a ~nonpartisan con-
ference with dispassionate and instructive
discussions of a many-sided question. it
was chiefly a convocation Of discarded
politicians. political schemers. unsuccessful
business men. visionary theorists and noisy
agitators OF the free silver, Populist and
Socialist schools. Not all the delegates were
of this class, but these controlled the con-
ference and shaped its proceedings. The
president OF the league, one Lockwood. of
Chicago. sounded the keynote I'm calling
the conference to order. when. in a brief
address concerning trusts. he mentioned
the name Of William Jennings Bryan sew
eral times. eliciting applause which he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

Ten or fifteen years ago the proposition
| there can be two measures for money was
open to discussion because the experience
and the experiments prior to that time were
not understood and the remarkable changes
in ten or fifteen years could not be antici-
| pated. Now a vast majority of the intelli-
gent men who are connected with the
worlds affairs or have knowledge of them
know tina a ratio has never been estab-
lished by which in any country there has
been a free coinage of both metals based
upon the relative mercantile values of the
metals. Nations have had bimetallism in
law. but never in practice. The variations
of the ratio of the mercantile value In any
considerable number of years as shown by
the tables presented have rendered practi-
cal bimetallism impossible. There might
have been a time. before ag~gregations of
capital, machinery and scientific discovery
had vastly increased the output of gold and
silver mines, when, by international agree
ment. a coinage ratio might have been
maintained, but now that ii is demon
strated that the gold supply is ample for
a standard for money, it seems frivolous as
we'll as unnecessary to give further consid-
Grafton to a double standard any more than
to attempt to make the exchangable ratio
of corn for wheat three for one year after
year.
No country has had a practical double
standard for years upon the basis of the
free coinage of both metals. In law the sew
eral nations have a double standard. but
not in effect. Until 1884 the United States
had a double standard in law at the ratio
standard, because silver was the cheaper
metal under the ratio. In 1884 a Democratic
Congress passed a gold bill which changed
the ratio to 16 to l. BY this act gold was I'M
dervalued and became the single STANDARD
of the country in all coin payments. The
standard would nave changed back to sill
yer when it's price began to fall in 1876. due
to greatly increased production. but for the
act Of 1873. Mexico has a double standard
in law. and its minis are open to the coin
age of both metals, but no one takes gold to
the Mexican mint to be coined for circula-
ton simply because he can sell his gold for
enough silver bullion to make twice as
many legal-tender dollars as his gold bull
lion would make under a double standard
law Mexico Is a silver standard country
as much as If its Congress should pass a
law declaring silver to be the only legal
tender money metal.
Such being the well-known facts and
conditions the proposition in the Senate to
leave the door open for international BIZ
metallism appears to be the merest trifling.
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SOUND on THE MoNEY QUESTION.

The resolution adopted by the Lincoln
League on the money question-what
might be called the money plank of it's
platform-is in close touch with Republic
an sentiment and sound money sentiment
throughout the country. From the begin
ming of the currency reform movement In
diana has been fortunate in that circum-
stances have conspired to bring her into
honorable notice in connection with the
movement. The 16-to-1 free silver heresy
had made considerable progress before the
campaign OF 1896 opened, and timid Repub-
leans were disposed to deal gingefly with
the question. The Republican convention
In Ohio. which met two months before the
Indiana convention, had adopted a milk
resolution on the money ques-
ton that could easily be construed in favor
Of free silver. The Indiana Republicans
came out decidedly in favor Of the gold
standard and declared themselves opposed
TO the free. unlimited and independent
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 TO l." The
Democratic convention, which met "a few
weeks later, declared as strongly in favor
of free silver. and on the issue thus formed
and affirmed by the national conventions
the Republicans carried the State by $1,000
plurality. 1t was one of the most notable
sound-money victories achieved in any
State. The meeting of the national Demo-
cratic convention in this city in September,
1896. the subsequent holding of the none
tary conference and the monetary conven-
ton. and the conduct of the currency re-
form movement by Hon. III. II. Hanna all
combined to make Indiana prominent in
the movement. 1t is therefore gratifying
to find so influential and representative
an organization as the Lincoln League still
voicing the best Republican sentiment of
the State and country on the money ques-
tion. The views expressed by the resolu-
ton are embodied in both the House and
Senate bills now pending In Congress, one
of which will doubtless soon become a
law. The league has done well to remind
the country that the Republicans of In
diana are still sound and solid on the
money question.