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The Democratic Platform.

4 n INTERESTING document.
~ certainly, is the platform of
4 " the Pennsylvania Democ-
racy In foreign relations II
twists the British lions tail, encour-
ages the Filipino insurrection, throws
bouquet at the Bocrs and, profound
cdly conscious Of its own wisdom. loft
lily dcprccates the ignorance of the
American state department. 1t flays
the trusts. eXcorciates the corporations,
applauds bimetallism "a word more
euphemistic than free silver), demands
tariff revision Gt used TO be tariff re-
formD, faVors an income tax, wants a
direct election of senators and con.
demns the use of military force ami
martial law in the suppression of do
mestic insurrcction. In state matters
it assails Governor Stone and Colonel
Quay, calls for retrenchment and re-
form. urges public ownership of publ,
utilities and takes another fall out Of
the corporations. In conclusion it in
struCts for Bryan, whom IL eulogi2es
as the republics principal nope. In
short, it is a collection of practically
all the freak ideas of the hour, tuned
in the key of Populism, rabidly "agin
the government" and suggesting the
intellectual coherency of mad house.
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or knowcst thou the time when they bring
forth?
Smyth evidently didn't catch the
point of the above He replied from
Psalms, I'LL:
Why do the heather rage and the people I'M.
sginc a vain thing!
The next passage from Dom Paul
was Psalms Xix: Is:
Save me, o God, for tho waters are come in
unto my soul.
! sink deep in the miro, where there is no
standing: ! am come into deep waters where the
floods overflow me.
am weary Of crying; my throat is dried:
Mine eyes fail while ! wait for my God.
This was wasted on Smyth. No
South African could get any sympathy
from him. His reply was Job XIV: H."
Let not him who is deceived trust in vanity;
for vanity shall be his ,ccompcnsc.
Kruger's reply to the above was very
philosophical. He called Smyth's at
tCntion to Ecclesiastes iii: Is:
10 everything there is a season, and time to
every purpose under the heaven:
\ time to he born aud time to die; time
TO plant and time to pluck up that which is
planted:
\ a
break down, and time to build up;
4 time To weep and a time to laugh; time to
mourn and a time 10 dance;
\ time to cast away stones and time 10
gather stones together; time to embrace and
time to refrain from embracing;
\ time to get aud time to lose; time to
keep and time to cast away;
A time To rcnd aud time to sew; a time to
Keep silence and time to speak;
tinp N lovc and a tin,r tn natc, q tipno of
war and time of peace.
When he was pushed to it Smyth
could be just as philosophical as Kru-
ger, as is shown by the following re-
ply from Ecclcsiates iv: G:
Better is a handful with quiclncss, than both
the hands full with travail and veXation of spirit
Dom Paul now sent another mes
sage collect" referring Mr.. Smyth to
Nahum /: Is:
Behold, upon the mountains the feet Of him
that brngcth good tidings, that publishcth peace!
o, Judah, keep thy solemn fcasts, perform thy
VOWS; Tor the wicked Shall no more pass through
thee; he is utterly cut Of
Smyth didn't know just what had
caused a rise in Krugers spirits, no
matter whether the Beers were win
ming or losing; he referred the South
African pOtcntate to Malachi ii: s, 9:
But yc are departed out OF the way; We have
caused many to stumble at the law; yc have
corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Of
Hosts.
Therefore, have ! also made you contcmptl lc
and base before all the people, according as ye
have not kept my ways, but have been partial in
the law
This ended the correspondence:
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THE BABY.

