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The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
What of Quay?
From the little Rock Democrat.

From the Little Rock Democrat.
The United States senate is ready to
bring In a verdict Of fish against
Senator Clark, of Montana. Will this
same senate, having made fish OF Clark,
make fowl of QuayY
Very likely it will, says the New
York" journal. - There is no necessity
for entering into the how and why OF
it. 1t is sufficient to say that a rascal
boss in Pennsylvania politics is regarded
as a necessity by the Republican party.
In their fight for senatorial honors
Quay and Clark were allied, They were
bound by Siamese ligatures of money,
which was Clarks, and of influence,
which was Quay's.
A curious thing has resulted. Quay s
influence has failed to save Clark, and
Clarks money will probably not be
needed to save Quay.
Quay's own ability as q fat frying
rascal will be sufficient. The horrible
example of Clark will be deemed suffi'
cient to vindicate the honor of the senate
and the sanctity of the blessed old
constitution.
Nothing will be said of Gov. Stone s
violation of the constitution in sending
Quay to the senate without legislative
assistance.
Nothing will be said of Quay's vio-
lation Of senatorial decency in stealing
pennies from the government through
official use of the telegraph for private
schemes or of his black record of political
dishonesty in Pennsylvania.
No senatorial whitewash, however,
can ever hide the true colors of this
newly-winged saint.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
by Direct Vote.
from the 81, Louie Republic,

From the st. Louis Republic,
In passing by an almost unanimous
vote the joint resolution framed by Rep
resentative Lloyd Of Missouri, proposing
u constitutional amendment TO provide
for the election of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people, the House
of Representative has shown itself 10
be In close touch with public sentiment
on this question
The reform thus contemplated has on
more than one occasion been proved Of
imperative necessity to the truest ex.
preston Of the popular will. II may
not be denied that there have been
humiliating instances In recent years Of
the election of Senators who stood not
~ the choice Of the people, but ny the
selection Of State Legislatures unfaithiul
10 the people, Political alliances or
political feuds figured too prominently
at times In determining the choice of II
Senator. Baser influences have also
prevailed. The lobby has been em
ployed with evil potency,
In the election of Senators by direct
vote Of the people neither political trad
ing, trickery nor lobby corruption can
obtain 10 any decisive extent, In this
case the expression of the popular viii
Is direct and absolute, The untram.
meled people pass upon the merits of
candidates without danger of betrayal
or incompetent representation by mid.
dlemen, The wisdom of the people is
not to be questioned by anyone who be.
lieves IN American institutions and the
American system Of government. II,
under the operation OF this amendment
TO the Constitution, the United States
Senate should not be satisfactorily rep.
resenlative, II will be because the people
are entitled to no better servants In the
Senate thar they see NJ to elect
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
ROOseYelt,a War Record.

NEW YORK, April 15.-Col. Alexander
Bacon, counsel for Clinton H. Smith in
his endeavors through the courts to be
reinstated as major of the Seventy first
Regiment, has published pamphlet de-
Tending the officers of the Seventy first
from the charges of cowardice before
Santiago and incidentally attacking
Governor Roosevelt.
He says that Governor Roosevelt
|'boasts'' IN his book, 1.-The Rough
Riders, - of having personally killed a
Spaniard by shooting him after the
Spaniard had shot at him. This Colonel
Bacon considers "unsoldierly' aud
bloodthirsty, and the shooting much
like murder, - since the Spaniard, after
firing, had turned and was running
away. Here is another general extract
from Colonel Bacon s pamphlet
major Reade (of General Kent S
staff in his official report Inspector
Generals Report, page 1927 states that
Colonel Roosevelt made this statement;
Twenty-Five per cent. of my Rough
Riders cannot carry pail ofwater from
the creek to the trenches. No man can
decry the regiment, but we must accede
to the next proposition from the enemy.
This marvellous demand WAS made at
headquarters before the enemy sur
rendered.
1.-THE Seventy first had more than 30
per cent. of its men who not only could
not carry pail Of water, but whose
legs could not carry their own bodies /;
but they never dictated policies to their
superior officer nor boasted of their
sufferings. They were not 'quitters'
and were never so anxious to get home
as to suggest easy terms for the
enemy
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
ShOuld Pay Interest.
From the st. Louis Republic,

