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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-04

''To the pure all things are pure
All, this is true no more,
For the pure get left as others do
When they tackle the grocery store.
-ChiFago Times Herald
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-04

"Mr. Higgs, can get off this after
noon? My grandmother's dead"
Yes, you may go; but tell your
grandmother that she will imperil your
financial welfare If she dies any more
this ummer."-ChicagO Record.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-04

Saucy Doys are not always those thai
are allowed to linger the longest a
dessC-t Boston Pilot.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08

should have mad the best possible
terms for his people under the new con-
dition Of affairs, and surrendered him.
self if need be as a peace offering in their
behalf. But the selfish old skin-f1int
packed up the treasury of h republic,
and, taking it under his arm, skipped for
the mountains, leaving his faithful and
deluded followers to a pot-luck with
the incoming foe. The chances are ne
will be overtaken in his sins, if not in his
garb of authority. and speedily become
the standing joke in a long line Of would
be heroes that has embellished the world
from time to time. Kruger is no good
He can play farce comedy no better than
he played tragedy.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08

forces sent out from England are rap
idly taking the field and Lord Roberts
has full charge of operations.
February 15-General French relieves
Kimberly after a brilliant march with
his cavalry and mounted infantry.
February 16tGeneral Cronje leads
precipitate Boer retreat. pursued by
General Kelly-Kenny. Great quantities
of Boer supplies captured.
February 20-BOers under Cronje go
into laager near Radersburg. Lord Rob
erts established lines Of siege and bonn
bards BOer laager. Forces under BOtha
trying to relieve Cronje are dispersed.
February N-Cronje surrenders. with
4, $50 Beers. British troops are appalled,
at the frightful condition Of the cap
tured Boer laager when they enter 1t.
February IS Ladysmith after 11S
lays of siege, is relieved by General
Dundonald. London goes wild with joy.
March General Butler at last enters
Ladysmith and inspects the starving
garrison. |
March 4-Lord Roberts. Butler, Cat
acre and Brabant begin forward move
nlents.
March To- General French occupies
hills commanding Bloemfontein. Beers
offer weak resistance.
March 13-Lord Roberts enters
Bloemfontein without firing a shot.
May 18-Mafeking relieved.
June 5-Pretoria sur1enders to British.
Official and estimated British losses
killed. ounded and prisoners. 22.5O0.
Unofficial Boer losses killed, ounded
and prisoners, 10. 900.
Total losses, British and Boer, 80, 500.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
THE KODAK IN POLITICS.

Political purists and reformers will hail
with joy the advent of the kodak into the
field Of practical politics. The little in
strument of photography presents more
terror to the extending evil-doer than
does the threatening fist of an angry OPP
position, or a Misunderstanding shotgun in
the hands of a self-constituted protector
of the ballot box. Nh Clark men are
said to have used the picture machine
with fine effect in yesterdays primaries.
Its moral influence was more sublime
than the Wanted majesty of the law.
When a man whose democracy, citizen
ship or factioral afiliation were not
above suspicion presented himself with
the intention of voting, the business end
of the kodak was focused on his conte-
nance. If it was only his first vote, and
he was conscious of his right to cast 1t,
he went through with the performance.
unmindful of the watchful eye of the
camera. If he was a repeater, or a re-
CSlll llINDoI ~ iliAkS1 PuA cSS
only, he evinced a sudden change OF
heart and neglected to vote.
Perjured testimony a saved many q
man accused of violating the election
laws but imagine what a deterrent effect
upon crime the possibility of photo
! graphic evidence would have! Perjury
would fail before the in~controvertible
| story of a picture labelled Caught in the
act" The man who votes in one precinc,
| under the name of Murphy and in an
| other under the name of Finnegan, would
? find difficulty in explaining the similar
! itv Of phizes portrayed on a film. The diff
| ference in names would preclude the plea
of family resemblance. t.t
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
BU7TE'S COMING CONVENTION.