Oh, this is the way the baby came:
cut OF the night as comes the dawn,
Out of the emhcrs As the flame,
Out OF the bud the blossoms on
The apple bough that blooms the same
As in glad summers dead and gone.
With a grace and beauty none could uame-
Oh this is the way the baby came!
And this is the way the baby woke:
And when in deepest drops OF dew
The shine and shadows sink and soak
The sweet eyes glimmcrcd through and through
And cddyings and dimplcs broke
About the lips, and no one knew
Or could divine the words they spoke
And this is the way the baby woke!
And this is the way the baby slept:
\ mist of trCSscS backward thrown
BY quavcrng SiGhS where kisses crcpt
With warnings she had never known.
The little hands were closely kept
About a lily newly blown,
And God was with her and We wcpt-
And this IS the way the baby slept.
james WhitComh Rilcv.
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pharmaceutical chemists in
~ this country is distributing
letter to the press asking
Tor ncwspapC help i'm the endeavor
which is to be made to secure an early
repeal of the stamp tax war revenue
The letter says:
That act, we believe, has now fully
served whatever good purpose was to
be expected from it. and it's further
continuance is incXpedicnt, not to say
unjust. The late war with Spain found
the government in urgent need of
1unds, and an emergency measure like
the stamp tax commended itself to the
judgment and patriotism of the people
But now. though. unfortunately, some
echoes of the war are still heard in the
Phlllppne islands, we enjoy peace with
the whole world and degree of pros
perlty which has rarely if ever been
equalled in the whole course of the
country's history. One result of the
prosperity is that the Federal treasury
Is full to Overflowing; more money il
pouring into it as the result of taxa
do with. Since last July it's superflu-
Gus wealth has accumulated at the
average rate of over Sc, 900 per
month; the surplus for March alone
was $4,000, 000
Such diversion of funds from the
regular channels of trade and their
unfruitful accumulation in the treas
ury vaults not only prove the absence
of legitimate special channels of gov
ernment expenditure. but are a direct
encouragement to the inception and
development of illegitimate channels.
The time, therefore. would seem to be
ripe for some abatement of the tax-im-
posing power of the government, and
this abatement could take no more
popular form than the speedy removal
OF the stamp tax. AS pharmaceutical
manufacturers we have a special in
tcrest in the tax, as it bears on large
classes of medicinal and toilet prep
arations. In this respect the tax has
always been burdensome, excessively
so, because whatever may have been
the theoretical intention of congress,
the practical result has been that in
nine cases out of ten the most of the
burden has fallen on the limited class
of manufacturers instead of being dis
tributed among the large class of con-
sumers. And now it presses with ad-
ditional severity on those who have
To pay it because they are no longer
supported by the thought that the
needs of the country demand the sac
rifce."
IT is reported that the Republican
leaders in congress have informally
agreed that ii would be unwise to open
the question of revision of war taxa
tion at this session of congress. They
recognize the need Of such revision, but
they also think that it could be more
fairly and eXpeditiously effected after
the presidential election has been
taken, inasmuch as just prior to tina,
election there is usually more politics
than common sense on view at WASH
ington. Those who are specially pinched
by the emergency taxes may not fully
appreciate this decision, but under the
circumstances ii is evidently wise
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CNAIoIN IIAI L, chairman or
the committee on relations
~ with Cuba, and just returned
,~ .n- from personal inspection of
Cuban conditions, says there is not a
man, so far as he knows, in either
house of congress who does not in good
faith intend to carry out the letter
and spirit of the Cuban intervention
resolution, which pledged The United
States to retire from Cuba after the
Construction there Of stable govern
ment fit. for independence. Secretary
Root when in. Cuba, said the same
thiugyC General Wood reiterates it
frond time to time. All these men are
siresre and mean what they say.
In the light of present knowledge
cQneegBing the condition and capacity
Qf tho Cuban people, the voluntary ad-
NapGe'ipledge of the American govern
ment dbiwithdraw its forces from Cuba
as soon'as the island had been pacified