From the st. Louis Republic,
The suggestion offered by Represent.
ative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts, that
banks designated as repositories for
United States funds be required to pay
9 per cent. per annum on such deposits
has merit. The suggestion was made
during the discussion of the bill for the
establishment Of United States deposit
ories In Cuba. Puerto Rico and the
Philippines. =,
The city of st. Louis takes annual
bids from banks for the privilege Of
handling the current funds of the city,
The bank in st. Louis which offers to
pay the largest rate of interest on such
deposits has the preference. AS much
as 4 per cent. is sometimes bid.
The privilege of handling Government
funds is valuable The efforts made by
the National City Standard Oil Bank to
secure its designation as a depository
show this in n practical way. No reason
exists why the United States should
give this privilege away to banks that
would be perfectly willing to pay for 1t. +.
II the United States exacted n small
interest on these deposits the people as
we'll as the banks would be the bene'
ficiaries.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
To the State Constitution.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
" Joint resolution, proposing an aihenuin.hn, W wv
IN the State Constitution was passeu pF sao .
General Assembly at its regular session ol ioJ', ~
and that the same will be submitted 10 ine
electors of the State al The GcS. genera,
to be held September 8, 1900 for Adoption vi ie-
jection viz ,r
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
s"The sureties upon the official bonus o. .n az
State officers shall be residents of, shu nav
sufficient property within the state not eAethpr
from sale under execution, attachmeht or ds osne'
nrocess of any court to make good tneiI poruI III
and the sureties upon the official pohds on ~
county officers shall reside within the c9uisies ,e
wherd such officers reside, and shall nay nay,
sufficient property therein not exempt iron un suun
sale to make good their bonds; Provided, now,
aver that any surety, bonding on guaIan'y
comnany, organized for the purpose OF doing "a q
surety or bonding business, ana authorizes ~ W
do business in this State may become surety o,i
the bonds of all State, county anu IhuiilciPai E
of,icers under such regulations as may De pre-
scribed by law. Approved May s. 1879
Each elector may vote for or against above
amendment ,oo, os os,ce
this 10Th day of February 1900
''i' '-'" wy ALEX G. HULL.
ror.,l Secretary Of State.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
Built Under the Mules.
From the St. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
JOPLIN, Mo-, April 13.-The novel
feat of building a railroad through a
mule barricade was successfully ac-
complished at Oronogo last night by
Missouri Pacific construction crew. For
some time there has been lively com
petition between the Missouri Pacific
and Frisco railway companies in seek
ing to get into the busy new zinc mining
camps.
For week both roads have been rush
ing to Oronogo, a prosperous mining
camp between Joplin and Carthage
The Missouri Pacific could not get in
without crossing the Frisco track at
one particular place, and at that place
were stationed two teams of mules,
completely obstructing the track, but
this did not stop the Missouri Pacific
crew When they built their lines up
to the mules they crawled under them
and actually laid the rails under the
mules bellies and thus got the desired
crossing.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
Dewey Welcomed.

CHICAGO, April Ia. The Bryan Demo.
Gratis have decided to welcome Admiral
Dewey into the Democratic party. Such
is the position officially outlined In to-
days issue of the Democratic press
bulletin. 1--WE may accept the ad'
miral declaration of his political faith
as indicating he is with the democratic
party at least on an overwhelming ma.
jority of the issues 1t has taken up, -
runs the article, which is from the pen
of William j, Abbott, head of the
Democratic literary bureau. This is
most gratifying fact, the article con-
tinues. "'it indicates should the Domo-
cratic party after mature deliberation
deny to the admiral the nomination
he seeks, it may, nevertheless, count on
his hearty CO. operation and his influence
In behalf of its efforts to end the evils of
McKinleyism by ending the reign Of
Emperor William |,
In commenting on the report Of his
article, Mr.. Abbott said: 1--WE are nat
urally delighted at the prospect Of such
a distinguished acquisition to our ranks
rs Admiral Dewey, but Of course we
expect the admiral to play fair and
accept the good old Democratic doctrine
of abiding by the result of an honest
Democratic convention. y
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT DAnpAsrlLr, ARK,

LAND OFFICE AT DARpASrLLf, ARK,l
March 20, 1900.
Notice IL hereby gyon that the following
named settler has llcd notice OF his Intention
10 make final proof Ia support Of HIS claim, and
that said proof will be nude before the County
Clerk Of Crawford County, Ark, nj Van Buren,,
Arkansas, on - 49,
MAY 49, 1900.
viz Mark l.. London OF Rcmy, Indian Terri.
tory, Homestead Entry No, lO0g9, for the South.
east quarter of the Southeast quarter. and
the Southeast quarter Of the southwest quarter,
Section T. ana thu Northeast quarter OF the
Northeast quarter Section 0, Township H. North
Range ~, West
iic names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon aud cultivation Of
said land, viz
Lafayette Montgomery, James White, Samuel
Cox, and Isaac N. Rose. all of Eads Crawford
JosEpn H. BArrEsrIfln, Register
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