The forthcoming democratic state con-
vention. to be held in this city on the
Goth instant, promises to be a three
ringed circus with the guy-ropes cut.
There will be a numbe of contesting
delegations, and in some instances new
questions as to party procedure will be
raised.
Among problems of this type Carbon
county will probably present the most
knotty one.
Some time ago, through Daily infu-
%ences, the county committee of that bail
Iiwick got together and without refer
ence to established presidents and the
inherent rights of the rank and file of
! the party, appointed delegates to the
state convention.
A protest that was long and loud and
deep went up from the people, and the
other day the committee reconvened for
the purpose of calling a county
ton, in response to the public demand
for regularity of procedure.
"A IldJOllly ol lue COIIlIllIllee ueCIueu
to call a county convention in line with
the petitions received, whereupon the
Daily wing of the committee bolted the
meeting and will adhere to it's previous
action.
The result will be two delegations from
Carbon county-the one named by the
committee originally, representing the
DAILY interests, and the one to be select
ed by the county convention, which will
presumably represent the Clark inter-
ests.
The question of seating these contest
ing delegations will turn upon whether
the state convention accords more
power to the county committee than to
the party which created it.
There is no law whatever behind the
action of the committee in naming dele.
Itual consent, that is, in default of oppo,
sition.
If it's delegation is seated it will be be,
cause the DAILY men nave charge of TIL
state convention and, as usual, throw
law and precedent aside when their pc
litical interests are at stake.
Irregularities will be charged agains
other delegations in all probability, an
it is doubtful if Cascade county es
, capes the gridiron.
!, The ~high-handed procedure in Butt
yesterday may be taken as a fair indie.
of the course which will be pursued b
the Daily men if they control the stat
convention on the goth.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08

victory. Those who feel that the end
justiies the means, and who laugh at
overridden law as if a huge joke had
been perpetrated on the people. may live
to see the day when their backs will be
broken over the rack Of public indigna-
ton. The last straw on the camers bach
will some time be placed on the patient
animal.
Democratic quarrels are bad enough at
best. but when they make a mockery Of
the laws Of this state it is time to call
a halt. Persons who wish to rear their
families in an atmosphere of public de-
cency have a right to protest against
these repeated attacks upon the sanctity
of the ballot box, and the bulldOzing
spirit that seeks to grind opposition into
the ground with an iron heel. Though
a democratic row, it is nevertheless a
matter in which every voter and tax
payer in Montana is vitality interested,
on the score Of good citizenship and the
preservation of our state. If Butte finds
herself unable to handle the situation, it
is high time for outsiders to teach her
a lesson in political decency and respect
for the election laws of this state.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
KRUGER DEFIANT.

The recklessly defiant spirit exhibited
by Paul Kruger in the face of the crush
ing defeat which has overtaken his al
republic reflects no credit upon the
mental capacity of the man. 1t shows
rather that spirit of bu~llheadedness n
Indifference to results that first led him
to undertake the prosecution of a war
with Great Britain. Had he belonged
to the utilitarian type of men he would
have compromised with England, when
! Miner gave him the opportunity to do
so, by according to the outlanders fair
treatment in the affairs of state. But
the perverseness that overlooked the OPP
portunity of his life and brought death,
disaster and ruin to a multitude of his
people, now manifests itself again in the
declaration that he intends to pursue a
guerrilla warfare in the canyons and
kops of the Transvaal, until his blood
ceases to make it's diurnal journeys
through his veins!
jefferson Davis essayed the same role
at the close of the rebellion and was sOoI
silhouetted in the comic history of thu
: country in hoopskirts. The great. tn,
; gallant, the noble kraut eater of tn,
craggy kops of South Africa will flint
himself less a hero in the eyes of tn
world, as well as in h eyes of his owl
people, lodging British scouts as al
outlaw, than when posing as the head O
"a struggling republic. In this practical
matter-of-fact age, bullheadedness CON
mands less respect that good horse sense
when Kruger foresaw the inevitable b
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
ADJOURNMENT or CONGRESS-.

