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The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
FOREIGN ALLIANCES.
Republican Efforts to Get the United
States Into EnSland's
Clutches.

Democracy is unalterably opposed TO
Eentangling alliances with foreign pow
srs."
Mckinley and Hanna, who represent
he republican party, favor foreign ALI
ances and have undoubtedly made one
with England
During the Ohio campaign the demo-
,rats asserted that such an alliance had
been made. Indeed, in their platform
they declared against a secret or an
open alliance with England CT any other
foreign power.
This attitude of the democracy fright
ened Mark Hanna, and he forced his
secretary Of state, John Hay, to come
out with a most remarkable denial
This letter of Secretary of State Hay
was startling innovation in diplomacy.
Nothing but political emergency in
Hanna's Ohio could have compelled
such a descent of the secretary
Of state into the muddy waters of po-
Iitical contest in one of the states of the
union.
Heretofore the secretary of state, the
duties fixed by law, and his mission has
been to deal with our foreign relations,
and not with the domestic affairs of the
several states of the union.
But, as the Cincinnati Enquirer says
"the poetic author of Jim BluGsoe' took
11s columns of solid prose to contradict
a six-line declaration of the democratic
party, and so elaborate was the denial
that it tended to confirm the belief OF
the existence of a secret alliance be-
tween England and the United States of
America, instead of dispelling."
But now Joseph Chamberlain, secre-
tary of state for the English colonies,
declares that such an alliance exists.
To quote Chamberlain's own words
establishes this claim. AS reported by
telegraph, Joseph Chamberlain said:
''It is especially gratifying to note the
friendly relations existing between the
Anglo-SaXon branches, and that the un-
derstanding between Great Britain and
the United States is indeed a guarantee
of the peace of the world
And the peace of the world under this
alliance-what is it?
Wholesale murder in the Philippines
under the stars and stripes, wholesale
murder in the Transvaal under the me-
teor banner of England.
Do democrats want this sort of peace ?
By no manner of means. Imperialism
must suffer defeat at the hands of dem
ocrats in 190O-ChicaUo Democrat
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
WILL FROM LUCY FIELD.
Dying Bon Dieu Hospital.


"The afternoon before poor little Lucy
died. he said, gently, 'before I talked
to her about her will, I was in the
chemicalroom, and something blue f1ut-
tered against the window. / opened it
and found this attached to a child's bal
loon-one of those fimsy things they
sell in the street"
''Yes," [ cried, eagerly; Mrs. We're
came to see the children one afternoon,
and bought up a mans stock to give
them"
"When | talked to Lucy afterward,
found that she had got one of the chill
dren, who could walk, to float it out of a
window for her. 1t was a very windy
day, and"
'It came to you?'
'It came to me. Now, l am not rich;
but / am not poor, for single person.
I hadn't then considered whether I was
rich enough for two. So after talking to
Lucy, 1 resolved to pay her legacies."
did you tell her you would?'
''I told her l knew rich person who
would"
We were silent for a few minutes.
Then he spread the will out upon the
table, and l read:
"This is the last will and testament
of Lucy Field. am in me Bondieu hos
pital. viii the kind rich person God
sends this to pleas pay the legacies for
me, if they do not mind. I have got one
dollar, that is all to buy sweets for the
children.
"The hospital is very good, $25; ward
messenger Brown, he has six children
and pay not much, S.; Gardner Eng
land, pipe an one pound tobacco in sill
yer paper, the best; nurse Jackson,
workbox like Miss Merritt her brother
gave; nurse Filly, a pink silk apron;
nurse Smith, blue silk apron; nurse
Nugent, chocolit an red one, all for
best; the dear children, summer tree
like Xmas, an toys an rattles on it for
the babies an baby Filmer an baby
Foster a rag doll each; Mrs. Brown is
the washwoman two pounds of tea
Miss Merritt knows the best it is two
shillings. Miss Merritt residue of real
and personal estate. I love her most of
all; do pleas give her nice residue. No
one is so good as her.-Lucy Field, age
49,"
The doctor sat down beside me, and
put his arm around me, and I laid his
head upon my shoulder.
"The residue" he said, ''is myself and
what 1 have, Amy. 1t isn't half good
enough for YOU
But l think very differently
Madame.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
A DEARTH OF MONEY.
Our Highly Prosperous Country Thus
Partially Poraiyzcd in It's
business Affairs.