DAVIS Is u cute one, and he never al
lows u little thing like mis-statement
to stand in his way Upon being called
to time by the labor unions of Little
Rock for having 1870, 900 copies of his
Howard county speech printed by the
Thrash-Lick Printing company Of Fort
Smith-a non-union company-he said a
contract for the work was made before
the Office Of the company was rated, -
or before IL became u non-union Office.
As the office of the Thrash. Lick Printing
company was rated on the Both Of
last October, and Davis Howard county
speech was not delivered until the 14th
Of the following February the intelligent
observer will not be slow in drawing his
own conclusions. Fort Smith Elevator
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
Hon. r. W. MILow has withdrawn
from the race for state auditor,

THE y, 3, Supreme Court has decided
the cases involving the stamp tax as 1t
applies TO express packages, the quest
lon involved being whether the shipper
or the carrier shall pay the stamp
charges on packages. The opinion was
handed down by Justice White and was
favorable to the express companies
There were two cases before the court
involving the question at issue, but the
opinion was based upon the case Of the
American Express company vs. Attor.
ney General Maynard of the state OF
Michigan. The case came to the Supreme
Court from the decision of the State Su-
preme Court Of Michigan which deci.
sion was adverse to the claims Of the OK.
press companies,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT DARpAEELLg, hRK.,
Mnr0h Dq ION

MNrUH ~, TWV J
Notice IL hereby given that tho following
named settler has fled notice Of hls Intention
TO make Anal proof In support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the County
Clerk OF Crawford County, NJ Van Buron,
Arkansas, on
MAY r. 1900,
Via Lewis Il. He'll, OF Ccdarylllc, Arkans az,
Homestead Entry No, 2O2i7, for tho Northe ast
quarter Of the Southeast quarter, Section 0,
Township 10, North, Range 3f, West
Ho names the following witnesses y. prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land viz
v, H. buckles, Ezra Rogers, W, A. Coin, Of
Ccdarvillc, Arkansas and @, @, MounUoy, OF
Rudy, Arkansas,
JosEpu II. BArrnsPINLp, Register,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

THERE Is no change In public senti'
ment concerning our 'plain duty to
Puerto Rico. The people of the United
States have backbone and convictions II
their chief executive does trim his sails
to every wind of doctrine Americans
are not opportunists nor have they abid-
Ing respect for those who are Mime
apolis Times,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

GEMS. BULLER, Warren, and other
high officers Of the British forces In
South Africa have been severely censured
by Lord Roberts, the commander.in.
chief, for incompetence and several OF
them have already been called home
Titles and favoritism have put too many
officers In high places In the English
army, with the result that the enlisted
men have been made sacrifices Of their
incompetence,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT DAapAsELLE AEk"l

March 2a 1900
No,icc ia hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of her intention Y
make final proof In support Of her claii,, n,, a,y
that said proof will bo inado before the Oou,W
Clerk OF Crawford County, at Van Buren, "'"
on 1000
MAY u, 1900,
vlE Mary n. Spears Of MountAinburg, AwsnS. An,n,
sas Homestead Entry No. 2Olb7, for the sou,n ,,or
cnst quarter Of the Northoast quarter, secuWUs
iS Township II, North, Range ~. Wesl Az ,,a,
TO Northeast quarter Of tho Northeast au@'"'
same Section ..o,o ber
continuous residence upon ana cullVa"o"''
said land, Via .,- .-,.. nraa
Green d. bridges, OF Graphic, Arkansas, Msu ,s,
Edwards OF MOUNTAINEERING, Arkansas, bnl,Mt' bnn.,nt
Irving, and Franklin Irving, OF sahu ro"'
Arkansas - ,..,.,o,.,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
McGee's Backache and Kid
neY Cure

Will cure you OF backache, Kidney
disease, bladder affections, etc. II Is
the best treatment known for these
troubles. You will get the worth Of
your money.
Not more than half the acreage de-
voted to potatoes last year will this year
be devoted to the same crop There are
several reasons for this. The potato
crop last year proved u dismal failure for
everybody that touched 1t. This dis.
couraged many who heretofore have
been extensive growers. And then
again, the high price Of seed has acted
as serious drawback to many who
would have planted, However, there
will be enough Of the spuds grown to
make the crop Of considerable import
ance to this section. Fort Smith Ele.
vator,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

