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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
strenuous efforts were made to supp
press the former, which is undeniably

strenuous efforts were made to SUPP
press the former, which is .undeniably
the ADLER argument.
The Republicans had great difficulty
In putting the Porto Rican tariff bill
through the House few weeks ago.
That difficulty promises to be greatly
Increased over the Foraker bill. The
House Republicans have been hearing
from their constituents in an unpleas-
ant way, and some fifty of them have
felt impelled thereby to go home and
attempt to fix up their fences. Aside
from the Increasing reluctance of many
more Republicans to support the tariff
a second time, 1t Is going to be very
hard work to bring enough of them
back to Washington to vote even if
majority can be commanded for this
thoroughly unpopular measure.
squandering the Peoples Money.
The books of the treasury show that
there has been received during the past
forty years from bonds and other evil
dences of Indebtedness, aside from the
cost of issuing the same, the sum of
$17,343,G41, 1878. We have expended
upon these bonds more than we have
received from the bonds, the sum of
S9o1, 664 6G1.10. We have practically
paid none Of the indebtedness, al
though we have paid out $1,000, OO0,-
OOO more than we have received. 1t
would cost us to-day rs much money
to redeem our indebtedness as it would
have cost us in 1866, when our indebt-
edness was ut Its highest point. We
owe as much rs we did then, when the
cost Of redeeming the bonds is consid-
cred, and yet we have already paid so
per cent more than the entire debt.
1t is very difficult to determine the
cost Of issuing bonds and other evil
dences of indebtedness, but this was
made the subject of an extended inyes-
tigation by Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage, who states in his last
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

columns of flame which shot into the
air announced the fate of the Gray
Eagle. They reached the islands safely
after week had passed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

Why is SO much beer used at water
Ing places2
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Gold represents all human forces;
nothing is denied to him who opens and
closes the mouth Of the sack.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
his cot.onseed at so5 DER ton. making

his cottonseed at s25 per ton, making
his crop average a return of SGT.50 per
bale. Should this price hold good for
the entire cotton crop II would realize Il
total Of about $500. 900, 900, and added to
last years crop. including the seed and
by-prcducrs. would amount to at least
S90O,O00,000.
When one considers the significance
Of this enormous sum OF money paid TO
the producers or the South, with its vast
purchasing power thus available for the
country's most legitimate needs, the nat
ural promise of augmented Southern
prosperity In the near future is trenen-
douS in extent and almost irresistible IN
influence. The combination of an ex-
ceptional demand for cotton goods. ex-
tending throughout the civilized world,
with crop conditions also tending 10
higher prices. has brought about This re-
suit; a result rs natural rs th. causes
producing 1t. Theie is 10 le-i>lation and
no Government policy capable of Great
Ing these conditions. They must come
of natural causes ar they do not come
al all
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
TRULY REPUBLICAN

Former Comptroller of the Currency
Eckels exactly stated the attitude of
the Republican party toward the trusts
In his elaborate Chicago arraignment Of
American Democracy for daring to tell
the American people Of the existence
and menace Of the trusts.
Il am sure" says Mr.. Eckels, that
do not misdefne the term when l saw
that what they call trust Is not a trust
at all, but merely the concentration of
capital or labor. or capital and labor, for
specific legitimate purpose" And on
this assertion of the nonexistence Of
trusts Mr.. Eckels rested his case in be-
half of Republcanism.
1t is with Republicanism thus denying
the existence Of an evil already sorely
pressing upon the country that the
American people must deai at the polls
next month. The Republican party,
which has tried to fool the people until
recently with a make-believe denuncia-
tion of trusts and a platform promise
of restriction of the trust evil, has now
come out into the open. 1t does not per-
ceive any trusts in the American bust
ness or industrial field. All that il sees
is merely the concentration of capital
or labor, or capital and labor, for i
specific legitimate purpose"
Under this announcement from Mr..
Eckels, and a similar confession from
Mark Hanna, the head and front of the
Republican national organization, it is.
of course, vain for the American people
to hope that the Republican party will
make the faintest effort toward restrict
ing the trust evil. That party may not
well attack an evil the very existence
of which it denies. 1t is, instead, de-
Tending and fostering the evil in a new
way-covering it from the gaze of the
people as far as is possible until il shall
be 50 firmly fastened upon this coun-
try's commercial organism that It's re-
moval shall be impossible. Another four
years of Republican control of the Gov
ernment and this irrevocable establish
ment Of the trusts in complete mastery
Of the business and industrial situation
will have been accomplished.
1t Is to the Democratic party the peo-
pie must look for relief from the ever
Increasing oppression of monopoly. The
national Democracy perceives the men
ace OF the trusts and pledges its most
vigorous effort to the removal Of that
menace. The Republican party denies
that the menace exists. Its intentional
blindness condemns it before the people
as the tool and accomplice of the trusts.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
GOOD TIMES IN THE SOUTH.

