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ON TIE ANXIOUS SCAR.


The Republican managers and trast
magnates who are running McKinley's
administration for an they. can get out
Of It are becoming anxious about their
fature. They do not believe Mckinley
10 such q "sure thing as he vas since
50 many scandals have been discovered.
Il 70 conceded In administration circles
that there Il danger Of Mr.. Bryans
success, and every effort win be made
to minimize the danger a. much a.
possible" Thus speaks the Washing
ton correspondent OF the Chicago
Times-Herald, who wouldn't print II IL
untrue. The Milwaukee News says
this means ''fat-frying."
There will be great activity In nat
frying operations from now on The
trust magnates realize that they are
up against the real thing" Not only
has the Republican party to contend
with the feeling that demands change
in administration every four years. but
It Is compelled to face dissatisfaction
In every quarter. In placating plutoc-
racy the administration has pursued q
course that viii compel 1t to answer to
the people for It's faVoritism to trusts
and financial syndicates. for the
scandals of the department Of war and
the treasury departments scandalous
transactions with Standard Oil.
And not least OF the dissatisfaction
with which the administration viii be
forced TO contend Is its policy Of I'm
perialism and its coneomitantS Of
militarism and enormous expenditures
and excessive taxation. This policy
has led to entangiing alliances and the
reputation OF the republican Idea by
those whom the American people have
entrusted with its care. This policy Of
the administration undermines the
fundamental principles Of free govern
ment and its overthrow Is vital to the
perpetuation Of our Institutions.
in view with what the Republican
party has TO contend. 1t Is wen for Mr..
Mckinley and the oficIal fatfryer that
they ARE not living In any FOOLS para
disc a. to the outlook this year." II
will take a larger dose Of oil to still
the troubled waters than 1t took In
1896. A storm is gathering that win
tax the resources Of Standard Oil to
bring the old hulk safely into port"
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CURRENT TOPICS

10 PoPULARrzE MUNICIPAL LOANS.
The city Of Salem, Ore. has tried an
experiment In municipal finance that
IL deserving Of imitation by other
cities OF the country. A large part Of
the debt of Salem was recently ne
funded on the popular-loan plan, some
what after the manner Of the national
governments popular loan TO securs
funds for the prosecution Of the Span
:sh-American war. The Salem plan
has features. however, which make Il
preferable to the plan pursued by the
federal government In placing its
bonds among the people. The refund
ing bonds Of the city OF Salem are 4
per cent call bonds. payable on or be-
fore ten years from the date Of issue.
The bonds range from $50 to $500 In
dissemination The interest ID payable
IN Salem, instead Of at some outside
financial center. The issue was SUBJ
scribed four times over. The smallest
subscriptions were filled first. II this
plan Is adhered to In further bond Is
sues. as II probably WIN be, the out
standing bonds of the city Of Salem
soon VIII all he distributed among the
citizens Of that place. q fact which
must have beneficial influence on the
local government. as well as on the
people themselves.
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THE SAME CHAIRnEN.

It is announced by Senator Hanna
that he viii again seek the chairman
ship Of the Republican national COM
mittee. 1t is very likely that the ONCE
WIN 90 with the asking. Thus it may
be that not only shall the candidates
be the same. but the same national
shaifmen that commanded the respec-
tive armies in 1886 win again cross
swords, as II were. Senator Jones viii
again be at the bead OF the Democratic
e0mmittee. Though not q member
thereof, Senator Jones was called 10
the once in 1896 because Of his bril-
liant record as field marshal Of his
party during the years %. - and IS.
II was practically the same with sena-
tor Hanna. who became member OF
the national committee after his Sc
lection as NeKInley's campaign man
aver.
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M'KINLEY. THE MONARCH.