OWING TO continued ill.health, John
Addison Porter, secretary Of the Presi.
dent, hss rendered his resignation, and
the President has acc epted II, to take
effect May next, George b. Cortelyou
OF New York, the present assistant
secretary to the President, has been
appointed to the Office.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

SENATOR CLARK, Of Montana, was
elected to the United States senate rs a
Democrat, but there Is little In common
between him and Democracy. He Is an
advocate of the high protective tariff
policy and Is friendly to other Republi'
can doctrines.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

JupaE McCLURE-"poker Jack -
was IN Washington week or ~ nlio and
waa telling n scheme In connection with
the Little Rock Democrat \ attempt
60 throw out the counties already In
structed for Jeff Davis. and TO bring ont
rx.Gayernor Clark IN opposition to
Davis. Such scheme won work and
II II would, Clark Is no better material
than jeff Davis-if IN good. The pRrss
dih not favor the nomination Of Mr.
Davis for governor, but II IL evidently
The wish Of the people that he sorve the
state MA governor ind IN such verdict,
the Press freely acquleseea,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

The Catholic cathedral at Fort Smith
Is being repaired and the architect IN
charge Of the repair work states that in
two weeks time the work will be com.
pleted and the building perfectly safe
Conductor Ike Roses train met with
n mishap last Saturday, one car and the
caboose going into the ditch near
Correta. No one WIS hurt. Tho acct.
dent was caused by the breaking loose
Of u drawhcad,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

THE best authorities rate the corn crop
of 1899, taking the world as whole, the
greatest ever known, excepting only the
crop of 1897. OF the total Of more than
300, 900, 900 bushels reported this year
the United States furnished about "a
per cent.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
THE labor unions Of the Pacific coast

THE labor unions Of the Pacific coast
states are protesting against the immi.
grafton Of Japanese. During the past
two years the number of Japanese Ia
borars brought into that section OF the
country has been very large, and II is
said that 10, 900 Of them aro now EN-
ployed on the railroads, displaclng the
whites. The California labor unions
have demanded that congress pass law
excluding the Japanese from the coun
try. Let us wait and see what effect
this demand will have upon the Repub'
)lcan congress, --Ga2ette,
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
DAVIS carried Franklin county over

DAVIS carried Franklin county over
Vandeventer by 10 majority Jett for
secretary Of state, has 1913 majority
over Crockett II, W, McFarlane, for
auditor, carries the county over the
combined opposition by 23s majority
for railroad commissioner, Morrow
carries the county by OIL Chews vote is
1910, while that Of the combined op-
position Ia 238 Cotton beats Burrow for
state senator from this district by 9O4
votes.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

EVERY citizen in Arkansas should urge
the extension of the rural free delivery
system. 1t Is a great scheme and will
rebound to the benefit Of the farmers OF
the state. II will encourage the con-
structiop of good roads.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

JEFF DAVIS carried Pulaski county for
governor by over four hundred majority.
This shows the futility Of making any
further fight, for If there was one county
In the state where his opponents made
every effort to defeat him, that county
was Pulaski.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