Recently the world has been treated
to the ridiculous spectacle of highly
prosperous nation partly paralyzed in
its business affairs by dearth Of
money. Record.
True, and if a broader view is taken,
it viii be seen that the business affairs
Of the world are hampered in like man
ner. Was there ever better illustra-
ton of the folly of depending upon
the supply Of gold alone to furnish basic
money! With the product of our sill
Ver mines used also for money this
stringency could not have occurred.
Or, if instead of issuing bonds to sup
ply 1unds for the Spanish war. $780,
Uoo,O0o OF treasury notes had been is
sued, there would have been plenty of
money and business affairs would not
be hampered by tight money mar
ket. lhe money clique is profting by
this condition. while industry and com
merce are suffering from the folly Of
letting such interested parties control
and run the financial affairs of the GOV
rnment.-National Rural.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
"T4EM PIPER YOUNG uNs."

III tell you all about 1t, just let me git my
breath;
don't see Why that bit O. hill should
tucker me 10 death!
had a real good visit, yis, but home seems
nice an still;
Them little Piper young uns did make
noise enough to KILL
didn't see Mis- Piper much-I didn't have
a chance,
NJ 1 never asked her bout that stuff at
driv' away her ants!
lou see, them Piper young uns, just as
soon got in,
Commenced to tell me all they'd done an
everywhere they'd been.
An then their ma she started in to show
me what they knew,
An stood 'em all up in a row to say their
tables through.
Iney be as smart as little whips, but kind
KEEP a-thinkin' 'twa'n't the way brought
up you an Ike!
Matildy Ann m Genevieve they're learnin'
how to play,
An they played pokas, n duets-my, how
they banged awayi
An then they brought their playthings out.
an all their drawin' books,
An specimens O. their writn', with such
queer, Eew-fangled crooks.
Their cat has got some kittens, so they
lugged them to an fro
Ill bet there want much in that house
them young uns didn't showi
L thought they'd kind O. git run out, when
Pete walked from his nap,
An If they didn't squat that baby RI down
In my lap!
They made him squeal, they made him
laugh, n pertend to sneeze m cough
He want mite afraid-I guess he's ust to
showin' off,
L thought when tea-time come I'd have a
chance to see the rest;
But Johnny set 'longside O. me, an he was
such a pest!
He played his milk-bowl was the sea, an
made it go ker-slopi
An then he went to teMin' things that al
most made me hopi
1t seems that ev'ry single thing them young
uns helped to make,
An though twas good it kind o. set my
stomach all a-shake,
Matildy Ann she mixed the things to fill
the punkin pie,
Minervy made the wheat bread, an Gene
We've the rye;
Uriah stewed the apple-sass, an Johnny
strained the jell;
An ev'rything them young uns did he had
to up N tell!
I do feel disappointed that I didn't git
chance
To ask her bout that quilt o. hers m the
pizen stuff for ants!
The young unS entertained me nice, 'cept
they was ruther bold;
But feel kind o. tuckered out-I guess I'm
gittin' oldl
Emma C. Dowd. in Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
aWHICH is THE STRONGER2
An Interesting Contest in Prospect
In the United States
Senate.