The first session of the Fifty-sixth
congress concluded it's labOrs at 5 p. m.
yesterday, after having made a record
that rebounds to the credit of its menu
bership and contributes to the universal
welfare of the people. While it is easy
to c~riticise congress, for it's sins of ornis-
sion and commission, and to judge it
freely from the standpoint Of personal
interests, it is only fair to say that in
it's entirety the work of the late session
has been productive of national pros
perity and the progress of the country.
Under existing conditions, legislation
which might otherwise have provoked
legitimate criticism came about in the
to disturb the progressive trend of af-
fairs, while enactments of a positive and
self-evident benefit to the country en-
bellish the records of that body. At no
time since the close of the civil war has
congress been called upon to meet
greater problems for intelligent solution,
and never before were greater efforts
made on the part of political dema-
gogues to shape legislation for political
effect. This was noticeably the case in
dealing with new phases in our foreign
affairs. The work of the majority in
both houses, touching upon the treat
ment of u new possessions abroad, was
hampered by the rankest demagoguery
which the fertile brain of mischief
} makers could impose upon the country
Fortunately, the dominant party had
sufficient strength to carry it's proposed
Legislation to a conclusion, with the re.
suit that the opening of the campaign
finds the democrats practically without
| ar issue upon which to appeal to- thu
people for support. The attitude of thu
democratic leaders in congress during
the past winter has been one OF 'obstruc
: ton, and had their advice prevailed soul
foreign affairs would now be in a mos
8 chaotic condition. Every effort wa
e made to prevent an adjustment of tn
difficulties naturally growing out of tn
Porto Rican and Philippine situations
and leave matters in such shape as t
s greatly embarrass the administrator
Thanks to the wisdom of our law
e makers these ill-considered maneuver
n failed, and measures were adopted de
e filming the status of our new possession
le which greatly simplify the situation an
le which win unquestionably conserve til
d best interests of all concerned.
le Few sessions of congress have bee
n held during the past two decades wit
more knotty problems to solve, and n
session has handled its work wit
Il, greater ability and skill. With the ia
a. of the speakers gavel the republica
e. party of the nation finds itself splendid
he equipped for the forthcoming contes
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08

It's representatives in 10th houses Of
congress have-with few exceptions
shown splendid legislative judgment in
working intricate problems into prac-
teal conclusions. and never was the
country in better condition to approve
their findings at the polls than it is to-
day.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12
COURAGEOUS MAN.

Gov. Taylor has gone back to
Kentucky. The Indianapolis /our-
nal says that he goes with the full
knowledge that a desperate and de-
termined gang, controlling the po-
litical machinery and courts of the
State, and with ample means at
their control, are determined to
prosecute him to the death for al
legged completely in the murder of
Goebel. And still he goes back to
face his accusers without shadow
of chance i'll getting justice and
fair play He went away on busi-
ness and remained away until the
Democratic papers began to taunt
him with cowardice and to publish
to the world that he must be con-
scious of wrong-doing or he would
not thus seek to evade trial. The
chances are he thought it all over,
and decided that he would rather
die than to live under the imputa-
ton that he was afraid of those as
sassins. So he went back into the
lions den, and by the act he takes
more risk than Daniel did, because
according to the account, the Lord
closed the mouths of the lions,
while there is no assurance that
the Lord will interpose and stop
the rapacity of those Democrats in
Kentucky who are determined to
control that State even at the ex-
pense of hanging innocent men if
necessary.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12
THE RAILROADS.

Railroads are undoubtedly tough
propositions. InIdaho they charge
us S cents a mile for riding at the
rate of IS miles an hour in luxuri-
ously upholstered coaches, more
elegant, more comfortable and alto
gether richer than the best parlors
that most of US have. Even if we
take round trips they charge us 81
cents a mile and if we take 1000
mile trip they charge ~ cents a
mile. Now, just think of the in
justice of that when a person can
hire a slowed up team of antique
plugs and a roofess mountain wag-
on to haul him about at the rate of
six miles an hour for only IS cents
a mile or two for quarter. These
railroad freight rates are quite as
bad. They now charge $I.5o a
hundred for hauling goods, and get
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12
HANNA DOESN'T CARE.