Like Robinson Crusoe. the gentle
man from Canton. Ohio.-not Canton,
China, please remember-is to be left
monarch OF all I survey" to accom-
modate the political campaign now be-
ing inaugurated to make him Emperor
of the outlying dependencies as well as
President OF these United States. The
fat has gone forth, that is II Is settled
by the Presidents fellow imperialists.
that he Is TO be left undisturbed In his
rule over the colonies. because the fif-
ty-sixth congress is afraid to tackle the
question As a Republican senator
said:
IF we were to legislate for the Phil
ippines We would draw the IRE OF
the whole anti-expansion army OF the
country. We can avoid that by re-
naming quiet and leaving the Philip
pines as they are"
The cards are already out. that is
to say, the letter heads OF the depart
ment of Our Colonial Possessions"
are printed. and the Q. N. c.. theta A
c., the A. O.. and the Secretary OF
War are daily practicing penmanship
on the virgin sheets. the Secretary of
War even using one Of them to write
the house Of representatives (of the
U. Sd asking It to provide additional
sergesnts for the Q. II. d. This es-
tablishes q precedent. and we may
new expect Imperialism 10 be on. the
rampage. and 4 may not be long ere
the piebian American mnst give way
before the high and mighty Lord OF
the colonial possessions. Faith,
though. what come down II would be
IL the American citizen should refuse
to pay the expenses Of this almighty
highnessi
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les tkan q hnndred and I must WORN
over eight States on split wages.
was fool enough 70 vete for Mckinley
b 1856. hut"
Say no more Interrupted Gobns.
with. . waive of his hand. we ere ali
with you. There isn't q sensible trav-
cling man in the United States that
does not realize now what an as he
was. shouting for Mckinley and Pros
perity' in 1886. where 10 u. boys7
mean the prosperity; we've got AeKin-
ley all right enough
7 am for Bryan. and everything ne
represents want, opportunities 70
live and have little surplus We don't
get them with Mckinley. Hurrah for
Bryant"
All: 'Hurrah for Bryant"
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ouR NEw YoRK LErrEa
Eaasss Dsvssspnssss In N Ana.
Conosrci-l Inport..e~
New York Feh- &

Aos Opo - - AhAlR q,
csmnsrcial Importance
ssS New York, Feb. s. Isl.
A very great deal has been saId a..
printed about Liquid Air. ana IN.
wonder has been that up TO the press..
time no one has, 90 far a. the gensr,s
public n aware, succeeded In Introdn.
ing Il a. an active commercial a1a0s
% to speak. II has been looked ms
rather as Q curiosity than as soma
thing Of real commercial importancs
At least that IL what had suppose
until . few days ago. But just rs-
cently-it has been demonstrated 10 M.
and TO many others here In New YorS
that the marvellous inventions o. -:
fessor Chas. e. Tripler are being actin.
ally put to the most important ana
practical uses. At this very momept
At the Tripler Works and Labora:ory
IN West S9th street, this city, "Liouis
Air" In being made In large quantitisa
daily at q very small cost. and Il i
being sold to all the leading hospital,
In Greater New York." where It's uSs
has already proven Of the highest
value.
Its use IL an economical power 10,
navigation, for stationary engines, ana
for all purposes requiring large and
cheap power, Is fully assured because
OF the extreme cheapness with which
1t can be made by the Tripler process
and already very many large users Of
power are inQuiring of the Tripler
Liquid Air Co. as to making arrange
ments for its use at their works. Nu-
merous applications for such privileges
to use Il are coming In to the CON-
pany's New York ONCE, No. IL B'way.
daily. But these gentlemen have de.
cided to not consider these PROPOSE.
lions until after the installation OF the
plants which they are now putting U
at the Paris Exposition and In London,
Eng.
Applications from every state in the
union As well as from many foreign
countries, have been received by the
Parent Co. here, for permission to or
ganize local companies to make and
sell Tripler Liquid Air, and 1t Is the
policy Of the Parent Co. to dispose OF
their rights in the several states and
abroad to companies Of high financial
standing, retaining large controlling
interest In each subsidiary company.
Thus the stockholders Of the Parert
Co. viii become the owners OF a ma
5ority Of the stock IN all these minor
companies, and receive enormous diVi-
dends In consequence. This Is the
same policy that was pursued so sue
cessfully by the Parent Bell Telephone
Co., and all the world knows the pc
cuniary results.
The use of Liquid Air" for refriger-
ating purposes alone will bring in
many millions to the Tripler Co., as
every refrigerating plant will event
ually adopt 1t because OF its superior
ity in every way to that OF the present
ways OF refrigerating, and its economy
as well.
A limited amount OF stock will be
offered to the public, in few days, and
will be received by the
Parent Co. for shares at IS per share.
! really do not know OF a more con-
investment than this, with
the prospect Of so large and so certain
dividends. It is a rare chance.
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PUZZLED.

