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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
BIG LOGGING CONTRACT LET.
Chippewa Falls Firm to Put in 3d..
100000 Feet of Logs.

Ashland, Wis. Oct. 1s;1The John
a contract TO Cournour & Polenon of
Chippewa Falls, for putting in of 30
100000 feet of logs in Bayfield, county.
The Washburn, Bay View & Iron River
railway got the contract for hauling the
logs from Iron River to Ashland. The
whole transaction will insure an outlay
Of about 100000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09
WRITTEN BY OXNARD.
Representative of the Sugar Trust
Prepared the Porto Rican Bill.

w. f. Curtis, in Chicago Record.
The Porto Rican tariff bill, whose au-
thorship appears to be a mystery, was
written by Henry T. Oxnard, of Grand
Island, Neb., who represents the sugar
trust in Washington. disguised as a beet
sugar farmer. Mr.. Oxnard is small in stat
ure, but mighty of purpose, and one of
the smoothest lobbyists ever known at
the national capital. He owns a beet-sugar
factory at Grand Island, which he built
with money contributed by he farmers
of that place, in order that they might
have a market for their beets, and they
have been fighting him ever since for
reasonable prices. Whenever Congress is
in session Mr.. OXnard remains in Wash
ington watching the interests of the sugar
trust. and he has earned his wages many
times over. This is not the first time that
Mr.. Oxnard has written important legis-
lation. He was the author of the Teller
amendment to the Cuban resolutions,
which was intended permanently to pre-
vent the annexation of that island In order
that we might still continue to tax Cuban
sugar. He fought ratification of the Paris
treaty on the same basis, and succeeded
in blocking the admission of the Hawaiian
islands for two years. He is at the bot
tom of the opposition to the reciprocity
treaties also. Mr.. Oxnard is the great
original anti-eXpansionist, and uses men,
bers of all three parties as. he needs them.
He keeps Senator Allen. of his own State,
Butler, of North Carolina, and Senator
Pettigrew loaded with ammunition from
the Populist standpoint; he keeps Senators
Caffrey and McEnery, of Louisiana, alive
to the interests of the cane-sugar growers,
and plays on the high protective nerves
of the Republicans through the Protective
Tariff League of New York, and personally
represents the agricultural classes of the
country with tears in his eyes and a tremo-
10 in his voice as he appeals to the repre-
sentatives of the rural districts to defend
the interests of the downtrodden farmer.
1t was Mr.. Oxnard who discovered that
the $5,O0O.00 invested in sugar-beet fac
tories would be wasted. and that the to-
bacco interests of Connecticut and Penn
s~ylvania would be ruined If We had free
trade with Porto Rico. and through Rep
r~esentative Russell and Senators Plat and
Hawley he hypnotized the committee on
ways and means.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

Beers out Of the hands Of the committee
on foreign relations and before the Senate.
in order that he may make a speech on 1t.
The resolution. introduced at the beginning
of the session, declares that the Senate of
the United States watches with deep and
abiding interest the heroic battle of the
South African Republic against cruelty
and oppression, and our best hopes
go out for the full success OF their deter
mined contest for liberty" As the adop-
ton Of such a resolution would be a gra-
tuitous insult TO a friendly power, Senator
Mason must know the Senate would vote
1t down. but all he wants is a chance to
make a British lion tail-twisting speech.
The idea expressed in the resolution that
in this war the British government repre-
sents cruelty and oppression and the Boer
government liberty is worthy of Senator
Mason.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09
specie basis