1t is always well to keep in mind the
plain fact that the material prosperity
Of country must be based on natural
causes, and that where these natural
conditions tending to prosperity do not
exist their lack may not be supplied by
legislation or governmental policies.
This truth was never more apparent
than at the present moment. For four
years past prosperity has prevailed I'm
the civilized world; not limited to any
one nation, because due 10 world wide
natural causes and not to the peculiar
policy of any one country. The depres-
sion Of 1893, it will be remembered, alike
extended to all the great Governments,
proving again that the same causes pro-
luce the same results. In other words.
the world has been prosperous or has
suffered in these recent instances be-
cause such conditions were naturally in
evitable.
That the growing prosperity Of the
past four years should now be felt to
an exceptionally gratifying degree by
farmers and country merchants is the
natural sequence Of the continued devel-
opment of the worlds better times.
This Is eloquently shown in a recent
letter received by st. Louis business
house from one Of its Arkansas corre-
spondents. In this letter it is told how
a certain customer of the writer has Just
sold his crop Of cotton as it comes from
the gin at 10 1-2 cents per pound, and
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
BUT 1T is ANANIAS.

Each bears fruit after its kind: the
umpkin vine. pumpkins, the corn stalk,
srn. And the Globe Democrat fructi-
In campaign lies.
Happily for the Stat" of Missouri II Is
rich and progressive that its fortunes
2 not affected by ISLANDERS.
Missouri has the largest pubic school
md in the United States. 1t has also
e best invested fund. The revenue
oduced annually for the schools is the
-cest- in proportion to the amount OF
fLe fund.
Any paper which loved its common
wealth would be sounding the praises
Of such a condition. Partisanship might
attack other policies, but would never
touch with unfriendly hand the manage
ment which has done so much for public
education.
The Globe Democrat is not only un-
friendly but untruthful. Its own party
managers would help their candidates
by muzzling the organ on the school
question
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
BUNKER HILL NOVELS.

That American authors have not
caught the Anslomania which has been
prevalent in the administration of the
United States during the past four years.
and which has caused u large part Of
the popular protest noted IN the present
campaign, Is shown by the English pub
Usher who, when offered the British
rights OF IN American historical ro-
nance Icy an American publisher said:
Il wish heartily that your authors
would find n motive outside Of Bunker
Hin. You would be doing 4 real service
10 literature if You could persuade them
TO this
Americans approve as heartily this
Bunker Hill tendency OF American writ
ers and support it in Il financial way rs
literally as British publishers dcplore il.
Americans are proud OF the early colo
NAL history which their forefatherS
made. Books devoted to this period of
history-like 80 Have and to Hold"
Janice Meredith" "for the Freedom Of
the Sea-" Richard Caryel'-have had
record breaking sales In America. Ameri-
cans want TO get close to the people Of
this period and they can best do SO in
an accurate historical novel. American
writer's can afford to sacrifice large
British sales for the glory and the profit
that Is theirs on the American conti-
nent.
One OF the best indications that the
American people will never consent to
making the colonial system of govern
ment q fixture In the United States is
the popularity of Bunker Hill novels.
Such novels bring the manifold oppres-
sions which the colonists endured home
too closely TO the American people Of to-
day that they should desire to iDflict on
other nations hardships like those from
which Washington and his helpers res
cued the American nation.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
Imperialism and Extreme Friend
ship for Great Britain
Strongly Denounced.
ARCHBISHOP KATzER'S CHANGE.
Leading German Prelate. Who
Voted for Mckinley Four Years
Ago, Will Support Democratic
Candidates This Election.
The Republic Bureau.