Mr.. Mckinley Is IN danger OF beinl
run over by the imperial band wagon
he undertook to drive through the
worlds open door. Having got every
thing he wanted. like the child who
got hold Of q wasp. he wishes be hadn't
got Il. This time II Is the question
Of church property in the Philippines
and Puerto Rico. The President wants
to do the right thing. particularly on
the eve of his presidential campaign.
and therefore he desires to placate the
Roman Catholics in regard to the dis
posal OF this property. But, alas!
there are others who want him 70 do
the wrong thing. Hence be Is puzzled.
very much embarrassed. He win be
damned II he does. and damned IL he
don't II never yet has occurred to Mr..
Mckinley to do the right thing always.
and having demonstrated his inability
to do anything but wsbbie. II 70 ttns
for him to step out Of the way and let
the car Of American progress move
along On the lines It was intended to
run
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The western visitor in New York,
Philadelphia, Washington or Boston
e always asked the question. How
are crops out westz" He generally re-
CARDS this question a. . mere observa-
ton. calculated to make talk, some
thing Ike that on the weather. But he
little realizes the importance TO the
people OF the East OF the crop condi-
ton OF the West. writes ex-Congress-
man Hinrichsen in the Illinois Demo-
cratic Press Bulletin.
A few years ago when asked this
question by Washington capitalist,
answered him and then politely asked
the condition OF the crops In the hast.
He seemed surprised and said: I'VE
have no crops" This started q train OF
thought In my mind. had begun 70
wonder what they did In the East. 1
found that they had money and thrift,
and that We, Of the West, furnished
the wherewithal upon which they fed.
How 10 Il, then, that In the course Of
years. their stock Of money grows
greater, while ours grows less. and vet.
they get our wheat, our corn. our pork
and our beef. In fact, everything we
raise except what is absolutely neces-
sary for our own subsistence? Their
money makes money for them. The
debts We owe them makes the interest
charged large enough TO overbalance
the farm production.
The advance In the price OF the gold
dollar and the constant fall In the
price OF other articles makes 1t i'm
possible fer rs to pay this debt. and
year by year we find ourselves grow
ing poorer and the money lenders OF
the East growing richer.
The large fortunes held In money
roll over and over like the snow ball.
increasing in size, absorbing every
thing In touch year by year. while the
great mass of the people growing
poorer and poorer. find but little salts
faction In the thought that the country
as a whole Is growing richer, and .ha:
the riches are all In the pockets OF the
men already rich. L. 1t any wonder.
then, that the moneyed men of the East
are for gold standard, and should not
our people favor q rational increase OF
the volume Of our currency, which can
best be produced by the free and un-
limited coinage Of both silver and gold
at a ratio of 16 to L?
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Bszbls1 xhsir culsrstsd xsa1s 80
Msrs TIA. Deshasa rAsir sso.h
TIE fol,oHing letter, written by Mr.
John Cummings Of Wstsskfwin. Al
berfa, Canada, formerly q Wsshins-
d ONLY one Of q hundred similar cases.
and what vas done By Mr. CumminEs
can more easily be done today By any
good. sober and Industrious fsrmsr
Who chooses TO make his home In The
dominion.
Dear Sir: You want to know how I
cot along sincs ] came into Northern
Alberta. am happy TO inform you
that am not ashamed 10 tell.
We located fys miles northeast OF
Wetzskiwin: LEFT Pennington. wash.
on the 18th day OF May. driving all the
way. We had time 10 build our
log house the first fail. and TO make
us comfortable for the family and
stock. We then built four stables. Isl
20 inside, 10 that we could put every
thing inside them when the cold got
down TO the flfties. and worked hard
getIing up the stables. and got through
clubbing on the 1st Of December; but.
70 our surprise, we had no use for the
stables only for the milk COW and two
spans Of horses. The balance Of the
horses lived on the prairie all winter.
and took care Of themselves The doors
OF two stables were left open for them
70 90 into In q cold time, but they
would not do II. but stayed out on the
prairie the coolest night We had and
looked as spry an crickets.
+. I can 90 ten rods back Of my houee
and count ten residents. ] know al
Of their circumstances. Every one OF
them have doubled their cultivated
land. and doubled their animals. and
q great deal more. All Of M are com
paratively out Of debt and an unusual
~ big crop to thresh and prospects OF
fair price. and expect We are a.
well contented q lot Of people as there
Is to be found from Florida TO the
Klondike.
Ny son bought two pounds OF Irvine
20 the acre, and when We started 10
bind some barley We found that In
stead Of taking two pounds to the acre.
II was taking nearly I've pounds. Then
you ought to have seen him hitch up
team and make for town for 100 pounds
more. / cannot say how 1t will thresh.
All can say IL that IL is vell-headed.
and takes an enormous amount Of
Irvine.
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Is the charming title Of a charming
book from the facile pen Of Mr.. Sam
7. Clover. the wen known author and
newspaper editor. The "Glimpses' are
particularly pertinent Just now when
so many people are considering about
going to the Paris Exposition. and
many people viii be glad to know that
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway has purchased an edition Of
Nj. Clover's work for distribution. In
sending your address for q copy please
enclose six cents to pay postage. Geo
u. Heanord, General Passenger Agent,
Old Colony Building, Chicago, III
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The memory Of man runneth not
back Of the time when seaport towns
and cities did not exist, thrive and
flourish. There is a new and promis-
ing one growing up down south which
bids fair to soon enjoy great commerce
II is La Porte. at the head Of Gal
weston Bay on the gulf coast OF Texas.
A magnificent natural land-locked
harbor already exists and extensive
docks, wharfs and terminals are being
constructed. The government Is to
deepen Galveston Bay, affording a 20
foot channel into the splendid fresh
water harbor bay Of San Jacinto. As
Newport News Is to the Atlantic coast.
and Duluth and Superior are to the
inland seas. so La Porte is to be to
the south.
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DRIVEN TO DESPERATION.