Was p, nsistake. 1t Opened unnecessar-
iIv the, door to impatienee and distrust
on: the, paEt Of the native population
and brought no counterbalancing bene-
ht. 1t was as much as to express a
doubt OF our own honesty like that of
the man whose word is so devoid Of
vaiue mat he has to reinforce it with
an affidavit.
But the pledge. has been given and
itJmvst. be. keAh. Cuba is not fit for
Independence ana until she finds a
native Diaz to Bule her with inteli-
gent autccraey sRe win not be fit. Self
goysynment in ihe American accept
anesof the term VIM not be possible in
Cuba for at least ~ generation, thers
4 ssason To- dcnht that It will be pos
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x pcdicncy the Democratic
Il party could it seems to us,
very profitably toss Bryan
overheard and substitute Dewey. AS
the Democratic candidate, the admiral
would poll every Democratic vote
which Bryan could command, and lie
would have more nr less additional
strength made up of the following ele-
monts:
Tho Gold Democrats
Republican mal-contents
Scntimentalists.
The Gold Democrats could not con-
sistcntly support Bryan oven though
the Kansas city convention should
speak in subducd tone concerning the
silver issue. The worst thing about
BRYAN is not his advocacy Of 16 to /;
that is only Il detail. 1t is his COM
plcte subservicncc to the Populistic
instinct: his Willingness to truckle to
class prciudiCes: i'm plain words his
demagogism. Every conservative Dem
ocrat who has respect for the tradi-
tions of his party must wish to see it
redeemed from control by the Bryan
type of socialistic politician whose
chief stock in trade is the ability TO
rant glibly against capital and To traf-
fic i'm political discomfort. Hence the
denomination of Bryan must keep open
the breach occasioned by mis- nominal
tion in 1896: and the nomination of a
new man like Dewey would supply the
opportunity for political recUnciia-
tiOn.
There are malcortcnts in every party
and especially so in parties which have
the distribution of patronage. There
are Republican malcortents today; not
many as compared with precious presi-
dental years but sufficient in the ag-
gregate, to represent a Corsidera ton
in the game of national politics. Among
those who are miffed at failures to get
what they wanted are doubtless some
who could support Democrat" like
Dewey when they would draw the line
al rank partisan like Bryan.
The last factor in the Dewey equa-
tion-the sentimentalists-is less easy
locate and to bound. Just now the
nurrah for Dewey is conspicuous py
us absence. 1nefc mas been d reaction
from excessive hero Worship until the
admiral's stock has dropped far below
par. But might not a spirited presi-
dental campaign conducted by the
Dewey managers on ilag-waving prn-
ciples in some Gegree rekindle the ear
lier enthusiasm and attract to Dewey's
support at the polls the class of citi-
zens easily susceptible to spectacular
effects? We are inclined to think So
and hence our belief that if it is votes
that they want, the Democratic man.
ipulators had better extend to the Ne
braska candidate political furlough
and so in for Dewey and red fire.
But of course they will not grasp
this political opportunity. And even
II they should, it would not materially
affect the ultimate result. The PEP
pie respect George Dewey as a sailor
and are glad to see him a. the top os
the naval list; but for statesmanship
they put their trust in the man who
commanded Dewey and directed the
whole campaign in which Dewey play
ed only part, William Mckinley,
president now ana to be.
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slble so long as the Latin race consti-
tutes a majority of the islands popu-
lation We shall have 10 stay until a
stable. native government can be con-
structed, which will be years hence.
hut it should be understood that we
will get out just as soon as we can do
so honorably. That will put the re-
sponsibility for our continuance in
Cuba where it belongs--on the native
inhabitants
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Admiral Dewey certainly has some
knowledge of politics. lie did not have
to guess at the weight of the Ponnsyl-
Vania Democracy
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This is the season when the tran D
should be given the cold shoulder
Work is so plentiful now that there is
little excuse for any one save a poll
tician to be out Of employment.
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None of the makcis of presidents
and vice presidents appear To haze
noticed the signal flag of Webster
Davis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-07