1t will not surprise the people to see
Senator Hanna, of Ohio, take the lead
ership of the opposition to the senate
movement for an amendment to the
constitution that shall provide for the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people.
The senatorial trust instrument
from Ohio naturally sees very clearly
the danger which this movement con.
tains to himself and to other instru
ments of the trusts whose service to
their masters may best be rendered
in the United States senate. 1t is
comparatively easy to defeat, by po.
litical iugglery or the use of money,
the will of the people as supposed tc
be expressed through the acts of state
legislatures. 1t is far less easy-ln
fact, it is practically imposSible-to
fool or bribe the whole people. Anc
the people are not in favor of sending
trust instruments to represent then
interests in the senate.
The senatorial junta counted on tc
support Senator Hanna is powerful
6QTOlU anu TeSOIut0. IL Will Isc CfClJ
means within it's power to avert the
disaster to trust dominance threat
ened by the success of this movement
for the election of senators by popu
lar vote. 1t possesses tremendous
advantage in the fact that it will re-
quire two-thirds vote of the senate
to pass the proposed amendment.
Public sentiment brought to bear on
senators not impervious to its inhu
ence through their subserviency tc
the trust is counted upon to overcome
the work of Mark Hanna and his trust
troop in the United States senate. Ths
people favor the election Of senators
by direct vote. A majority of the
senate is believed also to be favorable
to the proposed amendment. The nee
essary two-thirds majority would, II
is thought, be scored under popular
pressure. The fight, therefore, is be
tween Mark Hanna and the people
1t will be interesting to note which
is the stronger in the senate of ths
United States-St. Louis Republic.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
M'KINLEY'S PROSPECTS.
The President Has Regular Raw.
hide Cinch Re-
nomination,

Fulsome fattery reaches its limit in
the Chicago Times-Herald, the McKin-
ley-Hanna organ OF the middle west.
Speaking of the proposed change in the
republican plan of representation in
national conventions, the Times-Herald
remarks that there was never an occa-
sion so propitious to the proposed re-
form as the present. 1t is universally
conceded" continues our Chicago con-
temporary, that President Mckinley
VIII be renominated. He is absolutely
independent of political bosses, small
and great, and has no need to influence
delegates by federal appointments or
promises thereof" Now what are the
facts?
1t is universally conceded that Presi-
dent Mckinley will be renominated-
because the political bosses can work
their will unchecked, as long as he is
in the white house.
From Mark Hanna down to the low
liest republican heeler who is supposed
to control republican delegates, there
is not one who has failed of his pound
VI AASSiA' W I4NCo " IlnueHce O6le-
gates by federal appointments or prom
ises thereof" Why, every delegate
who will sit in the next republican con-
vention as a representative of the great,
boss-ridden states of New York, Penn.
sylvania, Ohio and Illinois-whose dele
cations and electoral votes are alike
essential to the success of the second
term project-will have been paid for a
dozen times over, in the surrender Of
President McKinley's appointiye pow
ers to the machine dictators who con-
troll republican politics in those states!
If anything were needed to complete
the farce, the announcement that fed
eral office holders will not be expected
to go as delegates to the national con-
vention would impart the finishing
touch of hypocrisy and characteristic
Pecksniffian McKinleyism. There is
small need of federal office holders GO
ing as delegates to help nominate
president whose weak, yielding, pliable
disposition has so endeared him to the
republican bosses, that they would in
deed be ingrates, or blockheads, to want
any other man.-Albany Argus.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
A Sore Disappointmeut.

The increase in the worlds produc
ton OF gold must be sore disappoint-
ment to the creditor combination who
procured the decentralization of silver
in order to make money scarce and
dear. If the increased product of gold
keeps up for a number of years they
will conclude that they demonetized the
wrong metal. But the increase Of
money supply is bringing relief to bust
ness and giving the debtors of the world
a chance to save their equites.--Na-
tional Watchman.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
A PANIC COn1in.

If the banks succeed in securing the
passage of their gold standard and
paper money trust bill this winter,
after the inevitable panic that must re-
suit from the flooding of the market
with the stocks and bonds of overcap-
italized trusts is over, the friends of
the banks will own the trust properties
and many of the trust barons of to-day
will find plenty of time and the occa-
sion for serious NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Watchman.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
More Gaming.

"One moment, Mr.. Sampson" she cx.
claimed. with a distressed look, as he
dropped on his l;Eees. Il have already
had u proposals this season, and Yours
will be the thirteenth-an uniucky
number"
True" he answered, as he rose to his
feet his face pale; but o! what am l
to do?"
"Wait for a week, Mr.. Sampson" she
answered, shyiy, then come again
Harlem Life
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01