The recent important successes of the
British in South Africa and the present
disposition of the opposing forces leave no
doubt of the ability of the British to carry
the war to a successful conclusion. At no
time since its beginning have both the
ability and the determination of the Brit
ish to do this been more apparent than at
present. AS to the probable terms of peace
the following from the editorial leader i'm
the London Times of yesterday is signif-
can't:
The word annexation is perhaps hardly
the correct one to employ, as we cannot an
mex to the empire territories which we lave
always maintained to be included in II,
and subject to the Queen as suzerain, al
though permitted to enjoy large autOnO-
nous rights upon conditions which they have
totally disregarded, but there is no doubt
about the thing intended. This country has
made a great and costly effort to destroy the
organization of an absolutely and irrecon-
cilably hostile existence to imperial au-
thority in South Africa and is fully deter
mined to leave no nucleus around which
such an organization can be reconstructed
The Times says further that the British
government and people will see that our
enormous expenditure of blood and treas
ure have not been made in vain" This
means, first. that all talk Of mediation Is
waste of time, and, second, that the war
will end with the complete establishment
of British sovereignty throughout South
Africa-a result which the government be-
iieves will be a distinct gain for the world
civilization and progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

1t may not be amiss to again fatty DENY
a very stupid story which some enterpris-
ing space-writer has started on its rounds
among certain newspapers to the effect
that behind the discussion of the Porto
Rican tariff bill is a purpose on the part of
certain friends of General Harrison to
bring him to the front as a candidate for
the presidency against Mckinley. The
Pittsburg Dispatch of yesterday gives space
to a prominently displayed Washington
special in which John c. New is mentioned
as being at the head of a movement of this
character. The story is stupidity untrue.
Nothing is better known to the real friends
of the ex-President than that such a move
ment would meet with a prompt and en-
phatic rebuff from him. 1t is unquestion-
ably true that General Harrison's views on
public questions are sought for as are those
Of no other citizen of the Republic. as well
they may be. and it is to be regretted tina
they are so seldom expressed; but the kind
of stuff to which the Dispatch gives space
is not only unjust to him, but entirely for
eign either to the purpose or wish of his
friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

One side says that the trusts will be
benefited by free trade with Porto Rico,
while the other side declares that the trusts
are behind the demand for the duty. Per-
haps the trusts are not interested. The
sugar trust is confined to refining sugars.
so that the duty on raw sugars cannot
affect 1t. The tobacco trust does not raise
tobacco, but purchases the leaf and at
tempts to control the trade in manufac-
tured tobacco. Such being the case, the
average person will fail to see how the
bringing of a small quantity of Porto Rican
leaf tobacco to this country can affect the
tobacco trust or trusts. The United States
is a leading exporter of tobacco-who can
be harmed by a little larger quantity to
sell? These times it is the custom, with
out thinking. to charge all ills or supposed
ills TO the thing called the trust. Isn't it
barely possible that we often do violence
to our reflective power by charging this.
that and the other TO the trusts?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

due season will take shape in a bill ade-
quate to meet the case. The Democrats
have nothing in their minds that they care
TO offer.-Muncie News.
The way TO achieve party success is to
keep close TO the people. The way TO keep
close to the people is TO give them all. so
far as possible. a voice in conventions by a
plan OF proportional representation.-Craw-
louisville Journal.
Germany intends 10 lay a cable to Kiao-
Chau and the Caroline islands 10 connect
with the Philippines by the United States
cable when it Is laid. 1t is noted that Ger
many is overlooking nothing that will add
TO her commerce.-Lafayette Call.
Why do they want to make Crumpacker
Governor? He might be Governor a long
time before he could make the ten-strike ne
made in Congress. and the same applies to
Lands. Congress is not so redundant of
ability that it should be deprived OF it's
best man.-Terre Haute Express.
The Democratic platform this year might
be written as follows: 1--WE are opposed to
Qhere insert Republican platform in full" y
And. by the way. that explains why the
Democratic national committee d~isregarded
Bryan's expressed wish for an early cen
that selected for the Republican conven-
~tion-they "a to know what they are to
oppose and how hard.-Muncie News.
1t must be remembered that politics has
far more to do with creating the sentiment
against the Porto Rican bill than business.
Republicans cannot afford to go to Demo-
Gratis for counsel on political measures.
Tn responsibility of government is upon
Republicans. and the chief business of
Democrats will be to magnify real and i'm
aginary mistakes. That has been the bust
ness of the Democratic party for forty
years. except when it was managing the
Democratic panic of 1893. Republicans must
counsel among themselves If they would
not be stampeded.-Anderson Herald.
Columbus Qnd.) has found municipal
ownership Of the. electric lighting system
to be a measure of economy. The city
plant was established nine years ago. Un-
der private ownership the cost was SIS a
light, moonlight schedule. Now it is $40 for
an all-night schedule. The city does not do
a commercial business in furnishing lights
and the plant is operated in connection
with the water works system, which is
self-sustaining by reason of the fact that
the city does sell water to the individual
consumers. AS a rule, where municipal
ownership of these public utilities has
proved to AVE been a losing venture the
cause has been such as to exclude the in
stance from being quoted against the prin-
ciple of municipal ownership.-Terre Haute
Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