If Dewey runs for the. presidency as
a Democratic candidate his battle flag
Will need to contain the inscription
II have changed my mind"
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The new complications confronting
the Democratic party will have the ef-
feet of keeping numerous organs on
the fence for several weeks hence.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Legislature.

First District-TIIOMAS J. REY-
NOLDS.
Second District-JOIIN SCHEUER, JR.
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TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast l.3i a. M. for saturday, April .,

70 q H4e
A child born on this day will notice that base
ball fever can scarcely be termed an epidemic an
Scranton this spring,
Many a bright boy who can already throw
three curves on the base bali ground, would
quail if asked to spade up a few yards Of earth
in the back garden.
poor memory has ruined the reputation oi
many promising liar.
When soft head accompanies soft heart
the abe-boded tramp is always sure OF a hearty y
meal at the back door,
Marriage is some times a failure, but divorce
generally proves success.
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Concerning War Taxes.

~ NE OF THE largest firms of
pharmaceutical chemists in
~ this country is distributing
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Easter Novelties.
Easter Clothing.

Not many we'll dressed who do not look with favor
Suit supply than share of them, it is
only prices lowest for the best class of work
Madeoorder remember and every instance to fit Selecting
easy here where assoments large and pat
so pretty Let you today Second floor
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Aiacchus' Advice.

II the faults of your ncighhor are not at all
times apparent, better consult an occulist at
once.
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The United States and Cuba.

ENATOR PLATT, chairman of
the committee on relations
~ with Cuba, and Just returned
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Dewey VS.. Bryan.

ROM THE standpoint of cx-
X pedicncy the Democratic
Il party could, it seems to us,
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AsTROLOGY SET TO WHEAT

When a member of the Consolidated
Stock and Petroleum Exchange opened
the mail one day about a week ago, his
attention was at once attracted by the
following communication printed in red
ink, apparently by copying press, on
the back of an old freight car nemoran-
dunn. The circular read as follows:
Free 4fToi trial October 1902 s. per No
Tendency downward with feeble rallies
quickly lost 1st to 5th Sth to 10th and 18th
Do not expect a. Big Break this Month
the political situation will have a ten.
q @4e7aey to hold It t, steady. If possible.
Trea cherous Days 9, r. %.
The long side is dangerous. act quick. If
When weakness appears about the 10th or
nth sell and until about the 25th.
me doWnWard tendency does not end
You may Hoot the attempt, it costs you
hothlng 20 watch it and see.
Am not infalliable, but expect a good per
cent OF correct dates, it's an easy matter
after the market moves to manufacture
m explanation.
But to forecast the tendency and turning
points correctly in advance is not so easy
Sent ment is strongly against me- but time
will tell.
Forecasts ready by the 18th of each
This is the first time, so far as the
broker knows, that astrolosv has been
ing the market There are plenty of other
systems, SO called. One man got up sew
eral years ago, a machine. in appearance
something like a cash register, into which
the market quotations of a stock were
fed from the tape and on the working of
a crank cards would appear bearing such
advice as buy, SELL" etc
Apparently the wheat astrologer or the
stars are working in good order this
month, for the forecast of a downward
tendency for wheat has been correct
enough. In the New York market Decem-
per wheat contracts which opened on DC
tober l at y SIG cents a bushels closing
the same day at S3A cents, have been
gradually decltping and on Thursday of
TINS week sold al 1888 cents closing at 70
cents: There were, however, only small
1ractlonal declines on the weak days.
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of the election dinner to be given Tues
day by the Episcopal Guild: Mrs. Jane
Dennis, Mrs. Belcher, Mrs c. B. Reed,
and Mrs. Geo. w. Reed.
Mrs. George o. Wilmarth gave a de-
lightfully informal chafing dish party
Saturday evening for her son, Mr.. Chas.
Whmarth of Los Angeles The evening
was enjoyed by about 16 guests
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Bentley and fam
lily have returned from six weeks trim
through Kansas and Oklahoma; they
made the entire trip in wagons.
Mrs A. J. Horton of Chicago, who has
been spending the past two weeks in
Florence, has returned and is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. I. Horton
G. w Flower spent Sunday in HoIton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Trowbrfdge of
Arkansas City spent Sunday in Topeka
with relatives
Adrian Sherman was IN Kansas City
Sunday.
The Helianthus club win meet Friday
afternoon, November 9 at the home of
Mrs, H. NJ Hadley. at 624 Clay street
Mrs Gatchell will read paper on Mar
quette and LaSalle."
Allan Boyle Of the iCty of Mexico
spent Sunday in Topeka on his way east.
Mrs.John Bannerman of Western ave
nue. gave a delightful little party Satur-
day afternoon in honor of her little
daughter, Marguerite's eighth birthday
The afternoon was spent in PLAYING
games and refreshments were served
Those present were: Virgil Renals Min
ME Flynn, Isabel Stowe, Marguerite Ban
herman, Flossie Chase, Mary Newton
Mary Flynn. Ethel Dairy, Rosa Pottin-
ger, Kittie Howe, and Frances Newton
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successor to Mason & Co. 1O12 North