If Washington were to return to
life about the first thing he would say,
after inquiring into McKinley's imPe-
rialistic record, would be that there was
some consolation in having been dead
nearly 100 years before a president of
the nation he founded had desecrated
the flag, ignored the declaration of in
depepdence and abrogated the constitu-
ton by war of conquest, criminal ag-
gression and entangling. foreign ALI
CO., Press-Post.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
ALL THAT WAS LEFT.
Residue of Real and Personal Estate" 4
Not so Unsatisfactory as She
Expected.
~>~>-~-S~-~~>-~>~~~<

again, MISS" said Nurse Jack
son. 1 looked at the pile of unan-
swered correspondence and shook my
head. 1 am secretary to the Bondier
home for incurable children.
''Poor child" 1 said; Il hate to re
fuse her anything; but Wednesday is
board day, and"
81 should see her, miss, if | were
you" Nurses placid voice was trife
husky. 1 understood, and went.
''Well, Lucy, dear?" L sat down be-
side the little bed and held her wasted
hand. Restless tonight"
No." she said, softly, mot restless
at all. Feel my pulse, Miss Merritt.
There isn't a bit, hardly"
''Then ought you to talk?"
"The doctor said 1 might talk as
much as 1 liked now, didn't he,
nurse?"
''Yes, dear" Nurse stroked Lucy's
hair as she raised her a trifie to ar
range the pillows. Then she put up
the big screen and left US in a quiet,
dim world by ourselves.
flung her thin arms around my neck
and held me.
Its good-by tonight" she whis-
pered. I'm going right away where
we talked off,
"Oh, my darling child" sobbed.
None of the children had ever been
half so dear to me as eerie, fanciful
bright and winning, none so quick and
clever.
II want to tell you something, Miss
Merritt" she said, eonsolingly, as /
dried my eyes, ashamed of my lack of
self-control.
'Yes, dear?"
81 have arranged my affairs. -
There was sudden ring of triumph
in her voice.
'Your affairs?"
'My legacies, you know. I have
left something to you ALL"
''Your books and toys?"
"Oh, thosel" she said, carelessly. 81
gave them TO the poor children to-
day." Lucy considered herself grown
up. 81 mean my proper legacies-my
real and personal estate, you know
The child was always picking up such
phrases out of books.
81 see," l said, doubtfully. Evident
ly the poor child was little delirious
She had nothing to leave.
'First, of course" she said, ''ther,
was the hospital. L must have been
great expense since I've been here
mustn't -"
1.-THE hospital belongs to such a
you, Lucy" [ answered, with quive
in my voice.
$50 l have left it a substantial sun
in my last will and testament" Sh
waited eagerly for my inquiry.
''How much, dear?" She gave me
pull, and I bent my head down for he
to whisper:
twenty-five dollars"
The extent CT her savings was pos
sibly one dollar.
''It is lot of money, isn't it?''
Eyes, dear. 1t is very good OF you.
1 thought it best to humor her
''Then," she said, ''there is the war
messenger. He has six children a
home, Nurse Filley says, "and they ar
poor. So thought he had better hav
five dollars. l should think that wa
enough, shouldn't you?"
Every liberal, dear"
''The gardener-he sent me NOR
flowers than ever to-day-isn't MAJ
ried, so he can have something a
for himself. 1 have put down pip
and a pound of tobacco for him.
wish it could have been more" 81
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
| III \ ]

like to do something for me, you
SAID ne had said several things of
the kind-'you will try to solve the
mystery. 1t worries me-"
Il shall ask for large reward he
whispered, bending over me in the
dark.
''We will see." I turned nv head
away, but he-well, that is our affair.
and doesn't concern the story.
After dinner, however, the Mar.
chants left us alone on some slender
pretext. Harry-that is DR.. Royd's
name-came and stood close beside
me.
81 have something to show you,
Amy" he said, putting his hand on my
shoulder. He produced an envelope. la
belled in Lucy's clear, round writing:
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
Power of Trust Barcns.

The power of the barons of the mid
de ages was slight in comparison to
that which the trust barons will wielA
in this country soon if they are not
overthrowu National Watchman.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
An Object Lnsxnn

Here is an object lesson which will
not fail to interest a very considerab
number of American people:
Nails in 189S-$1.5O.
Nails in 1S99-$4.35.
Increase in wages-10 per cent.
Increase i'll trust profits-180 pcr
cent.
Increase in cost to consumer-190 per
cent.-Los Angeles Herald
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
The SUNNY of cola

The money supply from gold alone
this year is greater than it would have
been in 1896 if all the gold and silver
mined that year were coined on equal
terms at the old National Watch
man.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
FooI One.tio-.