Washington, Oct. 1.-THE hierarchy OF Inc
American Catholic Church met this morn
ing at the Catholic University.
Although the prelates did not discuss poll
tics. even informally, during the meeting
to-day. the subject formed an interesting
topic during their free moments.
The prelates now In this city are 10 a
man In favor of the election OF Bryan. Sew
eral OF them were formerly FOR Mckinney
for instance Mgr. Katzer of Milwaukee.
who has been a staunch Republican since
his early manhood. Mgr. katzer will vote
for Bryan, principally because he fears i'm
perialIsm and thinks the United States has
departed from Its traditional foreign policy.
He objects to the extreme friendllness OF
the administration for England and its lack
of sympathy for the Beers.
The majority of the German Catholic
priests and laymen fndorse the opinion of
Archbishop Eatzer who is the most infiuen-
tial German prelate in the country, and 1t
is stated that his position Is indorsed ty
Bishop Horstmsnn of Cleveland. who has
been for some years a warm personal friend
of the President ard Senator Hanna.
Cardinal Gibbons is n Bryan sympathizer,
and il is said will vote for him. Archbishop
Corrigan is a well-known supporter ot Tam
many and has always been a consistent
Democrat, "a has Archbishop Ryan of Phil
adelphia- Archbishop Christie. although
protege Of Archbishop Ireland's, and his adj
the administrations policy In the Philip
pines or the West Indian Islands.
The dissatisfaction Of the people about
the oession Of land TO the British in Alaska
has also impressed the prelate from the
Northwest. Archbishop Christie was for
merly Bishop of Vancouver. He knows The
Alaska controversy thoroughly and sympa-
thizes with the American contention in ev-
cry particular.
Those present at the meeting to-day were
buque former rector of the Catholic Un,-
versity, who was chosen secretary OF the
board to succeed Archbishop Kain of ST.
Louis; Archbishops Williams OF Boston. Cor
rgan of New York. Ryan OF Philadelphia.
Eleer OF Cincinnati. Katzer OF Milwaukee
and Christie of Oregon City. The absentees
were Archbishop Chappelle OF New Orleans,
now apostolic delegate to the Philippines:
Archbishops Ireland OF ST. Paul. Feehan Of
Chicago. Bourgade of Santa Fe. Kain Of
ST. Louis. who was represented by Bishop
Eennessey ot Wichita, kas., and Riordan
NJ So ErauCiScO
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
Commissioner Vessels Says the
President Is to Plead With
Europe.
BELIEVES STATES CAN BE SAVED
Powers Will Be Asked TO Prevent
the Annihilation of the Two
Republics Webster Da-
Wis Was Not Paid.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Oct. lip. Louter
Vessels Special Commissioner OF the South
African Republic to the United States. to-
day received letter from Secretary DE
Bruyr Of the Boer snvoys. now in Holland.
containing the first reliable ard definite m
formation OF the plans OF President Kruger
which has been made public.
Tho letter states that President Kruger
will leave Deiagoa Bay. on the Neither
lands warsh!p Gelderiand. early IN October.
and thus he probably has already embarked.
He viii be taken TO Holland, where the
envoys are awaiting him. At what port he
will land, Mr.. Vessels did not state. In
regard to the inttnation In British news
papers that English warships may be gent
I'm pursuit. Mr. Vessels said the envoys
were In a position to state officially that
any such action by England would be nc
cepted by The Netherlands as a direct
declaration Of war, and the little Dutch
nation would act accordingly
President Kruger bears a commission
from the Boer Republic. but exactly what
II ia not even the envoys know. They sup
nose however. that he Will endeavor to Sc
cure intervention by one or all of the Eu-
ropean Powers to the end that the indi-
vidua,ity OF the Republics shall not be an
initiated. The ENJOYS have preceded their
President to several Of the Continental
countries. and have found among the peo-
ple uniform and almost pro-Boer sentf-
ment, which they hope Will be potent
enough TO force action BY the respective
Governments.
and added Mr.. Vessels. this letter
says they hope for more assistance from
the United States than from any Of them"
Webster Davis Not Paid.
Mr. Vessels in his interview also stated
that the reports OF tha large numbers Of
Beers emigratlng to America we're uo-
founded
II am the only accredited representative
of the Beers in this country" he said. land
If there was anything in these stories from
Minnesota and Dakota of land being ac-
qu.red for settlement by my countrymen /
would know IT. The Beers vii: never leave
South Africa Their cause is not lost and
they will keep fighting till they win.
General De Vets armies are well or
Transvaal but in the Free State. not many
miles from Bloemfontein. and are even
planning to invade Cape Colony.
1.-The reports that Lord Roberts sends
amount TO nothing. You need not be sur
prised IL there is a rebellion OF the whole Of
South Africa before the year is out. The
only reason the Cape Colonists did not Join
us at the outset was because they had no
arms and neither they nor We expected
war and were unprepared."
Mr.. Vessels also took occasion TO deny
Indignantly the assertion that Webste: Da-
Wis is In the pay of the Transvaal Republic.
His course In this country is actuated
by motives of humanity only," said Mr..
Vessels. Il think 1 am well enough ac-
quainted with the affairs Of our Republic to
cent from the Beers FOR his services in their
behalf"
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
PARTY OF PROFESSION.