successor to Mason & Co, 1912 North
Kansas ave.
Rev. J. S. Glendenning of the Second
Presbyterian church preached a strong
sermon yesterday morning on the issues
Of the day. His line Of thought covered
Christians Duty In Regard to Fran
chise."
Little Florence Harold has gone to
Manhattan. where she will visit her
aunt, Mrs Aaron Harold, for a few
days. From there she will go to Riley.
where she will be the guest of another
aunt. Mrs. James Fritz
Mrs A s. Kane and little son Arthur
have returned from eAtchison where
they have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Sharrard for the past several weeks
Mr.. Kane went down Sunday and came
home with them.
Canvassers were out last week secur-
ing signatures to a petition calling upon
Councilman Belts to support Mayor
Drew's nomination of F. NJ. Stahl for
chief of police at the council meeting
this evening. The canvassers finished
their work Saturday afternoon, securing
1877 signatures. about 80 per cent Of the
persons asked.
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NORTH TOPEKA.
6I9
Kansas
Ave.

Items intended for this column should
be left with the Kimban Printing COM
Tany. S25 Kansas avenue
Bargains in trimmed and untrimmed
hats at Mrs. CouFtney's.
A w Long Of the Manhattan Milling
company is in Topeka to stay until after
the election.
The women of Blue Post Relief corps
served dinner today at the room, S12
Kansas avenue.
William Reid returned to Kansas City
this afternoon after visiting Topeka
friends over Sunday.
The Bethany Reading circle will meet
TueSday evening a the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs Oscar Beeler, 1121 Central avenue.
J. R. Hart has been putting a founda-
ton under his property west of Shorey
and making other substantial improve
mentS.
The Ladies' guild of the Church of
the Good Shepherd will meet Wednesday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs r. ID
Small 500 Jackson street
c. f Hawkins has resigned his posi-
ton with the North Star grocery where
he has been for some time. and has ptlr-
chased the coal and feed business of
Mason & Co.
Mrs L 0. Swigart Of Abilene is here
visiting her sister. Mrs L. S. Fry of
Central avenue. Mrs Swigart is en- route
to Milwaukee, Wis, where she will make
her home in the future.
We have a surprise for the coal con-
sumers of Topeka VIII give you 1000
pounds of coal for one ton; your coal
weighed on city scales if preferred. Get
our prices before buying. c. F. Hawkins,
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The engagement is announced of Miss
Mary PerIe Latham of Topeka to Mr..
John Clauson Wilson of Lexington.
Kentucky. The marriage will take place
some time the first of the year.
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Also on his head was settle
OF roses redde a chapelette.

The rose is the one flower concerning
which public opinion has never wavered
Its popularity dates far back to the Ro-
man occupation. Chaucer wrote, Il love
vel sweete roses redde," and although at
one time Englishmen were divided as
to the color they preferred, it was only
a question of badge of either Lancaster
or York.
While many still love the old-fashioned
roses which graced and adorned the gar
denS of our forefathers, modern rivals
have sprung up which have largely
tended to replace them. The rose Gal
hca, the Provence varieties, and the
damask rose are the oldest. from which
many have been derived, while the teas
monthly and several other kinds have
sprung up from a rose introduced about
a hundred years ago. All the snowy
hybrid perpetuals have been evolved
during the last fifty years.
In the fourteenth century they had
both the single and the double varieties.
The poet preferred the double, because
they were the more lasting. A gentle
lover of everything beautiful, the subtle
influence of the flowers appealed to him
with that suggestiveness of association
which is always the possession of the
man whose heart is responsive to the
inner soul of nature. And Chaucer was
a true nature poet
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ment'-is necessarily fin the same plane
with best" in cthics This faiiacsr
underlies and also destroys. NletEfcfe n
whole contention. but IL IS in Virtue %
his contention. which n adopted would
spell simple anarchy, that be has been
rashly pronounced to be the most typical
representative Of modern thought A
higher compliment might he paid 70
modern thought by saying that ~ the
whole it was not disposed 20 take Metz
sehe's philosophy On q aerlnua alIrIL-
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r. B. WEIGH will close the campaign
for the Republicans at Usage city to-
night. Mr.. WEIGH has closed the cam
paign in Usage county and spoke in
Usage City the night before the election
for the Republican party every election
for u year.