\ fool may be able to answer gas.
tinns that wise man wouldn't ask.
Chicago Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
what Went She sny?

Brown-What win your wife say
about your being ont so late?
Jones 49, Everything. - Ohio State
Journal
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-03-02

There is no better test by which
to determine the usefulness of the
individual 10 the community in
which he lives than the appearance
and condition Of the home where
he and his family are domiciled.
1t may be very humble, a mere
cabin, but it will have an expression
of neatness, or of nastiness, of
thrift, or of Incidence, Of taste and
hopelessness or of brutality and
listlessness. And in the expression
one can read the character and
habits of the indWellers as easily
as signs on the mercantile houses
are read. A pretty cottage, with
flowers peeping out of its windows,
beautiful trees embellishing its
lawn and tidy fence about it all is
never the property and home of a
loafer or a drunkard. One may
tour an entire county and from the
condition of the several homes and
their surroundings give a better
judgment and a more correct est
mate of the character of the several
owners and occupants than can the
average travelling phrenologist by
feeling of the bumps on their heads.
The expression of a human home
is reflex Of the,character of those
who constructed and conserved it.
J. Sterling Morton.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-03-02
Just Politics.

The Newport News is hostile to the
congressional candidacy of Senator John
DAILY of Benton. The News probably
desires the return to Washington of that
able congressional mountebank, Thomas
H. Tongue. The News seems not to
have learned that Tongues four years of
salary drawing as Congressman have
been four years of jugglery and decep-
tion as regards Yaquina bay. Tongue
never did, does not now, and never will
accomplish anything for Yaquina. He
has laughed, laughed heartily and long
at the very idea of getting an appropria-
ton for the Yaquina harbor. He re-
CARDS 4aquina bay and the scheme of
improving it as colossal joke, fit only
to be used by congressman in campaign
time. Pseudo statesmen often stand in
the light of their own bailiwicks, and
cast shadows where there ought to be
sunlight. Yaquina has often suffered
because of the mistakes of her local
medicine men, and in the present in
stance the News statesman seems will
ing to add another to the long list Of
errors. Poor old Yaquina's misfortune
is that it is easy for people to be fooled
The Times is not interested in the DAILY
candidacy. Indeed it will fight Mr.
DAILY If he gets the nomination. 1t
would like, however, to see the republic
ans nominate, at least man.-Cor-
wallis Times.
THE LEADER apologies for entering
the game at this stage. We have no de-
sire to fight the battles of the Newport
News, and are not in the least agitated
over the candidacy of the Benton county
gentleman. But we would like to know
how the Corvallis Times learned so
much. Was the Times present when
Congressman Tongue 'laughed, laughed
heartily and long at the very idea of
getting an appropriation for Yaquina
harborT The recent report of the en-
gineers showed clearly that there is
nothing wrong with Yaquina harbor ex-
cept an almost total absence of COM
merce. The report was entirely favor
able from every other standpoint. 1t
satisfied every fair-minded man who took
time to cool off and calmly consider the
question. Congressman Tongue did not
kill the commerce of Eaquina harbor
and is i'll no way responsible for
the report of the engineers-a report
which was entirely truthful, though
possibly somewhat more cold-blooded
than was necessary. The Corvallis
Times is simply an offensive partisan.
Its little childish outbursts against Con-
gresham Tongue may be regarded MS its
first popguns OF the campaign. The en-
gineers' report has thoroughly removed
the Haquina harbor trouble as an argu-
ment against Mr.. Tongue, and if he is
beaten in the convention it will be due
to some other cause. The Corvallis
Times, by the way, is not expected to
support the choice of the convention,
whoever he may be.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-03-02

After one OF the most gallant
fights on record against overwhelm-
ing odds General 0ronje was forced
TO surrender to the British forces
under Lord Roberts. 1t is also
reported that Buffers forces have
reached Ladysmith and raised the
siege. The Beers are not out
classed, but outnumbered. They
may prolong the war, but can never
win, Their success up to the
turning point was phenomenal.