MIR. Dockery scores rather an amusing
point on Missouri Republicans when he
points out the fact that, despite their
tremendous present solicitude regarding
the proper and full assessment for tax
alton of railroad property in the State,
they entirely failed to tax that property
when themselves in coutrol of Missouri
affairs.
This is exactly in line with the hue
and cry raised by Missouri Republicans
and based on their charge that the Dem
ocratic party had looted the state School
Fund. The one fact brought prominent
ly into public notice on this head is that
the Republicans themselves constitute
the only party that has misapplied the
school fund, Missouri Democracy find
Ing II necessary on returning into power
10 restore that fund and In issue the
states certificate OF Indebtedness for
the missing amount-souie $500, ,000-the
only relic of which under Republican
rule consisted OF q number of Cancelled
State bonds.
The people of Missouri. long familiar
with the odorous record of Republican n
extravaganza and corruption In their
State, will not fail 10 see the unctuous
humor Of the present Republican cam
paign for reform
Turning TO the past achievements" of
the Republican party In Missouri, It is
found that such achievements consisted
in sacrificing some S45,OOO.O00 OF the
peoples money in lobby deal with the
railroads, In placing the biggest tax bur-
den on the State that It has ever known,
in wrecking and bankrupting the Com
monwealth.
Facing the present, the spectacle Of
Ziegenheinism In st. Louis is confront
ed. duplicating In this city the work Of
the Republican party I'm the State thirty
years ago. furnishing a maladministra-
ton Of grlevOus cost to taxpayers and
Infinite injury to the municipality.
IL Is on the facts that Missouri Re
publicanism must be judged. and It is
utterly condemned by the facts. 1t has
never done good thing for the State or
its people. 1t has done an infinite num-
Der Of evil things. 1t is party that
must be kept out Of power.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12

better for having Mrs. Wilhelm's hair
as one Of its ingredients. Mrs. Wilhelm
should have declared that she put her
hair In the soup because she loved Mr..
Wilhelm SO that she desired to be part
and parcel OF him indeed-haIr of his
hair. so to speak, as well as bone Of his
bone and flesh of his flesh. If they had
both done these things they would not
have been up before Police Judge Side
ner the next day. and the living Of their
lives would have been one long. grand
song rather than discOrd of sweet
bells tangled, harsh and out of tune.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
VILLAGE IS N0NExISTENT.
Russell Sage Sues Township for
Payment Of Railroad Bonds.

ST. Paul. Minn.. Oct. Ti.-Russell Sage OF
New York. Is seeking to recover money on
some railway aid bonds by the village Of
Reeds. Wabasha County.which the Supreme
Court says Is out Of existence.
The village secured charter In 1858.
which was remodeled ten years later and
again In 1891 by legislative enactment. In
1885. the remodeling acts were repealed and
the Supreme Court has decided that, as the
result of tinkering with the charter, the
village has no corporate existence The
villay ye ceased on February 8, 1895, when the
repeating act went into effect.
Bonds had been issued by the village in
order to secure the extension Of the Hast
ings and Dakota Railway.
When the bonds became due they were
not paid. there was no village in exist
ence responsible for the obligations. The
bondholders have commenced action against
the township In which Reeds citizens live
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
MEETING CLOSED.
Arkansas A. O. Y. w. Adjourns-
Degree of Honor Election.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Pine Biuff. Ark, Oct. 1.-THE first b.
ennial meeting OF the Grand Lodge Ancient
Order of United Worxmen. was concluded
In this city to-day
The Degree of Honor, which Is the ladies'
branch of the order. held It's biennial meet
Ing. with a goodly attendance.
This morning the following officers were
elected:
Past grand chief of honor. Miss Alice
Bossart of Little Rock: grand chief Of cere-
Inonies Mrs. Wants of Argenta: grand lady
grand record keeper. Miss Maggie Wood Of
Bentonville: grand receiver, Mrs. A.. NJ.
Kahrs of Fort Smith; grand usher. Mrs
watchman. Miss Mana Wood Of Bentonville
The next meeting OF the order will be at
Fort Smith. Ark.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
MRS. WILHELM'S HAIR.