ESQ. Jno. @. West was down from
Rudy Thursday.
BoRN:-On April 14th to Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Melton son.
April, so far, has been replete with
cloudy, gloomy weather.
DR.. Hartley Weems was over from
Fort Smith few hours Wednesday.
Sheriff Branson returned Thursday
from brief business visit to Little
Rock.
Miss Maud Reeves, of Alma, has been
the guest of Miss Carrie Cochrane this
week.
Mrs. CIV Wood returned Sunday from
an extended visit to relatives at Shawnee,
Okla.
The interior of the Water Works COM
pany building is undergoing improve
ments.
A commission has been issued to- c..
Wright Of Chester Us mayor OF that
village.
Mrs. w. B. Walsh and daughter, of
St. Louis, are the guests Of Mr and Mrs.
], M. Walsh.
Mrs. L. L. Collins, after brief visit
here to her son Fred left Wednesday for
Denison, Tex
Misses McRaven and Gibbs, of Fort
Smith were the guests Of Miss Emily
Hays Thursday.
L. B. East returned Thursday from a
several weeks stay in Sebastian and
Logan counties.
C. c. Montague claimed Thursday to
have picked enough ripe berries of his
patch for Il meal.
We are sorry to learn that Mr.. Ed. B.
Peirce is making preparations for NOV
ing to Fort Smith.
r. e. Brown attended the banquet Of
the State Bankers Association at Little
Rock Thursday night.
Miss Pearl Kelton left Saturday for u
brief visit to her sister, Mrs. Walter
Barnes, at Little Rock.
Mrs. j. M. Harshaw left Thursday for
Prescott, Ark. As delegate to the state
convention Of the W. G. 7. U.
NJ. NJ. Walsh, after brief visit here
to his brother, j. M. Walsh, returned
to his home ut st. Louis Thursday.
Prof, Peacher has made arrangements
for another lecture to appear at the
Presbyterian church next Wednesday
D. L. Ridges, representing the fruit
gro wers of Sallisaw purchased car
load of berry crate material here Thurs
day.
The attendance at all the churches
was very large last Sunday. All were
handsomely decorated for the Easter
service.
AT q meeting Of the school board hel(
Thursday evening 1t was decided Il
close the public schools for the summe,
on May 18th.
Work on rebuilding the opera hous
has been postponed until after the berr.
season on account Of the scarcity o
hands while it Is on.
Dave Snodgrass is back from an ex
tended wagon trip through the India
Territory, Oklahoma, Southeastern
Kansas and Southwest Missouri.
The first full quart Of ripe strawberrie
to be shown this season was brought i
by Clyde o Bryan yesterday. 1t wa
on display ut Gooding & Butler store
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

SHOULD JEFF Davis be the Democratic
nominee for governor and there appears
now not the slightest doubt but what he
will be, Hon, Virgil Bourland Of Ozark
will be his choice for chairman Of the
state central committee, He recently
expressed himself to this effect to some
Of his friends.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
The Long and Short OF 1t.

To the casual observer there is nothing
fascinating in the appearance OF the
ordinary Railway Guide. 10 MN II Is
mass of figures, with names OF railroad
officers and little bit of unattractiVe
advertising. That it contains some IN
teresting and useful information Tor the
ordinary reader, as well as for the
actual traveller, was strikingly illustrated
by wager among a party of men the
other evening.
"I'll bet you a new hat, said one,
"that YOU can name the four longest
railroads in America.
II can feel that hat on my head now.
| may as we'll let you buy me new tile
as purchase it myself, replied his
friend.
The wager was witnesses by few
friends, and then a great guessing TOUR
nament was inaugurated. If you think
this is such an easy matter, just write
down the names of the four longest
railroads in America, before reading
further or without referring to guide.
See how near right you come. AS
rule nine out Of ten persons Will miss IL.
Even well posted railroad men oc'
casionally 90 astray on this subject, the
common error being to place the Santa
Fe system second, while as a matter OF
fact, the Burlington Route passed the
Santa Fe in the mileage race and Sc
cured second place several months ago.
In point of mileage, the first four
American railroads are; The Chicago
g. Northwestern, the Burlington Route,
the Santa Fe, and the Canadian Pacific.
This information may be had by any
one willing to look into current issue
of the Traveller s Official Guide. That
so few persons can correctly name the
four longest American roads is apparent
proof that they do not often see rail.
road guide. Exclusive Of side and
double tracks, the mileage of the four
longest roads ia as follows: Chicago q
Northwestern, S,3i6 miles; Burlington
Route, Z, $50 Santa Fe, Z, 7lS; Canadian
Pacific; 1854. Most persons guess the
Pennsylvania and the Southern Pacific
as among the first four, The Southern
Pacific ranks fifth with 1901 miles;
then comes the Pennsylvania with Z, ,O9s
miles.
The other railroads longer than 2, 900
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

Col. Mitchell's plan to throw out all
the ''sooner" counties will do no good
and Is not Democratic, besides, from
present indications JEFF would have
enough votes to nominate him anyway
even though they were thrown out.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

THE newspapers have apparently
failed to convince the majority OF Demo-
Gratis In Arkansas that JEFF Davis is In
every way unworthy to fill the gov
ernor place.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21

The Ozark Democrat charges ir'
Irregularities, such as votes cast by Re-
publicans, repeaters, etc and urges the
Adoption of the legalized primary sys'
tenn. Crawford county has tried this
system aud found it most satisfactory.
The Van Buren press., 1900-04-21
County Primaries.

Democratic primaries, for the various
State offices, will be held In the several
townships of Crawford county on Sat-
urday. June 8, 1900.