Aldrich Seated I'm the HOuse-vote on
Financial Bill Next Tuesday.

WASHINGTON. March S.-The House
unseated CASTOR A. Robbins. a Democrat,
from the Fourth Alabama district and
seated in his stead William p. Aldrich, a
Republican. who has beer three times a
contestant from the same district on the
ground of fraud, and who is now given his
House. The vote was a strict party one
142 to 13~5-although the first vote on re-
tanning Robbins was 134 to lbs. This case
out of the way, a new rule was brought in
to set aside the day sessions on the second
and fourth Fridays of each month for PEN
sion legislation. The rule limited debate
on each bill to ten minutes on a side. but
this provision was withdrawn on the as
surance of Mr.. Richardson. the minority
leader, that his side OF the House would
not indulge in flibustering. During the de-
bate on the rule there was quite a lively
row between Mr.. Mahon, of Pennsylvania.
and Mr.. Talbert, OF South Carolina. Mr..
Mahon attacked Mr.. Talbert, who had
blocked pension legislation on Friday
nights by demanding the presence OF a
quorum. He said he acquitted the other
side of any sympathy with him. After a
val OF words Mr.. Mahon expressed a wish
that he might have an opportunity 20 Gust
Mr.. Talbert from Congress-, and the latter
denounced 4 member who would express
the hope that some one, PopuliSt or Re
publican, should contest his seat I'm order
that he could vote 10 throw him out with
out reason or justice, as the gentleman
from Alabama had been thrown out a few
minutes ago. Democratic appl5use.l Pro-
ceeding, Mr.. Talbcrt denounced the Repub-
licans as hypocrites and pretended friends
OF the old soldiers. and reiterated his inten-
ton of insisting upon the presence OF a
quorum for the consideration OF pension
bills, whether the sessions were held at
night or in the daytime.
At the opening OF the session to-day Mr..
Overstreet, in charge of the conference re-
port on the financial BILL gave notice that
he would call up the report next Tuesday.
BY unanimous consent IL was agreed that
the vote on the report should be taken at
4:30 Tuesday afternoon.
Before a~dJourning the House took up tho
contested election case OF Wise VS.. Young.
from the Second Virginia district. Mr..
Weeks. OF Michigan. giving notice that he
would ask . vote on 1t at 2 o'clock GA Mon
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09
THE SMALL BANK OF ISSUE.

II Democratic party, before the day
ment should issue legal-tender notes as
money. During the war the party assailed
the issue of g~reenbacks. 1t is not proba-
bic that at the present time those who
call themselves Democrats and who can
distinguish the difference between a Demo-
crat and a Populist favor the issue Of paper
money by the treasury. as was demanded
by the Bryan platform in 1896. All that
the Democrats demanded in 1892 was the
repeal of the act of Congress taxing the is
sue Of State banks. This demand was
made at the request of the South, when the
scarcity of money was made a pretext for
the issue of notes by State banks based
upo the assets of those banks instead Of
on such collateral as bonds. The COM
plant in the South, as expressed by the
Atlanta Constitution. was that there was
no capital in the South to invest in bonds
to secure circulation, hence the national
banking system was a hardship to that
section. 1t was not until the Populistic
ACAh~h AhooO tHO kAoNAOAA a SA4Oo6O
that the Democratic party declared for the
issue of all paper money by the govern
ment.
If the current half predictions regarding
the organization of small national banks
under the new currency law shall be real
lied, hundreds of small national banks of
issue will take the place of State banks
The plea made for the State bank of issue
was that it would furnish localities that
were without a circulating medium a pa
per money that would stay with the people
the inference being that other than such
bank bills or paper money would go else
where, and that such bills would not go
because they would not be accepted. In
der the new currency law banks with a
| paid-up capital Of $4,000 can purchase 3
| per cent. bonds a little above par and OBJ
tain notes to the face value of the bonds.
The loaning of such notes would be a
source Of profit outside the larger cities.
1t would give the people in the more re-
mote localities a safe paper money which
would be as good as gold. There should be
no objection to that part Of the new law
by anyone desiring a sound and safe cur
| rency. In fact, the opponents of the bill
In the Senate practically committed them
selves to the proposition of issuing notes on
bonds when they presented an amendment
to the effect that the treasury issue notes
to individuals presenting $4,000 of bonds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09
NEW BISHOP OF 0LUMB
Rev. Henry MOeller Is Said to Have
Been Named for the Place.

