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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09
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If the republicans are 50 SURE Of
winning, why il it that they have to
select "A candidate for vice president by
forced draft?-Albany Argus.
Accepting the protective tariff as
the mother Of trusts, its abolition
should speedily starvc the combines in.
to capitnIati0n.-St. Louis Republic.
The Porto Iucan tariff question
has revealed another of the moral, po-
litical and economic impossibilities in
cidcnt to trying to adapt the principles
Of liberty and justice to "A scheme Of
slavery and despotism.~~N. J. World.
Porto Rico is as much a part Of
the United States AS Alaska, and more
accessible. Yet the b]uI!doling tactics
Of a protected interest lead the gov
eminent 10 erect "A tariff wall against
it. This is another shame Of the Me
Kiniey administration. - Rochester
Herald.
There is too much Great Britain
and too little Bunker Hill about our
state department now. The proposed
lIay-Pauncef0te degradation started a
prickIy heat Of protest on u body
polite, and the Macrum story may ag.
gravate the trouble into "A serious erup-
tion.-Minnsapolis Times.
Once more. lest you forget, we
call attention to the fact that the Nc
kinney administration is taking two
dollars from your pocket in the way
Of taxes where formerly Uncle Sam
took but one dollar. Government cx-
penditurcs have doubled since Mckin-
ley's adyent.-iielena (Mont.) indie
pendent.
so long as the people support
the republican party, just so long will
the trusts continue to flourish. But
the people can change all this. All the
millions Of all the trusts are ]powerless
against the people. Let the men who
pay the taxes vote for democratic can.
didatcs and the end Of trust rule will
have been reached. VIII they not vote
that way next fall?-Chicago Demo-
cFat.
THE policy of monopoly is a
mass Of inconsistencies and contradic.
tiovs. America will take the lead
when we consent to develop our own
productive and consuming powers
hand in hand. The %monopoIies are re-
pressing consumption by their blind
greed. and no foreign trade can make
good the loss. America will mohOpo-
lie foreign markets when it abOlishes
monopoly at horne.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

II IS not always the first profession a
man chooses that proves to be the right
one. A modern instance is that of four
young men who were fellow cadets at
the United States Military Academy at
West Point, in the class of 90, They
were Arthur Sherbourne Hardy, John
Brisben Walker. Charles King and John
Savage, whose rooms in the barracks
adjoined.
None of the four dreamed Of literary
career. Mr.. Walker and Mr.. Hardy be-
came magazine editors, while Capt.
King and Col. Savage became noted
authors and writers. On the other
hand Cen. Joseph r. Hawley and Gen.
William f, Rogers began life and edi-
tors, but won fame after they had ex-
changed the pen for the sword.
Examples are not lacking in other
lines, as is shown by the experience Of
Francis B. Thurber, who became a
lawyer after a long career in business,
and in that of William C. Whitney, who
abandoned law to become a business
man and capitalist. Mental alertness
will enable a young man to quickly eX-
change a career for which he is not
fitted for one in which success will
await his efforts, provided he be made
of the right sort of material.-Success
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

William NJ. Evarts, with all his wit
and b~rilliancy, was once ontwitted by
Senator David Davis, who weighed over
800 pounds, and whose figure was nearly
the same in circumference as it was in
the perpendicular, relates ilarper's
Weekly. He and Evarts were INVITING
each other about personal size at a din.
ncr one evening. and finally Davis said:
If you will let me choose the course,
| will bet you a hundred dollars that
with three yards start | can beat you
In a race of a hundred feet"
Every one at the table laughed and
said:
Take him up, Evarts."
The wager was laid, and Mr.. Davis
was asked when he would race. to
which he replied that he was ready at
once. The whole party then adjourned
to the course chosen by Senator Davis.
This proved to be an alley between two
houses Just three feet in width and a
hundred feet deep. He stepped into
the mouth three yards, said go" and
walked through quite leisurely. Mr..
Evarts could neither past him nor I'M
der him, and he called Davis back to
the street and paid the bet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

A former Confederate officer explains
thus why jefferson Davis was not tried
for treason: Salmon p. Chase, chief
Justice of the United States supreme
court. put this query to his colleagues
on the bench: "A man cannot be tried
for treason unless he is Il citizen Of the
country, can hep Certainly not was
the answer of every justice. Then"
said Mr.. Chase, "Mr. Davis cannot be
tried for treason unless he is a citizen
Of the United States, can hc?' As
suredly not" was the unanimous reply.
Can you show me under the authority
of the constitution or any Law of con
gress, went on the chief justice, where
any man is a citizen of the United
States? The people of this country are
citizens Of their respective States, and
not citizens Of the United States
This position being assented to, Mr..
Davis was not tried. Mr.. Chase's dis
~coverey'' led to the adoption of the
fourteenth amendment.-Dlllas News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09
A MIGHTY CORRUPTION FUND
The Trusts WIN he Let Alone so Iona
as They give Up to Mark
Hanna.