Says the Salt Lake Tribune:
The Denver Republican has a first
rate article, sarcastic, at the ex-
pense of our Democratic friends.
1t tells how bitter is the blow to
the Democracy that Senator Hanna
voted against the seating Of Quay
of Pennsylvania, and refused to go
as delegate-at-1arge from Ohio to
the Republican national convention
at Philadelphia. 1t points out that
had Quay been seated by Hanna's
vote, then the Senate would have
been Hannaized. That would have
been printed in every Democratic
newspaper and how1ed from every
Democratic stump. He voted
against the seating of Quay, and
that did not suit them at all. There
was a sinister purpose in it. The
reason he did not, according to
these same Democratic papers, is
that he holds his own seat by a
doubtful tenure which he does not
care to have ventilated any further.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12

Again, though the Republican State
convention of Ohio lnanitnus1y de-
sired that Senator Hanna should go
at the head Of the delegation to
Philadelphia, had he only accepted
that the claim would have been
made that he would not trust his
party to nominate President Nc
Kin1ey if he did not boss the job in
person. Now they have to con-
tent themselves with the charge
that if he does not go in person he
will be the active agent who viii
surely pull the string as the Punch
and Judy convention dances. The
Republican notes that the abuse. of
Hanna is almost as bitter as was
the abuse hurled at Mr.. Lincoln
when he was on earth and doing
what he could to uphold the flag
and to guide the ship of State out
Of the tortuous channel into which
it had been plunged. But the
worst crime of all on the part of
Hanna is that he does not seem to
care at all what the Democracy say
about him. He simply keeps still
and saws wood, and all their raw
ings against him seem in vain.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12
GRIST OF TRAITORS.
The following articles are taken
from the Salt Lake Zr16une:

The following articles are taken
from the Salt Lake Tribune:
Gen. A. J. Warner, one of the
fathers of the silver cause, and the
one who has given years of work to
the restoration, and Allen G. Thur
man, Jr., the silver champion of
Ohio, have urged Mr.. Bryan to
drop silver for four years, but he
insists that the Chicago platform
shall be reafirtned. Are Warner
and Thurman TRAITORS" who have
"so1d out for Hanna go1d?"
Senator Teller thinks the Kan
sas City convention will adopt the
Chicago platform, but he adds: II
do not believe, however, that any
particular stress or emphasis will be
laid upon it, but my Judgment is
that it will be approved On general
terms. What we should do now is
to pay attention to the issues of the
hour" The question is whether
Senator Teller is one of those otI er
''traitors" who has sold out for
Hanna go1d?" Except for the
promise that Mr.. Bryan made
Charley Thomas on his last trip,
there would be nothing said about
the Chicago platform or silver in
the Kansas City convention, be-
cause all the leaders of the party
are ready to consider it as matter
which, for the present af least, is
settled.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12

ces Of his goods. The owner of the
former, to shut off this dangerous
competition, schemes to get labor
organized i'll the latter shop, and
his competitor hailed into court on
the complaint of union labor. Thus
labor shares in capitals schemes to
kill competition. .-Lit6rary Digest.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12