The trusts and monopoliss have a
way Of getting around high prices
that the poor cannot ssuch- They sim
ply give q poorer article at a higher
price and continue their work Of be-
neyoience. This time wool aggravates
the trusts and they avoid the high
price Of II In the following manner.
according to the Springfield RepublI-
can: -
The high price OF wool IL driving
manufacturers to the use Of rags and
shoddy and cotton in the manufacture
Of cloth 70 an exceptional degree. 20
the trade papers sag. and this Il. OF
course. what would Be expected. Prices
In the rag market are accordlngly QUITE
a. strong and buoyant a. in the wool
market Az the general purchasing
power Of the people has not Increased
TO such an extent as the prices Of wool
and rags and shoddys the result Of Il
al win Be that the masses must wear
more adulterafed wooden eiothine than
usual and pay higher price for the
same. We hope. however. that this
win not increass the liability q TIE
people 70 eolde and grip and pn.n-
monis. IA accordance With . theory
sdyzncsd By the late David a. Welis. .
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SENATORIAL COURTESY.
10 onsna AGAINST lt Means Ruin ..
the New Member.

10 O1ena AGaiust IL MeAna kutn %
the New Member.
Senatorial courtesy is the great
dragon which new members of the up
per house must propitiate before they
are received into the confidence OF
their colleagues. Some members OF
the senate. and there have been many
notable instances. who disregard ira
dition never gain the good win of the
great body in which they sit, and these
rarely serve but one term, their pres
ence during that term being tolerated
rather than enjoyed. The antipathy
felt for a former senator by his asso-
ciates Ii still remembered. He sat
among them, occasionally he spoke to
empty seats, now and then he intro
daced q bill, and he exercised his ON
eial functions for the whole period OF
his term, but he was not of the SEN
ate. He was as distinctly outside as
though he did not occupy q seat in that
body. What did he do?" asked a man
to whom his story had been told.
why should he be ostracized by his
colleagnes?" In his early days." re-
sponded the other member, "he
affronted senatorial courtesy. He has
never been able to redeem himself
The affairs Of his constituents have
suffered from his unpopularity, and he
10 deservedly retired"
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Senator Turner.in opposing the adop-
ton Of the Beverage resolution In ia
vor Of the retention OF the Philippines
for all time, gives the imperialists \
point to consider that Is very penstrat-
ing.
The senator basis an objection to the
retention Of the Philippines upon the
logic Of that central economic priD-
ciple Of the Republican party--protec-
ton. The Kansas City Times, allud-
ing TO the senator's point, says: Sen
ator Turner'S contention cannot be re-
futed without the admission that the
Republican plea for a high tariff. which
that party has been making for the
past thirty years. on the ground that II
Is essential. In order to protect Ameri-
can workingmen against the corpeti-
ton OF the pauper labor of other coun-
tries. has been q delusion. a sham. q
false pretense and q campaign ruse, de-
vised for the purpose of gold-brIcking
the laboring classes Of the country out
Of their vote. He insists. as q matter
Of fact too obvious to be clouied by
political sophistry. that. even II. as The
imperialists contend. the Inhabitants
Of these islands will. under a colonial
system. have all the privileges Of citi-
Zens Of the United States for them
selves and their products, II win re-
suit in the pauperizing Of thu labor OF
this country. inasmueh as the 10000
900 underpaid and underfed natives OF
the archipelago will be pitte1 COMPETE
lively against the artisan. the uechan-
ic and laboring men OF tAe United
States"
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YET THEY LOWER WAGES.