Never has the United states WIZ
MESSED such n campaign Tor the pres
ldrncy as that now Impending prom
isrS To be. There has III the Pust peeo
~drbanchcry OF the t~ranrh'S'' corfuP'
ton of the peoples ballot, but not On
any such scale of magnitude as is no"
being prepared for the coming tiec
tjou.
In order TO promote repupil'an s"''
cess a Caupnign fund OF ~ouo
Is +" he raised. and how hN the con
trlhutious of tn" rank ana hle OF re-
~pnbhcans throughout The nation 10y
the voluntary offerings OF 'huSt 'h'of'
lists Who see IN republican doctrines
th" essence OF political WISDOM No'
Mt alt. 1t w'tl be collected from inc
trust heuete'arles OF the Meh'hley
administration. w hundred com
h~ihail"nS OF rapA'a'' representing
~ DOC. q o,O00, VIII contribute tha
money Mark Hanna recently cams
"n' IN an lR''rNi'" anSolNiiS trusts
from blame. They are dong no harm
''
Soon toIl""rd the announcement OK
the gigantic innd +" be raised 10
iurthrr M'h'hiH} $ 'an'''"n'S' mo
trusts VIII be net lone so far nv
legislation by congress ana pros'e"'
ton under III" la" by Mckinley $ at
torieH general ga, bnt 'h'S WIZ nov
be let alone ny 'hc ''iHS'Ffo"s ''c'e.
lander un'h 'hty nave contribute"
their pro rata OF the corruption i"n"'
Think OF what S"rh n sum means
when improperly used. IT cannot DO
honestly n'lil@ed' Nu'h an amount ~
many times more 'hhh inc most eN-
trnVngant manager OF an honest cam.
paign could spend. II ~ an amount Oh
money which. IT divided among 'a'uoo''
600 people, the population approx
iinately OF TINS country, would ENS
each 30 l-3 cents me nSla' RECKON
ing Is that II IN hFe OF the p"p"'"'
ton is a voter. 1hen tins llama
campaign fund is great enough 10
allow each voter more man S''o''
Twice this amount, S3."o, would DO
available for each o. the necessary
votes TO gain n popular majority
hut ia" money will not be spent 'hat
way, 1t viii be put in large sums IN
the doubtful and close states These
viii bc purchased outright, If tho
monty WAS to he expended pro rata
in the country the Mckinley manag-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

Ny friends, you hear people FAY that
you ought not to rcsurreCt this 4uea-
ton. ] want to tell you that the Amer
lean pPople never adopted the god
standard. ! hear people talk about a
wonderful victory for the gold stand
ard in 1896. why, have you read the
history Of that campaign? Sis mil.
lion five hundred thousand voters voted
for independent bimetallism At he
ratio Of sixteen to one, without waiting
for the aid or consent Of any other ma
ton, and 7.VC0,0O0 voted for q ticket
pledged 10 international Bijnrtalli,m;
I2.510,000 voted for the double stand.
ard as against the gold standard, ard
only l&2,00O supported the only ticket
'hat ever stood for a gold standard in
he United States. ! want you to know
that the only party that ever went be.
fore this nation with a gold standard
platform sprang into existence just be.
fore the election aud spraug out Of
existence Immediately afterwards.--W.
]. Bryan.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09
GREED MAKES THEM MAD.
Republicans Are showing the World
n Spectacle Of Robbery and
ExtOrti0n.