Mr.. Charles Wilhelm Of st. Louis act
ed hastily and therefore unwisely when
he few into rage upon finding strand
Of his wife's hair in the soup, reproach-
ing her bitterly and demanding to know
II she expected him to chew her tresses
for sustenance.
Mrs. Wilhelm il also to blame for
meeting her spouse's upbraiding in q re-
Nsentful spirit adding fuel to the fire Of
his rage BY informing hin that II he
,idn't like her hair In the soup he had
ne free choice Of finding another woman
no hadn't any hair to fall In the soup.
"a womanis hair is her crown Of glory, Of
course, but Mn. Wilhelm shouldn't have
sxulted in her crown at such q critical
moment.
The way Of Mr.. Charles Wilhelm and
ef Mrs. Charles Wilhelm Is not the way
I to keep peace in the family. Mr.. VIII
helm should have remembered the days
;ef his honeymoon, and declared, AZ he
than would, that the soup was all the
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
TO SETTLE OLD DISPUTE.
Butler County Files Suits to Re-
cover Granted Lands.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Poplar Bluff Mo-, Oct 1.-Two suits were
filed in the Circuit Court to-day by the
County of Butler against the Star Ranch
and Land Company and Jerusha E. Boyden.
The effect of these suits will be to settle
the disputed titles known as the Tubb and
Baldwin and the Arthur and Kitchen titles.
In the years between 1s5! and 1870 the
County Court of Butler County made con-
tracts with Tubb and Baldwin and Hugh +.
Sweeny for the navigation of Black River,
and upon the completion of these contracts
decided to them about 25,000 acres of swamp
land.
In 1853 the County Court granted to Ar
thur and Kitchen 1000 acres of land for
the purpose of building a Courthouse. This
lard originally was decided to the State OF
Missouri by the United States for the pur-
pose of reclamation and drainage. The
State then decided the land to the county
for the same purpose. making a further
provision that after said lands had been
sold and drained, IL there remained any
surplus II should 20 to the school fund.
when the land was transferred to the
above parties the reclamation and drains ge
was never carried out. and this Is the basis
upon which these suits are brought. II de-
cided In favor of the county II will mean
the restoration Of nearly $4,000 to the
county.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
BATTERY AS ARMORY.

st. Louis business men should respond
promptly and generously to the appeal
made by Light Battery A Of this city
for funds with which to complete its
Armory on Grand avenue and thereby
provide itself with fitting home and
drill-ground.
Until this is done the battery is prac-
tscally without shelter, and In an unset
Ii Nd condition which makes 1t impos-
Il 'e for the organization to be kept at
standard of efficiency in numbers
discipline which is 30 vitality neces-
. the ends for which the organiza-
I asts. A suitable artillery armory
z operative necessity for the main
"a Sc Of an effective battery, q fact
which has long since been adequately
recognized by other large cities.
Light Battery A of st. Louis amply
deserves this suitable shelter and the
encouragement which comes from will
ing support. 1t has history Of fine
1t has never failed to respond gladly to
! the call Of duty. 1t was one Of the first
State organizations to answer the Pres
ident's call for volunteers in the war
with Spain. At Chickamauga and In
the invasion of Porto Rico under Cen
eral Miles 1t reflected high credit on Its
: city and State, owing to the abilities Of
it's officers and the soldierly qualities OF
. its enlisted men. 1t was the only Mis-
souri, organization sent to the front dur
ing that war.
BY this service of nearly a quarter Of
a century Light Battery A Of st. Louis
has earned its right to an Armory In
most manful style. The funds for the
completion of the adequate structure
on Grand avenue should be speedily
forthcoming. The question is one Of
simple Justice to military organization
rs deserving as any in the entire Union.