CINCINNATI. o., March S.-Unoficial
advices from Rome announced the selec-
ton of Henry Moeller. secretary and chan
cellor of the archdiocese of Cincinnati,
as bishop of Columbus. The Papal ap-
prevail is expected within a few days Fa-
Their Moeller has received no notification
from Rome and refuses to say anything on
the matter whatever. 1t is evidently be-
lieved here that he has been elected as
bishop of He was born in Gin
cinnati in 1913. He was one of the first
students in the American college at Rome.
He was formerly pastor at Bellefontaine,
o., and professor at st. Mary's Semin-
airy for years. In 1879 he was secretary TO
Bishop Chatard. but has been with Arch
bishop Elder since 1850.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

The platform Of the Social Democracy,
as set forth by Mr.. Debs. would very ma
terially change the world IL carried into
operation, but it can be said to its credit
that 1T is pacific. The revolution it would
involve is one Of public opinion. In that
respect it is better than the wild threats
or the Anarchists who propose by violence
to destroy existing conditions without of
fering a substitute. The Debs party. in its
platform. proposes to bring about the
radical changes 1t advocates by chang
ing public sentiment and by lawful meth
DDS to change the law to conform to it.
As q matter of expression the Debs plat
form Is less aggressive tina that Of Mr..
Bryan In 1896.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

There Is no weaker argument in defense
OF the Porto Rican tariff bill than that
based on the ignorance and poverty of the
people OF the island. We are told that when
We got the island a large majority of them
could not read or write. that thousands of
them were never clothed beyond wearing a
shirt. that IS per cent. of them went bare
foot. and so on. Much the same might
have been said of the Southern plantation
negroes at the close of the war. yet we
gave the latter unrestricted free trade
with the United States and the ballot be-
sides. IL Ignorance and poverty furnished
a justification for discriminating duties or
taxes there would be a great deal of class
legislation in this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09
Thinks 1t Not Inconsistent to Treat
Natives as Foreigners and Yet Give
Them a Delegate in Congress.
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE
WHETHER THE CONSTITUTION COW
Frs OUR INSULAR POSSESSIONS.
Messrs. Hoar, Bacon and Others Score
Points Against the Measure
House Gusts q Democrat.