Republican Congressman Mccall, OF
Massachusetts, splendidly justified
himself for refusing to vote with tho
party in favor Of the bill imposing du-
ties equivalent to rs per cent. of the
American tariff on goods imported
into Porto Rico from the United
States. or vice versa.
No honest and truly patriotic Amer
lean will deny that Mr.. Mccall is right
in denouncing this bill as u%nconsti.
tutional, and as denying to the Porto
Ricans the constitutional rights to
which they are entitled under our
form OF government, They will agree
with him that the bill is a well-con.
sidered measure from n fiscal stand
point. They will also agree with him
that its passage opens the way for the
governing of the Porto I.icans as con.
gress may see fit, regardless of liml.
tations placed upon its powers by the
constitution. In other words, there IL
money in it for the syndicntes, but IT
is wrong in spirit and violates the
F'lHjii hiuNl IVAN ~ Nv ti' Va
ity in legislation for all territory OF
the United States.
II regard it as a most inanspiclous
omen" says Mr.. Mccall, that our
first Legislative act should be framed
Oh the theory that freedom does not
follow the flag. Is it not clear that
at the outset you are paving the way
for a more hidco,is extortiOn and rob
berry than ever disgrared India?
And again: "If congress is not re-
strained by the limitations Of the con-
stitution, but has the power to pass
this bill, then it follows that 1t has
also the power to pass ex post facto
laws, bills Of attainder, and to do all
other acts prohibited by the consti.
tuition, and the people of Porto Rico
are merely subjects without legal
rights, and can only enjoy their lives
and property by the grace of con
gress.'
1t is vitality imperative that the
American people shall see the signif-
canoe of the course now being fol-
lowed by an imperial and trust-ridden
party. This wrong being done to the
people of Porto Rico is but the be-
ginning Of CHASTITY sin in the line of
extorting tribute from conquered
peoples. We are more than following
the example of imperial Rome in thus
robbing our distant Colonies We
are going beyond the mark set by
the British empire in the looting Of
India. We are showing the world the
sinful possibilities Of a republic gone
mad with greed. And the shame of It
IL that these things are being done
in the name Of freedom and civiliza-
ton, and that the flag under which
they are done stands for liberty and
is lovingly known by its people a.
Old Glory.-St. Louis Republic.
There are Indications that the
chorus of protest against Mark Han
mas ship subsidy steal has frightened
the republican leaders, and tb Ut they
have concluded that it would lie safer
to defer this outrage until after the
Acknowledgements Sentinel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

So far as | have been able to .,im an
opinion 100. 900, 900 years would suffice
for that portion of the history which is
registered in the stratifed rocks of the
crust. But if the palacontologists find
such a period too narrow for their re-
quirements, | can see no reason on the
geological side why they should not be
at liberty to enlarge it as far as they
may find to be nccdful for the evolution
or organized existence on the globe
Sir Archibald Geikie.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09
to GET AT TRUSTS.


~ f'' l-' l'|hN tNfl'I Aif'' " HNNF
VIII" lis hunting for something will
overlook the desired article when II Is
under ms very nose This is true OF
most of the delegates to the anti
trust conference who are looking for
4 method of curbjns tn" trusts. Near
" every delegate has Il plan OF his
own more or less complicated and
impractIrAblr but i, has remained for
M, Frank ). MoHurtt, late attorney
general All Ohio, and MIR. Williams, OF
Massachusetts,, to point out the "bNt-
uIts remedy for trust aggression
MeSsr~. Monuctt and Williams suggest
no new legislation, no constitutional
amendments. no commissions or other
the matter They point out that the
remedy already exists. The only ne
c~cSSItE H. to uitiiI" #.
That Is to say. Mr.. Monnctt declares
That the sherman law, II enforced. VIII
reach the trusts. Mir Williams adds
the cOruilary statement that h pco-
pie can have the sherman law enforced
by sirrtlnE officers who Will enforce II,
Neither statement can successfully b"
c~outruNcrtea. The trusts NOW flourish
unchecked not because thrrc Is no law
which viii reach them, but because the
laws already ON the statute books are
not enforced by the president of the
united States and his attorney gen-
'taI' Those officers nullify the Shcr-
'oah law. They would nullify any
H''"1hf legislation that might be en-
acted. ih" fault is not with the law,
"U' NI'h the officers who refuse to
enforce II who beg the question by
"'Nl'''hE 'hat 1t can't he enforced.
me president, through his attorney
general mas p4ra'Nled the energies of
every 'h''rd States district attorney
III 'h' country Among those officers
are no douol many men like Mr.. s. II,
h''hea- active, ambitious and desir-
GUS OF enforcing The ]i'''"ral statutes.
h"t no inht''f now energetic they may
De they care not attempt I" attack the
'fuS's ny means OF IN" sherman law,
pec'snSe MI hrleES' "SNfrlnE h tnnr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09
The Cause of Free Silver.