Charles 3. spahr. author Of .rhs
Present Distribution OF Wealth In the
United States. says that for the "a
$50. 1000 shares Of railway stock nov
In existsncs the original lnvestors
paid no more than sass .0oo. OOO. or oDIy
10 per cent Of their face value. A raii-
road that pays per cent Is actually
paying 20 per cent upon tia real In
vested capital
]. +. Hudson. In his book, Railway.
and the Republic" shows that the New
York Central and Hudson River ralI-
ROAD has watsrsd is stock 70 the tuns
OF S.. 597. 900.
VIA al the mismanagenient ana
tie enormous sEasts. It Is khown 49,
The railroads Last year ccuId have nsds
both ends meet e they had carried ~.
szy passenger absolutely fFsa.
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DRumMERs. REpEnrAnoE.

They were needy lot. even their
Jokes were threadbare. The returning
Knights OF the Roa1 happened On
Bryanis train, after q four months'
trip away from home at one-half their
former salaries. doing the work Of ten
men each. to enable the trusts to pay
large dividends and thus maintain
prosperity. They were smoking
-Stogies" in the enforced abseuce of
choice Hsrtagas. and. sitting IN the
smoker through the deprivation OF
Palace car perqulsites, every one
thought deeply. At last. breaking
through the oppressive silence:
Say. Blobbs. II strikes me that
thousands Of US who worked for Nc
Kinley and honest money in 1855. are
working ourselves cut Of j0b.-
That's about Il, conceded jo6bs.
Il don't knos Bryan then. Just me.
him on the train for the first dime.
How they played rs for suckers.
thought Bryan wore hfS hhif down his
back and taike5 through hts hat. Boys.
I've found sut something. Bryan suits
me-
NY size, exactly confessed Nobbs.
what 4 lot Of asses We were In 1895
Advance agents Of prosperity. thaf-s
what theT hnmbugsrd ~ With. 4.
wei. weren't wez' eueried 3lokbs
I'VE gave Sur bosses an the prosper-
ifJ. and there 3 nothing ieft for iis.
That's 5,lst IT. remarked Hobbs.
-om house had 80 men On the foau
ahd I hsd three sfates Nov there are
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AVOID DANCER.
The Danger % Cstarrh oin.neau That
Contain Mercury.

The Danger % Cstarrh ointments That
oontain Mercury.
This Journal, although more particu-
larry devoted to all that interests
finance, commerce and manufactur-
the need and wants Of It's readers. let
the subject be what II may. We were
asked to Investigate and report upon
the merits Of the various catarrh rene
dies on the market The production
Of Preparations Of injurious compost
ton cannot, unfortunately. be stopped
or restricted at present, or until our
state legislatures can be induced TO
pass such suitable and stringent laws
as viii effeetually prevent their ap-
pearance on the market. In the mean
time, the people must look out for
themselves. In this matter. We have
made most careful and painstaking
Investigation, realizing the confidence
that would be placed In our reply. Our
medical stan employed TO make such
investigations were most favo-ably
impressed with the preparation known
a. Halls catarrh cure, manufactured
By y. J. Cheney q Co. Of Toledo. Ohio.
49, @8AN~8 t-A8A AAs1o kCctACoo tCAACaS
deserves our highest Endorsement
Many Of the eatarrh remedies on the
market contain mercury, which de-
stroys the sense Of smell and deranges
the whole system when entering
through the mucous surfaces. From
Analysis We found that Halls catArrh
cure contains no mercury. II II taken
internally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
TEN We have No interest whatever
In this matter beyond faithfully sery-
ing our readers. and as our indorse-
ment IL extended without reward Of
any kind. and 70 wholly unsolicited By
this company. and win be received
with the full credence that al eur
statements have met With for the past
eighteen years.-Southern Review q
Commerce
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ArrnAL PErs M SCHOOL.

A wise old man down in Boston says
animal pets should be kept In public
schools 20 teach children kindness to
the weak The jokesters are already
at work deriding one Of the best
thoughts anybody has had about edu-
cation for q long time. because IL
seems, and possibly b. Improbable.
They call II . reversal Of the Mary's
lamb doctrine. and suggest the pro-
priety Of letting the children throw
paper wads 70 teach them accuracy
and precision. Despite both It's doubt
ful praeticabIlity and the testers little
fling. Dr.. Edwerd Rverett Hsle's propo-
sftion b not only founded on right
theory. but feaects the very way In
which nature frst taught the great les
pon Of aItruism and love.