Though WIFI IT III three Gays
whereas it could be done by team
for eleven dollars a hundred and
they would spend three months at
the job. There is not scintil11a
of square deal about that. The
railroads ought either to decrease
their rates or spend more time on
the road. 1t occurs to us that the
railroad people have got their sys-
TEN SO perfectly arranged now and
they do such a lot in such a short
time that they can afford to do it
for nothing. They have got to run
their trains anyhow, and they might
as well carry loads as go empty.
There is another thing we object to
about railroads, that is the Pullman
sleeper. Two dollars a night is all
outlandish price to charge for a
berth. Now, they have those
sleepers hitched OH to the train, the
bedding is all there and the colored
porters are there, too. 1t doesn't
cost anything extra to let one go
to bed, therefore it is pure mean
ness to charge two dollars for it.
Anyhow so cents would be plenty.
OF course, we never take a sleeper
and would not do SO at 50 cents be-
cause we can't sleep in them
things but it is too much, and
works hardship on poor people.
They say we can, by doubling up,
get bed in tourist for SO cents,
but that isn't the point. What we
are after is to fetch down Pullman
prices. Then, there are the dining
cars. They are the worst kind of
robberles. We are told that you
can't get a first-class, high-toned
dinner with niger waiter and fng-
er bowl for less than one dollar.
At home, we never Use niger
walters or finger bowls, because we
have never practiced on them, and
when we travel we take our vict-
uals along in basket or a paper
sack, but it worries us to think that
the dining car people charge dol
lar. A poor 1nan chafes at the idea
that those who like to put on dog"
are taxed so heavily for it. But
the worst things about railroads are
the ticket agents and the conduc-
tors. The least that the companies
could do in democratic country
is quit giving those jobs to the no.
blllty. Most of us are unaccus-
toned to court etiquette. We do
not know how to address princes,
kings and potentates and because
of Our uncouth manners we are con-
stantly giving ofense to those in
efable dignitaries by taking hber-
critics with them. Once or twice,
in an absent minded moment, we
have ventured to ask a grand sa-
chem of an agent or conductor what
we innocently regarded as a civil
question, but the look we received
''frized" our blood. We can't
imagine where all the royalty en-
gagged as conductors comes from.
We never met one who was not a
prince or duke, and it always
troubles us whether to address
them as "me lord" or "your ma
jesty."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12
A COUNTRY WITHOUT STRIKES

without tyrrany, and labor without
violence, are what Mr.. Henry
Demarest Lloyd has found in New
Zealand. Not since January, 1895,
has there been labor strike of any
sort in this British colony, and this,
too, in the midst of an industrial
development as enterprising, in pro-
portion, as is to be found in Eu-
rope or America. The New Zeal
anders, Mr.. Lloyd tells us, have
solved the labor problem with COM
pu1sory arbitration, without alien
ating any capital, despoiling any
workman of his employment, or de-
priving themselves of any of their
liberty. ;. ~@..
Mr.. Lloyd is the author of
"Wealth Against Commonwealth,
and is an authority oft-quoted On
industrial subjects. In this new
book, IA Country Without
Strikes" he fully explains New
Zealand's law of compulsory arbi-
tration, and how it has operated to
bring order and peace to certain in
dustries and trades formerly more
or less demoralized by strikes and
lockouts. 1t appears from his de-
scription to be quite similar in gen
eral design and spirit to the system
pursued with such notable success
for many years in the boot and
shoe industry in England, tho in
New Zealand the system has been
more fully developed and given
legal basis not given in England.
The war between capital and la
Dor had become so bitter, we are
told, that the New Zealanders, born
experimenters, had determined to
have compulsory arbitration. Their
labor commissioner, w. P. Reeves,
whom Mr.. Lloyd calls genius,
framed measure and, after three
or four years agitation in and out
of parliament, succeeded in having
it made law, Mr.. Reeves had no
precedent to guide him, but his
common sense created an institu-
ton that common sense could make
good use of, and these island col
onists and their judges seem to
have found in it the means Of work
ing out the islands industrial sal
vation.
The five essential points of the
law, as told briefly by Mr.. Lloyd,
are as follows:
81. 1t applies only to those in
dustries in which there are organ
lied trades-unions.
~. 1t does not prevent private
conCiliation or arbitration.
g. Cancellation is exhausted
by the State before it resorts to ar
bitration.
-. If conci1iation is unsuccess-
tul, the disputants must arbitrate.
IS. Disobedience of the award
may be punished or not at the dis
cretion of the court"
Mr.. Lloyd adds:
The compulsion of the law is
threefold: Compulsory publicity,
compulsory reference to disinter-
ested arbiter-provided the dispu-
tants will not arbitrate voluntarily,
compulsory obedience to the award,
1T does not forbid nor prevent
disputes, but makes the antagonists
night their battles in court accord
Ing to the legal code instead of the
ordinary rules of war;
There is no making men work
oy law and no fixing wages by
law The law says only that i
'ney work it must be without
strikes or 1ockouts, and that, i
tney can not agree as to prices, thu
decision shall be left to some i'm
partial person, and not fought out.
But the State cannot initiate ar
duration, and no dispute, except il
trades where trades-unions are reg
Astered, can be considered. This i