law which the constitution distinctly
states the government shall uut pass.
The constitution asa <a'~ that the
states shall max only a,lt lH,l s.l-
Yer coin Il tender ia I"a,Upul- of
deh'S. Consequently gold .uu SILVER
'"lA both OF them, not Que or The
other ,u>t hr the cuir> ,rJf are legal
lender for debts in the states. ST. that
would ACT the refusal at the go>eru-
"'hi Ia coin silver into rlutt, nj the
"'''tn ct a state or Of Il rltjl.u make
""&"'o'N aH Enactment Of the consti-
'u'lon Which declares that the states
''">' haNr gold and silver coin Iepol
'ei'N''N i"' paNnruts of debts Could
" S'"'F i'P""'"'' a debt OF the ground
'hat Inc government had rendered inn
possible a law which the r,u..i,u,i,n
distinctly stated the state mus, r,n,.
ply with: For the state No,i,,, ft..r
which the government has refused IL,
ccin into money the state dpylaYr. ,L.,
it has not gold and silver coin a. Iro.l
tender, according To the rruutrrurn,s
of the constitution, Or a urhtur rr.
pudiate his debt for the same reason,
J.. e., that his state did not cumpI, with
the mandate of the constitution? Thar,
the government has issued ii certain
amount Of silver coins, and has de.
ciared these silver coins a legal tender
does not seem to answer the question
satisfactorily, for no one will contend
that the silver in the silver coin has thu
same power that the gold in the goIC
coin has; for in case of r~tfacemcnt o.
accident the gold coin can be rccoine,
at the will of the holder. but the silve
cannot. The fact alone that the issu'
of the legal tender silver coin is lin
tied NAV be offered. but does the state
comply with the mandate of the con
stitution. which says il must have golC
and silver coin as II tender, when ii car
have gold coined into money and can
not have silver coined into money
Now. if this is legal, and congress has
the p~oWertotakr the power to he money
away from silver. and The issue of some
silver legal tender coin by government
satisfies the mandate Of the cuustitu.
ton as far ms the states are concerned,
has not congress the right to take the
power to Ice money away from gold
to demonctilr gold? Is its power over
one metal any greater than over the
other-O,pr either than over both to-
gethcr? So that should government
see fit to demoHetilc both metals. aud
so stop coinage (imagjnc us having
paper money only. would not thr debit
or, if his obligation said coin, he re-
Iieycd from paying his debt; and would
'ot the government be relieved from
paylLy say of its Obligations hy tie
same line of reasoning that is u,rtj now
10 show IL must nc, hoW pay them in
oliver? Would not the states find it
impossible to comply with thar rcudn-
mental law Of the CONSTITUTIONS II noe
been repeatedly said that if we restore
the power TO be money tn silver that our
gold would leave the country. Under
u paper currency would not. by the
same line Of reasoning. both metals
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

q ny Sena,e.
Hon. L. II. Moore, OF Rosedale, Trustee
State at Large Of the industrial institute
and College.
Dr.. W. 5. Sims, Superintendent OF In
stitute for the Blind.
Prof. j. r. Dobyns, Superintendent OF
the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.
l.. +. Chiies, A. &. Lewis, j. +. Price }.
r. Lusk. j. {. Hardy, Trustees Institute
for the Blind.
R. W. Stewart, Madison Station; j. l..
Evans. Stems Creek Il. Il. Minis, H.. j.
Mlct,hee, Thomas :. Brown, Jackson, Irus-
tees State Lunatic Asylum.
All the foregoing confirmed by the SEN
ate, February II.
Trustees East Mississippi Insane Asy-
lum, confirmed February %; ]. F. Park
er, Eili,yilie; c. c. Miller, W. f, Jones, T..
b. McRanen. c. NJ. Rubbish, Meridian.
University Trustees, confirmed tebru-
AIRY l.: For State at Large: h. W.
Smith. fernando; l.. NJ. Southworth. Car
"rollton Fourth Congressional District, A.
7. Roane, Grenada; Sixth District, J. II.
Jones, Woodville; Seventh District, K. IL.
Thompson, Jackson.
Trustees State Charity Hospital, Nieks-
burg: p, w. Griffith. Joseph Hirsch, {.
G. Wright, appointed February 2l.
Commissioner for laloo- Mississippi
Delta Levce District: l.. Marks, Belen,
for Quitman county; DR., w. J.. KERN,
Lexington, for Holmes county; DR., r.
Y. Powers. lazoo City, for Na2oo county;
r. l.. Jones. Greenwood. for Lehore coun.
ty: T.. G. Jones. Charleston. for Talla-
hatchic county; Ira &, Holloway, Pinton,
for DeSoto county; Il, {. Irwin. Tnnica,
for Tunica county; j. A. Crawford, In
dianola. for Sunlowcr county; w. J, Kyle,
Tunica, for Tunica county; \. A. Sharpe,
for the Ya2oo & Mississippi Valley Rail.
road Company, Memphis.
On February "A the Senate confirmed
Patrick Henry as Circuit Judge for the
Ninth District, and on the 2Gth confirmed
James DeLoach Thames as District At
torney for the same district.
Both branches Of the Legislature are
holding three sessions a day, but even at
that rate OF diapatching business the midi
cations are adjournment will not be reach
ed before the 18th.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. l.. POWER.