WASHINGTON, March S.-Formal dis
cussion of the Porto Rican tariff and civil
government bill began in the Senate to-
day and continued uninterruptedly for
four hours and a half. The principal speak
ers were Mr.. Foraker, in charge Of the
measure, and Mr.. Pettus. but at various
times during the debate lively c%olloquies
occurred in which other senators were
participants.
After Mr.. Mason had entered his motion
to discharge the committee on foreign
relations from further consideration Of
his resolution expressing sympathy for
the Beers and it had gone over until to-
morrow under the rule, Mr.. Pettus de-
livered a carefully prepared speech in OPP
position to the pending bill. He argued
that it was unconstitutional, and in viola
ton of the principles Of this government
as laid down by the fathers of the country.
He congratulated the President on the po-
sage favoring free trade between the Unit
ed States and Porto. mo sordid politi-
clans fingers had been put into the ink of
that message" he said. 1.-The President
was honest and sincere when he advised
free trade between the United States and
the island of Porto Rico. The public press
is now trying to make us believe that the
secretary of war is the author Of the
pending bill and that the President has
acceded to the provisions of the measure.
For one, 1 refuse to believe this charge
against the President. Though he may de-
sire reelection, he was a brave soldier
and is al able and generous man. For
him it's not everything in life to be re-
elected to the presidency by his party. He
has acted for the common good of all the
people. If he approves your bill then i
may, believe any vile story against any
good man."
Mr.. Pettus maintained that the policy of
the bill was bad, aside from the questions
of law. 1T is Illegal" he declared, land
is hardly decent" 1t violated the Consti-
tuition, which declared that all duties shall
be uniform throughout the United States.
He also called attention to the amendment
proposed by Mr.. Davis, which, he said,
was a most interesting specimen of the
products of inventive genius. The sena-
tor proposes" said Mr.. Pettus, Ito send
over to the Porto Ricans the Constitution
in installments-a little now and a little
them
Mr.. Morgan gave notice of his intention
to move to lay the entire substitute OF the
Senate for the House bill on the table,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

1t appears in the testimony of competent
witnesses before the Industrial Commas
sion that structural steel for building pur-
poses is used in enormous quantities now,
when, ten years ago, for this purpose, it
was almost unknown. Steel bridges are
displacing wooden bridges on railroads and
highways. while the use of pressed steel
The demands for steel for these compare
lively new purposes within the last two or
three years has been more than the total
output of the United States twenty years
ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

Hon. George z. Roberts, director Of the
March on Government deposits in
Banks" plainly sets forth the necessity of
depositing public funds in the sound bank
ing institutions of the country. This was
the practice of all administrations until
Jackson's time. when the government lost
money by having it deposited in his pet
state banks. The result Of this experience
was the independent treasury. in which for
years all public funds were kept. 1t is
curious to note that during hat period the
Wings accused Jackson's secretary of the
treasury of borrowing money and paying
interest on II when the government had
large deposits in these banks. Before the
war the balance In the independent treas
ury were so small that they did not affect
the volume Of currency. During the war
the balances were often so large and the
transactions so extended that the secretary
of the treasury was authorized to deposit
funds in national banks which offered
bonds as security. and that custom has
continued under that law. AT times the
surplus of the treasury has been so large
that If IL were locked up in the independ-
ent treasury a considerable part Of the
money used in business would be with
drawn from circulation, to the great det-
riment of During the first years
of the war Secretary Chase borrowed gold
of the banks and locked 1t up in the sub
treasures to draw out as he had need.
Banker urged him to deposit the money
borrowed of them in the banks and draw
it out by checks, as private citizens would
do. They were confident that if disburse-
ments had been made in that manner and
passed through the clearing house in the
ordinary manner there would be but a
slight drain upon the coin resources of the
banks. and by selling bonds they acquired
and turning over their capital rapidly the
banks could have continued to make loans
indefinitely and keep the country upon a
specie basis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

universal desire OF our people-15,0 600. 900
who have enjoyed such liberty and equal
ity, to accord the same blessing and i'm
munities to others who, as Washington
said. are Cor have BEEN strangers to lib
erty and who are not by force of circum-
stances dwelling upon domains controlled
by the United States, and over which the
flag Of our government waves either tenn
porarily or permanently.
In view of these facts the Porto Ricans
nave a right, as DIR. Henna says. to expect
part Of the contract" virtually made with
them on the basis of General Miles's
proclamation. Not to do so would be a
breach of honor and might give rise to a
spirit of distrust and discomfort that would
rankle for generations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Like every other spot on earth. Porto
Rico must pay taxes in some form. The
tariff bears upon 1t lightly and every cent
Is spent for its own beneft.-Shelbyville
Republican.
The Republicans Of Muncie approach a
municipal election with a record for good
government that will commend itself to all
those who have an interest in the welfare
of the city.-Muncie Times.
Where is that antitrust legislation that
the Republicans in Congress were talking
Of giving the country?' asks a Democratic
exchange. 1t Is all in their minds and In