and to provide that the order of the board
OF supervisors declaring q stock law shall
not take effect nor be put in force until
six months after the order. except in Ger
tain cases, Approved February %.
"a. To amend Section loss. Code 1892
in reference to obtaining goods or other
yaluables under false pretenses. Approved
February IS.
55. TO authorize the election Of a police
commissioner for the city OF Meridian, ana
prescribing the duties oi same. and for
other purposes. Approved February Is.
81. To provide for the taxing of branch
banks in counties where same are located
Approved February %,
81. TO appropriate $4,000 to aid in tho
building of an annex to the Nlcksburg
Hospital for the use OF Confederate sick
Approved February %.
50. To appropriate money to defray the
expenses OF the legislative, executive and
judicial departments Of the state govern
ment and to pay interest on the State
debt. Approved February %.
50. To allow the Secretary Of state q
special assistant ior three months. Ap.
proved February %.
80. To authorize board Of supervisors q
Sunhower county to invest the sinking
fund now being raised with which to pay
off certain bonds. Approved February %
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

Inc commercial Appear correspondent
thus clearly sets forth the Senate bill max
ing sundry sensible amendments to the
primary election law:
At the afternoon session Of the Senate
Yesterday the Committee on Registration,
and Elections reported a substitute bill
for the numerous bills offered at the pres.
cnt session proposing amendments to the
States primary election law The sub.
stitute bin was unanimously agreed to bN
the committee, and it is considered as
probably being the embodiment OF the
best Judgment Of the Legislature on tn,
veNing question OF primary elections. The
bill provides for holding primaries ion
making nominations for all State, district
county and municipal offices, and where
no candidate receives a majority of al
votes east a second primary shall be held
two weeks later. The bill aholishcs plu
raiity nominations and requires each pc
litical party to bold its nominating prim
arv in all the counties OF the State on the
same day, The party which casts The
highest vote in the preceding general c'cr
ton in the State is to hold its first pri
mary on the first Tuesday after the first
/ Monday in August preceding the election
and its second primary two weeks there
after. No convention can be held undcl
this law except in years that Presidential
/ electors are to be chosen, and such con
/ y~ention can only select a State Executive
Committee, three from each Congressiona
District. Presidential electors and dele.
gates to the National Convention. Every
thing but the delegates to the State Con
vention are to De selected by primaries
Even nominations to fill vacancies are tc
be thus made. The committee is of the
opinion that it has hit upon a solution Of
the primary election problem, which has
SO long occasioned complaint.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09
National Editorial Association.

1t was this writer's privilege to at
tend several OF the business sessions OF the
National Editorial Association. at its fiji,
teenth annual meeting. in New Orleans.
The attendance was large, and the eXer-
cises interesting throughout. President
llenry's message had many pertinent top
les for consideration. Several carefully
prepared papers by successful journalists
were read and freely discussed. The only
drawback to the success of the meeting
was the very uncomfortable hall odd
Fellows, in which the sessions were held.
No arrangements had been made for heat.
ing the building. When one Of the speak
ers. on the first night, spoke of "the balmy
breezeS of the South there was "A very
loud smile on the faces Of the delegates,
and many pulled their overcoats and
wraps more closely about them. The as
ISOLATION went from New Orleans TO Gulf
port and Hattiesbnrg, and about one hun
bred had registered for the California trip,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

The House has passed a bill to appro-
pirate 81 1000 to each county in the state
for repair of school buildings. The vote
for the bill was IS to IS.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

Attorney General McClurg has decided
that the halls of Masens, Odd Fellows and
other fraternal societies, are taxable as
other property. They are not charitable
institutions in the sense contemplated
by the code. These societies are all or
gained for charitable and benevolent
purposes. and while BRO. McClurg' is
doubtless correct in his contentious, the
law should be so amended as not to admit
of such q construction.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

Both branches Of the Legislature are
holding three sessions Il day, but even at
that rate Of dispatching business the midi
cations are adjournment will not be reach
ed before the 18th.